Kane Street Synagogue Bike-A-Thon

  My long time synagogue, Kane Street, is having a bike-a-thon this upcoming Sunday to support World Bicycle Relief. Please go to the blog I made for the bike-a-thon, www.kanestreetsynagoguebike-a-thon.weebly.com for more info. I know some of you won't be able to make it to Kane Street for the bike-a-thon yourselves, but you can still donate! So go to the blog for more info. Please I'm begging you. Thanks!

Exhaustedness

  Well, I've been busy. Had the school play (cool,) ELA state testing (blah,) great-aunt's Motown b-day party (yay Aunt Beth!) and more. Wowowowow that's a lot.
  I've been trying my best to still get some zzzzzzs in the middle of all this chaos. Last night I got to watch the newest Doctor Who - it was a haunted house hooray - and go to bed relatively early, but then I had to wake up early this morning to put some final touches on my lab report.
  I'm making progress with The Last Descendant Trilogy, because we're doing IWRs (independent writing projects) in ELA, and I want to make my project part of the first book. I've updated the page for the books a bit, so check it out.
  So that's LIIIIFE.
  Hooray hoorah blah.
  That's all for now.

The Weekend

  So: the weekend.
  Gabby is working on a website! It's pretty awesome. I'll include a link to it SOON (if she lets me). :)
  Anywho, I've just finished watching the latest episode of Doctor Who! I used to watch it off-and-on, but I've really gotten into this season because the new plots are awesome. I was also getting slightly bored of Amy, but The Doctor's new companion Clara is pretty cool, and she and he have some pretty hilarious dialogues. So that's kinda fun. If you don't watch it you should.
  So that's that. In between sending out Bat Mitzvah invites, going to a Bar Mitzvah, watching Doctor Who, working on The Last Descendant Trilogy (by the way I'm updating the page) a lot, doing homework, and other such paraphernalia, this is a busy weekend!

More Les Mis

  I watched the movie again! Couldn't resist. It was even better the second time.
  I took the "Which Les Mis Character Are You" quiz (or actually, a bunch of them) and I'm Eponine. No surprise there. The character I'm the least like is Cosette. Again, no surprise.
  Did you know that there's a debate about whether the correct abbreviation is Les Mis or Les Miz? I'm Les Mis all the way. It's much more classy. Did you know that the official website is lesmis.com? You better believe it. :)
  Anywho, I couldn't resist creating these fashion doll versions of Cosette and Eponine:

Just in case you are shamefully unfamiliar with Les Mis and its amazingness, Cosette is on the left, and Eponine is on the right. Cosette is the daughter of factory worker Fantine, and she is adopted by Jean Valjean. She falls in love with Marius, and he falls in love with her too. So it's all good for her. Then there's Eponine, who's also in love with Marius. She's the daughter of the corrupt Thenardiers. She dresses up as a boy and goes to battle with him. Team Eponine! Woot.   Anyway, a bit about the dolls: I got the costume inspirations from the 2012 movie. Cosette's dress is actually mainly my own creation, because I took a look at some of her different dresses and none of them seemed too fun to recreate. So I made my ideal Cosette costume. There's a few details that I need to point out: the headpiece and the necklace show her place in society, and she is holding a rose (maybe from Marius?) Lol.   Eponine's dress is very similar to the one in the movie, and I attempted to make it as ragged as possible (which is hard to do on the Game of Thrones Maker). I added the white belt for extra raggedness. The boots are more like the ones she wears at the barricade, but any of the other shoes seemed too fancy. Notice her somber expression. By the way, that thing in her hand is the letter Cosette wrote for Marius. I don't know why it's brown. It just happened that way.   Both dolls were made on Doll Divine.   So that's that. Enjoy! Oh, and did I mention I'm reading the book? Yup, I'm currently on page 326 out of 1463. Yeah. It's a challenge.   So that's life. Or, rather, the parts of my life that connect with Les Mis. Cya!

Oz

  Sorry for the lack of posts again! Now that it's Spring Break I have some time to actually post.
  Anyways, I saw an awesome movie last week. It was Oz The Great And Powerful! It was great! And powerful! :)
  Of course, the movie had its flaws. The fact that the ruby slippers couldn't be used (Disney didn't have the legal rights, or something) was slightly irritating, but understandable. I couldn't figure out why there wasn't a Good Witch of the South and Good Witch of the North. There was just Glinda. I guess she was both?
  Evanora and Theodora were pretty awesome. I liked Oz/Oscar/The Wizard. He was a bum. That was the whole point, I guess.
  I was a bit surprised that the movie didn't end with Oz going back to the real world (or whatever you want to consider "real"). That's how it was with Dorothy. Huh...
  It was a fun movie. It wasn't on the same par as Les Mis, but it was fun. It was cute. Everyone should see it.

The End of Carmen + Parsifal HD Broadcast

  Well, Carmen's done. :( We had the last performance last night. Me and the other kids in it had a ton of fun during the two hour break in between the scenes we sing in. We ate candy and watched The Lion King.
  Parsifal was broadcasted worldwide this afternoon! After I did my singing in the first act and came home, my parents and I listened to the rest of it. Whoa, it was long! But it was pretty awesome. The singing was really amazing.
  I got contact lenses! I've never been so happy in my life. For almost four years, I've been wearing my glasses to school and not wearing them to performances. Recently, I decided that my eyes really weren't doing so well, and since I wanted to be able to see better during the closing night of Carmen, I got contacts! They feel awesome! I wore them for about eighteen hours yesterday (my first day of wearing them.) I was supposed to start wearing them gradually, but I needed them for both school and the performance, so, you know...
  Since I had them in for so long, they were really dry when I tried to take them out, and they wouldn't come out. Here's what worked for me: dip your finger that you're going to take the contact out with in solution. It comes out really easily if you do that.
  So that's it. Bye for now!

Happy February Break!

  Well, it's February Break! Sorta. I only have Monday and Tuesday off because the rest of the week we're making up the days we lost during Hurricane Sandy. So that's that.
  Had a performance of Carmen last night, and Parsifal opened on Friday. Yay!
  Last night in between scenes of Carmen, I finally watched Pitch Perfect. It was really fun! It was definitely a chick flick, but I liked it! The music was actually really good, and I was impressed. I thought I was going to hate it, but I didn't! Yay!

Carmen! Parsifal! Frankenstein! And More!

  Oy! I haven't posted in DECADES!
  So here's what new: Carmen has returned to The Met! It reopened last night! So that's fun. :)
  Meanwhile, we have started rehearsals for Parsifal, which is also at The Met. We get to sing from a dome that's ABOVE THE CEILING of the stage. It's really cool!
  In my drama class at school, we've started rehearsing our play, Frankenstein, which opens in April. I play Samuel (ugh, a boy) a sailor who is on a ship with Captain Walton, an ambitious captain who's adventures run parallel to Victor Frankenstein's. It's a lot of fun. Updates to come.
  So yeah, there's a lot of performing going on. I also saw three movies recently: Les Misérables, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Trouble with the Curve. All of these were really good.
  I totally adored Les Misérables. It was AMAZING!!! In my opinion, it was the best movie ever made, but maybe that's just me. I saw it the weekend after it came out, because I didn't want to go on the opening day. It was Christmas, and I was worried it would be too crowded. Anyway, it was to die for. Anyone who hasn't seen it yet should. It will change your life. I know it changed mine. I got all the songs on my iPod, and I listen to them constantly. I give it 5 (if not 6) out of 5 stars.
  I saw Beasts of the Southern Wild a couple weeks ago. I liked it. I thought the little girl who played Hushpuppy was amazing. It had a ton of great actors. The storyline was a little hard to follow, but it was still enjoyable. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.
  Lastly, I just watched Trouble with the Curve this weekend. It was fun. It wasn't the most clever storyline, but it's a lot of fun. It has some sweet moments. My dad cried through most of it. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
  So that's that. I'm also currently obsessed with Downton Abbey, but I don't want this post to go on forever, so I'll save that for next time. Bye!