If you would be my punk rock princess I would be your garage band king...

The tobacco buying was pretty awesome. I didn't get any, which is good, because that means the cashiers are doing their jobs. Emily bought some Mike's Hard Lemonade though, which was hilarious. The detective lady we were working with said that all the booze goes to the detectives that work on that stuff. That was funny, too, for some reason. We had a good time, and we have lots of funny inside jokes and stories now.

Matt was talking about the song Punk Rock Princess, and I knew it was a song, but couldn't remember it, so I'm listening to it now on Rhapsody. I think Rhapsody is legal. Anyway, this song is silly but sort of cute.

I went to Emily and Andy's house after our awesome undercoverness and then skit practice to hang out with some friends. We played badminton, ate cereal and s'mores over the stove, and watched Pirates of the Carribbean 2, and stuff. It was awesome.

Beside Nothing rocks.

Mara the butterfly

Your love is a fast song...

Today I went to the freshman boys' game. They lost 0-6. They're going to win their second game though. *nod*

Today is the superduper undercover tobacco investigation.

Yeah. That's all. Life is boring, I guess.

Mara

I lift my eyes unto the hills, where does my help come from?

So, that line is actually by the bible, and not by Casting Crowns, but since it's a song either way I decided it counts.

Today I went to the pool and then to a freshman softball game. The Ballard Balldroppers lost miserably. Not a moment of pride in my school, but it was still fun to watch. I mean, the other team was just good, but our team still didn't seem to play very well. Maybe it's because they're freshmen. *shrug*

Josh has a rash from a tick bite and while that's slightly frightening, it's still funny, sort of.

It so does not feel like a quarter to 11. I should probably go to bed soon.

Tomorrow I'm going to play airsoft at Ben's house. Hopefully that'll be fun. He's got lots of people coming. Andrew's hitching a ride with us. I tried to get Andy to come and he didn't want to. Loser.

That's about it. Goodnight.

Mara

Three sleepless nights, this isn't how it's supposed to be...

Today I have to give a guitar lesson (I need to start getting ready. I need to leave in a little more than half an hour), and then we're going to Andrew's baseball game, assuming it doesn't get rained out again. Then I'm pretty sure we're not doing anything the rest of the day, other than maybe some schooly things, but I'm not sure. The biology stuff isn't in, so who knows.

Yesterday was church and Overflow and Jermaleah's wedding shower. It was adorable. Probably the cutest shower I've ever been to. I don't like showers with games, because I think they're silly and sort of pointless, so this one was nice. All the peoples got to go up to the microphone and give Jeremy and Aleah their blessing and whatnot, and it was very sweet, and Aleah cried lots, and Jeremy cried, and Mrs. Harmsen cried, and Mr. Harmsen cried, and Mr and Mrs Aleah's Parents cried, and I think Andy cried, and I'm not sure if Emily cried or not, but she probably did. Wedding showers are cry-y, I guess.

I'm sleepy because I just woke up. *yawn*

My fingernails are gold sparkly stuff. I don't think I like it.

Yesterday at Overflow we played a big game in teams because the freshmen moved up (I'm a junior! That sort of makes me happy). We had to film a movie that started with the line "My momma always told me..." Our team went to this wooden bridge in Huxley and filmed our movie about the scary bridge dweller who killed off most of us because we hadn't invited him to Overflow. Then, two of the girls invited him and then he got saved and didn't kill people anymore. Ricky was the bridge dweller, and he put on this weird accent, and it was hilarious, and I died first, and then when they did the shot where we're dead at the bottom of the bridge I moved because they didn't warn me and I didn't know they were shooting us yet. Em got on my case *laugh* "MARAE. YOU CAN'T MOVE. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD. NOW IT'S RUINED." But we still looked pretty dead. Other than the moving and giggling. Despite the moving deadness, our movie still won, and was really stupid and hilarious. Sophie's team did one about the ninjas who say "ni!" and that was pretty funny, but it was hard to hear what they were saying.

Okay, Mom needs the computer. Bye all.

Mara

I shall ever grow up, make-believe is much to fun...

I'd be okay if I never had to grow up, I think. I like being small and childish sometimes, which isn't always a good thing, but it can be. It's nice to not have to worry about the complications of relationships and time and life in general, and to not care, and to just sort of let it all go. Life gets so stressful sometimes, for whatever reasons, and sometimes not for any reason at all. Why can't people ever seem to let God be in control and not freak out over stuff? We get all worked up over silly things that are really completely worthless in the long run, and all the time God's probably just standing there going ' For the last time, I've got this one'.

I found my orange pencil. The only mechanical pencil I like. It once but lost, but now is found. It's never been blind though. Because it's a pencil, and pencils can't see. Just in case you didn't know that or something.

Today I'm going to a baby shower for Lewis, Carter and Owen's baby brother. I heart him. He's a cutie. I call him Clive.

What should I wear? Such are the concerns of a girl.

Mara, the butterfly

Because everyone else says it so much better than I can.

[I reserve the right to do any of these as often as I want. It's my new thing. Yeah. Actually, I just feel like it.]

We were walking there, I had tangles in my hair
But you made me feel so pretty

So when you say forever
Can't you see
You've already captured me

AMAZING how life turns out the way that it does



I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself

LET THE WORLD CRASH, LOVE CAN TAKE IT

Your love is a fast song
And I'm dancing because I'm loved again
My heart is in motion for the rhythm inside you
Your love is a slow song
It's RESOUNDING through my world again
My heart is in motion for the song inside of you

please come to your window
been throwing rocks all night

All that you thought you'd never have
You hold in your hands
All that you thought you'd never love
Is right here above you
It's cruel

I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself...

Today was fine. It was reallyreallyreally good at times, and really fun, and stuff, but it reallyreallyreally sucked at times, and was really lame. That averages out to be fine. I make sense.

Today was Sam and Tonia's going away party. They're the two foreign exchange students who go to youth group and stuff. Anyway, it was a fun party, but there wasn't a whole lot of talk of them going away, I think because it just hasn't sunk/sunken/sinked (hehe) in that they're really leaving. At least, not for me. I'll probably cry when they leave. Actually, I probably won't, because I never cry really. I wish I cried more. *sigh*

I'm sort of moody and annoying. Sorry. I can't really help it much. Not that that's going to stop me from blogging about it, because this is, after all, my blog, and you have to listen to me, and you're free to stop reading at any point in time. Just know that I'm tired and sort of crabby, although also high on happy fumes of partyness, so I'm weird.

Tomorrow is going to be warmish. 77. That's pretty warm. We're supposed to have isolated thunderstorms though. Those are fun. But not when you want to lay outside in the grass.

This place is so lovely
It kind of makes me very happy

I like Eisley.

Mara Tenille, who is a butterfly.