Dear World,
Hi. I know I don’t update often. I’m sorry. It’s not like anyone reads this. I’m in England right now and having a pretty good time. This morning we got home from Prague. Getting up at 4h30 in the morning with grumpy adults is not fun, let me tell you. But, Praha is amazing beyond belief. It has wonderful surroundings, everything is in walking distance, etc. etc. You all should go. I had a great 4-day experience. Now I’m back in England, which is the usual. We don’t change much we do around here. I think I’m visiting Joanna on Monday and that’s about it. Back to school on Wednesday. Plus, tomorrow, my aunt and cousin are coming up from the south to visit.
In Praha I had some really good food. The best was our final night when we went to Klub Arkitectu. They had excellent vegetarian cuisine and it was all reasonably priced because the tourists don’t really go there. They rip you off in the tourist areas. There was also this little hole in the wall restaurant I wanted to go see, but my mom thought it didn’t look nice enough. Oh well. I’ll go there next time. I didn’t get to try fried cheese though.
Other than that. Life is pretty normal. When vaca is over, all hell breaks loose. Moviing starts. Etc. Etc. You know how it goes. Bye-bye life.
Marijke

This evening/afternoon I will FINALLY have a nice, long, 12 day break from all the chaos of the world. 11? 12? Regardless, it’s nice and long. We’re going to England. Then from there, taking my Oma and spending a few days in Prague. Then coming back to England, going to Oxford for a day to look at university and then go back home. I know you all will miss me. Maybe. I’ll have my computer, so I can blog about my travels. England won’t be exciting, just hanging out with the fam. But… going to Czech Republic, I’m excited!!
Nothing else exciting has gone on here. I’ve been super burnt out and as a result didn’t do too hot on my trig quiz yesterday…. such is life. I didn’t finish, that was the problem. Ugh. Oh well. I still have an A. I’m trying so hard! I just couldn’t focus yesterday. I can’t even really mentally fathom that I’ll be on a plane in a few hours. Really. I will think about vacation when I’m eating crappy plane food… but until then it’s like, wait, I still have to do this this and this. Oh and btw I have to do this and this too and find such and such.
The move has been crazy which is probably why I’m so burnt out. We finally found a home but as of now, my bedroom doesn’t really exist, so that is to be sorted out. We don’t have everything packed at all. I got ALL MY BOOKS (11 boxes) packed up last weekend and some stuff on shelves, but it’s a long haul till I’ll be done. I’m really hoping this cold goes away or the plane flight is going to be miserable with my sinuses. Ughhhh. Last year coming home from Germany was hell. Plus then a 7 hour drive home. Gross. well. I guess I should go. I have a lot of packing and sorting out to do. I’ll blog from my destination.
Marijke

So I’m sitting here at the library. I can’t go home. The people are finally inspecting our house. I hope they don’t find too much. Or anything at all. They should be done soon. Then I can go home and finish this entry in the peace of my room. But, until then, it’s me sitting her with my mp3 player waiting for all this to go through. The good thing about me sitting here though, is that IT’S ALMOST OVER! We can finally move. Tomorrow we’re probably going to make an offer on the house we want to move into. I’m so happy. It seems like it’s been forever. And it has. I think we put it on the market in September or October. And me being that clean is huge for me. I have issues keeping stuff neat and tidy. Oh, Marijke.
Not a lot has been going on lately. I mean it has, but it doesn’t really seem of importance. I mean. 2 saturdays ago was Turnabout. I guess Akash and I had fun? But. It was really scary to see 4000 of my closest peers grinding with each other. Needless to say, I did not partake. Sure, I danced. But not like that. Gross. It’s just. Too. Much. Can you tell that was the first dance I went to? I don’t know if I’ll go to another one, besides Prom which everyone has to go to! We shall see, we shall see. I mean if it’s with friends again, sure I’ll go. Or if for some crazy reason I get into a relationship which will never happen in my entire freaking life. Yeah. Until then, we shall see.
I’ve been reading a lot of Vonnegut lately. I owned some of his books for a while now, but I never bothered to read them and now I am. It’s fabulous. He’s becoming a favorite of mine. Right now I’m reading Cat’s Cradle but I think I’ll read Slaughterhouse 5 next or something else. Not that it matters. They’re all good.
Well I’m home. And now we have radon detectors in our house. Apparently we’re all inhaling nuclear waste 24/7. I mean I know it’s important but the first thing I saw when I walked in the house was “ATTENTION OCCUPANT. DO NOT TAMPER WITH RADON DETECTORS OR OPEN ANY DOORS OR WINDOWS THAT ARE NOT NORMAL ENTRANCES. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN CIVIL PENALTIES.” How welcoming. Ah well. If all goes through we’ll be out of here soon enough. I’m quite excited. I just want to move now. It’s frustrating. Oh well. All shall be well.
I’m out. Marijke

In a few years I will abandon you all. And leave you here and I will start a new life. Is that bad? Or maybe my plans will get destroyed by something. Or I won’t get admitted and I’ll be stuck here, being bored in a life I already know. I want to get out of here. I’m so sick of all of this. I’m just working so hard just to get myself out of here. I changed all my plans just so I have a barrier plan in case I don’t do whatever. But, I still don’t know. I’m really excited to go to England and then Prague. I wish there were some Open Days at Cambridge or Oxford when I’m there. The department of Modern and Medieval Languages has an open day like… 2 weeks before I get there. That’s depressing. I think I’m going to go with my Aunt if she’ll come up from Brighton. She lived in Oxford for a while. It’s a bit closer to my Oma and Opa’s house. Next year I’m going to have to take some time off school to go look at schools and see about stuff. But that’s mostly because for Manchester, Oxford, and Cambridge I have to apply way before American Universities want me to. Maybe I’ll go to U of C. But… is that too close for me?? I want to get out of here. But should I abandon this life completely for myself. I feel like I’ll be abandoning others for my sake as well. I guess I’ll see. But, I was thinking about this for a while, so I’ll write about it. Do you guys feel like I’d abandon you if I went to Uni out of this country? :/

I know that it’s just gossip, but gossip is annoying. Especially when it’s over something completely not worth it. Like, Turnabout. A week after I ask, apparently people still talk about it? It’s frustrating. It’s my life! We’re friends. Amigos. Copains. How many languages do I need to write in to get across my point?! Why do people feel the need to but in? They haven’t even talked to me about it, I just get to hear about it. Why can’t they say it to my face? Or to my Facebook, if that so suits them. It’s insane. I know. I shouldn’t make a big deal about it, but really, it’s just a dance guys. Sorry if I asked some guy that you think shouldn’t be friends with me. But so what. We’re friends. Blah. Blah. Blah. Sorry but that’s REALLY pissing me off.
In other news, I’m really excited about Obama’s recent wins. I know they weren’t HUGE but he still won. I believe that’s 10 in a row? I’m very excited. We can do it. There CAN be a change made in this nation. If not… I’m not sure what I’ll do. Move over to England permanently? Maybe. I mean, it would be as easy as it could get for an American… since I’m British too. I guess we’ll see what happens. Next election I will WELL be able to vote. Oh I wish I could now. Just because I’m young doesn’t mean I see a change in this world and have an opinion. It may not be the one that the 70 year olds of this country have, but I CAN see that there could be a change and we could unite our country. I have to say, I’m not against Hillary. Don’t get me wrong. But she’s very polarizing and just because she has been First Lady does not make her qualified for the job. She’s taking her campaign the wrong direction, almost with a hate towards Obama as opposed to showing hope. Which is why I support him. It’s only a matter of finding the right leader to inspire the people.
I guess we shall see. I must go now, to class. I know. Way too early. Chemistry is calling me.

¡Feliz Día de los Enamorados!
Happy Valentines Day!
Joyeuse Saint Valentin!

I felt it necessary to write in trilingual, just to get my point across. I hope you all had a good day. Mine was pretty good, I have to say. I won’t go into extreme detail, because that’s boring and lame and all that jazz, BUT it was cool. For all of you who were bugging me about Turnabout, I have a date. As friends. I ate lots of candy today too. Serious sugar high. When I came home I had to eat pasta just to get some sugar out of my blood stream. However, today was fun. Besides the fact that I nearly threw up pretty much the whole day. Nerves and other… girly… things. Self explanatory? I hope so. I’m feelin’ better now though. I took some pills, 2 to be exact, and suddenly the pain went away. Magical Pamprin. I hate taking medicine, but, this was so bad. Remind me to bring my pills to class… I really should have taken them earlier. I wouldn’t have felt so crappy and freaked out for the whole orchestra period. Hopefully self-explanatory again, for those who are informed in my life. I need to listen to Aaron more often. He’s actually right. Boys are weird, that’s all I have to say. But I’m sure you all would say the same about us. If you’re still reading this, I commend you, you have come far in the boring life of Marijke.
I can’t wait till March 6 when we get our music for Guys and Dolls. For those of you I didn’t tell, I made pit, I stopped freaking out and… it’s going to be fun. Yeah for 4th violins! I know, no viola part. Sucks, but, it will be rather amusing to see what happens. I haven’t started my math homework yet. I should… but… I’m not feeling motivated. I’m very preoccupied in my own mind. Enough of this! I will go do it. I already spent forever on the phone with Monica.
Later. And hope your day is great like mine.
<3 Marijke

This was an interesting weekend. Well. Good and interesting. Friday night was the Swing Dance. I think it was a lot of fun. I don’t know about you all. But… I had a good time. They taught us how to swing dance and then there was the actual dance. Both were fun in different ways. Monica and I left a little early and went to Rupa’s party. Which was fun as well. It was crazy though. So much anime talk, I was a little lost. I used to love it. Manga too, now I’m pretty much neutral. I just don’t watch or read that stuff anymore. I have my eyes set on better books. Then Saturday, Akash, Anthony and I went to the Auto Show. It was very cool. There were lots of awesome cars there. The Mercedes SLR was gorgeous. I have to say, it was my favorite. (see picture). We had a good time I would say. Got home late, it was cold. Then stayed up for a bit and went to bed. Not much to say about today. I baked cookies and didn’t go to rehearsal. I’m not feeling so mentally great. I probably would have gone crazy. But the cookies taste DELICIOUS. Apple Cinnamon with Raisins. Yummy. Enough of this. I’m out.
Marijkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. (the crazy person who is going to pretend to fall in love on valentine’s day.)

I hope you all enjoyed the craziness of Mardi Gras and the Primaries all in one day! Nothing that exciting happened to me. I didn’t vote. I didn’t flash anyone to get beads. Nothing like that. I stayed home and read books, ate food and was generally lazy. It rained outside, so that wasn’t very desirable conditions. Right now I’m eating gold fish. The plain, original ones without cheese. They’re my favorites, and the rainbow ones. Deliciousness.They’re the processed food I like the best. Since I don’t really like processed food.
Akash had this idea that we create a soap opera on youtube about my life. I think that would be hilarious. Better than lonelygirl15. But I doubt we’d ever get to do that. If we did though, it’d be hugely successful since we rock. And it’d be so dramatic about my woes. But we’re not. No time! Summer? Maybe?
Speaking of summer, I’ll probably be creating a photo blog at that point to show my road trip which will be awesomely awesome. All of the USA. So much fun. I know. Crazy gas expenses. But we’re saving now.
Have you read “Atonement”? Have you seen it? Have you heard it? If you haven’t done any of those. ¡DO ONE OR MORE OF THEM! It’s so amazing. I’m getting so emotional into it. But it’s beautiful. Oh well. That’s it guys. My rant about random things for the day.

BYE!
maaaaaaaaariiiiiiiiiiiijkeeeeeeeeee

Actually, for me, some chaos is normal. Getting out the door on time in the morning. The school traffic I have to get through. My cats running around the house. You get the jist. But… this weekend, not so normal.
First I’m going to start off saying that Friday (ayer) was a snow day. Great! Really. I got to sleep in and do virtually nothing. Then, well, ok. See, my mom’s best friend’s husband’s dad died. And they lived around here… but the best friend lives 4 hours south of here. So she came up with her husband and 4 children. One my age, a younger boy, a younger girl and a little girl who’s 2. They all came in the evening. That was ok. But, they didn’t sleep for so late. X.X Then today they went to the actual funeral part and gosh….. The baby girl didn’t go because I think she was too young. It was crazy. Running around. Throwing ab balls everywhere. We sat down for lunch after having to go in the car WITHOUT A CAR SEAT down the driveway because people came looking at the house. So we make some lunch, right? And then low and behold, baby barfs. Not once, not twice, but three times. Among other chaoticness I have decided not to have children.

Dear Future Husband,
I hope you can deal with sex and no children. We can adopt. After the child is past the age of like… 3. Or, be prepared to take control of insane children for a few years AND go through childbirth. Does adopting a child sound good to you now?
Sincerely,
Marijke

Anyways. On a happier note, I finally finished “Northern Lights” by Philip Pullman. Better known to you Americans as “the Golden Compass”. But that’s besides the fact. It was good. It took me forever to read because of other things that required my attention in school. Such is life. I’ve started on “Playing the Viola” by David Dalton. He happens to be my viola teacher’s dad. I might get to study with him over the summer. Isn’t that an exciting prospect? I guess… I’ll see what happens. I have plans.
Did you know that the Orbit Sweet Mint gum tastes pretty good? It does. Mmmmm. I was wary but it’s yummy. And I don’t tend to chew that much gum. But, it holds hunger off. A lot. Anyways. Not much else here. I’m sick of people looking at the house and not buying it. Why can’t someone buy it? Yes I know the state of our economy. But if you had to leave the house all the time. Or not come home right away from school because of this, you’d get irritated too. Oh well. It should be over soon. I hope… *sighs*
Lots of Love,
Marijke

I tried to write a post about a very strange dream I had. By the time that I had the time to write it, I had no motivation to. What is with me? I must be going crazy. But… the dream is crazier. So, here goes.
I was in Seville. But, I wasn’t. It was dark at night… and I was running from Sweeney Todd the “Demon Barber of Seville.” What on earth? An opera and a musical combined? I must be going crazy. Anyways. So, there were random people in it, and I’d go down the street that he was on, and the someone would come at me with a knife, and I’d jump into a pool of water or something, and they’d go away. But I needed a haircut! And then, I ran down another street that his shop wasn’t on, and ran into another person with a knife. But, I didn’t have a pool of water or anything so I ran into a shop.. I think it was a shoe shop. This all went on for a while. Then someone caught me. I think I died at the end. Then my mom’s alarm went off. But, it was really weird. I’m sure I was scared too.
But really. I think I am going crazy. I can’t focus ever. Maybe it’s just stress. Because you can get headaches and back pains and trouble sleeping from stress. I have all of those. Plus, I’m clearly depressed. C’mon. Alllll the time I just can’t think about things. Or I go crazy and like burst into a fit. Maybe I’m bipolar. =P Just kidding. Who knows. I mean, English Class is driving me insane. All the time. Tomorrow I have to call my Oma as soon as I get home, so it’s not too late, and ask her about translation. 2 interpreters I’ve emailed haven’t replied… so I guess I have to resort to her. I’m not even close to finishing my speech, practicing, writing outline or ANYTHING. Gosh. At least I’m not going the first day. I’m jealous of those in All State. They have all weekend to practice it. I mean, I know that they also have loads of music to play, but that’s fun. Blah. I suck at viola. Really. What’s with this IMEA thing? It makes you feel like you suck. So, I’ll never know. Such is life. Not like I’ll probably go into viola performance anyways. It just doesn’t seem right right now. I never want to play. But… I can play. AH!! I must be insane. Oh well.

Goodbye insane friends.