Tis the Season!

This Thanksgiving break I....

ate a ton ton Thanksgiving night.. you know.. to the point where you have to unbutton you pants ha!

went to Walmart after for Black Friday shopping!! Crazzzyyy wild

Went mega shopping the next day = no sleep

Put up Christmas decorations... fa la la la la

watched my father perform abdominal thrusts on my sister... scary. she's ok though!

had pumpkin pie for breakfast :)

pretended to be the lost boys with my sisters :) :) :)

all you need is faith, trust & pixie dust!

What'd ya'll do this break??

-Miss Abigail 

Some of these paranoid people have a point..

Do you ever just go to yahoo and scroll through their news thingy? Yesterday I stumbled upon an article titled How to Devise Passwords That Drive Hackers Away. Boy, did I click on that sucker. You guys know I was recently hacked.. and I know it was through Facebook, which is extremely common, but it still scared me. My freshmen year I was also hacked by my friends and that scared me even worse. I now have a really complex password to get into my email. Although, I am like most people and have the same password for most of my accounts. But guys.. these people are intense! This gal who wrote the article (Nicole Perlroth from New York Times) is superrrr paranoid! I applaud that she is trying to be safe but danngg! She said "...I set up unique, complex passwords for every Web site, enabled two-step identification for my email accounts, and even covered up my computer's Web camera with a piece of masking tape - a precaution that invited ridicule from friends and co-workers who suggested it was time to get my head checked..."
I've never really thought of that. I've always that the two-step think would be a pain and a burden. Covering up the camera.. Never thought of that. But to think that there are people watching you out there.. absolutely disgusting.
She also gave her readers some tips on how to avoid getting hacked.
1) If your password is in the dictionary it's too simple. Hackers will easily be able to hack into your account within a few hours.
2) A common mistake = using the same password more than once. But who doesn't do that?!
3) She suggested in choosing a catch phrase as a password. A strong password is over 14 characters long. But it must also be something that we could remember like a song lyric or favorite movie quote.
4) Don't just keep all your passwords on your computer or a stickie note, like me. Ha! Nicole made a point here. If something ever happened to my stickie note I'm in trouble. If anything ever happened to my computer I'm also toast. She said her paranoid friend kept his passwords on an encrypted USB drive. He memorized a long chain of random letters and numbers to the USB drive, but does not know the passwords himself. "That way, if someone puts a gun to my head and demands to know my password, I can honestly say I don't know it." 
I can honestly say I learned a lot from this article, but most of it was too intense for little Abigail.
BUT I just haaad to scroll down and look at all the comments. Some were just too much!

I have a different opinion from the rest of the school...

I hate having a different opinion from the rest of the student body. But isn't that life? Aren't we called to go against society? To act purely and be kind to all? God said that we will be persecuted.. and man have I been through that lately. But it will all be worth it in the end. I need to spread the Good News and also let everyone know that IT IS OK to be pure, chaste and drug-free.

Anywhoo.. wow I got off topic. 

My town is extremely blessed. Our high school gives us laptops to use as "educational tools." This started when I was in elementary school. It's been less than ten years with these. When one enters middle school (6th grade) you are given a laptop. You can take it home.. game hard.. pinterest hard.. whatever. They are used for writing a billion essays and doing research.. our teachers email us assignments.. well it's great. This year we did something different. The middle schoolers now have ipads with otter boxes. They seem to be ok with it. My sisters have them and get all their work done. BUT... they don't write an essay every night or have huge research papers.. I have my own ipad at home and it's very hard to type on them. I know what you're thinking-Get a keyboard. They won't let us take the cases off, sorry. The internet is significantly slower.. and the downsides go on and on. The teachers want to start give the high school ipads next year as well. I don't want ipads. I LOVE MY LAPTOP. It's so nice. The ipads are great too, sure, but for middle schoolers. I agree with the rest of the student body when I say that I do not want an ipad. The reason for this change-money. The administration has told us that laptops cost too much. Alright.

Here's the problem- the entire school is acting like a bunch of brats. Was that too harsh? Calling my friends brats? No. You should see what they're doing and saying. Next week a boy scheduled a high school "sit-in." Where the entire student body is to sit in the commons when school starts and not go to any classes for the entire day as a protest. The creator of this event made it clear that there would be no rude back talk to the teachers. He said he would serve as spokesperson and do all the talking. Now please understand that the ipad problem is not the only reason he started the event. We have also recently established a drug-testing policy. Like at any other high school, there is a bit of a drug problem... Drug-testing is fine with me. I don't do drugs. The people that do should be punished, sure. But the way they're doing it... Every student in a club or sport may be called at random to be tested for drugs. You are guilty until proven innocent. Uh, uh, girl. That's not ok. Some students don't like the drug testing at all, while others, like me, just don't like the way they're doing it. The third problem- the administration wants to change our four block schedule to an eight block schedule. Uh Uh. No way, Jose. This one I don't like. Neither do the other students here. This one is still far fetched though. 

So. Everyone is acting rudely, disrespectfully and all. We should be thankful that we have these great rights. What other school in this country gives their students laptops?! Not many... I think we should say something like so, "Hey administration! How about this- the high schoolers keep their laptops and we'll compromise money from somewhere else. Also, let's review this new policy. It's pretty unjust. And let's not waste our time changing something that doesn't need to be fixed. Thanks XOXO."

I think I'm in the right here. Hey peers-let's not talk badly behind our teachers. Let's not tweet bad about them. Let's not be spoiled brats. I don't want that to be our reputation. Don't bite the hand that feeds you. 

Heap of Shenanigans

Just cause..

I like this tattoo a lot! I would never get one though, ha.

I absolutely adore these dresses

and this outfit!

Now... this morning I made my guess.

I'm watching the news now and I haven't gotten any guess wrong yet!

At least not that I'm aware of.. What if I get it straight on? Creepy..

(This is my prediction.. may or may not be my opinion)

Sandy.. :(

Let's continue praying for those poor people

:) :)

Remember this boy band?! Ha. I was so obsessed. 

Holy crab.

Ryan Gosling cake.

It's that time again... UPDATE TIME

It's been a while hasn't it?

Since my last blog post I have learned how to properly work Twitter

(Follow me @ abbey_morales) 

I now have around 30 tweets :)

No, I'm not one of those people that start all the twitter fights.

Sorry, I'm not that exciting.

Let's not forget instagram :)

Follow me @ aneffervescentday

Also, please pleaseee watch this trailer

yay for lyrics!!

now let's talk school. 

Gah! Junior year is kicking my butt!

Was it this way for you guys? 

In U.S. History 2 we got a new seating arrangement. 

How childish is that?! Seating arrangements.

Anywhoo, now I sit by these two boys that are the definition of annoying. 

These two boys (let's name them Bob and Bo) are the reason we mature children have to suffer through seating arrangements. Bo is totally obsessed with my friend Gabbie. No joke. Remember when we were little and the boys would pull our pony tails to show that they liked us? He shows his love for her in this way. He picks no her constantly and doesn't stop talking to her. It's kind of funny.. well no. It's not funny. And Bob calls me a terrorist the whole class period. Nuff said.

Let's talk election day.

Is anyone else as nervous as I am for the election?

Now let's not start any fights on here..

But I am really worried about this country.

May God bless us with a President that will lead the country to the right place.

#govote

7 Life Lessons Written by an Almost-17-year-old

1. "Pain is like cloth. The stronger it is the more it's worth." Never cry out in pain. Instead, learn to offer up that pain to God for your own sins.
2. In the end, your family wil be there for you.. not your friends or your job. So respect and love your family. You should treat them even better than you treat your friends (I always have trouble with this one).
3. Always smile (especially to strangers. It might be the only sunshine they see all day!!).
4. Pray.
5. Be independent.
6. Try new things and be open-minded. I've totally experienced this my Junior year. I'm thinking of playing soccer in the Spring, going back to volleyball, and I'm joining sooo many clubs and groups. Try new things guys.. we have nothing to lose. The other day I decided to represent the teenagers and young children of our parish and be in the Parish Council. I was appointed along with a Senior :) Represent! ha.
7. Learn at least one new thing a day.

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My birthday is this Sunday.. 

I'm so excited!!!!!!

I've been hacked

A couple weeks ago I noticed some suspicious stuff on my Facebook..

As in my relationship status was changed from "single"to "in a relationship status."

Uh uh. No. No. I'M SINGLE! 

At first I assumed that it was one of my friends playing a joke on me..

I was all like..

And now I get on facebook and it says this

You've got to be kidding me

Christian Pick-Up Lines

A while ago I found this site with Christian pick up lines. They. Are. Hilarious. 

Unlike my friends who say they would be creeped out, I think it'd be uber cute and sweet if a guy

tried one of these lines on me hahaha!!!!

Here are the best of the best... well, just my favorite.

You can find more here.

Bye girl,

Abbey

A little fact about me..

I LOVE LAFFY TAFFYS.

for their jokes!!

Where do aliens get their milk?

The milky way.

 ^all time favorite^

That was funny wasn't it? haha.

What did the finger say to the thumb?

I'm in glove with you.

Why was the tomato blushing?

It saw the salad dressing.

What's green and has wheels?

A green car.

Oh, you don't like that one? Sorry.

Where can you find an ocean without water?

On a map.

What are the strongest days of the week?

Saturday and Sunday. The other days are weekdays.

How did the church bell propose to the other bell?

He gave her a ring.

Happy Columbus Day!

Abigail

P.S. My friend texted me this...

"You are the the G in gnome. Without the you, there is no me;)"

P.S.S And this one because it's just too cute..

17 effervescent things about my life

I read katilda's post and fell in love!! I def LOL'd the whole way through.. So now it's my turn to make my list (because I love lists!) of 17 (because I'm almost 17!) real-human-being details of my life this week:
1. I've spent hours on my homework every night. Junior year is kicking my butt!
2. reached my 5th tweet today! (Follow me!)
3. just decided two seconds ago that I'm doing the insanity workout with my friends on Monday. I'm going to die at such a young age
4. had my own little personal photo shoot today... reaal awkward, but fun
5. i joined Student Council and Future Business Leaders of America today
6. remember the ipad that i won last year? there is another competition to win a tablet! sooo doin it
7. helped at an art show! stellar work, man
8. witnessed a bar fight. also pretty stellar. the lady broke the bottle over someone's head just like in the movies!!
9. painted my nails red
10. watched NCIS :)
11. fell in love with Gangnam Style <3 <3
12. pay day <3
13. said goodbye to a friend from Arizona I won't see till next Sept.
14. saw this awesome knife!!

15.  Finished Wuthering Heights!

16. got that "hey" text i wanted all day :)

17. Tess told me that she's gonna get everyone to vote for me for Homecoming Queen next year :)

how sweet is that!! :) :)

I like to make lists. All sorts of lists.

I like to make to-do lists (or else I forget my homework).
I like to make lists of the people that inspire me-
     Eric, Sam, Anna, Criox...
I like to make lists of the classes I want to take before I graduate (this list is constantly changing. Sometimes I wish I could be a Super Senior and stay and extra year!)
     Honors Spanish, Art III, Ceramics II, Physics, Calc, Life Sports, Equus...
I also like to make lists of songs I need to get
     Chicken Fried, I Like Girls That Drink Beer, She Will Be Loved, She Will, The World You Love...
I just like lists. A lot. They're helpful.
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I stumbled upon these random gems yesterday on Stumbleupon.. (Yeah.. I was supposed to be doing homework... but you know how that is)

I tried this one this morning! Success!

This somes up my life lately. Watching sports (mainly football) with the friends. And do you see the designer bags under my eyes? Those babies come from staying up late and doing homework.

Doing this everyday.

This.. uh.. idk.

Wouldn't you want to eat off this beauty of a plate????

CUTEST THING EVER.

SECOND CUTEST THING EVER.

As you can see, my days have been pretty effervescent lately. Hope yours are as well! If they are, make a list of your favorite things that have happened these past few days and share!

Love, 

Abbey :)