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Drove myself to the Spectrum and got my summer reading books and 5 CDs. ( My purchases... )

Shoulder hurt less last night. Well, I did take an Advil for a headache so that may have helped, but that was after the point it usually starts hurting more. So, either it's started to go numb and I just can't feel the pain anymore, or it's getting better. I'm hoping for the getting better one.

My parents go out to dinner every Friday night, and last night the place they ate dinner at was right by South Coast Plaza, so they went shopping afterwards. My mom bought me a new black blouse and black skirt for concert attire next year. I'm happy about it since before I had been wearing this black short-sleeve shirt, and while it fit fine, the sleeves were pretty short, and our concerts are at night, so I'd get pretty cold in it. Plus, I like the material of this shirt, and it fits me better. The skirt isn't much different than the one I have, but I like the material of it more. So, yay. :)
( A picture of the skirt and shirt, because I totally have an addiction to using my digital camera. )

Hm. I would respond to more people's Casting Call Memes, but I've found that I picture just about everyone as dark-haired caucasian women. This is odd, considering as the two friends I know in real life who use LJ are both Asian, and I, while caucasian, have blonde hair. So, I don't know where that image of everyone comes from. It's odd.

So, I'm still planning on doing a picture tour of my house because I love to use my digital camera as much as possible and I think it'll be fun, but there are still things that are in boxes and all blah so I haven't done it yet. I will as soon as things are right again.

I played the Sims 2 all yesterday afternoon. Wheeee, fun. I remember how insane I was going over it for like 2 weeks before I got it, then I played it like crazy for a couple weeks, and then it was 1st semester finals so I stopped to study a little. And then I barely played it at all until I got the expansion pack. I should remember not to go so crazy with anticipation for things like that, considering that after a few weeks, the awesomeness has worn off and I barely pay attention to it anymore. Oh well.

All right. I guess now I'll burn my new CDs to my computer so I can put them on my iPod. Well, and plus, I'm guessing that there's a good chance that Tiffany will want the new All-American Rejects CD. So yes. I'll do that now.

Current Music: "Top of the World" - All-American Rejects

My shoulder is still sore. =/ I've looked up a bunch of stuff and most of the official-type websites say the side affects should only last for 2 days, 3 at most. However, other places, like... message boards and stuff? Where, like, people have actually gone through what I'm going through, they say that it was really bad for 3 or 4 days and after a week it started to get better. Of course those also freaked me out, since there were a couple people where it'd be like... their whole arm would be in intense pain and then go numb and they've never been able to get full use out of it, and yeah. Freaky. Mine's not that bad. Actually, it's fine in the morning. Like, if I press the area, it hurts, but... it's fine if I don't touch it. But then it gets progressively worse and by the time I go to bed, it's pretty painful. If it's not better in a week, I'll ask my mom to call my doctor about it.

X Games 2 weeks from today. How insane. Oh, but Annie said she can only go to the Friday event, not the Saturday one. So, Tiffany, Lulu? Either of you want to go? Or anyone else I know? I just figure Tiffany and Lulu are most likely to be interested in it. I could be wrong about that. But yeah. Let me know. Oh, also, anyone want to go to Spectrum tomorrow? I'll be going by myself to get the summer reading books and possibly a CD, but it'd be more fun to spend the afternoon there with friends then just... go, get what I want, and leave.

Stolen from a bunch of people:
Casting Call

I think it's inevitable that as we read each other's journals we create mental pictures of each other. Post this on your own journal to find out who your friends see when they read about your life.

Two Rules:
1. The person must be in the movies or on TV (but doesn't have to be an actor/actress). The person can be specific to a role (e.g. Jennifer Elhe's Elizabeth Bennet) or just the person themself.
2. You have to post a link to a picture of said person in the comments.

These castings can be based on things in the person's personality or on physical traits you know they have.

Do it even if you know what I look like. :)

I'm in such a good mood for absolutely no reason whatsoever. It's awesome. I doubt it'll last long, but for now, it's great.

Dentist appointment this morning. Wasn't bad, though, because it was the dentist rather than the orthodontist, and my dentist is really nice and not the spawn of Satan (as my orthodontists are). Then at 1 pm I had a meeting at Collegewise with this college counselor person that I... I don't know, signed up? to do. Second meeting. It was fine. ...I don't know. Nothing to really say about it, I guess.

The place on my upper arm where they gave me the shot is becoming increasingly painful. This morning it was just kind of sore, and the nurse said that it could feel sore for a day or two so I wasn't too worried, but now it's like... I don't know. Kind of puffed up, I guess? I can't explain it. It really worries me, though. I guess I'll just wait till tomorrow and see if it's gotten any worse. =/

I'm all of a sudden in the mood for Arrested Development. I was bored last night and didn't feel like going to sleep, so I was searching for caps to make icons of, and I saw some Arrested Development caps so I made icons from Key Decisions and Visiting Ours, and then I all of the sudden missed the show a lot and had the urge to watch it. I'd watch the season 1 DVDs I have, except there's already a bunch of other shows I've been planning on watching. sigh.

SAT class was very good today. We got the essays back that I was bitching about having to do, and I got a perfect score on it. And also, he was commenting on them before handing them back, and he said "This is an example of a perfect intro" and then read mine. Awesome. I totally have the hang of the essay part. Now I just have to worry about... the rest. Oh, but also, we did a math section and I got them all right, and I was proud. I think this class is really helping, which is good.

Thanks to Jackie, I may be able to sell my AP US book from last year to someone who's taking AP US next year. Awesome. And plus, I told my mom this because she had been bugging me about selling it, and last year when I bought it from whoever I bought it from, she said "You better sell it next year so I can get my money back" so I was assuming she'd want the money, but when I told her about it, she said "Oh, that's good. You can keep however much you sell it for." My mom is awesome. Especially since I spent all my money at Warped. Now I can buy some CDs I've been wanting for ages. Yay! :D

Edit: I started to get really worried about the tetanus shot reaction I'm having, so I looked it up online. On one site it said that occasionally swelling can occur and also soreness and the place where it was injected can become red (slightly pinkish now) and stuff. It said to take non-prescription medicine (aspirin) for the pain and fever, and to put ice on it for 20 min every 3-4 hours. I also found something that says "The most common adverse reactions are local pain, redness, and/or swelling at the injection site. This is self-limited and requires no treatment. Occasionally, a small nodule (bump) may be felt for several weeks." Which is pretty much exactly what I have: it feels like a small bump there, I don't know if it's what they refer to as swelling or a bump. There's also the pain and the redness. But, it seems to be... well, not common, but... not serious. So, I think it's fine. I'll put ice on it and hope it improves sometime soon.

So, I went out to eat breakfast this morning after my mom woke me up, and as I was sitting down, she told me "I woke you up a few minutes earlier today because... TODAY IS THE DAY YOU GET YOUR TETANUS SHOT!" I had told her to just make the appointment and not tell me about it or else I'd fret over it, and so... that's what she did. It worked well, too, because I only had an hour to start worrying about it. If I'd known it was today, I wouldn't have been able to fall asleep. To make matters worse, she told me that they wouldn't give me the shot until giving me a physical exam. gah. I think I actually started to worry about that even more than the shot, at that point.

Ok, so we went into the exam room thing and I didn't really want my mom to come in with me, but she did and I didn't really feel like saying anything because I felt like I was going to vomit, so... I just let her come. The physical actually wasn't bad. They weighed me too which usually I... really don't like, but it was ok this time. The thing is, I stopped weighing myself when I was like... 13 because I was always heavier than I wanted to be and... it was depressing. And it's really annoying when people bitch about their weight, so I just didn't want it to be a focus. The last time I got weighed was a year and a half ago: I had missed 7 days from school from being sick, so my mom took me to Woodbridge Walk-In and since I hadn't been there in years, they weighed me. The good thing about this time, though, was that I was only 1 pound heavier than the last time I was weighed. I mean, I'd love to be 50 pounds lighter (30, at least), but... I'm just happy that I'm not gaining a bunch of weight every year.

Anyways. Enough about that. After pretty much everything else in the world, the nurse came in to give me a shot. Then, of course, she was all "Oh, and I'm also supposed to take some blood!" guh. Taking blood from the finger hurts more than shots, so I started freaking out even more. I started crying at that point. Actually, I started crying the second the doctor came in, but that was more just tearing up. I stopped once the physical started. I told you, I'm totally freaked out by shots/needles and I hate the doctor. I get it from my dad, totally. I mean, for example, on Sunday he wasn't able to hear very much out of this one ear and he was freaking out that he was going deaf, but he hates doctors as much as I do, so he refused to go there. My mom told me that he was upset about it and had called her and was all "I'm depressed. I'm worried about my health." and my mom was all "IT'S JUST EARWAX." Which it was. But, yeah. This is just to prove that it's not my fault how freaked out I get and it's totally because of my dad. So anyways. I was crying and I closed my eyes and she did the shot and it fucking hurt. Like, the doctor, when he came in, said that there was someone my age there earlier that week like me, totally freaked, but then said it wasn't as bad as she thought afterwards (although I swear I've heard that story every single fucking time I've been to the doctors to get a shot, so I'm pretty sure they just make that person up every time), but... that's not me. It hurt just as bad as I thought. The prick of the needle didn't hurt as much, but when the... stuff went into my arm, that hurt. guh. And then she went to my finger and pricked it and she was good at that, actually. It didn't hurt as much as the shot, which is bizarre, because the finger's so much more sensitive than the arm.

But yeah. That was over. Then they made me take a urine sample which was bizarre, since I've never had to do that before, and then they made us wait for like 15 min for the results. And a nurse just came back in and was all "You're negative!" and left. So, I'm not sure what I'm negative for, but I'm assuming that's good.

So, yes. That was my horrible morning. And my arm, where they gave me the shot, is kind of sore. blah. And, plus, I still have to write the goddamn essay for SAT class. sigh. I'll do it after lunch, I suppose.

Oh, but also, when we were there? The doctor started telling us about this shot they suggest that teenagers should get but that "unfortunately" they were out of it that day. Thank god. I'm not getting anything that's not required. If I have to get shots/blood taken to go to college, then fine, but nothing that's just suggested. My mom said she'd take a pamphlet on it, but I told her there's no chance in hell I'm going back.

Working at the animal shelter better be awesome after putting me through all this.

Went to the orientation meeting for volunteering at the animal shelter earlier today. I really like the place and the people and what it sounds like I'll be doing as a volunteer. The only downside is that you have to have a tetanus shot, and the last time I had one I was 6, meaning I'd have to get another to volunteer there. And for me, this is actually enough to make me not want to volunteer there. I mean, you thought I was afraid of spiders before? That's nothing compared to my fear of needles. I really have no tolerance for pain at all. Hate shots, hate needles. guh. Yes, I am a complete wuss.

I'm still going to do it anyways, which is pretty big for me. Tiffany came to the orientation meeting too, but I don't know if she'll do it. She was as put off as I was by the tetanus shot, and she said it seemed like too much trouble to get started (have to go to training first and it fills up really quickly, so it might take till late August for us to be able to start volunteering). I disagree, but oh well. [shrug] Now I just want to go get the tetanus shot and get it over with before I lose my nerve. The sooner I do it, the less time I'll have to worry about it, and the sooner it'll be over.

But yeah, the rest of the animal shelter seems cool. I guess you have to choose whether you want to train to work with dogs, cats, or rabbits. I actually think I want to train to work with cats, which is pretty surprising, as I've always liked dogs more than cats. I still do, like if I were to choose between getting a dog or cat, I'd choose a dog (well that's also partially because I have 4 birds, and a dog would be more likely to get along with the birds than a cat, I would assume), but I don't know. Something about working with the cats really appealed to me. And the thing is, after awhile, I could just go to a training session for dogs and then volunteer there as well. So it's not really an either/or thing, but I think that's what I want to start with.

Nothing else happening this weekend. I have to write an essay for SAT class, so I suppose I should start that soon. I'm not actually that concerned with it, though. Normally in school, all our essays are in-class essays, so I'm used to writing essays in an hour without knowing the prompt beforehand. Having 4 days to write an essay is heaven. Well, 3 now, since I didn't do anything yesterday, but still. I should do it tomorrow, I guess. Monday there's another SAT diagnostic test to see if we're improving any and to see what we need to work on. It's from like... 4-8 or 4:30-8 or something like that. =/ Oh well.

Edit: Got the results back from the AP US History test. I somehow managed a 4, which is insane, considering I didn't study at all for it, really. Definitely satisfied with that score.