finally, a summarization of my feelings

"i've mostly been listening to dirty rap lately. that's sort of my scene. really, really obscene hip-hop. i love it so much. it makes me laugh and then it makes me want to dance."

- natalie portman, in the new issue of interview magazine

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/natalie-portman/

weezy, allergic to wintertime

my college experience can be summarized somewhat accurately by the following scenarios: 

1. the first time i was photographed in the crimson white i was dressed as bellatrix lestrange, a deranged witch from the harry potter series. i had on a wig and a dress titled by its creator as "vampire countess."

2. the second time i was photographed in the crimson white i had a bright blue butterfly on my face and was accredited, along with yates, as having sang two original songs. these songs were in fact written by patty griffin. 

WIN.

to date, senior year has included: 

1. a run from the car to the rec in which pends and i got drenched. we subsequently dried our pants off in the women's locker room using the swimsuit dryer.  this entailed us standing sans pants in rain jackets for the duration of the dry time. 

2. accidently going to a class in ten hoor 114 instead of ten hoor 119.  the teacher asked how many people were freshmen and everyone raised their hand. i then got up and walked out. for me it seems, crimson is illegible handwriting. 

3. copious amounts of kettle corn. 

4. two viewings of the film inglourious basterds. 

5. a humongous girl crush on zooey deschanel, culminating in my proposition of marriage to her via my blog title and also my twitter account. it is also listed under my activities on facebook. zooey, if you're reading this, call me. 

6. discovering with great enthusiasm, textsfromlastnight. i laughed so hard trying to regale kate, reagan and ruth with one that snot came out of my nose. 

also i watched a movie on nanook of the north. the first documentary about an eskimo who ultimately died of starvation. 

rollll tide. 

zooey deschanel, will you marry me?

just so that we're clear as to why i am about to chop blunt bangs and dye my hair brown, make chris wear vests and start sprawling out on blankets in the midst of tall golden wheat grass:

glad we can all be on the same page here.

japanese media franchises and you

this is by far the most incriminating blog post i've ever written.  should it be a pertinent aspect of our friendship that i not have had a pre-adolescent fanatical obsession with a dubbed japanese style cartoon then i beseech you to cloak yourself in ignorance and exit this blog.

i warned you.

last week while i was in tuscaloosa chris found out that i used to watch sailor moon. more accurately, sailor moon was the anime predecessor to buffy. before i was obsessed with the chosen one i was obsessed with an anime cartoon who proclaimed to punish villains "in the name of the moon."

in this way i didn't choose feminism. through the all compelling power of modern day television feminism chose me.  sailor moon, or serena tsukino (usagi tsukino for you native japanese speakers) and buffy summers taught me everything i know. namely that girls rule. and also that at some point in my life someone will come to me and awaken a power in me which is intended to save all the world. and also the universe. 

but i digress. 

so for whatever reason chris became oddly intrigued with my sailor moon fascination and jokingly encouraged me to revisit it.  SO I DID.  i found myself on the three hour drive home remembering plot arcs, supporting characters and favorite episodes. 

that's when i came to the glorious realization that the members of my close circle of girl friends align almost perfectly with that of the sailor scouts, or the titular character's close circle of girl friends. by casting myself in the role of sailor moon, which i am allowed to do as this is my symbolic representation, i can then cast kristin, yates, anna and kate similarly in the roles of the sailor scouts. 

behold:

sailor jupiter/kristin mcdonald

sailor jupiter or lita is characterized by being fiercely loyal and the strongest defender of the sailor scouts.  she is emotionally very tough and is often the one who defends sailor moon both in battle and in everyday life. she is also described as a very good cook. her powers deal primarily with thunder. and, get this, she ALWAYS wears green. 

 

sailor mars/sarah yates

sailor mars or raye is characterized as being the more calm, serious and practical of the sailor scouts.  she enjoys singing and works as a priestess in a temple.  although reserved raye is passionate about the things she believes in.  physically not only does she wear capstone red, she is also the only scout to wear high heels (red) when transformed. her powers deal primarily with fire. 

sailor mercury/anna pendleton

sailor mercury or amy is the most intelligent of the sailor scouts. her quick wit and impeccable assessment are invaluable through the whole series. wikipedia informs me she has an iq of 300.  get it girl. she is the scout with the sweetest disposition and remains unfailingly kind.  her powers deal primarily with water.

sailor venus/kate sparks

sailor venus or mina is the most caring of the sailor scouts and is heavily invested in her friendships. she is continually upbeat and is almost always cheerful and outgoing.  she has a large interest in pop culture which she shares with sailor moon.  she always wears a red hair bow (it was given to her by a cute boy). uniquely, her powers are not elemental and deal primarily with love.

so there you go.  

i'll probably delete this. 

but probably not. 

get it gurl

"i have nothing to declare except my genius."
- oscar wilde, to a us customs officer upon his arrival to new york

i am so busy all the time

to do:

go see away we go in theaters by myself
buy costume for midnight premiere of harry potter
become all consumingly obsessed with a song of ice and fire
close account at suntrust
order books for fall semester
watch all of family guy season 7

no rest for the productive i tell you.

sometimes i write stories about myself

so this girl and this boy live in paris. 

and she's a ballet dancer right? 

and he's a musician. 

and she's french and he's american.

but he writes this piano piece.

and she dances to it see?

and now they are in like.