i wanna fly

TRIGUN MOVIE TRAILER

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:53:13 GMT

I did not ask about Meryl and Vash costantly making out because I did not have easy running access to the mic. But Carolyn agreed that they are so canon. And that was enough for me. (:

OKAY GUYS

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:39:57 GMT

IT'S TIME TO START SCHEDULE ANIME EXPO. FO REALS.

Tentativity is rampant! Please offer opinions!

Last edit: June 29 10:28pm

Wednesday, July 1st

11:20am -- plane departs from Portland

1:49pm -- plane arrives in LA

1:50-2:15pm -- locate baggage

2:30-ish -- locate Carowell

2:45pm -- drive to LACC

3pm -- Find parking

3:30pm -- Get our badge on. Check out goodie bags. Et cetera.

5?ishpm -- drive to Westin

5:30ish -- check in at westin, settle in room

6:30 or whatever -- get food for tummy dinner

8pm -- watch So You Think You Can Dance plzkthx

Thursday, July 2nd
Cosplay: Kyoko Mogami of Skip Beat

8:30-10am -- Opening Ceremonies? -- West Hall A

12pm -- Exbibit Hall opens. Do we want to wait in line for hours?

6-7:30pm -- Bang Zoom Voice Acting Workshop -- WS1 (LACC 501)

DINDIN

9pm-??? -- DANCEY DANCEY -- Westin Catalina Ballroom (yes, dances are at the Westin! How convenient is that?)

Friday, July 3rd
Cosplay: Rangiku Matsumoto

11am -- Bleach cosplay photoshoot -- LACC Site 1

12:40-2:45pm -- Zebraman (movie) -- LACC 406

Ali has to change for dance

4-I dunno, whatever pm -- Gaia Dance Social -- Westin Catalina Ballroom

Dinnerrrr

8pm-??? -- Dance, you knowwww -- Westin

Saturday, July 4th
Cosplay: Johnny K. Gambino

10:45-11:30am -- Yasuhiro Nightow Panel omg omg Trigun Movie omg -- Petree Hall

6-7:45pm -- Gaia Panel -- LP 1 (Petree Hall)

8pm-??? -- DANCEYYYY -- Westin Catalina Ballroom

Sunday, July 5th

11-11:50am -- Voice Actors Guest of Honor Panel -- LP 1 (Petree hall)

12-1:20pm -- Robot Chicken Panel -- LP 1 (Petree hall)

Night time: pack, clean hotel room, etc.

Monday, July 6th
Normal clothes!

7am -- wake up, grab something for breakfast, etc

8:10am -- check out of hotel

8:40am -- be ready to be picked up by supershuttle

11:05am -- plane departs LAX

1:17pm -- plane arrives in PDX

Woot woot

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:28:23 GMT

Last night I bought a really freaking sweet pocket watch off ebay ($10 shipped, yeah boy) for my Gambino cosplay.

Now if I only had a gun to shoot at it. Hahaha. Nah. It'll probably break on its own.

I'm still waiting on propsmaker Ai no Kaku to email me pics of the G bracelets, buckle and pin I commissioned from her. Granted, she has been ill so I'm not really holding much against her, and she says she's really proud of the work she's done, and from what I've seen she does pretty good work, so I'm optimistic.

In other news, I finally found audition information for Antigone at Willamette!

AUDITIONS for the first semester’s production will be held the afternoon of Monday August 31st between 12:00pm – 6:00pm in room 101 in Kaneko Commons. Callbacks will be held Tuesday September 1st from 6:30-10:30 pm.

Auditions are being held for:

Antigone, by Sophocles
Directed by Jonathan Cole
Rehearsal dates: September 2nd - October 7th
Production dates: October 8th – October 24th

Audition requirements: Please come to the auditions prepared with one classical monologue from the ancient Greek theatre, and 16 bars of a song of your choosing (any period or style is fine for the song – sing something you love!). A boombox will be provided; please bring your own recorded accompaniment or come prepared to sing a capella. Your audition must be memorized and should be limited to two (2) minutes in total.

Please note: there will be a movement audition for all auditioners held immediately after the monologue presentations end. Please bring movement clothes.

I'm currently thinking something of Jocasta's from Oedipus as I want to get the role of Ismene and both those characters plead for peace and inevitably fall. I'm not sure though. Jocasta is obviously more mature... I'm also going to look at some things from Medea and Aeschylus's stuff as I have those in my anthology of drama.

As for the song, maybe "One Day I'll Fly Away" (a capella)? I do love that song, and I can sing it pretty dang well. It also got me into Anything Goes my freshman year of high school. Sooo. We'll see. Yay for having all summer to work!

Speaking of which, I applied for a job at Subway this summer, which is all well and good, but I haven't heard back from them. I need to contact the acting coach at Willamette and schedule a meeting at some point during the summer to discuss which classes I should take and how to set up my specialized voice-acting formula, but I need to know when I will be free before I can do that...

Here are the classes I'm currently considering taking, though. I wish I could take the first second-year course of Japanese but it's at the same time as my Voice/Acting classes,so I'm considering just taking the society/culture course and then taking the second first-year course in spring term to brush myself back up on the language. The culture class currently shows up as being closed but apparently they add another class if enough people request that class. (or I could be waitlisted). I'll add a little note about this when I submit my prioritized list of classes.

THTR 150-01 (.50) Voice/Movement I MW 09:10a-10:10a
THTR 140-01 (1.0) Acting I MWF 10:20a-11:20a
PHIL 110-03 (1.0) Philosophical Problems MWF 01:50p-02:50p
THTR 110-01 (1.0) Thtr: a Contemp Intro. TTh 09:40a-11:10a
JAPN 201W-01 (1.0) Mod Japanese Society TTh 12:50p-02:20p
MUSC 034X-01 (.25) Dramatic Vocal Arts TTh 02:30p-04:30p

Thank you very much-o

Sat, 23 May 2009 17:52:53 GMT

Heyyy soo.
Long story short.

I'm transferring to Willamette University for fall semester 2009. Because:

1. More challenging coursework, so
a. I will learn, and
b. I will actually want to go to class sometimes. (WHAT?)

2. The theatre community there is very small (about 30-40 students total), so
a. They will actually want me to be there,
b. I will actually be able to make legitimate friends,
c. They have more time to help me figure out my voice acting stuffs,
d. THEY ARE SO NICE and
e. They are constructing a huge epic black box theatre where they will be able to do THEATRE IN THE ROUND which is like mi favorito if you know what I mean.

3. The campus is goooorgeeeous. In that...
a. They have a little river running through shaped like a W. You know I love my water features.
b. Apparently there is a duck the size of a goose called "The Lord of the Ducks" who likes to waddle around and look handsome.
c. There are lawn chairs set out everywhere for your relaxational pleasure
d. They have 5-star cuisine. No joke. What is that about? Deliciousness. That's what it's about.
e. Kaneko commons, the place in which I'm hoping to have my dorm, has a swimming pool. Yeah boy. ALSO
f. Apparently some single rooms in Kaneko have their own private bathroom. This is college blasphemy but what do I care? I could shower in peace again!
g. Many more examples of beauty.

4. They are giving me a $13,000 merit scholarship because I am the smarts. So
a. I will feel cool about myself and
b. After need-based aid and Princeton helping out too (Thank you Maxwell) WU may only cost marginally more that SOU which would be laughable considering how lame SOU is...

I am super super super crazy happy about this! YAY! :) Another plus is that Willamette is a private school, which means they've got a schedule which includes a month-long winter break as well as a summer break that starts mid-May and goes until the last few days of August. Which is a big yahtzee for me.

That is all. Please continue to go about your days. <3

Mon, 11 May 2009 21:19:06 GMT

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

Okay so AX was like "Ali is disappointed that Johnny Bosch isn't coming... how can we make her forget about that?"

YASUHIRO FREAKING NIGHTOW THAT'S HOW

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG Yesssss.

"Mr. Nightow and Mr. Nishimura will be joined by two (2) additional members of the highly anticipated 2009 slated TRIGUN movie team, Mr. Shigeru Kitayama and Mr. Noriyuki Jinguji, for a TRIGUN movie panel in which they will talk a bout the various behind-the-scene episodes, from days way back when, and about the experiences they had while in the production stages of the newest TRIGUN movie as well as key points regarding the upcoming film."

OMG YES. THIS IS LIKE THE ULTIMATE AWESOMENESS EVER.

I am HELLA going to that panel and fangirling like I've never fangirled before.

Fri, 08 May 2009 05:07:12 GMT

May 07: Power Ranger Update - Due to a filming conflict, Johnny Yong Bosch will not be attending Anime Expo® 2009.

NOOOOOOOOO

D:

I am such an emotional tool.

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:22:38 GMT

I so just teared up when reading this.

http://www.anime-expo.org/2009/04/20/morning-musumes-%E2%80%9C321-%E2%80%93-breakin%E2%80%99-out%E2%80%9D-announced-as-official-anime-expo-2009-theme-song/

"I think music is a universal language, and music should be enjoyable from generation to generation. I am proud that MORNING MUSUME has made the theme song for Anime Expo® 2009. The concept of this song is positive power even during hard times.

I wrote this song just for Anime Expo® 2009. I imagined everybody’s smile when I wrote it, and I’m looking forward to seeing you guys at the MORNING MUSUME concert. I hope new great energy will be born at the convention from this collaboration between Japanese and US culture, and that it will last into the future."

I am such a sap. WOW. Srsly guys.

And now a present for you: <3

OMG OMG OMG OMG

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:32:15 GMT

JOHNNY YONG BOSCH IS GOING TO BE AT AX09

I AM GOING TO FANGIRL HIM SO HARD

XD

JOHNNNNNYYYYYYY YOU ARE VASH-THE-STAMPEEEEDIINGGG IN MY HEEARRTT.

WOOOOT.

Too bad he was just announced as being a part of the Power Rangers gang. They should have made another announcement post just for him. Like, "Yeah, we know he's the black ranger, but he's also Johnny freaking Yong Bosch soooooo we thought you should know."

PS. Yes that does mean the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers are coming to AX09. Yes we are all reliving our childhoods. Gooooood times.

But seriously guys.

Johnny Yong Bosch.

... Seriously.

sorry sorry sorry for not updating

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:41:00 GMT

Sooooooo

I went to Sakuracon

And it was delightful. Even though I forgot my camera. And my Renge shoes. And my Momo plush. And I think many other things. I got to hug Leah Clark and Wendy Powell! MAH! PS, J. Michael Tatum is freaking hilarious. The Funimation gang kind of made me want to move to Texas. Which is terrifying. Because, I mean, come on. It's Texas. And I'm a total hippie. Anyways.

Umm, there are also many cosplay updates, but I think it might be simplest to post a link to my cosplay.com profile:

http://www.cosplay.com/member/89199/

But one thing I will post here, is that I HAVE MY BLUE CONTACTS, and the are le gorge. See a couple of pictures below:

ALSO

http://www.trigunplanet.com/movie2009/movie2009.html

This is a NEW and OFFICIALLY SOURCED article. Apparently the movie is still scheduled to be released this year. Can I just say, OMG OMG OMG. ;)

The best news of all in this is that Milly is included in the storyboard preview shooting her stungun. Which MEANS, ipso FACTO, that Meryl will be in the movie. Hells. Yes.

PS, I want more anime convention plz. Hay AX. Tell me things about your anime convention other than random composer guy. thx.

I has an audition!

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:54:02 GMT

I was able to snag the VERY LAST slot left for auditioning for Love's Labours Lost: tonight at 9:25. I'm doing Helena's first "call you me fair" monologue, and I did some work on it with Rachel today, which was really helpful -- it's always good to get an outside view on things. Considering I've only had about three days to work on this monologue, I'm pretty proud of it now!

Call you me fair? That fair again unsay. Demetrius loves your fair. O, happy fair... your eyes are lode stars, and your tongue's sweet air more tuneable than lark to shepherd's ear. When wheat is green, when hawthorne buds appear, sickness is cathing. Were favor so, yours would I catch, fair Hermia, ere I go... My ear should catch your voice, my eye, your eye. My tongue should catch your tongue's sweet melody. Were the world mine, Demetrius being bated, the rest I'd give to be to you translated. O, teach me how you look, and with what art you sway the motion of Demetrius' heart!

PS. I also has a new headshot. I like it. :D

Help with renaming, please!

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:22:14 GMT

So I found out about a half an hour ago that somehow I had $2 worth of gift certificates just lying around on my LJ account. Hence I used them toward buying a $15 thing: a rename token.

xblue_euphoriax just isn't cutting it for me anymore... it's really just the x's that bother me. I mean. That's so... 2004.

Hence, A POLL! :D

View Poll: What should I rename my LJ account?

PS. I'm almost done with the photo meme. I just have to take a picture of my dinner... up until now, every meal I've had, I've eaten before I could take a picture of it. Lulz.

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:30:57 GMT

Sorry for not updating, mis amores. Merry Christmas!

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

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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?

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