Sunday, October 23, 2011
What if...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Something is wrong with me
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day!!!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Yes. My apologies.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
This should be fun
Monday, May 4, 2009
Hello, World!!!!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Steamers are sooooooooooo stress-relieving, it's insane
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Stringwood

Heh heh heh....
Wow. That was a relatively short rant on my part. Probably because I'm itching to get back to my Science notes sheet.....Yes, that was said with a certain amount of sarcasm, but in all honesty, this is the one final I'm kind of excited about for several reasons:
1) Our AWESOME teacher uses everyone's name in the exam, and he always makes the problems with people funny.
2) Every letter F is a joke. Which....erm, doesn't really help much, but it'll still be entertaining.
3) The whole thing is multiple choice. It always seems to me that if there are lots of different parts, especially on something like a French test, my brain has to work overtime to switch between all the questions and what I need to do to answer.
So yes. AND I'm über-proud of my notes sheet we can tape to the back of our periodic table, so.....YES. NO. MAYBE.
~Josie
Monday, March 9, 2009
Semper ubi sub ubi
Sunday, March 8, 2009
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAACHT#$^#%&%^@%$&%^&INSERT PROFANITY OF CHOICE HERE
I. Am. Going. Totally. Insane.
And while some of you out there may be laughing reading this, know that I mean this in a whole sh*tload of seriousness, in fact, so bear with my sarcastic, P.O.ed, and somewhat freaked-out posts that may be coming this week. Ha--if I even have time to post anything other than this. In Science class.
I was at quartet this past Saturday, and the cellist in my group said she's NEVER had finals. *Jaw on the floor* She's a year ahead of me, and she's NEVER HAD FINALS. I am incredibly jealous. I miss the Middle School setup, to be perfectly honest.......In fact, I miss Middle School in general. I had an experience there that most people don't; my friend group--I hate calling it a clique, but that's what it is--only began having problems this year, not in Middle School. MS was pretty damn good, actually, because we hardly ever had any friend issues. It was awesome. *Sigh* And then we enter Upper School, and it's like we all have even more raging hormones (especially towards each other) than we did in grades 5-8, which I didn't think was possible, but......
So that's all for now. I am hating this quarter. And the funny thing is that if I were to get my wish--which I am, at the end of this week--it comes along with the freaking finals, so either way I'm royally screwed. Aaaaaaaah, LIFE.
~Josie
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
My two big tests are OVER for this week. True, I've still got a French quiz, an outline for my History Paper, and various other loverly homeworks and whatsits, but now my stress level has decreased significantly from what you read a few posts ago. Thank God.
Although I haven't actually finished my Science test......erk.......but I get to study more for it. You know, the funny thing about my Science class is that the teacher is GREAT--he goes through everything you're confused about, explains things wonderfully, and is hilarious on top of it all (I'll have to do a quote of the day in honor of him. Heh heh...). BUT: his tests are super-hard!!! And he's not even one of those teachers you know right away has another side to him--no, you get his first test and are like, Shit this is hard! But having him there to help makes it all better.

Now I've just got an outline for my paper on midwifery and the church's persecution of them in 1200's England (what a mouthful) to do. Yeeeeees. At least my computer background makes me happy! --->
~Josie
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Quote of Ze Day
Friday, February 20, 2009
Beautiful Words, Beautiful Heart
This was written by Violet Trefusis to her best friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West. It was one of those things you just happen to stumble across, and I thought it was absolutely gorgeous. Wouldn't you love for someone to write something like this to you??? It saddens me that the days of writing like this in an everyday fashion are out the window and far from home...Ah, well. We can always revisit that era. I know I love to. :-)
~Josie
October 8, 1910
excerpt
Violet was sixteen at the time she wrote this letter...
I am in the act of asking myself if I ought to reply to your question? A question furthermore most indiscreet and which merits a sharp reprimand. Reply, don't reply, reply! Oh to the devil with discretion!
Well, you ask me pointblank why I love you....I love you, Vita, because I've fought so hard to win you.... I love you, Vita, because you never gave me back my ring. I love you because you have never yielded in anything;' I love you because you never capitulate. I love you for your wonderful intelligence, for your literary aspirations, for your unconscious (?) coquetry. I love you because you have the air of doubting nothing! I love in you what is also in me: imagination, the gift for languages, taste, intuition and a host of other things.....
I love you, Vita, because I've seen your soul.
Stripper Names Make Me HAPPY
~Josie
-Agna (means "chaste, holy" in German)
-Amalia (means, appropriately, "work" in German)
-Aphrodite
-Ava
-Bijou
- Brigitte
- Conradine (means "bold counsel" (HA) in German)
-Diabla
-Duchess
- Esmé
-Empress
-Ernsta (means "serious business" in German)
-Eva
-Faina (means "light" in Russian)
- Giselle
-Godiva
-Gypsy
- Iantha (means "violet flower" in Greek)
-Irina
- Jazz
- Jezebel
-Karla (means "man" in German (!!!))
- Korina (means "maiden" (HA))
-Mitzi (means "rebellious" in German)
-Mirage
- Moondance
- Mystique
- Natalya
-Olga
-Ruby
-Sapphire
-Scarlett
-Yuliana
-Yvette
-Esmeralda
-Kayla
-Yvonne
-Ursula
-Natasha
-Olga
-Minnie
-Verena (means "to respect, to fear" in German)
-Viola
-Violet
-Macy
-Mack (for MacKenzie)
Thursday, February 19, 2009
From Good to Crappy to Great!
BUT...
On Wednesday, my Science teacher, who has been just under the weather lately, announced that he was moving our test from Friday to Tuesday of this upcoming week, and that we'd have a movie day on Friday, mainly because there had been so many people gone, etc. etc. So I felt a little better--I love Science this year anyway because of this teach; he is awesome in every way. But anyway, then today my History teacher moved our exam to Tuesday instead of Monday, so now my mood is wünderbar. (Mostly because I get to go take off my skirt and put on my three-inch-heel character shoes for some slutty dancing!)
~Josie
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Theatre Survey--yessssssssssssss
LAST SHOW ADDED TO YOUR RESUME?
Museum (look up Tina Howe), but I'm currently working on Cabaret (finally!)
LAST SHOW YOU AUDITIONED FOR?
Cabaret
LAST SONG YOU USED AT AN AUDITION?
"Tomorrow Belongs to Me" from Cabaret
FAVORITE MUSICAL(s)?
Crazy For You, Phantom of the Opera, Wicked!, Man of La Mancha, Gypsy, White Christmas, A Chorus Line, Guys and Dolls, Chicago, Sound of Music, Rent, My Fair Lady, Notre Dame de Paris, and on and on and on....
FAVORITE PLAY?
Romeo and Juliet....eh, anything Shakespeare, really. OOH, and this one called The Butterfly about the Holocaust...very good.
FAVORITE ROLE(S) YOU'VE PLAYED, AND FROM WHAT SHOW(S)?
Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Follies Girl in Crazy For You, Kit Kat Girl in Cabaret, Shoesaleslady in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, drug addict rockstar babe in our "teen issues" play Addict.....heh heh......jk
FAVORITE ROLE OVERALL THAT I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY?
Elphaba from Wicked!, Juliet, Dulcinea in Man of La Mancha, Roxie in Chicago, Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Esmeralda in Notre Dame de Paris (yes, the French version)
SUPERSTITION?
Having good rehearsals during Hell Week, definitely. Baaaaaaaaaaaad sign right there.
YOUR GOAL IN SHOW BUSINESS?
Do it for as long as I can and be good at it!!!!
FAVORITE DIRECTOR YOU HAVE EVER WORKED WITH?
Mrs. B., of course. And Ms. Mac. Yes.
WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST SHOW?
Not counting little class plays at my school, I was the Shoesaleslady in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in sixth grade. :-)
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DANCE SOLO?
Well, not really.......eh, no. Danced with small groups.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SINGING SOLO?
Yes! In Alexander...(NOT writing out that name again)
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THE LAST PERSON TO TAKE A BOW?
No, but I was third-to-last in Museum (w00t)
HAVE YOU BEEN TO NEW YORK?
*tear drips down nose* Never.
HAVE YOU BEEN TO LA?
Nope
WHAT'S THE SCARIEST PART OF AN AUDITION?
Wondering if your voice will crack because you're a teenager, hearing someone really good go right before you.
WHAT'S THE BEST PART OF AN AUDITION?
If you do well!!!! And if you know the director(s), that's always made me feel better.
NAME A SHOW YOU WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN.
Dandelion. Oh hell no.
NAME A SHOW YOU COULD DO FOR YEARS.
Crazy For You, (probably) Cabaret, Alice in Wonderland
WHAT ARE YOU AUDITIONING FOR NEXT?
Whatever show comes my way! I don't know any yet...
DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PAST CAST MEMBERS?
Why wouldn't I?!?!?
HOW IMPORTANT IS GETTING PAID?
Well, right now not terribly, because I've never gotten paid for a show before and I still love doing it. But, I imagine that if I make a career out of this then it would become increasingly more vital...
*(thanks for that one, Moi!)
SOMETHING EMBARRASSING OR UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHILE ON-STAGE?
Well, this was for ballet (slightly off-topic, I know): my chef's hat fell off as we were bowing, and I was at the end of the line (seeing how short I was and am), so I just picked it up and carried it off on my hand like it was on a tray. :-) And various bows and such falling off my tap shoes is CFY...
WHO IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PERSON (ON STAGE OR OFF) THAT YOU HAVE EVER WORKED WITH?
MPA-goers, you know her. Thank God she's not in Cabaret, I am sorry, but......
EVER BEEN NAKED ONSTAGE?
No, but I will nearly be for this one!!! Hot stuff, baby!
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN KILLED ONSTAGE?
ALMOST--when I was that drug addict Kendra, I set myself on fire smoking a bong pipe or something, and I totally mamed myself. I had to wear this cut-up bald cap over my face to make me look deformed. Maybe sometime I'll attach that picture...heh heh. Give y'all nightmares forever.
BEEN DRUNK ONSTAGE?
Oh heck yes. Crazy For You tavern scene--AND in Sweeney Todd, during God That's Good.
PLAYED SOMEONE HALF YOUR AGE?
Hmmmmmmmmmm.......dunno the ages of some of my characters....
PLAYED SOMEONE TWICE YOUR AGE?
Loads of times. Mostly being a floozy, druggie, or ditzy dancer of some sort....
CRIED?
Nope. I wish.
FIRED A GUN?
Been right next to one being fired, twice. That's it.
BEEN DRENCHED?
HUH?!?!?!?
BEEN IN A DREAM SEQUENCE?
Erm, nooooooo...........unless you count Museum, which was pretty much the entirety of the play....or A Midsummer Night's Dream.
BEEN KISSED?
Not YET.....*blushes* Maybe sometime in the near future. Hopefully not before my true first kiss, however.