Tumblr

So pretty much all my friends have gotten a tumblr. So I, too, decided to make one. At first I had no idea what tumblr was or what the point of it was. But now I am ADDICTED! It's different and so much more expressive because what I can't say in words, I can say in pictures because pictures are worth a thousand words. Its just an amazing way to express yourself. I am still getting used to it and everything but I am definetely in love with it. Hahaha so check it out: http://www.itsjustme20.tumblr.com/

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This is for YOU:

British Accents

So every Thursday is British Thursday, where everyone talks in a British accent. So my friend decided to talk to my teacher in a british accent and then we got him to do it too. It was so funny because everyone makes fun of him and now he just gave them another reason to make fun of him. And he isn't very good. It sounds like a mix between Italian and Australian accents. It was pretty bad. And then we suckered him into letting us go up to the contest, even though most of us had already been. So maybe no one really likes him, but at least he lets us push him over. We literally could do just about anything.

SAT

So for English (jeez, I feel like I talk about my English class alot) we have to do vocab tests on SAT words and lately I have been finding myself actually using them. I guess it was just inevitable (hehhehe vocab word). And today, we went to the edible book contest. I really wish I was that talented:( Yesterday was my friends birthday! So I am going to make her cupcakes and bring them to her game....I am soo excited. I just got this idea this morning, so I guess you could say it was spontaneous*. I am going to dye the batter and the icing to make beautiful cupcakes. And then after, my friend and I are going to go get ice cream. AHHHHH I love ice cream. And, tomorrow is FRIDAY. Finally, I feel like this week has taken forever.
*without premeditation, impulsive-vocab word;)

Quotes

I just found this quote on the philosophy of life...I thought I might as well find something to write on. And this quote sums up just what life really is, unless you change it.
Life... is like a box of chocolates - a cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that no one ever asks for, unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates.  So, you're stuck with mostly undefinable whipped mint crap, mindlessly wolfed down when there's nothing else to eat while you're watching the game.  Sure, once is a while you get a peanut butter cup or an English toffee but it's gone too fast and the taste is fleeting.  In the end, you are left with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts, which, if you are desperate enough to eat, leaves nothing but an empty box of useless brown paper.

My Mission Statement

My English teacher is making us write a 'mission statement'. No it isn't something like, "I am going to travel the world and provide children with medical assistance" or something like that. She wants one page on what life is and what we hope to pursue from life. She wants to know what I think about life and what I want to get out of it. Like how dumb is that? Not only does she want all that, but she wants to know what I will do if something terrible is thrown my way. What do you think I'm going to do? I'm going to deal with it. You don't need to know how exaclty I'm going to do that, because I don't even know how I'm going to do that yet. And I don't have a mission statement for my life because I don't want one. I live my life the way I want without anything holding me back. I never think about what I REALLY want out of my life, because what I NEED will somehow, some way, be given to me. I don't have any boundaries and I don't need a mission statement to provide those boundaries for me. I don't need to think about what life is because life just IS. It is just life;someting that is given to us and people are free to do what they want with it. She can't ask me to tell everyone what I think life is. Because no one really knows until they are dying.

Jokes

ALL THESE EDITED PHOTOS ON MY BLOG-NICCI AND MEL- ARE JOKES. I DON'T MEAN ANYTHING BY IT. I JUST GET BORED VERY EASILY AND DECIDED TO MESS AROUND ON MY COMPUTER. THANKS!

hehehehee

Basketball

okay so this post is super random and super short. But this is my basketball team. the girl in the middle is Brooke. And her pants would always ride up to around her belly button and we would ALWAYS make fun of her. So when we got our pictures taken, we just had to do this....and we even recreated this at the banquet. I just received this copy in my email and I just had to share it with everyone! I really miss my team....we had so much fun together and soo many inside jokes. I can't wait until next year now!

Careers

For our english class, we have to research a career that we are interested in. I know what I want to do with my life already, but I don't know all the specifics about what I want to do. So I did some pre-research, and I found out that Pediatric Hematologist Oncologists diagnose and treat children's cancers as well as blood diseases/transfusions and organ transplants. I had no idea it involved so much! And I also learned that I first have to become a pediatrician...then I can go back to school..so overall, I will have 14 years of schooling after graduating high school. Thats crazy! but the rewards are worth it. So bascially, I am now very interested in what everyone else wants to be when they graduate...so if I constantly ask you...Sorry!

GooogIe search for Nicci Stemler the Greatest Person in the World

GooogIe search for Nicci Stemler the Greatest Person in the World

Toms

Okay: so I am OBESSESED with these shoes. But I can't decide which one's I like best....so maybe you could help me? Basically they look kind of weird and at first I thought they were ugly, but they have really grown on me! And for every pair you buy...they donate a pair to someone in need.
Sooo...here are my top picks:

Can anyone help me decide??

GooogIe search for Melanie Autenrieb

GooogIe search for Melanie Autenrieb

GooogIe search for Rachel Zieverink

GooogIe search for Rachel Zieverink

Me

I like to switch computers with Rachel Zieverink because she is pretty much the bomb........dot com.

Allison Walke

Son.

Melanie Autenrieb

Melanie Autenrieb loses at marshmallow wars with Rachel Zieverink. She also likes to cough all over the place.

Rachel Zieverink

I love Rachel Zieverink.
'nough said.

Hi

Okay so I haven't been doing really much exciting so this post is just going to be random stuff because I was asked....again.....to update it. This stuff is going to be SERIOUSLY random. So here goes:
Did you know that fried chicken began in the southern states as a rare meal for slaves?
Fried chicken came over with Scottish immigrants aslo, so THANK YOU SCOTLAND!
Did you know the numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial?
Did you know the 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had?
Did you know a crocodile can't stick its tongue out?
Did you know that if you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib? oh god...
Did you know that if you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die? I'm lucky I'm alive....
Apparently, if you keep your eyes open by force when you sneeze, you might pop an eyeball out. OH MY GOODNESS! Sneezing is dangerous.....
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.HAHAHAAHAHA OH MAN!
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
So now that you know all this random crap, I'm going to tell you about school.
It's boring. There are soo many reports and homework and notes. But the good weather totally makes up for school. But then it got cold again. It's stupid.
But good news: I take my drivers test in the next couple days. I'm freaking out. Like what if I don't pass? AHHHHH I'm going to puke! Hahaha jk that's gross.
Oh and sorry Rachel but I don't think this is going to be that long of a post. I'm kind of bored writing this because I have nothing to put. So do something/say something funny so I can blog about it. THANKS!

This Week

I guess you could say this was a very busy week. But I didn't have any homework, no practices, and had nothing to do. But this whole week I had OGTs. They're stupid. Just a waste of time. I take 5 tests for 2 and a half hours..everyday. And then after all this writing and test-taking. I have to go back to class. Like what is this? So because of the messed up schedule and missed classes, I don't have any homework. Literally, no homework. Yet I don't get 12 hours of sleep or anything outrageous like that. In fact, I have gotten less sleep. I haven't gone to bed until around 11. And I don't know why. This week I have really been being lazy. I just can't wait until the weekend though, because I will be soo busy. I won't have time to be lazy.
OH! And while I'm here typing this post I thought I would tell you about my weird experience. I was at my house and got a little warm so I took off my socks. Then my feet got kind of cold but I was too lazy (wow) to get my socks and put them back on. So my feet fell asleep. And more than that, I couldn't feel them and I couldn't feel them when I touched them. It was sooo weird. So then I tried to lift my foot up. It wouldn't move! For like TEN minutes! Then finally feeling came back. The last time this happened to me it was in my hand during my MRI. I sure hope this isn't a problem. But anyway, isn't that a weird and sort of crazy story for a wednesday? Anyone got a better story? If you can come up with a better story I will post it on this blog(:

Pictures

I have been asked to update my blog and I haven't had anything really exciting happening so I thought I would just upload a 'couple' of my pictures of my friends and I. So here you go!

These were not in any kind of order. But some of them are from dances and others are just pictures. and One of them is Me and Nicci when we were like 8. Hope you liked them!

My Bestest Friend!

So it's my 16th birthday and for 12 of those birthdays, my best friend has celebrated them with me. And soon I will celebrate her birthday too! It's weird to think that for most of my life I have been best friends with the same person. I mean, who else my age can honestly say the same thing? I know that my friend and I have had our ups and downs. But we never let a fight get in the way. She has always been there for me....ALWAYS. So I am dedicating this post to her: Thank you for always being there for me. Without you, who knows? Maybe I wouldn't have made it this long (just kidding). But seriously. You keep me together. You know me so well that if we ever fought and never made up, I would have to kill you so my secrets never get out (again just kidding...well kinda...) Through thick and thin you never gave up. So I say thank you! For being you.
And for all my other best friends: Thank you for being you too! We have been together for such a long time it's amazing we haven't killed each other yet HA! I remember every moment together. All the fun times we had. And let's just say, that looking back, I've realized a few things- we were WEIRD. Like CAPITAL W. E. I. R. D. weird. Like certifiabily insane. I don't understand how anyone could possibly have talked to us without running for their lives/sanity. (I mean, do you remember Lily? or Flushie? Or our "ceremony") Yeah, now that you think about it to, you realize that we were really weird.
So THANKS SO MUCH EVERYONE! YOU COMPLETE ME.

Birthday Weekend

Today is my BIRTHDAYY!!!! So Happy Birthday to Me:) And for my birthday, my grandma took me out to see Fiddler on the Roof at the Aronoff. IT WAS AMAZING. I highly recommend it. Yes it was long (3 hours) but it was practically the best 3 hours of my life. The main character has been performing for 40 years and has done over 3100 production of Fiddler on the Roof, 1500 of those being the main character, Tevye. He was born for that part. Or he just has amazing acting skills. One of those things. And while I was at the theater they announced the productions for next season. Lets just say I'm trying to convince my mom to buy season tickets....(Wicked, Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story, Momma Mia, and Les Mis). I really want to be a theater mom when I get older. I really enjoy watching musicals. And speaking of musicals....Friday night was the talent show. And this one freshman has some serious talent. He performed Mr. Cellophane from Chicago and I have to say he was definetely better than the professional actor from YouTube (no offfense to whoever that guy was). I mean, this kid was literally AMAZINGLY SPECTACULAR. I give him 10 stars. He had great stage perfomance and his voice was amazing. He was made for theater. So I sure hope he grows some...So anyway, if you haven't learned anything from this post then your stupid. So I will tell you what you should have learned: GO WATCH A THEATER PRODUCTION. They're amazing. Oh and you should also have learned that I am right now obsessed with musicals. Bye!

The End

So the other day I wrote a poem. It was my haiku. Basically it just says that another day comes. Days come and go and they never end. The day doesn't end. It just bleeds into the next one. The last line about the water is saying that nature never ends. The water pushes forward and then pulls back. Over and over again, never ceasing. And after I read over the poem again I realized that even though the days never end, I will. So why am I wasting my days? I won't be young forever.

Some More

These works are untitled and not very good, but I will show them to you anyway. So if you see this before 2/14/2011 please comment and tell me what you think. I need some help deciding which to turn in for my homework. So...here goes:

Haiku

The yellow sun sets

At the deep nothings of earth.

Water comes and leaves.

Quatrain

Nail biting, pen tapping

Hair ripping, tears crying

Leg jumping, paper flapping

Grades are back. Eyes prying.

Elegy/Ballad

Don't cry your eyes.

Don't wipe your tears.

Sadness is all He hears.

Take a left.

Take a right.

And you're there.

Sit and listen.

Reach your hand out

To touch granite.

Don't cry your eyes.

Don't wipe your tears.

Sadness is all He hears.

Set the flowers

By the stone.

Protect them from the wind.

Sit and talk.

He only wants to listen

To your words.

Don't cry your eyes.

Don't wipe your tears.

Sadness is all He hears.

It's been a year

Since you've been.

He misses you.

Sit and listen.

He only wants you to listen.

To tell you to be happy.

So…

Cry your eyes.

Then wipe your tears.

So happiness is all He hears.

For Rachel:

Okay so I have to write a poem for my english class. Well, let's just say I'm not a very good writer. Or poet. So I am just going to post some random poems that I have written and hope to get some feed back. And since my previous post was a 'disappointment' (eeccheem Rachel) hopefully this poem will be better.

Nail biting, pen tapping

Hair ripping, tears crying

Leg jumping, paper flapping

Grades are back. Eyes prying.

My Poem

Beginning













End

So I realized that I haven't blogged in awhile so I guess I will just vent a little bit in this post because I have nothing better to do. So, as some people know, my birthday is coming up. Its my 16th and thats a huge deal because then I can get my liscense! And I know that I should have this huge party and invite like half the world, right? Well yeah, umm, I don't know half the world. I barely know people in my grade. So I'm not doing anything...'cause I guess I'm boring. Well sometimes. And I know that I should celebrate like it's my last birthday ever and I'm only a teenager for a few years, but I don't feel like having a party. I don't feel like doing anything really. I might just chill with my best friend and doing something fun/crazy/possibly stupid. Lately, I have been wanting to do something stupid. Like skip class, or something mild like that. Not like, steal a car or something. Nothing that would get me in trouble with the police. My mom would kill me if I got in trouble because I'm not usually like that. I don't get bad grades, I don't skip, I always do my homework, and I have never gotten detention. And maybe thats why I want to. I just want to be a teenager. I just want to live before I die. I hate sitting in the house and feeling like a loser, but the only problem is that I never feel comftorable when I leave the house. Its stupid and silly, but I can't help it. I think confidence is what I need. I will work on that this year. 2011 will be MY year.

But Basically

So yesterday we beat the one team that we strive to beat every year! That was so exciting. It really boosted our confidence because well, we havent exactly been winning...So hopefully that will all change. But basically I'm updating my blog because I'm stuck in spanish class with nothing to do. So I'm going to write random things about my day...and who knows, maybe I will throw some random pictures in. So after a four day weekend and only 2 days of school, we are finally getting back on track. I have a stupid project on the Knights Templar due and only a few days to research (how stupid) and I also have suchhh a busy schedule with basketball. We have practice, game, practice, game and so on and so on for the next couple of weeks or so. So that means staying up until like 1 in the morning (such fun-not). Oh and something totally random-I dyed my hair! Yeah I went from blonde to brown and it was such a big change that I'm still getting used to it. But the first day after I got it done, it looked red and it was terrible (not that I have anything against redheads, actually I am in loveee with Rupert Grint). But now it is looking better and actually brown. So anyway nothing really exciting is happening in my life, well besides the annoying snow. Okay well I'm just going to end this random post (and sorry no pictures-I'm feeling lazy) So Bye!

Awhile

I feel like it has been forever since I have last posted something. So i'm just going to tell you about my day. You really dont have to read this because, well, let's just say that My Life Is NOT Average. And actually I spent awhile on MLIA just because I had nothing better to do. We were off school for a snow day which means my whole family was at home. Not Fun. I spent my day watching Obsessed and Mamma Mia. Then my brother decided to go out and buy Just Dance 2 for the Wii. Even though I am uncordinated, I still cremed him in just about every dance. Thats really the extent of my day. And you are probably sitting there reading this and thinking, "Why doesn't this chick just go out and play in the snow if she is so bored." Well heres my answer: "I HATE snow. I don't own any snow boots or really any snow clothes. I don't see how snow is fun. Yes its pretty, but that doesn't make me want to go out and get all wet." Nothing really exciting happened today...at all. So I'm sitting here in my bed getting ready to watch a movie (yes my third movie of the day...I'm such a bore) and hoping that tomorrow is better...after all it is a Friday. TGIF. Bye Bye!

Devil

Today, I was talking to some of my friends after we watched a scary movie. It was about these 5 people with records that got trapped in an elevator together. One by one they are killed. Well basically, one of them was the devil. After watching this, a conversation (argument) started. Some people were saying that the only reason there is a devil is because God has to keep him here; without the bad there would be not such thing as goodness. Another person says that God could just banish the devil because God is all powerful' but perhaps the devil is powerful also. Well personally I believe that we only let there be a devil. Humans let the devil get the better of us because we are weak creatures. We only let there be a devil in us because we can't say no. I believe that if humans were strong enough, then there would be no devil.
Today, here and now, the devil in our world is ourselves because we let ourselves to harm to others. We let ourselves be horrid.

New

So I have officially decided to write this blog about anything, instead of just questions that don't really have an answer. So to start off my "new" blog, I have decided to to 101 in 1001....my friends are doing this too and this is where I got the idea. Im not real sure how well this will work out, but I thought I would give it a try. So here goes:
101 in 1001


Food

1. Eat something that I can't pronounce the name 

2. Tyr 2 different foods from 2 different countries. (0/2)

3. Invent 5 different foods and actually eat them. (0/5)

4. Make a foreign food recipe

5. Eat 5 veggies during one meal

6. Cook an entire meal

7. Bake a dessert (cake) from scratch

8. Go out to eat, and only order dessert.

9. Have my mom blind fold me and get me to eat food that I have never had before

10. Make bread from scratch.

Travel

11. Travel somewhere and take pictures of everything (literally).

12. Visit Florida

13. Go mountain climbing

14. Go on a subway

15. Go on vacation with only my friends (okay..so maybe one parent...)

16. Visit the beach and actually swim farther than knee deep

17. Go on a train

Entertainment

18. Find 5 new bands

19. Read 10 new books.

20. Watch 10 new movies.

21. Write either a song, book, or play

22. Go through a drive through (Burger King) and ask where the nearest McDonald's is.

23. Go skiing

24. Go to a drive in theater.

25. Go to the museum

26. Have a nerf gun war

27. See a play on Broadway

28. Go see a movie premiere at midnight.

29. Watch the sun rise and set

30. Go to the spa with some friends.

31. Go on a picnic with friends

32. Drive around in a nun costume and listen to rap

33. Build an igloo

34. Swim with fish (maybe fake?)

35. Dress up like characters from a movie and go around saying random lines from the movie in front of complete strangers.

36. Visit the Zoo

37. Meet someone famous

Fitness

38. Actually exercise.

39. Run a 5k

40. Do more toning exercises (8 minute abs)

41. Work on Pilates

42. Build Muscle

43. Just goof off while dancing 

Miscellaneous

44. Volunteer as much as I can

45. Meet a celebrity

46. Surprise a stranger by paying for their meal

47. Update my blog as often as I can

48. Get a job (Kroger here I come...)

49. Engage in more activities and clubs

50. Go an entire day without talking (unless absolutely necessary)

51. Take lots of pictures!

52. Go one week without getting on Facebook

53. Treat myself to an outfit or something

54. Learn sign language

55. Learn how to use PhotoShop

56. Learn to play the piano

57. Ride in a hot air balloon

58. Help out and talk to cancer kids

59. Keep a journal of my days for a year

60. Start a collection of some type

61. Visit Georgetown

62. Save up for a car/college

Education

63. Be on the honor roll every quarter during high school.

64. Graduate high school in the top 15

65. Get a scholarship to Georgetown and go there for college.

For others

66. Give a gift to a friend "just because"

67. Compliment a stranger.

68. Do a chore around the house even thought I'm not asked.

69. Do something nice for someone anonymously.

70. Make cupcakes for the homeless

71. Leave a 100% tip to a server.

72. Help make someone's life better

73. Save up $50 and donate it to a charity.

74. Volunteer at Ronal McDonald House. :D

75. Donate blood

76. Help in any way I can with feeding the hungry

77. Volunteer at Children's Hospital

For myself

78. Get a massage

79. Dye my hair

80. Get my hair professionally styled

 81. Drive to the mall and just shop by myself.

82. Get my drivers license.

83. Go to bed at 9

84. Get my ears double pierced

85. Get my eyebrows waxed

86. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years.

Spiritual

87. Find & read a book that impacts my life.

88. Pray every night before bed

89. Find a quote that I love and hang it on my wall.

90. Write a letter to God and send it to him on a balloon

91. Listen fully at Mass

92. Come into school after hours and write inspirational/feel good messages on all the mirrors in the bathroom/make post-it-notes for every locker/homeroom desk

Organizational

93. Keep my room clean

94. Organize a huge collage and hang in on my wall

95. Go through and get rid of old clothes

Crafty

96. Make a cup or some kind of pottery

97. Make a blanket out of old t-shirts

98. Make a scrapbook

99. Make play-doh

100. Take photos

101. Make ice cream and cake from scratch

well, I hope this is okay. Hahaha some of them should be pretty fun...Sorry for stealing some from my friends;)

Religion

"I believe in God, the Father the Almighty." But what if I didn't think other religions were wrong. I believe that perhaps, all religions are the same, but just perceived differently. I know that I have mentioned the differences in people and that is what causes disputes, but what if that made people develop the same religion in a different way. Maybe thats not right, but that is just something I think about. Because who is to say that every religion but one is wrong? Besides God (or whichever diety you prefer)

Life

I was just thinking about all the other countries in the world who don't have as much freedom as I do. I worry about whether or not I finish my homework or whether or not my hair will look good in the morning after I wake up. Other people worry about whether or not they will get food, if their cattle will die, if the water they drink will make them sick. I complain about not having the latest ipod or the cutest clothes. Some people complain about not having a blanket. Or their child getting sick and dying. I live in the country where even the most severe illnesses can be treated. As I grow up I wonder what my husband will look like, how big our house is, how many kids we will have. In third world countries they worry about providing enough. Some people earn $70 a year. I can spend that in a day.
When I think about those will less money, I wonder what they think about life. Do they wonder why they have to live like this? Do they enjoy life? Do they ever have time to relax? You only have one life to live and I have the luxury of being able to enjoy and live it and learn. I don't have to worry about not having running water, indoor plumbing, or access to medicine. I am lucky to have a life where I don't have to worry.