Hey! I am so happy that I get to switch classes! Goodbye Spanish and hello Stagecraft! Not to mention my counselor is being super nice about everything! 
So other than that switch, tomorrow I hand in a job application at a coffee shop and a bookstore, but we're going dress shopping with my cousins and mom! Yay! I'm so excited. Then tomorrow night I have a date with my boyfriend, which will be so much fun on its own. He is such a sweetheart, and our eleven month is this next Tuesday.
Wednesday is the movie party at my church where we'll watch Avengers, Thor, and Captain America (seeing the theme?) and it will be so much fun! I am so glad.
HAVE A WONDERFUL SPRING BREAK!

Exams just finished, so next week is a whole new school experience. I'm excited as ever. But I need to get out of Spanish ASAP and start doing something useful. Maybe online Econ or something like that so I don't have to take it next year. Or maybe I'll just suffer through Spanish and be done with it. I'll probably go that route. I also need to get out of the torture chamber that is Mr. Wilson's Trig class and back into Mrs. Farmer's...who can at least teach. 
Auditions for Theatre 3 (Advanced Theatre) are Monday after school and I'm only slightly terrified to find out if I made it or not. I really hope that auditions go well and that I make it to Advanced Theatre, or at least higher up on the waiting list for it, that would be okay too.
Prom is coming up! Do you know what that means? I need to get a dress. Not just any dress, a floor-length dress. What do I do!? I am so nervous. Summer is sneaking up, along with graduation and prom too! AH! I'm stressed, I'll admit it. I don't want him to leave, but I do want him to succeed in life and get a good job that he'll enjoy. I want him to be happy. I need to go work on my monologue...bye!

This weekend my stepmom has been making some pretty rude remarks about me and I don't understand why. My dad and I usually quip back and forth about things but she said, "Gosh you're getting really snippy with your dad." I'm not trying to be snippy. I apologized and just went upstairs, like I usually do. They wonder why I stay upstairs most of the time...
I don't really fit in with either side of my family. My mom is way too pushy and perfectionist for me to be fully comfortable with myself around her, and my dad is too childish to be really serious about anything with me. I feel like I'm the adult and that's really not fair. I've already decided what I want to be when I grow up. My grandmother told me I shouldn't stay with Christian too long or settle down too young because I have too many opportunities. All I want is to have something neither of my parents ever gave to me: A home and a family. ONE HOME with ONE WIFE and ONE HUSBAND. Nobody divorcing or leaving anyone else. Just the love of someone who understands and cherishes you and the blessing of God over your household. Isn't that what everyone wants? I want my kids to grow up without a broken family. I want them to be able to pursue their interests and have friends over without being nervous about how their parents will treat that friend. I want to be a loving, accepting, and nurturing mother. Honestly, as hard as my parents tried, I ended up on my own, raising myself, a lot of the time. They wonder why I'm so mature. Alright, rant over.

So having finished my other book, I needed a new one. I also got myself an 'audition' with the book store people and may have a job there, if not at Moomers or Aromas. Besides all my various job applications, most of which end in miserable failure, I've been doing a lot of studying and reading in order to fully prepare for exams. My math exam paper is due on Wednesday and the second half will be done in class. I'm a little nervous about it, but overall not too scared. Hopefully I pass that class with some sort of grade (I couldn't care less what it is if I pass). And then next trimester I'm taking all core classes and Spanish (which I totally hate).
After exams, I forward to another fantastic viewing of West's musical production: Beauty and the Beast. My best friend since the fourth grade, David, is playing the Beast. That boy has such an amazing voice, dang. Sometimes David can be a bit confusing to me, so I tend to steer clear when possible. I do say hello to him when I feel like it though, because I miss him a bunch. Anyway, back to my boring life with me! See you lovelies whenevs.

I love getting new books. I like to read the back of it and find out all the exciting things that wait on the inside. I love discovering the characters and figuring out what they look like. What are their attitudes and how do they portray them physically? 
Plus, the new book I got (Steel by Carrie Vaughn) is about pirates, and I ADORE pirates. So yay for my new book. 
I'm also practicing my monologue for theatre three and REALLY hoping that I get in, since competition is fierce this year. Oh goodness. Anywho, I hope this goes well. Wish me luck!

Lately I've been listening to my old favorite band again. It's great hearing their lyrics and thinking of what my life was like when I first heard that song. What was I thinking? What did the lyrics mean to me then, and what do they mean now? It's such a great feeling, knowing those words have a great impact on my life. Especially the albums "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" and "The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys."
Their new album, "Conventional Weapons" is finally out. I'm so excited! Songs on there like Boy Division and Kiss the Ring really make you think of the good old days. MCR is one of those bands that always stays true to their meaning. Tokio Hotel was a good band but they changed everything about themselves constantly and it's hard to say you still love them.
Anyway, I'm glad to have worked myself back into the ranks of the MCRmy. 

Today I received an awesome visit from my big brother Steve. He stopped by after church and brought me a 2 liter of Cherry Pepsi (Yum, my favorite!) and then we hung out on my couch and talked about lots of silly and funny things. Steve and Sebastian are two guys that I'd really trust with anything. Steve especially because he doesn't do that annoying thing where he brings up one of your secrets really loudly and in front of everyone.
Steve lets me rant to him, rants to me, and helps me out a lot when I really need someone. He's great at giving advice and can also screw around and be silly when you need cheering up. I love Steve and hanging out with him :)
He's my backup husband, haha. I don't know what I'd do without a friend like him.
-Teague

I am so sick of snow days! All I wanted when I woke up this morning was to go to school so I could suffer through the day and enjoy my lunch date with my boyfriend. But I guess that's not going to happen. I'm gettin' real tired of your shit, Northern Michigan.
So I guess writing stories and reading books and drinking tea will have to make up for my lack of snuggles today. Even as I sit here watching my brother play video games, like he's been doing for the past two hours. His eyes might fall out of his head at this rate. Wow...the snow is actually kind of pretty outside the living room window. Blowing all over the place in a white cascade. 
I love to play with words. It's one of my favorite things to do. Just play with words and move them. How can I write? What's a new style? Can I immitate this author? What's going to happen if I do? What stories can I come up with? Out of those ideas, which one should I develop? Writing is a dangerous but fun business. 
-Teague

Thursday morning the theater was packed with kids from preschool to sixth grade. They sat in their seats, some bored and some nervous. Some of them were excited and others didn't quite understand what was going on. Backstage, the actors were trying to calm their nerves and the extras just kind of chilled wherever until they were needed in the second scene. This performance was something each and every one of them would remember for a long time to come. The kids laughed and played along, cheering for the Emperor and booing the villains, even laughing at their 'punishment' at the hands of the Empressettes. 
My show was Saturday night, last night, and it was honestly one of the most fun parts I've ever played. I got to direct the show and play the mischievous, if not fun-loving and sassy, Minstrel (who narrates everything). I introduced scenes and foreshadowed exactly what was going to happen next. It was so much fun and the play went splendidly. I hope to be in productions like this in the future, because West is going to be my home for a couple years yet. 

My boyfriend is such a sweetheart! If I'm really tired and he's not (and I'm being stubborn and refusing to sleep) he will tell me a bedtime story. Last night he told a story about the characters in our play falling in love and it was adorable!
Speaking of the play...it is SO MUCH FUN! The matinees went very well and I had 3 little girls tell me that I was their favorite character. It's always so wonderful to hear a child say that you had even the smallest influence on you.
Plus I made friends with my "fun buddy" Christian Brown, who is awesome.
Tea is my newest addiction. Too much BBC will do that to a person. But now I am sure I will spend all my money on tea! Well I am tired. Perhaps another story?
Hugs and stories - Teague