Showing posts with label Jasper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jasper. Show all posts

Sunday, December 5, 2010

A Christmas Carol/A Charlie Brown Christmas

Greetings.


Well, I had an amazing day today and yesterday. So far, church was fun, I had brunch with Nana, and i am going to see TANGLED with Chase later on. But yesterday was awesome.

We had our last shows of A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS/A CHRISTMAS CAROL yesterday (Joseph, who played Bob Cratchit, made me cry every time and I hate crying) and we went to the cast party with Claire, Jasper, Joseph, Bentley, and all of Bentley's little groupies whom I care nothing about. At the cast party, Jasper, Donna (you know, the show off-y prima donna [oh, the irony] whom I don't care much for), and I were singing the song "Men in Tights" from the Mel Brooks film of almost the exact same name but we had used it last year in our production of ROBIN HOOD. Soon, the entire side room of Sammy's Pizza Parlor that we had invaded at the cast party was singing along with us and Jasper, Bentley, and another kid named Curtis performed the dance that they did in the play and at the Toby awards. It. Was. Hysterical.

On the way home, Claire, Bentley, Dad, and I had a very real near-death experience, I crap you not. Dad was driving because I can't drive after 11 p.m. until I turn 18 and it was 12:15. Out of nowhere, this drunk idiot in a Corvette (rare around East Westerfield) barely missed us and then continued swerving back and forth, back and forth, until he turned into his neighborhood. It scared the living CRAP out of us. Claire and I jumped and Bentley dropped his iPhone (which he never has out of his hands, I swear). We almost died. Scary as Hell. However, Ally knows what to do if I die early. So does Claire, but she was in the car too.

Anyways, I enjoyed all of the quality time I had with joseph and I cannot wait for the next show that we are in. Plus. Claire and Bentley had a lot of fun too.


Hugz
HM

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Curiosities of Protection

Greetings.


Why do we protect? Some leftover gene from the days when chivalry was as close to godliness (aside from cleanliness) as one could get? Some sick satisfaction we get from it? A religion? No, I believe that when we have someone/something we love, it is pure animal instinct that we secure it.

Is protecting someone you love or care about worth hurting someone else? The answer this time, however, is undefined.

In the case that someone is pointing a gun at your mom, by all means, smack him on the back of the head with a frying pan. But when it comes to emotional protection, how far do you go? I am no psychologist. I am no counselor. I am a loyal friend and a fierce fighter for my loved ones. I just told Jasper to abandon the movie plan because he's still hung up on Mickie. I told him that unless he is fully committed to the idea of dedicating all of his time to Bennie, then forget it. I told him I wasn't going to help him pry Mickie away from Bentley because if he wants her bad enough, he should grow the balls to do it himself. I think that if he loves her so much, he should just LET HER BE HAPPY. But I know he won't listen. I know he's going to find some way to get into Bennie's heart and then break it three months later when he tells her that he's still not over Mickie. Hopefully he'll have the sense to leave out Mickie's name. But that's exactly the same thing I did to Victor, my first real boyfriend. (See "My Love Life Part 3: Victor Hausen") I was still kind of hung up on Freddy and Aaron and I strung him along for almost three months. For what? I cried my eyes out because I felt horrible for using a perfectly nice guy. Victor went into a deep funk because he thought everything I had told him was a lie, and Aaron and Freddy felt guilty that they were the cause of so much unhappiness. I hurt four people in one blow. And Jasper is about to do the same. So I felt I had to do something. Otherwise the guilt would torment me for years to come.

I still don't know how far you go to protect someone. But I know I'll go as far as it takes for no one to get hurt. And if I hurt someone in the process, I have failed. I like to think I am a selfless person in one respect: I will protect anyone I love with everything that I have, but if I save someone else from pain even if it causes my heart to suffer, I will live with it. I will sacrifice my own pleasure, for the most part, for someone else, or even more than one, to find love and happiness. And I'd like to think that my reprimand of Jasper helped someone. Maybe not me, maybe not him, but maybe Bennie, Mickie, and Bentley. I won't know until I receive that hysterical phone call/brother in my room if I have helped anyone.

But I hope I did.


Hugz
HM

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Two Homes

Greetings.


(sing-song-y) Guess where I am! (stops) I am at Gramps and Nana's again. Guess why?

Ding ding ding!!! Yep, Dad and I had a really bad fight yesterday. Surprise, surprise. I'm thinking I may as well just keep a set of clothes at Nana's. I mean, I come over for NCIS on Tuesdays when I can. I come here when Dad and I fight. Hell, I just may as well just move about five sets of clothes here. I like it here. I'd move here if I could. But I forgot to bring Kermit, Teddy, and Pooh. So I have to go back. Shoot. Plus, it's really far from school and my sisters and my best friend.

Okay, I have posted about how Jasper and Bennie look super cute together and how Jasper and I are conspiring to take Bennie and Joseph to a movie? Well, I still haven't told Bennie and Jasper has decided Thursday is a perfect day to go see TOY STORY 3. Uh-oh.


Hugz
HM

Friday, June 11, 2010

Birthday Post Number 80 Billion

Greetings.


Well, I had my birthday party. Wow, I have a lot of birthday posts, don't I? It was better than I thought. Pauley got grounded so he couldn't come. Chase had to go to the beach with his family. Roland stopped by, much to Ginger's dismay. But she's fine now because she's talking to her boyfriend (whom I totally approve of) Emmit DuGaunt. I don't think I'll be seeing much of Roland anymore... long story, but now... he makes me a little uncomfortable.

Moving on, I had a good birthday. Ginger, Bennie, Dad, and I played Hearts, I got a lot of good presents, Eve managed to show up, and she and Jasper hung out. Ginger is staying until at least Sunday and Claire is sleeping over. I had cake from Jackson's (so freaking good) and it was just a lot of fun.

Oh, and I actually know Jasper likes Bennie!!!!! WHEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! Omg, they were being so cute. Joseph, Freddy, and Bentley were playing BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM and he and Bennie were just being all cute. He was sitting on the couch and she was laying on the couch, putting her knees and feet on his lap. He was tickling her, she was tickling him, and they were flirting like the world was going to end. And they look SOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE together!!!!!!!!! I mean, they both have glasses, they have a perfect height difference, and, even though he's a year and a half younger, you'd never know! They are so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg omg omg omg omg omg omg can I just say that, as much as I like Stan, to whom Bennie hasn't been speaking (not that she's angry at him or anything), I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALL REALLY want her and Jasper to be together!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!


Hugz
HM

Friday, June 4, 2010

Progress

Greetings.


Well, I spent another 6+ hours over with Joseph. WHEEE!!!! I got there and he wasted a whole half hour of our precious time on a gamer's website, gameinformer.com, or something like that, which is the website for his favorite monthly video game magazine. ='(

But then that passed and we went into his room to play Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which shall henceforth be known simply as Brawl. We ate lunch, played more video games, and then, as soon as jasper came over, he, his mom, Mr. M, Mrs. M, Joseph, and I watched ALICE IN WONDERLAND. P.S. JOSEPH LIKES IT!!!!!!! VICTORY FOR THE GOOD GUYS!!!!!!!!

After the movie, Jasper had to leave because his mom is kind of a stick in the mud, but she's nice. Mr. M went to bed because he has to get up early tomorrow... er, today... wow, I have my SATs today! I'm not even worried. But I sure am tired. Anyways, after Jasper left and Mr. M went to bed, it was just me and Joseph (and Mrs. M on the opposite side of the house) in his room. But does he make a move? Noooooo we play more Brawl. Good news: he patted my shoulder a lot and I have found that he is vulnerable to my puppy dog pout/whimper combo, especially when paired with my stuffed puppy sidekick, a little puppy named Elmer from when he was a baby. Bad news: no move. Oh well. I'm just happy that he touched me a lot. But not like in a super sexual way. But I'm making progress. =) <3


Hugz
HM

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Happy Birthday, Dear Joseph

Greetings.

Today was Joseph's birthday party. I had soooooo much fun!!!! I didn't know a lot of the people he invited, but on the bright side I as was the only girl. (HAAAAA-LLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) It was him, Jasper, his senior band friend Esteban, his sophomore band friend Tommy, his graduated band friend David, and me. Well, us plus Mr. and Mrs. Morton and Jasper's dad I call Uncle Morton. (Because I know Joseph more than Jasper and, well... you get it right?) All of us went go-kart racing (I came in second to last, which is pretty good for a girl who was competing against a whole bunch of guys who had done it several times before and when I hadn't done it before.) and then we saw IRON MAN 2. Even with my aversion to blood, or hemophobia, the technical term, which is just a fancy way of saying that blood, real or fake, makes me sick or faint, the movie was pretty good. I understood everything even without seeing the first one. (We watched IRON MAN while we ate after the movie.) After that, we went back to Joseph's house and all the boys except Esteban, who is not a big fan of swimming (I don't know either), went swimming. I was... physically incapable of swimming today so I didn't even bother to bring my swim gear.
After swimming, we ate Pizza Hut stuff and watched IRON MAN and ate cake from Jackson's. (swoon. I know you're not supposed to swoon over cake but... swoon.) Then David had to go home so Tommy, Jasper, Esteban, Joseph, and I went back to Joseph's room and played video games. It was fun... I had been playing Super Smash Bros. Melee with my neck at a weird angle so Joseph gave me a neck massage. (OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) And then I gave him a tickle attack and his head wound up in my lap and he left it there for a little bit. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I love today.

Hugz
HM

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Band Concert

Greetings.

You have absolutely NO idea how PISSED OFF I am right now.
I told you yesterday (and Monday too, I think) that I was going to Joseph's band concert, right? Well, I went. It started off fine. I ate with Joseph, Jasper, and their other relatives, we talked, we had fun. Fine. Then Joseph left to set up for his first performance. We soon followed so we could get good seats. As soon as Jasper sees Mickie Phineas (oh, the manslayer she is. Very nice girl though.) he ditches me and goes to ogle her. He knows I have xenophobia (fear of strangers) and there I was, in a sea of xenos with Joseph nowhere to be found. I finally found refuge near Joseph and Jasper's relatives. Jasper didn't come back until the performance started.
Then the performance moved outside. It was beautiful, out in the amphitheater. Horizon High has a spectacular amphitheater. And again, Joseph performed. Yay! He did well. He played his bass for the jazz band and he even got a highlighted solo. I was so proud of him! But, even though I had told him we would be waiting for him and that I would appreciate it if he and Jasper sat near me to prevent my xenophobia from setting in, he never showed. Jasper ditched me again to go socialize with Mickie again. And, even when I didn't see him over there, he never returned. I sat in the amphitheater, alone, in the cold (it gets really chilly at night here and I was wearing a thin T-shirt), and with people I didn't know everywhere. I almost had a panic attack. I was hurt. They left me all alone. Even when Joseph knew that he was the only reason I came to the concert. I sat like that for two sets, one set of three normal length medleys and the other with two LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG medleys, until I just got so mad and hurt and upset that I picked up my stuff, gave my leftover raffle tickets to Mrs. Morton, and headed for the bathrooms. On my way there, I found Joseph and Jasper goofing off. Jasper, I kind of understand, he doesn't see these people because he's homeschooled. But Joseph sees them every day for several hours at a time when I only get 40 minutes with him. He didn't say hi, didn't tell me where he was, didn't even acknowledge that I came to see him after he was done performing. He said hi on my way to the bathroom. Then when I came out of the bathroom I went up to him and said, "Tell Emma, Lucky, and Pete they did a good job. And tell Pete I loved his solo." Then out of nowhere as I was walking away, he grabbed my sleeve (which made my collar dig into my throat), and slammed me and Joseph together! For no reason! AND NOW I HAVE A FREAKING BRUISE ON MY LEFT SHOULDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph asked, "Why'd you do that?"
"So that you'd be mad at me and not at each other," Jasper said. I frowned harder than I had been.
"Why was Joseph mad at me?" I snarled. I was PISSED. I hate being ditched at a place where I don't know anyone and then sit like that for an hour in the cold with no one to talk to.
"I wasn't mad at her," Joseph told Jasper. He didn't tell me, he told JASPER. I had had enough. I stalked off and when I rounded the corner of the building, I burst into tears.
I know I'm probably being irrational, but they hurt my feelings, they left me alone in the cold and among strangers, and didn't even bother to tell me where they were or acknowledge that I paid $10 to sit in the cold all alone. I know Joseph has other friends. I do too. I have four sisters, hello! But I'd NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER ditch them someplace full of strangers, ESPECIALLY if they have xenophobia. I expect the same of my friends. But no. Robo-Boy never considers my feelings or my welfare, especially when he's involved with video games or his band buddies. And, I know he's not my property, ACKNOWLEDGMENT is not too much to ask.

Hugz
HM

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Theater

Greetings.

I happen to be an actress, singer, and a dancer (when I focus REALLY hard on the choreography). And I have even won an award for one of my roles. (I played a man. How humiliating is that?) But what I'd really like to discuss in this post are my friends from theater.
Bentley also participates in the shows. As do Jasper and Joseph. In fact, that's how Joseph and I met. I kept stealing his hat when he played John in PETER PAN. Anyways, there are more people in theater. Claire met her first serious boyfriend Kenny Harris in the same show I played a man in. She was one of my employees and he was the minion of my enemy.
Then we have Kenny Gordon. He is a friend of mine from when I was the Witch in INTO THE WOODS. He played Cinderella's father. Claire played an old Hag, Joseph played the Mysterious Man, and Jasper was the Narrator. In INTO THE WOODS, I met this WAAAAAAAAAAY hyper happy peppy preppy girl named Hillary Newcombe. She played Little Red Riding Hood. She's nice and everything but she's so ANNOYING. But not even Bentley saw it. In fact he and Hillary "dated" for a little while. (He's 13 and she's 12. I think they're crazy.) Then there's Mickie Phineas. She's one of the sweetest girls in the world and she's one of those girls that attract all the guys without even trying. She's dated Kenny (Harris, Claire's ex) and she has also attracted Bentley and Jasper. Sheesh, this girl has amazing powers. There are a lot of others, like Donna Pickett, the prima donna and most popular theater girl in our troupe. And then there's Brady Grayson, the most popular guy who gets all the big parts even though he can't remember his lines, be it song or acting, to save his life. Nice guy, not so bright upstairs.
Anyways, when I have more to update, I will. In fact my troupe is doing ALICE IN WONDERLAND (based on the new movie, I think, according to Jasper) during the summer. I want to be the Red Queen!!! WHEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Hugz
HM

Friday, April 9, 2010

The Past Three Days

Greetings.

I hope you missed me! Quite a bit has happened in the last three days. So I think I'll start with Wednesday.
Wednesday, I stayed home from school with a bad case of cramps and post-fight nausea. (As I wrote earlier, I had a HORRIBLE fight with my parents.) And then I went over to Gramps and Nana's house. Nana and I went to Jamba Juice where I applied for a job and then she, Gramps, and I went to dinner. Afterwards Nana and I went to see ALICE IN WONDERLAND (for the third time!!!!!!!!!!!!!).
Thursday, Nana took me to breakfast and then I went to school... yuck. Me no likey school. I have premature senioritis. Then after school I went over to Joseph's house for dinner around 6:30. I didn't come home until 10:45. I had so much fun. His cousin Jasper came over and I got him into PHINEAS AND FERB. I feel very proud of myself. Anyways, I was over there because they were having a dinner for all the family because of his grandma's passing. And I realized something: JOSEPH IS A FREAKING ROBOT. If anything happened to Nana, I'd be absolutely devastated. Joseph has not cried once!!!! It's driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!
Today, quiz in math, blah blah blah. I went to the reception for Joseph and Jasper's grandma's funeral. Joseph was quieter than usual. And Jasper was a lot more pensive. But they were basically themselves. They were quoting movies, speaking Mandalorian, and being generally randomly weird. I kissed Joseph on the cheek again (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) but he wiped it off his cheek. I almost cried as I drove home. I was very close... (sob)
Perhaps I should explain Jasper. Jasper is a year younger than Joseph than I. (Joseph is 23 days older than I) He is like Joseph's brother and they look remarkably alike, except Joseph has his mother's Mexican skin and Jasper does not. They both wear glasses, they both love STAR WARS (though Jasper is more of a Trekker), and they love anything that has to do with movies and/or music. Jasper likes the same girl Bentley likes, though I am not sure if Bentley realizes it. Sometimes I don't know if he knows he likes this girl. Her name is Mickie Phineas. Her real full name is Mikayla, but she hates it so we call her Mickie. Anyways, Jasper and Bentley both like her, I'm sure.

Hugz
HM