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Meg's Journal

Rock on, dude!

I suppose this shall be strictly my LOTR and Company journal. I've already got a blog (check it out -- http://www.idlefancies.blogspot.com and say hi!), but I don't like to write about the forums I visit and such in my blog. Or geek-out and discuss my favorite things like LOTR for two pages.

Then again, it may not be just LOTR-related.

Warning: this is going to be a very relaxed journal. I probably won't post in it much, heck, I might forget it exists in two days' time!

So. I'm craving a viewing of ROTK again. I've only seen it three times. I desperately want OUT OF THIS HOUSE, and LOTR is always a good outlet. But I won't count on seeing it anytime soon. My parents are going to be gone tonight, leaving just my brother, my little sister and I alone. Yeah, so I'm thinking it'll be as "dull as tombs" (to quote Jo March. or was it Laurie?), because my brother is out bowling right now and I don't know when he's going to return. Thus, I have nobody to rent me a movie.

For Christmas, my brother-in-law got TTT and FOTR EE's. I said I would of course let him watch them first, because they're his, but he'd not gotten around to it for a long time, and now, when I forget they exist in this house, my sister says I can watch them. When I DON'T want to sit in front of the TV in our house.

Yes, I'm very "ROAR" today. And I'm getting a headache. Bah humbug to everything.

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Wendy: But, what is it for?
Aunt: It is for the greatest adventure of all. They that find it have slipped in and out of Heaven.
Wendy: Find what?
Aunt: The one the kiss belongs to.

1/24/04, 5:55 pm

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Re: Keep a journal.... as in, ALL of us?

Later Saturday, Jan. 24, '04

I really like this journal better than my blog, for one reason -- my blog is viewed by a number of people and I often feel what I write there is a "display", so I don't post as often as I might. This? I can probably gripe without feeling like I'm wasting space on a more professional feeling blog. I can always delete entries, without feeling like I left something out.

So, I shall whine, as I have no other outlet.

Brother is still gone, am now alone, aside from little sister. Dang it, I want some dinner, and there is nobody to get it for me (the house is empty of food, seriously). My head hurts. I couldn't go shopping like I wanted. Nobody to talk to. My sister pissed me off earlier by accusing me of being in a bad, "snapping" mood, when I was perfectly amiable all day. I just feel like throwing a fit.

And the little one? Took over my TV, when I took a quick break from FOTR EE to check if anyone was online.

1/24/04, 7:30 pm

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Snow days are a beautiful thing. :yes:

It's so funny! Yesterday, the snow started "flying" as soon as I left for school at 7:30 am, and didn't stop all through the day. By the time I got out of school, there was a good 7 inches of snow sitting on my brother's car. It continued through the evening and possibly into the night (but I'm not sure of that). My dad told my brother and I that we didn't need to set our alarms to wake us up in the morning, because he would watch the news and tell us if we had school or not. Not a single school in the county (or all of the west part of MI) was open. So, snow day!

Funny part? The roads had been cleared and salted. emoticon

I didn't get out of bed until 10:30 or so, and when I came upstairs the first thing I said to my mom was "yay for snow days!". And yay for sleeping in!

My sister (Carrie) called a little bit later, maybe half an hour, and I answered. "Hello?" - "What are YOU doing home?" - "Don't you watch TV? All the schools are closed!" - "Oh."

She invited me to help her take a few of her lighter things from her old house to her new house. It wouldn't be difficult, so I said sure, I'd like to go.

Man, am I jealous of Carrie's new house.

It's really two houses in one... They're in this beautiful subdivision, prolly one of the BEST IN THE CITY. Anyways, what looks like two seperate houses is joined together by a long sunporch and garage. There are 7 *bedrooms* in total, but only my sister and another girl named Lyndsay are living there so far. They've each taken a bedroom in one "half" of the house.

Carrie's side has five *bedrooms* -- her's, a couple real bedrooms, and then two more that are going to be used as bedrooms. Carrie's bedroom has it's own bathroom adjoining it, and FOUR CLOSESTS. Big ones, too. emoticon

The kitchen in her half is just adorable -- quaint tiles and wood cabinets. And, maybe I'm a freak just like Carrie, but we totalled *geeked* over this one cabinet. You pull it open, and on the door there's shelves. Then you can pull open this two-sided swinging door in it, which has shelves on both sides (for spices), and behind THAT there's MORE shelves on the wall of the cabinet! Yes, I'm a very cookery-and-kitchen type person, so I adore stuff like that in kitchens. Each of the living rooms/dens has a fireplace!

And! And! And one of the basement bedrooms (which was a cheerful yellow) -- it had a window seat!! I wanted that room, right then and there.

Lyndsay's half of the house is very modern. Her bathroom has a positively enormous bathtub AND an entire "shower room". And I didn't see it today, but there's an indoors pool in the basement. emoticon

Wow. Not to mention, it's got a gorgeous kitchen, and a living room with a HIGH ceiling. Gah, I loved it.

Enough of Carrie's new place.

We then went back to Carrie's old house, where I enjoyed petting her roommates' cats, Bella and Sammy (brother and sister). Bella is the weirdest but more beautiful cat I've ever seen! She's slim and kind of fluffy, with mostly grey hair but splashes of orange in it! emoticon

Precious, absolutely precious! I wanted to take her home with me....

While we were there, I tried on two dresses that Carrie bought for me to chose from for a dance coming up at my school. They're not the prom-style dresses that cost over $100, but more simple. Classy, but simple. They were both black -- one had one strap only, with a fake red rose on it, and it kind of swept from mid-thigh down to the knee on the other side. The other was also black, but with glittery dots and black flowers on the outside gauzy layer; cute cap sleeves, and knee-length. I wanted them both! But alas, the second one (which I infinitely preferred, because it was cuter) was a size too small for me (small, instead of medium) and they didn't carry anymore sizes at the store, JC Penney's, because it was a clearance item.

And then I came home!

1/28/04, 4:31 pm

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How I do love shopping! :glad:

I've only been wanting to go shopping for two weeks, and finally, last Sunday, my parents gave $200 of the money they owed me (I babysit my little sister every week for $20, but as they don't pay me every week, it adds up :happy: ). But nobody wanted to or has been able to take me until Saturday. And now, almost a day later, I'm still squeeling about my "precious" purchases! :crazy:

I love Aeropostale, ya know that? I always find adorable clothes for good deals (well, at least according to their original prices!). I was in need of shorts for my spring break, so I bought two pairs. Originally they were both $29.50 (ouch!), but they were 30% off of that, so only around $20 and change. I need pants/jeans, too, so I bought a pair half off of the original $44.50! And then, I got two t-shirts: a polo shirt that started at $24.50, but I got for $9.99; and one for $6.99, but I can't remember the price for it to begin with.

I'm usually quite modest when it comes to shorts. I want the inseam to be at least three inches, so they're long enough (but at the same time, not the length my mom wears emoticon

). The two pairs I got? Pretty darned short. They're made of khaki-type material, a light-olive-green and a faded-dark-blue. And I have discovered something: my legs look frickin' hot in these shorts. :teehee: When I tried them on, it was a definate boost to my self-esteem. I didn't know my legs could look that good!

The polo shirt is yellow. For some reason, I've been craving a yellow shirt. I guess I just want more cheerful clothes? It's rather tight (fitted, I should say) and it's got some stripes across the chest and says "Aeropostale" under it. On the stripes, it's got this cute little sunset. The other shirt is a plain, fitted t-shirt. It's dark brown and says something about a Tiki, I think. emoticon

It's got cute little orange-y flowers, too.

And the pants! They're insanely baggy. emoticon

They're also of a khaki material, but a darker green than the shorts. And instead of a belt, it has this two-sided, wide ribbon thing: it's the khaki material on one side and a glossy looking ribbon on the other. I'm wearing them tomorrow to school.

Anyways....

I'm still slowly watching the extras on FOTR: EE. It's taken me over almost a week, and I'm not even through the first disc (of extras, not the movies themselves -- I watched all of those Sunday and Monday emoticon

). It's slow going, as I don't watch *that* much TV anymore, have schoolwork like mad, and the little one (my sister Jessica) hogs the tv. Plus, I'm the only one who's interested in LOTR enough to sit there and watch all those extras for more than 10 minutes at a time. Hehe!

But! I must say, I'm very much enjoying them! They're so fascinating and in-depth. It's pretty crazy that they went into SO MUCH DETAIL (like the Elvish on the swords??), when you don't see more than 1/10 of it. I understand they wanted everything to "be and feel authentic", but damn. That was so much work! I would dearly love to work on a project of such magnificance!

Ah, yes. The two EE's of the movies themselves. I'm so shocked that PJ actually left some of that stuff out! Yes, time constraints, blah blah blah.... But so much of it was stuff you should be required to know if you're going to watch it.

I'll probably post more about this later, as I'd love to praise each specific part emoticon

, but I'll need to watch it again. Really, all I can remember is the Faramir/Boromir/Denethor part, and the Merry/Pippin Green Dragon scene!

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Is it odd that you sometimes realize, "I'm happy"?

It's not that I'm normally unhappy. Certainly not. But this week, I've not complained about a thing, and the things I could complain about seem so trivial, so unimportant.

First of all... it seems my self-esteem has taken a drastic turn for the better. I've always been insecure with my body, even though I do know it's lovely. This week? I've felt so wonderful when I look in the mirror as I prepare for school, because I not only see that my body looks good, I feel like my body looks good. My jeans and shirts hug me well, my curves are gorgeous... etc. And I finally appreciate it. So? I feel better. I'm happy with that.

Monday night I busily got ready for an audition to be in the school's upcoming play. For a few run-through's of my monologue, I stood in front of the huge mirrors covering my mom's closet and saw myself -- that I was good. How wonderful to know!

Tuesday, I felt a little bit scared whenever I thought of my audition. But when I finally got up there, I conquered my fear (though it was strong) and KNEW I had done good.

I had a dentists appointment Wednesday morning, so when I came back to school, it was a bit empty in the halls. I passed the president of the drama club, a girl named Megan, and she said "You were really good yesterday!" out of the blue to me. Well, thank you! I smiled happily, if not grinned, as I climbed the stairs. How often do you get praise for something that comes so naturally to you? It's not as if I worked hard on that monologue, just memorizing the lines. The voice intonations, the hand gestures, the moving about and putting emotion into it, was natural. Second nature. And in my last class, a girl who was at the auditions also told me I was really good!

Yesterday, I spent my lunch boy-scoping with my friend, Angie. There's a new boy, who we both think is very hot. And I've found that it's easier than I thought to hold a gaze with a boy. And? With how often I caught him looking at me, I began to feel a little more attractive. More than I've felt before.

Add all of this together, and I've been in the best mood I can remember in recent years. And it's lasting!

Confidence is under-rated, I think, now that I know how awesome it is!

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The play? Well, if you've ever read "A Midsummer Night's Dream", you may have heard of the character Hermia. I'm playing the equivalent of her character in my school's rip-off of Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Teen", Mia, the 12th grade cheerleader who is in love with Lysander (Lyle). A far better role than I would have imagined getting, as I've never done a play for our school drama director before, or any play at all, in all frankness. I'm very, very excited about the role and the play is turning out well, so far. But I need to study my lines like mad.

And I have to learn a dance. Scary thought. They practiced yesterday during rehearsal, but not the "B" cast, so I didn't learn it then. Another part of the play, I'll just have to dance however I want to some 80's music. Oh, joy. emoticon

So I'm furiously downloading 80's dance songs, hoping one will trigger my dancing abilities that have long been stifled by my fear of looking stupid when I dance.

2/21/04, 2:22 pm

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