March third is the day that seems to drag by every year. It slowly passes, each minute ticking.

March fourth on the other hand always seems to zoom by, Filled with fun and birthday wishes.

Yep. Tomorrow is my birthday. I am so super excited.

Last weekend my dad, grandma, Cathy (a family friend) and I ate had an early b-day celebration (because tomorrow is a school day and all.) It was pretty epic. :)

Then tonight my mom, stepdad and I had cupcakes since I'm with my dad for my actual birthday...( I forgot to take a picture before we ate them.)


Then on Friday my friends are sleeping over...I'll post pictures Saturday.

I am so excited.

So much celebrating! :)

I have a feeling fifteen is going to be a good year.

Plus, now it's only 6 months til I can get my driving permit! Yay. And only a year until a real driver's license. Cool stuff. Lol.
Have a fab night/day everyone!

Lately I've been thinking a lot about change. Things change, people change (sometimes). Change is hard...but good.

You know how a while back about the possiblility of my editor getting laid off? Well it happened. All us Satelliters (teen section of my local paper) miss Jenny like crazy, but we enjoy having Barbra- former editor back...She's doing an entire extra job for free, because she cares about us so much. :)

But it's not only that that's got me thinking about change...Recently I've been talking (on facebook) to this guy I was friends with eight years ago in 1st grade. We hadn't talked in like 3 years (since 5th grade), and I can't get over how differnt he is. Like how different his picture looks, and...well just everything.

I'm sure I'm way differnt too, but it just seems weird. You don't see the changes in yourself or people you don't lose touch with, because those are gradual and you see yourself and your friends day to day....

As you can tell, I've been thinking about this stuff a lot resently...

My mom is a theripist and she always says "people don't change, except sometimes, with a lot of work." Which is a sad thing for a theipst to say, right? I know she's the simi-expert, but I  don't entirly agree....I mean as we grow we learn, from mistakes and hopefully those change us. I'd like to think that I'm not the same person I was in say, first grade. You know?

Well that's all for tonight!
Good Night everyone.
~Ren

I've been trying to be a good little blogger and go read and comment on other people's posts before I write my own, because that's just the order I normally do this stuff in...but I have a very low tolerance level right now. Because I am sort of freaking out.

You know how I write for Satellite the teen section of my local paper? Well tonight I went to our weekly meeting, and was met with scary news. We knew something was wrong when not only did our editor walk into the meeting, but her editor (the person who was our editor) as well. "It seems like we're in trouble or something." Someone remarked. He was right, but not in the way you might think.

Today at 5:45, 15 minutes before our meeting, my editor got a e-mail that said she has to be at a meeting at ten tomorrow morning. There was no greeting to the message, and no explanation. When Barbra (Jenny's-my editor- editor) heard about the e-mail she went to a very high up editor and was told that there was nothing allowed to be told about what's going on tomorrow.

Jenny and Barbra have managed to piece together that a lot of graphic designers, and all the other new people (Jenny's fairly new) were also sent that e-mail. All the heads of departments are being sent to another conference room at the same time.

We are all afraid Jenny is going to get layed off, and Satellite will die. Or change in a major way. Like maybe Barbra will be our editor again for no pay. Or something else. I don't know what will happen I just know that I can't imagine my life without Satellite in it. Without being able to write for Satellite, or see my Satellite friends.

Things are changing and while, in the long run, Satellite may be okay, for tonight I am freaking out.

I hope everyone else had a good day!

~Ren

P.S. Jenny is going to text all the Satellite people with cell phones tomorrow after her meeting, and for the first time I'm gonna be a bad girl and take my cell out during school. Carefully, so I don't get it taken away. Lol.

So today I had to take some pictures of doors, for my photography class I have in school. I'll have to develop the film like right after break...so anyways, my mom drove me to downtown Tulsa and we scouted out interesting doors.

It sounds simple, snap a few pictures of doors, right? Well, I thought it would be simple, but I ended up laying, sitting, and squatting multiple times on the sidewalks of downtown to get the perfect shot of doors. It was fun actually. Kind of an adrenaline rush, like I know it's not sociably acceptable, or whatever. I don't think anyone saw me, though...downtown was deserted, since it's new years day.

So that's how I started my 2009. Laying on the ground downtown! :) I think the pictures are pretty good, at least...they'd better be after that!

Have a great 2009 everyone!

Want some tips on keeping your resolutions this year? Read my fellow Satelliter's (teen section of my local paper) article. Or maybe you'd like to skip the resolution thing this year. One Satelliter wrote a coulmn about how pointless resolutions may be. Another Satelliter wrote about traditions.
Did that sound like a sales pitch? Well it kind of was...to get ya'll to read my friend's articles! ;)
Happy New Years everyone!!

First off, let me wish everyone who celebrates New Years a happy one (I've heard some people don't celebrate it...) I hope everyone has a spectacular new year.

Okay, so I know I have been a terrible blogger lately, but gosh, homework was crazy at the start of the year. It slowed down a bit in the weeks before winter break, and I'm hoping the trend of less homework keeps up! :) So, my first resolution is to blog more, provided that I have less homework, that is. I think I can accomplish this since I have my own laptop now (I got it for Christmas).

All my resolutions count on less homework.

My next resolution is to write more on the novel I started back in November during Nanowrimo. Given the homework situation (and the dumb little fact that I volunteered to write too many articles for Satellite (teen section of local paper-Tulsa World) during November) I did the stupid young writers nanowrimo program, and wrote very little.

My resolution is to read more, I've only read maybe 20 books since August, when school started. That's way less than last year, so I need to get right on that.

I know that a lot of people make resolutions like to spend more time with family or whatever, but being a teen that's not what I'm into. Plus my parents (by that I mean my mom, stepdad and dad) and I are pretty close anyways, and I have good relationships with my other relatives.

So I know a while back I promised to post a link to my article in Satellite, you know the one I mentioned about teens, parents, teachers and texting...www.tulsaworld.com/satellite/article.aspx
I have a couple other things coming out sorta soon, I'll post links as soon as they're up.

Well, I guess that's it...I really will be posting more in 2009.
Happy New Years!

I has been half of forever since I posted last. More specifically it's been since October 14th. Also that's about that last time I actually logged on to live journal. Everything has been uber crazy.

Fist off, high school. Pre-AP Biology may kill me. I mean I have a B...but I have to work so hard to achieve it. And Pre-AP English is challenging too. Annotating was fun until our teacher assigned us 128 pages due in about a week, from To Kill a Mockingbird. (Which by the way is a very good book.)

In high school there is so much more homework and that means I have a lot less time to read. I mean since school started I have read maybe fifteen books. :( I miss having a new book every day. *Sigh.*

Also being on Satellite (teen section of my local paper) is the most enriching yet time consuming thing I have ever encountered (except NaNoWriMo). I will have a new article on December 15th about texting parents, talking about whether it's creepy or cool. I am uber excited. I'll post a link then.

Well that's all for now...Oh wait, if I don't sound uber high school student enough, how's this? This weekend I have something planned everyday (Friday- school's winter formal, Saturday- my friend's quincineta, Sunday- volunteering at a powwow.) :) I love being in high school

I have actual free time tonight, this is an amazing thing! :) I have been so busy recently. High school is harder than I imagined it would be. Plus I had to work on this article for my local paper's teen section!

So much has gone on at school. New friends, new crushes, new teachers, more homework. Though it is hard, confusing, and stressful at times, I'm managing.

Well off to write a couple entries for book_sniffer , my book reviewing blog
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Because of all the homework I've gotten in high school so far, I don't have the time or the energy to read or write. I know, I know, if I really want to I should make the time; but after I've written what feels like it must be five hundred words, the last thing I want to do is look at more words, or worse yet- write more words.

I miss middle school and the days of maybe an hour of homework! I miss having time to actually ENJOY myself. :(

I really hope HS gets better! Homework is crazy right now, but maybe that's because I'm in a lot (3) of pre-AP classes...

Have a great night (or day)!
~Ren

Okay, so Jennifer Lynn Barnes has this contest going on where you make an alternate cover for one of her books, and then post it on your blog... so here's mine.


 
I chose to use all the different yellows, browns and goldish colors because it represents the whole golden  or non thing in the books.

I start my freshman year in high school soon... Okay...tomorrow! I am freaking out!

Will I make it to all my classes on time?

Will my friends be in those classes?

Heck...will I even be able to find those classes? Or my locker, you know once I leave it in the morning?

Yeah, I am very nervous. Very very very nervous. But at least I like my schedule and my school ID picture. Unlike my friends. Most of them hate their ID pics/schedules...but I pretty much love mine! : )

So yeah, I am scared, but at least I am happy with the little stuff.

I'll post tomorrow...You know to let everyone know I survived! LOL

Have a nice night (Or day-depending on when you're reading this) everyone!

My first article (or should I say articles? There are two-but they're on the same page...) is (are) in the teen section of the Tulsa World. Yayness!! I am sooooooooo happy! :)

Oh my gosh, four things I wrote got put in Teen Ink!! Here are links to them!
One
Two
Three
Four
I can't believe it! And next Monday my first article will appear in the teen section my local newspaper!! This is a great week!!
Have a fab day everyone!
P.S. Today is also my dad's birthday!

On Tuesday and Wednesday my mom and I were in Dallas!

 It was uber fun. We went back-too-school clothes shopping at an awesome outlet mall on Tuesday, and then on Wednesday we went to the Galleria for one thing, saw this cool statue,

 and then to the Sixth Floor Museum (a JFK Museum.)
We also rode on the Dart Rail system with was cool...
Everything was so much fun!

Have a nice day everyone!

Well, it's the last day of the daily photo thing. I think I'll probably continue regularly posting pictures, now that I know how much fun it can be. I posted 2 pictures, just like I did Thursday, since I forgot to post yesterday!


That's a sign outside the elementary school that I attended when I was little. Isn't it awesome...I mean it says to read! My (former...as I'll be in high school next year) middle school's board, is just BLANK! So boring!



Here is a photo of a statue. This statue is outside one of the Tulsa libraries. Isn't it neat?

Anyways, today my mom, step-dad, and I went and saw Prince Caspian, the latest Narnia movie. It was a great movie! I think it was as good or better than the first...

Well, have a nice day everyone...and Happy Fourth of July a day late!

(Fireworks!)

I am posting one photo for today...

That's the driller man, a very unique thing to Tulsa.

And one for yesterday, when I forgot to post...

The Tulsa World, where the Satellite meetings are...The Tulsa World building is the red brick one in the very front of the picture.

Well I'm off to volunteer at the local library.
Have a nice day everyone!

I forgot to take a picture for today, so I'm posting a picture I took last winter during Tulsa's big ice storm...not very summer-ish, I know!


That's a bird house in my back yard...

In other news I detest Yahoo. It isn't letting me on, and there is an e-mail I really want to reply to. It says error five has occurred...whatever that means! I am not at all happy with yahoo right now!!

Edited to add: Yay my Yahoo is working, it only took like ten stupid minutes! Yay...

Okay...So, today was my second Satellite meeting. I blogged about my first meeting last week. This meeting was even more wonderful...I got my first assignment! I get to write something-not that I'm sure what (I haven't decided)- about the Breaking Dawn release party, that is at Barnes and Noble. Have I mentioned I am so happy? Also one of the teen photographers will take pictures of people dressed up.

Anyways, so here's my photo for today, you know for the daily photo thing suggested by cynthialordcynthialord
That's an art deco building here in Tulsa. Tulsa is one of the cities with the most art deco buildings!

cynthialord came up with the brilliant idea of LJ users posting a photo a day, all this week, of their home city's.


Here is a picture I took today...that's a building in Tulsa at night! I'm not quite sure what building... : )

At the Satellite meeting (Satellite- teen section of the local paper that I recently got accepted to) we had a great time. Today was my first meeting. We brainstormed on what our next articles would be (us newbies didn't get assignments.) There is this one article that everyone on the Satellite staff will have to come up with something for. Then we'll use the best from that. It was so funny all the ideas we came up with for it. Like milk out your nose funny.

I'll post a link once we get that article out. That'll be next Monday, as that's when our articles come out, and  that's also when our meetings are... So yeah.

Anyways I am so thrilled. I had a fabulous time, and it was like a place I totally felt like I belonged. So wonderful!

Have a grand day/night everyone!