HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, PEOPLES!

Yea, I'm a day late to most of you, but here it's still October 31st!

But...as Nicky so kindly reminded me....

PINCH PUNCH, FIRST OF THE MONTH!!!

HAHAHAHA

(this is my pre-sugar sugar rush) =D

Signs of Autumn

Red Leaves
More Red Leaves

Orange and Yellow Leaves

And Brown Leaves!

Technically autumn officially started on September 21st, but I didn't believe it then. Sure, we started needing to wear a sweatshirt to the bus stop, but there weren't any of the colored leaves yet! So, when I went for a walk last weekend, I was estatic when I saw some of the beautiful leaves! And then I knew it really was autumn. :)

My Typical Red Day

Wake up in the morning, dreading the thought of going to school again.

It's 5:30.

I want to go back to sleep.

Jump in the shower, freeze for 10 minutes or so until the water warms up.

Freeze when I get out of the shower.

Eat breakfast.

Freeze when I go outside.

Freeze while waiting for our group to assemble so we can walk to the bus stop.

Freeze at the bus stop.

Wish I was still in bed.

The bus comes, and we overheat and get dehydrated.

Get to school.

Go upstairs to my locker.

Say "hi" to my friends.

Today is a red day.

French first period.

Freeze while walking to the trailers.

Sleep for five minutes before class starts.

It's 7:20.

The bell rings, and we say the pledge to the flag.

Minute of silence.

Class starts.

Keep looking at the clock.

Can the second hand go any slower?

Class is over.

It's 9:55.

Walk my friend to her next class.

Stand outside the room chatting for 10 minutes.

The warning bell rings.

I go to class.

It's 9:20.

Drama starts.

We do our warm-ups and talk loudly.

Will we play games today or work on our radio play?

We sing.

Before I know it, class is over.

It's 10:45.

Go to World Civ.

We do some English.

Bell rings.

Lunchtime!

We wait forever in line, then go to our table and throw Chex Mix at eachother.

11:50.

Back to class.

More English, then some history.

It's 1:00.

Run to my locker, get my Bio stuff.

Go downstairs.

Biology class.

1:15.

In our places with bright shining faces.

We draw all over the table.

Our teacher talks for a while.

We get loud.

2:00.

No more work for today.

Thank goodness.

2:05 the bell rings.

Class dismissed!

Mad scramble to find the bus on the other side of the building.

Get on the bus.

It's practically empty.

2:15 we leave for Frost Middle.

The bus becomes over-crowded.

Ride home.

I'm the last stop.

Walk home.

2:50 and a free afternoon.

Procrastinate for a couple hours.

Do homework.

Eat dinner.

Do more homework.

Wish I hadn't procrastinated so much so I would have less homework to do now.

10:30.

Bedtime.

Set alarm.

Get mad at myself for staying up so late.

Snuggle under warm covers.

My room is cold.

Freezing....

CBOX!

Ok, people! I've had ENOUGH of people just typing random stuff in the CBOX! If you don't have anything to say to me personally or about the blog, then DON'T WRITE ANYTHING! I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't appreciate spam!

So either say something relevant, or GET OUT!

Playing With Picasa

Boredom leads to experimentation

Can you tell it's been edited?
Creepy...

O, yea, Badi! I finally found your effect!!!
Don't worry; the secret's safe with me ;-P

Just a little retouching...

Hehe more color!

As usual, somebody intruduced me to a program (Picasa, in this case), and I was reluctant to use it, then immediately began loving it.
Thanks, Badi! :)

I Can See Us In The Countryside

Welcome to Cox Farms, Home of the Largest Pumpkin in Virginia, Fall 2008 (weighing 1007 pounds!)

Lost Teachers and Parents Found Here!

Why are you going down backwards, Nate?

My face is too big for this...

Follow the Yellow Brick Road!

Funhouse Mirror!

Mutants from Mars!!! :-O

The Paintings Are Watching...0.0

No, I'm not too old for this ;-P

Jungle Boy!

Yeeehooo!

Majorly Fun!

A hayride brought us through a very strange combination of lands...

Cute!

I 'hennaed' myself with paint, except it came off as soon as I washed my hands :(

Free Pumpkins!!!!

Mr.Gourd the Skeleton Man

Gourds!!!!

On Sunday, we went to Cox Farms somewhere out in Virginia country. It was so much fun! There were mazes and slides and food! And the air was nice and clean (though very hot, almost summery sadly). Well, it was a nice mix of old and new farmland, to say the least. Afterwards, we bought pumpkins to carve for Halloween, as that was our original purpose. All in all, a fun family outing. I'm just glad I had Monday off to do my homework!

Homecoming =D

Only one word to say about the dance: FUN!!!!!

Unfortunately, everyone kept running away from me, and then I had too much fun dancing, so I didn't get any good photos. :( =D

Tips for a successful social:

• Play at least one song that involves formation dancing/has specific dance moves


• Play songs that you can actually dance to


• Play songs that most people know


• Don't allow too many bands to play, if any at all!

• ssssssssllllllllllllluuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrr the music so it never stops!


• Flashing Lights


• Kick off your shoes


• Most Importantly - Don't feel self concious: just move to the music and enjoy yourself!

And that's pretty much what made the dance so great.

In fact, I was really sad to have to leave early! The evening would have been perfect, minus the minor incident that happened afterwards, but we'll not mention that now....

Spirit Week!

It's Homecoming Week, People! Show some Woodson Spirit, y'all!

Monday: Wacky Tacky

Lovin' them leggings ;-P

Tuesday: Salad Dressing

As the Freshmen (us) were "House" salad dressing, we got to wear our Woodson gear. Fun...

Wednesday: 80s Day (oops! I forgot to take a picture before I changed!)

Thursday: Circus!

Somebody had some fun with my camera...

Friday: Woodson Spirit!
This is a picture of the back of the school, and some of the students walking to the field for the Pep Rally, which is supposed to be a show of school groups (eg. cheerleaders, marching band) to help boost our morale and feel good about our school. As I said, SUPPOSED to.

Friday night was our Homecoming Game. Homecoming is where the school's football team (American football, naturally) plays a game in their home stadium after a long string of games away. I had fun stuffing myself at the Pre-Game Pigout, and then screaming my head off at our boys. ;-P We barely beat Madison 20-17 in the end 0.0

...And the Candles?

Our beautiful cake!

The (former) Birthday Girl!

O no! Where are the matches?

That's the flame?

Make a wish!

Dad! That didn't count!

Once again, happy belated birthday, Lily! Hope we find some matches soon....

We're Going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo

This was...I don't know...about a month ago? Oh well, enjoy your mini tour of D.C!

Crossing the Memorial Bridge

Lincoln Memorial!

Amazed?

The Kennedy Center

The Watergate. Apartment Complex. Famous for various scandals during Nixon's presidency.

O, right, this was supposed to be a zoo trip!
A beaver, as you can see =D

There was a dance performance, so they hid away the anteaters :(

OMG A Green Food-Mobile!!!!!

Lions...

...and tigers...

...and mist machines?

Run, cheetah, run!

Giant Hippo!!!!!! (or as my French teacher calls it, 'eepponapotamoos')

Prairie Dog!

Memorial to those who died in the Pentagon on 9/11

And that was our trip to the zoo