Graduation

So, yesterday was my high school graduation ceremony and banquet. The ceremony was long and quite boring, saying what they say every year, that this year's graduating class is the best of all the other years...yeah right. Um, so the ceremony was quite long. We had to get to the ceremony at 12:45, to get our gowns and line up alphabetically, the ceremony was supposed to start at 1:30, but didn't end up starting until 2 pm. And I'm at the end of the alphabet, so it was a long wait... I was the 13th from the last, and once we finally got there, and the ceremony was finished it was 4:30. I had to rush home because my Aunt was doing my hair which she did a brilliantly fantastic job. My hair is chin length and she managed to get it all up in a curly bun thingy and it looked gorgeous! The banquet started at 6:30 downtown, and I wasn't ready until 6:00, and we weren't late at all which was really really excellent. I went with my friend because we live really close. The banquet was also quite boring and the speeches were very very dull and long. The food wasn't excellent either, but it was bad, it just wasn't the best I've ever had in my life. I don't think this banquet was worth the $75. The dance was loud and the dance floor was tiny! Considering there were 430 graduating students there, there wasn't very much space at all!! I can't remember what time we left at, but we got to my house at roughly 11:30-11:45 pm, then we had a small glass of champagne and she left at 12:45 am. I think that hour or so at my house was the highlight of the whole day, even though it wasn't that exciting...but I mean, what the heck are we celebrating?? It's not like we've actually finished high school yet, there are still 12 days left of classes and then I still have to write 5 exams, and depending on whether I pass those or not, depends on whether I'm actually graduating. Silly, isn't it?? That last day of classes isn't even here yet. Anyway, I don't think they should have such a big emphasis on finishing high school...oooohhhh good job you finished high school. It's like, wow, such a big deal. However, considering that lots of people spent over $500 on dresses, shoes and make-up and stuff, I did rather well- I only spent $20 on the whole outfit haha. I'm good, eh? But, my goodness, you should've seen some of the dresses!! There was one girl that was wearing a bright pink princess dress, with the whole poofy skirt part, and tiara and everything. Oh, and there was another girl that looked like the god of death, she was wearing a black corset dress, and bright red lipstick, really dark eye make-up and dyed platinum blonde hair, it was quite horrifying. Some people looked really pretty and I feel that my dress was really classic. So it was quite interesting seeing all these different dresses, some of them pretty, others horrific, but it was pretty nice. Hmm, I think that's all the info you need on this night!

2nd blood donation

So school is as hectic as ever so this one will be quick!! I donated blood for the second time today and went smoothly, no feeling faint or anything, and it went wonderfully!! And school is beginning to wrap up all the courses so it's getting quite busy with everyone trying to finish up on time! Hmm, nothing else is really new, other than the fact that grad is in 2 weeks from today!! Quite excited..!! Okay, well that's all for right now!!

Drama fest

Dramafest was quite entertaining, however I only seemed to enjoy Studio, the workshop wasn't that cool. My little brother is the most annoying creature on the planet. He is the WORST!! Now, I know you're probably thinking, everyone says that, but truly, all my friends when they meet him, think that my explanations of him are really mean and exaggerated, however when they actually meet him, they say that I'm being way too nice...I truly hate my little brother. He is extremely sensitive to food preservatives so his diet is intensely constricted to organic foods. However, when he eats out, (like today- he know's he isn't allowed, but he did it anyway, he went to Dairy Queen), we all suffer the consequences of bad behvaiour and mouthing off. He does that anyway, normally, but after preservatives it is REALLY REALLY BAD!! Kind of like when women are at their time of month, some of us get really grouchy and easily irritated. Imagine that, a little 12 year old boy, annoying and loud usually, but gets triple that when he eats stuff like that. So, instead of continuing to rant, I am going to go to bed.

Film Fest & Stage Fighting

I challenge you...to a sword duel!! haha, drama was so much fun today!! We choreographed our little short sword fights, it was a blast! No one got hurt, we just ended up breaking a sword though when it got dropped, the blade and the handle fell apart...oh well.  Also today was the 10th annual film fest at our school, so we had the gala today which was lots of fun to watch. I've been going to all of the film fest days during lunch to watch all the films that got submitted which was pretty cool! The gala, which was today, showed all the films that won an award for either, best screenplay, most original, and the best overall film etc... it was really awesome to see all the films that our school got. I was part of the film fest committee in 2010 but I didn't really do much because I was a timid grade 10 and I didn't join in grade 11 because...to be perfectly honest..I'm not so sure why I didn't, and in grade 12 I didn't because I was too busy, but, go figure, all my other friends joined to make film fest happen again this year....I love film fest and it's totally cool and awesome, I would have loved to help just this semester is too busy!
Oh yeah, my older brother is coming home this evening, his year is finished at university and I can't wait until I'm done this year. I'm still really sick of school, but only ~28 days left!
Another thing, it's actually raining!! Like not snowing, but raining! It's actually April showering! It never does this here, it usually snows in April, but not this year-we only got 2 snowfalls in April this year, usually it's our snowiest month!
Anyway, I should probably get cracking on my homework, after all the school year isn't over yet!!

French for the Future

Hey everyone so today I had a pretty interesting and unique day!! I had a day that was 100% in french, unlike most of my days which are about 75% french. This is a day were grade 12 students come from all over Canada to our university because we're all bilingual. So first thing we did was have our first workshop which for me was 'Votre voix francophone' which consisted in dubbing movies in french. It was totally awesome!! I've always wanted to be a voice dubbing a cartoon and it was just as fun as I imagined it! I totally want to do that as a real job. That lasted 2 hours which was super fun and then we had lunch, (during which we got entertained with singing and tap dancing, and then we learned some french folk dance which was super fun!) then off to the second workshop which was interviewing. I signed up for this one because I thought it was going to talk to you about tips on things to do in a job interview, but it wasn't. It was some guy from radio-canada talking about what life was like being a interview-reporter person. So that was a little bit of a disappointment for me. But overall the day was spent spectacularly and I got a lot of practice for my oral french! Finally, as the day closed, we had a draw for gift certificates and an iPad. Unfortunately, I didn't win anything, but I still got a lot of beneficial stuff out of the day!!

Quick Update

Drama Productions, Round 2 first performance is tomorrow and ends Friday! So nervous, but kind of excited at the same time...the same feelings every time! I love it, but it's nerve-racking! My goodness, plus on Saturday I have the oral part of my DELF exam, so I'm really nervous about that. I think I'll be okay, but these days I can never tell. Stress is rising every day because all the teachers are realizing that we only have 34 days of classes left in the year!! Only 34!! I still need to submit all my scholarship applications and my class selection stuff for next year! Ah, so my plan has changed and been post-poned(??) for a while, however my traveling has not! After this summer and the next year I'm hoping to be traveling to France, Japan and other places that I haven't quite selected yet with studying abroad so my traveling is definitely still a top priority.
Yipeee!!

Swan Lake Ballet

So Friday was an amazing day, I went with my friend Bee to the Swan Lake Ballet!! I had never been to a ballet before or ever even wanted to go to one, but I went to this one and it was accompanied by the philharmonic orchestra and it was spectacular! The costumes and set were gorgeous and the dancing was beautiful! I'll definitely want to go to another one, it was so good! I've been applying for scholarships and reading and having fun over this last week of Spring Break. However, i only have 4 days of school this week because next weekend is Easter Holidays. I counted I only have 40 days left of high school classes! I can't wait until it's over!