Dorm of the Shadow Puppets

Dear Buzznet Friends,

As many of you can see I (Tanya) have disappeared. I have not been on Buzznet this summer at all. I feel like I am ignoring you all, including you Alyssa, however this is not the intention. I have been on holidays and working on summer school! And must I say, Seattle is a beautiful city. The people are super friendly, and will dance on the street to the music coming from the "Ride the Ducks" Tour, a boat on wheels, that takes you all around downtown Seattle and into Lake Union. I must say, i you go to Seattle, I would do this tour the first day, it gives you a taste of Seattle and you also find out like 500 things to do. it is worth your money, or so I thought. Now the music and art scene is unbelievable. The EMP museum is super fun, and where aslo can you have your own rockband and perform for screaming fans and sound good no matter what singing thae good ol' Crossroads classic "I Love Rock & Roll". The art is spectacular. Public art is displayed everywhere. 1% of the cost for every public building that goes up is dedicated to public art. So pretty much if a building costs a million dollars to make $10,000 will be used for public art. Oh and a perk for you Albertans in Seattle (I am unsure about other parts of USA) you  get no tax as long as you show ID! So bring your ID and tell them you don't pay taxes! You will save lots of money! Oh and one other thing, if you are texting someone, wach you you are walking, cause if you don't you may just stumble into the boys washroom, and start changing...not good!

Anyways peace. I am off to Sylvan Lake, Calgary, and Banff! I haven't even been home for 15 hours and I am already being shoved out the door with no choice as to if I want to go or not. I am being forced into a lonely abyss of summer days away from all my friends and things I really want to do, but oh well, at least I get to go to the zoo! Oh, and on our way there we get to stop at Tim Horton's so my madre can get coffee, and I can get ummm nothing because "eveything is loaded with calories and I am going to get fat" as my mother says as she tries to make me eat a cinnamon bun... I am very bitter right now. Anyways, when I return home I will tell you about my journey into Cow Town along with any thing else that happened in Seattle.

*Tanya-  :)

 

Dear Friend(s) of Buzznet,

Alyssa and I have decided that our BUZZNET needed a make-over.

So we gave it one. And it looks sweet. If I do say so myself...right, Tanya?

I dig it.

Plus, I don't know if anyone noticed...but we've been gone. For a really long time...

Now that it is summer, we can put all our time and hyperness towards buzznet, while on caffeine *pause* (Alyssa laughs) buzzes from the *wow, it is late* *blink blink* Starbucks down the road!

Watching her write that last sentence pained me. Just putting that out there, it took about ten minutes. Anyways, what we're trying to say is...we've missed you. So we came back. :)

...but only until August 31st. Then we will disappear into a black abyss, and into the final year of school!

Because August 31st is the Backstreet Boys concert. And yes, we're going. Who wouldn't?

By the way, since when does a North American Tour exclude 99.98% of Canada, and Seattle??

No, she's not talking about BSB...they're pretty awesome so they're actually making the leap into our "frosty" country.

Can we say cornucopia??

Where? No.

Sorry, ADD much...

Yup, I'm pretty sure your case is legit...Anyways, time to sign off...Tanya's laughing at nothing again...and I'm scared. So, bascially, we came to say hello and now that summer is here, you'll be hearing from us a lot more. And we may tell you a story or two about the vast *cornucopia* of the Northern realm...and abyss. Until then, it's late so we are leaving. Goodnight...oh, and since it's technically July 4th...Happy Independence Day, American Friends! Send us some awesome firework pictures...we kind of failed at capturing ours on July 1st...so, now I'm rambling.

Ok, Alyssa, STOP! Goodnight everyone!!

xoxo

Alyssa and Tanya!

 

 

I don't know why, but that line really inspires me. It has this sense of hopefulness, one that makes you think that maybe optimism can be achieved. Or maybe I just enjoy old chick flicks too much. (In case you were wondering, it's from 'Sabrina' with Audrey Hepburn.) Anyways, I was out the other day at about quarter after seven in the morning, walking to the bus, and I noticed that through the dim light and the light sheet of early morning fog, that the moon was still so high up in the sky. And for some reason, it just made me think of walking down the streets at night in the summertime with my best friends...and it made me think of how truly happy I am to be alive. I don't think that people take enough time to truly realize that we are alive and how grateful we should be that we are. Even though this world is full of hardship and harsh words and enemies, there is still actually so much good left in the world if we look at it. Life really is worth living. I don't know why this all popped into my head, and to be honest, why I even feel the need to be writing this down. Or, rather, typing it for all of the Internet world to see. I guess I've just been sort of dropping this layer of cynicism that I've been engulfing myself in lately. I guess I used to kind of live in a fantasy land, thinking of what I wish would happen in my life at any moment. Lately, though, I've started to realize how good things are just the way that they are. And I hope that everyone else can feel like they are simply happy in their life, even if only for a moment. And maybe watch a good old chick flick once in a while. As emotional as they can make you, they really do have a sense of optimism and cheer that maybe we need a little more of in our world today.

And, as for the last journal, sorry about having to leave our homework up on display. The computers wouldn't even let us save it as a draft. But maybe it will have given someone some insight on something that they didn't know before. You know, if people actually decided to read it.

Plus, Tanya and I think that we are in desperate need of updating our buzznet...I mean, our pictures have gotten so outdated, I'm kind of shocked that they haven't built up a layer of virtual dust. Anyways, hopefully we'll post again soon...in the meantime, I strongly advise everyone that has not to read 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'...that book is truly honest adolescence. And I love every page of it.

xoxo

~Lyssa

I wish to announce to the world that my beloved best friend Tanya is celebrating her birthday today!!!

 

HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN, T-DOG!!!

I love you with all my heart (and soul)!!!

Love Always,

Alyssa a.k.a. A-Dizzle

 

 

Okay...well, it always sucks when Buzznet deletes half of your journal entry. Ouch. I guess I wasn't witty enough to have my inner workings put on display that day. But I'll write out what I remember again, anyways.

So...despite what the title says, I guess I kind of have been far away. I mean, this journal thing has obviously taken an angry stance against me, and our pictures are so outdated you might figure them to be in black and white. I think we need to upload some new ones...maybe ones that don't have these shaggy bangs that obscure my eyes as if I was a dog. It's a wonder that I never ran into anything. Tanya and I did break a bench though. Looks like somebody needs to tone down their Starbucks intake.

So, basically...I think the whole point of this journal was to prove to myself that I still knew how Buzznet works. And, I guess to escape the wrath of physics. And to announce to the world that TANYA HAS BRACES!!! And won't stop bitching about them. But, hey, it's normal to want to kill someone when your mouth is in constant hell...well, maybe for like a week. And they're totally cute. She says she now has built-in grillz. I know everyone's jealous.

And, I guess to make this journal SLIGHTLY productive...anyone have any sweet ideas for a Not-So-Sweet-Yet Sixteen? Because between the cold weather and the amount of physics homework that we get, we've lost all sense of creativity.

And, lastly, if we don't get back to you until then...Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

~♥~Miss Alyss~♥~

P.S. - Tanya says hi. And flashes a beautiful turquoise/purple/silver smile at you.

P.P.S. - If anybody decorates a Charlie Brown tree this year, tell me...you'll officially be my hero.

i've been obsessesd with making food lately. and bananas. i made banana french toast...and it was delicious, then this sort of vegatable/breadl ike thing that was realy good and stirfry with beans, zuchinni, and peppers. but this morning i decided ot make cinnamon buns. but i din't use a recipie...well is orta did...i looked at the recipie and saw what i needed and kinda did it myself. i had already made have of it when i realized we had no eggs. so i added a banana instead becaus esomeone told me that you can substitute eggs for bananas. well cinnamon buns are extremmely hard tomake my mother told me once. i forgot that...and made some. they are good. and taste like banana cinnamon buns. they are actually delicious. they good be better...but i  have this problem sometimes where i think everything i make is delicious...or disgusting...except for that bread/vegetable thing which was ok. it filled me up. anywyas i am rambling...but i don't even really like cinnamon buns and now i have like 2 dozen of these banana cinnamon buns that my mom won't eat...and my older brother may eat. and i need people to come to my house and eat them ok. they are atually pretty good for the first time making cinnamon buns ever and using bananas... and not really following the recipie. i should start my own cooking channel! "Tanya The Tortoise - An Amazing Chef, With Oh So Little Skill" that would be great. so come over. and eat cinnamon buns ok! this not a suggestion it is a command! NOW! ehehehe. or you know i can send you one in the mail...

wow. when will my food making obsession come to an end... day 2.
and all i use while cooking has been: peppers, zuchinni, bananas, and bread... wow staple foods. of course i've used other stuff but that is the main stuff.  enough with my ramble. come!

sincerly, your chef:

_tanya.

Before I start, here are the rules:
1. List 8 facts...only 8.
2. You must then list 8 TAGS at the end of the post. This means you must name 8 people on Buzznet who now have to post the same type of blog (journal entry).
3. Leave them a note on their page asking them to read yours.

Okay, now here's how it's gonna work since Tanya and I share this account: I'll write the first four (me being Alyssa) and Tanya will write the last four.

I GOT TAGGED BY xxcheesypenguinsxx:

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1.) I absolutely cannot stand when people rub the fingers across that weird 3-D surface texture. You know, that texture on a book or something when the picture is either 3-D or when you turn it from side to side the picture changes? It gives me the heebie jeebies.

2.) Whenever I have to deal with something, I write about it.

3.) Against my better judgement, I will tell you that I am extremely ticklish.

4.) I am a sucker for a good musical. I mean, doesn't everyone want their school to randomly break out in song? Or maybe that's just me...

5.) I get these weird obsession and craving for cheese, even though I hate cheese.

6.) Usually when I am talking, it is me thinking outloud, and most of the time, I am not talking to the person even though they think I am (in other words I think outloud)

7.)  I frequently do my hair, and change my clothes in a day. I just can't decide, my usual morning (saturday) routine consists of changing at least twice. Sometimes if I am perfectly satisfied with my outfit I'll change it just to loss track of time.

8.) After midnight, and being by myself is when I have the most fun. But i am scared of the dark...and my basement...

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Okay guys, if you're on our tags, YOU'RE NEXT! Please make our days by actually doing this! Thank you! And, btw, you would not believe how hard it is to find someone that hasn't been tagged already, so please, if we tagged you, be grateful for the attempts that we made!

~Lyssa and Tanya~

After a long week of vacationing, I am back, and am trying to get caught up with Buzznet. Tanya has been leaving you little poems, and she inspired me to actually post one of my own. When I was in the car on a what seemed to be a year-long trip, I came up wth this:

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Outside my dirty window,                                                                                                                

Lie the living skies aglow.

However, they mark the piece of my life that is so dead in reality,

The golden fields a memory.

Each road sign one step closer to my empty "home."

I've lost count of the yellow lines,

Another metre, a flash in time.

The bumps in the road make my handwriting shaky.

This place is who I used to be,

A smiling young child, dancing in the sun,

Hand in hand with my loved ones.

Childhood naivete came so easily in a small town serenade.

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That's when I put down my pen and turned on my iPod with only about an hour and a half or two hours to go. Now I must go to bed, as work calls tomorrow, but I'll update soon!

~♫~Lyssa~♫~

Your love life will be... interesting.


What? umm ok. stupid linux computer. oh well. i like Wanda. she usually tells jokes. not fortunes.

OK! i tottally need a trampoline! eheheheh! i went to my friends cabin and slept n hte trampoline. OMG! so comfy. it rained tho...so we got kinda wet! but blankets are fun! and keep you warm! and the best part is is that a trampoline is very comfy so you can fall asleep under the stars and be comfy! yay! for trampolines! if you have a trampoline ivite me over! so i can jump and play on it! and possibly sleep depending on the weather and my mood!
yay! *insert very hapy excited face here*

    Another poem. Inspiration is coming easy these days. Hope you enjoy.

Childhood Love Never Felt So Alone

I see you sitting there all i can do is think
My words, a solid promise scrawled in ink
Cross my heart, hope to die
The stars in the sky,  were created for you and I

Your heart too small
I've given you every clue
Looking back to what I recall
I remember it was always about you

These notebook pages are filled with truth
Recollecting dreams, of my childhood youth
Stories, poems, some prose here and there
Thoughts and promises, emotions flare

Somedays it seems like I'm an invisiable monster
All my sorrows, drowned by liqueur
If only you'de realize, how much I love you
But other then that, theres nothing I can do

So i worte this poem. i don't really know where i was/am going with it. hope you enjoy a little of my 'creative-ness' hehe.

Seashell Farewells
Trapped, stuck, abanonded and alone
Stuck on an island, and can't go home
My thoughts wonder, my mind the only prison
No bars to hold them back, memories non-fiction

Seas a green, rocks a grey
Even in this little cabin there's no place to stay

A little boat, to row away my fears
Life barely explored, opened fontiers
The ocean a blanket,  ships it leers
Even on these unabandoned piers
The tide comes and veers

Hello Alyssa and Tanya Here! Both ... At The Same Time

Yah. So Alyssa what did we do today?

Umm...I believe that we got up at noon and took crazy pictures...in the playground...with balloons!

Really?

Yes.

ok! what did you have for lunch today?

Well, Tanya, I had an amazing bowl of noodles with cheese and hot dogs...that you made me! I am eternally grateful! And then we got ready for picture day! Tanya, what did we break again since we're so full of danger and surprises?

Alyssa, we broke the swing in my backyard...OOPS! Our Bad! I also broke a guitar string. Well that was the other day...but i re-strung my guitar today! :)

Your blue guitar?

NO! my purple guitar with zebras!

That is so cruel...but anyway, and how do you string a guitar again?

You have to pull out those damn little pegs at the bottom of the hole...I suggest using pliers. It works the best. and wind, and WA-LA! And tune it! But I don't have a purple guitar. Way to miss the sarcasm.

Hello, I got it, I'm not as dumb as you think I am...*darts eyes suspiciously*...I'm thirsty, do we have any more juice?

We have about *lifting orange juice container* 500mL left.

OMG! That's amazing! I shoud set up a booth...'Tanya, The Living Scale!' I could make so much money...you'd get 10% of course...

Only 10% I am doing the work here...what do you think my job is...an effing slave? But ok I like that idea. We need to finish our box.

Well, I am the visionary, that's why I get 90%. And, yes, I think we should travel to the upstairs to finish...

Thank-you for reading the 'Diary Of Two Crack-Whores' Part 1.

So Alyssa totally pwned me at this blog writing thinng. But we are alter ego's of each other...and sometimes we are referred to as Alisya. So drop us a line or add us as a friend. :)

-Tanya!

p.s: sorry alyssa for stealing the first journal spot!

Hey people! Yay! My first journal on Buzznet! So excited! I've been lurking in the shadows for some time now, and I figured it was finally time to step it up and make an account! So, pictures should be up tomorrow, but in the meantime, drop us a note or add us as a friend or something, it would pretty much make our lives! And say hi to my alter-ego, Tanya (my best friend that I share the account with!) since she's pretty much amazing! In the meantime, I'll go listen to my iTunes and obsess over background colours! 'Til tomorrow!

~Love, Lyssa