Kirstee

Oleanna

2007-04-17T04:18:58Z

Was writing a paper and this exchange between the two characters jumped out at me...

(Carol is a student seeing her college professor about her grade, John, the prof., decides to tell her his beliefs on the 'college system')

Carol: What do you think?

John: Should all kids go to college? Why...
Carol (pause): To learn.
John: But if he does not learn.
Carol: If the child does not learn?
John: Then why is he in college? Because he was told it was his "right"?
Carol: Some might find college instructive.
John: I would hope so.
Carol: But how do they feel? Being told they are wasting their time?
John: I don't think I'm telling them that.
Carol: You said that education was "prolonged and systematic hazing."
John: Yes. It can be so.
Carol:..if education is so bad, why do you do it?
John: I do it because I love it. (Pause) Let's....I suggest you look at the demographics, wage-earning capacity, college- and noncollege-educated men and women, 1855 to 1980, and let's see if we can wring some worth from the statistics. Eh? And...
Carol: No.
John: What?
Carol: I can't understand them.
John:...you...?
Carol:...the "charts." The Concepts. the...
John: "Charts" are simply...
Carol: When I leave here...
John: Charts, do you see...
Carol: No, I can't...
John: You can, though.
Carol: NO, NO- I DON'T UNDERSTAND. DO YOU SEE??? I DON'T UNDERSTAND...
John: What?
Carol: Any of it. Any of it. I'm smiling in class, I'm smiling, the whole time. What are you talking about? What is everyone talking about? I don't understand. I don't know what it means. I don't know what it means to be here...you tell me I'm intelligent, and then you tell me I should not be here, what do you want with me? What does it mean? Who should I listen to...I...

------- Oleanna by David Mamet.

kirstee @ 2006-12-06T22:17:00

2006-12-07T02:17:27Z

Ummm...Caridee won America's Next Top Model!! That was so awesome. Literally a huge smile was on my face when they showed her picture, she is so cool and hyper. Hyper girls are better. hehe.

kirstee @ 2006-12-03T14:51:00

2006-12-03T18:51:47Z

I am tired of existentialism. People think too much into things. It's life, just live it.

New

2006-06-02T18:53:00Z

Well I'm done. Senior Year is over. I graduate in less than a week. Seems a bit crazy. I feel like my summer is going to fly by what with work and that play and random shore trips. Well anyways here are the pictures I promised I would put up...(Minus the prom because my scanner has decided it o longer needs to work)

^ Tee Hee...It is too early for Mike

^ Beth and John playing cards

^ Me and Lara

^ Mike and me....The shore makes me act weird

^ Mike ruins my pictures...

^See I told you he ruins them...

^John is a fairy!!

^Mike and Adam (Kaits boy) play DDR (ahem...)

^ Charlie's Angels...plus one

^Gatti looks pretty

^Mike's got breastises

^Jacquie and the lovers

I'll post the rest later...

kirstee @ 2005-12-24T13:13:00

2005-12-24T18:14:02Z

Happy Holidays All!

Past 3 Weeks..

2005-11-27T05:35:40Z

So things that stand out from the last 3 weeks...

2 weeks ago I SAW DANE COOK LIVE! It was amazing. The group that was awed by Dane Cook's greatness was me, Cate, Megan, Melissa, Megan's bro (who look liked someone I had seen before...but I couldn't put my finger on it for forever, when it finally came to me while we were waiting in line that he looked like some kid that was in the Les Mis show I saw this summer, yea my mind is crazy) and his friend. Loved the show! so funny!

Then this past week I went on vacation down to the Outer Banks. No matter how many times I go I still LOVE going down. It was a full house with a total of 11 people there. Me and Erin had some fun times though (hehe filling up the hot tub with laundry detergent so the bubbles flow everywhere...fun stuff...but hard to clean up afterwards) Did major shopping down there..there is now a significant emptiness in my wallet. Got my fill of ferrys for a very long time after getting stuck on the wrong one and then waiting in a restroom for an hour while we waited for the second ferry to come in. So except for the house that really sucked I had a great time.

And best part of all...

I HAVE MY LICENSE!!!!!!!!

kirstee @ 2005-09-29T21:32:00

2005-10-01T02:04:58Z

For some reason I find this the most hilarious thing ever right now:

"YES, YES, Y-E-S! We are going to have a relationship tonight. I'm gonna go out with you, we're gonna date for awhile, we're gonna make sweet, sweet comedy love with each other and then suddenly without warning I'm not even gonna call you guys anymore. The last thing you'll have heard me say is "Hey I'll call you guys later" and I never call. But you hear through the grapevine that I'm dating a younger, sexier crowd and that I'm really happy, but I'm not happy because I think about you guys. In about a year from now I'm gonna call, weeping, in the middle of the night "You were the best crowd I ever had! You really listened to me! I didn't know the crowd I had till' you dispersed!". Then we're gonna get together, we're gonna hang out, maybe we'll all run around town and smash windows and cause destruction and I'll make jokes and one of you guys will turn around and go "Haha Dane you're a riot!!" and I'll go "I'M A RIOT YOU'RE A FUCKING RIOT!"......GET IT?!?!"

Seriously funniest thing ever.

(That Dane Cook is a silly bitch)

Uh...Guess what?

2005-08-27T02:19:02Z

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY IN LESS THAN 6 HOURS!

Mmm hmm thats right.

kirstee @ 2005-08-21T11:59:00

2005-08-22T16:09:58Z

Boo Yah...

Rent

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It's only a Cabaret

2005-08-14T16:58:17Z

Come to ze

CABARET

Because even ze orchestra is beautiful!

Last night is tonight!!

7:30 at the VMS theatre!

4th of July

2005-07-08T03:26:09Z

So events from 4th of July....

pretty much nothing....

On the actual 4th of July I didn't wake up until 10:30 and got angry because I missed the parade...Yes I love the parades...But no I missed it this year so I was pissed off

So I did nothing for a good 2, 3 hours and then I went over Stephs house where we sat around being indecisive. We knew we wanted to go see fireworks but we had no idea about when or where...We were either going to see them at Cooper River or in Township but when it was 7:45 and we still hadnt decided we realized that by the time we would have went to the ones at Cooper River we would have missed most of it. So we went to Township's ones with Mike and Pete which weren't bad. I had fun. Though I was eaten alive by bugs. Gah...

Tuesday was boring...did nothing...went to rehearsal...

And then today I had work in which I stood for what seemed like forever till my feet ached and I felt like dumbass. Summer is no time for math. And it also sucks being new.

Haha and the Brady Bunch makes Mike cry....

kirstee @ 2005-07-01T20:25:00

2005-07-03T00:34:45Z

I HAVE SHORT HAIR!

Auditions

2005-06-11T00:46:05Z

Auditions are back..

I haven't auditioned for a show since January and so now its all coming rushing back...

Anyways I had Little Shop auditions which I sucked at...but oh well I wasn't even sure if I really wanted to do it..

I had Cabaret auditions today, me and Cate went and John and Simone were there as well as Molly, Emily, and Helen and well I always see Helen but it was nice to see people I hadn't seen since in some cases since last summer. I messed up the song at first but the director was nice and let me work with the musical director for a minute in which we found my note ( I am now officially an alto...yea I said I was mezzo soprano which kind of made me look like an idiot haha) and I sang a few bars and they said it was much better. The cold reading was good I hope. Its my favorite part but the girl I was reading had to be at least slightly British and I can't pull off an accent, I've tried so many times and just no...so I didn't really try.

The dance was crazy though. It had pirouttes and leaps and it wasn't really what I was expecting...turns out it was like the advanced dance routine that Keith just decided to teach to everyone so me and Cate were dying by the end. And well I got most of the movies right but I looked over at Helen who was getting it all right and I was just like "ok then...." lol. But still, I definately decided that if I do a show this summer it will be Cabaret because I have loved this show for awhile and I think it will be fun.

Oh and all I have left are finals!!! Whoo no more actual classes! It's so amazing

And I have an interview tomorrow...hopefully i get the job....

kirstee @ 2005-05-31T17:02:00

2005-06-01T22:10:48Z

Memorial Day Weekend 2005

In pictures....

Above is Pete the shark on a kids carousel...oh yes this happened...

Shark love

Crazy pic-- Suzanne (aka cockgobbler), Steph (hiding her face) and Niki (in back, with some issues)

RAWR!

Ocean City baby! (and Suz with a crazy face)

Whooo fun times....

Homie don't play that game......

Stereotypical Girl List

2005-05-24T02:46:41Z

OK found this list on a bulletin in my myspace and decided to pick it apart on livejournal because it's these things that stereotype about what all girls want...My comments are in (), and these are just my opinions I know some girls actually DO like all of this and I have nothing against them for it....

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1. Tell her she is beautiful not hot. (Girls like to hear they are hot too, yea beautiful is nice but sometimes girls want to be considered 'hot' as well)

2 . Hold her hand at any moment even if it just for a second. (Not a huge fan of PDA so holding hands at all moments would make me uncomfortable)

3 . Kiss her on the forehead. (Seems strange)

4 . Leave her voice messages to wake up to. (Seems stalkerish)

5 . Always tell her how beautiful she is, no matter what she's wearing. (Compliments that are repetitve lose their meaning, sure if a girl has gotten all dressed up then by all means compliment and at times when you see her in causal clothes it's nice to hear but if said constantly it loses its meaning quickly)

6 . When she is upset, hold her tight and tell her how much
she means to you. (Yes most girls want to be told that they are wanted and are loved but just because we are girls doesn't mean we don't like our space or that we can't solve problems on our own)

7 . Recognize the small things . . . THEY USUALLY MEAN THE MOST! ( I agree with this)

8 . Call her baby. (BABY?!? What is this Dirty Dancing? No thank you)

9 . Sing to her no matter how horrible your voice is. (Hehe, I like this one too)

10 . Pick her over all the other girls you hang out with. (I still think a guy should hang out with previous friends even if he has got a girl and sometimes friends do at times have to come first so I would completely understand if a guy needed to be with his friends, even if they are girls...that shouldn't matter at all)

11 . Write her notes. {she loves them} (Yes notes are nice, but not all the time)

12 . Introduce her to family and friends as your girlfriend. (I agree with this too...If you don't want to call the girl you are with your girlfriend to others than maybe you should re-think your relationship)

13 . Play with her hair. (This is ok sometimes...Not all the time)

14 . Pick her up, tickle her and play-wrestle with her. (I like this as long as it is kept friendly..like two friends messing around)

15 . Sit in the park and just talk to her. (Talk is good, but talking for too long can be a little much so do some other stuff besides just sitting and talking)

16 . Tell her funny jokes, tell her stupid jokes, just tell her jokes. (I love jokes so I am totally on board with this one)

17 . Throw pebbles at her window in the middle of the night just because you missed her. (Again back to the stalkerish...Sure romantic maybe once but saying you constantly miss her even when you just saw her can get annoying)

18 . Let her fall asleep in your arms. (Cute....but sometimes uncomfortable)

19 . Carve your names into a tree. (That's for those crazy romantics who last for about 2 months)

20 . If she's mad at you, apologize because SHE is always right. (This is WRONG! Just wrong....If a guy doesn't have an opinion in a relationship then how can the girl even respect him?)

21 . CUDDLE. (Not a fan....I mean you can hang out near each other but the actual use of the word cuddle just makes me cringe)

22 . Bring her flowers just because. (This is nice)

23 . Treat her the same around your friends as you do when
you're alone. (Unless your a really romantic person then I wouldn't do that in front of your friends...Also back to the whole PDA thing...I wouldn't do that in front of friends)

24 . Look her in the eyes and smile. (Nice once in a while...When done too much it kind of gets creepy)

25 . Let her take as many pictures of you as she wants. (I can't even apply this to my own life...It just sounds strange)

26 . Slow dance with her, even if there isn't any music playing. (This is nice..)

27 . Kiss her in the rain or on the beach. (PDAAAAAAAAAAAAA......)

28 . If your in love with her . . . tell her. (Sounds smart)

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So yea... I just saw this list and it made me want to interject my own opinions....

kirstee @ 2005-05-13T13:23:00

2005-05-14T18:03:34Z

School is out in 20 days

I am so ready for summer, I can't take much more of my classes (even though, I don't know why, I am doing really well this quarter....) The Seniors leave this thursday, which is crazy.

Also the summer means shore....at least soon anyway. I was going to go down the shore this weekend to Steph's house but I have to find a 'job' (I'm very sarcastic about this job-search) So yea...Maybe Memorial day weekend i'll go.

Other than my anxiety for summer, life is good. Music Man ended (very fun show) and I have found myself with much more free time then I have had since Novemeber (I was in a show from the months of November to February, with only like a month between that and the show I did in the fall!) So yea much more time which is good and sometimes boring haha.

Also this morning, FINALLY, got my permit...Yes only 8 months late. Which I won't get my license until November, eh well if I pass my drivers test in November I will at least have my license for my trip down to Hatteras (though by then my friend Erin who is going with me will already have her full license, no restrictions, so she will probably be driving me places)

Well back to watching Wet Hot American Summer (MICHAEL IAN BLACK!!!!!!)

kirstee @ 2005-04-15T11:04:00

2005-04-16T15:54:05Z

Uh huh, this is my shit
All the girls stomp your feet like this

A few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna to happen like that
Because I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl

Ooooh ooh, this my shit, this my shit

I heard that you were talking shit
And you didn't think that I would hear it
People hear you talking like that, getting everybody fired up
So I'm ready to attack, gonna lead the pack
Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out
That's right, put your pom-poms downs, getting everybody fired up

A few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna to happen like that
Because I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl

Ooooh ooh, this my shit, this my shit

So that's right dude, meet me at the bleachers
No principals,no student-teachers
Both of us want to be the winner, but there can only be one
So I'm gonna fight, gonna give it my all
Gonna make you fall, gonna sock it to you
That's right I'm the last one standing, another one bites the dust

A few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna to happen like that
Because I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl

Ooooh ooh, this my shit, this my shit
Let me hear you say this shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
(This shit is bananas)
(B-A-N-A-N-A-S)

Again
This shit is bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
(This shit is bananas)
(B-A-N-A-N-A-S)

A few times I've been around that track
So it's not just gonna to happen like that
Because I ain't no hollaback girl
I ain't no hollaback girl

Ooooh ooh, this my shit, this my shit

This song gets me so hyped up....I have it on repeat....haha

I'm going to do an actual post later...

THE MUSIC MAN

2005-04-02T23:20:43Z

If you are in my area-

Come see-

The Music Man

"The story of that man and his 76 trombones, and the wonderful, wonderful tune he played on every heart in town!"

-imdb.com

April 7, 8 and 9th, VMS Theater @ 7:30

It should be pretty good, so come!

Now that my pimping is done I will go back to staring at my icon that I just snagged from Anita...haha

kirstee @ 2005-03-21T22:48:00

2005-03-23T04:09:48Z

It's almost 11 and I'm still writing my english paper, I cannot wait till Spring Break.

Yes Yes pictures-

^ Marti, Tom and Alex on ze mountian

^ Meghan and Julie in da room w/ Queer Eye for the Straight Guy on in the background!!

^ Me and Cate after a long day of skiing and before going ice skating, look at my funky cool scarf!!

^ Cori, Tom and Marti at the lodge surrounded by the discards of our ridiculously expensive lunch

^ Cate being weird, what else is new? haha...She looks evil in this pic...

^ A random picture of a mountain with people's heads in my shot....Grr...

^ Cori looking oh so sexy in her costume at rehearsal

^ Rebecca at rehearsal wearing my jacket and pretending she was on Junior Trip with us hehe

WHOO

2005-03-21T02:14:36Z

Woo!!

Ok got back from junior trip 2 days ago..So much fun! I learned how to ski (courtesy of Cate who I owe big time for helping me out) and fell on my ass more times then I can count. So yea woke up on Thursday at 3 AM and we got on the bus around 5. Then we had a good 7 hour drive to Lake Placid and as soon as we got there we went skiing. I was on the beginner hill the whole 3 hours and was so happy with myself by the end of the day that I could go down the hill and stay in control. Then we went ice skating at night, which I had done once before but I was getting good by the end of the night and I didn't fall down once! Me and Cate were gonna watch Cabaret that night but we were so wiped out that we didn't haha. Next day we skii'd for the whole day and I went on a bigger hill and had a huge wipeout after which I layed in the snow and laughed so hard I was almost crying. Thanks to Tom there for retrieving my lost ski and poles, haha. But by the end of the day I was going down that bigger hill very fast and without falling...whoop whoop! Then we had a long ride home where I kept falling asleep then waking up and hearing peoples random stories haha. So went home and fell asleep.

Got up the next morning took a shower and went right to rehearsal which turns out didn't start till 3 (I was there at 1) so like 12 of us were all sitting around being pissed off that no one told us practice had been moved. Then rehearsal again today, where we acted crazy and proved that yes sometimes people do just break into songs randomly.

Yes I am worn out.....But whatever I had fun!

And I was going to post pictures but photobucket is being funky so I'll post them later...

My Lists....

2005-03-15T00:33:03Z

Things I Hate-

Being bitched at when I know I'm right, the cold weather, my own procrastination, money (or the lack there of on my part), my potential job options, the fact that I probably will not be doing Cabaret this summer, being a third wheel, the fact that I can't drive and won't be able to until what looks like October, feeling alone,singing rehearsals, my skiing abilities (again that I don't know how), society's dictation about what I should have, losing power, and yes this list could go on for a while and go onto a happier topic-

Things I Love-

JUNIOR TRIP IS IN 2 DAYS!(March 17 & 18, gonna be so much fun!), getting to know people better, the fact that I'm more outgoing, Music Man inside jokes (Evita Peronnnn, Ya got Troubleee with hand motions that are slow motion, which characters are whores, talking with a deep voice just because and so many more), My new Music Man friends who are amazingly cool, dancing, the fact that Eustace people are going to do Cabaret (If both me and Cate do it, then wow there are no words to describe how crazy that is going to be), Suz's extremely inappropriate questions and her buzzing phone, seeing shows, when a song I love comes on the radio, and the fact that MUSIC MAN IS SO CLOSE!!!!!!

kirstee @ 2005-03-11T15:26:00

2005-03-12T20:38:23Z

Oh yeah life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone
Oh yeay say life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone, they walk on

Jackie sits back reflects his thoughts for the moment
Scratches his head and does his best James Dean.
Well you know Diane, we oughta run off to the city
Diane says "Baby, you ain't missin' nuth-in"
Jackie say

Gonna let it rock
Let it roll
Let the Bible Belt come and
Save my soul
Hold on to sixteen as long as you can
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men

Little ditty about Jack and Diane
Two American kids done the best they can

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Just got back from SATS, wow do they suck...

I think I'm going to see Evita tonight, should be fun..My friend wanted me to make a sign to hold up during curtain call but I would start holding it up at random points to try to make the actors laugh so I don't think I'm going to make a sign out of respect......haha.

kirstee @ 2005-02-23T16:08:00

2005-02-24T21:15:32Z

So life...yea it's been happening.

This week has been ok. I got out of school earlier today, because of the crazy snow...I'm thinking I might have tomorrow off, which would help out considering I have an English paper, a math test and History research paper to do. The English paper shouldn't be too hard, haha my knowledge of musicals finally pays off with this one (My thesis is Hollywood's impact on such works of literature as Pygmalion and Lillium)

Yes and I am frozen, I was locked out of my house for about an hour and a half today. If I didn't have any music (aka my cd player) I think I may have gone crazy, plus I was locked out at about what is said to be the worst of the storm....

Well I have to go and study for SATS, which to my surprise, is in about 3 weeks..I have not really prepared at all. And now every week I have a class called College Planning which just constantly reminds us that SATS are important, which I don't need a class to tell me this. But hey I'm not going to freak out about them...If I really screw up the first time I'll just try again in May or June....

The Night Chicago Died....

2005-02-20T02:19:23Z

Daddy was a cop
On the East Side of Chicago
Back in the USA
Back in the bad old days

In the heat of a summer night
In the land of the dollar bill
When the town of Chicago died
And they talk about it still

When a man named Al Capone
Tried to make that town his own
And he called his gang to war
Against the forces of the law

I heard my momma cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
Glory be

I heard my momma cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother, what a night the people saw
Brother, what a fight the people saw
Yes, indeed

And the sound of the battle rang
Through the streets of the old East Side
'Til the last of the hoodlum gang
Had surrendered up or died

There was shouting in the street
And the sound of running feet
And I asked someone who said
'Bout a hundred cops are dead

I heard my momma cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
Glory be

I heard my momma cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother, what a night the people saw
Brother, what a fight the people saw
Yes, indeed

Then there was no sound at all
But the clock up on the wall
Then the door burst open wide
And my daddy stepped inside
And he kissed my momma's face
Then brushed her tears away

The night Chicago died
The night Chicago died
Brother, what a night the people saw
Brother, what a fight the people saw
Yes, indeed

The night Chicago died
The night Chicago died

Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
Glory be

The night Chicago died
The night Chicago died

Great song.

Life Goal Numero Uno

2005-02-14T02:31:33Z

New Life Goal- Be as cynical and sarcastic as possible...

Just had myself a Wonderfalls marathon this morning :)