brittney nicole winters: Archive

“dude i’m totally gonna hook up with a girl this weekend.” —as opposed to what, matt? a guy?

i am done with high school forever in 3 days.

that is all.

Apr 28, 2009

“it tastes like childhood, and i know that’s your favorite flavor!” —diana, at the rest stop on the way to disney; she knows me so well

Apr 27, 2009

#diana

Listen

just as i warned earlier last week, i spent the past two days in orlando in the most magical place on earth, better known as walt disney world. when i’d planned the trip, i was overjoyed. the last time i’d visited my second home was last march-i was long overdue. however, the night before leaving, i didn’t get to bed until almost 3AM, and i woke up three hours later to pack and leave the house at the ungodly hour of 6:30. it’s a safe bet to say that i was tired. exhausted. absolutely dead.

the three hour drive to orlando proved to be of no avail. i slept successfully for about…45 minutes, if that. the exceptionally large lack of sleep contributed to my overall feeling of blah-ness by the time we arrived at the park.

i tried so hard to get myself pumped up for disney world. the castle, splash mountain, mickey. “i can’t believe we’re here! i’m so excited!” who was i fooling? i was tired, hungry, and wanted to find the nearest place to sit so i could get in a few more seconds of sleep. by the time check-in was available at our hotel, we were running to the park’s entrance to get to the car and our beds as quickly as possible. moseying through magic kingdom wasn’t exactly our cup of tea.

as we were making our way out of the park, the magic kingdom “celebrate you” parade was going on, which we had to maneuver around, only to be trapped by a myriad of ropes and security guards. forced to wait through this motivational nonsense, i began to feel sad. was i actually starting to believe the magic didn’t really exist? was i a nonbeliever? no, i couldn’t be. i LOVED disney. then, all of a sudden, i tuned back in to what i was observing. a chorus of princesses, villains and dancers broke out into a rendition of “celebrate you” by corbin bleu. after hearing the hook, i got the chills. goosebumps. tears in my eyes. that was the moment i realized the magic wasn’t gone, i was just incredibly tired.

the second we arrived in our hotel room, we fell asleep. “we’ll go back to the park later, once we’re rested up.” sure, we’ll go back. if you say so. we woke up, went to the hotel’s huge cafeteria, and had dinner, after which we lounged by the pool, retired back to our room, and watched the newest disney channel movie, hatching pete.

the next day, we went to disney’s hollywood studios (which should still be called mgm if it’s up to me). more well-rested and awake, we enjoyed our day much more than the previous one we’d spent as disney zombies.

the moral of the story is: don’t go to disney world if you’re tired. corbin bleu may not be there to reassure you that the magic still exists, and you may miss out on a lifetime of childhood.

and of course, always believe.

Apr 27, 2009

#music

“you don’t bite your mother!” —man walking by the hotel pool in disney, talking to his very young (hysterically crying) son

Apr 26, 2009

Apr 24, 2009

#bobby's world #tv

me: can i go to the bathroom?
mr. rothman: no.
me: thanks!
mr. rothman: i said no...
me: you meant yes.
mr. rothman: that's how people get in trouble!

Apr 24, 2009

#conversation #mr. rothman

reasons why i didn't want to go to ucf, and the reasons why those reasons don't matter anymore

i didn’t want to be so close to home, but now i realize that being independent takes a lot more than i’d expected. being at riverside would mean that i’d be far from any family at all. being at ucf, i’ll have my mom less than 3 hours away. with the relationship i’ve established with her in the past few months, i’d hate to throw away everything we’ve gone through and move 3,000 miles away from her. now i can be independent while still being able to be a kid every once in a while.
i did NOT want to see anyone from high school, with a few exceptions. however, i’ve bonded with more people than i’d expected to in the last year of high school, and i’ve noticed that although my number of friends has dwindled to just a handful, they’re all people that i don’t know what i could do without. not just yet. and if i decide that i’m getting tired of them at ucf, there are 40,000 other people just waiting to meet me and get on my nerves too.
money wasn’t a concern when it came to my education. in reality, it still isn’t, but when i saw that ucf was going to pay me to attend their school, i decided that i couldn’t pass up the offer. already armed with a bright futures scholarship, paying every cent of my tuition for the next four years, i was offered even more money from the school. now, i don’t owe my education to anyone but myself, and no one can hold anything over my head in the future.
i wanted a fresh start, and to live a new lifestyle. this was what really got me thinking, too. why would i want to go to a school with a majority of the types of people i’ve been going to school with since i was 8? the california lifestyle is much more my tempo: laid back, easygoing, relaxed. but then i thought about it; that’s not the california lifestyle, that’s MY lifestyle. i can create a place to enjoy anywhere i go, as long as i allow myself to accept my surroundings and make the most of them.

all of these factors played huge roles in my ultimate decision to forego attending uc riverside and notifying ucf of my choice to enroll at their facilities next fall. all in all, i’m happy with my decision, and i’m growing more satisfied each day. the comfort it’s brought me has made me realize how much i needed to make this decision earlier.

oh, and another awesome perk? ROAD TRIPS! ucf is basically the center of all the universities my best friends are going to. i’ll be frequenting the campuses of florida gulf coast, uf and fsu almost every weekend.

my friends, you can’t get rid of me as easily as you thought.

“Give up, just quit, because in this life, you can’t win. Yeah, you can try, but in the end you’re just gonna lose, big time, because the world is run by the Man. The Man, oh, you don’t know the Man. He’s everywhere. In the White House… down the hall… Ms. Mullins, she’s the Man. And the Man ruined the ozone, he’s burning down the Amazon, and he kidnapped Shamu and put her in a chlorine tank! And there used to be a way to stick it to the Man. It was called rock ‘n roll, but guess what, oh no, the Man ruined that, too, with a little thing called MTV! So don’t waste your time trying to make anything cool or pure or awesome ‘cause the Man is just gonna call you a fat washed up loser and crush your soul. So do yourselves a favor and just GIVE UP!” —mr. shneebly, aka dewey finn; school of rock

Apr 22, 2009

#quote #movie #jack black #school of rock