Piano Test

Anyways, I passed. Yay. But my judge was seriously crazy. I swear, she looks at EVERY. SINGLE. NOTATION. -.- I'm not going to use the pedal on every single song, or play the song exactly as the page says. Jeez. I swear. Besides, it's not my fault that I was never instructed to use the soft pedal, but nooooooo, she still needs to dock points. Same for playing forte where it says mezzo-forte. Even though my teacher said to. But whatever, she ended up liking me. It all depends on how you talk to her (haha, she was fun to talk to).

Basically she'd like, come over after every single song and tell me exactly what was wrong with it. And I'd just be like, "Okay." "All right." "I'll make sure to pay attention to that in the future." So she was like, "You're very mature. And you're only fourteen!" Then, just for good measure, I added, "Thanks for all these suggestions, I'm sure they'll help in my studies in the future." (NOT) But it was rather interesting. Plus she'd always cut me off halfway in the middle. And there was one where she cut me off and had me restart in the end. It was like:

Judge: Okay, that's enough. Now, can you start playing at the G minor arpeggio?
Me*thinking*: What the f*********ck? (I mean seriously, who memorizes pieces according to where they have arpeggios or whatever?)
Me *speaking*: Uhm, I'm not exactly sure which section of the piece you're referring to...

Haha, it all depends on how you phrase it. =P But she was a pretty cool person, just not exactly the best judge. She started talking to a seagull. As in, "SHUT UP. You're annoying me" to a seagull cawing. XDD She also started walking around and dumping out her purse halfway through my "Moonlight Sonata" looking for a tissue. But anyways, after a while, I gave up trying to get her to like my playing, sine she was too anal, and just spent time trying to get her to like me, since sometimes (rarely, but it happens), they give you more points that way. XD So I was all like (since she'd just spent like, 3 hours listening to two students when their teacher scheduled them for one hour TOTAL), "Take your time. I was waiting outside for a while, so I know how it feels. We've both had a long day."

But she refused to cut any pieces. It went along:
Teacher: You can go ahead and cut some pieces, we've been here for a long time.
Judge: Oh, it's fine, I'm sure your student would want me to listen to all of the pieces she's prepared, right? *looks at me*
Me *thinking*: Oh hell no! Cut ALL my pieces if you want!
Me *speaking*: Oh, well, if it's easier for you... I wouldn't mind if you cut a few...

But yeah, I was SUPPOSED to start testing at 3:45. But uhm... it ended up being like, 6:25. *sighs* And the judge only gave me an "Excellent." I think it's my lowest score yet; I've always gotten "Superior"s and "Superior Plus"s. I think I had on or two "Superior Minus"s, but definitely not an "Excellent." *sighs* Oh well, it was fun talking to the judge. Haha. I'm sort of glad I didn't take my Bach though (even though I prepared all of them), because given how freaking meticulous this judge is, she probably would've failed me. =P

UP!

So yeah, I went to see UP with Jess today in 3D. It's such a cute movie! But damn, that Charles Muntz dude has too many dogs. =P But anyways it was a pretty awesome movie, but the 3D effects made me sort of dizzy near the end. Speaking of those, I stole the glasses. I mean, it's not like they're going to reuse them... right? And sorry Stepho, but they're MY glasses. Especially since you smacked me and my smack back wasn't "legit" enough for you. -.- Haha, jaykays, but they're still mine.

Then we went to Fuddruckers and bought these hella yummy chili cheese fries. Yup. That was about it, but it was still fun. XD

Only17 more days until Taiwan!!! Yay!!! =D
And only 2 more days until my piano test!!! Nooo!!! =(

I'm Baaaaaaaack!!!

Back from my incredibly, incredibly, INCREDIBLY long Blogger deprivation, which lasted - yes, it did! - 29 days! Counting today. Maybe I shouldn't count today. Oh well. Whatever. Anyways, I went to Michelle's birthday party oh so long ago. It was hella fun! Dinner at Sweet Tomatoes (yummy!) then we went to see Night at the Museum. I love Michelle's mom. She was like (to Gabe and Jimmy), "If the girls do anything bad, and the guards come over, make sure you say that you did it." Then we went back to Michelle's and watched people dance (hip-hop, C-walk, breakdance, whatever). Then we stayed up until 6 watching movies!!! Hell yeah! XD

And I got my first official check ever! Haha, $42.54! W00t! And yeah, I have gotten checks before, but not OFFICIAL ones. As in, like, business-official, not personal-official. If you get what I mean.

I can't remember much else. Yeah, my memory is that bad. But hey, it's been a month! Almost. But anyways, finals were a bitch. Or rather, multiple bitches. XD Stupid math teacher gave me half credit on a 50 problem assignment because I didn't show work for TWO. FREAKING. PROBLEMS. And they were simple algebraic ones too, not like I had to work out what the square root of some infinitely long number plus 56 pi squared to the eighth was. -.- Oh well. I GOT 100% IN ENGLISH!!! HELL YEAH! So yup. Final grades are:

PE: A, 96%
World Geography&Cultures: A, 96%
Algebra II: A-, 92.51% (<--- Bahaha, good to know that I can still get an A- while skipping some homework problems by showing some crap work, and not spending any time on this class whatsoever. XD But I'm still sort of pissed. I should have gotten a higher grade. -.-)
<-- English 9: A+, 100% (<--- Hah! That'll show Mrs. Foss. It IS possible to get an A+ in her class!!!)
Ceramics II: A+, 100%
CP Biology: A+, 108.63% (<--- Lol...)
French III: A+, 97.46%

So yup. Yay, I guess? But frosh year doesn't count. So whatever.
On the upside, TAIWAN THIS SUMMER! HELL YEAH! And tons of other people are going back when I'm going to be there too, like Shannie, Kim, Michael...
On the downside, piano test this Tuesday. And yes, I did say one day. I was SUPPOSED to take the Bach test too, on Monday, but my parents decided that I wasn't ready enough, even though I only had 2 songs left of Bach, and 1 of my thirteen pieces, and like, a week to go. -.- Oh well, whatever. But it pisses me off that I wasted all those hours prepping and memorizing for a test I'm not taking. And now it's going to be another year before I can take it. So I'll have forgotten everything by then. *sighs*

But anyways, other than that, not much else to post about. I've read Nectar in a Sieve and Sophie's World already, and I'm starting Bless Me, Ultima. I don't remember anything though, but who cares? It's not like we'll actually have a test on it. Why yes, I did ask my awesome sophomore friends. Jung, you still owe me, let's see... Quite a few Jamba Juices, pho, bubble tea, and, oh yeah, a chocolate pie. =P

There probably won't be much to post about anymore, until my piano test; I'll let you people know how that goes. No, wait. DAMN I FORGOT ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS!

I'm fourteen now! Roflmao. Yeah, that happened sometime between now and then. Okay, NOW I'm done. See you people, and I WILL post more! Hopefully in less than 29 days. =P