During the course of this blog I have rarely mentioned people specifically because I don't want anyone to feel taken advantage of or singled out.
However, I want to mention some people that I recently realized mean so much to me that I know I can always, ALWAYS rely on.
Rachel Bass, Kendal Newman, Sophie Solomon, Charlotte Exton, Miriam Duffy, Emily Paruolo, Clare Eichinger, thanks.
Yeah. I love you guys and I just felt the need for anyone who sees this to know that.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Les animaux.
First of all, a few people have been wanting me to update my blog. I haven't written in forever and it's getting on my nerves, but because I'm super busy and because I really SHOULD be doing French homework right now, I've just decided to use something that I already wrote. It's actually a college supplement. I know...WHAT?! A supplement? That could not POSSIBLY BE GOOD GIVEN THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH COLLEGE! Okay, well, first: calm down. Second, you might enjoy it! I'm actually fairly proud of it, and if people like this style of my writing then I may upload a few more. This specific supplement had a word limit, so it's fairly succinct. In the future, I'd kind of like to flesh it out so I can put ALLLLL the words I want into it! Anyway, enjoy! :)
Nowhere in my application was I able to address my love of animals. This love was instilled in me at a very early age by my family. We always had a variety of pets. One of my earliest memories is of my dad reading Gerald Durrell and James Herriot to my brother and me. Before I was even able to spell “hippopotamus,” I knew about the grooming habits of Asian monkeys and the length of a cow’s gestation period. As I grew, my love only increased when we adopted a stray cat. I desperately wanted to be best friends with her, and that feeling translates to today: I can often be found at a friend’s house sitting with the dog instead of with the people.
Sometimes I marvel that we humans invite animals like dogs, cats, lizards, frogs, and (only specific kinds of) snakes to live side by side with us. I am continually amazed by the sheer variety of animal life, and that amazement factors greatly into my love and passion for environmental science and “saving the world.” For instance, I’m just nerdy enough to get notifications via email about animal conservation. When I read them, I think about how the last thing I want is for children in the future to be reading the same books I was read as a child and wonder why the animals in them are no more.
Sorry this was such a cop-out of a post! I'll be better soon, I promise. And FYI:
www.shanananabatman.tumblr.com
YEP. IT HAPPENED.
Song of the Day: Come on Get Higher-- Matt Nathanson
Nowhere in my application was I able to address my love of animals. This love was instilled in me at a very early age by my family. We always had a variety of pets. One of my earliest memories is of my dad reading Gerald Durrell and James Herriot to my brother and me. Before I was even able to spell “hippopotamus,” I knew about the grooming habits of Asian monkeys and the length of a cow’s gestation period. As I grew, my love only increased when we adopted a stray cat. I desperately wanted to be best friends with her, and that feeling translates to today: I can often be found at a friend’s house sitting with the dog instead of with the people.
Sometimes I marvel that we humans invite animals like dogs, cats, lizards, frogs, and (only specific kinds of) snakes to live side by side with us. I am continually amazed by the sheer variety of animal life, and that amazement factors greatly into my love and passion for environmental science and “saving the world.” For instance, I’m just nerdy enough to get notifications via email about animal conservation. When I read them, I think about how the last thing I want is for children in the future to be reading the same books I was read as a child and wonder why the animals in them are no more.
Sorry this was such a cop-out of a post! I'll be better soon, I promise. And FYI:
www.shanananabatman.tumblr.com
YEP. IT HAPPENED.
Song of the Day: Come on Get Higher-- Matt Nathanson
Sunday, December 19, 2010
love
I'm feeling kind of foolish looking back on my old posts tonight so I just thought I'd keep it simple. This will be (one of) my only posts this entire break, but I will keep adding onto it whenever it seems fitting. I don't really care if anyone reads it but it's almost just for me to catalogue certain things so that I don't forget them.
Enjoy, or don't.
A list of things that I love, written by Shana
Enjoy, or don't.
A list of things that I love, written by Shana
- my family, especially when everyone is in a good mood
- skype, most of the time
- my brother, especially, because we get along almost unbelievably well usually
- friendship letters, which are like love letters except from platonic friends
- '127 hours', a movie that went from unseen to in my top 10 in an hour and 30 minutes
- johnny depp, the only celebrity i will buy a random magazine for just because he's on the cover
- keytars.
- dark chocolate peanut butter cups, delicious
- 'lost in translation', a movie that made me feel unlike any other movie has except for 'where the wild things are'
- youtube, because i can't even explain how many hours i spent on it watching people i want to meet one day and who inspire me and make me laugh day in and day out
- brett erlich, because he's the single funniest person i've ever found (and will ever find) on the internet
- tattoos, because they can mean SO MUCH and i'm so excited to get them
- senior speeches, because of the ones my friends have already made which have made me realize how short my time at masters is
- heating, because the furnace downstairs just broke although my room feels like an oven mmmm
- tea, because it keeps me awake during the week
- being played guitar/sang to over skype when i'm feeling down because for some reason it's the best thing ever
- the repeal of DADT, because we're one step closer to an equality-based society, finally
- my dog, because he's always so sweet and so sososos cute
- fawning over celebrities, because i spend soooo much time doing this and it never gets tiring
- beatles rock band, especially with my family
- jake and amir, just because i can never get over them, NEVER
- the fact that someone (who i know but shall rename nameless) shouted out 'i love you shana' before i started playing for candlelight concert on friday
- the fact that someone else seconded that with 'i love her more'
- the fact that justin beiber is illiterate and doesn't know what germany is
- flu shots, because they let me experience the feeling of having the flu for ONE measly day and then snatch the sickness right away from me
- my new piercing because it reminds me that my parents trust me
- photobooth
- singing badly and having people accept me for it!
- daniel radcliffe, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh faint
- my cousin Morgan who has been through so much at the age of 13 than i have while being 17
- internet harry potter memes, heheh
- the feeling of lying in bed after a really long day and knowing that you might dream (i know that sounds corny but the prospect of that for some reason is always comforting to me)
(Part I-- December 20, 2010-- 1:09 AM)
- next to normal, because OH MY GOD
- staying up until 4
- james franco
- facetimeeeeeeeee WOO
- going to the mall 2 days before christmas
- rainbow studded belts
- fake glasses (NO, not the hipster ones...)
- FROYO especially chocolate with pomegranate seeds...ahhh
- brokeback mountain because i cried soooooo much WOO
- getting into a college :D
- friends. on christmas.
Song of the Day: Final Countdown- Europe, Superboy and the Invisible Girl- Next to Normal
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Oh my god
Everything changes so quickly. So many emotions, so little time, so little sleep.
Jesus Christ.
A real post soon...I promise. Break is so close I can taste it. Yum.
<3
Song of the Day: Don't Let Us Get Sick- Warren Zevon BUT COVERED BY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE BENNETT KNOX
Jesus Christ.
A real post soon...I promise. Break is so close I can taste it. Yum.
<3
Song of the Day: Don't Let Us Get Sick- Warren Zevon BUT COVERED BY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE BENNETT KNOX
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Ain't Got No Mind (Lost It)
My life lately has been ridiculous:
[ri-dik-yuh-luhs] –adjective
causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
Synonyms: nonsensical, ludicrous, funny, droll, comical, farcical. See absurd.
Haaaaaaa. I even use the word absurd SO often now.
I can't string my thoughts together correctly right now because of lack of sleep, lots of homework, someone, my friends' problems, and the fact that I find out if I get into Wesleyan tomorrow. Okay. Let's go through each of those things and let's try our BEST not to laugh uncontrollably at Shana while she writes terribly (and probably boring-ly) about her life. LET'S GO!
1) Lack of Sleep. Recently, despite not having a terrible amount of homework, I've been staying up later than ever. It may be because I'm just nervous about a lot of things right now, but I also feel different this year than I did last year. It's started to hit me that I won't be seeing my friends after SHITWHATTHEFUCK 6 months minus one day. June 11th is graduation. Jeez. Anyway, Skype has been calling my name night after night and I just can't seem to get off of it. It's not even that I'm not getting my work done, it's just that I'm doing it waaaaaaaaay later. Like at 2 instead of 10. Mmm. Healthy. Now I just constantly feel in limbo. AND NO I WAS NOT MAKING AN INCEPTION REFERENCE YOU STUPID PEOPLE WHO LIKED THAT MOVIE. (Oh, what? Did I just insult ALL of you? I apologize. Please keep reading anyway. Ha) I kinda feel like I'm floating through life, but it's not that I'm not noticing or participating in things, it just feels more easy-going in a way, which is a feeling I canNOT reconcile with all of the stress right now.
2) Lots of Homework. Two sentence: I ALWAYS POST ON THIS BLOG WHEN I HAVE A LOT OF HOMEWORK I SHOULD BE DOING. It will get done right after this. :D Maaaaaybe
3) Someone. Augh. I hate feeling like a teenager so much. I really do. I just wish I was in control of some things that I'm not and I wish that I hadn't gotten myself into this position. It's making me kind of depressed. And I know that NO ONE knows who this is about and why and stuff but that's totally fine with me, I just wanted to write some completely incoherent sentences about it. I'm just really lonely (AWWWWWW, TEENAGE ANGST WOOOOO) and this is kind of hard.
4) My Friends' Problems. They're killing me. The problems, not my friends. I have this issue that I need my friends to be happy, and when they aren't, even though I'm not involved fully or necessarily important to the issue, it hurts me so much. I don't even care about my own problems when my friends have issues. All I want to do is see them smile. Also, there's an upside to caring so much: when good things start happening, they make me so joyous. Ex. When Dylan got into Northwestern, I started crying.
AND I KNOW I KNOW I NEVER MENTION NAMES, but...that's just a jab at him. YEAH, DYLAN, SEE WHAT I DO FOR YOU!? ...Wanna be roomies?
5) The Fact. Okay. I applied ED to Wesleyan University. Both of my parents went there, but I'm not just interested in it because of that. In fact, I HATE the fact that they both went there because whenever I'm unsure about getting in or not, people always say, "Ohhhh, you're a legacy, don't worry." AND THAT PISSES ME THE FUCK OFF. If I want to succeed and get into a school, I want to get in BY MYSELF. WITH THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT ME. NOT THEM.
I mean, of course I'm glad they went and met, because if they didn't, I wouldn't exist...but moving on. The thing about this is that I'm not sure I should've applied ED. I know everyone has second guesses and stuff, but I do love other colleges too. So, I'm not gonna be too broken up if I didn't get in, and I'll find out 24 hours and 40 minutes from now. What the fuckity fuck. I mean, it'll be wonderful to get in. WONDERFUL. but...
What I've learned most about myself recently is that I'm extremely realistic. I don't even know how to explain why or how, but that's just it.
By the way the title of this blogpost is from a song from HAIR, the soundtrack which I am listening to now in full because I know every note, every lyric, every key change, and every scream or woop in every song. Somehow, that feels so reassuring, even when almost nothing else does.
Be peaceful, please.
Love,
Shana x
Song of the Day: Easy to be Hard- HAIR (I normally don't even love this song. So weird.)
[ri-dik-yuh-luhs] –adjective
causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
Synonyms: nonsensical, ludicrous, funny, droll, comical, farcical. See absurd.
Haaaaaaa. I even use the word absurd SO often now.
I can't string my thoughts together correctly right now because of lack of sleep, lots of homework, someone, my friends' problems, and the fact that I find out if I get into Wesleyan tomorrow. Okay. Let's go through each of those things and let's try our BEST not to laugh uncontrollably at Shana while she writes terribly (and probably boring-ly) about her life. LET'S GO!
1) Lack of Sleep. Recently, despite not having a terrible amount of homework, I've been staying up later than ever. It may be because I'm just nervous about a lot of things right now, but I also feel different this year than I did last year. It's started to hit me that I won't be seeing my friends after SHITWHATTHEFUCK 6 months minus one day. June 11th is graduation. Jeez. Anyway, Skype has been calling my name night after night and I just can't seem to get off of it. It's not even that I'm not getting my work done, it's just that I'm doing it waaaaaaaaay later. Like at 2 instead of 10. Mmm. Healthy. Now I just constantly feel in limbo. AND NO I WAS NOT MAKING AN INCEPTION REFERENCE YOU STUPID PEOPLE WHO LIKED THAT MOVIE. (Oh, what? Did I just insult ALL of you? I apologize. Please keep reading anyway. Ha) I kinda feel like I'm floating through life, but it's not that I'm not noticing or participating in things, it just feels more easy-going in a way, which is a feeling I canNOT reconcile with all of the stress right now.
2) Lots of Homework. Two sentence: I ALWAYS POST ON THIS BLOG WHEN I HAVE A LOT OF HOMEWORK I SHOULD BE DOING. It will get done right after this. :D Maaaaaybe
3) Someone. Augh. I hate feeling like a teenager so much. I really do. I just wish I was in control of some things that I'm not and I wish that I hadn't gotten myself into this position. It's making me kind of depressed. And I know that NO ONE knows who this is about and why and stuff but that's totally fine with me, I just wanted to write some completely incoherent sentences about it. I'm just really lonely (AWWWWWW, TEENAGE ANGST WOOOOO) and this is kind of hard.
4) My Friends' Problems. They're killing me. The problems, not my friends. I have this issue that I need my friends to be happy, and when they aren't, even though I'm not involved fully or necessarily important to the issue, it hurts me so much. I don't even care about my own problems when my friends have issues. All I want to do is see them smile. Also, there's an upside to caring so much: when good things start happening, they make me so joyous. Ex. When Dylan got into Northwestern, I started crying.
AND I KNOW I KNOW I NEVER MENTION NAMES, but...that's just a jab at him. YEAH, DYLAN, SEE WHAT I DO FOR YOU!? ...Wanna be roomies?
5) The Fact. Okay. I applied ED to Wesleyan University. Both of my parents went there, but I'm not just interested in it because of that. In fact, I HATE the fact that they both went there because whenever I'm unsure about getting in or not, people always say, "Ohhhh, you're a legacy, don't worry." AND THAT PISSES ME THE FUCK OFF. If I want to succeed and get into a school, I want to get in BY MYSELF. WITH THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT ME. NOT THEM.
I mean, of course I'm glad they went and met, because if they didn't, I wouldn't exist...but moving on. The thing about this is that I'm not sure I should've applied ED. I know everyone has second guesses and stuff, but I do love other colleges too. So, I'm not gonna be too broken up if I didn't get in, and I'll find out 24 hours and 40 minutes from now. What the fuckity fuck. I mean, it'll be wonderful to get in. WONDERFUL. but...
What I've learned most about myself recently is that I'm extremely realistic. I don't even know how to explain why or how, but that's just it.
By the way the title of this blogpost is from a song from HAIR, the soundtrack which I am listening to now in full because I know every note, every lyric, every key change, and every scream or woop in every song. Somehow, that feels so reassuring, even when almost nothing else does.
Be peaceful, please.
Love,
Shana x
Song of the Day: Easy to be Hard- HAIR (I normally don't even love this song. So weird.)
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Hey hi hello.
Just stopping by for a REALLY quick min to share two links:
One is the link to my Formspring, which I have taken off of my FB:
www.formspring.me/shanananabatman
And the other is the link to a YouTube video that my friend Sophie and I made last night at 1 in the morning. It's super cute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjE2PFL4o4
That is all for now.
TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT
xx
shana
Song of the Day: Touch-a-touch-a-touch Me -ROCKY HORROR
One is the link to my Formspring, which I have taken off of my FB:
www.formspring.me/shanananabatman
And the other is the link to a YouTube video that my friend Sophie and I made last night at 1 in the morning. It's super cute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjE2PFL4o4
That is all for now.
TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT
xx
shana
Song of the Day: Touch-a-touch-a-touch Me -ROCKY HORROR
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Snow? On Halloween?
...In Canada, the title of this blogpost is NOT A JOKE. I just found out from someone that it is in fact SNOWING where I was in Canada for a little while this summer.
I usually love Halloween and the autumn, but for some reason I really want to be there right now.
I don't know why.
...Apparently I can't wait for winter. Huh.
Also apparently someone learned the correct way to spell 'segue' by reading my blog.
CHECK PLUS FOR SHANA.
Hope everyone's pre-Halloweening activities were wonderful! I was up until 4 last night! Also, I was Robin Hood this year. As opposed to Uhura from Star Trek last year...*cough*.
I know this post is short and the formatting is weird, but I have a French essay to write.
Happy happy hallow's eve, y'all.
love shana
x
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