"Hey AL, fouls are boring, but balls are worse. I also don't have a girlfriend."
So, ya. I'm procrastinating. I got home like two hours ago. I said "no, I can't play tennis now, I have homeowrk." And yet, I havn't started my homework...
Today, if I didn't have some mandatory event scheduled I'd be in the darkroom. Spare, lunch, afterschool, between periods (not really, just once to take out a print that was washing.) I made two contact sheets aswell as 5 of a probably 8 however possible 11 prints, so I'm making progress.
Tommorow should be enough hopefully. The problem is that the exposure under the enlarger is now at, like, 70 seconds for a print, so the whole process takes like 4 minutes to develop and then 5 for wash, but I can make another during tha time.
So, ya. Today's run-through was pretty good actually, way better then yesterday. You should go to One Acts! That is if you live in Ottawa... Thursday and Friday nights. About 7-8:30ish. Pay What You Can to charity!
Ya.
Jaa.
D.Fa
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1.6.10
26.5.10
Very Shallow
So, Ya.
This blog will update you on the few days I had no computer in a sudden and very strange way:
Sunday: "AL, I don't have a girlfriend, but I can sing and have a job, so I should be able to get one. And, yes. We are sold out of lemons."
Monday: "AL, I still don't have a girlfriend... Maybe if I play more tennis and patch up my relationship with my family..? Or I could just sleep in."
Tuesday: "AL, I don't have a girlfriend. Maybe if I didn't work so much or procrastinated so much I could do something about it..?"
Wednesday: "AL. Sorry if you don't like spam, but you told me to do it! I don't have a girlfriend yet! I probably should have told my parents where I was today / knew what was happening today... Also. My pants are in your car."
So. ya.
Quick, shallow, random update. Including today..?
I just can't be that quick with blog updates. I like rambling... xP It's what I do...
So. Ya. There is a reason for that intro for today's blog. It both vaguely updated you, which kinda annoys me, but I don't have time to go into much more detail... Or at least, I don't want to take over an hour to write blog posts anymore..? Also, the main reason originates from Sunday School.
So, Sunday School. Sunday Mornings. But this week there was a retreat and a number of people (about 50% or so) from our church were there instead. Also, it was a long week end, so other people were away too... So anyway, there were only seven people there. Five highschoolers, one university student and the pastor's wife.
So, at the end we always pray in groups or whatever, so AL, RL and me were in a group. Usually we quickly talk about things in our life before we pray, like so that we know what to pray for, and RL was all like "What's that D.Fa, you have a girlfriend?" or something, and AL turns quickly with a giant smile on her face, "Why didn't you tell me?!?!?" So, I say "Hey RL, You have a girlfriend?!?" She turns the other way quickly. Of course we were both joking.
Then I'm like "Hey Al, why didn't you tell me you had a boyfriend?!?" and she's like "You know why." I was like "Oh... right.... hehe(awkwardly)..." She kinda told me a secret and I kinda told the guy it was about and she couldn't trust me, because she said not to tell him... So, as like a test or something, she didn't tell me for like month(s?) about her boyfriend. Like, the secret wasn't that terrible, but like... she taught me a lesson... I guess. I don't think I really wanted to know about her boyfriend anyway... xP... I mean... ya. nvm.
So, the point was, after the awkward laugh, she was all like, "You should give me daily updates!" Rl, was like "You mean 'AL, I still don't have a girlfriend'?"
And it was all like what if we message you on facebook? Won't that be bad if your boyfriend sees it? Won't it be creepy if anyone sees that, a whole page of "I don't have a girlfriend" ??
So, ya. I forgot on Sunday because I had work and my computer got taken back to futureshop. They have to like empty the computer of anything so that they can be sure the virus is gone. We only got it back so we could back-up the files we wanted to keep before having them wiped.
So, ya. Today was busy. Straight from waking up, to school, to music bbq, to dixie gig, to a Night for MuSic. I got home at like 9:30. I left around 7:40. It's normal in my life. xP... but I didn't tell my parents. I did tell my brother, but only because he wanted to play tennis tonight, which wouldn't have gone well... It was 42 with the humidex........ Celcius!
So, ya. Not having band in the morning kinda messes up the bathroom schedule because like If I wake up at 7ish, I can't get into the bathroom until like 7:10, and I have to leave by 7:45. When I woke up at 6ish, no one would need the bathroom. And my dad leaves at like 7:20, so I have to be out of the house by quarter to or else I'll be late, like before if I was running late I could just get a ride. xP
During spare we made battle sounds for VB's Writer's Craft radio play. It was amusing. I also accepted my offer to Carleton, Biochem, and did very little else. At lunch I hunted down Miss CW for a couple community servie hour signatures. I also wanted to catch Mr. BF, but I had to go to to dixie practice because I missed the one on Tuesday doing my long over due Physics summative. So, I was asking people where Mr. BF was. I started asking some people in Japanese (only people I knew, or at least thought, would understand the simple sentence "BF sensei wa doko desu ka?") MM thought I knew where he was and reacted like she needed to find him. So, I explained I needed to find him (he's in charge of making the slideshow for the Chicago Trip and wanted pictures.)
So, I had to go to dixie, so I gave MM my pictures. DS also had pictures and MM had found Mr. BF, so she was sent again because DS is also in the band. So, we practiced. Apparently we were supposed to wear our music t-shirts to the gig tonight. There was also a permission form, but I'm over 18 and can sign them myself now. xP
So. Music bbq. I went to Metro and bought cookies and chips. I was skipping one act rehearsal to go to the bbq, but it was the last music bbq, for me ever... also, I know my lines. When I went to beg the whole cast was like "Ya, he knows his lines..." So they let me go, but EM said I owed her an Ice Cap. KG said I owe him some fancy Starbuck's coffee thing, but he's not a director, so... Although I'm fine with buying him something, I'm a bit too broke for it... Especially Starbuck's! lol.
So every year. At the bbq there would be fun, unofficial awards which we vote on, the next year's co-prezs would be announced, there would be a scavanger hunt, a semi-potluck type bbq and games.
The co-prezs had been decided yesterday because only two people stepped forward for the election, so it was already announced. Also, I won the "Worst Concert Screw-up" award... fun. The scavanger hunt was kinda difficult. It wasn't semi-random ordinary everyday items it was like "can you make / prove this object for points and / or creativity points?" Like, a LIVE unicorn. RP wore a pointy hat. We had a video of Charlie the Unicorn (hilarious. youtube it!) We both got points for it. The winning team won because (I think) they had a pile of tiny pieces of bread. Pieces of bread were 1/4 points each (bring multiple!) They had like 110 or something... They ended up winning with like double the score of the second place team.
The bbq ran late (40 minutes.) so we had to rush to the gig. I didn't have my music t-shirt at school. I was going to go home at 5 to get it, but the bbq wasn't done... so in the end, I was not in uniform, but we were not late, by much.
DD had to play "Oh, Canada" but didn't like the arrangement he had just been given and was not confident about it, so Mr. CR was like "Don't worry, we'll all sing along and the piano will be drowned out." So we all sang. It was in a kinda high key, but I only octaved the ending. Yuss. I was told that it was in F, ie the high note was F, ie I can sing high F if I want to. Yuss. If only I could sing high G if I wanted to.
Also, the Night for MuSic was awesome. Great singing and jazz. Good job OC! She's goes to MHS and her mom was diagnosed a couple years ago. She organized the event and they raised over 5000$ for MS!
Ya. That's about it.
See ya.
D.Fa
This blog will update you on the few days I had no computer in a sudden and very strange way:
Sunday: "AL, I don't have a girlfriend, but I can sing and have a job, so I should be able to get one. And, yes. We are sold out of lemons."
Monday: "AL, I still don't have a girlfriend... Maybe if I play more tennis and patch up my relationship with my family..? Or I could just sleep in."
Tuesday: "AL, I don't have a girlfriend. Maybe if I didn't work so much or procrastinated so much I could do something about it..?"
Wednesday: "AL. Sorry if you don't like spam, but you told me to do it! I don't have a girlfriend yet! I probably should have told my parents where I was today / knew what was happening today... Also. My pants are in your car."
So. ya.
Quick, shallow, random update. Including today..?
I just can't be that quick with blog updates. I like rambling... xP It's what I do...
So. Ya. There is a reason for that intro for today's blog. It both vaguely updated you, which kinda annoys me, but I don't have time to go into much more detail... Or at least, I don't want to take over an hour to write blog posts anymore..? Also, the main reason originates from Sunday School.
So, Sunday School. Sunday Mornings. But this week there was a retreat and a number of people (about 50% or so) from our church were there instead. Also, it was a long week end, so other people were away too... So anyway, there were only seven people there. Five highschoolers, one university student and the pastor's wife.
So, at the end we always pray in groups or whatever, so AL, RL and me were in a group. Usually we quickly talk about things in our life before we pray, like so that we know what to pray for, and RL was all like "What's that D.Fa, you have a girlfriend?" or something, and AL turns quickly with a giant smile on her face, "Why didn't you tell me?!?!?" So, I say "Hey RL, You have a girlfriend?!?" She turns the other way quickly. Of course we were both joking.
Then I'm like "Hey Al, why didn't you tell me you had a boyfriend?!?" and she's like "You know why." I was like "Oh... right.... hehe(awkwardly)..." She kinda told me a secret and I kinda told the guy it was about and she couldn't trust me, because she said not to tell him... So, as like a test or something, she didn't tell me for like month(s?) about her boyfriend. Like, the secret wasn't that terrible, but like... she taught me a lesson... I guess. I don't think I really wanted to know about her boyfriend anyway... xP... I mean... ya. nvm.
So, the point was, after the awkward laugh, she was all like, "You should give me daily updates!" Rl, was like "You mean 'AL, I still don't have a girlfriend'?"
And it was all like what if we message you on facebook? Won't that be bad if your boyfriend sees it? Won't it be creepy if anyone sees that, a whole page of "I don't have a girlfriend" ??
So, ya. I forgot on Sunday because I had work and my computer got taken back to futureshop. They have to like empty the computer of anything so that they can be sure the virus is gone. We only got it back so we could back-up the files we wanted to keep before having them wiped.
So, ya. Today was busy. Straight from waking up, to school, to music bbq, to dixie gig, to a Night for MuSic. I got home at like 9:30. I left around 7:40. It's normal in my life. xP... but I didn't tell my parents. I did tell my brother, but only because he wanted to play tennis tonight, which wouldn't have gone well... It was 42 with the humidex........ Celcius!
So, ya. Not having band in the morning kinda messes up the bathroom schedule because like If I wake up at 7ish, I can't get into the bathroom until like 7:10, and I have to leave by 7:45. When I woke up at 6ish, no one would need the bathroom. And my dad leaves at like 7:20, so I have to be out of the house by quarter to or else I'll be late, like before if I was running late I could just get a ride. xP
During spare we made battle sounds for VB's Writer's Craft radio play. It was amusing. I also accepted my offer to Carleton, Biochem, and did very little else. At lunch I hunted down Miss CW for a couple community servie hour signatures. I also wanted to catch Mr. BF, but I had to go to to dixie practice because I missed the one on Tuesday doing my long over due Physics summative. So, I was asking people where Mr. BF was. I started asking some people in Japanese (only people I knew, or at least thought, would understand the simple sentence "BF sensei wa doko desu ka?") MM thought I knew where he was and reacted like she needed to find him. So, I explained I needed to find him (he's in charge of making the slideshow for the Chicago Trip and wanted pictures.)
So, I had to go to dixie, so I gave MM my pictures. DS also had pictures and MM had found Mr. BF, so she was sent again because DS is also in the band. So, we practiced. Apparently we were supposed to wear our music t-shirts to the gig tonight. There was also a permission form, but I'm over 18 and can sign them myself now. xP
So. Music bbq. I went to Metro and bought cookies and chips. I was skipping one act rehearsal to go to the bbq, but it was the last music bbq, for me ever... also, I know my lines. When I went to beg the whole cast was like "Ya, he knows his lines..." So they let me go, but EM said I owed her an Ice Cap. KG said I owe him some fancy Starbuck's coffee thing, but he's not a director, so... Although I'm fine with buying him something, I'm a bit too broke for it... Especially Starbuck's! lol.
So every year. At the bbq there would be fun, unofficial awards which we vote on, the next year's co-prezs would be announced, there would be a scavanger hunt, a semi-potluck type bbq and games.
The co-prezs had been decided yesterday because only two people stepped forward for the election, so it was already announced. Also, I won the "Worst Concert Screw-up" award... fun. The scavanger hunt was kinda difficult. It wasn't semi-random ordinary everyday items it was like "can you make / prove this object for points and / or creativity points?" Like, a LIVE unicorn. RP wore a pointy hat. We had a video of Charlie the Unicorn (hilarious. youtube it!) We both got points for it. The winning team won because (I think) they had a pile of tiny pieces of bread. Pieces of bread were 1/4 points each (bring multiple!) They had like 110 or something... They ended up winning with like double the score of the second place team.
The bbq ran late (40 minutes.) so we had to rush to the gig. I didn't have my music t-shirt at school. I was going to go home at 5 to get it, but the bbq wasn't done... so in the end, I was not in uniform, but we were not late, by much.
DD had to play "Oh, Canada" but didn't like the arrangement he had just been given and was not confident about it, so Mr. CR was like "Don't worry, we'll all sing along and the piano will be drowned out." So we all sang. It was in a kinda high key, but I only octaved the ending. Yuss. I was told that it was in F, ie the high note was F, ie I can sing high F if I want to. Yuss. If only I could sing high G if I wanted to.
Also, the Night for MuSic was awesome. Great singing and jazz. Good job OC! She's goes to MHS and her mom was diagnosed a couple years ago. She organized the event and they raised over 5000$ for MS!
Ya. That's about it.
See ya.
D.Fa
23.4.10
This Bad...
Ya, So.
Today was a Friday.
I really don't want that to be how I start all of these. The main reason I do that is that it's the only way I can start to remember what happened today... xP
So, today was our all day rehearsal for the Musical. Opening night is next Wedneday and we really weren't ready, so we rehearsed all day long. xP. It's far better then it was a week ago. No doubt about it. Mss CW was saying we should be able to do three full run-throughs in our time. (OMG I just remembered something horrible that happened today...) She was saying 8:30-10:30, 12-2 and 2:30-4:30. There's no way that would have happened...
We didn't start rehearsal until 9 and a bunch of people had various tests to do throughout the day, some people even went to gym class >.> not impressed. We only did two run-throughs and the first was cut in half with lunch in between.
I kinda don't want to go to school... xP I'd much rather hang out with friends all the time... xP I feel like this is a really bad thing to say, but at the same time I really don't want to go to physics class.... What happened to me..? Why have I done alomst no homework at home in a few weeks..? I've always been a good student occaisionally slacking but I've never been This bad have I..? The problem is that I also don't see myself catching back up very easily... The Chicago trip is the 5-9 of May and I'm missing classes Monday and Tuesday... and my second job starts soon and so does softball...
...
Anyways, that's enough negativity. Oh wait! The terrible thing that happened! nevermind...
...
So, every year around this time an event called "Merivale Detention" happens at school. For a few weeks students council goes around at lunch collecting money for the Cancer Society and then one day at lunch a bunch of teachers are forced to do embarassing things based on how much money we raised. So, the student council co-prez kicks us off the stage at abput 10:20 to set up for the event. So we close the curtains, get off the stage and go to eat our lunches.
During the event there was musical chairs, "invisible" doughnut eating, a sandwich making contest, the boots of doom i think, a pop-quiz, and a teacher shaved her head. So, I think a few of those need explainations...
Musical chairs, you know walk around the chairs then the music stops and everyone tries to sit down on the (n-1) chairs where n= the number of people still circling the chairs. Well, my math teacher was being his self and was cheating. He would sit on the chair until he had to get up because of the other teachers going around the circle, among other things. It kinda made me angry... His personality is a bit annoying.
"Invisible" doughnut eating: There were three blind-folded teachers trying to eat doughnuts that are suspended by string without their hands. xP half of the doughnuts were powdered... Mr. P got powered sugar all over.
Sandwich Making Contest: A teacher would stand in front of a table of sandwich ingredients with their hands behind their back. Another teacher would stick their arms through the first teachers arms from behind. The second teachers job was to make a sandwich and feed it to the first teacher. This is a little awkward, but very funny to watch.
xP I forgot. The teachers had to learn and then dance to the hoedown throwdown or whatever its called.. they mostly failed, but it was mildly entertaining.
Ewwww. The boots of doom were rubber boots filled with various condiments. Mostly ketchup, salsa, jam, and relish. There were two teachers forced to face the boots. They then had to run across the stage three times, do five jumping jacks, and 5 push-ups.
Now, for the Pop quiz and the climactic terrible thing I've been talking about. So, Mr. GG, he's a humourous science teacher, always making puns. He had the pop-quiz. There were three questions:
- Pop-culture
- Cancer
- Science
He got them all wrong, probably on purpose though. For each wrong answer he got a plate full of whipped cream in the face. However, the first plate got more whipped cream on something other then his face than on his face. . . . . . . It got on the curtains! The second it happened all the people in the cast felt the same sinking feeling... The show is in less than a week and suddenly the already dirty, but clean enough curtains get a coat of whipped cream........
After Merivale Detention was over we imediately started freaking out and got a bucket of water and towels and a mop to clean up. It didn't look good, even after it dried....
22.4.10
Another Day
Ya, So.
It was Thursday.
Not much happened today. Steel band, school, rehearsal, band, pokemon... blog.
So, ya... Today CM who graduated last year and went into Biochem at Carleton was in our Bio class today talking about stuff. Just came back because his exams were done. xP He recomended staying at home instead of living in residence if you can because you'll get more done, ie less partying. Anyways, that took up a lot of the class and he used the words "really" and "super" way too many times.
During my spare I read more about Platonic Philosophy for my Physics project. It's kinda interesting...
At lunch I went to Music Council, but AL was having her hair cut and donated to cancer patients, so YC was the only co-prez there. Apperantly YC doesn't talk very loud normally.
In physics we were doing stuff on electromagnetism. The best part was playing with the magnetic stuff. xP
In Calc we had a sub again. Yesterday we had Mr. Cheeseman. xP That was his name. His dad is apperently lactose intolerant. Ha. It's ironic.
Musical rehearsal went well, we actually have the play down to two hours and it is starting to come together, but another mic broke... So Miss CW is going to get a couple new ones. Tommorow we have rehearsal all day long. xP I feel sympathy for the band. By the end of the day their lips are going to be dead. Yes, that includes the harp player!! jk.. String instrumentalists will have tired arms / fingers.
So, ya. All-star band is fun but today was the last rehearsal I will be attending. Next week is the last rehearsal, but I have the musical that night. Then the dress rehearsal is on the Saturday which I will be late to because of Japanese class, and it will make me late to the cast party before the closing night show... Then the [erformance is the following day. I will have to miss some / all of church that week........ It's troublesome, but it will be done soon.
My second job starts in a couple weeks. Should be fun, but I need a new racket. My second job is court steward, so I monitor the courts and can play with people if they need someone to play with until someone else comes to the courts. So it's a lot of nothing, but I get payed.
Ya. I should sleep. I wanna run tommorow morning. and its kinda late.... *crosses fingers*
D.Fa
It was Thursday.
Not much happened today. Steel band, school, rehearsal, band, pokemon... blog.
So, ya... Today CM who graduated last year and went into Biochem at Carleton was in our Bio class today talking about stuff. Just came back because his exams were done. xP He recomended staying at home instead of living in residence if you can because you'll get more done, ie less partying. Anyways, that took up a lot of the class and he used the words "really" and "super" way too many times.
During my spare I read more about Platonic Philosophy for my Physics project. It's kinda interesting...
At lunch I went to Music Council, but AL was having her hair cut and donated to cancer patients, so YC was the only co-prez there. Apperantly YC doesn't talk very loud normally.
In physics we were doing stuff on electromagnetism. The best part was playing with the magnetic stuff. xP
In Calc we had a sub again. Yesterday we had Mr. Cheeseman. xP That was his name. His dad is apperently lactose intolerant. Ha. It's ironic.
Musical rehearsal went well, we actually have the play down to two hours and it is starting to come together, but another mic broke... So Miss CW is going to get a couple new ones. Tommorow we have rehearsal all day long. xP I feel sympathy for the band. By the end of the day their lips are going to be dead. Yes, that includes the harp player!! jk.. String instrumentalists will have tired arms / fingers.
So, ya. All-star band is fun but today was the last rehearsal I will be attending. Next week is the last rehearsal, but I have the musical that night. Then the dress rehearsal is on the Saturday which I will be late to because of Japanese class, and it will make me late to the cast party before the closing night show... Then the [erformance is the following day. I will have to miss some / all of church that week........ It's troublesome, but it will be done soon.
My second job starts in a couple weeks. Should be fun, but I need a new racket. My second job is court steward, so I monitor the courts and can play with people if they need someone to play with until someone else comes to the courts. So it's a lot of nothing, but I get payed.
Ya. I should sleep. I wanna run tommorow morning. and its kinda late.... *crosses fingers*
D.Fa
16.4.10
The Bread of Life - Part 2
So, ya.
I was super tired last night. All I'd eaten that day was a egg mcmuffin thing, whatever they are actually called, a glass of milk, a tomato, a cup of rice, a juice box, and some water, and that scavenger hunt was intense... Don't ask about the tomato. xP Suntech tomatoes are the best ever. xP
All-star band was pretty fun. xP The other 1st Trombone player's nose moves when she talks. It's really hilarious in a cute way. She said no one had ever noticed, not even herself, and then she was being all self-conscience because we (me and the other three trombone players) were laughing at it.
So today in school, at lunch I noticed how everyone sits with their friends and eats lunch, I noticed how food is a regular part of my life, I realized how blessed I really am to have more than enough food all the time, I noticed my arms and legs felt heavier and I was really tired, I was kinda depressed, but mostly tired, and ya... food is really good. You should be thankful for every bite of food you are given. Some people only get half a cup of food each day... Thank God for the blessings he has poured out on you. So, at 3:30 (ie, the 30-hour mark) we got a piece of pizza. I had rehearsal, so I got there at like 3:36 and almost all of the pizza was gone. xP "Wow, everyone really wanted their pizza" or something went through my head.
Of course some people can take things too far. CS hadn't eaten or drank Anything for over 32 hours when I left school. This was after I had tried to make him eat/drink anything for like 15 minutes.
So, anyways, I'm going to sleep soon. I have school tommorow morning and I have to wake up early to start / finish an assignment I was given about three weeks ago...
D.Fa
I was super tired last night. All I'd eaten that day was a egg mcmuffin thing, whatever they are actually called, a glass of milk, a tomato, a cup of rice, a juice box, and some water, and that scavenger hunt was intense... Don't ask about the tomato. xP Suntech tomatoes are the best ever. xP
All-star band was pretty fun. xP The other 1st Trombone player's nose moves when she talks. It's really hilarious in a cute way. She said no one had ever noticed, not even herself, and then she was being all self-conscience because we (me and the other three trombone players) were laughing at it.
So today in school, at lunch I noticed how everyone sits with their friends and eats lunch, I noticed how food is a regular part of my life, I realized how blessed I really am to have more than enough food all the time, I noticed my arms and legs felt heavier and I was really tired, I was kinda depressed, but mostly tired, and ya... food is really good. You should be thankful for every bite of food you are given. Some people only get half a cup of food each day... Thank God for the blessings he has poured out on you. So, at 3:30 (ie, the 30-hour mark) we got a piece of pizza. I had rehearsal, so I got there at like 3:36 and almost all of the pizza was gone. xP "Wow, everyone really wanted their pizza" or something went through my head.
Of course some people can take things too far. CS hadn't eaten or drank Anything for over 32 hours when I left school. This was after I had tried to make him eat/drink anything for like 15 minutes.
So, anyways, I'm going to sleep soon. I have school tommorow morning and I have to wake up early to start / finish an assignment I was given about three weeks ago...
D.Fa
15.4.10
The Bread of Life
So, I'm going to keep this short.
I am tired, cold and hungry and sleeping solves all of those problems... xP
Today from 9:30 am until tommorow at 3:30 pm I will not be eating anything (except that cup of rice and juice box they make us eat) because it's the 30-hour famine at our school. We have raised over 1300$. Normal, apparently there's usually an over night sleepover at the school with fun and games. This year it only went until 9 pm and I had to leave at 6:30... but it was fun.
The one thing I don't understand is why they would organize a "scavanger hunt" where the main part of the hunt is running laps around our school after not eating for 9 hours... My team won. xP I ran almost the whole time. Sometimes my team wasn't even to the next place and I'd have acquired the resource and would be going back already... xP
So. Ya, it was fun. Apparently this morning a bunch of people went to Cora's for breakfast period 1. I also hear that going for Pho afterwards may be happening. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Pho..... *drools* I really want a chocolate bar...
So, ya. ttyl.
D.Fa
I am tired, cold and hungry and sleeping solves all of those problems... xP
Today from 9:30 am until tommorow at 3:30 pm I will not be eating anything (except that cup of rice and juice box they make us eat) because it's the 30-hour famine at our school. We have raised over 1300$. Normal, apparently there's usually an over night sleepover at the school with fun and games. This year it only went until 9 pm and I had to leave at 6:30... but it was fun.
The one thing I don't understand is why they would organize a "scavanger hunt" where the main part of the hunt is running laps around our school after not eating for 9 hours... My team won. xP I ran almost the whole time. Sometimes my team wasn't even to the next place and I'd have acquired the resource and would be going back already... xP
So. Ya, it was fun. Apparently this morning a bunch of people went to Cora's for breakfast period 1. I also hear that going for Pho afterwards may be happening. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Pho..... *drools* I really want a chocolate bar...
So, ya. ttyl.
D.Fa
14.4.10
The Vine and His Branches
So, ya.
Today was a Wednesday.
Wednesday is when I have Sr. Jazz Band at 7am, but for some reason always get up later then the other days. For Sr. Jazz and Dixie, Mr. CR is our conductor, while for Sr. Steel and Sr. Concert Bands Miss ML is our conductor. Mr. CR is a bit more strict about band being taken seriously, so it really doen't make sense to wake up later on Wednesday...
Anyways, today Sr. Concert and Dixie went to play a gig at Bethel Pentecostal Church which is just down the road from school. We got everything packed up and then took a yellow bus there. We actually only got the permission forms yesterday.. xP but I'm 18, so I can sign them myself now.. xP So, we got there, set up, warmed up, then we had lunch with our audience. Our audience was a seniors fellowship group of some sort that gets together every month and having the Sr. Band play is an annual event. We had lasagna, salad, garlic bread and a brownie thing. The food was very tasty, and free... xP But that's beside the point.
So, usually it's about four seniors and 2-3 students at each table, but our band is pretty small, so I ended up at a table with six seniors and no other students. I was sitting beside Bob. Bob used to play trumpet, but then there was some sort of accident (I don't remember...) and he had to have his fingers sewn back onto his right hand, but his thumb and ring finger died and the finger's movement was reduced, so he couldn't play anymore. So, he tried to find a left-handed instrument, apparently french horn is the only one. He was saying how you can play trumpet alone, but french horn is usually in a group. He used to come home from work and blow off some steam by playing trumpet, it wasn't the same with a french horn...
Anyways, we played and then we hurried back to school for musical rehearsal, OUAMPO was practicing with us today. We brought the stands and stuff to the music room and then went to rehearsal. Apparently SD and AS are both on the baseball team. Good job guys. SD isnt very good at batting though... but he can throw really far!
So, ya, about band. I am in five bands plus vocal jazz. Sr. Concert, Sr. Jazz, Sr. Steel, Dixie, OCDSB Secondary All-Star Band, and Vocal Jazz. I have rehearsal every morning at 7-8, brass sectionals for Sr. Concert Tuesday at lunch 11-11:30, and Sr. Jazz 2:30-3:30 Mon, Dixie 2:30-3:30 Fri (when we have a gig coming up), and I think Vocal Jazz is Wed and Fri at lunch..? Also, All-Star band is every Thursday until May from 7-9:30 at Brookfield HS. I play trombone in all of them except Steel, where I play the Cello pans (3 large oil drums or whatever they are), and I sing Baritone (usually the Tenor line) in Vocal Jazz.
With all that on top of Musical, work and homework, my life is very busy.
xP. Today I got Pokemon Heart Gold for the DS. It's basically a remake of Pokemon Gold for the GB Color. Every time me and my brother get pokemon games, we get opposite ones. I get the Red version and he gets the Blue version. So I've had Red, Gold, Ruby, Fire Red, Pearl, and Heart Gold. To be honest I wanted Diamond and Soul Silver because they both sound way cooler, but I have to get the Red one...
So, there's a new feature with this game, when you try to save, if there's a different file already you CANNOT save over it. You have to delete it and then start a new game... This is a problem because when we get new pokemon games we immediately trade starter pokemon, so we can have one of each. Not for our main party, but to collect them all. xP That would be my perfectionism... xP So, I go to trade the next starter pokemon and you know how you have to save before trading pokemon, well, IMPOSSIBLE!!! pops up and I'm like "What?!?!?! I just wasted 20 minutes for nothing?!?!?" My brother got his game a couple days ago, so he's already like lvl 50......
I always choose the fire pokemon and he always chooses the water pokemon... does anyone choose the grass pokemon..?
So, ya... I'm gonna be wasting a lot of time on this game in the near future.. xP I hope to not get consumed by the game...
30 hour famine starts tommorow at 9:30. We have raised over 1200$ at our school. =D I told my dad about the famine and he went "You're not going to eat for 30 hours..? Are you crazy..?" and he said I'd be 5 pounds lighter afterwards.... xP... He immidiately baked cookies so I wouldn't starve..
Anyways, I think that's it for now.
D.Fa
Today was a Wednesday.
Wednesday is when I have Sr. Jazz Band at 7am, but for some reason always get up later then the other days. For Sr. Jazz and Dixie, Mr. CR is our conductor, while for Sr. Steel and Sr. Concert Bands Miss ML is our conductor. Mr. CR is a bit more strict about band being taken seriously, so it really doen't make sense to wake up later on Wednesday...
Anyways, today Sr. Concert and Dixie went to play a gig at Bethel Pentecostal Church which is just down the road from school. We got everything packed up and then took a yellow bus there. We actually only got the permission forms yesterday.. xP but I'm 18, so I can sign them myself now.. xP So, we got there, set up, warmed up, then we had lunch with our audience. Our audience was a seniors fellowship group of some sort that gets together every month and having the Sr. Band play is an annual event. We had lasagna, salad, garlic bread and a brownie thing. The food was very tasty, and free... xP But that's beside the point.
So, usually it's about four seniors and 2-3 students at each table, but our band is pretty small, so I ended up at a table with six seniors and no other students. I was sitting beside Bob. Bob used to play trumpet, but then there was some sort of accident (I don't remember...) and he had to have his fingers sewn back onto his right hand, but his thumb and ring finger died and the finger's movement was reduced, so he couldn't play anymore. So, he tried to find a left-handed instrument, apparently french horn is the only one. He was saying how you can play trumpet alone, but french horn is usually in a group. He used to come home from work and blow off some steam by playing trumpet, it wasn't the same with a french horn...
Anyways, we played and then we hurried back to school for musical rehearsal, OUAMPO was practicing with us today. We brought the stands and stuff to the music room and then went to rehearsal. Apparently SD and AS are both on the baseball team. Good job guys. SD isnt very good at batting though... but he can throw really far!
So, ya, about band. I am in five bands plus vocal jazz. Sr. Concert, Sr. Jazz, Sr. Steel, Dixie, OCDSB Secondary All-Star Band, and Vocal Jazz. I have rehearsal every morning at 7-8, brass sectionals for Sr. Concert Tuesday at lunch 11-11:30, and Sr. Jazz 2:30-3:30 Mon, Dixie 2:30-3:30 Fri (when we have a gig coming up), and I think Vocal Jazz is Wed and Fri at lunch..? Also, All-Star band is every Thursday until May from 7-9:30 at Brookfield HS. I play trombone in all of them except Steel, where I play the Cello pans (3 large oil drums or whatever they are), and I sing Baritone (usually the Tenor line) in Vocal Jazz.
With all that on top of Musical, work and homework, my life is very busy.
xP. Today I got Pokemon Heart Gold for the DS. It's basically a remake of Pokemon Gold for the GB Color. Every time me and my brother get pokemon games, we get opposite ones. I get the Red version and he gets the Blue version. So I've had Red, Gold, Ruby, Fire Red, Pearl, and Heart Gold. To be honest I wanted Diamond and Soul Silver because they both sound way cooler, but I have to get the Red one...
So, there's a new feature with this game, when you try to save, if there's a different file already you CANNOT save over it. You have to delete it and then start a new game... This is a problem because when we get new pokemon games we immediately trade starter pokemon, so we can have one of each. Not for our main party, but to collect them all. xP That would be my perfectionism... xP So, I go to trade the next starter pokemon and you know how you have to save before trading pokemon, well, IMPOSSIBLE!!! pops up and I'm like "What?!?!?! I just wasted 20 minutes for nothing?!?!?" My brother got his game a couple days ago, so he's already like lvl 50......
I always choose the fire pokemon and he always chooses the water pokemon... does anyone choose the grass pokemon..?
So, ya... I'm gonna be wasting a lot of time on this game in the near future.. xP I hope to not get consumed by the game...
30 hour famine starts tommorow at 9:30. We have raised over 1200$ at our school. =D I told my dad about the famine and he went "You're not going to eat for 30 hours..? Are you crazy..?" and he said I'd be 5 pounds lighter afterwards.... xP... He immidiately baked cookies so I wouldn't starve..
Anyways, I think that's it for now.
D.Fa
9.4.10
Study 5 - Know Yourself
Ok. So.
Not too much happened today. In summary: wake up, check my bank account balance, concert band, cramming during spare, bio test, 30 hour famine pledge form, commencement fees, dixie band, Math "Quiz", physics, Act 1 with UAMPO, Baseball tryouts, go home. I guess it was kinda busy... The whole day I was like "How long until the weekend..?" but it was Friday. It really felt like a Monday.
So, the 30 hour famine is next week. We had to get our pledge forms in by today. I kinda didn't ask anyone for any donations or whatever and there's a minimum of 5$ if you want to participate. I had always thought I would be donating some money, but I thought I'd have asked someone else... at least one person... xP Anyways, I go to write a chack and remember that I've just written a bunch this week and only had like 20 extra dollars in my chequing account, so I go to the computer to check. I sign in and scroll down the page to find out I got 186$ pay this week. I was pretty surprised.
It may have been the combination of having extra money and having gone without shoes yesterday, but I proceeded to write a hundred dollar cheque. When I went to my E-wing locker KN was at her locker. She's one of the girls in charge of the 30 hour famine, so I was going to give her my pledge form. She had to run off to class and told me to give it to her at lunch.
After that Bio test I went to my locker. She was there. I gave it to her. She thanked me for handing it in and then I ran off to pay the commencement fees in the foyer. 22$ to rent a gown and cap for the graduation ceremony... we get to keep the hat though. The line was really long because they have only been collecting since Tuesday and all the grads have to pay or they can't go to the ceremony. I then had to go to band. We have a gig next week.
Anyways, after school I was packing my bag and everything so I ask about other people's pledge forms, like how many have been handed in and how much she had collected. She replied that only a few people had handed it in and that the last day had been extended to Monday and that she collected about 30$. I reply showing no emotion just "I see." or something. She realizes that she didn't see how much I had "collected" so she gets it out of her locker. She then starts saying enthusiastically how great I am or something. It made me smile.
So, yesterday I really didn't get much studying done, obviously, so today being a Day 1, luckily I had my spare first period. A lot of people have a first period spare, so it's sometimes easy to study and sometimes very hard. It depends who it is that you are hanging out with. If JC is anywhere nearby nothing is getting done. Just saying...
So AP, RM, MR, RQ, and I were cramming in the back corner of the library. It was kinda funny. We all have Bio together Period 2 and we all didn't study enough. About 5 minutes into studying we begin to wonder maybe its a day 1 and we are missing the test, but its like what are the chances that all five of us got our schedules mixed up..? The test was okay. I really havn't done enough homework for this unit...
This year I've just been too busy and procrastinating too much to do all my homework so by the Unit test I cram all the knowledge into short term memory, pass the test saying "I'm gonna do my homework next time" then do my homework a few days then stop altogether until just before the next test when I cram again... xP
So, ya. Dixie was kinda reborn this year because they are easy to move around for gigs. Only seven people, seven stands, seven instruments, and many many gigs... So we had to have rehearsal at lunch to select two songs for next Wednesday's gig. Not a lot got done because DS never stops playing drums and a few of us had to pay commencement fees.
We chose two songs, but I don't really like the second one... There are a few parts in it I havn't fixed yet... and I forgot my trombone at school today, so I can't practice... unless I take it home tommorow after Musical rehearsal... but when will I practice..? I only have a few spare hours this weekend with rehearsal 10-4, worship team 5-7, YF 7-9, sleep sometime in between, church 9-12:30, and work 2-10... So I may not bring it home for practice...
Ha. So, on Fridays we usually have a Math "Quiz". Our teacher doesn't know how to teach according to some of the other students in my class, most actually, and his questions are always more complicated then he thinks they are, or they are phrased awkwardly, or maybe the question is impossible except for that one kid who has been doing kumon calculus for a while (I'm not sure how long..) Anyway, the "quiz" took the whole period and everyone was complaining. My complaint is that he didn't review trig or radians, but that's mostly because I took gr 12 Functions in summer school where you just cram for 2 weeks then forget everything.
Musical rehearsal, same as usual, but with the band and a malfunctioning set of lighting cues. See we have been rehearsing with a CD of the songs and the music is different from our musc, so whenever there's even a slight variation or we have to start over all the drama kids blame the band... OUAMPO (Once Upon A Mattress Pit Orchestra) has 15 people in it. It's much harder to get 15 people together in time then just the singer and a CD. Give them some slack...
I had to leave rehearsal at 4pm for baseball tryouts. We warmed up, did some grounder practice, hit some wiffle balls, then played a game 7 vs 6 with wiffle balls. All of this happened in the gym, so not much outfeild. The funny thing was when I went up to bat and got a homerun. xP Soon after everyone else started getting homeruns. And I struck out.. xP I still have room for improvement, especially with grounders in outfield.. but I impressed Mr. IO who likes the fact that some artsy students are trying out.
After the try-out I went back to the caf to check if the rehearsal was still going. It wasn't, but Miss CW and KC were resetting all the lighting cues again..
So, Ya. I'm gonna go to bed. *yawn*
Oyasumi
D.Fa
Not too much happened today. In summary: wake up, check my bank account balance, concert band, cramming during spare, bio test, 30 hour famine pledge form, commencement fees, dixie band, Math "Quiz", physics, Act 1 with UAMPO, Baseball tryouts, go home. I guess it was kinda busy... The whole day I was like "How long until the weekend..?" but it was Friday. It really felt like a Monday.
So, the 30 hour famine is next week. We had to get our pledge forms in by today. I kinda didn't ask anyone for any donations or whatever and there's a minimum of 5$ if you want to participate. I had always thought I would be donating some money, but I thought I'd have asked someone else... at least one person... xP Anyways, I go to write a chack and remember that I've just written a bunch this week and only had like 20 extra dollars in my chequing account, so I go to the computer to check. I sign in and scroll down the page to find out I got 186$ pay this week. I was pretty surprised.
It may have been the combination of having extra money and having gone without shoes yesterday, but I proceeded to write a hundred dollar cheque. When I went to my E-wing locker KN was at her locker. She's one of the girls in charge of the 30 hour famine, so I was going to give her my pledge form. She had to run off to class and told me to give it to her at lunch.
After that Bio test I went to my locker. She was there. I gave it to her. She thanked me for handing it in and then I ran off to pay the commencement fees in the foyer. 22$ to rent a gown and cap for the graduation ceremony... we get to keep the hat though. The line was really long because they have only been collecting since Tuesday and all the grads have to pay or they can't go to the ceremony. I then had to go to band. We have a gig next week.
Anyways, after school I was packing my bag and everything so I ask about other people's pledge forms, like how many have been handed in and how much she had collected. She replied that only a few people had handed it in and that the last day had been extended to Monday and that she collected about 30$. I reply showing no emotion just "I see." or something. She realizes that she didn't see how much I had "collected" so she gets it out of her locker. She then starts saying enthusiastically how great I am or something. It made me smile.
So, yesterday I really didn't get much studying done, obviously, so today being a Day 1, luckily I had my spare first period. A lot of people have a first period spare, so it's sometimes easy to study and sometimes very hard. It depends who it is that you are hanging out with. If JC is anywhere nearby nothing is getting done. Just saying...
So AP, RM, MR, RQ, and I were cramming in the back corner of the library. It was kinda funny. We all have Bio together Period 2 and we all didn't study enough. About 5 minutes into studying we begin to wonder maybe its a day 1 and we are missing the test, but its like what are the chances that all five of us got our schedules mixed up..? The test was okay. I really havn't done enough homework for this unit...
This year I've just been too busy and procrastinating too much to do all my homework so by the Unit test I cram all the knowledge into short term memory, pass the test saying "I'm gonna do my homework next time" then do my homework a few days then stop altogether until just before the next test when I cram again... xP
So, ya. Dixie was kinda reborn this year because they are easy to move around for gigs. Only seven people, seven stands, seven instruments, and many many gigs... So we had to have rehearsal at lunch to select two songs for next Wednesday's gig. Not a lot got done because DS never stops playing drums and a few of us had to pay commencement fees.
We chose two songs, but I don't really like the second one... There are a few parts in it I havn't fixed yet... and I forgot my trombone at school today, so I can't practice... unless I take it home tommorow after Musical rehearsal... but when will I practice..? I only have a few spare hours this weekend with rehearsal 10-4, worship team 5-7, YF 7-9, sleep sometime in between, church 9-12:30, and work 2-10... So I may not bring it home for practice...
Ha. So, on Fridays we usually have a Math "Quiz". Our teacher doesn't know how to teach according to some of the other students in my class, most actually, and his questions are always more complicated then he thinks they are, or they are phrased awkwardly, or maybe the question is impossible except for that one kid who has been doing kumon calculus for a while (I'm not sure how long..) Anyway, the "quiz" took the whole period and everyone was complaining. My complaint is that he didn't review trig or radians, but that's mostly because I took gr 12 Functions in summer school where you just cram for 2 weeks then forget everything.
Musical rehearsal, same as usual, but with the band and a malfunctioning set of lighting cues. See we have been rehearsing with a CD of the songs and the music is different from our musc, so whenever there's even a slight variation or we have to start over all the drama kids blame the band... OUAMPO (Once Upon A Mattress Pit Orchestra) has 15 people in it. It's much harder to get 15 people together in time then just the singer and a CD. Give them some slack...
I had to leave rehearsal at 4pm for baseball tryouts. We warmed up, did some grounder practice, hit some wiffle balls, then played a game 7 vs 6 with wiffle balls. All of this happened in the gym, so not much outfeild. The funny thing was when I went up to bat and got a homerun. xP Soon after everyone else started getting homeruns. And I struck out.. xP I still have room for improvement, especially with grounders in outfield.. but I impressed Mr. IO who likes the fact that some artsy students are trying out.
After the try-out I went back to the caf to check if the rehearsal was still going. It wasn't, but Miss CW and KC were resetting all the lighting cues again..
So, Ya. I'm gonna go to bed. *yawn*
Oyasumi
D.Fa
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