"The Art Of The Brick"

I seriously think that Legos are the best toy ever invented- hands down. You can make anything with them- and I think one Nathan Sawaya has really gone above and beyond with this. His site is here, and these are some of my favorites:

Celine Dion Concert

Last Tuesday Mum and I were invited to a Celine Dion concert by Margaret McManus and her mother- who, I must say, is one of the sweetest, nicest, most honest people I've ever met! And Margaret is just like her. I've also "adopted" her as my little sister- since she's only got an older and younger brother, I figured she needed one- and we had a great time. =D

The concert was really cool, lots of lights and costume changes and the stage never stopped moving!






There were these really, really cool dancers the whole time too.

It's bAAAAAAAAAck!!!!

On Tuesday (Mom wouldn't let me stay up on Monday night) I finally got to spend two GLORIOUS hours engrossed in the season premiere of Heroes.

All I have to say, is....

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(in a very Napoleon Dynamite voice)

It was sooo awesome, everything I could have hoped for. There are some things I could have lived without- like Nathan's "religious revalation," which bothers me quite a bit, because his character was so anti-religious that it was the last thing I expected.

And what's with Nicki/Jessica/Tracey(etc)? How on earth did she survive, how does she have powers? And where's her son and niece?! And Linderman's randomly back- although only God-obsessed Nathan can see him, which makes me think that he's finally cracked under the pressure.

Peter shooting Nathan, as well, really suprised me, even if it is future Peter. The Petrelli brothers' loyalty to each other in the past two seasons just made this seem like a complete shock.

And Sylar/Gabriel is a Petrelli?! I mean, I really hope Angela's talking metaphorically, because THAT one seems REALLY out there, even for Heroes.

Although Mohinder(my one and only love!!!!) has had so many random, seemingly pointless character changes and developments that I really don't even know who he is anymore. And the fact that he injected himself with an unknown, possible fatal 'power-giving' serum seems a little far-fetched for a doctor of his capacity. Although I'm pretty sure he's about to learn his lesson the hard way, and we did get to see him playing at Spiderman for a while...shirtless.

WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?!

Coming Soon

Epic Amazingness

I finally got a chance to watch The Fellowship of the Ring today, (I decided it was the weekend, I've worked hard this week, and I try not to go too long without watching them, as my entire family has deemed them "Classic-" and when my family deems something classic, you know it's special. =)

Every time I watch these I am struck by how much I love them- every line, actor, special effect- Peter Jackson did an absolutely fantastic job with these. Too many directors stray so far from the books their movies are based on that they become something else entirely- Jackson captured the richness and texture of Tolkein's books, and it's not painful to watch the movies.

So, I'll be back in about 11 hours. =D

Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHOUT-OUT TO MY FAVORITE TECHIE, CHRISTINA!




love you.


(oh btw, you're adopted. =D)

YATA! Q'PLAH! AND ALL OTHER SUCCESS YELLS!

I DID IT! I'm so excited- after two long, anxious days of auditions, I've got the (female) lead in the Fall Comedy, A Servant of Two Masters! I'm SO excited, and thought I'd prepare a list of things I get to do in this one:

• cross dress as my dead brother in order to find my lover, who killed him
• wear a beautiful gown(people in the show will get this one)
  
• scream at another actor
• beat another actor
• almost drown in an attempted suicide, then save myself
• and the person next to me, who is also attempting suicide
• accidentally get engaged to another woman

and, of course........

SWORDFIGHT, BABY!

.........needless to say, it will be awesome.

Stay Awake

They finally did it....MCR finally wrote a love song. And, since MCR does things right,

it's the sweetest love song I've EVER. HEARD.

It even beats I Caught Fire, which is, like, the GOD of love songs. It's really that good. I can't get over listening to it, and I've been singing it for about five days now. There's no audio track, only a live video, so I've been listening to that over and over!

And don't worry, it'll be on Art From The Backseat soon enough.
=)

Video on YouTube here.

Love ya boys, good job!!!!

Player's Club Comfort

As Player's Club "devotants", we will spend most of our lives in the auditorium. As it is, we must then combat the problem of the seats, which are seperated from each other by a wooden, unmovable armrest. If we seek some comfort at all from these seats, we must adjust, as seen below by the amazing Jess.




And, of course, Max, on the risers in the Chorus room.
The Great (Sophmore) Class Treasurer was sleeping in a semblance of the fetal position on the risers too, but I respect his privacy...mostly.


But, you see what we learn to live with. Does anyone ever really wonder why actors are so adaptable?

A Message From The Queen

My Grandfather posted this on his blog and I found it hilarious- but mostly because I'm 1/4 British- enjoy!

I got a kick out of this, which circulated on the Internet around Independence Day.

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas , which she does not fancy).

Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections.

Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.

A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

(You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.)

1. Then look up aluminum, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as "colour", "favour", "labour" and "neighbour." Likewise, you will learn to spell "doughnut" without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise'. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up "vocabulary").

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3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let M*crosoft know on your behalf. The M*crosoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter "u" and the elimination of -ize.

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4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.

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5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not ready to shoot grouse.

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6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

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7. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables.

Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

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8. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it.

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9. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.

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10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.

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11. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in

Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

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12. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body Armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.

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13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America . Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.

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14. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.

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15. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).

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16. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with clotted cream) when in season.

God Save the Queen!

Yet Another Welcome Message

Hello! As you all know, 'Captain's Blog' is over, and (believe it or not) was really hard to keep up. As it is, I get to attempt normalcy once again!