Hm. I haven't had a blog entry since August 6th. Interesting. Well I suppose it's about time for me to write another.

The Clone Wars series premieres tonight. Duh, I'll be watching it. What kind of freak do you take me for?

So I'm writing another story now. It's another "short" story, and trust me when I say I use the word "short" loosely. I'm still in the introduction of the story, and I'm already on page 9 with size 12 font and single line spacing. Would you like to hear the plot? Of course you would. Like you've got anything better to do, right? I say that because it has to be your only possible explanation for taking the time to read this.

The plot. You ready for this? It's another Star Wars fanfic. Ooo, big surprise there, eh? Well anyway, it takes place in 20 ABY, or 20 years after Episode IV: A New Hope, for all of you crazies who don't know what ABY and BBY stand for. (BBY stands for Before the Battle of Yavin, which is where the first Death Star blew up in A New Hope; ABY stands for After the Battle of Yavin. Example: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith takes place in 19 BBY, since it takes place 19 years before the Battle of Yavin. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi takes place in 4 ABY, since it takes place 4 years after the Battle of Yavin. Just a little lesson for you.) It starts out with Boba Fett, which is obviously a given, saving his best bud's butt, yet again. But then Fett ends up in a vortex that leads him to crash-landing on Earth, where he meets two 13-year-old girls, Gen and Brianna, who give him the hardest time. Eventually Fett learns the way of the Earthlings and begins to live the way they live. That is until someone...else...falls into the vortex as well and ruins everything for Fett, including his cover. With the help of Gen, Brianna, and Gen's older sister named Paige, Fett has to find a way back to his own galaxy before total chaos strikes the people of Earth, or the police discover who he really is.

Interesting, right? I knew you'd love it. How could you not? Don't answer that.

On the topic of Star Wars, the Turner Library finally got all of the Legacy Era series in, except for one book. I haven't started reading the books yet, but I know they'll be good. I'm excited for the second book, Bloodlines, because it has Boba Fett on the cover. Obviously, he's pretty old by the Legacy Era. Seventy-two to be exact. He even cheated death. No, he wasn't shot or stabbed anything. He actually stopped himself from dying of old age. Amazing, right?

Okay, here's another quick lesson for you. The Legacy Era is the last time period in Star Wars. It is not a long time ago anymore. If you were to somehow travel to their galaxy right now, you would be in the Legacy Era. So who are the main characters of the Legacy Era? Well, there's Jacen Solo (soon to be Darth Caedus), his twin sister Jaina Solo, their little brother Anakin Solo, their parents Han and Leia Organa Solo, Luke Skywalker (now the Grand Jedi Master of the New Jedi Order) and his wife (who was unfortunately killed by Darth Caedus in the fifth book) Mara Jade Skywalker, their son Ben Skywalker, Boba Fett, Fett's granddaughter Mirta Gev, and I'm pretty sure Lando Calrissian is up there somewhere, too. I haven't started any of the books yet, but I have read TONS of articles and character profiles on Wookieepedia.com, so I've got a pretty good idea.

My birthday is coming up pretty quickly. First I'll have to get through October, then November, then most of December up until Christmas, then on December 26th I will finally turn 13. Hallelujah. Omg, funny. That's the name of the song I'm listening to right now. "Hallelujah" by Paramore, who happen to be the best band on this side of the Earth. OF TOPIC. So anyway, I've prepared, and by prepared I mean I'll make things up off the top of my head, a list of what I would like for Christmas/my birthday. It's won't really make a difference, since one comes right after the other.

LIST:
-"Riot!" album by Paramore
-"All We Know is Falling" album by Paramore
-All of the Star Wars movies on DVD (Can you believe I don't already own any of them, being the fanatic I am?)
-Um...clothes?
-My own laptop
-Boba Fett!! Yes, I know that would never happen. But a girl can dream, can't she?
-On that note, I'll also add that I would like Hayley Williams and Natasha Bedingfield
-Oh, I've got something more realistic––a ten foot picture of Boba Fett, Hayley Williams, and Natasha Bedingfield
-I keep typing "Natashaing" instead of "Natasha". Hm, this one really shouldn't be here...
-Oh! Hue Laurie, too!
-An acne-free face, PLEASE!!
-Er...surprise me?

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I probably should put "world peace" or "food for everyone" but that's not being very realistic. Asking for Boba Fett, Hayley Williams, Natasha Bedingfield, and Hue Laurie is WAY more realistic.

About three hours left until the Clone Wars premieres. I promise you, one day when I'm an English teacher/best selling author/homicide detective, you'll see me working on Skywalker Ranch alongside George Lucas. Now I know what you're thinking––I'm going to be a mind-reader, too. Have I blown your mind yet? No? Well anyway, God obviously blessed the world with George Lucas, so I don't think He'll be taking Lucas back for a long, long time. That means I will indeed be able to work at his side at Skywalker Ranch once I'm older, since no one will use film by 2016. Don't ask. Can't argue with that logic, eh?

Super time. I'm having pizza. Yum.

-MaRiNa

OH...EM...FRICKING...GEE........

KJFXJMLFSLSHVLSVFVASONISRVABRVLKXCVXLJC!!

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is coming out next Friday! Of course I'm going to go see it! What a stupid question. But before anything is said or done, I would like the point out a few things that I though were odd. These are just things I noticed from the movie trailers, and they might in fact be answered in the movie. Who knows? But for now, these things remain odd:

+This 'Padawan' of Anakin, she says that she's "not too young to be a Padawan." Alright, girly.You must be about under the age of 10, 11, or 12 because those are average ages for new Padawans.

+Again with the Padawan, SHE ISN'T WEARING ROBES!! I mean, come on! The only Jedi in [my] known history that doesn't wear robes is Aayla Secura, and that's only because her species doesn't usually wear much for clothes. Other than that, Jedi wear robes. That's craxy, man. So craxy that it doesn't even deserve and X! That's crazy! With a Z!

+Count Dooku looks like a bird.

+ -sob- They didn't show Padmé in any of the trailers! If Anakin Skywalker is the main character and hero in the movie, why isn't his wife at least mentioned in any of the movie trailers? Crazy. Again, no X.

Well that's all the weird things I can think of off the top of my head.

Now I'll just make a list of random things from movies, television, music, or other things to fill space in this 'entertainment' edition of my blog thing.

The final two-hour movie of Avatar?

KUYKLDFGLGLJGRSLGRABLO!! ZUKO IS AWESOMELY GORGEOUS!!

The Studio DC Almost Live special on Disney Channel with the Muppets?

Go Gonzo the engineer!!

Little Jackie's The Stoop?

Lol, the world should revolve around my one love, the stoop, because I've got 28 butts in the kitchen's ash tray when I'm cryin' for the queen!!

Lego Star Wars: The Video Game?

Why does Boba Fett have to be so slow? And why can't people speak actual sentences instead of grunts, sighs, uht-oh, roger roger, intruder alert, and screams? And why can't Jango Fett jump? And why do they only have part of A New Hope?

Sean Kingston?

He can take you there, me love!

Tia Fett?

My main girl! (But I'm sure if you get Annie and me a better wedding shower present than what she and Boba are getting, you'll be my main whatever, too.)

Aly & Aj?

No worries. I'll be every color that I aaaare. And I love their little & sign!

Clothes pins?

Nothing but trouble, especially the wooden ones.

The computer next to this one?

The right click drop down list is open and it's driving me insane.

Were you even sane to begin with?

Shut up. You're not helping.

Riverside Wesleyan Bible Camp?

MORE FUN THAN A BARREL FULL OF BANANA PEALS!!

Bethany Neal?

Burp on, my cousin. Burp on.

Hair?

Where would we be without it? Bald, that's where.

Pink paper?

There's some next to the keyboard. That's driving me insane, too.

But I thought you weren't sane to begin with.

......

Okay, enough questions. Now do George Lucas a favor and GO SEE STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS!! (Though with movies this popular, I doubt he'll need any help in that area.)

-MaRiNa

I just got back from Danae's pool party. It was SUPER fun! And surprisingly enough, my left ear isn't clogged. It was clogged, but then I figured out how to unclog it when Elyse called me a wimp. I told her to yell it again loudly in my ear to unclog it, and it actually worked! And Elyse was happy that someone actually asked her to yell at them.

I have a song by Mariah Carey called I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time. I think she's trying to reinvent herself. Didn't she used to be a country singer? Well this song certainly isn't country.

My nails are sparkly.

I cleaned my room last night. Strange, right?

I also have a song by Britney Spears. Now don't have a heart attack, I just like the one song. Radar.

My dad bought me an awesome pen last night. It looks like a tube of old fashion lipstick with the actual lipstick rolled all the way up. Only it's not lipstick, it's a pen. You remove the red lipstick part and you can clearly tell it's the cap. And the best part, it has the Duffy signature on it.

Speaking of Duffy, what really makes me mad is when I hear a new song or album (so new that none of the songs are even singles yet) that my dad brings me, I love it for several months, then get tired of it. THEN about another month later, it's a huge hit and everyone's listening to it. This has happened to me MANY times. Some examples: Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield, Mercy by Duffy (and all songs on Rockferry for that matter), 7 Things by Miley Cyrus. Seriously. People came to me and say, "Have you heard this new song?" because it isn't on my playlist. But I have, just before it became a single. I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes the case for songs from The Stoop by Little Jackie in a couple of months.

Hmmm. Short blog thing. Oh well. Tah-tah.

-MaRiNa

I just got back from Danae's house, where I spent the night last night. I still have water stuck in my left ear from when we went swimming.

I'm eating strawberries right now. Yummy. They're not the store kind, either. The kind straight from the farm. That's all my parents buy now.

Speaking of my parents, I think they're still going to buy a new car. Something like a Voltzwagon Bug, if that's how it's spelled.

Right now I'm listening to LOL by Little Jackie. The song itself is pretty funny. What it's basically saying is she's messing with this guy's head by sending him text messages from different cell phones. She had good reason, though. Apparently, her boyfriend sent a rather personal message to a girl, but Little Jackie received it by accident.

"LOL. I texted your cell. Replied a spell, now go to he'll. Toss you in the trash, and reduce you to an acronym. WTF, you reply. I laugh so much I almost cry. Beat you to the punch line. [Some other sentence]."

Can you believe that they don't have the lyrics to this song on the internet yet? Seriously, I searched Google for "LOL lyrics by Little Jackie" and came up dry. Sure, I got plenty of results, but none of them were lyrics for the correct song. And every time I got to a place that said "LOL Lyrics by Little Jackie" or something like that, it would say "this area is in need of some help" or something along those lines. The chorus you see above was not from anywhere on the internet. I had to come up with it myself. Not easy.

Now I am listening to Amy Winehouse. You Know I'm No Good. I liked the version with Ghost Face Killer or whatever his name is. But apparently my dad thought it was crap and didn't like how they changed up the original, so he deleted it off my iTunes list. Amy Winehouse's music is awesome. My dad is actually the one who introduced me to her music. He has the Back to Black album.

The short Star Wars story I'm writing is five pages now. But not nearly done. Not nearly.

Now I'm listening to Smile by Lily Allen. A nasty little song, actually, as my dad put it. She's singing about how–––oh, I'll just give you the chorus. You'll see what I mean.

"At first, when I see you cry, it makes me smile. Yeah, it makes me smile. At last, I feel bad for a while. But then I just smile. I go ahead and smile."

See what I mean. And this Lily Allen has a very strong accent, too. Most accents can't be heard when people are singing, but it's very clear that she has a strong accent.

You wunna know about two dreams I had last night? I thought so. The first took place in my backyard. We were having some sort of a party, I believe. Danae had a bundle of balloons, and I remember Sirena asked her for a balloon, but Danae refused, then assured her that she'd get a blue furry notebook thing at the end of the party. I think that was in my dream because that's what Danae's diary is. Oops. Should I have said that? Pft, oh well. It's not like I told you what was in it or anything. Anyway, then Danae gave me a white balloon to "babysit." I ran over to a stormtrooper and said, "Here. Have a balloon!" then ran off. He gave me a weird look as I ran away, then accidentally lost the balloon and it floated off. Danae wasn't happy. Oh yeah, there were also lots of people with kites and stuff, but they kept blowing away because of how windy it was. And it was really cloudy.

Dream numbuh dos. I was at some kind of a formal party and was standing underneath a giant chandelier. Then Boba Fett was there as a teenager, but he wasn't wearing his bounty hunter suit of armor. Weird. Anyway, someone cut the chandelier, and it was about to fall on top of me when Boba Fett came and pushed me out of the way. Alas, in his heroic efforts, he broke his ankle. Then we were at one of my chorus concerts at CPAC. I was, obviously, on stage singing with the sixth through eighth grade chorus. Boba Fett, his ankle strangely no longer broken, was sitting a seat away from Peter Schuster and kinda diagonally from Dylan Berkoski. Poor Boba. Oh well. Anyway, he started talking to them. Poor, poor Boba must not have known what he was tangling himself into. Well then I came off of the stage and sat next to Boba. Danae sat next to me, and then Elyse, then the isle. Well, the isle didn't actually physically sit next to Elyse, but...yeah. Danae asked what Boba's name was, so I lied and told her that he was Boba Teff, seeing as how she would never believe that Boba Fett was actually there. She kinda gave me this weird look, then said, "Teff?" I had to lie, again. I told her that Teff was Brazilian. Sad, right? So we were all talking, quietly because the fifth grade chorus was singing, and then Danae realized that Teff was not Brazilian. So she kicked Boba Fett in the shin. Jeez. After experiences like that, I'd be surprised if he ever spoke to me again.

Now I'm listening to The Stoop by Little Jackie. Again, what you see below came directly from my mind. Not on the internet. That's just how new these songs are.

"Sittin' on the stoop in Bedstop, always sayin' hi when your brothers walk by. Just proper edicate [spelled incorrectly]. Sittin' on the top step with a bag of chips, I sit back, relax. Enjoy the crib. We gotta get a new philosophy. I don't mess with you, you don't mess with me. It is what it is. I ain't all hard. Up in the hood, sittin' on the front stoop, where it's all good."

Welp, that's enough outta me for today. Have a nice day and don't die!

-MaRiNa

Hellou. See, it's special because it has an added U. Speechal.

Danae was over yesterday. See, we were hiding from Connor, so we were going to climb a tree. Then I said that I didn't want to get bark in my eyes. So Danae said fine and got down. I thought that meant that I was supposed to go first instead, so I started my climb up the spruce tree. Little did I know that it was extremely sappy, and that Danae had already left. Apparently she thought I was following her. So I got down from the tree, my hands and thighs covered with tree sap. Hand soap does not get tree sap off of your hands. Then we went on the roof where Connor tried to throw my flip flops off of.

I have just discovered a new artist today. Well, it was actually my dad who discovered her album The Stoop, but... You get my point. Little Jackie is her name. Out of the entire album, my two favorite songs are The Stoop and The World Should Revolve Around Me. I added both of them to my Project Playlist playlist and I have The World Should Revolve Around Me on repeat on iTunes.

I'm in the process of writing a short Star Wars story to get rid of my writer's block from Reality. My first attempt at writing a writer's-block-be-gone short story failed as I got writer's block from that, too. I know. Sad, right? But I won't get writer's block from this story. Nosiree.

There's a cat in the window-shelf thing between the computer room and the kitchen. I have a good feeling that it's Bumpitayle. I shall go check. Nope. It was just Millie smelling the Poptarts box. The furry little loser.

Dunt, dunt, DUNT! Lyrics to The World Should Revolve Around Me!

"I take it in stride; One day at a time
If I ask no questions I’ll hear no lies
How come blessings only come in disguise?
Try them on for size as I vocalize
Ain’t nothing gonna get in between me and my flow
Ain't nothing gonna come between me and my afro
My man just left me; what do ya know?
Easy come; easy go!

He came out of the blue
And went right back into it
Had to forfeit because he couldn’t get with it
Called it quits and when it spins
He said he didn’t have time for my juvenile bullsh*t

I've had a lot of lame relationships; I don’t get involved because I’m not equipped
I believe that the world should revolve around me!
I don’t see the point in a partnership; it won’t be long until they start to trip
Yessiree, the whole world should revolve around me!

There’s only one me in the galaxy
I am an endangered species
This kind of flower don’t grow on Earth
Just lettin’ you know for what it’s worth

This kind of mountain shouldn't cause a depression
So I bide my time with philosophical questions
Not for nothing but what came first
The chicken nugget or the egg mcmuffin?

I got talent and I got tits
I know I’ll find another guy who wants to get with it
I’m not convinced that I’m a big fat bore
One man’s pleasure is another man’s chore

I've had a lot of lame relationships; I don’t get involved because I’m not equipped
I believe that the world should revolve around me!
I don’t see the point in a partnership; it won’t be long until they start to trip
Yessiree, the whole world should revolve around me!


I know I rock and what I got is hot
And you know I got a lot
Cause all that trippin you gotta stop
Before you know it your ***’ll be drop

And if you turn with my biological clock
Since I never grow old my heart is always in stock
Keep screwing that b*tch from down the block
I don’t need you around I know I rock!

I've had a lot of lame relationships; I don’t get involved because I’m not equipped
I believe that the world should revolve around me!
I don’t see the point in a partnership; it won’t be long until they start to trip
Yessiree, the whole world should revolve around me!"

Tain't it just the awesomest? The actual music 'tis the brilliantest, too. I make up a lot of words, don't I?

'Tis craxiocity. Yes, I spell "crazy" with an X now.

-MaRiNa

Hello again. I colored my font deece time.

Crap. There was something I wanted to say, but I forgot. Maybe I'll remember if I look at a picture of Boba Fett...

Nope. Didn't work. Oh well. I'll remember eventually.

Connor is using the computer off and on to look up Pokémon Emerald cheats. All the more chance for me to forget what I want to say.

OH! I remember what I wanted to say!

I wunt a Boba Fett layout for my The Doll Palace profile. I suppose there are plenty of people I could ask to make me one, but none of them would make them exactly as I would want them. Oh well.


Heh, Connor just fell backward in the recliner. It looks like it's black leather, but it's not. It's actually very, very dark green.

There's this online game Connor plays all the time called DragonFable. Surprisingly, the dialoge is hilarious. You've got goblins saying, "OMG!" and the computer yelling at you and judging your character for punting a cute little creature and pushing a knight in an outhouse down the hill. That game is where I got the inspiration to write the short story I'm writing. At the moment, I'm writing a story called Reality. But I had writer's block from that, so I decided to write a short story. Then I got writer's block from the short story.

Life sucks.

"Sorry, I'm not home right now; I'm walking in a spiderweb. So leave a message and I'll call you baaack... A likely story, but leave a message and I'll call you baaack..."

I wish it would hurry up and be 2009 already. That's the year that the live action Star Wars television series is set to debut. AND BOBA FETT IS A MAJOR CHARACTER! LIKE, OHEMGEE!

Oh wait. I'm still due to be murdered sometime before the end of the summer because I didn't reply to that chain video comment thing Sammy told me about. That means I'll never live to see 2009, or Boba Fett in a television series!

Crap.

¡Galletas!

That's Spanish for "crackers."

Well peace out, muchachos y muchachas!

-MaRiNa

ICKY FONT! BAAH!

Ah, better.

I wunt my music back, but I went to a different screen. Complain complain, that's all I ever do. I'm debating over whether or not I should change my other open tab from the Wookieepedia.com article about Boba Fett to something with one of my playlists on it.

Debating.

Naw. I'll just open another tab.

And I did. I'm listening to "When I Grow Up" by The Pussycat Dolls. Exciting, right? Pft, I'd be surprised if you even read this far.

Today was my dad's birthday. He is fourteh-two. Just another year until he dies, right? So then why did we celebrate? Shouldn't we be mourning for him, because he's just that much closer to death? Eh, who am I to decide these things? I should just learn to shut my mouth and go with the flow. Today's flow was a lovely birthday party for my dad, then a walk down to Burger Boy for lunch.

Speaking of my dad, we (my mom, Connor, and I) thought he was missing for three hours. See, Mom woke me up early (about 8, which is early for me) and made us get ready for the party. We thought Dad had gone out for a little while so we could get his party ready. An hour passes. Then another. And another. And finally we begin to wonder what the heck he was doing. Mom ended up opening Connor's bedroom door (for reasons still unknown to me) and found Dad sleeping on Connor's bed. His explanation was that he figured Connor would be playing Dragon Fable on the computer forever, and I'd be sleeping until about noon. You can't really blame him, though. If Mom hadn't have said anything to either of us kids, we'd probably doing the things Dad thought we'd be doing.

Heh, when I bounce my foot, the laptop giggles. Bounce. Bounce. Giggle. Giggle.

I wonder if I'm the only person on this planet who's ever really taken the time to fully appreciate Boba Fett's awesome accent. I mean, when he's a kid, it's all New Zealand-like. Then when he's older it's...still awesome. Maybe Tia and her friend Sidney figured that out. I'll have to ask Tia. After all, she sent me an email about ten minutes ago, but I haven't replied yet. Maybe I should.

Bounce. Bounce. Giggle. Giggle.

Oh! I have a brilliant idea! I'll put Little Boba Fett and Little Izzy on the laptop and bounce my foot! It'll be like an earthquake! Well...for them at least.

Crap. I have the laptop at a slightly elevated level at the back, seeing as how it's resting on my stomach and thighs, so they just slid down to my stomach. And if I put the laptop down so it's flat, I won't be able to giggle it. Sorry, guys. No earthquake today. They look disappointed.

Jeez, you'd think Little Boba Fett would have major back aches after having to sleep on top of a jet pack. Maybe he sleeps on his side. I don't really watch those two when they're sleeping. That'd be creepy.

Like chocolate soda creepy.

I'm so proud of myself! I've almost gotten over my nail bitting habit. All that's letf now is to wait for them to grow back, which they pretty much have done. I'm so gross. Talking about nail bitting. Sheesh!

My contact irritated and now my mascara is all messled up. Or messeled. Or messelled. Or messaled.

There's this one thing I can't get out of my head, and it's freaking me out. I just finished the final book in the Star Wars trilogy that comes directly (I think) after the Episode IV: Return of the Jedi. I think it's called the Thrawn trilogy because that's where Grand Admiral Thrawn shows up. There I go again, being all nerdy. Anyway, Thrawn's this tactical super genius who can predict an enemy's move by studying their specie's artwork. And he's never wrong. Never. Well he shows up in the first book Heir to the Empire and takes over the Empire then. But in the last book, The Last Command, he's killed by his Noghri bodyguard. See, what I can't get out of my mind are his final words. He said, "But… it was so artistically done." Of course he was referring to how he was killed, and I suppose he was right. But he smiled as he said it. And if you know what Thrawn looked like (like a human only with pale blue skin and glowing red eyes) it just sends shivers down your spine. I think. I'm not sure whether I think it's really cool or really creepy. All I know is I wouldn't have wanted to be Captain Pellaeon at that moment, especially since the Noghri cut his throat, almost killing him, too.

Nerdy Mina.

Okay, that's enough of me now. I'd better shut up.

-MaRiNa

[In Riley's Notebook]

HEY THERE! WELCOME TO YOUR NOTEBOOK! BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE HERE, YOU WILL BE READY TO PURSUE A THRILLING CAREER IN THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WRITING. LET'S START BY YOU GIVING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF ON THE PROVIDED SPACE BELOW.

>My name is Riley. I am so bored. It's not even funny. A teacher here was just murdered. Emmy and Paige are looking at our yearbook from last year. My sentences are choppy. I don't care. That just shows you. It shows you how bad of a writer I am. It does.

GREAT! YOU SOUND LIKE A PRETTY COOL PERSON! NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. JUST FILL IN THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

>As I've already said, it's Riley.

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

>Psh, like I'm gunna tell YOU! For all I know, you could be some creepy stalker from Oklahoma. Heh, such an awesome state. Wait, you're a stalker. Stalkers can't be from from awesome states. Therefor, you are now from Idaho.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?

>Black. I'm goth.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?

>If you count Paige, one.

DO YOU ENJOY PLAYING SPORTS?

>If they don't involve any physical skills, yeah.

WHAT SONG IS STUCK IN YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW? WHO IS IT BY? DO YOU OFTEN LISTEN TO THIS SONG?

>I do not have a song stuck in my head at this very second, thank you. But I'll pretend there is one just to make you happy. How about "If I Never See Your Face Again" by Maroon 5 feat. Rihanna? Do you like that? Huh? Do you? Oh, now you wunna know who it's by, right? Well I already told you. It's by Maroon 5 and it features Rihanna. Yes, I listen to it often. If I didn't, why would it be stuck in my head?

DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS?

>The world's worst brother, James. He works in Michigan, which (thank God) is far, far away from Seattle. Oh crap. I just told you where I live. You happy now, Mr. Stalker Journal?

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?

>Why? So you can pick me out from everyone else in Seattle, you freaky stalker. Okay, I'll humor you. I'm wearing a pink tee shirt, lime green flats, and denim shorts. Oh yeah, these awesome dangly earrings, too. But keep those quiet, kay? I sorta borrowed them Emmy without telling her...

ARE YOU WEARING ANY MAKE-UP?

>You're sick, you now that? What If I'm a guy, huh? Okay, so maybe I'm not. But a guy could've bought this, you know. This question would be insulting to any person of the male gender. But since I'm a girl, yeah, I'm wearing make-up. Oh great. Now I have to go to the mirror to see what I'm wearing. Okay, I'm back. Black eyeliner and mascara and light pink lip gloss.

WHO ELSE IS IN THE ROOM WITH YOU?

>Elmo, Sean Connery, and Elvis

WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?

>What do you think, genius? Writing in you.

HOW TALL ARE YOU?

>Twenty feet

WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY?

>Feb. 33rd

WHAT DOES THE ROOM SMELL LIKE?

>Wha? What kind of a question is that? Just because this question is so stupid, I won't even answer it.

WHAT DOES THAT SMELL REMIND YOU OF? ANYTHING FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD? DESCRIBE THE SMELL.

>Are you on drugs or something? I didn't even answer the last question! How am I supposed to answer this one?

DO YOU HAVE MANY FRIENDS? WHY OR WHY NOT?

>Yes, I have many friends, thank you. We get along just swell. I do not know why, we just do.

WHAT IS THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF THE WORD "MUSHROOM"?

>Mushroom

WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU THOUGHT OF THAT WORD?

>The police are all over the field outside like cockroaches. It looks really freaky. I wonder if those detectives are still out there.

LOOK AROUND THE ROOM. DESCRIBE IT.

>What if I don't want to, huh? I don't. Deal with it.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS PHOTOGENIC? WHY OR WHY NOT DO YOU THINK THIS?

>I want a pet unicorn. Seriously, don't you think it would be awesome? And every time I need a coat hanger, I'd just call for my little Shwartz! (That's what I plan on naming him/her.)

WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE OUTSIDE? DESCRIBE IT THE BEST YOU CAN.

>What is it with you and wanting me to "describe" things. Maybe I should just make a video of everything around me so you'll shut up.

WHAT COLOR IS YOUR HAIR?

>Green

WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR FINGERNAILS?

>At this very moment, the natural, unpainted color with blotches of old red nail polish from when I painted them a few weeks ago.

HAVE YOU EVER TRAVELED OUT OF THE USA?

>I went to Canada once with my brother. Hated it. I couldn't understand anything anyone said and my brother spilled hot coffee on my new shirt. Wait, hey! How do you know I live in the US? Oh yeah, I already told you I live in Seattle. But someone else who bought this might live in, like, Switzerland or something.

DO YOU ENJOY SHOPPING?

>You know, if I man from Swaziland bought this journal, he'd be pretty ticked. Bet you didn't know that Swaziland was a country, did you? Well it is. It's like Switzerland, only not. You can ski in Switzerland. I don't know what you can do in Swaziland, though. All I know is that there's a really mad dude there who bought this thing living there.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE WONDER OF THE WORLD?

>The only street corner in Seattle without an espresso cart.

HOW DO YOU PLAN ON GOING ABOUT YOUR CAREER AS AN AUTHOR?

>I do not plan to be an author. I plan to grow old with fifty billion cats and schizophrenia. Emmy will be my maid who will do whatever crazy things my schizophrenic self wants her to do.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR OF ICE CREAM?

>Did you know that that dude from Swaziland is lactose intolerant? Of course, you haven't made him any more ticked because he threw away his copy of this book before he could even get to this question. How do you sleep at night?

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE QUESTION FROM THIS SECTION?

>What do you think people from Swaziland's accents sound like? I bet it's all cool and super awesome-like. And what are people from Swaziland called? Swazilites? Swazians? Swazinitians? These are the questions that haunt me.

WOW! WHAT AN INTERESTING PERSONALITY YOU HAVE! NOW LET'S DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THINK OF THE VERY FIRST WORD THAT POPS INTO YOUR HEAD AND WRITE A SHORT STORY ABOUT IT.

>Once upon a time there was a dude from Swaziland who bought this journal and got so fed up with it that he threw it into the ocean and bought a pet unicorn for company. Then a schizophrenic fairy named Riley stole the unicorn, claimed it as her own, and named it Shwartz.

VERY GOOD! YOU'RE A NATURAL! REMEMBER THAT SONG THAT WAS STUCK IN YOUR HEAD FROM BEFORE? WRITE DOWN THE LYRICS OF THE CHORUS TO IT.

>I'm just going to change the song to throw you off.

"Electropop" by Jupiter Rising

Electropop hot

An addiction when I cant stop

I may be your sweet spot

Take me to your candy shop

Electropop hot

Funk friction when its getting hot

I'm feeling like its getting hot

Come on baby what you got

Electropop hot

An addiction when I cant stop

I may be your sweet spot

Take me to your candy shop

Electropop hot

Funk friction when its getting hot

I'm feeling like its getting hot

Come on baby what you got

WHAT AN INTERESTING SONG! HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU HEAR THIS?

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[Not in Riley's Notebook]