It's very late.

Yeah, I've done it. I've finally hit rock bottom in my personal blogging standards. I'm writing about my favorite actors. The fact that I am discussing this subject means that: It's very late, I have a big homework assignment, and I just saw a really good movie. These are all the case. It's midnight, I have a huge government assingment, and I just saw Alice in Wonderland and Iron Man. With Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr. Hello? They're amazing! Robert's eyes and the way he speaks, along with Johnny's unique choices in character and how he makes them shine just make me swoon.
Here's my little list of favorite actors:

Robert Downy Jr.: his eyes. Big, brown and shiny. His ability to express vulnerability, which is my favorite trait in an actor. To be able to unpeel your character is a wonderful thing, especially when the character is not yourself. Oh yeah, he was also Sherlock Holmes. The way he conveyed that character was simply wonderful. I was very jealous of Rachel Mccadams. LOL

Johnny Depp: Captain Jack Sparrow. That's a given. And he made me want to cry in Finding Neverland. That was a beautiful movie. He seems to crawl into a character with such ease, and the way he becomes each character(no matter how "unique" or "mad" they happen to be.) He amazes me. I'd love to act alongside him one day.

Gene Kelly: Have you seen this guy dance? He's incredible! If anyone was the king of tap, he was. He had such charm and class, and in every movie he showed it. And his voice. You know someone's a good singer if they star next to Frank Sinatra. *sigh* :)

Donald O'Connor: He's funny, and charming. And he can dance amazingly. He makes a good comedic sidekick to Gene Kelly ;)

Viggo Mortenson: One word. Aaragorn. *swoon* See what I mean? And those eyes. And the sword fighting. And the hair. Why do these actors have to be so old in real life? Or dead?

David Tennant: Favorite british actor. My favorite doctor on Doctor Who. He's also very down to earth and real. And funny, he has an awesome sense of humor. His acting is amazing, and he makes you want to tell the characters he plays that someone does understand them. He is SO good at unveiling the vulnerable sides in his characters! I want to give him a big hug.

Hugh Jackman: Hot only is he wolverine, he's also done shows on broadway! He has a very real sense of humor and he is an incredible actor. I wish I could of seen him on stage! And he made me want to cry when he lost his memory and didn't recognize the one he loved, who was dead. The look on his face was heartbreaking. And have you seen those piercing brown eyes. Yeah.

Jimmy Stewart: If you have not seen a movie with this man in it, you are REALLY missing out. He's wonderful. He has this unique sense of humor, kind of country with humble average guy sort of personality. My favorite movies with him in it are Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Rear Window. In Rear Window, his fear and love for Grace Kelly's character when she tries to steal evidence from the murderer's apartment really hits your heart. And in Mr. Smith, his humor really shines when he refuses to return to his seat and end the session in the house! He does everything from read the constitution over and over to calling role multiple times. Poor guy, after two days of straight standing he passes out. :( You really need to see a movie with him in it, Especially these two.

I do NOT have an obsession. I promise! I just appreciate really good actors. And their acting. Period. ;)

ahhh so jealous.....LOL

Here I am.

Five pages.(not double spaced)

13 pages in the Gov. book.

handwritten.

Due tomorrow.(quiz grade.)

My outline in a nutshell.

On: "The Roots of and Rules Governing the Office of President of the United States"

Fun.

How far along am I? I have 3/4 a page so far. And it's 11:15.

It may seem like I'm a procrastinator extremist, but that's not the case. I've just been busy. With:

Violin/Piano/Saxophone lessons

Tap class

Studying for tomorrow's makeup physical science midterm(which took three hours may I add.)

Anyways, that's how my I have been spending my evening.

What do I wish I was REALLY doing?(just use your imagination people, I'm using mine)

• singing....somewhere.
  
• Shopping. Vintage shopping!
  
• Reading anything but my textbooks. And historical fiction *shudder*


• riding ANYTHING at DisneyWorld. Except for It's a Small World. No thank you.


• sipping bubble tea in Paducah Kentucky.


• sipping Starbucks in Manhatten


• sipping and Icee at the Pilot near my house


• petting my dog.


• Drawing. Which I never get to do anymore.


• Put videos on my iPod.


• ANYTHING!
  

But no, here I am, writing about the requirements of a president, and everything else in chapter 8. Oh yeah, and also writing this blog. ;)

Caption for photo: A dress on lulus.com that I really want. Hey, a girl can dream right?

Good dreams are hard to come by.

Uh. I don't want to go to school. Sound familiar? Besides being sick, I had a wonderful week. Why can't it stay that way? Oh well. Onward. *raises sword* to school. *falls off horse, drops sword on big toe.* Ouch.
*new subject*
I had to most wonderful dream two nights ago. Which is weird, because I was in one of the most uncomfortable bed. But anways.
I was in the movie Sherlock Holmes. I was in the middle of a car chase. Robert Downey Jr. was driving, Rachel Mccadams was in the passenger seat, and I was in the back. But instead of Jude Law sitting next to me, Johnny Depp was!(of course. It's a dream. LOL) Anyway, we were in this big car chase, and all of the sudden, we get kicked out of the car, and Robert and Rachel go one way, and Johnny and I go the other way. All of the sudden the two of us are dodging lasers and bullets and big tanks with machine guns(this is a dream, remember) for forever and we end up between these two lasers that are trying to kill us. I'm screaming and he comes to my rescue than all of the sudden we're back in the car in an alleyway. Apparently we'd either teleported or we were in our holograph selves. Go figure. Anyways, it felt pretty real to me. Robert says we're lucky to be alive and Rachel starts making out with him *sigh* but than I realize that I have Johnny! * happy dance* Though I don't make out. We just hug, because I'm a hug kind of person, and it's my dream, ok?! Change of scene. Me and Johnny are walking, and he's in his Mad Hatter costume. We're walking, and having this whole conversation about acting and that sort of thing. I'm about to say something really clever and witty when I wake up. Lovely. But that was my amazing dream. :)

Well, I'm home from Florida.

Well, technically I've been home since Monday. But I've been so tired, and sick(thank you vacation for killing my immune system) I haven't had the chance to update. But yeah, I'm back! And let me tell you, I had an amazing time. Even though four kids got sent home because of pot posession, and the room assignments for most girls were to say the least ascewed, it was a pretty uneventful trip in the drama division. It was really nice that I got to be at Disney with my family, as strange as it sounds coming out of a teenager's mouth, it made the trip better. :) Here's a few highlights:

• Doing absolutely everything Andrew and I wanted to do at Animal kingdom. Seriously. I made an agenda of everything me, Mom and Andrew wanted to do, and we did it all!


• Meeting up with Dad after he arrived from his flight and seeing Cirque De Soleil. That show was incredible. Too bad they almost "escorted" me out of the building for taking one picture. And I didn't even use the flash! It was still incredible


• Waiting in line for over an hour with Dad and Andrew at Space Mountian. Surprisingly, we didn't run out of things to talk about! And the 2 minute ride really was fun.


• Not caring if we got in trouble with Mrs. Bowen for refusing to check in at the front of the park, and instead having incredible seats for the Spectromagic parade and Wishes fireworks.


• Wishes! You know I'm a wimp. I choke up everytime I see that fireworks show. The whole thing about if you believe in you wish, it will come true kind of thing kind of hits a chord with me. And seeing Tinkerbell fly down off the castle was just the icing of the cake :)
  
• Our performence. The reason we went to Disney in the first place. Even in the warmup room we were still not sure whether our show was going to be a hit or miss. We nailed it! We had over a hundred people standing around watching us, not including the hundreds of people just passing by! On our finale, I just looked at every audience member in the eye and gave that performence my all. And the standing ovation? That's a good feeling. Especially since the people aren't paying for the performence, and they could leave at any time! Amazing.


• Watching Indiana Jones and the Lights Motors Action shows with the family. It really is more fun with your family. Especially when you get to choose what to do, and you're not constantly made fun of because the fact that you're underclass! Being appreciated is a good feeling.
  
• Eating at Emeril's in Universal Studios. Let me just say it. I did not like Universal Studios. At all. Boring! But right outside the part was this little jewel of a restraunt that just happened to be owned by THE Emeril! Yeah. And guess who treated us to lunch at THAT restraunt? Yeah, my Dad! It was the highlight of my day.


• Mom's first Starbucks expierence. And my third grande light mocha frappicino. Liquid bliss. And Mom's black and white hot chocolate wasn't too bad either ;)

So yeah, that in a nutshell was my vacation. I'm in the process of finishing my scrapbook, so I'll be sure to post pics of the book.

And now to today. I'm home, I'm sick, and I have a ton of studying for midterms to look foward to! And all I can say is, "why did I ever leave Florida?"

Lists, lists, lists....

I like to write lists. If you ask me, they are much more entertaining than writing paragraphs, or full papers. Here's one of my lists:

Things to do on the Disney trip::

1. Get the first good night sleep I've had in a while....on a Charter bus.

• Survive a night on a charter bus with the girl's choir. I'm not sure I'll get this one accomplished.



• Get into Animal Kingdom as quickly as possible, because it takes forever to actually get into the park!



• Ride the yeti ride w/ Andrew. But only in the very back. Don't you know that you go faster in the back?



• See it's a bug's life, and get startled once again from the bugs running under the seat. Why do I put my self in situations like this? Worst nightmare for a bugaphobic.



• See Festival of the Lion King, since we didn't see last year.



• Successfully make a transition from chillin' with the parents to hangin' with Josh, Brett and Kelly. This should be interesting.



• Ride the raft ride with my senior trio. And hopefully not get wet!



• Don't forget to actually enjoy my time at the park, and not get swept up in the chaos, seeing as we're only in the park for about four hours!



• Make it back to the bus(on time!!!) and get all of my sovenier shopping done at Downtown Disney.



• Have a ton of fun at Cirque De Soleil!!



• Get. A ton. Of Sleep.



• Not get nervous about our performence at DownTown Disney!



• Of course, the big one. Shine in our performence!



• Enjoy the rest of the day at Magic Kingdom



• BIG ONE: See the Wishes fireworks show that night. Get a good view, and actually get the chance to see the entire thing! And film it!



• SUHLEEEP.



• Try and have fun with both Brett, Kelly, and Josh, AND my family.



• See the Indiana Jones show, and the crazy Stunt Car show, with the family.



• Make sure that we actually have good seats at Fantasmic! Man I hope Mrs. Bowen has enough sense to realize that you have to be there TWO HOURS before!



• Ride Tower of Terror a million times with Dad and Andrew



• Get a photopass maybe? Maybe? I hope so :(



• Leave DisneyWorld with a smile and a sense of accomplishment!



• Do everything there is to do at Universal Studios, since I probably will never go back(except for the Harry Potter attraction, why oh why do you open right after we leave? Dislike.)



• Go home. And enjoy spring break!

So that's my list of things to do on the Disney Trip. I still can't believe we're leaving tomorrow night! I still wish we were going to Epcot, but I guess I just need to Let Go! But it's so hard. Doesn't anyone else realize what their missing? The Liberty Singers, Soarin', Test Track, All of the Countries, and just being there is great enough! *sigh* Oh well, I hope I go back someday!

Captions for pictures: Top: Picture I took of Cinderella's Castle. That was such a good day. We spent the whole afternoon there, and just chilled.(I apologize for using that word so many times, my vocabulary is limited today.) We weren't rushed, and we did not have anything particular in mind to do. We watched their afternoon show in front of the castle, we watched the raising of the flag, and just walked around and enjoyed taking in the sights. It was nice. :) I hope this weekend I have the same type of expierences!

Left:: Me at Hollywood Studios. haha I look skinny in this picture! That was a great day too :) Man, I just realized how badly I need to make a scrapbook! I probably just thought of this because I have so much work to do, and I'm a major procrastinator. ;)

Tuesday, leaving for Disney World tomorrow! Too bad I have to get through school first :/

I don't want to go to school. You wouldn't want to either if you had to face a Government quiz, a cranky Choir teacher, and a review for tomorrow's Physical Science test(which I just found out about yesterday.) Wonderful. Only good thing is that because of Disney, I'm missing my latin and physical science midterms! That's the procrastinator in me jumping for joy. Now I realize that now I have something to look foward to after break. Yaaaay.

Though I am happy for a few things:

Music Man Cast list: I made it!! I am a "River City Teen". As in, I get to be in the big dance scenes, and actually do stuff in almost every scene! So much better than SOM, where all we did was sing behind the audience. The only time they saw us was for maybe half a minute when we would happen to walk on stage, sing, then leave. But I'm so excited for this show! The cast is amazing. Really amazing. And there's no nun army!(you would complain too if you were 1 of 40 nuns.) Anyways...

Governor's School Handbook: The book that tells us everything about what we're doing at Gov. School.(well, with the exception of our actual classes) But it's so exciting, because Elizabeth and I have been talking about everything we're going to do while we're there! We've also been making friends on a Gov. School discussion board, which is awesome. So now I have serious spring/summer fever, and I really want to get out of school!

Disney World: We're going to, as Mrs. Bowen calls it, the happy place! I know I sound really spoiled(which I am, in a sense) but two complaints are: We're not staying in the park and we're not going to Epcot(my favorite park.) If we stayed in the park, we could stay at Magic Kingdom until 3 am, which is such a magical expierence! My other complaint is that we're not ready for our actual performence. And we only have two days to rehearse! Not practice our already learned show, but rehearse and get the order and our songs straight! And we won't be able to practice when we get to Disney, so tomorrow is our last day before performing on Friday! Agggh!

Well, enough writing for this morning, I have to get ready for...school. Fun. But I'm confident that something good will happen, because There's always a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day! In this case literally and figuratively. ;)

Caption for Photo: Just a little bit of Disney!

Monday....DisneyWorld Wednesday!

I've had a bad day. So instead of ranting about today, I'm going to post some pictures from this past Saturday :)

Top left: Group Photo! I love my friends :)

Top Right: Me and Kelli, she's my mini me because she goes around constantly singing Phantom of the Opera! LOL

Bottom: Me and the best friend!

Yesterday(Saturday) Our Town, and my immense love for my theatre friends :)

Yesterday was a very good day. I forgot how much I missed my real theatre friends! They mean so much to me :) Anyways, I was ushering for the play Our Town, which my best friend Elizabeth was starring in. It was amazing. I cried, which means a lot seeing as I never cry. I think the fact that Elizabeth was the one that was dead and her emotion really hit me more than if anyone else played it. It was great. I wouldn't say that it's one of my favorite plays, but they put it on so beautifully, I fell in love with the show. It makes you think more about everything in your life. The little things. You know what I mean? The character rushed through her life and didn't realize all of the beautiful things she was missing until she was dead. It was very sad.

*new subject* There's something that I adore about Walter State's theatre. It's practically been a second home to me for the past three years! I know it sounds weird, but there's this musty smell to the theatre that brings back so many happy memories of when I saw shows there years before, I'll just take a deep breath and the memories flood me. Also, getting to see my friends and getting to play around in the theatre becomes an instant highlight to my day. They really are true friends!

Another reason why yesterday was such a great day was that got to hang out with Elizabeth for more than two minutes! It was really refreshing to be around someone that actually understands your plethora of inside jokes. I don't know if it sounds weird, but I was so proud of her accomplishments. I mean, she's my best friend, how could I not be! I couldn't stop smiling at the curtain call when she got a standing O, it was awesome! Not saying that the rest of the cast was amazing, because they were all incredible! I was very jealous, I would of loved to say that I was in that cast! I can't wait to see if I make Music Man, I want to get back into a cast of thespians that actually appreciate me!(since I am treated like a nobody in the E/W musical, but that's a story for another day.)
I know this post has been kind of all over the place, but I am just filled with love for my friends after getting to spend the day with them, they mean so much to me!

Captions for photos:

Top: BIG the musical, cast and techies :)

Middle: My friends came to see me in the King and I!(well, not just me, but you know know...) How sweet!

Bottom: My fellow dancers in the King and I, they were so much fun to work with!

UGH.

How can a seemingly good week turn bad so quickly? Apparently in my case, it can. Because I missed Government and Latin on Monday, I missed a whole chapter in Gov. and a new grammer section in Latin. Wonderful. So because of this, I unknowningly walked into a pop quiz in Gov.(which I got a 20 on. Great.) and two new assignments on the grammer I did not know how to do in latin. Whooh. Welcome back Katie Jo! And today we had a pop FRQ(which is basically a pop "we give you a subject, you write a paper on it" quiz) which of course was a great start to my day. Latin was alright, though I wish G could of lectured on Greek Mythology instead of grammer. And then there was physical science. Oh how I loathe physical science! I loathe it with every fiber of my being. Anyways, it was the big finale! I got my test back from yesterday. What do I mean by finale? I mean my grade. My big, fat, failing grade. A 42. 42!! My worst nightmare. I was shocked for the first ten minutes prior to recieving the test, then I had to go to the bathroom and cry. Just a little, simply because I couldn't believe I actually got that low of a test score. A first for me. So yeah, it's been a great day.

I refuse to end this entry on a grey note so I'm going to list things that I'm looking foward to:

Disney Trip: Next Wednesday!!

Spring Break: :More Disney World, plus I get to see my cousins, and my other Aunt and Uncle!

State Choir Competition: Hello? It's state! I'm so pumped :)

Music Man cast list: This is the first time that I'm not worried about knowing about if I'm in the cast. It's a good feeling. I guess you shouldn't worry about things that you can't change or handle.

Governor's School: I know it a long way away, but I'm still pumped! I'm just afraid of something my Dad said: How much work it's going to be. But isn't that why I'm going? To learn about music and my voice? I think I'll survive....right?

And Finally...Going to bed: *snore*

Caption for picture: Where I wish I was right now. :)

My adventures in job shadowing.....by myself!

So this morning I was relatively excited about job shadowing for the music teacher at my brother's private school, Mr. Mathis. On the way to school, my Mom got a call. The moment I saw the look on my Mom's face I knew what she was going to say. Mr. Mathis has never missed a day of school. Ever. Until today. The day I'm supposed to be job shadowing him! How ironic. Let's just say I was a bit scared. How was I supposed to know what to do?! I've never taught a music class before! Anyways, when I got there I was very curious as to how this day was going to work out. I was to teach the 1st, 2nd, 7th, and 8th grade. I was fine with the 1st and 2nd grade. But 7th and 8th? They'll eat me alive! Oh well, I had no choice. Good thing it was after lunch. I had a few hours to plan, and PRAY. When I finally got a chance to talk to Mr. Mathis on the phone, I felt a lot better after getting to make a lesson plan and just figure out how my day was going to fall out. Basically I was going to explain the basic concepts of singing(posture, breath support, and mouth space), teach basic rythm, and lead a few songs with the class.

2nd Grade: They were sooo cute! I love working with little kids, and they were incredibly sweet. It's so easy to earn their respect, because when you're that young, you trust easily. I pretty much stuck to the lesson plan, teaching them rythm, and letting them read some rythm sheets with some "rythm sticks", or really loud, red sticks. They loved that. Watching them smile was so great!

1st Grade: Pretty much the same thing, just on a semi easier level. It was so funny, all they wanted to do was tell me stories, anything that came to mind! It was cute. They loved learning rythm, and I also taught them how to identify different woodwind instruments. I wish I had known that I was going to teach on woodwinds, I would of brought my saxophone to play! But it was great :)

7th and 8th Grade: They were pretty wild. I made them get into pairs and come up with a song to "audition" with. They did not want to do it, to say the least. But once they all got up and performed in front of each other, they realized how much fun being silly was. By the end of class, I got those crazy middle schoolers to audition in front of each other, girls against boys. It was great. I left the school feeling very accomplished! Who knows, maybe I'll do that someday? ehhh....maybe not ;)

Well, the fun's over. Time to get back to reality, and studying. I have a Government midterm, a latin test, a physical science test, and P.S quiz to make up for. Lovely. Just the type of educational suicide I needed. Hurry up Friday!

Caption for picture: My longing for Disney World is increasing fast, and it's not helping that the weather is warm and beautiful! My Disney ticket from last summer. We're leaving next Wednesday I'm so excited!!

Monday, and my extreme case of spring fever!

Happy Monday! For some extremely strange reason, I've been really pumped about this particular Monday. Not because of school, but because of the WEATHER! It has been absolutely beautiful today, and warm! For the first time since maybe October, I was able to go out and comfortably wear sandals and no jacket. It felt goood. :) It was also a nice day, because I only went to Choir and Physical Science. Here's the rundown:

Government: None. Instead I was in bed, working on latin and watching the Today Show. That was great(except for the latin, ugh.)

Latin: None again. Instead I watched Regis and Kelly, than Kathy Lee and Hoda Kotb on Today, while reading Government(which was Ok too, besides the Government)

Choir: I finally got out of bed, at lunch, and headed for school. By the time I got there, choir was pretty much over! Fine with me personally, I didn't want to go over the Disney program I already know again. I know that sounds terribly unprofessional, but in a high school choir, that's all it is.

Physical Science: The class I dread. We ended up not doing the quiz I thought I was going to have to make up...thank goodness. I'm not a big fan of molar molecules personally. Though if you like it.....it takes all people to make up the world I suppose. That class felt like it would never end because Mrs. Paul had the window open, the sunlight was spilling in to the room, and you could almost feel the cool breeze from outside. It was torture. Thank goodness the bell rang and I was free! I didn't stay for Into the Woods rehearsal(yay!) because I had music lessons.

My day went pretty well from there on, I got a lot accomplished at music lessons, and tap was a ton of fun. And I survived my first ballroom class with Josh as my partner! My only weakness in ballroom is that I tend to always lead. It's not my fault that they can't lead, and I want to do moves that they don't! Sometimes I think I should just dance with myself. ehh.....nevermind. haha

Now I've got to go read some more Government, seeing as I have to make up a midterm on Wednesday.

Tomorrow I'm job shadowing at the private school my brother goes to. The music teacher(who's also my on and off voice teacher) is letting me chill with him for the day, since we get excused from school to job shadow. The plus side is that I get to eat lunch with my Mom, and my friends Abbey and Bailey, who are shadowing their Mom(who's an english teacher) and my Mom(who's a cook!) respectively. It's going to be a good day :)

Huh. This is actually one of my shorter entries. Probably because today was pretty uneventful haha. Well I'm going to sign off before it gets any longer!

caption for photo: Honest Tea. I love the stuff! And it's completely organic!

Caption 2: The Mad Hatter! I haven't seen Alice in Wonderland yet, but I know that Johnny Depp will be amazing in the role, he's great in every part he plays!

My action packed 4 day weekend

So, I've had an incredible four day weekend. I love when my weekend is memorable and filled with events.

Friday: Choir Competition!!! Let me tell you, I was just a little nervous. Not about the actual performence(which by the way, was the best we have ever performed!), but I was worried about the sight singing and sight rythm. But we actually exceeded my expectations! We had to wait until after lunch to actually perform, so we listened to choirs for a little over two hours. It put me to sleep. Apparently the fact that we were the only advanced choir competing that day meant that everyone sucked. Thank goodness Mrs. Bowen got us out of there in the nick of time for lunch! Lunch was great. Me, Josh, Brett and Kelly went to this mexican resterant, Monterray's, which is pretty much cheap cheesy food. Though I enjoyed my senior friend's company, which all that mattered to me. It makes me think, "what am I going to do when they graduate at the end of this year!" so sad. Anyways, it was finally time for us to perform. I was amazed and almost brought to tears(I can be really sensitive sometimes) when a couple of the guys wanted us to hold hands and have our accompianist to say a prayer. It was really touching and meaningful, and showed how tight of a group we were. Big difference from last year, trust me! When we got up on that stage, we shined. We didn't miss a beat, and we all blended perfectly. For the first time, I didn't just sing the music, I felt and became the music. Let me tell you, to a musician, that is the best feeling in the world. After we did our sight singing/rythm, we boarded the bus, and waited for Mrs. Bowen to come back with our results. Well, all I have to say is......we got straight ones!!!! Straight ones!!! That's the highest score you can get, and we've never achieved it until this year!!! And that means that we're going to state!! Let me just say that the ride home was a party. We sang and chanted and screamed and clapped...it was great. Well, the back of the bus was. Too bad the girl's choir got twos and didn't get state. They were kind of quiet the whole time.(not counting the death looks some of them gave us) But I didn't care, that hour and a half bus ride was a high school expierence I will never forget. :)

Thursday Evening, and the surprise I was not expecting:: After Into the Woods rehearsal, I was expecting to go home, and sleep. Silly me, what a crazy idea! Mom called and said that we were going to the VIP premiere of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Miracle Theatre in Pigeon Forge! I was in shock. Half of me was like, "thisissocoolI'msoexcited!!!", while the other half of me was like, "of all days for my Mom to get a wild hair and become spontanious". After the shock wore off, I couldn't wait to get there. When we arrived, they had a red carpet out, with a ton of radio stations reporting on the location. It was pretty cool. I was dying for the show to start, so I went inside, grabbed a free popcorn and sprite, and made it inside the theatre. This was the first time I had ever been in the Miracle, and I must say I was just a bit disapointed. The stage was beautiful, but the audience was tiny! It had to be about half the size of the Celebrity Theatre in Dollywood. It didn't help that our seats were in the back row! Lovely. Anyways, the show started, and I was pretty pumped at that point. I was in Joseph two years ago(I played brother Gad, oh yes!) so I new every word in the show. AKA I'm a very tough critic when it comes to this particular show. I had no complaints whatsoever. The singing was impressive(hello, the narrator was Melinda Doolittle from American Idol! She's amazing), their dance numbers were awesome, and their lighting and use of technology was very clever. Ok I was spellbound! I love this show and I love when it's put on well. At intermission, I really wanted to try and get closer, because being in the back row was not doing anything for me. After much pushing and sucking up, we made it into the fourth row in the front! I was a very happy kid then. The second act was just the icing on the cake. They were so enthusiastic and made me jealous that I wasn't up there too! Afterwards I talked to the guy who played Joseph and got a picture of me with him. Even though we didn't get home until midnight, and the fact that I was very irritable the next day, it was a great evening. :)

Friday night through Sunday afternoon:: D-Now Weekend. I'm not going to talk about how irked I was with the girls and their extreme addiction to texting. I'm not going to talk about how bad I feel about eating "teenager junk food that no human should consume". But I am going to talk abotu my incredible expierences, and how I learned how to become a better person through God. Our band for the weekend was the Andrew Ogea Band. Not exactly my type of music, but I still thought they were amazing. The drummer and piano player(Edmund Kee and Adam Fontana) were my favorites from the band. Our speaker was Rob Wilton, who is the pastor of a church in New Orleans. He really touched me. During one of his sermons, he told us something that made me smile. He said that man you should not fear man because they can only kill your body; you should fear God because he can destroy both your body and your soul. It made me feel good that I was one of the few people that was actually listening(the people around me were either whispering or texting, argh.) because if I wasn't, I really would of missed out. This man's passion and love for God and his word literally radiated from his face. It was contagious! He made me feel even more passionate for God than I ever have before! He also said something that I'd heard a million times, but only truly understood this weekend. He said that it is not him speaking, it is God speaking through him. Isn't that amazing? The glory of God was with us that weekend. Not that it isn't with me any other time! Needless to say it was an expierence I will never forget. I feel truly revived, and I'm going to view the people that I'm around at school in a whole new perspective. My goal in life is to show people my passion and love for the lord through my actions and personality. I know it's working when people don't understand why I'm always happy, or when they think I'm too much of a "goody twoshoes" or "too nice". That's when I know that they notice something different about me. That I'm a christian and am passionate for God! That's a good feeling :)

Well, I think I'm going to go take a nap. Or as my Mom says, "I think I'm going to go into a coma, get me out of it in a few hours!". I really need one, seeing as I kept getting kicked away by my little freshman roommates, who kicked me everytime I started snoring. Just because I went to bed at midnight and you went to bed at 6 doesn't make me a crazy person! Oh well. Sometimes you really can't get people to understand you. Not like that brings down my spirit or anything! I'm in a great mood!! Though that will soon end when that Issac Newton paper and Government midterm come back into reality.....

Happy Hump day, or otherwise known as Wednesday.

I'm not a big fan of Wednesdays. Well, the school day part that is. And today was particularily miserable. And it all started with my Government test.

Government: Unit 3 test. 60 questions in 45 minutes. Usually Mr. Bradley will let us know when we have 20 min. left, 15 min. left, etc. But not this time. So here I was, right at the halfway point, thinking, "well, he hasn't said we have 15 minutes left, so I'm doing pretty well!" wrong. If it weren't for some wonderful student in our class that asked to know the time, I would of been pretty doomed. Apparently unbeknownst to me, I had 8 minutes to answer 30 questions about some very difficult political topics! I was in a semi-panic. I knew that I would fail if I guessed the rest of them, so I speed read the questions, chose the best answer, and was doing pretty well. Until his watch beeped. There's no way 8 minutes could of gone by that fast. And I was so close, I only had five questions left! Let's just say I was not a happy camper. If it weren't for the fact that Mr. Bradley looked like he was to the point of almost lashing out at any innocent bystander, I would of openly complained about his lack of keeping us notified on how much time we had left. So that was a lovely start to my day.

Latin: Thank you Mr. Garlington, for giving us a four page packet filled with latin grammer exercises. Thank you for making my day even better by reminding us that our Ancient Egypt test is the next day. And thank you for complaining that I didn't bring any pretzels! Arrgh! I was not having a good morning. It didn't help that we did not have homeroom, adding another half hour to our 2nd period, latin! The only thing that cheered me up was that I got to listen to my iPod. Even though it was freezing outside, songs like "Under the Boardwalk" and "Summer in the City" made me feel like I was in Florida! Too bad the bell rang and I had to go to choir.

Choir: Not fun. I know this sounds very unprofessional, but I am so sick of singing the same songs! I will be so happy when our competition is over, because then I can move on to the Disney and Spring concerts. I am utterly exhaunsted, and not in the mood to rant about how annoyed I am about our version of "Man in the Mirror" and how much it sounds like Kiz Bop. Nor will I go on about how people in general frustrate me. Not all the time, but sometimes bad personality atributes that they have come like a monster. And I'm not saying that like I'm perfect, I know that I have a huge mouth, plus I'm a diva(though not a drama queen), and when those come out, people would mistake me for the Kraken.

Physical Science. I hate this class. I really love Mrs. Paul as a person and I love being in her class, but there's something about science that just doesn't.....click. Maybe it's because of the fact that it's the last period in the day, and I'm about to fall asleep, or maybe my mind is so full with saxophone, voice, piano and violin music plus Into the Woods libretto and Church music, that there's no more room! But everytime I come into that class, I just feel lost. It really doesn't help that it's all math.

Welp. I've got to go study for History. Ancient Egypt. Maybe I'll actually go to bed before midnight tonight! :)

caption for photo: A collage I made the other day. Celebrities that inspire me. When I get more time I think I'll list them all plus how they inspire me. But for now I guess I'll just list them.

David Tennant, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Rachel Mcadams, *the girl who plays Ziva in NCIS*, Gene Kelly, Amy Adams, Keira Knightly, Emma Watson, Idina Menzel, Kristen Chenoweth, Mickey Rooney, and Frank Sinatra. *whew* :)

Why is winter weather so bipolar? First nothing, then snow, then rain, and now nothing! Gotta love Tuesdays...

Like the title says, my day hasn't been too bad. Here's a rundown of my day:

Government: Review for tomorrow's test. Midterm on Friday. This test is basically another midterm, mainly the purpose of it is to provide us with another grade. And another night of stressing. Lovely. Especially wonderful when your list of "terms to know" takes up two pages front and back, without the definitions. I was feeling really discouraged and overwhelmed about all of the terms and concepts, but at the end of class, Mr. Bradley told me that I was doing what I was supposed to be doing, and that I was doing a good job, which made me feel soo much better. So that was a nice ending to my first period class :)

Latin: The history game wasn't as bad as I expected. I actually enjoyed it. And finding out that the test is multiple choice made me feel much better! Maybe Ancient Egypt isn't as difficult as I though it was.

Choir: Of course Mrs. Bowen decided to strip Josh and I of our solo. Of course she yells at me for being a diva! Of course I have five seniors on my side, agreeing with me, but are afraid to say anything. Why do I have to be the one with the big mouth, with no fear to say what everyone else is thinking? Oh well. I'm not afraid of her. Not that I don't have respect for her, which I do inmmensely. It's just.....well, you simply have to be in class with her on a daily basis to see who she really is. Besides that little event that ruined the class period, the rest of the time was alright. AND, we found out that school would be closing at 1:30! I was very happy because I was not looking foward to Physical Science. I'm also happy because missing one P.S class means that we won't have a test on Friday. I won't be behind! So overall school today wasn't half bad :)

After school: I found out that I had a voice lesson right after school, and much to my surprise, Josh wanted to tag along. I knew that he was having problems with learning basic vocal support and placement, I just didn't know that he was aware of it! So that made me happy. The lesson went pretty well, I think I'm going to sing either "Think of Me" or "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" for my audition this Saturday for the Music Man. Right after that, I said goodbye to Josh and ran to my violin/piano lesson. I find it highly amusing that one of the pieces that I'm working on for my ensemble concert, I'm starting the song on the violin, then switching to saxophone and playing the melody, then finishing the song on the violin! It's funny when I'm reading the music for saxophone, but my mind is thinking in violin positions! Definitely a good mind exercise :)

Now I'm at home for the rest of the evening, due to a canceled Into the Woods rehearsal(not. good.) and canceled dance classes(which my dear mother is not happy about, since the roads are clear and she is the one to pay for my dancing endeavors) I'm not looking foward to this evening personally, because I have to study for tomorrow's Government test, and the 'rents seem tired, which will lead to stress. But I think the fact that our labrador and our weiner dog are laying down with them will help their mood rise. I guess I better get back to studying.....ugh. I hate the fact that I find myself at times wishing my life away, but I can't wait for Friday! Choir competition, hurry up! Or I should say, Disney World, get here already! Captions for pictures: What I really want to be eating right no....icecream! Pinkberry parfait please? :)

Tuesdays.....sometimes harder than Mondays!

I don't think I want to go to school today. I do not want to wake up at 6:30 to another snowycolddreary day. I do not want to go to AP Government, where I know most of the concepts that Mr. Bradley discusses will simply go over my head! And it doesn't help that half of the forensic debaters are in my class, they would argue over what time it is! I do not want to go to latin II and take part in an Ancient Egypt verbal "activity" which I know is going to be some sort of extra credit quiz. I do not want to go to homeroom, simply because of my creeper teacher, who probably is really nice in real life, but he stupidty sometimes frustrates me. I MIGHT want to go to to choir, but than I realize that Mrs. Bowen's probably going to be in a bad mood.....once again. And I'll have to take the blunt of it. I do not want to go to Physical Science, because I have no interest or concept of Balancing Chemical Equations, even though my dear Mother tells me that I've already learned this, and it's easy. Of course it is! That's why I can't get it probably. *sigh* And finally I do not want to go to Into the Woods rehearsal, because I am only there to be on book if anyone forgets their lines, and to turn on and off the lights in the creepy, hasn't been touched since the 80's light booth. Wonderful.

But you know what? Tuesdays are a challenge, no doubt about it. So I think instead of dreading it, maybe looking foward to it will change my day from bad to better. This girl is going to be the ray of sunshine on this dreary snowy day. YES! I WILL make people smile, and if they don't, then I'll make them! YEAH! haha

Runthrough Act I? Well, we got halfway through! It only took four hours....

Rehearsal went well in my opinion. The majority of the cast had full confidence in their lines/songs, and the orchestra was doing a lot better. But with all high school performences, there were little problems. You would think that people would know that if you can see the audience(from the wings) they can see you! And, NO TEXTING backstage! Do people have any common sense? Apparently not. But don't get me wrong, I have a load of respect for each of the principle cast members, what they've been able to accomplish in less than two months is incredible. Hello, it's Stephen Sondheim! But once again, this is high school, and some of the singing is not at it's best. Maybe it's just because Rapunzel is one of my dream roles, and maybe it's because I know for a fact that I could play the role, but the girl they chose is not up to the same standard as the rest of the cast! I love her to death as a person, bless her heart, but you do not cast a low alto to sing the part of a first soprano! Every time I hear her sing the part an octave LOWER(which is pet peeve for me in the first place, when someone can not sing the part the way it is written.) I feel like....I don't know....twitching. Or throwing something? Maybe I'm being a bit dramatic, and I know I'm a being a diva, but it's a bit frustrating when every time she opens her mouth, it's always a little squeak, and than a giggle. But you know what? Why should I care!? It's only going to matter until next Sunday, and then the show will be over, and I'll be off to the next thing! I feel much better now actually. I am NOT going to stress out over this show more than necessary, because it's not worth it! I mean I care about the show and I want to be a success, but it's not like this a broadway show that I will be with for months! So I'm going to just chill, and take everything day by day. There. I feel so much better! Thank you blog for letting me rant a rant until I feel better :)

Now on to the season finale of the Bacholer! Did I really just say that? Yeah, I did. I'm voting for Tinly! No Vienna! haha

Caption for photo: It is me. I am the closet diva. I am the singer. I am the Star!

After School Monday...

I'm in schock. It's Monday afternoon, before nine p.m, and I'm actually home from school! I think this is the first time this has occured since.....last semester probably. But anyways, about my school day...

1st period. Governent. Pop FRQ, AKA we give you a subject, you have half an hour to write on it. Discussing interest groups and the concept of realignment? Not fun. Good thing I studied!

2nd period. Latin II. I had high hopes for an amazing history lecture, but was bummed to recieve 40 Latin Grammer problems and a lecture on Infinitive Absolute. Joy. Though listening to my iPod during class made it all better :)

3rd period. Advanced Choir. Good news which made my day. I HAVE SOLO FOR THE CONCERT AT DISNEY WORLD!!! Ok, so technically it's a duet, but that's OK, because my voice will be heard, and I won't be in the shadows, my little feeble chance in the spotlight! So that made my day better. We also rehearsed our pieces for our big yearly competition we attend. I'm more excited this year than I was last year, because 1. I'm in the advanced choir, and not the drama filled girls choir, and 2. We actually have a good chance on making state, which would be amazing. So I had a good time.

lunch. Mrs. Bowen's office, where I chill everyday. Depending on Mrs. Bowen's mood, lunch is either pleasant or just not fun. Today it was pleasant. Mostly because the fact that she appreciates my musical intellect, and my critism for my colleagues. Especially when your good friends are screaming like banshees while banging on the piano, thinking they sound like the next "Glee" stars. Which they don't. They are entirely off pitch, they're singing on their vocal chords instead of their diaphram, and the songs and harmonies were simply annoying! So that's what our conversation was about pretty much, which I enjoyed. And than the ball rang, and the good times were over....time for:

4th Period. Physical Science. Balancing chemical equations, which along with the other 13 chapters in the book, I have no interest what so ever in. I don't care! I mean, I understand how other people find this interesting, but to me I think it's boring. Which of course doesn't matter, because I have to pass this class to graduate. Of course I do. Though the class was mildly interesting today because everyone was on edge due to our code 1 lockdown, leading to a search. Too bad we didn't get searched, they would of found a jackpot on me!(if you consider a jackpot and iPod, a cellphone, and camera) But besides that tiny event, the class went on, and I recieved a lovely worksheet that will help me practice my balancing skills for chemical equations. Lovely.

After School: I really enjoyed the ten minutes of my life after the bell rang for us to leave. In a way, I kind of felt like the Doctor in the episode, "the End of Time" when he realizes that he's going to generate and goes to "get his reward". He goes to Donna's wedding with a lottery ticket for her parents, who he dearly loves. He saves the life of his first companion's son and than leaves to save his past companion's life while she's in a battle. Finally he goes back to 2005 to get a last glimpse of the girl he loves and will never get to see again due to the fact that she's stuck in an alternate reality(the is science fiction, go figure) to tell her how fantastic a year she's going to have(because she's going to meet him a few days later!) Basically, he sees all of the people he loves in one day before leaving for a long time. Ok, so maybe that doesn't exactly relate to me, but I did get to see some very dear friends that I rarely see anymore, and probably will not see for a few months. My reward was that they still care about me, and I got to hug them. And if you know me, you know how much a good hug means to me! So yeah, it was a good ten minutes :)

My hour at home is quickly ending, and I'm about to leave for Into the Woods rehearsal, so I better get off here since I'm already starting to get "diahrea of the keyboard" though in some people's opinion I'm way past that! :)

Oh Mondays, how I loathe thee..

Don't get me wrong, there are perks to Mondays, but that first day of waking up at six when you realize that the school week is starting all over again? Not fun. Though this is the day that the lord has made, so we must rejoice and be glad in it. I'll rejoice, but I'll still complain a little. Or like Tom said in the Glass Menagerie, "I'll rise, but I won't shine!" haha I have an ultra busy day

today: School, that Piano/Violin lessons, than I have go back to school for Into the Woods rehearsal, then leave for tap and ballroom, that go BACK for the end of rehearsal. That doesn't include all of the HW I will probably have. Fun. Well I've got to go, school is calling my name! UGH. Bring on the tests and cold weather! :)