Live Life Loudly

Day Eighty-Eight - Jackson Rathbone

2011-03-29T19:24:00.000-07:00

Dressed as a woman for an episode of Criminal Minds. In case you didn't know, he plays Jasper in Twilight and Saka in the last Airbender. He makes a very pretty woman, no?

Day Eighty-Seven - Smudge

2011-03-29T19:20:00.000-07:00

We had our cat put to sleep yesterday. She was very old and in a lot of pain, so we pretty much had no choice. She was mean, and I didn't really get along with her, but I miss her. R.I.P Smudge

Day Eighty-Six - Nothing

2011-03-29T19:18:00.000-07:00

Nothing, at all. So have this picture of a butterfly that I took last summer.

Day Eighty-Five - WinterJam

2011-03-29T19:15:00.000-07:00

I hit WinterJam in Champeign on Saturday, which is why no blog. Wound up sleeping at a friend's house.

Saw this on our way to dinner. Fantastic

Saw this in line. Also pretty fantasic. What's a Cornjerker?

View from our seats. We were high up, but that made it no less amazing.

Me posing with a big screen with RED on it. I absolutely adore this band. Too bad I couldn't get a picture with the actual band.

Kelsey, doing the same. Rock on.

Day Eighty-Four - AutoCorrect

2011-03-25T20:59:00.000-07:00

That annoying autocorrect on iPhones...I found a website. Go there. Enjoy.

Day Eighty-Three - Headlight

2011-03-24T20:52:00.000-07:00

Like, who really needs a wiper for their headlight?

Day Eighty-Two - Twins!

2011-03-23T21:04:00.000-07:00

Someone with the exact same car parked next to my mom today. So cute!

Day Eighty-One - Chicken Limo

2011-03-23T21:03:00.000-07:00

Pretty much...and yeah, I know I'm late...

Day Eighty - Break

2011-03-21T20:25:00.001-07:00

I fully intend to spend most of my break beating this game, as well as the next two. I've never gotten all the way through any of them.

Day Seventy-Nine - Riddle Me This...

2011-03-20T19:33:00.000-07:00

...how can he give free hugs if he as no arms? Should be Hug Free if you ask me. I love my Make A Zombie app.

Day Seventy-Eight - Monster

2011-03-19T15:07:00.001-07:00

Is this not the giantest can of Monster you've ever seen? Gotta love it!

Day Seventy-Seven - FrontierVille

2011-03-18T20:52:00.001-07:00

Next week marks the beginning of my senior spring break. No, I'm not doing anything. At all. But today was senior skip day at my high school, so I didn't go to school and started my boring break a day early. What did I do all day? This...

Day Seventy-Six - Warthog

2011-03-17T20:51:00.000-07:00

My parents went to the zoo today to preview the bats and warthogs exibits. They brought me this cute little stuffed warthog.

And the best part is that inside this little velcro pouch...

Is a cute little baby warthog! Gotta love it!

Day Seventy-Five - Soft Blanket

2011-03-16T20:05:00.000-07:00

Got a new Yankee Candle. And yes, it does smell as good as you would think.

Day Seventy-Four - Backstage Goings-On

2011-03-15T20:32:00.000-07:00

I am the Picture Interfering Nuisance! Fear me! They were trying to get a picture of them jumping. On the only successful one, poof! There I am!

Day Seventy-Three - Prom Invites

2011-03-14T18:39:00.000-07:00

All the seniors at my high school got these chocolate bar invitations to prom from the junior class. Our prom theme this year is Candy Land. Super cute.

Day Seventy-Two - Pretzel Bolt

2011-03-13T10:22:00.000-07:00

Hades and I thought this kind of looked like a lightning bolt. Super nifty.

Day Seventy-One - Supercross

2011-03-12T20:49:00.000-08:00

I spend the day in Indy today. We went to Shapiro's for lunch. It's a kosher deli near Lucas Oil Stadium. Then we spent several hours watching the motocross practice and watching the actual Supercross.

This is the bread they make the sandwiches with

at Shapiro's. Yum

These are some pictures of the track at Lucas Oil

Right before the opening ceremonies

Day Seventy - Boys In Skirts

2011-03-11T21:17:00.000-08:00

This is for a program the senior girls in our choir are doing. I think the boys enjoy it a little too much...

This is my parter for everything. He's always my dance partner,

and now he's my "girl" for this. And you don't need to ask.

He is gay. And he owns it.

This is Booker. He loves this. As do the rest of them.

This is Jaike. He's my boyfriend's boyfriend (don't ask)

and he was abslutely furious that I took this. Gotta love it

Day Sixty-Nine - Practice

2011-03-10T20:24:00.000-08:00

Most of the cast dancing to Shakin' At the High School Hop tonight at Grease practice.

Day Sixty-Eight - I Love Music

2011-03-09T20:08:00.000-08:00

You can tell by my shoes.

Day Sixty-Seven - Hair

2011-03-09T20:07:00.000-08:00

Pretty cool, huh? My friend did it for me at Grease practice. Love it!

Day Sixty-Six - Lizard

2011-03-07T20:00:00.000-08:00

Or some sort of reptile thing. I love pet stores. And Star Trek. Gotta love Star Trek.

Day Sixty-Five - When a Lab Involves Balls...

2011-03-06T18:47:00.001-08:00

...you just know there are gonna be some jokes. On the other hand, Mickey Mouse!

Day Sixty-Four - I Heart Pickles

2011-03-05T20:11:00.000-08:00

And apparently they heart me. I had this at lunch yesterday.

Day Sixty-Three - Summer

2011-03-04T19:01:00.001-08:00

I miss it. A lot. I wish winter would be over. I miss nights like this.

Day Sixty-Two - OCD...

2011-03-03T18:17:00.000-08:00

...in technicolour! This is what happens every time I eat Skittles. I prefer to be called quirky...

Day Sixty-One - Mr. Hands

2011-03-02T18:00:00.000-08:00

It looks creepy, doesn't it? Yeah, I agree. I'm not very far into it, but it's a pretty awesome book so far.

Day Sixty - Whoa

2011-03-01T20:01:00.000-08:00

Sixty days. Wow. Can't believe I stuck with it for two months. A few screw ups, though. Ah, well. Here, have this.

Day Fifty-Nine - Chuzzle

2011-02-28T13:29:00.000-08:00

The object of this game is to burst as many Chuzzles as possible. If you get a group of three or more, they explode. Three or more. Simple. My iPod must have glitched or something. See if you can figure out what's wrong with this picture...

Day Fifty-Eight - Yesterday...

2011-02-28T13:26:00.000-08:00

...was actually day fifty-eight. I've been posting two blogs every two days lately. I keep forgetting, I'm sorry. If you're familiar with Microsoft Excel, you know that it never ends. Or so you thought. I have found the end of Excel. Here, have this.

Day Fifty-Seven - My Gay

2011-02-26T19:31:00.000-08:00

I love my gay. Today I took him to get his hurr did, and then we went out to dinner and to his house and played Grand Theft Auto. I shot the crap out of some pedestrians with a combat shotgun. Good times.

Day Fifty-Six - Well...

2011-02-26T19:29:00.000-08:00

My friends came over last night and distracted me from making my blog post. Ah, well. Here's Hades with Tokyo Bandit, my stuffed penguin.

Day Fifty-Five - Flute Thing

2011-02-24T17:57:00.000-08:00

Can someone tell me what this is? It looks like some sort of flute/trombone love child...

Day Fifty-Four - Art

2011-02-23T18:27:00.000-08:00

I wish I could draw. Even remotely well. But, I can't. Luckily, my best friend can, and she makes stuff for me. She's so nice.

Day Fifty-Three - The Moon

2011-02-22T19:36:00.000-08:00

Sometimes it is so gorgeous. Don't you think?

Day Fifty-Two - Pandora

2011-02-21T18:37:00.000-08:00

I've discovered the greatest thing ever. Free online personalized radio station. For the win.

Day Fifty-One - Healthy Pasta

2011-02-20T17:02:00.001-08:00

I honestly don't really care how good it is for you. I just care if it tastes good. I do love pasta.

Day Fifty - Uhm...Oops

2011-02-20T17:01:00.000-08:00

Had a lot of stuff going on yesterday, and I pretty much completely spaced making a blog. So I'll make two today. The first one poses this question...in McDonald's ketchup really any fancier than anyone else's ketchup? Sorry it's sideways...

Day Forty-Nine- Fail Car

2011-02-18T17:17:00.000-08:00

At the mall today, we came across this car. Half out of the space, driver's door smashed in, plastic over the window, windshield wiper inexplicably sticking straight up...We call this Fail Car.

Day Forty-Eight - Bela

2011-02-17T17:26:00.000-08:00

His name used to be Bella, then Hades found out that he's a guy, so she changed it to Bela, after Bela Lugosi. Oh, good times.

Day Forty-Seven - I Am Now The Proud Owner...

2011-02-16T17:56:00.000-08:00

...of a green Power Rangers shirt! Oh, yes. Feel the awesome.

Day Forty-Six - Physics Labs

2011-02-15T18:32:00.000-08:00

In Integrated Chemistry and Physics, we had to do some lab where we calculated the velocity of walking forwards, backwards, speed walking, and hopping. Super fun.

Day Forty-Five - Valentine's Day

2011-02-14T19:14:00.000-08:00

Hades gave me a heart shaped cookie at lunch. It has a lighning bolt in the middle, because that's how I draw them, since I'm Zeus. This was pretty much the only love I got all day...

Day Fourty-Four - A New Dog...

2011-02-13T18:12:00.000-08:00

...can brighten the crappiest of days. Today I came home to Koevoet, pronounced Koo-foot, it means crowbar in Afrikaans. She's a border collie, Australian cattle dog, blue heeler, blue tick mix. She's about a year old and full grown. I adore her.

Day Forty-Three - The Doof Clenas

2011-02-12T13:32:00.000-08:00

My father frequents motorcycle forums. Years ago, he was on one, and happened upon a pretty funny typo. A guy had meant to write "good clean filter" and had instead written "doof clena filter". Not realizing it was a typo at first. my dad Googled it and got nothing. Once he realized it was a typo, he picked it up and ran with it. And he hasn't stopped running. An entire forum was created just for the Doof Clenas, who were now a motorcycle "collective" (much like the Borg). They use the number 43 because "D" is the fourth letter of the alphabet, "C" the third. They throw the 43 up in pictures. They go on motorcycle rides to 43 signs. Branching off of this, still on the same forum, are the gAZINTa's (as the Doofs call them, or GazintA's, as they call themselves). They are rogue Doof pirates, and they have cookies. They take trips to 7 signs, "G" being the seventh letter of the alphabet. Every year, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, they have a Doof-a-palooza. A ton of them get together and drink and ride (not at the same time), have a crap ton of fun, and are a general nuisance to anyone and everyone. There are a number of other, smaller but just as uproarious gatherings throughout the year. Basically, these people are just a hell ton of fun. I'd recommend getting to know some of them. I'm MiniGlide on the forum, by the way. My dad is MegaGlide, founder and president. Head on over. Doof Clenas Motorcycle Collective

Day Forty-Two - Facebook Conversations

2011-02-11T17:21:00.000-08:00

I have some pretty awesome ones. Because I, and my friends, are quite hilarious. Also, prepare yourselves, because tomorrow's blog post is probably gonna be huge, and very informative. It's special since it's Day Forty-Three. You'll understand why tomorrow. Here, have these Facebook conversations...

Day Forty-One - Narwhals

2011-02-10T18:15:00.000-08:00

Or, as I call them, the unicorn of the sea. I am 107% convinced that they don't exist. And I know at least a few people who agree with me. There are none in zoos. What's up with that? They don't exist. That's what's up.

Day Forty - Netflix

2011-02-09T18:22:00.000-08:00

So, I recently had five snow/ice days. Due to the weather, it was impossible to go anywhere. Eventually, having exhausted my options for things to do, I took to NetFlix. I must have watched the Fifth Element five times. Or more.

Day Thirty-Nine - Giggy!

2011-02-08T19:52:00.000-08:00

My guilty pleasure tv show happens to be the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I adore it. Especially Lisa and her little pom, Giggy.

Day Thirty-Eight - My Dog

2011-02-07T15:04:00.000-08:00

She is extremely cute. I love her dearly. Her name is Abby Normal. If you've seen Young Frankenstein, you'll understand that. Yes, I know we're awful people.

Day Thirty-Seven - Best Friends

2011-02-06T14:28:00.000-08:00

There's nothing better than best friends. Hence the "best". I love these girls and wouldn't trade them for anything. This is Poseidon, Hades, and me.

Day Thirty-Six - Snow!

2011-02-05T16:37:00.000-08:00

Spending the day, and night, at my friend's house. It has snowed around five inches today. So, yes, we played in it like we were six. Good times. I made a snow lightning bolt, because I am Zeus.

Day Thirty-Five - Crap

2011-02-04T22:46:00.000-08:00

I'm actually posting this in the wee hours of the morning on day thirty-six, so I apologize. You'll forgive me, right? Thanks. Here, have this...

Day Thirty-Four - Even More Ice

2011-02-03T20:00:00.000-08:00

I'm sure it is abundantly clear by now that this is all I have to talk about, considering the fact that I can't actually go anywhere. So, here's a picture of my windshield covered in an inch of ice.

Day Thirty-Three - Power Outage

2011-02-02T17:11:00.000-08:00

Due to the previously mentioned ice storm, our transfomer exploded last night. Massively loud, sparks flying, lit up the whole sky. It was hilarious. But, we were without power for while...

Day Thirty-Two - Ice Storm

2011-02-01T16:14:00.001-08:00

'Nuff said...

Day Thirty-One - Finally...

2011-01-31T19:19:00.000-08:00

...an introduction! This is the kid with the Yoda hat! See? He's wearing his Reptar shirt. He was also wearing the belt. Amazing.

Day Thirty - Helmet

2011-01-30T16:24:00.001-08:00

Thirty days already. Wow! I'm amazed that I stuck to it for this long. Let's see if I last a year. I saw this helmet in a display case at Southside Harley-Davidson. There was a black and white one, too.

Day Twenty-Nine - Dinner: Epic

2011-01-29T16:19:00.000-08:00

Today, we drove for about an hour to have dinner. But this wasn't just any dinner. It was dinner at Fogo de Chao. It's a Brazilian steakhouse, and it's amazing. You pay fifty bucks a person (but tonight it was thirty), and you get unlimited salad bar and meat. The waiters walk around with these huge slabs of freshly cooked, warm meat of all kinds. There's top sirloin, bottom sirloin, parmesan encrusted pork, sausage, chicken legs, leg of lamb, bacon wrapped chicken, bacon wrapped fillet minion, fillet minion, rib-eye, and more. It's amazing, especially for a carnivore such as myself. Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed the evening. If you get the chance, go there.

Day Twenty-Eight - Screenshots

2011-01-28T12:44:00.000-08:00

I take a lot of screenshots of my iPod. Don't ask me why. So here you go, proof that I have all of the best games ever. And this isn't even half of it. Oh, yeah

Day Twenty-Seven - Something's Wrong

2011-01-27T19:17:00.000-08:00

I was waiting in the hall before my piano lesson today, and I happened upon this. Is it just me, or is something wrong with this picture?

Day Twenty-Six - Sleepover

2011-01-26T18:21:00.000-08:00

At a sleepover, I was laying on my back on the floor when I took this. As I sat up, I kicked over a can of Coke Zero...good times. That stain will forever remind us of this awesome night. And no, she's not saluting. She's mimin a "looking" gesture or something...

Day Twenty-Five - Crazy New Schedule

2011-01-25T19:27:00.000-08:00

I was cast as Rizzo in my school's new production of Grease. Along with practice almost every day, I also have to fit a piano lesson and two different choir practices around it. Insanity.

Day Twenty-Four - Famous Sims

2011-01-24T17:32:00.000-08:00

Fooling around on the Sims, my friends and I somehow managed to make a guy that looked like Titanic-era Leo DiCaprio...

Day Twenty-Three - Mexi-Coke

2011-01-23T19:43:00.000-08:00

My mom was at the store, and found a bottle of Coca-Cola from Mexico. It's made with real sugar, and tastes, well, strange. It's good, but different, with a very pleasant aftertaste.

Day Twenty-Two - Cat in the Hat

2011-01-22T20:29:00.000-08:00

Put a cat in a hat...they will be disgruntled...

Day Twenty-One - Experiment Gone Wrong

2011-01-21T18:04:00.000-08:00

In Integrated Chemistry and Physics today, we were doing a lab involving poker chips to simulate the half-life of carbon and how it can be used for carbon dating. Needless to say...we got a little off track...

We built several of these, Godzilla-ing each one. Our teacher didn't even notice. I love labs.

Day Twenty - Giant Cell Phones?

2011-01-20T16:23:00.000-08:00

The donation box outside of Lowe's. Have you ever seen a cell phone that weighs eleven pounds?

Day Nineteen - When You Get Lost...

2011-01-19T18:58:00.000-08:00

...this is what you see. Went to the city with a friend, we got lost, we saw this, I took a picture...R.I.P., Michael. May people continue to paint you on the sides of buildings.

Day Eighteen - Robot Unicorn Attack!

2011-01-18T17:50:00.000-08:00

Yes, I do have an addiction. As far as addictions go, though, it's a fairly harmless one. Apparently, I will fail! Occasionally it tells me that a fiery death awaits me. How exciting!

Day Seventeen - Dentist

2011-01-17T18:58:00.000-08:00

So guess what?!

I went to the dentist's office today. Isn't that a good look for me? On the plus side, now that I'm eighteen, I don't have to do that fluoride duck-bill thing anymore. Thank goodness!

Day Sixteen - Reconnection

2011-01-16T18:23:00.000-08:00

I had dinner with an old friend tonight. She works in the Subway of a college dorm, so I went in during her break and ate with her. College students will never cease to amaze me. Gotta love 'em.

Day Fifteen - Dog Pile!

2011-01-15T20:50:00.000-08:00

I was at the mall with a friend today, and I guess there was a Humane Society event going on. the entire center of the mall was filled with pens of puppies. There were a few cat cages, and some workers had older dogs walking around on leashes. I have a weakness for dogs, so I spent quite a bit of time here.

Dog pile! There was another puppy (I think he was a greyhound) who was so excited about all the people around his pen that he leaped up and clung to the top of the fence like some sort of spider dog. As I said, adorable. But what breaks my heart are the older dogs. No one ever wants to adopt them, and they're so sweet. So, please, take a trip to your local humane shelter and think about adopting a dog. Not a puppy. I know they're cute! But there are tons of people who want puppies. You may be the only person willing to give that dog a good home and a loving family for the remaining years of its life. Be kind, and adopt a dog.

Day Fourteen - Outback

2011-01-14T20:16:00.000-08:00

My father and I. A Bloomin' Oinion. Decimated in under ten minutes. Oh, yeah, baby. Champions.

Day Thirteen - The Death of Summer

2011-01-13T18:39:00.000-08:00

As I was looking at our daisy bushes at the end of summer/middle of fall season, I saw this. It died not soon after I took this picture, so I'm glad I took it when I did. I think it documents the change of seasons nicely.

Day Twelve - 9 to 5

2011-01-12T20:27:00.000-08:00

Went and saw 9 to 5 on stage tonight. Dolly Parton is indeed a genius. It was hilarious. Loved it.

Day Eleven - Harry Potter Marathon

2011-01-11T20:13:00.000-08:00

Snow day today, so my best friends and I had a Harry Potter marathon. My friend managed to pause the first movie right as cat McGonagall was jumping off the desk to transfigure into a human.

And that's what we got. Beautiful, isn't it?

Day Ten - Mice

2011-01-10T15:38:00.000-08:00

'Nuff said

Day Nine - The Dam

2011-01-09T11:49:00.000-08:00

I took this picture a while ago at the Mansfield Dam. Thought it was nice, and since I don't plan on going anywhere interesting today, I won't be able to take a picture of something that's worth posting. So, here you go. Pretty water.

Day Eight - Boo

2011-01-08T13:38:00.000-08:00

A few years ago, my sister was at her boyfriend's mom's house, and they saw a little black lab puppy running around. After looking for her owner, with no success, my sister and her boyfriend decided to keep her and name her Boo. My sister brought her over one day, and as she was running around outside, she tried to hide under one of our Hosta bushes

She's grown up a lot since this picture was taken, but it's still my favorite.

Day Seven - The Common Cold

2011-01-07T20:22:00.000-08:00

I'll keep this short, as I am extremely tired and want to hit the sack as soon as possible. I went with my sister to get her books for her upcoming semester of college, which will also be her last. As we were standing in line, I noticed a display of adorable little stuffed animals next to us. At least, I thought they were animals. As it turns out...

...they were not. The things you find on college campuses. Also, I know this is technically more than one picture, but I've decided that a photo chain blog every once in a while could be a good thing. Good night.

Day Six - Trivia!

2011-01-06T18:16:00.000-08:00

In Computer Apps, if you get a 100 on your paper, you get a chance to answer a trivia question for a prize. Well, I answered a trivia question, and I won this!

Chewy sour things. They were noms. The trivia question was about what exciting thing had recently happened to our marching band. I answered that we won $50,000 in a Pepsi grant (having already won $25,000). Which is awesome.

Day Five - Sad Outlets

2011-01-05T16:47:00.000-08:00

I was sitting in my Computer Apps class today (don't laugh, it's required for graduation) and I noticed that there were outlets, well, pretty much all over the floor. Every couple of feet, outlet. On the floor. Crazy, right? Then, as I was staring at them mindlessly, I noticed something. They looked like they were upset about being on the floor. I'm not kidding.

Now, do they look more angry, sad, or afraid to you? Every time I look at them, I get a different emotion. Such versatile little outlets.

Day Four - Yoda Hat

2011-01-04T14:08:00.000-08:00

Every Tuesday and Thursday, I hang out at math tutoring in our library after school. I never actually need to be tutored, but I love the people there. I sit at a table with my gay, Alliejandro, and Drew. My gay and I absolutely looove each other and he is definately my best male friend. Drew is a close second. His wardrobe is what my wardrobe aspires to be when it grows up. Here are a few examples: Reptar belt, Reptar shirt, Yoda backpack, and...

That's right. A Yoda hat. I have officially stolen it from him (to be returned tomorrow, of course) because I have absolutely fallen in love with it.

Day Three - Willow Smith

2011-01-03T14:03:00.000-08:00

It seems like kids are getting famous younger and younger these days. Justin Beiber is a good example. Another example is Willow Smith. This girl is, what? Nine years old? And she's already got a single with a music video. Really? Yes, she's a good singer. But I can't help feeling like the only reason she got a record deal that young was because of her famous parents. Come one, now. At least wait until she hits puberty. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Willow Smith in her music video, Whip My Hair...

Day Two - Nuns Shop For Undies Too!

2011-01-02T18:08:00.000-08:00

The title essentially speaks for itself. This is what happens when my parents go shopping. My mom jokingly suggested that my father take a picture. My father took a picture. And that is my family.

Day One - 365 Project

2011-01-01T15:47:00.000-08:00

I'd like to start off by saying Happy New Year, everyone! May 2011 be better than 2010. I know it will be for me. And now I'm sure you're all wondering what the purpose of this blog is. Well, I'll tell you.

Every day, for all of 2011, I will make a blog entry (they will vary in length), with a picture. By the end of the year, there will be 365 pictures, depicting my life. I'll start by introducing myself.

I'm Zeus. This is me.

I'm eighteen years old, living in the middle of nowhere. I love to sing, and I've been told I'm decent at it. I'm almost six feet tall, have blond hair and green eyes,and am obsessed with Converse All-Stars. I own nine pairs (hi tops only). I absolutely adore all of my friends, my two best friends especially. I have an amazing boyfriend (a green-eyed ginger), whom I am incredibly fond of. There will always be a special place in my heart for gingers and people with green eyes. I like having a boyfriend, and he makes me happy, but a man is not required for me to enjoy life. He is, however, greatly appreciated. Also, I'll admit it, the 365 Project is not an original idea. Shhh...don't tell. Regardless of who came up with it, I intend to make it my own. So, I am Zeus, and this, my friends, is Day One.