Someday I'll post pictures and words together

Dress as your favorite musical: I'm Wendla from spring awakening...Joe is Tinkerbell

Going home means selfies with my puppy!

SO. GOOD. 

This moment is actually happening

This moment is actually happening

Hi everyone. Things just keep getting crayer and crayyyer. On the 15th I voyaged and saw my bestie Caitlin in The Producers at Villanova. I love her and was very happy to be supporting her. They did a really great job :) Then I had a brief stay in the one and only new prov. Which mainly consisted of buying crap to bring back to school with me and of course enjoying the luxuries of a real shower. A night of shenanigans then ensued. The weekdays are pretty average. I go to classes, I go to MP rehearsals, I chill with my homies. Rinse and repeat. Then last weekend was well what last weekend was. Lots of ups and downs but what else is new? Then Sunday I actually had to wake up to go to NYC!!! I went to the ICP and then walked around taking pictures which was cool. And then I saw Once! I got Steve Kazee's understudy but he was still perfectly dreamy. I think I'm cursed I always get understudies for the actor I want to see most! It was nice to just to go on an adventure and try to let go of all the crap that happened the night before. And by the time I got back to campus it was time for the Oscars! Oh Hollywood please accept me as one of your own. Pretty nondescript week. A guest artist came to talk about her photography. Weird stuff, good but weird. Lots of nudes. I don't know if I could photographs nudes. I def wouldn't pose for them so I don't think it's right to ask someone else to... artist musings. On Saturday MP is performing for literacy day which will be fun. But it means a kinda weird rehearsal sched. But rehearsal was really good tonight. I think I made Rich proud! Rich is our director...I love him and crave his approval. Tomorrow math is cancelled :D YAY!
This is the part of the post where I complain about things that aren't going to matter so in the future when I read this I can laugh. (future Mara you are welcome! I hope you're still sane enough to appreciate this). So I'm debating my major right now. Like Obvs. the FAMS major is happening the cinema is my love. But I'm thinking of doubling in either Studio Art, American Studies, or English. All of those are pointless majors that won't get me jobs and that's okay! See this will be funny when I'm a "grown up". Also something to laugh about the asshole who was ignoring me when we left off in the last post... yep still ignoring me :(.
On a happier note, I think I'm going to be able to go home to see NPHS musical, beauty and the beast! And then the week after that it will be spring break! YAY!

Unfinished Business

I know considering the lack of blogging this is almost a miracle. If you take this as an indicator of my blogging pace for the rest of the semester you will be sorely disappointed. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS RIGHT NOW. Just kidding...sort of.
Just people, man! I'm done with a lot of them. Yesterday I made a list of people I like and a "shit list" when I sat down to do my Statistics studying. Unfortunately the "shit list" is pretty full including names of some people I'm typically very close with. Then Anonymous friend came over and commented on the lists. Anonymous friend is a true leader, a keen listener, and generally more important to me than the bald eagle is to America. Seriously though I never tried to poison her with DDT... and she can talk.  Yeah, so that happened. It was a pretty good list there were foil characters and everything. Some of the parallels made more sense than others... then Anonymous friend wrote some snarky comments on someone who is both on "the shit list" and the people I like list. He really should not be on the people I like list...sigh...but he is. Seriously I need to move the hell on. By the way in case you were wondering the key to getting over a guy is not more guys. Yep, the vague overview is that we were a thing then we weren't then we were together again and now he's ignoring me. And I don't really know what I would want or even how I really feel about him I just hate being ignored and wish we could at least be friends. So... ummm Happy Valentine's Day everyone? Yeah because I need an annual reminder that my worth is determined by how men feel about me... many thanks to the Patriarchy. I also don't like this whole "having a crush thing" I never really dealt with it in high school. Oh, that asexual, incestual bubble that was NPHS. Yeah now I'm pathetically wishing some asshole would text me. Spoiler alert: It's not gonna happen. Ah, well it sucks now eventually I'll move on, my prince will come or something like this. And I do have a Valentine her name is Kathryn and I made her a card with glitter on it and everything. Sometimes good friends are more important any way. Yes, yes. Yeah, I actually don't have that much work this week. I mean I read for Lit, some basic sets for stats, photography is well photography, and American Studies could be anything. Still gives me plenty of time to screw up my personal life... MEOW. Okay seriously, I know I'm a strong independent woman and I don't need no man! Kay? Kay!

Paparazzi

I MISS THIS FACE

The Annual Santa Pic

Working hard or hardly working (on a play for theatre class)

CHRISTMAS and GINGERBREAD and LOVE

Best Christmas present ever? Pard Pride?

Spent NYE with those that matter most <3

My first day of classes look :)

The Roller Coaster

Hi! Remember me... my name is Mara I'm a spunky little 18 year old trying to hack it at one of America's best colleges while discovering her identity. No? Well, that's because again I have fallen behind on my blogging! Gosh, I'm going to have nothing to reference when I write my memoir?!
So quick overview recap! I officially survived first semester! Yes, barely. Yes, there were several breakdowns and I def didn't get straight A's and of course a few identity crisis (somethings never change). Overall a decent first semester though. I mean they say the transition is tough for everyone and I didn't drop out or transfer so I can't complain. And I met a lot of people who I simply adore now. Looking back at the last post I realized how little I actually talked about. I didn't say anything about Laf/Lehigh! We lost :( but it was still a good time! My parents came out from the game and that was well...interesting. At the end of the semester, Dance Co. had a So You Think You Can Dance. I performed a Modern group number... we came in 2nd place! The next day was our choir concert which went quite well and was a nice send off before crunch time. Ughhh finals trust me, we don't need to recap any of that.
Next order of business: Winter Break. You know I never really understood the phrase, "Home for the Holidays" until I left. At first it was wonderful to have so much time with my friends and family but after a month of pure slothfulness (okay, and working at WatPeds) I was more than ready to return to college hill. But CHRISTMAS! I love Christmas. I love Christmas so much <3 It was nice getting back to all of our family traditions. I got mega cool stuff too :) i got leopard footie pajamas (pard pride!!!), a few books, and THE BABY! The baby is what I call my DSLR camera. Also I babysat a lot over break so I got myself a ukulele. I can play a bunch of easy songs which is pretty awesome. I also watched a ridiculous amount of Mad Men...so good. And a bunch of really good movies! And I went to Rockin' Joe's because I'm constantly there or Cosmic Cup. Coffee shop probs <3
 SPEAKING OF COSMIC... flash forward to Easton, PA my little dorm room across the street from Cosmic because that's where I am (I know, classy transition!) This marks classes week 3 but it feels like much longer! (Sidebar: Yes, I cried when I said goodbye to my dog...again). Let's see classes are good...now. I had to do an add/drop. I was taking Making Media, but there was all this drama with the Professor's grading policies and it just wasn't worth it. But now I'm in Digital Photography which makes me very, very happy :D and perfect way to get better acquainted with my baby xoxo. In contrast I'm taking Stats which sucks but you know curriculum requirements, quantitative reasoning, blah, blah, blah. I'm taking American Literature. I really, really like it. My professor is fabulous! He's ridiculously smart and does everything with such style. I'm also taking Intro to American Studies. I don't really know what to make of it yet, but so far so good. Oh yeah and Concert Choir let's go round 2. Other exciting things? I'm in a show! I'm Johnny/Jenny (gender changing hell yeah) in Curtains! That means I'm the stage manager for the show within the show. I get a couple lines and even a bit in some songs :) Considering I'm a baby froshie I'm really happy! Also it's just a really fun show and everyone is super nice! Yeah, you know how I do! Everything is just crazy right now. There's virtually no consistency yet. And in some ways that's good. You know adventure and surprise. I got some really good news today. My history professor from last semester (she's amazing, I love her), nominated me for a scholarship living community thing for next year. I'm def applying, but I don't think I'll make it. The house is this beautiful stone mansion. It's a little far off campus, but totally worth it. On the downside, you know my awesome tight knit group of friends. Well now that we're comfortable with each other that means a ton of drama. I hate drama. And now I'm starting to thing we're less tight knit and more just a ragtag bunch of misfits. Like I don't know I'm kind of freaking out. They're keeping secrets from me, and just not always the most supportive. Like I do love them I really do. But maybe the problem is me? I do kind of distance myself. I've just been kind of moody recently, maybe it's the winter weather. I mean the fact that a certain person on campus I'd like to see is ignoring isn't really helping either...
Oh WELL! I'll just chalk it up to early semester transition back blues and buck up like I always do.
And I will actually try to blog more...