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October 29th, 2014

I went to Stickboy today at the Vancouver Elizabeth Playhouse!  It was a really dynamic and intriguing performance, and everything was in sync.  The emotions in the performance were very strong and you could feel the anger and sadness of the characters.   The main character's thoughts and actions exemplifies what most bullies and victims feel and most people in the audience could connect to that.  The graphics and animations in the background also appeal to me.  They were interesting and created a movie-type feeling.  The music was also good too.  Most of it was performed live and the sound effects were awesome.  Anyways, during the performance, I really felt sympathy for the main character, since he was being bullied and there was nothing he could do to stop it.  I couldn't really understand what the characters were saying since they were opera singing it, but luckily, there were captions on a screen above the stage.  The actors' voices were really loud and I believed that they didn't use speakers.  Overall, this show really boosted my impression of operas in general.
However, we went to the opera on bus today, and we were almost late!  We had to run, after we got off the bus and I was not keen to run.  We made it on time though, and that's what matters the most.  I prefer going on the car though. At least there's a GPS. :)
When we came back, Amy, Sab, and I waited for the bus, but then we saw Michael and Chloe walking, and we decided to follow them to the sky train station.  But Micheal seemed to not know where he was going and we ended up going back to the bus station.  We totally wasted ten minutes of our lives.  Fortunately, we didn't walk really far, so we easily located where our designated bus stop was.  We waited for about five minutes until the bus came along.  However, it was "too full" and passed by us.  To me, it wasn't even that full; we're small and we could easily fit in.  I wonder if the bus driver did that on purpose. So we waited for another ten minutes and then finally the bus came.  I was so relieved because I was in a rush to go back home.  At around four, I finally came back home. Home sweet home.  Plus, I was hungry and thirsty, so I quickly searched for food and water when I came back.
I have a lot of academic stress right now.  I have to finish a really thick book for science and I'm not even half way through.  I have to finish the story by Friday.  Additionally, I have to do a proposal on it and that's the part that's got my brain panicking.  The book is actually quite interesting, but I have one complain: it's too long.  I'm sad.  Is the teacher trying to torture me?

--Cyndi Forrest