Holy crap, y'all. I haven't posted in a long time. Sorry. I've been busy, and then lazy, and then busy again, and now I'm just lazy. Anyway, quick recap of what I've been doing lately.
I went to Lane's house a couple Fridays ago for a party. Aaron loved the high-low dress I wore, and we ended up starting a fire in the fire pit and burning a bunch of Lane's papers. We had pizza for dinner, and then sat around the patio table chatting with a bunch of Lane and Aaron's friends, and ate cupcakes, and then we burned some more paper, and hid from Ryan, and made s'mores, and then I finally had to leave because I really needed to get home and get some sleep. So much fun.
I spent a week at my mom's co-worker's house, starting on Saturday, taking care of her animals and house-sitting while she and her family went on vacation. I basically woke up, took the dog out, fed the dog, opened the chicken coop, watered the plants, took the dog out at noon, took the dog out at 5:00, fed the dog, checked the mail, gathered eggs from the coop, took the dog out again at 9:00, and then went to bed at midnight.
It was a tiring week. I did absolutely nothing in terms of activity, other than going to the mall on Sunday, taking things to the consignment store on Monday, and Enchanted Cottage on Thursday, but I was so tired by the end of it all. But, I made $200 and had a bit of a mini-vacation, so it was fun.
And then, I had two days to recover before my aunt, uncle, and three cousins came into town Monday night. They were on their way to Florida for a family reunion. We had pizza for dinner at my aunt's house, and then the cousins came over to our house to spend the night, and then we had breakfast in the morning, and then the five of us kids went to the mall and had Panera for lunch, and then went to my aunt's pool for the afternoon before coming back to our house for taco soup for dinner. And then, they left at 8:00, so they could get four or five hours down the road and get a hotel.
Um, other than that, I've been watching a lot of the Olympics. Mom and Quinn came over to Jeannie's (where I was house-sitting) for the opening ceremonies, which were okay. Not terrible, but it was no Beijing. I thought it started well, with the agrarian landscape changing to the industrial landscape, but then it got kind of choppy and disjointed. There was a tribute to the NHS (National Health Service), and then a bunch of creepy literary villains came out, and a ton of Mary Poppins' defeated a giant, 100-foot Lord Voldemort, and that's where I said, "Okay, I'm done. This is weird."
I though they focused too much on individual people/things. Literary characters, NHS, some guy who invented the world wide web...it was a little too specific. If you didn't know anything about Britain when the ceremony started, you still wouldn't have known much about their history by the end of the evening. Or at least that's what I thought.
I've been watching a lot of beach volleyball, gymnastics, and swimming, which is what's being featured in primetime. But, I've been watching some of the live stuff during the day, and the whitewater course is pretty awesome. Rowing is pretty fun to watch as well. I love watching the features on London itself. Beefeaters, and the Tower Bridge, and Horse Guards Parade, and all that cool stuff. I totally wish I was there.
In terms of movies we've seen recently, Big Miracle was cute, The Debt was amazing, Cowboys & Aliens was really dumb (I kept telling my mom that, and she kept insisting we put it on our Netflix queue), and Mirror Mirror was actually really awesome. I loved it so much more than Snow White & the Huntsmen.
And I think that's about it. Nothing much else going on. Just chilling out, which is nice. I'm glad I don't have much to do this week. I really just want to sit here and watch the Olympics forever, because I'm actually really enjoying it.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
A Fabulous Night On The Town...
Again, a thousand apologies for not posting...I'm just lazy this summer, apparently. Okay, lazy this year. But really, there's not much going on anyway.
However, last night was very much an exception. Yesterday afternoon, Aaron texted me, and we started talking about getting together to hang out and visit. My dumb-brain thought I had another week and a half to get together with Aaron, but no, I somehow failed to process the information that he was going to be in Virginia next week, and that the only free days he had were yesterday, part of today, and maybe Saturday. So, fearing that Saturday was too much of a gamble with starting my house-sitting that day, and the fact that we would need to get the truck for it to have worked for today, I decided to ask about last night.
Haha, on a side note, I am quickly becoming all impromptu on people. In the past, I'd usually try and set up something up (with anybody, not just Aaron) two weeks ahead. Then, it became a week, and now, it's just like, "Hey, wanna go do something tonight/tomorrow/in two days?" My mom must be so annoyed with me, cuz I'm all, "Hey, guess what? I just made plans with somebody for tonight, so can you call Aunt Lynne and ask if she can pick you up from work tonight? Thanks." Yet another reason I love my mom - she puts up with my impromptu plans.
Anyway, so I basically asked my mom when she got home, then printed out a bunch of directions, and then got ready, took my mom to work, and then drove up to Clemmons to pick Aaron up from Lane's house, and we basically spent the entire drive to the mall squealing because "oh my gosh, you're here!" and discussing Utah and how beautiful it is.
When we got to the mall, we poked around in a bunch of stores - Aldo (I think), H&M, American Eagle, Forever 21, Aeropostale, Delia's, Bath & Body Works, and then made a quick pit-stop at one of the photo booths near Sears, and got ourselves a strip of amazing photos, and then went to Express. Aaron tried on a bunch of stuff at Express, and I got goaded into trying on a dress at Delia's, which was absolutely the cutest piece of clothing ever, and if it wasn't for the $44.50 price tag and not having any coupons, I would have gotten it right then and there.
We left the mall, and headed down the road to downtown Winston-Salem, which was something I'd never done before. Okay, I've been downtown before...what I mean to say is that I'd never driven downtown without an adult present, or without an adult driving. So, it was a totally new experience for me. We parked on Spruce Street, just off of 4th, and poked around in the little park/water-feature/sitting area, before heading up to 4th Street. They had a block of the road blocked off, for some sort of children's night - there were hula-hoops, and paper airplanes, and balls everywhere, and we walked around, and took some pictures of the city, and then walked back to Mellow Mushroom for dinner.
Aaron had a BLT hoagie, and I had a chicken & cheese hoagie, and we both had cokes, and we talked about how different the people are here in NC, and Aaron showed me his architecture drawings, which are like the coolest things ever. We ended up really chowing down on our food - there was a long while where we didn't talk at all, just took (in my case) very large bites of our food. And then, Aaron said, "I have to tell you something," and my mind simultaneously went in about four thousand places - admittedly, my first thought was "does he like me?", which is totally appropriate for a girl like me who's never had a boyfriend (Aaron, I'm sure you're laughing right now), and then my thoughts went to "this can't be good, he's got to be like deathly ill or something", and a bunch of other ways in the span of about two seconds.
And then, he said, "I'm gay," and admittedly, I sat there in shock for about three seconds, because for the longest time, Aaron, I'd pictured you as straight, and it took me a moment for it to sink in. But, I can't tell you how proud I am of you, and how honored I am to have you as a friend. And we talked for a long while about how this was going to change absolutely nothing between us, and Aaron pulled out this awesome rainbow ring, and slipped it on his finger, and I thought that was about the coolest thing I'd ever been a part of.
I paid for dinner (call it a coming-out present, if you like), and then we started heading toward the car, but ended up taking a beautiful walk around the city, down to the BB&T building, and got some wonderful shots of the city and of us. And then, we headed back to 4th Street, and Aaron treated me to frozen custard at Wolfie's (he had chocolate chocolate-chip, and I opted for banana, which was really yummy), and we walked down to the little blocked-off area, grabbed a bench, and did some people-watching while we ate, which was really wonderful.
We walked around 4th Street a bit more, stopping for a moment to listen to the live string band that was performing these little country-sounding pieces, which really added to the southern atmosphere. We stopped one more time at the little park/water fountain area to take a few more pictures, and then crossed the street and hopped in the car. Aaron directed me to I-40 (thanks, Aaron, for helping me), and I drove us back to Clemmons, where we said goodbye with a wonderful hug, and Aaron invited me to Lane's homework-burning/Aaron's in NC party on Friday, and I've already cleared it with my mom to go.
I drove home, and my mom and I watched Big Miracle, which was a really cute, really touching story. And then, we went to bed around midnight, and I spent like an hour on the computer, and then it took seemingly forever to fall asleep.
Thank you, Aaron, for such a wonderful night. I love you, darling. :)
However, last night was very much an exception. Yesterday afternoon, Aaron texted me, and we started talking about getting together to hang out and visit. My dumb-brain thought I had another week and a half to get together with Aaron, but no, I somehow failed to process the information that he was going to be in Virginia next week, and that the only free days he had were yesterday, part of today, and maybe Saturday. So, fearing that Saturday was too much of a gamble with starting my house-sitting that day, and the fact that we would need to get the truck for it to have worked for today, I decided to ask about last night.
Haha, on a side note, I am quickly becoming all impromptu on people. In the past, I'd usually try and set up something up (with anybody, not just Aaron) two weeks ahead. Then, it became a week, and now, it's just like, "Hey, wanna go do something tonight/tomorrow/in two days?" My mom must be so annoyed with me, cuz I'm all, "Hey, guess what? I just made plans with somebody for tonight, so can you call Aunt Lynne and ask if she can pick you up from work tonight? Thanks." Yet another reason I love my mom - she puts up with my impromptu plans.
Anyway, so I basically asked my mom when she got home, then printed out a bunch of directions, and then got ready, took my mom to work, and then drove up to Clemmons to pick Aaron up from Lane's house, and we basically spent the entire drive to the mall squealing because "oh my gosh, you're here!" and discussing Utah and how beautiful it is.
When we got to the mall, we poked around in a bunch of stores - Aldo (I think), H&M, American Eagle, Forever 21, Aeropostale, Delia's, Bath & Body Works, and then made a quick pit-stop at one of the photo booths near Sears, and got ourselves a strip of amazing photos, and then went to Express. Aaron tried on a bunch of stuff at Express, and I got goaded into trying on a dress at Delia's, which was absolutely the cutest piece of clothing ever, and if it wasn't for the $44.50 price tag and not having any coupons, I would have gotten it right then and there.
We left the mall, and headed down the road to downtown Winston-Salem, which was something I'd never done before. Okay, I've been downtown before...what I mean to say is that I'd never driven downtown without an adult present, or without an adult driving. So, it was a totally new experience for me. We parked on Spruce Street, just off of 4th, and poked around in the little park/water-feature/sitting area, before heading up to 4th Street. They had a block of the road blocked off, for some sort of children's night - there were hula-hoops, and paper airplanes, and balls everywhere, and we walked around, and took some pictures of the city, and then walked back to Mellow Mushroom for dinner.
Aaron had a BLT hoagie, and I had a chicken & cheese hoagie, and we both had cokes, and we talked about how different the people are here in NC, and Aaron showed me his architecture drawings, which are like the coolest things ever. We ended up really chowing down on our food - there was a long while where we didn't talk at all, just took (in my case) very large bites of our food. And then, Aaron said, "I have to tell you something," and my mind simultaneously went in about four thousand places - admittedly, my first thought was "does he like me?", which is totally appropriate for a girl like me who's never had a boyfriend (Aaron, I'm sure you're laughing right now), and then my thoughts went to "this can't be good, he's got to be like deathly ill or something", and a bunch of other ways in the span of about two seconds.
And then, he said, "I'm gay," and admittedly, I sat there in shock for about three seconds, because for the longest time, Aaron, I'd pictured you as straight, and it took me a moment for it to sink in. But, I can't tell you how proud I am of you, and how honored I am to have you as a friend. And we talked for a long while about how this was going to change absolutely nothing between us, and Aaron pulled out this awesome rainbow ring, and slipped it on his finger, and I thought that was about the coolest thing I'd ever been a part of.
I paid for dinner (call it a coming-out present, if you like), and then we started heading toward the car, but ended up taking a beautiful walk around the city, down to the BB&T building, and got some wonderful shots of the city and of us. And then, we headed back to 4th Street, and Aaron treated me to frozen custard at Wolfie's (he had chocolate chocolate-chip, and I opted for banana, which was really yummy), and we walked down to the little blocked-off area, grabbed a bench, and did some people-watching while we ate, which was really wonderful.
We walked around 4th Street a bit more, stopping for a moment to listen to the live string band that was performing these little country-sounding pieces, which really added to the southern atmosphere. We stopped one more time at the little park/water fountain area to take a few more pictures, and then crossed the street and hopped in the car. Aaron directed me to I-40 (thanks, Aaron, for helping me), and I drove us back to Clemmons, where we said goodbye with a wonderful hug, and Aaron invited me to Lane's homework-burning/Aaron's in NC party on Friday, and I've already cleared it with my mom to go.
I drove home, and my mom and I watched Big Miracle, which was a really cute, really touching story. And then, we went to bed around midnight, and I spent like an hour on the computer, and then it took seemingly forever to fall asleep.
Thank you, Aaron, for such a wonderful night. I love you, darling. :)
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Fourth of July and Birthdays...
Holy crap, where did the last two weeks go? Um, so yeah, I kinda never got to that mid-vacation post...oops. But, in my defense, we ended up being way busier than I had expected, so I was barely on my laptop at all, other than to check my email at the start and end of each day. So, here's my recap.
So, I dropped my mom off at work Friday morning, which involved me waking up at 5:45 in the morning, throwing on some normal clothes so I wasn't driving around the ghetto in my pajamas, and getting in the car. Apparently, getting to my mom's work is a lot easier than I thought. So, anyway, I dropped her off, came home, and decided not to go back to sleep. I ended up taking a shower and getting ready, and then packing and stuff. My mom came home with the car at just before 1:00. They didn't have but two cars in the lot that were ready, so she ended up being upgraded to a luxury class vehicle for the same price they had quoted her for a mid-size or whatever. So, we got ourselves a Chrysler 300 that had 1800 miles on it...essentially, a brand-new luxury car. It was awesome.
We got on the road about 3:30, and stopped at the Shoney's in Summersville, WV, which is about three hours down the road. We got back in the car around 7:15, and the sky immediately darkened up. Then, the wind started blowing, and there were leaves flying everywhere, and the gusts coming from in between the mountains were insane. It felt a bit like the tornado from The Wizard of Oz, actually. And then, the wind died down, and the rain came down in buckets, and I think it finally stopped around 9:15, but we couldn't stop because all the exits we were passing had no power. We ended up at a Red Roof Inn just outside of Pittsburgh in a little town called Steubenville, which actually had a drive-in movie theater and this really creepily-lit church on a hill, complete with an old graveyard.
So, we set out the next morning at around 8:00, and we drove the last three and a half hours without really stopping for anything. We ended up eating lunch at my grandparent's house when we got into town, and then helped my grandmother do some cleaning, since her house has become a mess since we last saw it in late August. So, we cleaned out and organized the sunroom, since that's where we were planning on sleeping, and then had pizza for dinner and chatted for a while before bed.
On Sunday, we moved some furniture from the living room to the family room, and then, I ran some errands with my grandfather and cousin, and then I went to the movies with my mom and my aunt. We ended up seeing Snow White and the Huntsman, which was...decent. Not terribly entertaining plot-wise, but the special effects were pretty awesome. Kristen Stewart just cannot act at all...she just stands there with this blank face the whole time, just like she does in the Twilight movies. And then, we had dinner and visited with the family, and said goodbye to my cousins who were off to a two-week camp in Michigan the next morning.
We chilled out Monday morning, and then went for an early lunch at Frank's with my grandfather. My grandmother came down (she does the books there), and we had lunch with her (beef on weck...because it's awesome), and then we went over to my aunt's house and waited around for AJ (my cousin) to pick a couple of us up to go to the mall. So, it ended up being me, AJ, my cousin Brian, and AJ's friend Zak, and we basically walked the mall, went into, like, three stores, and then Zak dropped some clothes off at Plato's Closet, and we killed time by eating at Burger King, and then picked up his money at the consignment shop and then went back to my aunt's.for dinner.
On Tuesday, AJ took three of my cousins to Six Flags, and my mom, brother, and I ran errands with my grandfather, in the rain. We went to Walmart and Sam's Club, and then chilled out for the afternoon. My grandmother made tilapia for dinner, and then we met two of my aunts at the mall for a little shopping. And then, we drove over to Dairy Queen for some ice cream.
Wednesday was busy.My mom and grandmother did some cooking, and then we went over to my aunt's to help set up. We were over there for about five minutes, and then my brother ripped his pants jumping on the trampoline, and so we went back to my grandparent's house for him to get changed. And then, I went with my aunt, uncle, and cousin to Target and Kohl's so my aunt could look for a hat and a shirt, and then we went back to my aunt's and basically chilled out inside, and watched a bunch of Criminal Minds episodes, and then baseball, and then we ate, and I played Scat (our family card game tradition), and I ended up winning the game and getting eight bucks out of it (everyone puts in a dollar at the start of the game).
And then, we had cake and ice cream to celebrate the July birthdays - my grandfather on the 3rd, Quinn's on the 8th, and AJ's on the 17th - and they all opened their gifts, and then my aunt, mom, brother, and I headed out to get a spot for the fireworks. Which were a bit disappointing, actually. Not nearly as pretty as last year's, but they were fireworks just the same. We came back to my aunt's, said goodbye to my aunt, uncle, and cousins (since they were leaving in the morning to go back home), and went back to my grandparent's house.
On Thursday, we hung around the house for a while, and then ran a few errands to the grocery store and to Antoinette's, the local chocolate shop, which has the best chocolate anywhere, period. It's so good. Anyway, we dropped everything off at my grandparent's house, and then drove a couple towns over to visit with Karen, my late uncle's girlfriend, and her two daughters. It was really good to see her, and to meet her kids, and we all had quite a bit of fun, chatting and playing around and having lunch.
We came back to my grandparent's house in time for dinner, so we went out and picked up KFC, and my cousin AJ and I got burritos from Mighty Taco, because everytime I go up there, AJ says he swears by it, and that it's so much better than Taco Bell. It's only a Buffalo thing, though, so you can't get it anywhere else. And they really were pretty good. And then, we went over to my aunt's to say goodbye to them, and I stayed up a while with AJ, watching Amish: Out of Order, of all things, because there was nothing on.
We got up Friday morning, and packed all of our stuff, and my cousin Sarah came over to bring my grandmother some skirts she needed sewn, and we said goodbye to her, and then to my grandparent's and cousin, and then we headed out. We had Wendy's for lunch about three or four hours down the road, and then we didn't really stop after that. We got home, and ordered pizza for dinner, and really just chilled out.
We celebrated my brother's birthday on Sunday (which was his actual birthday anyway). We went out to IHOP for breakfast, and then picked up his cake, and then played a round of mini-golf, and then picked up a birthday balloon, and then picked up milkshakes from McDonald's, and then went home and watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and then fixed dinner, and then my aunt and uncle came over, and we had lasagna for dinner and cake and ice cream for dessert, and my brother opened his gifts, and then my aunt and uncle left, and we watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and then went to bed. Whew.
Not much else going on, though. We celebrated Quinn's birthday with my dad's family last night, which included having shrimp, crab cakes, and hush puppies with my dad and grandmother, and then cake and ice cream with the aunts and uncles, and opening gifts, which was nice.
On the agenda for the next few days - I need to do some reading (I borrowed those books from Sylvia, and am only forty pages into the first one), I have to go over to my mom's co-worker's house on Sunday so she can go over the house-sitting stuff with me for next weekend, and I also need to find time to get together with Aaron, because he's in town, and there is no way I'm missing out on seeing him while he's here. And possibly ask my mom to get me an appointment at the optometrist's office to see about trying out contacts.
So, I dropped my mom off at work Friday morning, which involved me waking up at 5:45 in the morning, throwing on some normal clothes so I wasn't driving around the ghetto in my pajamas, and getting in the car. Apparently, getting to my mom's work is a lot easier than I thought. So, anyway, I dropped her off, came home, and decided not to go back to sleep. I ended up taking a shower and getting ready, and then packing and stuff. My mom came home with the car at just before 1:00. They didn't have but two cars in the lot that were ready, so she ended up being upgraded to a luxury class vehicle for the same price they had quoted her for a mid-size or whatever. So, we got ourselves a Chrysler 300 that had 1800 miles on it...essentially, a brand-new luxury car. It was awesome.
We got on the road about 3:30, and stopped at the Shoney's in Summersville, WV, which is about three hours down the road. We got back in the car around 7:15, and the sky immediately darkened up. Then, the wind started blowing, and there were leaves flying everywhere, and the gusts coming from in between the mountains were insane. It felt a bit like the tornado from The Wizard of Oz, actually. And then, the wind died down, and the rain came down in buckets, and I think it finally stopped around 9:15, but we couldn't stop because all the exits we were passing had no power. We ended up at a Red Roof Inn just outside of Pittsburgh in a little town called Steubenville, which actually had a drive-in movie theater and this really creepily-lit church on a hill, complete with an old graveyard.
So, we set out the next morning at around 8:00, and we drove the last three and a half hours without really stopping for anything. We ended up eating lunch at my grandparent's house when we got into town, and then helped my grandmother do some cleaning, since her house has become a mess since we last saw it in late August. So, we cleaned out and organized the sunroom, since that's where we were planning on sleeping, and then had pizza for dinner and chatted for a while before bed.
On Sunday, we moved some furniture from the living room to the family room, and then, I ran some errands with my grandfather and cousin, and then I went to the movies with my mom and my aunt. We ended up seeing Snow White and the Huntsman, which was...decent. Not terribly entertaining plot-wise, but the special effects were pretty awesome. Kristen Stewart just cannot act at all...she just stands there with this blank face the whole time, just like she does in the Twilight movies. And then, we had dinner and visited with the family, and said goodbye to my cousins who were off to a two-week camp in Michigan the next morning.
We chilled out Monday morning, and then went for an early lunch at Frank's with my grandfather. My grandmother came down (she does the books there), and we had lunch with her (beef on weck...because it's awesome), and then we went over to my aunt's house and waited around for AJ (my cousin) to pick a couple of us up to go to the mall. So, it ended up being me, AJ, my cousin Brian, and AJ's friend Zak, and we basically walked the mall, went into, like, three stores, and then Zak dropped some clothes off at Plato's Closet, and we killed time by eating at Burger King, and then picked up his money at the consignment shop and then went back to my aunt's.for dinner.
On Tuesday, AJ took three of my cousins to Six Flags, and my mom, brother, and I ran errands with my grandfather, in the rain. We went to Walmart and Sam's Club, and then chilled out for the afternoon. My grandmother made tilapia for dinner, and then we met two of my aunts at the mall for a little shopping. And then, we drove over to Dairy Queen for some ice cream.
Wednesday was busy.My mom and grandmother did some cooking, and then we went over to my aunt's to help set up. We were over there for about five minutes, and then my brother ripped his pants jumping on the trampoline, and so we went back to my grandparent's house for him to get changed. And then, I went with my aunt, uncle, and cousin to Target and Kohl's so my aunt could look for a hat and a shirt, and then we went back to my aunt's and basically chilled out inside, and watched a bunch of Criminal Minds episodes, and then baseball, and then we ate, and I played Scat (our family card game tradition), and I ended up winning the game and getting eight bucks out of it (everyone puts in a dollar at the start of the game).
And then, we had cake and ice cream to celebrate the July birthdays - my grandfather on the 3rd, Quinn's on the 8th, and AJ's on the 17th - and they all opened their gifts, and then my aunt, mom, brother, and I headed out to get a spot for the fireworks. Which were a bit disappointing, actually. Not nearly as pretty as last year's, but they were fireworks just the same. We came back to my aunt's, said goodbye to my aunt, uncle, and cousins (since they were leaving in the morning to go back home), and went back to my grandparent's house.
On Thursday, we hung around the house for a while, and then ran a few errands to the grocery store and to Antoinette's, the local chocolate shop, which has the best chocolate anywhere, period. It's so good. Anyway, we dropped everything off at my grandparent's house, and then drove a couple towns over to visit with Karen, my late uncle's girlfriend, and her two daughters. It was really good to see her, and to meet her kids, and we all had quite a bit of fun, chatting and playing around and having lunch.
We came back to my grandparent's house in time for dinner, so we went out and picked up KFC, and my cousin AJ and I got burritos from Mighty Taco, because everytime I go up there, AJ says he swears by it, and that it's so much better than Taco Bell. It's only a Buffalo thing, though, so you can't get it anywhere else. And they really were pretty good. And then, we went over to my aunt's to say goodbye to them, and I stayed up a while with AJ, watching Amish: Out of Order, of all things, because there was nothing on.
We got up Friday morning, and packed all of our stuff, and my cousin Sarah came over to bring my grandmother some skirts she needed sewn, and we said goodbye to her, and then to my grandparent's and cousin, and then we headed out. We had Wendy's for lunch about three or four hours down the road, and then we didn't really stop after that. We got home, and ordered pizza for dinner, and really just chilled out.
We celebrated my brother's birthday on Sunday (which was his actual birthday anyway). We went out to IHOP for breakfast, and then picked up his cake, and then played a round of mini-golf, and then picked up a birthday balloon, and then picked up milkshakes from McDonald's, and then went home and watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and then fixed dinner, and then my aunt and uncle came over, and we had lasagna for dinner and cake and ice cream for dessert, and my brother opened his gifts, and then my aunt and uncle left, and we watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and then went to bed. Whew.
Not much else going on, though. We celebrated Quinn's birthday with my dad's family last night, which included having shrimp, crab cakes, and hush puppies with my dad and grandmother, and then cake and ice cream with the aunts and uncles, and opening gifts, which was nice.
On the agenda for the next few days - I need to do some reading (I borrowed those books from Sylvia, and am only forty pages into the first one), I have to go over to my mom's co-worker's house on Sunday so she can go over the house-sitting stuff with me for next weekend, and I also need to find time to get together with Aaron, because he's in town, and there is no way I'm missing out on seeing him while he's here. And possibly ask my mom to get me an appointment at the optometrist's office to see about trying out contacts.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
One Last Post For June...
Well, as promised, here's one last post for June.
So, basically, it's been a pretty normal week. Just hanging out and relaxing. Went out and pulled weeds one day, so I actually did something productive. I went out and ran some errands...picked up some stuff for my brother's birthday next weekend, and some stuff for the NY trip. I really should start packing soon...but you know me, I wait until the very last minute no matter what it is - schoolwork, packing, whatever.
In other news, my dad almost got a puppy. He thought it might be a good idea for my grandmother to have someone to keep her company, and he and my aunt went to the Adoption and Rescue Foundation and were interviewed by the people there, and when we went over last Thursday for dinner, two ladies came over and brought Wally, this adorable little puppy, and he was so cute and mellow and sweet. And they said that they would bring him over Saturday and that he would be officially ours. And then, Friday, my grandmother decided that she really didn't want the puppy in the house, and we had to pull out of the deal. But whatever.
I ended up getting a new outfit from Target a while back, and somehow failed to post anything about it. It's pretty awesome. Please excuse the ugly, white bra...when I really wear it, I use my black one, with this clear plastic piece that converts it to something similar to a racerback.
Also, I completed another video and uploaded it to YouTube, but YouTube changed their format and there's a problem with the video editing page because I can't change my video thumbnail to either of the two alternate options. Stupid YouTube. But, it's uploaded and that's one less unfinished video I have in my Sony Vegas folder. Woo-hoo.
Today, I went over to the optometrist's office for an eye exam. A couple of months' ago, I broke one of the (I have no idea what you call it...legs, arms...you know, the piece the goes from your ear to the actual lens) things off its mount, but I was able to put it back in, and it stays pretty well, except it does pop off every once in a while, and it's annoying. And we apparently can't get a copy of my prescription or get the frames replaced without going for an exam.
So, we went over there this morning. Apparently, I'm actually less nearsighted than I was before...hopefully, it's not just due to me possibly squinting at the eye chart a little (oops). And I have a little bit of astigmatism, which is supposedly nothing to worry about, or at least nothing that can't be fixed with glasses. It just has to do with the curvature of my cornea or something, and according to Wikipedia, "astigmatism is an optical defect in which vision is blurred due to the inability of the optics of the eye to focus a point object into a sharp focused image on the retina."
So, we got my prescription, and then went over to IFB to take a look at their selection of frames, since they don't carry the frames I'm currently using anymore. I ended up finding three I really liked - a full-framed brown and blue one, a half-framed red/burgundy one, and a half-framed purple/mauve-ish one that I can buy a magnetic clip-on for that has dark-tinted (aka sunglasses) lenses. The guy also showed me how I can pop the tinted lenses out and just use the mauve frame, so technically, it's a three-in-one (half-frames, full-frames, and sunglasses), which was neat, but I'm not sure if I completely love it.
I didn't make a decision on anything yet. I actually want to head back over to the eye doctor's and see about trying for contacts again. I tried three and a half years ago, but couldn't get them in, but I think now with putting on makeup, that I might be more comfortable with putting the lenses near (and on) my eyes. So, we'll see if we can make an appointment when we come back from vacation, and if, for some reason, I can't get the contacts in again, I'll already have some ideas as to what glasses I want.
I went over to Sylvia's to get my nails done this afternoon. I gave her a birthday present, her $5 nail fee (totally worth it), and my copy of Stunning for her to borrow. She gave me a really adorable white blouse (I might wear it this week on vacation, actually), amazing stars & stripes nail art, and her copies of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close to borrow. And we visited for a while, which felt really good. I haven't done much socializing lately, so it was nice to sit and talk with someone, especially Sylvia, because she's awesome.
Ugh, my list of stuff to do tonight is insane - besides picking up Mom from work, and then going to Party City to pick up some birthday party stuff for my brother, and then coming home and having dinner, I have to: clean Ella's cage, put a few songs on my iPod, do most of my packing (clothes, toiletries, makeup, accessories, electronics), charge my camera, iPod, and cell phone, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something because that doesn't seem like everything. But, whatever I don't finish tonight, I can always do tomorrow morning and early afternoon, because we're not leaving until 2 or 3.
Tomorrow, well, it'll be busy, that's for sure. I'm getting up at 5:45 in the morning to take my mom to work, then coming back to the house, probably getting another hour or two of sleep, and then I'll get up and get ready, and then I want to finish packing (obviously). My mom will come home from Enterprise with the rental car, and then we'll finish getting everything together, eat lunch, and pretty much get on the road. Probably eat dinner at the Shoney's in Summersville (I don't remember which state that's in, but it's about three and a half hours down the road), and then try to get another few hours of driving in after that. Stop at a hotel, and finish up the drive in the morning. Yay for vacation...I need it.
I'll try and post sometime during the week. I'm sure I'll have some down-time to write out a post, so that instead of one, super-long, annoying post about my vacation, you'll have two shorter, hopefully less annoying posts. :)
So, basically, it's been a pretty normal week. Just hanging out and relaxing. Went out and pulled weeds one day, so I actually did something productive. I went out and ran some errands...picked up some stuff for my brother's birthday next weekend, and some stuff for the NY trip. I really should start packing soon...but you know me, I wait until the very last minute no matter what it is - schoolwork, packing, whatever.
In other news, my dad almost got a puppy. He thought it might be a good idea for my grandmother to have someone to keep her company, and he and my aunt went to the Adoption and Rescue Foundation and were interviewed by the people there, and when we went over last Thursday for dinner, two ladies came over and brought Wally, this adorable little puppy, and he was so cute and mellow and sweet. And they said that they would bring him over Saturday and that he would be officially ours. And then, Friday, my grandmother decided that she really didn't want the puppy in the house, and we had to pull out of the deal. But whatever.
I ended up getting a new outfit from Target a while back, and somehow failed to post anything about it. It's pretty awesome. Please excuse the ugly, white bra...when I really wear it, I use my black one, with this clear plastic piece that converts it to something similar to a racerback.
Today, I went over to the optometrist's office for an eye exam. A couple of months' ago, I broke one of the (I have no idea what you call it...legs, arms...you know, the piece the goes from your ear to the actual lens) things off its mount, but I was able to put it back in, and it stays pretty well, except it does pop off every once in a while, and it's annoying. And we apparently can't get a copy of my prescription or get the frames replaced without going for an exam.
So, we went over there this morning. Apparently, I'm actually less nearsighted than I was before...hopefully, it's not just due to me possibly squinting at the eye chart a little (oops). And I have a little bit of astigmatism, which is supposedly nothing to worry about, or at least nothing that can't be fixed with glasses. It just has to do with the curvature of my cornea or something, and according to Wikipedia, "astigmatism is an optical defect in which vision is blurred due to the inability of the optics of the eye to focus a point object into a sharp focused image on the retina."
So, we got my prescription, and then went over to IFB to take a look at their selection of frames, since they don't carry the frames I'm currently using anymore. I ended up finding three I really liked - a full-framed brown and blue one, a half-framed red/burgundy one, and a half-framed purple/mauve-ish one that I can buy a magnetic clip-on for that has dark-tinted (aka sunglasses) lenses. The guy also showed me how I can pop the tinted lenses out and just use the mauve frame, so technically, it's a three-in-one (half-frames, full-frames, and sunglasses), which was neat, but I'm not sure if I completely love it.
These are the brown and blue-ish full-frames. (Please excuse the white part on the left side of my face, that's the tag on the glasses.)
The red/burgundy half-frames.
The purple/mauve half-frames (I know, they're pretty similar to the red/burgundy ones, which I liked better in the half-frame aspect).
But they have magnetic sunglasses that attach to the front! (Now that I look at them in the picture, they're really not that nice-looking. Hmmm.)
I didn't make a decision on anything yet. I actually want to head back over to the eye doctor's and see about trying for contacts again. I tried three and a half years ago, but couldn't get them in, but I think now with putting on makeup, that I might be more comfortable with putting the lenses near (and on) my eyes. So, we'll see if we can make an appointment when we come back from vacation, and if, for some reason, I can't get the contacts in again, I'll already have some ideas as to what glasses I want.
I went over to Sylvia's to get my nails done this afternoon. I gave her a birthday present, her $5 nail fee (totally worth it), and my copy of Stunning for her to borrow. She gave me a really adorable white blouse (I might wear it this week on vacation, actually), amazing stars & stripes nail art, and her copies of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close to borrow. And we visited for a while, which felt really good. I haven't done much socializing lately, so it was nice to sit and talk with someone, especially Sylvia, because she's awesome.
So, they're just gorgeous, right? I mean, seriously, this girl's got some talent. Thank you, Sylvia!
Ugh, my list of stuff to do tonight is insane - besides picking up Mom from work, and then going to Party City to pick up some birthday party stuff for my brother, and then coming home and having dinner, I have to: clean Ella's cage, put a few songs on my iPod, do most of my packing (clothes, toiletries, makeup, accessories, electronics), charge my camera, iPod, and cell phone, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something because that doesn't seem like everything. But, whatever I don't finish tonight, I can always do tomorrow morning and early afternoon, because we're not leaving until 2 or 3.
Tomorrow, well, it'll be busy, that's for sure. I'm getting up at 5:45 in the morning to take my mom to work, then coming back to the house, probably getting another hour or two of sleep, and then I'll get up and get ready, and then I want to finish packing (obviously). My mom will come home from Enterprise with the rental car, and then we'll finish getting everything together, eat lunch, and pretty much get on the road. Probably eat dinner at the Shoney's in Summersville (I don't remember which state that's in, but it's about three and a half hours down the road), and then try to get another few hours of driving in after that. Stop at a hotel, and finish up the drive in the morning. Yay for vacation...I need it.
I'll try and post sometime during the week. I'm sure I'll have some down-time to write out a post, so that instead of one, super-long, annoying post about my vacation, you'll have two shorter, hopefully less annoying posts. :)
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Starting To Feel Like Summer...
Alright, alright, yes, I do realize it's almost the end of June, and that it's been almost three weeks since I last posted anything. Believe me, if I could take those weeks back, I'd love to. Summer's passing by way too fast for my liking.
So, what have I been up to in three weeks time? Not much and a whole lot, at the same time. Ironic, huh? I've been doing some babysitting for my mom's co-worker...her kids are so fun. I did seven and a half hours one day, and then another four and a half one day the next week. Plus, she asked me to house-sit for her while they go to the beach in late July, so I'm getting two hundred dollars to feed their cat, dog, and chickens, and spend the nights at their house because the dog can't be left alone overnight.
My mom had an appointment with the lawyer during the second babysitting day, so she took the car (easier to park downtown), and I got to drive my aunt's truck, which was the most amazing thing in the entire world. I drove around in a white t-shirt and faded denim shorts, listening to (and belting out) country on the radio, and I felt like a redneck, and it was so cool. Life's simple pleasures, huh?
Recently, we've been watching a lot of movies through Netflix. In the Land of Blood and Honey was really good, One for the Money was hilarious, Man on a Ledge was awesomely suspenseful, Gone was really cool, The Big Year was just really cute and funny, John Carter was decent, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close was really poignant, Beginners was sweet. We're getting This Means War next, which should be pretty funny, too.
Also, my brother made us do a Lord of the Rings marathon a couple weekends ago, so we watched all three films - one on Friday, one on Saturday, took Sunday to watch a Netflix movie, and then watched the third film over the course of Monday & Tuesday night. We were watching the extended editions, so I think the shortest film time was three hours and fifteen minutes, and the third one was about four hours long, but there were some really good extended or deleted scenes added in that really fleshed out the characters and the plot very well.
My brother and I finally started Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 on the Xbox 360, and we're already through the fifth year, and about halfway through the sixth year, but it's fun. We enjoy it, and it gives him something to do, considering half the day, all he complains about is how bored he is.
And woo-hoo! Pretty Little liars is back on! So far, I'm liking the third season, and I especially loved how the premiere of season three echoed the very first episode of the series. Some of the music was the same, some of the scenes were similar, Aria even wore the same outfit in one scene. I'm currently halfway through reading the newest book, Stunning, and it's pretty good so far, although I think the series as a whole is starting to get a bit stale, but I'll follow it to the end anyway.
I think it's also wise to note that I got a really bad sunburn last weekend, but now, it's fading, and yay, I'm actually tan! Well, except for my sides, I can never seem to tan my sides as well as my front and back, but whatever. Meanwhile, my brother's practically a vampire, but at least we got him to the pool this past weekend, and he spent a couple hours in the water, playing with the frog that's now made himself at home at my aunt's pool.
And now, I'm counting down the day until we leave for New York, to see my mom's family for Fourth of July. We're leaving Friday the 29th, so there's only about a week and a half left to go! I'm so excited that I've already started my packing list. Okay, so it's not a packing list, it's a list of all the outfits I'm thinking about packing, but that's practically the same thing, right?
Well, I think I've run out of things to talk about. Which is weird, considering I had three weeks of stuff to write about, and this is still a relatively short post. I'm sure I'll find something else to write about soon, and I promise I'll post something before the end of the month/before I leave for New York. Because I can't stand only having one post for June.
So, what have I been up to in three weeks time? Not much and a whole lot, at the same time. Ironic, huh? I've been doing some babysitting for my mom's co-worker...her kids are so fun. I did seven and a half hours one day, and then another four and a half one day the next week. Plus, she asked me to house-sit for her while they go to the beach in late July, so I'm getting two hundred dollars to feed their cat, dog, and chickens, and spend the nights at their house because the dog can't be left alone overnight.
My mom had an appointment with the lawyer during the second babysitting day, so she took the car (easier to park downtown), and I got to drive my aunt's truck, which was the most amazing thing in the entire world. I drove around in a white t-shirt and faded denim shorts, listening to (and belting out) country on the radio, and I felt like a redneck, and it was so cool. Life's simple pleasures, huh?
Recently, we've been watching a lot of movies through Netflix. In the Land of Blood and Honey was really good, One for the Money was hilarious, Man on a Ledge was awesomely suspenseful, Gone was really cool, The Big Year was just really cute and funny, John Carter was decent, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close was really poignant, Beginners was sweet. We're getting This Means War next, which should be pretty funny, too.
Also, my brother made us do a Lord of the Rings marathon a couple weekends ago, so we watched all three films - one on Friday, one on Saturday, took Sunday to watch a Netflix movie, and then watched the third film over the course of Monday & Tuesday night. We were watching the extended editions, so I think the shortest film time was three hours and fifteen minutes, and the third one was about four hours long, but there were some really good extended or deleted scenes added in that really fleshed out the characters and the plot very well.
My brother and I finally started Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 on the Xbox 360, and we're already through the fifth year, and about halfway through the sixth year, but it's fun. We enjoy it, and it gives him something to do, considering half the day, all he complains about is how bored he is.
And woo-hoo! Pretty Little liars is back on! So far, I'm liking the third season, and I especially loved how the premiere of season three echoed the very first episode of the series. Some of the music was the same, some of the scenes were similar, Aria even wore the same outfit in one scene. I'm currently halfway through reading the newest book, Stunning, and it's pretty good so far, although I think the series as a whole is starting to get a bit stale, but I'll follow it to the end anyway.
I think it's also wise to note that I got a really bad sunburn last weekend, but now, it's fading, and yay, I'm actually tan! Well, except for my sides, I can never seem to tan my sides as well as my front and back, but whatever. Meanwhile, my brother's practically a vampire, but at least we got him to the pool this past weekend, and he spent a couple hours in the water, playing with the frog that's now made himself at home at my aunt's pool.
And now, I'm counting down the day until we leave for New York, to see my mom's family for Fourth of July. We're leaving Friday the 29th, so there's only about a week and a half left to go! I'm so excited that I've already started my packing list. Okay, so it's not a packing list, it's a list of all the outfits I'm thinking about packing, but that's practically the same thing, right?
Well, I think I've run out of things to talk about. Which is weird, considering I had three weeks of stuff to write about, and this is still a relatively short post. I'm sure I'll find something else to write about soon, and I promise I'll post something before the end of the month/before I leave for New York. Because I can't stand only having one post for June.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
How Did It Get To Be The End Of May?
Oh gosh, tomorrow is June 1st. Holy crap, I have no idea where the past few weeks have gone to. Please forgive me for not posting. I don't know what's gotten into me lately regarding the lack of new posts. Really, my life is pretty boring anyway, so you're not missing much.
I finished up my final set of world religion lectures last week. It ended up taking three weeks to do the Islam unit, because I caught a cold at the end of the first week, and didn't do my Thursday and Friday lectures, so I decided to do four lectures a week for two more weeks than to try and double up a bunch of times to squeeze it into one week.
Um, I don't think I mentioned it, but we did our year-end testing a few weeks ago, and I ended up scoring pretty well. My science score was the only outlier (wow...haven't used that term in forever), but I knew the moment I closed my test booklet that science was going to be my weak score. I got perfect scores on two of the ten sections (spelling and language mechanics), and my goal for next year is to beat that, because the test booklet is exactly the same for both junior and senior year.
Meanwhile, my brother's scores sucked, especially his spelling scores, so we're making him read a chapter a day this summer to get some more reading experience under his belt. Our theory is that the more he reads, the more times he'll see words and become more familiar with their spelling, so that when it's spelled incorrectly in the test booklet, he'll know. And I think we're going to have to make him double-check his work next year, since he didn't look over his work at all once he marked his answers.
Um, what else? Oh, the house. There is now a "For Sale" sign in the front yard, and I just found the listing on Prudential.com...the pictures look so weird, totally does not look like our house, even though those pictures were taken, like, a week ago. Lol. We went over to the consignment shop last week, and the money on our account had almost doubled, which was awesome, and we brought in a couple more things to sell. And yesterday, we went over to Edward McKay, and took about 90 books to sell, and they gave us, like, 7 dollars in cash and 46 dollars in trade credit, which we all thought was really dumb, because apparently, they have a very limited list of things they can give cash for, but whatever.
We finally got over to the pool this past weekend, and I got really sunburned, as is the case every summer, but it's fading into a nice, light tan, so I at least feel a little better that I'm not vampire-white anymore like my video-game-playing, hermit of a brother, who won't leave the house unless it is absolutely necessary. I think we'll be dragging him to the pool sometime soon.
There is absolutely no good tv on right now, and yes, I know that sounds really petty, but my evenings are so boring without some sort of televised entertainment. The only things we're watching right now are American Ninja Warrior and Hatfields & McCoys, which is the most country show I have ever seen, but it's on History channel and has Kevin Costner in it, and it's all about the two-decades long feud between these two families in West Virginia/Kentucky. It's kinda awesome, actually, except we've only got one episode left to watch. So, I really can't wait for next week when the summer season of Pretty Little Liars premieres, and the next book, Stunning, comes out, so I at least have something decent to watch.
Also, my mom and I went to see The Raven a few weeks ago, which ended up being really good. I love thrillers, and ones based off of real people (aka, Edward Allan Poe) are even more cool. The whole thing was really cool, a little freaky, but pretty awesome. Did I mention it was rated R, and that there were a bunch of gory, dead bodies with mouths sewn shut or tongues cut out or hands sawed off or people cut in half, and yet I found it pretty cool? Should I be concerned that I totally wasn't affected by any of it? Lol.
Okay, I think that's about all I've got. Expect a post sometime next week, when I'm back home from our Friday-Saturday-overnight thing with my dad, and Pretty Little Liars is back on, and I've gone to the mall and possibly bought more clothes that I really don't need to be buying. Lol. :)
I finished up my final set of world religion lectures last week. It ended up taking three weeks to do the Islam unit, because I caught a cold at the end of the first week, and didn't do my Thursday and Friday lectures, so I decided to do four lectures a week for two more weeks than to try and double up a bunch of times to squeeze it into one week.
Um, I don't think I mentioned it, but we did our year-end testing a few weeks ago, and I ended up scoring pretty well. My science score was the only outlier (wow...haven't used that term in forever), but I knew the moment I closed my test booklet that science was going to be my weak score. I got perfect scores on two of the ten sections (spelling and language mechanics), and my goal for next year is to beat that, because the test booklet is exactly the same for both junior and senior year.
Meanwhile, my brother's scores sucked, especially his spelling scores, so we're making him read a chapter a day this summer to get some more reading experience under his belt. Our theory is that the more he reads, the more times he'll see words and become more familiar with their spelling, so that when it's spelled incorrectly in the test booklet, he'll know. And I think we're going to have to make him double-check his work next year, since he didn't look over his work at all once he marked his answers.
Um, what else? Oh, the house. There is now a "For Sale" sign in the front yard, and I just found the listing on Prudential.com...the pictures look so weird, totally does not look like our house, even though those pictures were taken, like, a week ago. Lol. We went over to the consignment shop last week, and the money on our account had almost doubled, which was awesome, and we brought in a couple more things to sell. And yesterday, we went over to Edward McKay, and took about 90 books to sell, and they gave us, like, 7 dollars in cash and 46 dollars in trade credit, which we all thought was really dumb, because apparently, they have a very limited list of things they can give cash for, but whatever.
We finally got over to the pool this past weekend, and I got really sunburned, as is the case every summer, but it's fading into a nice, light tan, so I at least feel a little better that I'm not vampire-white anymore like my video-game-playing, hermit of a brother, who won't leave the house unless it is absolutely necessary. I think we'll be dragging him to the pool sometime soon.
There is absolutely no good tv on right now, and yes, I know that sounds really petty, but my evenings are so boring without some sort of televised entertainment. The only things we're watching right now are American Ninja Warrior and Hatfields & McCoys, which is the most country show I have ever seen, but it's on History channel and has Kevin Costner in it, and it's all about the two-decades long feud between these two families in West Virginia/Kentucky. It's kinda awesome, actually, except we've only got one episode left to watch. So, I really can't wait for next week when the summer season of Pretty Little Liars premieres, and the next book, Stunning, comes out, so I at least have something decent to watch.
Also, my mom and I went to see The Raven a few weeks ago, which ended up being really good. I love thrillers, and ones based off of real people (aka, Edward Allan Poe) are even more cool. The whole thing was really cool, a little freaky, but pretty awesome. Did I mention it was rated R, and that there were a bunch of gory, dead bodies with mouths sewn shut or tongues cut out or hands sawed off or people cut in half, and yet I found it pretty cool? Should I be concerned that I totally wasn't affected by any of it? Lol.
Okay, I think that's about all I've got. Expect a post sometime next week, when I'm back home from our Friday-Saturday-overnight thing with my dad, and Pretty Little Liars is back on, and I've gone to the mall and possibly bought more clothes that I really don't need to be buying. Lol. :)
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Smash - Bombshell Songs
Okay, I know I need to do another recap post...I promise, I'll get to it soon. I thought I was going to have some stuff to write about, but it's been a bit boring lately. Well, not boring, just normal. But, I'll get something going soon.
For now, though, I did promise another post about Smash, and the songs written for the in-show musical, Bombshell, about Marilyn Monroe. First up, a song from one of the rehearsals, Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking, featuring Christian Borle.
Derek and Karen went behind everyone's backs to stage Touch Me, thinking that the show needed to explore a darker side of Marilyn's sexuality. As it turned out, everyone was so angry at them for going behind their backs that they canned the idea immediately. But I still like the song.
Don't Forget Me, from the season finale, was amazing. I just...there are no words. I'm really curious as to whether Ivy's really going to commit suicide or not. Ugh, I've gotta wait until next season...I hate cliffhangers.
And I really wasn't going to do four (and technically this isn't a Bombshell number), but the whole "Derek hallucinating Karen as Marilyn" thing was so hilarious and weird that I couldn't resist posting the video of Our Day Will Come.
I promise to post something that isn't TV, music, or movie-related soon. But, for now, enjoy all the pretty Smash songs that get stuck in my head...lol.
For now, though, I did promise another post about Smash, and the songs written for the in-show musical, Bombshell, about Marilyn Monroe. First up, a song from one of the rehearsals, Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking, featuring Christian Borle.
Derek and Karen went behind everyone's backs to stage Touch Me, thinking that the show needed to explore a darker side of Marilyn's sexuality. As it turned out, everyone was so angry at them for going behind their backs that they canned the idea immediately. But I still like the song.
Don't Forget Me, from the season finale, was amazing. I just...there are no words. I'm really curious as to whether Ivy's really going to commit suicide or not. Ugh, I've gotta wait until next season...I hate cliffhangers.
And I really wasn't going to do four (and technically this isn't a Bombshell number), but the whole "Derek hallucinating Karen as Marilyn" thing was so hilarious and weird that I couldn't resist posting the video of Our Day Will Come.
I promise to post something that isn't TV, music, or movie-related soon. But, for now, enjoy all the pretty Smash songs that get stuck in my head...lol.
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