Honeydew

or is it hunny-do? like a honeydew list. thats the melon. anyway, this is just to get everything straight in my head of what i need to do before school starts. if i write it down ill feel .4% more prepared. ill cross stuff out when i do it.

• Interview at Trezevant. I GOT THE JOB I GOT THE JOB!
• Register for school. That I'll do tomorrow. Done it.
• Finish Connecticut Yankee journal. I've already typed all the quotes and analyzed the ones through ch.38 as of 2:30 Sunday morning. I'M DONE I'M DONE I'M DONE I'M DONE I'M DONE I'M DONE I'M DONE!
• Get journals bound. I heart Kinkos. O man, the completion is so gratifying.
• Go to the dermatologist's. 'Cause of my knees. Mom's getting me an appointment. Well, I got an appointment, but it's not for six weeks so I'm crossing it out now anyway.
• Celebrate Lane's birthday. I was at the mall for almost seven hours. Sweet wounded Jesus, my heels hurt.
• Get a haircut. Just a trim. Gay boy who looks like Aaron Lohr has a green-tipped fauxhawk now.
• Read The Once and Future King. Let's face it. That's not gonna happen. It seems good. Maybe I'll read it soon.
• Read the Sparknotes for The Once and Future King. Maybe I'll read the first and last chapters.
• Buy uniform clothes. I need grey shirts and black pants. And maybe a green (kelly or darker) shirt. And some socks. Yay Target.Yay Old Navy.
• Buy school supplies. Notebook paper, theme paper, PhD pencil, hairties, etc. Yes, hairties are a school supply. Man, Office Max is like Christmas. Got some great parchment paper for my journals.
• Go to the dentist's. I got a purple toothbrush. Funtimes.
• Drive somewhere. Well, I'd like to, at least, since I've only driven in a parking lot before. Actually, I didn't, but summer's over and if i don't have everything crossed off I'll go all OCD up in this junt.
• Eat cake and/or Indian with the Pairrrerrr of Three. Mmmm. Lamb kabob. Scrumptious.
• Not die. That's the hard one. Frodo lives! And so do I.

okay, i think thats it. and what was up with all that correct capitalization up there? craziness. im thinking of dying my hair again. POLL: should i do it? if so, should i do the same florange as last time or something else? if something else, what? why?

A Funk

amelia is gone.
ive been slaving for ms l douglas since seven.
except i took a break to finish lanes mix.
im tired.
i dont think im going to read the once and future king.
i just dont see that happening.
amelias still gone.
i threw up some cake earlier.
that was fun.

The Summer of Amelia!

http://flickr.com/photos/honeylight/sets/654301/
enjoy. theres like alotta pictures, and surely there will be more.

ps:
MAKE THE PIE HIGHER!
http://www.sablesys.com/pie-high.html

Rainbow, Panda, Donnie?

goooooood morning, and welcome to mondays edition of Sara Writes Down What She Dreamt Last Night So She Can Remember It! todays guests include a very small rainbow, her dad, a van, a broadway show, gilmore girls' mrs kim, panda suits, amelia, an unexpected phone call, donnie, a couch, and some serious blushing. lets bring 'em out!

okay. so there were three, i think, but the third one referred to the first one so... i dont know. first, dad was driving me home in his fedex van, and it had been raining, so there was a rainbow, but it was much smaller than a normal rainbow, and i could see where the end went, so just as we were driving past that place i JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR. yes. and didnt get myself killt. right, so the rainbow ended under the very end of an overpass where the road is just like twoish feet off the ground, yknow? and the rainbow was kinda sparkly and full of particles and really pretty. so i scooted down under there looking for my pot of gold (obviously) but there wasnt one. there were, however, many different superhuge (between volleyball and basketball sized) jewel-y things, but more opaque, and one was in the bottom of hte road like a button to push, so i pushed it really hard and then i heard my dad honking for me from down the road so i had to go, and he was like, WHAT, and i was like, dude, its the end of a rainbow, why wouldnt i jump out the car?

then amelia and i were in some musical i think at the orpheum, but we hadnt rehearsed it at all (ive had two or three dreams like that) so we just had to go with the flow, and so we followed everyone and crowded around someone in a corner and pretended to listen to them tell a story, then all the other kids left and came back on in panda suits, and i was like, dude amelia, i think we should put on some panda suits, but we went back there and there were none left, so we went on a search of backstage into this HUGE like warehouse room with some panda suits hanging on the ceiling over this like knocked over metal cabinet thing. so we tried to get them down but obviously failed a lot until we saw mrs kim coming and freaked out cause we thought shed be really mad at us for being back there but she just helped us get some down and we talked about white dresses.

finally (and this ones my favorite, not because its extremely bizarre but because its warm and fuzzy) i was at home, but it didnt look like my house, it was just understood. and chase from lakeshore may or may not have been there in the beginning, im not sure, but he disappeared at some point if he was. i dont remember the details as well from this one. so suddenly the phone rang, and it was that huge old grey phone thats in my parents' room, so i answered it and it was donnie. (dont remember or know about donnie? hes the infamous gorgeous boy i met in alabama summer before last and was seriously crushing on until i found out he was five years older than me and thats illegal. his shoulders were freckly.) so naturally i was incredibly giddy and grinny and it was probably really obvious on the phone too, and then in a few minutes he shows up at my house while we're still on the phone and im super happy and then BOOM! he proclaims his love for me. and it wasnt even cheesy either. and so we're still on the phone even though hes like three feet away and we sit on the very squashy couch (the one drew just got yesterday thats blue) and naturally i was blushing like a marysue and im so nervous i refuse to get off the phone and so i turn sideways towards the empty part of the couch and we're still on the phone but his elbow is definitely in contact with my back, and so we talked on the phone for a really long time. at some point i mentioned jumping out of the car. its not interesting, its just very warm and fuzzy. [EDIT] there was a lot of tense change in this paragraph. [/EDIT]

[NEW EDIT] I LJed, dude. www.livejournal.com/~ancilladelectat [/NEW EDIT]

thats it. maybe ill get a job.

Don't Read the Paper

so i forgot strike day. it was wednesday. sorry. at any rate, dont read the paper till august second. maybe i wont forget end-of-strike day.

have been having far too much for with amelia, morgan, and eileen. weve been joined at various times by mouse, dunkan, lane, alanna, katherine, and walked to davis kidd a million times. we finished harry potter 51 hours after we bought it. i wont say anything for the sake of those who havent read it yet except i liked it but the first twenty chapters read like a fanfiction. not as good as the fifth one, but still good. we saw charlie and the chocolate factory, a very good movie, and the island, which i liked and morgan kinda liked and mouse and amelia hated. but hey, ewan mcgregor. and theres TWO OF HIM. ive lived at eileens for four nights before last night, when amelia and i came here and morgan went home because we got kicked out of eileens house. lane joined amelia and me but left early this morning. yesterday we had a cannibal luncheon featuring:

Peanut butter and jelly body parts
Research Journalist Soup
Artery Delight
Ladyface
and my personal favorite, Spotted Dick of Mousscius Malfoy: This Shit is BANANAS!

took a shower this morning (hah, morning, 1:00) and amelias in there now. i have a little cold that ive so far treated with one vitamin, one glass of orange juice, and hot oatmeal. i can breathe through both nostils now. well im supposed to read a connecticut yankee while amelia showers, so i should go do that. anybody who can think of anything awesome we did that i havent listed, comment it so i remember in years to come.

YAYUH.

AMELIA IS HERE, BAYBISS.

(saw war of the worlds with dad and drew. great. got my permit tuesday in 47 minutes. sweet. picture is awful.)

Here Comes the Bride

so i went to beckys wedding. it was nice, not too long, and the reception food was good except i didnt know the grooms cake had coconut in it until i took a big ol hearty bite. the dress is still a bit snug, but i found out i can hold my breath for two hours, which has gotta come in handy sometimes. like when someone bets me i cant hold my breath for two hours. dunkans not home, which sucks, cause i was gunna instigate some hanging out-ige with her. ill try again later. i finished my le morte journal (YAYUH). its ten pages and justin said he heard it had to be twenty+, but hatties is only 10 and she got a 98, so i dont care. i guess ill start CT yankee tomorrow. three chapters a day and two or three days to journal it will give me about two weeks to read once and future king. i totally made up those estimates just now. so heres a song i used to sing with lauren reed about weddings:

here comes the bride
big fat and wide
where is the groom?
hes in the surgery room
why is he there?
hes having surgery hair.

wtf? we were crazy little kids. there was also one that involved sticking a water hose up your nostril and disappearing. yup. this week is gettinmypermit week. i can feel it.

With Charmin Ultra...

AHAHAHAHAHAHAA. see, cuz its a pun.

Snibbets

we bought the only yellow shoes in america.
its the fourth of july barely.
ive had a lot of corkys.
justin, hattie, and i are going to drive to anchorage, wanna come?
there was a show on today called extreme akim.
i went to scandyvan with lilla.
cinnamon spice and everything nice never tasted the same.
spent the freak engine and the night with emma.
reading le morte takes forever.
i spent my allowance on a george foreman grill.
mom got me some clearasil ultra (sweet!).
sometime this summer im going to get the dermatologist to fix my knees and get this little wart off my hand.
i may or may not be carrying the christ child.
a lot of these colors are ugly.
spain legalized gay marriage.
i am 34% american.
quit trying to act like im a steamboat operator.

gorgeous person-other-than-gabriel-damon of the moment: Diego Luna.

No, you don't understand.

at about 10:39PM tonight, after his performance of lumiere in beauty and the beast,
MICHAEL A. INGERSOLL KISSED MY FACE.

My Heart and Flesh Cry Out, for You the Living God.

Your spirit's water to my soul.
I've tasted and I've seen
Come once again to me
I will draw near to You
I will draw near to You.

how gorgeous are THOSE flowing locks?

i hate you all cause no one wrote to me
(not really, i love everyone)

here is how i described lakeshore to kathryn:
imagine something really good. got it? now make it fifty times better and put it in a place where everything is pretty but 95 degrees.

i want to write a whole lot about it but itll ruin the moment, you know?

i really think im gonna be a christian again, guys. its not like a conscious decision. i just think its happening. and thats really good.

lakeshore makes me all warm and happy. friday night everyone cried. everyone always cries on friday night, but that doesnt make it any less what it is. i FELL DOWN crying in the field on the way back from the tabernacle. it was so intense. i wish everyone could have this.

My mom bought me the dress

!

!!!!!!!!!!

its yellow, okay? its yellow and white and i love it. and mom bought me it cause i love it and i needed something to wear to my cousin beckys wedding in july. which gives me till july ninth to make it go from a tiny bit too small to juuuust right. i can do it, right? right. wow, three rights in seven words. also i have to buy a strapless bra. a big step, that one.

drew got a virus. it was bad, but brief. hes doing better now.

i got some orbit gum. (a good clean feeling-- no matter what.)

hey! im going to lakeshore tomorrow! and dont make lakeside references cause thats old.

i volunteered at the library for three and a half hours friday and today. at the book sale. and guys, you dont understand how frustrating it was. the rest of the volunteers were SO INEFFICIENT. they counted slowly, they added slowly-- seriously, WHO needs a calculator to see that 20 paperbacks at 50 cents is 10 dollars? who? but otherwise it was okay, and before i left today they started the BAG SALE. ohemgee. it was awesome. anything you can fit in a grocery bag is three dollars. i got tons of books i only kinda wanted. everything from the complete works of sophocles to calculus to something or other by roald dahl to the norton anthology. <3

going to camp! write to me! ill be there a week!
Sara Stephens
Senior High Camp
Lakeshore UMA
1448 Pilot Knob Rd.
Eva, TN 38333

Observe:

every time i dream i can fly, it always requires a whole lot of effort, i.e. holding my breath, breaking through ice, etc.

analysis, anyone?

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

popsiclesareforthesummertime@gmail.com

keep it secret. keep it safe.

Guilty Pleasures ('n' other stuff)

im feeling very female and not very determined. this is not a sad post. im in a good mood. i just thought you might want to know. here are some things i hanker for right now:
-brown esprit heels i saw in dillards or macys the other time with the little pink bow and the pink piping. blogger doesnt have a text color the color of this bow and this piping. theyre very bright pink.
-the other brownie in the kitchen
-the strapless dress i saw at dillards or macys with thin little yellow and white vertical stripes
-pan brigio bread, also in the kitchen
-those pink china flats with cherries on them from flashback.

thats all. well okay, its not all, but its the key things. i finished the driving book, but im still going to study it some more. maybe i can go get my permit monday or tuesday. also, im almost done with the restaurant at the end of the universe. which is scary, cause when i finish it im starting my summer reading. i feel like the dialectical journals wont be quite as scary as i think. hope im right. i went to kathryns birthday party three hours late, which is funny. we chocolate-fondued everything. another list. things that were fondued and eaten by a member of the party:
-strawberry
-brownie
-pizza
-carrot
-celery
-broccoli
-napkin
-dip
-salsa
-tortilla chip
-a pepper. blogger also doesnt have a text color for this.

i spent the night with kathryn. we watched THE ATOMIC BRAIN, which is a movie but also is an hour long. i had apple juice. and too many brownies. mmm.

LANE! I RECORDED YOUR BLOOD DRIPS ON NEWSIES SQUARE FINALLY! MORE INCENTIVE FOR YOU TO INVITE ME OVER!

[EDIT] finished restaurant at the end of the universe. ending indeed semi-lame. the rest was ver. good though. my new not-been-dropped-in-the-toilet-at-the-y phone came. so call me all the time. [/EDIT]

Why I'm Falling Over

yesterday i went to skateland at 730. then at 9 i went to morgans. we rented phantom of the opera. we ate leftover pizza. eileen was there also. she drew on my back. very cool, but it smeared. at 130am we started phantom of the opera. good movie that one. emmy rossums voice is nice. so it ended. at 4am we went to bed and at 7 we awoke. at 8 janelle came and took us to the protest. it was good. twentyish people. some kid there said he wasnt with the protest and got all this information from the camp. cool. at any rate, GIVE ME NAP-ERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH

GUYS, SPREAD THE WORD. GET IT OUT OF MEMPHIS. GET IT ANYWHERE YOU CAN.

most of you know all of this, but it needs to be everywhere. take it, share it, spread it. put info on your blogs and livejournals even if you think no one who doesnt already know will read it, cause maybe they will.

REMEMBER: those of you who know the whole scoop, DONT NAME NAMES. we dont want to make it any worse for you know who.

this was on the eyewitness news website. (myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=E46B7C69-EBD7-4429-A26F-DFC31CC02016)
Turning Gay Teens Straight Posted: 6/6/2005 10:54:44 PM
Angry protesters battle it out with members of a Mid-South group who are trying to turn gay teens straight! Protesters say the Christian based organization “Love In Action” is brain washing kids and putting them in danger. The program’s organizers say they’re giving gay teens a guide to a straight lifestyle, through prayer.

Reverend John Smid says “The truth is that if someone is expressing themselves homosexually, they are involving themselves in inappropriate sexual conduct.” Smid has been the executive director of “Love In Action” for the past 19 years. He makes no apologies for his strong beliefs about gay and lesbian lifestyles. Smid says he used to be gay, and says sexual exploration by youth is out of control. “Youth are involved in sexual expression through internet pornography through internet communications and physical relationships in heterosexual and homosexual ways, it’s all out of control.” Rev. Smid says “Love In Action” only aligns teens’ sexuality with their parents Christian beliefs.

Protesters showed up in front of the refuge today to protest. Janelle Treibitz says it’s wrong to force kids to participate. “They lump homosexuals with drug and alcohol abuse as if it’s somehow on the same plane, as if it’s something that needs to be treated or healed.”

Protesters fear the long-term effects on families. One protester says “When you have these very natural feelings and you are forced into something like this from your parents who you would hope would be a center of love and guidance and support for you, it’s just a really harmful thing.”

Janelle Treibitz says not every teen needs intervention, rather understanding. “Some of these children are not struggling; they know their sexual identities but parents won’t accept it so they send them here. But those who are struggling and have questions, there are psychologists that can be seen.”

http://www.livejournal.com/users/morgankissboys/ (<--all the protest info is here)
http://www.inoohr.org/ (<--international organization of heterosexual rights. hit it up if youre not quite angry enough yet)
http://www.asafeplace.org (<--the camps webwsite)

every time i think about this whole thing i want to scream. i cant possibly imagine what these kids will go through in these next weeks. show up to these protests, kids. make signs, come ready, and get heard. ill be at them whenever i can. if your parents wont let you go, stay the night at a friends house and go with them in the morning. its time we did something about this. support your friends, support gays, straights, and everyone in between.

whatever happened to god loving everyone?

EDIT
this was myeyewitnessnews.com's daily poll.

Poll Results: Do you agree with programs that try to convert homosexuals to heterosexuals?
Yes: 10.0%
No: 88.8%
I don't know: 1.2%

the good news: most of memphis that voted is on our side. the bad news: Yes: 10.0% who are these people?

UPDATED POLL RESULTS:

Do you agree with programs that try to convert homosexuals to heterosexuals?
Yes: 16.5%
No: 82.3%
I don't know: 1.2%

EDIT II:

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LOVE IN ACTION:"I would rather you commit suicide than have you leave Love In Action wanting to return to the gay lifestyle. In a physical death you could still have a spiritual resurrection; whereas, returning to homosexuality you are yielding yourself to a spiritual death from which there is no recovery." --The Final Indoctrination from John Smid, Director, Love In Action (LIA)

/EDITS

Most Heinous Evening.

that is, i had a weird dream. ill get to it. first i went to spencer mississippi. innocent bystanders would never suspect we were friends, seeing us there with him playing halo [or something] and me reading the entirety of the sisterhood of the traveling pants. but we had like an hour (out of seven) of friendly time. we watched whos line together and i threw a pillow at him for making fun of gilmore girls. it was like in a movie, but we didnt fall in love. there was so much food i almost died. and though i did eat an inordinate amount, it was still less than i would have without some serious determination and spencers friend robert (?) there so i could say "hey, you want this hushpuppy? you want this piece a' meat?" to him.

the tv just said: "no self-respecting van travels anywhere without a sauna." and it said it in some sort of eastern european voice.

our parents and all their friends (none of whom have a daughter but mine) built the biggest fire weve seen in a while cause thats what they do when they get slightly-to-rather drunk. then i read some more. my parents and their friends could think of nothing to say to me all night but "theres sara the smart one reading" and "whatcha reading?" and "youre not finished with that book yet?" and "dont you want a lamp?" listen here: I DO NOT NEED A LAMP. I CAN READ IN THIS LIGHT. STOP TELLING ME ILL HURT MY EYES. sorry, but it was ALL night. anyway, when we headed off at like almost 11, i read in the car by the light of my phone. finished the traveling pants book as we pulled into the driveway and went to bed. kay, now ill get to the dream.

so we were in this place. what this place was varied between a boat and the east gym. i totally forgot the order in which the events took place, so okay. heres all i remember.
1) we (whoever we were) were on this like long term mission or something. aragorn was there. with his two kids. he was a cute daddy. we were sitting outside talking and his kids were cute.
2) my phone rang in the hall on the second floor of the main building (you know in the t) and i ran into the bathroom which was where the stairs are to turn it off but i was all limpy, then i escaped through the back door in one of the stalls back directly into the east gym.
3) there was some natural disaster and i was walking through the ship which had been looted and rolled and stuff and in the back was ashlee simpson and there were these two boys who were maybe like 11 and i told them to go get something for ashlee simpson but they needed a swimsuit to get into the public pool you know so i gave them the batsuit but it was red and they took it and went to get whatever it was they were gonna get.
4) the east gym was way bigger and we had to march in lines and take out the garbage.

like, wtf, mates? i dont even know.

today i went to old navy, tj maxx, and target to find comfy activewear. old navy had tanks for two for ten ducks. then i went to the YMCA for AB ATTACK. man, it lived up to its name. now im going to morgans hizzle. and thats it.

WHAT THE F

in just over a one-week period, i lose three things i need to survive.

(in other news, cooked everything in mouses house, joined the Y, went to mercers party, possibly tied some friendship knots with lilla.)

Sara - (Lena + Amelia + Mouse) = 0

Feelin' Down (again, sorry guys)

yknow what bites?

losing friends.

WHAT.

NO.

why? where is the personality conflict? because i prefer sleep to burns? because i like lo mein? i dont understand.

its summer. where is the love?

Eatin' Good in the Neighborhood

its the obligatory school out post... PART DEUX!
(because last year i had one too)

(i flickr'd, guys: http://flickr.com/photos/honeylight/sets/366853/ )

i spent the beginning hours of the summer embodying the summer mood. after moved, eileen, morgan, and i went to IHOP. then we took mouse home and drove past hunter thompsons house, where there were a million cop cars cause someone was shooting a gun in the air. but justin didnt get arrested. then we went to eileens and swam in the dark for like an hour or more, dried off and slept outside on the trampoline, which was amazing. got up and had pancakes and swam again, walked to the mall and tried on several ridiculous things (actually i found one dress i liked but it was one size too small and cost 54 ducks), walked home, invited devin over and decided to have a lemonade stand in front of justins house without telling him, but he was off for jackson so we decided to do it to mouse cause we'd already made lemonade, but eileen and devin had an impulse and jumped in the pool so we just drank it and swam again, then lay on the hot black trampoline for a while feeling much like iguanas and acquiring a lovely pink hue all the while. but that was just me. when i left my mom and i went to buy her some shoes but we bought me some instead. theyre very summer. one pair is yellow and one is blue. i still want some orange crocs (you know, those rubberyplasticy shoes with the holes all in 'em.)

heres what i know about my exams
latin: probably like a B
choir: 96
gym: probably a 98 cause i forgot how many points a somethinorother was worth
munt: 98
clue: 97
bio: probably like a B

so thats probably four A's and two B's which, considering exams are not my forte (theyre probably my pianissimo), is pretty good. last semester i got four B's and two A's.

novus concert: actual success. there were over 200 people there. sweet. i love you if you came. and listen here,
IF YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD COME AND YOU DONT HAVE A DECENT REASON FOR WHY YOU DIDNT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM HUNTING YOU DOWN AND WREAKING HAVOC UPON YOUR BONES UNTIL I HAVE SMITTEN YOUR RUIN ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE.
moved this weekend was great. i love you if you came. i didnt consider myself all free and clear until almost 5:30 today when i left strike after the last performance. and listen here,
IF YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD COME AND YOU DONT HAVE A DECENT REASON FOR WHY YOU DIDNT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM HUNTING YOU DOWN AND WREAKING HAVOC UPON YOUR BONES UNTIL I HAVE SMITTEN YOUR RUIN ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE.

i repeated for emphasis.

anyway, my family (being me, mom, dad, drew, cody, and cody counts as family now because seriously, when was the last time she slept at HER house?) went to applebees after the show, and i must say the service there has vastly improved. also, their shrimp fettucini alfredo now comes in a bowl. cody and i got almost the same thing, shirley temple and all, except her fettucini alfredo had chicken in it. but it was in a bowl too.

did anyone go to that douglass meeting? or do any lovey bunny rising juniors wanna give me any helpful hints on those dialectical journals? im gunna buy the books tomorrow. well, its my mothers money.

also tomorrow, STAR WARS. im going to see it on the super massive its-like-watching-the-side-of-an-office-building screen downtown. im excited. beifuss liked it. ima get a pretzel. yeewoo.

anyone know of a place thatll hire me at my wee age and pay at least, yknow, almost minimum wage? hit me up.

I Love You Guys

for real.

two more days of exams, a weekend of Moved, then i can sleep off this mess. i really love you guys.

"If you weren't in high school, I'd take you all to a bar right now. We SO need a release." - Mr. Williams

true dat.

mouse, please dont move.

Here's Something I Don't Talk About Ever

well, kids, its roughly midnight between mays 14 and 15. and, kids, we all know being up late without company can get you kinda down. it does me anyway. so im gunna just say a couple of things and you can guess how im feeling. and though i appreciate the "aw i love you" comments, if you can think of something more unique, do. here:

1) the dancing at parties kind of dancing is not something i do.
2) today i wanted to be good but ate several servings of cheetos instead.
3) when i had bronchitis i lost six pounds and gained it back within a month.
4) in my recent effort to slim down, ive gained seven pounds.

heres something else:

1) i miss my hair.
2) it won't be that long again for about five years.
3) i dont have the effort to straighten it every other day.
4) ps: if ive recently said to you jokingly GOD I DID IT JUST FOR YOU, remember that many a truth is said in jest.

one more thing:

mean what you say.

holy moses!

i livejournaled, you guys. what.
www.livejournal.com/~ancilladelectat

It's Not Much, But It's Also 10:39

so, wtf? what happened to the 04-05 school year? im glad i guess, that its been fast, but if all of high school takes three minutes like this has, ill miss all the fun. like. NINE DAYS. and for the next four, i wont sleep much. but s'cool. i can deal, eh? say eh. so then, we bought ice cream. and i want a chocolate-covered animal cracker. and guess what. WE HAVE SOME.

i love you guys, but its tech week. will you see me much? most unlikely. eileen says something like: the ratio of rehearsal to not rehearsal has been staggeringly in favor of rehearsal lately.

true dat, mista.
"git up and hump yourself jim!"

M1 Gr4Mm3R Sk1LlZ PwN U!!1!one!111!!!

Your English Skills:

Grammar: 100%

Punctuation: 100%

Spelling: 100%

Vocabulary: 100%

Does Your English Cut the Mustard?

in other news, today i saw a film called millions at the ridgeway four. its brilliant. thats all you get.

Today, No Verbs.

a schedule...

Friday, 42205
730-215: school
230-4: chamber
4-6: novus
5-730: thespian banquet
8-945: metamorphoses (fabulous both times)
10: home
1001: sleep

Saturday, 42305
11: commencement of novus
1130: awakening
1145: arrival at novus
2: end of novus
2-330: moved rehearsal
345: morgans house
4: home
530-6: shower (glorious)
6-635: dinner
640-650: dishes
7-945: film time et chillaxin with emma, lena, mouse. pleasant.
now: the blog.

less fortunate:
a cough
a headache
a wisdom tooth, perhaps?
a nasty bruise

more fortunate (reasons for happiness):
gabriel damon
nothing in the morning
arrival of some films (HGttG, Batman, War of the Worlds, Star Wars)
one last show with michael ingersoll
Hartazasele, TX
claire danes
four weeks of school
boys with smiles like spot's
smell of apples
the cottars
a book club next year
theatre
a flat pilllow

Another short one

just wanted to acknowledge:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR MUNTER.

also, hes not coming back next year. why? because hes going to vanderbilt or whatever to get a phd in math. loser. couldnt he wait another year? i will have a sucky algebra: PART DEUX!

one month before today was my birthday. one day after today is peters birthday. so we and mr munter are connected. hes twice my age now, which makes it even weirder than im in love with him.

we have a test tomorrow. dadgum.

hamlet premiere is tomorrow! im excited! but i wont get to see spencer bohren at otherlands. ah well, ill catch him during school.

i bought that stupid datamatch thing. i am compatible with the following:
FIVE asians
two meeks
one jason sullivan
one joseph williams
two evans
one bagpipe-weilding basketballer.

i so win.

thats enough or it wont count as a short post. im pushin it as it is.
im out like stuart dickey in a talkin-smack-about-bush contest.

Back

okay im back.

in short:
didnt write anything good at camp.
i can tell its spring cause everyones dating.
i have a gross cough.
there is a book report due tomorrow.
we MUST have a girly night this weekend.

Gone

gone to lakeshore for the weekend, finally. not lakeSIDE. if you need me, i have my phone. i wont answer, but ill call you back. lovelovelovelove. there must be a god. if there wasnt, this week would never have ended.

P.S. i cant think of a ps. so find robert langdon.

Some Goals

tonight i have:
started my poetry explication
done one fourth of my book report
run a mile
showered
done bio homework

tonight i will:
study for the ch16 test in bio
study for the ch17 test in bio
memorize 18 lines of the highwayman
read 20 pages in the da vinci code

tomorrow i will:
finish my poetry explication
do one more fourth of my book report
memorize 18 more lines of the highwayman
complete whatever math we will have
read 20 more pages in the da vinci code
go to novus

by this weekend i will:
finish my book report
recite all 102 lines of the highwayman
read about 100 pages of the da vinci code
memorize 52 lines in romeo and juliet
tell mr williams i wont be at novus saturday
go to writers retreat and enjoy two days of blessed release from school.

Go! Go! Go! Go!

go shawdy, ish ya burfday, we gon pawdy like ish ya birfday, we gon sip... ovaltine? like ish ya burfday...

yeah. thats enough. but im so old now! of course, you stop feeling older on birthdays between like, 12 and 27, but still. so heres the jones. i think i caught the feel older bug because of a few changes that accompanied this day. like how i got a cell phone. (!!!!) please call me on nights and weekends all the time. 2390825. and you know, i still love you during the day, but 59 second phone calls ARE possible. lets make it happen. another big change many of you know about but some dont, i wont tell you. see for yourself. and also, lena made me buy makeup. not too much, but still. it counts.

friday i went to morgans for star wars. had horrible cramps, but they laid off after a while (thank you aleve!) it was fun anyway. saturday my mother took me all over the place for the best day. we saw janelle at lunch in the little french place where we ate, went by painted planet and java, saw mystery of the nile at the imax, and went to bride and prejudice. yesterday we had dinner at chilis. yaybeans. today is my birthday, and i am going places with ms june because we do it every year. shes supposed to be here... half an hour ago. but you know how the scudders are.

im liking this change. its easier. 10 minutes total? how sweet is that bowl of mushrooms?

im out like justin in a no-mentioning-the-daily-show contest.

Alas, Alas for you

last night a conclusion was reached: jesus is not anorexic.

and for that, he deserves the hug i gave him.


its almost my birthday.

just to keep you busy

Put an x by what you've done...
( ) snuck out of the house
(x) gotten lost in your city
(x) saw a shooting star
(x) been to any other countries besides the united states
( ) had a serious surgery
(x) gone out in public in your pajamas
( ) kissed a stranger
(x) hugged a stranger
( ) been in a fist fight
( ) been arrested
( ) done drugs
( ) Had alcohol
( ) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose
( ) pushed all the buttons on an elevator
( ) made out in an elevator
( ) swore at your parents
(x) kicked a guy where it hurts
( ) been in love
(x) been close to love
( ) been to a casino
( ) been skydiving
(x) broken a bone
( ) been high
(x) skinny-dipped
(x) skipped school
( ) flashed someone
( ) saw a therapist
(x) done the splits
(x) played spin the bottle
( ) gotten stitches
(x) drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour
(x) bitten someone
( ) been to Niagara Falls
(x) gotten the chicken pox
( ) kissed a member of the opposite sex
( ) kissed a member of the same sex
( ) crashed into a friend's car
( ) been to Japan
(x) ridden in a taxi
( ) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
( ) been fired
(x) had feelings for someone who didnt have them back
( ) stole something from your job
( ) gone on a blind date
(x) lied to a friend
(x) had a crush on a teacher/coach
(x) been to Europe
( ) slept with a co-worker
( ) been married
( ) gotten divorced
( ) had children
( ) saw someone die
( ) been to Africa
(x) Driven over 400 miles in one day
( ) Been to Canada
(x) Been to Mexico
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Thrown up in a bar
( ) Purposely set a part of myself on fire
( ) Eaten Sushi
( ) Been snowboarding
( ) Been to a moto cross show
( ) lost a child
( ) gone to college
( ) graduated college
( ) done hard drugs
( ) tried killing yourself
(x) taken painkillers
(x) love someone or miss someone right now

well, that actually wasnt very interesting.

imagination, one was awesome this weekend. and last. im so glad it pulled together. i need to send sarah those pictures. we had lenas party friday night. devin, me, peter, morgan, eileen, lena. it was great. i posted some pictures on flickr ( http://flickr.com/photos/honeylight/ ). o devin. what a silly bean.

i have to do my book report tomorrow. the whole thing. at least ive finished the book. o man. i think i can read something i WANT to read now. yeewah. what shall i read? feed? wicked? brave new world? something ELSE? the world may never know.

ANDY HARPER IS GOING TO WHITE STATION NEXT YEAR.
my life is complete.

/This/ is life.

i love time. its so glorious to not be stressed. theres the book report, but that wont be too troublesome. im close to done with angelas ashes. frankly, i think the biggest stress factor in my life at this time is that i kinda have to pee. ive been shoved back into the mindset that blogs are for writing down your thoughts and not telling the world what you did today. so heres my obligatory single-at-valentines thoughts. ready? go:

ive been single every valentines. so what? it a stupid holiday anyway. yknow what i did last valentines? i took kristen to the imax. we had fun. there ya go. yknow what ima do this valentines? nothing. its on a monday. puhLEEZE.

imagination, one has been going well. its really a good show indeed. please come. 8 tomorrow, 8 next friday, 8 next saturday, 3 next sunday. theatreworks. 8 dollars students, 10 adults. you know you wanna.

thoughts on giving up meat for lent: i dont think i like this. its hard. i eat more meat than i thought. no, allow me to rephrase. i eat more than i thought.

i hate food.

im skipping a lot of lines. i dreamed i smoked and it was scary. i feel like im older than i realize. there are things that i think are big deals that are apparently not. people should not be having sex yet. no. its too soon. people should not be doing drugs. jesus. why dont people think drugs are bad? do my friends think im annoying because i want them to be good? do they think im annoying because i dont pack a lunch? yes. those are things that wont change.

jesus, help me believe in you. i want to. and im trying.

FABIANI

FABIANI
Originally uploaded by AChocolateOrange.

hey baebiss. i have time to blog because ms kitts loves us again. she put off the book report o god i love life. so heres a fun treat i found on someones livejournal. oldish post i think.

YOUR PORN STAR NAME: (NAME OF FIRST PET + STREET YOU LIVE ON): Pipi High Point
YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (NAME OF YOUR FAVORITE SNACK FOOD + GRANDFATHERS FIRST NAME) i dont know my grandfathers first name.
YOUR FASHION DESIGNER NAME: (FIRST WORD YOU SEE ON YOUR LEFT + FAVOURITE RESTAURANT) Chess Angelina
SOCIALITE ALIAS: (Silliest Childhood Nickname + Town Where You First Partied) Peanut Memphis
"FLY GIRL" ALIAS (a la J. Lo): (First Initial + First Two or Three Letters of your Last Name) S. Ste!
ICON ALIAS: (Something Sweet Within Sight + Any Liquid in Kitchen) Chocolate Santa Coke
DETECTIVE ALIAS: (Favourite Baby Animal + Where You Went to High School) Tiger White Station
BARFLY ALIAS: (Last Snack Food You Ate + Your Favourite Alcoholic Drink) Baked Lays Strawberry Daquerie
SOAP OPERA ALIAS: (Middle Name + Street Where You First Lived) Ellyn High Point
ROCK STAR ALIAS: (Favourite Candy + Last Name Of Favourite Musician)Twix Difranco

eh. okay, so that was more fun before i did it. but wotev. i dreamed about hattie and fish and samurai even though i dont know how to spell that. time to read angela's ashes and may try to construct parallel lines again. i love you all.

and look. fabiani.

I'm Dead I'm Dead I'm Dead I Died I'm Dead

MS KITTS WHY DONT YOU LOVE US ANYMORE?!

Hallelujah, Grace Like Rain

its been too long. im a bad person. and whats worse, im sleepy, so this wont be long.

ill tell you about the bear.
i was dreaming. i bought some listerine pocket packs, the new citrus kind. i went to check the car, and there was a bear, the bear from fox and the hound, sleeping in the car. it woke up and tried to chase me into the house. i locked it in the back yard. there was another bear in the house, just like the other. it attacked me. there was someone else in the house not being helpful just screaming, and the bear was knawing on my hand. it was massive. then a man outside who was being attacked by a huge rabid dog tried to escape into the house but the dog got in. i thought if the bear and the dog mauled each other to death itd solve both our problems. i picked up the bear and threw it at the dog.

ill tell you about mtv.
anna was on made. they interviewed me like, thrice. i got on the show. it aired thursday. national tv. i think its really cool even though mtv is wickedcorrupted and such. i like thinking a lot of people in the country heard me say farfigburgen. i wore hatties shirt. friday she said, "MY shirt. you got credit for my shirt. and now people everywhere think its yours." they played a jig in the background when i was on. spencer was on too, not very long. and bradley. so pretty. we all watched it on the big tv in a conference room at u of m. with pizza.

ill tell you about american eagle.
lena took me shopping today at oak court. because im tired of not having many clothes i like. we went to the following stores i thought id never enter willingly: gap, aeropostale, american eagle, etc. there was a school shirt at aeropostale i wanted for 2 for $20, but i only wanted one and they were too expensive not to get two. at american eagle i found three things i liked and bought two of them. a lovely creamy sweater on sale for 10, and some dark khaki corduroys i adore on sale for twenty. there was an almost knee-length skirt i wanted, but i didnt want to spend more money unless i found a school shirt, so i didnt get it. i really liked it though, and i hope lena remembers that its only $15 and its not too far from my birthday *wink* at payless they had nothing good for once.
i feel horrible for shopping at places at which i used to snarl, but you know, its time to widen my horizens. and i like their clothes. so leemee 'lone.
then i went to target and got a 5 dollar dublin shirt and a cheating school shirt and new underwear. then i went to rehearsal. then i went to finding neverland. it was beautiful.

i love everyone. i want to go to lakeshore and write. i want to be a good christian. i want to wear an 8-10 instead of a 10-12.

thats all.

HAPPY DREW'S BIRTHDAY DAY!

i. love. christmas. so much.

its time for the obligatory what i got for christmas post. i am a very happy girl. i didnt get a camcorder, cause im not eileen. but i did get the following:

CDs (*=burned from Mouse)
Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack. (NOTE: this soundtrack is two discs, but the company or whatever didnt put in disc one. how suck does that? mutchly.)
Ani Difranco: Educated Guess
Stephen Lynch: Superhero
All-American Rejects: All-American Rejects*
Wizard of Oz Soundtrack*
Aqua: Aquarium*
Destiny's Child: Destiny Fulfilled*
The Moldy Peaches: The Moldy Peaches*
Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack*
Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes*
Sarah McLachlan: Afterglow*
Rocky Horror Soundtrack*
t.A.T.u.: 200km/h in the Wrong Lane*
Two Mixes*


DVDs
Finding Nemo Collector's Edition
Lion King Special Edition
Return of the King Extended Version
Mr. Deeds

Books
Anthem: Ayn Rand
Angels and Daemons: Dan Brown (The same edition I got for Emma)
Alpha and Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe: Charles Seife
Wicked: Gregory Maguire


Giftcards
Blockbuster ($15) with which I bought Peter Pan
Spin Street ($15) with which I bought Return of the King Soundtrack
Barnes and Noble ($15) with which I bought Feed

Orange Things (*=from Canyon River Blues)
Newsie hat
Long sleeved shirt*
Long sleeved baseball shirt*
Short sleeved shirt*
Fuzzy socks
Dip-dyed netty sweater-shirt
Light zipper-hoodie*
Round dangly earrings
Chocolate orange lip balm
Hightop peace collection Converses (That I don't have yet becuase the company isn't even getting them until the fifteenth. Grrr.)


Other
Black arm socks
Cashews
Various other candies

is that it? i think thats it. o wait, i forgot the
HAIRSPRAY TICKETS.
(January 2, 1:30, balcony above mezzanine)

you see why i am a very happy girl?

i. LOVE. christmas.

Stolen from Emma

UPDATE! its over! you win!

UPDATE! okay, my friends know my music way too well. but there are a few you havent gotten that i really think you can. i think eileen should get 13 and ALL OF YOU should know 14. 17 IS into the woods, but it doesnt count without the title. same with 23. come on guys, lets knock the whole list out.

Step 1: Get your playlist together, put it on random, and play
Step 2: Pick your favorite lines from the first 25 songs that play
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from
Step 4: Cross-out the songs when someone guesses correctly (and by cross out, i mean change the color)
NO CHEATING, YOU DWEEBS!
ready? GO!

1. She keeps moet et chandon in her pretty cabinet. 'Let them eat cake,' she says, just like Marie Antoinette.
"Killer Queen" Queen (HATTIE)

2. So your old lady don't love you no more. So you're afraid zere's a volf at your door. So you've got streetrats dat scream in your ear? ...You win some, you lose some, my dear!
"High Times, Hard Times" Newsies (EILEEN, HATTIE)

3. Fallin’ all over myself to lick your heart and taste your health 'cause, with birds I'll share this lonely view...
"Scar Tissue" Red Hot Chili Peppers (EMMA, EILEEN)

4. I can dim the lights and sing you songs full of sad things, we can do the tango just for two.
"(Good Old Fashioned) Lover Boy" Queen (HATTIE)

5. What you feel is what you are, what you are is beautiful.
"Slide" Googoo Dolls (LILLA)

6. So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do. You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue. Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean: yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen.
"Your Song" Ewan McGregor (EMMA)

7. Drug money is used to rig elections, and train brutal corporate sponsored dictators around the world. They're trying to build a prison! They're trying to build a prison! They're trying to build a prison! (for you and me to live in)
"Prison Song" System of a Down (JUSTIN)

8. And I am sorry, I am not a maiden fair. And I am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere.
"Not a Pretty Girl" Ani Difranco (EILEEN)

9. Music! Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation! Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony, and heavy competition!
"La Vie Boheme" RENT (EILEEN, HATTIE)

10. You! he thought he heard her say. What brings you here today? Poor young rich boy! Masturbates for a vaudeville tart! What a waste of a firey heart! ::(and also):: Leave your little backyard, my friend! There are causes to DIE for!
"The Night that Goldman Spoke at Union Square" Ragtime (JUSTIN, EILEEN, HATTIE)

11. It well may be that we will never meet again, in this lifetime, so let me say before we part so much of me is made of what I learned from you. You'll be with me, like a handprint on my heart. And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have re-written mine by being my friend.
"For Good" Wicked (EILEEN even though she got the title wrong, HATTIE, LILLA)

12. :His beauty doth all things excel. By faith I know but ne'er can tell.: The glory which I now can see in Jesus Christ, the apple tree. "
Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree" Novus Girls (RACHEL O'C, LILLA)

13. If it weren't for my brain, I'd go over and make friends. Too bad about my brain 'cause I'd like to make friends.
"This Boquet" Ani Difranco (ALANNA)

14. The last time I saw you, we had just split in two. You was looking at me, I was looking at you. You had a way so familiar I could not recognize, cause you had blood on your face, and I had blood in my eyes, but I could swear by your expression that the pain down in your soul was the same as the one down in mine. That's the pain that cuts a straight line down through the heart. We call it love. We wrapped our arms around each other, tried to shove ourselves back together. We were makin' love, makin' love.
"The Origin of Love" Hedwig & the Angry Inch Soundtrack (ALANNA)

15. Yellow man in Timbucktoo. Colour for both me and you. Kung fu fighting, dancing queen. Tribal spaceman, and all that's in between!
"Spice Up Your Life!" Spice Girls (MOUSE, LILLA)

16. You teach? I teach. Computer age philosophy. But my students would rather watch TV. Huh, America. America!
"Santa Fe" RENT (EILEEN even though she got the title wrong)

17. Do not put your faith In a cape and a hood; they will not protect you the way that they should. And take extra care with strangers; even flowers have their dangers, and though scary is exciting, nice is different than good.
"I Know Things Now" Into the Woods (MORGAN)

18. For the sum of my life I have lived in hope, we might all be Christian brothers. I have worked to pursuade every white-skinned man, that he need not fear our race. I deplore Mr. Walker's actions, and the irreparable harm he has done to my people, and I wish that I might tell him face to face.
"Coalhouse Demands" Ragtime (both EILEEN and JUSTIN had the general idea, but neither of them got it right. HATTIE, however, did.)

19. So if you care to find me, look to the western sky! As someone told me lately, everyone deserves the chance to fly! And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free. To those who'd ground me, take a message back from me: tell them how I am defying gravity! I'm flying high, defying gravity, and soon I'll match them in renown. And nobody, in all of Oz, no wizard that there is or was, is ever gonna bring-- ME DOWN!
"Defying Gravity" Wicked (EMMA, LILLA)

20. Do you know you're the one I adore? Next year at Hogwarts you'll see I've transformed. I will hold my head up high; I'm a Gryffindor! And you won't need to save me anymore.
"Ode to Harry Potter" Switchblade Kittens (EILEEN even though once again she's too lazy to look up the title.)

21. No, I'm not here to harm you, I only want to KILL! You shall have your monster, I shall drink my fill. At last I am embracing my bloody destiny! Dear Mom and Dad this face will be, the last thing that you ever see! Revenge will be a home for me!
"Apology to a Cow" Batboy (EILEEN, HATTIE got the idea.)

22. Stop running, stop running, turn around. Please come back, come back to me now. If you refuse, hasten your stride, just know I'll always be running by your side.
"Road to Nowhere" Sandyfeet (EILEEN who doesn't know the real title of any song in the world)

23. Exploring things you'd never dare 'cause you don't care when suddenly there's a big tall terrible giant at the door. A big tall lady giant sweeping the floor. And she gives you food and she gives you rest, and she draws you close to her giant breast, and you know things now that you never knew before. Not 'till the sky.
"Giants in the Sky" Into the Woods (ALANNA)

24. Poor! All my life I've always been poor! I keep asking God what I'm for, and he tells me "Gee, I'm not sure! SWEEP THAT FLOOR, KID!"
"Skid Row (Downtown)" Little Shop of Horrors (EILEEN)

25. And if you've got no other choice, you know you can follow my voice, through the dark turns and noise of this wicked little town.
"Wicked Little Town" Hedwig and the Angry Inch (EILEEN)

Well. That was fun. Break a leg.

IT'S HERE!!!