...what did I tell you? I promised they'd take me too. Down with the heroes before me. What did I tell you? I promised I'd give you a story. Tell me a story.
Lately, life's just kind of been... really good, actually. I never thought I'd ever find myself saying this, but I love school and can't wait to go back. Also, the school I'm going to next year is completely and totally amazing. I'm going to be in band and orchestra next year. Pretty sure I'm going to be a xylophonist. :D
The first day of school, Cassidy, Gordan, Sean, Tj, and I are going to run down the hallway and yell "WOOO!!!!" repeatedly.
It snowed. Around five inches. It was exciting for about ten minutes, but after that, I just wanted to go back to school.
So guess what, a friend of mine (I'm not saying who in case the wrong person reads this and they get in trouble) was told by a teacher that he was going to be talked to after lunch. The teacher told him to go sit at the detention table. He did. So as soon as lunch was over, he ran out the outside door that no one walks out of when it gets really cold. Sean, not knowing exactly what was going on, chased after him. Cassidy saw Sean run out there, and so she chased him. Then I chased Cassidy. Then the friend who got in trouble was hiding behind a trash can outside, and then we all ran into the building and went to class. The teacher never talked to him, but he very well may when we go back to school.
On that same day, a guy I know (not the same guy mentioned previously), decided to run around the cafeteria and tell everyone to start spontaneously coughing at exactly 12:00. It was about 11:55. So we were all staring intently at the clock, and at 11:59:55, the friend who ran out the door starts counting down "5... 4... 3... 2... 1.." and the cafeteria got really quiet. Then it happened. The teachers had a major "WTF" expression on their faces. Then we all started cracking up.
I also really like one of my good friends. (Yes, in that way.) He told me he likes me. He said that over a text message, and we're not exactly boyfriend and girlfriend (yet), because asking people out not in person can be kind of awkward. (I would know. xD)
Life is awesome right now. <3
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
IT'S A PARTY IN THE USA!
Me: Hey Anna! What's up?
Anna: Not much. You?
Me: Nothing really. So have YOU ever been bullied?
Anna: Yeah, Alex pushed me into a locker and tried to shut it. That video (about bullying) we watched in homeroom was really dumb.
Me: Definitely. ...wait, when was this?
Anna: Oh, like two minutes ago.
Then we just start laughing.
In moments such as these, I remember that we have more issues than the world has fish. That example is... a perfect example of these issues.
Okay, it's time to be serious and write a post worth reading. Or not.
Recently, I've become enthralled with writing a ridiculously long poem or song, trying to find a way to work out percussion when our drumset will remain in Turkey for several years, piecing together a cross-country road trip (that you may or may not be involved with, depending if you're in the Despair Faction... not sure if it can even happen, but we'll wait and see)
Audrey and I are planning on venturing out to the west coast in a few years.
Audrey almost has a drumset.
I now have clear converse and a haircut. I haven't actually cut my hair since July, except trimming my bangs.
Anna: Not much. You?
Me: Nothing really. So have YOU ever been bullied?
Anna: Yeah, Alex pushed me into a locker and tried to shut it. That video (about bullying) we watched in homeroom was really dumb.
Me: Definitely. ...wait, when was this?
Anna: Oh, like two minutes ago.
Then we just start laughing.
In moments such as these, I remember that we have more issues than the world has fish. That example is... a perfect example of these issues.
Okay, it's time to be serious and write a post worth reading. Or not.
Recently, I've become enthralled with writing a ridiculously long poem or song, trying to find a way to work out percussion when our drumset will remain in Turkey for several years, piecing together a cross-country road trip (that you may or may not be involved with, depending if you're in the Despair Faction... not sure if it can even happen, but we'll wait and see)
Audrey and I are planning on venturing out to the west coast in a few years.
Audrey almost has a drumset.
I now have clear converse and a haircut. I haven't actually cut my hair since July, except trimming my bangs.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
I'd never imagined that it would be this way, but that seems to be the case.
The title is a lyric from a song we're working on. I do realize it's not that deeply meaningful or anything, but the song is kind of about unexpected changes and realizations of things that have always been. Which is kinda what's going on now, I guess.
And speaking of the band: we're working, we've got our lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist secured now. We've got two techies, already worked out financial stuff, a keyboardist/lead guitarist/violist (me), and a percussionist/drummer. We're trying to find a bassist, but there aren't many people around here that play bass.
The main various hindrances we've encountered so far:
* We lack money. When your family barely has enough money for what you buy, that's a problem. I have to pay completely for my next guitar and things related to it. Of course, I do get birthday money from relatives, and occasionally an allowance for doing chores. Yet it's still going to take a while. I'm trying not to complain too much about this, but when you are buying a guitar that's $700 or so used, and you only have a little over half of that, and you can't get a job for a few more years, it gets difficult.
* We don't live close to any big music centers. Sure, there's Nashville, but that's about 10 hours away. None of us have licenses yet, and even if we did, our parents wouldn't let us go out there, nor would they drive us out there.
* We don't have parents in the industry. Although our singer/rhythm guitarist's dad does have a recording studio in his basement, but it's just as a part-time thing. So we probably won't have a studio problem.
* We have no drumset. Our drummer's cousin, who taught her how to play drums, went away to college in Turkey and took the drumset with him. We'll figure out something. Even if that means hitting random pieces of wood or shaking boxes of cookies. (Okay, maybe not.) But really. We'll be cool and come up with something.
I'll stop complaining now. What's sad is that if you have the right stuff and know the right people, you can be a widely-liked musician without having any talent. Although plenty of widely-liked musicians do have talent.
Other than that, here are some things people have said or done recently that I love.
1. "Class, I've been telling you to be quiet the whole time, so just SHUT UP!" - teacher.
2. [Mack walks over to the closet to fix a cord sticking out.] "Mack, WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU DOING?" - teacher.
3. [When we hug each other.] "Domestic violation!" - us
4. [Austin starts laughing at Naked juice.]
5. [Someone wrote "Metallica Rules!" on a picture of the Croatoan tree in social studies.]
6. [We had to make up a new character for the book we read.] "My character's name is BAMF, and he..." - Tahisha
7. "Uhh, 'temputure...'? Did you mean temperature, Peyton?" - teacher.
8. "Why come it's like that?" - Chris
9. "But wait, don't the fish's eggs come out of its mouth?" - Chris
10. Me: ...why would you pay $130 for a holographic periodic table?
Teacher: Why wouldn't you?
Me: It's a piece of paper.
Teacher: BUT IT'S AWESOME!
11. "I can count all the way to purple!" - Joel McHale
12. [very loudly so the whole class hears] "...well, she can suck my weenie!" - Rachel S.
13. "Shut up, Mr. pissy pants." - Rachel S.
14. "Ooo, someone's got a spice." - Rachel S.
15. [Teacher starts complaining about how his joints hurt.] "...syphilis." - Marquese
16. "Well I found a hair in my food, so then I went to the lunch lady and asked if it was hers, and she said it wasn't. Then I told her 'You a lie!'" - Chris.
17. "... is Benjamin Franklin still alive?" - Luke
18. Kid in science: What if all the water went in the ocean one day?
Chris: We would build a campfire and burn all the trees down! :D
And speaking of the band: we're working, we've got our lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist secured now. We've got two techies, already worked out financial stuff, a keyboardist/lead guitarist/violist (me), and a percussionist/drummer. We're trying to find a bassist, but there aren't many people around here that play bass.
The main various hindrances we've encountered so far:
* We lack money. When your family barely has enough money for what you buy, that's a problem. I have to pay completely for my next guitar and things related to it. Of course, I do get birthday money from relatives, and occasionally an allowance for doing chores. Yet it's still going to take a while. I'm trying not to complain too much about this, but when you are buying a guitar that's $700 or so used, and you only have a little over half of that, and you can't get a job for a few more years, it gets difficult.
* We don't live close to any big music centers. Sure, there's Nashville, but that's about 10 hours away. None of us have licenses yet, and even if we did, our parents wouldn't let us go out there, nor would they drive us out there.
* We don't have parents in the industry. Although our singer/rhythm guitarist's dad does have a recording studio in his basement, but it's just as a part-time thing. So we probably won't have a studio problem.
* We have no drumset. Our drummer's cousin, who taught her how to play drums, went away to college in Turkey and took the drumset with him. We'll figure out something. Even if that means hitting random pieces of wood or shaking boxes of cookies. (Okay, maybe not.) But really. We'll be cool and come up with something.
I'll stop complaining now. What's sad is that if you have the right stuff and know the right people, you can be a widely-liked musician without having any talent. Although plenty of widely-liked musicians do have talent.
Other than that, here are some things people have said or done recently that I love.
1. "Class, I've been telling you to be quiet the whole time, so just SHUT UP!" - teacher.
2. [Mack walks over to the closet to fix a cord sticking out.] "Mack, WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU DOING?" - teacher.
3. [When we hug each other.] "Domestic violation!" - us
4. [Austin starts laughing at Naked juice.]
5. [Someone wrote "Metallica Rules!" on a picture of the Croatoan tree in social studies.]
6. [We had to make up a new character for the book we read.] "My character's name is BAMF, and he..." - Tahisha
7. "Uhh, 'temputure...'? Did you mean temperature, Peyton?" - teacher.
8. "Why come it's like that?" - Chris
9. "But wait, don't the fish's eggs come out of its mouth?" - Chris
10. Me: ...why would you pay $130 for a holographic periodic table?
Teacher: Why wouldn't you?
Me: It's a piece of paper.
Teacher: BUT IT'S AWESOME!
11. "I can count all the way to purple!" - Joel McHale
12. [very loudly so the whole class hears] "...well, she can suck my weenie!" - Rachel S.
13. "Shut up, Mr. pissy pants." - Rachel S.
14. "Ooo, someone's got a spice." - Rachel S.
15. [Teacher starts complaining about how his joints hurt.] "...syphilis." - Marquese
16. "Well I found a hair in my food, so then I went to the lunch lady and asked if it was hers, and she said it wasn't. Then I told her 'You a lie!'" - Chris.
17. "... is Benjamin Franklin still alive?" - Luke
18. Kid in science: What if all the water went in the ocean one day?
Chris: We would build a campfire and burn all the trees down! :D
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