Les Miserables US Tour (#11)

Yesterday, I went to go see the US tour of Les Miserables with Leah and my friend Holly. We'd been planning this since seeing the movie some five to six months ago, and bought our tickets back in December. Needless to say we were super excited, and seeing how much we loved the movie, we had very, very high expectations.

The musical far exceeded my expectations. The actors were lovely (especially Grantaire, Valjean, Javert, and Eponine) and their voices magical. The set was amazing and I loved the light design, because I feel like it really helped the musical come to life. I was absolutely giddy while watching it, and despite how tired I was that day, I enjoyed every minute. Some highlights were Andrew Valera as Javert singing "Stars" and "Javert's Soliloquoy" as well as the very gripping "One Day More" which always makes me want to start a revolution. Plus, Leah, Holly and I got really cute shirts that I am very happy with. All in all, it was such an amazing experience and I am so glad I go to see it!

nail polish

I love nail polish. But it is particularly infuriating.

To start, my nails will never look as good as when I get them done or when someone does beautiful diy nails. Like with stuff glued on or all fancy.

Next, there are just so many colors!! I'll never have as many colors as I want in as many shades as I want. That would be a huge waste of money.

Also, my right hand NEVER looks as good as my left hand once I'm finished, because I'm right handed. Also, once they're perfect and I go on with my life, then I'll like bang my hand on the wall and they'll be ruined. Or if I go to sleep, they get all ugly if the polish is still a little bit fresh.

Also, I can FEEL the coat of nailpolish on my fingers. My fingertips feel heavier and different and sometimes I feel claustrophobic. Like if I put nail polish on for the first time in a couple months.

And then, when you finally take the polish off, you are reminded how ugly your nails actually are. AGGH. That is all.

weird sea animals

So I was on reddit the other day and there was an askreddit of "what mythological creatures do you think actually exist?" And that lead me to endless wikipedia articles on really, really weird and big sea creatures that we probably thought were monsters at one point.

Like the colossal squid, that is like 1,000 pounds or something like that or even bigger. And they hunt like whales and stuff. And then also weird stuff about how there is this squid that has its esophagus run through its donut-shaped brain. So if it didn't chew enough, it could damage its brain and die. Like really?!?!

And how the Bermuda triangle is actually caused by like underground methane vents that, when released, are actually powerful enough to mess with currents and the quality of air when planes fly above it.

And then there is this hype about that immortal jellyfish. What?

And Portuguese men-of-war. They're like multiple organism jellyfish, and just hook up so they can float along and sting the crap out of innocent bystanders like me. That is probably my worst fear. That and camel spiders. They're huge and I'm pretty sure they can run faster than us. Gawd.

Summer

I feel like summer never lives up to its expectations. I spend so much of my school life saying "just waiting for summer" or "finally its almost summer". But really, its just a bit more that 2 months of no school. That is like twice as long as all the other breaks added up. That sounds nice, but really, its not. We just got through 9 months about of school. 2 more months of no school is not going to make up for it, not will it prepare me for next year.

I guess the biggest thing is no homework, and not actually going to school. And thats fantastic. But I mostly revel in the fact that it is summer and therefore awesome, when in actuality I'm not really doing anything great. Except traveling a little bit.

I am on a summer swim team, and work out every morning 7-9. (except sundays). So its not like I'm sleeping in. Actually, I have to get up earlier than I do during the school year. Whats up with that?

And then of course there is the looming summer homework and reading, which I always put off until the last two weeks or so. Oh, summer. Hopefully you'll live up to my expectations this year.

Blog Post #9 (Chemistry)

So, I hate Chemistry... That's all there is to it.

I will NEVER use it in my life. Period. That's it. Nothing more. Teachers can say all that they want about using it, but I will NOT.

Sure, some people will go on to do something that involves chemistry. Good. They can, but I will tell you right now that I will not.

The chemistry units we learn are not interesting. Taking the tests are not fun (even though Mrs. DeMaria loves tests days).

Thankfully, I just took the last test (which I failed like every other person except one so far), so I am done with chemistry!! Woohoo!! (applause)

NO MORE USELESS CHEMISTRY!!!!!!

Blog Number 8

So, the senior rally was so sad! I expected it to be sad, but not that sad. I cried my eyes out.

There were a few seniors who made a difference in my life and I hated watching them go. They made my sophomore so amazing because I got to know them.

Mason was one of those seniors. He is so amazing in every way! Mason, if you are reading this, know it is true!

He is so nice to everyone. He is so smart. He is a great writer and just a great person in general.

I am so glad I was able to meet him this year in Journalism. He definitely a great person I was able to get to know.

There are a  few more seniors that are so amazing and I just want to say that they are great people who will go on to do great things.

So seniors, I just want to say, thank you.

AR Books (#10)

So with almost all of my tests done, my speech over and the SAT IIs finally completed, the only thing left to do is read my AR book. I love, love, LOVE reading so normally I wouldn't mind, but this book is beyond boring. It's nonfiction, which is a requirement for Mr. Hurrianko's class. I've actually read a number of pretty amazing nonficition books throughout this year, including Catch Me if You Can and Who Killed My Daughter (both of which were extremely gripping and interesting, and had all the allure of a fiction novel). However, this book I'm currently reading is not one of the better ones. It is so incredibly uneventful and boring, and the author's writing style is very hard to get into as it comes off as pretentious and stilted. It's probably my fault for procrastinating so much, but I really wish that I didn't have to read this awful, awful book.

Oh, well. Once I'm done with AR, I am basically done with school and can finally read the fiction books I've missed so much this year.