Saturday, April 26, 2008

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.

Monday, April 14, 2008

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.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

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.

Friday, April 11, 2008

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.
RenĂ©e 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.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

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.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

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.