Jenn's House of Ants

Hey everybody! This is Emily typing...yay! So, we're just chillin at Jenn's house and we were walking around outside and we stumbled upon these stinkin gross ants! Blah! The thing is, everytime I'm here, the ants are there and we keep killing them and they keep coming back! They won't die. So, being the kind hearted people we are, we got out the ant spray and ended their sad, pathetic lives.

Les Misérables

I read Les Miz that I bought at Half Price Books this summer and then Michelle and Tony took me to see it on the broadway tour in Dallas. I loved it! The book was good and the play even better. They had a revolving stage that added a new element to the show that I've never experienced before. The whole show was dimly lit in sync with the mood. I kept on pointing out all the differences between the book and the broadway show and getting really excited about it. Eponine was much more a central character in the play while in the book she was only glanced over. She was much less idealized as on stage. And then the similartities too, made me happy. Jean ValJean's yellow passport and the scene where he is carrying Marius through the Parisian sewers. Oh, and when Cosette sang the Castle on a Cloud song I about flipped. I remember singing that in Chorus in like 8th grade and I had no idea that is was from Les Misérables. M and T bought the 50 dollar sound track at the theater because Tony like the chain song. I say why not wait a few minutes and download it online for a fraction of the price? Nevertheless a very good show, and I hear it is coming back to broadway in NYC too.

Pirates of the Caribbean II

<--A giant bill board we jumped in front of in NYC.

Pirates of the Caribbean II: The Dead Man's Chest: my new favorite movie. We went to see the midnight showing on the opening day in Dallas. Actually, we had just finished watching a Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare in the Park and then decided to race to a theater in hopes that we could get tickets. We got lucky and were part of the biggest opening weekend for a movie in history. Sigh Johnny Depp. Who could ever imagine a guy could look so hot in black mascara? My favorite part of the movie by far, was the scene where the pirates were all in the giant balls made of bones hanging over the cliff. Then when they reached out their hands to grab the roots on the other side, my sides hurt from uncontrollable laughter. I'm telling you, the movie is genius. Smart, adventurous, humorous, good cast, intriguing choreography and special effects, plot twists, and of course, Captain Jack Sparrow.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

On Tuesday we went to the big apple, NYC, for some television tapings, but we didn't leave early enough to use the Good Morning America tickets we had. We did however make it to Who wants to be a Millionaire starring Meredith Veira. The atmosphere was very cool with the blue lights, fog machines, and dah dah music. We all tried out to be a contestant but none of us passed the test. Unfortunately about 2.5 hours into the drive on the way there I got violently ill all of the sudden. I was puking into a plastic bag in the car and we had to roll down the windows on the middle of the highway. I had to stop in a hotel to recoup and encouraged everyone else just to leave me there but luckily I got better very quickly. Not helping, we did pick to go to New York City on the freaking hottest day of the summer during a stupid heat wave. Are we crazy? Yes. Even still, it was fun. I love the city life. I'm afraid I'm tuning into a city girl.

Satanic Squirrels

I hate squirrels.
They are litte satanic rodents.
They are rats with fluffy tails that deceive the masses into thinking they are cute and cuddly.
My family swam and had a cookout at Caledonia on Friday and look at this evil little creature. It's eyes are red, and I all I can say is that I knew it: They are the devil incarnate. I was feeding them a bunch of potato chips. Maybe they their digestive systems can't handle food from a bag and he'll explode. Hahahahha. Eeeee, shiver.

This is what we did with the squirrels after we caught them, barbequed them. Ha, ha ha, no just kidding. I wouldn't eat them even if they tasted like thanksgiving turkey.

Roll'n in the dough...kinda

Bah ha ha hah, I made away with a nice big check from the Shippensburg fair from the jewelry and photos (and angel food cake) I entered. Actually the cost of the prints, frames, mats, beads, wire and such didn't even break me even, but oh well. That can't be why you make stuff. You gotta do it for the love. All for the love.

The photo on the left is from Cadiz. It reminds me of Halloween. My favorite artistic-y one that I took in Spain. Then the one on the right is from Morocco. It only got second place but I think it's my best that I took in the whole year. Come on, he has missing teeth and is guiding his camel across the sweltering desert, what more could you ask for?

Shakira

I've decided that Shakira is my new favorite music artist. I just love all her sounds. They are so unique and have that Latin flair. She only needs to work on matching her outfits in some of her videos. Shakira, Shakira!

Chewing Gum + Hair = Bad

Tony bought DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION for us to play at home. How fun. Only my feet haven't memorized the position of the arrows yet. I keep on missing them, and then the game boo's at me. Not helping my self esteem...

Yesterday I was so tired that I fell asleep on the couch while chewing gum. Big mistake. I had a gum wad tangled beyond belief in my hair when I woke up. I begged my mom to cut my hair, but she more or less chopped it off. I am a scarey sight. No one saw it though because I went swimming today and pulled it back into a ponytail. I may do that for awhile. Some things in life I can't help but laugh at. I'm glad I'm a happy person, or else life might suck.