PARTY!

Birthday!

13!!!!! Do you guys know what this means?? PG13 movies, wii games for ages 13 and up, and finally, being a thirteen. I have been 13 for 6 days now but it doesn't feel any different from when I was 12. Birthdays are strange that way I guess. I had a lovely birthday filled with family, fun, and pasties. (Well, except for the fact that I was injured on the job by a wretched potato peeler but, that's ok. I got saved from grueling hours of transferring piles of turnips, potatos, and raw meat back and forth.) I got fantastic presents. Some of which included necklaces, a Keith Urban poster, Rebecca*, a stuffed owl, library books from Hogwarts,and a sweatshirt from Vail that I desperately wanted.
*Just to let you know, I did not get an actual person named Rebecca. It's an extremely good book. *
So thank you everyone, for the very happy thirteenth birthday that I had. Now, I have to prepare for my birthday party with friends. More on that later.

Damsel

. I opened the door of the wardrobe and you sighed. “Why do they want to meet me?” I mentally kicked myself for sounding so afraid. “I’m not going to lie to you. They’re going to decide whether you will be a good asset to Celestinia or if you’re even pretty enough to stay. If not, well, things may not turn out well. I suggest reading as much as that… book as you can. Later, I’ll climb up into your cave and give you a few more facts and traditions and the like that are on a need to know basis.” You explained. I nodded and climbed up into my semi cave which was glowing in the light of the afternoon sun. I opened up the book and started reading.
You came in about two hours later. You immediately started spouting out things that I needed to do. “Dragons are vain, Liliana. Especially the Empress. Flattery will earn you points believe me. That is, if you flatter her the right way. Once you arrive before her, bow low and mutter something about her beauty and make sure you use fancy titles. Your Highness will probably do. She and the Elders will question you about your past life and will then decide if you will be useful or if you are pretty enough. The Empress greatly appreciates beautiful things. If she decides in your favor you will tell her that you are grateful. I have a feeling that she will like you. I want you to know that we’ll have to go into Celestinia tomorrow to prepare.” You took a breath and looked at me, wanting to make sure I understood. I dipped my head in a sort of nod and you leaned back against the wall, relieved. I realized you were growing on me. But for some reason, that didn’t surprise me. I sighed quietly and went to pick out one of the most lavish dresses I could find. I rummaged through the wardrobes until finally, I found it. The dress was a purple blue color with flowing sleeves, a white under dress, and a slender belt of gold. The cut was simple but the dress as a whole was far from it. I smiled to myself and I remembered that I had never opened the jewelry box. I climbed up to my cave as quickly as I could and gently opened the box. Inside, there were diamond bracelets, strands of pearls, rings of rubies and emeralds, shimmering silver and gold brooches, and more. But what caught my eye was a delicate amethyst necklace and what looked like my old tiara with diamonds, purple sapphires, and blue topaz that I had lost a little before you had stolen me away. I held it so you could see it and you murmured, “I bought it at a pawn shop about three weeks ago.” I shook my head in disbelief. Probably some servant had found it and sold it. I set these aside and also took the necklace of moonstone from the hollow front cover of the book and put it beside them. I was ready for Celestinia.

There's a lot more but right now I'm trying to figure out where it will go and how it will end. I'll try to post more soon but beware! It does get a little sappy.... :/

Dental Blues

Yesterday I got my last two baby teeth yanked out of my face. It wasn't the best experience ever, but now I can get braces. Joy to the world. :/ I now have to rinse my gross gum holes with salt water 3-4 times a day and stay on a soft food/liquid diet for who knows how long. Anyway, back to getting them yanked. On the right side, I totally couldn't feel it but on the left side..... I got renumbed three times. I also got numbed another time on both sides. He made me hold my breath and count to ten. It must've been a distraction technique but honestly, it didn't work. I could feel all ten seconds of the horrible needle sticking into my gums.I couldn't really move the left side of my mouth until about four pm so it was embarrassing to talk too. After both teeth were finally out, I had to bite some gauze to staunch the blood flow or something. As most of you may know, I have a bad gag reflex from years of strep cultures so for a while, I was trying not to choke on that stupid gauze. Luckily, when I got home I watched one of my fave movies ever, The Phantom of the Opera (I'm also going to go see the play tonight at the Boulder Dinner Theater tonight. Obsessive right? ;)) and had some soup. All's well that end's well I suppose.

I Can't Bear It from Our Town

I've been looking up monologues to read at my drama audition....Whenever that is. I found this one and thought it really showed how sometimes, people take the world for advantage.
Character name: Emily Webb
Gender: Female
Age Range: 16 — 25
Show: Our Town
Duration: 0 — 1 minutes
Monologue Type: dramatic,contemporary
Notes: Emily has just died in childbirth and has been given the chance to go back home to a time she wishes to see. Looking at her mother and father whom she will never see again, she realizes that it was a mistake have gone back.


(softly, more in wonder than in grief)
I can't bear it. They're so young and beautiful. Why did they ever have to get old? Mama, I'm here. I'm grown up. I love you all, everything. - I cant look at everything hard enough. (pause, talking to her mother who does not hear her. She speaks with mounting urgency) Oh, Mama, just look at me one minute as though you really saw me. Mama, fourteen years have gone by. I'm dead. You're a grandmother, Mama. I married George Gibbs, Mama. Wally's dead, too. Mama, his appendix burst on a camping trip to North Conway. We felt just terrible about it - don't you remember? But, just for a moment now we're all together. Mama, just for a moment we're happy. Let's look at one another. (pause, looking desperate because she has received no answer. She speaks in a loud voice, forcing herself to not look at her mother) I can't. I can't go on. It goes so fast. We don't have time to look at one another. (she breaks down sobbing, she looks around) I didn't realize. All that was going on in life and we never noticed. Take me back - up the hill - to my grave. But first: Wait! One more look. Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners? Mama and Papa. Good-bye to clocks ticking? and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths? and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. (she asks abruptly through her tears) Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? - every, every minute? (she sighs) I'm ready to go back. I should have listened to you. That's all human beings are! Just blind people.




Read more: http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/MonologuesView/986#ixzz1gFXu0cPW

I wrote a Pantoum

Today in class, I decided to write a poem to go with Damsel. The genre is a Pantoum. Don't worry I didn't know what it was before today either ;) Pantoums go:
Line One
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4

Line 5 (same as second line)
Line 6
Line 7 (same as fourth line)
Line 8
And so on. I have no idea what to call this but as you might've noticed, I hardly ever do.

Fly higher
Scales shimmer
Who can stop it,
The way our hearts soar up there

Scales shimmer
Beautiful
The way our hearts soar up there
Unbelievable

Beautiful
It is exhilerating
Unbleievable
As we fly.

Here's another one I wrote.

Spring Breeze

The wind blows
So sweetly
And gently
Through the trees

So sweetly
It whispers
Through the trees,
The frail green leaves

It whispers
Lovingly
The frail green leaves
The spring breeze

Lovingly
Ever so sweetly
The spring breeze
Sighs.