Something wicked this way comes...

What will I do without you?

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:09:15 GMT

I'm going berzerk. I miss Tigger so much. He was the love of my life.

I predict a riot

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:16:55 GMT

Oh livejournal, how I've ignored you. I'm deeply sorry.

In other news, I love training polar bears to steal wallets.

Telescope

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:33:00 GMT

I am Joelle Johns. I'm sitting on the futon eating Froot Loops. I want to see Sam's submarine.

Where is the remote?

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:19:42 GMT

I can't watch I Love the 70s: Volume 2 for the 20th time. I just can't.

Updateon life: Once again sick of boys. No, I don't like girls, I'm just at that point for the billionth time in my life that I'm sick of boys for like a week. Ignore it.

Becca said it's finally time for Snakes On A Plane. OH JOY!!

It's time for Burt Reynolds moustache.

Somebody get these motherfucking snakes off this motherfucking plane!

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:36:50 GMT

Someone PLEASE go see Snakes on a Plane with me. I'm not kidding.

Public Service Announcement: DON'T FORGET YOUR CONTACT SOLUTION!

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:18:13 GMT

My eyes fell out at camp this morning, along with Bobby's. Remind me to never forget my contact solution whenever I sleep somewhere, so I don't have to sit around looking like a fool in my stupid old glasses.

Deutschland!

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 01:34:59 GMT

ZOMG, Deutschland is just doing so good in the World Cup, they're unstoppable! I love it.

Whatev.

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:46:46 GMT

Oh ballsack I never update.

Deutschland is doing so well in World Cup, and that makes me happy. What doesn't make me happy, however, is that Andrea pointed out that we will be in Chicago for the AFI concert when the final match is supposed to take place. Thankfully, my cousin Aaron is conveniently located in the same city so we can watch the match, if anyone good is actually playing. :rock

I've been working a lot, but it is rather fun, and, er, I've been out to camp a few times. Pretty typical summer if you ask me, oh, besides being fondled during hXc spoons. Yeah that's a little different.

How bout that Preakness...

Sat, 20 May 2006 23:25:20 GMT

Decided to copy Andrea and get my World Cup on with a Michael Ballack icon. I'm sorry I'll be rooting for Deutschland instead of England, but I just can't help it. I <3 them. Only 19 days, 17 hours, 13 minutes, and 33 seconds until World Cup starts, or so my free keychain tells me.

I doubt you heard, but Barbero lost the Preakness today. If you were paying attention to the Triple Crown, you would realize the total sadness in this... but I'll spare you. Trust me, it's sad! (Even though Al made more money with Bernardini winning, muahaha.)

Wow, dad left the TV on one of the HD channels and I've just been watching the worst show ever about these three dumb bitches in bikinis pretending to be travel guides, all because I'm too lazy to get the remote. Guhhhhh.

I better go get ready, I'm going to see The DaVinci Code again, but I'm just sitting here like a loaf. Geez!

I wish that I could be as good as you

Tue, 09 May 2006 18:22:37 GMT

I've decided to stop ignoring my livejournal. I feel bad, but I never have anything to say!

I'm watching a baby story on TLC. I watch this show a lot, and no matter how many times I see these insanely happy couples, I still just cringe at the thought of having a child. Ick. Not just the horrible birth, but actually raising the little fuckers for 18 years. Once again, maybe I'll change my mind someday, I'm not saying that I won't, but seriously. Right now, that just sounds like something I never want to deal with.

School is out and I still can't believe it. I'm doing better now, but for the first few days after Tuesday I felt like I was putting off a paper or more homework or something. But no, it's just time to have fun! And work at the cafe, but still... mostly fun!

Ugh. Time to watch more awk births on TLC.

Up now and get 'em boy...

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:50:22 GMT

As if you even had to ask... Franz Ferdinand was totally unbelievable. I got to see my favorite band live, with my best friends who also love them, and we were so close, and it was so perfect! Here's the set list which Becca and her mighty long arms grabbed for me so I didn't have to search around the internet for a list to remember exactly what they played:

This Boy

Come On Home

Do You Want To

I'm Your Villain

Dark of the Matinee

L. Wells

Eleanor Put Your Boots On

Walk Away

Take Me Out

Darts of Pleasure

40'

Michael

The Fallen

Outsiders

This Fire

Everything was so good. "This Boy" turned out to be an awesome opener, no one saw it coming! L. Wells was just so cool, I loved it. I went absolutely nuts during "Darts of Pleasure" and thought I would explode when I was screaming "ICH HEISSE SUPERFANTASTISCH!" Ah, I feel bad, I want to talk about every song, because everything was so good and awesome for it's own reason. No encore, because they were double headlining with Death Cab for Crappy, but that's fine because the set was great and we got out early.

Of course, one of the best parts of the night was meeting the band after the show. There were many idiot girls there, bragging about their red hair and doughnuts, but Franz could just tell how much cooler we were, muahaha! I pretty much cried after meeting Alex I was so nervous and happy, but I pulled myself together for Nick. We talked to him for a bit longer than Alex, and then he went to talk to some other fans. After much debate, we decided that Andrea and I would ask Nick in German (he was born in Germany!) if he would sing "All For You Sophia" for us, being the Nick lovers/history nerds that we are. So I said,

"Nick! Ich habe eine frage fr dich!" (Nick, I have a question for you!)

And he was kind of shocked and happy, but didn't hear me and put his hand on my shoulder, leaned in, and said, "Was?!" (What?!) haha.

So I repeated myself, he said "Ja," and then Andrea asked "Wollst du fr uns "Sophia" singen?" (Will you sing "Sophia" for us?)

And then he got all embarrassed and started saying "Nein! Nein!" but he was laughing, and I kept saying "Bitte!" and he looked like he felt so bad, but then he said "We'll play the full thing next time we come here!"

After that, Bob came out, and it was rather awk. He's very quiet and shy! I got my picture and autograph with him though, and then decided that since I have a picture by myself with Alex and Bob, that I needed one with Nick. So I went back to Nick for the third time, and said

"Nick, kann ich eine Foto haben?" (Nick, can I have a picture?)

And Nick, being the totally lovely man that he is, just smiled so big and said "Ja, Natrlich!!" (Yes, of course!) And pulled me so close, at which point I almost died. While waiting for the picture, Nick said "Das ist schn, du bist ein gute studentin." (That's beautiful, you're a great student.) So of course I just got even more woobly and managed to say "Danke!" and then Ellen and I floated away to the van.

That's so long, and I probably forgot many things, but that's how it is for now. If you were bored by this, then screw you, because I'm so wonderfully happy!

Oh, and if you want to see the rest of my pictures besides the ones in my Myspace profile, then you can go to my webshots: http://community.webshots.com/user/punkstriped2

It's hard out here for a pimp.

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:36:51 GMT

I am insanely pissed off. So is Emily. And Sam. And Alex. And Ellen. And EVERYONE who thought that any of the movies nominated for best picture deserved the Oscar besides Crash. No, I am not saying that the movie was terrible, but it was not even half as good as Brokeback Mountain, Munich, Capote, and Good Night, and Good Luck. I even think that something such as King Kong deserved to replace the mediocre "wow look at how shocking and confrontational we are" film that was Crash.

I still cannot believe that it won. If you liked Crash, then watch out, because the JoEmily inquisition has begun.

There's a million ways to sing the blues

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:08:30 GMT

Okay, I'll admit it, I'm absolutely TERRIFIED to meet with Keith Kendall tomorrow. Sam told me he's just going to be like "why are you even taking this class?" because I'm such an IDIOT and don't even have a working thesis for this goddamn 12 page research paper about U.P. history, possibly the most boring subject on the planet. At this point, I would rather do research on Asian history, and if you know my view on Asian history, that's saying something.

Whew. That was good to get that out. After that meeting it's going to be nothing but fun times, I can't wait. Concerts, Oscar parties, white Russian parties, funderwear parties, zomg!!!!!11!!1!! lolz

Oh, and I know everyone besides a select few will be pissed and annoyed at this, but I just can't help it... 17 DAYS UNTIL DEUTSCHLAND!

My blood runs cold...

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:25:46 GMT

Is it weird that the song "Angel is a Centerfold" by J Giles automatically reminds me of German class now? Yeah, thanks Sam Stahlmann! How the hell did this happen?

I just went to the Tundra Lodge in Green Bay for the weekend with my mom, sister, aunt and uncle, my cousin Adrienne, her husband Eric, their two kids Lizzy and Charlotte, and my cousin Aaron and his girlfriend Lauren. Whew. Lots of people, and it was A LOT of fun! I spent way too much money, but now I have great Harry Potter shirts, and many new DVDs and CDs, mmm. And I got to go in the water park with my cousins! We all act like little kids anyway so it's all good.

I have so much homework for HS200, good thing the German homework is super fun. Thanks, Ügli.

IT'S ALWAYS BETTER ON HOLIDAY.

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:11:59 GMT

Great Big Sea in 30 days. Franz Ferdinand in 68 days. Is this happening? I haven't been to a real concert (aka something not in Marquette/Ishpeming) in a little over a year, and now I'm seeing two of my favorite bands. They're both apparently really easy to meet too, holy shit.

I still can't believe it. I'm going to go make-out with Alex Kapranos's hot face. Franz Ferdinand pwnz my soul!

Oh you could have it so much better!

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:47:28 GMT

Holy shit I almost threw up all over my laptop, Franz Ferdinand is going to be in Detroit, Chicago, and Minnesota. I'm going to see them live, and the only thing that could stop me is the plague.

Fam trips yesss.

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:38:24 GMT

I just got back from Grand Rapids... I bet half of you didn't even know I was going haha. I took the lappy downstate and half the people I talked to thought I was just sitting at home. Anyway, I went down to see my sister in honors choir, but there was a weekend off of work and shopping involved so that might have been what swayed me.

So I bought a lot of junk, ate a lot of junk, and didn't take too many pictures. It's hard to remember to take pictures when you're only somewhere downstate and your family isn't exactly doing anything camera worthy. Oh but I did take a stealth picture of Richard in German class... teehee!

IT'S CHICKEN DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION!

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:00:34 GMT

OMGZ some of my presents from Sam finally came in the mail and she gave me the entire Harry and the Potters CD collection YESSSSS this makes me so happy. One long sentance, that's how excited I am.

Holy shit I think my dad has been watching his new The Godfather DVD collection for about two weeks straight now. This needs to end.

Berlin, I love you, I'm starting to fade

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:52:23 GMT

I already helped clean up the house, damnit, and I'm not even the one having a party tonight. So now I'll just loaf here and fill out this survey.

January~
1. did you have a new year's resolution this year?: No I never do.

2.Who kissed you at midnight?: Guhhh no one.

3. does it snow where you live?: Yes.

4. do you like hot chocolate?: Yes but I prefer it with two shots of espresso.

5. have you ever been to times square to watch the ball drop?: I haven't even been there for anything.

~February~
1. who was your valentine in 2005?: Ben Pascoe lolz.

2. what did your valentine get you? A large bag of peanut butter cups which I shared with Ben Argall and Megan because our computer class was so boring.

3. when you were little, did you buy valentines for your whole class?: Well DUH, that was only the most exciting day evah!

~March~
1. are you Irish?: Only a lil bit.

2. Do you wear green on St. Patty's Day?: Heck yes, I rocked out in a Flogging Molly shirt.

3.what did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2005?: I have no idea. It was a school day, that's all I remember.

~April~
1. Do you like the rain?: Yes.

2. Did you play an April fool's joke on anyone this year?: I think so.

3. do you get tons of candy on easter?: Heck yes, and I even got to hunt for plastic Easter Eggs filled with cash, because my mom doesn't want my sister and I to grow up.

~May~
1. What's your favorite kind of flower?: Rose.

3.Do you like the spring?: No, it's so nasty out ick ick ick MUD EVERYWHERE.

4. Finish the phrase: April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?: Anakin and Padme rolling in a field.

5. What would you think of as a spring color?: Pastels.

~June~
1. What year did/will you graduate from school?: 2005, bitch.

2. Did you go on any vacations last year?: Canada, Waupaka, Chicago area a couple times, um, Green Bay a couple times, yeah I forgot if I went anywhere else.

~July~
1. What did you do on the 4th of July?: Watched the parade, ran a booth at Al Quaal with the German kids, did some crap, watched the fireworks with people, then went out to my camp with Alex, Dave, and Kate and played Trouble for 3 hours hahaha.

3. did you go on any vacations during this month?: Went to Waupaka, WI for the big Johns family reunion, which wasn't actually that big because I know that the Bertucci's can have that kind of get together every weekend.

~August~
1. did you do anything special to end off your summer?: Went to Canada with Sam and Becca.

2. what was your favorite summer memory of '05?: Canada, haha it's taking over this survey.

3. do you go swimming a lot in the summer?: Actually not really, but I went out to camp at least once a week.

4. do you go to the beach a lot?: Heck yes!

~September~
1. Did you attend school/college in '05?: Yes.

2. who is/was your favorite teacher?: Kendall!

3. do you like fall better than summer?: It's exciting.

~October~
1. what was your favorite halloween costume ever?: My dead bride costume, it rocked way too hard. I would say my Harry Potter outfit, but I dress up in that all the time.

2. what's your favorite candy?: Kinder Ei.

3. what did you dress up like this year?: A slut for Rocky Horror.

4. who did you go trick-or-treating with?: I worked.

~November~
1. whose house do you usually go to for thanksgiving?: My gram and grandpa Johns's.

2. Do you like stuffing?: Not really.

3. what are you thankful for?: Everything wheee!

~December~
1. do you celebrate christmas?: Yes

3. what are you asking for this year for christmas?: I already had Christmas, dumb.

4.Whats the best present you ever got for christmas?: A Chia Pet.

5. do you like cold weather?: Sometimes.

6. How would u rate your 05?: It roxored.

Your mom has got it goin' on

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:25:02 GMT

IHS talent show today, it was pretty good and actually not as awkward as it has been some years. Don't worry, it was still totally awk for many acts, so yes, I did want to hide and cry. Sam, Zach, Dan, Sarah and I got to judge too! In my humble opinion, we were THE BEST TALENT SHOW JUDGES EVAH YEAHHH!!! Before and after we got to talk to Clancy as well, oh how I miss that man. I wish I could still just hang out in his class everyday.

I finished my Christmas shopping today with Sam, then we went to Hudson's with Alex. But before that, Sam and I saw Santa driving his convertable to the mall. You can't even imagine how random it was. Aaand I left my debit card at Jandron's, STUPID! I also recieved some delightful presents from Rob, Kenny, Kate, Ben, and Brenna. Everyone's presents were pretty rockin', especially during "Karma Sutra Story Time" haha.

P.S. My cousin Adrienne, her husband Eric, their daughters Lizzy and Charlotte, and my cousin Aaron and his girlfriend Lauren are coming to the Tundra Lodge and we get to go stay with them. I'm extremely excited!

Gonna have to tell her tonight.

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:45:55 GMT

Yes, I did purchase "Pickin' On Franz Ferdinand" by Cornbread Red. Strangely, I like it... but it did make me want to run home and listen to the real Franz Ferdinand. Anyway... here's a survey!

1) Was 2005 a good year for you? - Heck yes, my last year of high school was fun, summer rocked and my first semester of college did too!
2) What was your favorite moment of the year? Way too many good times... maybe hitting up the Canadian Parliament.
3) What was your least favorite moment of the year? Evertime I studied last minute for a test.
4) Where were you when 2005 began? Downtown Marquette for the ball drop.
5) Who were you with? Sam, Andrea, Dave, Musser, Robyn, Alex, umm, I think that's it for our group... and the rest of Marquette.
6) Where will you be when 2005 ends? Guh, we need a place for this year.
7) Who will you be with when 2005 ends? A ton of my friends.
8) Did you keep your new years resolution of 2005? I didn't make one.
9) Do you have a new years resolution for 2006? No, and I'll probably forget to make one too.
10) Did you fall in love in 2005? Yes
11) If yes, with who? Many famous men.
12) If yes, do they know? No, they're famous and I haven't met them in person yet.
13) Are you still in love with them? Heck yes.
14) Do you regret it? No, they're hot famous men, mostly foreign.
15) Did you breakup with anyone in 2005? Yes, Ben.
16) Did you make any new friends in 2005? Oh heck yes.
17) Who are your favorite new friends? Pauline and Johannah.
18) What was your favorite month of 2005? July, extreme Harry Potter magic!
19) Did you travel outside of the US in 2005? Yes, Canada in August! Awesome trip.
20) How many different states did you travel to in 2005? Wisconsin, Illinois, oh shit that's about it, laaame.
21) Did you lose anybody close to you in 2005? Yes, a certain someone in a certain book.
22) Did you miss anybody in the past year? Yes.
23) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2005? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but I actually saw a lot of good movies this year.
24) What was your favorite song from 2005? "Do You Want To" by Franz Ferdinand... I love that whole CD but I just remember the extreme joy of hearing a new Franz song for the first time and playing it constantly.
25) What was your favorite record from 2005? "You Could Have It So Much Better" by Franz Ferdinand
26) How many concerts did you see in 2005? Only Temper Temper, I NEED to see more this year, I feel like I'm falling behind.
27) Did you have a favorite concert in 2005? Derrr
28) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2005? Not much besides Montreal haha.
29) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2005? Not very much besides all that coke I took while trying to study for finals.
31) Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year? Ehhh aparently not because if it was that bad I would have remembered it.
33) What was the worst lie someone told you in 2005? Um, I don't know.
34) Did you treat somebody badly in 2005? Oh boy yes.
35) Did somebody treat you badly in 2005? No, everyone fucking loves me. I'm so hot... not even kidding.
36) How much money did you spend in 2005? Way too much, grad money and work money, oh man, fun purchases.
37) What was your proudest moment of 2005? Graduating from IHS.
38) What was your most embarrassing moment of 2005? Not sure.
39) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2005 and change something, what would it be? Go back to German class and as boiz on datez. No I really don't know haha.
40) What are your plans for 2006? Have a fucking great time in Germany and in school, make even more friends.

"Bubbles are delightful." - Stephen Colbert

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:49:00 GMT

All of my exams were a lot easier than I thought they would be, expecially the German one. It was 10 minutes, and Frau Strauss thought it was just fantastic that I asked Johanna and Pauline for help, haha. Then she asked me a couple questions about going to the movies, and I could only answer in a few words and she was like "That's totally fine! I don't expect full sentences, I just want to make sure you understand!" I couldn't believe it. Sooo easy.

My two history exams seemed really easy too, I hope that doesn't mean that I didn't do good, but I think I did good. Oh, and Sheikh e-mailed me and said that she thinks I'm a great writer, teehee. Whatev. Now that it's all over, I can spend more time reading books that aren't required for school and sleeping for super-extended amounts of time. Wheee!

Goobie is coming home tonight, and Sam and I are going to the airport! I love going to the airport! Then we're watching The 40 Year Old Virgin tonight. I bought it Tuesday and I've just been so excited because I absolutely love that movie. Dorks rock.

My Year In Review

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:52:29 GMT

January: Joelle once again proves Sam wrong.

February: Alex, your dad is hot.

March: Sam told me to update! I'm sorry but I don't have much to say. I've been editing a lot of crappy 7th grade Holocaust papers.

April: This guy that always comes in the cafe and talks about stupid crap left me a 53 cent tip entirely in pennies, and I wanted to punch him in the face.

May: I haven't updated in a while and for that I am SORRY!

June: Dirk needs to burn me a copy of Photoshop CS, because I've been going through withdraws.

July: Decided maybe I'll update for once, woo! Although, if you read Andrea's journal about Prague, then my entry is going to seem like total crap. Oh well.

August: There's the pictures! Canada was great fun, and we got to meet Ben!

September: Do you ever wish that your computer had balls, for the sole purpose of kicking them?

October: I totally DESTROYED the knuckles on my pointer and middle fingers on my right hand.

November: So last night on the way home Dave and I started talking about the Animorphs series for some strange reason, started recalling our faves, and then decided to find our books and race to see who can read the first 20 the fastest. WHAT A GOOD IDEA.

December: So I'm in Whitman right now, and there's this girl across from me on the other bench, typing impossibly loud.

Germans, Germans, Germans!

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:47:05 GMT

Today was the last day of German class, and Frau Strauss brought us a huge amount of fruit, Christmas snack cakes, and sugar cookies. It was a fun-filled 50 minutes. Next semester will be awesome!

I also finished my dialogue for the German exam, and went to the high school to have Herr Langness look it over, but ran into Pauline and Johanna and they wanted to edit it really badly haha. They just kept telling me how cute it was, but apparently my grammer actually wasn't that bad and they said that I did a good job. Yay!
"This is the cutest thing I have ever seen!" - Pauline

So after fixing that, I checked my e-mail, and found out that I now have a pen-pal for the German trip. It's a girl, FUCK, I wanted a boy so bad. Oh well, her name is Franzi Schmitt and she likes the cinemax and the disko, so I know we'll have a good time. Maybe she can hook me up with a hot German boy anyway, teehee, I'm a slut.

Dad is now putting together a TV stand that he bought, because we have a huge new TV sitting in our garage. This means my DDR sessions will be more intense than EVER!

New cell phone.

Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:59:40 GMT

Okay, I'm not posting my new number so I'll get more friendzorz lolz, but I just don't want anyone calling my old cell phone number because I'm giving it to my parents now, and wouldn't you feel stupid talking to my dad.

(906)251-8622