Brooke made me a skin in December, and I’ve finally gotten around to releasing it. CLICK HERE to use the skin. I’ve also decided that I’m going to utilize the “custom fields” option in WordPress, so you’ll notice that I now have a little music note next to a song at the top of all my entries (only for the newest skin). That’s obviously the song that I was listening to as I was typing that entry. Anyway, click here to use the new skin.

We had a “snow day” yesterday, if you can even call it that. We only got a light dusting (mostly ice), but everything in the metro area got shut down. Georgians just can’t handle cold weather.

Pictures of the “snow:” one, two, three, four. And I do realize that our “snow” is probably pathetic compared to all you northerners.

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This week flew by quickly. Hours and hours of school and homework really start to take their toll on my physical (and mental) health. I think I’m getting a cold, and I’ve determined that I need a vacation. A nice beach vacation. Yes.

The winter dance for school is tonight. I’m not going, of course. I’ve never been to a single one of these winter dances in high school, and I don’t plan on breaking that tradition. I don’t know a single person going who isn’t required to go for being part of the student government, which is really quite sad. I think the plan for tonight is to watch a bunch of DVDs with friends.

Sidenote: I really need a new keyboard for my computer. My mom cracked my keyboard a few months ago [yes, there is a giant crack down the keyboard] when attempting to “take it away for punishment.” It’s really bothering me that she didn’t even consider replacing it. I suppose the keyboard still functions for what I need it for, but I hate how my hand always gets caught on the giant crack. Sigh. Maybe eBay will have some good deals.

I’m going to try to revamp the site over the weekend. That is, if I can sit at the computer for more than 15 minutes at a time without getting bored.

I’ll start off with some plugs. Kyle, Atiqah, Amy, Donna*, Wajeeha*, and Josh are back with new sites or layouts. Those denoted by asterisks are hostees.

As stingy as this may sound, I have a thing against giving people money on the street. I just don’t like the idea of forking over a few dollars to someone sitting on a street corner with a cup; and I don’t like it when someone is walking around asking for cash. I guess it’s that common perception of thinking of beggers as druggies, which has been with me all my life. But I had an experience the other day that proved me wrong.

I was sitting in a little park area nearby, eating ice cream with some of my friends. And yes, it is warm enough for us to eat ice cream here, aren’t you jealous? It was 75 degrees and sunny when this happened. Anyway, back to the story. This grubby looking guy came over to us asking for $2.50 to go pick up his marriage license across the street at the courthouse. [By the way, when did they start charging $2.50 for that?] … Of course we played that “oh we don’t have any money” routine in order to keep him from feeling bad. But he kept persisting, even offering us a gift certificate to a music store. He finally left us alone, moving on to some other people in the park. He finally received some money from an old couple, then proceeded across the street to “pick up his marriage license.” So my friend and I decided to follow him to make sure he was actually doing it. I guess we were just bored and looking for something to do.

Indeed he was getting his marriage license, and we were the people that refused to give him money. He then drove away in his nice Escalade with shiny rims. Sigh. So I guess he wasn’t a druggie/begger (unless he got that car from selling drugs? Hey, I’m just trying to make myself feel less guilty…). *Sigh.*

Thanks for the 46 comments on the last blog! That high of a number was very unexpected, so thank you guys so much. I need to go catch up on some homework now. I stayed home from school today because my back was killing me again, and I ended up having to take a trip to the chiropractor to get re-adjusted. I really shouldn’t be having back problems this early in life…

Bleh. Bush is being re-inaugurated today for his second term. Four more horrible years with this monster. There’s a big “walk out” going around the metro Atlanta area where students are just going to walk out of school and go downtown to protest Bush. I think they’re meeting at CNN studios around noon and marching to the capital, followed by a big concert/party thing. I wish I could go. A few of my friends are, but I doubt I’d be able to skip school to join them. Plus, traffic would be horrible with the mobs of people downtown. Oh well. Hopefully all the protests around the nation (and world?) will send some sort of message to Bush. By the way, does anyone else think that it was a bit awkward to have Hilary Duff perform at the inauguration concert thing? Hmm…

Shifting to a more upbeat topic… I never got to post my new hair on here. Click here to see. The picture was taken when my hair was still damp, so it looks a bit weird. And yes, I’m aware that I look extremely pale in the picture. You should note that it was taken about a foot away from my extremely bright bathroom lights. *Sigh*.

I’m probably going to be revamping the site in the next week or two, which will ultimately eliminate the “skins” element to Remixx. My site is starting to drag and feel exactly the same, so I need some sort of change. What do you think about getting rid of the skins?

And another thing: “The O.C.” looks REALLY good tonight!

There is no fucking way I can get some peace and quiet around here.

My cat kept me up until 2:00 am last night because he kept knocking things over in my room and excssively purring around my face. I had to kick him out of my room and close the door, only for him to continue to meow outside my door for another 30 minutes.

I woke up early to out to breakfast with friends, which was kind of a struggle based on the little amount of sleep that I got. I had finally settled down this afternoon, trying to take a quick nap around 4:00 pm, but I was interrupted again. First by my cat (AGAIN!), then by the neighbors across the street. Some little brat is blowing on a whistle right across the street from my house, and it’s ringing in my ears.

I can’t take this anymore, ugh!