Dirty Alarm Clocks

4:48 a.m. The alarm goes off. I struggle to tear my eyes open, and look at the clock, even though I know what time it is... I'm really just trying to estimate if I have time to sleep more (I know, math in the early morning hours, not a good idea)... I close my eyes thinking about this... then I reach over and hit snooze. A few minutes into my happy, peaceful stay, and I find that I dreamt hitting the snooze button. The alarm is still going, playing the music on the radio. Great. Now I actually have to physically move. Yuck. So, I hit the snooze button, sigh, and roll over in hopes of getting 10 more minutes of sleep.

Stinkin' alarm clocks... I really think they go off just to taunt me...

Sunrise/Sunset-Beginning or End?

I searched for a long time--over ten minutes--looking for some funny joke about sunsets. When I couldn't find one, I decided to search for a "beginning/end" quote... well, that was harder than I thought. But, I finally found a quote I like... or a couple, rather.

"Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. Today is a new day. Today is my world made new. I have lived all my life up to this moment, to come to this day. This moment--this day--is as good as any moment in all eternity. I shall make of this day--each moment of this day--a heaven on earth. This is my day of opportunity."
-- Dan Custer

"I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning."
-- J.B. Priestly

Spanish Shakespeare

In Spanish class, we have to do these individual mini-projects. We could choose our topics from a list of five that the teacher made. I chose, "If you could eat dinner with any famous person, past or present, who would you have dinner with, and why?"

So, I would have dinner with Shakespeare because I would want to ask him, "Why Shakespeare? Why'd you do it?" Referring to, of course, the several plays he wrote which poor students now have to study, and be tested on, and so on and so forth.

Thanks a lot, Shakespeare.

First Step to Getting into College

The first step for your college career is--well, actually, it depends on who you ask--but, you should at some point probably figure out which college you want to go to. To help you with this, many colleges and universities will start sending you an obnoxious amount of e-mails in hopes of recruiting you.

This just so happened to start for me this year.

A couple of days ago I received an e-mail from a College.

The message said, "We've heard of you, Matilda. Have you heard of us?"

---Well, actually, *____* university, I haven't.

***LA LA LA LA LA**** ;)

And so... well, let's just say that I'm stuck on this first step, though I do have a couple places in mind...

****NOTE: This is meant to be a light-hearted, comical tid-bit from my life; I really do appreciate the effort colleges make for students--it makes it that much easier for future college students.

Yum-Delicious

I've been using this wonderful conditioner that smells absolutely amazing, and I can smell it all day and giggle and be consumed with joy over my lovely smelling hair. But, the other day, the conditioner ran out!!! EEEEEK!!! So, instead, I reached over the the green container, and lathered this new conditioner in my hair. Then I realized it smelled like mint. And what did this mint-smelling conditioner make me think of??? Mint chocolate, mint chocolate chip ice cream, and all minty, chocolatey foods. Great. So, now, my hair smells like dessert. What's going to stop me from eating my hair????

YUM YUM!!

Future Cat Lady

My mom has confirmed my fears that I will end up a cat lady. She said, "You marry you who date."

Yes, the cats should be scared...

Sure Feels Good to be 71

Yay!! I had a birthday, shout hurray! ;)

It was fabulous, except for all of the stress from school... but, leading up to it, I made sure my family knew what I wanted for my birthday. Here is the e-mail I sent to my parents and sister.

To whom it may concern:

As you know, one of the most important holidays is approaching. The day mere mortals celebrate the wonderful life of a most beloved individual. Yes, you know what that day is. It's Justin Bieber's birthday.

...and his twin's, of course--dearest Matilda ... (and her aunt Suzanne... *minor detail).

For those of you who may be uncertain as to what this mortal goddess would accept as an appropriate offering for all of her brilliance, beauty, and other... genius, never fear! For, there is a list irrevocably decreed on Goodreads, created by the beautiful mastermind herself.

This list includes the following:

-Blackbringer (by Laini Taylor)

-The Decoy Princess (Dawn Cook)

-Poison Study (Maria V. Snyder)

-Storm Glass (Maria V. Snyder)

-Courting Miss Lancaster (Sarah M. Eden)

-Bella at Midnight (Diane Stanley)

-Surrender the Heart (M.L. Tyndall)

-Eyes Like Stars (Lisa Mantchev)

-Wish (Alexandra Bullen)

-As You Wish (Jackson Pearce)

-The Morning Gift (Eva Ibbotson)

-Winning Mr. Wrong (Marie Higgins)

-Easterfield (Anna Jones Buttimore)

-Timeless Waltz (Anita Stansfield)

-Loyalty's Web (Joyce DiPastena)

-Luck of the Draw (Rachael Renee Anderson)

-What the Doctor Ordered (Sierra St. James)

-Finding Rose (Stephanie Humphreys)

-Love on Assignment (Cara Lynn James)

-Timeless (Alexandra Monir)

-Steel (Carrie Vaughn)

-Unearthly (Cynthia Hand)

-The Girl in the Gatehouse (Julie Klassen)

-The Apothecary's Daughter (Julie Klassen)

-The Blue Djinn of Babylon (Philip Kerr)

-The Cobra King of Kathmandu (Philip Kerr)

Also, the wonderful lady has read the following, but would love receiving them.

-The Ordinary Princess (M.M. Kaye)

-Austenland (Shannon Hale)

----and if there is a way to get Sini to find that one book... that would be great...

Of course, no pressure. However, the day is in less than two days, so don't feel too relaxed.

Also... Matilda was promised a CTR ring. Don't let her down.

Regards from the lady of the day.

What?! 71 ALREADY?!! Man, how time flies!!!