- Made music for hours and hours.
- Watched the Hannah Montana Movie.
- Made new friends. :)
- Pressed all the buttons in the elevator...and laughed at the people going to the top floor. :P
- Sang with elevator carolers.
- Danced around the hallways to the piano man's music.
- Played cards with one of my new friends.
- Stayed up past midnight then woke up before 6.
- Walked miles to and from our rehearsal area.
- Took place in secret All State rituals.
- Got dressed up and super pretty for the performance.
- Had an awesome concert. :)
Saturday, February 19, 2011
All State!
Things I did at All-State:
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
YES.
All-State tryouts were yesterday. A whole day of sitting around doing...nothing. I sooo wasn't looking forward to them. And...to make things even MORE exciting(sarcasm)...I was scheduled to try out at 8:54. A whole 7 hours of waiting in order to play for 2 minutes. I knew I wasn't going to make it...considering I hadn't practiced in over a week. So I warmed up for 30 minutes...then went and played my tryout and I was DONE. After a long day, I just wanted to get home and go to sleep. But...SURPRISE! I made it. I was sooo incredibly shocked. I made 3rd band, 8th chair. Which...I am SOtotally thankful for. :)
My mom promised me after my All-Region concert that if I made All-State, she would buy me a new dress and shoes for the concert. So guess who went shopping today?? THIS GIRL. Yess. And my dress and shoes are SOcute. :)
We leave for the clinic on Thursday morning...then we stay in Hot Springs on Thursday and Friday night. Concert is on Saturday, then I'm coming home, going swimming, and then chilling for the rest of the weekend. This week has been, and hopefully will continue to be, a GREAT week. :)
Seniors have something like 52 school days left. HECKYES. I'm so ready to be done with high school. :)
I miss my dog. A lot. I really wish he was here right now.
TRUE STORY:
I was in Walmart on Sunday night, and I was in the bathroom looking in the mirror. Out of nowhere, this crazy old woman popped up behind me and knocked me to the floor. After snatching my purse, she dragged me by my hair into the handicapped stall, and pulled me up on my knees in attempt to stick my head down the toilet. Now...I don't usually go and beat up old women, but I wasn't going to allow this to happen. I felt the need to defend myself. So I twisted out of her super strong grip and I got to my feet. We started fighting, throwing punches everywhere. BOY was this old woman tough. She must have been on some hardcore steriods or something. She gave me a black eye and a fat lip, which fortunately went down by All State tryouts. Finally, after 15 minutes of intense fighting, I managed to ninja kick her in the face, which knocked her out. I tied her up with toilet paper and called the cops. They came and took her away, locking her up forever...bringing justice to the city. They couldn't have done it without me. :)
Ok...maybe I made that up. But...whatever. It was a good story. And for a second there...I bet everyone thought I was a superhero or something. :)
My mom promised me after my All-Region concert that if I made All-State, she would buy me a new dress and shoes for the concert. So guess who went shopping today?? THIS GIRL. Yess. And my dress and shoes are SOcute. :)
We leave for the clinic on Thursday morning...then we stay in Hot Springs on Thursday and Friday night. Concert is on Saturday, then I'm coming home, going swimming, and then chilling for the rest of the weekend. This week has been, and hopefully will continue to be, a GREAT week. :)
Seniors have something like 52 school days left. HECKYES. I'm so ready to be done with high school. :)
I miss my dog. A lot. I really wish he was here right now.
TRUE STORY:
I was in Walmart on Sunday night, and I was in the bathroom looking in the mirror. Out of nowhere, this crazy old woman popped up behind me and knocked me to the floor. After snatching my purse, she dragged me by my hair into the handicapped stall, and pulled me up on my knees in attempt to stick my head down the toilet. Now...I don't usually go and beat up old women, but I wasn't going to allow this to happen. I felt the need to defend myself. So I twisted out of her super strong grip and I got to my feet. We started fighting, throwing punches everywhere. BOY was this old woman tough. She must have been on some hardcore steriods or something. She gave me a black eye and a fat lip, which fortunately went down by All State tryouts. Finally, after 15 minutes of intense fighting, I managed to ninja kick her in the face, which knocked her out. I tied her up with toilet paper and called the cops. They came and took her away, locking her up forever...bringing justice to the city. They couldn't have done it without me. :)
Ok...maybe I made that up. But...whatever. It was a good story. And for a second there...I bet everyone thought I was a superhero or something. :)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
:)
It snowed. A lot.
We had no school today, and we don't have school tomorrow, either. I'm so glad that I'm a senior, and I don't have to make up snowdays. :) I really hate being stuck at home though. It isn't very exciting. I'm pretty sure I've spent at least 70% of my day in my bed. :P
All-State tryouts were postponed yet again, and they are now on Monday. I'm really not expecting to make it. After all...I haven't been practicing. Soo...I won't be disappointed if I'm not on that list. My goal was to qualify to try out, which I did, so I'm happy with that.
<3
We had no school today, and we don't have school tomorrow, either. I'm so glad that I'm a senior, and I don't have to make up snowdays. :) I really hate being stuck at home though. It isn't very exciting. I'm pretty sure I've spent at least 70% of my day in my bed. :P
All-State tryouts were postponed yet again, and they are now on Monday. I'm really not expecting to make it. After all...I haven't been practicing. Soo...I won't be disappointed if I'm not on that list. My goal was to qualify to try out, which I did, so I'm happy with that.
<3
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
For those that care.
This morning, while my mom was watching the news, a story came on about a 13 year old boy who was being bullied. He was being tortured by a group of at least 6 boys who were all bigger than him. And the whole time, it was being filmed. The video showed the boy being dragged around, kicked in the chest, and hung on a fence by his jacket.
This kind of thing is what honestly makes me ashamed to be part of the human race. Yeah, we've got technology and opposable thumbs, and that's all great, but we don't even know how to treat our own kind. Why do so many people get pleasure out of torturing others who are small or weak, or who just can't defend themselves? That is just sick, if you ask me.
One of the things about that news report that made me SO mad... There was a woman who just walked through the area where that poor boy was getting bullied. She made no effort to step in, or even call 911. What the eff? If that was her son getting treated like that, then I'm sure she would want someone to step in. But...it didn't directly involve her, so why make an effort to put a stop to it? I could understand being afraid to confront such a big group of guys, but it doesn't take much to call the police.
It's people like those boys who drive so many kids into depression. This makes me sad. Yesterday, I was walking to the band room after school, and I passed two mentally disabled girls holding hands. They were smiling, and there was no hostility whatsoever. I thought to myself...what if the whole world could be like that, and treat everyone with the utmost kindness and respect? What if we could all just set aside our differences and get along? I realize how unlikely that is. But... it really would be nice.
I wrote this as a Facebook note around June of last year, and that news story made me think of it. It's sort of off topic, but whatever...
empathy :the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
I have always been an empathetic person. I've always been one to put myself in other peoples' shoes, to feel what they feel. Sometimes, I think I'm too empathetic for my own good.
It kills me to see all the pain and suffering that people go through every day. It seems like some people never catch a break. Now, I know that God works in mysterious ways, and that there is a reason for everything, but I can't help but wonder why? Why is the suffering within the human race so extreme?
I'm not just talking about personal problems, either. There are also all sorts of universal problems, from things such as animal abuse to human trafficking to the starvation of whole communities. I hate that all these things go on around our world.
We are all human beings, and we all have feelings. If you wouldn't let your sister or your dad or your best friend get taken to have their bodies sold for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor, why does it not even phase some people that this goes on everywhere? These people being abducted and sold for their bodies...they are somebody else's sister or dad or best friend. The same goes for the starvation of communities and animal abuse. These people who are starving to death and these animals that are being beaten have no way of changing their circumstances. Many of us are blessed to have food on our tables every night, and we eat until we're stuffed, without giving a thought about those who haven't eaten in days. We are also blessed to have voices and the means to stand up for ourselves when we're in danger of being harmed. Animals don't have voices, making them easy prey for twisted people with the desire to hurt other living things.
If we didn't have to worry about all of these problems that go on around us, maybe we would be a happier race. There wouldn't be so much pain and suffering going on around the world. There would still be personal problems, which can be just as hard to overcome, but entire populations would be at ease, and better off. We wouldn't have to worry about things like 9/11 or the safety of our families. I sometimes think that all the problems of the world can weigh a person down. If we didn't have to deal with that weight, then we could focus more on our problems, making ourselves, as individuals, happier.
I wish...I wish there was a way to lessen all the pain that mankind has to go through. I don't think it is fair for there to be so much suffering in one race.
peace :a state of tranquillity or quiet as a) freedom from civil disturbance or b) a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom; freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions; harmony in personal relations
I wonder...what it would be like for the world to be peaceful, for there to be very little pain and suffering, and for happiness to prevail throughout mankind?
This kind of thing is what honestly makes me ashamed to be part of the human race. Yeah, we've got technology and opposable thumbs, and that's all great, but we don't even know how to treat our own kind. Why do so many people get pleasure out of torturing others who are small or weak, or who just can't defend themselves? That is just sick, if you ask me.
One of the things about that news report that made me SO mad... There was a woman who just walked through the area where that poor boy was getting bullied. She made no effort to step in, or even call 911. What the eff? If that was her son getting treated like that, then I'm sure she would want someone to step in. But...it didn't directly involve her, so why make an effort to put a stop to it? I could understand being afraid to confront such a big group of guys, but it doesn't take much to call the police.
It's people like those boys who drive so many kids into depression. This makes me sad. Yesterday, I was walking to the band room after school, and I passed two mentally disabled girls holding hands. They were smiling, and there was no hostility whatsoever. I thought to myself...what if the whole world could be like that, and treat everyone with the utmost kindness and respect? What if we could all just set aside our differences and get along? I realize how unlikely that is. But... it really would be nice.
I wrote this as a Facebook note around June of last year, and that news story made me think of it. It's sort of off topic, but whatever...
empathy :the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
I have always been an empathetic person. I've always been one to put myself in other peoples' shoes, to feel what they feel. Sometimes, I think I'm too empathetic for my own good.
It kills me to see all the pain and suffering that people go through every day. It seems like some people never catch a break. Now, I know that God works in mysterious ways, and that there is a reason for everything, but I can't help but wonder why? Why is the suffering within the human race so extreme?
I'm not just talking about personal problems, either. There are also all sorts of universal problems, from things such as animal abuse to human trafficking to the starvation of whole communities. I hate that all these things go on around our world.
We are all human beings, and we all have feelings. If you wouldn't let your sister or your dad or your best friend get taken to have their bodies sold for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor, why does it not even phase some people that this goes on everywhere? These people being abducted and sold for their bodies...they are somebody else's sister or dad or best friend. The same goes for the starvation of communities and animal abuse. These people who are starving to death and these animals that are being beaten have no way of changing their circumstances. Many of us are blessed to have food on our tables every night, and we eat until we're stuffed, without giving a thought about those who haven't eaten in days. We are also blessed to have voices and the means to stand up for ourselves when we're in danger of being harmed. Animals don't have voices, making them easy prey for twisted people with the desire to hurt other living things.
If we didn't have to worry about all of these problems that go on around us, maybe we would be a happier race. There wouldn't be so much pain and suffering going on around the world. There would still be personal problems, which can be just as hard to overcome, but entire populations would be at ease, and better off. We wouldn't have to worry about things like 9/11 or the safety of our families. I sometimes think that all the problems of the world can weigh a person down. If we didn't have to deal with that weight, then we could focus more on our problems, making ourselves, as individuals, happier.
I wish...I wish there was a way to lessen all the pain that mankind has to go through. I don't think it is fair for there to be so much suffering in one race.
peace :a state of tranquillity or quiet as a) freedom from civil disturbance or b) a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom; freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions; harmony in personal relations
I wonder...what it would be like for the world to be peaceful, for there to be very little pain and suffering, and for happiness to prevail throughout mankind?
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