You're alright, but I'm here darlin' to enjoy the party.

Today I got to do one of my favorite things, and also one of my least favorite.

One of my favorite things in the world? Opening a new deoderant. Weird? Yes. But I love it.

One of my least favorite things in the world? Opening a new toothbrush. I just... don't like it at all.

I just get used to the comfortable feel of the soft bristles on my teeth, the familiar feel of the brush in my hand, the clean, fresh feeling it gives me after every session.

I just don't like opening a new one. Why?

So, old toothbrush, it's time to retire. I might have held onto it a little too long... half the bristles are gone, all of the tongue brushing stuff is rubbed off, and it's not looking very... strong and stable anymore.

Don't worry, I've already had a million people tell me it's gross and unacceptable. I just had a hard time letting go. But it's done. Goodbye pink, helloooooooooooo blue.

I put some new shoes on and suddenly everything's right.

Remember how I was talking about problems a couple days ago? Well... I'm here to confess another one.

Hi, my name is Kaitlin, and I'm... I have a... a... shoe fettish.

Sandals, tennis, sunday shoes, moccasins, boots, more tennis...

I LOVE SHOES.

And today, my shoe count: 50.

I just believe that a pair of shoes makes an outfit. And every pair of shoes brings back good memories. And every shoe has a story to tell. And shoes match your personality.

When you're feeling blue and you don't know what to do... go shoe shopping! It helps. For me at least ;)

So here I go in a cute pair of tennis shoes, my personal favorite, off to change the world.

Allllllllllllll summer long.

Once upon a time while I was doing some more thinking at work, I decided that I have a problem. Well, I have a few, but this one in particular is a big problem.

I hate summer.

Yes, you read that right. I hate it.

The definition of summer for me: working endless hours on end until my fingers bleed, my hair is full of fruit juice, and I can recite of every amount of every fruit in every smoothie. Fun? Nonexistant. Friends? Nope. Pool time? Once a week if I'm lucky. Just working, eating, and sleeping.

Summer used to mean fun, friends, vacation, and sunshine. But sadly, since graduating from high school, summer means working my tail off until I have enough money to last me through the next year. Which unfortunately means working as much as I possibly can with my minimum wage job. I've gotten over time the past 3 weeks and 40 hours exactly last week.

By all means, I'm not complaining... too much. I am so thankful that I have a job, so thankful that I can make enough money to last me through the next year, so thankful that I'm not having to go into debt or anything. But at the same time, I wish I was doing something... more. Something that means more, I guess. I wish I could be making a difference in somebody's life. I wish I was doing something that would be significant for my future. I wish... a lot of things.

So, thinking about it, even though I have a silly job that I probably complain about wayyyyy too much, I still can do all those things. I can make a difference by being happy, positive, optimistic me, trying to do what's right and praying to be an instrument in God's hands. I can do something significant for my future, I can constantly work on improving myself, to become the person I want to be.

And, I can have fun.

So, I made a list of things that I wanted to do this summer! Good things, weird things, fun things, odd things, lots of things. So, just wait. I shall complete my list. Mostly. Hopefully. Care to join me? Please do.

You know where to find me ;)

I feel like dancin' tonight.

Best thing of my life.

I can be your hero, baby.

Emma Watson is super classy.

This is not just being brought up because of Harry Potter, but because she is an all around good person.

She's beautiful, first of all. I know everyone is in love with her. Austin Brunson's favorite shirt in high school? Picture this... the front: "it just keeps getting better." The back: pictures of Emma from each of the Harry Potter movies. So true! And Blake and Shawn had posters of her all over their room. Tyler admitted he thinks she's gorgeous too. But she's not only beautiful, she's sweet too. Listen to the words of wisdom she gave in an interview:

"I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and confusing. If I do a photo-shoot people desperately want to change me – dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there’s the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that’s not me. I feel uncomfortable. I’d never go out in a mini-skirt. It’s nothing to do with protecting the Hermione image. I wouldn’t do that.

Personally, I don’t actually think it’s even that sexy. What’s sexy about saying, “I’m here with my boobs out and a short skirt… have a look at everything I’ve got”? My idea of sexy is that less is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder."

That's right! She's the kind of role model girls need these days. No more Hillary Duffs, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohans, or Miley Cyrus, the world needs more Emma Watsons. Even if she does hold hands with her hand in the front. Probably the producer's fault.

And she can pull of super short hair?!

She's my hero. Just sayin'.

The story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now.

This is a disaster.

Matt Nathanson is no longer my love. Well, not for now at least.

Why?

1. What the nose ring and facial hair?? Ick.

2. His new cd is a let down compared to his old one.

3. He's not making my heart beat faster right now.

So Chris Carrabba, congratulations. You no longer have any celebrity competition.

And I just wanted to say, I'm sorry.

Alright, some apologies are in order.

First off, sorry to everyone who does read my blog. I made some rude assumptions that none of my friends care about blog stalking me and I was rudely awakened to the fact that there are some faithful ones out there. So sorry, you know who you are.

Second, sorry to everyone on facebook who thinks they can find out anything about my life. I only post lyrics to songs as my status.es. Statusi? Irrelevant. Sometimes pictures give things away, but a lot of the time you can't really tell what people are feeling from pictures. If you really want to know about my life, just ask! I'm a talker, I'm happy to share.

Thirdly, sorry that I'm a terrible blogger even when I do blog. I'm working on it. I do like to write things out, so I really should do it more often. And sorry my life isn't terribly exciting to some of you.

Lastly, sincerest apologies to not being a better friend to some 0f you who read this. A weakness that I definitely have is keeping in touch with people that are not immediately or easily in my life. I still care a lot about a lot of people I'm not in touch with, I don't know why I'm so bad at keeping in touch but I am. So please don't think I don't care about you or your life, just contact me and tell me, helloooooo, remember how we're great friends? And I'll apologize again. Because I do love you.