maynardsong

1. WHAT ARE YOU MEANT TO BE DOING RIGHT NOW? lesson plan for my class, enroll for a class this summer, job hunt
2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING AT THE MOMENT? The Dragon Reborn and re-reading The Red Pyramid
3. WHATS IN YOUR CD PLAYER RIGHT NOW? a mix tape that has Silversun Pickups, someone's version of "The Gentleman is a Dope", Chevelle, and others
4. FAVOURITE BAND? Avenged Sevenfold, Rise Against, Puscifer, Incubus, I'm sure I've missed a lot
5. FAVOURTIE SONG BY THIS BAND? "A Little Piece of Heaven", "Save Me", "I Won't See You Tonight"; "Roadside"; "Momma Sed", "Horizons"; "Pardon Me", "Adolescents"
6. FAVOURITE COLOUR? most shades of green
7. WHY? it's the color of environmental sustainability and of Ariel's fish tail

9. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN YOU COUNT AS REAL FRIENDS? I dunno. somewhere between 5 and 10?
10. HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW OF HATE YOUR GUTS? I have no idea.
11. BEST TRAIT IN A PERSON? Listening to me and actually caring. Judging people on things like compassion and humility rather than say celibacy or something.

12. WORST TRAIT: being mean

13. YOUR OWN BEST TRAIT? mad linguistic skills.

14. YOUR OWN WORST TRAIT? I’m opinionated, I think many get put off by it.

15. DO YOU KEEP A DIARY? Yup.

16. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOUR CAR WOULD MAGICALLY TURN INTO OVERNIGHT? A VW Jetta TDI. Stick shift. Red. License plate will read "KH41E5I" and I will name it (her?) Daenerys.

17. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF… YOU WON THE LOTTERY? Buy the VW Jetta TDI I described above, travel the world, spend some to indulge in my own vanity (no invasive procedures though), donate some to Planned Parenthood, some to the Sierra Club, some to my theatre group, pay off my parents' mortgage, use the rest for either a condo or a short-term lease somewhere and a subscription to a CSA.

18. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF… YOU SUDDENLY FOUND OUT YOU HAD MAGICAL POWERS? Make myself fly. And drive stick. And make the damn silver line project be completed to at least Dulles airport.

20. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF … YOU GOT ATTACKED? Bite and/or kick where the sun don’t shine.
21. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU … TALKED TO? Arielle.
22. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU… TEXTED? J.
23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU … HAD A CRUSH ON? haha, not answering.
24. IT’S THE END OF THE QUIZ, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW? get water.

To do:

For class:

1. This week's quiz.
2. Print out the entire syllabus, or find it. Go through each step, apply to lesson.
3. Forum postings.

For home:

1. Laundry
2. Clean up one of the corners of my room.

1.What did you do in 2011 that you'd never done before?

Made good money tutoring
Went to Puerto Rico
Had a romantic partner who claimed me publicly

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I don't do new year's resolutions, but I did live a lot more healthily than I used to.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

No

4. Did anyone close to you die?

My friend's grandmother. RIP.

5. What countries did you visit?

Does Puerto Rico count?

6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011?
a viable career path



7. What dates from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

March 24 - met the one and only Mark Oshiro
May 4 - first date with this guy, May 5 - first kiss, May 6 - more romantic crap, May 7 - first time, ahem
May 21 - Antony & Cleopatra
May 28 - romantic crap
May 30 - watched Romeo & Juliet of all films with this guy (i.e., romantic crap)
June 18 - bro graduated
June 19 - guy came to visit me and told me that if I were a car, I'd be a Shelby Cobra (i.e., romantic crap)
July 2 - romantic crap
July 3 - bro's grad party
July 4 - my first 4th of July with a romantic partner. it was really nice.
July 30 - date at National Harbor with guy
August 23, 24 - saw Duke
August 31 - saw Avenged Sevenfold in concert
Labor Day - my first Ren Faire
September 10-11 - visited Mooresville in a romantic weekend
October 1 - Human Rights Campaign dinner
October 2 - went to Ren Faire with the boy
October 21-24 - another romantic weekend in Mooresville, watched Gnomeo & Juliet, window shopped for silo homes
October 28 - Halloween party where I was Olivia and I looked damn good
November 6 - fundraiser for my theatre group is a huge success
November 11-12 - boy comes home and asks me to go official, then asks me to go facebook official
November 19 - Twelfth Night is a huge success
December 20-24 - Puerto Rico trip!
December 26, 28, 29, 31 - romantic crap

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Getting the role of Olivia in Twelfth Night, getting into an honest to god relationship

9. What was your biggest failure?

Not getting a job.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Not really.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

A new dress, some layering tees, Son of Neptune, Inheritance, an Amtrak ticket, New York bus tickets

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

Britches and Hose of course.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?

Not sure. I'm still sore about my internship not becoming a job.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Food, drink, groupon and livingsocial type deals.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Son of Neptune and Inheritance coming out. Also, my first honest to god, healthy adult romantic relationship.

16. What song will always remind you of 2011?
Fitz and the Tantrums - Don't Gotta Work It Out
AWOL Nation - Sail
Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Tori Amos - Crucify
Foster the People - I Would Do Anything for You, Helena Beat
Puscifer - Momma Sed
Avenged Sevenfold - A Little Piece of Heaven, Scream, Brompton Cocktail, Almost Easy, Gunslinger
Depeche Mode - Lie to Me
Deftones - Good Morning Beautiful

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? sadder
b) thinner or fatter? Thinner
c) richer or poorer? richer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?

Work, saving money

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?

general dicking around

20. How did you spend Christmas?

with family

21. What was your favorite month of 2011?

May, June, July, September, October, November, December

22. Did you fall in love in 2011?

Yes.

23. How many one-night stands?

Zero.

24. What was your favourite TV programme?

Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, The Simpsons

5. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

Hate is a strong word.

26. What was the best book you read?

The Uglies, Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, Son of Neptune

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Avenged Sevenfold, Puscifer, Tori Amos

28. What did you want and get?

romance, sex

29. What did you want and not get?

my internship to become a job

30. What was your favorite film of this year?

Gnomeo & Juliet, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Went out with friends, got drunk, talked to my then-boyfriend later that night. 25.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

getting my internship translated to a job at LRP

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?

basic, casual.

34. What kept you sane?

books, boy, and Britches and Hose

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Dan Radcliffe, Jake Gyllenhall

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

food justice, the Dulles metro project (fuck you, Loudoun County, for being actively hostile to this project)

37. Who did you miss?

hmmmm...I can't think of anyone I missed in 2011.

38. Who was the best new person you met?

The Britches and Hose, and whoever I met through them.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012.
There are no guarantees in life.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"I don't know how we woke up one day, somehow thought we knew exactly what we're supposed to do."

Thing is, anyone I'm jealous of probably has something, perhaps a physical affliction of some sort, that I'm not so jealous of. Or her family member or romantic partner sucks. Anything. So I don't want to be anyone but me.

Comment to this post, and I'll tell you one thing I love about you, and/or one reason why I'm glad we're friends.

Then you can all copy and paste this, and we can start 2012 with lots of love between us.

I want to make a Westeros make-up and perfume collection with names inspired by the characters.

For example:

lipstick: Sansa - baby pink
Arya - something earthen. mauve-ish brown.
Catelyn - berry
Cersei - crimson
Ygritte - coral
Melisandre - scarlet, naturally

eyeliner: Viserion - shimmery white
Drogon - matte black
Rhaegal - green
Dany's silver - silver, after the mare Dany got as a wedding present
Quarth - brown
Highgarden - purple
Khal Drogo - black with silver flecks, for Khal Drogo's long braid with bells 'cause he's never been defeated in battle

scent:
Khal - for men. spicy and earthy.
Khaleesi - for women, woody/spicy/oriental with some floral bit to make it feminine
Lord Snow - men's, fresh/herbaceous/watery
Chataya - women, lots and lots of jasmine

etc. etc. etc.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra's version of Carol of the Bells/Christmas Eve Sarajevo!

So I'm to describe what Amortentia would smell like to me, basically, huh?
Jasmine, tuberose, gardenia, white ginger, Cestrum nocturnum, genmaicha, dill, honeysuckle. Also, these days, gasoline...

Pretty much all the princess ones with the exception of Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty. If those are your examples, then yes, criticizing Disney princesses for being passive and waiting for a guy to save them holds. But the ones from Ariel onward? Ariel had her own hobbies and stood up to her father. Belle was THE only person who refused to put up with Beast's bullshit, and he had an epiphany that he needed to quit being an asshole. Jasmine stood up for her autonomy. Pocahontas spoke out for justice. Megarra was seasoned and made sarcastic comments. Esmeralda spoke out for justice. And Mulan FOUGHT AND WON A WAR! Tiana worked hard and prevailed in a world full of sexism and racism. And Rapunzel stood up to her twisted foster mother, and was quirky.

Travel the world, buy a condo and a CSA share, donate the rest to different advocacy organizations.