I’m back! Again. Hmmm . . . . Just not a prolific poster am I? Well, here’s take three. Or is it four? I don’t know. But hey! I’ll be starting my second year as an undergrad in a couple weeks. Which means yes, I did survive my first year of college! Whoohoo! What do I have to look forward to? Organic Chemistry, Plant Physiology, Psychology, Spanish and hopefully some lab work. Not quite so whoohoo now. But . . . I get to hang out with all my Honors Center buddies, which have so far made college the most enjoyable time in my entire school career.
I saw HP 6. As always, not happy with any changes from the book. I am happy about more Snape face time, but not happy because there could always be more . . . . Also, I think my mother is beginning to see what I see in him without any help. ROFL
Hoping to get into the lab for some experience this year, as I said. Dr. M is doing genetics work and I need to tell the Med School people I’ve done more than done my homework, occasionally studied, hung out in the HC and helped brush 100 rats’ teeth one time. Dang it.
I am not a blogger. If something happens to me, I don’t automatically think I’m going to write about that! I just don’t. I may think of it a few days or weeks later, but nothing is guaranteed. Well, the Sweeney Todd Broadway tour came through Wednesday and had a show. Of course I went. I even brought a friend and we headed over after our art class. I was very happy with the singing and music which would have probably made up for just about anything. The rest of the component s were rather new to me and took a little time to warm up to. First of all, Mrs. Lovett had a blonde pixie cut and wore a skirt ending well above her knees. This left me thinking What! But I eventually got over it. The entire play was in a very interesting format. The set was small and there were no scene changes. The cast was also only large enough to supply all the main characters, maybe 12 max. They all stayed onstage the entire time whether it was their scene or not because throughout the entire play, they were serving as their own orchestra!!! Yes, as everyone was acting and singing they were also playing an instrument 80% of the time! It did allow for a bit more comedy since during the scene near the end where Joanna is supposed to hide in the trunk in Sweeney’s parlor, the cello she is playing is needed for the scene. So instead of hiding in a trunk, she hides behind her cello while continuing to play it. There were also many conversations where the characters would talk and ‘interact’ with each other while facing different directions and in opposite ends of the set. This set off a few of those O-kaay moments before I got used to it. I did enjoy myself though, and so did my friend. You can see some of the scenes on their site here. I recommend checking it out.
I went to see Get Smart at the movies yesterday and was thrilled with the movie. Before going, I’d scoured YouTube for a few episodes of the old show to watch first, since I’ve never seen it. The movie followed the original very well translated into modern times. The only thing that didn’t agree with me is the paradoxical existance of the original Maxwell Smart things as a museum exhibit in the front room of Control when Smart, Agent 99 and the others are supposedly living in the ‘present.’ Otherwise, Steve Carell was hilarious and Anne Hathaway was very good. It was Mel Brooks had a hand throughout the whole production.
I just found this mem and thought it could be interesting:
The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. Well, let’s see. (Turns out I’ve read 27. Not shabby for a 19-year-old.)
I found this video while hunting around on YouTube. It’s fantastic! The 2001 Sweeney Todd in concert is one of the best renditions I’ve seen. The music is fantastic, Patti LuPone is hilarious, Neil Patrick Harris is awesome, and Timothy Nolen is suitably creepy. I’ve gone ahead and posted the series. All you need is a good set of speakers. Enjoy!
ETA: I’ve consolidated the videos. Just click the link here.
I just felt like posting this fantastic dance from DwtS final from the kids dance-off. It’s Brandon and Brittany dancing the Paso Doble (my absolute favorite) to Phantom of the Opera, which some of you should know I adore.
This morning I wake up at 5:40 or so to find my bed swaying. What the (enter explicative here)?!?!?!? An earthquake. In northeastern Indiana. Okay, southern Illinois, but we could still feel it. Too weird.
Phew! Graduation announcements take some work! I’ve spent the last few hours on them, and I’m still not quite done. I’m really enjoying myself, though, which is odd. I never realized how many little things are involved. Put a name card in the announcement, place a senior pic behind the name card, place announcement face-up into inner envelope, write informal names on front, attach gold initial seal . . . . Then you still have to put it in the outer envelope, seal w/ class seal, add return address sticker, write formal address on front w/ everything written out, and then stamp it.
I guess I’ve always liked that sort of thing, since I’m just strange. The more obscure steps to take, the better. I suppose it’s just because I get bored when things too simple. I designed Thanksgiving dinner to be super-formal one time and had lots of fun. I was a bit put out later when not ONE person followed any rules. Eh, well.
It may be the strangest sounding hybrid Hogwarts house, but it’s definitely the best. It also fits me to an absolute T. Knowledge AND power rules!
I do well in school, am impatient with blatent stupidity, dance around trouble will little effort, don’t like to get my own hands dirty, and tend to have a machiavellian train of thought.There’s really no other place for me. Hufflepuff makes me queasy and Gryffindors are loud and annoying. I also found some awesom icons I am loving right now. No idea who made them.
Oh, this is a bad combination. And I’ve just learned the hard way. I wake up from a nap, walk toward the restroom, and step in something strangely sticky in the hallway. I look down, on the vinyl tile of various dark “wood” colors, there is a spilled bottle of light pink, opalescent nail polish. I have no idea how it got there, or how it was open, but oh what a mess to clean up. I’ve never even worn that color!
The worst part is, the polish had blistered a top layer of plastic from the tile. Then on top of that, the tile is now bleached with a nice creamy pink colored splotch. Ack! Now there is a 4 inch light pink splotch dead center in the middle of a dark floor with loose plastic around the very edges. Truly wasn’t any fault of mine, but if I don’t post again, it’s because someone has murdered me.
I think my computer had a virus. The programs would act strangely or not at all and I couldn’t connect to any wireless web. So, what did I do? I gave up and wiped the sucker clean. Then I could reinsatll Vista. I only saved a few small files I couldn’t replace. I’m happy now, though. It’s like getting a brand new computer! Now to trash it up again . . . .
Does anyone actually like Daylight Savings Time? I mean, it’s really doing nothing for me. Sure, in Fall you get that illusion of sleeping in an extra hour, like you’re getting away with something, but the Spring is just nonsensical. Just when the mornings have been lightening up, we have to turn off the sun again. Back to dragging myself out of bed. . . . It doesn’t even save money since you have have your lights on in the mornings. Then at night you don’t feel like going to sleep because there’s still some light out! Now, all this is pretty new to me anyway since my area of Indiana just adopted this sucky system last year. I don’t know anyone who has preferred it.
Back when we used to camping in Michigan during the summer, we ran on our normal, unchanging, Indiana time. As result, we kids thought we were really hot stuff when all the other kids in the campground had to back to their RVs to go to bed while we stayed up another hour. It took a few years before we were disillusioned.
Anyone have any opinions on DST? I’m pretty sure no one reads my crap, so if you found your way here on accident, go ahead and leave your mark. If you came here on purpose, I’ll have to think up some gift to give you because you’re the only one.
Well, let’s get this thing started, I guess. I put my mundane thoughts here, you read, and then perhaps comment on said mundane thoughts. Acceptable? Then we have that covered.
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I went to see Get Smart at the movies yesterday and was thrilled with the movie. Before going, I’d scoured YouTube for a few episodes of the old show to watch first, since I’ve never seen it. The movie followed the original very well translated into modern times. The only thing that didn’t agree with me is the paradoxical existance of the original Maxwell Smart things as a museum exhibit in the front room of Control when Smart, Agent 99 and the others are supposedly living in the ‘present.’ Otherwise, Steve Carell was hilarious and Anne Hathaway was very good. It was Mel Brooks had a hand throughout the whole production.
Just wanted to add that.
Phew! Graduation announcements take some work! I’ve spent the last few hours on them, and I’m still not quite done. I’m really enjoying myself, though, which is odd. I never realized how many little things are involved. Put a name card in the announcement, place a senior pic behind the name card, place announcement face-up into inner envelope, write informal names on front, attach gold initial seal . . . . Then you still have to put it in the outer envelope, seal w/ class seal, add return address sticker, write formal address on front w/ everything written out, and then stamp it.
Eh, well.
Does anyone actually like Daylight Savings Time? I mean, it’s really doing nothing for me. Sure, in Fall you get that illusion of sleeping in an extra hour, like you’re getting away with something, but the Spring is just nonsensical. Just when the mornings have been lightening up, we have to turn off the sun again. Back to dragging myself out of bed. . . . It doesn’t even save money since you have have your lights on in the mornings. Then at night you don’t feel like going to sleep because there’s still some light out! Now, all this is pretty new to me anyway since my area of Indiana just adopted this sucky system last year. I don’t know anyone who has preferred it.
