HP

I just saw the last Harry Potter movie.
And I wept.
About five times...
Fred dies? Cry. Remus & Tonks? Cry. All the dead come? Cry. Harry gets 'killed'? Cry. Rest of movie? (especially the end)? Cry. Cry. BALL LIKE A FREAKIN CHILD.
It was amazing. No cheesy parts. Neville was awesome. Everything about it was extraordinary. It's odd. When it was done, I turned to my sister and simply said: "It's over." And though she doesn't get it, it truly is.
Harry Potter has been with me since grade two. I've read the books. Lined up for movies. Been to the theme park. Had marathons. Written fanfiction. Read fanfiction. Dreamt about it! Sure, I may not have been hardcore enough to wear robes around or advertise my love to the extreme. But... that wasn't because I was embarrassed... It was because it's a private thing for me. The world that J.K Rowling created is something that I'll always carry with me. No one can see that last movie and not say that the woman is a brilliant mind, to the likes of Einstein. Sure, she hasn't saved lives. But she's new lives. Stories that will take the readers on adventures of unknowns. That's private for me. Private and wonderful.
While there will always be a place in my heart for Harry Potter, I can't say that I don't feel this is an ending. I hope J.K Rowling gives us many other great things.
Goodbye Hermione, Ron, James & Lily, Sirius, Remus, Ginny, Fred, George, Percy, Bill, Charlie, Molly, Arthur, Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, Flitwick, Slughorn, Trelawney, Sinistra, Hagrid even Voldemort. And goodbye Harry, the boy - who - lived.
Thank you. For everything...

Happy Canada Day!

So, it's the second official day of summer (and Canada day!) and my family is on a cleaning frenzy.

Set the scene. I'm sitting in my sweatpants in the bathroom, a safety pin and my phone in my hands as I pick away at the inside of my phone. My mom walks in.

Mom: What are you doing?
Me: Trying to get this fluff out of my phone.
Mom: *alarmed* Is it stopping it from working properly?
Me: No... It's just bugging me.

This is when my mom finds my answer completely suitable and leaves me be. I'm from a weird family.

I MAY BE PERFORMING IN THE OLYMPICS! :O

So my dance studio had an opportunity for pre-comp or comp dancers to perform three times during the olympics. One big performance and two smaller ones. It would be amazing cause it would be during the olympics and really really awesome. Unfortunately, my parents and I both decided against it because we are going to england this year. But then my mother was talking to my studio director, Miss Rebecca asked my mother if she could take me. :O :O :O And I think that we're going to say yes! It would be so much fun and it would be me and alysha! So exciting!

I'm not sure, though.  :S

Charlotte.

Good news? Go shopping!

get good news = go shopping.

that's pretty much how my family works. well... the women in my family at least. (:

so how about we explain? wednesday we had our dance troupe auditions. they aren't a big big deal because you know you're getting it. it's more if you're moving up, if you're with your friends and what dances you make. so today (saturday), it was time to get the envelope. mom and i walked up and guess what? I'M IN SENIORRRRRRR! *throws confetti* ahhh i remember when i was just a little mini. going out onstage for the first time. being scared to death. those were the days. but now I AM the one the littlees will look up to. i'm actually kind of super pumped here. :S like super pumped here.

but i'd already had plans to go shopping with madi that day. so her grandpa picked me up. we went to aerie and I GOT A ROMPER HOLY YAYS! it's army green and very purrdyyyyy. and i got a sports bra/bandeau thing. and a light green floppy shirt. and a headband. so everyone can now be excited for me. (: and i also got two pairs of high waised shorts for AE (hey! it was buy one - for 29.99 - get another for 10.00! how could i resist?). then i got a beach bag and sunglasses from garage. and a pair of nautical shorts and TOMMMMMSSSS from aritizia. super cool. super hot. right? i love shopping. like actually.

then we went and saw super eight. firslty. why is it called super eight? secondly. BEST MOVIE EVER. it was hilarious and scary at the same time. thing a mixture between ALIEN and the GOONIES. it was actually hilarious.

recital went good too. there was one moment where genesis had to go on one number ahead because a little girl was missing from the other one. so it was only me, anya and alysha onstage when the lights and music came on. it was MAYHEM. avery and rachel were changing from hip hop so they got onstage near the middle. miss rebecca told us she was so fortunate it was us there and not pre-comps or people who would have handled it badly. and i cried at the end. a lot. and during down to the river. miss amy stood in the corner and pointed at her 'starry crown' which was actually a lime green headband that was part of a little kids costumes. ah. the craziness of dance. how i love it.

only a week and three days left of school. shocking. we're not really doing anything though. it's boring and kind of fun at the same time. weird mix. don't mock me.

and madi is giving me all of her babysitting clients while she's away for the summer. i'm going to go meet them monday and then i'll start babysitting when she leaves. i'm pretty pumped. three one and a half year old babies, two five and two year olds and that's it. but thats FIVE CLIENTS. wooooo! cause my fliers didn't bring in any revenue. ah poo. i had a dream all the backlash was in my junk email though. it's not. trust me. i checked.

well, i have to go put my clothing away. ta-ta!

Studying for the biggest science test of life. No big deal.

MOM: so what's 'la salinite?' *reading off science pre-test sheet*

ME: :O umm... er... c'est la chaleur qui s'ecoule and umm... cellules vers l'endroit BASSIN HYDROGRAPHIQUES. (basically throwing in a bunch of science words.)

MOM: 'c'est la concentration de sel dissous dans l'eau.' *still reading off sheet*

ME: Yeah. I said that. >.>

For once, I’m not writing this on blogspot! No, this is in a word document because I’m on my way to my gramcrackers house and therefore, do not have internet. But, I figured since I was procrastinating doing work anyways, I might as well do a blog post while I did it!

            I’ve been having trouble sleeping lately, which is weird for me. Usually, my head hits the pillow on the weekend and I fall asleep instantly until 10 or 11 the next day. Now though, I’m up at least two hours after I originally planned to sleep. It’s annoying. Really. Annoying. Especially, when I have a lot of work to do and when I don’ sleep I have no initiative what so ever to do anything but read FF and hang out.

            I saw Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides yesterday with the parents. I don’t care what anyone says, I sometimes like being nerdy and going out with the ‘rents. Firstly: They pay. What can be better than that? Secondly: They go get the popcorn re-fill. So, yes, I have lots of reasons that you cannot question. Of course, I would never see something like ‘The Hangover’ or ‘Easy A’ with them as that would just be tooooo awkward (we saw Black Swan together on Christmas Day. Wow.), but movies either than that are fine. Plus, they share my opinion that NOTHING can beat the first Pirates movie. I saw it with them when I was a youngin’ and it was one of the only movies that my dad didn’t pull his whole ‘aloof’ thing. Honestly, some days I want to smack him.

            It certainly helped my potential novel plotting, though! Note: I didn’t steal anything from the movie, the score just got me in the mood. POTC music? The best pirate music in the world. And for anyone who’s curious and wants me to tell them the plot. I don’t have it yet. Which just made me sad. So screw you. But seriously, I only have characters and the like and a vague vague vague plot idea. But it involves pirates, royalty and potentially some sort of abnormal happenings. I haven’t decided yet, though. J + R (MC + MC2) have been surprisingly active in my head though. It’s probably a good thing but their quite annoying. Plus, I haven’t decided if one of them is dying yet so it’s kind of awks. :/

            NO WORD DOCUMENT. IT IS STILL A WORD IF I REPEAT IT THREE TIMES. I mean, come on now!

           

            Back from my visit. My mom irks me so much. When she’s in a bad mood, she has to bring everyone down and make little comments under her breath. Normally, I can ignore her. But when she says them purely to hurt me, it gets at me. I was talking about how I’d like to go out and get a notepad for the 30 day challenge I think I’m doing and she just kept… commenting under her breath. I’m used to it by now that it only makes me look at her and think: ‘Why? Why would you say things like that? I’m your daughter, not some tramp.’ So. Charlotte is not too happy at the moment.

            But she’s actually  kind of SUPER DUPER HAPPY for others things. I got a message on FF saying that someone wanted to follow my Tumblr and so I was sort of confused as I don’t really have a Tumblr. But then they sent me the post that was raving about me and Charlotte goes to jump off a cliff because she’s so blushing and glowing and in one of those ‘aw-shucks’ moods. It actually makes up for my less than supportive parents.

            BUT… my mom wasn’t bad all day. We were sitting, waiting for my sister to wheel my grandmother over at the mall and we were talking about how whenever I see an author posting on Tumblr I get all excited about how I wish it was me posting that. I mentioned to my mom that the youngest author to get on the bestseller list is 27. Then I asked her if she thinks I’ll be published before I was 27. She gave me this really earnest look and said Yes. Actually. Yes. And it wasn’t one of those slim, half full of wrong-ness yes’. But an actual yes.

            But I am SO pumped for Madi’s cottage! (Note: Yes. I am changing topics rather quickly.) I mentioned Tubing again and my mother insisted that it’s a no but then she – once again – just told me not to talk about it. She almost pulled something when I asked if she had an issue with wake-boarding. I’m guessing I’ll have to put her on limited viewing when I post pictures of me doing it on Facebook.
             ALAS. My mother took me out to get a pretty Chapters notebook for my 30 day challenge. I have to write something that fills up at least a page every day the whole month of June. It's to get inspiration for JulyNoWriMo, which I'm planning on maybe doing with Karys. It's purple. And pretty. YAY! (:


Ta-ta!


Charlotte.

Cottaging!

MADI INVITED ME TO HER COTTAGE THIS SUMMER! umma what? YEH I KNOW.

Excuse that mess of grammar and other errors, I'm just insanely excited. As in insanely!!! It's only for five days but stiiiiiiiiiiiillllll. Isn't it just the perfect set up for a fluff novel? Girl accepts friends offer to stay at cottage just before over seas get away. They drive down and get settled. While trying out some sort of water event for the first time, girl falls off water board/tube/device she's on and gets saved by hunky old time cottage goer. He doesn't recognize her. She acts all coy. They fall in love and BAM, bestseller! 

... Kay, so that's not going to happen but a girl can dream! *dreamy sigh*

I'm even going to TUBE for the first time. Yes, TUBE! I mentioned it to my parents at dinner and my mom  freaked out. She was all, 'NO!'. I thought she was kidding so I just laughed but she actually freaked out. She said she was calling my friends mom to tell her I wasn't allowed anywhere close to a tube and I was so shocked and all, 'Mom! Everyone goes TUBING!'. Eventually, she just said it freaked her out but I could go. Tubing by the way, is when you're in an inflatable tube that's attached to a motor boat and you get pulled along really quickly and over waves and such. I was ecstatic when Madi told me but apparently, my parents didn't share the same views.

A lot of things I was shocked by their reaction. I think I'm pretty brave. I mean, I'm no where close to fearless but I do perform with little nerves for dance in front of judges and hundreds of people! I've been on T.V. I perform trio's and duets for band and I do public speeching with only the customary nerves. I also sing and act in front of loads of people and will walk up and talk to strangers. It's just me. I love roller coasters and doing anything that scares me. I also really want to zip line. Like really. I did on in Florida where you got shocked at the end and fell into the pool and it was AWESOME. Anyways, my parents have all seemed fine with all that too. I know my dads shy and my mom hated when I forced her on the behemoth, but it seems they've turned into scaredy-cats without my realizing!

Like I was describing how we were going boating and my dad got this wide eyed look and started lecturing me on how I HAD to wear a lifebelt of I'd be grounded for life. And when I mentioned that Madi was getting her boating liscense they freaked out... again. I mean, honestly? Do they trust me? I'm not foolish or reckless, I just like a thrill. It's weird, I'd have thought they'd be more excited. They're not huge boat people but come on, now! It's just kind of weird, if I do say so myself. 

But now I have my next issue with this trip: clothing. 

Now, at the risk of being the stereotypical girl character right now, I adore clothing (+shoes +jewelry +sunglasses +makeup). It came from my mother who is a major shopaholic. I used to like it but now that I've lost a bunch of weight and am more confident in myself and my style, I love it. But I've never been camping or cottaging or anything like that. My mothers rule for our vacations is she will not go anywhere she can't blow dry her hair. Generally, my sister and I agree with her - especially, that now I have to straighten my bangs each morning - because we're materialistic. My dad is perfectly fine with that, as well. While this cottage has washers and dryers, wi-fi and or course, electricity, it's still a cottage! Where I'll be walking around in a bathing suit and doing all that... cottagy stuff. My wardrobe is JUST NOT equipped for it. So, I've come up with a list.

What I Need For Cottaging Excursion

1. A Romper. They're awesome to just throw over a bathing suit and go. Plus, they look splendifical with cute pair of sandals. (: I'm thinking one with a print? And loads of color.

2. These rope sandals I found online and have fallen in love with. See here: http://www.southmoonunder.com/gp/Roxy-Braided-Rope-Flip-Flop__146388.aspx

3. Another bathing suit. I have the one but I need another one as my two others don't fit the best over my... erm... lady parts. :S Awks.

4. Some sort of hair product to product my locks from the sun. :/ There's so much choice but right now my hair is gross and splitting all over the place and BLECH, honestly. I'll ask Karen but I doubt she'll really have any suggestions. Erchs.

5. Some more of those braided bracelets to wear. I need to make them though, as I'm not paying 5 $ each for something I could make myself. yes, I am a talented bracelet-weaver. *bows*

That's all I can think of for now, but I'm still panicking. Who cares if it's two months away! AH! :S I'm also super excited, though. Walking around in swim suits + cover ups with Mad-la, sunglasses perched on the top of my damp hair (from the swim we'd had earlier, obviously), laughing to the sounds of my flip flops flopping. And then later in a pair of classy shorts and a nice top with my hair all curly and nice, sitting outside with barbecued food, talking amiably with her parents/grandparents/relative/lil` cutie sissypie. Can't you see it?

Well, I'm off I think. I have a Sims game waiting. Ta-ta!

Charlotte.