So this weekend has been constantly stressful! I have three major papers due this week. And due to my crazy schedule, dancing 40 hours a week it is hard to balance doing homework and sleeping! haha. So I have almost two of my papers done, and my last one is for my elective class and will be due on Wednesday.
Blah, just need to get them done!
Anyways, I have my last week of stress coming up. I have a rehearsal tonight, extra ones all throughout the week as well as my classes, and exams in my major classes. I have my ballet and pointe exam on Friday. Oh well. Our show is in a week and a bit, April 11 and 12. It is a scary thought that this year is basically over!
Anyways, enough of that. I just downloaded studio recordings of two of my favourites on American Idol. David Cook singing an acoustic version of Billie Jean, and my girl Brooke White singing Let It Be. Oh how I love this show this season!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Dannnnce
So today marks 4 weeks left of school! It is so exciting, yet I'm terrified. Our final show of the year is April 11 and 12th, and not all of our pieces of choreography are finished. It's a little nerveracking, but it will all come together. Everything always does.
Today was a good day though. We have a ballet exam coming up in 2 weeks, so we worked on everything that we are going to be performing in our exam. I think I know everything now, which is good! I think exams in dance are fabulous, because it really challenges your mind to put certain techniques into your muscle memory. Our exam, is just exercises that my ballet teacher has put together. I have done exams in different syllabus' for ballet and jazz, so doing an exam, where it is not a set syllabus is strange, but really challenges me.
I am very excited because The Hills is on in 45 minutes!!!! It is a sad and guilty pleasure, and is not the most intelligent show... but the theme song gets me going!!! haha
xo
Today was a good day though. We have a ballet exam coming up in 2 weeks, so we worked on everything that we are going to be performing in our exam. I think I know everything now, which is good! I think exams in dance are fabulous, because it really challenges your mind to put certain techniques into your muscle memory. Our exam, is just exercises that my ballet teacher has put together. I have done exams in different syllabus' for ballet and jazz, so doing an exam, where it is not a set syllabus is strange, but really challenges me.
I am very excited because The Hills is on in 45 minutes!!!! It is a sad and guilty pleasure, and is not the most intelligent show... but the theme song gets me going!!! haha
xo
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Home!!!
So I am finally home for a much deserved three day weekend. I love long weekends.And I love being home, even though I completely adore my apartment, my amazing roomate, and living in the city. Before I headed back to the B dot, I spent some time with my dad at my grandpa's house(who is passed on). My family and I have been sorting, and cleaning out his house since his death in October. We are thinking that his house will be on the market sometime in the next two weeks, so my dad and I were cleaning the upstairs tonight. It felt so weird cleaning my grandparents house. The closets are now empty, everything is spotless. It felt weird, like they never lived there. But I kept feeling like they would be happy with what we have done with their beloved house.
Something kind of cool happened while we were there. My mom's mother, who passed away in 2001, loved the song ''I just called to say I love you'' by Stevie Wonder. When I was a kid, my mom (who was/is a tv producer) decided to make a video for her for her birthday, with all of her 9 grandchildren singing the song. The song has always had a special place in my heart, because it always seems to come on the radio when I have had a bad day and need a pick me up. So tonight my dad put on my grandparents old radio, and we were cleaning away, when the song came on the radio! It was great, because I hadn't heard it for a long time. When the song finished, the phone rang. It was perfect timing! haha. I picked up the phone said, ''hello?'' and no one was there. I don't know what that meant or if someone really was on the other line, but it gave me a chance to remember my grandma and have a laugh while I was at it.
On the drive home with my dad, we once again were listening to the radio. We had it on a radio station that had a show on called, ''Songs that are your guilty pleasures''. Some of the songs people were requesting were so funny. The song ''Barbie Girl'' came on, and I got sooooo into it and was singing away to it, while my dad was probably very scared. It was fun! Another song that was played was, '' Good Vibrations'' by Marky Mark!!!!!! My heart was content after hearing that. And I am currently listening to it as I write this. Got to love the oldies.
xo
Something kind of cool happened while we were there. My mom's mother, who passed away in 2001, loved the song ''I just called to say I love you'' by Stevie Wonder. When I was a kid, my mom (who was/is a tv producer) decided to make a video for her for her birthday, with all of her 9 grandchildren singing the song. The song has always had a special place in my heart, because it always seems to come on the radio when I have had a bad day and need a pick me up. So tonight my dad put on my grandparents old radio, and we were cleaning away, when the song came on the radio! It was great, because I hadn't heard it for a long time. When the song finished, the phone rang. It was perfect timing! haha. I picked up the phone said, ''hello?'' and no one was there. I don't know what that meant or if someone really was on the other line, but it gave me a chance to remember my grandma and have a laugh while I was at it.
On the drive home with my dad, we once again were listening to the radio. We had it on a radio station that had a show on called, ''Songs that are your guilty pleasures''. Some of the songs people were requesting were so funny. The song ''Barbie Girl'' came on, and I got sooooo into it and was singing away to it, while my dad was probably very scared. It was fun! Another song that was played was, '' Good Vibrations'' by Marky Mark!!!!!! My heart was content after hearing that. And I am currently listening to it as I write this. Got to love the oldies.
xo
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Easter Weekend!
So tonight I went to see a play for my acting class at school. It was called, ''A Man of no Importance". It wasn't what I was expecting, but it was ok. I guess I need to be more open to the art of acting. Because I am a performer myself, I am very critical on things that I watch, whether it be acting, singing or of course dance. But overall it was good. The actors were quite amazing actually, it was just the story that was a little sketch to me.
I am also very excited for tomorrow night, because I will be going home for Easter weekend! I can't wait! Blah....I'm almost done the year, but long weekends like this realistically keep me sane, and keep me going!!!!
Blogging if fun:)
I am also very excited for tomorrow night, because I will be going home for Easter weekend! I can't wait! Blah....I'm almost done the year, but long weekends like this realistically keep me sane, and keep me going!!!!
Blogging if fun:)
Monday, March 17, 2008
4 weeks left!!!
So today started off another week at school. It was exciting though because we only have 4 weeks left!!!!!! I never thought I would be as happy as I am, thinking about that thought. I love dancing and all, but having a break from it everyday is going to be glorious! We have our last two shows at the beginning on April, and another at the end of April. So lots of performing which is great as well.
I really want to figure out how to post pictures on here, so if there are any ways to help, please let me know! haha
I have been thinking a lot lately about spring, and how happy the change in weather makes me. On my walks home from the subway at night after school, around 7pm, it is still sunny and beautiful outside!!!! It is so nice for it to be like that. Summer is fastly approaching! And I love it!!!!
I really want to figure out how to post pictures on here, so if there are any ways to help, please let me know! haha
I have been thinking a lot lately about spring, and how happy the change in weather makes me. On my walks home from the subway at night after school, around 7pm, it is still sunny and beautiful outside!!!! It is so nice for it to be like that. Summer is fastly approaching! And I love it!!!!
Monday, March 10, 2008
New to blogging
Well, I gave in. My best friend Christy convinced me to make a blog! I feel strange, because everyone that I know of who has a blog, is married. And well...I am definetely not. haha. But this will be a good chance for people to know what I am up to in my life!! So I will fill those of you in, who will be reading this.
I have been out of high school now for three years. I took a year off after school, continued dancing and worked at a dance studio. I feel like it was a great move for me, because it gave me time to try and figure out what I really wanted to do with my life. I applied to a few universities for the following year and got into a few programs. I decided to go with a psychology program at Laurentian University. The good thing about the program was that it was offered through Georgian College in Barrie, so I could live at home and save money!! I was so happy to be able to stay at home, while still obtaining my education.
I had an awesome time being at school. I made a lot of amazing friends, and learned a lot about myself as well. Throughout the year a lot of life changing moments happened for me, so it will be always be a year that I will remember.
One of the amazing things that I did, was travel to Utah with one of my best friends John, and his friend Mike. I was already planning on going to Utah to visit my best friend Christy, but the boys were planning a trip as well so we decided to go together!!! It was so much fun. I loved being with Christy. I stayed for two weeks and loved every second of it! Christy planned so many amazing things for us to do, we were never bored!!! It was sooo amazing!!!!!
Another thing that happened in the year was, I got to go to New York City!!!! Going there has been a dream of mine since I was a kid, because I am such an arts geek! I would always tell my parents how much I wanted to go to broadway, and it happened!!!! I went to the ''Pulse'' workshop, which included teachers and choreographers from so you think you can dance. It was amazing, I got to see a lot of amazing dancers, as well as challenge myself with new styles and choreography. A couple hi lights from that trip were meeting Shane Sparks and Mia Michaels, and getting to see my first broadway show, ''Chicago''!
In August of 2007, I decided that I wanted to surprise my best friend Christy, at her wedding reception in Boston. She was married on August 15th, but I was too poor to make it to her wedding. So myself, John and my sister travelled the 11 hour car ride to Boston! It was a lot of fun driving and see all of New York State and then driving into MA.
Earlier that month, I decided that I wanted to audition for a post secondary dance program. I auditioned for George Brown Dance, (George Brown College) and was accepted! I found myself having to figure out a lot of life changing plans very quickly, like... moving to Toronto! My friend Jessica was also looking to move to Toronto for school, and wanted a roomate, so we went apartment hunting together and finally found the perfect place! We couldn't move in until October 1st, so for the month of September I was going to be living at my grandpa's house.
I was very excited to be living with him. My grandpa was a very funny person, and we got a long very well. The first week I was living there, we were eating dinner, when he started to feel very ill. He went very pale and crouched over on the kitchen chair. He told me he was unable to breath so I got him to the couch in the front room. I called his family doctor, who thankgoodness lived down the street. He came over and said that he was having a mild heartattack and needed to get to the hospital ASAP. He was then in the hospital for a month, before being put into pallative care. On October 23rd he passed away. It was a very hard time in my life, because I had just moved out 20 days earlier, and was in a new program, in a new city, and now my last grandparent was gone. But I made it through, and am still trying to be strong.
Life right now is just crazy busy. School is over in a month, and there is still so much to be done. Rehearsals on top of rehearsals, seeing plays, musicals, auditions, eating, sleeping. It is crazy. But it is what I LOVE more than anything, so I wouldn't trade it for the world!!!
I will post pictures once I figure out how to do so. I hope you all enjoy!
-D xo
I have been out of high school now for three years. I took a year off after school, continued dancing and worked at a dance studio. I feel like it was a great move for me, because it gave me time to try and figure out what I really wanted to do with my life. I applied to a few universities for the following year and got into a few programs. I decided to go with a psychology program at Laurentian University. The good thing about the program was that it was offered through Georgian College in Barrie, so I could live at home and save money!! I was so happy to be able to stay at home, while still obtaining my education.
I had an awesome time being at school. I made a lot of amazing friends, and learned a lot about myself as well. Throughout the year a lot of life changing moments happened for me, so it will be always be a year that I will remember.
One of the amazing things that I did, was travel to Utah with one of my best friends John, and his friend Mike. I was already planning on going to Utah to visit my best friend Christy, but the boys were planning a trip as well so we decided to go together!!! It was so much fun. I loved being with Christy. I stayed for two weeks and loved every second of it! Christy planned so many amazing things for us to do, we were never bored!!! It was sooo amazing!!!!!
Another thing that happened in the year was, I got to go to New York City!!!! Going there has been a dream of mine since I was a kid, because I am such an arts geek! I would always tell my parents how much I wanted to go to broadway, and it happened!!!! I went to the ''Pulse'' workshop, which included teachers and choreographers from so you think you can dance. It was amazing, I got to see a lot of amazing dancers, as well as challenge myself with new styles and choreography. A couple hi lights from that trip were meeting Shane Sparks and Mia Michaels, and getting to see my first broadway show, ''Chicago''!
In August of 2007, I decided that I wanted to surprise my best friend Christy, at her wedding reception in Boston. She was married on August 15th, but I was too poor to make it to her wedding. So myself, John and my sister travelled the 11 hour car ride to Boston! It was a lot of fun driving and see all of New York State and then driving into MA.
Earlier that month, I decided that I wanted to audition for a post secondary dance program. I auditioned for George Brown Dance, (George Brown College) and was accepted! I found myself having to figure out a lot of life changing plans very quickly, like... moving to Toronto! My friend Jessica was also looking to move to Toronto for school, and wanted a roomate, so we went apartment hunting together and finally found the perfect place! We couldn't move in until October 1st, so for the month of September I was going to be living at my grandpa's house.
I was very excited to be living with him. My grandpa was a very funny person, and we got a long very well. The first week I was living there, we were eating dinner, when he started to feel very ill. He went very pale and crouched over on the kitchen chair. He told me he was unable to breath so I got him to the couch in the front room. I called his family doctor, who thankgoodness lived down the street. He came over and said that he was having a mild heartattack and needed to get to the hospital ASAP. He was then in the hospital for a month, before being put into pallative care. On October 23rd he passed away. It was a very hard time in my life, because I had just moved out 20 days earlier, and was in a new program, in a new city, and now my last grandparent was gone. But I made it through, and am still trying to be strong.
Life right now is just crazy busy. School is over in a month, and there is still so much to be done. Rehearsals on top of rehearsals, seeing plays, musicals, auditions, eating, sleeping. It is crazy. But it is what I LOVE more than anything, so I wouldn't trade it for the world!!!
I will post pictures once I figure out how to do so. I hope you all enjoy!
-D xo
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