Slightly Pissed Right Now. Just SLIGHTLY. -.-

So anyways, a bit of background info. Chinese school is pretty much a joke. Meaning, we have really loose rules for test-taking: you can't have your book out, you can't be discussing things loudly, and you can't communicate with people at different "table groups" at all. But among your own table people, it's fair game. Sure, the teacher says not to do it, but she really doesn't care. (And yes, some of you are probably thinking, 'OMG, Erica is cheating!' I guess if you put it in a technical sense, then yeah. Yeah, I'm cheating.)

So last week, we had a quiz on vocab and stuff, and this one girl at my table didn't know most of the crap. Heck, she only got like, 3 problems out of two whole pages. So Josephine (one of my besties! =D) and I decided to be nice and let her pretty much copy our whole test. She got an A, maybe even a 100%.

Now today, we had another quiz. Josephine and I were way too busy with crap at regular school to study, but the girl we helped last week studied. We asked her for help before this quiz, she said okay. On like, the fourth problem, Josephine and I ask her for help. What does she do? She glares at us, and COVERS HER PAPER. It wasn't even subtle. She moves her arm until it's right along the edge of her paper, and slams her hand on the answers. I mean, seriously? It's not like we can see the paper from here anyways, we were just asking. We f*cking gave you all the answers to last week's test too, and you won't help us this week???

And even better? Right before we turn in the quiz/test, she OPENS HER BOOK and copies a phrase that she didn't get. No one, and I mean NO ONE, not even if we're desperate and totally going to fail (like Josephine and me today) has ever done that before. None of us hav ever stooped that low. And come on, she was only missing one stupid phrase. Our hypothesis? She's sick of always having us get better grades than her. Because, seriously, we DO get better grades; I'm not bragging or anything, it's a fact. Plus, if she's the type of person to do this, we're thinking she really would mind bringing us down a notch.

And more unbelievable-ness? What does she do after the test? She says, "Guys, cheating is bad." Uhm. Yeah. Sure, Ms. I-Copied-All-Your-Answers-Last-Week-And-Opened-The-Book-During-The-Test-Today. Whatever you say. And then she acts all innocent and like she hasn't done anything wrong or retarded at all. AND she makes fun of us for not studying. Like, what the hell?

So I'm totally pissed right now. We helped you fill in the whole test last week, when we were sitting across the freaking table from you, and you won't help us with ANYTHING this week, when we're pretty much right next to you. It's so retarded. I mean, if you didn't need our help, then sure, whatever, we don't expect you to help us if you didn't need our help. Even if you said you didn't want to help us before the test, then fine. But no, you tell us that you'll help, then you cover your answers when we ask for it. -.-

Josephine and I have decided to try and study like hell for the next quiz (half-and-half, so we can help each other), so if the girl asks us for help, we can oh-so-subtly glare at her, cover our papers, and slam our hands over our answers.

Wayne's Leaving!!! =(

He's actually leaving. Like, for real. Permanently. And it's not like he's just moving to a different city or anything; he's moving to TAIWAN. As in, that island off the coast of China which is about 13 hours away from here BY PLANE. And sure, I've only known him for less than a year, but he's already one of my best friends, and I'm going to miss him sooooo much!

I won't see him again for at least a year, and even then, it might not happen. The closest time that I'm almost positive I'll see him again is in three years, when I go back before college. But that's in three whole years...

I'm going to go to Chinese school this Friday, all happy, then I'll expect Wayne to come in during brunch to push me around in a rolling chair into the 12th grade classroom (=P) but then I'll remember. He's gone. And he's not coming back. Not for a while, at least.

He's not gone yet, but last night was the last time I'll see him for a while. We went to Hacienda, not for a movie or anything (nothing good was playing), so we just wandered around and talked. He stole my ice cream (-.-) and I punched him because he wouldn't let me sit down. =P Yeah, same old, same old. Not much was different; we just talked about him moving and about the "good old times" (*cough**cough*) when he liked me. But it wasn't like, "OMG, you're leaving!!! *hugs* *sob*"

I guess the truth hasn't totally sunk in yet. I still can't believe he's moving... I guess it won't sink in until he's actually... gone.

But that was the last time I'd actually talk to him in person, and punch him for putting his arm around me... I guess a goodbye hug wasn't bad. But I'll miss him so freaking much...

Wayne, come back and visit! Don't forget me! If you do, I'll kill you in three years!
You're cute in a stupid kind of way. ;)

Random Stuff From the Last Few Weeks...

So yeah, I had lots of problems last week, most of which I will explain in great detail. =P Family problems, school problems, friend problems. Yeah, I'm just messed up in general.

Well, non-depressing things first, at one of the Saturday practices (I forget which), there was this guys who had a motorized... BICYCLE. I was like, whoaaaa. XD it was pretty awesome, but really stupid at the same time. I mean, seriously? Who takes the time to attach a motor to a bike???

The pancake breakfast/car wash was pretty damn fun today. =P I wanted to cook!!! =( I got to wash cars instead, which wasn't bad. But still! I wanted to cook pancakes and be like, *flip flip* Here! But I'd probably poison the people, so I guess it's a good thing that I didn't cook them.

Practice today wasn't that bad. We learned pretty much all of the closer and reviewed work (which was REALLY bad on Wednesday) and did visual basics, which were torture after not having done them since band camp... We did dropspins continuously for like 100 counts, and my flag kept getting tangled up. Thank God Ashlee told us to stop after the first (disastrous) rep... It was pretty fun today though. Not a bad rehearsal at all.

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Back to my problems...

So my parents are sort of arguing right now. I'm not going into detail, but I'll just say that it's making life miserable.

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I am so screwed for school this year... My schedule is slowly murdering me... Freaking 4 weighted classes (technically 5, since Breton uses a weighted scale for chemistry, but that's a hella easy class and it's not a 5 point one), and my totally jam-packed after-school crap right now... I already have 2 B's, and I'm positive I'd have more if all my teachers updated the grades. -.-
I'm don't know what I'm going to do next year... I really think I'm killing myself like this...

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Friend problems? I'll get to that... eventually.

I'm So Hot!!!

Haha, it's my ultimate cheer-up song. I love the beat and stuff. "Tell Me" gets pretty close too, but I like this one better just for the mere fact that it's way more fun to sing along to (even if I only know the English parts. XD). I swear Robyn and I need to make a "WonderGirls" group, and epic fail at singing/dancing to their songs. it would be so freaking fun!!! "Oh no, please leave me alone! All the boys be loving me, girls be hating me, they will never stop, 'cuz they know I'm so hot hot!"

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On another hand, I want to make a Harry Potter skit group too, but I don't think that's ever going to happen. XD *sighs* But you'll join it right? Right?!?! NO?!?!?! CRUCIO!!! >=(

I'm Such a Klutz! Haha. XD

So anyways, before getting to my (not-so) awesome klutziness, I would just like to bring up that I do not have practice Saturday OR Monday, and I don't have Kumon on Friday either. HELL YEAHHHHHH!!!! W00T W00T!!! This will probably never happen in my life ever again. I'm so happy!!! I'm probably not even going to do anything (like going to the movies, shopping, whatever), but I DON'T NEED TO MARCH AROUND AND HIT MYSELF WITH MY RIFLE!!! YAY! I'm so ridiculously happy over this, it's rather sad. But, this means I have my whole weekend to myself! AND I have an ice cream social a hour before Chinese school!!! Yay!

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So anyways, Mike (loser. =P) dared me to dress up all preppy and crap (dress, necklace, high heels, all that. Except makeup, because I would NEVER do that. Unless it's a formal/semi-formal event) and I was slightly late getting out of my house today, so I went running down my front door path and TOTALLY just fell right as I got to the driveway. It actually hurt. Then I almost started cracking up before I realized that Ross was still waiting for me, and then I was like, "Aw crap, he's probably going to come out..." And yeah, that's what he did. XD Then he kept freaking about how I was bleeding (scraped elbows/knee), but it really didn't hurt that much. I still didn't look at it though, 'cuz it's not like I could do anything about it in the car anyways. But he was freaking out SO MUCH, and when I got to the bathroom to clean myself up, I was half-expecting my elbow to be like, totally red. But it was just a small scratch, and there wasn't even that much blood, so I seriously have no idea why he was so freaked out about it. o.o But yeah, so that was kind of interesting. XD But then after school Ross was like, "Now I feel guilty," and I was like, "Wtf? It's not like you pushed/tripped me..." And he kept telling me to watch where I'm going instead of rambling and jumping around and being all hyper. XD But anyways, it was pretty funny, I can't believe I did that. =P Yours truly has absolutely no common sense.
Note to self: Do not go running around in high heels if you can barely walk in them.

But I dared Mike to go to school dressed as a super-nerd (or the stereotype of one, at least), and he actually did the whole nine yards. Suspenders, pocket protector, big round glasses, really high socks. It was pretty damn funny. XP

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Mock Trial was just going over witness statements and stuff; my "audition" is an expert witness... Which basically means I need to memorize TWO witness statements... Damn... =( I need to do that over the weekend...

Trig was boring; we took notes and learned that you can have a negative angle and an angle more than 360 degrees. Cool. XD We got lots of homework, but it's not due for ONE WHOLE WEEK! Yay!

English was retarded. We talked about a story and watched part of a "magical realism" (gasp!) movie. Fun. *note the heavy sarcasm*

Euro was okay; we took another quiz and I missed one again. Agh. I have a 94% in the class though, so whatever. Lambert's pretty chill with the quiz answers though; as long as it makes sense, he doesn't really even care if it's the right one. XD

Okies, now I'm going to bed! Before midnight! For once in my life! Yay! XP

Marching Band is a Health Hazard.

Yep. Anyways, it was like, 105 degrees today, so you'd think we'd get a break from marching on freaking PLASTIC turf. As in, freaking CRAZY HOT TURF. But nope. No way. Nada. We didn't learn as much as we normally do, but hey, who can blame us? We were still running around to our sets and spinning/doing work/playing the whole time (almost). We didn't even get as many water breaks as we usually do... And surprise, surprise, guess who fainted? Yep, yours truly.

I think I have really low heat tolerance... I totally threw up the first day of band camp when we were outside... Blech. But anyways, we reset one of the sets, and I got really dizzy, my stomach hurt like crap, and I felt like I was going to throw up (basically, I felt like sh*t), but Mr. J said that we'd get a water break after we ran it one more time, so I was like, "Okay, I can do this! Just one more time!" But then my vision got really blurry/blotchy, so I bent over a bit. And I think I went delusional. o.o Like, I could've swore that we started the set, but apparently not. But anyways, so I took a few steps (due to my delusional-ness) and then I just totally fell. Flat forward. I don't even know what happened. I think I landed on my face? I'm not sure, I just know I ended up on my stomach.
I was like, slightly aware of the fact that I was on the floor, but like, I couldn't move, and I wasn't exactly thinking, it was sort of like, "Oh. I'm on the ground. Okay." Like, my brain totally wasn't working; I don't think I saw anything wrong with being on the floor until the instructor came over... Then he (the instructor) was like, "Are you okay?" and I wanted to say "Yeah," but I couldn't get it out of my mouth (it would have been sort of stupid anyways, given that, hey, I'M ON THE GROUND). I don't know why, I just totally lost control of my body or something. Then he asked me if I could get up, and I sort of control and I got up and had to go sit out. But like, it was like a dream. From when I fell to when I sat down, it was just sort of like, my mind and body were detached... Like, I can see what's going on and sort of move myself, but not really... It was so weird.

Then we went back out after lunch again, and I started getting really dizzy near the end again, but it was better, and I didn't pass out again. This one dude, Josh, passed out (on purpose though). XD I don't know of anyone else that actually fainted... Tons of people got dizzy though; Clarie was dizzy after I fainted, and Lindsay, Jessica, and Colton all got sick near the end. And Mr. J STILL made them join in for the full run of the opener... I swear, I doubt he'd care if we died, other than the fact that he'd have a hole in the drill... Okay, exaggeration, but still. I mean, when a girl passes out on the field, aren't you supposed to like, at least ask if she's okay over the speaker or something? Oh well. I wasn't out for that long though, just a few seconds apparently, because lots of people just thought that I tripped. Maybe he just thought I tripped. Which is sort of retarded, because there's not really anything to trip over. But anyways, marching band is seriously a health hazard...

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Colorguard's pretty good with the work though; we all know what to do, it's just hard to do it so fast... The band has this part where they do a scatter drill and break off into whatever direction they want to go in and like "fly" around. It's SKYDIVING!!! I wish we got to do that... Kelly's thinking about doing more lifts though (like last year, only not so... awkward). So I'm excited for that, because lifts are actually pretty cool. XD

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We got out an hour earlier today though; I'm not sure why, probably because of the heat. But Brandon and I just sat/laid down outside and talked. =P And listened to music. It's been like, FOREVER since I've actually TALKED with him. He's still awesome. ;D Except he wouldn't sing for me. -.- Oh well. So that was pretty fun.

Then I came home and slept for like, 2 hours because I was so tired I couldn't barely get out of the car, and I couldn't get upstairs. Then I took a shower, and I did some homework... I have a crapload to do tomorrow, because I'm going to bed in like, two minutes.

Sarang Hae Yo, Zhi Dui Ni Shuo

zhan zai ji mo de wu tai shang
deng guang xia tuo zhe zi ji de yin zi
yin yue chong fu wo men gong tong de you shang
bu shi mei yi ci de yan chang
jiu ke yi dan wang ming tian mei you ni
in my heart we'll never be apart

chan liu shou shang de xiang wei ti xing wo
zai shu wei xiang ji li liu xia de cheng nuo
mei yi feng jian xun chuan chu de si nian dou dui ni shuo

(Chorus)
sa rang hae yo means I love you
dai biao zhe wo li bu kai ni
mei fen mei miao mei yi ge sheng yin
zhi you ni sa jiao hui rang wo wei xiao
sa rang hae yo zhi dui ni shuo
i will love you and forevermore
wo da ying baby you will see
mei yi ge wo dou shu yu ni

chan liu shou shang de xiang wei ti xing wo
zai shu wei xiang ji li liu xia de cheng nuo
mei yi feng jian xun chuan chu de si nian dou dui ni shuo

(Chorus x2)

Oh baby I will love you because
wo dou shu yu ni

First Day Back at School!

Anyways, we didn't do much today. My teachers actually all seem pretty fine, so I guess I don't really care about my schedule anymore. =P

A: Mock Trial
Mr. Barr was acting all strict like he always does on the first few days of school. OMG, I'm so excited! We might have a murder case this year! Yay! Of course, I'm still going to be a witness, but hey, it's freaking AWESOME!!!

1: Honors Precalc/Trig
Mr. Shack was picking on me today. =P He was like, "Oooh, it's Erica! Oh no!" and "I had a dream about school yesterday. Erica was in it. (PinkBunny goes, "That would be a nightmare.") Yeah, I woke up and was sweating bullets!"
But it's pretty cool; I'm thinking this class is probably going to be a challenge, but Mr. Shack is cool, and I should be okay...

2: Chemistry
Breton seems really chill! I like her. =) I don't like, know ANYONE in this class though! DX Oh well. I'll just be the kid in the corner who is quiet (OMG!) and does her work. We got our books today though; blech, we need to bring them back and forth... Ugh.

3: Adv. English 10
Addison's interesting. I think she's okay though, but I'm not really sure. She seems pretty laid-back. Schoolloop says our summer reading assignment test is tomorrow, but she didn't say, and she only said it'd be sometime this week... =( Uh-oh...

4: Honors Physics
Breton again! We got our textbooks for this class too; I know TONS of people here! (Boozer, Melanie, Jessica, Shahzeen, Erin, Alex...) I need to bring my chem and physics books on even days, and probably my French book too... Blech.

5: AP Euro
Lambert seems pretty cool too; he was a student teacher for Mr. Sloan! Haha, I was like, "WHOA, WTF?" Euro test is tomorrow too, but it's open-note! Yay! I hope my notes are okay...

6: AP French
Madame still isn't ready for school, but her daughter subbed today! =P We practiced conjugating verbs again; we epic fail, haha. Eh, give me some time and I'll find a way to re-learn all this crap...

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I forgot how much work Kumon is! Gah! Eh, well, Ross is working there now too! =P Except he's only doing reading. And there's a new tutor, Clarissa, who sits in front of me now; she's in my Honors Physics class, so I guess I have a lab buddy! Haha. So yup. I'm going to bed now. Blech, a full day of school tomorrow... AND guard practice... =(

Agh, School Tomorrow...

I'm sort of excited for school, but only for the first day, and because I can give people presents. =P But otherwise, I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. Blech. I don't like my schedule, I barely have any classes with people I know (but I DO have all my odd day classes with PinkBunny, and half my classes with Alex), and I don't want summer to be over!!!
Oh well... *sighs* Get ready for another 180 days of torture!!! Sophomore year, here I come! Yay...

At least I'll have our carpool conversations to look forward too. Roflmao. Plus I get to see all my little frosh friends! (Half of whom are older than me. XD) And I think I need to "carpool" with Lucy and Jillian too. Only it's not really carpooling, it's more giving them a ride home after school, because their parents work and now neither of them have a ride. Which complicates things quite a bit, but hey, whatever. Our after-school convos can just be that much more awesome! I feel sorry for Ross... XD

Okay, now I need to go to bed or else I'll fall asleep at school tomorrow, and THAT will not be a good first impression. =P

Band Camp: ABCD, and Rifle Work

(I couldn't find a picture of the hand placements, so... XD)

So anyways, I always play ABCD with Ross, Peter, and John (and occasionally some other people; Tommy joined in today) during lunch and stuff. And it's hella fun, unless you mess up when it's Peter's turn, because he slaps like crazy hard, and it actually hurts. XD Ross sort of slaps, but not really, he could go harder. But he won't, because I'm a girl. Stupid chivalry, but it's cute. In a way. XP Then Tommy and John don't slap at all. They're like, okay, whatever. But the funny thing is, usually Ross messes up when its my turn, and I mess up when its his. It's actually sort of interesting. Then I had this time when I messed up like 4 times in a row and I was like, "Aw damn..." But its really fun!!! Haha, it like, makes my day.

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Guard didn't have instructors for a while (like, two days), so that was hella cool, but Jay came today!!! Yay! Except he's teaching us rifle, and I suck. XD So we learned a LOT of work today, I'm seriously afraid I'll screw up really bad when we're reviewing. Kyle's coming tomorrow though!!! (Jay is again too.) So it's pretty awesome, because I thought I'd never see them again. ;D Now we just need Jesse... But she's on vacation with Kelly. =P But anyways, our new rifle work is really fast, and sort of confusing, but at least I can do it at a slower tempo (excluding one of the tosses). So it's better than last year, when I was hella confused about the 24 counts coming off the front side line for like, a month. XD

Schedule Rant

A: Mock Trial, Barr
1: Precalc/Trig Honors, Shackelford
2: Chemistry, Breton
3: English 10 Adv, Addison
4: Physics Honors, Breton
5: Europeon History AP, Lambert
6: French AP, Goldin

So first of all, I'll just say that I'm happy to have Barr/Shack/Goldin again! I love them! ;D
But I didn't get Westley for English, OR Doherty for Euro, OR Coburn for chemistry, and I really wanted those teachers... (Coburn not so much). But what sucks is that apparently Addison is crazy and perverted, Lambert is boring, and Breton is strict and has high expectations.

Plus I'm stuck in Breton's class for 3 1/2 hours (block schedule) since I have chemistry and honors physics with her... On the same day, one after the other. I'm going to get my work sooo confused. OMG, then if she has a test in both of her classes... Oh damn...

But I heard Addison is rather biased (which is a good and bad thing), so if I can just get her to like me, I should be okay. XD Then Breton supposedly usually likes her students that have chemistry and honors physics with her, so... Not that many people have an opinion on Lambert though, so I don't know about him.

But still, I wish I had Westley and Doherty! I heard they were hella chill... =( I could've ranted wayyy more, but the anger sort of lets go after a few hours. XD

On Girls and Guys, and the Relationships in Between...

Anyways, I'm currently reading this (fictional) book about this girl who used to be fat, but then slimmed down and somehow dated the hottest guy in the school, broke up with him, and is now surrounded by cheerleader friends with whom she does not fit in. I figure that this girl is amazingly retarded. I mean, why would you want to be someone you obviously aren't? If you don't fit in with your friends, who the hell are you going to fit in with??? Besides, she's still wanting to re-date that hot dude, even when (HELLOOOO!!!) he freaking hit her, stalked her, and made her dump her original friends.

So anyways, I figure that there might actually be some of those girls (*gasp*) at CHS too, but I don't know. Whatever, they're losers. I love my friends though. I can totally be my own, crazy, hyper, out-of-control self, and they still love me. XD Yay!
And I thought, usually guys would be cooler and less vain, right? And that's usually the case, but every once in a while, along comes a guy who has this freaking huge ego *coughs* and is always adjusting his hair *coughs* and thinks he's all that *COUGHS*. It's rather annoying.

I sort of wish we were in elementary school again. Only in the sense that in elementary school, no one gave a sh*t about clothes, makeup, or whatever. You just had those friends that you hung out with and everything was awesome. Sure, people would tease you about liking so-and-so if you hung out with him all the time, but other than that, life was grand. But now, you see these little 3rd graders wearing tons of makeup, shopping at like, Nordstrom Rack, and wearing designer jeans/purses, and it's sort of like, "What the hell?" Even more so, what kind of weird parent would buy that stuff for their kids? How much money do you guys have?!?! Okay, done ranting. On this subject, at least. XD

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And now on to the relationships. I have a friend (not a really close one, but still a friend) with whom I was discussing boys with (along with like, 6 other people), and she just said, "Guys for me are like shiny new toys. They're fun for like a week, then they get boring." At that point, I was seriously just like, "Wait... She did not just say that..." I thought my sister was crazy, having a different guy for every year of high school, and yet this girl has had four boyfriends in freshman year alone.

I mean, I hate to judge, but it really seems that relationships these days really don't go anywhere, and I think that's mainly because of people's attitudes towards them... It's like, people these days date for the heck of it, just to see what it's like, what this guy/girl is like, whatever... There's these girls (and guys) who've had like, several boy/girlfriends, and have kissed all of them, and I just find it sort of weird. For me personally, I'd rather not have a boyfriend at all than to have one that I don't actually like. And I definitely wouldn't kiss someone just for the heck of it. (Thank God none of my close friends are like that...) Maybe it's just because I'm so into that fairytale love story? It's sort of weird; other people date to get to know them better, whereas I'd rather know the person better before I date them.
I might not be able to tell if I like a person (or if it's just a crush thing) before dating, but I would only date someone if I could somehow picture myself liking them, you know? Probably not, but whatever. Basically, I won't date someone who I can't think of liking, and even if I can think of myself liking them, I won't necessarily date them. I'm a rather complicated person. I guess I'm just too focused on having a guy that's "perfect." Not in every sense of the word, but in some senses... *sighs* Sometimes I really do get sick of waiting though, it's just sort of like, I'll see these happy couples and wish that I had a guy who loved me... And then at other times, I figure that if there was a guy who liked me that I know right now, then it would work out, right? But it hasn't happened yet, so sometimes I figure it probably won't happen at all... Oh well.
I'll find him someday.

Band Camp, Drill, PARTAYYYY!!!!

So anyways, band camp has been like... army boot camp. XD We've run quite a few miles (I lost count after four...), done a ton of random sprints/backwards running/push-ups/sit-ups/etc, carrying our pole across our backs... We're probably not going to have much time to run after school starts though... W00t!!! I survived the first week of band camp!!! Yay! Only one more to go, then school starts! I'm actually pretty psyched for school, which is slightly retarded, but whatever.

Drill was... interesting. We learned 25 sets, and I was being all happy because Zorro's opener was like 36 sets or something. Then when we finished, Mr. J was like, "That was only half, sorry." So the opener is... 50 sets?!?!?! What the F******CK?!?!?! *sighs* Oh well. Anyways, there was this time when we were doing a run-through, and the guard on side 1 totally forgot our sets, so we stood there for like, 4 sets all like, "Oh damn..." Then Ross almost ran into me because I was apparently in the way of his next dot. Woops. =P

OMG, Brandon joined marching band!!! Haha, I was so happy to see him, yay! I haven't actually talked to him in like, forever!!! But yeah, we seriously haven't changed since 3rd grade. =P Every single water break, we were running around stealing each other's hats and making fun of each other and stuff, it was pretty awesome. But anyways, he's on drum line (bass drum), and his first day of camp was drill. Sucks for him, since he doesn't even know how to march yet. XD He missed all those miles though...

Haha, I'm so freaking tan now!!! I have these epic sock, short, and tank top tans. XP But then I'm peeling along my collarbone, so I have this very awkward white splotch around my neck; it looks like I got burned or something. It's even more epic when I'm in my swimsuit; you can see every single one of my tans, it's soooo funny!!!

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The guard party was AWESOME!!! We had like, three different pizzas, strawberries, grapes, M&Ms, Twizzlers, brownies, cinnamon roll pizzas, frozen sorbet, Otter Pops... Plus a ton of lemonade and sodas. It was sooo good! I love our guard mom (Melanie's mom)!!! Except after Melanie graduates, senior year of guard is going to suck... No guard parties... *sighs* So anyways, we stayed in the pool/hot tub for like, four and a half hours until we were all wrinkly. XD Colton and I were playing around with Melanie's mini inner tube and her slide (yes, she has a water slide for her pool); it was sooo fun!
Then we went inside to her game room (it's this room separate from the main house with these pinball machines, a huge TV, a bathroom, tiny kitchen...) to watch some old guard shows, but I had to leave. =\ It was hella awesome though!!! CHS, YOU KNOW!

OH DAYUMMMMM!!!

Ugh... I'm so freaking tired and sore... We ran a mile today, and did a ton of sprints, grapevines, lunges, push-ups, sit-ups, etc. We skipped like 30 yards too. Yeah, skipped. But today was actually a pretty good day. Excepting the beginning, where we ran and totally killed ourselves, the rest wasn't that hard... We NEVER worked this hard last year... Plus, guard wasn't even with marching band during camp... Oh well, we'll build up endurance... XP
The band sounds really good though! Even though every time I hear them practice, I start freaking out because the music sounds so freaking fast and UGHHHH. But yeah, at least they're doing well... As for all of the coaches' talk about making the choreography suit our needs... Well, that's only a very, very, VERY last resort...

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This show better be worth all this work... We (guard) started learning work today, and it's so freaking fast, I'm like, "Holy sh*t, crap, noooo, f*ck, slow down! Aw, time to do it again??? Ugh..." It doesn't help that we have some rather complicated rifle work, including a very awkward left hand rifle toss (that I can barely get out of my hand, let alone catch...) and lots of wrist work. I practiced spinning rifle today; my right spins are absolutely horrible, and I can't even start to spin with my left... *sighs* But I need to keep going! Go, go, go!!!

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Anyways, I got my STAR test scores back. What can I say, EPIC FAIL. XD But it's so stupid, if you miss like, one problem, you get like, 20 points docked of your score... *sighs* Oh well, whatever, it doesn't really count for anything.

English-Language Arts: 494 (It's a wonder I passed Foss' class with the grade I got... 100%, hell yeah!!! I'm still really happy about that, =P)
Algebra II: 553 (God, it just keeps getting worse and worse...)
Biology: 458 (Damnnnn... But what can I say, I didn't learn much in Pence...)

My English and biology grades are the same as Courtney's!!! Yay! I can feel smart now! ;D I don't know about the sub-section scores though... Oh well, whatever. Now I need to go sleep so that I can go run another mile tomorrow! Yay!!! -.-

First Day of Band Camp!!!

So anyways... I'm seriously back to being the level of a freshman... I can't even do throwaways anymore... Of course, I never really could do them, because I'm so short, but still... My drop-spins are okay, double-times a bit worse but still good. Stretching's fine, but I need to do more of that... OMG, our practice flags are HOT PINK!!! Yay! Ahaha. But everyone needs to learn to spin rifle; I'm so scared. I can't spin rifle. I suck at it. Ugh. I'm going to need to practice like, everyday for as long as it take, because I WILL NOT be the worst. I refuse. Even though I'm the only "old" member who has never touched a rifle in her whole life. Well, I'm going to need to buy some gloves to protect my hands, and then I'll practice for a while every day, because I really want to be able to do this... Well, I'll survive, and I really hope that this season's better than my last season...

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Anyways, I got my braces off today!!! My teeth feel so weird and slippery... And my mouth feels so empty... But my orthodontist gave me a "goodie bag" with popcorn, peanuts, Jelly Belly jelly beans, and a Snickers! You know, all that stuff that I wasn't supposed to eat *cough* when I had braces. I'm getting my retainers next week. ;)