if it were up to me

I would spend the rest of my life watching criminal minds and looking at tumblr endlessly. Unfortunately, I'm not currently aware of a job that pertains to those interests that will pay me enough money to support HBO and Cinemax on my monthly cable bill. Which I will most certainly need. So now I have to go to "college" because people only believe that you learned something if you paid for it.
In order to go to college though, I have to finish high school, which I did, about 9ish hours ago.

I'm done. That has not quite set in yet. The fact that it is summer has not even hit me, but maybe that's because I have a graduation meeting at 8:30 in the morning on Monday. Those evil administrators will not just let me sleep. But, I am not particularly one for change. I would be content with a normal, considerably average every day life if it meant I could take awesome vacations whenever I wanted. College is, unfortunately, not going to be one big awesome vacation, because I still have to do all that learning stuff. And my major is currently biochemistry. I want to die. I just want to hang out with movie stars and eventually marry one and then go live in like Switzerland. But my mom won't let me major in film so I can't do that.

I think my problem is that I'm just really lazy. It's going to take a lot to recharge my ambition that high school slowly, but surely, burned completely out. The only thing I can think of now is maybe becoming a super smart scientist so I can meet Bruce Banner or something. Maybe he'll even invite me to be in The Avengers. Although I will not be She-Hulk. Maybe Ms. Marvel. Maybe.

But, I keep thinking of things I need to do for school, or things that I will tell my friends at school. But, I can't, because I'm not going back to high school. And it's weirding me out. I DO NOT WANT TO BE AN ADULT. I am denying this birthday. Who decided that 18 year olds could all of a sudden be able to go out into the world? I feel like 12+ years of school should have prepared me for this. Yet, I don't feel prepared at all!

I'm just grateful that I have this one last summer to get my crap together and ignore the intense pressure that I feel like I should be feeling. If you need me anytime this summer I will be doing absolutely nothing. So, obviously busy.

my summer plans

I think the worst part about growing up is that you don't get summer anymore. I literally cannot think of anything worse. Summer is maybe my favorite thing ever. I just cannot bring myself to become a teacher though. I hate children more than I love summer. Plus there is mad drama up in school faculties, it's like high school except you can't graduate and go to out of state college to get away from the people that work there, it's the same people every year. I will just have to be in school indefinitely, so I always have summer, or find a job that starts after 11 am.
I let you know if they ever invent a job where you can just browse tumblr from 9-5 and then sleep for the rest of it. I will be all over that

Cheers,
Cayla

remember that one time

oh hey blog,

it's been a while. Cayla & I (Lauren) have been a little busy with a few things, like graduating high school & college, respectively. Considering our blog stats says this little guy is still getting some page views, I figured it was time to update it for whatever reason.

So, I graduated college a few weeks ago (a year early, thank you very much) with the ever-so-helpful degree of English Literature. And so began the age-old question: "What do you want to do after you graduate?". My usual response was something along the lines of "I'd love to write, probably for a magazine or newspaper. Something about food or travel." But really, the honest truth that I scream in my head every time someone asks me this question is

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.


Obviously I have to do something, because I need funds and I don't want my brain to turn to dust, but to be completely honest, I'm tired. I've been taking honors classes since I was in third grade, and I just did college in three years, switching from biology to English. Keep in mind, that isn't a complaint, and I realize that just as many people do the exact same thing, if not more. But, unlike most of these super-motivated people, I've lost all my energy and will to do anything productive. I'd really like to just take a week and sleep. I'm not lazy, I just need a second to breathe. Or maybe two seconds, or five.

Unfortunately, I don't have five seconds, or even two. The main reason behind this is that it's now May, which means Arizona has turned into a fiery death pit of inexhaustible heat.

May in Arizona:

May Everywhere Else:

Last summer, I was blessed with the opportunity to escape the 7th Ring of Hell that is Phoenix in the summer and live in Boston. However, this was also a curse because I seemed to have forgotten how incredibly warm this little oven can get. It was 120 degrees when I picked Cayla & Madelyn up from school today. That is 100% too hot to sustain any form of life.

So, as I've been planning since I was 16, I have graduated college and am moving to Los Angeles. How am I doing this? I won the lottery!

 

If you don't get the reference, watch here. If you don't like The Avengers, go away.

Anyways, I obviously didn't win the lottery, so now I spend all my time applying for jobs in LA that I probably won't get because my degree prepared me for nothing! Hooray! Thanks ASU for being the longest, most expensive party I've ever been to. I loved you then, but the real world hates me now.

As for Cayla graduating, she can update everyone on all that fun stuff. She's off to the college Candyland fondly known as Arizona State University in the fall to hopefully (not) follow in my footsteps.

cheers,

lauren

I finally remembered

why i actually wrote that last post. I was going to tell the story of how I went to go see Sherlock Holmes, and then delve into another related story, but I went to lunch while I was writing it and I forgot to add that.
See, I went to see Sherlock Holmes, and then like, the next day my mom was talking about how some high school choir came to her work and she and her friend were "picking out a boy for me."
It seems to be my family's favorite past time to pick out boys for me to date. it is an incredibly irritating, especially because I think it would literally kill them to actually pick someone attractive.
Anyway, my mom said they had a boy picked out who had blonde hair (and was in choir...) and my mom told her friend that I actually like guys with darker hair, like Robert Downey Jr.
Which is awkward.
Mostly because telling your coworker that your 17 year old daughter likes guys who are old enough to be their father is..... weird. Sure, he's attractive, but I just feel like there could have been a better person to use as an example.
(Here I was going to put in a picture of Chris Evans, but all the really good pictures I could find he was blonde, which is also awkward).

I got my teeth whitened today and I think I might die. My teeth hurt SO bad. It feels like I am biting into a freezing cold ice cream cone continuously.  AHHHHH it hurts so badddddd :(
This is totally a first world problem and entirely my own doing, but the people at the dentist's office did not say it was going to hurt this bad. kill me.

Cheers(?),
Cayla

It's December

Hey blog. It's been a while. Everyone has probably stopped checking this because we have never gotten around to writing it. Well, I guess I'll update you on my life.
I have finished my second to last semester of high school and I'm super excited. Today I looked up study abroad programs at ASU and they have a lot for my major in England. I can't do any of them until my sophomore year, but I should probably start saving like right now. I got 2 B's this semester. I feel like a failure. But it's totally my fault because I give absolutely zero effort in my math class, mostly because I spend the entire period reading for my Lit class and drawing cartoons of my math teacher.




 We had an appraiser come to our house today, so my mom forced me to clean up the office and my room. They were both disasters which, if left for a little longer, would probably have turned into hazardous waste dumps. It took me like 2 hours to move around all the crap in my room, but that was because I spent a good deal of time looking through all the boxes I have in my room and rearranging stuff. I finally got pictures in the frames I bought like 5 years ago, so I'm going to hang them up on a blank spot. This is truly riveting. I know you are so interested in the status of my room.

On a slightly more exciting note (at least for me), on Saturday I managed to drag Madelyn and my cousin to go see the second Sherlock Holmes movie with me. It was amazing, I am so in love with those movies. It was just perfect. Go see it. I recommend movies all the time on this blog. But, all the ones I have told you about are seriously amazing and you should see all of them.

As you can see I am really into franchise action movies, so I am obviously thrilled for The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers. 2012 is going to be an incredibly epic year. Especially because I graduate and the world ends. But we also plan on having an End of the World party too, you guys are all invited.

I'm pretty sure that is all the notable things I have done recently. Honestly, I have mostly watched Criminal Minds and Food Network and wasted my life on Tumblr. I have found some really awesome decorating ideas though.

Anyways, I let you know if I get anything awesome for Christmas! Happy Holidays!

Cheers,

Cayla

Yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself

Lauren always gets on me for not updating the blog blog, but I checked and there are 4 posts from me on the front page and only 2 from Lauren. Lies Lies Lies.
Today this kid in my math class asked my teacher what the difference between AM and PM was. Like he literally had no clue. He had spent his entire life wondering if something was in the morning or the afternoon. And then, when my teacher tried to explain it to him, he could not comprehend,. Which I'm not surprised, because my teacher could not explain something if his life depended on it. But, seriously? This kid is a senior in high school. Ah, humanity!
On the note of "I'd prefer not to" I have so much math homework tonight, plus a paper. In the words of Keanu Reeves. I know, I probably shouldn't be wasting time on the internet, but honestly, I really don't want to do this. Especially because the paper is on King Lear. This makes me so sad. I might take a nap.
Or I might just waste more time on the internet.

Cheers,
Cayla


P.S. I just found a bookmark in my King Lear book explaining Tufted Puffins (Lunda cirrhata)....

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Cheers,
Cayla
 
 
 

#2 - Be A Model

that's right, I finally did it! I am officially a model. I was scouted in Los Angeles at the Taylor Swift concert that I didn't want to go to. I guess everything does happen for a reason, right? That agency sent me to an agency in Arizona, cleverly called "The Agency Arizona", and I walked in my first fashion show last weekend for Phoenix Fashion Week. It was amazingly fun, and while I definitely don't have anything close to a perfect cat walk, I'm working really hard on it!

there's me in a very pretty wedding dress! it was really fun getting my hair & make up done, although the second night I was there the styles were a little extreme. that picture is from the first night, second night pictures will not be shown.

here's to  life changing in the blink of an eye, and finally for the better!

cheers,

lauren