Only 3 days till Christmas! I'm so excited!!! Though I still haven't done all my Christmas shopping yet. I still have to buy things for Patrick, Melissa, Hannah, Gavin, Nana, Grandad. I gave Christmas cards to all my teachers: Mrs.Hampton, Mrs.Robson, Ms.Robertson, Mrs.Norris, Mr.Levere(who gave me a hug), Mr.Tymoshuck(who gave me a hug), Mr.Diekmeir, Mrs.Kluge and Mr.Russel, and Mrs.Adams. It's a good thing that we had a free before lunch, or I wouldn't have had time to address them all. We actually got to eat lunch in our classrooms because of the activities going on after lunch. It's always fun to eat in the classroom. When I went to Mr.Diekmeir's classroom to give him his Christmas card, Mr.McNeil came in and gave a slice of cold pizza, and even though it had disgusting pineapples on it, it was still pretty good. I've never eaten cold pizza before. And then Mr.Diekmeir showed me what Alistair got him for Christmas:an official Australian boomerang. Yeah, right. Notice that every entry that make has a sentence about Alistair in it. Wonder if that means anything? Hmm....My mother demands that I inform you that the hmmm's I'm always using were her creation. Blah. And also, Mr.Diekmeir gave me two Christmas cookies. And they were even on a little plastic plate so I could carry them. And so of course that was totally awsome. We got our Christmas tree yesterday, although we haven't decorated it yet; although that's probably because we're out every five seconds Christmas shopping. One movie that I really really really want for Christmas is Mary-Kate and Ashley, "Our lips are sealed". It's a movie about how they witness a crime and then they're sent to live in a different town and everywhere they go they keep blowing their cover and then finally they're sent to live on the last place on earth:Australia. And that's all I'm telling you: If you want to know the rest you'll just have to watch it for yourself. When I was in Bootlegger today, I met this girl, she's 18 and she's just moved here from White Rock, Vancouver, and she has 3 older brothers and one younger sister. She said that she just started working there about a month and a half ago, and that she's going to go spend Christmas in Vancouver with her family. She also gave me her email. And when we were in the video game section of Toys-R-Us I saw Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for Playstation, which I really hope I get because now we have a playstation that my brothers just bought and it would be really fun to play. Oh, and I also got a service award on Friday. I wonder if Alistair got any awards? He got 19/25 on his math test(Mrs.Norris told me), and 74/75 on his Speaking test thing(Mr.Diekmeir told me). And since it's like 1:00 AM now, I think I'd better go to bed. Only 29 days till Alistair comes back.

Talking to best friend Ashley Machala right now...she saw my website and demanded that I write about her. Ashley has been my friend for about 5 years...she lives in Vancouver...she used to be best friends with my other best friend, but then they got in a fight and haven't been friends for two years...oh well. So she sent me a letter and I got it today...and of course I called her right after I read it, like all best friends should do...and then so of course I told her everything...Alistair, school, band, Alistair, Nick, Brian, math, and Alistair. And we were talking about me going to Vancouver to spend the part of the Christmas Holidays with her...isn't that cool! And Ben T said that he's going to Mt.Washington after Christmas and he said that he's going to push Alistair off a cliff and bring the pieces back for me. How rude! And today we got to do this thing called Readers Theatre, where it goes something like this:(surprised) Well, Hi! I didn't know you were coming to the party! And stuff like that..it's just like we have to express the emotion while saying the words...get it? Good! And my part was (hysterical grief) I didn't mean to kill her!! Why would I kill her! She's my best friend!! O, help me help me! don't you hear me! I didn't mean to kill her! And another one: (irritated) I can't believe you said such a thing! And when Mr.Lily asked who wanted to say that, Ben T goes, "This is a job for Rebecca Grace!" and of course so I say it. Mr.Lily said that my hysterical grief thing was excellent. He even came over to my later and said how excellent it was. One month and three days until Alistair comes back....hmmm.

Band Concert on Tuesday went really well, I think. Alistair is going to Mt. Washington today. Won't be able to call him until Jan 20, darn it. I think that he'll still be at school though. He said Ben Tassel gave him a CD. Said it was Eminem. Said his mum listened to it, and she hates swearing, so she got really mad. I went into Mrs.Adams's class to see if she was there, but she wasn't. There was this really mental girl in the classroom, though. When I walked in she was like "Excuse me, what are you doing in my classroom?" and I was like, "I came to see Mrs.Adams," and she's like, "No, get out of here, she doesn't allow visitors in here, get out!" And I was like, ok.... So then I left, and on my way past Mr.Diekmeier's classroom, I saw Alistair and Duncan. And then Duncan kept saying stupid things and Alistair was like laughing Australianly, and I was totally like shut up! because they were like going completely nuts and laughing hysterically, and it was all totally weird. Listening to Michelle Branch now....it's like I'm always listening to something...which I usually am. We're going to Mt.Washington in April to go skiing. I don't really know why Alistair's going up there now when there's no snow! I mean, like, come on. I was talking with an English Accent to him on the phone to him the other day, and he told me to speak in my normal voice. He said that he likes my normal voice because it's all happy and cheerful. How procabulious! He actually was at the concert on Tuesday, except the thing is that he didn't know about it until the day before. I asked him if Ms.Robertson told him about it, and he said no. But when I asked Ms.Robertson about it, she said that she did tell him about it, he probably just wasn't listening. Hmmm....I have alot of friends in Mr.Diekmeir's class though. Like Emily, and Tia, and Duncan, and Kelsie. They're all in my choir class. Got our report cards today. My marks are as follows: Language Arts:A Socials:B Math:C+ Science:B French:C(Hampton says I'm good at french but I have to participate more) Capp: A PE:B Band:C+ Not too bad. Wonder what Alistair got? Probably perfect in everything. Oh well. I shall have to ask.

Phoned Alistair a while ago....he's at swim training again for like 3 hours or something. I saw him after choir today, when he was coming out from Concert Band. He said hi. He was wearing a really nice sweater today, too. When he was walking up the parking lot of the school I saw Grace Taylor say something to him. Probably asking him more stupid questions, I suppose. God, she's so annoying. She's also very extremely nosy. She's always acting like she knows everything, and she doesn't. And she's always asking stupid questions like, "Oh, Rebecca, how can you like Alistair, he's such a loser!" And, "Oh, Alistair, how can you like Rebecca, she's such a loser!" I bet that's what she was saying to him after school. Geez, it's like mind your own stupid business, you silly little busybody. Listening to Britney Spears at the moment. Alistair doesn't like Eminem, but me and Tim do. Especially that new song, 'Lose Yourself'. That's really awsome. Band and choir concert tomorrow at 7:00. I'll probably be wearing my navy blue skirt and my white skirt. Well, gotta go, I have to do my bookcover now. Everything is so procabulious.

Talked to Alistair a while ago....his sister answered the phone again. She's so cute!!! Honestly, I have never heard a 5 year old speak with an Australian accent. I asked him why he was eating dinner at 10:20 and he said that he had just got back from a carol practice. But, anyway, that's not the point. He asked me if I wanted to come over to his house next weekend. Isn't that so cool? Eeek! And he also asked me what I wanted for Christmas! And of course I said it didn't matter. I couldn't believe that he had actually asked me! And he was telling me about his house, and his brothers, and Austalia, and other cool things. He is just like the best! I usually talk to him every day, and I sometimes see him at school in the corridors. His house is on Pheasantwood Terrace, near Broadmead, except it's really hard to find because it's located around all those other wood places, like Copswood, and Beechwood, and Sunnywood, and there's all these twisty, bouncy, windy roads that go anywhere. But oh well, I guess I'll find it somehow! Mum and Tim are out with Daisy, me and Patrick are downstairs listening to Mandy Moore, and Teresa's still in Vancouver until Monday. I always use her phone when she's at work or in Vancouver. I'm pretty sure she knows, but I'm not that sure that she cares. We have to do dance in PE tomorrow....I'm exactly sure that I like dance...I mean, sometimes it's fun, and sometimes it's not. Mrs.Hampton says that Alistair is a very good dancer...Mr.McKay says he's a good french student...and Ms.Robertson says he's a good band student....it seems he's good at everything! Which, of course, he probably is. I'll probably see him at school tomorrow in the corridors or something...I hope he says hi to me. So I found out that actually, concert band isn't playing in the concert on Tuesday...I wonder why? Oh well, I hope that he comes anyway! He's got concert band after school tomorrow, and I have choir. I still haven't decided about January, though....should I do Gymnastics or Choir? Dunno...I mean, Alistair's in Gymnastics...and plus it will probably be my only chance to learn Gymnastics without paying $50 or something...but then again...I have a lot of friends in choir too...maybe I can do both...I shall have to ask my Choir teacher about that....or maybe I could only go to Gymnastics once a week or something...I dunno...it's so procabulious...that's a word I made up...Tims word is gragarious....which is actually a word...but we only just found that out...oh well....Bulgarian Coal Mining is procabulious.

Got up about an hour ago. Phoned Alistair, but he's not home. Should call again soon. He said something really weird last night. It was 10:20 pm and he said that he had to go to dinner....hmm. Do australians normally have dinner that late? Nothing much to do, so I'm making another blog entry. Have to start on homework tonight, I suppose. Not sure what I have to do. I'm not actually sure I have to do anything...no math, no french, no LA, no SS, no Science(grrr...). Downloading Christina Aguilera song at the moment...3 seconds...2..1..YES!! Got it!! Duncan tells me that Alistairs sister is very annoying...Alistair says he's absolutely 100% right. I asked him what she does, and he gave me a whole list of reasons..such as: she throws pencils at you, she steals your computer games, she wrecks your disks, she throws tantrums, she gets in your way, anything else? Well, she's 5 years old, of course she's going to do that! Is Hannah going to be like that when she's 5? I certainly hope not. Ah, well, we shall have to wait to find out. Listening to Melanie C from spice girls right now. It's pretty cool. Lots more Christmas shopping to do. Let's see, I still have to buy presents for Patrick, Timothy, Melissa, Father, Daisy, Alistair, Ms.Robertson, Mrs.Hampton, and Mrs.Adams. Oh, and Mr.Diekmeirer too. Darn it. I mean, what do you buy for a teacher? I dunno...they've already started casting for the 3rd Harry Potter movie..I just hope that they don't find a replacement for Emma Watson. They say that Daniel Radcliffe is getting too to play the part of Harry Potter. I'd love to play Hermione, but I can't exactly fly a plane to England and audition. Hmm....me and mum saw this really weird thing yesterday on the way home from Sidney. I was singing along to the radio, looking up into the sky, when I see this silver thing the size of a seagull flying down to earth. Except it wasn't a seagull or a plane, I don't know what it was...It was going really fast, though, scary...should tell Mr.Levere about that, I should. Maybe I should even tell Alistair....hmmmm...

Just got back from Sidney. Watched lit up boats, and went Christmas shopping. Bought Teresa a little china dog from junkshop, and one of those little toys that you push down and it flops around for mum. Not sure what I should get for Patrick and Tim. Probably something video game-like for Patrick and something to do with cars for Tim. Called Alistair when I got home, but he wasn't there. Should call again soon. I still can't believe that he's from Australia. I wonder what it's like there? We have our FSA (Foundation Skills Assessment) tests in April. Mrs.Hampton says that it's pretty much just language arts and stuff, like reading and answering questions and stories. Band concert on Tuesday. Out of my mind with worry. I'm pretty sure I know what I'm playing, but what if I mess up? Oh, and on top of that, I have to sing two choir songs as well. Alistair is too good for grade 6 band, so he plays in concert band instead. Wish I was that good. I wonder, since the grade sevens get green band sweaters, and Alistair plays with grade 7 concert band but he's in grade 6, does he still get one? I shall have to ask. Listening to Michelle Branch at the moment. Her music is pretty cool, even though mum doesn't think so. Nick has gotten even more annoying over the past week. He keeps asking me if I want to go to McDonnies for some spamburgers. Oh well, at least he's not like Jaret. Jaret shut my lock again. Darn it. He shut Michael's too. So of course, Michael tries to go after him. Big mistake. He started running, and he falls down. So of course Jaret, like the stupid jerk that he is, bursts out laughing. It's just as well that Michael fell down. He's the smallest person in our class, and if he tried to hit Jaret, Jaret would break all the bones in his body. Me and Sandy are doing a play in Drama called the farmer and the tulip. I'm the tulip, and Sandy's the farmer. She digs a hole, plants me, and as the seasons go by, I grow. When I reach full height, she comes to examine me. When she leans forward, I lunge at her. Taken aback with shock, she leaps backwards. The she plucks my roots from the ground, and goes to get the rake to chop me down. When she comes back, I growl and chase after her hissing. She takes a swing at me with the rake, and misses. Another swing, and she cuts part of my stem off. Another swing, and she kills me. I crumple to the ground, and she drags me to the garbage can and chucks me away. The end. My favorite part is when I crumple to the ground. Must leave now, I hear the phone calling me.

My and my mum are going to Sidney to watch the Christmas parade. This will be the 3rd one I've seen. The first one was in downtown Victoria, and the second one was in Oak Bay. My sister Teresa is going to Vancouver in about an hour, and brothers Patrick and Tim are both at work. Me and my mum are kind of mad because we never really get to go anywhere, but pretty soon we're going to go visit Nana and Grandad in Twsassen. Science on Friday didn't go very well. I joined this new group because I didn't like who I was working with(Benjamin and Janelle), and so I got Mr.Levere to switch me to Sandy's group(Brian, Ben T, Sandy, Stephanie, and me), and for a whole week they wouldn't tell me what they were doing. Not because they don't like me, but because Ben wouldn't let them. He told me that they would tell me on Friday(We only get science monday, tuesday, and friday), so friday comes and then I find out that Ben has to go to volleyball at 12:00. So science class comes and I demand that they tell me. They say, ok, and they tell my that we're creating a giant vaacuum to suck the space junk out of space. So I go along with it, and at the end of class they tell me, oh, actually, we lied. We're NOT doing a giant vaacum. So of course, I go completley nuts and go into the corner and read my book, which is what I always do when I'm mad. So they come over and try to pretend that it's all okay. "Ben told us to lie," they say. So I go, "And if Ben told you to jump a bridge, WOULD YOU DO IT?!" and of course, they say, "Yes." So then of course I totally get really mad then. Then they try to tell me that we're doing a giant magnet, and of course I'm like, "And why should I believe you?" and they're like, "Well, it's you fault if you don't trust us." Well, OF COURSE I don't trust them, when they've just lied to me! And they're looking at me like I'm crazy, and acting like I have not reason not to trust them. So they go all apoligetic and Brian says that he'll tell me what they're doing on Monday. Grrrrrrr. Everything is so complicated.

This is my second website I've started this week. My first one was one for me and my mum, and this one is for me, myself, and I. I created this because I wanted a place to share my thoughts and feelings with everyone.