Running...

I apparently stink at running horizontally to the ground.
Last night I went on a short run (more like a run-walk-run-walk-walk-run).
I kept tripping the entire time,
on the ground not drugs.
When I was on the last stretch to my dorm,
I fell and skidded across the pavement.
It would have been funny to watch because,
after I slid across the ground,
I sat in the middle of the road for a couple minutes to get my MP3 player working again,
in the meanwhile,
blood is running down my knees and hands.
Then I walked back to my room praying that I didn't 'run' into anyone who would see my wounds.
Luckily no one was out and about at the time.
But now I am in a lot of pain sitting down because I have a 'pavement burn' on my upper thigh.
Oh well.

dinnertime at home...

Eleanor...

Yesterday I was getting a bulk bag of cotton balls at Wal-Mart.
Cotton balls are so expensive,
but the bulk bag is lots cheaper.
Although it will probably take me ten years to use four hundred cotton balls.
I went to checkout,
but my sister walked off.
While I was waiting in line,
I turned around to yell at my sister and tell her where I was.
I turned around right as this older black lady got in line behind me.
I yelled "Eleanor!"
and the lady looked astonished and said "WHAAAAA? My name is Eleanor!"
I started to laugh and pointed to my sister and said that her name was also Eleanor.
The lady was so surprised,
she had never heard anyone calling for an 'Eleanor' that wasn't her.
Crazy.

Time for school...

I can't wait to go back to school.
I feel like I can relax at school.
I was born into a family of dramatic people,
myself included,
so this entire summer has been filled with stress.
Thankfully classes start soon and the stress of home can diminish.
My sister stays at home and commutes to school,
I do not know how she does it.
I would go absolutely insane.
Well,
more insane than I already am.

Awkward situations...

I always thought that I was just more prone to awkward situations than other people.
I just realized that I am that person that makes almost every situation awkward.
Maybe it is because I just over think things a lot.
Maybe it is because I don't think sometimes.
Who knows.

Need...

Sometimes...

Sometimes I like to take long walks by myself at night to think.
Sometimes I laugh out loud at a completely random thought in my head.
Sometimes I get upset at the littlest things.
Sometimes I assume wrong.
Sometimes I just want to be a singer,
then I remember I can't really sing.

Public speaking...

In middle school I took a class on public speaking.
We mainly played games.
Our only project was to do a commercial in front of the class.
I decided to team up with my best friend Lauren and do a hairspray commercial.
Lauren had long beautiful fine blonde hair.
When we got to class,
we had agreed that I would curl her hair with a hairbrush and hairspray.
In my mind it would look beautiful.
However,
I had never used hairspray before.
When we got to the front,
she sat down and I curled her long hair around the brush.
I sprayed her hair with a very generous amount of hairspray.
I then attempted to pull the brush out,
only to pull her hair and have her scream.
I spent a good five minutes trying to get that brush out of her hair.
No matter what I tried,
it was glued to her head.
I tend to laugh when embarrassed,
so the class had to struggle through a horrid presentation of my friend and me laughing so hard we couldn't talk.
When I finally gained control of my laughter,
I looked at the class and said,
"I guess maximum strength hairspray really works!"
Lauren had that brush in her hair until she could go home and take a shower.
That experience was so embarrassing that I cannot give a good presentation to this day.