thank you facebook

For one of, literally, the most awkward things that has ever happened to me on the internet.
Really.
This...this may have traumatized me a little if, uhm, I wasn't so amused by it. GOD OKAY, does anyone want to hear about this REALLY REALLY AWKWARD SHIT?

Here, okay. So I have two brothers. One is 20 and in the Navy. The other's 17 and a junior in high school and he's a junior in high school, where I'm 18 and a senior and we're close, pretty good for brother and sister, like, so okay. He's in JROTC and he's joining the Army next year, my little brother. Exposition: it needed to be done. And my older brother's was just in Bahrain, he'd been there for a year, he was home about a year ago, so, okay.

I'm friends with a LOT of people I barely know on Facebook, that is, I think, one of the main uses of Facebook. A lot of my brothers' friends are mine on there too, because, like, they want the whole set I guess. So this one girl- let's call her S- I've talked to her like once IRL, we're in the same choir class, and she's a soprano and I'm an alto so, yeah. And anyway, she starts talking to me on FB today, she says -
S
hello

And I'm all, woah random chick. Er okay.

Me
hi
S
so i saw b. at the high school today for rotc

So I'm turning all names into letters because, you know. Internets be dangerous, yo. Haha. B. is my younger brother, the 17 year old. I guess he was out helping with something ROTC-ish today. And so now I'm afraid this girl has like a crush on mah baby brudah or the like. But, oh. No. Oh, it's worse. Just stick with me.

Me
yeah?
you're in rotc too right?

I literally have no idea what to say to her so I say what I already know.
S
yeah
my cusin thinks hes cute

Oh dear God. REALLY. Okay, well. My little brother has a sort of cute thing going for him, he has a babyface sort of thing. But, uhm. Sister. I'm his sister. So I just laugh it off..

Me
haha
S
i was like what! and then i was like nooooooo way
Me
lol that's funny

No, it's not funny at all, actually. But again. WHAT DO I SAY. And I cut out the times of this conversation, because there's like a few minute gap between everything I say in reply because I was also talking to a friend over Skype and telling her about how weird this is.

S
i know but i told her that K. u guys older brother was hot
Me
XD

(K. is my older brother, the one currently in the Navy who also has a girlfriend)
OH GOD WHAT. OKAY. YEAH. THANKS. My older brother. HOT. So I just said 'XD" because EMOTES ARE SAVIORS but I felt compelled to say SOMETHING BECAUSE GODDAMNIT I AM RETARDED. Also- WTF. 'u guys older brother' WOAH MAN. I HAVE AN OLDER BROTHER WHAT. Psshh.

Me
i dunno, i can't really say if my brothers are hot or not, i'll take your word for it lol
S
haha well i have both of them as friends for facebook and i think K is way above hot lol
S
thats what im saying i dont know about u
Me
lol

I KEEP SAYING LOL BECAUSE I WANT THIS TO BE OVER. WHY GOD WHY. PLEASE STOP. I wanted to say, PLEASE STOP, and my Skype buddy was like, YOU NEED TO SAY THAT. At this point I was lol'ing SO HARD and it was so uncomfortable and awkward and I dunno why I kept on talking, but I was vaguely interested because, uh, I'm bored easy. So I continued with this..

k's got the navy uniform too lol

I should note he does look rather handsome in it, too, and my heart swells with pride when I see him with it because even though I don't agree with this military shit, I'm proud of him. Also don't girls have things for men in uniforms? I don't. Because then I think about my brother and HE IS MY BROTHER so it's not hot at ALL.

S
i know he looks good in it
i know this cuz he came to my class this year when he came home
Me
oh yeah
that was like a year go he was home i think

Okay, uhm. Yeah. That was a year ago, almost to the date actually. He was home for about two weeks. And uh, god, this is where I'm like, shit this girl has the hots for my brother dear god. BE LESS OBVIOUS, WHORE.

S.
yessssssssss he is sexy
idk all i know was the last time he was here
Me
yeah

...SEXY. WHY GOD WHY. WHY DID I KEEP TALKING. IS IT SOMETHING I DID. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME. I DO NOT NEED JUNIOR GIRLS TELLING ME HOW HOT MY FUCKING BROTHER IS.

S
yep
Me
lol i dunno if he's sexy or not, he's my brother ahaha
Sasha
haha i know that im just saying he is cuz he is

REALLY REALLY REALLY. THANKS. FOR THIS VALUABLE BIT OF INFORMATION. At this point I'm hurting from the laughing and the general awkwardness, positive it cannot get ANY WORSE at ALL. So, what I say next needs a bit of explanation, because it's sort of joke amongst family and friends: my brother has a large head. As in, his cranium, it is big. Literally. (and figuratively, too, his ego's pretty big, lol) and when I talk to girls like this, who know my brother, they say this: his head is big ahah. And so, I said this next thing, just kidding around (I should have added a lol) Also at this point my Skype friend is like, You need to stop this and tell her this is weird okay? and I'm like, that would be awkward too. I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO HER.

Me
his head is big though
Sasha
lol ha i know but i hope something else is bigger

...
.....
........
WHAT.
BITCH.
SISTER.
I'M. HIS. LITTLE. SISTER. LIKE. OH. JAYSUS. OH GOOD GOD. NONONONONONONONOOO. WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS CHICK'S PROBLEM. SERIOUSLY. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO INTERPRET THIS STATEMENT: YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MY OLDER BROTHER'S DICK. WTF WTF WTF. I'M. HIS. SISTER. DOES...DOES SHE REALIZE THIS?!? WE HAVE THE SAME LAST NAMES AND SHE REFERRED TO HIM AS MY BROTHER SO SHE MUST KNOW.MYBROTHER'SDICK IS LITERALLY THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. OR HEAR ABOUT. OR REALLY, ANY REFERENCES TO IT, YOU CAN KEEP TO YOURSELF, HONESTLY, I HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR IN MY LIFE WITHOUT ANYONE MAKING A HOPEFUL REFERENCE TO MY BROTHER'S DICK AND I AM PERFECTLY FINE. AND NOW I HAVE AND I AM NOT. BECAUSE HE IS MY BROTHER, YOU STUPID WHORE AND, SHIT, SHIT. THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU JUST DO NOT SAY OUT LOUD. OR TYPE ON FB. FUUUUUUCK.
Emotions at that point: HORRIFIED. EMBARRASSED. FUCKIN' AMUSED. UNCOMFORTABLE. Skype friend: YOU NEED TO TELL HER TO STOP, IS SHE DRUNK OR HIGH. So I try.

Me
lol awkward man i'm his sister y;know
this whole conversation is mildly uncomfortable for me haha

AND BY MILDLY UNCOMFORTABLE I MEAN: EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE SWEET LORD PLEASE MAKE IT STOP.

S
lol sorry and lets talk about something else
Me
lol

LOL. Because I HAVE NO OTHER WORDS except DUMB BITCH and WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM. Which in retrospect I should have totally fucking said but I am a wimp and I FAIL.
So like 5 minutes later, where I say nothing and she doesn't either, BECAUSE WHAT THE HELL ELSE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT. MY OTHER BROTHER'S DICK? WTFFFFF.

S
haha ok gtg so ttyl k
Me
byee
S
peace

PEACE? NO, THANK YOU. I LOST THAT WHEN YOU SAID YOU HOPED MY BROTHER HAD A BIG DICK. OH GOD. I HURT TYPING THAT BUT IT'S TRUE, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID TO ME, AND IT'S TERRIFYING AND I CAN NEVER LOOK OVER AT THE SOPRANO SECTION OF CHOIR AGAIN AND NOT THINK ABOUT THIS AND IT'S SOOO WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS. IT IS MY GODDAMN BROTHER AND I AM TRAUMATIZED AND HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT.

In other non-traumatizing news, today I got 5 cassette tapes (Van Halen, Aerosmith, KISS, and the BEATLES- Abbey Road YAY.) and a Led Zeppelin t-shirt at Goodwill today AND I signed up for a race tomorrow. :D 2.9 miles at 10 in the morning. Why am I smiling at that. D: Haha.

self,

Dear Self,

I know, I know.

You are terrible at staying with one project at a time.

See, you just got yarn to make that thing for your brother (Edward and Alphonse Elric) for which he's paying you for, too, by the way.

But all you really wanna do is make that new Emmaline pattern in the new Knitty, right?

I know, I know.

You're even looking up the yarn to make it with.

And you're right- Comfy bulky KnitPicks yarn is probably perfect, seeing as it's cotton and acrylic and it's a summer shirt and it's a pretty good price for yarn.

BUT SELF, PLEASE.

THINK ABOUT THIS.

If you make those two amis for your brother- you will then have the money to buy the yarn! Good God, girl. Please. Do the damn cute things and then make the friggin' shirt.

And yes, be excited, it's your first garment. :D

So, please. Be patient. Make Edward and Alphonse, get money, buy yarn. Make the shirt.

--Love,

SELF.

my head

I've got a killer headache. Let's make this quick.
Friday we had off and I don't remember doing anything much on Friday...
Saturday I went to Art Under The Elms with mah mom and we wandered around. I got cotton candy. Ate lunch. Listened to some live music. Must find name of guy who was singing. Then went to Ross and Wal-Mart, I think, yeah we did. At Wal-Mart I got some headbands with little bows on them because I've been complaining about my hair. It's always in my face. So I cut my bangs, too, nice and short and I can see now.
Sunday- was in my room most of day, not doing homework. Watched Doctor Who-Power Of Kroll on dvd, then debated whether to watch Brokeback Mountain or not. Did. Cried. So far, only one movie has been able to make me cry: Lion King. With Brokeback Mountain that's two. Sad movie. Waah. Heath Ledger awesomness. I do love me some gay cowboys. Didn't do homework. Box set for Theatre. Will do tonight. The Simpsons living room. Should be easy.
Today I've got to do that box set, get a start of finishing Zoidberg for Kody and watch some Torchwood. Oh, go to library and pay 1 dollar fine. Uhh.

so it goes

My older brother, Kody, got a tatto on his 19th birthday, a few weeks ago. He told me that now it's a tradition, a family tradition, to get tattoos are your 19th birthday--even if he's the first one to do it. A tradition has to start somewhere, I guess. I thought this was a good idea until I realized I'd have to get a tattoo on my 19th. But what on Earth would I like enough to put it on my skin? Then I found the wonder of literary tattoos, which are quotes and things tattoos. Right now I'm liking 'so it goes' and something else...oh, 'don't panic'. But maybe, I think, something from the I Believe speech in Neil Gaiman's American Gods since I like it alot. Dunno. I've got two years, though.
Another thing I've been wondering is where to put it- somewhere that's not too obvious but maybe a little showoffy? No, able to hidden, I want. Maybe on my wrist, under my watch. Or my shoulder.

high school est stupido

Re: Stupid signs at my high school.
"GO GET EM'." Nothing obviously wrong with this. 'cept for the wrong aprostrophe placement. Friend Heather was pissed about this one more then the next. I was leaning towards this one as the worst...
"WRESTELING: WEDNESDAY." At first I thought this said "WRESTLEING." Which is slighter more forgivable. Like, wrestle with an ing. verb + ing = CONJUGATED. It's a foolproof formula. But WRESTELING? That's not...close. At all. It's unforgivable. When I saw this I lost faith in humanity. It's cliched, but true.
Waiting for the new shirt.woot, although it's probably already up and I am delaying gratification.
Quantum Leap is ruling my liiiife. I finished the first season last night...or today? No, last night, because I was up late crocheting a penguin and was too lazy to switch the disk and so I turned on TV Land (where a season 9 or 10 or 11 M*A*S*H epi was on and I will bet you one hundred dollars it was written and directed by Alan Alda. Because it was all about Hawkeye. Fuhreals. Some girl dies and he has to do the eulogy and he spins it around to make it about him. Shut up, Alda.) Back to QL.
Season One is only 9 episodes, since it was a midseason replacement. It ended with Sam leaping into 1951 or 60 as a woman. Well, it just showed up in a girly bathtub and some girl's like, Samantha, you need to get ready, Miss Executive Secretary. But the second season picks up, Sam's a fireman and Al's trying to convince the "Board" for the Project not to axe the project. Apparently, no one believes Sam is leaping through time since Al's the only one who can hear/see him and no one believes Al. Bwahah. Anyway, Sam then leaps (two leaps an epi, yay!) into the body of Some Guy on a Honeymoon and then he has to save his bride and fix the future, blah, anyway. My problem is that the Season One ender had him leaping into someone else! And then, then...the Disco Inferno one, I thiiink...no, it was The Americanization of Machiko, at the end, had him leap back to Jesse, the black guy from Season 1. And then, the next episode, they picked up with him being Miss Samantha the Secretary...
I think it's the DVDs. Flipping DVDS. Anyway, Sam-as-a-girl was amusing. Al, who sees Sam as everyone else sees him - some bodacious bod (holy shit holy shit why did I just say 'bodacious'?) and Al's like, in love with him. As I say this I know it will seem sarcastic but I'm not, it was hilarious. Scott Bakula in dresses and heels was fucking funny, too. Err...I can't remember the other episodes on this disk. Machiko, which was good about Sam as a Navy sailor who comes back from Japan with a Japanese wife and his hick town and hick mom and the hick repairman are pissed off and racist. Reminded me of my brother Kody, who's in the Navy and wants to go to Japan to "get himself an asian wife." Lols Kody. Oh another one was Disco Inferno where Sam's some stunt guy in the 70's. Sub-par. The best part was the part where they were watching 70's SNL because 70's SNL was good.
Things to do-
1. Make a dragon ami for Heather.
2. Spend fifth hour learning how to play Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock with Heather.
3. QUANTUM LEEEAAAP.