I am very curious. I was going to sign up for my 4 credit class today and behold! I cannot take one! Next semester French is a continuation of the first French class that is going on during this semester, ditto with Spanish which I had no desire to take anyway.
The only classes available are beginning algebra which I have to take 3 other math classes to get into (that will NOT happen) and a few forms of science taught by one of the most asinine men I have ever met in my entire life. This guy literally takes pleasure in failing kids. Everyone who I've talked to had the same problem with him and had to withdraw. I swear that the only reason the college keeps him is for money purposes considering he is pretty much the only teacher who teaches a 4 credit class and 95% of his students fail so they have to retake him. It's quite clever when you think about it.
Now what I do not understand about these 4 credit classes is why on earth do they all have to do with math or chemistry or a foreign language? I think that it is very possible to offer a 4 credit class in drama or English, sure it would be a lot of work but that is exactly why these classes are worth 4 credits. And why is it so complicated to get into these classes and why do they only offer 20 or so kids per class? I guess I am just not fully understanding. I have to take ONE 4 credit class and pass to get my degree and graduate but now because of these BS options I am going to have to take a semester off and get a part time job so I don't get thrown out of my house. Getting real tired of your stupidity community college!!!
Edit: Tonight I found out that some person dropped out of accounting. Hooray! I signed up for that spot so quickly. The class is once a week but is 4 hours long. 0_0 I am praying that the teacher is cool and can explain things in a simple fashion and realizes that not everyone wishes to go into accounting. I can also only hope that I am not stuck in a class with a bunch of people who will look down on me for not being as smart as them at this subject. I guess I will just have to wait and see. Spring Semester 2013!!!
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Bronte Challenge
This year for reading I decided to do something that I have never done before. I decided to do a READING CHALLENGE. Now I have always been a bit hesitant to try reading challenges considering I never knew if I was going to be able to finish them or not and the thing with me and reading is that I have problems when it comes to not being able to finish a book, even when it completely sucks. The only books I have never been able to complete were The Grapes of Wrath and The Devil Wears Prada.
I decided to do something a bit different this year when it comes to my reading. I have been a HUGE Bronte fan ever since reading Jane Eyre during my junior year of high school, however it was a black and white movie called Wuthering Heights that I saw when I was 14 that first introduced me into the Bronte world. So this year I thought why not try and read everything that the Bronte's have written? It can't be that hard! Oh but it is. There have been so many things that Charlotte, Emily, and Anne have wrote besides their famous novels; poetry being one of those things. Not to mention their brother Branwell and father, Reverend Patrick Bronte.
Unfortunately Maria, the eldest sister, and Elizabeth, the second eldest child, both of who died of tuberculosis, did not write many documents that the public is aware of and if they did they have yet to be found.
Because I have almost completed this challenge I have learned many different things from doing this about the three English authors and about myself as well. If nobody has ever done a reading challenge before then I say that you should at least try and attempt one, what can it hurt?
Copy&Paste Time! (Originally posted by Laura of Laura's Reviews here on blogger.)
Challenge Details
1. The All About the Brontes challenge will run from January 1st to June 30, 2010. You can post a review before this date if you wish.
It is 2012 but I am still doing the challenge because it makes my soul happy.
2. You can read a book, watch a movie, listen to an audiobook, anything Bronte related that you would like. Reading, watching, or listening to a favorite Bronte related item again for the second, third, or more time is also allowed.
3. The goal will be to read, watch, listen, to 3 to 6 (or beyond) anything Bronte items.
*= Read/Watched this year
*= Read/Watched before the challenge
*= Read/Watched before the challenge
The Original Works
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Jane Eyre
Villette- This book was pretty good although many of the characters besides Lucy I found quite irksome.
Shirley
The Professor- I just finished this book yesterday. Definitely not my favorite of Charlotte's but it was one of her first works so what can you expect?
Emma Brown
Emma Brown
There was once a little girl, c. 1826-8
Juvenilia by Charlotte Bronte
The History of the Year, 1829
"A Romantic Tale" (The Twelve Adventurers) and "An Adventure in Ireland", 1829
The Search After Happiness, 1829
Leisure Hours, a Tale, and two Fragments, July 6th, 1829.
The Adventures of Mon. Edoward de Crack, 1830
The Adventures of Ernest Alembert, 1830
An Interesting Passage in the Lives of Some Eminent Men of the Present Time, 1830
Persons of the Age, a Tale, June 10th, 1830.
The Poetaster: A Drama in Two Volumes, 1830
Tales of the Islanders, 1829-1830
Young Men's Magazine (including Blackwood's Young Men's Magazine), 1829-1830
Albion and Marina: A Tale, 1830
The African Queen's Lament, 1830?
Something About Arthur, 1833
The Foundling: A Tale of our own Times, 1833
The Secret and Lily Hart: Two Tales, 1833
A Leaf from an Unopened Volume, Or The Manuscript of An Unfortunate Author, 1834
High Life in Verdopolis, Or The Difficulties of Annexing a Suitable Title to a Work Practically Illustrated in Six Chapters, 1834
Corner Dishes, 1834
The Spell, An Extravaganza, 1834
My Angria and the Angrians, 1834
The Scrap Book. A Mingling of Many Things, 1835
Passing Events, 1836
Roe Head Journal (Fragments),1836-1837
Julia, 1837
**Tales of Angria (written 1838–1839 – a collection of childhood and young adult writings including five short novels)
-Mina Laury
-Stancliffe's Hotel
-The Duke of Zamorna
-Henry Hastings
-Caroline Vernon
-Mina Laury
-Stancliffe's Hotel
-The Duke of Zamorna
-Henry Hastings
-Caroline Vernon
Willie Ellin
Origins of Angria
Caroline Vernon, 1839
Farewell to Angria, 1839
wo romantic tales in one volume; viz., The Twelve Adventurers and the Adventures in Ireland, April 2nd, 1829.
Marian vs. Zenobia
Mary
Elizabeth
The Young Men's Magazines, in Six Numbers, from August to December, the latter months' double number, completed December the 12th, 1829. General index to their contents:--
1. A True Story;
2. Causes of the War;
3. A Song;
4. Conversations;
5. A True Story continued;
6. The Spirit of Cawdor;
7. Interior of a Pot-house, a Poem;
8. The Glass Town, a Song;
9. The Silver Cup, a Tale;
10. The Table and Vase in the Desert, a Song;
11. Conversations; 12. Scene on the Great Bridge;
13. Song of the Ancient Britons;
14. Scene in my Tun, a Tale;
15. An American Tale;
16. Lines written on seeing the Garden of a Genius;
17. The Lay of the Glass Town;
18. The Swiss Artist, a Tale;
19. Lines on the transfer of this Magazine;
20. On the Same, by a different hand;
21. Chief Geni in Council;
22. Harvest in Spain;
23. The Swiss Artist continued;
24. Conversations.
A Book of Rhymes, finished December 17th, 1829; Contents:
1. The Beauty of Nature;
2. A Short Poem;
3. Meditations while Journeying in a Canadian Forest;
4. A Song of an Exile;
5. On Seeing the Ruins of the Tower of Babel;
6. A Thing of 14 lines;
7. Lines written on the Bank of a River one fine Summer Evening;
8. Spring, a Song;
9. Autumn, a Song.
Miscellaneous Poems, finished May 30th, 1830. Contents:--
1. The Churchyard;
2. Descriptions of the Duke of Wellington's Palace on the Pleasant Banks of the Lusiva; this article is a small prose tale or incident;
3. Pleasure; 4. Lines written on the Summit of a high Mountain of the North of England;
5. Winter;
6. Two Fragments, namely, 1st, The Vision; 2nd, A Short untitled Poem; The Evening Walk, a Poem, June 23rd, 1830.
Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights
Anne Bronte
Agnes Grey
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
All
Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
Biographical Works/Literary Criticism
The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Gaskell*- Reading at the moment
Charlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life by Lyndall Gordon*
The Art of the Brontes by Christine Alexander and Jane Sellars
Selected Letters of Charlotte Bronte edited by Margaret Smith
Charlotte Bronte: A Writer's Life by Rebecca Fraser
Charlotte Bronte: A Writer's Life by Rebecca Fraser
Charlotte Bronte: Unquiet Soul by Margot Peters
Bronte by Glyn Hughes
The Three Brontes by May Sinclair
The Brontes by Juliet Barker
The Brontes: A Beginner's Guide by Steve Eddy*
The Oxford Companion to the Brontes by Christine Alexander
The Bronte Myth by Lucasta Miller
In the Footsteps of the Brontes by Ellis Chadwick
Life and Letters by Clement Shorter- Maria Branwell's "The Advantages of Poverty. In Religious Concerns" can be found here.
Life and Letters by Clement Shorter- Maria Branwell's "The Advantages of Poverty. In Religious Concerns" can be found here.
Spin-offs/Modern Reworkings/Brontes as Fictional Characters/Etc.
The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fford*
Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman*
Emily's Ghost: A Novel of the Bronte Sisters by Denise Giardina
Jane Eyre's Daughter by Elizabeth Newark
Jane Airhead by Kay Woodward
Jillian Dare by Melanie M. Jeschke
The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan
The Heights by Brian James
Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler
The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte by Daphne Du Maurier
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (an original work inspired by Jane Eyre)*
Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier (an original work inspired by Wuthering Heights)*
The Brontes went to Woolworths by Rachel Ferguson
Coldwater by Mardi Mcconnochie*
Being Emily by Anne Donovan
The Crimes of Charlotte Bronte by James Tully*
Heathcliff: The Return to Wuthering Heights by Lin Haire-Sargeant
Thornfield Hall: Jane Eyre's Hidden Story by Emma Tennant
Return to Wuthering Heights by Anna L'Estrange*
Movies/Mini-series
Wuthering Heights (1939 - starring Laurence Oliver)*
Wuthering Heights (1939 - starring Laurence Oliver)*
Wuthering Heights (1970 - starring Timothy Dalton)
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (1992 - starring Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes)*
Wuthering Heights (Masterpiece Theatre 1998)
Wuthering Heights (2003 for MTV)
Wuthering Heights (Masterpiece Theatre 2009)*
Jane Eyre (1934)- This is the most hilarious thing that I have ever seen in my life! I swear nobody- the director, cast, or script writer, even read the book.
Jane Eyre (1944)*
Jane Eyre (BBC - 1970)
Jane Eyre (1983 miniseries starring Timothy Dalton)*********- In my opinion this version will always be the best.
Jane Eyre (1996)*- Loved Charlotte Gainsborg, Hurt was not good.
Jane Eyre (1997 A&E movie)*
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996 - Masterpiece Theatre starring Tara Fitzgerald and Toby Stephens)*
Villette (1970 BBC mini-series also adapted in 1999 as a BBC Radio production)- Whoever has seen this I would love to hear what it was like!
Devotion (1946 - highly fictionalized account of the Bronte sisters lives)
The Brontes of Haworth
The Brontes of Haworth
Total: 20. 19 if you do not want to include the one by Elizabeth Gaskell that I am reading right now.
And now I would like to share this video that I found a few months ago while doing this challenge. ENJOY!!!!
And now I would like to share this video that I found a few months ago while doing this challenge. ENJOY!!!!
If You Haven't Seen These Yet (Les Miserables Clips)
Then here you go!
These two were meant for their roles. I take back every single thing that I said about not wanting Amanda Seyfried to be cast. Her and Redmayne are going to be spectacular. Eddie IS Marius, and he seems like he will do a great job. However I have always disliked Marius's character so it's hard for me to enjoy any portrayal of him no matter how good. Now I'm not saying he should have died at the barricade, I'm just saying that his life choices are not something I can agree with.
Amanda is also going to get a best supporting actress nominee which is going to make the fans take sides over who they like better; Eponine or Cosette. Well let me just say that we wouldn't have a story without either of them and both actresses seem to get along just fine so debating over who's better is worthless. Personally I like them both.
So who else is super excited to see this film besides myself?
Not a huge fan of the rhythm and lyrical changes. FOLLOW TO THE LETTER YOUR ITINERY! However I think Crowe will do an alright job, he has the characters personality down at least.
Jackman is getting a nominee, not doubts in my mind. 24601!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Give her the Oscar. Right now. Anne is going to do spectacular in this!
As always Barks outshines everyone in my opinion. Best supporting actress nominee.
These two were meant for their roles. I take back every single thing that I said about not wanting Amanda Seyfried to be cast. Her and Redmayne are going to be spectacular. Eddie IS Marius, and he seems like he will do a great job. However I have always disliked Marius's character so it's hard for me to enjoy any portrayal of him no matter how good. Now I'm not saying he should have died at the barricade, I'm just saying that his life choices are not something I can agree with.
Amanda is also going to get a best supporting actress nominee which is going to make the fans take sides over who they like better; Eponine or Cosette. Well let me just say that we wouldn't have a story without either of them and both actresses seem to get along just fine so debating over who's better is worthless. Personally I like them both.
So who else is super excited to see this film besides myself?
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
It Is Now 1:50 AM
I am so sorry that I haven't been able to blog lately! I have been super SUPER busy with college and homework and exams and what not. In fact when I started writing the first sentence of this post last night I had yet to complete my take home exam for my Shakespeare class but instead I was procrastinating and writing on here.
Hope everyone has had a great week so far and I wish everyone a Happy Thursday! I just woke up about an hour ago considering I fell asleep around 6pm today. My sleeping schedule is hellaciously messed up but for some reason I was really feeling it yesterday morning when I didn't go to bed until 3:30 because I had stuff to get done and then I had to wake up at 6:00.
I turned in my exam yesterday morning and we went over the answers in class. I got two wrong that I know of which is disappointing because it was a take home exam and there really is no excuse for getting something wrong on a take home exam other than the fact that you had no idea what the question was trying to imply. We started watching the rest of the Henry IV movie and I was happy to see that Michelle Dockery was in it playing Lady Percy. Jeremy Irons is a great actor as well but every time I see him in something I always think "Scar."
By the way I call Henry IV just that; Henry IV as in the medical thing you get in your arm. It is not Henry the 4th. A few other people before class were laughing at how I called it Henry IV and then we discussed how the entire play revolves around King Henry who is in the hospital with an IV in his arm and how hotheaded Hotspur is a new resident at said hospital and is his doctor. The sequal: Henry V; where he gets a vascular disease/visionary problems. And if anyone out there has never read Henry IV and actually uses any of this in a paper I would strongly urge you to reconsider. This probably has to be my favorite group of people I have ever had for a class. Most of us get along but we are all so very different.
In music class today we had to sing our solo song in front of everyone. I had no idea about the singing infront of everyone part until I got to class. Maybe not knowing ahead of time is a good thing because everyone said I did really good. 0_0 Apparently my posture is INCORRECT though (according to everyone) so I'll have to work on that before Monday when we are graded on this. Personally I didn't see anything wrong with my posture because I have doubts that I looked like Quasimodo when I was up there, but then again I can't see myself so I shall just have to listen to these lovelies. My teacher said that I improved a lot since last time so I'll just have to keep working on it over the weekend to see what improvements I can make.
After class I had to go to a musical recital concert where the students performed a lot of solo pieces from the piano/guitar/violin, etc and also sang. I showed up about 5 minutes late because I was talking to my theatre teacher so I did not receive a program which I needed to staple to my 25 point paper I have to turn in by Wednesday. One of the girls performing a poor piano piece onstage thought it would be wise to leave her program on the table behind me. I was a thief and stole it. I would like to think it was for a good reason considering going to these concerts is worth about 50% of our grade and the crazy music teacher won't accept any papers without a program. I feel bad for stealing something like that but I am just going to assume that because this girl was in the recital the teacher knows she was there and she can get another program if need be.
The concert itself was interesting and I do give everyone credit for going up there and doing their absolute best. Three people from my music class got to perform along with one of my friends from a previous theatre show and they all did amazing and I am proud of all of them. Now there is this one girl who goes to my college who everyone thinks is the greatest performer in the world. I got to meet her today and I would just like to point out that being a diva does not equal talent. I saw her before the performance and being a nice person I told her to break a leg. She says to me; "I don't need luck from someone I don't even know." Well then...
I really expected her to be great but my expectations fell flat. If anything she was mediocre yet everyone seemed to love her. I don't get it, I really don't. I'm not sure if it was the song choice or what but I did not see her greatness. In my opinion the girl who sang before he deserved a freaking standing ovation. She was very kind to her audience members and she even sang in a foreign language (which can be difficult for a lot of people) and her voice was beautiful. The only way I can describe her voice is that it sounded kind of like Brandi Burkhardt's only I thought she sounded a bit better.
Brandi Burkhardt- Lucie- A Tale of Two Cities musical which I will review pretty soon despite the fact that it's 2 or so years old.
I didn't have time to eat lunch today considering I had to go from the concert directly to my theatre class where everyone continued filming today. I got to dress up in my fancy schmancy costume which I got out of my own closet and I was even filmed today on campus. We had a crowd surrounding us and that was really REALLY cool and made it even more worthwhile. A lot of people came up to me and said that I did great and I just want to give another shout out to everyone who was watching us film and say thank you so very very much!!! Another thing that I got to do today which was neat was be a 3rd eye when it came to filming along with holding the camera a few times. Basically my classes today were just fun and I learned a lot.
As soon as we got done filming I went to a tiny little gas station and picked up a Diet Stewart's orange soda which is the best thing in the world. I ate dinner at around 5 and then went to straight to sleep right after that. Now I am typing this up and watching reruns of Friends. Hopefully I'll be able to fall back asleep sometime soon but if I can't I think that I'll survive.
Hope everyone has had a great week so far and I wish everyone a Happy Thursday! I just woke up about an hour ago considering I fell asleep around 6pm today. My sleeping schedule is hellaciously messed up but for some reason I was really feeling it yesterday morning when I didn't go to bed until 3:30 because I had stuff to get done and then I had to wake up at 6:00.
I turned in my exam yesterday morning and we went over the answers in class. I got two wrong that I know of which is disappointing because it was a take home exam and there really is no excuse for getting something wrong on a take home exam other than the fact that you had no idea what the question was trying to imply. We started watching the rest of the Henry IV movie and I was happy to see that Michelle Dockery was in it playing Lady Percy. Jeremy Irons is a great actor as well but every time I see him in something I always think "Scar."
By the way I call Henry IV just that; Henry IV as in the medical thing you get in your arm. It is not Henry the 4th. A few other people before class were laughing at how I called it Henry IV and then we discussed how the entire play revolves around King Henry who is in the hospital with an IV in his arm and how hotheaded Hotspur is a new resident at said hospital and is his doctor. The sequal: Henry V; where he gets a vascular disease/visionary problems. And if anyone out there has never read Henry IV and actually uses any of this in a paper I would strongly urge you to reconsider. This probably has to be my favorite group of people I have ever had for a class. Most of us get along but we are all so very different.
In music class today we had to sing our solo song in front of everyone. I had no idea about the singing infront of everyone part until I got to class. Maybe not knowing ahead of time is a good thing because everyone said I did really good. 0_0 Apparently my posture is INCORRECT though (according to everyone) so I'll have to work on that before Monday when we are graded on this. Personally I didn't see anything wrong with my posture because I have doubts that I looked like Quasimodo when I was up there, but then again I can't see myself so I shall just have to listen to these lovelies. My teacher said that I improved a lot since last time so I'll just have to keep working on it over the weekend to see what improvements I can make.
After class I had to go to a musical recital concert where the students performed a lot of solo pieces from the piano/guitar/violin, etc and also sang. I showed up about 5 minutes late because I was talking to my theatre teacher so I did not receive a program which I needed to staple to my 25 point paper I have to turn in by Wednesday. One of the girls performing a poor piano piece onstage thought it would be wise to leave her program on the table behind me. I was a thief and stole it. I would like to think it was for a good reason considering going to these concerts is worth about 50% of our grade and the crazy music teacher won't accept any papers without a program. I feel bad for stealing something like that but I am just going to assume that because this girl was in the recital the teacher knows she was there and she can get another program if need be.
The concert itself was interesting and I do give everyone credit for going up there and doing their absolute best. Three people from my music class got to perform along with one of my friends from a previous theatre show and they all did amazing and I am proud of all of them. Now there is this one girl who goes to my college who everyone thinks is the greatest performer in the world. I got to meet her today and I would just like to point out that being a diva does not equal talent. I saw her before the performance and being a nice person I told her to break a leg. She says to me; "I don't need luck from someone I don't even know." Well then...
I really expected her to be great but my expectations fell flat. If anything she was mediocre yet everyone seemed to love her. I don't get it, I really don't. I'm not sure if it was the song choice or what but I did not see her greatness. In my opinion the girl who sang before he deserved a freaking standing ovation. She was very kind to her audience members and she even sang in a foreign language (which can be difficult for a lot of people) and her voice was beautiful. The only way I can describe her voice is that it sounded kind of like Brandi Burkhardt's only I thought she sounded a bit better.
Brandi Burkhardt- Lucie- A Tale of Two Cities musical which I will review pretty soon despite the fact that it's 2 or so years old.
I didn't have time to eat lunch today considering I had to go from the concert directly to my theatre class where everyone continued filming today. I got to dress up in my fancy schmancy costume which I got out of my own closet and I was even filmed today on campus. We had a crowd surrounding us and that was really REALLY cool and made it even more worthwhile. A lot of people came up to me and said that I did great and I just want to give another shout out to everyone who was watching us film and say thank you so very very much!!! Another thing that I got to do today which was neat was be a 3rd eye when it came to filming along with holding the camera a few times. Basically my classes today were just fun and I learned a lot.
As soon as we got done filming I went to a tiny little gas station and picked up a Diet Stewart's orange soda which is the best thing in the world. I ate dinner at around 5 and then went to straight to sleep right after that. Now I am typing this up and watching reruns of Friends. Hopefully I'll be able to fall back asleep sometime soon but if I can't I think that I'll survive.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Thanksgiving
I hope everyone had a happy Turkey day this year!!! Overall my day has been pretty decent so far which is surprising when it comes to family gathering time.
I got up around 9 to watch this lovely thing;
Overall I was not hugely impressed with the parade this year but because they decided to have it after Sandy hit I give everyone huge props and would like to thank them for their time and effort to make the parade possible.
I actually thought Cinderella looked like an interesting performance that I would love to see on Broadway and I really hope that it does well. Laura Osnes is a great performer and I've liked her ever since hearing the recording of the musical Pride&Prejudice.
But the Power Rangers can never live up to their 2011 Macy's Parade performance. NEVER. The singers lip sang like they do every year but that is understandable considering cold temperatures are not good for the voice. Flo Rida's performance was cringe worthy though. Smiling does not equal a very good lip syncing performance Mr. Rida!
But I am thankful that they had the parade, it is kind of a tradition. I'm hoping it lifted some spirits up in New York. By the way, the idiot girl in my Shakespeare class told me that she has never even heard of the Macy's Parade. Obviously she's lying to get attention. How is it possible to never even hear of the parade?
The Thanksgiving at my grandma's this year was pretty good, but maybe that's just because it wasn't only the immediate family and we had some sane people around us. One of my aunts brought her basset hound over and I completely fell in love with it. They have the most adorable little eyes!!!!
My grandmother was drunk and was still drinking as soon as everyone arrived. I felt embarrassed for her. My cousin kept telling everyone how much of a fan she was of Marilyn Monroe despite the fact that I knew who she was first and she never even heard of Marilyn until I told her how cool she was. My cousin then started getting snippy with me because she had to go into work for Black Friday. How does this affect me again? That's right, it does not! About a second after this and she hit me for who knows why and Mr.basset hound started biting her. Other than the adorable factor this is why we love basset hounds.
At dinner the turkey was a bit dry but as soon as you put gravy on it you couldn't tell. I ate way too much and can now I can never eat or bake again as long as I live. Oh and my grandmother gave me some red wine. I took a sip and spit it out. How can people drink that stuff? It's like poison in a bottle!
Hope everyone else had a splendariffic Thanksgiving. Whoever will be out at 8 tonight for Black Friday, good luck!
I got up around 9 to watch this lovely thing;
Overall I was not hugely impressed with the parade this year but because they decided to have it after Sandy hit I give everyone huge props and would like to thank them for their time and effort to make the parade possible.
I actually thought Cinderella looked like an interesting performance that I would love to see on Broadway and I really hope that it does well. Laura Osnes is a great performer and I've liked her ever since hearing the recording of the musical Pride&Prejudice.
But the Power Rangers can never live up to their 2011 Macy's Parade performance. NEVER. The singers lip sang like they do every year but that is understandable considering cold temperatures are not good for the voice. Flo Rida's performance was cringe worthy though. Smiling does not equal a very good lip syncing performance Mr. Rida!
But I am thankful that they had the parade, it is kind of a tradition. I'm hoping it lifted some spirits up in New York. By the way, the idiot girl in my Shakespeare class told me that she has never even heard of the Macy's Parade. Obviously she's lying to get attention. How is it possible to never even hear of the parade?
The Thanksgiving at my grandma's this year was pretty good, but maybe that's just because it wasn't only the immediate family and we had some sane people around us. One of my aunts brought her basset hound over and I completely fell in love with it. They have the most adorable little eyes!!!!
My grandmother was drunk and was still drinking as soon as everyone arrived. I felt embarrassed for her. My cousin kept telling everyone how much of a fan she was of Marilyn Monroe despite the fact that I knew who she was first and she never even heard of Marilyn until I told her how cool she was. My cousin then started getting snippy with me because she had to go into work for Black Friday. How does this affect me again? That's right, it does not! About a second after this and she hit me for who knows why and Mr.basset hound started biting her. Other than the adorable factor this is why we love basset hounds.
At dinner the turkey was a bit dry but as soon as you put gravy on it you couldn't tell. I ate way too much and can now I can never eat or bake again as long as I live. Oh and my grandmother gave me some red wine. I took a sip and spit it out. How can people drink that stuff? It's like poison in a bottle!
Hope everyone else had a splendariffic Thanksgiving. Whoever will be out at 8 tonight for Black Friday, good luck!
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Funny Face
I was not able to go to college today. Maybe 'not able to' is not the correct phrasing, I was perfectly capable of going but I didn't. Why?
This is going to sound like the most horrible reason to skip school but my face broke out. BAD. Like red blotchy spots all over my face which looked like an allergic reaction and make me look like a store bought lobster. My skin has never been this bad since middle school, and I agree that this is not an acceptable reason for skipping college but I am not stupid enough to think that people won't judge me because of this. I am not un-self-conscious enough to go out in public like this. Sure I could have put base on it or concealer or some type of cover up on it but that is what brought the reaction on in the first place.
This morning when I got to college (I did manage to get there) I looked in the car mirror to see that my face was a Jersey Shore type of orange from the base I have been using for weeks now. I thought that maybe the lighting outside was just being lame so I went into the college bathroom only to find that yes, I am Snooki's third cousin twice removed. So I take a washcloth out of my backpack (I carry everything in my backpack for reasons like this) and wash my face with water. My face was extremely splotchy but I just thought that it was from the washing I did. No. I started doing girly things like brushing my hair and what not and the redness didn't go away after 10 minutes and managed to look even worse. I put a cold compress on my face a few times and that managed to make it look even redder and more lobster like. I applied cortisone cream and I am starting to think that that was what made my face a new type of horrendous.
I walked outside to get my phone out the car when some art student gave me the most disgusting look in the world. I managed to give one of my own very special crazy eyed looks back but I knew that this was how the entire day was going to be.Sadly people cannot just accept the way you look and move on, we are always critical of one another.
My face then began to start itching and I said eff this and went home. I took another shower, took a Benadryl to numb down the pain, and put a cold compress on my face, then took a nap.
Halfway through my nap my theatre teacher calls saying that they need me in class today because they are filming. I was very well aware of this and was planning to give it my all today but they seriously did not need me for the first part of the film and I was even told this by Mr. Pumpkin Patch. I quote "We do not need you." So good luck with that. Theatre teacher then asks if I didn't have a ride to class and I didn't so going back to college was not going to happen for me, not to mention that I was pretty drugged up on Benadryl when I was talking to him. He then says that my grade would probably suffer for this. I have never let anyone down before when it comes to theatre and frankly I hate doing it because it just shows that I am unreliable and that is not something I want people to think about me. People in the class are probably going to hate me for not showing up but I'm quite used to feeling hated so it's no big deal. I am going to have to write my teacher an email tomorrow on account of me not remembering half of the conversation. =/
As of now my face seems to be getting a little bit better after the cold compresses and bag balm but I am hoping that my face looks acceptable for public when I wake up tomorrow morning to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
This is going to sound like the most horrible reason to skip school but my face broke out. BAD. Like red blotchy spots all over my face which looked like an allergic reaction and make me look like a store bought lobster. My skin has never been this bad since middle school, and I agree that this is not an acceptable reason for skipping college but I am not stupid enough to think that people won't judge me because of this. I am not un-self-conscious enough to go out in public like this. Sure I could have put base on it or concealer or some type of cover up on it but that is what brought the reaction on in the first place.
This morning when I got to college (I did manage to get there) I looked in the car mirror to see that my face was a Jersey Shore type of orange from the base I have been using for weeks now. I thought that maybe the lighting outside was just being lame so I went into the college bathroom only to find that yes, I am Snooki's third cousin twice removed. So I take a washcloth out of my backpack (I carry everything in my backpack for reasons like this) and wash my face with water. My face was extremely splotchy but I just thought that it was from the washing I did. No. I started doing girly things like brushing my hair and what not and the redness didn't go away after 10 minutes and managed to look even worse. I put a cold compress on my face a few times and that managed to make it look even redder and more lobster like. I applied cortisone cream and I am starting to think that that was what made my face a new type of horrendous.
I walked outside to get my phone out the car when some art student gave me the most disgusting look in the world. I managed to give one of my own very special crazy eyed looks back but I knew that this was how the entire day was going to be.Sadly people cannot just accept the way you look and move on, we are always critical of one another.
My face then began to start itching and I said eff this and went home. I took another shower, took a Benadryl to numb down the pain, and put a cold compress on my face, then took a nap.
Halfway through my nap my theatre teacher calls saying that they need me in class today because they are filming. I was very well aware of this and was planning to give it my all today but they seriously did not need me for the first part of the film and I was even told this by Mr. Pumpkin Patch. I quote "We do not need you." So good luck with that. Theatre teacher then asks if I didn't have a ride to class and I didn't so going back to college was not going to happen for me, not to mention that I was pretty drugged up on Benadryl when I was talking to him. He then says that my grade would probably suffer for this. I have never let anyone down before when it comes to theatre and frankly I hate doing it because it just shows that I am unreliable and that is not something I want people to think about me. People in the class are probably going to hate me for not showing up but I'm quite used to feeling hated so it's no big deal. I am going to have to write my teacher an email tomorrow on account of me not remembering half of the conversation. =/
As of now my face seems to be getting a little bit better after the cold compresses and bag balm but I am hoping that my face looks acceptable for public when I wake up tomorrow morning to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Taking Chairs and Bank Accounts
Yesterday at college was interesting to say the least. I handed in my Shakespeare paper which I know I completely failed because the directions were hard to understand, or maybe I just didn't read them all. Either way I will be surprised if I even get a C or better.
In the paper we had to say how we would stage/film the assassination of Julius Caesar. Easy enough you would think. But it seems that Mr. teacher guy wanted the entire thing to be set in modern times like the 1996 movie of Romeo+Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes which honestly I am not a fan of. I set mine in the correct time period when you know, Shakespeare actually wrote it, but doing so has more than likely caused me to get a horrible grade.
One girl in the class thought her idea was the best thing in the world next to a cure for cance. The idea included having Cassius as a thug, Casca as a sassy female, and Caesar as a sugar daddy. Bohemian Rhapsody would be playing in the background as all the conspirators surrounded Caesar and shot him in slow motion. Marlon Brando would play Cassius.
I would have to throw sharp objects at the screen if this movie ever got endorsed. And FYI Marlon Brando played Mark Antony in the 1953 movie of Julius Caesar, he is no Cassius. He sees fault in our stars.
But Mr. teacher guy absolutely LOVED the idea and couldn't wait to read the paper. This is not an acceptable idea to love. Shakespeare would be so ashamed. But I guess next time if I want a good grade my paper shall read as follows;
Definitely good writing material right here.
In music class everyone got to practice their individual song with the accompanist in the practice room. None of the students got to pick out their individual song so I am stuck with this;
If I had a bank account (SENTIMENTAL FEELINGS ABOUT BANK ACCOUNTS!)
You could the whole amount(I assume going to a bank and taking another persons money is against the law unless you have a check.)
Things and riches what are they (They are things and riches.)
Since I gave my heart away (For some reason this is starting to remind me of the movie Thumbelina.)
Bring it on home now!Till I felt like this (He never really identifies how he feels. I am going to say ecstatic!)
I could not have understood (Nobody understands Geppetto. NOBODY.)
Until you give your heart to someone else (Like Satan)
You might as well be made of wood (HAHAHAHA! Get it. Because his son is literally made out of wood. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! *facepalm.*)
So take my home look here's the key (But it's to my mother in laws house, you can seeeee)
And all the value you might see (You have nothing of value Geppeto. You have a chair and a wooden boy.)
But please don't take my love from me (THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO! Love is a feeling, not a bank account.)
That's a price I can not pay (Because I have no money in my bank account)
Since I gave my heart away (LAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
There's a few more lyrics but I do not have to sing them, thank God. In all honesty I really do think I can pull this song off despite the "what the hell" lyrics. I really REALLY wanted to sing On My Own from Les Miserables (popular song, I know) because that is in our booklet meaning it is a choice. If I learn this sugar song by tomorrow I may have a chance to sing it. Fingers and toes crossed!
In music class everyone got to practice their individual song with the accompanist in the practice room. None of the students got to pick out their individual song so I am stuck with this;
Drew Carey sings, imagine that. To be fair though I got the soprano version to sing (obviously because I am not a guy and can't sing tenor or barritone.) I swear that this has to be the most sugary induced sugar sprinkle sugar song in the world. This is why Who's Line is it Anyway made fun of it every chance they got. Disney's My Son Pinocchio which was based off of this film never made it to Broadway. Gee I wonder why!!! I do not understand why people say they have cried listening to this, I am still trying not to die of laughter.
Lyrics;
You can take my favorite chair (CHAIR! I wish all chairs could be treated equally and that people didn't show favoritism towards a single one.)
Go on take it, I don't care (I actually would care. I would wonder why you are stealing my freaking chair when there is a purse/tv/ and jewelry box in my house.)
There's no possession I can spare (I kind of like possessing my scalp!!!)
Since I gave my heart away ( I gave it away... to SATAN. =P)
Go on take it, I don't care (I actually would care. I would wonder why you are stealing my freaking chair when there is a purse/tv/ and jewelry box in my house.)
There's no possession I can spare (I kind of like possessing my scalp!!!)
Since I gave my heart away ( I gave it away... to SATAN. =P)
If I had a bank account (SENTIMENTAL FEELINGS ABOUT BANK ACCOUNTS!)
You could the whole amount(I assume going to a bank and taking another persons money is against the law unless you have a check.)
Things and riches what are they (They are things and riches.)
Since I gave my heart away (For some reason this is starting to remind me of the movie Thumbelina.)
Bring it on home now!Till I felt like this (He never really identifies how he feels. I am going to say ecstatic!)
I could not have understood (Nobody understands Geppetto. NOBODY.)
Until you give your heart to someone else (Like Satan)
You might as well be made of wood (HAHAHAHA! Get it. Because his son is literally made out of wood. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! *facepalm.*)
So take my home look here's the key (But it's to my mother in laws house, you can seeeee)
And all the value you might see (You have nothing of value Geppeto. You have a chair and a wooden boy.)
But please don't take my love from me (THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO! Love is a feeling, not a bank account.)
That's a price I can not pay (Because I have no money in my bank account)
Since I gave my heart away (LAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
There's a few more lyrics but I do not have to sing them, thank God. In all honesty I really do think I can pull this song off despite the "what the hell" lyrics. I really REALLY wanted to sing On My Own from Les Miserables (popular song, I know) because that is in our booklet meaning it is a choice. If I learn this sugar song by tomorrow I may have a chance to sing it. Fingers and toes crossed!
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