Week: 33
Songs to Remember: Drip Drop - Taemin
To be honest, the whole thing was a mess from the start. Everybody felt the same about the VSA show, heh. It was pretty shitty. Except KDT, we were the good shit.
3, count 'em, 3 promposals during the whole thing. I didn't get to even see them but I did hear like, an MC or somebody say "Promposal #3!" and I was "Holy shit, what a schedule." There was a total of 16 acts, and we were act 14. Anyways, gonna try by best to describe the whole day. If I miss some shit out, blame it on having ate at iHop 'till 11:00 PM and it now being 12:13 AM as I start this.
So luckily I didn't have to wake up at 6:00 AM today. I did, however, wake up at 10:30 AM. Got up, got ready, packed my clothes, consumables, homework (which I didn't really get to finish/start/do due to too many distractions). Got to school at exactly 1:00 PM, only to find that we didn't start the BTS dance addition practice yet. The club president wasn't even here yet either. It wasn't until maybe 1:15 PM that we started. Before that, people were just chilling at the tables at the side of the theater. Some were watching Running Man, some were doing homework, some were just doing whatever, like me.
The move addition to "Dope" wasn't actually what I expected. It was pretty much just 3 seconds of moves, simple too. I expected a lot more, but, apparently not, I mean, we came 2 hours than the expected time for anyone else, and uh, yeah, that was it. We chilled for another, 30 minutes or so. Then some VSA members opened up the theater, we got inside the color guard room, and basically did the same shit as yesterday for the time being (watch people do dances, go on their phones, do hair, makeup, homework, etc).
More people started arriving around 3:00 PM. People do what people usually do in the color guard room. There wasn't THAT much drama compared to the day show, but tonight had it's fair share. Anyways, I either ate lunch, or, did nothing, or, listen, or, go on Reddit, or, whatever. I felt pretty tired, I didn't know what I was waiting for. I changed into my performing clothes, which consisted of a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and dark blue denim pants. Somewhere around 3:00 PM, I got bored, as if I wasn't already, and didn't really have anything to do. Ad and Kh and a couple of their performer friends come backstage, Ad asks me if I wanna hang out with him and them for a bit, I was like "Alright."
We basically just sat outside the theater doors at a table, their friends/performers were musicians and singers, being able to sing in both English and Viet. I enjoyed the fresh air for a while, but wanted to go back in so I told 'em I had to change, which apparently at this point I did not. I wanted to change early as to avoid traffic in the boy's changing room. Which, there isn't, it's like a tiny 2 meter hallway. That's literally it, the rest is used as a closet and storage.
The VSA cabinet called the performers out twice for meetings/ announcements. The first time was literally for something bootleg/common sense thing like "Be sure to clean up your trash, make a walkway" something along the lines of that, just something everybody already knew. Umm, the second time was for a break, from 4:50 PM to 6:00 PM, just that you gotta be back by 6:00 PM sharp.
There was a phase shift at this time. I had nothing really to do, I was trying to preserve my phone battery for after the show in order to Snapchat shit at iHop, so, I had no means of distracting myself other than watching other people. I was also a bit hungry too since all I had was a tiny bag of Lays. I supposed I could walk to that milk tea place near the school, get something to keep me energized, or at least something pre-occupy my time.
Ln and the other freshmen were going there. I tagged along, just for the sake of it. And uh, wow, what a different perspective. We walked and got milk tea, food, then walked around the block and went to the park (which just so happens to be like, right in front of the school, like, 2 cross-walks away. And to think it was far, heh). We ate at a table, talked, whatever ya know. I felt pretty connected.
We got back to the theater at 6:00 PM, the VSA people called everybody for a "meeting" or really, just a "Let's make this a great show" talk thing. Also one of the dude's helping out with the VSA shit, is a school alumni. People found it pretty ironic how he's reminding us to not bring our friends backstage, or just people who aren't supposed to be here, even though he's already graduated and like, is here, essentially running 25% of the show. I don't know.
I went back inside, and, half of KDT was essentially somewhere else. With nothing much to hold my attention, I went outside, and found that the freshmen KDT members and a couple of the sophomores, some seniors, were taking pictures. They did bootleg photos using Mt's photographer camera, solo shots, etc. I even got the chance to do my own "modeling" myself, heh. A few more people came outside too, and uhh, we apparently ran into a dog owner with her two dogs.
They were both like, shiba's or something. One of 'em liked people, the other, not so much. After a while, the rest of KDT went outside and we got a group picture. Then it was only a matter of waiting. At this point, I got sorta of nervous. A bit too nervous. I started looking at the dance practice for "Hate" again 'cause I forgot which foot I had to step with first. It was getting to me, I was visualizing the moves to "Dope" and "Hate" to refresh my memory of 'em. It all got up to 'till we had to be on deck.
Luckily though, I didn't forget the moves, heh, but i probably could've done better, way better. My heart was beating pretty fast, I think more than Lunar Show to be honest. It's weird 'cause, I've done day show like, 2 days prior to this, which means I've performed on stage, in front of people, over 6 times. It's just that maybe, this was the real deal. The rest was lesser, really.
Well, at least I got through it. We had a KDT meeting outside, packed our stuff, and arranged rides for iHop, for those who were going/able to go. I got a ride from Jl, one of the freshmen, there and uh, we got a table fit for like, 25 people, we had around 20 people in total. Cc and Jb were both in front of me, I was sitting in the middle of the table (which was shaped similar to the one in the The Last Supper painting, best way to describe it), I had another freshman to my right, and the KDT president sat to the left of me.
I was deciding whether I wanted pancakes for dinner, or, an actual dinner, or, whatever. We ended up sharing shit, the 4 people near me, and uh, in total I ate french toast, pancakes, and a waffle. To be honest, iHop wasn't what I was expecting, the food was pretty fattening, I got full real quick, heh. It was a long wait time, yeah, but, actual eat time, not that long. We actually got there at around 9:30 PM maybe, I left at 11:00 PM. Some stayed longer, some left before, etc.
And uh, during my time there, I did feel connected again, this was another phase change 'cause like, we all just performed one of the shittiest shows ever, we're all exhausted, it's late, we're at fucking iHop. We exchanged social media, Snapchats, ya know. I decided to be ballsy and just post a bootleg Spongebob meme from /r/blackpeopletwitter (during the April Fool's 2016 subreddit change for /r/blackpeopletwitter) and a comment that I'd say to somebody like my online buddies, onto the KDT chat and act as if it was the wrong chat.
And yeah, people got a kick out of that. I don't act weird, or, my actual dark-comedy loving self, around those I don't know that are comfortable with like, dark-humor, gross-humor, and shit, or not. I knew, after having been in KDT for a while, that, there are trends of strangeness by everybody, especially the guys and like, the KDT head members. I didn't wanna just spontaneously just act vulgar, or like, whatever, so I had to find a way to give a hint that I ain't truly expressing who I am.
I'm actually looking forward to be more expressive, create a more defined persona of myself next year for KDT. And so, with this, I posted that meme picture that was captioned "When he hitting it from the back hard and you tryna keep a good arch," with the comment "niga get outta here," and then typed "OH SHIT" afterwards. "Wrong chat?" "wrong chat sorry, lol" "LMAO, WE SEE A
DIFFERENT SIDE OF DREW"
"YAS DREW"
"Awwww you should had chilled with us !!!We learned that Drews into kinky shit"
"OMG LOL NOOO"
"OMG ANDREW LOL"
"He send this, LMFAO"
"I DID NOT KNOW U HAD THIS SIDE OF U ;););)"
"OMMGG LOL, WHEN THE KINKS START EARLY"
Pretty much the majority of it. I hope with this, I can be more, ya know, whatever. I've seen this actually. Jb, who was in my Geography class in freshman year, in my history class this year, in my English class this year, current secretary of KDT, most likely to be president of KDT for next year, ya'll now her, is an example of this expressiveness. She connects well with everybody in KDT, she expresses herself more than in class. In class, she doesn't say anything at all, like me, heh.
I'm like "Hey, if she can do it, so can I." I'm not too expressive in class, but I am expressive with my buddies, might as well try to be for KDT. So, there you have it. My dad picked me up at 11:10 PM, got home at 11:15 PM, it's now 1:12 AM, and, got a shit ton of work to do tomorrow.
That includes, but not limited to, finishing up a shit-load of Psychology work, math, English, US History, and Chinese (oh my fucking god, I forgot), basically everything, before working on continuing to learn Taemin's "Drip Drop" which has been stuck in my head for a while now, and, start on Nu'est's "Overcome.
Think that's all? Nah, its never all. I think from here on 'till the end of the series, there's gonna be specials every week, or at least, each episode of each season's gonna build up to the season finale, or contribute to the first movie, premiering April 23rd.
Now with all this homework that I gotta do, how I still have a D in AP Bio (partially due to the teacher not updating grades for forever), that some finals are coming up soon, that AP tests are coming soon, the SAT that I scheduled for is coming soon, was performing in VSA worth it? Yeah, I'd say yeah. Even though I won't remember this probably, even though other shit while outshine this event, even though I'll have other other shit to worry about, I can say that I was in it.
And, I can honestly say, this has been my most social year yet, and for me, that's a new record, heh. Anyways, it's late, I wanna sleep. See ya.
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