Orange Chicken and Rain

Half an hour ago I got a hankering for some Orange Chicken. I have no clue where this desire came from, as I'm pretty sure that I have never had Orange Chicken, or if I have, it's been four or five years. Despite the fact that it was 3 o'clock, midway between lunch and dinner, I was really hungry for some Orange Chicken. Luckily, there is a Panda Express in the Union basement, a minute away from my dorm. So I walked over there, and it started raining. It hasn't rained all day, and didn't really look like rain. I went to Panda Express, got my Orange Chicken and steamed rice, and walked out of the Union into the sunshine. It was bizarre. A three minute rainstorm. I'm now enjoying Orange Chicken and reading some Greek Tragedy for my class tomorrow. Basically I just read five pages of invocations to their dead father to help avenge his death. Five pages of the same thing over and over.

I just remembered that I used to go out to eat with my then-BFF Rachel's family at the Great Wall Of China, a restaurant by my house. I probably had Orange Chicken then. Also, one of the protagonists of a book I really like says that Orange Chicken is her favorite chinese food. Yes, I am emulating the tastes of a fictional character. For you guys who are wondering (Kiersten), the book is called "If I have a wicked stepmother, where's my prince?" and the Greek Tragedy is The Libation Bearers, part of a trilogy of plays called the Oresteia.

On a different note, I'm going to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix tonight. Two More Days!!!

I don't know why I kept capitalizing Orange Chicken....

Exponential Cephalopods

First of all, cephalopods are adorable. Second of all, googly eyes are lots of fun. Third of all, I love watching movies. I know that is a random collection of facts, but I'm just going to let it happen. So, I love movies. And I love owning movies that I love. So my movie collection has increased exponentially over the past couple of years. And, yes, I am using that term in it's true sense (See graph above). My movie collection over the past three months has grown by about 30 movies. Well, by 30 disks at least. Some of the movies were two disk special editions. Anyway, my point is that I love movies. And so, I'm going to give a list of movies that I adore. Starting with PG movies and going to R movies. You should see these movies, cause they're great. The R ones should be viewed with caution, obviously. Also, I'm going to watch HP #4 tonight for HARRY POTTER WEEK!!

PG:

Goonies (would now be rated PG-13)

The Lake House

The Parent Trap

Pride and Prejudice

The Princess Bride

Star Wars

Penelope

Spirited Away

PG-13:

Big Fish

Elizabethtown

Juno

LOTR

Mean Girls

Stardust

Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day

Star Trek

R:

Brick

Dazed and Confused

Empire Records

The Fall

Garden State

Love, Actually

V For Vendetta

When Harry Met Sally

A Very Potter Musical

So I've probably mentioned this before. Once or twice... Anyway, this blog post is going to be about A Very Potter Musical. If you've never heard me talk about it, here's a little explanation. So in Ann Arbor, a year and a half ago, a theatre troupe called Team Starkid, composed of U of M students, put on a musical parody of Harry Potter. I regret missing this so much. Anyway, A Very Potter Musical is set in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, and incorporates things from books 1, 4, 6, and 7. It's hilarious, but contains some swearing and "adult" jokes. Team Starkid made a sequel (A Very Potter Sequel), that's actually a prequel, and performed it this past spring in Ann Arbor. I regret missing that even more than the original musical. Anyway, the entire musical is hilarious, and many of the lines have become memes, of a sort. I mean, some of the captions on the pictures on this site are quotes from AVPM. Also, there's this, but some of it is a little mature, so proceed with caution past the first three, which feature pictures from AVPS. And then there's this, which Alex Day just posted today. Basically, I love A Very Potter Musical. We weren't able to watch it together last night, because they double booked the room we were going to watch it in, but I watched it by myself, and really enjoyed it. Here's the link, if you want to watch it. It's about three hours long and amazing!

The Unwritten Pages

Given the choice between doing math homework and no homework, I'm probably going to chose the no homework... as long as it's not urgent. But given the choice between math homework and writing a paper, I'm definitely going to choose the math homework. So today, when I should have been writing a paper that's due Tuesday, I did math homework that's due Friday. At least I did some homework. And I read a little bit of the play we're supposed to read for Tuesday as well. So it hasn't been a total waste. However, I only have about an hour and a half left to be productive, because at 8, I'm going to watch A Very Potter Musical in one of the lounges. Because it's freaking Harry Potter Week! Yeah!

I'm sorry that this is rather boring... I don't really have much time, because I need to do homework for the next hour and a half.

I should have done homework all day... but I didn't, and now I have no time

I don't have much to say. I went to a sleepover last night, and made crafty stuff for my walls. And helped throw knives at paint filled balloons. And watched the matrix. It was fun. I'm glad that I went. And guess what I'm doing tonight? Going to a Yule Ball! Oh yeah.

Hannah's Amazing Playlists

I like making playlists. I like making playlists that mean something, or tell a story. So, I'm going to share with you a few of my playlists and their origins. If you want me to burn you one of these, I'll gladly do it the next time I see you.

The first one is the playlist I made right after the New Day Camping trip, to commemorate the weekend. I added headings to explain what each song was about.

Camping Playlist

Intro/Camping with Awesome Youth: Little Wonders by Rob Thomas

Unity: We're All In This Together by Ben Lee

Songs We Sang:The Trees And The Wild by Matt Pond PA

Sensible by Glowfriends

Transalanticism by Death Cab for Cutie

Chicago by Sufjan Stevens

This Summer's Song: Such Great Heights

Summer: Bruises by Charilift

The Beach: Electric Feel by MGMT

Blue Lips by Regina Spektor

The Softball Court + Glowsticks: There Will Be Fields For Us by Toby Foster

I Like Giants by Kimya Dawson

After Hours by We Are Scientists

Passenger Seat by Death Cab For Cutie

Bonfires by Toby Foster

The Camping Trip In One Song: All This Beauty by The Weepies

Us: Transistor Radio by Cloud Cult

I Will by The Beatles

Summer/Goodbye: Overcast by The Terrordactyls

I also made a "people I miss and the songs I associate with them" playlist. I'm going to let you guys guess which song is yours.*

People I miss

James Brown by Lovestranger MD

Toilet Paper by Lovestranger MD

Such Great Heights by The Postal Service

Something To Say by Toad The Wet Sprocket

Miss Me by Toby Foster

Passenger Seat by Death Cab For Cutie

This Is My Protection by The Glowfriends

We're Going To Be Friends by The White Stripes

Missing You from A Very Potter Musical

Young Pilgrims by The Shins

In the Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

Somewhere in Brooklyn by Bruno Mars

Missing You by Alex Day

*The people who have songs in this playlist are: James, Jesse, Emily, Megan, Kiersten, Abby, Aaron, Gwen. I do realize that there are five more songs than people. One of them is an intro song, one of them is for a person who I'm not going to name, and three of them are merely "I miss you" songs.

I also created a "Fall" playlist. Pretty self-explanatory.

Autumn Playlist

So Much Trouble by Matt Pond PA

Summer Skin by Death Cab For Cutie

Yesterday by the Beatles

Fall by the Terrordactyls

Toilet Paper by Lovestranger MD

Campus by Vampire Weekend

We're Going To be Friends by the White Stripes

A Night Playlist

Go Back To Sleep by the Glowfriends

When You Dream by the Barenaked Ladies

Passenger Seat by Death Cab For Cutie

Home by the Terrordactyls

Nighty, Night by the Glowfriends

A Love Story

Scared of Love by the Glowfriends

I Will by the Beatles

I've Just Seen A Face by the Beatles

Begin by Ben Lee

Falling by Ben Kweller

Bruises by Chairlift

Toilet Paper by Lovestranger MD

All I Want Os You by Barry Louis Polisar

Such Great Heights by the Postal Service

Anyone Else But You by the Moldy Peaches

Landscapes and Heartaches by the Terrordactyls

The Luckiest by Ben Folds Five

God Only Knows, a cover by Ben Kweller

Love Me Like The World Is Ending by Ben Lee

Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol

Thirteen by Ben Kweller

Yesterday by the Beatles*

Cry Me A River by Julie London*

*The last two songs are optional, depending on if you want your story to have a happy ending or not.

Letters

Two Of Us by the Beatles

Amsterdam by Guster

I Speak Because I Can by Laura Marling

Way Up by Son Drop

Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) by Laura Marling

My teapot needs a name... I think that it's female... suggestions anyone?

Yup. I don't have much to say today. I mean, I do, but I don't feel like saying them. I just want to sleep, or watch a movie. I still have three hours left in today, though, so I might post something else later. Probably not.