MoMA

Yesterday, my AP Literature class went to the Museum of Modern Art. Don't ask me why an English class went to an art museum, i'm still trying to figure it out! But anyway, I had a really great time. It was rainy and snowy, and we only got a few hours in the museum, but it was awesome. We had a tour which, like most tours, was long and boring and unnecessary, and then we had an hour or two to explore on our own. There were so many cool pieces, that I can hardly list them all. Some of my favorites were "The Landscape" by Jean Metzinger,  some stuff by Kandinsky, and this one other piece which I can't identify the artist.

We saw the Tim Burton exhibit that was just beyond awesome. Photos weren't allowed inside the exhibit, but just for an idea of what it was like, this is what the entrance to the place looked like:



I also got to spend a lot of time with my friends, mostly Brigitta, Allie, Linjia and Lindsey. One of my new year's resolutions this year was to get closer to my friends individually, and just get closer in general. I think that's certainly going well. On the train ride back the windows were fogging up, so we played literary pictionary. =D We drew things from the books we had read over the years and the others tried to guess the title. It was pretty much my best train ride ever. We played it for a good half hour, and I think we just disturbed a few of our car-mates by screaming "OMG.., its.. its... guild-.. rose--ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD!!"

Same old

Vacation is coming to an end, and I can say i've done a lot of nothing. And for once, that's totally ok with me. I did lots of artwork, did all my homework, and watched a lot of olympics. And I'm very content. Not to say i'm complacent to stay in this lifestyle forever. I'm thoroughly looking forward to having a schedule, and things to do and see, starting back with school on Monday. I'm excited for the True Colors conference, and for hearing back from schools with (hopefully) good news in the next month. Set crew also starts soon, I believe. It'll be fun.

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Would you be freaked out if when we're in bed together, I licked your nose? Just nonchalantly.

I'd consider it payback for me using you as a pillow for a week.

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who do you think will be by your side through college?

Out of my friends? I don't think anyone really. But I'd definitely want them to prove me wrong.

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新年快乐, 恭喜你!

Xin nian kuai le! Gong xi ni!
Happy New Year! Congratulations!
(sheen-knee-ahn kwai-luh, gong-she-knee)

So I'm taking Chinese this year, and I love it so much! I took Spanish for the first 3 years of high. But really wanted to take Chinese since the program started my sophmore year. I don't regret not taking Chinese though. I made a lot of friends through Spanish class, and can speak it pretty fluently so it was worth it. But Chinese is so much fun! It's so interesting and I just love the culture. On that note, tomorrow is the Chinese New Year and I'll do my best to celebrate the Year of the Tiger along with the usual Valentines Day. I did get a pretty cool 红包(hong bao) from my teacher, 王老师 (Wang laoshi). It's a red envelope that you apparently put under your pillow then open on the New Year. It'll be fun. ^.^

Here's a new year song that Wang laoshi made us learn. Song

Sing me a lullaby, a love song, a requiem.

In my choir, FCCC, we're singing this song called "Sing Me to Heaven." It's so beautiful, but I only just now got the meaning of the lyrics. Here's the song "Sing Me to Heaven" and the Lyrics. Like the stages of life through song; comfort me, a lullaby; love me, a love song; sing me to heaven, a requiem.

I love choir music, I really do. Singing is honestly my favorite thing to do. I love being able to express myself though music, and getting really involved in a piece. I don't like solos though, it's just too nerve-wracking. When I want to sing, I want to be loving it, not worried i'm a little off or not. Being in a choir gives me that freedom while still making me work hard to hone my voice. I don't think i'll ever find a choir program just like the FCCC. Now that I think about it, i've given literally half my life to the choir, and i've adored every moment of it. There were perhaps one or two times over the 8 years when I didn't enjoy being at rehearsal. We are given so many amazing opportunities, the whole program is just so beautiful. I'm going to miss my choir so much in college.

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If you could ask God one question what would it be?

How is she?

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What's one thing you own that you should probably throw away, but never will?

I have all of my old school binders in a box in my closet. Every year I think "maybe i'll need to look back on this someday," but never do. It's so hard to get rid of all the hard work. It's like a physical representation of all the work I put in. It dates back to 6th grade. Previous to that I have select pieces in boxes for each year, but since 6th grade I've basically kept everything.

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Updates

I really don't have anything too interesting to say today. I've been busy as usual. I had my last Broadway choir concert yesterday, and had a blast completely rocking out in the back row to the Bye Bye Birdie songs, and I really had a great time. My mom was away this weekend in vermont celebrating her 50th birthday 2 years late with a bunch of her friends, so there was no one to record the concert, but I wish there was. I would have thoroughly embarrassed myself, and loved every minute of it. Speaking of my mom being away, it was sometimes quite horrible. My Dad is just....not even. We got into a couple screaming fits, as usual, but normally I just consent not to talk to him at all. It's so much easier that way. He's just impossible, really.
My mom brought me back Moose Plop from Vermont. =D Its marshmallows covered in chocolate to look like moose poop. It's delish.
I can't believe that vacation is only a week away, and Valentine's day/Chinese New Year as well are on the 14th. My plan is to get roses for a certain fabulous someone who did the same for me, and to maybe have a party. Emily might come down too. It's all in the planning stages, but I'm looking forward to a good vacation.
Oh, and I started an account at formspring. Basically you can ask me any question anonomously. I guess it's like honesty box but but public. http://www.formspring.me/rosabelle

SICK

Bleh. I hate being sick. The whole weekend I was sick and now 2 days of school as well. Bronchitis + the asthma I'm normally plagued with. =p I'm getting better although the pesky hacking cough remains. What I hate most about getting sick is being secluded from school. I feel like I'm missing so much- and not just schoolwork! Did we hear about internships, superlatives? what's the latest news on the play? is our english paper still due friday? and what's this about a field trip to the MoMA? what do I need to know about the eighth grade presentation on Thursday? SO much I'm missing!

On the bright side I read HP & The Deathly Hallows again. It was like reading it for the first time because, admittedly, the last time I read it was in Japan when it first came out in 2007. Tisk tisk, such a bad fan. I actually cried a bunch of times while reading it. That's new for me. I don't usually cry when reading books, except for that time a few months ago when I read The Five People You Meet In Heaven in tears straight through for three hours.
Harry Potter has such a wonderfully exciting ending to it, if you haven't read the last book I suggest you do. But not the epilogue. That was just a sad excuse.

Wow, how quickly I can get off-topic without a Thesis-paragraph-topic sentence- body paragraph-closing sentence to guide me. In the end that system makes sense but it truly is lifeless.

Besides being sick and reading Harry potter, I've learned that the play is going to be The Music Man. (eh.) Not what I would have personally chosen as my senior year musical but... we'll see.