Procrastination

Why do today what I could put off until tomorrow?

You know, some people can actually do things a month in advance. My little sister is always working on projects that aren't due until 3rd term! Next semester! This is completely incomprehensible to me. I tend to leave things (such as this blog post) until the very last possible second. Sometimes I get motivated when I first start things (such as last week's blog posts), but then a week later I'm back to procrastinating. For some reason, when I don't procrastinate, it bugs me. Yesterday and today I spent hours working on these projects for one of my classes. Today I called my friend to ask a question about them-and found out that they're due next Monday. I wasted my entire weekend doing that when I could have been doing something fun! In the long-term it will be good, because I can enjoy my UEA weekend without those projects looming over my head, but right now it is just plain annoying.

Maybe I should try being more like my little sister. (Wow, you know something's weird when you're saying that) She always gets everything done AEAP. (As Early As Possible) And then she's in bed by around 9:30. I am almost never in bed by 9:30 because I stay up til 2 in the morning finishing all the homework I could have done a week earlier. Even this year when I have the advantage of having an extra day to do my homework, I still put it off. I'm thinking that I might attempt doing each day's work the day it is assigned. So I do all my B day homework on B days, and my A day homework on A days. Then, if it's almost done, but not quite, I can finish it the next day and it won't be so stressful.

Why does this all the sudden seem to be the place I write down my goals? Oh well. Goals are good. If I write them down on here, I'll actually have proof that I made them and maybe I'll even follow through with them. Well, this is the last thing that I procrastinated for today, so goodbye!

Brain Dead

Wow. These past couple of days have been...not good. There's been a lot of forgetfulness. Yesterday, I walked into my class and totally forgot where I sat, even though we've had the same seats for a couple of weeks. When I got home I tore apart my room looking for my pass to go to this church thing, never found it, and had to get a new one.

When I got to Spanish I realized I forgot to do my assignment, so I had to rush and do it at the beginning of class. Then, this afternoon, I get my brother to drive me to my voice lessons, and as soon as he drives away I realize that it's Wednesday. Voice lessons are on Thursday. Apparently I went through all of today thinking today was Thursday and tomorrow was Friday.

I guess something in my brain is just really scrambled right now. I really hate those days where you can't seem to remember anything. Like someone just turned off that switch in your head. You go to a class, and all of a sudden you're thinking that was due today? And then you pretty much have this permanent rain cloud over your head. On that happy note, I'm going to go now! But my new goal, is to improve my memory over this next few days, and I'm going to be more cheerful! See ya!

By the way, two days until Friday!!!!!!!

Sleep

Why is it that sleep seems so unappealing at night, but in the morning it's all that matters? Maybe it's just me, but at night, all I want to do is stay up later. I'm just not ready to sleep yet. However, in the morning, when I'm supposed to be getting up and getting ready for school, I really don't want to get up! My bed just seems really warm and comfortable, and suddenly I'm tired. I start thinking, Oh, I'll get up in 5 minutes. I'm just going to lay back down for a second... And next thing I know, half an hour has gone by and I'm running late.

I've just never been an early riser. When I first wake up, I'm pretty cranky and in a bad mood until I'm really awake. Nighttime is a different matter. I can just stay up for hours and keep making excuses why I shouldn't go to bed yet. (It usually happens the worst when I'm reading a really good book and I don't want to put it down)

Anyways, I've decided that the resolution to this problem is to start going to bed earlier. In one of my classes we had a lesson about how we should make goals and write them down. I'm writing one of mine on this blog! My new goal is to be in bed, lights out by 11 o' clock. Maybe then waking up at 6:30 won't be so hard. :P I won't be so tired in the morning. I also won't be really rushed, and I'll have more time to get ready for school.

Well now I feel good about myself for setting a goal! I'm going to start it tonight, so I'd better go finish my math homework!

¡Adios, amigos! ¡Tengo que irme!

"All the World's a Stage!"

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven stages."

William Shakespeare
All the World's a Stage

"For all the tears you've made me shed, you'll prick you're finger on something pointy and fall down dead!"

Sleeping Beauty and the Beast

The Wicked Witch

I don't know how memorization is for everyone else, but for me it's pretty difficult. When you're trying to memorize some obscure Shakespeare, or Dickinson, or whatever else, you feel like you're memorizing gibberish. Monologues are tricky, too, because once you know it, you have to add in a character. You have to step out of yourself and into someone different.

Not that it's all as terrible as my first paragraph implies. Sometimes doing things just because they're difficult can be fun. You know, when you're doing it just to test yourself. Sometimes I'm kind of quiet around people I don't know very well. (Although around my friends I'm anything but quiet!) Theater is my opportunity to try to change that. I can pretend to be someone else and escape into their character. Anything that puts me out of my comfort zone helps, no matter how badly I do it!

Mimes, for instance, are definitely not my best area! You have to remember all the invisible things around you that you have to go around. You have to make it look real. In my mimes, I've accidentally created a revolving room, stuck my elbows through a solid surface, and forgotten to get dressed while getting ready for the day. Oops! It's embarrassing, but that embarrassment helps you remember what to work on the next time.

Even though I'm not a natural pro at acting like other people are, it's still something I like and enjoy trying to improve on. No matter how nervous I am, or how badly I mess up, I still keep trying. That's all that matters, right?

Music!

"When you see a guy reach for stars in the sky, you can bet that he's doing it for some doll!"

This song has been stuck in my head for days! Agh! (It's from Guys and Dolls) We've been having a lot of fun in choir these past couple of weeks singing songs from Guys and Dolls, Newsies, and Grease. It's really fun learning new songs-and singing songs I already knew-in four part harmony! We're having our musical revue in October, which will be way fun!

Why do I like music? I guess it would have to be because I like singing so much. My brother gets really frustrated when he tries to show me his music. He always says things like, "Isn't this guitar part so awesome?" and, "Listen to these drums! Don't they sound so cool?" But I just can't really appreciate that when I listen to his music. To me, his songs are all really chaotic, and my favorite part, the singer, is drowned out by all the drums and guitars. I like the music that I can sing along to. That's what makes me enjoy music. I like listening to the words and finding out what they mean. I really like the song, "Fireflies", by Owl City. My brother doesn't like it because he says the background music is too simple. I like it that way. To me, the accompaniment should just enhance the singer's voice-which to me is what really matters! If I can tell what they're saying, I like their voice, and I can sing along, than the song's great!

I went to piano lessons today, but I was pretty much falling asleep the whole time. Have you ever noticed how hard it is to do anything well when you can't stay awake? *sigh* Well, I'm off to bed to catch up on the sleep I didn't realize I was losing! More later this week! Good night!

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