Thursday, March 31, 2011
hiii. i'm really sorry I haven't posted in so long...i'm kinda having a tough time right now and i guess you could say there have been a lot of distractions. I'm sorry, I don't exactly feel like talking about it, but I just wanted to check in and affirm that I haven't sailed over the edge of the world or anything. yeah. i really miss you girls and i think about you so often. i'm gonna try and get some sleep now i think. i had a calming dream about us last night...maybe i'll have another tonight.
oh, the good old days...
So today, Rachel+Jala+Annie+Nika+ME went to CLC and then out for lunch at Ye's :D
It was lovely <3
I knew I missed homeschooling. And CLC. But I really didn't realise just how much...
FIRST: I love homeschooled kids. Their crazy hair (ranging from pink and purple to dreadlocks), the cute little boys who look like girls, and just the way everyone plays together. Every age. Kids who really don't have anything in common, other than they're KIDS and just wanna have fun.
SECOND: That place holds SO many memories for me. And they all just came flooding back today, washing over me in this wonderful reminiscing swirl. Sitting in the hallway, and my feet not touching the other wall. The comfy couch room, sitting and just talking. Our many haunted houses, some better than others :P Doing science with Erica and our oranges that became babies. Batik and how the wax never really came out... lol. The stairwell where we hid out and talked in the dark. CLC Idol in that random tiny room. The "running" room. Circle<3 The craft table, being silly with friends (Niltak and Akinom rule!:P) and making magazines, etc. LUNCH. Setting up every week, the circle and tables in the dining area. Making Pizzels and pancakes and soup and other random sugar free foods.
THIRD: Today was just awesome. I enjoyed how we all got to that point where everything is funny, and ate yummy food.
WHY CAN'T WE ALL TAKE A DAY OFF SCHOOL EVERY WEEK AND JUST CHILL TOGETHER?!
It would make life so much better.
It was lovely <3
I knew I missed homeschooling. And CLC. But I really didn't realise just how much...
FIRST: I love homeschooled kids. Their crazy hair (ranging from pink and purple to dreadlocks), the cute little boys who look like girls, and just the way everyone plays together. Every age. Kids who really don't have anything in common, other than they're KIDS and just wanna have fun.
SECOND: That place holds SO many memories for me. And they all just came flooding back today, washing over me in this wonderful reminiscing swirl. Sitting in the hallway, and my feet not touching the other wall. The comfy couch room, sitting and just talking. Our many haunted houses, some better than others :P Doing science with Erica and our oranges that became babies. Batik and how the wax never really came out... lol. The stairwell where we hid out and talked in the dark. CLC Idol in that random tiny room. The "running" room. Circle<3 The craft table, being silly with friends (Niltak and Akinom rule!:P) and making magazines, etc. LUNCH. Setting up every week, the circle and tables in the dining area. Making Pizzels and pancakes and soup and other random sugar free foods.
THIRD: Today was just awesome. I enjoyed how we all got to that point where everything is funny, and ate yummy food.
WHY CAN'T WE ALL TAKE A DAY OFF SCHOOL EVERY WEEK AND JUST CHILL TOGETHER?!
It would make life so much better.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Ideas.
I've become quite the little humanitarian these days...
Free the Children has started our "Save Darfur" project for the year.. Pretty much what happens is for the second half of the year, Mr. Mayot takes over and we work on genocide awareness. There are some awesome ideas being thrown around right now, and I'm pretty excited for what we're going to accomplish:) We're having the annual Genocide Conference on April 12 at our school (ahhhhh!), and there is SO much we have to do before then. We have to raise awareness in our own school, with posters and displays and demonstrations... We have a lot of display cases booked out, and we were thinking of doing creative announcements (counting the number of dead...) and maybe having bracelets. Then on the day of the actual conference, we're going to lay on the floor (being dead) with skull masks on as the other schools come in. Just to shock them a bit, spark some interest... We also need something to do at lunch that day.. Not sure what yet.
Later, when it gets warmer out, we're planning on doing a refugee camp display (tents, etc.) out in front of the school. That way, cars driving by can see it too, and we'd have a REALLY BIG sign saying something about Darfur. Overall, it's looking like some awesome stuff will happen :D
Tomorrow we're going to Westheights to do a presentation about our group.. Hopefully recruit some new members for next year ;) Meagan, Alex and I met after school to plan our little speech, and I made a powerpoint tonight. It looks pretty sweet if I do say so myself.. ;)
Right now I'm discussing history trip ideas with Alex :D :D :D
To be honest, being in Free the Children is still weird. I mean, I love it. But its just such a big change to be devoting my time to it instead of gym... :S I spent 12 years of my life in this very individual based, perfection chasing, you're-never-good-enough world. And now I'm doing pretty much the COMPLETE opposite. We're all about making things better for OTHERS, and working towards a common goal, doing what we CAN, not what we HAVE TO... and no one cares if you're perfect. They don't expect you to save the world, just to try.
Where as in gym, TRYING isn't good enough. You either do it or you don't.
I mean, it's awesome to let all that pressure go. But that's what I've known for 12 years...
Whatever. I like this new world. The people especially :)
It will never replace what gym was for me... But I can still enjoy it.
Free the Children has started our "Save Darfur" project for the year.. Pretty much what happens is for the second half of the year, Mr. Mayot takes over and we work on genocide awareness. There are some awesome ideas being thrown around right now, and I'm pretty excited for what we're going to accomplish:) We're having the annual Genocide Conference on April 12 at our school (ahhhhh!), and there is SO much we have to do before then. We have to raise awareness in our own school, with posters and displays and demonstrations... We have a lot of display cases booked out, and we were thinking of doing creative announcements (counting the number of dead...) and maybe having bracelets. Then on the day of the actual conference, we're going to lay on the floor (being dead) with skull masks on as the other schools come in. Just to shock them a bit, spark some interest... We also need something to do at lunch that day.. Not sure what yet.
Later, when it gets warmer out, we're planning on doing a refugee camp display (tents, etc.) out in front of the school. That way, cars driving by can see it too, and we'd have a REALLY BIG sign saying something about Darfur. Overall, it's looking like some awesome stuff will happen :D
Tomorrow we're going to Westheights to do a presentation about our group.. Hopefully recruit some new members for next year ;) Meagan, Alex and I met after school to plan our little speech, and I made a powerpoint tonight. It looks pretty sweet if I do say so myself.. ;)
Right now I'm discussing history trip ideas with Alex :D :D :D
To be honest, being in Free the Children is still weird. I mean, I love it. But its just such a big change to be devoting my time to it instead of gym... :S I spent 12 years of my life in this very individual based, perfection chasing, you're-never-good-enough world. And now I'm doing pretty much the COMPLETE opposite. We're all about making things better for OTHERS, and working towards a common goal, doing what we CAN, not what we HAVE TO... and no one cares if you're perfect. They don't expect you to save the world, just to try.
Where as in gym, TRYING isn't good enough. You either do it or you don't.
I mean, it's awesome to let all that pressure go. But that's what I've known for 12 years...
Whatever. I like this new world. The people especially :)
It will never replace what gym was for me... But I can still enjoy it.
stuff and stuff
Guess who remembered my name!?!?!
Not like it's a big deal or anything...
:D :D :D
Last night I went to see Kenneth Oppel's lecture called 'Esape Artist'. I'm SO glad I went. I wasn't going to(I was in SO much pain after my chiro appointment :S), but it was sooooo good! :)
I learned more about him than I ever thought I would.
Now I know; what Airborn was inspired by(the Aurora was inspired by the Zeppelin, and the interior of the Titanic, and the story was inspired by Moulin Rogue), what his favourite books were as a kid, that he was first discovered by Roald Dahl... and that was how he first got published, that he SUCKS at writing screen-plays(so much so that after he wrote the screen-play for the tv show of Silverwing, they were disappointed, and fired him from his own story :S), he worked for scholastic for a while but they didn't like him, so he quit before they could fire him :P, he also worked for the BBC, reading and reviewing kids books that might make good tv series, and I learned a bunch of other stuff :)
Now I'm super excited for his new books! The young Frankenstein books(there will be two of them) are going to be good!!!! And he's also has some ideas for stuff after that(and I'm excited, from the sounds of it, they are going to be awesome!!!! I'm sooo excited to see what he does with it) :D
I had music lessons yesterday, and they went pretty well, considering I only practiced for flute on Sunday during Aida rehearsal, and that morning :P
I had actually practiced my piano a lot, but really I should have practiced for flute. You know, since I am actually doing an exam for that this year :P
I'm SOOOOO excited for Aida, and all the stuff I'm going to do next year.
I REAALLYwant the Phil to go on tour, and from the sound of it, MYS is planning to as well. I just hope that works out... cause I REALLY want to do the spring show with TCP as well :S
My Jane Eyre audition is quickly getting closer and closer! It's on April 9th, which really isn't that far away at all :S I feel like I'm ready, but I REALLY want a part, and I REALLY don't want to be ensemble. I mean, the program costs WAY too much to settle for that :S.
My English class has been pushed back to 11:05 insted of 10:00 today. SO yeah. I better get reading that book that I'm supposed to be reading...
OH, and I sent out that letter for you today Maya, so you should be getting it soon :D
Not like it's a big deal or anything...
:D :D :D
Last night I went to see Kenneth Oppel's lecture called 'Esape Artist'. I'm SO glad I went. I wasn't going to(I was in SO much pain after my chiro appointment :S), but it was sooooo good! :)
I learned more about him than I ever thought I would.
Now I know; what Airborn was inspired by(the Aurora was inspired by the Zeppelin, and the interior of the Titanic, and the story was inspired by Moulin Rogue), what his favourite books were as a kid, that he was first discovered by Roald Dahl... and that was how he first got published, that he SUCKS at writing screen-plays(so much so that after he wrote the screen-play for the tv show of Silverwing, they were disappointed, and fired him from his own story :S), he worked for scholastic for a while but they didn't like him, so he quit before they could fire him :P, he also worked for the BBC, reading and reviewing kids books that might make good tv series, and I learned a bunch of other stuff :)
Now I'm super excited for his new books! The young Frankenstein books(there will be two of them) are going to be good!!!! And he's also has some ideas for stuff after that(and I'm excited, from the sounds of it, they are going to be awesome!!!! I'm sooo excited to see what he does with it) :D
I had music lessons yesterday, and they went pretty well, considering I only practiced for flute on Sunday during Aida rehearsal, and that morning :P
I had actually practiced my piano a lot, but really I should have practiced for flute. You know, since I am actually doing an exam for that this year :P
I'm SOOOOO excited for Aida, and all the stuff I'm going to do next year.
I REAALLYwant the Phil to go on tour, and from the sound of it, MYS is planning to as well. I just hope that works out... cause I REALLY want to do the spring show with TCP as well :S
My Jane Eyre audition is quickly getting closer and closer! It's on April 9th, which really isn't that far away at all :S I feel like I'm ready, but I REALLY want a part, and I REALLY don't want to be ensemble. I mean, the program costs WAY too much to settle for that :S.
My English class has been pushed back to 11:05 insted of 10:00 today. SO yeah. I better get reading that book that I'm supposed to be reading...
OH, and I sent out that letter for you today Maya, so you should be getting it soon :D
Monday, March 28, 2011
bah xP
Okkkk, so im in class right now and feel that i should update u on lifeeee :P Class is depressing, people are sharing about their childhoods and crying...
thursday- Classssssssssss, i was tired all day lol. I went on a long hour walk with rachel my friend in nursing :) thenn yeah, just keeping busy with little enjoyable things to do lol.
Friday- tired again- went to volunteering at the mall :D was fun lol, we played with stuffed animals in hallmark that sing and wiggle their ears. Hahaha what else... we went into the body shop and all those smelling stores lol. And we looked at cards that sing songs when u open them xD. After, karla and jocelyn met me and we bought my spring shoes!!!! :D :D i <3 them
Saturday- Went to my work to eat lunch :D :D then we went to Mr.Lube- SO COOL! :P
and then the mall, and then i visited dad and will and we watched Tangled. Nice movie :)
i had grad pictures taken today, i want to see how they turn out!
yeah.... thats about it xD
thursday- Classssssssssss, i was tired all day lol. I went on a long hour walk with rachel my friend in nursing :) thenn yeah, just keeping busy with little enjoyable things to do lol.
Friday- tired again- went to volunteering at the mall :D was fun lol, we played with stuffed animals in hallmark that sing and wiggle their ears. Hahaha what else... we went into the body shop and all those smelling stores lol. And we looked at cards that sing songs when u open them xD. After, karla and jocelyn met me and we bought my spring shoes!!!! :D :D i <3 them
Saturday- Went to my work to eat lunch :D :D then we went to Mr.Lube- SO COOL! :P
and then the mall, and then i visited dad and will and we watched Tangled. Nice movie :)
i had grad pictures taken today, i want to see how they turn out!
yeah.... thats about it xD
Friday, March 25, 2011
monologue
I'm actually so pleased with how it went :D
I didn't stumble over any of my words. I never blanked out. Sure, I don't really like how the lights blind you. But I DO like staring out into the audience, DARING them to listen to what I have to say.
I like to think they were at least a little surprised at what I can do:)
Everyone told me I did a good job. And sure, they could be lying. But Ms. Main even said I did an awesome job, to me and to my dad. And I got a high level 4+. So that has to mean something:)
I just love love LOVED being up on stage, PERFORMING again. I miss that about competing. That feeling of everyones eyes on you, and you can just show everything you've got.
You throw this little piece of you out there, and its like for once, people actually SEE you. For what you ARE.
Also, Ms. Main was talking to me about directing the final production, and basically told me I've got the job :D
Drama is working out better than I thought it would <3
I didn't stumble over any of my words. I never blanked out. Sure, I don't really like how the lights blind you. But I DO like staring out into the audience, DARING them to listen to what I have to say.
I like to think they were at least a little surprised at what I can do:)
Everyone told me I did a good job. And sure, they could be lying. But Ms. Main even said I did an awesome job, to me and to my dad. And I got a high level 4+. So that has to mean something:)
I just love love LOVED being up on stage, PERFORMING again. I miss that about competing. That feeling of everyones eyes on you, and you can just show everything you've got.
You throw this little piece of you out there, and its like for once, people actually SEE you. For what you ARE.
Also, Ms. Main was talking to me about directing the final production, and basically told me I've got the job :D
Drama is working out better than I thought it would <3
Thursday, March 24, 2011
happiness
Oh I've missed my laptop! SOSOSO MUCH!
The familier feel of the keys under my fingers is so soothing and satisfying after so much time apart.
I've been missing summer, and i decided to look through my pictures on the computer, and this photo basically sums up the best bits of last summer:
I LOVE THIS CHILD!!!! This picute is the very essence of what summer should be. Green, warm, fun(and spent at the beach)!
Anyway. I LVOE MY COMPUTER!!!! Considering it was less than $500 bucks for the whole set up, it works like a dream and does everything I'd ever want it to do, and more :)
Today I was watching the little mermaid with my sibs, and I love how Micah was picking up with all the things that we wrong with the picture. Like how its wrong that she gave up everything for the stupid prince guy, and why on earth would she want to give up her voice just to have legs :P
All his comments we awesome. Especially the ones about how the whole 'mermaid' thing didn't make sense. Like How do the live underwater?How can they talk underwater?
And in the previews there was the lady who voiced Ariel 'talking to fish about other disney movies', and he was like "how can she hear them if they are talking underwater, and she isn't".
Girls just except that thats how things are. When you are young you just except that you should drop everything for the guy, give up the things that are important to you, run away from your parents(and be exsessively skinny and unnaturally pretty).
I love my brother.
He sees right through those lies ;)
The familier feel of the keys under my fingers is so soothing and satisfying after so much time apart.
I've been missing summer, and i decided to look through my pictures on the computer, and this photo basically sums up the best bits of last summer:
I LOVE THIS CHILD!!!! This picute is the very essence of what summer should be. Green, warm, fun(and spent at the beach)!
Anyway. I LVOE MY COMPUTER!!!! Considering it was less than $500 bucks for the whole set up, it works like a dream and does everything I'd ever want it to do, and more :)
Today I was watching the little mermaid with my sibs, and I love how Micah was picking up with all the things that we wrong with the picture. Like how its wrong that she gave up everything for the stupid prince guy, and why on earth would she want to give up her voice just to have legs :P
All his comments we awesome. Especially the ones about how the whole 'mermaid' thing didn't make sense. Like How do the live underwater?How can they talk underwater?
And in the previews there was the lady who voiced Ariel 'talking to fish about other disney movies', and he was like "how can she hear them if they are talking underwater, and she isn't".
Girls just except that thats how things are. When you are young you just except that you should drop everything for the guy, give up the things that are important to you, run away from your parents(and be exsessively skinny and unnaturally pretty).
I love my brother.
He sees right through those lies ;)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Clarify :P
maya i just wanted to reassure you that i do know it was your 18th birthday! not your 17th! im sorry! im a dumb post! which i say in the letter we wrote you.... ;)
impromtu wonderfulness
I GOT TO SEE TWO OF MY FAVOURITE GIRLS TODAY!!!! :D :D :D
I love random hang outs. Somehow those always end up being the best kind.
I still don't have my laptop... but we 'bought' a replacement one for the moment. Once I get my other one back, we will be returning this one. It's just an old model, and my mom was thinking of keeping it, to replace the big clunky thing downstairs... but we haven't decided for sure.
Katlin finally has this months journals(maya I got the ones from you... last weekend?).
Katlin, Mo and I had some fun looking back at one of our filled journals :) We were pretty cool... still are ;)
I'm pretty tired, but I need to stay up to ask my dad what the plans are for tomorrow evening, and how much driving around he's willing to do for me :S
Maybe if I ask really nicely and flutter my eye-lashes I'll get better results :P
We'll see how that goes over ;)
I'm really craving some gluten-free pretzels right now... but I don't know if I'm willing to get up, walk over to the closet to get them, open the bag, then come back to the computer.
Oh the toils and trials of my life :P
Choir was cancelled this evening because of the snow... but I figure that if Katlin was able to walk over here... getting to choir wouldn't have been a problem for anyone :P
We Canadians are such wimps now of days.
I love random hang outs. Somehow those always end up being the best kind.
I still don't have my laptop... but we 'bought' a replacement one for the moment. Once I get my other one back, we will be returning this one. It's just an old model, and my mom was thinking of keeping it, to replace the big clunky thing downstairs... but we haven't decided for sure.
Katlin finally has this months journals(maya I got the ones from you... last weekend?).
Katlin, Mo and I had some fun looking back at one of our filled journals :) We were pretty cool... still are ;)
I'm pretty tired, but I need to stay up to ask my dad what the plans are for tomorrow evening, and how much driving around he's willing to do for me :S
Maybe if I ask really nicely and flutter my eye-lashes I'll get better results :P
We'll see how that goes over ;)
I'm really craving some gluten-free pretzels right now... but I don't know if I'm willing to get up, walk over to the closet to get them, open the bag, then come back to the computer.
Oh the toils and trials of my life :P
Choir was cancelled this evening because of the snow... but I figure that if Katlin was able to walk over here... getting to choir wouldn't have been a problem for anyone :P
We Canadians are such wimps now of days.
:| :S :|
i'm dreadfully tired my lovelies...geemaneeee. I can barely keep me lids open, but I miss you girls very much and I needed to post.
Random coolness, I can play happy birthday on the guitar!! We are finally doing something neato in music class, which consists of learning chords on the guitar :) I lurrrrv it...guitar is shoooo kewl. yup.
My evaluation is on Tuesday, so dance class is rather crazed at ze moment...my shins are on fire. actually...ouchers. :( not happy. poor dears...
yeah. well. Today was insanely busy, and I'm feeling like a shell with a headache. Great feeling...I neeeeed to sleeeep. We have a really busy schedule right now, dance starts at 8:30 in the morning, so I have to be up at 6:30 to have time to eat and warm-up properly...my body doesn't like early class though. My fascia is all stiff and my nerves give little periodic yelps. shucksos
kay, I'm a'going beddie-by. night <3
i'm dreadfully tired my lovelies...geemaneeee. I can barely keep me lids open, but I miss you girls very much and I needed to post.
Random coolness, I can play happy birthday on the guitar!! We are finally doing something neato in music class, which consists of learning chords on the guitar :) I lurrrrv it...guitar is shoooo kewl. yup.
My evaluation is on Tuesday, so dance class is rather crazed at ze moment...my shins are on fire. actually...ouchers. :( not happy. poor dears...
yeah. well. Today was insanely busy, and I'm feeling like a shell with a headache. Great feeling...I neeeeed to sleeeep. We have a really busy schedule right now, dance starts at 8:30 in the morning, so I have to be up at 6:30 to have time to eat and warm-up properly...my body doesn't like early class though. My fascia is all stiff and my nerves give little periodic yelps. shucksos
kay, I'm a'going beddie-by. night <3
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Summer Plans
This summer, I want to...
Have my license and drive to the beach as much as possible with every friend I have.
Learn french
Play piano
Go swimming every day
Run every other day
Finish my stop motion movie
Read at least 10 books
Play on my trampoline more
Take a flying trapeze course with Jess and Alex
Sew my own clothes
Coach more
Finish my level one certification
Have as many sleepovers as possible
Cook yummy food
Bike everywhere I can
See you girls AT LEAST twice a week
Go to Maia's house in Quebec
Long Point
Ice Cream.
I should be busy enough... :P
Have my license and drive to the beach as much as possible with every friend I have.
Learn french
Play piano
Go swimming every day
Run every other day
Finish my stop motion movie
Read at least 10 books
Play on my trampoline more
Take a flying trapeze course with Jess and Alex
Sew my own clothes
Coach more
Finish my level one certification
Have as many sleepovers as possible
Cook yummy food
Bike everywhere I can
See you girls AT LEAST twice a week
Go to Maia's house in Quebec
Long Point
Ice Cream.
I should be busy enough... :P
sooooooo bring me, all my finest, most audiatious, most devinest!
Rehearsal yesterday was SOO good. We started working on the vocals for My Strongest Suite.
IT ALREADY SOUNDS SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!! and we were even missing a voice... so it can only get more awesome :) I'm SOOO excited for this.
It's been so long since I've worked on anything other than ensemble, and this is such a great place to have this chance!
I'm still having stupid computer problems. I'm at my Gramma's friends house... I was suppose to have class this morning, but it turns out it was optional... so I've just been working on homework and stuff I've been putting off.
I'm finally not sick anymore! March break kind of sucked for me because of the whole not being able to get out of bed because my stomach hurt so bad... but last night was the first night I was able to fall asleep comfortably.
As much as I hate being sick, I love getting better :P
IT ALREADY SOUNDS SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!! and we were even missing a voice... so it can only get more awesome :) I'm SOOO excited for this.
It's been so long since I've worked on anything other than ensemble, and this is such a great place to have this chance!
I'm still having stupid computer problems. I'm at my Gramma's friends house... I was suppose to have class this morning, but it turns out it was optional... so I've just been working on homework and stuff I've been putting off.
I'm finally not sick anymore! March break kind of sucked for me because of the whole not being able to get out of bed because my stomach hurt so bad... but last night was the first night I was able to fall asleep comfortably.
As much as I hate being sick, I love getting better :P
Sunday, March 20, 2011
17 :D
happy birthday!!!!! ^_^
<3<3 i love you so muchooo and im glad your shrimp experience was legless ;P
Guess who got accepted to ryerson!!!! :) at least now im accepted somewhere lol- it makes the whole app procedure feel like it's really getting results and not just stuck in the "waiting phase" :)
that's the newest event of my life lol
i had dinner with my bro and mum! pupusas!!! YUM!!
then we went to williams for an "algonquin sundae" moutwatering... :9
yep yep, good day!
<3<3 i love you so muchooo and im glad your shrimp experience was legless ;P
Guess who got accepted to ryerson!!!! :) at least now im accepted somewhere lol- it makes the whole app procedure feel like it's really getting results and not just stuck in the "waiting phase" :)
that's the newest event of my life lol
i had dinner with my bro and mum! pupusas!!! YUM!!
then we went to williams for an "algonquin sundae" moutwatering... :9
yep yep, good day!
Saturday, March 19, 2011
my sticky notes won't stick.
:/
do yours? I guess that's what I get for getting them from Dollarama. THey stick fine to paper, just not to vertical surfaces that are remotely wall or cabinet-like. haha, I have a whole wall of peeling blue notes...soooo helpful :)
So, today has felt random in an important sort of way. Wanna hear about some random events of importantness? Too late, the first one's already coming at ye, and a bit fast too - better open the window or it'll smack into it...:P (me thinks that comment was random enough to deserve qualification).
- random realization: I have a drawer for snacks and such in my room, and other than some tea (courtesy of Rachel and Penny <3) and honey, the rest is all nuts. 5 different versions of nuts...I haven't touched any all day - I'm sick of them. But don't tell them that, they're really very sweet, just a little overwhelming.
- ok, too random, moving on. I realized that in the span of one week, two of my sistars were in TO and I had super good experiences on both of those days!?! shmanks my girlies :)
- not so random but truly appreciated: I got a two letters from Didi, and both of them wished me an early b-day - I actually plumb forgot about it till you reminded me, thanks for that sis :)
- there were a couple of girls having a friendly 'discussion' about their top sort of guy, and I butted in and mentioned a few facts about my pen-pal dude Micah and I totally showed 'em down. OH YEAH! (give Micah's curly head a tousle for me, will ya? haha, those kids ROCK!)
- I ate shrimp for the second time ever today: correction, I ate one piece, decided it wasn't half as good as shrimp at Rachel's house, and my neighbour at the dinner table sampled the rest of mine ;) hey, I tried, really I did. (no visible legs by the way)
- I went to see a beautiful ballet yesterday evening, Onegin by name...went to bed at 12, woke up to the birds chirping at 7 this lovely morn...got lots done though :)
- I sewed my pointe shoes, much needed, drank 2 litres of water so far today (boo yeah!) and ate a chicken baguette for lunch :) if you girls come down you have to come to this restaurant called Ginger - so good, and really affordable. Plus you'll get to sample some of the Church St. culture...very, ummm, how to put it...unique.
- went shopping today and bought a gift for my classmate who shares the same birthday as me; got this AWESOME cookbook filled with funny anecdotes, a Ritter Sport chocolate bar (a must) and a cool candle holder that sticks right into a cake!
- I watched some Gilmour Girls episodes with my roomie, I have taken quite a liking to some shows :) actually, just that one, Happy Days and All Creatures Great and Small (oldies, both of them - whadda ya know)
yup. so feeling fairly unrandomized at this point. Oh, I also purchased some lovely envelopes today, so you won't be receiving my stapled/glued handmade creations any longer - thought I ought to spare you that hazard. Hope the letters reached ya'll by the way...
by the by, this blog has truly made many a day worthwhile...just feeling a little sentimental here. I guess it's allowed - last blog of my 17th. I only wish I was spending this birthday with you girls...I hope things go well this year, it has the potential to be great, but most realistically to be a year of change.
I love you girls so, so much (oh look, here comes a tear...count yourselves *splat* lucky) no really, I do, and I have this strange exciting feeling that the changes that come in the next while will actually bring us closer together. I just feel like you are the friends that will always stand by me no matter what soil I'm standing on, or even if I can't seem to maintain an upright position. So, here's to the five of us, arms linked, doubled over with laughter, and having a heck of an awesome time in the years to come. Love,
~Maya
do yours? I guess that's what I get for getting them from Dollarama. THey stick fine to paper, just not to vertical surfaces that are remotely wall or cabinet-like. haha, I have a whole wall of peeling blue notes...soooo helpful :)
So, today has felt random in an important sort of way. Wanna hear about some random events of importantness? Too late, the first one's already coming at ye, and a bit fast too - better open the window or it'll smack into it...:P (me thinks that comment was random enough to deserve qualification).
- random realization: I have a drawer for snacks and such in my room, and other than some tea (courtesy of Rachel and Penny <3) and honey, the rest is all nuts. 5 different versions of nuts...I haven't touched any all day - I'm sick of them. But don't tell them that, they're really very sweet, just a little overwhelming.
- ok, too random, moving on. I realized that in the span of one week, two of my sistars were in TO and I had super good experiences on both of those days!?! shmanks my girlies :)
- not so random but truly appreciated: I got a two letters from Didi, and both of them wished me an early b-day - I actually plumb forgot about it till you reminded me, thanks for that sis :)
- there were a couple of girls having a friendly 'discussion' about their top sort of guy, and I butted in and mentioned a few facts about my pen-pal dude Micah and I totally showed 'em down. OH YEAH! (give Micah's curly head a tousle for me, will ya? haha, those kids ROCK!)
- I ate shrimp for the second time ever today: correction, I ate one piece, decided it wasn't half as good as shrimp at Rachel's house, and my neighbour at the dinner table sampled the rest of mine ;) hey, I tried, really I did. (no visible legs by the way)
- I went to see a beautiful ballet yesterday evening, Onegin by name...went to bed at 12, woke up to the birds chirping at 7 this lovely morn...got lots done though :)
- I sewed my pointe shoes, much needed, drank 2 litres of water so far today (boo yeah!) and ate a chicken baguette for lunch :) if you girls come down you have to come to this restaurant called Ginger - so good, and really affordable. Plus you'll get to sample some of the Church St. culture...very, ummm, how to put it...unique.
- went shopping today and bought a gift for my classmate who shares the same birthday as me; got this AWESOME cookbook filled with funny anecdotes, a Ritter Sport chocolate bar (a must) and a cool candle holder that sticks right into a cake!
- I watched some Gilmour Girls episodes with my roomie, I have taken quite a liking to some shows :) actually, just that one, Happy Days and All Creatures Great and Small (oldies, both of them - whadda ya know)
yup. so feeling fairly unrandomized at this point. Oh, I also purchased some lovely envelopes today, so you won't be receiving my stapled/glued handmade creations any longer - thought I ought to spare you that hazard. Hope the letters reached ya'll by the way...
by the by, this blog has truly made many a day worthwhile...just feeling a little sentimental here. I guess it's allowed - last blog of my 17th. I only wish I was spending this birthday with you girls...I hope things go well this year, it has the potential to be great, but most realistically to be a year of change.
I love you girls so, so much (oh look, here comes a tear...count yourselves *splat* lucky) no really, I do, and I have this strange exciting feeling that the changes that come in the next while will actually bring us closer together. I just feel like you are the friends that will always stand by me no matter what soil I'm standing on, or even if I can't seem to maintain an upright position. So, here's to the five of us, arms linked, doubled over with laughter, and having a heck of an awesome time in the years to come. Love,
~Maya
YOGA
HEEYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
second post this week!! Be proud:)
I've been to hot yoga almost every day this week! I feel so proud of myself! Well one day I didn't go because I was in Toronto so that doesn't count. I'm going to be so strong!! lol
Yesterday I did almost all of my photography project:) it involved me climbing the tree in my front yard and standing in it for like ten minutes lol Kaya helped me so that I didn't break my camera lol I still have to take one more photo though, I'm thinking about doing a still life with my mom's grandmothers tea cups... maybe lol I have them set up in my livingroom but I don't know how I want them arranged.
Omg Happy early Birthday MAYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe your already turning 18!! 0_0 It's crazy! but now you can vote! lol well as of tomorrow :P
I'm also thinking that Katlin neeeeeds to blog!! she hasn't since the start of march break :'(
Ok I think that's all for now
ttyl<3<3<3<3
second post this week!! Be proud:)
I've been to hot yoga almost every day this week! I feel so proud of myself! Well one day I didn't go because I was in Toronto so that doesn't count. I'm going to be so strong!! lol
Yesterday I did almost all of my photography project:) it involved me climbing the tree in my front yard and standing in it for like ten minutes lol Kaya helped me so that I didn't break my camera lol I still have to take one more photo though, I'm thinking about doing a still life with my mom's grandmothers tea cups... maybe lol I have them set up in my livingroom but I don't know how I want them arranged.
Omg Happy early Birthday MAYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe your already turning 18!! 0_0 It's crazy! but now you can vote! lol well as of tomorrow :P
I'm also thinking that Katlin neeeeeds to blog!! she hasn't since the start of march break :'(
Ok I think that's all for now
ttyl<3<3<3<3
frolick till midnight ;D
Hi girlies!!!!
Woweee, i have a lot to post about. I'm feeling quite weird right now- i slept without my room mate! :o So no one knows when i came home yesterday or anything haha. It's a big difference between rez living and home living, and im not entirely sure how i feel about it lol. Also, it's creepily quiet this morning lol.
Soooooo me Andy and Ryan went to the openhouse of u of t yesterday! :D :D :D :Ditwas a wicked day lol, we did so much! we were in toronto from 10 till just after midnight xD.i'll write details in the journal but basically we arrived, went to this big room where they had info on their programs, got all these pamphlets,walked around a bit, went to the admissions building so i could drop off my transcript (ahahaha we used a gps to direct us, and pretended it was a phone so we didnt look so touristy), had a yummy lunch, met up with ryan's friend (jim), then we went to a residence tour (really cool! my first choice is AWESOMEE!!!just the room is pretty small, but it's still so cool! the view is amazing and a lot of it is just windows for walls :D), thennn we went shopping/ playing cards for a bit until; jim was out of class, then we went to dinner at his residence (huge buffet! and we played cards and talked more xD wow, i cant believe i played this one game where you mathematically try to make 4 cards equal 24, and whoever does it first wins! lmao it was hilarious because i was the only non-asian there :P but guess what?! this pure englishy person beat them in about 3 rounds xD... who cares if we played like 100 times, i still beat a dude in eng sci and another math genius and andy who's a mathy!!),then we went to a common room and played some more, and we also played foosball- which i am now officially pretty good at ;P, then we went to jims room for a bit, then to another common lounge to play some more (it had a crazy view) then we went home :D.
Yeah, hopefully i'll see rachel today (ahh i forgot to call you wednesday! :o) or at least have a long chat on the phone ;D
I would love to see you girlies soon<3
Woweee, i have a lot to post about. I'm feeling quite weird right now- i slept without my room mate! :o So no one knows when i came home yesterday or anything haha. It's a big difference between rez living and home living, and im not entirely sure how i feel about it lol. Also, it's creepily quiet this morning lol.
Soooooo me Andy and Ryan went to the openhouse of u of t yesterday! :D :D :D :Ditwas a wicked day lol, we did so much! we were in toronto from 10 till just after midnight xD.i'll write details in the journal but basically we arrived, went to this big room where they had info on their programs, got all these pamphlets,walked around a bit, went to the admissions building so i could drop off my transcript (ahahaha we used a gps to direct us, and pretended it was a phone so we didnt look so touristy), had a yummy lunch, met up with ryan's friend (jim), then we went to a residence tour (really cool! my first choice is AWESOMEE!!!just the room is pretty small, but it's still so cool! the view is amazing and a lot of it is just windows for walls :D), thennn we went shopping/ playing cards for a bit until; jim was out of class, then we went to dinner at his residence (huge buffet! and we played cards and talked more xD wow, i cant believe i played this one game where you mathematically try to make 4 cards equal 24, and whoever does it first wins! lmao it was hilarious because i was the only non-asian there :P but guess what?! this pure englishy person beat them in about 3 rounds xD... who cares if we played like 100 times, i still beat a dude in eng sci and another math genius and andy who's a mathy!!),then we went to a common room and played some more, and we also played foosball- which i am now officially pretty good at ;P, then we went to jims room for a bit, then to another common lounge to play some more (it had a crazy view) then we went home :D.
Yeah, hopefully i'll see rachel today (ahh i forgot to call you wednesday! :o) or at least have a long chat on the phone ;D
I would love to see you girlies soon<3
Thursday, March 17, 2011
my life isn't over
I had a bit of a freak out today when I realized that my old computer -I still don't have my laptop back :( - wasn't letting me see my lessons for my courses... it's fine :P I just downloaded something and something and now everything is all compatible.
Rehearsal was fun this evening :) We learned some more of the trio choreography... and some AWESOME ensemble music. wow. come JUST to see the final number of act one, it would be worth it(and my number of course!!!!).
Strongest Suit is going to be AWESOME!!!!! The choreo is SOOOO fun, and I can't wait to learn vocals :D :D :D
I babysat the CUTEST baby last night!!!! :) Baby MILES!
So cute. The other two boys we asleep, so I just cuddled the baby until he fell asleep, and then I took him up to his crib.
It was a good evening :)
I was the first person his mom has left him with, other than the baby's daddy and grandma. I feel honoured ;)
I basically just watched a movie and read for a bit + held baby.
It was very enjoyable :)
Rehearsal was fun this evening :) We learned some more of the trio choreography... and some AWESOME ensemble music. wow. come JUST to see the final number of act one, it would be worth it(and my number of course!!!!).
Strongest Suit is going to be AWESOME!!!!! The choreo is SOOOO fun, and I can't wait to learn vocals :D :D :D
I babysat the CUTEST baby last night!!!! :) Baby MILES!
So cute. The other two boys we asleep, so I just cuddled the baby until he fell asleep, and then I took him up to his crib.
It was a good evening :)
I was the first person his mom has left him with, other than the baby's daddy and grandma. I feel honoured ;)
I basically just watched a movie and read for a bit + held baby.
It was very enjoyable :)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
March Break:)
Hey Girls!!!
I`m so sorry that I haven`t posted in so lone:(
My life has been fairly hecktic recently. So my first dance competition went quite well! I got 2nd overall for 15 year old solos which was nice, and everything for the most part went really well. Well other than the fact that i tripped over the volcano on stage during production :$ omg soooo embarasing!!!
Before the break I had so much homework, well I guess it wasn`t that much, just for the amount of time I had to do it in. That caused me to breakdown, well and my dance teacher trying to lecture me on time management, even when she didn`t know half of what goes on in my life..... but thats all done now and I dont have too much work to do over the break:)
So far this break has been pretty relaxing. I cleaned my room which took like entire afternoon but now its totally clean!! Be proud lol On Tuesday Angela came over for a sleepover because the next day we went down to Toronto for a ballet class, with other Advanced I candidates which went really well. After we dropped by Maya`s residence and dropped off the journal. Then we went to the Eaton Centre and I got a pair of Hollister jeans and Lululemon track pants! Omg me and Ang watched the funiest movie, its called Dicky Roberts Former Child Star its sooo funny. Its just kind of rediculous. We also watched Kunfu Panda(LLLL)
It`s so bad!! Our showcase has no location at the moment!!0_0 We were going to have it at Bluevale, but then they`re doing renovations that include taking the espestice out of the insulation so no ones allowed into the school that weekend anymore. And there are like no other locations that aren`t booked! I have no idea what were going to do, the only other option is to have it in Guelph, but then we don`t know if we can even do that because having it in Guelph would lose a lot of people, like who is going to drive all the way to Guelph for a two and a half hour show other than like parents and maybe grandparents. So I have no idea what`s going to happen:(
Ok so i think thats basically everything
ttyl
I`m so sorry that I haven`t posted in so lone:(
My life has been fairly hecktic recently. So my first dance competition went quite well! I got 2nd overall for 15 year old solos which was nice, and everything for the most part went really well. Well other than the fact that i tripped over the volcano on stage during production :$ omg soooo embarasing!!!
Before the break I had so much homework, well I guess it wasn`t that much, just for the amount of time I had to do it in. That caused me to breakdown, well and my dance teacher trying to lecture me on time management, even when she didn`t know half of what goes on in my life..... but thats all done now and I dont have too much work to do over the break:)
So far this break has been pretty relaxing. I cleaned my room which took like entire afternoon but now its totally clean!! Be proud lol On Tuesday Angela came over for a sleepover because the next day we went down to Toronto for a ballet class, with other Advanced I candidates which went really well. After we dropped by Maya`s residence and dropped off the journal. Then we went to the Eaton Centre and I got a pair of Hollister jeans and Lululemon track pants! Omg me and Ang watched the funiest movie, its called Dicky Roberts Former Child Star its sooo funny. Its just kind of rediculous. We also watched Kunfu Panda(LLLL)
It`s so bad!! Our showcase has no location at the moment!!0_0 We were going to have it at Bluevale, but then they`re doing renovations that include taking the espestice out of the insulation so no ones allowed into the school that weekend anymore. And there are like no other locations that aren`t booked! I have no idea what were going to do, the only other option is to have it in Guelph, but then we don`t know if we can even do that because having it in Guelph would lose a lot of people, like who is going to drive all the way to Guelph for a two and a half hour show other than like parents and maybe grandparents. So I have no idea what`s going to happen:(
Ok so i think thats basically everything
ttyl
Monday, March 14, 2011
MY LIFE HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
I don't have my laptop with me... it's like someone pulled the plug and my life is spinning down the drain.
Well, not really. It's actually been pretty alright so far. But I can't wait to get it back.
The power cord got busted... and apparently we have to send the whole computer back to the manufacturer so that we will still be under warranty. I dunno. Long story short, I don't have a computer :P
At least not my lovely fast one. I'm stuck with this massive stone age thing that lurks in my basement.
Oh well... at least I can still check the blog!
Hopefully I get the laptop back soon. I really need it for when classes start again after march break :S
I'm still slogging through Jane Eyre. I'm actually really enjoying it, and have read a lot. But there are a lot of pages, and it doesn't seem to matter how many I read, there are still SO many left :S Oh well. I'm enjoying it :)
Rehearsal yesterday was pretty fun. Kind of intense cause we just ran straight through the first act, yeah. it was pretty rough. But at least now we have an idea where the entire thing is heading :)
Monika... GIVE ME A CALL!!!!
I don't have MSN right now... and I want to hang out with you soon. Like tomorrow/wednesday :)
I love you girls! I can't wait until we can all hang out :D
Well, not really. It's actually been pretty alright so far. But I can't wait to get it back.
The power cord got busted... and apparently we have to send the whole computer back to the manufacturer so that we will still be under warranty. I dunno. Long story short, I don't have a computer :P
At least not my lovely fast one. I'm stuck with this massive stone age thing that lurks in my basement.
Oh well... at least I can still check the blog!
Hopefully I get the laptop back soon. I really need it for when classes start again after march break :S
I'm still slogging through Jane Eyre. I'm actually really enjoying it, and have read a lot. But there are a lot of pages, and it doesn't seem to matter how many I read, there are still SO many left :S Oh well. I'm enjoying it :)
Rehearsal yesterday was pretty fun. Kind of intense cause we just ran straight through the first act, yeah. it was pretty rough. But at least now we have an idea where the entire thing is heading :)
Monika... GIVE ME A CALL!!!!
I don't have MSN right now... and I want to hang out with you soon. Like tomorrow/wednesday :)
I love you girls! I can't wait until we can all hang out :D
Saturday, March 12, 2011
there are posts!!
hip hip hooray!! I love you girlies, your posts make my day :) It was super exciting to get on the blog and read so much new news today...I miss you girls. It's kinda crazy that two weeks have gone by since I saw you last...whew, time flies overall. Sometimes there are moments when it seems to creep by, and I kinda wonder why so much of every day is exactly the same, but then I realize that weeks have gone by. Strange.
It's been a busy two weeks though, and the weekends are cut as short as they could possibly be...today I had ballet class in the morning and a two hour rehearsal in the afternoon, so most of the day was taken up. I had a good talk with my mom in the car on the way home, she's so insightful and helps me find my footing when I've taken a spill. Yup, sometimes people are so frustrating...but then other times they do what nothing else could do. I want to see you girls again soon...
Hey, Kate, I know you're probably out of the country now (or soon perhaps) but I wish I could take you to my chem class! We have a really passionate, well-informed teacher, and the things we do are so interesting...sure, some of the units involve a lot of calculating and stuff, but she somehow makes it all purposeful, we always do a lab or activity that uses what we learn. Mind you, her tests are, ummm, brutal...had one yesterday :( I studied so, so hard for it, and I knew everything on it, and I ran out of time...I was really scribbling like mad the whole way through, and I just had to punch in the last equation and press enter on my calculator - no extra time, not even a minute...it makes me really sad when so much effort is negated for a darned clock hand. We really do live by the tyranny of the clock. There's a good essay that goes by the title...worth the read definitely.
Well, I'm supposed to be working on my biology presentation for Monday, it's a big one, interesting but a heck of a lot of work. Research, I have to know everything remotely relating to it, but then I have to simplify it wayyyy down and create a powerpoint, handout, glossary, full reference page, activity....save me nowwww!
Okay, I'm getting on it. Pronto. Prontissimo...yeah, going now.
<3
It's been a busy two weeks though, and the weekends are cut as short as they could possibly be...today I had ballet class in the morning and a two hour rehearsal in the afternoon, so most of the day was taken up. I had a good talk with my mom in the car on the way home, she's so insightful and helps me find my footing when I've taken a spill. Yup, sometimes people are so frustrating...but then other times they do what nothing else could do. I want to see you girls again soon...
Hey, Kate, I know you're probably out of the country now (or soon perhaps) but I wish I could take you to my chem class! We have a really passionate, well-informed teacher, and the things we do are so interesting...sure, some of the units involve a lot of calculating and stuff, but she somehow makes it all purposeful, we always do a lab or activity that uses what we learn. Mind you, her tests are, ummm, brutal...had one yesterday :( I studied so, so hard for it, and I knew everything on it, and I ran out of time...I was really scribbling like mad the whole way through, and I just had to punch in the last equation and press enter on my calculator - no extra time, not even a minute...it makes me really sad when so much effort is negated for a darned clock hand. We really do live by the tyranny of the clock. There's a good essay that goes by the title...worth the read definitely.
Well, I'm supposed to be working on my biology presentation for Monday, it's a big one, interesting but a heck of a lot of work. Research, I have to know everything remotely relating to it, but then I have to simplify it wayyyy down and create a powerpoint, handout, glossary, full reference page, activity....save me nowwww!
Okay, I'm getting on it. Pronto. Prontissimo...yeah, going now.
<3
Friday, March 11, 2011
Vegas bound
Since we leave tomorrow morning, and I don't know what my internet situation will be like for the next week, I figured I'd leave you one last post right now:)
Today in physics we watched a movie on quantum theory. Which I definitely don't follow. It makes NO sense to me. But since I'm a nerd, I still enjoyed the movie very much haha. Different dimensions/particles acting like light waves/new encryptions/solving the factoring problem kinda blows my mind. But in a good way:)
Chem was dumb, we just watched Bill Nye. I absolutely hate that show. Nothing against him personally. Just the whole thing is meant for like, grade six, not grade 11.
Drama was low key (like always) and we ate tirimisu that tasted like it had a lot of alcohol in it lol. Suzy told us it didn't, but I'm not convinced:P
Then tonight has been pretty mellow, I worked on my character analysis, watched ANTM, ate pho takeout and downloaded new music:)
I love The Fray. <3
Oh yeah, character thingy.. Was actually pretty easy. I found it really easy to do the journal entry part. It's hard to think of what the character is LIKE, but I find it easy to put myself into her head and just talk. I can't tell you her personality type, but I can create memories for her. Maybe it's because I've written in a journal for so long, it's not too hard to mimic that.. Whatever, it was just fun:)
Blah I miss my friends who are all in Cuba. I'm so mad that I didn't sign up last year, because I had gym.... sigh. So much for that.
And I'm kinda sad I won't get to hang out with anyone over March Break. But I really can't complain, I'll be out west enjoying some nice weather and one of the most beautiful natural wonders of the world. So yeah. Its a tough life, but someone has to do it;)
I guess this is goodbye for the week...
Have a good break! (I guess that's really just Savannah...:P)
Vegas, here I come! :D
Today in physics we watched a movie on quantum theory. Which I definitely don't follow. It makes NO sense to me. But since I'm a nerd, I still enjoyed the movie very much haha. Different dimensions/particles acting like light waves/new encryptions/solving the factoring problem kinda blows my mind. But in a good way:)
Chem was dumb, we just watched Bill Nye. I absolutely hate that show. Nothing against him personally. Just the whole thing is meant for like, grade six, not grade 11.
Drama was low key (like always) and we ate tirimisu that tasted like it had a lot of alcohol in it lol. Suzy told us it didn't, but I'm not convinced:P
Then tonight has been pretty mellow, I worked on my character analysis, watched ANTM, ate pho takeout and downloaded new music:)
I love The Fray. <3
Oh yeah, character thingy.. Was actually pretty easy. I found it really easy to do the journal entry part. It's hard to think of what the character is LIKE, but I find it easy to put myself into her head and just talk. I can't tell you her personality type, but I can create memories for her. Maybe it's because I've written in a journal for so long, it's not too hard to mimic that.. Whatever, it was just fun:)
Blah I miss my friends who are all in Cuba. I'm so mad that I didn't sign up last year, because I had gym.... sigh. So much for that.
And I'm kinda sad I won't get to hang out with anyone over March Break. But I really can't complain, I'll be out west enjoying some nice weather and one of the most beautiful natural wonders of the world. So yeah. Its a tough life, but someone has to do it;)
I guess this is goodbye for the week...
Have a good break! (I guess that's really just Savannah...:P)
Vegas, here I come! :D
good day :)
Today was a pretty good day.
Compared to yesterday where my computer cord died(hence the lack of entry :P).
GUESS WHO GOT THEIR G1!!!! lol.
Finally :P
It was about time... oh well. At least that's over with now. Only 8 more months until I can actually drive myself places :S
Mom and I went out for a yummy lunch to celebrate, and we hit a couple thrift stores before my voice lesson.
I LOVE voice lessons :) Now that I'm with someone who understands me, and helps to explain what my voice is doing, it makes a world of difference.
Then mom and and went to a couple more thrift stores(my book collection is rapidly growing!)
GUESS WHO FOUND AIRBORN!!!!! YES.
Now I have to go to another of Kenneth Oppel's presentations and get him to sign it....
I finally finished and sent in my English assignment. Stupidest short story ever. Didn't like it, and liked writing about it even less.
Oh well. I have a week to forget about that and just read... which is basically all I've been doing lately anyway. but now I can be reading a lot more :)
I got to go.
DINNER TIME!
I might go see a show at WCI tonight... or maybe go to youth group. We'll see :)
Today was pretty FANTASTIC! :)
Compared to yesterday where my computer cord died(hence the lack of entry :P).
GUESS WHO GOT THEIR G1!!!! lol.
Finally :P
It was about time... oh well. At least that's over with now. Only 8 more months until I can actually drive myself places :S
Mom and I went out for a yummy lunch to celebrate, and we hit a couple thrift stores before my voice lesson.
I LOVE voice lessons :) Now that I'm with someone who understands me, and helps to explain what my voice is doing, it makes a world of difference.
Then mom and and went to a couple more thrift stores(my book collection is rapidly growing!)
GUESS WHO FOUND AIRBORN!!!!! YES.
Now I have to go to another of Kenneth Oppel's presentations and get him to sign it....
I finally finished and sent in my English assignment. Stupidest short story ever. Didn't like it, and liked writing about it even less.
Oh well. I have a week to forget about that and just read... which is basically all I've been doing lately anyway. but now I can be reading a lot more :)
I got to go.
DINNER TIME!
I might go see a show at WCI tonight... or maybe go to youth group. We'll see :)
Today was pretty FANTASTIC! :)
hoki mo!
I feel so bizarre right now lol. Like i'm disconected from my body...
I have so many things i want to accomplish today lol and i currently can't think properly. It's odd, i only stayed up until 2:30 :S i shouldn't be feeling this weird lol.Argh, so frustrating I turned my phone off at 2:30 and pingping texted me at 2:34 x_____x why does that happen lol. ARGH.
Guess what? I wrote 24 pages for papers this week lol. That's my record o___o thank you post secondary education -__-.
We wrote something up to put lollipops in the cafe for fundraising! I have to put them out during break....
I need to get an official highschool transcript today... so i can drop it off at the university when i go next week and i wanted to leave something at pingpings locker but argh i forget the number. I can guess... lol... but that could end badly :P And i have too much pride to text one of his friends lol. its 105 something lol. it's actually really irritating to me that i forgot lol. ARGHH!
I am also trying to fit a shower and a nap somewhere into my day...
I'm seeing amanda around 3
I'm going to the movies with my buddy at 6:15
Pingping is picking me up from the theatre at 8:15
The locker thing is really frustrating me right now as i sit in class
Jeezaloo/ Jeepers!
Jeezaloo
I have so many things i want to accomplish today lol and i currently can't think properly. It's odd, i only stayed up until 2:30 :S i shouldn't be feeling this weird lol.Argh, so frustrating I turned my phone off at 2:30 and pingping texted me at 2:34 x_____x why does that happen lol. ARGH.
Guess what? I wrote 24 pages for papers this week lol. That's my record o___o thank you post secondary education -__-.
We wrote something up to put lollipops in the cafe for fundraising! I have to put them out during break....
I need to get an official highschool transcript today... so i can drop it off at the university when i go next week and i wanted to leave something at pingpings locker but argh i forget the number. I can guess... lol... but that could end badly :P And i have too much pride to text one of his friends lol. its 105 something lol. it's actually really irritating to me that i forgot lol. ARGHH!
I am also trying to fit a shower and a nap somewhere into my day...
I'm seeing amanda around 3
I'm going to the movies with my buddy at 6:15
Pingping is picking me up from the theatre at 8:15
The locker thing is really frustrating me right now as i sit in class
Jeezaloo/ Jeepers!
Jeezaloo
english class
so... apparently we dont have a lesson plan for our english class. we're legit not doing anythinggggggg. i don't know why i even came to school. i'm actually so annoyed, it would have been nice to know he put a little bit of effort in for us. ugh. i hate this class.
wow he just asked who my favourite teacher was and was offended when i didnt say it was him. sorry, but i like teachers who actually teach...
ugh, okay enough about this, i'm just getting mad..
i have so much packing to do tonight haha. i probably should have started sooner.. oh well:p
okay time to write maya a letter.. ttyl!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
weird day
So today has been crazy. Not like anything really happened. It's just been crazy on my head:P
At school I had work periods all morning..which is usually okay, but I can only take so much of it... By the second hour of quiet work my head was spinning and I just had to get out of class.
Then I had history club, so that perked me up a bit.
Chem was blahhh, like always. I actually hate that class so much.
We're doing this stupid naming package thing for the next couple weeks, and its SO tedious. Worksheet after worksheet, and a quiz every day. Ugh.
For drama, there was some ESL thing in the drama room so we didn't have a class. We were supposed to go to the library or the caf, but there was also buyout.. Things were crazy and no one was working so I just went home. And slept.
Then I went to coaching, and actually had a really good day!
Wynne got her backhandspring on floor, and Jordan got her front walkover, and Tara got her front tuck on air floor. Libby and Hannah both made a lot of progress on their presses, and Bryn ALMOST got her front hip circle.
It was awesome:)
Except now of course they'll lose it all over the break... sigh. Oh well. We all need a holiday haha
At school I had work periods all morning..which is usually okay, but I can only take so much of it... By the second hour of quiet work my head was spinning and I just had to get out of class.
Then I had history club, so that perked me up a bit.
Chem was blahhh, like always. I actually hate that class so much.
We're doing this stupid naming package thing for the next couple weeks, and its SO tedious. Worksheet after worksheet, and a quiz every day. Ugh.
For drama, there was some ESL thing in the drama room so we didn't have a class. We were supposed to go to the library or the caf, but there was also buyout.. Things were crazy and no one was working so I just went home. And slept.
Then I went to coaching, and actually had a really good day!
Wynne got her backhandspring on floor, and Jordan got her front walkover, and Tara got her front tuck on air floor. Libby and Hannah both made a lot of progress on their presses, and Bryn ALMOST got her front hip circle.
It was awesome:)
Except now of course they'll lose it all over the break... sigh. Oh well. We all need a holiday haha
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
reading, sleeping and other adventures of my day thus far
This morning I got the pleasure of taking care of my little bros.
By 10am Jadon was up and Micah was back in bed... poor little guy is sick again :(
This is the third time since November that he's been so sick that he's slept and not been able to eat. No wonder he's so tiny....
I'm reading Darkwing now! I thought I had read it before, but I definitely haven't.
Taja just spent 5 hours in her room... she didn't want to go to gymnastics today, so the other option was 5 hours in her room and having to give up all her birthday money. She chose the second choice.
She actually stayed in her room for 5 hours and didn't complain at all... this whole not liking gymnastics thing is getting pretty bad :S
My new goal is to play my flute EVERYSINGLEDAY. Instead of just the day of my lesson :P
I'm taking my grade 8 this summer, and if I've gotten this far by slacking as much as I have... how good could I actually be if I REALLY tried.
So over this next year, while I work towards my grade 8 in the summer, and see how long it would take to get my grade 9... I want to practice diligently every day.
Just to see where it gets me.
Tonight we're going to find out how the solos at MYS were devided up... this should be entertaining :P
It always is.
I pretty much know I'm getting at least one, the one I had last season since that was the only one she didn't reaudition. She was going to, but only one other girl was interested. It was kind of harsh to just skip over it... but whatever :P that's just the way things go.
And I'm pretty sure I'm going to be singing the solo in It Takes A Whole Village, the one that gets sung over the choir. I just have a feeling about it ;)
I'll let you girls know what becomes of that.
Oh, and also, what are we doing about the journal situation right now? Are we planning on passing them on now, or what is everyone else doing right now?
By 10am Jadon was up and Micah was back in bed... poor little guy is sick again :(
This is the third time since November that he's been so sick that he's slept and not been able to eat. No wonder he's so tiny....
I'm reading Darkwing now! I thought I had read it before, but I definitely haven't.
Taja just spent 5 hours in her room... she didn't want to go to gymnastics today, so the other option was 5 hours in her room and having to give up all her birthday money. She chose the second choice.
She actually stayed in her room for 5 hours and didn't complain at all... this whole not liking gymnastics thing is getting pretty bad :S
My new goal is to play my flute EVERYSINGLEDAY. Instead of just the day of my lesson :P
I'm taking my grade 8 this summer, and if I've gotten this far by slacking as much as I have... how good could I actually be if I REALLY tried.
So over this next year, while I work towards my grade 8 in the summer, and see how long it would take to get my grade 9... I want to practice diligently every day.
Just to see where it gets me.
Tonight we're going to find out how the solos at MYS were devided up... this should be entertaining :P
It always is.
I pretty much know I'm getting at least one, the one I had last season since that was the only one she didn't reaudition. She was going to, but only one other girl was interested. It was kind of harsh to just skip over it... but whatever :P that's just the way things go.
And I'm pretty sure I'm going to be singing the solo in It Takes A Whole Village, the one that gets sung over the choir. I just have a feeling about it ;)
I'll let you girls know what becomes of that.
Oh, and also, what are we doing about the journal situation right now? Are we planning on passing them on now, or what is everyone else doing right now?
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
noon hour concert
It's SO exciting to actually read something new from someone! Even short posts from people make me so excited, cause I like you people. A lot. And you people make me happy!
I went to see a noon hour concert today with Taja, Micah and their friends Evie and Elijah.
Just going to that church, for ANY reason, brings back SO many memories of all the Tuesdays we spent there as kids :) We were totally epic. How many other kids can say that they actually went to classical music concerts every single week... only the AWESOME ONES!!! haha.
It was REALLY good! My flute teacher was playing with her trio. I LOVE the way flute, piano and cello sound together.
So amazing!
I'm trying to make a trio happen with two of my friends from choir. We're planning on putting something together for the coffee house in April... we'll see if we actually get something together :)
I'm SO excited for Jane Eyre!!!!! I really just want to audition and be awesome... I suck at auditioning, but this one should be good. I'm really comfortable with the entire panel(or at least the people who I know will be there) so it should go well. And I actually am IN LOVE with the song I'm singing for it.
It feels AMAZING on my voice. It just clicks so well, and yeah. I love the words and the thought behind it, and the character, and the music, and the show, and basically it's just incredible!
It's called The Fire Within Me, and it's from Little Women. I remember the girl who played Jo singing it when I was in Little Women, and she was amazing. She left some pretty big shoes to fill for that song... but then again Sutton Foster left even bigger shoes when she originated the role and everything that those Broadway people do...
It's such and everything song.
It's got a great range, and exciting climax, and Jo goes through a entire process of grief through it... and you see her learning about herself, and about life and loss.
I could go on forever and ever about it(WAY longer than I already have :P).
The other thing that's really cool about it, is that it's SO Jane Eyre. It's the same musical style, same vocal range, and Jo March is basically the non-orphaned version of Jane Eyre.
They are both SO passionate, but at the same time equally self-doubting...
Yeah. Like I said, I could go on and on :P
I started reading Dead Water Zone by Kenneth Oppel last night. It's SO good!!!!
I'm actually LOVING it and totally devouring the entire thing :)
One last thing... if any of you find yourself in need of something to do next Tuesday from 3:30-4:30... sign up for the library's teen "Zombie Plushie" program. lol. I'll be there!
It's at the market... so I vote you come if you can, and then we can hang out before/after!!!!!
PLEASE :D
I went to see a noon hour concert today with Taja, Micah and their friends Evie and Elijah.
Just going to that church, for ANY reason, brings back SO many memories of all the Tuesdays we spent there as kids :) We were totally epic. How many other kids can say that they actually went to classical music concerts every single week... only the AWESOME ONES!!! haha.
It was REALLY good! My flute teacher was playing with her trio. I LOVE the way flute, piano and cello sound together.
So amazing!
I'm trying to make a trio happen with two of my friends from choir. We're planning on putting something together for the coffee house in April... we'll see if we actually get something together :)
I'm SO excited for Jane Eyre!!!!! I really just want to audition and be awesome... I suck at auditioning, but this one should be good. I'm really comfortable with the entire panel(or at least the people who I know will be there) so it should go well. And I actually am IN LOVE with the song I'm singing for it.
It feels AMAZING on my voice. It just clicks so well, and yeah. I love the words and the thought behind it, and the character, and the music, and the show, and basically it's just incredible!
It's called The Fire Within Me, and it's from Little Women. I remember the girl who played Jo singing it when I was in Little Women, and she was amazing. She left some pretty big shoes to fill for that song... but then again Sutton Foster left even bigger shoes when she originated the role and everything that those Broadway people do...
It's such and everything song.
It's got a great range, and exciting climax, and Jo goes through a entire process of grief through it... and you see her learning about herself, and about life and loss.
I could go on forever and ever about it(WAY longer than I already have :P).
The other thing that's really cool about it, is that it's SO Jane Eyre. It's the same musical style, same vocal range, and Jo March is basically the non-orphaned version of Jane Eyre.
They are both SO passionate, but at the same time equally self-doubting...
Yeah. Like I said, I could go on and on :P
I started reading Dead Water Zone by Kenneth Oppel last night. It's SO good!!!!
I'm actually LOVING it and totally devouring the entire thing :)
One last thing... if any of you find yourself in need of something to do next Tuesday from 3:30-4:30... sign up for the library's teen "Zombie Plushie" program. lol. I'll be there!
It's at the market... so I vote you come if you can, and then we can hang out before/after!!!!!
PLEASE :D
discovery
here goes my first post ever from my phone!!
(i just realised i can do this.. lol).
but yeah. i dont have much to say. nothing new or exciting is happening in my world, unless you count this discovery haha.
we started working on monologues in drama... i want to show you mine when its done:) im actually sooooooo excited!!!
anyways, gotta run, im cooking dinner..
xoxo
YAY i have internet!
Hahaha finally someone else despises media!! and rants about it!!!! LOL :D :D :D
Uhm... not much else to say :D
I have 2/3 papers done noww girlies :D:D:D:D:D:D
I got a care package in the mail today!! from my mom! hahahaha! its shark gummies, trail mix, and money!
YEAH!:D
Uhm... not much else to say :D
I have 2/3 papers done noww girlies :D:D:D:D:D:D
I got a care package in the mail today!! from my mom! hahahaha! its shark gummies, trail mix, and money!
YEAH!:D
Monday, March 7, 2011
more about ME and FAKE BABY!!!!
I know you kids just LOVE reading about my life. You know, cause it's just so exciting and all...
Mom and I watched a movie this evening, and it was SUPALAME!!!!
One shoot, there was a real baby, the next shot... it was OBVIOUS it was a plastic doll. Like they didn't even try to hide it, or cover it up, or anything.
They stupid guy just turned right around, so the entire world could see it was a fake plastic toy :S
You would think they would have caught that in editing and done something about... but NOOO.
And I mean it was OBVIOUS!!! We were watching it on my little laptop screen. If it was on a legit regular, or large screen, it would have been even worse :P
Oh. And also. I hate the world. Why is media SO STUPID. and why are women forced to live up to the standards that are thrown in our faces?
Men tell us to just suck it up, but it's easier said than done.
I don't know if anyone can remember the last time they saw an ACTUAL REAL FACE in a magazine or beauty commercial...
Yeah. I could go on and on about ads and the stupid-ness that surrounds us.
UGH.
Also... this is my new FAVOURITE song :)
lol. I want to get the music and sing it!!!!!!!!
Basically I've spent hours watching different people singing on youtube... and it's ALWAYS stuck in my head :P
I should probably get to bed.
This might be the first night this week that I've actually gone to bed before 3... :S
Yeah. I need someone downstairs telling me to go to sleep.... yup.
Bed right about now would be nice :)
Mom and I watched a movie this evening, and it was SUPALAME!!!!
One shoot, there was a real baby, the next shot... it was OBVIOUS it was a plastic doll. Like they didn't even try to hide it, or cover it up, or anything.
They stupid guy just turned right around, so the entire world could see it was a fake plastic toy :S
You would think they would have caught that in editing and done something about... but NOOO.
And I mean it was OBVIOUS!!! We were watching it on my little laptop screen. If it was on a legit regular, or large screen, it would have been even worse :P
Oh. And also. I hate the world. Why is media SO STUPID. and why are women forced to live up to the standards that are thrown in our faces?
Men tell us to just suck it up, but it's easier said than done.
I don't know if anyone can remember the last time they saw an ACTUAL REAL FACE in a magazine or beauty commercial...
Yeah. I could go on and on about ads and the stupid-ness that surrounds us.
UGH.
Also... this is my new FAVOURITE song :)
lol. I want to get the music and sing it!!!!!!!!
Basically I've spent hours watching different people singing on youtube... and it's ALWAYS stuck in my head :P
I should probably get to bed.
This might be the first night this week that I've actually gone to bed before 3... :S
Yeah. I need someone downstairs telling me to go to sleep.... yup.
Bed right about now would be nice :)
Sunday, March 6, 2011
i love rehearsal.
Today was SO MUCH FUN!!!!
I LOVE rehearsals.... and rehearsals WITH potlucks are even better :D
SOOOO much GOOD FOOD! And lots of stuff I could actually eat.
John made Quinoa, it was SO yummy. lol. he makes good food :P
We worked on some trio choreo stuff. It was SO much fun :D
I really feel like I should do more dancing... or something. Cause I could actually be pretty good, if I had some proper training. :P
Not as good as my pro friends ;) but pretty good, in my own way.
Like, I'm the one Rachelle says to look at other people don't get it(and if our dance captain isn't in the room). And I feel like I catch on pretty fast.
Mind you, most of what we are doing is pretty basic, but I feel like I could handle some harder stuff and still be okay.
I dunno. I'm a singer... but having the option of being a chorus person wouldn't hurt either. I'm torn though :P most people who end up always getting leads, don't have any dance experience(other than the other shows they've been in) and when you are someone who sings AND dances... you are more likely to get cast as chorus, even if you have just as good of voice as the person with no dance experience who ends up with the lead.
I don't know if that makes sense to you... but it's true.
I'm feeling pretty good about our 'dancers' though. Sometimes in a cast, the dancers are... how can a put this nicely... REALLY FULL OF THEMSELVES.
I get that they're talented. I also respect that they are great dancers, but sometimes you get dancers who think they are WAY better than the chorus singing people. When really, the dancers can't sing very well at all.
So sure, the dancers are great at dancing, but really, they can't think of themselves as 'better' because... they aren't really. They are just better at something than the other people are... but the other people can sing better then them... so it all evens out.
I don't know if that make sense either :P
But regardless. The 'dancers' in Aida, half of them aren't even really trained :P but yeah. They all seem really down to earth, and no one has put themselves on a pedestal, yet ;)
I LOVE rehearsals.... and rehearsals WITH potlucks are even better :D
SOOOO much GOOD FOOD! And lots of stuff I could actually eat.
John made Quinoa, it was SO yummy. lol. he makes good food :P
We worked on some trio choreo stuff. It was SO much fun :D
I really feel like I should do more dancing... or something. Cause I could actually be pretty good, if I had some proper training. :P
Not as good as my pro friends ;) but pretty good, in my own way.
Like, I'm the one Rachelle says to look at other people don't get it(and if our dance captain isn't in the room). And I feel like I catch on pretty fast.
Mind you, most of what we are doing is pretty basic, but I feel like I could handle some harder stuff and still be okay.
I dunno. I'm a singer... but having the option of being a chorus person wouldn't hurt either. I'm torn though :P most people who end up always getting leads, don't have any dance experience(other than the other shows they've been in) and when you are someone who sings AND dances... you are more likely to get cast as chorus, even if you have just as good of voice as the person with no dance experience who ends up with the lead.
I don't know if that makes sense to you... but it's true.
I'm feeling pretty good about our 'dancers' though. Sometimes in a cast, the dancers are... how can a put this nicely... REALLY FULL OF THEMSELVES.
I get that they're talented. I also respect that they are great dancers, but sometimes you get dancers who think they are WAY better than the chorus singing people. When really, the dancers can't sing very well at all.
So sure, the dancers are great at dancing, but really, they can't think of themselves as 'better' because... they aren't really. They are just better at something than the other people are... but the other people can sing better then them... so it all evens out.
I don't know if that make sense either :P
But regardless. The 'dancers' in Aida, half of them aren't even really trained :P but yeah. They all seem really down to earth, and no one has put themselves on a pedestal, yet ;)
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Human Library
So I did this really cool thing today at the Country Hills KPL called Human Library. If you don't know about it, they have volunteers who share their story through talking to you. You can book a session and talk to the "books," asking questions about their life. Pretty much a one-on-one session with cool people for like half an hour.
I went with my brother and my dad... they thought it was okay, and I thought it was awesome!
Nyell and I talked to a WW2 Vet first, who was a dispatch rider (he rode a motorcycle and delivered stuff/messages). It was really interesting to talk to him, and he was really sweet and open to whatever we wanted to hear about. It was also a HUGE change from all of Mr. Mayot's rantings, so I found it fascinating to compare what I knew about the war to what this guy was telling us. He had a very strong Canadian bias obviously, and a very heroic/happy ending side to the story. He said he never regretted signing up, because seeing the starving people in Holland and bringing the kids food made it all worth it. He also talked about how they brought democracy to the villages in Italy, and saved them from communism... Yeah... Lol. At least they had good intentions.
My brother asked if he ever thought about what things could have been like, or if he was scared when he was over there.. He told us that he always knew they'd win, no question, so he wasn't ever scared of losing the war. Hm, I would have been terrified of Hitler lol. I was under the impression that we only didn't lose because he made a mistake.. Talk about different sides to the story.
There was also a story he told us about the troops who were brought in from Morocco for this one battle... He said they looked like women, with hair tied up and wearing grass skirts. Plus they didn't have real weapons, only these long knives.. But he said they were absolutely ruthless, and just wanted to be out there killing, and after the battle they ran around looting the poor Italian civilians. I feel like there's probably more to the story than that, they aren't just EVIL people... But still, it was pretty interesting, because that's something you'd never know if it wasn't for the few people who are still alive, like him.
The other lady I talked to was named Maxine, and she was a set designer/crazy costume lady. She was EPIC, and so so so funny and quirky! I loved her! She'd make a very funny grandma:P
She's worked for The National Ballet, Stratford, and the Canadian Opera Company specializing in English theatre. I saw some of her portfolio, and she had some GORGEOUS stuff. What an amazing career:)
I just loved how she didn't care what people thought, or what might actually work out, she just knew what she loved to do. So she went to school, said SCREW YOU to anyone who tried to discourage her, and had this incredible journey doing what made her happy. I think I've found the person I'd want to model my life after, Monika;)
Anyways I have an essay to write... I should probably go:P
Can't wait to tell people about Human Library on Monday! (aka Brenna, Mayot, Alex, whoever else will listen..). Lol.
I went with my brother and my dad... they thought it was okay, and I thought it was awesome!
Nyell and I talked to a WW2 Vet first, who was a dispatch rider (he rode a motorcycle and delivered stuff/messages). It was really interesting to talk to him, and he was really sweet and open to whatever we wanted to hear about. It was also a HUGE change from all of Mr. Mayot's rantings, so I found it fascinating to compare what I knew about the war to what this guy was telling us. He had a very strong Canadian bias obviously, and a very heroic/happy ending side to the story. He said he never regretted signing up, because seeing the starving people in Holland and bringing the kids food made it all worth it. He also talked about how they brought democracy to the villages in Italy, and saved them from communism... Yeah... Lol. At least they had good intentions.
My brother asked if he ever thought about what things could have been like, or if he was scared when he was over there.. He told us that he always knew they'd win, no question, so he wasn't ever scared of losing the war. Hm, I would have been terrified of Hitler lol. I was under the impression that we only didn't lose because he made a mistake.. Talk about different sides to the story.
There was also a story he told us about the troops who were brought in from Morocco for this one battle... He said they looked like women, with hair tied up and wearing grass skirts. Plus they didn't have real weapons, only these long knives.. But he said they were absolutely ruthless, and just wanted to be out there killing, and after the battle they ran around looting the poor Italian civilians. I feel like there's probably more to the story than that, they aren't just EVIL people... But still, it was pretty interesting, because that's something you'd never know if it wasn't for the few people who are still alive, like him.
The other lady I talked to was named Maxine, and she was a set designer/crazy costume lady. She was EPIC, and so so so funny and quirky! I loved her! She'd make a very funny grandma:P
She's worked for The National Ballet, Stratford, and the Canadian Opera Company specializing in English theatre. I saw some of her portfolio, and she had some GORGEOUS stuff. What an amazing career:)
I just loved how she didn't care what people thought, or what might actually work out, she just knew what she loved to do. So she went to school, said SCREW YOU to anyone who tried to discourage her, and had this incredible journey doing what made her happy. I think I've found the person I'd want to model my life after, Monika;)
Anyways I have an essay to write... I should probably go:P
Can't wait to tell people about Human Library on Monday! (aka Brenna, Mayot, Alex, whoever else will listen..). Lol.
babysitting
Yesterday I had a voice lesson.
It went SO well! I love voice lessons :)
Then I just stayed at her house after, because I was babysitting her kids, plus 2 more :P
The other family was stuck in traffic for a bit, but when they got there it was craziness.
The grown-ups were trying to get ready to leave, while they we trying to get the babies to bed, and I was playing with the 3 and 5-year-olds.
They only managed to get one baby to 'sleep'. I use that term loosely, because he wasn't doing any actual sleeping.
But the adults finally got out the door, so that was good. The baby who was "sleeping" didn't stop crying, so I went down to get him. Then I had to manage bed time/stories with all of them around me, the baby on my lap, and Sophie pulling everything down from the shelves...
Oh well.
There was a lot of commotion, but my goal was to get as many kids out of the picture as quickly as possible.
That sort of worked.
I put Sophie in her crib, and Loghan had his music on and light off. Aleena was in bed, so all I had left was the baby...
That didn't last too long. In a few minutes Lohgan came down to get a drink of water, but then he realized there was water in the upstairs sink... so he got some from there.
Then Aleena needed water, so I got her some. But by the time I got to her, she said she was fine because Lohgan shared with her :P
They all crawled back into bed, but in a few minutes Aleena came down to tell me she missed her mommy and daddy. Since it was HER home, I let her stay down with me, cause yeah, when you're little and not with your parents and it's bed time at someone else house... it understandable. But then Lohgan came down to let me know that he missed his parents too.
I told him he had been fine last time I was there, and that he should go back to bed. He said "Okay, good idea. I was just letting you know."
That sort of worked, cause he did come down a couple times to get his elephants, and to let me know how the whole bed time process was going for him :P
But pretty soon it was just the baby and the three-year-old.
I changed the baby's gross diaper, and then risked laying him back down. After a few tries I had SUCCESS!!!!
Then it was just Aleena and I.
Which was fine.
I asked her several times if she wanted to sleep, or felt tired at all.
But she didn't, so she just hung out with me until the parents came home.
It was one entertaining evening :)
I'm a pretty pro babysitter.
4 kids between the ages of 8months and 5years.
I'm hardcore :P
It went SO well! I love voice lessons :)
Then I just stayed at her house after, because I was babysitting her kids, plus 2 more :P
The other family was stuck in traffic for a bit, but when they got there it was craziness.
The grown-ups were trying to get ready to leave, while they we trying to get the babies to bed, and I was playing with the 3 and 5-year-olds.
They only managed to get one baby to 'sleep'. I use that term loosely, because he wasn't doing any actual sleeping.
But the adults finally got out the door, so that was good. The baby who was "sleeping" didn't stop crying, so I went down to get him. Then I had to manage bed time/stories with all of them around me, the baby on my lap, and Sophie pulling everything down from the shelves...
Oh well.
There was a lot of commotion, but my goal was to get as many kids out of the picture as quickly as possible.
That sort of worked.
I put Sophie in her crib, and Loghan had his music on and light off. Aleena was in bed, so all I had left was the baby...
That didn't last too long. In a few minutes Lohgan came down to get a drink of water, but then he realized there was water in the upstairs sink... so he got some from there.
Then Aleena needed water, so I got her some. But by the time I got to her, she said she was fine because Lohgan shared with her :P
They all crawled back into bed, but in a few minutes Aleena came down to tell me she missed her mommy and daddy. Since it was HER home, I let her stay down with me, cause yeah, when you're little and not with your parents and it's bed time at someone else house... it understandable. But then Lohgan came down to let me know that he missed his parents too.
I told him he had been fine last time I was there, and that he should go back to bed. He said "Okay, good idea. I was just letting you know."
That sort of worked, cause he did come down a couple times to get his elephants, and to let me know how the whole bed time process was going for him :P
But pretty soon it was just the baby and the three-year-old.
I changed the baby's gross diaper, and then risked laying him back down. After a few tries I had SUCCESS!!!!
Then it was just Aleena and I.
Which was fine.
I asked her several times if she wanted to sleep, or felt tired at all.
But she didn't, so she just hung out with me until the parents came home.
It was one entertaining evening :)
I'm a pretty pro babysitter.
4 kids between the ages of 8months and 5years.
I'm hardcore :P
Thursday, March 3, 2011
time... flown
I can't believe we're already three days into March! This is craziness. WHERE IS MY LIFE GOING!!!!
I'm actually still totally star stuck guys... I think I might turn into a creepy fan girl. Just say'n.
I WROTE ON KENNETH OPPEL'S WALL AND HE LIKED IT!!!!!
yup. and I'm planning on going to just about everyone of his workshops.
I'm totally excited, and OMG!!!! lol. Monika witnessed my crazed fan girl-ness when she came over :P haha.
So.... last night at choir we had the infamous SOLO AUDITIONS!
Before I was all like "I won't audition, I didn't like when she picked favourites before, and I don't want to be apart of that now".
I decided to ditch that philosophy and just audition for everything.
I LIKE to sing. And if she'll let me, than I'll just have to enjoy that.
I don't want to make other people feel bad, or not like me. But I just want to sing, and I feel like she's picked songs with solo's that favour what she thinks is 'my voice type'. Which is weird, cause I don't think anywhere else I've sang they've pegged me for a gospel wailer... I usually get 'pure soprano tone'... but she can call me what she likes, as long as I get to sing something.
I always the one content to stand in the back and support, but having a chance to shine is fun. And I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts.
There were also solo auditions at the Phil this evening. I auditioned for it, but, whatever. I don't know if I really want it. I feel like, I can't be at all the rehearsals, but whatever. Just auditioning for stuff is good practice. The more you work on putting yourself out there, in a safe setting, the more comfortable you get. And it's just a good way of working on what you're good at, and making yourself better.
And trust you me, auditioning is definitely my WEAKEST point. You can put my stage in front of hundreds of people, and I can handle it. But put me in a room with 4 people(usually I even know ALL of them) and I freak out, lose my cool, act like a doofus, clam up, sound awful, and forget all the words in my monologue. So yeah... I need to work on that :S
My on-line courses have been going so-so. It doesn't really feel like I'm doing anything... but whatever. Getting a mark from someone other than my mother is really the ultimate goal here. Good marks and actually learning something are more of a second priority :P
I REALLY WANT TO WRITE FOR FUN!!!!
I have so many story ideas swirling through my head, I just need to get the guts to write them down somewhere.
I mean, if Kenneth Oppel got his first book published at 17, what's stopping me?
You don't need to be old to write something good... and you don't need to go to university for it either(look at Stephanie Myer... she sucks, and she got published :P)
Goal for my next year:
Write something good, and not be afraid to let other people read it.
I'm actually still totally star stuck guys... I think I might turn into a creepy fan girl. Just say'n.
I WROTE ON KENNETH OPPEL'S WALL AND HE LIKED IT!!!!!
yup. and I'm planning on going to just about everyone of his workshops.
I'm totally excited, and OMG!!!! lol. Monika witnessed my crazed fan girl-ness when she came over :P haha.
So.... last night at choir we had the infamous SOLO AUDITIONS!
Before I was all like "I won't audition, I didn't like when she picked favourites before, and I don't want to be apart of that now".
I decided to ditch that philosophy and just audition for everything.
I LIKE to sing. And if she'll let me, than I'll just have to enjoy that.
I don't want to make other people feel bad, or not like me. But I just want to sing, and I feel like she's picked songs with solo's that favour what she thinks is 'my voice type'. Which is weird, cause I don't think anywhere else I've sang they've pegged me for a gospel wailer... I usually get 'pure soprano tone'... but she can call me what she likes, as long as I get to sing something.
I always the one content to stand in the back and support, but having a chance to shine is fun. And I'm just going to enjoy it while it lasts.
There were also solo auditions at the Phil this evening. I auditioned for it, but, whatever. I don't know if I really want it. I feel like, I can't be at all the rehearsals, but whatever. Just auditioning for stuff is good practice. The more you work on putting yourself out there, in a safe setting, the more comfortable you get. And it's just a good way of working on what you're good at, and making yourself better.
And trust you me, auditioning is definitely my WEAKEST point. You can put my stage in front of hundreds of people, and I can handle it. But put me in a room with 4 people(usually I even know ALL of them) and I freak out, lose my cool, act like a doofus, clam up, sound awful, and forget all the words in my monologue. So yeah... I need to work on that :S
My on-line courses have been going so-so. It doesn't really feel like I'm doing anything... but whatever. Getting a mark from someone other than my mother is really the ultimate goal here. Good marks and actually learning something are more of a second priority :P
I REALLY WANT TO WRITE FOR FUN!!!!
I have so many story ideas swirling through my head, I just need to get the guts to write them down somewhere.
I mean, if Kenneth Oppel got his first book published at 17, what's stopping me?
You don't need to be old to write something good... and you don't need to go to university for it either(look at Stephanie Myer... she sucks, and she got published :P)
Goal for my next year:
Write something good, and not be afraid to let other people read it.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tired in the best way possible :)
Ohhhhh myyy goodness
these two weeks have been crazy!
This week, man, i don't even know where it went :S
Monday i had class until 9:30pm and then my floor meeting until 11 :o
Tuesday i had class, chapel, a meeting with my supervisor for field ed, poster-making,soccer, and then rachel's house :D
Today i was with rachel all day (<3<3<3<3<3<3) and then went to my school's coffeehouse! Then to visit my friends jono&jeremiah's pet hermit crabs haha. and then of course that came with a package deal to go to tim hortons ;D. I think it's fair to say that it's the first time in my life that i have bought 1/2 a dozen donoughts! :o
wow, its so early, and i could really fall asleep.
Aww the coffeehouse was really neatoo :) My one friend said to me "thanks for being interested! i just pretty much looked at you the whole time" hahaha aww its nice to know that it makes a difference when you grin at your friends while they perform :)
wow, i just pigged out bigtime lol. After a day of constantly eating with rachel ;) ;) ;), i ate two donoughts, and the leftovers of my loaded-cheese-fries from my floor meeting! hahahahhaa
My roses have died :(
Eww someone's hairbrush is on my bed -__-
I like being busy like this though :)
1) It's exciting volunteer stuff/planning which is taking up most of my time
2)i haven't seen pingping for a whilee, mostly my fault lol, but yeah- it's nice to be busy so i don't feel as impatient because instead of that i just feel tired.
Ugh, i loveeee being here. Tonight it kept hitting me how much i'm going to miss my lovely-sweethearted friends next year! or even in the summer! Like, Rachel, J&J, and others who are just so... genuine and sweethearts hahaha :)
i'm going to miss their company :(
I'm so glad that im enjoying rez life again. for a while there i was really annoyed with drama. It's funny, now i don't even really hang out with them anymore :S but i'm so happy at the same time hahaha. Interesting how different we all are!
My body feels so lazy- i don't even want to lift my arms haha.
Lovely talking to you<3
these two weeks have been crazy!
This week, man, i don't even know where it went :S
Monday i had class until 9:30pm and then my floor meeting until 11 :o
Tuesday i had class, chapel, a meeting with my supervisor for field ed, poster-making,soccer, and then rachel's house :D
Today i was with rachel all day (<3<3<3<3<3<3) and then went to my school's coffeehouse! Then to visit my friends jono&jeremiah's pet hermit crabs haha. and then of course that came with a package deal to go to tim hortons ;D. I think it's fair to say that it's the first time in my life that i have bought 1/2 a dozen donoughts! :o
wow, its so early, and i could really fall asleep.
Aww the coffeehouse was really neatoo :) My one friend said to me "thanks for being interested! i just pretty much looked at you the whole time" hahaha aww its nice to know that it makes a difference when you grin at your friends while they perform :)
wow, i just pigged out bigtime lol. After a day of constantly eating with rachel ;) ;) ;), i ate two donoughts, and the leftovers of my loaded-cheese-fries from my floor meeting! hahahahhaa
My roses have died :(
Eww someone's hairbrush is on my bed -__-
I like being busy like this though :)
1) It's exciting volunteer stuff/planning which is taking up most of my time
2)i haven't seen pingping for a whilee, mostly my fault lol, but yeah- it's nice to be busy so i don't feel as impatient because instead of that i just feel tired.
Ugh, i loveeee being here. Tonight it kept hitting me how much i'm going to miss my lovely-sweethearted friends next year! or even in the summer! Like, Rachel, J&J, and others who are just so... genuine and sweethearts hahaha :)
i'm going to miss their company :(
I'm so glad that im enjoying rez life again. for a while there i was really annoyed with drama. It's funny, now i don't even really hang out with them anymore :S but i'm so happy at the same time hahaha. Interesting how different we all are!
My body feels so lazy- i don't even want to lift my arms haha.
Lovely talking to you<3
GUSH
Last night was AMAZING!!!!
I actually got to meet Kenneth Oppel!!
I was kind of starstruck. Not going to lie.
I'm super inspired to write now. And also to re-read ALL of his books, and buy Airborn, and whatever else I can afford :P
HE ACTUALLY SIGNED MY BOOKS!!!!
:D
And then, to make my evening better, MONIKA CAME TO SLEEPOVER!!!!!
WOOT!!!!
So much fun :)
Gymnastics went pretty well. Taja seemed to have fun, and she was SO excited to show us her moves :)
All in all, my life is pretty good right now :D
I actually got to meet Kenneth Oppel!!
I was kind of starstruck. Not going to lie.
I'm super inspired to write now. And also to re-read ALL of his books, and buy Airborn, and whatever else I can afford :P
HE ACTUALLY SIGNED MY BOOKS!!!!
:D
And then, to make my evening better, MONIKA CAME TO SLEEPOVER!!!!!
WOOT!!!!
So much fun :)
Gymnastics went pretty well. Taja seemed to have fun, and she was SO excited to show us her moves :)
All in all, my life is pretty good right now :D
OMG
OMG I'm the first one to post in March!!!!!!!!!!
I feel so special:P
Ok sorry i just had to say that
I feel so special:P
Ok sorry i just had to say that
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
SOOOO sorry i haven't posted :(
Ok so i just deleated my entire message, that was really long >:(
That is just really pisssy.
Ok so i will do the abbrev version. Basically nothing in my life has changed. I wake up, do my hair, go to school, go to dance, come home, sleep. (my life in a nutshell)
This weekend is the first competition!!!!!!!!! So happy:D I feel really good about it, well except for my point solo. For that I'm thinking I'm basically screwed. I just got new pointshoes last week and I don't feel very secure on them and most things are fine, but like the really intense stuff in my point solo get very scary. It doesn't help that they feel sooo different from the point shoes I've been wearing for a while (the Ganor Mindons) and I haven't had a very long time to adjust. My foute turns?? I think I may die. Along with my little petti allegro/fiddley work that I have to do hops on one block :/.... NOT FUN!!!! Any sugjestions Maya??? I need major help.
On a different note, I haven't talked to a certain someone yet :/ I dont know what's going to happen... Oh well I'm so sick of trying to controle whats going to happen in the future. If it's going to work then it will. (aka if its meant to happen it will)
So school..... Ugh its stressing me out sooo much I have no idea how I'm going to survive next year with three university level sciences. It'll be death. And I'll probably have another ballet class because I'm going to be working on Advanced II next year so my mom will probably want to have two extra classes instead of one, so that'll put me at 4 ballet classes a week, and three point classes, and at least two extra hours, meaning at the least I'll be dancing 19 and 1/2.... Maya, how do you manage???
Photography has been really good, it's soo interesting like learning about how a film camera works and everything. We also get to go into the dark room and use the chemicals and stuff it's so sick. Fitness is going well too. It's actually a pretty intense work out if you actually do the workouts properly (which most people don't). English and History are death though. They're sooo boring like I honestly feel as though we barely do anything in those classes. Especially compaired to my science and math classes last semester these ones I just feel like we dont learn anything. Like of course we do, they just drag on soooo long.
Ok so I need to hit the hay now or else I will be even less functioning tomorrow than I already will be... (stupid computer -__-)
I love you girls to the moon and back<3<3<3<3
That is just really pisssy.
Ok so i will do the abbrev version. Basically nothing in my life has changed. I wake up, do my hair, go to school, go to dance, come home, sleep. (my life in a nutshell)
This weekend is the first competition!!!!!!!!! So happy:D I feel really good about it, well except for my point solo. For that I'm thinking I'm basically screwed. I just got new pointshoes last week and I don't feel very secure on them and most things are fine, but like the really intense stuff in my point solo get very scary. It doesn't help that they feel sooo different from the point shoes I've been wearing for a while (the Ganor Mindons) and I haven't had a very long time to adjust. My foute turns?? I think I may die. Along with my little petti allegro/fiddley work that I have to do hops on one block :/.... NOT FUN!!!! Any sugjestions Maya??? I need major help.
On a different note, I haven't talked to a certain someone yet :/ I dont know what's going to happen... Oh well I'm so sick of trying to controle whats going to happen in the future. If it's going to work then it will. (aka if its meant to happen it will)
So school..... Ugh its stressing me out sooo much I have no idea how I'm going to survive next year with three university level sciences. It'll be death. And I'll probably have another ballet class because I'm going to be working on Advanced II next year so my mom will probably want to have two extra classes instead of one, so that'll put me at 4 ballet classes a week, and three point classes, and at least two extra hours, meaning at the least I'll be dancing 19 and 1/2.... Maya, how do you manage???
Photography has been really good, it's soo interesting like learning about how a film camera works and everything. We also get to go into the dark room and use the chemicals and stuff it's so sick. Fitness is going well too. It's actually a pretty intense work out if you actually do the workouts properly (which most people don't). English and History are death though. They're sooo boring like I honestly feel as though we barely do anything in those classes. Especially compaired to my science and math classes last semester these ones I just feel like we dont learn anything. Like of course we do, they just drag on soooo long.
Ok so I need to hit the hay now or else I will be even less functioning tomorrow than I already will be... (stupid computer -__-)
I love you girls to the moon and back<3<3<3<3
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