There Will Be Blood

I just saw it on YouTube (In fifteen 10:44 minute increments) and it's officially on my infamous List of Favorite Movies. Sure, it's about two and a half hours long, and Daniel Day Lewis DID beat Johnny Depp in the 2007 Academy Awards for Best Actor in the year I was all Sweeney Todd...

But it was pretty epic. I'm not sure which part I liked better: the Oil Derrick Fire or the finale ("I drink your milkshake!!!") Probably something that I'd buy sometime if I randomly had the money...and my mom. Apparently it's R and as I learned with Sweeney Todd I can't buy R movies. At least at Wal*Mart. The people at Hot Topic seemed pretty dead-set on selling me a copy last year.

Appropriate chatspeak for today?

And it couldn't be here sooner.

Ice Dance

Did not turn out well.

At all.

Even if people claim it did.

Haiku Time

O no Internet!
It does make me very sad
To be without you.

Piano crunch

That's what tomorrow will be. Apparently, I have to have my talent show piece memorized, and the performance is Thursday night, sooo...

I have a plan of attack. I'm going to study the music tonight before I got to bed so as to possibly infuse it into my mind. In the morning, if I have time, I'm going to play it before I get on the bus. The music is coming to school with me, and I'm going to ask my band director if she'll let me have one day to work on it with her keyboard (I'll bring headphones). She's really excited about the competition and hopes that I get first or something, so I'm really hoping she'll channel that (along with the "I already know all your music") into giving me the day.

When I get home, you know what's going to happen before and after Musical Theatre? You guessed it: piano. Apply the "study" factor tomorrow night, and play through it several times on Thursday.

Presto, instant piano cramming.

Gaaandalf!

Oscar Results

I feel like a bit of an idiot. The only Oscars that I predicted correctly were:

Actor in a Leading Role: NOT Brad Pitt
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Documentary Short: Smile Pinki
Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger
Live Action Short: Spielzeugland
Costume Design: The Duchess
Animated Film: Wall-E

Seven. That's actually not bad. I'm especially happy about Slumdog, Smile Pinki, and Heath Ledger.

I did think that the acceptance speeches for Milk were especially good, my favorite being adapted screenplay. Hopefully it'll be on YouTube sometime.

Oscar Hopes/Predictions

The Oscars are tomorrow, so here's who I hope wins based on reviews and plots, since I haven't seen many of them from '08. These are not legitimate predictions.

Actor in a Leading Role: Not sure, but probably not Brad Pitt for Benjamin Button
Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, Dark Knight or Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Actress in a Leading Role: Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Actress in a Supporting Role: Amy Adams, Doubt
Animated Film: Wall-E
Art Direction: The Duchess
Cinematography: No opinion
Costume Design: Australia or The Duchess
Directing: Benjamin Button
Documentary: The Betrayal
Documentary Short: Either Smile Pinki or The Conscience of Nhem En
Film Editing: No opinion
Foreign Language: The Class
Makeup: Dark Knight
Music (Score): No opinion
Original Song: No opinion
Animated Short: This Way Up
Live Action Short: Spielzeugland
Sound Editing: Wall-E
Sound Mixing: No opinion
Visual Effects: Iron Man
Adapted Writing: Doubt
Original Writing: No opinion
Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire

Agree? Disagree? Well I suppose we'll find out tomorrow.

Blog365: Day 51

The weekend could not get here any quicker! Today was a little hectic at school, but simmered down by fourth period. Still, I was completely ready to come back home.

I spent the afternoon attempting to write my latest fanfiction (Which I have finished the prologue to and have begun writing the first chapter) and IMing Aubrey and Maya, who are also fanfiction-ing away. Tomorrow I'm going to the 2nd YTHC workshop---after this there'll be one more and then auditions!

Video

Youtube didn't do a good job of copying the quality, but I suppose it's okay. Special thanks to Iris and Jutta for helping with the translations!

Done!

That's what my German project is right now.

It took a little over an hour and a half to get it fully burned and not stuck in my computer, but it looks great. I have my little paragraph written out and everything. In the morning, I'm going to take a sharpie and just write "Schwimmen!" on the front cover of the DVD, that being the title of the movie.

I'll be posting it soon, and in the next week or so I'll hopefully have an English-dubbed version up.

Freaked much?

Tomorrow I have algebra (Which is altogether not fun) and a physics test that I'm not at all prepared for. After school, I have to JUMP on my German project, as it's due on Thursday and I just found out that I have all these holes poked into it. I'm really nervous about how it's going to turn out, cause it just doesn't seem to fit the criteria very well. I mean, yeah, the movie itself is great. But it's more of a me-thing than something I'm doing for a fourth of my grade.

Then I have Musical Theatre (Which is getting easier) and go over my orchestra music for Thursday evening. So yeah, tomorrow is kind of going to be hell in a handbasket. I wish I could stay home and just get some stuff DONE.

I could use another day of weekend

But I think I'm okay for school tomorrow. I mostly just want to sleep in again, and I also want to finish my German project, which is coming along quite well.

I also need to clean my room. Again, that can wait. And laundry...I should probably do some of that in the morning if I have any time.

Glad there's another day of weekend

Because I honestly don't know what I'd be doing if I had school tomorrow. I've been at my computer nearly all day today, and not posting, IMing, or writing fanfiction (Though I did drag Aubrey in IM along). Rather, I was working on my German project. I have to make a video that's between 6 to 10 minutes long, and I've mostly finished mine. All the film is in place, as is the music. All I need to do is make two dubbings: a German for my entry, and an English for myself (and for YouTube, although my latest favorite YouTuber speaks German).

I need to clean up my room and do all my recording tomorrow, as well as fitting in a four-hour rehearsal. Then there's the whole practicing bassoon and filling out my practice time sheet, and I've been meaning to watch Edward Scissorhands for awhile.

I'll get started now: time for Edward.

Happy Valentine's Day

Nothing happened today that was of much interest. I went to a four-hour rehearsal, ate some chocolate (Thank you mom & dad, Katie, and "Haldir"!) and IMed Aubrey. I think that I might have would up setting off a chain mail for today, but I doubt it'll go viral.

As for you, my readers---love you all. Yes, even the ones that I don't know. I'm "72% sure that I love you."

A papercut.

That's what I got for Valentine's Day. Yes, school decided that we needed to make it a public affair again, so this is V-Day: Part One.

This is by far my least favorite holiday.

Wie ist das Wetter heute?

Sehr warm für die Winterzeit!

But now I need to memorize 10 lines of German weather that's simply talking about the weather of Dublin. I could probably memorize the weather itself easier and translate it, but I might not. So I'll take a few minutes and roleplay instead.

Late Night

It's 10:10 and I'm waiting for Aubrey to read this one-chapter fanfiction I just wrote. Normally, I'd post it here, but it's based on a roleplay so chances are nobody would really get it...which, thus, would ruin the point.

Op. Aubrey finished it. I best go see what she thinks.

2nd bassoons, play!

No, I still remain 1st (and only) bassoon in orchestra and band, but we DID get a 2nd bassoon! Apparently, the middle school owns one, and the only reason I didn't know about it was because my band teacher figured that after years of not being played, it would be uber-damaged. It wasn't---it's absolutely beautiful. The keys are shiny and don't stick. The sound is clear and crisp, with a nice vibrato. And it's the most gorgeous shade of dark cherry I've ever seen.

I attempted taking a MySpace mirror shot, but my camera died before I could get a good picture. Therefore, here's a suck-tacular one I took with the computer's webcam:



It's going to be strange going to the bus tomorrow and only have to carry my reed and bocal. Strange, but nice!

Blog365: Day 40

Today I did my homework in Mom's room, with her helping me on direct variation (Algebra has been confusing recently and I've personally been hating it) and finally filling out a form that will let us check out the middle school bassoon so that I don't have to drag the high school bassoon back and forth. Now, I finished cleaning my room and am watching some of Prince of Egypt to wind down. All in all, a fairly good yet boring day.

The regionals report...

...is on my mom's blog. I have footage, but I want to cut around my movie before posting any here. I finished all filming for that tonight, by the way, and just need a picture from each of the other people in Mike's 200 medley relay team.

For now, I have a bit of German homework. And some band.

Regionals report tomorrow

When I don't feel so fried. For now, here's "Lothlorien" from the West End production of Lord of the Rings, which I have been listening to a lot recently:



Michael Rouse (Legolas---first soloist) now sits comfortably alongside Craig Parker and Amy Lee in my List of People I Could Listen To All Day.

Regionals

Today was day one of swim regionals! I think I got a lot of filming done, and will do more tomorrow. I'll transfer it to my computer in the morning, as I'm so tired...even though I did nothing all day but listen to my iPod on Shuffle, eat crap, film, and scream "GO MIKE!" or "GO MACY!" or Thomas or Matt or whoever at the top of my lungs.

C is for cookie

Every night before Youth Orchestra, mom and I go to Panera for dinner. I ordered my usual (chicken noodle soup, Jones root beer, and french bread slice) and sat down with a magazine. A voice came on the intercom, sounding rather Germanic at first.

"Iiiiiiiiit's cookie time! There are some fresh baked cookies that are 99 cents. First one to the cash register gets one free."

For some odd reason, people weren't racing like I thought they would. I glanced around a good five seconds later...nobody was there. After a little prodding (I was a tad confused) I went up to claim my prize. I think they were relieved to get that finished and accounted for.

The cookie was...huge. Like, the size of a cereal bowl and about a fourth of an inch thick. It was warm, fresh, soft, and chocolate-y---I chose chocolate chip as my flavor. I don't think I've ever had that good a cookie before.

Blog365: Day 35

I have two tests tomorrow, both in subjects that I actually have to really have to think in (German and Science---we're doing PHYSICS). And I hate physics. Because it involves math, and I typically have two hours of math every other day, and I don't particularly want a third hour.

I would much rather be posting as my dear Elves or sleeping, but I have to stay up and memorize formula's and vocabulary words. Ughhh.

EDITED TO ADD: It's 9:47, and I finished studying about 3 minutes ago. I understand it about as well as I'm going to, I think. For now, I'm going to post that thing with the Elves, so if you're reading this, Aubrey...it'll be beastly.

Animal Crossing: School Life

This morning at school felt like a big episode of Animal Crossing. And I'm not kidding.

First, during homeroom, I needed to renew a couple of books that became overdue because of the ice days. And so, I go to the library. The following scene begins:

Librarian- Okay, due on the 18th.

Me- Thanks. (Walks out)

Librarian- Annabelle, wait! (I come back in) Can you take this to TEACHER A's room?

Me- ...sure? (Goes back to homeroom. Tells my BAT teacher that I have to go to TEACHER A's room. Goes out to TEACHER A's room.)

TEACHER A- Thanks. Oh, and can you take this to the librarian?

Me- Ooookay. (Goes from TEACHER A's room back to library) Here's the...newspaper, I guess.

Librarian- Thanks.

Me- (Goes back to homeroom)

And I didn't get any Bells out of it, either.

Blog365: Day 33

We had a 2-hour delay today, which made it a little less painful waking up this morning. Tomorrow will be back to 5:45 AM, and right now it's almost 10. I'm afraid I'm falling back into the roleplaying-is-love trap.

Blog365: Day 32

We're 1/12 of the way through 2009! After this month, technically speaking, we'll be 1/6. Two months later, 1/4. How "Slipping Through my Fingers All the Time"-ABBA-Mamma Mia! of us.

Today is the last day of our 6-day, unplanned ice-week. It's really nice inside the house today, so if it could have been like this (Internet, heat, light, etc) the entire time, I think it'd be the best 6 days ever.

However, today is the day to do all the stuff I've put off since...Monday. That is, if you'll pardon another one of my infamous lists:

- Do my German homework (some cornell notes...I hate cornell notes)
- Bassoon, as its been too cold to do so comfortably for quite some time
- Clean my room
- Finish reading Fellowship of the Ring and How to be Popular

February's NaBloPoMo theme this month is "want". Therefore, here's a list of what I want to do, but sadly can't:

- Roleplay
- Watch Lord of the Rings, Breakfast Club, or Mamma Mia!
- Keep reading this amazing Sweeney Todd fanfiction Aubrey found

And I usually am not a fan of fanfiction, especially for Sweeney Todd. It all seems to just be "Ohhhh Mrs. Lovett loves Sweeney so naturally he should love her" and with a flick of a switch and the rattle of some keys typing, volia: Sweeney Todd can be your dream Casanova. (He can also take pity on the Judge, try and break up Johanna and Anthony, or legalize Toby's adoption papers)

The good thing, though, is that there's a 2-hour delay tomorrow. That means that at earliest I have to get up at 7:30 to catch the bus at 9. With that, I can go to bed at 10 tonight at still have 9 1/2 hours. That's more than I typically get when I try and be in bed by 8:30!

It'll be nice being able to see what's outside when I wake up, though. It's pitch black when I catch the bus at 7 most mornings.