tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79113633661004110012024-03-05T11:47:56.578-05:00Tea Trays and TypewritersAudreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-67013980268957993662016-01-23T19:33:00.000-05:002016-01-23T19:33:27.416-05:00Baby, It's Cold Outside<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love snow. I really love snow. It's pretty and cold and North Carolina tends to freak out about any little bit of snow, so classes are almost guaranteed to be cancelled. While I know some people don't like the fact everything shuts down, I was more than happy to get the email Thursday afternoon that all Friday classes were cancelled. I stocked up on Girl Scout cookies, peanut butter, grabbed some bananas and apples from the dining hall (all the essentials), and settled in for a snowy weekend.<br />
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Mostly I've been watching Netflix (I've been rewatching Poirot and Criminal Minds with a little X-Files thrown in for good measure) and trying to write a poem to turn in for class on Tuesday. I made the trek to the dining hall Friday night (my dorm is literally the closest dorm to a dining hall on campus--I can see it from my room) and honestly found the most difficult place to walk was the outdoor hallway at my dorm. It was a thousand times more slippery than the actual ground.<br />
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Today my friend and I decided to try our luck at a snowball fight and making snowmen. Unfortunately, the snow is mostly frozen and we found both goals pretty much impossible. It looked pretty, though. Basically we just decided to take artsy-ish pictures instead.<br />
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Eventually we just sat down on the basketball court and lounged in the snow for a bit.<br />
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Also this weekend I finally listened to the Hamilton soundtrack and am now low-key obsessed. My plan for the rest of the weekend is basically to listen to it on repeat while drinking lots of tea and hoping classes are cancelled on Monday too.<br />
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I hope everyone is cozy and warm this weekend!<br />
<br />Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-15034313289744664012015-10-31T21:52:00.002-04:002015-10-31T21:52:48.829-04:00This is HalloweenHappy Halloween, everyone! I happen to love Halloween, so I'm excited. I decided to go as Agent Peggy Carter, the greatest superhero ever.<br />
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I put this together with items I already had in my closet, featuring this amazing vintage RAF jacket I got from Brick Lane in London. I don't wear it near as much as I should, but it's perfect for my Peggy Carter look.<br />
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Peggy Carter is my hero, and Agent Carter is almost everything I've ever wanted in a TV show. This was a kind of randomly thrown together costume, but I think it gets the point across. I was pleased, at least.<br />
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My friend and I had tea and an antiquing adventure and then I went to see the free showing of A Nightmare on Elm Street at the union. Now I think I'll chill with some candy and Halloween movies, because I'm the most exciting college kid ever.<br />
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I hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween!Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-56116681974687682092015-10-27T23:50:00.001-04:002015-10-27T23:50:30.246-04:00The Story of My Life (since my last post, at least)So . . . it's been a while. I kind of forgot I had a blog. Though I'm pretty sure no one actually reads this blog except my mom (hi, Mom!) so my year and a half hiatus will probably not matter much. Oh well. Actually, some really exciting stuff happened in those nearly two years.<br />
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I went on an awesome trip to England with my parents. It was a graduation present and included half a week in London and half in the countryside.<br />
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I graduated high school, which was weird and crazy and didn't actually feel real until . . .<br />
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. . . I started college, which was even weirder and crazier.<br />
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I finally found my name on a bottle of Coke.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was an important moment in my life.</td></tr>
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I went on a trip to San Francisco with my extended family. I don't get to see them all that often, so it was really nice to spend time with them.<br />
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I participated in <a href="https://www.gishwhes.com/">GISHWHES</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We threw a conspiracy theory party, complete with tinfoil hats and suspicious guests.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We showed off our team's lovely mustaches (with some last minute additions).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I emulated June Cleaver while vacuuming the lawn.</td></tr>
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I started my second year of college.<br />
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I turned 20 (and celebrated at the fair). Actually, I had a folklore project involving fieldwork at the fair, so it wasn't entirely just to celebrate my birthday.<br />
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And that's a summary of the most exciting things that have happened in the past two or so years. Also worth noting, though lacking pictures, I became obsessed with several new (to me) fandoms (most significantly Welcome to Night Vale and Marvel, because Peggy Carter is the perfect human being), began writing (and reading) more poetry, and still haven't finished any of my three ongoing novels.<br />
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So I hope to actually keep up with this blog from now on, which might or might not actually happen. We'll see how it goes.Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-21683355975913548862014-02-14T16:43:00.000-05:002014-02-14T16:47:03.469-05:00Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! <br />
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Snow day again! We've had more snow in the past two days than we've had in the past few years combined.<br />
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On Wednesday we went sledding, with much more success than the last time it snowed.<br />
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Today we went back over to Nana's to finish up the chocolate bark and parcel it out into Valentines for everyone. Sadly, all the snow has started melting and turning to slush, making the walk over today much less pretty than yesterday. It's actually pretty warm out today. I'm not really a fan of warm.<br />
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The weather recently, while fun, did mean that the Model UN conference I've been looking forward to got cancelled. No school, but no conference either. Boo. Instead I've been watching Psych and knitting (in addition to my sledding adventures and baking fun).<br />
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I wish the snow had lasted longer. Oh well. On Sunday we'll be heading down to see Sarah for a very late Christmas celebration with my Aunt and Uncle. Maybe there will be snow left there! (Unlikely, but I can still hope.)<br />
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Here's one final parting shot of the lovely snow: (I really like snow. Can you tell?)<br />
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<br />Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-85463198000107597372014-01-29T17:40:00.000-05:002014-01-29T17:40:20.049-05:00Snow Day!Where I live, we don't get snow all that often. In fact, we usually get maybe one good snow day a year, if that. So when we do get snow, we try to pack in all the snow day activities we can.<br />
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Unfortunately, the snow was too powdery to be able to have a snowball fight or build a snowman, not that we didn't try anyways. Violette and I ended up having a "snow confetti" fight, in which we just threw handfuls of powdery snow in the general direction of the other.<br />
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One activity we were determined to get to was sledding. And when I say determined, I mean <i>determined.</i> <br />
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<i> </i>We walked over to the biggest sleddable hill near us and started sledding! Or, rather, attempting to sled.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks for the help, Violette.</td></tr>
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After our first attempts down the hill, we tore up the inflatable sled on some rocks (it's not very deep snow). That wasn't going to stop us! We duct-taped it and pumped it up again, ready for the next attempt. Let's call this strategy Plan A.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plan A failed.</td></tr>
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Next up was Plan B. <br />
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Plan B involved Sam trying to sled in the wheel-less wheelbarrow. <br />
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Plan B failed.<br />
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Next I tried Plan C, which involved a little kiddy-sled.<br />
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Needless to say, Plan C failed.<br />
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Plan D was Sam trying to roll down the hill.<br />
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Plan D failed when Sam rolled into the ditch.<br />
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Plan E was once again my idea. I refused to be bested by the kiddy-sled, so I got in again and told Sam to pull me down the hill.<br />
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Plan E also failed, although not pictured.<br />
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Plan F was pretty much the same, but Violette was in the kiddy-sled this time.<br />
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This one looked pretty promising, but did, ultimately, fail.<br />
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Plan G was Sam in the kiddy-sled and it failed before it even started. But then he got an idea. An awful idea. The Sam got a wonderful, awful idea!<br />
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And thus, Plan H (inchworm down the hill) was born!<br />
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As you can imagine, Plan H failed pretty spectacularly, at which point Sam gave up and started making muddy snow angels instead.<br />
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We headed back to the house, where I decided to join in on the snow angel making, as I was already covered in snow. <br />
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Sam apparently forgot how to snow angel.<br />
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We all then went back inside for hot chocolate. We never really succeeded at sledding, but at least we put in a valiant effort!Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-79475020626868603202014-01-27T17:10:00.001-05:002014-01-27T17:10:53.842-05:00My Supermegafoxyawesomehot VacationHello, anyone who actually reads this blog! It's been quite a while. But I've had good reasons! (Most of which are related to school, college applications, and the super-amazing-fantastic vacation I went on over Christmas break.)<br />
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Where did I go on this awesome vacation? Universal (Wizarding World of Harry Potter!) and Disney World! How insanely awesome is that?<br />
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Our first stop was Universal, where we stayed at the lovely Portofino Hotel.<br />
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I wanted to spend every second of our time in Harry Potter World, but it was ridiculously crowded, so I just ended up spending most of my time there. The first night we were there, my sister and I went to the parks while everyone else stayed at the hotel, so she got to witness my initial reaction, which involved more excitement than I've felt in forever. Everything about Harry Potter world (aside from the crowds) is simply amazing and I wish I could just live there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home." -J.K. Rowling</td></tr>
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We all got chocolate frogs, which are wonderful, but I'm still trying to figure out how to eat it. It's solid chocolate, so I nearly broke my teeth trying to bite it. The chocolate cauldrons are equally yummy and much easier to eat. The butterbeer was also amazing, though it's so sweet I wouldn't want to drink much of it at a time. I recommend the frozen butterbeer.<br />
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The rides are also amazing, though the wait for the Forbidden Journey is as crazy as everyone says. Luckily, they opened the ride at 6:30 a.m. for resort guests (because of the crowds), so we only had to wait an hour.<br />
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I also enjoyed Seuss Landing and several rides in Universal Studios. The roller coasters were especially awesome. Seuss Landing was my second favorite place at Universal. I adore Dr. Seuss and they got everything perfect. I particularly recommend the Cat in the Hat ride and the Trolley, both of which I did three times because I'm really a little kid at heart.<br />
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We spent three days at Universal, and the next seven at Disney World!<br />
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Sarah and I, sometimes along with Violette and Sam, were on a mission to get as many signatures as possible. We got a lot of them, including the princesses, classic characters, and a whole bunch of others. The most effort was probably waiting three and a half hours in the rain to see Anna and Elsa. (If you haven't seen Frozen yet, go see it because it is incredibly beautiful and wonderful and amazing.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anastasia, Drizella, and Lady Tremaine were hilarious! Mom told me to grimace, but apparently Sarah and Violette didn't get the memo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got this book in the UK section of Epcot and I'm super in love with it. It might just be one of the coolest books ever. Also, please notice the wonderful tiara I got for Christmas. Thank you, Santa.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We ate at the Be Our Guest restaurant and, of course, had the grey stuff. It really is delicious!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love every part of Mary Poppins' outfit and I would wear that dress everyday. Every single day.</td></tr>
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So that's my story about my superbly amazing time in Florida this Christmas. I hope everyone else had a lovely holiday as well.Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-53130459956236808832013-11-01T20:30:00.001-04:002013-11-01T20:30:46.896-04:00We've got spirit, yes we do! We've got spirit, how 'bout you?Guess what week it is (was). Spirit Week! I love spirit week. Unfortunately, I was sick on Monday and so I didn't get to participate in 'Merica Monday. Tuesday was Twin Tuesday, which I did dress up for, but my twin was sick and wasn't at school. (Silly Eleanore.) However, starting with Wednesday, I did successfully participate. <br />
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Can you guess what day it was? Wacky Tacky Wednesday! (I chose a floral theme, as you can probably tell.)</div>
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Of course, Thursday was Halloween! I decided (about three days before Halloween) that I wanted to be Marie Antoinette. I started searching through my wardrobe, and two things quickly became evident: this was going to be a somewhat modernized version, and it was going to be black and white rather than pastel, which would be more accurate.<br />
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Just kidding! This wasn't my final costume, but it was the basis. I dug through my scrap box and found an old lace curtain that I decided had a lot of potential. After a lot of sewing (by hand because my sewing machine decided not to work), especially because I accidentally sewed one of the sleeves on backwards and had to redo it and I sewed lace around the neck before deciding it looked horrible and undoing all the stitches, I came up with this final result:<br />
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I think I did a pretty good job. I had a big lace bow in my hair but you can't see it in this picture. I also covered my face in baby powder and drew on a beauty mark. I had a parasol too, but I couldn't use that while inside the school building. The skirt was huge (thanks to a square dancing crinoline I just happen to have lying around) and made sitting very difficult. Driving was especially challenging, but somehow I managed it.<br />
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Here we have Marie Antoinette, Hannah the Sleepy Senior, Hana as Jess from New Girl, Kali as Minnie Mouse, and Kevin as a nerd.<br />
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Today was Phoenix Friday (that's our school mascot), which basically meant wear school colors and school apparel (t-shirts, sweatshirts, pajama pants, etc) and was kind of boring. I actually forgot to get any pictures of it, too, so just imagine a lot of blue and gray and navy. (Our colors are, I believe lapis lazuli and gray, technically at least.)<br />
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Happy Halloween to everyone! Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-4277806424775549272013-10-23T19:52:00.002-04:002013-10-23T19:52:56.368-04:00Older, wiser, and apparently more photogenicA couple weeks ago, I got my senior portraits done! It was really fun, and I got some great pictures out of it. I'm not sure which one I'll pick for the yearbook, but I thought I would share a few of my favorites. All pictures courtesy of Tracey Washburn photography.<br />
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I was so itchy after doing these pictures in the grass in my shortest dress. The color contrast was worth it in the end, but it was rather unpleasant at the time.<br />
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I also just recently had my birthday, and I am now officially an adult! (Which is a really frightening concept.) I spent the entire week at the beach with my family and friends having a fantastic time.<br />
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I got a fun hat. I also got an awesome Doctor Who mug, the Marauders' Map, a unicorn pillow pet, spectrespecs, loads of Tim Burton movies, an Audrey Hepburn picture book, gift certificates to the Tea Room, and some other cool stuff.<br />
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We had fresh seafood for dinner almost every night, which made me very, very happy!<br />
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We had breakfast on my birthday at Yana's, which is one of my all-time favorite restaurants. It's packed floor to ceiling with 50s memorabilia (mostly focusing on Elvis and Marilyn Monroe), and they have the most amazing fruit fritters and pancakes.<br />
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Sadly, this week has been back to the real world of homework and college applications. (I got my first application sent in, though, which was very exciting!) <br />
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<br />Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-86499130337587339182013-10-04T22:05:00.000-04:002013-10-04T22:05:19.777-04:00International DelightsToday was the International Festival! This is the second year I've gone, and I love it so much! Eleanore and I left for the festival right after school (as it's only a few minutes from our school), and then had over an hour to kill before it opened. So we wandered around, got slightly lost, and managed to, eventually, find one of my favorite thrift stores! The clothes are a little pricey, but there are so many treasures to be found. I found these awesome old comic books and am already planning the different crafts I can use them for.<br />
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The festival is in the convention center, and it includes rows of booths selling stuff from different countries and cultures, booths with cultural information, and a long row of booths selling different foods.<br />
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Our strategy was to wander around all the booths, then wander back through, then wander through the food section, then wander back through all the booths, then wander back through the food, then back through the shops in no particular order at all. We looked at everything and bought probably far more than we should.<br />
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We had some awesome food, too. We both had some pea soup from the Dutch stall, which was delicious. And then we shared some matcha ice cream from Japan, which is what Eleanore's eating in the previous picture. And I also had a custard bun from one of the Asian countries, but I forget which. We had bubble tea, too, but I didn't really care for it.<br />
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Some of my favorite things I got were a beautiful Egyptian glass bottle, an Egyptian necklace I'm fairly certain is Isis, a Chinese purse, and a couple hair clips, one from India and one from Russia.<br />
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A great time was had by all, and by all I mean me and Eleanore, because our other friends couldn't make it. I think several of them will go tomorrow, though, so that's good for them. It was an especially lovely reprieve from the hectic rush of school and college applications. <br />
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Also, I have recently begun (and finished, so far) listening to Welcome to Night Vale, a highly amusing and wonderfully bizarre podcast that I recommend to everyone. And I finally watched the 1995 miniseries of <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, which is one of my favorite books. I think some parts are better than the recent movie, especially the close following of the book, but other things I like better about the 2005 movie, like much of the acting (though I do love Colin Firth), Longbourn, and some of the costumes. By the way, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries series on youtube is delightful and everyone should watch that as well.<br />
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I hope everyone has had a pleasant week, and if you haven't, you should watch Pride and Prejudice and listen to Welcome to Night Vale. I believe it would instantly brighten your week!Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-38907591157508357652013-09-28T16:39:00.003-04:002013-09-28T16:39:38.920-04:00Wanderings in the WoodsSchool has been leaving me pretty burned out, so this weekend, I decided it was time for a change of pace. And I thought the easiest way to accomplish that would be to have a change of scenery. Thus, I decided I would go to the park. I love the park, but I haven't been there in at least a year, probably longer. I always think I don't have time, but I should really make time for it more often.<br />
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The park has lots of trails, many of which lead down to the lake, which is a nice place, if a bit sunnier than I like. I prefer finding a bench or a log in the forest to sit and think or write.<br />
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I did manage to get some writing done, which was my goal, but not quite as much as I'd wanted. I did, however, get lots more exercise than I'd planned. You see, the trails around the park are like a maze: each large path has many different, smaller, sometimes unmarked paths leading off of them. And my theory when walking is to choose the most interesting looking paths, which generally tend to be those tiny, barely traveled paths. (Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and all that.)<br />
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Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-76139857061434380862013-09-13T18:31:00.002-04:002013-09-13T18:31:58.598-04:00My Not-so-Adventurous MonthToday (actually several weeks ago now, because I forgot to post this) was one of the best school days of the year: second Friday! My school, which is the most awesome high school ever, has this tradition that on the second Friday of the school year, we get out early, everyone floods to the picnic tables outside where pizza is sold for a dollar a slice and there are coolers of free soda. All the clubs set up booths and people wander around, collecting free candy and sometimes baked goods and signing up for more clubs than you can possibly attend.<br />
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I think I signed up for more clubs than last year, and I'm really hoping I'll have time to attend them. I signed up for French Club, German Club, Japanese Club, Indian Culture Club, Drama Club, Photography Club, Your Name Your Story, Model UN, and Student Legislative Assembly. Most of the clubs meet at lunch, so it's easy(ish) to be part of lots of them. I was actually Vice President of French Club last year, but I decided I'd rather not do it again.<br />
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In other fun news, I got my new backpack! It's pretty awesome, and actually fits all my stuff! This means I can stop using the lime green monstrosity I've had since third grade or something.<br />
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Also worth reporting is the wonderful time I had at my friend's tea party last Sunday. There was lots of delicious snacks, several types of tea, and, of course, delightful company. (And a ridiculous amount of mosquitoes as well.)<br />
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School, despite it only being a month in, is already crazy and hectic. I'm losing hope of ever getting a full night of sleep this school year. My classes are really pretty hard and require a ton of homework. It's stressful, to say the least. But I'm sure I'll get in the swing of things eventually and it will get easier. (This is such optimistic thinking I'm having trouble even typing it.)<br />
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School has kind of taken over, so I really haven't done anything exciting since mid-August. The most interesting thing I've done is spontaneously go to Fresh Market with my friend. We have, however, decided that we should visit the tea room and possibly have picnics dressed up in Victorian clothing, complete with parasols, so maybe I'll have something interesting to report soon.<br />
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I hope that all of you in school are having a better time of it than I am. Oh, well. At least I get to see my friends on a regular basis. (And, despite my complaints, I really do enjoy most of my classes and find them interesting and fun; they're just a lot of work.)<br />
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Also, happy Friday the 13th! I actually get really excited when we have Friday the 13ths. I'm convinced the reason we've had so many of them this year is because, for one thing, it's 2013, and also because the world was apparently supposed to end last year, so this year isn't supposed to happen and is therefore unlucky.Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-1894935200981028812013-08-17T20:57:00.003-04:002013-08-17T20:57:48.074-04:00Back to School BluesLast Thursday was the first day of my senior year! Wow, that's weird. I'm really not ready for the summer to be over yet. It feels like I've only been home for about two weeks. It's so weird to be back at school, but at the same time, it's frighteningly normal. After all, I've been in school for the majority of my life at this point. (Isn't that a depressing thought?)<br />
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In the true fashion of my school, I had a ton of homework the very first night. I also have a ton of school supplies, and have sadly found that my super adorable backpack I got (because I value fashion over practicality) doesn't even come close to fitting everything. On Friday I had to use one of my huge purses so I could put half my stuff in that. I've ordered a new backpack that should work better, but I have no idea when I'll get it.<br />
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I was excited to see my friends again (we've all been busy this summer and haven't really seen each other), and most of my classes seem like fun. For the first time, I've really gotten to fill my schedule with classes I'm interested in, except for the obligatory math class. Two of the classes I'm most excited about are Creative Writing (it has a poetry focus, which I'm a little hesitant about, but I like poetry, too) and European History. I love writing and history! I'm also taking psychology, which should be really interesting. Euro is supposedly one of the most difficult classes my school offers, and I believe it based on the summer homework. However, I also think it's one of the most interesting classes, so I'm looking forward to it.<br />
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I suppose I'll get back in the swing of things soon, though this year is going to be my most difficult one yet. I'm taking 4 AP classes and Creative Writing will be a lot of work as well. In addition, I have to work on college applications and I want to be involved in the school plays in some way, even if I don't act in them. (We're doing Alice and Wonderland in the fall and Beauty and the Beast in the spring, which are two of my favorite stories!)<br />
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Tomorrow my friend Tallulah is having a tea party, so that should cheer me up. I love tea parties! My sister is also moving back into college tomorrow, and I know I'll miss her after having her around all summer.<br />
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We had dinner at Nana's house so Sarah could say goodbye to everyone. After dinner, the four of us were hanging out on the swing and acting silly. We kept trying to take selfies and were pretty blind from the flash by the time we went back inside. (Fun story about the porch swing: At Sarah's graduation party, Tallulah and I were on the porch swing and it broke, sending us tumbling over the side of the porch. We weren't really hurt, but everyone freaked out when we told them. We just told them Voldemort attacked us and then went and fixed up our scrapes with princess bandaids. The swing has been fixed and reinforced since then.)<br />
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I hope everyone else has had a lovely summer!Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-83414624206418806982013-08-09T19:27:00.002-04:002013-08-09T19:27:47.332-04:00California!Hello! I just recently got back from a week visiting my Aunt and Uncle and cousins in California!<br />
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I had a lovely time. We went to San Francisco, Petaluma, Stanford, Berkeley, and all sorts of fun places! The weather was probably one of my favorite parts. It was a lovely 70 degrees, 60 or 50 if you were in San Francisco. Compared to the 90 degrees and humid weather around here, it was simply heavenly.<br />
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On Wednesday, we went to Petaluma to go antique shopping, something I adore. There are a ton of antique stores there. My favorite was Summer Cottage Antiques, which had a truly delightful selection of items. I nearly bought the entire store, but I did manage to restrain myself.<br />
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I ended up with several vintage postcards that had been written on and sent. Three of them were postmarked from the 50s, and two were from 1909! I also got a lovely handkerchief with a beautiful pastel design of French courtiers dancing, and some adorable vintage buttons.<br />
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We also visited UC Berkeley. One of my Uncle's old neighbors currently attends Berkeley, so she came with us and showed us around. It turns out we're really similar, so her info and insight into the college was very helpful. I really liked Berkeley. It's moved up to near the top of my college list.<br />
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I also loved the architecture of Berkeley. This library was one of my favorite buildings. There's a bust of Athena over the front door. When you enter, Athena bestows her wisdom on you, but you can't leave through the same door, or she'll take it away.<br />
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After we toured Berkeley, we headed to San Francisco to explore and be all tourist-y. It was completely swamped with tourists, so we didn't get to do some stuff like the cable cars, but it was fun all the same. We went to Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf and looked at the seals and stuff.<br />
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We also went to the Ghirardelli factory, which was pretty cool. Then we were going to walk the Golden Gate Bridge, but all the parking lots were full, so we went down to a beach where we could get pictures of it. <br />
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We also drove up a mountain to get another view of the bridge. There was an old, abandoned building that we explored, and we found a path leading away from it. We had no clue where it led, so of course we followed it. We had a lovely spontaneous mountain hike along the cliffs and around other abandoned military buildings.<br />
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We also attended Coast Guard day (My Uncle's in the Coast Guard) which was great fun. There was rock-climbing, archery, fishing, ice cream, and loads of other interesting stuff.<br />
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Unfortunately, now I'm back home and facing the start of a new school year next week. The problem is finishing all my summer homework before then and all that. Well, I hope everyone else is having a wonderful summer!Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-70121924001302882892013-07-21T12:00:00.000-04:002013-07-21T14:57:00.469-04:00Writers are crazy . . . and I love them.I just got back from two weeks at a Creative Writers' Camp. It was so much fun! While a lot of people seem to think that having over 6 hours a day devoted to writing sounds like torture, I found it to be incredibly enjoyable and helpful with developing my writing skills. I also met some amazing people who understand my weird quirks like obsession with notebooks and office supplies and talking about my characters as if they actually exist. We all bonded over a love of writing and a bunch of shared fandoms. <br />
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I had a lot of fun, but it was also nice to come home and sleep in my own bed and shower in a bathroom I wasn't sharing with 14 other girls. The dorm experience was useful for knowing what college will be like, though.<br />
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There were so many interesting things going on at camp, including a talent show, dance, and karaoke night. The talent show included some really great acts, like all the counselors singing "Bohemian Rhapsody", the new boy band 4th Floor doing a horrible yet entertaining rendition of "I Want it That Way", a bunch of truly wonderful singers, musicians, and dancers, and some of the girls from Creative Writing performing a mashup of song lyrics as slam poetry from songs including, but not limited to, "If I Was Your Boyfriend", "Unwritten", "Radioactive", "Love Story", "Single Ladies," "Umbrella", and "Thrift Shop".<br />
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Another awesome time was had on a trip to a used bookstore that I immediately fell in love with. It was one of those stores literally overflowing with books. The inside resembled a maze of bookshelves, and there were literally stacks of books lining the floor in front of the shelves as well. And with thirty or so creative writing kids there, well, let's just say the store did some really good business that day. <br />
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We also had several afternoon activities to choose from, or we could just stay in our rooms and write. Some of my favorites included Zumba, candy sushi, and movie nights of Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Howl's Moving Castle. We also had a living group night where we had 60 dollars to spend however we wanted. We went to Whole Foods, bought a ton of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, and then watched a movie.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the candy sushi I made. It was ridiculously sweet and actually pretty gross. I managed to eat two pieces before I gave up and had to go find a water fountain.</td></tr>
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One of the things I loved was being around people just as crazy as I am. Or maybe it's not that they're as crazy as I am, but rather that we're the same brand of crazy. It made for some really fun times. A group of us have even begun planning and co-writing a story in which we're all superheros and get into some pretty hilarious situations. We're filling the story with basically every stereotypical plotline we can come up with.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wear a Skirt Wednesday! We also had Wear Pink Wednesday, Pajama Day, and Tacky Day, though Wear a Skirt Wednesday definitely had the most participation, especially among the guys. All the girls (including me) were more than willing to provide daring guys with skirts for them to wear.</td></tr>
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The last week of camp went ridiculously fast. I woke up on Thursday, the last day of classes, wondering where the time went, because it felt like I had just arrived a few days before. I was really sad to leave everyone, but I know we'll stay in touch.<br />
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One thing that made coming home a little better was the stack of books that had arrived while I was gone. One in particular is a book I think everyone should read, because it is so incredibly awesome. It's called "Let's Bring Back" by Lesley M. M. Blume. It's an encyclopedia of various items and traditions and whatnots from times past that we should revive. I agree with pretty much everything in this book, and it's brilliantly written to boot.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the last day, while I was waiting for my mom to come pick me up, two of my friends decided to be cats and climb on top of the wardrobes.</td></tr>
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I'm going to miss all the great friends I made and all the fun I had at camp. I brought back some wonderful memories and some even greater bonds with new friends. Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-25135858119750743502013-06-29T16:31:00.001-04:002013-06-29T16:31:36.564-04:00Monsters and Fires and Popcorn, Oh My!Today was much more eventful than I initially thought it would be. Around lunchtime, my Dad announced he was taking my younger siblings to see Monsters University, and I decided to come too, as I've been pretty excited about it, being both a major Disney fan and a fan of Monsters Inc itself.<br />
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So, I settled in with my family and my super nutritional lunch of popcorn and m&ms to watch a delightful movie. We got a little over halfway through, when suddenly the lights came back on. We didn't really know what was going on, thinking it was just a malfunction. But then there was a faint blaring (the monsters were roaring so it was hard to tell) and people started leaving the theatre. Turns out the fire alarm was going off. Exciting stuff!<br />
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Well, we all gathered outside the theatre and waited for the firetrucks to show up. There wasn't a fire, which luckily was very clear the entire time, so nobody panicked. Turns out one of the air conditioners was malfunctioning. Eventually the firemen checked everything out and declared it safe, so we went back in to finish the movie.<br />
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For the rest of the movie, the lights kept starting to come back on, but every time I would whisper "Stop," and, much to my surprise, they listened to me. This seemed to amuse my Dad and brother very much. <br />
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So, my opinion of the movie. I, personally, really liked the movie. It was adorable and funny and sweet, and presented a really great back story leading up to Monsters Inc. The story line didn't turn out as predictable as I thought it would be, and everything seemed to tie in well with the original movie. It was particularly interesting to see the characters develop and become the personalities we know and love. I certainly recommend it to any Disney fans or kids at heart. (And adults and actual kids too. It's just a great movie for everyone.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Violette. I admit I look not-so-great in this picture, but I didn't get any sleep last night--stupid insomnia--and didn't put all that much effort into looking cute, as I was just sitting in a dark theatre where no one could see me.</td></tr>
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The summary of my day: I was going to watch a movie, but everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-50358116950774629012013-06-27T22:51:00.000-04:002013-06-27T22:51:13.099-04:00Just Another Day at WorkI have the greatest summer job. Ever. I work for my Nana and Papa. Papa is a mechanic and owns his own business, conveniently located at his house. During the summer, my sister and I work there. We don't actually work in the garage, as I know next to nothing about cars, but we work more for my Nana. Our job entails a ton of different things, including cooking, cleaning, gardening, running errands, doing taxes, sorting paper work, and doing any other odd jobs that crop up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us last summer at work.</td></tr>
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The downside is that their house doesn't have air conditioning. Have you ever tried cooking in an un-air conditioned kitchen in 95 degree weather? I think everyone should try it at least once, just so they can fully appreciate air conditioning. One of our main concerns during the hottest parts of the summer is making sure the guys at the garage don't die of heat stroke. We make sure they have a cooler full of ice water and we take them lemonade and occasionally ice cream during the afternoons.<br />
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The odd jobs are definitely the most diverse, including decorating an apartment, beautifying a brick (I wasn't there for that one), defrosting the freezer (multiple times), re-bricking the sunroom, sorting and documenting the entire inventory of car parts (which included three days in the tin storage unit with no air conditioning during the hottest part of the summer), typing and organizing hundreds of recipes, covering the inside of a barn with tulle, installing air conditioners, and a ton of other random things.<br />
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We also have lots of fun, of course. Last summer, I made a sword out of insulation board, and a couple days ago we climbed out on the roof and discovered the joys of shade-bathing. It's like sun-bathing for pale people who hate the sun. And we often burst out in song and dance while washing dishes or making lunch. (Or when grocery shopping, which gets us weird looks sometimes.)<br />
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One of the most useful skills I've learned from this job is how to cook. Unfortunately, I've only learned how to cook for large groups. We make lunch every day for about a dozen people: the three of us, eight guys who work at the garage (and they eat a ton), the new intern, and occasionally others who wander in, usually Mom or various Aunts or Uncles. Many of the things we make don't really have recipes, so I only learned how to make them in the large quantities we use. One of my favorites is a delicious pasta salad with pepperoni, Greek dressing, kalamata olives, feta cheese, and other yummy stuff. During the school year, I'll make the pasta salad and have enough to take it for lunch for an entire week, and eat it for breakfast every day. It's a good thing I never get sick of it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch today! We had a Greek theme, with a salad filled with delicious kalamata olives, artichokes, and Greek dresssing, chicken with Greek seasoning, and homemade spanakopita! The spanakopita took a ton of work, but it turned out wonderful!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Given the fact that I end every day sweaty and gross, I love any opportunity in the summer to dress up and look cute. I had a lovely opportunity today, when I went shopping and hung out with my friend Eleanore before she leaves for a trip to Hawaii. It was great fun, and there was much craziness, as there always is when we're together.<br />
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So, after this long explanation of my work, I actually won't even be back at work for a while. I'm heading off to a writing camp for two weeks and I'm really excited! I love writing, so spending two weeks doing just that, though the thought made my friends cringe, sounds like so much fun!<br />
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I hope everyone else is having a great summer, too!Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-81645412823812506652013-06-23T15:49:00.001-04:002013-06-23T15:49:55.882-04:00Happy St. Audrey Day!Guess what today is! It's St. Audrey Day! This isn't quite so significant in the US, but in France at least, your saint day is kind of like your second birthday. I had no idea there even was a St. Audrey until one year I was in France with my grandparents and their friends surprised me with a cake on St. Audrey Day. I'm not actually doing anything exciting for St. Audrey Day (I'm basically just drinking tea and watching X-Files), so I'll tell you about my more exciting time yesterday.<br />
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Yesterday I went to a graduation party for a very wonderful person, Olivia, who I've known pretty much my entire life. I had a wonderful time hanging out with some of my very favorite people all evening. There were many laughs and much random dancing and singing.<br />
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We all had lots of fun despite the rainy weather. And, of course, the food was all delicious, home-cooked goodness. Unfortunately, my parents couldn't come because my little sister was sick. <br />
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As usual, at some point my phone disappeared and I got it back a while later with lots of selfies of Tallulah making funny faces. I've decided that I should start compiling my favorites in preparation for Tallulah's graduation party in a few years. She's probably got a good number of funny pictures of me, too.<br />
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Is there anything better than spending an evening with friends? And I have the great luck to be friends with some of the most amusing people in the world. My siblings are also amusing, so we all have great fun together.<br />
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I hope you all have a fabulous St. Audrey Day, whether or not your name is Audrey. Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-44011998623556161922013-06-21T21:34:00.001-04:002013-06-21T21:34:42.345-04:00Seeing the World through {Purple} Colored Glasses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love sewing. I'm not the best at it, and my sewing machine likes to freak out at me, but I still love sewing. My Nana is the one who taught me to sew, and we always have a ton of fun together sewing fun dresses. (Though, admittedly, she does most of the sewing and I generally do most of the cutting-things-out.)<br />
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The other day, I had a random urge to look at some sewing patterns, only to find that the website (McCalls, Butterick, and Vogue) was having a huge sale! And by huge, I mean nothing was over four bucks, and most of the patterns I got were under $2. So I bought 15 patterns. I was actually going to buy 16, but the shipping went up $8, so I had to decide which I liked more: the somewhat more practical blazer, or the completely awesome Renaissance style dress. The Renaissance gown won, of course.<br />
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The patterns arrived yesterday and I am so insanely excited!<br />
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A lot of the patterns I got are from the vintage collections, and are original patterns from the '50s. I can't wait until I find time and fabric to make some of these dresses!<br />
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This is one of my favorites, and also one I'm not sure I'll ever have the occasion or the fabric to complete, but why not have it on hand anyway? If I get my way, I will definitely attend a ball at some point in my life.<br />
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This pattern might be my absolute favorite. It has so much potential! I also now have an assortment of historical dress patterns and a brilliant pattern for super fun full-skirted aprons. (I adore aprons and am building a collection.)<br />
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And there's more exciting news as well! I got glasses! I'm still trying to get used to them, as I've never had glasses before. My family, who have all had glasses for years, made fun of me because I was constantly raising and lowering my glasses trying to see the difference. (It's a very slight prescription, basically just a magnifying glass for far away objects.)<br />
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I'm actually quite pleased with how my glasses look, as I should be, considering I spent over an hour trying on almost every pair of frames at the eye doctor's. The only thing I really don't like are the nose pieces, because, as I'm not used to wearing glasses, I keep putting them on my head and getting them caught in my hair. I guess eventually I'll get used to it. I really wanted some Ray-Ban, hipster-type glasses, because I think they look awesome, but they didn't look good on me.<br />
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In other exciting news, my parents recently informed us that we're going to Disney World this Christmas break! I cannot even begin to explain how super excited I am! I don't really remember much from our last trip to Disney, about six years ago. To make things even more exciting, we're also visiting Harry Potter World! There is so much excitement I can't even contain it!<br />
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I've decided that I want to make Disney princess outfits to wear at Disney, because I think it's silly that generally only little kids dress up. I'm definitely thinking about a Merida dress (I have a medieval dress pattern), a provincial Belle outfit (my favorite princess!), an Alice dress, and shortened versions of Ariel's pink dress and maybe Cinderella's dress.<br />
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I found a thing online that matches the different Myers-Briggs personality types with Disney characters. I am the same personality type as Belle, my older sister is Tiana, my brother is Roger from 101 Dalmations, and my little sister is Peter Pan. I was more interested in the fact that Sarah (older sis) is the exact opposite of Jack Sparrow and Sam (brother) is the opposite of Gaston.<br />
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Well, that's all the interesting things I can think of for today. Have a lovely weekend!<br />
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Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-36793318477720494382013-06-17T17:47:00.001-04:002013-06-17T17:47:29.400-04:00Older and WiserHello again! The big excitement this week has been me getting my wisdom teeth out. I have one word to describe the experience: Ouch! I got them out last Monday, and I'm doing much better since then, but I can still only eat soft food and can't touch the sides of my mouth.<br />
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I don't remember much of the actual process of getting them out, thank goodness! I vaguely remember someone helping me to the car and seeing double the whole way home. Mom has filled me in a bit since then. Apparently I was weeping when she came in to get me after the surgery. I can sort of remember the nurse telling Mom the anesthesia would make me weepy, but I don't remember actually crying. <br />
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Also, on the way home Mom says I continually poked myself in the eye. I think I was trying to cover one eye at a time because of the double vision, but wasn't coordinated enough. I was also mumbling very quietly, because I had very important things to tell Mom, though they didn't really make any sense. Mom says this was actually pretty funny, though <i>I</i> remember being very successful with the talking and covering my eyes.<br />
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Anyway, I got home, curled up on the couch, and proceeded to watch five Disney movies in a row. I remember being pretty pitiful. My brother and sister went to the mall and made me a Build-a-Bear, which was very sweet. It's a Time Lord Bear with two hearts, and when you squeeze her hand, she says "I love you." I named her Andromeda, and I carried her everywhere with me for the first few days of my recovery.<br />
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I've gotten much better in the past week, so my advice to anyone getting their wisdom teeth out is to just stick it out and know that eventually you will be able to eat something other than mashed potatoes. <br />
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By the way, if anyone is going through this soon, some great foods to eat are: mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, meatloaf, ice cream, fruit smoothies, bananas, rice, creamed spinach, and nutella on soft bread. And keep lots of ice packs on hand.<br />
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It doesn't feel like it's only been a week and a half of summer vacation. Well, I guess it's closer to two weeks now. This isn't even the busy part of my summer and it feels like so much has happened already. Mom and I have joked that it's "Extreme Makeover" time before I start all my camps and trips later in the summer. So far I've gotten my wisdom teeth out, gotten my hair re-dyed, and am getting glasses for the first time. Exciting stuff!<br />
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<br />Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911363366100411001.post-69113968611608386652013-06-15T15:46:00.000-04:002013-06-15T15:46:12.405-04:00Introducing Audrey!Hello! I'm Audrey (as you probably figured out) and this is my new blog! It's also my only blog, so I honestly have very little idea what I'm doing. Should be fun!<br />
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This post is a random collection of odds and ends so you can get to know me a little. Hopefully this blog will be a lovely chronicle of my life, which may or may not end up seeming much more exciting than it actually is.<br />
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This is me! I'm planning on this being at least partially a fashion blog, so I'll go ahead and tell you that this is a very normal outfit for me. I love wearing skirts and dresses and wear them almost all the time. I definitely love vintage-styled clothing--and actual vintage--and try to incorporate it into most of my wardrobe.<br />
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This is a couple of my friends, Kali and Hana, and me at Duke University for a Model UN competition. Also notable is that I am completely and totally obsessed with Harry Potter!<br />
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Some of my favorite things in life are reading and writing. I find myself happiest when I'm curled up with a mug of tea and a good book, listening to raindrops on the roof.<br />
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I'm hoping that this blog will help improve my writing and photography abilities, and help me document my life, as I've been trying for years to keep a regular journal with very little success.<br />
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Well, I guess I'll leave it here before I start rambling. I'm pretty excited about this experiment, and I hope it turns out well!Audreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00288536833001907505noreply@blogger.com0