Category Archives: School

Breaking Butterflies

Posted on August 29, 2012 by judisunshine

And what I know is that everything I touch just turns to dust … ~ Craig Manning When I was in second grade, I was pretty prone to misbehavior. One evening, my mother caught me trying to forge her signature … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Childhood, Family, Miscellaneous, School, Women | Tagged " Ramona the Pest, Beverly Clearly, butterflies, Chatterton Elementary School, Craig Manning "What I Know, last day of school, Little Orphan Annie, Merrick, Miss Markey, Ramona Quimby, second grade | 5 Comments

“Revenge” Season One: Awesomeness from Beginning to (Especially) End (Non-spoilery first half for anyone curious about the show)

Posted on July 15, 2012 by judisunshine

Okay so I was trying to figure out some kind of cohesive way to write about how kickass the finale of my favorite new show of the season was, and realized that my brain is FAR too discombobulated, due to … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Celebrities, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, School, Superheroes/Villains, TV, Women | Tagged ABC's Revenge, Alexandre Dumas, Amanda Clarke, Amazon, Buffy Prophecy Girl, Charlotte Grayson, Christa B. Allen, Connor Paolo, Conrad Grayson, Daniel Grayson, David Clarke, Declan Porter, Emily Thorne, Emily VanCamp, finale, Florence and the Machine, Gabriel Mann, Glee, Grief episode, Hamptons, Hulu Plus, Jack Porter, Josh Bowman, Joshua Bowman, Lauren Ambrose, Long Island, Madeleine Stowe, New York, Nolan Ross, OMG, Reckoning episode, Revenge TV show, revenge-y, Season One DVD, Seven Devils, six feet under, spoilers, The Count of Monte Cristo, Veronic Mars, Victoria Grayson | 1 Comment

Manitou Don’t Leave

Posted on June 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Dear Manitou Springs, With few exceptions, my major life downfall has been too many eggs, and not enough baskets. My grandmother recently wrote to my family that I have such a warm heart; if only I were more careful with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Books, Cats, Coffee, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Romance, School, TV, Vacations, Video Games, Women | Tagged 1991, 90 years old, artists, baby shower, Barker House, baskets, can I borrow four eggs, chills, Christmas ornaments, civilization, Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, comic books, don't put all your eggs in one basket, Don't you die on me bitch, Ed Harris, evacuations, fires, forest fires, ghosts, Gilmore Girls, grandmothers, High school, hugs, Jan-Pro Cleaning of Southern Colorado, Long Island, Manitou Avenue, Manitou penny arcade, Manitou Springs, mate, mush, myriad, national news, Old Colorado City, penny arcade, Pike's Peak marathon, pinball, restaurant jobs, Rockabye Baby, Ruxton, Smokey the Bear, South Shore Christian School, Stars Hollow, Stephen King, The Abyss, The Townhouse, Townhouse Lounge, trapped in a bubble, video games, waitressing, Waldo Canyon fire, wine | 4 Comments

Longing To Linger ‘Til Dawn

Posted on June 24, 2012 by judisunshine

Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow ~ T.S. Eliot The party is going on, half barbecue, half cruise, depending on whom you speak to. This one girl seems like she could … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Dreams, School, Women | Tagged barbecues, cruises, downtrodden, Dreams, hallways, hula hoops, kindergarten, Miss Binney, parties, Ramona Quimby, T. S. Eliot | Leave a comment

To Wear a Corsage

Posted on June 4, 2012 by judisunshine

So I was catching up on “Parenthood,” which is a GREAT show that not nearly enough people are watching (Go! Go! Forget my blog; go to Hulu and watch this glorious piece of art!) and one of the episodes featured … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Romance, School, TV, Video Games, Women | Tagged " corsages, 1993 graduation, Amber, banquets, Beverly Hills 90210, body image issues, cheerleading uniform, comedy clubs, emo, Eternity perfume, feeling fat, glamour, gray hoodies, Grey's Anatomy, Hattie, high schools that are like "Footloose, Huntington Townhouse, important nights, Jericho Terrace, Lauren Graham, limousines, Mae Whitman, Mickey's Castle of Illusion, Mrs. Teasley, On Demand, Parenthood, prom, prom dress, royal blue, Sarah Braverman, Sarah Ramos, Sega, Sugarplum Lynbrook, the best years of your life, Thomas Jefferson tugboat, Tri-County Levittown Flea Market, Vanilla Musk, West Hempstead High School, X chromosome | 5 Comments

3 Awesome Memories from My High School Senior Lounge

Posted on March 13, 2012 by judisunshine

When I was in 12th grade, we were given a senior lounge. Whose idea it was to give a bunch of 17-18 year olds their own unsupervised classroom I don’t know, but let me extend a slow clap. Because it … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Entertainment, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, School | Tagged 12th grade, Dazed and Confused, entertainment of the chaste, fires, High school, Matthew McConaughey, senior lounge, senior year, South Shore Christian School, spinning, Spot the Looney, SSCS, washing machine | 5 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 21: Like Father, Like Son

Posted on March 12, 2012 by judisunshine

“ICMN is just a front to watch all your favorite movies under the veil of irony,” my brother Eric texted me before when I told him of my illustrious viewing choice for this evening. And he’s not wrong, at least … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Miscellaneous, Movies, School | Tagged '80s movies, 7th Heaven, Autograph band, blondes, Bloody Mary, brain transference serum, Cap'n Crunch, Carol Seaver, Catherine Hicks, celebrities, cheerleaders, chief of staff, Chris Hammond, Cocoa Puffs, curly hair, doctors, Don Johnson, Dr. von Rockenstein, Dudley Moore, freeze frame, frog dissection, Funny Games, getting a C, giving birth at truck stops, Grey's Anatomy, Heather Locklear, High school, high-speed car chases, hospitals, ICMN, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Jack Hammond, Jaguars, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kids Incorporated, Kirk Cameron, lettermen jackets, Like Father Like Son, Linda Ronstadt, Margaret Colin, martinis, Merrick New York, Michael J. Fox, montages, Motley Crue Wild Side, mumbo jumbo, Northwestern University, Ozzy Luth, panthers, Pegasus, Peggy Sue Got Married, Principal Snyder, red Jeep, red jeeps, Rick, Sean Astin, shoulder pads, speeches, surgery, Sylvester Stallone, Tabasco, Teen Wolf, The Baby-Sitters Club, tinkly piano music, Tri-Star, Uncle Earl, wiseasses, yuppies, zombie video games | Leave a comment

Goodbye, Barbie.

Posted on March 8, 2012 by judisunshine

When I was almost six, my family moved to a new neighborhood, and I made friends with a girl on our block whom I’ll call Laura. She and I were very different. For one thing, she was born into that … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Friends, Miscellaneous, School, Women | Tagged Barbie, BarbieGate, BFF, cops, eery scooters, fighting, friends, growing apart, growing up, jack wagner, Kelly Kapowski, Life, Like a Virgin, Monopoly, soap operas, The Young and teh Restless, Virginia Avenue, Yahtzee | 7 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 7: The “Beverly Hills, 90210” Graduation!

Posted on February 16, 2012 by judisunshine

Okay. What you need to understand about “Commencement,” the “90210” high school graduation two-parter, is that it was really a big deal at the time. I remember trying on prom dresses and in the dressing room the radio commercial came … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Celebrities, Childhood, Friends, Going Out, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, School, TV, Women | Tagged 90210, 90210 Graduation, Beverly Hills, Commencement, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night | 4 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 4: She Fought Alone

Posted on February 9, 2012 by judisunshine

First things first. This is not Wentworth Miller: See, I was so confused re-watching “She Fought Alone,” because this whole time I was thinking that the dude who plays Jace was from a “Buffy” episode. I just couldn’t figure out … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Movies, School, Women | Tagged best montage ever, Blues Traveler, Brian-Austin Green, Buffy Go Fish, button-down tank tops of sadness, Cassidy Rae, David Lipper, don't go to barns with kids who hate you, High school, horrible teenagers, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Lifetime movies, Lord of the Flies, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Navy NCIs, She Fought Alone, sundresses with cowboy boots, Tiffani Amber-Thiessen, Wentworth Miller | 4 Comments

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