I'm Quite Possibly THE biggest dork :D

I love my new bamboo pen tablet. And my new eensy computer. And my nifty gps (Named Winifred..She's Bridget's long-lost cousin ;p), and all the cute clothes and the nifty purse and the cool (like, seriously) calendar thing. Awesome Christmas. For realsies.

AND
With my new Tablet and my eensy computer, I have been making ARTS!
So, I will share!
And if you have a Deviant Art, click this link and follow me, or at least leave me comments XD
Here's a rough sketch of Bou (the finished is through that link I mentioned earlier. XD

So...yeah :)
Checkitout!

Last post: June 1, 2009

Wow.

Like, pure...'wow.'

A little over six months ago, I posted on this poor, neglected blog...

Although,

A little over six months ago, I still had an inkling of a life (haha).

And a little under six months ago, I experienced the absolute best summer of my life at Perry-Mansfield. I was surrounded by so much creativity--so much talent--I remembered why I wanted to be an actress in the first place. No kiddin'

So, what's up?

Hmm, so where to begin?

Senior year~That sounds about right.

Senior year started a day before my birthday, and it was busy from the get-go.

I was thrown head-first into the tech-world of theatre; I joined the school's Light Brigade (Advanced Lighting-we design, hang, strike and basically control all aspects of light in pretty much every show that is put up within our school building's walls....that's over 35 performances-not including the senior-run productions). I also discovered I was out-of-shape thanks to a birthday-whoopin' in African Dance. (But I got my mojo back, no worries!)

I also did an out-of-school production of Calamity Jane at Rockwall Community Playhouse-that was a fun adventure...I got my first Choreographer credit!!

I also have an internship at the Dallas Theatre Center through our audition-only class "Advanced Acting" taught by Lisa Holland and Kevin Moriarity (

And, to top it off, I've joined the Mock Trial team (again, I know ;p) and have thus given up all chances of having a life for my lovely senior year.

How do I do it all? (Lol, I'm not that self-centered)

Let's see, I'll outline a daily schedule (if my description didn't get you a-quakin' in your boots)

Monday: Arrive at school around 7:45 to begin Senior Direct (10 minute plays) with the lovely Elizabeth. I'm performing as "Jordan" in Lakyn Carlton's Addict. School from 8:55-4:10. 4:30-6:30 is African Dance Ensemble. After 6:30, it's either an hour-drive home, or off to my internship at DTC.

Tuesday: Rinse and repeat, skipping the final two steps. Add a healthy dose of Mock Trial meeting until 6:30, follow with intern hours or home. Optional: Tuesday-morning Production Meeting regarding Utopia (will explain later)

Wednesday: Substitute "Senior Direct" with "Mock Trial" early morning, repeat. Replace after-school Mock Trial with African Dance, finish per usual.

Thursday: Follow Tuesday's schedule, "optional" is not available.

Friday: Repeat Wednesday morning to afternoon schedule. After-school is replaced with home or intern hours.

Saturday: 2-6/10-3/whatever-Mock Trial

Sunday: FREEDOM?!?! (A. No.)

Where does homework fit in all of this?

Who knows XD

What's coming up:

Utopia is the school's Mime production for the spring. The reason I'm attending production meetings is because (drum roll please!) I am the light designer!

I know, all of you are thinking "Woo...mimes?" But this is a serious leap in difficulty. Cues are based off of motions and entrance/exits, rather than lines. Also, there's no 'script' for me to write the cues in...I literally watch and go..."Hmm, this should change? Okay....*figures out* BAM!" Also, for a person who is currently taking her first Beginning Lights and Sound class (along side her Advanced Lighting class-a happy mistake), this is a pretty big leap. Usually it takes a year (or at least a full semester) before students are designing shows. Yay! (Totally selfish sounding...but, give me a break!)

Addict is a ten-minute play written by fellow senior, Lakyn Carlton, and directed by Elizabeth Berkman (also a senior).

Rehearsals are bound only to morning rehearsals (which is craaazy!), but luckily we got the show with three characters (not to mention it's really naturalistic and well- written..Thanks Lakyn!), so we may all need to be together for every rehearsal, but we also have less people to coordinate with :D Sadly, this is the last week of rehearsals as we are opening Thursday (5 o'clock, Friday at 7). BUT that also means I will be able to sleep in until about 7:15 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays!

Mock Trial

Mock trial is just now slipping into high gear, since the competition is looming SO CLOSE (we can almost taste it). This year's case is a little goofy, and very unbalanced...but I have faith in our team! (Once we get around stupid drama, we'll be even better!) Huzzah!

Sadly, Mock Trial has been dictating three of my week-days and one of the weekend-days. And once we get to winter break (Next Friday) we'll be having a BUNCH of rehearsals during weekdays which means...bye bye break!

School

School is getting randomly difficult (what happened to cruising through Senior year?!)

With Psychology AP, Economics AP, English IV AP, and French II I honestly don't get a day devoid of some type of homework. Be it an outline of a chapter, new flash-cards, a packet, vocabulary, ORB's, essays and research....NO TIEM FOR MES ><

College

Happily, I can say that all I need to do to finish my applications is to send in my Transcripts (and a couple of teacher recommendations), and I'm pretty much done applying. I've auditioned for a few that I'm interested in,and the remaining few will be finished during Chicago Unifieds (catch me there, yo!) Glad to say I've finished coughing up

upwards of $200 in application fees and audition scheduling fees. (Not including $300 on plane tickets--HIGHWAY ROBBERY, GUYS--and the $40 [after roomie-split] for hotel). blughubluglubhlughubuhug....><

So what will you do now?

Survive, I guess?

Haha, don't get me wrong.

I LOVE being busy. Absolutely Love lOve loVe lovE LOVE being busy. I mean, shoot. How many of these things did I volunteer myself for? (A. Almost all of them). My only complaint?

While everyone else is getting swine-flu, my body is going 300 miles a minute to keep me afloat. While that keeps me out of the doctor's office, that does keep me underslept and running on Empty a majority of the time. Not to mention the HORRID crash I experience on those few days of freedom (i.e. sleep). For example, I missed school this morning because my body quit on me once it heard that my Production Meeting and Senior-Direct rehearsals were canceled the night before. I woke up with an ache-y tummy, a headache and a serious case of sleep-deprived-blues.

Who do I love?

Mr. Gavitt for teaching me all the stuff I needed to know about light programming and hanging in the first two weeks of school.

Rena for being an awesome partner.

Toni for being a great mentor.

Elizabeth for being so patient with my idiotic schedule.

DTC for allowing me to have flexible hours.

My scene-partners for working with my schedule also.

All of my lunch buddies for letting me vent my frustrations to you.

Sara for being there ALWAYS.

Mia for being my sista' from another mista'.

Showcase for teaching me the absolute necessity of time management.

EVERYONE for being so positive and pushing/encouraging me to NOT die in the early months of senior year.

At least for Arts Kids, whoever said Senior Year was a breeze was lying to you.

Manage time now. Be involved now. Listen to your 'elders,' since we're the ones going through it RIGHT. NOW. It'll pay off in the end.

Also, if you're considering Unifieds next year, put your money aside now...every extra dollar or bit of loose change will definitely help you, since undoubtedly the prices will rise (since they have been every day) and once you find a good deal TOTALLY GO FOR IT. It will raise. I swears to you!!! O>O;

Anyway.

I hope that caught you up!

So, recap:

I'm way too busy for my own good.

It's almost all voluntary (silly me).

I definitely want to do this for a living.

I love my friends :3

LISTEN TO YOUR ELDERS!

:D

YAY!

Love,

Tsuki Smith

(ps. I need to update my profile photo. I definitely have long, brown-red hair ;3)

A day with Jillian.

"How do you spell Spencer?"

Spell it out.

"Okay..."

Spencer.

"S...?"

SPUH-EN-CER

"Sr?"

PUH. PUH. PUH.

"Sp...r?"

SPUH- EH-EH-EH-EH-N-CER

"Spe...r?"

SPUH-EN-NUH-NUH-NUH-CER

"Specr"

No, there's an N.

"Specr?"

No, there's an N!

"What?"

AN EN.

NUH-NUH--YES! Guh.

"Spensr?"

No, you had the ending right at first.

"Huh?"

No, you had the ending RIGHT at first.

"Spencr?"

No, you need an E before the R.

"What?"

ER.

"Spencr?"

ER.

"R?"

What makes the "ER" sound?

"R?"

But what comes before the R?

"R?"

No....what came before the R the first time you wrote it?

"E?"

Yeah. E-R. ER.

"Okay, so it's Specern?"

GUH!!!!

*facepalm*

--Thus is the life of babysitting a child who refused to read until this year, because she had to for school.

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Of course, this week hasn't been totally horrible.

I mean, we've had fun.
She just got me in a horrible mood this morning because she woke me up after a nightmare...toooo eaarrrlllyyy

Anyway.

Monday: Made finger puppets, lots of activities, 1.5 hours of "school" :O

Tuesday: Made a sun, which is currently on the fridge, more "school"

Wednesday: Made a fan, more encouragement to play by herself

Today: We're going to make bunny ears, and play on the excersize machine and....hopefully more solitary activities for herrrr.

Tomorrow: NO IDEA. DEATH?

I have this uncontrollable craving

For some good, steamed, sticky white rice.
So bad.

Or some Onigiri.

I've never craved something that I've considered so bland before

I think it's some sort of sign...

but what nutritional value is rice?

(Did you know: You crave what your body requires? Only when you are craving junk food are you going through something hormonal, and it is not healthy to act on that! Ex. Craving chicken might mean a lack of protein in your body!)

I guess that means I'm missing one of these things in my current diet:

Potassium, Vitamin(s) B, Thiamin or Niacin.

My guess: Potassium :O

Anyway.

Wantricenao.

Isn't it a fun feeling

When you realize that you and your best friend of nearly four years are drifting apart?

No, it doesn't hurt as much as the day you realized your best friend of 8 years has moved on.

Nor does it hurt as much as the realization that you aren't as cracked up as you thought you were.

No. But it still hurts.

A lot.

I love that she's having fun.

And I love that she has friends other than me...but as the days dwindle by, I've discovered that my 'friendship-circle' is...how can I put this...limited? I've got her...and the people I know through her. And then the few that I know outside of her--the Entertainers and con-kids.

But I haven't gotten the satisfaction of friendship out of most of those kids. I love them, yes. But we will never stay up until 3 am, eating ramen and playing the world's longest game of Mario Carnival (god, 50 rounds was wayyy too long).

I miss that.

I miss us.

And when I see that you've been out having fun with the people I thought of as friends, too...when I wasn't invited...when I'm being "pushed out," as one slightly psycho child said last year ;)

Yeah, it hurts.

I s'pose I'll have to stand on my own two feet now.

I'll make some more friends.

But I don't think I can share the bond we've forged with anyone else...not for a while.

Not until I have another identity crisis at 30 (Teehee)

I mean, honestly? You're what got me through Freshman year.

And most of Sophomore year.

I guess this year was us establishing that we are both independant women.

I'll try to stay here....I'll wait here....

Just don't let what happened to you and your not-best-friend-anymore of 7 years happen to us, okay? (I don't think either of us are psycho enough to do that anymore)

I luff you with two x's, even if I don't get to see you as often.

I luff everyone in the "chill group" even if I'm not invited to the more recent chills.

Even if I've been forgotten within the group.

It's okay.

I'll move on.

I just want you to know that I luff you.
And I miss you guys.

Okay.

Well, that was an emo-esque post if I ever saw one.

I gotta get back to being a happy kid...doing my psych homework (;>.>)

Ja mattane....(sp?)

EYE TUTORIAL

Makeup tutorial tiem!

This tutorial is to achieve "Anime eyes" or "Doe eyes"

The whole point is to open up the eyes and make them seem more wider-set to achieve the "Doe Eyed" look :)

First, your materials. (Not pictured, Mascara)

You'll want to start with a clean face! No make-up on at all. Pull hair back to avoid scragglies falling into your eyes! (excuse the doofy hat, I couldn't find a headband and my hair won't pull back because it's too short)

Start with base :) (I use both powder AND base, but it is up to you)

Here is my powder. This creates the "airbrush" effect.

I use a large brush to cover more while using less. (I look really bad here)

Next, eyeliner. I use MAC products, but you can use whatever you prefer.

Start somewhere in the middle and work your way out. Then come back in to the corner of your eye and go over the line you've already made. Extend the line out past your eyes to make a cat-eye look. This makes your eyes seem wider-set.

My eye finished, open.

What the line ought to look like when your eye is closed.

Here are both of my eyes done-eye liner only.

Using white eye-liner, line the inside of the bottom of your eye...the 'water line'

This is safe, so long as your eyeliner is clean.

Finished with step two :)

Here is a close-up. The use of white liner here creates a wide-eyed look. You're almost done!

Now, using a white eye-shadow, dab in the inside corners of your eyes.

More "widening" is created using this technique.

Next, using an angled brush (a regular brush would not work) and some dark shadow...

Line UNDER your lash-line. This will make the white you used to line your eyes more definitive, and from a little distance, your 'wide-eyed' look is much more natural.

If you're like me, and you weren't blessed with a natural almond-look, you can create the illusion by using the dark shadow and the angle brush on the corner of your eye, extending it a LITTLE towards your nose. This is more of a shaping thing than anything else. It's also optional. I've always done this, because I like the resulting shape. This may not work for everyone else.

Here's a close-up of the shadow under the line. See how it is defined? (Left: before extension, Right: after extension)

Next, the un-mentioned mascara! Your lashes will likely be standing out like sore thumbs, so this will blend them into the liner you've created. :)

Now, I'm as pale as a ghost, so I like to use a little bit of blush to create a more...life-like effect. Otherwise, I look like Sunako* with light hair!

Finally, using a q-tip and your liquid base, fix any mistakes you may have made.

Smudges you can't get or areas you see un-covered. Like my urgly pimples :(

Finished product! Wide-eyed and ready to go!

(I used a little bit of red lipstick and some powder to give my lips some color, but not too much)

:D THERE WE GO!

*Sunako is a character from Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge by Hayakawa Tomoko. This manga is also known as "Perfect Girl Evolution," "My Fair Lady," and most popularly, "The Wallflower"

I am referring to the main character, Sunako Nakahara, who is notorious for being pale and "ghost-like"

I've been flooding my wall

On facebook with utterly nonsensical prattle to anyone who is not here with me now.

I'm reading a manga that I found a year or so ago (I can't afford to buy the manga often and I discovered it is online!) called Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (Otherwise known as Wallflower or Perfect Girl Evolution). The translater changed out around volume 8, and this new translator makes lots of little notes on the side including translation for the sfx (the little words that are not part of diologue but are, instead an action-sound). I've discovered that I can read a good deal of the sfx without help, but the ones that I don't recognize I look at the side-note, and then figure out what each symbol stands for by double-checking in my NJStar Japanese Word Processor. (i.e. Hiya-- was double-checked because I did not remember what the symbol for "hi" was...it looked like the symbol for pi, so I tested that out, and then I typed in 'bi' and 'hi' to figure out which one it was, as they share the base symbol). Anyway, I've been getting confused on a few including (but not limited to) the not-translated mayaun...ma ya u n was how it was written out--big spaces between the letters--, moya meaning "don't look" and what have you.

I'm sort of proud of my sudden ability to actually recognize the hiragana and only having to 'test' my knowledge on what the characters are every few sfx's.

I'm not sure if this was a bragging post or an apologetic post, so I'll make it both.

I'm sorry that I've flooded your walls with my prattle ;)

I'm proud that I can read a little!

:D