changes, candy cigarettes, and the fair: the real story!

hi!!!!!!!

yeah so i’ve been like reallllllyyyy happy lately. i’ll get into that later.

changes. okay so tommy and i broke up almost 2 weeks ago. and lately i just feel alot better. i feel completely fine. kelsey and i figured out why too. it’s because during the last few months i felt like him and i were growing apart anyway and when we broke up and we stopped talking, it didn’t feel any different than when he wouldn’t talk to me while we were dating. except that i didn’t have this feeling of being upset because he wasn’t talking to me. i felt glad. so my best advice for any girl going through this is do not talk to the guy after you break up. it’ll help you ALOT.

candy cigarettes. yeah. i found them at the fair when i went with danny last saturday (not yesterday). i got some and they were like all gone in 2 days. so when i went with my fam on thursday i got somemore. excellent things. and then last night when i went to the fair with my SOS gang, i got somemore. i’m addicted and so is my mother. good thing they are way better than actual cigarettes lol

the fair. yep. i’ve been to the state fair 3 times. the first time with danny… SO MUCH FUN. as always. we made it a staff retreat (minus ica cause she couldn’t go) and we had a blast. we played this one game by ourselves, and danny paid for both of us, and i ended up winning so i got this stuffed frog which we named deborah. different rides and we each got $30 of candy. and danny od’d on it the next day. it was great. then i went with my family on thursday. and we just walked around the animals most of the time.  wasn’t too exciting. THEN i went last night with my SOS gang (minus christine but we met up with her later): matt, diane, jenny and ben. yeah that was quite an adventure, as anything with them is. we basically went on alot of rides, played 2 games, one being that lucky duck game so we all won something. we had this weird guy talk to ben and diane on the ferris wheel. and matt jenny and i had fun waching them. THEN after the fair we went to see disaster movie. worst movie you will ever see.  don’t waste your money. but we like talked the entire time and joked around with different parts of the movie. so it turned out to be okay. so after the movie i waited till mom got there with everybody… yeah we took ALOT of random pictures and videos. it was random.

 

TOMORROW I SHALL POST AGAIN.

 

^^ matt being completely normal (for his standards) and me being really creepy. with matt’s plastic sword he won at the fair.

when does the pain go away?

I don’t know just where I’m going
And tomorrow is a little overwhelming
And the air is cold and I’m not the same anymore.

I’ve been running in your direction for too long now,
Lost my own reflection and I can’t look down
If you’re not there to catch me when I fall.

If this is the moment I stand here on my own,
If this is my right of passage that somehow leads me home,
I might be afraid but it’s my turn to be brave.

All along, all I ever wanted was to be the light
When your life was daunting but I can’t see mine,
When I feel as though you’re pushing me away.

Well who’s to blame? Are we making the right choices?
‘Cause we can’t be sure, if we’re hearing our own voices,
As we close the door, even though we are so desperate to stay.

If this is the moment I stand here on my own,
If this is my right of passage that somehow leads me home,
I might be afraid but it’s my turn to be brave.
If this is the last chance before we say goodbye,
At least it’s the first day of the rest of my life,
I can’t be afraid ’cause it’s my turn to be brave.

And I might still cry,
And I might still bleed,
These thorns in my side,
This heart on my sleeve.
And lightening my strike this ground at my feet,
And I might still crash,
But I still believe…

This is the moment I stand here all alone,
With everything I have inside, everything I own,
I might be afraid but it’s my turn to be brave.
If this is the last time before we say goodbye,
At least it’s the first day of the rest of my life,
I can’t be afraid it’s my turn to be brave.

the end of my life. (and the end of my summer.)

so my life (and summer) is going to end tomorrow night around 5. why you ask? because UHL officially starts. the first meeting is tomorrow evening at 5, with auditions. we are doing Cinderella’s Glass Slipper. i’m kinda excited to see the kids and be together. but i’m worried about how the show process is going to go. we’re much more organized than any other year, but as always the amount of kids draws a problem. but oh well, we’ll deal and get through it.

so you’re probably wondering how this is going to be the end of my summer if UHL is only for 3/4 weeks. Well this jumpstarts my entire summer, and i’m not going to get many breaks. UHL ends on the 13th of july, and right after the last show i have to begin packing for Summer Stock. Young People’s Summer Stock (the one i’m going to) is a 2 week away drama intensive camp. I’m going with Christine, and we have to specialize in a type of art (the choices being dance acting and singing). Christine and i are doing the singing, because guess who’s teaching it?! The one and only Terry Eberhardt (see last post of car pictures to understand who i’m talking about if you don’t). so Christine and i are thrilled as ever. I’ll be gone from july 19th till august 1st, which puts us at camp on both our 17th birthdays. we get back on the 1st of august, and guess what comes out august 2?! BREAKING DAWN (my new obsession). the 4th book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. I’m so excited!!!!!!!!

so after camp, its august. hopefully i’m going to the beach with tommy in august for his grandfather’s birthday (if they’re going this year) and then when i get back from that (if there is a trip) there’s like 2 weeks break. Then i’m going to oc with the dornans, like we used to when we were all little. and that puts us to the beginning of senior year, my friends. isn’t that exciting.

here’s the picture. its me ica danny and tommy having a party with umbrellas in my moms car.

long overdue.

Okayyy story time. Prom first. Then the story about the fun way i blew off steam to take a break from school.

So it all started friday morning. I got my nails done with kelsey, cassie, aly, and tina. french manicure.

see? okay then. we had samples of soup at safeway for an early lunch. then we had quiznos. then we went to kelsey’s and cleaned alot and then i went home to get ready. then tommy came over and we took some pictures of just us.

 

okay so then we went back to kelseys to take pictures with the approximately 17 people we had at her house.

 

then we loaded up the cars and got to the prom. once we were there, we saw ms grey and mr parson and a bunch of other teachers, and like tons of kids.

then, after the amazing dancing and food, we headed back to the afterprom, located in las vegas, maryland. that was alot of fun. there was TONS of food, TONS of prizes, and we had fun watching transformers and doing other activties. then tommy and i got home around 5:30 in the morning and crashed.

thats the end of my prom story.

NOW i will tell you the fun thing that we did yesterday. Tommy (from drama not my tommy) and travis decided it would be the time of year to senior prank mr. e… so they ordered alot of packing peanuts and they got TONS of shredded paper, and filled e’s entire car with them.

 

so diane christine and i took it upon ourselves to clean out e’s car. while he stood and watched because he didn’t care enough to help lol

 

and finally, two hours later, we were “done”.

Secret Smile

Oh, what a ride, what a perfect sky

To frame your hazel eyes

I’d scream on the inside but right now

It feels like I’ve been tranquilized

 

Oh, what a fool am I to be tongue tied

Sittin’ next to him

The prince and the passenger

 

You touch the rain

And suddenly there’s waterfalls

Now everyday

There’s somethin’ more worth fightin’ for

 

Baby, you make the sun shine down

You make the sun shine down

You can paint the darkest clouds

And turn them into rainbows

 

You take your secret smile

The one that turns me on

Hey boy, you’ve been what I’m waitin’ for

 

 

PROM DRESS!

okay so i finally got it!!!!!! (and i know don’t give me that “you only have a week till prom and you’re just getting your dress now?!” i know. trust me.)

but i’m not going to post a picture of the dress (only kelsey gets to see it… it’s a surprise to everybody else. especially tommy!!)

but i will show you a picture of the color. i think you’ll think it’s pretty typical;-)

i’ll put prom pictures up right after! (but don’t worry i’ll hopefully post before then.)

IM GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK

OH MY GOD DOES ANYBODY ELSE SEE IT?!?!?! MY FAVORITE BAND (of all time i might add. always has always will be) ON OUR (tommys and mine in case anybody was confused) ANNIVERSARY IN VIRGINIA BEACH (out of all the places in the world its 2 hours away)!!! ANYBODY SEE THE CONCLUSION? I MUST GO!!!

wayyyyyy to excited to post anything else. im saving my money now so if anybody owes me any you better give it to me before i bite your head off.

pictures are taking over my life

these are pictures on my walls in my room. see what i mean? the pictures are taking over my life!

you know what else has taken over my life? midterm review packets. and when i say packets, i mean PACKETS! my shortest packet is 2 pages but theres no gaps in between each question and theres alot of questions on it. i brought home 4 binders today so i can do more of the packets, but its gonna really stress me out. so this is where i come back to the pictures. everybody has a thing, right? their way of relaxing and taking a break. mine’s blasting music (preferably rent but if its not i’ll manage) and scrapbooking or just putting pictures up on my wall. its alot of fun.

right now tommy kelsey danny patrick my mom and i are in this contest thing. we’re seeing who can get the most. i’ll put the link in. http://brass612.tripod.com/cgi-bin/things.html

so far it’s danny at 30, tommy at 29, mom at 26, patrick at 25, kelsey at 20, and me at 19. i know i know kelsey and i have to live alot more. but we’re trying to see what we can do this week to boost our score. i’ll keep you posted.

well i have to go do more study guides!! arghhh kill me now.

snorkle.

don’t ask about the title. its day 11 of break and kelly and christopher slept over two nights ago. i asked chris to say something random and that’s what he said. it works.

let me do a breakdown of each day of break!

Day 1: Saturday December 22.

I didn’t do much in the morning. But I did sing at Ollie (Oliver)’s baptism at 5:30 mass. That was really nice:-)

Day 2: Sunday December 23.

I can’t really remember what I did on Sunday.

Day 3: Monday December 24. Christmas Eve!

I got up at about 7:25, and got a quick shower, and then my dad and I set off on our annual Christmas Eve shopping trip! We headed to the Towson Mall, but we stopped at Wegman’s first. that was a great experience. Hahaha my dad drove for the first time (since before his accident) and it was hilarious watching him get on all the escalators at the mall. He couldn’t get the timing and it was so funny watching him try not to fall over. Haha anyway… After our shopping trip at the mall (it ended about 2:00ish when we got home), I sang at 4:00 Christmas Eve mass with the choir. I had a solo (did awesome) and it was really exciting. And i’m sporting a new hair cut so that was cool too. Then I went to Tommy’s grandparents house for their annual Christmas party. That was alot of fun.

Day 4: Tuesday December 25. Christmas Day.

Elise woke me up really early, and then we opened presents at Tommy’s house. Then around 10ish I was dropped off at my house and I opened my presents from “Santa” and I got some awesome things. I got a Dooce tshirt, a book, some sweatpants, a printer for my digital camera, a Godiva giftcard, and Danny and I got MATCHING GIFTS! We both got Wicked posters signed by the ENTIRE current broadway cast! HOW FREAKIN AWESOME?!!! Then the rest of the day was pretty much a bore. We sat around and watched Kevin play Guitar Hero 3.

Day 5: Wednesday December 26.

I went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks with Ica, Jess, and a couple of Jess’ friends. It was so good! I recommend that movie to anybody and EVERYBODY. It’s amazing. We took photo booth pictures after then  went back to Ica’s house with her and we played guitar hero for almost the entire rest of the day.

Day 6: Thursday December 27.

Not much happened here. I was told I had to clean my entire room. INCLUDING under my bed. It was scary. I’m surprised I didn’t die! Now it pretty much looks like I just moved in (with the exception of my desk). I played Guitar Hero on and off between cleaning. I started my own band and I worked on the easy level all day. By the time I went to bed, I beat Easy! I tried the first song in medium and my hands were about to give out so i quit for the night. But it’s alot of fun and very addicting:-)

Day 7: Friday December 28.

Kevin wasn’t home all day (neither was my dad) so I finished cleaning my room and then I pretty much played Guitar Hero for the rest of the day. I’m almost done the medium level now, but I got pretty far on Friday. That night we watched Pirates of the Carribbean (in HD!) and stayed home. It was sort of boring but okay.

Day 8: Saturday December 29.

My mom’s parents came to visit for Christmas. It was pretty nice. We showed them Guitar Hero and my grandfather fell asleep on the couch. Pretty typical. Then around 6:30ish my grandparents took kevin and left to visit my mom’s cousin in Glen Burnie (one that Kevin hasn’t seen since he was like 4 by the way) and Tommy picked me up and we went to his grandmother’s birthday party at this fancy restaruant in Turf Valley. It was nice to be with everybody again (even though we had all been together Christmas Eve). Dominick’s getting bigger and learning new words every time I see him, and Gianina is getting so big! She’s about 4 months now and is like the cutest thing ever. Catarina started following Tommy around and talking to him. Omg she’s so cute. She’s about 3 and a half I think. But still, very cute. Cece Cate and Elise were playing together as always, and Dino and Elam were both playing with Dino’s new PSP and Elam’s DS. Extremely typical for the Broccolino grandchildren. It was alot of fun though. It always is. After the party I came home and stayed up till like 2 watching “The Best of Friends Season 1″. I’m now hooked on Friends and Days of Our Lives (my secret love). It’s very exciting even though you all think I’m pretty crazy.

Day 9: Sunday December 30.

After I went to 12 o’clock mass, we hung out at home for awhile, and then I went to the Dornan’s house to hang out with kelly and watch the redskins game with patrick. Redskins beat the Cowboys, and Ravens beat the crap out of Pittsburg!! Then after the game, kelly and I went back to my house where we stayed up till 3 with christopher and kevin playing games and watching movies.

Day 10: Monday December 31.

We went to Dunkin Donuts around 11 to meet some UHL people for a donut party! Olivia, Grace, Mrs Shope, Alec Ethan Eliza Aiden and Mr Munns were there. it was fun! After, we picked Patrick up and we went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks (my second time).  Then we went to their house for New Years Eve dinner, and then we went to 7 o’clock mass. Then we took patrick and christopher back to my house. we played Guitar Hero for awhile and then kicked kevin and christopher out of the living room so Patrick my mom and I could watch Knocked Up. AWESOME movie!!! Really inappropriate, but really awesome. After the movie we watched the ball drop and then we watched some random motorcycle guy make a new world record for longest jump. then my mom sent chris and kevin to bed in his room andand patrick and i watched like half of joe dirt and then we fell asleep. that was about it for our new years night.

Day 11: January 1. New Years Day! (and last day of break)

Patrick and Chris stayed most of the morning. We were going to drive up to Buffalo to see some hockey game but it started at 1 and we wouldnt have made it. So we looked around on the internet for somewhere interesting to go (because i’m SO BORED) and then patrick’s dad came to pick them up so now i don’t have anything to do nor anybody to hang out with. Tommy’s with his dad so I can’t hang out with him. I’m just so bored. I’m watching ER and waiting for my mom to come home so we could possibly go to Gettysburg or something.

Well that’s about it for my day by day on Christmas Break. At least there were some interesting things that happened, unlike that one spring break where I literally did nothing but sit on my bed and watch movies. All day, every day.

I hope Christmas 2007 and the new year of 2008 was/is good for everybody!

I don’t cause commotion, I am one.

My hands AND half my arms were green!

The OZ shows were really great, despite all the incidents. Saturday night after the show i went with tommy back to his house and we decorated his christmas tree:-) And the last thing we got to put on was our ornament: ms piggy and kermit dancing together. It’s my favorite part.

 Last night I got my christmas tree, and we (mom patrick and i) listened to my new CD called “Danny’s Ghetto Fabulous Dance Party” (which will now be called DGFDP). OH! before the show yesterday, while we were listening to DGFDP, Danny and I danced like Christina and Meredith on Grey’s Anatomy. First we did the Meredith, the headbanging while dancing in circles, then we did the Christina, where you flail your arms up and down. Finally we did the Mertina, where you do a combination of the two. then we tried pole dancing, and that was just great:-) hahaha wow i can’t wait till next monday. PF CHANGS HERE WE COME!!!! (and after we SO have to get chocolate covered strawberries).

I went to Symphony of Lights last night with mom and patrick. We listened to DGFDP, especially tracks 1 and 2, which are “Because I Got High” by Afroman and “Music is My Hot, Hot Sex” by CSS. hahaha it was so much fun. Well thats about it right now….