Yo, so, I've been playing this game called Ingress. And I was very skeptical at first, but it is amazing. haha
I started playing it after the trailer for Pokémon GO. I was so excited about it that I posted a bunch on facebook about how excited I was for it to finally be happening (a REAL LIFE Pokémon game!) and a friend of mine said that Niantic (the company which is partnering with Nintendo/Pokémon) had made a previous game named Ingress. So, out of curiosity, I downloaded the game.
I started playing over by Lees station, finished the tutorial and really didn't know what was happening. haha. All I knew is that these alien guys are trying to brainwash us using this exotic matter (XM) and my team wanted to ensure that didn't happen. We are called the Resistance. The other team refers to themselves as 'the Enlightened' and wants to use the energy to take humanity to the next level of evolution. Nothing good can come from that I think.
All around the world in places of cultural or historical significance 'portals' are located where the XM flows through more rapidly. You can hack portals to get items: portal keys, resonators, XM cubes, weapons, and more. Using resonators we can make the portal ours, and using portal keys we can link them together and when 3 are linked to each other a control field is created. Fields and links block the other team from forming links and taking territory. And you can take back a portal by destroying all of the enemy resonators and setting up your own.
I took one portal. And then another. The following morning I went for a walk around the neighborhood. It was awesome. So many portals. All mine. haha
I went to school and saw how green it was. I took out a portal, the pendulum, and started to plan how I could take it all with AG and JC who I had recruited. However, soon after I discovered that there were a number of very high level green agents who I definitely could not defeat on my own. Specifically there was a green agent whose name was similar to mine. I was thousand-year dragon and he was black dragon. He would be my biggest rival, but I needed help from some other agents. So I messaged some of the agents who had blue portals at school and they responded!
The next day I got to meet up with 5 agents. They were super nice. haha. One girl took a couple of us around and just destroyed all the portals and gave us experience. xP The next day I was messaged and got to meet up with a couple other agents. Something that is hilarious though is that there was apparently talk that black dragon had made a blue account just to spy on us. People had though that I was just a fake account. haha. So funny. There's also a kind of derision towards Ingress players who all started just because of Pokémon GO. haha. Whatever. I think I've proven myself.
But this game is amazing. And playing in real life and getting to meet up with the others, the whole thing makes it feel so much like an anime. haha. One where the world just happens to be ignorant of the present danger they are in and a few select people have been given the power to fight back and save the innocent civilians. Something like Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru or Shakugan no Shana or something. But meeting up in person also made me think of like Durarara or Paranoia Agent or .//hack or even The Guild web series. haha.
I can't wait for Pokémon though.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
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21.9.15
11.3.11
今！
Yo!
So much stuff has to be done ASAP.
I am currently:
-cramming for CHEM midterm tonight.
-dying to get pokemon already! (TWH has already beat the elite four... Arts kids. >.>)
-less stressed about project prep
-blogging because India has seen my blog! w00t India!!!
Ya, I don't actually have anything to talk about. =D
Ttyl.
D.Fa
So much stuff has to be done ASAP.
I am currently:
-cramming for CHEM midterm tonight.
-dying to get pokemon already! (TWH has already beat the elite four... Arts kids. >.>)
-less stressed about project prep
-blogging because India has seen my blog! w00t India!!!
Ya, I don't actually have anything to talk about. =D
Ttyl.
D.Fa
3.3.11
Random Stuff
So, I still have a lot of things to do. And they are all at the top of a 'I should do this immediately' list. In other word they should all be done by now, but are not... Applying to be a facil for orientation next year, writing up my resume for summer job applications, doing my bio lab, etc.
And, so I have played google chrome bounceball, watched pokemon, watched friends, just wasted a lot of time in general.
I don't really like Dragon Ball all that much. Also, filming a movie that doesn't have a script yet in the dark in winter is very sketchy. I don't know why, but it's just so much easier for me to act like the bad guy.
I put my Paramore CDs on my cell phone. xP I'm jazzed about this. lol
SC thinks that there is no way that I can get my school work done with my schedule being the way it is. I would have to agree. I should be mega super failing everything, but somehow I'm doing well, I guess.
Anyways, I really don't have anything to talk about.
lol... My internet died when I was about to post this (I meant to post it four days ago... xP), so, ya... lol
D.Fa
And, so I have played google chrome bounceball, watched pokemon, watched friends, just wasted a lot of time in general.
I don't really like Dragon Ball all that much. Also, filming a movie that doesn't have a script yet in the dark in winter is very sketchy. I don't know why, but it's just so much easier for me to act like the bad guy.
I put my Paramore CDs on my cell phone. xP I'm jazzed about this. lol
SC thinks that there is no way that I can get my school work done with my schedule being the way it is. I would have to agree. I should be mega super failing everything, but somehow I'm doing well, I guess.
Anyways, I really don't have anything to talk about.
lol... My internet died when I was about to post this (I meant to post it four days ago... xP), so, ya... lol
D.Fa
15.2.11
Ok. I've made a decision.
I have made a decision. This decision actually involved three options (not just two!) and I have actually made up my mind. I am going to choose the grass pokemon for once. He's just so much cooler than the other two. You see, I have just spent the last 3 hours choosing and making my decision final.
In math class I did this:
I sketched it from a picture of a plush doll in pencil, then I inked it! Yay!
That was math class. Then I took a picture of it and put it on my computer! And when I started editing it on MS Paint, then KL told me that there should be a program on my computer which there was not so instead he said to use, guess what... MS Word! lol. I edited the picture with MS Word! what the? lol. but it really helped with increasing sharpness and turning things and stuff and getting rid of the paper lines. Then I had this:
Then using MS Paint I coloured it as best I could. It is a very 2D drawing, but too bad. Deal with it:
So, ya. This is Tsutarja! aka Snivy. The grass snake pokemon, grass starter pokemon for the Unova region of the pokemon universe. Satoshi-kun aka Ash catches a female tsutarja who knows the move attract. It's so weird how the useless moves in the games are always the best moves in the show..... >.>
In any case, Tsutarja! I choose you!
D.Fa
PS. Pokemon B/W comes out in March! w00t!!
In math class I did this:
I sketched it from a picture of a plush doll in pencil, then I inked it! Yay!
That was math class. Then I took a picture of it and put it on my computer! And when I started editing it on MS Paint, then KL told me that there should be a program on my computer which there was not so instead he said to use, guess what... MS Word! lol. I edited the picture with MS Word! what the? lol. but it really helped with increasing sharpness and turning things and stuff and getting rid of the paper lines. Then I had this:
Then using MS Paint I coloured it as best I could. It is a very 2D drawing, but too bad. Deal with it:
So, ya. This is Tsutarja! aka Snivy. The grass snake pokemon, grass starter pokemon for the Unova region of the pokemon universe. Satoshi-kun aka Ash catches a female tsutarja who knows the move attract. It's so weird how the useless moves in the games are always the best moves in the show..... >.>
In any case, Tsutarja! I choose you!
D.Fa
PS. Pokemon B/W comes out in March! w00t!!
30.12.10
#300. ... Skitty..?
Okay this is lamer than I was hoping it to be... The number 300 pokemon is Skitty. I dislike Skitty. I also kinda dislike speaking to people I don't know very well. In other words transition into the day of outreach, which I think I have already talked about, so instead I will talk about how we went to Times Square and I had vietnamese noodle soup a durian milkshake (so good. more real than the last one I had. It actually smelled this time. xP) and mint bubble tea. So good.
Anyways, tonight we had some songs we had already sang but with a few french lyrics (because there are some french speaking people at the conference) both God you are my God and Your Name.
It annoys me that I cannot find the first song.... But here are the French words for the Chorus. xP
Dieu tu es mon Dieu
Glorieux Glorieux
Dieu tu es mon Dieu
Victorieux Victorieux
The worship leader was saying how in heaven there will only be one language and we will all be able to speak it, but the fact that we can praise the same God in every language is amazing. xP
Dutch Blitz..? So Good.
Lightning Reaction. Very amusing for a while.
Ya. Ttyl.
D.Fa
22.12.10
"No More Let Sins and Sorrows Grow"
So, ya.
Today was really ... idk... I woke up 3 hours later than I wanted to after having on and off really fun dreams that I now do not remember, watching Bleach and Pokemon with fried rice and ice cream, I sinned, then I worked from 12-6 in produce and now I am here.
I was super really depressed all day and BJ kept telling me I was acting weird. I was thinking a lot about a lot of stuff, like how I am using my busy schedule as an excuse to not spend time with God and how I should then take advantage of this schedule to schedule in time for God (although I realize this is clearly not supposed to compartmentalise God into an hour here or there). Then I realized that that is one purpose of YA. YA is a couple hours where the number 1 top priority is to study God's word and fellowship with other brothers/sisters and all that good stuff. So, ya. YA has a new meaning to me, but at the same time, there is no YA right now (cuz everybody diffused across the country... >.> I mean BC, Yukon, Nova Scotia, Toronto, Calgary, etc.)
At 5 or so I started doing production in the backroom, so I turned on the radio to CHRI and ya. I quickly stopped being so depressed. "That's What Faith Can Do" "Our God" and other songs made me think other stuff and I was singing out loud (except when people walked by... xP). xP Then there was this song that was really really cool. So I wrote the name of the song on my hand. It was "What Love Really Means" by JJ Heller.
That is the MV, which is also pretty cool while being very simple.
Anyways, BJ left and will not be working until after Christmas because she is going home for Christmas and I won't be back until January 1st and I may not be working very much after that..... so it was basically like the last time I will see her until next year and I was being such a loser all day.... So on the way home I text apologized. xP but in 1000 characters... >.> Also her name has been changed to my standardized blog initials:
"Hey BJ. I'm sorry for how I was acting today. I was just really depressed/angry at myself for being a sinner and I really shouldn't have been acting that way. Especially now at Christmas time I should know better. I just havn't been really acting the way I should, I havn't really been reading or praying or spending time with God or anything and its really my fault. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotton son that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. And God's love is unconditional. It doesn't matter what you've done or who you will become. God sent his son to pay for our sins and bridge the gap between us and God so that we could have a personal relationship with Him because there's nothing we could ever do to earn our way to heaven by ourselves or our own effort. It's by faith alone that we can stand unashamed.
So, ya. I'm sorry. XP. Merry Chistmas. XP"
I was laughing about the sudden ending because of the 1000 characters. That's waht the xP's at the end are for. xP I meant to say sorry for being such a loser in the last few hours she'll see me, but it wouldn't fit. xP
Ya. Christmas is when Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem. 33 years or so later he died for our sins becuase he had none of his own and because he was God and because he loved us. All of our sins were in the future at the time, but God is above time.
I'm just rambling now. xP.... I will not watch anymore anime until I read 50 psalms because that is how many I should have read before having watched all the anime I've watched this week. Anime has taken a high priority in my life again and clearly the reprecusions are pretty bad. It's idolatry basically. So, ya..... I was thinking that I should swap God for anime, but then I was trying to apply that in my head and was like "Oh, I'm bored. I should watch anime." "Oh! There's a new episode of One Piece! I need to watch it as soon as possible!" But trying to swap thos situations and I realize that there's never a new chapter in the Bible so I can't really swap that, but then I realized I havn't finished reading all of it soooo.... there are still some new chapters... xP Buuuut I will be reading them all in the next year, so ya. *rolls eyes*
Ttyl. xP
=D.Fa
PS. I was thinking of 2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness". Training in righteousness is what I need right now. Clearly that is because I havn't been reading my Bible very much / not remembering memory verses. Also Psalm 199:11 "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you" that applies to my lack of memory verses..?
Point: I know I need to spend time with God, with his word, praying to him, singing his praises, etc. He has provided us his word, he has provided us redemption, he listens to our prayers, he gives this all as a free gift to us through his son who paid the price once and for all that all have the option to have a relationship with Him.
I'm really bad at getting a point across. xP
Today was really ... idk... I woke up 3 hours later than I wanted to after having on and off really fun dreams that I now do not remember, watching Bleach and Pokemon with fried rice and ice cream, I sinned, then I worked from 12-6 in produce and now I am here.
I was super really depressed all day and BJ kept telling me I was acting weird. I was thinking a lot about a lot of stuff, like how I am using my busy schedule as an excuse to not spend time with God and how I should then take advantage of this schedule to schedule in time for God (although I realize this is clearly not supposed to compartmentalise God into an hour here or there). Then I realized that that is one purpose of YA. YA is a couple hours where the number 1 top priority is to study God's word and fellowship with other brothers/sisters and all that good stuff. So, ya. YA has a new meaning to me, but at the same time, there is no YA right now (cuz everybody diffused across the country... >.> I mean BC, Yukon, Nova Scotia, Toronto, Calgary, etc.)
At 5 or so I started doing production in the backroom, so I turned on the radio to CHRI and ya. I quickly stopped being so depressed. "That's What Faith Can Do" "Our God" and other songs made me think other stuff and I was singing out loud (except when people walked by... xP). xP Then there was this song that was really really cool. So I wrote the name of the song on my hand. It was "What Love Really Means" by JJ Heller.
That is the MV, which is also pretty cool while being very simple.
Anyways, BJ left and will not be working until after Christmas because she is going home for Christmas and I won't be back until January 1st and I may not be working very much after that..... so it was basically like the last time I will see her until next year and I was being such a loser all day.... So on the way home I text apologized. xP but in 1000 characters... >.> Also her name has been changed to my standardized blog initials:
"Hey BJ. I'm sorry for how I was acting today. I was just really depressed/angry at myself for being a sinner and I really shouldn't have been acting that way. Especially now at Christmas time I should know better. I just havn't been really acting the way I should, I havn't really been reading or praying or spending time with God or anything and its really my fault. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotton son that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. And God's love is unconditional. It doesn't matter what you've done or who you will become. God sent his son to pay for our sins and bridge the gap between us and God so that we could have a personal relationship with Him because there's nothing we could ever do to earn our way to heaven by ourselves or our own effort. It's by faith alone that we can stand unashamed.
So, ya. I'm sorry. XP. Merry Chistmas. XP"
I was laughing about the sudden ending because of the 1000 characters. That's waht the xP's at the end are for. xP I meant to say sorry for being such a loser in the last few hours she'll see me, but it wouldn't fit. xP
Ya. Christmas is when Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem. 33 years or so later he died for our sins becuase he had none of his own and because he was God and because he loved us. All of our sins were in the future at the time, but God is above time.
I'm just rambling now. xP.... I will not watch anymore anime until I read 50 psalms because that is how many I should have read before having watched all the anime I've watched this week. Anime has taken a high priority in my life again and clearly the reprecusions are pretty bad. It's idolatry basically. So, ya..... I was thinking that I should swap God for anime, but then I was trying to apply that in my head and was like "Oh, I'm bored. I should watch anime." "Oh! There's a new episode of One Piece! I need to watch it as soon as possible!" But trying to swap thos situations and I realize that there's never a new chapter in the Bible so I can't really swap that, but then I realized I havn't finished reading all of it soooo.... there are still some new chapters... xP Buuuut I will be reading them all in the next year, so ya. *rolls eyes*
Ttyl. xP
=D.Fa
PS. I was thinking of 2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness". Training in righteousness is what I need right now. Clearly that is because I havn't been reading my Bible very much / not remembering memory verses. Also Psalm 199:11 "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you" that applies to my lack of memory verses..?
Point: I know I need to spend time with God, with his word, praying to him, singing his praises, etc. He has provided us his word, he has provided us redemption, he listens to our prayers, he gives this all as a free gift to us through his son who paid the price once and for all that all have the option to have a relationship with Him.
I'm really bad at getting a point across. xP
18.12.10
Sick at Christmas
So, hey.
What's up..? I'm really busy with work and studying and stuff. That is what I should say, but honestly, it's only been like a few hours of work a day and I have not studied yet and I have wasted massive amounts of time watching Pokemon Best Wishes and playing Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks. I also havn't really been reading the Bible or praying too much... and I've fallen to quite a spiritual low... If it wasn't for my friends and a certain blog I would be even lower possibly.
So, ya. I started working in Salad Bar on Tuesday and I have worked like 25 hours since then. Christmas is the time when people buy platters because they are having parties and stuff so they needed to make a bunch. Salad bar is pretty fun. There's always something to do and you often have someone to talk to. Broccoli Salad looks really gross though..... xP Like someone already chewed it. Spinach Salad looks sooooo tasty....
Also, the main reason I have been wasting my life on LoZ is because I am going to give it to my brother for Christmas, but I would like to play it first. I mean, I bought it in September and didn't play it until Wednesday. I'm nearly done, just one more temple and then the final boss fight. Ya... xP
YA was so much fun on Thursday. We had a going away potluck for R(?) and HK. Then, while JC was finishing her project worth 40% that was due at midnight we went tobagoning on a GT Snowracer. LOL. Just Lol. We had a short lived competition to see wich team could go the farthest, we ran down the hill. xP We then went and tobagoned down the bridges... xP It's more fun then it sounds. Then we went back to CW's house. "Look out for the hill!" LOL.
Ya.....
I was thinking how can we ever live up to God's expectations? Like its so easy to sin, how can he expect us not to...? Do we just have to try our hardest..? No..... I've thought this before. We can't try our hardest and expect that to please God. Our hardest is still a giant failure. Humans are weak and sinful. We can't rely on ourselves to please God or try to earn favour. 1. Our best is still far from good and 2. It just doesn't work. This is why Jesus came down on Christmas a couple thousand years ago. He came to us because we could never reach Him with our own efforts. He came to reconcile us to God, to take away our sins, to give us power over sin, to give us his Spirit. But if we don't rely on his strength we just fall back to the situation we were in before.
Why do we sin? Why? Why can't it just be easy? How can I want to live as Jesus wants me to, while at the same time be hiding sin.
On a lighter note, I found these amazing toys at Zellers the other day. Sooo fun. xP
xP. Taken on my phone, so ya.. xP The toys sing each sing a different song, but you get to decide the tempo, by making them sing the next note in the song each time you squeeze them. They also hold the note as long as you squeeze them. They make chords and stuff if you play with more than one at a time, but while taking the video I only had one free hand and there was a message over the intercom (it wasn't the toy talking xP)... So, ya. You should just go and see them in person. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Slovenia and Ukraine! w00t!
What's up..? I'm really busy with work and studying and stuff. That is what I should say, but honestly, it's only been like a few hours of work a day and I have not studied yet and I have wasted massive amounts of time watching Pokemon Best Wishes and playing Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks. I also havn't really been reading the Bible or praying too much... and I've fallen to quite a spiritual low... If it wasn't for my friends and a certain blog I would be even lower possibly.
So, ya. I started working in Salad Bar on Tuesday and I have worked like 25 hours since then. Christmas is the time when people buy platters because they are having parties and stuff so they needed to make a bunch. Salad bar is pretty fun. There's always something to do and you often have someone to talk to. Broccoli Salad looks really gross though..... xP Like someone already chewed it. Spinach Salad looks sooooo tasty....
Also, the main reason I have been wasting my life on LoZ is because I am going to give it to my brother for Christmas, but I would like to play it first. I mean, I bought it in September and didn't play it until Wednesday. I'm nearly done, just one more temple and then the final boss fight. Ya... xP
YA was so much fun on Thursday. We had a going away potluck for R(?) and HK. Then, while JC was finishing her project worth 40% that was due at midnight we went tobagoning on a GT Snowracer. LOL. Just Lol. We had a short lived competition to see wich team could go the farthest, we ran down the hill. xP We then went and tobagoned down the bridges... xP It's more fun then it sounds. Then we went back to CW's house. "Look out for the hill!" LOL.
Ya.....
I was thinking how can we ever live up to God's expectations? Like its so easy to sin, how can he expect us not to...? Do we just have to try our hardest..? No..... I've thought this before. We can't try our hardest and expect that to please God. Our hardest is still a giant failure. Humans are weak and sinful. We can't rely on ourselves to please God or try to earn favour. 1. Our best is still far from good and 2. It just doesn't work. This is why Jesus came down on Christmas a couple thousand years ago. He came to us because we could never reach Him with our own efforts. He came to reconcile us to God, to take away our sins, to give us power over sin, to give us his Spirit. But if we don't rely on his strength we just fall back to the situation we were in before.
Why do we sin? Why? Why can't it just be easy? How can I want to live as Jesus wants me to, while at the same time be hiding sin.
On a lighter note, I found these amazing toys at Zellers the other day. Sooo fun. xP
xP. Taken on my phone, so ya.. xP The toys sing each sing a different song, but you get to decide the tempo, by making them sing the next note in the song each time you squeeze them. They also hold the note as long as you squeeze them. They make chords and stuff if you play with more than one at a time, but while taking the video I only had one free hand and there was a message over the intercom (it wasn't the toy talking xP)... So, ya. You should just go and see them in person. xP
Ttyl.
D.Fa
PS. Slovenia and Ukraine! w00t!
3.12.10
I Just Met Porygon! / Have You Ever VII..?
Have you ever been assigned something a month and a half in advance and don't end up starting until the day before, don't end up finishing until either 10 minutes or 70 minutes before it is due and don't end up handing it in until either -40 or 20 minutes until it is due..?
Well, I just did... xP A six-page essay in FILM class.... I didn't really start until yesterday at 1ish. I didn't get "a thesis" until 11sih. I didn't start writing it until 8ish. I didn't finish the rough (very rough) draft until 2ish. I didn't finish revising the peer editing until 3:50ish. I didn't print it until 4:20ish. I didn't hand it in until 4:40ish. And I think it was due at 5, but there's a very minimul chance it was due at 4 (There were two girls right behind me not stressed at all, so I am now almost certain that it was due at 5).
So, ya. (My phone just reminded me "FILM paper due in 10 minutes") (It is now 4:50.) (*sigh of relief*)
Ya. I asked HK and CW if they could look over my paper today. I asked them last night at 11:58. I realize I hadn't started and I realize that it was kinda last second which you are not supposed to do with people (you should give people a week) but they are amazing and awesome upper years in journalism and english, so I am very happy that they helped out.
Also, the break in time when HK was looking over it (and I didn't realize she had emailed me back) I was watching pokemon episode 38. Guess what? I have never seen it before!!!!!!! What!?!??!?!!? Well, apparently it was banned from television in 1997 because it made 685 kids take an ambulance to a hospital because they thought they had seizures (two kids were in the hospital for over two weeks!) and now I understand the actual reason for the Simpsons and South Park allusion to seizure inducing anime.
But also, I now know who porygon is. Like in the games you don't really question it, you just catch them all, but almost every single one is shown in the anime, right..? But I never saw porygon and so I never really got what it was or why I would want it. Now I do!
Apparently a few episodes have been banned from various countries.
You know the episode where tentacruel attacks the city..? The one where horsea squirts oil..? (lol. the image just came to my head. which is why I said it. it's not actually a memorable part of that episode, but I just remembered it from that episode. Oh wait... is it a main plot point..? I don't remember.... xP Anyways...) Well, the US banned it and the episode with the ghost tower because of 9/11. What?!?!? seriously..?!?!? I remember that episode from like 10 years ago. It's still in the opening to every episode..! You can't just ban it.... >.>
Whatever... The new pokemon are just weird... I saw them today.... SOOOOOO Weird..... so weird. The first stages are all super cute. The middle stages are all awkward. and the final forms are all huge, complicated and scary.....
>.> I don't know if I will buy this one.... The fire starter pokemon is a fire/fighting pig.... the other starters aren't much better, but satoshi (ash ketchum) apparently gets all 3 like in every other season. XP
So, ya.... Ttyl.
D.Fa
Well, I just did... xP A six-page essay in FILM class.... I didn't really start until yesterday at 1ish. I didn't get "a thesis" until 11sih. I didn't start writing it until 8ish. I didn't finish the rough (very rough) draft until 2ish. I didn't finish revising the peer editing until 3:50ish. I didn't print it until 4:20ish. I didn't hand it in until 4:40ish. And I think it was due at 5, but there's a very minimul chance it was due at 4 (There were two girls right behind me not stressed at all, so I am now almost certain that it was due at 5).
So, ya. (My phone just reminded me "FILM paper due in 10 minutes") (It is now 4:50.) (*sigh of relief*)
Ya. I asked HK and CW if they could look over my paper today. I asked them last night at 11:58. I realize I hadn't started and I realize that it was kinda last second which you are not supposed to do with people (you should give people a week) but they are amazing and awesome upper years in journalism and english, so I am very happy that they helped out.
Also, the break in time when HK was looking over it (and I didn't realize she had emailed me back) I was watching pokemon episode 38. Guess what? I have never seen it before!!!!!!! What!?!??!?!!? Well, apparently it was banned from television in 1997 because it made 685 kids take an ambulance to a hospital because they thought they had seizures (two kids were in the hospital for over two weeks!) and now I understand the actual reason for the Simpsons and South Park allusion to seizure inducing anime.
But also, I now know who porygon is. Like in the games you don't really question it, you just catch them all, but almost every single one is shown in the anime, right..? But I never saw porygon and so I never really got what it was or why I would want it. Now I do!
Apparently a few episodes have been banned from various countries.
You know the episode where tentacruel attacks the city..? The one where horsea squirts oil..? (lol. the image just came to my head. which is why I said it. it's not actually a memorable part of that episode, but I just remembered it from that episode. Oh wait... is it a main plot point..? I don't remember.... xP Anyways...) Well, the US banned it and the episode with the ghost tower because of 9/11. What?!?!? seriously..?!?!? I remember that episode from like 10 years ago. It's still in the opening to every episode..! You can't just ban it.... >.>
Whatever... The new pokemon are just weird... I saw them today.... SOOOOOO Weird..... so weird. The first stages are all super cute. The middle stages are all awkward. and the final forms are all huge, complicated and scary.....
>.> I don't know if I will buy this one.... The fire starter pokemon is a fire/fighting pig.... the other starters aren't much better, but satoshi (ash ketchum) apparently gets all 3 like in every other season. XP
So, ya.... Ttyl.
D.Fa
11.8.10
New Life
Hey.
I havn't blogged in a couple days. Stuff happens. I had quite a bit of work this week. Also, I had meetings about next weeks VBS in Brooklyn. Wow... less than a week left. And my laptops's internet gets mad at me for no reason sometimes. and my cellphone was in CW's car last night.
So, ya. A brief update:
1. We all sang "As The Deer" in Bakery. It was very unexpected.
2. Bats aren't that scary... It's not an ax murderer or anything.
3. September 12th is one month away.
4. "Are they Po'..?"
...
"What..?"
"Are they Po'?"
...
"What..? Are they Poor..?"
"Ya. Are they Po'?"
5. I very much dislike wearing shorts.
6. Seriuosly my absolute favourite thing that I have ever done and hope to do again often is seriously to sing with a crowd at a worship concert. Especially if the person beside me is good at singing, so we can sing in harmony.
7. Mysterious Mushrooms!
8. Charmander FTW.
9. H-E-R-O, God is my Hero!!!!!
10. zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba.
I probably missed a lot, but that is a vague summary of some random events that happened these last couple days.
So, ya. #3. September is the date for our OCBC church picnic. That day there will be a baptism service. Hopefully, I will participate. That is to say. I will be baptised. My first assignment is to write a summary (half page max) of what I understand the gospel to be.
I will be writing it here. =D
In the beggining there was God. He created the world. The universe. Plants, animals and finally He created humans in His pure and holy image so that we may have a relationship with Him and watch over creation. Since then we have all sinned and turned away from God and that sin was passed down from generation to generation. God loved the world, but our sin kept us from having a relationship with Him because he is holy and we were not, so he sent his only begotten son, Jesus. Jesus lived around 33 years and although he was tempted in every way that we have been, he never fell to sin and temptation; he went through everything a human would, but was God. The punishment for sin is death. We deserved death and judgement for our sins. Even though he was sinless, he died on the cross and payed the price for our sins. He removed our sin, past present and future, the sins of the whole world for all time and gave us his righteousness. His blood has washed away our sins and made us perfect in His sight that we may have a relationship with God. Jesus was ressurected on the third day after his crucifiction and showed himself to hundreds of witnesses. Jesus has victory over death and sin and with him we also share in this victory and will share eternal life with him in heaven. Until then God has given us the Holy Spirit within us to help us grow into His likeness. Drawing from the power he has given us, relying on it everyday, turning away from sin and professing Jesus as Lord over our lives we can be born again with new life.
That was probably too much..? Probably adding a bit at the beggining and the end that isn't 'the gospel', but it's all important, right?
So, ya. I've really felt I should tell K(?) that I'm getting baptised.
Anyways.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
These are two songs I've been hearing on the radio.
"Hey AL. It seems that 'daily' is a bit too hard, eh? I mean you only get a somewhat 'monthly' report from RL. >.> xP I don't have a girlfriend."
I havn't blogged in a couple days. Stuff happens. I had quite a bit of work this week. Also, I had meetings about next weeks VBS in Brooklyn. Wow... less than a week left. And my laptops's internet gets mad at me for no reason sometimes. and my cellphone was in CW's car last night.
So, ya. A brief update:
1. We all sang "As The Deer" in Bakery. It was very unexpected.
2. Bats aren't that scary... It's not an ax murderer or anything.
3. September 12th is one month away.
4. "Are they Po'..?"
...
"What..?"
"Are they Po'?"
...
"What..? Are they Poor..?"
"Ya. Are they Po'?"
5. I very much dislike wearing shorts.
6. Seriuosly my absolute favourite thing that I have ever done and hope to do again often is seriously to sing with a crowd at a worship concert. Especially if the person beside me is good at singing, so we can sing in harmony.
7. Mysterious Mushrooms!
8. Charmander FTW.
9. H-E-R-O, God is my Hero!!!!!
10. zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba.
I probably missed a lot, but that is a vague summary of some random events that happened these last couple days.
So, ya. #3. September is the date for our OCBC church picnic. That day there will be a baptism service. Hopefully, I will participate. That is to say. I will be baptised. My first assignment is to write a summary (half page max) of what I understand the gospel to be.
I will be writing it here. =D
In the beggining there was God. He created the world. The universe. Plants, animals and finally He created humans in His pure and holy image so that we may have a relationship with Him and watch over creation. Since then we have all sinned and turned away from God and that sin was passed down from generation to generation. God loved the world, but our sin kept us from having a relationship with Him because he is holy and we were not, so he sent his only begotten son, Jesus. Jesus lived around 33 years and although he was tempted in every way that we have been, he never fell to sin and temptation; he went through everything a human would, but was God. The punishment for sin is death. We deserved death and judgement for our sins. Even though he was sinless, he died on the cross and payed the price for our sins. He removed our sin, past present and future, the sins of the whole world for all time and gave us his righteousness. His blood has washed away our sins and made us perfect in His sight that we may have a relationship with God. Jesus was ressurected on the third day after his crucifiction and showed himself to hundreds of witnesses. Jesus has victory over death and sin and with him we also share in this victory and will share eternal life with him in heaven. Until then God has given us the Holy Spirit within us to help us grow into His likeness. Drawing from the power he has given us, relying on it everyday, turning away from sin and professing Jesus as Lord over our lives we can be born again with new life.
That was probably too much..? Probably adding a bit at the beggining and the end that isn't 'the gospel', but it's all important, right?
So, ya. I've really felt I should tell K(?) that I'm getting baptised.
Anyways.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
These are two songs I've been hearing on the radio.
"Hey AL. It seems that 'daily' is a bit too hard, eh? I mean you only get a somewhat 'monthly' report from RL. >.> xP I don't have a girlfriend."
9.5.10
Taking a Trip From Yourself Part 2
It's 6:06. I woke up 16 minutes ago and its raining with thunder and lightning! yay! >.>
Cell phone:
It's 7:47 and we have just had breakfast downstairs. There was a waffle maker. Almost everyone was making waffles... They were pretty good.
It's 8:20 now. We are on the bus heading towards the drama workshop. Apparently BP has not been looking forward to it. So ya... Apparently BP and SD are annoyed by RP and GM so they switched places with CK and CK. Today I'm wearing a new white striped shirt. I usually wear dark colours. BC thought I was AG. Lol... It's hard talking about so many people at once...
It's 9:13. We just got to the worshop and are being seated. It's going to be fun.
Paper 2:
It's 10:13. the games were fun. We played a bunch of circle games. I want to bring them back to Ottawa and play them sometime.
It's 11:15. We just got on the bus and we are on the way to Magnificent Mile for lunch and shopping. I have to find a pharmacy to buy advil. We just had a film audition workshop. It was okay.
It's 12:40... I am out of free shopping time. I didn't buy much/anything important, just food... I don't know how I'll be able to get the advil pm...*5
Comfort Suites Note Pad:
It is now 2:55. The intermission is going to end shortly. The show has been really cool so far "There should be no introduction or finale." I agree. Debussy's music is so cool. I'm sitting beside some woman and TS. lol... The theatre hall looks so awesome. Everyone is falling asleep though... lol.
It's 4:02 we are on the bus again heading to the museum of contempory art. I've been taking pictures and playing pokemon and having a conversation about kpop with JA and JT. There was this awesome pair of cylindrical buildings. I will diffinately link/post pictures.*6
It is 4:24. We are on the bus on the way to dinner, somewhere. The museum was messed up. It was pretty funny, the second we got in everyone went to the gift shop... Best part? Possibly. I'm serious.
It's 6:24 now. We just had supper and are still at the restaurant. There are 10 people at each table. I only know 2 of the other 9 kinda well and only 4 others by name, so it was kinda awkward...*7*8
It is now 8:56. The blue man group was so awesome!!! It was so awesome and hilarious and so funny!!! I can't see what I am writing because the lights aren't on in the bus... I didn't like the poncho though... It was quite hot...
It's 11:06... *barf* It's curfew now. Me and DS had the most disgusting competition ever. At lunch I bought these jelly beans. There are 10 colours and 20 flavours. each colour has a 'good' flavour and a 'bad' flavour. No one would eat the anymore and DS had real candy and root beer so we separated the beans into colours and on the count of 3 we each would eat the same colour. More than half were bad jelly beans...Every bad one made me want to barf, but mouldy cheese and rotten egg were the worst... If I eat anything else right now, I'm gonna barf...
It's 7:29 now. DS's alarm didn't go off so we were like 30 minutes behind our shower schedule. Now everyone except TS has had a shower. He's still in bed. lol. Today we are going to 6 Flags! yay! I think this shirt is a bit small...
It's 8:28. I'm done breakfast and have gone back to my room to brush my teeth and pack.
It's 9:33. We are on the bus waiting for Mr. BF to get on the bus we've been here for a while... We were counted about 10 times before someone finally got an attendance list.*9 We were all there the whole time... Everyone except Mr. BF. A lot of the people on this trip don't want to go on rides... We have 6 hours there... lol. Mr. BF was on the school bus in front of the tour bus. Nevermind, he just went on it to see if that was our bus.
It's 10:11. We are on the way to 6 Flags. It's something like an hour bus drive from the hotel. I traded ipods with JT because I really wanted to listen to Wedding dress by Tae Yang. lol. She has a lot of songs on her ipod... Epik High is pretty good.
It's 11:42 vertical velocity was intense. Our group got split...
It's 12:29. It's kinda cold...
It's 2:00. We just got off the orbit.
It's 2:32. We are hiding from rain. lol. It's not even that hard.
It's 3:30 TS and BC have been gone for a while. We're gonna go on the American Eagle now. I bought a hoodie and am much warmer now.
It's 4:30 now. We got off American Eagle at 4:04. People won dragons. There are now 5 extra people-sized stuffed dragons on the bus.
It's 6:17. We are at the restaurant. There are 15 of us at table 20. The waiter is funny. The restaurant is designed as a 1920's speakeasy.
It's 7:38 now. The main course has been done for a while now. The waiters are ridiculous! The meal was soooo tasty! It's almost time to go home...
It's 8:53 now. We just got our sherbet dessert. All of the waiters and waitresses sing ad dance! It's quite entertaining.
It's 9:44 now. We are about to depart for CAnada. I'm tired...
On the back of the Itinerary:
It's 1:25 according to the bus' clock. I don't know how far we are yet, so I don't know what time it is here... everyone is "sleeping" or at least being quiet. When I went to sleep they were not...
It is "3:48". nothing has happened. Just more sleeping. We will get to the border around 4:00 am.
It's 4:01. We have just crossed the border into Sarniaand ya, it was easy. She asked us a couple questions, looked at DS's passport (he's american) and told us to have a nice drive. What a different process.
It's 7:32 now. We are way ahead of schedule..! We'll be home around 11 instead of 2. I must be allergic to something... My nose gets conjested a lot of the time. A while ago I realized that this is kinda like tweeting. lol.
It's 8:37. We are at a Denny's in Beleville. Everone is tired and wants to pay with american money. so they are going to let us.
It's 11:06. We are nearly home. We just finished watching "Up" it's a really good movie. A lot of people were opposed to watching it, but then they were all laughing, so I'm glad I brought it on the trip.
That was the last note I took.
We got back around 11:35ish. I went to work to see my schedule... uhggg... then talked to my parents about the trip then watched One Piece. I should study/have supper now. It's 7:19. When I figure out how, I will post the pictures on facebook and link to it.
When we were away a couple things happened... The final dnace was cancelled(various reasons) and someone that was in the Musical died in a car accident on Saturday. I can't believe it... T.T he was awesome.
So here's the video for a song that KC was talking about in Calc the other day that was on JT's ipod.
*5 On the way to the Concert Hall, I saw a CVS pharmacy down a street and Miss ML let me go. I got the advil and it was less expensive then expected.
*6 So, for some reason my camera won't turn on anymore, at the moment, so pictures will be post poned... T.T I took like 800 or so...
*7 I aked one of the 4 what the names of the other 3 girls were. Less awkward then asking them myself... xP
*8 ******** started getting too long and tedious, so I made it into *8.
*9 The reason counting wasn't working is because we were on a different bus for the ride to and from 6 flags and there were more free seats and we were all in different seats.
Cell phone:
It's 7:47 and we have just had breakfast downstairs. There was a waffle maker. Almost everyone was making waffles... They were pretty good.
It's 8:20 now. We are on the bus heading towards the drama workshop. Apparently BP has not been looking forward to it. So ya... Apparently BP and SD are annoyed by RP and GM so they switched places with CK and CK. Today I'm wearing a new white striped shirt. I usually wear dark colours. BC thought I was AG. Lol... It's hard talking about so many people at once...
It's 9:13. We just got to the worshop and are being seated. It's going to be fun.
Paper 2:
It's 10:13. the games were fun. We played a bunch of circle games. I want to bring them back to Ottawa and play them sometime.
It's 11:15. We just got on the bus and we are on the way to Magnificent Mile for lunch and shopping. I have to find a pharmacy to buy advil. We just had a film audition workshop. It was okay.
It's 12:40... I am out of free shopping time. I didn't buy much/anything important, just food... I don't know how I'll be able to get the advil pm...*5
Comfort Suites Note Pad:
It is now 2:55. The intermission is going to end shortly. The show has been really cool so far "There should be no introduction or finale." I agree. Debussy's music is so cool. I'm sitting beside some woman and TS. lol... The theatre hall looks so awesome. Everyone is falling asleep though... lol.
It's 4:02 we are on the bus again heading to the museum of contempory art. I've been taking pictures and playing pokemon and having a conversation about kpop with JA and JT. There was this awesome pair of cylindrical buildings. I will diffinately link/post pictures.*6
It is 4:24. We are on the bus on the way to dinner, somewhere. The museum was messed up. It was pretty funny, the second we got in everyone went to the gift shop... Best part? Possibly. I'm serious.
It's 6:24 now. We just had supper and are still at the restaurant. There are 10 people at each table. I only know 2 of the other 9 kinda well and only 4 others by name, so it was kinda awkward...*7*8
It is now 8:56. The blue man group was so awesome!!! It was so awesome and hilarious and so funny!!! I can't see what I am writing because the lights aren't on in the bus... I didn't like the poncho though... It was quite hot...
It's 11:06... *barf* It's curfew now. Me and DS had the most disgusting competition ever. At lunch I bought these jelly beans. There are 10 colours and 20 flavours. each colour has a 'good' flavour and a 'bad' flavour. No one would eat the anymore and DS had real candy and root beer so we separated the beans into colours and on the count of 3 we each would eat the same colour. More than half were bad jelly beans...Every bad one made me want to barf, but mouldy cheese and rotten egg were the worst... If I eat anything else right now, I'm gonna barf...
It's 7:29 now. DS's alarm didn't go off so we were like 30 minutes behind our shower schedule. Now everyone except TS has had a shower. He's still in bed. lol. Today we are going to 6 Flags! yay! I think this shirt is a bit small...
It's 8:28. I'm done breakfast and have gone back to my room to brush my teeth and pack.
It's 9:33. We are on the bus waiting for Mr. BF to get on the bus we've been here for a while... We were counted about 10 times before someone finally got an attendance list.*9 We were all there the whole time... Everyone except Mr. BF. A lot of the people on this trip don't want to go on rides... We have 6 hours there... lol. Mr. BF was on the school bus in front of the tour bus. Nevermind, he just went on it to see if that was our bus.
It's 10:11. We are on the way to 6 Flags. It's something like an hour bus drive from the hotel. I traded ipods with JT because I really wanted to listen to Wedding dress by Tae Yang. lol. She has a lot of songs on her ipod... Epik High is pretty good.
It's 11:42 vertical velocity was intense. Our group got split...
It's 12:29. It's kinda cold...
It's 2:00. We just got off the orbit.
It's 2:32. We are hiding from rain. lol. It's not even that hard.
It's 3:30 TS and BC have been gone for a while. We're gonna go on the American Eagle now. I bought a hoodie and am much warmer now.
It's 4:30 now. We got off American Eagle at 4:04. People won dragons. There are now 5 extra people-sized stuffed dragons on the bus.
It's 6:17. We are at the restaurant. There are 15 of us at table 20. The waiter is funny. The restaurant is designed as a 1920's speakeasy.
It's 7:38 now. The main course has been done for a while now. The waiters are ridiculous! The meal was soooo tasty! It's almost time to go home...
It's 8:53 now. We just got our sherbet dessert. All of the waiters and waitresses sing ad dance! It's quite entertaining.
It's 9:44 now. We are about to depart for CAnada. I'm tired...
On the back of the Itinerary:
It's 1:25 according to the bus' clock. I don't know how far we are yet, so I don't know what time it is here... everyone is "sleeping" or at least being quiet. When I went to sleep they were not...
It is "3:48". nothing has happened. Just more sleeping. We will get to the border around 4:00 am.
It's 4:01. We have just crossed the border into Sarniaand ya, it was easy. She asked us a couple questions, looked at DS's passport (he's american) and told us to have a nice drive. What a different process.
It's 7:32 now. We are way ahead of schedule..! We'll be home around 11 instead of 2. I must be allergic to something... My nose gets conjested a lot of the time. A while ago I realized that this is kinda like tweeting. lol.
It's 8:37. We are at a Denny's in Beleville. Everone is tired and wants to pay with american money. so they are going to let us.
It's 11:06. We are nearly home. We just finished watching "Up" it's a really good movie. A lot of people were opposed to watching it, but then they were all laughing, so I'm glad I brought it on the trip.
That was the last note I took.
We got back around 11:35ish. I went to work to see my schedule... uhggg... then talked to my parents about the trip then watched One Piece. I should study/have supper now. It's 7:19. When I figure out how, I will post the pictures on facebook and link to it.
When we were away a couple things happened... The final dnace was cancelled(various reasons) and someone that was in the Musical died in a car accident on Saturday. I can't believe it... T.T he was awesome.
So here's the video for a song that KC was talking about in Calc the other day that was on JT's ipod.
*5 On the way to the Concert Hall, I saw a CVS pharmacy down a street and Miss ML let me go. I got the advil and it was less expensive then expected.
*6 So, for some reason my camera won't turn on anymore, at the moment, so pictures will be post poned... T.T I took like 800 or so...
*7 I aked one of the 4 what the names of the other 3 girls were. Less awkward then asking them myself... xP
*8 ******** started getting too long and tedious, so I made it into *8.
*9 The reason counting wasn't working is because we were on a different bus for the ride to and from 6 flags and there were more free seats and we were all in different seats.
Taking a Trip From Yourself Part 1
So, Hey. I havn't posted in a while. This is because of the Musical and the Arts Trip to Chicago and the various projects I had due this last week.
Anyway. Before the trip my mom joked that I should email her all the time about everything. This actually led me to email myself on an hourly basis. Usually I go on these trips, have fun, but then forget most of it. I figured doing this would make more of an image in my mind when I think back, partially because it's written down, but also because it is from my perspective, not just an itinerary. So, ya. I also took way too many pictures. We left school at about 6 pm Wednesday.
So here it is, my unedited (with some "*" comments) "Hourly Blog Post" for the Chicago Trip:
Cell phone:
It is 8:35. We are about to leave Kingston after a 30 minute dinner break. I went to the bulk barn with CK and CK* and bought candy.
Its 9:30. We are on the bus. I'm being tempted, but I must resist. Luke 14?:27* If you cannot take your cross and deny your self and follow me daily you are not worthy of becoming my disciple, or something... I must fight through this with His help and move onto another day.
It's 10:29. I've been "sleeping" for a little while and we are now starting to watch "Mean Girls"... I don't think I've seen it, but I think I'd rather "sleep". Lol.
It is now 11:36. We have stopped somewhere... I ended up watching Mean Girls. Lol... It's so shallow... The guidance councilor was about to talk to all of the girls about how they relate with each other... Anyways... I'm thirsty...
So, "Mean Girls" just ended. Cheesy happy ending. It's 12:20. I'm awake right now. We're going to watch "Semi-Pro" now. Many people are opposed to watching another movie... It's 12:20... So, ya.
Ok. So it's 1:44. We are now approaching the border near Detroit..? Anyways, I didn't watch "Semi-Pro" I listened to my ipod with my noise cancelling earbuds. It was nice.
Ok... It's 2:27. We are nearly done going through customs... In other years the officer would just take all our passports and do all the stuff himself. This is the first time that we all had to wake up, put on shoes and stuff and individually go through customs.... It's 2:30 in the morning... Pity us or something.... -_-...
Its 4:52... Other than the moon its pretty much black outside.*** Everyone is "sleeping" by which I mean they close their eyes, but only about half are actually asleep and the other half are tossing and turning, like the guy beside me, DS. Also, because everything around is black, I feel like the whole world is just flying by... ***
It's 5:20... We've been at a gas station for about 15-20 minutes.... There are many bright lights and everyone woke up... BL was telling everyone to go back to sleep...
Ok. I'm kinda awake now. My battery is going to die soon... Which annoys me because I'll have to write these down on paper... It's 7:40 eastern time, but we are in a McDonalds in Indiana, so here it's 6:40. We don't go to the hotel until like 10 tonight.
It's 7:47 and my battery is going to die very soon....... Uhg... Anyways. We are now paying a toll to go onto the Chicago Skyway..? So ya...
Paper 1:
So, it's 8:30. We are still on the bus... I've been taking pictures. It's fun. =D but I'm bored now. DS and AG are playing my DS. They are supposed to be training my bellsprout. We are kinda in Chicago now.
It is now 10:36. Me, GM and RP have seen most of the aquarium. It was pretty awesome. Both cell and camera batteries are dead... I need to find new ones.
It's 12:02. We are waiting in the aquarium for the show fantasea. My camera batteries are bugging me. We don't get to go back to the bus until 6:00... I had spare batteries in my bag on the bus...
Ok, so it's 1:01. Fantasea just finished. It was actually really boring... Some "random" girl from the audience got taken on a magical adventure... There were dolphins, penguins, belugas and a hawk. They didn't do much... Apparently we get to go on the bus at 1:25. yuss. spare batteries!
It's 1:45. We just arrived at the navy pier. I have new batteries and we have 2 hours.
It's 2:26. I've been running around the Navy Pier taking pictures. lol. totemo tanoshii desu yo. "before we go back on the bus I need to buy more batteries!" Jamba Juice. =P.
It's 2:53 and we just passed the top of the ferris wheel! It's kinda cold and windy... lol. so awesome! DS, CK and LT are here too. Gondola 24 FTW! DS is scared out of his life. lol.
It's 3:49. We just got on the bus. I got 4 AA Energizer Lithium batteries for 13$... We were all looking at those rip-off necklace and ring stands. I remembered how I really want a necklace with a cross on it, but not just any cross, I want one that is unique and cool but simple. Probably metal on a black string. I didn't find one. I think once I get one, I'll wear it everyday after I'm baptized.
It is now 4:43. I am running out of paper, so I shall have to write smaller... Me and RF(?) have just been served our pasta. DS and BG were also just served. We will eat now. When we got here there was a pitcher of cola on the table. It was pepsi. We drank it. There is a new pitcher. It is... Coke!?! I don't like either...
It is now 5:30. The band started playing about half an hour ago. The band is a jazz combo, string bass, drums, piano and bass trumpet. The bass is so cool and the bass trumpet sounds like a trombone in the mid-upper register. It's sooo cool! The band is awesome. I had baked pasta for supper. For dessert we had chocolate chip cookies. They were the best cookies I've ever had. I have just confirmed that RF's name is R. lol.
Paper 2:
It's 7:07. Art. What is art? I'm walking around with JA, JT, and CK taking pictures of art and people. It's so cool.
It's 8:02. Mr, BF is yelling out room configurations. They are unchangeable. We are on the bus heading towards our hotel. LT is mad at my photographic style while JT agrees with it. I think it is much more interesting to take a picture of someone admiring/pondering art rather then just art. It may sound cold, but people are used as objects in my pictures. I really like this new piece of paper JT gave me.
It is now 10:05. Cerfew has just been called. We ended up me and TS on the beds, GM on the "floor" and DS on the "couch". I havn't read yet today. I definately will tommorow. I'll be waking up first, probably.****
* I had actually written their first names there, but changed it now. I later used initials and discovered they have the same initials. lol.
** I was actually thinking mostly of Luke 9:23 "Then he said to them all: "if anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."" as well as Luke 14:27 "And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple." They were both from a study I had done the night before and hadn't fully memorized them. xP. The point of the study was that when our path crosses with His path, we have to choose to follow His and give up our own desires if they conflict with His path, or something like that.
*** I then noticed that there were stars. It was also because of this wooshing sound.
**** I ended up reading that night before bed while TS was in the bathroom. lol.
Anyway. Before the trip my mom joked that I should email her all the time about everything. This actually led me to email myself on an hourly basis. Usually I go on these trips, have fun, but then forget most of it. I figured doing this would make more of an image in my mind when I think back, partially because it's written down, but also because it is from my perspective, not just an itinerary. So, ya. I also took way too many pictures. We left school at about 6 pm Wednesday.
So here it is, my unedited (with some "*" comments) "Hourly Blog Post" for the Chicago Trip:
Cell phone:
It is 8:35. We are about to leave Kingston after a 30 minute dinner break. I went to the bulk barn with CK and CK* and bought candy.
Its 9:30. We are on the bus. I'm being tempted, but I must resist. Luke 14?:27* If you cannot take your cross and deny your self and follow me daily you are not worthy of becoming my disciple, or something... I must fight through this with His help and move onto another day.
It's 10:29. I've been "sleeping" for a little while and we are now starting to watch "Mean Girls"... I don't think I've seen it, but I think I'd rather "sleep". Lol.
It is now 11:36. We have stopped somewhere... I ended up watching Mean Girls. Lol... It's so shallow... The guidance councilor was about to talk to all of the girls about how they relate with each other... Anyways... I'm thirsty...
So, "Mean Girls" just ended. Cheesy happy ending. It's 12:20. I'm awake right now. We're going to watch "Semi-Pro" now. Many people are opposed to watching another movie... It's 12:20... So, ya.
Ok. So it's 1:44. We are now approaching the border near Detroit..? Anyways, I didn't watch "Semi-Pro" I listened to my ipod with my noise cancelling earbuds. It was nice.
Ok... It's 2:27. We are nearly done going through customs... In other years the officer would just take all our passports and do all the stuff himself. This is the first time that we all had to wake up, put on shoes and stuff and individually go through customs.... It's 2:30 in the morning... Pity us or something.... -_-...
Its 4:52... Other than the moon its pretty much black outside.*** Everyone is "sleeping" by which I mean they close their eyes, but only about half are actually asleep and the other half are tossing and turning, like the guy beside me, DS. Also, because everything around is black, I feel like the whole world is just flying by... ***
It's 5:20... We've been at a gas station for about 15-20 minutes.... There are many bright lights and everyone woke up... BL was telling everyone to go back to sleep...
Ok. I'm kinda awake now. My battery is going to die soon... Which annoys me because I'll have to write these down on paper... It's 7:40 eastern time, but we are in a McDonalds in Indiana, so here it's 6:40. We don't go to the hotel until like 10 tonight.
It's 7:47 and my battery is going to die very soon....... Uhg... Anyways. We are now paying a toll to go onto the Chicago Skyway..? So ya...
Paper 1:
So, it's 8:30. We are still on the bus... I've been taking pictures. It's fun. =D but I'm bored now. DS and AG are playing my DS. They are supposed to be training my bellsprout. We are kinda in Chicago now.
It is now 10:36. Me, GM and RP have seen most of the aquarium. It was pretty awesome. Both cell and camera batteries are dead... I need to find new ones.
It's 12:02. We are waiting in the aquarium for the show fantasea. My camera batteries are bugging me. We don't get to go back to the bus until 6:00... I had spare batteries in my bag on the bus...
Ok, so it's 1:01. Fantasea just finished. It was actually really boring... Some "random" girl from the audience got taken on a magical adventure... There were dolphins, penguins, belugas and a hawk. They didn't do much... Apparently we get to go on the bus at 1:25. yuss. spare batteries!
It's 1:45. We just arrived at the navy pier. I have new batteries and we have 2 hours.
It's 2:26. I've been running around the Navy Pier taking pictures. lol. totemo tanoshii desu yo. "before we go back on the bus I need to buy more batteries!" Jamba Juice. =P.
It's 2:53 and we just passed the top of the ferris wheel! It's kinda cold and windy... lol. so awesome! DS, CK and LT are here too. Gondola 24 FTW! DS is scared out of his life. lol.
It's 3:49. We just got on the bus. I got 4 AA Energizer Lithium batteries for 13$... We were all looking at those rip-off necklace and ring stands. I remembered how I really want a necklace with a cross on it, but not just any cross, I want one that is unique and cool but simple. Probably metal on a black string. I didn't find one. I think once I get one, I'll wear it everyday after I'm baptized.
It is now 4:43. I am running out of paper, so I shall have to write smaller... Me and RF(?) have just been served our pasta. DS and BG were also just served. We will eat now. When we got here there was a pitcher of cola on the table. It was pepsi. We drank it. There is a new pitcher. It is... Coke!?! I don't like either...
It is now 5:30. The band started playing about half an hour ago. The band is a jazz combo, string bass, drums, piano and bass trumpet. The bass is so cool and the bass trumpet sounds like a trombone in the mid-upper register. It's sooo cool! The band is awesome. I had baked pasta for supper. For dessert we had chocolate chip cookies. They were the best cookies I've ever had. I have just confirmed that RF's name is R. lol.
Paper 2:
It's 7:07. Art. What is art? I'm walking around with JA, JT, and CK taking pictures of art and people. It's so cool.
It's 8:02. Mr, BF is yelling out room configurations. They are unchangeable. We are on the bus heading towards our hotel. LT is mad at my photographic style while JT agrees with it. I think it is much more interesting to take a picture of someone admiring/pondering art rather then just art. It may sound cold, but people are used as objects in my pictures. I really like this new piece of paper JT gave me.
It is now 10:05. Cerfew has just been called. We ended up me and TS on the beds, GM on the "floor" and DS on the "couch". I havn't read yet today. I definately will tommorow. I'll be waking up first, probably.****
* I had actually written their first names there, but changed it now. I later used initials and discovered they have the same initials. lol.
** I was actually thinking mostly of Luke 9:23 "Then he said to them all: "if anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."" as well as Luke 14:27 "And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple." They were both from a study I had done the night before and hadn't fully memorized them. xP. The point of the study was that when our path crosses with His path, we have to choose to follow His and give up our own desires if they conflict with His path, or something like that.
*** I then noticed that there were stars. It was also because of this wooshing sound.
**** I ended up reading that night before bed while TS was in the bathroom. lol.
26.4.10
Actions Speak Louder
So. Ya.
Today I had a bio essay due. Bio was first period, so I had to finish it before going to school. In other words, before going to sleep. This ended up taking me until about 2 am... Probably not the best idea to have youtubed kpop and msn up to distract me... I really dislike essays...
So, ya. Yesterday I went to church and then I went to work and then I did my bio essay. That's pretty much it, except for the details.
In Sunday school we were learning about John 3: 1-21. Also, there was banana cake. Mmmm banana cake.
John 3: 16-17 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son to judge the world, but to save the world through him."
During service Pastor DB was talking about how the church shouldn't be the only thing attracting people to God, but that in the missional church the common believers would go out and bring God to others. He was saying how we should be prepared and practiced to share our faith with others and be able to act at every oppourtunity to share.
At some point, someone had taght me that the best way to show God's love is through your actions.
So, anyways, I go to work. It's a normal Sunday at work... Very little to do... One way I've found to bring God into my job is by having the radio on 99.1 when I'm in the back. It's often really cool, I just don't enjoy the gospel groove segment... Anyways, I was cutting watermelon for the fruit salads that I have to make. I cut watermelon differently then the other guys in produce. I cut the ends and then cut off the rinds from top to bottom until only the pink part is left.
Anyways, the girl in bakery saw me cutting the watermelon and asked me about it. She then asked if I ever eat any of the cubed fruit for the fruit salads. I replied "not anymore." She asked "Did you get caught?" "No." "Did you get tired of it?" "No, I realized that it was stealing." or something like that. She then said "I never steal" in a somewhat sarcastic tone and I think "I'm not one to judge you." because, ya, I had stolen in this manner a number of times a while ago.
I don't remember whe exactly, but I definately made an effort to stop stealing from work after some church event of some kind. I still get tempted to, like, eat a piece of pineapple or whatever, but it's not even worth thinking about. I mean, what is one piece of pineapple? So I just don't think about it and just finish making the fruit salad and move on.
Anyways, the point of that story was that immediately after I had that brief conversation I felt like I should tell her more about God and stuff. I also realized that everything I had learned earlier that day was true. My actions spoke louder than my words would have, just talking about fruit salad was an oppourtunity to evangelise, and that Jesus came down into this world to save people, not judge them.
Anyways, I felt really awesome right after that. Seeing the truth revealed in my own life. Also, they played "Who AmI" on the radio. xP
The rest of the night was cool, until I went home and had to work on biology.....
I also accidentaly knocked off my pokewalker and realized just after getting to work. I started freaking out, thinking like, "Where is it...? Probably at church in the couch... or the car,,, or somewhere in my house... probably at church... O wait, I can't go back to church until Sunday..! ... I'm sure it will be fine... It's a piece of plastic, what do I care..?" so ya. It's a piece of plastic. Why am I so attached to it..? (It was in the car... phew. >.>)
So, ya. That was yesterday.
D.Fa
We sang this song in Church and I wanted to download it, but I don't have a credit card...
Today I had a bio essay due. Bio was first period, so I had to finish it before going to school. In other words, before going to sleep. This ended up taking me until about 2 am... Probably not the best idea to have youtubed kpop and msn up to distract me... I really dislike essays...
So, ya. Yesterday I went to church and then I went to work and then I did my bio essay. That's pretty much it, except for the details.
In Sunday school we were learning about John 3: 1-21. Also, there was banana cake. Mmmm banana cake.
John 3: 16-17 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son to judge the world, but to save the world through him."
During service Pastor DB was talking about how the church shouldn't be the only thing attracting people to God, but that in the missional church the common believers would go out and bring God to others. He was saying how we should be prepared and practiced to share our faith with others and be able to act at every oppourtunity to share.
At some point, someone had taght me that the best way to show God's love is through your actions.
So, anyways, I go to work. It's a normal Sunday at work... Very little to do... One way I've found to bring God into my job is by having the radio on 99.1 when I'm in the back. It's often really cool, I just don't enjoy the gospel groove segment... Anyways, I was cutting watermelon for the fruit salads that I have to make. I cut watermelon differently then the other guys in produce. I cut the ends and then cut off the rinds from top to bottom until only the pink part is left.
Anyways, the girl in bakery saw me cutting the watermelon and asked me about it. She then asked if I ever eat any of the cubed fruit for the fruit salads. I replied "not anymore." She asked "Did you get caught?" "No." "Did you get tired of it?" "No, I realized that it was stealing." or something like that. She then said "I never steal" in a somewhat sarcastic tone and I think "I'm not one to judge you." because, ya, I had stolen in this manner a number of times a while ago.
I don't remember whe exactly, but I definately made an effort to stop stealing from work after some church event of some kind. I still get tempted to, like, eat a piece of pineapple or whatever, but it's not even worth thinking about. I mean, what is one piece of pineapple? So I just don't think about it and just finish making the fruit salad and move on.
Anyways, the point of that story was that immediately after I had that brief conversation I felt like I should tell her more about God and stuff. I also realized that everything I had learned earlier that day was true. My actions spoke louder than my words would have, just talking about fruit salad was an oppourtunity to evangelise, and that Jesus came down into this world to save people, not judge them.
Anyways, I felt really awesome right after that. Seeing the truth revealed in my own life. Also, they played "Who AmI" on the radio. xP
The rest of the night was cool, until I went home and had to work on biology.....
I also accidentaly knocked off my pokewalker and realized just after getting to work. I started freaking out, thinking like, "Where is it...? Probably at church in the couch... or the car,,, or somewhere in my house... probably at church... O wait, I can't go back to church until Sunday..! ... I'm sure it will be fine... It's a piece of plastic, what do I care..?" so ya. It's a piece of plastic. Why am I so attached to it..? (It was in the car... phew. >.>)
So, ya. That was yesterday.
D.Fa
We sang this song in Church and I wanted to download it, but I don't have a credit card...
24.4.10
Getting out of the Hole
Hey, So.
Today we had rehearsal at school from about 10-5... Oh. The biggest difference from normal run-throughs was the absence of YC. For various musical purposes she will not be playing piano with us for the matinees Monday and Tuesday and I also heard Saturday, but I hope that was just a rumour... So, anyways, today was the first time that the guy (who we are renting to play piano while YC is absent) had played with us. A few cues were really slow and a few songs were just messy, but ya. That'll just be the grade 7 and 8 days, so xP...
So, you remember MB, well, he's a very dramatic person.
Umm, I've pretty much decided I'm going to be helping JS with the props / cues for the actors during the shows. For a while props have just been left on stage or piling up during the run-throughs, getting in people's ways or just cluttering the stage. Also a number of people don't pay attention to the musical when they aren't on stage and forget their cues every once in a while... So, ya. JS is a very quiet person, so... I'm gonna help him as much as I can.
It was kinda sad... Me, JT and WR went to Quiznos during the lunch break (mostly because JT didn't want to go alone with makeup on. xP) and we were in line, we order, and then I look back towards the front of the line and JS is in line alone. He waved at me with a shy smile... I didn't immediately notice it was him, so I kinda did a double take but anyways, I didn't really respond and I felt kinda bad... I don't think most of the cast knows him very well. I know I don't really, but it was still kinda sad...
A number of people can't make it to all of the rehearsals or shows, so a number of other people have had to fill in for them. Overall it's been going well, but sometimes it's been kinda awkward... Like me and OD who was filling in for DS in the terrible ballet part of "Shy"... xP
Remember, Choose God's Justice over God's Mercy.
Also, "Victrebel I choose you!" *Victrebel eats James* "Victrebel chews me!" lol.
Anyways. I have to go to sleep.
D.Fa
P.S. I saw this video in YF tonight and it was pretty cool.
Today we had rehearsal at school from about 10-5... Oh. The biggest difference from normal run-throughs was the absence of YC. For various musical purposes she will not be playing piano with us for the matinees Monday and Tuesday and I also heard Saturday, but I hope that was just a rumour... So, anyways, today was the first time that the guy (who we are renting to play piano while YC is absent) had played with us. A few cues were really slow and a few songs were just messy, but ya. That'll just be the grade 7 and 8 days, so xP...
So, you remember MB, well, he's a very dramatic person.
Umm, I've pretty much decided I'm going to be helping JS with the props / cues for the actors during the shows. For a while props have just been left on stage or piling up during the run-throughs, getting in people's ways or just cluttering the stage. Also a number of people don't pay attention to the musical when they aren't on stage and forget their cues every once in a while... So, ya. JS is a very quiet person, so... I'm gonna help him as much as I can.
It was kinda sad... Me, JT and WR went to Quiznos during the lunch break (mostly because JT didn't want to go alone with makeup on. xP) and we were in line, we order, and then I look back towards the front of the line and JS is in line alone. He waved at me with a shy smile... I didn't immediately notice it was him, so I kinda did a double take but anyways, I didn't really respond and I felt kinda bad... I don't think most of the cast knows him very well. I know I don't really, but it was still kinda sad...
A number of people can't make it to all of the rehearsals or shows, so a number of other people have had to fill in for them. Overall it's been going well, but sometimes it's been kinda awkward... Like me and OD who was filling in for DS in the terrible ballet part of "Shy"... xP
Remember, Choose God's Justice over God's Mercy.
Also, "Victrebel I choose you!" *Victrebel eats James* "Victrebel chews me!" lol.
Anyways. I have to go to sleep.
D.Fa
P.S. I saw this video in YF tonight and it was pretty cool.
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
21.4.10
Distracted
So. Ya...
Another unproductive night.. xP I even had time... the thing is that when my brother is in a good enough mood I want to humour him and keep him in a good mood... So, it was about 6:40, I had already watched anime and had supper. I was going to start my homework, but I had to play pokemon for just a second. Then my brother walks in wanting to battle. The thing is that my pokemon are all really weak and he has no weak pokemon.... so its a pretty one-sided battle... I couldn't beat his second pokemon..... He had caught that pokemon about 10 seconds before he fought me...... >.>
Anyways. I ended up playing until 10... and then rewatching some of AVPM with my brother. I thought it might cheer him up. It's quite funny.
Anyways... We get to miss classes on Friday to practice with the band all day long. xP btw. I am NOT robinhood! For the musical I'm wearing black tights, black shoes, a black long sleeve shirt and a green short sleeve tunic. And people seem to believe I look like robinhood. Well at least I don't look like peter pan. I'm pretty sure someone does, but I don't remember who. Oh, right, so to deal with the problem of short tunics and everyone wearing tights the people in charge of costumes came up with the "modesty panel" which will look like the end of a long white shirt except that it's actually a piece of white cloth torn from a bed sheet. xP
So. ya. tommorow morning I'm going to have to do some homework..........
Good night.
D.Fa
btw. this song was stuck in my head all day....
Another unproductive night.. xP I even had time... the thing is that when my brother is in a good enough mood I want to humour him and keep him in a good mood... So, it was about 6:40, I had already watched anime and had supper. I was going to start my homework, but I had to play pokemon for just a second. Then my brother walks in wanting to battle. The thing is that my pokemon are all really weak and he has no weak pokemon.... so its a pretty one-sided battle... I couldn't beat his second pokemon..... He had caught that pokemon about 10 seconds before he fought me...... >.>
Anyways. I ended up playing until 10... and then rewatching some of AVPM with my brother. I thought it might cheer him up. It's quite funny.
Anyways... We get to miss classes on Friday to practice with the band all day long. xP btw. I am NOT robinhood! For the musical I'm wearing black tights, black shoes, a black long sleeve shirt and a green short sleeve tunic. And people seem to believe I look like robinhood. Well at least I don't look like peter pan. I'm pretty sure someone does, but I don't remember who. Oh, right, so to deal with the problem of short tunics and everyone wearing tights the people in charge of costumes came up with the "modesty panel" which will look like the end of a long white shirt except that it's actually a piece of white cloth torn from a bed sheet. xP
So. ya. tommorow morning I'm going to have to do some homework..........
Good night.
D.Fa
btw. this song was stuck in my head all day....
19.4.10
"I'm Soooo Thirsty!"
Ya. So.
Today was a Monday.
It started at 1:20 am with the fire alarm malfunctioning. Fun. >.>
Then band, school, musical, supper, pokemon, AVPM, Study 6, and blogging. I really need to blog at a different time... I'm always far too tired to blog at 10:30pm...
Anyways, today was a run-through with full costumes. That means that all the guys get to wear tights and the lucky few also get nylons under them. Also, most of our shirts are not really long enough... xP Only a week left and we aren't even doing full run-throughs everyday... We should have just stayed until it was done...
So. Ya. our tights don't really have pockets and neither do the girls' dresses, so as we were dancing today my mic pack went down past my knee. xP It looked like a "tumor." So, we are all going to have "taping buddies" to help attach the mic packs to our bodies. We will have it taped around our waist height. The only real problem now is the people who have to trade mics repeatedly...
AVPM has a cheesy ending. xP
As it turns out I've done no work on my projects since yesterday...
I really am tired, so good night.
D.Fa
Today was a Monday.
It started at 1:20 am with the fire alarm malfunctioning. Fun. >.>
Then band, school, musical, supper, pokemon, AVPM, Study 6, and blogging. I really need to blog at a different time... I'm always far too tired to blog at 10:30pm...
Anyways, today was a run-through with full costumes. That means that all the guys get to wear tights and the lucky few also get nylons under them. Also, most of our shirts are not really long enough... xP Only a week left and we aren't even doing full run-throughs everyday... We should have just stayed until it was done...
So. Ya. our tights don't really have pockets and neither do the girls' dresses, so as we were dancing today my mic pack went down past my knee. xP It looked like a "tumor." So, we are all going to have "taping buddies" to help attach the mic packs to our bodies. We will have it taped around our waist height. The only real problem now is the people who have to trade mics repeatedly...
AVPM has a cheesy ending. xP
As it turns out I've done no work on my projects since yesterday...
I really am tired, so good night.
D.Fa
18.4.10
Possesed
Ya, So.
Yesterday was a Saturday. xP I got home at 10, played pokemon, watched One Piece and went to bed... xP
Anyways, I had school yesterday morning. School on a Saturday..?!?!? Ya. This is my second year taking Japanese on Saturdays. The problem is that this year I'm really busy.... I must have missed like 10 classes this year... Maybe not that many, but a lot.. Ok, so the original reason for this was that I didn't want to take french, extra english, canadian and world studies, social sciences, or anything like that in school after grade 10. The problem: that group 3 credit which lists those courses as the options, plus one thing... A Third Language Credit!
My friend HB had taken Japanese a couple years earlier and had told me about it a couple times, so I took a bus one Satuday morning in September and signed up. When I got back I had to get my parent's signature on the registration form... -_- kinda awkward for a little bit... but so is everything I sign up for and don't tell my parents until they find out...
So, I've been taking japanese since last September. Japanese had been interesting for a while. I mean I watch a lot of anime, and I have two cousins who are half Japanese, so it would be cool to learn Japanese.
Anyways, I left class early yesterday to go to rehearsal. I missed the character development thing, but I didn't miss the run-through, or the pizza.. xP
Ya, the musical is coming along.. The band and cast need to synchronize, but other then that it's pretty awesome.
After the rehearsal I had the pleasure of watching my other friend MB reinact parts from "A Very Potter Musical" (look on youtube.) I think it was almost better when he did it. Drama kids are kinda obsessed with it.. xP And it was pretty hilarious..
Anyways I have to go now.
D.Fa
Yesterday was a Saturday. xP I got home at 10, played pokemon, watched One Piece and went to bed... xP
Anyways, I had school yesterday morning. School on a Saturday..?!?!? Ya. This is my second year taking Japanese on Saturdays. The problem is that this year I'm really busy.... I must have missed like 10 classes this year... Maybe not that many, but a lot.. Ok, so the original reason for this was that I didn't want to take french, extra english, canadian and world studies, social sciences, or anything like that in school after grade 10. The problem: that group 3 credit which lists those courses as the options, plus one thing... A Third Language Credit!
My friend HB had taken Japanese a couple years earlier and had told me about it a couple times, so I took a bus one Satuday morning in September and signed up. When I got back I had to get my parent's signature on the registration form... -_- kinda awkward for a little bit... but so is everything I sign up for and don't tell my parents until they find out...
So, I've been taking japanese since last September. Japanese had been interesting for a while. I mean I watch a lot of anime, and I have two cousins who are half Japanese, so it would be cool to learn Japanese.
Anyways, I left class early yesterday to go to rehearsal. I missed the character development thing, but I didn't miss the run-through, or the pizza.. xP
Ya, the musical is coming along.. The band and cast need to synchronize, but other then that it's pretty awesome.
After the rehearsal I had the pleasure of watching my other friend MB reinact parts from "A Very Potter Musical" (look on youtube.) I think it was almost better when he did it. Drama kids are kinda obsessed with it.. xP And it was pretty hilarious..
Anyways I have to go now.
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
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