Friday, November 25, 2011

Auditions.

I suppose this wasn't the best year to try NaNoWriMo for the first time, what with AP classes and college apps and all.  I kind of gave up about a week in.  Maybe I'll try again next year.  I'm just not going to talk about college or school right now because that's way too stressful for me to even think about.  Instead, I'll talk about auditions.

Earlier this week, I auditioned for this improv event at my school.  It's basically like the tv show Whose Line Is It Anyway?  For auditions we played a bunch of improvisational games, most of which involved being given a character and a quirk and you have to act it out and have one person try to guess what your character/quirk is.  But there's lots of other things too, like 4 headed musical star, Freeze, etc.  Anyway, there were maybe 20 to 30 people who auditioned for that, and 8 people were chosen and I was one of those 8!  So that's pretty exciting!  I'm glad I'll have something to do after school again until December 9!  Except the problem is I'll need to get a ride to Bosco (where rehearsals will be held).

Also, coming up on December 10, are auditions for my school's musical next semester, Once On This Island.  All the drama kids at my school are really excited for this show, and I am too (well, I'd be included in the 'drama kids' bit because I am one, but nevermind).  It could very well be my last audition for a school play or musical, and I've never done a musical before.  I'm sad, nervous, and excited at the same time.  The song my director told me to sing is called The Human Heart, and it's for the part of Erzulie.  I really want the part of Erzulie.  Like, I've never wanted a part this badly before.  I've been practicing singing the song for a few weeks and I'm going to continue to practice until auditions.  At auditions, all I can do is try to kick some ass.

A few weeks ago, I recorded a video of myself singing The Human Heart in preparation for auditions.  If you'd like to see that, you can do so here.  Now, I should probably get back to doing something productive, like cleaning my room, or working on college apps, or practicing my song...  Aimee signing off now.

Books read: I should just take off this counter.  I'll try again next year and see if I can read more books and keep better track of them.
Disneyland trips: 15
Current song: The Human Heart from Once On This Island

Monday, November 7, 2011

Quick Update

I'm not sure if I mentioned this before or not, but I'm doing NaNoWriMo this year.  So far, I'm not doing well.  By today I should be at over 11,000 words but as of right now, I've only just passed 2,500.  So...that's lovely.  I'm going to do word sprints right now.  But if you're doing NaNoWriMo and would like to be my writing buddy, tweet me (@itsaimeepond) or message me on tumblr (aimeelikescheese), because I could use all the help I can get.

Other updates, I'm in the process of applying for colleges right now and it scares the crap out of me.  I think I really want to go to LMU or Chapman and major in screenwriting, but it's really competitive so I might not get in.  I'll just hope for the best, I guess.  So that adds a bit of stress, and school too.  At least I have a five day weekend this week.  (Well, technically it's four days, but on Tuesday I don't have to go to any of my classes because I'm helping out with sophomore retreat).  That will be really nice.

And a little tid bit: I started watching Firefly.  I finished the entire series and the film Serenity in about four days because it's that good.

Now, I shall go do my word sprints and rack up those words before the last day of November.  Wish me luck!

Books read: Um, 25ish? I lost count.
Disneyland trips: 14
Current song: The Modern Leper by Frightened Rabbit