Horrible day. Brought to you by fathers who don't understand anything and instead of just supporting you they just act like jerks and complain. Made better by Merwan Rim's music.

Ok, so I'm stage manager for the school play as always. We are doing Of Mice and Men. The biggest difference between a company play and a school play is how much time we get to prepare. If we got 6 months to prepare and didn't have to plan set building around other events that require the auditorium, you better believe we would have perfect plays. But we get like 2 months and we have to make sure that before we start building the set they don't need the stage for choir or band concerts. The auditorium isn't for the theater department only. I really wish it was. But we have to share.
So, because I'm at my dad's this week I've been getting rides home from rehearsals from my step mom and then today we had a Saturday rehearsal so my dad dropped me off while they were on their way to Costco. Rehearsals were at 11. He dropped me off at 10:30. Wouldn't be a problem except then my drama coach (aka the director) sent out a text saying it was moved to 11:30 because he was having car troubles. So I was pissed at my dad already for being a jerk on the way over and saying things like "I don't understand why you guys have to practice as much as sports teams" "Is the set actually going to be done this time"* "If they have their lines down they shouldn't have to practice so much" "Is this going to be the last rehearsal before the play starts?"** And so yeah, needless to say I was already pissed off when I got there. Then I had my mom pick me up so I could cool off and we did a bit of shopping around. I've decided that from now on, when there's a school play happening, I'm staying with her the week before AND week of. I don't care what my dad feels. He just pisses me off and stresses me out.

So where does Merwan Rim fit into all of this? Well, I logged into twitter and saw that he had been doing some chatting with people and so then I remembered some lyrics to one of his songs. It's a song in English and it's one of those songs that every girl wishes some guy would say those things to her ("If I gave you everything and all the stars, would you feel alright? If I brought you wings to fly up to the sky, would you still be down?" Is that sweet or not?). And then I remembered THIS song that is from now on my New Years Eve/Bad day song.

I couldn't find a good English translation, so you'll just have to deal with only understanding the English parts. But that's ok because those are the parts that make this my feel good song. 

Tu sais, que je
Suis arrivé au bout
Les yeux ferléq je ne tiens plus debout
Je sais, tu sais
J'ai bien failli tomber
Ils ont voulu
Me voir abandonner

Hold on you're fine
When they cut you to size
Then you turn round ans smile just a little
Say Happy New year
Coz this is the end
Of all that was broken
Let go of you fears

Say Happy New year
Un nouveau départ, Un nouveau défi
j'ai vraiment tout donné, vraiment tout donné
J'oublie le passé enfin je respire
C'est un nouveau jour

Get up get up take a second to look
Take a third take a fourth
And you'll see that you're good
Enough enough it doesn't matter at all
When you feel like you're surrounded coz you
Stood too tall

Je sens, mon coeur
Qui se bat
Et je regarde au loin vers le soleil
Sau Happy New Year
Coz this is the end
Of all that was broken
That you needed to mend
Let go of you fears

Say Happy New Year
Un nouveau départ, Un nouveau défi
J'ai vraiment tout donné, vraiment tout donné
J'oublie le passé je respire
C'est un nouveau jour

Je n'ai plus peur des silences
Des coups durs, des absences
Every heart is open tonight

So happy New Year
Coz this is the end
Fin de l'histoire, je réalise
Je sais que demain, je sais que demain
Est un nouveau départ, Aaaah
C'est un nouveau jour, une nouvelle vie
J'ai vraiment tout donné, vraiment tout donné
Je sais que demain, est un nouveau jour






*The last play we did, we had Drama Competition and the variety show right before the play and so we couldn't build the set pretty much until the week of. But we DID get it done on opening night and the play turned out really well. It's just my dad is too thick-skulled to understand that it wasn't entirely our coach's fault that we didn't have it done sooner.

**Seriously?!?! That question just pissed me off. It's not like people don't have to work to get good. And it's not like we just go and learn the lines and then the blocking and whatever else comes naturally. Or that we can go over it once and remember every little detail. We put just as much, if not more, work into our plays as the sports teams put into making themselves good.

Who has two thumbs and just broke 400 blog views???

This girl!!!!!!!!! XD Thanks all that have viewed my blog! Even if you just randomly passed on through. I've actually stuck it out much better than I thought I would. I guess having something to write about helps....

Well, hope I get 400 more people to come and enjoy (I hope) my random blogings about...stuff.

Another Amazing French Guy

This handsome young man is Grégory Lemarchal. In French class we describe him as the French Jessie McCartney. I personally find that to be completely untrue. Grégory Lemarchal is 10X better!!

So, what do you think?

Ok, time to break your hearts. He died. At age 23. From Cystic Fibrosis. Why do the good have to go so young? :'(

Drama Competition: THE RESULTS!!!!!!!!

You guys....I DID AMAZING!!!!!!! (Especially for my first time doing a monologue at competition.)
And ESPECIALLY considering I got my monologue about 11 days before competition.

For round one I got a 9/10 which is superior.
For round two I got another 9/10 AND I was in the top 3 best performances in that round (albeit I was the third out of top three...BUT STILL!! I MADE TOP THREE!!)
And for round three I got an 8/10 which is an excellent.

Surprisingly the one that I thought I went the slowest on I actually went the fastest on haha Guess I was a bit excited to be done with competition.

AHHHHH!!!! This makes me so happy and gives me sooooo much confidence. And I had really nice judges who gave me great tips. Well...the first judge didn't really give many tips....and she called my voice "very one level, until she warmed up." Which was because of my character, not just me. But oh well, if that's the one critique that bugged me then that's pretty darn good!!

Time to find a monologue for next year!! Sadly next year will be my last :( I'm glad that I've gotten to go these past two years though. It's so much fun! You truly see so many great people who are talented and just plain nice.

So I have a bit of a problem with this video....

IT'S SO ADDICTING TO LISTEN TO! For me...maybe because 3 great guys...3 great voices...The Frenchiness... Not sure exactly.

*Sigh* I love listening to French guys talk....

Christophe Maé, Emmanuel Moire, Merwan Rim, all singing a beautiful song. Not to mention a pretty darn good intro by Christophe.

This is tagged as song of the day...so now I also have to include the song that I was actually going to have as song of the day.

Beautiful play, AMAZING LIGHTS!!!! ARG I'm so jealous of this stage. Not to mention all of the people who got to see the play live..... *grumble grumble grumble*
By the way, I'm pretty sure Monsieur (Maé) earns the best/coolest/omg that must have been the itchiest wig ever!!!! award.

Bones Season 7, Episode 2

This episode is awesome.
New intern. Baby's gender. Bones acting like Booth. Awesome body.



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Ok, well. To start off. What a cool body. Half devoured by naked rats. Snake hiding in the lower half. And even better? The following quote is from the victim's husband: "I once saw her stick a 12 foot wiener in her mouth." No, she isn't a prostitute. She was a competitive eater. 

Next, new intern. This Finn person...seems like an innocent southern boy genius at first...but I don't think it stops there. He has a criminal past. And it's not just a little joy ride here, a shoplifting incident there like he lets on. He attacked his step father with a hunting knife. Then, the step dad disappeared. DUN DUN DUUUN!!! I think that he is going to become an interesting character this season. Maybe even a...new villain? Ok. So I guess he didn't kill his step dad. And he actually seems like a pretty cool guy. So maybe he isn't the new villain.


BEST NEWS EVER!!! I WAS RIGHT!!! It's a girl!!!! Little Hodgins and Little Bones, sitting in a tree.... I am even more excited now. This is going to be such a great season!!! 

Did I mention shocking but awesome snake up chuck? 





SUCH AN AWESOME EPISODE!!!!!!

*Pulling hair out, throwing a fit, sharpening a knife while glaring at a picture of a particular person who shall be left unnamed* I'm mad. Can't you tell?

So. Today started out GREAT. Last night I exercised and stretched before bed and went to bed early. I woke up this morning and felt better than usual. School day was going fine and then BAM. Horrible day.
What happened, you ask? Oh, nothing much. I just found out that I REALLY can't trust one of my friends.

Ok, so drama competition is next Saturday. I've been fully memorized, ready to get blocking done and just polish things up. My "partner," on the other hand, is not. We've had this script for AT LEAST a month. If not two. My partner's excuse is that she "get's nervous in front of people" or "blanks out." I understand both of those. But if that's the case then why is it that she can't get through ONE run through when it's just the two of us with no one watching? Oh, that's right, because she's NOT MEMORIZED.
And as if that wasn't stressful enough, today our teacher told us that we have 2 too many groups in our category. SO NEXT CLASS all of the groups in that category are going to get up and perform our pieces in front of the class and he will pick the 4 groups that will go to competition. Guess who it's not going to be. If you guessed "you and your partner" you would be correct.

But it doesn't stop there, oh no. Now I have to find a 5-8 minute monologue and have it ready to go by next Saturday. Isn't that just lovely? Thankfully I've found one. Now I just have to start memorizing it.





ACT TWO

So I don't know about the rest of you, but when I ask a question such as "about how far is it to _________?" I just want a generalization. I DON'T CARE HOW I'M GETTING THERE. I don't care if I'm in a car, on a bus or on freaking roller blades. I DON'T CARE ABOUT TRAFFIC. It doesn't matter if the rest of the world is dead, or if they're all going to the same place I am. So when I ask such a question you should answer with "about _______ minutes/hours/days/weeks/etc." and then just SHUT UP. Don't say "but we'll be on a bus so it might be longer." Don't say "but there might be some traffic." And DO NOT get all pissy with me when I tell you "I don't care about that stuff. All I want is a general distance." I don't care about what you were "just say'n" or "just letting you know." All I want is a freaking generalization. Is that so hard? You seem to do everything else half way, why does something this simple need such a huge explanation?
And when I tell you that I don't care about all of that other stuff, don't continue to argue that you were "just say'n." I don't give a crap. Get it? Just shut up and I'll stop having to tell you that I don't care about all of the variables. Faster you shut up about it, the faster I do.

Oh, and the biggest pet peeve of mine when it comes to situations like this? Saying "OKAY! GOSH!" Because all that does is piss me off.

Hit list.

There are a few things currently on my hit list.
1. My computer mouse. It's dying. It's messing everything up.
2. AP Biology classes. They suck.
3. Youtube. It keeps freezing.
4. Facebook. When I type I don't want to see |  || | |   |
5. The person who invented daylight savings. Screw you.

BONES!!!!!!!!

So guess what tonight was? THAT'S RIGHT, WORLD!! BONES SEASON SEVEN!!!

Best parts:
Did you guys see that body? Oh my gosh! That was so gross when the eye oozed all of its eye goo...ewwww
Babyyyy Hodgins!!! Awww what a cutie!!!
I love how Booth always takes pictures of Brennan's embarrassing pregnancy moments XD

Worst part:
When the stupid news decided to interrupt! GAH! That was so stupid! I'm sorry news, but I really don't care about genetically modified produce when I'm watching Bones.

Things that made me go hmmm....:
Did anyone notice that Booth referred to the baby as "him"? Was it a hint? Or just daddy brain? Guess we'll have to wait...but I'm hoping for a little girlfriend for baby Hodgins ;)


All in all, AMAZING EPISODE! (DUH!)



Oh, and happy 30th post to me!! Furthest I've ever gone in a blog/journal thing. Ever. 

Tonight's the night!

Well, today's the day!!!! Finally after what seemed like forever, BONES RETURNS!!!! I have a feeling this will be an absolutely fantastic episode and the start to a great season. There are two things I'm looking forward to more than anything, babies and villains.
Last season Angela and Hodgins had their baby, so hopefully we'll see more of that little guy. And of course Booth and Brennan's little one.
It's been a while since we've had a really good villain, and I've heard rumors that this season will have a very exciting bad guy.

CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!

Wish me luck!! The next month is going to be CA-RA-ZY!

Ok, so today I turned in an essay to hopefully win some money, and maybe even a $30,000 dollar scholarship, yes I really did mean to put four zeros behind that three. It's through the Veterans of Foreign Wars and I had to write an essay about whether or not there is honor in serving in the military. I then had to record me reading it and put it on a CD. Check, and check! All turned in, now just crossing my fingers and hoping for the best.
Last Friday I tried out for the school play...to tell you the truth...I'm not sure if I want the part. I kind of like just being back stage and bossing people around. STAGE MANAGERS......UNITE!!!! But if I get the part I will be very happy...but don't wish me luck on getting the part, please.
Then, on the 17th my school is having the variety show. The drama club/advanced class will be putting on a live performance of Ludo's Love Me Dead music video. (Good song by the way.) I'm kind of a stage manager for that (thanks Mr. Beets....-.-) but I'm not sure how much managing I'll be doing as it's maybe 3 minutes long haha
THEN on the 19th we have drama competition...O.o Hopefully my partner will be all ready to go that day. Just the two of us...she has worse stage fright than I do, and THAT's saying something.

But wait, there's more!

I have to write a four page (double spaced so it's really not very long) science essay. By the end of the month. PLUS I still have to type up my job shadow. Oh joy.


But I'm sure in between all of that stress there will be some fun. (HINT HINT GRACIE. HINT HINT.)