Sadie Hawkins Dance

One of my favorite songs - Sadie Hawkins Dance by Relient K
Anatomy of the Tongue and Cheek



So, one of my good friends is throwing a Sadie Hawkins Dance for 15 girls in theater and they have to invite one guy to go with them. Really fun idea, right? Well, I haven't been on facebook (lent) so I didn't get the original invitation.
So, one of my best friends (Max) starts hinting to me all day..."Meredith, so uh.. I heard you have something to ask me..." and of course I'm like "Max, what are you talking about?" (Because I really don't know) and he says "Aren't you going to ask me a certain question...?" And I'm utterly confused of course.
So he finally explains and is dying for me to ask him. I'm debating waiting until the last second just to drive him crazy. That was in 3rd period, right before 7th period, when I was walking to English I saw Max in the hallway. The hall was crowded with people and they all stared at me as I got down on one knee on the germ-infested ground and asked Max to go to the Sadie Hawkins Dance with me. To this he replies "YES!"
I love him, in a bff way of course.

So I thought to myself "Who is Sadie Hawkins anyway, and why did they name a dance after her?" So I turned to one of my favorites - Wikipedia
Here's what I found :

The Sadie Hawkins dance is named after the Li'l Abner comic strip character, Sadie Hawkins. In the comic, November 13 was Sadie Hawkins Day, where the unmarried women of Dogpatch got to chase the bachelors and marry the ones they caught. The event was first introduced in a strip published on November 13, 1937. The idea of this dance name has been brought to attention heavily in Delaware by Pat Ramone.
In the U.S., this concept was popularized by establishing dance events to which the woman invited a man of her choosing, instead of demurely waiting for a man to ask her. The first known such event was held on November 9, 1938. Within a year hundreds of similar events followed suit, and the tradition became a permanent fixture in some regional American cultures.

The Way I am #1

I am a very obsessive person. I've learned I have an addictive personality.
I get attached to people, shows, clothes, food, facebook..diet coke...
I don't know why.

But on the other hand, after I'm obsessed for a while (for some things) I just drop it, and move on.
I get a bug up my butt for a while and then I just get over it, like that. Maybe I'm just a kid, maybe I'm inconsistent, maybe I just get bored..


I'm not really sure what to think about this. Good or Bad?

Disney Phase

Most little girls have a Disney Phase, Ariel swimsuits and rehearsal nightgowns, Mulan pillows -- you know the deal.
Well, I didn't go through the phase that heavily. I mean I watched the movies of course but I never really did the "Mom, I want to be Cinderella for Halloween!" thing.

At one dress rehearsal, (I was the sound crew chief) so we put in someone's ipod to play through the speakers.
Now, you have to remember that were thespians, some of these kids have been raised on musical theater.
Most of the songs on his ipod were Disney or Broadway.
Don't get me wrong - I have about 6 or 7 Broadway albums on my Iphone already, but they were jamming to stuff I hadn't even heard before. So I got a bug. Honestly, I wish you could get a DVD of a Broadway show, (no, Phantom & Sweeny don't count!) There is nothing more magical than watching a live show on Broadway. I just wish I could sit down on my couch, plop in Wicked and watch, whenever I wanted. I guess it would ruin the magic though, right?
But.. they do have Disney Movie Musicals...

So I downloaded about 15 songs of Itunes.
A Whole New World
Circle of Life
Hakuna Matata
I Just Can't Wait to be King
I Won't Say I'm in Love
Go the Distance
Honor to Us All
I'll Make a Man Out of You
A Girl Worth Fighting For
Reflection
Prince Ali
Part of Your World
Kiss the Girl
Under the Sea

AND I LOVE TO LISTEN TO THEM.
In the car, while doing homework,..while blogging...when I'm getting ready. ALL THE TIME.

They're so fun, and kind of Inspirational. The last couple of weeks I've watched Hercules, Mulan, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Aladdin, Pocohontas, Little Mermaid, and. All on youtube (because, we don't have a VCR anymore).

It's great, and I feel somewhat like a kid again.
But I do have to say...Little Mermaid is my favorites.

Why I do what I do

No doubt, I love photography.

There's something magical about it.
I'm happiest when taking pictures, I know that.

Whether it's a little kid or a coffee cup, or a tulip. It calms me down but also excites me so much.
There is a certain feeling you get, when you've taken an awesome picture.
You get an idea, and you line it up and as soon as the shutter clicks there's a feeling you get in the stomach-heart area. "That's gonna be good." And normally, it is.

I often wonder if all photographers get the sensation.
I wonder if everyone has something they love to do that much.
I hope everybody does. Because If they don't thats really sad.
I would feel bad for them.

Olympics

So, the olympics have started and you know... it's only every 4 years. I think our family comes together. I like it, we gather in the living room to watch Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn and the weird Johnny Weir. It's fun.

You know, watching the opening ceremonies was really cool. Think about it, they get to call themselves Olympic Athletes. How incredible is that? Not that many people get to do so. 

The sad thing is... I would love to compete in the Olympics. But, as soon as I realize this I'm almost fifteen. I should be at a training camp already. 

And well, you see.. I'm not. My chance to say "Mommy, I'm going to win a gold medal." It came and went 10 years ago. 

Facebook Fix

Here we go, I gave up facebook for lent. 

It hurts. 

2 day(s) down

38 to go

Everyday, I spend my day thinking (surprise, right?) well I spend my day thinking about what facebook status I could have throughout the day.

 to name a few statuses(sp?) of today

Meredith Spalding stressful day...

Meredith Spalding a guy opened up a door for me today.. weird. yet refreshing 

Meredith Spalding my mom is the best. she picked me up from school right on time (I didn't even have to call her) with the top down on Liz, glee blaring and she looked so cool. I love her

My addiction, it's sick.

The worst part is... I hate it. I am hating facebook. Its not fun anymore, it's just annoying honestly. But it's wired into my brain, and even my body. I sat down on the computer yesterday to do homework. Before I knew it, I was typing into safari. I looked down and www.faceboo was in the address bar before I even noticed. Normally, I would facebook about how much I hate facebook but I have sworn off it. At least for now, I got Jack to change my password, because I will be tempted. But this is the time when a certain other person was tempted... so it's fitting I s'pose. 

So for the next forty days.. Blogging is my fix.

It doesn't really matter who reads or who comments. I just need to feel somewhat intellectual. I need to kvetch.