Exciting Announcement Coming at 9pm PDT!

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Exciting announcement coming on the hour tonight!  Stay tuned!

xx,

Emily

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

Omigod you guys!

It's the fifteen year anniversary of the gift to the world that is Legally Blonde.  I was planning on posting about my Gossip Girl obsession, but that can wait until another day, because I need to pay homage to the inspiration of the most amazing creation of them all: Legally Blonde- The Musical.  But that deserves a whole individualized post, so yes, the movie that started it all.

Elle in her Harvard admissions video essay...(she can use legal jargon in everyday life)

This movie is so wonderful.  Elle is such an empowered and motivated person, she is very inspirational to many people, including myself.  I love how Legally Blonde has become iconic, if I ever have kids you can bet your bottom dollar that I'm showing them Legally Blonde.

Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods

Reese Witherspoon who portrayed Elle in the movie payed homage to the film on Instagram, doing the infamous bend and snap(what else?), actually there is something else. She also went through all of her costumes from the movie on her snapchat(snapsbyreese)!  Use the hashtag #LegallyBlonde15 on social media to honor the 15th anniversary of Legally Blonde!

Elle teaching the bend and snap to Paulette and others in the hair salon 

But seriously, I absolutely cannot believe that it has been fifteen years since Legally Blonde first came out.  It has truly inspired a generation, and will hopefully continue to inspire for generations to come.

Thank you Legally Blonde!  Like you have done for many, you have inspired me to be a better person, and to do well on AP tests(more info on that to come).

How has Legally Blonde changed you?

xx,

Emily

Elle in the courtroom

Check out my post on Elle(aka my role model) here!  Full-out, head-on dedicated post to Legally Blonde- The Musical (hopefully) coming soon!  Also btws, Legally Blonde(1 & 2) are on Netflix(just thought that you should know that...) :)

Typing "School"

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Hello!
So, as many of you know I have made it a goal to learn how to type correctly this summer.  I have gotten much better at typing and can now type all the letters without looking down at the keyboard.

At first I used some random website that was sort of self-guided, but it didn't work that well for me.  A few days later when I was talking to a friend who was also coincidentally learning how to type, she mentioned that she was using ratatype, and I have been using it ever since.  I am currently on lesson twelve(of fifteen), so I'm almost done.  After I finish all of the levels I think I'm going to copy books or something into the computer to get more practice.  Hopefully I'll be able to type at an adequate speed before college starts.


Are you trying to learn a new skill this summer?

xx,
Emily

Summertime

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Summer Greetings!

Ahhhh the crisp sounds and smells of summer.  I love waking up and hearing the birds chirp on my way to the bathroom.  Drinking lemon water and eating my oats slowly is one of the many simple pleasures of a summer morning for me.  I had planned to have a relaxing summer, before all of the hecticness of college starts, but plans do change.  But until then I'll spend my summer days cleaning up my room, planning and organizing for college, and learning how to type(I'll keep you updated on that).  I probably should start posting consistently as well!

Cheers!

Emily

Summer is here!

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Hello!
Last week I graduated high school, and I'm pretty sure that that has not sunk in yet, because otherwise I would probably be in hysterics.  It's so crazy to think that I'm done with high school, and in the fall I'm going to be up at Berkeley.

I had a crazy week last week.  Wednesday was grad night, I had a fabulous time although the only picture I took was of a Mickey-shaped beignet(shown below) because I was trying to conserve my phone battery.  My bus was the last to leave the parking lot and I did not get home until 4.  But luckily for me, I had to be at school at 8:30 for graduation rehearsal because I was set to graduate that day.  Consequently I got sick, and I was very sick Saturday and Sunday, and I'm still recovering.  So I have not done much this summer, and the start of summer has been quite dreadful.

My Mickey-shaped beignet(it was very good)

I have started to prepare for college by looking for bedding and trying to figure out my 3 prospective majors.  I hope to have a productive summer at home this year.  I want to learn how to type(correctly), improve my penmanship, as well as other fun and useful things.

Have a great summer!

xoxo E

(I finished Gossip Girl and kinda restarted it too)

Updates

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Hello again,

So I've been MIA for a month, and I apologize for that.  Next week I graduate from high school, and in August I start school at Berkeley, which all still seems crazy for me.  I will go up to Berkeley for orientation in July, but other than that I thought my summer was going to be a calm, stay at home, kind of summer.  Then I realized that with all of my brother's music camps, I have to travel all over Southern California to attend his concerts.

Prom was fun.  Although a wax museum isn't exactly the most ideal location, it was nice.  I attended with a small group of friends and walked away with a crown.  Yay for prom princess!

Next week I also get to go to Disneyland for Grad Night!  I haven't been in so long, so I'm super excited for that.  These last couple of weeks have been surprisingly hectic, with two video finals to film, one of which I had to edit.  These week was the first calm week I've had in a while.  I've been able to watch lots of Gossip Girl and start to plan for college.

Although my high school career has been anything but perfect, I am eternally grateful for the experience that I had.  I have met so many amazing and inspiring people, as well as quite original characters.  You can't change the past, so might as well embrace it.  I'll just say that high school was so much better than middle school...

Yesterday I took about 100 pictures in a last minute attempt to submit a picture for my ID(the deadline was yesterday), so that was fun.  Today will be my last hurrah of putting together something that should have been done long ago.  Hopefully it won;t be too long until I write again.

Cheers!

Emily

UC Berkeley Class of 2020!!!

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Note: This was originally written on 4/13/16, but I forgot to post it.
Yay!

I finally did it.  I committed to Berkeley on Monday and omigod am I excited.  I'm both excited and scared.  This is a scary, yet exciting time for me.  I am currently in the process of finding roommates and omigod it's all becoming so real.

This journey truly has been a whirlwind and a journey, I still need to compose my college confidential update.  I hope that they won't hate me for all of eternity.  Currently I'm just focusing on finishing up my senor year, and holding out until the end of AP testing.  I'm taking 4 AP tests this year, and I really hope to pass all of them, so I need start up a study plan.

Either than that I'm looking into the different dorms at Berkeley.  I'm also considering taking some college classes over the summer, but I need to look into Berkeley's policies for that.

Cheers!

Emily