Bones, Aladdin, and Some Hats

Good morning, afternoon, or evening.  I have a new obsession... the song "One Jump Ahead" from Disney's Aladdin.  It is absolutely wonderful, and I have nothing more to say about it!  Aladdin has such a great voice and the tune is just so catchy.  :]]  {I can't believe I'm raving on and on about this.}  Here's the video, you must watch it.  I command you.

January 1st, {New Year's} was my birthday and my dad gave me two things that I asked for, The Christy TV series from the 90's and my *favorite* TV show ever, Bones.  Yes, it may not be the best TV show in the world for younger viewers as it's kind of gross and inappropriate at times, but it is wonderful.  Really, that makes it OK, right?  No, not really.  But I still love it.  I just received the second part today, which is the first three seasons on Bones.  I have seen almost all of them, I imagine... but I still want to be able to watch them whenever I want.  It's wonderful!  I love my Bones!  

Hats.  Hats?  Hats.  I'm not a hat-person.  I'm told they look nice on me, but I don't know.  Anyways, I have two hats that I own.  They're pretty much exactly the same except for different colors.  Since I practiced rolling my own hair last night, I have curly hair again {yay!}.  I thought that with the curly hair the hats would look nice, so here are some pictures of me in my {cute} hats.

 This hat I received as a gift a few years ago... it was handmade!

  I got this hat at JC Penney last January.  It didn't have a tag and it was the last one, 

so I got it for only .99!  Woohoo!

Do you like my look?  I think it's very cute.  I'm still wearing the pink one.  We took Fritzy to the vet today to... well... get him snipped.  Poor guy.  I'm tagging along, and I figured this cute hat would be appropriate for the cold weather.  Also, how do you like my new header?  I made it last night/this morning.  I think it's pretty, though Elle would tell you otherwise.  We don't exactly have the same taste.   {At all.}  Well, as Tigger would say, "Ta-ta for now!"

 

Cell Model Project and Drama Starting

Hey y'all!

Yesterday I had my Cell Model Project due in my Biology lab.  We've had since the third week in November to start it, and we could make it with whatever we wanted.  A lot of people did Styrofoam, boxes, modeling clay, the usual.  There were also several people who made cakes.  I decided to do the impossible-- Jell-O!  :]]  The reason why this is NEARLY impossible is because Jell-O doesn't last very long, and it's not very forgiving.  You make a wrong cut, and there's no way to fix it.  So the day before SHEEP (Wednesday) I had to spend about two hours making my project.  I was really hoping and praying that it would turn out right, because if it didn't then there was no "Plan B."  Luckily, it worked out perfectly!  Check out the picture:

Ain't she a beauty?  The problem is, by the time I got to SHEEP, the green around the edges had soaked into the Jell-O.  It looked pretty messy, but it was still pretty.  The teacher really loved it, but somehow I managed to overlook on the grading sheet the part that said "Cell Parts Description- 20 points."  Are you serious?  So when I got home I immediately wrote one out and emailed it to her.  She said she was adding on to my grade for it, praise the Lord!  I almost died of a heart attack.  :[[

Drama is starting TONIGHT!  Yes, I said TONIGHT!  I am so so so so so so SO happy!  I'm excited and nervous and fluttery and eager!  Why can't I stop using exclamation marks!!!  Now you can see how much I love drama!  I love acting, I love rehearsing, and I love costumes.  But there's one thing I don't love-- performing.  I have awful stage fright that I'm trying to work with.  You know, I don't think it's even stage fright.  I have this obsession with being perfect, and I'm always afraid that I'm not.  Therefore, making me worried on stage (or even just rehearsing).  I'm so vain, I can't help but think that all the people are looking at me and expecting me to be perfect.  *sigh*  
~Alyssa

O, Woe is Me

     I am one unfortunate chick.  Yes, I just called myself a chick.  Never done that before.  (Or have I?)  Read an email my mom received about my drama class... apparently I have to write a character analysis and a character diary by Friday.  I had no clue.  She probably told us the day of our auditions, but I forgot.  But that's not all, no siree.  While researching my character (I had only 5 lines and no clue what my character was like) I found out that I also play a different part (I'm playing a character who is in a play).  
     I'm in Shakespeare's, A Midsummer Night's Dream.  My character is Robin Starveling and I found out that Robin Starveling's character is the Moonlight.  So now I have three more lines to memorize, two days before the first drama class.  How did you not know that you were another character, you might ask.  Well, I guess that's what happens when you don't read the script.  But really, I couldn't understand half of the play.  I figured there was no point in reading through it.  I was obviously wrong.  Please, pity me.  No, don't.  I don't need your pity!  *Stomps out and slams the door*
     Sorry, I did overreact a little bit, didn't I?  But really, it is my fault.  No matter how much I try to blame someone else for not telling me I was playing Moonshine, I have to remember that it was all my fault.  I'm a slacker, and now I have to pay for it.  I will say it again, "I AM A SLACKER!"  I'm told that the first step to fixing the problem is to acknowledge the fact that you have a problem.  As hard as it may be.  *sigh*
     But as I was reading about my character, I realized something that made me feel a little better.  My character "...is often considered one of the more humorous in the play, as he uses a lantern in a failed attempt to portray Moonshine and is wittily derided by his audience."*  I told my mom and she told me that now I have a lot to live up to.  More stress, great.  
     I know, I know.  Usually I'm really optimistic.  Right now I am not being that person.  But it's not my fault!  It's... erm... some one else's?

~Alyssa
 
*Thank you, Wikipedia.