Well, I just randomly found this website the other day. I don't have any friends on this website, so I'm hoping this entry will get me some interest. I am currently attending Washington National Opera's Summer Institute for Young Singers. In other words, I'm in a voice program for Opera right now. I knew I'd have to work hard VOCALLY, but never did I think I'd have to type a 4-5 report on an opera singer named Richard Tucker, let alone, have daily homework which included definitions of various music terms and analyzing various articles on music subjects. The good thing is, I absolutely ADORE everyone in the program. I thought it was going to be like that really BAD Hilary Duff movie, but it's the complete opposite. Everyone's really humble about their singing, which is a huge relief. We all hang out in front of the practice rooms and classrooms between coachings and lessons. It sounds super-dorky, but I love it, so whatever. After this program, which ends in 2 weeks, I'm off to Vermont, which is a sumer tradition for me. Usually, I'd spend all of July there, but because of the Opera program, Ill be there only for 2 weeks. The people there are my family, even if they're not blood-related. My sister, Camille, and I call all these people our aunts and uncles, and consider all the guys are age (we're the only girls) our cousins, and two in particular are like brothers. It's truly one of my favorite places in the world, there's nothing like it, and my parents usually don't come up with us, which makes everything even better. I really wish I could get along better with them, but they make it very difficult. They're obsessive-compulsive, and well, I'm not. Anyway, going back to vacation, after Vermont, it's off to MEXICO for 2 1/2 weeks. I'm super-excited, my cousin's getting married there. God, I'm going to be speaking en Francais with my relatives for half of my summer. I'm hoping to get a tan there; therefore looking naturally tan, unlike the girls at my school, who have decided that looking sexy means have the same skin tone as an Oompa-Loompa. Let's just say alot of them are regulars at the tanning salon. Dunring this summer, I have pondered one question continuously: How the Hell am I supposed to read 8 books, let alone type 8 critiques/asessments of these book? Taking AP/Honors classes sucks.