i feel like

food. i'm quite hungry at the moment.

but i also feel like i've done absolutely nothing productive over break. it's over halfway through and i feel like i've been doing homework forever, yet i've finished nothing. i still have an AP history chapter outline, two AP history chapter study guides; algebra 2 chapter 7 study guide; read chapters 1-5 of All Quiet on the Western Front, do mini-quote explications for each chapter of AQOTWF, find and define vocabulary words in AQOTWF, do AQOTWF scavenger hunt; study spanish 2 chapter 5-gramatica 2.

but yesterday i started and finished two books. yes i'm a nerd, sue me. but i haven't read anything other than school-required books in a long time. i forgot how much i missed it. i really do love to read. it takes you out of your own life and into someone else's. sometimes you need that. i bought four books at barnes and noble, which i apologize for, because i really love borders at mccarthy ranch. but i had two gift cards to B&N and i thought that i should use them. but, i probably should have just read these books in the store seeing as how now i have two books that costed a total of $13.98 and i just needed them for one day. anyways, it was worth it; they were great. i recommend that you read them.
Can't Get There From Here by Todd Strasser
This one's kind of dreary, but the ending's somewhat happy. It gives you a look into the lives of some homeless kids, essentially. The trials and tribulations they go through, their day-to-day life. It almost seems as if the author had been in that position. At parts it's really gut wrenching, so if you really don't want to be sad, don't read it. I like this author. Even though it's the first book that I've read of his, a couple other titles of books that he's written are Give a Boy a Gun and How I Changed My Life.
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
This is the best book I've read in a long time. It's about a girl, Jennifer, and her best and only friend, Cameron. They go through a traumatic situation together in elementary school and soon after, Cameron disappears. After eight years, he is back in Jennifer's life. This brings memories, good and bad, flooding back into Jennifer's mind. She's changed since Cameron left; she's popular, not fat anymore, and even has a boyfriend. Will she change back to the old Jennifer? You should read it to find out(=
i have two more books that i bought, but i promise not to read them until my homework is finished.

last night i went to Oakridge with my sister. i bought a cute little dress, necklace, and bag for me and i bought my sister a pair of jeans and a bag. oh and some cookies. ha, well, now i'm pretty much broke which sucks. but that's okay because now i have no excuse not to do my homework. except reading, which i promise i won't do until i'm done.

off to get some breakfast; it's the most important meal of the day you know...