Pick-up trucks.

Top 10 Worst Pick-Up Lines [taken from MSN.com]
1. “What’s your sign?”
laame.
2. “Pardon me, I seem to have lost my phone number, can I borrow yours?”
uh. no, you may not.
3. “You must be a broom because you’re sweeping me off my feet.”
i actually kinda liked this one :P
4. “Do you have a license? Because you’re driving me crazy.”
and this one sorta...cheesy but hey!
5. “I gotta thirst and baby, you look like my Gatorade.”
yeah..okay i don't want a guy drinking me thanks...=/
6. “Are you lost? Because heaven’s a long way from here.”
*rolls eyes*
7. “Are you religious? Because you’re the answer to all my prayers.”
yeah...okay. no.
8. “Can I take your picture? I want Santa to know exactly what I want for Christmas.”
ewww. creeepy!!!
9. “Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk by again?"
loll!
10. “Well, here I am. What are your other two wishes?”
reminds me of caylen :P

Now some personal favorites!! =D
[originalls! cept the one in quotes]

If you were on the McDonald's menu, I'd name you McBeautiful.
jon with an i's original.

If you were on the McDonald's menu, I'd name you McHunky.

michelle's response to jon's

Are you all from Dubai? There must be something in the water there, cause you're all gorgeous!

gag me lizard face!! :)

"Do you happen to know how much a polar bear weighs?" ... "Well it's enough to break the ice!"

Wanna date?

I just got some from the madinat.

llol good times.

What's your number cucumber?

it's tomato.

*Looks at shirt tag* Yup, just what I thought...Made In Heaven.

ahhh goooooood times confusing nash with that one!! hahaha!!

Have you seen my beach ball? It's about this big, *flex arms downwards* and it went either this way *hercules flex left arm* or that way...*hercules flex right arm*

hehe

I once caught a fish this big...

auustinn!!! :)

A piece of AP Lit.

THE LIFEGUARD
James Dickey

In a stable of boats I lie still,
From all sleeping children hidden.
The leap of a fish from its shadow
Makes the whole lake instantly tremble.
With my foot on the water, I feel
The moon outside
Take on the utmost of its power.
I rise and go through the boats.
I set my broad sole upon silver,
On the skin of the sky, on the moonlight,
Stepping outward from earth onto water
In quest of the miracle
This village of children believed
That I could perform as I dived
For one who had sunk from my sight.
I saw his cropped haircut go under.
I leapt, and my steep body flashed
Once, in the sun.
Dark drew all the light from my eyes.
Like a man who explored his death
By the pull of his slow-moving shoulders,
I hung head down in the cold,
Wide-eyed, contained, and alone
Among the weeds,
And my fingertips turned into stone
From clutching immovable blackness.
Time after time I leapt upward
Exploding in breath, and fell back
From the change in the children's faces
At my defeat.
Beneath them, I swam to the boathouse
With only my life in my arms
To wait for the lake to shine back
At the risen moon with such power
That my steps on the light of the ripples
Might be sustained.
Beneath me is nothing but brightness
Like the ghost of a snow field in summer.
As I move toward the center of the lake,
Which is also the center of the moon,
I am thinking of how I may be
The savior of one
Who has already died in my care.
The dark trees fade from around me.
The moon's dust hovers together.
I call softly out, and the child's
Voice answers, through blinding water.
Patiently, slowly,
He rises, dilating to break
The surface of stone with his foreheard.
He is one I do not remember
Having ever seen in his life.
The ground that I stand on is trembling
Upon his smile.
I wash the black mud from my hands.
On a light given off by the grave,
I kneel in the quick of the moon
At the heart of a distant forest
And hold in my arms a child
Of water, water, water.

A New Kid's Guide to the Ways of the American School of Doha.

These are three essential things every new student to ASDoha should know.
[In other words, pretty much the only three things my brain retained from orientation day.]

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1. You must never, under any circumstances, call the Dining Hall the "Cafeteria". The Cafeteria is reserved for the elementary school and the elementary school only. If you do slip however, some teacher will come whack you on the side of your head with a thick, dusty textbook.

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2. There is no such thing as water bottle machines on the campus of the American School of Doha. There are only water coolers. You are required to bring your own water bottle to fill up from said water coolers if you want to drink water during the day. That is because their theme this year is: "Go Green." Failure to do so will result in you finding yourself in the middle of the desert, parched, crawling on the floor with a coin in your hand, desperately searching for a water bottle machine.

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3. The room with the number 1408 in the Science Hall of the American School of Doha must never be entered. It is said that terrible things surrounded by fermaldehyde that look at you with their beady black eyes through glass jars haunt that room. If you happen to have a class there, I guess you must enter the room so you don't land yourself a detention for skipping class. If you do have to go through with that terrible task, I am truly sorry. I wish you luck. Just remember, if John Cusack could survive in a haunted hotel room with the same number of 1408, than you can too.

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And that, my fellow newcomers, are the three most essential things that you will need to know to survive this year at the American School of Doha.

Thank you, and Good Luck!

* * * disclaimers * * *

1. No teacher is going to come whack you on the side of your head with a thick, dusty textbook. So far the one teacher I've met at ASDoha has been very nice.

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2. Hmm...didn't really extend the truth much in that one...okay, I'm sure you could find a water fountain nearby, or a nice kid who'll give you a sip of their water. Or if you're really, really desperate, I guess you could drink straight from the spout. But that would be just gross. Not to mention the millions of cooties you would spread onto the next person who uses the water cooler. *shudder*

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3. Me? Biased? Because I hate science? Naaaaaawww!!

[There actually is a room with the number 1408 in the science hall though. And I haven't seen the movie, so I have no clue if John Cusack actually lives by the final credits or not. I assume he does though, how else would he tell the tale?]

Baby Steps. . .

Today was the New Student Orientation at ASDoha. I've never been to one before. When we moved to Dubai, we moved in the middle of the year, so we got a tour of whatever was on the way to our class, and kinda just got shoved in with a "Good Luck!". Okay, maybe it wasn't that harsh, but I don't remember there being a whole hour set aside to welcome you. There's actually a LOT of new kids. And quite a few new seniors. I'm glad. I thought there would be like three, including me [boy that would've been awkward!], but there's maybe around 10 new seniors. The new campus for middle and high school is frickin' HUGE! Half of it isn't ready yet, including the theater [sniff!]. But the musical is next semester apparently, so I'm sure it'll be done by then. So the orientation went like this: we were directed into the dining hall [dining hall...NOT cafeteria!! - I think thta's about the only thing I got out of that tour...=S], where the principal welcomed us and then one of the counselors told us we'd be splitting up into groups, by grade, to go for our tours. I was actually REALLY nervous about it. I don't know why...I'm weird like that. Like I told Wesley, who didn't believe me, I'm actually very quiet unless I know the people I'm around. I think I'm really only ever my true crazy self around the youthies, and the few people at school that aren't youthies :P, cuz I don't feel judged around them, whereas at school, I always feel like someone or other is judging me. Maybe it's paranoia...but okay yeah, whatever. Anyways, we got assembled in our respective groups. We did an icebreaker as seniors, 'Never Have I Ever' [ooh, bad memories watching that game...] Thankfully it was kept very clean, mostly stuck with travels and skydiving. Then we went on the tour of the half-finished ginormous school. It was so overwhelming! I felt like I was on another college tour. Mostly due to the fast that our tour guide walked backwards half the time and was very tour-guidish. Everyone seemed nice though. But I'm still so very nervous for the first day of school! My mom said she got a peek at my schedule though, and she said I got what I wanted, so that's promising I guess. [ha! all you ASDubai-ers!] I think I'm most nervous for AP French. Pretty much the reason I signed up for it in Dubai was because Mr. Lemaire didn't think I could do it. So I was all "I'll show him!" And plus, I really liked how he taught, but here there is no Mr. Lemaire, so there's not really a challenge, no real incentive for me to take it. So right now I'm writing this blog as a break from going through my mom's old French textbooks in a desperate attempt to make sure I know what I'm doing so I don't embarrass myself...in French. =S But knowing myself, that's probably gonna happen anyways. They gave the parents a booklet at orientation, and in it there was a list of churches and youth groups here. I though that was pretty cool, you never really see anything like that in Dubai. I found out Solid Rock youth meets Thursday nights at 6 pm. I think it's close to our house. I'm gonna e-mail the leaders today to see if they're meeting tomorrow or not. I really hope they do meet tomorrow! I'd feel so much more comfortable in a youth atmosphere than a school one, for afore-mentioned reasons. Plus, I could meet people from school there...if there are people from school that go to youth...ooh I reallly hope so!!!! So then I wouldn't have to sit alone at lunch on the first day, cause I'll actually know someone. That's what I'm dreading the most...lunch. [dun dun dun] I can just imagine myself standing in the middle of the cafeteria..er, dining hall...not knowing where to sit. Ack! Anyways, I should go do more French stuff, then read Othello, then see if my brain will respond if I open up SAT and college stuff. Oh the joys of senior year.

Missing Dubai like crazy!
Much love,
Tach.

Ignorance is bliss...unless it's AP English you're ignoring...

I should be reading Othello at the moment, instead of being online. Or reading two other books. It's not that I don't like it, I love Shakespeare, I really do. Even if it is really confusing to understand most of the time. Call me a nerd, but actually deciphering the words on the page is half why I love his works so much. Yeah, I dunno what else to say about Shakespeare now except that I should really go read more Othello! Orientation is tomorrow, and I'm scared sockless about it. I spent this whole summer fantasizing about how I'm gonna be on the ball with all my school work and SAT work and such, and now look at me...Less than a week before school starts and I'm not even halfway done with my AP English work! Not to mention I haven't even thought about reviewing any French verbs...Okay, I lie...Thought I have, done I haven't. Oh how I loathe schoolwork so. Yet I am so intrigued by it. Maybe intrigued isn't the right word...Okay, enough ranting for now!
<3

the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice.

How freakin lucky is that girl??

1. Your first role is in HAIRSPRAY!!
2. You kiss Zac Efron in your first role [:P]
AND
3. You get John Travolta as your mom.

And she's pretty darn talented!!

So I saw Hairspray last night [finally!] It was sooo awesome!!! hehe Although now I must confess that I am totally in love with Link Larkin! lol And Nikki Blonsky is just way too cool! And I SOOOO want John Travolta as my mom!!!

A Square Peg For Your Round Hole. {a little overdue}

Oops, I did it again!
I had another late night dosage of starbursts.

So sue me!