Today wasn't such a great day. First off, it was a Monday ('nuff said). Secondly, I had a dream about ghosts invading E block and haunting me during free period. Thirdly, I was late for my vocals lesson and last of all, my laptop crashed on me in the middle of writing my legal studies essay. Oh and also, the guy who lives across from my house and who's room I can see into from my window, is now playing the guitar. That's not such a bad thing. Except I find it very awkward that his window is directly opposite from mine so everytime I look up from my computer, I am in his direct line of vision. Awkward. And I don't want to close my windows because the sunlight is so nice.
I had my first composition class/lesson today. From now on, every Monday during music lessons, we're gonna have this British guy come in and teach us how to compose stuff. It's quite interesting actually. I don't mind learning how to compose but the thing is, we get assigned so much homework. For example, this week's homework is to compose a 16 bar piece based on harmonic chord progressions. We also need to pick two songs that we like, write a paragraph of analysis on each and then send it to him via studywiz.
I am so going to send him something korean, MUHAHAHAHAHA. Technically, his exact words were, "It can be Lady Gaga or punk rock, just send me anything that appeals to you." Well, imma gonna send you some good ol' korean indie. See how much you like that then, eh?
No really, I am going to do that.
Speaking of Korean stuff, I'm just gonna talk a little bit about kpop. It's hard to say this without it sounding derogatory but I'll try. Kpop.... don't get me wrong, I like kpop but sometimes I just feel so annoyed that it's so 2D. Take the girl groups for example. Whenever I watch their live performances or MVs I can't help feeling that there are only two extremes - the cutesy, bubbly, innocent, rainbow-vomit-inducing songs and the highly aggressive, imma-gonna-kill-ya-boy songs. There rarely seems to be any in-betweens. And some of the stuff is just so manufactured. But I guess that goes for any type of music. There's nothing that I really like on the radio these days. It's only either R & B or club music. Sigh. Mainstream music, y u no like me?
Did you guys know that Tom Felton was in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"? Haha, I didn't - but I'm usually a bit slow on things. Anyway, after finding that out, I youtubed the movie and found an interview with him about Rise of the Planet of the Apes and his role in it. I then scrolled down and the highest rated comment was "Hey Draco, nice bed, mind if I slytherin?" 
LOL, old joke, I know. I remember someone telling it to me recently. But poor Tom, he'll never be able to escape the Draco image.
So like, I'm going to go watch Harry Potter with my parents and sister today. This will be fun (l0l). Okay, who am I kidding. My parents are the most EMBARASSING PEOPLE ON THE PLANET. The only reason I agreed to this was because its Harry Potter (oh, the things you do for love). I'll just think of it as sacrificing my pride for the sake of one last viewing of the ending of my favourite series. And it's not like I've got any tutoring tomorrow anyway.
Speaking of Harry Potter, I finally got into Pottermore :) I had my laptop on last night whilst watching Angels and Demons and was continuously refreshing the Pottermore website every half hour. I was desperate to get in LOL. I'm not even sure what it is, only that millions of fans around the world are desperate to be one of the early few to register. Basically, for about a week now, a clue has been appearing on the Pottermore website at unknown times every day. If you somehow answer the question correctly, you get directed to the "magic quill" which, according to the Pottermore website, can sense if a person has any magic in them. YAYAYAYAY, THAT MEANS I'M MAGICAL :D.
But yeh, I got last night's question and was able to register. Unfortunately, they don't allow you to pick your name cause they want to keep it kid-friendly. So I got stuck with something like "PhoenixFang182". You can choose it from a list of five though. The other ones available to me were "DragonBludger", "NightWizard" and some other funny ones.
There's only one more day left for the promotion. And then you'll have to wait till October to get in. For those who're interested, go to: http://www.pottermore.com/
EDIT: Oh wait, Pottermore just opened. LOL I don't think anyone's gonna get in by this point.
This is me during episode 18 of "49 Days":
This is me at the end of episode 19:
Halfway through the last episode, I was like this:
And this is me at the end of episode 20:
If you're wondering, 49 days is a drama I was watching. Basically the protagonist dies in the first episode. And she spends the next 18 episodes or so trying to come back to life. To do this, she "borrows" the body of someone else and tries to collect three pure tears from her loved ones as proof that she deserves another chance at life.
In episode 18, she does the impossible and manages to collect the three tears. And everything is all rainbows, and happiness and unicorns and stuff because she comes back to life and her family and friends rejoice, etc, etc.
But in episode 20, the writers of the drama decided to shock the audience. So they kill her off anyway, hence my reaction up there. You're telling me I spent 18 hours of my life yelling at the computer screen and rooting for the protagonist, just to end up having her killed off? Booo!!!
I really really don't want to do the Musicianship paper this year. Well I've never wanted to do it but the feeling is particularly strong this year. I think I'm suffering from "burn-out" LOL. I feel like a train that's run out of steam too early and now it's stranded in the middle of nowhere. Woah, weird - I just had a Thomas-the-Tank-Engine flashback.
Today I did a practice Musicianship paper at my piano lesson and spent WAY WAY too long on the composition part. I got a huge lecture from my teacher from that. It went something along the lines of:
Teacher: You've spent too much time staring at the manuscript! Write something, and write it quickly!
Me: Err.. ok
Teacher: Well? What are you doing? Don't you know how to compose?
Me: Yeh but -
Teacher: Come on! Just sing a tune in your head and write it down! That's what I do for Church every week. I make up songs in my head while walking to the grocery store. It's not that hard!
And then I feel even more pressured and end up doing nothing. It's hard ok? How the hell are you supposed to compose stuff with someone breathing down your neck and watching your every move like a goddamn hawk. It's impossible.
Half an hour is so totally not enough each day for me to do what I want. In that amount of time, I can only watch a few youtube videos, browse a few sites and blog really really quickly.
There's not much to say.... Um, I'm watching 49 days now, LOL. Yeah, I know what you're thinking, STOP WITH THE DRAMAS YOU FREAK. But don't worry, it's not like I'm marathoning episode after episode. Because I'm trying to stick to my 30 minute rule, I probably only watch like 15-20 minutes every day. So that's what I was doing just then.
I finished an episode today. I quite like 49 days. Obviously not as kickass and slick as City Hunter but I've grown to like it. And I'd decided that nothing was ever going to live up to CH so I should stop comparing. Anyway, I was about to close the window after the ending song started playing when all of sudden, THE STUPID CITY HUNTER PREVIEW CAME ON (49 days aired before City Hunter started airing) AND REDUCED ME TO A WORTHLESS, BLUBBERING MESS. Damn you Lee Min Ho.
GOD CITY HUNTER, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?? JUST WHEN I WAS FINALLY GETTING OVER YOU, YOU TURN AROUND AND STAB ME IN THE HEART. AGAIN. You're like stupid freakin' Edward when he came back to Bella at the end of New Moon. Or Doctor Chris Havel at the end of this season's Offspring. NINA WAS FINISHED WITH YOU, YOU BASTARD.
*deep breath* Yeh, my withdrawal symptons haven't gone away. I think I need therapy.
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