Virgin Snow/Taiyou No Uta

Virgin Snow

It was so cute! I definitely recommend this. =D So sweet! <3> He totally beat up those guys trying to take his bike (that 360 kick was awesome though) and he dropped all of Nanae's painting utensils into the river (after diving into it, even though it was about 2 feet deep). Not to mention that after his friend tells him to be subtle, he starts jumping up and down outside Nanae's classroom window. XP So funny. But he's so sweet too! Learning how to make pottery so that he can make it while Nanae paints it...

Taiyou No Uta

This one sounds pretty good to. I'm probably going to start it tomorrow or Sunday. Apparently it's about a girl who is allergic to the sun, so she lives by night, singing and playing her guitar in the square outside the train station, and a guy who loves to surf as the sun rises. They meet when she's doing one of her performances, which is also her sole connection to the outside world, and the story progresses from there...

Today was... Interesting

So in Mock Trial, we had a practice run of the defense side. It was sort of funny, because Luke was crossing me, and he was like, "Ms. Lane's song contained violent lyrics, did it not?" Since my witness statement doesn't say whether I think they're violent or not, I was just like, "No." You could totally tell he got flustered too, and he kept asking me until I was like, "I believe that I have expressed my opinion on this matter already." XD It was pretty awesome.

We started glazing in ceramics today! I'm glazing my dragon/footed pinch pot... which is now missing a toe. -.- But whatever. It's dark blue/purple (Dar Nautical) with light blue (Bright Heather) and lavender (Bright Grape) spikes on its tail, and a light blue rim. It's pretty awesome, if I do say so myself. Glazing takes forever though! It took me like an hour and a half to put on two coats (I'm putting on three total), and my project isn't even that big. It takes way less clean-up time than making the projects though.

English was just boring. Like always. We learned about HTRLLAP (How to Read Literature Like a Professor), and defined some words. And Courtney and Robin had their conferences, and it was really funny, because Mrs. Foss was all like, "A 76/77 is not a bad grade." *cough*

Lunch was amusing. I was really hyper, so I started singing "Ultimate Showdown" and "Harry Potter in the Hood" all the time. XD

Biology was... very weird. Haha. We looked at the uterus and testis of mammals. Then Brenden was like, "We can tell our grandchildren about this!" So I was like, "Yeah, we can be like, 'Back in my day, we looked at testicles up close and personal!'" Then I realized how wrong that sounded. XD Speaking of bio, we have a whale-watching trip! =D So happy! I'm going to bring my camera and hope I get lucky! Yay!

Chinese school was weird. We didn't do much, but we learned this really retarded "dance" that's not really a dance for our New Year's celebration. It's so freaking stupid. -.- I swear that Kim should have taught us hip-hop; that would have been so cool! But noooooo, we're stuck doing some weird dance thing like the ones they teach you in middle school PE. -.-

Rachel's Challenge

... you just may start a chain reaction.

The assembly was pretty depressing, but it was really motivational too. Like I, personally, tend to judge people a lot and regret my actions later, but I'm working towards not doing that anymore. It made me realize how selfish we, as human beings, are. I mean, every person for themselves, huh? But I really want to make a difference in the world, even if it's a tiny one, so I'm accepting Rachel's Challenge. Are you? Lol.

But anyways, the assembly was really sad, and sort of creepy and unbelievable (I mean, she predicted her own death, and some dude in Ohio had a dream about Rachel's drawing), but it was pretty inspiring. And I'm really tired today, plus I still need to read Ch 3-4 of OMAM (why did Steinbeck have to be a writer? -.-), and do some two weeks worth of Chinese homework that I haven't started.

Christmas Shopping!

I seriously have to start. =/ I'm probably mainly going to make gift bags for all of my friends, except for my really close ones, whom I'm actually going to get presents for, like... Courtney and Lisa? Haha. I really don't know what Courtney wants, and she refuses to tell me, but Lisa just want jewelry or gift cards to places like Hollister or whatever.

I'm debating whether I should make the little icing bag things with hot chocolate and marshmallows and peppermint candies, but I can't find the cone-shaped bags, so... Maybe I'll just make regular goodie bags. Here's a list of things I might put in:
~ Instant hot chocolate! (It's good! XD)
~ Cookies! (Yum! I'll have to wait for the frosting to harden though... Ho hum.)
~ Candy (Like chocolate, candy canes, peppermint candies, etc...)
~ Specialized candy canes (Made by yours truly!)
~ Maybe some little gift thing? I don't know.

But yeah. Hm. I'm going to have to think about this more... Oh, by the way, if any of you people reading this has something you want for Christmas, post it here! I'll try to get it for you, unless it's like... $500 *coughs* Jung *coughs* but otherwise, yeah.

I hope all of you guys have better luck finding present for your friends than me! Haha. And for those of you who want to ask me what I want for Christmas, quite frankly, I don't have anything in mind, and I wouldn't tell you anyways, but I like books by James Patterson and kitties! *wink wink* Haha. Otherwise, surprise me! =D

Pen Mods

Yeah, Courtney was posting about it on her blog, so I figured, what the hell? I'll look them up. XD I found this pretty awesome site called PenWish that sells pen mods and parts and just regular pens and crap. So I was scrolling through the Pre-Made Mods, and the Metal Comssa's look pretty dang awesome. =P Especially the ones with hoops, like the black hoop one. Too bad they don't have some like, say, a Metal Comssa Bling Blue Hoops (with the body part of the pen in the picture above, and blue/white hoops), because that would look pretty dang awesome. I'd buy it... even though I can only do TA (thumbaround). XDD Hey, I can do it on my left hand now too! XD And I can almost do TA Reverse on right. XD I was practicing with my chopsticks today because I was bored. Lol.
But yeah, it's a pretty cool site, and I recommend it for anyone who pen spins and need parts to mod pens (if you don't mind buying them online; the shipping is like, $5, so it's not that bad) or just wants ideas to mod pens. =D

Movie-Dramas = Life

Nowadays, I'm watching movie-dramas (M-D). They're basically romance movies that have about the same content as love dramas. I have too much homework and crap in my life to get addicted to dramas with 24 episodes, an hour each. So, I watch my movie/dramas! They're only about 2-ish hours total, so if I really want, I can finish it in a day.

Fated to Love You

It's a really funny, but really cute love drama that's currently rated #1 in Taiwan. Personally, I liked Romantic Princess more, but Fated to Love You was a pretty good drama. It's about this sticky-note girl (Chen Xin Yi), who accidentally gets pregnant by this director of the company she works for (Ji Cun Xi). It's a really improbable circumstance, but they try to work it out, as Cun Xi already has a girlfriend (Shi An Na), but his grandma (Wang Zhen Zhu) really wants a 10th successor of Mo Fa Ling (that's their company), and Anna doesn't want to have children. The plot line is really funny and totally not probable, but I couldn't stop watching it! The ending was kind of short and abrupt, but all in all, it's definitely worth watching, and you'll get a good laugh out of it. =)

Jenny & Juno

This is a really cute little movie about a fifteen year-old couple (Jae-in/Jenny and Juno). Jenny is pregnant, and they decide to have the baby, but to try and keep it from their parents, but they eventually find out.
I wasn't completely obsessed with this M-D, but it's by far one of the cutest M-D or dramas ever! I swear, Jenny and Juno make the cutest couple I've ever seen, real life, or dramas. Plus, Juno is SO sweet to Jenny! It's like, my perfect guy, haha. So anyways, this is worth watching if you don't have much else to watch, and you just want a little something to pick you up.

Tada Kimi Wo Aishiteru
(aka Heavenly Forest)

I absolutely loved this drama! Basically, we're seeing this movie from the viewpoint of Segawa Makoto, a shy boy in his freshman year of college. However, he befriends a girl called Shizuru, who is what people would call weird; already 21, she still has the body of a child, and not much fashion sense either. Shizuru is in love with Makoto, but Makoto likes a pretty girl named Miyuki. Shizuru immediately befriends Miyuki, and tries to help Makoto in his pursuit of her. However, she inists that he'll regret not going out with her when she grows up more and becomes the most beautiful woman alive. Shizuru and Makoto both enjoy photography, ad they find a hidden forest by the school where they take their pictures. When Makoto asks Shizuru what she wants for her birthday, she says that she wants a picture of them kissing in the hidden forest to use in order to enter a photography contest. After the hidden forest kiss, Shizuru disappears from Makoto's life...
I absolutely LOVED this M-D! It was almost as cute as Koizora (my all time favorite), and might even surpass Hana Yori Dango (which I've bee obsessed with ever since I watched it a year ago). The ending was kind of sad, but the relationship between Makoto and Shizuru is really cute, and Shizuru is really funny too! DEFINITELY worth watching!!! <3>

Virgin Snow

This one is apparently about a Korean boy (Min) who moves to Japan with his father and falls in love with a girl attending the same school as him (Nanae <-- played by Aoi Miyazaki, who was Shizuru in Tada Kimi Wo Aishiteru). Their friendship is intense despite language and culture barriers. However, his grandmother falls ill, and he rushes bath to Korea, not having time to explain to Nanae why he had to leave, and when he returns, Nanae is nowhere to be found.
I haven't watched this M-D yet, but I'm starting it sometime "today!" It seems like a really good, cute M-D, so I have high expectations for it! =D

The Librarian From Hell

So. I bet that you can't guess what happened in my oh-so-interesting life today! I got kicked out of the library! And no, I wasn't being loud, obnoxious, goofing off, or playing games on the computer. Oh no. I was doing my homework. -.- I mean, since when can't you do your homework in the library? Seriously? What the hell is up with that?

Basically, Mme. Goldin sent Sarah (Boutros) and me over to the library to do homework because Sarah needed a textbook (we didn't know that the Textbook Room closed at two), and we'd already finished our fairytale project, which everyone was working on. So, since there wasn't a box for "Homework," Mme. Goldin marked off "Research," since it was the most appropriate.
Then we get to the library, signed in, and the librarian asks us if we needed computers, since there weren't any available seeing as a class was there. So we told her that we just needed to get a book (not a lie). Then we find out the room is closed, but it was so much quieter in the library that we just stayed, and I did my math homework while Sarah read a book.
Then after about 15 minutes, she got bored and asked the librarian if there were any geometry textbooks, and the librarian (I am not kidding), seriously exploded at her. She was all like, "Why do you need a textbook if you're doing research?!?! It's because you're doing homework, huh?!?!" And me, still working on algebra homework, but listening to their conversation, was all like, "Oh crap." So Sarah comes back and sits down, and we're both like, "Sh*t, we're screwed."

So me, being the awesome, eloquent, sophisticated speaker I am (not. But I can be when I want to! XD), told her that our teacher sent us here to do homework. But then she's like, "Well, the library isn't here for you to do homework! It's for projects and research. If you told me you were here to do homework, I would have sent you back immediately. And technically you lied, because you said you were here for research. Why are you here to do homework anyways?"
So I was just like, "Well, the rest of our class is working on their project, which we've already finished. We figured the library would be quieter than our classroom, and Sarah needed a geometry book." Then she gets all mad again and is like, "Homework is to be done in class, NOT here! You're excused now."
Then I just said, "Okay." Sarah and I started packing up, but NOOOOO she wasn't done yet. -.- She was like, "And you guys are probably going to be put on the short list to never... *trails off* (I think she meant we couldn't come back to the library.) Well, you guys are bailing out of class!"
I was like, "Well, Mme. Goldin knows that we're here to do homework, because she sent us here, so we're not skipping class." And she switches tack and is like, "Fine, well, tell your teacher that she'll probably be getting an e-mail from us, and this is going straight to administration."

I was really pissed off at this point because 1) it's a library for God's sake! Since when can't you do homework in a library? and 2) she's trying to report us for doing homework? What the f*ck? Let's see how well that turns out. *eyeroll* But I knew arguing wouldn't help anymore since she was so intent on kicking us out, so I was just like, "Yes ma'am."
She doesn't even know our names either. I mean, we're the last on the list, but I doubt she's actually going to check; plus there was a class there when we arrived. Besides, it's not like her arguments are going to carry over, I mean, come on, how convincing is, "I think you should assign these kids *insert punishment here* because they were doing homework in the library." And if she says we lied, they'll undoubtedly ask what we lied about, and her saying, "They were supposed to be doing research, not homework" isn't too convincing either. And the ditching class is completely absurd, because Mme. Goldin will obviously dispel that thought in a millisecond.

But yeah. Seriously, all this over doing homework in the library. (Besides, Ross said that you're allowed to during brunch and lunch. I mean, seriously? We have permission too!) What's even wrong with that? We weren't even talking or anything, and besides, the library was totally empty except for us and a library TA when she came and started b*tching at us.

So what do you think? Librarian from hell much?

Shopping, Solace, and Sleep!

My awesome three S's of life! Haha. Yeah, I just suck at making up titles. XD Anyways, the three days after Thanksgiving have been pretty uneventful, but here's a nice summary. =P

So the day after Thanksgiving, or Black Friday, whatever you want to call it, we all went shopping. We didn't get much though, on account that my parents went out, came back around 2pm, and my sister slept until 3:30. XD We went to Ulta's (where my sister got 6 bottles of nail polish, and painted my nails delightful shades =P), TJ Maxx (where I got these AWESOME black boots. They're platforms, but they are freaking cool! I liked the brown better, actually, but I already have brown boots, so... yeah. I'm a little obsessed with boots at this moment, can you tell?), Best Buy (didn't get anything), Kohl's (didn't get anything there, either, but I wanted to get some layering cami's that were hella cheap, and this awesome black jacket), and Target (I just got a 1/2" binder for my French project XD). But yeah. Then we got home and stuffed ourselves with Thanksgiving leftover's, lol.

Yesterday, I didn't do much. Finally caught up on all that crappy homework that I have to do, and went to see Quantum of Solace with Kevin, Kevin, Michelle, and Jung. It was okay, the plot was sort of ishy, and the acting was adequate, and the actions was pretty damn awesome. Chases in cars, chases on foot, chases in boats, chases in planes... They forgot the chases on camels though, you know, them being in a desert and all... Afterwards, we went to Safeway, where I got pushed around in a Safeway shopping cart (hey, no one said anything!) by Kevin K and Michelle. XD It was rather fun.

Then today, I just slept. Well, I volunteered at the SPCA obviously (Jinx got adopted! Yay!), but then I got home and slept. Then I was taking a shower but I was really tired, so I sat down under the nozzle and I think I fell asleep, seeing as it took me like... 2 hours. XD Then I played piano (duh) and slept more. =P So yeah, sleeping was the topic of today. Haha. Ew, school starts again tomorrow, waaaaaaaaaah! ='( Oh well... =/






Aren't my nails just gorgeous?

Thanksgiving Day!

Anyways, It's Turkey Day! =) Except I didn't eat turkey. I ate chicken. Oh well, who cares. So yeah, I had A LOT of good food today! Let's see my tally.

Round #1: 1/2 a 3 lb chicken, 2 bowls buttered corn, 1 bowl mashed potatoes, 1 bowl potato salad, 2 Costco dinner rolls with butter, 1 yam, 1 glass bottle of apple cider, and 3 scoops Dreyer's Rocky Road ice cream.

Round #2: about 1/10 a 3 lb chicken, 1 bowl buttered corn, 1/2 bowl potato salad, 1 Costco dinner roll (un-buttered), 3 Swiss cheese/turkey rolls, 1 caramel apple pop, and 2 scoops Dreyer's Rocky Road ice cream.

So... I guess the total would be...

3/5 a 3 lb chicken
3 bowls buttered corn
1 bowl mashed potatoes
1 1/2 bowls potato salad
3 Costco dinner rolls (2 with butter, 1 without)
3 Swiss cheese/turkey rolls
1 yam
1 glass bottle of apple cider
1 caramel apple pop
5 scoops Dreyer's Rocky Road ice cream

Hm. Not bad for a 13 year-old girl who, as of last month, weighed less than 100 lbs. XD Sadly, there isn't going to be a Round #3, as to do that, I would have to employ the microwave, which would undoubtedly wake up my mom, who would undoubtedly ask me why I'm still awake at 3:30 in the morning. And while we're on the topic of food, I wonder what vegans eat on Thanksgiving. o.o Is there such a thing as tofurkey? Or something like that? Hm... But anyways, Turkey Day was AWESOME! We watched lots of random TV, ate food, and just had a great time. Jess came back too, so we talked a lot about stuff. Haha.

Then I actually thought about the stuff I'm grateful for, but it's pretty much everything in my life, so I guess I'd have to say I'm grateful about life in general. I did list a few general things though:

~ Alex's family being okay after their car accident in L.A.
~ all of my awesome friends who love me (and if you don't, you aren't my friends anymore! Rawr. Lol, jaykays) ILY GUYS! <3
~ my family, even though heaven knows how much they get on my nerves. XD
~ being able to go to school and learn (even though some of my teachers are a pain and homework is a drag)
~ having this wonderful, delicious food that I gorged myself on today
~ having my computer (because we all know I couldn't live without it)
~ POST THANKSGIVING SALES!!! W00T!!!

Haha, yeah. There's my oh-so-awesome list for you. =P I'll admit I wasn't feeling very thankful after I finished Round #1, due to the fact that I was cramming all of my algebra homework and French project in order to go to the sales tomorrow, but that thankful feeling came back during Round #2, in the midst of eating that bowl of potato salad and the cheese/turkey rolls.

Anyways, off the topic of Thanksgiving (and all that food *drools*), my French project looks pretty awesome! I'm done with most of my homework now: I have that English essay (which I seriously don't want to think about, let alone start) and some French question thingies. I was looking over my Mirrors Book from last year too, and that made me wonder, how the hell did I make those good projects last year? Sheesh. I man, seriously. I didn't even send that much time on my Mirrors Book; I wonder what I'd think if I got to look over my HNB. O.O So, back to the Mirrors Book; It's got some pretty awesome writing in here, not to mention drawings. I'm thinking about lending it to Mrs. Goodhue when her class does them just as an example, and getting it back at he end of the year. Hm. It would work. Anyways, I should probably go to bed, that way I won't completely conk out while I'm shoving people around tomorrow in order to get the cool, cheap stuff on sale everywhere. XP

Colorguard, Cans, And Cookies: The Three C's of Life

So today, I woke up at 8:30 to go clean the guard closet. =P No, actually, I woke up to go paint the floor mat. It was really fun; Ellen L, Colton, Ashlee, Laura, and I went to the Commons to paint the Winterguard mat with Kyle, and meanwhile, we were testing out moves for the Winterguard people. Seeing as I was the smallest, I got to try out all of the lift/partner moves, and fail miserably at all of them. XD Then Ashlee and Colton got to start painting the mat while Laura, Ellen, and I went to clear out the guard closet. Basically, Ellen folded all of the flag silks, Laura planned out the guard closet organization thing, and I just helped her. Then we sort of raided the food storage thing and relieved them of two Sprites and a Coke... and some other things. XD We went back to the Commons, and then Ashlee/Colton wanted to see the cleaned guard closet, so we ended up taking a mini field trip. Then we were like, "OMG, we should sign our name on the wall!" So we did that, and we are proud to say that the '08 CHS Guard has officially vandalized school property. XD (And not very subtly either seeing as all of our names are written proudly upon the wall. =P) By the way, if any of the '08 CHS Colorguard wants to sign their name, grab a Sharpie and scribble it on the lavender wall in the guard closet (you'll see it, it's the one with tons of names and "Cal High '08 Guard" written on it in red Sharpie). Then we finished painting the mat, and we had this mini chat thing about life/guard, in which Ellen had MILLIONS of questions. XD We also found out why Jay isn't coaching WG, but it's a secret. =P Then I found out that Kyle is from Fremont, Kelly is from Hayward, Jessie is from Union City, and Jay is from Tracy. o.o

Then Ellen and I went to volunteer for Interact; we had to pick up the "Trick-or-Treating" for cans bags. Some people put a TON of food out; it was kind of scary. o.o That was pretty boring, but whatever.

Then we went to the guard party at Melanie's! We ate pizza, pasta, nachos, etc. And Colton brought COOKIES!!! It was AWESOME! Then everyone watched the Fairfield and Championship Comps, and looked at the pictures that Mrs. Bottini took. I just have one thing to say: Melanie's mom has very... unique... picture taking skills. She had a few pictures of people with their hair whipping them in the face, one of Kimmi's butt crack, and one of our ending pose in the opener, in which almost everyone's mouth is open. XD Then everyone started rewatching all of the comps, so Colton and I got bored and went outside to ride around in the tricycle. XD Then we were on the swings, and we did "Spider," which was sort of weird, and Colton hung upside down on the pull-up bar thingy. Then we stole one of Melanie's pomegranates and started eating the seeds. XD Afterwards, we went inside again and watched pictures from last year's guard.
Then everyone went to Cal again to help Kyle baby powder the mat and fold it up. =) We all had to squish into cars though, Lia had like 6 people including herself in her car, so I was half siting on Colton. XD It was really funny because only 5 people went this morning, then Kyle comes (he told us to bring people), and there's basically the whole guard waiting for him. So Ashlee and I were like, "Hey Kyle, how'd we do?" XD So we folded up the mat, took some pictures (Lia took some of Colton and me on top of the rolled up wrestling mat things), and went to the guard room. Then people started leaving. I still keep thinking we have practice tomorrow... I never thought I'd miss guard so much, seeing as I really didn't want to go to rehearsal half the time... =(

I still have next year though!!! =D Go CHS Guard!!! Work it! <3

CHS Championships!!!

Okay, for those of you who just want a recap, Guard got 1st in our division (3A), and we won Champions (it's like Sweepstakes) for our division too.

So rehearsal went pretty damn well. You could tell everyone was pumped, because even though it was hot, everyone was still running around being crazy (in a controlled manner) and totally owning our work. It was sort of sad knowing that it was our last day of Guard though...
Warm-up went pretty well. It was really weird warming up at Cal though; it was weird walking out to the field too. But it was a lot of fun, and it's OUR field (Or, as Jay says, Cal's field) so we knew we were going to own everyone! =P
The show itself went okay for me... I had one major break, a minor mistake, and a major sail. =P For the break, it was when we come off the front sideline for the ballad; I couldn't find my second ballad flag (which was actually under Lori's saber), so I spent what seemed like 5 minutes digging around for it (I was out for around counts), then I sort of went to my dot, which was only 5 steps away from the front sideline, so that was okay. Then the second mistake was when we did the toss and caught it leaning towards the audience. It went really crooked, so I was like, "Oh shit!" but I managed to catch it in the crook of my arm, so at least it didn't drop. I'm not sure if anyone noticed though... You could probably tell... Then I had a sail for like 16 counts of the work. -.- I got it in the end of the fermata in the closure, and didn't get it out under we started re-doing the opener work... =/
Afterwards, we got to sit in the student section of the field, and Jung got me one of the Jamba Juices that he owes me. =P So we ran around taking pictures and eating and watching people perform. McQueen's Guard is pretty good, but Folsom won 1st for their category (4A).
We had pictures right after our competition, but they were like $17.50 each, and I didn't have any money, plus my parents didn't go watch, so I couldn't buy any. -.- I saw Daniel K and Terry there though. I think. The were just standing there, watching people. It was rather interesting. Then we went and changed, and headed back out to the stadium to watch other bands and for the awards ceremony.
We got 1st for Guard, 92.4, and Champions for 3A, 90.65. We beat Cupertino by 0.2! They got 90.45. So hah! This is payback for the time when YOU beat us by one-fifth of a point! Then Rodriguez got 3rd; i don't know their score though.
Then Guard was all crying and taking pictures, and hugging our coaches (Jay actually gave out hugs o.o) and each other. I wanted to cry, but then I didn't ant to cry, so I ended up tearing up but not actually crying. XD Jessie wasn't even there though... and she's not coaching next year either... *tear* We licked/kissed the trophy, and just ran around saying how we loved each other. =) It was funny, because Colton gives hugs where he lifts the person up and swings them around in a circle. XP

It was just really fun and exciting, and happy and everything, but then it's sad because Justine, Laura, Lia, and Yeaji are all not going to be here next year, so it's a really bittersweet memory. We had tons of good times together, but then we'll probably never see each other again... =(
We have a Guard party at Melanie's house tomorrow though! Yay! I'll post more then. =) CHS YOU KNOW!

Pasta Feed/Carbo Load and Twilight! <3

The Pasta Feed was pretty fun! =D We ate tons of food (Ellen K and I hoarded desserts, so by the end, we each had this mini stash of peanut butter/chocolate fudge, cookies, brownies, etc.) and basically just hung out. Then we had awards for random stuff (Most Loved Guardie, Yay Freshman, Most Likely to Die Sneezing, etc) and that was REALLY fun! Courtney got the "Never Late" award. XD

Twilight was pretty awesome. The movie itself was pretty un-detailed and it didn't really go into the plot that much either, so you wouldn't have really understood it if you hadn't read the book before. The action was pretty cool though! But yeah, basically I went with Jung, Courtney, Michelle, Sling, Taehyun, and Kevin Y. Blackhawk was all sold out, so we had to go to Regal Hacienda and get the 9:30 showing there! =P Anyways, it wasn't spectacular, but it's not like it sucked either. Mildly disappointing, a tad too many close-ups, but I LOVE Alice!!! =D

Oh, Ancient Egypt: Cats and Mummies

So I did a 20 minute wall sit today. With a 15 lb cat on my knees. o.o See, the thing is, Jinx, my favorite cat at the Tri-Valley SPCA, has a TINY room. =/ So basically, there no room to sit down, so I have to do a wall sit every time I want to visit her. Then today, as I was wall-sitting, she decided to jump on my lap and refused to get off. So yeah, I was stuck in that position for 20 minutes. =O The joy.
Then Mommy went to TJ Maxx, Home Depot, and Safeway, and I got food from McDonalds! =D Yummy, greasy, soaked in oil, fatty fries!!! Yay! Not to mention Double Cheeseburgers with 440 calories. XD Delicious.
Then I went to tutor Lisa, and we did pretty well I think. She didn't need that much help once I explained how to set up word problems. So I went to visit David, who was killing virtual people on his computer (when he was supposed to be doing french homework), so I hogged his bed, because Lisa's is really high up, and I'm lazy and don't want to climb into it. =P Then David and I had this long argument about if he could "mummify" me or not, so we ended up going into the study room, then he rolled me up in a blanket and said I was mummified. Then I said I wasn't, so he was like, "Try to get out," and sat on me. XD Obviously I can't get out of my cocoon thing with a fatty sitting on me. -.- Haha, jaykay. Then he tried to pick me up, but my "mummy" cocoon kept sliding off (because it obviously wasn't a proper mummification). So EPIC FAIL! XP

Ew, I have a math test tomorrow... And guard practice. Ugh. I'll probably post more tomorrow, so cyas!

Fairfield and Pics! <3

So we had pics on Friday, and that was rather random. We took our group pics, and I was in the very front right by the S of CHS. =D The band was stuck on the bleachers and it looked REALLY crowded, so I'm glad that I'm not in band. XP Then Mr. Johnson was being an idiot (in a good way); he stole a guard rifle, sat in a chair facing us, pointed the rifle at us, and said, "If you don't smile, I'll shoot you! *makes shooting motions*" Then we had a guard-only picture, which I think should have turned out pretty well. I bought a 16x20 Guard/Band group picture, and some individuals. My individual pics took FOREVER. I was like, last in line. -.- I got my jacket though! personally, I think it was a bit overpriced, but it does have my name on it, and well as an icon thingymabobber on the back. =D

The Fairfield comp today went really well I though. Rehearsal was ishy; everyone was tired, sick, sweaty, and it was REALLY hot. it didn't help that Mr. Johnson now makes us lift every single time we do the start of the opener, instead of doing the fake lift. So pretty much, we were all really sluggish during rehearsal. At warm-up, we got hyped up a bit; I was still sort of tired, but not as much. Warm-up went pretty well.
The actual competition was my best so far! I only had two blips, one wasn't technicaly my fault, and they both weren't that bad. One was when Christine accidentally stepped on my ballad flags (we got extensions; they're really long now, and that was our first performance with them), so I was out for a few counts while I tried to yank them out from under her feet. XD Then I sort of messed up at the fermata in the closer. I forgot to bring my flag up, so I was out for a count, and my flag probably looked weird because it came up faster than the others for me to recover. XP Otherwise, I think I did really well.
I was trying to change really fast for dinner (I was freaking STARVING) but I ended up taking more time than anyone else. XP Dinner was really good. Or maybe it's just because I was really hungry. We had spaghetti, dinner rolls, salad, and BROWNIES!!! Yum. I was totally stuffing my face in the stadium. Then Ellen and David were like, "Hey, do you mind if we stare at you for like, two minutes? Wed want to study you." So I was like, "Ooook... o.o" Haha.

We won 2nd overall, 5th for brass, 4th for woodwind, 4th for drum major, and 1st for guard! W00t! We rock! Well, we tied with McQueen, but they're like, twice our size. They won Best Field Show Auxiliary though... But whatever. They're not even from California! -.- They're from Reno, Nevada. Rawr. Oh well; I think we all did really well, and that's what counts right?

On the way back, I was talking to Melanie, Ryan, and Peter, and we had some REALLY interesting conversations. Like eating Chocolates (the cell phones, not the yummy sugary stuff), and "doing" walls. o.o It was really interesting. Then Lia and I were talking to Mr. Johnson and Scott (Lawrence) about guy concubines, which Scott calls "goncubines." XP
Then when we got to the band room, I started getting all hyper. I basically tackled Ross to see his jade dog necklace thing, then I fought with David, Jung, Peter, and Ross for one of those glow necklace things. They kept tossing it back and forth; I had to keep running and tackling people. -.- Then Colton kept trailing me going like, "Calm down, Erica..." It was all rather funny. XD

Basically, today started out amazingly sluggish, and improved drastically. I had TONS of fun; I can't wait for Championships!!! Which, I may mention, are at CAL this year! Yay! =D I'm sort of sad that guard ends in a week now... =( But then at least I'll have more free time, but I'm going to miss guard... I'll probably never see Justine, Laura, or Lia again either... =/ Oh well. Cherish the time we have left together and remember, "CHS, YOU KNOW!" XD

So...

This week has been interesting to say the least. And saying that my life problems have pretty much bunched up into this week is an understatement too. So... to summarize, I guess I'd just say that this week has been pretty shitty overall.
Of course, there's the Bob dilemma. For you guys that don't know already, to summarize briefly, Bob #1 asked me out, Bob #2 says he likes me, and Bob #3 is currently unidentified (Pink Bunny insists that there is one though =/). So basically, I have three guys to deal with right now. Sort of. That makes me sound like I'm about to go beat them up, XD. Okay, so I already know what to do about Bob #1 pretty much, I don't exactly have to do much about Bob #2 I guess, and I don't even know if there IS a Bob #3 or who he is, so I can't do much about that.
Then I have school problems, which is really surprising because I'm actually failing things now. Like, seriously failing. I don't even know why. o.o
Then there's family problems, which are personal, so I can't talk about it here, but the school problems aggravate the family problems, so this is a big huge mess right here.

And outside of all those problems, I'm still worrying about the last two competitions. We have to beat Cupertino. Dammit! One freaking fifth of a point... Rawr. I be angry. And I'm sore from practice, which is saying something, because I thought I'd gotten used to our "awesome" split exercises and such.

On a happier note though, my friends are purely AWESOME. I swear, It's because of them that I'm not depressed like I was a few years back. So, to any of my besties reading this, kudos to you guys! Ily! <3
Then we have pictures tomorrow, which should be okay; I mean, I'm not exactly looking forward to it, but whatever. Then I have Chinese school too, which is actually pretty fun as long as we don't have a test, so I'm good with that. =D Anyways, it's getting late, so I'm going to go watch more Fated to Love You (Yay!) and then go sleep.