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Thought you folks might be interested in these...

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:35:04 GMT

My letter(s) to Chris Sackett! Lots of facts, information, and confusion! Onward, to victory!

Chris--

My name is Alessandra Fritz (Ali). I am a pre-theatre major with honors with the goal of joining the acting program here at SOU. I'm pretty dang confident that I will at least get into Acting I, if not proceed through the entire acting program. At this point in time I can't say I'm interested in anything other than Acting, except for maybe voice acting. Haha. I'm also vaaaguely interested in props and costuming, but not enough to make a life out of either of them.

I asked my den mother (Monica Keaton) about my crazy confusing credit situation and she said that you would be the best person to help me figure things out.

In high school, I took several AP tests as well as two separate improvisation classes at PCC and PSU. In total I have 42 credits already accounted for as an incoming freshman, so I'm sort of like a transfer... except not. I'm wondering exactly how much those credits will go toward making my trip through college easier and/or faster. I would love to be able to graduate a term or so early (saves time and money), though apparently that's absolutely unheard of in the department. My second idea was figuring out things so that my final year of college would essentially be solely theatre department classes and maybe interning/working at OSF.

If I am to accomplish that goal, however, I'm going to have to some pretty intricate planning to make sure everything is in order. I'm not really sure exactly how much information you'd want to know about my situation before scheduling a meeting, sooo I'm pretty much going to give you everything I've got and call it good. You may find that really unnecessary and annoying, completely disregard everything from here forward and really tackle everything face to face at a scheduled meeting. If that's your preference, I can probably just print this email off and bring it in when I come talk to you... haha.

Essentially, I not only want to figure out what classes I should be taking next term, I would also really like to figure out a general idea of what classes I'll be taking through my sophomore year.

My AP credits are as follows:
EC 202, Macroeconomics
HST 250 and 251, American History and Life
ENG 104, Intro to Literature
Spanish 101 through 201
WR 121, English Composition
(36 credits total)

And then there are my 6 Improv credits from PCC and PSU. When I brought the subject of my improv credits up with Maggie at registration she said that there is a high chance those credits would not be counted toward my major... that would probably affect my situation immensly either way.

My class load this term is as follows:
Japanese 101
USEM 101
Theatre Foundations
Concert Choir
Web Development
Theatre Practice (Ushering)
= 17 credits

After I've finished this term, I will only need these lower division university studies BA requirements:

Math 4 credits (I placed in the 97th percentile when I took the placement test, so I can pretty much take whatever math class fits into my schedule. I'd prefer to take 105H because it's the easiest and is an honors class.)

Science 8 credits (Looking at Astronomy. I'm currently taking web development this term.)

USEM 8 credits (duh)

Humanities 8 credits (Looking at Philosophy 201 and 205)

So I have 28 university studies classes to spread across, theoretically, the next 5 terms at SOU. Another thing that factors into the situation is that I'm currently taking Japanese 101, and would like to continue the first level Japanese program throughout this year if possible. I'm also taking concert choir and would like to take that every term this year as well, and there's the whole honors thing to take into consideration, if I want to keep up with that. The course load I've taken on this term is challenging but I can still keep up with it, so I've based each term's load on my current one. Sooo here's what I've kind of figured out so far...

Winter 2009- (I looked up these classes online, they do fit together schedule-wise.)
USEM 102
Japanese 102
Concert Choir
Mth 243: Elementary Statistics (In place of Acting I, which hopefully I could request to take in the spring instead of the winter to get my math credits over with.)
Script Analysis
Theatre Practice
=17 (to 19 credits, depending on what I do for my theatre practice. I really want to get into Dick Whittington and His Amazing Cat!)

Spring 2009- (may or may not work with scheduling)
USEM 103
Japanese 103
Concert Choir
Acting I
Stagecraft or Costume Fundamentals
Theatre Practice
=17 (to 19) credits

Now, where it really gets weird is during my sophomore year, and that's what I'm most confused about. The details get pretty fuzzy, and I'm not a fan of fuzzy. Most people will have loads and loads of university studies requirements to complete, while I will have anywhere from 16 to 20 credits. By this point I'll be willing to let Japanese go for a while to fill requirements quicker.

Fall 2009-
Ph 112
Phl 201H
4-credit theater thing (Acting II?)
3-credit theater thing (Stagecraft or Costume Fundamentals?)
Concert Choir
Theatre practice
=17 (to 19) credits

Winter 2010-
Ph 114
Phl 205H
4-credit theater thing
3-credit theater thing (Stage Lighting or Theatre Sound?)
Concert Choir
Theatre Practice
=17 (to 19) credits

Spring 2010- All lower level university studies requirements filled
4-credit theater thing
3-credit theater thing (Stage Lighting or Theatre Sound?)
Concert Choir
Theatre Practice
= 9-11 credits? Maybe 15 if I take my Math class this term instead of in winter 2009?

So THIS, this is where things get fuzzy. Spring of 2010, I could, maybe, declare myself a junior and start to eliminate my higher level university studies requirements, of which there are only 12 credits for. So after I fill those, I will pretty much ONLY have theatre classes to take... which is awesome. I'm wondering, though, does that mean there's a chance that I could graduate a term early, especially if the college improv classes I took during high school count towards my major?

I apologize for being so obsessive about this, I would just like to have some sort of idea as to how the next few years will go, when I should declare myself a junior, and if graduating a term early is a realistic goal. I just hope that all of the work that I did in high school to get at least a bit ahead in college was not for naught.

I'm also curious as to whether it is actually possible to graduate with honors in theatre or if I should just drop that whole "hey guys, I'm smart" thing altogether.

Now, I should really get to bed, because I have an insanely busy day tomorrow.

If we could schedule a meeting at a time that would be good for you, I would really be greatful. I'm free Monday-Thursday from 3pm onward, and I'm usually not that busy Friday through Sunday, though this particular weekend I am unsually busy. Bah. This email is way too long, I'm ending it now.

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to working with you!
Alessandra Fritz

And then--

I was looking through the university requirements, and I noticed a little note that says:

"Jr. Plan needs to be filed with your major department by 90 credits."

I guess I had a misconceived notion of exactly when I would be able to "become" a junior? I will have over 90 credits by the end my freshman year. Most likely at least 93 after Spring 09. Sooo, I'm wondering what I'm supposed to do there...

Also, I was checking up on the honors scholar requirements, and apparently I can apply to be an honors scholar after I've taken one honors class, even if my major department doesn't currently have an honors program (as must I assume is the case with the theatre department).

I had forgotten that I need to take at least one honors course this year to stay in the program, so I figured that into the equation, looked up the available honors courses and have switched out Statistics with Honors Ethics: Moral Issues in my tentative Winter 09 plan. I can just take my math class sometime later on, no biggie. They both fill university studies requirements.

Es good, no?

Sorry again for bothering you with all this nonsense. :)
Ali Fritz

In other news, I got a few posters to decorate my room with in the mail today. I bought them over ebaylicious ebay. One ridiculously huge ONCE poster, one smaller The Fall poster, and another smaller I Support Cedric Diggory for the Triwizard Tournament poster. I may take pictures eventually. Wait with baited breath my friends.

Sorry for lack of updates,

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:11:45 GMT

I've been feeling uber antisocial and I guess that includes teh intranets.

Note to self: FREAKING EMAIL CHRIS SACKETT ABOUT CLASS SCHEDULE PLEEEASE. Do it. For goodness sake. You SERIOUSLY need to. I don't care if it's going to be awkward and complicated, just do it, for the sake of all things holy.

And now, scheduling.

FRIDAY

~9am wake up, shower, eat cereal for breakfast
~10am take Japanese workbook, go down to language lab
~10:15am, SIGN IN, ask for Japanese 101 CD, hopefully someone will know what you're talking about
~11:15am, finish listening portion of Japanese workbook chapter 1
~11:30am, go back to dorm, check mailbox get something to eat
~12pm, get all ready for heading off to Corio
~12:10pm, head down to Siskiyou and Bridge if you can find it
12:30pm board RVTD #10 at Siskiyou and Palm or Bridge if it's easy to spot
12:40pm get off at Lithia and Oak, if you have some extra time, check out the Tudor Gift Shop
1:05pm Be at New Theatre to see Coriolanus
1:30pm Coriolanus starts (Yay Danforth Comins!)
~4:20pm, get out of Corio
4:30pm, board RVTD #10 at Ashland Springs Hotel (aww, good times)
4:40pm, get off at Siskiyou and Avery
5pm-6pm nap
6pm get something for dinner, Americone Dream ice cream to eat at extra credit movie?
6:30pm head over to Hawthorne to watch The Kite Runner for 10 extra credit points, get a good seat
7pm Kite Runner starts
~9pm, discuss movie for extra credit
~9:30, head back to room, watch ANTM or Bones if you haven't seen one of them, and/or TDS/TCR, check up on Gaia whatsits
SLEEP

SATURDAY
10am (hopefully) wake up, shower, etc., eat apple for breakfast
11am Do washing
11:35am do drying
12:40pm take clothes out of dryer, put them away
1:30pm get something to eat, check mailbox
2:00pm-5:00pm Head over to Hannon Library, 3rd floor. Look at all Tennessee William scripts and try to find something legit. 3x "something legit"s, actually. Monologues should not be longer than 20-25 lines, be contemporary and vaguely my gender and age and should hit home. Loneliness would be good. hardy har. Humor is excellent too. MAKE COPIES OF WHAT YOU FIND!
5:15pm, nap
After nap, email Monica with monologue ideas, she what she thinks, eat dinner, mess around on the computer
~7pm, PB & J for dinner, finish that stuff up man
8pm, Maybe watch Once in the Lounge?
11:30pm watch SNL?
SLEEP

SUNDAY

At some point:

-Do essay for USEM
-Do box summary for USEM, read chapter 3
-start working on CS210 lab #3.
-Finish written portion of Japanese Workbook Chapter 1.
-Put recycling in the recycling
-empty trash, put new bag in there
-wash dishes
-tidy room a little. Not too much. Just enough.
-make sure your friends aren't dead
SLEEP please.

And for today, I have take a nap, eat dinner, EMAIL CHRIS SACKETT YOU FOOL, upload facebooky pictures of me to facebook, and watch Ugly Betty/The Office/SNLTU on the schej for the rest of the night. I'm going to go do the first of those things. Mmmm, bed.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:47:03 GMT

I looked it up. Apparently TL;DR means too long; didn't read. Lulz. Yes, I have been unaware. How long has this abbreviation been in circulation? Am I out of touch with the intranetz?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:55:42 GMT

Hey so I probably have stuff I could talk about like finding out about auditions for the a capella club here, "Dulcet", and seeing Eagle Eye, and a couple of people notes, and suchlike.

But I am still not feeling uber talkative. So instead, you get this.

It's a headshot of the gaia user Poppy Fey, from the DTAAY thread in the beta guild (what we have a guild spoilerrrs).

For the first time I've used my tablet in probably over a year, and done in about 45 minutes, I think it's pretty legit.

No one commented on how pretty it was after I posted it, though, because right above my post someone posted prettier art of a shirtless guy. >___>; And the girl I made it for had gone to bed. Sad times!

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:00:25 GMT

Did not get called back.

Oh well, there's always next term!

YAY PUSHING DAISIES

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:33:59 GMT

I want a Ned. :( HE'S SO SWEEET AAAAAGH

I saw Riley walking down the hall the opposite way I was going earlier today, so it was like full frontal view, which I never really got at the floor meeting, and let's just say, five seconds after we passed each other I couldn't stop from mouthing "OH MY GOD" to myself.

That man. Is beautiful. I hope I get to look at him other times. It really brightened my day today. Not that my day reeeeally needed brightening, but still. Seriously. At this point I think he definitely goes on the "Most Gorgeous Guys I've Ever Seen In Person" list. Which I should make at some point. But...

So gorgeous. Really. I couldn't contain my need to ravish him, so I wrote on my whiteboard (it's on the front of my door for all to see):

"Ali's mind theater:
Imaginary Flirting 101.

'I've noticed some
serious sexual
tension between us...
what's your name
again, before I
ravish you all over?'"

... Because I'm still not entirely sure his name is Riley. Lulz.

Too bad I looked like poop on a stick at the time.

Anywhos, today I got a package from my mommy, which held a big plate, two smaller plates, a small bowl, some differin, a couple of really huge blue floofy fabricky thingers to decorate part of my room with and a few envelopes with some stamps. Yay for Mommy!

Thanks to her, I am now able to send my own care package to the folks at Wilson. It includes: Friendship bracelets for Jane and Na'ama, a packet of apple cider for Amanda (it's freaking delicious by the way, I'm having some right now), some Nerds Watermelon chapstick for Jessica, a super absorbant o.b. tampon, a receipt from Quizno's, a peice of paper I put on my door when I was practicing for auditions to let people know I wasn't crazy, a couple sticks of Trident Tropical Twist gum, aaaand probably something else that I forgot.

Hurdy hurr, I am so cool.

I took a trip to Market of Choice today and got some more healthy-ish eat-at-home meals, such as healthy wheat bread and healthy jam and reduced fat skippy for delicious pb & j times, some super healthy tortillas and reduced fat mixed cheese for the good ol' cheesy tortilla trick, and some organic noodley things. I forgot to get some more milk for my cereal, though, which is sad, but I bet they sell milk in carton at the food court, which is chill. 'd. In the refridgerator. Haha.

Tomorrow I have a quiz in Japanese on the characters for a (looks like a screaming turtle), i (looks like two eels), u (just looks super cool, also kind of like a turned around u with a dashy thing at the top), e (looks like a pretty z with a dash on top) and o (the "golfing flag thing with the golf ball and all that jazz). Also, ohayou gozaimasu (polite Good Morning), konnichiwa (Good Afternoon), arigatou gozaimasu (polite Thank You), konbanwa (Good Evening), iie (no.; not at all), hajimemashite (How do you do?) and doozo yoroshiku (nice to meet you).

I'll probably just cram in the morning or something. Good times!

EDIT: Oh yeah, almost forgot. Meme!

1) Think of the first word that comes to mind when you think of me.
2) Go to Google Images and search for that word.
3) Reply to this post with one of the pictures on the first page of results (don't tell me the word).
4) Put this in your own journal so that I can do the same.

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:36:47 GMT

I believe auditions went well. The callback list will be posted late Thursday night, hopefully I'll be on it.

In other news...

Greed:	Medium
Gluttony:	Medium
Wrath:	Very Low
Sloth:	Medium
Envy:	Medium
Lust:	Very Low
Pride:	Medium

Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz

Sorry for the lack of legit update today, I'm not feeling super talkative.

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:50:38 GMT

I'm off to see the wizard! The wonderful wizard of Auditions!

and I wonder, if you know, what it means, to find your dreams

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:50:38 GMT

DEFINE ME?
THE LIVEJOURNAL DICTIONARY MEME

Because you know I love things like this.

Japanese 101 was pretty interesting, though it was really just Yamanouchi-sensei explaining what we'll be doing and suchlike, and we got out early. I can tell that class is going to be really engaging for me, in that special part of my brain that doesn't get used much (I think it has the texture of bread pudding these days). Anywho, she seems really nice, and the class set-up is relatively organized. The only problem I have with the situation is that I have to go down to the language lab I think she said once or twice a week to work with the textbook, which is LAME LAME LAME LAME. LAME LAME LAME LAME! Apparently the company that makes Genki wouldn't give her a discount on the language CDs, so there's a shortage of them, blah blah blah, I have to do some of my homework somewhere other than my dorm. Sad times! Oh well, the class will be challenging and interesting, and that's all that really matters.

USEM 101: Performace and Palpitations is much more legitimate than I had anticipated. Apparently it's not just about performance on stage, it's about how we perform when we act with others on a day - to - day basis, and how we change our face based on the situation we're in, and all that. Which is seriously riiight up my alley. The teacher is this old man, Doyne Mraz. He is pretty dang crazy, which is how I like my English teachers. He swears and is blunt and weird and he reminds me a lot of Mr. Meiner, actually, except maybe a bit more addled in the brain thanks to many, many more years of dealing with students.

I don't think I've ever mentioned her, but I met this girl named Rachel at Raider Registration (we were pretty much buddies for the day), and she's in my USEM class as well as my Theater Foundations class, and I have a feeling we may become pretty good friends. Sooo that's excellent!

My word of the week appears to be "excellent".

Tomorrow is when the real fun starts-- My schedule is as follows:
Japanese 101. 9-9:50am.
Theater Foundations. 10-11:30am.
Concert Choir. 12-1:50pm.
Web Development I. 2-2:50pm.

I am majorly excited for Theater Foundations and Concert Choir. SO EXCITED AAHAHHHHHHARRGH THE EXCITEMENT!!!! The friends I will make! The hot men I will meet! It'll be AWESOME!

My audition is also tomorrow night, so preemptively wish me luck/pray/shoot up my competition for me, plz. I'll probably be doing the whole posting pictures and such of my room thing once this week quiets down, ie, on Friday when I have no classes. Yay for that!

And yay for CHUCK and HEROES tonight!! :) Sad that I'll be missing GG, but I can always watch it online somewhere tomorrow afternoon, right?

Voice Post

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:05:34 GMT

Voice Post

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:01:24 GMT

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Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:45:12 GMT

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Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:39:17 GMT

Sooo I never posted this here, and it is great.

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:33:10 GMT

Yes. I did film and edit this all on my ownz0r with my rinky dink little mostly-for-taking-pictures camera (what it cost like $350 or something when I got it). Thank you, Windows Movie Maker 2.6 and Windows Vista for coming with it.

This video debuted at the 2008 troscars, which I was unable to attend as I was vacationing in Ashland at the time (hello, Danforth Comins). I won Best Actress in an Ensemble Role for Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland and the Ali Fritz award, which was created by me, for me, and people like me (not even kidding). Essentially the AF award is for people who don't EVER get any credit, but are ridiculously brilliant and are essentially the spirit of the drama department that year (I suggested that be the name of the award - "Spirit of the Dept. Award", but that didn't fly I guess). Those two awards I won? I never recieved. Yeah, we have statues and medals and everything. But when I visited Wilson again after coming back from Ashland, Mr. Miller said he thought someone had already picked them up for me, which is ridiculous. No one picked them up for me. So now they are lost and it is all his fault. Arg. So much for my credit. Now it's all in spirit and crap. Whatever man, I just wanted my statue and my name on a plaque. Shiz. Four years of heartache for WHSTD and I get absolutely nothing to put on my desk and college (this was the first and last year I ever won a Troscar for anything). I was in choir for a year and I got my name on a plaque for that (Wilson's Female Singer of the Year 2008, by the way). Haha. Talking about my accomplishments makes me feel so cool. Speaking of which, I sang the national anthem with the male singer of the year at graduation. In front of, literally, thousands of people. And I did a dang good job, thank you very much.

Anyway, enough about me (Impossible!). The majority of those featured in this ten minute long dedication video were seniors who are now going off to college, so that the kiddies could remember us if they wanted to or something. But there are also some other cool kiddies too. Like Korey (in the Taz suit), who is now Thespian Board Prez. And other people. Also, I am in twice other than my voice. You'll totally be able to recognize the second one (it's super obvious) but let's see if you can figure out the first.

PLZ TO BE VOTING. or suggesting. I don't do "jokes". I'm just funny naturally.

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:21:20 GMT

Which of these jokes (told in a british accent, in first person) do you think would be best for my audition? If you have a better idea, please post it in the comments! Thank you!

1. The other day, I was walking through an art gallery, and I saw something peculiar. I stopped in front of one exhibit, and sneered at one of the hosts, "I suppose that is some kind of modern art?" "No, madam," replied the woman.
"I'm afraid it's a mirror."

2. There was me and my brother, in this cottage in the country, all on our own in the dead of night. My brother said, 'What was that noise? I thought I heard an owl.'
I said, 'You probably did. I stepped on the dog's paw.'

3. My mother said to me recently, 'I had this awful nightmare. There was your teacher being devoured by this foul-looking monster.'
And I said; 'Go on, what happened.'
My mother said, 'Well, I can't get it out of my head really. The ugly face, the foul fangs, the slimy dribble, the bloodshot eyes....
I replied, 'Yes, but what did the monster look like?'

4. My mother said to me, 'Your uncle's a miser you know. In all that cold weather last week, he just sat huddled over a candle.'
I said, 'Good Lord, Mother, they say it's going to be even colder this week.'
She said, 'Yes, well you never know. This week he may light it.'

5. I was staying with my uncle. One day he come in and said, 'One of the chickens has just died. We'll have roast chicken for dinner.' I said, 'Lovely.'
The next day he come in and said, 'One of the pigs has just died. We'll have roast pork for dinner.'
I said,'Lovely'.
One of the ducks died the next day. He said, 'We'll have roast duck for dinner.'
I said, 'Lovely.'
Then the next day he came down all dressed in black.
He said, 'Your auntie's just died.'
I said, 'Don't worry. I'm not stopping for dinner.'

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this is my insomnia song, it isn't very long

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:23:52 GMT

Oh, also, I would post this on fandom secrets, but I am not embarrassed, and actually find it kind of funny.

When reading Ring Round the Moon, the play I'm auditioning for, the only thing that made it really bearable was that it reminded me SO MUCH of Gossip Girl. I mean the plot is really not at all similar but the characters and their relationships are. Well. Enough for me to srsly see a connection.

Hugo = Chuck
Diana = Blair (I was so shipping Hugo/Diana from the start.)

Those two were super distinct throughout. The others, not so much.

Frederick = Nate, also kind of Dan
Isabelle = Jenny, also kind of Serena

And then all of their parents and older relatives are like "Oh we are old and rich and uppity" or, like Isabelle's parent (RE: Jenny) "Oh, I am old and have high hopes for my child". Or, in the case of Capulat, the part I'm auditioning for, "Oh, I am old and wish I were young again". Hurdy hurr.

a combination of lots of thoughts, realizations, questions, (shut up with your desperate face)s

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:04:01 GMT

Note to self: Don't worry about flight miles. They will not expire. The deal is that your account is erased entirely if you have no activity whatsoever after two full years, which will not be happening any time soon. Feel good about saving them up! Maybe you'll have enough to fly to AX or SDCC for frees next year! Preferrably SDCC since it is the latest con in the season, as well as the farthest away.

Also, self, just because you have foolishly fooled yourself into last-minute falling in crushland for someone does not mean at all that he reciprocates your feelings, or understands your feelings at all, or that it would be worth it at all to get a fairy godmother to wave her magic wand and then get to make out with him for a night before you leave, OR for that matter, does it mean that your feelings are actually legitimate. You are just being a wuss. Shut up with your desperate face already and focus on Acting and Moving and Friends and suchlike. Doing otherwise will just keep you in this slump.

Speaking of which (Acting), I found my monologue for auditioning! It may well be longer than a minute, though, so I'll have to time it after I memorize it and then cut it, which should be pretty easy to do, as there are many good stopping points. There are a couple of others from the same play with the same character, but none make much sense out of context and don't really show my talent. Which apparently I really do have according to the incredibly discerning Kaia and her mom (shut up with your desperate face Ali, you know you're talented, people have told you before, this is nothing new, seriously, you annoy me so much). SOO here it is in all of its glory!

HESTER (standing by a table): We are trying to build up life, Lady Hunstanton, on a better, truer, purer basis than life rests on here. This sounds strange to you all, no doubt. How could it sound other than strange? You rich people in England, you don't know how you are living. How could you know? You shut out from your society the gentle and the good. You laugh at the simple and the pure. Living, as you all do, on others and by them, you sneer at self-sacrifice, and if you throw bread to the poor, it is merely to keep them quiet for a season. With all your pomp and wealth and art you don't know how to live--you don't even know that. You love the beauty that you can see and touch and handle, the beauty that you can destroy, and do destroy, but of the unseen beauty of life, of the unseen beauty of a higher life, you know nothing. You have lost life's secret. Oh, your English society seems to me shallow, selfish, foolish. It has blinded its eyes, and stopped its ears. It lies like a leper in purple. It sits like a dead thing smeared with gold. It is all wrong, all wrong.

In related news, I still need a brilliant 30 second joke I can tell in a British accent! It doesn't have to be British at all, it just has to be a ridiculously good joke that would be good for an audition. PLEASE HELP! I don't have the mental patience or calmness to think up a joke by myself! I'll give you credit in my memoirs! 8D

For the past few nights I have been hoping that someone would invite me out to dinner, but everyone's all busy having lives and crap like that (besides, I was being really passive-agressive about it). Oh well. Tomorrow I'm going to go hang out with Kaia, Amanda, Jessica and anyone else who speaks up about wanting to come along. We'll get dinner somewhere (preferrably not Panda Express, possibly the flying elephant) and then go see Ghost Town with that one funny Brit. I kind of want to do something before that, too, but I am not smart enough/do not have enough social skills to think of what. My only idea was to bring everyone over to my house to play Mario Kart or Mario Party (3), but that would that actually be fun for them? I don't know what is fun for people. Plz reply as to whether that is fun or not. I could bake some lemon blueberry bread for them or something! Or maybe chocolate chip cookies! Friends like chocolate chip cookies, right?

I still have not begun packing (I will probably leave that for Monday, ie the day before I leave), but I am almost done cleaning my bathroom (just have to do the floor, yick), which is the first step to being ready to go (plus it gives me $15 for paying for stuff tomorrow). (Wow, parentheses much?) I still have to clean M&D's bathroom, and the boy's bathroom, and maybe the kitchen if Mom thinks it is necessary. I'll probably end up doing these things on Sunday since people seriously don't to appear care that I am leaving in now LESS THAN FOUR DAYS and I will not see any of them until most likely Thanksgiving, when I will be seeing Bolt with Amanda and probably a movie or two with Jessica as well, since I will be super super down on watchings with Jessica by then. Plus I love her a lot. But yeah, school will most likely not be in session then, so people like she-who-will-must-not-be-named and others should really get on the ball. Not that they even realize there's a ball to get on. Bah. It's probably not a legitimate feeling for me to have, but I feel like I shouldn't have to reach out to people right now. They should be reaching out to me, wanting to spend time with me before I leave, you know? At least Amanda's doing that, and Jessica, and Kaia. But the other two friendship bracelet sistren? Are they so busy that they can't really even bother to apologize for being busy?

See, this is where my inherent fear of not being able to keep lasting relationships comes into play. Rarg.

I have decided to make reciprocative friendship bracelets plus one when I have time, though. Which will probably be tonight. While I sit alone, wishing someone would spur-of-the-moment call me and ask me to eat food with them. Sigh. Shut up with your stupid desperate face, Ali. People are busy. It's fall. Get over it. You'll see them again. Not as soon as you'd like to, but again. Maybe you'll be able to catch a bus to go see Mousetrap over Halloween weekend? And as you just found out you'll definitely be able to see One Acts! YAY! (Note to schedule enthusiast(s, if there are more than one), trips to visit Wilson will almost definitely include detailed schedules.)

You know what really bugs me though? When you're listening to a song, and there are these background noises in it that sound like people trying to get your attention... does anyone know what I'm talking about? So you pause the music and then go see if there is actually someone trying to get your attention... but then there isn't... and you feel entirely too confused.

ANTM and Bones were relatively uninteresting to me on Wednesday despite interesting things happening in both of them. You know how it is. I'll probably be back to excited updates in a week or two. (PUSHING DAISIES SOON YEYZ)

What else? Oh, well, I found out the perfect formula for pillows, blankets, and stuffed animals to bring to SOU.

+Weird egyptian cotton pillow
+Snuggly old down pillow
+super squishy strange pillowcase pillow
+Old regular comfort pillow
+Tiny super soft pillow
+new soft snuggly tiny comforter
+old friendly big-ish comforter
+Wilson nostalgia tiny blanket
+super soft strange sleeping bag type blanket even though it has zippers
+Sir Zachary Peter the purple lamb
+Teigh/Jesus naked bear
+Pamela bear (find her)
+Bun-Bun for tiny snugglins
-KITTEN??? No, not allowed. :(

Must figure out later what clothes to take. That will be another good list. For people who like lists.

You know, I bet there will be plenty of really hot guys in choir and drama who are entirely straight, very much attracted to me and not at all douchebags. And lots of girls who don't mind a silly person with insecurities and nonsensical nature and who sometimes withdraws but still loves them a lot. Right? I mean. ... Right? They'll be there, right? Seriously, self. Shut up with your desperate face. Just because you have no idea who your friends will be, it doesn't mean they're nonexistant.

Have faith.

becauuuse I was feeling horrible and needed to distract myself YAYS

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:09:31 GMT

1. Your name/username.
2. Left-handed or right-handed?
3. Favourite letters to write?
4. Least favourite letters to write?
5. Write "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
6. Tag 6 people.

snagged from onehoureternity

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:55:55 GMT

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LJ along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they're listening to.

1. In My Arms (Bimbo Jones remix) - Plumb
2. Invincible - OK Go
3. Let Love In - Goo Goo Dolls
4. What a Feeling (Radio Edit) - Peter Lutz & Dominico
5. I Want Somebody - Arashi
6. Yes - Coldplay
7. Grapefire Vines - Death Cab for Cutie

I don't really feel like tagging people. Soooo do it if you want.

WOW

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:08:36 GMT

Re: House

Um. Um. Um.

Wow.

I am speechless.

...

WHAAAAT.

organizing cosplay, cosplay ideas, maybe a good place to store reference pictures later?

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:40:21 GMT

For when I have money to ~~waste~~ spend.

Current cosplay:
Vash halfass (coat), Trigun
Meryl (all except cloak, guns, maybe hip gun holster), Trigun
Yomiko Readman (all except coat), ROD --NOTE: NEEDS PICTURES D:
Kaname Chidori (all, looks kind of lame), Full Metal Panic!
Renge Houshakuji (all), Ouran Host Club
Hufflepuff Student (looks lame when I wear it to an anime convention), Harry Potter
Johnny K. Gambino (G Bracelets, buckle, pin, cravat? need replacing)

Needs addition/editing:
Johnny K. replacements (posted on cosplay.com)
Meryl cloak, hip gun holster, two derringers at least. Look into super awesome action figure version. (Limebarb plz.)
Yomiko coat (should be able to commission it for less than $50 with shipping)
Edit Kaname cosplay (umm, what? How? Do I have skillz? Stay tuned.)

Future plans/ideas:
Fuu of Samurai Champloo (ask Limebarb, cosplay.com forums)
Tohru Honda of Fruits Basket (ask Limebarb, cosplay.com forums, ebay)
Yuuko of xxxHolic (probably just ask cosplay.com forums)
Rangiku Matsumoto of Bleach (???. ask cosplay.com forums)
Rei Ayaname or Asuka Langley school outfit of NGE (blah figure it out)
Asuka Langley yellow dress (see above)
Random Azumanga Daioh character (see above)
Rinoa Heartilly of FFVIII? (probably not, unless I lose a bit of weight)

I'm also considering making a "convention/cosplay" filter because I feel like half my flist couldn't really care less about this crap. If you'd like to opt-in on my random lists, pictures and banter about anime conventions or cosplay please comment here and I'll add you to the filter.

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:49:39 GMT

LOLZ I stole a meme from Kat. 8)

Go to your music player of choice and put it all on "shuffle." Say the following questions aloud, and after each one press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question.

1. What do you think of me, random music player? Private Idaho - The B-52's. I have kind of been living in my own private Idaho lately...
2. Will I have a long and happy life? Big Machine - Goo Goo Dolls. Oh crap, if this song is going to be the rest of my life, that is not good. I don't want to be waiting forever.
3. What do my friends really think of me? I Was a Kaleidoscope - Death Cab for Cutie. Um, I don't know what that means.
4. Do people secretly lust after me? Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray. This is probably a yes, though it's more like they secretly long for me/think of me a lot instead.
5. How can I make myself happy? All My Loving - Jim Sturgess. You don't have to tell me twice, iPod.
6. What should I do with my life? Yes - Coldplay. Um. What?
7. Why must life be so full of pain? I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab for Cutie. So true.
8. Will I ever have children? Cemeteries of London - Coldplay. OH GOD.
9. Will I die happy? Minami Kaze - Mikuni Shimokawa. Aww, yay!
10. Can you give me some advice? Wait & See ~Risk~ - Utada Hikaru. Yeah, yeah.
11. What do you think happiness is? Digits - Jimmy Eat World. Hm. Interesting.
12. Do you have any advice to give over the next few hours/days? Negaigoto Hitotsu Dake - Mikuni Shimokawa. So, uh, be nostalgically emo? Got it.
13. What will tomorrow be like? The Goblet of Fire - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Soundtrack. Wow. That's pretty intense.
14. What will next year be like? Aozora Pedal - Arashi. Wow, that's actually pretty inspirational.

Bones was relatively uneventful, though as always B+B=<3. So now for ANTM youtubage!

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:34:33 GMT

I just realized, Elina is the same age as me. That is so strange to me for some reason. I guess because she is waaay more comfortable with her sexuality than I am... >_> plus she is freaking GORGEOUS. GAHHHHH I wish I had a tenth of her prettiness. D: Dagh and her picture was so good, too. I will most certainly be rooting for her as the season goes on.

Annaleigh is so sweet. I love her. ;3; Too bad she didn't do very well at the shoot this week...

Speaking of people who didn't do so well this week -- Isis. You know, I think it was definitely a blessing for her that she was recognized as legit at that photoshoot in Cycle 10, which brought her to this cycle... but it was also a curse, as she hasn't gone through her transition surgery yet. She's undoubtedly going to be weakened, and she can't use it as an excuse, even though it is legitimate. If she pushes through it, which I bet she will, she really deserves to be commended for being so strong.

I'm so glad Nikeysha was eliminated this ep instead of Isis. Nikeysha was an annoying stick figure chatterbox who had barely enough talent and wasn't model pretty enough. Bye.

Sheena is so awesome. Dude, I thought that pose with the purse between her legs was genius BECAUSE it was so ridiculously horrible. Buuut then again I have no taste. :P She really dealt with the confrontation about her breast implants pretty well, though.

Lolz though, Jewell, I totally see the Hannah Montana now. "They accused me of being racist ... *sniff*. That's not very nice. :(" I kind of have to agree with her, though, they totally ambushed her and pushed the whole thing way out of proportion. I mean, yes, she does have some slight prejudices, but that's mostly due to the fact that she had a sheltered life, and if they just talked to her about it, maybe they could help her eliminate those prejudices. y/y?

I loved Lauren Brie's photo, srsly, but it could not be in a Dior campaign. It is way too Top Model Unprofessional for that. plzkthx. It is also DEFINITELY not top five top model history. There have been some INSANE pictures taken in top model history, Tyra. Don't get ahead of yourself this season.

McKey is still learning. I want her to learn faster. >:(

Sobre Marjorie: I agree with CT. STOP PLAYING THE FRENCH MUSIC when you call her up, Tyra. Grr. Her shot was gorgeous this ep, though.

Lolz at clock ticking. Dahaha.

Re: Preview for next ep. MAKEOVERS DAAAH I AM SO EXCITED
But. Whatthe hell are they going to do to Elina?!???? O_O I am terrified. Don't ruin her, ANTM!!! :(((

mmm, delicious schedule!

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:02:51 GMT

Not con planning, but it is kind of similar... I'm going to have a very busy day tomorrow, so I must plan it!

10am or earlier: wake up
10:55am leave house -- bring all library books, iPod, mocha frappaccino, camera, wallet, cell phone, Ring Round the Moon
11:08am catch 44
11:21am get off at SW Capitol & Bertha Ct
(Lunch starts at 11:25)
walk to wilson, give Jane twenty cents, socialize
ask miller about painting/signing auditorum
(Lunch ends at 12:05)
Paint/Sign auditorium (stage left wing, stage left side, "Ali Fritz wuz hear; class of 2008; (Sekrit ghostly haunting T-Board member of '09)")
Remember to clean up, fo srs.
12:40 leave for subway
12:50 get subway, eat
1:10 leave for bus stop
1:21 catch 44
1:31 get off at 4th and Jefferson
1:38 board 17 NW 21st Ave- st. helens rd to sauvie is. via st. johns
1:55 get off at NW 21st and northrup
2:00 Hair appointment-- same cut as last time, dyed back to original hair color, except maybe a bit richer. Also ask if maybe she can do that cool frosty more light at the front thing she did with the blond last time even though this is with brown.
~3:30 catch lightrail to bus stop
~4 bus stop shenanigans (catch either 12, 12 or 44 don'tcha know)
~5 drop all library books off (don't drop Ring Round the Moon!), pick up Complete works of Oscar Wilde
~5:15 get subway again and skim through/start reading A Woman of No Importance
~6:15 go home, watch local news at 7 for goodness sake instead of CNN which is poisoning your mind with Anderson Coopery goodness

On that note, does anyone know of a comedic classic play from the 19th to early 20th century akin to the likes of The Importance of Being Earnest that has a woman in her late teens or early twenties and may have a one minute long monologue? I'm currently thinking about using a fabled young american woman from the play A Woman of no Importance by Oscar Wilde. I'm not sure if she'll have any monologues but we shall see.

This is for auditioning for Ring Round the Moon at SOU. I need the aforementioned monologue, plus a 30 second joke told in a british accent. Anyone know any good jokes?

PS. I just saw Ellen's segment on her wedding with Portia, set to "Today" by Joshua Radin, and I definitely cried. It was so beautiful! I really hope they stay together because they work so well together and they make each other really really happy... ;3;

Picking people was so tough... I decided against James Bond, Jack Bauer, Jack Sheppard, many otros

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:11:53 GMT

Since everyone and their mother seems to have done this meme, I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon. Rah, if these didn't have to be fictional characters, I would be so made. See: Jon Stewart, Jeremy Sumpter, Jesse McCartney, James McAvoy, Jun Matsumoto. Anywayz. This wasn't too bad.

1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.

iluvbsbkevin gave me the letter J! :3

"Jasette" Star Stryfe (RP character from the good ol' days)

Originally created as an AU Meryl Stryfe where Meryl is sekritly a from a clan hidden away where a group of decrepit scientists got together and believed so hard that they could be gods that they did become them. They became a hidden away heirarchical society based on the greek/roman gods. Meryl was born as Selene, then was "downgraded" to Artemis, then ran away. There's more to it than that but I'd have to type FOREVER and I don't feel like it right now. Anyway, she goes through this LOOONG story which includes making friends with Vash, going through that whole plotline and never seeing him again after he goes off to kill Knives. There's a bunch of crap that happened after that which is equally ridiculous, and includes a talking bear (with a lisp). Then, in my RPing with various folks, she got married, had a kid, cheated on her husband, had another kid, got a divorce, eventually got a crush on a demon, sacrificed her own emotions to become a demon herself, realized that wasn't a good choice and eventually turned back only to be totally scarred for life (see: scar of hero), after which she took her children to a wondrous, wondrous land called "Gaia" where they were far away from RP crapola, and she has been living there happily and inactively ever since (she changed her name just in case her past wanted to come back to haunt her). Aaand since she has a surprisingly spritely young body due to her immortality, she has been able to tap into the hidden inncocence in her mind and legitimately be bestest friends with Gino Gambino.

Don't question it, people. For the majority of this I was 11-13 years old. And completely literate, tyvm. The rest of it kind of randomly formulated in my mind via my goings on at Gaia and has never actually been RP'd.

James A. Stryfe (RP character from the good ol' days)

Strangely enough, his initials spell JAS. WTF, I never realized that. It's weird because people didn't start calling me that until years after his charact was created. Anyways, James had lots of problems, mostly related to his freaking strrrrange genes. He couldn't cry (later I found out it's an actual condition, not being able to produce tears), he was half-immortal and had no idea what that meant, he went through puberty in the span of like three days or something, and deep down he always felt like it was his fault for breaking up his parents. Aaand he fell in love with this misfit named Monkey, etc, etc, etc. Oh, and he was also a genius whacko "young" scientist in his "later" years. y/y?

Johnny K. Gambino of Gaia Online

Megalomaniac, father, ridiculously rich, secretly tortured inside due to the loss of Rosalie, great slash material, ummmmmmmmmyeah he's pretty awesome. Actually, Johnny/Edmund was the first slash couple I ever shipped. True story. I should mention, though, I think I'm going to retire the cosplay I have of him. The G-Buckle and G-Bracelets got hella torn up and mangled at AX/on the plane home... the G-Buckle is literally in peices. I doubt superglue will help this time. I have no idea how much it'd cost me to get some that are actually legitimate (ie, plastic or metal, instead of paper mache). I miiiight post a wanted ad on cosplay.com and see what people are offering... but that'd be in a couple of months, once I've settled in to college.

Jim Halpert of The Office

Jim just... makes me melt. It's his facial expressions. They're so amazing. AND. AND. His voice. Has anyone ever noted how comforting his voice is? I have. It makes me think of a warm, crackling fire. And hugs. And snuggles. And Jim, well, he just has so much love, and so much passion, and he's so silly, and creative, and great, and, well, you know, I want a Jim SO BADLY. :( He's like my perfect guy except too old. Siiiigh.

James "Sawyer" Ford of LOST

...need I say more?