I have been thinking about this song ever since Wear Sunscreen showed it to me. It is just so perfect.
Lyrics:
I met a man without a dollar to his name
Who had no traits of any value but his smile
I met a man who had no yearn or claim to fame
Who was content to let life pass him for a while
And I was sure that all I ever wanted
Was a life like the movie stars led
And he kissed me right here, and he said,
“I’ll give you stars and the moon and a soul to guide you
And a promise I’ll never go
I’ll give you hope to bring out all the life inside you
And the strength that will help you grow.
I’ll give you truth and a future that’s twenty times better
Than any Hollywood plot.”
And I thought, “You know, I’d rather have a yacht.”
I met a man who lived his life out on the road
Who left a wife and kids in Portland on a whim
I met a man whose fire and passion always showed
Who asked if I could spare a week to ride with him
But I was sure that all I ever wanted
Was a life that was scripted and planned
And he said, “But you don’t understand —
“I’ll give you stars and the moon and the open highway
And a river beneath your feet
I’ll give you day full of dreams if you travel my way
And a summer you can’t repeat.
I’ll give you nights full of passion and days of adventure,
No strings, just warm summer rain.”
And I thought, “You know, I’d rather have champagne.”
I met a man who had a fortune in the bank
Who had retired at age thirty, set for life.
I met a man and didn’t know which stars to thank,
And then he asked one day if I would be his wife.
And I looked up, and all I could think of
Was the life I had dreamt I would live
And I said to him, “What will you give?”
“I’ll give you cars and a townhouse in Turtle Bay
And a fur and a diamond ring
And we’ll be married in Spain on my yacht today
And we’ll honeymoon in Beijing.
And you’ll meet stars at the parties I throw at my villas
In Nice and Paris in June.”
And I thought, “Okay.”
And I took a breath
And I got my yacht
And the years went by
And it never changed
And it never grew
And I never dreamed
And I woke one day
And I looked around
And I thought, “My God…
I’ll never have the moon.”
I went to Ryerson U yesterday. They had an entire day open house for just the dance program. It was great. The dancers were all amazing.
I have a 16% change of getting in and a 25% of getting kicked out if I get in. 250 audition. They accept 40 and cut down to 30 during the year.
Best Part - They weren’t all these skinny little things, two of my three favorite dancers had meat on there bones (mostly muscle though).
Worst Part - They all kicked and held there legs at there head. I need to work on that.
I would be taking 4 ballet classes a week, 2 jazz, 2 modern, 1 pilates, 1 improv and 1 choreography PLUS all the academic classes like kinesiology and history.
I want this.
FINALLY GOT INVITED TO GOOGLE WAVE!
I was/am so excited until it told me that you can only use it will other google wave peeps. I have like two and they aren’t really people iItalk to. BUT I have 8 invites.
Anyone want one?
So, our school put on its musical last night (and will tonight and tomorrow.. but its really only relevant when i went to go see it, which was last night)
It was pretty darn amazing i must admit
I could clearly see how much the hours of rehearsal and painstaking exhaustion paid off. Everyone looked good, everyone sounded good, it was all good!
I mean, of course I have my favourite characters, the two best friends of Ren and Ariel are by far my faves however it pulled together to form one hell of a show.
And seeing a number with boys dressed up like the Village People, i half expected to hear YMCA coming out of their mouths.
I was most definitely not disappointed with this wonderful show. I’m actually glad this was the musical we would graduate on.
Love,
Amanda♥
Saw this yesterday!
They did a really great job with everything. Set, costumes and singing. Everything was really together and it was a great show.
(via indierockandroll/ifuckinglovetea/theclockstrucktwelve/casimirpulaskiday/dependingonperspectives)
Ten Things I Wish I Could Say to Ten Different People:
1) You’re the only person that gets me and makes me laugh for 3 hours straight but can drive me to the point of screaming, crying and even calling the police. How you do it? I have no idea. I love you and I need you to talk to me about the good and the bad. If we do end up living together, we are going to have to work on a few things.
2) I hate you more than I should.
3) I have never really been a jealous person but you are perfect in every which way. I would do anything to be you and have felt that way for years.
4) I heart you. You’re awesome. I trust you which is saying a lot. Life sucks, but without you I don’t know how I would survive.
5) You’re caring but fucking crazy. I can be myself around you because I am not afraid to hurt your feelings. I have never had such an on and off relationship with a friend. You are a great person. (But if you touch me one more time I am going to strangle you.)
6) You should be taking care of me but you’re not. Your double standards are ridiculous. You should have been looking out for me but you haven’t. When I’m gone, I’m gone.
7) We don’t get along and we never will get along. I will never forgive you for what you did.
8) What can I do for you to like me?
9) Stop saying you’re sick, you’re not sick. But thank you for everything you have done for me. You’re a really wonderful person.
10) You have made a bigger impact on my life than you will ever know. I love you and miss you more than anyone in the world! Please stay with me for the rest of my life (not that you have a choice).
Believe it or not, none of these are to boys even though they pretty much all sound like they should be.
Seven things that cross my mind a lot:
7) Traveling
6) Money
5) The internet
4) Directions
3) University
2) Dance
1) Aimee
Six things I do before I fall asleep:
6) Eat
5) Post on tumblr
4) Get in pjs
3) Hygiene – teeth, hair, face
2) Plan
1) Think
Two things you want to do before you die:
2) Be in love
1) Travel to help
One confession:
1) I don’t know if I can do this.
i want her hair.
i wish you would! i don’t foresee you cutting any part of your hair that short though haha please prove me wrong, i’m begging you
My hair has been that short, just not that thin. I have very thick hair. I do want to change that. I should spend my thirty bucks on a hair cut instead of shoes or jacket that I will probably never find.
I love her hair styles. I have been thinking about bleaching my hair for a while. =P
I was wondering why there weren’t any new collegehumor videos until i realized it was american thanksgiving.
Happy Turkey Day American Followers.
Glad we’re making progress here — I fantasize about this scenario daily!
Now they’re predicting ten years until I can think, “set alarm 5min” and 5 minutes later a bell goes off, or “message Nick gym 7:30?” and Nick gets an IM asking what time we go to the gym tomorrow.
Or, “11in = ? cm” to get back “27.94”.
A lot of people are probably like, “No way, I’m not turning myself into a cyborg!”. But the joke’s on you: Cyborgs will dominate every job class from CEO to telemarketer. Your caveman brain will be unemployable. The choice isn’t, “Upgrade or stay normal?” but “Upgrade or starve?”.
Maybe.
Via 2020.
I actually can’t wait for this!
My last two posts were picures of my applications to University and College. (Which I will now explain).
I am officially applying for 8 programs. The guidance counselors said that you shouldn’t be applying to more than 5 and I just kind of laughed. They were mostly guided towards university applications but since I have to do two different applications (college and university). I decided to use the whole amount of application spots (3 for university, 5 for college). In total - $210. not including the audition fees which are usually $50. I think I have the right to apply to so many programs because only one of my choices (which is my back up program) were labelled highly competitive.
University Choices (all four year programs)
Dance Programs - York and Ryerson University
Theatre Production - Ryerson University
College Choices
These take a little it more explaining…
I started with two of the three dance programs for George Brown.
1) Dance Performance Studies does the classical studies of ballet and modern and will lead you into the York University program that I applied to above. (2 years)
2) Commercial Dance Studies - one year program that teaches you how to survive in the commercial dance world. To be honest, I think that this is my complete first choice. Awkwardness of it. It doesn’t start till 2nd semester next year, which means I don’t audition till I september.
Than I did my programs in Theatre Production…
3) Humber and Sheridan. I don’t really want to go to sheridan based on location but the program looks awesome.
Last but not least…
4) American Sign Language and Deaf Studies - I know that this is REALLY random. I had an extra slot. I thought that if this is the only place I get in, I could continue dancing while doing this program and re-apply to all the dance schools the next year. And this would be such an awesome diploma to have.
TA DA.
I will either be a dancer, Stage Manager or Signer/Part-Time dancer.
This is Happening. (Part Two)
This is happening. (Part One)
Baby Alora!
She does the elvis lip and she looks like an eskimo. And she sleeps with her hand up ready for the cops.
Welcome Elvis the Badass Eskimo.
Box Step? In My Musical Theatre Solo?
I’m Seventeen…
I think I need a new song
Hehe. I don’t think it is the song. =P
Collegehumor changed the sound at the end of there videos. =O
The video about the change was halarious but I really do miss it. =(
