prompt #108

Procrastination: It's An Art

I am the queen of procrastination, and the littlest things distract me when I am supposed to be getting stuff done. I will literally search my house for distractions. Here are some of the things that I do while procrastinating.

• Go through my news feed on Facebook
• Check Twitter, and go through all of my old tweets
• Look at all of the pictures on my computer account
• Log onto my mom's computer account and look at all of her pictures
• Download new music
• Bother my dog or my mom
• Online shop
• Tear apart my kitchen and eat basically anything and everything
• Rearrange my closet
• Lay outside on my deck when it is nice outside

Sometimes while procrastinating I get some stuff done (not the things I am supposed to), but most of the time I am just doing pointless things to distract myself from the things that I don't want to do. Eventually the stuff will get done.

prompt #248

TOP 12 WORST MOVIES OF ALL TIME:

1. Nacho Libre

2. Epic Movie

3. Meet the Spartans

4. From Justin to Kelly

5. Son of the Mask

6. House of Wax

7. The Descent

8. The Love Guru

9. Happiness

10. The Master of Disguise

11. No Vacancy

12. The Bounty Hunter

prompt #182

If I could customize an ATM to spit out whatever I wanted, I would want it to supply me endlessly with iced coffee from McDonald's. That stuff is my drug, and I have no shame in saying that I am addicted to it. I wouldn't have to wait in long drive-thru lines because this iced coffee ATM would be my own personal machine. All the iced coffee I could ever want. Every flavor, hazelnut, vanilla, and caramel. It would always be made perfectly, with no flaws, because a machine does it. There would only be one size: medium. Small is not enough, large is way too much. I would hire someone to restock the machine for me, and I would not have to pay for my drink every time I dispense one because I am paying for all the supplies. Wouldn't that be the life.. :)

prompt #161

They had nothing to say to each other. The months of fighting, the months of feeling insecure, the months of hoping that things would work out. None of that mattered now. It was over. It was over three years ago. He had hoped that once he saw her for the first time in three years that all the old feelings would rush back and they could start over. But things never work out that way. It is more complicated than that. She went in not expecting anything. She missed him, but knew that it could never work out. They were too damaged, had too much of a dark history together. He would always love her, and she would always lover him. But that didn't matter. They had nothing to say to each other.

Dear 10-year old Christy

Dear 10-year old Christy,

It is a common misconception that once you grow older, life becomes easy. I am here to tell you that it does not, in any way. I am going to give you some advice on how to achieve maximum happiness :) DO NOT do anything that will break your parent's trust. Because if you do, you will be miserable. They will become more strict with you, and make your curfew early. In order to do this, you must either be sneaky, or not do bad things. I, of course, just did not do bad things. But sometimes they think you are, so you must be prepared for this. DO NOT use the excuse "But everyone else is doing it!" Your parents will only throw it back in your face by saying that you are not everyone else. They don't care what your friends are doing and what you can't do. Also, do not let your guard down easily. Because chances are that someone will end up hurting you and you will feel like you can trust very few people again. One of the most important things is KEEP YOUR GRADES UP! It is not fun to have to cram at the end of the quarter to bring your grades up. If you do your homework/study, you will not have to worry about that and it is definitely the easy way out. Although it may not be fun, you will thank yourself later when you get into the college you want. Find a good group of friends that you can count on, and that will always be there for you. It feels nice knowing that you will always have someone to talk to. Lastly, always listen to what your mother says because because chances are she is right 99.9% of the time!!!! Good luck, 10-year old self, in the future.

From,

17-year old Christy

"When you grow old, your heart dies"

Adolescence is often said to be the best part of anyone's lifetime. You always see older people wishing they had their younger years back, if just one day to live like they used. Without basically caring about anything, knowing you had the rest of your life to accomplish things. When you are young, it is easy to love and to waste your time on things that won't necessarily matter in the long run. Your heart is strong, and you are willing to let people in. You are alive, and ready to go after life. Adolescence is about having fun and enjoying everyday. It is about looking forward to the rest of your life and what it will bring. It is about knowing that you will have the people you care about in your life for a very long time. It is about making mistakes, and learning from them. As adolescents, you don't think about how you will feel when you are older or how you will not be able to enjoy the same things. You look into the future, and imagine a life where you are happy and where bad things don't happen. But when you grow old, your heart becomes to hurt and ache for the way you feel during your adolescence, when you know that you will never be able to relive that in this lifetime.

what to learn?

many of the things that I learn in school I would rather not have to stress myself out about learning: the unit circle, series and sequences, how to balance chemical equations, the precise location of elements on the periodic table, how to determine a function from a non-function, how to build a bridge out of balsa wood, why certain elements react differently with other ones, how to simplify equations, pretty much anything to do with precalculus.

things that everyone should have to learn:how to deal with a bad break up, how to be financially independent, to not trust people without knowing them well, and to not let your guard down easily. how to be prepared for college, how to change a flat tire, how to deal with disappointment, how to take care of someone else, how to not judge a book by its cover, and most importantly how to love :)