Hurricanes

I lived in Montgomery, Alabama in September of 2004, when Hurricane Ivan struck.

This isn't a tragic story! It's actually really funny! Read on.

We had really bad winds and storms, so a lot of tress and power lines were struck down. I was nine, and my sisters were eight and six. We just stayed in the living room for a few days, playing board games and building forts.

But what I remember most about it is what happened after the storms began to die down.

It was still really windy outside, and my sisters and I were in the middle of a game when my mom called us to the window.

"Look at your crazy friend!" She exclaimed, pointing out the window.

Our neighbour, Amelia, who was a few months younger than me, was outside riding her bicycle. She had attached a sheet to her bicycle and was letting the wind pull her down the street.

My sisters and I started cracking up, and (of course) wanted to try it, but (of course) our mom wouldn't let us.

It was a very memorable day, though, seeing Amelia ride her bicycle down the street in the hurricane winds!

:)

Over the Shoulder

I hate when people read over my shoulder.

Not because I dislike sharing the book- I have no problem lending books to friends when I'm done reading them.

But I hate when they read over my shoulder. It's like I'm so focused on them reading it that I can't concentrate on it myself.

When someone's reading over my shoulder, I get realy paranoid about turning the pages, because I'm not sure at what pace they read.

I'm a fast reader, so I get really annoyed when an over-the-shoulder reader asks, "Can you flip back for a second so I can finish the page?"

[I always make a big show of my annoyance, too, so that maybe they'll go away]

But I get even more annoyed when an over-the-shoulder reader reads a page at light speed and then waits impatiently for me to turn the page.

Come on, buddy, you can't be serious- you totally just skimmed the page. I'm actually reading the words.

[I always make a big deal out of it and read even slower, so that maybe they'll go away]

Seriously, though. And if you say, "I'll let you read it after me if you want" they're all, "Nah, that's cool. I just wanted to read a little bit of it over your shoulder."

... Really? You wanted to annoy me that badly?

Over-the-shoulder readers are just annoying, because reading is a solitary enjoyment, and you can't enjoy the book if you're focused on getting rid of the nosy person behind you.

Sorry, little sis. It's not you that's annoying, it's your over-the-shoulder reading habit.

"About Me"

"About Me" sections are basically equivalent to those questionaires people post on social networking sites.

And they bug me, because initially they're really fun to fill out, but then you go back and look at them some time later and think: Wow... I was really lame...

Because usually, you fill out those questionaries and "About Me" sections when you're like, thirteen, because you thought you were really cool.

And when you look back, it usually looks like this.

Name: megan <3 :) :)
Hobbies: chilling with my besties <3 :) :)
Favourite Movies: The Proposal, Leap Year, He's Just Not That Into You, Titanic, Wuthering Heights, Twilight
Favourite TV Shows: That 70's Show, Full House, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Hannah Montana
Future Husband: Taylor Lautner <3

[Just for the record, this was an extreme exaggeration and not at all accurate to my personality, but you get the gist]

Because we all can admit that we were totally lame in middle school.

My point is, what's the point? We all know what we like, and our friends know what we like, so why must we post what we like in ridiculous questionaires all over the internet? We're just bored. And, well, honestly... they're ridiculously fun.

But if we never filled these "About Me" sections and questionaires, we would save our future selves a lot of internal humiliation.