New Background!

I kind of like this... it's appropriately Autumn and not rainy or depressing! I don't want it to tell the truth or anything... it's such horrible weather! I forgot to wear my hat yesterday, it was sad, I was disappointed, no one noticed. Haha. Well it's already almost PITCH black outside and according to the best sunset/sunrise times out there like 20 minutes early. Crappy rain.

Take back what I said about liking the new blogger- now because it's more like gmail it's not responding to it when I type. So I'll type something, and it won't appear until I minimize and then open the page again. So I have no idea what I'm typing right now, and deleting things is really annoying. My computer can't take this extra sophistication....

My NJHS Speech

My NJHS Speech: Word for word, more or less, of what I said this morning:


     Hey, I’m Olivia, and I’m [also] running for NJHS president. I think that I should be elected because I’m dedicated, have previous experience, and would do my best to help us all enjoy being in National Junior Honors Society.
     Whenever I start a new project or job, I always follow it through to the end. No matter how long it takes, my dedication to seeing the finished product doesn’t fade. Being the president would be a year long commitment- one that I am able to- and want- to make. I will be available for meetings almost every time there is one, including the additional Tuesdays for officers. Whether it is the first meeting or the last, my involvement will not go down.
     In addition, I have all the experience needed to be president. I have leadership experience, and have also been in student organizations like NJHS before. Last year I was in Student Council, where I took on the responsibilities of secretary. This was an excellent experience for me, and I really enjoyed coming early every Friday to discuss and argue over ideas with the rest of the student government. Thanks to the experiences I’ve had with DeWitt Drama, I don’t have a problem with speaking in public, and I have been complemented on being able to speak to anyone about anything. Another leadership experience I’ve had was over this summer, when I wrote and directed a community play. We got kids from ages 7-14- some of whom are in this room now- and together we put on a play. I directed it throughout about 4 rehearsals over the course of only 3 weeks, and by the performance date they were more than ready- from their lines, to their blocking, to their costumes. One of the main things I learned by putting that event together was how to keep order with people who are my age and also my friends. It was a valuable lesson in how to be nice while still keeping it productive and it not being overly chaotic. That’s a skill every president needs to have, because really while their job is to get things done, it’s more importantly about keeping you happy.
     And that’s what it comes down to, really. I’m up here bragging about why I would be right for the job, but you can’t be a good president just by pleasing yourself. That’s not what I’m trying to do.
     It’s not about me, it’s about you- and that’s why you should vote Olivia Salomon for the president of NJHS.

I was really happy with how I did. Hope you vote for me!

The Reign of Malfoy is Drawing Near

Tomorrow is NJHS, where I will most likely have to say my speech unless they run out of time for the presidents. Don't know if I want this to happen or not- I mean, my speech isn't that bad well at least it isn't emotion-less and so I am doing okay but no that's a lie I'm scared. As long as I don't sound scared it's all good. I'm okay with looking scared, but SOUNDING scared, with your voice shaking and stuff is horrible I hate it so much. Can you tell I'm going for the "run on sentence" vibe here? Okay, so I HOPE I WIN well duh, or else I wouldn't be running, right? Okay, I've decided. I want to say it tomorrow. or else I have to wait what, another week which would be horrible because I would spend the entire time stressing and editing and memorizing and GREATLY confusing myself up with the Student Council speech which I haven't written yet. And I'm kinda not ready to write it because like I said, I would then try to memorize it, and then go to say my NJHS speech by saying "Hello, I'm Olivia Salomon, I'm in 8th Grade, and I'm running for secretary," instead of "Hey, I'm Olivia, and I'm running for NJHS president.

Just got the little nervous things. If I don't eat breakfast tomorrow, you'll know I'm really nervous. See (some of) you then!

I need to post more often.

I really do. And actually, I am always THINKING about what I'm going to post, but I never get around to it.

So I'm just going to say a few random things.

Realization of the day: My hair is looking kinda fake-red in a purple way. Like Isaac's last year. Not that Isaac's is fake looking, but purple looking. You know? But it's weird because it's not fake... change of shampoo is necessary. Haha. Random and kinda shallow of me to talk about that, but okay.

On a less shallow note, I LOVE MATH. LOVE MATH. LOVE IT. LOVVVEEE IT. Do you get the point? I'm learning SO MUCH and it's just really fun for me. Like last year, when I was "learning" slash playing with HTML? Set builder notation is the best. Okay. And it's just so much FUN in general, because it's like solving things and slowly revealing the answer....

Thats why my mom thinks I should like science, but I don't. It's not the teacher, it's just the material. I like Ms. VanVleet, well, I don't really know yet. So far, it's okay. I dunno. Ummm but yeah, I don't really like science. It's not that interesting. Funny, because I get really good grades in it. It's just not fun. I don't feel like it's learning, somehow. It's weird. Especially about the earth. I just... can't bring myself to care. I know that's a pretty naive of me to say that I don't really want to learn about the earth, but I don't. I don't find Earth Science interesting, and I don't find last years science interesting, it's just too easy. And this year, it's no longer easy and it's still not enjoyable. And like I've said to many people, it's a lot of work to not enjoy. I just hate how I knew this last year and yet still agreed to Earth Science. Well, I've heard she was supposed to be fantastic soooooo I'll wait and see. I'm not going to drop out, and I'm not really regretting it, I'm just kind of disappointed that it's still not challenging and or fun.


I'm being a rather BAD chatter with my BFF adri right now, and ditching her for long periods of time to write this. Apologize. Did you know that everything she's posted on her blog hasn't been showing up in mine? All this time I've been thinking that the most recent thing she'd posted was Mountains in the Distance, two months ago. Do you see that in my blog list? On yours? Because she's actually posted much more recent stuff... I think it has something to do with how she made it private.

On a different topic altogether, I'm going to have to threaten with the whole COMMENTS post. CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED. I've only been hearing from the same 4 or 5 people. I want one of my 20 something followers to comment! Does ANYONE read this? It's okay if you say no.... as long as you say something. Ha.


On another totally unrelated point, I'm running for NJHS president and I hope I win. But if I don't, that's okay, because then I don't feel as bad about running for Student Council secretary as well. Still haven't decided if I'm going to. Haven't written anything resembling a speech, and haven't thought about it at all. Tell me, should I run? Will you vote for me? What should my student council posters say? (NJHS posters would be pointless, because the "election" is like thursday... in a few days CRAP.) Whenever I think about running my stomach does that little 2 second flying thing... you know? where you feel like you need to take a deep breath? I don't know how to explain it. It's not nauseous, and it's not really that scared either. Anticipation. The worst thing is that I know that I'll be SHAKING LIKE CRAZY AND even (GOD FORBID) blushing out of my mind while reading it. The shaking is worse, because then for the entire time after I can hardly stand up and I feel so weak it's SO WEIRD. I got it after reading my social studies speech which went over WELL as the one on the opposite side of the room/world as Nico's, which was horrible and gruesome and mean and HORRIBLE. Getting back to the point (not that there ever is one on my blog.), I get that shaky feeling whenever I stand up in front of people, even if it's freaking memorized. Plays don't count. Or at least Twelfth Night didn't, because the only nerves I had for THAT was not eating breakfast in the morning for the month leading up to the show... that's how scared I was. Ahem.

On ANOTHER different topic, it's that time of the year again! That's right, time for Olivia Salomon to (continue) her christmas list, perfect her halloween costume, and start her sisters Christmas present. See my Christmas list over there? ----------------->
Yep. Still there. A bit down. Yeah. All the things I NEED NEED NEED NEED NEED in order to make it through the next year.... cough wishful thinking cough. I'm going to hope for either the camera or the video camera, the laptop is so out of the question I took it off.

This post is to long. I'm going to try to have more regular aber (german word meaning but) shorter posts. Or at least more interesting ones.... HATE ELLIPSES. HATE. "..." HATE.

Question of the evening:

Is my writing getting:
Less boppy/bubbly/exciting/crazy/random or
More boppy/bubbly/exciting/crazy/random or
crazy boring or
crazy horribly out of control or
bad or
good or
great or
fantastic or
annoying or
really fun to read (because it's SO MUCH FREAKING FUN TO WRITE)


Don't you just love me...


(it's okay if you say no as long as you say something! haha...)

I dare you...

I dare you all to pick up a New Yorker magazine and read it straight through, from beginning to end. I've learned so much random stuff! And I'm only on the second article. The writing is fantastic, also. I used to look at them and be like "That writing is so boring" but it ISN'T. It ISN'T. It's really really great. I read an article on Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, and I don't know what to think. It's really long, but if you read it you won't regret it. It doesn't look as interesting online... AND IT'S LIKE 20 PAGES SHORTER and not as good but whatever. It's I also read this, a story called "ET TU, BROOKLYN" and it was just the perfect length of story and just... right somehow. I don't know. All I'm saying is that it's one of those magazines that you should just read all the way through. I'm going to read the science article just like I read the Shouts and Murmurs.

Plus the covers are just perfect.

Do you see this, Sophie? DO YOU SEE THIS, ALLY?

So tell me what you think. Have you read any? Did you like it? Did you hate it? I'm tired of the same people commenting and I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO A POST ABOUT ASKING PEOPLE TO COMMENT. THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING. Thanks. But anyway, really, does anyone else find magazines in general cool? Or just this kind of magazine? Fashion magazines? I like fashion ones also- all those PICTURES and stuff. What's cool for me about magazines is that they, unlike books, seem to need to have every single word read instead of skimming sentences here and paragraphs there. I soak them in. Weird, huh?

p.s. I love the new blogger- it's more like a gmail. Very cool. Though the picture thing is more like choosing a status picture. However, it IS less confusing, which is a plus.

[insert sign off here]

Social Studies Essay.

Our assignment was to write a speech about the death penalty, and if it's constitutional or should be allowed.


I think that allowing the death penalty in America is unconstitutional. Killing even a criminal is cruel. No matter what the person had been caught for, death isn’t the answer. The death penalty also goes against the eighth amendment, which says that no “cruel and unusual punishments,” are allowed in America.

In a case of murder, the death penalty could be put in place to prevent that person from ever killing again. Ironic, isn’t it, since then we are setting the example that it is okay to kill someone if they did something wrong- in this case, murder- but someone could always say “Oh, look, the state thinks it’s okay for someone to be killed for doing something bad, and I’ve always hated this one other person because of one reason or another, and so it must be okay…” and that just starts the cycle all over again. So while the death penalty does fulfill its goal by keeping the accused from ever doing something criminal again, it is more important for the government to set a good example for how its citizens should behave- and killing people for their crimes isn’t something that should be circulated as an action approved by the government. A person should have a life sentence in jail, but killing them would make you just as bad as them, and a hypocrite.

Another point against the death penalty is the effect is has on how we think of ourselves. First of all, I don’t like being “seen as a country” that executes it’s citizens- even if we are otherwise modern, industrial, and civilized. Actually, especially if we are modern, industrial and civilized. Why kill, when, apparently, imprisoning them for life would cost less, while keeping us, as a country, from feeling like murderers? I know that a few days ago I talked about how we have become desensitized to murder and killings through video games, books, and movies- but really, who wouldn’t feel brutal after just killing someone? Who wouldn’t feel brutal after just hearing about someone dying at the hands of our government? If this didn’t make a person feel like a murderer, I don’t know what would. I feel like a murderer just knowing that such a thing exists with approval from our government.

So yes, I think that society is better off without the death sentence. It’s cruel, and if you don’t think that it is an unusual punishment then you should get away from those action violence video games and take a look at the countries around us. We are one of the few modern civilizations that still use death as a punishment, and for us it’s even worse- because it goes against our own laws. The death penalty, according to me, isn’t the right way to punish our criminals.

Blah Blah Blah SEWING MACHINE.

Wore my first pair of actual skinny jeans today. Exciting, I know. Not really. They feel like wearing tights, all day. Tights are annoying. Whatever.

Annyyywayyyy I'm making my sister her Christmas present (my Halloween costume wasn't enough) and it's AWESOME. Her present is always the best because I make her American Girl Doll clothes, which I LOVE. Finally got an excuse to use the sewing machine, which I could hardly do for my costume because I had to sew cards together, which doesn't work well. I used tape. Shhhhh. Duct tape. Yet another one of Duct Tapes uses. See how I capitalized there? Duct Tape is also God, just like Me and I and You. Haha, remember that post? Wow, I'm crazy. Off topic. So yeah, I'm making her this whole aweesomee American Girl Doll Collection and it's going to be AWESOME. I got this SPARKLY PURPLE FELT at the UU Sale, and that's going to be my theme. I made this skirt already, which looks like a human-sized Gaga corset/bra thing, or a pair on underpants. BUT on an American girl sized, and worn as a skirt, not a shirt, it looks AWESOME. And I'm also making this really cool shirt also. I made a pink skirt. It's interesting. I have yet to make pants... and by "have yet to make" I mean "I will most likely never make" pants. They are FREAKING SCARY. I need to make a dress though, that's vital. I'll post pictures when they are done, or when I get a camera, or when my dad gets home so I can use his iphone to take pictures. Yes, that's the only working "camera" in the house. It's sad, I understand. I really want to show you all my clothing items!!! You'll see them later. Maybe I'll get a camera for Christmas. Time to put it on my Christmas List (It's on the right side? See it?)

Okay, I've got to go do my homework. Stupid homework. THOUGH we don't have Algebra MIRACLE but still. Sozialkunde. Und Earth Science. Das ist nicht gut.

Dilemma

I need a new blog title. It's not as me anymore. Any suggestions? And also, I need a new background. Adri, do I have any quotes? Doubt it, but still. I need something. So Far Gone, in addition to being an album by the dreaded DRAKE ehhh is just not good enough. I'll leave it like this until I find a better one.

I could always go back to Ooh. La. La. but I didn't really like that. Come on, you're all smart people. Anything that's perfect for this?