TGIF? Not so much.

So I believe this was the suckiest Friday of my entire life. High school is not fun. It's not a barrel of monkeys in the slightest way. BLAH.

So let's start with global studies. ugh. We had a sub today and crazy boys + fridays = chaos and we get nothing done. so we didn't do much that class. Watched a movie about Mao and how he killed millions of people and yet people kissed the ground he walked on. Interesting story.

Band. As usual, sucky. I did well on the test we did. It SHOULD be for the elementary kids it's so easy...but whatcha gonna do. This batch of freshmen honestly don't care about anything. Why marching band is SO. DARN. FRUSTRATING.

Orchestra was fine. As usual. Then EOP came along.

So during EOP (for non-Souderton peeps: 20-25 minutes to do whatever needs to be done, like visit a teacher for help, just hang out, do homework, etc.) So a friend of mine and I went to practice for districts in the practicie room. And I sang. And she basically said that I was bad. Well actually she DID say I was bad. She said that I was 'flat' and how my jump from Db to F was not good. I held my tongue though I would have loved to scream 'Hi, i'm the girl with perfect pitch. I think I know what i'm doing.' But WHAT.EVER. Natalie heard it too and said that it was fine. Just the situation...It bugged me. A LOT. Right when i thought i was prepared...UGH. That insulted me a lot. Natalie flipped out when she heard what this friend said....whatever.

Lunch stinks. I want my old lunch table. So. Badly.

Honors English...got a C- on a pop quiz. lovely.

Biology...down to an 83%. Even more lovely.

Band. Did a run-through in the rain and wind I HATE WIND SO MUCH. GAHHH Rachel and I were standing with one leg back when we had holds. It was awful. Then we ate, packed up and went to north penn for the game. Homecoming + north penn + our wimpy football team (though we HAVE been winning) = disaster. Anyway we warm up (meanwhile, Mike cannot find his shako and garmet bag (containing gloves) and piccolo player Caitlin forgot her piccolo so she had to stand at attention while we performed) and then we end up doing a STANDSTILL which aren't fun. And yeah. Then we came home. And i lost my beret. And my gloves, if I didn't mention. I wore Alyssa's. GAHHHH. I'll just go to bed now, this day must end.

Whitehall comp, at noon tomorrow, homeshow at night. 'Repoitoire' (sp?) on Sunday, church on sunday, youth group. Somewhere there squeeze in reading The Fall of the House of Usher, a lab report and research on the chicken flu. YUM.

~j

Happy Tuesday.

So it's tuesday, meaning it's almost saturday!!! Hahahah we established this at the bus stop with Jess and Julia. :P Good day, not much work, lots of time to think just about things coming up. I have districts next week. Auditions for Mrs. Washam, that is. ...I don't think I've ever wanted something so badly. (well, besides wanting to become drum major, but that's besides the point.) I'm working SO much on those 2 songs, every EOP i'm working with Natalie on it or I'm working on it by myself in the practice rooms. I did it for about 40 minutes today, going between the recording on Youtube to the piano. I just really want to make it and show people that I can sing and it sounds decent.

Okay, gotta stop now. Mike needs compy. Goodbye.

~j

My Friday night off. :D

So WE DIDN'T HAVE PRACTICE OR A GAME LAST NIGHT because of the weather...I don't know why not. We could have worked on music. But whatever. WE HAD A NIGHT OFF. I came home, changed out of my fancy attire (WESTCHESTER TODAY!!!) and practiced for districts, the recital i have in...8 days (wow. OH and mr. blick assigned a 2nd movement of HAYDN, MIND YOU, and wants it completed and perfect by next sunday. keep in mind i still have marching band and all of those choirs so WHEN ON EARTH AM I TO PRACTICE I DON'T KNOW. oh well...i'll try my best.), and then diana (aka mommy) came over. We watched some jon and kate plus eight, then made frosting for cupcakes we were to make later, then went to my room and just talked about life and marching band and whatever was on our hearts. :] i love her. she's a tough cookie. anyway, natalie came later and it as PRETTY AWESOME. she burst into my room and we then pretended to be inch worms and went down a flight of stairs into my family room on our stomachs. it was SO funny. SO SO funny. After that, we watched some Phillies (I found out that Natalie actually likes the Phillies) and then ate dinner (chicken, mashed potatoes, beans/corn (which for some reason natalie found amazing) and applesauce.) After this, Diana and I made cupcakes while Will (Natalie's boyfriend) came over and played Apples to Apples with all of us. Baking and playing Apples to Apples at the same time is not an easy task. Later on, we listened to Don't Stop Believin' by the Glee people and we were SCREAMING it so loudly. So much fun. Then Diana put me in Cookie Boot camp because I am unable to make chocolate chip cookies. No lie. They NEVER come out right. They're either raw or burnt and always flat like a pancake. Even more, Diana tried to do the recipe and they too came out burnt and flat. So something is extremely wrong. My house is lacking cookie power. :P

Anyway, we took Natalie and Diana home around 10 o'clock, and we're all sleeping on Diana's shoulder. It's pathetic how one week of school can knock you out completely.

So yes. I came home around 10:30ish, Facebooked until 11ish, went to bed, woke up at 7:30 to help with my brother's senior project which we're performing at Rockhill tomorrow. :D Super nervous but really excited.

HURRAY FOR RAINY DAYS FOR MARCHING BAND PRACTICE. And the wind is supposed to be 30 mph. FANTASTIC. Fiberglass sousaphone is equivalent to wearing a parachute. I fell down so many times during windy practices...and now we're performing. Great.

SO awesome day yesterday. I love friends.

~j

VOTD:
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

John 8:12

Wow what incredible weather for a Thursday.

So yes the rain is PRETTTTTY depressing outside. It's freezing too. But in Austen's words, it's...refreshing. I must admit it is refreshing. :]

School. BLAH. BLAH LIFE. Blah everything right now. Not very happy, I gotta admit. I miss people beyond belief, and just this fakeness isn't very fun. Maybe this is God's test on me saying that I should just go solo. It can be done. Maybe that's the next step. Sure. Whatever works. :P

~j

VOTD (verse of the day):

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Ephesians 6:16

Yay procrastinationnnnn!...again.

Yeah I'm procrastinating again. Woot. :D I have to read Act I of the Cruicible and I gotta practice for districts and the recital and French horn just in general so...yeah.

Today. WE GOT OUT EARLY. I love early days. I was very excited. I went home with LeeLee and we ate ham sandwiches. How fun! And then we just talked about life and school stuff in general. It's been quite a while since we've done that. It felt pretty good. Then I read her story that she's thinking of publishing and I was marveling at home amazing is. BTW. If I didn't mention. There is a huuuuuuuuuge possibility that LeeLee and I are going to Germany for a mission trip. Can you say HOLY COWABUNGA THAT'S AMAZING. I'm insanely excited. Just...we need details. Very badly. ;] We haven't gotten anything yet except the date. My mom was pretty against it in the first place because we would leave in the beginning of June and I'd miss school, but it's pretty much the stupid stuff and whatnot. OH. My word. I just realized that I'd be missing my brother's graduation.......ohhhhh dear. Ohhhh ddddear. Oh well. I'll think about something to do for that.

Anyway after that, Hannah came over later and helped wrap Eva's gift which was American Girl doll stuff that LeeLee doesn't use anymore. After that, they went for their permit (and both got them, i was very happy for them) and then we went to Wawa and got coffee. Well I got coffee, me, being the mature and sophisticated one. LeeLee and Squinty got milkshakes. How immature. hahaa. fun. Anyway pretty good day. Tonight my family is ACTUALLY GOING OUT TO EAT WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. It's only happening because it's part of a project I'm doing. I have to write a review about an Eastern Asia Restaurant (aka Yantze) and talk about the atmosphere of the place, how it's decorated, how the food is served, etc. It sounds like fun. The best project I've ever gotten. :]

OHHHHHH. SO this Sunday me and Mike are going to go perform at Rockhill for his senior project and I'm singing jazz. I am EXTREMELY excited. We practiced last night and might I add we sounded pretty spankin' good. :] Yay.

Anyway I MUST go now. I have to finish homework and practice. Goodbye.

~j

Oh the memories we make.

Oldies but goodies. <3

Procrastination...it's great.

So I'm supposed to be writing a huge essay on Lord of the Flies vs. Transcendentalism for Honors English but YOU KNOW...stuff is on my mind and I think I'll write about it. I'm gonna try to go back to my blog because I have that pressure in my heart again when I can't say what I'm thinking because of the people around me. So I'll just spill to my lovely little blog here where people I may know or people I may not know can read about my life. Fantastic.

Gahh. Just life is SO pressure-y right now. Honors english, honors global, biology, and then advanced and show choir and then districts coming up and then jazz band and orchestra and concert band and the musical and marching band and piano recitals every month...AHHH! It's CRAZY! These are the times I can't wait for marching band season to be over so I can bring my grades back up.

Friends. I love a lot of them. They rock. The kind when we stop at a stop sign and explode out of the car and do Chinese fire drills. Or the friends that have staring contests with my dog. Or the ones that I can say absolutely ANYTHING to (ex world domination) and talk about it for hours upon end. And then the friends that I love dearly but I think they have forgotten my existence by other people they care for more. It's...so sad. Or the friends that are moving out of the state in the very near future. Or have moved. Or are homeschooled. I canNOT imagine life without them. I LOVE THEM. I can't live without friends. Please stay with me. I need them now more than ever before.

Boys. WHAT'S UP WITH THEM?! I'm single. I do not like anyone, nor have I for quite a long time. I'm completely happy. Why do they toil with girls' minds so much? I DON'T GET IT. They can leave any time. They steal my friends. They turn their worlds upside down. They drive them bananas and into hideous cycles. Just STOP. All right?! Just go away.

I've been thinking about marching band so much. So many people hate it this year, some love it. Many people are quitting because of other people. That's very sad. At times I want to quit from frustration, at other times I'm so ready to go for drum major. (Thoughts on that?) We may be a kinda small band, we may not have the best drill writers or directors that don't seem to care, we may not have any money in our organization besides donations, but we as a band can do some pretty incredible things. Our situation is not like many other bands. While some people complain that we suck, all right. If you have something negative to say, you know where the door is. Let's go Big Red. <3

Anyway. I guess I should go back to this little essay of mine.

~j

Verse of the Day:
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

Proverbs 16:3