Merry Halloween/Last Day of October

October has gone by FAST! I have not even noticed it SWOOSHING on by! And its even one of my favorite months! I like when the weather starts to change; I mean, I prefer warm weather, but after a while I am ready to wear long sleeves and scarves and jackets! And for some reason October/early Fall always gives me a good feeling... idk. But I digress. Happy Halloween. Check out those RAR pumpkins. Wow.

Lets see... since last time I wrote, I took my woodwinds midterm & I got a B+. I am happy with that! I'm also now starting to "play" the flute... as of right now, I'm not getting any sounds out :( which is really frustrating. I'm starting to think I should have picked a different instrument! But hopefully I'll figure it out when I'm practicing this weekend. I'm also now playing viola instead of violin in strings class, which I actually like a lot better. I love the way it sounds.

Last Friday I sang one of the Queen of the Night arias during performance class in front of EVERYONE. My heart was beating SO FAST; I was rawther nervous. But it was fine. I was just glad when it was over b/c my flu shot was making me feel pretty icky.

Over the weekend, Vlad came to B'ham on Saturday & we went to the Alabama Theatre to see the silent film of Phantom of the Opera with the awesome organ playing in the background. I'd seen it before in like 7th grade when we studied the book for lit class, but it wasn't much like I remembered it. I was afraid Vlad might not like it, since its nothing at all like a "horror" movie you would see these days, so you have to realize its going to be different. But we both really enjoyed it and had fun! They made it really theatrical at the beginning and end with these guys in scary masks carrying candles & rolling out a coffin that the organist steps out of. It was pretty cool. Check it out:


Here we are, obviously, VERY scared:

In other news, on Monday for choral methods I had to go rehearse 20 minutes with a school choir AND video record it, so I went with Whitney to her husband's choir at Hewitt-Trussville High School. He wasn't there that day, so W and I ran the rehearsal and it was quite a new experience. I left feeling like it was kind of fun, but also knowing there was a lot I should have done differently plus just a lot more I could have done. But it was my first time, and thankfully it wasn't too scary.

In top model news, cya Sheena. I was hoping it would be Elina, but oh well. I hope Sam or Annaleigh win. Yo!

Anyway, today is Halloween and I have zero plans! No costume, nothing! And I don't even feel sad a/b it! Does this mean I am getting old??! Yikes! Well I guess thats all. Have a fun Halloween!

Happy Birthday, Olivia!

Well, its been an okay weekend. Friday night I went with Mom and Christy for margaritas (yum), then to Sips N Strokes for my 3rd painting. Here is a picture of my lovely three snowmen; its my favorite painting I've done yet! I love my snowmen! The one on the right is goofy.

I felt reeeeally sick again late Friday night, however; my sinuses hurt soooo bad :( Thankfully I slept like a ROCK.

I slept late Saturday morning, got ready, and drove to Montgomery. I was very happy to see V. He took me to eat at Jim 'n Nick's & then to have a few drinks & play pool at some place called Byrd's Bar. I had a good time, and I wish I could have stayed longer.

A few days ago I checked to see when Magic Flute rehearsals would be, and I saw that I had one today at 815, so I was pretty excited about it. But then I looked again tonight before I was about to leave, & I saw that it had been changed to 6:30!!! So obviously I'd missed it, which upsets me very much!!!! I never miss rehearsals!! I love them! Ugh.

In other news, for the past few days whenever I've picked up Luna she has meowed like I'm hurting her, so I was starting to get really concerned. It was her back right leg that seemed to hurt, so I tried to check it out and see if I could find anything wrong. I couldn't really see anything, and she just kept meowing like OUCH so I gave up and decided to make her a vet appt soon. But today when I got home, she seems much better, didn't cry when I held her, and when I looked at her leg I could see a scab there. So I'm thinking maybe Leia scratched her pretty badly last time we were at my parents' house :( I'm just glad its nothing worse; I was getting really worried.

Well I guess thats all. Here is another picture of my snowmen!



And a very happy 22nd birthday to Livvy-Bot!

BYE!

Song song song sing sing sing sing song

Today I am singing for the first time in my voice performance class. I'll be singing "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" from Puccini's La Rondine, which is an aria I've wanted to sing for forever!!! Its so pretty, and I'm actually excited to sing today and not nervous yet.

And after that I am done for this week!!! I can take a nap! I think I slept all of 1 hour last night. Its ridiculous. I could NOT fall asleep. I think when I know I have to be up for something important the next day, and I know I need to get a good sleep, I find it even harder to fall asleep for that very reason. And that is so frustrating. I mean, I had my Woodwinds mid-term exam today, which I studied for quite a bit last night, and I wanted to get to sleep by 11:30. But I never could fall asleep. So la. C'est la vie, I guess.

Tonight my mom, cousin Christy and I are going to have margaritas, and then we are going to paint some snowmen!!! It will be my 3rd MASTERPIECE, if you will. And luckily, my mom wasn't able to get the flu shots yet, so I won't have to get my shot like we originally had planned.

Tomorrow I am going to see V in Montgomery; I haven't seen him in like 2 weeks so that should be nice. Hopefully it will stop raining :(

Well I guess thats all. Have a great weekend!

You got 30 minutes TM

Its been a pretty good weekend except for that I've been sick. All last week I've had the worst sinus headaches and congestion; its NOT fun.

Karen's wedding was very beautiful; I hope they will be very happy together. And the punch at the reception was MMMH DELICIOUS OMG.

B/c I felt so bad I didn't get to go to my uncle's BBQ at the lake Sunday. I took some meds and slept for about 4 hours instead. I still felt yukky afterward, but at least my headache was gone.

Today I went to class and all that stuff, then had a nap! Then I went to my night class only to find a sign saying it was canceled! Sigh. But I guess I can't complain. I went to Domino's and got some CinnaStix!

Now I am watching Animal Cops. I wish I could save all the animals; it is so sad what people do to their pets. I mean, why get a pet if you can't take care of it, or if you are going to be mean to it? I don't understand at all.

How could anyone be mean to a precious little baby like this?


Did I mention what CRAP top model was this past week??! Lauren Brie did NOT deserve to go home; it should have been Joslyn or Sheena. CRAAAAAP. Hopefully this week's ep won't be as ridiculous.

Well I guess there's nothing else to talk about. I wish there was a vacation in my near future... lalala. Ok thats all. Night.

"Always the... singer? Never the bride..."

Karen's wedding is tomorrow and I can't even express how happy I am for her! I think its such an amazing thing when you actually find the one person you want to be with forever. I'm honored to be a part of the ceremony. But at the same time, watching all these old friends get married always makes me feel so sad. This is no exception; maybe even moreso b/c Karen was my very best friend for a very long time. Its just so mind-boggling and I can't even put words to how I'm feeling. I guess I just always wish that I was at that place, ready to take that step. B/c I do want that someday! I know its not my time, and don't get me wrong- I am perfectly ok with that; I would not want to get married at the wrong time with the wrong person and end up in an unhappy situation. But watching my friends get married brings on quite a melancholy for me. Plus with the whole Vlad-Luna situation... ugh.

This whole week I've been very down and shiftless. I keep wishing I could get away and do something fun. Too bad UAB doesn't get a fall break. I'm glad its the weekend; after the wedding tomorrow I will spend a lot of time with my family and precious pets who I LOVE. Then Sunday we'll be going to my uncle's lake house for some yummy bbq :) And my mom is making Halloween cupcakes!

Anyway today I was playing with Luna and put the toy on her back which makes her CRAZIE so I took some pix. And thats all for now. Good night.


Uh oh!!!


Got it!

Queen of the Night

Hello everyone... well, hello to the maybe one person who possibly reads this. Last week, Tuesday, I had my audition for Mozart's The Magic Flute, and Wednesday I was cast as the Queen of the Night. I'm very excited about it, mostly because its a very famous role and a very challenging one. It will be a great addition to my resume, and most likely a lot of fun fun fun. We had our first cast meeting tonight and will begin rehearsal this semester even tho the production isn't until March.

Anyway, school is going well. I'm enjoying my classes for the most part; the only thing I hate is not getting more sleep! I miss Tuscaloosa still, but I'm pretty much used to being back here. Last weekend I went to Ttown to visit Olivia with Hayley & to watch the UA-UGA game. I don't prefer to watch football, but ever since I lived in Tuscaloosa, I have grown to CARE VERY MUCH whether or not the ROLL TIDE CRIMSON ELEPHANTS win or lose. So the results of that game were VERY exciting, esp with all the festivities in the apartment below us... RAMMER JAMMER?! Oh yes.

This weekend, Friday I had din with Hly & KevKev at SURIN! Mmmhhhh duhlishus. Then we went to Barking Kudo, walked around entirely too much, then the Garage, then.. Wal-Mart. Hly bought HSM2 Uno cards (even tho they were not the same low price as the regular Uno cards ($2 more!),... nor is she a 11 year old girl) so we could party like they did in the days before TV in the basement of KK's house. He had the most precious DOGGIES tho.

Saturday Vlad came to B'ham and we went to his ex-roommate Blake's wedding, which turned out to be a lot of fun. There was much free booze, which is always a good deal. Here is a picture:

Anyway thats about it. I'm feeling a bit low at the moment, but this too shall pass. Thats all for now. KBYE.