Today in my voice lesson the greatest thing happened. I was singing "Love, Look Away" from Flower Drum Song and after she said, "Wow, that was absolutely fantastic." And then she asked me, "Are you looking into this school? Are you going to be applying here?" And I said, "Yes, this is my top choice" and she looked at me and said "Good, very good". That made me SO happy! It was the best news I could have possibly received. I'm hoping that she has some say in who gets in when I apply so that she puts in a good word for me. I'm really hoping that the other teachers like me too, enough to want me to come here for actual school. One of the professors, Professor Ricciardone, is one of the few on the committee and I get the feeling that he really likes me and my voice and likes working with me. He walked in on my first lesson while I was learning "Love, Look Away" and he said "I love that voice!" Coming to Steinhardt is a real confidence booster, I'm loving it.

Our activity for tonight was cancelled too. We were supposed to go the Washington Square Park music festival, and I'm not entirely sure what happened there. They said something about possibly seeing a chamber choir perform in a  church but of course no one wanted to do that. So we walked to Union Square to hang out for a bit. One of the ACs, Adam, took me and my friends Mimi and Dexter to get pearl tea at this place called TMagic. Oh. My. God. It was SO GOOD! I really want to go back there. It's on some street on the other end of Washington Square Park, the opposite end from where our dorm is. And across the street is a restaurant called Artichoke and it sells the most delicious pizza I've ever tasted. They make artichoke pizza and it's so yummy! It sounds weird but once you try it, you'll love it. My friend Mimi got it because she didn't eat anything when we went to one of the cafeterias for dinner, and I had a bite. It was sooooo delicious. I want to go back there too.

Over all, I feel like I've been learning a lot from this program. I've been taking notes obsessively and recording everything that happens, seems like. But I'm really enjoying myself. And I'm making a lot of new friends. It feels like we're one giant family, which I love.