Greenbay beat the Redskins.

please please please let this be a good sign.

I'm going to be a wreck Tuesday night -________-

Trick-or-treated with Tiffany, Danny, and their friend Kei or something I can't spell. rar. Got candy! yay! rar bringing it to Vegas. fun.

tired. >:O

tomorrow is going to suck, as Mondays generally do.

..I just realized Mike [Perry] never emailed me the French skit thingy. I thought he was going to so i could edit. bah, maybe he emailed it to Galaxy? hopefully, since he's not exactly... perfect at French. -____- rar. this is now bothering me. Oh, and it's supposed to be semi-memorized. Like, not reading it directly off the sheet. Which we are going to be doing, because he didn't email it to me so I won't have any time to look it over or anything since I have French first period. ...why did we have him be responsible for this again? -_____-

Essay on Tuesday. That. Sucks. Ass. -____- whatever, it's not like I can do anything to prepare for it really, which is good, because I don't have the energy to.

This Week:
Monday: Tenor/bass clarinet lesson of doom.
Tuesday: Election. Essay. Also, new episode of Gilmore Girls.
Wednesday: Math test, but otherwise, nothing exciting. Oh, except possibly working on science fair with Tiffany.
Thursday: Season premiere of The O.C.
Friday: going to Vegas!

wah. This week is going to kind of suck. Essay, election could suck depending on the results, science fair. rar essay is worst at the moment. sooo looking forward to that being over -____-

rar. headache of death.

bah. Hawthorne Heights CD keeps skipping -____- new SP is good, which I already knew. new Jimmy Eat World is reeeally good, better than I thought it'd be. Same for new Sum 41. wheee. Thoroughly pleased with my purchases :)

roar. Got the new Simple Plan CD, the new Sum 41 CD, the Hawthorne Heights CD, and the new Jimmy Eat World CD. Target is pretty cheap :) wheeee. [happy]

Trick-or-treating later? Maybe? yes. rar.

I should do homework now.

"Untitled" is so freaking gorgeous omfg. Favorite totally now. gah I'm overlistening to the new SP CD on aolmusic.com -___- I'll be sick of it by the time I get it tomorrow. but omg I love Untitled. When I first heard it, it was like "oh wow, cool, kind of like the a new Perfect," but nooo it's better than perfect ahhh so pretty! His voice got so much better x_x his vocal lessons or whatever totally helped. he doesn't sound like a chipmunk! [cheers] ahhhh. <333 I'm going to be so sick of this song within a week because I keep listening to it over and over but I reeeaallly like it. fun to sing along to :)

...yeah. I'm tired and bored and posting randomly.

rar for Vegas, I'm totally bringing my writing notebook with me on the bus and am going to write a fic. Or maybe more than one. But it'd be the perfect time to write one because I'll have like 6 hours and... yeah. I've had the urge to write several times recently but I just never really have the time. But I will on the busride! This is provided interesting stuff isn't going on around me -___-

ok just one more time and then I'll stop listening to it. x____x

I so have no willpower.

Loara wasn't bad, actually. We performed pretty well. I don't think we'll place as highly as we did last year, but we definitely performed better than we had been.

I am tired now, though -___-

tomorrow my mom's taking me to Target and I'm getting the new SP CD and whatever other CDs I can afford. wheee :D

Tiffany, give me my CDs back >:O roar!

mmkay. I want sleep.

rar. Loara later. I was looking forward to it a week ago, but now, not so much.

Not staying the whole time anymore either, because it looks like the only people staying are a bunch of people I'm not friends with. Or at least, not good enough friends with to spend about 6 hours with. So I'm going to ask Bentley if I can go back on the 5 pm bus [she said we can ask until 1:30 today, so... yeah] and if for some reason I can't, my mom's going to give me a signed note saying she'll pick me up. Of course that'll kind of be weird if it comes to that. "Can I go on the bus at 5 instead of the 11 pm bus?" "No." "Oh, ok. So, uh, here's this note from my mom saying she's going to pick me up..." whatever. I kind of want to see other bands and see how we place, but... I'd rather not sit there alone for 6 hours. Plus, I'm tired. I don't really want to stay up till 11:30/12:00.

rar. survey >:O

So what's in your cd player in your car? don't have my own car -__- so whatever my mom's listening to.
How about at your house? new Good Charlotte
Last concert you attended? Good Charlotte/Sum 41/Lola Ray/Hazen St. 2 nights ago.
Next concert you are attending? Yellowcard/Starting Line at Bren Events Center November 27.
Favorite music related movie? That Thing You Do
A cd you wasted money on? Staind, 14 Shades of Grey. I listened to that like twice, and the only reason I bought it was I was at spectrum and felt that if I didn't buy a CD, it'd be wrong. I bought it just for the sake of buying a CD -__- stupid. wasn't incredibly cheap, either.
A song that's been stuck in your head recently? alternates between "Untitled" - Simple Plan, "The World is Black" - Good Charlotte, and "S.O.S." - Good Charlotte.
Last cd you bought? er. the new GC, the new Straylight Run, and the new Riddlin' Kids.
A song you really can't stand? bah. just one? -__- uhhh "Milkshake" by Kelis is truly horrible.
A band that "sold out" in your opinion? I hate that term. >:O
A really terrible live band? hm. most bands I like and have wanted to see were really great. bah. I'll say Coheed and Cambria, simply because when I saw them, I expected a lot better, and it didn't turn out too amazing. I've seen a lot better. Not to say that they're always horrible or that they were horrible at all. Most bands I see are really great. Like, Hazen St., I don't like the band's music at all, but they're not a bad live band. Just not my type of music.
Favorite music video? I'll always, always adore "Hold On" with the talking parts. Otherwise, I like "We've Had Enough" - Alkaline Trio oh oh oh and "Sic Transit Gloria" - Brand New.
How do you organize your cds? ...organize? [doesn't understand]
Where do you normally buy cds? FYE.
A band you used to LOVE, but don't listen to much anymore? hm. like 2 weeks ago it would've been GC, but I've been listening to their new CD, and the concert gave me the urge to listen to their old stuff. SP as well, I'm getting the CD tomorrow and I've been listening to the new CD on aolmusic.com so.. yeah. uh I dunno then. Mest, probably. Haven't listened to them in ages.
Your first concert? Good Charlotte/New Found Glory/MXPX/The Movielife [I think that's it] at Bren Events Center June 4, 2003.
Where do you normally go to concerts? only place been more than once was Bren Events Center, so... I guess there. Especially since we're going to another there in November, which will make 4.
Best concert you've been to so far? ...I can't narrow it down. Musically, the best concert was Fallfest, because so many of the bands were just so amazing. But like, the whole general... stuff of it? man. I'll narrow it to the private KROQ GC one back a year ago ['cause dude. a concert with only 50 people seeing your very favorite band {well, at that time}. You can't beat that], Yellowcard/Something Corporate back last March because SoCo is so fucking awesome live and Yellowcard was pretty damn awesome themselves and it just rocked, Warped 2004 because... I don't know, it was just awesome, and Fallfest 'cause of the whole awesome music thing I already talked about.
Do you mosh/dance at shows? dude, a concert's not a concert if you don't mosh! >:O The only times I really go out are if I'm like... dying and can't breathe and stuff. Or if it's like Warped and there's so many bands that I have to save my energy and such. But yeah, it's too boring if you just sit by the sides a lot of the time.
If you could put a tour together with any 5 bands, who would it be? Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Mest, Something Corporate, and My Chemical Romance. That's totally random and the bands dont' really fit together very well, but it's based on bands I want to see most live right now. bah there are a few others I want to see live, but I think these are the top 5.
Favorite music magazine? Alternative Press
A band that has really good lyrics? Taking Back Sunday [especially their first CD].
A great local band? Arms of Atlas or Soapbox Revolt.
Do you play any instruments? piano, clarinet, bass clarinet [bah that's the same as clarinet], tenor sax, a little guitar.
A band you wish would get back together? ...I don't know...
A band you wish would break up? does Hilary Duff count if I mean being broken up into many tiny, tiny pieces? if not, then... I don't know. The Darkness?
Do you have a band, or have been in a band in the past? Marching band! otherwise, no.
A band whose second cd is better than the first cd? from what I've heard of it, Simple Plan [though their first CD brings back all the nostalgic memory crap]. uhhh Good Charlotte? except not, because their second is better lyrically and musically, but their first CD just makes me so much happier to listen to. uhhh Fall Out Boy, if you count their first CD which was a lot shorter but I do because you can buy it in stores, so there. oh Brand New. yes, I like their 2nd better than their 1st [although when I first listened, I really didn't like their 2nd. how amusing]
A concert/band you would love to have seen back in the day? rar. Nirvana, I suppose?
First cassette tape you ever got? man I don't remember. Like... either Hanson or the soundtrack of Men In Black. or or Will Smith. oh or No Doubt. or the Spice Girls. wow, I was a totally cool 8-year old :)
Do you still own any cassettes? yep!
An awesome band name? ...Your Face. I don't know -___-
A good acoustic band/singer? like someone strictly acoustic, or someone who's good when they're acoustic? well, I don't know about the first, but someone who's good acoustic would be Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, blah. etc and such.
Bands you've seen live more than once? man. uh. Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, MXPX, The Used, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, My Chemical Romance except it doesn't really count because neither time I really payed attention, New Found Glory, Sum 41, and... I think that's it.
A new band that's got you hooked? ...the stuff I've been listening to lately is like... new stuff from bands I've known about for a long time. Except Straylight Run, I suppose, but I'm not really hooked to them.
Have any band posters? -___- yes. my room is covered in stuff. bah. ok WINTER BREAK. I shall take everything down and rearrange everything then. I want to put up a bunch of stuff from like AP and take down stuff from stupid teenie magazines.

rar. that's it.

blah. Homecoming Game was pathetic. truly fucking pathetic. geez. -___- good thing I don't actually care if UNI wins.

rar. I'm tired. -___-

I wish to go to another concert right now >:O

bah humbug.

Today nothing interesting, yesterday nothing interesting. Oh wait, one thing: I'm going to play tenor for Wind Ensemble for the winter concert 'cause

Quoctrung moved back or something and she needs a tenor and we already have 2 other bass clarinets. so yes.

rar. now onto the concert.

mmkay so dropped Tiffany off at In'n'Out to buy us food, then got in line at the venue [at like... 5:00. Gates opened at 6:00]. It was short. Like,

amazingly short. Like shorter than the line for the Yellowcard/Something Corporate, and we had come even earlier to that. It was surprising, but cool.

Tiffany came pretty quickly and so we sat and ate food. The man behind us was the father of some obsessive teenie but he was nice. and his

daughter said something about watching tour buses unload and stuff and to the left of us there was this area where tour buses were and like... after a

little bit we heard screaming and figured someone had come out so I ran down to see what was going on because I was curious and then Billy had

gotten out of the tour bus and everyone was freaking out because he was like 100 ft away even though at the actual concert he'd be way closer and

they could see him way better, but whatever. he waved to the small crowd and then went back in and I was all "psh whatever" so I went back up.

Then a few minutes later there was more screaming and instead of going all the way down, I went to like... this area to the right where you could see

what was going on down back where everyone was and Joel was walking like... 200 ft away and it was for like 2 seconds but everyone freaked out

even more. woo. hoo.

ok, then there was more screaming and Tiffany and I both ran down there and Joel was signing autographs and such which was actually pretty cool of

them because most bands as big as them won't do stuff like that. We didn't get anything signed [though we stuck out our hands to be signed--we didn't

have anything else] 'cause he ran out of time, but we were like... 1 foot away from him. Crazy. If I was me in 8th grade, I would've freaked out so

much. man. Now it's just like "...ok even if I dislike Joel [although I kind of just... don't care anymore. It takes too much effort to hate him when he's

not nearly as annoying/evil as Hilary Duff/Bush/etc.] it's still pretty cool" but it's not freak-out worthy. Then he was done and left and we went back up

and no one else came out though they did scream randomly for no reason whatsoever several times.

At 6-ish the gates opened and we got in. Took like... very little time to get in. geez. shortest line EVER. o_o then we went down to the floor and sat

'cause that's what you're supposed to do. We sat for like... 30 minutes, I think. Then woosh everyone stood up all of a sudden and started pushing to

the front 15 min before they got on and it was like... nothing, really. People were just walking to the front. But all these chicks were all "OMG I CAN'T

BREATHE!" and like "STOP PUSHING!!!" and it's like dude... that's nothing. Get over it. You can too breathe so shut up. And Tiffany and I got pretty

close, like... I dunno what row. But close.

Lola Ray came on then. They played only 5 songs, which sucked, because I like them more than Hazen St. and Hazen St. played several more. Lola

Ray was pretty good [the only song I recognized was Automatic Girl, though], but there was No. Pit. alk;sfdjkl rar!!! seriously. Everyone stood. That

was it. No one moved. I stayed with Tiffany the entire time, which usually doesn't last for more than 2 seconds without effort. I exerted no effort

trying to stay with her, and I managed. Nobody jumped. Nobody pushed. Nobody did anything. They just stood there and stared blankly at Lola Ray.

geeez. lame >:O The band was great, I just think... so many of them came for Sum 41 and Good Charlotte and then a few random people for Hazen

St, and they didn't care about Lola Ray. Plus the average age was seriously like 13 and I would bet the majority of people there it was the first concert

for them, so they didn't know that you're supposed to push and have fun in the pit. There were no crowdsurfers during Lola Ray. not a single one.

man. dude. The waiting between bands during Fallfest last week was more pit-y than during Lola Ray. There was more crowdsurfing in the line to get

into Fallfest than during Lola Ray! geez.

Lola Ray finished and then waiting for 15 minutes and then Hazen St. went on. blah. didn't care for them. They weren't as horrible as I expected, but

I didn't really enjoy them. People actually started moving a bit, though it was nothing like an actual pit is like. just a few people bobbing around.

During the wait for Sum 41 people pushed a little more. Amber and Rashi ended up behind Tiffany and I [yes, we were still together. This

shouldn't happen through 2 whole freaking bands!] during the wait [I think it was then]. rar. -___-

Then Sum 41. At the start, people pushed a lot more. Still, it was pretty wimpy compared to Fallfest, Concert for Compassion, Warped Tour, etc. I've

been in way worse. And yet, somehow there was more complaining about pushing and stuff than any time I've ever heard before. geeez. rar. Sum

41 was good though. Cool intro thing. They played a lot of songs, like... 15-20. I don't know them all because I'm lame. That, and I don't have the

3rd album. The played a good mix of songs from their 2nd and 3rd CD and then Fat Lip from their first, because it's like law for them to play that. Not

much else to say. They're very good live. Oh, and Tiffany and I were at about the 3rd row at this point. Or maybe she was 2nd. I think she was 2nd

at that point and I was right behind her, kind of next to her at some points. We shifted a little, but still stayed together [stupid lame pit]. People

actually crowdsurfed during Sum 41. There was only 1 crowdsurfer during Hazen St. 2 seconds into Sum 41, like 10 people in the front had to be pulled

out because they were freaking out because people were pushing. a;lsfkj geez it was a wimpy pit. rar. but yeah. Sum 41 was very good.

Then they left and Good Charlotte went on like 30-45 min later. Had to stand through of over half an hour of listening to Rashi and Amber bitch about

how being in the 4th row was sooo horrible and how this one girl in the first row should leave so they could be in front, because it's not like she

deserved to see the band too, or anything -_____- alksfdj my god I wanted to punch them repeatedly. And then they started telling people to move

to either side so they could get to the front. but dude, ok first off, we don't want to. second off, even if we did want to, can YOU move in the pit?!

NO. YOU CAN'T JUST PUSH TO EITHER SIDE AND EXPECT IT TO WORK! my GOD >:O I heard during this time they're also going to the

Yellowcard/Starting Line one I'm going to in November -____-

mmkay. finally GC came on. First off they played Festival Song, The Anthem, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Girls and Boys, Bloody Valentine, Hold

On, The Young and the Hopeless, Move On, Walk Away (Maybe), S.O.S., Ghost of You, Predictable, The World is Black, and Mountain. I believe that is

it. The only songs they played that aren't favorites of mine on the new CD are Ghost of You and Predictable, and neither of which I hate. And they played all my favorites but 1, which is slow and at the end adn doesn't have a title so that's not very surprising. I would've liked them to play Emotionless like they did last year, at Long Beach, but oh well. I wasn't really looking forward to this concert [not dreading it, just not... excited for it either], but I got really into it during GC. It felt like the best time I'd seen them, though... not sure if that's true, since... the private concert was pretty freaking amazing. uhhh geez. It was awesome. Near the end Joel came out and Tiffany flicked him off [she told me; I didn't see. She said she flicked him off a lot :) I was thinking of doing that but then.. I forgot -_-] and said Joel grabbed it. heh. I grabbed his elbow and arm and hand several times :) ...not that I really care, but everyone else was doing it and if you just sit there and not reach in the direction they do, then you die. and that sucks. Billy wore glitter eyeshadow! heee. I like how he had his hair out and long when it was stylish to spike it, and now that it's stylish to grow your hair out more, he spikes it. rebel! ha. got to the 2nd row by the end. Stayed with Tiffany the. entire. fucking. concert. This should not happen. bah. So the pits sucked [though the GC one wasn't nearly as bad as the Lola Ray one; they did get progressively better] but the bands were all really good [excluding Hazen St. since I don't really like their music. But yeah.

...can't think of anything else to say. It really was a pretty cool concert, especially since I wasn't really looking forward to it before hand. And they didn't play I Just Wanna Live! Yes! I was thinking before every freaking song "...if this is going to be I Just Wanna Live, I'll break your fucking necks..." but they didn't play it, so yay! :D ahhh. really fun. I've seen GC 4 times now, more than any other band, and I realized that this was my 10th concert. I'm into double digits now! awesome. At this rate, when I'm like 25, I'll be in the triple digits! oooh! ...I doubt that'll happen, but it would be awesome if it did.

one last thing: I didn't smell pot. Nobody in the pit was smoking pot. What kind of pit doesn't have gross guys smoking pot!? man.

I'll edit like tomorrow if I remember anything else important. Right now I need to head down to UNI because tonight is the homecoming game. blah -____-

...geez. since when do I know this much about Jackson to the Mexican-American War and all this economic/social/whatever shit going on from like 1820-1840? geez. I didn't even do what I was planning on doing this time because I decided to do it too late and... bah [but I'll do it for this next unit! ...probably]. and yet somehow, I know like... everything on the stuff Tiffany's study sheet said. I made flash cards and like half I got the first time through and half I got the second time through. that NEVER happens [at least not with me with history, since I make like a billion zillion flashcards and the titles are vague and rar]. geez. well perhaps I won't know the stuff actually on the test and I'm misleading myself into thinking I know some sort of anything. I mean, last test I was like least-prepared than anym before the night before it, and I got the highest grade. This one I'm like... most prepared for [or at least I know more than before], and I'll end up getting like... a C. rar.

...since when did I stop capitalizing stuff as much? -___- I need to stop doing that.

rar.

French: worked on oral thing due Monday. mm oh and found out grades on grammar part of test we had Tuesday; I got a 63/65. I don't think I did as well on the Listening Comprehension. bah. don't remember what else we did. We went off tangent a few times, I believe.

Office Hours: Band room, followed Tiffany to Sorey's room, copied the stuff Sorey told CP would be on the test [usually our tests are the same/similar, but he doesn't tell AP what'll be on it -___-], went back to band room, stood around randomly, went to King [English class] to finish poster on flat/round characterness of a character that was due today because Emma and I made Richard keep it and then he left at home [rar, if I had it, it would've been either ripped and torn up in my backpack, or I would've left it at home.]

English: Presented poster. She liked our thesis [or at least, the like... "spin" we put on it] which is good. then read through more of Act 2. wheee.

Algebra 2: blah. homework, new lesson, homework. Algebra 2 really isn't entirely boring, it's just... entirely boring to talk about. Everything's always the same, so I never have anything to say unless we have a quiz or test or something.

...wow. I'm going to a concert tomorrow. geez these things pop up like... pop-up ads! School is so woosh that it takes up all time and then all of a sudden WHOAAA there's a concert! man. should be cool though [thumbs up]

mmkay. homework. yay.

rar! I come bearing pictures! I made the second Beach Party one pretty because it was pretty bad quality, but then I got lazy and for the rest, even if they were bad quality, they stayed all ugly. but anyways, that's why that one looks funky.

Band Beach Party - August 2004
Andrew watches avidly as Nathan applies sunblock to Emma's part and Jackie looks at something else far away.
Elizabeth hugs Emma as Neil looks at the ground.
Annie sends peace signs up from a blanket.
Emma and Jackie stand in the water as... er... somebody walks off.
Justin has fun in the sand.
Annie looks on as... something involving Foxton lifting someone and Alex laughing occurs.
Annie points to a butt-print and Jackie and Justin look at stuff.
Someone somehow managed to trick me into taking a picture with Annie and a weenie. Emma and Justin also appear.
Justin looks at camera. Annie does not.
Annie enlightens us as to what she is chewing.

Baja Fresh/Woodbridge Fundraiser Thing
Tiffany flails. Or blocks the camera. Whatever.
Annie and Tiffany make a good couple.
Tiffany is stupid and gross >:O She sits on Annie's lap.
Tiffany looks somewhat confused [not that that's any different than normal...].
Threesome involving Danny, Tiffany, and Annie. Kevin looks on.
Orgy involving Tiffany, possibly Danny, or possibly Annie [or both]. Kevin looks on.
er. Annie, Tiffany, and Kevin. Post-orgy.
Annie looks cool in her sunglasses.
Tiffany runs at me for throwing ice down her shirt [accidentally! >:O].
Tiffany dies.
Annie tries to be gangster and cool. She fails.
Annie and Tiffany sit uninterestingly.
Tiffany looks drunk.


...rar, some of those descriptions came out long. oh well. enjoy >:O

omgomgomgilovethiscomputereeee. is it sad that I spent all day counting down the hours and minutes until I'd get to play with my computer? simple things can make me very happy :D

French: rar. al;fkjd I don't remember. stupid... being long agoness.

Science: I now have a 87.4! nice. let's hope I can continue to raise it. I actually understood what he was talking about during class today! [proud] that like, never happens. This unit seems a lot better than the last one. I never saw the point of the last one, so I was just all... screw it and didn't really pay much attention, which is probably why I didn't do as well. rar.

English: er went through Act 2. whoo. nice of her to let us know today that we have to write an essay after Act 2 AND after the end of the play -_- bah humbug. this means essay next week, most likely. akfj gah.

AP US: notes. wheeee.

Algebra 2: new lesson. homework done. wheeee.

Wind Ensemble: she's baaaack. -___- I actually like In Heaven's Air more than I thought I would, because my part is really boring, but it's so nice to listen to the other parts. I'll be sick of the music in like 2 weeks, but for now, it's nice. :)

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. :DDD I'll scan the pictures I said I would scan and upload later, because I need to do homework/watch reruns of GG [...shut up. I'm not pathetic >:O]. ahhhhhh. <333 computer ownage.

new SP out today. I'm going to see if I can get it Saturday morning/Sunday. And The O.C. season 1 on DVD. rar, not enough money. I'll save and hopefully be able to get it soon. Or I could just wait till Christmas, where I'm bound to get gift cards for Barnes and Noble, and can buy it with those. wheeee.

aklsfjlkj happiness :D

yeah. I was wrong. The internet does work without the disk. I just kind of assumed it wouldn't before because of all these other reasons. but then I'm on it now and I just randomly... clicked on IE and the internet worked. wheee awesome I don't have to deal with internet crap tomorrow then.

yay I have a computer that fully works!

woosh. Got pictures back from Beach Party/Annie's Band Thing and I haven't installed/plugged-in the printer/scanner yet but I will tomorrow, and when I do, I'll scan the pictures and post them. how awesome :DDD wheee I'm so happy.

rar. Rest of computer came and it's running and everything, but the internet situation is screwed up because like... there's this disc to install the Cox cable stuff, but it was made before Windows XP was, so it is only supported up to Windows 2000, which my old computer has. The new one, however, had Windows XP and so the disc can't install it. blah. And Cox isn't up this late at night helping people. My mom's gonna call tomorrow morning and figure it out. bah. I hope I have it running with internet tomorrow night -_- rar.

ah but it comes with PSP! eee! it's already installed into the computer and everything! wheee! new computers are fun :) I can't wait till everything is actually functioning. woosh. a functioning computer. how crazy. I haven't had one of those since like the summer before 7th grade.

anyways.

French: found that I have a 92.3, which is the second highest grade in the class [highest is 93.4]. nice. ahhh and thank you! we can choose are groups for the stupid skit thing! ahh.

Science: Quiz thing. Wasn't too bad for a Tran quiz. Hopefully did all right. I hate that there's always always always something on it that isn't in the stuff he says will be on it. He says only 6.1, 6.4, and 6.5. Only organelles, functions, and microscope crap. but nooo then he includes 6.6 [or whatever] crap about the cytoskeleton and the cilia and flagellawhatevercrap and afterwards people yell at him for it and he's all "...well you should've made an educated guess," and it's like wtf is the point of studying if there'll end up being stuff on it that you didn't tell us about?! geez! >:O

English: worked on stuff for stuff. or. yes. uhhh ionno.

AP US: notes. bah. Test Thursday. Thankfully not tomorrow x_x that would be bad.

Algebra 2: Quizzes back, got 14/14. niiice. ooh and grades were shown. I have a 94.7, which is the 3rd highest grade in the class which I am very proud of wheeee.

Wind Ensemble: it's more fun when she's not here. -__- but she returns tomorrow. rar.

mmkay think that's it. lakfdj really want my new computer's internet to be working by tomorrow -___- I hope it is. bah.

hm. So I've realized, my 30 things you probably didn't know about me weren't as personal as I originally thought. And seeing everyone other peoples', mine suck. And, at least half are about the past because I'm a chicken and stuff about the past is a lot easier to tell than stuff about now [since the stuff I did do about now isn't really personal, either]. So I'm going to try to come up with 30 more things. And if you think I'm an idiot for doing this again and want to hit me, then get over it, because I'm in a really weird mood right now and I want to do this and there's a 75% chance I won't even post this anyways.

30 More Things You Might Not Know About Me:
1) I'm terribly insecure. I don't really feel like I have many friends. Or at least, not many close ones. Something changed this year, but I feel like I had a lot more close friends last year than this year. And now I'm always afraid that what I'm saying is stupid and everyone around me is annoyed by me and wants me to go away. So, to not bother them, I've stopped talking as much as I might've in the past, and now I just stand around people and say nothing, which I think might also be a little annoying, but less so. Of course, in doing this, I end up feeling incredibly lonely.
2) I can't talk about how I feel. Which is probably why most of my stuff from the last of these were all about the past. I don't feel comfortable telling people "Yesterday I was so upset, I cried myself to sleep," or "One time I was taking an Advil and I wondered how people would react if I killed myself by taking them all". Even my freaking blog is so incredibly impersonal. Like... I really admire Annie, because... well yeah, her Pitas is more secretive and she has a blog for writing and sometimes like... impersonal things, she knows that people read her blog, yet she's still able to be all... personal. I could barely be like that in my first month or so of blog posts here, when I hadn't told anyone I had a blog again. I don't know why that is.
3) I hide how I feel most of the time. Unless I'm happy or so unbelievably angry I can't keep it in, I hide my feelings. I don't let people know when I'm upset/depressed, lonely, watever. And this kind of goes with #2. And I have no idea why this is either.
4) I'm not really that shy. I know I seem like that, but... I'm just quiet. Once I know someone doesn't completely hate me and starts talking to me more, than I feel like I can talk too. But... I don't like... I don't know. I can't really initiate friendships. I can't just start talking randomly people. And this is sort of getting into my next one.
5) I can't make friends. Not anymore. When I was 3, I was all "Hey, I'm new. Want to be my friend?" and Ilana and Paige were all "Sure, why not?" and it was easy, but it's not anymore. It's always friends by association now, and I'm never as good of friends with people I'm friends with because my friends are friends with them [wow, that makes so little sense, it's not even funny]. I'm just not courageous enough to start talking to someone and try to become friends. It's not that I'm really shy either, I'm just afraid that they don't want to be friends with me, and I just don't want to bother. Which goes with #1, as I'm insecure, and don't think they really want to get to know me. As soon as someone else starts talking to me, I can start talking to them and become better friends.
6) I'm clingy, because I know that I can't make friends with people, and I'm afraid to lose the friends I have because then I feel I'll be all alone. And of course, the clingyness doesn't work, because then my friends get annoyed because I'm all clingy, and then that makes them drift from me and I end up losing them anyways.
7) I can open up to Annie. She's the only person I ever feel like I can tell my feelings or feel comfortable talking about this stuff with. And it would be ok if she were at UNI, because at least I'd have someone there that I felt comfortable with. I miss her more than she knows.
8) Last year, in the spring and end of the school year, I felt myself becoming a lot better friends with Jackie than I had been before and it made me happy. But then... I don't know if it's because we don't have any classes together [other than band/marching band] or something else, but at the start of this year, I didn't feel that I was as close with her anymore. And it sucks.
9) Hm. Usually when you drift from people, it's because you're drifting towards another group of people. Somehow this year, I feel like I'm drifting from all my friends. Except Annie, but that doesn't really factor into why I'm drifting from everyone else.
10) My relationship with my dad is "Hi." "Hi." "[makes amusing joke]" "[laughs]" and then he goes to his room. I used to hate him a lot. He wasn't a bad father, but he was never home because he was always working, and he got a few DUI's and spent a short amount of time in jail. And he and my mom go to AA meetings Tuesday's now which is good so he doesn't fuck up again like he used to, but bad because it's the reason I can never go anywhere Tuesday afternoon/nights. I don't hate him anymore, but I am just sort of... indifferent to him, I guess. Just as long as I don't have to talk to him too much.
11) wow I'm already stuck. rar. I miss Annie more than I ever missed Ilana or Sevi, which is odd, because Annie lives 10 minutes away and Ilana moved to New Zealand and I had known her for 6 years and Sevi moved to Switzerland and I had known her for 4. But I guess then, I actually felt I had friends [although my friends then were probably less my friends than my friends are now. If... that makes any sense at all].
12) My first instinct is always to lie. I don't mean that I always lie and nothing I say is true, because I generally don't lie to my friends, unless it's something I promised someone else I wouldn't tell or something about myself that I really would rather not anyone know and them not knowing won't hurt them. I just mean that... my first instinct is always to... hide things about me, I guess. To not share everything. I don't know why that is.
13) I've been... blah don't know how to put it. Like... well if you watch Charmed [which most of you don't], when Piper blows stuff up? Like... flicks her hands out? I guess? I've been doing that a lot lately when I'm angry, which is weird, because I did that a little in 7th or 8th grade but not since then. And back then it was because I was... not trying to blow things up but like... if I felt angry or whatever, I'd do it. rar. I'm becoming stranger than I already was.
14) When people like... give me a small hint that they actually care about me, it makes me feel really good. Like, it can be freaking tiny. Just someone... like in 8th grade, Sarah called me up and asked me to go to Spectrum. And that just made me feel happy. Or or like... being signed up for Bus 2 for Vegas and not having to do anything, people just... remembering me. It's so stupid, but just the smallest things make me feel wonderful, albeit briefly.
15) I hate drugs and alcohol with a passion. If I hadn't made that clear. I mean whatever, I can't really control other people's choices or lives, but god, at least don't be an idiot about it. Don't drive when you're wasted, and don't get wasted at like 15. Wait until you're at least legal to drink alcohol. geez and it screws up lives so easily and you don't even realize it until it's too late and alskfj god.
16) I hate when my friends don't tell me things. Like, ok... small things, whatever. But major things that go on in their lives... I'd like to know. i dunno.
17) Trusting people has become very difficult for me for a variety of reasons.
18) I get really pissed off when people talk about how much they weigh or how much they lost/gained or how they want to be thinner when they're like... 130 pounds. 130 lbs isn't heavy [unless you're like... 5 years old].
19) wow I've been doing this for like an hour now. hm. I'm quiet a lot, and not because I never have any thing to say. Sometimes I do have things to say, but I feel like no one will care or it's stupid or whatever and so I don't bother and then it's silent and awkward and sucks. I can't really talk to people I don't know very well unless they're the one to start a conversation.
20) Netspeak and incredibly poor grammar/spelling bug me endlessly. Actually I'm sure plenty of people know this. But still.
21) I worry about my friends a lot.
22) I wish my friends would talk to me more. Like... about important stuff, I mean. Although I wish my friends would talk to me more in general, too.
23) I'm an introvert. I need friends, but... I can't stand being around too many for too long. I end up getting either very irritable or very withdrawn and exhausted. Places with a lot of people drain me. I doubt I'd ever go to a party even if I was invited to one.
24) I feel guilty a lot. When I was 2, I went to the store with my mom and I needed a new toothbrush and I sat in the cart while she went to get me one, but she got me a kind I didn't like and I told her I wanted the other kind and so she went back and got the other kind, and it wasn't like it was this huge thing for her, it was just... take the one she got back 10 feet and get another, she hadn't already bought it or anything. But... I felt so horribly guilty about that. I mean, I felt so guilty that I still remember something so stupid now, 13 years later. But I did. I feel guilty when my friends feel like crap. I feel guilty when my parents argue. I feel guilty for loads of insignificant things, and it's stupid, but I do.
25) It scares me that, yeah, I'm only a sophomore now, but next year I'll be a junior, and the year after I'll be applying for college and freaking graduating. When I was a kid, I was always "Man, I want to be 16 so I can drive" or "Dude I want to be 18 because being 8 sucks." But now I would give anything to be 8 again, because it was so much easier and so much more fun and I never had to worry about anything.
26) I worry too much. I worry all the time about everything, and it makes life a lot more stressful.
27) I'm afraid my parents are starting to expect too much from me. I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint them horribly. I think they think I'm lot smarter and better than I am. My mom trusts me too much. I lie to her... I wouldn't say a lot, but... more than I do to my friends. But she always trusts me.
28) rar it's 11 I need to go to sleep just 3 more. uhhh. I get lonely a lot -___- I think I've said it before, or at least in various forms, but... I do.
29) I worry about the future a lot. I have no idea where I'll be in 3 years, and it's scary to think about.
30) I really wish I was a lot better person than I am, in everything.

rar. Don't talk to me about this stuff. -___- I'm not even sure if I'm going to post it. although I guess I will, since I came this far.

wheee. Yesterday was fun. I was going to go with my mom to Spectrum and drive on the freeway for the first time and then buy some CDs since I hadn't been in weeks and there were CDs I really wanted and Tiffany couldn't go, and then go back and pick up pictures from Beach Party/Annie's Band Thing but then like a minute before I left, Emma told me people were going to Johnny Rocket's and then to Irvine Comp and I was thinking of going to Irvine comp anyways, so I joined them all.

got 3 new CDs! New Riddlin' Kids "Stop the World" [holy fuck I thought they had like died! or broken up or something! it's been like 4 years since the last CD!], new Straylight Run [rar band that John and Shaun from Taking Back Sunday are now in. awwwww John thanked Jesse Lacey [of Brand New] in the Thank You's!], and new GC "Chronicles of Life and Death".

so yes, I drove on the freeway! Didn't kill anyone either! [proud] then Johnny Rockets with a bunch of people I'm too lazy to remember. Then we went to Coldstone near IHS where Michelle Ferri [sp?] was working and got free ice cream. Then Irvine Comp which we managed to get into for free. Saw Annie twice briefly! yay! Fun to watch all the bands perform. We would've done horribly if we competed today, though -_- we're so not ready for Loara next week, unless like everyone really focuses and works hard and concentrates next week. bah. I don't see that happening.

mmkay. huh I thought that would be a lot longer for some reason. It seemed like a really long day. bah. I'm too lazy to be all detail-y, I suppose.

rar. I'm tired of coughing.

rar. x___x this somehow turned kind of personal. hm. considered putting it in a friends-only LJ post, but... whatever. No one would understand it there. so yes. If you aren't prepared to learn more about me than you ever really cared to know, ...then go away.

Stolen from Lulu:
30 things you might not know about me: [and because I'm so much more awesome than Lulu, I'm going to try to actually get to 30 >:O]
1) I have a bunny named Moon who's like... geez, around 7 years old.
2) I had a bunny named Midnight whom I got at the same time as Moon, but he was eaten by a bobcat a few years ago.
3) Bobcats occasionally live in my backyard and like to leave the heads of squirrels and varoius body parts of other small mammals in my mom's plants and herbs and such.
4) I have 4 birds [bah ok close friends know this. But it says might so there >:O]: Derek [9], Jason [6ish], Caitlin [3], Piper [3].
5) Derek was named after the first guy I had a crush on [when I was like 4].
6) I had a bird named Lisa. She died at about a year old. She was my favorite bird ever and I missed the first 3 hours of school the day she died. I don't think my mom would let me do that now, but it was like 2nd grade, so blah.
7) I've lived in Irvine my entire life in the very same house.
8) I want to go to Stanford, even though I know I have no shot in hell.
9) I was in APAAS [accelerated student program at Turtle Rock] in 4-6th grade but was almost kicked out in 5th because my grades were crap because I didn't want to be in APAAS and my teacher sucked and I hated it and I just didn't care anymore and I felt like crap most of the time and then right after that my best friend "dumped" me and I was reeeally depressed until like the end of 6th grade and I had exactly 2 friends in all of 6th grade that I would really consider friends.
10) I swam on community swimteam [the Sharks! rar! >:O] from when I was 7 till... I think the year before going into 8th grade and I actually was pretty good [mm wouldn't expect that from me, considering I don't seem incredibly athletic. Horrible runner, decent swimmer]. Qualified in championships for freestyle and butterfly and such and nearly did in breaststroke my final year, which was like my worst stroke everrr.
11) I played soccer in AYSO from 2nd grade to 6th grade and in 5th grade my team got 1st in the championships. I was always goalie from like... 4th grade on and I was a really good goalie until 6th grade, because I wasn't on a normal team, I was on one of those harder teams [I forget what it was called] and I was a horrible goalie then because I hated my coach and hated being goalie and that was during the time I felt really depressed and we didn't win a single game that season.
12) When I was in 6th grade, I wanted to be an actress and so I took drama classes in 6th and 7th grade. 6th grade it was fun, but in 7th I hated the new teacher person and I didn't like the people in my group and I ended up missing the final performance because I went to Rotem's Bat Mitzvah.
13) I never really had a close relationship with my grandparents, and so when they died [the 3 that died during the time that I actually could remember; 2 died when I was like 1] I didn't cry and I wasn't even really that sad, and then I felt awful and guilty afterwards for not feeling too upset but I really didn't know them and they were just people I saw once every other month or so and my grandma on my dad's side was kind of horrible to me and always criticized what I was wearing or what I was reading or whatever and I didn't really like seeing her.
14) hm. these didn't start out very personal, but they're heading in that direction -_- uhhh. I threw up 14 times on the way to Switzerland. I get horribly airsick. If you're in band, don't sit next to me when we go to Washington D.C. senior year.
15) during lunch and snack and before school I miss Annie a lot.
16) I took piano from when I was... I don't know. Like... 3 or 4? to when I was 13. Clarinet I started at 10 and... still play.
17) I can play a little guitar. But I suck.
18) My favorite teacher ever was Dr. Pommer-Yarbrough, even though I know some people who had her didn't like her. She actually like... taught me stuff. And if I hadn't have had her, I probably wouldn't have done as well as I did in 7th grade. I was really dreading having her, but she taught me a lot.
19) damnit I'm getting to 30 >:O uhhh. I haven't had a single private music teacher that I've liked. Although the one I have now is definitely the worst I've ever had. Second worst was my piano teacher from when I was 3/4 to when I was 12, Mrs. Rathbun. rar. -______- best was my clarinet teacher when I was in 7th grade and just starting clarinet again, because he never remembered what he assigned and I never practiced but he didn't care. Then he got cancer and I stopped taking lessons to him. I'm not sure if he's still alive.
20) When I was 3, my best friends were Ilana and Paige. I stopped talking to Paige after preschool and Ilana moved to New Zealand when I was in 3rd grade. I realized that I had been calling her my best friend after she moved for awhile, but we really hadn't been best friends in years.
21) I took yoga with Ilana and a few other people she was friends with [I remember one of them was named Molly, I don't remember the others] in 2nd grade. We listened to a cassette of Hanson [the one with MmmBop on it] on the way there and back a lot. Oh, and we stopped by the best ice cream place ever that had bubblegum ice cream with actual bubblegum in it and the best flavor of ice cream ever: watermelon ice cream. More places should have watermelon ice cream.
22) I've never really had a best friend. Karissa was my first friend, Ilana was a really close friend [but we never really got along when we were closest, we were always fighting about something and she was really bossy because she's a year older than me and then we went to different schools and I didn't see her as much], Sevi was a good friend but I always liked Rachel better because I felt like... Sevi and I were competing for her friendship, and Rachel never really was either. Rotem... the only reason I became friends with her was because I was trying to find a replacement friend and then we grew apart in middle school. And there's no one now I consider a best friend. But I guess it seems like it matters a lot when you're in elementary school, but now it just... isn't important. It'd still be kind of nice to have one, though.
23) The watch I always, always wear I bought in Switzerland the summer before 6th grade when I was visiting Sevi and it reminds me of back then and how much happier I was when it was me, her, and Rachel in like... 2nd and 3rd grade and that's why I don't want to ever get a new one even though my mom says I really should and eventually it'll break and wear down and I'll have to. Oh, and if you hold the button that lights it up down for a few seconds, a little cartoon where a dog pees on a stoplight and it falls down comes up.
24) I don't like any type of cereal. I am an incredibly picky eater. Don't bother offering me food. I probably won't like it, so there's really no point, and if I want some, I'll ask for it.
25) I rarely study for French, and when I do, it's very briefly. I have no idea how I do so well [and it's not because I'm 1/108235987q20-86th French or 1/4 Canadian--wasn't French-Canadian anyways]. I'm like... a French savant.
26) When I was in 3rd grade, I wanted to be a marine biologist. Since I haven't enjoyed science since 4th grade, this idea no longer appeals to me.
27) I want to be either a psychologist, a teacher, a lawyer, or a writer. I think. It tends to change.
28) I can't smell very well and I can't breathe through just my nose or else I have the urge to yawn, which is because I'm not getting enough oxygen. This actually comes in useful at times, because I can block horrible smells, such as airplanes.
29) Sometimes I miss playing the piano.
30) I'm going to try out for Woodwind Field Lieutendant at the end of this year for practice, but I don't really care about making it. Just for experience. But I'm going to try out again next year and that time I'll actually be like... trying to make it. Don't think I will, but it doesn't hurt to try.

Wow. That was probably way more than any of you needed to know. -___- ignore this post. my bird posted it for me and he lies >:O rar.

bored!

rar.

Football game last night. Bus ride there was pretty fun, on the way back I was dead and so were a lot of other people so it was kind of blah. The show was... mm I'll talk about that later.

French: er. stuff. I don't know! >:O rar!

Science: yesterday found I got an 80 on the multiple choice section of the unit test. Brought my grade from an 88 to a 85. alskfal;k on the short answer I got a 13/14, though, so hopefully that'll bring my grade up like... a point. 33/35 on the lab report that was due last week. I like how he took off one point from the conclusion but made no indication in any way whatsoever as to what was wrong with it. Er today was went to the lab and did stuff. it was cool. I pressed buttons and it was like WOOOSH!!!!!!! :)

English: er nothing really. Read through more. woosh.

AP US: Got our tests back yesterday. I got a 61/65 [actual points of test] which is a 94, but if you do it on the curve then it's a 61/63 which is a 97. In any case, it's one of the best scores I've gotten on a test/quiz in Sorey and the first A I've gotten on one of his tests [this is excluding quizzes since those are smaller and it's easier to get A's on]. grade in class is now... 231/249 I believe, which is a 93. yay! :D so if I do end up getting a B in Tran, which I think is pretty likely because Tran sucks, then at least my GPA can still possibly be a 4.0. Just have to keep doing well in US.

Algebra 2: hm. got a 7/8 on that quiz I said I was sure I failed. she only took one point off for the last question, and only because I put it in the wrong form. So apparently I did do it right, even though I did it wrong. Nice. Had another quiz today! I made a stupid mistake [as I do on all quizzes because I am awesome like that] and only got the determinent of the matrix when we also had to find the determinent of X, Y, and Z to get the answer of the system of equations for Cramer's Rule, and I didn't realize this until after checking some of my answers and then seeing "...wait a second... I think there's more to this answer..." and then scribbling furiously. I think I did well otherwise, though. I need to stop being stupid on math quizzes/tests! >:O

Wind Ensemble: FINALLY a fixed bass clarinet. It still squeaks a little on the higher notes, but I think it's going to suck no matter how much I take it in because it's old and horrible and the mouthpiece is gross and I suck at bass clarinet because I've played it on like... 7 occasions since June. which isn't much. yes.

Marching Band: wheeeee. watched a tape of the show from last night.
My Thoughts:

people need to guide to the form and not their spots. HOWEVER, there are some entirely different people who need to NOT guide to the form and know where they should be, because in the 2nd movement, for example, there's this part where we're in triangles and if you're the point and on the 50, you can't just guide to the form and forget you're supposed to be the head of the triangle because then everyone looks like a curve rather than 2 lines becoming the point of the triangle.

when we were marching it, the company front from the corner of my eye [at least ours, I don't know about the front line] looked really straight. Or at least, straighter than it's ever, EVER been before.

aklsfj STOP GOING SO FAR TO THE LEFT DURING THE 3RD MOVEMENT AHHH. there's this one part where we're supposed to go kind of to the left and I'm the back of the line and I'm going where I should be they're all going waaaaay too far to the left and I would try to at least guide to them during the performance, but Bert's right behind me and he plays trombone and his trombone is right to the left of my head so I can't even get over there so there's like this line of people who are way too far to the left, then a large gap, then Bert's trombone, and then me, trying desperately to get as far to the left as I can. rar. we need to clean desperately -_- yes, I realize this comes next week. but still. good thing we're not performing at Irvine Comp tomrrow.

It was good that when we got off during the beginning of the second movement, we managed to get back together again, and it didn't take too long either. ah but I got tired of people blaming guitar-playing-Nathan because it's like... dude, it's not like you marched the show perfectly yourself, it just happens that... he sticks out more. If you come in the wrong place, then, provided you're not Alex and have a solo at the end of the third movement, it really doesn't matter. No one will hear if you play like one note wrong or start a little late [well, provided you fix it and aren't horribly loud] because you have a bunch of people to play with. He's the only guitarist and sticks out like whoa. I mean yeah, he was wrong, but I think by now he's figured it out.

;kfd ok I said this. but. AS;LDFKJAK GUIIIIDDDDEEEE AHHHHHHHHHHH

alskf moving into place when everyone's at a hold does not make you anymore right [ooh ooh! IT'S SELFISH! AND CALLS ATTENTION TO YOURSELF! ahhh we so need Dawson-band-camp-training. Maybe that's why people move so much at attention/holds/etc. It wasn't emphasized nearly as much this year as it was last year, IMO. bah. same as guiding to the form rather than the drill >:O]

uh I think those are all my criticisms. Actually before we got all split at the 2nd movement, we were doing really well. It was definitely one of the best times we'd marched the first movement. Third movement wasn't too spectacular, but we haven't done it as much and so that's not very surprising. people better freaking concentrate next week, though. -___- ah and I realize a lot [most, whatever] of my criticisms are really stuff that'll be fixed in cleaning, but... whatever. my blog. I say what I want >:O

It was actually a lot more fun marching the show than I thought it'd be. I'd forgotten that I actually like this marching/performing stuff and I'm not in it solely because of PE credit or because most of my friends are in band. woosh.

oh oh. I hate Danny times a bajillion because he made me 5 seconds late to English because I was waiting for him and Tiffany to stop making out >:O rar.

oh oh. one last thing. so I ordered the whole computer Monday, yes? Well yesterday, want to know what arrived? The printer. yes. Doesn't work so well with just a printer. It'd work if it were the other way around and the printer was the only thing I hadn't receieved. oh, and today? The surge protector came. yes. I believe I'll get a piece a day. Oh, and I bet the tower will come in parts and I'll have to fit them all together to get it to work. Dell likes making my life more difficult, apparently. >:O

ok. now I'm really done.

French: uh essays back. got a 93, which isn't bad, but part of the reason we were marked off was because we didn't finish the conclusion, which I freaking told them but noooo why bother listening to me? -___- whatever. otherwise, nothing important.

Office Hours: uh did French hw due Friday and then walked around a little and then read some more of the Crucible and listened to Fall Out Boy on my headphones.

English: got the scores on the pre-High School Exit Exam we took back. I got a 61/65 which is a 94. not incredibly concerned about the HSEE. read more of Crucible aaand... what else. Went through the third topic for the research stuff we did last week. woosh.

Algebra 2: er normal stuff and then we had a graphing calculator quiz, but she didn't really teach us how to do that one thing, the second problem, though she did tell us about it yesterday and how to do it, but in any case, I didn't study for it because I thought I knew but apparently I don't because I did the entire second problem incorrectly. There were a total of 2 problems :) hm. not good. thankfully I've been getting A's/A-'s on all the quizzes/tests and full credit on hw stuff. So it won't hurt me too much if I do end up getting like a 50%, but... it still sucks. And I'm pissed off at myself for being such an idiot. sigh.

ooh ooh more idiocity [sp? whatever]: I have a lab report due tomorrow. I remembered this when I went to my locker after math. I removed my science binder from my locker, closed my locker, and went to the band room, binder in hand. I did not choose to put my binder in my backpack as soon as I got there, since people were signing up for when to help unload stuff after games and shit and I didn't want to be stuck on a Thursday or like the night we come back from Vegas or whatever. So then I got out my instrument, forgetting about the binder, and went off to march and such. And when I came back, I didn't see the binder, and I forgot about it entirely, so I arrived home sans science binder. My science binder included the packet that tells you what goes in a lab report and what to write for each part and the length each part should be. It also has the lab sheet itself which tells the results, materials, procedures, and all that fun stuff. It'll be slightly difficult to do the lab report without this information. yeah. I'm a genius.

rar. alskjfklj pissed off for several different reasons. >:O sigh.

mm doing the same thing for the new SP CD that I did for the GC one since the SP one is on the Leak.

Shut Up: first time I heard it was a live clip that wasn't great quality and it was mostly just the chorus and I didn't really like it, but it's better hearing the recorded version of it. I don't really like the chorus, but the verses aren't bad, and it could be a lot worse than it is.

Welcome to my Life: Single. Bah. Sick of it >:O heh I overlistened to it. it's not really that bad, but it isn't as good as some of the other songs on this CD. Too... I dunno, just... tired of it.

Perfect World: hm. I'm not sure. I think I like it. ah I like the chorus better than the verses. yes.

Thank You: faster than I thought it would be, although I think that's due to Thank You=Thank You Mom, which does happen to be a slower song. It's ok but I've never really loved the fast drumbeats accompanied by long held out notes in songs. I like the verses. the chorus, not as much.

Me Against the World: One of my favorites on the CD. I don't know, I just like the feel of it. It's teen angsty like all the rest of their songs, but it's not as... peppy, I guess. like the bridge a lot.

Crazy: Crazy in my mind associates with Britney Spear's Crazy, so... I instantly thought fast, stupid, bad song. But it's actually really good. One of the better on the album.

Jump: don't like where they shout "jump" together much, but it's better than I expected [though that's only because I associate "Jump" with that horrible rap song Joel sang on with whoever]. Don't really like the very beginning, but when the guitars start in it's better. The verses aren't bad.

Everytime: like the start of it. pretty song. Everytime reminded me of that Britney Spears song called Everytime [...I've actually never heard the actual song, but I know it's a single off her latest CD]. oh and the part at the end of the chorus reminds me of this part of an All-American Rejects song. but yeah, I like this song.

Promise: I like the first verse. woosh uhhh chorus not as much. But it's ok. Another song I would've expected to be slower but it ended up being a lot more upbeat. Not a favorite, but not bad.

One: eh a little too slow in the beginning. not too bad. at the end near the bridge someone starts singing that I swear sounds like Joel [...or possibly Benji]. hm. have to read the liner notes whenever I buy it.

Untitled: hm this is like... the new Perfect. I like his voice in this one. It's all soft and sappy and stupid and all but I still like it a lot so there :)

yeah. so anyways, no songs I actively hate, just one that is starting to annoy me and one or two that could be better. But it's definitely a lot more mature CD and I think it's better than their first. woosh. now I'm all looking forward to it :)

I'm tiiiired. and I want my new computer >:O

stealage of computer. wheeee.

French: er not bad. Didn't do much. Just... French stuff. yes. [descriptive]

Science: unit test -___- bah. For once I feel I actually did adequately on short answer, though. Well except for the 2nd one. 'cause I made up some stuff that is like... technically right [...well IMO >:O] but I don't think it was what he was looking for. oh well. Hoping for a B/B- so my grade doesn't drop down too much. ahhhh lab report due Thursday, wtf?! like a second ago it was a whole week before the lab report was due! ahhhh! stupid 3-day weekend confusing me >:O oh well, I have the slightly easier part this time. the part that requires less thinking, at least.

English: er went through Crucible. Apparently I highlight way too much. bah. It's actually not that bad of a play, which is good. I read ahead to the end of the 2nd act at some point last week. Probably during the end of AP US, because we almost always finish like 10 min early and I'm bored just sitting there. so yes.

AP US: Notes. Woosh.

Algebra 2: 93 on my test. Not bad. All but 3 points were because of really stupid mistakes. And I mean like... really stupid. Like when graphing an inequality [such as y < -3x+2 or whatever] and doing it correctly except somehow not noticing that the slope is negative and graphing it as a positive function. or or dividing 4x+8 by 2 and getting x+8. yes. The only one that was due to me just not knowing rather than a stupid mistake was this quadratic inequality where she had it divided by x+1 and we had never gone over that and so I didn't know how to do that. That was only 3 points though. If I hadn't made stupid mistakes, I would've gotten a 97. bah. Next time I'll have to remember to think more -___-

Wind Ensemble: ...mmkay someone I told or who read it on my blog told Quoctrung that I was pissed he used my tenor like 2 weeks ago. and it must've been really recently, because before class today he asked me if I had my tenor book [I said no because I was busy figuring out the bass clarinet and everything and I was already slow and I didn't want to bother to look through my backpack to find it and he should have his own anyways but then I found after marching band that I did have it] and then he was all "Oh, sorry for using your tenor before," and I was all "...wtf who talked to you about that?! >:O" because the whole reason I didn't tell him was because I didn't want to talk to him about it because I knew it'd lead to a conversation like that and plus he'd know I was annoyed at him and he probably already figured that out and a;slkdjf I just didn't want to but I was just all "...the tenor I didn't mind as much, but it was mostly... that you used my mouthpiece" and he was all "I didn't use your mouthpiece" but uh A) It was upside down in it's little space and I always put it rightside up and it's not in a space that could like... turn upside down by itself, and B) ...dude, it was wet and I hadn't used it for like a day. I mean, maybe I am wrong, and I'm sorry if I falsely accused him of it [though I am still annoyed that he used the tenor without me saying it's ok. But then, it is the school's, so I can't really be as annoyed with him for that.], but... all evidence points towards him using it. but. whatever. I just shrugged because I had to finish setting up and I didn't want to bother about it [which is again why I didn't talk to him about it in the first place]. sigh. -____- concert music. used the new bass clarinet that came in, except it was acting funky and some of the high notes were squeaking and one or two low notes were and I was all "oh crap, the squeaking thing IS my problem and not the instrument's" but then I remembered playing Andrew's and I hadn't squeaked, so I asked him afterwards if I could try his really quickly with my mouthpiece and I wasn't squeaking and then he tried mine and he was, and we found that there is a leak in one of the keys of the new bass clarinet. geez. I'm having bad luck with bass clarinets. oh well.

Marching Band: we so should've marched outside without our instruments >:O rar.

water fell from the sky today. it was craaaazy.

hm. So, my computer, last night, decided it'd be loads of fun if it just stopped working altogether last night. So now, when I boot it up, it loads to this... like... gray background and blue rectangle in the middle and it's all like it goes when I go into safe mode kind of, like... the stuff on the screen is bigger than my resolution, it's as if I switched to 800x600 when my screen resolution is 1024x768, and... basically completely fucked up and I can't access anything on it. yes. great fun, I'm sure you can see.

Ordered a new computer this morning finally, but my mom wouldn't spend an extra $100 to get it here as soon as possible [...not that I really blame her, but still] sooo it won't come for about 10 days. Not sure if those are actual days or business days. Business days puts it here a week from Friday or around the Monday after, actual days gets it here a week from Thursday. A week from Thursday is the GC/Sum 41 concert at Bren Events center x___x that's like, a forever away. bah. >:O

so yes, stealing my mom's computer until then. Unfortunately, she said that I should only be using it for homework and not "screwing around" [geez when did my mom get all strict and "You must do homework and study all the time"-y? really. She used to not care goddamnit >:O] so I won't be on much. I downloaded AIM so I don't have to talk on her sn on AOL which is good, but it still sucks. alkjf damn. and now this means I also didn't have a chance to save crap on my computer, so I lost several started but never finished fics, several fics I finished [or at least finished a chapter or two of] but never postd, a bunch of graphics never uploaded/posted, all my layouts from the Hold On one to the Predictable one [a;skljflkajsf;lkajsflkj] and codes for layouts and other HTMLy stuff. and my LJ codes. yes. So I am not a happy camper. You can't exactly recreate that stuff. Or you can, but it won't come out the same as it was. akldjf grrrr. luckily none of it was reeeeaallly essential, though. I mean I would've liked to keep it, but I can live without it. sigh.

Good things, though! The new computer I'm getting, I'm getting with it:

a wireless keyboard and mouse, which I find really cool for some reason

a DVD drive along with the CD drive [ok my last computer I got right before I went into 7th grade. It was old and horribly out of date now. So having both a CD drive and a DVD drive is like majorly cool for me]

music burning software [this comes with like, all computers these days and I had it on my old one, but it's good this one will too so I can make my CDs with a million different songs again]

a printer/scanner [the scanner is like... in the printer. I find that majorly cool, and it's awesome because I wanted a scanner but my mom wasn't sure if I'd have room but if it's in the printer, then there will definitely be room :D]

and... the most awesomest thing of all...

Paintshop Pro 8 for $60. ;laskjflkjasfdkj yesss. I was afraid I was going to live without it for the rest of my life [or at least until I saved up a couple hundred bucks. Or 'till Christmas] because Galaxy IMed me twice about it and said Jackie couldn't find it or something or asking if I had it because Jackie didn't or something and I don't have it and I was afraid I'd have to go a long time without it which is like death for me, but wheee I convinced my mom to get it as an add-on. $60 is a really awesome deal. It's hundreds of dollars if you get it alone. I also get Photo Album Premium and Paint Shop Extras along with it, but I really only care about the PSP. wheeeee :D

ok so maybe no one else finds that stuff cool, but I do >:O

so anyways. I probably won't be blogging much or on AIM much. I'll try. Tuesday night I can because my parents won't be home till like 9 and Wednesday I can because my parents will be going to a Bob Dylan concert at Bren Events Center and Thursday we have a game so I wouldn't be able to anyways. but I need to go to spectrum this weekend, because my mom won't let me be on her computer all day long and I'll go insane just sitting in the house staring at a wall >:O so yes.

...I should be doing homework now. Tran test fuck al;ksajdflk ahhh. at least it's mostly multiple choice [although I bet his multiple choice are like woosh with difficulty and stuff].

Friday night was fun. Ruby's and then a Richard's house. woosh. I'd be all... detail-y, but... it was like... over a day ago and I'm too lazy to try to remember.

Uh Saturday morning was PSATs. Kind of like the Standford 9, except a little harder. The vocab was blah. It's odd, because I took some practice stuff at the website and vocab was the section I did best on. I already know I missed one. gack. oh well. Math was incredibly easy. The last section started easy, but after awhile everything looked like it had no errors, so at that point I was all "er... I think this one is wrong. 'cause... I said so!" The Reading comprehension [where you like read a passage and then answer questions about it] was really easy. I didn't leave any blank -_- I always managed to narrow it down to 2, and so I was just all "...ok this one sounds better" and I'd choose it and... by the end I hadn't skipped any.

ok then from there, Tiffany, Lulu, and I went to the concert. It wasn't really that long of a drive. It was in Redlands, which is near San Bernadino and stuff.

Uh so we got there at... 12:30? and there was a really long line already, but we sat and waited and then it was 1:30 and they were supposed to open the gates but they didn't and then people were all "They're not going to open till 4 now, they said," and I was all ";kasjf crap" because on The Used's website and on the University of Redlands website, they both said it would start at 5 [gates opening at 4], but the tickets said 1:30 and I would rather be wrong about it being at 1:30 than 4:00 and come and be all "whoops, concert's over!" so... yeah. So then we just kind of... sat there more. exciting. Called some people. Uh me and Tiffany went off to get food and then came back and then after a little more me and Lulu went to get food. But right when Lulu was about to buy stuff, we heard people saying "They rushed the gate. You guys might wanna get over there," and stuff and then Tiffany was all of a sudden there and told us there was no line anymore so we went back and the huge-ass line had totally disappeared and everyone was standing in front of the gate. It was like... 3:30. But then the people on megaphones were saying that the people in the area we were in had to move because we were a clump and security wouldn't let them open the gates until we were moved but no one listened but then they said it louder so we kinda moved into a line, but then they yelled at us more to get in front of the signs [we were behing them] and so we went in front of them and then I think at that point people started throwing food and drinks across the crowd and people crowdsurfed and it was bad they wouldn't let us in because most people thought it would start at 1:30 and they had to wait 2 hours more than they thought they would've and some had been there since like... 8 so everyone was frustrated and... yeah. And then we finally all went in front of the signs in a line-ish type thing on the grass and then they told us to move back where we had started because the gate was about to fall down or something so we went BACK to where we were and then after a little, they finally started letting people in [around 4ish]. We got in pretty quickly, actually. The whole rushing the gate in the first place was kind of pointless, though. If everyone had just stayed in the line, then we all could've gotten in a lot more easily. oh well.

um so then we were in and went down and it was actually a pretty small space. It was outside and there were bleachers and then below the area for the pit. The bleachers were really good, actually. You could actually see stuff if you sat in them. so we went down in the pit and told Lulu everything we know about moshing and then this band came on who only had 4 songs and didn't have a name and said it was their first show [although probably more like their first HUUUUGE show than first show ever] but they actually weren't that bad. I've heard a lot worse opening bands. and then Elseworth came on the stage, the other opening band, and they were all right, but I was too busy moshing and stuff to pay attentoin and I didn't really care about them, so... yes.

Then after Elseworth, Matchbook Romance came on. wheeee! I actually don't know very many of their songs, but I knew My Eyes Burn ['cause it was on the Warped compilation I listened to a bunch] and the second one [not the name, but I knew all the words somehow], and then Promise [I think that's the title. It's on Fuse a lot]. They were very good. I was in like... the third row by now. Actually I got up to the 3rd row during... like the first opening band and I pretty much stayed there. only thing was, there always seemed to be 2 really tall guys in front of me that I couldn't see over. grrr. but I could see some stuff, so it was ok. oh oh! during uhhh.. crap I don't know what song. well whatever, during one of their songs, Pete from Fall Out Boy came up on the stage and sang along with the lead singer of MBR. it was cool :)

After Matchbook Romance was Fall Out Boy! yay! They were the band I wanted to see most because, well, they're one of the bands I've really been wanting to see live, and I'd already seen The Used twice [...sort of] and TBS once, and MBR I liked but not like... I didn't care as much about seeing as FOB, but FOB I'd never seen, so... yeah. but yeah, Fall Out Boy was reeaaally awesome. Better live than on the CDs. They played... let me see. [random order] Tell That Mick He Just Made My List Of Things To Do Today, Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner, Dead on Arrival, Grand Theft Autumn [Where is Your Boy], Saturday, Chicago is So Two Years Ago, Calm Before the Storm, and The Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes. Oh and possibly Sending Postcards From A Plane Crash [Wish You Were Here] but I'm not sure. I don't think so, but I like... vaguely recall it. Oh and also possibly Grenade Jumper, because I remember people singing along to "living like life's going out of style" but then I don't really remember them playing it. hm. But yeah, they were aaaaaaawesome :D I really want to see them again. Their set wasn't very long, which kind of sucks, but it was to be expected.

Then when I was waiting for The Used to come on [they took forever to set up 'cause they had all this awesome set stuff for the stage, like these hearts they hung up that would light up and then go dark again and then they did the same with the backdrop, they had a heart that would light up and then go back and it was really cool but I was feeling really faint and kind of dizzy and reeeeally thirsty so finally like... 5 min before they came on, I was all "I want to get out" and then everyone around me panicked was all "OMG SHE WANTS TO GET OUT!!! [point point point at me] LET HER OUTTT!" and then one of the security guys came over and was all "What's the problem" and I was all "...I want to get out! >:O" and he was all "We're not lifting people out. You have to walk out." and I look and there's this sea of people and already I can barely move so I'm all "...thanks, that's really happening sometime soon -___-" and that's really crappy of them, but I remembered afterwards that one of the security guys had said earlier no more them taking people out, if people wanted to get out they'd have to get themselves out, by either croudsurfing or walking out and I was pretty much surrounded by girls at that point [yes somehow during the breaks, there were no tall guys in front of me, but then they all magically appeared during the bands x_x] so none of them could've helped me crowdsurf out but... gah. stupid security. What if I was like... seriously gonna die from dehydration? Would they be all "sorry, you have to walk out." whatever. so I walked out and I did managed to get through all the people and then I walked up the steps to get water and my legs felt really... like... dead. And I was a lot dizzier than I thought I had been. So I got water and drank it all really quickly and sat and watched the Used. Then I was all "...damn, I've never like... really seen the Used. Like, Warped 2003, we left right as they were coming on because I was all dehydrated. And Concert from Compassion I sat off on the side because again, I was all dehydrated and dead." and I was all wanting to see them because they looked amazing and stuff and so I was like "OK! I'll go see them!" but first I bought another water so I wouldn't die from dehydration again but then I drank it too fast and I felt like I was gonna throw up. And then I walked down the steps but I didn't feel well so I just found a spot on the bleachers and sat down there. And it was a really good spot, I could see way better than before. But I was fucking freeeezing. geez, when you leave the moshpit, it's fucking COLD. Because I was all wet from sweat and people pouring water on the pit and I was wearing short sleeves and shorts and night during October is COLD and like my whole body was shivering and I was all "...ok, if the next song they play is Blue and Yellow, then I'll go into the pit," but I didn't really want to since I still felt a little sick. but then they started playing Blue and Yellow -_- so I went down and somehow managed to get back in the 2nd/3rd row without even really trying and I was kind of right in front of the speaker on the left side but I could see everything really well, because somehow everyone around me was a little taller than me, shorter than me, or my height.

uhhh The Used was aaaaaaawesome. They played Take it Away, I Caught Fire, Listening, I'm a Fake, Blue and Yellow, the Taste of Ink, and On My Own aaaand I think that's it. Their set wasn't very long, really. It was really awesome, though.

Then Taking Back Sunday. wheeeee. It was amusing, because at one point Adam was complimenting Fred and then these guys around me were all "JOHN NOLAN! DON'T FORGET JOHN NOLAN!!!" and I started cracking up. I feel kind of band for Fred because he hasn't done anything wrong and it's not his fault John and Shaun left, but... Adam and John > Adam and Fred any day. Even though Fred does have an adorable daughter. but anyways. They were better than I remembered them [or maybe they were just better than they were during Warped]. They played Set Phasers to Stun [yay my favorite off the second CD], A Decade Under the Influence, This Photograph is Proof [I Know you Know], The Union, New American Classic [my least favorite on the CD, but it's waaay better live. Like a million times better], One-Eighty By Summer, Number Five with a Bullet, You Know How I Do [...I think], Bike Scene [...again, I think. Not positive], Cute Without the E [Cut from the Team], Great Romances of the 20th Century, Timberwolves at New Jersey [yay!], You're So Last Summer, and Head Club [...I remember people singing "I'm sick of writing every song about you" but... I'm not sure if they played it or not -__- bad memory]. Yeah, their set was longer than anyone's. They took awhile to set up, too.

And then it was over. We met up where we said we would and then I bought a new The Used t-shirt and a new TBS hoodie. For some reason, the Large TBS hoodie is smaller than the Medium The Used shirt. hm. I think they base the TBS sizes on how it would be on Adam Lazzara. I mean, this hoodie probably would be a large on him.

yeah then home. wheeee.

ooh ooh I forgot, and I'm not sure when it was exactly so that's why I'm not editing the above stuff. uh during the wait for one of the bands [I think it was FOB, but it might've been The Used], this girl behind me was all "omg I hate it when people push you" and then this girl next to her that she knew, I guess, was all "Yeah, but then I kind of like it. I mean, you know when they're like shoving right against you, it's like... all this pressure on you, and it feels so good," and then she kind of pushed against me and I was grossed out because ew and I tried to inch away but it didn't work too well x_x gack.

oooh ooh.

Stuff People Do Moshing That Makes Me Angry:

People who are all "omg, I want to kill the crowdsurfers." shut. up. don't be in the front fucking three rows if you don't want to be hit by crowdsurfers.

People who complain about being pushed when the bands are playing. again, don't be there if you don't expect to be pushed. There are some nice bleachers for people like you. Leave room up here for people who actually want to be here.

ok, I'm not like the people who are all grr at crowdsurfers, but... Crowdsurfers who try to grab onto my lips, teeth, and eyeballs so they don't fall down. This sounds like an exaggeration. It is not.

People who push when there is no band up and we're just waiting for soundcheck and stuff. dude. not gonna get you anywhere.

People who wear sharp hairclips in the back of their hair and then throw their head back so the hair clips cut the person behind them's lips. yes, this did happen to me. It bled, too. -__- I really hated that girl.

People who are all bitchy about keeping "their spots" and struggle and flail and punch people around them if they don't get to be exactly where they want to.

People who think they're the only fan of the band playing and no one else around them actually likes them.

People who scream at the highest pitch possible as loud as they can for as long as they can after every. single. fucking. song. their favorite band plays. shut. UP. It's fine to scream and cheer after the songs, but... don't be obnoxious about it.

People who try to dance in their spot to the music and end up pushing everyone around them and aren't even dancing to the beat and look like idiots.

People who cheer more for Decade Under the Influence than any of the songs on the first CD.

People who put their elbows on your shoulder so when people push you around, their elbow goes straight into your neck and you can't breathe.

People who complain about how horrible the people in front of them smell. DUDE. IT'S A FUCKING CONCERT. PEOPLE ARE SMOKING POT ALL AROUND YOU. EVERYONE'S SWEATY AND GROSS. OF COURSE THEY SMELL HORRIBLE. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT YOU SMELL LIKE ROSES AND CHOCOLATE AND GOOD SMELLING STUFF YOURSELF! my GOD.

...that's it for now. I may think of others later.

but yes. In summary, it was a really great concert, in terms of like... playing. Like, all the bands were fucking awesome. Even the opening bands that I've never heard of, they weren't fucking awesome, but they definitely weren't bands, and I've heard opening bands that have been a lot worse. Dude, the bands at Battle of the Bands and crap were worse than them. And then of course MBR was great, FOB was fucking awesome, The Used was fucking awesome, and TBS was way better than Warped and fucking awesome themselves. I've been in better pits, but the music was amazing. wheeeee.

ok off to like... rest. I have bruises on the sides of my upper arms. I have more bruises than I've ever got from a concert before. geez.

French: CPR project presentation. Went fine. I was all "J'ai fait un livre de vocabulaire pour 'La Maison'" and then showed the pages and was all "J'ai choisi fait ce projet parce que j'aime apprendre le nouveau vocabulaire." and was done [that's like... I made a vocab book for The House for my project and I chose it 'cause I like learning new vocab]. Then we did our group essay things. heh Vanessa called me The Machine because I was all... thinking of how to say stuff right in French without using the book. bah but we didn't end up putting a concluding sentence and I told them we should quickly because last time I got marked waaay down for not having one, but they were all "Oh well, not enough time!" and I was all "as;ldkfjalksdfjlasjdf" but oh well. can't change it now.

Science: played jeopardy to review for the test Tuesday. Some people care way too much about a game. I mean, at least last year in global, we played to get extra credit. Winning today wouldn't have gotten you ANYTHING. geez o_O where the fuck did "Australian Wild Animals" category come from? that better not be on the test...

English: uhhh did... stuff. I don't remember very well. Took notes on one of the research subject. blah.

AP US: sub, so we were allowed to do whatever we wanted [this is why AP is superior to other classes]. I studied for the math test and then did the math hw due on Tuesday. Conlin was our sub =/ it was ok, though, because at the beginning he was all "Keep the noise level down, whatever you do" but everyone was like "A;LSKDFJLAKJGOIUWER ROAR RAR HEAR ME RAWR WHEEEEEEE" really loudly and he was all :| so yeah.

Algebra 2: Test wasn't hard. Think I did well.

Wind Ensemble: bass clarinet in the shop still [psh the guy was supposed to call yesterday when he was done, but instead he called to inform my mom about how horrible the bass clarinet was and how old and crappy it was and that it would take a million years to fix], so I played concert music on tenor. It was fun sight-reading the tenor part. ah so much better on tenor than I was like in June [...well I should hope so]. wheee.

mm Ruby's at 5:30? Yes. Except I'm going be there more around 5:45 because of some reason my mom said but I wasn't paying attention to. aaand I possibly need a ride home, if we're to be going home before like... 8:15. hm. I should figure that out.

uhh PSAT's tomorrow morning. I'm in room 210! [the names of who's in what room are listed outside the rooms on pink sheets now] thennn CONCERT AFTER. holy FUCK >:O it came so soon! uhhh Lulu, I'm not sure exactly how we're going to go... 'cause we haven't really discussed it... but I guess straight from the PSATs my mom can take us [and Tiffany if she can get her dad to let her go] to the place and then... my mom can take us back? I need to figure out when it ends x_X i'll look. mmkay.

must remember to tape Vans Triple Crown tomorrow on channel 63. al;ksjfd oh crap what time!? o_______o ahhhh! must check!

mmkay!

Science: Did a lab while I furiously studied for history. Then we had like... 20 minutes at the end of class, and I studied more :) Grades posted, I have an 88 now. The quiz dropped it 3%. eck. need to do well on the unit test Tuesday -___-

Office Hours: Ditched sectionals for the first time everrrr to study like mad again. See last night I was stupid and wasted 3 hours reading 2 chapters of the book [and I didn't even get to the third chapter -_-] and then at 8 I procrastinated till 8:30 and then did my half of my lab report and that ended up taking till 10:15ish and then I tried to study but it takes me longer than 45 min to study and absorb my notes and by 11 I was panicking and so when I arrived at school I finished notecards I started last night and I tried to study as much as I could and I actually did get most of it during science but I was still unsure so... I skipped sectionals. Run-on sentence, oh my >:O anyways. It was good, though, because I sat in the 300's studying and people would come up to me and then like... well for example, Rosa came up to me and saw I was studying history and asked me who my teacher was and when I told her, she immediately started telling me what was on the test. heh. that was pretty amusing. But I got a better idea of what would be on it and I studied that stuff and by the time the bell rang I felt a lot better prepared.

AP US: Test! It wasn't too bad. The studying during science and office hours definitely helped. I think I managed at least a B, if not higher, which isn't too horrid. I really need to stop leaving the studying to the absolute last minute, though -____- i have an awesome plan for future chapters, though >:O Provided I actually follow it. But if I do, then I'll totally be prepared for the next test and won't have to study nearly as much the night before. wheeee. I thought of doing something like this in 8th grade, actually, but I never got around to it, and it'd be a lot easier to do it this year than in 8th.

Wind Ensemble: supposed to warm up on concert instruments, but bass clarinet is in the shop [fuck they haven't called me yet either! aslkfdj I need it for tomorrow! >:O] and so I just did tenor the entire time. the thing she had us read through was very pretty, although I think she was a little too in love with it o_O heh after we played it and when we were switching to marching band instruments, she went over to the side with Austerman and started like raving about how great we had played it for the first time and everything. It was rather amusing. He was just like [nod nod nod].

woosh. nothing to say about marching band.

mmkay so quick studying for math test tomorrow, CPR project for French, and then English notecards. Should be done by... 9ish if I follow my schedule, but knowing me, I'll be just finishing up at 11:05. sigh.

ah today was such a better day than yesterday, although that's probably all due to it being a Dawson Day.

French: uhh... did... stuff... ah we have essays on Friday and she was asking Galaxy and me if we thought group essays would be good and we said yes, and so she decided to do group essays, but she didn't let us choose our groups x__x I think I'd actually rather not have a group essay, because then I can like... I don't have to worry about anyone else, I can just... do the best I can do, you know? bah. It'd be all right if we could choose groups, but I don't like being placed in groups. gah and Galaxy and I sit next to each other, so I don't think we'll ever be placed in a group together [she does it like... counting off down the rows and then same numbers are in the same group].

Office Hours: my plan to go to the library and find a 4th type of source failed. There was a freaking line to get into the library! o__O So instead I went to the band room and read the AP US textbook because we have a test tomorrow and it always takes me forever to read it but it's better to read it than not and... yeah.

English: took the High School Exit Exam Pre-test. It was pretty easy. Just like Stanford 9 English sections. They looked nearly identical to these practice packets we did in 6th grade for the Stanford 9. that was pretty much it, because it took some people a really long time to finish.

Algebra 2: uhh went over homework, new lesson, went over quiz. woosh. I would've gotten a C- minus on that quiz, I found. 7/10. I get the stuff I did wrong now, though, so hppefully I'll do better on the test.

Marching Band: Dawson! Yay! ah I was getting really pessimistic about band the past like... week, but Dawson being there totally put me in a positive mood. whee :) gah I really do like Austerman and all, but... there's no comparison to Mr. Dawson.

wheeee. To do tonight: start [and hopefully--but I'm not counting on it--complete] Crucible notecards that are due Friday; start CPR project [for French]; lab report; study for AP US test. meh that sounds like too much >:O I might leave the CPR or the notecards [or, knowing me, both] for tomorrow afternoon =/ especially since I won't have math hw or French hw besides the project tomorrow, and that's usually what is the bulk of my hw. yes, I think I will leave one of those for tomorrow. Or both, because I'm an idiot and can totally figure out how to manage my time wisely but choose not to.

...concert in three days? o__________o holy fuck. TIFFANY ASK >:O