BLOOD!!!!!

AHHHH!!!! I'm gonna donate blood tomorrow. I do not have a phobia of needles. I do not have a phobia of needles. I do not have a phobia of needles. I do not have a phobia of needles. I do not have a phobia of needles. No really, I do not have a phobia of needles. I've had so many shots and crap that it's not the needles I don't like, it's the pulling feeling. But anyway, I have about a million things to do and I really shouldn't be on here but I like messing with the settings and writing about things that piss me off. :) So, I will retreat back into my scheduled little world and try try try to keep up. :)

These days...

Here recently I've been getting majorly busy. I have a college course I almost dropped cuz i started out three weeks behind and several honors and AP courses AND I may do One-Act Play this year. Also, I am trying to learn spanish... This does not include applying for colleges and scholorchips and endless other nitpicky things that must be done by a certain appointed date. I am so busy I cannot hardly see straight. My mother is trying very hard to stay out of my way and let me work but my brother is a selfish a** and can't mind his own business to save his life. How unfortunate for him... Oh! and I got a Wii!! It's really fun but it's distracting me from the endless hours of crap I have to do every day. At least I got the ACT and SAT behind me. AGAIN!!! I am so ready to graduate so I can get the hell outta this routine I had to make for myself and do something fun for a change. AH! I still need to start on a passport! OMG I AM GOING TO SCREAM!

Twitter and Facebook and FAP? Oh, my!

I have a Twitter and a Facebook now. I'm still working with both of them. I've had alot of homework lately so not much free time. I haven't checked my YouTube in a while but thats because my dad keeps FAPing us. What is FAP, you may ask? Apparently, it's a stupid thing some part of the government cooked up called Fair Access Policy. It only allows you to download a certain number of MB in a day. I can see why they needed it and why it's important but that does not make it any less annoying. If you go over your set # of MB, your internet slows to a crawl, almost a screeching halt, and it does not allow you to download anymore, it doesn't even tell you when you go over! There's a few bugs they could fix. But anyway, YouTube is the world's worst at dowloads, everytime you watch a video, you temporarily download it, in case you didn't know. Oy!

Today

Ok. I'm tired. Bubba is getting better all the time. He's bleeding again though. That concerns me, but he seems to be otherwise healthy and he has a lot of energy. Like I said, I'm really tired. I had to get up at 5:00 this morning so I could wash my hair before school. It's kind of fluffy but I'm finding it hard to care. School is fine. It's hard though. I have a test in physics today. That's fine, it's just math. I just hope I'll be awake enough to take it. ugh. This is bad. I can feel my conciousness slipping away. I have english next period, I can't sleep in English, I have work to do. Oy. Ok. I'm done with my mini-rant. I'm gonna go check my facebook and twitter. See if I have to do anything else today.

New Phone!

Well, it is now the 3rd week of school. I am a little behind, but I'll have a little time later to catch up. I'm caught up in the classes that don't take late work at least. I've got some new organization methods that should help me and keep me from getting any further behind. Anyway, Today is labor day, as you may know, and guess where I am? School. Apparently, we have more vacation time down the road so we have to come today. *shrugs* Oh! I had the Alltell Scoop phone for about two years and had to pull the warranty on it about 5 times, so about the fifth time, I decided that I was done. Verizon told me that they were going to have to switch me over to a verizon phone and I had no problem getting rid of that **!@##$#$ Scoop. Now I have an enV Touch and it is awesome! I am having so much fun playing with it, I have barely put it sown since I got it. Oh! and the day that I got it, my cat decided that it was a new mouse, and drug it off. That silly cat drags off the bread, chips, paper cups, paper towels... she digs in the trash can for things she can drag off! She drags them all the way to my parents' bedroom and cries, and yells, and screams, until someone comes in, picks it up, patts her on the head, and praises her for her gift. X)

On another note... That sick dog I had that was living at my grandmothers, that nearly died of kidney stones, that stopped eating and lost most of his bodyweight... He is no longer at my grandmothers. ... He's living with me now. My mom took pity on him and let me bring him home! At first, he was only to live outside and outside the fence on the porch. Then, he was only to live outside, but he could live on the porch. Then, he was allowed to come in and eat but nothing else. Then, he could sleep in the house, but only with me, in my bed and nothing else. Finally, I came home one day and couldn't find him outside. After thoroughly panicking, I decided to go inside and see whether mom had seen him anywhere. I said, "Where's my dog?!?" and my little sister came in from the other room carrying him. I was relieved, ticked, and happy all at the same time. Mom had brought him in the house. No real reason, just cuz he wanted in. LOL. so cool.

Withdrawl symptoms? NOT!

Okay, it's the second week of school and tomorrow is the first official football game. I just bought my little sister and me tickets and I'm sitting here right now drinking coffee. The coffee is good, but I'm without a phone today! I'm not exactly happy right now. My aunt went and picked up my new phone yesterday. My early 18th birthday present from my mom. Anyway, she picked it up, got all the accessories for it... and Activated it. This made my current phone absolutely useless. The first time ever I have five bars in my house, and none of the texts go through. Lovely. So now, I have to get everything transferred over to this new phone via memory card, I have no idea what was in the bundle pack she bought me, and I can't text her to find out. Lol, but seriously...

These Days...

I get to bring Bubba home! He's my little Pekenese. He stopped eating when I would leave and would run into the house to look for me. He was so pitiful that my mom gave in and let me keep him at home. I think she's warming up to him, she shaved him and gave him a bath today. She won't let him stay in the house, but I'm working on it. One thing at a time. It's almost time for school again. I'm gonna go pick up my schedule at school on Thursday. Then school starts the 24th. I also need to pick up a backpack. Something big with wheels would be nice. That's about it. I just made a quiche. It was really good.

I think I have captured the reason for teenage rebellion. The reason everyone has a problem with teenagers. As a child, if you are raised "right", you know that you must do everything the adults tell you to do, with a smile on your face, whether you want to do it, or not. When you reach a certain age, that smile falters. You suddenly realize that you don't have to something if you don't want to. You ask yourself why you are doing this for people who don't even want you to speak. Eventually, the fear is gone. That childhood fear that everyone has is just gone and you are left with resentment, but you are a 'child' and children aren't supposed to hate doing things for adults so you let that resentment build. Until one day, whether you actually think it or not, you stop doing things with a smile and you start showing this thing they call "attitude". You don't want to do something so either you won't, or you show clearly that you don't. Adults resent this, apparently forgetting that they had the same "ah-ha" moment, if you will. the Joined resentment creates a rift. This is the root of the problem between teenagers and adults. See, adults don't want children to have an opinion. "They don't know anything, they're too young." "ignore her, she's just being contrary". When a teenager hits 16 or so, they start to see themselves as equals to adults. But to adults, they are still just a child. I am almost 18. I have let everyone walk all over me. This is when I say "No more". There will be no more suckering me into doing things I don't want to or can't do. I will not feel bad about it. I have an opinion, and I will state it when I feel that it is necessary. I don't mind doing things for my parents or family, but there comes a time when your needs have to come first, when you're fed up. People have to uinderstand this. This is not all about me. It is a cycle and it needs to stop. I'm tired of people thinking that they can just push me to do anything. I'm frustrated. I'm tired. I'm fed up. I'm done.

Pigeon

I forgot to tell you. I rescued a pigeon. I know what you're thinking. "A pigeon?!? Why would you rescue one of those? " But listen, I can't see an animal suffer without doing something about it. Some kids were kicking it around after it seemingly broke it's wing and it developed heatstroke after they left it in the sun. I picked it up and put it in a box, then I took it home. It turned out that it still had pinfeathers. It needed water, a cool place, and to be syringe fed some high-protein, highly nutritional feed for a few weeks to treat the heat stroke, and to accelerate the healing of its wing. The bird began recovering immediately and was flapping his wings about after a week or so. I felt that keeping him in the cage was restricting and unnecessary. So, I took him out and let him go with some other pigeons around a large pond, away from my dogs and cats. He still shows up there from time to time. We banded him.

What's New

Okay, I haven't been on for awhile because I've been taking care of my dog. Remember when someone dognapped him? Well, the near worst did happen. He (surprise, surprise) caught an infection from being without his prevenative medication for too long and from being outside too soon after his surgery with an open incision wound. Okay, now that we've estabolished what caused the infection... I've had to take full time care of him because the infection caused him to stop eating. He lost almost 50% of his bodyweight and all but for the last 2 weeks or so, I've been spoonfeeding him his food. He has 2 liquid medications, one to treat the infection, one to treat his malnutrition. He's on a special combination of expensive prescription food, wet and dry. All food and medication need to be given every 12 hours. I've been working with him and I think he's beginning to gain some weight and he's no longer dehydrated. This is especially good because they were going to put him down if he didn't gain weight soon enough. I might be able to save him after all.

Recently...

Well, I haven't been able to post much lately because I'm refinishing my aunt's table. It's taking longer than I would like. I'm staining it right now and its not getting very dark. It may take awhile longer to finish and my aunt seems to think its and overnight job... and has since I started. On the other hand, my dog is doing alot better. He still needs his spray and a special food, but he's so much happier and so playful. I have never seen him with so much energy. :)

New!

Ok. Yesterday, I created an IMVU. It's kinda cool. I am AdheneAkhlut if you want to talk to me. Yes, I know the name is kind of strange. Heres what it means: Adhene(Manx)- Nature Spirit

The Manx fairies were called Adhene and known as Cloan ny moyrn, which means the Children of Pride/Ambition, because they were regarded as having been fallen angels cast from heaven but too good for hell. They could be benevolent but were mostly mischievous in association with humans, taking babies or wives when they wished, although it was believed that their powers were not effective over any human on an errand of mercy.

About the size of a small child when visible, they fished at sea and herded their cattle on the hills. The Manx people knew there would be good fishing or harvests when they heard the fairies making storage barrels in the caves.

Akhlut(Inuit)- Orca-wolf Shapeshifter

In Inuit mythology, Akhlut is a spirit that takes the form of both a wolf and an orca. It is a vicious, dangerous beast. Its tracks can be recognized because they are wolf tracks that lead to and from the ocean. Often, dogs seen walking to the ocean and/or into it are considered evil. Little is known of this spirit, not many myths relate to it.

I thought it was kind of interesting.

Dog Thief?

Okay. This is kind of interesting. Late last Sunday afternoon, my little pekenese "escaped". He somehow ended up out of his fenced in area (through a hole he had supposedly made that was only six inches diameter, with a cone on) and I went looking for him. The way the town is organized, I thought that it would be faster if I went seperate directions. I would go one direction first, then work my way back, then go the other direction. I went door to door to all my nearest neighbors and talk to the ones that opened their door for me. I also spoke to the people that were out on the street. Every five steps I took, I made sure to yell his name as loud as I could for two reasons: 1) if he could hear me calling him, he would turn back and follow my voice to me and 2) If one of th neighbors had found him or had taken him, they would hear that someone is looking for him. I would think that if you found a dog with a collar and a "biter cone" and someone was looking for a lost animal, it would at least catch your attention. The "biter cone" should have also tipped you off that he was injured or sick in some way and maybe needed some kind of treatment or medication. He also had his tags on, just saying. Anyway, after searching for two hours, I turned to the reverse direction. The neighbor nearly directly behind us aid she had seen him an hour before I got there, but hadn't seen which way it had gone. I continued searching for another two hours and still couldn't find him. I couldn't walk either. It took half an hour to get back home and the sun was setting. We had already checked both the vet, the dogcatcher, and the pound. I wouldn't wander the streets, alone, in the dark. I settled for waiting in a chair in the front yard waiting for him to come back. I had a hard time getting to sleep that night and finally fell asleep around four the next morning. My legs and hips were killing me and I was very upset. My mom woke me up around ten. I still couldn't walk well but I went outside to see if he had come back or eaten his food. He hadn't. I had to clean up and get packed and ready to leave. I did not have time to search the streets again. I did stop by the neighbors who had seen him and asked again. they said they hadn't and that *someone probably had him.*I went home and got a call around 7:00 pm from my grandmother saying that they had found my dog and that the people I had talked to a few times were the ones that had found him. The ones that lives behind us. And that the lady had put him in her neighbors yard because she had other pekenese and thought they would get along better that her large dogs. They also took his cone off. Yesterday, I heard the whole, slightly more true story. The lady that lives behind us had found my dog the day before, but seeing as it was a male pekenese caught him and put him in the neighbors yard with the neighbor's two female pekenese. They then sent me on some wild goose chase for two and a half hours but I came back several times to talk to them again, seeing as they were the only people who had actually seen him. Go figure. I think they called because they felt guilty about lying to me. When my cousin went to pick up my dog, the lady did everything she could to keep from giving him back. She said that in the two days that she'd had him, her son had gotten attatched and they now wanted to keep him. My cousin had to threaten with police in order to get him back. The nerve. I had previously been keeping him in the front yard because there was more shade, but I think I'll make some shade and keep him in the back from now on. Might be less tempting.

I'm back!

Whew! That was a nice trip. My mom did come with me and we had fun. We ate three meals a day almost all three days and I have never felt so full for so long. We saw 'Angels and Demons'. I completely recommend it. The projects were beautiful and there were so many of them! One guy made a casket! It was kind of funny. My refurbished chair won Superior and Best In State. It was awesome. Well, I'm back now and in class again. I have two more days, then I'm going back to my grandmother's to take care of my sick dog. He started bleeding again... poor thing. My aunt is taking her to her sister's to visit so I'll be there alone. Not a problem. I'll see if I can take my laptop to play on while I'm there. lol. I may be pretty busy though. I am reading a new series. Its a long one. It starts with Guilty Pleasures by Laura K. Hamilton. Anyway, After these last two days, I have a three day weekend. Then I have 4 days left of school. One of those is a review, then I have finals. I'm not nervous though, I'm exempt.

Hi everyone looking at this post! I'm may not be on for awhile. I'm going to my grandmother's house to take care of my dog for the weekend and then I will be out of town on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for the TSA State contest. It will probably take us about 8 hours to get there. Isn't that nice? And missing 3 days of school so soon to the end probably isn't a good thing but it won't be helped. So there. I'm not sure if I will have access to a computer on any of those days so I am just warning you. I will let you all know how it goes when I get back. If there is anyone there... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

*Bother!* I'm bothering my friends jen and shayla. They're in the library so we're sneaky-IM-ing each other. I have a lot of work I should do b ut this is more fun and I have a major headache anyway.
SO THERE!
Sorry, I'm in a goofy mood. It's Thursday, soooooo close to Friday and I'm ready to take a major nap. I got a new book! Maybe I won't lose this one. I might add some javascript later.
Again, sorry. My mind just jumped a track.
I think I need a major nap...

Blond Joke

I'm in a goog mood right now. I think I'll find a funny joke.

A lawyer and a blonde are sitting next to each other on a long flight from LA to NY. The lawyer leans over to her and asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists and explains that the game is really easy and a lot of fun. He explains" I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and vice-versa." Again, she politely declines and tries to get some sleep. The lawyer, now somewhat agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500!." Figuring that since she is a blonde that he will easily win the match. This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring that there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game.
The lawyer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches in to her purse, pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the lawyer. Now, it's the blonde's turn. She asks the lawyer: "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?"
The lawyer looks at her with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps into the Airphone with his modem and searches the Net and the Library of Congress. Frustrated, he sends E-mails to all his coworkers and friends he knows. All to no avail. After over an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $500. The blonde politely takes the $500 and turns away to get back to sleep.
The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, so what IS the answer!?" Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep.

End of Day

The day is aaaaaaaaaalmost over. It is 3:33 and I get out of school in 10 minutes or so. I should probablydo my work... Too late now. Oh, well. I am in kind of a good mood actually because my dog just got out of surgery and they say that he should make a full recovery. I know it's not a sure thing but it makes me happy cuz I kinda decided that they should perform surgery on him. So everything is okay now. I was a little shaky for a minute there but now I'm just looking foreward to seeing him. They say heshould be in the house awhile, which is good cuz it's getting to be full summer and I so despise temperatures over 80 degrees. It's hard for me to handle too much heat and thats usually the only way for me to visit him. : ) 5 minutes! Oh yes, I am counting down the minutes. I am ready to go home.

Today

Hi! Today is just another day at school, really. I'm in my Webmastering class right now, drinking my morning coffee. Yay coffee! I have 2 and 1/2 weeks left of school and I am just getting everything kind of wrapped up. I am ready to be out of school. I am so tired of waking up at 5:30 in the morning. I'm not a morning person anyway. Anyway, so... funny thing, I accidentally overslept and woke up at 6:30 this morning. Oops! And since I have to leave the house by 6:50 to get to school on time, I really had to hurry and I got to the bus early! We beat the bus to the gate! It made the laugh. Just a little bit of irony there.

About Me

Hey! My name is Heather and I live in Texas. I live in the middle of nowhere with my little brother, little sister, parents, 4 dogs, 4 cats, 2 horses, African Grey Parrot, and pet pigeon. I moved here about 5 years ago. I used to live in a city, in a fairly large 3- bed, 3-bath house, but I now live in a much smaller house. Big adjustment.