It is Decided

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the moment of truth has come. I have decided where I am going to go to college. Let me say it was a very hard decision to make, but after much thought I have decided that I am going to go to Otterbein. It feels......
weird?...no.....
exciting?...maybe......
relieving...yes.....relieving to say my choice of college. I know I have kept this decision a little late, but it is done. And I am pretty excited. Granted, the weather will not be the way I would like it to be, but that's ok. I'll at least get snow while the rest of you are not getting any. And not to mention, Elizabeth is there and Neil is a short 45 minutes away. And Jennifer is in the same time zone. Man, this is cool. I have my college picked out. I feel a weight lifted from me.

Practice tonight went really well. There were only a few slip-ups, but other than that, I am totally confident that we are going to rock this show! You all had better come see it if it is in your power to do so....or else I'll send my spirit upon you! Just kidding :)

Well, I need to take a shwoer. Being in jail for 3 months really does wonders for my complextion :)

Hectic but...worth it?

That is what I have been asking myself everyday for the past....hmmm.....3 weeks at least. Life has blown by and things are showing up that I thought wouldn't come for at least another month. For example, Crucible is coming up next week...meaning we open next week. Scary? I think so. What is strange is that I feel totally prepared. Usually I feel a little pressed for time, but for this shw I feel like we could perform tomorrow and we'd be fine. I kind of don't like this feeling. Weird? Yes, I know I am.

The time to decide where to spend next year has finally arrived. And I don't like having to decide. Scratch that...I hate it. There are so many pro's and con's to both Cal Lutheran and Otterbein that either one would be fine. I know I should ask my heart, but my heart is giving me mixed feelings as well. Oh...forgot to mention....I got a $7,000 music talent award from Otterbein....so I am in the music program. This is why choosing between Cal Lutheran and Otterbein just got a lot harder. However, I think I am going to go to Otterbein because I have wanted to go there from the very beginning. And if I go there, I could still get into the musicals and whatnot and then maybe show those drama people that I can act and then maybe get into the Musical Theatre program that way. However, I may end up liking music so much that I won't want to do theatre...however I think this is unlikely. So as of right now, Otterbein looks like the place I am going to be. But don't quote me on that because I really haven't decided yet, but it looks more in my favor than Cal Lutheran. Any thoughts...anyone?

For the past few weeks, rehearsals for Crucible have gone very late. And by very late I mean like 10:00 PM...no joke. I am just getting over a cold too, so having rehearsals run this long isn't helping. However, on Thursday, we got done at like 8:15. I was glorious. We didn't know what to do with ourselves. So Ryan, Nathan, and I went to Shari's and then to Ryan's and watched a Kung-Foo movie. Good times o' plenty. I think the show will be spectacular....well I hope it'll be. We have worked very hard and it has come together nicely.

I have decided that I really dispise English. Not Ms. Denny, but english...IB english to be precise. I don't like all of the work. On top of Crucible practice until who knows when, we had to do an outline/ paragraphs on a poem, passage, or questions from the novels each night. Even though we were only supposed to spend 15 minutes on them, they had to be good so I ended up spending much more time on them. And doing homework during rehearsal is impossible. No matter where you go, you can hear the screaming, yelling, whatever. You can't concentrate. Then, in class we would do the same kind of thing....that or a 1 hour practice essay. And most of the poems I didn't get so the outline/paragraphs/essays were horrible. And for the passages I didn't know what we were supposed to do because I was gone when it was explained, so those were bad too. Yes, I asked for help and all I got was, "It's like the commentary only written down." Ok...and....? SO yeah, I pretty much can't wait until IB tests are over.

Speaking of IB tests.....my IB Theatre stuff is done!!!! No more IB drama work!!! I'm sooo excited! Now I only have to worry about Myafete shows.....and I only have like 10 lines in one show and my character is spacey so I don't have to worry much.

Mayfete court is going well. Today we have a practice at Mohan's. I hope everyone is there, though I think some people will be gone. That will be unfortunate for them because we are adding on and finishing this sucker. I'm excited to perform it. I know it'll look great.

Well, I need to get going. There is an IB study party calling my name. Bye!

Otterbein

Well, I am here. just had my audition a few hours ago. OK, looking at the time it was like five hours ago, but still...it seemed like it was only a little bit ago. The audition went well. We had the actual singing audition, then a piano placement test, and then a sight-singing test. The singning was interesting. I was fine for the first one. However, on the second one while she was playing the intro, I stood there thinking, "How does this begin?" So I came in about half a beat later than I was supposed to. And in general the accompanist played the song slower than I usually sing it. But other than that, the songs went well. After singing, I had a piano placement class. Well, I haven't taken piano for a long time. The first part went well. However, trouble came when he had me say the key signatures with flats. I remembered the rule, but I accidently kept saying B flat instead of D flat. I knew it was D flat, but I kept saying B flat. After that, he had me sight read a song. Besides not really playing the song to a consistent beat, I also played the left hand an octave higher than written and didn't notice until about half way through. I did say that I was sorry I had played half the piece in the wrong octave and then continued. After that interesting event, I went to sight-singing. I totally dominated this portion. The person in there was really impressed. Yay me! After that, we had a music theory, history, and aptitude test. I totally bombed the theory and history, but the aptitude I think went pretty well. Then came a question and answer time and then lunch. After lunch, I met up with Elizabeth and we went to her drama class. They were reading The Crucible. It was quite interesting. I even participated in the discussion and answered some of the professor's questions that no one was answering because they didn't know or they just didn't want to speak up. I really enjoyed sitting in that class. I think I have a little newer approach to my character now. Don't worry; I'll check it with Linda first. I wish the cast could have been there for the discussion. It was a good one. After class, we went to Grady's for some very delicious ice cream. Then we went to Luke's and made dinner.....spaghetti Tuna Fish casserole. I say spaghetti because we used spaghetti noodles. Quite an interesting experience. It was good. Then Elizabeth and I took and walk and swung on swings and talked. I had a great time. Now I have here in her room while she is at rehearsal. Why am I not at rehearsal? I went last night and Elizabeth basically told me not to come again because it was not an entertaining practice. I didn't think it was too bad, but I will respect her wishes and stay here and type on my blog of my adventures instead.

Yesterday was an adventure for sure. At 12:00 in the morning, we were freaking out about my books from NATS. Apparently we had left them at PSU. One of the books I needed for the auditions and I couldn't get it before I left, since I had to leave at 4:30 AM. Well, there really was nothing we could do about it, so I went to sleep and woke up 4 hours later. I got to the airport with an hour to spare, so Mom and I sat there for a while, which was fun. The plane ride was long. Four hours long to be precise. I slept and watched the movie. Once in Cincinatti, I got food and got on another plane. This plane was small and about a 30 minute ride. After getting to the airport, I waited for Debbie and the boys. Once picked up, we went to their house. There, we played on the trampoline, played tag, played game cube, went to Chipoltle's, went to Dairy Queen, and then they dropped me off at Otterbein. Then I went to Elizabeth's rehearsal, went to Luke's house, and then home. It was definitely an active last half of the day.

I wish I could stay longer here. Jennifer is coming tomorrow at like 11:00 PM and I leave at like 6:30 AM. It's really unfortunate. But I have enjoyed my time here.

I don't really have much more to say so with that.....

Nathan, I posted. Now it's your turn. So there!

Excitement!

I just received an email from Claire Brock from Otterbein saying that I can audition for the music program! I'm sooo excited. I may yet go to Otterbein and have an intended major that I wish to pursue. The only draw back is that I audition on Tuesday at about 9:00 AM. So that means I have to leave on Monday and will get back on Wednesday....most likely. However, I will get to see Elizabeth while I am there. Ok, so I don't really know if I'll get to see her, but I am sure that it can be arranged.

Man...I suddenly have a burst of energy!

For auditions, I think I'll sing the songs I am singing for State. That'll be good practice.

I can't wait to audition!