same post, different title, different words

So yeah, I'm late. I said Sunday, but now it's Wednesday and I'm just now editing this post to say stuff.

I decided to skip talking about the play (until I can get the videos uploaded) and to go straight to the wedding:

It was fun, sunny, and hot. The actual wedding was beautiful with the waves in the background and the sand wasn't really hot so I was wiggling my feet in it the whole time. The only problem was that you couldn't hear anything. That was kind of disappointing. But her dress was GORGEOUS! It was the perfect beach wedding dress. It fit really well, too and she got it made so she could wear it again by taking off the outside layer and the bottom. (it's really cool how she does it, but I would be any good at explaining it, so just suffice to say that it turns from a lacy, silky floor-length gown into a silky, soft cocktail dress in a really smooth manner)

And afterwards, during the reception, Jess and I had fun with those little shiny peices of plastic in the middle of the table. These were particularaly unique because they were flamingos, toucans, palm trees, monkeys and ones that said luau. (oh, it was Hawaiin-themed. I don't think I mentioned that). And the food...mmm, the food. It was DELICIOUS!

And then we learned to hula dance, I saw a girl I haven't seen in forever, I saw Richard Nixon's twin (no lie. Richard Nixon has a twin. But he's not an evil twin, he's the other one. Nixon is the evil twin), we watched a fire dance...(i'll--hopefully--have a video of that piece of awesome, too, but for right now, all I can say is it was, in fact, a piece of awesome.

The only bad part about the wedding was leaving. And the cake. It wasn't very good. It looked cool (monkeys on top of it instead of the usual bride and groom), but it wasn't good.

But, you know, after the wedding, and after getting a little pink on my cheeks, I got to...get ready for it...BUILD A PORCH! yay!!!

not. The destroying part of redoing our back porch was fun. Extremely. It was a lot of banging and hammering and ripping and tearing and yanking and 'argh'ing and fun. But putting it back together is...not so much. It's a lot of riding in the car and going to Lowe's and carrying lumber and nailing boards and hammering said nails (and my thumb...ow) and arguing and manuevering myself over, through, under, and around an incomplete structure/support.

I might actually have a informercial set of pictures for you when we're completely done (almost...there...). You know, a 'before' and 'after' picture? Except it'll be more like 'old porch', 'new porch'.

Nothing really interesting on that front.
Or on any others.

Except (of course) a new poem. This one is a sonnet (non-rhyming) inspired by John Green and Looking for Alaska


It's a long way out of here, exponential
twists and turns, continuous dead-
ends and obstacles, 'cause
it's a long way out
of here, this place, a holding cell for
what this really is, a maze of
a holding cell-with bars and
doors around the labyrinth.

It is, however, a short way out
of here. If you choose the right way
it sure is a short fast straight path
with just a few road-blocks,
dead-ends, that is, of
course, until you reach the very end.


so?
♥Heather

Schweet 15!

Happy Birthday!!

finally 15. The second one to make it. How does it feel? Great? Fantastic? Superb??

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday Dear Caroline....
Happy Birthday to you!!!

On to another note...I swear Mrs. Vereen is completely headache inducing! I've only had her twice but both times, I've come out of her class with a headache. It's dreadful.

I'm glad to hear that you'll actually be blowing up into a blueberry instead of just disappearing behind the stage...that's good. A lot better, in fact.

And I can't wait to go to Oompa Loompa School!! It's going to be schweet! And Michael does the best Willy Wonka. I think that if Johnny Depp wasn't as amazing as he was, he would have to worry. I'm serious. Gene Hackman(is that who plays him in the first movie? I think so) has nothing, nothing on Michael. He's really good. It's great. I actually like everybody except for Bryson as Mike Teavee. Even Paul I can handle as Charlie...almost. And despite Shannon's overall annoying-ness, she does a good Veruca. And you're a good violet. And Alex does a good Agustus(sp?).

It's going great for just the first read thru.

I'm so freaking nervous about the audition! It's in a week and a half!!! AHH!

I'm trying to hold it together though. Whilst mourning for Heath Ledger. We have to do a Heath Movie Marathon on Friday. I would say we could do it next weekend but I just remembered I'm going to be leaving for Charleston on Friday. Duh! And I'm not coming back until Sunday night. I'm staying with my aunt and uncle for the weekend and going to the audition(AHH!).

I'm so upset about that amazingly talented Australian actor who had so much potential and did so many great movies and died at 28.

It's sad, but I'm not as broken-hearted as Courtney who almost cried. Literally. I was sad, but she almost cried.

I would like to leave it on this one happy note, though:

I actually don't have any homework!!! (written, that is. I have to read about ee cummings which doesn't bother me and start brainstorming)

♥Heather
R.I.P. Heath.

Thanks Rupert!

Yay! Emilea's coming back!

Heather says, reflecting on the magnificent video: "I'm going to be an Oompa Loompa in Charlie and the Chocoloate Factory!"

Yes, it's wonderfully true. I get to paint my face orange and dye my hair green 3 times!!! I get to say mean stuff about Violet (congrats Caroline!) and possibly talk about how great books are! I'm really excited, but Shh!! I'm tutoring!!

Ms. Riley is definitely the best teacher to come to this school so far. Well, okay, so I don't actually have her class, but I love her. She's fun, funny, and great for helping form the Drama Club again. I would have never gotten this opportunity in Drama Class. Snaps for Ms. Riley (excuse the ridiculous notion, but I watched Legally Blonde 2 last night).

And I get to roll Caroline off the stage while she's a giant blueberry!! "Violet! You're turning violet, Violet!"

That's the biggest news I've got, except...I'm going to Greece!! Not really, but in my dream last night I did. And it was like one of those Goosebumps books where you can choose your own ending. I changed the ending like ten times.

And I actually wrote haikus last night. I never write haikus. Ever. I hate writing them. But I love all of the ones I wrote. Especially a very cummings-esque one:

drip-fall-drip-ing-drip
soft pounding of Angels' tears
drip-love-drip-ly-drip

It reminds me of tictoc clock.

*screws up face in concentration*

Does it?

and there's a good one about an Angel at night. It's weird though because I don't write haiku.

I'm having an exceptionally good day, just to let you know Caroline. I'm extremely happy right now. I've laughed so hard today.

There were 'tupees', bags of hair, dumb Bambis, country names (kurkistan), Noah Breyer's specials, 'smokein hot' 'hunks' that don't do it for Mrs. Young because of their Mr. Graham-ish hair, and multiple others. Lunch was empty yet full. Books were piled up to a stack 9-high (lovely). I smiled a lot.

(pardon if the rest makes no sense)
He was around, a lot. He stood in front of me, blocking my path, smiling. I smiled.
He said hi, after weeks of non communication. He touched my arm. I smiled.
He sat down and stayed for a while. I smiled.
She talked to someone besides him. She laughed. I smiled.
She took interest in my book. She laughed. She loved it. I smiled.
He said I was a good writer. He said I was a good speaker. I smiled.
He looked at me outside of class. I smiled.
He was happy (or appeared to be so). He sung. He talked, he joked. I smiled.
She made amends. She apologized. I apologized. She accepted. I smiled.
She joined a conversation. She joined a memory. I smiled.
He talked to me. He laughed. He smiled at me. I smiled.
She asked for help. She wanted me to help. I smiled.

I smiled.

I'm smiling now.

I'm missing a few things about 2007, but I'm smiling. 2008 has finally brought an amazing, nothing wrong, spectacular day.

Thanks.

♥Heather :D