Interview With Robin

Hey y'all! Today for my blog, instead of rambling on and on about myself like I always do, I have a very special guest, my best friend Robin McCarthy!

Why, hello there, Robin. How's it goinnnng??

Why, hello hello yourself, Lye. I'm goood. I suppose since this is your intervi

ew, you're going to ask how I am.

How are you?

I'm fine. I'm a tad nervous, though, because school elections for next year are coming up, and I'm currently brainstorming campaign slogans and whatnot.

What do you want to run for?

Ideally, I would like to run for Secretary so that I can work my way up to President by the time I reach Grade 12. However, I'll be a new-to-the-council sophomore next year, so I most likely will run for Grade Rep.

That sounds fascinating.

No need to get sarcastic, Delilah.

Other than aspiring to become Leader of the Free World, what are your other school-based hobbies?

Well, next September I want to join the cheerleading squad, and I'm demonstrating my interest currently by attending practices and acting as a "Junior Cheerleader". Its a very exclusive position: generally they only let 5 of the Junior Cheerleaders into the squad every year (there are 12 of us currently).

Again, fascinating.

Oh, you don't understand. I also want to

join the volleyball team next year, and the school newspaper, preferably as a columnist.

Too bad you didn't make it into the musical, otherwise you would have had control over all the departments. :)

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Oh, look, I'm really sorry, Robin. I didn't mean it. I'm sure you'll make a great stage manager.

Junior Stage Manager. I'm only a freshman, Lye.

Junior, Nothing, what's the difference? Anyways, we only have a few moments left-

This isn't timed, Lye. You're just writing down everything I'm saying.

What sort of books do you like?

Oh, well, my favorite book is The Lovely Bones. I really don't have one sound explanation why, otherwise than I think it's a great book. Ha

ving read it three times, I've finally moved on to another book. I'm torn, however, between 1984 and A Clockwork Orange. I just can't decide.

...

Puck looks better without the mohawk, right?

Oh, no way. Mohawk all the way.

I disagree. He's just too tough and muscly to be a believable junior. Finn, on the other hand, can totally pull--

Not this again! I thought we already reached a settlement with Christin about this.

But Robin-

I'm going to go finish my English homework, Lye. See you at dinner.

Well, that was really awkward. Anyways, Robin used to be my second best friend, after Ivy. But after Ivy went all backstabby-stab on me and deserted me forever, I was stuck with Robin, who I thought had little personality. I also thought she was permanently stuck the 1990's, just like Ivy was in the 1970's, but Robin had this obsession with Madonna, which I thought was weird.

But as I got to know her better, she apparently didn't have any cult following over the 90's, and she was a normal girl. Well, I shouldn't really sa

y normal. To put it rudely, she's a really nice and awesome Nicki but with friends. Robin is really motivated and gets involved in school, which I guess in some ways is good for me, because it kind of makes me want to do the sam

e. I don't of course, unless they ever make a DA or an Order of The Pheonix at J.R. Dahling Jr/ Sr High. Anyways, this pretty much wraps up my blog for April 6th 2011.

My Song of the Day...

GET BACK, a really awesome Beatles song. Wikipedia says that it was released "on 11 April 1969, and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston.", who ever that is. I like "GET BACK" because it is awesome, and I like The Beatles. On my Favourite Songs Playlist of 18 songs, 10 of them are Beatles

Songs. Take that, haters.

My font has been messed up. My bad.

My Phrase-To-End-My-Blog of the Day...

Actually, when I googled 'haters gonna hate', I really liked some of the pictures. And I really like saying

"Haters Gonna Hate".

Another Year Over, and a New One Just Begun

Another Year Over and a New One Just Begun

So this time last year, I was brand new to Eighth Street Boarding House. I was quiet, I was cynical, and I basically hated the world. That was because my aunt and uncle had basically isolated me and moved to Idaho with their new kids. And that made me come here with reservations, and I was guarded, and I was very critical of everything. And my first real friend that didn't betray me was Ivy.

And here comes my rant about Ivy. Ivy was my absolute best friend, even when she was from 1976 and even when Robin came and wanted to be my best friend. Ivy was always my best friend, and she was, for the lack of a better comparison, like a sister to me. And I thought she felt the same. Until school started this year and Ivy met Lucy.

I don't like Lucy, and especially not after she moved into the boarding house. Ivy and Lucy are obviously inseparable and it's not fair, because I didn't do anything to Ivy to offend her, and then she just leaves me to be best friends with Lucy. And Lucy is all hippie-dippie, she's a poet and a guitarist, she writes fiction and sings, she plays the piano and writes short paragraphs on her favorite songs, movies and celebrities. And she's from 1976, so she and Ivy have a lot in common, I guess.

But the worst thing about Lucy is that she is always condescending towards me. And then she turns around and is all sweet cakes and honeydew to everyone else, so if I try to complain about her, they think I'm the terrible one. Except for Robin, who is my best friend now. She is really supportive, and really caring, so she doesn't like Lucy because of how Lucy treats me.

But guess what? Robin revealed that she's found a group of teenagers in Buffalo Hill, which is 20 minutes from where we live, that do historical re-enactments for fun. And I love princesses and the first re-enactment is from the American Revolution era or something, and it's on January 8th, so I'm excited. Robin went to the community center two days ago, and brought back the dress I'll wear, and it's purple and it's gorgeous. I am actually really excited. I think I found a new activity!

So I'm about to sign off because we decided that we should all take a New Year's picture, but I want to end with a new Scrapbook.

Scrapbook

11 Things about Me.

Um, sorry, but Blogger is stupid and it isn't working. But, luckily, Picasa exists and so here is my very own album:

11 Things About Me

So, off to get changed and take a picture. Have a Happy New Year!

Potter, Apocalypse, New Girls

Hey, wouldn't you know it? It's August.

Um, I've been super busy, what with school finishing, and my plethora of volunteer activities that I participate in to further enhance the amount of value I hold in my community.

Yeah, right.

In reality, I've been lazing around since April. I had two year end exams, but one was for English and it's pretty much an easy class for me (aside from dealing with my Mentil teacher) so I didn't study. And I still got an "A". My other exam was math, and let's just say I had the choice of doing math in summer school, or retaking Math 9. I chose to retake it in September, because it is just too hot to leave this place. What is with this weather? The end of June was breezy, and occasionally wet, but then comes July and now it's been sunny and dry for five weeks straight. And I don't know if you've ever faced hot weather during the summer, but sometimes it is so hot that I don't feel like getting out of bed in the morning. But I've had to for the past two weeks because I've been plant sitting for our neighbours. I know, I know. I'm 14 1/2 and I'm babysitting plants? But here's the reasoning: there is a thrift store two miles from downtown Pleasantville and they have the entire set of Harry Potter books. I already have the first two, but I've only ever read up to the middle of Phoenix. So I will buy those books, and I will finish the series in time for the movie in November.

On the same Potter note, my friend Jaycee, who is possibly more into Potter than I am, just came home yesterday. While she was at her cousin's, her cousin's best friend introduced Jaycee to some internet Potter musical. So now Jaycee is convinced that I will find it hilarious, and she wants me to watch both musicals with her soon. I've kept her off my back for the time being by telling her I should read the two and a half books that I haven't read before watching the musicals. But I just don't know how I feel about this musical. I mean, Harry Potter is one awesome thing, and musicals are another good thing. Truthfully, I only love Glee and cannot stand most other musicals, but I guess Glee cancels out the musicals I don't like and so I feel neutral about musicals. Let me put it this way: you won't see me at a Broadway show anytime soon, but you won't see me on youtube, vlogging about how musicals will cause 2012's destruction. (Which I think is baloney, of course. What do you think? Discuss.)

Okay, so I know that some of you, nay, my one reader, is curious about the new arrivals. Don't get your $24- $32 outfits in a twist, because they aren't that interesting. They aren't wealthy orphans from Mt Bedford 1904, or a Russian Jewish child of immigrants in New York 1914. There are three new arrivals: two that I mentioned in my last post, and a new one, who I think is a girl.

The 1900's-1910's girl is Virginia Cole. She's a 12 year old blue eyed blonde from southern New York state. She loves to read, is very quiet, and is best friends with Nicki.

The 1990's girl is Robin McCarthy, and she's my other best friend (Ivy is, and always will be, my first best friend.) She's 13, with freckles and green eyes. She hates her red hair, and really wants to dye it blonde (Her mother refuses to allow her.) Robin is a ton of fun, and loves music videos, Babysitter Club books, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas. She wants to be a New Mousekateer or a pop star like Madonna. Good luck to her when she realizes that neither of those things exists anymore.

And finally, the newest girl took the place of sweet/ annoying 7 year old Chrissa Marie Charlotte Maxwell, the half sister of my apparent doppelganger Daphne Hepburn. Both girls live in Arizona with their aunt, so once Chrissa left, we needed someone to take her place. The person who came claimed to be a guy named James Paul Sherwood, and seemed like a cool guy. Until "James" turned out to actually be a girl, 13 years old, and as manipulative as a queen bee. Her name, coincidentally, is Chrissa Maxwell, and she looks pretty much just like the Old Chrissa. The only difference is that New Chrissa isn't Old Chrissa. New Chrissa is rude, she treats everyone terribly, she exaggerates a great deal, and nobody seems to care much that she acts this way. She plans to win a Tony, an Oscar and an Emmy, not to mention an "Honorary Grammy for not having to sing anything." by the age of 18. Good luck to her, because Pleasant County is on the Washington-Canadian border, and she's from South Dakota. And she's never been to either New York or to L.A. Though she claims otherwise.

So that's it for me this week, dear reader. I haven't much else to say: this summer's been like a Wednesday school day, and I suspect it isn't going to get much better. Although I heard that some of the girls here are planning to go to Camp Gowonagin, up at Piney Point, later this August. I think it would be kind of fun, though I'd have to go with Ivy and Robin.


Book I'm reading: Re-reading Chamber of Secrets: I've somehow misplaced my Philosopher's Stone and so I really own the one Harry Potter book: that is, until I buy the other five books at the thrift store, and then the whole series will be mine. Hahaha.

Music I'm listening to: Um, some Across The Universe stuff. It isn't mine, it's on Her iPod, so I can say I don't like Across The Universe that much. I used to, but now that I've decided I only really like music from Help! or from Rubber Soul, or from Revolver, ATU is irrelevent for me because it focuses more on the psycedelic Beatles.

Favorite Glee episode: "Dream On". What a great ending to a more-or-less terrific season. Plus, great guest star, am I right? Wait, this wasn't the season finale? Well...
Least Favorite Glee episode: A lot of the "Back Nine" (post- Idol) episodes were less than mediocre, which sucked, but I'd have to say that "Journey" was the worst. I won't give too much away, but the main focus of this episode was based on that one single they did a year ago that I never liked in the first place. Should have put 'Dream On' after 'Journey', or just remove 'Journey' from the entire show.





This is the face of adorable that Robin is obsessed over. On a completely separate note, do you know anyone crushing on someone who is 30 years old?




This is what my Ron Weasley looks like.



Though I certainly don't mind what Warner Brother's Ron Weasley looks like.



But this guy from the Harry Potter musicals looks nothing like my Ron, or Mr Awesome Grint. Let's list some anachronisms (Great fun.)
- Blue headband? What?
- Oreos? The Hogwarts Express didn't have any mars bars for Harry, why does this Ron get Oreos?
I'm already not looking forward to watching this musical.