Happy Thursday! I am so very tired! I have pictures but I'm too tired to find my camera and plug it in and copy the pictures and look at them and then try to fit them into here. Maybe later.
Order of business:
Weekend.
Christmas.
San Diego.
Oh gosh, I don't remember the weekend anymore. I guess one of those days.....Friday? I went to Carolyn's house 'cause Steven was having some sort of party with all his tiny friends. They watched Hot Fuzz in the freezing outside, and me and Carolyn watched Acacia, a pretty bad Korean horror movie. And then I went back the next day and watched Hot Fuzz with her. I think that's how it went down. I'm almost entirely positive about this.
Sunday I guess I just played FFXII all day. I'm soooo close to being done, plot-wise (I've had it for a year, after all), but I'm sticking it out to finish all the side quests because the world is so great and vast and I know I won't have the energy to do it all ever again. Also, church that day.
Monday we baked. Michelle made pumpkin cookies, mom I guess did some breads, I made an apple pie and maple cookies. I put waaaay too much flower in the apples this time, and I need to NOT cut them so thin! But the crust turned out rather well, so I'm keeping my new adaptations for that. I also remember looking up trivia for things I am a fan of, and writing a very very strange bit of Kingdom Hearts/Naruto fanfiction.
Christmas!
Got everything wrapped more or less on time, but my sister's awesome present didn't show up. I suppose it's waiting for us back home, unless someone's stolen it off the porch.
I got lots of neat stuff, like the stuff I picked out, like the special editions of Hot Fuzz and Hairspray; but I also got cool surprises like the Batman steering wheel cover I've always wanted, and a TV! So thanks, everybody!
Later my uncle and aunt came over and brought their cute dog and we had a nice lunch of Christmas fashion. And then we had a nice walk around the park, aaand then most of us had a nap. Hooray. And I guess I made them watch Hairspray.
And then the next day we went to San Diego!
Well, first, we went to school and cleaned my apartment and like moved the TV in there and stuff. (It looks like I'm only getting one new roommate, and we've been talking on Facebook and she's totally cool) And Then we went to Taco King and then San Diego.
The terrain right before the incorporated cities start (when I woke up) is like a vast, flat, undeveloped Ventura. That's what I like about California, you can always tell when you're in it. I love me my So Cal scrub brush. And the ocean was right there and there were rivers and bays and all sorts of nice things. And we passed Oceanside and I waved to Megan, who resides thereabouts.
San Diego itself is like the small-town Ventura meets the classy/vast Santa Barbara. It sprawls pretty dang wide, as far as I can tell, but there's these tiny rolling hills all about, and freeways and stuff, but it doesn't feel crowded. And the downtown has these cool tall buildings but there's still a lot of space. Not like San Francisco, where you can't see what the weather's like up there. And not like LA; it seems really clean and nice, and not cheesy like say Hollywood, either. I suppose that's just what the touristy bits look like, though.
We went on this narrated trolley (just like school, eh guys?) that took us around the downtown area. But the first stop was at the harbor, so we got off and wandered around and then got on this Seal Tours which drove us around some more and then into the harbor. Remember the Duck Tour we went on in Boston? It was like that. But a seal. With Captain Mark and Tosh. It was SUPER cold, especially out on the water, but it was really neat. We saw sea lions and also a hover craft. Tosh was all "sorry for geeking out about it," but apparently it's really rare to "see one in action" on the harbor.
And then we went inside to lunch before I froze to death. And then we went back on the trolley and took it to um, what is it.... C...Coronado? Wich is an island and a city right off from San Diego. Giant bridge to it. Could see Mexico from it. And then around the island and back off, and then through a bit of Balboa Park which is where the zoo and a lot of other stuff is, and then back to Old Town, which is where we got off and also it was night now.
Old Town is where the city was before it became a city, and it's got tiny buildings for your touristing pleasure. Bought a tin star light at the TinSmith store, a Thursday poncho (Brown and Red!!) at some other store, and a two-dollar cactus at yet another. Went over to the, uh, Waverly? House. Supposedly haunted. The, what do you call it, curator? This youngish guy was so funny, in a really bored sort of way. It wasn't scary and I didn't see the doll's eyes move or anything. Took some pictures, though. Maybe when I upload them I'll see the ghosts.
Randomly went to Mimi's for desert, and then crashed back here. My sister and I were going to watch Hot Fuzz (she hasn't seen it), but I got to writing (back to my new roommate, on peoples' walls, this) and I think she's more or less asleep now. As am I, for that matter. I don't know where I got the energy to write all this. Hope it was interesting.
Tomorrow I think we're headed for TJ. I brought my passport but I hope they take it because it went through the was a few years ago and totally looks fake. I really don't want to get stuck in Mexico. But I hope I'll find a little sombrero for Riko; I've been looking for one of those for years.
-Steph
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Smiling's My Favorite
Happy Thursday! The beautiful thing about Thursdays during break is that I had TWO naps today! I'm just so tired, I dunno why. It must be all the strenuous shopping and wrapping and stuff. Also, making. Been crafting a few presents, as well. In any case, I have my trusty Original Blend UCC coffee with milk, and that seems to be bringing me back to life.
I was going to talk about Facebook...but I thought I was going to enlighten you all about something else first... hmmm. Don't you wish I prepared and thought these out before hand? I bet they'd be a lot more punchy if I tried.
While we wait, here is my neat-o link for this week: http://www.totalleh.com/index.php?id=387
Ah, I think it was this. Around Thanksgivingtime or so, I reached my 100 post count according to Blogger. Now, that counts some of the old ones that my dad was posting here while I was still emailing this out to all y'all (you can tell because there's weird pictures adoring the top of each one). But still, 100 posts? That's over two years of me whining at you week after week. I still can't believe I haven't even missed one, yet. AND I've physically SAID Happy Thursday to someone each of those Thursdays, too. What do you guys have to say about your own commitments?
So this was the segue into Facebook. See, at one point, I had a mailing list, and my family and a lot of kids in the Buena orchestra got an email about Thursday 'cause they all swore they'd miss me saying it to them each week. Yeah, well, I don't think any of those kids remember this. XD But my family still does, and my good friends (well, they at least pretend to), and really that's about it. But, for a while now, they've been imported in Facebook as notes, so that potentially bumps my readership up by like a hundred people, despite the fact that we all know no one ever really reads peoples' notes on Facebook. But I can mention people and then tag them in it, like, say, Aubrey Reynolds, and then they might take a peek to see what I've been saying about them.
So I think that my tone has taken on a wider tone, as if I'm writing for the Facebook audience. Which is WAY different from the blog audience, because it's college kids who, for the most part, know what I'm talking about when I say stuff about West Campus, or trolleys....(but then, it's the home crowd who's hip to stuff like "I wish the AX was at Anaheim again," and it's even a very specific crowd who gets the title of this post.)
In any case, let's talk about Facebook now.
So, I dunno if you guys know, but I live at Facebook. Different people have accosted me with keeping the window open all day and just refreshing it to poke back. This is very true. But when I was thinking about writing this today, I was thinking how I update on my life so much more easily there. So! Here's a walk down memory lane of this week, of all my status updates since last Thursday:
December 13
Stephanie is SO cold.
9:27pm
Stephanie wishes you all a Happy Thursday.
5:25pm
Stephanie needs a new battery!
9:24am
Stephanie almost misses the "is".
12:51am
December 14
Stephanie has finished it all!
5:36pm
December 17
Stephanie is sho shleepy.
9:54pm
December 18
Stephanie got a B+ in producing! How about you guys?
2:14pm
Stephanie is confined to the office until the danger passes...0o.
1:45pm
Yesterday
Stephanie is a bad speller.
11:27am
Stephanie is gallavanting.
11:25am
Stephanie has to go to the dentist ;_;.
12:46am
Today
Stephanie is hair-cutted.
6:06pm
Stephanie wishes you all a Happy Thursday.
3:43pm
Except, yesterday we went to the dentist, but our appointment was for today. It was a sad morning.
So today we went to the dentist for real, and that was alright, not great, you know, it's the dentist. But then I took a nap! And then I got a hair cut. And, wait. First I had lunch at Mama-ya. THEN I got a hair cut. And then I had another nap. And now I'm watching Scrubs, and it's so funny if you haven't been keeping up and you get to see them for the first time. I heart the Janitor.
Okay, peace out, kiddies.
-Steph
Ah, and Merry Christmas!
I was going to talk about Facebook...but I thought I was going to enlighten you all about something else first... hmmm. Don't you wish I prepared and thought these out before hand? I bet they'd be a lot more punchy if I tried.
While we wait, here is my neat-o link for this week: http://www.totalleh.com/index.php?id=387
Ah, I think it was this. Around Thanksgivingtime or so, I reached my 100 post count according to Blogger. Now, that counts some of the old ones that my dad was posting here while I was still emailing this out to all y'all (you can tell because there's weird pictures adoring the top of each one). But still, 100 posts? That's over two years of me whining at you week after week. I still can't believe I haven't even missed one, yet. AND I've physically SAID Happy Thursday to someone each of those Thursdays, too. What do you guys have to say about your own commitments?
So this was the segue into Facebook. See, at one point, I had a mailing list, and my family and a lot of kids in the Buena orchestra got an email about Thursday 'cause they all swore they'd miss me saying it to them each week. Yeah, well, I don't think any of those kids remember this. XD But my family still does, and my good friends (well, they at least pretend to), and really that's about it. But, for a while now, they've been imported in Facebook as notes, so that potentially bumps my readership up by like a hundred people, despite the fact that we all know no one ever really reads peoples' notes on Facebook. But I can mention people and then tag them in it, like, say, Aubrey Reynolds, and then they might take a peek to see what I've been saying about them.
So I think that my tone has taken on a wider tone, as if I'm writing for the Facebook audience. Which is WAY different from the blog audience, because it's college kids who, for the most part, know what I'm talking about when I say stuff about West Campus, or trolleys....(but then, it's the home crowd who's hip to stuff like "I wish the AX was at Anaheim again," and it's even a very specific crowd who gets the title of this post.)
In any case, let's talk about Facebook now.
So, I dunno if you guys know, but I live at Facebook. Different people have accosted me with keeping the window open all day and just refreshing it to poke back. This is very true. But when I was thinking about writing this today, I was thinking how I update on my life so much more easily there. So! Here's a walk down memory lane of this week, of all my status updates since last Thursday:
December 13
Stephanie is SO cold.
9:27pm
Stephanie wishes you all a Happy Thursday.
5:25pm
Stephanie needs a new battery!
9:24am
Stephanie almost misses the "is".
12:51am
December 14
Stephanie has finished it all!
5:36pm
December 17
Stephanie is sho shleepy.
9:54pm
December 18
Stephanie got a B+ in producing! How about you guys?
2:14pm
Stephanie is confined to the office until the danger passes...0o.
1:45pm
Yesterday
Stephanie is a bad speller.
11:27am
Stephanie is gallavanting.
11:25am
Stephanie has to go to the dentist ;_;.
12:46am
Today
Stephanie is hair-cutted.
6:06pm
Stephanie wishes you all a Happy Thursday.
3:43pm
Except, yesterday we went to the dentist, but our appointment was for today. It was a sad morning.
So today we went to the dentist for real, and that was alright, not great, you know, it's the dentist. But then I took a nap! And then I got a hair cut. And, wait. First I had lunch at Mama-ya. THEN I got a hair cut. And then I had another nap. And now I'm watching Scrubs, and it's so funny if you haven't been keeping up and you get to see them for the first time. I heart the Janitor.
Okay, peace out, kiddies.
-Steph
Ah, and Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
I Should Be Writing My Script
Happy Thursday! Here's a cute story courtesy of Megan:
"Making fudge in our family is a tradition. My mom used to make the fudge, and then I took over making it, and someday my children will take over and kill your children."
And an epilogue:
"There is no 'our' in sandwich."
Truer words were never spoken.
SO TODAY I TOOK MY LAST/ONLY FINAL. HAPPPy Thursday! It was World Lit, my only normal academic class. So lots of writing. It was.... eh. I tried for all the extra questions. XD It should be okay, but it'll definitely be the lowest grade outta the batch. But hey! A in Sitcom! Shocking. I see an A in art for sure (you should see my snazzy letterhead). Writing? If I get enough of my script done today/tomorrow morning....definitely at least an A-. I totally turned in everything in that class, man. Producing? Hm. That class was awful, and we're still not entirely done with the notebook.....but I guess mid B to low A. But we'll see.
So I'm trying to write this, but it's really hard because the TV is distracting me so bad. Right now it's Private Practice and it is SO BAD. SO BAD. SO BAD. And that's what's distracting me, because I have to stop every four seconds and complain. Chris Lowell is even in it but STILL I'll never be watching this again.
But speaking of Chris Lowell, Beth got me Veronica Mars season one for Christmas! GAH! So unexpected! (Chris isn't in season one, but that's okay) Man do I love that show. It's way better than this CRUD I'm watching now.
So Megan started really packing today, 'cause she's off to Oxford next semester. Whut! Dunno if we're getting a new roomie, but prolly. BUT I SHALL HAVE THE BOTTOM BUNK. I shall have it. It will be my precious. But it's going to be strange.
But I have fun CBA (rather, TFT?) friends for next semester, like I've got a class with Kelly and Aaron (and maybe Ashley? grrr), and another with I think Yuko and maybe Aaron again? And that second one is with Jack! Who is not a classmate at all, but a darn good sitcomy prof, and I think I'll really enjoy this class. But I'm getting ahead of myself! Up next is Christmas Break!
I'm gonna hang out with Carolyn and probably Steven, and Jennifer, and I think Jacqi! And I'm pretty sure my sister! And I won't go to class! But I'll probably work on my movie because I like it and I hope I finish it!
Gah, I dunno what I'm saying anymore. I just can't wait for Private Practice to be over, 'cause it just kept getting worse and worse and worse. Yeah. Now it's over. Good. Good riddance.
I guess I'll sign off, too. And I will see some of you soon! Merry Christmas!
-Steph
"Making fudge in our family is a tradition. My mom used to make the fudge, and then I took over making it, and someday my children will take over and kill your children."
And an epilogue:
"There is no 'our' in sandwich."
Truer words were never spoken.
SO TODAY I TOOK MY LAST/ONLY FINAL. HAPPPy Thursday! It was World Lit, my only normal academic class. So lots of writing. It was.... eh. I tried for all the extra questions. XD It should be okay, but it'll definitely be the lowest grade outta the batch. But hey! A in Sitcom! Shocking. I see an A in art for sure (you should see my snazzy letterhead). Writing? If I get enough of my script done today/tomorrow morning....definitely at least an A-. I totally turned in everything in that class, man. Producing? Hm. That class was awful, and we're still not entirely done with the notebook.....but I guess mid B to low A. But we'll see.
So I'm trying to write this, but it's really hard because the TV is distracting me so bad. Right now it's Private Practice and it is SO BAD. SO BAD. SO BAD. And that's what's distracting me, because I have to stop every four seconds and complain. Chris Lowell is even in it but STILL I'll never be watching this again.
But speaking of Chris Lowell, Beth got me Veronica Mars season one for Christmas! GAH! So unexpected! (Chris isn't in season one, but that's okay) Man do I love that show. It's way better than this CRUD I'm watching now.
So Megan started really packing today, 'cause she's off to Oxford next semester. Whut! Dunno if we're getting a new roomie, but prolly. BUT I SHALL HAVE THE BOTTOM BUNK. I shall have it. It will be my precious. But it's going to be strange.
But I have fun CBA (rather, TFT?) friends for next semester, like I've got a class with Kelly and Aaron (and maybe Ashley? grrr), and another with I think Yuko and maybe Aaron again? And that second one is with Jack! Who is not a classmate at all, but a darn good sitcomy prof, and I think I'll really enjoy this class. But I'm getting ahead of myself! Up next is Christmas Break!
I'm gonna hang out with Carolyn and probably Steven, and Jennifer, and I think Jacqi! And I'm pretty sure my sister! And I won't go to class! But I'll probably work on my movie because I like it and I hope I finish it!
Gah, I dunno what I'm saying anymore. I just can't wait for Private Practice to be over, 'cause it just kept getting worse and worse and worse. Yeah. Now it's over. Good. Good riddance.
I guess I'll sign off, too. And I will see some of you soon! Merry Christmas!
-Steph
Thursday, December 06, 2007
One Year Left
Happy Thursday! Today was actually really great, right off the bat. Sure I woke up at 7 to finish off a paper due later, but after that it was really great. For example, something ridiculously cute happened right in the morning. (If you want to know, you can ask me about it and I might tell ya) And then I only had one more class! You know what that means? Just a few finals and then a year from now I'll be outta college.
@@! AHH!
Instead of class (it was cancelled, ask anybody), me and Megan went out and saw No Country for Old Men. It started off really strong, it was beautiful and I was really digging the one-step-ahead/cat-n-mousing going on....but then it took a turn that I don't think was very cinematically smart. It's based on a book, right? And apparently it follows it word-for-word.....which may be a perfect adaptation, but in my opinion it doesn't make for a perfect movie. But it started out good, and the characters were really solid and motivated and performed brilliantly.
So last Friday it rained. Just woke up and it was raining, and it rained All Day Long. The days before and after were not the least bit rainy, and most of this week has been rather hot. Until today, it started raining again right before ...I guess it was 9, before Grey's. Weird. Crazy winter.
Friday and Saturday was the sitcom taping, of course, but I don't have any more pictures other than what I posted last week from the rehearsal. It went really well! A pretty full house both nights, and the audience was sooo cooperative! Got a lot of laughs (even repeatedly), even at the political jokes, which was really a surprise. But the writing was far from the star of the show--mad props to the cast for putting up with our re-writes Saturday night and really pulling the whole thing off; and hooray for a smashing set and a crew who knew what they were doing. It was a pretty awesome experience. Good job, everyone. I'm gonna miss it and you all.
What else is new? I got my Hot Fuzz poster, and it is living quite merrily over my desk. Bought some pretty brown wrapping paper today. Ummm and. I feel like I should tell you a cute story. Let me think of one. Once upon a time, there was a little bed. Then it died. The end. Hahah, that was by my niece, I think it's the best story ever.
Oh, how did I forget?! We went and saw Enchanted Tuesday, me and Megan and Beth. That was pretty cute and had some LOL moments. Yes, it was ridiculous, but don't let the Dempsey fool you! It's a Disney movie, after all, and once you remember that, then you can fully enjoy it. Speaking of wacky fun, we caught the last half of Ugly Betty today. First time either of us had seen it ever, and we were both really surprised at how bizarrely weird it was. It's hilarious, guys. XD Probably going to keep that up from now on. If only the strike would end (I'm whining now) I want my tv back!!
Oh, I'm going to see if the internet is good enough to watch Chuck now. 'Cause of the strike I didn't even check to see if it was new this week--lucky for me it is!
C'mooooooon Christmas break!!
-Steph
@@! AHH!
Instead of class (it was cancelled, ask anybody), me and Megan went out and saw No Country for Old Men. It started off really strong, it was beautiful and I was really digging the one-step-ahead/cat-n-mousing going on....but then it took a turn that I don't think was very cinematically smart. It's based on a book, right? And apparently it follows it word-for-word.....which may be a perfect adaptation, but in my opinion it doesn't make for a perfect movie. But it started out good, and the characters were really solid and motivated and performed brilliantly.
So last Friday it rained. Just woke up and it was raining, and it rained All Day Long. The days before and after were not the least bit rainy, and most of this week has been rather hot. Until today, it started raining again right before ...I guess it was 9, before Grey's. Weird. Crazy winter.
Friday and Saturday was the sitcom taping, of course, but I don't have any more pictures other than what I posted last week from the rehearsal. It went really well! A pretty full house both nights, and the audience was sooo cooperative! Got a lot of laughs (even repeatedly), even at the political jokes, which was really a surprise. But the writing was far from the star of the show--mad props to the cast for putting up with our re-writes Saturday night and really pulling the whole thing off; and hooray for a smashing set and a crew who knew what they were doing. It was a pretty awesome experience. Good job, everyone. I'm gonna miss it and you all.
What else is new? I got my Hot Fuzz poster, and it is living quite merrily over my desk. Bought some pretty brown wrapping paper today. Ummm and. I feel like I should tell you a cute story. Let me think of one. Once upon a time, there was a little bed. Then it died. The end. Hahah, that was by my niece, I think it's the best story ever.
Oh, how did I forget?! We went and saw Enchanted Tuesday, me and Megan and Beth. That was pretty cute and had some LOL moments. Yes, it was ridiculous, but don't let the Dempsey fool you! It's a Disney movie, after all, and once you remember that, then you can fully enjoy it. Speaking of wacky fun, we caught the last half of Ugly Betty today. First time either of us had seen it ever, and we were both really surprised at how bizarrely weird it was. It's hilarious, guys. XD Probably going to keep that up from now on. If only the strike would end (I'm whining now) I want my tv back!!
Oh, I'm going to see if the internet is good enough to watch Chuck now. 'Cause of the strike I didn't even check to see if it was new this week--lucky for me it is!
C'mooooooon Christmas break!!
-Steph
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