Day 41

Slow day.

Saturdays. Nothing is really good about Saturdays except Saturday Night Live in which tonight was a rerun. And Sundays I don't like either.

I even got around to watching three movies today. I watched The Wedding Planner on DVD, then I started Couples Retreat, but didn't finish it because then I wanted to watch Confessions of a Shopaholic in which I didn't even finish that one either. But I'll restart them when I get a chance.

It's not often, but it still happens when I start a movie and then decide to watch another one so then I have movies that I stop in the beginning of and then restarting them over next time.

I did also manage squeeze in some episodes of Friends.

Currently listening: the Wicked soundtrack

Day 40

Today was better than yesterday. A little boring, but at least I wasn't pissed off today.

Or maybe I was. When I clean the house, I really get to it. I clean very efficiently, quickly, and adequately. I don't mess around when it comes to cleaning.

I felt like passing out afterward because I was so hot from all the walking and bending and stretching. I am not good at that. I am no contortionist.

Which is why I can't do yoga. I'm not going to bring my ankle to my ear or twist my arm the other way. I think I explained about my fear of disoriented body parts. I shudder every time I even talk about it. I am not flexible in any way. Sure, I can bend up and down, but not too extravagantly. It's said that yoga can prevent injuries from happening, but I already stretched an Achilles tendon in my ankle and I couldn't walk for a month. You'd think I'd do yoga after that? I didn't think so either.

Day 39

I am so mad right now I don't think I'll be able to get to sleep tonight.

My monitor (on my regular computer. I'm using a different one now) has been acting up. It doesn't turn on all the way and boy, is it pissing me off. All I know is that I need a knew one. And when I'm pissed off, I am PIssed Off. Everyday, I am easily driven crazy or losing my patience over the littlest things. I swear every single day, and it's OK because I was swearing when I was three-years-old.

Sometimes, not in this cast though, talking about easily being driven crazy drives me crazy. I am often moody for no reason in the afternoon. I just don't feel like smiling or I can't laugh at what I know is funny, and I can't even enjoy the music i'm listening to on my iPod. Once i was trying to watched some Bewitched shows and after a fierce discussion with my dog and the furniture, I couldn't even laugh at what I knew was funny.

In my moody time, I'm often talking defensively when people don't deserve it. My word for that is Stubborn + Snippy = Stuppy. It can also be snubborn or stippy, but it it doesn't sound clever when it's snibby. I get moody and defensive all the time and even though I really don't like it, I can't help it.

Here's another thing. This often revolves around my dog, Duffy. It's said that "ask and you shall receive". If he asks for trouble, then he'll get it. When people give me trouble, I give it right back. When Duffy sometimes tries apologizing, I don't forgive him. He'll run his body against my legs and ask to be on my lap, but I don't forgive people or him. I just don't. If people disrespect me, then there will be trouble.

One more try with my monitor, and then I'll need a new one.

Day 38

I got Vicky Cristna Bareclona on DVD today. I also got the book Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. Both from Borders.

I want to see the movie. It looks cute. I like Kate Hudson and John Krasinski and the plot looks unique with romantic twists. I started the first chapter on the bus today. I'll try to commit to that as well as Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert before my next birthday, which is later in Spring. And April & Oliver by Tess Callahan. I got that book the same day I got Eat Pray Love. I really like books and I want to read more fiction, but I'm a procrastinating reader. Not a slow reader.

If me and someone were starting a chapter at the same time, I'd probably finish around the same time as them. But if I finish a chapter, it'll take me a while before I continue reading again. It's said that I'm really not that interested in reading the books, but I am. I just never get around to them. But I will finish my three books this summer.

Currently listening: "Price Tag" -Jessie J feat. B.O.B.

Day 37

I checked out The Voice, the new NBC show tonight. Although, Glee was an a hour and a half this time and it overlapped with The Voice. Fortunately, I can catch that and Raising Hope on IMDb or Hulu or something when the full episodes are available. I knew I had to sacrifice it though.

It was really good. I'm not a professionally trained singer, but I know I can sing because I self-taught myself some of it and some dance, too. Although, I took couples dancing for a community activity once. I like singing, but I don't want to sing in public. I like how I sound through my own ears even though people hear me differently. That's weird how our ears do that, but it's just the way it is. I think people wouldn't like my voice if I sing for them.

But th show was fun. The contestants had very good voices and emotional histories and very good talent. I know a good singer when I hear it. My father is a singer, but he has opera training. Although, I won't say how I feel about his voice.

Currently listening: the Stripped album by Christina Aguilera. Watching her as one of the judges made me want to listen to the CD.

Day 36

I watched Romeo & Juliet this evening. And I mean the one with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Not West Side Story. That was a few nights ago. Saturday night.

I decided to watch it for my adaptation, but it's getting hard. If for example, someone is a servant to the Montegue family, I slightly changed their name and made them a friend of my Romeo counterpart. Another for example, Paris is supposed to be a suitor for Juliet that her parents want for her, but she wants Romeo. So she asks Friar Lawrence for that potion which will make her look dead. In my adaptation, I was having Juliet (Julia) get ready for coming out as a debutante and Paris (Philip) is supposed to be her escort, but she wants to get out of it. Philip is a college student, Ryan and Julia are high school students, and Philip is also a former student of Mr. Lawrence, an English teacher, help Juliet get out of the debutante ball.

I'm going to have to make it a loose adaptation with Ryan and Julia meeting at a Halloween party hosted by her parents, lapse a few months to the spring right before the Prom (equivalent of the wedding), and then have them break up at the end (instead of killing each other)

Romeo - Ryan
Juliet - Julia
Mercutio - Robert
Tybalt - Peter, Julia's brother

Since I don't want any of the characters to die, I'm going to have Peter get into a fight with Robert who then gets kicked out of school. Then Ryan beats up Peter causing him hospitalization, and then having to break up with Julia after their parents catch each other.

There's a lot more detail to it and I'll explain in later posts.

Currently listening: the West Side Story soundtrack (even West Side Story is the same as Romeo & Juliet)

Day 35

Happy Easter Bunny Day!

I tried to make the text style look festive for the holiday. Really it's Easter, but I kind of started a quip earlier today.

A friend on Facebook said "Happy Easter, everybunny." I thought it was cute. So I changed it and wrote on his wall, "Happy Easter Bunny to you, too". Obviously, the day is meant for the resurrection of Jesus and not an Easter bunny, but I thought it would sound cute.

Easter is in the middle of my favorite holiday and my least favorite. I love Christmas and I hate Thanksgiving, but I don't mind Easter. Other holidays like Halloween, St. Patrick's Day, Valentines Day; eh. I really love Fourth of July.

I think the only holiday I'll have left in my blog is Father's Day. Which reminds me, sometimes my dad's birthday will be on Easter, sometimes my mother's will be on Columbus Day, my brother was born on St. Anne's Day (I don't know what it's really for, though), but Father's Day will never be on my birthday. Although, my sister-in-law's birthday is always the day before Halloween, but it's not the same. But whatever.

I hope people had a good Easter Bunny Day.

Day 34

I watched West Side Story. It's a very good movie. It's retelling of Romeo & Juliet which makes me want to start an adaptation I've pitched for a while. The only production I've seen of Romeo & Juliet was not just West Side Story, but also the film version with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. That's more modern but the language is still the same.

And now as I'm trying to start with my own untitled version, I have a copy of the the script, but I was going to make it a modern day high school version. I'll explain more about that in later posts. It's just hard to start now because of various servants, but I'll finish hopefully.

And yes, I will post on Easter. Have a good Easter.

Currently listening: the West Side Story soundtrack

Day 33

I saw White Oleander today. It was so sad and heartbreaking. The performances were great, but it was very emotional.

I meant to do laundry today. But instead, I worked with my old, creeky desk chair and am now sitting at my desk in a way I'm not used to because the chair has clamps on it holding the sides together.

I didn't do much for Earth Day, but I still try to keep the earth healthy.

I also made some Easter plans for Sunday. I guess I'm hosting. I'll have to remember to post that day, too.

Day 32

Busy art gallery day.

There was a potluck that night to prepare for and classes to enter.

But it calmed down when I came home to NBC night.

This morning was weird. Around 6 this morning, I was half awake, but I was still dreaming. The song "She's Always a Woman to me" by Billy Joel started playing on the radio. And at the same time during my dream, there was a dating montage of me and Elisabeth Shue. I wondered why. I don't have anything against Elisabeth Shue. I don't mind her. Saw a few of her movies. I just wondered why her.

I really came to like the song. That and "Piano Man". I love them both. I don't mind Billy Joel, but I love "Vienna", and now two more of his songs.

Day 31

Busy day. Art gallery stuff and then going to Penzey's on a cold, windy day and sitting on the bus for ten minutes in the afternoon rush hour traffic.

But I came home and watched some ABC night. I also got the second season of How I Met Your Mother on DVD. I had the first season since shortly after Christmas. As of right now, I'm fine. Not moody today, so that's good.

This post will end short, but I'm sure I'll have longer posts.

And if anyone else is reading, I said that my birthday will later be in Spring. It's not my birthday yet. It'll still come.

Day 30

I got a haircut today. I love getting my haircut. This time, it wasn't so much as a haircut as it was a clean up. The back of my hair grows long and it sticks out so I'm always smoothing down the back of my hair.

I also told her about my weird hair day. The day when my hair didn't move. She got kick out of it.

I also had a meeting today, too. And then a new episode of Glee, and some dinner. It was very wet. It didn't rain throughout the day, but it was misty at times and wet on the streets.

Oh, I almost forgot. I saw Hop today. I actually liked it. It was a cute movie. I like James Marsden, but I'm glad I saw it. Not too desperate to see it again, but whatever. Overall, it was a cute movie.

Day 29

Today was alright.

This morning, I got into "Piano Man" by Billy Joel. I heard it on the radio and got it on iTunes. I heard it a few times before, but today I got really interested in it.

I'm also excited for tomorrow. I get a haircut. I love getting haircuts. My hairdresser is going to get a kick out of my weird hair day story. That is, if I tell her about it.

Currently listening: "Price Tag" -Jessie J (got into that one, too, but for a while)

Day 28

Today was so boring. I don't like Sundays. For a few minutes, I slumped on the couch and just sat there. I did decide to do a little bit of reading and then later watched some Friends episodes.

Last summer, I was reading Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and was dedicated to finish before seeing the movie with the same name starring Julia Roberts. I got to one of the first Bali stories in the book before seeing the movie. So I didn't finish. Then I decided to be done with the book before 2011 started. I read more stories after that. I think I left at the 80th story out of 106. This was last fall.

Well, guess what. Here it is, spring 2011, and I started from where I left off. It's not that I'm a slow reader. I procrastinate. Eventually, by birthday will be in the spring. It's before June 20th. I really want to be finished before then. Sometimes when I walk to the bus, I decide to not get into my music on my iPod or anything, but I'm always into it. I've had bus rides where I didn't listen to my music, but I didn't read the book. And the weird thing is that I carry it with me wherever I go.

I'm going to take initiative to finish it before my birthday.

Currently listening: the West Side Story soundtrack

Day 27

Tonight was my informal dinner. Paninis, Potato Wedges, and Key Lime stuff. The dessert was a key lime smoothie and a store-bought key lime pie.

But when we got to a board game, that was a little not fun. I keep thinking that I'm always the butt of every joke and it's not fun. It's like I just shouldn't talk to people or anything.

People do tease me but it gets overwhelming. I can't stand it.

Day 26

I had a pretty good day. Actually, it rained all day, but whatever.

I got to clean the house today. I'm all for a clean house. And then watched American Beauty on DVD.

I love that movie. It's remarkable what with all the acting, storylines, and metaphors. I can go on and on.

I hope this weekend is better with the weather. Which reminds me, I have to get some bread and lunch meat to make some paninis for dinner on Saturday with a few people.

Currently listening: Christmas music, sung by Kristen Chenoweth

Day 25

I got You Again on DVD today. I never saw it before, but I wanted to. It's one of several DVDs that I got without ever having seen the movie prior, whether in theaters or rented on DVD.

I like Kristen Bell and think she's kind of cute and I want to see more performances of hers. I even got Couples Retreat on DVD without ever having seen it before and liked it.

Well, I'm about to watch it now. So good evening.

Day 24

So busy today.

There was so much art gallery stuff to do. The executive director was writing a grant and there were a lot of pieces to determine for a show we're currently running.

And it was pretty hot. For me, April is denim jacket weather and I wore mine, and then wish I hadn't, but it did cool down in the afternoon. Then I was glad I wore it. It looks really good, but really doesn't go with anything. Once I wore it and I was walking somewhere when I realized that I was matching it with blue/black jeans. So embarrassing. I was out of the house so I couldn't change and had to spend a few hours with a denim jacket that didn't match my pants. I'll never make that mistake again.

Day 23

I forgot to blog yesterday. My first forgetful blog post.

I started watching Good Will Hunting last night but didn't finish it. However, it's really good so far.

I procrastinate all the time. I know that if I forget to post after it's 12 midnight, then it's no problem, because the post thinks I posted it two hours earlier. A little after 12 is a little after 10.

Therefor having to skip from Day 21 to day 23. I expect the last post, on June 20th, to be from Day 85 to 95. That's why it's Roughly" 90 days of spring. Yesterday was Day 22.

I know that it's going to be hard, but I'll finish successfully, I hope.

Currently listening: some more Britney Spears music

Day 21

Today was so hot. Like really hot.

I made the mistake of wearing all black and it's said that one is not supposed to wear black in the heat. I changed, but I was still sweaty.

The winds picked up which cooled outside, but in the house it was so hot. I started running a ceiling fan and opened a window. I'm fine right now, but I was miserable.

Currently listening: "Everytime" -Britney Spears

Day 20

Today I spent most of the afternoon editing and uploading a video. I'm not new to Youtube, but a few months ago I uploaded my first video. I had an account for a few years for commenting and stuff. Today I uploaded my second one.

Then I went to dinner at my Godmother's. My godmother is a friend of my mom's and I went to her house for dinner. She served beef, a very good cake, but I only managed one slice, but I was getting a reaction.

I am very allergic to cats. The skin around my eyes turns red and dry and my nose is all stuffed up. It feels weird to blink because my eyes are all dried out. I look so ugly, my face will crack a mirror. Sometimes on really windy days, my eyes dry out which make it feel weird to blink.

Although I'm fine now, but I was rubbing my eyes all night.

Day 19

I just finished watching My Left Foot.

I think I might have fallen asleep through it. Even though I really didn't mean to. I can tell because I saw what was happening through my squinted eye lids and then before I knew it, the end credits were rolling.

I'll watch it again some other time, but I hate falling asleep if it's not in my bed or something. Normally, I don't fall asleep in the middle of the day, but I started watching it around 9 I think.

Based on what I saw, I liked it. It was very dramatic and very dark - obviously. The last scene I remember was when Christy was about to marry Fiona Shaw's character and was causing a nuisance in a restaurant.

I'll have to watch it again sometime.

Day 18

I made soup today.

It was really good. It was Italian-style, but what made it Mexican style was tortilla bits. I also added bits of chicken, and hat made it good.

But my recipe wanted me to add Vegetable oil a few times so there was oil build-up on top, but it didn't change the taste.

I'm not that good at making soup in general unless I pour it into a bowl and heat it up. If I make it with ingredients I already have, then it's a little bit more difficult.

Currently watching: Father of the Bride, the supposed remake.

Day 17

I tried to not be moody today.

For some reason, I had that late afternoon "I don't feel like smiling" kind of feeling. But I was trying to keep myself nonchalant and in a regular mood.

I started laughing in the evening as I watched ABC night, but it took a while until I was feeling OK again. I just kept telling myself to "be nonchalant".

The other thing that I told someone today was one of the biggest secrets of my life that's never been revealed until today. And then there's another really big secret that I never ever reveal and never will.

Day 16

Late dinners and bad art.

It was fine until tonight. I got home from the gallery and decided to roast a chicken. A whole chicken. It took sooooo long for some reason. I got it in the oven around 7:00 and it wasn't ready until 9:30. Some nights I go without dinner or sometimes I'll eat a snack or cereal around dinnertime therefore considering it dinner. I know next time to slow cook it or start earlier in the evening.

As I was cooking, I was also painting and I'm not fully proud of a "Romeo & Juliette" painting I did, but I'm still going to go with it. And I did another colored pencil and pastel piece that I came to not like. I did a ghost painting, the "Romeo & Juliette" one, and what really isn't a painting, but an abstract piece of any color that I was testing. It very gradually became a work of art and I know I meant to exhibit it someday, so I guess I chose now. There's a show at the art gallery for anyone who took a class there within the past year. And I took watercolor last fall.

My chicken turned out fine and I'm fine with my "Romeo & Juliette" painting.

Day 15

I found dog poop today.

There was a spot in the laundry room (the laundry room connects the family room and the garage) and it was right in a rug. And because it was on the rug, it was hard to pick up. All did was got a poopy bag from the leash and picked it up and threw it away. Good thing I didn't step in it. That would have been terrible.

I've known other people to have stepped in doggy poop before. And I've certainly accidentally stepped in other kinds of crap. One time, not watching where I as going, I was walking down the street and I accidentally stepped on one of those little putting cups. But the worse part was when it was sealed up so I made it burst right on the sidewalk. One can tell it was burst because it looked like one of those comic book explosion symbols.

Tomorrow, I'll explain a dream I had about a public garden and cake.

Currently listening: The Wicked soundtrack (I want to see a production of it so much.)

Day 14

I watched a few movies today. Sundays are very slow so I was a little bored through most of it. But this evening, evening I started John Tucker Must Die on DVD, but then realized I've been watching to watch Mean Girls for a while, so I watched that instead. When I saw Easy A last fall, I thought it was the best teen comedy since Mean Girls Both that and John Tucker Must Die are really funny.

Now I'm just posting on my blog and maybe I'll watch a little bit of The Simpsons tonight on DVD.

Day 13

Tonight for dinner, I went to a fabulous Greek restaurant with a friend.

Today was all right I guess, but dinner was kind of fun. I went to an authentic Greek restaurant and boy was it hard to choose. I ended up having some Feta cheese as an appetizer that was sitting in olive oil, sprinkled with oregano, and with olives on the side (didn't eat the olives). My friend ordered gyros as his appetizer and I asked if I could try some. I ended up liking it, but then she decided to tell me it was made of lamb. (What do you think I did next?)

OK, after downing a glass of water, I had some chicken for my dinner. I forgot what it was called in the menu, but it was really good. It was cooked with wine, lemons, red papers, potatoes, and even though it was really boney, I loved it, but I couldn't finish it. It was hard to eat, but also filling.

I even ended up staying for some Tirimisu. This was one of those restaurants that bring a dessert tray with prototypes of the desserts to see if you're interested. Tirimisu was the best I can think of because I don't like cake or flan. Although, flan is Mexican, but whatever.

I am so recommending this place to others.

Day 12

Slow day.

Today in the afternoon, I watched my first episode of Gilligan's Island on TV. It was alright, I guess.

I also can't wait until tomorrow evening. I'm really excited to see Elton John host Saturday Night Live.

Let's see. What else?

I don't care for April Fools Day. I never really liked it. Actually, I guess I like seeing other people fall victim for pranks. But I can't try a prank on my own. People would see right through it. I would never get away with it.

I also have to think of some pieces for an art gallery. I have a chance to submit to the one I intern for. All I need to do is go through photos or make a painting. I'll see what I come across.

Currently watching: The Simpsons on DVD