Ok, I've been REALLY stressed out lately, and NO ONE seems to care, or if they do, they're doing a REALLY good job hiding it... The following are major points I would like to rant on...
1. Japanese class- I just found out I flunked a hiragana/katakana test I took on Friday which I only had a week to study for, so my sensei is giving me another week to study and then I get to retake the test... but still, how does one learn two 50-sound alphabets within a week? That's 100 symbols to learn within a week which is almost equal to learning 15 new symbols a day... I ask you, can a foreigner learn 15 of our letters in out alphabet a day? No, not unless they have a photographic which I do not possess. But can you tell that to sensei? NO. HE seems to think that EVERYONE has a camera implanted in their brain. Thanks to Yaoshin for having "drill and kill" sessions with me. They helped a lot.
2. Piano- Miss Jenna (My piano teacher) is making me compose my own piece. Nothing new there, it's just a pain to do so. It takes me forever to find chords and such that sound good together and portray the mood I want. But on top of that, she wants me to create a piano arrangement for a pop song of my choice, both due on the same lesson... I tell you it is a LOT easier to write a piece than it is to arrange one. I already figured out some of Thriller (the play has Thriller playing constantly, so I could figure it out after a while) so I decided to do that. I still need to find my brother's old CD with Thriller on it so I can complete it, though...
3. Play- Well, I am really proud of the play people. We all worked really hard to make it happen, and our efforts payed off. I understand that a lot of us were really stressed during the show, and that's fine. I was stressed and I may have snapped at a few people, but a couple of my friends treated me like a piece of dog shit on Friday. Apparently, according to them, they did more work than I did, and I didn't do anything at all to help with the play. Well, I had to help them with refreshments, so I head over to the refreshment table when, lo and behold, Lizzie comes up to us and says she needs an extra usher. No one said anything, so I volunteered. At intermission, when I went to go say hi to them, they ignored me then they said that I had to go back to the theatre even though there was still 10 minutes left before intermission was over. So later, one of them says, "Yeah, I was mad because I didn't get to see the play and another friend of ours did (note: I could understand her being mad at this because this other friend really did show up for 3 or 4 of the meetings. I would be pissed too)." So, today, I felt bad and I offered to switch with her so she could see the show, and she says "I'll think about it." Later, I found out that apparently they think I didn't do any work, EVEN though I was at most of the theatre meetings except for two or three because of preparations for a major mock trial competition and a couple because I was busy, and I helped paint the set, and I didn't wander the whole time during the last few meetings (although I admit, I DID wander during the previous ones). I'm sorry that they didn't get to see the play beforehand. I am. But that is NO excuse for taking it out on me. And even after finding all that out, I cleared it with Ms. Boyle (director) to switch with them so they could see the play since they can't be there for the last performance and I talked with the other usher to see if she would switch. I hope they appreciate that.
4. Parents- EVERYONE has issues with their parents. But my parents go and tell the ENTIRE work force at Buckley AFB that I am a total slacker who doesn't do anything. I hate them. And as soon as high school is over, I'm leaving.
Whew... that's enough for one post.
HO MY GOD, WHAT?
