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I Can't Wait to be Odd Again!

Tomorrow's my birthday. I'm pretty excited because I'll get to be an odd number again! I much rather prefer being an odd number than an even. Man, 18 you were jam packed with tons of crazy things. A ton. Now I get to start all over, and hopefully cram even more awesome experiences into a year. I'm dreading being 20 by the way. Eww. It just sounds gross.

Today was a pretty funny day. I just discovered moments ago that I totally left my pajamas and underwear on the bathroom floor next to my lotion and deoderant. They were all standing up quite nicely. I have no idea how I got so distracted this morning that I left them there. Joice said she thought I'd been kidnapped until she saw the bottles standing up so nicely.

I absolutely love this jacket. Best. Purchase. Ever. Rocking the floral!


I may or may not have given this boy the best pep talk in the history of pep talks. These are some of the quotes that came out of this talk. Feel free to quote me later.
"You gotta be like Matt Damon."
"Or you could be like Mulan. She cut off her hair and was a cross dresser. And she saved China. Look at China today, they do some pretty cool things."
"Hey, Zeus had to be brave when he made Saturn puke up all his children."
"I would say you should be like the Little Mermaid, but now that I think about it, I think the moral of the story is boys are dumb."
"You just really have to be like Matt Damon!" 

You probably feel inspired now too, huh? Especially with all these out of context. 

I thought this was the coolest outfit ever. So of course a picture had to go on the blog.

After all that talk about Matt Damon, I really want to watch We Bought A Zoo tomorrow. Which is why we're going to. Cause it's my birthday, I'm picking! It'll nice to be able to watch a movie with my friends for once.

The bookstore wasn't that bad today. A girl asked me for book suggestions though today and I was totally caught off guard! I told her to read Delirium by Lauren Conrad and Uglies by Scott Westerfield. As soon as she left though, I remembered Meg Cabot! My favorite author of all time! Don't tell her I forgot her in this time of crisis.

Guess what topped of the day though. THEY HAD MEXICAN FOOD FOR DINNER! Hallelujiah! I was so happy.

Today was a great last day of being even. Now I can't wait for what being odd has in store for me. Hopefully something good.

I've debated setting my roommates alarm to 4:07, the time I was born, so she can wake up and wish me a happy birthday right then. She gets up at 5:30 to do her hair, what's an hour's difference going to make? Hehehehe!
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  1. JeanetteSeptember 25, 2012 at 7:33 PM

    I hope your day was FANTASTIC! Enjoy 19!

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  2. KathySeptember 28, 2012 at 8:13 PM

    Happy Belated Birthday! You rock! I'll be 19 looks great on you!

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