today was the SPM retreat. araujo planned it and of course it was lots of fun (retreats at st pats in general are a lot of fun.) and we did a personality test. holy crap its sooo weird. all my personality traits were directly revealed through my category, "the thinker (loyalist)" and my wing category, which had to do with feelings and stuff. i love it, it totally gave me a clear understanding of myself. and i would totally do it again. i found it cool that the people that were like me were: princess diana, and marilyn monroe. who would have thought:)

I GOT MY L!

that was probably one of the most nerve wracking things i've done. i had to calm myself first. i started the test. and omg my heart dropped because i couldn't figure out what the first question was, so i skipped it.  lols kinda embarrassing. and then i kept going. i made a few careless mistakes cause i didn't read the question properly. but then i think i was on a role. haha midway through the test i was wondering whether i should check my status- i didn't want to freak myself out. well, i did anyways. and then i tried not to think about it and kept going. and then all of a sudden, "congratulations you passed!" and i swear i didn't believe it. :)

.....that takes most of the stress away. yay!  (now i don't have to keep carrying my stupid drivers book wherever i go)

on another note. dr kento (bento) was pretty cool. he kinda dresses like araujo, minus the fedora hat. he was really quiet, but i guess his english was pretty good. 

tomorrow is the SPM Retreat!

tomorrow we have chamber starring dr. kento (bento) lmao. 

OMG. i want a new cell sooooo badly:/

so i just got back from the concordia choir performance and it was pretty darn good. even though araujo said we were better then them even before the concert started, after listening to them, i was like, "wow!" haha....when they walked in the church they walked in really fast and they looked like they were mad. i swear it was like wind was passing by causing they just kept coming; it looked like a scene from hogwarts. lols. and holy crap they can blend! man...they're soooo goood. so anyways, im just happy with the fact that i saw rene clausen- that in itself is pretty cool i guess. 

OMG. during foods class today, i had another mandarin orange. so....i started peeling it. and....IT WAS MOLDY (just like the one from yesterday)- ask anna f.. she saw it. -i told my mom and she didn't really seem to care (or at least, i don't think she believed me!) 

i feel like throwing away all my baby mandarin oranges:/

today in homeroom i was starving. so i ate a baby mandarin orange. half way through i noticed white fluffy stuff in the middle ; it was mold. 

enough said.

Resonance '09 made me feel so good. even though i was trying not to choke half of the time cause of my throat, i looooooveeedd singing in it. every song, especially butterfly, battle of jericho; they made me feeel ssssooooo goooddd. and i guess you could kinda tell that everyone was proud of themselves. i mean it was pretty nerve wracking, lining up to go onto the stage. but after we were done, it was the best feeling every. seeing that last week's performance went just as well, its almost like i have a 'newfound confidence' in chamber. im actually pretty happy with it- and i love it! 

tomorrow's RESONANCE!! anyway(S) hah notice how i bracketed the 's'- cause i just came to realize (today @ lunch at the portable w/ araujo) that 'anyways' isn't a real term. lollerz. 

yesterday was pretty harsh but fun at the same time. we had chamber then A block concert choir, then Theory (i went to this instead of the SA) practice and THEN practice with CCCCC. holy crap. I WAS AT SCHOOL FOR 13 HOURS:/

as for practice with ccccc........

 i personally, think we sound pretty darn good; BATTLE OF JERICHO is pretty EPIC!- its a battle alright!!! ...and it doesnt make me that nervous anymore cause i know im not the only one doing the high screaming part (yay for danielle and tiff and marielle and charlene.) and....i dont think araujo noticed, BUT danielle and i are standing together in the front row, and we sing the exact same parts (aaha, even though we're supposed to be mixed up!) lols.......omg i gotta find a new hairstyle for tomorrow (well, i think i already got one) but you know what that means. MORE YOUTUBE VIDS.

yay im so glad thats over. now that chamber's done their first concert, its kinda more of a confidence booster and i know that we feel pretty good. you could even see it on araujo's face and even ms wilks' when they're teaching us; i love that feeling. im so proud , i hit my note! today was a good day.

heck, today my hair even looked decent thanks to the youtube tutorial vids.- i had a lot of fun. annnddd... we even talked to the senator lady- she's soo nice......even thought i cracked a few times, im hoping the peeps in the front row didn't notice. well, one time it was pretty obivious, but the rest weren't so bad. haha.

omg resonance is next saturday. 

haaaaa........im sitting here watching 'how to do hair updo tutorials on youtube. annnnddd im still not sure what im going to do for tomorrow.

omg. yesterday wasn't so bad. turns out, all this time i thought my highest note was a C#. but apparently (according to ms wilks) i've been psyching myself out and i can hit a D#! -which is a whole two steps higher than what i thought i could hit before. sooo tomorrow, im going to try not to psych myself out and im gonna pretend that im screaming  (and that someone evils trying to chase me or something- otherwise im never going to get rid of my nerves or anything) and im hoping, well praying that the note comes out and that araujo doesn't give me the evil or whatever. 

so. chris told me to write about religion class. and yeah.....we just finished watching a video. SEE! we actually learn stuff in this class! and it was a video about gatorade and the crusades and it had usain bolt and kerry walsh/misty may treanor in it. hah. it was kinda cool actually.
this day feels like its gonna go on forever. but im really excited for the weekend. part of the reason is that i get to relax a bit and then on sunday chamber has it's first 'official' performance. - and jess gets to do my makeup!

..............my facebook is being so retarded right now. i have to keep signing in for no reason just to view my stuff and other pages. OMG.

in other news. im kinda getting my voice back. but i still have a cough- which is still pretty weird cause my throat doesn't hurt at all. and YAY! i hit a C in battle of jericho!- it sounded ugly in my head but ms wilks said it was good!....now if i just stop talking (aka shutup), and start whispering and don't sing in the shower or whatever, maybe ill have my full voice back by sunday; that pretty much would make my year!

IM PRAYING. LITERALLY. for my voice to come back. it gives me and excuse for why not to sing during voice tomorrow but i want it back soooo badly. haha oongledouche, anna that's so funny!

today's car ride home with anna, jess, tristan and myself was freakin HIGHlarious.

reminiscing about elementary school and j.......___ ____ barf____.(notice how i did not give the person's identity away)soooo funny. even after jess dropped me off, i was home alone laughing to myself...

hmm......open house wasn't tooo bad. the sucky part was that i couldn't even sing my notes and araujo even asked me why. and i was like wtf. the one time im sick....you start noticing all the things i can't do when all along i've been doing and singing everything just like you've said.arrrgghh. I WANT MY VOICE BACK. 

and....i swear there's no other way to fix this problem but to have a freakin chamber soprano sectional everyday; everything still sounds fishy and it bugs the crap out of me. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. im kinda  a perfectionist; i dont know if thats a bad thing.

im kinda screwed for tmr. i have a math test and maybe a bio pop quiz. arrrggh.

but at least tomorrow's block order is BDAC. at least i get to get all the hard stuff done first. and i get to relax the rest of the day until voice after school.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY VOICE BACK...

PRETTY PLEASE, THAT'S ALL I ASK. ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE THREE WEEKS WORTH OF CONCERTS COMING UP:(

so im sitting here listening to "ungeduld" (pronounced: 'oong-a-doolt')- all you scholarship people know what im talking about. omg. its like a zillion times faster on youtube; its soooo much slower when we practice it in voice. AND since its in german holy crap, its sounds like someones having a freakin SHOUTING MATCH or something:/ and in addition to learning this song, i also have to learn this other song with doesn't have any lyrics to it at all:S Strange i know. you have to sing it on vowels AH, OH and/or U which makes it even weirder. annnndd you basically have no where to breathe at all. SERIOUSLY, how the frick am i going to learn this all. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT. tomorrow's open house; which also means chamber for three hours. but its okay, chambers been fun lately- except we have to let loose and start dancing now. its kinda weird when you're jumping up and down and trying to sing a high note at the same time. lols. haha enough said.

i know its random but im excited for foods class on monday. yayy. beschemel sauce (or however you spell it) with mac and cheese:)

TGIF

mmm...danny's screamers and garlic breadsticks with anna were soooo yummy.

i've been waiting for the weekend. ..this weeks been so busy and i've been running on a never ending schedule. wake up early, go to chamber, school, after school (scholarship stuff), come home, homework, bed. my voice is still scratchy and i really don't want to get sick again. 

on another note, today we got our report cards back and SECOND HONOURS:) well, i wish it was first but whatevs. i dunno. some people told me that they only calculate your eight highest marks and other people told me they calculate all your marks. so i was like WTF?? but whatevs. the only reason that im stressing is because, that basically is the deciding factor from me being on the first honour board to the second honour board. 

OK I'LL SHUTUP NOW. 

HAH. choir was pretty funny. charlene giving massages and snorting. i love my soprano 1's- they're pretty funny; araujo must have thought that we were on crack or something. we couldn't stop squirming and charlene kept touching people. lols. she's HIGHlarious.

chamber's actually been pretty good to me this week. but damn. choir's getting tougher- i guess, in a way. it's kinda harder to get an A. grade 10 was sooo much easier and everything. im kinda excited for the private concert next next week; yay! i get to wear my choir dress again-AND IT STILL FITS. 

now that the stress of getting a report card is over...

..................................................................i think i need to stop stressing and relax a bit. but how??

so..i guess today was pretty chill and eventful at the same time. except for the fact that the morning took forever to pass.

at lunch time we talked about grad dresses; aaha it was pretty interesting.

 religion, of course, was my favourite. anna, jess, paolo, mike and I went to the portable and we did whatever. we listened to music full blast with all doors open in the portable and watched youtube videos with mr araujo. i love spending time with you guys; youre hilarious.......

ps. agnus dei sounds a tad freaky at the beginning, BUT i love it.

pps. my voice is starting to get scratchy again- i think im just really tired:/