bailey_frances

SOOOOOOO things are pretty good these days. I'm just hanging out, with a severe lack of homework. My Giants are doing amazingly these days. I'll be missing a lot of the game tomorrow, as well as the whole game Friday, but no worries!! The semester is winding down and I don't have too much to worry about. I should get back to doing readings for my class and figuring out what my final essay will be as well as working on my group essay. This class is so demanding it's insane. >.<

There was also a power outage at my school yesterday. Started a little after 11 and the Creative Arts building was evacuated and locked up. It was the only one though. My second and final class was waiting 30 minutes in a pitch black hallway until the professor gave up and I went home. I was lucky enough to have power at my place and it came back on campus sometime last night.

Just have to get through the next couple of days then I can see WATER FOR ELEPHANTS!!! GHRSOUHRSOUGBDRVBDFHSOSEH CHRISTOPH WALTZ AND JAMES NEWTON HOWARD MUSIC GAHHH!!!! <3

Also, why is it almost all of the Giants players I love are married??? It's true with most of my celeb crushes but still. Hard to have hopes/dreams/fantasies when you're forced to face reality. :P

Wow...I am kinda stoked to have rediscovered this place. Uber interesting. Well A LOT has changed since my last appearance on here, and that will be revealed throughout more posts. Basically I'm now 20 and a sophomore at San Francisco State University. I'm a Theatre Tech and Design major with a focus on Stage Management, but I'm still a viola playing geek. Also have a violin to play now too. :)

Well my back is killing me right now and I do not know why. It does that sometimes. I am just chilling on my bed, wearing a Giants shirt and drinking a 2010 GIANTS WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS tumbler. That was basically the biggest moment of my existence as a life-long Giants fan. Game against the Dodgers tonight hope we don't get pummeled like last night. Timmy should hopefully pull through, and I hope Bumgarner has emotionally recovered.

School is starting to calm down just a tad which is nice, it comes in waves but am almost done with this semester which will be nice. I am super stoked for next year, hope all turns out well.

Well, so begins my triumphant(?) return to LiveJournal, where I will post an unnameable amount of awesome and various things of joy and doom.

-Sara

ugh...haven't updated in sooo long...but am not going to do any catching up. Just bored and, well, I don't know. It seems that everyone else I know is venting online one way or another, so I figured maybe I'd give it a shot...just to see if it helps any. Um, where to start I'm not sure...if there's a place to end I haven't found it yet either. I guess I can start by saying pretty much every aspect of my life has just confusing grey areas all over it. Nothing I thought would just be straight forward is anymore, and I honestly can't even make enough sense of it to even express it. I guess I can start with the slightly more simpler one.
New music teacher: Like the guy, really do. I mean yeah, the way he runs rehearsals is a little frustrating but then again I tend to be easily frustrated, and some of the changes I may not like I'll just have to learn to get used to. What really gets to me is how people say "Oh my god the band sounds so good this year it's so great"...well, yeah, they do, I'm not denying that or saying people shouldn't say they sound great...but they shouldn't say it as though the last few years just didn't exist, and all of a sudden this new music teacher just came in and turned the whole program upside down all by himself in the course of a about a month. That's just not true. Sometimes he even makes it seem as though everything we had been doing so far can be done in a so much better way. I know he doesn't mean to and he's just trying to help and do his job, but I just get this vibe from the guy, and some other people. It just kind of makes me sad, and kind of hurt is all.
People: as much as I(and anyone else in this world) can be hypocritical(sp sauce?), it's just been getting too much for me to handle. I mean people say how they are SO miserable because of this this and this but really they do the same thing and cause some of those things to other people too...but mainly it's that have they taken the time to listen what those people around them are saying? How can one expect people to listen to them then? I once did, and it just doesn't work like that. Sometimes people don't want to vent or complain because they know they just won't be heard. Despite this they still try as hard as they can to help others, but their problems keep jumping around their head and they can't talk about it to anybody. Yes, I may be thinking of myself while typing this, but it happens to alot of people in the world. And to be honest, I haven't been there for people, but I'm trying. I just can't make any sense of my own life. My parents, my social(or lack thereof) life...I mean why is it I always seem to find myself drifting towards the wrong people? Well, I really don't know...and what I really hate is how everytime I find someone I connect to, and can trust, and actually open up to,they mange to either not care or just make me regret with all my might for doing so....so why do I even give any emotional connection anyway?
Don't know what this rant is all about, and why I sound so sorry for myself, and I still haven't made sense about all this crap...but there it is.

So the cast party for the show was fun. Little gifts were given and we hung out. I managed to get a ride there and back which was awesome. Strike the next night was the easiest thing ever. It took about an hour and 45 or more of that was standing around talking/trying to find a way to say goodbye to everyone because THEY were talking. SOOO yay for that. I'll miss them yeah, but I'm pretty sure I'll see them again. Rob and Christine even made the next show so who knows I might do that one as well...not sure yet, will see what happens.
STAR testing over woot woot, back to normal scheduling. More importantly though is that THE CONCERT IS ON WED.!!!!! I'M SOOOO EXCITED!!! And then Anaheim is in a week from the Friday after that :). Then music awards, then get the hell out of there. I hope I pass math though*shrugs* I think it's stupid how a C- is close to failing...silly math department wants us to do well and stuff.
Let's see...other than being kinda bored/tired (as the norm hehe) not much down on this side of the hill...Dream Machines fest or whatever it is down in HMB today so I'm staying locked up in my house...*fetile position*oh the traffic...oh god look at all the slow bad driven cars!!!...um...sorry...anywhos off to eat woots!

ok, so 21 songs that are the soundtrack to my life...it's going to be hard not to repeat because The Beatles and John Williams pretty much sum it up perfectly, but here goes.

1.Let Go-Frou Frou
2.Mr. Blue Sky-Electric Light Orchestra
3.Imagine-John Lennon
4.Symphony #5 in c minor-Beethoven
5.Swan Lake- Tchaicovsky
6.He's a Pirate-Klaus Badelt
7.Familiar Realm- CKY
8.Volcano-Damien Rice
9.And Love Said No-HIM
10.Jupiter(The Planets)-Holst
11.Symphony #25 in g minor- Mozart
12.Fix You-Coldplay
13.My Cup Runneth Over- Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt(from the show "I Do, I Do")
14.What Do You Do With a BA in English?-(from the show "Avenue Q")
15.The Kraken-Hanz Zimmer
16.Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire-Bach
17.Little Buddha- Toad the Wet Sprocket
18.Pachebel's Canon- Johann Pachebel
19.Chapel Perilous-Glen Phillips
20.Jurassic Park Theme-John Williams
21.Something-The Beatles

*It's not that easy, considering for the last two like I said I could pick ONE but I think the ones I chose will work. So, pick 21 songs that are the soundtrack to your life and try not to repeat artists....it's actually quite fun, got me listening to bands I haven't listened to in quite some time.


-So I took this from my friendly friend fun times. Well, not much new going on here. Orchestra performed Pachebel's Canon for the dance concert. It was a little sketchy on Thursday but Friday and Saturday was just awesome...I love the orchestra. It was funny though, because the fire alarm went off beginning of intermission on Friday and we played first song of the second half....the freaking alarm never stopped. They had to skip us and do the routines for the recorded music and after the alarm went off we could go...we ended up waiting through two routines which isn't too bad at all. AND SATURDAY WAS ADRIEN BRODY'S BDAY EEEE! 34 years old I believe. Anyway, I hung a picture of him on my stand that night and a few months ago I decided to dedicate the performance to him and it was one of the best we had so I was quite glad about that :).
Other than that I'm just doing the show at CRT. Closing is Saturday and cast party after the show on Friday at Cameron's which should be fun. UMMM, STAR testing grr. Not that the stuff is difficult, it's just the tests are annoying to take. Ah well. 2,4,6 block day grrr. I have a pretty bad cold too. It's led to what I think is an ear infection but ah well I'm thinking once the cold goes away so will that(like in 8th grade) and if not then I'll be sure I don't need antibiotics for it. Um, still not much going on here, am probrably going to go lay down or something now so yeah. :)

hehe doing another show...am finally back at CRT. The set of 1-acts with Rob, Christine, and Dom....sooo stoked. It's so good all who can must come. Anyway, not too sure what's going on with me lately. I feel like I'm slipping further and further away from everybody. I have this constant weight put on me and I don't know why...it just brings me to a permanent state of "downess". I've tried to ignore it and be there for my friends and other people, etc., but it's hard to do so when I have to deal with this all on my own...I sometimes feel as though nobody is truely there for me. Sometimes the people who are there for me the most are those who could care less if they are....which I think is kind of sad.(btw, I'm not trying to say something bad about people or offend anyone I'm just saying all of this in general). SO, then I feel bad when I have a friend in need and I can't be 100% there for them....it's almost impossible. Yet I always feel horrible and say to myself "damn, why can't you suck it up and do something about it. There isn't anything too bad going on with you, quit being so selfish"....and that's that. I sit in my room and just think it off and try to sleep. It is put away and yet it always comes back and I can't seem to make it stay away after chasing it off...anyway I'm just babbling. Tired I guess. Suppose that's no excuse seeing as I'm always tired...BUT, like I said, enough of that I should just end it now...not sure why I'm even posting it...after rehearsal jitter-boredom or something like that...take care everyone(and to those who do think I haven't been there for them, I'm sorry, and I'll try harder...please know that I do care...I just have a battle going on that I have to "fight" alone and don't know how)...ok that was a little cheesy but ah well.

Well, apparently I am stage manager for the show at PSP which is pretty nice. It's pretty much stage crew with a much better name. It's been awesome hanging out with Ryk and Rob though. Some of the happiest times I've had lately have just been sitting there with Rob while Ryk acts all Ryk like....and such.
Got my In Concert music...my audition went horribly but I'm still looking forward to the concert. Still don't have one of the pieces but the one I do have (Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten) seems like alot of fun.
School is going ok. Could have been alot worse so I'm glad I've survived so far.
Dad and I went to auditions at CRT on Saturday and saw Rob, Dom, and Christine there which was nice. I'll most likely work backstage crew for it, except Ian(british guy from the show I am currently working on) asked if I was interested in a part in the next show at PSP....probrably won't end up doing it but it could be nice it's the part I had wanted...Rob made the show at CRT and is the ***hole redneck...well the biggest ***hole redneck...I'm shocked but not TOO much. I'm pretty stoked about that though...well, I'm off.

Well, this is the last night of my winter break and I will say I wasn't quite disappointed. I didn't get as much sleep as I had hoped but then again I rarely do. My birthday was on the 28th. I went to Disneyland and brought Jacquie along with me for it. I will say that the week between christmas and New Year's is their busiest of the year. It was horrid. I could have sworn there were 30 minute waits for the churro stands! We did manage to have a nice time though and ride some rides. Our longest wait was for Space Mountain. I believe that was the first night we were there and we waited and hour and 30 minutes or so. My dad gave me a nice chess set for my birthday, and Jacquie gave me a Beatles pocket mirror and warm fuzzy trippy looking slippers. I also received a comforter cover with Captain Jack Sparrow on it that I am quite fond of, along with a Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest container I've made good use of, and a cool wallet. I bought some nice things at Disneyland which consisted of a bag which I later realized matched my new wallet, one of the evil teddy things from Nightmare Before Christmas, a shirt with Captain Jack Sparrow on it, a Pirate sweatshirt, a Jack Skeleton hat I quite like, a red headband with skulls/crossbones on it that hangs down like a bandana, and my mom gave me pirate mickey ears that have my name on them....they wouldn't let me put Sara Sparrow but ah well. It was a nice sweet 16.
I came back, had a peaceful New Year, then had the EXTREME sleepover with Sadie. She came over to my house for the first time from Wed. till Sat. and then I went to hers from Sat. morning to Sun. morning. It was fun lots of hanging around and being geeks.
Yesterday, I went to rehearsal with my dad. Rob was there, which I expected, and made me quite happy. Ryk wasn't there which I also expected, and made me quite sad. They did a read through of the lines for the second act and that went well. Then when they did the actual run through I read for one of the parts. In the last scene one of the girls had me go up with her, which I really didn't want to do because even the people who were reading stopped since it was near the end and would possibly be watching me but ah well. I did a pretty fun fake death that everyone seemed to like and it brought them to realizing that I actually existed and I think "broke the ice" between me and most of the cast. I hope so at least.
Well, I should get ready for bed. School starts tomorrow. Oh, by the way, I've kind of adopted a new pet. Her name is Clara and she's a rat and I heart her so! I'm quite happy about that. Anyway, I'm off.

I forgot a few things...I forgot the last one because, well, I wanted to save it for last and I kind of rushed through the end so here it is.

-stuffed animal pluto and a bottle of Sprite(long story)
-a KICK ASS Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest snowglobe. It has really sweet looking waves on the bottom and inside are sparkley things and I believe the Black Pearl which is on a spring and moves around and around it is the Kraken's tentacles and then it has Davey Jones kind of looking over it. And theres a switch that when used makes the sparkles fly all around like the wind...and get this: IT PLAYS A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME!!!....so yeah, hella sweet. Just thought I'd mention.

So, Christmas went very well this year I believe. I stayed home with my mom and dad rather than going to see the rest of the family, but I saw my grandma this morning along with my uncle who dropped off his presents which was quite nice. SO, I suppose I'll list off the gifts so far:
-footless skull/crossbone tights
-skull/crossbone necklace
-The New Beatles Album: Love...eee
-The White Album(Also Beatles)...also eee
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest calendar
-The Complete Works of Jane Austen
-a pretty gold necklace
-black and red skull/crossbone gloves(which can change from fingerless to having fingers) and scarf
-Captain Jack Sparrow Switch Plate(goes over light switch)
-Skull/Cross bone headbands(2)
-The Complete Works of Shakespeare
-Family Guy Desk Calendar
-Pirates of the Caribbean(both movies) piano solos from the soundtracks(sheet music)...Sadie's gotta help me with her clef more now mwuaha
-Family Guy gift pack; includes first 3 volumes(which I didn't have the first 2 discs of so yay), a t-shirt, and bendable Griffin family member things...
-Electronic Sudoku
-A little pouch with a kitty
-Gift certificates to two stores on Main Street(Tokenz, The Posh Moon)

So far, I believe that's it...I also have $380 so far to spend on my trip to Disneyland and $160 of it is actual Disney Money(uncle gave me 16 ten Disney dollar bills for my birthday....cute). So yes, I'm pretty spoiled, I normally feel bad about getting so much but um...yeah...well, that's what I have so far and christmas has been pretty sweet and I enjoyed the time with my family. Picking Jacquie up and then tomorrow morning it's DISNEYLAND!