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| The 30 or so inches of snow is definitely a lot of fun. Everything outside is gorgeous, like the 2-foot icicles and the trees bent over under the weight of the snow. Of course it's not all fun and games. Be careful walking around outside; I slipped a few times trying to maneuver the little labyrinth the plows left for me, and a few more times on the way back because the melted snow had refroze.
(The first 12 inches.)
This winter has been a really snowy one. The 19 December storm and now the 6 February storm. I am a little sad about the day that we'll get a blizzard and I won't be surrounded by kids who want to go outside, go sledding, build snow sculptures, and have massive snowball fights. I don't ever want to be too old for that, but I already feel like I am...
On an unrelated note, I've been thinking about music quite a bit this weekend, while I discovered how much I love Muse. (Oh my gosh, Matthew Bellamy's musicality astonishes me.)
It's interesting. When you look at what kind of person I am, it seems like I'd be that girl who's totally into the indie scene, maybe tries playing acoustic covers of everything every now and then. As much as I adore music, however, this isn't true. This is going to sound horrible, but I don't have that much time for music. My friends listen to music 24/7 while they do their work, but I just cannot do it. I get way too into the music and find myself much too distracted to do work while listening to music I like. I end up singing along, dancing along, or closing my eyes and listening. I can't work and listen to music; it's not fair to the music.
So if you looked at my music library, the dominating artists are:
DBSK (but of course) Daphne Loves Derby (my indie band) Jason Mraz Muse Epik High Disney & Broadway soundtracksEtc.
Also, many of my songs haven't been played all the way through (aka, play count = 0) and no play count exceeds 5. Because... I don't listen that much, and often I don't get to the end of songs. I get distracted, or I start a new song.
I'd like to think I have good taste in music. Although that's definitely debatable. Right now, I am very much into Muse, Chopin, and rap. I'm so weird.
On another side note, these past few weeks have been RIDICULOUSLY busy. It's hard to get anything productive done when I finally get back to the dorm.
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| I almost forgot to mention this yesterday.
10 years ago yesterday, on 10 January 2000, I went to BFES for the first time ever. Even though I moved almost a month before, I continued going to my old school until winter break, so this day was special since it was the first day I had to interact with other people.
I can't believe it's been over 10 years since I moved to Edison. A lot has happened over the past 10 years, and I definitely can attribute me being who I am to those 10 years.
Here's to another 10 years.
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| I am going to try extra hard to keep these resolutions this year since I'm legally an adult or something? Whatever, I'm going to keep them! There are 2 umbrella resolutions that I will be keeping:
1) Be happier.
2) Help others be happier. Every resolution goes under one or both of these two broad resolutions. The first one is important because I seem to love wallowing in my little "I'm such a sad angsty teen boohoo" filth and then whining about it to everyone within earshot. Which brings me to the second resolution, also important but I think I've been a little bit better at keeping resolutions relevant to helping other people. I'm not sure though.
HERE WE GO... 1) Drama queen - stfu. I think this has been a resolution since about the 6th grade, but now that I am so mature, it should be kept a bit longer than 3 months. I hope.
2) Laugh. Genuinely. At least once a day.
3) Work out at least once a week. Ideally, at least twice a week, but I'm trying to be kind of realistic. This will definitely be tricky near the end of the semester, but let's try to get those endorphins going.
4) Eat well. I need to stop punishing myself via hunger strike; it's just not good for me.
5) Be a better daughter and sister. The dynamic of home life has changed dramatically since my leaving for school and my mom leaving for work, so I need to put more of an effort into being there for my parents and my little brother.
6) Diary better. It's such a pretty book. I need to fill it with my nonsense.
7) Moisturize & SPF better. My skin has been all crazy this winter, and I got my first sunburn this summer, so yes, I need to take better care of my skin.
8) Limit those late nights. I need to get out of Richard, Dathan, John, and David's hair at 2 AM, and you know, sleep. Also, I feel like I might develop a weekend party being all "Yay I'm 18 I can go clubbing now!" so I need to set my limits. Let's try max. 2 late weekdays a week and only 1 night out a month if I do it at all. (I'll probably use that 1 night out for birthdays?) Also, I shouldn't stay out much later than 2 AM anyway. Coming back and pissing Linda off at 3 AM is just not good.
9) Keep those grades up! So yeah, the straight As thing was blown by orgo. <sigh> Let's try it again, 2010.
10) Spend time with my other friends. As lonely as it gets, it's what I know. I need to spend more of my time with my other friends and reconnect with people I haven't talked to in a while.
Happy New Year at Disneyworld!
[EDIT 13 Jan 2010]
11) Eat at least one serving of fruit every day. Also, at least one serving of a vegetable. This is so bad, but I look back on days and realize that I didn't get any produce, which depresses me. I like my fruits and veggies!
12) Do not cry in front of friends and family. Preferably also not in front of strangers and acquaintances.
13) Stop being so proud and pretentious. I can't believe I didn't have this in my original list, but it's an important one. I realized I have huge pride issues and I have no idea what makes me think I'm better than whatever but I seem to think that.
14) Learn the balance between bossy and authoritative/executive decision-making. It was a good joke when running for office, but being bossy is not good. Stop it. [EDIT 22 Jan 2010]
15) Don't talk about things that upset me; rather, talk about things that make me happy. There are specific things I have resolved not to bring up again. The more I dwell on things that make me unhappy, the more unhappy I become, so why do I keep doing it? Talking it out doesn't help all that much for me, since I focus too much negative energy on something that really isn't worth all my worries. This one will be tough to do; my coping method always has been talking it out. I was doing well with keeping things to myself and sorting them out myself, but I broke. Be strong, Starr.
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| Inspired by Christine's post, I wanted to share my favorite (and not-so-favorites) of the holiday season.
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Favorite holiday movie: Home Alone 2: Lost in Manhattan
So it's kind of silly, but I love seeing the Home Alone series in December. Also, I haven't ever seen The Christmas Story or It's a Wonderful Life (that's on my list of movies to see) (that should be a future blog entry, I've just decided, muhaha). Honorable mention holiday movie: The Polar Express
Even though I gripe about my childhood being commercialized, and most of this movie kind of upset me, the ending got a real good message across, and I'll admit to having fun while my childhood was being cashed in for the first 3/4 of the movie. Random mention holiday movie: Jingle All the Way
You've got Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad. 'nough said. It was on TV the other day, and I remembered seeing that years ago and absolutely loving it. And now he's the governor of California. Favorite religious Christmas carol: "O Holy Night"
I do love this one. It's so peaceful and lovely to hear on the radio when our family drives through neighborhoods to see the lights and snowscapes. Favorite secular Christmas carol: "Silver Bells"
Mmm... Christmastime in the city. I absolutely adore it. When I learned this song in elementary school, I wanted to sing it all the time. Favorite Chanukah song: "O Chanukah"
It's got its lively, fun verse and it's softer, this-is-what-Chanukah-is-actually-about verse. Perfect. Favorite holiday love song: "Pasko Na Sinta Ko"
This is a new one I only learned of since seeing AJ Rafael's cover for his Christmas series, but it's gorgeous. I don't hear a lot of tagalog, but it sounds quite pretty in this song. Also, the lyrics are delightfully wistful and sad. Honorable mention - bubbly holiday love song: "Last Christmas"
It's cute and still kind of sad. I don't hear this song a lot, but I like it. Favorite kiddie winter song: "7 Feet of Snow"
Loved singing this in the 5th grade and having the entire school sing along, hoping we'd get 7 feet of snow. The entire school would get so pumped, screaming, "SEVEN FEET OF SNOW GO!!!"
Favorite holiday song voice: Bing Crosby
That low, rich voice just fills you with holiday spirit, doesn't it? I look up his versions of most of my holiday songs. (Can you guys tell that holiday music is my, hands down, favorite part of the holiday season?) Favorite holiday food: Pumpkin pie
I love it. Pumpkin spice is so delicious. I also really like pumpkin bread for that reason. It also smells amazing. Favorite holiday beverage: Hot chocolate
Duh. It just fills you with warmth and happy feelings. Also, at dinner parties, sparkling apple cider is fun. Honorable mention holiday treat: Non-peppermint candy canes
Not that I don't like peppermint (although it's not my favorite kind of mint), but I loved the Sweettart and Spree candy canes I got this year. So tasty! I also love cherry ones. Favorite Christmas color combination: Red & gold
Our tree is red and gold. When my parents try putting anything that isn't red or gold up there, I have to secretly put it in the back. It's a color scheme, guys. And a pretty one at that. Honorable mention color combination: Blue & silver
One of these days, I'm going to get enough blue ornaments so that we can use our silver ones on our tree. It'll be really different, but nice, I think. ~*~
I do love the holidays, so I can't say any real least-favorites. Some things get annoying, like some songs with those whiny voices, or red-and-green all up in my face, but it's all pretty insignificant compared to how huge the holidays are.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everybody! Spend lots of time with your family and send well wishes to your friends. (But don't mass text. Please stop mass texting me. ^^;)
(My favorite place to spend the holidays.)
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| Thanks for making it completely worth it and more to do the spring musicals every year that I've been here.
(Note: These are people who've been with me since the beginning.) KRISTEN CASE: Awww, from our lovely days of cake-ogling doing Annie Get Your Gun, to that year you left me aloooone, to our wonderful last year together doing Hello Dolly. Looking back on all our good times, I can't help but smiiiile. =D 
EMILY R.: You are such a delightful person and it has been so wonderful knowing you these past 3 years. You're beautiful inside and out, your voice is ridiculously lovely, and it's been wonderful going to play practice and seeing your smiling face all these years. =] 
(Teehee, look at us. xD)
EMILYN: You are SO full of joy all the time; how do you do it? You always manage to bring a huge, makes-my-face-hurt smile to my face and we have had waaaay too much fun with the Sankey Productions these past 3 years. Ahhh, good times. =) 
BEN: We never got super close (there aren't even any pictures of us together!) but I cannot imagine a Sankey Production without you! You are a crazy bundle of talent with this amazing mastery of comedic timing and it's such a pleasure watching you work your magic onstage. Stay amazing please! | | |
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