Well, you know, technically a week. I have done BEDA for 7 days... I just missed one that was supposed to equal 8... Any way, I'm quite proud of myself. I would have thought I would have already gone like 3 days without posting. I shall prevail!
Today was none too important. I woke up this morning feeling like complete crap. You know those days you are just so exhausted, you feel physically ill, even though you aren't sick, and you just need those few more hours of sleep to become less tired? Yeah, that was me. I woke up at 6 a..m., after going to bed at about 2 a.m. because I had some stuff to get ready for school. So, I decided to not go to school and sleep those extra hours. There was no way possible I was going to get up. I felt like passing out. I've had that on-going "so tired that not even sleep can fix it" type of thing happening to be recently, and I am just always so tired. Even if I get a good night's sleep, I am still always tired. I guess last night all of the stuff I have been doing this week really caught up to me and I just needed sleep.
I woke up at 11, got ready, went to work from 1-5, got paid, then came home and have been sitting at the computer ever since, hah. In all fairness, I have not been on tumblr for 2 weeks and I am having withdrawals. So, I am spending this weekend catching up (oh god, I am probably going to go through 400 pages before I catch up). I might actually clean my room tomorrow, if I catch up on tumblr that is. I will clean my room soon, I will. I am going to buy a chinchilla from PetSmart, and I have to make room for it, and I can't do that unless I clean, so that's kind of my push to get it done.
All right, this post was incredibly boring, but I have absolutely nothing else to say for today. I'm going to go back to browsing tumblr.
Good night, DFTBA, and Happy BEDA-ing.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
BEDA Day 6 & 7 : Failure, busy days, and Gore Makeup
Yes, yes, I have already failed at BEDA, but in all seriousness, I was so busy yesterday, by the time I got home, I passed out on my bed immediately and fell asleep. I woke up this morning for class and was like "FUUUUUUUU I forgot to BEDA last night! /headdesk/" I was so exhausted last night. So, so exhausted.
I woke up at 6 a.m., left the house at 7:10 p.m. (late as usual), and got to math class about 5 minutes late (again, as usual). Professor decides to give us surprise math quiz and I then proceed to freak out and fail miserably. After math, I went to my acting class as usual, only to find out that it was cancelled. I was kind of pissed really, because my partner and I were actually both there, ready, and were even scheduled to go first. I swear, we're never going to get this scene up. I just want to present it and get it over with. So I had about two hours in between to wait until my 11 a.m. class. It was a sunny and beautiful day, so I sat outside on a bench and just read the whole time. When my class was over at noon, I went straight to the costume shop to help Sami and Caroline make more masks for Romeo and Juliet. I did that until 4 p.m., then had to go to my Wednesday, late, English class which lasts from 4:30 to 7:10. Add 40 minutes of commuting home and you get a very run-down Jordyn. I went upstairs, not thinking about anything, and just fell asleep. I don't even remember eating anything at all yesterday.
Today, I got to sleep in a bit because I don't have to be at class until 10:45 a.m., nor do I have to put makeup on or do my hair because it's my makeup class and we're supposed to have clean faces. The makeup we did today was awesome. If I wasn't such a lazy-ass, I would go get my camera and upload the pictures, but, meh, I'm tired and I have to type this quick if I want to make it on time. We did the special effects/gore makeup on another person, and had to create a backstory to why they ended up like that. The girl that was my partner, Laura, decided that we should intertwine our makeup with each other's, so we ended up making this story about us both being in Vegas (it's her 21st birthday today and she is going to Vegas tomorrow), being extremely drunk, getting angry at each other, and getting into this huge fight. We both had some gnarly black eyes and scrapes. Then, after everyone was done, we all had to walk around campus with the makeup on and see if we get reactions. It was pretty funny, especially when we walked through the populous places like the dining hall, Mom's ( a little restaurant type on campus), and the library. Many people had WTF looks. I'll post pictures in tomorrow's BEDA.
After class was over (1:30), I stayed in the costume shop to continue helping Sami and Caroline make masks until 5 p.m. We ended up finishing them, with the help of the rest of my makeup class. They all look really great and beautiful and I can't wait to see them on stage. I made three of them and I am super proud of the way they turned out. The one I made today has a make-shift jester hat on it. Yeah. I'm pretty awesome. I really hope the actor who is playing Mercutio uses that one, because it definitely suits Mercutio's personality. I will upload pictures tomorrow.
I swear I will permanently have feathers all over my clothes. So many feathers used.... so many...
I also came home today to glitter glue, spray paint, and feathers in my hair, and on my pants and hands.
Such is the life as a theatre designer.
All right, it is 11:55, which means if I don't post this, I have failed yet again, plus, I am tired and still need to shower.
Good night, DFTBA, and Happy BEDA-ing.
I woke up at 6 a.m., left the house at 7:10 p.m. (late as usual), and got to math class about 5 minutes late (again, as usual). Professor decides to give us surprise math quiz and I then proceed to freak out and fail miserably. After math, I went to my acting class as usual, only to find out that it was cancelled. I was kind of pissed really, because my partner and I were actually both there, ready, and were even scheduled to go first. I swear, we're never going to get this scene up. I just want to present it and get it over with. So I had about two hours in between to wait until my 11 a.m. class. It was a sunny and beautiful day, so I sat outside on a bench and just read the whole time. When my class was over at noon, I went straight to the costume shop to help Sami and Caroline make more masks for Romeo and Juliet. I did that until 4 p.m., then had to go to my Wednesday, late, English class which lasts from 4:30 to 7:10. Add 40 minutes of commuting home and you get a very run-down Jordyn. I went upstairs, not thinking about anything, and just fell asleep. I don't even remember eating anything at all yesterday.
Today, I got to sleep in a bit because I don't have to be at class until 10:45 a.m., nor do I have to put makeup on or do my hair because it's my makeup class and we're supposed to have clean faces. The makeup we did today was awesome. If I wasn't such a lazy-ass, I would go get my camera and upload the pictures, but, meh, I'm tired and I have to type this quick if I want to make it on time. We did the special effects/gore makeup on another person, and had to create a backstory to why they ended up like that. The girl that was my partner, Laura, decided that we should intertwine our makeup with each other's, so we ended up making this story about us both being in Vegas (it's her 21st birthday today and she is going to Vegas tomorrow), being extremely drunk, getting angry at each other, and getting into this huge fight. We both had some gnarly black eyes and scrapes. Then, after everyone was done, we all had to walk around campus with the makeup on and see if we get reactions. It was pretty funny, especially when we walked through the populous places like the dining hall, Mom's ( a little restaurant type on campus), and the library. Many people had WTF looks. I'll post pictures in tomorrow's BEDA.
After class was over (1:30), I stayed in the costume shop to continue helping Sami and Caroline make masks until 5 p.m. We ended up finishing them, with the help of the rest of my makeup class. They all look really great and beautiful and I can't wait to see them on stage. I made three of them and I am super proud of the way they turned out. The one I made today has a make-shift jester hat on it. Yeah. I'm pretty awesome. I really hope the actor who is playing Mercutio uses that one, because it definitely suits Mercutio's personality. I will upload pictures tomorrow.
I swear I will permanently have feathers all over my clothes. So many feathers used.... so many...
I also came home today to glitter glue, spray paint, and feathers in my hair, and on my pants and hands.
Such is the life as a theatre designer.
All right, it is 11:55, which means if I don't post this, I have failed yet again, plus, I am tired and still need to shower.
Good night, DFTBA, and Happy BEDA-ing.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
BEDA Day 5: Makeup Class Fun
Oh, how I love my theatre makeup class. I am so glad I decided to take costuming last semester with Caroline because that led me to falling in love with her, because she is so talented, and wanting to take more classes with her. She also teaches my makeup class and she is just absolutely brilliant. I would have never figured that I would fall madly in love with the design aspect of theatre. I was always so set on doing musical theatre, but seeing as my university rarely does musical theatre, I kind of took things out of my comfort zone. I've never been particularly good at drawing and painting, but with makeup class I can kind just do a basic sketch to get a concept, then the really art is bringing the image in your head alive with the makeup, and I'm actually fairly good at it. I now know that I definitely want to do makeup and costume design in the theatre business. Hey, you never know, I may get a lucky break and be hired to do it for movies. I am moving to LA after school.
I don't really have much to say today, because I am extremely tired from staying at school until 5:30 p.m. because I was helping Caroline and Sami make masks for Romeo and Juliet, then having to drive home in heavy traffic, so I am just going to show you the photos of the makeup project I did today.
Beware, it's gruesome.
Okay, I go sleepytime now.
I don't really have much to say today, because I am extremely tired from staying at school until 5:30 p.m. because I was helping Caroline and Sami make masks for Romeo and Juliet, then having to drive home in heavy traffic, so I am just going to show you the photos of the makeup project I did today.
Beware, it's gruesome.
Monday, April 4, 2011
BEDA Day 4: Monday Monday I Hate Stupid Mondays
That's going to be my new anthem. When my laptop is finally fixed, I will record a full-length parody to Rebecca Black's 'Friday'. I've already written the lyrics, seriously. It will be about Mondays and how much I despise them.
This is how Mondays work:
6 a.m. gotta wake up fresh---but I usually just say fuck it and fall back asleep.
6:30 a.m. oh shit I'm going to be late for my math class.... oh well, I'll try again next class.
I eventually get up, usually in a hurry, doing my hair and makeup half-ass. Out of the many things I have changed about myself since high school, not giving a fuck about how I look is pretty much the biggest. I used to be so obsessed with how my hair looked in high school, and now I barely run a straightener through it.
I'm glad about this though. I am much more laid back and calm about things now, while in high school I was one anal motherf-- well, yeah. I'm all 'peace and love and serenity, man.' now. I like this Jordyn much better. High school Jordyn was a complete mess.
After I scour my floor for some potential clean clothes, I get dressed and leave for my ever-so lovely 40 minute commute on the freeway (If you didn't get the sarcasm there, you need to get to know me better... or have better social skills). I'm usually always a few minutes late for school because I don't have a parking pass to park in the university parking lot ( they're $128.... how bloody ridiculous is that?!), so I have to find some parking on the street (which there never is any), and when I can't find any I have to park across the street (usually in the Rite Aid parking lot, but today a man went around putting little slips on cars saying, 'college students, please park on the side street blah blah blah'), then walk all the way across campus to get to my first class. Once again though, I do not really give a fuck. It's early, I'm tired, grumpy, and need sleep. I am not a morning person, and I never will be. It is a true hassle for me to get going in the mornings, even if I have had time to make coffee.
Today, I missed math class because I slept well over my 'time-to-leave-in-order-to-get-to-school-on-time' time, so I took my time today and actually made my self decent, because I knew in my theatre class that I would most likely present my scene, so why not at least look like I tried, right? When I get to my theatre class (my second class of the day), my partner shows up late (big surprise -_-), and when we are actually completely ready to put on the scene, it's too late and it was time for class to be over. THE EFFORT WAS WORTH NOTHING.
I moseyed on to my sociology class, which is my last class of the day, and the one I look forward to the most. By this time it's 11 a.m. and I have actually sprung to life. Don't get me wrong, I like my theatre class. The professor is amazing and funny, but it's an 'acting for non-majors' class which is required as a theatre major(stupid, I know), meaning that most of the students in the class are different majors who have taken this class just to fill in G.E. requirements, and they are completely unmotivated. The girl that is my scene partner hardly ever shows up for class. I make the best out of it though. There's this really, adorably, cute guy in my class as well. He wears glasses and his iPhone cover is made to look like an old cassette tape. Today he was wearing a "SAVE FERRIS" shirt, and many, many, many times in the past I have said more men need to be like Ferris Bueller. I'm trying not to let my tiny crush on him get to strong because he probably would never even look twice at me, but wow, he's adorable.
Any way, sociology passed quickly, like it usually does because we're always active and discussing things, then I had to venture another 40 minute commute back home, then about another 15 to work.
Work felt especially long today, and I just wanted to get out and go home. I have to keep reminding myself of the awesome paycheck I will get and that it's all worth it in the end. Honestly though, if I am still stuck in a boring office job when I'm older, filing and filling out paper work, just shoot me. It is not how I want to spend the rest of my life. I would be financially okay though.....but not happy.
5 p.m. finally comes and it's off home to eat something. It's probably a bad thing that I don't eat anything all day and then I get off work and stuff my face because I am so incredibly hungry. Eh... oh well, I'm in a downward spiral anyway.
I almost almost cleaned my room today, but I made excuses about my back killing me or whatever, which was true. I do a lot of lifting and bending and crouching at work, plus walking all around campus for school, and it kills my back. Whatever, I was too tired to clean my wretched room, sue me.
Instead I ate an awesome veggie sandwich that I made and laid on the couch to watch t.v.
Now, it is almost midnight, so I must post this, print out my research pictures for tomorrow's makeup class, then have the most epic sleep. I need sleep right now.
All right, Good night, DFTBA, and Happy BEDA-ing.
oh, and P.S., last night I stayed up until 2 a.m. and had beat the Elite Four AND the Pokemon Champion on Pokemon Pearl. I was so ecstatic because it was taking me forever. Just as it was saving my game and they were crowning me new Pokemon Champ, the game froze and I had to turn it off.
I was livid. LIVID. I can't even look at my DS right now without wanting to cry. It may take some time, but I just want to beat it so I can buy Pokemon Black!...or White.. I'm not sure which one I want yet.
This is how Mondays work:
6 a.m. gotta wake up fresh---but I usually just say fuck it and fall back asleep.
6:30 a.m. oh shit I'm going to be late for my math class.... oh well, I'll try again next class.
I eventually get up, usually in a hurry, doing my hair and makeup half-ass. Out of the many things I have changed about myself since high school, not giving a fuck about how I look is pretty much the biggest. I used to be so obsessed with how my hair looked in high school, and now I barely run a straightener through it.
I'm glad about this though. I am much more laid back and calm about things now, while in high school I was one anal motherf-- well, yeah. I'm all 'peace and love and serenity, man.' now. I like this Jordyn much better. High school Jordyn was a complete mess.
After I scour my floor for some potential clean clothes, I get dressed and leave for my ever-so lovely 40 minute commute on the freeway (If you didn't get the sarcasm there, you need to get to know me better... or have better social skills). I'm usually always a few minutes late for school because I don't have a parking pass to park in the university parking lot ( they're $128.... how bloody ridiculous is that?!), so I have to find some parking on the street (which there never is any), and when I can't find any I have to park across the street (usually in the Rite Aid parking lot, but today a man went around putting little slips on cars saying, 'college students, please park on the side street blah blah blah'), then walk all the way across campus to get to my first class. Once again though, I do not really give a fuck. It's early, I'm tired, grumpy, and need sleep. I am not a morning person, and I never will be. It is a true hassle for me to get going in the mornings, even if I have had time to make coffee.
Today, I missed math class because I slept well over my 'time-to-leave-in-order-to-get-to-school-on-time' time, so I took my time today and actually made my self decent, because I knew in my theatre class that I would most likely present my scene, so why not at least look like I tried, right? When I get to my theatre class (my second class of the day), my partner shows up late (big surprise -_-), and when we are actually completely ready to put on the scene, it's too late and it was time for class to be over. THE EFFORT WAS WORTH NOTHING.
I moseyed on to my sociology class, which is my last class of the day, and the one I look forward to the most. By this time it's 11 a.m. and I have actually sprung to life. Don't get me wrong, I like my theatre class. The professor is amazing and funny, but it's an 'acting for non-majors' class which is required as a theatre major(stupid, I know), meaning that most of the students in the class are different majors who have taken this class just to fill in G.E. requirements, and they are completely unmotivated. The girl that is my scene partner hardly ever shows up for class. I make the best out of it though. There's this really, adorably, cute guy in my class as well. He wears glasses and his iPhone cover is made to look like an old cassette tape. Today he was wearing a "SAVE FERRIS" shirt, and many, many, many times in the past I have said more men need to be like Ferris Bueller. I'm trying not to let my tiny crush on him get to strong because he probably would never even look twice at me, but wow, he's adorable.
Any way, sociology passed quickly, like it usually does because we're always active and discussing things, then I had to venture another 40 minute commute back home, then about another 15 to work.
Work felt especially long today, and I just wanted to get out and go home. I have to keep reminding myself of the awesome paycheck I will get and that it's all worth it in the end. Honestly though, if I am still stuck in a boring office job when I'm older, filing and filling out paper work, just shoot me. It is not how I want to spend the rest of my life. I would be financially okay though.....but not happy.
5 p.m. finally comes and it's off home to eat something. It's probably a bad thing that I don't eat anything all day and then I get off work and stuff my face because I am so incredibly hungry. Eh... oh well, I'm in a downward spiral anyway.
I almost almost cleaned my room today, but I made excuses about my back killing me or whatever, which was true. I do a lot of lifting and bending and crouching at work, plus walking all around campus for school, and it kills my back. Whatever, I was too tired to clean my wretched room, sue me.
Instead I ate an awesome veggie sandwich that I made and laid on the couch to watch t.v.
Now, it is almost midnight, so I must post this, print out my research pictures for tomorrow's makeup class, then have the most epic sleep. I need sleep right now.
All right, Good night, DFTBA, and Happy BEDA-ing.
oh, and P.S., last night I stayed up until 2 a.m. and had beat the Elite Four AND the Pokemon Champion on Pokemon Pearl. I was so ecstatic because it was taking me forever. Just as it was saving my game and they were crowning me new Pokemon Champ, the game froze and I had to turn it off.
I was livid. LIVID. I can't even look at my DS right now without wanting to cry. It may take some time, but I just want to beat it so I can buy Pokemon Black!...or White.. I'm not sure which one I want yet.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
BEDA Day 3 : Lazy Sundays and Awesome TV Shows
I'm already getting incredibly boring on these posts, and it's only the third day!
I am disappointed in myself.
There hasn't really been much on my mind today. I lazed around, cramming much TV into my head, and food unto my tummy. Ugh, food. My love-hate relationship with it must be controlled. I seriously am tired of feeling fat and being fat.
Anyway, my self-consciousness and weight problems are a whole other story, so today I will spare you and talk about some new TV shows that I have watched today.
I started watching the new show Camelot today, and let me just say, WOW. It's only two episodes in and it is outrageously intense. It's about, obviously, King Arthur and Merlin and the Camelot realm. Jamie Campbell Bower is Arthur, and let me just say, UNF. I've always loved JCB, and now even more that he is all Renaissance-era'd out. Joseph Fiennes (yum) is Merlin, and, of course, absolutely brilliant.
It's a great new twist on the old story that has been told over and over again. Great actors, great cinematography, great storyline, great everything. It's definitely already one of my favourite new shows. If this does not become a hit, I have no faith in the future of tv. It's outstanding, really. More people need to watch it.
It's pretty raunchy, so view discretion is definitely advised.
Another show I watched today was called The Killing. It premiered today and I am already in love. I am a sucker for crime shows, and this is one of the great ones. It's about this girl named Rosie Larson who goes missing in Seattle, and there are so many plot twists and weird situations going on already, all linking around her death. I'm really stoked for the next episode, because man, this had me on the edge of my seat. You know, there are the typical crime/thriller/drama things that you see on tv, and within five minutes you can tell who committed the crime, well, not with this one. More and more keeps happening that leaves you saying 'whhhhhaaaaaaat?!' I'm really into it. Like I said, I'm a sucker for these type of shows. I've been watching Law and Order since I was like 5 (SVU is my favourite).
The show 'The Borgias' was also on today, but I didn't get to watch it because my grandma was watching Celebrity Apprentice. I am really anticipating that one as well. I love Italian history.
There is one more new show based on the 'Game of Thrones' novels, and it looks really awesome as well, so when it starts up, I'll probably watch it. What can I say, I like TV. So what.
That was pretty much the extent of my day. I laid around and of course did not clean my room like I said I was going to, but what's new? I'll probably never get it cleaned. Jordyn Jordyn Jordyn, when will you learn.
Tomorrow after work I shall attempt to clean. Maybe.
All right, it's almost midnight, which means if I don't post this soon, I shall already have failed at BEDA-in properly. I also have to take a shower still and get things ready for school in the morning. Bleeegghhhh.
Good night, DFTBA, and Happy BEDA-ing.
I am disappointed in myself.
There hasn't really been much on my mind today. I lazed around, cramming much TV into my head, and food unto my tummy. Ugh, food. My love-hate relationship with it must be controlled. I seriously am tired of feeling fat and being fat.
Anyway, my self-consciousness and weight problems are a whole other story, so today I will spare you and talk about some new TV shows that I have watched today.
I started watching the new show Camelot today, and let me just say, WOW. It's only two episodes in and it is outrageously intense. It's about, obviously, King Arthur and Merlin and the Camelot realm. Jamie Campbell Bower is Arthur, and let me just say, UNF. I've always loved JCB, and now even more that he is all Renaissance-era'd out. Joseph Fiennes (yum) is Merlin, and, of course, absolutely brilliant.
It's a great new twist on the old story that has been told over and over again. Great actors, great cinematography, great storyline, great everything. It's definitely already one of my favourite new shows. If this does not become a hit, I have no faith in the future of tv. It's outstanding, really. More people need to watch it.
It's pretty raunchy, so view discretion is definitely advised.
Another show I watched today was called The Killing. It premiered today and I am already in love. I am a sucker for crime shows, and this is one of the great ones. It's about this girl named Rosie Larson who goes missing in Seattle, and there are so many plot twists and weird situations going on already, all linking around her death. I'm really stoked for the next episode, because man, this had me on the edge of my seat. You know, there are the typical crime/thriller/drama things that you see on tv, and within five minutes you can tell who committed the crime, well, not with this one. More and more keeps happening that leaves you saying 'whhhhhaaaaaaat?!' I'm really into it. Like I said, I'm a sucker for these type of shows. I've been watching Law and Order since I was like 5 (SVU is my favourite).
The show 'The Borgias' was also on today, but I didn't get to watch it because my grandma was watching Celebrity Apprentice. I am really anticipating that one as well. I love Italian history.
There is one more new show based on the 'Game of Thrones' novels, and it looks really awesome as well, so when it starts up, I'll probably watch it. What can I say, I like TV. So what.
That was pretty much the extent of my day. I laid around and of course did not clean my room like I said I was going to, but what's new? I'll probably never get it cleaned. Jordyn Jordyn Jordyn, when will you learn.
Tomorrow after work I shall attempt to clean. Maybe.
All right, it's almost midnight, which means if I don't post this soon, I shall already have failed at BEDA-in properly. I also have to take a shower still and get things ready for school in the morning. Bleeegghhhh.
Good night, DFTBA, and Happy BEDA-ing.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
BEDA Day 2: Youtube contests
Okay, don't get me wrong, I'm a Youtube addict as much as the next nerd, but one of the things I will never really get are all these youtube contests. I mean I don't really think the contests are a bad thing because you know, they promise give out money to people who really want to better their video making. But the thing is, all the youtubers who enter are always they same people. They're some of my favourite youtubers, but because they are youtubers of the 'popular' variety, they usually leave lesser known youtubers in the dust. Most of the people who enter have over 100,000 subscribers, and usually have decent cameras and editing software. They already have great quality videos. What about those who have under 100,000 subscribers? What about the ones who want to film videos from more than just their macbook webcam? Those are the ones who I think are the 'worthy' ones of these contests. They're not Youtube partners and they're the ones who would truly benefit from 35k worth of equipment. I'm not bashing the 'popular' youtubers who have entered the Youtube NextUp contest, because like I said, most of those who have entered are ones that I love and watch and subscribe to. All I am saying is that those over 100,000 subscribers, who have such a huge fanbase that would vote for them without even watching other people's entries, who have entered these competitions before AND some have even won, should step aside for a bit and let those with less than 100,000, hell, even less than 10,000 subscribers have their chance to shine and grow from their opportunity to enter this contest and win.
Okay, that's all that is on my mind today, so now I am going to finish my white wine and pasta, and watch Tangled again for the 1234235675889 time.
Good night, DFBTA, and happy BEDA-ing.
Okay, that's all that is on my mind today, so now I am going to finish my white wine and pasta, and watch Tangled again for the 1234235675889 time.
Good night, DFBTA, and happy BEDA-ing.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Oh, hey, it's April, which means, you know, BEDA.
Remember when I made a commitment to blog every day for a whole school year?
Remember when I said I was bad at commitments?
I'm sorry every thing pretty much went to shit, but I am back, not really better than ever, because frankly, I could be better, but I am, indeed, going to B(log) E(very) D(ay) A(pril). Yes, yes, another promise, but this is one I intend to keep. I, well, uh, promise.
So, the last time I posted on this thing was in October.... God, I really did fail at the whole 'blog-every-day-for-a-whole-school-year' thing. Seeing as it is now April, a LOT has happened in between.
Let's see, where did I leave off...? Oh, yes, I did, in fact, get a desk from IKEA, and now I actually have a proper room. Never in my life had I had my own full bed frame, bookcase, or desk. It's not really complicated to explain, I just can't be bothered to delve into that part of my life.
My desk is amazing and has a white board attached to the back of it.
My room is also in a messy state once again, but I promise it's not the mess that I talked about in my last post... promise.
I have finished the first semester of my first year of university, not successfully, but with much relief. I am now about 7 weeks from completing my first year of university. I say not successfully, because a lot of family issues started going on, and I spiraled down into that awful, depressing funk that I went into my junior year of high school and almost failed out of my first semester.
Long story short, Torie is a pain in every one's ass, my grandma finally had enough of her bullshit and kicked her out about a month ago. Along with her moving out, my great grandma and Magan's mom have moved in. Both of them combined are still better than having Torie in the house, but still, I have absolutely no quiet space, nothing to my self. I'm in a mad house. I love my aunt, we get along great. She's hilarious. My great grandma is here because she has come to the point in her life where it is unsafe for her to live alone. She lives in the mobile home right behind my house (I live out in the country and we have 10 acres of land), and one night my grandma went to go out and check on her because she wasn't picking up the phone, and I heard her outside yelling. She frantically told me to call 911, so I ran back to the house to do so. It was terrifying. We both thought that was the end. My great grandma had fallen and she was so out of it, she didn't remember who any one was for about a week while she was in the hospital. She now lives in one of the downstairs rooms, and it's....it's, well, stressful. I love her, but she's not a very nice lady. I'll just leave it at that.
Then a few weeks ago, my aunt, the same one who lives with me, had a stroke while driving. She's okay, thank God. It's amazing that she came out alive though; she didn't even break anything. She flipped the whole truck over.
So, those are my family woes. I am also still having a hard time connecting with people at school. It's 7 weeks until my first year is over, and I haven't really made any close friends. I mean, there's people I talk to, but it's just not the same, you know? I miss my old friends, but I never get to see them.
My laptop has now been non-working for about a month now, so I haven't been able to make videos for the collab channel I started with some lovely girls, and it sucks. Technology just seems to hate me as of late.
Okay, enough with the Debbie Downer portion of the blog, here comes the happy times!
I've been doing really well this semester. I like my classes so much more. They're a lot more fun and interesting, so I stay intrigued and active which keeps me from falling asleep. The only bad thing is that I have an 8 a.m. College Algebra class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and most of the days I kind of just want to die instead of wake up at 6 a.m. in order to get to school on time. This time around though, I'm really getting a grasp on it. Third time's a charm, eh?
I am taking a sociology class, which I absolutely love. It's so interesting, and my professor is funny and nice, and really likes to get us involved in discussions. It really is a great class. Right up my alley. I love studying about human interactions. We people are an interesting bunch.
I am also taking a 'Acting for Non-Majors' class, which to me, is quite pointless. I already took Intro to Theatre last semester, but for some reason, even if you are a theatre major, you have to take an 'acting for non-majors' class for credits towards your major. Why? Why is it for non-majors then?! Explain this to me!
It's a good class though, my professor is hilarious. He looks like an older version of David Tennant, with gray hair and access to the 9th Doctor's wardrobe. He's hilarious and nice, so I quite like the acting class. There is also an incredibly cute guy in the class, and it's takes my entire will-power not to stare at him all of class. Recently we have been working on scenes with a partner, and of course, with my luck, I got one of the most unmotivated partners ever. We're doing a funny scene from the Odd Couple, and she just doesn't bring it. She's kind of dull, and I just asdsgfdgjhjkhll I would like to have a decent partner for once.
My English Literature class is one of my favourite classes. It's two and a half hours and just pure English. It's pretty much the same as my AP English II class I had my senior year of high school, but I like it. It's an English class, I can't help but like it. The professor is really nice, and she really likes me because I'm pretty much the only one who speaks up and starts discussions in the class. We're both English nerds, so we have a bond. For our reading material we had to read High Fidelity (great book), now we're reading Bridget Jones' Diary(also great), and for our midterm that we took last Wednesday, we watched Stranger Than Fiction(one of my top favourite movies), then she gave us a test on it. Come on, how great is all of that?!
My favourite class though, is DEFINITELY my Theatre Makeup class. It's taught by Caroline, the same professor who taught my Theatre Costuming class( which I did AWESOME in btw. I sewed my own doll clothes for my final. Yeah, BAMF.), and wow, she is so talented. She's going to LA this summer to do makeup for Cirque Du Soliel. I am so happy I have taken this class and the costuming class, because I think I have finally found my calling in the theatre department. I definitely want to do makeup and costume design. I'm quite good, if you don't mind me saying. I was never great at drawing, but I am actually fairly decent at this. Once I get my laptop working, I will post pictures. I love it though, it makes me feel so at ease.
We are doing Romeo and Juliet as our Shakespeare play this year at my university, and even though it is one of my least favourite Shakespeare plays(tied with pretty much all the King 'whatever' plays, I just can't like any of them. Especially King Lear), I am actually very ecstatic for it. I got chosen to make the costumes along side Caroline, and a very good designer from L.A. who is coming to help us. I start working on stuff next week, I am VERY excited.
I have also finally got a job!!! *takes a moment to happy dance* It's not an incredibly fun job, all I do is filing and paper work, lots and lots of paper work, but hey, it's a job that pays me 11 dollars an hour, so I shall not complain. I started two weeks ago, and I only work Mondays and Fridays, and my first pay check was $115. Whaaaat. I am so beyond happy. I need this money so bad. I am so fortunate to get this job. So so fortunate, and so so so incredibly happy I could cry.
I officially have absolutely everything ready and booked for VidCon this summer. I can't wait! It's going to be so fun. I have a fabulous roommate and I can't wait to meet Renee IRL. We are going to have a blast. I was just going to drive because L.A. is only 5 hours from where I live, but my grandma doesn't feel comfortable with me driving on my own, so I'm going to spare the argument and just fly there. Next year though, road. trip. Or hopefully I'll be living down there, because that is where I want to move to after school.
I think that pretty much sums up all the important key things that have happened since October, so I shall bid you adieu, and you will definitely hear from me tomorrow.
DFTBA and happy BEDA-ing (if you're participating) :]
Remember when I said I was bad at commitments?
I'm sorry every thing pretty much went to shit, but I am back, not really better than ever, because frankly, I could be better, but I am, indeed, going to B(log) E(very) D(ay) A(pril). Yes, yes, another promise, but this is one I intend to keep. I, well, uh, promise.
So, the last time I posted on this thing was in October.... God, I really did fail at the whole 'blog-every-day-for-a-whole-school-year' thing. Seeing as it is now April, a LOT has happened in between.
Let's see, where did I leave off...? Oh, yes, I did, in fact, get a desk from IKEA, and now I actually have a proper room. Never in my life had I had my own full bed frame, bookcase, or desk. It's not really complicated to explain, I just can't be bothered to delve into that part of my life.
My desk is amazing and has a white board attached to the back of it.
My room is also in a messy state once again, but I promise it's not the mess that I talked about in my last post... promise.
I have finished the first semester of my first year of university, not successfully, but with much relief. I am now about 7 weeks from completing my first year of university. I say not successfully, because a lot of family issues started going on, and I spiraled down into that awful, depressing funk that I went into my junior year of high school and almost failed out of my first semester.
Long story short, Torie is a pain in every one's ass, my grandma finally had enough of her bullshit and kicked her out about a month ago. Along with her moving out, my great grandma and Magan's mom have moved in. Both of them combined are still better than having Torie in the house, but still, I have absolutely no quiet space, nothing to my self. I'm in a mad house. I love my aunt, we get along great. She's hilarious. My great grandma is here because she has come to the point in her life where it is unsafe for her to live alone. She lives in the mobile home right behind my house (I live out in the country and we have 10 acres of land), and one night my grandma went to go out and check on her because she wasn't picking up the phone, and I heard her outside yelling. She frantically told me to call 911, so I ran back to the house to do so. It was terrifying. We both thought that was the end. My great grandma had fallen and she was so out of it, she didn't remember who any one was for about a week while she was in the hospital. She now lives in one of the downstairs rooms, and it's....it's, well, stressful. I love her, but she's not a very nice lady. I'll just leave it at that.
Then a few weeks ago, my aunt, the same one who lives with me, had a stroke while driving. She's okay, thank God. It's amazing that she came out alive though; she didn't even break anything. She flipped the whole truck over.
So, those are my family woes. I am also still having a hard time connecting with people at school. It's 7 weeks until my first year is over, and I haven't really made any close friends. I mean, there's people I talk to, but it's just not the same, you know? I miss my old friends, but I never get to see them.
My laptop has now been non-working for about a month now, so I haven't been able to make videos for the collab channel I started with some lovely girls, and it sucks. Technology just seems to hate me as of late.
Okay, enough with the Debbie Downer portion of the blog, here comes the happy times!
I've been doing really well this semester. I like my classes so much more. They're a lot more fun and interesting, so I stay intrigued and active which keeps me from falling asleep. The only bad thing is that I have an 8 a.m. College Algebra class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and most of the days I kind of just want to die instead of wake up at 6 a.m. in order to get to school on time. This time around though, I'm really getting a grasp on it. Third time's a charm, eh?
I am taking a sociology class, which I absolutely love. It's so interesting, and my professor is funny and nice, and really likes to get us involved in discussions. It really is a great class. Right up my alley. I love studying about human interactions. We people are an interesting bunch.
I am also taking a 'Acting for Non-Majors' class, which to me, is quite pointless. I already took Intro to Theatre last semester, but for some reason, even if you are a theatre major, you have to take an 'acting for non-majors' class for credits towards your major. Why? Why is it for non-majors then?! Explain this to me!
It's a good class though, my professor is hilarious. He looks like an older version of David Tennant, with gray hair and access to the 9th Doctor's wardrobe. He's hilarious and nice, so I quite like the acting class. There is also an incredibly cute guy in the class, and it's takes my entire will-power not to stare at him all of class. Recently we have been working on scenes with a partner, and of course, with my luck, I got one of the most unmotivated partners ever. We're doing a funny scene from the Odd Couple, and she just doesn't bring it. She's kind of dull, and I just asdsgfdgjhjkhll I would like to have a decent partner for once.
My English Literature class is one of my favourite classes. It's two and a half hours and just pure English. It's pretty much the same as my AP English II class I had my senior year of high school, but I like it. It's an English class, I can't help but like it. The professor is really nice, and she really likes me because I'm pretty much the only one who speaks up and starts discussions in the class. We're both English nerds, so we have a bond. For our reading material we had to read High Fidelity (great book), now we're reading Bridget Jones' Diary(also great), and for our midterm that we took last Wednesday, we watched Stranger Than Fiction(one of my top favourite movies), then she gave us a test on it. Come on, how great is all of that?!
My favourite class though, is DEFINITELY my Theatre Makeup class. It's taught by Caroline, the same professor who taught my Theatre Costuming class( which I did AWESOME in btw. I sewed my own doll clothes for my final. Yeah, BAMF.), and wow, she is so talented. She's going to LA this summer to do makeup for Cirque Du Soliel. I am so happy I have taken this class and the costuming class, because I think I have finally found my calling in the theatre department. I definitely want to do makeup and costume design. I'm quite good, if you don't mind me saying. I was never great at drawing, but I am actually fairly decent at this. Once I get my laptop working, I will post pictures. I love it though, it makes me feel so at ease.
We are doing Romeo and Juliet as our Shakespeare play this year at my university, and even though it is one of my least favourite Shakespeare plays(tied with pretty much all the King 'whatever' plays, I just can't like any of them. Especially King Lear), I am actually very ecstatic for it. I got chosen to make the costumes along side Caroline, and a very good designer from L.A. who is coming to help us. I start working on stuff next week, I am VERY excited.
I have also finally got a job!!! *takes a moment to happy dance* It's not an incredibly fun job, all I do is filing and paper work, lots and lots of paper work, but hey, it's a job that pays me 11 dollars an hour, so I shall not complain. I started two weeks ago, and I only work Mondays and Fridays, and my first pay check was $115. Whaaaat. I am so beyond happy. I need this money so bad. I am so fortunate to get this job. So so fortunate, and so so so incredibly happy I could cry.
I officially have absolutely everything ready and booked for VidCon this summer. I can't wait! It's going to be so fun. I have a fabulous roommate and I can't wait to meet Renee IRL. We are going to have a blast. I was just going to drive because L.A. is only 5 hours from where I live, but my grandma doesn't feel comfortable with me driving on my own, so I'm going to spare the argument and just fly there. Next year though, road. trip. Or hopefully I'll be living down there, because that is where I want to move to after school.
I think that pretty much sums up all the important key things that have happened since October, so I shall bid you adieu, and you will definitely hear from me tomorrow.
DFTBA and happy BEDA-ing (if you're participating) :]
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