chorals '10

We came 4th by 1/2 a point :( but TOUGH competition man, REALLY fun night! We went to Jess' house after school to chill, do hair/makeup, dance a bit and go to school together

FUNNIEST thing was when we were all in our crazy leotards in the front yard and the pizza delivery man came whilst we were dancing. AWKWARD. He was this typical nerdy looking asian dude, who literally RAN away from us after he dropped off the pizzas. Left the pizza bags and his pen and everything hahahaaa

GROUP!

The rest of my photos are either pretty shocking (cos we have weird faces when dancing) or we're in uniform (don't want stalkers) so here's a cropped version of 2 innocent cute people with 2 freaky zombie corpses

So I think I'm coming down with a post-chorals sickness...Biro warned/jinxed me :(

xo

and the cycle begins again

4 days until chorals

I'm not sure why everybody is running to me to have a mental breakdown...and I'm not sure why I'm trying to hard to help ALL the houses

I JUST REALLY WANT IT TO BE A GOOD NIGHT, HOUSE COMPETITION OR NOT!

What's left (chorals related):

• SUPER polishing instrumental and dance
• Learn last verse of original
• FIX UP ALL THE STUPID 3 PART HARMONIES IN SET SONG
• ....wow is that it?!?!? OH MY GOD :D

What's left (personally):

• Fixing up accompaniment issues for chorals haha
• Writing up the mc'ing speech with Mimi
• METHODS. ASSIGNMENT. HOW COULD I TAKE MY ENGLISH FOLDER HOME BY ACCIDENT? AHH KILL ME =__= GOTTA FINISH THIS IN A DAY NOW
• Like a hundred questions to do to practice for chem sac on Thurs...

so pretty much the same amount of school vs extrastuff(which is school-related anyway)

I also have my dance costume ready to gooo! Hot pink leopard print leotard with purple leggings, sparkly black/silver legwarmers, yellow booty shorts, yellow scrunchie, and sweatbands :D

.........mmmm, very hot look .__. I promise there will be photos.

xo

YESSS!

CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES CJ SAID YES!!!!!!

I'm so happy ya think she'd just accepted my hand in marriage or something.

xo

so i got locked in a toilet

No joke

So the guy's name was actually Bob. Though he said some people call him David as well...um, someone needs to know what their own name is. ANYWAY we were at his house, and I went to the bathroom and shut the door (as you do)

On the way out, I accidentally locked the door out of reflex, because I thought I locked it on the way in ....*crack*

......oh shit

The lock broke?

The twisty thing was still twisting, but the bar was still firmly inside the door

So I stood there for a minute trying to get myself out...then I awkwardly knocked on the door and said "help?"(I felt like a retard doing this LOL), and then ended up banging on the door yelling "IM STUUUUCK"

So a crew of 10 people started to help me out, first by telling me to twist the lock (I'm not THAT stupid), then telling me to turn the door handle (...oh COME ON) before the men in the house got out the tools and tried to do whatever they were doing

Dad passed me a screwdriver under the door to undo the lock from the inside, but it was so old that all I did was chip the outside of the screw

The women of the house were screaming at me telling me to calm down when I was perfectly fine. Bored, but fine :D Bob told me to read the book next to the sink but it was all in Chinese...

So something like 20 minutes later I was freed...I left the bathroom and saw my dad drinking tea at the dinnertable. GEE THANKS DAD way to care about your daughter stuck in a toilet LOL though he claimed he was gonna "call 000" but psh.

So that was my cnye

xo

spasmodic

YUP I A+'d that first chem sac :D we didn't get a mark, but there was red pen all over my work...which I dunno if marks were taken off for that but whatever! FIRST A+ IN CHEM EVER

Gran gave me $300 for Chinese New Year D: something about 6 $50 notes being lucky...well...I'm definately not complaining! Also got like $20 from Lisa's fam (thaanks!) and we're going to Bob's* house for dinner tonight so fingers crossed for more money (selfishness WHEE)

Weekend homework checklist

• Japanese pg 14, 15, 16
• Methods Ex 9A, 9B, 9C
• Psych questions
• Chem Ch3 questions

I went to Paicey's office on Friday after school to ask about the combined concert and she pretty much shot me down, but told me to talk to CJ. I'm gonna harrass the head of social service to help me push for this, but so far my chances of organising this is looking pretty bad. Here's my list of arguments when I go propose this to CJ:

• School's 120th birthday, so we should celebrate our relationship with other schools
• Benefits students to learn from a larger ensemble
• Only 2 rehearsals, so it won't take up a lot of time
• Both rehearsals and performance will be held at the other schools so we don't have to worry about booking the hall and opening the school up whatever whatever
• Will involve small number of us, maybe 10 (this is a lie)
• Will be held after the cathedral service, after production, after midyear exams and before the annual concert in the 2 weeks where nobody has any stress (this has to be confirmed with the other 2 schools but who cares)
• In regards to MY wellbeing, I work better when I'm busy (with an A+ to prove it) and I'll never be as busy as I am now with chorals and stuff...

COME ON THOSE ARGUMENTS HAVE GOT TO BE FOOLPROOF! Worst comes to worst I'll haul in the other 2 captains and the 3 of us can just grovel until she caves

xo

*My dad's interpretation of someone's name is usually wrong so I'm not actually sure if the guy's name is seriously Bob. Last time I met a girl called Laura and I called her Laura every time we met at dinners...few months later I find our her name is actually Lorna and Dad had told me the wrong thing. AWKWARD. Also, I've never heard of a guy my age called Bob...but I said the same thing about the name Fred and then whaddaya know I meet a Fred.

first sac of the year, complete :D

CHEM SAC DONE :)

and I'm 99% happy...it was totally doable except for the part where I divded by 2 instead of multiplied :( but Dr J said that's only 1 mark deduction or whatever, so yay for consequential marking :D

5 more chem sacs this year...hey this isn't so bad! Let's just not think about the other 4 subjects shall we...

xo

IT'S TOO HOT

WAY WAY WAYYYY TOO HOT TO GO TO SCHOOL :(

Induction service was today :D I'm officially in year 12 and I have 2 badges to prove it. ha

I had no idea how formal the service was...I pretty much zone out every year when it's the other year 12's but this year I was up on the stage with the rest of the 2010 leaders, in the heat AND under lights :( So we weren't allowed to fan ourselves with our programs even if the rest of the school below us were fanning like crazy. BUUUUT the awesome new AV man plugged in 2 fans on either side of us so it was a bit better :D

The badges are the school crest with a circle of colour around it...all the 12's get a red circle, captains get a silver circle, house captains have gold badges with the house colour circled around it (VERY EW) and school captains have a completely gold badge. APPARENTLY these things cost $30 D: so basically my entire blazer is worth something like half a thousand bucks HAHAHA what a ripoff

I felt bad for the teachers and the councillor wearing their big black gowns, but then I realised IT'S THEIR FAULT OUR SCHOOL HAS NO AIRCONDITIONING! So now I don't give a crap about them :D

House chorals is going well for a change:

• We have 3 out of 4 special item songs learnt (but not memorised)
• Dance is halfway there and is pretty awesome!
• Instrumental is coming along but needs enthusiasm and a conductor?
• ......Set song and original have not been touched. set song has been touched, but it's all a bit confusing so we moved on to special haaa

xo

one week down

...this is CRAZY

I mean I knew year 12 would be a load, but I had no idea it would be THIS MUCH!

It's gotten to the point where I ALWAYS feel unproductive even if I'm doing all my required homework - it's like productivity comes from the EXTRA unrequired work you do...

So on the weekend, I wrote an essay and did all the bits of homework from 4 other subjects and STILL FELT REALLY LAZY!! I don't know what's wrong with me...

I felt accomplished when I finally finished writing our house's original for chorals. but that was the extent of my productivity.

APART FROM THAT HOUSE CHORALS IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE!

I'm gonna be so glad when it's over (but sad because it's over...) cos I can have my life back. For about 2 days, before I get stuck into organising combined concert, rehearsing for production, rehearsing for annual concert, rehearsing for speech night blahblahblah WHEN WILL THIS END!

Also what's with the "Hello you just started school. I'm going to throw 50 sacs in your face, starting with chem. In 3 days! Oh, and I hope you enjoy the week with 2 english sacs, 1 psych sac and 1 jap sac...and if you're REALLY lucky, who knows? I might just give you a methods sac too :D"

xo

a condensed version of this week so far

Monday

• Learnt school song descant p1
• Methods hwk Ch 1A, 1B, 1C
• Psych hwk, write a report on a famous woman psychologist
• Meet Mrs Byant at lunch, made a huge list of notices for assembly
• Doctors at 4:30pm

Tuesday

• Collect 120 photocopies of chorals set song, distribute to chairwomen + guidelines and venue sheet
• Abuse the school with venue sheets
• Captains meeting at 8am
• Jap hwk pg 8-11
• Chem tutoring at 6:45

Wednesday

• Chorals meeting 8am
• Meet with music 3/4 girls to talk or whatever
• PRINT ASSEMBLY NOTES...MUST REMEMBER THIS
• Start chorals rehearsals at lunch, make sure keyboard is in science lab for roll call rehearsals
• Distribute more music to Susan & instrumentalists...oh shit gotta finish writing Sharmaine's part
• Methods hwk ch 1D
• DO ROBYN'S WORK
• Lorna's congratulations dinner

Thursday

• Induction service rehearsal
• Assembly D: AHHH
• Sign up for all the stuff in the music school...
• Methods tutoring at 4:30

Friday

• SCHOOL PHOTOS OH NO - nts bring blazer, light makeup is 大丈夫
• Jap Kanji test pg 63-67
• Robyn's at 4:30

Weekend

• Notate original melody, finish writing the rest + lyrics and come up with a title?
• Start collecting chorals info from all chairwomen
• Study Jap vocab
• Do all of Rod's work T____T
• English persuasive speech essay thing whatever it is
• Methods 1E and 1F
• Psych sheet
• Chem sheet
• PATIENTLY WAIT FOR LAURA AND MICHAEL TO REPLY TO ME ABOUT THE COMBINED CONCERT!! JESUS WHY CANT LAURA REPLY FASTER ON FACEBOOK, AND WHY CANT MICHAEL *HAVE* FACEBOOK! well. at least biro and rob care, and they're not even at school anymore. and why can't i stay AWAY from facebook? ahh.

Will update this as the week goes on...this is driving me crazy; 2 days in and there's enough for me to do to last 2 weeks

xo