BEDA: Blog Every Day in April; April 2nd

April 2nd
I have so many writing projects, it's not funny. I have to write the screenplay for Script Frenzy, I pledged to write in the revision of my NaNoWriMo novel every day for my Health class, I have to write in a stress journal for my Health class as well, and I'm blogging every day. This is a tiny bit stressful and I started on a weekend! Thank goodness I don't have Math or Science this trimester...

BEDA: Blog Every Day in April

April 1st
Blog Every Day in April
I'm going to do this, but it is my bed time and I am going to bed (go figure).

Hanging Out With a Hypnotist

Little background first: The new trimester has been going on for about a month now, and one of my new classes is Stage Tech. I really like being able to help produce stuff without actually having to perform (Orchestra is the only exception). So, most of the class up until a week ago was directed at getting ready for the school musical. I went to help on stage for the musical on Monday, and they ended up not needing me, so I got to just sit there are watch the play (for free!). For yesterday and today in class, our job was to undo two months worth of preparation, dismantle everything, and reset the stage for tonight, which was the girl's softball team fundraiser.
Now to hypnotists: I stayed after school to help get everything off the stage, because everything was dismantled, but still lying around. So we finally made the stage all pretty (and then I went home for a few hours). Then, I came back at 6:15. The hypnotist guy wasn't due to arrive until 6:30, so we just hung out in the sound booth (we being me, Zach, Jacob, Mr. Skinner, and Mr. Skinner's small child). When the hypnotist arrived, he got out his super cool iPod carrier and talked Zach through what music to play at what time, (at one point he started playing You Make Me Smile, and I said, "This song is.... hahaha." and he looked at me weird and Jacob said, "You're such an awkward person." And then I laughed again) then, he told Jacob what levels he wanted the lights at and when he wanted him to turn the house lights on. Then he was just sort of talking about what sort of feeling he was trying to create and was randomly like, "Oh, and I need a camera person." (notice the political correctness.... because I did....) and he looked over at me (standing stupidly under some shelves that I was barely too tall to fit underneath) and I was like, "Ooh, I'll do it. I don't have a job." and the other two were like, "Yeah." (brilliant, eh?) so he's like, "Wonderful, follow me." So I did and we went and set up his REALLY nice video camera up on a FREAKING cool tripod (that confused me and blew my mind) and he turned it on and told me where the record button was. Then, I was like, "So, I just... record the show?" and he said, "Yeah, it'll be great, get a variety of zoomed in and out parts, and thanks for doing this for me." (talk about having confidence in total strangers) so, I video the show (which was... mind blowing and a little too... I don't know.... to explain) and he hypnotized some people. Then afterwords, everyone left and I made my way up onto the stage and help stack chairs away, and then I stood by the camera until the hypnotist guy finished talking to some people (I think the guy's name was like, Kerry Sharp? I don't particularly remember.... *Googles*... yup Kerry Sharp... anyway) Then he came up and looked at me like he was a little confused as to why I was standing there and I was like, "I don't know how to... do anything." (imagine me gesturing toward the camera mounted on the tripod) and he was like, "Oh, it's cool, don't worry about." (He was super nice....) and then he put it away and then he got a piece of paper out of his shoulder bag and it had the titles of a bunch of mp3s on it and he was like, "I want to give you a free mp3 for helping me out." Then he had me write down my email address (which he read and said, "....nice.") so that he could email it to me..... and then I thanked him (twice) and then i drove my mother's minivan home (loser). :)

Rainbow Nerds are GOOOD

So, I mistakingly moved my computer back out into the front room in order to have internet access. As if it didn't already move slow enough. Basically, I can only have one window open at a time and only one tab open if that one window open happens to be the internet. Though, I did get iTunes to stay open with Word finally, after I threatened to get my dad to scold it for me. Whenever I have a computer problem, all I need to do is complain to my dad and he'll walk over near the computer which will miraculously start working again. It's a little ridiculous, but it works.

So, anyway, now, because my computer is out here, I'm not really allowed to use my dad's computer, which runs better than mine, but still has issues with working for me. I can't help but think that every electronic I touch ends up malfunctioning. All mp3 players/iPods I've ever had, computers, cars, radios... The only electronics that will stand my presence are my phones, and even they move a little more slowly than I would like. I'm cursed with a love of technology and a reputation for destroying them with a touch. At least I excel in my other talents (NOT)

My Mind. Wrinkled like a Raisin.

I think that I've most possibly found a teacher that I most relate to. He's my Seminary teacher and sometimes randomly in the middle of class, he says the most mind blowing things. Like today, he randomly said, "Have you ever tried to fathom your own existence? Or have you ever tried to work out the concept of 'nothing'?" Which I actually have, and then a few weeks ago he said, "I was laying in bed one night trying to wrap my mind around eternity..... I sat there thinking, 'There is no beginning...... and no end...... but no beginning..... so..... beginning.... no beginning......' and then my mind exploded." xD

B)

If it were up to me, we would go to school on Saturdays and there would be no summer vacation. Summer time might be all fine and dandy for the people who actually do stuff, but for those of us who sit in our houses and do nothing but chores all summer long don't really have and positive connections to summertime. Of course, for intellectual persons, we might actually realize the value in education. I don't really remember where it was, but I was reading this thing about why nerds are unpopular and I remember that it was talking about how a nerds worse nightmare would be having an average intelligence level. I thought it was pretty funny, but I've tried imagining what it would be like having a lower intelligence level, and it's practically impossible. I think that makes it harder for us to be able to relate to the stupid people, we simply don't understand what is going on in their brains (or what ISN'T going on in there. haha). People are always talking about finding the good in people and being positive and crap like that, but aren't there some people who you look at and think, "WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT YOU?!?!?!". How are we supposed to find the good in people if they don't have anything good about them? I think that when they give you guidelines for having a good life, or whatever you call it, they don't take into account that there are people out there who don't find enjoyment/appreciate in the same things that normal people do. Or like when they give you tests and tell you what level you're supposed to be at, they just want to know what people are behind they don't really care that there are people who are above the normal..... whatever..... Yes.......... O_o

This title is extra special

Interesting how one forgets that she has a blog and then neglects it for 6 months.... Not really interesting, but it's just about all that I've got. It's not really like I've got much else to do, but watch Bones (which I've been doing all day) and eat crackers. The only problem with the crackers is that the only drink I have to accompany it are those Capri Sun drinks. I can down one of those in a matter of minutes, so eating an entire box of crackers is probably going to take a whole box of them. Also, I have to watch my Bones episodes on my brother's computer because mine doesn't have a DVD player and only has about 9 GB of memory, and it's really cold in my brother's room for some reason, which doesn't make any sense at all because our rooms are right next to each other and both have the doors open all the time and my room is perfectly warm.