Reasons I currently hate the world
1. I have a huge test tomorrow, and I just cannot force myself to study for it.
2. None of my favorite bloggers/vloggers have posted anything lately.
3. I have been in an god-awful mood lately, and my friends have been unreasonably nice about it.
4. My parents are hard to hate, even though they have been really getting on my nerves lately.
5. Work isn't going well, and I might have to quit/be fired.
6. I have not been able to sleep for about a week.
7. I have been on antibiotics that make me a little delirious.
8. I have way to much to do.
9. Tech week is next week, and it is going to be miserable.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Since I last blogged
Since i Last Blogged, I have:
1. Became the proud user of a Macbook Pro
2. Read about 1.5 new books.
3. Read Looking for Alaska at least 3 times.
4. Been nominated for Homecoming Princess.
5. Not won Homecoming Princess.
6. Coordinated and organized my school's Spirit week, Homecoming, and Pep Rally
7. Started work on two shows.
8. Saved many a friend from having a mental break down
9. Had a mental break down during an important test.
10. Sung too many songs.
11. Attempted to learn how to sing well.
12. Talked about starting a band.
13. Spent way to much time on the intrnet
14. Stayed up too late, too often.
15. Not failed out of school.
16. Given blood and didn't pass out.
17. Gone trick-or-treating in a costume I wore when I was four.
18. Procrastinated and number of major assignments.
19. Read to many people's blogs.
20. Thought about blogging at least 35 times.
1. Became the proud user of a Macbook Pro
2. Read about 1.5 new books.
3. Read Looking for Alaska at least 3 times.
4. Been nominated for Homecoming Princess.
5. Not won Homecoming Princess.
6. Coordinated and organized my school's Spirit week, Homecoming, and Pep Rally
7. Started work on two shows.
8. Saved many a friend from having a mental break down
9. Had a mental break down during an important test.
10. Sung too many songs.
11. Attempted to learn how to sing well.
12. Talked about starting a band.
13. Spent way to much time on the intrnet
14. Stayed up too late, too often.
15. Not failed out of school.
16. Given blood and didn't pass out.
17. Gone trick-or-treating in a costume I wore when I was four.
18. Procrastinated and number of major assignments.
19. Read to many people's blogs.
20. Thought about blogging at least 35 times.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
I am turning into a Computer
Today, I was trying to leave a comment on a blog and i couldn't read the captcha code. It was kind of terrifying; I kind of feel sorry for the computers they are made to out wit.
In other news, I have had the laziest day ever today. I slept until 9, read in bed until noon, got on the computer until 2 and then ate.
Since then I have read the newspaper and a magazine and eaten some more.
It feels like it is summer again.
In other news, I have had the laziest day ever today. I slept until 9, read in bed until noon, got on the computer until 2 and then ate.
Since then I have read the newspaper and a magazine and eaten some more.
It feels like it is summer again.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
I need a hug.
I just wrote an whole big long blog entry, but as I read it over, I was overcome with my lameness.
So sorry.
So sorry.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
School
School starts in 5 days, and I am not excited.
In the past I have always been happy to go back, I get to see my friends again, I get to get new books, and I get to learn new things. And while this year I still am excited for these things, I feel that the good things are greatly overshadowed by the bad:
1. Unlike the past 15 summers of my life, I have kept in really close contact with all but about 3 of my friends. I have been living in my own little bubble of friends and books and and theater the internet. Going back to school means I have to pop it. No matter how cool I seem when I am with my friends, there is always someone out there cooler than you. And I have to go back to school and be faced with the fact that I am still just a nerdy girl who likes math a little too much.
2. I am taking AP Calculus, AP English, Physics and AP US History this year. And even though I am psyched for all of it, it is going to be a whole lot of work. For those unfamiliar with the horror of AP courses, here is a handy wikipedia article
3. Most of my classes are in the unairconditioned old building of our school. So the first three months are going to similar to sitting in an oven with 32 other people.
4. I am the SGA Vice President, the Assistant Stage Manager of Stage Crew, and the Team captain for our Envirothon team. That is a whole lot of responisility than I am not really that excited about.
TTFN
Hopefully I will post again soon.
Sophie
In the past I have always been happy to go back, I get to see my friends again, I get to get new books, and I get to learn new things. And while this year I still am excited for these things, I feel that the good things are greatly overshadowed by the bad:
1. Unlike the past 15 summers of my life, I have kept in really close contact with all but about 3 of my friends. I have been living in my own little bubble of friends and books and and theater the internet. Going back to school means I have to pop it. No matter how cool I seem when I am with my friends, there is always someone out there cooler than you. And I have to go back to school and be faced with the fact that I am still just a nerdy girl who likes math a little too much.
2. I am taking AP Calculus, AP English, Physics and AP US History this year. And even though I am psyched for all of it, it is going to be a whole lot of work. For those unfamiliar with the horror of AP courses, here is a handy wikipedia article
3. Most of my classes are in the unairconditioned old building of our school. So the first three months are going to similar to sitting in an oven with 32 other people.
4. I am the SGA Vice President, the Assistant Stage Manager of Stage Crew, and the Team captain for our Envirothon team. That is a whole lot of responisility than I am not really that excited about.
TTFN
Hopefully I will post again soon.
Sophie
Friday, August 7, 2009
techweekdayfive
i am so tired.
and stressed.
but the show opens tomorrow
and i am famous
and stressed.
but the show opens tomorrow
and i am famous
The group has been practicing for weeks, and its young leaders, including stage manager Sophie Adams, 16, a rising junior at Catonsville High, said they are happy to see the production taking shape and excited for this weekend's performances.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
tech week day 3
I am curenntly doing three things:
-Printing 60 copies of a reserved seat sign for the show.
-Listening to this, which may be the best vlogbrothers video ever.
-Burning my fingers as I try to eat a baked apple that I just made in my toaster oven.
Life is pretty good.
-Printing 60 copies of a reserved seat sign for the show.
-Listening to this, which may be the best vlogbrothers video ever.
-Burning my fingers as I try to eat a baked apple that I just made in my toaster oven.
Life is pretty good.
hell week: day two
HORTON
On the fifteenth of May
In the jungle of Nool
In the heat of the day,
In the cool of the pool,
He was splashing
JUNGLE CITIZENS
Splash!
HORTON
Enjoying the jungle's great joys
When Horton the elephant
BOY
Horton the Elephant
BIRD GIRLS, ALL
Horton the elephant
HORTON
Heard a small noise.
Rehearsal last night went well (ish).
The costumes and make up look spectacular. It was the first we had done full costume/full makeup, and all our hard work has really payed off.
The local newspaper came and took pictures for what seems like it will be a very large article about our very small theater company. The photographer needed a contact so he could have some one identify people in photos/answer last minute questions.
For some reason (my frazzled teenager-ness, perhaps) he did not trust me very much. This morning, after I responded to his 20937 emails about cast lists and show dates and characters, he sent me this:
"i knew i could count on you ...
so i put all my eggs in one basket, you.
was getting worried if i didn't get a reply from you,
i would have to look into old files for other contact names."
It was very interesting.
Here are some pictures:
me, aguring with the cast on how to put on blush
The whos.
the bird girls, the cat in the hat (sans hat), and gertrude Well, I need to shower and get ready for tonight's rehearsal.
sophie
Sunday, August 2, 2009
seuss?
Today (well, officially yesterday) was the last day before hell week.
I already miss the peace of it.
Starting tomorrow, I will be spending way too much time thinking about Seussical the Musical .
When your thinks have run dry,
In the blink of an eye
There's another think there!
If you open your mind,
Oh, the thinks you will find
Lining up to get loose!
Oh, the thinks you can think...
When you think about Seuss!
There is a certain magic to tech week. I mean--it must be magic, to pull together a show in a week. It starts out horrible--no one knows their lines, everyone forgets their blocking, the choreography goes down the drain--but ends up being rather good. For some reason it always does.
But now, I have probably jinxed it.
Gertrude (Dramatically):
I sailed on a junk
And was practically sunk
For you.
I trampled thorough the trees
Full of furious bees
For you.
I slogged through a fog
And a choking smog
Down a soggy slope
Through a stinking bog
While my slip was gripped
By a vicious dog
For you.
wish me luck.
i mean, broken legs
Sophie
I already miss the peace of it.
Starting tomorrow, I will be spending way too much time thinking about Seussical the Musical .
When your thinks have run dry,
In the blink of an eye
There's another think there!
If you open your mind,
Oh, the thinks you will find
Lining up to get loose!
Oh, the thinks you can think...
When you think about Seuss!
There is a certain magic to tech week. I mean--it must be magic, to pull together a show in a week. It starts out horrible--no one knows their lines, everyone forgets their blocking, the choreography goes down the drain--but ends up being rather good. For some reason it always does.
But now, I have probably jinxed it.
I sailed on a junk
And was practically sunk
For you.
I trampled thorough the trees
Full of furious bees
For you.
I slogged through a fog
And a choking smog
Down a soggy slope
Through a stinking bog
While my slip was gripped
By a vicious dog
For you.
wish me luck.
i mean, broken legs
Sophie
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
I feel obliged...
I feel the need to write a blog about Harry Potter.
It was good.
It didn't quite live up to my expectations, but it was good.
My expectations were pretty high...
I got home last night at midnight, and the first thing I did today (other than read 3/4 of a book) was to go see the movie.
I went with Katherine and Colin and my mother and my brother.
And it was good.
I love how they included so many of the little details, and tried to keep the "spirit" of the book. And I felt that the plot was nicely abridged. I didn't even mind that they cut out some of the things they did.
And I liked Emma Watson a lot, along with Rupert Grint, and Evanna Lynch, and most of the cast.
And I liked the clothes Ron wore.
And I liked how they did the memories.
And I liked Tom Felton, Draco was absolutely perfect.
And I liked Luna's christmas party dress.
I didn't like the scene in the field.
Or the whole burrow-burning-down thing.
Or the lack of funeral.
Or the lack of Hagrid.
Or the actor who played Slughorn. (I think he was my least favorite part)
All in all, it was enjoyable.
Not my favorite, but still enjoyable.
I think I want to go and see it in theaters again.
And now my father is making The Golden Compass jokes.
I lead a weird life.
Ttfn.
Sophie
It was good.
It didn't quite live up to my expectations, but it was good.
My expectations were pretty high...
I got home last night at midnight, and the first thing I did today (other than read 3/4 of a book) was to go see the movie.
I went with Katherine and Colin and my mother and my brother.
And it was good.
I love how they included so many of the little details, and tried to keep the "spirit" of the book. And I felt that the plot was nicely abridged. I didn't even mind that they cut out some of the things they did.
And I liked Emma Watson a lot, along with Rupert Grint, and Evanna Lynch, and most of the cast.
And I liked the clothes Ron wore.
And I liked how they did the memories.
And I liked Tom Felton, Draco was absolutely perfect.
And I liked Luna's christmas party dress.
I didn't like the scene in the field.
Or the whole burrow-burning-down thing.
Or the lack of funeral.
Or the lack of Hagrid.
Or the actor who played Slughorn. (I think he was my least favorite part)
All in all, it was enjoyable.
Not my favorite, but still enjoyable.
I think I want to go and see it in theaters again.
And now my father is making The Golden Compass jokes.
I lead a weird life.
Ttfn.
Sophie
Monday, July 6, 2009
pandoralove
I am listening to pandora right now, and a song called "Worms" (by Beth Orton) just came on, and i personally think it is absouletly genious:
Worms don’t dance they haven’t got the balls
no matter how do you do
it’s just you do that’s all
you got what it takes to knock at my door
you wanna get all excited
never been here before
and now i’m your apple eating heathen
the original sin
well you ain’t got my faith
so best keep your belief
i had waited forever to love someone
i swear i heard you thank your god this time
for having me come along
chickens don’t fly but they have got the wings
no matter how hard they try
they bump into things
they’re all running around
like they’re heads on the ground
they got a wish bone where their backbone should’ve grown
and now i’m your apple eating heathen
any old rib stealing eve
well you don’t have my faith
so best keep your belief
i had waited forever to love someone
i swear i heard you thank your god that time
for having me come along
intimacy reduced to cruelty
had you believe like this was meant to be
and i look for the magic
but you got away with it
that’s all
Worms don’t dance they haven’t got the balls
no matter how do you do
it’s just you do that’s all
you got what it takes to knock at my door
you wanna get all excited
never been here before
and now i’m your apple eating heathen
the original sin
well you ain’t got my faith
so best keep your belief
i had waited forever to love someone
i swear i heard you thank your god this time
for having me come along
chickens don’t fly but they have got the wings
no matter how hard they try
they bump into things
they’re all running around
like they’re heads on the ground
they got a wish bone where their backbone should’ve grown
and now i’m your apple eating heathen
any old rib stealing eve
well you don’t have my faith
so best keep your belief
i had waited forever to love someone
i swear i heard you thank your god that time
for having me come along
intimacy reduced to cruelty
had you believe like this was meant to be
and i look for the magic
but you got away with it
that’s all
frenzy
Well, its been awhile since I have graced this website with a visit.
I have decided to blame my lack of blogging on the fact that I have been writing daily letters to my friend Laura, who is at camp for the 6 weeks. I have basically been writing what I would write here, and since I have written it once, I don't feel the need to write it again.
Either that, or just keep forgetting.
Well, I haven't really been doing much. Yesterday was 4th of July, and to celebrate I went to the parade and the fireworks with all of my Friends, went to two parties, and spent way too much time with Katherine.
The quite enjoyable, except the fact that Katherine woke me up WAY to early by playing me a patriotic medley on my ukulele.
Very loudly.
Very poorly.
My town gets REALLY into the 4th of July.
If you mention "Fourth of July" in an conversation at ANY time of the year to almost anyone, you will be talking about how great it is for the next (to put it as Katherine would) eleventy hundred hours; when the holiday actually comes around, the world turns upside down. About two weeks before the parade, people start putting chairs and blankets along the parade route, so they can guarantee themselves spots.
The fireworks may be the largest event in the town, ever.
It's intense.
I didn't have a camera (it broke two weeks ago, and wasn't replaced until this afternoon), I don't have any pictures, but I may put some up at some point, if any good ones are uploaded to facebook.
Much love,
SOPHIE
I have decided to blame my lack of blogging on the fact that I have been writing daily letters to my friend Laura, who is at camp for the 6 weeks. I have basically been writing what I would write here, and since I have written it once, I don't feel the need to write it again.
Either that, or just keep forgetting.
Well, I haven't really been doing much. Yesterday was 4th of July, and to celebrate I went to the parade and the fireworks with all of my Friends, went to two parties, and spent way too much time with Katherine.
The quite enjoyable, except the fact that Katherine woke me up WAY to early by playing me a patriotic medley on my ukulele.
Very loudly.
Very poorly.
My town gets REALLY into the 4th of July.
If you mention "Fourth of July" in an conversation at ANY time of the year to almost anyone, you will be talking about how great it is for the next (to put it as Katherine would) eleventy hundred hours; when the holiday actually comes around, the world turns upside down. About two weeks before the parade, people start putting chairs and blankets along the parade route, so they can guarantee themselves spots.
The fireworks may be the largest event in the town, ever.
It's intense.
I didn't have a camera (it broke two weeks ago, and wasn't replaced until this afternoon), I don't have any pictures, but I may put some up at some point, if any good ones are uploaded to facebook.
Much love,
SOPHIE
Saturday, June 27, 2009
So today...
It may be the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
50th POST
So, this weekend, Katherine and I went to Philadelphia with my father to see Harry and the Potters, The Remus Lupins, and The Whomping Willows.
And it was pretty great.
It involved me and Katherine dancing--which ended poorly--and my father sitting in the back of the room awkwardly bobbing his head.
I can't really explain the trip that well, so I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES:
Harry and the Potters and a giant Squid. 
POTTERCAST! We played trivia games. Well, I didn't participate, but U sat there and wished my mother was with us. She is a secret Harry Potter nerd, and she would have known all of the answers. We missed her lots. 
Hi dad! Thanks for spending Father's Day in the car taking me and Katherine to concerts that you don't really understand. 
We made a blanket fort in the car.
IT WAS ALL SORTS OF FUN!
The next day we went and toured UPenn, which I have decided is where I want to go to school.
It was in the middle of a city, but you couldn't tell, because the campus was so big and pretty and green. The archintecture was really pretty, and everyone looked really nice. And even though it was in the middle of a city, it felt pretty safe.
And we ate food from those little cart thingys and IT WAS SO GOOD!
Basically, I am deciding on what college to go to based on the food.
LALALALALALALA
In other news, last night i listened to the Tail end of the Harry Potter Alliance Live show, and it was really great.
They are just great people, and I would like to become involved in the organization. I would really like to start a HPA in my school, but I fear that not many people would join.
I CAN ALWAYS HOPE!
Oh, and I need book recommendation. I am out of things to read. Any one have suggestions?
Sophie
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
CHANGE THAT TIME ZONE
Hello Iranian censors,
I don't live in Tehran, but have changed my timezone to support all of the internet users that are protesting the recent election.
See this post on Scott Westerfeld's blog
Sorry for the confusion,
Sophie
I don't live in Tehran, but have changed my timezone to support all of the internet users that are protesting the recent election.
See this post on Scott Westerfeld's blog
Sorry for the confusion,
Sophie
Once upon a time...
There was a girl named Sophie who actually blogged.
Damn BEDA, setting my standards so high.
BUT
I do have a lot to talk about.
HIT IT!
So it has been fourish or fiveish days since I last blogged. (I know it was last Thursday, but I don't really know what day of the week it is, and I am too lazy to figure it out. Ahhhh. Summer) But they have been quite an eventful fourish/fiveish days.
Let's do this chronologically:
FRIDAY!
So, Colin and Katherine were supposed to come over, and we were going to walk around town and have fun, BUT Colin decided to go to work with his mother. We couldn't be that mad at him though becasue he got TO MEET BJORK!
Creepy picture that he took, and I stole off his facebook.
Katherine decided that she would come over anyway, and we walked downtown and went into two music shops searching for the best ukulele (which I can now spell, thank you very much) for the smallest amount of money. It come down to a bright green one that sounded like crap and a less cool-looking wood one that sounded okay. I got the okay sounding one.
It looks a lot like this, but cheaper.
After the Ukulele buying fest, Katherine and I walked to the local antique store, and spent too much time looking at old clothing, old cameras and other old ugly stuff. We tried to buy a garden gnome for my mother (I promised her one for her birthday), but it was $84370349187230491 (or something like that). After weeping a few, gnome-less tears, we went home, and I think I took a nap.
"SIDE NOTE: Cute child singing one of my favorite songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngtKCBrAJ6U&feature=quicklist&playnext=5&playnext_from=QL
SATURDAY:
I an not sure if I actually did anything during the day on Saturday...
But that night, I babysat the three coolest little kids ever. They were the nicest, smartest, most polite children that I ever have met.
And they were kind of like robots. Kira, the three-year old, and I had the following conversation when it was time for bed:
Me: "Hey Kira, are you ready to go to bed."
Kira: "Yes"
Me: "Well, go brush your teeth and use the bathroom"
Kira: Brushes teeth, goes to the bathroom, climbs into bed, and goes to sleep.
It was unusual. Most of the kids I babysit are quite rebellious.
SUNDAY!
Sunday morning I woke up at 8:00 and hopped (well, dragged my feet) into the car to participate in something called "Tour dem Parks, Hon!" (notice the baltimorese) Basically, I rode 25 miles on my bike though as many parks in Baltimore as the course-creators (I make up words. deal.) could cram into 25 miles. It was surprisingly fun, being exercise.
And I got a cool teeshirt and chipotle veggie burrito, which basically made it the best day ever.
This is the Graphic that is on the teeshirt. It rocks.
After we got home from the ride, I took a three hour nap, and my parents went to my neighbor's graduation party and somehow lined me up a job.
That night, my mother and I went to see Spring Awakening. It was one of the best shows that I have ever seen. It wasn't the BEST SHOW EVER!, but I really, really liked it.
(out comes Sophie the rambling techie)
The only problem I had was the lighting design, it was kind of gross . They tried to make it all rock concert-y, but I thought it took something away from the music.
BUT IT WAS SOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD!
EEEEEEP!
MONDAY!
This was the busiest day I have had in a very long time.
I woke up to a whole bunch of text messages from three million people, and then proceeded to make way too many plans.
But it all worked out.
First, I went to the mall with Katherine, Colin, and Laura. We hung out at starbucks, ate frenchfries for lunch, and danced obnoxiously to the music coming out of the "cool" stores (i.e. abercrombie). We dragged Colin into a few to many stores with pink clothes, we sunned ourself on these ridiculous rocks outside of the mall,and I bought a super-cool necklace:
Ain't it purrrdyyyy?
After the mall adventure, Katherine and I went to our friend Meghan's house for an evriothon meeting. We didn't actually get much done, but we were pretty okay with it. It was only half of our team (me, Meghan, Katherine, Caitlin, and Clay), and instead of actual work, Katherine took a nap and Clay, Caitlin and I played Wii.
It turns out that I am not very talented at mariokart.
At all.
From the meeting, I went to rehearsal. It was the first real rehearsal we have had for our summer show, and the first, and last time (until tech week), the entire cast was together. It was a dance rehearsal, so I didn't have to do much--I don't really have to write down choreography. I tried to keep up, but most of my notes say thing like, "Weird little step tap thingy," "JAZZ HANDS," and "Lean to left, right, left, right." Its not really helpful to anyone.
This is the song we choreographed. Our dance is better. Our cast is better.
We are better.
After rehearsal, my friends Beth and Roxy and I went on an adventure to find snowballs and ice cream. This involved driving around way too much, and buying snowballs from a kinda sketchy shack on the side of the road.
It brought back memories of last summer. I liked it.
I got home and fell asleep
TUESDAY:
I had a dentist appointment and slept in way to late, and I almost missed it, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET READY IN RECORD TIME!
My teeth are in excellent conditions, but I am going to have to get my wisdom teeth out soon. (EEEP! not excited for that one)
After my dentist appointment, I was supposed to clean my room and be productive, but I wasn't. I lazed about, and then went driving.
I am not a very good driver, and driving was very stressful, and my mother and I got very frustrated with each other.
As I was driving (well, I think my mother was driving by this point), I got a call from my friend Nick, and we made plans to go to Ellicott City. We gathered our friends, and we drove off (well, were driven) into the wild blue yonder.
But, apparently everything in Ellicott closes at five, which sucks because we got there at 5:30. We walked around for a while and then we decided to eat dinner. We went to about 6 restaurants until we found one that we could all agree on, was open, and wasn't super expensive.
After dinner we decided to come back to my house, and we crammed eight people into a car made to barely fit six. It was uncomfortable and entirely illegal, but it was all okay and no one died.
We then hung out at my house, playing fooseball, music, and apples to apples. It was really a lovely evening, and most of the people that came were people that I don't really see often. YEY!
DONE!
Now I am sitting in bed, and I really want this to be done. I think I am going to spell check this, post it, and then go read a book on English people that my mom checked out from the library for me.
Much love.
Sophie
In other news, FACEBOOK IS ANNOYING ME RIGHT NOW! GAH!
Damn BEDA, setting my standards so high.
BUT
I do have a lot to talk about.
HIT IT!
So it has been fourish or fiveish days since I last blogged. (I know it was last Thursday, but I don't really know what day of the week it is, and I am too lazy to figure it out. Ahhhh. Summer) But they have been quite an eventful fourish/fiveish days.
Let's do this chronologically:
FRIDAY!
So, Colin and Katherine were supposed to come over, and we were going to walk around town and have fun, BUT Colin decided to go to work with his mother. We couldn't be that mad at him though becasue he got TO MEET BJORK!
Creepy picture that he took, and I stole off his facebook. Katherine decided that she would come over anyway, and we walked downtown and went into two music shops searching for the best ukulele (which I can now spell, thank you very much) for the smallest amount of money. It come down to a bright green one that sounded like crap and a less cool-looking wood one that sounded okay. I got the okay sounding one.
It looks a lot like this, but cheaper.
After the Ukulele buying fest, Katherine and I walked to the local antique store, and spent too much time looking at old clothing, old cameras and other old ugly stuff. We tried to buy a garden gnome for my mother (I promised her one for her birthday), but it was $84370349187230491 (or something like that). After weeping a few, gnome-less tears, we went home, and I think I took a nap.
"SIDE NOTE: Cute child singing one of my favorite songs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngtKCBrAJ6U&feature=quicklist&playnext=5&playnext_from=QL
SATURDAY:
I an not sure if I actually did anything during the day on Saturday...
But that night, I babysat the three coolest little kids ever. They were the nicest, smartest, most polite children that I ever have met.
And they were kind of like robots. Kira, the three-year old, and I had the following conversation when it was time for bed:
Me: "Hey Kira, are you ready to go to bed."
Kira: "Yes"
Me: "Well, go brush your teeth and use the bathroom"
Kira: Brushes teeth, goes to the bathroom, climbs into bed, and goes to sleep.
It was unusual. Most of the kids I babysit are quite rebellious.
SUNDAY!
Sunday morning I woke up at 8:00 and hopped (well, dragged my feet) into the car to participate in something called "Tour dem Parks, Hon!" (notice the baltimorese) Basically, I rode 25 miles on my bike though as many parks in Baltimore as the course-creators (I make up words. deal.) could cram into 25 miles. It was surprisingly fun, being exercise.
And I got a cool teeshirt and chipotle veggie burrito, which basically made it the best day ever.
This is the Graphic that is on the teeshirt. It rocks.
After we got home from the ride, I took a three hour nap, and my parents went to my neighbor's graduation party and somehow lined me up a job.
That night, my mother and I went to see Spring Awakening. It was one of the best shows that I have ever seen. It wasn't the BEST SHOW EVER!, but I really, really liked it.
(out comes Sophie the rambling techie)
The only problem I had was the lighting design, it was kind of gross . They tried to make it all rock concert-y, but I thought it took something away from the music.
BUT IT WAS SOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD!
EEEEEEP!
MONDAY!
This was the busiest day I have had in a very long time.
I woke up to a whole bunch of text messages from three million people, and then proceeded to make way too many plans.
But it all worked out.
First, I went to the mall with Katherine, Colin, and Laura. We hung out at starbucks, ate frenchfries for lunch, and danced obnoxiously to the music coming out of the "cool" stores (i.e. abercrombie). We dragged Colin into a few to many stores with pink clothes, we sunned ourself on these ridiculous rocks outside of the mall,and I bought a super-cool necklace:
Ain't it purrrdyyyy?
After the mall adventure, Katherine and I went to our friend Meghan's house for an evriothon meeting. We didn't actually get much done, but we were pretty okay with it. It was only half of our team (me, Meghan, Katherine, Caitlin, and Clay), and instead of actual work, Katherine took a nap and Clay, Caitlin and I played Wii.
It turns out that I am not very talented at mariokart.
At all.
From the meeting, I went to rehearsal. It was the first real rehearsal we have had for our summer show, and the first, and last time (until tech week), the entire cast was together. It was a dance rehearsal, so I didn't have to do much--I don't really have to write down choreography. I tried to keep up, but most of my notes say thing like, "Weird little step tap thingy," "JAZZ HANDS," and "Lean to left, right, left, right." Its not really helpful to anyone.
This is the song we choreographed. Our dance is better. Our cast is better.
We are better.
After rehearsal, my friends Beth and Roxy and I went on an adventure to find snowballs and ice cream. This involved driving around way too much, and buying snowballs from a kinda sketchy shack on the side of the road.
It brought back memories of last summer. I liked it.
I got home and fell asleep
TUESDAY:
I had a dentist appointment and slept in way to late, and I almost missed it, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET READY IN RECORD TIME!
My teeth are in excellent conditions, but I am going to have to get my wisdom teeth out soon. (EEEP! not excited for that one)
After my dentist appointment, I was supposed to clean my room and be productive, but I wasn't. I lazed about, and then went driving.
I am not a very good driver, and driving was very stressful, and my mother and I got very frustrated with each other.
As I was driving (well, I think my mother was driving by this point), I got a call from my friend Nick, and we made plans to go to Ellicott City. We gathered our friends, and we drove off (well, were driven) into the wild blue yonder.
But, apparently everything in Ellicott closes at five, which sucks because we got there at 5:30. We walked around for a while and then we decided to eat dinner. We went to about 6 restaurants until we found one that we could all agree on, was open, and wasn't super expensive.
After dinner we decided to come back to my house, and we crammed eight people into a car made to barely fit six. It was uncomfortable and entirely illegal, but it was all okay and no one died.
We then hung out at my house, playing fooseball, music, and apples to apples. It was really a lovely evening, and most of the people that came were people that I don't really see often. YEY!
DONE!
Now I am sitting in bed, and I really want this to be done. I think I am going to spell check this, post it, and then go read a book on English people that my mom checked out from the library for me.
Much love.
Sophie
In other news, FACEBOOK IS ANNOYING ME RIGHT NOW! GAH!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Sleepless Scandal
When I am tried, I become this sort of puch-drunk/silly/stupid person that is increadibly amusing to some and annoying to others.
I lean to the latter.
See the following excerpt from a IM conversation I am currently having.
Laura (1:00 AM): So you know that what I'm saying is legit
Laura(1:01 AM): imate
Sophie(1:03 AM): Is that like an ipod for sex?
I should get more sleep.
Sophie
I lean to the latter.
See the following excerpt from a IM conversation I am currently having.
Laura (1:00 AM): So you know that what I'm saying is legit
Laura(1:01 AM): imate
Sophie(1:03 AM): Is that like an ipod for sex?
I should get more sleep.
Sophie
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
SHEEP
Well, I am quite busy cramming my head full of way to much information about triangles, cosines, tangents, and heron's fromula; I don't really have time for a whole entry.
SO TO TIDE YOU OVER
SHEEP!
SO TO TIDE YOU OVER
SHEEP!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
nerds
Well, hello there.
What is this place, the internet?
I have Lost Contact With the World.
I call it finalitus.
School ends next Tuesday, but it hasn't really hit me yet. My teachers seem to think that best idea is to teach right up until the DAY BEFORE FINALS. My math teacher is actually giving us a quiz on one of the final days, on what we are learned today, and what we are learning tomorrow and Friday. I would be mad, but he is the MOST AMAZING PERSON EVER TO LIVE! I don't know if I have talked about this here, but my pre-calculus teacher is the best teacher I have ever had, and I love him. His class has changed my life. I have learned so much about math and the way my mind works, and have grown so much as a student.
He also has the funniest accent ever, and says some very odd things because of it. Instead of saying "figure," he says "frigger."
Really. I love it.
And isn't he just the cutest little thing ever?
Since I am talking about teachers, I might as well go on a rant about my chemistry teacher. (NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT LIKE ANGST-FILLED RANTS, CLICK AWAY NOW!)
GAH! My chemistry class this year, has been an utter dissapointment. I like chemistry, I like labs, I like learning theories and using formulas, but I DO NOT LIKE TEACHERS WHO CAN NOT TEACH!
My teacher is only 25, and she has been teaching for only two years; maybe she will get better, BUT REALLY! Her idea of teaching chemistry has been giving us formulas and telling us to use them on pointless worksheets. We ask her what the formulas mean and what they are used for in real lab situations, AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW!
The following conversation took place on the second day of class:
Teacher: So these are significant figures, please complete these worksheets.
Student: Why do we follow these rules,when it goes against the math we have learned already?
Teacher: We just do. Please finish your work
Student: But they don't make any sense, where did they come from?
Teacher: I don't know. But those chemists, they were all on drugs. Nothing makes sense. Most of them spent their time drinking chemicals and making up nonsense formulas. *
I then proceeded to look significant figures up on the internet, and they have a perfectly logical, simple explanation.
...
I have been going all semester, dealing with her poor teaching skills, laughing at her want to befriend the "popular kids," but giving her the benefit of the doubt.
BUT THE OTHER DAY, SHE REACHED HER LIMIT!
So she recommended me and five or six other girls from my class for a physics camp at one of the local colleges this summer. We were all pretty excited about it. (Sadly, I can't actually do it, but that is NOT important to this story.)
The next day, one of the girls in my class asked why she hadn't been recommended, her grades are as high as ours, she takes the same classes, she is just as intelligent.
My teacher responds, "Well, I just don't see you as the nerdy type. I didn't think you would really enjoy sitting in a class room for two weeks, learning."
WELL THEN!
MAKE ASSUMPTIONS!
GENERALIZE OUR PERSONALITIES!
It just kind of threw me over the edge.
ONLY 4 MORE DAYS OF SOPHOMORE YEAR
SOPHIE
*Neither the teacher nor the student actually talks like this, but it's a summation of the basic ideas covered in the conversation.
What is this place, the internet?
I have Lost Contact With the World.
I call it finalitus.
School ends next Tuesday, but it hasn't really hit me yet. My teachers seem to think that best idea is to teach right up until the DAY BEFORE FINALS. My math teacher is actually giving us a quiz on one of the final days, on what we are learned today, and what we are learning tomorrow and Friday. I would be mad, but he is the MOST AMAZING PERSON EVER TO LIVE! I don't know if I have talked about this here, but my pre-calculus teacher is the best teacher I have ever had, and I love him. His class has changed my life. I have learned so much about math and the way my mind works, and have grown so much as a student.
He also has the funniest accent ever, and says some very odd things because of it. Instead of saying "figure," he says "frigger."
Really. I love it.
And isn't he just the cutest little thing ever?
Since I am talking about teachers, I might as well go on a rant about my chemistry teacher. (NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT LIKE ANGST-FILLED RANTS, CLICK AWAY NOW!)
GAH! My chemistry class this year, has been an utter dissapointment. I like chemistry, I like labs, I like learning theories and using formulas, but I DO NOT LIKE TEACHERS WHO CAN NOT TEACH!
My teacher is only 25, and she has been teaching for only two years; maybe she will get better, BUT REALLY! Her idea of teaching chemistry has been giving us formulas and telling us to use them on pointless worksheets. We ask her what the formulas mean and what they are used for in real lab situations, AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW!
The following conversation took place on the second day of class:
Teacher: So these are significant figures, please complete these worksheets.
Student: Why do we follow these rules,when it goes against the math we have learned already?
Teacher: We just do. Please finish your work
Student: But they don't make any sense, where did they come from?
Teacher: I don't know. But those chemists, they were all on drugs. Nothing makes sense. Most of them spent their time drinking chemicals and making up nonsense formulas. *
I then proceeded to look significant figures up on the internet, and they have a perfectly logical, simple explanation.
...
I have been going all semester, dealing with her poor teaching skills, laughing at her want to befriend the "popular kids," but giving her the benefit of the doubt.
BUT THE OTHER DAY, SHE REACHED HER LIMIT!
So she recommended me and five or six other girls from my class for a physics camp at one of the local colleges this summer. We were all pretty excited about it. (Sadly, I can't actually do it, but that is NOT important to this story.)
The next day, one of the girls in my class asked why she hadn't been recommended, her grades are as high as ours, she takes the same classes, she is just as intelligent.
My teacher responds, "Well, I just don't see you as the nerdy type. I didn't think you would really enjoy sitting in a class room for two weeks, learning."
WELL THEN!
MAKE ASSUMPTIONS!
GENERALIZE OUR PERSONALITIES!
It just kind of threw me over the edge.
ONLY 4 MORE DAYS OF SOPHOMORE YEAR
SOPHIE
*Neither the teacher nor the student actually talks like this, but it's a summation of the basic ideas covered in the conversation.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
super fun?
I get into linguistic ruts sometimes and say the same phrase over and over again.
Hence the use of the phrase "super fun" in the last entry about 297349873420985734 times.
Hence the use of the phrase "super fun" in the last entry about 297349873420985734 times.
HELLOTHERE?
It has only been four days since I last wrote an blog entry
BUT IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER!
And it has been quite a busy forever:
I shall give you a quick summation of the last four days:
SATURDAY
I woke up way to early, because my dad needed me to work in the yard. (By early of course, I mean 10am; I am not a morning person.) I managed to get in a fight with him about my inability to keep track of time, and that just kind of put a damper on my day. But I did the work, and our yard looks really good, which is an odd occurrence. He also offered to pay me $50 a month to keep the garden weeded. I am excited to have money.
After I showered and such, I went to my friend Caitlin's dance recital. I had never been to a real dance recital, AND IT WAS SO COOL! She was in three dances (a jazz number, a tap number, and a ballet number), and they were all super good. It made me a little sad though, because I never took dance and I wish I had. (Well, I took it for a year, but my career ended when, at the recital, I spent more time looking at the disco ball than I did dancing)
After the dance recital, I went home and got ready for senior prom. I didn't go with a date, I went to help out with the photographs, but I still got to dance and talk to people and it was super fun. My hair caused many problems, and was icky, BUT IT WAS ALL OKAY IN THE END.
me, being a super hero at prom. I was SUPER PHOTO GIRL!
My friend Laura, who also assisted the photographer, and my friend Leanne, who actually attended prom.
Because we weren't actually guests of the prom, Laura and I couldn't go to the after-prom party hosted by the PTA, so we slept over at her house and debriefed. It was all super fun.
SUNDAY
After waking up (again) WAY to early, I left Laura's house, ran home, and got ready for auditions. I stage manage for my local theater, and we are putting on Seussical this summer. Sunday was the first day of auditions, and it was incredibly slow: we say 10 people in 4 hours.
After auditions, I went home, did my homework, and went to bed.
MONDAY
I went to school, and learned very little. I did get to witness some after prom fallout, which was interesting, but not really fun because it involved some of my friends.
After school I went to the Goodwill and bought some quite hideous clothing that I am super excited about. My purchases included:
-A pink mesh shirt
-A floral dress that my mother calls, "something right out of the eighties"
-A long floral granny skirt
-A puke yellow tee shirt.
I plan to modify the dress and skirt to make they prettier. The shirts, I plan to keep ugly.
After my excursion to goodwill, I ate a quick dinner and went to the second night of auditions. It was very unorganized and stressful; 20 people showed up in about and hour and a half. It was nice though, because I got to see a lot of the kids from last year that I hadn't seen in forever. After auditions were callbacks, which were SUPER FUN, and after callbacks we casted the show.
I think we did a super job, and it is going to be SO GOOD.
I am sure I am going to spend 88% of the next 3 months talking about the show; get used to it. The best part is my friend Laura (NOT the one mentioned above), got a really, really good role, and i am so proud of her.
I after casting, my director gave me a ride home, and I WAS SO PROUD OF MYSELF because I was able to make small talk. The director isn't that much older than me (22 to my 16), and we went to the same middle school and high school. I was able to talk to him for the ENTIRE 20 minute ride home. (You should be proud of me, everybody)
After I got home around 11:30, I stayed up WAY to late for a quiz. I went to be around 2 in the morning.
TUESDAY
I trudged through school on four hours of sleep and large amounts of black tea. We watched a movie in my world history class, after my teacher talked for an hour about how much our school sucks. It was kind of nice not to have to learn anything. The rest of the day was dull, and involved a quiz, sorting yearbooks, and learning about conic sections.
When I got home, I put the cast members' email addresses in my computer and sent out the cast list. Everyone was super excited. I actually called my friend Laura (the one with the big part), who didn't think she did that well. She was absolutely ecstatic, and we spend an hour on the phone talking about the show and how excited we are.
After I got off the phone, Katherine came over and we stalked people on facebook, watched youtube videos, and hung out for about an hour, until dinner time. For dinner, we walked to a local Italian restaurant for and Enivrothon team dinner. It was nice; our advisor bought us pizza and calzones, we exchanged phone numbers, and our teacher gave us all photographs of the team. It was actually bittersweet, because our advisor told us that she is being transferred next year and will no longer advise us. Its upsetting, because she was the best advisor ever: she made us food, let us come to her classroom if we needed a break/help, let me take naps on days when I was too tired to study, and put up with me and Katherine explaining stream conditions via interpretive dance. We have a new advisor, but she won't be as good.
Well I need to do my homework, i just spent 45 minutes doing this instead of trying to do my math homework.
Sorry for the spelling/grammatical errors, I don't really have time to proofread.
I will tomorrow, maybe.
SOPHIE
BUT IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER!
And it has been quite a busy forever:
I shall give you a quick summation of the last four days:
SATURDAY
I woke up way to early, because my dad needed me to work in the yard. (By early of course, I mean 10am; I am not a morning person.) I managed to get in a fight with him about my inability to keep track of time, and that just kind of put a damper on my day. But I did the work, and our yard looks really good, which is an odd occurrence. He also offered to pay me $50 a month to keep the garden weeded. I am excited to have money.
After I showered and such, I went to my friend Caitlin's dance recital. I had never been to a real dance recital, AND IT WAS SO COOL! She was in three dances (a jazz number, a tap number, and a ballet number), and they were all super good. It made me a little sad though, because I never took dance and I wish I had. (Well, I took it for a year, but my career ended when, at the recital, I spent more time looking at the disco ball than I did dancing)
After the dance recital, I went home and got ready for senior prom. I didn't go with a date, I went to help out with the photographs, but I still got to dance and talk to people and it was super fun. My hair caused many problems, and was icky, BUT IT WAS ALL OKAY IN THE END.
me, being a super hero at prom. I was SUPER PHOTO GIRL!
My friend Laura, who also assisted the photographer, and my friend Leanne, who actually attended prom.
Because we weren't actually guests of the prom, Laura and I couldn't go to the after-prom party hosted by the PTA, so we slept over at her house and debriefed. It was all super fun.
SUNDAY
After waking up (again) WAY to early, I left Laura's house, ran home, and got ready for auditions. I stage manage for my local theater, and we are putting on Seussical this summer. Sunday was the first day of auditions, and it was incredibly slow: we say 10 people in 4 hours.
After auditions, I went home, did my homework, and went to bed.
MONDAY
I went to school, and learned very little. I did get to witness some after prom fallout, which was interesting, but not really fun because it involved some of my friends.
After school I went to the Goodwill and bought some quite hideous clothing that I am super excited about. My purchases included:
-A pink mesh shirt
-A floral dress that my mother calls, "something right out of the eighties"
-A long floral granny skirt
-A puke yellow tee shirt.
I plan to modify the dress and skirt to make they prettier. The shirts, I plan to keep ugly.
After my excursion to goodwill, I ate a quick dinner and went to the second night of auditions. It was very unorganized and stressful; 20 people showed up in about and hour and a half. It was nice though, because I got to see a lot of the kids from last year that I hadn't seen in forever. After auditions were callbacks, which were SUPER FUN, and after callbacks we casted the show.
I think we did a super job, and it is going to be SO GOOD.
I am sure I am going to spend 88% of the next 3 months talking about the show; get used to it. The best part is my friend Laura (NOT the one mentioned above), got a really, really good role, and i am so proud of her.
I after casting, my director gave me a ride home, and I WAS SO PROUD OF MYSELF because I was able to make small talk. The director isn't that much older than me (22 to my 16), and we went to the same middle school and high school. I was able to talk to him for the ENTIRE 20 minute ride home. (You should be proud of me, everybody)
After I got home around 11:30, I stayed up WAY to late for a quiz. I went to be around 2 in the morning.
TUESDAY
I trudged through school on four hours of sleep and large amounts of black tea. We watched a movie in my world history class, after my teacher talked for an hour about how much our school sucks. It was kind of nice not to have to learn anything. The rest of the day was dull, and involved a quiz, sorting yearbooks, and learning about conic sections.
When I got home, I put the cast members' email addresses in my computer and sent out the cast list. Everyone was super excited. I actually called my friend Laura (the one with the big part), who didn't think she did that well. She was absolutely ecstatic, and we spend an hour on the phone talking about the show and how excited we are.
After I got off the phone, Katherine came over and we stalked people on facebook, watched youtube videos, and hung out for about an hour, until dinner time. For dinner, we walked to a local Italian restaurant for and Enivrothon team dinner. It was nice; our advisor bought us pizza and calzones, we exchanged phone numbers, and our teacher gave us all photographs of the team. It was actually bittersweet, because our advisor told us that she is being transferred next year and will no longer advise us. Its upsetting, because she was the best advisor ever: she made us food, let us come to her classroom if we needed a break/help, let me take naps on days when I was too tired to study, and put up with me and Katherine explaining stream conditions via interpretive dance. We have a new advisor, but she won't be as good.
Well I need to do my homework, i just spent 45 minutes doing this instead of trying to do my math homework.
Sorry for the spelling/grammatical errors, I don't really have time to proofread.
I will tomorrow, maybe.
SOPHIE
Saturday, May 16, 2009
In which I echo the vlogbrothers
I always have really good ideas to write down here, but then I just can't figure out how to write them down.
Does anyone else have this problem?
HOW DO I CONQUER IT?
WELL, THIS BLOG COMES IN THREE PARTS!
PART ONE: Sentimentality
Today was kind of weird. It was the last day of school for the senior class, and the energy in the school was...intense? extreme? It was interesting, to say the least. I could feel the restlessness and the excitement, and I am only a sophomore.
I was about to say that I don't actually know that many seniors and so it doesn't really even matter, but now that I think about I have four seniors that I would qualify as some of my "best friends" and about 10 more that I have "semi" friendships with--people I know well enough to have conversations with, say hello in the hallway, get rides home from. As the last 4 weeks of school go by, I will most likely realize that there are so many more.
Two of my very best friend are seniors, and even though I am going to keep seeing them (as I said to one of them, Nick, "I plan to spend everyday with you this summer. Is that okay with you?"), it's going to be weird knowing that they aren't in the building anymore.
I didn't actually see that much in school, but it was nice to know that I could if I wanted. It's quite upsetting.
I don't really like the idea of all these people leaving, of this year ending, and time going by. I haven't had the best year, but I have changed a lot, grown up a lot, and made so many friends.
I feel like another chapter is starting in my life, and I am not sure I like it.
PART TWO: Music
I don't know if I have talked about this, but I have an obsession with Ben Folds (I seem to get obsessed with music a lot) and his new CD is the best thing ever.
EVER!
It is called Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella, and consists of 16 of his songs arranged for A Cappella groups. It is the coolest sounding thing ever-- it is amazing what people can do with their voices. GO LISTEN TO IT NOW! It is on myspace in its entirety: CLICK HERE
My favorite song is Effington, followed my Jesusland, and then the rest of them.
And I realize that this review uses the words "coolest" and "exelent" a little too much, but I have trouble descirbing it in a better way.
"Love+Happiness+Warm Baguettes+Perfect Weather=this album" is the closest I can get.
PART THREE: Me, small-ified
My uncle sent this to me, AREN'T WE SO CUTE?!
I hope everyone is having a lovely day.
SOPHIE
Does anyone else have this problem?
HOW DO I CONQUER IT?
WELL, THIS BLOG COMES IN THREE PARTS!
PART ONE: Sentimentality
Today was kind of weird. It was the last day of school for the senior class, and the energy in the school was...intense? extreme? It was interesting, to say the least. I could feel the restlessness and the excitement, and I am only a sophomore.
I was about to say that I don't actually know that many seniors and so it doesn't really even matter, but now that I think about I have four seniors that I would qualify as some of my "best friends" and about 10 more that I have "semi" friendships with--people I know well enough to have conversations with, say hello in the hallway, get rides home from. As the last 4 weeks of school go by, I will most likely realize that there are so many more.
Two of my very best friend are seniors, and even though I am going to keep seeing them (as I said to one of them, Nick, "I plan to spend everyday with you this summer. Is that okay with you?"), it's going to be weird knowing that they aren't in the building anymore.
I didn't actually see that much in school, but it was nice to know that I could if I wanted. It's quite upsetting.
I don't really like the idea of all these people leaving, of this year ending, and time going by. I haven't had the best year, but I have changed a lot, grown up a lot, and made so many friends.
I feel like another chapter is starting in my life, and I am not sure I like it.
PART TWO: Music
I don't know if I have talked about this, but I have an obsession with Ben Folds (I seem to get obsessed with music a lot) and his new CD is the best thing ever.
EVER!
It is called Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella, and consists of 16 of his songs arranged for A Cappella groups. It is the coolest sounding thing ever-- it is amazing what people can do with their voices. GO LISTEN TO IT NOW! It is on myspace in its entirety: CLICK HERE
My favorite song is Effington, followed my Jesusland, and then the rest of them.
And I realize that this review uses the words "coolest" and "exelent" a little too much, but I have trouble descirbing it in a better way.
"Love+Happiness+Warm Baguettes+Perfect Weather=this album" is the closest I can get.
PART THREE: Me, small-ified
My uncle sent this to me, AREN'T WE SO CUTE?!
I hope everyone is having a lovely day.
SOPHIE
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Spring Awakening
For some reason, I keep having have these random bursts of thought and thinking, "I should blog about that."
But none of them are very long or very thought out.
Hence the last entry.
And this entry
I am totally in love with Spring Awakening. I have been following the touring cast's blog and vlog religiously, and today, a friend of mine burned me the sound track. IT IS SO GOOD!
I cannot wait untill it comes to Baltimore.
Hopefully I can get tickets.
sleep?
I need to sleep more.
All I can think about is school and being tired.
There was a point in time where I did more than sleep and homework.
SEE! LOOK AT ME! I THOUGHT NOT OF SCHOOL NOR SLEEP!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
SWINGDANCE
So, tonight I went to a swing dance at the local dance studio with a few of my friends. It was the most fun I have had in a while.
I have been swing dancing on and off for about 2 years now, without formal lessons. I still am not very good, but when you dance with some one who is really good, all you have to do is follow, and you look good.
It's great.
I hadn't danced in a while, and I was surprised how quickly I picked it back up. Hopefully can convince my parents to pay for some lessons.
And then, maybe I will be able to do this:
Or not. It would be nice though.
While I was searching youtube for good videos of swing dancing, I came across this clip from the movies Swingkids:
Its a depressing Holocaust movie, but I HIGHLY recommend it.
We watched it in middle school and i fell in love with it. Its really, really, really good.
As much as I like it, I had completely forgotten about it until saw this clip.
Tomorrow's(well, today's) plan is to somehow locate a copy and watch it.
Wish me luck
SOPHIE
I have been swing dancing on and off for about 2 years now, without formal lessons. I still am not very good, but when you dance with some one who is really good, all you have to do is follow, and you look good.
It's great.
I hadn't danced in a while, and I was surprised how quickly I picked it back up. Hopefully can convince my parents to pay for some lessons.
And then, maybe I will be able to do this:
Or not. It would be nice though.
While I was searching youtube for good videos of swing dancing, I came across this clip from the movies Swingkids:
Its a depressing Holocaust movie, but I HIGHLY recommend it.
We watched it in middle school and i fell in love with it. Its really, really, really good.
As much as I like it, I had completely forgotten about it until saw this clip.
Tomorrow's(well, today's) plan is to somehow locate a copy and watch it.
Wish me luck
SOPHIE
Thursday, May 7, 2009
parents?
My mother has some friends over, and I am not going to lie, but it kind of disgusts me (sorry mum, if you are reading this, but your friends are pathetic). They are all grown successful women, but they are down there talking behind about people, gossiping, and spreading rumors.
It's sad; they have more drama in their lives than I do.
And now they are leaving, off to go drink some wine.
These women are more in high school than I am.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
yarn
Today, Katherine (I really do have other friends, I just seem to do the most interesting things with her...) and I went to the local yarn shoppe. Inspired by our recent jaunt to the Sheep and Wool Festival, we have decided to knit more.
She needed yarn, and I knew where the store was, so, after school, we walked a mile to find her some yarn.
The store is a very small, local business, and we were the only customers in the store for the 30 minutes we were there. It was very interesting. We over heard the boy who worked there talking on the phone about, "Bunny rabbits... my girlfriend...allergic."
We are not really sure how these phrases were connected, and it provided us amusement on the way home:
Was he allergic to his bunny rabbit, and was telling his girlfriend?
Was his girlfriend allergic to bunny rabbits?
Was his bunny rabbit allergic to his girlfriend?
This poor shop boy was also trying to be helpful, and tried to engage Katherine in a conversation that went along the lines of:
SB-"So what are you planning to make with this yarn?"
K-"A scarf"
SB-"Hmmm...do you have a pattern in mind?"
K-"...no..."
SB-"Oh, well you might be cutting it a bit close, I usually go with 300 yards rather than 200 yards for a scarf."
K-"Mhm. Okay."
At this point, Katherine gets her change and rushes out of the store.
After we leave the store, she asks me, "WHAT ON EARTH WAS HE TALKING ABOUT!? His mouth was moving and words were coming out, but HE WAS TALKING GIBBERISH."
Katherine has trouble understanding "yarn-speak".
After she left, I started my own knitting project. I haven't knitted in so long, and it might turn out to be a complete failure, but I am trying to knit a hat out of this insane, bright orange yarn.
Instead of doing my homework, I am knitting, listening to Jim Dale read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and enjoying the sound of rain hitting my window.
'Tis quite lovely.
SOPHIE
She needed yarn, and I knew where the store was, so, after school, we walked a mile to find her some yarn.
The store is a very small, local business, and we were the only customers in the store for the 30 minutes we were there. It was very interesting. We over heard the boy who worked there talking on the phone about, "Bunny rabbits... my girlfriend...allergic."
We are not really sure how these phrases were connected, and it provided us amusement on the way home:
Was he allergic to his bunny rabbit, and was telling his girlfriend?
Was his girlfriend allergic to bunny rabbits?
Was his bunny rabbit allergic to his girlfriend?
This poor shop boy was also trying to be helpful, and tried to engage Katherine in a conversation that went along the lines of:
SB-"So what are you planning to make with this yarn?"
K-"A scarf"
SB-"Hmmm...do you have a pattern in mind?"
K-"...no..."
SB-"Oh, well you might be cutting it a bit close, I usually go with 300 yards rather than 200 yards for a scarf."
K-"Mhm. Okay."
At this point, Katherine gets her change and rushes out of the store.
After we leave the store, she asks me, "WHAT ON EARTH WAS HE TALKING ABOUT!? His mouth was moving and words were coming out, but HE WAS TALKING GIBBERISH."
Katherine has trouble understanding "yarn-speak".
After she left, I started my own knitting project. I haven't knitted in so long, and it might turn out to be a complete failure, but I am trying to knit a hat out of this insane, bright orange yarn.
Instead of doing my homework, I am knitting, listening to Jim Dale read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and enjoying the sound of rain hitting my window.
'Tis quite lovely.
SOPHIE
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
rain
Every once in a while, you need a little rain. It's cathartic.
Like crying.
And there is a certain energy in being inside your lovely, fluorescent-lit class room when it is pouring rain out side.
It is one of my favorite feelings
As I write this, a song about rain started playing on my itunes. It is lovely.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
stalker
Now that BEDA is over, I have lost my NEED to blog.
I will just have to force myself to do it anyway...
ENTER POINTLESS RAMBLING ABOUT MY LIFE
Last night was the Junior Prom (or J-Prom, as the cool kids call it)at my school. I didn't go; I am a Sophomore, and all my Junior friends are either girls or dating someone.
BUT TODAY ALL THE PICTURES ARE UP!
I spent my entire morning planted in front of my computer, refreshing facebook, in hopes that new pictures will appear.
My lameness is inspiring.
I finally decided that I should do something, because there no one had posted new pictures. And I can only look at the same people lined up in different orders so many times (after 30 pictures, you get a little bored)
SO I MADE MUFFINS!
They are cherry chocolate chip, and they are delicious. I highly recommend them to everyone.
--I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE MY SUBJECT VERY WELL--
Yesterday, Katherine and I went to the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival.
It was tons of fun. And now I want to learn how to knit better. The people there could make such cool things with yarn and wool.
I also want to learn how to spin wool and weave and felt and raise sheep.
While we were there, we ran into our friend Nick. AND IT WAS REALLY WEIRD!
We were walking in, and I heard someone say my name, and I turned around, AND THERE WAS SOMEONE WE KNEW!
He was there working--counting cars and carrying things for people.
It was nice to see him.
Well, that is really all I have to say.
EXIT BORING RAMBLINGS
SOPHIE
I will just have to force myself to do it anyway...
ENTER POINTLESS RAMBLING ABOUT MY LIFE
Last night was the Junior Prom (or J-Prom, as the cool kids call it)at my school. I didn't go; I am a Sophomore, and all my Junior friends are either girls or dating someone.
BUT TODAY ALL THE PICTURES ARE UP!
I spent my entire morning planted in front of my computer, refreshing facebook, in hopes that new pictures will appear.
My lameness is inspiring.
I finally decided that I should do something, because there no one had posted new pictures. And I can only look at the same people lined up in different orders so many times (after 30 pictures, you get a little bored)
SO I MADE MUFFINS!
They are cherry chocolate chip, and they are delicious. I highly recommend them to everyone.
--I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE MY SUBJECT VERY WELL--
Yesterday, Katherine and I went to the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival.
It was tons of fun. And now I want to learn how to knit better. The people there could make such cool things with yarn and wool.
I also want to learn how to spin wool and weave and felt and raise sheep.
While we were there, we ran into our friend Nick. AND IT WAS REALLY WEIRD!
We were walking in, and I heard someone say my name, and I turned around, AND THERE WAS SOMEONE WE KNEW!
He was there working--counting cars and carrying things for people.
It was nice to see him.
Well, that is really all I have to say.
EXIT BORING RAMBLINGS
SOPHIE
Saturday, May 2, 2009
TIME WARP
HELLO!
POST BEDA BLOG!
I solemnly swear that I will continue to blog (almost) everyday.
I mean, I didn't actually blog every day in April.
Hopefully I can do better in May.
Today the WEIRDEST thing happened EVER.
My friend Katherine and I we were hanging out after school. We were in my room, watching youtube videos, getting frustrated at my computer, deciding that my computer was out to get us, and discussing the anatomy of our faces. (Apparently her cheeks get in the way of her vision sometimes. She is a little odd)
We got home around 3:30.
After about 10 minutes, we looked at the clock and it was 6:00
We freaked out, because obviously we had been TAKEN INTO A GIANT TIME WARP
We went downstairs on the brink of nervous breakdown, and panicked when we couldn't find my brother.
WHAT IF IT WAS ACTUALLY THREE DAYS LATER AND EVERYONE HAD LEFT US?!!?
We then found him, and he gave us lots of odd looks, and told us that we had gone insane.
We settled for that we either fell asleep, blacked out, or just got really distracted.
IT WAS VERY WEIRD!
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
AWKWARD CHANGE OF SUBJECT
Today at school we voted for next year's fall play. The two options were It's A Wonderful Life and something about the Brothers Grimm.
Because I am Vice President of Stage Crew, I had to look at it from a purely Stage Crew-oriented perspective and I voted for the Brothers Grimm (or as we called it for the duration of the meeting Bros over Hos).
Sadly (or maybe not, because I am really excited), It's a Wonderful Life won.
It will be more boring for the Stage Crew, but I think it is better suited for our actors.
I AM SO PSYCHED FOR NEXT YEAR!
After the voting, Katherine, Jaime (our sound/light manager), Dan (our Stage Crew President) and I explored the auditorium and talked about how we are going to "revolutionize" our Stage Crew.
Next year is going to be great.
Dan and I both went to this super-rich magnet middle school where the school plays were professional theater quality (I am talking Broadway-level sets) and were totally spoiled by the directors skill and craftiness. When we came to our high school, we were sadly brought into the real world of poorly-funded arts programs.
But hopefully with organization and lots of hard work, we can bring some flair to our shows for the next two years.
YEY!
I LOVE STAGE CREW!
well.
That was a lot to say.
SOPHIE
POST BEDA BLOG!
I solemnly swear that I will continue to blog (almost) everyday.
I mean, I didn't actually blog every day in April.
Hopefully I can do better in May.
Today the WEIRDEST thing happened EVER.
My friend Katherine and I we were hanging out after school. We were in my room, watching youtube videos, getting frustrated at my computer, deciding that my computer was out to get us, and discussing the anatomy of our faces. (Apparently her cheeks get in the way of her vision sometimes. She is a little odd)
We got home around 3:30.
After about 10 minutes, we looked at the clock and it was 6:00
We freaked out, because obviously we had been TAKEN INTO A GIANT TIME WARP
We went downstairs on the brink of nervous breakdown, and panicked when we couldn't find my brother.
WHAT IF IT WAS ACTUALLY THREE DAYS LATER AND EVERYONE HAD LEFT US?!!?
We then found him, and he gave us lots of odd looks, and told us that we had gone insane.
We settled for that we either fell asleep, blacked out, or just got really distracted.
IT WAS VERY WEIRD!
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
AWKWARD CHANGE OF SUBJECT
Today at school we voted for next year's fall play. The two options were It's A Wonderful Life and something about the Brothers Grimm.
Because I am Vice President of Stage Crew, I had to look at it from a purely Stage Crew-oriented perspective and I voted for the Brothers Grimm (or as we called it for the duration of the meeting Bros over Hos).
Sadly (or maybe not, because I am really excited), It's a Wonderful Life won.
It will be more boring for the Stage Crew, but I think it is better suited for our actors.
I AM SO PSYCHED FOR NEXT YEAR!
After the voting, Katherine, Jaime (our sound/light manager), Dan (our Stage Crew President) and I explored the auditorium and talked about how we are going to "revolutionize" our Stage Crew.
Next year is going to be great.
Dan and I both went to this super-rich magnet middle school where the school plays were professional theater quality (I am talking Broadway-level sets) and were totally spoiled by the directors skill and craftiness. When we came to our high school, we were sadly brought into the real world of poorly-funded arts programs.
But hopefully with organization and lots of hard work, we can bring some flair to our shows for the next two years.
YEY!
I LOVE STAGE CREW!
well.
That was a lot to say.
SOPHIE
Friday, May 1, 2009
END OF BEDA
WAHHHHOOOO!!
BEDA IS OVERRRR!!!
Wait.
Pause.
I am sad to say that this is the last day of BEDA.
I really am going to miss having to blog every day.
It was a really nice way to force myself to procrastinate.
And it was really fun, and I feel like a learned a lot:
1. Without proofreading, sometimes my writing is a little rough. And my spelling sucks. (But I already knew the last one)
2. Making friends on the internet is FUN! (I LOVE YOU BEDA BUDDIES)
3. Writing makes me feel better.
4. Never let an over-critical family member read your blog. They will send you lots of annoying little emails commenting on your thoughts, and your spelling, and how much you suck. (Not so much the last one)
5. I have a certain love for lists. (Like this one)
IN OTHER NEWS!
My day today was long.
I was very tired.
I almost fell asleep about 15 times.
It was not fun, and being tired does nothing for my mood. I was pretty grumpy all day.
Nothing really happened.
GAH!
GAH!
My life is pretty boring.
Hopefully, something interesting will happen in the near future and I can talk about it here.
And end the lameness.
GHJHLSAKJDHSADLKJ.
I am going to stop now, I really want to go to bed on time.
SEE EVERYONE IN MAY!!
SOPHIE
p.s. I hopefully will continue to blog in the future.
If not, feel free to yell at me.
Because this is really good for me.
P.P.S sorry that this is so lame. I really suck for ending on such a boring note.
TO SPICE IT UP, HERE IS A PICTURE OF ME WITH A BOOK ON MY HEAD
I was on my way to meet John Green, and it was a long ride. We needed something to do.
AND HERE IS A PICTURE OF ME WITH THE KATHERINE (as in Hank Green's Wife) AND MY FRIEND KATHERINE
AND HERE IS A PICTURE OF ME AND KATHERINE WITH LAUREN (from the Moaning Myrtles)
Okay, I am done now.
BEDA IS OVERRRR!!!
Wait.
Pause.
I am sad to say that this is the last day of BEDA.
I really am going to miss having to blog every day.
It was a really nice way to force myself to procrastinate.
And it was really fun, and I feel like a learned a lot:
1. Without proofreading, sometimes my writing is a little rough. And my spelling sucks. (But I already knew the last one)
2. Making friends on the internet is FUN! (I LOVE YOU BEDA BUDDIES)
3. Writing makes me feel better.
4. Never let an over-critical family member read your blog. They will send you lots of annoying little emails commenting on your thoughts, and your spelling, and how much you suck. (Not so much the last one)
5. I have a certain love for lists. (Like this one)
IN OTHER NEWS!
My day today was long.
I was very tired.
I almost fell asleep about 15 times.
It was not fun, and being tired does nothing for my mood. I was pretty grumpy all day.
Nothing really happened.
GAH!
GAH!
My life is pretty boring.
Hopefully, something interesting will happen in the near future and I can talk about it here.
And end the lameness.
GHJHLSAKJDHSADLKJ.
I am going to stop now, I really want to go to bed on time.
SEE EVERYONE IN MAY!!
SOPHIE
p.s. I hopefully will continue to blog in the future.
If not, feel free to yell at me.
Because this is really good for me.
P.P.S sorry that this is so lame. I really suck for ending on such a boring note.
TO SPICE IT UP, HERE IS A PICTURE OF ME WITH A BOOK ON MY HEAD
I was on my way to meet John Green, and it was a long ride. We needed something to do.
AND HERE IS A PICTURE OF ME WITH THE KATHERINE (as in Hank Green's Wife) AND MY FRIEND KATHERINE
AND HERE IS A PICTURE OF ME AND KATHERINE WITH LAUREN (from the Moaning Myrtles)
Okay, I am done now.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
short
I have one more day of this, but it might be a lame day.
I have a ton of homework to do, and I just got home from the gym.
A friend convinced me to do this thing called exercise today, and it took up time gosh darn it.
I think this may be just a short note.
If I have time later, I will write a little more.
But I had kinda a bad day, so it will be dull and whiny.
So I leave you with a link to a project i am doing with some friends of mine.
Basically we have a journal and we pass it around and each create a page.
It is all sorts of fun. Look at it, then explore the rest of the site, it is a super cool project.
http://1001journals.com/journals/3467/
SOPHIE
AND MY TWITTER http://twitter.com/sophieeee19
I have a ton of homework to do, and I just got home from the gym.
A friend convinced me to do this thing called exercise today, and it took up time gosh darn it.
I think this may be just a short note.
If I have time later, I will write a little more.
But I had kinda a bad day, so it will be dull and whiny.
So I leave you with a link to a project i am doing with some friends of mine.
Basically we have a journal and we pass it around and each create a page.
It is all sorts of fun. Look at it, then explore the rest of the site, it is a super cool project.
http://1001journals.com/journals/3467/
SOPHIE
AND MY TWITTER http://twitter.com/sophieeee19
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
BEDA BUDDY BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPE!
Have some virtual cake for being a great BEDA buddy!
SOPHIE
Have some virtual cake for being a great BEDA buddy!
SOPHIE
The Formulas
AS CHALLENGED BY KATIE!
My MADE UP BAND!
I spent most of my evening at my Math Honor Society induction, so I am making a band called The Formulas
It is about all things nerd, but mostly in the form of math.
It will sound like a mixture of The Format (http://www.myspace.com/theformat), Danielle Ate the Sandwich (http://www.myspace.com/danielleatethesandwich), The Terrordactyls (http://www.myspace.com/theterrordactyls) and a number of my favorite show tunes.
It would feature a number of my friends playing a number of interments including: the bassoon, the oboe, the piano, the saxophone, the acoustic and electric guitar, the Celtic harp, the ukulele and the violin/fiddle.
I pick these instruments because they are all played by either me or my friends.
SO THIS COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN
(except none of us can sing super well, but WE CAN TRY!)
Song titles on our first album, Sines of Madness, would include:
Show Me the Proof
Stuck in 7734 with 535006
Tangent to My Curves
Unit Circle Blues
360 Degrees
I am a Centroid (The old nerd song)
Pie are square
1+1=1 (love)
...
Well.
Now I have to go and do my actual math homework
I hope you enjoy it.
(the band, not my math homework)
I actually really like the idea, so it might actually happen?
SOPHIE
P.S. BEDA BUDDIES! Are you guys (well, gals) going to continue blogging after BEDA is over?
My MADE UP BAND!
I spent most of my evening at my Math Honor Society induction, so I am making a band called The Formulas
It is about all things nerd, but mostly in the form of math.
It will sound like a mixture of The Format (http://www.myspace.com/theformat), Danielle Ate the Sandwich (http://www.myspace.com/danielleatethesandwich), The Terrordactyls (http://www.myspace.com/theterrordactyls) and a number of my favorite show tunes.
It would feature a number of my friends playing a number of interments including: the bassoon, the oboe, the piano, the saxophone, the acoustic and electric guitar, the Celtic harp, the ukulele and the violin/fiddle.
I pick these instruments because they are all played by either me or my friends.
SO THIS COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN
(except none of us can sing super well, but WE CAN TRY!)
Song titles on our first album, Sines of Madness, would include:
Show Me the Proof
Stuck in 7734 with 535006
Tangent to My Curves
Unit Circle Blues
360 Degrees
I am a Centroid (The old nerd song)
Pie are square
1+1=1 (love)
...
Well.
Now I have to go and do my actual math homework
I hope you enjoy it.
(the band, not my math homework)
I actually really like the idea, so it might actually happen?
SOPHIE
P.S. BEDA BUDDIES! Are you guys (well, gals) going to continue blogging after BEDA is over?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
It has come to my attention...
...That these blogs are often filled with poor spelling and grammar, and i felt the need to apologize.
I really am a good writer normally, all my teachers say so.
I have fan club founded by my English teacher.
My papers and essays are littered with comments like, "you have a very developed voice" and "you are a fantastic writer."
But writing blogs is new for me, and I am hesitant to reread what I have written.
Stage fright perhaps.
I apologize for the poor grammar and weird spellings.
And the weird spacing; most of the time I write like I think.
Which involves lots of unnecessary
returns.
Feel free to tell me my mistakes, and I am going to try to start proof-reading these things.
SOPHIE
NOTE: Thank you for my darling mother for pointing out my failures, "Sophie, this kinda sucks--you need to learn what the difference between collage and college is and the different to's" (not a direct quote, but the general gist)
I really am a good writer normally, all my teachers say so.
I have fan club founded by my English teacher.
My papers and essays are littered with comments like, "you have a very developed voice" and "you are a fantastic writer."
But writing blogs is new for me, and I am hesitant to reread what I have written.
Stage fright perhaps.
I apologize for the poor grammar and weird spellings.
And the weird spacing; most of the time I write like I think.
Which involves lots of unnecessary
returns.
Feel free to tell me my mistakes, and I am going to try to start proof-reading these things.
SOPHIE
NOTE: Thank you for my darling mother for pointing out my failures, "Sophie, this kinda sucks--you need to learn what the difference between collage and college is and the different to's" (not a direct quote, but the general gist)
Heat
I just overheard my neighbor say, "How do you like living in Southern Florida?"
We live in Maryland.
Either he is very confused, OR IT IS WAY TOO HOT!
I am leaning towards the latter.
The Maryland weather is so weird; about two weeks ago it snowed, and today it was almost 90 degrees.
My day, in a song.
I PRESENT YOU WITH SOME LISTS
(if I had learned anything during BEDA it is I have a certain love for lists)
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT SUMMER:
1. Drinking iced tea.
2. Sitting outside in the shade with said iced tea and reading a book in a single sitting.
3. Sleeping.
4. Snowballs with marshmallow topping.
5. Walking to the library.
6. Hiking to the river and swimming.
7. Air conditioning.
8. The lack of school.
9. Flip Flops and going barefoot.
10. The pool.
11. The beach.
12. Family reunions in Maine.
13. Fresh tomatoes
14. Rehearsals in air conditioned theaters.
15. Staying up until ungodly hours of the night.
THINGS I HATE ABOUT SUMMER
1. Sun Burn.
2. Heat.
3. My father's insistence that we don't need air conditioning.
4. Class in 90 degree weather.
5. Swimsuits.
6. Having to work to keep up with friends.
7. Sticking to the seats in cars.
8. The need for people to be tan.
9. Long car rides and car sickness.
10. Window fans.
11. Swollen feet. Which I have now, but are apparently just temporary.
12. Summer homework.
13. Sweat.
14. Hotness.
As much as I have been complaining how much I hate summer/heat/sunshine, this list has reminded me that it isn't all that bad.
How is everyone else today?
SOPHIE
We live in Maryland.
Either he is very confused, OR IT IS WAY TOO HOT!
I am leaning towards the latter.
The Maryland weather is so weird; about two weeks ago it snowed, and today it was almost 90 degrees.
My day, in a song.
I PRESENT YOU WITH SOME LISTS
(if I had learned anything during BEDA it is I have a certain love for lists)
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT SUMMER:
1. Drinking iced tea.
2. Sitting outside in the shade with said iced tea and reading a book in a single sitting.
3. Sleeping.
4. Snowballs with marshmallow topping.
5. Walking to the library.
6. Hiking to the river and swimming.
7. Air conditioning.
8. The lack of school.
9. Flip Flops and going barefoot.
10. The pool.
11. The beach.
12. Family reunions in Maine.
13. Fresh tomatoes
14. Rehearsals in air conditioned theaters.
15. Staying up until ungodly hours of the night.
THINGS I HATE ABOUT SUMMER
1. Sun Burn.
2. Heat.
3. My father's insistence that we don't need air conditioning.
4. Class in 90 degree weather.
5. Swimsuits.
6. Having to work to keep up with friends.
7. Sticking to the seats in cars.
8. The need for people to be tan.
9. Long car rides and car sickness.
10. Window fans.
11. Swollen feet. Which I have now, but are apparently just temporary.
12. Summer homework.
13. Sweat.
14. Hotness.
As much as I have been complaining how much I hate summer/heat/sunshine, this list has reminded me that it isn't all that bad.
How is everyone else today?
SOPHIE
Monday, April 27, 2009
old people
What is this?
I AM DOING MY BLOG BEFORE 11:30 AT NIGHT!
Today I discovered that I have a mad love for old people.
Usually they kinda creep me out and make me uncomfortable, becasue they always want to make awkward small talk.
I DO NOT LIKE SMALL TALK. I avoid it at all costs. I would rather sit in silence than "make small talk" (which is just a stupid phrase"
Small Talk Partner, "Hello"
You, "Hi."
STP, "How are you?"
You, "Well, and you?"
STP, "Pretty good."
You, "..."
STP, "Well, How is school going?"
You, "Good."
STP, "Well, thats good."
You, "..."
STP, "..."
This is what small talk is to me.
Pointless questions followed by pointless awkwardness.
I feel that some people create REAL conversations our of small talk, but with me that rarely happens. And when it does, I take it as a sign that the person I am talking to and I could be really good friends.
BUT BACK TO OLD PEOPLE
Small talk with old people is even worse than regular small talk, because they try to ask you questions that they feel are "good questions" for the "younger generation."
Mostly things along the lines of, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IN MOST SITUATIONS!
But today, I helped out with my schools Senior Citizen Prom.
This mostly consisited of going to the grocery store way to many times and spending way to many times deciding if old people like chips or pretzels more (in case you were wondering, they liked the chips better), buying 6 cakes, making 834139412343413 pots of coffee, and watching old people be cute.
There were about 70 seniors from the community and local nursing homes and they were so precious. They told fun jokes, and liked our sub-par food, and put up with our cafeteria, which was around 100 degrees today.
AND THEY DANCED! They tangoed and waltzed and jitterbugged and electric slide-ed.
It was much better than the normal school dance, which consists of alcohol induced sleazy-ness, dresses that are way to short, and dancing that really shouldn't count as dancing.
It was really fun, and really nice to realize that old people actually like most young kids.
One told us that "Your parents have done a very good job raising you."
I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THAT!?
Well I have to shower, find something to eat, and do all the homework I have put off.
I CANNOT WAIT FOR SUMMER (except that whole hating the heat thing)
I AM DOING MY BLOG BEFORE 11:30 AT NIGHT!
Today I discovered that I have a mad love for old people.
Usually they kinda creep me out and make me uncomfortable, becasue they always want to make awkward small talk.
I DO NOT LIKE SMALL TALK. I avoid it at all costs. I would rather sit in silence than "make small talk" (which is just a stupid phrase"
Small Talk Partner, "Hello"
You, "Hi."
STP, "How are you?"
You, "Well, and you?"
STP, "Pretty good."
You, "..."
STP, "Well, How is school going?"
You, "Good."
STP, "Well, thats good."
You, "..."
STP, "..."
This is what small talk is to me.
Pointless questions followed by pointless awkwardness.
I feel that some people create REAL conversations our of small talk, but with me that rarely happens. And when it does, I take it as a sign that the person I am talking to and I could be really good friends.
BUT BACK TO OLD PEOPLE
Small talk with old people is even worse than regular small talk, because they try to ask you questions that they feel are "good questions" for the "younger generation."
Mostly things along the lines of, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IN MOST SITUATIONS!
But today, I helped out with my schools Senior Citizen Prom.
This mostly consisited of going to the grocery store way to many times and spending way to many times deciding if old people like chips or pretzels more (in case you were wondering, they liked the chips better), buying 6 cakes, making 834139412343413 pots of coffee, and watching old people be cute.
There were about 70 seniors from the community and local nursing homes and they were so precious. They told fun jokes, and liked our sub-par food, and put up with our cafeteria, which was around 100 degrees today.
AND THEY DANCED! They tangoed and waltzed and jitterbugged and electric slide-ed.
It was much better than the normal school dance, which consists of alcohol induced sleazy-ness, dresses that are way to short, and dancing that really shouldn't count as dancing.
It was really fun, and really nice to realize that old people actually like most young kids.
One told us that "Your parents have done a very good job raising you."
I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THAT!?
Well I have to shower, find something to eat, and do all the homework I have put off.
I CANNOT WAIT FOR SUMMER (except that whole hating the heat thing)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
harrypotter?
"Harry Potter and his best friends, Ron Weasley™ and Hermione Granger™, are all members of Gryffindor, the house known for bravery, daring, nerve and chivalry."
Do they really have to trademark it?
ick.
Do they really have to trademark it?
ick.
my day, late.
OH MY GOSH!
I AM HOME SO LATE!
I AM SO SORRY!
THIS STILL COUNTS FOR THE 25th!
REALLY, IT DOES!
Today I did many things
I wore clothes.
I hung out with one of my best friends from middle school, who I haven't hung out with for a while.
I got told that I have a "very intense oder" about me (he ment aura, but couldn't figue it out).
I saw 17 Again, and other than it being quite chicle, I liked it a lot.
I mean, there was a man who wore elf-ears? HOW COULD I NOT LIKE IT!?
I went to the mall for three hours because the showing of 17 Again that we had planned on seeing was sold out.
I bought a very cute dress from H&M.
I bought 5 cakes, enough for over 100 people.
I bought 10 bags of chips.
I freaked out about where I was going to store such large amounts of food.
I went to a meeting about a production of Suessical that I am stage managing, and I am now super excited for the show.
I ate a yummy, yummy avocado sandwich for lunch.
I drank a slightly warm diet coke.
SOPHIE
I AM HOME SO LATE!
I AM SO SORRY!
THIS STILL COUNTS FOR THE 25th!
REALLY, IT DOES!
Today I did many things
I wore clothes.
I hung out with one of my best friends from middle school, who I haven't hung out with for a while.
I got told that I have a "very intense oder" about me (he ment aura, but couldn't figue it out).
I saw 17 Again, and other than it being quite chicle, I liked it a lot.
I mean, there was a man who wore elf-ears? HOW COULD I NOT LIKE IT!?
I went to the mall for three hours because the showing of 17 Again that we had planned on seeing was sold out.
I bought a very cute dress from H&M.
I bought 5 cakes, enough for over 100 people.
I bought 10 bags of chips.
I freaked out about where I was going to store such large amounts of food.
I went to a meeting about a production of Suessical that I am stage managing, and I am now super excited for the show.
I ate a yummy, yummy avocado sandwich for lunch.
I drank a slightly warm diet coke.
SOPHIE
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Life/death
I am terrified of the passing of time. Of the fact that someday, I will have to act as an actually functioning adult.
I will have to leave my house and go to college.
I will have to leave college to get a job.
I will mostly likely have to leave that job to get a new job.
I will have to continue this cycle of leaving what I know to move on until
I grow old and I die.
And that terrifies me.
I can complain about how much life sucks, but i only get one shot at it.
No re-dos.
No time travel.
No second chances.
I get one chance to get my life right.
And that is absolutely terrifying.
SOPHIE
I will have to leave my house and go to college.
I will have to leave college to get a job.
I will mostly likely have to leave that job to get a new job.
I will have to continue this cycle of leaving what I know to move on until
I grow old and I die.
And that terrifies me.
I can complain about how much life sucks, but i only get one shot at it.
No re-dos.
No time travel.
No second chances.
I get one chance to get my life right.
And that is absolutely terrifying.
SOPHIE
Friday, April 24, 2009
HELLO EVERYBODY
I am sick and tired, and I really do not want to do this.
BUT I WILL
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.
Or not.
I just sat here for 5 minutes and couldn't think of anything to write about.
GAHHHHHHH
THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING
hmmm
*googles "blog ideas"*
Okay "101 Great Posting Ideas"
#78 Use a Pie Chart of Bar Graph
#30 Make a post that solves a problem.
cosx(tan^2(x)+1)
cosx(sin^2(x)/cos^2(x)+1)
sin^2(x)/cosx+cos^2(x)/cosx
1/cosx
secx
#22 Be opinionated
I HATE PICKLES. They are gross and sour and slimy and green. They smell funny and they taste like human hate. They are the worst food ever invented. The world would be free of hate, if pickles were eliminated.
#68 Transcribe what is happening at the moment
lifts finger.
presses key.
blinks.
inhales.
exhales.
picks up cup.
sips tea.
puts cup down.
stares at computer screen.
#15 Interview people
S: Hello Sophie, how are you today?
S2: TIRED
S: Oh i see. how was your day today
S2: HORRIBLE
S: What is your favirote food?
S2: CHEESE
...
ARE YOU INTRIGUED? INTERESTED
http://www.ihelpyoublog.com/20070316-101-great-posting-ideas-that-will-make-your-blog-sizzle
SOPHIE
I am sick and tired, and I really do not want to do this.
BUT I WILL
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.
Or not.
I just sat here for 5 minutes and couldn't think of anything to write about.
GAHHHHHHH
THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING
hmmm
*googles "blog ideas"*
Okay "101 Great Posting Ideas"
#78 Use a Pie Chart of Bar Graph
#30 Make a post that solves a problem.
cosx(tan^2(x)+1)
1/cosx
secx
#22 Be opinionated
I HATE PICKLES. They are gross and sour and slimy and green. They smell funny and they taste like human hate. They are the worst food ever invented. The world would be free of hate, if pickles were eliminated.
#68 Transcribe what is happening at the moment
lifts finger.
presses key.
blinks.
inhales.
exhales.
picks up cup.
sips tea.
puts cup down.
stares at computer screen.
#15 Interview people
S: Hello Sophie, how are you today?
S2: TIRED
S: Oh i see. how was your day today
S2: HORRIBLE
S: What is your favirote food?
S2: CHEESE
...
ARE YOU INTRIGUED? INTERESTED
http://www.ihelpyoublog.com/20070316-101-great-posting-ideas-that-will-make-your-blog-sizzle
SOPHIE
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Cheer Up Letters
For the last week, I have been in an impressively bad mood.
Yesterday, to cheer me up, one of my friends (Laura) made me this card:
Sorry that you can't see the whole thing, it was too big for my scanner.
but the story says:
Once upon a time there was a girl named Sophie She had a pet rat that wasnamed Felix. This rat did not live in a cage. Cages are bad and Sophie was the biggest tree-hugger ever. Felix had a brother named moody who was pretty but and bit stupid. He was a rat model, and now he lives with Sophie's Far Mor and Far Far [her grandparents] She's happy that we is a vegetarian. Felix, however, is not They went to the park and had a picnic. ♥
That is why i love my friends.
In this card, she also gave me a hypothetical bag full of lovely things:
A pocket Asian
Cheese and crackers
A copy of Harry Potter
Some scissors
AWKWARD TRANSITION!
In other news, today was my envirothon competition and it went surprisingly well. We actually one first place for one of the categories, which is kind of a big deal.
The whole competition was suprisingly fun. It was wet and rainy, but we got to go exploring, we got to mesure trees and dead fish, and we got out of school.
For more information about the program: http://www.envirothon.org/
And here is a picture of my team (well, my schools two teams) in all of our awkwardness.
SOPHIE
Yesterday, to cheer me up, one of my friends (Laura) made me this card:
Sorry that you can't see the whole thing, it was too big for my scanner.
but the story says:
Once upon a time there was a girl named Sophie She had a pet rat that wasnamed Felix. This rat did not live in a cage. Cages are bad and Sophie was the biggest tree-hugger ever. Felix had a brother named moody who was pretty but and bit stupid. He was a rat model, and now he lives with Sophie's Far Mor and Far Far [her grandparents] She's happy that we is a vegetarian. Felix, however, is not They went to the park and had a picnic. ♥
That is why i love my friends.
In this card, she also gave me a hypothetical bag full of lovely things:
A pocket Asian
Cheese and crackers
A copy of Harry Potter
Some scissors
AWKWARD TRANSITION!
In other news, today was my envirothon competition and it went surprisingly well. We actually one first place for one of the categories, which is kind of a big deal.
The whole competition was suprisingly fun. It was wet and rainy, but we got to go exploring, we got to mesure trees and dead fish, and we got out of school.
For more information about the program: http://www.envirothon.org/
And here is a picture of my team (well, my schools two teams) in all of our awkwardness.
SOPHIE
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Skys Are Weird
DEAR UNCLE GREG
HELLO
NOW STOP THIS NONSENSE!
ONWARD!
I am so tired and I am having trouble creating complete sentances.
BEDA BUDDIES!
I HAVE A CHALLANGE FOR YOU!
Introduce yourselves in the comments.
I want to know everything about you that you feel comfortable releaseing on the internet.
NOW! (or later) (or never)
But onward.
Today, after dinner, the sky was doing odd things.
It was bright pink and there was a double rainbow.
And lightning.
It was the weirdest/coolest/most awe inspiring thing i had encountered in a while.
Here is a picture
Saddly, it does not do it justice.
In other news, I have a competition tomorrow for my Envirothon Team.
We are in no way prepared, and it is going to suck.
Wish me luck?
SOPHIE
HELLO
NOW STOP THIS NONSENSE!
ONWARD!
I am so tired and I am having trouble creating complete sentances.
BEDA BUDDIES!
I HAVE A CHALLANGE FOR YOU!
Introduce yourselves in the comments.
I want to know everything about you that you feel comfortable releaseing on the internet.
NOW! (or later) (or never)
But onward.
Today, after dinner, the sky was doing odd things.
It was bright pink and there was a double rainbow.
And lightning.
It was the weirdest/coolest/most awe inspiring thing i had encountered in a while.
Here is a picture
Saddly, it does not do it justice.
In other news, I have a competition tomorrow for my Envirothon Team.
We are in no way prepared, and it is going to suck.
Wish me luck?
SOPHIE
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
MUSIC
So about a year ago i published the following song list on another blog:
"1.Tire Swing, Kimya Dawson
So, officially i already had this song on my ipod. But, I love it lots and its from Juno which is the best movie in the world. I also really felt like it applied to my life. So here it is.
2. Pocketful of Sunshine, Natasha Bedingfield
I lied. Do not listen to this song. It is addicting, but not in a good way. If you listen to it you will be singing it for weeks. And, it's not a great song. Not at all.
3. Rehab, Amy Winehouse
So, my mother got me addicted to Amy Winehouse, who, however messed up, has so powerful pipes. Thanks mum.
4. Tattoo, Jordin Sparks
This is one of those songs that you really don't like admitting you listen to, but its good. She really is a good singer.
5. More Than Anyone, Gavin DeGraw
I have known this song for years, but i just bought it this week. I probably own it on CD, but I didn't feel like looking for it. It's quite delishhh.
6. Love Song, Sara Bareilles
You're probably sick of this song. I hear it everywhere. But its pretty good and makes me happy inside.
7. I Will Possess Your Heart, Death Cab for Cutie
This song is ridiculously long, and mostly vamp, but when you get to the part where they actually sing, its really good. So listen to it.
8. Fidelity, Regina Spektor
This in one of my new favorite artists. She has a beautiful voice and great lyrics.
9. Say, John Mayer
GIANT SMILES. I love John Mayer. This is a great song.
10. Prefects Are Hot, The Moaning Myrtles
MAJOR NERDOM, "Cedric Diggory is really hot, without his clothes." Having no life does have its benefits. Such as finding good music. That is about harry potter.
11.I'm Yours, Jason Mraz
A friend showed this to me. I want him. Excellent tunage.
12. Straight Lines, Dawn Landes
Lovely. Really meaningful with great lyrics.
13. On the Radio, Regina Spector
=] See above.
14. Geek in the Pink, Jason Mraz
Best. Song. In. The. World. Quite hilarious.
15. My Mom, Kimya Dawson
This is my favorite Kimya Dawson song. Even though its gruesome and sad. I think it may be the glockenspiel.
16.Yong Folks, Dawn Landes
This really fun to listen to. Its very folksy."
GAH
THAT IS SLIGHTLY EMBARASSING!
I mean "tunage"?
And "nerdom"
And pretending i knew something about music?
GAH
But I have decided to do a similar thing now.
I highly recommend the following songs (these are completely random, i am just going through my "recently played" on itunes)
1. Accio Deathly Hallows Hank Green
2. There's Always Someone Cooler than You Ben Folds
3. Dog Problems The Format
4. Into the Sunshine Julia Nunes
5. Snails The Format
6. 16 Military Wives The Decemberists
7. Songs About You Lena Gabrielle (the Butterbear Experience
8. Baltimore The Terrordactyls
9. What's a Girl to Do? Bat for Lashes
10. Robots Flight of the Conchords
11. Needle in the Hay Elliot Smith
12. She's Leaving Home The Beatles
Now, in a few months, I will look back on this and be embarrassed.
Oh well.
I hope everyone is having a lovely day.
SOPHIE
"1.Tire Swing, Kimya Dawson
So, officially i already had this song on my ipod. But, I love it lots and its from Juno which is the best movie in the world. I also really felt like it applied to my life. So here it is.
2. Pocketful of Sunshine, Natasha Bedingfield
I lied. Do not listen to this song. It is addicting, but not in a good way. If you listen to it you will be singing it for weeks. And, it's not a great song. Not at all.
3. Rehab, Amy Winehouse
So, my mother got me addicted to Amy Winehouse, who, however messed up, has so powerful pipes. Thanks mum.
4. Tattoo, Jordin Sparks
This is one of those songs that you really don't like admitting you listen to, but its good. She really is a good singer.
5. More Than Anyone, Gavin DeGraw
I have known this song for years, but i just bought it this week. I probably own it on CD, but I didn't feel like looking for it. It's quite delishhh.
6. Love Song, Sara Bareilles
You're probably sick of this song. I hear it everywhere. But its pretty good and makes me happy inside.
7. I Will Possess Your Heart, Death Cab for Cutie
This song is ridiculously long, and mostly vamp, but when you get to the part where they actually sing, its really good. So listen to it.
8. Fidelity, Regina Spektor
This in one of my new favorite artists. She has a beautiful voice and great lyrics.
9. Say, John Mayer
GIANT SMILES. I love John Mayer. This is a great song.
10. Prefects Are Hot, The Moaning Myrtles
MAJOR NERDOM, "Cedric Diggory is really hot, without his clothes." Having no life does have its benefits. Such as finding good music. That is about harry potter.
11.I'm Yours, Jason Mraz
A friend showed this to me. I want him. Excellent tunage.
12. Straight Lines, Dawn Landes
Lovely. Really meaningful with great lyrics.
13. On the Radio, Regina Spector
=] See above.
14. Geek in the Pink, Jason Mraz
Best. Song. In. The. World. Quite hilarious.
15. My Mom, Kimya Dawson
This is my favorite Kimya Dawson song. Even though its gruesome and sad. I think it may be the glockenspiel.
16.Yong Folks, Dawn Landes
This really fun to listen to. Its very folksy."
GAH
THAT IS SLIGHTLY EMBARASSING!
I mean "tunage"?
And "nerdom"
And pretending i knew something about music?
GAH
But I have decided to do a similar thing now.
I highly recommend the following songs (these are completely random, i am just going through my "recently played" on itunes)
1. Accio Deathly Hallows Hank Green
2. There's Always Someone Cooler than You Ben Folds
3. Dog Problems The Format
4. Into the Sunshine Julia Nunes
5. Snails The Format
6. 16 Military Wives The Decemberists
7. Songs About You Lena Gabrielle (the Butterbear Experience
8. Baltimore The Terrordactyls
9. What's a Girl to Do? Bat for Lashes
10. Robots Flight of the Conchords
11. Needle in the Hay Elliot Smith
12. She's Leaving Home The Beatles
Now, in a few months, I will look back on this and be embarrassed.
Oh well.
I hope everyone is having a lovely day.
SOPHIE
Monday, April 20, 2009
ahdhslfahlka
GASFJASGAHH.
That is my mood right now.
I HAVE TRIED TO RIGHT THIS 3 TIMES AND EVERY TIME IT SUCKS!
The first time, I realized I had nothing to say.
The last time, I used the word mood 6 times in three sentences.
HSFJHFafkjhf.
10 things I did today
1. Read an entire book. I haven't done that in a very long time.
2. Went on a hike.
3. Found this article by John Green in my newspaper (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041603510.html).
4. Emitted a very high pitched scream because i realized who the said article was by.
5. Spelled so many words wrong in this blog entry that almost the entire thing is underlined in red.
6. Climbed a very tall tree.
7. Ate a very tasty meal at a local coffee shop
8. Took a dailybooth picture with a plant (http://dailybooth.com/sophieeee19)
9. Drank a cup of tea.
10.Slacked off doing my homework.
I apologize for my lameness.
SOPHIE
That is my mood right now.
I HAVE TRIED TO RIGHT THIS 3 TIMES AND EVERY TIME IT SUCKS!
The first time, I realized I had nothing to say.
The last time, I used the word mood 6 times in three sentences.
HSFJHFafkjhf.
10 things I did today
1. Read an entire book. I haven't done that in a very long time.
2. Went on a hike.
3. Found this article by John Green in my newspaper (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041603510.html).
4. Emitted a very high pitched scream because i realized who the said article was by.
5. Spelled so many words wrong in this blog entry that almost the entire thing is underlined in red.
6. Climbed a very tall tree.
7. Ate a very tasty meal at a local coffee shop
8. Took a dailybooth picture with a plant (http://dailybooth.com/sophieeee19)
9. Drank a cup of tea.
10.Slacked off doing my homework.
I apologize for my lameness.
SOPHIE
Sunday, April 19, 2009
dresstalk
It is super sunny and nice out today.
I don't particularly like summer all that much, but days like these make me want school to be over and for summer to start.
Tomorrow i think some friends and I are going on a hike, which should be nice, if it doesn't rain.
Today i spent most of the days at the mall looking for a prom dress for my friend Jaime. She is the only one of my close friends who is going to Senior Prom with an actual date and we all are living vicariously through her. I am going to assist the photographer, but that doesn't involve the whole long dress/fancy hair/ limo deal, so its not the same.
But we spent a good four hours at the mall, going to every department store and trying on just about every prom dress there was. We finally found her one, and it is super pretty and nice and looks really good on her. She also got her ears pierced, which was a super big deal.
It was all super fun.
I also was looking for a dress for my photo-assisting job. I don't need to be quite as formal and impressive, and i fell in love with this dress:
I WANT IT SO BADDDDDDD!
Except one of my friends that had come with me was like, "it looks like mustardy throw-up."
And it is kinda expensive.
Any opinions?
Well, I have to go do some work for my mom. She is the vice president of the friends of the library, and they are hosting a fund raiser next weekend, and my mother enlisted me to make the program.
GAH!
My mother just came in singing Lady Gaga and dancing. I am slightly terrified.
SOPHIE
I don't particularly like summer all that much, but days like these make me want school to be over and for summer to start.
Tomorrow i think some friends and I are going on a hike, which should be nice, if it doesn't rain.
Today i spent most of the days at the mall looking for a prom dress for my friend Jaime. She is the only one of my close friends who is going to Senior Prom with an actual date and we all are living vicariously through her. I am going to assist the photographer, but that doesn't involve the whole long dress/fancy hair/ limo deal, so its not the same.
But we spent a good four hours at the mall, going to every department store and trying on just about every prom dress there was. We finally found her one, and it is super pretty and nice and looks really good on her. She also got her ears pierced, which was a super big deal.
It was all super fun.
I also was looking for a dress for my photo-assisting job. I don't need to be quite as formal and impressive, and i fell in love with this dress:
I WANT IT SO BADDDDDDD!
Except one of my friends that had come with me was like, "it looks like mustardy throw-up."
And it is kinda expensive.
Any opinions?
Well, I have to go do some work for my mom. She is the vice president of the friends of the library, and they are hosting a fund raiser next weekend, and my mother enlisted me to make the program.
GAH!
My mother just came in singing Lady Gaga and dancing. I am slightly terrified.
SOPHIE
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Things I Want
I am tired, it is late, and I have very little to talk about.
HELLO NEW BEDA BUDDIES (Allyson, Katie, and Hope)
WE SHOULD BE FRIENDS!
Introduce yourselves in the comments.
Send me a message.
Friend me on the ning.
We should make plans on how we are going to do this.
LALALLALALAMOVINGON!
The other day, on a car ride home from New York City, began to list things that I wanted. I usually try to be a happy, grateful person, but it felt kinda good to just contemplate all the things that i wanted--big, small, important, dumb, long term, short term, reasonable, insane.
So I think I will attempt to recreate it.
But for right now.
1. A new ipod.
2. World peace.
3. A cup of tea
4. A computer with a battery that works.
5. To become a succssessful stage manager.
6. To become a better spell.
7. To be a better friend.
8. More time to read books.
9. More books to read.
10. A webcam.
11. More friends that don't look at me funny when i talk about watching youtube videos and playing online riddles.
12. To be able to sing.
13. To be in a band.
14. To be able to play the guitar.
15. A vacation.
16. Friends that all make nice, smart choices.
17. More sleep.
18. Clean sheets on my bed.
19. To start painting again.
20. My summer job back.
21. Last summer back.
22. To be beautiful.
23. To have more money.
24. To spend more time outside.
25. To be in better shape.
26. A new camera.
27. A new notebook for precalc.
28. My precalc teacher to be my math teacher for the rest of my life.
29. To stop being a slacker, or at least stop feeling like one.
30. A hair cut.
31. Love.
Okay.
Done with that now.
Off to bed.
SOPHIE
HELLO NEW BEDA BUDDIES (Allyson, Katie, and Hope)
WE SHOULD BE FRIENDS!
Introduce yourselves in the comments.
Send me a message.
Friend me on the ning.
We should make plans on how we are going to do this.
LALALLALALAMOVINGON!
The other day, on a car ride home from New York City, began to list things that I wanted. I usually try to be a happy, grateful person, but it felt kinda good to just contemplate all the things that i wanted--big, small, important, dumb, long term, short term, reasonable, insane.
So I think I will attempt to recreate it.
But for right now.
1. A new ipod.
2. World peace.
3. A cup of tea
4. A computer with a battery that works.
5. To become a succssessful stage manager.
6. To become a better spell.
7. To be a better friend.
8. More time to read books.
9. More books to read.
10. A webcam.
11. More friends that don't look at me funny when i talk about watching youtube videos and playing online riddles.
12. To be able to sing.
13. To be in a band.
14. To be able to play the guitar.
15. A vacation.
16. Friends that all make nice, smart choices.
17. More sleep.
18. Clean sheets on my bed.
19. To start painting again.
20. My summer job back.
21. Last summer back.
22. To be beautiful.
23. To have more money.
24. To spend more time outside.
25. To be in better shape.
26. A new camera.
27. A new notebook for precalc.
28. My precalc teacher to be my math teacher for the rest of my life.
29. To stop being a slacker, or at least stop feeling like one.
30. A hair cut.
31. Love.
Okay.
Done with that now.
Off to bed.
SOPHIE
Friday, April 17, 2009
I hate being a teenager
The first three definitions of "teenager" on urbandictionary.com are:
1.Something im not proud to be, because a lot of teenagers are quite simply put; idiots.
Im 17, and I look around and see all of these people (teenagers) moping around, I tell them that we live like kings and they shrug me off and tell me about how bad their life is because, for example, they got dumped.
Teenagers aren't mentally ready, or responsible for relationships. Love at first sight? No, lust at first sight my good gentlemen, there is a difference.
2.Someone who has everything but appreciates nothing.
Every teenager(including me, at times)
3.People who get no repect and are looked down upon because some of us are idiots.
Not all teenagers are bad, disrespectful, know-it-all, idiots. It's just a pathetic sterotype.
Teenagers suck basically.
And being a teenager sucks sometimes.
People say that these are the best days of our lives, but i just feel over-stressed and grumpy.
I could be deep and thoughtful here, but I am going on 4 hours of sleep and have three hours of homework.
My life sucks.
Continue normal teenage complaints.
sophie
1.Something im not proud to be, because a lot of teenagers are quite simply put; idiots.
Im 17, and I look around and see all of these people (teenagers) moping around, I tell them that we live like kings and they shrug me off and tell me about how bad their life is because, for example, they got dumped.
Teenagers aren't mentally ready, or responsible for relationships. Love at first sight? No, lust at first sight my good gentlemen, there is a difference.
2.Someone who has everything but appreciates nothing.
Every teenager(including me, at times)
3.People who get no repect and are looked down upon because some of us are idiots.
Not all teenagers are bad, disrespectful, know-it-all, idiots. It's just a pathetic sterotype.
Teenagers suck basically.
And being a teenager sucks sometimes.
People say that these are the best days of our lives, but i just feel over-stressed and grumpy.
I could be deep and thoughtful here, but I am going on 4 hours of sleep and have three hours of homework.
My life sucks.
Continue normal teenage complaints.
sophie
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Lovely Days are Lovely
GOOD EVENING!
For the first day back from spring break, I have had a ridiculously good day.
I was tired all day, but to the point where I was hyperactive (thank you MS word for correcting my grammar) and in a really good mood. It was lovely.
19 Reasons why today was a good day
- I had a really cool shirt to wear today, from what may be the best bookstore ever (http://www.strandbooks.com/).
- Even though it sucked to get up early again and go to school, it was nice to see my friends—most of whom I had not seen in a week and a half.
- In my world history class, the only class I am having troubles with (and by troubles, I mean I might not get an A) I found out I was getting an A for last quarter because I got a 100% on a test that I thought I had failed. =]
- Because I got the top grade on the test, I got a candy bar. And it was delicious, not only because it was candy, but because of the sweet victory.
- I was moved into a new homeroom. This is very exciting for two reasons: it marks the beginning of my reign as Communications Vice President of the SGA at my school and I got to leave my old homeroom, which was mostly the preppy jock type people (who are lovely people, but they aren't my friends).
- My yearbook class, which has been a stress-fest for the last two weeks, was finally relaxed and fun again because we have submitted the book. We spent the class discussing the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.
- On the way home from school, my friend Katherine and I had an in-depth discussion of literature.
- I had a good hair day.
- I went through a bunch of mail that collages have sent me and I threw some of it away. (PURGE, SOPHIE, PURGE!)
- I used the word catawampus in a conversation.
- I took a lovely hour-long nap to make up for my lack of sleep last night.
- When I woke up from said nap, my mother made me a lovely snack of apple slices and mango and wasn't grumpy.
- My dinner was delicious.
- I finally got back on dailybooth (http://dailybooth.com/sophieeee19)
- I didn't spend too much time on facebook stalking people I don't actually care about.
- I cleaned my room, and it is all organized and neat. Which is nice, because I rarely have a clean room
- While cleaning my room, I found a ton of old purses I had forgotten I had.
- Right now I am listening to the Format, which may be the best band ever. (http://www.myspace.com/theformat)
- I might actually go to bed before midnight, which will be nice
Well, that is all.
Good night.
Sleep tight.
Don't let the bed bugs bite.
SOPHIE!
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