I got into ESA!!

Yay! I got into my dream high school!!! Just though you might want to know...

-Alie

Assassins

Two weeks ago, I saw the wonderful musical called "Assassins". I had heard great things about the show in the paper, and by my voice teacher. The day I saw the show, my voice teacher raved about it and I didn't have any homework, so my mom decided to take me on a whim. We didn't even know if we could get tickets or not on the day of, so we went to the theatre an hour early to see if there were any tickets available. Luckily, there were, and we hadn't wasted a drive down to Queen Street.

The show had a very interesting plotline. Basically, it's made up of bunch of little skits of all of the assassins who either killed or tried to kill the presidents of the United States. But it wasn't just how they killed them, it was also their reasons why. It seemed like most of their situations had nothing to even do with the presidents. Anyway, looking in perspective, it seems like the U.S. has had so many assassinations, and they still have never really improved their security from Abe Lincoln to Ronald Reagan. Anyway, overall a highly recommended musical to go see when you have a chance.

After the show, my mom and I rode the bus and chatted with two of the actors. Here's an interview with one of the actors I met, and his views of the show.

http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Sondheims_Assassins_returns_to_Toronto-9609.aspx

-Alie

Snow Day!!

It's been exactly a month since my last post. I had a feeling I wouldn't get to writing at any time in January just because of all the craziness.

I had my audition for ESA (Etobicoke School of the Arts) on the 21st and it went super well. I got to the school five minutes before my drama audition, and I was really stressed. Although, my mom was more stressed than me. She was yelling at my dad in the car. Luckily, they were running a little behind schedule, and there were two people before me to go when I got to my area. The guy at the registration booth was also really nice. He told me to relax and breathe. The audition itself went really well considering I almost lost my voice before hand. I did half of my monologue and did a longer improvisation. They saw in my application that I had done the play "Noises Off", so they realized that I like physical comedy. After that, I wrote my essay which didn't take me that long. And then I went to my dance audition for Musical Theatre. I saw a whole bunch of people I knew, so I was really comfortable. At last, I did my highly anticipated Musical Theatre vocal audition. The audition people were really nice, as usual. They were really into the songs I sang, they laughed and had wide-eyed expressions. The pianist also knew "My Party Dress", the song I sang. And NO ONE knows that song! I was so happy because he didn't need to figure it out at first. Anyway, at the end of the day, I went home with so much energy. It was a great experience.

Today is an official TDSB snow day!! The news has been talking about this big snow storm for a whole week. The best word I've heard for it is a "Snowpocalypse". Looking out the window today at it, it doesn't look like much. But it's supposed to be around 40cm by the end of the day.

I better go, it's lunchtime.

-Alie

Happy New Year!!

Yeah, my first post of 2011!I hope everyone had a great holiday!

Now it's back to reality tomorrow when I go back to school. Oh, I'm so excited to get back to homework, stress, lack of sleep, and did I mention homework? (okay, you do know that was sarcasm, right?) Anyway, not much to say really. I'm not in the mood to talk too much. I'll (hopefully) be not too busy and I'll tell you all my amazing stories and adventures. Filled with pictures and dialogue and the whole nine yards!

Enjoy getting back to all your normal schedules again!

-Alie

Happy Holidays!

Hi everyone! Wow, it's been a long time since I've written anything. Busy times. Anyway, happy holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Happy Channukah! Happy Kwanza! Happy whatever other holidays you celebrate!

I'm leaving for Montreal tomorrow to visit my aunt. She lives in St. Hubert.My mom was born there, and the rest of her siblings stayed behind when she moved to Orangeville. All of her siblings are a lot older than her. My dad's brother also lives on the other side of the city.

In the days I've had off, I've been mostly shopping and watching Christmas movies. My favourite has to be "It's A Wonderful Life". I always like the old classics. Right now I'm watching the Garfield Christmas special. I love the guy who does Garfield's voice. It's just perfect and laid back! I'd also love one of those machines that create anything you think of, what Garfield dreams of at the beginning of the special.

I should get back to packing and wrapping. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the break! Enjoy your turkey, latkas, and eggnog!

-Alie

Congratulations Christina!

My cousin just had a baby girl named Josie on November 17th, 2010. Congratulations Christina, Jay, and the whole family! I'm so excited to see her this summer. I'll post pictures when I get them.

-Alie

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!!! Did everyone have an awesome and sugar-filled one? Not much to say about it really, it was just fun!

Here's a picture of me and my friend Arija. As you can see, I was a witch with super-long hair extensions, and Arija was a Lollipop Girl. It was freezing, so we had to wear my Grandma's gloves.

Sorry I haven't written much lately. Things have been really busy: homework, High Schools, music, dance, drama, etc. I also had to wait for the Halloween pictures to upload for me to write anything about Halloween.

I'm hoping to see Harry Potter tonight if I get all my homework done. I'm also filming an episode of "Skins" tomorrow. It'll air probably in February, so I'll make sure I post a clip.

That's about it. Homework is crying out "Finish Me!"

-Alie

P.S. This post is actually from November 21st because I've been working on it for a long time.