Say What?

My Thursdays are awful. I have Italian from 9-9:50am, work 10:30-12:30, Comparative Politics 1:30-2:45, Fencing 3:10-4:25, an Italian Drill session 5-6, and then choir 6:30-8. Convenient that my birthday falls on a Thursday this year, huh?
That being said, my day today (ok, technically yesterday for me…) was unexpectedly enjoyable.
Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day and all of the sudden I just really felt like Vassar was 100% the right decision and I realized just exactly how much I love it here.
I got to Italian early this morning and my professor complemented me on my Italian. She actually asked if I had taken Italian before and was very surprised when she found out I hadn’t. That was really nice to hear considering that’s my hardest class and I never really feel prepared for it despite the fact that I spend more time on that homework than for any other class.
Work was fine. Not great, but there were only 6 kids, and it went quickly.
My lunch was delicious, and I had time to finish reading the play that the scene I’m performing came from. The play, and indeed the scene, is absolutely absurd and is going to be a total blast to perform! I can’t wait!
Comparative Politics was a mess, as usual. We get really caught up on method and don’t spend much time on politics, which is rather frustrating. Today we got into a huge debate about whether or not the author of an article had a hidden Protestant agenda… despite the fact that we looked the author up online and he’s Jewish. So yeah, it was pointless. That class is kinda driving me crazy.
Fencing was cancelled today because it’s Rosh Hashana and my professor is Jewish, so that was a nice break and I got my homework started.
The drill session for Italian was terrifying. But it ended half an hour early, so I guess I shouldn’t complain. I grabbed a quick dinner, sat with my friend Peter, who is also in choir and in my IPA class, and found out that he home schooled.
It’s kind of amazing how 1.5 hours of choir here goes ten times faster then my 45 min. of choir at Fort High ever went. The choir is seriously incredible. And I’m actually really enjoying singing alto. I still definitely prefer singing soprano, but altos do get some very cool harmony stuff. I’m getting better at finding my part, too. Although today, while the conductor was working with the men I spaced out, and then she said “ok, now let’s try the sopranos!” and I straightened up and got ready to sing… then I realized I wasn’t a soprano and felt silly. I’m really happy, though, because I now have someone to talk to/laugh with during choir. Her name is Crystal and she’s really nice and funny. She really makes me miss Erica and Savannah, though, because it’s just not quite the same.
Then, the event that really made today fun: Tempest call-backs! Oh yeah, I told you I’d let you know as soon as I found out, so Hey! I got called back for The Tempest!
So I went to the call-backs, and this adaptation of The Tempest is going to be absolutely ridiculous and most likely awesome! There are going to be 3 different people playing Ariel, which is how me and two other people auditioned. We were given a scene and told to split up Ariel’s lines however it felt right and interpret the scene anyway we liked and then come back and perform it. So we went in another room, split up the lines so that we were pretty much all talking over one another, then stood on chairs, cuz we’re spirits after all, and basically acted completely insane. Then we went back and performed it, and it was one of the most fun auditions I’ve ever done! The director seemed really pleased, and I should find out the results tomorrow. I really, really, hope I get in! I think it’s going to be an incredible show!!!!!!
Now I should be going to bed…. But I’m very hyper, so maybe I’ll actually get some homework done…