Moments of Pride

I learned how to play Mad World on the piano (Gary Jules), and it's very easy to play but still--great song. Also I'm drinking tea. I don't like tea. This stuff is good. I made myself drink it 'cause I'm sick and have junk in my throat and I have to have a clear throat so I can sing in Fiddler on the Roof and tea's good for that. It's almost 1 AM...I'm really just rambling right now. Today I helped Kate set up her basement for her party on Friday. We painted the walls black, or at least added another coat, and splattered neon paint everywhere. Also there are black lights and strobes, and we hung sheets and Christmas lights all over the place. It looks amazing. I'm excited. Also, I finished my homework for AP Calculus today (reading the first chapter) so now I just have to make a chart of political issues and write a paper on who I'd vote for and why. :P Blurgh. I don't even care about politics. I have 11 days to write that, clean my room, clean the bathrooms (because I'm weird and am getting OCD about them), and wash/clean my car. It's been gathering filth all summer. Darn...I'm out of tea. I want more. :( Maybe I'll clean my room tonight. I often feel jealous towards other blog-writers. They all seem so intellectual. I don't even try very hard to have exceptional writing so it just sounds like me talking. In other news, I asked a cute guy for directions today. I know him from school and I saw him on the way to drop a friend off at her friend's house. He smiled at me as I passed him. Then on the way back I stopped for directions because I actually needed them. I never talk about guys on here. I don't see why I shouldn't, at least little things like that. It's just something in my life, and here I go rambling again. I think I'm really tired. I have a lot of laundry to put away and some is in the dryer. At least tomorrow I can sleep in. Oh! It's Keala's birthday! She's 7! Gah these kids are getting so old. And geez, so am I. I've heard that the last year of high school is loads of fun and it goes by fast. It's a bit frightening, but I'm mostly just extremely stoked for it. I can't wait to see what happens to all of our lives, even if I'll be sad to say goodbye to people. I'm gonna be so sad next fall... But that's over a year away. Wow this is a random one! I'm gonna make more tea. At least now I can bring it to rehearsal and stuff since I know I like it. Well, this kind anyway. By the way, rehearsals are SO much fun. We rotate dancing, singing, and acting the last 2 hours of the day. Dancing is my favorite. It's going to be so great! I've invited a bunch of family to come see the show in October. I can't wait to get totally done with all the songs so we can practice with the band/orchestra in the pit. My, my I say I've written enough for one post, especially since this is so all over the place. If anyone still reads my blog, please feel free to comment so I know you're there... Even if no one does, I'm not going to stop posting! :)

Productivity

I have spent almost this entire day by myself. I stayed home from the rest of my family's activities to be productive. They literally just got home. Joe bought two throwing stars. I slept in until about 9, ate a tuna sandwich at about 10, took a shower, slacked off and messed around on the computer a bit, and finally started into my pre-calculus. I spent over an hour singing loudly in the front room going over choir music. I took the trash out from all over the house, bought gas, and got my friend Kate a present for her birthday. In about a half hour I'm going to her party. I'm going to check my oil now...and possibly throw a throwing star...

100th Post

Hey this is my 100th post! Yes!
          I have a few exciting things going on. Yesterday I auditioned for a solo in the choir concert on Thursday and got it! I'm so happy! It's kind of hard though so I've been practicing a lot. I'm gonna be quite nervous but I can't wait! We're singing 3 songs plus Carol of the Bells with all of the choirs together. Hanerot Halalu, a Hanukkah song, Frobisher Bay, and Jing-a-Ling, Jing-a-Ling, which is the song I have a solo in. I finally got them all memorized today.
          Second, I switched houses with Kate for the weekend! I'm staying with her family and she's with mine. We do each others' chores and everything! So far I'm loving it. Since I was grounded I've been home for a really long time so I wanted to have a break, and she wanted to be out of her house too so we just swapped. My brothers are hers and hers is mine.
          Last thing, we're going to a Hanukkah party tonight, held by our very good friend KP. :) We'll be having White Elephant as well. I'm really excited for the Christmas party on the 18th. It will be intense.
          Anyway, happy holidays to you all, whoever you are. Thank you for reading, if you do! In case I'm not sure if you do, feel free to hit the 'follow' button. Until I write again, goodbye!



At White Elephant I got a $10 Cuppa Yo' gift certificate! I've never been there so this'll be really great! :D

Driving, fences, and ghosts.

I think I ought to post something. It's been a while. Today I did some driving. This morning I did really well! But this afternoon...not so much... I made several people mad. I swerved out of the way of someone when I was turning, I got honked at, I killed the car twice in the Wendy's drivethru, I turned too late at least twice, and I almost ran a stop sign. Ugh... when I get a car, it will definitely be an automatic. Stick shifts frustrate me. I'll just keep the stick shift driving knowledge in my pocket for a time when I need it. Otherwise, I'll be perfectly fine with a good 'ole automatic. Unfortunately I don't really get to drive automatics very often because my mom has a stick shift. Oh well.

On a happier note, we're building a fence in the front yard! I'm so excited! Right now we just need to put the pickets in and the panels for the tall part. And we need two gates. We planted a bunch of cute plants around it and it looks so great! We're going to put a willow tree in the middle and have a path from the side. It's going to be amazing. Plus the dog won't escape. It should be done before too long. :) By Halloween for sure.

By the way, I'm going to be a ghost. Some people think that's just a lame default costume when you don't have anything else, but I've been planning this for a while. I'm going to have it attached to my head and arms and it will be legit. Hehe...

Soon!

Today my cousin is turning 7! And in 6 days I turn 15! For my party I think I'm just going to invite a bunch of my friends over and hang out at my house. Or walk to the park or something. I'm going to have angel food cake and cherry pie! :D YUM. I have to read the stupid driver's manual. It's soooo boring. But I REALLY want to get my permit!

Yard Work

On Sunday we totally started changing our front yard. We live on a corner, so on the other side of the sidewalk, there are 3 sections of grass. But our lawn sucks and it's hard to take care of. So we tore up all of that sod and we're replacing it with bark dust! At the moment we are 2/3 of the way done. My right arm is so sore! And my left arm still hurts from getting hit with a pitch this weekend. :P Eventually we'll get a picket fence to go around the main lawn! It's going to look so cute!! Yesterday Potter came over after school. We mostly hung out in my room but we did a bit of yard work too. I showed her my old yearbooks.

I'm so excited about this year's yearbook! The book costs $70 though. It's huge, like 300 pages. I have about $50 saved up.

Easter

Happy Easter!!

Today at Sundeos there was a really great service. I felt sort of...refreshed when it was over.

When we got home, my brothers and I hid Easter eggs for my little cousins to find. It's really cute how excited they get. :)

I love chocolate....

Home Again

We left this morning at around 8:30 for home. The drive was about 8 hours long. Ugh... And we didn't make any long stops. The only nice things were that we stopped for In-N-Out and I got a 2 hour nap. Other than that it was not fun. About an hour before we got back I started having to pee, so by the time we got home I was in pain, holding it. About 10 minutes after we got all of our stuff in, the people I was planned to babysit came over. I had to watch them for 5 hours. Luckily, I got $50 out of it. :) That really was the highlight of my day.

Movie Night

My softball practice got cancelled today because my coach was sick. This makes me happy but also anxious. I'm happy because sometimes I really just need a break. But I was counting on tomorrow for that because there's no practice tomorrow. I'm anxious because the first game is on Monday and I'm worried that we might not be prepared enough...I might have to play catcher! D:

Tonight was really fun! Kate, Annie, Maya and Riley came over and we all watched 50 First Dates. My mom ordered pizza and we got Sprite. This was the only day that it would work so I'm glad we got to do it. After the movie we played Horse Lips and Jiggle Face. It's hard to explain what it is but it's really really fun and involves a camera. If anyone who reads this doesn't know what it is, please tell me. I'd love to learn that some other people read this!

Ear Infection

A lot has happened this weekend. It was a 3-day weekend because of...Presidents Day, I think. On Saturday I went to the mountain with Annie. It was really fun and I can tell I've improved a lot. I've had a cold for a while and I'm really congested, though. :P On the way back from the mountain the elevation and pressure and stuff made my ears "clogged" and I tried to pop them. My right ear was fine but my left ear wouldn't pop for the whole ride. I got home and it still wouldn't pop. It was really bugging me because it made my hearing muffled on one side. I tried everything. I chewed extra and even when I didn't have food, trying to pop my ear. I Q-tipped the crap out of my ear. Nothing. My jaw got a little sore from all the chewing.

On Sunday I chewed some gum with no success. I went to my school to an 'open gym' for softball that I could get some practice in before tryouts. Tryouts are next Monday. I hope they go well... Anyway that night my ear felt as if there was an ear plug in it. It was so muffled it felt like there was something blocking it!

Yesterday morning, my mom told me to get up and get ready to go to the doctor. My ear felt a lot less muffled. There weren't many people there so we didn't have to wait long. We got me a physical for softball at the same time. So, the doctor looked in my ear with the otoscope. My mom got to look, too. The doctor and my mom said my right ear (the good one) looked normal and grayish or flesh-colored. My left ear, however, is really red and liquid-looking inside. :P EW. I have an ear infection. He prescribed me some big, yellow pills that I have to take twice a day. Two at breakfast and two at dinner. For 10 days. They taste bad. And they're big! Still, my other options were pills that I chew (ack!) or liquid. I'm not at all excited about either of those. So I have the swallow kind.

Today I felt okay but my ear was still muffled and I had to take big pills. Later tonight we're going to watch American Idol. I hope we're not missing anything too amazing on the Olympics...

:)

Super Bowl Sunday

We had a really great Super Bowl party at our house today. It was the Colts vs. the Saints. I barely watched any of the game at all though. Just a little at the beginning. I mostly just enjoyed the food played the Wii. The Saints won. :P I really could care less though. It was an awesome party. :)

Tomorrow the new semester starts and I get all new classes!

Clean-up

A few days ago my mom and brothers and I cleaned out the garage and took down the Christmas lights. It was exceptionally warm outside so I just wore a T-shirt and flip-flops. Then we swept out the garage and organized some boxes. It was so dirty!! We have so much crap! We brought a trunk full and backseat full of junk to Goodwill. There's like half as much stuff on that side of the garage now. It's kind of refreshing actually. After a while it got too cold though so I put on some boots and a sweatshirt I found.

My math final is tomorrow so we had to write a whole ton of notes to have with us. I wrote some of the best notes in the class. :) I let my friend copy them down. Then some random guy saw them and asked if he could also copy them. I gave them to him. A few minutes later he went and made copies of them with a copy machine! I think he even gave one to one of his friends!

I have to play guitar and sing for the class next period. D: Wish me luck...