i am not sure what i am doing ..... does this thing huck up to that internet thingin mig haha

ok i am just going to sum up what has been going on for the past few months because i have never done this before.. well i took arabic this summer because i made the decision that i want to become a spy. this sounds some what crazy but i want to be "danny, danny hurd" it suck though because my first name isn't james and my last name isn't bond.. it will catch on i tell myself. i know it will. Last friday was hug a crosscountry runner day so that was nice, hugs are never a bad thing (unless they smell like dead body with eggs on it) that would be my english partner. he will remain nameless.

ahh and it wasn't hard at all for me to rant like i usual do !!

ya and today crazy père Dumais had a total freak out !!!!

he is seriously going mental guys

he accused me of reading his mail ( a piece of paper left on my desk)

"ya, you caught me.. i am trying to steal the identity of a 80 year + french canadian Jesuit with a sleeping increasing neurotic behaviors

a few day ago he told us, and i quote " i would kill myself, you know that suicide business..but we mustn't do that, or we will never make it to heaven. i worked to hard to give up now."

i thought you might like that.. just a little peak in a day of my french class ha ha

see you next time ...

Anzac day FAIL

Yesterday evening, Toni, Jeri and I started making cupcakes- although Jeri had to bail at six before we had even received the ever-so-coveted vegetable oil (long story). So Toni and I went all out on these cupcakes, right? Several different cake mixes, and combinations of frosting and cool red frosting writing across most of the cupcakes saying "HAPPY ANZAC DAY!" and "LOVE AND WAR!". They were cupcakes of the champions.

So you're thinking, "Well what's the problem?"

The problem was, we made them for a party that didn't happen.

For WEEKS Mrs. Hixson and Mrs. Conner have been building up the Anzac day part, "We're going to eat and dance and celebrate Anzac day!" ...You wanna know what we did? Do you? Really? We sat in chairs and watched a movie on the cold war, like every other day in the BLOC. WHOOP-DEE-FRICKIN-DOO! Angry Shannon was very angry. Very angry indeed.

Oh well, at least the cupcakes were delish.

HAPPY ANZAC DAY!

Love, Shannon

Michelle is in the hOuSe

I agree with Shannon. I'm really sorry that it's been so long, but my recent blogging experience has left me a little bit traumatized. Haha. Anyway, my favorite song currently is "fireflies" by Owl City. I know, I know, it's old news and everyone's already sick of it, but I have gotten addicted!



Oh, and I saw 'Slumdog Millionaire' on Wednesday in class. (Madhur Mittal - aka Salim - is sooooooo hot!)

I have some really exciting news, though, that I will have to tell you eventually. It happened a long time ago, but I've been too busy to make a video/blog about it. I'm sitting in class right now, so I have to wrap this up pretty quickly, but I'll try to tell you guys somehow this weekend :)

OH! GUESS WHAT!
My youth pastor called me about a week ago and asked if I could write an article for the church newspaper (which is sent to about 1000 - 2000 homes every month). My deadline is tomorrow (scary!) and I haven't gotten started yet, but it will be my FIRST PUBLISHED ARTICLE ever!
I am excited, but really nervous, too. I'm afraid it's going to suck majorly.
Wish me luck, chicas!

Love you guys :)

...Anybody home?

It seems we have very little interest to keep maintaining the Loser Cabin lately. And it makes me kind of sad, I'm not going to lie. Let's make an agreement to at least TRY to write something, alright guys? Thanks.

Love, Shannon

AVATARds

Dear Shannon,

That is SO COOL! I wish we had dances in Norway.
Anyway, I have had the most stressful week ever. We had 3 major tests, and the weekend wasn't that much better - I went to a 13 hour long seminar (6 hours after school on Friday, and 7 on Saturday). It was really interesting, but this kid who broke up with his girlfriend because he likes me sat next to me for the WHOLE 13 HOURS and chatted my ears off.

Eventually I just tuned him out. (Have you ever done that? When you talk to someone who is only talking about themselves, or telling a really boring story, you go into "autopilot mode" and stop listening. All you have to do is nod, look sympathetic/laugh, and say stuff like, "Really?" and "No way!" and "Are you serious?")

Needless to say, I was SO HAPPY when it was finally over. Then my family got together with another American family who we know really well, and we watched a movie and ate pizza and played cards. All in all, it was a very happy ending to a long, boring Saturday.

Teaching Sunday school actually went really well! For the first time ever, I actually felt like I had everything under control. Those little 5-year-old's are the CUTEST ever! When I got home I tried to study for my spanish test today ...and failed. (I'm screwed.)

Anyway, I went to go see Avatar with my friends Håkon, Sofie, and Rolf. It was AMAZING! I mean, the story was really, really Pocahontas-esque, but the effects, the music, the scenery - it just took my breath away. And seriously... Jake Sully is the hottest humanoid I have ever seen. (Wow, I can't believe I just said that.)

I have some more stuff to tell you, but I don't want to spill the details before I know for SURE. You will just have to wait in suspense along with me. (Muahaha....)

Love you! ;*

Let's dance! ...FOR HAITI!

...Alright, FINE! I'll go again! But this is the last time I post three consecutive times! It has to be someone different next time! TONI! MICHELLE! HANNAH! ...APPARENTLY DANNY! Come on, guys! Help a brothah out!

So yesterday (Saturday, February 20th), Hellgate High School hosted a "Haiti Benefit Concert" and let me just say right now, it was one of the most EPIC things that has ever happened to me. EVAR!

We had several bands that were going to play for us that night- for free- and we ended up raising $1,500 for Haiti. It started at 7 and at first it was kind of slow; although we had a pretty good turn out, people were sitting on the bleachers and not really getting into it. Around 9, the lameos filtered out and we switched to a loud-mouth brass band (For all the non-jazzy cats out there... that's a good thing!) and that's when it became incredibly awesome.

I kid you not, I have NEVER danced like that EVER! It was freaking AWESOME! Everyone was just getting into it and not caring what they looked like and causing a hullabalooza and what not. Best. Night. Ever. ...Again. (I say that a lot... but I mean it! That goes on the list of good nights.)

You want a good time? Befriend a couple of band students! I guarantee you'll have fun! (Although I will warn you... non-band type students sometimes get a little overwhelmed... because we nerd-type bands students REALLY get into the music! Like, hardcore, yo!)

In conclusion, I LOVE BAND GEEKS! (Also, Kung-Fu Congress... look them up. They're freaking BEASTS!)

Hope you're all well, happy, and surrounded by as many nerds as possible!

Love, Shannon

Hello, where have you been? Zimbabwe? Excellent.

Hello Losers! How long has it been since I've updated here? A long time! Or at least it feels that way. ...It probably has been. Because of this, if you really want to keep up to date with me on a pretty much every other day basis, follow me on my blog! It's quite nice now that I finally switched to a more awesome template! Oooooh yeah; that's some spicy style. ...Okay, not really, I just wanted something different and I clicked the one a somewhat liked. But yes! It's great!

...Let's start over. And this time I won't self-advertise. Alright, here we go.
Hi hello! Shannon Bolten here! Just wanted to check in with loser cabin because I seem to neglect it- although not as much as Hannah and Danny and even Toni. Just saying guys! Toni, stop doing debate, stop driving, stop your life! Your friends on the internet need you! :P Okay, jokes, but still you guys! Loser Cabin doesn't seem to have much spark to it even though Hannah Michelle and I have been updating kind of regularly. I don't know what it is... maybe it's because I haven't really gotten into the swing of things yet- I'm still not used to doing one-take vlogs; let alone vlogs that don't have any music! But I'm sure we'll make it magical again.

Anyway, my life has been pretty dang average lately. Lots of homework, surprising amount of wasted free time, and then it was my birthday... on a Tuesday. Yeah. Well, better than Monday! Also, no one remembered my birthday last year... and then I got a sore throat. So comparatively this years birthday has been pretty dang fantastic! All of my friends remembered, and then some people who I didn't even know that well remembered, and then there was the occasional perfect stranger who remembered... so not too shabby!

The best part was that at 5, I got all dolled up, went to pick up Hannah and then gorged myself on fancy french food from the Pearl. Daaaaaamn that's good eating! I had the French Onion soup AND the Fillet Mignon! ...I know, I'm a fatty. But it was SOOOOO good! Best hole I've ever burned in my parents wallet. :D

Today I'm going to go pick out a cellphone and paint my ceiling and prepare the walls for... orange! Tomorrow, that lovely color will dominate the walls. Oh, and also the Snow Ball is tomorrow and my group that I sit at lunch with made reservations for make-up appointments... so this weekend is freaking PACKED!

I hope you're all well and happy and enjoying your weekends!

Love, Shannon

P.S: Sorry this is so long! A lot happened since the other Monday... :P