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Originally published June 12, 2023

WARNING: The contents of The Canine Comical are purely fictional and intended to be humorous, satirical. Readers are advised not to confuse them with real incidents. 

   After the school musical at the end of April, the school had turned into a real-life musical. Yet, only one kid was unaffected. The school went back to normal on June 5, and afterward, the diary of the only kid unaffected was given. Here is his short diary, in full.

May 1, 2023

   Hello there, if anyone is reading this. My name is Edward T. Ceffanu, but people call me EtCeff. If you're wondering why I made a diary, my school has become a full-on musical. Apparently, from what I’ve researched, it started after a student saw the school play, and when they went back to school, they started singing and dancing like they were on Broadway. Then all of a sudden more and more people acted like this until I was the last one not singing. Also a little secret, I find the songs fun. I don’t join in, but I like them and tap my foot to the song's beat.

May 9, 2023

   It’s been a week now, and the musical hasn’t stopped. Also, throughout the time between the last entry and now I’ve noticed some lines are taken from other musicals. I’m getting bored from the constant singing. I am no longer tapping my foot, and I focus on my thoughts rather than the songs now.

May 17, 2023

   I am currently writing this entry during class. Everyone else is singing, doing dance routines, and are all completely ignoring me. Chairs are flying and the teacher is tap dancing on a table. At this point, I don’t know or even care about what is being said in the song. I’m now learning this lesson through Google Classroom because the materials are in the classroom. But the music is always in my ears...it never stops.

May 25, 2023

   I’ve gotten so bored of the singing, I was able to make sheet music for the songs during class because the teachers focus on singing and dancing. Each piece has a different feel, math is imposing, and art is more surreal. I’m thinking of bringing noise-canceling headphones tomorrow.

June 2, 2023

   I’ve been focused on being able to not hear the songs. Nothing works, no earmuffs, no noise-canceling headphones, no earplugs, no cotton-in-my-ears, NOTHING! I can’t work on anything or focus on class anymore because of how annoying everything is.

June 9, 2023

   The musical is finally over. I don’t know why or how, but it's finally over. Right before the pep assembly, everything stopped, the singing, the dancing, the background music, everything went back to normal.