Dear Diary, 

 I've determined that most New Jersey postcards are ugly. I'll make my own then!

Forever and always, 
Cindy

P.S. The Statue of Liberty is in New Jersey

Good news: Therapy. No surgery.

I tore something though. So as long I keep my promise to stretch, exercise, wear a shoulder brace daily, I'll have to go just once a week.

That was about it today. 
For the most part.

The Trouble with GPS
A teen driver battles her GPS system and wins.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1864339/the_trouble_with_gps.html

Top Ten Patriotic Songs
Music Used: Yankee Doodle Boy - James Cagney Over There - Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra You're a Grand Old Flag - Patriotic Songs of America Stars and Stripes Forever - US Marine Band Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland & The London Symphony Orchestra Home On The Range - Mormon Tabernacle Choir America, The Beautiful - Ray Charles This Land is Your Land - Lee Greenwood Lift Every Voice and Sing - Women of the Calabash Only in America -Brooks and Dunn
http://www.associatedcontent.comaudio/9411/top_ten_patriotic_songs.html

Does anyone think it's unfair that CNN will show that footage of the Iranian woman getting shot multiple times but won't air the beheadings of US hostages in Iraq?

I'm hungry.

Come Together: Live - Electric Cab Studios

Jayson on vocals; Nelson on backup; Andy on guitar; Mike on bass; Aaron on drums; me on keys.

Recorded and tinkered with over at Electric Cab Studios.

I'm not a very motivated person. But if I tell you guys, I'll feel obligated to do it, which isn't as good as being motivated but better than not doing anything at all. You get me?
( List and something else.... )

 Thanks to the local library, my iTunes music list has grown!

 

1. Bolero Maurice Ravel. New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein conducts.
2. La Valse Maurice Ravel
3. Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2 Maurice Ravel
4. Alborada del Gracioso Maurice Ravel
5. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 36 Arnold Schoenberg. Hilary Hahn w/ Swedish Symphony Radio Orchestra
6. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in d minor, op. 47 Jean Sibelius. Hilary Hahn w/ Swedish Symphony Radio Orchestra
7. West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast Recording
8. Nickel Creek
9. Monty Python's Spamalot: Original Broadway Cast Recording
10. Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

Got out of school early and stalked Julia as she got her hair done. She flipped through her magazine full of prom stuff - pictures, mostly- and there was a page of prom dilemmas. I don't count "Help! Someone's wearing the same dress as me" a dilemma. Julia and I looked at each other and she said, "Why is 'Help! I'm going to prom with my ex-boyfriend?' not on here?" She also suggested we blow off getting ready by making voodoo dolls out of socks. At first there were some awkward comments made, relieved only by the fact that we started yelling "Voodoo!" at all the wrong times. 

So it wasn't that awkward on the way there because the GPS did the talking. We laughed at Nelson running three red lights to keep up with us.

Then we got there, made polite small talk. And then started avoiding each other. It wasn't on purpose avoiding, it just happened that way. I really didn't notice until later on and mentioned it to someone. And he also mentioned it to someone else. But it was mutual avoiding, so no awkwardness there. A couple people made some boyfriend comments to me and I set them straight. 

The ride home was going to be excruciatingly tense. But Paul needed a ride and saved us from having to talk to one another. I sent him the biggest thank you for saving me text ever from the front seat. :)

Now it's senior prom time. 

Remind me again why I go to these things.

Mrs. Weasley!!!!!

Yay for caps lock. So the school library has The Book Thief, which I've heard (from just about everyone) is amazing. I read the synopsis on the back and saw the words "Nazi Germany" and "1939" and put it down. After Cabaret, I've had Nazis and World War 2 to last me for awhile. Yes, there is some kind of Germany quota and mine is overflowing. I need some time to get away with from the show. 

Instead I picked out a book by the Dalai Lama. A nice sensible book that restores my hope in humanity. Oh and I also know the purpose of life! To be happy. :)

Unless of course, raping children makes you happy. 

Speaking of which, I read Living Dead Girl last night and felt sick. It's short but it took me a really long time because I needed to put it down and forget for awhile.

Reviews are up on the Cappies website.

 I drove by myself to walmart today with my sister in the passenger seat. My mother thinks I'll drive safer with someone else in the car. We both made it back home alive and the car is still as intact as it was pre-walmart. 

So Cabaret has ended and it feels like it never happened. Maybe I was fast asleep. Taking apart the set was the strangest feeling. Everything was so foreign. I couldn't remember sitting there for hours on end, painting and sanding and complaining about the sawdust everywhere. 

I took advantage of my newly-18 status and mailed out my voter registration form today. The form ask you to select party affiliation. I thought we're supposed to vote and decide based on the candidate, not on party. I asked Amanda about it and she told me that our government is gay. 

That was the last thing on my mind before I fell asleep in the lit today. We were supposed to ready Camus's The Stranger, but I had already finished. I started reading The Things We Carried. And after reading the same line about Lt. Cross, I felt my eyes slowly closing. Ari jabbed me awake and I jumped in my chair and read some more. I did eventually get to sleep. When the bell rang, I jolted awake, returned the book, andI left the class, groggy and unbalanced. 

Last show today for the hundreds of opening nights in my future.

Ran the show today. It's rather difficult to conduct when half the band can't see me. Or Mike. Or any one person. So that's a problem that's going to be resolved soon, I hope.

And Nick fidgets an awful lot in between songs. It's honestly
linelineline BANGharpsound -
linelineline HAHAHAHA -
linelineline "hwoooh"
*crash*
*amp crackles* -

Andy: Nick...shut up.
Cindy: *dies laughing*

I've got a half-started/half-finished video on my computer....but I really can't find the time to finish it. :(

To end on a happy note...I'm going to plant the flowers I got for my birthday tomorrow on the school lawn. :)

got the book
half made a video - uploading next week

Sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday can disturb your body clock, leaving you fatigued at the start of the week.

It was the perfect temperature under the covers this morning. Sometimes it's too cold and you shift over to the other side of the bed and you lay there shivering for the next thirty minutes. And sometimes, it's too hot. And you're all frustrated, trying to recapture the shivering moments. But this morning, it was perfect. 

Then I had to get up.