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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:04:20 GMT

So, I finished school, except for a weekly Spanish class. Interesting to think that highschool is slowly slipping away from me....

This is my graduating class of 2008! C'mon, ladies, one month to go...

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:06:11 GMT

So that's the end of drama ...and Robin Hood for me! I'll miss all of the people I have been with for so long! Ar Revior!

On another note, I actually won a national writing competition the other day! I won with a comedy piece on first time roller coaster riders. Interesting, no? I thank God for the opportunities this has opened up and for his continued grace. He was obviously involved or I never would have been chosen.

Lauren

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:55:49 GMT

Upon the Tragice Existence of

Hotel Amenity Soap

Oh little rectangluar

rounded, yet angular

bar.

Your hue, uncertain,

wavers

between a sickened yellow,

and stark white.

Your package plain,

but not without it's pride,

boasts some name or other

at which I am sure I am meant

to be impressed.

And yet, of which,

I have never heard.

You know your certain doom.

That night, or day, or wekk,

(when you are at last called,

from your fellow soaps

to do that thing for which you were made)

will end with your disposal.

This you know,

and yet,

you go on.

Naive soap, what tragedy

your ill-spent life presents.

You perform your duty spotlessly,

and yet,

when all is said and done,

you end.

And as I gaze on your non-descript form

squatting balefully

in a puddle on my bathtub ledge,

I am sorry

for your loss.

Lauren McKinney 2008

Friday, February 22, 2008

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:34:12 GMT

2000.

not bad, not fantastic.

Out of 2400, an SAT score of 2000 says one thing:

You can do better.

So I'm going to try.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:53:44 GMT

I have a secret valentine!

No, seriously. I went to the mailbox the other day and there was a little package addressed to ME! So I ripped it open in my usual careful manner, and yanked out...a little box of nice chocolate. Well, my Holmes-y side went to work. No return address, no note, no signature. Nothin'. I squeaked a few times and fell to analyzing the handwriting. I guessed Stephanie first, it looked a little like hers. But it wasn't. And, when I called her, it turns out that 4 other girls in my drama group have gotten these anonymous things...the guys all smilingly deny it was them.

Anyhow, whether boy or girl, whether mother or friend, thank you. They tasted great.

Lauren

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:51:39 GMT

Monday, February 11, 2008

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:14:05 GMT

FOUR RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME????

Thanks, Ben. I can barely count to four, much less think of four random things!

Only kidding.

1. I love to dance when I'm alone. Almost a hip-hop type dance, although I look more like Mary Poppins having a full-body dry heave set to music.

2. I'm a writer. I have finished 1 full-length novel and have written countless poems and essays...just for fun. So that fact still counts as weird.

3. I used to hate kids. With a passion. No, seriously. Then, one day, I just gave up and figured: Kids like me, I might as well just thrown in the towel and like 'em right back.

4. I'm more boy than girl. I love to fence, play softball and tear holes in my jeans by diving for the ball in volleyball. I got my clock cleaned in soccer last year and stunk so I'm working every day with a ball and testing footwork.

I hope this absolves me of my duty...and I hereby do tag...Tim, Stephanie, and ummm...haha! Kate.

Lauren

Monday, January 28, 2008

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:12:02 GMT

SAT's are over as of Saturday.

8:00 am through 1:30 pm

Yipes.

Friday, January 04, 2008

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:46:02 GMT

Just a quick update to say that I realized absolutely no-one has anyone idea of my AIM screenname, and I do not need another medium to talk to myself, so....

Without further ado:

writerscramp91

Add me if you know what's good for you....or I will sick my Scottish monkeys on you!

Not really...now...let's be reasonable about this...ahhh!

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:30:37 GMT

The Trivial Tribune

Well, due to popular refusal, I've been forced to bring back the xanga page. I have gotten far too used to the lazy three-worded updates on facebook.Anyhow: I planned to write this epistle on Sunday night. But apparently God had other plans. The violent windstorm that swept through Amelia left us without power of any sort. Dad hooked up our generator for a while, but the scene before it was one of mass chaos and general panic. Ahem:

"Lauren? Lauren, keep talking so I don't run int.." *crash* (pause) "Oww!" "Should I keep talking?" "Kate, find a candle." "This?" *feeling around blindly) "No, Kate, not find the handle, a CANDLE!" "Oh. This?" "Yes, now some matches." (The whole caravan slithers through the dark toward the kitchen) "Yowch! Jeepers, ya'll no need to scrape me off on the doorpost. Yeesh!" "Sorry, Lauren, almost...WHOOPS!" *CRASH* (moans ensue) "Am I dead?" "Haha, very funny. Somebody get up." "You get up, I'm on the bottom!" Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of the scene.

Obituary: Aleigh McKinney

Aleigh from Raleigh, beloved pet and unique friend, passed this morning around 8:00 am. His chipper attitude will live on in those who knew, loved, and fed him. R.I.P.

Advertisement: Local Theatre Arts
By Hoo C. Aires

The play "Little Women" by the accomplished Farmville Homeschool theatre group was a smashing success all around. The sets were delghtful, and the actors and actresses in general were a joy to behold. The attitude of joy and hope was perfect for the season. One actress in particular, however, caused no great joy, and was in fact, billed as "Needs to get a day job". I believe it was the one who played "Meg". Her lines were overpassionately delivered, and her love scene, the most stirring scene in the second act, was soppy beyond belief. Aside from her dreadfully scary part as Hagar, and her masculine speeches as Don Pedro, she STUNK.
Do not advocate such plays as normality, ladies and gentlemen, but it is entirely worth it to see this one if you can ignore that monstrosity doodling about up there. Pshhh...actresses.

So there you have it, ladies and gents. Pictures coming soon from Little Women, and may you fare well! Your affectionate goofball,

Lauren

The Little Women

My brand new little cousin!