let's paint these walls and pull out the weeds
I'm trying to avoid reviewing for APUSH as much as I can, so I suppose some mindless babble is the answer. What's been happening in my life? Not too much and yet a whole bunch, all at the same time. It's incredible.
Last Thursday, the choir from our sister school in Austria came; they stayed with us for 5 days, I think, and sang both at Celebration of the Arts (on Friday) and at the Spring Concert (Saturday night). They were all very lovely, I have to say, and they sounded great. Speaking of Saturday, that morning, my mother and I went in to Manhattan, ate lunch at Elephant & Castle, went shopping at some nearby thrift stores, and then went to go see Follies down on Christopher street. I am officially Sondheim'd out, because Follies put me in such an apathetic mood that I still haven't quite recovered.
I got my APUSH mock back last week, and I was 3/10 of a point away from a 5 (which is the perfect score). I got 5s on each writing section, but it was the multiple choice that did me in, considering she omitted 13 for us because we hadn't gone over the material by that time. Whatever, I'm still doing well in that class, so I don't really mind, it's just the 3/10 thing that pissed me off a little. What can you do?
May is coming upon us very quickly. I'm a little frightened. This Saturday I'm taking US History & Lit SAT IIs, and then going to the jazz concert at Regis. Next Friday is my APUSH exam. The 14th is the AP English Language exam and a concert upstate somewhere. The 16th I'm seeing Spring Awakening with Megan (it'll by my first time and we have onstage seats, apparently?), the 17th I'm not sure what I'm doing, and the 18th is the AIDS Walk in Central Park (whoo!). The 19th is my Ethics final presentation, the 20th is the last day of classes, the 21st and 22nd are reading days, and on the 23rd I have my English final exam in the morning and my Precalc final in the afternoon. I have a three day weekend for Memorial Day (the Saturday of which I'm actually going to a memorial service), then on the 27th I have my French final in the afternoon (I don't have to come in in the morning because I'll already have taken the History AP, meaning we're exempt from the final), the 28th I have my Bio final, the 29th I don't have a final (because we have a final paper for Ethics instead of an exam) but I have to come in for an hour for prize day practice, and the 30th is the last day of school. Whew.
I was trying to get tickets to see The Bully Pulpit (the one man show about Teddy Roosevelt that's currently playing Off-Broadway) for the afternoon of the 28th because I could leave at 12:30, but they apparently don't do Wednesday matinees. I might as well just go to the evening show, though, especially because I don't have to be at school until the middle of the day (and even then it's just for an hour or so). We'll see.
Speaking of shows, I have plans in the works to go see Phantom with a few people on June 3rd; it'll be great because the tickets are $33.50 each (including service charge) and John Cudia is playing the Phantom on Broadway. I died. He's here for two months starting the end of May, meaning I'm seeing him at least twice, what with June 3rd and my birthday tickets in July. !!!
The first week of June is also looking to be a little busy, but oh well. I've applied to be a Eucharistic Minister at school next year, and apparently they don't cut anyone, so I'll have to go to a training session for a few hours on June 2nd. I'll deal, though.
July, of course, I have work, and I might be doing some more volunteer work with God's Love in August - or maybe even after work some days, I don't know.
I spoke to Boyer today, and she gave me the complete go-ahead to apply ED to NYU Steinhardt next year. Academically, she says, I can get in instantly, but as the program I want to apply for has an audition process, that's what I have to worry about. Except I'm not really worried, because I've auditioned for a lot of professional choirs and the like before, so I'm used to it. Plus, they've all given me good marks on my rep. pieces, which is what I'd have to sing for my Steinhardt audition. Still, I have to pick pieces and make a CD over the summer so I can get that off and get an audition date, etc. Oh goodness gracious.
I just glanced at my icon and I remembered that I watched The Talk of the Town the other day. Now I just have to watch Only Angels Have Wings and Holiday and I'll be done with the movies I got for Christmas.
SPEAKING of Cary Grant (sort of?), prom was a few weeks ago. Caitlin and I went with Michael, who is absolutely adorable and I love him to death. My dress was from the 40s, and so I tried to get my hair to do the same sort of thing, so I did a whole bunch of pincurls (still curled, not taken out, if you get what I mean?) in the back. Sort of like Dunne's hair in my icon except all the curls were on the back of my head...? Maybe not.
I really should be studying for my SAT II. Once this APUSH exam is over (on the 9th, thank goodness), then maybe I can get back to reading Crime and Punishment. It's bad, though; I've been reading all these Robert Frost poems and images of Raskolnikov keep popping into my head. Ah, well.
All for now, I suppose.
edit: I totes almost forgot to mention that DGasch came back to Phantom for a month, and so I went and saw him twice. Apparently, he called us, but something with that fell through, so I went to see him anyway...? I don't know, I didn't know about the phone call until he asked my dad about it, and I was kind of like "???". He was filling in as Piangi for a month, and so of course we went to see him, and drove him home, and all the exciting stuff from the good old days. And, of course, as soon as I saw him, he asked me how French class was going, and then showed me pictures of Andrew & Molly Marie - who are HUGE. Geez. I'd forgotten that children actually grow up...Ah, well. I missed that man.
Last Thursday, the choir from our sister school in Austria came; they stayed with us for 5 days, I think, and sang both at Celebration of the Arts (on Friday) and at the Spring Concert (Saturday night). They were all very lovely, I have to say, and they sounded great. Speaking of Saturday, that morning, my mother and I went in to Manhattan, ate lunch at Elephant & Castle, went shopping at some nearby thrift stores, and then went to go see Follies down on Christopher street. I am officially Sondheim'd out, because Follies put me in such an apathetic mood that I still haven't quite recovered.
I got my APUSH mock back last week, and I was 3/10 of a point away from a 5 (which is the perfect score). I got 5s on each writing section, but it was the multiple choice that did me in, considering she omitted 13 for us because we hadn't gone over the material by that time. Whatever, I'm still doing well in that class, so I don't really mind, it's just the 3/10 thing that pissed me off a little. What can you do?
May is coming upon us very quickly. I'm a little frightened. This Saturday I'm taking US History & Lit SAT IIs, and then going to the jazz concert at Regis. Next Friday is my APUSH exam. The 14th is the AP English Language exam and a concert upstate somewhere. The 16th I'm seeing Spring Awakening with Megan (it'll by my first time and we have onstage seats, apparently?), the 17th I'm not sure what I'm doing, and the 18th is the AIDS Walk in Central Park (whoo!). The 19th is my Ethics final presentation, the 20th is the last day of classes, the 21st and 22nd are reading days, and on the 23rd I have my English final exam in the morning and my Precalc final in the afternoon. I have a three day weekend for Memorial Day (the Saturday of which I'm actually going to a memorial service), then on the 27th I have my French final in the afternoon (I don't have to come in in the morning because I'll already have taken the History AP, meaning we're exempt from the final), the 28th I have my Bio final, the 29th I don't have a final (because we have a final paper for Ethics instead of an exam) but I have to come in for an hour for prize day practice, and the 30th is the last day of school. Whew.
I was trying to get tickets to see The Bully Pulpit (the one man show about Teddy Roosevelt that's currently playing Off-Broadway) for the afternoon of the 28th because I could leave at 12:30, but they apparently don't do Wednesday matinees. I might as well just go to the evening show, though, especially because I don't have to be at school until the middle of the day (and even then it's just for an hour or so). We'll see.
Speaking of shows, I have plans in the works to go see Phantom with a few people on June 3rd; it'll be great because the tickets are $33.50 each (including service charge) and John Cudia is playing the Phantom on Broadway. I died. He's here for two months starting the end of May, meaning I'm seeing him at least twice, what with June 3rd and my birthday tickets in July. !!!
The first week of June is also looking to be a little busy, but oh well. I've applied to be a Eucharistic Minister at school next year, and apparently they don't cut anyone, so I'll have to go to a training session for a few hours on June 2nd. I'll deal, though.
July, of course, I have work, and I might be doing some more volunteer work with God's Love in August - or maybe even after work some days, I don't know.
I spoke to Boyer today, and she gave me the complete go-ahead to apply ED to NYU Steinhardt next year. Academically, she says, I can get in instantly, but as the program I want to apply for has an audition process, that's what I have to worry about. Except I'm not really worried, because I've auditioned for a lot of professional choirs and the like before, so I'm used to it. Plus, they've all given me good marks on my rep. pieces, which is what I'd have to sing for my Steinhardt audition. Still, I have to pick pieces and make a CD over the summer so I can get that off and get an audition date, etc. Oh goodness gracious.
I just glanced at my icon and I remembered that I watched The Talk of the Town the other day. Now I just have to watch Only Angels Have Wings and Holiday and I'll be done with the movies I got for Christmas.
SPEAKING of Cary Grant (sort of?), prom was a few weeks ago. Caitlin and I went with Michael, who is absolutely adorable and I love him to death. My dress was from the 40s, and so I tried to get my hair to do the same sort of thing, so I did a whole bunch of pincurls (still curled, not taken out, if you get what I mean?) in the back. Sort of like Dunne's hair in my icon except all the curls were on the back of my head...? Maybe not.
I really should be studying for my SAT II. Once this APUSH exam is over (on the 9th, thank goodness), then maybe I can get back to reading Crime and Punishment. It's bad, though; I've been reading all these Robert Frost poems and images of Raskolnikov keep popping into my head. Ah, well.
All for now, I suppose.
edit: I totes almost forgot to mention that DGasch came back to Phantom for a month, and so I went and saw him twice. Apparently, he called us, but something with that fell through, so I went to see him anyway...? I don't know, I didn't know about the phone call until he asked my dad about it, and I was kind of like "???". He was filling in as Piangi for a month, and so of course we went to see him, and drove him home, and all the exciting stuff from the good old days. And, of course, as soon as I saw him, he asked me how French class was going, and then showed me pictures of Andrew & Molly Marie - who are HUGE. Geez. I'd forgotten that children actually grow up...Ah, well. I missed that man.