Oh say can you see?!

Today. Was another good day.

I sang the National Anthem at our school's first football game of the season and basically, I ROCKED THE WHOLE WORLD AROUND. As in, I hit the high notes, I didn't sing any flats, and people kept telling me that they didn't know I could sing like that.

(Best. Compliment. EVARRRRR.)

So that's my wonderous news of the day.

I would write more, but I have a book that I've been dying to read all week, but haven't been able to because I've been doing my homework and then promptly crashing.

Erhm... Low what?

So. Most of you know me as my name. Stefanie.

A good percentage of you might know me as Ivy.

An even smaller percentage of you know me as Louella Soames, Nerissa, or (lucky, lucky me!) Mrs. Bascombe.

But be prepared, my friends, for the ultimate character.

Lowbutt.

(Why do I all of a sudden have an urge to Pop, Lock and Drop it?)

Casting was posted today, and I scored the character of the Queen of the Barnyard's friend. Which is apparently a good character, although I have NO IDEA what it entitles, but I do have a few solos.

I have a feeling I will be the butt of all jokes this semester.

(Hahaha! ANOTHER funny. I am on a roll!)

On being made of Awesome

So I've told you about this podcast that I've become addicted to, and most days, the two brothers usually make some reference to how nerdfighters are made of awesome.

Well, yesterday, I was a pure ball of fiery awesome that was ROCKING THE WORLD.

Today, I am made of less awesome.

It's not that today was any worse than yesterday (except block physics (DEVIL SUBJECT).... blech.) But I just don't have the same pizzaz as I did yesterday.

But on the other hand, I have different fingers.

(har har har, I made another funny.)

I had a choir rehearsal (which went great) and because of some accompaniment issues, we're singing the mass entirely acapella. Which should be great... I think we sound really good!

Tomorrow I find out what I am cast as. Cross your fingers!

Today. Is a good day.

You know how people say that sometimes, where they pause between the "Today" and "Is a good day" almost as if they're two entirely different sentences.

So today is overall one of those days.

I ROCKED AT AUDITIONS TODAY.

I hit the high F that we have to hold for 10 beats (count 'em.) and I sang without my voice cracking or dying or otherwise being bad. And the music director even nodded her head and gave me the thumbs up sign. Which makes me practically the ULTIMATE OF ALL ULTIMATES right now.

And plus I made a funny.

Mr. Klousia was asking some people to say some of the lines from the show (the musical is called Honk! by the way) just so he could hear them say it, but after my friend Alycia sang, he said, "I don't know what to give you, so I'll get back to you later." And he did the same for me and said, "You're in the same boat as Alycia." and so when I walked off stage, I ran toward her and squealed, "We're in the same boat!!!" and everyone laughed. So while that isn't necessarily hilarious, it just added to the amount of Awesome that I seem to be made up of today. (All nerdfighters are made out of Awesome.)

And the only shadow on my day was that my Sty (I have a sty in my eye and a cat in my hat... erhm... which now that I read it isn't as funny as when I said it this morning.) hasn't gone away and has actually seemed to get worse. Ow.

But the cast list will be posted on thursday and I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!

(HOOOORAAAAAAAYYYY!!!)

Kind of like an old chevy

I'm falling apart right now, and I feel like I'm one of those old cars that, once one problem emerges, a thousand others follow.

So I got a bruise the other day while I was swimming (my head collided with my friends VERY SHARP hipbone. Owieee...)

Then, I cut myself while cooking last night.

I have a sty (Possibly pink eye? Of course picture day is Wednesday!) and it hurts to blink.

My foot hurts (But nothing new. It's been like this for months.)

I ran into my kitchen counter this morning (another bruise).

OH... and to top it off. I got the mother of all nosebleeds WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME. People probably thought I was an idiot, clutching a napkin to my nose while driving home.

So there you have it. I am falling apart.

(Oh, and I keep coughing because of my allergies.)

Okay, I swear I'm done now.

HAH. I did it.

So I'm going to admit something a teensy-weensy bit embarrassing.

I failed a lot of English last year.

Not because I couldn't handle the material, but because in that class I had a REALLY BAD case of senioritis a good portion of the year. I'm an English geek. An English nerdfighter, if you will. But I'm sorry. Huck Finn and the Scarlet Letter aren't the most exciting books to read. Sure, they are good books, but at age 16? You seriously can't expect me to read, comprehend, care, AND write an essay about it. And last year's English class was about Rhetoric. It's great and all, but to be honest, I stand with Sophocles on this one.

But at least for today, I've broken that barrier and have OFFICIALLY READ WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO READ ON TIME. (ish.) I just read the 100 pages (of our summer reading book which was, well, supposed to be summer reading,) that we're being quizzed over tomorrow.

And I can't seem to decide whether I like the book or not.

The book is called Never Let Me Go by Katzuo Ishiguro and it's almost like it's a reflection of this one woman's life from when she was in school. Almost as if you're sipping coffee together and she's telling you her life story. (but she's got an ongoing monologue thing going...) The entire book, she'll be talking about one subject but then that will remind her of something else and she'll go off on that tangent for a while, realize that she got distracted, and then go back to the original subject.

At this point, I would shrug.

I've heard a bunch of people in my class say things from "OMIGOD that book was SOOOO boringg!" to "It was a quick read." and then to "I don't get it."

Well, I think I like the book...

Grawarrrr...

Gack. Yuck. Eew.

Okay, it's not that bad.

But I'm only halfway through my physics (DEVIL SUBJECT) homework and while physics (DEVIL SUBJECT) isn't too bad (IT IS), I don't want homework on the first day. I already have a page of notes on 4 pages in our textbook (DEMON BOOK).

On the plus side, I feel pretty!

I felt a little bit like a model today when I had a photoshoot with my family because it's my dad's first anniversary with my stepmom and they want some nice follow-up photos.

So there were some good ones of me.

Hooray.

When I get those, I'll post some up for yall to see.

Anyway. Back to physics (DEVIL SUBJECT).