sometimes life comes and passes you by while you're busy making plans

happy long weekend! so right now i'm listening to beyonce and it's snowing and i just practiced and i need to write an essay but i don't particularly care. my weekend is going pretty well, the stress of midterms aside. I took my social day on friday to go see bride wars with jess. it was fun! i liked the movie even though it got really bad reviews. sometimes things work that way. saturday i had a study group which was....i won't say productive but it wasn't a total flop. i still have a lot of individual review to do. so basically tomorrow i have to squeeze in writing an essay, practicing, reviewing, a dentist appointment and buying clothes for drama. that should be fun!




1) talking to new people
2) beyonce
3) learning about people
4) sleeping late
5) long weekends

i think i'm in love with my radio

hey everyone! no one's really commenting, but it's ok cause i'm writing this for myself anyway. i had a great weekend; an out-and-about friday, a lazy saturday and a productive sunday. it was the perfect balance.

i'm currently reading marley and me. from the trailers i saw of the movie, it looked like a typical hollywood warm-your-heart story. but the book is so much more. it's a brilliantly written memoir of life with this uncontrollable and fiercely lovable dog, marley. the text follows marley's entire life, adding in elements of the author's life as well such as job opportunities, moving across the country and having children. i haven't finished the book, i'm quite near the end, and i find myself head over heels in love with marley because he is so in love with life. i've reached a very sad turning point, however, because marley is beginning to show signs of aging and although his spirit is as vibrant as ever, his body can't quite keep up. the author says, and i agree, that marley teaches him about his mortality. that even an on-the-go spirit like marley winds down eventually. i predict that the end will be heartbreaking, but i've enjoyed the journey immensely and i recommend it to everyone, pet owner or not.



1)the new beyonce CD
2)finding LOTMS
3)getting my ipod to work
4)snowstorms
5)having time to relax

no we're not gonna work this out tonight

hey guys! busy as usual. but there's always time for thanks!!


1) subs in french
2) my spectacular ringtone
3) painkillers
4) TV: stupid, yes, but it can be really relaxing
5) good books (as in the antithesis of invisible man)

astro zombies

1) my hair (for right now, anyway)
2) a beautiful christmas break
3) drama club
4) radio disney take-over!!
5) big jobro announcement!!!!!!

of music, parties and memories

Two of my best friends celebrated their sweet sixteen tonight...time is flying by. i'd love to catch it in a jar and keep it just the way it is, forever. this may sound cheesy but as we were dancing and singing to build me up buttercup, everyone's faces looked so happy and free and as i looked around, i saw old friends that i'm so happy i still have in my life. a few people that were in lakeside with us have long drifted from the group, but that's how life goes. those who remained are certified beautiful people. and i hope they stay with me forever, if only to drift on and off the path of my life. so tonight, i have much to be thankful for. you might think i'm crazy but up until now, for the past week or so, i was willing to trade my life for anyone's. anyone's in the world. i was so restless and frustrated. i felt pointless and hopeless. i found myself so disconnected from life and just genuinely unhappy. because my life seemed so small and i constantly saw people on TV, in magazines, who led such big lives. and i wanted to replicate their lives. but then i heard on the radio, someone say "i believe that everyday life is extraordinary" and i realized, it truly is. and so, for right now, i'm content. the lure of stage life, fame, whatever you want to call it, is still there. but instead of a nagging pressure, it's more of a dull pulse. because there are so many little things i take for granted that constitute a beautiful and worthwhile existence. and i can definitely handle that.


1)good friends playing great music late at night
2)growing up and out
3)being appreciative (i'm appreciative for being appreciative haha)
4)beautiful, often overlooked blessings like having a family to come home to, a school to go to(i know, i know) and horizons to work towards.
5)a heart heavy with joy