The 4th, WWW Girl, Mini- Scrapbooks, and 5ks

so it's the 4th of july. woo hoo? while it is quite nice (well, more than nice, it's fantastic and i am incredibly thankful for it) that america became free on this day 232 years ago, i can't feel very spirited today. why? look at this country. almost the entire world hates us. we're in a war that's practically pointless, our president's too thick to string two words together coherently, the dollar's plummeting, and our economy's going down the drain. happy celebration of how our country's been declining in glory!
but seriously, i am thankful that i live here. so thankful. because i know that there's people that don't have as much as i do, are oppressed by their government (china, anyone?) and aren't free. so really, today's the time to focus on that, not what was mentioned in the above paragraph. so in that case, happy 4th!

world wide web girl. haven't heard of it? where have you been?! lol world wide web girl's this incredibly catchy song that's been the subject of many hilarious youtube videos. my favorites? the ones by italktosnakes and darthhamsterreturns. guaranteed smile for when you're not so happy. i've got it stuck in my head like mad and it's slightly annoying, but even more humorous. it makes me want to put my hair in pigtails and dance around like i'm a little kid! which might cause alarm. but then again, it's me, so maybe not.

mini-scrapbooking! yay! so i got this idea from youtuber charlieissocoollike to do a little mini-scrapbook type thing. and it took me forever to actually start one, but i did. so every now and then i'll add a little bit, and today i attacked a page with stickers from guitar hero, another with things cut out of elle girl magazine, and one with a picture of me and my friend with cut-out letters of an inside joke. it took me almost 2 hours to do 3 tiny little pages, which shows how slow i am to cut things (because scissors thoroughly annoy me) but i like this project. so i suggest that you start one! fill pages with comic strips or stickers or things from magazines. it's a good way to pass time and it's pretty fun.

5ks! so i started running not very long ago, about 8 months. and i did sprinting for track in the spring, but then decided that i wanted to try out cross country. so i basically sold my soul to running, which has caused me to get up at 7 am 6 days a week this summer, which is annoying but worth it. and i've been working really hard and busting my ass and tomorrow i'm running my first race. it's a 5k, which is a normal xc meet distance. and i know that i can run that far, and i go on 3 mile runs all the time, but i'm still nervous. not overly nervous, since it isn't for school and is just a fundraising thing, and i don't even think anyone i know will be there, but i'm still nervous. i want a good time! i'm aiming for around 24 or 25 minutes, which i don't think will kill me (i never time me runs) but it would be nice to get under that, though i doubt i will. even 25 might be pushing it.

i'm going to go eat now.

I'M A WORLD WIDE WEB GIRL
IN A WORLD WIDE WEB WORLD
THERE IS SOMETHING I MUST CONFESS
I NEED A WORLD WIDE WEB BOY
WITH A WORLD WIDE WEB TOY
THIS IS MY EMAIL ADDRESS!