'Nutha quick update. I'm so cool, I can use cool slang and stuff!

Naturally Flogging Molly was awesome. So were Street Dogs, one of the opening bands. The Briggs, the first opening band, sucked. Lame punk guy taking off his shirt to show off his
lame-yet-numerous tatoos. 'Nuff said (cool slang!). The mosh pit got pretty crazy. I had originally intended to stay out of it to stick close to Miranda--no offense, dude, but you are way to small to enter a mosh pit safely--but I got sucked in anyway. My feet got soo bruised up trying to keep people away, and actually bouncing them away hurt rather a lot. Things calmed down when Flogging Molly finally came out, strangely enough. Surprisingly little drug use, but I did meet a nice guy who was ever so slightly drunk. He switched spots with me when I had Miranda on my back so she could see better. He stuck pretty close for the rest of the night. Again, nice guy.

Speaking of Miranda, I met another of the guys she deems "HOT". Best described as stoners with slight birth defects. I've been meaning to post that description for like a month, actually.

Gotta run now. Outdoor School counselor. Bus leaves in five minutes.

I refuse to admit that I might be getting sick. I don't have time to be sick right now, not until after the show is over. I will, however, spend my weekend resting, eating healthy food, and drinking lots of fluids. Not because I'm sick, no, no.

I'm not sure how much resting I'll really have time to do with all the homework I need to tackle.

Yesterday we had Youth Legislature elections. I ran for President, and I felt pretty good about my speech (I wrote it and re-wrote it six times since last year, and I still made changes when I got up there). Today they announced I won, which I felt more relieved about than happy, since I don't think I'd be happy just participating and not leading. And it's going to be a lot more work, not that I mind. I was satisfied. That is, until I talked to Soren. I went over to talk to him in third period, not even thinking about Youth Leg., and the first words out of his mouth are "You didn't win." WTF? Apparently he'd talked to some people who felt like the election had been rigged. I asked who, and every single name he gave me was one of the people who lost, and he felt like the guy who was a bass player (like him) should have won. That's irritating. We need solidarity. However, I will talk to Mr. Allen and see if there's some way there could have been an error. I don't want something I didn't earn.

I am exhausted. I'm going home to crash, which I can do because all my activities moved off of Fridays, so I could theoretically go straight home after school. That's too weird, though, so I decided I'd talk to you fine people for a little while.

Okay, I have to run off to rehearsal in about two minutes, so my little update will be breif.

That and I can't stand the light rock they play in the computer lab.

First, I got the job at Homework Helpline. Which means this week I'm out until after 8 at night, and 8 on Thursdays from now on. Whatever. I get paid, so it's all good.

It's a little funny. It seems like every time I go to have a conversation with someone, they interject with, "Oh, yeah, I read that on your blog." Maybe I should update less or something... Yeah, that's happening. I like ranting too much.

But I watched one of the movies I rented. I watched bits and pieces of Romeo and Juliet, but I watched Nora all the way through. Let me just say that when that little ratings thing says explicit content, it means it!!! OMG, that was the single dirtiest thing I've seen in my entire life. I'm SOOOO glad I didn't get Velvet Goldmine, which everybody agrees is like a million times worse (and with a dude, occasionally). I don't want to watch anybody doing that, not even Ewan McGregor. Woah. Aren't you glad I shared.

On that chipper little note, I leave.

EXUENT!!

I am so soaked. I decided to go for a walk in the rain, because if I waited for it to be dry, I'd never go for walks. Plus I had some free coupons I wanted to use over at Hollywood Video. Two I used for R-rated Ewan McGregor flicks I've been dying to see and am finally old enough to rent. Rogue Trader and Nora.

The third movie is the 1969 version of Romeo and Juliet. I'm not the biggest fan of this particular version, and clearly the guy at the counter wasn't either. He gave me a lot of crap for renting that edition. I need that one because I need to base my character in the play on Juliet, and that Juliet was exactly what I need. Being the damsel in distress is a lot harder than it looks. I've discovered that although I'm a romantic at times, I really have none of that character in me, so it's hard to know how to play it. So I'm taking the most prime example of the melodramatic damsel from Juliet. Hopefully I can figure this out.

We started rehearsing the dance numbers yesterday. It was so ridiculous, but that was the point, so I don't really mind. I almost don't want my friends to come and see it, though, since it's going to be extremely embarrassing. If any of you need any more enticement to come than that, let me know and I'll show you part of my number. "Babyface", "Wild About Harry", and "Bill Baily (Won't You Come Home)". 'Nuff said.

This post is short because I need to spend most of my time designing and posting info on the bulletin board I'm putting together for Youth Legislature. I can't wait until elections so I can stop stressing so much. At least until officer swaps with Heritage...

Just saw a thing on the blogger page. It suggested asking readers to request three pictures they'd like to see posted on my blog (things around the house, people, whatever). Sounds interesting. Feel free to request, but I warn you, my life isn't that interesting. Which you know if you read my blog.

I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY!! As I mentioned, I got into the play. That's three-hour rehearsals four days a week, plus after school clubs five days a week. Soon it will be plus tutoring whenever that's scheduled (probably one or two days a week), plus Homework Helpline three days a week after my three hour rehearsal. I'm not sure I'll have time for that. If I do take the job, I won't get home until 8:00 three nights a week, which doesn't leave much time for homework. Or sanity.

Now that I'm done complaining--I'm having a blast with the play. At first I was disappointed. The first half of the show is jokes and skits, where I only have three jokes. Of those three I only have lines in two, and a punchline in one, so I was bored for that whole rehearsal time. I'm okay with have a little less time on stage at first for two reasons: One, I remembered about the group songs and dances I'll still be on for, and two, I have a good part in the second half. That's the melodrama, and what a melodrama it is. My character's name is Heather Heartthrob, then there's Alex Adonis, Rufus Bilge (the villain), and Steamboat Billy, if that gives you an idea of how goofy it is. I was disappointed about my role here, too, at first, then I read the script. I had wanted to be either Sadie Larue (sort of the villain's henchwoman) or Captain Lucy (because I thought she'd have a bigger part--sounds greedy, I guess, but I'm an actress, I want spotlight). As it turns out, Heather is not only on stage for almost the whole show, but I have two guys in love with me (the hero and the villain, and they say the nicest things), some pretty good lines, and a beautiful costume. You can't knock that, vain as it might sound.

Aside from the onstage fun, I'm happy about the cast. I can now stand a girl who's gotten under my skin for no good reason since freshman year. She still does terrible dialects, but thankfully she got a role that doesn't call for one. And she's pretty good, so I respect her more now. She was terrible in last year's fall play.

Shows start November 7, so all you people reading this that live around here will be forced to come.

Let's see if I can think of something somebody else might care about.......Yes! The debates!

I watched it by myself, annoyingly enough, because I commented frequently to no one. I'm going to try and work something out through Youth Legislature to have a big group watch the next one on October 13. Maybe a fundraiser?

I must say that Bush surprised me. He was uncharacteristically eloquent--I think they did some vocab drills in rehearsal, because he used some words that in his entire presidency, I've never heard him say before.

More later--my computer time is running out.