"They're ALIEN EGGS!!"

I officially fail because I managed to go through the whole month of June and almost all of July without updating. Oops. So you know this entry will be a bit long...

Random note: Tokio Hotel's new album will be called "Humanoid" and will (finally!) be released during the first week of October!!

Let's see... Since my last post, I finished my first "mini-mester" of summer school. I have good grades and I'm awesome.

I also have discovered how unintelligent the members of Auburn University's office staff are. I pretty much had a heart attack when I saw recently that the university sent back a loan without telling me and left me with a wonderful prize of a $5,000 outstanding bill. Just what I always wanted! Then the university canceled my fall semester schedule when that's the semester I graduate. I had to run to Auburn only to be introduced to the rudest man alive. I don't even remember his name, so he will be referred to as @ssman. @ssman, did not help me out AT ALL. He only made me so angry I cried. And that in turn made me even angrier. Thanks, @ssman. I appreciate it.

Anyway, now I'm left to get my exact schedule back on my own with no help from the university... even though the inability to re-register into one of those classes will keep me in school until May 2010. Lovely. But good news is I know the majority of my teachers for next semester and was able to re-register into all but one class... which I'm on a waiting list for. Go figure that it's the teacher I don't know.

My last free summer (unless I decide to get certified as a teacher) will officially begin with a trip to Seaside, Florida with my family on Sunday!! CAN'T WAIT! And one of my best friends is coming with us. Hopefully she'll be able to survive the chaos that is my family. At least I'll know that if my best friend can't handle my family, chances are a boyfriend/husband wouldn't be able to either. Here's hoping...

Now, you might be wondering where my post title came from. It's from the show Ghost Adventures on the Travel Channel!!!! YEEEAAAAH!


It's basically the most amazing show ever on the most amazing channel ever. It follows three guys in their early 30s: Zak, Nick, and Aaron. Every other word they say is either "Dude" or "awesome". Thank God they are not like annoying surfer boys, but more like funny fraternity boys that have no clue about handling ghosts or anything remotely scary. Don't get me wrong... I love these guys. And Zak has arms I would kill to touch. I know they know what they are doing. They're not dumb. But their show is refreshing because they are candid and when something goes wrong, they don't edit it out like other shows would. They don't take themselves too seriously. Like the episode last week in Savannah, Georgia where Zak was scared poo-less by a cat in a tunnel. Or the episode a few weeks ago when Aaron was scared by a mounted buffalo head. I'm glad they keep these moments of comedy. The guys may look stupid, but I'm pretty sure I'd freak out too in those situations.

This next bit on Ghost Adventures is probably my favorite moment in the history of the series (ok, so it's only in it's second season...).

The crew was visiting a southern plantation and stumbled upon an attic-like closet in a bedroom. The closet contained A LOT of hanging gourds (Lord knows why... is that how you're supposed to dry them out??). Zak saw these hanging "things" and says "What the hell are those?? Ugh! They're ALIEN EGGS!!". He then states he's scared to touch them because something might hatch out of them. "Where are we?? Doesn't it feel like some kind of damn spaceship??". "Is this some kind of voodoo??" Oh Zak Bagans, I love you. I could quote you all day.

Ghost Adventures airs on the Travel Channel Friday nights at 9pm ET.

I'm sorry, you'll have to ask through my publicist...

So... what's been happening since my last little rant. Um, I'm still uber upset about the Tokio Hotel stalking situation. Those stalker girls are even crazier than I thought.
Tom Kaulitz of TH got black corn rows. Looks like he can't stand to look like his identical twin.
TH has designed a shirt for H&M for a celebrity line that benefits AIDS awareness. Awesomeness... I'm buying it as soon as it comes out on May 28th.
Tokio Hotel album (un)officially delayed til September. Bummer. (sorry lots of TH stuff)
I made all As and Bs this semester. Guess I really am good at foreign languages....

But on another note... I have to say that I am NOT Allison Iraheta that was on American Idol this season. Don't get me wrong, I love Allison! I wanted her and Adam to be in the Idol finale! But I had a random person in the Auburn mall tell me I look like her. Thought that lady was the only crazy one, but apparently not. Apparently, my mother's entire SCHOOL thinks I'm Allison. I went to help my sister teach one of my nephews' classes about Van Gogh and art. I went to lunch with my nephew Ryan... he and my sister stepped away from the table for a bit.. and these kids are sitting across and diagonal from me. Watching me.... creepy.

So, to ease my awkward feeling, I pull out my super cool phone and begin surfing the web for any Tokio Hotel news. Then I hear in a whisper: "Look! She's typing!". So then I figure a cell phone isn't the best thing to pull out in the middle of an elementary school lunch room, and I put it away. Now I'm super awkward... then I hear more whispers: "You ask her! No you ask her! YOU ask her!". Then I hear "Excuse me...".

I look up to see this group of 3 six year olds looking at me super nervously. Then they say "Weren't you on American Idol??". I said no, but there is a girl who might look like me. I don't think they believed me AT ALL. They continue to gush about how Allison Iraheta is their favorite. Then when it's time to leave lunch, I get up to go walk to my mother's classroom and bother her kids, when I hear someone call out "BYE, AMERICAN IDOL!". Ugh. This rumor is getting out of control with these kids...

Then, in my mom's classroom, I think I'm safe. No one will say I'm Allison. The kids in mom's class know me. They've met me. They know mom's last name is NOT Iraheta. So, I'm not Allison, right? Apparently not. They all look at me like I'm an alien with 2 heads and 3 arms (expression courtesy of my French teacher). My mom then catches one of her students (the one who really knows me and is one of my nephews' best friends!) saying to the other kids: "You know Mrs. Merced's daughter? The one with red hair? She was on American Idol. I saw her." Seriously, kid? How long have you known me?!

After fleeing the growing number of "fans" I have in my mother's classroom, I decided to walk to the lunch room for lunch with my nephew Avery. As I'm walking down the halls, I hear someone say "Look! There she is! Can we get her to sing a song??"

Maybe I should show up at the school talent show... And because of this and my celebrity due to Facebook videos, I'll be available only through appointments scheduled by my publicist. :)

You can see I don't look like her. I think, anyway...

CRAP! I don't, right?? .....

RANTING!! Oh mein Gott... ugh...

Ok... I just need to clear my mind. And FYI... if you don't want to hear me rant about Tokio Hotel, don't read this post.

Last Wednesday, in Hamburg, Germany... apparently a "fan" was punched by Tom Kaulitz (Bill's twin bro). People automatically started turning against Tom and Tokio Hotel... without hearing the whole story. I had a feeling that he wouldn't do something like that without a really REALLY good reason... So anyway, this girl he hit is a member of this French stalker gang called The Afghans on Tour (they wear afghan wraps to hide their face or Jabbawockeez masks... LAME). These girls have been stalking TH for the past 6 months: breaking into the twins' apartment. So often that the twins have to move all the time. Egging their cars, keying their cars (brand new $150,000 cars). Blocking Bill from entering a relative's house. Sending threatening letters to the band (according to a newspaper, the letter said for Tokio Hotel to expect a "small nightmare" and that they were "very unhappy" and "growing impatient"). And... this is the one that makes my blood boil... PHYSICALLY ATTACKING A RELATIVE OF THE TWINS (rumored to be their MOTHER!)... all this allegedly happened. I guess I have to say that since I wasn't there to see them do it, but...

SERIOUSLY?! WTF?!

Some people may say that TH are celebrities. They knew they would have every move watched when they decided to become famous. Maybe that's true, but they already have no privacy in public... now they have none at home. That's enough to make anyone go crazy. Celebrities DO NOT WANT stalkers. It's unfair to say they deserve the loss of privacy just because they do what they love for a living.

I cannot believe that people who call themselves "fans" would torture their idols like that. Really? Would you like it for someone to attack your mom, to key your brand new car, to harrass your brother and friends??? I don't think so. I sure as heck would beat the crap out of someone who did all those things to me! I feel so sorry for Tom and the rest of Tokio Hotel. I would have the scheisse scared out of me if I kept seeing "Jabbawockeez in Turbans" turning up everywhere I looked.

I can't imagine the stress the band is under... having to deal with The Crazies, worrying about their mothers and families, trying to record an awesome album, working all the time, and still trying to have a private life. Forget fame, dude. Sounds like it sucks.

I don't know what German law is like, but I hope these girls will be put in prison for a LONG time. I heard the maximum sentence for stalking in Germany is 3 years. That's a little mild for what they've done to the group. Maybe they should be committed. Obviously they are a little crazy...

I hope Tom is able to personally tell the press his side of the story. I hope this won't hurt Tokio Hotel's career. I hope more media will listen to all the facts about The Crazies and what they've done and side with Tom, like the German media has (for the most part). I hope American press will actually listen to the facts too *cough*PEREZHILTON*cough*BIGTOOL*cough.

Meh...

So I haven't updated in a while... again. I'm not very good at this blogging thing.

Let's see... since March, things have been sort of crappy. My grandfather passed away on March 30th. I was able to spend all day with him the day before he passed, so I'm really greatful for that. I'll never forget that when I went to his room to check on him, he looked at me and waved at me... just like he always does, like nothing was wrong. And I'll never forget how he held my hand so tight when I was saying goodbye to him.

The week he passed was hard because I had 3 tests and two papers. I couldn't miss any class, so I didn't get to see my family until that Thursday when they held the viewing at the funeral home. It was hard to see Grandma so upset, but it was nice to be with everyone. The funeral was Friday April 3rd. I had a test right before the funeral... awesome. After I drove to Columbus, I got to see my childhood best friend, which was really nice! I haven't seen him in about 15 years. I also got to meet some cousins I've never met before and my great-uncle (one of Grandpa's little brothers). I have to say my great-uncle is AWESOME! He's the cutest old man ever. He reminds me so much of my grandfather. He enjoyed this little dance I did when I was playing with Christina and the dogs in the back yard. :)

Other than that, finals are coming soon. Not fun at all. If I can just do well on these last presentations and papers, I'll be good.

AND I get an awesome, cool phone this weekend! My old one is broken. Christina got one too... before me when MY phone is the one that is about to break in two!!!! But I won't bring that up again... grrrr.

Torture: Still waiting to hear the release date for the new Tokio Hotel album. I heard possibly June 30th, which would be awesome since summer classes end on the 27th.

Nothing really interesting... sorry I'm boring.

I'm a celebrity... apparently.

Spring Break was this past week... A lot of stuff happened, both good and bad. My grandfather has been in the hospital with internal bleeding. The doctors are such geniuses... they can't figure out where he's lost over 4 pints of blood from. Sooooo smart. I hope and pray Grandpa gets better!!

I also went to my old roommate Mandi's wedding to Frank. SO MUCH FUN!!! I love that I got to see Mandi and Allison (another old roommate) after such a long time!! And of course it's fun to see Liz again! I miss living in good ol' 8203 with them. Powdered sugar fights, water balloon fights, singing and dancing around the apartment, a crazy cat, a burned kitchen floor courtesy of Mandi and an exploded boiled egg, a possessed bobble-head Santa... LOTS of memories in that apartment with them! I also caught Mandi's bouquet (WITHOUT knocking anyone down in the process)... I'm 2 for 2 with the last two weddings I've been to. A cute little kid even came up to me at the reception and said, "You caught the bouquet! That means you're going to get married next!"... Gosh, Kid. I hope you're right. And sorry, Liz... I'll let you catch it next time.

My niece also turned three on the 15th. I drove straight to my sister's house from Auburn for the party. Once there, I was approached by another child's mother who said "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!! You're the one with the online videos! It's so good to meet you!!" ......... Apparently, I'm a celebrity thanks to my facebook videos. And I have fans. Later the lady was leaving and came to me and said "I'm so glad I got to meet you in person!". Awesome. I try to please my fans. I know personal fan meet and greets are important to them...

THEN I went to have lunch with my nephews at their school. I also got to meet my mom's class of second graders. Mom made me sit in a kiddie chair at a desk. Think Billy Madison. My sister Christina was also there with me... I think we almost got in trouble for laughing during my mom's "lecture" on spelling. Oops. After meeting the kids, I was in the cafeteria for my oldest nephew's lunch. I was sitting by myself with the other kids while my sister and nephew got his lunch in the lunch line. I was getting weird stares from the other kids when it happened again... Mobbed by another fan of mine. Another lady came up and said "Can you do me a favor?". I said sure... then she said "Can you post some more of your videos online? Some of your sister??". Seriously... I need to hire a publicist. I can't even go out to lunch without being mobbed anymore. Oh well... being a celebrity isn't always easy, I've found...

And thanks to some little kid, whether from the school, work, or my sister's house, who gave me a wonderful gift: Pink Eye. WTF?! Let's tally on another childrens illness that I've gotten at the age of 22...

Snow in the South?!

IT SNOWED!!! A lot of snow, actually. It snowed over 4 inches on Sunday. I had a huge learning experience when I had to leave Atlanta early Sunday morning once the snow started falling and pretty much drove through a blizzard for nearly 3 hours. I had never driven in snow before.

Once I got back to Auburn, I pull up to my apartment and see a giant 6 foot tall snowman. I've never seen a snowman that big! I didn't even know how to make a snowball. Obviously, I've never been around much snow. Thank goodness my roommate Megan is from Iowa... she even made snow ice cream! How nice! :)

And random videos for the day:

Translator ... I've finally decided to become a professional translator. I could so do it.

French Oral Exam ... this is how I get an A in French. :) You kind of need to know French for this video... After the teacher says she'll fail the student, the student says "Do I look bothered? Look at my face. Look at my face. Do I look bothered? No! Because I'm not bothered!" Then the teacher asks if she behaves like that at home and the student says "Are you disrespecting my family?!" Then she says random French things. Haha

Sorry for all the language-focused videos and such... but I pretty much live and breath foreign languages at the moment. :)

What's going on inside my head.

A look into my random thoughts...

So Dad finally got a job. A good one too. Thank God. Seriously. I kind of feel badly for him though, because the first thing my mom, sisters and I did was divide up his next paychecks so I can get my hair done and we can go to Seaside for our family vacation. Poor Dad... but that's what happens when you have 4 high-maintenance girls in your family (Ok, maybe Christina isn't high maintenance, but I more than make up for that).

I'm having another Tokio-Hotel-induced freak out... Bill changed his hair again. And he looks weird. I thought I didn't like his little dreads, but this haircut is even worse. AND Tokio Hotel's new album has been delayed to late May or early June. Probably because Bill's gone crazy and is off screwing up his hair every other day. I know I'm obsessed. Help. I need an intervention.

Haha... after all this freaking out about Bill's hair and saying that he's crazy for changing his hair, I'm changing my hairstyle. Maybe. I'm not sure if I should keep the whole "Ann Hathaway in Devil Wears Prada" haircut (since I've only had it for 6 months) or go for something different.

I'm still teaching English once a week. I love it more than anything I've ever done before.

I'm dying to paint something on canvas, but I don't know what. I need inspiration. Any ideas?

I really want to learn the Jai Ho dance from Slumdog Millionaire. I'm sensing a new facebook video coming soon.

I've been trying to eat healthier lately. I'm eating lots of fruits and veggies. I have found myself eating a lot of strawberries... but then I cover them in chocolate. Damn.

Today was Ash Wednesday. I didn't go to church. I haven't figured out what to give up for Lent. And I accidentally ate meat today. Oops. Bad Catholic.

I'm addicted to Ralph Lauren and J.Crew at the moment. Bad idea to get hooked on an expensive designer labels when I don't have money.

I have been doing really well in all my classes, but I just got a 79 on the written part of my Spanish Syntax exam. I really hate syntax...

Is anyone else depressed about the whole Rihanna/Chris Brown drama? I used to really like Chris Brown...

I can't get the song "I'm On a Boat" from SNL out of my head. And the songs from the Jonas Brothers glam-rocker skit from SNL.

There's an awesome website called makemebabies.com where you can combine your picture with someone elses picture (even celebrities) to see what your baby would look like. It's kept me entertained for a while... Corbin Bleu and I should NOT have kids. But I will say that Bill Kaulitz and I made pretty cute kids. I could deal with this being my daughter... :)