Monday, Monday

I woke up to the sound of my dog barking loudly. That was not pleasant. After yelling at her to stop barking, I went back to sleep, only to wake up 15 minutes later than I usually do. School was fine. We had "Get a Life" something or other, where the Oregon colleges come and present. I went to financial Aid and Private College Apps. The I went to Dr. Hellman's room. Classes commenced as usual. The school day finished and I went to the theatre, for once we didn't have dance team. There, I, along with others, practiced for auditions. After that, we had pick up play practice so that we won't suck on Wednesday. Yeah, I'm still a little nervous for this play, mainly for only one character and yay for them showing up. The practice wasn't a total failure, however, if Sil had been watching, she would have had our heads...mainly the heads of certain people, not mine I'll have you know. The practice wasn't very concentrated and people kept breaking chracter. My favorite moment though was when at the end Nathan grabbed Charlotte (who was reading for Emma/Christina) and dipped her right before Maia comes in and they think it's Helsa...you kind of need to see the play in order to know what I'm talking about. But in any case, no one was expecting Nathan to do that and since he was supposed to be in love with that character it seemed only fitting, especially since tehy are supposed to almost kiss and then Maia comes barging in. It was awesome.

After practice, I came home and wasn't too successful on my homework, however, I did transcribe my notes onto paper from Black Boy so I'm done with Chapter 2 notes. Now I have to do Ch. 3....I've read most of it....I just have to finish reading and highlighting and what not and I'll probably put the notes on paper in the morning.

Tomorrow is the first musical audition date. Sil has to go to Jury Duty and if she has to actually serve and won't get back in time ofr auditions, she's going to call me and I'll tape them for her. I kind of hope she doesn't make it in time so that I can sit in on the auditions. But if she does make it, then I'll be able to go to dance. We'll see how that goes.

Well, I should get to finishing Black Boy. I'm really enjoying it.

Swan Lake

I saw Swan Lake today. It was....interesting. It was done by the Moscow Ballet. I knew two little boys in it because they had casted some Portlanders in the show, not as leads or anything but just as side people. The dancer who played Odette was amazing! The boys wer ok. They weren't as impressive as the ABT boys that did this show on OPB a couple somethings ago (I don't remember if it was weeks, months, or years). Anyway, it was fun nonetheless to see a ballet besides The Nutcracker. Bubba and I decided that we could school those dancers, so we're going to try (and succeed) dancing this one really cool Pas. Actually, there was this one lift jump thing and Bubba leaned over and said, "That's our next stunt". For those of you who don't know, Bubba and I are keeping a record of all the tricks we can do together. We're up to 2 so far because that is all we've been given to do.

I woke up with and a half hours of sleep. I went to church, Sunday School, home, pie social at church, and then Swan Lake. So pretty much, I didn't have time to do homework until tonight. But I've done most of it. Now I jsut have to read something for History. I dislike reading for History because the book we're reading is big paged, small writing, and a lot of page numbers to read. It's also a lot of background info.

Tomorrow I don't have DT. Actually, for the next 2 weeks we don't have DT. Tuesday and Wednesday is musical auditions. Ahhhh!

Madness and Chaos

That is what ensued this evening at my house after the play. I don't reember a cast party getting as wild as it did here. Mainly, I think that's because we didn't have some people here who just go looking for these kinds of opportunities to be crazy/inappropriate lasst year and if we did, they didn't stay too long. This night it was one inappropriate thing after another. Finally someone spilled something and I put away the DDR and we calmed down. Don't get me wrong; I enjoyed myself, but it was really....interesting.

The show went pretty darn good (well? I hate english). The audience was considerably better than last night. They laughed almost as much as Thursday.

Today was hectic in teh fact that I had dance from 10-1, did Amber's hair at 2, did about an hour's worth of homework, went to the play, and then had a cast party. I'm so glad we didn't have Grinch practice because I would have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Tap was fun today. Brooke is doing a science experiment on how amny steps we take in each type of dance class we offer. I took the most steps in tap and how that happened is beyond me. Musical Theatre was awesome. Bubba was there so we were able to do the kartwheel and the flip. Daisy will hopefully teach us some more tricks so we can add to our list. And I found out that Musical Theatre is doing the recital. I'm really excited about that.

Well, I should probably get to sleep. Night.

Day 2 of the Play

Well today wasn't as good as yesterday. I blame some of it on the audience. They were really dead. They started really laughing when Aario and I do the miming thing in the second scene of act 1. The the laughter died down until act 2. Our energy wasn't as high as it could have been. But it wasn't a horrible performance. There were 2 sign language ladies that I didn't know were going to be there so I was thrown off a bit. Also, there was ahumongous letter opener on the desk...the opener looked like a knife. I was like, "Helsa forgot the (look weirdly at the knife thing...in my mind of course) sugar". I finally had to ask someone what it was because it seriously looked like a knife.

I watched part of the tape and ti is horrible. Pretty much the screen is dark the whole time because the lights are low through most of the show and the camera didn't pick us up very well. Dad's looking into it. Hopefully we'll be able to get that fixed so Jennifer can have a copy she can actually see.

The physics test went ok. I think I did well on it...at least I hope I did well.

Josh and James are poop faces because instead of going to Red Robins, they went to a birthday party. Also, James is a double poop face because he might not come to the cast party tomorrow. His reason is more acceptable than the party...Kiry is coming to visit. I told him to bring her along....though she'd really only know me, Nathan, James, and Emma....possibly Amber and Ryan....but that's fine. I hope they both come. Now you may ask why the party is this weekend. Well, there is a band competition on Saturday and I'm taking SAT's on Saturday. So I don't want to be up until 2 AM...though I probably will be anyway. So that's why it's this weekend.

That's about it. This weekend means a lot of things going on:
Saturday- dance, play, party, hopefully some homework in there, amber's hair before the play
Sunday- church, Swan Lake, homework, majorly needed college stuff
Throughout the weekend- homework, internal assessment due friday (the first part of it), extended essay, read and mark Black Boy, and college applications and deciding where I for sure want to audition so that I can get the needed information to the colleges.

Wow, I have a lot of work to do!I should get started! But I think I'll get to bed, since I'm not feeling too wel, my hands are freezing and it's now 1:26. Night!

Opening Night

I'm really excited about tonight. The show went really well. The audience was really responsive, even though they were small. It was awesome. The Aloha cast came to watch and loved it. Everythign ran smoothly, mostly. I only had to save someone once and it wasn't too noticable...I hope. Unfortunately, Mom couldn't be there so there isn't a tape, but I'm sure another show will go just as well.

Today after school, Ryan and I decorated the dressing rooms. It was fun. Then Aario, Amber, Ryan, and I walked to Rood Bridge Park and walked around a bit and then did some homework. While doing homework, this girl and her brother (don't really know but we'll pretend) came by and started fighting....well the girl took the boy's bikes and wouldn't give it back. The kid ran after her and yelled at her to give it back, but she didn't and continued provoking him. We let this slide until we were ready to leave and then started yelling things like, "Take her bike!" and "I think I need a new bike" and what not. The girl yelled things like, "If you touch my bike I'll slap you!" Finally, Ryan had had enough. He walked over to her and got in her face and told her to get an attitude adjustment, among other things. We were shocked that he actually got in her face...so was she. After he was done she yelled things at us like, "You're stupid!" I turned around and started towards her and said, "Hey guys, I think I need a new bike"....and she threatened me with, "I'll slap you if you touch my bike". I said to myself, though loud enough for her to hear, "Sure you will". I turned around to walk with the others and she threatened again. After a little bit, I looked behind me and the girl was on her bike and folloing us. Aario and I said together, "Oh no! She's going to run us over!" She didn't really, but I bet she wanted to. It was quite an adventure.

I found out today that we have a physics test tomorrow. He told us today. So I shoudl probably go study that. Night.

Sadness yet Happiness means Mass confusion

Well I found out today that I made All-State. I was really excited. Christa made it too and we're probably going to be roomates. I think we're even singing the same part! Now you may ask yourself why I was really excited....Kirsten didn't make it. I feel horrible because if anyone deserves it, she does. She works sooo hard; harder than anyone I know. I don't want her to quit everything because she's tried and hasn't seen any results yet. I know things will work out...I know they will.

I just broke a plate trying to get up to answer a phone call. Mom had the phone but it was for me so she apparently said she'd relay it, but I didn;'t hear her say that. I heard "Get up and get the phone" not "Don't get up...". So now we have one less plate...just like we have pretty much no more glasses for the set because another one broke today, by the same person who broke it last time. Today for the play was interesting. We used the lanterns with real fire in them. A glass broke. I almost broke character because Dad, Mom, and Aunty Bette laughed and I wasn't prepared for it....bad I know.

After the practice, Aario, Charlotte, Amber, Nathan, James, Ryan, and I went to Dairy Queen....Nathan wanted a Hillsburger so that's why we went there. It was good times and great food. I have way too much fun with this cast.

Michelle, thanks for the call. I really appreciated it...however, the play officially opens tomorrow, but we can pretend it opened today.

Tomorrow Amber, Zach, Christa, and I are preforming 2 poems for English. The first poem Amber and I are dancing to and Zach and Christa are speaking. The second one we're all singing but Christa is the main singer, I echo and humm a lot and Zach and Amber chime in at one point. I can't wait to show it.

I should really do my homework now. Night.

Play Day

All day my thoughts and actions were on the play. It pretty much started in NHS when I did curls in Amber's hair for her fabulous hairstyle. For the first 2 periods, my mind wasn't solely on the play, but the thought was stashed away in the back corner of my brain. During lunch, I fixed Amber's hair. It didn't turn out exactly how it was supposed to, but it was my first time trying this particualr hairstyle. Then, with the remaining time, I did Maia's hair. Her hair carried over into 3rd period. Then 4th came....and so did Act 1. It didn't go too horribly. The class was critiquing us so it was slightly intimidating, however, I did get a comment saying that my character was the only one with a believable background to it. In other words, I had a believable character. I don't know who said that...the name wasn't on the comp book. Act 1 didn't go too badly. People laughed at Aario's and my pantomime thing. People in general laughed, which is good. After we performed Act 1, 5th period came along. I was slightly side tracked from thinking about the play, but it didn't last long. As soon as 5th was over, my mind was set in play mode. Act 2 went conciderably worse than Act 1. First off, we skipped some lines at the very beginning, then skipped some lines so a bookcase didn't get turned. Ben laughed on stage because he messed up....not a great idea. However, no glass broke this time. James, Ryan, and I got to use the lanterns, however, they weren't burning so we get to work with that tomorrow. My quick change went really smooth. Yay!

After play practice, Ryan and I went to get pizza while the rest of the cast worked on set. Once we got back, we helped with the set until Sil said we could eat. After eating, Ryan and I had an appointment with Ms. Erwin and Ms. Denny at the District Office to talk about Link Crew. It was fun. Before we went, we went on a grand adventure driving Amber to St. Matthew's. Then we attempted to find teh District Office in the dark, more challenging than we thought, but we made it. Then Ryana and I talked a but and so did Ms. Erwin and Ms. Denny. Our purpose there was to say what we did in Link Crew and why we wanted to do it, etc. After our 5 minute speech, we left. I took Aario and Ryan home amnd then proceeded to do homework. I still ahve to finish writing a 2 page paper thing for history that we got today. I decided to take a break and type for a bit, but I am afraid I must get back to my comp book and continue writing. Booo!

Tomorrow morning, I'm going to Amber's house to put her hair in curlers. She gets to wear them all day and then we get to take them out and style them. I'm excited.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Hilhi Players presents "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940" in Drama 3/4 tomorrow. You should all come see it. Well, we're doing Act 1 at least. Then after school we're doing Act 2. If you want to know why, call me or talk to me on line or at school and if I like you I'll tell you. Play practice today was.....shall we say....intersting. One person was really late and they are the first thing on stage, this same person missed a cue they had missed 2 times before and 2 glasses broke. Ryan and I think that the only scene that went perfectly was the one where James is yelling at us. Nothing went wrong there. Ryan, Amber, adn I got "great entrances" from Sil for that part. We win!

After play practice, Nathan, James, Aario, Ryan, Charlotte, Amber, and I went to Dairy Queen for food/ice cream. It was great. The I took Nathan and James home.

That was pretty much the excitement for the evening. Now I must do homework.

Upset stomach

I was rudely awoken at 3:30 AM by my stomach. It suddenly felt horrible. I still don't know why it hurt, but it did. The result: my parents thought I was just getting to bed then and me saying that I had an upset stomah instead. I hate stomach problems....especially when you don't get enough sleep as it is.

This morning in Sunday School, we had food. My aunt brought bagels and cream cheese and fruit. It was a great breakfast. Then we went home and I did a bit of homework and SAT studying. The I took a break and watched "The Wedding Singer". It was ok, though I don't need to see it again. Then we headed out for the concert in Vancouver. We dropped off Brooke and picked up Kirsten and ended up with 10 minutes to spare until we were suppposed to be there. Talk about great timing! Chorale sang pretty. Mr. Kuehn switched some songs on us, so I did some major sight reading again. That was fun....and I mean irritating because I hate sight reading, even though I know it's really good for me. Luckily the songs weren't hard and he switched songs in English so I didn't have to read another language on top of reading notes. After singing, we went to Denny's for dinner. It was fun.

I am really excited about the play.....mainly for one reason.....the hair. The girls all have pretty sweet hairstyles this time. Amber's is my favorite. I hope I can pull it off....I get to do most of the hair because we can do it during lunch and 4th, whereas Aunty Bette can only do it in between school and the play. So I get ot curl and style hair. I hope I do alright. I really can't wait to try Amber's hair. It's awesome!!!!!

Dance and Sing...Fun!

I danced for a long time today. The usual 10-5. It was long and no where near as fun with Bubba gone. I was partners with Arina today. And we didn't move on because Bubba wasn't there. I want to know where he was!

Scott and I sang today. It was quite exciting, and by exciting I mean really fun. We totally made fools of ourselves. It was a blast.

That was pretty much my day. Lots of dancing and then singing for almost 3 hours. I should probably do sme studying since I'm taking the SAT's Nov 4. Night!

Early Morning Practice

This morning we had an informal practice. I got there at about 8:00 and Maia was the only one there. Shortly after, Nathan showed up. Finally, by 8:15 most of the cast was there, minus Josh, Kyle, adn Amber. I called Amber and apparently I had said I would pick her up, however, I don't remember saying that so that's why she wasn't there. Anyway, I went to pick her up and about 8:30 we started. The first act ran pretty smoothly. Second act was a little shakier. We ran through that one twice, once with Emma, once with Christina. Today was horrible for consentration, but we did work out some things that weren't running smoothly. There is this one part in Act 2 that we always stumble over, so we worked it out and it ran smoothly. Also, our bios were due today, though most of us didn't know that (I was gone for notes yesterday so I have an excuse). Anyway, throughout practice we wrote our bios. It was great fun doing so. Amber missed a cue because she was reading her bio to the cast not on stage, so James said, "Do I hear Bernice?" And suddenly there were frantic footsteps to get on stage. We all laughed a lot. I know it was bad to break character, but Amber even broke character (and she usually doesn't do that). So we started that over and it ran better. If you're wondering if Sil was there, she wasn't. She was parent/teacher confrencing it. So we were left alone to practice and I think that's why consentration wasn't there. Don't worry; it is usually there for the real practices....when the pressure is on.

At voice today, I hit a high C!!!!! I was pretty excited. It sounded pretty too! I win!

Mom and Dad are eating at a friend's house so Brooke and I are left to fend for oursleves. Well, that's it. Night.

Busy Day

Play practice ran smoother than yesterday, though I'm not confident that it was better. We still skipped some lines, though the lines weren't as crucial to the plot as yesterday. Nathan and I saved the day many times this practice. It was irritating when people forgot their lines and we had to cover for them. It's the same lines that people keep forgetting too. On a lighter note....Josh, Nathan, and I are now Charlie's Angels and came up with poses while waiting to go on stage. Also, Josh is now Nathan and I am Elizabeth because we think they are really cool people and want to be just like them. This makes us family which is even better. Somehow we came to us being a family a while ago...I think it was a few weeks into play practices. We just decided that we are family, so now we constantly refer to each other as family. It's a fun game.

In drama we finished the Rennaisance Faire. Nathan sang an awesome song. It was hilarious. After the performers preformed, we had about 40 mintues to eat and do nothing. Josh, Emma, Jes, Nathan, James, and I played an intense game of Egyptian Rat. It ended up between me an Nathan for the win. I won. It was in this game, that we discovered that Nathan and I pretty much rock at this game. We decided, while we were geting food and the others were playing another game of Egyptain Rat, that we need to play against each other sometime....one on one....every slap we can think of to make it as confusing as possible. After a great meal, we headed back into the theatre to slap into the game the others were still playing. Nathan slapped in first, followed closely after by me. It narrowed down to Josh, Nathan, and me playing. Then Nathan became cardless. Josh had the most cards when the bell rang, so he counted that as a win. He didn't do a little dance like he said he would if he beat me. So I guess I'll have to see that tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, we are having an unscheduled rehearsal at 8 AM. Why? We don't want to stink horribly. I don't thikn we'll stink horrib;y anyway, but we just won't get better. Why so early? Sil will be there because of parent/ teacher confrences so we can use the theatre.

I sang with Chorale tonight at Tualitan High School for the Oregon Symphonic Band concert. There is another one in Vancouver. I had only seen the music once before today and Mom and I were late because of play practice. However, I didn't sing too badly. I was actually able to hit the high B flat at the end of the ending song. That was nice.

Well, I should get some sleep. Night.

School, Play, Choir, Oh My!

Today I stayed at school for a long, long, time. I was there at 9:00 and stayed until 8:30. Almost a 12 hour day at school. Why so late? School, play, choir.

Play prctice was even more interesting than yesterday. Even though I did the first part right, the rest of teh show kind of fell apart. And by fell apart I mean we skipped lines and sections liek there's no tomorrow. It was interesting. Also, we now have a situation on our hands where someone might not be able to perform because they fell they need to be somewhere else instead of dress rehearsal. I know it sounds selfish, but htere is a reason as to why this person feels they need to be somewhere else, but I won't discuss that on this blog. Call me and I might tell you...especially if you are far away.

The choir concert wasn't too bad. They sounded pretty good, especially for having a new choir teacher. I had the hardest job of all...running the lights. It was intense.

That's about it. Oh, the Argus is coming tomorrow to take pictures. Night.

Splits of Death

I fear I shall never get my splits. No matter how much I stretch, I still can't do them. I mean, for about a month now we have sat in our splits for Dance Team, the next day we stretch like crazy in jazz, and on Thursday I have another jazz class where we stretch our splits. You'd think they'd come to me. The only real reason I am so worried is because if I want a chance for All-State, I have to have both right and left leg splits. I can fake it pretty well. And if it's a matter of sliding into them for a little bit, no problem. It's just holding them forever and all eternity. I wish they could see if you were a good dancer without judging you on your flexibility. Yes flexibility has a lot to do with dance, but in dances people don't sit in their splits the whole time. They sometimes show glimpses of flexibility, but you can dance just as well with not being able to split. I guess I'll just have to do some hard core stretching every night. Gross.

Dad got a treadmill from Joe last night. It's pretty nifty. I love treadmill.

Tomorrow is the choir concert. I'm so glad I get to do something.

Play practice was interesting. I totally stunk up the beginning. It's memorizing places. I'm reading a list to someone of who they pick up where and when. I should probably write it out so I don't do horribly tomorrow. I think I will. I know that's technically cheating, but I really don't want ot suck tomorrow. Poor Kyle was yelled at the most today. We skipped a whole section because Christina fed us the wrong line. So we had to do a little improving as to who said what line. Then we somehow were able to fit in the section we skipped and continued fomr where we left off of the other section. How we pulled that off, I don't know, but we did. I hope tomorrow will go better.

Tomorrow is the Renaissance Faire. I'm excited.

I got 4 hours of sleep last night. I was doing English homework. Yay for procrastination.

That's it. Night.

Mondays = Late Days

Mondays are always hard. I get up at 6:30, get to school by 7:20, stay there studying until 3:30, then have danced team in the Commons unitl usually 6:30, then go to play practice (set building recently) and then go to Chorale until 9:30. I dislike not bing home for so many hours! Choralwe didn't get over until 10:00 tonight. Then I came home and Brooke was watching a Stargate episode. We all sat down and watched a total of 2 episodes and now I am going to do my homework....well as soon as I am done typing.

This afternoon, we had a bomb scare. Apparently a bomb was found in the boys bathroom in the LA building. All I know is that we spent about and hour and fifteen minutes standing around. IO was irritated that I didn't bring my backpack along so that i could do my homework. It would have helped. But oh well.

Dance team was interesting. Heather had us do really slow sit-ups and The Plank. The we sat in our splits for a while. The we learned a dance. Yeah, I'm pretty sore now. Tomorrow, I probably won't be able to move.

Play practice was ok....not great, but ok. I only heard about it, since I was at DT. However, Christina and I went to help build the set after DT. Sil had us put wheels on on of the bookcases. After we did so, she had us pick leaves off of a board. We both think she'd rather have the boys do the electric screw driver work. Though I must say Christina and I did pretty well...it's just that we weren't as fast the boys. But what can you expect from Christina, who thought that Sil wanted us to use hammers, and me, who had only learned how to use an electric screw driver this summer from Dad....I didn't learn how to work it, just how to use it. Anyay, the bookcase is movable, so we did our job.

I left for Chorale about an hour after DT got out. Chorale was fun. I sang pretty well today. I sight read one song without any problems....of course it was in English so that helped. I hate sight reading things in Latin, where I am supposed to know how to pronounce every word and sight read at the same time. Yeah, I thikn that happened maybe twice. I'm more of a "learn the notes and then the words" girl.

On Thursday and Sunday, some of Chorale is singing with the Oregon Symphonic Band. I have free tickets if you want to come. On Thursday it's at Tualitan High School and 7:30 (I think). As for Sunday, well I don't really know. Yes, I'm a great sourse of knowledge.

I forgot to mention that yesterday at Red Robins, the cast decided to publicly humiliate me by telling them it was my birthday. A little late I know, but it was a nice thought. SO I was sung to by the Red Robin's crew and got free ice creama and 2 balloons.

Well, I should stop procrastinating and do my homework. Au revoir!

Ironic Practice

As Charlotte pointed out to me this afternoon, the running lines practice at my house was similar to the play itself. For those of you who don't know the play, my character is the hostess to a group of people who come to get me to back their show....pretty much they come to put on the play for me. Why did people come to my house today? We're putting on a show. Weird huh? It's too bad my house doesn't have any secret passages...other wise we could have had our own murder. It was fun. We strated off watching "The Man Who Came to Dinner" and part of "Kindergarten" while people were still arriving. Then we got down to business. Most everyone was there. The only characters we didn't have were O' Reilly and Bernice. Amber is fine with her lines so we weren't too worried about her, since she was away looking at colleges. The O' Reilly's should have been here, but oh well...they missed out. After about an hour and a half, we decided to call it a night and then we went to Red Robins for some dinner. It was great. After dinner, I dropped off Josh and Charlotte dropped off Nathan, I said hello to Elizabeth's mom and talked to Elizabeth for about 30 seconds, and then Charlotte and I went ot Aunty Bette's to try on Charlotte's dress. It still needs some work, but it's mostly done.

I need to finish my homework. Ewwwwww!

Dancing All Day Long

From 10 AM to 5 PM I danced. Yep. That's what I did all day. Oh and I watched a little Season 8 of Stargate. And Scott came over and we sang a bit. Then I watched more Stargate. By the end of the weekend, the Season will be over and I'll be in "Do we have to watch it again?" mode. Season 8 is all Brooke will be watching for a while and I know it'll get on my nerves.

Dance was fun. Tap wasn't too bad. Daisy complemented me a lot. Unfortunately, I think I'm giving her false pretenses because I;m pretty positive that I wasn't making all the sounds she thought she heard. Of course, I was tapping next to this girl named Erin, who is a really good tapper, and our feet were moving at the same time. I know I made a lot of the sounds, but I don't think I made nearly as much as she thought I did. But I'm fine with her thinking I'm better than I am because any praise I can get in tap will raise my self esteem in that class by a whole lot. After tap, I went to ballet, where there were only 3 of us. It was fun. I should Miss Elizabeth a combinstion we did in Long Beach 3 years ago. She liked it. We'll probably do it again sometime. After ballet came musical theatre. It was great. Bubba and I can now do 2 tricks. One is the flip over the back and the other is a cartwheel thing. I cartwheel between Bubba's legs and he makes sure I don't fall on my head. It's pretty nifty. After musical theatre, I had Grinch practice for 4 hours. 2 hours were pretty much doing nothing because it involved being a Whoville parent. The other 2 hours were spent dancing and choreographing. I mean choreographing in the sense that Caitlin was choreographing and I was helping her remember what she did. It was fun.

That's about it. Tomorrow will be fun. I get to do homework, have people over, and run lines. Yay!

Stargate Season 8

Yes ladies and gentlemen, Stargate Season 8 is on DVD and at our house. So what have we been watching for the past 6 hours? You guessed it. After voice lessons, Brooke and I were supposed to go to a movie. Instead, the movie of choice was Season 8. The things I do for Brooke...

I visited Charlotte today before voice. I had a raspberry, strawberry, and something else (I forget) smoothie. It was delicious! It was Charlotte's recommendation. Thanks Charlotte!

I slept in until 1:00 PM. It felt really good.

Play Practice Blues

Today was possibly the worst run through ever! Not only was Amber gone (doing college visitation stuff), but we didn't really know our lines too well. Of course, this was Act 2 and we had just had to have our lines memorized on Tuesday, so I knew it wasn't going to go too smoothly. Anyway, Sil is very concerned about Act 2....Act 1 is at least watchable. So anyway, Sunday evening the cast is coming over to my house so we can run lines and be a lot better than we were today. I fear that we may not actualy stay on task, but I'll try my hardest to keep us working hard. I know we'll get allteh way through, but I know we'll end up getting off task too, just because when James, Nathan, and Josh are together, all hope is lost. Maybe I'll have to pull a Sil....that's a scary thought!

Today in RCB, we learned more of our lyrical dance. What I'm excited about is that Brooke and Bubba get to do a Pas. I helped out with teh choreography because I was being Bubba for Miss Elizabeth. If that totally confused you, I mean that I partnered my teacher while she was figuring out what to do. It was fun. This means that I can help Brooke. Yay!

That's about it.

Oh yeah, I don't have school tomorrow! Yay! I'll try to get all my homework done tomorrow. We'll see what happens.

Post Birthday Day

I finally found out why my parents and sister had been kicking me out of the downstairs area. Brooke made me a DVD of pictures of me throughout the years and a tape of me singing "Part of Your World" when I was 4 and when I was 17 last Sunday. This DVD had music and little messages included. The reason it wasn't done last night was because the music didn't want to play with the pictures so it was being temperamental, and I didn't get to see this masterpiece until this morning. And yes, we were all crying. I love my sister!

The day went ok. I had a math test. I don't know how I did, nor do I really want to discuss it. After amth, play practice began. Sil taped us today. Even though some cues were slow, overall we didn't do too badly. We watched Act 1 after Sil had taped it. To Amber and my surprise, we actually didnt' suck too bad. Yay! Tomorrow the real pain begins. Act 2 memorized and taped. Weeeeeee! I can tell you know, Sil won't be too happy. If you all remember, we were supposed to have Act 2 memorized yesterday, so tomorrow is going to be ruff.

That's about it.

Oh yeah, Mom and I are ordering senior pics in wallet sizes, so if you'd like some let me know and I'll send some your way. Jennifer, I'm hoping to get some senior pics to you when I send your letter, so you may not get your letter until next week.

18 Years Young

That's what my grandma wrote on my birthday card. I can't believe I'm 18. Jeez, I'm old!

My birthday started with a 12:00 AM "Happy Birthday" song from my sister and parents. The a "Happy Birthday" from Scott. Then a "Happy Birthday" from Neil....both online and on the phone! Neil called me and sang me a beautiful rendition of "Happy Birthday". It was spectacular! Then it was off to bed.

I woke up to another rendition of "Happy Birthday" from my fmaily at 6:30 AM, included in this package was a muffin with a candle and some hot tea. I unfortunately couldn't take the morning off, so I got dressed and went to my car. Inside was a new CD player. My car had previously been inhabbited by a tape player, so this CD player was quite a treat. At school, I got many a "Happy Birthday" from fellow classmates. Drama even sang to me. It was pretty, though not as good as Neil's. Play practice happened and it wasn't too bad. It was our first time completely off script. I did better than some, thank goodness, but it still was pretty ruff. I believe I just contradicted myself. And that's fine! After play practice, Mom, Dad, and Brooke had cake and peanut M&M's for us. I called Jennifer, since she had called me this morning, but I was in class so I didn't get her message. I was really excited to talk to her! Then my family and I went to Stanfords for dinner. I had never been there before so I decided to eat there. The steak I had wasn't too bad, but I've had better. My steak was cooked a little too much on the outside...but it was still good. Then I went to dance. Now I'm at home, where my family once again kicked me out of the downstairs area and forced me into my room, where I must stay until they say I can go downstairs once more. They're up to something, I know it.

When people found out I was 18, the number one response was, "Hey, you can buy a lighter/cigarette!" The next one was, "Hey, you can buy a lottery ticket!" The third was, "Hey, you can vote!" Interesting responses don't you think?

Well, that's about it.

Oh my presents included: a CD player for the car, chocolate, Broadway CD's that are coming to Portland this year, chocolate, Quest for Camelot CD and music, chocolate, SAT prep book, chocolate, $50, and chocolate. I'm probably forgetting some other things, but I definitely got a LOT of chocolate. I'm really excited about the Qiest for Camelot CD and music because now I can sing 3 songs I like from the movie. Yay!

It really hasn't set in that I'm 18 yet. Maybe if I order something from the TV I'll feel more like an 18 year old. I'll try that sometime.

Adoramus Te

This song was done by the All Northwesters last year (aka Devin and myself). Last year, I sang alto. In Chorale, we're singing this song. This time, I'm singing soprano. It's really hard for me not to sing alto. But I made it through the song all the times we sang it...though I did miss singing the alto part.

Today was an interesting day. It was the last day for the College Fair. Most of my classes consisted of 10 or less people. It was fun. We pretty much did nothing. Don't worry; I went to the College Fair yesterday.

That's about it.

Oh yeah, I'm going to be 18 tomorrow! Ahhhh!!!!!! Tonight, Chorale sang to me. Night.

Pre 18 Party

To kick off my birthday week, Courtney and Elieen took me out to The Olive Garden for dinner. To my surprise, this dinner turned out to be a surprise party. At The Olive Garden the dinnerers included Betsy, Becca, Courtney, Emily, Erin, Liz, and Eileen. I was totally surprised! I am so blessed to have such great friends.

I watched parts of "The Man Who Came to Dinner"; Hilhi style. That was a great trip down memory lane. I had forgotten how old I looked. I mean to say that I really don't look like a sophomore. And that's fine. I miss that show. Anyone want to do it again?

This weekend was fun....just relaxing. Well, if you can count dancing at the studio from 10:00-5:00 relaxing on Saturday, I relaxed the whole weekend. I really don't want to go to school tomorrow. I'd like to sleep in....but oh well, I'll just wake up really early in the morning to go to zero period. And that's fine.

Well, that's all for now.

Jennifer- I got your letter. I LOVE the stamps! I'll send you a letter soon.

Homecoming Weekend

Well I just got back from our homecoming football game. We lost, but we were playing against Southridge and didn't expect to win anyway. However, we did score a touchdown in the last quarter. Yessenia and Salvador were crowned Queen and King.

I went to my first ever homecoming parade. I haven't been to one because I believe I've always had dance before the game. In any case, I had a great time. The parade passed David abnd me 3 times (it passed once, then we ran to meet it again, and then we ran to Hare Field, where it passed us again). I got a lot of running in and probably put all of the calories I burned right back on with all of the candy I got. I had fun.

This weekend involves doing homework, going to Kirsten's for a sleepover, and an early birthday dinner from the Sheely's. I'm pretty excited, except for the homework part.

I very excited for Tuesday. Why? I'll be turning the big one eight! Ahhh!!!! I can't believe I'll be 18 in a few short days. I'm not excited however because Sil is giving me the best virthday present ever....Act 2 has to be memorized, meaning the whole play is to be memorized by then. Thanks Sil!

Some of you may be wondering why the dance isn't on my list of activities this weekend...that's because I'm not going. Before you all yell at me, I'll tell you why. The main reason : I hate school dances. I don't dance like that and I feel completely stupid attempting to do so. I know my frriends don't care, but I really just don't enjoy school dances. Don't worry though, I'm going to Prom. I went to Homecoming last year and didnt' really enjoy the dance so much. I enjoyed dinner more. I figure one dance besides Prom is good enough for me. My other reasons for not going are: I don't have a group and I don't have a dress. I could find both of those things, but I really just don't want to go. So instead, I'm going to get my homework done and party at Kirsten's.

That's about it. Night all!

Partnering

Today in elan, we had a day of partnering. At first, I paired up with Erin, but soon I switched to Caitlin because 1)Erin was too tall (though it could have worked) and 2) Caitlin's partner was the smae height as her so it was easier for both Erin and me to switch. I, of course, was the boy for most of this experince. But that's fine because I got to spread joy into Caitlin's day. We had a great time. I'd say we are the masters of partnering. I kind of wish that Bubba was there, so then I could be greedy and he could be my partner and I'd get to be the girl more times than not and have a partner taller than me. But alas, Bubba was not there and so my partner was smaller than me. At the end of the class, we were doing jumps. I partnered Heather at the very end. It was fun. Since she knew how to be partnered, I was able to lift her pretty high in the air. Oh, and Caitlin said that I was a very good partner...I don't know if she's ever been partnered, but that made me feel good.

In jazz, I got lost in a sea of hair. Heather had us dance with our hair down and mine got in my way. It was really hard to spot, mainly because I was already sweaty so my hair was sticking to me. It was pretty much a great time.

Play practice was horrific! I think it was the worst one we've had so far. James misplaced his script so he was reading out of Emma's and was missing lines right and left. People were screwing around backstage more than usual. We kept messing up our cues and dialogue. However, my scream was magnificent! And Mom found the shoes Sil was talking about! Yay!

I kind of want to go to a ballet/partnering class at NCD tomorrow, but Mom isn't ready for me to make the switch....though I just want to try it out first and then make the switch. But I think I'll go to my ballet class tomorrow and next week I'll go to NCD.

Well, that's it. Night.

Homecoming Assembly and Stuff

Well, I didn't make the top 10, but I'm fine with that. I ended up being able to dance with Miriam and Cora. To make a long story short, they didn't know if they were dancing until Sunday. The music they were given wasn't lyrical, which they were going to do with me if the song had been lyrical (the lyrical dance from DT was the dance choice). So I wasn't asked until this morning if I wanted to do it. I said that I'd like to, but if I didn't catch on quickly enough I wouldn't dance. Well, the dance was short and repeated so I caught on pretty quick. Ms. Hershburger said the dance looked better with 3 people so she was glad I caught on so quickly.

If Mr. McKee lets me, I will get to drop Calc 2. Mr. Allnutt is behind me 100% because he is understanding like that. I feel kind of bad, especially since we only have 5 more weeks until the end of the tri, but I think my grade will only go down from here. Why am I thinking so negatively? Well, I don't have time to ask him for help, nor my friends, because of everything I'm doing and I don't really understand what we're supposed to do for our mid-term tomorrow. I mean I understand...sometimes. I hate how they word certain problems. And Mr. Allnutt won't help us either. I get to take the mid-term tomorrow and I hope I do well.

Neil, you didn't call me. Now I am sad. Please call me, for I do not have your number and therefor cannot call you.

Night.

Singing=good times

Today Auntie Cathie and I had some quality time together. She played and I sang. What did we sing? Broadway stuff. We sang for about an hour. It was fun, though a little annoying because she didn't really know most of the songs I sang so she was alittle slow, but I had fun anyway because it's not everyday I get to have an accompanist.

I had the homecoming assembly practice today. It was ok...pretty much long and boring, but ok. I am partners with Marco and this girl named Khat, who neither of us know. She didn't show up today so we still don't know what she looks like. Before the assembly, Amanda C. asked me if Miriam and Cora had talked to me on Friday about the assembly. I said no. Apparently, Amanda had talked to them about asking Natalie and me to dance with them for the assembly (Cora and Miriam had been asked to dance). But they ended up not asking either of us, which made me sad. Amanda said that she thought it unfair that there were many DT members on homecoming court and only 2 of them were asked to dance, so she asked Cora and Miriam to ask Natalie and me. But they didn't and I feel kind of bad. I think I mostly feel bad because no one asked me to do anything. I had been looking forward to being asked to do something in the assembly since my freshman year. I guess that sounds a bit cocky, but I had hoped someone would ask me to do something. Instead, Evy is singing the National Anthem, Cora and Miriam are dancing, and JD is singing/playing the guitar. Oh well. Oh and at the homecoming pep assembly on Friday, Amanda S. is singing the National Anthem. I guess if I really want to sing, I should become pushy and ask to sing.

Auntie Cathie ended up doing the Rebekka thing at church. That was nice of her, especially since I had to leave about 10 minutes into Sunday School.

My computer is doing something weird. It isn't showing me my new blog post. When I go to my page through going to where I am about to type a new blog, I can see it, but other than that, it is hidden to me. And I know other people can see it. I don't understand.

That's about it. Night.

Happy Birthday Auntie Cathie

Today is my aunt's birthday. I feel kind of bad because I wasn't home for most of the day because of dance. But we had a really good dinner and she got a lot of picutres done.

Dance was fun today. I actaully enjoyed tap because Daisy didn't say anything to make me feel bad at all. I was actually fairly descent at tap. The came ballet, which was fun. Then musical theatre. We're still working on Footloose. We didn't get too far because we had to play catch-up for another girl, but that's ok. I still had a great time. After musical theatre, Grinch practice started. And guess what? Bubba and I get to be Whooville parents. Heather was hesitant to put us together at first, but she did and she told us "No funny stuff from [us]". In other words, no goofing off to get the parents riled. Michelle, we hope you're here to see this because there is this one part where we prepare to do a polka thing and we turn our heads and look at the audience, like ballroom dancers would. And of course Bubba and I overexagurate it. Don't get me wrong, I want all of you to watch The Grinch, but we happened to think of Michelle first...maybe it's because she tends to overexagurate things more than others do....if you know what I mean. Anyway, practice was fun. In between practices, Brooke, Caitlin, and I went to New Season's Market. It was delicious! Apparently, every Saturday they have taste testing from 11-5. So we had sandwiches and then taste tested some food. Then I had my other practice. We're almost done with the dance. Then I came home. My aunty Bette wants me to do a Sunday School thing where I am Rebekka and I talk about what it was like raising Jacob and Esau and whatnot. The problems: I have a Homecoming mandatory rehearsal at 10 AM and I really don't want to do it. My friend Marika would be so much better. I asked Auntie Cathie if she would like to do it and she didnt' say no, but she didn't say yes. They all think I'm still able to do it, but I can't. Sunday School starts at 9:30 and Aunty Bette wanted it to be an all lesson type deal (going from 9:30-10:30). Mom is fine with me not doing it. I think part of that is her knowing how stressed I am and this would just add more stress. I don't know what I should do because if I did it, it would be horrible and Aunty bette would be disappointed and if I didn't, Aunty Bette would be disappointed. Either way, Aunty Bette will be disappointed. Anyway, I finished Perks of Being a Wallflower. Loved it. Thanks for reccomending it Jennifer!

Neil, when are you going to call me? I'd call you, but I don't know when you are availiable and it's easier to call 3 hours back than 3 hours ahead.

That's about it.