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Saturday - 10/21/06
Practice today from 8am until 10:30pm was quite intense to say the least. Luckily, we spent most of the time casting roles for the show.
I almost allowed myself to get mad about how our directors were going about things today until I took a step back from the situation. I realized that I was actually upset about having a bad hair day, being scolded (I didn't know that I was doing something wrong, and I get emotional when I'm scolded for doing something I didn't know was wrong), and lack of sleep. The fact that Nada wouldn't give me a chance to try out for a solo because I sing one line in Happiness was only a small part of my frustrations.
Good grief I sound like a bitchy YA.
Coming home and eating my strawberry-banana bread, Maggie's oatmeal-coconut cookies, and chamomile tea while talking to Adam sufficiently eclipsed my frets.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Sunday - 10/22/06
Woke up earlier than noon this morning. Ate a grape fruit and read and listened to the birds and squealing tires.
The couch was occupied by a boy and my roommate. So I occupied myself with finally cleaning up the remains of stitch'n'bitch.
Finished Amarcord. I have to return this and Dancer In The Dark to the library tomarrow. Tomarrow is always hord for me to spell, along with thoroughly.
GIRL POWER! Nick, Viola, and I are watching Spice World.
I believe that I acquire [have acquired] bathroom habits from men that have made their way into my heart. Hm. Odd.
Viola, Maggie, and I met Rachel and Emma in the parking lot to go to practice shortly after I finished Amarcord.
I am in Sing Sing Sing in the show. That is pretty rad.
We ate frozen yogurt at dinner time and then viewed the old kid's dress rehersal. I was in rare form [closer to true form] tonight on my friendliness level.
Leaving the warehouse, I assumed that Bri (the one with the amazing diva voice) was riding home with us, so I rushed to her with a hug, expressing how thrilled I was for her to be riding with us, and told her that she smelled clean. All prior to realizing that it was not, in fact, Rachel's SUV by which she was standing, but her roommates'. It is at this point in the tale that I threw myself on the pavement rolling with laughter at my slilly assumptions.
If you encounter the opportunity, take it to watch Spice World again. T'was a thorough amusement for me.
Monday - 10/23/06
This morning was spent munching and myspacing before I departed for the library at noonish.
At the Library, I sat in the coffee shop observing a man who was photographing arrangements of his coffee, muffin, and books from different perspectives atop chairs, on the floor, and various points in the room. He and the boy who works there had a conversation about 80's hair bands. This boy seems awkward and interesting. Rachel was on her way to pick me up for our roommates dinner shortly after school let out and the tables surrounding me filled with prepubescent Hot Topic advocates. They're cute in their own confused way.
So, we were meant to have a roommate dinner/lunch today, but Kristin had homework to do, so just Viola, Maggie, Rachel, and i discovered the Three Square Bistro- I ate a succulent portabello sandwich with roasted peppers, carmalized onions and a side of sweet potato fries.
I am anticipating the next election... even if it is two years away- I'm voting for Barak Obama [the feature about him in Time is worth reading].
I believe Amber and I are going running tomarrow at 10am. I'm excited (I haven't been dancing as much as I had been, so the activity should pump me full of some much needed endorphins). I think that I need to lose 10lbs. I kind of whish that my roommates hadn't bought a scale.
They're watching Hook at the moment. It is such a beautiful movie! It is my mom's favorite.
Tuesday - 10/23/06
Amber, Maggie and I went running, then did some yoga this lovely morning. We discovered a quaintly hidden park in a subdivision which looks over Corona and Riverside.
After, I proceeded to indulge in the written word as I completed The Te of Piglet and then began A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. Brian gave this to me to read as I shared with him the beauty of Richard Bach.
Alex somethingorotherIambadwithnames was Robyn's substitute dance teacher this evening. She was superb.
In celebration of Kelsey's birthday tomarrow, we roasted marshmallows in their fire place tonight. Yes. They have a fire place in CA. Lucky beeatches.
Amber, Emilie, and i had the lovliest time at Incahoots this evening. Marky Ramone was the guest DJ and played lots of peppy 60's/70's pop along with a couple classic punk tunes- a quite enjoyable mix, which I told him when Amber and I went up to the booth to shake his hand. He had a sincere smile.
Wednesday - 10/24/06
11:30 - Mail Andy, Retrieve gasoline
12:15-2:30 - Library, FIRST AID REPORT
2:45 - Pay rent [$300]
3:00 - Hip Hip!
4:30-5:30 - Work on report
5:30-8:30 - Music Theory and Psych
8:30 on - Read! Watch Dancer in the Dark
Ugh. I just can't write about something that doesn't fascinate me. All I have to do for my essay is paraphrase the first aid book, but I just continue to procrastinate.
My mom called me today to request that I talk to my brother about these kids teasing him for having long hair and the pla that he is and and whatever else. He's in sixth grade- which is when things started going sour with my life- middle school is rough. I tried to tell him that he shouldn't cut his hair because of some boys teasing him, but because he wants to (and only if he wants to) - I hope it sinks in.
Thursday - 10/25/06
I went grocery shopping first thing this morning. My, it feels like an entirely different day by now. Well, it is almost tomarrow right now.
After groceries were fetched, I wrote a bit more of the old First Aid Essay. Looks like I will be procrastinating once agian. Oh well- waking up early will need to occur tomarrow before Venice/Santa Monica.
Maggie, Lauren, Nick, Sarah, and I made a day of costumes- searching out materials in Walmart, Jo-anne's, and the Sal Vay. I had desired to be a flapper, but when Jo-anne's didn't have the correct fringe for my costume, I was thoroughly discouraged and decided to settle for an outfit from "my closet" (the Sal Vay and my own drawers). And thus I decided to be 80's (life is 80's Duh!)(Duh is an 80's word, right? Or early 90's?). Nick looked so cute as a hippie in my 70's flowered trousers, brown button down, and scarves adorning his head and hips.
BTW, we were dressing up to celebrate Halloween in psych tonight.
Positive engergy and dancing?
'Tis logical.
The costume party this evening was a fantastically lovely time- I don't believe that there have been so many of us in the same room outside of the warehouse.
With all of these festive Hallow's Eve/supernatural stories (especially in psych) I have made a solid decision to never use an Ouiji board, practice witchcraft, or participate in Satanism.
What a lovely final note.
Friday - 10/27/06
What a happy day. Emilie, Amber, Sarah, Lauren, and I spent our classes-free day in Santa Monica. I can't believe that we were some of the only ones to take advantage of it! Most of our time was spent browsing the too-pricey-for-me designer stores on 3rd and 4th street. The sidewalks were full of street performers- a guy balancing on one hand making weird noises, a guy painting with his tongue, three comedians drawing a crowd and jumping over lines of kids, and lots of very talented musicians.
I did end up spending lots of cash money in a vintage store called Wasteland- it was so worth it! Gosh I love clothing too much.
We all ate dinner at Bubba Gump's on the Pier. Emilie has never seen Forest Gump! So Sarah bought it at the gift shop and we shall be watching it sometime this week.
Then we frolicked on the beach under the moonlight.
To conclude the evening, Sarah and I indulged in a ride on the Pier's fantastic roller coaster- she's apparantly terrified of roller coasters, but she loved it as much as I did, I know.
I ended up driving us home and had to finish my homework before passing out.
Saturday - 10/28/06
After classes... one of our new kids had a seizure. It was totally out of nowhere. A somber mood settled in over us after the ambulance took her away. Luckily, she is fine now.
We learned, casted, and staged another number today. Practice was going swimmingly until we sat down for choral and apparantly did not know any of our parts. Our directors were so pissed that they decided to cut our entire first act unless we came to practice tomarrow to prove that we had all of the songs down. And then they told us that rehersal was over at 5:20. All of our new kids stayed at the warehouse practicing until Travis kicked us out at 7:45. My grumbling stomach (we all hadn't eaten since one) was thankful.
Even if they have super high expectations, yell at us, and work us hard, I love Ivan, Nada, Tara, and Jamal- in fact, these are the precise reasons that they are fantastic directors.
Our show is going to rock the house!
Practice today from 8am until 10:30pm was quite intense to say the least. Luckily, we spent most of the time casting roles for the show.
I almost allowed myself to get mad about how our directors were going about things today until I took a step back from the situation. I realized that I was actually upset about having a bad hair day, being scolded (I didn't know that I was doing something wrong, and I get emotional when I'm scolded for doing something I didn't know was wrong), and lack of sleep. The fact that Nada wouldn't give me a chance to try out for a solo because I sing one line in Happiness was only a small part of my frustrations.
Good grief I sound like a bitchy YA.
Coming home and eating my strawberry-banana bread, Maggie's oatmeal-coconut cookies, and chamomile tea while talking to Adam sufficiently eclipsed my frets.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Sunday - 10/22/06
Woke up earlier than noon this morning. Ate a grape fruit and read and listened to the birds and squealing tires.
The couch was occupied by a boy and my roommate. So I occupied myself with finally cleaning up the remains of stitch'n'bitch.
Finished Amarcord. I have to return this and Dancer In The Dark to the library tomarrow. Tomarrow is always hord for me to spell, along with thoroughly.
GIRL POWER! Nick, Viola, and I are watching Spice World.
I believe that I acquire [have acquired] bathroom habits from men that have made their way into my heart. Hm. Odd.
Viola, Maggie, and I met Rachel and Emma in the parking lot to go to practice shortly after I finished Amarcord.
I am in Sing Sing Sing in the show. That is pretty rad.
We ate frozen yogurt at dinner time and then viewed the old kid's dress rehersal. I was in rare form [closer to true form] tonight on my friendliness level.
Leaving the warehouse, I assumed that Bri (the one with the amazing diva voice) was riding home with us, so I rushed to her with a hug, expressing how thrilled I was for her to be riding with us, and told her that she smelled clean. All prior to realizing that it was not, in fact, Rachel's SUV by which she was standing, but her roommates'. It is at this point in the tale that I threw myself on the pavement rolling with laughter at my slilly assumptions.
If you encounter the opportunity, take it to watch Spice World again. T'was a thorough amusement for me.
Monday - 10/23/06
This morning was spent munching and myspacing before I departed for the library at noonish.
At the Library, I sat in the coffee shop observing a man who was photographing arrangements of his coffee, muffin, and books from different perspectives atop chairs, on the floor, and various points in the room. He and the boy who works there had a conversation about 80's hair bands. This boy seems awkward and interesting. Rachel was on her way to pick me up for our roommates dinner shortly after school let out and the tables surrounding me filled with prepubescent Hot Topic advocates. They're cute in their own confused way.
So, we were meant to have a roommate dinner/lunch today, but Kristin had homework to do, so just Viola, Maggie, Rachel, and i discovered the Three Square Bistro- I ate a succulent portabello sandwich with roasted peppers, carmalized onions and a side of sweet potato fries.
I am anticipating the next election... even if it is two years away- I'm voting for Barak Obama [the feature about him in Time is worth reading].
I believe Amber and I are going running tomarrow at 10am. I'm excited (I haven't been dancing as much as I had been, so the activity should pump me full of some much needed endorphins). I think that I need to lose 10lbs. I kind of whish that my roommates hadn't bought a scale.
They're watching Hook at the moment. It is such a beautiful movie! It is my mom's favorite.
Tuesday - 10/23/06
Amber, Maggie and I went running, then did some yoga this lovely morning. We discovered a quaintly hidden park in a subdivision which looks over Corona and Riverside.
After, I proceeded to indulge in the written word as I completed The Te of Piglet and then began A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore. Brian gave this to me to read as I shared with him the beauty of Richard Bach.
Alex somethingorotherIambadwithnames was Robyn's substitute dance teacher this evening. She was superb.
In celebration of Kelsey's birthday tomarrow, we roasted marshmallows in their fire place tonight. Yes. They have a fire place in CA. Lucky beeatches.
Amber, Emilie, and i had the lovliest time at Incahoots this evening. Marky Ramone was the guest DJ and played lots of peppy 60's/70's pop along with a couple classic punk tunes- a quite enjoyable mix, which I told him when Amber and I went up to the booth to shake his hand. He had a sincere smile.
Wednesday - 10/24/06
11:30 - Mail Andy, Retrieve gasoline
12:15-2:30 - Library, FIRST AID REPORT
2:45 - Pay rent [$300]
3:00 - Hip Hip!
4:30-5:30 - Work on report
5:30-8:30 - Music Theory and Psych
8:30 on - Read! Watch Dancer in the Dark
Ugh. I just can't write about something that doesn't fascinate me. All I have to do for my essay is paraphrase the first aid book, but I just continue to procrastinate.
My mom called me today to request that I talk to my brother about these kids teasing him for having long hair and the pla that he is and and whatever else. He's in sixth grade- which is when things started going sour with my life- middle school is rough. I tried to tell him that he shouldn't cut his hair because of some boys teasing him, but because he wants to (and only if he wants to) - I hope it sinks in.
Thursday - 10/25/06
I went grocery shopping first thing this morning. My, it feels like an entirely different day by now. Well, it is almost tomarrow right now.
After groceries were fetched, I wrote a bit more of the old First Aid Essay. Looks like I will be procrastinating once agian. Oh well- waking up early will need to occur tomarrow before Venice/Santa Monica.
Maggie, Lauren, Nick, Sarah, and I made a day of costumes- searching out materials in Walmart, Jo-anne's, and the Sal Vay. I had desired to be a flapper, but when Jo-anne's didn't have the correct fringe for my costume, I was thoroughly discouraged and decided to settle for an outfit from "my closet" (the Sal Vay and my own drawers). And thus I decided to be 80's (life is 80's Duh!)(Duh is an 80's word, right? Or early 90's?). Nick looked so cute as a hippie in my 70's flowered trousers, brown button down, and scarves adorning his head and hips.
BTW, we were dressing up to celebrate Halloween in psych tonight.
Positive engergy and dancing?
'Tis logical.
The costume party this evening was a fantastically lovely time- I don't believe that there have been so many of us in the same room outside of the warehouse.
With all of these festive Hallow's Eve/supernatural stories (especially in psych) I have made a solid decision to never use an Ouiji board, practice witchcraft, or participate in Satanism.
What a lovely final note.
Friday - 10/27/06
What a happy day. Emilie, Amber, Sarah, Lauren, and I spent our classes-free day in Santa Monica. I can't believe that we were some of the only ones to take advantage of it! Most of our time was spent browsing the too-pricey-for-me designer stores on 3rd and 4th street. The sidewalks were full of street performers- a guy balancing on one hand making weird noises, a guy painting with his tongue, three comedians drawing a crowd and jumping over lines of kids, and lots of very talented musicians.
I did end up spending lots of cash money in a vintage store called Wasteland- it was so worth it! Gosh I love clothing too much.
We all ate dinner at Bubba Gump's on the Pier. Emilie has never seen Forest Gump! So Sarah bought it at the gift shop and we shall be watching it sometime this week.
Then we frolicked on the beach under the moonlight.
To conclude the evening, Sarah and I indulged in a ride on the Pier's fantastic roller coaster- she's apparantly terrified of roller coasters, but she loved it as much as I did, I know.
I ended up driving us home and had to finish my homework before passing out.
Saturday - 10/28/06
After classes... one of our new kids had a seizure. It was totally out of nowhere. A somber mood settled in over us after the ambulance took her away. Luckily, she is fine now.
We learned, casted, and staged another number today. Practice was going swimmingly until we sat down for choral and apparantly did not know any of our parts. Our directors were so pissed that they decided to cut our entire first act unless we came to practice tomarrow to prove that we had all of the songs down. And then they told us that rehersal was over at 5:20. All of our new kids stayed at the warehouse practicing until Travis kicked us out at 7:45. My grumbling stomach (we all hadn't eaten since one) was thankful.
Even if they have super high expectations, yell at us, and work us hard, I love Ivan, Nada, Tara, and Jamal- in fact, these are the precise reasons that they are fantastic directors.
Our show is going to rock the house!