Okay, from this point on, today is not my day. For one thing, it's raining. Rain isn't fun. Okay, it is fun some of the time. But not today. For another thing, I'm hungry, and I don't have any single dollars so I can't go and get something from the vending machine. Nor do I have any spare change. Then there's the fact that I'm just tired. Then there's also the fact that I was late to chemistry this morning, which is really not fun. Then there is the fact that my alarm clock is really annoying, even though I've only been using the alarm this week. Then there's the fact that I can't find my ancient civ notebook, which all but means that I am going to fail the quarter if it stays lost. But the thing is, I've looked in all the possible places, and it's not there. Then there is the other fact that I have tae kwon do today, and I really don't want to go. Then there is the other fact that I have started being a neat freak like my mom, which is very scary.
I do not WANT to be like my mother. Being like my mother is very scary. It is one of the last things on my List of Things I Want to Be, right down there with "dead" and "a zombie" and "constantly writing essays." I hate writing essays. Especially essays on topics like crabs or zombies or writing essays.
I have nothing against my mom. It is just I would hate to be like her when I grow up. And people say we're alike. AIEE!!! GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!
Really. My mom can be a control freak. And very annoying. Often at the same time. I have told her several times when she is doing something that's annoying and/ or embarrassing. But later on when it is just us, she says that it's embarrassing when I tell her that she's being annoying. Like I wasn't embarrassed at ALL whenever she told me off in public when I was a kid. Kids, in all reality, TOTALLY don't feel stuff like that. Nope. Who are we kidding?
Not.
Thanks, mom.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
i fail at nanowrimo
Well, as most of you probably know, November is NaNoWriMo, and I am totally failing at it. I have not written anything novel-worthy in the last two weeks, nor have I had any time to do so.
So I fail at that.
FYI.
New post!
So I fail at that.
FYI.
New post!
time flies
Yes, I know I didn't post yesterday. Lots of hectic things were going on. Anyway, exactly a year ago yesterday I cut my hair for Locks of Love. Exactly a year ago today, I walked into school with hair above my collarbone for the first time since the beginning of fifth grade. I don't know how I remember these things. Okay, I do. I programmed the anniversary of the donation on my phone. It's not really hard to forget anyway, as it's Veteran's Day. Anyway, now my hair is even shorter and more spastic, but I sometimes really miss having the long hair. You can do more with it. I like this hair, but still. It never stays when I try to pull it back and I can't do anything to it except wash it and brush it and wish it would grow out faster. Hopefully I won't have to bob it for the musical, because then it would never grow out in time for swim season, which would mean that it would be the biggest hassle in the world to get it into the swim cap, which means I would never be able to finish warm ups. Not that I ever finish warm ups or anything. But still.
It seems that all the people I know who have had long hair have donated it. Well, not everyone. But a lot of people. But it used to be that practically everyone in my group of friends at school had long hair, and now only one long-haired person is left, and she's going to donate soon. That would make four of us. One girl had hair down to her butt. It was insane. She had it that long for the longest time (hahahahahaha!!) but then she donated before eighth grade. And then I donated last year, and then my other friend donated not long after. All the rest of the group have cut their hair through middle school and high school. And now one is left. And it is very sad.
Okay, that's all I have to say for now.
It seems that all the people I know who have had long hair have donated it. Well, not everyone. But a lot of people. But it used to be that practically everyone in my group of friends at school had long hair, and now only one long-haired person is left, and she's going to donate soon. That would make four of us. One girl had hair down to her butt. It was insane. She had it that long for the longest time (hahahahahaha!!) but then she donated before eighth grade. And then I donated last year, and then my other friend donated not long after. All the rest of the group have cut their hair through middle school and high school. And now one is left. And it is very sad.
Okay, that's all I have to say for now.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
WAHOO!!!!!!
Okay, I know that this is fairly belated, but I don't really care right now.
Better late than never, I guess.
So here is my AWESOME news: I HAVE A NAME IN THE MUSICAL! YAAAAY!
My name is Mathilde. I'm amazed I spelled that right. Anyway, I'm pretty sure our chorus teacher/ director made her up, but I don't really care. The point is, it's better than being just Jet Girl # 3. And definitely better than being Office Girl # 856. I probably won't have any lines, because number one, I'm technically a figment of the director's imagination, and number two, I was the last person on the list who had a name. As in, the next person's name on the list was under the heading of "female ensemble." And the cast list is order of importance. Millie was first. Jimmy was second. You get the point.
But either way, it's a lot cooler to have a name and be ensemble than it is to be just ensemble. Anyway, it should be more fun to be a sort-of ensemble person in "Millie" than it was to be an ensemble person in "West Side Story," because only the really important people get to do any significant amount of dancing and/ or singing in "West Side."
But in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" it seems that a lot of the extras get to do dancing and singing and stuff as well. And for this musical, it actually seems easier to be an extra, because, well, I don't know about you, but I'd find it kind of hard to belt a song at a hundred miles an hour while tap dancing. But that's just me.
Better late than never, I guess.
So here is my AWESOME news: I HAVE A NAME IN THE MUSICAL! YAAAAY!
My name is Mathilde. I'm amazed I spelled that right. Anyway, I'm pretty sure our chorus teacher/ director made her up, but I don't really care. The point is, it's better than being just Jet Girl # 3. And definitely better than being Office Girl # 856. I probably won't have any lines, because number one, I'm technically a figment of the director's imagination, and number two, I was the last person on the list who had a name. As in, the next person's name on the list was under the heading of "female ensemble." And the cast list is order of importance. Millie was first. Jimmy was second. You get the point.
But either way, it's a lot cooler to have a name and be ensemble than it is to be just ensemble. Anyway, it should be more fun to be a sort-of ensemble person in "Millie" than it was to be an ensemble person in "West Side Story," because only the really important people get to do any significant amount of dancing and/ or singing in "West Side."
But in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" it seems that a lot of the extras get to do dancing and singing and stuff as well. And for this musical, it actually seems easier to be an extra, because, well, I don't know about you, but I'd find it kind of hard to belt a song at a hundred miles an hour while tap dancing. But that's just me.
Monday, November 9, 2009
So anyway....
Well, now that I am done ranting about how annoying it is that our chorus teacher/ musical director hasn't put up the freaking cast lists yet, it's time to turn to What Happened Over the Weekend.
So I went to District auditions. I was there for over two hours, and it was really boring. The good thing was that a few of my friends were there too, and we were all at almost the end of our section lists, so we were all there for a really long time.
So then I went to Fall Formal.
I hung out at my friend's house first though. It was really fun. We played some sort of Mario Kart racing thing on her Wii. I was terrible at it, because I'm used to the classic controller, not the awesome motion-sensitive wheel that the Wii has for such games. So I was terrible at it.
Anyway, then we changed into our dresses and then took a bunch of pictures and then left. The dance was pretty fun, except for the part where I couldn't lose my somewhat socially awkward guy friend who kept hinting that he wanted to dance with me but I didn't really want to dance with him. Like, slow dance, I think. But as he didn't actually say it, I couldn't actually tell him no without it being really awkward. And I didn't want to hurt his feelings. I'm okay with spazz dancing near him, but I do NOT want to slow dance with him. No offense to him. But still.
I tried to lose him in the crowd several times, but when I got out of the crowd to get water/air/un-sweaty, he would find me two seconds later. It was fun hanging out with him at the beginning, but by the end, I was really bored of hanging out with him constantly for two and a half hours with him trying to flirt (I think.). I felt kind of bad, trying to ditch him, though. I'm pretty sure he like-likes me, and I feel really bad for not like-liking him back, and I feel kind of bad for trying to go hang out with some of my other friends, like the ones I was in the car with on the ride to the dance, but I couldn't find them anywhere and the awkward friend wouldn't leave me alone.
Okay, he'd leave me alone, but after a few minutes he'd come and find me again, wherever I was, which was crazy.
It was really annoying.
He should be one of the tracking people for the FBI.
Next year, I'm either not going at all, not going if he's going, or going and then refusing to let some of my other friends out of my sight. Hopefully I'll be able to do the last one. I think it should be fairly successful, depending on how big the crowd is once we get there. But it should be able to go fairly well.
Oh crud.
The Awkward Friend is in my next class. Great. Brilliant. He's probably going to try to talk to me, and I'm probably going to try to ignore him, and then I'm probably going to hurt his feelings, and then I'm gonna feel really bad.
ARGH!!!!
I hate it when this sort of thing happens.
Okay, my free block is almost over.
Oh great.
I left my notebook for next class at home. Or I can't find it. I can't remember which. Brilliant!
So I went to District auditions. I was there for over two hours, and it was really boring. The good thing was that a few of my friends were there too, and we were all at almost the end of our section lists, so we were all there for a really long time.
So then I went to Fall Formal.
I hung out at my friend's house first though. It was really fun. We played some sort of Mario Kart racing thing on her Wii. I was terrible at it, because I'm used to the classic controller, not the awesome motion-sensitive wheel that the Wii has for such games. So I was terrible at it.
Anyway, then we changed into our dresses and then took a bunch of pictures and then left. The dance was pretty fun, except for the part where I couldn't lose my somewhat socially awkward guy friend who kept hinting that he wanted to dance with me but I didn't really want to dance with him. Like, slow dance, I think. But as he didn't actually say it, I couldn't actually tell him no without it being really awkward. And I didn't want to hurt his feelings. I'm okay with spazz dancing near him, but I do NOT want to slow dance with him. No offense to him. But still.
I tried to lose him in the crowd several times, but when I got out of the crowd to get water/air/un-sweaty, he would find me two seconds later. It was fun hanging out with him at the beginning, but by the end, I was really bored of hanging out with him constantly for two and a half hours with him trying to flirt (I think.). I felt kind of bad, trying to ditch him, though. I'm pretty sure he like-likes me, and I feel really bad for not like-liking him back, and I feel kind of bad for trying to go hang out with some of my other friends, like the ones I was in the car with on the ride to the dance, but I couldn't find them anywhere and the awkward friend wouldn't leave me alone.
Okay, he'd leave me alone, but after a few minutes he'd come and find me again, wherever I was, which was crazy.
It was really annoying.
He should be one of the tracking people for the FBI.
Next year, I'm either not going at all, not going if he's going, or going and then refusing to let some of my other friends out of my sight. Hopefully I'll be able to do the last one. I think it should be fairly successful, depending on how big the crowd is once we get there. But it should be able to go fairly well.
Oh crud.
The Awkward Friend is in my next class. Great. Brilliant. He's probably going to try to talk to me, and I'm probably going to try to ignore him, and then I'm probably going to hurt his feelings, and then I'm gonna feel really bad.
ARGH!!!!
I hate it when this sort of thing happens.
Okay, my free block is almost over.
Oh great.
I left my notebook for next class at home. Or I can't find it. I can't remember which. Brilliant!
ARGH!!!
So today's supposed to be one of those annoying days where you find out whether or not you got into what you spent a million hours auditioning for. I already found out about Districts, but the musical cast list isn't up yet, and it's bugging the crud out of me. I want to know how I did, gosh darn it!
Okay, so they probably won't say how I DID, but still. I want to know whether I got a decent part or not. Not likely, but still. I could have gotten the part of like Office Girl #852 or something for all I care, but I don't right now. At least I would KNOW. The suspense is KILLING me here! HURRY UP!
Of course, knowing our chorus teacher, he'd probably post the list at like 4:02 or something, meaning there'd be a huge traffic jam at the three locations they're typically posted to try to see who got what part and then everyone would miss their bus. Except for me, because I walk. Anyway, it's really annoying. REALLY annoying.
I don't deal with suspense well. Can you tell? GAH!
For some reason or another, lack of information about cast lists always bugs me more than something like lack of information about who got into Districts. Maybe it's because I like singing and dancing and being onstage more than just plain singing. I really have no idea.
Either way, he had BETTER get the cast list up soon or else!!
Okay, so they probably won't say how I DID, but still. I want to know whether I got a decent part or not. Not likely, but still. I could have gotten the part of like Office Girl #852 or something for all I care, but I don't right now. At least I would KNOW. The suspense is KILLING me here! HURRY UP!
Of course, knowing our chorus teacher, he'd probably post the list at like 4:02 or something, meaning there'd be a huge traffic jam at the three locations they're typically posted to try to see who got what part and then everyone would miss their bus. Except for me, because I walk. Anyway, it's really annoying. REALLY annoying.
I don't deal with suspense well. Can you tell? GAH!
For some reason or another, lack of information about cast lists always bugs me more than something like lack of information about who got into Districts. Maybe it's because I like singing and dancing and being onstage more than just plain singing. I really have no idea.
Either way, he had BETTER get the cast list up soon or else!!
poop.
Well, after a solid week of practicing, I didn't get into district choir. The "Millie" lists have yet to be put up, but I'm not hopeful. I know that I did a lot better than last year, but, unfortunately, my chorus teacher just showed us a list of who got in and who didn't, and didn't tell us what the score cut off was for altos. So here I am, feeling kind of annoyed. My score was 148, which is either double or almost double the score I got last year. I forget what I got last year. I just remember I was fifteen points out of districts last year. I think it was like a seventy something. Don't quote me on that, though.
Okay, I have got to go. There is this crazy thing called gym class that I have to go to, as much as I hate it.
Okay, I have got to go. There is this crazy thing called gym class that I have to go to, as much as I hate it.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
my english teacher is the coolest person ever.
My English teacher has just assigned the AWESOMEST homework in the history of awesome homeworks. Yes, I know that "awesomest" and "homeworks" aren't words, but I DON'T REALLY CARE RIGHT NOW!!! This homework is officially amazing. It's a long story about how the assignment works, but it involves IMing people. Since none of my friends have IM (well, some of them do, but none of them are in my English class), my friend and I are going to do it in Gmail Chat. The only annoying part is the actual discussion. There's a prize for the pair with the best set. The assignment is basically to IM (or Facebook or Gmail or whatever) another person in the class and have a discussion about all the characters that we've encountered in the bazillion readings that we have done and what they believe in. This is based off of her last assignment, which was to go onto the website This I Believe (you can go there here) and print out your favorite essay of the selection they have. The stuff on This I Believe is basically what people believe in. For example, one of the essays is called "Be cool to the Pizza delivery dude" and Bill Gates did one on creativity and how it's affected him in his Microsoft-ness.
Anyway, I'm going to go now.
Anyway, I'm going to go now.
Well, then.
Well, we got a free block from Chemistry. Funny thing is, none of us knew about it until the teacher actually came in and said, "oh, you guys have a free block." The other funny thing is that he came in 14 minutes late, and as anyone who goes to my school knows, if a teacher doesn't come for fifteen minutes after a class starts, all the kids automatically get a free block. So he came after 14 minutes and we all groaned, and then he told us we had a free block, so it was all good.
So then I came here after a while.
And then I had to wait for seriously about ten minutes before I was able to pull up any sort of internet browser thing. That's the annoying thing about school internet. It always takes forever to upload.
So here I am.
The musical auditions are today. I'm kind of nervous. At least I'm more prepared with my song, practice wise, than I was last year. Last year I sang "on my own" from Les Miserables, and it totally failed. I know the song by heart off the recording of like the Live Concert 25th Anniversary or something, but I totally fail at karaoke without the words in front of me, so I totally failed at the audition. In short, my timing is terrible.
But this year I actually prepared, partially because my mom made me and partially because I have realized that a better audition means PRACTICING first.
Plus I found the CD that goes with this Teen's Musical Theater Collection book I own (I'm pretty sure that's what it's called. Something like that, anyway.). The book has the lyrics and the notes and everything, but it also has the piano part. So the CD is helpful for auditions because you know what it sounds like first.
I'm probably going to do better this year, because
1. I prepared.
2. I know what's going on.
3. I'm not totally dependent on the fact that I know the song from memory.
4. I'm wearing my lucky jeans.
I didn't even have the lucky jeans last year, because they didn't exist.
They're a pair of typical, light-wash jeans from Wet Seal, except you'll never find this pair at Wet Seal, because I got the entire cast (or most of it, anyway) of last year's musical, West Side Story, to sign them in different colors of Sharpie.
So I should be good.
District auditions are on Saturday. I'm nervous, but, once again, I prepared better, I'm probably going to get in.
last year I was out by fifteen points.
SINGING ROCKS!!!
By the way, the musical this year is "Thoroughly Modern Millie." And I'm singing "I could have danced all night" from "My Fair Lady."
YAY BROADWAY!!!
all right, nobody talk to me about Broadway or Beethoven until Monday. Maybe Tuesday. It depends on when callbacks are and when the cast list goes up. I don't even know if I'm getting a callback yet, but you never know.
I'm going now.
So then I came here after a while.
And then I had to wait for seriously about ten minutes before I was able to pull up any sort of internet browser thing. That's the annoying thing about school internet. It always takes forever to upload.
So here I am.
The musical auditions are today. I'm kind of nervous. At least I'm more prepared with my song, practice wise, than I was last year. Last year I sang "on my own" from Les Miserables, and it totally failed. I know the song by heart off the recording of like the Live Concert 25th Anniversary or something, but I totally fail at karaoke without the words in front of me, so I totally failed at the audition. In short, my timing is terrible.
But this year I actually prepared, partially because my mom made me and partially because I have realized that a better audition means PRACTICING first.
Plus I found the CD that goes with this Teen's Musical Theater Collection book I own (I'm pretty sure that's what it's called. Something like that, anyway.). The book has the lyrics and the notes and everything, but it also has the piano part. So the CD is helpful for auditions because you know what it sounds like first.
I'm probably going to do better this year, because
1. I prepared.
2. I know what's going on.
3. I'm not totally dependent on the fact that I know the song from memory.
4. I'm wearing my lucky jeans.
I didn't even have the lucky jeans last year, because they didn't exist.
They're a pair of typical, light-wash jeans from Wet Seal, except you'll never find this pair at Wet Seal, because I got the entire cast (or most of it, anyway) of last year's musical, West Side Story, to sign them in different colors of Sharpie.
So I should be good.
District auditions are on Saturday. I'm nervous, but, once again, I prepared better, I'm probably going to get in.
last year I was out by fifteen points.
SINGING ROCKS!!!
By the way, the musical this year is "Thoroughly Modern Millie." And I'm singing "I could have danced all night" from "My Fair Lady."
YAY BROADWAY!!!
all right, nobody talk to me about Broadway or Beethoven until Monday. Maybe Tuesday. It depends on when callbacks are and when the cast list goes up. I don't even know if I'm getting a callback yet, but you never know.
I'm going now.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
oooh yeah!!!
And exactly two years ago today, I was on Broadway. Yes, THAT Broadway. The one with the amazingly amazing plays and musicals and stuff.
It was with a Girl Scout thing. The show was Rent. The experience was awesome. I LOVE BROADWAY!!!!
It was with a Girl Scout thing. The show was Rent. The experience was awesome. I LOVE BROADWAY!!!!
oooh yeah.
By the way...
Happy NaNoWriMo!!!!
NAtional
NOvel
WRIters
MOnth.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY for nanowrimo!
Happy NaNoWriMo!!!!
NAtional
NOvel
WRIters
MOnth.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY for nanowrimo!
Okay. Here I am. Finally.
Yes, I know, it's been a while. I officially fail at posting consistently.
Anway, Halloween was okay. I got to sort of trick or treat, because my friend wasn't feeling great so I went to a few houses for her before going to her house and watching "The Princess Bride" and laughing at all the funny parts, especially at the end of the iocane sequence. The one with Vizzini and Wesley and the wine. The one who was always yelling "inconceivable".
And his last line was after Wesley was like, "you guessed wrong." And Vizzini was like, "you only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this: Never Go in Against a Sicilian When Death is on the Line! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" *dead*. Best. Death. Ever.
YAAAY!
Done with that for now.
Anway, Halloween was okay. I got to sort of trick or treat, because my friend wasn't feeling great so I went to a few houses for her before going to her house and watching "The Princess Bride" and laughing at all the funny parts, especially at the end of the iocane sequence. The one with Vizzini and Wesley and the wine. The one who was always yelling "inconceivable".
And his last line was after Wesley was like, "you guessed wrong." And Vizzini was like, "you only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this: Never Go in Against a Sicilian When Death is on the Line! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" *dead*. Best. Death. Ever.
YAAAY!
Done with that for now.
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