Day 8: I'm a Whatnette?

Yes, you read that right. My hair is brown. Not only is it brown, but it's DARK brown. Like, DARK BROWN. I love it. Here's a picture.



Granted, I didn't use permanent dye, so it's going to fade. I think I want to make it permanent. Maybe even go darker. But I want to stay brunette for a while. I put my hair in a ponytail and stuck on blue bow headband, and I won't say I looked exactly like Zooey Deschanel, but it was the closest I've ever come!

Last night I ate some sushi, worked on my senior letters to choir underclassmen (yeah, I'm a bit behind on that), hung out with some choir friends while drinking CHOCOLATE WINE (!!!!!), and caught up with an old friend (ok, old crush) over a few amaretto sours. I slept for about three hours and couldn't fall asleep again, so I got up for the early church service. And now I'm back home and extremely sleepy and still a bit nauseous. Can't blog anymore.

By the time I reach this paragraph it is now officially Monday. I start teaching in ONE WEEK. I'm excited, but I am SO not ready. I need more summer!!!

Brunettely yours,
Kaitlyn

Day 7: I Failed Already

You may be wondering what happened to Day 6. Well, Day 6 is stuck in a timewarp of nonexistence. It may never find its way home.

Ok, fine. I didn't do Day 6. I spent most of the day driving to Shreveport and the rest of the day having fun with my friends. Is that really so wrong?

If anyone out there is actually reading this, you may leave punishment suggestions in the comments below.

Well, as I said on Day 5, I am here in Shreveport, where I went to college, for the wedding of my friends Caitlin and Trae. Yes, I have the same name as the bride. It's weird enough watching your friends get married, but it's even weirder to hear the minister say, "Trae, do you take Caitlin..." etc. But it was a really nice wedding. The bride was beautiful, and she started crying before she even hit the aisle.

If I were on my own computer right now I would post pictures. I'll work on that for tomorrow's blog.

Now that I've caught up on fiveawesomegirls and changed out of my uncomfortable sticky bra (which has started to lose its stickness, increasing my discomfort), I suppose I ought to find something fun to do tonight. Most of my college friends are gearing up for choir camp, which makes me feel old and out of place. But it's still nice to see them and party like a college kid.

Oh, and I'm dyeing my hair tomorrow! I still haven't decided on a color. Part of me wants to stay blonde, and part of me wants to go back to red. What I REALLY want to do is go black, but I'm not sure I'm brave enough. We shall see.

Indecisively yours,
Kaitlyn

P.S. I had tons of Indian food for lunch, and then I ate at the reception, and now I'm hungry again. Three cheers for mild hangovers!

Day 5: They're Here, They're Queer, Get Used To It

Well here I am in my friends' apartment, chilling out after helping them move in. The friends in question are Laura and the Kathryn, the sisters of my best friend Benjamin. Kathryn's boyfriend Tyler lives here too. I don't know Tyler too well, but I figure he's pretty cool since he's currently wearing a v-neck t-shirt.

I'm attempting to blog from my amazing Samsung Impression mobile phone because it doesn't look like I'll get home before midnight.

Speaking of my amazing Samsung Impression mobile phone, while driving around today I've been turning down the radio and pulling up "California Dorks" from YouTube on my phone and jamming to it nonstop. I. AM. OBSESSED.

OK. Here's something you should know about me. I'm pretty darn liberal, unlike the rest of my family. So I definitely should not have been listening to Rush Limbaugh's radio show this afternoon. He was firing off some cockamamy bullshit about how supporting gay marriage means you want to rip the U.S. Constitution to shreds. And then some pissant bitchface calls in and says that she thinks America is too far gone to fix, and she supports the secession of the conservative states. She actually said that we should have another civil war. And Rush agreed. I swear I was cussing at the radio a hell of a lot more than when I'm singing along to rap music. I just need to move to England already.

Well, I better stop now since Ben is ready to go home and I'm the one with the car. Tomorrow we're roadtripping to Shreveport!!! I can't wait. But can you believe I'm going to ANOTHER wedding on Saturday? Yep.

Unwedly yours,
Kaitlyn

Day 4: They're unforgettable

Guten morgen, blog readers! Or rather, guten 1 PM (again).

I'm trying to think of a cutesy name for you (potential) blog readers. All I can come up with is "bleaders" or "breaders." Neither of which sound very appealing.

So last night my mom and I watched It's Complicated, that Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin movie. There I was, just staring at the tv, when suddenly I saw MYSELF. Sort of. The girl who plays the youngest daughter, Gabby, looks like me from the side. It's freaky. The actress' name is Zoe Kazan. Look at her face from the side and tell me that's not me.

In other news, I just made couscous! All by myself! It was delicious. I put blueberries and spinach in it.

Hmmm.....what do you guys want me to talk about? Any ideas? Controversial topics into which you'd like me to delve? Just say the word!

Ooh, book review time!
I finished reading The Year of Secret Assignments yesterday. It was really fun to read. I thought it was really witty and clever, and its structure was fairly original. Occasionally, though, I did get a little annoyed with some of the characters, particularly Emily. She was so petty sometimes, and her misuse of words drove me crazy. Granted, some of her misused words could have been Australian slang I'm not aware of, but I doubt it.
Grade: B

Finally, I just need to make sure that all of my bleaders (yay? nay?) are aware of "California Dorks." It's a wonderful antidote to the worthless drivel that is Katy Perry's "California Gurls." I know I'm a little late to the party, but I finally watched it last night and I'm OBSESSED. And I'm getting my Facebook friends obsessed too. :-P It's worth a watch or twelve.

Dorktastically yours,
Kaitlyn

Day 3: The One With the Weddings

I find blogging daily to be much easier when it is mandatory.

Today I am going to try a different blogging strategy called "Blogging in the Morning," although it is actually nearly 1 PM now. I tend to sleep late during the summer while I still can.

I have a bone to pick with ABC Family, and it is this: Sabrina the Teenage Witch is supposed to be on right now. However, it is not on. Why, ABC Family, WHY??? So I am stuck watching Victorious on Nickelodeon, which is admittedly a pretty cute show. But it is NOT Sabrina.

Well, as it is the "morning," nothing much has happened yet in my day. So I suppose I will have to use today's blog to talk about THE PAST.

This past Saturday I went to not one but TWO weddings. The first was for my college friend Tene and her super adorable fiance Daniel. I got to sing in the wedding with some of our friends from school. She was really beautiful and I nearly cried a few times, which is so unlike me.



The second wedding was my for cousin Salena and her dude Chris. This wedding was very traditional, which is not really my style. But it was a nice wedding and she was also beautiful. And, like, my ENTIRE dad's side of the family was there. We were like sardines at that reception.



And yes, I DID wear two different dresses. Wouldn't you?

Well, my mother wants my brother and me to do all sorts of annoying things like clean and vacuum my car, so I better start pretending like I'm about to do those things. 'Til tomorrow, then!

Victoriously yours,
Kaitlyn

Day 2: A Mind is a Terrible Thing

WHEW. I MADE IT IN TIME. But just barely.
This whole blogging every day thing is going to be difficult.

I'm such a nerd that sometimes instead of saying "this is difficult," I will say "difficile est," which is Latin and also fun to say.

A few hours ago I arrived with my best friend Benjamin at the GRAND CINEMA (which has a GRAND total of, like, eight cinemas) to see Inception, because EVERYONE is talking about it. However, the lovely teenaged employee informed us that our showing of Inception was canceled. No Inception, but would we like to see something else for free?

HELL YEAH WE WOULD.

So we saw Dinner for Schmucks for free. It was incredibly stupid yet bizarrely heartwarming.

Luckily we live literally one minute from the theatre, so I arrived home with FOUR MINUTES TO SPARE. And by SPARE I clearly mean BLOG. And here we are.

Other notable things I did today include going to the DMV for a new driver's license (and finally I have one with an attractive picture!), read some of The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty (I'm on page 230), watch the Disney Channel, eat some gnocchi and grilled salmon, and nap away my headache.

On second thought, it appears as though nothing I did today was of much note. Welcome to summer.

I will end today's blog with my favorite quote from Dinner for Schmucks:

"You may say I'm a dreamer.....but I'm not."

Sleepily yours,
Kaitlyn

Day 1: The Party's Just Begun, Cheetah Girls.

WELL, HELLO THERE, POTENTIAL BLOG READER!

Do you exist? We will find out!

This is just a quick message to let you all (two people) know that I plan to participate in the latest incarnation of BEDA.

That's Blog Every Day in August now.

Ergo, I plan to blog EVERY SINGLE DAY in August.

I haven't blogged in FOREVER, as you know, so this could be a difficult endeavor. But that is precisely why I need to do it!

I'm starting my first BIG GIRL JOB in a mere 11 days, so at least I'll have interesting things to tell you. Maybe. I hope.

That's all I have time for today, potential readers! And yes, I did space out these sentences so as to make this blog post appear LONGER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS.

What's up with all this CAPITALIZATION? Who the heck am I, MAUREEN JOHNSON?!

BEDA-tastically yours,
Kaitlyn