Jamaica, part One

I've been meaning to write a blog on my time in Jamaica for the longest time. Well I think it's about time I stopped putting it off. Ahhh where do I start though?

Well I'll just go with whatever..It was my first time travelling by myself on a plane. Well it started off pretty crappy...I was supposed to take off from Myrtle Beach and have a 5 hour layover in Fort Lauderdale and from there go to Kingston. When I get there, they immediately told me no, I could not get on the flight because I would not make it through security because of time. (Keep in mind this is Myrtle Beach). Well I was very P.Oed at this point and so was my mom. The people at Spirit Air were rude, unhelpful, and trashy. To top it off the lady who was being rude was a West Indian. There's $400 dollars of mine down the drain. If you don't know already at this point in time I haven't seen my dad in 10 years, so this trip meant a lot to me. My mom feels really bad by now so she tells me to sit on this bench while she tries to figure something out. I'm just sitting there watching all the LAME-Os walk by. I remember thinking these people have no sense of style. I must've been really mad. So my mom and I decide to take twenty steps to the left and get a ticket from Delta instead. This one has a stop in Miami which isn't bad, for like $500. We rush through security and LUCKY me is chosen to be searched some more. This lady starts patting me down and I have the urge to giggle when she goes down my leg. She searches everything in my suitcase at the same time trying to make conversation. I have to throw away my bug spray because it's too big. Then I realize this ticket is one way only. !!! So we end up leaving. Now you know why i hate Myrtle Beach..besides the fact that it's trashy with nothing to do there. On the way back home we stop at this Jamaican restaurant. yay. food. Finally we get home and tell all 18 of my siblings what happened and Gay Molly too + my dad. We scour the Internet looking for flights for the next day all of them are really expensive. We were lucky enough to find US Airways had a flight from Charlotte for one hundred and some odd dollars more than my original flight with Spirit Air to Montego Bay which is wayy farther away from where my dad lives.(Don't fly spirit AIR!!!!) They suck. I go to bed early and the next morning me and my mother make our way up to Charlotte. This time we make sure we're EXTRA early! I fell asleep on the way there. I just remember waking up and seeing a big statue of a horse at the airport. I liked Charlotte's atmosphere a lot better than Myrtle Beach's. It was actually cool. Checked in. My mom sat with me for a while, but then she had to go to work. I like public places like airports because you see so many people, different types of people. I was sitting by this Jamaican guy who was listening to his iPod REALLY loud some bootybass stuff. This other couple was really cute. They were like late 20s. They reminded me of the couple off of SNL's "Two A-Holes". A woman with really tiny shorts and heels (her cottage cheese was all over), I mean she wasn't fat, she just wasn't fit to be wearing those shorts... too hoochie mamaish, anyway the lady from the couple made a comment like "She doesn't need to be wearing that. She's not working it. If she could work it right then it would be OK" She saw me laughing at her. I think she knew I agreed with her. I saw a HANDSOME BEAST of a redhead...hahaOMG, I was hoping to get seated by him. Instead I got seated by this couple the guy had long dreadlocks and the girl was a ginger head. The were sharing their iPod ad fell alseep on each other. HOW CUTE! They seemed nice.
All these damn tourist. Jeez Jamaica. I got moved some minutes later a couple rows back because stupid little kid had to sit with his mommy. [pissin me off] jk. I got a window seat [yay] next to this old couple, I could tell by their accents that they were from up north. Ahh the flight was finally taking off. It seemed like days! The coolest part is when you finally take off, it feels like you're flying..I mean you are, but way cooler. Everyone was knocked out by then. It was FREEZING on that plane. I fell asleep and eventually woke up like 20 minutes before we landed. Everyone had to fill out some dumb customs paper. Oh yeah did I mention I was carrying a car radiator? haha I forgot about that, it's for my dad. He needed a new one. Anyway. At last the flight has ended and we get off. Walk a thousand miles to get into a LONG line of people to check in I guess. I guess it's suspicious for a sixteen year old to be travelling by herself..with a car radiator [terrorist status]. I had to pay money for bringing it in..taxes are a b*tch. To make it worse I told them more than it was worth. Oh well. What does money matter anyway? Finally I can leave customs. The guy checking my info out tells me he likes my eyes and my lips. yay. lol. Anyway I finally step outside the Montego Bay airport and I see a man standing there he sees me and he looks for a second. Then he realizes it is me. It is my dad. He gives me a hug and starts smiling. I don't remember what we are talking about though on the way to the car. I walk to the right door thinking it's the passenger side when it's definitely not. haha. Well Jamaica's terrain is really mountainous. superAwesome and green. Hilly and rigid and all that crap. My dad and I kinda catch up .. we have a lot of catching up to do. It's not like we haven't communicated throught the ten years, but I haven't seen him in person, but that's a WHOLE 'nother story. I fall asleep and wake up around the time we are driving through this place called "Fern Gully" It's like driving through.. I don't even know google it.. It's like a cave, no sun getting in just ferns on the walls..yes WALLS. Some people even try to sell touristy crap through there. Ahh This is long so I'll continue this later. I haven't even gotten to the actual Jamaica part. muaha. ok later


currently adding more.

Modeling?

Back in middle school I used to be obsessed with modeling. For some reason I gave up on it. I figured I would not grow.. and I didn't. Now I'm in eleventh grade and for some reason I'm reconsidering it. Why not try it? I've been told by so many people that I should. I would love to try it and plus what's to lose? You only live once right? Ahh. Hopefully I'll get SOME work. I'm going to start something soon.

Lately

Lately I feel like everyone is keeping something from me. I'm tired of most of my friends. I just feel like today we all lack social skills and there's hardly any fun going on. I find myself enjoying watching movies because my friends are dull and do nothing fun or interesting. It must be me? I must be weird! I mean sure partying and drinking may not be an option, but really there could be something to do. If someone has ideas please let me know. My social life sucks, I have no car and my friends who do have cars either have over protective parents OR they just flat out SUCK and they are not my friends. I have very few friends. I've realized that. Sometimes I feel like I have none. I have also realized that people don't truly appreciate you until you're dead. Then they act like they LOVE you! Yet when you are alive they really don't care.
GAHH I need help. I can't wait to graduate from high school. Right now my social life consist of school, work, ECs from school, and family. That's it. It sucks. I hate everything about routine life, I like variety and spontaneity. I can only think of one person who's not boring. That's sad.

Obama- 44th

Welll OMG Obama won! yes yes yes.
ok so all these people on facebook are soo angry. HAHAH This is soo funny. Like people are going to be so divided. They'll have to get over it eventually. Yes! I'm so happy!

It's been a while..

Well first quarter in school is done..my GPA s now like a 3.5 Yay. Anywho. Marching band is also over, which is sad like every year. This year has been great and I actually felt apart of the group. It was so awesome standing on the field and hearing our name being called SIXTH! That's a good leap from last year (9th place). It was pretty sweet beating NA and CC. = ). For a while the only thing that mattered to me was marching band. School didn't but my grades were fine, neither did my friends who aren't in band. hehe. Band's pretty awesome! I can't wait for next year!
I'm seventeen now. That's so awesome. I still haven't realized that. My friends made an awesome birthday sign for me and hung it up in front of the school. Now it's hanging up in my room. I got a lot of birthday wishes and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of that day, October 14th.
Well I'm going to be taking the SAT soon, the test that decides the fate of my life. NOT. I'm just hoping by my senior year to get at least a 1200 ..I'll be content. It would be AWESOME however if I could score like my sisters 1330+...yeah AIGHT playa. I highly doubt it. Whatev. I just need to find the perfect college for ME. This year has been pretty sweet. I have maintained my sanity and that's always great. I feel like every year there's a theme to my life and at the end of the year (school year) that I mature and become a better person. This year I think my theme is confidence and personality. Life is good and I really hope it stays this way. I'm just worried this is all good to be true, but I think it's easier for me to move on over the obstacles or the little things that used to bother me. My new motto is "You only live once".

Just to Prove how much of a Band Geek I am

I LOVE this song. This video made me want to go to FSU. I'm such a dork for this, oh well.

End of Summer

Well school is starting in like two weeks. I got a four on my AP Human Geography Exam. Yay! I went to Jamaica! yay. Right now I have band camp. I have to finish reading the Grapes of Wrath for AP Lang and Comp. A guy who went to my school named Robbie Owens died in a car accident. He was in band with me my freshman year but I didn't really know him. I never talked to him, but I saw him a lot at school. This really saddens me. He was really popular and a lot of kids I know were friends with him. It's really terrible. I wish I could say more..but I can't really find anything to say. It teaches me not to take life for granted because tomorrow is never promised. I hope his family and friends cope well with this tragedy.

What's my college personality

What's my college personality?
What is Your Level of School Enthusiasm?
- "you may enjoy some of the social features of school more than the actual classes, teachers, and classroom information. Additionally, you may not have found school to be a successful academic experience, and your struggle with school may affect your attitude toward it. Your school attitude may impact your feelings about planning for college, your willingness to enter a challenging college environment, the level of competitiveness you prefer, as well as your motivation to stay in school. Think carefully about your choice of going to college. Is the time right? Would I benefit from a year of travel, work or some other activity before entering college? Do I currently have the motivation to be successful in college? On the other hand, you may not have enjoyed high school because the particular characteristics of your school may not have been right for you. If that is the case, you have a chance to choose carefully the college you will attend. Your analysis of factors important in selecting a college will be particularly meaningful."

Are You A Participant Learner?
- "you want to take an active, rather than a passive, approach to learning. You are not comfortable merely taking notes and regurgitating the teacher's lectures. You want to get involved. You normally do the homework your teachers assign, not only because you have to, but because it helps you learn. You participate in class discussion, enjoy it, and learn from your peers. You read the textbooks and might even read an extra book about a topic in which you are interested. Learning and understanding are so important to you that you are assertive in asking questions of teachers and fellow students. High scorers will likely be most comfortable in colleges where professors are readily available and lecture classes of 500 are not the norm. High scorers will want opportunities for discussions and seminars as part of their college experiences. In other words, high scorers should seriously consider smaller colleges."

How Much Do You Love Knowledge?

- "the life of the mind is exciting to you. You likely read widely about a variety of topics; you enjoy learning for the sake of learning, not because you may get a good grade. You enjoy talking about ideas, philosophies and trading new perspectives. High scorers will look for academic challenges and colleges that will stimulate their minds. High scorers should be aware that big name colleges are not the only ones that provide intellectual stimulation. In fact, many colleges are more scholarly than Ivy League colleges. High scorers may even look for those non-traditional colleges that do not stress grades."

How Independent Are You?
-comfortable with such freedom. They are less apt to act in irresponsible ways while away from home and, further, are less in need of their friends' approval before making important decisions. They will have little difficulty at colleges where there is a great deal of freedom in choosing classes and in setting your own dormitory rules. Because of your self-sufficiency, you may not need the "excitement" of a college in a large city since you will be able to generate activities for yourself even at an isolated college locale.

How Career-Oriented Are You?
you are very open to the wide variety and extent of learning experiences that college may bring. You may see college as a time for experimenting with and testing a variety of ideas and career paths. The ambiguity of thinking about a range of career choices is not necessarily uncomfortable for you. You may want to explore traditional liberal arts colleges with many options in the humanities, social sciences and sciences.


How Socially Conscious Are You?

High scores suggest you care about the world and may not be satisfied with the "status quo." Your concern about the state of the world may influence your life and you may need to find outlets for your compassion and empathy. High scorers may want to look for colleges with political action committees, volunteer opportunities or other activities geared to reaching out beyond the bounds of the campus. Some colleges place an explicit value on recognizing one's responsibility to the world.
How Well Do You Understand Yourself?
Low or medium scorers may be just beginning to know themselves. Normally, teenagers' perceptions of themselves are heavily influenced by peers, but low scorers here may be overly responsive to the wishes and demands others have for them. You may be trying so hard to please, you don't know what you really want. A low scorer might find it easier to acquire self-understanding and confidence at a smaller, more supportive college than at an enormous university. Low scorers might look for schools where they'll be a big fish in a small pond.

What's Your Academic/Social Balance?
you place priority on both academics and extracurricular experiences and you will want to choose a college where you will have a balanced life; that is, where you will have time for both your academic pursuits as well as extracurricular activities and personal time. You should consider colleges within which you are very likely to be similar academically to the majority of other students. You should consider your college choices carefully-being certain you are not getting in "over your head." You will want to choose a college where you are as likely as anyone else to understand the material in your classes, to spend about the same amount of time studying and to be able to have a life outside of the classroom. In researching of colleges, look carefully at the characteristics of students who enroll-what were their grade point averages? test scores? Have they taken courses in high school fairly similar to the ones you have chosen?


How Eager Are You For College?
High scorers anticipate college in a favorable way and are looking forward to the collegiate experience. Adjustment will likely be easy as your enthusiasm will be a great asset in learning to master college life. While you may have some concerns about college, in general your attitude is positive. Because you played a primary role in deciding to attend college, you likely have specific goals regarding the appropriate use of your college years.

Newness

I feel like a makeover. Something new. I have never have anything to do except for going to work. My friends are so boring and inactive. Well not all of them, some. I need some new friends too. Some of mine suck. I need some new clothes too. I also want to buy a camera. ughhhhh I need to go shopping. I need some creativity in my life.

School's Out, A New Beginning

Finally school is out. Yes. Sophomore year is over! This summer hopefully I will do a lot. Caitlin and I have made a list of stuff to do. I have to read the Grapes of Wrath. bleh. Oh well. Hopefully I will "excel" in my academics. yeah AIGHT playa. I'll try hard. It's scary. I'm going to be a junior. I'm scared. Honestly. This means I have to lead by example or whatever that saying is. I will be going to band camp this summer. hahah oh hell. Also to Jamaica. I'm excited for everything. I'm sorry sophomore year. I guess we didn't have that chemistry life freshman year and I did. Ahh. Now I have to prepare for college. oh geez. I already have been since 8th grade. I just have a sucky GPA. blech. BAH