11/30/03, 2:04am.
And I unfold...
J'avais pensé about actors and theatre and film tonight, all because of watching LotR: The Two Towers. The commentary is always really entertaining, but also so interesting and thought-provoking. It made me want to be a part of it all. I want to be a part of a movie, I want to make something happen, I want to be an intricate part. I guess going into film studies would be a good route, then. But right now, it seems so inconceivable. I'm in the middle of Indiana. If I were serious about film, I should be going out to California. I should own a camcorder. I should have known by now...right? I feel behind. Because I was so decided upon theatre, when I really wasn't sure about that...it was just the thing I did in high school. It was my life. I love it, of course, but when it becomes so second nature, and so like a job...it's difficult to remain passionate about it. And professional theatre is so much harder, it would seem, than making movies. More opportunities. More jobs, more connections, more networking, more well-known. Now, I'm not in it to become famous, but I think it would be so very cool to make that kind of an impact on people that I could be as much of a household name as Spielberg, Bruckheimer, or Tarantino. I don't know what I want to be, but those guys know what they are doing and are good at it. And that's what I want. Respect for being the best. I could handle being an actor too. In the TT commentary, someone was talking about Brad Dourif (who plays Grima Wormtongue) and how he's a method actor and from the first day on the set, he spoke only in a British accent, both on- and off-screen. He was so committed and serious that he never broke that aspect of his character, for the entire months of filming. Simply amazing, and no matter how much he disturbed me in the film, he did an excellent job and was truly sensational. His character was strong and compelling. Very captivating. And I want to be able to do that one day.

Enough about acting and film...how about them Cubs?

Lots on my mind right now, but I think I'm just going to try to sleep it off and ignore it all. Try to end my weekend on a positive note as I skip on back to school. I'll be home in a couple weeks anyhow. And resolution is overrated.

Current Music: Jason Mraz

11/29/03, 11:00pm.
'Cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe...
Today was an uber geeky day. Had Chipotle for lunch with Pat and last- minute Jason addition. Then we went back to Patty's and they set up for their "lan party" and at one point I had to get my computer so they could use it too. *sigh* Sillies.

I stuck around. Napped a bit, watched some of the appendixes of the extended edition of Two Towers. Then I had family dinner at Olive Garden, and went straight from there to Zoe's house to hang with her, Candace, Nikki, Johnson, Molly, and Laura. Good stuff. Watched an awesome indie film with Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsdale, and Frances McDormand. Very good. Laurel Canyon, thank you, imdb.com.

And now, I'm back at Patty's, retrieving my PowerBook, as well as staying to watch the actors' commentary to Two Towers. Starting to realize that in 12 hours, I'll be getting up to leave by 12:30pm, picking up Lela, and heading back down to IU. I can't wait to come back in a couple weeks. Oy.

Current Music: Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5 (in head)

11/29/03, 4:16am.
You say you rest your mind sometimes...
Another couple busy days. Thanksgiving was really good. Yummy food at my brother Dave's house. Took a nap between dinner and dessert. That turkey will really knock you out! Damn.

When I got home, Charlie and Jason came over. Watched some quality Super Troopers. So funny! "Liter is French for GIVE ME SOME FUCKING COLA!!!"

Today I went to David's Bridal to try on bridesmaid dress. Very very disappointing. In the 2 years since Emily's wedding, I've gone up two dress sizes. What the hell???? Ehhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

Came home and napped. Was going to watch movie with Zoe, but was far too tired. Woke up for dinner with the family. Then went to Whitney's house to see her and Beth for the last time before I leave. I finally got to Amanda's about 2 and a half hours late. Oh well...it was great to see a bunch of people that I definitely wouldn't have had time to see otherwise. And of course, I got to see Amanda and Allie and others for the first time since being here. Most of the boys I had already hung with. Stayed until 4am. Oy, I'm too old for this! It seems so easy at school. Why can't I stay up this late here?

Tomorrow I don't really have anything planned until another family dinner and the hanging out with Zoe, Candace, Molly and Johnson. Hopefully I'll Crystals (both of them) once more too. I should plan something for lunch. But right now, that seems too early, so we'll have to see how tomorrow goes.

And now? I brush my teeth, wash my face, and hit the sack.

Current Music: Jason Mraz

11/27/03, 10:17am.
She jumped the turnstile, he paid for his ride...
Happy Thanksgiving!!!

My break has been going wonderfully so far. Yesterday, Patty, Rob and I went to Chipotle for lunch, then to Best Buy, where we saw Eric and Bridgette, then we went to Old Orchard so the guy at the Apple Store Genius Bar could take a look at Justin's iPod. Good news, it's under warrantee, so once the part gets in (hopefully this weekend!) I can bring it back and it will all be fixed and pretty! YAY!

Then we went back to Deerfield, dropped off Rob, went to Patty's and Jason came over. We hung out there until 5:30 for our Chipotle dinner. So much burrito-ness. A bunch of us were meeting there, so I got to see a ton of people. Nice. Then we all split for a while. I took a nap and downloaded some Ani.

At 9:30, Zoe and I met up with Candace, Chazz and Patty at Patty's house (once again) where we watched the extended version of LotR: The Two Towers. Good stuff there. The deleted scenes add a lot to the understanding, however I can see why they were taken out, because they didn't quite flow. The edited version is a munch better piece of cinematic...something. My brain is officially not working. Oh well, the movie was good. :-)

TIme to go upstairs and be social with the family. Good times.

Current Music: Rockabye - Ani DiFranco

11/26/03, 1:27am.
Is there anyone here it sucks to be?...
I'm home. Wow. *breathes*

Woke up at 10:30, did some last-minute packing and cleaning. Mom called at 11:30, they were in the parking lot. I took them to the Union for some shopping for IU gear, then we went to pick up Annie, Lela, and Ross. We booked it to the airport and may have made Ross a bit late for his flight. :-/ I haven't heard from him though, so I'm guessing he made it. Then we went shopping with Aunt Sharon and got a 40% discount on bras at Vickie's and some clothes at Express. Kickass! No more quadra-boob! I have bras that FIT! And they're DD. Damn, where did that come from?

Anyway, next we went to drop Annie at the bus station, then we finally got on the road out of Indy toward Chicago. Excellent. Didn't hit much traffic until heading into Illinois around I-80. But it went quickly enough and we made some good choices to take 94 instead of 294 and staying with the local lanes and not the express lanes. We dropped Lela in Evanston around 8:00 and got home at 8:40. It was wonderful.

Within about 20 minutes I was already on my way out the door to go with Becca to Barnes and Noble. We got coffee and found a bunch of people, including Rob! and Caitlin. Whitney joined us later and we had some talk over the cast list before going back to Whitney's until curfew and then I went to drop of Becca and stayed over and talked to her for a while. I just got home a bit ago, and am planning to go to bed for the earliest in weeks! Crazy. But I'm exhausted.

Goodnight moon.

Current Music: What Do You Do With a B.A. in English?/It Sucks to Be Me - Avenue Q

11/25/03, 4:08am.
I hope that you believe me, I've given you my heart...
Doing some late-night cleaning before bed. And packing. So I don't have to do it in the morning because I like sleeping in. Mommy is coming sometime between like...10:30 and 1. I'm really not sure. But I'll be waking up around 10:30, or whenever she calls to say that she's coming close and how does she get to the dorm. Then we'll head to the union and give Lela and Annie a chance to get their stuff together before we do lunch and head on the road.

Crazy to think that in 12 hours I'll be close to home. Oh! Orgasmic.

I downloaded some music tonight. Well, first I ripped a bunch of CDs from Chad. Counting Crows - August & Everything After, Ben Folds Live, Cabaret with Alan Cumming and Natasha Richardson, Chicago with Bebe Newerth, Michael Jackson - Dangerous and Thriller, Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle, and Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane.

And then I went on iTunes and bought three more CDs. Bing Crosby's Christmas Collection (not to be confused with White Christmas), The Ultimate Diva Collection of jazz, and the Avenue Q broadway soundtrack. So funny.

Right now, Lela and I are singing and doing interpretive dance to really random songs. And I just "cleaned" the common room. Which is a pit tonight. We suck so much.

Alright, so it's time for me to get back to my room and finish stuff so I can get to bed.

Current Music: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Nat King Cole

11/24/03, 3:48pm.
Fuck you and your untouchable face, and fuck you for ever existing in the first place...
Didn't go to classes today. Won't tomorrow either. Yay for college.

And now I'm hanging out and cleaning up, and working on starting to maybe attempt to pack. Committed, eh?

I should download more Ani.

That's it.

Current Music: Untouchable Face - Ani DiFranco

11/24/03, 2:09am.
What if I'd been born, 50 years before you...
Marriage by Gays Gains Big Victory in Massachusetts

FUCK YEAH!

And shame on me for being behind the times. This came out 5 days ago! AHHH!

Shower time.

Current Music: Annie singing "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds and Lela singing Mraz's "Rand McNally"

11/23/03, 6:51pm.
The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top...
Long and tiring weekend. Friday night, we decided to randomly head to Evansville to visit a friend of Chad's and spend the night there. A ton of fun was had singing loudly in the car, staying up until 6am watching Eddie Izzard and sleeping four people on one futon. Damn, that was crazy.

We got back on Saturday and were tired and hung around for a while. I cleaned my entire room, including vacuuming and washing dishes. I showered and napped a bit, and then Zoe called! She was about 45 minutes away and we all got ready for the opera. Around 6:30, we finally (and very late) got going to Panera and then to see Falstaff. It was uber good and we got back around 11:30. Hanging out, talking, eating pizza, eventually watching a couple movies and it was a fabulous night. People here totally approved of Zoe (cause she fucking rocks) and around 6:30, we decided to go to bed. But then Lela and stayed up until 8:45am talking. And that was really the highlight of my night. It was such a great conversation and reminded me that issues on the floor are not the important shit in the world, and that Iraq and the spread of capitalism and the deterioration of Africa is far more important than who is dating who and who is jealous and who is angry.

I really want to subscribe to the paper edition of the NYTimes, but I feel like it's too hard to get in the dorms.

Anyway, sleeping at 8:45, woke up by Zoe at 10:45 and talked to her for a half hour until her ride came and she went back to Ohio. Then I went back to sleep until 4pm when I was awoken by Annie and Lela screaming at me and Chad on top of me, humping my legs. It was very odd. But then we ordered Chinese for our breakfast/lunch/dinner and have been chilling out ever since. I'm sooooo tired, so I think I'll be hitting bed early tonight. Hopefully watch a couple movies first. Amelie (without subtitles) and The Italian Job? Meh, whatever. In two days, I'm going to be home. !!!!!

Oooo...storm's a comin'. It's rainy and windy. Cold front moving it. I love rain.

Current Music: Song for a Winter's Night - Sarah McLachlan

11/20/03, 12:29pm.
I fall onto my knees again, I could wait for you endlessly...
Uhh....EEP!

I just checked bankone.com and found that I had -$41 in my checking account. Luckily, that was my "available balance" which is the most up to date, computerized total, and my "current balance," what the bank thinks I have...was still in the positive. So I quickly transfered money from my savings, and a disaster was hopefully avoided.

The problem was that I had to buy $39 worth of Romeo and Juliet tickets, and then my pre-ordered West Wing DVDs sent, and so that all came out of my account rather suddenly. I'm just glad I checked. Whew.

And now, I nap, because I was up hella late last night. Both doing homework and just hanging out. The weekend is coming soon. I can feel it.

Current Music: Twisted - Stretch Princess

11/19/03, 12:00am.
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are...
Today fucking rocked. My art class was cancelled because the professor was ill. Then I had a really good lunch of noodles. And I did my laundry. And I watched my downloaded copy of Pirates of the Caribbean. Then I went to class. Acting was okay, and choir we got out 45 minutes early! The director had a concert tonight. And THEN I got my copies of Reality Bites and Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the mail from amazon. Damn, it rocked.

Then I got Dragon Express for dinner. So good. I have a talent at making other people order food that I want. Hee hee...

While I want to study some French while watching Reality Bites, I should probably hit the hay, since I didn't get a nap today and I've been up for a long time. At least I can sleep until 11:30 tomorrow. :-)

Current Music: Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough - Patti Smith

11/17/03, 11:10pm.
Travel my way, take the highway, it's the best...
It's been a few days since last I posted. This was due to some space issues on my computer. As in...I had less than 2GBs of space left on my 40GB hard drive. How did this happen, you might ask? Well, in fact...I had asked myself that same thing. I'm in the habit of downloading a lot of music, but even my 1250 song iTunes library is only 4.6 GB. And then there are those West Wing episodes...which at over 400 MB each, tend to add up quickly. So I burned all of those to CD. I have 30 total (with about 46 episodes), plus a random ER episode, a couple Will and Grace's and the pinnicle...It's Christmas Time, Charlie Brown.

After deleting all that from the hard drive, it gave me 7GBs. Pretty good, I'd say. And then my disk space somehow dropped to a dangerously low 49MB. !!!! Yes, MEGAbyte.

Well, I'll tell you brother, I could've dropped through that stage floor into the boiler room in the basement when I realized that I had somehow used up 37GBs. (Random Tennessee Williams reference there...if you got it. Which you probably won't...) Anyway...I started to search. What the hell was taking up that space? My 500MB of pictures? No. And I'd burn them to a CD, but I didn't have enough space to even do THAT! SO Patty suggested the iPod and I transfered stuff to the iPod to get enough space to burn a CD and then burned from the iPod. Handy little bitch, it is. So I got a gig, and that helped to expidite the search for the problem. I had used Finder to search for movie files that I may have missed, and large image and audio files. I went through the Apple Hardware Test. Everything was fine.

It wasn't until later tonight when I realized that Finder could search for large files. So I did a search of anything over 100000KBs (roughly 100MB) and since my movies had been cleared out, it shouldn't have picked anything up. A stray episode of West Wing appeared, and it thought and searched for a while. Then...bam, bam, bam! Random files with no specified type or titles (which were only a random combination of 20+ numbers and letters). And while some were only a few MBs, and many were zero, 35 of them exceeded 700MB. After deleting those 120+ files...my disk space dropped drastically to 13GB, freeing up 24 gigs of space. THAT'S more like it!

</computer geek>

So now I'm back to downloading (Pirates of the Caribbean is almost here. I can feel it!) and I'll just be more careful about crazy hidden folders named "temp" which contain crazy huge files that I think are associated with downloading so much. O:-)

This morning I registered for classes:
English: Elementary Composition (required. Yuck)
Math: Finite Math (optional, and will give me lots o' credits)
French: F250 (my LAST of the foreign language requirement)
Art History: Renaissance Through Modern Art (required for minor...if I pick it up as a minor)
Communications and Culture: Intro to CMCL (required for CMCL [aka Film Studies] major)
*Note the LACK of Theatre courses. Yes, my current major is Theatre. And I'm waitlisted for Stagecraft I.

I might change Intro to CMCL to a Hollywood II class, and Stagecraft (a class of only 15 which seems doubtful I would get in) could easily become Acting II. Total, I will have 18 credit hours. The norm is 15, and the max is 19. I would take a 7th class, except that they won't let me.

Alright, it's getting to be bedtime. I want a lot of sleep so I can be productive tomorrow. Since I definitely wasn't today...

Current Music: Route 66 - Nat King Cole

11/15/03, 1:35am.
Morning with come and I'll do what's right, just give me 'til then to give up this fight...
Tonight was a huge bust. No fun was had. Technically right now I'm "watching" This is Spinal Tap, but I'm not really in the mood for it. So I might break off soon and watch Amelie again...this time without subtitles. I think that would be really cool.

I'm tired. Chronically, at this point. I'll fix that soon...but for now. I am just being crazy I suppose. I know that didn't make any sense...it's not supposed to...

And I'm done.

Current Music: I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt

11/14/03, 1:55pm.
I can't get you off of my mind, tried to tell myself a million times, a little time it all it takes...
So I decided I'm not going to French today. I just don't want to. And we have our big presentation on Monday, so I figure today we can't be doing anything uber important. And I just really don't want to go.

I also caved and ordered myself stuff from amazon.com. I've been in a shopping mood lately. I want to be careless and spend a lot of money. I was at art.com yesterday and had $115 worth of posters in my shopping cart, then deleted them all. So I figure I can spend $33 on Reality Bites and Buffy the Vampire Slayer...yes, the 80's movie with Kristy Swanson. I really really REALLY want to watch Reality Bites today. I guess I'll have to wait. Maybe some Empire Records is in store for me this afternoon.

Possibly going to do some more online shopping at victoriassecret.com. Because we never got around to going there for my birthday shopping, and for some reason, panty shopping always makes me feel SO much better. TMI? Possibly...

And that's it. It's Friday. Yay.

And people may bash country music, and the Dixie Chicks, but damn if I don't love this frickin' song...

I should go out tonight,
Get on with my life,
Break these chains of solitude.
With a little luck and a little help
I might even find myself
In the arms of someone new.

Once you've loved somebody,
It ain't that easy to do.
Once you've loved somebody,
Like I loved you.

Look what you've gone and done,
You've ruined everything for anyone
Who tries to steal this heart away.
I can't get you off of my mind,
I've tried to tell myself a million times
A little time is all it takes.

Once you've loved somebody,
It ain't that easy to do.
Once you've loved somebody,
Like I loved you.

I gave you everything that I had to give
I don't know if I can go that far again.
Once you've loved somebody,
It ain't that easy to do.

Current Music: Once You've Loved Somebody - Dixie Chicks

11/14/03, 12:50am.
Maybe I'm crazy to suppose, I'd ever be the one you chose...
I don't do this a lot...but... are you guilty of playlistism??? Thanks to Patty for the link! :-*

Today was certainly interesting. First, I fell asleep (unintentionally) in the Fine Arts building between my history and art class. I had 30 minutes, so I closed my eyes while listening to some tunes on my iPod and woke up at 11:14, my class starts at 11:15. It was perfect.

I also napped between those classes and my acting/choir block tonight. Not until after watching an episode of Punk'd and Rich Girls on MTV, though. Ally Hilfiger seems really cool. Her friend Jamie is a kinda prissy, Deerfield-esque, uber bitch. Oh well.

Anywho. I think my acting teacher actually likes me. I don't like her, and I thought it was mutual. She always gives me really bad scenes. But she says how much she loves this character, or that writer...and I'm like "you suck. This scene sucks." And then today she gives us our final scenes. A couple weeks ago, I mentioned how much I love Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles. I got a scene from Heidi!! I literally "woo-hoo!"ed in class. It was crazy cool.

That's about it for my school day. Didn't do too much tonight. Hung with the Eric/ks while they and Chad did theory homework. Called Allie and rambled on her voice mail. Talked to Patty online, as usual. That's about it, really.

And now, I'm going to get to bed. Because I haven't been getting nearly enough sleep, and I'll be in bed until 11:20 tomorrow. Mmm...lateness!

Current Music: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Vonda Shepard

11/13/03, 1:30am.
If I could only have you near to feel a sigh or two...
An update long overdue. I've been listening to a lot of Christmas music. Like... a week ago, I had one Christmas song in my entire iTunes library. Now? I have 92. 5.2 hours of Christmas music.

Maybe it's because I'm continually missing home and friends and family more and more, but I've just been so in the mood for Christmas. But Thanksgiving break is just around the corner...and then there's only a few hectic final-filled weeks until Winter Break. 5 weeks of freedom in the town that I've always known. I can barely wait. And it couldn't come soon enough.

In other news, I've been pretty busy lately. Yesterday, I started at 9:30 with class, worked straight until 11:15 when I went to the IU Art Museum for an assignment, came back and watched Amélie for a class, went to more classes from 4:30 until 8:30, then went straight to the library without getting dinner to meet my French group and make our handout for our presentation next week. I got home at 11pm, exhausted. And having to write two papers.

*breathe*

Soon I'll be relaxing. My history homework assignment tonight went really smoothly, so that was nice. It's about time I don't spend hours working on something. And tonight a bunch of us watched Shrek, ate pizza, and then played a couple games of Cranium. Overall, not a terrible night. Things could have been better, but of course...nothing is perfect.

And now, I need to get to bed, because I can't remember the last time I got more than 7 hours of sleep, and my body needs 9 to function without protest. And I can tell you right now, my throat, tummy, and eyes are protesting like it's their job. If I fall asleep right at this instant, I get 6 and a half hours. Oh, goody.

If I could know within my heart that you were lonely too,
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love, on this winter's night with you.

Current Music: Song For a Winter's Night - Sarah McLachlan

11/09/03, 1:32pm.
Second star to the right, shines in the night for you...
Parent's weekend seems to have eaten my soul! I haven't updated this at all, and I was barely around the dorm. Crazy stuff.

But it was awesome to see the parents, and get a bunch of good food that isn't prepared on campus, AND we went shopping for birthday and Christmas presents (mostly clothes) so now I'm all set for the fridged winter months.

I'm so über tired right now, but I have two tests to study for (French... yuck, and Media...yay, but it's one of only two tests the entire semester). I'm also planning on watching Amelie with Erik today, since I have to write a two-page responce in French for extra credit. Which I need. Badly. I'm getting a B+ right now, and getting 20 extra points and doing well on the test tomorrow could bump me up to an A.

Oh, and my personal theme music seems to have taken the shape of themes from the Disney version of Peter Pan. "Second Star to the Right," "Never Smile at a Crocodile," and the traditional "We Can Fly" theme.

Current Music: My own personal theme music playing through my head.

11/06/03, 9:30pm.
What would I give to see you smiling at me...
Watching The Little Mermaid makes me so incredibly happy. Yay! And earlier today, I started watching and napped to Fantasia 2000. Soooo good! Yay Disney!

And I got two packages. The first from my sister Fayanne. A couple really pretty bowls, an anklet that she made, some sticky wall shapes, and some popcorn and rice. Then I got a gift from my sister Chris! The Amélie DVD and the Billy Joel Greatest Hits 1 and 2!!!!! I am SOOOOOO incredibly excited, I can't even tell you. I am coveting this CD like it's a ticket to heaven, and I need to watch Amélie for my French class by next week, so it came in PERFECT time! Love them both so much. I can't wait until Thanksgiving when I'll get to see everyone.

Unfortunately not all of today was wine and roses. I slept through my first class this morning...I went right after class ended to turn in my homework assignment before dragging myself to my second class. Then I came home, slept to Fantasia 2000 and woke up at 4:30...the time that my acting class starts. Taking Lela's advice and not wanting to be 15 minutes late, I just skipped that one as well. 3 out of the last 7 classes of mine have not been attended. Whoops.

Oh well. I'd rather not worry about it now. The Little Mermaid is on! ;-)

Current Music: Part of Your World (reprise) - The Little Mermaid

11/05/03, 11:58pm.
Why did it have to end, and why do they always say don't look back...?
The birthday is almost over. Or at least in my time zone it is. And it has been GOOD. I'm always so worried that I'm going to be disappointed on my birthday, because I think birthdays are really special things and I love to get people gifts and make them feel loved and special. But I'm always worried it won't happen to me. I was definitely proven wrong this year. Things were excellent.

We just finished playing a game of Scattergories. I never did get around to that homework, but I did watch an episode of West Wing. Sam's last episode. Poor Toby! Oh, and I also got the speakers hooked up. It's so nice to actually have sound! The internal speakers were so quiet!

I was informed that I still have gifts on the way, so that was cool. And the love I felt today was so overwhelming. Still haven't heard from a few people that I thought I would, but oh well. We are all allowed to be forgetful. Just keep smilin'!

Current Music: This Used to Be My Playground - Madonna

11/05/03, 9:52pm.
Cause I'm lonely, and I'm blue. I need you, and your love too...
In case you haven't caught on, today is my birthday. :-D

It went very well, starting with a wake up call at 11 from mommy, and having a few IMs and 11 emails this morning. I showered and went to class, receiving another few phone calls/voice mails as well at text messages. I ditched French so I could come back early, and there were signs on my door. Overall, very excellent.

I received 11 birthday cards in the mail...9 of them from my mother. As well as a helium balloon and chocolate cake that she sent. The speakers I ordered from amazon also arrived today...how perfect?

Nothing special for dinner, but they lit candles for me and sung happy birthday before we ate the cake. It has all been very fun indeed. Now I need to do a bit of homework (blech!) before bed. Opa.

Current Music: Rescue Me - Aretha Franklin

11/04/03, 10:22pm.
I'm been resurrecting a fortress to protect myself...
A very merry un-birthday to me!

But not for long!!!! YAY!

And of course, if tomorrow is my birthday, it means today is Patty's birthday! Opa! Happy birthday, darling. And in honor of his big day, YOU should visit his site and give him lots of hits. ;-)

And now, I'm going to go be bored and maybe watch Annie Hall, a wonderful gift from my bestest friend, Allie. Have you seen Annie Hall? It is SO funny!

Current Music: Fortress - Sister Hazel

11/03/03, 4:30am.
Did I crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die...?
Another late night. Didn't mean it to be. Oh well. I don't have class for another 9 hours anyway.

I'm going to figure out my schedule tomorrow. I think it's going to be something like this:
- English (required)
- Math (probably Finite. To get credits)
- French (last semester! Woo!)
- Intro to Communications and Culture (possibly switching majors to film and media study)
- And then I basically have one more slot. If I continue with the theatre major, I need Intro to Theatre. And I hate my acting class, but I should see if the next semester would be better. But I also want to take a tech class so I can see if the other side of the IU theatre program is more satisfying. I'm leaning towards Stagecraft out of those three options.

Well, Annie and Lela are cleaning up the common room, and I should be helping out. I updated the pictures for Halloween. And that was about it for today. Damn, I need sleep!

Current Music: I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

11/02/03, 4:11am.
So lay all your troubles down on me...
The show closed with a bang. The audience these last two nights has severely sucked, which is disappointing since we had to turn away so many people who would have been a good audience. No one on my floor was able to see it, and a girl from my acting class that I know didn't get in either. BOO! That's what we get for performing in a classroom and being able to seat 27 people. Grrrr...

The party afterward was fun as well. I was very good (due to some serious lack of fundage) and just hung around with some fun people including said girl from the acting class, and did a lot of dancing. It felt so good! Letting loose is nice and dancing is so very much fun.

Left the party around 3:45, which was amazingly late and I even outlasted Bruno...our hard-core party-goer and floor governor. I'm now home safe and sound, have just brushed my teeth, washed my face and I'm ready for bed. Katie is out camping with a bunch of people from the floor tonight so I'm all alone. I'm sure I'll be fine, but it's all quiet and lonely on the floor. 10 people gone!

Random, but today is my sister ex-husband's birthday. Those silly things that stick in your mind, eh? And a nice reminded that my birthday is in 3 days. That's right, kids. On Wednesday, I'll be the ripe old age of 19. CRAZY!

And I'm uber-tired, so I'll be hitting the hay now. Goodnight, loves.

Current Music: Hand Me Down - Matchbox Twenty

11/01/03, 12:41am.
It's a leap of faith when you believe that someone cares...
The show went well tonight. And then I went to dinner with some people. That's the extent of my Halloween. Oh, and since it's officially now November, the archives have been updated, and this homepage has been cleared.

Current Music: Leap of Faith - Michelle Branch