[::..The Optic Monologues..::]

[::..Sunday, December 29, 2002..::]

Ethan Ryan Hazlett, born at 4:44 p.m. today!

he's a whopping 8 lbs., 7 oz. (i was 10 lbs.), and he's doing ok. mom's sore as hell. the induction didn't work yesterday, so they tried again today. i got there around 12:30, and she was pretty far along with labor. she had decided on an epidural, so she was feelin fine. but the damn thing wore off by 4. everyone left the room when we thought she might be getting ready to deliver, and i started to gather my things too. but then andrea's like "delanor, you can stay if you want!". i seriously didn't know whether she said that because she wanted me there, or because she thought i might want to stay. i didn't have time to think about it, so i stayed. omg. i've probably held 2 babies in my entire life, let alone seen one being delivered. i've seen it, but i've never been there. it was nervous buisness. so, she only had to push for about 20 minutes, which is quick. but the baby got stuck at the shoulders. andrea's a small girl, and he's a big boy. yeah, it was very painful for mother. they got him out, but then he wasn't crying. they had to use the bag on him, but he was eventually ok. andrea, on the other hand, had to get stitches. ethan was in a little bit of trauma...... he was bruised and dehydrated. but both mother and child seem to be ok. battered, but ok. me? i could barely walk.

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[::..Friday, December 27, 2002..::]

newsflash: andrea's going to be induced tomorrow morning at 6:00, rather than midnight. so we're going to go out here in awhile and celebrate her last day as a free woman. we being andrea, jessica, and i. this will include a big dinner, though i'm not sure where from. methinks olive garden is a possibility, though.

mom and i got along well in mississippi. probably the best ever. we talked. that's a good thing. but i'm so sick of southern food! i don't like okra, i don't like cornbread, and i don't like ambrosia. it wasn't too terrbly boring at all. mom has satellite, and we watched Legally Blonde together. she also lives right in front of a lovely cow pasture, and i got to watch baby cows and stuff. yes, i'm a dork. all i ever notice is the wildlife.

christmas inventory:

mommy:
big bottle of White Linen perfume
paraffin spa thing for her hands
a little tape/CD stereo

daddy:
a new power drill
civil war junk
ties

del:
Almost Famous DVD: The Director's Cut
Amadeus DVD: The Director's Cut
La Boheme DVD (Baz's version)
a new bathrobe (thank GOD)
and apparently there are two more things on their way in the mail.

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[::..Tuesday, December 24, 2002..::]

all right, kids. daddy and i will be leaving my cozy home at ~7:00 this morning to spend christmas with my mommy in mississippi, and i won't be back until thursday or friday. so happy holidays and a very merry christmas to all of my fellow pirates, mimes, jedi and hobbits.

omg. i have dorky-ass friends.

but that's why i love you. light a candle for me.

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[::..Sunday, December 22, 2002..::]

college students are an odd breed. whenever they get bored over a long, monotonous break, they're more than willing to drive across the state just to hang out with friends. i don't know anyone that would do that that's not in college.

so, i woke up at 4 today. i HATE waking up that late. it may seem like a luxury to some, but i like to actually *enjoy* the day. i wish my mom was here to drag me out of bed at 11. i miss her. i'm glad she's not here to erase the caller id, and i'm glad she's not here to throw away food before i'm done with it. but i'm home alone all day. and it sucks.

i have not been myself since i got home. on the last few days of school i felt like i was gearing up to some kind of change. i've been saying things i wouldn't normally say. i've also been having really violent mood swings. i won't feel like doing anything but laying in bed and staring at the wall for hours on end, even when people ask me to go out. and then out of nowhere i'll randomly feel fine again. for awhile. i feel fine now. whatever.

oh, i saw LotR. breif thoughts:

- Aragorn. stubble. raarr. when he pushes the doors open in Helm's Deep? mmmm.

- Legolas.... i'm starting to see the appeal. he is rather dashing. but the prissy elf hair is still an issue.

- That song that went from the appearence of the white rider to the storming of Isengard is good stuff. that was the Bridge of Khazad-Dum moment for me.

- Sam is certainly being a dick, isn't he? i realize that he's a simple man, but wow. looks like somebody needs a hug. he and Smeagol bickering about the rabbit was amusing.

- Smeagol/Gollum. wow. bravo. he's wonderful. perfectly sinister at times, yet almost adorable when bashing a fish about and singing to himself.

- those last few minutes where Sam gave his speech? damn. i think that may have been the best part for me.

- Gandalf the Grey? no. Gandalf the White? no. as far as i'm concerned, he's Gandalf the Badass Motherfucker. where's his purple lightsaber?.................. omg. i'm such a geek. i can't believe i said that. kill me now.

i can't say much, because, as all of you know, i don't give a real review until i've seen it at least twice. i'll try to see it again next week.

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[::..Saturday, December 21, 2002..::]

mood swings getting really scary.

peach pudding pop goooood.

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[::..Tuesday, December 17, 2002..::]

i sang like shit today.

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nice graphic.

not.

i didn't try to get that one...... really......... *cough*

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finals week sucks. i feel like i'm forgetting something, but i don't think i am. i had my anthropology final today. it took me 15-20 minutes. whee, what a ball-buster. let me catch my breath ofter those 10 short answer vocab words. but i'm not complaining..... an easy A is a good A.
ok. i have a re-audition at 3:30 or something like that. i have to call tom green now. but just thinking about it makes me queasy. i should bake that man cookies. he's put up with my flakiness and mood swings all semester. i certainly wouldn't want to be my teacher. i actually think i might bake him cookies.
and then that's it for today. i really need to be home by Wednesday, so Andrea, Jessica, their Dad, and I can go see The Two Towers. i hope i can make that happen, but i don't know how easy it's gonna be to reschedule my exam.

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[::..Monday, December 16, 2002..::]

NO MORE THEORY! wheeeee!

well, not until Theory II starts in Jan. but i think i did ok on the exam. it's not an A..... maaaybe a B. which is really great for that class. so. yes. del is happy. this was my only intimidating final exam, so basicly i'm alright for the rest of the week.

i saw josh in the nutcracker saturday. nothin' like live Tchaikovsky. i felt like such a loser.... when the orchestra started to tune, i almost shushed the people around me. "DON'T TALK! strings are tuning!" *sigh* i remember when i was human....
it was so good. i've never seen a ballet before. josh did beautifuly.... good energy in his leaps. i met his friends after the show. i don't remember their names, but they were quirky theatre girls, so they were cool. one of them is even more obsessed with liza than me. we went to steak n shake with josh's parents, and made fun of david gest.... (the david gestbook..... hee)..... and. yes. was so fun to hang out with theatre types..... i almost forgot what it was like.

which brings me to the ISU problem. i would really like to transfer there. the campus isn't skanky. it's bigger. i think they have a respectable theatre program, as well as a good music ed program. oh, and they have vocal jazz and a music theatre curriculum. i think i'd like it there. but what bothers me is..... i'm getting attached here. which i knew i'd do. i didn't want to. it's not like i really have close friends here, but the familiarity is comforting. i don't want to uproot and have to start over. but i guess it's now or never. i'll apply for transfer anyway and see what happens.

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[::..Friday, December 13, 2002..::]

What kind of porno would you star in?

guilty as charged. }:-)

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omg. soooo..... morgan heritage is a reggae christian group. i'm such a flaming dumbass. it doesn't change anything...... it's just REALLY funny. because i was wearing a bad religion shirt while i was jammin'. hee. i have to wonder how popular they were on the tour..... like, half the bands would have been weirded out by the god-thing, but they're reggae, so they have weed coming out of every orifice on their bodies.

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[::..Wednesday, December 11, 2002..::]

i think, when this computer is shitty (which will take awhile, because it's a Dell), i'm going to get a Mac.

oh. and i also want an aquarium. don't get me wrong.... i love Curtis and Mr.Rocky Balboa. but it's so soothing to have an aquarium nearby, and i miss my animals. oooh, and i can get a newt! and maybe even a dwarf freshwater lobster! do you have any idea how badly i want a lobster? i would totally name it Jesus. you can also get, like, 6 guppies for a dollar or something like that. i'm so excited. i have the filters and pumps, but i have no tank. my old 10-gallon died.

i'm re-arranging my room right after i get back from break. see, the thing i hate about this room is... there's no overhead light. there's two wall fixtures, but one doesn't work. so it's always really dark in here. so i'll have that light fixed, and i'll have them bring my other bed back up here. i'll move the desks.... push the two beds together to create a massive bed over in the corner, i'll bring my big TV back from home, get a good used aquarium.... and my room won't suck anymore. i have a 14-inch TV from the Triassic period, and i'm tired of messing with it. it's a bad TV. i think i want to get my big-ass TV from home.

concert tomorrow! it's a the methodist church. and it's gonna be sweet.


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amusing quote:
me they drive me insane! sometimes i just want to slit their throats with..... my PANTHER CARD!
beth: well, i want a monkey for christmas.

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[::..Monday, December 09, 2002..::]

oh, and in choir, we also decided that the diminished triad is very sexy. and it "just makes us want to screw".

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listening to:
NIN - perfect drug
wearing:
cabaret shirt. clean. jeans.... clean. clean underwear. everything is clean. weeeird.
feeling:
like i miss my old friends. you know how, when you're really depressed, you wish things could be like they were at some really comfortable time in your life? what if you can't think of a time worth going back to? i seriously don't know what to feel right now. i keep trying to shoot for the goal with the most positive outcome, but nothing looks appealing.
except food. i'm damn hungry.
i'm also feeling like i bitch an awful lot on here. poor me.
i feel like i should say something Positive! and Upbeat!....
umm. i'm wearing clean pants. and.... andrea's due in a couple of weeks!

our Lessons In Carols flyers have this really disturbing graphic at the top..... it has angels on it amusing themselves, but two in the upper corner look like they're doin' the nasty.

renata..... i'm prolly going to swing by ISU someday early next semester. just to give you a heads up. we can make merry. and such. maybe the kittens will still be kittens. and we'll watch mst3k and be jolly.

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[::..Sunday, December 08, 2002..::]

oh my motherfucking god in heaven.

i know this happens a LOT in college. but still. this needs to be recorded.

sooo.... i was just getting ready to go to bed. but i remembered i left some clothes in the wash, and i needed to put them in the dryer so i can get them in the morning. i stumble down to the basement, which i see is dark. it's never dark. weird. so i venture down the stairs anyway (which is a feat in itself, considering that at devin's today, we were talking about scary shit), and i mess with the light switches near the stairs. i only get to try one, because i turn to my left nonchalantly, and i see.....

naked people. naked people. having sex in my basement. on a couch. in my basement. completely naked. having sex. or rather, they were clutching clothes to their genitals and getting really embarassed. he was sitting on the couch apologizing, and she was dashing for one of the rooms down there. laughing. what do i say?

"riiiiiight. well, so sorry to do this, but i have to get my laundry. soooo. yeah. go to your room and do that."

i feel so bad! i should have said something nicer. i understand..... you get caught up in the moment and all. but jesus god in heaven. if you have the presence of mind to flick off the lights, why don't you have the presence of mind to go in one of the three rooms down there? but whatever. they won't be trying that again.

but. yes. naked people. in my basement. engaging in intercourse. i'm so traumatized. by traumatized, of course, i mean highly amused. hee hee.

and jealous.

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i really do miss sarah. i miss that laugh. i wish things hadn't turned out like this.

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[::..Saturday, December 07, 2002..::]

i totally forgot i had ws_FTP this whole time. which meeeeans....... i can maintain this blog like a big girl!

see? my tree's faboo this year.

and i got these pretty MR-y ornaments that say "Love". they didn't have any that say "Truth", "Beauty", or "Freedom". bastards.

so sleepy...........

i'll be here if you need me.

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ok, so in the past few weeks, about 8 people have told me that they read my blog regularly. and most of them are from eiu. and they're not leaving comments. which really weirds me out.

i have a "movie quote of the day" thing on my door, and it's been the same for 2 weeks. teehee. i'm watching Cabaret now for ideas.... maybe SLC Punk if that doesn't work.

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[::..Friday, December 06, 2002..::]

does morgan heritage actually exist? maybe not.i was wandering around warped tour this summer, and i heard some random reggae. i wandered over and. yes. it was SO awesome. there were only about 35 people standing there listening, but everyone was dancing. it was so cool. anyway, WinMX won't let me download right now.

i got my ticket to see josh in the nutcracker on the 14th. i'm so excited. my best friend is a celebrity.

i did nothing but sleep today. i feel ass-awful. tiiiiiiime to watch moulin rouge again.

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sally bowles is such a complex character. i adore her. one minute she's charming and fun, the next she's a deluded child. most people think she *is* deluded and desperate. but in the end you wonder whether she was really right all along. and no one does it better than liza. she IS sally.

i bought "Liza's Back". yes, liza minelli. stop laughing. i know she's smoked so much since cabaret that she sounds like louis armstrong. but he's cool too. this is the best CD ever. i love this woman because she sings in my range. it's got my 4 favorite cabaret songs, and all kinds of cool shit. aaaaargh. i can't stop listening to it.

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[::..Thursday, December 05, 2002..::]

googlism.com

so, so great. here are some amusments:

del is the mongols' traditional garment worn on both workdays and special days
del is not an option
del is staring into the hall
del is cunning
del is located on the left hand side (damn straight. you won't find me on the right.)
del is a fascinating american treasure (hell yes!)
del is not a bank
del is considered one of america`s most beautiful resorts
del is not under obligation to modify the software or the league policies to suit your desires
del is the man
del is currently evaluating bids
del is learning how to speak and write japanese in aspirations of becoming a video game creator of some type
del is one of the bobcats
del is dead
del is friendly
del is dope

and my favorites:
del is one of the best photographic backgrounds you'll ever see
del is a halfling
del is open for suggestions to holy massacre

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[::..Wednesday, December 04, 2002..::]

apparently michelle and devin and i are going to go watch our required sex movie together.

explanation: to get birth control around here, you have to watch an informational video and get a pap smear. goddamnit, i just want the damn pill. anyway. i'm going with them to watch the funny movie together. then i suggested we get our pap smears done at the same time..... in the same room! we could bust out the party hats and one of those cameras that makes tiny polariod stickers! it's one big vagina paaaaarty!

why am i going on the pill? i'm so desperate that i'll be grateful that i did. but no. i don't know about michelle, but i know devin and i aren't getting any. so.

ok. that was bad. i had a really traumatizing day, but i hate bitching to people. so i'll spare you. i'm fine now.
*twitch*

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