Theta

I have to admit that I am not the best sorority member in the world. I was unable to make a single chapter in the fall due to rehearsals. But I am reminded at least once a year how much I love these girls. Theta is something that I am extremely proud to be a part of even when I sometimes joke that I am way above the whole sisterhood thing. (I am no where near above it) I find that during rush, I fall in love all over again. Theta is full of the most unique and amazing girls I have ever met in my life. Something that has helped and hurt Theta over the years is that we rush individuals and not friend groups. We are very honest about who would be good in our house and won't rush one girl just to get another. While this sometimes results in the loss of some incredible people, it alos leads to a much more bonded pledge class because we are forced to meet so many new people, so many incredible people. Rush brings us all together once again to try and find the next generation of awesome. I am forced to work with girls who I haven't seen in a while and always come out with the closest of friends. Theta doesn't judge. I might not have been around for an entire quarter but I was still loved and appreciated and some beautiful soul would laugh at my pathetically tired jokes. And now it is over and I of course am saying that I will be around more and love these girls more. I said this last year but something is different. Next year I will be a senior. Next year I will be going through this for the last time and I want to stand there crying at the speeches with old friends, not just new ones. So here it goes, 2012. Love at first kite.

making the babies' kites! 

our beautiful baby kites! 

My babies are going to be mommas! I love them so much! 

Rush

This post's title is the reason for my lack of other posts... I will be back as soon as I can.

Sorority Recruitment.

I LOVE KAPPA ALPHA THETA FRATERNITY FOR WOMEN!

Lovers & Madmen

So remember how I told y'all that I was a part of that nerdy theatre board? And remember how my friend Greg took amazing photos where my nipples didn't end up showing? Well... I made them into advertisements to try and grab freshman that ended up looking like this:

WELLLLLL some of our founding members from ages ago saw them and were so impressed that they are planning a trip out to see our next show! There is a group of about 15 of them who are flying in from New York because they want to see how far we have progressed! I am so excited! Maybe I am good at advertising and that could be a fun job if I fail at all other dreams I have! So here we go!

Glitter

There is something about glitter that attracts me to it. Biologically it is probably the shiny part of it. Anything that changes the way light moves draws the eye to it. But I think I am most bound to the fact that it covers everything and gets everywhere. That is the feature that is most similar to myself. While I would like to think that I refract light into pretty colors wherever I go it is more likely that the minute you let me out of my container I seem to be in places that you don't find possible... the carpet, the ceiling, your hands up your nose... I am an energetic ball of glitter.

My evening went as follows...

I really wanted some La Madeline French Onion soup... so we went to one. But the soup was cold. My mom talked to the manager and we went to another one. Then we went to Macy's where the first thing I went to were the shiny tights. I also REALLY like tights... but my job was not that... it was to find a watch... but I only wanted to look at the blingy ones! Then I wanted the shiny pots and pans and the shiny comforter and the shiny underwear... it was a problem..

THEN I made my parents drive around for hours so I could look at the pretty lights.... WHO AM I?!

So I was obviously in a shiny phase and I came home and glittered EVERYTHING! I glittered a box and I glittered a shirt and I glittered a hat...

I wanted more to glitter and I almost glittered my favorite pair of flats but luckily something said no in the back of my glittered brain. Glitter is all over my floor and in my hair and on things it was no where near...

Today was an all-around okay day. It started out feeling really boring but when I look back on it I truly enjoyed my time with Lauren and with my Mommy and my Daddy and with my glitter... Life is pretty sweet y'all.

Winter Break

I AM GETTING CRAFTY!!!! I love getting crafty! People's gifts are all homemade that I found on Pinterest but really I couldn't help but make things for myself...

A collar necklace!

SPARKLES!

Really at this point anything shiny and sparkly gets my attention so beware of your gift from me if you don't like sparkles...

I LOVE MAKING PINTEREST HAPPEN!

Finals Week Breakdown

I have done fairly well so far. I aced, and I mean ACED my Logic exam which I was so excited about but as I finish writing my 5th page of study guide for an exam at 9 AM tomorrow, I realize that I may or may not be able to handle the rest of this evening. My nutrition of the day has been an extremely strange combination of sugar and protein in order to stay awake and invested in my studying. I mean my food has gone as follows: Atkins shake, sunflower seeds, Special K Protein Bar, Fruit Loops, turkey sandwich, and a liter of Dr Pepper, with a bag of beef jerky still to be consumed. To say my digestive system has been a tad confused today would be an understatement.

Also, impulse buy of headphones so that this guy who is chewing so loudly will be zoned out. I have never, and I mean never, heard something this badly... we are sitting literally 30 feet from each other and I can hear him over my own crunching of Fruit Loops. It is working for now. Nothing like Regina Spektor to let you know that life is okay.

I work my grandfather's sweater today and of course by today I mean the past 50 hours... but it has given me some pretty good mojo. He was an extremely brilliant man and it feels as though I have a little bit of that rubbing off on me today. I need that. It has been one of those days where I think I'm funny but really I am just stupid and slap happy.

Time to get back to the last of my study guides!!!

Dark

I have been pretty absent lately. I apologize. I have been in tech week for my show which closed earlier today. Honestly it was one of the most stressful and time-consuming processes I have ever been a part of but one of the most rewarding. I have learned so much about myself as an actor through it. I might be able to do this as a living kids. I know I went to college for it, and I know I might have pretended that I knew what I was going to do with my life, but honestly who really knows that? This show showed me that I can do it. I had people telling me that it was the strongest ensemble and the best show they had ever seen on this campus. Guys... I cried on stage. This is not an easy thing for me. If you know anything about my mourning patterns, then you know my face usually ends up like this:

I am quite an angry person when I feel like the world has screwed me over... But I cried for this show. It was beautiful and I couldn't have done it without these wonderful buddies!

 So my roomie the wonderful Louise Hunter has been abroad all quarter and I cannot begin to explain to y'all how excited I am to have her back in my life! so I made sure our door was all decorated and pretty for when she comes back! I might be annoying and fill our room with balloons or something too! She is beautiful! Silly girl went to London... she is FROM London. Well I guess we all know that if she weren't weird then we wouldn't be roomies. She is a beautiful creature who only uses her accent when she is drunk and frequently reminds me that I am never home. She is the reason I have seen Jurassic Park and that I survive sorority social events. (Guess how many I have been to without her? ZERO!) So she is also a positive boost for my social life and girlyness! Oh I am SOOOOOO pumped!

GUYS! I experienced my first black friday. The picture below tells you all my feelings about it. 

I will be sure to be a more constant source of amusement in your lives now that I have mine back!