Perfect Red Head

twenty-five amazing things to do in a elevator

via facebook group

1. When there's only one other person in the elevator, tap them on the shoulder and then pretend it wasn't you.

2. Push the buttons and pretend they give you a shock. Smile, and go back for more.

3. Ask if you can push the button for other people, but push the wrong ones.

4. Call the Psychic Hotline from your cell phone and ask if they know what floor your on.

5. Hold the doors open and say your waiting for a friend. After a while, let the doors close, and say, "Hi Greg. How's your day been?"

6. Drop a pen and wait until someone goes to pick it up, then scream, "That's mine!"

7. Bring a camera and take pictures of everyone in the elevator.

8. Move your desk into the elevator and whenever anyone gets on, ask if they have an appointment.

9. Lay down the twister mat and ask people if they would like to play.

10. Leave a box in the corner, and when someone gets on, ask them if they can hear ticking.

11. Pretend you are a flight attendant and review emergency procedures and exits with the passengers.

12. Ask, "Did you feel that?"

13. Stand really close to someone, sniffing them occasionally.

14. When the doors close, announce to the others, "It's okay, don't panic, they open again!"

15. Swat at flies that don't exist.

16. Tell people that you can see their aura.

17. Call out, "Group Hug!" and then enforce it.

18. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering, "Shut up, all of you, just shut up!"

19. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside, ask, "Got enough air in there?"

20. Stand silently and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.

21. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce in horror, "Your one of THEM!" and back away slowly.

22. Wear a puppet on your hand and use it to talk to the other passergers.

23. Listen to the elevator walls with your stethoscope.

24. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.

25. Stare, grinning

you know you love me

xoxo

perfectredhead

like it? LOVE IT

cutest couple ever!

best thing ever!

*CAUTION* only for people with a love for cute old people and a weird sense of humour

WATCH THEM BOTH PLEASE!!!!

you know you love me

xoxo

perfectredhead

ps. HAPPY GOBBLE DAY EVERYONE

LMAOROTFLBTCSTCNDBFOOTWIFOAGWLLBGWTHROOTSAIAKBAYB

oh that's not chocolate. that's the guy's head...

 

there's absolutely nooooo such thing as santa on a diet. he only is allowed to eat milk and cookies.

 

a bullet says i want to kill you much more clearly than an olympic pin.

 

people DIE, [insert name here]

 

-it smells like france in here...

-i think you are the kind of person who learns through smelling.

 

-you can’t really feel the slime on your own tongue.

-oh, i can feel the slime.

 

men are like cellphones. some are cheap, there’s plenty to choose from, and at the worst possible time their little dingaling goes off.

 

-i have gingivitis

-at least no one has scurvy!!

 

-the bible is so heavy

-that’s deep...

 

i am excreting adrenaline!

 

the sky is going through menopause.

 

apples taste like penis. NO, candlesticks taste like peanuts.

 

kissing is like holding hands with your mouth.

 

****ATTENTION****

some sides were split in the making of this post.

 

and in the words of porky pig, THAT’S ALL FOLKS

 

you know you love me

xoxo

perfectredhead

 

ps. here are two heartwarming quotes for you guppies out there ;)

 

just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

 

i love living. i have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.

 

SPECIAL THANKS, in no particular order

tweedy family

elena

muslim guy on BONES

ryanna’s friend

sarah samuel

barnes and noble

dad

dr. Nigel on BONES

neil simon

mark mollenkamp

ps. post title courtesy of mylifeisaverage.com it means Laughing my ass off rolling on the floor biting the carpet, scaring the cat, nearly dying by falling out of the window in front of a guy who looks like Bill Gates, who then horrified runs out on the street and is accidentally killed by a yellow bulldozer

chillin in chicago. litrly.

parent conferences = two days off

two days off + deep missing of family = TRIP TO CHEEEEECAAAAAAAHGO

i arrived on wednesday night. super fun!! being my crazyyy family (love you guys!) made me all inspired. 1) the day i got in, my aunt and i went to a thrift store. we got a nice haul, including a crazy rainbow sweater, christmas toe socks, peanuts gang boxers, and winnie the pooh skiing pajama pants pour moi, some super cute/super secret stuff for the charchar, an awesome flannel shirt/coat/thing and an indian blanket for susieee. all in all, GOOD TRIP. 2) sue has a duck tape (quack quack) wallet that she made, which made me want to make one, so i did. and, not to toot my own horn, it's slightly maybe truly AWESOME... 3) there was a holiday fair at spencer and sam's school which is were all the parents can have a booth to sell stuff. i got some cute bracelets and an adorable notepad for my penpals. also, we got some delicioso home-made granola (made by sue's bffl, jeanne) which i happen to be eating riiiiight now. 

so life happens

i wish i wrote in here more

oooo! guess qautt? i am in a PROfessshhhional play! it's a christmas carol! gaah! so great, such a rich experience

i am ready to procrastinate (from what?) so toodleoo

you know you love me

xoxo

perfectredhead

ps

my wallet!

HALLOWEEN

hellz yesh. i'm being waldo from "where's waldo". what are you being?

shortieee

hey everybody! short post today. yesterday was my first professional audition ever and i got it! i am in the ensemble of a christmas carol! ok now i have to go to rehearsal! 

you know you love me

xoxo

perfectredhead

bleh bleh bleh / love love love

yesterday i had lice. it was awful awful awful. i had to spend two hours getting my scalp pulled on pulled on pulled on. plus there was mint in the shampoo so my head was freezing and i already had a cold. it was pretty much the worst day i have had in a long time. the worst of it is over but i still have to pull this tiny tiny tiny comb through my massive hair when i take a shower and it is pretty much agony agony agony. 

anywho, enough gross little bug talk. i am watching glee and i am slighty possibly truly passionately maybe happily IN LOVE. *looove siiiiiigh* i love will schuester, his INSANE wife terri, equally insane sue sylvester, awesomely talented rachel berry, awesome in general finn hudson, poor quinn fabray, germaphobic emma pillsbury, fashionable, TALENTED mercedes jones, flamboyant kurt hummel, disabled artie abrams, stuttering tina cohen-chang, older-lady-seeking noah "puck" puckerman, freaky lonely ken tanaka, random principal figgins, pedophile sandy ryerson, and creepy jacob ben israel who practically stalks rachel.

in case you couldn't tell...i am obsessed. 

that's all folks!

you know you love me 

xoxo

perfectredhead

p.s. i just saw a commercial for the disneyland halloween with all the villains. i am probably the most obsessed person with cartoon villains ever. besides maybe mia. iloveyou babe!

life in general

i decided i don't like capitalized i's. i'm a rebel, so what?

today was beautifully cold out. plus, i have a cold. while i hate the puffy noses and boxes of tissues, i truly feel winter/fall now. i wore my fingerless rainbow gloves and felt extremely special, even when they caught on velcro.

i am in SUCH a halloween mood. i decorated my school planner with halloween stickers and painted my nails so the fingers spell boo and the thumbs have a ghost and a pumpkin on them. i hate how teenage girls use halloween as an excuse to dress slutty. have you seen mean girls? when lindsey lohan dressed like a zombie bride and everyone else was playboy bunnies and mice etc. anyway... i am being waldo from where's waldo. i am super excited, but i need a hat. my friend, mia, is also being waldo and we are both going trick or treating together. i am scared for the future, because i never want to be too old to trick or treat. i hate when people my age deny their innocence and insist on not dressing up. i mean, garsshhh.

i am so excited because this is my brother's first holiday season! :)

i am in a regina spektor (or, according to mia, regina spek) phase right now. i recently downloaded her new album Far. it's so good, i can't stop listening.

it might rain tonight. yay.

i am super proud of my weirdness. call me weird. it's not an insult, i now that now.

funny quote of the day:

Sarah:You know how you can't feel the slime on your own tongue? well, making out is like feeling the slime.

Me:I can feel the slime

awkward pause

you know you love me

xoxo

perfectredhead

mylifeequals

mylifeisaverage.com

dinosaurs

WHERE'S WALDO

ninjas vs. pirates

regina spektor

spazztasmsisticness

grrraaaahhhhhkkk

l<3ve

YYYYYAAAADDDDAAAAA

b-e-a-uuuuuuuu-tiful

moulin rouge

forrest gump

miaryannahannahaudreydianasydneyemmamaxlilyfridaelenajessielaurenethanallison

eliotchristinasarahlilianaalexasofiaardenemilyvalrenmichaeltonyalyssapersephone

michellestevekeanechasedannysophiekendallmarksarahcharliesuejeffspencersam

sienahadrielhalliefrannybrookescottnina(sorry if i missed you...you know you 

belong up there...i know i missed someone...)

random words and extra letters

musical theater

spring awakeningrentbillyelliotavenueqchoruslinebugsymalonecharliebrownetc.

insight

oakwood

colored tights and nail polish

BONES

HOUSE

trillions of inside jokes

so yeah

know you pretty much know me

you know you love me

xoxo

perfectredhead

Flash Update

Maybe I’ll write a long poetic story later but for now here is a flash update.

I GOT JOANNE IN RENT AT YADA! Woooh!

Sorry, I had to get that out of my system. Today was a good day. This morning, I had a class called “Tough Crowd.” It was about getting out of your comfort zone and how to deal with being uncomfortable or how to handle an unresponsive or negative audience. It was fun/uncomfortable.

Then, after lunch we had rehearsal for three hours. I thought it would drag on and be so long, but the time flew and it was so fun. I am doing the play “the Bald Soprano” by Eugene Ionesco. It’s a play from the theater of the absurd. It’s so funny, but really hard to memorize. This was our second rehearsal and it was a blast! There are only four people in the cast so we get a bunch of quality time to work. There’s this scene at the end where it breaks into chaos and everyone is saying completely RANDOM things and yelling at each other. We got up and were running all around the table and speaking in strange voices and doing strange things. It was so amazing.

Then I rushed over to YADA. I arrived half an hour late and they had started watching Rent: Filmed Live On Broadway, one of my favorite movies. After watching half of it, our director, Perseph, handed out our scripts with our cast list stuck inside. We all hurriedly flipped open and scanned for our names. I was so happy and all my friends around me were happy for me too as I was for them. It was a great day and I can’t wait for tomorrow!

You know you love me!
XOXO
Perfect Red Head

Catching Up

Wow, I can’t believe I haven’t written since June 18! I have just suddenly gotten so busy! I’ll tell you everything! It all started two Fridays ago. My friend Mia came over and we went to see Up with my step-dad, my step-sister, and her cousin who is living at our house for three months while she has an internship. We went to the El Capitan and that was my third time seeing it. Afterwards, we went to Shabu Shabu, which is an amazing restaurant where you cook your own food. There’s a bowl of boiling water in front of you and they bring you raw meat and veggies. It’s DELICIOUS! I recommend it for everyone. There’s one at Hollywood and Highland and others but I am not sure where.

She slept over and we had to wake up really early to get to Encino by 8:45. Why, you may ask? Well, our dear friend Ethan was becoming a man! I love him, but oh Jesus, it was a FOUR hour service. And most of it wasn’t even Ethan! So, I was extra tired from sitting through that and waking up early after going to bed late. When we got home we had a little time to rest but then I went to practice a song for music night. (I will explain later) After that, the house was busy with people everywhere. They were preparing for my mom and her friend’s joint birthday party. It was a fun party and after we all walked across the street to the Hastings house for music night. It was the third one and the second one I had been to. It’s like an open mic night but so better. EVERYONE is so talented and you have to set it up in advance. I sang Bruises by Chairlift. I was so nervous but I think I did pretty well. Anyway, that night there were so many people at the house. Sarah (my step-sister), Ari (her cousin who’s staying at our house), Max (Ari’s friend), Sasha (Sarah’s friend), Leo (my second cousin), and of course my mom and Mark, my step-dad.

Sam and Spencer in the pool

The next day was Father’s Day. My dad picked me up and we took my mom’s car so we could fit everyone. We went to the hotel to pick up my uncle, aunt, and cousins. It took a long time to get everyone out of the house but we finally got in the car headed towards our family friends’ house. Their names are Julie and Sam and Sam is my grandfather’s best friend from childhood. They have a really nice house and we had a lovely Father’s Day barbecue. It was really fun! My dad and I had to leave early so I could get to Ethan’s bar mitzvah party. We lost a lot of time because I couldn’t find the car key. Of course, it was in my pocket. FML.

His name projected on fog. SO COOL.


L-R=Me, Mimi, Ally, Alex, and Ethan

Anyway, we finally got on our way and I was actually one of the first ones there. It was such a fun party. I was there with my friends from YADA: Mimi, Ally, and Alex. We had a blast. It was so nice to go to a party and dance and have fun. I feel like I haven’t done that in a while. My dad picked me up and we went to Ralph’s to get desserts for Kendall (and us :P).

The next morning I woke up bright and early to get to YADA at 9. I interned there for RENT. So after working from 9-4, I went home to get ready for a concert. My uncle is the lead singer of a band called Wilco. They played at the Wiltern on the 22nd, 23rd, and 25th. But, I am getting ahead of myself. That night, I went with my mom and a large group of people to the concert. My cousin, Spencer, sat with us and we had such a fun time. I had an all-access pass, which was so fun. We went backstage and hung out in the dressing room until it was time to go home. Also, I saw my director, Dan, there because he loves Wilco and he went for two of the nights.

Spenciepoo, the morning after the sleepover

The next day I had YADA as usual and after, I was so tired. My friends, Mimi and Ally, came to my house along with a big group of people and we all went together. It was their first concert, which was so weird. That night, we went on the bus to hang out. Mimi, Ally, Nina (my neighbor), and Spencer all slept over. It was so crowded, yet AMAZING.

We all woke up early and had a delicious breakfast (Thank you, Mommy!). Then we all piled in the car again and drove to the hotel. Spencer and I went inside to get on the bus. Wilco was going to be on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. We drove there on the bus which was really cool. The whole day was fun but I won’t go into ALL the details because it was a loooong day. First they had sound check, which was cool, but not as cool as when all the singers were practicing the back-up without any music. It was like heaven. They played “You Never Know” from their new self-titled album. In my opinion, it’s their best album. It’s amazing! Everyone, go buy it! Anyway, after lunch (which, btw, was the best catered food I have EVER had) we went to Universal Studios (the tonight show is on universal). We had front-of-line passes. They let you cut almost all the lines and a bunch of stuff. It was really fun, even though I hate roller coasters. We weren’t allowed to sit in the audience, because you have to be at least 16. So, we sat in the dressing room until the performance. We got to come in to watch them perform. They were really good. I had never seen Conan on the tonight show before and he was really funny. His hair is ridonkulus though.

On Thursday, I started this amazing seminar called Insight. I don’t even know how to begin to describe it and how awesome it is. It was so life-changing for me. Everyone there became like a family and even if they didn’t want to be there in the beginning, most of them adored it by the end. I loved it so much, that on the night of graduation, I signed up for the second one. They have it for kids, teens, and adults. I recommend it for everyone. At least, look into it.

So, that took up my Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Although I forgot to mention that after insight on Thursday, Nina and I went to the concert, but Spencer, Nina, and I went to the bus to “babysit” the sleeping babies so the mommies could go see the show. We had so much and many, many, MANY laughs. Turns out we missed the duet with Feist, but it was worth it. Especially since they were leaving on the bus right after the concert so it was my last chance to hang with Spenc.

O. M. G. We are almost caught up! Wooooooh!!!! So Monday and Tuesday were just normal interning days with nothing special but Wednesday was a show day, and no one was ready. They were still working on the sets and lights for most of the day and it was just hectic all day. I worked so hard, it’s craaaazy. I have been feeling like crap a lot lately. So, today, I woke up and I was exhausted and feeling like crap. My mom made me stay home, although I was pretty ok with it. :P But, I ended up organizing most of my room which was exhausting. And then I typed this all, which was also very exhausting. Wow, I am making myself even more tired. I think I am going to post this and then go take a nap. :D

You know you love me!
XOXO
Perfect Red Head

p.s. Sorry if there are errors in this post. It took so long to write, I was too lazy to thoroughly proofread.

Fear and Kvetching

I am so scared of the future. My passion is theatre and lord knows that is not easy. It’s not really that I am scared of hardship (although I am, a little); it’s more like I am scared of failing or not making a mark on the world. Although it sometimes seems fun, I don’t want that “Hollywood” fame. I want that rush when you look out at a cheering audience, cheering for YOU. I have this really intense longing/heart-string pulling when I hear something amazing or see something inspiring. Whether it’s a film, a play, a painting, a song, ANYTHING. I just want to be a part of the beauty and inspiration more than anything.

I love to intern at YADA for two reasons: 1) I absolutely adore it and try to spend as much time there as possible. 2) My mom always tells me that the more you know in this business, the better off you are. I completely agree, which is why I love learning the ropes of backstage and everything. I used to run lights anytime I could, but now they don’t let kids do it because they got a new board and apparently it’s a lot more complicated. This may be true, but it can’t be more than the ones out in the real world. I want to learn all of these things.

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore YADA, but sometimes I feel I don’t learn as much as I could. A couple of years ago this made me leave YADA for a little while. In the end, I realized that my happiest place is YADA, so I went back. Yet, I still long for a little more challenge and brain/acting muscle stimulation. The company class got close to that. It’s a class for high schoolers at YADA. I am now finally old enough to do it. They just did Cabaret. My friend, Eliot, and I interned for it. They ended up not having enough people so they asked us to join. It was an amazing experience for me. I cannot wait to do Rent this summer. Rent is my favorite musical (tied with Spring Awakening) and I absolutely can’t wait!!! I just hope they don’t butcher it too much.

It also annoys me when adults censor themselves around kids. I understand when it’s from little kids, but my friends and I are probably even more inappropriate than they are. I won’t even get into my whole schpiel about why I hate it to spare you. I also hate when adults that I am friends with won’t add me on Facebook. They say their friends are inappropriate sometimes and they don’t want us to see that. I mean, I REALLY don’t care. I get how some kids/parents might and I understand that. It just pisses me off. Like some of my directors at YADA; I understand why they don’t accept the friend request, but it still makes me sad. Especially since I like to talk to them, or ask them for advice, or ask them questions. I just wish there was a way to communicate easily without crossing the line. Like, it is probably too inappropriate to talk through texts or Facebook or AIM. So I guess email is good. But I don’t know their emails. I guess I should ask them for emails before I complain. 

Anyway, enough kvetching. I just noticed that every post I have written since June 25, 2006 except for one has mentioned YADA at least once. I guess I am kind of obsessed, but not as much as some of my friends. I have this one friend who has a mental disorder I like it call Directoritis. Basically, when she is at YADA, she is obsessed with our directors and tells them EVERYTHING, and I mean absolutely everything. It gets really annoying. Also, when she is NOT at YADA, she talks about them constantly. Well, she has 4 topics that she always talks about: YADA, Rent, Spring Awakening, and boys. Wait, I am complaining again. I LOVE HER! She just is a little annoying/obsessed sometimes, but isn’t everyone?

I am going to stop before I continue complaining!

You know you love me!
XOXO,
Perfect Red Head

My Heart Was Taken UP And Away

UPDATE: This was all last night. When I got home, I started to write, but got too tired, so bear with me please?

Today my mom and I went to see My Life in Ruins. Her friend did something with it, I think produced it? I don’t know. It was alright, not change-your-life, but cute. I would recommend it if you like those sappy chick flick movies.

Here is the synopsis: From Nia Vardalos, writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, comes the uplifting comedy My Life in Ruins. Georgia (Nia Vardalos) has lost her kefi (Greek for “mojo”). Discouraged by her lack of direction in life, she works as a travel guide, leading a rag-tag group of tourists as she tries to show them the beauty of her native Greece while waiting to land her dream job. Opening their eyes to an exotic foreign land, she too begins to see things in new ways—finding her kefi and possibly love in the process. --© Fox Searchlight

It was cute. It had its funny moments and sad, heart-warming moments that made my mom and I cry. We walked out of there happy enough, but not amazed or changed.

But, on our way home, we passed the El Capitan where Up is playing. I had really wanted to see it, but it wasn’t playing at the Grove. We decided to be crazy and went to go see it. It was 3-D, which worried my mom, because her eyes make it hard to see 3-D. We agreed to try it and went into the nearly empty theater.

I am used to Rob playing the organ (yes, I am a nerd, I go to the El Capitan often and learn the organ player’s name), but tonight it was John. I missed Rob. The majestic curtain show happened, which I adore EVERY time. The commercials played, nothing special. The silver curtain closed again. I knew there was a stage show but I thought they might not do it because: 1) It was a 9:40 showing-late for kids, and 2) There were, like, 15 people there, mostly adults. Yet, the poor Disney dancers came out with the big furry characters. The usual: Goofy, Minnie, Mickey, Chip, Dale, Donald, Daisy, etc. The “What Time Is It?” music came on and I slouched in my seat. Ohhhh, boy. Here we go.

In case you come from Jupiter and have not heard that ridiculously ANNOYING song, its from HSM 2, which I had the misfortune of doing at YADA. Sure, it’s fun and upbeat and it’s easy to laugh at yourself, but I would not recommend doing it. Anyway, the scary-looking woman and falsely upbeat man start singing and the background are dancing Latin ballroom or something. Weird... Anyway, I won’t go into all the details, but it was quite painful. The curtain closes once more and finally the screen lights up. Wait, no there’s a Pixar short before we get to see the movie. It’s an adorable film about clouds that make babies for storks to deliver. It was very cute and happy. It even made my mom and I audibly sigh, “Awwwwwww!”

Anyway the movie finally starts. I won’t get into the details because I don’t want to ruin it for anyone. I HIGHLY recommend it for everyone! I thoroughly and completely enjoyed every minute it. I think I am in love with Mr. Frederickson, in all his squareness and I want to give a huge hug to Russell and.... well I will let you discover your own feelings when YOU SEE IT. It has everything: tear-jerking moments, arm-clenchers/nail-biters, sighs of relief, everything you would hope for, and more! I hope you all go to the El Capitan right now and see it, because it is definitely worth it.

(Left to Right) Dug, Russell, Mr. Frederickson

Dug, the squirrel-obsessed, talking dog in his "cone of shame"

Mr. Frederickson and his motley crew, Russell, the 8 year-old Wilderness Explorer, Dug (see above), Kevin, the rare, nimble, chocolate-loving bird.

PLEASE GO SEE THIS MOVIE!! IT IS SO WORTH IT!

Ok, I will stop now... One more time, SEE UP!!! Alright, now I am done.

You know you love me!
XOXO,
Perfect Red Head

A Little Dancing Queen, Funny Faces, and Some Artsynesssss

I know I already wrote today but after this morning, I uploaded the many pictures I took in my camera. I wanted to share them with you. Most of them were taken by my really awesome director, Val.

This is Val being all “artsy” with a mirror shot. He looks very natural with a camera held up to his face. He also takes really good pictures! :D

These two are from outside before the show in the back. The first one is my friend, Ethan, and I. I really like this photo and I like how our clothes are white with the green in the background. The second picture is an underneath shot of the ladder leading to the roof. It looks like you could climb to heaven or something.

This picture isn’t that great, but I happen to find it hilarious! I don’t really know why, but I think I look quite funny looking.


Look at me! Don’t let me escape!!



Val liked to not use the flash, which is why some pictures were blurry. That sometimes can be really cool, like in these two pictures. The first one is Alyssa, our stage manager. If you look closely, you can see her face twice. The second one is my friend, Lauren, and Alyssa again. These pictures are so cool!

(top) Whatever am I looking at?
(second) Pretty shot with NATURAL lighting!!
(third) I LOVE this picture!
(fourth) Totally classic backstage pic
(last) Awesome artsy Val shot

Wood Nymphs and Grass Trolls

I am sitting in my friend’s room at her birthday party. Our show yesterday went swell! Except for that the second show was waaaaaaaaay better, but they taped the first show, where my voice decided to be a spaz and not work. It was my friend, Lauren’s, birthday and my friend Mia and Lauren’s friend, Luna were here. Right now, Mia and Lauren are on the bed being spazzy like always. :P Apparently she just tried to yawn and had to breathe and then Mia laughed at her. But now, she is singing Sweeney Todd and talking about vegetarianism.

Anyway, last night went really well and we had a blast. I brought my fancy shmancy Rebel XTi camera to take backstage and party pictures. Val, one of our directors, stole my camera and took many awesome, artsy shots. My friend, Ryanna, and her sister came to the first show and I noticed them during “Knowing Me, Knowing You.” I smiled at her because she was in the front row and really close to me. My little step-cousins and my step-aunt also came to the first show. In addition, of course, to my mom, step-dad, dad, and step-mom. Then, my friend, Elena, and her mom came to the second show with my mom and my dad. I love when people come to see my show! It makes me feel special. :P 

Last night, when we got home from the show, we ate some veggies and dip and then went swimming. Afterwards, we ate pizza and salad and watched Chicago. While we were watching, we painted our nails. Mine are so awesome; on one hand it is alternating purple and green with stripes of the opposite color. (green on purple and vice versa) The other hand has navy and light sparkly blue alternating with the stripes also. I must admit, they are quite amazing!! I love painting my own nails, because I get to be original and AWESOME.

I have a hair and eye fetish. Well, it’s not reeeeaaaaally a fetish, but I am obsessed with hair and eyes. Like not actually hair itself but the way hair falls and the color and the curliness or straightness. And it think eyes are stunning beyond belief. Especially blue, green, and hazel. By the way, I know that was COMPLETELY random, but you know, WHATEVER. I am COOL like that.

Now Lauren is laughing in a high voice and pretending she is a wood nymph and Mia decided she is a grass troll. Oh, my friends. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them… I love them, no matter how completely spazzy and random they are.

We are going to go make chocolate chip pancakes now, so see you later!

You know you love me!

XOXO

Perfect Red Head

Slipping Through My Fingers

Today I will be performing as Somer, Sophie’s friend, in Mamma Mia! In Concert! at YADA. I am really excited!

I am the happiest I can be when I am at YADA. That’s why I made this picture on Photoshop. “The Happiest Place on Earth? NOT Disneyland! YADA!!”

By the way, many people have told me that my previous post was hard to read so I am trying to break it up a little with pictures and paragraphs. :D

You know, lots of people think that Mamma Mia/ABBA songs are just techno and upbeat. In reality there are some slow songs and some downers, like the song “Slipping Through My Fingers” which I have a solo in. It’s about Donna watching her daughter grow up and “slip through her fingers.” Here are the lyrics for your enjoyment.

Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye
With an absent-minded smile
I watch her go
With a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm loosing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes
Her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone
There's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt
I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Well some of that we did
But most we didn't
And why I just don't know

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers -

Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile

That song makes me teary-eyed. We just stand for our solos and sit while we wait, but Donna and Sophie are doing this whole pantomime. It involves putting on a veil, looking through a memory box, Sophie running off to school with her “schoolbag in hand.” Our simple choreography really leaves room for the pantomime to shine I like it a lot.

I have to go get ready for my show and eat lunch. I hope you enjoyed reading my blog! Until next time...

You know you love me!
XOXO
Perfect Red Head

P.S. On previous posts, you might’ve seen me sign off as “Smart Red Head”, but I thought it more fitting to sign off as “Perfect Red Head”, seeing as that is the title of my blog! :P

Loss for Words

I feel like I need to make a change to my blog. I don't feel inspired to write. I need a change of scene. I have been reading my dad's blog, my cousin, Spencer's, blog, and a girl at my school, Izzie’s blog. I feel like I have been changing a lot lately. Emotionally, socially, mentally, physically, etc. I made a lot of new friendships this school year and strengthened old relationships. I feel half nostalgic of middle school/RELIEVED to be on summer break. I think the weather mirrors my mental/emotional state right now. Logic says it is summer and I don’t have school; yet it’s cold and rainy. I am happy to be out finally, but I kind of wish I was back in the normal flow with my peers. Also, a girl that I became close with this year is leaving for LACHSA. I feel like I have known her forever, yet I also feel like our friendship didn’t have enough time to steep. Also, two weeks ago I went to my old school graduation. It made me nostalgic but at the same time I felt comPLETEly happy that I chose to leave for Oakwood. That was one of the best decisions of my life. I felt like running in circles and turning cartwheels while spouting gibberish to the tune of Broadway tunes. I needed to break away from the closed walls and conformism. The absolute SAMEness of everyone and utter BORINGness. I felt so liberated afterward because it was like all strings tying me to Turning Point were gone. I was sad for a moment but then just plain FREEEEEEEEEEE. So, I went back to “normal” life at school. But, thankfully yesterday was my last day and to give you a taste of the freedom at Oakwood, I’ll explain what my friend and I did. The day before we made A TON of cookies, like eighty, of ALL different flavors and at school we wore fairy wings and passed them out. I can’t even begin to imagine doing that at Turning Point. I cannot begin to explain my happiness!! Especially socially. At Turning Point, there were cliques and mean girls. My “clique” was so ridiculous, and I didn’t really consider any of them true friends. I always longed for a best friend or at least close friends. I only keep up with ONE now and only through Facebook. At Oakwood, on the other hand, I have a group of 10ish really good friends. And there aren’t really any “mean” girls and even though there are “groups” Almost everyone is friends. Of course, I am not saying there is not drama, but it is NOT the same. Also, one thing I also really appreciate is the way everyone is so loving and open and stuff. Almost everyone says “I love you” to almost anyone. For instance, if someone gives me a compliment or does something nice, I almost always say I LOVE YOU! Plus, my friends and I always say I love you whether it’s a birthday card or saying ttyl on im. I feel like this has to do with the new environment and also just me growing up and being more mature. Also, at YADA, my acting school, I used to only be there for acting and I didn’t really have many friends there. Especially not the kind you would hang out with outside of class. But NOW, I have a group of amazing tightly knit bfffy’s (best friends forever from YADA) And I am most like myself there. I am extremely outgoing, and although most people think I should be institutionalized, YADA is my second home (well, technically, third but whatever) and I when I am not there, I am counting the days until I am. Also, being an only child (well not really) most of my life, I learned to be good friends with adults and I have always been mature for my age. This has manifested in some of my closest friends being adults. Like Ren, for example, I would consider him my closest friend over 20. Also, I have been extremely close with all the directors/staff at YADA. I have been at YADA for more than half my life and much longer than most of the directors/staff there now. When I went there, there were six main people who did everything. Now, there is at least fifteen, if not more. YADA has definitely changed since I have been there. Some changes for the better, some not so much. I won’t get into that though. My show for Mamma Mia! In Concert (just the songs, no scenes) is tomorrow and I am extremely excited. Up until the dress rehearsal, I thought the show was eeehhhh and not worth my friends seeing. But after the dress rehearsal, I realized it is SUCH a fun show and really cool. We are all dressed in white flowy costumes and the set is relatively white and the props are silver or white. This looks really cool especially with the colored lights. It is interesting, because today one of my friends asked it I still get nervous since I have a done a bajillion shows there. I told of course, just not stage fright, more like butterflies. I think a little bit of excitement/fright is good and shows that you care. Anyway, on a different note, I watched Glee today. It is so funny/amazing! I was reminded of this because the song “Whispering” from Spring Awakening just came up on Shuffle. Just wait, I am not as crazy as you think! There is a connection! This is sung by Lea Michele who is in Glee. HA! Not as crazy as you might think! Well, maybe I am but that is irrelevant. I am sorry if my random string of ideas and thoughts are confusing. I am so tired right now and even when I am full of energy I still am confusing. Just ask my friends...

I basically just spilled my guts and vented and now I am at a loss for words. I hope to write more in the near future.

You know you love me!
XOXO
Smart Red Head

P.S. I thought I should explain my post title. It is ironic, because I wrote so much. It also has to do with how I feel like I am at a loss for words to explain how I feel and so many other things. Ok now you know.

So Busy!

Ok, WOW. It's winter vacation and I have two fun-filled weeks until school... well I'll explain later. So today I am singing at the Sunrise Living Center, a retirement home for people who used to be part of the "biz", with my singing crew, the Dream Team. We have a selection of group and solo numbers form assorted musicals, and I have solos in "Omigod You Guys" from Legally Blonde the Musical, "Beauty and the Beast", and "Children Will Listen", from Into the Woods.

      

Tomorrow, I am interning at my acting school for the company show of Cabaret. The company class is the older kids and you have to be in high school to audition. I can't wait for next year, when I will be in 9th grade, so I can audition. (They're applying for the rights to Rent)

On Monday, I'm going to get together and have a little Christmas party with one of my best friends, Ryanna. (See At Ry-Ry's House)

On Tuesday, I'm leaving for Deer Valley, Utah where I will be spending five blissful days skiing with Lisa Kudrow's family. Much to my dismay, we will be spending Christmas and Christmas Eve there. I hope we will be doing something fun and festive; I'm a sucker for Holiday Spirit.

We get back on the 27th, the day before my birthday. I will celebrate my 14th birthday with my dad and then go to our neighbors' house for a Christmas party. Between the 29th and the 4th, I want to have my birthday party, because that is when my close Tallulah is here, before she has to go back to England. (See Ick I Feel Like Crap)

On the 31st, my mom is hosting a big party, and it's New Year's Eve. 

2009! New Year's Day is my step-sister, Sarah's birthday and she is going to be 20!! AAH! On the 5th, I go back to school, but I don't have classes until the 20th, because of a new program at my school called Immersion. It's a two-week program where you are part of only one class/workshop and you don't have any classes. I am going to be in Pop Music Recording Workshop, and I'm really excited. Although, it's not really pop music, per se, most people are just going to record songs, covers and originals. There are some really great classes, like Life is a Circus where you fly to Las Vegas at the end to see Cirque du Soleil, Sewing and Design, where you get to work at Juicy Couture, or a trip to China. I am really looking forward to Immersion! Then, I resume school on the 20th.

Well, I've got to go clean my room and silently stress out about how much stuff I'm going to do in the next four weeks! AAH!

You know you love me!
XOXO,
Smart Red Head

Music Overload

Today I downloaded a loooooooot of music. Well, I don't want to give it all away. Why don't you see for yourself?

Here we go again...

This one is pretty self-explanatory, right? Ok go ahead flair, explain yourself...

I chose this one because I just got Snoopy! YAY ME! Plus, my really good friend, Mia, is Woodstock! DOUBLE YAY ME!!

This one is just to reinforce the one before this. YAY!!!

Ok I'm going to go to bed now, because it is 10:25 and I have school tomorrow, OY!

You know you love me!
XOXO,
Smart Red Head

Bleah I'm Bored

I'm just hanging around the house on my computer and watching old episodes of Desperate Housewives. Alright here goes:

I felt like someone pulled a rug out from underneath me today. I was very disoriented, confused, tired, crappy, the whole ordeal. Bleh.

I miss my acting school friends. I'm going to a party with them on Saturday after class. It's an asian-themed costume Sweet 16. Hmm I don't really know what to wear.

This one is kind of the opposite of how I feel today. If someone handed me a lemon, i would toss it in the air and somehow drop it where all the juice would splatter. Yay me.

I'm going to talk about the objects here, not the action. So I chose this picture because I have so many fricking injuries on my feet, it's ridiculous. I have an ingrown toenail, an embedded splinter, two forming scars, four blisters, and two cuts. WTF??? To add to that insanity, I had to run in sneakers, like, a lot. POO. Owwie, I have to got to the podiatrist. bleh...

You know you love me!
XOXO,
Smart Red Head

At Ry-Ry's House

I'm sleeping at my friend, Ryanna's, house tonight because my mom is in France. Ok here comes the flair for today:

I chose this one because it is for the show Friends  and I'm with my friend. Heehee. She just said I was a boring writer and she wants me to use crazy words like Wackadoodle and Hippopatamous. Happy, Ryanna? Good.

I know this one isn't Flair, but we just took it and I felt the urge to add it in.

I know this was a short post, but I have to get back to my adventurous life with Ryanna.

You know you love me!
XOXO,
Smart Red Head

Ick I Feel Like Crap

I have major cramps and altogether I just feel very bleh. Ok here are the flair for my mood at the moment:

I miss my cousin and I can't wait for his Bar Mitzvah in March '09. Poo that's a long time from now...

 I feel more like the second mask right now, especially since I miss my acting school so whole-heartedly. I absofrickinglutely can't wait for the next class and I just had one yesterday!

I chose this one, because very recently a lot of our friends left. My friend, Tallulah, went to boarding school in England, I haven't really had time to be with my mom since the beginning of August, our good friends Tom and Lisa are leaving soon and just had their "house cooling" party, and last, but not least, our other good friends Michelle and Steve, and their kids, Keane and Chase, recently packed their bags and settled in Santa Cruz. Holy Moly! The craziest part is, on August 23rd, I went from the end of Tallulah's surprise goodbye party (a major success) to the "house cooling" party to Michelle and Steve's house to help them pack.

Wow, okay I'm going to get back to reading Twilight now. It's so good that I've already read 423 pages in almost a day.

You know you love me!
XOXO,
Smart Red Head

New Beginnings

I've decided to do my blog a little differently from here on out.

There is the application called pieces of flair on facebook where people make "flair" and you can get them and put them on your "flair board" which is a virtual corkboard.
if you have fb, check this out!

Anywho, i went through mmmmmaaaaannnnnyyyy pages of it and dragged my favorites out. I am going to put some of the ones that show mood right now or funny ones that I love to laugh at.

Alright, here goes...

I chose this one beacause I just auditioned for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at my acting school. Last time they did it, I was Lucy and this picture is of Lucy. Also, I've also spent the day just hanging around the house alone and Lucy is jump-roping alone.

This one is here, because I'm kind of just coasting, not really thinking about things, and kind of being a dumb blonde (sorry to all the blondes out there)

My mom was really lucky, because she got to sit in, like, the second row for Obama's speech at the DNC. If I was old enough to vote, I would DEFINITELY vote for Obama.

We're going to go see The Women so that's all for now!

You know you love me!
XOXO,
Smart Red Head

The People I Know and Have Pictures Of

This is my crazy dad. He's definitely crazy, but we love him!

This is one of my best friends, Tara, and we're in the same grade, same school. She also goes to my drama class with me. Look at that drama queen! Ooee!

This is Lexi, also one of my best friends who goes to my school and is in my grade. I guess I caught her by surprise! Hee-Hee-Hee!

This is Ana... yet again another one of my friends at my school, in my grade. I just went to her ice-skating party to celebrate her 11th birthday. We had a blast!!

This is Kendall, my wicked(actually not-so-wicked, but anyway) step-mother trying, in vain(and not doing that great a job, if you know what I mean) to copy the pose of the robot behind her at the Museum of Science and Industry.

This is my crazy cousin, Sammy, who lives in Chicago, Illinois, making funny faces as always! Silly boy!

This is my Aunt Sue and my Uncle Jeff at Moosejaw(a restaurant in Wisconsin Dells, WI) wearing the tradtional Moosejaw Antlers on our two day trip to Wilderness Resort, an AWESOME waterpark! YEAH!!

This is Hayley, yet another of my friends at school and in my grade. She's a little crazy. Well, maybe not just a little, but still. Above her to the right is Briana, but everyone calls her Bri for short. Briana is Hayley's friend and also in my... you know what I mean.

Samantha is tom-boy, so everyone calls her Sam. She really shy, but her niceness makes up for it. She is, yet again, a girl who is in my grade and school.

This is my other cousin, Spencer, who is Sam's older brother in Chicago. He's-get this-a drummer in a band called the Blisters, and he 's only ten, soon to be eleven! Wow!

This is Morgan. Kendall used to baby-sit her everyday, but Kendall's going through some complications with Tony, her mom. I've written posts about her(see Morgan the Angil-Devel under Archives, then April 2005).

This is my other aunt and uncle, Brooke and Scott. Brooke is pregnant with Hallie, their first(and so far only)child in the picture. Hallie just turned 1 year old! Yay!

This is Lisa, our family friend, with a stuffed unicorn on her head. My stuffed unicorn. She's a math genius, along with her sister.

This is Tom, Lisa's husband. He works in theater, and he's REALLY tall!!

This is my surprise 10th party. My dad said it was the only surprise birthday party where the recipient was truly and fully surprised, and, I was. From the top left, starting with the blond girl(the only one looking at the camera) is Sascha, me, Annalisa, and Sally. The middle row is Tara. The bottom row is Samia, Veronica, Arianna, and Katya. Everyone except Katya went, or is going to YADA, my old acting school. Tara and Katya go to my school. Go us! YAY!

This is my grndmother, Martine, but we all call her baba, because she is French.

This is my mom and step-dad, Mark with me at my Hoop-a-thon, with my trophy I won. Go me!!

This is Allen, the crazy perfectionist. Weird combo, huh? Can't you tell by his eyes, and if you could see his handwriting. Oh boy!

That's it for now! please write comments, I love to hear from you! Bye bye now.

Junetober

These are some of the pictures I took yesterday of our block which is completely decorated for Halloween. It sounds weird, but they were filming a "Monk" episode that will start the new season next fall. We were at the catering tent and we saw the trick-or-treaters. I wish I could be one of the trick-or-treater extras! There were five kids in costumes. There was a Dracula, an army sergeant, a hippie, a witch, and a princess. I think the princess was really pretty with her makeup on. I think she was the prettiest of all of them. She had blonde hair, red lips, a pink dress, and purple shoes.

By the way, the title, Junetober, is because it felt like it was Halloween, which takes place in October, in the middle of June. This is our front door, all decorated. It was funny because the paper goblin to the right was really messed up and I tried to fix it to look like the other one. It didn’t work so I just left it there for the picture. If you look closely you can see the mini-Frankenstein in the chair. He is actually kind of cute up close (see photo at right). He has dark black hair, a funny little suit, and his face is so full of wrinkles he looks like an old man. Why am I telling you this? You’re looking at the pictures, you can see for yourself! (Click on any photo to see a bigger version.)

This is the really cool life-sized guy that’s standing outside our door. I think it’s a vampire because of the fangs and the cape (because it’s red like blood) but Kendall thinks it’s a goblin. I don’t know why. My dad thinks it looks like an old count who may or may not be a vampire. I think it looks like my dad with his nose pulled up! (Just kidding.) It’s really cool because at night his eyes light up RED! I think his hair kind of looks like Albert Einstein but there’s a little bit less of it. I wish we could keep him for Halloween but it’s part of the set and they’re going to take him away when the finish shooting the show on Monday.

These are the characters they put on the sides of our house. I think the vulture is really cute but also really ugly at the same time. The cat I think if it was real I’d run away! There are two landings by the side of our stairs, on each side, and these characters are on top of each pair.

This character is hanging in our driveway. I think it’s a girl but my dad thinks it’s a boy. What do you think? I think it’s a girl because it has long hair. I think it looks like a Dementor from Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. (You know, the weird black thing that sucks your soul out of your mouth!)

We had lunch and dinner at the catering tent. It was really good! We had hamburgers for lunch and fruit and lemonade. For dinner we had steak, all different flavors of pizzas, chicken, salads and clams, and for dessert they had jello, strawberry and marble ice cream, fried apples and bananas, and two different cakes. I love when they shoot on our block because there’s always great food. Also, in our backyard, they had snacks that went on all night because they were shooting at night. After I went to bed they came and did a scene inside our house even though they weren’t supposed to (they checked with my dad of course!).

I hope you liked my photo essay of the Halloween shooting on our block!

Morgan the Angil-Devel

As I've realized over the past couple of months, the Tasmanian Devel has her "angil" side. As you can see, devil and angel are spelled wrong. That is because the "i" in devil goes and makes 90% good or angel and 10% bad or devil, and vice versa.

1. She is so sweet and generous, except for when she's not in a good mood.

2. If you ask right, if you don't want her to have something, it's easy to get something back. And it's very amusing the way she says "please" because she says "peas" because babies can't usually pronounce the "L" sound.

3. She is so cute you could die. She laughs so sweetly and cutely that it makes you want you want to laugh.

On Crushes

As I told you in "Chicken Soup," I said that I would tell you about the next section "On Crushes" when I finished. I have finished and I didn't like it as much as I thought I would or as much I liked "On Friendship."

The Council of the Barbie Head

Once upon a time in a faroff land...blah blah blah...whatever. Basically, I had this Barbie doll and its head came off, and ever since then we've been hiding the Barbie head, and now we've made a council, the Council of the Barbie Head, and we have meetings in the bathroom, and we basically hide the Barbie head in different places and scare each other to death. For instance, once we hid it in my dad's sock, once we hid it in Kendall's wallet, once we hid it in on top of my deodorant, and many, many, many more places. And here are the rules:

1. If someone hides the Barbie head, and another person asks who it's hidden for, they must tell, but they do not have to tell where it's hidden because that would be cheating.

2. Anyone can hide the Barbie head after it has been found. It doesn't have to be the person who found it.

I think hiding the Barbie head provide many many laughs and thrills and screams and will do so for many years.

You should try this at home!

Chicken Soup

All right, I didn't name this after the chicken soup that's the actual soup, I named it after the book I'm reading now which is a pretty sweet book called "Chicken Soup for the Pre-Teen Soul 2." There's these different sections, for instance: On Friends, On Crushes (it's sort of like chapters, but then there's chapters in the chapters). Right now I'm on the last one in the On Friends section. The one I just read was pretty sad, and it's called "Being There." It's about this guy named Jared Garrett, and he has cerebral palsey and he has to be in an electronic wheelchair and it's really sad, and all his friends old and young, all sorts of different races help him all the time. For instance:

One of the ways that I experience friendship is through my own family. My cousin Chaz is a good example. Since I have limited use of my hands, I can't always do things myself. One time, while eating at McDonald's we decided to eat at a table away from the adults. A quarter pounder is too big for me to pick up so Chaz picked it up and fed it to me. He didn't even think about doing it, he just picked it up and did it. That's friendship.

One time I went to a sleepover at my cousin's Sky's house, and he had about eight other guys there, too. In the middle of the night, after his parents were asleep, as you can guess, we were still awake. We were all lying on the floor, talking our heads off, when we decided to get up and go outside. Because I can't put myself in my wheelchair, all the boys grabbed my arms and legs and placed me in it. No adults were needed for this amazing feat. Sometimes it's handy to have a lot of friends.

Then there's my grandpa. He's 79 years old. Whenver I get time off from school, we take a day and go to the mall. First, we go eat breakfast and he helps feed it to me. I play video games, and he helps me insert the coins. That's what I would call a really friendly grandpa.

I have another friend—a guy in his early 30s named Steve who went to summer camp with me for several years in a row. Without his help, I couldn't have participated in a lot of the activities. He totally didn't have to do that, but because he did he showed me that that's what friendship is all about.

My church youth group plays basketball at the church gym a lot. Whenever I go to these events, they allow me to play on one of the teams. Have you ever played against a team with a kid in a 100-pound wheelchair? I say that's friendship!

And I also want to share with you the last little bit of Jared's story:

If you've never really thought about the true meaning of frienship, I hope that reading this little piece of my life has given you something to think about. My friends are as differenet as people can be from one another but they all have something in common. Each of them recognizes that being a friend means being there for your friends. And as you can see, they've all been there for me.

I think that's a really sweet story, and there's other stories like stories of girls and boys who were lonely who found a friend who made them less lonely, or teased because they had weight problems or things like that. For instance in "Thanks Y'all," this girl who had weight problems and never smiled and never laughed met a huge group of friends that were inseparable: Cori, Cole, Hannah, Matt, Adriane, Ross, Toni, and her twin sister Monica, helped her get out of being a "dork," because that's what she called herself.

As I read more, for instance, the next section On Crushes, I'll tell you more about it.

The very belated party info

Okay... all right im really sorry, ive just been busy that's all! (Drum roll...) Now the news you've all been waiting for! (trumpet, horns, drumroll) So, we got there, at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and couldn't find the people's party because we didn't get the bungalow information that was supposed to come in the mail. So we called them and they came to find us. Oh, I forgot to tell you, that there were so many people there and we had to walk on a big red carpet because it was the night before the Grammys and they were having a big party, and everyone was standing there, all the fans and the people. And then my dad left and we ran back to the bungalow and when we were there we ate burgers from room service and big brownie things, and then we watched a movie called "The Notebook." And the person who was having the party had never seen the movie before and she liked it, but it was kind of getting long and we were all tired. And finally we went to sleep, or at least we tried to get to sleep but there were these two girls who whispered a lot. And then we woke up the next day and went to Jack and Jill's for breakfast. And then we went back to the hotel and went swimming and played hide and seek and then we got dressed for the party and we were all hurrying and we finally got to the private Polo Lounge room that they reserved and we had so much fun. They had this really cool thing, like a green screen, and you sit on these stools, and you pretend to sing, you lip sync to these songs, and they have these fake bodies that were really cool that dance and they put your head on the bodies and there's all sorts of songs like "SuperFreak" and "Barbie Girl" and "Skater Boy" and much more and they give you videos to take home. Then there was this guy who was so cool, he takes this sticky stuff and makes it into balls and from that he makes it into animals and flowers and stuff, he can make almost anything, he puts in on a lollipop stick and you get to take it home. He's the best artist ever, he can do anything you ask for. But really, I don't see why they make it out of candy, you don't want to eat it, it doesn't even taste that good but it's really pretty. And they had this thing where you take vanilla and chocolate ice cream and they had all these toppings, caramel and fudge sauce, it was really cool. It was really fun, I liked the party. Oh, and I went to go pack up my bag from the bungalow and I couldn't find any of my clothes, I could only find my toothbrush and my date clock (which is a little clock that you have to hand change which says only the date). But I couldn't find any of my clothes except for one undergarment and my dad was like "Honey, you don't have any of your clothes, you have to go back" so we go back to the room and the housemaid person was leaving but we begged her to open for us and she was nice so she let us and we went back and found most of my clothes except for my jacket. I was so happy that I found my clothes! And then we went home and lived happily ever after!