Clod of wonderfulness.

Nothing extremely exciting or fascinating has happened lately, nor have I had a stroke of brilliance, so I'm just going to combine all the little stuff that has happened into one big clod of wonderfulness.

I got some new clothes, including a gold peace necklace and matching earrings, and a pretty black-and-white patterned shirt. They actually look really nice together. I also got some plum colored and vanilla colored eye shadow, which look really pretty when blended correctly. Then I bought dark gray eyeliner and a Hershey's bar. And french fries. And a McFlurie.

I also got my Twiggy costume, which is a navy blue mod mini-dress with a bright yellow belt. It's very Twiggy-esque, and it's going to rock. I'm wearing it with mod (hopefully yellow?) shoes, some fishnets which I am yet to find, my colorful bangles, and my new peace sign earrings. And a whole lotta eye makeup. It all looks really cool.

Have you ever had Izze clementine soda? If the answer is no, you fail at life and need to obtain some right now. Right. Now. I had a bottle at Starbucks yesterday (on the way to the dentist, hmmm...) and I was reminded how amazing it is.

So, in conclusion, I bought stuff, bought more stuff, and want you to buy some soda.
We are living in a material world...

State Fair!!

Today I went to the Fair with Allie, John, and Drew. It was a lot of fun, we went on a few rides that flipped us upside down. There was one that was so fun/scary/windy that everyone's eyes teared up from screaming and the cold wind. John was crying so hard he was dripping on me, which was pretty funny. I ate some pizza, coke, and a caramel apple, as well as a part of funnel cake, some cotton candy, and a plain apple. It was all really good. I got a few good pictures, that I'll post later.
Me and Allie went on this awesome ride that was like a tilted, super fast wheel that just spun and spun. The guys were too scared to go on it, and Allie was screaming in my ear, and I was just singing "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock.
We also went to see the pig/goat/duck races. That was really, really fun. My favorites were either the ducks or the baby pigs. One women was crowned "North Carolina Pig Queen 2008," but the catch was she had to kiss the pig.
She gave it an air kiss.
I would've done the same thing.


I also saw the ultimate example of irony, which was a little funny and a little sad. You know those air-brush tee shirts you can buy? I saw one couple buying one, and it had a Confederate flag on it. The painter was African-American. I wondered how he felt painting it, and if the people buying it even thought about it might affect him. It kinda reminded me of when I was in Eastern North Carolina, and people would have the Confederate flag right under the American flag. I wonder if it even means anything to them anymore, if they even can fully grasp the concept that they're displaying.
Sorry for the ramble.
Yay for the fair.

A Wonderful poem!

Here is a poem you might enjoy.
It's free-verse (duh) and for a project I'm doing for writing class.


The Candy-Man.

The Candy-Man
Wore gumdrop pants, a candy-corn hat,
And silver bells on his shirt.
The Candy-Man
Had the stars in his eyes
And a fairy that lived in his hair.
The Candy-Man
Lived in lollypop land
And spoke the language of mice, and dwarfs.
The Candy-Man
Taught us about snowflakes
And fairy-tales, and holding hands.
The Candy-Man
Was taken away
Hugging himself in a nice white coat.
The Candy-Man
Now lives in a soft room
And talks to his fairy (so he’s never alone.)
The Candy-Man
Takes magical pills
(And shares with the fairy and the mice and the dwarfs)
The Candy-Man
Gave me a mouse and his candy-corn hat.
Maybe, if I’m lucky,
I’ll get his nice white jacket, too.

Random Thoughts, a la me.

Nothing has really happened, but I feel important when I update my blog, so I'm going to take my hypothetical scalpel and hack away at my hypothetical forehead until you can see my hypothetical brain.
Okay, no, that's gross. Brains, even the hypothetical ones, are gray and fleshy and they pulsate, which isn't ever nice. So why don't I just tell you some stuff. Enjoy. Or not. Whatever. (Sheesh, now I've confused my self...)

Here are some blogs you need to see:

Greenfinch~nightingale by Johanna.
This is a pretty sweet blog run by a very talented graphic designer and poet, who also happens to be one of my best friends. Jojo likes "colors and musicals and being Jewish and contemplating life." Check out her blog, it's great.
http://greenfinchnightingale.blogspot.com/

If you can't convince them, confuse them, by Haleigh.
This cute little blog has just gotten started, and so far only has a few photos and a little infomercial about me, which was awesome. I love her to death, and she's really funny. Take a look-see.
http://adoretheshore.blogspot.com/


Yesterday was Alaina's 14th birthday.(Happy birthday to you, you live in a zoo!) Haleigh, Alaina and I went out to eat and then I made her a blog for our law class, in which she's running for president. However, our teacher then told us she'd prefer it if we'd have a website on freewebs, which suck on a number of levels, but that's alright.

My mom got me and Bri these fierce Obama shirts. They're army green, and mine says "Once you go Barack you'll never go back," which doesn't rhyme, but whatever. Brianna's says "Go Obama," and the O's are Obama's head. We're quite the class act. :P

Fabulous-ness.

The two main things of interest that have happened as of late is I went to Holden Thorp's inauguration as chancellor, and I got an amazing shirt.
The speeches at the inauguration were really good. There was one that was hilarious, a poet (or something like that) was talking, and he really cracked me up. Holden's speech was great, (of course,) although I was a little depressed that there were no Beatles references. But that's just because I'm a dork. Nicole, Drew, and I took some great photos of our feet, the women in front of me, and the sky, but I think we did it in a thoroughly inconspicuous way, and hopefully distracted no one. I also designed a lovely airplane from grass and leaves.







The Shirt I bought at thrift store. Well, my mom bought it. But she wouldn't buy me a wedding dress. Or M&M's. The Shirt is a great example of the class and sophistication of the early 90's, I'm guessing. As you can tell from the photo's, it's fierce. I also got a white turtleneck and two pairs of jeans, but that's boring.




nice, huh?

Lock in! :D

Friday night was the EYC lock in. It was really fun. Most people stayed up all night long, and I lay awake for a while before falling asleep for a whopping twenty minutes. We did a lot of cool stuff, like... well, here are some photos. A picture is worth a thousand words, and I'm pretty sure I have a word limit. ;D

Stardoll!

Visit my Stardoll Suite

Visit my Stardoll Suite

This is my "medoll" on Stardoll.com, which is basically a social/fashion/doll dress-up website. It's pretty dumb, but really fun, and a good waste of time. It's also a great procrastination tool. :]]
You might be thinking my medoll is interesting looking. Compared to the other dolls on the site, it's gorgeous and high fashion. Trust me. And if an entire outfit doesn't show up, it's the blogs fault, not mine. :P

Screenplay

It just occurred to me that I've been writing a screenplay for a few months, and like four people know of it's existence. So I guess I'll post the plot line and you guys can tell me what you think.
It's a physiological Thriller called The Tale of Harlequin and The Nightbird, and it's about a man named Laurent. He lives in Paris with his daughter Madeline. his wife had died giving birth to Madeline, and when that happened he became very reclusive and secretive, and began writing horror novels. When Madeline was ten, he started writing a book called "Harlequin and The Nightbird," about a man who dresses in a clown costume and kills people, and his sidekick, a man who dresses in black and helps him. Laurent studies all sorts of famous murder cases, and he spends so much time locked away in his dark room reading about horrible things that he starts to go crazy. An imaginary raven that calls it's self the nightbird begins to come and watch him work, and sometimes talks to him.
Meanwhile, Madeline has begun to spend a lot of time with Jon, an old man who owns a nearby cafe. One day, Laurent decides that he needs to meet the man Madeline is always talking about. He goes to meet him, and the nightbird comes too. Jon is almost deaf, and having to talk so loudly irritates Laurent. He hits Jon really hard, and the old man falls down and hits his head. He dies. Laurent feels horrible about it, but he also feels slightly satisfied. He goes home.
A while later, he asks Isabel, his neighbor, on a date, and she agrees. After he walks her home, his memory blanks out, but the next morning she is laying next to him, dead, having been stabbed several times. He is terrified and wonders who did it, but then he finds his fingerprints on the knife and realizes it must have been him. He hides her body.
I'm not going to list all of his many murders, but they include an autistic boy and several young girls at a sleepover. Every time he kills someone, the Nightbird gets bigger and more controlling of him. Eventually, he is trying to kill Madeline because she discovers a body in the attic, but she convinces him to put down the gun. As soon as he turns his back, she shoots him and calls the police to turn him in. As Laurent/The Harlequin lays there dying, the Nightbird leaves him and sits on the shoulder of a female police officer who was taking the (unfinished) novel with her.

So, yeah. It's not amazing, but I think it would be a cool movie.

Props to Haleigh and Middlers.

This fabulous image was made by Haleigh via Wordle. Wordle is a website that makes "word clouds" from blogs and such. The bigger words are the ones I use the most, and the smaller ones are the ones I use the least. It's pretty nifty, huh?

I got back from Middlers yesterday. It was really, really good, second only to Bishop's Ball. Almost all of our old friends were there, although a lot of them (Nick, Will, Caroline, Asia) were on staff, a lot of the others weren't. We also met two really nice girls named Rachel, and Jane. Jane cracked me up. Her parting comment to us was "love," and she made a heart with her hands. She also took a picture of us, looked at it, and said "aww, cuties!" Rachel was super fun, Will and I made bird noises during a small group game and she freaked. It was great. The theme of the conference was lean on me, and during the closing service when we sang that song, I had the full weight of John, Julia, Allie, Kate, Josh, Drew, and Alaina, which was... heavy. :P I can't wait for bishop's ball. I think I might make my own dress this year.

Life without Brianna

Brianna's been at boarding school since Monday, and it's been really, really nice. I cleaned my room, and it's still clean. Mom cleaned the living room, and it's still clean. We've both been able to sleep a little later, and on Monday we went out to eat, which is always a big production when Bri's around. It wasn't with just the two of us! :)
Last night we randomly decided to go out for ice cream, another thing that would never happen. Mom decided that by getting Moose Tracks Ice Cream, I was making a political statement. I wasn't, but whatever. :p
Speaking of political statements, I worked a few hours at the Obama headquarters on Tuesday. I was mainly calling people to find out who they were voting for. Most people were really nice about it, and answered my questions politely, but one women yelled at me about how it didn't matter what we thought, and she would vote for whoever she wanted. I said of course we couldn't make her vote one way or another, but it might be helpful for her to know the facts before she voted. I also told her that I was sure that McCain's campaign would send her some information, and then she could compare their policies and choose. She told me to shut up and hung up. o.o
Me and Allie have been working a seventies sitcom that we're going to film together. It's about two college roommates who live together. My character, Shelly, is really wild, Valley-girl-ish, and stupid. Jennifer, Allie's character, is smart and nerdy. It's going to be great.
Today I'm audisioning for a play at the Artcenter.
Tomorrow I go to Middler's! I'm uber excited!

Another Video

I really laughed hard at this one. The pie part is the best.