I Lose

A month ago I was totally dreading the start of what I knew would be the worst school year since my middle school days. So far, this has been one of the best.

I was afraid Expressions was going to be filled with the horrible drama that was witnessed at the end of last year. So far, I've been thoroughly enjoying it. Everyone (for the most part) has been nice and I think we have a great sound this year.

I knew that Post-Secondary Planning would be awful, because everyone said that Mr. English was horrible and the class was boring. Mr. English is strict and a little weird sometimes, but, for the most part he's really very nice and helpful. Plus, all the kids in that class are really nice and fun to chat with as we all work on our own stuff.

I don't know anyone in my English 12 class, but most of the kids are pretty quiet, and those who talk seem pretty okay. Mrs. Shown is great, so even though the class is pretty easy for me, I still enjoy it.

Pro Cantorum is fun-tastic because Mrs. Bohart switched me to second soprano in that choir (I'm still an alto in Expressions) and the girls I get to sit next to are really fun. Add to that the fact that I get to sing up high, and that class is rockin'-awesome!

I was excited about Americana before school started. i knew it would be a good class, I just didn't know how good. All the people in the class are totally different and interesting and Mr. Sweeting is a wonderfully fun teacher. We get to talk about neat stuff and we have really good discussions in that class. Ah, so awesome.

I think my only disappointing class is my choir TA, mostly for two reasons: first, Mrs. Bohart isn't at school in the afternoons because she goes home to be with her kids; second, since I"m TAing during Mens Apprentice Choir (which is an all-guy choir mostly composed of Freshman) I get hit on my creepy underclassmen who all seem to think that acting like they're "hustlers" and "playas" will magically cause me to be interested in them. *gag*

Of course, my IPs are all pretty sweet. I pretty much spend all of that lovely free-time hanging out in the library goofing off and rolling quarters down my nose (don't ask). Sah-weet.

And play practice. Ah, sweet play practice. It's so much fun! All the other cast members and crew people have been totally nice, and (so far) Ms. Martin-Cohn has be strict, but amiable. Practice is hard work, and sometimes it's discouraging to have all the people around you who have experience with drama seem to know what's going on while you're completely lost, but Ms. Martin-Cohn and the other actors are really great about keeping me up to speed without making me feel like an idiot, so it's all good. Honestly, practice is pretty much one of (if not the) biggest highlights in my day.

Oh, I almost forgot! The High-Five/play practice conflict worked out fine. Ms. Martin-Cohn said it'd be fine if I missed some practices (it helps that there's another Marian to take my place when needed) for High-Five, so I get to do both! Joy...

My very favorite person, Jenell, is on Homecoming court! I'm so excited for her I can barely contain myself! I'm just so proud of her...yay!

Suffice it to say, I was pretty much all wrong about the whole "my Senior year is going to be horrible" thing. I lose.

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Yeah, just call me Marian Paroo, librarian.

!!!

Yeah, I pretty much screamed and danced around when I found out.

Awesome.

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*dies of happiness*

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Okay, so long story short, I got a call-back for Marian in The Music Man. Call-backs are tomorrow...which is soon...

*heart attack*

...yeah...

Fin.

To Sing or Not to Sing

That is the question. I'm not talking about whether or not I should sing in general, just whether I should try out for the school musical.

Here's the problem. At the end of last year I tried out for and made it onto the High Five team. At that time, Mr. Beaman told us we'd have a meeting in his classroom on September 12th to talk about when our recording date is, when we'd be practicing, etc. He said that our taping date would come up quickly, maybe a week or two after practice starts. You may be asking yourself, "Self, this doesn't really seem like much of a problem..." Well yeah, except that auditions for The Music Man are on September 12th or 13th (you don't have to go to both), call backs are on the 14th (you have to be there for the entire thing), and rehearsals start the next day going from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM (I think). Problem.

My parents, my choir director, and my voice teacher all seem to think it'd be really good for me to do the musical. I think it'd be fun, but I've made a previous commitment to do High Five, and I don't want to drop it and let down the team. There is a possibility (due to other teammates potential conflicts) that our team might have to push back High Five practice to after Cross country practice, which I think gets out the same time as play practice, but I don't know. There's also a possibility that we might lose our two best team members if Mr. Reaney won't let them miss practice to do High Five, or Mr. Beaman won't push back practice 'til after XC practice. If we lost them I don't think we'd be able to get two more team members tried out and practiced up quickly enough, and I"m not sure we'd be able to do the show. Hence, I don't know what to do.

So now's where y'all come in. I would really appreciate some good advice or something. Should I just give up on the musical and dedicate myself to High Five 100%? Should I talk to Mr. Beaman and see if I can miss some practices (since I've done High Five twice before and already know how it works) even if I have to take a lesser team position like stealer or something? Should I try to convince the team to ask Beaman to make the practice later? Should I just forget about High Five and throw myself into the musical? All of the above? None of the above? Two or more of the above all mixed together? Something? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

It's my senior year! This is my last chance to be in High Five and my last chance to be in a school musical! I just want to do both...

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Edit:
Oh yeah! I forgot! This is post 150! YAY!

Academia: The (Hopefully) Final Chapter

Okay, this time it wasn't my fault. The school changed the periods Post Secondary Planning is offered, so here's my new new schedule:

0. Expressions: Bohart
1. Post Secondary Planning: English
2. Pro Cantorum: Bohart
3. English 12: Shown
4. Americana: Sweeting
5. IP
6. IP
7. IP
8. Teacher Assistant: Bohart

So, now my afternoons are basically free. Hehe...

School is coming up very quickly now, which is a bit sad, but I'll get over it.

Enjoy this bit of fun, as well as this and this and this.