Disney Channel Stars.

Okay, so...

I just watched Selena Gomez & The Scene's music video for her song Round and Round... and I have a couple of things I would like to address.

1. This music video is ridiculous.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfcvO2t8Ntg

2. Selena Gomez & The Scene??? Is she just arbitrarily making that "& The Scene" part up, or is she tag-teaming with some other band?

3. First ten seconds of the video:
-Selena walks up to a random wall.
-Selena puts on sunglasses and poses for no apparent reason.
-Selena walks away.

4. She then lights a match. To do what? To smoke? You're like sixteen.

5. Selena spends the majority of this video running away from creepy old men in fedoras. What will happen if they catch her? No one knows, because this video doesn't make any sense.

6. A sneak peek at the lyrics:
"You see me standing there and act like you don't know me. But last night you were calling me saying you want me."
Once again... you are like sixteen.

7. She then dances in the corner of a room between two light fixtures.

8. After this and some other random things, we watch her almost get hit by a speeding train. It turns out she's fine though, because we next catch up with Selena while she's creeping on someone through a telescope.

9. 1:45- Selena jogs by in her stilettos, while Man in Fedora #1 sprints after her like a crazy person. Good thing she finds a random wall to stand next to so he doesn't see her.

10. Some of my favorite lyrics:
"Love me or love me not,
I'm staring at the clock.
I pick them flower petals off,
and then I watch them drop."

First of all: "them" flower petals??? Enough said.
Second of all: What does this have to do with the music video?

11. 2:17- Selena is BFFs with the waiter at this restaurant, who leaves her a cryptic message in her mug saying "The Coffee is Dirty". She then gives the guy across the table from her a ridiculous amount of sass & walks away.

12. More dancing in the corner between the light fixtures.

13. 3:10- Man in Fedora is hanging from the railing of a staircase a la Mufasa in The Lion King. How did he get there? Nobody knows. We then watch him fall and die and the music video ends with Selena blowing out the match she lit in the beginning.

All of this to say:
Selena Gomez & The Scene know what's up.


-Lauren

Hidden Poetry.

I found this today in the piles of books and music on our piano.
I bet I would find lots of other surprises if I took a good look through my room.

Apparently, I wrote this on July 29th of 2009.

Violet whispers carry my thoughts away.
Catch them in your net that you save for butterflies.
Open up your hands and hold the tattered pages.
I will watch and pray that you won't skip even a word.

Please let this be worth it.
Mistakes- I have plenty.
Please let this be something you want to hold inside and call your own.
Please tell me my secrets mean something in this world.
And please don't tell a soul what I told.
Will you love me when I'm old?

Deep auburn shadows peel away the years of innocence and make-believe.
But hold fast to the fears.
Life is leaving memories wrapped in ribbons on our doorstep.
Take them carefully inside,
And open them like Christmastime.


Angst to the max. Yay!!!
-Lauren

For the Love of Theatre.

I enjoy theatre as much as anybody.
I enjoy it so much that I'm majoring in it.

However, I will not enjoy driving to a different state to see a play to write a paper on if my teacher decides that I cannot write one on a musical. As far as I can see, there are no theatres in my state that are putting on plays right now. And my paper is due Monday.

I don't really see the difference... plays and musicals are the same thing, for the purpose of my paper, anyway.

So, he just emailed me asking what theatre I would be planning to see White Christmas in (legitimately, EVERYONE is either doing White Christmas or A Christmas Carol and this is like the only one that starts before December (aka before the paper is due).

This theatre is within biking distance from my front door.
If he would let me see that, I could save a pointless trip to another state and avoid seeing a show called "Table Manners", which, while sounding totally thrilling, is not the top activity on my agenda for the day.




However, my agenda for the day DOES happen to include sitting here, going "please, please, please, please, pleeeease..." like a four-year-old until he emails me back. :)

Fashionnn.

I would love to be on a panel that puts clothes together for models to wear in magazines.
I feel like it would be fun...you just close your eyes and grab about 7 random articles of clothing and have them all be worn at the exact same time.

For example:


1. Random hat that looks like it came straight off of "Lizzie McGuire" or a Disney Channel Original Movie.

2. Necklace that looks weird with that top.

3. Shirt that depicts the rock layers of our planet.

4. .....Pleather shorts.

5. Really tall socks. I love tall socks, so that's fine, but then we pair them with:

6. Polka dot high heels. All of these things match so well.

7. Random ring and bracelet, just for fun.

This girl is apparently considered fashionable, and if I saw someone walking around wearing that, I'd think to myself:

1. That hat is stupid.
2. Even though I have spent the majority of this blog making fun of each of the items of clothing here, I like that this girl is just wearing what she wants. Which makes her cool.

So... maybe I'll spend more mornings with my eyes closed, randomly selecting items from my drawers?? :)

Harry Potter and Way Too Many Snakes.

I'm HOME!


Yessss.

So far, I have seen the new Harry Potter movie, relaxed, slept in way too late, gone to the mall, and watched lots of thrilling TV shows like "Pawn Stars" and "Swamp People".

1. Harry Potter
I just have a little question about this: WHY DID DOBBY DIE!? Okay, so...these people are witches and wizards. Therefore, they should be able to fix stuff like that, right?! And what happened to that bottle of magic healing stuff Hermione had in her huge purse? Did she use it all up on Ron or something? That might have been a little bit useful as Dobby was bleeding to death...

2. Swamp People
One of the weirdest shows I have seen lately. If you have a thing for hunting alligators in dirty swamp areas and seeing raw chicken dangling off of trees as bait, then you should totally check this out.

3. The mall
I purchased pink earmuffs at Forever21 yesterday. I wish there was a store closer than 78.1 miles from school.

One, Two, Three, Four, Tell Me That You Love Me More....

Thanksgiving Break is four days away, and it cannot get here soon enough.

I am beyond excited to settle into the couch, watch a ridiculous amount What Not to Wear, trade in my backpack in for a blanket... and sleep.

Sleep...in my own bed.
Where it's supposed to be on the wall.
Facing the direction it's supposed to in relation to everything else in my room.
With the window right next to it that doesn't require a contortionist to pry it open.


I. Can't. Wait.

"I'm Sick of Brown, and it Looks Like Fun..."

"i'm gonna do what i want to, and i'm gonna dye my hair blue."

i've gone blue, and i'm PSYCHED.

......just a streak of blue.
on the bottom section.
no worries.
and it's semi-permanent.

not like that other girl on campus whose hair is a crazy combo of blue, green, pink, etc, etc, etc. with a spot in the back that looks like she intentionally took her flat iron and tried to melt her hair to her scalp. It's really nice.

As attractive as her hair is, I thought I would let her be "that girl".

and I'll just be "that other girl who dyes her hair way too often".

Half an Hour = Game Over.

Last night, I pulled an all-nighter.

I think I got about half an hour of sleep in all. It was awful. Thank you, Dr. Beck.

Anyways...

My Really Freaking Long Day [also Entitled "The Really Obnoxious Person I am When I am Tired"] -By Lauren

1. I stayed awake last night by drinking coffee (which I swore off last semester). The coffee was good. Staying up all night=not so good.
2. This morning, I was a jerk. I wanted to kill everyone and everything was awful and terrible. I called my parents and got annoyed with them for things that were my fault, and I went to my first class wanting to punch people in the face. I attempted to throw myself mini pity parties when I saw people I knew, and I sank so low as to play the "How Late Did You Stay Up Last Night?" Game. [I either won the game or tied.]
3. I turned in the project I'd stayed up all night doing, worried about it for like ten minutes, and decided I didn't really care anymore, which led me to my giddy phase.
4. This phase involved me writing notes to the girl next to me in class, being really talkative and thinking lots of things were funny.
5. After that wore off, I felt exhausted and spent the rest of my day collecting pet peeves. I found a wide variety of reasons to be annoyed with people. I also attempted to fall asleep everywhere.
6. During one of these attempts, I actually drooled on the floor of the green room. Awesome. I tried to pretend like it didn't happen when I woke up, but it definitely did.

Faces I Should Not Have Made:

A montage of the bad decisions I have made in when a camera is in front of my face.



I'm so happy...because I'm at summer camp and I don't know you at all... so I am going to make this uncomfortable face and put a thumbs up in there just for fun.



This might be one of the all-time worst photos of me. Ever.




This picture could also be titled "Hair Colors I Never Should Have Had".



The confused, weird girl sits alone in the corner...



This one screams "I'm a really huge creeper."

A Couple of Things I Would Like to Say to a Couple of Lovely People...

To avoid lashing out in person and potentially killing someone, I would like to take this opportunity to express my feelings towards some certain individuals in a safe manner. Here goes.

Dear __________,
I hate your class so so much, I hate the subject that you teach, and if I have to take another semester that you teach, I might jump out a building. You are the most confusing woman I have ever met. Thanks for the work you are doing in destroying my GPA.

Dear __________,
First of all, I would like to mention that some of us are taking classes other than yours. While I do enjoy your class, you give a heck of a lot of homework. Also, I wish you would stop being such a guy about everything. When I ask you a question, I mean it in the way that the question makes sense due to the context of our conversation...not in the most literal translation that you can come up with. This would save a lot of time that I spend re-explaining myself and trying to make you understand that what I am asking is really not that difficult.

Dear __________,
You drive me insane. Not only do you get like freaking 90's on all of our quizzes, which makes me angry because no one should be doing well in this class, you mumble like I have never heard and you ask questions that make absolutely no sense. You are obviously talented in this subject area... but it would save like 8 years of our lives if you would stop asking these nonsensical questions in your annoying "I'm a frat guy and i don't care" voice. Thanks.



Oh So Much Love...
Lauren

Why Facebook Promotes Learning:

Every college kid knows that Facebook is an integral part of the learning process.

Not only can we stalk our friends/people we have never seen before in our lives, but posting the perfect Facebook status helps today's youth learn to create concise and witty one-liners every single day.

(or, depending upon mood, perhaps a deep and emotional sentiment, all kept within the constraints of that little box above your wall.)

We have learned to be cryptic, putting the undefined "you" in particular statuses that deal with emotional releases of some sort (even though everyone knows who you are referring to... including that person, let's be honest here.)

But, okay, the real reason why Facebook is a great learning tool?

Just within the past two days, it has led me on intense Google searches to find the correct way to spell the plural form of "ellipsis", and taught me that "eggnog" is in fact one word, not two.

Point made.

Somebody Kill Me Please.

My Past Two Facebook Statuses Define My Day:


Status Number One:

Reasons Why Today is the Best Day Ever:
1. the antics of last night already made today good.
2. my first class got cancelled.
3. i got an override into a class i really wanted.
4. Mrs. Greens: Breakfast for Lunch.
5. Dessert: CANDY CORN.

Status Number Two:

Reasons Why Today Stopped Being the Best Day Ever:
1. I realized I missed an appointment this morning.
2. My Spanish teacher decided to tell us TODAY that we have a test on Wednesday...on material she taught us this afternoon in class.
3. Tech Week.
4. My Spanish presentation is due the day before opening night.
5. So.Much.Homework.

-Lauren