"Well, once America realizes that the Democrats are as corrupt and useless as the Republicans and that things are going to be basically the same as before, I'm sure everything will be back to normal. It doesn't take the public long to forget." --attributed to my father. He has a good point. I doubt we'll wake up one day next year with free gays, ( Read more... )

Ian gave me a rose for no reason. My show is coming together. Mayo says I might get to design all the costumes for Grapes of Wrath. I'm concertmistress. I am either going to see mothereffing Islands tomorrow or else go on a real live date with my real live boyfriend ( Read more... )

Everything will change.

At least, I hope so.

Happy Spirit Week ( Read more... )

I am angry.

This weekend was very productive for me. I took my violin bow to Elmhurst to get it rehaired. I got a haircut. I returned a long-overdue library book (The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie, which is jaw-droppingly good). I wrote a highly inflammatory Northwestern essay and half of a UChicago essay. I constructed an animal cell membrane out ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I inadvertently fulfilled one of my life goals by conducting my orchestra through the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth. I had always hoped accomplishing this would be a little more glamorous (and in tune), but that's life.

Today I discovered that in order to graduate from the school I have been trying to escape for the last three years, I need an applied arts credit. That's right. Foods 1. Keyboarding. Child Development. My counselor neglected to tell me this fun fact until, oh, this morning. What follows is my rage-filled PE waiver letter to the principal which I ( Read more... )

Inappropriate on the 5-year anniversary of September 11th:

-Asking the date.
-Leaving the television off.
-Having personal problems.

All of which I did.

Ragtime cast list:

Coalhouse Walker - Darren Miller
Sarah - Aliya Bagewadi
Sarah's friend - Elianne Nascimento
Booker T. Washington - Evan Franklin
Tateh - James Gasber
Little girl - Cora Sivak
Mother - Amy Leahy
Father - Eric Haimann
Grandfather - Nick Matos
Younger brother - John Means
Edgar - Robert Leahy
Evelyn Nesbit - Molly Rood
Harry ( Read more... )