Young Adult Friction by The Pains of Being Pure At Heart has now become my spring/summer soundtrack.
It makes me want Spring Break to come NOW.
(which I finally have plans for, byyy the way)!
I'm so unbelievably stoked for it. Only one more week of school....ugh!

I'm planning to go to Santa Cruz for a day at the boardwalk/beach with some friends, a day trip into San Francisco for zoo! beach! exploring! and possibly other beach day trips thrown in there, too.

I effing love living in California. Everything I could ever want is so close!

oooh AND I finally got my prom dress! It's silvery purple and in this vaguely Athenian robe style. It's very shiny and girly so I'm happy :)

Now I'm off to go wash some cars for donations. Club Interact whoo!

new obsessions

so I've added yet another website to my list of dailies:

LookBook!

so many people around the world have such great style! It makes me wonder what I've been doing all my life not paying as close attention as I should! I love this site...so many new outfit ideas! I wish I had more money to buy clothes with...as materialistic as it sounds, I just really freaking love dressing up and putting together styles. So I will leave this entry with some favorites:

life life life

This time change has made me feel like my days are shorter, which I think it the opposite of what it's supposed to do, right? sigh. It probably has more to do with the fact that I have play rehearsals until five or so and by the time I go home and find time to rest a bit, the night is settling in.

The days themselves are getting clearer and all the flowers are blooming! I'm so happy to live in California on days like these. Except it's still cold! around 50 degrees everyday...grr. I know that's warmer than a lot of the US at this time of year but still...I want some 75 degree weather, please!

But really, when it comes down to it: all I want to do is go to the beach and wear my new sandals. Is that so much to ask of you, Life?

I am consoled, though, because this Saturday I'll be journeying with my sister to San Francisco for the day. We both agreed to not have a plan whatsoever. Prom dress shopping is inevitable, but beach walking and street exploration is even more so. I just love that city so much.

I finally finished registerting for my SATs the other day. Why is it so complicated to do so? So many questions about my activities, relgious preferences and ethnicity--and all for just a test!
But I had to pick at least four schools to send my test scores to (yikes). I chose (in order of likeliness of my acceptance):

San Francisco State University
UC Santa Cruz
UC Davis
UC Berkeley

It's a longshot that I'd get into the last two or three, but I'm hoping for the best! I really want to look into more Art Academies, though, too....but I haven't had too much time...all of the ones in SF look lovely and I'm not really aware of many others nearby so I have a lot of research to do...blah! Oh, and I completely forgot that California College of the Arts existed until they sent me a letter! I'll definitely be looking into that soon...

au revoir for now,

(pssst, I want those shoes)

no common thread

this blog has no common thread or logical segways so be warned....


Today the sky was blue and white with clouds and golden sunshine and it was oh so lovely-I felt like taking photographs and driving through the country, but alas-I had school. Bleh.

For some updates...
I'm 17 now! My birthday was fun and relaxing and it made me, once again, realize how much I love my friends. one of the girls' gifts was a cool letter tile game called Bananagram which has been addicting so far-aaaaand it came in this hilarious banana-shaped pouch! :D

OH AND I LOVE THIS PHOTO (from Twitter):

Also, I finally acquired some black buckle boots from UO! They came in the mail the other day and they fit perfectly! Now all I need is a little black dress to accessorize and I'm set!

Oh, here's a funny story:
Yesterday after official play practice the cast thought it would be a brilliant idea to trek across town to Wyatt's house for an extended rehearsal. But after walking a good half hour and finally reaching his house (we raided his fridge and moved his furniture around) all we accomplished was a few bullshit read-throughs where mostly we were either laughing or adlibbing with phrases like "let me have mine ice cream." Not so productive, but oh-so fun :)

On another note,
I woke up today and thought it was Friday. Then I realized it was Thursday. And was sad. I need sleep and freetime, pleeeease.

P.S. reading Great Gatsby in AP Lit&Comp and I really like it!

IB SL

My birthday is in 5 days! But my actual party is on Sunday night...I cannot wait! Even though it'll just be a kickback with 5 of my closest friends, I'm looking forward to relaxing and having a good time!

I went to see Confessions of a Shopaholic tonight with my sister for fun, which turned out to be just as superficial and fun and light as I hoped, so no complaints there. I needed some senseless chick flick-ness in my life and I got it, plus a lovely dose of Hugh Dancy swoon-age!

Rehearsals for the play have been fantastic. I've gotten all my lines memorized & down, and mostly the practices consist of me and the other fairies exploring the balconies and back rooms of the theatres more than actual rehearsing...but that's A-okay with me. I think the play will be great, the cast seems to get along great...everyone is for the most part chill and funny so I'm happyyyy!

Also, I've become obsessed with two very different songs:
Iceage Babeland by Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
and
The Safest Ledge by Copeland

The first because of it's fun and catchy melodies and lyrics that stay in my head for days and days,
and the second because it's just a beautiful song.
LISTEN TO THEM BOTH!

til we meet again,
<3

with my feet on the dash

I'm sitting here, knowing I should be tucking in for school tomorrow, but I feel that need to run again. I don't know why I always crave a run at late hours in the evening when the sound of the treadmill would wake up my sister (who would then complain and make me stop) sigh. Life is so unfair.

So instead of running, I did some yoga stretches for a while and listened to Death Cab for the first time in too long and now I'm remembering how much their songs mean to me. Something about them makes me just stop and think about everything in my life and think about the future. Especially the song "Passenger Seat." That song is amazing and beautiful and perfect in every way.
It makes me think that all I need in life is a love that could be expressed by Death Cab, and I would be complete.

it's been eons!

I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN SO LONG.
wat up wit dat, fool?
(no, I don't actually speak like that)
SOO tomorrow I'm going to plant some trees for my school's environmental club whoo! community service hours, here I come.

Oh, and I was feeling colorful...that explains the silly photos bahaha.
(yes, those are the glasses...again. I can't help it, they make me feel like a rockstar.)

:)