Rockstar To Be

Prose about revelations

2008-04-21T15:50:00.000-07:00

Do you ever feel like there is something right in front of you that you’re just not seeing? I always have that feeling, and then every once in a while there’s this gust of clarity, and it’s all like BAM. Everything suddenly makes sense. You see things the way they are. You see him the way he is, and you see the way he sees you and it just works. Then you wonder why it took you so long to realize it when it was right underneath your nose the whole time but you don’t care because you are so flipping happy. Yeah. It’s a good feeling.

Room revamping

2008-04-13T14:38:00.000-07:00

I just bought a Bob Marley lamp. It's shaped like a guitar. Need I say more?

What's this? A BLOG?

2008-03-31T16:06:00.000-07:00

Hi there!

Whoa now, I totally forgot that I had a blog. I guess I just gave up, because my blog could never be as cool as CARLA's anyways.

So I went to Europe. It was great fun, and I had a whirlwind romance with a guy from LIVERPOOL named JUDE. No joke, it was like across the universe comes to life. Well, it wasn't a SUPER romance but it was still tres memorable and oh my God, I miss his adoarbleness and pretty accent and nice fingernails. Sigh.

So we went to Spain, France and Italy. (He was in one of the groups travelling with us). It was sicknasty, it really was, I feel so worldly now, because I had never really gone outside of North America, unless you count Hawaii, which you shouldn't, because it's part of the United States. Retard.

So American Idol is great this year. I love David Cook! Also Jason and Carly, but David Cook is sooo the best.

First day back at school today, was very jetlagged and I am very upset with my planning popup book mark. I lost a mark because apparently Elvis was not RELEVANT to my project, even though it was a picture of him LAUGHING, and the project was about how I want to be a COMEDY writer. Like the haha type.

I bought a writer's journal magazing, so I intend to enter a bunch of contests to vamp up my portfolionette. That's French for portfolio, probably.

Well, this was fun, we had lots of catching up to do. I hope 1+ person reads it! (Fingers crossed)

Peace,
Ray

Josiah Leming

2008-02-17T15:50:00.000-08:00

One of the most talented eighteen year olds I have ever seen. Why they kicked him off American Idol I'll never know, if it were up to the public it never would have happened. But whatever, he doesn't need it.

He is an amazing song writer, everyone should go to youtube and check out some of the stuff he's written. My personal favourite is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQX0yhb-kUc

He's seriously insanely talented and I have decided that I'm going to marry him, much to the heartbreak of the boy behind my house that I stalk.

peace,
RAY

Lost Returns (finally)

2008-02-17T15:48:00.000-08:00

And it's so effing amazing!!!

Can't wait for next week when Sawyer and Kate have all the Skex (spoiler, haha). It's just amazingly mind blowing this season. I am officially in love with Daniel Faraday and the flash forwards just blow my mind (even though Sayid is a bit of a slime ball).

AND THE WRITER'S STRIKE IS OVER. Dancing on the rooftops right now

Peace, RAY

Kiddies!!

2008-01-21T18:00:00.000-08:00

AGH I love kids. So so much.

I volunteer in the junior school lunch room three times a week and they're so freaking adorable. Expecially this one girl, who always stands up to make announcements about how wild animals are dangerous and how life is a fickle friend. And she's five! She's a freaking genius. I'm seriously just going to kidnap her and her little chubby cheeks....

Now I'm also working in after school care, because I'm starved for leadership hours.

I've already chosen my children's names:

Isobel (Izzie) Marie
Eloise Rolande
Evan Douglas

And I shall have them in that order. Other fave names are : Finnigan (finn), Dennison (Denny), Alia, Remy and Jeremiah Ryan (JR).

I FRIGGIN' LOVE BABIES!

Peace,
Ray who FRIGGIN LOVES BABIES

Examens...

2008-01-21T17:54:00.000-08:00

Suck eggs! Seriously, I am so super swamped over here I BARELY have time to watch Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (which is my new fave show by the way, and only half because of the title.)

I'm seriously going to fail all my exams, though. Because I....don't really study that much. I just can't do it, my brain isn't programmed to concentrate!

On a happier sappier note, a really hott guy just moved in behind my house. Originally, I was really pissed at people for cutting down those beautiful trees to make houses, and I still am, but there are still some trees, and he's oh so attractive...

Unfortunately, when i put my dogs outside last night and he was in his yard, I had to hide because I was wearing red and white striped shorts and blue snowboots....I'll just have tp randomly walk by his house in a cocktail dress and be all "oh, did you just move in? TEEHEEHEE!"

Peace,
Ray

Injustice!!!!

2008-01-16T18:04:00.000-08:00

WHOOOOOSH.

That's the sound of steam pouring out my ears. I'm very, very ticked off.

The most unbelievably lame-o ridiculous thang happened to me today. I made a perfectly innocent comment to a person - a mere suggestion - and she all flipped out, and then when I flicked staples at her to get her attention to apologize, she double flipped out.

I was telling people about the absurd behaviour of this friend of mine and they said - gasp - THAT I COULD BE MEAN!!!!! Me!! mean!!!!

Obviously, I bit all their heads off, and then stormed off. Later, howevs, I asked them to teach me to be nice. They said I was a lost cause, however, JUST BECAUSE when I asked them I happened to be holding the door shut so people couldn't get into the science classroom. it was hilarious, however.

They did agree to help me though, so now, from this day forth, Ray does not make jokes at the expense of other people.....outloud.

To punish everyone, I refused to speak during Planning class. They acted happy but I knew they were dying inside.

Person who started this all still won't talk to me. Their loss. EVERYBODY'S LOSS!!!! GAHHH.

P.S. I HEART CAPITAL LETTERS

Peace,
Ray

Thrift store-palooza

2008-01-14T20:09:00.000-08:00

GAH. I friggin love thrift stores!!!

So here's how it all began. Let me take you back to a simpler time, eg. yesterday afternoon. I was a walking downtown, la dee dah, when ALACK! I spots a secondhand CD store, and convince my pallies to enter. Five minutes later I exit with a Finite Sky CD, Goo Goo Dolls CD and a Nick Drake CD, but only 12 dollars poorer. KA CHING!

Then, today I went to a diff store and scored two sweaters, some CD's and a Bible (because you can never have too many of those, and it was only one dollar)

Peace,
Ray

I Love You Everywhere

2008-01-12T15:37:00.000-08:00

Sweetest, most awesomest website EVER.

http://www.iloveyoueverywhere.com/

Peace,
Ray

Bad Ray!

2008-01-11T20:53:00.000-08:00

She never updates! She needs to be punished, like Dobby...except she loves herself too much.

We took introvert/extrovert tests in Planning and I was the only EXTREME extrovert in my class. I answered every question 'yes' and apparently have no introvertial qualities, thank God. I couldn't handle being an introvert.

So, random. In assembly the other day the IT teacher made a really funny lecture about computer lab ettiquette, and as he was going up I was all "WOOOOOT!" and hes like "who did that?" so I stood up, being the extrovert that I am, and he's all "Oh Ray, I here the Suns arent doing too well," and I'm like "yeah, it sucks," and he says "Steve Nash is losing it" so I went "LIES". And then he got back to his presentation, because this was in front of the whole school and everyone was like..."uhh...what?"

Wow, I'm talking like a teenager today, aren't I? I tend to do that when I get excited.

Peaces of me,
RAY

Juno

2007-12-27T11:13:00.000-08:00

Wow. It was an incredible movie, it really was. Ellen Page (who is CANADIAN, thank you very much) should win an Oscar. See, we can accomplish great things. The cold makes us stronger.

Also, my boy Michael Cera aka George Michael aka Evan from Superbad was in it, whish is always a plus with a capital P. He was one of two reasons I even went to see the movie, the other one being that they played a Moldy Peaches song in the trailer. If anyone doesn't know the Moldy Peaches...shame on you.

"You're a part time lover and a full time friend
The monkey on your back is the latest trend
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else but you"

Peace,
Ray

Christmas

2007-12-27T11:09:00.000-08:00

Good haul this year, considering the only thing I asked for was a rubber chicken and my parents didn't know what to get me.

They ended up getting me one of them SHINE cellphones which, to tell you the truth, I didn't really want, but then I started playing with it and it's actually pretty neato. I already downloaded a spice girls ringtone! I wonder if they have Hannah Montana ones....

I also got some DVD's (including Arrested Development season 2, yes!) an itunes card and some clothes, because I guess girls are supposed to like clothes or whatever. But some of them are actually pretty cute, if I do say so myself.

Anyways, I'm going to James Haunakkah party today, which should be fun.

Peace,
Ray

Novel time!

2007-12-24T10:54:00.000-08:00

I started a novel planning book. So far I have the narrator, the main character, and a very rough and unfinished plot outline. Oh, and a topic sentence. It came to me in a dream (the universe must really want me to write this book.)

Back from vacation!

2007-12-24T10:52:00.000-08:00

I'm baaaack. Let the trumpets blare and the angels sing.

Trip was awesome. Paddleboarded, surfed, windsurfed, hiked, stalked the attractive Hawaiian people, saw Michael from Lost. Good trip.

And Christmas is tomorrow. Feeling pretty chilled. Just uploading pics to facebook.

Peace,
Ray

Food drive

2007-12-11T20:47:00.000-08:00

We were RIPPED OFF!!!!

Gahhhh, I'm so angry right now!! I am currently shunning all of the grade twelves for ETERNITY (or at least until they graduate, the bumfarts.)

Lemme explain my outrage, outcries and general discontentment: we had an inter-grade food drive challenge, so there's a winner from 7-9 and one from 10-12. We, the grade tens, worked our behinds off the get tons of cans and a wonderful variety of food for the needy, trampling the grade elevens and their pitiful attempt on the way. We so deserve that afternoon of laser tag!

But then the stupid grade twelves pooled all their money and bought all these cheap bulk noodles and just beat us. That's so lame! They didn't even work! Everyone, even teachers, agree we should have won, but they can't really change the rules. So I will just shun the Grade 12's for life and put worms in their pants. I hope they are wary of my wrath. Mwa. Ha.

PEACE
Rayyy

So...no title

2007-12-11T20:43:00.000-08:00

Bleh. BLAH. I feel meh-y. You know that feeling of, like, "Smdjsdhncfjsv" where you don't have the effort to speak, move or think? Yes, that is Ray on this fine today.

I need to get somewhere warm, I'm tired of here. "Get out of California, tired of the sunset, think I'm going to Boston, going to start a new life, where no one knows my name."

Well no, California is probably warmer than Boston, but it seemed like a good time to quote Augustana.

GACHK. I feel LAME. How I'm ever going to be a hardcore rockstar/novelist/human rights activist when I have no energy is beyond me. I had a very busy day.

IF ANYONE EVER STUMBLES RANDOMLY ACROSS THIS BLOG, DO WHAT I SAY RIGHT NOW: Download the song "I Found a Reason" by Cat Power.

Peacles,
ray

R and J soundtrack

2007-12-09T10:45:00.000-08:00

Picking songs for my Romeo and Juliet soundtrack project due tomorrow. I need ten; so far I have 6 picked and reports written about 5 of them. If anyone has any suggestions, lemme know. Think tragic or romantic, generally. Here's what I have so far"

Boston - Augustana
I'll Be - Edwin McCain
Stop Crying Your Heart Out - Oasis
Baby Girl - Will Hoge
When I'm Up I Can't get Down - Great Big Sea.
So Close - Jon McLaughlin

Would it be inappropriate to use a Hannah Montana song? I'm seriously debating it, because, as you know, she's awesome (see below).

Peace,
Ray

Frikki frikki frikki fresh

2007-12-08T22:28:00.000-08:00

I LOVE Hannah Montana. I know I shouldn't and I pretend I don't and I know it's stupid but it is AWESOME. Really truly, I always sing her songs in the shower and I heart Oliver with all my frikki frikki frikki heart, baybee.

No one comments on my posts. It makes me feel sad and lonely. If anyone makes a comment, they will get a very amazing prize (undisclosed at the moment.)

Hawaii next week! Surf, sand, stalking the people from Lost. The usual. My uncle still lives in Dominic Monaghan's building. YES.

Today is occuring

2007-12-08T10:30:00.000-08:00

Going to see Enchanted with my Sandwich. She wanted to go and see the Golden Compass, and I was all "pssh, no"o yes, we're going to see Enchanted. I finally convinced her.

Speaking of Sandwich, we got 100 on our Romeo and Juliet rap. I knew we would, it was kick ass.

Speaking of kick ass, Grey's Anatomy was AWESOME on Thursday. Poor artery guy died, but then they had a dance party and George and Izzie were cutie.

Speaking of cutie, other Ray and I watched this cute Disney Channel movie with Lilly from Hannah Montana and sexy jake Ryan about Halloween. Then we watched the Office yeyeah.

Just so you all know, I've invented code names for all of my friends, because the internet can be a very dangereux place. I will often talk about James, the Sandwich, other Ray, Scanny and others.

PEACE,
Ray

Hurrah!

2007-12-08T10:27:00.000-08:00

Newspaper article will be PUBLISHED! I thought it wasn't very good, but I guess they are desperate. It'll be hard to explain to my friends, seeing as I've spent the last two years making fun of the newspaper club. I called it the loopaper club (I'm SO hilarious.)

Yes, so anyways, my column is called Ray's serious column and it's about things that aren't very serious at all, so in a way it's sort of humoury. My first one is about how to defend and protect yourself around Christmastime.

Fun stuff.

La Da Di Da Da Da

2007-12-06T19:02:00.000-08:00

"And all of the stars are fading away
Try not to worry, you'll see them some day"

I learned about this song on the bathroom wall at school. It can be a very educational place. I also learned the kick ass phrase "You make my floppy disk a HARD drive!" and that a large percentage of my school hates society.

Every week I respond to the negative comments positively and correct people's grammar with my purple pen. Bow.

Creativity status

2007-12-06T16:02:00.001-08:00

UPDATE:

Ceramic guitar cup in art coming along crappily. It's crooked and ugly and awful and I HATE it. Also, the handle that is shaped like a pick looks like a fish tail. I tried to get out of making a stupid handle at all, saying I would just hand in my cup and play a song by Handel. It got a chuckle, but I'm still failing.

Novel is not coming along so great. Maybe I'll work on it in Hawaii, like I did on the last one.

Guitar is coming along nicely. Learned two new songs last week. almost brave enough to try out for the rock band. Next year, next year.

Voice teacher still trying to convince me to go in the concert. Meh.

A good day

2007-12-06T15:57:00.000-08:00

I had a really good day today. Which is slightly abnormal, lately.

We went to this thing at the Conference Centre and walked around to tables about different universities and got free stuff and encouragement. I entered to win a ride along in an ambualnce, which would be SO FREAKING AWESOME. They let me enter even though you're supposed to be sixteen. They said if I win they'll just postpone it until my birthday.

I just had a good feeling today. There is so much to do, and when I don't have my feeling of impending doom, I really enjoy living.

This guy randomly asked me what I wanted to do, and I said I wanted to be a writer but I also liked medicine, and he gave me a pen that looks like a syringe. It's HOT.

Then back at school, during assembly, this one teacher was saying we had to sing louder, so I was practically shouting the words as a joke, but then later I overheard one of the teachers saying that I had a beautiful voice and I was like "hmmm..."

New Grey's Anatomy tonight. Stoked.

Peace,
Ray

I like National Days

2007-12-03T17:51:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was National Fritters day! Today is National roof over your head day. Here are some other upcoming festive days:

Dec. 4: National Wear Brown shows day

Dec. 5: National Bathtub Party day

Dec. 6: National Mitten Tree day

And my personal favourite, Dec. 12 is National Ding-a-Ling day! Not quite sure how you celebrate that one.....

By national, they probably mean America (razzin frazzin) but we'll just pretend it means Canada.

Homework zombies

2007-12-03T15:43:00.001-08:00

AARGH. Why do people care so much about homework?

I mean, I know it's important and everything, but should it really control your life? Who wants to be on their death bed thinking "Dang, I wish I'd gone to that movie with Ray instead of working towards somewhere I won't even get now." (I'm a little death obsessed.)

But my. freinds. are obsessed. with. flipping. HOMEWORK!

I have been rejected so many times by people who say they can't hang out next weekend because they have sooo much homework or OMG there's a test in two weeks! I tried to convince my friend to go see a movie next weekend Saturday at eight and shes' all "I can't, too much homework" and I said "would you really be doing homework Saturday at eight if I didn't take you out" and she said "yes."

I have the same courseload as these people, and I get by being the world's biggest slacker. Am I missing something?

Rant over. Exit Ray

Worried About Ray

2007-12-03T15:40:00.001-08:00

Current favourite song: Worried about Ray by the Hoosiers

NOT just because it has my name in it. That's only like....50 percent of the reason. It's just a pretty good song.

"Truth be told, truth be told, I'm treading on my tippy toes, my tippy toe-oe-oe-oes, I'm starting to worry about Ray." THAT'S ME!

We perform our Romeo and Juliet project on Wednesday. GAH. I keep forgetting my lines and randomly running out of breath because I'm nervous, even though I'm an EXCELLENT public speaker and DID win the speech contest last year. (I'm humble too)

I like to use my blog to compliment myself.

Newspaper Club...a ponderance

2007-11-29T16:14:00.000-08:00

Why am I so wimpy that I can't even submit any serious and legitimate writing to the newspaper club because I'm afraid of being laughed at? Generally I'm very confident, but I guess I'm afraid someone will take away the fact that I can write...or something weird and psychological like that.

Wherefore am I the way that I am?

Romeo and Juliet

2007-11-29T16:09:00.000-08:00

Our project is SO FREAKING AMAZING. We are rapping Romeo and Juliet as our dramatic presentation. I am Romeo, and we do the same scene four times, each time narrated by a different character, so for three out of four times we just mime our actions and for one we talk, but we rotate who does that, and then we shout "REWIND" and do it again with someone else narrating. I'm Romeo, I had to write everyone's lines because I am SO skilled. Here is my part.

"I went to the party, I'm a bad ass crasher
I was checkin' out Rosaline, "You wanna dance?" I ask her

She turned me down, I was so depressed
My life was over, you know the rest

No truth lies in love, was it all a load of crap
I turned to leave when I saw a chicky...oh SNAP

I turned to my buddy, M to the Cutio
"I've just fallen in love, I know this is trueshio"

Damn, she is fine! I haven't seen her in the ghetto
"What's her pretty name?" "Juliet." "Oh."

I couldn't wait any longer, I had to get with that now
I went to her and said "Chicka chicka OW."

And scene. Good Lord I am talented. And humble too.
Peace, Ray

Bones!

2007-11-29T16:06:00.000-08:00

Oh tra la la, I am incredibly happy right now. You know why? Well, I'll tell you why. Bones, that's why. It's a freaking awesome show and last night the two main characters MADE OUT!!! (sort of.) Oh...spoiler alert.

Anyways...damn it was FANTASTIC! Hardcore (yes, I take tv way too seriously). But this is one of those times when it's a good thing. I need to find me a Booth. No more messing about with my imaginary boyfriend (although he is incredibly attractive.)

(Wow, I use a lot of parenthesis and get off topic very easily.)

TWSS

2007-11-27T18:10:00.000-08:00

Okay, I have a serious illness. I can't stop "thats what she saiding."

It's gotten to the point where if the teacher says something in class, I stiffen in my chair. That's what she said. But seriously; it's so hard. That's what she said. Damnit!

But come on, though. The teachers set me up. They knoooooow.

Like my science teacher saying "it's pretty straightforward" twelve hundred times today. Or my math teacher - ayy, don't get me started on my math teacher (that's what she said.) She's all "yeah, this one is long and hard." or "find the radius of Uranus. Naturally, it's not something you can measure with a ruler.

I need help.

Enchanted

2007-11-25T19:10:00.000-08:00

Wow. It was much better than I expected. Even James, who accompanied me, agreed, and he doesn't usually like those kinds of movies. Maybe because I paid for him, the cheapskate. His debit card "just happened" to be not working. Sure.

But anyways, the movie was adorable. Anything with Dr. McDreamy is bound to be okay, but the actual movie itself was good. I would have enjoyed it even if he hadn't been in it (although not as much.)

Other cool people in it: James Marsden (hairspray, the Notebook) Idina Menzel (Wicked), Susan Sarandon (if I have to tell you what she's been in you are lame) and a two second cameo of Angela from Bones.

Ths kids behind us were hilarious. There was a part of the movie (spoiler alert) where Patrick Dempsey has to kiss the girl before midnight or she dies, and he's all stroking her cheek and everything so this kid goes "Let's go, we don't have all day, people!"

It was funny. A good day, and James let me wear his cool hat from Utah, which is always a plus.

Novel time!

2007-11-25T15:27:00.000-08:00

I am writing a novel. It's amazing, it's incredible, it's absolutely fantastic.

So far it has a title. Sincerely, No One. Good, right? Can't you just see yourself picking that off the shelves, taking it home and letting it change your life? I can.

It'll be excellent. I will update every time I work on it. I thought of the title about a year and a half ago. I think it's about time I start planning the story.

Lots of work to do. It's so hard being on the brink of fame.

Peace,
Ray

Intro!

2007-11-24T12:22:00.000-08:00

Good afternoon!

This morning I woke up and I says to myself, I says "Hey now, I think it's time I started a blog detailing my boring life and my hopes and dreams and all that funkay business."

And of course, anyone who ignores their innermost thoughts is completely insane.

So yes, I have begun a blog. I fully expect that no one will read it and I am one hundred percent okay with that! In fact, is someone were to read it, I would feel just a little bit violated.

On with the show!
....
So that's all I have to say for today. It may not seem like very much right now, but one day someone will be all, "Wow, I remember that blog that changed my life so much I became an astronaut!" And if not, it was still an icebreaker for me and my numerous readers.

Peace
RAY