Green Tea and Anette

As many of you already know, I am a HUGE fan of green tea.  I am currently in the process of testing all of the green tea brands that Ingles carries in search of the perfect tea.

So I was looking around the Nightwish official website, I came to Anette's page (their lead singer).  When asked how she usually prepares for a show, she replied that one of the things she does is drink green tea with honey, which is what I like!  I thought that was randomly cool.  ^_^

I also discovered that Toumas and I seem to have quite a few things in common.  Squee!  :3

I'm hoping that maybe in May, when I go to the concert, there will be opportunities for autographs... O_o

~1:35 PM, December 31, the Year of Our Lord 2008

READ THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH

I went to the museum of natural history today.  Tons of fun.  I got a wonderful Folkmanis wolf puppet and the Newton's Cradle I wanted...

BUT HERE'S THE GOOD PART:

My favorite band, Nightwish, is coming to the U.S for their Dark Passion Play Tour.  One of the stops on the tour is a club in Atlanta.  Since I live in Georgia, near there...

I'M GOING!!!!!

HOLY CRAP!

I'M SO FREAKIN' PSYCHED RIGHT NOW!  :DDD

Sleepovah!

I just got back from a sleepover party with the Got it Goin' on for God Girls!  That's my girls' group.  Not really a youth group or whatever, but we talk about God and life and stuff.  We also play games, watch movies, and a TON of other fun stuff!  

I also just found out that my cousin Chandler is gonna be in my improv class, too!  I'm so excited!

IMPROV

In January and February, I am going to begin improvisation classes at the Grand Theatre!!!   I'm SOOOOO excited!  I LOVELOVELOVE improv!  

:DDD

SQUEEEEEEEEE!

woot!

Today was awesome. I wasn't feeling too well, but I didn't let that stop me!

Notable things I received:
Posters for my room
AWESOME fedora hat
Books-A-Million gift card
Converse hi-tops
Dragon pendant
Phantom of the Opera book and DVD
Fruits Basket DVD set
Fruits Basket patches to iron onto my bookbag
PLUSHIE :3
Sims 2 for my computer
Books, books, and more books!
Both Narnia movies

I gave a HUGE Orlando Bloom poster to Chandler (you should've seen her face. It was great XD)!

Chandler and I plan to go to Books-A-Million next week and buy books with our gift cards. It'll be fun. We're going to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta on Tuesday, so that'll be fun. I plan to buy a Newton's Cradle if they have one.

Happy b-day, Jesus!  :3

Quickie Post

This evening we opened stockings. I got the DVD of 'Prince Caspian'. Gonna stay up late watching it. After all, who WOULDN'T want Ben Barnes for Christmas? ^_^

I also bought these wonderful teabags at Starbucks and made a cup today. I love hot tea. This is a mix of green tea, black tea, and... something else XD Something like oolong tea, I think.

TTFN and Merry AlmostChristmas

PuppetsBalletPhantomNightmare

Annabelle, you've known me for HOW long? And you don't know about my PUPPETS? O_O Let's just say that puppets are to me like ballet is to Maya. I have a huge collection of professional puppets, and I have taken puppetry classes for around 4 years.

I went to see the Nativity ballet with Sage on Sunday. It was great. I kept thinking of you, Maya, because there was a TON of pointe work in it. There was one girl who was on pointe for about 10 minutes straight. You could really see the effort that she put into it.

Chandler spent the night last night. We watched 'Phantom of the Opera' last evening (until around 12:30) and 'Nightmare Before Christmas' this morning around 9. I think Chandler's obsessed with The Phantom now. XD

Tomorrow's Christmas Eve, it appears. This year is Kisa's first Christmas! :D

Tomorrow I plan to blog something I wrote down on the night of December 18th, a very interesting night for me.

~

Went to Narnia play practice today.


Will blog for real tomorrow, hopefully.

About to throw up.

Sore, tired, bad mental day.

Trying to go to sleep.


I like going to bed...

CAUSE WHEN YOU'RE ASLEEP YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE. O_o

~9:36 PM, December 20, The Year of Our Lord 2008

Banners (Post from this morning below, please read that one too)

This took me ALL EVENING and some of yesterday. Over the holidays, I would be VERY HAPPY to take requests for Photoshop banners. They can be for movies, movie characters, animals, or whatever. Be either loose or specific! I would personally love to do one for The Phantom of the Opera.

Requests are now open and gladly taken!

Banner one: Simba and Nala 1



Note: The bottom corners are sort of messed up (you can see some of the image around the border), but this will not happen often. I did it quickly with a mouse 'cause I was sick of working on it XD It will look much cleaner in the future.

~7:22 PM, December 18, the Year of Our Lord 2008

Our World

Not looking forward to today. It's run test day in P.E. The Coach let's me walk since I have muscle problems, and everyone makes fun of me 'cause I don't run. It's stupid. And of course, I can't just stand in the middle of the gym and scream: "HEY EVERYONE! I HAVE A PHYSICAL PROBLEM, 'KAY? SO I DON'T RUN! EVERYONE HAPPY?".

Sigh.

Anyway, here's another quote from TWOHO that is perhaps the most true thing I have ever read.

"'I think that for one thing, you're full of music, and if you don't play and compose, you'll never be happy. For another thing, you'll have to grow up before you can find your kind of people, the kind who appreciate you for what you are and who play violin to your piano. You belong in a small and special world, Val: a world of artists and thinkers, composers and highly strung people. That's what you are. It's a question of finding your niche, and until then, being patient.' ... 'You have a trust,' Wimpole went on. 'You have a pack of talent, and the Lord is trusting you to do something with it. The finger has been laid on you. Develop yourself; learn everything you can; play until your fingers are sore. Your life is unfortunate. Make the best of it till you're old enough to do something about it. Your way is lonely and hard, but if you have the guts I think you do, you'll make it.'"

Hopefully today will go better than yesterday. Two days of school, two more days of exams, a run test, two more days of regular school retards, two more days of getting up early, then I'm done for 19 days. Two days.

~December 18, 6:32 AM, 2008, The Year of Our Henry

Tired

I'm having a really bad night tonight mentally. I'm blogging while my iPod connects. My favorite role-play reopened today, so I'm glad about that. We're a lot better with handling that stuff now, anyway, so I'm pretty optimistic.

Well, I was talking to a friend, and we've both agreed that tomorrow is a new day and that I'm willing to give it a chance.

I finished 'The World of Henry Orient'. The ending made me cry. :'(

Here's a passage from it that reminded me of myself. Cheesy, I know, but yeah...

"There was no place for her, save with her parents. Run off to another city, Wimpole had said. How? How could she do anything at her age? How could she do anything for years, when it would be too late? For the first time I saw her not only against her family, but up against a world that apparently could not accommodate her, a world that tried to make her adjust, when the whole keynote of her being was not adjustable to anything. Her mind-as full of color and imagination as a forest of tropical birds-had to be shaken down and shaped to fit the only kind of life that was possible for her; and it would, undoubtedly, become grayed and dull in the process."

Yeah... Goodnight for now.

ARRRRRRGH

SICK FOR TWO DAYS ON EXAM WEEK. WHY?! O_o

I might even have to go in NEXT week while on BREAK to make up my exams! DDD8

Now Mom is mad at me, I'm about to throw up, and there's no way I can win.

"In sleep he sang to me, In dreams he came..."

I watched the (2004) movie 'Phantom of the Opera' last night.  Loved it and it's on my Christmas list ^_^

I LOVE RAOUL'S HAIR.  O_o

Sorry XD  I love long hair on guys :]

I squee'd when Rauol took the flowers to Christine.  It was so sweeeeeet :3

Raoul-Haters, I defy thee!

Don't get me wrong, Erik is awesome.  And I DO feel sympathetic for him and all, but I don't get what Raoul did wrong :P  And Raoul doesn't kill people, as far as I know XD

AND HE SINGS BEAUTIFULLY O_O

One question for Erik, though:

If he's been living under the Opera for all this time, how'd he learn to sing so gosh-darn well? XD

Today I...

Had pizza that was burnt beyond recognition for lunch.

Got a piece of said pizza flicked at me by Austin (:P).

GOT TO SIT NEXT TO AND TALK TO THE BOY I LIKE!!!

Had a hamster at the pet store try to eat my fingers off by means of gnawing.

Discovered some awesome songs by the uber-awesome band Tokio Hotel.

Had a near-death experience with a volleyball.

Almost got run over with a desk by Carter.  

teehee... stoof

I just finished reading 'The Phantom of the Opera' and the movie should come from Netflix soon.  I LOVED that book.  

My 'Cloverfield' DVD came in the mail yesterday.  Muhaha.  

I ordered the book 'The World of Henry Orient' and it came today (Lauren recommended it to me at school).

If I get Christmas money, I want to buy myself copies of 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Wicked'.

PS FOR MAYA:  I can't help it that I like Raoul, okay! XD

How I Feel Right Now... (song)

Yeah...

Listen, girl, I'm really, really sorry.  I can't express how terrible I feel.  I cried all last evening and well into the night.  I really don't want you to leave me.  I love you as one of my best friends, I pray for you, I want you to stay.

"What ever happened here

Never meant to hurt you

How could I cause you so much pain?

When I say I'm sorry

Will you believe me?

Listen to my story 

Say you won't leave me

When I say I'm sorry 

Can you forgive me?

When I say I'll always be there

Will you believe me?

...Will you open your door

and let me in?

Take me for who I am

And not for who I've been?"

:(

Hey guys. I'm not back. Looks like I'm gonna be offline for longer than I thought. I might email a few people tonight about something I want to talk about, but I won't be on anything for a LONG TIME. I'm feeling awful, and I'm really frustrated about it.

Sorry, all :(

Note to Maya: Once I'm able to, FYI, Lev is gonna talk to Kostya about something in the apartment hall on Mod. It will be a while, though :'(

I'm really sorry, guys.

Getting in the Christmas Spirit

Jack (from Halloween Town) discovers Christmas Town.  I always get all Christmas-y when I hear this song from 'Nightmare Before Christmas'.  ^_^

NOTICE

For the next few days (not sure how long), I will not have internet.  Really sorry :(  I'll post on my blog when I'm back.

Please take this in mind with the role-plays and stuff, O.C people.  :(((

And I was like "WHOA!"

WHOA.  XD  That's all I can say about 'Cloverfield'.  I freaking loved that movie.  I just watched it tonight on my small TV, and it still scared the crap outta me.  It was frightening, but I enjoyed every second of it.  I greatly admire the creature designer, Neville Page.  He's my genius-of-the-year.  The designs were amazing and the CGI animation looked very realistic. 

I really thought that the way the movie was filmed was creative.  In case you've been hiding under a rock since January, it is done to appear as if filmed by a home-video camera.  Kinda makes you dizzy until you get used to it.  XD

 

I highly recommend this film.  My mom said it was "a dumb movie", but she just doesn't know a good monster/action/horror flick when she sees one.

Normally, I would write a huge, long review with my opinions on the movie.  I won't do that, however, because it would spoil it for all the rest of you.  ;)

Live Chat

You can now chat with me and others on the site by using the cbox at left.  If I am not online at the time, simply type your message and I will see it later.  I'd love to hear from you! 

YOU HAVE TO CLICK THE "REFRESH" BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CBOX FOR NEW MESSAGES TO APPEAR.

When I am typing on the cbox, I am ALWAYS going to be "Uta" or "Ally"

Note:  If it says I am available, that means that I have my blog open and I will receive your message very quickly.  If I am away, then I am away from my computer but will get it soon.  If I am offline, then my computer is off and I'm doing other things.  Underneath, there is also a lovely corresponding picture of Alf :3

34th Street Showcase Numero Uno

CLICK ON IMAGES TO SEE THE FULL PICTURE.

(All photos copyright to David Lashley)

             Doctor Pierce (Kris Barnhart) and Kris Kringle (Bob Whaley) at the Maplewood Home.

           Mr. Shellhammer (Trevor Cross), Ms. Adams (Brittany Hailey), and Doris Walker (Liz                                      Hutchinson) organize the Macy's Christmas Parade.

           Fred Gailey (Cameron Schafer) and Susan Walker (Lauren Roberson) watch the parade.

            Mr. Shellhammer and Ms. Adams introduce Kris to the Macy's toy department.

Miracle on 34th Street (I'll blog about my birthday at a later time)

Tonight was the last night of the play that I was in, 'Miracle on 34th Street'.  It was incredible.  This was definitely the best cast I've EVER worked with.  A lot of my friends were in it, and I met a lot of new people (including some REALLY cute guys XD).   

{Note:  Click on the image, and open it in a new tab if possible, to see the whole thing.  Trust me, you want to see it all.}


Above (from left to right): Liz [Doris Walker], Noelle [Mrs. Sawyer], and Cameron [Fred Gailey] (SQUEEE), three of the awesome 34th Street cast.

Cameron (SUPERSQUEE) gave me a high-five backstage after we finished.  I felt special :3

Someone Help Me...

...I've discovered the South Park Studio...

O Pencil, How I Love Thee

Pencils are perhaps one of the greatest inventions ever to be created by mankind. If there was no pencil, we wouldn't have buildings, since the architects couldn't plan out the building on paper. If there were no pencils, then there would be no DaVinci (imagine where THAT would leave us). And if there was no pencil, we couldn't write music (and there'd be no Nightwish! GASP!). Pencils are awesome. I bet that when the pencil was invented, the inventor said something deep and profound. Probably something along the lines of "Ugh! Me call dis 'PENCIL'!", since the pencil has been around for quite a while.

As they say, the pencil is greater than the sword.

Sick

Blech, sick today. Got the bug on Wednesday, had to stay home yesterday, and now I have to go to the doctor today! Auuugh!

Anyway, this is my new blog. Gonna post about stuff in my life (which i know you guys all care so much about ;) ).