1-Post these rules
2-Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves
3-Tags should write a journal/ blog of these facts
4-At the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged and named
5-Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they’ve been ‘tagged’


_le factoids_

1. I have CFS [link] and sometimes it really gets in the way of my extensive agenda.
2. I really love my friends, and I often get caught up in getting "left out". However, in reality, I tend to go off into my own little world and get distant, which prevents me from being in contact with them.
3. I've never had a real, live boyfriend.
4. I'm never going to be caught dead as something as silly as a Chanel suit, but goodness knows I love my designer purses. It's a sin.
5. I have an inner mother hen that most of my friends seem to adore. [Though I insist I truly drive them crazy.]
6. I both love and hate being a summer baby. On one hand, I'm older, and typically more mature than most of my classmates. On the other hand, I'll be 19 less than a month after graduating high school. Aside from the fact that I get weird looks and questions about being "older", I feel like I skipped a year of life. I'm melodramatic, I know.
7. I tend go through subjects like math and science screaming, kicking, and fighting, but I do well in them and love them that much more for the extra effort exerted. [Alliteration?! I know, right?]
8. If I ever really, truly dislike someone, I try my best to be decent to them.

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.. Ok, that's enough harassment for one night kids.
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And now, for the goodies:

Summer has been.. summer. I've been far busier than I wanted to be, but that's ok. Had the situation been reversed [with me being without structure all summer], I would probably be just as whiny. I was gone for almost the entire month of July, and the very last week of June. Things have just been nutty. I've been slowly chipping away at the Common App. for college applications, I think I have it narrowed down to my top two.. but that's subject to change, you know me. Right now, it's looking like it'll be a knock-down-drag-out fight between Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD and Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN. But I'm also throwing a couple more local schools in the application mix for my mom (she's really worried about how I'll do with college life and CFS) and a couple coastal schools for my inner fishy.

On an extreme tangent, I just finished watching Blood Diamond. I liked it, it was powerful, and I had tears streaming down my cheeks for the last 15 minutes, BUT THEY DON'T TELL YOU HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR DIAMONDS AREN'T CONFLICT DIAMONDS AT THE END. Problem much? Yeesh. C'mon, Hollywood. Give a little.

On yet another note, I hate boys. I mean, I love them, far too much, but God, I hate them. Y'all know what I mean.