my week and weekend...

Sunday afternoon--

"Conservatives have a reputation for being humorless and unhip, but I want people to know that we're not that scary." --Julia Gorin, Fox News Channel pundit
Haha. I found that in a magazine last Sunday while I was at the hospital, waiting around to visit Grandma. I love it.

Weeeeellllllllll...I think it's been like, a WEEK since I seriously wrote anything besides comments. Gah. I've been busy. (Sadly I can't say I've been productive, really, but busy.)

You know what? I just realized that there's not really much profanity in this song, just G**d*** and one f***. Hmm. Go Eminem. *shrug*

Lessee...I made a list in my notebook of things to journal about. ^_^ First off: about that last long entry, like I said in the notice at the top of it, that was just the catharsis I needed. I've had my normal daily ups and downs, but I haven't hit low like that since, I've leveled off at fine/okay/all right. Sorry 'bout my hormonal rant.

Grandma...over the week she's bounced up and down, better and worse...gah. But everyone has pretty much realized that she's never going to get better *enough* to come home and live her old life. Bedridden in a nursing home, maybe. So the family got together today (meaning Dad and my three aunts and Grandpa) and they talked to Grandma and all, and they've pretty much decided to pull her off all her medicine, save painkillers if she needs them, and let her come home and live out her last days. *long deep sigh* It'll probably be Tuesday before she gets out of the hospital, and then it's just a matter of time. And her birthday and me and Maddy's are all coming up, too. Maddy's is Tuesday, mine is the next Monday, and Grandma's 84th is on the 27th.

I said I wanted this Saturday off of work so we could go up to St. Louis on Friday night and come home Sunday, but now that's all in jeopardy. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGHHHH! *bangs head against wall*

But now on to the good stuff!

Last TUESDAY I came to Acting II early (I'd been shopping with Mom, I dragged Becky out to meet her when she picekd me up, lol) and the only person in the room waaaaas...TIM! Squee! So I choked out conversation (why does he make me so nervous? Teehee), asked "How's it going?" and all, and he said he was auditioning for a solo. Of course, that confused me, so I asked what he meant--turns out he's in the Ozark Choral Society! That's this independent local choir, they have two big concerts every year, one for spring and one for Christmas. (I've known several different people who were in it at different times, including Karen, also from Acting class, and two of Dad's boss's children.) Anyway. So I was all, "I didn't even know you could sing!" And he said, "Yeah, most peolpe don't, I'm usually so quiet." Which is so true, lol, it's quite endearing... Anyway. We were having a real, decent conversation, and FREAKING KIRA walked in and RUINED the moment. Gah. She's so clueless. I cannot stand her anymore but she STILL talks to me. Her ONLY redeeming quality is that she bought me my Orli poster. Anyway, she was ranting on and on about some guy who was backig out and ALMOST hit her car, the kind of things that ALMOST happens ALL THE FREAKING TIME, that NORMAL people can just shrug off and go on and not even think about, but she was all kicking the door closed and going "That mother-f***er!" and just being a drama queen. It was disgusting and I probably would have made a restroom dash, but I didn't want to leave Tim subject to her wrath. And I wanted to write "she's being a BIT dramatic, don't you think?" on a piece of paper and slide it over to Tim and see if I could get him to crack up, but we weren't situated right, I couldn't. To quote Cody in the "Rhoda" skit from camp, "Stupid woman!!!" And the b**** KNOWS that I like Tim. Gah.

So anyway, on THURSDAY, as soon as Tim walked in, I was all, "So how did it go? Your audition?" And he smiled real big and said, "I got it!" And I had a fangirl moment worthy of Lij or Dom, "Really? That's SO GREAT!" ^_^ So I'm going to keep up with that, I've told him I'm coming to the concert--I will take off work for it if I have to, but I shouldn't have to--and maybe, hopefully, he'll get the clue.

Also on Thursday, we filmed our monologues. We're supposed to watch them up in McMullin Lecture Hall on the BIG screen on Tuesday. Gah. I didn't mind being FILMED at all, but I'm going to HATE watching myself on the HUGE screen. I would say I hope we can't have the hall (outside people wanting to use it get priority over classes wanting to use it), but I want to see everyone ELSE'S on the big screen, lol. Especially Tim's, prejudices aside, I really do think his monologue is one of the best. He plays this Catholic boy having a crisis of faith and he does it REALLY well. I think the only one that's better is Ken, who's doing a monologue from "King Lear," talking about how it's stupid that men blame the stars (astrology) for their mistakes.

"I wish that I was with anywhere, with anyone, making out..." Lol. The song I'm listening to now says that. *nort* "Screaming Infidelities" by Dashboard Confessional, thanks to Kade. I'm listening to a mix she burned me.

They've instituted a policy in the library--no more incoming or outgoing calls on cellphones. They don't care if you put it on silent and step out when it goes off, but not INSIDE the library. Yeah. Like I'm going to leave my email account open on a computer and my bag with my $109 calculator on the floor to answer my phone. Ha. They'e funny, really. So now my cellphoen is virtually useless, I can only be reached while I'm driving or at home for the evening or if I call out. Nobody can call me at all while I'm at school, whether I'm in a class or not. (I get turning off cell phones in class, but in the library??? NOBODY that I know has ever complained about it.) And I get "No, you can't call your significant other and have a mushy conversation," but I don't get "No, your mom cannot call you and tell you she's waiting in the parking lot for you." GAH! I hate stupid people.

We just read some poetry by Wordsworth for World Lit. And I just have to think--with the name Wordsworth, how could you be anything BUT a poet or writer? ^_^ I love that.

I've had good days all this week at work. I've done nothing but back drive and dishes and evil b****-monster Sandee hasn't really spoken to me since last Saturday. (Not yesterday. Saturday before.) YAY! Oh, and there's this system called "CHAMPS cards." Each letter of "champs" stands for something like cleanliness, attitude, speed, you get the idea. (I don't know what they all stand for.) Anyway. Any employee can fill one out for another employee, and at the end of the week they draw one and the winner is Champ of the Week and gets a $10 gift certificate. Nico informed me on Friday that he was giving me one for my positive attitude! ^_^ And then when they were counting them out last night I saw that I actually had THREE! Yay! I think this job is going better than Subway.

Speaking of that...I worked 'til 2 in the morning last night. Whee. At midnight (when I was scheduled to get off) they asked who wanted to stay, and they said it shouldn't be more than an hour more. Turned out to be two hours. But hey, it made up for the times I got sent home early because there were too many people working. And we're allowed free soda while we work, but we can't just fill a cup before we leave and take it with us, but Steve (the manager on duty at the time) said that me and Wesley (the other guy working) were allowed to do that, because there weren't many people that would stay until 2 AM and not complain. So YAY! Everyone thinks I have a great attitude! What I REALLY have is dollar signs in my eyes, but whatever works, lol. Ken said I should be able to get a raise as soon as my second paycheck, and I don't see why I shouldn't be getting one. ^_^ YAY! I don't LOVE my job, (like I said to Becky, it's not exactly like I want to go out and write a Broadway muscial abotu how wonderful my job is, lol) but I'm REALLY happy with how it's going. ^_^
, from ten to midnight, Robert was helping me with dishes. I kinda know him from school. I recognized him, anyway. He used to come to SubWay every day and we were making small talk about how I used to work there and school and all. Anyway. Turns out he's a PHYSICS major!!! Wants to work at NASA. How cool is THAT? ^_^ And he's way younger than I thought, he's nineteen, my age. I would have guessed, like, twenty-three or something. And it makes me feel smart working around him because he's only been there a week so I actually know more than him. Lol. So now I have two friends at work, Robert and Nico (the gay"ish" guy, still not sure about that...).

I had my midterm in college algebra. The good news is I only missed five questions. The bad news is that makes my grade 75%, because there were only 20 questions. Gah. And sadly I still feel like I did well.

I finished reading "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway," by Robert Cormier. The book was better than the movie for the most part (because as far as I'm concerned Elijah was in both, lol), but the movie ended so much better. But no one can bring Cormier's words to the screen, not really. Does anyone want the full dish on both, spoilers included? 'Cause I can ruin the ending of both if anyone wants to understand the differences, lol.

My black-and-silver pen from the insurance lady just died, lol. Don't you hate it when you get a pen that writes the way you like it to and it dies? Especially when it's not, like, a $10 pen so you feel stupid refilling it...and even if you DO refill it it's not the same point so it's not the same anyway... I may poke around and see if I have a cartridge like that in a c****y-looking pen, though. And while I'm on that, have you ever had a pen with a bad point that you just wanted to use up so you could throw it away? I have a few of those...it really does influence what you write, it's just like Anne of Green Gables. In the fourth book (Anne of Windy Poplars) she wrote letters to Gilbert every night at twilight, but she only wrote love letters if her pen wasn't scratchy. Lol. And sadly, I keep pens in three different spots in my roon 'cause I'm always writing stuff down. My desk, my TV chair, and my bed. And the all-time best pens (they even come in about eight different pretty colors--at least if you count black and blue) are the RSVP's by Pentel, medium tip. They're clear so you can see how much ink is in them, and they have a cushion, and the ball in the lid and the back tip are both the color of the ink. *nods wisely* And now back to our regularly scheduled journal entry...

I was going to talk about Lost parings and the imminent death, but since I have SIX WEEKS to think about it, and this is getting rather lengthy, I think I'll put that off. Let me post the schedule, though:
-April 13: "Deus Ex Machina" (Locke)
-April 20: "Do No Harm" (Jack)
-April 27: "The Greater Good" (Sayid)
After that, the 22nd episode is to be about Kate. I think there's 23 or 24 altogether. Shelyl confirmed it but I've forgotten which she said. That Sayid title is full of foreboding fo rme, because when do you talk about the greater good? When someone has to SACRIFICE something for it. Gah. (Unless, of course, he sacrifices SHANNON, lol...)

Shelly emailed me the screencap of Shannon's dead body (from Boone's vision quest) the other day. Lol. Like her subject line said, "Cracked ME up..."

Oh! One last thing. I sold my copy of PotC back to the store and bought the Lost Disc Edition. I just noticed that the skull that's on all the promos is wearing the red band adn baubles like Jack, lol...Anyway, review of stuff on the Lost Disc:
-"Becoming Captain Jack" Makes it worth the price to any Johnny Depp fan. He explains how he decided to play Jack as drunk and yet intelligent and how they came to the costume and all that. Highly amusing. It's put me on a Johnny Depp kick for the moment.
-"Becoming Barbossa" Intriguing. He was talking about the freaking apples, lol, that was kinda funny.
-"Thar She Blows!" Meh. Whatever. Interesting to see the ship out of its movie element but nothing to shout about.
-"The Monkey's Name Is Jack" I hate monkeys and I thought this was cute. basically it talks about training the monkeys. Geoffrey Rush's imitation of the monkey was hilarious!
-More "Fly On the Set" featurettes
-"The Dock" Funny stuff with Johnny, he's in costume minus his wig, lol.
-"The Tavern" ORLI! *drool* Shelly, we're screencapping from this when I see you, okay? Does Johnny wear that huge hat to disguise the fact that he's a bit shorter than the other people? Never noticed that before...
-"The Plank" A few Orli shots, too much Keira.
-"Pirates Around the World" They show two clips dubbed into different languages, and if you can sit through the Elizabeth-threatens-to-drop-the-coin-in-the-water clip, the Will-breaking-Jack-out-of-jail clip is HILARIOUS. (They cover French Canadian, Thai, Castilian, Russian, and Portuguese on the first clip, then Italian, Latin Spanish, German, French, and Japanese in the second. Orli in Japanese! Teehee! Though none of the voice actors had a voice half so sexy as his, not even the Italian one...)
-"Spirit of the Ride" Johnny's pretty cute on here, talking about how he loved the ride as a kid. Other people doing the same. Kind of interesting, not the best, but worth watching.
-"Dead Men Tell No Tales" The History of the Attraction This was on the original DVD, but you could only watch it in a computer DVD-ROM drive, which I don't have. So yay me! It was cool, seeing Walt Disney himself talking about it on Walt Disney Presents, and there were interviews with the designers and all. Pretty cool.
-"Sneak Attack Animatic" As interesting as any pre-viz/animatic on LotR...and it had THE WOODEN EYE! *norting fit*

Bottom line...don't spend your bottom dollar on it, but if you have a wad of cash rolling around, get it. Failing that, give it a rent, anyway. It's an amusing hour and ten minutes. And that reminds me, if I ever mention a movie I've seen/book I've read and you want to know more about it, don't hesitate to ask me to post a review, just let me know whether you want spoilers or not.

Now...I'm going to go write some stuff for Shelly. I have to look up something on TTT DVD first, though. Where, exactly does Aragorn lay his head on the ground? It's not when they think Merry and Pip are dead, it's when they first show the Three Hunters, right?...

a meme emailed from Kara

Kara, like, me, is insanely obsessed with filling out these things, and she emails me some good ones...

1. What is your Name? Sarah
2. What type and colour underwear are you wearing at the moment? All of my undies are plain old white. Woo stinking hoo.
3. What are you listening to right now? Library noise. I shall fix that now. Hang on. There. Now I have my CD going.
4. What are the last 2 digits of your phone number: 62
5. What was the last thing you ate? Ummm...a snack cake and a cup of tea. Wow, I sound British...
6. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be and y? Periwinkle. *nods wisely* It's a pretty, soft, bluish purple, but it has a funky side because of that name. ^_^
7. How is the weather right now: I can either wear my jacket or a long-sleeved shirt and be okay, so IMHO, just about perfect. Now if only it was cloudy like yesterday.
8. Last person you talked to on the phone: Uhh...Shelly. Yes.
9. First thing you notice about the opposite sex: Hair. I really do. I can't help it. Unless the eyes are just...you know. If it's Elijah, eyes.
10. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Nope, not in the slightest...just kidding! I love Kara, she's so sweet!
11. How are you today? Meh, whatever.
12. any piercings? One per ear, and now that I know how cheap it is it may be two in each ear within a few weeks...
15. Hair color? Red. Ish. Karen says it's strawberry blond, but it's darker than that.
16. Eye Color? Aquamarine, though I noticed the other day that they can appear different if I wear certain colors. They don't CHANGE color but they LOOK diferent.
17. Do you wear contacts? Not yet. When my insurance from work kicks in, though...
18. Siblings? Like...four...all older, they moved out about the time I was born.
19. Do you have a tattoo? Nope, wouldn't get a permanent one.
How Many?
20. Favorite Month? December. People are so much nicer in the days leading up to Christmas.
22. Favorite Food? Pepperoni pizza!
23. Last Movie you watched? Uh...Oh yeah. "Lies My Mother Told Me." Or at least I listened to it, I was kind of lying on the floor with my eyes closed and looking up every now and then.
24. Favorite Day of the Year? Christmas Day.
25. Are you too shy to ask someone out: It's not a matter of shy, it's a matter of principle. (That and the one time I kinda did, I got burned...)
26. Summer or Winter? Winter!!!
27. Hugs or Kisses? Seeing as I can't really make a decision when I don't have all the facts...hint hint, cute guys of the world...
28. Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate. *sniggle* Right, Shelly?
29. Do you want your friends to write back: Yes.
30. who is most likely to respond? Kade, probably.
31. Who is least likely to respond? Ummm...Shelly.
32. Who do you fancy? TIM! And Elijah and Dom and Orli and Billy...but you know what I mean.
33. What books r u reading? A book based on the movie "Dead Poet's Society," "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," reading the stuff in my World Lit books that we didn't read for class, and "A Practical Handbook for the Actor."
34. What's on your mouse pad? 'Tis just blue. My one at home is purple with an ad for where my uncle works, the local phone company.
35. Favorite Game? LotR Trivial Pursuit!!! Lol.
36. What did you do last night? What WAS last night? Um, art class, came home, had dinner, watched the movie, laundry and made my bed, Shelly called, and I slept. ^_^
37. Favourite smells? Too many...citrus. Citrus. Yes.
38. Can you touch your nose with your tongue? Never have been able to do it.
39. What inspires you? Too much to list...literally ANYTHING can spark my imagination. I wish I could record it all, I'm sure I've forgotten so many things that might have turned into masterpieces...
41. Favorite Flower? Anything simple, lilies particularly. Rosebuds, not roses. Jonquils, my birthflower.
42. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the mornin? Seeing as how I don't "wake up" until I hop into the car to drive, usually I think of what music to play, lol.
43. What day is it, & what time is it? Tuesday, 12:11 by the computer clock. in about 30 minutes I'll head to McMullin for acting class...

haha

I got a spam email...from someone named Elwood. *sniggle*

(no subject)

I'm so proud of myself. Over the last...meh, two days, I think, I took my draw stuff out while I was watching TV and I actually DREW. I FINISHED another drawing. Mike doing the Moron Dance! YAY! Go me! Now, what to do next...?

You know what sucks? I live on a dirt road (ONLY a quarter-mile down it! The rest of my hour-long drive is paved! I'm not THAT far into the sticks!), and it was full of potholes, so they graded it. In theory this is good because there are no more potholes. But really, it just stirs up all the rocks.

Lol. A lot of you have never heard my rantings on dirt roads and Arkansas rocks. Hmm. May have to get into that later.

There's an article on Naomi Watts in this week's USA Weekend, looking forward to reading it. She was the star in The Ring and the upcoming The Ring Two (I can't WAIT!), AND she's playing the Fay Wray role in (dun dun dun) Peter Jackson's King Kong! YAY!

I was flipping through some of those coupon-things that come in the paper, they have things where you can send off for address labels and checks, and I saw some that had crayons on them and it looked like the lines were made with crayons, and I told Mom that's what I needed to get next time around. THEN I found another one and found something even cooler: See what Sarah finds! Yeah. I think I may order them before I run out of checks now, as you can always start with the next set of numbers...

Heh. Numbers. 4! 8! 15! 16! 23! 42! I find it so odd that the last number is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, according to the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. (If you haven't read it...ask anyway. I'll try to explain it because I'm a sucker that way.) And that's the one that made him the major winner, the "powerball" number, so to speak...and for those who think I've lost my mind, I'm referring to the last ep of Lost, lol. You know, like I told Hobbity, if you regroup them, there's enough digits to be a phone number. 481-516-2342. I'm sorely tempted to call it and see what happens.

WHY are there no reviews on D2D chapter 49??? It's been up for HOURS! Come on, people! *bangs head against keyboard* v4bfrjlo0p

So anyway. Now I'm off to go shop for Maddy's birthday presents. We should be going up to St. Louis this weekend to celebrate. Her birthday's today and mine is next Monday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDY!!!!!!

She's four. I'm going to buy her two books and probably something to do with Play Doh. I don't know why I want to do that, except that she likes Play Doh and it's something I don't mind doing with her. (Like, dress-up I don't do so well, especially since her dress-up clothes are her size, lol.) And I already have a coloring book for her.

And speaking of my birthday...gamgeefest , I want Charlie and Claire mush, I don't care how long it is, I don't care if the baby is born or not, I don't care if you put someone in mortal danger and have drama, I just want some nice mush where they end up together--but I mean REALLY together, not just where they smile at each other "and they both knew that things would be okay" kind of a thing, lol. And I don't mind if it's late, either, as there's no telling how my online schedule will be. That's spring break week for me.

Which reminds me--next week IS spring break week for me! The 14th-18th. I WILL probably be working, and the library will be open 8-5, so I will try to get some online time, but I don't know when yet.

But anyway. I gotta run.

TESTING

I may have found a photobucket replacement!

YES! I so rock!