I probably shouldn't be doing this right now, but hey, what's school if you're not going to procrastinate on every assignment? It's been a rough week and a half since BEDA, and I've been having trouble finding time to do anything other than schoolwork. I'm talking really tough schoolwork; the toughest schoolwork I have ever had. I haven't talked to my friends, The Marauders,* in a long time, and I really miss them. I scheduled a three hour break to watch Starship with them yesterday, which was really nice.
I've allotted myself four hours before bedtime to finish an assignment that is due tomorrow, in which I had to write and entire scene (including a 30-line monologue) in iambic pentameter. I chose to add Portia's suicide scene into Julius Caesar, and though I'm having trouble portraying the madness I feel like she went through, I really like it. If it turns out well enough, I might end up posting it sometime in the next few days. We'll see.
I really enjoy writing, which is why this assignment feels easy and I think I can blog instead of finishing it, but I don't know if that is what I want to do with my life. God knows I'm not the best writer, but I really find joy in writing. I do it as often as I can, and it truly makes me happy. I really need to choose a career as soon as possible.
In other news, I... I was about to write about college again. This is basically the same news. In practically the same news, I just registered for summer courses, and I am absolutely terrified about their impending damper on my summer plans. Classes happen to start the same week that I am going to Disneyland, meaning I'll be spending late nights after Disneyland doing schoolwork, instead of, you know, getting well rested for the next day. Similarly, classes end two weeks after LeakyCon, so I really don't know how I'm going to manage that.
Does anybody have a timeturner I could borrow? I know they were all supposedly destroyed in the ministry battle of '95, but there has to be one out there somewhere. If anyone finds one, let me know. Until then, I'll be writing in Elizabethan. Wish me luck!
*The Marauders are a group of friends who got together during the HPAFTW drive, creating a separate Skype group to sing songs in and create all around madness. Since then, we've worked together on Project For Awesome, started a YouTube channel that has actually gotten way more attention than it should have, and made better friendships than anyone can ever ask for.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Saturday, April 30, 2011
The last little gray, white, and orange blog post.
I just stubbed my toe, which is probably crazy to you if you've just finished reading yesterday's blog in which I state that I'm writing this directly after writing the last. If anyone can hurt his self without moving, it's me. This really hurts!
I've been keeping a bit of a secret for the last week, and that's the fact that I'm writing a song about Doctor Who. I'm considering writing one per every episode of this series, but I don't know if that's going to happen. I started writing it last Saturday, but quickly stopped after realizing that I had nowhere to go story-wise, and it would be better if I just waited until the second half of the episode airs today. You can expect it in the next few weeks.
I'm planning on buying my plane ticket for LeakyCon on Monday, which is exciting and scary at the same time. I've never traveled that far alone. When I say alone, I mean without family. There's usually someone there. Someone to watch over me.* I'll have my friends, but I won't get to see them until I get there, and it's completely terrifying.
Speaking of LeakyCon, it's all starting to get real, isn't it? The end. Not the end. A new beginning. A time where we won't have anything new in the foreseeable future, and will have to look back to what we love. It's not an end, but it is.
Like Harry Potter, BEDA is sort of coming to an end. But not really, right? It has been great, and I honestly can't wait until August, so I can do it all again. "Why wait?" you may ask. Well, readers, that's because I'm in crunch-mode right now. I have three weeks left of classes, far too many finals, and a bunch of work to do. I don't know if I'll be posting until after the term's over, but I'll try. See you soon!
*Great, great song. Listen to it!
I've been keeping a bit of a secret for the last week, and that's the fact that I'm writing a song about Doctor Who. I'm considering writing one per every episode of this series, but I don't know if that's going to happen. I started writing it last Saturday, but quickly stopped after realizing that I had nowhere to go story-wise, and it would be better if I just waited until the second half of the episode airs today. You can expect it in the next few weeks.
I'm planning on buying my plane ticket for LeakyCon on Monday, which is exciting and scary at the same time. I've never traveled that far alone. When I say alone, I mean without family. There's usually someone there. Someone to watch over me.* I'll have my friends, but I won't get to see them until I get there, and it's completely terrifying.
Speaking of LeakyCon, it's all starting to get real, isn't it? The end. Not the end. A new beginning. A time where we won't have anything new in the foreseeable future, and will have to look back to what we love. It's not an end, but it is.
Like Harry Potter, BEDA is sort of coming to an end. But not really, right? It has been great, and I honestly can't wait until August, so I can do it all again. "Why wait?" you may ask. Well, readers, that's because I'm in crunch-mode right now. I have three weeks left of classes, far too many finals, and a bunch of work to do. I don't know if I'll be posting until after the term's over, but I'll try. See you soon!
*Great, great song. Listen to it!
Friday, April 29, 2011
This is a test blog.
Testy testy test blog. Can someone tell me if this posts? I'd really appreciate it.
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The Royal Wedding (PART TWO!)
I'm going to have to take back everything I said yesterday. Who knew it was going to be that exciting? I woke up at 1:55 in the morning, just and hour into Maureen Johnson's live commentary show, and just an hour before the wedding was set to begin. I'm going to throw in a few inside jokes here now, just because I was. ZOOM LEGS. PHILIP SAYS, "ARRRRRR." BELL CAM. FISH-EYE TUNNEL SHOT. SING, OSCAR, SING! Okay, that's enough of that.
I thought the wedding was really, really beautiful and interesting. It's as simple as that. Also, Pippa is HOT. Like, REALLY HOT. Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, of York, had ridiculous hats and they sat directly behind Her Majesty, so they got a lot of screen-time. Prince Harry was hilarious, especially when he wasn't watching the vows/prayer and Maureen was trying to get him to watch. There were too many hymns, but Maureen drowned one of them out for us with "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" and we had a dance party. Just normal wedding songs.
For the rest of the day, I procrastinated, did half of my homework, read up on the Royal Family for hours, and ran half of a mile. But then I basically drank a HUGE bottle of apple juice, so I've probably canceled that out by now. No worries. I'll be gone tomorrow, so tomorrow's post will be pre-written. I'm going to cut this one short so I can right it right now, actually.
See you then!
I thought the wedding was really, really beautiful and interesting. It's as simple as that. Also, Pippa is HOT. Like, REALLY HOT. Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, of York, had ridiculous hats and they sat directly behind Her Majesty, so they got a lot of screen-time. Prince Harry was hilarious, especially when he wasn't watching the vows/prayer and Maureen was trying to get him to watch. There were too many hymns, but Maureen drowned one of them out for us with "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" and we had a dance party. Just normal wedding songs.
For the rest of the day, I procrastinated, did half of my homework, read up on the Royal Family for hours, and ran half of a mile. But then I basically drank a HUGE bottle of apple juice, so I've probably canceled that out by now. No worries. I'll be gone tomorrow, so tomorrow's post will be pre-written. I'm going to cut this one short so I can right it right now, actually.
See you then!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Royal Wedding.
I've had a nice day, friends. I woke up, got completely ready before I had to be out of the house, and I just got home from dinner (pizza) with my grandparents. I rocked my sight-singing today, and we did next-to-nothing in my other two classes. I have no idea why today has been such and easy day, but it has. Let's hope the rest of the term goes by like this.
My piano keyboard decided to break on me yesterday, after six long years. It's going to suck, but I'm not going to be able to afford replacing it until after LeakyCon. It sucks that I have to give up so much and miss so many great opportunities to go to this con, but I don't think I'm really going to regret it. I can't wait to spend time with my friends. IRL time.
Speaking of LeakyCon, I kind of daydreamed about Lauren Lopez a lot in class today. I don't know if that's creepy or not. It probably is. I'm just really excited to see/meet some Starkids, assuming I can somehow get to the front of the lines and won't be pushed over by fangirls. Lauren's great, and I've been consciously rolling around from place to place for the last week. That's probably creepy as well.
I'm afraid I'm going to have to have ANOTHER short post, folks. My plans for the night include this: I'm going to finish my homework in the next hour (Really guys, in the next hour, no questions asked), then, I'm going to sleep for about five hours so that I can watch the royal wedding.
I should explain. I don't really care about the Royal Family. Not at all. What I do care about, however, is being up to date on pop culture, and I have this strange feeling that this is going to be another huge pop culture event. So that's why I'm watching. So that's why I'll be up for 23 hours tomorrow. So that's why I'm going to end this post now.
My piano keyboard decided to break on me yesterday, after six long years. It's going to suck, but I'm not going to be able to afford replacing it until after LeakyCon. It sucks that I have to give up so much and miss so many great opportunities to go to this con, but I don't think I'm really going to regret it. I can't wait to spend time with my friends. IRL time.
Speaking of LeakyCon, I kind of daydreamed about Lauren Lopez a lot in class today. I don't know if that's creepy or not. It probably is. I'm just really excited to see/meet some Starkids, assuming I can somehow get to the front of the lines and won't be pushed over by fangirls. Lauren's great, and I've been consciously rolling around from place to place for the last week. That's probably creepy as well.
I'm afraid I'm going to have to have ANOTHER short post, folks. My plans for the night include this: I'm going to finish my homework in the next hour (Really guys, in the next hour, no questions asked), then, I'm going to sleep for about five hours so that I can watch the royal wedding.
I should explain. I don't really care about the Royal Family. Not at all. What I do care about, however, is being up to date on pop culture, and I have this strange feeling that this is going to be another huge pop culture event. So that's why I'm watching. So that's why I'll be up for 23 hours tomorrow. So that's why I'm going to end this post now.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Jordan is back and stuff!
First off, I want to thank Nikki for filling in for me a few hours ago. I was catching up on all of the online work I missed in the day or so I had without internet. Thank you, Nikki! Can't wait to hang out irl at LeakyCon!
The past day has been really stressful for me, folks. Have you ever had one of those teachers who doesn't let you know how you're doing in their class, or if you're even going to pass? Well, tomorrow is the last day to drop classes and I have no idea if I am going to pass Logic or not. I'm pretty sure I can, but I have no way of finding out. My teacher is kind of a dick and I'm worried about it.
I've had Easy A on in the background for literally the last two days, and it still hasn't gotten old for me. This is one of those movies that I really wish I wrote. This, Date Night, Mean Girls,... So many great movies; all of them not written by me. I'm seriously considering minoring in screenplay writing. Can you double minor? I don't see why not, if you can double major. College is so weird.
Speaking of college, today, in my Shakespeare class, my teacher told us that our assignment was going to be "FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN." I love when teachers understand memes. And before that class, the other students in the hall and I sang an impromptu rendition of "Finale B" from Rent. Good times.
My dog just climbed into my lap, so I think that means he wants to go to bed. A few more paragraphs, Basil, and I'll tuck you in. He makes me tuck him in every night. I move one of his FOUR beds to a specific corner, he lies down, and I cover him with his blanket and put one of his toys next to him. It's the most adorable thing ever.
I've always said that I don't want any kids, but if they're half as adorable as my dog is, I want them. I don't even know where that thought came from, but let's roll with it. I think that I'll have my first kid in the next 10 years, definitely. I want to be well settled into whatever career I finally decide to pursue, have money so I won't have to worry about affording things, and settle down. Whoa, that is weird to say.
Okay, now my dog is just looking at me, practically saying with his eyes that if I don't tuck him in now, I won't have all ten fingers for much longer. I'm a bit scared, to tell you the truth, so with that, I leave you.
I hope I can blog tomorrow! Cross your fingers for me!
The past day has been really stressful for me, folks. Have you ever had one of those teachers who doesn't let you know how you're doing in their class, or if you're even going to pass? Well, tomorrow is the last day to drop classes and I have no idea if I am going to pass Logic or not. I'm pretty sure I can, but I have no way of finding out. My teacher is kind of a dick and I'm worried about it.
I've had Easy A on in the background for literally the last two days, and it still hasn't gotten old for me. This is one of those movies that I really wish I wrote. This, Date Night, Mean Girls,... So many great movies; all of them not written by me. I'm seriously considering minoring in screenplay writing. Can you double minor? I don't see why not, if you can double major. College is so weird.
Speaking of college, today, in my Shakespeare class, my teacher told us that our assignment was going to be "FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN." I love when teachers understand memes. And before that class, the other students in the hall and I sang an impromptu rendition of "Finale B" from Rent. Good times.
My dog just climbed into my lap, so I think that means he wants to go to bed. A few more paragraphs, Basil, and I'll tuck you in. He makes me tuck him in every night. I move one of his FOUR beds to a specific corner, he lies down, and I cover him with his blanket and put one of his toys next to him. It's the most adorable thing ever.
I've always said that I don't want any kids, but if they're half as adorable as my dog is, I want them. I don't even know where that thought came from, but let's roll with it. I think that I'll have my first kid in the next 10 years, definitely. I want to be well settled into whatever career I finally decide to pursue, have money so I won't have to worry about affording things, and settle down. Whoa, that is weird to say.
Okay, now my dog is just looking at me, practically saying with his eyes that if I don't tuck him in now, I won't have all ten fingers for much longer. I'm a bit scared, to tell you the truth, so with that, I leave you.
I hope I can blog tomorrow! Cross your fingers for me!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Nikki in the Houuuuse!
Hello readers of Jordan's blog!
My name is Nikki and I will be filling in today, since Jordan is busy.
I should be studying for finals right now, but writing blogs is SO MUCH MORE FUN. As is Twitter. And Skype. And stumbleupon.com. And watching The Graham Norton interview with David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Josh Groban, and Jon Richardson (which can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S751Yngh6yo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL ). Over. And Over. And Over. And catching up on all the episodes I've missed of Traffic Light... well, you get the picture.
Pretty much anything I could think to do right now is more fun than the three finals I have to study for and the three essays I have to write. SO I DO EVERYTHING ELSE. Like a boss.
Luckily, this is my last week of school, so after all these essays and finals are over with, I am done with all of it for four months. YESSS. And then in July... LEAKYCON! Which I'm sure all of you who are going are very excited for. I know I am excited. And if you haven't registered yet, make sure you do that ASAP, because there are less than 400 spots left! GO! DO IT! NOW!
Anyways, I feel like this dialogue is very one-sided. How are all of you today? What are your names? Likes? Dislikes? Hopes and dreams? Life stories?
Jordan can respond to you all when he returns. (You're welcome, Jordan.)
Well, I've got to get back to studying, but I had a really nice time tonight, talking to all of you. I'm gonna really miss you guys. I'll never forget this night, as long as I live. If you're interested in seeing me again, you can find me at http://autumn-in-new-york-17.blogspot.com/
<3
Nikki
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