Yes, I just made up that word. But it's the best thing I can do to describe this:
It's Google Docs- for composition! And it's free. It's called Noteflight and it's seriously the best thing since sliced bread. I can write and compose songs on any computer with internet- anywhere. And it's way easier to use than Finale.
That was a 20 measure snippet of my latest project, a counterpoint duet for Connie and Jennie of "Twice Upon a Time"
I'm not going to win Script Frenzy; I've accepted this happily. I have made great progress. I finished my first outline EVER and it was 2.5 pages long. WOO HOO!!! Nothing I do is ever that short! Anyway, I've had a major plot breakthrough. Instead of the King and Queen sending their daughter away to keep her safe, the bad guy kidnaps Connie, one of the twins, and accidentally looses her. Maybe in the style of how Miss Gulch looses Toto in the Wizard of Oz. Any ideas would be welcomed. She ends up being raised by the Carver family until the day Jennie ventures out in the village and insanity ensues...
These are bits and pieces from their "I want" songs. Connie's first, then they're together, (in a Distance Duet) and then Jennie. I must say, I love Connie's melody. It's so poignant; she's searching for where she belongs in the world. I love it.
Anyway, good night. I have to be at church by 7:45 tomorrow morning so I better get some sleep. Yipes.
(wrote this post at 11:30 last night- coffee is a great thing :)
-Haili
Oh, Elli had her skating show last night. She did "Colors of the Wind" and it was great. I have a love-hate relationship with skating shows: I love them because they're so awesome and I like the costumes and the music; I hate them because I know that I'll never be able to do it. I was talking to my mom about this last night.
When I told her that she said, "What do you mean, you can't skate?"
"I can't. I don't think your skates fit me, and they hurt. Maybe I need arch supports. And you do not want to see me in one of those little skating outfits."
"If you skated, it would be a little skating outfit- skating is great exercise. And my skates are formed to my feet. You need to get them formed to yours. And the place where we get Elli's skates has this oven thing they put the skates in and warm them up, then you put them on and mold them to your foot."
"How much does that cost?"
"It's free. And you guys could do open skate at the Y this summer."
"We should do that then."
I've always felt like I never understood part of Elli's life, like my mom doesn't get my writing or music. So, it would be really neat if I could at least learn to move around on the ice. I used to hate skating because the skates hurt so bad I couldn't wear them for more than 15 minutes, let alone skate on them for more than that long. and then we were always on the outdoor rink whenever I skated and it's hard to learn on that. I also have flat feet like my mom, so I'm sure that doesn't help. I still need to get inserts for my shoes. My mom's trying to find an affordable pair.
Okay, gotta get going.
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
How to tell if parents have no imagination...
So, I don't know if you know this (you probably don't), but I am kind of obsessed with baby names. I think that's the reason I started writing- I ran out of dolls to name! Anyway, I've been spending a lot of time on Yahoo! Answers helping parents-to-be name their kids... and keeping them away from names like Warrior.
I made up a family with some... interesting names. So here's my little story.
Once upon a time, there was a woman named Mary Sue Johnson. She met a man named Marty Stu Anderson. Mary and Marty fell in love, and soon married. Within the first year of their marriage, they became pregnant. Nine months later, Mary gave birth to a little girl. Unsure of what to name her, they chose Abcde, the first five letters of the alphabet. (Pronounce Ab-sid-dee). Abcde grew up and when she was three, Mary and Marty decided that Abcde needed a little brother or sister. Mary became pregnant again. When she went in for her first ultrasound, she found out she was pregnant with quadruplets! When they were finally born, they named the first boy Jay. The rest were all girls, and were named Kaye, Elle, and Em.
So the Anderson family now consists of:
Abcde Anderson
Jay Anderson
Kaye Anderson
Elle Anderson
Em Anderson
..... The end.
Changing the subject, my brothers got an Xbox 360 for Christmas, so that's what they're playing right now. My sister and I got bedding. It's very colorful... this is what it looks like:
I'll be posting a picture of it in our room soon, but she has the striped side up and I have the other side up (shown in this picture). She currently has fleece sheets on her bed instead of the ones that came with it because she's always cold, but I have all the sheets on. Neither of us can use the striped bedskirt since I have a loft bed and she has a captain's bed with drawers underneath, so my project over break will be turning our bedskirts into a valance for our window, and maybe making a few throw pillows out of the leftovers. This is kind of a big deal for us since we have had the same bedding since we were like, 3 and 5. At least a good 10 years. Elli was the one who picked it out and, surprisingly, I actually liked it. She usually picks out little kiddish pink things with kittens and ladybugs and cupcakes on it, while I like anything purple, things with big flowers (sometimes) and bright colors, and despise anything pastel or with characters or animals or ruffles on it. I also was going to make a music note quilt for my bed until she found this. Here's a picture of what I was planning to make:
I made up a family with some... interesting names. So here's my little story.
Once upon a time, there was a woman named Mary Sue Johnson. She met a man named Marty Stu Anderson. Mary and Marty fell in love, and soon married. Within the first year of their marriage, they became pregnant. Nine months later, Mary gave birth to a little girl. Unsure of what to name her, they chose Abcde, the first five letters of the alphabet. (Pronounce Ab-sid-dee). Abcde grew up and when she was three, Mary and Marty decided that Abcde needed a little brother or sister. Mary became pregnant again. When she went in for her first ultrasound, she found out she was pregnant with quadruplets! When they were finally born, they named the first boy Jay. The rest were all girls, and were named Kaye, Elle, and Em.
So the Anderson family now consists of:
Abcde Anderson
Jay Anderson
Kaye Anderson
Elle Anderson
Em Anderson
..... The end.
Changing the subject, my brothers got an Xbox 360 for Christmas, so that's what they're playing right now. My sister and I got bedding. It's very colorful... this is what it looks like:
I'll be posting a picture of it in our room soon, but she has the striped side up and I have the other side up (shown in this picture). She currently has fleece sheets on her bed instead of the ones that came with it because she's always cold, but I have all the sheets on. Neither of us can use the striped bedskirt since I have a loft bed and she has a captain's bed with drawers underneath, so my project over break will be turning our bedskirts into a valance for our window, and maybe making a few throw pillows out of the leftovers. This is kind of a big deal for us since we have had the same bedding since we were like, 3 and 5. At least a good 10 years. Elli was the one who picked it out and, surprisingly, I actually liked it. She usually picks out little kiddish pink things with kittens and ladybugs and cupcakes on it, while I like anything purple, things with big flowers (sometimes) and bright colors, and despise anything pastel or with characters or animals or ruffles on it. I also was going to make a music note quilt for my bed until she found this. Here's a picture of what I was planning to make:
maybe I'll make a pillowcase or something... a bag? I don't know.
okay, I'm finally going to post this... I meant to post this weeks ago... but I got distracted (something that never happens to me... right, Haili, right...*sarcastic*)
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