Dasani water: $6.00 a case.
Two Starbucks Venti Hot Brewed Coffees: $2
Mint Double Stuff Oreos: $3
Feeling Sick To Your Stomach, Delirious and Ready To Die: Priceless.
-Leah
I Could Kill Myself Because...
1) I'm pulling another all nighter, and I MEAN all nighter. I know I said I wasn't going to do it again, but I'm a fucktard and I didn't really start the paper until 2am, and it's due between 10am and 12:30pm. grr.
2) I have no f-ing clue what time my plane leaves, I still need to pack and I'm flying on f-ing Alaska airlines which I hate because they treated me like a terrorist last time.
3) I walked to starbucks at 2am, bought two venti hot brewed coffees. Downed one, and am well on my way to finishing the second.
4) I'm blogging when I should be working on the aforementioned paper.
FUCK.
-Leah
Crumbs! Bottom of the Barrel! UGH!
I HATE REGISTERING FOR FRIKKIN CLASSES.
My window is always the last one so I NEVER get to take the classes I want to.
Music theatre 1: FULL
Ballet Workshop: FULL
Jazz Workshop: FULL
Chicano/Latino Studies 62: FULL
Drama 35(voice): FULL.
And the worst part is I missed Chicano/Latino Studies BY A HALF AN HOUR. THREE FRIKKIN PEOPLE, MAN! it's a GIGANTIC LECTURE HALL!!! Whose going to notice if I'm there or not? ESPECIALLY IF half the people signed up don't show!
AHHHH!!!
I am FRUSTRATED.
My window better be earlier next quarter, or else.
-Leah
Into The Forest...
I love the random myspace surveys that involve itunes. They never cease to amaze me in their inaccuracy, but they do, however, show me how crazy my music collection is and make me laugh.
1.Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
1.) Are you a male or female?
Baby it's You
2.) Describe yourself?
Real Gone
3.) How do you feel about yourself?
You're The Top
4.) Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend:
Let's Make Love And Listen to Death From Above
6.) Describe your current location:
All Falls Down
7.) Describe what you want to be:
Happy Go Lucky Me
8) Describe your best friend:
Last Time Lover
9.) Your favorite color is:
Clear The Area
10.) You know that:
Just Friends
11.) What is the weather like?
Dog Eared- Page
12.) If your life was a television show, what would it be called?
The Walking Dead
13) What is life to you?
All Star
14.) What is the best advice you have to give?
Guy Love
15.) Describe your love life:
Para Obtener Un Si
16.) How are you going to die?
Ready Steady Go
17.) If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
Elephant Love Medly
18) What do your friends think of you?
Can't Take It In
19) What is your funeral song going to be?
Our Lady Of Sorrows
20) What are you going to repost this as?
Into The Forest
Don't...
...try to redo your blogger template at 2:00 in the morning. I'll give you three reasons why not.
Reason #1.
You'll fuck it up, bad.
Reason #2:
You're most likely avoiding doing something else. STOP PROCRASTINATING and JUST DO IT!
Reason #3:
At 2am you should be sleeping. That's why you fucked up the blog, moron.
I'm so nice to myself. At least I fixed it.
-Leah
Mochi Wars...
Haha. Not really.
But I walked to Trader Joes after dinner and bought mango Mochi!
Only I don't have cool pictures like Prince.
Hopefully when I go back downstairs to eat it tomorrow no one will have stolen it.
-Leah
Once Again Into The Breach Good Friends...
...dismissed!
Maan. Back into crazy Hamlet guy's class. I figure getting more blogging done (even though not in a timely fashion) will assist me when I actually go to write down these journals for his class.
Why am I writing like this? I feel a sudden burst of insanity because I have a lot of stuff I need to do by tomorrow, that I haven't done yet. Plus, I went back to sleep after breakfast and I shouldn't have.
uh oh. He's starting to tell us about the final on wednesday.
I got an A on my midterm, so I'm not too worried.
DAMN IT! The final is a take-home. I DON'T WANT ANOTHER TAKE HOME EXAM.
Oh well. Grr. Damn it!
Oh wait. The final's going to be a scavenger-hunt type final because it's another multiple choice, but it's take home and we can do it with other people. I guess that's alright.
Jen said it might rain on friday. I don't want it to. I need to get my disneyland fix in before I go on vacation!
okay. I'm going to stop ranting and whining and not really attempt to pay attention to this class, but I may very well begin my essay.
Goodbye.
-Leah
It's Pretty Sad When...
Pre-School shows like Dora The Explorer rip off hit movies like Finding Nemo in order to put on a 1/2 hour crappy tv episode.
"Can you find Meemo?!"
What's even sadder is that after being up all night I'm up at 9am.
-Leah
[By the way, this is from saturday night live, and not the episode that was on when I wrote this]
[By the way, this is from saturday night live, and not the episode that was on when I wrote this]
If Only...
Now contrary to how emo and whiny this sounds, I'm going to list a few things I wish I would have done/finished/not procrastinated on/whatever I didn't do this quarter:
If Only...I hadn't left the journal for Kubiak's class to the last minute. I didn't blog nearly enough to fill in the gaps, and I realize I'm nearly a month behind.
If Only...I didn't have insomnia I would be asleep instead of sleeping in until 2 everyday. I could go to the ARC (gym), do my homework, go places fo a decent amount of time because I have to ride the bus which makes me think...
If Only...I could drive. Then maybe I would have a car. Then I would have a job, cash, and a way to Disneyland!
If Only...I had an I.D., then I could go clubbing with everyone instead of being a dormbody
If Only...I remembered what I was about to say instead of spacing out and watching The Ex (even though I love it! Jason Bateman's such a creep in it...)...
If Only...Zach Braff was my baby-daddy. He's so cute with kids, funny and in the words of Krizia fuckable. Haha.
If Only...I had a fridge because Prince has me craving Mochi.
Bleh. That turned out about as whiny as I thought it would, but not emo. Thank Goodness for that. I'm beginning to realize that I should embrace my procrastinating and insomnia. What would I be without them really? I guess.
-Leah
P.S. Friday, surprisingly, it rained super-hard, so we didn't get to go to Disneyland. It was the perfect stay-in, cozy, movie day. We tore through The Libertine, Vacancy (although I wish it had a better ending), Planet Terror, Death Proof, and Ned Kelly (Good, but a little on the boring side.) Anyway, this Friday, I hope it doesn't rain.
Ah, Dorm Life...- Part 2
Now that I'm not in rehearsals 24/7 anymore I actually have a life. Since monday I've:
*Attempted to see a screening of Juno, but it was full so we ended up wandering The Block in West Orange and going to Downtown Disney at 10:00 waiting for fireworks that couldn't happen because it was too overcast.
* Done the swim to April March's "Chick Habit" with my roommates several times, and watched in amazement as my sober roommate danced down the hall sing/screaming "Too Drunk To Fuck" by Nouvelle Vague.
*Walked to Blockbuster which is like more than a mile away to rent movies that I probably won't watch. (Vacancy, Ned Kelly, and I bought Scoop)
*Planned a trip to Disneyland where I will ride the Haunted Mansion and keep an eye out for bone fragments and other forms of human remains (see the last post)
Things I've noticed, that are big things in college (or at least in Aldea, our hall):
- Taco Tuesdays- Even if you've eaten dinner, EVERYONE drives or walks the mile to Del taco for taco tuesday where we can get 3 tacos for $1. I've also found out they do this at basically any Mexican place down here, even Rubios.
- Soulja Boy- They played it a lot when we first got here, but in the past week or two I haven't heard it. Everyone knew the dance, and in one of the drama 30A classes they learned the dance as a warm-up.
- Silence is Impossible- Unless you're in a lecture or an 8am drama class, no one will shut up. The noise in the dorms starts up around 10, gets it's loudest around 1 and pretty much doesn't disappear until after 4am
- Dinner- Don't go to the commons at 6:00. You'll have to wait in line for hella long. It's not really worth it.
- Sleep- will never be regular again. Even if you wake up at 6am, go to an 8am class and don't nap, I still can't get to bed until after 2am. midnight is considered EARLY.
- Procrastination is Inevitable- 'Nuff said.
- Double- Double- If you're going to eat one, you better have ketchup. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you're obviously not from the third floor. haha.
That's all I can think of right now.
-Leah
The Happiest Place on Earth?
So now that I live in Irvine, my parents seem to think that I know everything that's happening in the Magic Kingdom. Needless to say I've been in rehearsals for the last seven weeks so I haven't been to disney since I first got down there. They said some ride was going to be shut down for the next year, and I didn't know what it was (it's a small world), so I figured I needed to do a little investigating and this is what I came across.
Dearly Departed - On Disneyland Rides!
The 999 ghosts at Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion have apparently found room for a few more residents, according to master mouse sleuth Al Lutz at MiceAge.
Disneyland visitors have routinely scattered cremated human remains throughout the haunted house ride since the late 1990s with the most recent incident occurring in the past month, MiceAge reported.
Haunted Mansion ride operators, trained to handle the delicate situation, have caught visitors via surveillance camera dumping ashes from the doom buggy vehicles but have virtually no authority to stop the bizarre ritual, Lutz said. Disneyland security and Anaheim police can do little beyond identify the powder trails as human remains. The offending mourners often slip out the ride exit and disappear into the park.
I was joking to myself while reading thinking that if I was going to be scattered anywhere in Disneyland it would be in Pirates of the Caribbean. I thought that was pretty funny, but then...
And the Haunted Mansion isn’t the only affected attraction. An impromptu funeral ceremony shut down Pirates of the Caribbean just last week while crews cleaned ashes from the Captain’s Quarters scene in the caverns section of the water ride, Lutz said.
Disneyland has yet to comment. — Brady MacDonald / Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
(http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=999)
Woo hoo. Now I'm never going to think about the Haunted Mansion the same way again, and I'm going to be watching out for ash clouds and bone fragments.
-Leah
Home For The First Time...
Since college started, and...
- I'm 18, which is awesome.
- I realize if I wanted to kill myself for being back home with my family for less than 4 hours, there's no way I'm going to be able to handle a summer or a christmas break.
- Everything's broken and messy in my house, and I'm still sleeping on the couch.
- I went crazy at borders yesterday and bought a bunch of new dvds.
that about sums it up for now. any more updates and i'll post again later.
-Leah
In Other News...
...it's amazing what you count as a priority when it's 4:30am, you have an 8am class and another paper to write for it.
I hate being nocturnal...and a procrastinator.
-Leah
Public Enemy Number Thirteen OR How I Spent My First Seven Weeks At UCI
This is the performance review I wrote for Drama 30A. If you're in the cast of Anything Goes and you're reading this, please don't get upset. haha. I'm just doing my job as a student.
Being a production assistant on Anything Goes makes the task of writing this essay incredibly difficult as I have seen the process of bringing the play to the stage from the open dance call, to the first table read to the closing performance. I watched as the actors transformed into their characters physically, vocally and emotionally. Michael Doonan’s portrayal of gangster Moonface Martin in Anything Goes displayed the most growth from the beginning of the rehearsal process resulting in a strong comedic performance due to his emotional investment in the character despite a lack of preparation at the outset.
I’ve been told that many people were surprised by Doonan’s turn as Moonface, as he has been cast primarily in dramas, however I was not aware of this until after the play had opened. In rehearsals I was always laughing at him, so for me to picture him as anything but a comic is difficult. When approaching his character, Michael constantly questioned the directors, aiming for the best result possible. He created his character’s given circumstances and gave him life focusing on even the most minute details like why Moonface would know what a “mizzen mast” was if he had never been aboard a ship. Michael embraced Moon as a con man, sparking a few physical tools, like creeping around corners and his amazing facial expressions, to use in his ‘less than sinister’ arsenal. These tactics were used to his advantage, in his dealings with the conniving pair of Chinese, attempts to threaten the wealthy Evelyn Oakleigh, and fooling the ship’s officers with a simple costume. “...I know I’ll get into trouble in this get up. I don’t know how to act like a minister…” Mooney tells his cohort Bonnie, played by Ashley Moniz, as they sneak aboard the ship. Moonface’s unconfident approach to his disguise somewhat mirrors Doonan’s approach to the character. Michael was unsure how far he should take certain jokes, like how crass he could be when polishing the gun, or how much more he should pile on, such as his resemblance to a five-year-old when Moonface whines because Evelyn isn’t afraid of him. Every rehearsal Michael tried to explore new physical things, some would work and some wouldn’t. A constant factor however was his 1930’s accent.
Vocally, Michael was perfect, but his next step was to work on the physical and emotional aspects of the character. He had an idea of what he was aiming for, but all the elements weren’t quite fitting together. Physically, he needed to go bigger, and three weeks into rehearsals, while everyone else was off book, he still had his script in hand. I ran lines with him while the director worked on other scenes almost daily for a week or two, and even after that when I was taking notes he still missed or butchered many lines. It made everyone a tad nervous and illustrated the importance of learning your lines. Acting cannot happen while one has the script as a crutch, and once Michael had his lines down he was able to explore the character more physically, creating some of his character’s hilarious slapstick moments such as rolling around on the floor with his suitcase prior to “Bon Voyage” or being thrown back into the crowd during his speech before “Blow, Gabriel, Blow”. He better established his relationships with the other characters, almost forming himself as a sort of comedic glue between the plotlines. He kept the audience, and myself, in stitches. His chemistry with Bonnie (Moniz) was perfect. Her tough yet bubbly personality balanced out his childlike whining and made the duo even funnier. The trio of Moonface (Doonan), Billy (Lewis) and Reno Sweeney (Goretsky) couldn’t be anymore flawless as the three share the same goal: to take care of Evelyn and get Billy his girl back.
It was a really eye opening experience as an actor to be a production assistant because I was able to see the entire process from an almost omniscient point of view. I believe that Michael Doonan’s performance was one of the stronger ones in the show because he created a life for Moonface and he worked hard to make up for an initial lack of preparation, resulting in an amazing and hilarious performance, which will not soon be forgotten.
Being a production assistant on Anything Goes makes the task of writing this essay incredibly difficult as I have seen the process of bringing the play to the stage from the open dance call, to the first table read to the closing performance. I watched as the actors transformed into their characters physically, vocally and emotionally. Michael Doonan’s portrayal of gangster Moonface Martin in Anything Goes displayed the most growth from the beginning of the rehearsal process resulting in a strong comedic performance due to his emotional investment in the character despite a lack of preparation at the outset.
I’ve been told that many people were surprised by Doonan’s turn as Moonface, as he has been cast primarily in dramas, however I was not aware of this until after the play had opened. In rehearsals I was always laughing at him, so for me to picture him as anything but a comic is difficult. When approaching his character, Michael constantly questioned the directors, aiming for the best result possible. He created his character’s given circumstances and gave him life focusing on even the most minute details like why Moonface would know what a “mizzen mast” was if he had never been aboard a ship. Michael embraced Moon as a con man, sparking a few physical tools, like creeping around corners and his amazing facial expressions, to use in his ‘less than sinister’ arsenal. These tactics were used to his advantage, in his dealings with the conniving pair of Chinese, attempts to threaten the wealthy Evelyn Oakleigh, and fooling the ship’s officers with a simple costume. “...I know I’ll get into trouble in this get up. I don’t know how to act like a minister…” Mooney tells his cohort Bonnie, played by Ashley Moniz, as they sneak aboard the ship. Moonface’s unconfident approach to his disguise somewhat mirrors Doonan’s approach to the character. Michael was unsure how far he should take certain jokes, like how crass he could be when polishing the gun, or how much more he should pile on, such as his resemblance to a five-year-old when Moonface whines because Evelyn isn’t afraid of him. Every rehearsal Michael tried to explore new physical things, some would work and some wouldn’t. A constant factor however was his 1930’s accent.
Vocally, Michael was perfect, but his next step was to work on the physical and emotional aspects of the character. He had an idea of what he was aiming for, but all the elements weren’t quite fitting together. Physically, he needed to go bigger, and three weeks into rehearsals, while everyone else was off book, he still had his script in hand. I ran lines with him while the director worked on other scenes almost daily for a week or two, and even after that when I was taking notes he still missed or butchered many lines. It made everyone a tad nervous and illustrated the importance of learning your lines. Acting cannot happen while one has the script as a crutch, and once Michael had his lines down he was able to explore the character more physically, creating some of his character’s hilarious slapstick moments such as rolling around on the floor with his suitcase prior to “Bon Voyage” or being thrown back into the crowd during his speech before “Blow, Gabriel, Blow”. He better established his relationships with the other characters, almost forming himself as a sort of comedic glue between the plotlines. He kept the audience, and myself, in stitches. His chemistry with Bonnie (Moniz) was perfect. Her tough yet bubbly personality balanced out his childlike whining and made the duo even funnier. The trio of Moonface (Doonan), Billy (Lewis) and Reno Sweeney (Goretsky) couldn’t be anymore flawless as the three share the same goal: to take care of Evelyn and get Billy his girl back.
It was a really eye opening experience as an actor to be a production assistant because I was able to see the entire process from an almost omniscient point of view. I believe that Michael Doonan’s performance was one of the stronger ones in the show because he created a life for Moonface and he worked hard to make up for an initial lack of preparation, resulting in an amazing and hilarious performance, which will not soon be forgotten.
Ah, Dorm Life...
so strange. just like college.
one good thing happens, and then something takes you back a step.
examples:
1) tonight i got off of rehearsals at an extremely early and surprising 9:45, so i figure i have more time to go home and study stanislavski. also good, around 11:30 i find out that the test has been turned into a take home quiz so i don't have to study right away.
here's the BAD
2) i'm still sick so my throat is itching like crazy, and just when i think i'm almost asleep my phone rings it's ty and he needs a place to stay. which is ok, but now i can't get back to sleep and everyone thinks that again. whatever. we both know what's going on.
and i'm still freaked out that i'm not gonna wake up for tomorrow and i need to keep my A-!
:(
>>>from my last all nighter, and i mean COMPLETELY all night. damn, i'm never doing that again.
goodnight, i shall try to sleep. although i know it won't work.
-Leah
Are you F-ing Kidding Me?
What's the point of having an on campus Starbucks if it doesn't open until 9:30 on the weekends?
Students have rehearsal, people! We need the caffeine!
And what's the deal with the commons being closed until 9:30?!? My call time is 8:30! And I don't think I get breaks!
The only thing that's open at 7:30am is a convenience store, and granted they take the zot bucks, that doesn't compare to starbucks or commons because you still have to come back and COOK whatever it is you bought.
GAAH!
See? I shouldn't be allowed to be awake this early! And for the record I've figured out if I have an 8:00 class I need to be up like 2 hours early to guarantee that I'll get there on time. Beings as I've realized that, OPEN UP SOME PLACES FOR COFFEE, DAMNIT!
That is all.
-Leah
Epiphany
well, no, not really. I'm just psyched because the sweeney todd trailer came out today! woo hoo!
so i was trying to figure out what song Johnny was singing, and after many plays of the soundtrack (i just sort of let it play instead of actually looking for it) i figured out it was Epiphany. I also realized that hollywood is running out of music to play in movie trailers because the dramatic cues in the sweeney trailer were EXACTLY the same as the one in the trailer for Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End...except the sweeney one is orchestrated and not sung.
see? haha.
anyway.
Other 'Epiphanies' i've had include:
1) sometimes posts on imdb are HILARIOUS, but i can't laugh because it's 2:30am and my roommates (see previous post for a definition) are sleeping.
in response to johnny sounding like jack sparrow in the trailer: "Just think of it as a Marketing angle.
POTC 3 and a half...Jack Sparrow goes to Barber College"
"attend the TRAILER of SWEENEY TODD"
2) All college bathrooms suck.
3) I'm honored that prince is reading my blog, because my friends don't even read my blog. haha.
4) No matter how much sleep i've had or how early i wake up, i'm still up until past 1am.
5) people are really open with their drugs here. I went to the ARC with a bunch of people and practically out of our front door (well not really, but on the patio across from it), there were two big groups at the tables smoking hookahs.
6)no matter what floor you're on, outside noise always sounds like you're at ground-level and people are 5 feet from your window.
7)Despite having the appearance of being very organized, half the things in college shows would fall apart without Assistant Stage Managers and Production Assistants (because sometimes the actual Stage Manager is MIA and spacing out, or the Director is nowhere to be found.)
8) Disneyland is the only answer to the question "what do we do this weekend?" because everyone's got season passes because either they live in so-cal, or are weird nor-cal people like me and buy them just because they went two weekends in a row.
9) not having a car or a license sucks.
In response to epiphany #9, i must get some sleep because pieces are breaking off of my laptop, and the only nearby apple store is in Fashion Island, and i have to take the bus. bleh. goodnight, or in all technicality since it is 2:50am, goodmorning.
-Leah
Despite Having No Sleep, I'm Still 20 Minutes Early To EVERYTHING
Yeah. It baffles me too. I'm never on time for anything, much less EARLY. haha. Drama 30A I was almost 20 minutes early and studio 4 was still dark and empty. That class went awesome. Anyway. I should leave in case stage manager/director (who sort of scares me) comes in and needs me to work.
-Leah
My Welcome To College
Granted I love life here at UCI, there are a bunch of things I would change. For example, my roommates. One is psycho and the other is boyfriend attached and constantly makes whiny quiet phone calls to him. You know, like the ones the girls make on America's Next Top Model? Yeah. Those phone calls.
I'm not a day person. I'm a night person, and everytime I've tried to correct this problem, nothing has worked. It is now 1:03am and I have an 8:00 class tomorrow morning. Sucks.
I'm still procrastinating like in high school.
I can't figure out time to go to the ARC (our gym) because i have rehearsal all the time. I'm a production assistant on the musical Anything Goes and even though my classes are light (i only have 3), it seems like I'm continuously swamped.
But
College life has taught me a lot so far, and even given me new vocabulary.
1) Foam Party-(n), A party where college students dance around in swimsuits on a loading dock in a bunch of foam. The foam itself is a mixture of soap and spermicide. yuck.
2) Sexiled- When a roommate has their significant other over for the night and decides to make things so awkward for everyone else that they leave so said roommate and significant other can have sex, makeout or just cuddle in 'privacy'.
3) Roommate-(n) person that you may or may not get along with upon first meeting, and who you are generally social with. some roommates like to play mommy and try to set curfews because they can't sleep when you open doors and do things like that. the best cure for a roommate who complains when you come in late are to buy a pair of earplugs, and toss them at said roommate while telling them to shut up and go back to sleep.
4) Middle Cal-(n)- The farmland between Nor-Cal and So-Cal where no one ever stays because there is nothing but gas stations and truck stops.
5) Zot- apparently, it is UCI's mascot's battle cry and not just some annoying misspelled word or anagram.
6) Hella- A joke to So-Cal people. They always laugh and then ask if one is from Nor-Cal when this word is used.
That's all I can think of right now, but I'll add to the dictionary as time goes on.
-Leah
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