President Obama

So the president was in my hometown today. Yeah! I don't particularly like to get into politics buy I am an Obama supporter. I didn't go to his speech but I did watch it online. It was very exciting to see. I mean, even if you dot support Obama, it would be exciting to meet him. He's the leader of the free world. He's the first african american president. It was basically like hearing history happen. It was the first time I ever really thought to myself, "this Is something I can share with my kids someday. " have you guys ever had a moment like that? My friends mom met him at a produce stand earlier today. That was cool.

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maggie

Ohio Weather

So the weather in Ohio has been very bipolar lately. Take today for example. At three I was out in lake eerie kayaking, having the time of my life as then two and a half hours later I'm in my basement because of a tornado warning. Seriously?
But it has also been very very hot outside before it starts to storm so you don't think anything is going to happen to save you and then it starts to rain and you wish it was hot again. It's a maddening process.
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Thursday: Novel Writing

So I'm in NaNoWriMo and I have to write a novel in a month. Let me tell you one thing: Novel writing is hard. It doesn't even like itself. While you're trying to write the novel, it kicks and screams and demands to be let go, but there's no way you'll let that happen.
My novel is going really well actually. I only have about 3000 words left and if I play my cards right, I can get that done by tomorrow. Woo! A day ahead of schedule!
This is my second novel and I'll be writing my third in august. None of my novels are published because I am fourteen and that would just make things too easy. We can't have that, can we?
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maggie

Wednesday:Growing up with Disney Channel

I've heard a lit of things on the Internet like "only 90s kids will remember this." it annoys me a bit because I remember the tail end of those cartoons and I can still watch them. The Internet is a thing. But since I am at the tail en of this, I still had to watch Disney channel while the big kids went to watch big kid shows! (I still watch kid movies though. They're awesome.) but I had to watch Disney channel slowly turn to crap. I loved That's so Raven and Lizzie McGuire and Kim Possible and stuff. Then the first season of Zach and Cody was okay. Then Hannah Montana came and I was sick of it. And it got worse! My sister watches shows like Shake It Up and Austin and Ally all the time. If you don't know what those are, you win at life as far as I'm concerned.
But what I really get annoye with people who don't know what people do at that age. Like on YouTube comment wars someone will say that they're thirteen or fourteen and the othe will say "go play with your barbies". I never played with barbies. I played with legos. But apparently once someone turns fifteen, no one cares. I'm not the biggest fan of people anymore.
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Tuesday: VCR and VHS

I know that I'm only 14, but I am old enough to remember VHS tapes. I remember having to rewind everything and the satisfactory moment when the tape was pushed into the player. I recently discovered that my family still has a working VCR. My unproductive week so far has been me watching
Aladdin
The Three Caballeros
Sleeping Beauty
Peter Pan
My parents wedding video
Return of Jafar
Beauty and the Beast
You get where I'm going with this. And sure I have some of these on DVD but still it's the principle of the thing! It's like my childhood all on one tape. And the cases are so huge! My sister is 9 and called me old for knowing how to work a VCR. I don't even care if she thinks I'm old. She will never have the satisfaction of putting a VHS tape into a VCR.
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maggie

Weekday Blog Sessions: Disney

Hey. Don't kill me I promise I was busy. Two weeks ago j left for Cincinnati and I was on a girl scout trip to Savannah and Disney World all last week. I was relaxing in my last few weeks before I'm thrown into band rehersals and tennis practice. High School is apparently a lot of work in the summer. But I feel bad about basically missing the whole month of blogging so I'm going to blog everyday this week.
So I was at Disney world in Orlando all last week with my friends and it was. Pretty much te best week of my life. I got to meet my favorite princess, Sleeping Beauty, I got a Nighmare Before Christmas laptop case and one on it's Disney. What could go wrong? Sure it rained a little bit here and there but whatever. And look! I got to be a stormtrooper! The world need deathstars and stormstroopers. True story.
But besides having a conversation with my favorite princess, I also went to Savannah. These cities are very different. Savannah is all historic ad pretty and Orlando is all like"OMG MICKEY MOUSE! CASTLES! FIREWORKS! ICECREAM! BAD TAP WATER!" seriously the tap water tastes like sulfur. But only in the Magic Kingdom really...
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maggie

Camp NaNoWriMo

In November there is a thing called National Novel Writing Month and the goal is to write a 50000 word novel in a months time. This year was my first tine participating and I had a lot of fun. There is also a camp nanowrimo that takes place in June and august and I am participating in that too. See, here's my badge.
I have about 6100 words so far and I'm very excited. I'll try to keep you guys updated on my progress

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maggie

Summer Vacation/ Memorial Day

I like to think of the first Monday after school ends as the official day of summer vacation. Since school ended on Friday for me, this is my first school day off. It's also memorial day in the united states. Memorial day is like the first summer holiday. There are barbeques and watermelon and ice tea and tons of awesome summer stuff.
Summer is also a lot of fun for me because I actually have time to run and ride my bike and go from pasty white to tan. I don't spray tan or go to tanning beds. That's unnatural looking. I like the way I look with a natural tan that can only be gotten from spending hours in the sun.
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Done with Middle School

It's over. I still can't believe it. Today was my last day of 8th grade. It's so unbelievable. In 4 months I turn 15, in 3 months I go to highschool, in 2 months I start band and tennis and in 1 month I get to go to Disney World!
I can't believe how fast life is moving and how quickly this past year has gone by. I know that junior high and high school aren't supposed to be the best parts of your life, but so far they've been pretty good. I can't wait to see what else life has in store.
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13 Reasons Why

Best. Book. EVER!
I just finised reading this book and I was blown away. It was breathtakingly brilliant and just so perfect.
The narrator of te story is a guy name Clay Jensen and he's recieved 13 casette tapes from a girl named Hannah Baker. Hannah was a girl at his school who killed herself 2 weeks prior to him recieving the tapes. Hannah sent the tapes to a chain of 13 people, each of whom holds a reason that she took her own life. Clay didn't know Hannah very well which is why he's confused. But a the book goes on you really start to discover how much a stranger can do for you and how much a simple smile can even mean.
The author is Jay Asher. I really loved the book. READ IT! NOW!

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Maggie

A Letter to my Best Friend's Boyfriend

Dear Adam,
I know Ashton told you about this so you're probably already reading it. Why on Earth you want to read this, I don't know. But I have ground rules for when you date my best friend. Since Ashton would die if I said this in front of her, I'll just say it in front of the internet.
I know right now you guys are happy, but if you ever even THINK of hurting her, the rest of us will find you. Okay? Good. We all agree that she could do worse though, so we're happy that she's with you and not some jerk from our school.
Also I'm better at patty cake than you are.

Maggie

Cedar Point!

I live by this amusement park called Cedar Point. My dad works there actually...It has the second or third tallest roller coaster in the world (Top Thrill Dragster) and today was the day it opened for the season. 

I also rode this BEAST! Mean Streak

I went with my three best friends and one of their boyfriends because apparently we have to go everywhere with him but it was fun. Lines are always very long on the first day because everybody wants a little piece of everything but if you're patient, they go by in what seems like minutes. Even if you don't want to ride roller coasters it's a great way to hang out and just have fun with your friends. I have friends who hate roller coasters but one of their favorite places to go is still Cedar Point.  Oddly enough, one of the longest waits is for the ferris wheel. Not because of the amount of people that want to ride it, but because of the number of times they have to stop it so everybody gets and equal amount of time on said ferris wheel. Which I find very entertaining. It took me longer to wait for the ferris wheel than it did for me to ride the mean streak. 

I rode this first. Top Thrill
Dragster

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maggie

Life Teen Friendships

I am Catholic and we have this youth group called Life Teen. Tonight was the first night I could go and it was absolutely amazing.
I'm not going to preach catholicism to you because everyone has opinions. I wanna talk about making awesome friendships.
I am very nerdy and it's a very rare occasion that I get to meet people that are as nerdy as I am. When I do meet people like this I get very excited. There are people like this there and that makes me so happy! I like to relate to people and nerdy things like batman and the avengers are great ways to relate to people.

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maggie

Nostalgia with Songs

My end of the year dance was today and of course, I had a friend who refused to dance to songs that she and he ex boyfriend liked. It is not fun to deal with people like that.
I am a believer in letting things go, but apparetly a song isn't something that people can just forget about. You can't forget the emotions that you felt or the times you had while the song played but you can still enjoy the songs because the past doesn't define the future.
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maggie

Spring Dances and Growing Up

I absolutely LOVE my school's end of the year dance. Since I'm an 8th grader, this is my last one. I'm doing a bit more this year than last year. I simplified a few things but I love it. I'm very excited. But the way I see it is, once this dance is over I'm basically done with Middle School which is pretty terrifying.
I'm excited for High School. I just don't like growing up. A lot of my child hood I was very self conscience but now I'm not and I just wish I could've been that way when I was like 6. I enjoy acting like a kid, but there's a time and a place. You know?

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maggie

April Blogging

So I haven't blogged regularly this month for which I apologize. I've had my state testing and family stuff but May is when my life calms down so I will blog more regularly.
My state testing went well. I actually have my last test tomorrow and then my algebra final is on May 24.
So that's basically what this blog is. An apology and a prediction

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maggie

The Beatles and One Direction

I am absolutely IN LOVE with the Beatles. They've always been my favorite band and they always will be. That's just one of the many truths of life. The sky is blue, brothers are annoying. I love the Beatles. My favorite is George. That being said, I quite like One Direction. 

I know that some people are comparing them. I don't like to compare bands because each band is different. They all have their own thing. One Direction is a boy GROUP. The Beatles are a boy BAND. They aren't comparable. When they play their music, One Direction do not play instruments. The Beatles played instruments while playing. And for any one in my generation who does not know about the Beatles (which is far too many than I'd prefer) One Direction is kind of like their Beatles. I'm not saying that One Direction are the Beatles, but they do have some similarities.

1. They're both British. Yeah I know that Niall is Irish, but it's just one member of the band

2. They both seem to have a very strong hold on teenage girls from their era. 

3. In their time, they're attractive and young.

So I don't have a problem being a One Direction fan. I like their music and I am a teenage girl so it's a pretty good deal. Of course, no one could ever beat the Beatles. The Beatles will always be number one. Always and Forever. Through the Long and Winding Road.

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maggie

Babysitting and Life Changes

It is stressful. That's how I describe that job. I'm not going to argue that it's a harder job than anyone elses because I know it isn't, but I guess one of the benefits of an office job is the lack of crying children.
I enjoy babysitting because I enjoy kids. I feel like babysitting is kind if building up my hopes if ever being a mom though. I'll just remember all of the times I did the same work but for money and realize that my life had changed so much from that point. I'm not a big fan of change either. I hate it. I hate it a lot. Sometimes it's necessary though. Like I'd rather be myself now than who I was two years ago. Two years ago, I was self-concious, naive and I didn't have writing or nerdfighteria or starkid to get me through things. I'm glad that I've changed that much. But bigger change sucks. Like moving or death. We all have to get through it though I guess.

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Maggie

Libraries are the Coolest

Have you ever just sat in a library by yourself? It's the best. You just sit there and read or think. It's so calming. Sure, it's nice to be with your friends, but everyone needs some quiet time. I like to have my quiet time in the library. (As you probably know by this point...)
I find books very relaxing. I like how old books smell and I like the sound of turning pages and I like having a book in my hands. I have my opinions on the Kindle. I don't care how people read, I care IF they read. Kindles work for some people just not for me.
What do you guys think about kindles and books? What are some of your favorite books?

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maggie

Pottermore

I don't know how many of you are Harry Potter fans, but I absolutely LOVE the series. J.K Rowling, the series creator made a website over the summer called Pottermore that is basically like going to Hogwarts online and it opened to the public this weekend.
I am FlameAsh29734 and I am in Ravenclaw. It's so exciting to go to Hogwarts and I really recommend the site.

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maggie