happy friday!

if you haven't already noticed, i've disappeared for a couple of weeks.

sorry about that.

nanowrimo and the show and my sweet sixteen and dramadramadrama. life of the teenage theatre nerd writer, i s'pose.

No Sweet Sixteen is complete without a cheap tiara from Walmart that gets broken by your ex.

Our show shirts are EPIC.

I might be a man in the play. Maybe.

and i'm behind on my nano. i was ahead for the first few days, and now... not so much.

anyways, tonight is the second performance of the comedy of errors. and aside from the fact that not a single one of our dress rehearsals went well (people missing because of band competitions, health issues, one girl had to step down from her role and another had two days to learn the other girls lines and still do her character, too...) we are kicking ass and taking names. and tonight is the cast party, which is always a blast.


so here are your fill-in-the-blanks from lauren at the little things we do :)


* my favorite new blog of the moment is love and photographs. i literally just found it today. i loooooooooove it <3

* something i am thankful for is my theatre family. i always forget how much i love theatre until opening night. we always come together and perform our hearts out, and they will always have your back. unlike many other high schoolers.

* something that made me laugh this week was the show, of course! turning a shakespeare play into a western is bound to be hilarious, and ours definitely is. especially my friend luke's part. he has so much fun playing with the audience and our director actually gave him a part where he was allowed to this time.

The aforementioned Luke. I love this guy to bits and pieces. Even if he did used to steal my colored pencils in third grade.

* an item that is currently on my wishlist is(are) these sweater dresses from target in almost every color available (there are a couple that i don't like). i would happily live in them for the rest of my life (or until they wear out and i have an excuse to buy new ones :P)


* i am excited about the cast party tonight and thanksgiving and being sixteen and being single again.


* if i were a color i would be varying shades of green. some days i'm emerald or kelly or lime, others i'm olive or forest. and john mayer's "another kind of green" just popped into my head, reinforcing the GREEEEN thing :P

John Mayer makes everything better. EVERYTHING.

* my favorite way to spend a chilly fall day is either by bundling up and taking pictures of the pretty leaves or by cuddling up with a cup of tea and a blanket and either a book or my writing.


happy weekend!

fill-in-the-blank friday

it has been such a long week.
i.... yeah.
next week is going to be even worse. and it's just going to get worse until the comedy of errors is done and over with.
don't get me wrong, i love it. but i'm so freaking exhausted and there's so much to do and i want this birthday party less and lessandlessandless.

pre-ap english shall be the death of me, i swear.


and now for your {more cheerful, less grouchy} fill-in-the-blank friday from lauren at the little things we do. 


1. when i was a kid i wanted to be an author when i grew up.


2. as an adult {well, a teenager} my dream job would be an author. yes, i'm sort of adamant about that :P (also, add in physical therapist and mother)


3.  when i was younger i wanted to be just like my momma :)

4. the childhood halloween costume that i remember was when i was a fairy. i was constantly a fairy. just about every year.


5. my favorite childhood toy was coloring book plus crayons. every time. i was a coloring kind of girl. and i looooove stuff animals still to this day.

6. the time i got into the biggest amount of trouble when i was a kid was when ... um. i really don't know O.O probably when i first made a facebook...


7. i get daily inspiration from my lovely friends, books, twitter, my boyfriend.


happy friday, i s'pose.

feliz fin de semana

yes, i did just say "happy weekend" in spanish. because i have skills {and that's the extent of them}.

this week has been a looong and treacherous journey. i think monday was the only truly good day i had and that was because i got to show off my new dress. it all went downhill from there, including but not limited to missing rehearsal {and the optional stage combat rehearsal that I REALLY WANTED TO GO TO}, missing school on wednesday {which is why i missed the stage combat rehearsal}, running a fever since tuesday, already beginning to feel the effects of what next tuesday marks...

in case you didn't know, next tuesday is the two year anniversary of my grandpa's death, and i was really close to my grandpa. he had been diagnosed with lung cancer about 10 months before he passed away of natural causes. in order to spend as much time as i could with him while he actually had energy {which means around 12-2:30 in the afternoon}, i went into a virtual academy for my freshman year of high school. 
it was really, really hard on me. it still is. i think about him all of the time, and each day ever since has been harder than the day before.

ANYWAYS, on a lighter note, it's fall. it's beautiful outside, even if it is freaking FREEZING. i slept almost all day on wednesday {and so did a certain le boyf :P} and then had a pan-am marathon {and napped occasionally through the bits and pieces i've already seen}.

and now, this weekend is going to be a CLEAN ALL THE THINGS and get rid of stuffs weekend. and then rehearsal on sunday. and repeat.

i'm going to need lots and lots of this

here's your fall themed fill-in-the-blank friday from lauren at the little things we do

1.  nothing says fall like hot chocolate/hot tea, baked goods, and soft warm things like scarves and sweaters and hugs.

2. my favorite autumnal tradition is homecoming at greeneview. 99.99999% of the time, the greeneview homecoming is better than my school's. it might just be the people, though (considering the pictures and dinner are always the best part. ALWAYS.)

evangeline, gabe, and i before the greeneview homecoming :)

3. my favorite fall treat is candy corn. i've been known to eat a value size bag of brach's candy corn in a week {mainly because i sneak it in my school bag and sit there and eat it all day}

4. fall makes me think of family and friends because it seems to be when all of mine come together {and/or fall apart, but that's a moot point}. something about the cozier weather and falling leaves just brings people together :)

5. autumn free form word association, go! car trips, pretty colors, saltwater breezes, sweaters, boots, warmth, cozy, love.

6. my go-to outfit in the fall is black/brown/grey 3/4 length sleeve shirt with a pretty scarf, bright flats, and jeans. OR a summer dress with a sweater {and probably flats}

7. my favorite fall holiday is (Halloween or Thanksgiving) they both involve food so i don't really have a preference :P
actually, it just sort of changes year to year. i will still trick-or-treat {if you have an issue with the fact that i'm almost sixteen and still trick-or-treat, go eat some health food!} IF i'm not busy. this year i have rehearsal during trick-or-treat time. pretty sure wallingford did that on purpose. but i also really love thanksgiving, it just really reminds me of grandpa....

happy weekend!