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Tuesday, November 26, 2002 @ 2:32 PM
Today, I had breakfast with the Megans and Renata. We had pastries at Chatters. Have you ever wondered why they call it monkey bread? ("I'm glad humans make it now. Or it would be all furry.") And then, I went with them to U-High and watched Pride & Prejudice! I love that movie! And then they had class meetings, so I ordered Madrigal tickets for Dan and I (6:00 on Sunday, Dan you owe me $18, I hope that's okay). I put up a sheet for coaching next week - which happens to be the dreaded Week Before Finals, but I'm coaching two days anyway - in the interest of maintaining some enthusiasm-for-life-itself. Renata gave me a ride to my 11:00 class.
Then I went to FOI, and it was WEED DAY! We had presentations for and against the legalization of GANJA! It was most excellent. Then we did an evaluation survey of FOI and Dr. Beck. And I SANDBAGGED her! It was very satisfying. Honesty rocks. =) Then, Erin and I had lunch and we talked for TWO HOURS about random stuff, mostly BUFFY (she's a fan, too! particularly of the third season! and she cried when she saw "the body!") and other randomness, like Margaret Cho and Tim Burton! We have SO much in common! And then I got home, and Karissa ISN'T HERE! And her mom left a seventeen-minute message on the answering machine! It's hysterical. One of her sisters was on another extension, and they, like, had this entire conversation! It was so great. Some highlights:
"Did you hear what that boy said?" "He said it was Kellie and Karissa's room." "That must be her boyfriend." "It sounded like a white boy!" [This is funny because the voice on our machine is none other than Steven Michaels - who is not dating my roommate for several incredibly obvious reasons!]
"No one's in that room. If that girl had been there, she woulda picked it up." [This is funny because her mom called me "that girl!"]
And my favorite: "SHUT UP HE'A!" ["he'a" as in ghetto "here." Probably much funnier to hear than read...]
So, to make a long story... less long... Today ROCKS!
Now, I just have to write my essay on Wordsworth's conception of nature, finish my philosophy paper on the imaginary country of Moldavia, drug my roommate so that she doesn't keep me awake all night, and learn everything there is to know about Tennyson's In Memorium, before tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, and then I'm FREE! ("Free like the wind on a real calm day.") Well... free to deal with crazy family members, chemistry, a massive history paper on suffrage, and finding a new roommate. Oh, and taking time out of my catching up with my loved ones to begin preparing for finals.
HuuuuuuZaaaaaah!
Monday, November 25, 2002 @ 12:38 PM
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The real post for today is below. =)
I spent my weekend at home-home. I watched more TV than I have all semester, did homework, found my winter coat, and cleaned up the living room before the police arrived, which I think falls into the category of "helpful." I bought, seriously, 15 sandwiches from Subway for various people (at least three were for Will). I'm treating Mara, Renata, and Eliz to breakfast tomorrow morning. I didn't get into The Vagina Monologues, which is kind of disappointing. And I decided to stick with Guerilla Theatre. I'm starting to get to do some actual coaching of novice speechies, which is positively elating. I'm dying to direct. My toes are twitching for some shoes that are not mine, if you get my meaning.
I have crazy amounts of work to do before Wednesday, then I get Thanksgiving Break, which will also involve a lot of work, but will be positively savory with friends who've been scattered to the winds flocking home. Huzzah! Then one week of school, then finals, then HOLIDAY BREAK.
Three more weeks, and I will have survived my first semester at ISU. Whether it is the first of two or the first of eight... remains to be seen.
Thursday, November 21, 2002 @ 10:02 PM
I now own the complete series "My So-Called Life" on DVD. It is easilly the best thing I have ever spent money on. Call me if you want to watch it with me. Or, call me if you want some FREE socialism food, see the post from two days ago. It starts with the heading, "Free Meals and Snacks." As though there could be any confusion.
Some Quotes from the Show:
"Asking 'how was school?' is like asking 'how was that drive-by-shooting?' You don't care how it was, you're lucky to get out alive." --Angela
"You want to have sex with him." "Who?" "Who? Jordan! Catalano!" "I just like the way he's always leaning... against stuff... He leans great... Well, either sex or a conversation, ideally both." --Rayanne and Angela
"This doesn't feel like a Friday." "It's Thursday." "Are you sure?" "Well... yesterday was Wednesday... that's how I know." --Jordan and Angela
"Oh, look at me, I'm way cool. I'm off with my way-cool friends to sniff floor wax." --Brian
"Haven't you ever waited for anything?" "Yeah, for my life to start." --Rayanne and Rickie
"Rickie, who has cuter feet?" "Me!" "Let's trade shoes!" --Rayanne and Rickie
"Something was actually happening, but... it was too actual." --Angela
"These guys started hitting on us." "Like sexual harassment?" "Like... guys." --Angela and Brian
And of course, the most important quote ever:
"These aren't my shoes." --Angela
Tuesday, November 19, 2002 @ 11:30 PM
I honestly did not know I was capable of homesickness, but I am feeling it this week. "Piano Man" has been stuck in my head and I keep remembering Justin's karaoke version - that was such a fun night. I miss so many people! Today in FOI, we spent half an hour debating whether or not cheerleading is a sport. (Note the broad use of the word "we.") I miss real paradigm-combusting conversations with genuine people. I miss my real friends. Not to mention sleep, privacy, free time, real theatre, non-socialist food, and my mom.
And I need to get up early tomorrow morning to tell Michelle that we need to meet at Watterson for lunch at 12. Inside the side entrance by the Alamo parking lot - hopefully she won't have a hard time parking there... And I'm buying lunch for her and Levi. (See below RE: extreme generosity resulting from having more money than I can spend.)
Announcement: FREE MEALS AND SNACKS
I have $412.50 on my meal plan. If I don't spend it by the end of the semester, I lose it.
My rebellious nature is resulting in unprecedented generosity. All reading this are invited to take full advantage of this budget surplus
But what is available using Kellie's Magic Plastic Money?
Subway: Sanwiches, salads, sodas, various kinds of chips, and cookies. Watterson: Eleanor's Chines food, Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwiches and nuggets, ice cream, pizza entrees, sandwiches, chips, juice, soda, and much, much more. Chatters: Donzello's pizza, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, deli sandwiches, snack items such as chocolate covered pretzels, chips, Clearly Canadian, Snapple, Oreo's, and Nutragrain bars, and more. South Side: Donzello's pizza entrees, deli sandwiches, salad bars, various Mexican foods, chips, Oreo's, and other snack items, fruit juice, yogurt, and more. Closes 7pm weekdays. Plus Brewster's Coffee and anything you can buy from a vending machine. =)
Check my calendar for an idea of what my schedule looks like, then phone me during your free hour, after school, or in the early evening. If you don't have my phone numbers for some reason, e-mail me or post a comment and I will see that you get both my dorm and cell phone numbers.
Monday, November 18, 2002 @ 4:02 PM
I simply cannot sing the praises of 88.1 enough. Yay Wesleyan! Today, they played the "Burning Castles" song from American Beauty. Keanu-Reeves-Woah.
Didn't have to coach speech because no one signed up with me, again. What the hell? Oh, well, spent the resulting free time at work. And I'm going to have time to get dinner before exec board, which is always good news.
I miss everyone so much! I hope I get to see lots of people over Thanksgiving Break (I'm thinking party at my place Saturday night, what do you guys think?), and also, Dan and I have been talking about visiting Kat at Cornell just after winter break begins. Ideally, we'd pick up Cor & Just on the way and the five of us could hang out in Iowa for a bit. Damn, a road trip sounds pretty appealing right now... not as appealing as theatre... but appealing, nonetheless.
I finished reading Cheese Monkeys. Woah, is it ever bizarre! I also finished reading Naked, which I loaned to Megan Dougherty. And you know, I think David Sedaris named his book "Naked" so that people would be saying, "I'm reading Naked" and bewilder their friends.
I had all these really weird dreams last night... Woah.
I'm now at work, and I have a very full day, including philosophy, coaching U-High speech, and a "vagina fieldtrip" (you think you're freaked out reading it, just imagine what it's like for me).
Saturday, November 16, 2002 @ 2:37 PM
Julie called me today! Hehe! We talked for a really long time and she told me we're going to a movie the Tuesday after next, probably the late show. So I'm going to go to a movie around 11pm and have my English exam the next morning at 9am. That will be fun. =) I have papers I need to write, but first, I want to finish reading my Sedaris book, maybe polish off another chapter of Cheese Monkeys, and then go spend some of the money that is burning holes in my pocketses.
Friday, November 15, 2002 @ 5:12 PM
Today I laid around reading Naked by David Sedaris for hours. I enjoyed this far more than is probably normal.
Thursday, November 14, 2002 @ 1:36 PM
I had my presentation on Prayer in Schools today. I felt like such a Sophist. Parts of my speech were things that I really believed, and other parts of it... I felt a little like that guy from The Last Supper, who said that we need the most extreme extremists possible if we want the most fair compromises.
I had lunch with Erin (from my Connections group) today and it was great. I laughed so hard my stomach hurts. Now I'm going to work. ::sigh:: I hate the mail run.
Wednesday, November 13, 2002 @ 10:43 PM
Sadly, I didn't get to have lunch with Michelle today, we had some sort of miscommunication. And, when I went to U-High at three to coach, no one had signed up with me. So I went down to the Thespian meeting, where I got to talk with Chelle and Sma and Allison for a little while. Katie Angston (sp?) drove me back to my dorms and we talked about theatrey things. And she said, "Part of me is a feminist, and part of me would be running around in a corset if it got the chance. And the two parts have little fights with each other." It got me thinking about all the ways that women seem to want to like oppressing themselves... Very strange. I'll need more time to be able to articulate my thoughts on this fully.
I went to Sex Toys Night by ISU PRIDE, which proved to be the same safe-sex lecture I've gotten every year since, like, freshman year, crossed with just a little bit of "Sunday Night Sex Show." All in all, the "horrible horrible things" were minimal. And I got to hold a baby. ::sigh:: I want one of those someday, maybe even two. Every time I see a baby my uterus tries to jump into my throat. ...What? Did someone say something about Velveeta? Yeah, yeah... as Rachel would say, "No uterus? No opinion!" Which I think "They" stole from my, "Let's see your goddamned ovaries, Chase?"
Wow. This was chock full 'a feminism, huh... I think I'm going to play some Bejeweled. =)
Tuesday, November 12, 2002 @ 8:20 PM
From Theatre of Ted, Host Notes 11/2: Kellie Powell made her Ted debut with a piece called "The Hangover." This was great in that it drew the parallel between being addicted to alcohol and being addicted to a person. It stared with: "On Friday, I got drunk on Tequila and on Saturday, I got drunk on you." It ended on the note of "Love's like dry heaving, because it's pointless and it hurts like hell."
The actual piece goes: "Friday night, I got drunk on tequila, Saturday night I got wasted on you," and the second quote should read, "Sometimes I think love is like dry heaving, because it hurts like hell and it's fucking pointless." But that's okay. It uses the word "great," and that's good enough for me.
So... I've become not-so-frequent with the updates lately. Sorry about that.
I wanted to re-iterate that the party on Friday went really well, thanks to everyone for your trippy gifts. I've been wearing my toesocks, reading my Sedaris, and peering semi-suspiciously at the toothbrush every time I walk past it, wondering if it's going to come to life and set me on fire while I sleep. Just kidding. =)
Also, the speech workshop on Saturday was really fun, 'cause I got to talk to Alyssa and all three Katie's. To the cute junior who doesn't make pie - Don't forget you have my David Ives book and I need that back eventually. =)
Oh, and I found my ID! Huzzah, the crash diet is over!
Also huzzah-worthy: Today I figured out that it is mathematically impossible for me to get an A in Chemistry 102. However, to get a B, I only need ten more quiz points and a 20/25 on the final exam. I should be able to accomplish this with my eyes closed. FOI is practically over, I just need to do my presentation on Thursday, after that it just becomes a matter of showing up and collecting 12 points a day (I kid you not) for watching and "evaluating" everyone else's performances. So my misery classes are taken care of... but... in the next two weeks, I have two 5-7 page papers due, one for history and one for philosophy, and an exam over Wordsworth. Then Thanksgiving Break, and then Final Exams. God, this year - I mean, semester... I guess... - has been the longest one of my entire life.
Over Holiday Break, I'm going to set the world's record for sleeping and video-watching. I'm going to eat balanced meals and take baths instead of showers every day. And I'm going to figure out a way to get straight A's, coach and judge U-High speech, stay in Guerilla, get PSWG and These Aren't My Shoes Productions off the ground, make Never Better Seven, find a job in retail, and buy a new computer and/or either a PS2 or an XBOX.
::contented sigh:: I am counting the days.
Sunday, November 10, 2002 @ 4:38 PM
Oh, the days since I've written have been truly surreal.
The party was great. Minimal drama, no X-rated content, and the potentially-incredibly-awkward-surprise situation proved not that big a deal, after all. I've been sniffly since Thursday night, and now my voice fades in and out.
What a nice weekend I've had... ::contented sigh::
Are the people of Afghanistan Afghanis or Afghans? 'Cause afghan is a kind of blanket or drape, isn't it???
Thursday, November 07, 2002 @ 2:01 PM
Today is shaping up, somewhat. As far as I know, I didn't fail the chem exam. Someone turned in my wallet (thankgood!). Today at work we've done mostly stuffing envelopes. I got a girl at work to do my mail run for me. I leave in a little bit to walk to U-High for the Placement Workshop.
Unfortunately, there will be no screening of Silence of the Lambs this evening. Caitlin has practicum, and Dan made other plans. So I'm not sure what I'm doing.
Kathy - I started reading Cheese Monkeys and it's hysterical! I love it. Thank you so much!
Friday: Birthday Party at my house - as in permanent residence. Saturday: U-High Speech Workshop, Saturday Night: The Crucible @ ISU, Theatre of Ted (enthusiastic applause).
So, last night's Guerilla performance was... well, awesome. It was at Lincoln Community College, it went really well, and the audience was really great. Usually they're comatose, but these LCC people were enthusiastic and willing to share their opinions. It was like a whole different world.
There are few bright spots in my life, which is for the most part, one gigantic, endless hassle. If bad things come in three, then I'm still waiting on one. What else could possibly go wrong?
"College is a means to an end." But... what end?
Wednesday, November 06, 2002 @ 11:06 AM
So, I voted for the first time yesterday, and lots of Democrats won? Coincidence? Welllll... yes.
Today, when I was leaving my dorm, there was a couple saying a really long goodbye in the hallway. And as I walked to class, I was mentally composing this poem that really depressed me. It's still in my head, waiting to be written down. But I got to English, and he read us Wordsworth all morning, which was fun and didn't require a lot of concentration, which was lucky indeed. I was going to write the poem, but it would have made me sad, so instead, I started drafting the These Aren't My Shoes Productions "Manifesto." which made me happy... well, hopeful... I miss real theatre so bad...
I was reading Dan's 'blog, and I know exactly what he means about Guerilla being a drain. In fact, I think I said it first... I don't blame anyone for the lack of organization, somehow the group just isn't focused. (Dan - The reason people weren't on time yesterday was because of the performance that was immediately before that. We were all like, "Ron, we need a few minutes to get snacks/change clothes/drop off books/et cetera." And he was like, "Okay." So... yeah, my guess is the only people who were on time for the 3:30 rehearsal were the people who weren't at the 2:15 performance...) I guess there's just something missing from it, I can't exactly figure out what it is. Did I mention that I miss real theatre? I miss a lot of things and a lot of people, but theatre is the thing I miss so much it overwhelms me.
Wednesday: Lunch with Michelle at noon, 5:30 Visit to Katie Karl. Guerilla performs at 8pm at LCC. Thursday: Chem Exam, FOI Paper due, Watching Silence of the Lambs at Dan's, around 8:30pm Friday: Birthday Party at my house - as in permanent residence. Saturday: U-High Speech Workshop, Saturday Night: The Crucible @ ISU, Theatre of Ted (enthusiastic applause).
Tuesday, November 05, 2002 @ 1:25 PM
I found a neat-o radio station that plays only really obscure songs. It's great. Oh, and everyone needs to read this, because it's very, very funny, even if you don't know Brett. (Oh, and Brett, your perma-links don't seem to be working.)
Things are good and busy. Last night we went to Denny's at midnight and it was good. Dan is loud. Maggie Feminist is the world's librarian. =)
Wednesday: Guerilla Performance @ 8pm at Lincoln College. Thursday: Watching Silence of the Lambs at Dan's, around 8:30pm Friday: Birthday Party at my house - as in permanent residence. Saturday: U-High Speech Workshop, Saturday Night: The Crucible @ ISU.
Saturday, November 02, 2002 @ 12:09 PM
So... Footloose... it looked like a show. And the audience... looked almost like TheatreFest. Thetard's so-called "small musical" brought in 471 people. And everyone did really well. I especially enjoyed Kathy leaning over Seth to say, "Michelle can sing!?" and Shane Irvin's performance was also really impressive. Rob's character made me want to smack my forehead into something sharp, but wow, he wasn't kidding in his bio. It was really nice to see everyone and I had fun handing out flowers. Oooh, and Kathy gave me a ride home and a birthday present! She gave me her favorite book, it's called Cheese Monkeys. It's very cool looking. And I think I will go out on a limb here and declare that there will be a mandatory These Aren't My Shoes Production if Sma, Allison, Chelle, Megan, and Katie do not receive super-hella cool roles in Midsummer. I have a book of plays with all-female casts now, and I hate seeing Sma & Allison's talent being wasted in the chorus. And I think there are quite a few other females who's toes are twitching for a chance.
But before I get carried away with Spring Ideas, here's November's Projects: My FOI paper on school prayer (Michelle, once I write it, can you read it for me?), my history paper on feminism, advertising the auditions for The Vagina Monologues, finding a new roommate, one more philosophy paper, and helping with U-High Speech Team.
By the way, if you haven't done speech before but you'd like to join (oh, come on, you know you're not busy enough yet!) Thursday is the Placement Workshop, afterschool. Oh, and if you just want to be a Speech Groupie, I've heard (from Seth) that it's a lot of fun and very little work is involved. =)
I think I'd like to have a small party next Friday night, just for the U-Highers who missed my actual birthday. Would you guys be interested in that? I'm thinking "I Never," pumpkin pie, and Silence of the Lambs... but I'm flexible... Oh, and there are three Guerilla performances this week, you guys should get a group together and try to come to at least one. We're nothing like real theatre, but we have our moments.
Saturday: Dan & Kellie Perform @ Theatre of Ted, midnight in CW 301. Sunday: The Tempest @ ISU, 2:00. Monday: Guerilla Performance @ 7 in Hewitt Library. Tuesday: Guerilla Performance @ 2:15... (I'mnotsurewhere) Wednesday: Guerilla Performance @ 8pm at Lincoln College.
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