365 Days of enTrujiasm

please direct your attention to my new blog. Not 365, my "just blog."

Mon, 23 May 2011 16:51:13 -0400

please direct your attention to my new blog. Not 365, my "just blog."

And hey, here's my new blog if you'd like to follow along for another year

Thu, 19 May 2011 19:55:43 -0400

And hey, here's my new blog if you'd like to follow along for another year:

365/365 :’) The last. After 365 days of this, this is the...

Thu, 19 May 2011 19:54:09 -0400

365/365 :’)

The last. After 365 days of this, this is the last picture.

Today, we finalized the band council list for next year. Figuring out who’d replace us. Man, heavy.

We took pictures of our skits in drama, too!!! Here is a scene from Crysanthamum. I love the little mouse ears :)

We had Joseph rehearsal after school, which was frustrating as always, even though the reward will be amazing (of course!). Then I went and cut all my hair off, and here we are, I have really short hair (actually a little too short, I’m really a little uncomfortable about it, but its done and it will grow it will grow IT WILL GROW. IT WILL GROW). I just cut off the past 3 years of my life, no biggie. New life, new hair.

New blog, too- I can’t imagine my life without another 365 :) (http://whentrujwas18.tumblr.com)

I can’t even begin to say how different I am now than I was 365 days ago. Got accepted into college, got broken up with; taken people out of my life and added others and brought some back; made music and words; been terribly sad, horribly happy, and utterly insane.

At the end of the day, you’re another day older. And tomorrow I will be 18, which is a special day. I don’t feel older. I still love spongebob and Disney movies and falling in love. I still don’t like ordering at restaurants or talking to dentists. I still like glow-in-the-dark bandaids. That’s most important of all.

I’m still me.

And hey, thank you for reading this, even of it’s only this one entry. Thank you for being a part of my year, and I hope you enjoyed it!

Much love, Allison Truj

Would you follow another Truj 365?

Wed, 18 May 2011 22:59:39 -0400

BUT WOULD YOU?

364/365 The day before my last blog entry. Oh geez. Today was...

Wed, 18 May 2011 22:57:05 -0400

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The day before my last blog entry. Oh geez.

Today was not a good day. I can’t even talk about it because the internet has ears, but in general, I’m just done. I’m a passionate person, and I put everything of myself into organizations, relationships, people, friendships. I’m sick of always feeling overlooked despite giving everything my everything. I’m sick of feeling like I’m not good enough for things I know I deserve.

In better news, I recorded a new song today!!! Here is a magical peice of Lee’s equipment, the new mics that look like cylinders. Magical cylinders. Note Fretless bass and banjo on the wall. (Not THE fretless bass or THE banjo. fretless bass and banjo).

I love recording with lee. We made something special today; when we finally post it, you’ll know what I mean. When I listen to it, it makes me happy. And seldom little makes me happy anymore.

I’ve also decided that I’m going to start a new blog for my eighteenth year of life. I can’t imagine my life without this blog.

Would you follow it?

363/365 This is THE CHAIR- Section leader auditions today, THE...

Tue, 17 May 2011 21:24:45 -0400

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This is THE CHAIR- Section leader auditions today, THE HORROR. oh man. I remember mine. Actually, both of them. Train wrecks. All of them. But somehow they made me section leader and I’m pretty terrible at it, but here we are.

The wood shop is just an awkward room, much too dangerous for an audition of any sort.

(Hi kayla!!! I accidentally sent you an anonymous question, lol).

362/365 Today was the first day of Senior Spirit week,...

Tue, 17 May 2011 12:35:27 -0400

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Today was the first day of Senior Spirit week, elementary school day! I wore my Miller Heights shirt, which still fit pretty well (although I’m pretty sure that boobs were never meant to be in that shirt) and carried around my little huskie doll that I’d bought in the school store, the one that was “limited edition” that they ended up just giving all of us because no one bought them. Cheap.

But anyway, yeah.

We also had Raisin rehearsal, Freddy rehearsal, and I had an eye appointment after that with an awkward little man who had hair that reminded me of nose hairs. But I have contacts now, HOORAY! (I ran out and I’ve been useless for the past few days. I have no peripheral vision in my glasses.)

Note the “I love Allison” on the dashboard, that was from Caitlin after she heard the song I’m performing at Open Mic this friday :) ALL OF YOU SHOULD COME. IT’S NEW. AND I LIKE IT.

361/365 There was lots of rain today. Actually, a ridiculous...

Tue, 17 May 2011 12:28:34 -0400

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There was lots of rain today. Actually, a ridiculous amount of rain. So of course we barbecued. The Trujes are admittedly intense about their grilling. It’s something I’ll definitely miss in college.

Here’s Ashley in the middle of the rain storm, being a boss. She also has a broom.

360/365 Saturday! Woooooo. I spent the day writing songs and...

Tue, 17 May 2011 12:13:35 -0400

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Saturday! Woooooo.

I spent the day writing songs and reading old diaries, which is an activity I’d like to accomplish more, but it’s good that I don’t or I wouldn’t have any diaries left- I’d throw all of them away! I was a stupid kid. (I’ll be saying the same thing in a year I’m sure, and I’ll be quite embarrassed, you all having read this and all).

The main book on the day’s reading list was a diary I kept from Freshman year until the first half of my junior year. I forgot so much about that stretch of time- It’s weird; like, being in a relationship made me forget about a lot of stuff I used to care about. People, more importantly, romantic interests I’d pushed to the side who have been magically reappearing in my life. Like, I’d forgotten to the extent I used to love these people. I love a lot, always will, always have. Heart on my sleeve. Even now, though the sleeves have been pushed down a bit.

I went to Lowe’s with my mom to buy outside furniture, which looks more like indoor furniture anyway. I love these chairs, but they don’t make them for big kids.

Oh, wait- I guess I’m a grown-up next friday.

Next Friday.

I’m turning 18 next friday.

I won’t even be writing in this blog next Friday. Weird.

359/365 cough cough the entire senior class was ill today. How...

Tue, 17 May 2011 12:02:57 -0400

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*cough cough* the entire senior class was ill today. How unfortunate, yes?

We were able to power through as some of my closest friends went to the Bethlehem rose garden for a scrumptious picnic! I made bruchetta, which everyone liked and that made me happy. There was lots of food. And it was so. And it was good.

Isn’t this a hipster picture? Oh memorial man pushing a circle, you so crazy.

We then proceeded to play on the playground like little kids, and Elias pushed me entirely too fast on the swing. It was glorious.

We also did some treasure-hunting with Keith and his yellow GPS of all-knowing. THAT was interesting. I broke a shoe. Worth it.

We also found a cat named Charity who was rolling around in the middle of the street trying to commit suicide and ended up being late to practice because of it, which was unfortunate and fortunate at the same time. Glorious.

I loved today. I want a million todays, on repeat, forever and ever.

359/365 Today was an ENTIRELY eventful day. The first stuff...

Fri, 13 May 2011 18:10:54 -0400

359/365

Today was an ENTIRELY eventful day.

The first stuff that happened was the Freddy Award Nominations, a tradition in our area as an award ceremony hosted by the state theater for high school drama productions. I wasn’t getting my hopes up for many nominations due to the unfairities that usually occur, but this year was different I guess- we got FIFTEEN out of twenty nominations, and we basically got nominated in all of the categories we possibly COULD. It’s an incredible feeling, like all the drama and hard work really paid off, but we don’t need awards to tell us that we had an amazing show. We certainly did. But, as Wescoe says, the awards are “sprinkles on the icing on the cake.” :)

Next was the band banquet. New location, the Green Pond Country Club, but the same awards and the same vibe :) I gave an awesome senior speech, and Ashley and I were the two musicians selected as ‘outstanding musician(s) of the year’ (yeah, it usually goes to one person, I don’t care. ;)).

It was a really successful day, my goodness, it seems like everything is finally paying off!

But here are the important things; my friends, who, despite any awards, I will miss dearly. These are the beat days of our lives, and I’m wasting them by being busy and heartbroken. I plan on spending as much time with these people as possible.

358/365 Our drum majors and their mad majorette skills; I just...

Fri, 13 May 2011 17:58:16 -0400

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Our drum majors and their mad majorette skills; I just think this is a really funny picture, especially the expression on Scott’s face! :)

This was before going off to Raisin in the Sun rehearsal where my cast memorized their lines and acted amazingly, although AP testing went on until 3:30 in the black box so we were performing it in the graphic arts classroom. Great cast, great play. I love every second.

357/365 I had my AP government exam today, where i drew really...

Tue, 10 May 2011 23:02:05 -0400

357/365

I had my AP government exam today, where i drew really pretty pictures and wrote poetry all over the prompt and pages that said ‘there is no test material on this page.’ It was ingenious. Realistically, I probably got a 2. FML.

Here is Stephen in tech concepts, he is a poop but he reads my blog so I suppose he deserves this ;)

So, I wasn’t in drama class today because of testing, and I hear through the grapevine that some pretty heavy stuff went down. What’s worse than ignorant people ruining drama? Ignorant people disrespecting the people who least deserve such treatment. I’m so sick of this school and the people who I’d rather never think about again. Take your MTV-closeminded-sheeple attitude and just go away.

(But hey! I only have to suffer 10 more days of school!!!)

356/365 Here I sit trying to convert these RAW files to JPEGs...

Mon, 09 May 2011 20:48:44 -0400

356/365

Here I sit trying to convert these RAW files to JPEGs and dying. I just want to upload some of the 114 photos my mom took from prom!

Today was an off day. I forgot my clarinet, my ukulele, and my djembe (one I needed for band and the latter two I needed for drama), plus my purse and I’m pretty sure I left my coffee cup at school. I’m a wreck.

My head’s just been spinning this whole time, trying to look back and not repeat past mistakes. I carry my heart on my sleeve, anyone who knows me knows that. These past two months I’ve tried to pull down my sleeves, but it’s getting hot, I need to push them back up. Exposing that heart.

Forgive me, it’s going to take a while to get back into the poetic groove. Time to go write, I think :) Let’s hope we make a metaphor out of it!

A :D
C - it's a cool look into your life.
E
J - LYRICS AND MUSIC ALL SO BEAUTIFUL.
M
N

Mon, 09 May 2011 20:34:19 -0400

A- THE FEELING IS MUTUAL.

C- again. mutual.

E- I’m actually a horrible person.

J- WHAT I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOOT

M- I definitely need to, I have the worst inflated ego. Not even being sarcastic. It’s horrible.

N- I am? Really? Is that a good thing??? :)

DO THIS ANONYMOUSLY OR NOT, I WANNA KNOW.

Mon, 09 May 2011 20:15:08 -0400

brndnvee:

A - I love you.

B - I hate you.

C - I love your blog.

D - You’re cute.

E - You’re friendly.

F - You don’t belong here.

G - I don’t like you.

H - Deactivate your tumblr.-account.

I - I’m your secret admirer.

J - I love the way you express yourself.

K - You’re too boastful.

L - I miss you.

M - Stay humble.

N - You’re too popular.

O - You’re tumblr.-famous.

P - Awesome blog.

Q - I’m in love with you.

R - You annoy me.

I am a follower

355/365 Mother’s day! I made my mommy food and tried to...

Mon, 09 May 2011 12:23:30 -0400

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Mother’s day! I made my mommy food and tried to make sure she didn’t do anything all day, although she doesn’t respond to that well. My mommy doesn’t like to be waited on honestly, but SHE GOT DOTED ON. YES.

I love my mom. We have some real rough patches and we’re so similar that we find a lot of faults with each other, but she’s my mom and she carried me around in her uterus and she deserves a day off.

Here is my kitty skulking around in the grass like a tiger while we were grilling. Excuse my whiteness, but my grass is really soft and green and it makes me happy. That is all.

354/365 PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM. PROM. Oh, and did I...

Mon, 09 May 2011 12:18:00 -0400

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PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM. PROM.

Oh, and did I mention that today was prom?

Hands down, the best night of my entire life. Everything went so right and smoothly; even when it started to rain, there was a pocket of time in which Mother Nature granted us glorious dryness in order to take this wonderful picture, me and my date Jake, while we exchanged prom paraphernalia. (boutonnieres:))

I’ll take this minute to talk about the majesty of Jake Gless, who was, in all aspects, the perfect prom date. On one hand, I am SO FREAKING COOL for taking a 20-year-old to prom. Deal with it. ;)

but in all seriousness, I was so stunned by the power of our friendship to withstand something so menial as distance; Jake and I were total BFFs while he was in high school, but he went off to James Madison University while I twiddled my thumbs in Pennsylvania and missed him like crazy. We grew apart, yet together. I’m a different person and he is too, yet we’ve evolved so that now, two years later, our personalities compliment one another perfectly. It was just, well, great. And at the end of the day, I had a dashingly handsome date who was willing to dance and sing with me like a crazy person, and that was just gravy.

Everyone looked so dashing, actually! We clean up nice, Freedom High School. And if I do say so myself, I haven’t felt so pretty in a very long time, the dress swooshed around me so grandly it made me feel like a princess :) (don’t go by this picture alone, it doesn’t do the dress justice).

And the certain someone who was the only person who could have ruined the night for me? Yeah, he didn’t. Jake made sure of that. :) I feel empowered. I feel like nothing can stop me at this point.

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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee; that AP English exam = I giggled when one of the answer choices was about ponies TEEHEE <3

Mon, 09 May 2011 11:44:24 -0400

way to talk about the forbidden questions!!! ;)

that being said, lolponies. :)

if someone a year ago asked me where i was going to be in a year. i never thought i'd be here.

Sat, 07 May 2011 06:29:33 -0400

I don’t reblog things. But seeing as we only have two weeks of this project, it seems appropriate.

First relationship, first breakup, first hater, old loves coming back to pick up the peices. I’m a lucky girl to be surrounded by so many beautiful people, which I don’t think I was quite so aware of last year. Thanks, everyone. Adulthood in two weeks.

365 Days of enTrujiasm

please direct your attention to my new blog. Not 365, my "just blog."

And hey, here's my new blog if you'd like to follow along for another year

365/365 :’) The last. After 365 days of this, this is the...

Would you follow another Truj 365?

364/365 The day before my last blog entry. Oh geez. Today was...

363/365 This is THE CHAIR- Section leader auditions today, THE...

362/365 Today was the first day of Senior Spirit week,...

361/365 There was lots of rain today. Actually, a ridiculous...

360/365 Saturday! Woooooo. I spent the day writing songs and...

359/365 *cough cough* the entire senior class was ill today. How...

359/365 Today was an ENTIRELY eventful day. The first stuff...

358/365 Our drum majors and their mad majorette skills; I just...

357/365 I had my AP government exam today, where i drew really...

356/365 Here I sit trying to convert these RAW files to JPEGs...

A :D C - it's a cool look into your life. E J - LYRICS AND MUSIC ALL SO BEAUTIFUL. M N

DO THIS ANONYMOUSLY OR NOT, I WANNA KNOW.

355/365 Mother’s day! I made my mommy food and tried to...

354/365 PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM. PROM. Oh, and did I...

if someone a year ago asked me where i was going to be in a year. i never thought i'd be here.

359/365 cough cough the entire senior class was ill today. How...

A :D
C - it's a cool look into your life.
E
J - LYRICS AND MUSIC ALL SO BEAUTIFUL.
M
N