Update

Alright, it's crunch time right now. I've got two weeks until finals, and then I've got two stories to write as Christmas gifts. I'm going to be so loaded down with projects coming up it'll be a miracle if I make it.

Speaking of stories, I'm going to put the one I wrote for Michi up soon, I just haven't had a chance yet. That'll be broken up over the next couple of blog posts.

Oh, and a final note. Having Tango: Maureen from Rent stuck in my head has made me really wish I knew how to tango.

That's it for now, more when I have time.

Callie

La Vie Boheme

Today I saw the musical Rent. It was incredible! It's a great show with good music.
I saw it in a very small theater. Every other play I've been to has been in either in a huge theater or a school one, so this was a new experience for me. My parents were telling me that there were no bad seats at this place, and they were right. I walked in, and saw the set and the stage open up before me, and how few seats there were, just arranged right around the stage all with a perfect view, and I just fell in love with the theater. I see why my dad loves it so much.
As for the show itself, non-stop singing and dancing for the most part. I loved it. The energy the cast had was amazing. The play followed a group of struggling artists in New York City in the middle of the AIDS epidemic over the course of a year. It's the kind of story I liked, and the characters too. All through the eyes of the amateur film-maker Mark you see the characters and relations progress.
I was seeing the play with my friend Diana, the one who's been steadily corrupting me, and she said she expected me to raise my eyebrows at certain parts (the show has themes involving sex and drugs, which is why it's not exactly family friendly, along with the cussing). But she'd look at me and I'd just be smirking. She said she was proud and expected me to freak more.
I feel like this is a point of contrast. If a year or two ago you'd taken me to see this play I wouldn't have enjoyed it so much. If you take my sister to see it, we came to the conclusion she'd curl up in a ball, or at least wouldn't like it as much as me and Diana did. My loss of an "innocent" mind, to some degree isn't exactly something I'm sad about, surprisingly enough. I embrace it because while I may not be so innocent, I'm still not dirty, which I'm perfectly fine with. And, as Diana points out, this will help me to manage in the real world when some creepy dude starts hitting on me. We'll see how that turns out.
All in all, it was a great show. I had a great time, and I hope to go back to this community theater again soon, they did a good job.
Viva la vie boheme!
Callie

Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Thanksgiving can be a very under appreciated holiday. People seem to skip right over it. Yesterday I was making a last-minute trip to the grocery store with my dad, and we passed two or three houses with Christmas lights up already. They were playing Christmas music in the store. It really annoys me and, even more so, my sister.
This has always been a very special holiday to me and my family. It's a time for us all to be together, all cooking in the kitchen, bonding over a great meal. Some of my favorite memories center around Thanksgiving. I hate to see it so ignored. But I guess it doesn't do companies any good since they can't make much money off of it.
Still, I love it. Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the chance to stuff yourself and not feel guilty about it five seconds later.
Callie

Great Expectations

At times it feels like people expect a lot from me. I'm fairly smart, so people assume I make straight A's and have answers for them most of the time. They assume I never do anything wrong and am extremely innocent.
The thing is though, they're not far off. I make A's and B's and don't get into trouble. My time is mainly spent reading or doing homework or talking to friends on the computer. But I do have one friend who's basically been steadily corrupting my mind over the past two years, and I've started cussing quite a bit more, so me being a perfect goody-two-shoes might be a bit of an over-statement.
I'm not really sure what to think about this. I know I don't like being predictable, or ''perfect" or at times what I feel is a know-it-all. These words don't seem to begin to describe me, but at the same time they're words I feel I have to use if I'm describing myself this way. But I'm not really wanting to change just for sake of change.
It feels like every "perfect" teenager should have some deep, dark secret but I'm really not a secretive person. I guess things will probably work out better for me this way though. Still, I'm a long way from being perfect and knowing everything.

Guess What?

I wrote a story! It's one that's not for school! Yay!
Okay, really the big deal is I finished it. I have a tendency to leave stories unfinished.
Anyways, I wrote this story for my friend Michi. She's the one who did the picture of David Tennant for me. It's going to be a gift for her birthday, so I can't really tell you guys that much about it yet. All I can say is it involves Doctor Who.
It's been a good way for me to procrastinate and waste time as well as being really fun to write. Now if I could just figure out what to get my sister for her birthday...