Oh yes - what a lovely Halloween Prank. Happy Halloween (weekend), all. And now it’s time for the tale of my Saturday! It all began when I realized that I still had no costume…

Since I’m no sloucher, I immediately leapt into action and declared an emergency trip to the mall in order.

So after I hopped in the shower and into some clothes, and then walked downtown where I found the Bellis Fair bus just arriving. So I hopped aboard, and road along, until I heard the bus driver say:

I did not know that there was a Salvation Army anywhere near, so I hopped off at the next stop to see what sorts of costumes they had to offer. They didn’t have much by way of costumes, so I looked around their ordinary clothes to see if there was something that caught my eye.
They had one suit that could have made a semi-decent pee-wee, but then I spotted a nice black shirt hanging up:

I picked up the shirt and carried it around as I looked for more options. And then I found some black pants that matched the shirt almost perfectly - and I had remembered seeing some black graduation robes at Value Village the last time I was there, and I thought that with all these things combined, I could make a pretty sweet Snape costume, and so that’s what I went with.

Since all they had there at the Salvation Army was the shirt and pants, the trip to the mall was still needed, so I went back out to the bus stop mere minutes before the bus arrived (my timing was just about perfect the entire day - it was pretty awesome the way that worked out, as you’ll see later in the story).

So I went to the Value Village, found a nice black graduation robe, and tried to find a nice button up black vest (like the one I have at home that would have been perfect if I had brought it along to school rather than leave it at home). Unfortunately they didn’t have any, so I kept looking around and eventually found a shiny black vest-like thing that I thought would work just as well, if not as accurate based on the movie costume.

I tried the whole costume on over there and it looked pretty sweet - except for my non-Snape-y hair style.

So I tried on some wigs at the Value Village and didn’t find anything suitable, so I left value village to cross the street into the actual mall itself.

The nearest entrance to the mall from Value Village is through the Macy’s, where I had just found out that Lisette is working, so I went over to the make-up counter (where she works) to see if she was around. As it turns out she was the very first person I saw at the make-up counter, and so I went over and chatted with her for a while.

She recommended that I look at the halloween store they have set up in the store there, and so that’s where I went next. They had a whole Harry Potter section, but no snape stuff. They had one straight black hair wig that, although not snape, might have been a decent substitute. I considered getting it, until I saw the price tag: $30! Wadda ripoff. So I left that halloween store, and went to Target and the Dollar Store to see what they had to offer.

Neither of those places had anything good to offer either by way of wigs, so I left the mall (after stopping at the kitchen store and getting a set of cooling racks) to go to Rite Aid, where they were having a sale on their halloween stuff.


At Rite-Aid they only had wigs with multiple colors, so I didn’t get one there either. But since this was the last place on my list of places to look, I decided to just go ahead and make the wig myself, so I picked up a ball of black yarn, some heavy duty tape, and some scissors.

On my way back to the apartment, I found a stick on the ground that I decided to turn into a magic wand (because without a magic wand, Snape would be defenseless, and we can’t have that now, can we?)

Once I got back to the apartment I widdled the stick into magic wand shape, and cut the yarn up into long bits, and then arranged them on layers of tape, which I then stapled together so that the whole thing wouldn’t fall apart. And the result:

And then the costume was finished! Hooray!
Now that that was taken care of, I chilled around the apartment for a while until I thought it would be a good time to start walking to the party. But lucky for me, as I was walking down Bill McDonald, there was Meredith walking to her car (this was the good timing that I mentioned earlier). She had some friends over at her apartment, so she invited me in to partake of the Halloween Festivities of it all.

Inside were a few people dressed up in fancy costumes of their own:

We stayed around that apartment for a while until it was time to go to Jake and Nate’s party (that was the party that I was going to, and they were going to as well (because we’re mostly theatre people, and this was a theatre people party). At the main party there were quite a few people in too many costumes to draw accurately. I spent pretty much the entire time dancing with Karri and her friend, and every now and then took breaks to go get some air (because it was mighty hot and smelly inside).

This party was pretty fun, although I did not enjoy it as much as I have the other recent parties. They turned the music off at about 2:30 and people cleared out pretty quick after that. I got a ride home from Rodney about 3am (2am after I switched the clocks), and I went to bed feeling strangely unsatisfied. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but something about the evening just didn’t sit right with me… but it was still an enjoyable day/evening/night.

I’ll put up some actual photographs later on. Happy Halloween, all.

Today was performance day for the crossdressing scenes. They went quite well - and I must say I looked pretty awesome, despite the runs in my pantyhose. But don’t take my word for it - here’s a picture!

I was going to bring my camera to take picture of everyone, but alas - as I was gathering up my costume I completely forgot about it, and so the above picture is here thanks to Caroline and her camera phone. Unfortunately due to the angle that I’m standing in that picture, you cannot see my really awesome boobs - my favorite part of the costume. And you’re also missing out on my really awesome legs. So when I said that I looked pretty awesome before, I guess you do have to take my word for it.
In case you hadn’t guessed it, that’s my husband Adria on the left there, looking wonderfully mannish.

Don’t have much else to talk about today, except to tell everyone to send prayers and positive energy over to Crystal Brooks, who got a concussion last night and could use the good thoughts. If Crystal is reading this, hope you get better real quick, and if you need anything don’t hesitate to ask.

That’s it for now - g’night, all.

Happy Monday all. How are you tonight?

I myself am pretty grand. Last night shortly after I posted on this thing, I got an instant message from Meredith, who invited me to go watch the Family Guy movie (the source of today’s journal title). Since I cannot say no to Family Guy, she picked me up at my apartment and we went over to Random and Jessilee’s apartment where those two and Tom were already were. Before the movie we spent some time talking and thinking about what would be good songs to do for recreations in musical theater class.

The family guy movie was pretty great - it wasn’t so much a movie as it was three family guy episodes put together into one long one - but there was much hillarity. Unfortunately about halfway through Meredith got a call from her BF, who apparently had been waiting outside her apartment for an hour, and was quite upset. Nathan (the BF, who’s also in the dead parrots and 360) came later on and those two left together in what appeared to be a very unpleasant fashion.

What’s the deal with boyfriends right now? It seems that all of the BFs that I’ve heard about recently are all very upset with their GFs right now. *shrug*

That was yesterday. Today was good too. I don’t know if I have a great deal of extra hottness today or what, but I recieved a ton of flirtatious smiles from the ladies today. Why? I dunno - perhaps it’s because all of their boyfriends are mad at them? Whatever the reason for it, it was a nice self-esteem booster.

Is anybody on here on that xuqa site? It’s a kind of sleazy frat-boy version of facebook. I’m not a huge fan of the site, but today I was on there and saw that you can give people kisses on there, whether you’re on the site or not - so everyone reading this should give me a kiss. *muah*

That’s about it for today… I ordered a pizza for dinner, and it is delicious.

If you’re near Bellingham, come see me in my crossdressing scene tomorrow at 3pm in PAC399. It’ll be splendid, and you can watch me act like a seductive woman. Rawr.

In other news, this has been one of the best weekends in recent memory. It started out with Friday, as drawn in the last post. Saturday I slept in in the morning, and at noon I went up to work on the crossdressing scene in my dress for the first time. The two TAs for the class were there, and they gave us some helpful hints - I think the scene will turn out quite well.

After rehearsal I went to Haggens to do some shopping. There I found a few things of great amazement - buy-one-get-two-free pasta roni and cake mixes (so if you have a birthday coming up let me know and I’ll bake you a cake), and as I was grabbing all this stuff I could have sworn I heard somebody on the intercom say “Spongebob please come to the customer service center,” so I of course had to investigate - and there indeed was Spongebob, in all his square pantedness (or, in this case, her square pantedness. She was walking around with a farmer, and they then went to a table where they had some cookies and candies that could be put together to form a spider-shaped treat.

Going back to the rehearsal for a moment - while I was wearing my dress and looking into the mirror, I noticed that my body hair rather ruined the womanly affect. And so after Haggen I walked over to Rite Aid and got one of those haircutting shaver dealies, and some black pantyhose. I took these things back to my apartment, and then proceeded to attempt to add to my feminity by shaving everywhere that would be visible while wearing the dress. This was quite a bit more difficult than I had imagined - largely due to the fact that I had opted to get the ultra-fancy $5.99 hair cutter thingy, and so it kept breaking down and I had to keep fixing it. After I grew weary of that one, I tried using my regular day-to-day shaver and had better luck, but still not perfect. In the end I was able to succeed by hopping in the shower and using the Schick Quattro razor I got as a free sample. Once I was dried off I checked to see how it looked with my hair-free body and pantyhose attatched to the costume. Despite creating several runs in them as I put them on, it looks pretty good. Good enough to justify the difficulty of shaving? I don’t think so.

After the big hassle that that was, I needed some fun, so I changed back into man clothes and walked down to the big Theatre Party that was going on at Brittni’s house. Shortly after I got there they opened a bottle of some magical rum the likes of which had never been seen by me. I don’t know anything about different kinds of rum, so I mixed myself a rum & coke with the same proportions as I’m used to, and then watched as everyone else was shocked and amazed that I would be so brave as to drink such a thing - this tipped me off then that it was not the rum I was used to. But I began to drink it anyway, and it was indeed stronger than I was used to, so I added more coke to it and then went on my way.

Now, normally, if that had been a normal rum and coke, I could have finished it and been completely fine - as at the last party I had one larger than the one I had last night, and then went on to have a few more drinks after and was still able to carry on full conversations throughout the night. This one, however… before I was even halfway through with that one (and I was taking it slow), I had lost much of my verbal dexterity, and so I thought that I had better slow it down even more. I ended up drinking that one rum and coke slowly through the entire party, and even just having that one drink pretty well did me in. But the thing was, while in the past when a drink did me in I’d end up sitting alone on the couch and get all philosophical and mopey - but last night I became very peppy jolly and friendly, and I had a grand time talking it up with all sorts of people (I spent most of the evening with the lovely Karen Pollack, and other folks from theater classes of quarters past.) It was really a ton of fun - probably the most fun I’ve had at any party during my college years. Top 3, in any case. Not long after I finished my drink the party started to wind down, and after giving hugs goodbye to everyone I went over to the couch area to sit and chat and wait for the cab (I took a taxi with my roomie greg and another guy and girl from the party). The cab dropped us off a few blocks from our apartment, so Greg and I walked the rest of the way and discussed issues of great importance the likes of which can only be discussed at 2:30 in the morning after too much drinking.

When we got back I managed to make my way into my bed, where I imagined that I’d spend the next twelve hours, and I did not look forward to the headache I’d have in the morning…. but when I awoke, I felt wide awake, and perfectly fine. I looked to see if Greg was up, and he wasn’t, so I looked at my clock to see it change from 7:59 to 8:00. What the heck? I cannot explain it. I can only attribute it to whatever magic spell was placed on that rum (I remember somebody at the party saying that Harry Potter had cast a spell on it, so that could be the explanation).

Anyway, however it happened, I was wide awake and feelin’ fine at 8am, and so I got up, watched American Beauty and had breakfast, then took a shower, and went on with my day. Since I had such a busy Friday and Saturday I just took it easy today, sittin’ around, talking to people online, watched another movie (Napoleon Dynomite), and tried to find a song to sing for my Evita audition. I also was looking at the George W. Bush approval rates listed by state, and made this map based on them:

Ahh - the country is turning Blue again! And I had the greatest weekend in a long time! Life is good! Woop!

My story today begins with Yesterday Morning, when I awoke at my usual time, but rather than feeling groggy as usual, I found a mysterious abundance of energy!

Since I had all this energy, once I had finished Physics class, I went to the gym to spend my excess energy and build up my muscles:


Once I had finished working out, I still had plenty of energy, which, when combined with my new muscles, gave me super powers!

Throughout the rest of the day I used those powers to finish my physicalization sheet for 360, go to class, make a yummy dinner, watch ‘Empire Records’ for the first time, and write the Hansel and Gretel skit that I posted yesterday. By the time all that was finished it was after one in the AM, so I went to bed,
even though I still had energy to spare.

That brings us to today. Today I had not as much energy as yesterday, but I was still rather peppy throughout my classes, and up through the first real rehearsal in the performance space for my cross dressing scene. We had Becka come in and give us pointers, and now it’s looking quite good.


After we had finished rehearsing, I hopped on the bus to go to Sunset Square (I went by myself because Jessica is so busy that she never has time to go, and I wanted to be sure to get in early while they still have costumes to buy, and so I could be sure to get a dress for the crossdressing scene before we
perform them on Tuesday.


When I got to Sunset Square, I was shocked and amazed to see in the parking lot my favorite car:


There were more people admiring the weiner mobile and taking pictures, but unfortunately for them they only had cameras, whereas I had my mind, and so you get much more detailed photographs of it, as you can see above. The purpose of Sunset Square was to go to Goodwill, and so that’s where I went first (that’s the place where
I got the pieces of my halloween costume that I didn’t make myself last year), but when I got in I was dismayed to find that they didn’t have anything good at all!


Since they didn’t have anything, I went to the other Sunset Square stores, and after finding nothing in any of them, I hopped on another bus up to Bellis Fair. When I got there it was about dinner time, so I checked the menu at the Old Country Buffet and found that they were having Seafood - salmon, and three different kinds of shrimp! I could not turn this down, so that’s where I ate.

It wasn’t the greatest seafood in the world, and all three of the kinds of shrimp (fried, lemon pepper, and coconut) were all fried, and so had a similar fried taste to them. But hey - it was seafood (which I rarely have) on all-you-can-eat for $10, so I can’t complain too much.

After dinner and a massage in one of the fancy mall massage chairs, I went to the costume store they have there in the mall, and then it was off to Value Village, where they had quite a bit more. I didn’t find anything I really wanted for my Halloween costume, but then when I started looking at dresses I found a great green dress (yes, a real green dress. Sorry - I know that’s cruel.) that I was pleased to find fit me, and as an added bonus, after its done being used in the crossdressing scene, it’d be very easy to convert it into a splendid Robin Hood, Peter Pan, or similar green-wearing character. And as an added added bonus, the color of the tag was the Half Off color, and so it only cost $3.50. Watta deal.

After I had finished at Value Village I went back through the mall the the bus stop, which no longer exists, so I then had to find where they had put it. When I found it, I hopped back on a bus going downtown, and from there I hopped on another bus that took me back to my apartment, where I have found that I’ve finally finished using up the energy from yesterday (tho I did save enough to draw these pictures). And what will happen tomorrow? A workshop to work on the scenes some more, and then there’s some sort of party tomorrow night! Wheee! Could that mean more pictures in the near future? Only time will tell!

Hansel and Gretel – In the style of Sanskrit Theatre
by Nathaniel Jones
Based on the story of Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm

Indra’s Staff is placed in the corner. Everyone comes on to the stage and sings:

“O Gods of stage we bid thee come
And stave off all that’s troublesome,
For so long that it stays away,
We’ll dedicate to you this play!”

Stage manager comes out and speaks to the audience:

“Welcome, friends! I bid you, settle
To hear our tale: Hansel and Gretel.
Set deep within a far-off wood
In a house lacking in livelihood.
Within that house we find out cast
In desperate times - and worsening fast.
The father – he’s a noble man
But without food, and without plan. (Demonstrates father move)
His wife – cold-hearted; a realist at best,
Begins our tale with a dark request. (Demonstrates mother move)
Hansel you’ll find to be a bright lad,
He’s quick with a plan when things go bad. (Demonstrates Hansel move)
His sister, Gretel, a girl so clever
She can succeed in any endeavor. (Demonstrate Gretel move).
And in a house made of sweets hidden deep in the wild,
Lives an old witch who loves to feast on a child! (Demonstrates witch move)
And now we turn to the cottage wherein
Our tale of these children is about to begin!

Stage manager leaves. Mother and Father are arguing, Hansel is hiding, listening in.

Father:
Winter is coming – the worst one in years,
And a lack of food is compounding my fears.
And when the winter snows arrive,
I simply don’t know how we’ll survive.

Mother:
I know things look bad, but I have a plan.
We cannot feed four – but just two we can.
We could solve our problem for good
If we just sent our children into the wood!

Father:
You must be joking! Abandon our kids?
This is something my conscience forbids!

Mother:
I ask you, my husband, what choice have we got?
There’s no way we all can survive in this cot!
With four of us here we will all surely parish!
You and I along with the children you cherish!

Father:
It causes me anguish, but I see you are right.
I’ll take them tomorrow as soon as it’s light.
I will give each of them a loaf of bread,
Then return home and leave them there for dead.

Hansel runs back to tell Gretel what he has heard:

Hansel:
Gretel! I’ve just overheard something rotten!
We will be brought to the woods and forgotten!

Gretel:
Oh Hansel! Tell me – what shall we do?

Hansel:
I’ve got a plan that will help us get through.
As we are walking, I’ll let fly a crumb,
To give us a path showing where we came from!

The next morning, Father comes in to Hansel and Gretel’s room.

Father:
Wake up my children – come now, be good!
We must go to the forest to collect firewood.
Here – take this bread, but don’t eat it yet.
This is your lunch, and it’s all that you’ll get.

Hansel pulls Gretel aside.

Hansel:
Do not fear, Gretel, remember my plan,
And we will back home quick as we can.

– The travel to the woods is shown in dance –
When they arrive at the deepest part of the woods, Father walks off.
Father:
Now children, I’ve noticed you look rather distressed,
So I’ll let you stop here and have a nice rest.
Don’t move an inch – I’ll still be near –
I’m going to grab some more wood over here!

Father leaves.

Gretel:
Hansel, we have been left by that louse!
Now let’s follow your breadcrumbs back to our house.

Hansel:
I’m afraid that my clever plan has been beaten…
It appears that all of my crumbs have been eaten!

Gretel:
I think that panic may be affecting my head:
Is it just me, or do you smell gingerbread?

Hansel and Gretel follow the sent until they find the Gingerbread House.

Hansel:
Gretel, you were right! A house made of candy!
Whoever thought we’d find something so handy?

- The could be another dance here if we felt like it, showing H&G eating the cottage -

The witch walks out of the house to see who is eating it.

Witch:
I thought I heard the sound of kids munching
Come in – I was about to start lunching.
Relax – there is no cause for alarm.
As long as you’re here, you will come to no harm.

Hansel:
What luck to find so friendly a stranger
Who will give us food and keep us from danger!

Gretel:
Hansel went in, and so go in I must,
But there’s something about her that I do not trust…

Witch:
Come now, eat up! There is plenty of food!
If you do not, I’d consider it rude!
It would bring a tear to my gentle eye
If you refused another slice of my pie!

Gretel:
Hansel! I don’t think you should eat all that!
If you keep on eating you’ll surely be fat!

Hansel:
Yes that is true, I cannot deny it,
But with all these sweets, who can stay on a diet?

Witch:
When you’ve had your fill, I’ll show you your rooms,
And when you’re all settled in – the eating resumes!

- Here is a dance showing all the eating – then the Witch throws Hansel into a cage -

Witch:
I like plump children – can’t stand them thinner!
For what good is a thin child for my dinner?
Now you’re in my cage, and you’ll stay there until
You’ve grown plump enough to give me my fill!
And you, little Gretel, will help me with chores
Till it’s time for desert – then the cage will be yours!
But first, Gretel, go out and fetch me some twigs
So that when the time comes I can cook you like pigs!

Gretel picks up twigs and brings them into the house. She gives one to Hansel. The witch goes to the cage.

Witch:
Hansel! Let me give your arm a feel,
To see if you are ready to become my meal!

Hansel stretches out the twig, and the witch feels it.

Witch:
Why Hansel! You are as thin as a stick!
You’d better eat more, and you’d better eat quick!

Stage Manager:
For days this went on, and the twig got no fatter,
And the watch could not have been any madder.

Witch:
Blast! I’ve wasted enough time with you!
Scrawny or not, you’ll be my stew!
Gretel, I have just started the fire
Go see if you think the flames should be higher…

Gretel goes to the fire. When she is looking at it, the witch tries to push her in, but Gretel is too quick, and she pushes the Witch in instead. Gretel finds the keys to the cage and lets Hansel out.

Hansel:
Oh Gretel – how could I be so foolish
As to fall for that witch’s plan oh-so-ghoulish?

Gretel:
Hansel, it’s true that we were both fools
- But look what I’ve found: the witch’s jewels!

Stage Manager:
Hansel and Gretel took their new wealth to town,
Where they heard the news that their mother had drown!
So the kids returned home, their family was mended,
And as for our tale, you can see that it’s ended.

I’m not really Batman. Or am I? I’ll never tell.
But if I is or if I ain’t Batman, it doesn’t change that last night I finally saw Batman Begins after months of waiting. It came out on DVD yesterday, so first thing in the morning (after going to my morning classes) I hopped on a bus to Blockbuster and ran as fast as my little legs could carry me over to the pile of Batman DVDs and grabbed one, along with Season 4 of Curb Your Enthusiasm (because I hadn’t seen any of that yet, either.) Once I had secured my copy, I headed over to Haggens to pick up some food, because my cupboards have been becoming bare as I’ve been waiting for my food check (that I finally got in the mail last night, so after I finish rehearsing my scene with Adria this afternoon, I’m going to go back, deposit my check, and do a realy massive re-stocking.

Because I had been so looking forward to Batman, I picked up some extra-special deliciousness: for lunch and dinner I got some Creamy Parmesan Tuna Helper (and I had to get milk because there is none and it’s required for the Tuna Helper), a few of the hugest apples you’ve ever seen in your life, and as a special treat for eating during the movie, a Marie Calendar’s frozen Pumpkin Pie! Mmmm.

So I took that stuff home, made the Tuna helper (I split it into two containers - one for lunch and one for dinner - and only put the crumbly topping on the lunch one, so that for dinner I could microwave it and then add the topping, because last time I got the tuna helper I put the topping on everything, and then the topping got soggy in the microwave for dinner, and where is the fun in that? It’s in the toilet! That’s where it is! And you shouldn’t eat out of the toilet because that’s gross.

But anyway, as I enjoyed my lunch I watched a couple episodes of Curb, and then it was time to go back to class. So I went to 360, where I continued to work on being womanly. And then after class it was back to the apartment to make me pie. I had to start it that early because it takes over an hour to cook, and then it has to cool for two hours. I had the clever idea that if I put it in at 5:30, it’d be ready at about 9pm, and if I started the movie at 9, it’d be over about the right time for Daily Show and Colbert Report. And that’s just what happened, and I enjoyed it thoroughly, and heartily recommend both Pumpkin Pie and Batman Begins (there is probably a more Batman-oriented snack you could have, but I wanted pumpkin pie. Do you want to fight about it?)

So that was yesterday. And right now I’m in the computer lab after finishing my physics midterm, and now I’m going to go to International Relations where we’ll be watching the rest of Dr. Strangelove. Sweeet.

Today it is a rainy day - much like yesterday, and the day before. But the difference between those days and today is that today I brought my camera. Rainy Day Pictures:

For the past couple days I’ve been sick as a hünd, so I’ve been taking piles of emergen-c and drinking gallons of distilled water, but none of that seemed to be working, so Friday I took the day off of class so I could sleep (it probably would have been more helpful to take the day off thursday, but I couldn’t do that because I had to turn in my physics homework) and get well. The good news is that by late that afternoon, I was feeling pretty much all better, and later on when I looked outside I discovered that the evening was warm and beautiful, so I decided that I could go ahead with my evening plans. I put on the geekiest clothes that I could find and went to Rite-Aid and Haggen trying to find some thick framed glasses (because one of the planned events was a geek-themed party thrown by some friends of physics-studying-partner Katie’s BF’s house). I ended up with some thick orange shiney kids sunglasses that I popped the glasses part out of, and then I hopped on the bus up to campus to catch the Dead Parrot Society show.
Greg (my roomie) had told me the show started at 7, so I got up there about 6:45, bought my ticket, and found out that it actually started at 7:30, so I was pokin’ around outside Old Main for a while, until it started pouring down rain. Then I ran inside to stay warm.
A while later I spotted Random outside, so I hopped outside to say hello. He was there with Meredith, who I had never met before, but we had some fun times before the show talking about plays and middle names and things.
The Dead Parrot show was awesome - it was a Team Tournament show, so after each round the audience picked a winner by the ol’ applause-o-meter. In the end the winner was Sulphide Free, and I’d say it was a well deserved win. Although there was great entertainment value from all. This was the first time I’d gone to see an official Dead Parrot show - the only times I’d seen them before were as filler in between the one-acts last year, and at the Late Night at the VU before I did my stand up show (which will be online once I get the video from the guy that has it, who hasn’t responded to my facebook message, the bum). After last night’s show, I’ve decided that I really ought to go see them more often.
After the show I ran through the rain over to the bus stop where I chatted a bit with Allie (who is in the Dead Parrots, and was in my acting classes last year) while waiting for the shuttle. When I got on the shuttle, I saw Chelsea, from my web design class last year. She was sitting with one of her friend, and I asked them if they wanted to go to the Geek Party too (because as far as I knew, the only person I’d know there was Kaitie, so I wanted to bring along more people). Her friend didn’t want to go, but Chelsea said she would, and so we stopped off at my apartment to grab the map and an umbrella (because it was still raining quite hard). After we started walking, Chelsea mentioned that it’d be a lot easier if we just took her car, and since there was a bus very near to us at that exact moment that would take us straight to where the car was, we hopped on and picked up the car to drive to the party.
It was really a good thing that we picked up the car, too, because the party was much farther than the map made it appear, and so it would have been a dreadful long walk (even in the day-time, and very much worse at night in the rain). When we got to the party there weren’t a lot of people - just some girls dancing, and some guys on the porch with the keg. Since I wasn’t drinking (thinking that alcohol isn’t great medicine for getting over a cold), I danced. It was quite a bit more fun than I had anticipated and things were splendid, until a group of giants arrived and snatched up all the women. But I was still dancing with Katie, whose boyfriend was not to be seen, so it was still fun. A little while later Roomie Greg called to ask for directions, but since he would have been on foot I told him that it wouldn’t be worth walking all the way down there for it. After I got back inside from using the phone, Katie was nowhere to be found, Chelsea was standing by the wall and refusing to dance, and the dance floor was full of giants looking down upon me and giving me dirty looks, so Chelsea and I headed back to the car and took off. She dropped me off at my apartment.
When I got in I got on the computer and saw that Meredith had added me on facebook, so I looked at her profile and saw that she’s in a group called “Short Guys Need Love Too,” and so I had no choice but to join that group as well, considering my recent experience with giants at the party.
All in all it was a wonderful evening, and I was super thrilled at the way it all turned out. And then this morning I got to sleep in, and then took a shower and got dressed, and then Greg and I went out to lunch at IHOP and then went to Haggen (because he had never been before) and rite-aid (because he had never been before and they now have a massage chair that you can try out for free.) At Rite-Aid we spent some time marvelling at all of the thrilling inventions that we couldn’t live without. But in the end the only invention I decided I really had to have was an Illuminated Tranquility Fountain:

(In case Crystal is reading this, your memorial is there - you just have to look for it a bit.)
So once I got that set up and enjoyed the illuminated tranquility of it all, I continued work on the script for my Television Show Pilot that should be filmed at some point in the near future. More on that later. But now it’s dinner time, and I’m going to make some Cheddar Bay Biscuits, because they are delicious.
See you all later, darlings.

Good news, all - the religious miracle I discovered yesterday is now available on e-bay!
So everyone pull out your life savings and start the bidding!

This is my first blog post to be syndicated on livejournal! So if you’re an LJ user who is reading this on either NathanielJones.com or GuyWithTheCoat.com, head over there and add the feed to your friends lists. If you’re reading this on LJ already, then welcome to the new feed! It’s fantastic I tell you! Fantastic!
Since this is the first syndicated blog entry, I think it should be extra special. And what’s the most extra special thing that I could post in this blog? That’s right - a RELIGIOUS MIRACLE! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is true: this very morning I have come across something that simply cannot be explained other than by a religious miracle. You see, after my morning shower this morning I happened to look down at the drain, and I could not believe my eyes, because there, clogging the drain, was THIS:

No, your eyes do not decieve you - that is the Virgin Mary appearing in the hair caught in the bathtub drain! I assure you, that is exactly as I found it - no photoshopping, no special arranging on the toilet paper… that is the Virgin Mary, straight from the tub, to the toilet paper, to your computer screen! For those having trouble finding the miracle, here’s the same picture which I colored in to show the miracle in more detail for any doubting Thomases present:

I was thinking of selling it on e-bay.
After that miracle this morning, I went to class, studied for and took my international relations midterm, started my physics homework (that I’ll finish when I finish this post), and had rehearsal for my 360 scene. Fortunately all of those things went well. Unfortunately, after my rehearsal, the plastic bookstore bag I’ve been using to carry my books to and from school every day broke! Oh no! But yesterday I got a paycheck from e. trules, so since I was rich I decided to get a fancy new bag:

It’s a laptop bag, but since I don’t have a laptop, it’ll do a dandy job of carrying around my books.

yeahhhh, I’ll make sure you get another copy of that memo…

Anyway, this was the first weekend following the first complete week of school (last weekend being the first weekend following a mere three days of school, and as such did not count as much.) And it was also the first weekend of October, which means that Halloween is less than a month away, and my birthday is less than 2 months away.
So what did I do to celebrate? Friday I celebrated by signing up for unlimited rentals at blockbuster and watching the first season of The Office (BBC version), and the movie Go, which was even better seeing it this second time. Once I watch it for a third time it’ll be eligible for a spot on the list of My Favorite Movies. That’s all I did on Friday because I was quite exhausted and didn’t feel like going to the party that was going on.
Saturday I had to wake up early so I could rehearse Little Mermaid for our 360 Story Theater scene - we got our blocking figured out and it started looking halfway decent. After that I took the bus up to Bellis Fair and looked around the mall and value village for a halloween costume. They had a nice Winnie the Pooh ear piece, and I thought about getting an orange pair of pants and a red sweater to be Winnie the Pooh, but none of the pants were really right for it. They also had the perfect Pee Wee Herman suit, and I was going to get it, but when I tried it on I found that it fit in such a way that it made my chest look even more massive than usual, and since I didn’t want to be ‘pee wee herman as portraid by a very busty gentleman,’ I opted out of it. So I went home empty handed.
But before I got home I stopped at Haggens and picked up some progresso clam chowder, an asiago cheese bagel, and a bag of fuji apples, and Rite Aid to get a measuring cup, measuring spoons, and a cheese grater. After having the chowder and bagel for lunch, I took a nap, because I knew that I would be out late that night - and indeed I was.
The evening started with going to see ‘Proof’ with Karri, and then wandering around the streets of Bellingham trying to find Iron Street so that I could go to Mel’s Birthday Party. After a while I found the place and had a splendid time. Since I hadn’t had any alcohol since getting back from Hawaii, I gave myself permission to drink at the party, where I was reminded that Rum & Coke is delicious, and I learned that Smirnoff Twisted Watermelon is the worst drink ever created. I didn’t know most of the people there, so I had funning meeting new people, and chatting with those that I did know that were sober enough to carry on conversations. It was an 80s themed party, so there were plenty of great outfits (I had been unsuccessful in my Value Village Quest to find a Zack Morris-style cell phone, so the only 80s thing I had was my shirt), music, and dancing.
Unfortunately the party was so much fun that I didn’t end up getting to bed till almost 5 (got home from the party ~4, then stayed up with my apartment mate Taylor for another hour), which would have been fine except that I had to get up early again on Sunday to rehearse Little Mermaid again. So today I haven’t been feeling my best. But it was worth it for the fun of last night.