The Axiomatic Musings of a Teen who hasn't forgotten her annual Thanksgiving post!

This year I am thankful:

-For my wonderful family in Australia, and the fact that I had the opportunity to spend time with them in February/The fact that I'm a dual Australian citizen.
-For the doctors, technology, and pure luck that's saved Ash from dying again and again. Just because he screws a lot of stuff up doesn't mean he deserves to die.
-That Sal agreed to go to prom with me.
-For the most fun prom I could have imagined.
-That I was cast as the parts I was in both South Pacific and A Midsummer Night's Dream; both were perfect for me.
-That Stephen appeared in my life, and especially for the conversation that we once had about how he liked desserts, which was essentially the beginning of my cupcake and baking hobby.
-For everything on my Wall of Reasons (I'll write a post about that later).
-For a stable family that loves me and takes care of me the best they can. They're far from perfect, but they care about me and that's all that really matters.
-That I finally found the strength to tell Ash goodbye for good.
-For my driver's license and beautiful car.
-For Mr. Rood: because the sentence, "Have you looked at Cornell? They have a hospitality school that you might like," may just be the start of the rest of my life. I'm also thankful he got through his heart surgery okay.
-For Devon, because he got me a really thoughtful (and useful!) gift for my birthday, and he was SO helpful with looking over my college essay/supplement essays. I'm thankful he's stayed such a good friend for all these years.
-For Chico, because he's the best co-director of One Acts I could ask for.
-For Tomas Kalnoky and Streetlight Manifesto, and Jason Mraz.
-For the internet.
-For Sal. For everything he's done and does and hopefully will continue to do to make my life better and keep me feeling safe and happy in any way he can.

Oh, and my new pea coat. It's frickin' adorable and I got it 60% off on Black Friday. Booyah :D.

OOH AND COMPLETELY UNRELATED TANGENT! Because I said I'd keep you guys posted on this. Nivea A Kiss of Milk and Honey may just be my new favorite lip balm. I haven't had a single issue since I started using it two weeks ago. It's nice and smooth, smells and works great. Finally a solution! :D

But yeah I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Gotta love a country that celebrates giving thanks one day and obscene greed the next xD.

*: "My Life Would Suck Without You" by Kelly Clarkson

The Axiomatic Musings of a Teen who thinks thou wilt enjoyeth "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

So thou should cometh to see it. :D It's this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30pm at CHS.

Rehearsals for that and One Acts have been keeping me on my toes so I have little to no free time anymore, but I guess it's fun. After it's all over and I have some time I'll write a longer post about my opinions on Shakespeare and performing it and why it is NOT SCARY OR DIFFICULT AT ALL if you just approach it with an open mind. Right now I just wanted to explain my absence and encourage you to come see it because it's really a hilarious show. I'm playing Quince, the director of the Mechanicals (a group of tradesmen who want to put on a play for the Duke) and it's quite the fitting part for me, being a director and such, so it's a fun role.

There's cross-dressing, lovers quarrels, magical fairy face-offs, a talking wall, and a guy named Bottom whose head gets turned into that of an ass...what more could you ask for? :D

*: "Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes. It's been on the radio a lot lately and it's one of the few songs on the radio that I actually enjoy.

The Axiomatic Musings of a Teen who's a big fan of Newton's Third Law.

Or like that Seinfeld episode where Jerry realizes he's always in equilibrium, things always equal out for him. This weekend has been entirely HOORAY!-booo-HOORAY!-booo but so far it's all worked out in the end :).

Exempli gratia:

The snowstorm on Saturday meant Sal couldn’t come over…but school being cancelled on Monday meant he could stay all afternoon and evening on Sunday!

The power at my house has been out so it was freezing…which gave me a good reason to stay at Sal’s overnight because they have a wood stove that keeps the house warm!

The Halloween parade is cancelled or postponed…because we got another 3 (so far) days of school off!

No one was out trick-or-treating last night…so we’re probably going to get to get dressed up and do the whole thing again on Saturday!


I finally had to go home...but my dad had the generator hooked up to the water pump and water heater so I could take a nice hot shower when I got there.

There’s nothing to do at home…so I have an excuse to hang out at Dunkin Donuts with wifi drinking a peppermint hot cocoa. Yum :D.

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There aren’t even words for how perfectly lovely last night was. Hanging out with the guys, then later snuggling by a warm fire, just talking until we fell asleep. I’m still not convinced it was real life and not a dream. Definitely the best Halloween I’ve ever experienced. And it was MUCH better than being stuck in the same house with my parents for yet another day xD.

Oh, and Sal’s dad built a Snow Jack-o-Lantern and put one of those flameless tealights in it. Just one more reason to love that family.

So yeah now I’m chilling here at Dunkin Donuts using their wifi. Or rather burning, because this peppermint hot cocoa is scalding my tastebuds. It's yummy though :).

Probably should get more work done on that poetry project for Chorn-To-Be-Wild. Good lord she's going to be furious when we get back to class about missing school...not looking forward to that xP. 


Stay warm :).

*: "If My Heart Was A House" by Owl City
**: "Stay The Night" by James Blunt