Chewing Gum & Graphite.

This week was a good week. I got a part in a play, I rode on top of a double decker bus and went ice skating for free, I got all of the wonderful things I ordered from McSweeney’s, Adam and I got Jeff Mangum tickets, and the weather was lovely (for the most part).

But next week is going to be the most ridiculous thing ever: three auditions, three short papers and one longer one, a ton of stuff to memorize, class registration, rehearsal, rehearsal, rehearsal, and I think I am going to go crazy. But the Anais Mitchell show is next Sunday and then it’s basically Thanksgiving. Hopefully I will survive until then.

Right. Off to force myself to be productive.

As much as I enjoy having 269 posts right now (hey there, class spirit!), I need to write (or, type, really) about the past few days.

Tuesday night, but really Wednesday morning, I got about 20 minutes of sleep because I was up forever finishing my GODAWFUL mosaic for Photography. It actually turned out kind of decent, but it was one of the most horrible projects I have ever done. So tedious. So awful. So happy it is finished. On Wednesday I was tired and delirious, but I had to get some energy so that I could rap in English class. When I left school that day, I couldn’t help but smile because it was the last official day of classes and all I felt was relief and joy. I’m sure I’ll be sad at graduation, but right now it is all positive feelings.

Thursday was prom, which I didn’t go to because I did not want to pay $85 to watch people be gross and listen to bad music. So instead, Caileigh and Tashara came to my house, where we played some intense games of Egyptian Rat Screw (I vote for re-naming that game, by the way) and Boggle. Tashara left after a while and Caileigh and I ventured downtown. I got a ring that looks like a rabbit’s head and reminds me of Donnie Darko. For dinner we went to Max Brenner, which was far beyond the world of delicious. So all in all, we ate better food, had more fun, and spent less money, than we would have if we had gone to prom. GOOD. DEAL. I have no qualms.

Friday we didn’t have to go to school, which was awesome. Russell had a birthday dinner thing at Buca di Beppo. I always love seeing Masterman friends and meeting new people who are nice. We got two huge brownie sundaes for dessert and the best part of the meal was probably when the two sides of the table had a contest to see who could finish theirs first. My side won, even though we had one fewer person. We were happy about it, but I’m not sure that that is something to be proud of. Haha.

Today it was like, four thousand degrees out and I went to this concert at the Troc with Zoey and Sarah Levin that was a bunch of high school bands. I only went because some Masterman seniors were performing. There were two bands before the one we were there to see. The first one was HORRIBLE, the second was better but the singer’s voice was super weird. The Masterman kids were better than the other two bands, partially because their band had violins, a cello, and a keyboard in addition to drums and guitars. The lead singer wasn’t very good though, and Nick should have sang more. Ah, well. There were a couple more bands after them, but we didn’t stay. Instead, we went to Reading Terminal, which was probably a better option that staying at the Troc. I came home and watched Into the Woods, because I wanted to see how many of the lines I knew (I know a lot of them). Also, I just never get tired of that musical.

I keep getting the days mixed up because I didn’t go to school on Friday. Though that’s not really a bad thing. Tomorrow I have a voice lesson, which I’m excited about. I’m no longer working on Into the Woods so I want to see what she has me sing. This week at school is all graduation business and practice. It feels so amazing to be virtually finished with high school. I’ve been in a perpetually good mood since Wednesday after school. Let’s hope it continues.

Let’s recap.

Monday - We had an all-day rehearsal for Into the Woods and all of the hope I had mysteriously gotten for it went away. It was the first time we had ever run through the whole show (hell, it was the first time we had ever run through a whole act!) and the first time we had lights and sounds. It was kind of a disaster. After school, I hung out with Seamus and Gemma because Seamus thought that we had a show that day. The weather was horrible, but we walked to South Street and got delicious hummus and falafel. It was really, really fun and I miss(ed) them.

Tuesday - The first act of the show went pretty well, but there were too many awkward forgotten-line moments in the second.

Wednesday - The two shows were better than the one on Tuesday, thankfully. I got home at like, 10:30 and hadn’t eaten anything since like, 11:00 in the morning.

Thursday - I was exhausted and had to take two finals. The last show was probably the best one; that’s usually how things go. It was a relief for it to be over, but I will miss wearing my costume (the skirt was awesome) and through all of the unbelievable stress, it was still fun to perform. It definitely came together a lot better than I had expected it to.

Friday - After school, Amanda came to my house because there was some art show that was put on by a few kids from Masterman that we wanted to go to. On our way, we ran into Russell and Sarah Levin, who were also going there! The Facebook event promised free cupcakes and pretzels, and while there were soft pretzels, there were no cupcakes. The prospect of free cupcakes was probably what I was looking forward to the most. Ah, well. Some of the art was pretty cool, some wasn’t. It was kind of weird to see/talk to people who I used to be friends with. The four of us didn’t stay for long and walked to Rittenhouse, where it was peaceful and lovely and a good temperature.

I have too much work to do this weekend, but there is no school on Monday! 

Three projects, two finals, and two legitimate days of school to get through. Then high school is pretty much over. YES.