Listening to: Don't Rain On My Parade from the Glee Soundtrack: Volume 2
sooooooo this has been an eventful past month. With it came a new college acceptance (Illinois Wesleyan University), a new crush, finals, revealed secrets, awesome music, and great tv.
got accepted to IWU. good school, I liked it a lot when i visited, but they aren't going to give me what I'm looking for in terms of money. they gave me $5k a year as a merit scholarship (not enough - every year is like 40k). Katie Rothas applied to IWU early action, got in, and got $10k a year. i asked her if she knows where she'll go yet; she doesn't know. Coe College gave her the most money, but she said she'll probably go to Cornell college in IA. how funny and awesome would that be if she went there and I went to Grinnell and we would BOTH BE IN Iowa?! can you say, ROAD TRIP TO SEE SYTYCD TOUR? heck yeah.
So yes. This new crush. probably one of my better crushes: this guy is actually nice (from what I've heard). funny (from what I know) and really talented musically. and most importantly, I think he's got his priorities straight in terms of academics. except he might be dating someone (don't know), and I haven't really talked to him much. I'm just so embarrassed. i knew i kinda liked him, but i really realized it after i had a dream about him. No, not THAT kind of dream. -_- i had a dream that we were dating and that we were both really happy and that it was a great, spicy relationship. it was a sweet dream but then the next day when i saw him in the hallway and met his glance, i looked away instantly and ran away due to embarrassment. And then of course he showed up at the dance and i couldn't muster up enough courage to ask him to dance or anything. I AM SUCH A WIMP.
Finals. so they've gone pretty well so far. I got a 47 out of 50 on the AP Bio Final, an 80 out of 100 on the AP Lang Final (that's good for me in that class), fine on the Concert Ch final, and fantastically awesome on the College knowledge final. Concert Ch final was especially annoying because I was one of two Altos that can read music and play the piano. And of course, the altos started getting mad when I would screw up a little bit in the rhythm or something. And when I would go back and try to correct it, they would start talking again. And of course no Altos offered Adira and I help with trying to teach the entire Alto section the song in 30 minutes. GETTING ON MY NERVES. But including the finals i taken thus far, my final grades still consist of straight A's and a B in AP Lang. My solo singers final is tomorrow along with AP Calc. I'm not that worried about either of those tho.
On a negative note, I discovered something about one of my friends. I felt like things could get potentially much worse or fatal if I didn't say anything to anyone, so I discussed it with a counselor. I'm just really fortunate that my friends and genuinely good people, and that the friend didn't hate me after "ratting her out." She's doing better now which is AWESOME! Love her.
Got Lenny Kravitz greatest hits cd form the library. surprisingly, there were only two real "hits" on the entire cd. O_o Joanna lent me an awesome Paramore cd(yay!) Fav songs: Franklin, My Heart, Whoa.
and I downloaded a compilation cd off of iTunes of both of the "Meg And Dia" cds for like $15. great cd. fav songs: One Sail, Hug Me, Agree to Disagree.
Watched some good/bad movies this past week:
TEETH. LMAO one of the worst movies I have ever seen! go look up its plot. watched it with JJAM and KPOP.
Young Victoria. really good! pleasantly surprised. and it actually had a happy ending which you never expect with those kinds of movies.
Whip It!. didn't finish. got about half way through. entertaining so far!
Fame! halfway done. Mom had to go to work in the middle of it. :/
I've been watching:
Make It Or Break It - Awesome show!
been watching AI auditions: hilarious.
Real World D.C.: interesting. not too exciting and episodes are hard to get a hold of.
Hung out with Selena after school today! We talked about boys, art, and double-sided scotch tape! :D we don't get a chance to talk often, but it was fun.
Alright, going to sign off now.
When I finished writing this, I was listening to: "Aftershocks" from the Next To Normal Broadway Soundtrack.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
This week sucked
Okay so this week sucked. But the reality is that it probably wasn't even that bad, I've just been moody for the past few days.
so i finally got the gates-millenium scholarship turned in on time (huh-yeah!) with all 8 of its essays. that wasnt a relief until the day after. so what sucks is that on this day in which i start feeling relieved, i find out that all of the colleges I'm applying to are requiring that I mail in a bunch of forms, incl. W-2s and the CSS Profile, and some of these colleges have Feb 1st deadlines! so this is freaking me out, along with how much its ging to cost my parents to send out the CSS Profile to the required schools; its going to be like $100. D:
and im getting irritated with solo singers and choir. ive been in concert choir for 3 years and every year i think, hey maybe next year I'll finally get a solo! 3 years later, it still hasn't happened. And im annoyed because I work really hard in CC, and Mrs. Klopack doesn't even notice. I help the other girls with the notes and stuff, and someone else gets the credit. And Klopack has a reputation for giving a bunch of solos to the seniors every year, so wth is happening? i cant think of a single senior in CC this year that has gotten a solo. They all keep going to the same junior and freshman.
my Yale interview is this saturday. needless to say, im freaking out.
the soccer captains aren't communicating and its causing conflict among the team. they need to collaborate and work it out.
I am really second guessing myself when it comes to testing. I didn't do nearly as well as I hoped I would on the ACT, and I wonder if it is going to cause me to not get into any Ivys or top choices. I begin to wonder if I should have taken the SAT anyway, even tho I swore off testing after retaking the ACT, getting the same score, and then taking the SAT Subject Tests. Would I have done better? but the reason for why I didnt take it remains the same: i didn't have time to study. whenever the test dates came up, I was working on big scholarships, applications, papers, etc. colleges say test scores dont matter that much, but is that really true for the Ivys? How much will they consider applications with ACT scores less than 30? and will they even really consider mine with a score of 26? did i just waste my time applying?
The spring semester of Club Shedd filled up b4 I could sign up. :(
I have virtually no time for a social life and it makes me sad. i hang out with friends, what, once or twice a month tops? and it still sucks to be invited to get-togethers as a last resort or last minute because im still forgotten, or I have to ask to be invited. its been like that since freshman year and it still sucks.
why do I always like people who are completely unattainable?
will i ever work up enough courage to ask someone to prom? cause im almost sure I wont be asked. or will i choose to go with friends?
will princeton ever receive my teacher recommendations? -_-
im finding it nearly impossible to get an A in AP Lang. my grade just decreased by another whole percent today, making me want to give up. this time, i dont even know why i got a c on that paper.
i havent felt this down in a long, long time. i pretty much never feel like this. i feel so emotionally and physically tired. but i already feel a little better writing most of it down.
so i finally got the gates-millenium scholarship turned in on time (huh-yeah!) with all 8 of its essays. that wasnt a relief until the day after. so what sucks is that on this day in which i start feeling relieved, i find out that all of the colleges I'm applying to are requiring that I mail in a bunch of forms, incl. W-2s and the CSS Profile, and some of these colleges have Feb 1st deadlines! so this is freaking me out, along with how much its ging to cost my parents to send out the CSS Profile to the required schools; its going to be like $100. D:
and im getting irritated with solo singers and choir. ive been in concert choir for 3 years and every year i think, hey maybe next year I'll finally get a solo! 3 years later, it still hasn't happened. And im annoyed because I work really hard in CC, and Mrs. Klopack doesn't even notice. I help the other girls with the notes and stuff, and someone else gets the credit. And Klopack has a reputation for giving a bunch of solos to the seniors every year, so wth is happening? i cant think of a single senior in CC this year that has gotten a solo. They all keep going to the same junior and freshman.
my Yale interview is this saturday. needless to say, im freaking out.
the soccer captains aren't communicating and its causing conflict among the team. they need to collaborate and work it out.
I am really second guessing myself when it comes to testing. I didn't do nearly as well as I hoped I would on the ACT, and I wonder if it is going to cause me to not get into any Ivys or top choices. I begin to wonder if I should have taken the SAT anyway, even tho I swore off testing after retaking the ACT, getting the same score, and then taking the SAT Subject Tests. Would I have done better? but the reason for why I didnt take it remains the same: i didn't have time to study. whenever the test dates came up, I was working on big scholarships, applications, papers, etc. colleges say test scores dont matter that much, but is that really true for the Ivys? How much will they consider applications with ACT scores less than 30? and will they even really consider mine with a score of 26? did i just waste my time applying?
The spring semester of Club Shedd filled up b4 I could sign up. :(
I have virtually no time for a social life and it makes me sad. i hang out with friends, what, once or twice a month tops? and it still sucks to be invited to get-togethers as a last resort or last minute because im still forgotten, or I have to ask to be invited. its been like that since freshman year and it still sucks.
why do I always like people who are completely unattainable?
will i ever work up enough courage to ask someone to prom? cause im almost sure I wont be asked. or will i choose to go with friends?
will princeton ever receive my teacher recommendations? -_-
im finding it nearly impossible to get an A in AP Lang. my grade just decreased by another whole percent today, making me want to give up. this time, i dont even know why i got a c on that paper.
i havent felt this down in a long, long time. i pretty much never feel like this. i feel so emotionally and physically tired. but i already feel a little better writing most of it down.
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