It's ok, I won't tell anyone! Shh! Your secret is safe with me!
Well, here we are again, doing this thing that we do where I tell random stories about my life and you pretend to care. Oh, what's that? You really do care? Oh, stop it you. I'm blushing.
In that case!
Welcome to April! I know there's been a ton of stuff that I haven't told you, but I'm working on it. I'm really trying here, I promise.
I don't know where to start...
Um...
I've already told you how much I love baking, so I don't think I need to go back into all that.
Oh! We'll start at the most recent thing and just work our way backwards, sound good?
Formal
This past weekend we had our Phi Mu Formal. I decided not to take a date this year, but still had a lot of fun!
The theme of formal this year was "Red Carpet". So our venue (a country club) was decked out all super fancy and whatnot for us.The food was really good, and although I didn't feel much like dancing, I got a few good moves in!
And because I know everyone is curious about what my hair looked like, don't lie, I know you were, here's what I did to it:
Not gonna lie, I'm pretty proud of those mad hair styling skills!
Spring Break.
One of my best friends and I decided to take a trip to Leadville, Colorado to go skiing and snowboarding. We drove up in one day, spent two days on the mountain, then took a day to drive back.
For those of you who don't know how far Dallas is from Leadville, let me give you a little idea here.
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What does that say? It looks like it says 14 hours and 49 minutes. Wow, that's a long way! But it was fine because we listened to a great book!
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
and subsequently
Independant Study by Joelle Charbonneau
They're really good if you like dystopian novels!
I snowboarded when we were there. I wouldn't say that I'm awesome or anything because that's not true. But I'm pretty good, and I really like it!
Snowboard in the foreground, gorgeous gift from God in the background. Overall, a good vacation!
Trojan Women
Before I ever decided to have fun on Spring Break, I was in a play. "What is this madness Ali? You were actually in a play?"
Why yes! I was!
I was in a production of The Trojan Women by Euripides. I was a little skeptical of Greek to begin with because not only have I never been in a Greek production, but the only Greek I've ever seen was... not so great...
But it was actually stinkin' awesome!
The director was probably the best director I've ever worked with in my life. I am so overwhelmingly glad I was able to be in a show with him because I learned so much and was able to grow a lot through the course of the production.
Not to mention, my bestie (and roommate) was the stage manager. We literally saw each other ALL THE TIME!!! And were so okay with it!
I adored the show and the cast, despite the depressing subject matter, and literally cried when it ended.
Then again, I cried at the end of every show... it was part of the story, I promise!
Halloween
Woo-hoo!!
Ok, I need to preface everything I'm about to say with the fact that I've only ever celebrated Halloween once before in my life.
Boo-hoo, poor baby Ali didn't get to celebrate Halloween growing up.
Ah, bleh. I had fun slingshot-ing Tootsie Rolls at Trick-or-Treaters through my brother's window, leave me alone!
Anywho, even the one time I celebrated Halloween, I did not make myself a costume for the... holiday?
Whatever.
I decided to go all out this Halloween since I actually had plans for once! My Theatre Little and I were going to go to H & 8th which is a Food Truck Festival in OKC, then go see a midnight performance of Bat Boy at out school.
The only logical conclusion was to make the number one most bad ass Halloween costume EVER!!!
And what costume might that be?
I'm embarrassed for you that you even have to ask such a question.
I decided to go as the fabulous,
marvelous,
incomparable,
literally incomprehensible,
Harley Quinn.
For those of you who are not already aware of my deep and unending love for all things superheros, here's a quick rundown for ya:
My favorite superheroes in order are:
1. Nightcrawler
2. Robin (Dick Grayson)
3. Deadpool
4. Rorschach
I love the X-Men more than anything, but am a DC girl because the X-Men and Spiderman are the only things about Marvel that I like.
Except I have to say that Marvel's movie making skills are far superior... then again, DC is pumping out some top notch TV shows!
But when it comes to villains, nothing beats Batman villains, and ABSOLUTELY nothing beats Harley Quinn.
She's like my psychotic homegirl, or... something.
Ignoring that, I thought it would be fun to build myself a costume to be my favorite super villain of all time, so I did!
I'll spare you all the boring details and get straight to the results:
Wha-la!
Yeah, I know! How do ya like dem apples!?
It was a fun night; I really enjoyed it, and would like to, potentially, celebrate it again sometime!
ugly.
So, not only have I been in a show since I last posted, but I've also been in a movie.
I'm not lying. No leg pulling. This is the honest to goodness truth!
Here's some information about the movie:
http://www.eyeshock.com/index.php/movies/comedy/item/186-ugly
It's called ugly. and will be coming out May 31st. I'm not sure where yet, but I will find out!
I played a young doctor named April for the film and spent a lot of my screen time being sarcastic which was great fun!
I loved the role and enjoyed working with Eyeshock Studios. I would love to work with them again in the future if I get a chance!
Big/Little
As a sophomore this year, I've had the magnificently fabulous opportunity to take on Littles.
I understand that not everyone knows what a Little is. Well... I'm not really sure how to describe it other than we make "families" as a sort of mentoring type thing, so incoming freshman have someone to go to and talk to about life and such.
Poor description aside, I now have two amazing Littles (and an adopted Little who I also love but am not exactly sure where she fits in all this).
One of my Littles is through Theatre. Hilariously, my Theatre Big is that roommate I told you about earlier. We're more of friends than Big/Little though.
But I love my Theatre Little! She is the cutest, most adorable thing in the entire world! She's into all the nerdy things I love, and still manages to be one of the coolest people ever.
The fascinating thing, however, is that I had no idea who she was until Big/Little reveal. It was really nerve wracking meeting her for the first time without knowing if she was going to love me as much as I already loved her.
I think she loves me now... I hope she loves me...
My other Little was chosen. She's my Phi Mu Little. I got to pick her, and she (as far as I know) picked me!
Then came the presents.
I crafted so hard for Big/Little week. I worked my skills and fingers to the MAX!!!!!!
Literally.
There is a lot of random stuff that I could still talk about, but this post is already long, so we'll just wrap that sucker on up, stick in the back of my closet, and save it for next time.
Although I have to share that I've started writing down funny things that my roommate says which has prompted her to not talk.
She has instead decided that she is a kitty and will only "meow" from now on. So, when I asked her earlier if she would bring me the bowl of chocolate mousse I made, she decided to crawl over to the fridge and carry to bowl to me on her head.
Sometimes I wonder about her, but then I remember: she lives with me, no one would be sane after that!
... I've realized my posts aren't as funny as they used to be. I will endeavor to be less of a failure next time.
Thus, till next time, friends!
As Awesomely Busy As Always,
Ali
Update: My roommate, and I quote, is "apparently not a cat anymore which is sad. [She] liked being a cat. It was a simpler time.”
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