Singing in the Rain

I have recently come to the discovery that my singing voice is extremely mediocre and quite amateurish.

When I was 11 or so, I had huge aspirations and intentions of being on Broadway. When I was 13, my singing voice was (in my opinion) ahmayzeeng. I sang everywhere. I wasn't afraid for anyone to hear me sing. There was an incident in 7th grade right after my 13th birthday. (Hooo, boy!) At a Youth Chorale rehearsal at church, we were singing a song for this YouthCUE festival, (our second, I believe) called "Sing to the Lord". For you music nerds, the Soprano 1 line concluded with a high A (above the treble staff) that lasted for 8 beats -- but the conductor at the festival was known for holding notes past their value. (I mean, WAAAYY past their original value. Like, at our first fest, 8 beats turned into 24. In a song going about 90-something BPM. Not fast.) My voice was just maturing, and I needed a little mmph (wait, how are you supposed to spell that? umph? oomph? Whatever, you get the point.) to reach the A. My chorale of 15 or so, gathered around our director on the piano, was sounding quite fantastic, and when we reached the last note, I belted out my A very, VERY Broadway-esque, complete with the stomped foot and rising jazz hand. Then I realized I was singing alone (all the other Sops CHICKENED OUT -- thanks, guys --) and we had some amazing laughs. Especially at the festival.

Now I don't like it as much when people ask me to sing. I don't completely suck or anything, but it's definitely nothing you'll hear on the radio. Last year, I lost my voice for 2 weeks right around the State Marching Band Contest. We joked that I was going through puberty ... again. But I think my voice has matured a lot (too much), and I'm now destined to sing in the shower forever, like the rest of the human population. And that's slowly becoming okay with me. Slowly, I said.

Hmmm. I like using the less giant font. I'm sorry for killing your eyes this past year.

J-E-L-L-OOOOOOO! (That's the weird Jell-o jingle. Did you know Jell-o was hyphenated all funny-like?)

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is the emotionally unstable counterpart to Dora the Explorer. The characters all have so many danged issues! Goodness, way to wreck how kids NORMALLY feel!

Degrassi: The Boiling Point (Degrassi Takes Manhattan) movie didn't suck because a lot of other, older characters showed up. I love Declan and Holly J. And Spinner and Emma? You would have thought it'd already happened, but I guess not. You could see at the wedding ALL the people everyone had been with. And FAKE Toby!! >:( I needed my dose of digi-wiener! The movie was pretty funny though.

Whoa. I didn't rant or force spoonfuls of advice down your throat. Today was a good blog day then. I actually spit out my thoughts! *Thunderous applause*

Thank you, thank you. :]
Au revoir!

~Lisa~ :]

Ed note: The song we were singing was called "Sing and Be Not Silent". 7-21-10 :D