It's Not Over!

Cause part of me is dead and in the ground! This love is killin' me but you're the only one! It's not over!

I was recently enlightened further to more of the lyrics of this song namely by the O'Neills' Wii Karoke... Hm. Thank you Maddi, for your opinion on what you've seen of my story ;)), I'll get more over to you as I type it onto the computer and start to edit. Derek and I have agreed he can read it as well when it's all edited and be the test person, and editor and also that everyone is going to buy it and we will be rich... So moving on. It was brought to my attention by several people that I have no blog posts for December, and that, apparently, is a crime. Plus Zach was persuaded to make a blog post to remove my excuse that he wasn't posting anything on HIS blog so now both my excuses have been destroyed and I am in the spot where I am void of an excuse... So here goes nothing! Tuesday was our end-of-legos party. We went to Brenten's house and met in the noticeably different looking lego room. As we pulled up I was still struggling to create an iTunes account on my mom's new iPhone with the touch screen. The biggest difference was probably the lack of an obstacle table and hardly any legos around. Before we moved on to more omportant things (getting lung workouts from laughing so hard) we were given and end of the year challenge. We each were given a lego set and told to find someone younger and shorter than us and to explain to them what FIRST is. Also we build the set with them and write an essay which we then send to Mrs. Fillmore. Whilst this was being explained my mom had a sudden idea she shared with me. To take videos and pictures before, after and during the construction and explanation, make them a video with cool music and effects and everything else. I loved it! But I'll probably do the essay as well just to make sure I'm fulfilling requirements and because I've always been a goody two shoes like that. Now I just need to pick a single song (that will probably be the most difficult part for me...) and the rest is cake. After that it was announced that they had lego rock band set up that we got to play! I sat the first song out and listened to Andrew and Ben on guitars, Derek on drums and Brenten singing - "The Final Countdown"!! After that Brenten wanted to go to his favored Rock Band instrument, guitar. Andrew gave up his guitar, but could not be convinced to sing. "Who wants to sing?" asked Brenten, "Andrew?" "No. Want to sing Halie?" he replied quietly. "Well... okay. Yeah! I'll sing." Brenten: "Lexie?" "NO!" Lexie replied, eyes widening in horror. "I'll sing," I repeated. "YOU'LL sing?" Brenten asked loudly, smirking. Derek turned to face me at his drums with an impish grin and a cackle, "You will?! I'm going to play like this so I can watch the entire time!" They continued, but I ignored the teasing from that point on, "What are we playing?" "You Give Love A Bad Name," Brenten said turning again just to grin condescendingly. "Oh thanks guys! Thank you for the encouragement! I'm REALLY confident now!" "Don't listen to them, Halie," Andrew said, "You'll do great!" "Thanks Andrew." For the record we did not fail. "See?!" I said aloud, "I didn't totally bomb!" After that we played a few more songs before everyone switched instruments. Well almost everyone, I didn't. Brenten gave up the guitar to Lexie and took over my controller, choosing the songs mainly. Lexie and he had some control issues... But the one song they mutually agreed on was "Life is a Highway". I held the mic out, "Wanna sing?" B: "Do you want to sing?" Me: "I don't know do you?" B: "Do you NOT want to?" "Well no, but you can if you want, you-" and the singing part began. LOL. At one point Derek said "We have a co-singer!" because Brenten was singing too and then Brenten pretended to be the backup singer! A while later Brenten had me sing this song that 1. I'd never heard before, 2. Was very high and 3. Computer voice-y. Three strikes, I thought as I started, I'm so out... Brenten knew pretty much every word. I sang "Free Fallin'" when it began the first three notes my mom shouted "Tom Petty!!". After lots and lots of songs we unanimously agreed to go play ninja. It was dark, when the most animated games occur! I explained to Ben how to play but he got out pretty quickly and as soon as he did I suddenly realized why, "OH! Ben! I'm so sorry! I forgot to tell you! You can dodge when someone's going for your hand! I'm so sorry, Ben!" We played a LOT. I admittedly elbowed Brenten in the back kind of hard. And that was mean. But how can I refrain when he turns his back to me over and over and over and OVER?! Once everyone left we, (Lex, Brenten and I) walked to the end of the driveway in the dark. It's always so fun when we get to do that! But we waited for awhile and decided to walk back. We were about halfway there when Mr. Fillmore pulled up in the car and stopped next to us. He gave us coats, but allowed us to continue walking in the dark after many assurances from us three that not only were we not cold and didn't need coats, but were having tons of fun! There was a lot of talking and it was VERY random as usual. We can talk in song in case anyone didn't know. Yesterday Alexis and I went to the airsoft game at Zach and Emily's house. We totally need it, I spent the two days prior to that doing school all day both days. We had to get our school done before we could go and I had thought it was the last week in the semester.. On the bright side I have finnished my Geometry and Language for the semester two weeks early... Anyways we played airsoft for a time span I'm not really sure of because I'm terrible at keeping track of time, especially with my friends! It was so fun! Taylor, Andrew L., Derek, Andrew V., and of course Zach, Em, Lex and I were there. We played and played and I'm not bothering to describe it until we went in for lunch. By "Went in for lunch" I mean, as Mrs. O'Neill said, "8 teenagers... swarmed my kitchen table for lunch like hungry locusts..." After lunch we played Capture the Flag, and the last teams were pretty evenly matched, taking turns gaining and losing ground until my team won because Em disappeared. We were all on the porch when she walked out from the house, "Oooh you're in trou-ble!" I said. "Yes you ARE!" Andrew V said, turning, "You were supposed to be guarding! Why did you go in the house?!" Emily: "You told me to circle around to the back! And I did, but I got killed and so I went in the house for a drink!" "Why didn't you revive yourself at base?!" "I was thirsty!!" By this time the Laws had left in the middle of the game and since we were having trouble deciding on our next game when Andrew V questioned, "Why don't we play ninja?" Everyone shouted "YEAH!" and immediately began shedding camo and jumping off the porch onto the lawn. We played ninja until Derek's mom picked him and Andrew V. up. Then we went inside and found some very sudden news that my mom had called about.. We tried making elf hats because it had been in the description for the elf party. And I pulled out some pictures I'd recently gotten (in all reality we only looked at about 1/3 of the ones I had) and about 1/2 of them were originally taken from Em's camera... Apparently I take Em's pics a lot. And I had not gone through them very well which is why we found the one of me wearing the multicolored velcro suit... Have you ever wondered what it would be like to put on a velcro suit and throw yourself at a velcro wall? I asked several times. "Yeah!" Said Zach. Well I was at this fair type thingy when I found that and I had actually wondered about that before! So I just HAD to try it, so I put on the colorful suit and humiliatingly had my picture taken both before and while I was stuck to the wall. LOL. I began practically chanting "Let's play Speed!" Em: "You're obsessed with Speed." "Let's play Karoke!" Em: "You're obsessed with Karoke." But eventually I got them to play karoke ;)). It was really fun, we all sang two songs and then decided to walk to a nearby park. Zach said it was about a half mile walk. We walked there and played tag while singing Weird Al songs, especially "Grapefruit Diet" and "Fat". Okay I mostly sang those two alone... We played tag so long that we had to hurry home so we'd be there before my mom arrived to pick us up. We got there before my mom. When we got there Marissa, Megan and Derek were already there. Derek was still in camo pants, as I pointed out several times, he consistently answered "Well I already changed once today, why change again?" Others soon arrived, the next time there was a knock at the door everyone rushed over, "Can I answer your door?" I asked Savannah. "Yeah," she laughed. I threw it open, "Welcome!!" It was Hannah and Ben (Payne)! They brought Lucky Charms. After that Taylor, Andrew and Mrs. Law arrived. There was a lot of excited chatter and everyone talked to everyone. I made sure ;)) I even introduced Hannah to Zach and Derek. They didn't talk much, but they talked. I was so happy to be there where I knew everyone so well! Brenten wasn't there, which sucked, but it was definitely one of our best events! I'm so glad Savannah actually acted on our idea! She's emosewa. It was not long before the spaghetti was done. Everyone eyed the kitchen quietly. I happened to be close to the kitchen. Megan pushed me forward, sending me stumbling into the kitchen, "Go first, Halie!" "I don't know if I'm that hungry... Why couldn't you go first Megan?! You were closest!" "I don't do things first." "Okay!" I stepped up and got some noodles. Turning to go to the barful of candy I saw the line had built behind me. As I reached the bar my mom asked, "You're really going to do it, Halie?!" "OH YEAH!" We all got pretty much everything and tried it I think. At first it was good, then the lucky charms and pop tarts soaked up the syrup and the M&Ms turned the noodles first candy coating colors and then chocolate brown! Ben started: "It's actually good! I like it!" 3 seconds later "AUGH I'm gonna barf! It's disgusting!" So in the end it's alright - you just have to eat fast!! Once we'd all stomached as much as we could of our Elf spaghetti we moved on the the living room for the movie. Most of us got on the couch, Marissa, Savannah and Taylor didn't though, they sat elsewhere... I think the original order was something like Lexie, Megan, Emily, Derek, Zach, Andrew, Me, Hannah and Ben. We all sqeezed in lol. And so the movie began, and as usual it was hilarious, especially with friends! People kept getting up for snacks, Zach got up and Megan ran over to take his spot. When he returned he sat on both Megan and Andrew until Andrew relinquished his spot and Zach sat there, Megan left I think and Andrew took Zach's old spot and lots of other switches as people got up! The order changed to Lexie, Derek, Emily, Megan, Andrew, Zach, Me, Hannah and Ben. This put Zach in the perfect position to tickle both Andrew and I when Em decided to announce to the whole room that I'm extremely ticklish and then everyone tried it on everyone and it was discovered so were Andrew, and Megan! "TICKLE FIGHT!" Rang throughout the room... Thaaaanks Buddy! Zach kept torturing Andrew and I with tickling throughout the movie!! When the movie ended we were picking up the rug (Mrs. Anderson made LOTS of popcorn!) and Andrew announced "Brenten has this spot in his ribs where if you poke him he like flys three feet in the air!!" I only half heard his words while picking popcorn out of the rug and Zach unhesitantly leaned over and poked me in the ribs. "AUGH!" I flew back as far as into the couch, spilling popcorn everywhere. "OH my gosh!" I sputtered, "I didn't believe it! Oh my gosh! That was insane! It was... unbelievably ticklish! I didn't believe it! It actually worked!!" Immediately Zach and Andrew's eyes had widened, there was a pause before they both cracked up laughing! After that I was necessarily cautious of both my knees AND my ribs! Once the popcorn was all picked up Taylor said, "Let's go outside and play ninja!" "Can we?" Everyone turned to the moms. "One game," my mom agreed. We all pulled on our shoes, threw on coats and ran out into the pouring rain. I was too slow and as I ran out everyone ws already beginning, "Hey what am I, the ticklish chopped liver?!" I shouted. They restarted for me, because they're all so nice like that. We all played, running and chopping in the rain before ducking into the garage and squeaking our shoes on the floor, twisting them back and forth. We were the last to leave, a picture was taken of Emily, Lex, Morgan, Savannah, Zach and I in elf hats in the garage! Em got lots of pictures too! I can't wait to see! I didn't see ANY! Zach picked up some random kitten, it was soaking wet and tiny. Once he put it down he wiped his hands, "Man it was wet! It was a nice cat." "It probably had rabies," I said, ever optimistic. We had a very long, very awesome, very ticklish car ride and sang lots of Weird Al too! By the way Zach, I still have your elf hat lol, I'll return it ASAP!! Anyways I'm all blogged out! So Laaateeeerrrzz!!!