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.

TIGHT tights!

Corduroy

At Ann Taylor Loft, I got these three pairs of the same style of corduroy pants. I have them in green, yellow, and red, and I love them. The greens are my favorite, as they were my first pair.

I went over to Katie's yesterday to sleep over, and I wore the yellow pair. That morning, I came back home to shower, and changed into the green pants. That was all fine and dandy...until the seam randomly ripped during dinner. I was going back over to Katie's that evening, so I had no choice but to wear the red ones.

I don't think I've ever worn three pairs of pants on the same day before. Well, now I have.

See the lightbulb?

The electricity came on about twenty minutes ago, after spending 20 hours without Internet, light, or heat. Last night was not what I would call fun.

We planned to escape off to Alabama today, but the power came on just as we were halfway done packing (and actually, I was pretty much done by then). It's kind of bittersweet, I guess. I was really looking forward to not being lodged in a giant block of ice that is Fort Knox.

Content created on Wednesday, serious

My thoughts on this no electricity thing?

"NOOOOO!!"

"Ohhh Baxter"

"You're my little gentleman. I'll take you to foggy London town why? Because you're my little gentleman."

Fort Knox became trapped in a sheet of three-inch thick ice last night, and it's a little dangerous out there. We've heard a couple branches falling, and walking the dog ISN'T fun. We actually just take her out for as short as it takes to get the job done, actually.

It looks like snow, so when I stepped in it (and slipped) it wasn't pleasant. The ice is still coming down, so school is canceled again tomorrow. That's a really good thing---even if the streets are getting a little better, the steps aren't. My bassoon would take me down the ice and then not let me up.

Oh, and as for the quote---we watched Anchorman tonight.

Hoozah!

First school listed on the "School Closings" list is Ft. Knox. Hardin County, LaRue, Jefferson...none of them yet. I think I'm going to laugh incredibly hard if we get off and Hardin county doesn't. That'll show them what it's like to go to school when someone else have a snowday. (No offense to any of my Hardin County friends or reader)

I have some algebra homework I need to do tomorrow, but I think it's going to be really nice just being able to stay home.

Blog365: Day 25

I finished my anthrax project! I'll spare you of a picture (the graphics are kind of disgusting---I'm wondering how I'm going to sleep in the same room as it) and just tell you that the title is "(Not the castle of) Anthrax".

For all of those who are Monty Python fans, you'll get that. For all of those who AREN'T Monty Python fans...well, ask a Monty Python fan.

Over the rainbow

Today was the first YTHC workshop. It was really fun seeing my friends again (And debating who is better---Haldir or Legolas) and trying the different readings out. For instance, I read for Uncle Henry, and I think I did pretty well.

However, I've had "Over the Rainbow" in my head all day. Therefore, here's my favorite version:

Blog365: Day 23

Today was the weekly get-together with Sarah and Katie. Typically, we go over to Katie's house and watch What Not to Wear. We decided to shake things up this time, and so we watched West Side Story. Next week will be Fiddler on the Roof, and over time I'll bring over Les Mis, Phantom, and Cats.

Blog365: Day 22

Awhile back, my friend Matthew and I were voted "Most Likely to Turn in Homework" as part of the Class Favorites for the yearbook. Okay, so it wasn't quite the big deal as "Best Hair" or "Most Stylish," but I was voted something, so that was a change.

Yesterday, they made an announcement that today (Thursday) would be Favorites Picture day. They mentioned that we could bring "appropriate attire" to change into. For "Best Hair," that meant doing your hair all nice and pretty. "Most Stylish" isn't too hard to guess on. I had "Does Homework".

Rather than hiking my pants up four inches and buttoning my polo to the top button, I brought a pair of jeans and a shirt that I really like and think I look really nice, dare I say "hot" in. I wasn't subjecting myself to humiliation.

That apparently went in vain. The photographer (or the Art Teacher, I'm not sure who) had decided on our pose, and there was no negotiating. There was a single piece of paper, the "homework". Matthew and I were to do a tug-of-war over it, because we're obviously so keen on our homework and want to be the first to turn THAT particular paper in!

Well, with one piece of paper, it looks like we're being violent and trying to cheat by stealing the other one's paper. One would normally think that it would be a picture of us doing homework or holding papers that had A+'s on them.

But that's beside the point. My point is that people generally remember the class favorites in their pictures. Never forget Wylder as he climbed to the top of the bleachers while they were stacked up (I saw this, and it was actually kind of funny). Kari and Julian, always seen with a book or some sorts.

Never forget me, fighting over a piece of paper so much that it ripped. According to them, I love my homework that much.

It was mortifying. I'm already enough of a nobody at school, so that picture (in FULL COLOR, mind you, as this yearbook is in color) is not what I need to finish off the school year, nor to be remembered by. You can't see my face, as I had to face Matthew and look incredibly pissed, as to say "That's MY paper! Let me turn it in first! I spent ALLLL night on it, as I have no life!"

I can't wait for middle school to be over.

Outage

We just sat in the dark for about 45 minutes, and it was COLD. Thankfully, at about 9:38 or so, it finally turned back on, and we could all go to bed.

Time for a list

Things that come around every four years:

• The Olympics
  
• Leap Year
  
• Inauguration
  

This year turned out to be the third on the list (Inauguration), and it's the first time I've watched it. It's also the first time I've been consciously aware of it, and another first being the first time I remember being happy about the result.

I was going to post a video of the Bob the Builder theme song because I thought all the "yes we can"s would be fitting now. However, YouTube is down right now (on my computer at least), so I suppose you'll have to manage without.

So here's something else for you:



And yes we did.

Obsessed

It was sad to know that I already had a blog post titled "Obsessed", but nothing else suits the situation. Tonight, I have come up with a new hobby.

Aubrey and I were looking through Google Images (I think glancing at pictures of The Strokes for some reason) and I stumbled across a picture of them at the red carpet:



We weren't terribly impressed.

And so, I spent about thirty minutes flipping through pictures of Evanescence, Green Day, and other people to see how they dress for occasions like that. I came up with better pictures.

Who's doing it right:







If I have nothing to post, I might wind up giving my critique on some red carpet outfit.

Reason 14952 I'm happy there's no school tomorrow:

I'm wasting time watching a 3-hour documentary on Two Towers. That's almost as long as the movie itself!

I pulled out the GameCube for the first time in 6 months. I stayed on "Animal Crossing" for awhile, but did a lot of "Harvest Moon" as well. I wish I had more time to open it up, as I really do like video games and over geek-chic things like that. I probably do have the time, if I think reasonably. I just need to control it better.

Back to my documentary.

Blog365: Day 17

Mom, Dad, and Mike spent a fair chunk of today at the Brown Bear Sprint meet up at Shawnee. I didn't do much while they were away, so maybe you should catch up with them on mom's blog?

Blog365: Day 16

Today wasn't incredibly eventful. However, if I cheat with another one-liner this week, I'm not going to have moral comfort, so I suppose I can probably muster some sort of summary that'll take at least a paragraph or so.

We're doing projects on infectious diseases in science, and today we were in the computer lab. My disease is Anthrax, chosen mostly because of my huge addiction to Monty Python. Fellow fanatics will remember the scene in the Quest for the Holy Grail when Sir Galahad visits Zoot and Dingo at the Castle Anthrax. I'll probably draw from that in my title.

I need to pick one type, though. I'm stuck. Which type of Anthrax is your favorite, inhalation or cutaneous?

No more stitches!

I just got them removed. Blogging from Mom's Touch, so this is kind of hard. Better post tomorrow!

Blog365: Day 14

I have a German quiz tomorrow, so I need to study for that. Otherwise, I'm headed to bed as soon as possible. I got to sleep at 11 last night, and that ISN'T happening again.

Sorry for the lack of post recently. This has just been a long, boring, kind of painful (OW my mouth) kind of week.

Before Mom steals it

Bedtime!

Why do people stay up until all hours?

I mean, I have my homework done. I'm about to have my blogging done. It isn't even eight. Which is exactly why I'm going to sleep early tonight and, hopefully, for the rest of the week.

Happy Birthday, Harlow!

Karen informed me yesterday that today is Harlow Winter Kate Madden's first birthday. For all those unaware of who Harlow is, she is the daughter of Joel Madden and Nicole Richie.

It's strange knowing she's a year old now. She's like Suri Cruise---she never seems to get older. I could have sworn that she was eight months old for forever, just as Suri will probably be three for the rest of her life.

Happy Birthday, Harlow! Eat a little cake (or ice cream, if one-year-olds aren't supposed to have cake), open some presents, and enjoy your day.

A warning to all Mac users

Do not download the program "NVU". It's a WYSIWYG editor, and my friend Aubrey---who uses Windows---loves it. The Mac one kept opening and closing, wouldn't respond to anything, and wouldn't quit after Force Quit. I had to restart and carefully delete it.

Just a warning.

Blog365: Day 9

Tonight, I said to heck with my tooth pain and went over to Katie's house for a night of TLC. We watched "What Not To Wear", which was a review of trashy wardrobes from the past, and some Miss America show that was kind of interesting.

Aside from that, we messed around in Google image search, looking for pictures of various people such as William Moseley and Robert Pattinson. All in all, a good time.

Defy Gravity

My mom and I just got home from Wicked. Oh my God. One of the best things I think I've EVER seen.

I pride myself in being a huge fan of the show, knowing almost all the lyrics to the songs. I thought I'd just be following it along in my head---I wasn't. There's so much dialogue that they were able to cut out of the songs for the soundtrack, and so much that wasn't even in the Wikipedia synopsis.

Our Glinda was adorable, and Boq was awesome. Still, I was mostly impressed by Elphaba, my fellow mezzo-soprano. Guess who she was?

The original Young Cosette on Broadway.

I got a shirt for the show (I <3 OZ), which I'll take a picture of sooner or later. However, today I'll just say that I don't think I've seen special effects quite like that---ever!

Dentist!

Or more Oral Surgeon!

Today was my appointment, and it went fairly well, I think. It was kind of nerve wracking at first---I was listening to "Dentist!" from Little Shop of Horrors, and the door opened for the nurse to call my name just on the downbeat after "Now SPIT."

The IV kind of hurt---cold stuff and pinching aren't my ideas of fun. However, after being drugged up (and on my beloved happy gas), I was apparently hysterical. The last thing I remember was the surgeon saying that I should be feeling tired soon. That apparently wasn't the last of me---Mom says that the last thing I said was "I LOVE oral surgery!" just before I zonked out. And hey, the prep work is actually kind of nice.

If someone didn't lead me around after I woke up, I think I would have broken something---that being my arm or a vase is beyond me. I discovered that I had stitches in my mouth, which is kind of gross. They stitched up the piece of gum that's been bugging me, though, so I almost feel better.

I got the most vile liquid antibacterial medication. Really---I might as well be drinking sweat. Tonight I had both teaspoons of it in a shot glass, a normal glass of water in the other hand. I think I took an equal time to drink both.

We got my teeth to go, planning to blog them. And blog them we will. Here they are, along with the one tooth that they mostly pulled at the dentist's office:



Aren't the three down the middle (and especially the middle one) MONSTERS? And just to think---what were those things doing in my mouth?

I had my mom take this picture for Quinn, great Corpse Bride lover that she is:



"I'm his wife!"

Speak the chat

I finally really learned how to text! Aubrey and I exchanged numbers, and thankfully, we both have unlimited, so we're not going to be spending all our pocket money. I still need to exchange numbers with a lot of my friends, but I think I really like being able to send a quick message.

Blog365: Days 5

I just uploaded my photos from the pizza party. They turned out well enough for me to keep them in my secret stash on iPhoto, but none of them turned out well enough that my friends would totally appreciate me posting them on my blog. Oh well. There's always next time---I really need to work on my photography, though.

Our phones actually arrived today. We're not allowed to take the little sticker that says "Rant---Sprint" yet, because my mom wants to find screen protectors. I hope it's sooner-ish, because it's a little hard to see around the images.

My bassoon reed hasn't come yet, though.

Blog365: Day 4

Obviously, I'm not going to be able to post the pictures today. I'm going to go through them sooner or later and send the good ones to the writer of the Youth Theatre blog. I'll provide a link to the album from there.

Today was spent cleaning my room, finishing thank-you notes, and watching Fellowship of the Ring. I've had an obsession with the LOTR movies recently, and actually have been watching pieces and parts of the different movies, so as just to watch my favorite characters (Haldir and Pippin).

Sorry about the pictures, though.

Blog365: Day 3

I just got back from the YTHC new year's pizza party! I'd normally post pictures, but I'm not sure how well any of mine turned out, so I'll do them tomorrow. Nothing's happening tomorrow.

Blog365: Day 2

How odd it is to go from Day 365 back to Day 2!

Today was a low-key day mostly at home. I had an appointment with the oral surgeon ("Yep, you need surgery") this afternoon, and it was fairly in-out. We arranged a date, time, and all that good stuff. I only had one question---will I get good pain medication? This was a big deal, bigger than how much school would I miss. Recently, Motrin has been my BFF Jill. And the answer was yes, I will.

I'm on for Wednesday at around ten in the morning. I don't think I'll be able to go to Musical Theatre that afternoon (Perdita can be out for a day). I hope I get better soon, though---Thursday, we're seeing Wicked. I guess I'll just have my Pain Meds just before I go. I promise not to pull a Rocky Horror and belt "Defying Gravity" right along with Elphaba and the rest of the gang.

We were SUPPOSED to get new cell phones today (We've had ours for about three years), but Sprint was apparently wrong when they said we'd get them today. I really hope I get mine tomorrow, as that's the Youth Theatre Pizza Party. It'd be really nice if I were able to get everyone's phone number somewhere I could actually find!

And so we spent tonight eating fondue (The cheese is actually REALLY GOOD) and watching Downfall. It was long and confusing enough to challenge Lord of the Rings, but also measured up in amazingness. It was epic in its own scary-creepy-Hitler sort of way.

The Magic Forest

It was strange waking up this morning and knowing that, technically, I didn't have to blog. However, if I don't blog today, then I won't tomorrow. Or the next day. Or for the rest of the month, actually.

We were taking down Christmas decorations this afternoon. I came out of the kitchen after cleaning off some Reindeer Stakes (we have light up reindeer) and saw this in the hallway:





I think I'm really learning how to use my camera---hopefully most of the pictures from this year will be taken with it! (And I want to buy Photoshop soon---iPhoto is fine for storing photos, but not much else)

2008 in three minutes

I've had this post planned for awhile. Thankfully, the army isn't going to screw my plans over this time, and I can go through it like I planned to.

I wanted to bring everyone up to speed on the current stats of my blog. Over the past year, I've posted:

76 Videos

153 Pictures

51 Lists

366 Times (367 once this is published)

I think that over the last 12 months, my blogging ability has greatly improved. Here's a sample from each month, showing just how much of a difference a year has made.

January: from "Oh, Mr. Todd!"

I'm so happy, I could, eat you up I really could...

I finally found the video for By The Sea, one of the main reasons I want to see Sweeney Todd. It's low-quality, but hilarious! Toby building a sandcastle...classic!

February: from "Triple Crown"

The actual killing parts weren't too awful. To be truthful, the most intense part of Judge Turpin's death was the reprise of "Pretty Women" before hand and the whole "BENJAMIN BARKER!!!" thing. Still not a good choice for young audiences, but as an avid Sweeney Todd fan, I survived it. As for Mrs. Lovett's death...*Shudder* don't even get me started. SCARY.

March: from "I Vanna Be A Show Stopper!"

Ever since I saw Cabaret, I've been a Liza Minnelli fan. Ever since I created a role play character who looks/sounds just like Mikhail Baryshnikov did in his early 20's (The character's name, coincidentally, is Mischa. His real name is Mikhail, but don't call him that.), I became a Baryshnikov fan. What would be better than Liza Minnelli teaming up with "Misha" in two shows: Showstoppers, and Baryshnikov on Broadway.

April: from "Happy National Orlando Bloom Day!"

Ally has decided that we are in need of yet ANOTHER holiday this month, so she and her cousin came up with National Orlando Bloom Day. I suppose it's celebrated about the same way National Johnny Depp Day is: watching Orlando Bloom movies. I've been itching to watch the third Lord of the Rings for some time now, so I'm probably going to be doing that tonight.

May: from "A New Type of Procrastination"

Ever since January, I've been stalling on making an animation for a certain song.I have the storyboard for it laid out and everything, I've just never convinced myself to make the actual video. However, today I decided to get started, and wound up getting a good 15 slides of animation done!

June: from "At Last!"

Maya and I are finally skittling again. It's been forever since we've done so, and currently we're writing about the Phantom Crew having a PJ party at Phantom's. Raoul ate the key in his Key Lime Pie, so everyone is stuck with just their pajamas. Let's see how that goes.

July: from "Y-M-C-A!"

Item #3: We're currently having a Sweeney Todd marathon---we're watching the Angela Lansbury stage production right now and might watch the Johnny Depp movie. However, Johnny Depp/Helena Bonham Carter remains my least favorite pairing our of four. (Scratch that---they are fourth out of five. Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris are my least favorite. You're great, Cerveris, but having LuPone as Mrs. Lovett ruins it)

August: from "Week Two Begins"

At least I haven't had a lot of homework recently. I mean, I have to study German every night, but my book is really small, and it doesn't take long to just review my vocabulary words. We've started having quizzes and tests already, though---I actually need to look over my science vocabulary words for the quiz tomorrow.

September: from "Playing the piano"

Apparently, when I'm sick, I'm more creative. I created The Website's current layout when I was sick about a month ago, and today I was absent again. Therefore, I used AccessColor to make sure there was difference enough between my colors and stylesheet, then validated the code for EACH PAGE. Maybe that's just busywork, but hey---I learned the DOCTYPE was important. (I also figured out a better navigational system).

October: from "Excepting foolish fun"

My friend JoAnna (From Beauty and the Beast) is spending the night tonight! Sure, we're probably not gonna stay up all night...but there might be random outbursts of stupid laughter from time to time. (JoAnna says, "Actually, we promise it.")

November: from "Wacky Wednesday"

The strangest thing happened this evening. After the pool, my PJ pants (which I wore over my suit), were soaking, and I didn't want to sleep in watery pants. I took them into the bathroom, grabbed the hairdryer we were provided with, and about 10 minutes later, came out with mostly-dry pants. I am wearing them now, and they feel fine.

December: from "What a pain in the mouth today was!"

Today was Dentist Day. It didn't exactly start out well, with my iPod dying right before I went in. Thankfully, Mom let be borrow hers, so that turned out well. After a bit of initial clean-over, they strapped me down, leaned me way over, and turned on the Happy Gas. The numbing process went rather well, especially thanks to the gas. I felt like I was in a scene of "Bohemian Rhapsody".

However, there's a section of one post that's actually from January that I really like. Let me give you an except from "End of the End (D)":

I'm really looking forward to April. Not that thing is happening (as far as I know), but then my Good Charlotte calendar has a big picture of Billy on it. Then again, so does May, June, and November. We all have our things to look forward to.

That's right. We do all have our things to look forward to, and I've accomplished mine. I don't know what I'm totally looking forward to in 2009, but I'll find out soon enough. I suppose that so far, Perdita and the YTHC Pizza Party are the two things in the near future I'm looking forward to. Most of all, I'm looking forward to another round of Blog365.

See you all next year for another 12 months of my interesting life!

The Penultimate Post

Tomorrow marks the end of 2008 and Blog365. I have plans for an uber-post, but I won't post details (As that would be worse than the online leak of Midnight Sun!)

Rather, here are the photos from a little rodent photo shoot I did to really try out my camera:



Or at least, there's one of them. I really need to get Photoshop so I can crop my images---these are HUGE.

What a pain in the mouth today was!

Awhile ago, I visited the orthodontist for a checkup. Imagine my delight when they said that sometime soon, I'd need to get eight teeth pulled. Eight! And I already had a ton of gaps! The last thing that a needed was two-by-two holes on either side of my mouth.

Today was Dentist Day. It didn't exactly start out well, with my iPod dying right before I went in. Thankfully, Mom let be borrow hers, so that turned out well. After a bit of initial clean-over, they strapped me down, leaned me way over, and turned on the Happy Gas. The numbing process went rather well, especially thanks to the gas. I felt like I was in a scene of "Bohemian Rhapsody":



I then spent about an hour listening to the first act of Les Miserables and watching some show on TBS that WASN'T Sarah Silverman, during with the dentist changed gears from Numbing to Loosening. I might be crazy, but I think that Les Mis is only fully experienced when on Happy Gas. I was randomly able to hear all the alternate lyrics, harmonies, etc. It was rather amazing. The only strange thing was that I giggled through "I Dreamed a Dream". Maya will be pleased to know that when the dentist was away, I had a tendency to sing the occasional Javert line.

Only half of my mouth was numbed over, so that if we didn't want to take out all eight that day, I wouldn't be stuck with a huge numb mouth. I'm glad we didn't numb me over full way, except for two small things: I felt like Michael Crawford as Phantom with the giant swollen half-of-lip, and whenever the dentist had to put pressure on the other jaw to try and yank the tooth out, that hurt a lot.

We were in there for a good hour and a half and had gotten MOST of a tooth out. One tooth out of the eight we had hoped to pull. Apparently, not all baby teeth are easy to remove. My brother's (last year or the year before that) came out fine. As I understand it, mine are fused to my jawbone, and the roots wrap around the permanent tooth.

So today wasn't technically a successful day in Tooth World. I guess it could be worse...



...but my mouth does hurt a lot.

2009 Movie Listing

Last night I watched Prince Caspain after Ally bugged me enough. I had kind of a mixed feeling on it. Reepicheep and Edmund were awesome, and it was funny seeing all the actors growing up. However, despite his really good acting, Ben Barnes did not totally impress me. I couldn't understand a word he was saying, and made everything rather confusing. He was rather pretty, though.

Anyway, I took a look at the movie previews on Front Row. Here's my list of movies that I really want to see in 2009 (Even if they came out this year) in either theatres or on DVD.

- I've Loved You So Long
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Knowing
- Confessions of a Shopaholic
- The Secret Life of Bees

Relearning old tricks

Today was a blissful 70 degrees (Why can't the entire Winter be this way?) and my dad decided to pump the unicycles back up, as they were looking rather pathetic. I've gotten tall enough to upgrade to Mike's first unicycle, and so on top of remembering how to ride, I had to learn to balance on the bigger wheel.

Well, I rode it around the soccer field when we took Ginger on her nighttime walk, and I even got to where I can mount by myself. I think I'm going to be doing it a lot more now!

Charlie Bucket cracked a joke

On my mom's blog, you can read about the curious case of Bruce and Kevin the reindeer. There's a photo of the three unrelated reindeer in our yard (One of which we won from the Australians that bought Bruce and Kevin). Mom said they have no names, and then when it said "the Australian cousin is the little one in the middle", something struck me.

I went onto Wikipedia and found some names to a very famous Australian novel and commented this:

"Get four more and name them Meg, Pip, Judy, Nell, Bunty, Baby, and The General. Gotta love the 7 Little Australians."

Apparently, that's hilarious. My dad came into my room, asking how I heard about The Seven Little Australians, and I showed him a book that I've had since I was four or five---thanks, Uncle James and Aunt Meredith! It's called Great Girl Stories, and it includes excerpts from famous novels with lovable heroines, including Meg of the Seven Little Australians. It's arranged by Rosemary Sandberg, if you're interested.

You're welcome, world.

Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone out in the Internet had a nice Elf Day. Things were low key over here---we emptied stockings around 9:30, had breakfast (Dad's blueberry pancakes), and then opened presents. I got a camera from my grandparents (Thanks, Mimmie, Papa, Grandma Grace, and Dave!), so hopefully once I figure out how to really work it, I'll have some pictures on the blog of better quality than those I take with my little webcam.

We're spending the rest of the evening watching some of our new movies (Mamma Mia! and The Dark Knight).

I'll add a little EDITED once I have my Christmas skit on MTP.

Getting ready for Sandy Klaus

"Klaus" is pronounced like the name, not like "Claws". Just thought I'd point that out.

Tonight's Christmas Eve! I swear, Christmas seems to come sooner than the end of the school year. I very clearly remember last Christmas, but only hazily remember the end of 7th grade. I kind of wish it were reversed, but whatever.

I still have to put away my laundry, but afterward, I'm crawling into bed with my laptop to watch the SpongeBob Christmas Special (The one from the second season---its the only one worth watching) and Nightmare Before Christmas. I'll catch A Christmas Story tomorrow.

I just sent out my annual Christmas skit, and tomorrow it'll be on Missing Triplets. For those of you who received it (Basically just my fellow MTP people), don't open it until Christmas day! That's only in about three hours, so I hope you can wait.

For now, here's one of my favorite YouTube Christmas Specials, by my favorite YouTuber, Marcobat16:

Blog365: 8 days left

Tomorrow I think is going to be a major day.

I need to do some last last-minute shopping. It's going to be Christmas, so everyone's going to be excited about the holidays. I need to finish the Christmas skit I've been writing since this afternoon (I'm on a time crunch!)

Starting tomorrow, it'll be the last week of Blog365 and 2008.

Sing with me!

Blimey, Cruella!

My musical theatre class (That I spent so much time learning "White Christmas" and "Polar Express in) is doing Aristocats and 101 Dalmatians as its spring productions. In most things that I've been in, I've been in the chorus. I suppose this has to do with me being an alto and not a very good dancer, and thus I imagined that's what it'd be like for these two.

I got the cast list, and I was right. Half right, at least.

I'm a chorus cat in "Aristocats". I'm actually really happy about that. I like a lot of the songs that the chorus are in for Aristocats. The list for 101 Dalmatians was on the back, and I'm not a chorus dog.

I'm Perdita.

For those of you who do not remember Perdita, she is the one in the blue collar (The red being Pongo):

Sudden craving

I just had a craving for a StarBucks cookie. I usually hate them, but they just sound so good right now. I'm starving and it's late, so I can't just go downstairs to the kitchen. Now Quinn and I got to the topic of food (Something about Raoul in a banana suit, peeling him, putting him in my grandma's banana pudding and serving him with fried clams).

I'm hungry.

Early preperation

For next summer's show, YTHC is doing Wizard of Oz. I've never liked the movie very much (I can see the zipper in the lion's costume!), but it's playing on TV right now. Toto looks a LOT like Ginger, so I think I'm gonna like it better. There's also the fact that I like Liza Minelli, and she's Judy Garland's daughter...

I hope I like it! (I'm going to be stuck with it for three weeks)

A strange stroke of luck

Yesterday, at the orchestra concert, my bassoon reed broke. Normally, I'd be in a minro freak out about that, but actually, it was kind of funny.

My reed was dying for a couple of weeks, and I've never been able to get with my bassoon teacher and buy a new one. I've been really careful with the reed, treating it like gold. It was sensitive, but I knew that if it survived through the concert, then things would go fine.

It did survive. It played well. Then, when we were told to stand up, the left wing (with the bocal and reed) slipped, and the neck clip unfastened. Trying to steady the bassoon, I kind of brought it a little to close to me, and SNAP!

Just as I finished needing the reed, it broke two seconds later. Strange, no?

Finally on break

Winter Break is here!

And it couldn't be here soon enough.

With thanks to Aubrey

Tomorrow is the last day of the semester, and I just wanted to do a little shout-out to Aubrey.

Thanks for putting up with my insane schedule and giving me some down time to procrastinate and be lazy. I'm totally going to make up any missed Sake-posting opportunities that I've missed over the last two weeks, as well as making up for any sucky one-line-dialogue posts I might have posted.

Things should be getting a little more normal soon!

Oh, and a mini shout-out to Ally:

YAY you read Henry Orient! You must get on AIM sometime so we can discuss it :-D

Cheated

Today, there was a BUNCH of ice pretty much everywhere. Snow was here and there, but ice was in abundance. Last year, when the ice came, school closed for a day. This year, the ice came. Meade, Hardin, and all the other counties/districts in between were canceled.

Not Knox, though!

Nope, despite all teachers living in E-Town or Louisville (And having to drive through the ice), school was in session. We had to wait in the cafeteria for another fifteen or so minutes, as "not enough teachers were there". That's when you ought to draw the line.

So maybe we're Army Strong and stuff---that's no excuse for no snow day!

Stupid weather.

UPDATE: Several neighbor schools are now closed. Guess where we're at?

"NO DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS".

Milestone!

It's my 400th post, readers! And there's 16 more days and posts until the end of Blog365/2008!

I'm just full of accomplishments.

Well, except for a few things. I need to vacuum my floor and clean the bathroom. I really need to do the last three problems in my algebra homework. And I need to write a note for the morning to remind myself to get stuff from downstairs.

I'm doing pretty well, though. The end of the quarter is Thursday, but I'm gonna be out that day. That would mean that I only have two more days. Hoozah!

Being accomplished

You know the list I made yesterday? Well, I put it on Remember the Milk, and it looked something like this:

- Blog
- Clean bathroom
- Clean room
- Do laundry
- Put away laundry
- Do algebra homework due Tuesday
- Study for German Final tomorrow

Now, it's been cut down to this:

- Blog
- Clean bathroom
- Do algebra homework
- Study for German final

My bathroom can remain in it's morbid state for another day. My algebra homework isn't due until day after tomorrow, so unless I have time after my studying, then it'll be put off. I'm just about to start studying, and if I go until nine (Taking a melatonin so that I can fall asleep easier) then I'll have an hour and a half of study time done. Considering I'm pulling a high A this quarter as well as last, I think that's good. Actually going to sleep will be even better---I haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately.

I'm about to scratch off "blog" now.

Cramming

Another night of cram blogging!

Tomorrow, I'm going to have to do the Typical Sunday Student routine. That includes some, if not all, of the following:

- Clean my room
- Do my algebra homework from Thursday (Due Tuesday)
- Study for my German final on Monday
- Clean the bathroom
- Do laundry
- Put AWAY laundry
- Blog

Hopefully, I'll get it all done. If not, here's a condended, MUST DO version:

- Clean my room
- Study for my German final
- Blog
- Do laundry

Notice how "put away laundry" and "clean bathroom" are missing, as well as "algebra homework". The homework isn't due unto Tuesday. My clothes can typically sit in a basket for the longest time with no wrinkles. My bathroom isn't going to get much cleaner should I clean it or not, so that isn't my top priority.

I'll go put this into Remember the Milk now.

Countdown

Currently, there's only two more days until my German final.

Six more days until Winter Break.

Thirteen more days until Christmas.

Twenty more days until the end of Blog365 (and 2008).

And thirty more minutes to blog.

Three weeks left

I officially only have 21 more days to blog.

I'm also tired.

So here's an LOLcat for your troubles:

Living up to my expectations

I am.

I'm never tired at night. So I usually go to bed at 10 or 11, then I'm tired all day. Well, tonight, it's not even 9, but I feel like I'm gonna collapse. I'm kind of happy about that, as that means that I have no excuse to myself to stay up longer.

22 more days left in 2008.

Obsessed

Maya just got me hooked on this song, as it reminded her of a scene in a roleplay we're doing.

My 80's look alike

Molly Ringwald.

As many of you know, a lot of my friends are guys. I also love 80's movies. Randomly, tonight those two kind of met.

In a lot of her Brat Pack movies (Mostly Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles) Molly's friends tend to be guys. I've noticed that several of my friends seem to be similar to Molly's friends in their own...unique ways.

Of course, Molly/Claire was popular in Breakfast Club. Hmm...

Hopefully, I didn't have homework

Or at least anything that will take awhile due tomorrow. It's 10 PM and I want to go to bed. I'm gonna check my binder now.


No, I did not have homework. Good night.

Into the woods you go again. . .

. . .you have to every now and then!

We saw Into the Woods again, this time by another fancy performing arts school in Louisville. I think I liked it even better than the other one! The girl playing The Witch was amazing (She did her Bernadette-Peters research!), and some Sondheim music was certainly a good thing to lighten the mood right about now.

Oh, and they had a bassoon in the orchestra.

This post is rated: PG-13 for mild language

(More warning than witty. If you don't want to see the Alicebelle on rampage, I'd suggest you stop reading.)

I cannot freaking believe this.

My post for today was all planned out perfectly. The day was fine---everything went well, not much homework, HS band practice, etc. We were also supposed to get the call saying if we're moving or not today, and we've been getting conformation left and right for a month, all saying, "You're going to Germany!"

Naturally, I was excited by the idea. I was looking forward to getting the final OK and being able to blog about how I'm excited about taking Ginger to restaurants, how the school has an actual drama program, etc.

Rather, we get a call from my dad, who just got the call. "All set, you're off to Germany?" Nope. Let's reverse this to "You're staying in Fort Knox for a fifth year, and you (meaning my dad) are deploying."

To say it lightly, I'm pissed as hell.

I was looking forward to reinventing myself, as no one would know me in Germany. They wouldn't see the social baggage I've carried for the last three years, all stating something such as "Teacher's Pet", "Dork", or other such tags. I probably wasn't going to be "popular", but I'd slide in and be what an "average kid" actually is.

No. I'm stuck in Hell's Social Life right about now. Granted, I do have friends. I have a couple friends at school, and I have a lot in Youth Theatre.

However, it seems like every summer, my friends from the previous year ditch me. I don't know what it is---maybe they're out of contact. Maybe they've made new friends. Or maybe I'm just not good enough for them anymore, and would just be an embarrassment in their new, "pimpin'" lifestyle.

I'm starting high school next year, and getting into a new school while scrambling to get back onto my feet is not on my top list of priorities. With the military, it seems that if you're new (And pretty/hot/sexy), then you can slide in pretty well. Nobody knows you, so you don't have to try and hide some sort of secret (Such as, if you were a Basket Case/Misfit at your last school) from the world. I'm going to be trying to get back into the regular groove of school life, as well as knowing that I should be in a different time zone by now.

Whoever hoped that I'd stay, I hope you're happy. Because I sure as Hell am not.

Scenes from 11 PM

I'm in bed right now, starting to wrap up an IM with Maya. The 11 PM bugle just went off, marking my fifth night up past "my bedtime". This week has been incredibly hectic, and I'm looking forward to the weekend. After school tomorrow, I might just have to pull on my PJs and sleep.

Up late doing homework

So nothing interesting is going on.




Here's the video for the contest I recently entered.

Fort Necessity

My social studies class is doing group projects with different parts to it, including a skit, a page-long paper, and a poem. My group is doing the French-Indian War, and I was entrusted to do the poem.

We could do a parody of a song, so after about an hour, I whipped up this little beauty to the tune of The Bare Necessities.

We're at the Fort Necessity
The British Fort Necessity,
Forget about the Frenchies on our tail.

Though at the Fort Necessity,
You all will become casualties,
But that's okay, because we will prevail.

We battled with France, we spread it beyond,
We brought it over across the pond!
All we wanted was their fur
We didn't mean to cause demur!
An' we wanted their land, "Just because,"
We didn't think of the buzz it'd cause,

So we called out our corps.
Then Fort Necessity was off to war!

We're at the Fort Necessity
The British Fort Necessity,
Forget about the Frenchies on our tail.

We're at the Fort Necessity,
We're fighting battles overseas.
But that's okay, because we will prevail.

It's not a fort at all,
G. W wanted it done.
But if we had a tall wall,
Then we'd have won!

We lost the Fort Necessity,
Our glorious Fort Necessity!
It came down in 1754.

But in 1763,
We signed ourselves a peace treaty,
Proving that Britain won the war!

My mom didn't understand how "demur" want used in the context, but it was the only thing I could find. Basically, if you also don't get it, it's basically to raise doubts.

For those who haven't heard the song Bare Necessities in forever, here's the song:



I do realize that I left out most of the part about the pawpaw, pear, and raw paw. It was impossible to rhyme them while doing the part some justice.

31 Days Left

Today is the first day of December, marking the nearly-end of 2008 and the nearly-end of Blog365. I'm kind of excited about it!

The thing I'm most excited about is the fact that there are thirteen more days in school before it's let out for the semester. That doesn't include weekends, but weekends are so great that they shouldn't be put in countdowns to the end of a school period.

With the end of the semester comes German (and possibly Algebra) exams though, which I am not looking forward to.

This song always puts me in a December-y mood. Hope you like it.

No more NaBloPoMo

Today's the last day of NaBloPoMo, which means that I only have 31 more days left to blog this year. Of course, it also means that I only have 25 more days to do any Christmas shopping that I need to do (AKA a lot).

But I promised you a sample of my Saturday, and you're gonna get it.

We went to this local museum that my gradma has been trying to take us to for awhile. I have to admit, it was pretty cool. Two points that I found interesting were a barber's chair and a very certain piano.

The barber's chair looked like it could be fresh out of Sweeney Todd, so just to be sure that it wasn't, I checked to see if it had a flipping mechanism.

I think the piano really caught my eye. It was from the 1800's, so it hadn't been tuned in awhile. Some of the keys had kind of broken down, resulting in a piano that looked an awful lot like this one:



Yes, that's from Corpse Bride, which is exactly why I liked it. The owner let me play it a little, and so I played some of "Sally's Song". It's true what they say---Danny Elfman music sounds great on the untuned piano.

After the museum, we all went to a local park to take a family picture and a cousins picture:



We all went home for an afternoon filled with football, naps, or Adventures in Babysitting (Me).

Later that evening, though, my Aunt Meredith decided she wanted to give me a makeover with some of her Mary Kay samples. I really liked the way it came out. Pictures will come once my mom edits them, as many of them are sideways (And my Photoshop trial just ended).

Back from AL

We all had a nice drive back from Alabama. We dropped Dad off in Nashville, and had Cracker Barrel for an early-ish dinner. We rolled in here right about 8 PM eastern time, and things have winded down since.

Maya and I have wasted so much time looking back over old YTHC pictures that I've run out of time to post a real post about yesterday. I suppose it'll work well for tomorrow, as all I have for tomorrow is Cleaning and Homework.

Alabama Day

I'm blogging from my grandparent's computer, but I've had so much fun today! I can't post it all tonight (We're about to leave for the no-Internet lakehouse we're staying at), but in the car tomorrow, I'll type up a nice, long post describing today, full of pianos and makeup.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, all. I'm taking advantage of the Internet here at the hotel, so I just wanted to do a quickie-post before the NaBloPoMo and Blog365 ghosts eat me.

Wacky Wednesday

Today has just been full of surprises. We took off for Birmingham, Alabama at about 11 this morning (Eastern) and got here at about 6 (Central) this evening. We checked into the Embassy Suites, and it's rather nice! They allow dogs, which Ginger is very happy about. We got back from the pool about an hour and a half ago, and ordered pizza for dinner. I have a couple slices left, which I'll probably give to Dad when he comes.

The strangest thing happened this evening. After the pool, my PJ pants (which I wore over my suit), were soaking, and I didn't want to sleep in watery pants. I took them into the bathroom, grabbed the hairdryer we were provided with, and about 10 minutes later, came out with mostly-dry pants. I am wearing them now, and they feel fine.

NaBloPoMo: Day 25

I just received a wake-up call from the people at NaBloPoMo. Blogging every day for this year has made it such a routine thing, it's almost like brushing your teeth. Imagine getting an email from NaToBruMo (National Tooth-Brushing Month) saying that "We're in the final week, don't stop brushing! If you skipped a day, come up with a funny excuse and you might win a T-shirt."

That was what it was like to get an email telling me there was only a week left to blog.

I wonder if I'll get one of those during the last week of December. December's actually coming so quickly (Gack, Christmas shopping and end-of-semester exams in German and possibly Algebra!), it's strange to think that I only have to blog 36 more times until I'm done.

I'm just taking a break from packing for our trip to Alabama to write this. I have all my clothes packed, and now I have to charge up my cell phone and iPod, put together my DVDs, and power down the computer. I'll probably do that last.

"Sky-y-y-y yo ho"

I think I want to sing this for my next audition:

Back to normal

Mom's back from New York, and now (after the next few days) things will go back to normal. I have three shows in the next two days, and I'm currently missing my character shoes. I have my jazz shoes as backups, and they always seem to have some big bin of character shoes, so hopefully I'll be okay.

I do hope I find them, though.

Winter movie list

Every so often, I look through recent movie previews on FrontRow. I checked out a few trailers today, and have set almost a goal thing for myself: to be able to make time to see these before the end of the winter:

- Twilight
- Eagle Eye
- The Secret Life of Bees

Of course, there are several that I probably won't go see (But wish I could anyway), mostly due to ratings:

- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- Changeling
- The Duchess

I do know one think though: if it kills me, I am going to see Twilight!

Over

That's what Les Miserables is.

On the bus, I finally finished page 1463 of Book Nine in "Jean ValJean". I absolutely loved it, but now I'm not entirely sure of what to do. My mom nagged me to read Henry Orient. Maya nagged me to read this. I might be wrong, but I might have just about read almost every book on my shelf. The only ones I haven't covered are some of the books of the Anne of Green Gables series.

Any book suggestions?

Ought to go to bed

It's 10:17 and I'm involved in 2 IMs. I'm so glad tomorrow's Friday.

Reasons why I don't wear high heels

• They hurt
• They crunch my toes into the front
• They're hard on my heels
• They're hard to walk in
• Today at Musical Theare

We've had to dance in character shoes since day one, which always kind of freaked me out. I've never liked heels before, and I'm not coordinated. Therefore, the prospect of moving in them didn't sound good.

So far, I've been pretty good. Today, I decided that it was time to get a little personal with the dances. After a couple of chassés in Sisters, though, gravity decided to go against me...

My ankle hurts.

Meep!

Anyone who's ever seen The Breakfast Club knows about Allison, who had the jacket with the furry hood she always hid under:



Today, I finally got my new jacket in the main. I totally love it: the color looks nice on my, there are sweater cuffs inside, hand-warming pockets...the whole kit and caboodle.

However, another reason I love it is because I can be an Allison in it:



Versus:




Meep!

Lovely Monday

Today has been so laid-back, I've mistaken it for a Thursday (Or better yet, a Friday). Sadly, however, it isn't. It's only a Monday.

Mike had an appointment today, so I did all of my homework (AKA five algebra problems) in the waiting room. I wasn't feeling especially well, so I missed the optional dance rehearsal in favor of having a calm afternoon at home.

Not having homework, I was able to get some stuff accomplished. Sure, I did stay online for a good long while, but I also pulled out DDR after months. Right now, I'm currently watching The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (I heart you, Karen, MaiMai, and Bea!!!) and about to go to bed.

I hope that tomorrow will be similar, as I do believe that today (And the last few days, actually) have gone unusually well. I haven't had much homework, the school day itself has been surprisingly nice, and I've had nice afternoons.

The ending credits are currently rolling, so I'll wrap this up. If I have time tomorrow, I'll probably watch something else (Maybe White Nights if I start earlier. I do want to get some good DDR in tomorrow, though).

Cookoff

Katie and Sarah invited me over to Katie's house to make cookies this evening. I accepted (Who doesn't love baking cookies?) and took over a box of oven-make Halloween cookies.

Well, they already had a box of mix. A BIG BOX. It had seven or eight bags of mix, and technically, you're only supposed to use one.

We used all of them.

We kind of messed up on several of them. They called for flour, and we smart people put in sugar by accident, then realized we messed up and put the flour in. Sarah didn't especially like the idea for some odd reason, but we did it for almost every batch anyway. They tasted extra-sweet and amazing.

I've now eaten more crap this weekend than I think I ever had.

Coming to a desicion

My mom and Mike are at a swim meet, and I'm finally going to go through my blog posts, find pictures that have been taken off Flickr, and repost them. I'm coming across them every so often, and it's bugging me.

Eventually, I'll also take down the direct linking I used to use. That'll take longer, as I'll have to find the posts and see if the URL is Flickr or Blogger, and if it isn't, upload it to blogger, and do a bunch of other coding stuff.

I'll feel a lot better once it's done, though!

Into the woods...

...and home AFTER dark.

Mom and I went to go and see Into the Woods tonight, and it was really good! Everyone did a really good job, but my favorites were probably Little Red Ridinghood, Baker's Wife, and the two Princes.

It's 25 until midnight, so I'm keeping this short and simple. The weekend is here!

One more day

Tomorrow is by far my favorite weekday ever; Friday. Wednesday is great with getting out early, but an hour versus two days? There's no competition.

I have a little bit of homework tonight (All having to do with "critical thinking", thus making "level three" questions) and a test in science tomorrow. I really wish I had everything finished, but alas, I don't.

But still.

TOMORROW'S FRIDAY!

A long day

That's what today was: long.

I'm having last minute freak-outs with two of my extracurricular things, and it sounds like I just got signed up for another one without my knowing what it even is.

I'm watching The Breakfast Club right now to try and unwind. I finished all my homework at the dentist's office, so I'm good.

Dare: day two

Maya and I just exchanged our songs ("There's A Fine, Fine Line" for "Somewhere That's Green"). I don't think I did incredibly well overall, but some parts were better than others.

We have plans to try again on Saturday with the same songs. We're gonna compare the originals to the redos, and hopefully it'll improve.

Dared

Maya and I have gotten into another "argument" about voice hatred. In an attempt to convince each other that the other one can singer better, we're each making an MP3 tomorrow of us singing one of two songs.

My two selections:

- "There's a Fine, Fine Line" from Avenue Q
- "Cabaret" from Cabaret

Maya's selections:

- "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" from Sweeney Todd
- "Somewhere That's Green" from Little Shop of Horrors

One day week?

We don't have any school on Tuesday, so I really just go tomorrow and have a day off, then three more days. I kind of wish we didn't have to go on Monday, and that we could all just have a four-day weekend, but it'll be easy to just get through tomorrow.

Ow, I just cut BOTH my thumbs on the bottle cap for my root beer...

"The guy's only doing it for some doll!"

Tonight my mom and I went to go see Guys and Dolls at the John Hardin PAC. It was put on by the drama club of one of the local high schools, and was great!

My friend James (LeFou from Beauty and the Beast) played Nathan Detroit, and the role seemed to be designed for him---last minute, out of it, and insane. I kept thinking how much he needs to play Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors.

At the Meet-n-Greet, we were both able to talk for a little bit before we had to head back to Fortress Knox. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and the show is joining Music Man and the crew on my List of Musicals I Like.

Ready for the weekend

Yes I am.

This week has been so incredibly slow and hectic. Two days normally seem like nothing to me, but these seem especially long. Two entire days off: it's my kind of vacation.

Checking off the list

I'm actually beginning to flip out a little bit here.

I usually try to go to bed at nine, as to not be wicked tired the next day. Usually, that isn't a problem, as any homework that I have tends to take ten minutes or so.

Not the case tonight.

So far, I've had:

- German Review, sections 1-7
- Algebra I: increase and decrease percent, problems 1, 3, 4, 5
- Finish English writing prompt (If you suddenly aged 10 years)
- Study for science vocabulary test tomorrow
- Study for Kapitel Drei test in German (again, tomorrow)
- If possible, looking over this duet I wrote for band

I had to miss orchestra rehearsal because I knew that with about three hours out of the house, I wouldn't be able to do everything. I've been working since about 4:45, and I've so far accomplished:

- German review
- Algebra

The vocabulary test shouldn't be that hard, as it's only ten words that are in my notes. However, I'm really going to have to cram the German tonight---a lot of the test is "listening", and the tape that we have to listen to I swear was recorded by Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter. Not that I DISLIKE Tim or Helena, but they can be kind of hard to understand.

Oh, and they usually talk REALLY quickly.

I'm probably not going to be able to practice bassoon tonight, and I still have to put my laundry away. I'll have blogging out of the way, but that's only ONE task on my agenda.

Heck, I don't even have time to put my stuff on Remember the Milk, which is supposed to help you do stuff.

It's about ten minutes until seven. I had high hopes that I would finish my homework before then so that I could watch Edward Scissorhands before bed. That doesn't exactly seem likely, so I'm moving the deadline for the prompt up to eight. Then I can watch SOME of it as I get ready for bed, and look over my science notes as I watch. I'll pause every once in awhile to study my German (and I mainly just need to look over my vocabulary to prepare myself for "Timo Burton", as I call German Tape Speaker), and HOPEFULLY still get to bed by nine.

Hopefully.

Tired

I stayed up rather late last night watching the election. I mean, I'm glad I did (And even more glad with the outcome) but going to bed at 12:30 AM doesn't exactly mix with waking up at 5:45 AM.

Oddly enough, I've been feeling great all day. I wasn't tired, and just did what I needed to do all day.

Until now.

I have Youth Orchestra tomorrow, and I haven't exactly practiced my music much. I also have a German test on Friday, and a pretty big review that I need to do for it. I planned to bassoon tonight, and then tomorrow do all my homework and studying.

I think I've changed my plan. I believe that tonight I'm going to enter some of my music into Finale and check how it's supposed to sound. I mostly have tempo problems, and that's just with one song.

As for my German? I'll have some time tomorrow. I probably won't bring it to school, as it isn't due for another day, but I'll have time after school, in the car, after rehearsal, etc.

Goodnight.

Things I ought to be doing

- Studying my German vocab
- Studying my English vocab
- Going to bed soon

Rather, I am:

- Watching the election (Things are still tense, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Obama!)
- Talking to dad via mom's webcam
- Checking on my Adium, hoping that Maya or someone else will sign on
- Wondering what's gonna happen next in Lés Miserables (I'm on page 188 today---started at 46 this morning. Best. Book. Ever.)
- Blogging

Hopefully, I'll be able to concentrate sooner or later and get the Der-Die-Das thing under control and remember the difference between "Delusion" and "Reluctantly" (I do know them...but I need to check them out anyway)

Catching up on Google

Every so often, I scan around the blog and notice fads where I've posted tons of pictures or random content about random things. Examples include Kynt Cothron, Billy Martin, Orlando Bloom, and Missing Triplets. Then, finding these things, I search them in Google and see how far up I am in hits. I've been the first Kynt Cothron image hit (and still am on the front page) before, and many other things.

Search "Guten Aben", though, and I'm your second hit. I'm on the bottom of the front page. I'm the fourth for "MTP news".

You know what I'm the first hit for?

"ilikehats.blogspot.com"

Never would have thought that, would you?

NaBloPoMo: Day Two

I think I just had to most teenager-ish day ever.

I woke up at about nine, and spent about an hour and a half online, catching up on boards, emails, Photoshop, YouTube, etc. Once summoned away from the laptop at about eleven, I showered, put on my glorious green corduroy pants (And I mean REALLY green!), and walked the dog.

I was feeling lazy after eating so much junk for the past few days, so I decided to walk Ginger around the soccer field rather than just up to the school and back. Upon returning home, we "helped" my mom hook up the sprinkler for the grass. My friend Sarah was walking HER dog, so we talked a bit outside.

Once she put the dog (Cooper) back in the house, we remained outside with Ginger, as it was a rather warm day. We eventually decided to go inside, in which activities varied from eating Halloween candy, singing/playing "Be Our Guest" on the piano, and discussing our views on Christmas and what we might get for people.

Once she went home, I cleaned my room---but didn't vacuum---and walked the dog around the soccer field yet again. After the walk (and dinner), I went upstairs and practiced bassoon. I even used GarageBand and recorded some of it.

Now, I am blogging. I'm about to do the little bit of homework that I have, and I'll probably go to sleep by around nine tonight. All things considered, that's not half bad!

So that was my day. Boring? Yes. Blogworthy? Not exactly, but for our purposes, yes.

A whole new world...

...of YouTube musicians:

Forgetting the obvious

Sometimes I wonder what I'm thinking.

I'm here in bed, coding furiously at a page that will simply not look like, and wondering what to blog. Oh, sure, we did go out and canvas in New Albany, but you can easily catch up on that on my mom's blog.

Then it hit me.

It's the first of November.

It's NaBloPoMo.

DUH!

Although the Internet probably won't explode this month if it hasn't already from everyone posting for an entire year, it'll still be fun. I just sent my blog in for the blogroll, and doesn't my button look just dashing?