Message From Brittany

Brittany is currently grounded until October 29th. This means she is not able to answer e-mails, update journal entries, check her DA messages, or talk on either her house phone or cell phone.

If you must reach her, please leave a message after the tone.

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME


This is her beloved, adorable, and totally awesome best friend Lindsey by the way.

anywhere you go let me go too-

Mood: Sick, but pretty happy.
Listening To: "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera.
Reading: 1984 by George Orwell.

Hoo. Homecoming was on Friday, and...

WE WON. Yes. I was very glad. I didn't watch much of the game, I mostly just danced with the band, but it was great. Yes, I danced with the band. Stood in front of the drumline up in the stands and shook what my mama gave me. Hee.

I think field show was awesome, but then, what do I know? I'm a first-year. XD But it was a ton of fun. To feel all those people's eyes on you, to hear their applause after each song, to be able to perform in such strong wind, it was the best. The wind really whipped up as soon as we got out on the field, and I was praying it would go away, but it never did. But we got through it really well, I think.

I saw so many grads. There was Chantelle and Abree and Tiffany and Missy and Sophie. It was crazy. After the game I went out with Tiffany, Donovan, Kent, Fish, Sal, Phil (who's a girl), and Phil's little brother Josh.

We went to a park and played tag for a little bit, then Kent lost his shoe and we kinda gave up on the game, then we ran around in the skate park until some real skaters came, so we walked out onto the basketball court an talked about things and people and college and high school. Finally, we drifted over to the playground and played "Let's Make a Date", an improv game that's a lot of fun. You take three bachelors or bachelorettes and give them weird characters, then have someone ask them two questions and try to figure out who they are. I was a nun. XD

Finally, we took Fish home because he had to go, then the rest of us went to Leatherby's two minutes before they closed.

"Can't you take some initiative? Ow! What was that?"
"Me taking some initiative."
"Oh. I thought you were trying to beat me to death with your forehead."

-Kim and Billy from Fortress by Michael Scanlan.

<3 = brittany

and you know it makes me sick to be on that list

Mood: Murr.
Listening To: "Ex-Girlfriend" by No Doubt.
Reading: Lord of the Flies by William Golding. (I'm almost done with it.)

You know what I really want to learn how to do?

Oil paint. Or just paint for that matter. I want to take a brush to canvas and paint.

But I can't find paint or canvas. And I'd be afraid of putting stuff on it in the first place. I have an idea, just nowhere to put it. X____x

I love fall so much, but it depresses me even when I don't have reason to be. I don't know. I just get really weird around autumn. Things kinda cave in or something, I dunno.

But homecoming's on Friday! I'm very excited. I can't wait to do the field show for the school and competition and stuff. Ooh yeah. I feel like there will be much rejoicing on my part. X3

We danced at play practice tonight, and I felt really overwhelmed, but I know I can get it if we keep doing it. You know, repetition is great for the growing mind. |8D

Ooh, ooh! I got a 91.7 on my Pre-Calc test! I danced much in that class. X3

I don't know what else to say. All I've been able to draw is headshots and sketches and static poses, and I want to learn or do more. I want to get better.

"My mother had a baby once."
-Jigger, Carousel.

<3 - brittany

dun dun dun da dun da dun da dun

Mood: Dancing. (Through life. harhar.)
Listening To: "Farandole" from our field show. X3
Reading: "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Is it lame if I go and look at field shows on MSC?
(for those of you who check out my deviantART account, yes, I'm asking again.

But homecoming's on FRIDAY! *rejoices*

I'm so excited. Who cares if I have to wear a 2X costume even though I'm only a medium?

Okay, I care. Especially 'cause it stinks, but that's beside the point. XD

I cannot wait. Seriously.

Longer post later. X3

<3 - brittany

and the ewe sheep aren't even keepin' score

Mood: Depressed, kinda.
Listening To: Nothing, but I have "June is Bustin' Out All Over" from Carousel stuck in my head.
Reading: "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding and "Night" by Elie Wiesel. I know, I'm AP-ing it all the way.

Sigh.

I don't know. I guess the beginning of fall gets me down no matter what I'm doing. I get really worried about my grades and parent/teacher conferences, and right now my grades are even doing good! One B+, one B, and six A's. I'd call that good. But I get, like, overly worried about math. Math kills me. I hate the stuff. Sure, I'm in Pre-Calc right now, but it still kills me.

And ohmagash. It was fracking cold this morning. I need gloves if I'm gonna keep doing Majestix. XD I froze my little tush off.

Little tush. Hah.

There isn't much to say. I fell asleep in Driver's Ed today. Ooh, that's news. I get so friggin' tired. But I shouldn't complain, other people come to school at 6:00 too. Mur.

Ah... I have drama tomorrow. That's reason enough to rejoice. Yessir.

But I'll end this here, since I probably bore you all to death, eh?

"I don't cause commotions, I am one."
-Elphaba

<3 - brittany

some postman is grooving to all our love letters

Mood: Sooooo much better than this morning.
Listening To: "Some Postman" by Presidents of the United States of America
Reading: "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding and "Night" by Elie Wiesel.

HAH! If you saw me this morning or all today before the football game, I'm sorry. You witnessed A VERY BAD HAIR DAY. Please contact your nearest beauty salon to report the sighting, then get your eyes checked. You may have gone blind.

XD I'm a dork.

But seriously. I got up too late (5:20. Who could call that late?) and my hair was like, POOF, in a big curly mess which doesn't look too bad. So then I tried to do it an it came out looking craptacular. Very bad. I had to wear my Majestix shirt to school because we had a football game to do the flag ceremony at, and then I realized I hadn't worn a shirt under it. So I had to stay in my sweltering hot hoodie all day. And I was just stressed out about field show and my mom might have to have back surgery, and blah. This combination made for a very bad day.

Except one person liked my hair. XD Only Vanessa. X3 I love her so much.

And after school, my mom's like, "We're gonna go get your hair cut." I didn't want to.... I just wanted to take a shower and try and fix my hair before the football game.

But she dragged me anyway. So we went to Inkley's to look at cameras first (I need one for Photography, and the cheapest one is $249! *dies*) then went to Great Clips to get me a $7.99 hair cut. I wanted a "flare" haircut where it's longer in the front and you stick it up, but my mom wanted to get a trim. I needed a change. So we made a compromise and the lady who cut my hair didn't do what we wanted, but I still love my new hair. Thank goodness, eh?

It's very cool.

HAH! Here it is. X3
<3 - brittany

it's clear to see that you've become obsessed

Mood: Tired, but still oh so happy. X3

Listening to: "Every Day I Love You Less And Less" by Kaiser Chiefs
Reading: "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire. I'm halfway through! (It's fetching long...)

Originally, yesterday at around 10:50, this post was going to be named. "I didn't make it." And I was going to start the post with perhaps an explicit word or two.

But here's the deal. We went to see the list around 10:45 or something, and my name was not on it. I cried. I stood there and I bawled. I couldn't believe it. I noticed that Lindsey had Carrie and Carolyn got Julie and Emily got Mrs. Mullin, and then I skipped back down to the chorus to see if maybe I missed myself. No. All I saw were, like, four Jensens. No Johnsons.

So, my mom took me out yard saling, and all I could do was cry. I was sooooooo bummed. I just wanted to go home.

So we finally got home around 11:47, and I saw that someone had left a message on our phone. It was Ms. LaForge (the director and drama teacher). She told me to call her. The message was only three minutes old. So I pounced on the phone and called. The dialogue went much like this.

LaForge: Hello, Brittany?
Me: Yeah.
LaForge: I'm just calling to apologize. I was looking through my cast lists and I realized that I had left your name off. I forgot to type it, or didn't see it, or something. I'm sorry.
Me: ... *standing there in open-mouthed amazement*
LaForge: Ah, have you seen the list yet?
Me: Yeah. *still standing there*
LaForge: Well, I'm sorry for any grief this may have caused.
Me: *finally kicking into the present* Thank you. Oh, thank you.
LaForge: Yeah. So, I'll see you on Tuesday?
Me: Yes, oh, yes, Thank you. Thank you so much.

Ohmagash. I had a hysterical freak-out after that. I was crying, my mom was crying, we were sooooo happy.

So yeah, I'm in. I'm in the chorus. !!!! X3

And Lindsey and Michael got Carrie and Billy.

But who cares? (sorry, guys) I'M IN!!!! <333333

Oh, but here's the thing. I'm sick with a sore throat and a runny nose. Killer.... I need some medicine. XD

<3 - brittany

the sheep aren't sleepin' any more

Mood: Fetching nervous.
Listening To: Some TV show my brother is watching, but "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" from Carousel is stuck in my head.
Reading: "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire

Ugh. Callbacks were last night. We had to sing "You'll Never Walk Alone" and I figured I'd do pretty good, but then we had to sing the part where it rockets up to E's and a high G. That is not my range. I am an alto almost through and through. If you want me to sing that part, expect me to sing softly. So I did sing, quieter than I should have, and I went home early. I didn't even get to read.

I understand that I still have a chance to get in the chorus, I understand all of that, but I feel like I've failed because I sang too quiet. My friends told me I hit every single note, but I don't think that LaForge could hear me way out in the audience. So now I'm really scared. I'm afraid I might not make it. Sure, I can sing (within my range), I can act, but dancing? ...Let's not go there.

The list is going to posted around 10:00, so my mom's taking me at 11:00. I'm shaking, and it's only 9:58. I feel sick, I feel like crying.

I cried all last night, and tears come whenever I think about callbacks. I'm so scared.

<3 - brittany

if only because dust is what we come to

Mood: Eh. I really don't know...
Listening To: "Dancing Through Life" from Wicked
Reading: "Misery" by Stephen King

Argh. I keep wanting to write lengthy posts, but my mom keeps interrupting me right as I start. XD

Ah... School has started, and I'm dead tired. It's not even the end of the first week! I need to get to bed earlier. I have to get up a five in the morning now to get to the school at six to practice field show with the band, and it's fracking FREEZING. Eh, well, it looks nice already and we just started. XD

Other than that, school has been going along quite swimmingly. I have drama (yay!) and it's a blast. I love that class. Photography is awesome, I can't wait to start working, and math is, as usual, very very frustrating. English and biology are okay, and I like the class, but we'll see as it moves along, eh? And seminary is great as well, I have Brother Bird for a teacher. Driver's Ed is moving along, and Spanish stinks. There's my classes. X3

Majestix are in charge of the flag ceremony for the assembly tomorrow, and I think that'll be cool. Uh....

Oh yeah.

And if you read this Tiffany, CONGRATULATIONS! Michael and I think it's awesome that you are Miss Tooele County, and we wish you the best of luck with college!

<3 - brittany

because happy is what happens when all your dreams come true

Well, isn't it?

Mood: Excited, a little bored, a little tired...
Listening To: "Thank Goodness" from Wicked.
Reading: Just finished "Feed" by M. T. Anderson, started "Crusader" by ...Bloor.

Well, school starts tomorrow and I wanted to write an entry, but my mom's kicking me off the computer. So I'll write more tomorrow, hopefully. X___x

<3 - brittany

vrei sa pleci dar nu ma nu ma iei

Mood: I don't really know. Confused.
Listening To: THE NUMA NUMA DANCE from newgrounds.com
Reading: "The 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said" by Robert Byrne

Well, band camp's been going along swimmingly (not really, I get frustrated easily...) and I've been BORED OUT OF MY MIND. And since last I heard, Tiffany's moving tomorrow.

Dang. People are just streaming out of Tooele.

Anyway, I made myself a poem thingy... It's at coloryotepoems.blogspot.com And if you really cared, you would go there. =D

*pushes you in the general direction* Go.

<3 - brittany

it's taken all my courage to approach you

Mood: Still feeling pretty down. And I've got a stomach-ache.
Listening To: "Notice Me, Horton" from Seussical
Reading: "The 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said" by Robert Byrne.

Well, band camp started yesterday, and it was okay. Not my favorite thing, but I'm glad to be around people again. I can't wait to start school. We're going to do the Banana Dance for a formation thing tomorrow. And Majestix is so much better now that there are more people. There's less to fight about because there's more people, it seems.

I went to a sleepover for Arielle on Saturday. It was a lot of fun, because I haven't seen her or Stacie or Stephanie or Ashley all summer and I got to see them. It was fracking cold because we slept on the tramp, and I'm still getting charlie horses in my muscles because we were squished together. XD

Cori moved yesterday. We helped them load the U-Haul, and then later, when I got back from band, we had an awkward goodbye. Now she's gone and I just want to cry because I know I probably won't see her again. Argh. I'm so resistant to change. I hate it. XD

So now I'm just waiting around to go to band camp... And I'm bored out of my mind.

look at him now, disappearing the cow

Mood: Tired. But not just physically, kinda an all over tired, you know?
Listening To: Magical Trevor from http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons
Reading: Nothing really.

I got my schedule today, and I was really happy about it.

First Semester

1. Honors Biology
2. Honors English 10
3. INT. THEATER (Whoo! X3)
4. Seminary

5. Adv. Math
6. PHOTOGRAPHY
7. Driver's Ed
8. Spanish 4

Second Semester

6. Honors Medieval World Civ.
7. Health

Yeah, I've had a few massive spasms of JOY after reading this. X3

But the reason while I feel a bit down is because everyone's gone or going. My neighbor whom I've known since I moved in (and have become good friends with) is moving on the 15th, and another friend is moving to Salt Lake on the 19th. Both of those times are during band camp, so I feel like I won't be able to say good bye. Lindsey and Michael are both on their pioneer trek and I'm hoping they have an AWESOME time, but then Lindsey's off to Oregon with her dad once she gets home.

But I imagine I'll feel better once school starts. At least I've got both of the classes I REALLY wanted, drama and photography. I just have to wait until we get into the swing of things, eh?

talkin' to a speck - talkin' to a speck - to a speck of dust

"I don't cause commotions, I AM one."
-Elphaba
(Best quote in the world. X3)

Mood: Tired. It's pretty late. But I'm excited for school.
Listening To: "Biggest Blame Fool" from Seussical.
Reading: "The Last Book in the Universe" by Rod Philbrick.

Things have been going kinda slow lately, and I cannot wait for school to start. Summer band ended, so now I have no reason to get up early. I'm sick of sitting around all day. Well, at least band camp is coming up soon.

Blah. I'm worried because I don't know what classes I got in school. I know I got photography, but I'm afraid that int. drama didn't fit or something and I'll freak out because I didn't get it. I swear I will scream and cry an throw a fit if I didn't get it. *dies*

I've read at least five books in the past week because of boredom. We had a post-camp party and got to make s'mores finally. We hadn't been able to at camp because we never had time to build a fire. (They had activities scheduled from six AM to ten PM and ten PM was lights out.)

I'm bored and in desperate need of something to draw or write or make. I need to do something with my hands. Or I want to go to a party. Sadly, there are no parties to go to. >_o



I KNOW I'll have something to talk about once band camp starts. I just know it. -shot-

we wear our bungarees way down below our knees

Mood: Happy to be home.
Listening To: "Caveman" (It's a really weird movie) in the background, but I'm singing "We Are the Mormon Girls" over in my head. XD
Reading: Well, I just finished "Spy Goddess: Live and Let Shop" by Michael Spradlin.

Well, I'm back from camp, which wasn't a complete disaster (which I was expecting), and I jumped off of a forty-foot cliff. Yes, be proud of me. X3

If you want the full experience, e-mail me at iceblink123@hotmail.com

But, ah, yeah... I'm bored, and I'm doing this weird creativity recovery thing called The Artist's
Way with my mom and some ladies from my ward. It's interesting, but strange. XD

But yet again, this is another meaningless blog entry. XD But I swear I'll have something to say someday!

"that's funny," thought horton, "there's no one around."

Mood: I'm okay. I've been bored all week.
Listening To: Seussical the Musical (Yes, I'm stuck on musicals.)
Reading: Nothing. I finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which could have been better, in my opinion. T^T

So, ah...Yeah.

Lindsey's at EFY all week, so I've been so alone. *spazzes* I haven't talked to anyone on the phone since Sunday. So I'm bored and I'm tired and I have a parade on Monday.

I command everyone to go. *uses Jedi mind tricks*

I know I had something to say...

I saw Madagascar the other day... It was an awesome movie. Um.... grah, this was a pointless journal entry, now wasn't it?

I went swimming the other day, and then I go to camp on Tuesday, and now I'm gonna die because I can't remember what I was going to say.

It'll come to me later, I promise. =3

calif. photos

1. This is my me, my mom, and my little brother at Huntington Beach. LOOK AT THE OCEAN! *spazzes*

2. This is my little brother and I at Rose Hills Memorial Park, sitting near my grandmother's grave. He's sitting near the head stone and I'm down at the bottom of the plot, drawing.

3. This is my family at Huntington Beach. I love my family, they're awesome.

(From Left to Right) Top Row: My cousin Rocio (AKA Cheepe), my cousin Jessica, my mom, my big brother Chris (I love him so much), my little brother Brandon, and my cousin Karla.
Bottom Row: My second cousin (Rocio's daughter) Savannah, me, and my niece Elizabeth.

4. This is my brother Chris and his daughter Elizabeth. I think she's freakin' out 'cause they're in the water. I don't know.

5. This is another family picture at Mario's Tacos in Pico Rivera. It's an awesome place to eat, if you're ever in Pico, go there. *dies*

From Left to Right: Rocio, Savannah, Brandon, Karla, me, and Jessica. X3

pioneer trek photos

1.This is me the morning of my trek. As you can tell, I'm a little grumpy, but my dress is CLEAN. *dies*

2. This is me (in the middle, da-hur) with two other girls from my ward (Jennifer on the left, yes, the one whom I helped in the women's pull... and Cori on the right). We were being all hawt and stuff in our sexy dresses. XD

3. This is me the afternoon I came home. See how dirty and sunburnt I am? But I love my dress. It may be from the sixties, but man, did I feel gorgeous. X3
And 4., this is the same day as 3, but I'm standing up and you can see my beautiful apron. Yes, it is the same one as you see in the first picture. And no, that big dark splotch is not chicken's blood, but grape jam. Everyone was asking me if it was chicken blood. XD
Look at the sleeves! I adore those sleeves. X3

like a fire is burning

Mood: Tired still...But still amazed from last night.
Listening To: Myself humming "The Spirit of God".
Reading: Harry Potter 6! *has a spaz* Squee. X3

Last night was the Day of Celebration. For those of you who don't know what it is, it was a huge youth festival thing that celebrated our first prophet (Joseph Smith)'s 200th birthday. And when I say huge, I mean HUGE!

There were around 46,000 people there from the Salt Lake City surrounding area. 15,000 were in the choir, and there were 8,000 dancers or something. And way over 4,000 flagbearers. Holy cow. I saw quite a few people I knew, including Tiffany, Colin, Laurie, Roxanne, Mike (my brother from the trek) and Abree... I can't remember who else, but it was amazing.

Just to hear that choir sing was so powerful... I cried. We made pictures with these scarves that everyone got. You know, in the movies they make words and stuff? Yeah, well, we did that with 46,000 people. The first one said "Jospeh 200th", the second said, "Follow The Prophet" and the third was a mountain range with a sun coming up on the left, then going down on the right, then saying, "Choose Light". It was so awesome.

Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley spoke at the end, and that was also breath-taking. We had a glow stick thing at the end, and that was really cool.

The dancers were amazing, the flags were awesome, the singing was beautiful, and I had a blast.
But I'm running out of adjectives, so I'll end here.

BUT IT WAS AWESOME.

who can say if I've been changed for the better?

Mood: Tired, but doing pretty good.
Listening To: "For Good" from the Wicked soundtrack (I know, I'm obsessed).
Reading: Nothing, still, but I have Wicked and the new Harry Potter on hold at the library. X3

Well. I'm back now, aren't you overjoyed? X3

On Thursday (?), I went to a senior party, and it was sad. Chantelle is leaving Tooele and going to college. So I saw a bunch of seniors, and got to start missing them all over again. XD But it was an awesome Mormon senior party. X3

I had a TON of fun in California, I got to see my brother, Chris, (whom I love soooo much).

And my brother saw my drawings, and he hit the floor. He said that I was really good and stuff. And my brother's one of the best artists I know. I died of joy. X3 And then I drew him a gift. <3 Not a picture of a gift, but a picture of something of his choice. XD

So, I came back on Thursday night, and Friday morning I had Majestix practice, and I forgot that it was freshmen initiation week. So I showed up and found out we had to do the pudding obstacle course. XD So, I was drenched with water and really nasty chocolate pudding, but it was awesomely fun. *nodnod*

And I went to see Dark Water with Nicole (an old friend) on Friday. It wasn't that bad, but it was too much like The Ring.

And I had a parade this morning. It was hot and tiring, especially since I didn't get enough sleep last night. XD But it was still fun, even though I didn't know a soul there. It was Draper Days (don't ask me why Tooele does that parade, they don't have any local bands XD).

So there's what I've been doing.

"The Harry Potter book comes out today! It is truly a 'day of celebration'!" XDD