Gag me with a spoon.

This Friday is homecoming, and in honor of this, students are allowed to "dress up" at school. It's quite fun.

Today was "80's Day". I wore a tacky 80's prom dress. If someone posts pictures, I'll try to repost them on here. But I'm really kicking myself because I didn't plan ahead--if I put more thought into it, I would have dressed in 1780 or 1880 (or maybe 2080) fashion. Or dressed like the characters in George Orwell's 1984. Or dressed as an egg, because that's what I was during the 1980s. Bu)t instead, I was lame, and dressed predictably.

But tomorrow is a new day. The theme is "Nerd Day", and I fully intend to dress as a box of nerds (the candy). That's right, I push the boundaries.

I'll update later on other homecoming week ensembles.

So... Many... Projects...

I have a ridiculous amount of long-term projects. I have to build a trebuchet and write a "historical reference guide" about its history (I fully intend doing so in children's book format), research the economic structure of Papua New Guinea, and am officially in charge of the Choir's (Curious George-themed) homecoming float. In addition, I still have to finish applying to eight schools, Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, blog, and get cracking on my duct tape prom dress.

Did I forget to mention that? I've decided to make my prom dress out of duct tape this year for a scholarship competition. This is my general idea:

Based on Blair Waldorf's prom dress from Gossip Girl, by Marchesa. Except this one isn't as awkwardly assymmetrical, will have feathering all around, is red, black, beige, and yellow, and is made of duct tape.

I want it to be crazy-detailed, so I'll probably cover the entire dress in the feather pattern. Right now, I'm playing with textures, and I've managed to crochet duct tape. I'll probably put pictures of that up eventually.

Oh, and I'd like to give a shout-out to my super crazy awesome AP Economics teacher, Ms. Berryhill. I gave her the web address to the blog, and I really hope she's reading this. She told me to write her a letter about myself at the beginning of the year, so I drew this comic strip. Click on it to see a larger picture. Go ahead, click.

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My AP Econ buddy, Allison, is supposed to start blogging today, and I'm excited. Allison Carlin, I'll be stalking following you. I promise.