card cheer

card cheer

it's nice to know that in this computerized age, a simple hand-written card from a friend can still give you such great feelings of happiness. thank you, melissa, for keeping letter love alive.yesterday i went thrifting and bought some old warm sweaters for the new cold season.
today's the first day that actually feels like fall down here. high winds and little leaves like this scattered on the sidewalks

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rest in peace, aunt ellen

rest in peace, aunt ellen

she passed just after my parents got home from visiting me.
the funeral is this weekend, so they'll be coming back down here on friday.
good thing i didn't purchase a halloween costume yet.

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Bells and Whistles- The Spring Standards

Bells and Whistles- The Spring Standards

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cinnamon vanilla bean cappucinos are yummy

cinnamon vanilla bean cappucinos are yummy

just got out of my astronomy midterm, which i already know i could have done much better on. but sleep is more important to me than popping adderol to study. plus, the news i received yesterday definitely would've hindered any serious efforts to memorize facts about how the universe was created, anyway.
i know we've all talked about it, but i can't believe how quickly the time is approaching now.
soon, it will be a year since the last time i saw spring awakening and it will be my real last time seeing spring awakening. that 2nd row $130 ticket is looking really good right now, but i just don't have the money. so once again, i will be sleeping out on the streets in the dead of winter with some of my favorite people in the world (at my favorite city in the world). not a terrible tradeoff.
but seriously, if someone wants to tell me where this past year has gone, please let me know. too fast.
my show closes this weekend. then i will have time to focus on my other classes.
i'll be asming Kushner's adaptation of The Illusion next semester, directed by Mich Hebert (he did rabbit hole this summer @ olney).
small small world

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OH MY GODDDDDD!

OH MY GODDDDDD!

when are we going to watch this for real? c'mon guys

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my current opinions on school (as reflected through calvin and hobbes)

my current opinions on school (as reflected through calvin and hobbes)

and last but not least:

help

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Lovely blue float down and all the people's voices seem to grow quiet...

Lovely blue float down and all the people's voices seem to grow quiet...

Performance night two. We had a standing ovation for opening :)

New Years 1964, twenty minutes to five. Outside: white snow, black trees, the rapidly falling darkness. My soul leaps out of me. This year will be work. Glorious work.

And I remember all the twilights I have ever known. They float across my eyes. I think of forests and picnics, of being very warm in something cotton, of smelling the earth and loving life. Long live good life and beauty and love.

Journal entry undated: if anything should happen before 'tis done, may I trust that all commas and periods will be placed and someone will complete my thoughts. This last should be the least difficult, since there are so many who think as I do.

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vote: check!

vote: check!

sent out my absentee ballot today. first time voting, i think i chose the right candidate ;)
if obama doesn't win, who's moving to europe with me?

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What use are flowers?! Well, ah, but the uses of flowers are infinite!

What use are flowers?! Well, ah, but the uses of flowers are infinite!

I want to be a stage manager
Lucky for me, I am asming the first show of the year at UMD, To Be Young, Gifted and Black, a portrait of Lorraine Hansberry in her own words (adapted by Robert Nemiroff). One of my best friends at college is the sm and it opens this Thursday. This is the best group of people I've worked with. The cast is so supportive of each other, the lighting is absolutely gorgeous, and the director is fabulous.
I worked with Scot during my first ever production at UMD, Urinetown, and he is just such a wonderful teacher. He is incredibly professional but also takes into account that we are students. He takes every opportunity to teach a lesson and always brings us food and little gifts. I swear he will be 19 years old forever, I don't know how he does so much and stays so happy and energized. Although I have had no free time, it has been such a wonderful process that it does not bother me one bit.

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truly, heaven must feel like this

truly, heaven must feel like this

spring awakening
it opened my heart and mind
to new people
new experiences

It was because of the first time I saw the show for my 17th birthday that I wanted to join street team
It was because of street team that my mother finally let me travel into the city by myself
It was because of street team that I met one of my best friends, Jon
It was because of Pun's kindness that led me to believe that maybe i will be successful in this industry
It was because of lunch with Pun followed by stage door that I met my hero, Johnny
It was because of my interest in Johnny's music that I got introduced to my favorite band Old Springs Pike
It was because of my love for this band and that I met the rest of the TGT: stef, kate, melissa, michelle
It was because of Spring Awakening that I became friends with Amanda, a girl who went to my high school whom I otherwise would have only been acquaintances
It was because of this bond that the seven of use share that i got through some of most emotional moments of my life
It was because of Johnny that I was introduced to Seth and the unbelievably fantastic Ragtag productions
It was because of Seth that I found Megan, the kindest, most creative, beautiful and peaceful woman I know
It was because of Megan that I wanted to be a better person
It was because of these people that I met their friends and family -- Nina, my other mother, June, beautiful caring songstress, Darcy, infectiously fabulous playwright, Jeffrey, a ray of sunshine...

the list goes on and has not stopped.
even now typing this entry, i feel as strongly about the impact this show has had on me than i did the first time i saw it.
when it closes, so will the most treasured chapter of my life.
it has touched me beyond comprehension.

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Sleeping Beauty - Once Upon A Dream

Sleeping Beauty - Once Upon A Dream

Sleeping Beauty is so underrated. Not only is she the fairest princess of all (hands down THE best hair AND the best peasant dress), but it also has the most creepy villain AND the hottest prince (with the most vocal talent)
and i love the trees.

also, the special edition dvd has a great film of shots of the grand canyon. no joke, it's stunning.

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I'll still be your cushion for the pin

I'll still be your cushion for the pin

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES!
Thank you for all the wonderful memories over the past year
You'll always hold a special place in my heart.
(p.s. my roommate shares the same birthday..i love today!)
AND my show opens in 8 days.
Off to class, then a meeting.
Such a lovely fall day in College Park

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Keith Richards Dead Flowers live

Keith Richards Dead Flowers live

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to do

to do

i haven't written in my journal since august.
this has to change.
also, i lost this shirt
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as seth rogen says in knocked up, "it makes me sad all day"

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stand up, your father's passing

stand up, your father's passing

to kill a mockingbird was on tv tonight. right after jane eyre and titanic
twas a good night for movies.

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MasterCard

MasterCard

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Love

Love

If you have it, you don't need to have anything else
and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.
-Sir James M. Barrie

About once a month I get into this sulky mood where I sit there wondering why I seem to be the only person in the world who has never been in love. And I hate it. I have so many extraordinary people in my life and I know how blessed I am, but I get tired of being one of the only people I know to have never had even one relationship. I feel that it's such an important experience to have in ones life that I am just completely missing out on. My friends tell me that my time will come, and I know I'm only 18, but I'm sick of waiting. Is that selfish? Have I done something to not even deserve a try? How can I give my friends relationship advice when I've never been through one myself? I don't know where I'm going with this. I just feel the need to let out my feelings on this subject every once and a while. Do I care too much?
Maybe I'm just afraid of being alone.

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