When one is finding oneself camping

Here are some more quotes from good times with great people:

Megan: I know what logaliz--logariz--loga--the math things are.

Everyone: Really? [insert name here] Really?

Everyone [usually Logan]: Really Megan? Really?

Megan: What? I haven't done anything!

Megan: Katie! A Cavenorious squirrel is attacking us!

Logan/Emily/occasionally Terry or Nate: BUG!

Megan: *Shriek!*

Megan after laying on tarp sits up and realizes she had been laying on a dead spider:

"I was laying on a dead spider!"

then commences to "cry" in a heap over this tramatic experience

Megan looking down at a bag of chips then her mittened hands:

"I really want some chips, but I will have to take off my gloves to do that. I guess I will take off my gloves"

Nathan's version of Terry's near death experience:

"Crap he is falling do the side. Sweet he grab a vine!

Crap the vine broke! Sweet there is a tree to stop him.

Crap he swerved away from the tree! Crap Terry just fell 15 feet."

Logan after many different funny and not really thought out comments:

"Megan moment number [insert number]"

Logan after getting Megan's cherry from her Milk Shake:

"I just ate Megan's cherry."

Megan when we were on the cave tour:

"That's cool they have speakers in the cave so you can get the whole cave experience."

Katie: "No, that is just Terry and Nate behind you."

More quotes from when life gets like a Rolla St. Pats Party

Megan reading a recipe label: "Crime Burly?"

Katie: "Do you mean Creme Brulee?"

Megan: "I'll man the fort, or fort the man"

Katie: "I think you just came up with a new dirty innuendo"

As a cop car drives by:

Katie: "Maybe I should put my seat belt on."

Megan: "Yeah, put on your Police belt"

After a laughable car ride:

Mom: "Where have you guys been, drinking again?"

Katie: "Oh, New Moon came out!"

Megan: "We should watch it."

Katie: "Yeah, get a little bit of Taylor Lautner, without a shirt."

Megan: "Don't tempt me Katie!"

Katie: "Mmmm Delicious!"

Megan: "When I see a light out, I just love hitting the roof of the car!"

From back in the days of Kings Quest:

"Ladle, ladle, ladle"

From the great words of Frankenstein:

"SAVE YOURSELF" --dramatic collapse

During the Lord of the Rings Movies:

"Cue confused Legolas...[Legolas' thoughts] What is going on? Why is everyone crying? Why am I blonde"

[Referencing also the movie Clue]

"Tears...on the side of my face...grieving ever grieving for my Gandolf"

Megan: "Faramir Faramir Faramir!"

Megan/Katie "Giblit!"

Megan to Logan:

"Do you want me to blow you [awkward pause] a kiss?"

Megan's Fortune:

"The next full moon you will have a night of enchantment"

Great times with a great little sister:

Megan: "Did you drop something"

Katie: [Not really knowing what she's saying] "No, just my Gangsta' pants"

Megan: "Open the gate..."

Katie: "I'll open your gate."

Katie: [singing] "...Just pay me back with one thousand kisses..."

[pause]

Megan: "Don't touch me"

"Over the River and Through the Woods" Costumes:

So hey there blogging world, We have talked for a while but I have finally found something to chat about. My production I have been directing is slowly progressing, though very slowly. We are now in crunch time with four weeks left meaning FOUR let me repeat FOUR planned rehearsals left. But because I am bored and have so much empty time in my life right now I have drawn up some character costume sketches. These are all what I basically would like for my actor's costumes. In fact fairly soon after I drew up the costume for the character of Emma, my mom found one of her old skirt/suit outfits. So for other information: It is set in the mid eighties. So Nicky's costumes here are suppose to very "young/businessy". Important key elements of this costume is the button suspenders and the white collar/cuff blue shirt. Funny enough the this element and the yellow tie is fairly common in men's fashion today, but it is seen commonly in eighties men's fashion.

For Nicky's "second half" costume picture here on the right also is just simply adding a jacket and a possible tie change.

My next costume is Caitlyn's. It is fairly simple. It is a light and cute summer dress with a light cardigan on top. It fits well to her pe

rsonality of being sweet and neat.

The other concepts I have are the grandparents. Our first couple, Nunzio and Emma, I had thought up that Emma was one of those Old women that think their younger then their actual age, so they dress accordingly. So Emma I have her nicely dressed even with a pair of pumps. And her husband in nice button up and sweater vest. For their costume changes I having Emma add a jacket and Nunzio a bow tie and possibly a different sweater vest.

Our next couple is Frank and Aida. They are a little more homely. Adia is your ideal house wife. She is in a simple "diner's" dress with tights, keds, an apron and cardigan. When she has a costume change she loses everything except the dress and tights with the addition of a scarf and flats. For her husband Frank the first half we have your mechanic'scoveralls with velcro shoes and a truckers hat. For his costume change he will have his other outfit underneath. Button up shirt, suspenders, bow tie, and slacks with the same velcro shoes.

What IS a scary movie? Well in my opinion...

As I sit watching the 2005 "War of the Worlds", my whole body tense from what is happening in the movie. I think of what is considered a scary movie for me. As previously talked about I do have a fear of zombies, saying that most zombie movies do scare me. Most being the key word in that sentence the so far only two movies of the zombie sort do not scare me: "Night of the Living dead" circa 1968; and "Shaun of the Dead" 2004. The first can be more comical then scary but it does get point across (if you get what I mean). [*note: I need to tell you about some cool things I learned about zombies and zombie movies] The second is high-larious and, frankly, one of my favorite movies. Now to other "scary" movies: I have a pretty vivid imagination so most, even slightly, scary movies do give me a fright, but what I consider a good scary movie is one that has you so tense the entire time that you can forget where you are. So tense that your body feels like you just ran a marathon. And really good ones can leave you shaking in your boots and your mind reeling. "Hide and Seek", "The Secret Window", and "The Uninvited" are all what you could consider your psychological thriller, these can be scary, but for me these movies have a fast fading savor, if you will, then others. End of the World/Armageddon movies such as "War of the Worlds" and "I am Legend" are movies that kind of hit that catagory of thrillers that I like to call "Scary Movies that didn't have a budget, and you could see why." The point I am making is that there are too many "scary" movies out there that, sure they are scary and can scare you hairless. But there are gruesome, bloody, nasty, and pointless. All there were made for was to freak a person out and show them some gosh-awful things [with a PG-13 or R rating] I am sick of low budget "slasher" films. I am done with the "Saw" movies that are now going on to their 6th movie. I am not a big scary movie watcher, but when Hollywood will produce things to the caliber of such standards like "I am Legend" and "Hide and Seek" then Scary movies are worth getting scared out of your mind for. I know there is a large population of people out there that just love the gory, nasty scary movies, but can't we have class in this part of movie making too? Such and idea doesn't only need to go to high dramas and low comedies. It can be done and still scare a person speechless. Heck it's happened to me!

"They're coming to get you, Barbara!"

~Johnny Night of the Living Dead

What a shocking culture

The past week I have been trying to get my substitute teaching underway. Now that I am "official" I just need to meet with principles/ asst. principles so that I can be "official" on their lists. I have visited the junior high, two of the elementary, and I have been working on the elementary school and the middle school. I have visited the high school, but it took me twice to actually get to talk to Mr. Ray, an asst. principle there.

As I sat in the waiting area of his office, thinking "thank goodness I wasn't ever an idiot in high school to get in trouble" and how it would be interesting to substitute at the high school especially with my sister a senior there and still knowing a majority of the teachers.

But I digress...

I was waiting because Mr. Ray had a student in his office and the students mother comes into the office. She fits your typical white trash missouri hick with the wafting smell of cigs and booze. She walks into the principle's office, slaming the door behind her. The members of the waiting room though get a distinct "Well, what the H-ll have you done now?". (here on in I will be doing some editing) Now please note here that the walls of the office were pretty thin and you could here almost everything that is said. Especially when it is yelled.

From here on in the conversation made it clear what the general problem was from this student. She was missing too much school and classes. Some of it sounded medical, though from what I recollected it almost rang close to "balemia" rather then some stomach problem. This is where I just sat in disgusted awe at how rude, inconsiderate, close minded, biggity, and RACIST people are around here. The girl's reason she doesn't want to be in "that" class is because it was filled with (please forgive the crude language) "faggots" and "niggers". I wanted to burst into that office and punch the girl in the face. I can't believe how much people around her can't stand anyone who is different. I mean I don't agree with gay marriage, but I still accept homosexuals as people, the deserve just as much respect as anyone one else. And racism in general is so petty. We are all equal. Why can't people see that?

On the other side of this conversation we have the mother of this student. As described above, her manners and language matched accordingly. She first stated clearly that she didn't have time to deal with her daughter's "bull S***" and was sick of have to waste her free time on coming down to the school. From her other comments there was a general lack of true care for her daughter's actions, lack of respect, attitude, and for her daughter overall.

Obviously Mr. Ray wanted something to worked out and talked out, or he wouldn't of cared to call the mother in. He could of just given the girl saturday school and moved on. But the mom had her own head so far up her own butt, that she couldn't see anything pass her own selfish motives.

Sitting through this conversation, made me realize I missed my 99.9% mormon, small town university setting. Swearing was still there and everything, but the general respect level for others is ten times more then most people here. It has been sort of a culture shock since I have been home. I wish people can see past themselves and that there are other people out there, who need their help. Common courteously can still happen, it should not be dead.

"Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy"

~Ralph Waldo Emerson.