Thoughts, Dreams, & Music Notes

Who do you think you are?
Running round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts,
Tearing love apart.
You're going to catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul,
So don't come back for me.
Who do you think you are?
~ Christina Perri
(I know, I know, it's mainstream. But it's a GREAT SONG. Jar of Hearts.... *cLiCK mE* to listen)

Well, it's Friday night.
And I have nothing to do.
What else is new, world?
I think I'm a tad socially awkward...
*The socially awkward tree stands alone in the middle
While all the other trees are playing on the fiddle.
Dun a la la la, dun a la la la, playing on the fiddle.
Dun a la la la, dun a la la la, playing on the fiddle.
SSH, it'll hear you! It gets offended!*
~ By myself and my lovely nub Anna Meyer
Oh those times we had in tennis in eighth/seventh grade..... 


SEE?! I HAVE FRIENDS! *sniffle*
Kidding :)


Well, I'll just spend my time entertaining my ole' bloggies.
THAT'S RIGHT. That's y'all.
(If you haven't noticed, I LOVE Southern accents. Most people think their trashy sounding, but I just find them EXTREMELY sexy :) )


I think I'm just going through the ever faithful post-show letdown.... with no time at rehearsal my weekdays feel a bit tired and empty.... sigh.
I've gotten up early to do my homework every day this week so I could go to bed at 8:30.
YEP.
I'm that tired.
Yay. Thanks for doing this to me, life.


BUT IT'S THE WEEKEND.
Happy Weekend, everyone!
WHOO-EE!


February Funk Motivational Quote #4
"The power of imagination makes us infinite."
~ John Muir


That's a great quote. Definitely one that I would contemplate getting painted on my bedroom wall.
Along with some Dadaist poetry.
*Dadaism: A movement in art with the purpose to ridicule the meaninglessness of the modern world*
(Thanks, Wikipedia)


I just think Dadaist poetry is so refreshingly random.
Check some out.
If you like random, you won't be disappointed.



What would George Washington do if he were alive today?
Scream and scratch at the top of his coffin. 

XOX,
Kara ♥ 

I'm here with you, 
I've spent a life away and now I'm here to stay,
And do all the things you want me to do
I'm here with you,
Because no one else will let me be myself
And feel the way I do,
When I'm with you.
~ Sing It Loud
(You know what to do :))

CHUTZPAH: The quality of audacity; good or bad. Derives from the Hebrew word meaning "insolence," "audacity," and "impertinence."
 It said CHUTZPAH on the back of my cereal box this morning.
Kind of a weird word to put on the back of a cereal box....
Hmm...
Apparently cereal has CHUTZPAH.
The strangeness of cereal will never be explained.


I ♥ YOU, Sweeney Todd cast.
It was pretty much inexplicable. So many AMAZING memories. I'll never forget it.


Well,
Somebody failed.
Know who?
The freaking groundhog.
Because the groundhog didn't see his damn shadow. That meant that we were going to have an early spring.
WELL, GROUNDHOG, YOU'RE A FAILURE.
Know why?
THERE WAS A FREAKING SNOWSTORM.
Now its not melting for a while.
ARGH.
Way to go groundhog. Getting my hopes up and CRASHING THEM DOWN like that....
Have fun being locked up in your little cell for the rest of the year.
HA. That's what you get.


The February Funk has deepened.


February Funk motivational quote #4:
"Follow your honest convictions and stay strong."
~ William Thackeray
(Who is that? I actually have never heard of William Thackeray as amazingly educated as I am.... HAH. Educated? Not me)


Now KICK OFF YOUR SHOES AND COME DANCE WITH ME.
♥ Show me the Skyline.
Speaking of dancing, I played JUST DANCE 2 for the first time this weekend....
I freaking love it.
Especially the tribal dance with the guy in the mask and RA-RA-RASPUTIN.

THE LION KING = BEST DISNEY MOVIE EVER.
HANDS DOWN.

Tell me all your hopes girl,
And all your wishes too.
I'll do my best girl,
To make them all come true.
~ Show Me the Skyline
(MORE MUSIC FOR Y'ALL. Yeahhhhhhh boys. Check 'em out. Love 'em)

ANONYMOUS FORMSPRINGER!
Your Formspring comment MADE MY DAY.
Seriously.
I loved it SO MUCH.
I LOVE YOU. YOU'RE MY FAVORITE ♥
Shoutout #2 to ANONYMOUS FORMSPRINGER!
*Ooh, Aah*

So, guess what?
Kara has freaking laryngitis.
Five days before opening night of Sweeney Todd (on the 17th--19th at the Eisenhower Community Center!).
Just shoot me.
This is the worst thing that could happen to me.
I actually cannot sing at all.
Seriously.
It's not the lame little, "Oh, em, gee, I can't sing" when you actually can and its just a little bit quieter.
When I try to sing, literally no sound comes out.
Well, I'm skipping Winter Formal tonight and SLEEPING (Halle-freaking-lujah) so it will hopefully go away.
Please, oh musical theatre spirits; grant me my voice for this week and I promise I'll be sick for three more weeks after Sweeney is over.
PLEASE. I'M BEGGING YOU.

BUT,
They finished the Sweeney set today!
AND SWEENEY'S BARBERS CHAIR IS FREAKING EPIC.
It leans back and you get dumped into a slide.
It's the kindergarten playground all over again.
*HINT HINT* I'm not one for bribes, but I heard that they MIGHT, i stress MIGHT, let audience members pay to take a ride on the chair..... :)
SO COME.
I know, this is VERY annoying. 
OATH- 
I, Kara Mary Taft, promise to stop talking about Sweeney Todd right now. At 5:07 PM on February 12th, 2011.


There. 
The end :)


February Funk Motivational Quote #3:
"He who hesitates is lost."
~ Proverb
(Wow, great insight, Proverb. Ha, kidding, I'm not that dumb)

Time to go watch THE LION KING and eat cereal.
Because that's how we spoil ourselves when we're sick :)

An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotsman walk into a bar. What a fine example of an integrated community.


XOX,
Kara ♥

I'm a specter spectating, 
wishing I could feel the warmth of spring 
And it's thoughts like these that keep me up, 
Yeah, yeah
~ The Ready Set


Dear anonymous Formspringer,
I AM BLOGGING NOW.
SEE?
HA. HA HA. HA HA HA. AN ABUNDANCE OF HA'S.
Love, Kara

Thanks for asking, by the way.
That was a little uplifter to a freaking stressful and exhausting week.
SHOUTOUT TO YOU ANONYMOUS FORMSPRINGER.
Love you.

You know what's annoying about the sun?
Well, besides the fact that it keeps everything on Earth alive.
It always gets in your eyes.
I'm sitting here, typing, and the sun is streaming in through my closed blinds and it's actually kind of hard for me to see because the SUN is right in my eyes.

Well, erm,
COME SEE SWEENEY TODD!
Our director pretty much ordered us to use every social networking device we use to advertise our LOVERLY musical, which I completely butchered on Facebook by putting up the wrong dates on my status.
So I WON'T SCREW UP THIS TIME.
I promise.
So COME. Its on February 17-19 at the Eisenhower Community Center in Hopkins.
Seriously. I expect to see you there.
*DISCLAIMER:* Some material in this show is inappropriate for children. If it was a movie, it would be rated PG-13. If it was a video game, it would probably be rated M (For mature? I think? I really don't play video games.... sorry if it's wrong). Which means you probably shouldn't bring small children to the show.
But it makes it all the more fun for us pubescent actors to act in.
Abundance of HA's #2.

February Funk Motivational Quote #2:
"The best way out is always through."
~ Robert Frost 
(Yes. Robert Frost. The "I took the road less traveled by" and "The world will end in fire and ice" guy. You all know him. He's overly featured in elementary school reading classes. Congrats, Frosty. A dream come true.)

AH!
JOBPRIOATHROINHPOIANPROITRFNDFPOKBPGOIAH984ONBKIOFPAO4E85YH!!!!!!!
I've missed all my shows this week.
Pretty Little Liars, Glee (which just came back and I've heard it's GREAT), and House of Anubis are UNWATCHED BY KARA.
This is a crime.
I gotta go catch up on these.
Bye loves!


What was the pirate movie rated?
PG-13 for violence and brief nudity.

XOX,
Kara ♥ 

I'm running through a stop sign, 
Cutting out the break lights,
I don't wanna slow, slow, slow, slow down down
I'm running through a stop sign,
Living so it feels right,
I don't wanna slow, slow, slow, slow down down
~ The Ready Set
Story of my life. Everything is moving SO FAST. Damn, I just can't control it.

I just realized my cheesy light up Christmas socks are out of battery.
R.I.P., cheesy light up Christmas socks.
You provided my sock drawer with much light throughout my childhood. 

HEY, YOU.
ARE YOU FROM DENMARK AND READ MY BLOG?
There's this thing called *STATS* where I can see where the people who read my blog live.
AND SOME OF Y'ALL ARE FROM DENMARK.
I think that's pretty sweet.
THIS IS A SHOUTOUT TO ALL YOU DANISH PEOPLE WHO SEE THIS.
THANKS FOR READING!

So, I went shopping with my lovely mama y hermana today, and I GOT THEM.
Those dark wash jeans with the white stitching from Wet Seal.
Those jeans that every teenage girl has.
I've become a confomer.
I'm sort of disappointed in myself. 
But they're actually the most comfortable jeans I've ever worn, so I will definitely be seen in them at Wayzata High School on Monday, if you care to come and see.
They are also very beneficial for those who have small butts, like this girl, and they won't fall down then. 
A large problem in my life pertaining to pants.
*GREAT STORY. TELL IT AGAIN*


I also got my WINTER FORMAL DRESS.
Its dark purple. With a sequiney top. Olive it.
Is it a Sadie Hawkins dance? Yessiree.
Did I ask anyone? No.
Representing ALL THE SINGLE LADIES.
*Now put your hands up! Woah, oh, oh, woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh*
*If you like it then you should have put a ring on it*
That's whats up.
Except for it won't be awkward in a group, right?
Well, we can all be awkward together, single female groupies.
LET'S GO, GIRLS.
And even if my tentative plans do CRASH AND BURN for Winter Formal, I can still wear this new dress on my cruise in....


T-MINUS 2 MONTHS.
Hell yes.
I'm getting out of this Minnesota freeze. This time of the year is so depressing. I feel no need to do anything except for sleep.
ARGHY.
I call it the FEBRUARY FUNK.


Sadly, the February Funk has no cure.
We all just have to live through it and get all of our annoying schoolwork done even though we have no motivation to do it.
I totally gotcha.
We'll get through it together. 

FEBRUARY FUNK MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE #1:
"They can because they think they can."
~ Virgil (whoever that is... if you know tell me)


Every time i go and post on the ole' blog, there will be a February Funk Motivational Quote for you. 
I think this will help me get through the February Funk, and I hope it helps you :)

Time to go eat my father's FAMOUS AND DELICIOUS Superbowl QUESO.
Yes. I'm pumped.
He only makes it ONCE every year, and I definitely look forward to it.
Even though I don't really care about the Superbowl. Sorry, Packer fans.


How do you stop a clown from smiling?
Hit it with an axe.

XOX,
Kara ♥