Naruto Never Ends

I hope everyone in the U.S. had a good Labor Day today, and that everyone in other parts of the world had a good day.  My Labor Day just consisted of sitting around the house and procrastinating on my homework (which I am going to regret when I have all of it to do tomorrow).

I spent my morning watching episodes of All That, Kenan and Kel, Clarissa Explains It All, and Doug that I have recorded on the DVR.  I love the 90's Are All That block on Nick.  It was a great idea.  I'm so excited that Hey Arnold and Rocko's Modern Life are coming on tonight.  I haven't seen them in forever.

I also watched some Naruto and How I Met Your Mother today.  As I was watching Naruto, I realized that I've been watching the show for years, and I've only watched through episode 172.  I still have to finish the series, and then I have to watch Naruto Shippuden.  If you go back and read some of my first blog posts, you'll see that I was just starting to watch Naruto when I began this blog almost two years ago.  (This blog turns two on September 7th!  It's the same day my sister turns 16.)  I really need to start watching more episodes.  If only I had more time.

That's really the most note-worty (yet not really note-worthy) parts of my day.  I'm going to go read some awesome Jimmy Neutron fanfiction now.

Birthday Celebrations

My whole morning is pretty much a blur because I was half asleep the whole time.  I really should start going to bed earlier with school starting in less than a week, but I know it's not going to happen.  One thing I can tell you about this morning is that the end of church was just a little depressing.  I'm not going to lie.  I can barely remember any of mass today because I completely zoned out every couple of minutes, but I do remember the end of mass. Our priest announced this weekend that he's getting transfered to a different parish.  There were some tears, and I'm surprised I didn't bawl my eyes out.  (I'm usually way more emotional when I'm tired.)  Anyway, we don't have a new priest yet, and we may not even get one.  It's possible we'll just have a guest priest every single weekend instead.  I'm not sure how I feel about that, but that's enough about church.

My family and I went out to dinner tonight to celebrate my birthday.  We ate at the local Mexican restaurant because I absolutely love Mexican.  Once we got home, we had cake which just so happened to be in my favorite colors: purple and orange.  I also opened my presents, and I'm really happy with what I got.  My parents gave me Sims 3 which I've wanted forever!  It's currently downloading on my computer as I type this.  I've actually never played it.  I've only played an older version that my best friend has.  I also got the Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince ultimate edition DVDs to add to my ever growing Harry Potter DVD collections.  Lastly, my parents gave me a wireless printer.  I've been wanting one forever since it's a pain to have to use our slow ancient computer every time I need to print.  They finally bought one because they say I'll need it at college next year.

I guess I'm officially done celebrating my birthday since the cake and presents are finished.  I have to say, my birthday was pretty awesome this year.  Here's to hoping my first year as an "adult" is just as great.

My 18th Birthday

This is the first blog post I've written as an 18 year old!  My birthday yesterday was rather uneventful as I spent most of it just sitting around the house being really unproductive.  However, being 18 does mean a few things.

1. I'm legally an adult!  This really hasn't meant much yet, but it doesn't mean I can't be excited about it.  It just feels cool.

2. I'm able to vote!  I haven't registered yet because I didn't have my ID with me when they came to my school.  You can be sure that I'll be registered by the next election though, and I will most definitely be voting.  I'm a huge history nerd.  I'm not as in to politics, but I do realize how important it is to vote.  We are so lucky to live in a country where we have a say in the government.

3. I'm finished posting vlogs every single weekday.  I've mentioned in several blog posts that I've been posting videos every weekday since my 17th birthday on Youtube.  That's now finished.  If you've followed my blog for more than a year, then you know I used to blog a lot about what was happening in my life.  What happened to those posts?  I was making tons of videos about the same thing.  Now that I'll have fewer vlogs about my life and stuff I'll be doing more blog posts like the ones I used to do.  I'll still have the book reviews and other random posts that I've had for the past year though, so don't worry about those disappearing.

Like I said, yesterday was a lazy day.  I had a headache most of yesterday and today which has me a bit worried.  My sister's pretty sick right now, and it apparently all started with a really bad headache.  Let's hope for the best.

My family is celebrating my birthday Sunday, and one of my closest friends is probably coming over later.  I'm not completely ignoring my birthday.  Some people (re: my sister) think I'm crazy for not having a big party or something.  You'd think she would understand that someone as socially awkward as me isn't one to throw big parties, even for their 18th birthday.  I can't wait until Sunday though.  Even socially awkward people don't turn down presents (even if the part where people stare as you open them is awkward).