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Congratulations to everybody who made Grease. Phil, Tom, Eliza, Vik . . . everybody. YAY!
And just wanted to say:
I AM GOING TO THE BLINK-182/NO DOUBT CONCERT IN JUNE!
so maybe the tickets aren't quite stellar, but at least we have them.
Only three months and seventeen days until the concert!
I haven't been this excited for a concert since . . . maybe back in my *NSYNC days. Wooooo.
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[18 Feb 2004|10:06pm] |
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So . . . people have been hounding me to update, but I really don't feel like talking about how crappy today was, for fear of being obnoxious and depressed and a pain to everybody.
Two days until the weekend. Two days until the weekend.
To all my ex-early bird buddies: I miss the days when I didn't have to fear getting hit very hard in the head during indoor soccer. Normal gym sucks, guys.
CINDY: I have your mix all planned out, I just have no blank CDs. So expect it Friday, or Monday at the absolute latest.
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nothing to say. Sorry, I suck.
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[15 Feb 2004|04:37pm] |
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Step 1: Open your Winamp or other lesser MP3 player.
Step 2: Put all of your music on random.
Step 3: Write down the first ten songs it plays, no matter how embarrassing.
1. Phish: "If I Could I Would"
2. No Doubt: "Sunday Morning"
3. Lit: "My Own Worst Enemy"
4. Sheryl Crow: "My Favorite Mistake"
5. Everclear: "The Good Witch of the North"
6. Stellastarr*: "Jenny"
7. Ween: "Voodoo Lady"
8. Sublime: "Date Rape"
9. Hot Hot Heat: "Have A Good Sleep"
10. Blondie: "One Way Or Another"
I got off easy. Not too embarassing.
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[15 Feb 2004|04:15pm] |
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So Mystic River was really good. Having seen it, it kinda shakes up my plan for what I want to win for Oscars. I'm watching Lost In Translation tonight, and then the only best picture nominee I won't have seen is Master and Commander, which I really don't care to see much anyway. Ehh. Whatev.
So last night was fun. Our dinner consisted of popcorn while watching Charlize Theron get brutally raped and then kill many men. Yay for a good date movie.
So I don't even really know if it was a "date" or not, so I'm not making a big deal out of it. It was fun. Movie, mall, Moon, an hour of playing Bomb in his car in my driveway. (And no, that really isn't a weird term for some sexual thing. Everyone who knows me at all knows that nothing happened because I cannot make a move.) It was really fun. Plus, we're going to drive to Evanston next weekend to see "The Dreamers," the NC-17 orgy. Score.
MATT: I saw a Katy Rose video today!
Tonight, I'm staying in to have dinner with my grandma, and then I might go out. I don't know. We may be having our film class reunion tomorrow, but again, we have no clear plans. Phil can't go out tonight, Tom hasn't called me back, and Matt's at a birthday party. Maybe Trudie and I can see a good chick flick or something.
I know I'm not exciting. My entire life consists of movies. Wow.
I hope everybody's having a good weekend <3
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Off to see Mystic River with my mom. More details about last night later. (But don't get too excited; nothing really happened.)
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[14 Feb 2004|03:27pm] |
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So, the previous post lied.
The hot date is back on. And I am grinning from ear to ear.
Perhaps I should go get ready - changing out of my grungy pajamas might be a good start. (I woke up late and did not feel like looking presentable at MYA rehearsal this morning.)
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!
I love you all.
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Okay. The annual Valentine's Day mix is nearly complete. But I can't fit all these songs on one CD. It started off with 100+ songs, and now it's down to 23. Which ones should I take off to get it all on one CD?
note: this is not in order yet.
acapella: "Wonderwall"
acapella: "Crush" (originally by Dave Matthews Band)
Dido: "White Flag"
Blue October: "Calling You"
Bowling for Soup: "Dance With You"
Less Than Jake: "Teenager In Love"
Bush: "Glycerine"
Dire Straits: "Romeo and Juliet"
Reel Big Fish: "The Setup (You Need This)"
Foo Fighters: "Walking After You"
INXS: "Never Tear Us Apart"
Mazzy Star: "Fade Into You"
Josh Kelley: "Amazing"
Garbage: "You Look So Fine (remix)"
The Darkness: "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"
Huey Lewis and the News: "The Power Of Love"
Joseph Arthur: "Honey and the Moon"
James Taylor: "Your Smiling Face"
Semisonic: "One True Love"
Simple Plan: "I'd Do Anything"
Travis: "Sing"
Zwan: "Honestly"
So which songs are too cliched or don't fit? I know it's kinda a bipolar mix - happy and sad songs, but hey, that's the way Valentine's Day should be, right?
P.S. Chances of me having a "hot date" tomorrow night: maybe not quite zero anymore. Maybe about 60%ish.
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[07 Feb 2004|09:26am] |
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Hell yeah. That's with my rendition of "Promise," which Tru and I rocked out to yesterday at the jazz band trip.
ANYWAY
short update because I'm off to Madison for the day/night/most of tomorrow too. Not really excited, except I get to play more Brahms and I get to listen to all my CDs on the drive up. With the snow, it will probably take forrreevvvveeerrrr.
I've got my CD case full, a semi-working CD player if you hold it at just the right angle, and an MP3 player with 73 new songs. Woooooo.
Congratulations and good luck to everybody involved in the show. Samantha and Eliza, sorry I couldn't see yours, but I'm sure you were acting goddesses. Thursday's show was great. Yay for everyone.
I'll update more when I return, I promise. But maybe not tomorrow night - I have much Crime and Punishment to read (which I actually love) and much Grammys to watch. Score one for my loserness.
<3
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[31 Jan 2004|09:31pm] |
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I just got home from all-state, and it was the frickin' time of my life. I don't think I've had that much fun in forever.
I'm quite exhausted and I'm going to watch Thirteen before I go to bed. Or that's the plan. Then tomorrow - time to catch up on homework!
Anyway, I missed you all and I hope the rest of the week went well for everybody. I shall update more later!
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Well now my lips are numb, and the rhythms are floating through my head.
Hopefully this will all pay off.
But regardless, two days till my mini-break. Thank God.
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[25 Jan 2004|11:39pm] |
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Thought this was cool. One of my life goals is to visit all fifty states. Not bad for eighteen years.
create your own visited states map
or write about it on the open travel guide
Anyway, dance was lame yet . . . oddly really, really, really fun. As Trudie told me today, it was a "successful" night. Basically. I'll probably post the whole long gushing version later, but I'm sleepy.
Golden Globes were tonight and clearly took priority over homework. Yay for LOTR and Sarah Jessica Parker. And yay for good nominations - Johnny Depp, Love Actually, Finding Nemo, having all four Sex and the City women nominated. And did anybody else absolutely hate Nicole Kidman's dress? Hmmmmmmm.
<3 to you all. I'm heading to bed.
THREE DAYS UNTIL WE LEAVE FOR ALL-STATE!
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[07 Jan 2004|05:38pm] |
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Not enough time for an update, but just wanted to say thank you for making today an absolutely wonderful day.
For all the presents, all the hugs, even all the people who just said "Happy Birthday" in the halls.
However, the singing in lit crit today was NOT necessary or cool.
Also . . . yeah. Things were really, really good today. On many levels. I will write more later, but my birthday dinner smells soooooooooo good!
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[06 Jan 2004|11:27pm] |
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As my wet hair soaks through my pajamas as I frantically write my last update as a 17 year old, I will be brief.
The color of cool mint Listerine is absolutely gorgeous, as I discovered tonight. It's so pretty. That is my favorite color in physical form. I wish that had been a Crayola color when I was growing up or something.
I lost my favoritest pink belt that I got for Christmas from H&M today around early bird-ish time. So if anybody finds it, please let me know. I almost cried today because I got so attached to it and it must have broken sometime from being in my room at 6:21 and getting out of early bird at 7:30. Gah. I want it back so much.
Honor band . . . sucks. But I'm sitting next to Stephanie and a very cute, funny guy, which is good. I really miss the days when Jeff was in it too. Speaking of Jeff, he's taking me out to lunch on Friday, since everybody will be at Theaterfest. And Alexa's coming to drop off a present tomorrow. I wish I could see Andy before he heads back to Vandy, though.
Screw homework. Screw finals. I've been reading non-stop instead. This Richard Bachman book is amazingly creepy. It makes me wish I had enough talent to write, which, of course I don't. Hence why I'm being suicidal by taking lit crit instead of creative writing or something. Other classes are going well. Mr. Bassill rocks for not giving us a music theory final. And Mr. Clegg rocks for being hilarious, even though he's giving us a quiz on my birthday.
We were talking about how one way to increase employee wages is to train them and educate them more. So he was talking about how the school offers classes for teachers to take, "such as incorporating the calculator more or using geography in the classroom." At this point, with a little smirk on his face, he walks over to the board, pulls down a world map, points to Brazil, says "This is where Brazil is," walks back to his podium, and continues teaching. It was the funniest thing that's happened all day. (Even though it looks stupid written out.)
Run Lola Run is an amazingly rockin' movie. Although dubbing in English for the stupid kids in film SUCKS.
And the new Real World will be awesome! I think Randy's awesome already. The getting arrested and the steamy hookup clips from the "this season" montage intrigues me to no end. My mom was shaking her head at all the alcohol consumption and discussion of cheating that was happening tonight. Whatever, she can deal or not watch the show. I don't want my Real World viewage to be ruined.
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Well, that's it. Tomorrow is my birthday, and I'm so excited. Not for anything in particular. I'm not expecting many people to notice or comment (although that always makes me ridiculously happy). but just the idea of being 18 and coming home to a delicious cake and birthday dinner and the presents shaped perfectly like CDs and DVDs and Delia's boxes totally can tie me over for another year.
Seventeen was a good year. I can't frickin' wait until eighteen.
Love you all!
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[05 Jan 2004|10:12pm] |
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The updating just never ceases, does it?
( Woooooooooooooooooo I'm bored.Collapse )
Oh, and I just found out I'm missing another OK Go concert because I'll be at all-state. But all-state will be worth it. I'm so excited.
I really should change my desktop background. It's still a screenshot from Thirteen. I have a cool picture from Adaptation that I might use. I dunno.
Okay, time to hit the shower and crawl into bed. Let me know if my pictures worked before, please; that's the first time I've ever posted pictures!
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[31 Dec 2003|04:10pm] |
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Wow. It has been quite a while since I last updated. I just . . . decided to take a break from LJ, for whatever reason. But I'm back now, I guess.
Today's New Years Eve. Wooooo. Although it's not going to be the party night I originally expected it to be, I'm still really excited. I went shopping today with my mom and bought a cool new shirt to wear tonight. And I'm currently burning a mix for tonight.
Tomorrow I'm going to see LOTR for the first time with Matt Tolson. What a way to kick off the new year! And tomorrow night is girl's night with Lauren, who I haven't really talked to in . . . well, practically forever.
I hope everybody has a blast tonight - I can't wait to hear about everybody's night.
In conclusion, here is the 2003 survey that's been floating around. ( Happy New Year!Collapse )
Anyway, have a wonderful and glorious New Years Eve, everybody. I love you all!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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[23 Dec 2003|08:25pm] |
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. This is the side of LiveJournal that I hate.
Quote from random LJ I stumbled across:
Mesa soo happee! mesa got a jurnal n now mesa can talk about all da skater boys n punk rok n goth boys mesa see at skool n dey will NEVE EVER FIND mah jurnal bcuz bein all seecrative n haven a online jurnal dat no 1 knows about is soooo punk rock and rebelous!!!
OMG totaly evarthing mesi stand 4 in life!
wel mesi dun want 2 go 2 skool on mondy bcuz dis stoopid lesbun chik alwas calls meh a goth poser bcuz mesi ware a sum 41 shirt n blak lipstik wit meh striped tites. OMG WTF?? mesi kan b goth n punk if i want 2 stoopid bitch! u r da poser not meh u looser! mesi dont lisen 2 gay bands lik da cure like u do. WTF? mesi dont no who dey r neways! meesa just knows dat da signer wares makeup 2 n he uses hairspray n teeses his hare out!! n OMG!! he is a guy! WTF!?!?!
n get dis u guys - meesa saw him ware dreses b4 2 on stage. OMG! SO TOTLY GAY!
liek 4 reel!
Katie's well thought-out translation that scares her that people are this judgmental:
I am so happy! I got a journal, and now I can talk about all the skater boys, punks, and goths I see at school. They will never, ever find my journal because being all secretive and having an online journal that no one knows about is so punk rock and rebellious!
does that last sentence even make sense?
Oh my God, totally everything I stand for in life!
Well, I don't want to go to school on Monday because this stupid lesbian chick always calls me a goth poser because I wear a Sum 41 shirt and black lipstick with striped tights. I can be goth and punk if I want to, stupid bitch! You are the poser, not me, you loser! I don't listen to gay bands like The Cure, like you do. I don't know who they are anyway! I just know that the singer wears makeup too, and he uses hairspray and teases his hair out! And oh my God, he is a guy!
And get this, you guys, I saw him wear dresses before on stage. Oh my God, so totally gay! Like, for real!
It is people like that that make me cry inside.
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Gah. I got my hair cut and I don't know if I like it that much.
I also saw Lauren, Steph, and Andy at Best Buy today. Sorry for not saving you a place in line, Lauren, I was in a rush.
I went to Mario Tricoci today to cash in a gift certificate. I love being pampered. Got a facial, manicure, pedicure, and haircut. Was marvelous. The hair is super short, and it's going to take a while to get used to. Hmmmmmmmmm.
Yeah. And a certain person never called me back tonight, so I ran to Center and watched Mulholland Drive (duh). Yes, was a good day, relatively. I think we're doing a present swap tomorrow, which shall rock.
More later. Sorry I've slacked on the update front.
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[17 Dec 2003|08:43pm] |
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( New CD burned!Collapse )
Comments, anybody?
I'm also trying to make a mix for my little brother, who is turning thirteen tomorrow, of songs every teenager should know. Any ideas ASAP?
Oh wait - no homework tonight! SWEEEEET.
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[15 Dec 2003|08:09pm] |
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Wow. It certainly has been a while since I've updated. Sorry for slacking off, everybody.
The weekend went pretty well, considering the amount of music that was being played. I recorded my CD for colleges with Bassill and Mr. Duncan on Friday after school, and although I cracked a few notes here and there, I think it turned out okay. Friday night, my brother and I went out and rented Pirates (for free, nonetheless!) and I finalized all the supplementary materials and sealed the final envelopes of my college applications EVER before crashing ten minutes into the movie and remaining in a very, very deep sleep until 11:28 that night. Go me.
Saturday was the massive MYA concert. We had rehearsal down at Northwestern at 11, which went surprisingly well. My mom took me to Old Navy and Old Orchard between the rehearsal and the 3:00 concert, where I got a start on my Christmas shopping.
( Christmas list, for future reference.Collapse )
Anyway, I got some presents and was very tempted to buy many overpriced things for myself, though I hate the feeling I get when I go shopping around the holidays and buy something for myself, and I feel so selfish when the salesperson asks, "Do you want a gift receipt?" Because then I just feel horrible.
The concert went very well. Steph, James, Trevor (my favorite kid ever!), and I all cheered loudly for P, Bassill, and Sarah as they conducted/helped set up chairs. Our performance went pretty well. We were playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (you know, the one that has Ode To Joy in it) and I was extremely nervous because I was playing first horn all by myself. But I rocked on my solos (and Steph rocked on her big one) and everything was good. We got pretty off in the second movement, though. But that's enough orchestra lingo for now. But my friend Doug, who plays trombone, and plays a grand total of 34 notes in the first three movements, said that he was reading off my part and that I played it perfectly. That made me so happy. Bassill and Sarah and even Dr. Dennis said I played beautifully too. Yay for compliments.
Saturday night I watched Pirates with my dad and socialized with my uncle. Much funness. I also started to hear about the Northwestern deferrals (sadness, I still feel so bad), which makes me even more anxious to get into frickin' college.
Sunday we had the marathon band concert. Yearbook pictures, band concert, orchestra concert, brass ensemble, jazz band. And somewhere in there, I managed to see Alexa, Stu, and Nick Ferrin and eat some meatballs because I don't eat spaghetti and hang out with Matt and play massively long games of Bomb. I also talked to Mark (as in ex-boyfriend) for a while, which was actually rather nice. We were civil, but there's still part of me that is dying to know why exactly he broke up with me. Damn him. But we talked about college and how much fun he's having and how much fun I will have and congratulations on all-state and all other sorts of BS. But at least we got to talk.
Today's been fine. Classes were okay. We watched Roger and Me in econ, which involved witnessing a bunny get its head chopped off and watching this insane woman skin it while discussing the economy of Flint, Michigan. Quite appetizing. In music theory, we just bummed around because people were in the computer labs and I sat talking to Bassill and Caitlin about orchestra and all sorts of other intriguing topics. Phil and I accidentally ditched the beginning of band and sat in Bassill's office with Clarissa, talking about all-state and Jack Marquardt (who I actually really miss). Film, we finished The Shining, and it still frustrates me how jumpy I always am. Afterschool we had NHS and Cum Laude pictures and then jazz band. Funness all around.
Okay, now that I've bored you all to death . . . .
I can't wait at all for Christmas break. I really and truly cannot.
I'm really excited for MYA at Symphony Center on the 27th. It shall be amazing.
The grand total of mp3s is currently 1458.
Less than a month until I turn 18. Thank God.
People I love especially much right now: Trudie, Kate, Matt T, Jake, both Laurens, Phil, Bob.
People I dislike especially much right now: my brother, Caitlin (not Big C), Mandy, Nathan, Jack.
That about wraps it up. Yep.
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[10 Dec 2003|07:23pm] |
Hey Matt, saw this and thought of you and your vast knowledge of quality horror movies.
( I was bored.Collapse )
Yay to everyone who made all-state (me, Phil, Caitlin, Bob, Henry, and Whitney) and the play (especially Phil, Trudie, Vik, Samantha, Eliza, and Tom.
Phew. Now that that's out of my system . . . .
Good day today. Not really much of note besides the all-state notification.
Okay, my brother's being a complete jerk. I'll write more when I have time. These next few days will be really tough with homework and music-ness and all, so I'll write when I can.
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