Opera!

Soooo...  I'm going to an opera tomorrow. It's called Carmen. It's pretty famous.

And it's three and a half hours long.

It seems like it might be cool, but wow. That is a long time.

It really better be good.

It's a school trip. For English, of course. Because they sing in... other languages.

No, it's because thinking about opera is like thinking about books, and you can find connotations and think deeply and all that stuff. I just hope we don't have to write an essay about it after we watch it.

If all else fails, at least the music is nice.

Transitions

Sometimes, change is hard.

And no, I don't mean if you need to buy something for fifty cents and all you have is a dollar bill. Not that type of change.

I mean like when you have one of the best years of your life and then suddenly it's all gone, and something new is replacing it.

That's what just happened.

And after feeling really upset for the last few days, I realize that this is just the start. And sometimes the start is the worst part (hey, that rhymes).

When I started this blog, I did not think I would enjoy posting on it as much as I do. I was not excited about it at all. But look what I'm doing now.

I think that things will get better from here. Part of me still wants to be back in my humanities classroom from last year. But that room has been rearranged. It no longer is the room that it was. Things will never return to the way they were.

But now, in this new year of school, there will be a new way things are. And in a year from now, that will be the way that I miss so much.

Transitions. The hardest part.

SIT: Unwritten

Guess what time it is. That's right! Song interpretation time! Today's song: Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield:

I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined

I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you

Open up the dirty window

Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance

So close you can almost taste it

Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else

Can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with arms wide open

Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten

Oh, oh, oh

I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines

We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way

Staring at the blank page before you

Open up the dirty window

Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance

So close you can almost taste it

Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you

Only you can let it in

No one else, no one else

Can speak the words on your lips

Drench yourself in words unspoken

Live your life with arms wide open

Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten

And after that it just repeats.

So why do I even like this song? Honestly, it is mostly repetition. But to me this song is pretty inspirational.

I like the metaphor of comparing life to a book. I sometimes think about how my life is similar to a book and wonder what the chapters would be called. I think it's a cool idea, that the choices you make are essentially "writing your book".

Also, rain. I love the way rain is used in this song. Too many people use rain to symbolize sadness. In this song, it seems to symbolize happiness, and the small pleasures in life that we should pay more attention to. Like it says in the song "no one else can feel it for you, only you can let it in". I think more people should let the rain in.

Also, undefined is a great word because it always reminds me of math, which I happen to like. It's a term that means, in math and otherwise, "we just can't figure this out".

And this song is pretty much saying, do what you want, you don't have to be predictable, you can just be happy, and write your own story.

And I like that.

Here's the song:

Back to School

Well, this is a bit late.

Oh well, I am at school now!

It's fun.

I got to work with hydrochloric acid on the second day of school.

Yay!

And now a list:

since this year is the first time I have study hall...

What To Do During Study Hall:

• Read
• Do homework
• Write random things
• Write on post-its, then stick them on the wall
• Ponder the day's events.
• Play with a TI-83
• Make plans
• Just chill...

There we go! More school posts to come!