Oh, my God, it’s been like… a month since I last wrote a blog post. I was working on one about Vintage last month, but then a lovely and horrible thing called LIFE got in the way. Not the board game. Actual life. So what happened is that my family, after months and months of anticipation and me not being 100% sure of what exactly was goin on, has finally started the moving process. As in, moving. It’s funny and awesome because what’s going on is that my family is moving in with my mom’s sister’s family (my Auntie Mel). It’s crazy because we are now rearranging a house that previously held five people into a home that must now accommodate ten. I tend to describe it as being like the Brady Bunch, because now there’s three girls and three boys, but there’s two sets of parents, no maid, two dogs and a box turtle living in a four-bedroom house.
Suffice to say it’s going to be packed when everybody’s here. That’s the main reason I’m like… a month late in typing up a blog post. When we started moving, the first person to move into the new home was *trumpets and fanfare* me. Which was great, because I got to start helping the girls reorganize our room and start sorting clothing and such, but the downside to that was that my uncle’s Internet had been down for almost a month, so… no internet. No ‘net, no YouTubeing, no roleplaying, no Facebooking, and no blogging. T_T But now it’s back, so we’re all good. ^_^
Anyway, to recap my last month… *clears throat, and then, speaking very quickly* Well, I finally finished final exams at college so I get to have my summer break, like, a full month after everybody else has started their summer breaks, and then the day I had my last exam, during which I had two performance finals (I’ll post them here at some point; I did “I’m Not That Girl” from Wicked in my Solo Voice final, and then a scene from Othello in my theatre class)…
Anyway, the day I have my last exams my mom and I start packing and the next morning at like… 6 o’clock we go to camp with a lot of people in my family and it was just going to be the weekend but we ended up extending it into Monday because it doesn’t feel like camp unless you sleep out there at least two nights.
And then we all went home and then that week we immediately started the moving process and halfway through that week I started sleeping over and it was kind of uncomfortable because I was sleeping on the floor but then a couple days later we moved my Grandpa’s chaise that he slept on when he was living with us into the girls’ room which had the bunk bed so we now all are able to fit in this room. Quite a feat… three girls all sharing the same room & closet space.
And then that weekend we went to Monterey with the Tantingco’s and splished and splashed around in the ocean. And then last week we continued organizing the rooms and such so now all the girls’ clothes are put away and the computer room’s nearly empty so that now we can start thinking about moving the boys into the house. Except JT has summer school and Mommy has work and Kevin has to stay at home because Daddy needs to be driven around since he can’t really see well enough to drive anymore, and he can’t drive without Dad anyway because he hasn’t gotten his license yet.
And on Wednesday we went to the Library but I couldn’t get a card because it’s a different Library provider than the one I had at home and I don’t have proof of residence yet. But it was okay because Auntie Mel’s card could hold 100 items for borrowing.
And then we went to Great America with Hanna and Kevin tagging along on Thursday and we all got season passes which was really cool. And then we went again on Saturday because we went to the Kababayan Fest at Great America and we stayed there all day because there were so many great Filipino performers there, including ANAK, Legaci, Andrew Garcia (even though he’s not actually Filipino) and AJ Rafael. Did I mention he’s amazing? His latest music video is called “Without You”.
It makes me really proud to be a Filipino. =D And then this week we’ve gone to check out Gavilan ’cause it’s closer than De Anza, but I’m not 100% sold yet, even though it is closer and more convenient. I’m already attached to several people at DA, and I did try out for the Foothill Conservatory even though that’s really far away compared to a lot of other schools. (I finally heard back from them… they said I’m still in consideration… Fingers crossed…) And then today we went to the trail where I biked 8 miles and then we did a TON of laundry. *exhales* Whew! Glad that’s over with.
Anyway, when I finally got back on the internet, I noticed that that lady I covered in my last blog post, Dina, had left me a bunch of comments, one here on the blog, and one on my YouTube, which I thought was really cool, since I’m still relatively new to the posting-videos-regularly-on-YouTube people. She posted on my aforementioned video taken during my final-final in my Beginning Singing class. (I tend to call it Solo Voice, though, because it sounds more professional, and because there are plenty of people in the class who have plenty of experience singing.)
I LOVE it. You have a fantastic voice and so much spirit. I like how you represented “the green girl” with a green sweater.
thirtycats 1 week ago
11. Started to read Stuart’s post. He’s the single father to five kids. Who are they? Tamarah’s one; then the boys I suppose (Tom and Tim). I think Stewie’s another song. That leaves one more. Is it Jezabel?I’ll read Stuart’s biography in a minute I glanced at it, and I’m pretty sure I haven’t read it yet.12. Started to read Stuart Blair’s biography.He’s the Minister of Magic for Victoria.
I think I already knew that.
He’s easygoing, except for the occasional moments when he’s angry. He wears nice clothes at work, and when not at work. He keeps fit by working out a lot.
…14. Learned that Stuart’s past love interest was Tanya. I may have already known that; but I sort of forgot.Tanya and Stuart split up. Stuart had a little fling. This all sounds familiar to me. I may have read it before? Maybe on someone else’s biography?15. Saw that the fling resulted in Jezabel. Her mother is Adele. So when I read about Adele, I probably read about Stuart’s fling.Stuart and Tanya raised Jezebel. The biography says Adele was going to do something rash otherwise. Would that be an abortion?
Tanya got pregnant with the triplets. So then the couple ended up with four kids. There’s Jezebel. She’s half-siblings with Tamarah, Tim, and Tom. They’re connected through their father. Then Améa is half sisters with Jezebel via their mother (Adele). I think I’m FINALLY understanding all of this.
Améa and Tamarah are not siblings by blood; but they’re connected by the fact that they’re both sisters to Jezabel.
16. Read more of Stuart’s biography. He had challenges with Jezabel. She did her weird dreaming stuff, and she had different personalities. But it seems he managed to be a good father through all of this.
Then another baby came along. Stuart jr. So, that must be baby #5. His role-player is Megan, the singing girl.
Turned out she’d covered me in her July 4th blog post, titled Google Maps, Yarri Road, Reunions, and Talented People. I’m very flattered. She posted not one, but three of my videos, including my final-final from Wicked, my “Tally Makes me Feel Bubbly!” vid (did I post that here already?) and then, of all things, my cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”.
24. Followed a link on Statcounter and found that someone from Tallygarunga wrote a blog post about me. I’m so incredibly honored. HappyOrganist has been talking about crushes lately on her blog. I’m thinking my current crush is a collective one. I have a crush on all the Tally-writers. You might think that’s weird. And it is. But it’s not my weirdest crush. My weirdest is when I had a crush on the Bulgarian person appearing on my Statcounter. I don’t know if it was male or female….or what age he or she was. I knew nothing except the person was coming to my blog from Bulgaria. They kept coming to the same post, and the mystery intrigued me.
The Tally crush is more about talent than mystery.
Megan, the Tallygarunga writer with the blog has multiple talents. She writes, she sings, and I’m betting she does other stuff as well.
Here’s a video of her singing I’m Not That Girl from Wicked.
[[I won’t post it again since I already linked it up there… ^_^ ]]
She has a beautiful voice.
What can I say but thank you? o.O !?!?!? (Oh, and did I mention she talked about me in #24 again? Sa-weet! … lol.) But then, she kept going…
25. Found another one of Megan’s talents. She plays the ukulele.
That video gave me a little tear….for multiple reasons. The song itself made me cry. My dad played it for us a few months ago when I was in the car with him, Jack, and my nieces. He asked me if I knew of it. I didn’t recognize the title; but when he started playing it, the song was familiar to me. I think maybe hearing it made me emotional. I don’t know if it’s the song itself, or if I subconsciously associate it with something. Maybe it was the song combined with the family bonding moment? Or maybe I had a prior association?
The other thing is Megan reminds me of Alex (my Magic is Might character). Although Alex Caucasian….as far as I know. I would change that fact if I still wanted Alex to become a character in Tallygarunga. Would that be crazy to use a Tally writer’s face as my character’s face claim?
Probably…yes.
It always makes me feel good when people notice my work, and to hear that my singing made someone tear up… it… it fills me up. It’s a feeling like no other. It’s the reason I continue singing and performing. It’s for the audience, for that adrenaline rush you get when you hit the stage, the spotlight’s on you, and you’d better get it just right. On a side note, I think it’s funny that she considered using me as a face claim, because I had to search high and low for a face claim that looked like me. And then, BAM! Tiffany Espensen, from Disney. I swear she looks so much like me at 13. It was so perfect, I couldn’t have written it better myself.
32. Wanted to listen to one more Megan video.
I love this song.
The first time I heard it was an Australian singer….Sarah Blasko?
I should have it on my Australian Music playlist. I’ll go look…..
I was wrong. It’s Clare Bowditch.
I personally prefer Megan’s version.
I listened to Clare Bowditch’s version. It’s interesting. I’m not 100% in love with her phrasing, but it’s a unique spin on it, which is great, since the song’s been pretty much done to death, a fact which I was not aware of when I recorded my version, which was actually mostly inspired from Jason Castro, from American Idol,’s version.
Oh…and add piano to Megan’s talented. She’s getting a bit annoying. Is there anything she can’t do? Let me guess. She juggles knives, speak five languages, and has puppeteering talents.
Don’t worry. I’m joking. I love talented people.
I had a good laugh at this little bit, because I’m completely flattered and mildly embarrassed… and she’s not that far off… I don’t juggle knives, but I do sport stack, sort of. I just started last month. I also do the rubik’s cube in under a minute. I don’t speak five languages, but I do know American Sign Language. And while I don’t actually do any puppeteering, I do like to imitate lots of different accents. My favorite is the British accent, and somebody once placed me to South London. It’s probably all the Libera videos that I watch.
Anyway, as a big thank you for featuring me in her blog like… three times and being so sweet about everything, I decided to cover Ingrid Michaelson’s song, “Everybody” in her honor. ^_^
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