It's been over a year since I last posted anything.
I am completely unsurprised by this fact. Since then a ton of stuff has happened. I wonder how much I can cram in here between homework, cooking macaroni (and eating it), and goofing off with what ever other random things I find to do.

My mom and I went to Alpena for the fourth of July again. Unfortunately the fireworks were canceled because of the start switch. >.< (*typing with one hand and holding the mac'n'cheese pan with the other*) We were sitting there for hours... and of course I promised a friend that I'd take pics with the camera she's loaning me. You'd think they could get them right considering they have a whole year to prepare and it isn't like they haven't done it before. They were going to do them the next night, but there were storms. I tried to get some lightning pics, but I don't think it worked. I wouldn't know though, seeing as they still haven't been developed.
We stopped by that same antique mall, but didn't find anything neat this time. And you know how I mentioned that little plate from last year? I hung it up above my light switch in my room. It fit perfectly between my poster and the door frame. I ended up bumping it and it broke. T.T and to make it worse I had to stupidly run my hand across the carpet looking for pieces. Well, I did find one. >.< anyways...

Okay... other stuff...

OTC - Oakland Technical Center - where a bunch of high schoolers from different schools go to get vocational training. There's floral, and culinary, and automotive... I go there for 'Computer Maintenance and Networking Technology.' For the 06/07 school year I went during the 'pm' afternoon class and only saw the 'am' guys (because I was the only girl the entire day in the CMNT class) at LAN parties or the walkathon. This year (07/08, my senior year) I'm in the AM class because my school decided to change the scheduling from 6 to 7 class hours and OTC is now AM only.
From the beginning of June til the 29th I kept going to OTC to get my A+ OS (I already got my A+ Core/Hardware) because the test was going to expire on the 30th. If I didn't get it I would have had to start from the beginning to get my A+ essentials this year. I ended up passing like most of the of the pm class and unlike most of the am class)
I'm currently trying to get my Network+ cert. blah blah blah... It's boring. Though there was a girl in the first years, but I think she dropped out. She did mention disliking the fact that we were the only two girls. Today we played a jeopardy game and I pwned. I would have won if I had bid more, but I was in a rush [to catch the bus, of course I had to wait for the bus driver like always].

I'm finishing up the post I started on the 19th. Today's the 20th. There used to be more. I forgot what I was going to type. So I'm just gonna post already. Lest this rot as a draft and never be posted.

Woo! I finally got around to bugging bravehost about the fact I couldn't log in! I'm going to start working on my website again. If only my school had TextPad.
One program they do have that I never will is CS3/Photoshop/whateveryouwanttocallit. Last year I discovered from cKy-sound's test planet a tutorial on making planets and thus began to work on one in Desktop Publishing last year. I'm starting from scratch this time around. Last time I made it the size of the entire picture so the fuzzy atmosphere was cut off. >.< I'm thinking I'll try to find a different texture too. The one I'm using at the moment is really boring.

I finaly got around to posting something again and of course I no longer have any thing to say, not surprising considering I had to wait forever for my mom to get off the comp.  It just so happens that the moment she got off that she saw lightning. -.- just great...
    I'm using something called "Performancing" for firefox to post this.  It's kinda neat.  It automatically saves what you've typed when you make it go away so you can type a little then come back latter, type more, and post it when it doesn't seem like a patheticly short post anymore. 
    I haven't updated my website in quite a while so I guess maybe soon I'll dredge something up for it.
    I've been reading too many fanfics again, as usual.  Yesterday I finished re-reading HP & the prisoner of azkaban.  I don't know WHY but I've been drawn back into HP.  reading fics and beggining the fifth book again today and everything. 
    I've disappeared to my entire buddy list (all three of them.) because my dad was annoyed by the little update thing so I uninstalled it and tried to reinstall it in just my account but it didn't want to work properly so I decided to wait til the next day.  Next time I try I discover that I've got a limited account and no privliges. 
And there was much rejoicing. grrrrr...
My mom and I went to Alpena to see fireworks. They were really good.  Discovered a big antique shop that had lots of cool things, I got a little vase and a plate (it has a pretty autumn scene painted on it) both made in Japan. 
Also three coins $0.50 each.  One is german and has 1900 on it so I'm assuming that it's from 106 years ago so it seems like it was a good buy.  The other two are asian, one looks to be a 50 Y japanese coin, it has a 49 on it too.  1949? showa period 49? no idea.  the last one is really tiny and doesn't have any numbers I can read but it does look like it's got the kanji for 1 on it. (it's the easiest kanji in the world: it looks like this>  -   )
    I guess I should hurry up and post now, there's a lot of lightning