I love you all.

Flickering candles

Sunday, April 24th, I turned 23...

There was a quiet celebration which consisted of me going out to dinner with my parents, calling Leah, and sitting by myself.

That is not to say it was a bad birthday, after last year, anything is good...

Ty and I went to go see Sincity, and smoke a hookah. Afterwards, we talked and I came to the following conclusions.

1.There's not much one can say about 23, it truly is one of the most un-eventful ages I can think of.
2.That's not to say that it was an un-eventful year. My first Movie came out, I cleaned my room, Made new friends, and found old ones that I had thought long lost.
3. None of this had anything to do with my age, rather it seems that it was a reflection on my own tenacity.
To quote Frank Sinatra, "It was a very good year.", and I am grateful to have lived through it.

Here's to 24, and the changes that it will bring. :)

pulling my weight

I have been lax in my responsibilities at work..
Just thought I'd get that off my chest.

On an unrelated note: Ana, I really need to talk to you dad about the price of a plane ticket to michigan. Please call me, and let me know when's a good time to reach him.

I have much to do lately, and no desire to do it, so this post shall relfect that.
[insert more wandering thoughts here] I'm going to bed now.
-peace out
Shannon

I went to Shane's BDay party last night and it was good fun. There were too many grown ups for my taste, but it was still a blast to be at.

Now on to the real purpose of this post... I finally got me some real socialization last night, after I left the party at Cindy and Shane's. I drove to Ty, Scruggs, Colin, and Franks place to hangout and sober up. (I was not drunk, but the police were doing random sobriety checks, and I don't weigh enough to have even a single beer and be considered under the legal limit) . When I got to the apartment, I was greeted by a myriad of old faces. Scruggs, Ryan, Ash, and Katie, were all at the apartment, and had recently covered everything in Ty's room with aluminum foil. In total we figured that they had used a little over 1000 sq feet of aluminum foil to wrap all of his possessions, including, various, miscellaneous pieces of trash, all his furniture, CDs, and the contents off all his drawers. It was one of the funniest pranks that I have ever had the privilege of seeing.

I hope to see more of you in the future, but for now, im gonna take a nap

Friday april 15th 4:37 am,
I cant sleep. somehow my heart wont let me... my head is swimming, and I close my eyes to a sea of emotions that I cant really describe. I dont think I want to sleep. At least I think that, if I did want to sleep it would be easier to do, but it's not. I am just sitting here hoping that exhaustion is capable of shutting my emotions down before they shut me down too. stories and scripts occasionally drift through my conscience, allowing a momentary relief from what's plauging my heart, but they are all too brief for any real sleep. I dont know what any of this means, I dont even know which emotions I am feeling, but my subconscieous is definitly trying to tell me something important.
I'm out of words for the time being.... I have to be up in an hour and a half, i know sleep won't come. but some how i also know that I will be fine. It's reassuring, but not enough, to allow the level of comfort neccessary for sleep. If I am a mess for the next few days you know why.

Dreams

I never thought I would do this, but somehow, I need of a woman who's not afraid to kiss me on camera for my upcoming project on dream sequences. Im not asking... even though I have no one I can currently do the shot with, I can always make do in some other way.
Rather, it's just the oddest feeling to be told by my professor that I should get someone to makeout with me for homework, hence, I just felt the need to record my being told that for posterity. Mr. Wilson will now go down in my books as the coolest man to ever teach. And that says a lot given the litanany of awesome teachers I have had over the years.

Other than that interesting tidbit, I have nothing to say.

Late Night Catechism 2

Saturday, after I finished running the sound and light for Late Night Catechism 2, the youth ministers of my church (Minus Rich who was feeling under the weather) went out for margarittas at the Alamo Cafe. We sat and bullshitted about how it was an extremely enjoyable fundraiser and about how I had added yet another hell worthy sin to the ever increasing list I carry around.
See the "Nun", who was the star of the show, had been fairly pleasant to work with. But, 15 minutes before curtain call her microphone turned up missing, due to a miscommunication. As we frantically scrambled to find either the original mike or a suitable replacement, she became increasingly difficult to work with... Finally as I got everything she had originally asked for, she decides that she will be able to make do with the first of the 15 possible microphones I had rounded up for her to try. Suffice it to say I was pissed. So pissed that, I decided to fuck with her during the audience participation section of the show.
The audience participation portion of the show consisted of her lecturing us on various sins and then asking if we had any questions about a sin. As soon as the audience participation began, I snuck away for the table where I had been running he sound for the show from, crept into the audience and raised my hand to ask a question. Patiently I waited until I was called upon then said, "Sister, is it a sin to dress up as a member of the clergy?"after a second of shocked silence, she replied "Young man see me after class."
After the show, she gave me a pin that said "Everything I do is a sin" as thanks, for putting up with her shit.

Backwards english

Somehow the lack of command I have
been demonstrating over the English language
as of late, makes it all the more fitting to type
on the wrong side other page today. Every
waking moment of sanityfor the past 3weeks
has been consumed by the need to sit in front
of the computer hacking away at a marriad
of various speeches, projects, and film related
endeavors. Perhaps the lack of sleep I've
encountered during these projects is to blame
for my backwards English, but that is no excuse
for me to type on the wrong side of the screen.
In related news, lack of sleep tends to bring
about some very entertaining creative decisions.

I hope the temporary format change is
as entertaining to those of you that care what
I type, as it has been to me. Now, if you will excuse
me, I am going to go sleep off some of this creativity.
In other words, it’s nap time.
Much love to you all,
Shannon

to those who actually read this

Hopefully Leah still reads this page, as I am sure most of you don't actually read this except occasionally Ana and Kelly... I am going to try to use this page as a way of communicating with those of you that I don't have the pleasure or priveledge to see on a daily basis, or ever it seems sometimes.
so that said, I am looking into the cost of airfare to fly to Michigan for the weekend of may 5th, but my schedule doesn't look too good right now. Hopefully I will make it up for your birthday or possibly just for the hell of it sometime later, needless to say, I am very excited by the possibillity of going there. We still haven't sold the crane hookah at work, seeing it makes me think of sitting smoking with you. I hope school is going well, if you read this log onto aim and we can chat when your not busy.

I am also contemplating a road trip up to either Austin or san San Marcos once my school work settles down, and I have the ability to focus more on my friends out there... Kelly I bought some Guinness, if you provide the cigars we can get together one day and toast the pope. I agree with your post about how cool he was., hence he deserves a fitting send off.

Ana, you should go to YG more often.

that's about it for everyone, thanks for your patience.

2:37pm

After news of the Pope's demise this afternoon, yesterday's post seems fairly foolish. I am at a loss for words, truly the world has lost one of its finest leaders. Regardless of our collective faiths, I think we can all agree on this one.

To those who would question my vitality:

I can only tell you that, I am not dead yet. (shhh! Don't tell anyone it's a secret!)
Spring has just barley sprung upon us, and like the first robin of the season, I must spread my wings and fly!

Ok not really, that all just sounded really cool when I started to type... In actuality, I am going to see SinCity tonight and it will be good! Other than that I've been at work everyday, feel free to visit, for I get lonely :(