Stupidity
Yeah so sometimes life doesn't make sense and gets out of control, but I know that life goes on and that's all I need to get by. I realized today how much I appreicate my friends...seriously, I've never realized how caring they can be. Even at times when nothing is even wrong, they still check in and see how things are going regardless of everything. So yes...hopefully nothing that stupid will get to me again. Now for some happier things...?
I'm surprised at how much I've been enjoying school this year. It's the first year I really really did not want to come back, but now that I have, it's been rather productive. French has been easy, about half the kids from my french 1 class are in it, so that's not a problem. My Independent Study mod rocks. I've gotten to practice a lot more, and I finally feel like I can accomplish things. I had time to practice before, but I feel like I can get more done. And I can practice every day...even if it's only for that small 90 minutes. I'm really going to miss it during second semester, but I'll worry about that when it comes. My earth and space science class is easy as can be. There's only about 13 people in it, and it's a level 3, so needless to say, I shalln't have any problems with it. Last mod is a bit crazy. I don't know how I can keep track, but I have Orchestra, Chorus, and World History. Orchestra is pretty normal...except for the no Tori thing. That sucks major, and it's weird not having her around to joke with, but that's life! Other than that, we have a ton of freshmen, and new people in the orchestra, so that's pretty exciting. Chorus was ...well, interesting to say the least. I haven't been in a chorus since 8th grade. It's fun though. My world history class rocks. There's so many awesome people in it, and it's the first class colleen and i've had together...well, minus drivers ed. So school has been pretty good so far. Although it still has only been first week, I know in about a month I'll be complaining about school, but for now, I'm enjoying it.
Had my audition for the Sinfonietta Friday after school. Strangest audition ever. They didn't ask anybody to play their scales or sightreading, and I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but it was just weird. The one judge who came into the warm-up room could not get my name right to save his life. His accent didn't help the factor anyhow. So anyways, I got to peabody, and wasn't sure which building to go in, so we went to the prep. office and they told us where to go. I was looking in a room to make sure it was a warm-up room, and then this guy came out and asked who I was, and what I was trying out for. I said the sinfonietta, and he was like, well we're ready for you now. I could have died...going into an audition without warming up? It's pure suicide. So I went inside the room and unpacked. There were two other younger violinists, and a younger cellist in the room. None of them were trying out for the Sinfonietta though...just me at the time. So I tuned quickly, and the guy came in (who happened to be a judge) and took me to this stage are. There were 3 judges total, and they asked me to play my piece. The acoustics in the recital hall were pretty nice, so I was really relaxed and just had some fun. It was just like practicing in a really nice hall for me. It was probably the calmest I've ever been during an audition. After I played like 3/4ths of my piece, they stopped me and I was expecting to play my scales and then sightreading, but they started asking me questions. They asked me how long I'd studied with Christian, and then how long I studied with Chris Vachon, and who I studied with before that. They had no idea where Hampstead, or Carroll County was. I felt like a total loser being from a place they'd never heard of, but they seemed curious so I guess that's a good thing...er atleast I hope so. After they were done talking to me, they said I was done. I sort of stuttered and then was like oh, okay, thanks. And I left. So it was the strangest audition...very unformal to me. But heck, I shouldn't complain. I don't know when I'll find out if I made it or not....but I hope I find out soon.
Well, that's all for now. Thanks again to everybody who has helped me these past couple of days. :) Life throws its' curveballs, but you just gotta learn to dodge 'em.
I'm surprised at how much I've been enjoying school this year. It's the first year I really really did not want to come back, but now that I have, it's been rather productive. French has been easy, about half the kids from my french 1 class are in it, so that's not a problem. My Independent Study mod rocks. I've gotten to practice a lot more, and I finally feel like I can accomplish things. I had time to practice before, but I feel like I can get more done. And I can practice every day...even if it's only for that small 90 minutes. I'm really going to miss it during second semester, but I'll worry about that when it comes. My earth and space science class is easy as can be. There's only about 13 people in it, and it's a level 3, so needless to say, I shalln't have any problems with it. Last mod is a bit crazy. I don't know how I can keep track, but I have Orchestra, Chorus, and World History. Orchestra is pretty normal...except for the no Tori thing. That sucks major, and it's weird not having her around to joke with, but that's life! Other than that, we have a ton of freshmen, and new people in the orchestra, so that's pretty exciting. Chorus was ...well, interesting to say the least. I haven't been in a chorus since 8th grade. It's fun though. My world history class rocks. There's so many awesome people in it, and it's the first class colleen and i've had together...well, minus drivers ed. So school has been pretty good so far. Although it still has only been first week, I know in about a month I'll be complaining about school, but for now, I'm enjoying it.
Had my audition for the Sinfonietta Friday after school. Strangest audition ever. They didn't ask anybody to play their scales or sightreading, and I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but it was just weird. The one judge who came into the warm-up room could not get my name right to save his life. His accent didn't help the factor anyhow. So anyways, I got to peabody, and wasn't sure which building to go in, so we went to the prep. office and they told us where to go. I was looking in a room to make sure it was a warm-up room, and then this guy came out and asked who I was, and what I was trying out for. I said the sinfonietta, and he was like, well we're ready for you now. I could have died...going into an audition without warming up? It's pure suicide. So I went inside the room and unpacked. There were two other younger violinists, and a younger cellist in the room. None of them were trying out for the Sinfonietta though...just me at the time. So I tuned quickly, and the guy came in (who happened to be a judge) and took me to this stage are. There were 3 judges total, and they asked me to play my piece. The acoustics in the recital hall were pretty nice, so I was really relaxed and just had some fun. It was just like practicing in a really nice hall for me. It was probably the calmest I've ever been during an audition. After I played like 3/4ths of my piece, they stopped me and I was expecting to play my scales and then sightreading, but they started asking me questions. They asked me how long I'd studied with Christian, and then how long I studied with Chris Vachon, and who I studied with before that. They had no idea where Hampstead, or Carroll County was. I felt like a total loser being from a place they'd never heard of, but they seemed curious so I guess that's a good thing...er atleast I hope so. After they were done talking to me, they said I was done. I sort of stuttered and then was like oh, okay, thanks. And I left. So it was the strangest audition...very unformal to me. But heck, I shouldn't complain. I don't know when I'll find out if I made it or not....but I hope I find out soon.
Well, that's all for now. Thanks again to everybody who has helped me these past couple of days. :) Life throws its' curveballs, but you just gotta learn to dodge 'em.