It's October? When Did That Happen?

I mean I knew... but I didn't really comprehend this. I've been in school for two months. I've finished a musical. It's almost Halloween. Starbucks has Pumpkin Spice stuff. I'm wearing a sweater. I finished House of Hades. We had Barn Dance.

When did summer end??
Oh.
Like, two months ago.

Well, here's the bucket list. Italics means one of us did it, but not the others.

1. Make Ice Cream
2. Music Videos (Love Story)
3. Shaving Cream Fight
4. Drive-In Movie
5. Make Covers
6. Call Hogwarts Hotline (+17814524077)
7. Buy A Trampoline (We wish)
8. Messy Twister
9. Musical Movie Night (lol, every night we're together :)
10. Color Hair
11. Water Balloon Fight
12. Go Bowling
13. Do a Pinterest Craft
14. Tie-Dye Stuff
15. Make A Time Capsule
16. Take TONS of Pictures (of everything on this list)
17. Say Yes To Everything For A Day
18. Go Camping
19. Paint Balloon Fight
20. Princess Diaries Paint Dart Thing
21. Sidewalk Paint
22. Write Messages and Put Them In Balloons And Let the Balloons Go
23. Melted Crayon Art (FAILED)
24. Photo Bomb Random People
25. Prank Call
26. Midnight Premiere of Some Movie (PJASOM??)
27. Picnic
28. Make Butterbeer
29. Dance In the Rain
30. Bubbles
31. Photo Booth
32. Forts
33. Go To the Pet Store and Play With Puppies
34. Go On a Long Run, Followed by Jumping In The Pool (Holly wrote that)
35. Play in the Sprinkler
36. Cloud Gazing
37. Star Watching
38. Set off Fireworks
39. Sleep in a Tent Outside With S'mores and Friends
40. Catch Fireflies
41. Build a Puzzle
42. Ride in the back of a Pickup Truck
43. Take Food and Drinks to Giant Fort and Live There
44. Volunteer
45. Lemonade Stand
46. Write Letters
47. Send Postcards
48. Make Movies
49. Eat Cupcakes in Ice Cream Cones
50. Fly Kites
51. Try On Fancy Dresses (With Heels) and Take Pictures at the Mall
52. Blind Makeovers
53. Mani-Pedis On Each Other
54. Plant Tree
55. Climb Tree
56. All Nighter
57. Harry Potter Marathon
58. Watch a Sunrise and Sunset
59. Make a New Friend
60. Root Beer Float
61. Rollerblade
62. Ice Skate
63. Laser Quest
64. Watch Veggie Tales
65. Have A Treasure hunt
67. Explode a Bunch of Two-Liter Sodas (Holly wrote that too)
68. Finger Paint
69. Have a Pool Party
70. Homemade Sundaes
71. Make Bracelets/Necklaces
72. Make a Tire Swing
73. Get a Hammock
74. PJ Day - with breakfast for every meal (Holly)
75. Opposite Day - ice cream for breakfast (Holly)
76. Go Into an Elevator and push all the buttons. And don’t let anyone else on!!!
78. Go to the Arb
79. Create a Cool Band
80. Go on a Bike Ride to an Ice Cream Place
81. Go Skateboarding
82. Plant Flowers
83. Make Fun Artwork (THIS FAILED)
84. Minute to Win It
85. Rock River Rapids
86. HSM (all, or at least 2 and 3)

29 of 86. Not bad. And honestly, we did a lot less of sitting on our butts this summer. It was really good.

Summer is gone. Farewell, sleep, flip flops, Doctor Who marathons, swimming, hanging with Lilli everyday, a cute hat, a relatively clean room, spare time, finishing five books a week, and beautiful weather.

Hello sweaters, premieres, coffee, craziness, musicals, homework, friends, cold, boots (oh, wait. School rules. -_-), tights...

Now, I'm sleeping. Adios. 

People Should Seriously Read More. And Think More. And Be Less Stupid in General.

I hate stupidity in all forms. Especially when it comes to not reading.

I can deal with  faults.
All but one.
And that one is dislike and disregard of reading and books and literature.
It. Drives. Me. Crazy.
Some people have excuses. But most just claim they hate reading.
To which I instantly cry "HOOOOOW?!?!?!?!" 
The answer is, almost always "It's boring."

....

What?

How is reading boring? How are those words even in the same sentence?
Now, some books are just a struggle to read. For example, we're reading the Scarlet Letter in school right now. And while I like the story, I'm struggling with this book. But there are soooo many other books out there! There's knowledge and adventure and life and happiness and imagination and everything!

Do you know how much I've learned from books in my life?

A lot.

Respect. Friendship. Freedom. Love. Adventure. Hope. Choices. Mythology. Duty. How epic the world is and how brilliant people can be. How broken the world is and how cruel people can be. History. God. How to strategically design a fortress. How to make a sword. Cultures. People. How to be logical, for crying out loud. How to take over the world. How to destroy a world. How surprisingly often God shows up in books (that probably has a lot to do with my worldview, but still). How choices have consequences. Morals.

And a looooot more.

I've become hundreds of characters and been to thousands of places.

It's like, my personality, my mind, my soul, is a book. And every book I've read has added something to my soul book, be it a sentence, a paragraph, a page, or a whole chapter. They're helping shape me.

Nancy Drew and the American Girl books started it. And then I was reading anything I could get my hands on when I was like eleven. School books. Classics. Fantasy. It seriously didn't matter to me. I was almost addicted to the words and thoughts etched into paper. I was amazed at how books made me feel and think. Still am.

I think the most important lesson I've learned is how to relate to people. Reading has given me a heightened sense of empathy.

I wouldn't trade that knowledge for anything. How could anyone not want that?

I feel like, if people read more, they'd think more. They'd appreciate more. Intelligence would be so much more common. People would be less stupid. 

But they don't read. They live in their bubbles of stupidity. I hate it. Things like "YOLO" and the word "Cray-cray" drive me so insane. It's like people don't realize they have a brain that they can use to make rational decisions.

Personally, I don't want to go out and do stupid stuff because "YOLO". I want to make something out of my life and build it and use it to make things better for people. 

I hate stupidity. By "stupidity" I mean the conscious act of not using your God-given brain, whether it be by cheating on a test that you could easily pass if you tried, or by making a dumbed down movie, or by getting drunk for the sake of "YOLO", or anything. Can't you people at least try to be smart? I know you are, deep, deep down.

End of rant. 

Alright.

This weekend has been... crazy. I've barely been home. And now I'm reallllllyyyyyy sick of the human race in general. No offense. >_> I just want to watch TV and sleep and read. With tea.

Friday was the PLAN test (practice ACT) at school, which was terrible, but then we had a half day, which was good. I went home and watched Merlin and The Tigger Movie (splendid movie). Then I went to CYT rehearsal, and I was preeeetty grumpy. >_> Because Trinity's first football game in OUR AMAZING NEW STADIUM was that night, and I was missing it.
BUT. Then the weather was horrendous, and the game didn't actually start until like nine. So I still made it for a lot of the game. YAY!!! We lost, but it was still really fun.

Saturday my mood was much improved. I had rehearsal from nine to three, and then it went over, so that was exhausting, but good. We actually got a lot done, I feel like. Then I went home and got ready for Barn Dance. Which was basically 1000% epic. I rode the mechanical bull and lasted 11 seconds, thank you very much. I danced and ate M&Ms. We got pictures at the photo booth. It was me, Josh, and a bunch of juniors most of the night, which was really fun, actually.

And then I went home and crashed.

Getting up Sunday was a struggle. >_< But I did it and we went to church. After church, we looked at houses, and Dad saw a sign for a glider plane, so we had to go check that out. Then they dropped me off for the Drood cast party, which was basically snapchatting, the video of us (which is sooooo epic), and food. I had fun. x) Then I came home and did homework. -_-

Annnnd then today was boring again.
BUT HOUSE OF HADES COMES OUT TOMORROW SO ALL WILL BE WELL (for like 6 hours while I read it. Then I'm pretty sure my heart will break. Again.) AND I'M SO EXCITED!!!!! :DDD

The End.

P.S. I just made soup. And rolls are rising. I feel so accomplished. xD