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Dear Readers,
On May 16, 2008 I went to GS camp with my fellow Girl Scouts. Since I had a shooting competition the next day I only stayed for that day instead of the three days and two nights. We walked around... alot. On our way to... somewhere... we met a fuzzy little black caterpillar. I believe he was an emo caterpillar, cause I've never before seen an all black caterpillar before. I named him Melvil. We took a picture of him (I didn't touch him, I don't like touching caterpillars) then left him to be his awesome self.


~ My Shadow and Melvil

~I put this in here on accident. Oh well. This picture should be later in the story.... you'll find out why....

~ A close-up of Melvil the Emo Caterpillar

On our adventure to the treehouse we discovered an armadillo carcass! Needless to say, I didn't touch it. I don't want leprosy.

~Me looking at the carcass with a creepy face...


Then we went on the Lakeview Trail. We saw a view of the lake. On our way we found a fallen tree, so I decided to do the Girl Scout thing and moved it out of the way for future girls who might trip over it.

~Me proving that Chuck Norris has trained me, woot!


Then, at the end of the trail I showed the girls the awesome rock(in) loveseat. We sat in it! It sorta needs cushions though....

~Bri and me sitting in the rock loveseat!

We were all very tired and somewhat hungry when we got back. So, we started to make lunch (since we were ordered to). While sitting out the food I felt something crawling up my leg. This is when disaster of the most disastrous kind struck, for little did I realize that emo caterpillars aren't as cool as they seem. Something stung me. "I think something is stinging me... I THINK SOMETHING IS STINGING ME!!!!" said I. As I was crying out in distress, someone took my creepy crawly and put it on the ground. They retrieved some ice for me leg and put "Stingeez" on it. I love that stuff. It was then that I realized who had done this heinous act. Someone I had loved and named even though he was an outcast to society. Yes. Melvil the Emo Caterpillar. I loved him and what did he give me in return? His stingers in my leg.

~Me NOT crying and putting the ice on my leg

~My loverly leg with the loverly sting

Although Melvil betrayed me, I still loved him. Yes, that is right, I said loved. I'm sorry (maybe) to say that Melvil was squished by a mother who loves me. Yes, Bri's mother killed Melvil. But, he stung me, he was a danger to the other girls. It was the right thing to do. Besides, he was emo, it is probably what he wanted. Poor Melvil. I could have shown him the sun. He could have been a rainbow caterpillar at heart. May my dear Melvil rest in peace.

~Nicole

P.S.
I just now realized why I have not been getting any comments... ya'll are all gone to camp! Okay, I love you guys again.... I guess... lol.

Do you have a fever? Cause you look HOT!!!

Dear Readers,
First of all, the title is my new "dorky guy who wants to get a girl" line that I made up all by myself!!! Second of all, please just figure these out!!! lol...

1) Madam I'm Adam
2) Red rum, sir, is murder
3) A nut for a jar of tuna
4) No lemons, no melon
5) Now sir, a war is won

So, those crazy people got married! The awesomest wedding of the year (since mine won't be for a few more years :op). So, lately... I've been... well, I can't tell you that story until I have Melvil pictures. Sad. Oh well. Ahhhh!!!!!!! My favorite brother is home! Adam! Yay! Happy me! I almost scared him... well... not really... oh well. So, lately, I have been grumpy and bored I guess. I went to an awesome switcharoo party and had four large-ish pieces of awesome lasagna (I usually hate lasagna). Put the pieces together people... rather... don't. I got to see Lady's new house and it is the weapon of mass destruction (aka, the bomb).
So, I speak ivorics, how bout you? I felt so punny when I thought of that. If you don't get it, just tell me, I will PROUDLY tell you what it means. Yay, punny stuff.
Last night I had a "go away" party. We had pizza (oh so yummy pizza) and orange and green cake. I got a bunch of stuff that I will be able to use on my trip! Yay! I love surprise parties (some of the time). My church peoples are so sweet. Welp, I must clean the house! I'll write eventually!
~Nicole

Emo People Depress Me

Dear Readers,
How is everybody doing? I know that I have not written in a while but I have excuses (choir concerts, camp, shooting competitions, fundraisers, cleaning, doctor, etc.). I have a lot to tell you about this week, but I'm going to wait until I have pictures.
Has anyone ever heard of Pon and Zi? They are little emo creatures and they are so pathetic and adorable. Here is one of the many popular comics:

I love Pon and Zi. Besides the whole suicidal part of being emo, I could be emo. Or, just a regular mood-swingy girl.... lol...
I'll hopefully have more time to post a real post in the near future. Please leave comments, I thrive on them.

Later...

Hello Dear Readers!!!
First of all, can anyone find out what these strange phrases have in common?
1) Madam I'm Adam
2) Red rum, sir, is murder
3) A nut for a jar of tuna
4) No lemons, no melon
5) Now sir, a war is won

Second of all, I'm going to ask for a name, verb, noun, preposition, etc. and you will give it to me. For example: 1) Name 2) Verb 3) Preposition
You will choose whichever one has not been answered by someone else. Your answer should (in the comment box) look like this:
2) Jump (I will add past, present, or future tense).

(not an example)
I need:
1) Name 2) Verb 3) Preposition 4) Noun 5) Verb 6) Name 7) Verb 8) Verb 9) Verb

I'll have more later. If you have any questions, ask them! Have fun with your words!

Your Beloved Writer,
Nicole (so being sarcastic)

Witty Phrase

Dear Readers,
Recently I have been thinking about what my name means: Victory to the People. Then, I started to laugh (yes, I laugh when I'm alone). You see, it's sort of ironic. I'm athletically challenged, so my people never win. They actually avoid passing the ball to me. Then, I thought, it didn't clarify. This could be bad! It could mean: Victory to the OTHER People. I mean, the opposing side. Hmmm... yeah, that's about it for the day...
Well Dear Readers, I have no idea what this video is. I didn't name them in my folder, so I don't know which is which. This... could be scary... and could ensure therapy in your near future. Sorry....

Oh, this is what we do in Chemistry... lol.

~Nicole *Victory to the (Other) People*

Happy Cows Prevent Mad Cow Disease

Dear Readers,
I'm posting, but it most likely will not be a happy post. I'm grumpy and sad. Yay. This week has been awful. Bleh week. I won't tell you about it all, but I will tell you about something that happened the other day that I'm still really irritated about. I had to go and get donations for a silent auction for an annual GS banquet for a fundraiser for our WS'08 trip. So, we (Miss Michelle, her daughter, Beth, Taylor and I) went to this one men's clothing place and we waited a while for him to come out. He was really nice and gave us some pants to donate and everything. Well, he got to talking about proms and how he alters guys suits and stuff. He had these little booklets with different suits and said that he needed someone to pass them out at school and everything, so he asked Taylor which school she went to and her age. She told him where she goes and that she wasn't old enough for prom yet. So, he says okay and gives her a few to pass out anyway. He then goes on talking (completely ignores me) and then Miss Michelle tells him that I'm seventeen. What does he say? "Oh, I never would have known! She looks so much younger than that!" Okay, so I'm a little frustrated, no big deal, everyone thinks I'm younger than I look. He gives me the horrid little booklet. Then (what joy) he goes on to ask which school I go to. I tell him that I'm homeschooled and that we have banquets and everything. Then he says, "Oh, really? You know, my nephew and niece were homeschooled." My reply: "Oh, that's cool!" Now, can you just guess what he said next? "Yeah, they said that they were really smart, but truly, they were idiots." I must have made a terrible face because Miss Michelle and Taylor said, "Oh, no, she's really smart!" (you have no idea how much I loved them at that moment). I felt like saying, "Oh, really? Well that usually depends on the teacher. So if the teacher was an idiot, then most likely the students will be also." I really need to calm down. I'm plunking the keys vehemently. People who just homeschool to "have it easy" really frustrate me. They give other homeschoolers a bad name. We are not idiots. Most of the time we are smarter. This really makes me want to work harder to prove them all wrong. Oh, my rebellious nature is not always bad, lol. So, he not only slandered me by telling me that I look twelve, but he also told me that I was stupid!!! *SCREAM OF FRUSTRATION, ANGER AND EVERYTHING NOT GOOD!!!* Sometimes I really don't like people.
~Nicole

Is April Really A Fool?

Dear Readers,
Happy April Fool's Day!!! I've fooled many people today! Well, Lady and Brandon at least. Oops... I just fooled Audge... but I made her cry... oops... Well, she's better! *laughing to self* This is the video of me tricking Brandon (over the phone) into believing that I had actually ran into a police car while taking my driving test. It took forever! He is hard to trick. Oh, just so you know, because of the phone and my camera being too close together, it sometimes screaches, so don't turn your volume up too loud. Sorry about that! And... it didn't let me say good bye, so good bye. Sit back and enjoy the hoodwinking!

I love to trick and scare people. It is so much fun and provides entertainment at other people's expense! This is just another day in the life of Nicole. I wonder if Brandon will provide his side of the story, hmmm.
Well, I won't tell you what I did to Lady, she'd kill me! I hope you all enjoyed this video! Go and make a fool of someone smart, it is fun.

~Nicole

Grumpy Easter!

Dear Readers,
Ahhh, what a lovely Easter day. The girls wearing there beautiful Easter dresses they spent an hour looking for at JCPenney's and the boys wearing the ties that make them grimace when Mom pulls it out of the drawer. Easter! Going to church, just getting there on time and sitting there for the Easter service. The pastor has preached a wonderful sermon! Yeah, Jesus was crucified and he rose in three days. Amen! Then everyone goes home and gets their Easter picture taken. Mom is saying, "Do I look okay, do I need more lipstick?", brothers and sisters whining, "Not a picture! I'm hungry!" and "Can I take this tie thing off, it's choking me!". The pictures are taken, everyone sullen and surly. We eat lunch, take a nap and gripe when we have to get up and go to church again. It's Easter! It's a holiday! WHY CAN'T WE STAY HOME!!!
Sometimes we seem to lose the point of Easter. They say that when Jesus was on the cross He had all the world's sin put upon him. I never really thought about it until just recently, and this may be obvious to others, but, it was all the world's sins from the beginning to the end of time. I cannot fathom how excruciatingly painful that must have been. That's not including what he went through before. He was beat and tortured, a crown of thorns on his brow. It says in Mark 16:34 that after the ninth hour, God turned away from him because he cannot look at sin. God had looked upon him his entire life and all of a sudden, when he not only was beaten and had all the sins of the world upon his shoulders, God turned away. How terrible and sad. He had done nothing to deserve this and we did everything. It doesn't seem fair. Shouldn't we love Jesus more though? Shouldn't we praise God for sending him to save us from an eternal life in hell? No, we sit on our pews with an occasional "amen" then we go home.
I'm not saying everyone is like this. I'm like this most of the time unfortunately. Yes, he died on the cross and then rose again. We speak of it so nonchalantly. We just don't need take this for granted.
Hmmm, isn't God awesome? Happy Easter!

~Nicole