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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
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11:44 pm
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Hey, so it's been many months since my last update. To be truthful, I forgot livejournal existed until I got really bored the other day on the internet and started dicking around more than usual.
I noticed the date today, April 4. One year ago today, I officially finished high school. It was awesome. I finished the second day of the GED and then waited nervously for about three weeks for the results. Which were stellar. No lie. Except in math, which is surprising because I generally enjoy math and did well (relatively speaking) in math classes. At least, I liked them more than the wishywashy English classes I took.
So, after taking the GED, I thought my life was basically over and I'd have to get a crappy job and work that for the rest of my life, because school sucks and wah wah wah. In the past year I've accomplished a lot more than I really give myself credit for. So, if you're still reading, I'm going to indulge in some narcissism.
After I freed myself from the constrains of high school, I took about a week (maybe it was three...) and just slept. A different kind of sleep than I was used to; not a "hiding from the pressures of the world" kind of sleep... This was detox. I cleansed my system from all of the stress, anxiety, pressure, anything else synonomous to this, and took the time to enjoy myself and not freak out when I sleep for 16 hours in a row. After I got that out of my system, I, ironically enough, started working at my old elementary school. I volunteered during their after school program, and ended up working with the people who taught me when I was seven years old! How cool! So cool... I also worked at the Tribeca Film Festival, trading my hours of standing around restocking survey supplies for movie screenings and schmoozing with celebrities. And telling Martin Scorsese where the elevators are! GO ME!
After this, I can't remember exactly how I filled the time during May. No, I lied. I was in Brooklyn hanging out with the Chalfins and the Bogarts, getting drunk and laid and laughing a lot.
Then, of course, I went back to Frost Valley ...for the twelfth summer in a row. Yikes. I'd been going to this place longer than some of my campers had been alive. That was a real mindbender. Anyhows, so after working as staff in Iscusfa (which got the boot), and then as program staff in the Arts and Crafts building, (adopting woodwise, which also got the boot...hmmm...), I hosted three lovely international ladies until their respective flights or travels. Lisa Lisa and Edel.
And then there was Juilliard. As it seems, Juilliard is the refuge for high school drop outs. At least for myself and Hari Bernstein. We randomly bumped into each other on the street after not having seen each other since middle school, and we both had the same story. It was eerie. Dropped out of high school and went to Juilliard. I keep finding more and more people I know who have gone the route of the GED, which now holds little meaning for me, but a year ago would have been ultra-consoling.
But I digress. So Juilliard has been great, it's been awesome and terrible and everything in between. There have been awful directors, designers, and some other mean, mean people. But in between the awful, there has also been a little family, (be it completely bonkers), that i've come to love. I appreciate the insanity of the shop more and more because it becomes so trivial when "the intern posse" gathers around to bitch and moan. We end up laughing and bitching some more, making the whole anger part dissipate.
In the horizon, there is yet another summer of Frost Valley. And after that, The West Coast. I'm moving to Washington State, and going to Evergreen State College. I sent in my deposit about a month ago, and still every time I think about it I fill with all of the emotions a kid feels when thinking about moving across a country, or to the next state over. But that's not really what I want to focus on in this entry.
In all, this past year has been so much more productive than I ever could have imagined. Last spring, I was hesitant to take this internship, thinking the 9-month commitment would be too much for me to handle. I had, after all, lost faith in the tradition schooling system...five day work/school weeks, summer vacation. All of that had become so monotonous and daunting and I needed to get out. My plan was to participate in a lot of international workcamps. I'm glad I didn't, because I really feel that even though this job sucks so bad sometimes, it was a good decision to make. Not a bad outcome for a high school dropout.
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| Thursday, November 16th, 2006
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7:43 pm
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| Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
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4:23 am
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| Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
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11:59 am
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I have two tickets for Xiu Xiu, (Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Congs for Brums, and Dirty Projectors are the opening acts) on October 13.
Who's coming with me?
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| Saturday, August 26th, 2006
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1:19 am
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| Sunday, June 11th, 2006
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5:24 pm
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Frost Valley in 7 days.
Rebecca Reilly - Iscusfa
Frost Valley YMCA
2000 Frost Valley Road
Claryville, NY 12725-9600
June 18-August 18-> The Valley
August 20-23(ish)-> North Carolina
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| Friday, June 2nd, 2006
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2:23 pm - cellular issues
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alright, so i have a temporary phone because my other one was brutally murdered by nature. in the grave with mr phone lays your phone number, so give me a call or text me, the number is the same.
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| Wednesday, May 31st, 2006
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11:57 pm
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| Sunday, April 9th, 2006
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10:57 am
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saving the world, one middle schooler at a time.
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| Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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9:48 pm
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Y'aaarghhh, ye scurvy test be DEAD!
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| Friday, March 31st, 2006
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11:59 pm
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crotchal abyss
and
fecal matter.
reunited at long last.
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| Thursday, March 16th, 2006
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5:02 pm
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Goodbyeeeeeeee Beacon, hellooooo GED center.
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| Monday, March 6th, 2006
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12:35 am - It's about that time....
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| Saturday, February 25th, 2006
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2:34 am
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Hi my name is Rebecca Reilly and I am a fucking drama queen, particularly at 2 am in McDonalds.
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| Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
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6:30 pm - Consuming with Conscience: Beyond the 3 R's
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We've all head the old dictum, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle," but these steps are just the beginning. There are lots of ways that we can reduce the negative impact of our consumer choices.
( RESEARCH )
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| Monday, February 13th, 2006
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12:27 am
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Fitting, seeing as last night a small child came up to me on the train and asked if I lived down there and if I had ever seen the sun.
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| Sunday, February 12th, 2006
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2:29 am - TWO DAYS IN A ROW!??!?!?!?!
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PS:
Blizzarding Saturday nights redeem the weekend.
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| Saturday, February 11th, 2006
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1:03 am
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What a shitty end to a shitty week.
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| Friday, January 6th, 2006
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6:31 am
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Fuck sleep. I'm invincible.
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| Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
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3:39 am - This is what we fight about.
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