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 Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:53 am
This topic is all about, I know it's really hard to guess, writing in your diary/journal. I don't predict that this one will be used all that much, but hey... it's here if you need it. You'd be surprised at how much better you'll feel after you write out your problems. Or you can just write about your day.
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:57 am
yesterday ( mar-10-09) My friend's mom, who had caner, get's to come back home! biggrin She's fealing a lot better and she's done with all her kimo therapy. ^^
ALSO...! Sonic and the black knights came out on the same day and she's gona get it. whee
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:54 pm
I totally love this! Ok journal style time. My Journal Dear Diary,
I just had an awesome last few days. Sunday morning I flew out to Newfoundland from Nova Scotia to visit with one of my best friends and also to complete an audition for university on Tuesday. I spent a wonderful day with my friend touring St John's, glow-in-the-dark mini putting (of which I have pictures) and seeing Watchmen. All in all, Sunday was a pretty awesome day. I then spent Monday touring the school (what little we hadn't covered on Sunday) and went to some classes with said friend. Another wonderful day (despite her boring Bio class) that ended with a run through with my accompanist and finally a late Archiology class. Like I said, pretty fun. The best day, however, was Tuesday.
Despite the fact that I was up at 8am to get ready and at the school from 9-10:30am warming up my voice, I couldn't have been more pumped for my audition. I sang my pieces, thanked my accompanist for his help, then sat down with the auditioners. They seemed a little confused about what degree I was applying for (Bachelor's or Master's) since evidently it had been left out of my file. Apparently they thought I was applying for my Master's given that my voice seemed too mature for just going for a Bachelor's. As if that was not enough of a confidence boost they continued to talk about the school as if I had already been accepted, saying things like, 'When you come here you will..' or 'Your classes will be..'. I have but to wait a month to hear for sure, but I'd say it's looking pretty good.
After the initial audition, however, there were several tests I was required to complete. They were mostly placement tests (sightsinging, rhythm, writing and piano proficiency), and while I was assured that bombing these tests would not hinder my potential acceptance, I was still relatively nervous. I started with sightsinging (singing a written melody before you without the assitance of the piano beyond the first note) and was delighted to discover that each of the three melodies had been done to at least a 75-80% efficiency. Next was the joyful task of hearing a melody and singing it back. These I did with relative ease and even got 100% on one (there were only two). The final of this round of testing was clapping back a rhythm that was clapped for me. Out of the three rhythms I got 100% on two of them. The hardest part for me seemed to be over, though I wasn't sure what the writing test was about.
As luck would have it the writing test was not some theory test (as I had been so worried about) but rather a sort of essay question. I was given a booklet of blank, lined paper and a loose sheet of paper with instructions on it. I was given one hour to write out the answer to a discussion topic, which essentially asked me what I wanted to do in music. I was suggested to write out why I had chosen my particular field (opera) and what had led me to this point in my life. Given my love of writing, my plan for not one but at least two, possibly even three novels, and my extensive knowledge through role playing, I knew that this would be a breeze. Half an hour in and many pages later I had completed this writing test and returned to be taken for piano proficiency. This, I have to admit, was a little nerve wrecking for me. As it turns out I was supposed to have two pieces prepared (though nowhere on the website did it say this and neither was I emailed with the information as the teacher said I should have been). Luckily for me my sight reading of pieces has always been fairly top notch, and the teacher simply plopped a book down in front of me and asked me to play the two pieces. I did (though with obvious issues given my lack of practice for it) and she was rather impressed with my sight reading skills. Having run from one test to the next it didn't strike me until the teacher mentioned it that I was done my audition process and had but to await their decision.
I went back to my friend's tiny rez apartment, joined her for a rather boring archeology class (yes she has two) and finally flew back to Nova Scotia Tuesday night. All in all the trip was something I thoroughly enjoyed and think was much needed. I am sure that it is to Newfoundland I will be setting my sights come August, something I am rather excited for (aside from the great school and one of my best friends, Newfoundland also houses a rather large population of deliciously sexy men!). I have only one other audition to complete, which I will be completing tomorrow, but at this point I am almost 100% sure I know where I will be going. Well, I suppose that's all I have to say at the moment.
Until next time!
Kailan
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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:15 pm
Dear Diary,
Please let test time go well.
Until next time.
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:55 am
Dear Diary,
So, I'm at school doubling over in pain, being sent to the sick bay and
taking three different types of tablets totaling a grand sum of 6 tablets
before passing out for the next few hours. Later I call home just in case I
decide I feel sick again to see if that did happen that there would be
someone to pick me up.
My little brother picks up.
The only person likely to be able to pick me up, my cousin, is having a
fight with his wife. She is crying it seems. I ask my little brother why he's
not at school? And his answer is:
"I was feeling sick."
Me: How? Why?
".... I had hiccups."
Thank you god, while I was in PAIN you let my little brother be relieved
from his HORRIBLE, LIFE THREATENING, UNBEARABLE CASE OF... hiccups.
Oh, and later I was forgotten for a whole hour and half before I decided to
call home to see if anyone was picking me up.
"... OOPS."
I love my life.
Not.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:48 am
Dear Diary,
So I had to head to the Motor Vehicle Office today (which is actually called Access Nova Scotia) so that I could change my Ontario license to a Nova Scotia license (which should have been done when I first moved here in October but we won't bring that up >.>). So, I've been putting it off because I technically didn't have my full license. In Ontario you have three classes of drivers for any given license (Car, motorcycle, etc.). There is the G1 which is like a learner's permit, the G2 which is similar to the learner's permit but without the restriction of driving with a fully licensed driver of four years and also allowed to drive at night, then you have the full G license (why they use G I never truly discovered). However, in possibly ever other province in Canada they only have two classes; learner's permit and then your full license.
So I've been avoiding doing this for some time because I was worried I'd have to do the second driving test (in Ontario you do the written to obtain G1, a driven in town to obtain G2 and then a driven in town and on a highway to obtain G) and I don't like driving in unfamiliar places, least of all when I'm being tested on it. However, when I arrived (very early in the morning) at the Motor Vehicle Office the lady informed me that because I have had my G2 for two years (actually more than that) she can simply bump me up to a full license without anymore testing. I, of course, had to rub this in the faces of every friend from Ontario that has had to do the second driving test to obtain their full license. Yay for working around the system. Also, should I ever have permanent residence in Ontario again my license will remain a full license. I love skipping steps!
Well, that's it for now, so until next time, later days!
Kailan
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:36 pm
Dear Journal,
Well... a lot of stuff has happened in the last month. I don't really want to go into great detail, but a lot of life changing things have taken place. I don't really want to talk all that much about it, but I wanted to write in here. I hope that by putting even these few words down I will, in a sence, feel a little better. Hopefully my future will work itself out. For now, I will wait and see what life has in store for me.
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:16 pm
Dear Diary,
So this might be a little late but last week I checked the mail (as I have been eagerly for a few weeks now) to find the letters I've been longing to see. One was a rather large package while the other was nothing but a simple letter. I was slightly discouraged to discover that I had not been accepted to the university that I was excited about (which also seemed to have a better audition) however I was delighted to learn that I was indeed accepted to the other university (oddly the audition didn't feel that great here but apparently I was wrong).
This means I am university bound and, after 4 years of hard work, I shall at last obtain my bachelor's degree. ^_^ Yay me! Of course, schooling for me will likely continue for another four years after that to obtain my master's degree, but that's not the point. XD I'ma be a learning girl once more!! Anywho, school starts in September and until then I'm enjoying my wonderful summer of freedom before I'm driven into the solitary life of a student full of practicing and home work. >.< Haha, but it's still better than doing nothing!
Until next time!
Kailan
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:24 pm
Dear Diary,
Its weird, I never usually put personal things in writing because I usually feel that admitting things makes it true. I am easy to deny the truth, and I am proud of it. Part of my sanity is kept in denying that which is undoubtedly true.
This time, its the revelation that indeed, I am capable of feeling emotion such as love.. that I thought I'd lost when I was in high school after the things that happened there. (Alex, you know what I mean)
God knows I haven't had the easiest of lives, but I know that somewhere out there, someone can claim that I have nothing to complain about. For the longest time I've been incapable of trust, love and happiness because of the things that have happened to me.
Now, I know that I can trust and even be happy. But I don't trust myself to remain so. For years my chronic fear of being alone has pushed me to making myself think I am in love with people and I realize that I let myself feel that way to make the people around me happy and not because I actually want to be their friend or love them. Its my own personal Hell.
But Brandon, my newest coworker... is someone who worms his way inside of me... pushing past my defenses and he embedded himself straight into me. Easily even. It was horrifying to discover how easily he'd managed to make himself important to me. And truly, he is. I understand him better than anyone else I know... and I can sense him no matter where he is. When he is close by I start to think more and more about him... like a head rush and then he's there... and it shocks me because I've never had that feeling before.
Its nice but also torture to feel so strongly about this one person in my life... to be able to be happy just in the THOUGHT of his presence. But then.... the happiness brings sadness... because I know its just in my head and I dont have the courage to try to make it real.
Either way, this post was about what makes me calm... even for a short time.
Warm summer nights and bright starry skies, being along in the dark and thinking only of him... because he's the only one that makes me truly happy.
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:25 pm
Dear diary,
I am excited that the new year is almost here. Not saying that this year was bad, i just like new things. Some fun events will happen next year as well. My roomie will be taking his test to become an oregon state police officer and i will hopefully be going back to school! biggrin
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:33 pm
Dear Diary,
Well, I never thought I'd say this but...there's a good chance I may have actually found a man! And not even one that lives too far away but one who lives right here. Hell, I even work with him! For now things will go slow, just want to get to know the guy and see if we could stand each other as a couple. Not to mention, there is the slightest hesitation since my last relationship was a disaster and was at least 4 years ago, maybe 5. Well, let's hope this all goes well, it would sure be nice to have someone to spend my time with!
Until next time!
Kailan
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