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27th September 2026

choir pt2 (9/27/26)

holy moly.

we arrive to the school holding auditions around 7am. rules state that no electronic devices are allowed until you leave the building, so i'm stuck there for hours with no entertainment ig. i'm an alto 2, and that group doesn't usually get called until after alto 1s. so i spent hours waiting and doing absolute bs with my friends.

eventually my number gets called (after 5-6 hours) and my choir claps for me as i walk off. im with another girl in my section as we wait to go audition, and we're both nervous asf. im eventually one away to go and the girl before my lowk ate it up. i get in that audition room and im so scared. my singing is so shaky and im js trying to hard not to mess up that i almost completely forget about dynamics☺️. HOWEVER the sightreading comes up AND I ACTUALLY COOKED SO HARD ON TS. I think i messed up on like one pitch and going from fa to re. that was embarrassing but i left the room w a 58/60 on sightreading so its fine. ALSO one of the songs was freedom train, one of my favorite pieces, and it was the last cut. my dumbass FORGOT TO MARK MY ENTRANCE. i ended up singing at the right time but i was panicking trying to get on time. 

i left that room pretty anxious, but at least i got to see my friends again. my stomach hurt so bad for over an hour as we waited for auditions to finish. eventually we're on the bus and my director is calling out everyone who made it.

...

i got 3rd chair. 

i actually cried. it's no 1st chair, but it's top 3, and i'm so incredibly proud of myself, especially since last year i got 6th chair. that and my whole section got top 10 and i was so so so proud of them. LIKE, ONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS RIGHT ABOVE ME IN 2ND I WAS SO HAPPY.

but yeah i got panda w my friend afterwards and had orange chicken before we went home. i fell asleep within an hour of being back. 

yesterday was a good day:)

25th September 2026

choir pt1 (9/24/26)

Choir is more competitive than I thought it'd be, though of course, I've known this since middle school. I like to think I'm a good singer, but I'm scared that the only reason I do exceptionally "better" than most is because I sing louder. 

My results on my upcoming competition this Saturday will be the true judge of that. 

21st September 2026

the very first blog post thing (9/20/26)

it has been a somewhat productive sunday. i cleaned up my room and bathroom, showered, made some art, painted my nails, chose what to wear for tomorrow, and repainted my nails because they smudged. i like calm weekends like this. i forget about all the stress that the evil education system brings me. 

i don't have much to write about honestly. just wanted to get this out and announce that i now have a blog i guess- yay.