I thought today wasn't going to be anything too special. Turns out it was one of the best days of the week.
I slept in this morning and felt much better when I woke up than I did last night. I guess I was just overtired- but thank goodness and thank God and thank you if you prayed!!
Once I had breakfast and got ready to actually start the day, I read my Aunt Patti's comment on my last blog. She had some really good advice on how to schedule out time to get stuff done, and I decided to try it. So I didn't leave the dorm room for the next few hours, but I worked in 45 minute increments, and gave myself 15 minute breaks in between each of those work sessions. With this method, I both caught up on and finished my upcoming Theater History homework. I also started on my Writing homework, but there's still more to do tomorrow for that class. Thank you Aunt Patti!!!! That really helped a lot!!!
I took one longer break to go for a run, and later in the evening went with Jinny, Kieryn, and Nina to see Rent. I was super excited to go!! I've never seen Rent before, even though I auditioned for it and know some of the songs. Plus, my awesomely incredibly talented friend Tyler was playing Roger.
As we were on our way in, I suddenly saw a familiar face. Guess who was there?
David, Mark, and Priscilla- friends from high school!!! Not only friends, but my good friends!! They were there to see Tyler too!!! I almost cried I was so excited to see them!!! We were sitting in different areas during the show, but I promised to meet up with them afterwards.
The show itself... Wow. If you haven't seen Rent, it's a powerful story with even more powerful music. I think the music and the talent was what affected me the most. The entire cast was incredibly talented, especially vocally. The set was beautiful, Tyler did a fantastic performance, and now I want to get some of my favorite songs on iTunes. My favorite character though... I actually think Tyler's character was my favorite. Tyler or... whichever character was Angel's lover. I don't remember his name, but I liked him a lot too.
What I liked even more than the characters was the base moral of the story- There's no day but today, so live and love to the fullest with every moment you have. You never know when your time is going to run out.
The show made me a bit sad at the same time... I can't lie- I wish I had a voice that good. I'm really jealous of people who have that kind of strength and stamina in their voice, or who can belt really well in general. I just have to work harder to get my voice up to that level... but at the same time, everyone's born with a different voice type. There are some things I can't change, so I may never be able to sing like them. I wish I could... I really wish I could.
Anyways, after the show I discovered that even more TKA alumni were there than I thought!!! Mark Burnside, Katya, Tim McDonald, Austin and Nikki (they go here, but still!), Hannah Bucko, Sidney Wilson, and of course David and Mark and Priscilla. A big group of TKA kids that now go to school in Southern California, basically.
We all congratulated Tyler, of course! I saw a couple of other people I knew too that are friends from SC, but I mostly just hung around anyone from TKA. Didn't really join many conversations... just kinda clung to people and was there. That's all that mattered to me though. I could just take in everyone at once and be happy that everyone was there. I can't believe everyone was there. It was so amazing and surreal and cool!!
I followed them out as they left campus, but didn't go too far because I didn't want to have to walk back into campus by myself when they all got to the Lorenzo apartments. I was sad to go... I wish I'd had more time with them, and I just hate saying goodbye in general.... I cried a little on my way back.
This may all sound like I'm overreacting, but I miss my TKA family so much. They really are family to me, and it doesn't matter how often I see them, I'm always happy when they're around. I miss them so much... College will never be the same as high school because...well... the people just aren't the same. Don't get me wrong, I love my college friends so much and I'm so grateful and happy that they're in my life now!!! But at the same time... there's nothing like old friends. I guess I just miss them a lot... I didn't think about it much until I saw some of them... but I really do miss them all. I wish I'd had more to say to everyone. I wish we were all still going to the same school...
If you're reading this, then thanks, Tyler, for your talent. Without it, we wouldn't have all had a reason to meet up again to come and collectively support you and be proud of you. I know I'm super proud of you. I also know I didn't have any part in your success, but to know that somebody in my TKA family is doing so well, and has been doing as well as you have been makes me really happy and proud and excited for you. I'm pretty sure I can speak for everyone else when I say this too.
I got back to my room to find the hall pretty empty. Jinny, Kieryn, Corona (who met us there), and Nina had come straight back to the dorm because they're going out tonight. I didn't really want to since I've been really tired recently, so now I'm just...here... in my room... about to go to bed.
I wish I was half as talented as half the people in this school. It's crazy how many incredible people are here. There's a lot of incredible people that aren't here, too. I miss you, TKA!!!
Fight on, friends.
PS: Sorry if a lot of this sounded like rambling or didn't make a lot of logical sense... It's hard to write late at night
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