a blast from the past

merry christmas!

college update

I got letters back from two of the colleges I applied to for early decision and I got accepted into WPI and UMBC.

snow update

it snowed a little more last night (as seen above), but it rained this morning

My friends and I had our 3rd annual(ish) "non-denominational" party last night...

We got a tree yesterday as well, so with the snow and a tree (and a gingerbread house) its starting to feel a little bit more like the holidays

snow

today we have a snow day even though it only started snowing around 10 am.
they canceled school at 5:30 this morning.
they are predicting 4-6 inches...maybe we'll have a white christmas this year?

Andelle's College Update

I have no results from the 4 schools I applied to yet, probably will receive notice on Monday.
I got a merit scholarship offer for 60k over 4 years from Mary Baldwin. This is an all woman's college in Virginia and not very known for their math and science programs. I probably will not be applying.

Got second place at the its academic competition which won $500 dollars for my school. Math team competition 2 is at Westlake on Monday so wish me luck on that.

Woot!

I'm going to be doing some application-filling of my own! Yesterday all the eighth graders walked over to the high school to learn about their special programs. They gave us a big packet and said we could apply to up to three programs. The only program that really caught my attention was biotechnology. I showed my parents the packet, telling them I want to apply to biotech and they went all "You don't like science!" on me. If I don't get in, oh well!, at least I got some experiance with applications.

college? maybe?

Maybe we should actually talk about college for once since that is the name of this blog.
I got into Rutgers. Yay, safety school!

the edited out foot

i'm not sure if i like the way this looks...

I feel like its time for another post, but I can't really think of anything to say. Instead I'm going to share with you my favorite picture I took at Thanksgiving. Why? Why not! This is also on my flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/halliejox123/


p.s. I think Linnea might be competeing with those puppies for "most adorable post ever"

the next installment

keep guessing, if you're not bored with the narrative

I’ve heard them say that I’m pretty. Houseguests will walk by, and my shiny gold base catches their eye. Even though I’ve been picked up many times, I’m still a shiny bright gold. Sometimes people praise the intricate carvings in the gold metal. Others like the mosaic top. If I remember-- it’s been so long since I’ve been placed in front of a mirror-- the mosaic is a medley of flowers and leaves on a white background. The flowers come in many sizes, my overall size limiting them. They can’t grow like the flowers I’ve seen outside the window that bloom when spring comes. There is a metal faux braid enclosing them, like a lasso around a cattle’s neck. Of course, I can’t feel the pull of the rope like a cattle could. The tension never changes, I am always the same.

Happy Birthday Andelle!

I wuvs u

Andelle's birthday!

Free Glitter Graphics, Happy Birthday Glitter Graphics

for lack of anything better to post...

This is the first paragraph of a descriptive essay I wrote earlier this year...can anyone guess what it is I'm talking about? Its more like a very descriptive story. If you like it I can post the rest later.

I know what it feels like to be empty. For years, nothing has been kept inside me. I know that I’m not that big, but I could certainly hold a pair of earrings. I know how small they are. From my place on the shelf, I’ve seen girls put in their earrings, small shiny studs for school. I could hold those. It would be nice to have a use besides being a pretty ornament.

The Most Adorable Post EVER

Stream videos at Ustream
This is video of Shiba Inu Puppies and it is a live feed. I have spent far to long a time watching these adorable puppies sleeep and play, but it has added to my overall life quality :-D.ENJOY!
<3eLLE

Did you vote today?

IF YOU DID CONGRATS
You can get plenty of free crap
if my parents got their act together i probably could of voted as well ( yes i blame you mom/dad) !

here are some free crap you can get:

• Ben & Jerry’s - Free scoop of ice cream between 5-8pm.

• California Tortilla - Free taco, but you must have an “I Voted” sticker. (DE, MD, DC, PA, VA, WV) I live by one btw
• Chick-fil-a - Get a free chicken sandwich if you TURN IN your “I Voted” sticker to them. There are a few locations that are also running a promotion on Nov. 5 for another free chicken sandwich if you bring in your political yard sign.
• Krispy Kreme - Free “Patriotic” donuts if you have an “I Voted” sticker
• Starbucks Free small coffee if you tell them you voted
• and my personal favorite if you are in Dallas and have your “I Voted” sticker, you can get a free laser tattoo removal session from 9am-9pm

Go Obama wooo
and let me reiterate the Political Drinking Games
click here
and since i can not vote give me your free stuff

<3eLLE

ONE MORE DAY!!!

YEAAA time for SNL super special monday
I am personaly having a viewing party at a friends house. 2 democrats vs. one republican offspring (who is pro Obama, but likes to get me angry)

Oh and here are some suggestions to do tomrow night when you are worrying about the future of America!
Election Night Drinking Game!!

Its a must read.
Happy Worrying
<3 eLLE

WTF?

This is just wrong, because apparently all atheists dance naked around a fire of burning bibles, and abort babies on a regular basis.

another election video!

Hallie is 17!

Free Glitter Graphics, Happy Birthday Glitter Graphics

Happy birthday Hallie

<3eLLE

With Friends like this who needs an enemy?

McCain Fail
thank god only 3 days left
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this is halloween

but surprisingly (or maybe not) i don't feel like celebrating it. too many rumors flying around the school...
plus, i think my favorite part is the getting dressed up part/thinking of an interesting costume idea and i haven't had any of those.
my pumpkin has not become a jack-o-lantern either because it will rot really fast once carved. but one year i did a pretty cool cat carving. that was definitely my favorite.
but we're still handing out candy. we've had a couple people come by already this evening.

Anyone know where i can get radioactive material?

Hey i need a small amount of radium or uranium or some sort of radioactive material that is containing radium or uranium..
I was kind of hoping Gordon had a clue.
It is to make a cloud chamber for my science fair experiment and i was thinking about using an old watch that has radiative material on it but it is to much weight so it can't work....

Please help
<3 eLLE

Ever watch the debate and think ," hey have I heard that before?"

Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com.

<3 eLLE

McCain's Houses

seriously? 2 in the same freaken town?
plz watch
<3eLLE

aNOTHER ONE

REMIND YOU of anyone ...

SNL Buzz

There were some pretty helarious skits in snl this past week.
My favorite personally was the Obama comedy half hour variety show



And also Ralph Nader on Weekend up date



<3eLLE

Creative Writing

...is the easiest class ever! Except for maybe personal finance. But creative writing is a lot more fun than finance (especially since half my class is so slow at learning things). I had a "conference" today with my teacher and she loves my writing (not to brag, or anything). At least I have one easy class senior year!

Why GPS should have better voices

So yesterday I went to the national museum of health and medicine( anyone know that existed?) with my friends Roxy and Brittney ( and yes they are girls!).

First off we were going to take the metro because we assumed the museum was with in walking distance. Then we found out the museum was in walter reed army base so we had to go get gps' because we had no clue how to get there. This led to a 30 minute drive with Roxy freaking out about driving through D.C. traffic.
When we finaly got there we got our ID's checked and went around in a crazy loop to find the musuem.
We eventually found the museum, got our id checked AGAIN, and then I had the fantastic offter to hold a real human brain. It was fantastic, and no it didn't feel weird (the brain was pasticized).

Then we had the crazy adventure back to the Waldorf Area before eventually getting home 6 hours after we left.

eLLE

My Response to Haven's Post of my "Anti-Writer's Block List"

The election
*Sigh* All I can say is I hope McCain doesn't win.
ditto. idk what waldorf is like but there are very few McCain supporters up here...so if he wins there will probably be like a protest at my school...haha.
Science projects
It's annoying. My observations and data are due Nov. 3-14, which means I'll have to get to an art museum sometime soon.
umm yeah not taking a science class this year...have fun with your project, haven!
Art projects
What art projects?
in contrast to science projects, of course! i get to paint red-figure and black-figure vases in art history tomorrow. yay!
Halloween
I'm between being a park ranger and an emo. Andelle says she'll walk with my, but she wants to power walk and go all the way down the hill. Maybe my friend will offer me to trick-or-treat in her neighborhood
I don't know what i'm going to do.
Your upcoming birthday
What can I say about it? It's in 10 days.
Which means mine is in...13!
Your tshirt hacking
Umm...*cough* About that...
get on that, haven! only uhhh another month and a half or so to go!
The definition of "geek"
What was Hallie thinking? Geeks for me are people who are really academically smart that flaunt it and are usually strong in maths and sciences.
math, science, computer nerds...or wait! band geeks! sometimes they are the worst kind.
The definition of "hippie"
*shakes fist at Hallie* A person in the arts who loves nature, are not afraid to be themselves, and are generally all around awesome.
people who go with the flow lol
A book you are currently reading
The Other Boleyn Girl...again.
hey, i read that again a few weeks ago...there is a new Philippa Gregory book out and I really want to read it! But I need to pick a book to read for english class...any suggestions, anyone?
A movie you saw recently
The last movie I saw was a stupid Goosebumps movie on Disney channel, "Night of the Living Dummies, Part III", which made Andelle go hysterical about how crappy it was and how they could possibly have been two others. She screamed while watching it though, which was pretty funny.
I saw "The Visitor" last weekend. It was pretty good, although it started slowly.

Another Political Post: Palin 4 Pres

http://www.palinaspresident.us/

Funny website ... if you want to know what the future of our nation will turn into if we make the wrong choice... or fox "fixes" it for us again.


<3 eLLE

Political Post

Crowd at a Obama rally in St. Louis, Missouri estimated at around 100,000+ people.
Mind boggling isn't it, hopefully it will translate into votes.

OH has anyone seen that Right Winged representative (Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)) video about calling several democratic politicians unamerican?



Thoughts????


On a Political side note: I watched my dad put in his absentee ballot today and i bet you all can guess who he voted for.

<3eLLE

Blog Action Day

I don't really have a favorite cause, but since I (well, my friends and I) just led a discussion about education at our club, I'll talk about that.

"Education is the answer to everything."

-Stephen Lewis

By 2015, the U.N. wants to achieve universal primary school education. As of now, 150 million drop out of primary school after five years or less. These children are considered "illiterate" since 5 years is the amount of time it takes to achieve basic literacy. So...133 million "young people" cannot read or write. (I'm sort of cheating...this information is what we handed out at our meeting today, and I have a copy of it in front of me).

If one generation completes primary education--or secondary!--than the next generation is likely to as well. This, at least, what people are claiming. I think it makes sense. If parents believe that education can take you somewhere, they are likely to encourage their children to get an education.

The United Nations has 3 other development goals: sustainable development, health, and poverty (I always think it should be "eradicate poverty," since just saying "poverty" sounds like you are trying to create it rather than eliminate it). I think education ranks aboce these, in some ways, because with a strong education, you are more likely to be able to solve problems. Not that educating the whole world means there will be no more problems...

The club officers after School-in-Action night last spring...

My nerdyness...

My personal... geekness if you will..
I love the book Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card is a good sci fi writer, but I enjoyed Ender's Shadow much more. Beans point of view was more human and he was genetically altered super brain, so that is a radical way to view the world. After those two books the seieres branches out to the take over of the Earth and Ender being disenchanted with humanity, who then goes off to become a leader of a space colony... Who meet up with aliens that are pigs? idk never got that far hated that part, like space school better.




Sad part is I know people who would be offended by a person who liked Xenocide (the book... title refers to the killing of a alien species)

going back to geekdom and finding some foxtrot comics


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oooh... clarification XKCD comics not mine his

Sick and Tired

This one helps me get through the day some times. I am very sick lately and i am just trying to finish my English homework and get through Jane Eyre.. no offense to those Jane Eyre lovers out there, but when your head is dizzy its hard to read. I only have about 100 pages left so i am good.
Happy Tuesday
<3eLLE

Howdy!

Since Andelle graciously asked for me to be an author on this blog, I was like, "um sure." Now, to add on to Andelle's post "Catch Song", it's another song I've been addicted to.

Religious post of the day... or not religious

NO offense to anyone...
It is just my personal belief that religion is not that necessary in a civilized society when a lot of the questions are being answered...
<3 eLLE

Andelle has been bothering me about why I haven't blogged lately...so here I am, writing a post about whatever pops into my head.
I practiced parallel parking and K-turns this afternoon. K-turns are so much easier. Except I practiced in the nearby elementary school parking lot and the wheels kept making funny noises because there was some loose gravel.
I saw Nick &Norah's Infinite Playlist last night. It was ok. It was a romantic comedy...It was funny but it was really short, like and hour and a half, maximum. I guess it was a pretty cute story.
I have been looking at new cell phones. They are almost all really fancy or really not pretty. There are a couple that I like...but mobiles are so expensive!
My friends and I are making "senior" t-shirts...w00t class of '09! lol. This is one new tshirt that I'm getting that is not getting hacked...at least not for a while!

Catch Song

Thanks to Haven demanding me to put on this song constantly, it is finally stuck in my brain. So in order to get it out of my mind i am going to transplant it into someone else.

THIS GOES OUT TO ALL THOSE FREAKY HAVEN'S OUT THERE
<3 eLLE

Raise your hands if you hate the SAT!!

Today i got to wake up at 6:30 on a Saturday and drive myself to Westlake high school to take the SATs..for the 3rd time..

This is a really terribly boring and torturous experience. They claim it will only take until 12:30, but I never have been out before 1. In fact today was the earliest I have ever been out and that was 1:05p.m.

The only fun part was the ability to see some friends, because practically everyone there was from my high school. This was especially evident in the room we took it in out of 18 people there i knew about 12 of them.

My ultimate goal was to do better on the writing and reading section. I do not know if my goals will be reached but at least I will not have to take the reasoning test again.

^_^ W00TASTIC
<3 eLLE

Yeaaah its October

Welcome fall!

It is already getting chilly out and the only reason I really notice, besides it being freezing when i go out in the morning, is that the classrooms at my school are ridiculously freezing or hot. My school despite its million dollar worth can not have a correct temperature. Quite frustrating...
This leads to the discussion of which classes are the most comfy...

the science classes usually have the most consistent
Economics class room is really really cold
The trailers have controlled temperature that want to be uber fast so it goes either ways

This brings on the discussion of what class did you like most in school...
Please Answer the Poll

Cheers ^_^

P.S. You can vote more for more then one thing :-D

presidential debate

So I watched it last night with some friends (great way to spend a Friday night lol). Did anyone else notice that McCain was not wearing an American flag lapel pin?? Obama, however was wearing his. Will this cartoon come into play??

Sick >.<

I hate rainy days..

its just added stress to a day where i have two intensive tests >.<

I am also very sick, something i blame haven for. Earlier i had a stuffy nose and i sneezed a lot, know i have a very wrenching stomach ache. I just can't wait till the weekend so i can sleep off sickness and maybe get some stress off my back.

Oh and the electrical teacher who runs our robotics club at my school, who tends not to listen to us and gets won't let us have parts. Which is causing a lot of people to go to the principle to complain or even quit. That is not helping either.

Least suede is out of project runway.. and Korto finally won something

Today is WED- Hallie version

So, I do happen to know what Wednesday means for Andelle. At least I think I know what it means.
For me, it means trying to run CHI meetings after school. (CHI means Columbia High School Inspired (to Effect Global Change)). Today's attempt was totally unsuccessful. We ended up sitting around and talking about random stuff instead of "saving the world" aka trying to raise awareness and money to support the four United Nations Millenium Developement goals: eradicating poverty, getting better healthcare and education, and creating sustainable resources. Specifically for South Asia. Our meeting today had a sad turnout of about 6 people plus the 4 officers (including myself) for a wonderful 10 people. Instead, we discussed the upcoming election...and other stuff.
As for being "college bound" the guidance counselors have been telling us about the college application process. It sounds quite complicated. You fill out this. Send this here. Get this from the office then do this, this and this. Oy vey.
Although I actually have been working on my college essay (!).

Today Is WED.

Do you know what that means...

If you are not a part of my immediate family or close friends.. you do not understand the true importance of Wednesday.

1.) This needs no typing on my part just watch the video below


2.) Which all of you should no if you are taking part in the T-Shirt destroying contest... PROJECT RUNWAY
I am personally voting off Suede, even though we share the love of talking in 3rd person.



Tim Gunn Approved

Yeaaa NEW BLOG

Because I have been subjected to millions of comments by people *cough Piri and Lona etc..cough*
I decided to create a blog with my super November Birthday Cousin = HALLIE
yeaaaa.... now all I need to do is officially tell her. ^_^

Welcome to my blog.. i am going to blog about my randomness and hope you find me interesting enough to listen.. or if you are related and want gossip you will probably read as well.

Cheers
Elle