Blogging everyday was harder than i thought...

Today I had the interesting experience of cleaning the STAC room, and let me be the first to say that that place needed cleaning. There was crap everywhere and some of it was as old as 2 years ago.

Why did i have to clean the STAC room you ask?
Well the answer is quite simple. I haven't been keeping up on my blogs.

Sure, at the begging of this quarter i decided i was going to blog every day to help me discipline myself...That, i have learned is easier said than done. The blogger website is blocked on the computer that i use so i have to ask my mom to use her laptop every time i needed to blog then (being an easily distracted kid) slowly forgot about blogging all together. So here i go again blogging every day. I will try to stay on top of it this time. And if i do well i wont have to clean the STAC room!

thats a good thing

The show is over!

Wow...It's hard to believe that after eight weeks of hard work, the whole thing is over. I'm really happy with our performance both nights but I would have loved to do another show.

I can not wait until auditions for Fiddler. My mom says I have to stay on top of my school work or else I can't audition so that will be motivation for me.

Now I have fully experienced my first High-school play....CANT WAIT TO DO ANOTHER

THIS IS IT!

Well, we have rehearsed, and rehearsed, and rehearsed, and rehearsed, and rehearsed a little bit more, and we are finally there. Tomorrow is opening night...WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOO!

ALL I HAVE TO DO NOW IS LEARN TO SPEAK UP... I NEED TO SPEAK IN A LOUD VOICE SO ALL OF THE NICE PEOPLE WHO PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THEIR SEETS CAN HEAR ME.

But seriously...working on this play has been an amazing experience and i am so happy that i was able to work with such a great caste and a director as good as Rob. He is the man!

Thank you to everyone who helped put this show together...Ok guys...LETS DO IT!

We are almost there!

Tomorrow is our final rehearsal for the show, and let me say...i am nervous as fuck! I really dont have anything to be worried about because i know most of my stuff. I always feel this way before a show...its not really a bad nervous..jsut nervous. One reason i think im nervous is because my girlfriend is going and she has never seriously seen me act before so i hope i do well!

We did our first speed run today...HOLY CRAP THAT WAS FUN! I love speed runs! they just bring my energy WAY WAY WAY WAY up for the scenes!

CANT WAIT TILL OPENING NIGHT!

STEEEEVE

I love steeves writing workshop. I really like the things he is teaching us. Today we read through a few peoples scripts and gave them pointers and suggestions how to make it better. I really like the thing he taught us about talking about one thing but haveing a convorsation about something that has nothing to do with the words that you are saying i can write some really fun scenes that way...again its late and my mom is yelling at me to go to bed so i need to cut this short. I cant wait untill we get to my script!

Hell week begins...

Got home at 9:30 did all my homework...not i have exactly five minuts to blog because my mom is yelling at me to go to sleep and get off of the damn computer.

Now i see why its called hell week. Tonight we were working until late and it got tiring. To deal with this all and doing my homework will be difficult but i think i can do it.

ugh...there is mom yelling again.got to cut extra short tonight.night bloggiepoo

Thinking of a title for my enteries is becoming continuously more difficult.

I FORGOT TO BLOG YESTERDAY! NOOOOOOOO!
I forgot to blog yesterday and now i am quite pissed off at myself. I now know i need to try twice as hard to fit it in to my day at a regular time.

Well, hell week starts tomorrow. Now i have to keep up on all my school work, while being at rehearsal every night until 8:30...I CAN DO IT!

I had a very good day today, because i was allowed to go out and do things. the only way i can do that is if i stay un-grounded. My mission is to stay ungrounded so i keep having good days (and my mission is also to not forget to blog)

OMG THE DINING ROOM!

okokokokokokok SO....Today was our first rehearsal in the actual set with the lights and everything and our first real run-through. And it was.....PHABULOUS. The set just adds this amazing energy to everybody and makes us do better. I am so incredibly excited for opening night (which is a week from tonight) and am really happy that i got to work with such an awesome cast on this show. I SO FUCKING EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!

(Now i just have to memorize my lines!)

Another blog...

Thanks for reminding me Luke!

I have to make today's blog quick because blogger is blocked on my computer and my mom wants her computer back...

I cant wait to start the workshop tomorrow with steve (i dont know how to spell his last name) I though what luke taught us on tuesday was really cool i want to see where steve wanted to go with all that. Though i am not exactly a writer or a film-maker, i really enjoy this because now when i watch a movie i can say to myself "oh thats plotpoint one" and its really cool for me to know that.

I love where the STAC t-shirts are going this year. My group came up with a pretty good one but we saw a bunch of other good ideas so its ok if we dont win as long as we have a good t-shirt :)

Goodnight bloggiepoo...i have to go cause mommy needs her computer back

WEDNSDAY

I am SOOOO glad that I had the day off today. I needed a day to relax. I can not wait until opening night of the dining room. the play is coming along PHABULOUSLY and should turn out to be really good.

on another note... i like the feeling of getting things done...my english essay is done even though its not due till monday and i like that. I dont hove to worry about it any more and i can just do things. I really feel good about this quarter. Like last night, i really do not have much to talk about right now so...goodnight bloggiepoo

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Well, I sure am having trouble thinking about what to write about today because I am increadably tired and I just need to sleep. I am soooo excited for opening night of the Dining Room which is coming up fast. Other than that, i do not have much else to say tonight.

The New Quarter Begins!

Well, I made it through the first day of second quarter without getting in trouble. And now I can say that I'm pretty proud of myself. I love Luke's idea of thinking as the new quarter as a "rebirth". I leave all the crap from first quarter behind me and now it's time for a "DO OVER!". The activity we did today in STAC really was fun for me because it got me thinking about all of the things that I will be able to "do over" in the new quarter. I wiped all of my shit from first quarter out of my head, and started focusing on the present and working on making a better future for myself until the next time I am reborn.

DO OVER!

The first of my daily blog enteries.

Well, my second quarter in the high school starts tomorrow, and I am glad. I guess you could call my first quarter here in the HS a bit of a "disaster". I forgot assignments, blew off/procrastinated on all of my school work, and then had the balls to lie to my parents about it. Sadly for me, in this new age of technology, there is a little thing called E-mail where all my teachers can contact my parents and let them know about all of the work that I didn't do. I don't know why I have not learned my lesson yet, considering that I have been in the same situation on and off since the seventh grade; however, I keep digging myself into this hole again and again. Each time I do, the end result is always the same...I get grounded. Now, I don't like to be grounded. I'm sure that most people feel the same way, but now some of my teachers say that I need a support class like i had throughout almost all of middle school. I don't really mind being in a support class. I do not care if people think I'm special ed, but a support class requires a free period. I am a freshman STACie, so my schedule is absolutely full during the day. Now, my teachers have thought about this and came up with one simple solution...to leave STAC. When Ms. McManus brought this subject up to me my answer was just, "NO" , but my parents say that if second quarter is a repeat of first, then that will happen. That is one of the last things I want. Not only do I get in trouble, but now that I am in high school, my grades actually count for something. Even though I understand all of the meterial, I have low grades because of homework. So if I want to go to college, I better get my act together while I am still a freshmen.

With second quarter starting tomorrow, Luke suggested writing something on my blog every day for a little while to help me disiplin myself. I think this will help me because half my problem is that I dont have the self-disiplin to tell myself when its time to put down my guitar, sign off of facebook, and start my homework. This is the first of those daily enteries. I have already started my task of staying ahead on second quarter. (I actually did my english homework even though it's not due untill tuesday. Like ohhhh my gawd!) I think the biggest thing problem that I will face this quarter is my battel with procrastination. I procrastinate to the point where it's unrealistic to get the assignment done in the ammount of time that I leave myself. My guidence counceler is also putting me on weekly progress reports that will be E-mailed to my parents every week so I can't lie to get myself out of trouble and I just have to take it like a man untill I learn to do the work.

I'm optomistic about second quarter and hope that it turns out for the best.

Ideas for the magazeen

Well...because it is a winter theme, poetry about the winter (ik it sounds a little bit klishay but it can be done) also the artwork on the cover could include art of the winter, like show covered feilds and such..

Responce to the movies.

Well...that was defiantly a different experience for me. i have not done much movie making at all except for silly videos of my friends and i doing stupid things, so this was a really cool way to start out. Filming was definitely the part that was the most fun. The one major problem that our group ran into was coming up with ideas. At risk of Hurting other peoples feelings, i will not say why i think this happened, but there was a bit of a power struggle in our group as to who made the decisions and came up with ideas. No one would listen to each other and that part was just a mess; however, in the end, the film came out pretty funny. (not as good as "Understanding Hugo" of course but im a nooby. i will get there) Over all, i liked this project and now that we have done it for the first time, i think it would be better to do more and more as they get better and better.

The Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is one of the most well-known museums in New York City. It is commonly referred to as, "The Guggenheim". It was first opened to the public on October 21, 1959, and since then, thousands of people have come to admire the art in it and the unique building itself. The Guggenheim has a renowned collection of Impressionist , Post Impressionist, early Modern, and Contemporary Art, and also features special exhibits all through the year.

One of the most interesting things about The Guggenheim is its unique architecture. From the outside, it looks like a white ribbon or a cone. It appears to be wider at the top than it is at the bottom. On the inside, it is an amazing spiral all the way from the main floor up to to the top.

It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and on October 21, 2009, it will be the 50th anniversary of the building of the museum.

Peoms

Piano lesson

A crisp summer day,
grows tired and old.
Sitting at the piano.
Wishing to be out.
Reading the music,
fingers at the keys.
Wishing to be out.
Needing to be out.
Sitting at the piano.
My weekly lesson.

How to prepare a Megan O'Donnell

Required...Ummm...Stuff:
1. A tub of peanut-butter
2. A very exaggerated English accent.
3. Eleven teaspoons of extreme peppiness.
4. Lots of shell fish. (Specificly from Louisiana)
5. Very exaggerated body and hand motions.
6. And scissors...Very sharp scissors. (Sharp enough to easily cut flesh)

STEP ONE:
Dump the whole tub of peanut-butter into a bowl. Then put the eleven teaspoons of extreme peppiness into the same bowl. Then mix with a wooden spoon while jumping around and singing a silly song in an English accent.

*This song is very important. If you don't do it silly enough, or English enough, Megan will taste yucky!*

STEP TWO:
Poor the peppy-peanut-butter on the floor. Tell Megan to roll around in it. Tell her to have a great time.

*But remember, don't tell her that its peanut-butter.*

STEP THREE:
Once she tires herself out, and the peanut-butter starts to work its magic;
Lay her out flat on a large silver platter, with shell fish from Louisiana surrounding her.

STEP FOUR:
Enjoy the wonderful, peanut-buttery, happy, English accenty, Louisianian shell fishy, delicious, Megan.

*There was no purpose to the scissors but i put it there with the hopes of scaring a few people when they started to read it. Its okay, i would never cut you Megan.*

First Day Pictures in STAC

I love all of these photos with hand motions. They just really help to express thing easier. plus she looks very nice in this picture.

I love the expressiveness of this picture. It's phabulous!

That is a nice, real, smile. And I think that is one thing that makes a picture great.

I have said it before. I love that look right in the middle of the expression. It is also great that the photographer got all up in her face to block out any distractions in the background.

I don't quite remember what she was doing in this picture. Her face is delightfully silly, but she still manages to look very nice while maintaining a silly face.

I like that look that you get when you pause them right in the middle of when they are expressing a thought or emotion.

This smile id most deffinetly real and a real smile always looks best.

This is just a delightfully silly picture. And he looks PHABULOUS!!

I like this picture of my brother because he is actually smiling. He never smiles in pictures at home and whenever I see him he just makes some deranged face of me. I like to see a nice smile for a change.

Awww! Look at that face. so sweet and innocent yet there is something phabulously diabolical about it.

I like that she is in the middle of expressing a thought or an emotion. I think it's cool to let people movie and do their thing but then you freeze certain expressions

lol. I think that she would make a PHABULOUS tiger

I can see that he is mearly scratching his cheek, but it is way more fun for me to think that he is slowly chewing his fingers off one by one, starting with his pinky.

She looks quite happy in this picture. And to me, happy is good.

I like this pic cause it looks like it really caught her off guard, and we got to see a true shot. Also, I like funny faces.

Like I said. I Enjoy funny faces. Also, whatever she was doing, you can tell she was concentrating on it cause the vains in her neck look like they are going to pop out. But its all good.

In this picture I am truly laughing my ass off. and I enjoy laughing my ass off. It's fun for me.

Yes...You could say that he is just scratching his eye. Or you could see the depression in his soul. He is just sitting there. crying. Longing for a purpose!!!! WHAT IS HIS PURPOSE!

Look at the expression of agony in his face! See the enormous Adam's apple in his neck! It's beautiful. It's...It's...It's ART!

I like this one cause he looks like he is about to say something that is totally smart-ass, which is just so Doug.

Another real smile. That's what makes all of these picture great.

Lol...This is a good picture that captures the silly, less serious side of Cassie

I enjoy funny faces. They are...well, funny!

It's kind of a mid-thought picture. Like, in the middle of a question. I like it.

She has a real emotion on her face. I like not-fake pictures.

I love the hand gestures she is making. It is really funny to see her actions frozen in one place.

I love how these photos really capture the expression of the person.

This photo is delightfully silly!

In this picture she has a silly face. I enjoy silly. It makes me happy.

I like this photo cause she doesn't have a fake smile on. She actually looks happy