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Ugh, stinky college apps. I'm going to apply for early action for Chapman U, and then I'll have to get to a bunch of UCs and CSUs. That means I need to uppity my SAT scores with the forthcoming October SAT. I might decide not to do early action if my SAT score is too low and/or my counselor decides I need to retake an SAT II (they're all in the 600s range except for bio, which is in the 700s, but still not quite high enough). As for my major, I...think I've decided on biopsych, behavioral neurology, psychobio--whatever term they use for it. There's a chance I can get to work at an aquarium, so I'm really hoping I can do that on the side when I've worked in the field long enough. *__*; I'm still a bit iffy on becoming a researcher since that requires that I teach and make my own projects, and I'm not too comfortable on the whole being a leader thing quite yet.

The economy is really taking a bite out of us prospective college students. They're going to be a lot pickier (witnessed that last year, geez). I've also heard that they're going to cut down on the amount of Asians being accepted since the percentage of Asians compared to other ethnic groups is much too high...and I'm Asian. DX I also need to apply for financial aid and all that jazz. Then the essays. Geez, so much paper work. :/ I need to schedule some time to visit Chapman U (and research it more while I'm at it, yeesh, I really haven't progressed much)...I'd really love to go there.

I'm also going to apply for Ryman's spring semester. I just need to develop a better foundation with which to build off of and learn how to look at things the way I should be. Problem is, I don't have an art teacher, so I don't know how I'll go around that part of the app. I'll see what my school's art teachers'll say. I sure hope I get in though, since I need to submit artwork from observation along with the app itself (and a mini essay, too). ;__; *SCARED* Ah, time...where have you gone.

EDIT: My parents sometimes.
And here I thought I was finally getting out of the episode.
EDIT: Yay, crayon coloring. Work? ...Whoops.
I really need to stop getting riled up before I do my work. :/

I've just not been making anything decent lately. :/ So I tried something I haven't done in awhile to prove to myself that I've improved at something. I was supposed to get some head and hair movements in (these frames won't have any of that even though their hair seems to warrant it), but this took more time than expected. XD; Just eye, eyebrow, and mouth movements. Le WIP!
( Puny simple animated GIF here. )

Will get to replies at a later date! D: I am so behind on work, gaaaah.

Il est ne, le divin Enfant, Jouez, hautbois, resonnez, musettes; Il est ne, le divin Enfant; Chantons tous son avenement!
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H-how. Q_Q; The "e"'s in French pronunciation keep throwing me off--errrr, well, vowel sounds in general, but ESPECIALLY "e"'s. My chorus teacher uses an exaggerated French accent, and he knows it, so he said he'd try to get it right.
Il est ne le deevahn ahnfahnt!...something something...uy.

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......I feel like I'm the only person who thinks German sounds a boatload better than French. I still would like to learn the language though, so I'll pick it up once I get basic Italian down. And German, too! Though I'm not too sure how far onlne courses can actually take me. :/

( Animers and a man-ger rant! )

Storing some unreplied to messages in my inbox; I'll probably get to 'em during the weekend. I should catch up on some entries I've been planning to reply to, too. Eeeck, behind, behind.

This air is so full of smoke, it's really gross. Chorus dries my throat up instantly because the ash gets in and makes the air pretty terrible. I'm worried though. Choir practice (headed by a different person, not by my chorus teacher) has been canceled for this whole week, so I'm assuming and since I've heard, that she's been evacuated. I hope their house'll be all right. A lot of people at school are getting affected by the fire. The number of people wasn't as high as the Griffith Park fire though, so the stress factor isn't as high, but it's still there. Anyway, go firefighters!

Week's been pretty busy. D|

Welp, I've got my work cut out for me this weekend! This is what I get for choosing to do extracurricular activities. Speaking of which, I think I won't do plays this year. The person in charge of the church choir likes to stalk people down and make 'em sing for Mass (it's...hilarious, but kinda scary, too XD;), which is enough work for me, and I really don't have the capacity to memorize a whole lot of Shakespeare this semester or next. Maybe one day I'll take classes outside of school for acting. It's a lot of fun, but...my teacher never said anything about how I acted, so I was never sure if I was doing things right or wrong. D: Chorus class is a great morning class, but I hadn't imagined it to be so slow paced! He said he'd give us the music next week, so maybe it'll pick up then.

That aside, I need to reacquaint myself with functions and what they are. My problem with math is not that I hate it for being math, but that I hate it for making me really stressed. I'm a slow learner, and I'm prone to making silly mistakes everywhere, which tends to drag my grade down. I'll try to keep up. It's too late to drop it now without a penalty, and even if I did it without the penalty, my parents would ridicule me. I also need to start my college apps and registering for SATs and find some time to complete my community service requirements.

I have violin class soon, but I hardly practiced this week. The jazz exercise in my book is really throwing me off! I'm not good at rhythm, though I have improved, but, again, I'm a slow learner, so it's still difficult for me. My bowing and fingering need a lot of work, too. There's so much I should know by now, but I can't summon the energy to practice, or homework gets in the way or something! I also want to enter the "design the walk shirt" contest even though I'm up against a whole slew of art students (their teacher forces them to enter the contest, haha...ha)!

Lack of confidence is still biting me hard, but, confidence or no, life still moves along. Unfortunately, I don't have time for MBF right now. It's too late for Glen to enter the battle, isn't it. ^^;

Skip to thirty seconds in to hear him play!

...I love this song. It's really beautiful. Though this take on it is a tad faster than what I'm used to, I find myself...really attracted to this one. There's something about it that mesmerizes me. It feels...full (I say that a lot...I am very good at describing music, clearly). I love it. It's Dvorak's Humoresque, in case you were wondering.

I...want to watch this film. And the films with Jascha Heifetz, too!

I'm excited for choir class. :) I think...I'm going to enjoy that one. I'm going to dedicate my time more to singing than acting this year since acting is really stressful and I know I'm going to break easily this year. Next semester will be filled with a lot of writing though and then there's the whole studying for A.P.exams, so I hope I'll be okay. I'm not all that good at the violin, and, uh, one my classmates kinda indirectly told me that I'm learning really slowly (though her classes are stricter and mine is much more lax, so I'm glad I don't have to deal with much stress, but, you know, i-it's kinda a letdown ^^;), emm, but...I'd be honored if ever my teacher ever asked me to play. I love the instrument even though I have no chance of playing it for a living, I still love it.

...because I love high pitches and melancholic music. Bells, high notes onthe flutes--but really deep tones do it in for me, too, like the contrabass and the cello. I just tend to like higher notes more, probably since they stand out more. I heard my teacher play Schindler's Theme on Saturday. I had just listened to his teacher play it in the concert. They were both beautiful. Sure, my teacher flubbed up a bit, and it was different, but it was beautiful. I wish I could have violin class more often. It really makes me happy listening and watching others play.

Finished reading The Recipe for Gertrude. Still one of my most favorite shoujo manga (excluding josei, it probably IS my favorite) even if just for the fact NO ONE annoys me in there. I love strong main shoujo heroines, but I dislike it when they're jerks. I love Sahara and Gertrude (Gertrude's a man, yo!). ;__; The main guy here is pretty cool! And I love the side characters. I'm also a sucker for Nari Kusakawa's art. It's nowhere near perfect, but I love it. Her paneling's not great at all, but...I didn't mind rereading parts for some reason? I don't know. The story really isn't that great at all (that's not to say it was bad though), but I just loved the characters.

I also liked how the final volume was a bunch of side stories. Further development is yay! And it was cute.

Yeep.

I just went to some awesome concert. I...really love violins. And the woodwinds were pretty awesome, too! And the timpani guy's hair, haha. There were mistakes here and there (people didn't always start in synch when they were supposed to), but it was lovely. And the music was so...full. Haha, I don't know, what else should I call it? XD

I had a blast. It was...beautiful. I really do want to play like that one day.

You can listen to one of the songs we heard here. The title really fits. I loved this one the most. ^^

( Sometimes I think I'm overdoing it. ^^;;; Image warning? )
DISCLAIMER: I cannot draw animals. D8

The only place I haven't done is Alteria. I will try to think up of something!...I really like Ru-Bakarov for some reason. XD

Also.

Macne Nana is awesome in my book. Yeah, the tag says Vocaloid and she's not so sue me. :P

Another MB Fantasia pic: Tak on an adventure! I know there's a kagillion problems with it, but, ignoring that fact, I kind of...like it? I mean sure, you kinda wish there was something more exciting in front of him, you can't really wrap your mind around how the walls of that tunnel really work, and I failed in making things contrast and all, but...I find it charming somehow. ^^;;;

I really shouldn't have done this considering how much I need to get done right now, haha...