Ed Rooney

Guilty Pleasures

Reality TV

Barnes & Nobles

Irrational Fears

The Dark

Driving Alone

Deep Water

and many, many more....

Childhood Career Aspirations

Honestly, I secretly wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember. I also looked into becoming a Florist. I want to go back and get my certificate for that kind of thing and open my own shop. However, this was not a childhood aspiration. I didn't want to do this until I was in High school, so I don't think it counts.

Most Desired Travel Destinations

Rome

Greece

Prince Edward Islands

Germany

Hawaii

Maine

etc...

Favorite High School English Reads

Tess of the D'urbervilles

Hamlet

To Kill a Mockingbird

Funnest Halloween Dress-ups

Munchkin
Emo Punk

Mime

Favorite 80s Movies

Breakfast Club

Clue

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Art of Participation

I went to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on last Monday. It was just me and a couple girls from work. One of the exhibits was the Art of Participation. It had videos and displays of art starting in the 5o's where the art only worked if people participated. That part alone was pretty cool. They had a piano there with blank music sheets on the wall and a video of John Cage's score being performed on the streets. Only he didn't play the piano. The focus was not on the instrument but on what the audience would do and the sounds they would make. If yo want to see more about John Cage and 4'33" you can click on the link here: http://www.sfmoma.org/multimedia/audio/aop_tour_402?autoplay=true

They also have display of photography entitled The Gift. It is pictures of normal people displayed on a huge wall. They rotate the pictures throughout, but the cool thing is that all the pictures are of people who have come to the museum. They had a photostudio set up and you volunteered to get your picture taken and then it became part of the art. It was so cool.

The best was that there were ones that everyone could participate. I got to be in several art pieces. I talked in a microphone that talked back, be a lady on the computer that could fly, take a survey about a series of photos, and more. My favotrite was when we got to put together sculputures from the items. We were supose to follow the posted directions, but we didn't see them until the security pointed them out because we were playing fruit hockey and doing other things instead. This is what we were supose to do:

Instead this is what we did:

All in all, it was a fun day. We spent all day there and still didn't make it through the whole museum. The Art of Participation was only two floors of the museum. We also got to see some Diego Rivera, Jackson Pollack, and even a Pablo Picasso. There was an exhibit of photography that was way interesting. Besides the Art of Participation exhibit, my favorite was the 1000 journals project. This project is where someone put out 1000 blank journals all over San Francisco and asked that if you found it, add to it and then post it online. If you finished the journal, you were asked to send it back. They had several journals on display. It was so interestng to see what people wrote. If you found a journal that you were to add to and then the public would see it, what would you include. I found it so intreguing what people decided to write. I am just curious about people and what makes them tick. The journals were sent out in 2001 and some are still out there. Many have ended up in foriegn countries. I love to see how creative people were. If you want to check it out, they have a website for the projects, and even have made a documentary about it. You can check it out at http://www.1000journals.com/

Disneyland! Disneyland! Disneyland!

This year has been "A Year of a Million Dreams." I have visited Disneyland 3 times this year and have enjoyed every single second of it. I have had a bunch of amazing experiences -- too many to share all. I decided that I should at least share some of the best ones, so here goes.

The magic all started with my first trip where we won the dream fast passes. But it didn't stop there....

We also got to be captains of the Mark Twain Boat... TWICE!

I got scared by the witch from sleeping beauty - she did not offer me an apple (feww).

I walked down main street one night holding hands with Mickey to get his picture. We had to find a photopass person because our camera had died. He only took pictures with us, and then we got to escort Mickey (well, it was mostly Kelsey) back and he left.

Oh, and did I mention, we got VIP seating to the show Aladdin. In line we enjoyed a hilarious chat with Roz who ended up being the Geanie's mom. Because of this, we sat with her during the show and got to do a meet and greet with the cast! I met all my favorite Aladdin characters that you don't usually get to meet. Iago, Geanie, the magic carpet, Jafar......

I also got to ride the new Toy Story Mania ride...I love it! I love that in the line you can talk to Mr. Potato head. I got to see the High School Musical 2 Parade, and the new one for the Senior Year movie. I rode space mountain about a dozen times and Screamin' about half a dozen. We even got to ride Tower of Terror in our own elevator.

I've met all the princesses and even some odd charaters here and there. Cruella is hilarious to talk to her. All she does is insult people. I got attacked by Scully who almost didn't take a picture with me. I was also able to be a junior fire fighter this last trip. well, actually I just got a sticker saying I was because we rode the fire car. Kelsey and I danced infront of the Fire station when the band was out and we recieved a free pin. It is of tinkerbell.

All in all, I've had an amazing time this year at Disneyland. It ended with this last trip where we got to meet Christmas Mickey and Minnie, who we got pictures with together. We got to see the snow fall (soap spuds) and the light show on the castle. Nothing could hinder my trip, even when I was in as splint because of my broken finger and it rained like cats and dogs on the second day and we had to wear ugly ponchos.

The only disappointment has been that when we wrote dumbo, I didn't get to hold a feather.

But we don't talk about that.