Yes...I googled.

Can I just say...and I'm just being honest...(lol) Confessions of a Shopaholic is such an awesome movie :-) Laura and me watched it yesterday, and it's soo awesome and funny. Amy Adams rocks, you just can't go wrong with her movies ;-)

Okay, I'm fed up right now. I haven't seen Laura all week and she NEVER checks her twitter. It's super annoying because I can't find her on flickr and I need to communicate with her somehow! buuut I don't feel like using up texts for the lame stuff. Oh, also, I used my spiffy handmade apron when making brownies yesterday!! Just so ya know.

Before I forget

Oh, before I forget, Laura and I have made excellent strides in our love lives as well. Oh gosh, did I really just type that? Hopefully Laura's parents don't read this entry......oh well, I'll keep it general. Let's just say that Laura met someone at NYC and they have been *cough* obsessively *cough* texting each other nonstop ever since. Oh, and he (not naming names) calls her beautiful and pretty. He is also said to be quite the player. And I personally actually gave my number to a guy, although he is really just a friend and will also probably never text me. But that's okay, we talk on facebook through INBOX messages. Yeah, that's right. Where no one else can see them. Haha it's not really like that, we really just talk about him going to Haiti and school coming up fast. Because he's a friend. And, in all honestly, nothing more. Sure, he's adorable and a great guy, but I just don't think he's for me. But I haven't told Laura this yet, so shhh! don't tell her! She will find out when she (and hopefully not her/my parents/assorted family members) reads this. So yes...that is all. And Laura, if you try and make a joke about this, remember to just stick to being pretty next time, 'kay? ;-)

Band Geeks

"I've got a date with a little lady, and her name is Clara Net." -Squidward (our idol)

Band Camp came and went again. It was quite the exciting time. Haha. I can't even type it with a straight face. But seriously, it was torturous as always. Next year, we will reign supremely over all the underclassmen!! MWAHAHAHA!
The only fun part about band camp was.... lunch on the roof, baby!! Although, I doubt I'll be joining the gang next time they do this, because I keep having dreams that we're on the roof and a janitor/principal/official person of authority sees us and we're busted. So...yeah. I probably won't be up there again soon. Got some photo evidence though! Maybe I should destroy it before it gives us away....
The pranks for next year will be excellent! Trash cans on the roof with attached balloons that spell out "Seniors '12"!! Woot woot! And a throne for spineless freshies to carry me around. Oh, the possibilities.

Library Robbery

Just went to the library with Laura and her mom. It was the first time we'd seen each other in a while (she went to NYC and I went on a youth trip, both for 2 weeks), and so we dashed (okay, not really. We made Beth drive us) to the library and consulted Laura's list of CD's she wants to listen to. Actually, she just downloads the songs illegally onto her iPod, but that's irrelevant. Her list is basically 50 CD's long, and so we go to the CD racks and flip through, pulling some out here and there that seem interesting. When it's all said and done, we are both holding stacks about 20 CD's deep. We head over to the librarian behind the desk and ask what the limit on signing out CD's is, and apparently there is none (she really shouldn't have said that). The librarian looks up again to see us each holding our towering piles, and her eyes b u g o u t!! The funny thing is that they are due in a week, so it was obvious that Laura was just going to illegally download them. You definitely couldn't listen to that many CD's in a week. ANYWAY, we have them signed out and look at Laura's list to check them off, when, wouldn't you know it, she only got, like, ten of the CD's from her list. Typical Laura for you. Kidding, kidding. But seriously.

Gym Class

So today when everyone came into the locker rooms to change out of our gym clothes, our friends Rachel and Allison pretended the floors of the locker room were lava, and that we had to jump across the benches until the bell rang. They got everyone really into it, and we were changing while standing on top of these flimsy wooden benches, it was awesome! Laura, I am sorry to report, lost her belt to the bubbling hot lava, and I got my shirt tainted in toxic waste. Needless to say, those 3 minutes definitely made my day. Thanks, Rachel and Allison! :-)

Shopping

We went to Goodwill for costumes for the school play the other day. The smell in there is so terrible- it's like a combination of cherry cough medicine and body odor. When we were done, we opened the door to leave, and the beautiful day had turned into a hectic, windy gray sky. There were branches blowing around and everything, it was like there was a tornado! So after convincing Laura's mom that we may as well just go to Park City (I'm still not sure how we pulled that one off) we went shopping to get Laura a prom dress- she found the perfect one at Ann Taylor Loft. It's so beautiful, I almost cried! It's the perfect length, hitting just below her knees, and shimmies and shines when she walks. She looks like a princess! She picked out a nice pearl bracelet with a fake flower to wear with it. It's quite the classy look.
It's a purple version of this, without the ribbon tie thing and there's some fringe-ish things around the bustline.
http://www.anntaylorloft.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=24145&N=1200007&pCategoryId=3359&categoryId=211&Ns=CATEGORY_SEQ_211&Nty=1&loc=TN&gridSize=sm&showAll=true&defaultColor=Black&defaultSizeType=Regular

Rehearsal

Today, Laura brought extra avocado for me in her lunch bag. It was so nice! And it went exceptionally well with my school caf salad, if I do say so myself. After school, we went into the cafeteria and bought ice cream (her a Nutty Buddy, me a Strawberry Shortcake). We then headed down to the middle school auditorium that we've come to dislike. Honestly, it's feels pointless being in a play when you don't have a major part. Or even a minor part, for that matter. Laura and I have microscopic roles where we each have only a couple lines. Unfortunately, that means that we are also townspeople, and we have to show up at every rehearsal. Basically, we show up for two hours every day at school and sit in the auditorium listening to my brother's iPod touch, then go up and sit on stage for 3 seconds during the "chorus" scene. It's so ridiculous! Today, we jammed to My Life Would Suck Without You and some Carrie Underwood selections, while playing Flight Control (want an addiction? there's an app for that.). What's more is that we don't particularly enjoy the company of the other participants- a little too obsessed with attention for my taste. No lie, I heard one say after rehearsal "Goodbye, fellow thespians!". Is this what society has stooped to? Anyway, at least I have Laura to bear it with me.

Tennis

Tonight, we played a laid-back game of tennis at the college courts. There were college security officers doing surveillance work in the parking lot next to us, but there was nothing of interest within a mile. So, naturally, we waved obnoxiously and made about a million jokes about them. Fun, fun :-)

Flashback

I flipped on the TV tonight, and my fingers instinctively entered the two magical digits for Disney Channel (46, for those of you who were wondering). Anyway, High School Musical 3: Senior Year was on, and I totally flashbacked to when Laura and me saw it in theaters. It was awesome, I wanted to sing and dance the next day at school. Then I remembered that the majority of my class would frown upon my glorification of a movie produced for audiences of girls 10 and under. So I had to resist (with much effort) singing "Scream" when my math teacher issued an overdose of homework ONCE AGAIN. I'm sure Laura can relate. She's famous in our school for singing and dancing on top of the caf tables at lunch. And yes, I'm kidding.

Half-Day Fun

Last Wednesday was a half-day for our school. We went to Laura's house with two other friends (Haley and Bri) and ordered pizza- one half-sausage and half-Hawaiian, the other plain cheese. Bri and me hid in Laura's mom's car (she was driving to work, which goes by my house) to go to my house and get my beloved volleyball. We thought we were so tricky! Well, on the way back, we heard a noise behind us, and turned to see Haley and Laura running behind us! Bri and me screamed and laughed- it was so funny! We had a whole plan to sneak into the back of Laura's house without being heard, and it was foiled. Later, the four of us were playing volleyball in the front yard and Haley and Laura left suddenly. Bri and me knew something was up, but we couldn't be torn away from volleyball. About fifteen minutes later, the two come out of the house looking shady. Before I can even note this aloud, my capri pant leg is suddenly soaked and covered in little plastic bits that look suspiciously like pieces of water balloon. We all laughed when Laura commented that it took them so long because she accidentally dropped one balloon in the kitchen, leaving a huge puddle right under the dinner table.
It was 2:40, and Bri and Haley needed to be at the school for a soccer game at 3, so they went on their way. Laura and me retreated into the house for some iced coffee, multigrain chips, and excellent books that we brought outside into the lovely 75 degree sun for a "reading party". She was reading Along for the Ride, me Nineteen Minutes. Because it was getting to be later in the day, we had to keep adjusting to the sun- it was so chilly in the shade! We read for almost 3 hours, alternating between that and some sweet volleyball peppering (sort of like a mini version of volleyball, but for two people). It was 5:00pm now, and Laura's mom pulled into the driveway. She took a picture of us reading, which I will try to track down and post, and then showed us some neat mini birdhouses that we can paint and hang in our gardens (Laura is growing a vegetable and herb-themed garden, me a flower garden). Since Laura's youth group was coming over at 6:00, I decided to stay and watch The Blind Side with them. If you haven't seen it yet, you need to. It's powerful and excellent. All in all, I got home around 9:40 from an awesome day.

The Idea

Hello, world. Today I had an awesome idea. See, my best friend and I do this thing every year called our "Friendiversary" (Basically a celebration of our since-birth friendship) on January 23. It's the day we made up from a huge fight in 9th grade. Anyway, we always try to come up with unique gift ideas...and this is mine. It's a blog dedicated to documenting this year of our friendship, and it will be my Friendiversary present for January 23, 2011.