Yay audition! There's a high possibility of me getting into All-State.. *crosses her fingers* But in the audition, it was so funny, I guess I did the sightreading perfectly that both judges were quiet for a moment and turned to look at each other with huge eyes.. then at me. Then they asked me if I'd learned solfege when I was a very, very little kid.. (Well, I was 10.) Haha, bwahaha. I guess everybody else did it wrong.. and if not, then only a few people got it right. (I am superior.. yeehaw!) Yahaha! posted by Melike at 16:35
*adding on to the previous post* Although, I remember in 6th and 7th grades I used to fall asleep watching TV every Friday at around 7:00 and sometimes even 6:30. It was cute, but I got mad at myself for ruining my reputation of going to bed late (not to mention missing TGIF). Hehe, those were the days. But then I stopped watching TGIF because chatting with friends on a Friday evening seemed more appealing. Okay, I'm really shutting up now, I haven't written this much in a while and I'm going to bed. posted by Melike at 00:17
I have gotten into this new habit (that I just formed on Tuesday) of going to bed at 9:30.. Okay, sometimes I *start* getting ready for bed at 9:30 and end up in bed at 9:50 or so, but my point is that that's early.. You know from my late night posts that I usually stay up until at least 11:00 on weekdays. So yeah. I don't know what happened, but something in me clicked, and now I get sleepy really early. In fact, I've been quite sluggish lately. In December 1999, when I was doing a random (but fun) research on depression, I read that people who were depressed were unusually inactive and didn't feel like getting out of bed. I probably wouldn't if I didn't care about my grades so much. But anyway, I sure hope it's not depression. I mean, you usually need to have something pretty big and traumatizing for a depression to occur. But what am I talking about? I am not depressed! I am merely recovering from my 2-week sickness that went away a week ago but I still have a cough from. Besides, school is tiring. Argh... I'm soooo sleepy..... and to think that I used to evilly laugh in the faces of those who went to bed even at 10:00! My oh my. posted by Melike at 00:09
Friday, September 28, 2001
I am also pissed at gurlmail. They are thinking of charging money! What the hell! Who in the world charges e-mail for online web e-mail? They don't even have a pop server, they suck! That's what I get for picking an obscure e-mail service.. I think I'm gonna go download some more e-mails now. posted by Melike at 23:05
I'm consuming my third cup of warm tea today. It tastes so good. I hope my voice gets better by tomorrow. Ugh.. I think I need to take an SAT now.. it sucks because I get to miss my SAT prep class.. wow, which is more attractive, auditioning for a very important choir that I made it into last year (no pressure, right??), or taking a diagnostic SAT test? Argh.. But yeah.. choir geekdom is so fun. I think I have found my new obsession. Nothing brightens my day like choir. Mr. Rhodes is so funny, I love the music we sing, and I love the atmosphere and the people, and how I don't get pissed off at people as much because I'm in one of the two most advanced choirs in the school now.. so everybody there fits my "musicality standards" i.e. they don't reach the limit where I totally get pissed off and want to start screaming and just tremble in my chair. Anyway, my point is, it's very fun to obsess over choir, because Mr. Rhodes actually supports obsessing, and keeps telling people that he loves me because of it! Yay Mr. Rhodes loves me! Today he talked about this new choir merchandise.. like choir t-shirts, choir zippered hoods, choir chef's aprons, and choir sweatpants! YAY CHOIR PANTS! I SO want them all. I'm serious, I'm going to buy them all.. even though I don't cook.. I suggested choir socks, but he said that'd be expensive because you'd have to embroider the socks.. But how cool would it be to have embroidered choir socks..? Wow, I'd really pay money for those. See? See? Obsession, tis good!! It's a way of life, mon... just like choir. Being obsessed about choir is the way to be. posted by Melike at 22:55
I have this nasty feeling inside of me.. I feel like sleeping all the time. But no.. I have a piano lesson, then I need to prepare a song for tomorrow's audition. I get nervous as I think about it. Will I make it into All-State this year? I did last year, so, I mean, I can do it.. of course, it all depends on the audition.. The audition I had last year was the best one I've ever had, and I don't know if this year's is going to go as well. I remember last year, the night before the audition, I was crying hysterically, saying how much my voice sucked and how I couldn't get into anything.. but then I got into the regional, and then the All-State choir. That sure felt good. I'm gonna be pretty bummed out if I can't do it again this year.. man oh man. Let's not think about that. But this sucks.. this feeling sucks.. not the nervousness for the audition, just the overall feeling I have in me right now. I don't know what's up with me. Actually, it's a pretty vague feeling, even I don't exactly know what it is.. well... Whatever it is, must cope... I think my Spanish teacher likes me. Today he was handing back our love at first sight short stories (well, okay, it was called 'amor a primera vista'), and he was complaining about how all the essays had a lot of "sangre" (blood) on them.. because he was correcting with a red pen and there were too many errors on everybody's. And everybody around me had these papers with a lot of markings on them, and then when he gave me mine he said out loud, so many people heard, that mine was "bastante bueno." I always get a feeling that people are going to hate me for being a teacher's pet when any teacher announces my success in their class. Anyway, I only had 4 or 5 markings on it, 3 of which, might I add, were very STUPID verb-adjective agreement errors that I probably would have fixed had I not been so zoned out. The people around me told me they hated me (they were kidding.. er.. I hope). So that is enough bragging for today.. sorry. What does it gain me? Absolutely nothing. I'm just writing stupidly. This page needs a new layout but I'm too lazy (and not to mention busy). posted by Melike at 19:39
Thursday, September 27, 2001
Haha.. I read the entry that I just posted, and I love how the verb tenses keep changing.. it's pretty funny. Also, Robert's sick.. get well soon, Roberto! posted by Melike at 23:33
Happy birthday, Kai!!
I am so tired from trying to finish my SAT prep class homework in time, looking for a present for Kai (and failing), finding the perfect "edible food" (as Robert said) to bring to Kai's surprise party, and making it to Jocelyn's in time, before Kai got there. Then I got to watch people have fun in the pool.. it was fun, though. Then leave the party and rush to 3 hours of SAT prep class.. then come home.. I have chemistry homework to do now, and a Subway sandwich is going to be arriving soon, but I could just fall asleep right now. *big yawn* I can't get enough sleep these days, even though I've been sleeping more than usual. posted by Melike at 23:32
No school tomorrow. Yay, I guess. Lazed around today, didn't do much except for practicing piano. A lot of fun.. no, really. I'm doing the Moonlight Sonata.. It is very fun to play. Besides that, choir rules.. but I said that yesterday too. Ugh. I don't want to do anything. I feel hot/greasy/cold. It's a combination of all. (Bad feeling.) posted by Melike at 00:21
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
I don't want to write here, silly people. There is nothing to write. Right now life is pretty uneventful, nothing's really going on.. except, choir is really fun. Yup. I guess that's it, really. Bye. posted by Melike at 16:39
Ok -- took out a few words (7 to be exact). Now it is 250 words. *pout* Ah well. At least I'm not scared to print it anymore. posted by Melike at 00:57
Um, do you think the teacher will take off points if I write 7 words more than the maximum? (Man.. it's 257 words and I don't want to change it!) Great.. now I'm scared to print it. posted by Melike at 00:48
Monday, September 24, 2001
I feel like 11th grade is going to be a good year, even though I seem to be a bit depressed these days.. my friends are there to talk to on the phone whenever I'm feeling down and we talk about funny stuff and I get happy. I notice now that I hadn't talked to anyone on the phone this whole summer. Now, it feels weird to be talking to the people I used to talk to for hours each day. I think that's what I've been lacking -- phone conversations. I know this is a bad thing to discover right before the SATs and everything, with 4 AP classes and all that.. but that's just too bad, mwahahah. I shall talk on the phone. Tis a way of life. posted by Melike at 21:19
Man.. I know I have no competency for creative writing in English, but this Spanish account of my love at first sight is illustrated so beautifully with cool metaphors and everything that I'm thinking now that maybe I have a chance to prove myself in the written world! Hehehe. Tis such a beautiful piece, this. Good night, all. posted by Melike at 01:46
Sunday, September 23, 2001
Hi! I feel much better this morning.. I had a lot of crazy dreams again last night, most of which I don't remember. I do remember, though, that I flew! Like a plane! Over cities and deserts and everything. It was fun. Then I volunteered to be a nose donor, but backed away when I found out that they were gonna take my nose when I was actually *alive*. Then the crazy person was trying to convince me that a nose wasn't such an important thing anyway and that I could do without it.. it didn't work. Anyway, i think that's it. Oh! I cleaned out 73 e-mails, which accounted for 4% out of all my e-mails! And this morning I got e-mail from Garrett.. a person from Madrigals! So now I wonder if other people have been sending me stuff too.. Oh well. I think I'll clean out some more today, but I'm going to do a lot of hw today, so.. yeah. That's it for now. posted by Melike at 14:44
LOL!! This is my favorite Sally e-mail:
Today at the orchestra rehearsal the conductor was unusually normal. He was like, calm and stuff untill the very end when he CRACKED. There was this little cello player who was sitting there minding his own business when suddenly Mr. Rintoul (the conductor) says to the cello, "Move over so you can see me." The kid says, "But I CAN see you" and then Rintoul says "Move over" again and so the kid does but Rintould still isn't satisfied. In a sudden rage he says (litterally, I'm not exagerating at all) "AAAAUUUUURRRRRR!!!!!" and waves his arme frantically in the air. Them, while still 'aauurr-ing' he runs at the poor kid, grabs his music stand an slams it down on the ground where he wants to kid to sit. He slams the stand down at the floor a few time and says "AARR!!" every time the stand hits to floor. "Right here! Right here!" he yells.
I wasn't playing on this piece so I was sitting in the audience the whole time. Since Rintoul had his back to me I took the opportunity to burst into (silent) hysterical laughter.
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