Today was the first day of school. I’m very excited about this semester, but at the same time very scared. I already have a bunch of reading to do, and there’s a Japanese vocabulary quiz on Friday.

Tomorrow I’m auditioning for Chamber Chorus, so I spent some time practicing a song today. It’s about a person who loves someone no matter how mean s/he is to them. Isn’t that sweet? I feel like nowadays, people aren’t as dramatic about their emotions as in the songs we listen to. Yeah, it’s painful to bare your heart to the world, but life isn’t as fun when you’re all… rational. This is why I’m beginning to care less and less about trying to act normal.

Today, my mom and I were shopping on 3rd street, when I decided to call Christa to hang out with her. It turned out that 10 minutes later, people from our high school choir were meeting up to carol, so a few other alums and I decided to join them. It was fun! We caroled for two hours, though, so we got kind of tired by the end. Then, four other choir guys and I went out to dinner and saw The Incredibles. It was such a coincidence that none of us had seen it before. Anyway, the dinner conversation was so funny I cried. Of course, we talked about whatever guys talk about. Wow, that was the most fun I’d had in a while!

I went to my high school’s last choir concert of the year last night. It’s always an emotional concert because the seniors are leaving. At the end, all the alumni came up on stage and we all sang our school song together. A lot of people cried. Then we went out to dinner. Since the term isn’t over for most of our friends in college yet, there were only four people who were there from our year.. so sad. After the concert, we drove around for a half hour before and after eating because we couldn’t figure out where to go. I was very hyper after the concert and during the late night dinner and it was weird. I hadn’t been that loud and energetic for a very long time, but I did not enjoy the feeling much. I felt as though I shouldn’t have talked as much because none of the things I said were worth seeing. Now it’s the next day and I’m sitting here quietly again.

I am considering switching over to tables for good, but frames work so well for me. So, not until I find a way to update quickly and still make the site look good. I never cared to learn how to make websites better after around 9th grade.