"It's a sin to kill a mockingbird..."

Well, Classics was all right, but that's not what I'm here to write about. This morning Ella volunteered the information that the next school production is To Kill a Mockingbird and she's auditioning for the part of Mayella Ewell tonight. Now, I didn't seriously think before about going along for the auditions, as I can't act. But a few things did occur to me...

I know the story. Obviously I do. And I can do a southern accent. It's the only accent I can do, and I only discovered it when watching those first few Enterprise episodes with Trip Tucker... "Chef was servin' pecan pie, an' suddenly my life was good again..."
The odd part is, Becca is going to audition, as are Ella and Beverly, and none of them can nail the accent. So that's one of the reasons they want me to come. And I'm tempted, specially as today is Friday and it doesn't matter how late I get home.

So I'm tempted. And I found my copy of the book this morning just before leaving, which was lucky, though I am dreading this exam. I can't do English Lit. I really can't. Wish purplerainbow was here, for a variety of reasons.

And that is all, and I think I may go, and say, "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird..."

"...but remember, it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

Ack.
Well, I didn't go to the To Kill a Mockingbird auditions, but Bev went to give Becca moral support, and cucharita went too. According to her journal she was raven-hunting at lunch, but I never saw her. Which is strange.

I was dreading my English Lit exam. I always find the most nerve-wracking part to be when the English teachers frisk our books and anthologies, looking for too much annotation. It's okay with Mockingbird, as I never annotate it anyway, but the anthology is a different story. Of course, they never have any problems with my miniscule handwriting, but it freaks me out when they flip through it.

The essay on the book was all right... and oddly, so was the poetry. I will say no more. I never know how well I've done in English exams. They unnerve me.

So, yes. Becca and Bev had to wait for Ella, as she had extra time for the exam, so I left without them. Just before I went, Bev gave a Bev-shriek, that is, "Aieeeeeeeee!"
It's amazing what you get used to, if you hear it often enough.
"What?" I asked.
"It's your birthday on Monday!"

I think it was for Becca's benefit more than mine, as Bev is having a fit of organisation, and has not only bought a present for me, she has wrapped it, which would all be very organised if she wasn't bringing in a Christmas present on Monday for me as well, seeing as how she's forgotten every day this term.

So, yes. It's my birthday in three days, it's Friday, ten exams down, five to go, I discovered a new talent today (I can do a southern accent! Yayness!) and I'm going bag customising tomorrow.
I am in a good mood.
Not flying, exactly, but in a good mood.

[In honour of its being Friday, there is no key revision fact on the whiteboard. I rubbed out the history dates, and it now says, "I saw Colonel Flagg when he was in Las Vegas as a showgirl!"

"Margaret's been abducted by the Chinese.... so you shot Captain Hunnicut?"

Ooh, yes! I forgot completely!
This morning Libby came running up to me... "You know that band you like?"
"Which one?"
"Something Corporate?"
"Yes..."
"They're going to be on Popworld on Saturday, thought you'd like to know."

So yes! I'm all happy! Of course, it means I have to actually watch Popworld... but I don't care, if it is Something Coporate, I will be a very very happy bunny.

I think I will go down later and watch M*A*S*H without thinking I ought to be revising. I've only seen one episode properly in the last few days, and that's "The Abduction of Margaret Houlihan" which was funny enough to make me fall about laughing. It had Colonel Flagg in it, who was as insane as ever, and involved Frank being convinced Margaret had been abducted by the Chinese, and in waving his gun about, accidentally shooting BJ, who had to be half-carried by Hawkeye in very slashy fashion, and it finished with Colonel Flagg throwing himself out of the window and breaking his leg.
So that was fun. And unrelated.

But ooh! Something Corporate!