There's nothing to actually write about. Go figure. The one time I've got time to write, I've got nothing to write about. Let's see...
1) I've been watching a ton of old Disney movies. True classics. Very entertaining.
2) I realized that at one point in The Lion King, Scar says "eh". This solidifies the idea that since Benson is an evil genius, he is just like Scar.
3) I watched The Queen last night. I thought it was fantastic. The portrayl of the Queen was great.
4) My clarinet teacher wants me to listen to funk music. So my mom got me a Chicago CD (this is after she got me an Earth, Wind & Fire CD).
5) We went shopping at Wally World and I got 2 new pairs of sandals and a pair of new sneaks.
6) Tonight we're watching Happy Feet
7) I'm trying to guess how many people are going to go down due to heat stroke during tomorrow's parade. Hopefully I won't be one of them.
8) I was the only girl in Sunday School class today. Which made things very weird, especially when we got to discussing King Solomon and his many wives. Teenage boys are disgusting.....
9) I like ice cream. A lot. We went to Hokey Pokey (or as Holden calls it Hockey Pokey) today after picking up more prom pictures (that will be up by tomorrow evening).
10) There's a number 10 because everything has to be even.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Update (very long)
Friday May 11- We went to Hokey Pokeys for Math class. It was really, REALLY nice. Later that evening I did my Music homework (which I found out today that when I went in afterschool to find out from Benson what the assignment was since I didn't pay attention he told me the wrong amount of measures to transpose so I ended up doing more work than I needed to). Then Mom put my hair in rags.
Saturday May 12- Hung out around the house with my hair in rags. Jen stopped by to pick something up and laughed at me. Later that evening, I went to Sarah Jane's house for pictures, then Spencers for dinner then up to the prom. Tricia (our driver) was late getting to Sarah's, and then we had to wait about 20 min for a table. Tricia and I ended up sharing out meals with each other, in a really weird way. And of course, Tricia ate all the free bread she could get (since that girl can't eat anything else). We then loaded everybody up and headed to the prom. We hung out there for quite a while. Tricia and I walked around taking pictures for yearbook. Well, Tricia took pictures while I made various lists (best dancers, worst dancer, most awkward couple, funniest guy, etc) to keep ourselves entertained. After that we went to Campbell to take Geoff home (Tricia's date) and then we headed to Zoe's house in Addison. Tricia's gas tank read empty. And then we got lost. Lost in the middle of nowhere, past midnight and no idea how much gas we actually had left. That was a lot of fun. When we finally got to Zoe's (after about an hour), Tricia and I hit the sack asap. The next morning we had cinnamon rolls for breakfast before everyone headed out around noon.
Sunday May 13- I was attempting to function on 6 hours of sleep. Some of those hours were spent getting attacked by Zoe's dog Sophie, who thought it would be fun to trying to burrow into my sleeping bag. So I came home, took a shower, started watching "Man of the Year" with my mom and then headed off to Youth Orchestra. I was told that I needed to play out (actually, I was just lost, something to do with lack of sleep) and make boring parts exciting (as House would say "How can you make the sky green? You can't make the uninteresting interesting"). But that's just Kelley for you.
**NOTE: The above portioned I had saved from a while ago, and I just found time tonight to write an update. So, I don't really remember anything from the last week that happened. Which is terrible news, I'm sure.***
This past weekend was the last weekend of Youth Orchestra. We had a rehearsal Friday (18th) night, followed by a 3 hours rehearsal the next day. On Sunday we had a rehearsal and then the concert. The best part would have to be when Kelley told me that I was "sitting in a black vortex of death". Something to do with not being able to hear me play, I think. Maybe he was trying to be funny. Which didn't work. One of his EFA students told me that he's the same way in school. I pity her. I'd hate to have a band director who has trouble telling jokes. (Benson just tells really bad or inappropriate jokes, but he is able to tell them) The concert went really well. I didn't screw up on my solos which is always a plus. On Saturday (I know, I'm skipping around), I wrote my TOK essay. And it wasn't that great. I didn't actually come to any point. But that's the point of TOK, right??
Since then, I've gotten either a cold or hayfever. Either way, I'm walking around school with a tissue box again. And it's terrible that I can't breathe, because that means no clarinet (not good) and my voice is iffy which makes drum majoring (yelling out commands) hard. And I'm not showing any signs of improvement. I need to get better by the parade since being sick and trying to lead the band isn't number one on my priority list.
Oh yeah, the Band Banquet was Tuesday night. It was a lot of fun. The slideshow was long. And Benson didn't really use discretion in his choice of background music. In other words, he's an idiot. Not a new revelation. The amazing band officers gave out some great awards. Goben got the "high eFfort" award for alwaysing having to play high Fs in his music/solos. Ashley got the lieteniate award for being the most amazing #2 person in any section. Katie C (flute) and Frankie (tuba) got "looks most like their instrument". Phil (not Jeremy) got "deer in the headlights" award. John Zack can't walk, so he got the "happy feet" award. Drumline got an awa4rd for having to do the most push-ups at band camp. And the Trojettes got the award for the most improvement "Improvement- that's the way we do it in America". Chris L got an award for "most likely to return to band camp for the rest of his life". Then there were other boring, serious awards. Drum majors got special recognition for (allegedly) helping make the transition between band directors smooth. Chris L got the Band Boosters award (money). Then the seniors got their cords and their parting gift was their old folder. I'm going to miss them so much! (Okay, so I say that every year, but every year it's true....it's like I don't get to know people until they're seniors)
We've been trying different experiments with the band in the morning to see how loud people can play with or without their sections and number two people. It's been pretty interesting. Most of the sections are getting better each time. At least that's what I keep telling myself. I could just be entirely delusional.
I'm sick and tired of IB!!! And of supposedly having assignments but not having teachers (Conway has an excuse, his wife had the twins). Caulfield will be back tomorrow, so that will be refreshing to have an English teacher again. Meanwhile, in Spanish we actually have to work. Hurd's class is the same as always. In Music we've divided into 3 groups: SL kids doing whatever; HC is working with Beth and Ashley on their compositions; Marty and I are with Benson (go figure).
Side commentary/complaining: IT WAS SOOOOO HOT TODAY!!!!! And we had to go outside for gym! On the turf! I thought I was going to die of heat exhaustion.
My final thought: Where would civilization be without Kleenex?
Saturday May 12- Hung out around the house with my hair in rags. Jen stopped by to pick something up and laughed at me. Later that evening, I went to Sarah Jane's house for pictures, then Spencers for dinner then up to the prom. Tricia (our driver) was late getting to Sarah's, and then we had to wait about 20 min for a table. Tricia and I ended up sharing out meals with each other, in a really weird way. And of course, Tricia ate all the free bread she could get (since that girl can't eat anything else). We then loaded everybody up and headed to the prom. We hung out there for quite a while. Tricia and I walked around taking pictures for yearbook. Well, Tricia took pictures while I made various lists (best dancers, worst dancer, most awkward couple, funniest guy, etc) to keep ourselves entertained. After that we went to Campbell to take Geoff home (Tricia's date) and then we headed to Zoe's house in Addison. Tricia's gas tank read empty. And then we got lost. Lost in the middle of nowhere, past midnight and no idea how much gas we actually had left. That was a lot of fun. When we finally got to Zoe's (after about an hour), Tricia and I hit the sack asap. The next morning we had cinnamon rolls for breakfast before everyone headed out around noon.
Sunday May 13- I was attempting to function on 6 hours of sleep. Some of those hours were spent getting attacked by Zoe's dog Sophie, who thought it would be fun to trying to burrow into my sleeping bag. So I came home, took a shower, started watching "Man of the Year" with my mom and then headed off to Youth Orchestra. I was told that I needed to play out (actually, I was just lost, something to do with lack of sleep) and make boring parts exciting (as House would say "How can you make the sky green? You can't make the uninteresting interesting"). But that's just Kelley for you.
**NOTE: The above portioned I had saved from a while ago, and I just found time tonight to write an update. So, I don't really remember anything from the last week that happened. Which is terrible news, I'm sure.***
This past weekend was the last weekend of Youth Orchestra. We had a rehearsal Friday (18th) night, followed by a 3 hours rehearsal the next day. On Sunday we had a rehearsal and then the concert. The best part would have to be when Kelley told me that I was "sitting in a black vortex of death". Something to do with not being able to hear me play, I think. Maybe he was trying to be funny. Which didn't work. One of his EFA students told me that he's the same way in school. I pity her. I'd hate to have a band director who has trouble telling jokes. (Benson just tells really bad or inappropriate jokes, but he is able to tell them) The concert went really well. I didn't screw up on my solos which is always a plus. On Saturday (I know, I'm skipping around), I wrote my TOK essay. And it wasn't that great. I didn't actually come to any point. But that's the point of TOK, right??
Since then, I've gotten either a cold or hayfever. Either way, I'm walking around school with a tissue box again. And it's terrible that I can't breathe, because that means no clarinet (not good) and my voice is iffy which makes drum majoring (yelling out commands) hard. And I'm not showing any signs of improvement. I need to get better by the parade since being sick and trying to lead the band isn't number one on my priority list.
Oh yeah, the Band Banquet was Tuesday night. It was a lot of fun. The slideshow was long. And Benson didn't really use discretion in his choice of background music. In other words, he's an idiot. Not a new revelation. The amazing band officers gave out some great awards. Goben got the "high eFfort" award for alwaysing having to play high Fs in his music/solos. Ashley got the lieteniate award for being the most amazing #2 person in any section. Katie C (flute) and Frankie (tuba) got "looks most like their instrument". Phil (not Jeremy) got "deer in the headlights" award. John Zack can't walk, so he got the "happy feet" award. Drumline got an awa4rd for having to do the most push-ups at band camp. And the Trojettes got the award for the most improvement "Improvement- that's the way we do it in America". Chris L got an award for "most likely to return to band camp for the rest of his life". Then there were other boring, serious awards. Drum majors got special recognition for (allegedly) helping make the transition between band directors smooth. Chris L got the Band Boosters award (money). Then the seniors got their cords and their parting gift was their old folder. I'm going to miss them so much! (Okay, so I say that every year, but every year it's true....it's like I don't get to know people until they're seniors)
We've been trying different experiments with the band in the morning to see how loud people can play with or without their sections and number two people. It's been pretty interesting. Most of the sections are getting better each time. At least that's what I keep telling myself. I could just be entirely delusional.
I'm sick and tired of IB!!! And of supposedly having assignments but not having teachers (Conway has an excuse, his wife had the twins). Caulfield will be back tomorrow, so that will be refreshing to have an English teacher again. Meanwhile, in Spanish we actually have to work. Hurd's class is the same as always. In Music we've divided into 3 groups: SL kids doing whatever; HC is working with Beth and Ashley on their compositions; Marty and I are with Benson (go figure).
Side commentary/complaining: IT WAS SOOOOO HOT TODAY!!!!! And we had to go outside for gym! On the turf! I thought I was going to die of heat exhaustion.
My final thought: Where would civilization be without Kleenex?
Friday, May 11, 2007
Busy/Lazy
I love the irony in the fact that life can be so busy that I become unbelievably lazy. And in the course of that, I was too lazy to write about how busy I was. So here's what happened the last 2 weeks:
May 1-5: The week of freaking out about the IB Math SL exam and the band concert coming up. I was at school around 7 every morning (except for Thursday) for either Jazz Band or Math review. Not exactly the way I wanted to start my days. Everything else was pretty much the same. Benson was a little bit on the edge more than usual, which is directly linked to the fact the last band concert was coming up.
On Sunday, May 6th, I had one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. I was stuck helping the preschoolers during church. They are demons!! They run into the wall for fun!! That would be why I never want to have kids.
May 7th- Got there early for Jazz Band. Spent the day freaking out about the Math SL exam that I took in the afternoon. Out of the 15 problems, I could only do 5 full problems. I got parts of the others. Then I went to a clarinet lesson. I had to eat my dinner (Subway) on the car ride back. Then I got to school aroun 6:30 and my mom brought me my clothes to change for the concert. The concert went well. During the last concert band piece (Pirates of the Caribbean), the members of Jazz Band were hanging out in the hallway. Gronski and Goben started having a sword fight with their folders. Marty grabbed Ashley and almost squeezed her to death. It was great. Then I managed to survive the terrible experience of having to do an improv solo on the alto sax. And stand up. After that the wind ensemble went. I had a coughing fit at the beginning of October, so there was a bit of silence when Kristina had to take a breath and it was only the first clarinets playing (and one of them was dying from lack of oxygen). After 2 different pieces where I had solos, Benson forgot to have me stand up. He also forgot some other people, but this was the second concert in a row that he's forgotten me. Eleanor and I went and yelled at him afterwards. "This is the second concert in a row you've forgotten me!" "You want to go for three?"
The next morning we had to be at school at 7:15 for the second part of the Math SL exam. Which I bombed. We got back around the beginning of 4th period. Sarah F and I went to the bandroom and ended up helping Chris L and Benson sort through all the music and put it away. He had found random pieces of music in the office (from when Borsz was still there)- Scenes from The Louve and Campbell River Sketches. Weird.
This week has taken forever. We've been getting the SL kids ready for their exam in IB Music. We've been doing nothing in Spanish/Math. Caulfield has us doing busy work in English. Hurd is going on rants in HOA (nothing new there). Gym class stinks. And we've gotten into parade season in Band. The drumline is having trouble keeping the tempo. The low brass is dragging. (Chris has been out for IB exams). I'm tending to lost my voice after yelling the whole period. And people do not know how to get into rows of 5. Ah yes. Parade season @ EHS. I will say that I was very impressed that our band could actually memorize the music in 3 days and not sound terrible. Can't wait to see what happens when we take it outside. Minus the whole thing with me trying to walk backwards and not run into the color guard. I'm probably going to end up taking someone out by accident.
Tomorrow is the prom. I'm going to be soooo glad when all the prom drama is over!!!
May 1-5: The week of freaking out about the IB Math SL exam and the band concert coming up. I was at school around 7 every morning (except for Thursday) for either Jazz Band or Math review. Not exactly the way I wanted to start my days. Everything else was pretty much the same. Benson was a little bit on the edge more than usual, which is directly linked to the fact the last band concert was coming up.
On Sunday, May 6th, I had one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. I was stuck helping the preschoolers during church. They are demons!! They run into the wall for fun!! That would be why I never want to have kids.
May 7th- Got there early for Jazz Band. Spent the day freaking out about the Math SL exam that I took in the afternoon. Out of the 15 problems, I could only do 5 full problems. I got parts of the others. Then I went to a clarinet lesson. I had to eat my dinner (Subway) on the car ride back. Then I got to school aroun 6:30 and my mom brought me my clothes to change for the concert. The concert went well. During the last concert band piece (Pirates of the Caribbean), the members of Jazz Band were hanging out in the hallway. Gronski and Goben started having a sword fight with their folders. Marty grabbed Ashley and almost squeezed her to death. It was great. Then I managed to survive the terrible experience of having to do an improv solo on the alto sax. And stand up. After that the wind ensemble went. I had a coughing fit at the beginning of October, so there was a bit of silence when Kristina had to take a breath and it was only the first clarinets playing (and one of them was dying from lack of oxygen). After 2 different pieces where I had solos, Benson forgot to have me stand up. He also forgot some other people, but this was the second concert in a row that he's forgotten me. Eleanor and I went and yelled at him afterwards. "This is the second concert in a row you've forgotten me!" "You want to go for three?"
The next morning we had to be at school at 7:15 for the second part of the Math SL exam. Which I bombed. We got back around the beginning of 4th period. Sarah F and I went to the bandroom and ended up helping Chris L and Benson sort through all the music and put it away. He had found random pieces of music in the office (from when Borsz was still there)- Scenes from The Louve and Campbell River Sketches. Weird.
This week has taken forever. We've been getting the SL kids ready for their exam in IB Music. We've been doing nothing in Spanish/Math. Caulfield has us doing busy work in English. Hurd is going on rants in HOA (nothing new there). Gym class stinks. And we've gotten into parade season in Band. The drumline is having trouble keeping the tempo. The low brass is dragging. (Chris has been out for IB exams). I'm tending to lost my voice after yelling the whole period. And people do not know how to get into rows of 5. Ah yes. Parade season @ EHS. I will say that I was very impressed that our band could actually memorize the music in 3 days and not sound terrible. Can't wait to see what happens when we take it outside. Minus the whole thing with me trying to walk backwards and not run into the color guard. I'm probably going to end up taking someone out by accident.
Tomorrow is the prom. I'm going to be soooo glad when all the prom drama is over!!!
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