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I've been gone....so you should probably humor me!

~dramatics — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:35:21 PST

I actually stole it from a forward Elmo sent but you guys are funny and imaginative so I want to hear your responses.

If we woke up naked together what would you say? (You can only use three words!) Tell me in a comment and then pass it on to see what kind of crazy answers you get!

I got fired for the first time [details inside]

~dramatics — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:07:03 PDT

My drama-addicted douchebag of a boss fired me. He pulls stuff like this with everyone, but I never actually thought he'd go this far. I didn't even do anything wrong. See, a couple that has been coming in for years came in last Monday, said hey to me by name since I've been there forever, and then I took their order. I typed it into the computer (aka our new system that everyone is still getting used to) and then apparently the way I typed it in ended up making it about $5 less than it should have been. They always get extra meat, cheese, etc. and my boss is insanely cheap so I guess he saw the ticket, thought it was low, rang it up his way, and then assumed I had given them a discount because I knew them....when in fact I actually don't even know their names. Most of the regulars know mine because I've been there over three and a half years - that doesn't mean they're all friends of mine! I'm just a friendly person and get to know people.

Anyway, it wasn't even 2 o'clock yet and I was scheduled to stay until 4. My boss, however, took about $7 out of the register and claimed those were my credit card tips for the day (I know for a fact that I had way more than that) and then said "Go. Just go. I'm furious with you" in the most intimidating tone I've ever heard him use. He wasn't yelling at me like he does to everyone else but it was quite possibly worse. I stood there dumbfounded because at that point I had no idea what I had done wrong. He turned around again and said "Go." With tears in my eyes I slowly walked out the front door, looking back with a confused look on my face. I sat in my car, unable to fathom what I could've possibly done wrong.

I cried for a while, came home, tried to figure out what happened, etc. I ended up getting some texts from co-workers saying that they had heard what happened and that I was better off without that place. They said that they were going to leave too. I thought "Too? Wait, did I actually get fired?" I had convinced myself that he was just mad about something and that I'd find out what it was and refrain from doing it ever again. Oh no -- not even close. All of my shifts were crossed out and given to other waitresses and he told Matty about how he fired me.

I didn't find any of this out until that evening when I went to dinner with co-workers. They felt awful being the one who had to break the news to me, especially since everyone else already knew. I mean, I was planning on finding a new job soon anyway but I wanted it to be on my own terms and I didn't want to put in my two weeks notice until I had secured another job. Needless to say, I ended up ordering a drink and then continuing to drink at my friend Ryan's house late into the night. I slept over at Whitney's house and eventually came home the next day to explain to my family what happened.

Okay, there's a ton more to say but I've already rambled enough and I highly doubt anyone actually read this whole thing. I just figured I'd fill you guys in on what has happened to me recently and plus I hadn't posted a journal in ages.

spit or swallow?

~dramatics — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:24:21 PDT

I needed a new journal entry and figured this one would get some feedback.

Oh, and just for the record...I swallow.

Leave me comments to reply to? I'm in the weirdest mood ever.

EDIT: Yes, that means everyone should reply....including straight guys! I don't care what you say. You can tell me how you like your eggs or ask me some really weird question. It doesn't matter!

Almost 20k!

~dramatics — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:33:34 PST

Yep, almost 20,000 pageviews! Okay, it might not actually be a lot but it's a nice even number and it seems like a lot to me.

I finally got a new phone and this one has a full keyboard. I still have unlimited texting so feel free to send me some! If you don't have my number just ask.

Oh, and December 31st will be my fourth dA birthday! Wooo, get excited!

I'm not gonna lie...

~dramatics — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:31:12 PST

I'm pretty jealous of all you senior members! One day I hope to join y'all. It would be a great honor.

I'm almost done with my Christmas shopping! Ooh, and who wants to be texting buddies? Once I get my new phone they should actually go through. I have unlimited texting though, so beware!

Whoa, a journal entry from Liz?

~dramatics — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:24:55 PST

Yep! I was tired of looking at the old one. I'll write a "real" update in the near future but for now you should comment on here to say hello and/or tell me how you're doing. Actually, I don't care what you tell me. You can tell me what you ate for lunch or what song you can't stand. It doesn't matter -- just humor me.

Also, why won't it let me align this entry?

EDIT: As of December 31, 2007 I will have been on deviantART for 4 years!

EDIT #2: I'm not a happy camper right now. Seriously, why do people have to be so complicated? I'm not a fan of games/drama. I know he's not trying to play them, but they end up happening anyway. Argh, I'm rambling but I just needed to vent...even if it was just a little.

well bless her heart!

~dramatics — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:59:50 PDT

Lately I've been on an emotional rollercoaster and I don't even have a reason as to why that is. I've just been feeling like my group of friends doesn't want to be around me as much and I can't figure out why. I love them all so much and that's why this isn't the sort of thing I can shrug off. I'm more than willing to apologize or make amends for whatever I did...it's just hard when I don't know what I'm apologizing for. Argh, maybe that's part of the problem! If I did something awful I should be able to pinpoint it, right? Maybe I'm just being paranoid but it's just that I don't want to lose these people. See, in Columbia there are a certain group of people who help me keep my sanity. To name a few: Kristen, Thomas, Mila, Jodi, Patrick, Adam, Patti, Melinda, Paula, Whitney, Ryan, Matty, Tim, and so forth. I know I've probably left people out and if I did I blame it on the heat. Our AC is still on the brink and it's one of the hottest weeks of the year! Today my car said 110 degrees and I feel bad complaining since Elmo said they're supposed to get up to 123 but I'm so hot-natured that this is torture for me!

It's been a while since I've rambled this much in any sort of blog/journal so I feel obligated to continue. Hmm, let's see -- today I got two things in the mail. The first was my official Red Cross blood donor card which was sent along with a set of magnets, a pamphlet, and a thank you letter. (Jodi and I donated blood a while back and Kristen came with us for moral support!) I also received a letter from the Columbia Firefighters Association (after talking to them on the phone a few days ago) about helping sponsor a child to attend MUSC Burn Camp. It's only $25 per child, or you can make smaller donations toward that or other causes. I've decided just to give the full amount.

Hooray for good deeds. Anyway, how are y'all? I feel like I haven't talked to some of you in forever!

Neutral Good!

~dramatics — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:55:03 PDT

Okay, so =zephyrkinetic found a quiz on Alignments (which is technically D&D stuff but I had some time to kill) and a bunch of us decided to take it. I turned out to be "neutral good" and here's what that means:

Neutral Good, "Benefactor": A neutral good character does the best that a person can do. He is devoted to helping others. He works with kings and magistrates but does not feel beholden to them. . . . Neutral good is the best alignment you can be because it means doing what is good without bias for or against order.

Want to join in? Just take the quiz and then put your alignment in your devious title. Also, for more information (as well as alignment stamps) please see this journal entry.

Annie said that the sun would come out tomorrow

~dramatics — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:24:11 PDT

.....and it did.

Thank you to everyone who contacted me in some way to try and cheer me up the other day. Every little bit helped because it was nice to know that so many people cared about my well-being. I will admit, however, that the person who helped the most was Sandy aka ~nesarcy. She wrote a comment saying the following:

"People are human. Sometimes it's easy to forget that when you get caught up in how amazing they are, and it's harder to forgive. And sometimes it's near impossible to draw the line between forgiveness and perverse misplaced faith."

Anyway, I wanted to write a quick (and more optimistic) journal before I go work on my reading responses for tomorrow. I've worked the past six days and now I don't work again until Saturday...so that'll be weird. I do, however, have classes on Tuesday and Thursday.

Oh, and I'm actually getting tan....except on my face. I'll take pictures once I don't look so multi-colored.

Yeah, I get depressed too.

~dramatics — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:35:04 PDT

I am the joke that never gets old. So go ahead, laugh it up behind my back. Just remember that I never did anything to hurt you and never would.

I am a good friend. I always have been. It's one of the qualities that I truly like about myself. To be taken for granted is normal, but from you? We've come too far for this petty bullshit.

My pillows will be covered in tears tonight. I hate that I'm so sensitive about this stuff, but at the same time -- if I wasn't then I wouldn't know what true friendship is.

P.S. Sorry for complaining so much tonight. I just really needed to vent and/or find other methods of receiving comfort and peace of mind.

Three featured artists!

~dramatics — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:28:57 PDT

Okay, I have decided to start featuring various artists and friends in my journal. I'll probably do three each time. It's nothing fancy (and my journal is rather plain looking) but I figured it's still a way to spread great art around.

In this entry....

Featured: *sarahdorque

Featured: *JulieCerise

Featured: ~MotyPest

Weird dreams & other nonsense.

~dramatics — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:07:25 PDT

Last night I had a few dreams that seemed very real. They were also incredibly random, like the one where all I remember is "waking up" and signing on here to discover that I had become `dramatics. Seriously, I got all excited because someone decided that I had proved myself worthy of a senior promotion. In all honesty, I was disappointed when I actually woke up and discovered that wasn't the case.

I also had numerous dreams about the tanning bed, which I recently started going to. (My first day was on Wednesday but I've only been twice seeing as how I wasn't able to make it over there today.) In one of these particular dreams, I came in for my third session and there was a different girl at the encounter. She didn't ask me how many minutes I wanted, so I assumed she was just going to put me in for the usual eight. Well, that wasn't exactly the case. I was directed to a "tanning room" filled with various work-out equipment. I was told that the more I worked out, the tanner I would get. For some reason this seemed to make sense to me, so I just proceeded to open a giant can of whoop-ass on the equipment. Shortly after I started, my friend Ashley (who I haven't seen in ages) came in with the girl who assigned me to the tanning room. Apparently Ashley worked there too and apologized for the mistake. I was like "Yeah, I was kinda wondering why I wasn't in the normal bed." Ashley told me that the staff were trained to talk customers into "upping their minutes"...which seemed strange, seeing as how you'd think they'd want people not to burn. Ashley went on to say "It's like when you're little and don't think you can go on to first grade because you're convinced you don't know your colors. It takes someone else stepping in to tell you that you can do it and that you do, in fact, know your colors." What the hell? There were a lot of other parts to that dream, including the fact that when you signed in the person at the counter had to write down "WhiteBunny", "TanBunny", or something to that extent next to your name. Don't ask me why. I think it's because I watched an episode of The Girls Next Door on DVD right before bed. Anyway, I'll shut up about that stuff now.

If you haven't already done so, you should check out my last journal entry for details on my first dA project! Your participation would be amazing.

Project & Promotion!

~dramatics — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:29:59 PDT

Okay, so I'm going to be doing my first deviantART project. I was trying to think of clever themes, but then I finally came back to my original idea. I'm not going to go into great detail quite yet, seeing as how I haven't worked out exactly how I want to set it up. I will, however, tell you just how easy it is to participate in this:

All you have to do is send me a picture of you and your pet! Yep, it's that simple. Come to think of it, it doesn't even have to be your pet. As long as it's a picture of you and at least one animal (domestic, wild, whatever) then it's perfect for the project!

Possible ways to send me your photo:
- upload it to your scraps and then let me know that you have done so
- upload it onto [link] // [link] // any other hosting website and then send me the link
- send the picture to my e-mail address
- ask me to get on one of the various messengers I use and direct connect with me on there

I will be keeping a list of the deviants who have expressed an interest in participating and then use bullets to indicate who has already sent me the picture they'd like me to use.

Thank you so much to whoever does this! Like I said before, I've never done a project so this is new for me and I would love for all of you to participate.

any tips or tricks to share?

~dramatics — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:19:02 PDT

Kristen, Mila, and I each got three shifts for this week (as per usual) but mine are incredibly random. I work tomorrow 10-3, Monday 10-4, and Saturday 10-4. The only days that I can't work are Tuesdays and Thursdays sooo Wednesday and Friday will be my free days this week. I'd actually rather have it the other way around, seeing as how this is the sickest I've felt in quite some time. We were insanely busy today and had to call Whitney & Matty in for back-up. Even with them it was still crazy and I was exhausted when I got home.

Any tips on dealing with allergies? I've tried numerous meds, and none seem to do the trick.

Ten more deviants to check out right now!

You don't have to read this.

~dramatics — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:38:30 PDT

Mmkay, well today has been pretty blah. School was oh-so-exciting, as per usual...but then on the way to my car some guy who looked like he belonged in a gangbanger movie approached me. He said that his teacher let him out of class late and caused him to miss the bus. He asked me which was I was headed, and then told me that he "flips burgers at the Russell House", which I thought was only a bookstore. I don't go anywhere near USC, and in all honesty -- I don't think I would've given him a ride even if I did. Does that make me a bad person? Probably not, considering that he looked suspicious. (also - it was 3:10 and the last class had gotten out at 2:10...what teacher would keep their students that late?)

On the way home, I went through the drive-thru at McDonald's and then parked my car in the lot to eat. I was playing Deal or No Deal on my phone when I decided I should use the ladies room before making the half hour ride home. When I walked in some guy was like "Welcome to McDonald's!" and I said "Thanks!" very politely. I hadn't even gotten back to the counter (after using the ladies room) before he asked me very sternly if he could take my order. I informed him that I went through the drive-thru and he gave me the evil eye. Yeah, I'm totally lying. I'm using you for your lovely facilities.

I took a bunch of pictures when I got back to my house and I kid you not -- they were all horrible. I need to do something to change my look or gain some confidence. Nonetheless, I uploaded the only semi-okay one on myspace.

This journal is completely pointless and I probably should've waited until I had something interesting to say. Forgive me?

Ten more deviants to check out right now!

check them out now!

~dramatics — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:38:35 PST

My midterm went a lot better than I expected it to. I had a bit of an anxiety attack about an hour before I left for class, but once I got there everything was fine.

This journal entry really has no rhyme or reason. I mainly just wanted to start the linking of ten deviants in every entry. You know I had to start with Sarah!

Ten artists to check out right this instant! [I'll be doing this on a regular basis]

links and things

~dramatics — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:06:19 PST

Thank you to Sarah *sarahdorque for the sweet comment on my last journal entry! I realize it was a bit lengthy, so it means a lot to me that you took the time to read through it!

Lately I've been an emotional trainwreck, and I'd like to apologize for anyone who has been subjected to any whining from my end. As you know, this isn't normal for me so I really appreciate y'all bearing with me as I figure out a way to regulate my feelings again.

If you have a myspace account, please add me! [link] If you have a facebook account, I'd love for you to add me on there as well...but preferably if we've chatted before! I'm not putting my facebook on here for privacy purposes but let me know if you're interested. (I can just send it to you in a note or you can send me yours! Either way would be wonderful.) I also have a livejournal account [link] but there are only two public entries: one for people to comment saying they'd like to be added and one for the people who went to Kristi's birthday party but don't have an account there. (since there were a ton of pictures from that I decided I'd just leave it public) I'm rambling but in all seriousness -- it would make my day if y'all "sent me some love" on any or all of those websites!

Oh, and this whole having a crush thing is weird. I haven't really liked someone in a long time.

Tangled in the Truth

~dramatics — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:13:34 PST

This was a personal essay assignment for my English class, and I didn't spend a great deal of time on it. Nevertheless, my teacher seemed to "fancy" it and even talked to me about it after class. Somehow I managed to get a perfect score so I figured I would share it with you.

First, you may want to know some of the criteria. I had a check next to each item, which means "well done" as opposed to a capital R, which means that it needs revision.

Title
- creates interest
- relates to main idea
- does not give away main idea

Opening
- creates interest
- begins with first block of evidence that develops your main idea
- does not directly indicate main idea or plan of development

Structure
- implies main idea through a sequence of stories or examples
- uses effective ordering of blocks of evidence to unfold the main idea
- provides sufficient time and sequence transitions
- uses paragraphing to signal shifts in time, place, emphasis, and to move from one block of evidence to another

Use of detail
- vivid imagery
- sufficient concrete detail to convince (authenticity)
- sufficient detail for understanding (clarity)
- uses patterns of imagery and detail to emphasize main idea
- sensory details that convey the writer's emotional response without labeling it or generalizing about it

Voice
- consistent tone
- appropriate to main idea
- appropriate to persona of writer (sounds like you, as you wish to present yourself to the reader)

Closing
- provides factual resolution (ties up loose ends)
- provides emotional resolution (an appropriate "feel"; releases the emotional tension aroused in the reader)
- provides a final hint of the main idea

Grammar and usage
- avoids awkward constructions
- punctuates appropriately
- uses standard grammar except when non-standard is appropriate for realistic dialogue

Please note: I tried for about half an hour to get this to work as a deviation but it refused to indent my paragraphs no matter how hard I tried! They would show up fine for me, but then I'd view the deviation and there wouldn't be a single one. It's not letting me do it here either, but at least now I can ask for help with it. (How on earth do I indicate a new paragraph?) For now, I simply added a space in between each one. Please do not confuse the single space with the multiple spaces that indicate borders!

Tangled in the Truth

Growing up, I will admit that I was sheltered. I am, to this day, rightfully perceived as innocent or naive. For someone to immediately think otherwise was a shock and a feeling I will never grow used to.

I was in the ninth grade when I was wrongfully accused of smoking in the school bathroom. For some, this hardly seems memorable. For me, on the other hand, I took great pride in the fact that I had never touched a cigarette, consumed any form of alcohol, or even been in the presence of drugs. My innocence had been put on a pedestal all of my life, and having a school administrator tear it down in only minutes was a true culture shock.

My friend Kristen and I excused ourselves from the classroom in which we spent our lunch period to use the restroom down the hall. We did this every day, without fail, and never spent more than five minutes in that particular facility.

Going in was no problem. We did what we needed to do and emerged from the stalls to wash our hands. The room reeked of smoke, and I motioned to an administrator that it was rather strong. She hadnt been there just a second ago, so I assumed she had come to check out where the odor was coming from. To my surprise, the administrator rolled her eyes and proceeded to say Yeah, it smells because you just smoked. She insisted that she had been in there for at least ten minutes and didnt see me come in. I tried to explain that I had just gotten there a moment ago and hadnt seen her either, but it was no use.

Positive that I wouldnt have motioned to her about the smell if I wasnt the culprit, the administrator had me hold out my hands. Insisting that she smelled smoke on them, I started to cry. Im sure my tears made me look even guiltier in her eyes, but I tried to reason with her nonetheless. The entire bathroom smelled like smoke, and I tried to point out very nicely that if my hands smelled like anything, it was the room itself.

Using harsh words and accusations, the administrator checked my pockets for cigarettes. I finally put my entire backpack down on the ground and, through numerous tears, told her to go ahead and check its contents. She seemed puzzled, and didnt hid...

a condensed version

~dramatics — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:19:23 PST

Every night I stay up for hours thinking about what I've accomplished (or lack thereof) during the course of that particular day. I also contemplate what I could have done differently and what I need to do the following day.

Every night I stay up for hours thinking about what to say to her. Knowing that if I call her and express how I'm feeling then I will just end up sobbing hysterically into the phone; fearing that I'll interrupt her busy life.

For months I have been thisclose to writing her an e-mail on the subject. For months I have wanted to pour my soul out to her like I used to. I miss everything about her and the way we used to be.

Please don't forget me. Please don't replace me. I may be hours away...and I might not have gotten as far as you have, but I don't want to lose you. I'm trying to become someone, and in my opinion you already are someone. I wish you could be here while I try to follow in your footsteps.

I love you.

Devious Journal Entry

~dramatics — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:22:40 PST

I'm in a very strange mood. On one hand, I enjoyed having Valentine's Day dinner with Kristen, Thomas, Jodi, Patrick, Adam, Patti, Melinda, Kyle, and Mark at Olive Garden. On the other hand, I had a weird feeling in my stomach as soon as I got home. No, it's not indigestion. It's paranoia again. It follows me wherever I go and I wish it would leave me alone. I mean, it's not like I think little green people live in my underwear drawer and will eat me in my sleep or anything. It's not anything like that. It's just that I'm always fearful of the people I love being taken away from me. It's happened numerous times in the past when I haven't done anything to deserve it. I still, to this day, don't know why a handful of people cut me out of their lives. Maybe at times it seems like I'm trying too hard. I certainly hope not, but if it ever comes across like that then you'd think people would recognize it as me sincerely trying to get to know them. Okay, I'm not making sense at all. Once it makes sense in my head I'll attempt to explain myself further.

tagged by sarah!

~dramatics — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:31:19 PST

Rules: The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 Weird Habits//Things About Yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a journal about their 6 Weird Habits//Things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "You are tagged" in their devPage comments and tell them to read yours.

1. Right before I get out of the shower I make the water really hot and then immediately switch it to the coldest it can get. For a moment, the temperature of the water seems nonexistant - but eventually I feel the bitter sting of the icy water and turn it off completely. I do this because it helps wake me up and prevents me from sweating when I blow dry my hair.

2. When I first got the internet in 6th grade, I was excited about the concept but traumatized by all of the horrible things I had heard. I was incredibly paranoid and literally made up a whole new "online identity" in an attempt to protect myself from predators. My name was Julie Marie Smith. I was a triplet (my sisters were named Midge and Sabrina) who also had twin brothers named Nathan and Jordan. I lived in Orlando, Florida and always said I was a year older than I actually was. It was ridiculous. I finally learned how to stay safe and still be myself. From that point on I have told the complete truth about myself. If there's something I don't want people to know then I don't broadcast it. I figure that's a lot better than lying about it.

3. I drink almost as much Diet Pepsi as water. My parents are hooked on it and have been for years. At first I didn't see the appeal but it grew on me over time. Now I can't get enough. I definitely drink an unhealthy amount of it on a daily basis.

4. I'm not as sheltered and naive as people think I am. I may be a "good girl" who has never been drunk, gotten high, smoked a cigarette, had any form of sex, or gotten any tattoos/weird piercings -- but that doesn't mean I'm oblivious to the world around me.

5. I can't stand the way the word "meal" sounds. It's not the definition that bothers me but the word itself. I've tried to get used to the way my close friends and family say it but I've literally cringed when I've heard it from strangers.

6. Back in the day, people would swear to you that I had a phone attached to my ear. Now it's a whole different story. I'm horrible about calling people - even my best friends. I used to call people for no reason at all and we'd talk for hours...but now it's usually just to make plans. I don't know what changed but I'm just not as much of a phone talker as I used to be. That's not to say, however, that I don't enjoy it when someone else calls me. After I get past the initial fear of being incredibly boring or cheesy the first time someone calls me then I'm good to go.

Hmm, let's see. I tag =djpreach, *SinOfDreams, ~1kwords, ~pirateslife4steph, ~Plornt, and ~nesarcy. I'm trying to tag people who haven't already done it, but if you have then I apologize.

EDIT: I also tag `greenie because he was in the original group that I tagged but then I did one minor edit (while heavily medicated on...*drum roll*....cold medicine) and he disappeared!

tears on my pillow

~dramatics — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:46:03 PST

It's been a long time since I've truly cried...like when the tears just keep coming and refuse to stop; when they seem to appear out of nowhere.

I did that once last night and once this afternoon. It's not that I'm overly emotional or anything - I'm just finally letting out the things that I've kept bottled up inside for too long.

I'll spare you the details, but just don't let my paranoia get the best of me. That's what it comes down to and I hate it.

Devious Journal Entry

~dramatics — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:35:55 PST

The one night I literally tell my mom that I'm going to be home for dinner Jodi invites me to her house to eat with her and Patti and Mila calls to ask if I can go to San Jose with her. Her schedule has been incredibly hectic lately and she hasn't been able to hang out much, so I felt bad having to turn that down. On the other hand, I'm about to go over to Jodi's house to hang out -- and I made dinner plans with Mila for Sunday.

I'll be out of town Friday-Sunday [I'll be back by that evening, of course] due to my friend Kristi's 21st birthday party. There will be about 14 of us and we're going to be staying in a two story beach house at Myrtle Beach for the weekend. A limo is going to drive us around one night and then the next night we're going to have a scavenger hunt around Broadway at the Beach. I'm really looking forward to it.

Changing topics completely -- lately my hands have been aching [even more than usual] to write poetry. I blame this on my English class. Then again, maybe it's a blessing in disguise. I've been trying to rid myself of writer's block for quite some time now.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

~dramatics — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:20:05 PST

I just spent over eight hours with Justin and it was definitely needed. We ate at Red Bowl and then went to Books-A-Million. I got the Post Secret book that I had been wanting, as well as an Ariel bookmark. After that we went to see Dreamgirls and let me just say.....wow. Seriously. It was amazing and I want to see it again very soon. We went back to my house and hung out after it was over....but then we went to see Alpha Dog. Okay, I admit it - we probably wouldn't have gone if Justin Timberlake wasn't in it. The amount of language/profanity in it was pretty excessive, and I actually found myself getting teary-eyed at a certain part....but overall it was fairly decent. Mmkay, I'm going to shut up now. This entry was incredibly pointless but I just had a good day.

P.S. Also, we saved a bunch of money by purchasing our movie snacks at Super Bi-Lo! Yay for me using really big purses.

If you're bored, humor me and comment on my newest deviation. It's so weird for me to see (what I consider to be) one of my biggest flaws when I go to my page. Your comments have been extremely helpful, though.

Devious Journal Entry

~dramatics — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:56:09 PST

I hate when everything is going perfectly and then one little thing messes it all up. Someone save me from my paranoia and severe case of boredom. I'm definitely regretting not going out with friends tonight.

Edit: Okay, actually two situations are to blame for my sudden mood change. One of them just happened, though -- and I wasn't directly involved. Still, that doesn't mean I can't be hurt.

. she's growing up .

~dramatics — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:19:35 PST

I've been slacking on the journal updates -- and I don't just mean on here. My livejournal is being neglected, although I have been trying to keep up with my friends page. I did, however, want to let everyone know that everything is going wonderfully in my life....and that I hope that you're all doing peachy keen as well.

My 21st birthday is January 19th....get excited! Haha, we should have a shoutbox birthday celebration. I promised my friends I'd actually drink that night, so if I drunk dial any of you I apologize in advance. Kidding, I hope.

The picture I submitted before going to bed last night is one that took a lot of courage to post. A lot of people don't realize the lack of self-confidence I have in my physical appearance. (Don't worry, I love who I am on the inside so that makes up for it!) Okay, anyway...the point is that you should check it out. Feedback is not only appreciated - it's encouraging.

Devious Journal Entry

~dramatics — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:23:27 PST

If you buy me a paid account on livejournal then I will buy you a paid account to life! Okay no, but I'll send you the money in the mail if you give me your address. Either that or I can do whatever favor you need me to do.

[link] is a quick/easy link to get there and my username is theatrical

This was necessary but stupid. Please forgive me for the latter?

don't bother clicking here! lol

~dramatics — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:47:38 PST

My day was very productive! First I woke up bright and early to study for my test, and then I drove the half hour over to Midlands to take it. We got to leave as soon as we were through, so I went over to the Student Center and asked where I needed to go to schedule an advisement for next semester. They directed me to the 4th floor of the next building, so I went there - made the appointment - and then realized I still didn't have a student ID. The handbook says that when you get one made you have to have your vehicle tag number, proof that you paid your fees, a picture ID of yourself, and so forth. Well, I decided I needed the excercise so I walked back across campus to get all that stuff. When I found the room I was supposed to go to it turned out to be a girl I went to high school with. She recognized me and was so sweet! Her name is Lindsay (her last name starts with an R but I can't remember what it was) and I think she used to hang out with Justin. She's only two years older than me and she mentioned wanting to get together sometime so that'll be fun. Anyway, she didn't check any of the stuff that I walked across campus for...and then my picture looked really bad when it showed up on the computer but she was all "Aww it's so cute!" so I didn't want to ask her to do it over.

When I finally left campus I went to Groucho's because me, Mila, and Kristen all thought we were were working tomorrow. As it turned out, we were all scheduled by accident so Chief was like "Just go ahead and come in at 11 o'clock and expo for me." I told him that worked out perfectly since I have a hair appointment at 2:30. (She said I could come a little earlier if I wanted to)

I was leaving Groucho's when I passed Whitney driving in the parking lot. She motioned for me to come back so I pulled up next to her and we chatted for a bit. I went into the bank with her and after she was done she drove the two of us to her house, grabbed something from inside, and then the plan was to go to Columbia Mall so that I can finally get my Uggs. (She works at one of the Journey's stores and gets a 40% discount so they'd only be $79 instead of $120/$140!) I realized I didn't even know what size I need though, so we decided that I needed to go try them on and then just tell her so that it won't look sketchy in the store. "Uh yeah, they're totally for me. She just wanted to...admire them?"

I went home, changed clothes, brushed my teeth, etc. I asked David if he wanted to go to Columbiana Mall with me but he passed. Mila was in class, Whitney had to work, and I think Kristen had plans. Anyway, I went to a mall by myself for the first time today! It's a half hour drive, and then I only ended up going to one store...Torrid! It's my absolute favorite and it's why I originally wanted to go. I only get to go like once a year so when I do go I spend a ton of money. This time I out-did myself though. I spent a whopping $277.92! What on earth? I feel really guilty about it but I never splurge and I'm not much of a shopper. Plus, I really needed more winter clothes sooo whatever. Haha, I feel less guilty when I think about it like that.

Tomorrow I'm going to wake up at 9, pack my stuff, go to work, get my hair done, and then leave straight from there to go to Rock Hill. Justin, Ben, and I are then going to drive to Greensboro to see Brit's play. I'm super excited! I'm also going to be exhausted because it's a two hour drive back to Rock Hill. (I'm spending the night at their house instead of driving some more)

On Saturday I need to wake up fairly early, drive back home, take a quick nap if possible, and then I'm going to get party stuff with Jodi. Then we'll part ways to get ready, and I think everyone is meeting for dinner at 9 o'clock. We got the big room upstairs again! It'll definitely be a lot of fun....but I still need to get a birthday present for Melinda!

Can you tell that I haven't blogged in months? I've been deprived and now I'm babbling much more than I used to. I'm sure it's just a phase though. It'll pass once I get more and more...lazy!

Deviant to check out right now:

EDIT: Having a not-so-secret crush is kinda fun. I'm pretty sure he knows who he is, but oh well.

she's flawless like some uncut ice

~dramatics — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:45:24 PST

Haha, you know you love the Justin Timberlake lyrics. I swear, all of his songs are instant earworms and get stuck in my head for extended periods of time. I've given up on trying to stop that from happening, so now one of his songs is playing on my myspace page. (Nothing I do makes much sense, and this is no exception!)

Since it's after midnight it's officially Thursday...and that means I have my psychology test at 2 o'clock. When I'm done with that I need to go to the student center to figure out what classes I can take next semester.

On Friday I'm most likely going to be working, but I'll definitely get off at 2 o'clock and then I'm getting my hair cut/highlighted at 2:30. I'll probably bring my stuff to spend the night in Rock Hill with me to the salon and leave straight from there. The plan is for me to drive the hour to Rock Hill and then ride with Justin and Ben to Greensboro. I'm really excited about seeing Brit's play! (Seussical, for those of you who didn't see me babbling about it in the shoutbox)

I'll most likely drive back home in the early afternoon on Saturday and then Kristen & Melinda are having a joint birthday dinner at San Jose that night. (I go there so much! I was there tonight with Mila.) It's delicious and cheap though - so I have no problem being one of their regulars.

Deviant to check out right now:

EDIT: Now I have to make sure to come back to Columbia in the very early afternoon because I'm going to Party City to buy stuff for the get-together with Jodi around 5 o'clock. That way we can both go home and change before we all meet up for dinner.

Also, why can't I force myself to study? I hate knowing I should be studying but then not being able to make myself do it.

back in action?

~dramatics — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:19:54 PST

Should I start updating here again? I've used livejournal, greatestjournal, ujournal, blurty, xanga, and needlesspanic for my rambling but stopped writing new entries in all of those over the years. The only one I ever check is livejournal. Okay, I'm rambling but I'm trying to take my mind off something. (and sometimes rambling helps!) Anyway, let me know if you'd be interested in reading my babble again! I promise to make them at least a tad bit entertaining when at all possible.

P.S. A special shout-out goes to Elmo/=djpreach because both of us are kinda down in the dumps right now....and plus, he's wonderful!

Deviant to check out right now:

I'll probably put a new deviant in every entry!

<---for Sarah!

Also, today is Kristen's 21st birthday! She's been one of my very best friends since the 7th grade (aka when we were like...12) and I have a cute/color coordinated gift to give her when I see her at work today! I hope she likes it.

Thank you so much!

~dramatics — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:41:06 PDT

I just wanted to write a short entry to thank those of you who have been kind enough to take pity on me and buy me a subscription at some point. I've had this account for over 2 years, and my memory is fading so please don't be offended if I forgot you! Just let me know and I'll add you to the entry. (I'll also probably do something special for you, seeing as how I'll feel awful if I leave someone out) I guess not having one made me realize how insanely sweet it was of you guys to purchase them for me.

Fun with surveys :)

~dramatics — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:33:00 PST

Lately I've been posting quite a few surveys on myspace, but I haven't done that on here yet. I figured it was about time I started doing so.

Here's one I stole from my friend Shelby!

Name 3 schools you went to:

1. North Springs Elementary School
2. Summit Parkway Middle School
3. Ridge View High School

Name 3 things in your wallet:

1. "Diva Style" card from Torrid
2. cash and lots of coins
3. drivers license

Name 3 things you always wear:

1. dangly earrings
2. my class ring
3. AIDS awareness bracelet

Name 3 things you do when you are really stressed:

1. call Brittany
2. surf the web
3. drive around & listen to music

Name 3 favorite songs right now:

1. All We Know -- Paramore
2. Saying Sorry -- Hawthorne Heights
3. Pour Yourself Another Drink -- The Academy Is

Name 3 favorite places to shop:

1. Target
2. Torrid
3. Charlotte Russe

Name 3 places you go to on a daily basis:

1. bedroom
2. bathroom
3. the "frog" (haha Sherah)

Name 3 things you like to do:

1. be onstage
2. write poetry
3. hang out with friends

Name 3 most valuable possessions:

1. Does my golden retriever count?
2. Donald, my teddy bear.
3. my cd collection

Name 3 favorite fruits:

1. bananas
2. grapes
3. peaches

Name 3 things you are addicted to:

1. four television shows (The OC, Grey's Anatomy, American Idol, and Law & Order: SVU)
2. taking pictures of my friends
3. four websites (myspace, deviantART, livejournal, and nataliedee)

Name 3 favorite hobbies:

1. acting
2. writing
3. goofing off with friends

Name 3 career choices:

1. actress
2. author
3. therapist? I dunno.

Name 3 goals in 2006:

1. Go back to school!
2. At least attempt to clean my room.
3. Force myself to care less about what other people think.

Name 3 plans for next week:

1. sleep over at Sherah's
2. working a lot
3. going shopping

Three Names You Go By:

1. Liz
2. Elizabeth
3. Lizbeth

Three Parts of Your Heritage:

1. English
2. French
3. not sure about the others.

Three Things That Scare You:

1. cockroaches
2. rickety ceiling fans
3. horror movies

Three of Your Everyday Essentials:

1. Diet Pepsi
2. checking my e-mail
3. hmm....breathing?

Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now:

1. Groucho's t-shirt
2. fitted jeans
3. Does my ponytail holder count?

Three of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists:

1. Acceptance
2. Panic! at the Disco
3. The Academy Is

Three Things You Want in a Relationship (OTHER THAN Love):

1. friendship/trust
2. chemistry
3. good times

Two Truths and a Lie (in no particular order):

1. I have amazing friends.
2. I can whistle really well.
3. I love my new car a whole lot.

Three PHYSICAL Things about the Opposite Sex that Appeal to You:

1. eyes
2. smile
3. how they carry/present themselves (that counts as physical, right?)

Three Places You Want to go on Vacation:

1. Paris
2. Australia
3. Las Vegas (I like the fact that everything is open 24/7)

Three things you want to do before you die:

1. go skydiving
2. have something published
3. fall in love

Three people I would like to see take this quiz:

1. every single
2. one
3. of you!

I got banned from the box.

~dramatics — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:39:41 PST

I got banned from the shoutbox for a week for posting a picture that I warned everyone about beforehand, and they still asked to see it. I didn't realize it'd result in a ban, and now I can't talk to my friends for a whole week. Feel free to IM me, e-mail me, whatever. I'll be here.

I'm not used to being in trouble.

A small favor?

~dramatics — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:37:24 PST

My current mood is dedicated to Rhyan.

I have a whole lot to say, and I'm too lazy to type it all out....so I'm going to make this short and sweet.

Although I am fully aware that page views aren't important, I'm almost to 10k and I'd really appreciate a screen shot of it. I'd be much obliged to whoever does this for me.

back from the dead

~dramatics — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:05:38 PST

Hey everyone! For those of you who don't already know, I'm back from the dead. I've missed you all very much, and I hope to catch up with you guys soon! I probably won't write many journal entries on here, but you can find my livejournal here. The entries are friends only, but I'll definitely add you if you comment on the public one.

I'm insanely tired, but I just wanted to let you know that I've put up a few pictures and two new poems!

HOLY CRAP!

~dramatics — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 23:25:42 PST

Wow, it's been too long since I've logged in or even visited this site! What on earth was I thinking?! Oh well. The point is that I'm back, with thousands of messages to check.

If you have a journal entry, poll, or deviation that you want me to take a look at....let me know. Otherwise, I may just mark these as read and start fresh!

I submitted a poem a few minutes ago, and I've got a few others to submit in the near future.

liz is alive

~dramatics — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:11:06 PDT

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates and deviations. I've been busy with class, friends, etc. I did submit a scrap tonight, as well as a picture that I edited on my computer. I started a new poem a few days ago, but I may go ahead and type it up how it is now. I think I stopped at a fairly decent point, so we'll see!

I got a new AIM screen name, which is on my userpage. For those of you who I used to talk to on IMs, please feel free to add my new name to your list!

el busy bee

~dramatics — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 05:40:13 PDT

Woo! Things are going really well, and I hope the same goes for all of you! I've been updating at some other journal providers, so if you're that darn interested then just let me know. (because one of them is public. lol) I put up a new poem, changed my featured deviation and my mood, and added "Ryan Cabrera" to my music section. It doesn't sound like much, but it's a start. I'll make my visits more frequent, I promise.

Please read!

~dramatics — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:54:16 PDT

Okay, I had been avoiding deviantART for a while because of the overwhelming amount of messages but today I decided to just go through them. What I ended up doing was marking most of them as read, except for about 10-15 that I checked out. I decided to just write a journal entry explaining the situation, because I also have a favor! If there's anything you think I'd really like...or something of yours (or someone else's) that you want me to check out, then just send me a note or comment on this entry. I'm sure there were some awesome deviations that I didn't get to experience, but this way I'm not intimidated by my message box anymore! lol

My life rocks, how about yours?

~dramatics — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:59:41 PDT

Okay, I haven't been updating because of how busy I've been! It's great. I have SO much to babble about, but I need to shower and then go to bed. I love you guys and will elaborate on everything later on.

Sunday: Went to Manifest with Kristen to buy tickets for the show, and then got dinner and hung out afterwards
Monday: Went to the Thursday/Stretch Arm Strong/Head Automatica/Your Friend's Enemy show with Kristen
Tuesday: Hit the town with Brittany and Justin! [dinner, mall, etc]
Wednesday: Went out to eat [and to the club] with Luke and Kristen
Thursday: Went out to eat [and to a different club] with Luke
Friday: I'm going to hang out with Brit and then probably go out with Luke, Kristin (Yes, with an "i" this time), and J.B.

Aaah, I'm having so much fun.

liz is home!

~dramatics — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:50:18 PDT

I kept a journal while I was at Kanuga, so I'll have to type that up for y'all! That way, if someone's like "So what'd you do there?" then I can just direct them to that deviation. (I plan on making it a deviation since it's much too long to be a single journal entry.) I also took a ton of pictures, and I may post one before I go to bed. I started a story, as well as a poem, and I plan on finishing those up soon. I love you guys and want to read all my messages (only 455 to go!) but it's really frustrating without being able to see the thumbnails and all. I need to coax someone into buying me a paid account, and then I'll just give them the cash. *nods* Anyhoo, I'll update about today later on. I'm too exhausted to say anything else right now! Sweet dreams to all. *I missed you guys!*

EDIT: Okay, I posted three pictures and now I'm headed to bed! More coming soon.
(The one thing that sucks is that not many people are online as of now, so I'm not getting as many views as I would if I had submitted the pictures in the middle of the day!)

leaving town for a week!

~dramatics — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:33:54 PDT

Hooray for spending your last day in town with your two best friends! I hung out with Brit and Jus, and we went to Texas Roadhouse to eat. We tried to avoid Stephen, but were unsuccessful. lol anyways. It doesn't really matter...because tomorrow I'm going to Kanuga! *excited* I get to see people that I've grown up with -- and that includes both friends and family. I'm not completely packed or anything, but I need to go to bed so that I can actually wake up tomorrow. We're aiming to leave the house around 1 o'clock.

I'll be back on Saturday and will respond to my messages then! I may get online once or twice while we're there (the teenagers hang out after all the adults have gone to bed, and most of the time we take turns checking our e-mail on the three computers in the lobby) but no more than that because it's my "enjoy nature" time. Heh. I'll take tons of pictures this week, and I'll probably have some poetry to share with you guys as well!

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

EDIT: I just realized that when I get back I won't have a paid account...and I'll have to check a week's worth of messages by hand. Ack. I've gotten used to the other way! *shakes fist* Haha.

check out my scraps!

~dramatics — Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:28:09 PDT

Yes, first and foremost you should check out my scrap section. I posted some pictures of The Break-Fast Club. (Get it? 'Cause we hang out during out breaks, which are short and go by fast.) I didn't get to take nearly as many pictures as I wanted, and I only got shots of a few people -- but it's better than nothing! You can see pictures of me, Stevhan, Jackie, P.J., Courtney, Natalie, Josh, and Ryan in there...so go check it out. *nods*

SUMMER SCHOOL IS OVER! I'm thrilled. I made up my 30 minutes for Crumpler this morning, and while I was there I did some work that I had forgotten to do. It brought my grade up three points, but I didn't need it. lol so yeah -- that's awesome. (Oh, and I made a 97 on the final exam in economics! I made a 100 on the American Government one, so I'm proud of both.) I also went to check in with Ms. Rollerson to make sure I was all clear for her class, and she said I was. She showed me my exam for her class, and it was only a 90 -- but she didn't end up counting it 20% like she was going to originally. Anyways, I ended up with the highest grade in the class. (Woot. I beat Natalie and Kellie! lol)

EDIT: You may just want to look at the preview size, because I didn't resize them...and they're pretty friggin big.

Yesterday it was just me and Stevhan during lunch, since P.J. was off running around and everybody else either left or went to watch graduation practice. We talked for a long time, and we gained a lot of respect for each other. (Not that I didn't have respect for him before, but you know what I mean.) The two of us checked out graduation practice, but decided to go back to the table and talk some more. (They were just walking across a tiny stage. Big woop-dee-doo.) He didn't have any minutes to serve, but he offered to come in and sit with me. (How cute is that?) I said it wasn't necessary, but I thanked him anyways. He's doing Color Guard for graduation today, and he's really excited.

I really don't feel like explaining everything else that's going on, so I'm just going to leave it at that. *nods in satisfaction* I will say that I'm excited about hanging out with Brit and Jus today. They wanted to hang out with me before I left for Kanuga tomorrow, and I think we're gonna chill, go out to dinner, probably take some pics, etc. Sounds like fun to me!

it's almost over

~dramatics — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:53:03 PDT

Many things are ending, many things are beginning. Some of the things that are drawing to a close include the paid account that *primowalker was sweet enough to purchase for me, and.....SUMMER SCHOOL! That's right, bud. Today (since it's technically Thursday) is my last day. I took the first half of my English exam yesterday, and it was an essay -- so I passed it with flying colors. As for today, it's multiple choice...but she already told me I could make a zero on the exam and still pass with ease. Woot.

I'm not too sure how well my economics exam is going to go over, because I really haven't prepared. Everyone else made note cards and cheat sheets, but I refused to do so. I want to see how much I actually learned.

The National Guard sponsored a "summer school cook-out" for us today. They grilled hot dogs and burgers for all the students and staff. We were allowed to eat as much as we wanted, so some people were walking away with like...four burgers and two hot dogs. Whaaatever.

When I pulled out my wallet today, the Spiderman card that P.J. gave me slipped out onto my desk. Josh was sitting beside me, and picked it up. When I heard him say "This is so cool!" I thought he was humoring/making fun of me...but, as it turns out, he wasn't. You'd think he had never seen a hollogram before. He just kept playing with it, and then he'd show it to Natalie and Ryan. Natalie said it looked like Spiderman was having sex with himself, and Ryan was like "Uh, that's great Josh." He didn't seem to be affected by their lack of enthusiasm, though. He started scratching the card with his nails and making "music." He kept finding stuff to scratch it with. Aye yi yi. He said "I'm gonna be a star!" and then later said he was going to be a famous rapper. I told him that might require him to know how to rap...so he gave it his best shot: "Yo...yo...dawg..?" It was great. He's the biggest redneck in the world, which made it even funnier. Anyways, enough about that. (Oh, and I let him keep the card.)

I hung out with Justin after school today, which is always cool. We did "arts and crafts", went to Zaxby's, took pictures, etc. He asked me to go to the pool with him on Sunday, and I was like "Sure! Wait, I can't." I keep forgetting that we're leaving for Kanuga this Saturday. (I'll be gone for a week.) Try not to miss me too much. lol *wink*

Typos? Sorry. I'll fix 'em tomorrow. I went to bed at 9:30 but woke up around 1:30 and couldn't get back to sleep. (I'm going to go try again.)

super secret spy supplies

~dramatics — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:15:24 PDT

Alliteration much? lol this entry is going to be quite random, so I apologize ahead of time.

*Lately everyone has been telling me that my hair smells good. Britney was like "Gurrrrrl, what shampoo do you use?" and I was like "Pantene Pro V. Why? Does it look like crap today?" But apparently she wanted to know because it smelled good. Score, I think.

*In the course of one day, I had two guys (that I know offline) insist that they were going to steal my virginity. Uh, no. None of that. It sucks, though...because now they're like "We're so doing it next time we hang out." I still want to hang out with them --- as friends! Whatever.

*P.J. had some sort of chicken fingers lunchable today (Yeah, I hang out with the cool kids.) and it had a Spiderman card inside. You were supposed to use it to find six letters on the back of the box and unscramble them to find out where Dr. Octupus does his plotting or whatever. They were friggin hard to find. I found an 'A' and an 'E' and then P.J. found an 'H' and a 'B'. Jackie and I are like "Oh, the HEAB! Of course." Anyways, P.J. cheated and looked inside the box. The answer? The lab. Haha, he gave me the card...and he gave Jackie the box, but she threw it away.

*We watched a movie the second half of English today, and we were supposed to take notes and all that jazz. Well, Ryan, Natalie, Josh, and I all scooted our desks close together. However, I had mine at an angle so that I could see better. Anyway, Ms. Rollerson brought the three of them out and told them that she was giving them a zero if they all turned in the same notes. Josh is modest/sweet/shy/etc. but he refused to be called out. He ended up being sent out of the classroom, but he was just saying the things everyone has been thinking since day one.

*The pizza is here! I'll write the rest in a bit.

EDIT #1: I'm talking to a lovely little combo of people right now. I've got Brit and Jackie...and then I've got Jacob, Stephen B., Stephen K., some guy from thedilly, and a couple of others who come and go. Anyways.

I saw Marion's parents today! Not for very long, seeing as how we were in the car and simply passed them, but two and a half years worth of memories flashed before my eyes in a matter of seconds. Wonderful memories, of course.

Coach Crumpler needs to be the President. That man thinks of everything. He thinks up effective ways of doing things that no one's ever even considered. I told my dad I thought they'd really get along. (for multiple reasons, which I'm too lazy to type out)

Tomorrow I'm hanging out with Justin after school! Woot. He's got dinner plans with Jessy, so we can only chill for a little while -- but it's better than nothing! *nods*

surprise me

~dramatics — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 18:20:03 PDT

Yeah, I know I haven't been updating as much as I normally do. It's probably healthy, though...seeing as how I used to update my livejournal all the friggin time. *shrugs* Anyways! Brit and I went to see "Bye Bye Birdie" on Saturday night, and it was awesome! The actor who played Conrad Birdie was great. Tight pants, slicked back hair, and lots of thrusting. Haha, good stuff.

Abbey was in the show, and she was the only one wearing a wig. (Since her hair is short and dyed, I believe.) Frey was there, and so were Elizabeth and Sam. There was some really depressed looking guy sitting near us, and he kept reading all the ads in the program. Sexy, right? Right.

This odd old man stared us down every time he'd walk by, so I was like "Maybe he doesn't like his wife." Brit and I now go "I don't like my wife!" and stare at each others' boobs. Er...maybe you had to be there.

Only three more days of school left! I'm going to miss my friends, though. I want to do a get-together with Stevhan, P.J., Jackie, Abbey (different one), Gabe, Sarah, etc. *Sarah -- what's that girl's name who always talks about how my purse is cuter than hers? I keep forgetting!* Anyways, then I'd need to do another one with Natalie, Josh, and Ryan. Maybe Kelley, Scott, David, Chris, and Stephen too. I dunno. Ack. Too many people. There's still Courtney, Jennifer, and Jessica! Sorry, this is just for my own personal reference. lol oh geez, I forgot about Tatiana and Grace. They'd need to be in the first group, along with Mike.

It's storming, so I'll write the rest later. (I don't want it to randomly delete my entry!) Love you guys!

Special shout out to Braiden! (*braidy)

I need to start doing random shout outs. *nods* Braiden can be the first of many, I suppose.

as good as new

~dramatics — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 17:29:11 PDT

I'm not really in "journal mode" so this probably won't be very long. Nothing really exciting happened this week. The only exception was hanging out with Justin on Tuesday. We made pizza and watched tv, which was very relaxing. (Something I needed!) We're doing our poetry unit in English, but she's butchering it. She's pretty spaztastic. Ask anyone!

Abbey brought the Summit yearbook from 2002 to school today, so I checked that out. P.J. didn't even recognize Stevhan when he saw him in there. I knew a good number of people, and seeing their pictures was somewhat amusing. They're all crammed together, though. Our 8th grade pictures were seperated and had our names underneath. *shrugs*

Stevhan can run around in his boxers if he goes to the Arctic, because he's got "arctic-camo"....and he's very proud. P.J. burnt his butt, of all places, at the tanning bed yesterday -- and he refuses to go back. I made a new friend, and she's "sweet as pie." Her name is Courtney, and she's going to be a senior at RNE next year.

I was supposed to go see Anchorman with Brit, Thomas, and a few others tonight...but Brit had to cancel. (mom problems) She wants to get together tomorrow, though -- and I think we're still supposed to get together with "stevieb" but I dunno. We'll just have to see. I'm gonna feel bad if I don't end up doing much this weekend, because I told Justin I wasn't going to be able to go to Rock Hill with him due to all this stuff. Hohum. He's probably left by now anyways. (I was going to see if he wanted to hang out before he left.)

I'm shutting up now. I've got lots more to say, though. (Don't I always?) I need to remember to tell Brit about Blythe Fisher. *mental note to self* I also need to send pics to Natalie, burn a cd for Kelly, and finish the study guide for our exam in Economics. FOUR MORE DAYS, BABY!

EDIT #1: Brit and I are going to try and get tickets to see "Bye Bye Birdie" at Town Theatre for tomorrow night. Woot! I hope we're successful in doing so.

I didn't realize we were leaving for Kanuga this Saturday! I'm really excited about going, though. I miss Ellen, Blythe, Mary Olive, Ashley, Mary, Foster, Grayson, Derrek, Abby, Grace, Lise, Gwen, Elizabeth, Andrew, Pat, etc! The list could go on forever. *lots of Kanuga buddies*

new friends, old memories

~dramatics — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 00:19:02 PDT

Okay, so the plan was for me and Brit to hang out with Mark and Chris today. We were going to meet them at Carolina Wings at 5:30 for dinner, and then go back to Brit's house to watch Kill Bill. Well, Thomas S. ended up wanting to hang out with Brit because he was apparently upset about something (he lives close and stuff) so we asked him if he wanted to go. THEN we were talking to Nate online, and he was like "I thought you were out with the boys!" We explained that we had just put the away message up too soon, and Brit was like "Why? Are ya jealous?" and he humored us by saying yes. Anyways, we asked if he wanted to go (not expecting him to say yes) and he said that he'd like to, but that he may need a ride. He tried to explain to Brit where he lived, but Brit was like "Nope, I'll never find it." so Nate said to hang on a second. When he came back, he informed us that his mom said he could use the car. Score!

Brit and I got there about 10 minutes early, and we got a table for six. We sat across from each other in the middle, so we'd have two boys on each side. Haha, I ended up in between Nate and Chris. (Therefore Brit was between Thomas and Mark.) Dinner was entertaining and yummy, but the most fun was when we went back to Brit's afterwards. We watched Kill Bill, and we were joking about how me, her, Chris, and Mark would probably end up on the big couch together (since they know us) but it somehow only ended up being me and Nate on the couch. Mark was on the love seat, Chris was in the recliner, and Brit was on the floor with Thomas. I'm so interesting, I know. Chris was originally sitting on the other side of Nate, but then he switched...and Nate didn't end up moving over, so the other end of the couch was vacant for a while. lol maybe he didn't want me to feel diseased or something. *shrugs*

To make a long story short, we watched Kill Bill, then watched Fear Factor on tv, then watched part of Jay and Silent Bob Strike back on tv, and then popped in Mallrats. Nate and I hadn't seen it, so Mark warned us about the chocolate covered pretzels and the fake third nipple. (Nate covered his eyes, so I covered mine too so he wouldn't feel bad. lol) We sent text messages to each other, and Thomas S. gave me his cell number. I called him just to make sure it was correct. Mwuhaha.

I should go to bed. Justin, Nate, and Stephen have already signed off -- and now I'm down to Brit and Chris Covelli. Anyways, Justin is picking me up from school tomorrow...so I've got something to look forward to. Goodnight all!

EDIT #1: I love you, Jus. You know that. We can talk more tomorrow, okay?

AND: I've got a bit of a crush...on two people, I believe. Crap -- I don't know. I don't think anything will happen with either. Scratch that -- I know nothing will happen with either. It's just nice to finally have those feelings back, I suppose.

EDIT #2: For years, I've avoided links that said "thedilly" in them, because I thought that they were some sort of virus. I feel incredibly stupid for listening to whoever told me that, because Jacob just linked me to a picture of him on thedilly.com or whatever...and it's just like myspace! Aye yi yi. I got a page there. Oh, and Jacob knows Angela! Small world.

EDIT #3: WHY AM I AWAKE? I went outside to swing, and I still wasn't tired. The one good thing about being awake? Ellen IMed me! I love that girl to death. I think I'm going to give her a call after Justin and I are done hanging out tomorrow. Lord knows I miss her to pieces.

look at all the stars!

~dramatics — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 23:10:31 PDT

My day was awesome. I woke up, spent time with my grandma, and then Brit came over. We chilled at my house for a while, and then we went to see Dodgeball. It was hilarious. "Fatty made a funny!" Good stuff. We went to the ghetto theatre, but everyone in the movie was white. There were two pre-teens playing tonsil hockey in the back, one family, another couple, and some guy who sat by himself and would randomly start cracking up. *amused*

We went to eat at Texas Roadhouse afterwards, and dude...we were major pimps! As soon as we walked in, Patrick was there and so we gave him big hugs and then he sat with us for like 30 minutes while he waited on David to get done in the kitchen. Our waiter was Tim, who is our new buddy from when we went out with Wimmer. Oh my gosh -- they talk about us in the back! That cracks me up, for real. Tim was like "Okay, what was the end of that riddle you girls told me? It's been driving me crazy!" He's so cute. Anyways, he was like "Stephen! These are the girls I was telling you about." Stephen (King) looks over from the table right next to ours, where he's got his arm around some chick, and gives me a big grin. He said "I know!" and then came over there. He plopped himself down next to me, since Patrick and Brit were on the same side. Aye yi yi. If he could not touch me, that'd be great - kthx. He told us a really lame riddle (Sean got it on the first try, though! Grr. I'll type it up later. I'm trying to keep this as brief as possible, since Brit's keyboard is weird and harder to type on.) and it was driving Brit crazy. He refused to tell us the answer. He wanted us to ask yes or no questions in order to get it, and he kept tickling me and trying to get me to "play." Uh, no. He also told me not to cut my hair anymore. Gee, thanks pal. He's balding - what does he care? lmao it'd be really funny if he read this. I gave him the link a long ass time ago, but I highly doubt he looked at it. Oh well, the point is that he totally molested us the whole time...but we had Patrick to save us for a while, and then David got off work and came over there to see us...and then Tim would come and chat with us. He came and sat down next to me for a while too. Woot. We also saw Eric and gave him the usual friendly hello, so we looked like whores. Haha, it was great.

After we ate (we stayed quite some time), we went to Blockbuster and rented Kill Bill. We got a free movie as well, so we got "But I'm a Cheerleader!" We went home and started the movie, but Sean came over in the middle of it and wanted us to go back to his house with him. We stopped the movie and went with him.

His family, Brit's family, me, and some random friends of Ryan's (his brother) were over there. We shot off some fireworks, Sean showed off his smoke bombs and talked about how next year we're going to re-enact the war with Iraq instead of the Civil War, etc. They had burgers and drinks, but we had just eaten. *shrugs* After a while, all the adults were drunk and all the random kids went home. Ryan went inside, and the adults wanted to swim...so we went back to Brit's house and changed into our bathing suits. (Mine was still over there from when we went boating.) We headed back over there and swam with the adults for a while, and then the three of us (me, Brit, and Sean) got in the hot tub and made fun of how drunk the adults were. Sean's mom kept asking me where I was going to school, talking about how warm the water was, and saying "Look at the stars!" She and Brit's mom would float on their backs and count stars while the three of us cracked up. Anyways!

After a while, the adults called it a night...but the three of us hopped back into the pool and talked until 1 o'clock. Lord, that boy can talk! Haha, but I'm not complaining. He rocks, and I haven't laughed that hard in a while. I'll write more about that later, because I need to go to bed. Brit and I are getting together with Chris and Mark tomorrow. *yawns* Sweet dreams, and sorry for any typos! I'll edit this tomorrow.

hegga-pieface to the max

~dramatics — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 08:08:10 PDT

Okay, so my neck hurts and earlier I felt like I was going to throw up. Then again, I don't really remember what that feels like since I haven't done it in years. Anyways! lol no more complaining from me.

Brit's coming over between 2:30 and 3:30 tomorrow, and we're going to do our mall/movie deal. We may even try on clothes, since our movie doesn't start 'til 7. (Haha, we're going to see Dodgeball.) Kenny wasn't able to meet us at the movies, so we'll have to arrange another get-together sometime soon. Stevieb (lol @ us actually calling him that so we know which Stephen we're talking about) wants to get together next weekend, but I was planning on going to Rock Hill with Jus. We'll have to see how things turn out, I suppose.

I'm spending the night at Brit's, and then the plan is to get together with Chris and Mark the next day. I think we're going to Carolina Wings or something. Whaaatever. I don't really care where we go.

My grandma is here, and earlier she was walking around singing "I work hard for my money" over and over. It was amusing, to say the least.

EDIT: I need to remember to burn the new Maroon 5 cd for Kelly (She's burning me the Get-Up Kids), and to send the pictures from English to Natalie. I think Kelly wanted me to go to the Warped Tour with her, but I have no clue when that is or where that is. Haven't looked into it or anything.

EDIT #2: Okay, my friends list is on my userpage now...but I couldn't narrow it down to 24, so a lot of people aren't on the front! Ack. Sorry about that, guys. lol too many awesome people to narrow it down. Oh, and if I missed you (I'm sure I missed some people that I meant to put on there) then just let me know and I'll go back and check your box. *winks*

EDIT #3: My oh-so-smart self accidentally re-added *donnelly and ` snowmask to their watch list. Aye yi yi. I was just trying to get to the page with everyone's little check boxes.

feel the love

~dramatics — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 22:04:49 PDT

Okay, so today I went to school to make up my 29 minutes...but I ended up staying longer than that so that I could finish some makeup work. After that, I went back home, checked my mail, and headed to bed. I woke up around 1:45 and got ready to go to Dr. Corsale. We went over there around 2:35 and my appointment was at 3. We were out of there before 3:30, so I called Justin on the way home to let him know I was ready whenever he was. He came and picked me up shortly after I got back, and the two of us swung by Walmart (lotion, much? lol), then went to Columbiana. I'm proud of myself for not buying anything. Haha, Justin spent enough for both of us...but it's okay since he rarely spends money. (And the Hollister shirts he got were awesome. He used my "Club Cali" card or whatever.)

After we shopped/browsed/whatever - we went to Texas Roadhouse to eat. Our waitress was sweet. Her name was Jennifer, and we got to watch her square dance with a bunch of the other waitresses and one Mexican busboy. 'Twas fun. I saw Jamie and Marie, as well as Kiona. (who apparently works there now) Stephen was there too. Lovely. Oh, but Justin got a steak! *laughs* I'm so proud. You weren't the girl today, Jus!

When we had finished stuffing our faces, Jus & I went over to Target to look at cds and stuff. While we were going in, I saw Erika and she waved at me frantically and then turned around again and waved at me some more. lol I miss Erika.

Two seconds later, we see Alex K. and Becker walking towards the entrance as well. I've seen them twice this week...but it's okay because it's Target and that's where she lives. Justin was like "Dang girl, look at you!" because I saw lots of people I knew. Yeah, 'cause I'm popular and all. *sarcasm*

After Target, we headed to Circuit City...which is where Justin spent oodles of money. (on very cool stuff) We went back to my house, hung out for a bit, and then he left and I talked to Brit on the phone for a while. We made plans for Sunday, which is going to be very fun. Woot.

RANDOM: *My grandma got here today, and she's spending the 4th with us. *I got new bras, and I'm getting even more soon. lol -- I'm finally getting pretty bras. You're excited and wanted to know that, right? Right. *Myspace has become quite the addiction.

Lots more, but I'm tired and need to go to bed. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow, so I may be online for a while. IM me if ya want!

EDIT: Will someone make me into a vector? lol I know that sounds lame, but I love vectors and I'll display it as my featured deviation with credit to you. *nods* They're just fun, and I can't make them...but I can write you a poem or take a picture for you in return!

subway cookies are yummy

~dramatics — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 15:41:25 PDT

Four day weekend, baby! Woooo! lol I do have to go in for 29 minutes tomorrow, but "it ain't no thang." I've got that at 8 o'clock, and then I'll go home and chill. (maybe sleep for a while) I've got Dr. Corsale at 3, and then I'm going to Columbiana with Jus. I don't know what I'm doing on Saturday, but I'm spending the night with Brit on Sunday. I miss my Shitknee! That'll rock. I'm looking forward to it.

Chris called me yesterday and really wanted to get a group together to see Spiderman 2. Unfortunately, most people were busy or just couldn't go. (To name a few: Brit, Kristen, Tiffany, Connor, Sarah, etc.) Anyways, I called Justin and he wanted to go! Woot. The three of us bought tickets, ate at Zaxby's, then came back for the show. We were early, of course. Ha -- we saw a bunch of people. Megan, Lauren A., Lauren J., Rebecca, Alex K., Becker, Tamera, Jennifer...and the list goes on!

We managed to find three seats together at the end of one of the rows near the top. (I really didn't wanna sit in the front row like our group did for POTC.) I sat in between Justin and Chris, and they actually made a lot of the same comments during the movie. lol -- we laughed...a lot. (At parts that weren't even supposed to be funny!) Mainly Kirsten. "I've always been standing in your doorway." It was a good movie though, IMHO.

Chris asked me lots of questions that just couldn't be answered with anything more than a laugh. "So I guess you're not a bathroom person, huh?" / "Do you regret dating Connor? I mean...it's Connor." / etc. There were lots of others, but the main one was the bathroom one. That cracked me up. You probably had to be there.

My English teacher called me brilliant, and I had to help a bunch of kids write their papers after I was through. Ego boost much? Scott gave me his Subway cookies because he works there and has some every friggin day. I shared them with Mickey. Good story, eh? Time for a nap. (And yes Justin, I'll actually call you back if I can't get to sleep!) Love y'all.

Do you want to be on my friends list? :)

~dramatics — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:07:42 PDT

Okay, I wanted to narrow down the people on my friends list. Not my watch -- just the people that show up on my page. I don't want to exclude anyone, though! Therefore, if you want to be on there...let me know! Some people are on there automatically, but don't take any chances. Mwuhaha. I'll type up a real journal entry later!

EDIT: My head hurts like whoa. I need to take some meds and hit the sack. I'm gonna have to wake up to watch Mona Lisa Smile (it has to go back either tonight or tomorrow) and do some homework -- but I need to get some shut eye before all that.

Brit, Justin, & Kristen: If any of y'all want to hang out I can give up my little cat nap! Especially you, Kristen, since you're leaving me soon! Just give me a call. I'll put the phone right next to my bed.

ain't no shame in my game

~dramatics — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:06:58 PDT

I'm so glad that today is almost over. It was pretty bad, but I just had to grit my teeth and bear it. I had a panic attack and even shed a few tears. (First time that's happened in a few weeks, I believe.) Everything turned out all right in the end, though -- and I should've known that all along.

I ended up writing a short skit at the last minute, because no one else had anything either. Natalie and I were talking about how we couldn't sleep last night, due to worrying about this stupid assignment. (She's a team captain too.) Kelly wrote a skit during economics, and Ryan's group just kinda went with it. Same for Scott's. Briana's group was the only one that actually had something prepared, so they got a 24/25. Our group got a 21/25, which isn't bad for 10 minutes worth of work! Kelly got a 22, Scott got a 23, Ryan got a 23, and Natalie got a 15. She can afford it, though. Natalie, Kelly, and I have the highest averages in the class. *shrugs* We ended up voting and decided to use the points as bonus anyway. We just divided our score in half, and those go towards future assignments. Anyways, enough babbling about that.

Randomness: (Gotta love short sentences!) Stevhan shaved his head. Brit and Justin are coming back today. I need to explain to Vron what a Marion-alert is. Jackie and Matt are dating for like the 7th time. I'm almost back to being "completely healthy" again, but my throat still hurts. Coach Crumpler will be back tomorrow. Miquel needs to stop sending text messages in class because it's annoying as Hell. (He's in both of my classes, and that clicking sound is just...AAAH.) I finally stood up for myself and asked him to stop. Oh wait, I asked him to stop yesterday AND the day before. Must've forgotten.

I got the acoustic/live Maroon 5 cd today! I'm very excited about that, as well as the singles I got. (Fantasia and Diana - woot!) There are so many cds I need to get! *faints*

satire

~dramatics — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:18:41 PDT

I will friggin pay someone to write a five to ten minute skit dealing with satire for me. Seriously. Blood, tears, gold -- you name it. I've got economics homework to do, as well as this skit to write...and the pressure it building up. I doubt anyone will respond to this post, but (just in case you want to help me get started) our group has four members. Three girls and one guy. It just has to deal with satire, and it was supposed to reflect issues of today as well as of the 18th century...but don't worry about that. That's something I can add in. lol I say that like someone is going to reply. *sighs* It's going to be a long night, and tomorrow is going to be Hell. I just want it to be over with.

and it's all your fault

~dramatics — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:44:57 PDT

Okay, so I haven't been updating my journal in a while. Forgive me? I just submitted three poems (two of which I really like), so hopefully that'll make up for it. *since you care and all* Anyways!

On Friday, Justin called me and asked me to hang out with him, Chrissy, and Charlie. I said yes, since I wanted to hang out with either him or Brit that night (they were leaving the next morning) and Brit couldn't get together. Well, we went over to Justin's house and Charlie got there soon after. To make a long story short, we watched the new Peter Pan (So cute! Lots of sexual tension, though.) and then random stuff on T.V. Haha, we watched "Spider Power" for like...2 hours. It was great. We also watched the people on VH1 bash anything and everything. (That always amuses me.)

As soon as Charlie walked in, my Marion-alert went off. (Okay, so I don't actually have one of those...but you get the idea.) He's a lot like him - seriously! He even looks somewhat like him. I pointed this comparison out to Justin on the way home, and Justin agreed that they've got a lot in common. He had been trying to figure out who Charlie reminded him of...so he was relieved to finally get an answer!

I need to write a play based around satire tonight. Blah. I've got lots more rambling to do, but this'll do for now. *nods*

acceptance

~dramatics — Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:02:38 PDT

*This has been copied and pasted from my xanga! deviantART was in read-only mode when I was writing the entry*

School was extremely long, as per usual, but luckily tomorrow is Friday. I need to remember to bring my camera to school, because Stevhan is completely shaving his head this weekend for R.O.T.C. (I'm thinkin' he's not going to be quite as hot as before, but I could be wrong.) Oh, and I need to remember to plan a get-together for me, Mickey (aka Kristen Mckee), Jessica, and Kelvin this weekend so that we can work on our play. Maybe just me and Mickey...I dunno. *shrugs*

After school, I got home and called Kristen. She picked me up, and the two of us went to Manifest. We did a lot of browsing there, and she got the "Black Lines to Battlefields" cd by Acceptance, as well as a cute new Dickies bag. From there we went to Best Buy so that she could look for some of the other cds on her list, but we were unsuccessful. We went to Circuit City after that, but didn't have any luck there either. We ended up going to Columbiana Mall, and I got a bunch of pins at Hot Topic. Kristen got some really cool 7/16 gauge earrings.

On the way home, we stopped by another Best Buy so that she could look one last time for the cd that she really wanted. (I still can't remember the name, Kris. lol I'm sad.) Anyways, they had one copy! Woot. She bought it and we went back to my house and ate burgers that my daddy grilled.

The two of us took pictures of some "lemonade stand" signs on Morning Echo, and I posted a few on here. (They were rather amusing.) I also took some pictures of her, and then we uploaded them online.

She ended up leaving early (Well, not that early. It's 11:26 and she left about 10 minutes ago.) because I'm getting sick and needed to go to bed. On top of that, she's got to take her brother to the orthodontist tomorrow. (Fun stuff, eh?)

Haha, I totally forgot to mention us looking through "the boyfriend bag!" Let's see...we read letters from Robbie, Travis, Chris, Deeds, Kevin, Steven, and I think that's it. There's no Marion-bashing allowed, so we didn't read any of his. Speaking of Marion, I need to give him a call.

I've got lots to add, but I'm a sickling and my pillows look lonely.

I need a hero

~dramatics — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:29:27 PDT

My neck hurts so much. I probably look like a freak because I keep twisting and turning it in an attempt to crack it. (or at least find a position that's comfortable!) Eh, I don't really care though.

Today was my last day of American Government! I feel like a million bucks...and guess why? I made a 100 on my final exam! *happy dance* Coach Crumpler rocks. (even if no one else thinks so) The study guide and the exam were identical, and we even did three "practice exams" before taking the real one. I feel so...accomplished! It made me kinda mad to see so many people cheating, though. I worked hard to learn the material and all they did was slack off. Whatever. What matters is that I made a perfect score on the test that counts as 20% of my final grade!

After school, I went over to Brit's house and then we headed over to Wimmy's. We got there before her, though...so we called her and she told us where the spare key was. We went inside, drank sodas, looked for dildos ("It's not illegal unless you get caught!" lmao I love you Brit), talked about diseases ("I know what you're thinking...but it's because of my disease!"), etc. Wimmer finally got there, and then the three of us headed over to Camden for the second portion of auditions. (for the Charlie Brown show Wimmer is directing there)

Not many people showed up today, but I got to see the guy who was cast as Charlie Brown...and the girl who was cast as Sally. She's extremely southern, but cute. (I agree with Brit, though - she's a bit annoying.) Anyways, we found some little kids' notebooks and looked through them. Can we say "friggin hilarious"? The pictures and stories in those things were classic. Oh, and the "obvious lesbian" that Wimmy & Brit met yesterday checked me out, according to Brit. I think she was just reading my shirt, but whatever.

The three of us went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner, and ended up having to hide from Stephen. (We thought he wasn't working there anymore!) Ack. I think he thought Wimmer was my mom or something (he's seen Brit's mom) because he didn't come anywhere near us. kthxgood.

Our waiter's name was Tim, and he was super friendly. We got him to try to say "toy boat" three times in a row, but he couldn't do it either. (Yeah, we're cool.) Wimmer would always clap her hands whenever they sang "happy birthday" to someone. It was special. lol "They're gonna think we brought you here in a buggy!" (Not the horse-drawn kind, Brit.) He told us two jokes that I'd never heard before...and I got the right answer to both of them! I felt smart. (For the second time today!)

It was pouring rain when we left, and the lightning & thunder was just as bad. We had to wait for Wimmer's mom to get there with Victoria and Hughston, and then they climbed in the van and we started singing "Livin La Vida Loca" (the Shrek version) at the top of our lungs. Victoria was freaking out about the lightning (she's 5, I believe), so we sang songs to keep her mind off that.

Brit was originally going to drop me off after we hung out at Wimmer's for a while, but the rain was so bad that she realized she might have to spend the night over there...so Wimmer just brought me home on the way. It sucks that I have school. (Otherwise I could've hung out with "the girls" longer!)

Victoria is such a card. She cracks me up. She knew all the words to every song we sang, she dances like a wild woman, and she always grabs me when she wants to talk to me. Anyways, she said something about "Liz's boyfriend" and I was like "I don't have a boyfriend, sweetie." She started talking about a boy with curly hair, and we were like "Connor?" and she goes "No, he has black hair." Again, we asked if it was Connor. She said no again, insisting that he had curly black hair like Brit's. (lol she finally accepted the fact that we knew what we were talking about, so she got to the point.) She told me I should go out on a date with him. Ha! The irony. Brit & Wimmer were like "Noooo! You definitely shouldn't!" I dunno -- maybe you had to be there.

I've babbled enough for now. Look forward to edits later. *evil grin*

EDIT #1: I've started so many poems lately. I think I might put them all together and make one big...mess. I dunno - it could be funny. *shrugs* Also! Have you ever felt the need to cry out of the blue? (It's happened to me before, but not in quite some time.) I haven't cried in a while, so yesterday during class I felt like I needed to. Granted, I wasn't going to since I was in class and because I have nothing to cry about...but still! It's just a strange feeling. Maybe I'll stub my toe and cry about that or something. lol I'm a dork.

Kristen: Do you want to get together tomorrow? I know I could just ask you this...

you know how we do it

~dramatics — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 20:22:03 PDT

Ha, I think I got the subject line from Kristen's old profile - but I could be mistaken. *shrugs* Anyways!

RANDOM
~T.J. came up to me during break and asked me if I'd pass him my exam answers after I finished. (The final exam for American Government is tomorrow, and then we start economics.) I said no in the nicest way possible.
~Ms. Rollerson thought Scott and I were dating. Uh, how about no? She told me I was too good for him. lol what the heck?
~I saw Richard (Crumpler's son) in the hallway today and he gave me a funny look. He's probably thinking "What the heck is she doing here?!" See, I used to be a major over-achiever back in the day, and that's when he and I knew each other.
~Stevhan cracks me up. Seriously! I'm always smiling around that kid.
~The lovely Diana has an account now! You should definitely go check her out: ~enchantress817
~Brit is in Camden helping Wimmer with auditions for the Charlie Brown show she's directing. (Pick a good Sally, ho!)
~Moshin was apparently in a major accident and almost died. Brit and I just thought he hated us and put us on his block list, but he's actually been in the hospital. (He's fully recovered now, thank goodness!)
~I'm not able to go to Charleston with Brit & Jus because they're leaving on Saturday and not coming back until Tuesday. *sighs* Stupid summer school. I hope you guys have fun!
~I was with Beth from 5 to 6 today. The power was out until 5:30, and apparently it had been out an hour before we got there. In fact, everyone's power seemed to be out. (Even the traffic lights were out! *gulps* I hate it when they don't work. It's just an accident waiting to happen.) We had power at the school though. *shrugs*
~I think Brit and I are hanging out tomorrow! I'm really looking forward to that because I haven't gotten to see her in a while, and because she's leaving again on uh...Thursday, I think. (Or maybe it was Wednesday. I'm slow.)
~I'll edit this later. Ha, you know it's true.

EDIT #1: Two people have called asking us if Bailey is missing! Apparently there's a really pretty golden retriever wandering around, so some lady from down the street left a message on the machine...and then Thomas' mom just called and we chatted for a bit. Yeah, I'm just glad Bailey is "safe and sound."

Sorry that I couldn't go to the movies with you and Blair tonight, Chris! Let me know how Dodgeball was.

Thank you to Tom (*budgieishere) for making an awesome avatar for Diana! (linked earlier in the entry) I really appreciate it, and I know she does too!

EDIT #2: I took a nap and made a new friend. lol that sounds...interesting. No, I didn't find this guy in my bed when I climbed in there. He's actually gay, so it wouldn't really matter. *laughs* I think I'm going to call it a night!

Out of stock? :P

~dramatics — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:18:07 PDT

I do have a stock account, but I just never update it. There are so many pictures that I need to add! For the most part, anything in my gallery is available for stock...but just check with me first to make sure. *nods* I'd love for someone to use one of my pictures! Just be sure to let me check out the finished product and I'll be a happy camper.

deviantART: by:dramatics

I've been gone....so you should probably humor me!

I got fired for the first time [details inside]

spit or swallow?

Almost 20k!

I'm not gonna lie...

Whoa, a journal entry from Liz?

well bless her heart!

Neutral Good!

Annie said that the sun would come out tomorrow

Yeah, I get depressed too.

Three featured artists!

Weird dreams & other nonsense.

*Project & Promotion!*

any tips or tricks to share?

You don't have to read this.

check them out now!

links and things

Tangled in the Truth

a condensed version

Devious Journal Entry

tagged by sarah!

tears on my pillow

Devious Journal Entry

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Devious Journal Entry

. she's growing up .

Devious Journal Entry

don't bother clicking here! lol

*she's flawless like some uncut ice*

back in action?

Thank you so much!

Fun with surveys :)

I got banned from the box.

A small favor?

*back from the dead*

HOLY CRAP!

*liz is alive*

*el busy bee*

Please read!

My life rocks, how about yours?

*liz is home!*

*leaving town for a week!*

*check out my scraps!*

*it's almost over*

*super secret spy supplies*

*surprise me*

*as good as new*

*new friends, old memories*

*look at all the stars!*

*hegga-pieface to the max*

*feel the love*

*subway cookies are yummy*

Do you want to be on my friends list? :)

*ain't no shame in my game*

*satire*

*and it's all your fault*

*acceptance*

*I need a hero*

*you know how we do it*

Out of stock? :P

Project & Promotion!

she's flawless like some uncut ice

back from the dead

liz is alive

el busy bee

liz is home!

leaving town for a week!

check out my scraps!

it's almost over

super secret spy supplies

surprise me

as good as new

new friends, old memories

look at all the stars!

hegga-pieface to the max

feel the love

subway cookies are yummy

ain't no shame in my game

satire

and it's all your fault

acceptance

I need a hero

you know how we do it