Well, the rain has finally stopped. I'm pretty happy about that. Since the rain has stopped, however, it has gotten extremely hot. That's the only downside to it. It's almost 90 degrees outside right now. But at least the sun is back out so I'm still pretty happy. =]
Well, I haven't done much the last few days. I went to lunch with my mom's two friends on Thursday. We ate at a Mexican restaurant. I cannot say that I am a fan of Mexican food, but thanks to my size, I can usually get away with ordering chicken fingers off of the kids' menu without anyone questioning my age. hehe. :P Plus one of my mom's friends brought her daughter (who is a little bit younger than me) and she ordered off the kids' menu too. Afterwards my mom and I went to Ross and we bought a dress for me to wear to my grandpa's 90th birthday party in August. :) I really like it. :P
I've done basically nothing today, but there are some exciting things coming up. We found out that I will probably be able to go back to my former home and see my friends again. :D My mom found out that she can probably get a really cheap plane ticket for me, so I'm really excited. :D And, it turns out we're going to another concert! It was completely random though how we decided to go. My mom's friend told us that she was going to see Carrie Underwood, and originally we were going to go along, but it turned out that that was taking place a week that my dad was going to be gone for business. And my dad said he'd like to see her too, so we decided that we would just go to a different concert. And my friend will be coming along too. :D It's going to be lots of fun. :D
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Post #43
Ahh. Today has been so boring. lol. It was raining and cloudy all day. I HATE when it's like that! lol. I really hope the sun comes back out tomorrow. But yeah, I've basically been sitting around the house all day. There's really no point in me even writing this journal entry because all I'm doing is complaining about how bored I am. But I just thought I'd write this so I'd have something to do. hehe. :P
But, I will say that I saw Indiana Jones yesterday and it was great!!! Haha, I would have gone and seen it all over again today to give me something to do. Okay, I'll stop complaining about how boring today was and hopefully tomorrow will be more fun. lol.
But, I will say that I saw Indiana Jones yesterday and it was great!!! Haha, I would have gone and seen it all over again today to give me something to do. Okay, I'll stop complaining about how boring today was and hopefully tomorrow will be more fun. lol.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Post #42
Well, the first few days of my summer have been quite nice. :) Except for the fact that it's gotten extremely hot! lol. We went to a barbecue at our friends' house the other day and as much as I enjoy eating hamburgers and hot dogs and talking to our friends, sitting outside wasn't exactly the most pleasant thing. But we still had fun. :D Then later that night, I went to a Taylor Swift concert!!!! I LOVE her music. lol. My friend and her mom and sister came with us. It was so much fun! Even though it was outside, luckily it was in the evening, so it wasn't blazing hot by then. But yeah, I really enjoyed it. :) She played all of her songs from her album except for "Tied Together With a Smile" and "Cold As You". But luckily she still played all of my favorites. :P
Well, we're not doing much today, except we're going to see a movie. :P We're either going to see Narnia or Indiana Jones (I really want to see both!). But my mom said that my dad would probably rather see Indiana Jones, so that's probably what we'll see today and then when my dad goes out of town for business, my mom and I will go see Narnia. :)
Well, we're not doing much today, except we're going to see a movie. :P We're either going to see Narnia or Indiana Jones (I really want to see both!). But my mom said that my dad would probably rather see Indiana Jones, so that's probably what we'll see today and then when my dad goes out of town for business, my mom and I will go see Narnia. :)
Friday, May 23, 2008
Post #41
Well, I'm afraid things with my aunt have turned out pretty bad. :( The doctors said that the cancer (which is lung cancer, by the way) has basically spread around her entire body and she most likely will not get better. They are going to give her chemo for as long as they can, but they think she basically only has a few months left. :( Like I said before, I never knew this aunt of mine very well, but it's still really sad, and it's going to be really hard on my uncle and all of the people in my family who are really close to her. So prayers would be appreciated.
Well, at least a few good things are happening. I did finally finish school on Thursday! I can't even describe how good it feels to have it all over and done with. And also, I watched the American Idol finale on Wednesday. :) I really didn't have a preference for who won. I love both the Davids so much, so there was no way I could choose between them. lol. But I'm really happy for David Cook. :) And I'm sure David Archuleta is going to do just as well. The runner-up almost always gets to make a CD too. :)
Well, at least a few good things are happening. I did finally finish school on Thursday! I can't even describe how good it feels to have it all over and done with. And also, I watched the American Idol finale on Wednesday. :) I really didn't have a preference for who won. I love both the Davids so much, so there was no way I could choose between them. lol. But I'm really happy for David Cook. :) And I'm sure David Archuleta is going to do just as well. The runner-up almost always gets to make a CD too. :)
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Post #40
My recital was last night!!!! lol. It was so much fun! My parents came to see me, of course, and also my friend and her family came because my friend's sister takes jazz. Well, I didn't tell about the dress rehearsal, so I'll start out with that.
Well, the dances went okay at the dress rehearsal. lol. My first dance was jazz, and it was the 11th dance in the first act. It turned out that I had to wait a loooong time though to go onstage, because when I arrived, they apparently were running behind and were still trying to finish up with the matinee show (we have three different performances- the preschool aged kids perform in the morning, the kids who are a little older perform at the matinee show, and then the older kids perform at the evening show). But luckily, I had a few people to talk to from my class while we were waiting. Finally we did get to go onstage, and I was really nervous. The jazz dance was definitely the most challenging dance I had this year. lol. But it went okay, even though I messed up a little on one part. Then I had to wait a long time again, because my tap dance wasn't until the second act. But that went well too. And then...the ballet. lol. Not that *I* thought we did that bad though. You see, I haven't told you about my ballet teacher in very much detail, but let's just say she is verrryyy strict and takes ballet a bit more seriously than she should. For example, she always makes us wear our hair in buns to class, even though the school policy says that as long as it is up and out of our face, it doesn't matter whether its a bun or ponytail. Also, if we were ever late to her class, even just a few minutes, she would make us stand in the center of the room and do our barre work there without a barre to hold on to. She didn't seem to understand that it was quite difficult for us to get to class, which started at 4:30, when most of us don't get home from school till 4:00. When we practiced our recital dance, it was almost as if the yelling of "Moooooove!" and "Goooooooo!" and "Keep your legs straight!" were incorporated into the music we were dancing to. She apparently has studied ballet in Russia, Paris, and London. No wonder she takes it so seriously. lol. I just wonder what brought her to our loosy-goosy dance school. I will give it to her though, the dance was really pretty. But anyway, back to the dress rehearsal. We all got onstage, and as the music started, we could see our teacher standing at the side of the stage, watching our every move. Of course, we had to pass around that darned rose, so we had to concentrate on both that and the steps. It turned out that our teacher not only was standing at the side of the stage watching, but she also began yelling out all of those familiar commands that we had heard every week in class. Needless to say, everyone out in the audience looked a bit stunned. Of course, her yelling only distracted us more, so when we got in our line to do our turns, we got quite a bit out of line, and then at the end when we were supposed to run into a circle, we apparently were not in the center of the stage, for our teacher made that quite apparent. So it ended and we finally ran offstage, and we couldn't help but laugh at how insane our teacher was. We were all in the backstage hallway, going back to the dressing rooms, when our teacher came into the hall from the other stage door. Some people actually ran into the dressing rooms and hid from her! lol. Me and one other girl were still trying to get to the dressing room, and our teacher walked right past us! We both just looked at her nervously, but she didn't say anything, she just gave us an icy stare and walked off. So...yeah, that was dress rehearsal! lol.
Well, the next day was recital! I had to arrive 2 hours early, because we have this awards show before the performance for people who have been dancing for 5 or more years, and it is a DISASTER trying to get everyone lined up in the right order backstage. So, this year I got a trophy for 9 years. Then, 30 minutes before the show, me and everyone else in my ballet class had to meet in a rehearsal room with our teacher because she made a mandatory warm-up for her class (that just figures. lol) She actually didn't say anything about the night before, so I guess she was over it. And then, the show finally started! I went onstage for my jazz dance, and it was awesome! I don't think I really messed up at all. And the same went for the tap dance. :) And then was the ballet dance. lol. Well, this time, our teacher had to control herself and stay backstage and not say a word, so needless to say, we did much better. Our lines were nice and straight and I think we pretty much found the center of the stage. :) Someone did apparently drop the rose once, but my parents and my friend all said afterwards that they hadn't noticed, so I guess it wasn't too noticeable. :) And we couldn't believe it- after we finished and went into the backstage hall, our teacher came out and told us that we were gorgeous!!! Everyone clapped since she finally gave us a compliment. lol. Then it was pretty emotional, because there are a lot of seniors in my ballet class and that was our last dance, so a lot of them were crying after we finished.
Well, after the show I saw my friend and she gave me a huge hug and told me that I did great about 10 times, so that made me feel pretty good- I guess I did really good! lol. Then my parents and I went and got ice cream on our way home. It was an awesome night! I'm sad now that the recital is all over, but at least I've got two more years to do them. :)
WHOOOOOO! This week is my last week of school! lol. Actually Thursday is my last day instead of Friday. And both Wednesday and Thursday are only half days. So I'm happy! Soon I'm going to be free!!!!!
Well, the dances went okay at the dress rehearsal. lol. My first dance was jazz, and it was the 11th dance in the first act. It turned out that I had to wait a loooong time though to go onstage, because when I arrived, they apparently were running behind and were still trying to finish up with the matinee show (we have three different performances- the preschool aged kids perform in the morning, the kids who are a little older perform at the matinee show, and then the older kids perform at the evening show). But luckily, I had a few people to talk to from my class while we were waiting. Finally we did get to go onstage, and I was really nervous. The jazz dance was definitely the most challenging dance I had this year. lol. But it went okay, even though I messed up a little on one part. Then I had to wait a long time again, because my tap dance wasn't until the second act. But that went well too. And then...the ballet. lol. Not that *I* thought we did that bad though. You see, I haven't told you about my ballet teacher in very much detail, but let's just say she is verrryyy strict and takes ballet a bit more seriously than she should. For example, she always makes us wear our hair in buns to class, even though the school policy says that as long as it is up and out of our face, it doesn't matter whether its a bun or ponytail. Also, if we were ever late to her class, even just a few minutes, she would make us stand in the center of the room and do our barre work there without a barre to hold on to. She didn't seem to understand that it was quite difficult for us to get to class, which started at 4:30, when most of us don't get home from school till 4:00. When we practiced our recital dance, it was almost as if the yelling of "Moooooove!" and "Goooooooo!" and "Keep your legs straight!" were incorporated into the music we were dancing to. She apparently has studied ballet in Russia, Paris, and London. No wonder she takes it so seriously. lol. I just wonder what brought her to our loosy-goosy dance school. I will give it to her though, the dance was really pretty. But anyway, back to the dress rehearsal. We all got onstage, and as the music started, we could see our teacher standing at the side of the stage, watching our every move. Of course, we had to pass around that darned rose, so we had to concentrate on both that and the steps. It turned out that our teacher not only was standing at the side of the stage watching, but she also began yelling out all of those familiar commands that we had heard every week in class. Needless to say, everyone out in the audience looked a bit stunned. Of course, her yelling only distracted us more, so when we got in our line to do our turns, we got quite a bit out of line, and then at the end when we were supposed to run into a circle, we apparently were not in the center of the stage, for our teacher made that quite apparent. So it ended and we finally ran offstage, and we couldn't help but laugh at how insane our teacher was. We were all in the backstage hallway, going back to the dressing rooms, when our teacher came into the hall from the other stage door. Some people actually ran into the dressing rooms and hid from her! lol. Me and one other girl were still trying to get to the dressing room, and our teacher walked right past us! We both just looked at her nervously, but she didn't say anything, she just gave us an icy stare and walked off. So...yeah, that was dress rehearsal! lol.
Well, the next day was recital! I had to arrive 2 hours early, because we have this awards show before the performance for people who have been dancing for 5 or more years, and it is a DISASTER trying to get everyone lined up in the right order backstage. So, this year I got a trophy for 9 years. Then, 30 minutes before the show, me and everyone else in my ballet class had to meet in a rehearsal room with our teacher because she made a mandatory warm-up for her class (that just figures. lol) She actually didn't say anything about the night before, so I guess she was over it. And then, the show finally started! I went onstage for my jazz dance, and it was awesome! I don't think I really messed up at all. And the same went for the tap dance. :) And then was the ballet dance. lol. Well, this time, our teacher had to control herself and stay backstage and not say a word, so needless to say, we did much better. Our lines were nice and straight and I think we pretty much found the center of the stage. :) Someone did apparently drop the rose once, but my parents and my friend all said afterwards that they hadn't noticed, so I guess it wasn't too noticeable. :) And we couldn't believe it- after we finished and went into the backstage hall, our teacher came out and told us that we were gorgeous!!! Everyone clapped since she finally gave us a compliment. lol. Then it was pretty emotional, because there are a lot of seniors in my ballet class and that was our last dance, so a lot of them were crying after we finished.
Well, after the show I saw my friend and she gave me a huge hug and told me that I did great about 10 times, so that made me feel pretty good- I guess I did really good! lol. Then my parents and I went and got ice cream on our way home. It was an awesome night! I'm sad now that the recital is all over, but at least I've got two more years to do them. :)
WHOOOOOO! This week is my last week of school! lol. Actually Thursday is my last day instead of Friday. And both Wednesday and Thursday are only half days. So I'm happy! Soon I'm going to be free!!!!!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Post #39
Well, I don't have time to write very much, because I have to start getting ready soon. My dress rehearsal for my dance recital is tonight! :D I'm excited. :) I'm always a little nervous, especially when I'm about to go on stage for my first dance. I'm always thinking, "Ahh, I haven't done this in a whole year." lol. But it's a lot of fun too. :) Well, I better get going now. Later!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Post #38
Unfortunately, my uncle called my mom today with some bad news. My aunt has been diagnosed with cancer. I actually don't know this aunt very well since they live at the opposite end of the country, and I've only seen her a few times, but we're still pretty worried. :( They're not sure how bad it is yet, so hopefully it's not really bad and they can cure it easily.
Well, I sure am glad it's Friday. This week went by so slow! Actually, we got out of school early yesterday because of tornado threats, although as usual, nothing happened except a few strong thunderstorms. But it sure was nice getting out of school. :)
I can't believe my dance recital is next week! I'm really excited, but a little nervous. lol. In my ballet dance, my teacher got this great idea to have us use a prop. A girl in my class starts out holding a rose (an artificial one, of course) and throughout the dance, it gets passed around to everyone. It's actually pretty hard to hold something and concentrate on the dance steps at the same time. But hopefully no one will mess up. :) It's actually a really pretty dance. We're dancing to the song "Time" by Billy Porter. Then for my jazz dance we're dancing to "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez. That one's really fun, even though it was really hard at first since our teacher wanted us to be more "challenged". lol. But I've finally gotten it down pretty well. :) And then for tap we're dancing to a remix of "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne. That one is really fun, especially since the song is so fast. lol.
Well, I better go now, because last week was my friend's birthday and I promised I'd call her sometime this week. Later! :)
Well, I sure am glad it's Friday. This week went by so slow! Actually, we got out of school early yesterday because of tornado threats, although as usual, nothing happened except a few strong thunderstorms. But it sure was nice getting out of school. :)
I can't believe my dance recital is next week! I'm really excited, but a little nervous. lol. In my ballet dance, my teacher got this great idea to have us use a prop. A girl in my class starts out holding a rose (an artificial one, of course) and throughout the dance, it gets passed around to everyone. It's actually pretty hard to hold something and concentrate on the dance steps at the same time. But hopefully no one will mess up. :) It's actually a really pretty dance. We're dancing to the song "Time" by Billy Porter. Then for my jazz dance we're dancing to "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez. That one's really fun, even though it was really hard at first since our teacher wanted us to be more "challenged". lol. But I've finally gotten it down pretty well. :) And then for tap we're dancing to a remix of "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne. That one is really fun, especially since the song is so fast. lol.
Well, I better go now, because last week was my friend's birthday and I promised I'd call her sometime this week. Later! :)
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Post #37
Ahhh, it's still only Tuesday but it feels like it should be muuuch closer to Friday already. Argh. lol.
Well, my mom and I are both quite fed up with the bus system. Today, which happens to be my mom's birthday, I came out of my house to go to my bus stop at 7:35 like I'm supposed to. The driver of that bus said he would always come at 7:40, and up until today, he always did. Well, it turns out that today he suddenly decided that he wanted to come 10 minutes earlier just for the heck of it. I really wonder how he thought that he could possibly do that without having notified any of us. So anyway, of course my mom ended up having to take me to school. What a nice birthday present. Stupid buses!!!! Well, at least we went out to dinner tonight and we're going to have cake and stuff later. :) And, my regular bus driver was finally back this afternoon so I shouldn't have to worry about the bus coming early or anything.
Well, I just thought I'd share another recent clip of Dakota Fanning! She was on Oprah yesterday for just a few minutes because they were doing some thing about Tom Cruise, who Dakota worked with in the movie War of the Worlds. So here's the clip of her talking. :) She's so awesome! http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=76edf409-34b8-4c43-9c73-0d18e004faa7
Well, my mom and I are both quite fed up with the bus system. Today, which happens to be my mom's birthday, I came out of my house to go to my bus stop at 7:35 like I'm supposed to. The driver of that bus said he would always come at 7:40, and up until today, he always did. Well, it turns out that today he suddenly decided that he wanted to come 10 minutes earlier just for the heck of it. I really wonder how he thought that he could possibly do that without having notified any of us. So anyway, of course my mom ended up having to take me to school. What a nice birthday present. Stupid buses!!!! Well, at least we went out to dinner tonight and we're going to have cake and stuff later. :) And, my regular bus driver was finally back this afternoon so I shouldn't have to worry about the bus coming early or anything.
Well, I just thought I'd share another recent clip of Dakota Fanning! She was on Oprah yesterday for just a few minutes because they were doing some thing about Tom Cruise, who Dakota worked with in the movie War of the Worlds. So here's the clip of her talking. :) She's so awesome! http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=76edf409-34b8-4c43-9c73-0d18e004faa7
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Post #36
Well, I've gotta go to bed soon, but I just thought I'd write another entry for the heck of it. :) This weekend was okay. I had to work a bit on the research paper (ugh). I had to find sources that I'm going to use to write my paper. I really don't like research papers. :( As if I haven't made that point enough already, lol. But I really am tired of them- this is my 3rd year in a row writing one and it's my 4th research paper. I'm just trying to think how exactly 3 weeks from now, I'll be on summer break and I'll be free at last. :)
Well, I didn't do much else this weekend. Except of course I watched Star Wars. On Spike TV, they're airing all the Star Wars movies in order, so, being a Star Wars geek, I of course have been tuning in every Sunday night to watch. This week was Episode III. It's good, but sooooo sad! Well, if you haven't seen it, it's the one where Anakin becomes Darth Vader. It's so sad though, I almost cried at the end. lol. I guess it's only sad though if you've seen episodes I and II, because that's where you see Anakin and Padme meet and fall in love, and then episode III is when Anakin finally turns to the dark side, all because he is so afraid of losing Padme. Oh well, at least the last three that they show will be happier, and Anakin will be good again in the last one. :)
Well, I better get to bed now. This isn't exactly going to be the best week of school, because I'll have to work on my research paper, finish a Spanish project, AND present my Power Point that I made in business tech. Quite stressful, but I just remind myself to keep holding on, because I only have 3 weeks left! I will make it through!
Well, I didn't do much else this weekend. Except of course I watched Star Wars. On Spike TV, they're airing all the Star Wars movies in order, so, being a Star Wars geek, I of course have been tuning in every Sunday night to watch. This week was Episode III. It's good, but sooooo sad! Well, if you haven't seen it, it's the one where Anakin becomes Darth Vader. It's so sad though, I almost cried at the end. lol. I guess it's only sad though if you've seen episodes I and II, because that's where you see Anakin and Padme meet and fall in love, and then episode III is when Anakin finally turns to the dark side, all because he is so afraid of losing Padme. Oh well, at least the last three that they show will be happier, and Anakin will be good again in the last one. :)
Well, I better get to bed now. This isn't exactly going to be the best week of school, because I'll have to work on my research paper, finish a Spanish project, AND present my Power Point that I made in business tech. Quite stressful, but I just remind myself to keep holding on, because I only have 3 weeks left! I will make it through!
Friday, May 2, 2008
Post #35
Whew, it's finally Friday. :) This was actually kind of a long week, so I'm glad it's over. Today was especially nice- all of our classes were cut about 30 minutes short, and during 4th block we had our Powder Puff football game, which was a bit weird. The girls and boys switch, for example, the girls play football and the guys are cheerleaders. Going to the game was optional, but if you didn't go, you had to sit in the gym for two hours, which didn't sound very fun. So my friends and I decided to go, although we really didn't pay attention to the game at all, except for when the male cheerleaders performed, which was quite....well, let's just say creepy. They were wearing skirts and everything! But most of the time my friends and I just sat in a circle and talked. We're not even sure which team ended up winning. lol. But it was really nice to be outside in the nice weather just talking and having a good time.
But yay, I'm so glad it's finally the weekend! :P
But yay, I'm so glad it's finally the weekend! :P
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