Do Hard Things

I finished reading Do Hard Things and It was amazing. You should read it. It was really good.

School :(

Today was the first day of school. I guess it could have been worse but it still wasn't that good. It's still school. I'm just going to have to go through it and hopefully summer will be soon. The only good thing about school is band and It might be a good band but the band hall is too small for all those people. It's driving me insane. And it's the first day. I love playing music but there aren't enough lockers for the instruments. Well at least for saxophones and trumpets. It's driving me crazy. It was so tight in band today.

I got a new cell phone. It's my first one that isn't a hand-me-down. It's blue and it slides so it's pretty cool. Cooler than I expected my parents to let me get. But my sister has one but hers is white.

I'm loving cello. It's amazing. I'm getting good for just a couple months of playing. I'm really enjoying it. I love my cello. My cello teacher has me doing really easy beginner stuff. I started harder songs like Musette and something from Sleeping Beauty (the ballet) But I think I chose the perfect string instrument. Not huge like the bass but you don't put it under your chin which bugged me when I played violin. I already knew bass clef from piano so it's been pretty easy to pick up on. Just need to learn tenor clef. But not yet.

I got the August Rush soundtrack. I love that movie. And it has a cello which is amazing. It has some language that it could have left out. And a part that shouldn't have been in there but is kind the whole reason why the movie took place. They still probably could have changed it. But it has amazing cello and other music. I love it. It would be so much fun to play some of the music. Put it would be pretty hard. Still it's really cool. I love that movie. It kinda ended abruptly but whatever.

I started reading Do Hard Things and so far it's amazing. I would suggust it. Go to the website and check it out. It's really cool.

The olympics are over. And it's so sad. :( I enjoyed them a lot. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin were amazing at gymnastics and Michael Phelps is a great swimmer. It is insane. But it was cool to see even if it was just on the TV. I have a friend who I want to make the 2012 Olympics in London so I can go see her. That would be cool.

Movies and Music!!!

This summer I have been watching old animated Disney movies that I haven’t seen in forever. I’ve seen Dumbo, Sleeping Beauty, Toy Story, Fantasia, 101 Dalmatians, Jungle Book, and right now I am watching Snow White. I want to watch Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Peter Pan, Pocahontas, Robin Hood, Oliver & Company, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Bambi, The Fox and the Hound, Pinocchio, and probably some more. Well considering that it’s July and I have 2 weeks of camp coming up it is looking less likely for me to finish that list. But I really love these movies. Also I want to watch The Sword and the Stone. We have it somewhere but it isn’t with the rest of the movies.

Snow White had really good animation for being made in the 1930’s. Some parts of Sleeping Beauty had really bad animation.

PIXAR

I love PIXAR films. I haven’t seen Wall-e because I don’t want to see a bad PIXAR movie and I’m pretty sure that it is a bad movie. My parents saw it and said it wasn’t the best movie. But everything else PIXAR has done was amazing.

Computer Animation

The new computer animation is cool but I like the older animation a little better except when it is bad animation.

Music

Movies probably have the best music written today. I love the music for Snow White, Beauty and the Beast and a lot of movies. In my opinion the best composers of today are John Williams, Hans Zimmer, and Michael W. Smith. My dad said that that was bias.

Hey!

I haven't posted anything in forever. I got back from Zoe's house a few days ago. It was so much fun. But I really miss Zoe and Tabeeb. I'm watching I Love Lucy. It's a good show.

I've been having to read 2 books for school next year. A Tale of Two Cities and Edith Hamilton's Mythology. They are really boring. I'd rather be reading what I want to read but I really want to be in Pre-AP English2. So I have to read those books.

My cello is going pretty good but it's really hard and hurts my hand. I think I have a lesson today. I loved playing Zoe's harp. It was so much fun. I wrote a song for the harp but it's really easy. I also wrote a song for the piano. I'm not sure how good it is. It's fun to play but it might be too repetitive.

I watched a weird movie last night. It was called Little Manhattan. It was about a boy who thought he was in love with this girl. The kid was just 10 or 11. It was kinda funny. And at the end of the movie it played a song that Zoe sang for voice. After the movie I had that song stuck in my head.

Well that's all I have to say. Bye

I got tagged!!!

I got tagged by Zuzu!

Rules
Link to the person that tagged you, post the rules somewhere in your meme, answer the questions, tag a couple people in your post, let the tagees know they’ve been chosen by leaving a comment on their blog, let the tagger know your entry is posted.

Questions:
Who is your all-time favorite author and why?
I'm really not sure. I have some favorites though. Robin Jones Gunn is one of them. I can't really think right now.

Who was your first favorite author and why?
I use to really like Martha Finley.

Who is the most recent addition to your list of favorite authors, and why?
Robin Jones Gunn

If someone asked you who your favorite authors were right now, which authors would first pop out of your mouth? I don't know. I really think I would say that.

Now here is the part I really don't like.
I tag everyone!

Cello!!!

I now am renting a cello. I'm so happy!!! I love the cello. So far... I don't know how to play but I love it. I know the notes on the strings and and kinda getting it down. Well not really but for today being the 1st time I ever touched a cello (well that I can remember) I'm excited. It's expensive but it's really pretty and I'm really happy!!! I've wanted to play cello for a little while and now I have one. Well renting but still. I'm so excited!!!

Badinerie, Swimming, and More

I finally learned how to play the song Badinerie on the saxophone. It sounds so cool. It's really hard. I can't play the whole song yet but I can play the 1st page which is really good. I was really excited. I'm finally ready to start the next page. My saxophone is going really well and we are going shopping for a new instrument for me to play. But it's a surprise. I'll tell you when I get it. If I remember. I'll try too. School is out and I have swam everyday since. Friday I swam at a friends house, Saturday I swam 4 times, I swam Sunday night, yesterday, and this morning. It was great. But my ears had water in them. Thursday I'm having a party. But it's suppose to be blowing dirt. Which isn't good for a swimming party. And we can't watch movies because most of the TVs are still out. Well I don't know what the plan is. But it will be fun.

State!!!!

I went to state for solo and ensemble. I was in the sax quartet that got to go to state. We left right when school started Friday and got back at 1 last night.

Friday we left and drove to our hotel, ate, then swam in the pool. It was so hot and humid and we were so excited about swimming. We actually stopped at a college to practice. We practiced really well. If we played it like that the next day we would have probably got a 1. After we practiced we got on the piano in the practice room. One of the guys wanted me to play Fur Elise. I did but I wasn't use to the piano so it was pretty bad. The other guy tried to find a grand piano for me to play (which would have been pretty much amazing) But he didn't find one. We ate pizza there and kept going. On the way they showed movies. First they watched Disturbia. I don't think I'm allowed to see that so I didn't. I listened to the iPod that I brought and one of my friends let me borrow hers. We also watched a Blue Man Group video, National Treasure 2, and Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. I was texting a lot on the way but my phone didn't have service for part of the way.

Saturday was the day of the contest. We got up. Our hotel was about 40 minutes away from the place where the contest was held. My group performed at about 1:30. I just waited until then. It was so hot and humid. I was sweating really bad and was miserable. I'm use to dry weather but where we were it was humid. Not very fun. Everyone was sweating and we sat outside for most of the day. There were groups practicing. There was a xylophone ensemble that were really good. Their song sounded so cool. It was amazing! I didn't eat lunch because I really wasn't hungry. We started getting really tence and in a bad mood right before we performed. But our judge was really nice though. We didn't play well at all. But we got a 2 and that's really good at state. I'm just really glad I got to go my freshman year. There were only 3 freshmen at my school who qualified. I bought a patch. There was a shirt I really wanted but I didn't get it. There was one solo that was going at 4:40 so everyone else left and went to Dairy Queen to get ice cream and blizzards. It was nice. We got back to hotel and went to the pool to swim. Me and my friend were the only girls left since the others left to go back home. That night we ate at Cracker Barrel.

Sunday we went to Schlitterbahn. I didn't go anything until my friend got there. (she left with her parents to go to church) After that we walked around finding something to do. We found a ride that I loved. It was one of the rides where you get on an intertube and float around. I think it was Hillside Tube Chute. Well anyway it was fun. My friend also did a racing slide but I didn't want to do that one. We couldn't find anything else do do so we did the Chute one again. I wanted to do some other ones but we didn't always agree on what to do and there were long lines. There is so much that we didn't get to do. I would love to go again. I was looking at the website and now I want to go again so bad. But when it's not as busy. We had no idea what we were doing or how to get around the place. I would go back again. So I hope I make state next year and have more friends who make state. We left at about four to drive home. We didn't get home till 1. I was so tired. I'm really glad to be home. But it was a fun trip. I want to go next year. I just wish more of my friends could have gone.

Prince Caspian

You might not want to read this unless you have seen the movie.

I think I wrote that because I was bored. Well I did. But this post is mostly about the Prince Caspian movie. Which was amazing. So you should read it if you have seen it and then tell me what you think. Some of this is just my opinion and you do not have to agree with it but you can comment to make comments about it. (nothing bad) (also I don't know why the print is so big)

NARNIA PRINCE CASPIAN AND THE BIBLE

Of all the books in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian probably has the least spiritual aspects. In the book the Old Narnians are trying to reclaim the land that is rightfully their’s. The Talmarines took it from them. It is like the Israelites trying to get their land back after they were driven out. But the Israelites were driven out because of their sin and the Old Narnians were just kicked out. Also in the book Lucy was the only one who could see Aslan. The others didn’t believe her when she said that Aslan wanted them to go another way. They could not see Aslan because they didn’t have the faith that he was there. Lucy is the youngest so it’s like how you have to be like a child to get into the kingdom of heaven. (Luke 18: 16-17)

“But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me. Truly I tell you, whoever will not receive the kingdom like a little child will never enter it.”

Slowly the others see him. When we don’t have faith that God’s there, we can’t see Him. When we don’t believe we are blinded from the truth. (John 3:21)

“But those who live by the truth come into the light, so that they might plainly see that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.”

There might be more but I don’t remember them.
The movie has some that I don’t think were in the book. The theme of the book and movie with the Old Narnians trying to reclaim their land is the same. Also that Lucy is the only one to see Aslan. She sees him and turns around to tell the others. They don’t believe her and she ends up following the group instead of Aslan. We tend to do what other people say to do and follow other people than God. Later she apologizes for not following Aslan. One thing that really stuck out to me was when the White Witch appeared. Earlier in the movie Nikabrik says that he would join even the White Witch to get Narnia back. The two strange creatures come and show the White Witch and tell Prince Caspian if he gives just a drop of blood the White Witch could be released. They slice his hand with a knife and try to push him over to the White Witch so his blood would set him free. Luckily Peter and Edmund show up to help. I got the feeling while watching that scene that Peter and Prince Caspian were being tempted. Caspian seamed to resist it more. But I personally saw a look in Peter that he was tempted for some reason. She was talking to him trying to tempt him so she could be free (probably not to do any good anyway.) Luckily Edmund comes in and destroys the ice structure that the White Witch is stuck in. Since the White Witch was similar to the devil in the last movie, she is probably good and tempting people to go against what they know is right. Peter knows she is evil. After Edmund destroys the White Witch, behind where she was in the stone table area, there was an engraving (or something) of Aslan behind her. Peter looks at that. At that point I think he realizes that he was being tempted by the White Witch and should have realized what the right thing was then. The devil tries to tempt us and sometimes we give in to temptations. But we need to know that God is the right way. Also the White Witch was covering up the engraving of Aslan in the wall. So she tried to block him from seeing Aslan. That part was slightly disturbing but really good. Also when Lucy finds Aslan he tells her that he need her help. She doesn’t think she is brave enough. But Aslan knows. He said that if she was any braver that she would be a lioness. I thought of a certain verse whenever I heard that. Philippians 4:13.

“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.”

These are just my thoughts. There probably are more but here are some that really stuck out to me. I might have forgotten all the details. I loved this movie. Not only was it a good movie, but it has spiritual aspects.

CHARACTER ANALISIS

At first Peter and Prince Caspian pretty much hate each other. (Mostly Peter hates Prince Caspian) I brought a friend to the movie and me and her thought that is was because Prince Caspian acted like he liked Susan and Peter was just being a protective brother. In this movie I decided that I didn’t like Peter because he left the soldiers in King Miraz’s castle. I don’t remember that in the book. Besides he couldn’t have died because he’s on of the main characters. He should have tried to save them. I also don’t really like Susan because of the last book and her attitude in both movies. I love Lucy. She has always been my favorite. Some people tell me that I look and sound like her. Apparently I have an English accent every once in a while. I did last night. I guess I kind of look like her but not that much. I don’t think I sound like her at all. After I hear English accents sometimes I will speak in one. Last night after the movie we were talking and my friend said that I sounded like Lucy. I told her that I didn’t because I don’t have the accent. She said that sometimes I do. Apparently I have a pretty good fake British accent. People have asked me where I’m from and I say where (I sometimes have a really strong southern accent but sometimes it’s not at all southern). I’ve been told that it sounds like I had a Boston accent (that was when I couldn’t make an R sound) (If that made any sense) My friend told me when she moved here that I sounded like I was British. I was visiting Zoe once and I started my English accent just for fun and they were wondering if I was from England. I love British accents. They (the people I was with last night) were asking me to do my accent and I did. Then they started. Then I couldn’t stop unless I was thinking about not. They said it was a pretty good accent. I would stay it probably sounded really bad and fake. I think I would be the only person who could speak in an English accent and say “ya’ll” (which is a real word). I really liked Edmund in this movie. Last one not at the beginning but the end. But he was a whole lot better than Peter. Reepicheep is amazing and probably one of my favorite characters in the world. I’d say that he was cute but in the movie… You have to see it if you haven’t. He is my hero. He is small, but brave. How would you feel being killed by a mouse? Really…Well You would be dead but what about your family? Just think about it. But I love Reepicheep and I am sure that I am going to cry in the next movie. (If you have read the book you know.) I liked Prince Caspian better in the book. He had a different accent than I expected. My sister thinks that he is adorable. I don’t.

Sorry

I haven't said anything for a while. But I'm working on a really long post. I saw Prince Caspian and it was amazing. Ya'll should go see it.

I can't drive well. My dad gave me my first driving lesson and I did horrible. I though I was going to have a panic attack. I'm not good at turning, stopping, starting, staying the same speed. Well it was my 1st time but I don't want to drive again. I might have to later today. Ahhhhhhhhhhh. I don't want to.

That's all I can think of for now. Bye

Random

Hey! I don't really have anything to say but I figured that I haven't posted in a while so I might as well.

My Pen
One thing about the end of school is all the stuff you have to go to. Today I had (well didn't have to but needed to) go to this thing where the recognized all the people in my school who made state (I was on that list!!!) And I got a pen. Maybe it's cool looking but I'm probably never going to use it. I like pencils better. But I was the only one in my (well it's on really mine but the one that I'm in) quartet to even show up. So when he announced the sax quartet it was me. And he said my name wrong. But everyone does. I really don't see why. My names not that hard. I never get it wrong. (OK I have forgotten how to spell it but it happens) They did it twice on the announcements. Ahhhh. It happens i guess.

Permit
I passed my driving test. I get my permit tomorrow. Isn't everyone excited? Probably not. My mom was mad that I didn't get it today. She thinks I'm delaying it. I'm not. I did horrible but I passed which is all that matters. (and that reminds of of the Addison Road song All That Matters even though it is irrelevant to what I just said. I just said all that matters so there)

All That Matters
I love Addison Road!!!!!!!! (It's a band) They have a song called All That Matters. And it is my theme song. So listen to it. Love it. Get it on iTunes so go to Wal Mart and buy the CD. It's amazing.

Friends
I have friends. I have insane friends. But my 2 best friends in the world live no where even close. It's sad. That's really all I have to say. Just came in my head.

Awards Banquet
For some reason (that I'm completely unaware of) I was invited to an Awards Banquet. I don't know why. I guessed because I made STATE but that is at a UIL Banquet or something (great another thing I have to go to) I really don't want to go. I think it will be boring. Really boring. It probably will be. I don't know what award I got (it's top secret apparently) or why I would have got it.

Band Concert
My band has a concert Friday. We were planning on doing it outside but the weather might not be too nice, so. But I'm nervous. We got one song like a week ago and I can't play some parts. And worst part is that the ensembles that made STATE (maybe the solo's I don't know) are also playing. I'm nervous. I think it's horrible. State is next Friday and right now.... We're OK but not that good. So we'll see what happens. We are playing Stars and Stripes Forever, a song called Crusin' (really fun), and Friends in Low Places. (Some weird country song)

Well I'm really suppose to get ready for bed because I have to get to school early tomorrow. So bye.

Drivers Ed is finally over!!!!!!!!! Band!!!

It's over. All we have to do is take the test. I'm happy. Then I have to do the summer driving stuff but that probably won't be as bad.

Fitness Testing
So.....What to say? Well I'm horrible at any physical activity. I don't like exercising. If I'm having fun that's a different story. But If I'm bored. Ahhhhhhhhh. But the state says we had to do these fitness test. No one wants to. We had to get weighed (ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh[breath]ahhhhhhhhhhhh) measured and then do the test. We had to do a flex test. It really hurt. I don't know how to really explain it but it hurts so bad. We had to see how many curl-ups and push ups you could do. (not very many) We has to do pacing or something like that. It's running, it's horrible. We had to run to a recording. (the push ups and curl ups were also on a tape) We had to run back and forth. I did 15 which was more than I though I could do. Some one did 100. It was insane.

Band
I love band! Today was really funny! I kinda feel sorry because some people (2) were really embarrassed. But it was funny! I have a friend who has a boyfriend who she really likes. We always joke about them getting married. They both made the youth symphony orchestra so our band director (my friend's boyfriend's dad) said "Ya'll should all congratulated J and L...." He paused just so some one could say "...........are getting married" (that wasn't the only comment made) Everyone started laughing. L didn't blush as much as we thought she would. It was so funny though. Our band director was like "Umm. Well I didn't know about that" When we started playing again I kept laughing. At lunch she was like "Why did this have to happen today?" I was like "It could have happened another day, why is today so bad?" And then we realized that one of our friends wasn't there which was really good because if she was she would have made so much fun of them. We told one of my more gullible (and not the smartest person around) what happened and she kept asking when they were getting married. We were just laughing at her. (We do that all the time, she doesn't get really any jokes[except laughy Taffy jokes and other corny ones] forgot her alphabet [I'm not joking] and will believe whatever you tell her.) So she was pretty confused about that. One of my friends made L a "Poor L Card" in our computer class. She put 2 coupons in there. One that she would be nice to L for a day. And one that she will nice to J for a day. She doesn't like J for some reason. I don't know why. She just can't stand him. She was sad because she forgot to put an expiration date. We said that L would give it to her when her and J get married. I was wrong with her last boyfriend but I might be right about them getting married this time. I might be right eventually.

Moral of that whole story is that band's fun despite what other people say.

Spring Storms and DRIVERS ED IS NEARLY OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (YAHOO)

There are some things I LOVE about SPRING! The new life, how winter is over, the green grass. The green grass is amazing. I hate seeing the ugly yellow, brown grass. And here we don't really get that much snow so winter is pretty bleh. There are wonderful things about spring like my birthday, the flowers, the blossems on trees. It use to be my favorite season. But one thing I've never likes were storms. Especially tornatos and lightning.

Thunder Storm
Actually I missed all the excitement. I slept through everything and no one knew how. But apparently there was a really big flash of light and a really loud sound. I'm not sure what happend but something about lightning struck something in out front yard. Well we have a TV or 2 left. I know we have one but it's the really old one. We bought a PS3 recently and we don't have it anymore. Only the laptops work so we don't have computers. The projector in the movie room broke. I don't know everything. Everyone was freaking out. But the only thing that is a problem for me is the computer. But it's working. I don't really watch TV (nothing good is ever on) I don't really use the phones. (most are gone) My alarm clock and stero are still working. I'm OK with it. Maybe the movies might be a little disapointing. My dad was suppost to go to Seattle but he canceled his trip. OK the hot water will be a slight problem. And we use to have instant hot water and that might be gone. But as I always say (and people get mad for some reason) "life goes on." I still have my piano, my computer, my house. I'm fine.

I take showers at night so I didn't have to worry about it this morning. We were going to go to my grandma's house to take showers but we got our hot water back. It started storming again. After I got home from Drivers Ed it looked like it was going to storm soon and we heard on the radio that there was going to be hail and lightning so we went to take bring in our solar lights. Before we were finished it started to rain and right before we had the last one the hail started. It was huge. My dog came in to the house and she never does that. Daisy was scared. (AWWWWWWWWW)

DRIVERS ED IS ALMOST OVER
Tomorrow is the last day of classroom Drivers Ed. I'm so excited! It's been really long and boring. Monday I am going to take the test and chances are I'll pass and get my permit. Well I need to get off the computer because I'm scared to charge it. It might get zapped! Bye


P.S. I went and changed this because at first I didn't think we had hot water. I tried to change it but I might not have so if I didn't change everything I'm sorry.

Narnia, Cinco de Mayo, Indiana Jones, Irish Whistle

Narnia
As I might have said earlier, I use to be obsessed with Narnia. I knew a lot about everything. I've read the books over and over again, I have the dramatised audio CDs (listening to Prince Caspian right now) Yesterday I watched The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Afterwards I wanted to watch the next movie. I've been so excited about it. Except I was expecting the guy who played Prince Caspian to be cute. He's not. My sister and mom thinks he is but..... Well I'm still really excited about seeing the movie. We are planning on going to see it opening day. May 16!!!!!! I'm excited! I've said that a couple of times. Yesterday I decided how it's should start but with all my luck it won't start how I want it to. I think that Prince Caspian is a very good story. It is one of the best. I don't know what my favorite. They all are good.

Cinco de Mayo

Today is Cinco de Mayo. I don't really have anything to say though.

Indiana Jones

I've seen 2 of the Indiana Jones movies. They were pretty good. Now the 4th one is coming out May 22nd. It should be good but I'm just going to say that it's been almost 20 years since they made the last one. Then out of no where they are just gong to make another one. Just seems random. Kinda weird.

Irish Whistle

I got an Irish Whistle for my birthday. I'm trying to learn how to play it. The fingerings are similar to the saxophone so it wasn't too hard to learn the fingerings. There were only a couple that I had to learn. This morning I wrote a song with it. It is a pretty hard song but it is really cool.

I can't dance especially when I'm sick.

OK. I can't dance. I have no rhythm or whatever, just didn't inherit any dancing ability. I'm normally OK with that as long as I don't have to dance. But today I had to dance at a fiesta thing. It was a grade for school so I had to. Some people knew what they were doing. I was practically walking in circles. I tried at least. Well other than not being able to dance, I've been really sick since Wednesday. (like not eating, can't do anything for myself, lying in bed being bored, dizzy, having to take medicine [scary music], and feeling miserable sick)

Monday my throat hurt.
Tuesday I had a small think that is kinda like a panic attack.
Wednesday I woke up not feeling well and went home from school sick.
Thursday I woke up feeling OK, went to school for the afternoon and felt horrible.
Friday (today) I woke up feeling OK went to school, made it with only a few dizzy spells.

So not the best week ever. But life goes on. (Sometimes)

We were suppose to be dancing but I was dizzy. So I was sitting down. Then our teacher tells us that if we're sitting down we have to stand up and dance. (We had to put up the chairs to) (sad) I didn't really enjoy it. I was really wanting to leave but I knew I couldn't leave school. (well I could of)

So I don't really have anything else to say. Bye

Sorry it's been so long.

I haven't posted in forever. I've been busy or haven't felt like it. But I figure I should. But I don't really have anything to talk about.

I'm ready for school to be out. Everyday is so hard. And now I have drivers ed after school Monday-Wednesday from 4-6. Ahhhhhhhhh. We can just say that I don't enjoy it. It's is boring. It last too long. And i can't go home between when school gets out and drivers ed because my mom started working at the school. So after school gets out I go to the band hall until i get kicked out.

Excited about marching band

I'm so excited about marching band. Some people hate it but I love marching. I don't know why. But I do. We are working on marching music and I'm so excited. It is kinda hard though. We are doing John Williams songs. So we have Star Wars, Jurassic Park (I love the music), Indiana Jones. They are hard songs but they're so much fun to play. Next year we're going to have over 100 people in band. Ahhhhhhh. But it will be great fun. I love band! If you don't...well get over it. We are practicing for state now during band. I don't think it is that fun. When we practice...well that doesn't happen that often. Sometimes we practice. Other times we talk. OK well they talk. I just sit there bored. (I don't really talk during school)

Well I don't have anything else to say. Bye

P.S. I might watch Jurassic Park later today.

My Eyelid and Band

Saturday my eye started hurting and I didn't know why. I ignored it thinking it would go away in the morning. Well I woke up yesterday morning and it still hurts and really badly. Also turns out it wasn't my eye but my eyelid. (It doesn't really matter) But it hurt. I told my parents and they said it was swelling. (I didn't know because I couldn't see it with my glasses and it hurt so I couldn't put my contacts in) (I'm pretty blind) But so we got the brilliant idea to take benadryl to keep the swelling down. It worked. I was pain free. But I took that in the morning and I was pretty useless the rest of the day. All during church I was wanting to go to sleep. I think I was zoning out. I wanted to go home but we had to eat. When I got home I crashed. I never sleep during the day but I slept for an amazing 2 hours. But my sister had brought a friend over and they can't be quiet. So they woke me up. I was not very happy. I could have slept and I wanted to so bad. But I figured if I slept to much I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. I got up went to the living room and watch You've Got Mail. It was weird and had a lot of language. Well the gist of it is that these 2 people who hate each other have a relationship over the Internet and they pretty much fall in love there. It was weird. Then I think I finished Radio because I started it Saturday but was really tired.

Tonight we had a band concert. Thursday we had contest and were amazing. We got strait ones (that's good) in concert and sightreading so we got a sweepstakes. It was great. But tonight we had a band concert. My grandparents got to come! The problem was that I made state for solo and ensemble so I had to stand up. I hated that. At least they didn't call my name. That would have been worse. (I'm slightly shy) But after the concert I listened to the 8th graders and they were pretty good. I enjoyed it. I kinda glad we are done with our concert music but there is 1 song I'll miss. The other ones I'm glad to put away. So now I think we are going to start solo and ensemble again and music for our concert in May. We have having an outside concert. Apparently it is really cool.

There....I pretty much posted because I have nothing else to do that I really want to do. I should go read my book actually.

Zoe tagged me or whatever.

I was tagged. This is going to be hard.

A-amazing (i feel really conceited)
D-discoglosidae (it sounds cool)
D-disheveled (i don't know)
I-Intelligent (That what they say)
E-Excellent

Well I think this is the part where I tag some people. But I don't know who to tag. So I tag everyone who visits the sight. How nice is that? Now no one has to feel left out! Aren't I amazing?

Well here is my confession.....I am not discoglosidae and I am very glad of that. Discoglosidae is a family of frogs. It just sounded cool and I saw it in my dictionary.


Now I am going to get a Swedish word for every letter.

A-Amerikansk
D-dotterdotter
D-dekikat
I-iakttagare
E-elev

Now let's do......
Italian

A-abile
D-disinvolto
D-dolcezza
I-intelligente
E-esclamazione

Now...How about French... Well I would but I'm getting too tired. and I don't feel like it.

Finally Done

After over a week of researching and writing, 5 pages of writing, 1,389 words, 6,586 characters without spaces, 8,067 characters with spaces, 8 paragraphs, and 100 lines, I am finally finished with my research paper. We have been studing the Holocaust in English. I nearly cried today. But we had to do a research paper over a concentration camp or death camp. I chose Bergen-Belsen. It was really sad. Well anyway. I have nothing else to say so bye. Here it is if you want to read it.

Bergen-Belsen

The Holocaust was the mass killing of Jews, Roma or Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses and many other groups of people considered “inferior” to the Nazi party. The concentration camps and death camps were set up to kill the Jews and other “inferior” people. The Nazis wanted certain races of people to be isolated from the people who were “superior.” Hitler’s “Final Solution” was worse than anything that had happened before. It was worse than the all the persecution that had occurred when Hitler came into power. The “Final Solution” was the plan to eliminate the people who Hitler saw as “inferior.” After the persecutions, Hitler resorted to genocide. It is important to study the tragic events that took place during the Holocaust, because it would be horrible if this event were ever repeated. So many innocent people lost their lives. They didn’t do anything to deserve it. No one should be thought less of because of who they are, who their parents were, or who their great-great-grandparents where. So many precious children weren’t even given a chance to live. Just because they couldn’t work they were killed. About 6 million Jews died in the period of a few years. That doesn’t even account for the other “inferior” races. Bergen-Belsen was a concentration camp located in northern Germany. It was considered one of the better ones, but it was still a horrible place. Overcrowding was a big problem due to the fact that the prisoners who were evacuated from eastern camps were sent there. Also, sick prisoners from other camps were sent there, even though they did not receive the care they needed. Bergen-Belsen was also where a young Jewish girl, Anne Frank, died. During the war her family and a few other people went into hiding and she kept a diary. The diary has been translated into many different languages and she is now world-renown. Her sister Margot Frank also died in Bergen-Belsen. They both died from Typhus when the epidemic broke out. The Holocaust should never be forgotten. No one should ever endure that pain and suffering again. “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in the camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.” ---Elie Wiesel.
Bergen-Belsen was a concentration camp located near Celle, Germany. It was located south of the villages of Bergen and Belsen. It was established in 1940 as a prisoner of war camp for about 600 French and Belgian soldiers. In April of 1943 sections of the camp were given to the SS. There they establish a detention camp for Jews for the intention of exchanging them for imprisoned German soldiers. But very few exchanges were made. It remained in operation until liberation on April 15, 1945. After that, Bergen-Belsen was a displaced persons camp for over 12,000 people displaced after the Holocaust. All that remains is the graveyard because the camp was burned to the ground to prevent the spread of Typhus. The camp mostly contained Jews. The camp was divided in to eight sections: a detention camp, two women’s camps, a special camp, neutrals camp, “star” camp, Hungarian camp, and a tent camp.
Bergen-Belsen wasn’t a killing camp. It didn’t have a gas chamber. For concentration camp standards, Bergen-Belsen was fairly good. But it wasn’t paradise either, especially after it started overcrowding. The camp was designed to hold about 10,000 people, but the Nazis were evacuating eastern camps that were closer to the front lines. Tens of thousands of prisoners from other camps, including large numbers from Auschwitz, came to Bergen-Belsen after excruciating death marches. Since the population increased, conditions decreased. They suffered poor sanitary conditions, lack of adequate food and shelter and there also was a Typhus epidemic that killed thousands. They resorted to lethal injections due to the overcrowding. In the first few months of 1945, about 35,000 died. 60,000 prisoners were found when the camp was liberated.
Renée H. was a young girl in Bergen-Belsen. She was around 11 years old. She remembers some of her experiences. “When I was in the camp, I managed to find a roll of toilet paper. And I managed to also barter something I had for a pencil. And I started to write and I was writing down everything that was happening to me, about my longings, my fears, conversations I overheard, things people had said. At one point, this roll of toilet paper was found in one of the searches by the soldiers. I remember coming back from Appell [roll call] seeing a soldier with the toilet paper, and rolling it and reading it to someone else---and laughing and finding it very amusing. Suddenly I rushed up to snatch it. He pulled it away and he said ‘NO! This is too good for you.’ And he took it with him and, of course I heard the conversation. I heard what they were describing. One of the things I remember him saying to the other was, ‘She has a wonderful sense of humor!” And I didn’t remember writing anything funny in it. I remember feeling, saying, ‘You may have taken that toilet roll, but you haven’t stopped me from writing.’ And that was when I vowed to spend the rest of my life writing.” She had something that was hers taken away from her. She decided to spend the rest of her life writing because that was hers and no one could take that away. She also tells what she remembers of liberation. But sadly, she was too sick to remember it. “One of the saddest things in my life has been that I have no recollection of the liberation because I was totally ill with the Typhus. I have no recollection of what happened when the English came to Bergen-Belsen, none of the things that people told me afterwards about the joy and the sense of being moved from where I was to what was converted into a hospital which was outside---right in the place where the Germans themselves were billeted. One of the men who was liberating us was a Dr. Collis, and he told me later on that I was very near death. Had I to wait another two days for the English, I would not have survived.” It is really sad that she doesn’t have any memories of her own of what would have been the happiest moments of her life.
On April 15, 1945, the British liberated Bergen-Belsen. About 60,000 people were found at the camp. Many were sick and near death. Thousands died after liberation because they were so sick they could not recover. 10,000 to 14,000 died from liberation to June 20, 1945. Conditions were horrible when the camp was found; no words could describe them. Louis L. Snyder said, “Battle-hardened veterans inured [used] to the sight and the smell of death were sickened by what they saw in these pestholes. They could scarcely believe their eyes…staggering out to meet them were the walking skeletons---human beings whose bodies were stripped of flesh, their eyes staring in disbelief, their voices hollow, their minds crippled by starvation and disease. Strong men wept in the presence of this miserable army of unfortunates.”
The Holocaust was the one of the worst cases of cruelty to humans in history. No one should ever suffer that way again. The events that took place not too long ago in the whole scheme of thing are too atrocious for words to describe. Even if someone tried, it wouldn’t even be close to describing the pain, suffering, and agony that these blameless people were forced to go through. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was an American commander, said while he was entering one of the camps, he had “never at any time experienced an equal sense of shock.” We need to learn about what happened so that it will never happen again. No one would want to go through that, so why should anyone else have to?
“Never shall I forget that first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night….” from Elie Wiesel’s Night.

Sad times.

Choir Is Over
As I have said we had our choir stuff going on since about January. The Friday before Easter we preformed it. We realized how we spent a couple months of hard work for just a few minutes. Kinda sad if you think about it. But it was worth it. Last Sunday we preformed it at the beginning of church and people really like it. Early this morning we recorded it. I loved all our songs and I'm so sad that we are done. My parents aren't. Currently in the youth group at my church we have a lot of seniors. And they are some of the best in the choir. All the other 2nd Soprano (that is what i sing) are seniors i think. I don't know how many are going to sing that next year. (That's horrible)

Kicked Out
Also today my youth minister wore a pink shirt. I called him a pansy. It was funny. But then he said that I got kicked out of the youth group. I figure he has no authority over that. My dad said that he can't kick me out for telling the truth. I agree. It was funny though.

Adventures in Odyssey
I love Adventures in Odyssey (yes I know I'm in High School but I don't care.) Well on the Adventures in Odyssey podcast every once in a while they give out free episodes. I make sure to get them. Well I got one and I recognized the name but just couldn't remember what it was about
It was called East Winds Raining or something like that. It was about Pearl Harbor. It was so sad. But good. I was tearing up. I have heard it several times before.

Hey!

I love weekends but the only problem is that they end and then you have to go back to school on Monday. But anyway.

My family loves movies. Last night I watched Nancy Drew and Though None Go With Me, this morning I watched Persuasion, and tonight I might watch Mansfield Park.

Here are some favorites....

Movie
My favorite movie of all time might be Though None Go With Me. It is so good but it is so sad. But it has a really good message. I would recommend it but it is so sad. I cry very easily so whenever I watch it I am practically crying through our the entire movie. (especially towards the end) I was bawling my eyes out last night, my pillow was soaked, but I love that movie so much. It makes me sad and happy at the same time. The problem is that I don't really like crying (obviously) so sometimes I will really want to watch it but I don't want to cry. But you should watch it. It is a really good movie.

Books
I also love reading. I am not sure if I have a favorite book but there is one that I would love to read again. It is called the Crown and the Crucible. I was in the library one day last year and needed a book and I saw it and saw that they were Christian books and wanted to read the series. The first one is the best and the 2nd and 3rd are pretty good but then after that I lost interest. The series got me interested in Russian history and stuff. It is Christian but... I'm not sure how to explain it but it isn't right out there. But they were really good books and I would love to read them again, I just can't find them anywhere.

Music
I don't know if I have a favorite band. But right now I really like Addison Road. They have a song on Air 1 called All that Matters and that is my new theme song. I listen to A-Road all the time and never get tired of it. Zoe thinks they're OK. I love them. I love All that Matters, Always Love, Run, and What Do I Know of Holy. They are all so good. I love every song on the new CD. (I haven't heard many more of there stuff) I hope more A-Road songs get put on the radio. I first saw them (I think I have explained this before) at Planet Wisdom. They lead worship. I absolutely loved Planet Wisdom and wished I could of gone back but my youth group went to Planet Wisdom last year because the weather was too bad to go to Winterfest (the one we usually go too) I got a lot more out of Planet Wisdom. Anyway (I'm sorry but I'm ADD) When I got home I subscribed to the podcast and just started liking Addison Road. I got there new CD the day after it came out (I used some of my sisters money but she didn't care) I loved the new CD. I've explained that.

Random Thoughts.....

Feet
Some people really can't stand feet. They kinda are disgusting. I don't have anything else to say. What is your opinion on feet?

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Why do people put... to like finish the sentence or like I did earlier. Who started that?

Food
I love food. Too much. I love calzones (from a local restaurant One Guy), enchiladas (Tex-Mex is pretty much amazing. My mom makes really good enchiladas but they discontinued the powder to make the sauce so my mom bought all they had.) I've been to Disney World a few times. They have a lot of food. Good food. There is a French Bakery in the France section of EPCOT where we have to go every time. They have the best french bread and amazing chocolate cake. They also have other good foods. One of the best restaurants is Cheesecake Factory. The food is pretty good but the best part is dessert (if you can eat it) They give you a huge amount of food and then the cake and cheese cake is so good but so big. Whenever we go, me and my sister get our food and then we split a piece of Linda's Fudge Cake. It is pretty much amazing beside the fact that I ate myself sick. If there was one or two foods I could live off of they are good enchiladas and calzones from One Guy (I'm very picky). I would probably get sick of it eventually. I'm really hungry right now. That is why I started talking about food. Well it is past lunch time and I'm hungry so I'm going to go eat.

My Tooth (Tragic Story) J/K

A couple of weeks ago I was forced against my will to go to the dentist. I am not the biggest fan of the dentist. They seem to be nice people when they are not poking my gums (making them bleed), telling me everything I'm doing wrong, numbing my mouth for hours, gagging me, etc.

But while I was at the dentist they looked at my last x-rays and saw that I had a tooth in there that was suppose to fall out any day 6 months ago. But no. It was still in there. OK. Most people my age and younger have already lost all their baby teeth, but this one liked me too much and didn't want to leave. But they said that the tooth was growing under there (they over-exaggerated.) And that if the one on top didn't get out the tooth under it might get a cavity and then bad stuff. They said that if I didn't get it out in 2 weeks I would of had to go back so they could pull it out. I promised that it would be out in that time. Going back to the dentist to get a shot to numb me for 3 hours while they pull out my tooth isn't the most happy thought. So I worked on it, and worked on it, and worked on it. And nothing. So my dad tried. At first I was willing but it hurt. I spent church that morning in pain.

My dad said that he was going to get it out when he got back from out of town. My sister begged to watch. I told her that she couldn't watch my agony but she did. I made up for it. I was hyperventilating (over exaggeration) and freaking out. But my dad got it out. For the next several minutes or hour, it bled profusely. I had a paper towel to put on it and used pressure but nothing helped. I eventually just left it alone. Well then I look to see what is there and I see about 2 small white dots and that's it. I thought or at least was hoping that there would be more than that. Now I feel like a piece of me is missing. And there is. My tongue moves over there and there is a gap. It's so sad. OK I'll get over it. But my jaw hurt really bad for the rest of the night. My tooth is in the bathroom just so everyone knows. And that night when I brushed my teeth my tooth brush got blood on it because my mouth started bleeding again. But it is all worth it because now I don't have to go to the dentist for 6 months or more.


P.S. I have nothing against dentist, one of my friends wants to be one. I just don't like being gagged (happens a lot), numbed (it hurts), poked to the point of bleeding (how can they say that my gums are bleeding because I don't brush them good enough when they are being poked by a sharp needle like thing, and etc. They are nice, talk to me, good people, bad job. Now I feel bad because I have said all these bad stuff about the dentist and it is not the people. It is the equipment and profession. I don't mean any offence. I like the dentist better because they play K-Love and other Christian Music.

My Room, Manatee Collection,

As many of you know, during Christmas time we redid my room. It use to be all horses and it was nice but then I got too old for it. So we decided to redo the entire room. We painted the walls and all. I think we are nearly finished with all the decorations (I thought we were finished in January but I was wrong) During Spring Break we went to IKEA and got these cool shelf-like things. They are blue and are shaped like V's. I really like it. I love being there and I stopped really using my lights. I will at night but during the day I open the windows. I love the natural light. I have some cork boards that my mom painted the outside. On one I have random stuff and on the other I have the note card things that we get at our youth devo. I also I have a music stand. I also have the shiny treble cliff and 8th notes. It is all pretty much purple, green and blue. (My favorite colors.)

I have a Manatee stuffed animal collection. I have 4. Moe is the biggest and is pretty big, then there is Manny, who I have had for the longest who isn't as big. She's about normal size for stuffed animals. Maggie is the one I got most recently. I got her on my birthday last week. She is about the same size and Manny, but softer. Mindy is my smallest one. Moe and Manny were both from Disney World. I named Moe after one of the manatees that was a the Living Seas. I use to have an obsession with manatees.

Sorry if this was boring. I was just bored.

Random Hyperness/ Boredom

Being hyper and bored is a bad combination for nearly everyone I know. Especially my little sister, Aryra. I really have nothing to add to that.

I just got back from a Christian convention, competition thing. We left Wednesday and just got a back about an hour or 2 ago. We do this every year and don't usually leave until Friday and we usually get back Sunday but since it was Spring Break we changed things up a bit. Wednesday we spent most of the day getting there. But we got to see a friend of ours who moved. That was good. Thursday was sorta fun but not. We took a tour of an office building, went to a aquarium(I got another stuffed manatee), ate a Cheesecake Factory (i was sick) Then we practically shopped for the rest of the day (one of my least favorite activities. We did go to this place called IKEA that was kinda cool. I got some cheep stuff for my room. Well I'm going to skip Friday (because i don't really remember), This morning we did our chorus thing and did great. Except I kinda lost my voice. After that we left.

Dinner tonight was absolutely horrible. It was good but now I'm sick (again). We got ice cream at cold stone. I got a Love It when I should have gotten a Like It and now I am suffering the consequences. But I'll live.

Well I think we might watch a movie tonight. Bye

Random thoughts......

Zippers

How do zippers work? It seems really weird. I don't have much else to say. I was just wondering. I was zipping my purse (it completely unzips) (It's pretty much amazing) and I wondered how so zippers work. I asked my dad. I can kind get how they unzip but not zip. It's so confusing.

B-Day and Presents

My birthday is coming up so I'm getting birthday presents already. I got a Phantom of the Opera poster from London. The tube it was in said royal mail. It was apparently actually in Her Majesty's Theater. We framed it and matted it and it looks really good above my desk. I also got a cool lamp and these things that you put on the wall. I got a big purple treble clef a smaller bluish 16th notes and a light blue 8th notes. They are shiny and the notes are glittery. I also got a chair thing that folds out so you can lie down on it. It is kinda confusing to explain but it is very comfortable. I love it. Hehehe. I am going to have a b-day party soon. It's going to be pretty much amazing.

Radio/Music

I like the radio. I'm listening to David Crowder Band on the radio right now. It is pretty much amazing. I love David Crowder Band. I saw them in concert at Disney World once. It was pretty much amazing. I was really tired though because it was late at night and I had blisters on my feet because of the shoes I had walked in one day. It was pretty bad. But the concert was cool. I was thinking who all I've seen in concert. FFH, Big Daddy Weave, Kutless, Newsboys, Warren Barfield, Addison Road, Hawk Nelson, Toby Mac, Jeremy Camp, Sonicflood?, Rush of Fools, Barlow Girl, Casting Crowns, Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Tomlin, Rebecca St. James (not too much though) Todd Agnew?, Zoe Girl (not really though), The Afters, Family Force 5, there are probably more. Well I know there are more. We saw the Afters sound check at Disney World once. Interesting. I remembered that because my mom brought it up when we heard something about a contest on Air 1 to have the Afters party at your house. It would be pretty much amazing. Now I'm listening to Kutless. And now Grey Holiday.

What's a Rock Opera?

There is this thing called !Hero the Rock Opera. It is like What if Jesus hadn't come before and he came now and was born in Bethlehem, Penn. So it takes place in New York. It is really cool. I watched it on Youtube yesterday and the Day before. (now Hawk Nelson Friend like That) It has famous people like Michael Tait, and Rebecca St. James, and Paul Wright, It is pretty cool. It's interesting. They have weird dancing. It is a musical and they are singing through most of it. It is about 2 hours long. It starts out with an overview of what has happened. There is a global government I guess called ICON. And that there are no churches and only 1 synagogue in Brooklyn. It says that their are a lot of gangs and stuff. Michael Tait plays !Hero who is Jesus and Rebecca St. James is Maggie who is Mary Magdalene. Paul Wright I think is one of the guys who works for ICON and is sent to investigate !HERO and ends up believing in Jesus (and falling in love with Maggie) The songs have been stuck in my head. I really like one that Maggie sings with !Hero pretty much. It is called Secrets of the Heart. It has some of his miracles like Turning Water into Wine (Audio Adrenaline Under Dog), Healing by the Pool, and Healing the Dead Girl. It also has the feeding of the five thousand where they shot break in cannon thing into the audience. And something similar to the Clearing of the Temple thing. I enjoyed it. It had some boring parts but it was good. Visit the website if you want to know more. I watched in on Youtube.

I like hyperlinks. One of my friends is making a quiz on PowerPoint at school and is using hyperlinks for you to click on to find out the answers. Some might not work.

(Jon McLaughlin Beautiful Disaster)

Hey!

Hey! I haven't posted in like a week. But I don't really have anything to say. I might anyway.

Again I am watching the Aristocats while I'm writing a post. Anyway.... I put on video on my blog. It is towards the bottom. It is really good and the song on it is currently my favorite song ever. I bought it for my iPod. It's pretty much amazing. I think I say that a lot. I don't know. (I know I say that a lot)

We are officially out for Spring Break. Today was an early out. The last 3 periods we watched videos. We had to go to the cheerleading tryout thing 1st period. Horrible. We voted during 2nd but nothing else. In 3rd period we did a mind game. 4th was band so we did usual band stuff. We did nothing in 5th. I just pretty much looked up stuff on the internet and helped my friend with her quiz on powerpoint. During 6th period we started watching We Are Marshal. I was practically crying and depressed all through lunch. Then my friends made it all better. I love my friends. During 7th and 8th i just read even though there were movies going.

Hey!

I haven't posted in a while. Guess What? I went to a Newsboys concert. It was so good. There were 3 bands before them. Article One, NewWolrdSon, and Rush of Fools.

Article One was pretty good. I enjoyed it. I apparently witnessed the most amazing violin solo ever. OK it was amazing. The violinist was really good. He played the violin behind his back. It was cool. Kinda weird.

Sorry but I though NewWorldSun was very weird. It was kinda creepy. I thought of the Addam's Family because of one song I heard. It was OK just not my thing. The guy danced weird.

Then there was Rush of Fools and that was great.

Sorry but Newsboys was the best. I loved it. Newsboys is amazing anyway but I loved it in concert. There was a drum thing and people were they were rising and the whole drum set tilted over completly on its side and started spinning. And Peter Furler was on another smaller drum set that was just rising in the air really high. I would of been too scared. The sang the Breakfast song which was amazing. It might be my favorite song of theirs.

Well I don't have much else to say. Bye.

Music/Phantom of the Opera

Hey! I still am very excited about making state in solo and ensomble. I was so happy when they announced all the people who made it on the announcements.

I love music. I play the saxophone and piano. I have played the saxophone for nearly 4 years I think) And the piano for 8 or 9. (A long time for me) I want to learn how to play the clarinet because I love the clarinet sound (most of the time) My little sister plays the clarinet and my older sister Lizbeth does too. Depends on how busy summer is, I am going to ask if she can teach me. My little sister usually lets me borrow her's. I have tried to learn over a weekend. (but my weekends are sometimes busy) I would also like to learn how to play the bagpipes. I doubt that is going to happen. I kinda play the recorder but I had to learn in 5th grade and I kinda remember. That might be one of my least favorite instruments. It is hardly an instrument. I hope to learn more instruments. I use to play the violin but after about 2 months I quit. I hated it. I thought it was terribly uncomfortable and hard. I only remember learning one song so that bugged me.

The hardest song I have probably ever played on the saxophone (I am listening to it right now) was a song we played for All Region Band. It was really hard. It was the March from 1941. I think there is a movie called 1941 and that song is from it. It is probably the hardest song I have ever played. I loved it though. It was so hard. I would love to try it again but I kinda doubt that is going to happen. (unfortunatly) It had a lot of confusing fingerings and rhytem (I usually can spell that correctly I just can't think now. It also had a 36th note run. Also the song we did for the sax quartet. It didn't have a key signture and it had a lot of accidentals. All next together. Ahhhhhh. I hated it at first but now it is ok. (ok i might love it just because I made state with it.

The beginning of the school year was my first time to march. I loved it. Our show was the Phantom of the Opera. (loved it) I love Phantom. I saw it on Broadway last summer and I loved it. During that thime I was doing Phantom at school and for piano lessons, and one of my friends gave me the CD so I listened to it all the time. I eventrually stopped.

Last night I got to see one of the guys who played the Phantom on Broadway. He sang a lot of songs. (He sang Music of the Night!) I loved it. He was really good and funny.

Well I don't really have anything else to say. Bye

Good and Bad News

Obviously I have good and bad news.

Good news is that the sax quartet made a 1. We had the hard judge though. Now that we got a 1 we get to go to state. I am so happy. The other alto in the quartet called me and said that we made a 1. I was so exciting (like shaking with excitment and jumping up and down) After we played I found out we had the hard judge that we were suppose to have for my other ensemble. So I was excited and I get to go to state as a Freshman.

Bad news is that my other one made a 2. The woodwind ensemble also had a lot of my friends in that. And another one with 2 of my friends didn't make it either. It is sad. But one of my friends did make state.

It is going to be fun though.

Nervous

It is tomorrow. I really hope we do good. I heard someone say that it is easy to get a 1 at district. I hope they are right. Well I don't have much to say but I will post whenever I know how I do.

Bad News

Today during band i found out that the judge we have for the woodwind ensemble gave only two 1s last year. And we need a 1 to get to state. So I am not very confident about this. And the other one isn't too good. Well it is good but hard and we mess up a lot. I am getting less confident. I guess maybe next year. It would be fun to make state. Well hopefully I'll make it to state in at least one. Then I would get a jacket. But anyway.... I am just nervous and that morning is going to be horrible. (Maybe the judge is getting softer as he gets older.) We will hope. Anyway.... I don't have anything else to say just wanted to post in. I will tell ya'll how I do. Bye.

Hey Again!

Hey! I'm better. Back to my own self. Well nothing much has happend. Mostly school. It is pretty boring. Solo and Ensomble is Saturday. I am so nervous. I really want to make it to state but I kinda doubt my ensombles will. We have hard songs. They aren't going too well. As long as I make a 1 in one of my ensombles I will be ok.

I first said I would do the sax quartet because my mom talked to someone and found out that they needed another person. Most of the other saxophones aren't that good. It is pretty sad but... The song is Pollywog's Lake Talk. It sounds weird and is really hard. We still have problems with it. I like most of the people in it. One just gets on my nerves. We try to practice. I hated the sound of the song at first. Now it is ok but I still don't like it. That one isn't my favorite one.

This one is. (except) It is the Woodwind Ensomble. I have the 1st alto saxophone part and it is pretty easy. I really like the sound of the song. We are doing the Milatary Symphony. I really like how it changes from loud to soft and different styles (I guess) I like it. I have a friends in it. It also have percussion. The only problem is that I have a solo. I am always so nervous when I play it. It isn't that hard but I just get really nervous. It isn't too long or hard. But I still don't like it. I like whenever it is over.

Well I don't really have anything else to say. This is pretty short.

Kinda Sick (bleh)

I am still kinda sick but yesterday and part of the day before was horrible.

I had just finished watching Aristocats and then I went up stairs. I got really hyper and started jumping up and down. But then I got a really bad headache and I could only roll on the floor in pain. It was horrible. But then all the rolling made me sick to my stomach. I got on to the couch and lied down. I was miserable. My parents got home and my mom made me take a vitamin drink thing. It only made it worse. (though my mom says it couldn't) I went to bed early but I was probably the last one to sleep. I have had insomnia problems in the past so I tried all my old tricks. I even tried to sleep on the floor. Nothing worked. After an hour I tried to go see my parents to tell them that I couldn't sleep but they were already in bed. What was really bad was when I tried to get on the bed again my head started throbing. It was fine when I was lying down, but sitting up or standing up was horrible. (standing up was even worse) I still was trying to get to sleep after hours and then I got a really weird feeling. My mouth was really dry and I needed something to drink. Luckily I keep a few water bottles in my room incase I get thirsty. But I finished them and was still dying of thirst. I didn't want to have to get up and go fill up my water bottles but I was so thirsty. So I stood up and my head started to throb. It hurt so bad I fell down. I couldn't walk to the sink so I had to practicly crawl over the to sink and back. But when I got back I tried to take a drink but the water was kinda cold so when I drank it my head started to throb. And I also couldn't drink it lying down. So I couldn't. I finally went to sleep.

My mom came in and woke me up that morning. I felt ok but I was lying down and maybe a little scared to get up. But I did and I had to go to school because I didn't want to get behind. I got up and throbing head and falling down stuff. (you know) But I had to go. I went and lied down on the couch. I didn't want to eat but I knew I would be even more miserable if I didn't. So I had a banana, a tiny bit of smoothie, and another vitamin drink (I nearly couldn't get the whole thing down.) Well I am a bit stuborn and onry so I needed to tough a day out in school. Beside the next day would be Saturday.

I went to my first class Biology and I had no chance to rest. I went to finish a lab and then we had a really hard paper. I wanted to ask the teacher how to do it but I if I talk to people when I am feeling bad I usually start crying. (I don't know why but that is why I yell at people when I am sad) (so for future refence if I am about to cry or sad LEAVE ME ALONE) But I couldn't do the paper so I had to ask. I started getting a little teary eyed and my teacher asked if I was feeling ok. (Obviously not) So I said I was sick. And she said to go with her. I told her that I couldn't leave school. (My mom was a sub for my BCIS teacher and I didn't want to miss anything) Then she said that we could go get some tylenol for me. (I hate medicine) So I said that I didn't like that stuff. Then she said we could go to the nurses office and I could go lie down. (I had no idea we had a nurse or if we did, where he office was) I said no. (I regret that a little bit) I went to next period, math and had to take a test. It wasn't too hard but still. Luckily in English we just watched a movie. In band I had to get my saxophone out to practice for my ensombles. I didn't feel like practicing so I gave up and put my sax up. I went and found on of my friends (by her boyfriend) and I went and said hi and lied down. People were probably staring at me. The floor was really uncomfortable to I stood up. But I felt horrible. I rested my head on the back of a chair. Some one asked what was wrong, but I didn't tell him. (it is weird, I go to a really small school so pretty much everyone knows everyone, at least in band, so people will know me who I never talk to or accociate (however it is spelt) with.) He was one of the people who I never talk to and when I do talk it is short responses to their questions. But anyway. I was pretty miserable. Luckily as the day went on I got better. I was back to my old self later that day. But my mom made me get a makeover. (I hate makeup) I brought one of my friends with me and we talked for a while. Ok not really we IMed eachother and we were sitting in the same room. But then we started the torture. Ok it wasn't that bad but it I didn't want to do it. After that we talked for a little bit long and then she stole my phone (maybe I let her use it) And I took it back after I saw what she said. (none of your buisness) Well it resulted in a very short conversation and explaining that I didn't say that and answering a question that was sparked by Amanda's comment. (she said it like it was comming from me)

Well after that I watched a movie called Joshua that nearly made me cry. It was about if Jesus came back to earth would we reconize Him. I though something was going to happen that would make my cry but it didn't. So I went to bed. I have a slightly sore throut now but that happens a lot.

There is only about one or two times where I have been sicker than that. (That I remember) Once right before I was going to start 7th grade I got really sick. (I think I missed a concert or a lock out or something) But I couldn't stand up or sit up without getting dizzy. I also couldn't eat and slept all the time. (completly not like me) (especially the eating) Well I went to the doctor (it was horrible having to sit up in the waiting room) and got some medicine and then I decided I should go to school since it was the first day and all. I wasn't feeling too well all day and finally 6th period I started shaking and I went to the nurse and turns out I had a fevor. I got sent home on the first day of school. I slept, they had to practially force food down my throut. (not really) I didn't even go to school the next day. I went to a different doctor and turns out I had been given the wrong medicine or something like that. It was horrible. I got better.

Then I got kinda sick like that again but not quite as bad. I was working in the office. (I was an office aide in 7th grade which was really unusual. Well the secretary noticed something was wrong. The next period I was sent to the nurses office and I ended up sitting in the office for another half hour or more waiting for my mom to get there. It was pretty bad. I never want to be that sick ever again. (I could live) I think both times I lost a lot of weight but especially the 1st time.

Well I am better now.

Addie

Aristocats (And the word I)

I probably should try another post that isn't completly random. (I think it might be short)

I am watching the Aristocats. I love that movie. I haven't seen it in forever. I probably should stop using sentences that start with I. I keep doing that. I don't know why. I am doing to purpously. I love the movie anyway. I think it is funny. I could have used other words in the sentences to go use.

I laughed at one of my friends got a Valentine's Day gift for her boyfriend. I was also laughing because he gave her stuff too. I was making fun of them also because he got her something.

I am getting tired of using only the word I. I can't stay on one topic. I think it is impossible.

I really am going to stop.

This is such a cute movie. I got it today for Valentine's Day. It is a really good movie. Edger is mean.

Today we extracted DNA from bananas in science.

"It's time to practice your scales and your Arpeggios."

"Mama, he did it again."

I love this movie. I love the song Everybody wants to be a cat. We have a video of me singing that to everyone in the waiting room of the hospital why my sister was being born. (Forever ago) I still love singing.

I also love Newies. It is very nice to quote. Like....

"You've been in a bad mood all day." and more.

"So that's Creme de la Cream alla Edger"
Sorry Aristocats again. I am very random. I will be saying something and then I will say something I see like. "Oh, horse" or "It's a kittie" It scares some people.

An Arpeggio is a broken cord.

"Everybody wants to be a cat!"

Oh no! The cute kitties were stolen and fell off the motercycle in to the water. And I didn't think windmills were that common in France. I think I am just going to give you a commentary of the movie. I you don't want to read it you don't have too.

Pause movie to talk to my little sister

Start movie again....

Ahh his shoes fell off.

Edger busted through the windmill. The kitties are lost. *tear*tear* They wake up. Marie is in a tree.

Well I am going to stop now.

Good Bye!

Really Bored (It happens)

I could be doing something else but, I am not. I really should be doing something else, but again, I am not.


Random Topics......

Music


I love music. I really like instrumental music. Michael W. Smith has some songs that are mostly just instruments and I like those. I just realized that we have a Kenny G. CD. I play saxophone too so I think that is cool. I have only played Alto Saxophone but I would like to play soprano saxophone someday. I think they are so cool. I love the bagpipes! (I know it is weird). Some day I want to learn how to play the bagpipes. (Weather it will happen or not is a differnt story altogether) I don't know why I just love the sound of bagpipes. Especially playing Amazing Grace. I love that song and I think bagpipes is just the perfect instrument to play that song one. I also love the cello. I don't really love string instruments. (I tried to play violin once and it didn't work out.) But I love the cello. I don't know what is that different. Maybe since it is lower than violin or something, but not too low. I obviously love piano and saxophone. I like a really strong clarinet sound. Flute is sometimes ok. I am not a fan of most brass instruments but I sometimes like the sound of a French Horn. ( I am glad I am a woodwind)



Opera and singing.


Oddly enough as it sounds I am a slight fan of opera. Not that I listen to it all that often. But occationally. I like softer opera and not all crazy and painful. I love listening to songs in different languages. (Even if I can understand a word of what is being said) I don't really know why it just sounds really cool. We sang a song in Latin in choir last year. I love voices. I like singing but I am not that good. (Well I say that) I love musicals like the Phantom of the Opera, Newies, Wicked (even though I have never really seen it, just heard the music), Les Miserables, and more. I love the song On My Own from Les Mis and most of the songs from Phantom. (Most) I despise All I Ask of You for some reason. It sounds pretty, but it is too, well I don't know how to explain it.


Spanish


I am learning Spanish in school. (to my dismay) It is not that Spanish is bad. But I would rather learn French. I would take it if my school had it, but they only have Spanish and it is required to take it. I though I ought to get it over with. I am learning. It is the only class I have that I have to learn everything. Maybe biology. I do pretty well in Spanish. My grades are pretty good. But I have problems with speaking and understanding it being spoken to me. Reading and writing it are the easy parts for me.

Narnia

I use to be obsessed with Narnia. It was around the time when the movie came out and I read all the books and stuff. I just loved it. My friends would get annoyed with me because I would talk about it a lot. I got really excited when I found out when the next one was coming out. I would go to school and want to talk about Narnia. (I am sure my friends didn't like me very much then) I got over that. Now I would like to possibly see the new movie when it comes out but I am no longer obsessed.

Cupstacking

I use to cupstack (or what is now officially called sportstacking) all the time. At a Preteen retreat we learned and had a tournament. It was fun. I was kinda nervous because I (like everyone else) had never cupstacked before and I think I went early on. There would be three people and the person who stacked the cups the fastest won. Well I won and I won again and again. It was down to me and 2 of my friends I think. (Maybe just one) And I won the whole thing (luck) I was happy. I went home and asked if I could get some cups and I did. I learned how to do the Cycle (the harder one) and kept getting better and working on beating my record. I don't remember exactly what my record is but it is less than 14 seconds i think. I can't seem to beat it anymore.

Valentine's Day

I really can't stand Valentine's Day. It is so boring and pointless. I don't see a point to it. People give other people cards, flowers, and chocolate and I really don't like that. And what about those people who want to get something but don't? :( It is so sad. People are like, "I am going to bring you a valentine tomorrow." I don't want to be rude by saying "No, I hate Valentine's Day." And I am very picky and don't really like sweets. I hope I don't get anything tomorrow. We might stick something in one of my friends lockers and tell her that it is from her boyfriend. (I don't know if he is smart enough to get her something.) Me and my sister figure it will cost about $20 to get her a rose, some chocolate, and a card (expensive) (That is another think I hate about Valentine's Day. It is too expensive.) We might stick something in her boyfriend's locker too. (If there is room.) (Shhh I didn't do anything, yet) Hehehe! I hope I don't get anything tomorrow. Well it won't be a very enjoyable day but I will tell everyone what happens.


Well I probably have some stuff to say but I don't want to.
Bye

I must need a life.....

Hi! Kinda bored again so just wanted to say random stuff. This afternoon I went to choir practice which is always so much fun. (and I got cookies) (If you know me you know that, that is very, very bad.) I love the songs that we are doing so far. We are doing a variation of a Michael W. Smith song called The Call. (it sounds awesome you have to listen to it sometime) We are also doing an Out of Eden song called Vision of Love (it is cool too) (listen to it) And another one but I don't know for sure what that is but I think it is Kyrie by Mister Mister or something like that. (I had never heard of them until recently and have never heard the song or any of their songs.) Last year we did a song in Latin. That was interesting. I am a 2nd soprano but sometimes I really think I should be an alto. But I (selfishly) like being a 2nd soprano because I get melody. (I told you I was selfish) The hard song is always the first we sing in our choir because it is slow and really high. (like nuns in a convent says our director) Then it gets a little more exciting (we did Child of Mine 2 years ago) Then we get into something really jazzy and gosple. Last year we did another Out of Eden song and we did another gosple song the year before that.


I text a lot. I know that is random but I just though I ought to say that. I like texting. I didn't start texting till recently. (it was because someone kept texting me and i didn't want to feel rude by ignoring that person) But now I text a lot. My parents give me a hard time about it because I apparently beat my brother (he's not really my brother but he might as well be) and I never though that was possible. I use to text a lot more than I do now though. I have sent over 100 a day. (That wasn't good.)


I love music. I am in the band in school and love it. (I know I am a music/band nerd but I don't care) I also love writing music. I usually stick to certain intruments which are my favorite or that I can play. I write a lot for piano but I can play it. (even though I write music that I can't play) (don't ask why) (it just happens) I also love the saxophone. (I play alto and I love it). I want to learn how to play the clarinet. I love how it sounds. My sister has a really nice wooden clarinet. She lets me play it every once in a while (but I have to convince her) My big sister in band plays clarinet and says that she will teach me. (not really my sister again but she calls me sissy and introduces me to people that way) I also love the cello for some reason. I have never played it and probably never will but I love how it sounds. I use to play vioin but I did not like that at all. It was really hard and hurt my neck whenever I played. So after 2 months I gave up on that. But I have stuck with piano. I have played for about 8 or 9 years (I started in 1st grade, I think) I did quit lessons after 5 years so I could start band and worry about only that (and I kinda got tired of piano) I still knew how to play and played everyonce in a while. But last Christmas I really wanted to start lessons again and I was ready too. So I did have have been taking lessons ever since. I started saxophone in 6th grade and have continued to love it. I have made All-Region band twice (it is a band where you try out with other schools across the region and the best make it into the band) Last year I made 1st chair in the JH band. This year I made 5th, but it was the HS band and there were more people trying out. I was really happy that I made it. I was surprised because I always mess up when I am nervous and I was especially nervous because I had to go 1st out of all the Alto Saxs. (going 1st is kinda the worst spot for anyone to be in) I probably wouldn't of had to gone 1st but I had to get back to the school around 5:30 or 6 to do our school play.

I was lights in the school play. They tried to put me on the stage with real part but I got really nervous and decided I didn't want to do that. I also don't like being over dramatic. The lights wern't very fun, but my mom made me to the play and that was the only thing I could do without doing something really uncomfortable. I really wish I could get up on stage and just have fun. But singing and acting infront of people scares me. So most of the practices I spent sitting up in the booth thing texting people. It was pretty boring. Especially after one of my friends who sat up there with me dropped out of the play. The person doing sound was nice but I am not friends with her and don't really fit in with her. All my other friends were actually in the play. I was happy when we finally got to do the preformances. (it ment my misery was almost over) The first preformance was boring but the second I just talked to a friend of mine over the intercome thing. (it was weird considering how most of our converstions go) I missed the 3rd preformance because I went out of town for a youth conference thing called Winterfest. (I am sorry for all the theater people but I was glad to get a way from that musical)


Well I really didn't mean for this post to be this long. I probably wrote the whole thing and no one read it. But it occupied some of my time. If you actually read this and though it was extremly boring, please tell me and be completly honest. (If you hated the whole thing from beginning to end please tell me. It won't hurt my feelings at all) If you enjoyed reading about my life I don't know what you can do. I probably won't ever have a post this long again. (but you never know) Well I am getting really tired. (tired of typing mostly) And I am getting hungry. (I am going to try to get enchiladas again) I have ate them a lot lately. Unfortunatly we are nearly out. Well I really am going to go now. Bye

Hey!

I really have nothing to say I am just bored. (It happens) This just might be really really random. (again it happens) Has anyone ever played dork ball, it is really, really fun. But dangerous. I think I nearly died. Well for those people who don't know what dork ball is, it is hard to explain. (look it up) A few years ago my youth group played bowling with frozen cornish hens. Commercials are really annoying. There are only a few funny ones and the other ones are really boring, or other stuff. I like watching kid shows because..................no commercials yippie! I babysat 2 little kids this summer and all the littlest one wanted to watch was PBS kids or Thomas the Train. And little kids are ADD so 5 minutes after I would put it in he would change his mind. And he wanted to watch it every day. I am really bad at spelling and I don't like paragraphs a lot as you may be able to tell. I spell check these when ever I remember and there are a lot of mistakes. Well I am not the worst speller in the world. I have a friend who ask me how to spell the simplist words like "died" and other words. It is kinda sad. What is also sad is that I have a friend who forgot the alphabet. (Sorry if you are reading this but it is true and funny and I told you that you are never going to live it down) I have a song from hairspray stuck in my head. I went to a thing yesterday and they sang that song a lot. It was annoying. It is a good song but I don't want it in my head. They also sang there own version of a song from Newsies. I love that movie! If you don't love it, don't tell me. But it is a really good movie with good songs. I was singing them last night. Hahaha! I even watched part of it last night. I have the CD somewhere. I need to put it on my iPod. Anyway my fingers are hurting from typing. Apparetnly I type really fast. That is what everyone says. I don't type slow and i guess I type fast. But I don't know. I have been told that I was ADD. I believe that everyone is ADD. One of my friends is ADDBJ (ADD because of Jacob(her boyfriend)) It is funny. People should comment because I like comments and they make me happy so if you want me to be happy comment. If you don't want me to be happy, comment. (and if you don't want me to be happy you are evil and i should shun you) Well anyway. bye
Addie

New Blog

Hey! I switched accounts so this is my new blog. I don't have much to say other than my sister got baptised yesterday.