footnotesdancer

SNL sucks, and so does the Lasell girls' basketball team

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 04:56:17 GMT

I wish I was home.

First game with the new routine tonight...would have been nice if the other team hadn't been SUPER GHETTO with the cat calls and jacking off...yeah that was really cute. Their boys beat us but we KILLED their girls 87-53, so there.

Shoveled out Danielle's car and shoveled her into a spot in South lot, with a trip to WalMart to get food in between. Then we watched What a Girl Wants, which was wicked cute, and now I'm watching SNL which has sunk to a new low.

So kind of bored, haven't really done anything this weekend and tomorrow I need to do homework. Going to bed soon I think...shoveling makes me tired.

Peace

Not so hot....

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:38:53 GMT

So it's back to school (as of almost 4 weeks ago) for my LAST semester at UMF ever...not that I won't miss it, or the people at least, but over break I kind of got accustomed to living with Matt and it will be quite nice to be doing so on a much more permanent basis. I miss him, and I miss our kitten, Jinx, who is suddenly getting all cat-sized. And I'm missing it. I missed taking care of him after his castration (poor baby) and now I'm going to miss taking care of Matt when he gets his wisdom teeth out. I know how much that sucks, though with any luck at least his jaw won't lock shut for a week and a half. He'll still have to live on Jell-o and pudding and mashed potatoes for a while, not that that's such a terrible thing. Seriously though, I wish I could be home to take care of him.

On top of that I might have to go down to see him this weekend...his grandmother had a massive stroke tonight and they're giving her less than a week. It's really sad, even though they weren't all that close, it's hard to have someone close to you pass away. I want to be with him so that he doesn't feel alone, I know how helpful it is just to have someone to hold your hand and give you tissues.

Dance team finally has a new dance and we're still working out kinks (7am practices, check MINUS!) but we're debuting it this weekend and I hope that I can go. ie, I hope nothing happens to Matt's grandmother between now and Saturday because nothing will keep me away from him. Oh and we're praying for snow tomorrow, check, we're supposed to get 12-24 inches which probably means we'll get 3 but whatever, a girl can dream. Since I haven't done my homework...for 3 1/2 weeks. Slacker. I have senioritis soooo bad, I don't want to do anything but sit at home and be a bum. I have CHECKED OUT but I hope it doesn't all bite me on the ass later. Who am I kidding, of course it will, but for now I can be pretty lazy and get away with it.

I "stole" Matt's laptop and I'm kind of enjoying being all wireless and shit, it makes me feel cool. I can sit in bed and type, AND it doesn't weigh 30 pounds so I'm comfy. He takes such good care of me.

I miss my Foot Notes girls (and Kyle). The competition last weekend was ok, Dance Ovations, but I don't think we'll go back since every one of our solos with few exceptions got SCREWED during awards. I definitely got a silver on my solo, which I nailed, so check minus to that, I kind of don't think the judges were watching. Anyway, Cool and Concrete Angel got gold (ps, why do these dances keep getting the same award when Concrete Angel is sooo much better than Cool??) and Tribal got high gold, so woot for us on that one.

N.Y.L.A. was a few weeks ago, it's the one we're doing nationals for. All of my dances but one (Concrete Angel, Cool, Gossip Folks, Homeless, Vienna) got double gold, Tribal got triple gold. Triple gold! Like in Jersey...Triple Diamond! Assless chaps! Modern pose! and all that. Next competition for everyone is Dance Xplosion, first weekend in March, but a lot of the girls are going this weekend to DTI (which I wish we were all doing, I love that competition). I wasn't planning to go home, and I can't afford it anyway, so I'm not going. I hope everyone does well though; I'm sure they will.

I miss being at home. I miss my Matthew, and I've been doing way too much of that for five straight years. 93 days till graduation, I can't express how much I can't wait. On the short term, I'm home for vacation in 9 days and then I get to see everyone I miss so much for a whole week! and our last games are that weekend, I'm not going to the Saturday ones but I'll be there Friday night. Wish I didn't have to skip but I'm missing too many Foot Notes Saturdays as it is.

Out!

Much love

Leah

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:01:03 GMT

Fuck the South. Fuck 'em. We should have let them go when they wanted to leave. But no, we had to kill half a million people so they'd stay part of our special Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves - yeah, those are states we want to keep.

And now what do we get? We're the fucking Arrogant Northeast Liberal Elite? How about this for arrogant: the South is the Real America? The Authentic America. Really?

Cause we fucking founded this country, assholes. Those Founding Fathers you keep going on and on about? All that bullshit about what you think they meant by the Second Amendment giving you the right to keep your assault weapons in the glove compartment because you didn't bother to read the first half of the fucking sentence? Who do you think those wig-wearing lacy-shirt sporting revolutionaries were? They were fucking blue-staters, dickhead. Boston? Philadelphia? New York? Hello? Think there might be a reason all the fucking monuments are up here in our backyard?

No, No. Get the fuck out. We're not letting you visit the Liberty Bell and fucking Plymouth Rock anymore until you get over your real American selves and start respecting those other nine amendments. Who do you think those fucking stripes on the flag are for? Nine are for fucking blue states. And it would be 10 if those Vermonters had gotten their fucking Subarus together and broken off from New York a little earlier. Get it? We started this shit, so don't get all uppity about how real you are you Johnny-come-lately "Oooooh I've been a state for almost a hundred years" dickheads. Fuck off.

Arrogant? You wanna talk about us Northeasterners being fucking arrogant? What's more American than arrogance? Hmmm? Maybe horsies? I don't think so. Arrogance is the fucking cornerstone of what it means to be American. And I wouldn't be so fucking arrogant if I wasn't paying for your fucking bridges, bitch.

All those Federal taxes you love to hate? It all comes from us and goes to you, so shut up and enjoy your fucking Tennessee Valley Authority electricity and your fancy highways that we paid for. And the next time Florida gets hit by a hurricane you can come crying to us if you want to, but you're the ones who built on a fucking swamp. "Let the Spanish keep it, it’s a shithole," we said, but you had to have your fucking orange juice.

The next dickwad who says, "It’s your money, not the government's money" is gonna get their ass kicked. Nine of the ten states that get the most federal fucking dollars and pay the least... can you guess? Go on, guess. That’s right, motherfucker, they're red states. And eight of the ten states that receive the least and pay the most? It’s too easy, asshole, they’re blue states. It’s not your money, assholes, it’s fucking our money. What was that Real American Value you were spouting a minute ago? Self reliance? Try this for self reliance: buy your own fucking stop signs, assholes.

Let’s talk about those values for a fucking minute. You and your Southern values can bite my ass because the blue states got the values over you fucking Real Americans every day of the goddamn week. Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate you marriage-hyping dickwads? Well? Can you guess? It’s fucking Massachusetts, the fucking center of the gay marriage universe. Yes, that’s right, the state you love to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the fucking nation. Think that’s just some aberration? How about this: 9 of the 10 lowest divorce rates are fucking blue states, asshole, and most are in the Northeast, where our values suck so bad. And where are the highest divorce rates? Care to fucking guess? 10 of the top 10 are fucking red-ass we're-so-fucking-moral states. And while Nevada is the worst, the Bible belt is doing its fucking part.

But two guys making out is going to fucking ruin marriage for you? Yeah? Seems like you're ruining it pretty well on your own, you little bastards. Oh, but that's ok because you go to church, right? I mean you do, right? Cause we fucking get to hear about it every goddamn year at election time. Yes, we're fascinated by how you get up every Sunday morning and sing, and then you're fucking towers of moral superiority. Yeah, that's a workable formula. Maybe us fucking Northerners don't talk about religion as much as you because we're not so busy sinning, hmmm? Ever think of that, you self-righteous assholes? No, you're too busy erecting giant stone tablets of the Ten Commandments in buildings paid for by the fucking Northeast Liberal Elite. And who has the highest murder rates in the nation? It ain't us up here in the North, assholes.

Well this gravy train is fucking over. Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leaching, confederate-flag-waving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bullshit and shove it up your ass.

And no, you can't have your fucking convention in New York next time. Fuck off.

~From www.fuckthesouth.com

Now, back to playing with my new kitten, Jinx!

Leah

Where is this week going?

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:52:00 GMT

So it's Tuesday and that Shakespeare paper that was due yesterday is still not done. I spent literally all night Sunday and all day yesterday working on it, my back is killing me from sitting at the computer for like 12 straight hours except for going to lunch. I hate this semester, I really do. On top of that paper I have to study for my Global History exam tomorrow...YUCK! 8 am finals should be illegal or something. I'll be lucky if I don't sleep through it.

Then shopping, and studying for Classical Greece in the car because I'm cool like that...yeah you know I am ;-) I have to do well on that final. At least it's only 10:15 on Thursday, I have a much better chance of not sleeping through it. I can't wait for Thursday night...practically stress free by then! Then HOME. I miss my boy so much I can't stand it. I'm spending Friday night with him, all day Saturday at Foot Notes with my girls, home with mom Saturday night to decorate the tree, then back to Matt's on Sunday morning for our anniversary. 3 more days until I'm out for a month, and it can't come too soon.

Back to the paper, and hopefully fitting in a shower sometime today...I need one.

Leah

Shakespeare is killing me

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:41:52 GMT

More procrastination please!

Working on this paper for my Shakespeare class...I don't know exactly when it's due, my prof just said monday. I'm guessing by 4 or 5, since our regular class was Mondays at 4. One way or the other I'm hoping to have it done by then. Then it's on to studying for my 2 finals...yay for that. Not. Both are in history, and I kind of need to do well on both. Wish me luck with that...

So yeah, ten pages on fairy tales and their relation to the last act, last scene of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Not as bad as it sounds, though I did have to get nine books out of the library last night, and I'm going back for more at some point. It's kind of cool, the connections I'm making, but now I have to take my research and quotes and put it all together, which I'm not so much looking forward to. There's a lot of hidden symbolism and I feel like I'm just barely scratching the surface, but let's face it, I don't have time to do anything more than that.

Well, back to Hunt mythology, Dutch fertility rites and Jupiter's love affairs. Four more days. Just four more days.

Much love

Leah

Finals week...Finally!

Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:38:10 GMT

I can't believe the semester's almost over. I'm gonna miss my friends and d-unit (dance team) so much, but I'm glad for the break. I have to go home next week and learn sooo much choreography! And I get to see my 'Noter Girls! (and Kyle). We have a competition in January, the weekend before we come back from break, and I don't know half of my dances! Lots to do when I go home. I'll be working at Old Navy...not so pumped about that, but hey it pays ok and I might get decent hours. I hope!

My 5 year anniversary with Matt is next weekend...December 19th. He has something planned for it but he won't tell me what, he just said to wear something nice but have comfortable shoes on. I don't want him to ruin the surprise but I want to know what it is! We're living together over break...thank god, I hate having to shuffle back and forth between my mom's house my dance studio and Matt's house. I practically live out of my car on weekends. I hate being 3 hours away from him all the time...sooo happy that I graduate soon, this long distance thing really and truly sucks.

I'm moving out of my dorm room too, and hopefully getting a room down the hall. My roomie's driving me nuts, long story there but I told her I don't want to live with her. I'm moving in with Danielle, my neighbor. We're both seniors, we've been friends since sophomore year, so hopefully it will work out. I don't know if I could deal with her for more than one semester, we're too much alike and we might kill each other. But it's just 4 months, and spring semester is always much less stressful than fall semester. We get 2 whole weeks off and it makes things much better.

Praying for no snow for another week, so I don't have to drive in it and so my finals don't get pushed back to the weekend like last year. If they do I'll have to go to my professors and get them to let me take them earlier. Saturday is a dance day!

Sooo much on my mind right now. I really just want to be home. Oh well...one more paper to write, two finals, and two conferences, then I'm all done. I'm going Christmas shopping with Brooke and Danielle next Wednesday after my Global History final, hopefully I'll get some decent gifts. I'm so behind!

Have a wonderful winter break!

~Leah