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Will I ever change?! It's been nearly 7 months since I last posted and yet it seems like I'm doing the exact same thing: procrastinating the many homework assignments I need to do. Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, will you ever learn? Okay, so I guess I'm kinda multitasking because I have my WebAssign Calculus homework open in another tab... but I'm obviously not doing that this very second because I am here typing this. I'll probably try to just switch back and forth in 5 minute intervals (hmmm... i wonder how well that will turn out. :P).

Fifth day of school. Already behind on homework. Not looking like a very promising year. Other than homework, and schoolwork, and any work that takes any unwanted effort on my part, school has been great! I have classes with friends, I have made new friends, I even kinda have fun. Fun? At school? I've never known that was possible! And this year (along with my newly found enjoyment of educational activities ((an enjoyment, I will mention, that I will most likely never admit outside of my blog (((not that I don't want people to know, just that I doubt I will ever take the effort to actually bring it up in a conversation))) )) ) I have also received great responsibilities. Taking 4 college credit courses (nice alliteration, huh?) I now must pay attention to deadlines. Crap. Well, there goes what's left of my GPA. (Just kidding. I've actually been doing pretty well these first few days!) More than school responsibilities, at home I'm now the oldest. With Rachel in Russia and Matt in Argentina I'm the 'oldest sibling.' I do what I can, but there are many times when my responsibilities are shirked. I know my mom gets annoyed at me at times, but hey, I'm a teenager; it's not my fault! (Okay, maybe it is. But I find pleasure in making up excuses and rationalizing things.)

Enough of all that responsibility crud, now onto fun! I finally made the show choir at Twin Falls High School, yay JIVE! I love it. Oh so much. And I'm also in Chamber Singers, the advanced concert choir. Also way fun. JIVE! is full of amazing, nice, crazy, talented people, and I feel honored to be part of that category! Although going to my home school's 'rival school' for half of the day is somewhat awkward, I like meeting new people and getting to know them. Being at TFHS also really makes me aware of how great a school Canyon Ridge really is. Go Riverhawks! More fun: Swim team. Okay, maybe I've just become boy-crazy or something, but I'm pretty sure there have never been so many attractive, nice guys on swim team before... like wow. I feel privileged to be on the same swim team as them. And some of the are doing water polo. I am proud. Water polo is da bomb. Speaking of, this year in water polo it's slightly strange because I'm actually an advanced player. I am picked on to be an example, and help with plays. Since sports aren't my forte I've always been in the background, but this year it's great! I just can't wait until next year to see if I'm promoted to hole-man (or in my case hole-woman) or something, maybe even safety valve! (For those of you unfamiliar with water polo, I'm sorry, but I'm to lazy to explain. If you really are curious enough, look it up. Don't you love my insensitivity?)

Random stupid moment that just happened to me (this will show everyone how much of a nerd I am): I was doing my Calculus homework, and I needed to graph 'tan^2(x),' I did that and everything, but my graph wasn't showing up right. I was like thinking, "What the heck?!" Then I asked a friend and it turned out my calculator was set to degrees instead of radians. Then I felt dumb. I always keep my calculator in radians, so I never check! But I forgot I lent my calculator to a friend. Well, I'm sure none of you even care about this 'cuz you are all no where near as nerdy as I am, but whatever. I just felt dumb for making that mistake, so I thought I'd share it.

Word of Advice:

S.M.I.L.E. - Showing Messages of Interest and Love Easily. (Sorry for the lame acronym. I came up with it in the spot. But at least it's better than the acronyms they give you here.) My acronym may be extraordinarily lame, but it's true and makes sense! Even don't know someone at all it's still good to smile at them. I honestly shows them that you are putting some interest in them, which for some people can make their day. If you smile at someone you mostly know it shows that you honestly love and care for them. Not to mention, smiling is so easy! Does it really take that much effort to slightly move the corners of your mouth? No. Come on! I can do it, and I'm the laziest person I know. It's a wordless message that conveys so much emotion with so little effort; why wouldn't you smile? Not to mention, everyone is more attractive with a smile on their face. Even if you don't think your smile is cute, or pretty, or anything; it brightens up your entire face and makes you shine. Never forget to smile. Even if you aren't smiling at anyone in particular. If you just walk down the hall with a smile on your face people will want to know you. Also, if someone smiles at you, smile back. It is so rude and obnoxious when you smile at someone and then they just look away or act like you're crazy or something. Smile.

Well, I honestly hope that reading my blog wasn't a totally complete waste of time and that you learned something, even if that something you learned was to never read one of my blog posts ever again. Then at least you gained that piece of knowledge. If you would like to read a blog of mine with more of a purpose there is always MuffinsForTheSoul. I know that I personally grow spiritually when I write it, so I hope I can help others grow when they read it. But if you'd rather not read it then oh well. It's your decision. It's your life. The end.