feliz viernes

hola, lovie-dovies, and happy friday.

i am sooo tired this morning. beyond belief.

and i need to proofread my texts better.

today's fill in the blank fun is from The Little Things We Do

1. The first thing I do in the morning to start my day is crank up some energetic music and start to sing - it's the only thing that'll wake me up.

2. Today I wish I was not at school but instead just relaxing and having fun with Codey and the rest of the gang.

3. If I had an extra $100 in my bank account today I'd go buy a B U N C H of music.

4. Tomorrow I will be going to another Homecoming dance and dinner at Max & Erma's with friends.

5. Two things that don't go together are Fridays and homework.

6. Something I can never pass up at the grocery store is a Snickers Dark bar or, if I don't already have it, the newest edition of Seventeen.

7. The last time I tried something new was last Saturday. Just last Saturday in general.

 

well, i barely had enough time to even type this post, and it was mostly copy and paste...

i may blog more later during study hall.

later, lovies.

 

xoxo,

rissa

♫ if you want more love why don't you say so? ♫

hayloo, lovies.

today's post will be a plot and paper post.

progress:

30/180 pages...

that, according to the calculator on the computer, is about 16%.

n e w  i d e a s

my original plan for (re)learning how to fly was to make it a typical YA romance with some wit and innuendo. throw in a dash of abuse and teenage girl jealousy and voila, i would be done.

but, @katelinnea gave me the idea this morning to make it into a YA romance/mystery. well, she was saying from reviewing bones and castle that she's tempted to change her NaNo idea from a YA romance to just a mystery, but i've been playing with this idea for a while.

we all know i'm hooked on shows like white collar, veronica mars, bones, castle, lie to me, and psych.

not enough YA books are like that. they are, quite frankly, shallow for the most part.

i like books like i like my tv shows.

i want to try and guess the end and i want you to keep me guessing.

i've been searchingsearchingsearching for YA books like that. they are hard to find unless you're into more supernatural stuff, and i'm not exactly a really paranormal book reading person.

but, a few months ago, i met kristina mcbride.

she is wonderful person, and an even more amazing author.

one who you wouldn't expect to write a kidnapping novel.

but, she does.

and it's not your typical kidnapping story.

it's told from the friend of the victim.

i thought that the tension of opposites would be a book that would freak me out, mainly because i know where everything happens.

but it didn't.

tessa juggles the return of her best friend noelle - who now wants to be called elle - and the new boy in town that is ohb-vee-us-lee into her.

and, let me tell you, if boys from that area were actually like that, i would never want to leave home.

i immediately fell in love with her male lead. he was everything a teenage girl wants in a guy.

but, dealing with elle kind of screws it all up.

the tension of opposites kept me guessing at every turn.

there might not have been a lot of mystery involved, but you never knew what elle would screw up next.

kristina mcbride has made me want to try my hand at a little mystery.

i no longer want to be predictable.

i won't limit it to one typical subject matter that you find in YA books.

dessen tends to put two in each book. one or more neglectful parents, and one other thing that just needs to be put into the teens of today's minds so they know they're not alone.

and, i am now out of time, so i won't elaborate more.

like i was going to, anyway.

*rolls eyes*

xoxo,

rissa

♫ you are slowly breaking me down

hayloo, lovie-dovies!

today's post title is from a song a friend of mine (go to myspace music and find kelsey skaggs). it is my favorite song off of her entire cd, and is absolutely bee-yoo-tee-full.

can i get a drumroll, please!

codey gets to go with me to my other dance!

*squees*

i'm still spending the night with leila afterward, and it's still gonna be a big-ish group, but i'm still really excited.

and nervous.

because bringing a date no one knows on a group thing with me, leila, and sweets (and possibly winter) is like going on american idol or so you think you can dance.

we go after them like rabid dogs.

and this'll be my first time bringing a date who isn't part of the group, so i'm pretty nervous.

yet, he isn't.

grrr.

i'm nervous enough for the both of us.

but we're both really glad he gets to come with me. leila says our relationship ain't official til she says it is.

i love you, you crazy witch.

but, i'm really really happy since everyone seems to want to meet each other... though i haven't spoken to winter about it yet...

but, hell, i haven't really spoken to him since last december.

last time i saw him was february.

but it'll be fun, i'm sure of it. even if i'm technically not supposed to be eating gluten which means i shouldn't even step foot inside of an olive garden but i'm fine with this because i'll probably eat tons of junk at lei-lei's anyway.

plus it means i get to spend more time with codey. which i *definitely* approve of.

i know that i promised to dish about him on twitter yesterday after i got chores done, but i was hardly able to watch lie to me online at 9:30 without falling asleep.

i will as soon as i can. clio, bailey, caillie, spencer:: please do not hurt me.

i cannot wait until lunch.

especially today, because we're hi-jacking another table because yesterday my people were especially crazy and there may have been a comment or two on how i "need to get laid."

harrumph.

i. do. not.

so, completely different table today. he's only bringing patrick and cameron, i'm only bringing angie.

xoxo,

rissa

♫ fathers be good to your daughters.... ♫

hayloo, lovie-dovies.

the title of this post truthfully has no relevance to the content what-so-ever, other than it was the last song i was listening to.

plus we all know i love me some john mayer.

i have one month until my birthday *squeeeee* and i kinda want my dad to learn that for me for my birthday.

not too much to ask for, right?

well, right now i'm kinda sorta really happy right now because a) i've had four hugs from le boyf already and it's only 3rd period, b) he was able to actually explain my math homework to me in a way that i understand, and c) he's actually less than a year older than me.

woooooooooo!

this weekend is greene's homecoming, and... okay, leila, please don't hurt me, but i'm not excited as i was before. i thought that my dance was going to be miserable, but it wasn't. it was the best. dance. ever.

now, if i could bring le boyf with me, it'd be a whole 'nother story.

but, i follow the best friend code.

bff asked me first, bf was just a recent addition.

...

*looks at leila for permission* *puppy dog eyes*

i know he'll go for it. *sheepish smile*

i luuuuuuuve you lei-lei....

or, should i say, GIRLFRIEND :P

you, my darling, have the greatest teenage girl mind EVERRRR.

but PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE I WILL SOOOOOO HOOK YOU UP WITH IAN SOMERHALDER IF I EVER GET FAMOUS!!! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEHE'LLMAKEWINTERJEALOUSPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE!!!
EDIT::::THATISJUSTANADDEDBENEFITPLUSMAKINGHIMSQUIRMWOULDBETHEBESTREVENGE EVER

*gets on knees* *begs*

plus then you get to meet him.... C:

i have... wrote one more sentence in my plot and paper. that train of thought kind of crashed. i'll probably try to get some done when i'm at leila's on saturday night.

oh, and honey? what color is your dress?

well, it's almost the end of class and i'm like freezing cold. i soooo need to go to my locker to get codey's hoodie again, but i can't do that until before 5th period....

xoxo,

rissa

plot & paper update

haylooooooooo lovie-dovies.

*big goofy grin*

Frenchie:: **big goofy LLAMA grin**

Me: shut up, Frenchie.

okay, i have HARDLY written anything for my plot&paper project since last week.

please do not shun me, but i had to play cinderella.

literally.

but, it was worth it.

saturday was the best dance i have been to. EVER.

four straight hours of dancing practically nonstop,

not stepping on my date's feet any of the, like, seven times we slow danced (uhm, winter, that means YOUR the one who can't dance!),

spazz dancing,

aaaaand slow dancing to a couple of fast songs.

oh, did i mention that a) i now have a boyfriend? and b) i happen to be wearing his jacket?

i stole it from him yesterday because i was cold at the cookout we were at and i didn't want to go inside. so, he hugged me a lot and let me borrow his jacket.

which smells reeeeeeeeally good.

things i have learned this past weekend...

my exboyf is a halfway decent guy, just not for me.

sometimes it's a really good choice to take a chance that could leave you heartbroken.

codey has a true way with words - i think he's even better than me, even though he doesn't aspire to be a writer.

and when you literally fall (because you get pushed about ten times in one night ON PURPOSE) and somebody catches you everytime, it gives you this really good feeling.

i know, that last one is strange.

xoxo,

rissa