What's on my Nightstand

So. I love acting and all. But the end of this play and speech team season was a great break from everything. I need time to just go home and enjoy my days. Not nights...like when I normally got home around 9 pm. I've been reading a lot more with all of this time on my hands. However, this may be starting up again...if I make my school musical: Singing in the Rain (best. musical. ever). I want to make it, but at the same time...I want to have a life. And I need a new job. Desperately. I hate working in the food service industry. My job is like smushing a Panera Bread, a Starbucks, and a concession stand all into one. It's the most stressful thing I've ever dealt with and I really need a new job. I'd say two years on a job as a teenager is a good time to quit :)

Alrighty. To the books. I won a 6-word memoir contest at my school-which by the way, I was embarrassingly pointed out at my school's spirit week assembly to get my prize...awkward. And Maggie cheered me on. It made me smile :) But awkward. Still awkward. Oh, and I didn't win. But the second place prize was better anyway. The first place prize was a giant gummy worm...ew. The second place prize was a small bag of gummy worms and...a Barnes and Noble gift card! I was so happy! So I went and bought two books: Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani and Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler. Okay, so the second one seems kind of iffy. But at the same time, interesting. I normally don't like love stories, but lately I have.

I also am reading I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. It's a movie now (which I'm sure you've heard), and I'm going to a book discussion at my public library on the book next Wednesday. I don't know how I'll have time when I have a research paper and a project to do. But oh well. It'll be an adventure.

Last, I have a...puke...disgusting book. Ughhhh the dreaded ACT. How is it even important?! Well okay, I get that it's important. I just hate that everyone's freaking out about it. It's just a test...that determines what college you go to. I don't know, it just doesn't seem like a huge deal to me. I hope to get around a 24 to 27. A little above average. Unlike my friend who got a 30 on hers...way to make me feel dumb. Anyway, I refused to take the ACT class because of lack of time so I bought this book. Let's see if it actually does anything. Maybe it'll teach me how to fill in bubbles on tests. That's always helpful.