I'm 15!

Hey Everyone!

Guess what? :D I'm 15! :D I had my birthday during the week. ^-^ Shall I tell you how it went? :)

So I woke up very early. It was about 5 am, I think. Then I just kinda sat around, waiting for the hours to pass by.
 About... 4 hours later everyone else was up, and we got to open the presents! No that was exciting. I got a new skirt (pink with blue castles around the edge), a necklace, a blue eyeshadow and a green eyeshadow, and some chocolate. My younger brother Arden says he's getting me a late birthday present, so I still have one to look forward too! :D
 After that I had breakfast, then spent the rest of the day doing stuff. I checked the mail (just a parcel for dad), and then sang First Time In Forever and the reprise over and over again.
 Then my friend Drew came over, and he wasn't in the house for too long before I whisked both him and Gabriel (another brother) to town. We were headed for Koko Blacks (a really good chocolate shop) but we kept stopping off so I could introduce Drew to all the buskers in town that I know.
 We got to Koko Blacks, had a chat to one of my friends (who works there), got free chocolate, then I bought some chocolate, and we left.
 Then I literally bumped into my friend, Alexandra - or maybe she bumped into me. Anyway, by the time I noticed her she was nearly on top of me. I then followed Alexandra around for a while with Drew and Gabriel, and we listened to her and her brothers and sister busk.
 We had to leave after a while, as Drew, Gabriel and I had to get home in time for dinner.
 It was a very good dinner - roasted duck. My grandmother phoned up just as I finished, so I had a chat to her while everyone else finished off their own dinner. Then we had the cake and went to see Les Mis.

 Now, I was disappointed with Les Miserables. Hey, it was OK, but nothing what I had expected. The singing was pretty good, but it lacked character. But the set was awesome, there is no other word.
 But the first half was the worst. I actually swore.
 The second half was much better. I actually shed a few tears, which hadn't been expecting to do. xD

 I ended up getting home at about 11:30 PM, and didn't go to bed until about an hour later.




And that was my birthday. :P


Anyway, I had better go in a few minutes to write my other blog post of my LEGO blog. But today is music Monday, so I'd better give you a song! Hmm, how about this one:

 Absolutely hilarious. XD It's one of the best song I've ever heard, and the video never fails to make me laugh.

And here are my three newest edits:

I hope you like them. ;)

Catch you later!
Spinj xoxo

Everything Les Miserables!

Heya everyone!

 How are you all? Are you all well?

 Well, I've been doing a lot of Les Miserables stuff - mainly singing and drawing pictures. I've also been trying to organize a Les Mis Flash Mob, and so far it's going pretty well.

 Before I show you my drawings, I'd like to say that the Rose of Persia shows went really well! All in all we had about 180 people come to see us over a period of two days. I think the first night we had about 70 people, so there was still room for another thirty, but on the second we had 110 people - the stage manager and his assistant (my brother) had to run around looking for more seats to put out.

 So yes, my Les Miserables obsession!! Well, I've been singing some of the songs, but so far the only one I've recorded is On My Own. Here are both versions:

On My Own (Three Verses) this is the first version. I could only remember three of the verses.
On My Own the full song.
 Please let me know what you think of these! :)

Now, some Les Miserables drawings:

 1. I've been drawing them mostly in the form of My Little Pony. Here's Cosette.

 2. Eponine Thenardier. She's definitely my favorite character!

3. Marius Pontmercy. My second favorite character.
 (Please be aware that I am basing these drawings off the Musicals, not the movie).

 4. Little Eponine, after the Thenardiers loose their inn, and the shadow of her future self.

 5. Eponine taking Marius to see Cosette.

 6. Eponine is told to watch for the police while her family try to rob jean Valjean. However, Eponine tries to get Marius off the scene before anything bad happens.

 7. Eponine threatens to start screaming if her father and the gang try to rob Valjean's house.

8. Eponine's death.

 There are supposed to be a few more, but I haven't started drawing them yet. There will be a lot more of them with Cosette.

 9. Drawing myself Eponine style. That is pretty much how I look, I have all those clothes at home, but I didn't draw the hat properly. X)

 10. The outline I drew (of myself as Eponine).

11. Same as the picture above, but I coloured it using GIMP. :)

 12. The Les Miserables Logo. :)

13. I found this on the internet (like the Logo). Whoever made this is very clever, I give you a great big high five!



 We're going to see the Les Miserables concert for my birthday when it comes to town. I'm planning to buy a Les Miserables t-shirt, poster, and DVD recording of the 25th anniversary. I might also try to find the back door and meet the performers, get some photos and autographs. Did you know that 2015 is the musical's 30th anniversary?

 My friends and I are planning to do a Les Miserables flash mob. Well, I'm actually doing more of the planning. We've got three, maybe four people (including me). So there's my friend doing Cosette, and myself doing Eponine, my brother doing Gavroche, and I'm not sure who my friend's friend will want to be. Now I just need to find another 16-26 people...  Lets hope I can find them all.
 Although I'm wondering if we should do it in costume or not... I'm leaning towards in costume, but I've never organized a flash mob before, so I dunno if people normally do it in costume...
 I decided we'd sing "One Day More", but a few other good ones are "Do you hear the People Sing?" and "Look Down". The problem is that there are too many good songs!!

Well, I must go now, I have to do some organizing for the flash mob and we have someone coming to the house at 10ish.

 Goodbye, don't get messed up in any revolutions without me, and I'll see you all soon! :D

 Spinj xoxo

Busy Wednesday

Hey Everyone! :)

 So I thought I'd tell you about yesterday, Wednesday the... 12th, I think it was. :P

 So, first thing I did was write some of my book, Powers. :) I wrote about a chapter or two, and read some of it out to my brothers. However, the story is starting to get a bit... dark, so I had to stop reading it aloud because some of my audience were on the young side.

 Then we had breakfast and I somehow managed to bump the frying pan, and it began to fall. I stopped it from falling, but it was really hot (because my brother had been cooking his breakfast in it) and I burnt my finger. I put it under cold water, and then had my breakfast, but because I was kinda laid-back about leaving it under the water long enough I got a big blister on it. :( I now had two sun-burnt shoulders from Tuesday and a very sore finger. :P
 We then started tidying up. I was doing the dishes, but couldn't put my hand in the water because my finger felt like it was burning again.

 Anyway, I managed to do the dishes, and then I went to circus class. Only my brother and I turned up, so we had a really good lesson. I started to learn Catcher's Hang on the silks, and then I also got to do some stiltwalking. Next year I can start doing professional stiltwalking, so I'm going to save up and buy a pair of stilts.

 After that my Mum and the Teacher had a long talk, and we left an hour after the class finished. I quickly got changed and went into town to see if the Library had the Les Miserables score. However, it was my second time to go to that library, and I got lost in the various music scores. I ended up spending just over an hour in the library, looking for the Les Miserables score, but I gave up after an hour and went back home.

 I got home just as my Mum was getting ready to leave to take my brothers to a music class. I tidied up, cooked dinner and did other stuff. My dad phoned to tell me he'd be late, and told me to have my dinner, put some into a container for him to have, and get ready and  then meet him in town. So I did that, left the house, and was halfway to the bus stop when Dad phoned to say he actually wanted to drop off his work bag at home. Then I realized I had left my bus fare at home, and my keys as well, so I couldn't get in. :P So I went to the front gate and waited for Dad to arrive.

 Anyway, it wasn't long before we arrived at our rehearsal with five minutes to spare. My friend's Dad (who is doing the lighting for the production) was there, and we all started to chat. I then wandered around, saying hi to other people.
 We got ready to do vocal warm ups, but the pianist was sick, so the choral conductor played our warm ups for us. But not having the pianist provided another problem - we didn't have backing for the opera. So then it was decided to sing along to the CD version. There were several jokes about this not being a rehearsal, but "A Karaoke night", but the CD brought out quite a lot of surprises... such as actually being able to sing some of the songs a lot faster, and a fewer mistakes!
 Unfortunately we have about a week until the first show, and many of the people feel that they won't be ready in time, as most of them are still using their music scores, and some say that they will need cheatsheets to get through the show. I find it rather amusing, because most of them are retired, and have plenty of time, while I have school work and other such things, and have learnt everything off by heart already, so it makes me wonder why they still don't know it. However, I remain hopeful that they will learn it, so I have my fingers crossed that they will.
 The rehearsal finished half an hour earlier than expected, and because of that a few people voted for a longer tea break in the middle of practice. :P However, I liked it finishing earlier, because I got to get home earlier and eat the dinner that I hadn't finished of - normally my Dad and I get home so late that I have to get to bed straight away.

 So when I got home I chatted to Mum and Dad about the rehearsal, then went to bed. And because I didn't put more coconut oil on my shoulders, they are feeling more sun-burnt than yesterday.



 Well, that was my Wednesday. I'm not normally that busy in one day, but I have been for the past week or two, and I'll still be that busy next week.

 I'll see you all later! :D

 Rock On!

 Spinj

A few More Drawings... and things

Hello all! How are you today?

 Once again, I have taken a rather long break from postings, but do not fear, I am back!... for now. :P

 Well, I have been busy. Busking, music rehearsals and school have been really fun recently, and I've been catching up with friends. I've suddenly acquired an odd, unexplainable obsession over Les Miserables. I've also been drawing, and trying to make my own book covers. :) Plus listening to Doctor 11's theme song (yes, Doctor Who).

 AAHH EEEK!! It's the Les Miserables Logo!!!

 Benny says hi(gh)!

 Shimmer, who makes 1/4 of my main characters in Powers. Reason for the white skin is... aw, should I tell? >:) :P

 Shimmer, before the image above... figured out why she's so white yet? :P

And a fairly accurate drawing I did of me... dressed as Eponine from Les Miserables. The clothing is pretty much what I've got here at home, just a different type of cap. I'm planning to attempt a go at making my own production of Les Miserables, so I'm putting together my costume (because I'm Eponine. :P) and doing lots of planning.
 If any of my readers have any tips on putting together plays/musicals, please let me know about them in the comments! :D

 OK, so above is the front cover for Powers. Took a while to get the right colour for the title.

 

Now do you know why Shimmer is so white skinned? :P Have a guess in the comments! :D



 Well, I have more to say, but I can't remember it... Oh well, it'll return to me later. Hope you all enjoyed this post! :D

 See you all later!

 Spinj xoxoxo

Musical Days

Hello everyone! :D

 How is everyone? Are you enjoying school? :D I am!

 So it's Tuesday! I have a singing lesson at 11 O'clock today, and it should be loads of fun. ^-^  My teacher and I have been rewriting The Fold's song "Crooked Road" so that I can sing it slightly more classically. When that is done we'll get it recorded and put it on SoundCloud. Then I'll email Dan, Matt, George and Mark the link to the song and see if they like it!! ^-^

 Then I'll be going busking (for those who don't know what busking is, it's street performing). I need to make $60 for Mum so we can go to see Les Misérables, plus I need to start saving up to go to next year's Homeschool camp, plus I want to get the "Battle for Ninjago City" LEGO set. I have a lot of saving to do! Luckily I have an excellent singing voice and good flute skills.

 And when Dad comes home we're practising our parts for the Rose of Persia. I love the role I'm understudying - she has great solos!! I really like the song "Neath my Lattice", it's so lovely and hits high C.

 Well, I must go, I have to leave in half an hour so I won't miss the bus, and I have to get ready.

 Have fun everyone!

 Rock On!

 Spinj xoxoxo