belle_lover

Sorry all I ever have to type on here are rants...

Earlier this summer, there was a contest up for girl to submit their singing as either Young or Teen Fiona from "I Know It's Today" from Shrek: the Musical. However, the age limit was 6 to 14. By the time I found out about the contest, I was going on being 5 years too old to even enter. I don't think my video ever got fully submitted, but that's okay; at least I tried for fun.

Part of the reason I want to type this out is because one girl, in her submission, which was the best I heard on YouTube, which a few people have noted that's enough to get you disqualfied... Where was I? Oh yes...

My bigger rant, though, comes from lyrics in the song. Now, I bet you're wondering, how can I question the technicality of lyrics? Well, it is possible, and I'll show you:

In the song, to show the passing of time, all 3 Fionas sing different numbers of the days that have gone by. Now, Young Fiona is 7 years old when she is dropped off at the castle. This can be supported by the contest accepting girls as young as 6. That would mean 6 years would have to pass before Young Fiona officially becomes Teen Fiona, right? Since they sing by days,

6*365=2190 days, more or less.

Here's where the lyrics of the song come in:

Young Fiona: Day number 23
Teen Fiona: Day number 958

Now let's do a little math...

958-23=935 days pass
935/365=2.5 years

Adding on those years from the accepted age of Young Fiona, that would only make her 9.5 years old at the time she's singing. She's nowhere near being a teen at that age, so really, the lyrics are misleading.

And just for a little fun...

2190/935=2.34

That's over two times off from being right! Clearly something was missing in writing the lyrics for the song, because Teen Fiona's number of days is totally arbitrary.

For those who think that because of this, Adult Fiona's calculation is off, I'll do the math for that as well, and prove that Adult Fiona isn't really affected by Teen Fiona.

8423/365=23 years
7+23=30 years old, which is acceptable in my book. Some may consider it an overestimate, but guessing Adult Fiona's age can be tricky, and honestly, I think the personality fits with the time frame, so while some can argue this being off, it's not as off as Not-so-Teen Fiona.

Coming back to my original problem, there's a couple ways to solve the problem, and my conclusions as to it possibly happening:
1) Increase the day number Teen Fiona sings so she's actually a teen.
Conclusion: Minimal, if anything. The song's already been written with those days in cadence, so unless enough people seriously complain about it... Oh wait, even with a petition, they probably wouldn't change it.
2) Admit that Teen Fiona is really a Pre-Teen/Older Young Fiona.
Conclusion: Same. It's already been known for almost a year, so I doubt this would be changed either. Plus, it's easier to say Teen.

I say if a change were to come about, the second outcome would be more likely, because it doesn't ruin the cadence of the show in any way.

Now, I bet you're wondering why I went through all this trouble to prove this one point that's been frustrating me for a while now...

While I'm in my last year, I'm still a teen. Now, I bet they would not consider anyone of my age playing Teen Fiona, but in all technicalities, I'm still a teen, and therefore, want a chance to play her on stage like the other girls in the contest. Also, I know I'm right around Marissa's height, so that's not even a problem. I feel that even if I wasn't included in the age of the contest, the cutoff age should've been WAY higher, like 16/17. In my mind, Teen Fiona is really around 14-16 years old at the most. I get this estimate based on the ages of princessses in other fairy tales, so at this age, Fiona would be in her prime for Prince Charming.

You know I wouldn't leave without sharing what I feel what the day number should really be :P

14-7=7 years
7*365=2555-23=2532 days [lower]

16-7=9 years
9*365=3285-23=3262 [higher]

Again, these numbers are really only estimates, since we don't know when Fiona was born, thus not knowing the difference between that and Christmas Eve, when she was sent away.


Well, if you took the time to read all this, I applaud you. It was a long thesis, but I think well thought-out and supported by evidence.

EDIT: In re-reading the synopsis of the musical I have with my lyric book, it clearly states that Young Fiona is truly 7. This information makes this entry all the more important.

Our Stars of Tomorrow Gala (our version of Tonys for high school) was on Thursday night, and there's a little contest going on now...

At the end of the show, they announced the winners for the best lead actors and actresses. There are four divisions (A, B (ours), C, and D), and within each division, there are four winners. Our Jesus, Joe P, was one of them!

Now, this contest focuses on the winners. The public gets to vote for their favorite, and this is where you guys come in.

I want each and every one of you to vote for Joe P once a day until noon on June 5 here. As of now, he is lagging, and he is deserving of winning! The more votes we can get for him, the better! Out of all the schools, we had a pretty small cast, so we're already at a disadvantage. A couple students already got over a thousand votes, and he's not even half in comparison.

I don't care what you need to do to remember to do this, but I would really appreciate it if you could vote for him. Also, help spread the word!

If you want to see why Joe deserves this, just watch this clip here.

I would really appreciate it if you could come out and vote for him! I don't care if I'm the only one asking friends to do this, but at this point, we're desperate, and I'm willing. Every vote counts!

I officially have a new digital camera! YAY! *throws confetti for self* I have been going so long without one, I was going into digital camera depression… I just love technology, and I hate going without it for long periods of time.

What happened with my old one was that I didn’t use the case much at one point, so on the trip back from Vassar, the LCD screen got busted. In actuality, the camera can still take pics and vids and stuff, but how useful is it if I can’t even view what I’m taking? =P

Having had this happen, I had one of two options: Get it repaired or buy a completely new one. At first, I did want to get it repaired, but in order to do so, I’d have to ship my camera out, and I just didn’t wanna do that =P

So, between that realization time and now, I was off and on researching new cameras. I knew I wanted Kodak, partly because I love the brand and partly because I already had Kodak Easyshare on the computer ;)

Eventually, I ended up narrowing my list down. I know I could’ve easily ordered them off the Internet, but I decided to go check out Target and see what they had. Sure enough, they had a few Kodak cameras, one of which was on my list. The guy also had another one pulled out, which I also tested out. In the end, I liked both cameras, so it was a matter of his recommendation and color. He recommended the red camera if I liked video, so I went with it. Worked out great because the last camera I had was red LOL Notice a trend? =P I just love my red <3

I’m soooooo happy that I am legit out of school tomorrow! We have our big Math League competition tomorrow, so I’ll be doing math all day. Ah, the power of numbers… Problem is I’ll have to make up the Physics test on Monday morning, but to be honest, I’m quite happy I have the extra time, even if I don’t need it LOL

Bad part now, though, is I have a bazillion things due early next week. Good thing I’m not working and I also have Friday off. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Now I’ll have more time than I normally do to get my stuff done. That is, if I actually plan accordingly =P

The new theme is apparently not compatible with Writer =S Now I feel the need to test out another one and see if it works, since I want to, oh, you know, actually see the theme? I have at least one in backup, so I’ll try it out and see if that works…

I’m actually starting to love blogging again! Yay! Maybe it’s because my friends haven’t been much on MSN lately… who knows *shrugs* Maybe it’s the new system… Again, I don’t care that much, even if it means I have to actually go on LJ and change a couple things around I can’t do on here. I guess I just got tired of typing on LJ itself… theirs isn’t that elaborate… Maybe that’s why… I should just shut up now…

I just downloaded the new Writer tool, and now I can use Windows to post onto my LJ. How cool is this? I’ll be testing it out and seeing if it works.

Sweet! It can detect typos – I am SO keeping it just for that =P

I actually feel like I’m not actually blogging by doing this… I might just have to change my layout again *possibly* We’ll see…

So, what’s been going on in my life? PSD. (Post-show depression.) I really think I’m over it, honestly, since I’m not super bad as I was last week, but I’m still dreaming about it, so I don’t think I’m completely recovered =P

I’m honestly starting to wonder why I should keep my LJ… Then again, it is a nice outlet, but I have a bunch of my friends either on MSN or Facebook now, so yeah… Maybe this theme has just grown old on me… Yeah, I think that’s it! I also think that because I do have so many accounts, I feel I’m typing about my info so much, so I don’t really type here anymore because by the time I’ve done MSN and Facebook. I sooo need to find a way to combine stuff in some way so I don’t feel the need to type so much about my life… I’m sure I’ll figure that out in the near(er) future, knowing that I’m gonna be going off to college and wanting to re-invent myself, in a sense =)

Now, the only bad thing is I can’t change my avatar on here… Only downside… Then again, I haven’t been one to change my avatar much lately, so it might not be that big a hindrance…? We’ll see ;)

The upside to this now, though, is I can do soooooooooooo much more with my post now! It’s like a document, hence why I don’t feel like I’m blogging, in a sense =P … I really should change my layout, but to what…? Decisions, decisions… And I haven’t even hardly touched my homework. I’m so bad =P Senioritis is in the air!

So happy I got a new friend on LJ that I've already known on other sites. Divide and conquer! LOL

So, in other news, I only had to take 4 exams this week! =D *dances* Three were midterms, and one was a final. I also had a final essay to write, but that was turned in before midterm week =P Because of this, I have a nice extended weekend with Thursday and Friday off =D Huzzah! I just got homework to do at this point, but I'm not too worried about it ;)

In fact, what I really should be doing is calling up someone for Yearbook to get info for a club. Bad me; I know. But hey, I will call her before lunch =P Hopefully... I'm really good at procrastinating when it comes to things like these =P If original doesn't work out, though, I know another person I can call, which is good =)

So yeah, that's been my exciting life... Godspell rehearsals, schoolwork, no actual work... Fun.

Oh! I'll be visiting Northwestern in a couple weeks! =D SO excited! I really hope I like the campus, since it's kinda become my dream school =P If this doesn't work out, though, then I know which school will become my dream school. If all else, fails, though, I still got Mercyhurst that wants me with their Honors program and already $15000/yr off *dances* So there's one place that's begging for me to come, and the FAFSA hasn't been figured in yet LOL

So yeah, those are current highlights of my life... Nothing special, really.

No. I value my body too much to want to do that. There are so many other ways to earn money, and I am not about to lose a part of myself in order to get some extra cash. Sure, I have a healthy body, but still, I want to keep it all to myself.

Got some good news and bad news.

The good news: I won something =D
The bad news: I didn't win the trip =(

Thank you all so much for voting for me :) I wouldn't have won something if it wasn't for your and everyone's votes, so thanks for your hard effort! This was the e-mail I got in regards to the sweepstakes.

Dear Caitlin:



Congratulations! I’m excited to notify you that you were a runner-up in the Broadway World Supercal Sweepstakes! You have won an original Mary Poppins cast album. Please reply with your mailing address (including your full name) so that I can send it out to you right away.



Thanks for participating and great job!

Ironically, I already got one LOL This was why I wanted to win the trip; I already have one, so now I'll have duplicates =P

Don't mean to rain on the event, but somehow, I had a feeling I wouldn't win. I don't mean to play the guilt trip now, but it is the truth. Anything on this big a scale, I never seem to win the grand prize. In fact, no matter how hard I try, I always seem to feel a small tinge that I won't win. I know, it's the one pessimistic side of me, but yeah [/rant]

Anyways, thanks again for all your work; it was greatly appreciated *grouphug*

On broadwayworld.com, they're holding a sweepstakes. You had to upload a video of yourself dancing to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, or at least the spelling part, then people vote. Whoever has the most votes gets to have a expense paid trip to NYC to see Mary Poppins!

Sadly, the contest reached its deadine on the 15th, and after the videos were nonexistent for the longest time, they're now up for voting. I did enter the contest and I would really appreciate it if you could vote for me. My video's entry is towards the bottom, under the name "Caitlin D."

Here's the main page link: http://www.broadwayworld.com/poppins.cfm

I would be forever grateful if you did vote for me in this and I did win =D I never really win much of anything, especially this scale, and I really, REALLY, want to break that rotten streak.

Don't ask why I chose that as my title.

Added bubbles to my look. It just seemed kinda plain, and I wanted to spice it up. Yay me!

Can you believe it? I changed my look again! I have no idea why I change my look as often as I do when some don't even do so. Maybe it's because I'm always growing...in any case, this look just called to me, hence why I'm using it. I still need a default avatar, but once that happens, then I'll be all set...for now. *starts singing "For Now" from Avenue Q*

This is sad...I really don't update this anymore, unless I've changed my look :P

So, you really wanna know what's new with life? Lemme tell ya...

I stopped biting my nails! =D
I took the ACT today.
I'm leaving for a trip on the 15th to go to NYLC (National Youth Leader's Conference).

So yeah...that's all that's new, really, it seems. Kinda pathetic, isn't it? No wonder I never update anymore :P LOL

Looks like if I don't convince my dad to go down on my birthday, I won't be going down for my birthday *tears up* I'm so sad, since that is my one big birthday wish: to be down in WDW celebrating with wonderful friends like Meg and Mandy. I'm so heartbroken, since I love Disney and going down there on such a big day would be a moment and memory I would never, ever forget. The only problem is, my mom doesn't have the Disney points this year, or even next year.* This means that there is no chance of me going down with my mom at all for by 18th birthday, so I would have to go with my dad. The problem: I don't want to go with him! Trips with him have been quite stressful (i.e. Feb. Break '05 - slept the whole time!), and I know I don't want that for my birthday. I know that he would never dare of handing points over, since they are rightfully his and he'll do anything to spend time with me. Unless I convince him to change his plans from going in December to going in August, my one birthday wish probably won't come true. No offense to not wanting to go down for Christmas, but I've been down around Christmastime before, so I know what it's like, so I wouldn't be missing much.

I feel so sad, and frustrated, and almost hopeless, if you can imagine. It just feels like I can't do anything to get what I want now, since all the cards are against me. It's not that I don't love my dad, but our relationship isn't all that great, and if we haven't been really able to fix it before, I don't think it will be able to get fixed now. *coustupidstepmothergh*

Well, thanks for putting up with my rant. Now, if you excuse me, I want to go grab some comfort music to help calm me down.

*Being a member of the Disney Vacation Club, we get a set amount of 'points' ever year with which we can use to buy Disney trips and vacations. After my parents divorced, they decided to alternate using the points. Sophomore year, though, my mom used the points when it was my dad's turn, so he has them for this year and next year, the two years I so want my mom to have the points.

Even with a new look, I'm bad at updating :P I chat so much with my friends now that I tell them what's going on with life, and a lot of my other LJ Friends are from school, so there's no one I feel the need to type about my life for on here. Besides, I'm absorbed in 2 RP's now, so that will take up some time :P

I don't even feel like updating this much anymore...Gee, some blogger I turned out to be :P I'm still keeping this in case I ever do decide to come back on here, and I don't know when that will be.

So one of my friends just entered a photo contest kind of late; it ends on Tuesday. I'm posting about it here because she's a friend of mine, of course, and I really want her to win. I know that she doesn't have that many votes now, but I would love it if people spread word around here. Another one of my friends posted a bulliten on MySpace, and I'm trying to expand the database onto here, since she's got nothing going on in LiveJournal.

I would appreciate anyone who votes, but I'm not forcing anyone; I'm just spreading word about it. I also think the shots are great; I'm not trying to get you to vote for crappy shots.

The two pictures are in the entry above this one; just click the green button to vote. And don't worry about not having an account - you can log on as a Guest and still vote that way. That's what I did :) Oh, and you can vote once a day, so if you really like the shots, you can vote multiple times.

So yeah, this is my new default. In case you couldn't already tell, I'm going through a big Wicked kick, no thanks to my mother :P She got me the OBC of the show for my b-day, and I've been hooked ever since.

This is a photo of Idina as Elphaba I found on Google. For some reason, I really like this shot. You don't really know what she's looking at or what she's thinking, which is why it's so mysterious, I guess.

So, unless I find out a way to make her skin darker and match the green I have, I'm sticking with this. Believe me, I've tried, and I haven't been able to find a way to do it >.

I basically got my new look down...all I need to do now is make a new default icon, since it's kind of clashing, but once I do that, I think I'm all set :D

Yeah, I should be doing schoolwork now, but I just felt the need to update this.

I know I haven't been typing much on here, and I think it's because I've been sharing my life with my friends on MSN and B&S, so as a result, I don't feel the need to type on here. And the truth is, I know I have friends on here that do probably want to read my LJ. I'm sorry if that hasn't happened in 4 months O.O I know, I know, it's a long time, but I haven't felt a need to share my life on here anymore. I'm not saying this will go dead, since I think this typing is bringing back my memories of how much I just love to just let my fingers go. Now if only I could do this for school assignments, then I'd be set XD

So, not much has really happened that I want to share. I had my birthday, so I'm one year older, I started another school year, I'm joining more clubs, I'm volunteering, I'm trying to get a job, I'm part of more forums...yeah, all the usual stuff from me =P LOL

Well, I'm hoping that doing this has sparked my interest again. I guess we all go through different phases, and for me, not typing on my LJ was one of them.

EDIT: Changed the look. The other one was getting a little old and felt a little bright for me, for some odd reason. Maybe that's why I wasn't posting much. Who knows. Anyways, the new look is under construction, so there will be more changes to come in the future, hopefully over Thanksgiving Break.

Gonna be going on a bike ride, but I just felt like saying I'm leaving for NYC again tomorrow morning. Real excited; will write more about it later. Toodles!

Yeah, kinda random header, courtesy of Cosmo, but I couldn't think of anything else to say for what I'm about to tell you all:

So I went to go and take my road test today. It was scheduled for 2 PM, but I got started and finished way before the time I registered. But that's beside the point.
I passed the road test! =D Squee!
So now I can drive by myself. Will definitely take some getting used to, but I can't believe it!

Well, dinner calls, so I'll update later.