Goodnight

Goodnight moon, goodnight stars.











Goodnight NSA agent forced to sift through my posts who keeps racking in my pageviews. You're the bestest!

Oh gosh, I'm sorry that last post was so emotional. Just ew. I done goofed.

I suck at goodbyes

Today was the last day that I'll ever see many of the friends I've made over the past three years. In truth, I was never really close to the majority of them, and I'm pretty sure that many of them just straight-up don't like me at all. For instance, one girl who I've been doing theater with has never exactly been the nicest to me, no matter how I treated her. The past few weeks she's been ignoring me because I didn't write enough about her performance as Sandy in Grease. Every time I try saying hi to her or complementing her she shuts me out. I'm not going to miss that treatment in the next parts of my life.
The one thing that I am going to miss is definitely Andy. He's been an integral part of my life for nearly a year, and frankly I'm having separation anxiety. I kept telling myself I'd be strong and keep it together, but I can't help but tear up every time I think that I won't see him every time I turn around in math class, or next to me in study hall, or when I walk into school in the morning. I already miss the bear hugs he'd give me when I'm having a rough day and the traditional hug every day before we went home. I know it'll be okay in the end, but it's still super terrifying and saddening.

Oh wait, that wasn't a GIF and I'm extra slow today. 

Cat GIF of the Day

5-21-14

Currently I'm sitting in study hall, and it's hella boring. Usually, I have my Andy here to entertain me with cat pictures and videos, or with a summary of whatever movie he just watched, or stories from his job. But he finished school yesterday. So now I'm alone. Bleh. 

There's nothing worse than when you need to be somewhere and the people that you're responsible for are running late.

Goodnight

Sleep tight, NSA person that has to read my blog posts. You're the only thing getting me pageviews, so thanks.

I'M SO BOOOOOOORRRRRRREEEEEDDDDD I'M SORRY

Soooo you may have remembered that I was hoping to do student council next year? I changed my mind. Let me tell you why.

At my  high school, student council is divided into four sub-groups lead by the three executive officers- president, vice president, and secretary- and are as follows (in order of importance and involvement): class representatives, spirit committee, activities committee, and video committee. The committee members apply for positions and are selected by the executive officers. I was hoping to join video committee, what with my plans of producing movies and studying film making in college I need to get as much experience as I can. This year, however, they decided to remove video committee from student council and took its biggest responsibilities and stuck them with the much less qualified spirit committee.

 Video committee has been traditionally a smaller committee, so it's a little understandable why it was removed and placed off in the back, but it still plays an integral role in the school and should not have been separated. It's also true that this year was very lackluster as far as videos go, especially in comparison to last year. Let me demonstrate:
                                                                         This Year...

aaaand last year...

So it's really clear that this year's committee done goofed, but because they are losing the small amount of talent that they have they are only going to get worse and worse next year and in the years to come.........

I should just do a daily cat GIF. 

5-20-14

The worst part of the last days of school is that there's never anything to do. As an industrious student a.k.a. a nerd I always want to be on top of things, so I'm always trying to work ahead. It's gotten to the point where my parents yell at me for doing too much! For example, I'm trying to start my summer reading that was assigned today. In my defense, it is East of Eden by John Steinbeck, and it is hella long. On top of that, there are a TON of assignments and I'd rather get a head start while I have my school mojo going for me and get sucked into summer laziness/lack of time. My parents are lucky that I'm spending my time doing homework when I could be on drugs instead. They should be proud!

5-20-14, or the last day of Seniors

Today was the senior class's last day of school at my school. Starting tomorrow, I'm officially going to be an upperclassman. It's really strange to me how quickly this year has gone. I know next year is only going to be faster, scarier, and more stressful. I won't miss the majority of the senior class very much. I didn't know too many people in it, and many that I did know I didn't like. Really I'm only going to miss 2-3 people, and I'm dating one of them!
It'll be great to be among the big bad seniors starting tomorrow, but at the same time, I don't want to be one just yet.

Group Projects

Group Projects are literally the third worst  concept in the American education system after standardized testing and cutting art and music budgets. No matter how many people are working, there is always always ALWAYS some poor student who gets stuck doing all the work. This student is usually me. Tomorrow, I have a presentation due in my religion class. I have designed the powerpoint and written over half of the slides. I've worked for hours and hours and the only others who have pitched in have done a very small amount of work. Did I mention that there were seven freaking people in my group? That's right. Seven. People. Putting together a short, five-minute presentation. HOW ON EARTH CAN ONE PERSON GET STUCK WITH ALL OF THAT WHEN HARDLY ANYTHING HAD TO BE DONE TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL?!

In my rage, I decided that I'd paste some videos in from the weird parts of YouTube and not take them out, forcing somebody to put in some work. If nobody does, we'll watch every single one in class tomorrow.

Here's a sampling of my nightmare storm.

I don't mess around.

5-19-14

meh.

Boredom Post Round 3

I told myself when I made this blog yesterday that I'd try to be consistent with posting. Something like once, maybe twice a day, or more if I hadn't posted in awhile. But frankly, I'm hella bored and feeling bleh. I'll be pretty post-filled throughout the coming summer, probably less so when the school year starts and I'm back on my grind. I'm in an absurd amount of extracurriculars: theater, school newspaper, food club, film club, French club, National Honors Society, community service work, athletic training, current events club, my improv group, (luck permitting) student council, AND I'm still hunting for some sort of job. It's only going to get harder as I'm taking on more leadership roles within those various spheres: I'll be co-editor in chief next year for newspaper, I may be elected for NHS president/vice president, I'm secretary of French club already, and as a senior I'll be taking on responsibility for helping underclassmen learn the ins and outs of it all. I'll also be swamped with work from 3 AP classes, 2 honors/advanced classes, and rigorous schoolwork in general. Basically I am apologizing in advance for when I fall behind on posting next year. So yeah, sorry, and consistency be damned I'll be posting more cat gifs!!!!!!

5-18-14

Who doesn't need more kittens in their life?

Beauty Video

Several months ago for an English project, my boyfriend Andy helped me make a video. My project was on how the media affects the way society views beauty and how that view affects a woman's self-image throughout all walks of life. The video was focused on kids' opinions and observations.

As I'm pretty sure I've mentioned in previous posts, I want to write and  produce movies when I'm out of school. Andy wants to write and direct them. It's pretty perfect. Apart from being the crowning gem of my English project/magnum opus of schoolwork, this video means a lot to me because it's the first thing that I've ever worked on with Andy.

I hope that it's enjoyable, informative, and thought-provoking to all who watch it.

5-18-2014

Lazy Sundays are the best kinds of Sundays. There's nothing better in the mind of a sleep-deprived teenager than getting 13 hours of sleep then eating a giant carbtastic breakfast. Days like these get me incredibly excited for summer vacation. Even though I'll be jobless and bored, I'll get to catch up on all the sleep I miss out on during the school year.

5-17-2014

So this is Blogger. I'm just jobless and blogging away until I meet the requirements for AdSense and can get a bit more money in my life. My summer job search has been going far from smoothly, so you can see my desperation here. I've spent the past six months applying for job after job with no luck whatsoever and am on the verge of making a lemonade stand in my driveway to get by. I don't have the "cute little kid" factor going for me anymore, so that probably wouldn't work out anyways.

A little bit about me- I'm 17, I write, I participate in theater, stand-up comedy and a bazillion other extracurriculars, and I'm hoping to work as a film producer in a few years. I'm part of an improv* troupe and a feminist (not the militant kind that make girls say "I hate feminists," but the kind that stand up for social, political, and economic equality), and I love to cook, especially desserts and my specialty- mac and cheese.

I'll most likely be posting recipes from my adventures in the kitchen, pictures, funny/ironic stories from the day, the occasional venting post, and little things about my life.

*Speaking of improv, I have a show tonight!