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6-13-2009

Listening to: Gathering Clouds - Traditional Native American
I'm looking for someone to reaffirm my faith. Tonight has been extremely trying for me, and I just need a breather, but it doesn't seem as if any are forthcoming. I'm both anticipating and dreading work tomorrow because I leave the stress of home, but by the same token, I enter the stress of my job, and one isn't really preferable to the other. I'm also stressing about two weddings, an answer to an important e-mail, a girl who's living with me this summer, how I'm going to pay for college next year, and the very real possibility that all of my friends will be married with children before I even fall in love. I know I'm young. One of the weddings that I'm stressing over is between two early 30-somethings who couldn't be happier with life right now, so it's not as if I think there's no hope. It's just frustrating to the extreme. My life is exactly as I imagined it would be at this age, but not at all how I want it to be. I'm simultaneously happy and miserable. I have no idea what the future holds in store for me and am both thrilled and terrified. I have no idea who my friends are anymore because I'm too much of a pansy to put myself on the line and let people help me. I absolutely need to get out of here, but I have no idea where I'd go. My brain is a total mess right now and all the maids are on vacation.

So Confused

6-10-2009

Listening to: Sountrack to "The Holiday" - Hans Zimmer
God, my life is weird sometimes. People change so quickly, or at least my impression of them can, and it's left my brain a bit of a mess lately. I'm no longer sure what to think about so many things. I'm not so self-assured as I once was. I'm looking at things a little differently, and I don't know how I feel about it. On one hand, I enjoy getting a fresh perspective on things I thought I already knew. On the other, my brain is singing a little song going something like "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON??" and God only knows if I'll ever figure it out. It's frustrating, to say the least. I came back from college for the summer, and it's as if I've stepped into bizzaro world. Things look the same, but as soon as I get an inch below the surface, it turns out that nothing was as it seemed. Me too, I guess. I'm not quite who I was when I left.

Jeezy Creezy

5-30-2009

Listening to: Belle - Jack Johnson
Wow, it is super late (early?) and I really need to go to bed. That said, I enjoyed this quiz earlier and the results are pretty accurate it any of you are interested in taking it yourself. Be warned, if you're honest, it will be, too.

Sugar rush

5-23-2009

Listening to: Reasons Why - Nickel Creek
I don't usually like to talk myself up to people, but I'm so ridiculously proud of myself for this cake that I'm showing the world and bragging the hell out of it. It's for my big sister's wedding shower, and it's my second cake ever that I've decorated. Eat it, gorcery store bakery!

Wedding Shower Cake by ~Michi-sama on deviantART

Looking for this rose's thorn

5-18-2009

Listening to: All These Lives - Daughtry
I don't have to look that far, though. In response to my last post, I'm thinking I'm more along the lines of "brilliantly insane," or maybe just "insane," or maybe just a little girl with hopes too high to reach. Apparently, my contant mantra of "you should really know better" doesn't mean anything to my conscious mind, even though my subconscious is more than willing to remind me of it at all turns. So now I'm listening to slightly emo rock music (ie., Daughtry) and wishing that I could be someone else. Cause you know, being someone else wouldn't change my outside circumstances, but at least I wouldn't feel this way, right? All I've ever wanted was a straight answer, but it looks like I won't get one from the only person I need one from. So I'll keep waiting, I guess, even though each passing day is a new crack in my facade. I just want to get out of here.

This has potential

5-10-2009

Listening to: Men in Tights - Robin Hood: Men in Tights
It's quite possible that I'm insanely brilliant or brilliantly insane. I'll keep you posted.

P.S., the weather was gorgeous but I got to see my friend anyway! Good day!

A little worried

5-8-2009

Listening to: nothing
The choir I used to sing with is having their spring concert tomorrow. This may be the last time I see some of the seniors who are graduating (since they won't be in rehearsal when I come back to visit). That was a really sad thought. I've just realized, though, that the one I really want to see, need to see, may not even be there. If we've already seen each other for the last time, I don't know what I'd do. It would break my heart. Please, track meet, be cancelled by weather. Let me see my friend, at least once more. Don't make me say goodbye yet.

Just plain livid

4-7-2009

Listening to: Eye to Eye - Powerline (A Goofy Movie)
So I had a concert this weekend. Huge event, my school's Spring A Cappella Fest. My a cappella group was hosting, and I had a solo in our Disney medley. My first solo ever, in 8 years of vocal performance. I spent hours working on both the song and overcoming my stage fright for this. I had my parents bring my 83-year old grandma 4 hours from home to see this show. Now, the boyfriend was going to be absent because he was supposed to be running the observatory for a big memorial event because all of the professor trained to do so were off at a research conference. I found out yesterday that the observatory was closed Saturday night (the night of my show) because the weather was bad. And the boyfriend never showed up to my concert even though he was on campus at the time (which was discovered by unhappy coincidence). I'm justified in feeling pissed off, yeah?

I'm so in love

3-16-2009

Listening to: Queen Ranavalona the First - Hank Green
...with Stephen King. And this is why: Stephen King: Stephanie Meyer Can't Write. I'm sure I just made some enemies by posting this, but hey, that's life.

Dear shit, meet "fan"

3-14-2009

Listening to: One - Metallica
I'm pretty sure I'm setting myself up to trip in front of the proverbial train. One day soon, all that will be left will be the unsightly Michi-splatters and the onlookers shaking their heads saying "poor girl, looked like a deer in the headlights." And I will be, but just as that damn deer knows that roads = cars and yet go out anyway, I'm well aware that I'm looking my stupidity right in the eye and saying "Hey, name's Michi, nice to meet you" and shaking its hand. So long story short, I'm asking for it, and it will either be wonderful or extremely like the feeling a bug has just before he splats on your windshield. And now I'm rambling while leaving you in suspense. And I'm thinking so hard about so many things that my head actually hurts. I thought spring break was supposed to be a time of relaxing and fun and harmless stupidity. Who did I piss off Upstairs?

For real?

2-21-2009

Listening to: Tanpopo - Ayano Tsuji
My Political Views
I am a center-left moderate social libertarian
Left: 1.72, Libertarian: 2.14

Political Spectrum Quiz
Having been raised in an extreme right-wing household, this was kind of surprising to me. Funny what college will do to a person.

Fo shiz

1-1-2009

Listening to: Your Hand in Mine - Explosions in the Sky
Happy new year! All's well (except that Nougat has to leave again. *sobbity sob*). Christmas was wonderful, and my surgery went well, and my sister is engaged, and I went ice skating today with the James and Remus to my Sirius, and then I came home to the smell of my favorite casserole. ^_^ Excellent, excellent break, except that Nougat is leaving again. Hopefully, I can hunt her down tomorrow morning for breakfast before I have to work at 8am.
= ( I shall miss her so (until July).

It's been too long

11-12-2008

Listening to: Jingle Bell Rock - From Home Alone II
Yikes, kids! Okay, I've finally accepted the fact that I'm the only person who's ever going to update this site again. Ah well. It's only 13 days until I go home for Thanksgiving break and 3/4 of the Insanity Squad shall be reunited in Black Friday wonder as we all head to Target to sell things to the masses. Alas, we shant have our Nougat back until Christmas-ish, but we know you're there in spirit, Honey!

I'm having a rediculously fabulous day. My work was complimented by my professor during design this morning (which is a big deal because he never comments on student work, positive or otherwise), and it was just a good day and I had swing dancing again tonight (which was amazing; I learned lindy hop!) and I'm just happy. Also, I just finished reading "Let It Snow" by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle. It's super cute and wonderful and it filled me with holiday gooiness (gooeyness?) (gooeiness?). Whatever on the spelling, it was wonderful. Go read it.

Nerdfighters! *hoo hah!*

I'm a Dork

10-2-2008

Listening to: All That Jazz - Chicago

Yeah College

8-23-2008

Listening to: Bear Necessities - Jungle Book
Hey kids, guess who's in college? That's right, the squad. Kat and Banana have stayed local, but Nougat and I have headed off to see the world, and when I say world, I mean bootcamp (Nougat) and the middle of nowhere (me). Regardless, I'm enjoying myself even though I miss my girls. I'll be home soon, though! Anyway, all the dorms on campus have mascots, and I'm totally a C-Hall Banana. Woo bananas! Seriously, I know I can't be the only person who ever goes on this site, so girls, would it kill one of you to update?

Didja miss me?

7-10-2008

Listening to: If You Like Pina Coladas - Rupert Holmes
Hey kids! Long time no see. Wow, loads of stuff has happened. Kat moved three or four times, Nougat is headed into the Air Force, both Nougat and I recently went to Australia, Banana spent a week or so in Guatemala, I went to DC to see family, we've all graduated, we all still work together (though not for long when Nougat flies out and I head to school), and.... well, I guess that's about it for important stuff. I've been playing a butt-load of tennis with Mada lately. What's sad is that my serving arm is already noticeably more muscular than my other arm. Must fix that somehow. I'm NOT going to Branson this summer (which is a bit of a down, but it's okay because I've already travelled so darn much), but I do head to school in mid-August. I'm so stoked! I can't wait to get up there and really meet my roomie and start some of my awesome art classes. I'm an art major, btw. Hopefully I'll get my Masters in education so I won't end up living in a box. But hey, it would be the prettist box. Aaaaanyway, just wanted to check in and let you all know we're still alive!

Every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man

3-7-2008

Listening to: HP1 Rifftrax - Mike Nelson and God

Shooting Stars- Kurt Cobain- 1 by ~Michi-sama on deviantART
The above is a charcoal I just finished in my studio class. Aaaaaanyway, today was suck, and then it was less suck, and now it's pretty good. I'm watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with the Rifftrax audio. It makes me happy. Going to go finish it now, ciao kids! <3 Michi

Yeah... whatever

3-6-2008

Listening to: white noise - the broken computer on my right
I've decided that the photo room is without a doubt the best place to get online. These computers mysteriously don't suck, and the internet connection is faster than all the other rooms. ANYWAY, I was browsing around online a few days ago and came across a really amusing thing. The guys who did MST3K didn't stop after the show was taken off the air. Mike and John (voice of Tom Servo) continue to rip videos to shreds at Rifftrax. Nougat bought me the audio track for Harry Potter for my birthday (which is this saturday!). Aside from that, not much to say, besides elaborating on the boys choir I mentioned last time. If any of your actually know who I am and are facebook friends with me, I've uploaded four of the videos to my page and the group I made for our two choirs. Oh, sweetness. Anyway, photo should be over in a few minutes and I'll be off to the most boring college algebra class the world has ever seen. If I stay awake, it will be a miracle.

This class sucks

3-5-2008

Listening to: abosolute drivel - my law teacher
This was a 2 1/2 hour late start, and it's still the most boring day of my life. Dear lord, class will not end. I did have the good fortune of meeting to boys choir of kenya on monday, though. They were awesome! I have a few videos of them that I can put up soon. Some photos soon. Gtg, teacher is lecturing.

About time!

2-1-2008

Listening to: Elevator Music - KSDK
Woo! Eight and a half inches of snow, baby! I mean, yeah, we've had days off of the school the past few years for weather, but it was either ice or a water main break. This is first honest to goodness snow day we've had in... 7-8 years! Last time this happened, I stayed home and play N64 with the girls who live across the street and ate chocolate chip cookies (which my mom was making, which means she was still working from home, so it's actually about 8-9 years!). Anyway, i should probably go shower and then shovel myself out of the driveway since I have to shovel out my grandma, too, before completing any of my plans for the day. Ciao, kids, and remember: Yellow snow doesn't taste like lemondade.

Really crazy tired

1-23-2008

Listening to: Johnny Tar's Funeral (Never Drink 'Em Dry) - Gaelic Storm
From what I've heard, Heath Ledger accidentally killed himself. As the story goes, the role of the Joker in the new Batman movie was playing some serious games with his head and sleep patterns. He was having so much trouble sleeping that he started taking sleep medication, just standard prescription stuff, but the mind games of being the joker were so bad that the prescribed amount wasn't good enough, he still couldn't sleep, so he'd just keep taking them until they started to work. Well, we saw how that turned out. It's really depressing though, that such a great actor and all around nice guy could be driven to such lengths because of a role he wa supposed to play. How weird will it be to see the new Batman movie knowing that it might be what killed him? It's easily the darkest, most corrupt role he's ever played. I smell a cult classic.

But really, I'm a little terrified to see it now. I'd so been looking forward to it, but how awful is the role that it drove a guy who makes his living off being someone else to sleep himself into oblivion? What kind of nightmares must he have endured? Poor guy. He didn't ask for this. Heath, our prayers go out to you.

Probably split personality

1-21-2008

Listening to: Coracao Salvagem - JOYCE
Hola, kids. Today, we filmed about 90% of our Hamlet project. Now, I am no longer just Horatio, but also the narrator (as William Shatner) and Ophelia, which was rather amusing. I pretty much ranted on the cruelty of life and then stuck my head in the kitchen sink with the disposal on while Stu stood by the mic and made gurgling noises. I've got say, it was pretty darn hilarious. Then there was a chase scene of Stu and Mada with the butter knife. Kudos, guys, it rocked. Moving on, I think I'm going to go back to my study of folklore. It just really intrigues me. Anyway, father dearest has just put in "2010: The Year We Make Contact" for what's probably the ten millionth time, so I believe I'll be vacating the premises.

P.S., my dears, Any of you have a specific leaning about whether public or private schools are better? I'm doing a report on it for English class, and any kind of help is always welcome. Ciao, kids.

I feel like an ignoramus

1-16-2008

Listening to: Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement) - Ludwig von Beethoven
This morning, we had a late start. So, I get my coffee from McDonald's before school and pick up Mada and all seems well (I even did my French homework during breakfast!). Then I get to school, park, grab my stuff off the back seat, and slam the door. Then I realize that I left my keys in with the car running. Yeah, very bril, isn't it? I had to call AAA and have someone come help me with my car while I missed the first 20 min of French IV (not that I really minded). But really, how dumb can you get? I've only had this car since August, and already I've locked my keys in it twice. Thank God for AAA. Eventually, my mother is supposed to get home so we can go to the gym and then to a local Welsh pub for dinner and to (potentially) hear my brother's girlfriend sing in a band for open mic night. (No worries, guys, she's awesome) We just aren't sure if they're playing tonight. Regardless, we're going (I'll make her) because the food is awesome. But really, it's after 7pm now, so if mother dearest doesn't get home soon, there'll be no point in going to the gym if we want to get to the pub. Yeah, I'm just rambling at this point.

I'm kind of bummed out that the lit. mag. at school died off. The kids who were really into it last year (besides myself) have gone and formed another club on wednesdays so I'm the only one turning up now. Quite frankly, it's not worth it, not with trying to hold down a job and choir and homework etc.. There's no way I can do it on my own this year. Last year, I made one hell of an effort, but I just don't care right now. Besides, the work we're receiving is gradually getting worse and worse. It's really disheartening. Anyway, I should probably be working on English homework right about now. We have to write a persuasive essay sometime soon, and I'm doing the differences between public and private school, and then which is better and why. My teacher is thrilled. It turns out that she's having this same arguement with her husband about her children. It just so happens that we're both pro-public. Huzzah. Well, my big sis has slept remarkably well through about 3 hours of music playing on the speakers, so maybe I'll be able to turn it off and actually play piano (I'll have to lock the dogs somewhere) while she's out. I'm sure my teacher will appreciate that. I never have enough time to practise anymore. Blah. Ciao.

Seriously bored

1-14-2008

Listening to: Devil Went Down to Doolin - Gaelic Storm
I seriously cannot stand my law and business class. I just finished typing up an "action alert" on greenpeace and japanese whalers. As much as the whalers suck, this class sucks just as badly. I kinda wish I had stayed up in my art room and worked on the painting I'm doing. It's a jazz pianist. (Part of a series.) And I'm not actually listening to the song I listed, it's just been stuck in my head all morning because it was playing when I hooked up my iPod to my radio. blargh. I've decided to start work on a portrait series (all of them drawings), and I need to figure out who is in what style or medium. I know Kurt Cobain will be charcoal, and Billie Holiday will be chalk, but that's about where my ideas end for now. I should probably wrap this up before my teacher realizes what it is I'm doing. Ciao.

Photo class sucks

1-7-2008

Listening to: I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
So, I'm pretty much just sitting around in the photo room at school not doing anything. The assignment was to do a powerpoint over a particular topic, but I'm already finished with my part of the group project. My partners are the class clown and SoCo Pimp. It should be interesting. Last night I went to the Dresden Dolls concert with Mada, Heather, and Pat. (This is the same "Heather and Pat" as the ones mentioned in the entry "We're goin' chicken hunting.") They were AWESOME, as was the opener, Two Ton Boa. I bought their cd afterwards and it's been nonstop in my car ever since. Granted, that hasn't been very long. I'll know it's been in my cd player too long when the permanent red X on the back of my hand (minor) finally comes off. Tonight is the first night back to choir! I'm pretty stoked; I've been missing everyone oodles. And I hate these school keyboards. They're so different from my laptop. But WOO! Dresden Dolls. And Nougat and Anthony are plotting something (that I'm totally in on and approve of), and I'm kinda hoping it works out. Because that would just be awesome. Like, cool-enough-to-give-up-lifetime-tickets-to-the-Pagaent kind of awesome. But enough about that. 15 more minutes in which to bore you needlessly (because I'm totally not the only person who even knows this site exists anymore *coughsarcasmcough*). I'm not quite so cruel. But when i get home today, I'm putting up the pictures from the concert, so look forward to that. Muchos loves, Michi.

Best game of tag EVER

12-8-2007

Listening to: Body Movin' - Beastie Boys

How Rocky Horror ruined my life

11-4-2007

Listening to: Prefontaine - Kalgren Band
So, a bunch of us all went to go see the Rocky Horror Picture Show at chic little theater downtown. At the point that all the cards are thrown, one hit me in the eye and I grabbed it: 3 of spades. Random Recap!:
1.) the guy I like is rather fond of someone else
2.) early saturday morning, a friend of mine from grade school was murdered in a shooting downtown
3.) I'm sick

By the way, in tarot, the 3 of spades is the 3 of swords.
Three of Swords: Grief, sadness, apprehension, identity crisis. Sounds about right.

R.I.P. Victor Polk, you will be dearly missed.

Just screw it

11-2-2007

Listening to: Gone (New Mix) - U2
I'm so sick of losing every battle that I take on. Why do I even fight anymore? So you know what I say to life? Just screw it all. This seriously isn't worth the trouble it takes. I hate pretending, and I hate that no one ever notices when I do. I hate being the only one left behind.

How about Samhain

10-31-2007

Listening to: Beautiful Lie - 30 Seconds to Mars
Well, Happy Samhain everyone. For my English class, everyone has to write an informative essay on a topic of our choosing. I managed to get away with Samhain and the origins of the modern Hallowe'en for mine. Sweetness. On another note, the cards are being very tricky, answer the question that I didn't dare ask instead of the one that I'm sure has a safe answer to it (or at least one that I can handle on my own). Trouble is, the other isn't something I can do alone, but I must be alone by the very nature of it. Hot damn. Do I really want to end up at the Empress?

I'm thinking... "Angry"

10-7-2007

Listening to: I Dare You to Move - Switchfoot
Remember that sophomore who tried to ask me to homecoming? Uhm, HELL NO. In what realm are pick-up lines a good idea? It went something like this:

Him: I scraped my knee.
Me: Tch, dork, how'd you manage that one?
Him: It happened when I fell for you.

I wasn't sure if I should laugh or throw up. I'll settle for a little of both (as I actually am sick today). In other news, I'm an idiot for thinking I can change things that I should have known I can't. And I'm reevaluating certain beliefs that I once held dear. I really think I may have been wrong on one of them.

A little Psychotic

10-4-2007

Listening to: Acoustic #3 - The Goo Goo Dolls
I've been trying to update the site for ages but I haven't been able to get into my server. Grr... Anyway, tennis districts were today. I got knocked out in the first round, but I had a lot of fun and the match laster for over two hours. I have the freaking stupid sunburn to prove it. Things are kind of nuts here. On top of work, school, choir, and piano (tennis is now over *sob*), I have a couple of commissions that I'm working on for a cousin of mine. I'm pretty stoked about it, but I'm still going to be majorly busy until, like, after Christmas. Did I mention that Saturday is homecoming, and that next thursday I'm hosting the tennis banquet at my house? Yeah, just a bit nuts. Can someone explain to me why I keep taking on projects that I can't possibly have the time for? Feel free to be as abstract and pretentious in your ideas as you want. I'm all for the "You're subconsciously trying to keep you mind off other things," or "you have a desire to be loved," theories, because they really amuse me. I'm a compulsive thinker, and I avoid the limelight. Sooo.... any other ideas out there to diagnose me with? I really am interested in what you can come up with. Oh, and I think I got asked to homecoming by a sophomore. He's a great kid, and might have said yes under different circumstances, but I'm all about the stag. Besides, I have other plans for that night. Man, I really should go to sleep. It's almost midnight, I've been up since 5, I'm getting up at 5 again tomorrow, and I've been going nonstop all day. I left my house at 6:15am and didn't get back until 10:10pm. How much does that suck? At least I get to ditch the last hour of astronomy tomorrow for the hoomecoming pep rally. That's always fun (or at least time consuming). Did I mention that I'm also in charge of putting together the scrapbooks for our tennis coaches? WHY????? I'm such an idiot. I don't know why I do this to myself.

This is a joke. Right?

9-15-2007

Listening to: All the Small Things - Blink 182
So, today really sucks. First, I wake up late and can't get to both my work and the bank before I have to leave for piano so I have to wait until wednesday to cash my paycheck. Then my piano teacher got upset with me for not practicing, but really, I had NO TIME whatsoever to practice this week with choir, tennis, work, and school. My wrist starting hurting during the ride home because of the psychotic hand crossover song she's making me play. So I get home and my mom hands me a letter that came in the mail from the state school admin. She figured it was about a scholarship that I was supposed to receive because of my ACT score; she thought they wanted to know which school to send it to. Well, it was about that, but not about sending it off somewhere. TUrns out that the administration has just changed the requirements for the scholarship. I miss it by one point. One stupid, lousy, insignificant, fucking point. Bam, there go 2000 dollars. Sure, it's just a drop in the bucket for college, but that's 5 months working at minimum wage for me. What the HELL? I tried to calm down by taking a walk but only succeeded in giving myself a runny nose because it's freezing outside. Moving on, this afternoon I was supposed to hang out with a friend of mine that I rarely get to see besides school. Well, 2:30 rolls around and I haven't heard from her, so I send her a text. Turns out that she forgot about me and now it's too late to do anything. Says she sorry and really wanted to hang out, but if she wanted to that much, how come it was so easy to forget? Whatever. I can't imagine the day getting worse, but hey, Murphy's law, you know? Maybe I should just go to sleep now and screw the rest of the day. -Michi out.

Really Awkward Day

9-1-2007

Listening to: Umbrella - Rihanna
So, today I got asked to my senior prom by a guy who was at least 40, and then I got a prank phone call in Russian. What the hell?

Holy Freaking CRAP

8-9-2007

Listening to: Voldemort's Lament - (to the tune of American Pie)
Okay, so many of you may already know this (as I reckon this blog interests (lol, yeah right) the fantasy fan base), but I was super stoked to find out earlier tonight that MuggleNet.Com has a recepie for "Butterbeer" on it. I definitely printed it off and am going to try it out on Sunday (once I finally get a chance to go to the grocery store to buy butterscotch syrup). I'll let you all know how it turns out. Besides that, tennis has started up again for Banana and me, Nougat is busy with marching band, and Kat it likely reading and sleeping a whole bunch, as it is her modis operandi. Uhm, HP7 rocked, and everyone should look up the YouTube video called "Accio Deathly Hallows." It's a tribute song written about the book three days before it came out (no spoilers) in anticipation of the final book. Which may not be the final book. Well, rumor has it that JK Rowling is putting together a sort of dictionary or something about the books. I've also heard about a series on James and Lily at Hogwarts/the First War. Who knows. Aaaaanyway, I'm off to go dream of Butterbeer and Pumpkin Cookies. Luvies! -Michi out.

Something Small

7-29-2007

Listening to: Zubunu - My Neighbor Totoro
How've you all been lately? I know I've been out for a while, but I spent 10 days on vacation, and then my cousins came in town for a week, and of course I had to read Harry Potter 7 as soon as it came out.... And I'm a slacker, I know. Well, school starts in about two weeks, tennis in about one, and I now work with Kat, Banana, and Nougat. Much to the disdain of a few staff members. lol. I made a few little changes to the site today, but it was all contained to my subfile. So, if you check out my profile, I've added a thing or two and changed the songs on two pages (the main page being one of them). I bid you all enter. The song is very calming. Many of you will know it. Adieu.

Dear God

7-1-2007

Listening to: Mary Eyes - Gaelic Storm
You know it's grad party time when you end up staying up till 12:30 am simply because there's too much screaming going on in the street in front of your house. And blaring music. And the occasional band of an illegally detonated firework. Etc. In a half hearted attempt to use time wisely (for once in my life), I've spent some of the time working on my novel. It's been through so many drafts that I'm beginning to lose hope that I'll ever publish the damn thing. And no, I didn't forget to change the "Listening to:" song, either. I just happen to be listening to that song again. It's a good one. If you're Irish, I think you should listen to it. If you're not Irish, I still think you should listen to it. It does a good job of describing us. Anyway, the noise is starting to die down, so I think I'll sign out for the evening. Morning. Whatever. Michi out.

Deep thoughts

6-26-2007

Listening to: Mary Eyes - Gaelic Storm
Yeah, not really. I just wanted a spiffy title. How's life been? Not bad, really. Nougat and I did our thing in Los Angeles, we've had two birthdays (related), two birthdays (non-related), and a couple of graduation parties. Well, the grad parties (on my end) weren't exactly brilliant for various reasons. Sarah, if you're reading this, I love you and my disdain had nothing to do with you. Lol, you know why I was pissed. Uhm, what else is new... Not a whole lot, really. I'm reading more mythology (but that's pretty normal for me), and I was shocked today to find out that most college undergrads have no clue who Morgan, Loki, or Spider Woman are. I always thought that was pretty basic stuff. Ah well, if you can name the Greek messenger god, I'll be cool with you. Not that he's my fave, he's just important. I also heard a story about a stone called "Muiraquita." I'm trying to find out where I find one or at least learn more about it. All of the info I can find is in Portuguese, and while translators help a whole bunch, it's still very, VERY broken English that I'm getting in return. I wonder if it would translate more directly to french? I could read that one.... Oh well. Michi out.

Oh shiz

5-26-2007

Listening to: Dancing in the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy
Hey kids! I added a new bad conversation starter. Yuck, I'm tired. We all got out of school on thusday (woo!), and now summer looms ahead. I'm going to start giving piano lessons again, and then Nougat and I head back to LA with choir again, KT and I go to Branson with the fam, and following that my cousins come in from out of town. The day that HP7 comes out. I just want to say, Steph and Zac, I love you, but I'm reading my book. (It shouldn't take more than a day, anyway.) Today, my sister and I threw a 50th birthday bash for our mom at a nearby park. It was fun, and we had a luau theme. Fortunately for everyone, I was in charge of music. Lol, it was fun, even if I am being pompous and annoying right now. Aaaaaanyway, I'm dead tired and getting up at 7 tomorrow, so I'm headed out. Seeya.

Didja Miss Me?

5-13-2007

Listening to: Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini
Hey kiddies! Sorry I've been gone for so long (to those of you stragglers who still read this silly thing, lol), but things have been a bit hectoc recently. Yay finals.... -.- Actually, it's not the finals so much as the projects that go with them. And I had rehearsals every night last week (save tuesday) with Nougat for a few choir concerts we had this weekend. We got to spend mother's day singing about WWI! YAY! I'm really laying the sarcasm on thick tonight, huh? Anyway, I had prom with a couple of my friends aaaaaaaaaand... school's almost out!! I can't wait for summer, but at the same time I know I'll miss seeing my friends everyday. Ah well, it's the price you pay for freedom, right? =D I was also reunited with an old buddy of mine that I hadn't talked to in about a year or two. *big hug to Lynn!* And if by some odd chance my friends really read this, Happy Mother's Day!!. Give all your moms/grandmas hugs from me!

Very Irish

4-22-2007

Listening to: Feet of Flames - Gaelic Storm
0o Today has been very Irish-centric for some reason. I had a concert downtown at the Botanical Gardens (which Nougat should have been at, but she's on a band trip which should have returned a little bit earlier this evening), and then I helped my parents with stripping the wallpaper in our kitchen. We've been redoing it for a while now (the first wall came down shortly before Halloween of 2006 at a halloween party), and... today was kinda uneventful besides that. The Irish-centric bit was just how my entire outlook on the day was, accompanied by the fact that I've been listening to Gaelic Storm all day and I'm reading "The Druid's Tune" by O.R. Melling (which takes place in Ireland). It's an amazing book, and it's a real shame that it was never published in America. I had to buy my copy online from Canada. She also wrote "Hunter's Moon," "The Singing Stone," "My Blue Country," and "The Summer King." I believe there was another one written for adults, but I haven't heard much about it, nor seen it in stores, so I guess it was only released in certain countries like druid's tune. Anyway, it rocks my sock, so everyone should read it. If possible. yeah. Michi out.

I'm so weird

4-19-2007

Listening to: Limbo Rock - Harry Belafonte
Haha, there's a new conversation gone wrong on the page When Good Conversation Starters Go Bad. It was after a party at my friend Kathleen's house. Well, the thing I mentioned was at the party, kind of. We took a detour. Anyway, the convo was at school on the following monday. haha, love me.

I Love Rob Paravonian

4-17-2007

And this is why. Also, check out the history page. I put up a totally crap doodle I did on my computer one day of the squadies. I find it entertaining.

J'ai une mimzy?

4-4-2007

Listening to: Kiss Me I'm Irish - Gaelic Storm
Hey Kids. Not a big update or anything. I just changed the icon picture for my gaia page on our staff page. Go check it out, I personally think it's adorable, what with my stuffed bunny and all. It was some weird promo thing where you could get a "Mimzy" like the one from the movie "The Last Mimzy." I haven't seen it, nor have any desire to do so, but the bunny was cute. Oh, and my grandp died on monday, so I'll be going to his wake on easter monday and the funeral on tuesday, so to all of you who actually read this, don't expect me at school on tuesday. Also, please don't call. If I want to talk, I'll call you, okay?

Perversion of the Mind?

3-15-2007

Listening to: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Spamalot!
As I washed the conditioner from my hair in my hotel shower in Chicago, I came to a realization: love is a perversion of the mind. I never really believed in love a whole lot anyway, preferring to base physical attraction on pheramones, the more likely suspect, but for those of you that do, hear me out. The most basic of human instincts, and all animals actually, is survival, self-preservation. Love is commonly defined by both romantics and religions as "the willingness to give up one's life for another." This breaks the basic principal of survival and therefore becomes a mental ailment. Freud may have been a sick bastard, but I think he may have been on to something when he based all relationships on sexual attraction....

Flash Mob

3-4-2007

Listening to: Hawaiian Rollar Coaster Ride - ?
^_^ Building a website for the flash mob. Kinda excited about it. I'll let you know how it came out when I'm finished. <3

We're going chicken hunting

1-30-2007

Listening to: Posters - Jack Johnson
XD Okay, so Banana and I went to the Science Center today with about 15 other people from our school. It was awesome! In the car on the way there, we (Me, Banana, Pat, and Heather) decided that we would remake the movie "Blood and Chocolate" so that it actually has some resemblence to the book. With some... added features. I won't go into detail, but watch out, Steven Spielberg. Then we ran around like idiots after getting lost on the way there (SO not my fault, I was on the right track, but they said I was going the wrong way, so I turned around... blame Pat), and we had dippen dots, and played with the dinosaurs, and made strange noises really loudly from the balcony, and took pictures, and yeah. Just a really good time overall. Oh! And there was this thing where you ride a bike that goes in loops through the air. It was fricken SWEET! Man, Kat and Nougat, you should've come. Oh! We played volleyball against a robot, too. ^_^ Good times.

The Book Thief

1-30-2007

Listening to: Brave Sir Robin - Monty Python and the Searh for the Holy Grail
Yeah, I'm in English class, going out of my mind with boredom. I should be doing a research paper. bleh, I'll type more when I have a keyboard that isn't broken.

Kill me now

1-12-2007

Listening to: Mr. Adams - 1776
-.- Wow, lit mag is going to kill me. I mean, ...GAH! That's all there is to it. Yeah, I'm not really doing anything, I'm just bored, and this keyboard is weird. And I'm getting that horrible song from 1776 stuck in my head. >.o leaving before my brain explodes. Ja.

Oh my gawd

1-10-2007

Listening to: Love Shack - The B-52's
Okay, so imagine that you're the accompanist for this musical, you've spent literally hours working on the music you were given, and then four weeks before the performance, they decided to remove 9 of the songs you worked the most on, and inserta new one that you're going to go out of your mind to learn because it's harder than they told you it would be, and now you're obligated to make up a key change for one of the songs because it's in two sections that aren't really connected and are in different keys. NOW, I want you to realize that you've never played with singers (aside from yourself) and this could end up being really bad, especially since you get horrible stage fright. Add to this some poorly placed dizzy spells (which you've had in recurring sequences since 8th grade), and BAM! You have a wonderful recipe for disaster. Can I have a meltdown now? (Well, i suppose I just had one recently, so i sould wait a bit until I'm up for my next one, which will probably be the night of the concert....) Why did I get into this again?

I just had to

1-6-2007

Listening to: Kaze ni Naru - Ayano Tsuji
Hey everyone, new wallpaper up. Yeah, I can't really offer much of an explanation on this one, it just came to me. If nothing else, I hope it makes you laugh. ^_^

Oh Really?

12-30-2006

Listening to: Love is Blindness - U2
Oh, I do so love a good controversy. More to the point, I love fictional controversy. In some strange way, I find it much more important than the next president, bills to be passed, student council (the horror!), or any such thing. At some point, one must stop and ask, "What is the actual problem?" Is it stem cell research? The war in Iraq? Abortion? Taxes? Gasoline, pollution, global warming? Or are those subjects just puzzle pieces in the grand scheme of things? I tend towards the latter, and find myself wondering what the picture is when one puts them all together. Cheers.

Winter Vacation

12-28-2006

Listening to: Cynical Pink - Trigun
You can always tell it's winter break when you have absolutely no clue what day it is. I honestly thought today was tuesday. No, no today is the other "t" day: Thursday. How did I miss two days? I KNOW I was doing something. I just can't remember what.... ^^() Geez, almost sounds like I was drunk. -.- I hate my dogs. I've almost fallen down the stairs twice today because of them. Then again, my balance isn't really examplory anyway.... I fall down a lot. *ahem*, moving on....

What's shakin'

12-27-2006

Listening to: Twilight Zone - 2Unlimited
I thought this layout was pretty darn rad, therefore I felt compelled to use it. Christmas this year rocked, but now that the "hubbub" is over, I'm kinda bored. SO! Here is a new layout for everyone to feast their eyes upon.