I let you all down because I have not talked about how Alaska is in days. The past few weeks have gone by so slowly, but so much has happened. I love all the people here, but miss everyone else. The weather has been amazing. Not to hot, not to cold.
I finally met everyone I will be working with and they are all very nice, some are weird though. The fishing up here hasnt been very good. No one is catching much, and when they do catch a lot, they are all very small fish.
I havent really worked a whole lot, but I've been doing decent.
My friend I brought up here has made time go by. She is a great person, but doesn't realize it.
There are tons of moose up here. Everytime I'm driving around I find a moose. They are massive.
It has started getting dark at night. Only for two hours, but thats more than we started off with.
Well there is really nothing else to say, not a lot has been going on. Oh! I did however, learn how to make mountain pies! Yum!
Later Days,
Madison

You know how everyone wonders what retirement it like? Well i have figured it out. It is not fun, nor relaxing. Trying to figure out anything for you to do is a waste of time because there truly is nothing. That is probably why grandparents set up play dates, a day of fun away from home.
The past two days seem to have dragged on. Nothing exciting has happened except we did get the worlds biggest cinnamon roll.
If this is what old people go through day in and day out then it's no surprise most are over weight and I would want my life to just end. This is torture.

First official day in Alaska! It was rather exciting, cold, but exciting none the less. Jennifer and I didn't get to the camper trailer until around 11 p.m. (thats 2 a.m. Oklahoma time). When we got there we were very tired. After a 7 hour flight who wouldn't be.
The sad part was that the highlight of that day was we got to finally see the car my dad found while he was up here. We bought it for $500, it's old, and his name is Terrets (Trey for short).
Anyways, our first day here consisted of waking up around 10, showering im some really nasty showers then going to eat at a place called Sal's. They had amazing milk shakes! After we ate we had to do some other not so fun things that you won't be interested in. After all of that we decided we should take a nap, only to be woken up by the sound of men outside our trailer. It turns out they were here to move our tailer to the dock where we will be working for the summer. Upon arrival we met a guy named Jim... He meowed at us.
Well that was pretty much it for day one, not exciting I know, but it won't always be. OH! We did see a moose, he had suicide on the brain.
Later Days,
Madison

It is the day of my flight to the wild Alaska! I am speechless... Leaving my friends and family behind is proving harder than I thought. I know, I have done this before so I should be use to it, but the truth is I know how hard it is to be away from the people I love for long periods of time.
Oh well, I have to do this. Education is riding on the line! Well I am off now. I will be posting more about mine and Jennifers funky exciting trip!
Later days,
Madison

This Just In!

Madison Shae Small will be flying to Alaska in the morning.

She has been doing this for two years now. What she will be doing is only a job for the privledged and her friend (Jennifer Bock). She will be sorting dead fish, cleaning off the dock, washing out bathrooms and babysitting the dock boss's brat. She knows that people would kill for this job, so she feels very honored to have this job. She will be up there for most of her summer, 7 weeks, June 15th-August 3rd. Yes, she would love to be able to stay home, but being able to pay for college and making a down payment on a new car is her goal for this year!

She wants you to know that she will miss everyone terribly. There won't be internet 24/7 so being able to talk to you will be rather hard, but she will find a way.

Please meditate, pray or ingage in anyother form of silence for her for at least a minute. Let her know you care and hope that she will make it!

Ok, now for the seriousness. I am going to Alaska, yes. I am upset about it to an extent. I would love to be able to see all my friends and family for a longer period of time since I am leaving for college August 15th, but this is something I must do.

Most of you are probably wondering how I found out about this. My Uncle is seriously crazy and doesn't do anything by the book. He wanted to find a way to make quick money and do something different. He found out about commercial fishing and took his daughter, Whitney, one of my cousins, she is 2 weeks younger then me. Since she didn't want to be alone one summer she invited me to tag along. I ended up liking it more than I thought I would, and the pay wasn't bad at all.

I am very thankful for this. I don't take it for granteed and I will never stop fishing. I will be able to post while I am up there thanks to the SMS posting option. I want everyone to know exactly what is going on. Maybe see some pictures?

Therefore, I am going to do a daily journal of all the interesting things, sometimes the gruesome things, that happen in my day to day Alaskan experience. Check back in daily and see what amusing things happen to me.

I do love you all very much and hope you will enjoy my posts! Can't wait to hear back from you guys.

A small family reunion.

Just got back from my "family reunion". Ugh. It was full of sun, stress, and pain. Here is what all happened.

First off we get up at 6 a.m. on Saturday to make it to Irving, Texas in time for my Aunt's 5th wedding. (no lie). We get there early and sit around, but not long enough to sleep. The wedding was ok, but then we had to go and have the gathering at her new husbands house, outside, with bugs. That eat you. And sun. And heat. It was awful.

We went to sleep as soon as we got home and woke up at 7 a.m. the next morning. Hopped in the car and we were on our way to the reunion, 2 HOURS AWAY! I was in the car forever! When we arrived we got to meet a lot of the family that we never met. We played around of testicle golf and ate some fajitas (that was the highlights). After a while we thought why don't we all go and paddle boat for a bit? We get all of my immediate family to go with us so that we can all have fun. 

Me and a cousin of mine get in a boat first and take off. As soon as we turn to face the dock we see my cousin Bret in the water. WHAT HAPPENED? We raced back to the dock and found out that he lost his keys in the water. We got out so we could give our support, paddling around aimlessly wouldn't accomplish anything, but sitting around twirling our thumbs would. As we were getting out I was getting a hold of the dock and slipped in, missed the edge of the dock and went underneath it all the way up to my waist. I was soaked. 

We sat around for three hours trying to find the keys. We used magnets (which we figured out later do not attach to keys), we used divers (saw more of my uncle's then I ever wanted too), we used... nothing else, but still. 

After a while a hot worker comes out and jumps in to help. He went under two times. His third time he came up with the keys. Yes, three times... we spent three hours. Our family is so not fan's of paddle boating anymore.

When all was said and done, they all left and I hung out with the grams and 3rd cousins. Slept on a uncomfortable bed and had no breakfast. So, for all you who think your life sucks, read this and remember, this is how my days go!

Later days!

Madison

Country Music

It is truly amazing how much Country Music has evovled. It use to be steel guitars and other unknown instruments. My Papa always made me listen to Country Music and figured I would like it. The truth? I hated it. I always felt like my brain was going to seep out of my ears so that it could save it's own life leaving me there to go through the torture alone. Not fair I know, but everyman (or thing) for him/itself. 

Now a days though the music has become enjoyable. After watching a music video by Dierks Bentley- Sideways (I wasn't sideways, that's what the song is called), and they had break dancers dancing to the music, I started paying more attention. Thats when I realized you really can dance to this new "hip" country. I even downloaded the song because I liked it so much. 

I'm going to have to call up my grandpa and tell him that I am now a fan of country music.

It's not just because the beat is getting better and you rarely hear a steel guitar above the drums and main guitar, but because most of them have so much meaning. Any music that mentions "One nation under God" and how much they love america is a grand station in my book. 

Well I have to go do some work, erlack, I know. I shall put more on here in a few days. Will not be home for a few days, A-ho! Bye guys!

Later Days,

Madison

The dog who barked man.

It has been a while since I have been on here. Reason why is because I know no body reads this, so it won't upset you if I don't post everyday. Haha.

I am not sure what I want to talk about right now. One thing is that I can't hear to think. My dog is barking at what she thinks is a person but really is nothing but a reflection in the window. When she starts barking our four other dogs start barking so this is a big mad house when they all get going. My poor mother. She has to let them out when they get this way, but they are all picky. Our big dog likes to go out front, the smaller one likes to go out the side door and the three small dogs have to go out back so they aren't hit. There for she has to try and get them all out, but they are all mean to each other. I mean they bite one another if they get to go out first. It is really ridiculous. My cute/loud little pupsters. I love them. Except one, she is annoying, but she is not my dog. And I like her to an extent.

I have realized that I kind of talked a lot about my dog right then, so the rest of my post will talk about my dog "Sophie". She is a dachshund mix. She is the prettiest dog ever and she gives me a reason to live everyday. 

Sorry about all the mushy stuff. *Sucking back tears* I'm good. *Sniffle* I'll be okay. Alright. So I have often wondered what the dogs brains are thinking. I mean my dog is the instigator to every mad barkathon that goes on in this house. Don't you think the other dog's would get very annoyed and stop listening to her? She is kind of like the boy who cried wolf... except she is the dog who barked man!?! Never thought about that till now. Maybe it is because our male dogs want to impress her and the other two follow her because she is the head of the house (She is the meanest). 

I don't know about you, but I want to go with that. My dog is the big honcho! She is the big cheese. The leader of the pack. Ruler of the house! 

Ok so this is cheesy, but I started laughing when I wrote that because the "Ruler of the house" made me think that she is the longest, much like a ruler. She is a foot long. The length of a ruler. Ok sorry again. I went off. I am the only sad human who will find that funny. I am going to go now. Hey if any life form actually reads this then you should jump over to my other blog. It is all about books. I review them. Here is the address: www.nopageuntouched.blogspot.com.

You can also follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Myspace!

Later Days!

MadisonSmall (use this to find me on twitter). 

Wow... this sucks...

So... Today is a day for venting. Ok? Let me start off my story.

This morning I wake up at 7. I'm not tired so I think what they hay, why not read my new and exciting book. I read till 9:30 got up and ate me some breakfast. My mom decided she wanted to go hang out with her sister, mother, and sister's boyfriend. OK! me and my dad hung out for ever just doing what normal sons and dads do... yes. I am a girl, but I have a boyish side. Anyways, so when we got done he said that he would help me with my soccer practice and go walking with me. We did. After that my mom shows up and we ate lunch and then watched a few shows then started getting ready for dinner. The whole family (mom, dad, brother, brother's girlfriend, aunt, aunt, aunt's boyfriend, uncle, grandma, cousin, me) was going out for dinner tonight at a place down the road. I was happy cause we didn't get together very much and seeing as how I was to tired to hang out last night I was really looking forward to it... but that all changed. I think it is amazing how things can change. My stupid uncle and aunt are the worst parents ever. They left their 13 year old daughter at home by herself! Leaving me to either listen to them all talk about chicken houses, politices, or liquadation sales. NO THANKS! But back to my cousin! Who in their right mind would leave a 13 yr old at their house alone. Some may think oh she will be fine! no she wont. Their house has been shot at, people have broken into it, most people around here hate my uncle and would do anything to make him pay for what he has done to them. So now my night will consist of me sitting on the couch, watching a movie and waiting for the news that my cousin, of 13, has been kidnapped. Not to mention my stupid brother and his trampy sister will propbably come over and go into his old room and have sex! I'm so not in a good mood anymore. Stupid sluts and uncles!

It is official.

I am bored outta my mind! I have been cleaning and washing like I am Cinderella and I still have tons to do. This is not the way I wanted to spend my day off of school. I am trying to convince my friend that she needs to make a blog on here because she is an amazing writer but I don't think she is going to. I read someone's blog and they were talking about chocolate so now I am craving it. I can't believe that there is no chocolate in this place. We have M&Ms but they don't have peanuts in them so they aren't even worth my time. They are like dirt, pointless and annoying! I hate putting my hand in a bowl full of M&Ms and always coming out with plain ones. I don't dig the plain. Extraordinary is the way for me! Go figure huh? A-ho! My thumb is still hurting. I hit it up against the bloody wall last night while I was sleeping. It woke me from a deep slumber. Ugh, why must I go through this pain? I don't think I did anything bad to deserve this. Oh well, it will make me stronger... or at least my thumb. People will think I have been doing thumb-ups, (push ups, but only with your thumbs) but the secret is cut your finger open and hit it on anything and everything, your thumb will be the strongest on the playground!

Anyways, I rambled! I just know realized I have to do a speech over the intercom tomorrow at school. That freaks me out. Even though I am a singer/actor doesn't mean i don't get scared! O well, I will soldier on.

So it has officially taken me all day to write this, because I had to wash some clothes, cook some food, clean my room and do what ever else was asked of me. Ugh! I can't wait till this blog is over.

Later Days,

Madison

The Sunday Sixs!

Hello my little ones! Here are the 6 random things of my week, that I have yet to talk about.







1. Yesterday was the 12th annual Winter Charity Ball at my school. Of course I am in the organization that put it on so I was told I must help decorate. The theme this year was "Blackout". Sweet right? Not really. The organizer of the event wanted us to use crystal vases as table decor. We thought it would be cool if we could get something to put in them that would glow. Weeks of looking we finally found something. Glowing water! Here is how... You may do this for yourself, it is very cool, just be careful. It stains and you could hurt yourself.



STEP 1: Find a highlighter of what ever color you want, a bucket or big bowl and a pitcher of water.



STEP 2: Pop the bottom off of the highlighter and take the ink stick out.



STEP 3: Pour the water over the ink stick while you ring it out. May be better to cut the ink stick open and pull the fabric out and pour the water directly on it.




There you go! GLOWING WATER! Well, I just had to be one of the ones who helped make the water. As I was opening one of the highlighters my scissors slipped and cut the top of my thumb. CUT IT! As in blood kept coming out of it for about 2 hours. Its freakin' deep! A-ho! Well, that was just about awful. I decided I should put some peroxide on it and it burnt!!! A whole heck of a lot. and now my thumb is numb... so I'm good.




2. I am officially in love with Sarah Dessen's books! They are amazing and she is so funny! Her blog is one of the one's I am following if you would like to follow them!



3. I think I have found the hair style I want to get! It is cute... funky... and different... Much like me.... I'll just show you a picture. I just love the way it looks. You can wear it almost any way, but I wonder if it takes a lot of work to get it to look like that, I don't have much time in the mornings.





4. I have decided I am kinda into the whole emo look. They wear black, sure, but they also wear very bright colors, which I love. At the ball last night I wore an outfit from Hot Topic and never felt better! I loved it! Here is another picture:
You can't really see it all, but I will find a better picture later so you can see the awsomeness of my emo-get-up!



5. I broke my camera. Yea, I don't know how I did it. And I just got it for my birthday a few weeks ago! I can't believe it. I am freaking out because I have a lot of photos on there that I haven't gotten off and if I can't turn it on then I can't get em! I sure hope I figure out a way to get it to work. If you have any ideas please tell me. This is the 3rd camera I have broken. And no it was not the batteries, they were new!



6. I have found some really amazing bands that I think you may enjoy. They are all very different and funky! The names of the bands/singers are:
The Morning Benders
Adele
Florence and the Machine
Hey Monday
Tegan and Sara
Well I think you should go look them up, they are all amazing! I could listen to their music all day long... which i have btw! I had to clean my room so music is the only medicine you can take for that! Welp, Ima gonna goa! (Italian) See all you little readers later!
Later Days,
Madison

Mission 1

Sitting in the library of our school. Librarian MIA. Must stay here.... must answer phone.... no life form found. It is seriously sad that all day I have been craving some time that I can just think and read, or write. Well of course I get what I asked for, except my book is in my actual class. And you might be thinking, "you're in a library. There are books everywhere." and you would be very right my little righties, but the fact is that I can not start reading another book... o there was a person! LIFE!... while I am reading another. My mind is already scattered and just reading one book is a struggle. So, I can't read. Then I have no paper to write on. They are very strict about using paper for useless things. So now I can't read, nor write... I kind of made it sound like I'm retarded. And don't even say that that was mean because if you were retarded you wouldn't be able to read this. Well, I have to sit here... time seems to be passing so slowly. Every sound I hear sends shivers up my spine. I hate the quite. At least I know I can never be a librarian, plus I can't spell. I guess I will just have to soldier on. Carry on. Keep going! I'm ramballing I know.
I really wonder what our librarian does all day. I mean, she teaches a class, but there is no one in here right now. She must be hiding away with some sort of magical thing. I figured it out. She has one of those really expensive books that you see in the movies,the one where everything that it talks about comes to life. She must be in one of the closets with her little friend now...
...
...
Went and checked. Nope, how ever I did find a very old looking book. I opened it and a bug fell out, but that doesn't make it magical. Stupid movies.
Janitor just scared the living poop outta me. I was getting me some germx because I got to thinking how many germs are on this keyboard and I looked through the window infront of the computer and he was pushed up against the glass! Didn't expect it. I wasn't afraid of him, I just wasn't ready to see that much ugly. A girl must prepair herself for those kinds of things, it takes time to be able to hold down your lunch when a man who looks like he has fallen from a very tall tree and landed on a bed of nails walks in. I'm getting sick just thinking about it... either that or my lunch just isn't agreeing with me. Either way, I am still alone.
Well, I guess that will be it for today class. Please make sure you pick up where we left of tomorrow. Thank you very much. Love you all.
Later Days,
Madison

Letter From A Tired and Sore Mondayer.

Today my leg has been hurting me to the point that i want to curl up on the floor and cry. Yes, much like the lil ones at the toy store who really want that barbie/toy truck. Anywhoie, I had to go to school and act like nothing was wrong, then I had to go to soccer practice. I don't quit understand why my leg was hurting. I haven't hit it on anything lately, I've been watching where I walk, and I know it's not growing pains because I'm a shorty. Well atleast I hope its not. Only one leg is hurting. So if it was growing pains then only one leg would be growing, then I'd end up lopsided. And then no one will want to marry me because I'm the sad girl with the abnormally long leg and the average size one. I will have to go to the nursing home because I wont have any kids, and even then they wont accept me because they wont have a bed that will be long enough for my stupid, big, fat, long, life-ruining, hairy round the ankles cause I can't reach there leg. Now I'm gonna have to cut it off. It is not worth it... but then I would be the woman who never married, has no kids, cant keep an animal because they think that her nub is a toy, and has to be in a wheelchair all the time. I think I would rather be the girl with the extra long leg... at least that way I will be known for something useful. Hmm i think i just talked myself into growing and extra long leg. Not an 'extra' leg, but one that is really really long. Goodness people, read it right!
Later Days,
Madison

The randomness that is amazing.

I was bored... yet again... and looking online at some stuff when I ran across one of the most random questions I have heard. Its a really good question though. I decided why not ask you fellow earthlings this question and see what you say.

"You'​re trapped in a room for 3 days with your ex, what do you do?"

Most would say, well it depends on the ex. I would agree with you. If I ever dated one of those underwear models and we broke up, being stuck in a room with him would be a dream, but sadly, I have not dated anything close to that. I have a problem with setteling because I don't think I can do better. As of now if I were stuck in a room with ANY of my ex's I would probably yell a lot, maybe find a stick that could cause damamge and walk out with a clear head and more answers.... maybe I should get stuck in a room with them, not all at once, they would kill me.

Anywhoie, I just wanted to post this and see what you guys. Go ahead and tell me what you would do.

Later Days,
Madison

This is just crazy!

Ok, so this was just to good! I was bored and looked up "New Trends" on google. This picture was the first one. I didn't really pay attention to it, until I saw it on every page. I then clicked on it and read what it said! Marc Jacobs was in a weird mood when he created these backwards shoes. Some say that they are very cute and they want them! What the cracker! These are the ugliest shoes! I love shoes and worship them with every fiber of my being but these are just ridiculous! I don't get them. This just shows what our world is turning into! A backwards mixed place. I hate these shoes and think if you like them then you are worse then a baby hater! That's pretty bad. Anyways, that is my rant for now. If I upset you I am sorry. You should maybe go jump off a cliff to get over the pain. Or wear some of these hidious shoes!

Later Days,

Madison

What's wrong with this?

I was sitting in my chair just thinking about what will happen today. I for some reason got to thinking about how people exaggerate. There are those that do it just a little bit, then there are those that make every little detail turn into a huge thing! I got stuck on this topic needless to say. Why do people do this? I admit I'm one of these people, but thats not the point. I only do it occasionally. When I want to impress someone.... or beat someone at their own game, other then that I'm not a liar. I got to thinking maybe they are doing this because their real life sucks so much they must lie to make it more interesting. That could very well be it. A conversationg I had the other day popped up in my head and I started picking it out. Here was the convo:

ME: "How was your weekend?"
OTHER: "Well it sucked."
(Hence why I figure if you lie your life sucks.)
ME: "Why? What happened?"
OTHER: "Well, I had to work all weekend, couldn't go hang out with my friends and had to miss
killer party."
ME: "That does suck."

Now, lets think about this. No one ever has to work ALL weekend or else they would never sleep, rarely eat and who would complain about earning money. If your job is that bad, quit. That simple. Next, couldn't hang out with your friends... hm... I don't know about you guys, but I am the kind of person that makes friends with people I work with so that my job will reak a little less, so you did hang out with friends. Plus you came over to my house and watched a movie. Did you forget about that you stupid no good waste of skin? Last but not least, you did not miss that killer party. There was no killer party. I wasn't told about no killer party. Not even after our one on one night we had, you didn't tell me or invite me to the party, therefor there wasn't one. So they should learn to shut their fat face and stop lieing!
Later Days,
Madison

Think about this

So it has been a long time since I have been on here... I know! Been busy.. sorry. Anyways I hope everyones year went well and they got everything they wanted... I think I did, I can't remember most of it. I wasn't drunk I just have a awful memory.
As of today I am trying to figure out if I want my blogs to have a theme or random. I am leaning towards the random seeing as how that is how I am! Scatterbrained and out there! Anywhoie, I have yet another question to ask you.

What is the first thing that REALLY pops into your head when someone compliments you?

Most would probably say "I always think aw how sweet", but that makes you a liar, I still love you, but you are my little r-tard! The other day someone at my school told me that they liked my shirt, how cool, very nice, blah blah blah. It would have been a nice compliment if I wasn't wearing a shirt that was about 80 years old and had stains all over it, if they really thought it was cute then something is wrong with them. I wore it because I was LAZY! and it was one of the only clean things that day... much like everyday. I said thank you to be nice then started thinking, usually doesn't end up good, why did I say thank you? I didn't really mean it, I actually thought you are probably getting some sick fun out of this and you are trying to make me think that we are buddies, but really we aren't and never will be, seeing as how you have bad taste in clothes and all. I started thinking of what I could say to her that would make her think that I didn't figure out her secret weapon. I wanted it to be normal and something that I could say to anyone, but I choose her, but I wanted it to also be easy to figure out so that when she finally wrapped her pea size brain around my compliment it would set off and cause her body to shut down and her to feel like she has been defeated... because she would have been!
I wanted to wait for just the right moment to say my witty comeback that wasn't really a comeback but really was. She walked through my class one day and I watched her walk away and when she got close to the door I finally set the gernade off. I pulled the trigger. I slung the knife. I smiled and said "This whole time I thought you didn't know what a over the shoulder boulder holder was." She smiled and walked through the door with a thoughtful look on her face. I guess I'm really not one for the hidden meaning behind words, to much work! Well that is my question... think about that!
Later Days.
Madison!