I Like The Voice In My Head...

Well, it's been a good week in my life for music. I actually have TWO favorite songs this week. And I don't think you need lyrics and band pictures to enjoy them. So, they are...

- Some Will Seek Forgiveness, Others Escape by UnderOATH from their album They're Only Chasing Safety
- Between You and I by Every Avenue from their NEW album Shh. Just Go With It

Go check 'em out. You'll probably enjoy them.

So I just got back from driving around...and right turns and yield signs can go jump into the center of the busiest intersection. Another couple tally marks to add to the number of times I've almost killed myself and others while behind the wheel.

Mrs. Wallenberg is officially out to get me. No lie. We (we being Zoey, Rich, Mary, Jake and myself), were standing at my locker, comparing the graffiti on it to Mrs. Wallenberg's room/Satan herself. (It says "hell," by the way, if you don't know me). When over my shoulder, she appears in her sunny yellow sweater and wants to know what we were going to finish that conversation with. Several "uh" and "um"'s in response. When she leaves, we burst out into frightened, nervous giggles.

On top of that, since Zoey was sick today, I waited for my dad to come in a very dark Little Theater with three guys for an hour. Wanna know what we talked about? I'll never tell. it was pokemon

What is Melanie listening to right now?: Ants - Forgive Durden
Poor Forgive Durden. They broke up, ya know?

Jump The Gun

Sorry for the lack of posting. I've been a little swamped with procrastination, the occasional homework assignment and disease.

GUESS WHO CAN GET HER LEARNER'S PERMIT?!?!? It only took two tries...but I'm SO GLAD DRIVER'S ED IS OVER! I can't even express it in words. Now we move onto the driving portion. I can only think of one thing more frightening than me on the road...me on the INTERSTATE going +65 mph. At least once I get my Learner's I can practice driving legally with a person over 18 years of age between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. (see, Melanie WAS listening during DE...)

I also got over the fact that Elizabethan England sucked and finished my project last night. It's pretty good for being written in under two hours with no experience prior. Now I need to work on that presentation...

How much do the new Schedule Regulations suck, people? I think we should picket! Gather the wood and paint my fellow freshman! I've already taken a semester of P.E. and I'm taking Hellth. And now we hear one has been a waste of time? PICKET!

On a lighter note, here's a few bands you should all listen to and enjoy:
- Daphne Loves Derby
- Edsion Glass
- Driving East
- Number One Gun
- Flight 409
- FM Static
- Haste the Day
- Kill Paradise
- Sullivan
- The Send
- Test Your Reflex

Also, one person we haven't heard about recently, my Sweater Guy, likes to run into people. He ran into me today and afterschool basically bowled down Zoey. We won't mention what happened after that event...including Rich dramatically falling to the floor in front of Crushing Barbie Chick. Which was funny. At least my Sweater Guy hasn't DISAPPEARED OFF THE FACE OF THE PLANET. Remind Alissa to find a new one.

I'd like to finish with a quote from Jack Handey I came across today: "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." And if that doesn't make you laugh, go put a "Kick Me" sign on your FACE.

What is Melanie listening to right now?: Dismantle.Repair. - Anberlin
P.S. Yes, the Rice Krispie wrappers ARE different.

DISASTER!

So, this morning I go upstairs after chillin' out and playing some Pokémon (more on that later), to shower. Cuz, you know, I'm the kind of person who likes showering on the occasion, especially since I didn't feel like waking up VERY early for the 7:30 freaking a.m. start yesterday to bathe. So I kinda wanted a shower. But lo and behold! Our hot water heater no longer produces warmth for our H2O here at the Dumdei residence. So I was just chillin' again in a green noxious cloud of my own stench when I decided, "My blog-friends need an update!" So here I am, and long time no see.

You may ask, "Hey, what have YOU been up to lately, Mel?" Well, let me tell you. Driver's Ed is a waste of LIFE. 3:30-6:30, almost every day. Listening to a scary guy - who likes to whistle LOUDLY at his innocent pupils at random, unpredictable intervals, I might add - talk to us for 3 hours takes a lot out of ya. I didn't go on the compy for a long time, and I'm finally over the withdrawals.

The music video for NINE IN THE AFTERNOON came out on Sunday. So go HERE to have your life blown to pieces by the amazingness. There just might be a little too much long underwear and mustaches for some of you, but push through the pain!

Zoey and Rich came to my house for awhile yesterday once school was let out at 12:30 and we Wii'ed it up for a bit. That's where the Pokémon comes in. While Zoey was pwning Mario and Rich played Zelda a bit later, I sat for several hours with my face glued to a GameBoy playing Leaf Green. I bet all your Bulbasaur's haven't evolved to a level 20-something Ivysaur...

Oh! My dad just came and informed the water heater is now fixed, so I'm going to go...you know...

What is Melanie listening to right now?: Sleep, Everyone - Powerspace
P.S. Pidgey's my fave, and Weedle and Caterpie SUCK.
P.S.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICH!!!!
P.S.S.S. I'm babysitting dogs all weekend! With a house to myself, with lots of food and free music videos/movies!

I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts...

Happy ACROSS THE UNIVERSE DAY! Or at least in my world it is. Probably February 5 in yours...but no matter! Also DANCING DAY for those of you 'involved" people trying out for Footloose. (Involved being a state of mind). Not that I frown upon being involved in extracurricular activities. It looks good on the college applications I hear. I wish bunches of luck to you all!

Today in English, we began reading the Shakespearean classic, Romeo and Juliet. And let me tell you...it is DIRTY! I enjoyed it way too much. Plus being able to brandish weapons in the same room as Mrs. Wallenberg was nice...even if the maximum amount of damage one could inflict would be a good bruise... So now, to honor the dirtiness of Romeo and Juliet, I will be posting a log. Of everything dirty they say. Feel free to skip it if it means nothing to you. I won't be *sniffle* offended...*sob*

Dirty Comments - Act One, Scene One (<--- Crimson, for bloodshed...)

• "...thrust his maids to the wall."
• "Me they shall feel while I am able to stand; and 'tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh."
• "What, ho!"
  
• "Draw thy tool!"
• "My naked weapon is out."
• "Give me my long sword, ho!"

MORE REASONS TO WASH YOURSELF TOMORROW!

What is Melanie listening to right now?: The Birds and the Bees - Breathe Carolina
^ Breathe Carolina...check 'em out!
P.S. Hope you feel better, Rich!

From End To Beginning

JANUARY 29, 2007!!

The BIG DAY has finally arrived! An official release of music from the mysterious, availing Panic At the Disco has hit the earth at approximately NINE, IN THE AFTERNOON. I suggest you all go listen to this amazing piece of artistry at the cost of the universe collapsing in around you otherwise.

But enough about them. This is MY blog, is it not? And besides, it's not like most of my friends won't post page-long descriptions of every note in the freaking 3:13 minute piece of music on their blogs, anyway. Maybe...

Though I want to post something about myself, I have, despite myself, nothing for my periodical readers... One Act started yesterday (YAY RICH!) and I'll be seeing 1st and 7th period tomorrow in school. It better be good. But at least I have pencils to shove into my ears if it isn't. Hellth continues to inflict physical pain on me. Today we got to do the Heimlich Maneuver on each other, so the physical pain can be translated literally. I'm glad that if someone starts turning a nice shade of cerulean on me, I can save their life by doing chest thrusts. As if that's not dirty...

Things That Exist to Smite Me:

• Algebra
• 5B Study/Lunch
• All My Children
• Walls that jump out and run my face into their cement selves
• Colds. The nose kind.
• Cold. The 'effin chilly kind...like the outdoors.
• Comedy Central (why would you edit out things from Vicious Circle?!@?)
• iTunes that refuses to update

What is Melanie listening to right now?: Addiction and Her Name - There For Tomorrow
P.S. On top of buying 9ITA, you should all make yourselves own Never Take Friendship Personal by Anberlin. It's a heavy-hearted work of staggering genius. *wink*
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE COMES OUT FEBRUARY 5!!!

Just Lost Causes

I'm sure not very good at updating this thing everyday. I suppose that's a good thing though, seeing as nothing happens in my life. All last week, since my previous update, I've been semi-busy, though I completely ignored my model. I got some more measurements for that on Friday, but I forgot one, so it'll be a little tough to do it now as well.

Today (which is Saturday), I got to wake up 4 a.m. to sub for a friend's paper route...And I thought it was cold during the day. I was wearing several layers and I was still very cold. I learned while doing this said paper route that we live near a Joe Anderson (YAY! ACROSS THE UNIVERSE), Rich's grandma, and *shudder* Mrs. Wallenberg, a.k.a. Satan. We got done and I went back to bed and slept 'till 10:45, which is nice. I also slept through St. Lucia. OOPS! Oh well. It gets old. I was also supposed to babysit the dogs as mentioned before, but that went down the drain. So we went shopping instead. Here's several highlights of that trip:

• I got my Christmas/Hanukkah present from Zoey at Aeropostale. I still need to get the second half of her present for her.
• We met Rich at the mall. (Sorry about my father.)
• We saw Alissa's Sweater Guy in Old Navy. Probably made my day.
• We also saw Andrew the Guy In Girl's Pants at Old Navy. Good times...
• The fact that I was shopping instead of doing my model was a highlight as well.

There really isn't anything else interesting that happened recently. Wish me luck at entertaining myself tonight! ANSWER THE FREAKING PHONE, ALISSA!

Countdown to my birthday: 10 days
Number of presents for Melanie under the Jon tree: 4, soon to be 5

What is Melanie listening to right now?: (*Fin) - Anberlin

You're Call Has Been Forwarded to an Automatic...

As I sit here in my house...alone, I think about what a life I've had, or lack thereof. You see at Lincoln the Winter Formal taking place right about now, even with several inches of snow piled up all over the city. Guess who isn't at Winter Formal? MELANIE!!! Zoey's there with Rich as well as Ron and the rest of the posse. Alissa isn't though. But she won't answer her phone. So we're back to me being alone. There is a job application sitting to my left, the computer before me, and homework to my right. I should be doing some of the homework, but instead I have been looking for new bands via PureVolume and iTunes for about the past two hours. I finished both my poster and program for Play Prod. though. That only took four hours...

Not much else took place today. I finally got out of my pajamas around 3:30. I was real motivated, you see. Now I should probably fold the four loads of laundry sitting around my house.

HAPPY DECEMBER FIRST!!!
Countdown to my birthday: 18 days

What is Melanie listening to right now?: The Ocean - The Bravery

a.) Ignore or b.) Stand up For (What They Say)

Today in gym, we continued my own personal torture by elaborating on our unit in the weight room. For those of you who know me, you understand that I can totally bench press 3 large men on each side of a 200 pound bar. For those of you who don't, my arms have the circumference of a pencil and my legs can be related to a chicken's. I struggled on all of the sets, especially the military thing. We didn't even put weights on it, I could barely lift the 40 lb. bar. I got the first couple (in pain, of course), but made the mistake of letting it go. Props to Blaine and Matt for lifting it for me at the very end, though. It helps when you don't have a class that stops and star- well...laughs.

In other news, I have new curtains, Zoey is no longer sick, we had our first semi-major snowfall here in XXXXX XXXXX, (and they're predicting 6-8 inches for Saturday), and I stole Richie's scarf. It's very warm, actually. It makes my neck sweat. (Rich, if you're reading this, I'm sorry). I have posted a few pictures to add visuals. This is my first time trying to post pictures, so if it doesn't work, I'll try to make it look decent.

What is Melanie listening to right now?: All Fall Down - OneRepublic