taking it off cause I feel a fool, trying to dress up when I'm missing you

I decided to do my first outfit post, so don't judge to harshly...compared to all of the amazing styles people post.
Today in NorCal it was rainy and foggy, so a flannel shirt seemed appropriate.

(sorry about the crap picture, I was in a hurry when I took it)
shirt: from my neighbor's garage sale
jeans. Buffalo Express
flats: Urban Outfitters
jewelry: various places

It is finally fall here, which is good for me because I'm one of those people who like cold better than warm...I live in California so it's kind of blasphemy to like cold here. But here is a list of reasons why:

Wearing things that are knitted
Hot drinks
Seeing my breath
Wellies
Not running in P.E because of rain
Tights
Games and outdoor events where it's too cold to go with only a couple of people and you need a huge group for warmth
People are huggier when it's cold out....or maybe that's just here
Waking up and falling asleep to the sound of rain

Anthony Rapp came to my school and gave a lecture on Thursday night, and the Rent cast performed Seasons Of Love and La Vie Boheme. Of course, he and I had an extremely scintillating conversation:

My singing teacher, who is friends with him: Anthony, this is Sophia and Emma (my friend who was with me at the time). They didn't get in. Make them feel better.
Me: Umm...hi....yeah...ummm....Rent is a really cool show
E: Yeah, well, hi, uh, yeah...
AR: Well, getting rejected is such a huge part of theater. You have to take the good with the bad, you know? Are those brownies on the dessert table over there?
Our conversation basically ended there.

Hope everyone has a fantastic fall filled with lots of warm scarves and snuggling.

do a split, give a yell, throw a fit for old rydell

It occurs to me that i gave the impression that I had already gotten Rizzo, so let me clear something up: Rizzo was the part that I wanted. But the cast list went up on Tuesday night, after days of me compulsively checking my email, and here is what I am:


Whoot! i have never really been the cheerleader-y type, but this is going to be fun.

Also, I have to share my latest YouTube obsession:




I could watch these for HOURS. Seriously. If I'm bored enough.

alone in the universe (song title from...)

back from tahoe; very very funny story but you must be able to actually see the picture to make it funny, so that will be posted as soon as I get it...

and now that I am back for a week before I go to Jew camp (as I like to call it)(because Jews know how to party)(not being sarcastic, I swear) and my life is as follows:

. going to dance class (which is the most fun - theater people are the best ;P)
. reading the Illiad (summer reading for school...I think I'll go die now)
. cleaning out my room

The challenge:


yes, this is what I am currently sorting through; this is how I'm dividing it:

the "wtf? was I insane when I bought this?" pile

the "crazy shit I would never ever wear but am keeping anyway" pile

the "old lady clothing from my aunt who seems to think that we have the same taste in clothes so I'll keep this stuff to spare her feelings" pile

the "must keep this for sentimental reasons" pile

the "keep simply because it is cute" pile

the "toss because it is ugly and makes me look like I was dressed by a drunk toddler" pile

which basically covers about everything in my closet...

the title at the top is from Seussical btw. which I was actually in, in 5th grade. I was a wickersham brother and the three of us had afros and leather pants.

absent WITH leave (and lots of parenthesis)

so after grade 8 grad (thank fucking god) and the dance (yes, it was mardi gras) and the goodbye party I threw (i still am finding random pieces of popcorn around my living room....) because all of my friends are going to a different high school than me, i am leaving on vacation to the uber-glamerous Lake Tahoe (jk) where i will participate in a family reunion, which are always....interesting (last year my cousin got his nipples pierced and my other cousin met the guy who is now her fiance)so i won't be posting for the next 2 weeks...have a fantastic summer!

play that funky music, white boy

Because I like music, and surveys, and ashcan rantings (my computer is being retarded so I can't put a link) here are 7 songs that I am currently listening to:

1. Does an entire album count as a song? because I've just been listening to the Rent album a lot lately.

It's kind of been going on ever since my school announced that Rent would be their fall musical, which was like two weeks ago...i did pick out my audition song, though (mama who bore me from Spring Awakening)






2. The Way We Talk by The Maine
*she's fresh to death, she'll be the death of you. seduction leads to destruction..." usually I don't like talk-y songs but this is singing bordering on talk-y. The lyrics are unlawfully catchy, and their album cover is awesome:

I need to get a t-shirt with this on it.

3. Green by Brendan James
This is the perfect song for summer. It's so lazy-sounding, in a good way. It's the ideal slow-dancing, warm nights watching fireflies, summer romance song. (I hope I have one....they are such fun). my friend reyna insisted that i listened to this song when I was over at her house on friday and I have yet to stop singing it. the album cover isn't exactly the most imaginative...it's just Brendan sitting and looking pensive.

4. On The Radio by Regina Spektor
I don't think that you'll find a catchier song....the beat is infectuous. It's like the beat is happy, but the lyrics are sad...which is what makes this song excellently awesome.....i'm doing this dotty thing over and over....whee...

i love her look....especially her hair...i cut my hair short a while ago and now i fantasize about having this kind of hair.

5. The Fallen by Franz Ferdinand


A lot of people around where I live seem to have fallen under the Spell of Franz Ferdinand. seriously, if they don't play this at the grad dance, there will be riots in the streets. no joke.

6. Cold-Hearted Town by New Atlantic

besides this being an awesome song, this band had a wonderful affinity for blazers.

7. Foundations by Kate Nash

this girl has a neverending supply of fantastic dresses. as if that wasn't awesome by itself, she sings with a really obvious british accent. british singers should not hide their accent! because if I had one, i would flaunt the crap out of it. and no one would care, because i would sound brilliant. because I had a british accent. see how this works?

now I have to go on Pandora (retarded computer! i wish i could link!) and music-binge some more...

people who run this, i love you

Okay, I know that I don't normally do fashion-y type posts, but I love this website:
www.unique-vintage.com
They have all of these superly-awesomely-fantastic little vintage dresses dating from the 20s to the 80s, plus shoes and acessories. It is my latest addiction, and I think that I may very soon clean out all their 20s flapper-ish dresses.

*I want you - bew new new da - i want you so baaaaaaad* see? you see? In case you are somehow blind, maybe you can just LISTEN to the cuteness of this dress:

*hark, the herald angels sing!" this was actually under the 50s pinup section, in case you didn't already guess.
now I know what my money will be spent on for about the next year.

what time is it? survey time

as a die-hard survey/quiz/poll addict, i had to fill out this charming little number being passed along the blogosphere. since most of the people who took it left it open for grabs, i will do the same....yeah i'm such a sheep. oh well.

1. WHAT WAS I DOING 10 YEARS AGO?
let's see....10 years ago i was about 3 so i suppose i was reading. apparently i read quite a bit. well, doing either that or letting my parents videotape me for hours on end doing something really boring, like toddling around the backyard or refusing to wear my headband anywhere except around my neck. or "dancing" to some 80's pop. apparently, my life was extremely fascinating when I was 3.

2. WHAT ARE 5 THINGS ON MY TO-DO LIST TODAY?
Seeing as today is half over, this will be sort of a combo of todays and tomorrows to-do list:

-find a suitable shirt to go with my super-awesome electric blue jeans. I think I'm unhealthily excited about this.
-figure out how to post a video on YouTube, because I am a technological retard.
-finish Four Weddings and a Funeral, which is the recent product of my Netflix addiction
-practice my audition song for Rent auditions (!)
-scrounge up $20 for a movie ticket and popcorn

3. SNACKS YOU ENJOY?
Skittles, Mike & Ikes, popcorn, those little Dibs things, all the little Japanese snacks that have pandas and whatnot on them.

4. PLACES YOU HAVE LIVED?
Oh, let's see...London, Venice, Tokyo....
Just kidding. I've only ever lived in San Francisco. well, a suburb of San Francisco. it's like a 20 minute train ride away.

5. THINGS YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WERE A BILLIONAIRE?
Unleash myself in the Mission District. Invest. Buy this wicked pair of black military boots with buttons up the side I saw in a Barneys window (this i could definitely not do if I was not so wildly rich....in this survey). Go to Australia. Go to Tokyo. Just generally Travel the World. Set up a charity fund for...something. Buy a vintage convertible (like, 50s pinup vintage) and get the engine restored. Lots of things.

6. PEOPLE YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT?
David Sedaris. Sofia Loren. This hot British guy I met on a tour of the Vatican and never saw again. Kate Nash (I like her clothes in her videos). The guys that do the Smosh videos.

7. THEIR TURN! TAG SEVEN BLOGGERS.
You read my quip at the top!

it's oooooover

Waaaah! last AMS play over...cast party last night and now i have a wicked hangover so i'll do my best to tell you about this and the events that precedented it now:

at my school, they make a Very Big Deal out of the plays so we have traditions out the ass. all last week we had rehearsals, and the girls got the better dressing room (ie: the one with the soda machine) and they were fun because I wasn't really thinking about it all ending. and even though I was a dwarf and they used skin adhesive to make our beards stick to our faces and later they wouldn't come off, it was one of the best show's that i've done.

on Friday night the cast always goes bowling after the show. so we were at the bowling alley and we were waiting to get in because bowling is apparently quite popular nowadays, when my little friend K happened to casually mention something about her kind of having a boyfriend. This did not go over well with the stage manager. (note: our dear stage manager is something of an overprotective older brother figure, but he goes to college next year. waaaaah!) it was then he called the kid and started grilling him to make sure that he was "good enough" for K. He put the kid on speakerphone. it was hilarious.
he's done similar things to the guys my friends and i have gone out with.

Later once we finally got in, it was then decided that several of the most annoying members of the cast would completely consume the bowling alley's entire Red Bull supply. Pandemonium ensued, while me and my friends hid behind the benches (someone got a black eye from a flying bowling shoe. not pretty). once said annoying cast members were kicked out and my friend V had eaten all of my curly fries (note: your guesses are very, very, close), we escaped to the arcade, where we played DDR and air hockey. an intense DDR competition ensued between my friend A and the other stage mananger, R, who has a MAJOR crush on her. the competition got so intense that they left to "take a breather" and were not seen again for the rest of the night. hmmm....

so they kicked us out of the bowling alley at about 1 in the morning, and we didn't really want to go home, so we went to the park for a bit and hung out on the swings and talked about what we think high school will be like. eventually we all crashed at my friends house. and then the next day, we didn't get up until call time. the show went on and everyone cried during the finale because it was our last show. at the cast party, we all spiked our Diet Cokes and awards were given out. we all said our goodbyes. i didn't take my stage makeup off so i looked like a raccoon because i was crying.

if you've been in the show all 3 years, then they make you a collage with pics from your past shows. everyone signed eachother's collages and programs and mine is hanging on my wall right now :). the show for next year was announced. they're doing Annie. my little sister is SO freaking lucky.

well this is my goodbye to all of you AMS theater geeks. i will miss you all and you better come see me at SMHS, capiche?

busy in a good way

Will not be posting, as it is now performance week for my play, which leads into all sorts of theater-type traditions PLUS the always-hilarious cast party, so I will be back in the blogging world next week.
On other news, I wasn't selected to come back as an assistiant stage mananger, which is sad but also cool because:

.I'm going to SMH, so driving from there to AMS for rehearsals is not exactly an appealing prospect
.My friends A and R got the positions, and they deserve it so yay!

s'later....

Do not smoke the sprinkles

Eeeep, last night was crazy and weird. as was last day. but let me start from the beginning.....
(note: this will be a long-ass post. well, long for me anyway)
yesterday was preview day for the play at my school, which basically means we drive around to elementary schools all day and have little kids gawk at us as we perform the same scene like five times. as you may have noticed, I have a thing for lists, so this is what transpired:

• My friend V has to wear a long white beard as part of his costume, and as a result was mauled by an entire first-grade class screaming "Santa Claus!"
• I discovered that in my costume, I look like a combination of a gay elf, Peter Pan, and one of the Merry Men
• We all serenaded a slightly freaked-out looking pizza guy when we went to Round Table (in our costumes)tip of the iceberg. but later that night:

• my friend L came over and we found a massive jar of sprinkles in my kitchenwe debated whether or not sprinkles were smokeable
• we did not try at risk of burning down my house
• later, we went to a party at my friend H's house; where Guitar Hero and improv games were enjoyed by all (yeah, we're drama geeks like that)
• I got pics of my friend S in several positions during "freeze" that may call his sexual orientation into question....such is the nature of the game!

Oh, and if you are reading this, T, I WANT MY SKINNY JEANS BACK. YOU'VE HAD THEM FOR LIKE 3 MONTHS. NOW GIVE THEM BACK. It's not fair that you're a guy and yet you look better in them than I do.

Memorial Day plans? my friend A is having her birthday party at the St Francis on Sunday, where I'm sure having a suite all to ourselves will result in terrible acts of teenage debauchery.

have a fun weekend!

I could live on the pier...

Seriously, I totally could.
Why, you ask? On my trip to Pier 39 with a bunch of my friends on Tuesday, I:

• ate what must have been my weight in unlawfully delicious cinnamon minidonuts
• rode on the carousel until I couldn't walk straight for the next ten minutes
• bought a Godfather poster (yaaaay!)
• got a glittery star on my face and started the Glittery Star Age (don't even ask)

And this is why I might get a tent and just live there. Except maybe not, because there was this weird hobo by the parking lot who kept going "Money for the horny! Money for the horny!" My friend S took a picture of him and put it on MySpace. Long story short, I am deffo going back very very soon...
In other installments of my life, the girls in my grade continue the search for the perfect grad dress. Fortunately, I found mine ages ago:









Plus shoes:









And so far, we have no word on the grad dance theme....I think everyone voted for either rave (how can we have a proper rave with parent chaperones?) or disco (lame. so lame.)

Greek!

My latest TV obsession....because Scott Michael Foster

is hot like wasabi, but now that Cappie's dating Rebecca I am actually starting to like her, which is really annoying. But I digress....
I really logged on to bitch about the Gossip Girl obsession. Here is a short list of things that I hate about this show:

• Vanessa has hair
• Rufus Humphery is hot
• Dan is hot (ish)
• NEITHER OF THEM ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HOT!!!!!
• even though I don't exactly mind........but still

Despite the fact that most of my friends are completely obsessed with the show, as well as having a deep desire to bear Chace Crawford's babies (yes, even some of the guys).

A funny website

Hope to have HSM pics soon!

The follow-up

a follow-up on yesterday's post:
first of all, all of you hipster types, don't hate me for being in HSM. because even though I didn't really do anything important, i can now be like "oh yes, dahling, I performed at the orpheum".
But, what they really had us do was this:

• sit in the bleachers
• cheer during "We're All In This Together"
• listen to Sharpay tell Ryan how badly she needed to fart (this was onstage)

Sorry, no pictures - i'm kicking myself for forgetting my camera. but some other people got a funny picture of my friend R pretending to pull the fire alarm and the sign in the bathroom that said "please aim".
Oh yeah, and they had like this little sign that gave instructions for condom use. don't ask me why.

Anyone miss me?

Obviously not. And so I will just get on to today's little burst of hilarity:

A One-Act Play:
Setting - dance class, this afternoon
my friend C: Hey, when guys do a royale and squeeze their thighs together, doesn't it HURT?
me: ummm, probably
C: But I just don't KNOW!
me: I think they have like cups or something....
C: Well, I need to - hey, you!
our friend F: wha?
C: does it hurt what you do a royale?
F: Huh?.....no.....
me: *cracks up madly, while C beams and F just looks confused*

Not much posting going on this weekend - I'm stuck in end-of-year project hell.
but I will be making an appearance on friday night at the orpheum in sanfran :)

I am a dwarf

The drama teacher at my school has obviously gone mad.
Care to know why? for our spring musical we are doing THE HOBBIT.
Based on the book. And guess what I am?
That's right. With a BEARD. It is a terrible terrible sham of a show, but my friends and I are in it for laughs.....actually, we may have gone mad as well.
On a happier note, here is a pretty bag:
YakPak $40
Feast your eyes.

Jean lust

I want these soooooo effing much!

Urban Outfitters $68

I could not be happier that colored jeans are coming back in style, so now we can bask in their lovely brightness without feeling horribly 80's.

Something else that I long for:

Harajuku Lovers $44.90
My greed knows no bounds.
On a non-fashiony note, I am super happy right now because my friend Amelia who moved to Boston over the summer is coming back to CA for my Bat Mitzvah in a week. we are taking her to great america and planning my after parrrrrty/welcome home parrrrrty for her...so much fun!

The extras get their close up

Me and my friend Alex were extras (we extra'd?) on the movie Milk (which is about Harvey Milk) today in SF and apparently, people own a lot more 70's clothes then I thought. That's us up at the top - I'm trying to see over the crowd and we wanted to get a picture for posterity.

(sorry about the alignment issues)

They needed a bunch of people for a crowd scene where Harvey Milk gives a speech, and we stood there and chanted "har-vey! har-vey! yeah! whoooohoo!" ; that was our big moment of fame lol.
And, some random stats:
3 drag queens
Too many peace signs to count
17 pieces of clothing with fringe (including cowboy boots)

I can only hope that the 70's never ever truly come back.

And so it begins

ehhhh.....maybe the post title is a little pretentious but it seems to suit.

The Banana is In....like those old Peanuts strips when Lucy sets up the The Doctor is In sign. And the banana part comes from one of my billions of nicknames.