...december 2001...




12/31/01

happy new year's eve!

i've got to get to work on some stuff for school. heheh. procrastination comes so easily during vacation.

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i'm recording voice clips. woohoo! maybe i'll put some up later.
*smiles*

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12/28/01

ah ha! finally! an actual update!

do you remember the first news report i ever did? (here's a link if you don't) well, i finally have an update on it.

ashley button wrote:
What are you people thinking ("How to Be Popular," November)? I'm sorry, but I'm not into using and tormenting people to be popular, and not everyone's parents are rich. Oh, darn. Looks like I can't be popular, I'm just too damn nice.
sarah leslie agreed:
For a magazine that in the same issue printed an article about girl skaters and called Daria a cool teen, all I have to say is this: You are hypocrites. What do you think Daria or skating is all about? They are about being yourself and not caring what others think. They are not about doing everything to change yourself to please others.
niclole labrecque said differently:
I just wanted to say that your "How to Be Popular" story was completely hilarious and wicked cool. Like, it was such a satire! I hope everyone else saw the ridiculousness behind high school social statuses.
molly (the writer) responds:
The rules were meant to be sarcastic. Popularity is a bizarre phenomenon that is impossible to take seriuosly. The article was not an actual "how-to" guide on popularity, but was supposed to show that the route to becoming popular is arbitrary and inane.
this response doesn't make sense to me seeing as how molly was writing the article about two girls that she interviewed. ugh... she's probably just trying to save her rear with this rebuttle. (hey, i made a pun. heheh. ::points to self:: i'm a dork. ::smiles::)

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12/27/01

i woke up a little after 11am today. i had breakfast when lunch usually should be. does that happen to you?
my schedule is out of whack during vacation. i'll have trouble waking up for school on time now.

gee... i have nothing to say today.
it sure is pretty outside. nice and sunny, but cold.
yep...
nice day...
::nods and slowly looks around::

oky, i'm shutting up now.

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12/26/01

who would've known that washing a dry clean only sweater would shrink it?...
not i, apparently...

it's the day after christmas.
5 more days until we ring in the new year.
i think i'll be falling asleep this year. it sounds like a plan to me. yea, yea, that's boring. i know this, but every year is the same. if i stay up, the only thing i'll be doing is wishing my mom a happy birthday and that's only if she's awake too. heheh.

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12/25/01

merry christmas!!!

i hope everyone is enjoying themselves. ::smiles::

my christmas tree looked like it had given birth to a whole brood of presents. it was kind of weird. we've never had that many gifts before. you would've had to see the tree to see what i mean.

well, i got mari something that i think she'll like. we decided to exchange presents after winter break seeing as how we both run on a salary of... gee... i don't know. it's not much. heheh.

i've got no doubt's first self-titled album.
really good.

last night, i stayed up practicing guitar.
i figured out how to play the first four notes of no scrubs! i think that's how the tab would look. tell me if i'm wrong.
i also learned to play "blister" by our lady peace. i had forgotten how good a song that is.
and i know how to play two chords from the song "everywhere" by michelle branch. not very impressive, but i'm just a beginning so i'm not supposed to be the greatest at this.

::sighs::
just think about it... the year is coming to a close...
quick huh?
i'll soon be graduating and then off to college.
agh!!!!!

well, i've got to go now, but peace out and have a great new year!

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12/24/01

merry christmas eve everyone!

i think i stayed up til 12 watching "scrooged" on friday night. that's such a good movie.

well, me and my little sister decided to open up each other's presents today. heheh. she got me toe socks. they make my feet look like really messed up hands. i was acting out the itsy bitsy spider song with my feet and my toe socks on.

and a thank you to ted who told me that andre the giant was in the princess bride, not the princess diaries.
thank you.

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12/21/01

vacation is finally here. all seems so very calm and relaxing.
actually, i just found out that my dog was running around the christmas tree and peed on only my little sister's present. heheh. the world works in mysterious ways...
i'm not happy that it happened. it's still just kind of funny.

there was a revolution today. in health class, my teacher actually acknowledged that richard and i are two separate people. he said, "por's here... and richard's here..." no porrichard!!! woohoo!
i did get a card from richard that was addressed to "porrichard". he couldn't help himself. heh.

well, i'm going to watch some tori videos now. so happy. ::does a little jig:: if only you could see me do a little jig... you'd laugh. ::smiles::

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12/20/01

i like today's date. it's a very pretty pattern. 12200112200112200112200...

today was a very busy day.

as planned, the cast and some crew went to mad c's to watch "the odd couple." it was fun.
while some of waited for becky to come pick us up to go to mad c's, nick and stephanie rehearsed for their audition for the next play. i watched them and critiqued them, but i'm not very good at being a critic. i tried my best.

*time for a random thought* i'm listening to weezer's say it ain't so right now and it's making me think about something ted said. (heheh... that rhymed...) well, ted was thinking that if el toro (a local band) did a cover of weezer, would it be called el torcho? heheh. i thought it was funny. go ted! do do do do do... (a random melody)
*now, back on track, sort of*

well, after they rehearsed, i thought of something great for me to use as an audition piece. i'm going to perform a scene from my play "survivor: the director's cut"! i'm so excited. i just don't know what scene i'll be doing yet. i'm going to get mari to audition with me and i'll probably need a third or fourth person to help. *smiles*

so, becky picked us up and we were off to have some fun. we got to mad c's and were all crammed into a small room. everyone was afraid to lose a comfy couch seat if they left the room.
watching the taping of the show was fun because i got to see scenes that i never saw before. i never saw monolo and jesus' entrance before so it was really funny to see it today. they were so cheesy! hehehe. it was nice to see the scenes from the audience rather than the side of the stage.
then, mad c ordered some pizza. we watched some superman and then, we watched "the beach" with leonardo dicaprio. it was amusing. the guys liked it when the girl took off her shirt.

it was fun at mad c's, but some of us had to leave for the concert at school.
the concert was fun and it went really well.
anthony got me a christmas present! i was so happy. it was really nice of him. it was a collection of tori videos. it's my first tori anything, if that makes any sense.

well, i'm tired now and would just like to mention that there is one day left before vacation. finally! this day took long enough.

happy holidays everyone!

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12/19/01

the music performance for vocal jazz, chorus, and orchestra will be tomorrow night. it's free and if you can, bring in a can... of canned goods that is. *smiles*

afterschool tomorrow, i and the cast of the odd couple will be going over to mad c's home to see the taping of the show. it will be much wholesome fun... unless ted decides to spontaneously drop his pants...

on a different note...
in health class, i sit next to my friend richard. my teacher just loves to say our names together for some reason. he won't just say my name and he won't just say my friend's name. he'll say, "porrichard," when he does the attendence. it's so amazingly annoying! he was handing just me a paper and he called me porrichard. me and richard got all confuzzled. he only does this to us. when he does attendence, he'll call out everyone's name and take a pause between each, but for me and richard, he says both our names as one name. *shakes her head* the man is a mental case... and the funny thing is that he would want me to say "psychological case" instead of "mental case"...

also, in the bio classroom, there was just an anatomy class in it and they had just disected intestines. the smell in that room was sooo bad... i wanted to vomit. it was the smell of dry-erase markers and formaldehyde. eww... and then i mistakingly looked at the intestines. they were cow intestines, i suppose. people were trying to see what was inside of them.
a girl asked if she could spray some body spray around to get rid of the odor and our teacher encouraged spraying perfume to cover up the stench. well, the room soon smelled like flowers dipped in formaldehyde, but it was much better than the powerful scent of just formaldehyde.
i'm going to pull a vera now...
if you inhale formaldehyde, will you be slowly preserving your lungs?
(for those who don't know what "pulling a vera" means. i'll explain. in the play, my character was vera, a real dumb blond, so whenever anyone does something or says something stupid, we say that they have just committed a "vera". clever, huh? yea, i know it's not)

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12/18/01

look at how much of a dork i am!

in computer math, my teacher wants us all to do some research on a topic that he gave us and then after christmas break, we have to give an oral presentation.
so, he was going through everyone's name and then he got to me. my topic... HTML!!!
i was so excited. i was bouncing around in my seat. i think i was the only one excited about this thing. heheh. well, it was cool of him to give me that topic because at the moment i had my binder full of html notes right in front of me. cool! i could've given my presentation right then and there. heheh.
well, all i have to ask my teacher now is if i can use my website as part of my presentation in explaining html.
so excited!
::bubbles over with anticipation and does a little jig::
do do do do do do do do do do...

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hey there! i'm in the language lab right now. cool huh? and i'm drinking my chocolate milk.

i'm adding a new chapter to lain right now... not that you read the other ones, but i'm going to entertain myself. *smiles*

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12/17/01

went christmas shopping tonight. much tiredness...

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12/16/01

apparently, i am not poisoned because if i was, my ear would be oozing with pus and it would've turned a blue color a long time ago. it was just a harmless spider with big sharp fangs. boy, am i relieved...

you know what are funny names for candy?...
whoppers and milk duds...
they sure are good though.

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12/15/01

i was bitten by a spider tonight! just a little before 6pm.

here's what happened...

i had just hung up the phone when OW!... i felt a sharp pain on my ear. i shouted, "what the?! owee..."

my little sister just sat there and asked what i was yelling about.

"i don't know," i said as i held my ear. i brushed it off a bit and then looked at my shirt. there lay a big white spider. i gaped at it for a split second and then feverishly brush it off my chest. it fell to the ground and i stomped on it...

...then i ran up to my mommy like a little girl...

well, we wanted to go to my doctor, but apparently it was closed and i ended up going home.

it's been about 5 hours since i was bitten and i'm not dead yet so that's a good sign. i hope that thing wasn't poisonous. i do hope it was radioactive... then, i could be spider girl!!!

this optimism thing doesn't work so well when your ear has a sharp pain throbbing in it...

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mm... chicken...

agh... this college application process sure is nerve-racking. everyone seems to be done with it all except me. it's not true, but that's just how i feel.

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12/14/01

well, i'm sick, but i don't know what i've got. i just know that i'm glad that it's friday. no school for two whole days. *smiles* now, i get to sleep and get better. yay... oh so sleepy...

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12/12/01

first vocal jazz practice in a long time today. seems like we are going to perform: i don't know if there will be anything else. we're going caroling around school on friday and we don't have to wear our robes!!! woohoo! they make us look like big purple grapes.

in theatre, one of the upcoming plays may be "the cut" by ed monk. it's a play within a play within a play. very interesting...

in other things, i finally thought of a good topic for my college essay. (i feel so slow...) i'm writing about my first job and how it helped me decide on what i want to do with my life. i won't go into details here.

in other other things... er... i'm learning to play guitar chords and i finally tuned my guitar so that it's playable. good stuff. i'm trying to write a song. all i need are lyrics that don't sound too corny. all i have now are corny lyrics. i need to change them. i'll work on it.

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12/11/01

*no doubt's new album rock steady is out today*

today was very tiring and it will be a tiring evening. much studying is needed for tomorrow. ::sighs::

i think i'll take a nap. ::nods to herself:: yea... that sounds good...
ZZZzzzz.....

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12/10/01

i'm just going to vent a little bit right now...

so i was in english class and this person (that i used to think was nice) asked me how the play went.
"oh it was great! you should've came," i told her.
my friend interjected that some girls got felt up in the play. (allow me to explain the scene. a lady named olive wants a date really bad, but her roommate florence doesn't seem to understand. olive asks for florence's hand at which moment she places it on her breast. she asks florence, "do you feel my breast?" and florence answers yes. olive yells, "well, it's not good enough! i want a bigger hand, with knuckles!" this scene was not put in for any tasteless reason) well, the girl asked me who it was and i wouldn't tell her. my friend said i told him so she decided to guess who the people were. she guessed the first person and gave me a weird look.
"yea..." said i.
"was the other person *****?" she asked.
"no," i said and wondered why she had asked that. then it struck me. the girls she named were lesbians.
she asked who the other person was and i told her. she gave me a weird look.
"coochie clappers," she laughed.
my friend laughed along with her. i was angry with her comment and just decided to stop the conversation.
a few minutes later, my friend was still laughing about the comment. then i heard the girl say something, "blah blah blah dyke blah blah..."
that pissed me off the most.
who the fuck does she think she is to judge people on their sexual preference?!
grr...
i hate it when people discriminate against others like that. i, myself, am not gay or bi, but i don't hate people if they are. ugh...
well, that whole thing gave me bad kharma.
after class, i went to theatre where i saw my friend whom the girl thought was fondled in the play. she said hi to me and i told her that i needed a hug and i did need one. i felt so drained. so she gave me a hug and i felt all better. then she asked, "wanna make out with me?" hehehe. i didn't, but it was just humorous that she asked me.

well... that's what my vent was about. homophobes. grr... i just wanna punch 'em in the face... but that's not right either. ::sighs::
it's just crazy to me that this is the land of equality and freedom, but people are still judged on minuscule things. gah... i just really want everyone to get along... ::sighs:: did i mention that i'm an idealist?

besides that, i'm sad about getting some news. i found out that a very good friend of mine is switching schools and another has health problems. ::sighs::
this is so strange...
i'm happy about the play and all, but also feeling glum about all this bad stuff. oh... the emotions...

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12/8/01

yesterday was show night and it was spectacular! the whole day was great.

to start off, i went for a jog with my friend mari. we got lost along the way, but eventually ended up on a big hill where we could view the whole city. the jog was so much fun... even though i kept stopping to breathe... i'm out of shape. what can i say? well, i still felt good about running as much as i did.
well, my friend and i didn't have any pockets so we couldn't carry any change with us so that we could call for a ride back home. we decided to ask people for a little change. mari said that we were bound to get something because she had given a quarter to someone the other day so the kharma had to be returned. the first guy we asked didn't have any change, but then we saw a mail man and asked him for some change. he was soooo nice. he gave mari a quarter and me a quarter! it was so nice of him. that was some good kharma. i even got a quote of that. "kharma is so good and its the size of a quarter."

at the show, it didn't really feel much like opening night. it felt more like a dress rehearsal. well, everyone had fun and there were a lot of laughs during the show. everytime the crowd laughed, i would get really happy and a warm, joyous feeling would swirl in my stomach. corny, i know, but its true. well, during the first act of the play, my hands got all tingly. that's pretty normal, but then my whole stomach got tingly. that was weird. it was cool though.

after the show, the cast and crew went out to greet the crowd. everyone loved the play. i was so excited to see that my friends came to see it. i guess all that badgering really paid off. ::smiles::

that night, the cast and crew went to dinner to celebrate. so much fun. we were all sleepy so we were all acting really drunk. heheh. well, my friend heather introduced a cool game to me. if the restaurant you're dining at has paper placemats and you happen to have a writing utensil on hand, you can play this. you're going to use the placemat vertically. first, someone writes a line of poetry (it doesn't necessarily have to be poetry) at the top of the paper. then, s/he should fold it so that the next person can't see the line. the next person will do the same thing and so on and so on... when, you're done, unfold the paper and read it. presto! it should sound like "socrates on acid." everyone got a kick out of it. i'll be posting these poems in my random writings later. look for them.

well, at the end of the night... er... morning, i went home and slept. ah... peaceful sleep. now, i get to do it all over again. woohoo!

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12/01/01

ah... the first day of december and what a beautiful day it was. almost 70 degrees! just like spring, it was cool, sunny, and windy. very nice.

today was spent at rehearsal for the odd couple. it was a lot of fun. i'm getting into character really well, which is good for the play, but not for me, seeing as how my character is a dumb brunette. everyone seems to feel sympathetic for me when i say stupid things now. i hope i regain my usual personality after the play. being stuck a brunette with blonde roots sucks.


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