Lyrics to "Counting on You" from High School Musical on stage

Here they are for all those poor people who had no idea, lyrics to one of the best songs in the High School Musical stage show. (Note: bold is singing. Not bold is talking) (another note, when i say all, i mean all except Troy and Gabriella)

Troy, Gabriella:

Sorry I'm late

Chad: 

Not good enough, Captain

Taylor:

Not good enough, Gabriella

Jocks, Brainiacs:

Get'cha head in the game!

Chad: 

There's a choice that you have to make

Taylor: 

And it's pretty plain to see

Zeke:

You're either out or in

Martha:

You either lose or win

Jocks, Brainiacs:

Are you going to turn your back on history?

Taylor:

On the legend that you're a part of?

Chad:

On the job that you were born to do?

All:

Don't let us down,

You gotta come through,

'Cause we're counting on, counting on, counting on, you

Gabriella:

What history?

Troy:

What legend?

(At each name, Chad and Taylor flip over a picture on a flipchart)

Chad:

"Spider" Bill Natrine

Taylor:

Harriet Tubman

Zeke:

Sam "Slamma-Jamma" Netletter

Martha:

Madame Curie

Jason:

"Thunderclap" Hap Haddon

Kratnoff:

Eleanor Roosevelt

Chad:

Do you think these Wildcat legends won championships by worrying about some brainiac chick or auditioning for musicals?

Taylor:

Do you think these paradigms of education and accomplishment concerned themselves with Jocks or auditioning for musicals?

All:

I don't think so!

Jocks:

Check out the champions who came before,

Hail the hero that you could be

Brainiacs:

And put away that dream

'cause there's no "I" in "Team"

All:

and the sacrifice is worth it, we all agree

Jocks:

You just have to keep your focus

Brainiacs:

And forget about "You know who"

All:

Don't let us down

You gotta come through

'cause we're counting on, counting on, counting on you

(Taylor and Chad flip the flipcharts. There is a picture of Coach and Troy)

Troy:

That's my dad!

Gabriella:

That's Troy!

Chad:

Heartbreak Bolton. Missed the last basket of the 1981 Championships. Do it for him, Troy. Give him the championship he always dreamed of.

Taylor:

Heartbreak Bolton. Another lost-cause, bonehead, Basketballus moronus jock. But you... you're the future of civilization.

Jocks:

You're next in the line

You're part of the chain

And now that we can make it

Don't break it!

Martha:

You're the heir apparent

Taylor:

That's what everyone says

Brainiacs:

From Frida Kahlo, Indira Gandhi,

 Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart

To Gabriella Montez

(Gabriella Montez!) Jocks:

(Gabriella Montez!) Bolton! Bolton! Bolton! Bolton! Bolton!

All:

Now the pressure is way up high!

Which way are you gonna go?

You gonna sing a song

or are you gonna be strong

trade your fantasies in for the thing you know

The destiny you've been handed

The only thing that you can do?

Don't let us down

You've gotta come through

'Cause we're counting on you...

Troy:

If you guys don't know that I'll put one hundred and ten percent of my guts into that game, then you don't know me at all!

All:

Yeah, We're counting on you...

Gabriella:

I thought you were my friends- win together, lose together

All: 

We're counting on you...

Troy:

I'm for the team. I've always been for the team.

All:

So don't let us down...

Gabriella:

What about what matters for me?

All:

You gotta come through...

Troy:

What do you want from me?

All:

We're counting on, counting on, counting on-

Troy, Gabriella:

Arrghhh!!!

Thoughts on my backyard

My backyard is my favorite place in the house.

a) It's where I can chill out without having to listen to my mom/dad/sisters 24/7

b) The porch swing is the perfect place to read, go on my laptop, do homework, sleep, paint, etc.

c) There's a lot to look at

We are currently growing grass and a garden. I had to build a string contraption to keep the birds away. Speaking of birds, one of them made a nest very near my brother's sandbox. I would like to figure out what kind it is... It's small and the guy has a red chest. Other than that they are just gray. No, it is not a robin. I would have figured that out.

I have my own mint plants. They are really cute and I like to watch them grow

We have a trampoline that I broke my elbow on once. I was trying to do a handspring off my older sister's knee and I snapped my elbow. Had surgery the next day and got a screw in my arm. Two. Inches. Long. I have the scar to prove it.

Not related to topic, but Cathy has just commented on my Zac Efron post. She disagrees.

On topic, Occasionally I like to  ut the grass, but not very often. We have a TON of plants back here. Trees near the fence, the garden, the grass, the holly on the side, the plant we thought was strawberrys but has grown nothing but white flowers and leaves, and of corse the weeds. 

I have an enemy here. His name is simply Fat Lizard. If I ever catch the annoying brute he will be the first living thing I disect since the flower in Science class. Unless I just decide to hypnotise it. I wonder if he's a Bluebelly... I wonder how I know it's a guy. 

Yep. Zen mode, meet the backyard porch swing and my pretend shot at paradise. 

Thoughts on: "Meet Me in St. Louis"

Yes, I know. I see a ton of musicals. Accually I don't on a normal basis, but all of my friends have been performing lately so all of the few of you who accually read this will just have to grin and bear my talking about it!!! *pouting*

Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis, Meet me at the faaaaaair. Anyhow this show is about the Smith family of one guy and four girls and about the three oldest girls romantic relationships with a guy from New York and the boy next door. It was the school play at The King's Academy.

HIGHLIGHTS!!! 

Ok, Scratch the highlights, I'm totally braindead becuase I just read a great book and good books have a gianormous effect on me. I will add on to this post when I remember stuff.

PS: PETER AND DANIEL AND NATALIE YOU GUYS ROCKED!!! In Peter's case, literally. Yes, I saw you with that banjo telling the other guy not to treat it like an electric guitar. Some advice, SMILE! Natalie needed no problem with that, I guess it's a girl thing. :-P

Thoughts on: "Little Shop of Horrors"

The second musical I saw this week!  Once again, I bought my favorite songs on my Ipod. 

Little Shop of Horrors is easily summarized. It's about an orphan named Seymor who lives on Skid Row, a bad place downtown that has lots of hobos and underachievers etc., with a man named Mr. Mushnik, who owns a flower shop. Seymor works for him there, along with a girl named Audrey, who Seymor is in love with. Seymor has a liking for strange plants, and one day during an eclipse of the sun, he finds an unusual form of Venus Flytrap which he names Audrey 2. The plant makes the shop very popular, but it eats blood. Disaster ensues, along with crazy dentists, money-hungry Mr. Mushniks, and true lovers that get eaten. Here are some highlights that I liked:

The most famous line: "Feed me!"

In, "Somewhere that's green":  "While we watch Lucy on a big, humoungus, twelve inch screen!" "and a fence with real chain link!"

Orin: "I'm sorry what?"

Audrey: "I'm sorry doctor!" "Doctor!" look "Doctor!" three quick looks "Doctor! Doctor! Doctor!" looks at Seymor

Seymor: "Doctor!"

"I've given you pot ash, and water to sip. You've given me zip!"

Best Song/scene: close tie between "Skid Row" and "Dentist"

All the actors did an amazing job! It was a great show with a terrible moral. I recomend it highly for everyone over 12. All little children will be very scared, it is a horror show. 

PS: I got 3 autographs!!!

Thoughts on: Eponine from Les Miserables

If you have no idea what I am talking about when I say "Les Miserables", go look it up or buy tickets and see the musical before you continue reading.

Eponine is one of my favorite characters in Les Mis. She is the daughter of two innkeepers, who recieve Cosette, Fantine's child, and tell her they will take care of her. Instead, they spoil Eponine and tourture Cosette. In her later life, Eponine is forced to take a different last name to hide her parents, and falls in love with Marius. One problem, Marius falls in love with Cosette. This is all I know of Eponine, from Wikipedia and the music from Les Mis because I haven't seen it, but I'm going to be in Les Mis next summer and I am hoping for this part. I think a lot of people can relate to her. Someone you love doesn't love you, or everything you do is influenced by your parents.  She is a little selfish too. I've heard that she ends up dieing to save Marius. Wow. That is huge. Who in your life do you love enough to die for? Maybe your parents, or your siblings, or your pet. But a guy? I guess when you get that in love nothing else matters. Some people are, some aren't. Eponine was, Marius wasn't. Cosette just sat there and watched it all happen. She's kind of dim witted if you ask me. 

Thoughts on: Philosophy Questions

If you have no reason to be sad, does that mean you are happy? Well, If you have no reason to be sad, then that does not necessarily mean that you must be happy. You might have reasons to be other emotions, like anger or embarrassment. To broader the question, If you have no reason to be unhappy, are you happy? Then yes. But then, what if you are hopeful? Or anxious? Or excited? There are other good emotions besides happy. Are they the same as happy though? Some are, some aren't. The answer to that question is no. If you have no reason to be unhappy, it does not mean you are automaticly happy. Unless you have the emotional range of a teaspoon. Like Ron Weasly or Stephan in my math class. Or Jannel who is too obsessed with Zac Efron to be happy sad or mad. Then, yes, that means you are happy. It depends on how much emotion you have, or choose to have. Same with the flip side of the question, If you have no reason to be happy, are you unhappy? They are really the same questions. Here's the question you have to think about then, Do I have the emotional range of a teaspoon or not? Here's how to tell. Think of someone you like, How do you feel? Happy? Lovesick? Butterflies? Now think of how you felt an hour ago. Happy? Mad? hopeful? hopeless? entertained? Finally, think about how you feel about tomorrow. Are you excited? Apprehensive? Sad? Happy? Confused? 

Answers: If you answered two or more of the questions with either happy, sad, mad, or I don't know, you have a small emotional range. This is not a bad thing... I guess. It's not that easy for you to be confused or anything. You have a simple mind. Congrats.

If you answered it with other things, you are normal. That is a very good thing. I hope you stay that way. Personally, I hope I stay that way. 

This is a really deep thought for a Wednesday.

Thoughts on: "Caroline, or Change"

I just saw this musical yesterday, so it's still pretty recent in my mind. It was an amazing performance, and I loved it. (I got home and bought some songs I really liked on Itunes) 

"Caroline, or Change" is set in Louisiana in 1963. If you like history a lot, I don't really need to say anything else. An African American maid named Caroline works for the Gellmans. Noah Gellman is a young boy who is eight and his mother died, and his father, I think it's Stuart Gellman, married a woman named Rose Stopnick, from NYC. I can't summarize it very well... I've never been good at summaries or describing things. Normally when I watch a musical I'm just absorbing what's going on and only the music and some lines I like stick in my head. Here are some of my favorite parts, lines, and music.

Noah: "Did God make the dryer?"

Caroline: "No. The devil made the dryer."

"and the next day, day, day, Caroline stayed away, way, way, and she didn't come back, back, back, and she didn't come back, back, back"   Very catchy tune

Best song/scene: "Roosevelt Patrusious Coleslaw"

more later. dad yelling

decided just to edit this post instead of make a new one:

more favorites:

ok on this scene I don't remember the exact lyrics or lines or whatever so I'm doing the best I can:

Stuart G.: "When I was young I wanted a chemistry set"

Noah G.: "Buy! Buy! Comic books! candies!" etc.

Stuart: "Do you want a chemistry set?"

Noah: "No."

"Nothin' happens underground in Louisiana

Cuz there ain't no underground in Louisiana

Only underwater." 

That's about it.

PS: Julian if you ever read this just wanted you to know that you did a great job! I'm glad I went! And please try to make it to HSM!!!