September 13, 2001 - Thursday

And life does go on. In attempts to move on with life, E-chan and I along with several of my friends, went to see the Beauty and the Beast musical. It was a wonderful performance and it brought back the happy memories I had as a child of the animated movie. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid.. I watched it almost everyday. In fact, I learned to draw from watching that cartoon because I learned to draw Belle and the Beast first. I think it has had an impact on my art which can be seen in what people call "pinchyable cute" cheeks. We all dressed up formally/semi formally for the show. Everyone looked very sharp and spiffy. E-chan looked nice in her new outfit, but I dared not tell her face to face. She has this way of making me feel like a total idiot or brushing me off with a "Eh, whatever" kind of statement whenever I compliment her. She really has to learn to take a compliment better. And no, I'm not a flatterer. Everything I say is always honest and from my heart. I always mean the compliments I say. =^.^= I love this ranting thing. It lets me say things I can't say in real life because there isn't the barrier of social constraint. =^.^= That and the other person has no choice but to "listen".. only responding after I've said my point, as opposed to interrupting and countering immediately =} At the end of the musical production, we had a moment of silent prayer which I thought was very touching. There was also a chorus of "God Bless America" afterwards. All in all, it was a good night, though, I was unable to take my friend back to the transit system after the musical because it was so late at night. She stayed at my place overnight, to be dropped off on the way to work this morning.

[^Young^] - 8:28 AM PDT

Good morning, everyone! Saw Beauty and the Beast, the musical, last night. I missed the beginning, where Belle whines about her provincial life because I was driving back from the BART. Sorry, Lore, I guess things didn't work out last night. Anyway, I hope I can get her ticket refunded or exchanged, even though it's against standard policy... we'll see. No long rant today =) I thought it would be nice to showcase just how powerful the human spirit is. Take a look and see how much Amazon has collected. [email protected] has collected less, but it's still very, very moving. Finally, this thread caused me to cry, finally, since Tuesday. It's an international series of tributes and memorials as shown in photographs, words, and responses.

[^Louis^] - 9:02 AM PDT

Hello all. This morning feels more normal than usual. I was woken up by my parents taking a shower, and with the small worry that I need to e-mail one of my future teachers about something. It actually felt good to worry about something so small, though I think that rather guiltily. Young's right, I don't take compliments well. My self esteem is kinda low, only because in the field I am studying and hoping to work in, my looks (to me) are not quite up to standard. I'm a Theatre Arts major, for those of you who are curious. On another note, I want to put out a special thank you to our military forces and our firefighters and police. Without them, we would be lost, and many people stuck in the rubble would have no hope at all. Let's hope that they find more people alive, and able to walk away, as they did this morning. And Jason, we hear you, and we'll do our best to keep you smiling in this hard time. Thank you for your message.

[^e^] - 10:55 AM PDT

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