Once again, it's been a while since I last update. It seems like lately xanga has lost its once uber-enthralling thrill. But that's ok, I'd rather be too busy for it than so devoid of social activities that I'm forced to update every 45 minutes.
Actually, I learned today that cheetahs rarely mate, but when they do, they leave all other activities aside for about 3 days and mate about every 45 minutes. Collectively, that's around 100 times over the course of 3 days. Yes, it is interesting, and no I do not look up wildlife sex habits for fun.
(^^giddy cheetahs)
I actually learned this on a 2nd grade fieldtrip with my mom's class to Science City. It was part of an Imax feature. Will and I decided to be a courteous and good citizens and kindly accompanied her class on the trip today. Although the community service will come in handy. And I don't think that the second graders fully realized what the cheetahs in the 3D Imax feature were doing. I was fearing having to explain the birds and the bees.
We also saw some monks making a circular art thing on the ground, entirely out of colored sand. Basically, they have extreme focus and lots of spare time, but it was kinda cool. Although they were sitting on the floor of union station surrounded by a large circle of people, so I'm guessing they felt like more of a sideshow than a revered group of monks. It would've been cooler had they incorperated fire...but I guess that kind of ruins the point.
So on a more important note, I am now 17. It is quite sweet, and yes it's true, you do automatically become taller, darker, and well...handsomer...at age 17. It's a fact of life. And although I CAN now buy tickets legally to R-rated movies, I have yet to do so. I vote that next weekend I exercise that right.
Currently though, the only R-rated movies in existance in the theaters include:
Capote (about an author...good, but not exactly fun)
Saw II (apparently one of the freakiest movies made, because all the events could actually transpire if someone were depraved enough)
Doom (a movie made on a VIDEO GAME. Roughly equates to a monumental waste of $8, a severe headache, and a new appreciation for the exit sign)
Jarhead (Sweet, a war movie with explosions, bombs, explosives, shooting, ammunition, firing, and that guy from october sky. Yay.)
**Shopgirl and North Country are also both (R) movies, but they're also blatant chick flicks, so we're not going to review them. And no, I do not harbor any desire to see chick flicks...despite popular beliefs.
But besides the whole movie ticket deal, my birthday went quite swimmingly. I was privileged to dine at one of my favorite places, macaroni grill. It was quite good as usual, except the waitress thought that Bailey was older than me, because she almost offered Bailey wine, but realized that she too young. She took one glance at me and just passed me by, so contrary to my old belief, I still look like a youngin'. Not fair.
Although thanks to Bailey, I can now wear pink all year round.
Complete with popped collar.
Also, last sunday, the Jons and I decided to embark on an endeavor that under normal circumstances should've taken about 30-45 minutes. We put in new speakers in my truck. Frankly, the only thing I learned from the experience (besides..how to put in speakers) is that Ford is a giant flaming corporation filled with nazi car designers. I originally thought it would've been fun to put in the speakers, so I didn't have best buy do it. That was a big mistake. We had to find about 3 different kinds of screwdrivers, including a crazy metric hex-head and a very small torque-head, both of which we had to buy new tools for. And Then there was the 'hidden screw' underneath the door handle...that was a huge pain. So after pulling, screwing, prodding, ripping, occasionally cursing, and nearly breaking, everything in my car, I now have brand new speakers, and boy do they thump. Especially compared to the old paper speakers pictured below...
Quite a thing of beauty. Notice the blown crinkled rim and of course, the crumpled up cone. R.I.P. old speakers.
And so that's that. | 
