à la karina

a sunny sf day.

2011-07-19T14:19:00.000-07:00

Guess who's back? :)

Now I know it's been a while, but it is now (well into my) summer vacation and things are calming down. And I've missed blogging.

It's been a busy couple of months! I can't wait to tell you guys all about it.

Kelly and I took a trip to see the De Young Museum in San Francisco a couple weeks ago.

We went to this cute little bookshop.

We rode the bart and the buses and the CalTrain! All of which made us feel pretty urban. So urban, in fact, we decided to take some hipster underground pictures to fit the mood!

It was a wonderful day. Filled with fine art, good Chinese food and beautiful weather. I love San Francisco!

Can't forget the funny faces of course. :)

How has your summer been?

Your birthday is (kind of) a palindrome.

2010-10-20T20:30:00.000-07:00

Dear Allison,

You are amazing. There are seriously no 3 words that could describe how I feel better than "You are amazing." I don't even know what I would do without you. (Wow that sounds way too cliche.)

You're far from cliche.

You are unique. You are beautiful. You are creative. You are hilarious. You are the best friend I could ask for. There is nobody in the universe that I can talk to that makes me feel as good as you do when I talk to you. You're an amazing person.

Thank you for being an amazing friend who helps me strive to be a better person.

You are the coolest girl in the whole wide world.

I love you,
XD. :F.
Karina.

sup BRO.

2010-09-27T17:46:00.000-07:00

Sometimes my brother and I are thinking along the same brainwaves.

Like day's we decide to both wear a grey t-shirt to school. :)

But some days, (like today) we are NOT thinking along the same brainwaves. I'M thinking it should be quiet study time... whilst he is blasting away at his trumpet. Well at least he's good at it. :)

love arms.

2010-09-19T11:47:00.000-07:00

Wednesday was To Write Love On Her Arms Day.

Allison gave me this fabulous tattoo.

Self-harm is dangerously common practice among girls our age. It is so important to be kind to everyone and make sure that all your friends feel safe and good about themselves. Talk about it!

On a much happier note...

I saw the Jonas Brothers live in concert last night. More on that to come. Stay tuned.

simple things

2010-09-10T22:15:00.000-07:00

In this heat, I was relieved to step into the nice, air-conditioned Starbucks after an hour of rehearsal in the sun!

I was greeted with a smiling face and a free sample of their iced toffee mocha! It was delicious. And not only delicious, but in a cute cup with a mini straw!! :D

I genuinely thought about ordering it, but then cowered back into my comfort zone of a sweetened passion iced tea. :) Don't judge!

It was delicious and cooled me right down! I love simple pleasures.

What do you do to cool down on a hot day?

LOLFTing around.

2010-09-08T20:20:00.001-07:00

So in Advanced Drama we've begun work on our sets for the fall shows!

In case you haven't heard, we're doing "The Comedy of Errors" and "As You Like It" this fall!

Mimi and I had the lovely pleasure of tying up loose ends in the loft above our black box! We call the loft the LOLft, as a homage to our favorite texting acronym. (Various closets are also named the OMG and the WTF and such.)

I love the lolft so much! We have tons of costumes and props.

Here are some of the costumes from our production of "The Odyssey" by Mary Zimmerman last year!

Here's Mimi and I messing around with some "Misc. Props". :)

And of course EVERYTHING is labeled in the lolft! Here's something I labeled in sophomore year! Haha still hiding behind the stairs. :)

I can't believe I'm a senior this year. Sounds so crazy! I can't wait for an awesome year.

you wont see this one coming

2010-09-04T17:18:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, Sheiva picked me up from my house to take me on an adventure.

Objective: Visit as many frozen yogurt places as we can until we either get sick or find the best.

It was her early birthday present to me, because she was leaving on Tuesday (my birthday) for Boston with her family.

This was only part one of our adventure. We got to try the classic "chocolate froyo and Oreos" at Red Mango, Tartini, and I <3 Yogurt.

It was a blast! I love hanging out with Sheiva. It felt like the perfect birthday.

Then we went home, and I was getting ready to make some miso soup to enjoy. (I don't know how I had any room left after 3 frozen yogurts.) I walked in thru the door and my mom was sitting on the couch.

She nonchalantly glanced at me and said, "Your little cousins are in the pool, go say hi."

I stepped outside and looked to my right...

______________

(PS: In case you haven't figured it out. Here's the surprise part of this post.)

"AHH!"

A huge MOB of some of my closest friends were standing in a crowd yelling, "Suprise!"

(Or, "Ahhh!" Because Lena said she was too excited to form the word when I arrived haha!)

Thank you! To all my amazing family, friends and my Mom and Sheiva for setting this whole thing up!

I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!

just the way it is.

2010-08-26T20:05:00.000-07:00

I love it when my friends make my day.

Today Aneesha posted this song to Facebook with "Girls, you're amazing just the way you are. <3"

I love my friends so much. Little things like this make my day and remind me that I've really got it good.

You are all amazing just the way you are.

cousinly love.

2010-08-03T00:14:00.000-07:00

My cousins Melody and Sammy are up here visiting from L.A.!

Last night Mel and I got dressed up and went out for burgers. :)

We rarely get to see them!

Melody's going to be going to college around here in the fall so I can't wait to see more of her!

Today we went to San Fransisco and shopped around all day!

It was so much fun. We stopped by Lori's Diner for lunch.

We love onion rings!

"à la" Kazamm!

2010-07-17T16:13:00.000-07:00

One day a couple weeks ago, I came home to see my Facebook news feed exploded with comments on one of my friend Kevin's videos. I checked it out. Basically.. my mind was blown.

He started a "cypher" on Facebook, and it has all been going uphill since then! Check out his youtube channel! http://www.youtube.com/user/KazammTheMan

And "Like" Kazamm on Facebook!

Q: Where'd you get the name "Kazamm"?

A: The name Kazamm was actually something that I came up with really quickly. I had no ideaaaa what name I should come up with and there was a period of time where I was just asking people what name I should get. They were really lame like K-Muffin, KZ, K-Biscuit, Zangatang, some pretty funny ones. Originally my name was going to be Simplexity but that threw that away because it looked kinda boring. I was just walking to school one day and the name came up in my head, Kazamm. I mean it worked well cuz it had a variation of my first name and last, and it seemed kinda eye opening. People liked it, so I just stuck with it.

Q: When and how did you get into rap?

A: I started to rap seriously about half a year ago in January and what really got me into it was when I saw people freestyle. I thought that stuff was amazing, instantly rapping on the top of the head whenever you wanted to. I originally only decided to freestyle rap, but as time goes on, I got so into rap, that I had to record songs too and stuff. So freestlying is my main influence. I'd have to say it's my specialty.

Q: What do you rap about?

A: The stuff I rap about, is interesting. I'll rap about anything really but what it comes down to is wit and cleverness. My written freestyles consist of multiple allusions, metaphors, similies, etc. I listened to hardcore hip hop and hip hop that has really complex lyrics and flow, so all the stuff I rap about has to lyrically complex and witty.
I tend to stay away from mainstream such as partying, sex, drugs, you know, the catchy stuff. I don't see much value in the lyrics as much as underground and what not.

Q: What's a "cypher" and why'd you bring it to Facebook?

A: A cypher is like a giant group freestyle, but when it's online, the point of the cypher is to call people out and they also call people out, basically a giant freestyle. It can either be written or off the head it doesn't matter. Most online cyphers are written though, such as the one I started. I brought it to facebook because before the actual cypher, there were a few videos posted about people rapping and I saw that people liked them and found them entertaining and some other people joined. I myself saw them and saw this as a good opportunity to explode the hype and thus started the cypher.

Q: Inspirations? What's on your iPod?

A: Inspirations? A lot to name, artists such as Eminem, Immortal Technique, Dumbfoundead, inspired me because they are godly freestylers which is what started me. But there are also a lot of Youtube celebrities that inspired me such as Traphik, D-Pryde, Wax, etc that made me want to start a Youtube channel myself. I only have a couple videos but I will definitely be making ALOT more during the summer.

If you were to see my iPod, I have Atmosphere, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Canibus, CunninLynguists, Diabolic, Dr. Dre, Dumbfoundead, Eminem, Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, Rakim, KRS One, Nas, Notorious BIG, NWA, Pharoahe Monche, 2Pac, these are just some rappers I listen to on my iPod.

Q: Advice for rappers?

A: Rule number one for all rappers: WRITE. I assure you, you cannot reach anywhere without writing. It is so important because writing creates a giant word bank in your head, so you can whip out multiple words by only thinking minimally, so writing is EXTREMELY important. I write almost everyday and I usually write random freestyles about the day, or my mood, or a new person I met, or a song I just listened to. As long as you write, you are on the right track.

Another great piece of advice: FREESTYLING. Writing comes in play with freestyling but freestyling out loud is REALLY important because you develop what you call "flow" and your "rapper voice." Flow is basically what makes the rap sounds really good because you have rhythm control. The "rap voice" is developed and that also combines with flow. The rap voice usually comes out when you are confident and your know what you're doing, so it's important to apply every skill you have to get it. The "rap voice" is what makes you sound GOOOD.

This is just starting advice for new rappers. If anyone wants more advice, I will be happy to rap with you and help you out.

YOUTUBE.

FACEBOOK.

taylor lautner shouldn't wear clothes ever.

2010-07-17T11:56:00.000-07:00

So I definitely saw Eclipse twice in theaters.

It's a tradition of mine to see Twilight movies with my daddy. :)

And then a couple days later I saw it with Neesh!

We of course had to pose in front of our boyfriend's poster first.

We sat way in the front and giggled/fangirled whenever he came on. Although I am totally Team Edward, I am also totally team JacobLauterWithoutClothes. :)

After the movie, we walked over to Erik's Deli and got some sammiches!

oh, the drama!

2010-05-23T11:02:00.000-07:00

Sorry about my lack of posting recently! It's been crazy-super-outofcontrol-hectic this past few weeks. It still is, really. But I'm posting anyway!

Friday night, the Beginning Drama students performed the scenes and monologues that they've been working on for the past couple months under the direction of the T.A.s! I'm a T.A. for 1st period drama.

I forgot my camera that night, so I only have a few pictures which I borrowed from Erika! :) Thankyou!

Erika and Sheiva (T.A.)

(Katrin in I Remember Mama)

Cheyenne with Sheiva

(Mrs. Tiffany in Fashion)

Sheiva with Kaz and Ahana (2/3 of Antigone)

(Antigone and Ismene in Antigone!)

It was such a fun night! I am so proud of the Beginning Drama students and all their hard work!

Can't wait to see some of them in Advanced Drama next year!

EDIT: Here are some more pictures from Karina! (The other Karina.)

Dhruva and Karina
(Buddy from Come Blow Your Horn)
(Queen Aggravain from Once Upon A Mattress)

Kyle
(Mr. Tiffany from Fashion)

Karina, Sunny and Sammy
(Queen Aggravain from Once Upon A Mattress)
(Mille from Picnic)
(Mother from Come Blow Your Horn)

Karina and Ruri
(Queen Aggravain from Once Upon A Mattress)
(Madge from Picnic)

Karina and Kyle
(Queen Aggravain from Once Upon A Mattress)
(Mr. Tiffany from Fashion)

bricks.

2010-04-22T20:06:00.000-07:00

This is Trey.

He's a pretty cool guy.

Modeling. Ain't no thang.

the counter

2010-04-04T09:05:00.000-07:00

Sheiva and I went out for burgers the other day.

I know this sounds ridiculous, because I don't eat beef, but no worries people; I had a turkey burger.

Basically this place called "The Counter" is the best burger place in townnn.

It's a "build-your-own" burger kind of place.

They have yummy sweet potato fries and onion rings :).

What's your favorite burger joint?

babe.

2010-03-29T21:37:00.000-07:00

Dear Mrs. Platt,

History class is awesome.

Love,

5th period.

news!

2010-03-24T20:45:00.000-07:00

My life as of now:

It's Persian New Year:

I love New Year. It makes me very proud of my heritage. :)

It's spring break for some colleges! I get to see friends I miss.

New Year fell on the day of my great aunt's birthday this year.

Darian cannot stop playing with his Rubik's cubes.

why!?

2010-03-04T00:45:00.000-08:00

So me and Hulu have this kind of love/hate relationship.

Why, Hulu, why are you torturing me with

Yes I just found full episodes of 21 Jump Street online.

Goodbye to getting any sleep.

vancouver2010.

2010-02-25T22:28:00.001-08:00

I just got back from Vancouver, BC.

Canada is so beautiful.

We stayed in North Vancouver with my mom's cousin.

Our first night, we took a boat over to Vancouver and checked out the Olympic torch. It was behind a cage, so the reflection was the better picture, I think. Looked cool maybe?

Idk I'm not that cool haha.

We got to walk around and see all of the amazing people coming together for this AMAZING event.

We were lucky enough to catch a couple events. This was our first event: Curling. :)

We got to walk around from place to place which is what I love about cities. Transportation was awesome.

This was us at Short Track Speed Skating. Yepp back row. :) But so worth it.

Vancouver was basically one of the most beautiful cities I've ever been too. Everywhere you turned there was something to look at. I thought I would never see a place more breathtaking.

Until we went to Whistler.

Now I've been to Whistler before. A LONG time ago. I guess I forgot how amazing it is.

We were lucky enough to get to go to some of the Victory Ceremonies there too!

We got to see Julia Mancuso win sliver along with Maria Reich winning gold! So amazing.

This man was standing next to us in the crowd during the award ceremony. Him and his friend had a huge flag of Belarus and were cheering very loudly. Their patriotism was incredible. When he caught the bouquet of the Belorussian medalist, his happiness was just fantastic. He almost cried.

We also got to see Bode Miller win a sliver! Heres him shaking hands with Axel Lund Svindal (Norwegian gold medalist.) It was incredible!

Just as he was smiling for some photographers pictures, he threw his bouquet into the crowd.

Right to the Americans in the front. :) It was surreal. I could not BELIEVE it! WE caught BODE MILLERS OLYMPIC BOUQUET. My mom never catches ANYTHING.

It was such a feeling of patriotism that I almost cried. It was such a great night.

The next morning, as we were DASHING to the airport, we ran into Iran's Olympic team! We got to take pictures with Marjan Kalhor! She is the first Iranian woman to compete in the Winter Olympics.

Overall, this trip was just perfect. I couldn't have imagined it any better than it was.

I love my family so much. Can't wait for Sochi, Russia! ;)

Google always wins.

2010-02-25T22:22:00.000-08:00

So the winner of my poll on the best Super Bowl commercial is...

SUCH an amazing commercial.

forgivemeee :(

2010-02-20T20:55:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness I've been gone for like EVER. I know I know. I'm SORRY!

But as some of you may know, I've been in Canada for the past week! So this is just a superfastupdate (in other words (more specifically safa's words) a "jiffster") to tell you:

1. I'm home!

2. I love the Olympics!

3. Post coming up SOON with PICTURESS.

4. Sneak preview:

Haha curling is amazing.

Almost as amazing as Team Norway's pants.

super bowl :)

2010-02-07T20:46:00.000-08:00

So today was the Super Bowl. :) WHOOHOO!

Everyone knows that the best part about the Super Bowl is the commercials! These are a few of my favorites. I thought I'd have a little vote: Check out the poll in the sidebar on the left! Tell me what you guys think!

VOTE!!! IN THE SIDEBAR ON THE RIGHT!!!! :D

Google: Search on.

Etrade: Girlfriend.

Dorrito's: House Rules.

Bud Light: Voice Box.

VOTE!!! IN THE SIDEBAR ON THE RIGHT!!!! :D

b-e-a-u-tifull.

2010-02-01T23:08:00.001-08:00

Thank you so much KARM!

So here are the rules:

1. Thank the blogger who gave you this award.

2. Paste the award on your blog.

3. Link to the person who nominated you for the award.

4. Share 7 interesting facts about yourself.

5. Nominate 7 other bloggers.

THE 7 THINGS:

(i love these miley jokes i make about blog awards. seriously. whoever came up with 7 was asking for it.)

So I basically just did this so I'm going to add PICTURES this time! :D

1. I can clover my tongue. I know. Awesomeness.

2. I take a philosophy class with some friends. It's amazing.

3. I can solve one of these in under 2 minutes. (I've beaten 1 minute once or twice.)

4. We were waiting in line, amidst 5-year-olds. I was the most excited.

5. My Hogwarts letter got lost in the mail.

6. I have a thing for dorky guys.

7. I know all the words.

And now 7 BEAUTIFUL BLOGGERS!

http://lotheunicorn.blogspot.com/

http://soonrememberedtales.blogspot.com/

http://realist-surrealist.blogspot.com/

http://annikalikes.blogspot.com/

http://carmellalee.blogspot.com/

http://latteandcookie.blogspot.com/

http://emmmillyywhite.blogspot.com/

There we are! Love you guys!

oh brother.

2010-01-31T20:31:00.000-08:00

i love picking up my brother from speech and debate after school.

and seeing days like this amidst days of pouring rain.

and going out for ice cream for no particular reason.

and just getting along. :)

I love you, darian. :)

Kreative Blogger!

2010-01-25T21:46:00.000-08:00

So I just got an award from the most excelent Anna from the way i see it!

it's the

Kreative Blogger award!!

So 7 things about me!

1. I am seeing Nick Jonas and the Administration on Saturday. And I am about to die of excitement.

2. My favorite french word is "inoubliable". Well either that or "pomplemousse".

3.One time I was full body electrocuted. My aunt calmed me down with Nutella.

4. I would marry Ronald Weasley.

5. I wish I could live in The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles. No joke.

6. I haven't started an essay for Mythology that is due tomorrow about to what extent The Tempest by William Shakespeare is a fairy tale.

7. I notice that all these awards have "7 things" we need to say about ourselves. Why 7? Has somebody been listening to too much Miley Cyrus?

Sha!

And here's to 7 bloggers!

http://shabbychicdiva4ever.blogspot.com/

http://or-so-i-feel.blogspot.com/

http://allieisfantastical.blogspot.com/

http://marissahm.blogspot.com/

http://courtneyskaleidoscope.blogspot.com/

http://howcouldyounott.blogspot.com/

http://mildlydelightful.blogspot.com/

CURLS!

2010-01-24T21:58:00.000-08:00

So y'all know BBL. She is basically amazing. Srsly.

She recently explained that she loves to curl her hair with her straightener. At first I was like WHAT. I thought that never in a million years could I do that.

UNTIL I saw THIS video!

Yeah. I died.

And when I was revived I tried it!

SO EASY!

I LOVE THIS! I'll try it for school tomorrow too! :)

storm.

2010-01-21T20:53:00.000-08:00

It's raining so hard that I feel like if it keeps up for much longer, somebody's gonna have to build an ark!

I love rainy weather. It means cute boots time.

POWER.

2010-01-20T20:27:00.000-08:00

I live in a pretty small town, and I don't really understand why, but during storms, our power goes out quite often.

But I don't mind because I love candlelight.

I like to do my homework by candlelight.

But my parent's don't like candlelight. They like our refrigerator to work. Our stove too. Unfortunately they didn't, so we went out to dinner!

I love me some Chipotle burrito! So does Darian. :)

Haha we have power now, obviously, because I am posting this. But I wish it was still dark because I got a lot more work done without electronic distractions. :)

San Fran with my Frans.

2010-01-19T20:16:00.000-08:00

On Sunday, I woke up and said, "Mom, can I go to San Fransisco today?" half jokingly.

My mom said, "Sure. Call some friends and I can take you to the train station." not jokingly.

We road the train.

Walked like 1000 miles looking for sushi. :)

Shopped for awesome shoes.

Very sneakily took pictures in the dressing rooms.

And Amy became a ghost. Lena was freaked out.

we are golden.

2010-01-18T10:39:00.000-08:00

Last night was the 67th Annual Golden Globes ceremony.

In case you didn't know, I love movies. Like a lot. :) They're just such an amazing art form that can show things in a way other art forms cant. They're awesome.

And in case you didn't know, Safa loves movies as well. So we are going to give you our take on the Golden Globes this year.

THE HOST: Ricky Gervais

Karina: Look at his teeth. And he played a dentist? But he's a funny bloke.
Safa: SHMEXY.

~~~~

THE AWARDS:

BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Steve Carell (The Office)
David Duchovny (Californiacation)
Thomas Jane (Hung)
Matthew Morrison (Glee)

Karina: Alec Baldwin is a funny man. Seriously funny. But he has won before.. I think it should have gone to Steve Carell or to Matthew Morrison.
Safa: It was either Alec Baldwin or Steve Carell. Kinda rooting for Carell because he never wins...

BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Toni Collette (United States of Tara)
Courtney Cox (Cougar Town)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Lea Michele (Glee)

Karina: I don't really know about her. She seems funny. Diablo Cody is a funny writer so the show is probably pretty awesome. But come on people; TINA FEY.
Safa: Ok really... I don't think I've ever heard of Toni Collette or her show. Tina Fey should've won. Hands. Down.

BEST TELIVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Karina: I am a die hard Office fan. Srsly. But Glee is pretty much incredible.
Safa: The Office. I mean seriously.

BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

Simon Baker (The Mentalist)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Hugh Laurie (House)
Bill Paxton (Big Love)

Karina: I haven't seen Dexter. But Hugh Laurie is AMAZING. So yea.
Safa: Honestly none of these people deserved it. Where's someone from LOST when you need them?

BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

Glenn Close (Damages)
January Jones (Mad Men)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Anna Paquin (True Blood)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Karina: I haven't seen any of these shows. But Glenn Close is so great.
Safa: GLEN CLOSE SHOULD'VE WON. Have you seen Damages? Amazingness.

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

Karina: House is kind of dying right now. I understand why they didn't win. I like the name BIG LOVE. It makes me smile.
Safa: I agree with Karina. Just say it, Big Love.

BEST ACTOR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Matt Damon (The Informant)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Nine)
Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ((500) Days of Summer)
Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man)

Karina: Don't get me wrong. I love me some Robert Downey. But Joseph Gordon-Levitt pretty much made my life in (500) Days of Summer. Oh, and Daniel Day-Lewis rocks my socks. :) He was incredible in Nine. So what I'm trying to say is; Robert Downey Jr. rocks BUT didn't deserve it.
Safa: As big of a [jerk] Robert Downey Jr. is, out of this group he totally deserved it. Even if I couldn't understand him in Sherlock Holmes for like the first hour. Darn accents.

BEST ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Sandra Bullock (The Proposal)
Marion Cotillard (Nine)
Julia Roberts (Duplicity)
Meryl Streep (It's Complicated)
Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)

Karina: Ok. Julie & Julia wasn't like a WOWZER of a movie, but Meryl Streep pretty much blew us away as Julia Child. Kudos.
Safa: Meryl Streep was nominated twice. In the same category. It would've been pretty embarrassing if she didn't win.

BEST ACTOR - DRAMA

Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
George Clooney (Up in the Air)
Colin Firth (A Single Man)
Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
Tobey Maguire (Brothers)

Karina: I heard Crazy Heart was awesome. But I love me some George Clooney. Seriously.
Safa: You don't tell the voice of March of the Penguins he lost. I mean seriously. Of course honestly George Clooney, Up in the Air, really good movie.

BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA

Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria)
Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
Carey Mulligen ( An Education)
Gabourey Sidibe (Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire)

Karina: Ok the Young Victoria BLEW MY MIND. Seriously. But I'm not allowed to vote for Emily Blunt because she stole my man (John Krasinski). Sandra Bullock rocks, no duh. And I reallyyy wanna see An Education.
Safa: SANDRA! :)

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
James Cameron (Avatar)
Clint Eastwood (Invictus)
Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Karina: Eywa ngahu, James Cameron. (Yeah I just spoke a little Na'vi, no big.)
Safa: I have not seen Avatar and I'm probably a little biased... but personally it should've gone to Jason Reitman or Tarantino. Two really good movies.

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Karina: (500) Days of Summer. Hands down.
Safa: The Hangover was probably one of the funniest movies of the decade... so ya I think it deserved to win a Golden Globe.

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

Karina: Irayo, HFPA. Ftxey nìltsan. (Thank you, HFPA. Good choice.)
Safa: After much consideration, I'm gonna have to go with.... (drumroll please).... Inglorious Basterds! Again I haven't seen Avatar, but Inglorious Basterds was soooo good. And totally unpredictable.

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THE CLOTHES:

Safa chose.. none other than SANDRA! And Karina thought Penelope Cruz looked STUNNING as always. :)

it was a good night! although some of the speeches were a little meh, we both agreed.

What did you think of the 67th Annual Golden globes?

haute mess.

2010-01-17T21:01:00.000-08:00

Thank you so much to Madi Rose for this award! Whoohoo! So I have to say 7 things about myself. Hmm...

1. Johnny Depp is one of the most influential people in my life.
2. I probably could not live without chocolate.
3. The Jonas Brothers had probably the biggest impact on me since Johnny Depp.
3. I wish I owned Urban Outfitters.
4. I wish people spoke today like they did in Shakespeare's plays.
5. I really love taking pictures.
6. Movies are pretty much superimportant to me.
7. I love the rain and the snow more than the sun and the heat.

And now 7 blogs who I'll give this award to! :D

1. A Bite of Allison
2. Audrey Allure
3. The "L" Spot
4. My LaLaLand
5. Sara-Jane
6. Sparkles & Fate
7. Random Ramblings

WHOOHOO!

disney kid.

2010-01-17T00:34:00.000-08:00

so, basically... I haven't changed much since '99.

I would probably live in Disneyworld if I had the choice. No joke.

johnny?

2010-01-14T23:22:00.000-08:00

um hi. just thought you should know that you changed my life.

kthxbie.

Is there somebody that you don't know personally who's affected your life?

SANDRA!

2010-01-12T21:54:00.000-08:00

Hey it's Safa!

A tribute to Sandra Bullock.

Isn't Sandra Bullock amazing?

I mean honestly. Think about it.

Need some help? Let’s take a look at some of her movies:

MISS CONGENIALITY

Honestly the BEST Sandra Bullock movie ever made. I think I’ve seen this like a bajillion times.

Starts off with her as the tough FBI agent and ends up with her being Miss Congeniality. People, this is a seriously good movie. Plus she’s pretty hot in this one.

CRASH

Academy Award winning Best Picture... Umm need I say more. And yes Sandra Bullock didn’t have a major role in this movie, but she still was ridiculously awesome in it.

SPEED

Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves: worked in Speed, didn’t work in The Lake House. The story about a bus that can’t go less than 50 MPH or else the bus will explode. She plays probably the most skilled bus driver in the world.

The scene where the bus like literally flies!!!!! That's good driving for you.

AHHHH so good...

PREMONITION

A thriller movie from Sandra. It had me on the edge of my seat. Unfortunately though, not many people know about this movie which is a shame.

Her husband dies.... but does he? You’ll have to watch it to find out.

THE PROPOSAL

Seriously an awesome movie. I could watch this movie over and over again, even if Karina and Darian don’t want to.

And that funny old lady is in it!

This shows Sandra Bullock’s hilarious side.

THE BLIND SIDE

This shows Sandra Bullock’s Oscar worthy side.

And guess what... she’s in the running to get nominated for an Oscar because of this movie.

She plays a blond mom who takes in a less fortunate high schooler who’s really good at football and makes him into an NFL star.

Oscaaaaaaar....? I think yes.

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So basically Sandra Bullock is an amazing actress. She can be funny or serious. Everything about her is awesome and if she were younger, she would be Wife #3. (After Rihanna and Shakira of course)

And she’s the hottest 45 year old I know.

i hate being a follower.

2010-01-10T15:05:00.000-08:00

I was hesitating majorly to go to see Avatar. I'm not really into action-y alien movies... But my teacher put up an extra credit opportunity for anyone who went and saw it so I gave in.

Gosh I am such a follower.

But I am so glad that I was.

One of my doubts was going to be that I wouldn't be able to get into a romance between two non human creatures (the Na'vi). Boy was I wrong.

They were SO amazing. The Na'vi people were just plain amazing. I wanted to be one of them so badly. Their entire society was so amazing. How in tune they were with everybody, and how every living thing is connected with every other living thing. It was superb.

I kind of had a thing for Jake's avatar, strangely. Probably because I was imagining myself as one of the Na'vi the whole time. :)

photos from this week.

2010-01-06T20:21:00.000-08:00

Rehearsals have began again, so I need to start getting focused and bucking down and doing my work right when I get home.

I strive to be like my studious brother. He does his math homework twice to ensure maximum comprehension. ;)

In Mythology, our first unit this semester is all about Fairy Tales! I LOVE fairy tales.

We'll be reading different versions of different fairy tales, comparing them and contrasting them. We will also be reading "The Tempest" and "The Princess Bride." :)

So I don't watch television during the week. Ever. We have a DVR and I'm allowed to record 3 shows, but no more. So weirdly enough, this week, my mom has allowed us to watch TV during dinner.. It's only like 20 minutes at the most and we arent allowed to change the channel (this week I've seen 20 minutes of Bad Boys, What Women Want, and Rachel Getting Married)but hey, it's something!

Or maybe she just hasn't noticed... Hmm I hope she doesn't read this and realized that that's been going on haha. :)

Now I should really buckle down and do my work. I don't wanna fall behind!

2010-01-05T17:49:00.000-08:00

Admit it. You've all loved a Disney character in your lives. Part 2

Safa's List of Hot Disney Girls

1. Princess Tiana

She's definitely the hottest. And the youngest of all them. I mean just look at her.

Don't you wish you were that frog?

2. Meg

She would be number but she's kinda a slut... so she got moved down one.

But honestly I've gotta say Meg from Hercules is Megan Fox from the real world.

So true.

3. Princess Jasmine

She's got Middle Eastern blood in her so I had to put her in the top 3.

But honestly, Aladdin is a lucky man I must say.

Also, any girl who can fly on a magic carpet has got what it takes.

4. Jane

Ok she might not be from the classic Disney movies but just look at her.

She's the adventurous and jungly; who wouldn't want that? I mean seriously.

5. Ariel

Princess of the sea. And she's always wearing a bikini top...

6. Pocahontas

She's strong and brave. She cares for the environment and the animals.

Honestly, she's the most powerful woman out of all of them. I mean she literally fights against an army.

Oh and props for being able to talk to a tree.

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No offense Cinderella, Snow White, or Sleeping Beauty lady

On a last note however, take a look at Jessica Rabbit from Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit...

I can't believe this is from a Disney movie...

by Safa

2010-01-04T18:53:00.000-08:00

Admit it. You've all loved a Disney character in your lives.

Karina's List of Hot Disney Boys

1. Aladdin

He can show me a whole new world during those Arabian nights any time.

2. Prince Phillip

He is willing to fight a dragon to save his love. And he can sing. :)

3. Prince Eric

Umm excuse me, LOOK AT THOSE EYES.

4. John Smith

Their love might not be very historically accurate. GOSH he is beautiful though.

5. General Li Shang

Ok even grandmas think he's smokin'.
When he is asked to stay for dinner, good old granny interjects "do you want to stay forever!?"
:)

6. Hercules

Is it his beautiful curly locks? His funny cute looking chin? Oh the fact that this perfect package packed a pair of pretty pecks? (The Muses' words, not mine.)
Whatever it is, Herc is my hero.

Ahh I could go on forever. I love Disney Boys so much! This list could be much extended of course, (the Princes Charming, the Beast after he is anthropomorphized etc.) these are just some of the amazingess that is Disney.

my question:
Who is your favorite Disney Boy?

2010!

2010-01-01T18:53:00.000-08:00

It's 2010!

It's so weird to say that. This year:

I am going to be a senior.
I am going to be able to drive other people legally.
I am going to do college applications.
I am going to the prom.

Wow this is going to be a really insane year.

I just got back from my cousins house. We go there in the afternoon on Dec 31. And leave on Jan 1 at night. :).

Sorry my face looks like poop here, my dad is not so great at taking candid shots of me dancing. I danced ALL NIGHT. It was insane. We had so much fun. :)

mm.

2010-01-01T18:43:00.000-08:00

One of the best feelings:

When one of the cookie parts of your Oreo is inside out and it leaves a mark on the icing. :)

fail hiking

2009-12-29T17:21:00.001-08:00

So Allison invited me, Darian, Gavin and Ab over to go on a hike up near her house and told me to bring my camera. This is the outcome. :)

We didn't do much actual "hiking" but we got our fair share of exercise!

We jumped.

And climbed.

And dive rolled.

Yeah I have the coolest friends ever.

ANNE.

2009-12-26T16:37:00.000-08:00

Dear Anne,

Happy Birthday! You are a fantastic friend and just so much fun to be around. :) You are gorgeous, funny, smart and just simply awesome.

Happy Birthday Anne ♥. I love you.

♥Karina

apologies

2009-12-05T21:22:00.000-08:00

Ok so first off I'd like to say sorry for not posting in a while. I totally have a legitimate excuse. Well I think it's legitimate haha.

Recently I haven't been feeling too up. It's kind of complicated and I really don't want to go into too much detail about it actually so, I just wanted to tell you that I'm going to be taking a break. (I'll be back soon!) I'll still be on Twitter! And updating my Flickr!

I'll be back really soon. Promise.

On a MUCH happier note:

Tomorrow I'm making waffles with Allison!
I'm also baking cookies for ab! (He's sick. :/)
And I just got back from the Cast and Crew Party for "The Servant of Two Masters" and can now (very slowly) play "Don't Stop Believing" on the piano!

Here's a pic from the party. We spent the entire time playing music. But isn't that just how all our party's turn out?

Jarryd and Gavin rock.

please (dont?) stop the music

2009-11-30T20:53:00.000-08:00

Dear Safa,

I love your taste in music.

You like good, clean, fun music we can dance to with my parents in the car.

Not dirty, provocative, scary music that makes me cringe.

I'm totally kidding, Safa. I know you pretty much want to marry Rihanna, so I'll give her a shot.

What's your favorite song at the moment?

i love

2009-11-29T19:04:00.000-08:00

I love when my little cousins put their noses up against the windows.

I love crayons.

I love walking barefooted in the grass.

I love playing rummy with my aunts, uncles, parents and grandparents.

I love taking pictures of things and people that I love.

2009-11-29T12:39:00.000-08:00

This is Aneesha.

Her birthday was a few weeks ago so we went to BJ's last night to celebrate. :D

I love her. The end. :)

its that time of year...

2009-11-25T16:01:00.000-08:00

I spend my spring, summer and autumn dreaming about winter.

Best. Season.

Something that helps me get by is watching ski movies and imagining that it's snowing here. (It doesn't :/)

Every year, Warren Miller comes out with a new ski movie for us snow-lovers to feast our eyes on. Every year the movie goes on tour and is only shown a couple of nights in each town. It's our only chance to see it until it comes out on DVD! And tonight.... it's HERE!!! :D

Can't wait! :D

What's your favorite season?

my musically inclined friends.

2009-11-24T20:37:00.000-08:00

So my group of friends are the kind of people who spend Halloween jamming on the piano and guitar.

Yesterday and today Gavin brought his guitar to school so that we could play around during lunch.

In case you haven't heard, some of my best friends, Gavin, ab, Lena, Allison and I, formed a band. Right now we're working on Christmas music to play. :D

This is ab. He likes to spell his name with a lowercase "a" because it looks cooler.

We love to jam. Can't wait to play some awesome Christmas music! :D

What's your favorite Christmas song?

We are philosophers.

2009-11-23T21:06:00.001-08:00

So my brother and I take a weekly "practical philosophy" course over at the local community college on Monday nights.

We've been doing it for a while and its really pretty awesome. :D

And TODAY was my brother Darian's birthday too!

So being the amazinglycool sister that I am, I hid a cake in my backpack and brought it to class with me. At break I proceeded to stand up in front of the class and announce my surprise. :)

Who doesn't love rich chocolate cake? :)

Well, Darian actually. He's more of a pie person. Pumpkin pie to be exact.

We know it's true love. Meant to be.

Pie? Or cake?

Good Morning!!

2009-11-22T12:14:00.001-08:00

So I slept over at my aunt's house last night! :) We had Belgian waffles for breakfast and now we're eating rice and eggs for lunch. :)

Roma and Elika say HI!

Roma didn't like her eggs haha.

Elika did!

WOW they're silly!

I love kids!
Don't you!?

!¡!¡!¡

2009-11-21T22:23:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to my aunt, Khaleh Nasim!!!

In honor of her birthday, we went out for dinner tonight.

She had a special pizza.

It had an exclamation point!

I know. I was pretty jealous too.

Green Festival!

2009-11-19T21:46:00.000-08:00

On November 15 I had the AWESOME pleasure of going to the Green Festival in San Fransisco. :)

My teacher told me about this event going on and I thought it seemed pretty cool, so I decided to check it out.

My mom and I headed out around 9:00, grabbed some coffee and left for San Fran.

We got there and I was ready to go! I had my dad's super nice camera with me and was decked out in (practically) all green.

The event was amazing. Right when we walked in we were totally blown away. Where to start!?

This was a presentation going on teaching kids about where butter comes from but on by Organic Valley.

It was a very crowded event with all kinds of people there.

Everybody there was really friendly. I made some new friends!

I stopped by this really cute booth! Everybody should stop by Guffly's site.
To pretty much sum it up, "If eco-friendly and style made a lovechild, they'd call it guffly.com."
This site pretty much sells unique and stylish goods that are also eco-friendly!

Everybody was having such a blast! I saw these guys drumming by their booth, entertaining a few little girls with "Green Festival" teeshirts on. It made me really happy to see people getting their kids aware early in life. Everybody there was really connecting no matter what age.

One cool thing that I learned about was Fair Trade. Here's a picture of my mom reading a tag from some fair-trade candles we saw. Fair trade is an organization that helps people in developing countries use their resources and promote sustainability.

Some other really cool things that I saw were bags and belts made from real old recycled film from Hollywood and Bollywood.

Along with all of the booths selling fair trade and eco-friendly items, the food was organic and delicious!

I put a tip in the jar, wouldn't you?

Pigfarts!

2009-11-19T21:35:00.000-08:00

So as you all know, I'm a HUGE Harry Potter dork. :) The most recent discovery of mine that has tickled my potter-bone was A Very Potter Musical is brought to you by Team StarKid. :)

I'll post the first vid right here:

So I pretty much highly suggest you watch this the whole way through. :)

And you can download the soundtrack from the website. :) I'm listening to it on repeat.

What do you guys think?

Honest Scrap!

2009-11-18T16:36:00.000-08:00

They like me! They really like me!

Well, Allison does! <3 So I got my first Blog Award!

So here's the deal. I write 10 HONEST things about me. :) And then I'll pass it on to 7 of my favorite bloggers. :D Whooho!

Here we go:

1. I wish I was born in a different decade. Ours is lame.

2. I love the Jonas Brothers. And I don't care what you say! ;)

3. I used to be able to write and read Farsi (Persian) back when I was younger. I really wish I still could. :(.

4. I can clover my tongue! :)

Wow, attractive. Nice, Karina.

5. Music is my favorite. All music. I'm open to trying new stuff! So gimme suggestions if you want!

6. I love acting. :)

7. I like our earth?! So please don't kill it. Kthxbie.

8. If I could sit down and talk with anybody from the past, present, or future I would choose Johnny Depp.

9. I'm a Harry Potter dork. I have seen all the movies and read all the books multiple times. Gosh. I'm cool.

10. I love odd numbers. Especially the number 3. Except the number 17.

I wish I could write more!

And the winners are....

Amy!

Mormon Bachelor Pad!

Sasha Liz!

Manju!

SJ!

Lauren Elizabeth!

and

the one and only Busy Bee Lauren!

Love you guys!

Spring Awakening

2009-11-18T16:30:00.000-08:00

Here's my critique from "Spring Awakening" that I saw a few weeks ago. Pure awesomeness.

In the midst of a very hectic schedule, I finally found time on November 1 to get to see a show. I love going to the theater, and I’d missed it. The last time I’d seen a show had been this summer in New York. I looked around and saw that this was the last day that “Spring Awakening” directed by Michael Mayer, would be playing at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. This musical, based on the play by Frank Wedekind, takes place in a small German town in the late 1800s. The story revolves around a group of teenagers living in a very oppressive society.

Taylor Trensch played one of my favorite characters, Moritz, best friend of the protagonist Melchior. Moritz is going through a very rough time because of the burdens of adolescence. His voice really exonerated the changes his character went through. His relationship with Melchior was very believable. You could really see his struggle during “I Don’t Do Sadness” and during “And Then There Were None”. His struggles were the extremes of a lot of his friends, but he was unfortunate enough to have the worst of it. All of his friends were thinking about women around that time, but his thoughts consume him so much that he cannot focus on anything else, leading to his failing out of school. His emotional rollercoaster was portrayed wonderfully. His character was very developed and Trensch’s commitment was stupendous.

Christy Altomare played Wendla, a young, naïve girl who’s curious about life. Right off the bat, from the first song, “Mama Who Bore Me”, Altomare showed her strong projection and vocal talent. But the confidence she had did not hinder her ability to play a girl lost in things she does not understand. Her relationship with her mother was one of the most believable in the entire show. When she was asking her mother to tell her the truth about conception, the true curiosity in her voice could be heard. And her sheer innocence when she became pregnant because she didn’t understand how that could happen was so believable.

The set for this production was incredibly detailed and established the perfect mood for the show. It had a chalkboard in the back on a brick wall that held a lot of things. During different scenes, the center area would be set up in various ways to establish a setting. The minimalism really created a feeling of focus on the action at hand and also represented the simplicity of life and the tedium of that town. I think something that represented that uniformity was the fact that one actor played all of the male adult roles and one played all of the female adult roles. The costumes seemed very fitting to the time era. During the first scene, Wendla comes out wearing a short dress that was obviously meant for a young girl. Her mother comes in and asks her to change into a more adult dress, but Wendla doesn’t want to. This shows her innocence and naïveté. As for sound, the music fit the play so well. It was never awkward when somebody began a song, because they all flowed so well with the story. The only thing that I would have changed would be a gunshot when Moritz kills himself. The anticipation and build for that moment wasn’t met when the blackout came as he pointed the gun to himself.

The audience, despite being an older crowd because the show was a matinee, was fantastic. They were interested in what was going on. The laughed at the dark humor and were very into the whole show. I walked into this show with high expectations from reviews that I’d heard and wonderful music that I’d caught glimpses of, and it did not disappoint. I am still listening to the soundtrack on repeat trying to recreate that performance. Definitely one of the top musicals I have ever seen.

driving me mad!

2009-11-15T02:20:00.001-08:00

So I got my license TUESDAY. :) Yeah. I'm pretty flippin' excited.

Now that I can drive myself places, my mom has assigned the job of "errand runner" to me. Not that I mind or anything. I love to drive!!

A few days ago, I went to Safeway because my mommy needed some ingredients for life. ;)

And, of course, I stopped by the singing cards!

I love these High School Musical cards!

There were more HSM cards than there were ANY other kind of card!

What a babe.

Gosh I love this movie.

CUTE.

Sooo yeah pretty much;

In: HSM cards and driving.
Out: Hallmark and getting driven.

golly GLEE wiz.

2009-11-11T22:43:00.001-08:00

I love this nerd.

I love Artie's character so much. Tonight's episode was amazing.

Dear Kevin McHale,
Would you be so kind as to sing to me?
Thank you.
Love,
Karina

license to kill

2009-11-10T20:07:00.000-08:00

JK! Just a license to drive! :)

Yep, you heard right. Karina is ON THE ROAD.

Yes that's my license. Right now it's a half piece of paper folded into fourths so it'll fit in my wallet. The legit one is coming in the mail in 2-4 weeks. :)

So I'm pretty much SUPER DUPER EXCITED. I drove myself to school today (and then went and picked my mom up after school from work because I left her without a car. Hehe sorry mommy!)

And I just got back from running some errands for my mom. :) I took a suitcase that my aunt needed to her house, and then went home and got a dolly that my aunt also needed and brought it there too. :) (I may or may not have stopped by Starbucks to get a Peppermint Mocha on my way there.

Mmmm.

Any tips or advice?

your most humble servant

2009-11-07T11:15:00.000-08:00

So I pretty much love Domo for putting these up. :)

Kelly, Aleksandra and me looking SUPER HAPPY after the show. And Shanny, one of our most avid fans. GAH IT WENT SO WELL!

As clowns we get to mess around with the audience. It's kind of a blast. :)

rolling in the aisles.

2009-11-07T09:04:00.000-08:00

The fall show, The Servant of Two Masters opened last night.

We literally had people rolling in the aisles of laughter.

"The best show I've ever seen at Monta Vista."

If anybody's got any pictures, please send them to me!
alakarinaemail@gmail.com
Can't wait for tonight. :)

nose putty is for noses.

2009-11-03T20:35:00.000-08:00

Hey.
Remeber this?

Yes, it's dress week. So I get to put on fun fun stage makeup EVERYDAY this week! :(.

And this week, the most wonderful Lucky, our makeup designer, has made us these kits with white face makeup and other necessities.

One of which is nose putty. I very much so dislike nose putty.

So after the use of an UNCOUNTABLE number of cotton balls and makeup remover...

And even more makeup remover.

And after I got all the white off, I still had to deal with that pesty nose putty. I tried a comb, I tried a rag, and finally (what ended up getting it off) I used the tongue scraper side of my toothbrush! I now have to get a new toothbrush, but I have a face!

Any bad experiences with makeup?

liars, lovers and clowns.

2009-11-01T20:57:00.000-08:00

a musical halloween.

2009-11-01T17:10:00.000-08:00

So I really like my friends, ya know?

They're so cool.

Our whole group is pretty musical, we play instruments, sing, and all LOVE jamming together.

So we did the whole trick-or-treating ordeal that makes Halloween what it is. Dressed up and such. Darian dressed as a NERD. :D

And then we made it our OWN. Instead of coming home, and eating candy, or watching a scary movie like some weirdo's like to do, we spent almost 2 hours playing old rock songs and Disney music and singing along! :)

It was also Gavin's birthday (I know, coolest birthday ever). He was going to tell each door we went to that it was his birthday so they would give him extra candy, but he thought that might be kinda weird coming from a 17 year old. He could pull it off when he was younger tho! :)

It's kind of a shame he didn't get more candy. He ate so much of it on our way!

How was your Halloween?

genie in a bottle

2009-10-30T00:34:00.000-07:00

I am lying in bed right now, typing this. It is very disruptive to -- ok i just started that sentance with my eyes closed haha. I have no clue what I was trying to say.

So I'm kind of out of it right now. So here's a quick post to tell you what I wish I could do.

I wish I could DRIVE A GENIE.

makeup?!

2009-10-29T00:26:00.000-07:00

Today we filmed the trailer for the show that we'll use for promotions and such! :) Only a few of the clowns got to be in it. The "Lovers", who are Kurtis and me, and the "Cue Card" clown, Elad. :)

Our makeup designer, Lucky, wasn't at rehearsal though. And neither was Allison, second in command! :(. She wanted to do my makeup.

But I thought Anna and I did a pretty decent job, with the time allotted.

We didn't get to cover my eyebrows, and the eyeliner and swirleys are look kinda rushed, but overall, I was happy with the result.

Oh and there was glitter on my eyelashes so everywhere I looked I saw a glittery border around my vision frame. :)

What do you guys think?

i wish...

2009-10-28T00:11:00.001-07:00

I've decided that even though I got home late and have a metric-poop-ton of work to do after rehearsal, I'd post anyways.

I'm gonna talk about some of the things I wish I would have done.

1. I wish I would have gotten the chance to take Photography at my school.

2. I wish I had Drama on Wednesdays. (We only have 2nd, 4th and 6th periods.) (At least there's rehearsal.)

3. I wish Lena luck on the Haunted House tomorrow.

What do you wish?

happy>sad.

2009-10-26T22:43:00.000-07:00

Why hello. It is 10:44 pm. I have yet to begin my homework. You know what that means...

It's tech week.

I know. How amazing is that?

Things that have made me unhappy today:
1. I didn't get out until ten today. (And wont for the rest of the week.)
2. The fake blood from the haunted house stained my hands so now they're orangey-red.
3. I have 2 days to bring to life the character of the witch from Hansel and Gretel.
4. My head has not hurt this much since... my last IMAX movie?

But if you know me, you'll know I'm an optimist. I don't want to end this on a sad note, so here it goes.

Things that have made me happy today:
1. I got to wear my MIKA concert tee and had multiple people ask me about it.
2. I got to stay at school with my friends until ten!
3. I found out I get to be the witch from Hansel and Gretel in our Grimms Brothers Fairy Tale inspired haunted house.
4. I didn't screw up the Single Ladies dance in Act 2. (Yes our show is ridiculous.)

I like being happy. I have decided, after careful analysis of my good things and bad things, that my life is not worth complaining about. :)

Here's my tour shirt. :))

This was the only shirt that had the tour dates on the back. :) 10.24<3.

I thought it was the coolest one. :).

So there is nothing I'd rather do but tell you all about Saturday night aka the most amazing night ever, but I have a lot of work to do, and probably wont be able to do that post justice until this weekend. :(.

Meanwhile... What made you happy today?

touching me touching youuuu!

2009-10-22T21:47:00.000-07:00

So I just watched this weeks episode of Glee. :) And here's the Karina's Quick Take....

in: mohawks.
out: slushies.

And that pretty much sums up the entire episode. :D

So there's you're quick dose of hotness. :) Now I have to get back to AP Environmental Science homework. :(. (trust me, I'd rather be making this post longer.)

We Are Not What You Think We Are

2009-10-21T21:17:00.001-07:00

So I'm seeing MIKA this Saturday on his North American Tour. And I am SO EXCITED. :D

I'm really stressed with school and things like that, so this distraction is not really helping that. ;) but it IS giving me something to look forward to! So if I said, "My life stinks." I'd want you to come up to me and say, "Dude. You're perspective on life sucks."

Haha :)

(PS Go listen to the album version of Blame It On The Girls if you didn't get that.)

Golly gosh he's cute. :) I can't wait!

His new video for Blame It On The Girls. My 5 year old cousins favorite song. :)

Happy Birthday Allison!

2009-10-19T22:02:00.001-07:00

To my best friend in the entire world,

I couldn't do it without you.

And, to show you a few of the myriad of reasons I love you, I have prepared an acrostic poem. ;) Because I know they're you're favorite.

A-L-L-I-S-O-N.

Astoundingly beautiful. 3 words: You dazzle me. ;)

Laughable. I don't think there has ever been a time when we were together and I DIDN'T smile.

A good Listener. There's nobody else I would rather talk to.

Inventive. You are the most creative person I have ever met! :)

Spunky. It makes you quirky and fun to be around.

Loyal. I really couldn't ask for a friend who was more "true-blue". ;)

Never-endingly kind. She gives off this never-ending fountain of love.

I love you Allison!
I wish you're name was a million letters long so that I could give you all the adjectives you deserve!

And I apologize. My acrostic poetry skills are not quite up to par. You set a high standard, missy. :)

ILY. See you tomorrow.

poweroutage.

2009-10-14T22:35:00.000-07:00

Our power was out yesterday ALL NIGHT.
We had no internet because our thingy runs on the electricity. I don't really know much about it, but I do know that its connected to the wall so that means it runs on electricity. :)

Wanna know what else I know? I know I love fire. It is seriously one of the most facinating things on the face of the planet. It's matter and energy. It's also very pretty. :)

We lit our entire house by candlelight last night. It was magical! I love the look that candlelight gives off! It's prettier than the stupid light bulbs everywhere. I hate light bulbs.

Another upside to the power being out was that I finished ALL of my work by 8:30. And had time to discuss Julius Ceaser with my brother, who is not as talented at comprehending Shakespeare as I.

All in all, it was fun night. :)

walking on sunshine

2009-10-12T11:36:00.000-07:00

Hanna helped me take some pictures of my dress for my last post. :) She is quite talented. :D.

Who Wore It Better?

2009-10-11T21:01:00.000-07:00

Ok so if you saw Glee last week, you saw the VERY energetic girls "Halo/Walking on Sunshine" mashup. :) So I was watching this the other day, and my mama saw the routine from the kitchen.
"Isn't that your dress, Karina?"
"What are you talking about mom. Why would that be my--"
"Yeah it is! That blond girl's wearing your dress!"
"WOW."

So, as suggested by Sasha Liz, here it is.

WHO WORE IT BEST?

NOTE: Ok. I had this dress WAY before I even saw the Pilot episode of Glee. So I did NOT copy her. :)

karina says

2009-10-03T22:14:00.000-07:00

the boy who knew too much - mika
is my new favorite cd.

1. We Are Golden
This song makes me want to jump on my bed. NBD. ;)
I listen to it: when I wake up to get me a bit more psyched for the day ahead.
Favorite line: "I live for glitter not you"

2. Blame It On The Girls
Just super catchy and fun to listen to! Like you actually HAVE FUN listening to it.
I listen to it: when I'm in the shower.
Favorite line: "While you're wondering what the hell to be/Are you wishing you were ugly like me?"

3. Rain
Makes me want to go do something out of the ordinary.
I listen to it: when I feel bored.
Favorite line: "You better get back 'cause I'm ready for/More than this/Whatever it is"

4. Dr. John
I think Dr. John is a shrink. Just a guess.
I listen to it: when I miss "Billy Brown" from his first album. ;)
Favorite line: "Can I lay my head upon your shoulder/If I fall asleep will it be over?"

5. I See You
When this song was out before Mika had released his album, people called it "I'm Falling" and it had slightly modified lyrics. I like this version better. :)
I listen to it: When I miss somebody.
Favorite line: "I've dreamt alone now the dreams won't do"

6. Blue Eyes
Ok this was the second song I heard on the new album and it just made me really happy. :) It pretty much defines why I love Mika.
I listen to it: When I skip around in circles.
Favorite line: "Oh I’ve been watching/How you behave/Not much like a lover/More like a slave"

7. Good Gone Girl
Another reason I am in love with Mika.
I listen to it: When I'm singing into my hairbrush in front of my mirror.
Favorite line: "Don't you know that beggars can't be picky?"

8. Touches You
Hahaha Mika is so weird. I LOVE IT.
I listen to it: while doing jumping jacks.
Favorite line: "To avoid confrontation/You walk away"

9. By The Time
Featuring Imogen Heap :).
I listen to it: When I imagine future So You Think You Can Dance contemporary routine material.
Favorite line: "I'm busy in the blissful unaware"

10. One Foot Boy
Darian's name on my contacts list on my cell phone is "one foot boy". :) I don't really understand this song. It's about a boy who's one foot tall. And he's a stalker with a microphone? Idk. I love it.
I listen to it: when I want to bounce around like a 5 year old. :)
Favorite line: "Gonna shoot somebody/Help me drive this craziness away"

11. Toy Boy
Mika you are so strange.
I listen to it: when I play with my toys.
Favorite line: "But your momma thought there was something wrong/ Didn't want you sleeping with a boy too long/It's a serious thing in a grown-up world/Maybe you'd be better with a Barbie girl"

12. Pick Up Off The Floor
Best slow song on the album. Usually I prefer his up-beat stuff. But I love this. :)
I listen to it: before I go to bed.
Favorite line: "If he's 95 or 22/A boy's gonna do what he's gonna do"

Bonus Track: Lover Boy
I love how this song starts. It's just fun to sing along with.
I listen to it when: I want to sing along with a catchy tune. :)
Favorite line: "Isn't it enough isn't it enough/Just to be sunny and dumb?"

So bottom line: Go buy "The Boy Who Knew Too Much". Now.

Tears.

2009-10-01T19:19:00.000-07:00

Ok so I just watched last nights episode of Glee on Hulu (my life).

...

I cried. Not because it was sad or happy or whatever. I literally got CHILLS during every song. And when they sung the last one with Rachel after she came back, I just got so emotional! Their TALENT made me cry. OF AMAZEMENT! Okay I have no clue how do describe it.

Here's some clips from the episode. :)

Um. Finn. You are unbelievably attractive.

"Why yes, I know Karina."

Especially when you're singing like this.

"Waaaaaaaooow. ~~Rachel~~ Karina. You are purtyy."

"I love singing so much, that it makes me move my pelvis in a circular formation!"

"Karina!" "Cory!"

"Hey Karina ;)"

(and I'd probably melt.)

Their talent freaks me out a little.

YES.

that is all.

tweet tweet.

2009-09-21T23:24:00.001-07:00

So I totally tweet. :) @kaleidoskarina. Check me out. :)

So I was on twitter and I decided to tweet my cousin Safa.
He left for college on Friday. I miss him. ://.

But I have no clue why he needs a twitter...

This is his entire feed:

:)

Oh btw. MY tweet to him was: i want ur car. :)

Radio Flyer.

2009-09-21T22:23:00.000-07:00

So I pretty much love my little cousins. And I love taking pictures. So NATURALLY I love taking pictures of my little cousins. ;). Here are a few of Roma. I'll do more soon!

She is absolutely adorable.

Real smiles. Her older brother loves making funny faces at her.

Haha she's pulling me. Cute AND strong.

Mush Brains.

2009-09-19T20:56:00.000-07:00

My daddy told me when I was younger that if I watched too much TV, my brain would get really mushy and start pouring out of my ears.

:)

Haha ok I don't watch TOO much TV. I really don't. I'm not allowed to watch TV during the week because I have to be doing homework, no duh.

But I DO have a DVR so that I can record all the shows I wanna watch on the WEEKENDS!!! :D

So here's my list:

1. The Office: See my last post for more details. ;).

2. LOST:

This show has gotten WAY TOO CONFUSING. But I can't stop watching it. SO INTENSE. Oh and I like Kate+Sawyer. NOT Kate+Jack. Ew. BTW: Kate looks 12 in this picture. LOL.

3. Glee: See previous posts. :-)

4. Gossip Girl:

When this show first came out, I told myself I would never be caught dead watching a dumb teen drama show like this. But then one weekend in LA with my very influential cousins had me watch the first 2 seasons. I was hooked. By none other than THE Chuck Bass. He is by far the best part of this cliche teen drama. I admit it, I have a weakness for the bad-boy. It's sad, not something I'm proud of, but he's just plain HOT. :-)

5. House:

He is my favorite jerk.

6. Gilmore Girls:

I've seen every episode. :) Ok and for a such a goody-two-shoes, Rory gets a lot of action, if you know what I mean. ;). Ok I did like Dean at the beginning. But now he's gross and weird. And too tall. And I hated Jess when he was trying to steal Rory from Dean but then once Dean was gross and weird, I realized how HOT Jess was. (Another bad-boy case.) So I loved him. But then he got all douchey. But I still loved him. SO HOT. But he was kinda short. And then after a short hiatus of boyfriendedness.... along came Logan. j:IOhgwo;sidjfs. PERFECTION.

7. Bones:

I don't like most cop/medical shows. Especially ones about dead people. But this rocks my socks.

8. Grey's Anatomy:

Yummy doctor. :) McDreamy.

10. Pushing Daisies:

They should have never canceled this show. That's it.

K now I gotta go watch tv.

thnxbie.

PARKOUR! PARKOUR!

2009-09-19T20:00:00.000-07:00

SEASON 6 OF THE OFFICE STARTED ON THURSDAY! :)

So I've been pretty excited for a while. I am SO glad that fall TV has started up again. Now I have something to look forward to watching at the end of the week on my DVR. [I'm not allowed to watch TV during the week. :/]

I'll do a post about all the other shows I watch in a bit. I wanna talk about:

1. The Office:

This show is amazing. It is just plain hilarious.

How on earth does someone so UGHEOISDFUGH like Michael make you love the show more? He is so stupid, incompetent, social inept, the list goes on. I should HATE it, but it's SO entertaining!

Ok I got this picture from Jim and Pam's Wedding Site. HOW AMAZING IS THIS PICTURE?
This is another reason why this show is incredible. This is my favorite fictional couple in the world. I love them more than I love Zac and Vanessa. More than I love Luke and Lorelai. More than I love Bella and Edward! Jenna and John are incredible.

My favorite part of the episodes (besides all the Jim&PamMoments) is the cold open. That's the short little intro scene in the beginning of the show that's before the title sequence. It's always SUPER FUNNY. :)))

So, go watch Season 6 Episode 1, like now.
Actually go watch Seasons 1-5 before you start Season 6 haha.

I Hate To Say It...

2009-09-13T17:41:00.000-07:00

So I'm not the biggest Miley fan here, but this song is awesome!

I love it! <3

Julie and Julia

2009-09-13T17:19:00.001-07:00

Amy and I went to the movies with my parents and aunt a week or so ago. :) I love going to the movies with Amy. She only eats the red Sour Patch Kids hahaha. dork.

Well, we saw Julie & Julia. It was awesome! The only thing that made me sad was that the real Julia Child didn't like Julie's blog. That was depressing. :(

But Amy and I agreed that the BEST part of the movie was the Childs' perpetual love for one another. Oh em gee they were so CUTE!!!!

Old couples are so CUTE!!!!!!!!!

The end.

I'm STILL a Gleek.

2009-09-10T21:07:00.001-07:00

HAHAH forgot this:

Chris Colfer (Kurt) is so doing the "Single Ladies dance move during "Gold Digger."

Best part of the show. :)

I'm a Gleek.

2009-09-10T19:42:00.000-07:00

Ok, before we begin, THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS POST!

Glee started yesterday!

After making us wait 4 long months, the most anticipated show of the fall season is finally here! And it did NOT disappoint. So pretty much, to sum it up: jiow;adht;oasdjf;lads. Yes, Glee is definitely worth an extra long keyboardspaz.

Everything about the show was entertaining. HILARIOUS. Just completely hilarious. Like I was sitting alone watching it laughing almost falling out of my seat.

And the TALENT! Oh my goodness. Lea Michele is just plain amazing. No matter how creepy Rachel's character is, the girls talented.

And Cory Monteith. *sigh* Why is it so hot when guys can sing? I can't explain this incredible phenomenon, but when he sings my insides turn into butter. He is so ahhhhhaih;idsjf;xoaighhaoisdjaf.

Ooh! An Mr. Schuester! Mmmmm. :)

Oh but the WIFE! Ugh she is such a poop. Like I reeeaaallyyyy don't like her. At all. Who lies to her husband about having a baby. UGH. Will belongs with EMMA!

The only thing that was a little WOAH was the clubs rendition of "Push It" in front of the school. Was NOT expecting that. Hahha but I do admit it was kind of funny. Ok really funny :). HA.

Abiteofallison showed me THIS:Just by the way; this is the coolest shirt on the face of the planet.

Anyway; I gave away too much already! Go watch the Pilot if you haven't seen it yet (wow your late). And go watch Showmance too! Here, I'll make it easy for you:

PILOT: 1.1

SHOWMANCE: 1.2

Heehee ;)

Neha's Sixteenth!

2009-09-08T20:25:00.000-07:00

Hey!

So as you may have heard, one of my friends Neha just had her SWEET 16 this Sunday! :) It was major fun. We laughed, goofed off, and BEST OF ALL, took LOADS OF PICTURES! :D

Pictures are awesome. I love having pictures of things I do and times I share. It's like seeing the memory on paper. Or, on computer screen I guess. :)

Anne, looking GORGEOUS as always. I absolutely love the color accent effect on Neha's camera! :)

As you can see haha. I LOVE how Allison's lips are pink with Aneesha's jacket! :D

I love my friends.

Hahahha nobody except for Aneesha had sunglasses. :) Nice, guys.

Allison, Aneesha, and Anne; my 3 favorite As.

I love Anne's camera. :)

The beautiful birthday girl, Neha. :) Happy Birthday Neha! <3.

Superfastupdate.

2009-09-06T22:55:00.000-07:00

Here's another superfastupdate coming at ya before I go to bed. :)

Things I'll be talking about soon:

1. Neha's 16th Birthday Party was today!

2. Julie & Julia made me hungry!

3. Probably some other stuff that I'll make up along the way!

kthnxbie.

FLASHBACK!

2009-09-04T21:35:00.000-07:00

This summer, I took a 2 week SAT/College Admission Prep Class at Palo Alto High School.

I went into class on the first Monday, worried that I was not gonna have ANY fun because everybody there would be either really nerdy and not want to talk or really mean and cliquey. :/

Good thing I was WRONG! :D

I met some awesome people and made some awesome memories.

Alright, class, lets review.
PS: All of these pictures were taken by disposable cameras. So sorry for the qualityfail.

This, is (almost) everybody. :) Ok so Hannah kinda just left that day, and there are a whole bunch of other people just missing from this shot :(. Sadness.

Left to right: Nikhil, Ned, Nathan, David, Edward, Peggy, Karina ;), Katie, Nicole, Kate, and Liz.

Yeah, I like to make faces at the camera which make me look stupid because nobody else knew somebody was talking a picture. NBD. ;)

Haha I love these two.

Ok, this is us playing BS in the lounge by Jamba Juice at Stanford. I put it here JUST to show you how much the disposable cameras we had SUCKED. :D

This picture was AWK enough before Nathan and David tried to ruin it. :).

BTDUBS: Katie says AWK instead of awkward. So we all do. That just proves how cool we are.

EDWARD is my love.

KATIE = AMAZING. LOVED talking bout the Jonas Brothers and Indian guys with British accents, ;).

Katie likes to take pictures with the random hot people at Stanford.

"So are there real people under the stone?"

Katie... wow.

Katie also likes making new friends.
;)

Ok. From the other side it looks like a butt.

TIKI GARDEN. There was so much hype, not too much delivery.

It was kinda of an amazing week.

EYE<3PICK-CHURS.

2009-09-01T20:11:00.000-07:00

So pretty much, me and Allison are amazing.
I think we have future careers as models. ;)

We had so much fun taking these pictures :).

I took the ones of her and she took the ones of me, no duh.

I love this picture so much. Allison, why are you so adorable?

Quite Zac-Efron-17-Again-esque, I think.

I can't even explain why I find this picture SO CUTE. I just do!

Makes me think of one of my favorite words; FLORA.
Which makes me think of Flora, Fauna and Merryweather.

I love Disney. :D

I also love my leather jacket.
I'll probably wear it to prom along with my Converse.

Ok, after a huge amount of speed round shots, I came to the conclusion that Allison looks amazing while flinging a leather jacket over her shoulder. ;)

Wow she is so cool, and she doesn't even try.

Allison makes me giggle. :D

I love my shoes.
But they don't love my feet.

Um yeah, Allison. We already know your too cool for school, so stop rubbing it in! :)

So all in all, pretty cool day. eh?

Oh and BTW: I'm 16 now! :)

ROCK.

2009-08-17T14:40:00.000-07:00

From 10-4 yesterday the sound of music was permeating the streets of Cupertino.
The source?

DAY OF ROCK.

Day of Rock is an event where local bands can come and perform and everyone can just chill in between city hall and the library and listen to some awesome music.

So it was pretty much an amazing day. :)

This is ab. Yeah he likes to spell it with lowercase letters. He thinks it looks cooler.

More cowbell?

Crash on Garage Door's Gavin Mueller looking superfly for a white guy, don't you think? ;).

This is Crash on Garage Door. Left to right; Gavin, Brendan, Pavan, and Zack.

We need to connect with each other to save the tree. This is us, connected. :)

Zina and her friends.
We called it, "Talent in a box."
Except it's not in a box. It's just a whole bunch of really talented musicians on one stage. But that's too long.

Anomaly sounding just as awesome as they look. :) And look at Max's guitar! *Drools.*

There was a little bit of this,

And this coming from Brown Sound. (Yeah there's a white guy. In Brown Sound.)

And of course, Phat Lui playing all original songs this time. Blew us away like the wind blew away their lyrics. :)

All in all, good times, eh?

Fast Is Not For Everyone

2009-08-15T20:14:00.000-07:00

Heyyyy. Another superfastupdate coming up right now.

Do you like how I italicized the word superfastupdate to make it seem like I typed it superfast?

Okay maybe it doesn't look like that.
Hey.
I try.

I want to talk about two totally unrelated things in this post because I'm at my grandma's house and they're the first things that came to my head when I said to myself, "Hey! I should post..."

1. Don't you hateeeee when people extenddd their wordsssss like thissss?

Heyyy girl! Whats crackinnnnnnnnn. Okay, I don't hate it. But some people take it too far. I do it sometimes. Please don't hate me! Sometimes I get a little keyboard-happy. jdoisa;h. :)

2. Old people on the internet???

Haha okay so my great aunt isn't old. But she certainly isn't heating up the online discussions or shopping on ebay, is she?

My aunt is visiting from Oregon for a while and she brought along her brand new (Which I am using to type this post.) She laptop! She emailed me last night! It was cute.

AIGHT. IGTG.
ily. kthanxbie.

Oreogasmic!

2009-08-12T22:26:00.003-07:00

A few days ago I went to Great America with Melody, Sammy, Niloufar, and Safa and I had BLAST.

1. Bumper Cars:

Who doesn't love bumper cars??!! Haven't done them since FOREVER ago.

2. CHURROs:

Gosh I love churros. It's like sugary cinamony goodness all in a stick-like shape that is easy to enjoy. :)

3. Karaoke:

Well now we officially know that Melody, Nilou and Karina should not sing My Girl.
It is meant for men.
With manly man voices.
Not girly girl voices.

4. Tattoos:
Okay, so maybe its fake.
I thought it looked pretty legit.

5. Fun Hats:
Dear Great America,
I love you to death for having these hats so that me and Safa can amuse ourselves while Sammy, Melody and Nilou "enjoy" rollercoasters such as "Flight Deck", but who in the world is going to pay to keep them?
Love,
Karina.

6. Rollercoasters:

Safa will agree with me here: who wants to go on a ride that will "deliriate" you.
(High fives for made up words!)

7. Scooby Doo:

Bad boy.

But he amuses me.

8. Boomerang Bay:
(side effects may include incentive to go in the water with your clothes on.)

Safa's butt mark was bigger than mine because i was sitting on my knees. :)

9. Dippin' Dots:
After venturing across the park for hours on end, Safa and I finally came across an open Dippin' Dots stand.
That was literally our goal for the day. Well that and avoid any type of rollercoaster-type-machinery.

10. Front Page Story!:
I don't know if you know about this already but, on the day that we were at Great America, Invertigo brokedown and a whole bunch of people were evacuated. So we had like no idea what was going on. We tried to go to that side of the park and the security's like, "Nope, this sides closed for the rest of today." And we were like, "Okay...." So then on our way back towards the Pirate Ship ride, Safa's mom called him and was like "ARE YOU OKAY?" (well probably not like that but whatever.) And Nilou's mom called and was like "IS YOUZ ALLRIGHTZ?" and my mom called too! Melody and Sammy arent from around here so their mom probably didn't see anything about it on the news.

This is a picture of one of the helicopters we saw over head.

Another mediocre picture.

FYI: MY PICTURES STINK BECAUSE I TOOK THEM ALL ON SAFA'S PHONE, NOT A CAMERA. sorry. :(

OOOH haha and later that night we went to my favorite Italian restaurant. Okay well maybe not my favorite but I love their kids menus pasta characters.

I did a pretty awesome job if i do say so myself.
(if that's lame, i don't want to be cool.)
Don't make fun of me for my mulitcolored pasta-people.
I didn't want the other colors to feel neglected.

And it looks more creative this way. :)

love you guys, love M, S, N and S. :)
pix from SanFran soon. kthanxbie.

Jonas Brothers World Tour Concert

2009-08-07T21:13:00.000-07:00

Ok first off, SO SORRY I didn't post this when I said I would! I got tired. And busy. And lazy.

Gosh I stink.

Ok. Here we go.

I am seriously still on a Jonas Brothers high from the concert. It still hasn't hit me that I saw them LIVE. L-I-V-E. Not a youtube video of them playing on my computer. I didn't have to feel jealous of the girls in the crowd. I was the girls in the crowd. :)

And I'm really sorry that my pictures aren't very good. My camera is poop. But it was so foiahio;gwajedfs; ugh!!! Sorry. Keyboardspaz.

Lena, Neha and I went together. It was the most amazing night ever. I am so happy! :) They just give me this feeling and I can't really explain it but it's so good.

So, don't call me crazy here because I know that they aren't reading this. I just wanted to say:

Thank you Kevin. You brightened my day when you came out in the raincoat and umbrella before Lovebug. And when you did your guitar spin and also during your flip on the trampoline with your guitar. It made me smile so big. :)

This is not my picture. One of my friends friends friends put this on Facebook.

Thank you Joe. You are such an amazing performer. I just love it when you come on stage. You are ever entertaining. I also loved when you got up on the piano and were singing. It was so cool. :)

Thank you Nick. Your speech about never letting it slow you down really inspired me. When you mixed Black Keys and A Little Bit Longer together on the piano, I was just in a state of complete bliss. And by the way, I loved your "Lines, Vines and Trying Times shirt. :)

Sorry if that was weird. Haha I am weird.

Well over all it was seriously a night to remember. Forever.

QUICK.

2009-08-05T08:05:00.000-07:00

Gah! I don't post enough.
Here's a quick update on my life.
No pictures sadly because that takes too long and I'm gonna leave in like negative 6 minutes.

1. I'm doing SAT class/College Admission Prep Class all week this week and last week.
2. My math tutoring has been reduced on account of my being at SAT class all week. Now it's 2 days a week 1 hour a day instead of the usual 3 days a week 2 hours a day.
3. I am ssoooo busy. I miss my friends.

4. I went to the Jonas Brothers World Tour concert on Monday.

And it was the most amazing thing ever. I can't even describe it in words.

I was planning on doing a post about it. So I'll do that when I get home today. :)

This is lycanthropy.

2009-07-30T20:09:00.000-07:00

First off, I would like to apologize for the short hiatus between this post and my last. I have a very good reason and hopefully you will all exculpate me.

As you may have noticed, during my absence my vocabulary has burgeoned. I think you will not be surprised to learn that I have been involved in a SAT preparation course throughout the past few days. This course has ...

Ok sorry back to normal. Haha well I've been gone for a bit (sorry bout that). I was gone because I've been so busy with this SAT/College Admission Preparation Class I've been taking. It has been exhausting. More exhausting than that time I tried out for field hockey in freshman year and was out of shape because it was summer and pretty much DIED every night and came back to life for another day of evil every day.

This is exhausting in a different way. Instead of my legs hurting, my brain hurts.

I'm so sick of vocab and writing and reading and math and essays and stupid stuff.

Enough of that. Safa has his internship every Thursday, like across the street from where I do my class so he gave me a ride home today.

Have you guys heard Shakira's new song? It's called She Wolf.

Go listen to it. And be prepeared to be amazed by howls and sharp breathing. :)

Haha I know we are the weirdest people on the face of the planet. We like it that way. :)

Some more from our 40 minute drive home:

This one is actually during the dramatic climax of "Halo" by Beyonce. :)

Not a very good picture. Meh.

So pretty much Safa and me are amazing. Making small talk with the Jamba Juice cashier, howling, heavy breathing; all components to a very good day.

"Harry!" "Sir!" or more commonly; "Oi! Angelina!"

2009-07-19T09:29:00.000-07:00

Ok so if you know me, you know I love Harry Potter.

I literally went through a phase when I was around 10 where I wouldn't take off my costume robe during the summer. I wore it for 2 weeks strait. My mom got mad and made me wash it eventually but whatever.

Oh and I love my replica of Hermione's wand.

And time turner.

And glasses.

And prophecy.

And money.

And pins.

And scarf.

I know I'm a Harry Potter nerd.

I've even got all the books in the British version as well as the American. Hehe.

Oh and BTW, Allison and I went shopping on Thursday and I got a new sweater. I feel like a member of Gryffindor when I wear it. The sorting hat chose well. :)

(But Allison got Slytherin hehe.) No, I'm just kidding. The green cardigan is just as cute if not cuter because everything looks good on Allison. (abiteofallison.blogspot.com).

Well as you may know, Harry Potter 6 came out in theaters a couple days ago and I didn't get to go and see it at midnight (sadface) because I had work in the morning (sadface). But I did see it that night at 8. :)

Well actually my ticket (along with Darian's and Dahlia's) were for the 7:50 showing and everybody elses' tickets were for the 8:15 showing so we just hung out at the arcade until their showing and went to theirs. :)

Anyways. It was awesome! Safa will disagree but he just didn't like all the cute/awkard/adorable Ron+Hermione and Harry+Ginny moments. Which I loved. Hehe.

So pretty much the end of the movie was the most epic thing on the face of the planet. (Safa will agree with me on that one.)

I don't want to give anything away because I think you guys should all go see it. So I'm going to end this by saying a few words;

Nitwit, blubber, oddment, tweak.

Sweet Peas

2009-07-14T14:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, at lunch time, my mom gave me some money to treat my cousin and my brother to lunch at a local crepe shop called Sweet Peas.

If you haven't already been there I highly suggest you should. It's incredible. Unless you don't live around there.

Anyways.

We had fun.
Dada ordered too much as always. OK not too much I guess because he finished it. He is a bottomless pit. It's pretty cool.

I ordered a half tomato mozzarella sandwich and a butternut soup. It was amazing as always. :)

The crepes there are amazing though. If I were bottomless-er I would have ordered a banana and Nutella crepe as well because I swear there is nothing closer to heaven on earth.

Then we continued to goof of for a while causing some puzzled glances from others, which just caused us to laugh more.

Here's a note: Izze bottles are made of glass, and glass doesn't bend. So when you suck all of the air out of the bottle, your tongue gets seriously stuck. If you haven't ever sucked your tongue on something you never drank out of a bottle as a kid. It's very amusing. Put the computer down and go suck the air out of something now.
Now be aware that if you are a beginner in the air-sucking-tongue-stucking field, I do not suggest learning with an Izze bottle for those can be kind of intense, as you can see from the look on Safa's face.

My tongue got stuck as well, but Safa is too lazy to send me the picture of me.

I'll put it here.

9-16-09: Got it!

Safa

2009-07-13T16:04:00.000-07:00

S arcastic.
A ss(et).
F ar from human.
A mazingly awesomely architecturally active.

Ode to Safa
How can I 'splain your mirth?
It's effected scince birth.
How wouldst I live without?
Your life makes mine look trout.
Excepteth when my bro
and thou art crazed and low.
Whenst thou are fun and games
and not calling me names,
my complaints and reasons for strife,
are evermore crossed out with knife.

A knife as sharp as ring,
an ingenious thing.
That paperclip wraped on
that finger pointed l'on.
The pillow filled with air,
the one that I see there.
The desp'rite measures took,
and not too nice with look.
But all lovest you so,
from your head to your toe.

Leaving Bliss

2009-07-11T17:17:00.000-07:00

So have you guys met my new love?

You guys should go watch this show.
It's called Leaving Bliss.
It's amazing. :)

Not just because Brent Bailey is a total babe, but it is actually a totally legit show. I like it a lot.

:)

Watch it.

CLICK THE LINK ON THE LEFT.