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WORST. DAY. EVER. (No, really, I'm not even joking.) / February 12th / 11:41 PM / Feeling / Hearing  drainedFeeling / Hearing "For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti" -- Sufjan Stevens / 9 thoughts / Share |
I would give you all the blow-by-blow, but I'm too worn out to even do that. Basically, it involved:
And now I have about 3-4 hours of work ahead of me to get ready for the show tomorrow, and it's already almost midnight, and I have to be up at 6 AM tomorrow to be at the theater in time to run through some of the new lighting cues. ...oy vey, someone kill me now. |
Posted using TxtLJ / November 9th / 7:45 AM / Feeling / Hearing  tiredFeeling / Hearing no cars on the street because it is TOO GODDAMN EARLY / 8 thoughts / Share |
| I am OUT OF BED and DRESSED at 7:30 IN THE MORNING. This should be, like, a crime against humanity. Or cruel and unusual punishment. Or something. |
OBAMA WINS!!! / November 4th / 10:12 PM / Feeling / Hearing  ecstaticFeeling / Hearing McCain's concession speech (!!!) / 4 thoughts / Share |
| WE DID IT, YOU GUYS. !!!!!!!!!! |
Posted using TxtLJ / October 31st / 4:29 PM / Feeling / Hearing  boredFeeling / Hearing whatever horrible music mix corporate sent us this month / 13 thoughts / Share |
| I have spent my afternoon unpacking Christmas wrapping supplies in a Halloween costume. There's a certain irony to that. |
So apparently, the universe decided that today was Make Bess Feel Awkward Day. / October 31st / 12:06 AM / Feeling / Hearing  blahFeeling / Hearing "It Had To Be You" --Motion City Soundtrack / 45 thoughts / Share |
| Seriously. First, I get on the 63, and all the way down Grand towards downtown, a creeper sits across from me staring at my breasts. Not exactly an unusual occurrence, but still. It's not exactly pleasant. Then, when I get off at Minnesota and head down to the 6th St stop where I pick up the 50, ANOTHER creeper comes and starts staring down my dress from behind me. I tried shifting and moving a couple times, but it didn't exactly discourage him. THEN, when the 50 finally comes, he GETS ON THE BUS with me. x.x (Luckily, he got off only a few stops later.) Okay, you say, so there were a couple creepers staring at your boobs. Unfortunate, but not completely unheard-of; after all, they're kind of...out there. >.> But really, I would have been so, SO happy if that was the end of it. But no. The universe decides that the real fun? Has not even STARTED yet. Because that's when Rick[y] gets on the bus. And notices me. And comes and sits next to me. (Oh, for those of you who know them, did I mention the whole name change thing? They no longer go by Ricky & Steven--they're "Rick" & "Steve" now.) Now, for those who don't remember "Alien Boy" (and god, I never thought I'd be using THAT tag again!), we dated for sixth months, from the end of seventh grade to the beginning of eighth grade. It...did not end well. (...Okay, so I might have been sort of mean when I broke up with him. MY BAD, alright? >.>) I didn't actually see him for YEARS after jr. high, since he went to high school with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} aviria, but she [aviria] and him...have a history. Much more than he and I have. I won't go into the details (because D would MURDER me), but suffice it to say that he acted like a total douche to her. A lot. And if I were her, I totally wouldn't have forgiven him after the first time, let alone the BILLIONTH time. But I digress. His treatment of her...may have resulted in me yelling at him. A couple times. Including one very memorable moment at senior prom. *facepalm* SO ANYWAY, we were not exactly the best of friends. In fact we were barely even on speaking terms, up until recently...when his identical twin (referred to in old posts as "Zack's Whore") got cast in a show with my sister. Small world, huh? (As it turned out, Steve had been going to Summer's school--a performing arts high school--for a while, and a lot of the people at her school end up at YPC, the theater company that Summer--and now I--are involved in.) He ended up playing guitar for the show, and so we saw each other after various performances several times. Finally, I decided it was stupid that we were avoiding each other, and basically "made nice" with him. So, in conclusion? Currently, we are back on speaking terms again, but it's still somewhat awkward between us.SO. That is my relationship with Ricky. In a nutshell. SO ANYWAY, he gets on the bus, sees me, and comes and sits down next to me. We talked for the ten or so minutes that he rode the bus for. It wasn't quite as awkward as it's been between us in the past, but it wasn't exactly totally comfortable. And neither of us dared mention anything to do aviria. That's just asking for an argument.So finally, he gets off the bus. I ride another few stops, and then get off at YPC (the theatre company I'm currently involved with; I'm stage managing their holiday show, "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown"). I go in, and I'm talking on the phone with aviria (because I ran into Ricky, so naturally I HAD to call and tell her). So I'm talking with her in the YPC lobby, and end up saying "YOU DRUNK-DIALED HIM?!!?" really loudly...right as a bunch of freshman & sophomores who are in the cast come in. XD Not my best moment, but luckily, they choose to ignore it.We were watching the Charlie Brown movies today (for cast bonding & character development, and just style ideas in general), so we all head back and start the movies. We're pigging out on junk food, and everything's going great (the costumer, Jan, who I've been dying to talk to, even stopped in for a bit, which was nice), until... ...my only other (local) ex shows up. Yeah, that's right. Tony, who I technically never dated (we were really more friends-with-benefits, but still), and broke things off with because Summer was PISSED as HELL when she found out (he was a friend of hers, even though he's my age). This was slightly less unlikely than running into Ricky, since I know Tony through Summer, who met him through YPC, which is where I was, so...yeah. But still. He randomly showed up two-thirds of the way through rehearsal, and just starts WATCHING with us. We mostly avoided each other, and I bet he was wondering why I was there, but I didn't make any contact. After all, our..."thing" was just this summer, so...still too soon. It's just...really, what are the chances that I run into BOTH of my (local) exes on the same day? Combine that with all the bus creepers from earlier, and it made for an awkward day for me. In other news, I am now an employee of Pier 1 Imports (thus my last TxtLJ post). Also, I have no Halloween plans. At all. Well, unless you consider "go to work from 1-4, then go to my parents' house for dinner and steal candy & hide from trick-or-treaters in the family room" plans. ETA: Happy birthday to Frank Iero :) |
Posted using TxtLJ / October 24th / 3:35 PM / Feeling / Hearing  aggravatedFeeling / Hearing some sports talk radio program Ben's listening to / 11 thoughts / Share |
| If I have to unwrap one more X08 MLTI JINGLE BELL NPKN RING, I think I'm going to scream. |
| Posted using TxtLJ / October 16th / 3:19 PM / / 2 thoughts / Share |
| Guess who's going to Cobras tonight? Yeah, that's right bitches, ME AND smashfantastic!!! :D
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Prez Debate Results / September 27th / 1:39 AM / Feeling / Hearing  curiousFeeling / Hearing "Good Morning, Hypocrite" -- Electric President / 22 thoughts / Share |
| This site shows a clear victory for Obama, breaking it down by issue/question and voter affiliation. This site shows it as basically a statistical tie (Obama has 1 point on McCain, but there's a +/-5 point error margin). Personally, I thought that from a debater's POV, McCain won, since he was on the offensive (putting Obama on the defensive) most of the debate, but from a political POV, I think it was a tie. Yes, Obama was on the defensive, but that goes along with his "firm but gracious" image, which seems to be working for him in these sorts of situations. On the other side of that, it reinforces the "McCain is aggressive" complaint. Obama stuttered; McCain horribly mangled a name and repeated an exact phrase he had already used multiple times in the same sentence/paragraph twice. Both had factual errors that came up in fact-checks post-debate, none of which were significant enough to marginalize the candidate's point. Both seemed engaged and made some good points (although McCain seemed intent on not looking at Obama--what was with that?) Both got a little rambly and wandered away from their points at times. Obama came off as a little inexperienced, McCain came off as a little condescending. I think they both did enough good and bad to balance out each others' impact. Neither hit it out of the ballpark. However, as far as presidential debates go, it was pretty good; good discussion and interaction, and Jim Lehrer was a good host, I thought. A cruising of the post-debate media pundits showed them to be spinning the debate in Obama's direction, which is perhaps of even more importance than the actual debate. And Obama's one really amazing sound byte (the one about the Iraq war) seems to be the highlight that the news shows keep replaying, so that's really good. Overall, I say that Obama gains a slight edge, adding to the edge he already had going in. Even if the debate ends up being called a tie, Obama still comes out on top, since foreign policy is supposed to be McCain's strong point, and all Obama really had to do to maintain his lead was hold his own, which he did. So, there's my analysis of it. What say you all? ( PS All bandom friends, and any other new-ish flisters: ) ETA: This site is reporting that Obama won as well, and has some interesting YouTube clips of post-debate news coverage (one of which I just watched on TV when it was airing a few hours ago). |
| Uhhh....no really, I can explain! ...... -.- / September 21st / 6:47 AM / Feeling / Hearing exhaustedFeeling / Hearing "Insomnia" -- Electric President / 29 thoughts / Share |
| Guys, I may have just done something kind of epically stupid. Oh, wait, first! Of note, and also actual relevance to what I'm about to talk about: I've moved into my mom's apartment on a semi-permanent basis (I'm still moving stuff & working out the details, but...yeah). Probably until I leave for Atlanta sometime after the new year. (More on the "why"s/background later.) So I'm out of the house I grew up in (frigging FINALLY) is the good news. Bad news? Unreliable internet access. Fortunately, some kind soul has an unsecured network named "linksys" which I am currently mooching off of ^^ It's not the best connection, but it's SOMETHING. Anywhoooo....yeah. ( I did something kinda stupid. ) |
Sorry for the rambly-ness. This is pretty much just stream-of-conciousness mind clearing... / August 12th / 6:34 PM / Feeling / Hearing  ...?Feeling / Hearing "Don't Wake Me Up" -- The Hush Sound / 7 thoughts / Share |
| So. My grandma died last night. Not the one I'm close to--that's my dad's mother. The one I visit in Atlanta every summer. Yeah, Grandmother Barbara's fine. Luckily for me. To be honest, I haven't been close to Grandma for years. Since elementary school, really. And she's been sick for YEARS--she really hasn't been the same since her meltdown at Thanksgiving in 2005. Maybe even before then. She didn't even really have any specific illness...more like a whole bunch of old-age type things accumulating and finally just becoming too much. So it wasn't out-of-the blue. She went into hospice last week, but this *was* WEEKS earlier than they expected. My mom's a mess. And I'm gonna have to go to the funeral with her in Connecticut. We leave tomorrow morning. To be honest, the first thought that went through my head when my dad told me this morning? "Damn, I'm gonna miss Project Runway." Does that make me a horrible person? Eh, probably. I'm kind of too exhausted to care right now. I slept at my dad & his girlfriend's apartment last night. They've got a very comfy sofa bed. We saw the Twins game last night. (Yay for shutting out the Yankees!) Marisa's nice. It's the first time I've spent any extended period time with her. She's kind of...scarily like me in a lot of ways. Very dedicated to her work, swears a little more than she probably should, hates children but loves animals. She's a lot like my mom on the surface--like, on a superficial level--but really, she's much more like me than Mom. Or Dad. Which is...I don't know how I feel about that. It's interesting. I like her, though. Anyway, Summer's lucky. She gets to skip out on the funeral, because she happens to be at camp this week. She's at this theater/performing arts thing. Very small. All her friends are there. She's rooming with Feefo (her best friend since jr. high; a dancer) and Hope (her richie-rich Asian friend; a singer). By the way, she and Hope have started up a vlog/site called "Redhead and an Asian", which I am producing & editing. I'll be sure and give you guys a link once stuff is up. It's all about Minnesota & New York theater, with a dash of randomness and Disney Channel thrown in, just for good measure. So anyway. I'm leaving tomorrow. The funeral's not until Friday, so I won't be back until Saturday. The good news, though, is that I finally got the part I needed for my laptop, AND I got my cell phone fixed, so I will soon be actually reachable! SOON! Anyway, I have to go pack. Ugh, I hate finding funeral-appropriate outfits. Later, purple-eyed creatures. ...okay, I lied. I totally have more to talk about my grandmother's death. I dunno, I don't feel sad, and that makes me feel like there's something wrong with me, you know? Like, I've definitely thought before (especially in the past couple years), "God, can't she just die already?" And now I...still don't really feel bad for thinking that. She had a good, full life, she's been unhealthy for a long time, and we really haven't even gotten along for a long time. Mostly, I DO feel bad for my mom and Grandpa. Grandpa's life--for YEARS--has been pretty much taking care of Grandma 24/7, and now that she's gone...well, they'd been married over sixty years. It's gotta be weird for him--bad weird. And my mom's just a mess. She actually had to go into work today to tie some stuff up so she could get time off to go stay with her family, and she called me this afternoon and it...didn't sound good. I'm not sure how much she was actually productive. You know, Mom never did tell Grandma about the divorce. She decided not to. She wasn't even going to tell Grandpa, because she thought he couldn't keep it from Grandma, but it ended up being too complicated, and she did end up telling him. But she never did tell her. And I know that she and Grandpa decided it wasn't appropriate for him to tell her, either. It's just...strange. My dad told me not to tell Mom that I slept at his and Marisa's place last night. He didn't clear it with her, it wasn't planned (the game went late and we were both tired), and the pets ended up being left alone at home, and he thought we just...shouldn't tell her. In her current condition. I don't disagree, but it's still just...strange. My family has never been the secret-keeping & hiding type before, and now...it's all over the place. Like I said. Strange. Just....different. Okay, that's all I got for right now. PS Bandom people, "Bess's Giant Spring/Summer Concert Recap! With multimedia and commentary by M!" is coming soon. Ish. Stay tuned! (Includes MCR, Honda Civic, Cab+Hush Sound, & Warped.) PPS Group? You know who you are. Please see the locked post after this. |
| New York updates, my new camera, jewelry for sale, & more... / July 2nd / 12:31 AM / Feeling / Hearing excitedFeeling / Hearing "Real Life" -- Evermore / 2 thoughts / Share |
| So it turns out that we're seeing "The Little Mermaid" TONIGHT instead of Thursday (I got the date wrong), and Dad & Summer went and got four tickets to "Gypsy" (with Patti Lupone!) at TCKTS this morning, so we're seeing that tomorrow afternoon, and then tomorrow night we've got "In The Heights"--so the next 48 hours are going to be wonderfully Broadway-filled! :DDD In other news, I am totally IN LOVE with my new camera! Uncle Mark and I went to B&H (the HUGE professional photography & video store in NY) yesterday and got me a nice bag (which was like 1/3 of the price it normally is, since it's technically used, but you can't even tell), a UV filter, and a lens cleaning pen. That place is AWESOME, you guys. Their method of using conveyor belts to get stuff around the store is like, WAY cool. Anyway, so yeah...I'm loving my new camera ^^ Check out some shots I've taken with it: ( click me for 28 cool photos, + 1 bonus photo ) In still other news...as many of you RL peeps know, I've gotten really into making jewelry (particularly earrings) in the past year or so. I'm getting ready to start selling them on Etsy.Com, so I've been taking pictures. Tell me what you guys think! (If anyone's interested in actually buying any, leave me a comment! Most of the earrings are $5, with a couple exceptions, the necklaces are $10, and the bracelets are $15. Shipping is always $5, but you can combine orders.) Sooo...that should be it for now! I'm off to see Little Merms soon--I can't wait! I'll tell ya'll how the shows all were tomorrow evening or Thursday morning :) ETA: JUST GOT BACK FROM LITTLE MERMAID. IT WAS AMAZING, GUYS. SHERRI RENE SCOTT, HAVE MY BBZ PLZ. ALSO, THE BACKSTAGE TOUR WAS AMAZING BEYOND BELIEF. I AM SO JEALOUS OF THEIR FLYSPACE, OMG. AND THEIR LIGHTING CAPABILITIES!!! *DED* MORE LATER, WHEN I AM LESS OF THE DEDNESS. (Also, the kid who played Flounder was AWESOME and Summer should date him, and also also, we briefly met the guy who plays Chef Louis backstage ^^) |
| New York, New York, It's A Wonderful Town / July 1st / 12:35 AM / Feeling / Hearing tiredFeeling / Hearing Dad and Uncle Mark discussing plans for tomorrow / 23 thoughts / Share |
| So, I'm in NYC. It's really a blast (and the apartment we're staying in is AMAZING) :) I saw Eddie Izzard last night, which was TOTALLY amazing ^^ It's been a while since I laughed that hard for that long. I went with my "honorary uncle" Mark (who, coincidentally, is Peder G-H's real uncle), and we both had a really good time. Since we only had two tickets, and Summer would rather see a musical anyway, she and Dad went to "Altar Boyz", which they tell me was very good--it's a send-up of boybands and religion, so how can it go wrong? We've got tickets to "In The Heights" on Wednesday, which just won the Tony for Best Musical, so that should be good. (When we were in NY last year, we saw "Spring Awakening", which won the Tony for Best Musical LAST year...am I sensing a pattern?) Then on Thursday, we have BACKSTAGE PASSES to "The Little Mermaid"...yes, you read that right. I AM SO EXCITED, GUYS. For serious. I am like, the HUGEST Disney freak, and I LOVE their stage shows, and ya'll KNOW how I love theatre, so Backstage Passes are like, HUGE. So yeah, I'm pretty psyched for that. (How we actually got tickets, let alone BS Passes (the show is sold out already for like, the next YEAR)--turns out ALAN FRIGGING MENKEN (Disney composer extrondinare/GOD) is a close family friend of my dad's girlfriend, so Dad just asked and Marisa called up "Uncle Alan", and BAM! VIP tickets ^^ Summer now hates her considerably less XD) We're also going to check out TCKTS tomorrow, and may end up going to a show tomorrow night or a Wednesday matinee. We just went and saw "Wall•E" tonight, which was fun. It was more sweet and less funny than some of the other Pixar movies (a la "Finding Nemo"), but still good. I recommend it ^^ I also went and saw "Get Smart" with pandorarhene, queelez and tonparapluie at MoA on my birthday, and that was great too. So I recommend both.I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff, but I'll try and update again later this week, purple-eyed creatures. Bye for now! ETA: Almost forgot! Uncle Mark and I saw a TV actor waiting outside the bathroom at the Eddie Izzard show! He's the guy who plays the older lab tech on NCIS. So that was cool ^^ |
| Oh my god, oh my god you guys! (All this week, I've had butterflies!) / June 26th / 11:21 PM / Feeling / Hearing excitedFeeling / Hearing Leonard Bernstein: The Complete Works on the stereo downstairs / 20 thoughts / Share |
| ( ANYWAY. You guys. Seriously. IT'S MY LAST HALF HOUR OF LEGALLY BEING A MINOR. (Better go commit a crime now, huh? XD) (Also, I just got back from Atlanta, and how messed up is it that it's totally hotter here than it was there?! Or it feels like it, at least. >.<) So, since it's my birthday tomorrow...Study Group (+Graham)--let's go hang out at the mall! I wanna see a movie (Wall-E's coming out, and I think Get Smart is out now too, and I've heard Kung-Fu Panda is funny), and it's been AGES since we hung out at the mall. Graham, if you bring your laptop, I'll bring my iPod with all the stuff you want on it. (What IS all the stuff you want? You'll have to tell me.) Sooo...y/y, guys? Tell me if you're coming. I'll call whoever doesn't respond here. PS I'm totally going to have a party, but I'm leaving for New York on Sunday & not getting back until 7/7, so it's not going to be until like, the second week of July, and I'd like to do something ON my actual b-day. |
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