FRIDAY!!!!!!

It's FRIDAY! Hooray! I am SUPER psyched about this, because it means the WEEKEND is coming up, which means I can actually sleep. Trust high school to teach you the value of a good sleep.

I'll also be able to talk to my friend on the phone. So what? You say. So I tell you that she lives in Australia and I have not seen her in almost two years. Before that, she was one of my best friends. Yes, I miss her. Yes, I am SUPER psyched about talking to her.

In other news, I am FINALLY going to have a voice lesson today, after two and a half months of not having one. So that is super exciting, except for the part where I can not find the book we usually use during my voice lessons... eep! Anyhoo, it'll be cool to see my voice teacher again. I hope I can actually find the book, because it would really stink if I could not. I will have to work on one of the (multiple) guy's solos in the Shrek book, which won't work, because they're all WAY too high. Okay, not WAY too high. But they're definitely up there. And it's annoying. I love the songs, but the fact that they're all taken up the octave is kind of annoying. And I don't think my voice teacher knows any of the songs from Shrek the Musical anyway.

new phone!

Well, in a sort of random enterprise on my mom's part, I now have a new cell phone. My brother's phone broke, and I guess they went to get a new one, and cashed in on that whole have-a-phone-for-2-years-and-we-will-give-you-a-free-phone thing on his, and somehow we both got new phones. I'm not complaining. Well, I sort of am. I liked my old phone. But I also like the new phone. It'll just be hard to adjust to having a keyboard on the phone, because my old one didn't have one. So I'm going to have to adjust to having the letters in a totally different place on a phone than normal. But I like the new phone, though. It's got a touch screen. And it's blue, which is my favorite color. And it's NEW, which is the thing I like most. I've dropped my old phone countless times, at which point the battery fell out, so both the phone and the battery are kind of beaten up.

It's kind of awkward, though, because I charged my old phone last night, not knowing I was going to get a new one, so I still had full battery when I got the new phone.

My mom just randomly texted me this afternoon and was like, "So, do you want a new phone?" So I said okay, and now I have a new cell phone. Hooray!

Another story.....

Well, I started a story in English/ Creative Writing a few days ago, but I'm not posting it yet. Why? Because I don't want to post it until it is done, because I do not know where it is going. That and the fact that I often edit stuff when the story goes from paper to screen, so it would just be confusing for me. So that is why I am not posting the story just yet. But I like it. Yes, there are magical creatures in it. Yes, there is romance (sort of, anyway). Yes, it involves people going on quests for other people. But, on the other hand, there is a girl as the main character. How many times has that happened in my stories? Oh, I do not know, maybe the main character is a girl in EVERY ONE OF MY STORIES. Why might that be? Oh, right. I'm a girl. I know that there are a lot of female authors who can easily do a guy as the main character, but I'm not one of them. I don't understand a guy's brain enough to do that. I know that guys are people too, but when they're at my age, they count as an entirely different species. In other news, I have to go to class soon. But I'm going to stay here for a little while longer because I don't have to go just yet. I love free blocks. But I'll have to leave soon because my TA actually has a class.

Poo

Today's the REAL last day of the musical, because today's when we break down the sets and bring home all the props that we brought in in the first place. It's probably going to be really depressing. Like when all the crew of "Lord of the Rings" had to burn all the extra elf ears and the unused film and stuff at the end of "Return of the King." I don't know whether I want to go or not, even though I have to. It's probably just going to be depressing. On the other hand, people who haven't signed my jeans can sign them. Surprisingly, there are a few people who haven't. So they'll be able to do that. But that's probably going to be the only cheerful bit about the entire enterprise.

Well, yesterday I went to Tae Kwon Do for the first time in ages, and it was harder than I remembered. It's probably because I'm way out of shape. And because I was the only girl. And the only one who didn't speak fluent Korean. It was kind of fun, though. When I wasn't about to barf up my guts because I was so tired. But other than that, it was nice to be back. Well, that and the part where we had to do these sitting-in-horse-stance exercises in warm ups that are the sole reason that my thighs are currently about to die. But it really was nice to be back. I'm probably going to enjoy Thursday more because that's when all my friends go. So it'll be nice.

And now I have to go break stuff. :(. Bye.

Whatever Post Number This Is

I really don't want to go to school tomorrow. I don't want to have to wake up at seven ten to go half fall asleep in chemistry, even if I DID do my homework. I really don't want to take an 8:20 next year, but I'm probably going to have to if I'm going to be able to take all the classes I want to take and have a free block so I can finish my homework before midnight during musical season. I'm probably going to go through high school with at least one free block each year. My TA suggested doing independent study, but that would take the fun out of some of the classes. Like I enjoy creative writing because of the peer critique and such, and how you can do a bigger variety of stuff with three people than you can when there's just you. So I don't know. I'll probably talk to my TA about it when we have to submit the course request forms, because then I'll have an excuse to be thinking about classes for next year. It's defenitely an option, though. I really don't know what I want to do. I'm too tired to want to think about it. The worst thing about the tail end of a show is the cast party. Although it's usually fun and sweet and stuff, you're always tired afterwards from staying up until two in the morning and then having to wake up and go to church or something.
On the other hand, the musical photos are on Facebook now. Hooray!

Kidnap! Romance! Tap dancing!

Well, that should have been the title of one of the earlier summaries of the musical, which is now, sadly, over. Well, not technically. We officially finish on Tuesday, which is when everyone turns in their scripts and such. But still. It's pretty much over. Although I didn't hugely enjoy tap dancing till the cows came home, I'll still miss it. The thing I'll miss most is hanging out with the SUPER awesome cast and being onstage. I will NOT miss the makeup and the hair and everything. I honestly look like a raccoon in stage makeup. I'm not kidding. It's because of the eyeliner, I think. My eyeliner pencil is terrible, so it gives a really thick line, and I had to put it on the top and the bottom of my eye, so it never fully comes off, which is the most annoying thing ever. I also found out something about one of my friends that I'm not saying for his privacy, but it was kind of awkward when I found out. Even though I sort of kind of already guessed... nevermind.
Last night was the best night ever because on my friend's solo during "Forget about the Boy," she was supposed to sing "Barney Schriver, CPA," (not sure if I spelled that right), but instead she did the name of our director/ chorus teacher, Chorus Guy! It was officially the best thing in the world.
We do quotes for each person every year for the musical. Like, the director or someone writes down something that the person said (or sang) that really describes them on a piece of paper folded into a fortune cookie and stuffed into a miniature Chinese take-out box or something like that (that's what we got this year, anyway), and then at the cast party everyone gets their quotes. Anyway, the director did some explaining before he gave some of the quotes, like mine. For mine, his explination was that apparently I have a lot of potential and I'm super active in the musical/ drama department (which is sort of true), so my quote was my second line: "this one, you'll want to see," because apparently I'm going to be going places. Something like that, anyway. I thought it was sort of sweet. And everyone was like, "awwww," when he said it.
So now I have to go do the inevitable: homework. Groan.

hooray!

Well, I've gotten the first set of annoying bits for my Gold Award out of the way. The first set of annoying bits for my Gold Award includes figuring out whether the Girl Scout insurance covers martial arts (which it does) and getting a sponsor (which has happened). Now comes the next set of annoying bits: getting together with the sponsor to work out a plan and getting her to write the letter of reccomendation that I have to send in with my project application. That should be easy. The hard part is figuring out a time and place for us to meet so we can discuss it. I'm SUPER psyched that I actually have a sponsor. I wasn't sure whether I was going to be able to get one, honestly. Well, actually, I wasn't sure whether I would be able to do this particular project, because I wasn't sure whether the girl scout insurance would cover martial arts, because there was nothing in the Official Girl Scout Safety Book (no, that's not its actual title) about martial arts. So that's all well and good. Hooray!

So anyway, closing night for the musical is tonight. I'm not sure whether to be happy or sad because of this. I'll be happy because I'll finally be liberated from having two-to-five hour rehearsals five to six days a week. On the other hand, it's been quite fun. Okay, learning the tap dancing was hard and kind of miserable. But once I actually LEARNED the stuff, it was quite fun. Even though my feet hurt a lot. But still, it was worth it.

Recap 2

So last night's show went quite well. I FINALLY got all the dance steps right, and I didn't sing too early, and I think I was acutally able to be heard on the harmony in one of the songs. Hooray! Anyway, my mom got a straightener and a curler for me yesterday. I asked her to get the straightener, but not the curler. It was to be used for shows and nothing else. I'm not the makeup and hair straightening every day type of person outside of shows, when I have to. The thing is, I appreciate the help she gave me and everything, but it was kind of annoying when she was just like, "here, I can do it." I wasn't sure whether it was the fact that it was my mom or the fact that I was just used to having my friends or my cousins helping me with curling and straightening my hair, but I didn't really like it when my mom helped. I am not really sure of the reason. I just like doing stuff myself or with friends or people my own age. I have no idea why I have kind of an aversion to my mother, but it probably has something to do with the fact that she's my mother, and I am a teenager, so the two things don't really go together in my mind. However, aside from the annoyingness of my hair, the show, prep, and other things like that went fairly well. Apparently my brother and his girlfriend are coming tonight. I'm not sure what to think about it.

Recap for opening night

Well, opening night for the musical went fairly well. I only messed up two dance steps, came on late for one scene that was very ensemble heavy so it didn't really matter, and started singing a bit early on one song. Overall, it went quite well. My voice coach was there, and my chemistry teacher, and my Ancient Civ teacher, and the guy who played Bernardo in West Side Story last year and who's the older brother of one of my sort-of friends and is currently a freshman in college.

The only really annoying thing that happened was that we finished ten thirty, which meant I got home at eleven, which meant I had lights out at eleven thirty, which meant I was so exhausted from the adrenaline and the dancing and everything, so I couldn't get to sleep until three in the morning, and that didn't really count as sleep because I don't remember having a dream.

I had tea that had caffeine this morning, but all the caffeine did was to give me enough energy to almost fall asleep during chemistry. At least today is Friday, so tomorrow I'll be able to sleep in.

I wasn't able to do my hair properly yesterday either, because people kept using the curlers and I really have no idea how to curl my own hair, and the girl who said she could help me kept having to help other people, so I asked my mom to invest in a straightener for me. I tried to half-straighten my hair with the curler last night. It didn't work. As my hair looks more 20's-ish when it's straightened, it makes sense. Anyway, I'm going to go finish my lunch now.

And when I get home today, because I'll actually be home at a reasonable time this afternoon, I'm going to take a nap. And then I will have enough energy to look like I'm having fun. Hooray!

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Well, I was able to replace my library card, and for some reason, I am nowhere near as stressed about losing my bag as I was before just by replacing the card. Weird.

Anyway, in other news, we performed some of our musical for the school today. Well, some of the school, anyway. At least part of the school. It didn't look like the whole school was there, because if the entire school was there, the auditorium would have had people in every seat and people sitting in the aisles and standing in the back. However, as it seemed that about half the seats were filled, I highly doubt that the whole school was there. And there was the fact that one of my friends couldn't go because her teacher was still holding class.

Anyway, I think it went rather well, for a first real performance, although it wasn't a full one. Last night was really annoying and hard because it was our first day with the full orchestra, and they were completely drowning us out, especially with the soloists. But at least we worked through it. We have one more night to completely work it out. Brilliant. Just brilliant.

However, the show is coming along well in every other respect. I have learned to tolerate my dress, which is better that before. I still think it looks like a rotten peanut, though, but that's just me.

Well, I have to go rehearse my feet off for five hours. Again. And I had school today. Great. And I have math homework. But it's not due tomorrow, it's due on Friday. That might be the only nice thing about school being back in after a four day weekend. That and the fact that it's a three day week. And tomorrow's Thursday. Which means the next day is Friday. Which means the next day is Saturday. Which means it will be the weekend.

I can't wait for summer.

Gold Award

I just got done spending an hour and a half working on my gold award project application. Okay, not even the application. We were figuring out the logistics of how I'm going to do it and when I'm going to submit the application. This means figuring out what I'm going to do about safety, getting a sponsor who represents the people I am going to help, then getting them to write a letter to send in with my application to say that yes, they're my sponsor, and yes, they do represent the people I'm helping. I drafted the email and tried to figure out what sort of funding I need, if any, and when I'm actually going to do the project, and when I'm going to write to the lady that I want as my sponsor and do it in good time so I can meet with her to get her advice on the project. I haven't sent the email yet because I want to make sure the proejct complies with all the safety things first. Well, that was my mom's idea. But still. It's a good one. I think. Anyway, I still have to get the email done and get everything checked with the Girl Scout insurance. I'm going to teach self defense to underpriveleged teen girls who probably can't afford to pay for martial arts lessons and the tests and everything else that goes with it. So yeah.
My total hour count: 3.5.
The minimum number of hours I need: 65
The minimum number of hours I have left: 61.5.
Brilliant.

Who I'd Be~Shrek

BEST SHREK SONG EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Shrek]
I guess I’d be a hero,
with sword and armor clashing,
Looking semi dashing,
a shield within my grip.
Or else I’d be a Viking
and live a life of daring
while smelling like a herring.
Upon a Viking ship
I’d sail away,
I’d see the world,
I’d reach the farthest reaches.
I’d feel the wind,
I’d taste the salt and sea,
And maybe storm some beaches;
That’s who I’d be.
That’s who I’d be.

Or I could be a poet,
and write a different story:
One that tells of glory
and wipes away the lies.
Into the skies I’d throw it,
the stars would do the telling,
The moon would help with spelling,
and night would dot the ‘I’s.
I’d write a verse,
Recite a joke,
with wit and perfect timing,
I’d share my heart,
confess the things I yearn,
and do it all while rhyming.
But we all learn.
But we all learn.

An Ogre always hides
an Ogre's fate is known
An Ogre always stays in the dark
and all alone

So yes I’d be a hero
and if my wish was granted
life would be enchanted,
or so the stories say.
Of course I’d be a hero,
and I would scale a tower
To save a hothouse flower
and carry her away
But standing guard would be a beast,
I’d somehow overwhelm it,
I’d get the girl,
I’d take a breath,
and I’d remove my helmet...

We’d stand and stare,
we’d speak of love,
we’d feel the stars ascending
We’d share a kiss,
I’d find my destiny
I’d have a hero’s ending,
a perfect happy ending,
That’s how it would be
A big bright beautiful world

But not for me.

[Fiona]
An ogre always hides
An ogre's fate is known
An ogre always stays in the dark

[Donkey]
You're all alone

[Shrek and Fiona]
All alone

[Fiona]
So I know
He'll appear
Cuz there are rules
And there are strictures
I believe the storybooks I read
By candlelight

[Shrek]
So yes I'd be a hero
And if my wish were granted
Life would be enchanted
Or so the stories say
Of course I'd be a hero
And I would scale a tower
To save a hothouse flower
And carry her away

[Donkey]
You need a pal
My calendar's open
You need a friend
You need me

[all]
A perfect happy ending
That's how it should be

Don't let me go~Shrek

One of THE BEST Shrek Songs Ever.

DONKEY:
Hey, hey, hey! You gotta let me go with you!
You don't know what it's like to be considered a freak!
Well maybe you do.
But that’s why we gotta stick together!
No, no, no! Don't speak, don't speak, don’t speak!

Just hear me out! I might surprise you.
I'll be a friend, when others despise you.
Don't roll your eyes! Stop with the mopin’.
You need a pal! My calendar’s open!

I'll bring you soup, when you feel congested.
I'll bail you out, when you get arrested!
I got your back, wha-wha-what, when things get scary.
And I'll shave it, when it gets hairy!

Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
You need me!
You need me!

I'll treat you right, and never get shoddy.
If you kill a man, I'll hide the body!
So what do you say? You’re not responding...
I think we're bonding!

Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.
Don't let me go!
You need me.

You and me, we belong together.
Like butter and grits,
Like kibbles and bits,
Like yin and yang,
Stern and Trang,
Like Eng and Chang, attached at the hip
But not an old lady hip that might break
I’m gonna be on you like a fat kid on cake!

DONKEY (spoken):
Like Cupid and Psyche, like pop rocks and Mikey,
we’ll stick together like that Velcro stuff, I’m the fuzzy side; you’ll be the spiky.
Ooh! Like little kids and pajamas with those funny things at the bottom, you know, feeties.
Like donuts and… oh, what goes with donuts?

DONKEY:
Donuts and diabetes!

Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Hold me! Hug me! Take me, please!
Na-na-na-na-na-na, please don't let me go!
I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you,
I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you!
Don't let me go, Go! Go! Don't let me g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-go!

I know it's today~Shrek

YOUNG FIONA,
(Spoken)
Settle in girls. It's story time! Isn't this fun? It's like a sleep over,
but instead of a pillow fight, there is an insane dragon who incenterates things.
Now where were we? Oh right,

(Sung)
There’s a princess
In a tower
Oh my gosh, that’s just like me
Poor Rapunzel
Needs a haircut
But the witch won’t set her free
She passes time by singing
Like someone else I know
As years go by she sits and waits…
As years go by? Uh oh
A torturous existence
I don’t remember this part!
She wishes she were dead?
Skip ahead skip ahead!
But in the end Rapunzel finds a millionaire
The prince is good at climbing and braiding golden hair!

So I know, he’ll appear
Cause there are rules and there are strictures
I believe the storybooks I read by candlelight
My white knight, and his steed
Will look just like these pictures!
It won’t be long now, I guarantee!
Day number…23.
I know its today
I know its today

TEENSAGE FIONA:
(Spoken)
Oh here's a good one! It's a classic!

(Sung)
There’s a princess
In a coma
Glad its her instead of me.
Pretty maiden
In a glass box
How I wonder does she pee?
Blah blah blah, poison apple
Boring boring evil queen
Filler filler, been there, read that!
Seven shorties on the scene.
Skip ahead, skip ahead…
But in the end the princess wakes up with a start
The prince is good at kissing
And melting Snow White’s heart!

So I know, he’ll appear
And his armor will be blinding!
As shining as his perfect teeth
And then repose
He’ll propose
On one knee
And our prenupt will be binding!
About time we set the wedding date!
Day number…958.
I know it's today.
He’ll show up today....


FIONA:
...ay...
There’s a princess
Any princess
Take your pick, they’re all like me
Not exactly, I’m still waiting
they’re living happily
Ever after better get here
I want love in seconds flat
No one needs these middle bits
Oops, did I do that?

Cut the villains, cut the vamping
Cut this fairytale
Cut the peril and the pitfalls
Cut the puppet and the whale
Cut the monsters, cut the curses
Keep the intro, cut the verses
And the waiting, the waiting, the waiting, the waiting
The waiting!

But I know, he’ll appear
Though I seem a bit bipolar
And I’m a vandal now as well, though he won’t mind
I’m a find, I’m a catch
And a very gifted bowler!
It won’t be long now, I guarantee!
Day number…

Are you there God?
It’s me Fiona…

ALL FIONAS:
It’s me Fiona!

Now I know, he’ll appear
Cause there are rules and there are strictures
I believe the storybooks I read by candlelight
My white knight, my knight and his steed
Will look just like these pictures!
It won’t be long now, I guarantee!

YOUNG FIONA
Day number 23

TEENAGE FIONA
Day number 958

FIONA:
Day number 4823

YOUNG FIONA
I know its today, oooo

TEENAGE FIONA
I know its today, oooo

FIONA,
I know its today, oooo

YOUNG FIONA
I know its today, oooo

TEENAGE FIONA
I know its today, oooo

FIONA,
I Know it's today

ALL FIONAS,
I know it's today!

This is our story~Shrek the Musical

[FIONA]
I waited all my life
Lived it by the book
Now I know that's not my story
You take me as I am
Love me as I look
Standing here in all my glory

I am sweetness
I am bratty
I'm a princess
I'm a fatty
I'm a mess of contradictions in a dress
I am sassy
I am sappy
When I'm with you, I am happy

This is my story

[SHREK]
You laugh at all my jokes
Even though they're crude
You don't mind that I'm not classy

[SHREK & FIONA]
We make a perfect pair
Radiant and rude
So in love and much too gassy

We are ogres
We are scary

[SHREK, FIONA, & DONKEY]
We are donkeys
We are hairy
We have bold and brand new stories to be told
We will write them
We will tell them
You will hear them
You will smell them

This is our story

[Spoken by Shrek]
...And that is how the little ogre came to live on the swamp with a beautiful princess-

[Donkey butts in]
AND his best friend!

[Shrek correcting himself]
AND his best friend!

[Fairytale Creatures joining in]
And a gingerbread man!
And a very handsome puppet!
And an elf!
And a fairy godmother!
And a witch!
And a cross-dressin' wolf!
And the three pigs!

[Sung by all]
What makes us special
(What makes us special)
What makes us special
(What makes us special)
What make us special makes us strong!

We are witches
We are fairies
We are weirdos

[Shouted by Pinocchio]
I'm AN AIRES!

[All Singing]
We're a giant Whitman’s sampler here to try

We are puppets
We are rabbits
We are hobbits with bad habits
We're a screwy but reliant crazy stew
We are different and united
You are us and we are you

This is our story
This is our story
This is our story

[Gingy shouting]
GOD BLESS US EVERYONE!

[Sung by all]
THEEEEEEE EEEEENNND!!!

great.

Well, in rehearsal yesterday, something somewhat unfortunate happened. So on the Saturday before yesterday, I got an okay flapper dress for the musical. It fit all right; it only needed a few alterations, and the colors weren't that terrible. They weren't the best colors in the world, but they defenitely could be worse. I didn't like it at first, but it grew on me, so I put it on a hanger and put a tag with my name on it on the hanger and put it in on the rack for the dresses that needed alterations. So yesterday, I went to rehearsal and the dress that I had tried on the week before was on another girl's hanger and probably altered to her measurements. What's worse is that there was only one spare dress that's the color of a peanut that has a little mold on it. Kind of a gross light grey-brown-purple. And it has black fringe. I don't know who would put a dark accent on a light colored dress, but someone did. What's even worse is that it was at least six inches too big on me in every direction and I had to stand for like an hour to get it taken in. What's even WORSE is that the fabric is kind of fraying on some parts. Like, obviously fraying. It is THE most annoying thing EVER.

If you could see me right now....

... I would be dancing around singing. If I could dance, sing and type all at once. I just remembered that the "Swan Princess" soundtrack is back on iTunes, from which I was FINALLY able to buy the rest of my favorite songs on the soundtrack. This is a VERY good thing. "The Swan Princess" was part of my childhood. I'm not kidding. This is SO BEAST! Hooray! Okay, right now I'm listening to the song that I bought ages ago, "This Is My Idea," but NEXT is one of my new ones. AND the one after that. AND the next one. AND the other next one. Okay, I only have like four. But still. HOORAY! ITunes has FINALLY done something right. YESYESYESYESYES!

In other news, rehearsal today was very good. We ran Act Two and part of Act One. I think we'll be ready for the show next week. I was finally able to go try on my lab-whore-child dress, and it wasn't that terrible. But still. It's still kind of weird. I'll get used to it, I guess.

Okay, NOW it is playing one of the new ones- "Far Longer than Forever." It's the love song. I like it. It's really pretty.

Destined to last for a lifetime and beyond...

Sorry.

Okay, I have to go in ten minutes to go watch "Project Runway." Hooray! This day is FINALLY turning out right! I'm just going to go log off now. Bye. For now.

WHOA!

Dude! My brother is officially legal as of today! It's so weird! And he didn't even open our cards this morning! Mind you, he was in a real rush, so it makes sense.

I actually got an okay amount of sleep last night, so I'm super hyped up on sleep energy and the lunch I just finished halfway, which included a chocolate chip muffin that was technically one of my brother's... ssh...

Anyway, I'm hyper right now. It's kind of nice to actually have energy for a change. WAHOOOO! Anyway, we got held late last night in rehearsal because notes took forever. I was also at school longer than I was at home. And I finally saw the dress I'm supposed to wear for the scene when I have two lines. It's as if a lab coat met a slutty nurse dress and had a kid, it would be my dress. It's white and button down in the front, and it's probably as unflattering as the one I have to wear in the office scenes. Oh, well.

In other news, the show goes up next week. And next week, when I will be at school until 9 pm every day, I will end up spending more time out of the house and at school than I will at home. Crazy, huh? But that's show biz.

I'm also FINALLY getting the dance steps.

And HOLY COW PROJECT RUNWAY STARTED LAST NIGHT! I'm watching the rerun tonight, though. I'm psyched. Now is the point where I am equally psyched about both shows. Hooray! I won't be able to watch next week, because of the musical, but oh well.

And I'm going to go finish the other half of my lunch. Goodbye for now.

GAH! TIRED!

Well, I'm somewhat tired, sore, and kind of stressed about the musical. What else is new? Right now, life's really kind of monotonous. It's really annoying. Um... what to say now? I finally checked out the first book of the "Protectors of the Small" series. The same one that I accidentally checked out the third one for instead of the first one. But the other annoying thing is that my shoulder bag has been stolen. It has all the important stuff- my ID, keys, wallet, extra pens, stuff like that. Did I already tell you that? Either way, it's REALLY annoying. I checked all the lost and found bins in the school, even the ones that were most likely infested with Herpes or Swine Flu or something. It wasn't there. GAH! So far, all twenty pages of the book have been good. Tamora Pierce is officially my new favorite author, even though I've only read one and an eighth of the twenty-something books she's written. I like her because she has really good female leads, which is really nice because it gets really boring when the prince saves the girl for the millionth time running. So that's why I like Tamora Pierce. And the fact that there are female knights in her books. Well, in two of the series she has written, anyway. The Alana series was the classic "I'm dressing as a boy to go through knight training because the law is stupid but I'm doing it anyway," but the other is after they have made a law that girls are allowed to train as knights.

goodness.

I really am starting to not enjoy rehearsal. See, the typical rehearsal cycle is to not enjoy it, then to sort of enjoy it, then to start to hate it again. It's kind of a vicious cycle, but whatever.
And Project Runway starts again tomorrow night, but I won't be able to see it because it's on at ten and I have rehearsal and I'm not allowed to stay up until eleven on school nights. But I'll probably be able to watch it on Friday. My mom can apparently tell that I'm more psyched about Project Runway than I am about the musical. That's not entirely true. It's true right now, but once we start rehearsing in costume it'll be different. A lot different. Different in a good way. But right now, it's just misery times ten because I'm always tired and my feet always hurt. But it always turns out well in the end. I hope. It'll be more worth it on show night because we'll be able to sit down instead of standing and dancing constantly. But it'll work. Probably. Hopefully. I still like rehearsal and Project Runway.
Which reminds me, I need to get a pair of light wash jeans. Last year I got a pair of jeans over break and then had everyone sign them on the three show nights. The only problem is that I don't have any TIME to get them. It's the most annoying thing ever.

NOT COOL

Dude!!! They somehow managed to shut down MyLifeIsG.com!!! THIS IS NOT COOL!!! AT ALL!!! It was the coolest site in eternity!!! It was this site where people share nice stories and stuff. I loved it because it was all warm and fuzzy. BUT IT ISN'T THERE ANYMORE!!! What is this world coming to? Deleting websites that are actually nice? I bet F My Life is still around, just because people like laughing at other people instead of laughing with them. Typical. I hate America. They delete cool sites that spread the love instead of have people rant about annoying stuff. Okay, this blog is sort of like that for me. But that's not the point. The point is that F My Life is COMPLETELY stupid because it is all like, "negative humor!!! Hooray!!!" And My Life Is G is all like "I had an awesome day today. Here's why. Hooray!!!" That is WAY more productive, nice, and overall awesomer than F My Life, because it's all like, celebrate the joys. But NOOOOO. It's freaking NOT THERE ANYMORE because admins somewhere are really STUPID and not publishing good STORIES. I hate this. But, unfortunately, I have to go put on proper shoes for a four-hour dance rehearsal. This is brilliant. Just brilliant. I'll probably post tomorrow. But still. Spread the love!

halloooo!

I had no time to do anything except what was already planned this weekend. It was the worst thing ever. I had rehearsal and babysitting and I had to go to church and I had to go to this really, really long girl scout meeting about the Switzerland trip that we are going to do next year. It was interesting, but the leader of the troop that was telling us about it talked SO FREAKING MUCH! It was crazy. Anyway, I have rehearsal for like four hours today. This is going to be SO MUCH FUN! Not. The show goes up next week, so it's understandable, but still. It stinks. We did costumes on Saturday, and my Office Girl dress is the most unflattering thing ever. But, they all are. And the flapper dresses are really cool. They're all homemade, I think. We're borrowing a lot of the costumes from the school that won the regional award for the best costumes for the same show a couple of years ago. But not all the costumes are borrowed from the other school. I brought in this dress that I made for this 20's day thing in 7th grade that I made for extra credit. So it works. Hooray! Anyhoo, my flapper dress is dark brown with this gold- tan fringe. It is a very weird color, but whatever. Apparently brown looks good on me. I really have no idea why. But apparently it does.

EPIC WIN!

So my TA opened Secret Santa presents today. We couldn't when we were originally going to because there were three extra days of break because of the snow, so we decided to do it today instead. Friday TAs are the fun ones, so it worked. My Secret Santa gave me the best present in the WORLD: a Captain Jack Sparrow (yes, Captain) doll that she had made herself. It was the BEST THING EVER. I'm not kidding. Even though it wasn't a spitting image of him, it didn't really matter, because the whole thing was hand made so it all worked. EPIC WIN! So in other news, we had a two hour delay today, so I actually got to sleep in for a change. Because of that and I went to bed kind of early, I was able to get like ten hours of sleep and actually grow a bit. So that was kind of awesome. With the character shoes on and everything, I think I am one of the tallest people in the cast of our musical. Hooray! Our show goes up in two weeks. AIEEE! I hope we can be ready by then. I don't know if we'll be able to. But it will hopefully work out all right and then everything will be cool.

sigh.

I hate being so tired. It's always so miserable and tiresome and depressing all the time, even though it's sunny today, it's not doing a lot for my mood. I can't sleep yet because I have rehearsal. I tried to go to sleep early last night, but I forgot to go to take a shower til like ten, which is the normal time I go, so I didn't get to bed til like eleven. Life sucks with chronic not-enough-sleep-ness. Note to self: go to bed early tonight over pain of death and misery! I'm not entirely sure that will work, but whatever. The extra exclamation points should do it... not. Anyway, I really need the sleep. I think it's just habit that I don't go to bed til like eleven even though I really need to go earlier. I really want to sleep more, but it's a vicious cycle: I wake up tired, so I drink coffee, but then I have to stay at school an extra three hours, so I hang out on the computer at home longer, so I get to bed later, and also because I'm still caffinated, so I sleep less, so I wake up tired so I can do it all again. I don't know what else to do except force myself to get off the computer. I my dad agreed to force me to get off the computer at 9:30 tonight so I could get to bed earlier, but I'm not entirely sure whether he actually will or not. I doubt it. But it could work. PLEASE LET IT WORK! I really need to stop talking to myself. Another thing on the List of Stuff I Should Probably Do. Sigh. I hate high school.

life

So anyway, I'm bored. What an amazing piece of information. I've only said that about a million other times.

But rehearsal is taking over my life. Seriously. I have it three hours a day, six days this week. Next week it's between three and four hours, six days, and then the week after it's five hours for the first three days and then the show goes up. I like being in shows, but I hate the part where you have to rehearse constantly for the last three weeks before the show goes up. It's seriously the most annoying thing ever. I love it but I hate it. It's one of those complicated things that a lot of people don't really get why people do them but they do them anyway, you know?

Anyway, it is also hard to believe that I have been blogging for almost a year now. I really can't believe it. I started this on a whim and now look at it. Wow.

I also am always really tired because I never get enough sleep. It's one of the annoying things about being in a musical-you always get home late so then you always stay up late and always try to sleep in and then you're almost late for school. It really stinks. Even though there are a million things against being in a musical, I still really love it. I really don't know why. But I do. It's awesome.

And now I have to go to class. Great.

post number 300

Wow. 300 posts already? That's amazing. I really didn't think I'd make it that far. I'm serious.

Anyway, in other news, today we're probably going to be performing the condensed Shakespeare plays that we had to write in English class. My group is doing Romeo and Juliet. I'm Romeo. And Capulet. And one of the narrators. I get to be a dramatic brat and sing to one of my friends! Yay!

Anyway, I'm psyched to FINALLY get to go to creative writing, aka next block. I love it because it's such a small class and we basically get to do whatever we want in terms of writing. It's not really structured, which is what I love about it. In middle school classes, we'd have to do a poetry unit and then do a short fiction unit and lots of other boring things and not be able to do the type of stuff we wanted when we wanted to do it, and we'd have to follow the teacher in whatever they decided, and never be allowed to see the same characters twice, plus there would be like 20 people in the class instead of 3, so it would just be more annoying. So that's why I like my current creative writing class, to which I am going in about twenty minutes. YAY!

Post Number 299

Well, I'm back at school. It's kind of weird to be back. And there's the fact that I have to give out all of my teacher gifts today and tomorrow because I wasn't able to in December because of the snow days. So it's kind of awkward.

And I also have a THREE HOUR REHEARSAL today, which is even LESS fun than coming back to school. I'll have the chance to dance in the new character shoes that I got in New York, though, so that's good.

Being in New York was really fun. I got to see my cousin, whom I hadn't seen since 2008. So it was cool to see him. We also saw "Wicked" and "Shrek." They were both really good. I really couldn't say which was better. They were both AWESOME. I liked this one song from "Shrek" that was called "Who I'd Be." It's the song right before intermission, and it's also the sort of song that is the ballad sung by the seemingly-invincible character, in this case, Shrek. But Donkey and Fiona come in near the end. I loved it. I currently have the entire "Shrek" Soundtrack on my iPod. I know. I liked it that much. I already have all the good "Wicked" songs on my iPod, so I don't really need to buy any more. But the entire "Shrek" soundtrack was good, so I bought the whole album. GO ME!

We also went to Dylan's Candy Bar, the M&Ms World, the Hershey's Store, Bloomingdale's, and Borders, even though we didn't buy anything at the last two. Bloomingdale's was my mom's idea. I already have all the clothes I need, thanks to Christmas. And I am also a true chorus kid: I didn't get the Shrek T-Shirt, baseball cap, coffee mug, or even the souvenir program thing. No, I really am a true chorus nerd, because I got Shrek: the Musical: The Song Book.

I know I'm weird. But I don't care.

my life would suck without you

Guess this means you're sorry
You're standing at my door
Guess this means you take back
All you said before
Like how much you wanted
Anyone but me
Said you'd never come back
But here you are again

'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you

Maybe I was stupid for telling you goodbye
Maybe I was wrong for tryin' to pick a fight
I know that I've got issues
But you're pretty messed up too
Either way, I found out I'm nothing without you

'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you

Being with you
Is so disfunctional
I really shouldn't miss you
But I can’t let you go
Oh yeah

'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you

'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you

hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy New year!!!!!!