goodbye :(

this is a very bittersweet blog. but i'm not going to make it to sappy, so i'll keep it short. although, we all, at times complain about buckley, in the end, i hope i can speak for all of us when we say there have been plenty of good times throughout our high school careers. this year in particular i feel like i have gotten so close to so many people, that i hardly even knew before, which again, is bittersweet in itself. i love that i have made so many new friendships but at the same time feel bad that these bonds were created so late. i really do cherish and love each and every person in the senior class, and am so sad to leave everyone. im excited for college, excited to see whats ahead of me, but at the same time, i will miss everyone so much. we have been through so much this year,  and have grown collectively.

good luck everyone! i love you and miss you all already.
class of 2011 foevz.

shopping from prom dresses

so, as all girls know, buying a prom dress is definitely a process. not only do you have to search and search, find the right one, in your size, decide between long and short, but on top of ALL of that, you have to make sure that no one else has your dress, or something similar. and trust me its very easy to have a similar dress. but thanks to facebook us girls get to see the different dresses that everyone has, so we can avoid having the same or similar one. its a pretty big deal deciding on what you are going to wear, but i am happy to say that i found my dress! woohoo. snaps for me.

i dont wanna leave?

you wait your whole high school, the whole 4 years to finally graduate and move on to college. but now, with only 10 days left, i am feeling nostalgic, a bit sad, but most of all, i simply do not want to leave. everyone says since freshman year that they cant wait to get out of highschool, cant wait to stop wearing uniforms, or have so many rules and restrictions, and while i admit, i was one of those kids...now, i feel the opposite! never did i ever think that i would be so sad leaving. obviously i knew that this was going to be a hard transition, and i knew i would be feeling nostalgic, but i have taken it to a completely different level. just 10 days. not years, not months, not even 2 weeks, just days. i am trying to make these days the longest i can....let's see if that works out.

the royal wedding!

well ladies and gentlemen, this evening and england's morning begins the royal wedding and festivities! and let me just begin by saying, i am beside myself with excitement. i have always wanted to be a princess, ever since i was in the womb, and now, well, since i have given up on THAT dream, i must force myself to simply live vicariously through catherine (kate) middleton. what i am most excited for is the dress; to be perfectly honest. so much planning goes into the one dress, and the designer is guaranteed to sell out of that style for years to come. months have been spent designing the perfect most beautiful dress to fit kate like a glove. i spent most of my summer in london, and came to realize how much the british people respect and have a love for the royal family. it is such a wonderful and important tradition, and i will be tivo-ing the entire thing!

Meursault Dealing with Death

Unfortunately this year both my aunt and grandpa passed away in a matter of one week. And as I read the novel, especially the first chapter of Stranger, it really brought back some memories and feelings that I had and still have. I have been affected by many novels before, but this first chapter really made me engaged from the beginning because it hit home. And in a way I read about Meursault, and thought, he is so frustrating! How could he just sit there and even have a cigarette when is mother is right there, gone. Then I remembered everyone deals with death differently. I had never been through a family death in my entire life, and you see in movies, where the whole family comes together and sobs, and expresses their love and want for that person in that way. To be honest, when my grandpa and aunt died, i didn't have a dramatic experience. I was numb. I felt bad that I wasn't showing my emotion by crying and holding onto my other family members, but I realized everyone deals with it differently. And because of this, I have decided not to judge Meursalt, no one really knows how he truly felt at this point in the novel. Everyone is different.

Senior Spirit Week vs. Stranger's Meursault's Apathy!

In this blog I will be comparing the seniors to Meursault. This week, as everyone knows is spirit week. And we should be channeling everything The Stranger is not. Throughout the stranger, Meursault has a constant flat attitude and is very apathetic towards life, he also does not stay emotionally connected to pretty much anything, whether it be, people, family, love, or even a hobby, he seems to not really care much, and maybe its just that he is protecting himself? I believe he is actually really passionate, and has love for people, but is afraid of getting hurt. This is twisted way of protecting himself. So moreover, in spirit week, SENIORS MUST DO THE OPPOSITE!!! We must give everything we have, put our hearts and souls on a silver platter and hand it to the judges! Channel everything Meursalt is not!

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Being involved with Pride and Prejudice just after reading Pride and Prejudice:

It was so interesting being cast in the P&P this year, as Mrs. Bennet, after just reading the novel. Usually whenever I am in a show, be it musical or straight play, I immediately read the script, try and find a movie version, or even go see the show. But never before have I done something where just weeks before I read the whole book. It gave me such knowledge on the show, and on the background of the characters, it made it so much easier to connect to the role that I played, and the show in general. I really enjoyed being apart of the last show I will ever do on the Buckley stage, and it was very interesting to have such knowledge on story of the sisters, and the family, and the parents, and that time period going into the audition.