well, i must get the bad out of the way first....i got my rejection letter from boston today. i had been mentally preparing myself for it, but there was still this sliver of hope that i might get in....alas, no. but i've been moving beyond it in ways. basically, i've decided that my talent at this point in my life is not what they're looking for and with time and training i can mold into something great. so right now i'm at a crossroads as to whether pursue my talent strictly singing or musical theatre. either way i have a school for each one....i could go to concordia and be a vocal music major then go to grad school at some elite music conservatory and get a masters in opera performance. i could go to rockford, get a bfa musical theatre degree and possibly a dance minor then go to AMDA and get the certification. i need time to contemplate it, which i don't possess at the moment....i also want to ask certain people which talent i should develop....plus i need to start listening to opera more if i want to possibly do it as a career. so i've moved on and beyond the rejections, because if i want to be in this business i have to get used to them...might as well start now.

but the good part of the day- we had a dress rehearsal with makeup and i had the greatest time making myself hideously ugly....it was almost like painting because i had all these shadows and lines and warts...a lot of fun...i even blackened my front tooth and had someone tease my hair. my goal is to scare small children...and adults, too.

and i need sleep because i have endless amounts of homework due my increasing amount of absences....uggh...band, jazz band, wizard, choir, solo ensemble....