P.S. I am waaaay to obsessed with the internet so I made a new blog. It's called sonrisa, which is spanish for smile. CHECK IT OUT!!
http://happysonrisa.blogspot.com/
Saturday, February 26, 2011
SADIES 2.0
I just realized I never gave you guys an update about my Sadies situation! I know the dance was fortnight ago (I love that word) but I'll fill you in anyway.
A) I FOUND A DATE! I asked on of my friends who I knew would mesh well with the group. I thought he had already been asked by another girl in our group, and then it turned out he hadn't, and so I asked him. We totally just went as friends, but I was still glad I had the balls to actually ask someone.
B) My dress was super cute. I borrowed it from my cousin, and it was black with one strap and a BIG bow. I loved it. Plus, I bought these really tall black patent leather pumps :)
C) PLANNING. Okay, so I was planning the whole group thing with one of my good friends and we were going to eat at Buca. Because we were such a big group, we had to pay in advance. We were asking for money by Friday, and on that Thursday we only had ONE person pay! AH. It was really stress-inducing.
Also, a couple asked to join our group on the Wednesday before the Saturday night dance. ACK! It ended up working out, but people were just adding on like crazy and we ended up with 33 people. It was nuts.
D) Dinner was a lot of fun. I wish it could have lasted longer because there were a lot of fun peeps in our group that I would like to have chatted with longer. Either way, the food was de-lish. Anyway, then we got to the dance. We knew there probably wouldn't be a ton of people there, what with the whole grinding policy issue last year, but man, was it lame. Seriously, there was hardly anybody there. It was kind of awkward, so we went and hung out at the casino, which I found to be extremely boring. Eventually, we made our way to the dance floor and just danced like dorks and ended up having a ton of fun. That is just the way you've gotta do it! We're thinking if we do a repeat next year, however, we won't actually go to the dance but get dressed up and go out to dinner and have a DP at someones house because that is WAY less awkward. Anyway, that's all I've got folks :)
A) I FOUND A DATE! I asked on of my friends who I knew would mesh well with the group. I thought he had already been asked by another girl in our group, and then it turned out he hadn't, and so I asked him. We totally just went as friends, but I was still glad I had the balls to actually ask someone.
B) My dress was super cute. I borrowed it from my cousin, and it was black with one strap and a BIG bow. I loved it. Plus, I bought these really tall black patent leather pumps :)
C) PLANNING. Okay, so I was planning the whole group thing with one of my good friends and we were going to eat at Buca. Because we were such a big group, we had to pay in advance. We were asking for money by Friday, and on that Thursday we only had ONE person pay! AH. It was really stress-inducing.
Also, a couple asked to join our group on the Wednesday before the Saturday night dance. ACK! It ended up working out, but people were just adding on like crazy and we ended up with 33 people. It was nuts.
D) Dinner was a lot of fun. I wish it could have lasted longer because there were a lot of fun peeps in our group that I would like to have chatted with longer. Either way, the food was de-lish. Anyway, then we got to the dance. We knew there probably wouldn't be a ton of people there, what with the whole grinding policy issue last year, but man, was it lame. Seriously, there was hardly anybody there. It was kind of awkward, so we went and hung out at the casino, which I found to be extremely boring. Eventually, we made our way to the dance floor and just danced like dorks and ended up having a ton of fun. That is just the way you've gotta do it! We're thinking if we do a repeat next year, however, we won't actually go to the dance but get dressed up and go out to dinner and have a DP at someones house because that is WAY less awkward. Anyway, that's all I've got folks :)
Friday, February 25, 2011
MUSICALS.
Tonight I saw You're A Good Man Charlie Brown at my friends church and it was PHENOMENAL. There was so much stinking talent in that show it absolutely blew my mind. All the actors and actresses looked like they were having a ball up there, and it reminded me of how much I realllllly want to be in a musical this summer. It just seems like such a fun thing to be a part of. Plus, I love show tunes :) all I need to do now is find a community theatre company that will let me join their show. I know there's the blue water, but it's a lot of wayzata kids and I want to make NEW friends. Plus, I'm still sort of feeling funny about the whole sweeney todd thing. Hmm... I dunno, we shall see!! But I AM detrmined to do a show this summer. And also take piano lessons.
BOOKS 2.0
For creative writing, we are supposed to pick a book to read for the semester. I'm sort of having trouble choosing. There are just so many good books out there, it is impossible to decide. I really want to read something by Nick Hornby (one of my new favorite authors) but at the same time, I want to break out of my comfort zone and read something different. There's also the issue of AP Lit, because it seems like a lot of the books on our list are ones we read in that class (which I am taking next year). AHH I don't know what to do!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
FOR THE BIRDS 2.0
I was blog stalking (shocker) and I came across this lady
http://ornithoblogical.blogspot.com/
and basically she posts cute pictures of birds every single day! NO JOKE! Not only do the pictures make me smile because they are so dang adorable, but BIRDS! I don't know this woman, but she and I are going to become BFF's.
http://ornithoblogical.blogspot.com/
and basically she posts cute pictures of birds every single day! NO JOKE! Not only do the pictures make me smile because they are so dang adorable, but BIRDS! I don't know this woman, but she and I are going to become BFF's.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET.
If you couldn't figure out from the title, this post is about Sweeney Todd. I saw the show by the Blue Water Theater Company last night and I can't seem to get it out of my head. It was just so disturbing. I went in there as a completely naive idiot. I mean, I knew it was dark, but I had no idea what it was about. Apparently, I live under a rock.
I knew that people were going to die. I mean, Sweeney Todd is a barber. With razors. And a temper. That's not exactly hard to figure out. But imagine my surprise when Mrs. Lovett (played by one of the sweetest girls I know) has the idea to dispose of the body by baking it into a pie. The way they talk about it so... lightly made me feel sick to my stomach. I already have problems eating ribs and other meat that is on the bone because it makes me feel queasy. It's too close to the animal for me, and I feel really guilty. But people? That was too much for me to stomach.
Then we get to the second act. The citizens of London are going crazy for these pies. Their greedy and ravenous hunger for human flesh is enough to make anyone sick. Cannibalism, it turns out, makes people go insane. There are far too many scenes of the ensemble losing their minds. They shake uncontrollably and have murderous looks in their eyes. The scenes were way over-acted, and seeing people that I know behave in such a way was unsettling.
You can probably guess that there wasn't a happy ending. Sweeney Todd discovers that the wife he came back for wasn't actually dead like Mrs. Lovett said, but was the insane beggar woman whose throat he had just slit. He then proceeds to shove Mrs. Lovett in the oven. Then Toby, the young and, until this point, innocent boy who helped Mrs. Lovett in her shop, figures out what had happened and kills Sweeney Todd himself. And then three hours of sheer torture is over.
I'm not saying that the show itself was bad. The acting was incredible and extremely believable, which made the horror and darkness of the emotions unbearable to sit through. The actors were all in high school and middle school, which made it ten times worse. Seeing people I know act so blood-thirsty and bizarre really upset me. Sweeney Todd is just not an appropriate show for teens. I don't know HOW anyone could be apart of that show and not be affected by it for the rest of their life.
Especially the actor who played Toby. He's a current seventh grader and he truly did a wonderful job acting. However, he lost it when he discovered the secret to the pies, and the horror led him to kill Sweeney Todd. The loss of innocence and the disappearance of the twinkle in his eye seemed so real. And that, my friends, is why I have been unable to get to sleep.
I knew that people were going to die. I mean, Sweeney Todd is a barber. With razors. And a temper. That's not exactly hard to figure out. But imagine my surprise when Mrs. Lovett (played by one of the sweetest girls I know) has the idea to dispose of the body by baking it into a pie. The way they talk about it so... lightly made me feel sick to my stomach. I already have problems eating ribs and other meat that is on the bone because it makes me feel queasy. It's too close to the animal for me, and I feel really guilty. But people? That was too much for me to stomach.
Then we get to the second act. The citizens of London are going crazy for these pies. Their greedy and ravenous hunger for human flesh is enough to make anyone sick. Cannibalism, it turns out, makes people go insane. There are far too many scenes of the ensemble losing their minds. They shake uncontrollably and have murderous looks in their eyes. The scenes were way over-acted, and seeing people that I know behave in such a way was unsettling.
You can probably guess that there wasn't a happy ending. Sweeney Todd discovers that the wife he came back for wasn't actually dead like Mrs. Lovett said, but was the insane beggar woman whose throat he had just slit. He then proceeds to shove Mrs. Lovett in the oven. Then Toby, the young and, until this point, innocent boy who helped Mrs. Lovett in her shop, figures out what had happened and kills Sweeney Todd himself. And then three hours of sheer torture is over.
I'm not saying that the show itself was bad. The acting was incredible and extremely believable, which made the horror and darkness of the emotions unbearable to sit through. The actors were all in high school and middle school, which made it ten times worse. Seeing people I know act so blood-thirsty and bizarre really upset me. Sweeney Todd is just not an appropriate show for teens. I don't know HOW anyone could be apart of that show and not be affected by it for the rest of their life.
Especially the actor who played Toby. He's a current seventh grader and he truly did a wonderful job acting. However, he lost it when he discovered the secret to the pies, and the horror led him to kill Sweeney Todd. The loss of innocence and the disappearance of the twinkle in his eye seemed so real. And that, my friends, is why I have been unable to get to sleep.
PARENTS.
Lately, I've had a bit of parent envy. It feels like everybody else has cooler parents than me. One friend has really artsy parents. Another friend has outdoorsy parents, or athletic parents, or musical parents. And what do my parents do? Well, not a whole lot of cool stuff, it seems.
Here's what I think I've discovered. Growing up, you always look up to your parents. I mean, they take care of you, they love you, and they're always there for you. Once you become a teenager, however, you realize that your parents aren't perfect. Sometimes, they're late to pick you up- they have lives, too, you know. They can't always do everything you want them too all the time. Parents also get tired, just like we do. The other day, I got really frustrated with my Mom because she didn't want to make dinner. She was getting sick, and had had a very long day at work. It's natural to want to be lazy. I guess my point is that it's really easy to see all the flaws in your parents when you're a teenager. Everything they do wrong seems to be magnified in our minds, which still hold our parents to such high standards from childhood.
When all is said and done, I wouldn't switch my parents for the world. Sure, they're too strict at times, but that's only because they love me. My dad isn't a rockstar, but he has done some really cool things with his life. He's doing wonderful things on the Board of Trustees for Gustavus Adolfus College. He has devoted his life to philanthropy, a value he tries to teach us as well. And my mom will never be the hair stylist I want, but she is the best interior designer I know. She is amazingly talented and has had a ton of her work published in national and international magazines. She made a 4 year committment to the youth program on my church and while she is always dressed like the classy lady she is, she was not afraid to get her hands dirty on the mission trip to Mississippi. I guess I do have pretty cool and well-rounded parents, and I know they would do anything to make me happy.
They're not perfect, but nobody is.
Here's what I think I've discovered. Growing up, you always look up to your parents. I mean, they take care of you, they love you, and they're always there for you. Once you become a teenager, however, you realize that your parents aren't perfect. Sometimes, they're late to pick you up- they have lives, too, you know. They can't always do everything you want them too all the time. Parents also get tired, just like we do. The other day, I got really frustrated with my Mom because she didn't want to make dinner. She was getting sick, and had had a very long day at work. It's natural to want to be lazy. I guess my point is that it's really easy to see all the flaws in your parents when you're a teenager. Everything they do wrong seems to be magnified in our minds, which still hold our parents to such high standards from childhood.
When all is said and done, I wouldn't switch my parents for the world. Sure, they're too strict at times, but that's only because they love me. My dad isn't a rockstar, but he has done some really cool things with his life. He's doing wonderful things on the Board of Trustees for Gustavus Adolfus College. He has devoted his life to philanthropy, a value he tries to teach us as well. And my mom will never be the hair stylist I want, but she is the best interior designer I know. She is amazingly talented and has had a ton of her work published in national and international magazines. She made a 4 year committment to the youth program on my church and while she is always dressed like the classy lady she is, she was not afraid to get her hands dirty on the mission trip to Mississippi. I guess I do have pretty cool and well-rounded parents, and I know they would do anything to make me happy.
They're not perfect, but nobody is.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
UNWRITTEN.
I have a creative writing workshop coming up and I was thinking about adding to/editing a blog post because that's where I feel like I use the most voice. However, I don't totally know which one to use. I mean, I feel like all the ones about boys would be a little... um... awkward. But I was thinking about doing something on the importance of writing, the growth of the internet, and how I've combined the two. A the same time, though, I feel like we maybe have a future assignment like that. Argh! I don't know what to do!
Any suggestions would be very welcomed :)
Friday, February 11, 2011
LOVE?
I don't know what has gotten into me today. I don't know if it's pre-ACT stress, nerves for the dance tomorrow or PMS (or maybe a combination) but basically, I'm alone in my room on the verge of tears. I do NOT want to be spending my 17th Valentine's Day alone. Again. I am really getting sick of all the mushy couples being happy and in love and doing cute things for eachother. I am tired of love songs being the only thing on my iPod. But mostly, I really hate the feeling of being alone. I want to go on a date, I want to have a boy do cute things for me, and I want to know what it feels like to be in love. However, I don't really see any of that happening for me in the near future. Needless to say, I am not excited for monday.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
DROID.
Oh my goodness! I just got a new phone and it's so cool! It has android smart people stuff that I don't totally understand, but guess what! It has an app for blogger! Thats right. A blogger app. Basically that means I'll never have to deal with that horrible internet withdrawl again. Yay!
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