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{04.26.12} thursday thoughts001

26th April 2012 | thursday thoughts | 2 comments

{one}

is it summer yet? these people and breakfast in the same room with them needs to be a part of my daily routine ASAP.

{two}

ALLEN STONE is phenomenal. if i could see him perform every night of my life… i would, and i wouldn’t even get tired of it. every little thing he does is magic.

{three}
the first week of june is going to be full of so much adventure and fun that i will daily need to tell myself to stop being anxious and enjoy today, or else i’ll miss out on the next month of life because of my anticipation.

{four}
i love mail. i love getting packages in the mail. and i love when i lay out everything that came for me in the mailbox on any given day, and it looks like this:

{a free starbucks drink from my gold card, biore pore strips i got from redeeming my prove it! rewards points, a sample of biore make-up removing towelettes i got for being a part of the prove it! rewards points program, and my winnings from an ebay auction: a legally blonde program, playbill, and little backpack. my other one was a part of a tragic and messy lotion explosion in my trunk a few years ago, and i thought i was replacing it.. but this one is different and even cooler}

{five}

i love baby elephants. a lot. their little floppy trunks are so adorable.

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march 12th, 2012 {back to the sun, back to the shore}

12th March 2012 | travels | 1 comment

the minute i saw that bailey hanks would be reprising her role of elle woods in a production of legally blonde the musical a short drive outside of san francisco, i knew two things. #1. i must go. #2. i must take lauren. so i went, and i took lauren. it was a much needed few nights with the birksfam and in california. i think emily and i both underestimated how much we actually love california until we were back.

{one} our trip obviously started at starbucks, where we got coffee and breakfast. while we waited for our order, i wrote directions on the sandwich bag.

{two} it was funny to be welcomed to california with snow. we took the 101, which was absolutely BEAUTIFUL, especially compared with the rather flat, yellow path of i5 through northern california. the redwoods… so beautiful.

{three} suddenly the pacific ocean was just right there. big and beautiful and expansive. we pulled over to look at it, and emily got really emotional. so i took a picture, of course.

{four} i don’t know what magic they’re talking about, but that’s alright.

{five} when we told stacy about willits, she knew exactly where we were talking about and said that willits is about the place where you start to go crazy, which made us laugh hysterically because we went crazy in willits. this is for emily more than anyone else, so we can always remember the insanity we experienced in the two miles of willits. maybe three.

• “willits willits.”
• yum yum tree
• great! chinese food
• “this is so weird, i’ve worked here for 6 months and this is my second time having someone pay by debit card.. the other one happened today!”
• pinecone motel

….did i miss any??

{six} the grand finale of our 101 trip was the crossing of the golden gate bridge, something i’ve only done one other time. we were so excited about it…. until the signs for the toll booths had two options: fastrak or cash only. we had no cash. so the $6 toll ended up costing me nothing immediately, but $31 by mail thanks to a ticket. oh well…. {ain’t nobody gone break my stride, ain’t nobody gonna hold me down.. oh no… i got to keep on moving}

{seven} and then the next evening i went with lauren and graham to see legally blonde. and during the musical i decided that i absolutely could see the musical every night of my life and never get tired of it. it was brilliant, the choreography was awesome.. except that at one point, elle woods put a black computer bag on her shoulder and lauren and i both quickly began an exchange about how awful that was. my exact words were “that is FOUL.”

{eight} graham, myself and lauren. you can’t tell, but graham was wearing a pink shirt. he is just that fantastic.

{nine} lauren and i waited at the stage door to meet bailey. she won the mtv reality contest “legally blonde the musical: the search for the next elle woods.” i was team bailey from episode 1, so it was really exciting to see her be elle woods. and it was even more exciting to share it with lauren, who was already aware of who bailey was.

{ten} as we were leaving, we saw frankie mulcahy, who played warner, and decided to get a picture with him. he was like.. ridiculously beautiful.

{eleven} on our way back we were in desperate need of a pick-me-up around medford, oregon. so we stopped at starbucks. when we would drive from pacifica to camp redwood glen, we’d always stop at starbucks first and get frappucinos. for the most part, i only get frappucinos in the car with emily.

 

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10/09/2011

9th October 2011 | everyday life | 6 comments

A Sunday evening list for you.

• This morning I did not wake up feeling
  1. like P.Diddy
  2. fly like a G6
  3. like a plastic bag

  …instead I woke up feeling like someone had built a dam in my nose and nothing was able to get out. I’ve been breathing like Darth Vader all day.

• This morning I watched a Lifetime Original Movie, because I have completely caught up with the 2nd season of Glee. Just in time for.. A MONTH OF WAITING FOR A NEW GLEE EPISODE.
• I did not forget about the song-writing. I’m staying at my dad’s for the week and he doesn’t have wireless internet. So I am doing old school blogging, aka writing it in my journal.
• Today I consumed 3 bananas, probably 10 strawberries, a packet of emergenC, four handfuls of ice and a cup of juice all in one delicious blended beverage. I love blenders.
• I love Elle Woods. She is just the best.  Right now I’m preparing to be daring {RHYME!}. There’s something that TERRIFIES ME that I am getting ready to do. and I was watching Legally Blonde tonight and when she storms out of the party and says “I’ll show you how valuable Elle Woods can be!” I got chills. Because I want to be determined like that. and I tried finding some cool little image from the song “So Much Better” from Legally Blonde the Musical, but this was all I got:

  …hope you enjoyed that…….

• My hair needs to grow out RIGHT NOW. When I take a shower and let it air dry, it looks AWFUL. and not that it looked amazing when it was longer, but it looked less terrible. I can’t be lazy and feel alright about my hair anymore.

That’s it. I’m dying and need some sleep.

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50 Day Challenge, Day 3: Your Favorite Movie.

9th April 2011 | 50 Day Challenge | 4 comments

The funny thing is that even before I’d decided to do this 50 day challenge thing, I’d begun writing a post about my favorite movie. Well, about the main character of my favorite movie.

The movie is none other than….

and even more than I love Legally Blonde the movie..

…Legally Blonde the Musical.

I mostly just love Elle Woods. I love everything about her. Mostly I love her values. I remember watching Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for the Next Elle Woods and Heather Hach {who wrote the Broadway script} pointed out that Elle Woods is not stupid, Elle Woods just has a different set of values.

Most of all, I want to be like Jesus. But after that, I want to be like Elle Woods.

ps Paris didn’t work out. They spent all night trying to book me a ticket on their flight, but it was sold out. It’s alright. The whole thing brought about a lot of good anyway. I spent the day with the Birks kids and I’m happy as a clam.

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