Once again, I've forgotten to post an entry in a while. Oops!
Wednesday 18th: I went to youth group for about 30 min again. It was fun hanging out again and everyone harassed me again about the fact I would have to leave early again. Then it was the second freshmen intro. It went MUCH better than the first. I actually contributed to the teaching of the youngsters. There was one girl that I tried to help as best I could. She wasn't there the first week, and the instructors were going a little fast. The down side is that she played tenor sax and I had no idea how to hold a tenor in any of the positions. So I just guessed. She caught on rather fast. She even wants to be in jazz band. Which is amazing. Since we will need as many people as possible to join jazz band this year. We the seniors were "better behaved" as well- Emily Novak showed up, along with Chris L Yes, Chris is a freak. In fact, Kris (our drill instructor) and Benson had a $20 bet on whether or not he'd show up before band camp. Benson lost. I actually made a couple of intelligent remarks and summed up the job of a drum major quite well: "You will have 3 drum majors up in front of you and one of them will even be on a podium. All we do is wave our hands around and we really love it when people watch us." In summary, it was a good intro and it's scary how quickly these kids are grasping the marching concept.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Two words- Parallel Parking. Yep. That's all I did those days. Practice my parallel parking. It drove me insane. Granted, some people would say that I'm insane to begin with. That's not the point. It was so bad that I had nightmares about parallel parking.
Monday 23rd: The big day. Road test day. I was freaking out. Almost as bad as when I was freaking out about All-State auditions. And for those of you who were unfortunate enough to be near me on the day of my auditions, you remember how badly I was freaking out. Anyways, I took my test @ 1 pm. I messed up the parallel parking (the guy had me almost parallel parking in front of a drive way.....for some people that would make it easier, for me it made it harder) and apparently I didn't drive close enough to the center of the road at one point. However, I did pass, which is all the really matters!! My family went to Old World to celebrate.
Tuesday 24: My first time driving alone was to the dentist office. Yeah, not that exciting. Especially since I had to wait forever to get in, and I forgot to bring a book to read or something to keep me busy. Then I had a clarinet lesson. After that I went to the only Teen Week activity at my church that I could go to. We did a survey of people's worldviews then cleaned up the church and the new youth room. I stayed until 10 (since that was the original cut-off time) but I heard that some people were still there at 3 in the morning!! It's a good thing I didn't stay that long....I need my sleep. I can't wait to see the room on Sunday, I'm sure it looks fantastic.
Wednesday 25: The last freshmen intro. The drum majors didn't have anything to do. We were supposed to do commands, but that didn't end up happening. So Katie C and I just went over a bunch of drum major stuff the entire time. It was fun. Afterwards I talked to Benson to find out what plans he had for drum majors during band camp. "Well, the first thing will be to keep a close eye on my iced coffee level" "I didn't get my license to run errands for you." "Why else do you think I helped to expedite the process?" "You don't even have New York plates on your car yet!" "How else do you think I know which car is mine in the parking lot?!" Yeah. In reality, I guess we're working with the woodwind music sectional (since we've got flute, clarinet and sax players in the drum major section) and pretty much I can have as much time as I want to work on conducting and whatnot. This season should be fun. We've got about 66 band members and 20 color guard. I can't wait to see what unfolds.
Thursday 26: Last concert of the season with the community band. We played at Green Meadows and they gave us ice cream afterwards. Ben, Heather and I traded lots of band stories. It was rather enjoyable.
Today 27: Today I cleaned up my room. Majorly. I even "Febreezed" it! In my personal opinion, it looks very nice. I had a parade with the community band. It's been a long time since I've marched and played my clarinet at the same time. At least I didn't have to memorize the music. That was nice. Plus it was a short parade. It couldn't have been more than 20-25 min.
Upcoming plans: Well, I'm going to be getting together with an old friend tomorrow (who is probably reading this....) and hanging out with her for a while. And I'm going to go see the musical revue that's going on at 171. Since basically everyone I know is involved with it. Plus it benefits charity. And all the people I know who are in it would hurt me if I didn't go. On Sunday I have mini church duty (with the preschoolers......help!) and this week I'll either be scrap booking or working on my extended essay. I've got both my sophomore/junior years to scrapbook, and I'm ready to start writing my essay, so I'll probably alternate between them. One more week until band camp starts and about a month until I hear about All-State!!!
Friday, July 27, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
It's been a week
It's been a rather busy week since I last posted an entry.
Last Wednesday: Jenna and I went to my youth group for about 45min. Tony D gave his testimony and it was really interesting. Then we went to the first Freshmen Intro. It was interesting, as always. I think we've got a good group of kids coming in. They caught on pretty fast to the concept, especially considering that some people still can't march when they're seniors (if I was still on the field, I'd be guilty of that.....there are good reasons why I'm a drum major). Plus they got a lot of info thrown at them all at once. We covered the commands and marching forward. "We" meaning the band staff, since the seniors (and the two juniors) that were there really didn't do much (especially the drum majors). Well, we did talk and laugh and it got a bit too loud. (I was made aware of this afterwards). So I'm passing this on as a warning- we need to knock it off before Benson or Kris yells at us.
Thursday I had a concert with the Community Band. It was the one in Centerway Square, and it was a good concert. Afterwards we had ice cream since it's the tradition.
Friday Ben called me up. The one that's in Japan. We chatted for about an hour, mainly about the EHS Band and traded as many jokes about Benson as we could think up. He missed hearing about all the stupid stuff Benson does (which I sometimes think his stupid stuff tends to outnumber the smart stuff). It was a good chat. Then it was time to watch the season premiere of Psych! It's a show on USA every Friday night @ 10. It's about this guy with trained observant skills who (instead of becoming a cop like his dad wanted him to become) decides to be a "psychic" and work with the police force. It's hilarious. And I love it.
Saturday I went and saw Ocean's 13 with my family. The critics may have called all the Ocean's movies Bs, but I think they're great (and most of the movies I like are Bs by critic's standards)
On Sunday my family rented some videos and watched them. "Stomp the Yard" and "One Night with The King". They were both excellent movies. The latter was a re-telling of the story of Esther, but it had me on the edge of my seat several times (even though I knew the ending...thank-you very much Sunday School and VeggieTales).
Monday was a clarinet lesson. That's pretty much an all day thing for me. That night we watched "Astronaut Farmer". It really wasn't what I thought it was going to be and that was disappointing. It was a decent movie. I'm not going to rush out and buy it or recommend it to anyone.
Today I finished reading "She's All That". It's the first book in the "spa girls" series by Kristin Billerbeck, a Christian "chick-lit" author. It was a great book and I really enjoyed not having to worry about symbolism, allegories, or any other IB English rubbish that ruins reading a good book.
As most of you know, Art passed away Monday morning of a heart attack. Art was one of the reasons to come to school at EHS every morning. He would always greet everyone at the door with a smile-I dont' think I can recall not seeing him happy. He would wear yellow on Mondays because yellow was a happy color, and Mondays usually aren't happy. He and Chuck used to wear the same patriotic shirt occasionally. Basically, he was one of the best things about EHS. We're all really going to miss him. I'm going to be attending the calling hours tomorrow.
On a lighter note, tomorrow is going to be Freshmen Intro #2 so by then I'll have met all the new people (you have to come to 2/3). If you're a section leader or a senior, please come!!!
Last Wednesday: Jenna and I went to my youth group for about 45min. Tony D gave his testimony and it was really interesting. Then we went to the first Freshmen Intro. It was interesting, as always. I think we've got a good group of kids coming in. They caught on pretty fast to the concept, especially considering that some people still can't march when they're seniors (if I was still on the field, I'd be guilty of that.....there are good reasons why I'm a drum major). Plus they got a lot of info thrown at them all at once. We covered the commands and marching forward. "We" meaning the band staff, since the seniors (and the two juniors) that were there really didn't do much (especially the drum majors). Well, we did talk and laugh and it got a bit too loud. (I was made aware of this afterwards). So I'm passing this on as a warning- we need to knock it off before Benson or Kris yells at us.
Thursday I had a concert with the Community Band. It was the one in Centerway Square, and it was a good concert. Afterwards we had ice cream since it's the tradition.
Friday Ben called me up. The one that's in Japan. We chatted for about an hour, mainly about the EHS Band and traded as many jokes about Benson as we could think up. He missed hearing about all the stupid stuff Benson does (which I sometimes think his stupid stuff tends to outnumber the smart stuff). It was a good chat. Then it was time to watch the season premiere of Psych! It's a show on USA every Friday night @ 10. It's about this guy with trained observant skills who (instead of becoming a cop like his dad wanted him to become) decides to be a "psychic" and work with the police force. It's hilarious. And I love it.
Saturday I went and saw Ocean's 13 with my family. The critics may have called all the Ocean's movies Bs, but I think they're great (and most of the movies I like are Bs by critic's standards)
On Sunday my family rented some videos and watched them. "Stomp the Yard" and "One Night with The King". They were both excellent movies. The latter was a re-telling of the story of Esther, but it had me on the edge of my seat several times (even though I knew the ending...thank-you very much Sunday School and VeggieTales).
Monday was a clarinet lesson. That's pretty much an all day thing for me. That night we watched "Astronaut Farmer". It really wasn't what I thought it was going to be and that was disappointing. It was a decent movie. I'm not going to rush out and buy it or recommend it to anyone.
Today I finished reading "She's All That". It's the first book in the "spa girls" series by Kristin Billerbeck, a Christian "chick-lit" author. It was a great book and I really enjoyed not having to worry about symbolism, allegories, or any other IB English rubbish that ruins reading a good book.
As most of you know, Art passed away Monday morning of a heart attack. Art was one of the reasons to come to school at EHS every morning. He would always greet everyone at the door with a smile-I dont' think I can recall not seeing him happy. He would wear yellow on Mondays because yellow was a happy color, and Mondays usually aren't happy. He and Chuck used to wear the same patriotic shirt occasionally. Basically, he was one of the best things about EHS. We're all really going to miss him. I'm going to be attending the calling hours tomorrow.
On a lighter note, tomorrow is going to be Freshmen Intro #2 so by then I'll have met all the new people (you have to come to 2/3). If you're a section leader or a senior, please come!!!
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Randomness
Randomness should definitely been a word. Since it describes my life.
I did take the 5-hr course with Jenna. We had a "great" time. 5 hours of someone telling you all the way you're going to die in a car. "In this room, 6 people will have a serious accident shortly after passing their road test". Don't I feel good about myself right now.
The 4th of July was spent waiting to see if it was going to stop raining or not. It didn't. So I spent most of my time watching "A Capitol Fourth" on PBS and then watched some other random stuff on TV.
On the 5th, we celebrated the 4th. This included playing with the Community Band at the Stadium before the fireworks, then watching the fireworks. They were pretty good this year. Although I doubt anything will ever top the ones from Corning Inc's 150th anniversary. Those were great. Then it took us about 35 minutes to get home. That's about 3 times as long as it normally does. I would say it was almost as bad as the East-West game.
On Friday the 6th the IB scores came out. Yippie! I actually did well on the Math SL exam. I got a 4/7!!! And that's with not understanding anything the entire year!! Unfortunately, I heard that 9 out of 13 senior diploma students failed the TOK essay and that there were a ton of Cs on the Extended Essay. This is not looking good. And the Chem students don't have their scores due to some information missing. Which really stinks for them.
On Saturday I went to Soulful Cup with Sarah Jane for a nice, relaxing chat. I love just getting some hot chocolate (I don't do coffee) and hanging out there.
On Sunday I went and saw Nancy Drew at the Palace with Sarah and Sarah Jane. It was a pretty good movie (I still liked the books better than the movie, but that's just me). Then we got to see all the pictures from Sarah's trip to Spain and here all the great stories. It was great getting to see her again (okay, so I hadn't seen her for about 2 weeks....that's still a long time!!!)
Then Monday was Dorothy's 16th Birthday!! Happy Birthday! So I saw a whole different group of people on that day. We went to Atlas and then to the Fountain. And I refused to get wet.
So I've been rather social as of late. Today I went to the doctor's to get a shot, had ice cream from Hokey Pokey's (or is it Hockey Pokeys) for brunch, and then had my clarinet lesson. I finally got my new clarinet!! My teacher had a guy do some repair work on it and it works great! I love it. And I am a geek.
Tomorrow is the first Freshman Intro. I can't wait to see all the scared little freshmen. I guess I'm going to try my best to be nice to them that way they don't drop out before band camp. (Even though I'm not actually scary, mean or intimidating)
I did take the 5-hr course with Jenna. We had a "great" time. 5 hours of someone telling you all the way you're going to die in a car. "In this room, 6 people will have a serious accident shortly after passing their road test". Don't I feel good about myself right now.
The 4th of July was spent waiting to see if it was going to stop raining or not. It didn't. So I spent most of my time watching "A Capitol Fourth" on PBS and then watched some other random stuff on TV.
On the 5th, we celebrated the 4th. This included playing with the Community Band at the Stadium before the fireworks, then watching the fireworks. They were pretty good this year. Although I doubt anything will ever top the ones from Corning Inc's 150th anniversary. Those were great. Then it took us about 35 minutes to get home. That's about 3 times as long as it normally does. I would say it was almost as bad as the East-West game.
On Friday the 6th the IB scores came out. Yippie! I actually did well on the Math SL exam. I got a 4/7!!! And that's with not understanding anything the entire year!! Unfortunately, I heard that 9 out of 13 senior diploma students failed the TOK essay and that there were a ton of Cs on the Extended Essay. This is not looking good. And the Chem students don't have their scores due to some information missing. Which really stinks for them.
On Saturday I went to Soulful Cup with Sarah Jane for a nice, relaxing chat. I love just getting some hot chocolate (I don't do coffee) and hanging out there.
On Sunday I went and saw Nancy Drew at the Palace with Sarah and Sarah Jane. It was a pretty good movie (I still liked the books better than the movie, but that's just me). Then we got to see all the pictures from Sarah's trip to Spain and here all the great stories. It was great getting to see her again (okay, so I hadn't seen her for about 2 weeks....that's still a long time!!!)
Then Monday was Dorothy's 16th Birthday!! Happy Birthday! So I saw a whole different group of people on that day. We went to Atlas and then to the Fountain. And I refused to get wet.
So I've been rather social as of late. Today I went to the doctor's to get a shot, had ice cream from Hokey Pokey's (or is it Hockey Pokeys) for brunch, and then had my clarinet lesson. I finally got my new clarinet!! My teacher had a guy do some repair work on it and it works great! I love it. And I am a geek.
Tomorrow is the first Freshman Intro. I can't wait to see all the scared little freshmen. I guess I'm going to try my best to be nice to them that way they don't drop out before band camp. (Even though I'm not actually scary, mean or intimidating)
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Feeling Much Better
Thankfully, it looks like I didn't have mono. I was feeling much better by Sunday night, so we didn't go for blood work (another good thing...if I can avoid getting poked by a needle, I will) and my fever keeps going down. Today I woke up without a fever at all! My mom said it was some type of virus probably (don't ask me to write it- there's no way I can spell it). Anyways, the worst seems to be over so my life can get back to its usual state of "normalness".
The great move of furniture in and out of my room is continuing. For those of you who have been to my house and have seen my room, these next few sentences will actually make sense to you (otherwise, you'll probably have no clue what furniture I'm talking about): I've got a new bed frame, same place as the old one, a new nightstand that's shorter and wider (same place) and a new dresser (same place, same stuff on top of it). We moved the poster above my bed so it's actually centered. The table/chair at the end of the bed are gone and there's now a table will drawers and stuff there. I've put a lot of random stuff on the top (gnome, Godzilla, glass banana, etc) and I'm using the drawers for storage....but I haven't figured out what yet. The chair that was by the window is gone, and the chair that used to be at the end of the bed is now there. And, in a few days, the thing that I've got the entertainment center on is going to be replaced by some desk thing (with more storage). The cabinet next to that entertainment center is already almost empty, except for DVDs (since all those random things are now at the end of the bed). Basically, my room is going to look cool and organized when this is all over. Somehow. I've still got boxes to unload and what not. Hopefully everything will be set by the end of this week.
Well, that was a pointless paragraph!
Today I'm also going to do the 5-hr course (it's taken me long enough) so maybe I'll actually get around to doing my road test in the near future. Still need to work on my parallel parking skills. However, I've got enough friends who actually have their licenses that I can mooch rides for a while.
Other than that, not too much going on (as usual). Freshmen Intros in 8 days. And I'll hear about All-State in probably 7 weeks.
The great move of furniture in and out of my room is continuing. For those of you who have been to my house and have seen my room, these next few sentences will actually make sense to you (otherwise, you'll probably have no clue what furniture I'm talking about): I've got a new bed frame, same place as the old one, a new nightstand that's shorter and wider (same place) and a new dresser (same place, same stuff on top of it). We moved the poster above my bed so it's actually centered. The table/chair at the end of the bed are gone and there's now a table will drawers and stuff there. I've put a lot of random stuff on the top (gnome, Godzilla, glass banana, etc) and I'm using the drawers for storage....but I haven't figured out what yet. The chair that was by the window is gone, and the chair that used to be at the end of the bed is now there. And, in a few days, the thing that I've got the entertainment center on is going to be replaced by some desk thing (with more storage). The cabinet next to that entertainment center is already almost empty, except for DVDs (since all those random things are now at the end of the bed). Basically, my room is going to look cool and organized when this is all over. Somehow. I've still got boxes to unload and what not. Hopefully everything will be set by the end of this week.
Well, that was a pointless paragraph!
Today I'm also going to do the 5-hr course (it's taken me long enough) so maybe I'll actually get around to doing my road test in the near future. Still need to work on my parallel parking skills. However, I've got enough friends who actually have their licenses that I can mooch rides for a while.
Other than that, not too much going on (as usual). Freshmen Intros in 8 days. And I'll hear about All-State in probably 7 weeks.
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