I'M HOME!!!
First, let's talk about my flight... the guy to my right slept most of the way, so that was cool, and the woman to my left was transporting bone marrow. I know! I was totally in the middle! LOL.
Um, my mom and fam. moved when I moved to Philly, so this is my first time in this house. It is sooooooooooooooooooo cool. You're just gonna have to take my word for it, unless you can rig it so that you can stop by... lemme know.
I went downtown with Mom today to watch Bria's school choir sing at Seattle Center (they were cute) and then we did some shoppin. Aw man, I keep finding all these neat things to buy myself...
[and here was some more rambling, but it is no more. And on that note, I have come to realize that it is hard to keep a public journal when one is afraid that someone they know my be affected by some of its contents.]

Global Exchange says how about we don't invade Iraq, k?

p.s. I got an A- on my combat final!!! And I'm going home tomorrow! HE he. I've never been in my mom's new house... but "home is where the heart is."

I think I could cry right now. It could be from tiredness, or not eating the best, stress, and tipped off by a tape a friend, Alex, made for me. ::closes eyes and smiles:: (I'm listening to it now) He knows I like Weezer... so it is all them and first song is their rare track Jamie! Awwww.
I found this little gadget thru Benny... Slogan Generator. My new slogan is "Make Fun of Jamie." Actually it seems that that has been it all my life and I am just now figuring this out. But that's ok, I like it.
Only at UArts... "Don't get me wrong, I like homos. In fact, some of my friends are homos. Actually, all of my friends are homos." - All the Good Men are Gay

So what has been happening in the world of Jamie? er...
I have tried the x-mas shopping thing here, but it is nonsensical, so I give up.
Danielle and I have been practically joined at the hip... just chillin' like villains. On friday night, we hit a jazz club, Chris', where we met up with my friend Adam, who was the drummer for Working, and a bunch of his friends. Wooo-eee that place was packed.
Last night was closing night of Working. ::Emperor's New Groove llama dance:: There was no partying whatsoever ;)
My apartment is so devoid of food that meals are starting to have interesting combos going on. Neither Beckie nor I want to go grocery shopping because we are both leaving on wednesday (yay!) - it has probably been about two weeks since either of us have bought anything significant. Craziness! (That has definately been the word of the week)

khaki pants+ rainy rainy day= no fun
Of course, on the day that I decide to walk a million blocks, it rains like none other. And why must the wind blow crazy mad this time of year? It just adds insult. So picture me with my umbrella fighting the hurricane in my khakis that are now so wet from the knee down that they are transparent and hikin around 31 blocks round trip. Ok, even I admit that is lunacy. And what did I get out of it, aside from an ensuing terminal illness that will wait until I get home to attack and torment? I bought myself a cd in good condition at Salvation Army for $4. I was initially there to see if they had any skirts that I would like to purchase for use in my combat final. No success. Why is it that SAs don't have fitting rooms?
So if you know me well enough, you will know that I lied in the beginning of this entry. One should know that I am relished by adventures. If I did not find them amusing, why would I allow myself to partake in the optional ones, such as todays?
Yesterday was not so productive in holiday gift shopping at King of Prussia mall - which is one big mofo, but it was mildly amusing with Danielle and Uncle JB.

I am definately living up to the name Beckie and I had given ourselves way back when; we are the A- Kids. "A- Kids are more better." I got back three papers today in writing and all of them were... A-. ::curtsies for the applause::
I have been having crazy realistic dreams... and I have been so tired lately, that one of them was actually real and I just thought it wasn't! Who does that?
Oh, and no callbacks for Jamie for the spring shows. I'm sensing ATA discrimination.

I am so proud. Today I completely took over the sound board. Steve had been running most of it before, but now he put me in control and part way through the show he left!!! ::grins with gusto::

Ben Kweller. Need I say more? Ok, he is even great when missing a band member... and when punks like Ryan from the audience are brought on stage cuz they think they can fill in vocals, but no. It still rocked. Who else has a toothbrush with their name on it as merchandise?
Their opener was fandamntabulous as well, er, Brendan Benson and the Wellfed Boys, with their opium afflicted drummer, gorgeous Brendan, and other crazies.
I am still dancing around. hehehe
ps. This summary is not doing justice. I am just slllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppy......

What did I do to deserve this???? Wooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So THAT means.......
1. I don't have any classes.
2. There is snow on the ground to play with. Read: cheap FREE college entertainment.
Which leads to...
---------> The cancellation of Working rehearsal
---------> Guilt-free, stress-free, risk-free Ben Kweller enjoyingworshipingentertainmentdom.
::mad laughter with a superhappy, worry lifted, wide-eyed, crazed smile emblazoned and giddy prancing about::
hmmm. What to do in the meantime? I just finished 'Tis. Oh yes. Mass amounts of napping, tv watchin, and socializing. (The computer use is just a given as I am on it all the time). Hooooooodie hooooooooodie!
I had an audition yesterday for the spring shows. I presented two monologues. One: Emilia from Shakespeare's Othello Two: Mae from Shepard's Fool for Love. I feel good about what I did. We'll see if anybody wants me.
... hehehe snow.

What is this? It is nearly dark at 5.
Other fun times that have been forgotten to be included...
Doing Zak's poofy, curly hair with an Ace Ventura in the front and pomading some of the top back so it looks strange but girly. Someday I will have pics of that.
I murdered my little pumpkin I had as a Halloween decoration, in order to feast on pasta with pumpkin sauce. After having it stare at me for about a month and a half, with a little insane face painted on and saying "OOB," it was time for it to go. There will be a nice collage of that later, too. Either I was really hungry, or it was actually rather tasty.
Apparently, Robb's ultrayummy applesauce is too good for your average plastic container, as it busted out in my fridge the other day... to Beckie's dismay.
I have become a slight Monster Garage addict (a tv show on the discovery channel). And, although I don't like motorcycles, for some reason I like Jesse James and his. Maybe it is because they are choppers.

Vacation is a fabulous invention.
So for this turkey day, I went to my Uncle JB's for a few days. Of the seven other friends of his that joined us, Kim, the Canadian eh, brought her lovely bad luck. A little background on this doosey... she is losing her job, she had a new tire blow out on her car, her baggage got lost on her flight over after having been delayed, and she got shat upon by a pigeon (filty rats with wings) last saturday. I have plenty of things to blame on her, during the time she spent with us, but the most traumatic is the clogging of the plumbing during the big feast preparation, and ensuing sewage backups later. Let's just stop with the running joke of "we have no thyme... for this shit," which sums up the whole Thanksgiving experience. It was fun.
On wed., I turned in my yoga final, a photoshop edited piece I call 'Meditation,' and Nancy Kantra was impressed. What is this you ask? Jamie actually did not procrastinate?! Don't get too accustomed. But you are supposed to pay more attention to the depth of awe that I got from Nancy. She said in all of her years of teaching, she has never seen this idea. Then, to score major points, I asked her if she would like to keep it. It was as if I had given her a million dollars (which I probably did, as I will be famous one day), and she said she was going to frame it and put it in her office. Oh what's that? That sounds like an A+. I have posted it in Ah, kids these days for your own enjoyment.
This is a neat website, Transience, that has the Pearls Before Swine game that just baffles me. It is my new mission to beat it. There are also some nifty animations. I haven't explored the site much more, but oh, I will.
I am hoping that I am scoring some points with my superiors in Working, the show I am on crew for, so that I can skate out early on thurs. to see Ben Kweller with Jordan. I showed up earlier today than I had to and performed a huge favor, by filling in for the lighting operator. Apparently, I am a goddess to Janet, the lighting designer, who wanted to keep me for herself, as she kept telling me how wonderful I am. At least somebody is recognizing The Greatness. Holey Moley my fingers are tired of pushing buttons. But this is a positive step in keeping people happy with me.
On that note, I should go to bed. Mmmmmmmmmmm sleeeeeeeeeeeep.