July

"Hummingbird hums but you only hear the buzz,
life has lost its color, the lines begin to fuzz.."
-Ashes "My Head"

Your Horoscope

7-10-02
Yes, ladies and gents, I introduce to you, the love of my life, my favorite band "Ashes". Their lyrics will be coming
soon... and a listening station :0) Mehopes, at least...

7-09-02
Alright, alright, I know that it's July and it's been an eternity since I've written, but I'll explain: I'm busy. I'm currently working. I go to basketball camp 3 days a week 3 hours a day. I'm on a diet. I run.... a lot.  I tutor twin boys going into kindergarten. I write my best friend 4 pages a week MINIMUM, every week since January. I am a camp councelor at Vacation Bible School. I am in an undefeated fastpitch softball team, and have games every other night. I have to help my mom garden, as well as do my daily household chores. I make time for my friends, even when I don't have any. I drink 90 oz of water a day, and follow my workout schedule. I read 2 novels a week. I swim whenever I get the chance. I love to shop and often design my own clothes, and I have a fashion show coming up. I do not have a date to homecoming. I am studying German. I am working on this website. I am going insane. So please don't ask me when I'll "update". I'm going away this weekend for three days (if all goes well) to regain my sanity.

Forever and a day, love, forever and a day.... (see picture)
Later: I'm going to do banners for my site... sound like a plan?

6-23-02
Aha! Need I explain more? Probably, so here it is. About me
Later: This is just a productive day. First we have RECIPIES. No, they're not Russian revolutions, although they are really quite funny. See if you can figure out everyones nickname.... Then, for your pure enjoyment, magnetic poetry. Pretty limited word usage, but Mary's site in general is overwhelmingly creative....it's like we're long lost twins...

6-21-02
I wanna do something where I can use your guys' imute (I know, I keep saying this...) so I'm going to do sort of a most embarassing moment/rant sort of thing.  This week I want to do "Family Affairs". Like that one thanksgiving when you were little set the table with pads cuz you heard they were the "napkins for special occasions'. Something like that. If you want to get started early on next week's, send me something about "First jobs". I wanan hear it all: Lemonade stands, selling hamsters, whatever....send it in!

6-19-02
AAUGH! Gimme a break. FULL DAY folks. I had my first day at Vacation Bible School. 8:45 am t 9:30 pm. Yesterday I went to the library and got books on 1) how to make wedding invitations (for my Aunt Penny) 2)leisure books 3)how to teach a child how to read. I start tutoring tomorrow, and I've yet to construct a lesson plan..... So I got home, and cracked upon a really good book, "Fat Chance" and read...but only after I fell asleep for 2 hours. I got up, watched Designing Women, Golden Girls, Trading Spaces, Friends, and went to Meijer. Found a CUTE shirt, didn't get it, came home with my shredded wheat( the world's most perfect food.... I could eat that ALL DAY) and got ready for softball. At 8:00 we played the ROMEOVILLE REBELS. Won 8-3 Their record WAS 6 wins to 1 loss. We were 6:0. We're now 7:0 They're now 6:2. I'm a happy person....I lost all the skin on my back sliding though :0/ It was beautiful. I got home,  dusted myelf off and wished my parents a HAPPY 31st ANNIVERSARY! I made them a heart shaped box in pottersy and then wrote "Happy Anniversary, June 19, 1971" on the inside. The rim of the inside had their names and then in the cleavage of the heart, it said "Always and Forever".  Aren't I such a special daughter?

6-17-02
Wow. What an interesting holiday...so how do I say this? Welcome to:
My life as a sitcom.
Multiple loved ones are having nervous breakdowns. My lovely cousin LaJaun is having a baby (CONGRATS!) my Aunt Penny is getting married to my Uncle Frank (I thought they were married....) Whatta day...

6-16-02 HAPPY FATHERS DAY! This fathers day is the year of the SUPERDAD. Old dads with golf tees and recliners have been reblaced by dad's that fight fires, save cities and wash dipers. This goes out to my dad, for dealing with my two faced attitude, know it all comments (although I usually do)* and for not freaking out about my male friends. Thank you Dayah, for everything: I love you!

*see, there I go again....

Feel like you STILL didn't get him the perfect gift? Short on cash? Click here and go to "New Freebies"
 

6-15-02
Going off on a lil vacation. I'll try and write y'all later- I did the fathers day thing, but yeah.  but I'll leave you with: Sumthing Funny....
Two Wongs
  Su Wong marries Lee Wong. The next year, the Wongs have a new baby. When  the nurse brings their baby to them, they are surprised to see a lovely,  healthy, bouncy, definitely Caucasian baby boy! "Congratulations," says  the nurse to the new parents. "What will you name the baby?" The  puzzled father looks at his new baby boy and says, "Well, two Wongs don't make a white, so I think we will name him Sum-Ting  Wong."

6-13-02
UGH
Ew! McDonald's Will Serve McWHAT?
By Cathryn Conroy, Netscape News Editor
  McSpam. Yeah, THAT Spam. Soon,  you may be able to order up McSpam, a nice McDonald's breakfast of egg, rice,  and Spam! Laugh all you want, but McDonald's is taking this very seriously, testing it right now in 78 restaurants in Hawaii. Apparently, Spam--a product made by Hormel from pork parts--is hugely popular in Hawaii, which has the distinction of consuming the most Spam per capita of any state.  According to Pacific Business News, the  McSpam menu item is more commonly  known in Hawaii as Spam musubi
(pronounced "moo-soo-BEE") and is commonly available at 7-11 stores. It consists of a strip of cooked Spam sitting on a block of rice that is held in place by a sushi-style seaweed girdle. McDonald's will serve McSpam for breakfast through the end of July. If it's selling well enough, it will be added to the menu. At least one syndicated food columnist thinks the idea is "McNuts." Bonnie Tandy Leblang told Wireless
  Flash that McSpam will never make it to the mainland because it "smells like dog food" and tastes worse. She says  McSpam is the worst idea McDonald's has ever come up with and thinks the product will be doomed as soon as people see the "disgusting pink jelly" on their plate. At least she doesn't McMince words.

EW. I hate fast food anyways. In reality i hate the whole concept of food, but wow...I'm going to work (today, i hope) on something called "Method to my Madness". People wonder- why do I write about the stuff I write about? Who would have such weird quirks/pet peeves? Why does it throw me to NO END when people sit on my bed? I'll tell you. Day by day, I will explain SOMETHING about me that people ask. Have a question about something "WEIRD" I do? Tell me what it is .
 

6-12-02
What a day. We won our softball game 13 to 5, but only after i sat in the sun for 5 hours pulling rocks out of the mud in my front yard. Hooray. It was great, on the other hand, that when I got home, I had 15+ e-mails. That was nice. People signed my guestbook too : 0) Apparently I am very popular and just don't know it. I got a call from someone, a guy, so said (and I quote "Hey Sitika, it's Shmames, call me at-' They hung up. I never got a number to call. I have no idea who this person is, they mumbled their name and it sounds like Shmames. It could be James, Dane, Jermaine, Blaine, Dave whatever. If indeedy you are this insane person, take a note when I say this:
PROPER ANSWERING MACHINE ETIQUITTE:
1) GREETING Very important. Make sure it's appropriete in case little ones or 'rents are listening.
2) NAME. Say it LOUD say it CLEARLY. If you do not, I will not respond. "Hi it's ME' is my fav. answering machine message. It's Me? Really? C'mon folks....
3) NUMBER. ALWAYS LEAVE A NUMBER. Even if the answering maching is possed or whatever, leave a number. It's OK if you just kinda say it at the end, but say it slowly and twice, incase the person on the phone didn't have a paper or pen with them. NOTE:This rule need not apply if you talk to this person every day of your life. However, if you have talked to them 10 times or less, and especially if you're calling from a different number, leave the number...
4)State your PURPOSE. No matter how insignificant, say why you called. Just call to chat? Say "Just called to chat'. Call to get a number? Want to know if someone was coming over? SAY IT. People really don't like to be suprised getting a message from you on their cell phone saying to call them back, and once you're on the highway calling them and having them saying "oh, so you remembered that film and the clothes for tonight, right?"
5) Tell them a TIME SLOT. 'Call me when you have a minute.' 'I'l talk to you later.' 'We NEED TO TALK'
'I'll be home from noon to 6. I have a game at 8 so I'll talk to your later if you can't make it then'. I can't tell you how much I love calling people over and over, having no clue why they don't pick up the phone.

Perfect answering machine message: Hello Sitika, this is Cheryl Smith. Call me at 555-8920. I just wanted to know if you wanted to do something this weekend. I should be home all weekend, so give me a call. Again, my number is 555-8920. See ya!
The answering machine messages I get: Hey, it's me, call me back.
Sheesh.....

*WHEW* now that that's off my chest... a little humor. here's another

     A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in the house in the kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle and somehow, the motorcycle slipped into gear. The man,  still holding the handlebars, was dragged through a glass patio door  and the motorcycle dumped onto the floor inside the house. The wife, hearing the crash, ran into the dining room, and found her  husband laying on the floor, cut and bleeding, the motorcycle laying next to him and the patio door shattered. The wife ran to the phone and summoned an ambulance.
   Because they lived on a fairly large hill, the wife went down several  flights of long steps to the street to direct the paramedics to her husband. After the ambulance arrived and transported the husband to the hospital, the wife uprighted the motorcycle and pushed it outside. Seeing that gas had spilled on the floor, the wife
obtained some  paper towels, blotted up the gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet.
       The husband was treated at the hospital and was released to come  home. After arriving home, he looked at the shattered patio door and  the damage to his motorcycle. He became despondent, went into the  bathroom, sat on the toilet and smoked a cigarette. After finishing  the cigarette, he flipped it between his legs into the toilet bowl  while still seated.The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud> explosion and her
 husband screaming. She ran into the bathroom and found her husband laying on the floor. His trousers had been blown away and he was suffering from "serious" burns in some strategic areas.
(Sitikas note: I don't think serious should have been in quotations,that's no laughing matter...well, yeah it is... but ok....)
    The wife again ran to the phone and called for an ambulance. The same  ambulance crew was dispatched and the wife again met them at the street. The paramedics loaded the husband on the stretcher and began  carrying him to the street. While they were going down the stairs to the streetaccompanied by
 the wife, one of the paramedics asked the wife how the husband had  burned himself. She told them and the paramedics started laughing so > hard, one of them tipped the stretcher and dumped the husband out.

     He fell down the remaining steps and broke his ankle.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Don't pee and smoke! you're being counterproductive.

6-10-02
I'm just finishing uploading everything...superlatives should be up asap, almost done.... i'm starting my job soon (Jenstar Productions) and (hopefully) because of it, I'll have 1) sanity and 2) money. And i'm right by the gym, so maybe i'l loose a couple of lbs as well...soon enough pictures will be shown as well. Again, if you have any, submit them to me, and I'll do a photo album.

6-9-02
Yeah! School hasn't even been out for a whole week yet, and I'm gonna go nuts already.  Yes indeedy, my summer is packed. I'll be tutoring, putting in my hours teaching at Vacation Bible School ,  playing softball,  going to Georgia, starting a job, weight training, and still have to get in a social life.  Yeah right. I think I'm going to start doing a little segment called 'Bookmarks', special sites that I've just fallen in love with. Also I want to get some interation going on with people who visit my site, so cast your votesfor the 2001-2002 class of 2005 Superlatives.   Also, Poetry will be added as occuring, feel free to submit some of your own, and don't forget to read WELCOME if you went to RHS this year...i think you'll recognise some of the events/ supjects...