So ... the internship that I really wanted? Canceled.

I had a second choice but I am not sure quite how it works and I didn't want it nearly as much as I wanted this one. That sucks. It also sucks that the really cool alternative will be extremely expensive and not funded by a scholarship (because the internship at the NMNH came with/comes with a $6000 scholarship).

It also sucks that I don't know if I want to go back and work at camp; I could still in theory do the aDNA training and then do a half-summer at camp, but I also don't know if I want to do that. I really wanted to do something different this year.

Hell, I might just end up backpacking around the states or something. Roleplay people will house me, won't they?

Won't they?

In conclusion: whine, whine, bitch, bitch. I want off the bus.

I've been listening to Les Miserables today and it's made me have a very serious urge to be in another musical, but I don't feel like it's possible to fit one into my schedule.

This is both frustrating and painful. I also wouldn't know where to start trying out for one and I haven't had any musical training in years. Bah.

And so this isn't completely pointless, a meme I liked doing last time:

Name one of my characters and one of yours. I'll show you three icons displaying expressions that my character frequently makes when interacting with yours, and explain why.

What's this -- an actual update!?

For the most part it's a GIP -- and will mean nothing to anyone but Ron, more than likely -- but here it is!

I saw Repo! The Genetic Opera last night! The only screening in Western Canada and a month before it's released on American screens (of which there are only 10) so I'm feeling pretty good about it!

We stood in line for like ... an hour and there was a reasonable number of people at the showing. A lot of them were like super-goth and it was kind of adorable, but I spent most of the time in the line staring at this guy with bondage straps over his chest thinking: those mother-fuckers have to chafe like a son-of-a-bitch. I mean, vinyl straps don't exactly breathe, you know?

Anyway! On to the musical. It was honestly very well done and Paris Hilton's character was being made fun of enough throughout the show to appease me. It was a little slow starting, but the pick-up once the actual in-show 'Opera' started was fantastic and I really enjoyed it. The only real gripe I have with the final cut is that they axed a bunch of the songs from the sampler and changed a few of the melodies. It seemed a little short, but that's pretty typical for Maple.

Age: 19
Where did you grow up: St. Albert, Alberta (CANADA, FOOL.)

WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? stream
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called? cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in? lunch box
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people? couch
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof? drain
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? deck
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? pop
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? pancakes
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? sub
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? swim suit
12. Shoes worn for sports? runners
13. Putting a room in order? tidying
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? firefly
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? gross
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down? teeter-totter
17. How do you eat your pizza? ...hands?
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? garage sale
19. What's the evening meal? supper
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? basement
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places? water fountain