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!

post number i don't care

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!!!