I was really worried about forgetting my post because it's spring break. But I didn't. Hooray.

Yesterday I wanted to get out of the house so I went to the mall. Now, at first, my parents were reluctant to let me go because I am a girl. How could I possibly imagine going somewhere in public by myself? How can I expect myself to be able to handle it? When they finally let me go, after an hour of convincing, I had a pretty good time. I bought a skirt. First time ever. It was pretty crazy.

I really prefer to be independent.

Last Thursday I went to see Seussical. And oh my goodness, it was amazing. Something really stood out for me about this play and that is that I knew people in it. Jonathan and Caroline were amazing. I knew Jonathan was talented, but I had no idea he could sing and dance. And Caroline was the most adorable Who. Anyways. They both did an amazing job.

Right now I am eating the most glorious bagel ever. That's what I want to do with my life. I want to make a lot of money somehow so that I can get a nice little house and a lifetime supply of bagels and just lay around and eat bagels until I die.

Actually. . . no I don't. But that can be plan B.

This is the lamest spring break ever. Usually we go out of town somewhere great. This time there is nothing to do. So I have decided that I am going to do something awesome. I obviously have not worked out the details yet, but once I do. . .

This really gives me some perspective.

At least it's raining.

Today my horoscope is off. It's never wrong, but today it's doesn't seem to know what it's talking about at all. What a let down.

I cleaned out my room the other day. It was awful. I had to sort through all of the things that I had just swept under my bed. I realized how much I didn't want to deal with that stuff so I just pushed it back where it was. Now it only appears clean in here. Eventually though, I guess I will have to deal with it. Ugh.

-Lacey

You Get the Best of Both Worlds

First off, great job to everyone in Seussical! It turned out great, and I'm proud for it to be a representation of our school.

But there is a very important matter to discuss. This of course, is the matter of the Hannah Montana movie. Now before you haters stop reading, you must see the trailers for this movie. If you haven't seen one, go look one up. Right now. I'm serious, you can come back later.

I think after watching one of these trailers, even the biggest of Hannah Montana haters must admit that the movie looks pretty good.

I am a proud of being a Hannah Montana fan. Now, I don't really care much for the music, though I do listen to it on occasions. But that show is hilarious. The plot lines aren't very clever, but there are enough one-liners to keep me interested.

So mock me if you want, but I'll definitely be seeing that movie.

-Brianna

Hey John, What's Your Name Again?

Hello there, blue powerblogger here! My life has been really crazy and eventful lately, so this is just one of those random tidbits blogs.

Seussical is over!!! Oh, it was so much fun, I'm kinda sad now that we're done! And that rhymed, in classic Seuss style! I'm so proud of the entire cast and crew! We all really came together to create an amazing show! It broke records for ticket sales, I think, and many people claim that it's the best show Chiles has ever performed! I'm really gonna miss it :(

My favorite cousins are in town for spring break!!!! I'm so excited about it!!! We all have so much fun together and they are so crazy! Even though they are six years younger than me, I still love hanging out with them!

I wrote a hate song about this boy that led me on and was basically a jerk. But then he still came to see me in Seussical, which was weird. here's part of it:

your mistakes are on replay through my head
I'm drowning out the words you said
turn up the music to overwrite these thoughts
I'll suffocate secrets buried deep in regret

I can swear to you that you won't see me cry
over all that you did and all of your lies
I won't fuel your feelings with false alibis
I won't fuel your fire so let the flame die

Its really mean, I know.

I went swimming today for the first time! It was FREEZING!!!! But I got a super cute new bathing suit so I really wanted to wear it!

We have to take a test over spring break for chemistry. Apparently its uber hard. I'm not happy about it.

Tomorrow I am going to Wakulla Springs. I am deathly afraid of that place! I haven't been in ten years, it scares me so much! I'm always worried that an alligator will come eat me or something! But my parents are making me go. Please pray that I don't become lunch!

So I am basically obsessed with the band The Devil Wears Prada now. Listen to their song "Hey John, What's Your Name Again?". Its AMAZING!!!!! And the clean vocalist, Jeremy DePoyster, is incredibly attractive. As well as their drummer and one of their guitar players. Oh, and the keyboard player. Its a lot of hotness in one place, basically. But now I have three future husbands to choose from: the Aaron Gillespies and Jeremy DePoyster :( Its such a tough decision!!!

Oh, and I am going to a movie with a guy on Friday :) Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have an AWESOME spring break!

Until next week, 

Caroline

A Tribute To The Piano

Hey people. Guess what? IT'S SPRING BREAK!!! WHOO!!!!!! I have to say I had a very productive Saturday. My parents let me have one "rest day" so I spent my Saturday watching movies on YouTube and playing games on Newgrounds. I haven't been to Newgrounds in forever, maybe since like a year ago. But on there I found an interesting game, which brings me to my post.

Remember that post from a long time ago? The one where I told you guys I hated piano when I was little? Now I find myself wishing I didn't quit >.<. I look back and think, "Man, imagine how good I would be at piano now if I just kept playing. I'd be on steroids!" But unfortunately, I can only play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Ode to Joy. So in memory of my long-dead piano skills, I decided to make a tribute to it. I went on Newgrounds today and found an incredibly relaxing game. The maker was even nice enough to put an html link so other people can put the game on their sites. Go crazy (by the way, don't play YouTube videos or anything if you want to play. it won't let you play if you do):

If you like what you hear, the piano player's name is Issac Shepard. All the music in the game was written by him.
Beethoven and all those other composers may be geniuses but I find that some video games also deserve respect. Yes, video games. Especially those of the Final Fantasy series and Kingdom Hearts. They feature a lot of relaxing songs with prettyish melodies. I recommend Eternity Memory of Lightwaves and 1000 Words.
The song below is called Dearly Beloved and it's from Kingdom Hearts. It's actually a simple melody played over and over but these guys improvised and created an entirely original piece and, what more, a duet. If you listen through to the end, one of the guys messes up in a hilarious way. Check it out:

Lastly, from the same guys, a improv'ed version of the Titanic!

That's all I got for you guys today. Have a great spring break and now Caroline take the stage!

-June

Random Question: Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

"And find a handsome mate for you to love."

Wow! We have over three hundred posts! This is the 302nd.
So, it is Spring Break. This means, do I dare count? 110 questions for math. Seriously. As I was counting near 84, I thought, well, this isn't THAT much. That is when the fifth page came out of the printer, much to my shock because I thought five pages had already been printed. We also have APEX for chemistry. I don't know about you, but that takes me at least an entire morning and early afternoon to do. But this one is supposed to be really difficult. So I guess that means an extra day beforehand. And then, we have this "killer quiz," as our intern, who everyone seems to like including me, has forwarned to make sure we are actually reading the book. I really wanted to study for APs during the next week, but that seems kind of ridiculous. The work load seems kind of ridiculous. Tomorrow is the FBK Invitational. I am definitely not ready.
When I came home from watching "Seussical!" which was interesting, I opened Internet Explorer 7 to realize that it was now Internet Explorer 8. My father doesn't want me to download Firefox. (Have I already mentioned this?) Anyway, I am happy about IE8 because it is more similar to Firefox than IE7 was. It is still not as good, though.
I know the teachers sound weird when they ask us to make good choices and be safe, but I have to agree that it is really important these days. There are so many people who get drunk and take drugs and do... things. They can truly be muy peligroso. So, I hope you live to read more of our posts, instead of er, dying off or something.
Reunited with [a clone of] my favorite pencil that I lost at Nationals!
Today just isn't very good. May you be having a better time.
I am supposed to find a "husband" tomorrow. ...
-Kejing

Seussical the Musical

For those of you less in the loop, I happen to have a lead in our school's production of "Seussical." It's a very.. how shall I put it? Haphazard? Anyway, it's crazy. I play Mr. Mayor of Whoville.

The show times are as follows:

Thursday 7:30
Friday 2:30 and 7:30
Saturday 2:30 and 7:30

And here's a gratuitous photo of me looking at my vest for the show:




COME SEE THE SHOW.

- Jonathan

Bonjour!

It is only Tuesday but it seems like later in the week to me. That's really going to turn out bad later on. Today was the most. . . good/bad day I think I have ever had. So it turned out to be pretty neutral I think.

Tomorrow is Wednesday and it will be four months.

I feel more awake now than I have in forever. It could be for one of three reasons. Maybe its the new mints I am trying that are supposed to have tons of energy stuff in them like Red Bull. Maybe its the fact that I had waaaay too much sugar thanks to the Subways irresistible cookies.

But somehow I am completely unmotivated. . . I feel like if I had more time I would be able to make myself work, but it just seems like it's not even worth it to try.

Lately I just feel so lame. It seems as though everyone around me is just so much better than i am at everything. It's like we are all computers, right? And everyone else got upgraded to the new, awesome system, except for me. So I am just outdated. I'm the kind of old computer that no one really wants, but people sometimes get stuck with. Yep. Pretty much. Or like that episode of The Office where Katie comes to the office to sell purses and everyone thinks she's so hot and Kevin says that Katie's prettier than Pam.

So I am thinking of being more outgoing. Actually I am just going to try to improve on a lot of stuff. That way I won't fall completely behind.

Today I was thinking about that Friends episode where Ross is dating Julie and then he kisses Rachel and he has to decide which one he wants. And Phoebe sings a song about how he has to decide. I don't know why that came to mind. . . Weird. . .

Life has a way of being ironic in the worst way sometimes. I'm not even sure I could pick a single story to follow up that statement, because I don't know how I would choose which one to use.

Everything has gotten switched around. It is crazy. It's like what used to be up, is now down. Life sure is full of surprises. Mine isn't the way I thought it would be at this point. Huh. Interesting.

You know who I am getting really tired of? Parents.

I still haven't done anything eighteen-ey.

That seems anticlimactic for an ending. Wow. I totally didn't know that I could spell anticlimactic right. Awesome. I will think of one more thing to write about. . . Hmmm. . .

Nope. I'm out of things to say. Sorry.

-Lacey

Thinking

Sometimes you think and you think and you think figuring that if you sit there in your meditation, answers will become clearer. But a lot of times they don't. A lot of times you ask more questions, or feel even worse about the situation because you think about it too much. Sometimes things consume you and the thinking becomes obsession. Like when you have a good idea and you keep thinking about it, and it gets better and better in your mind until you think you have something absolutely revolutionary.

In Their Eyes Were Watching God there was that quote about girls' goals and dreams being truth and they only remember what they want and forget what they want or whatever. I like how all the girls completely disagreed with that. I totally know exactly what Zora Neale Hurston means though. I have successful blocked out nearly all of my sixth grade year and most of my seventh. Eighth grade is even a blur to me. I hated middle school so much, I decided not to think about it, and you know the memories just disappear after awhile.

And that whole part about the dreams being truth, I know that too. I mean I'm quite obsessed with marriage. And I can't wait to get married someday. And while others around me have doubts and worry about marriage, I have full confidence. Because I will have a happy, successful marriage and that's all there is to it.

I actually have no idea what I'm talking about. I never really do.

-Brianna

Meeting Myself

I have to agree with Kejing on this one. That sub was pretty scary. Just wanted to point that out to some of you people. She even gave me the you're-on-my-bad-side-and-you-will-soon-regret-it glare. *shudder*

I had an interesting conversation with Jack and Joseph on the way back from tennis. After talking about how our school's tennis team pales in comparison to the other schools, we somehow got to the subject of what we were like during freshman year. Oh man, freshman year. Those were some of the weirder days of my life. The rest of the gang and I formed an anti-Gators organization called Gator-fil-A; the name came from Chick-fil-a. Clever, eh? Anyway, Kejing was the president, I was vice president, and the rest were some other unimportant positions. And to fuel the anti-Gator sentiment, I used to go onto the Windows Paint and draw comics of Gator fans succumbing to the flames of a flamethrower, getting fried from a lightning strike, etc.

That was also the year where we established our non-biological family. Ryan was the father, Diana was the mother, I was the eldest sibling, Kejing was the middle sister, Jack was the youngest brother, and William was the dog. We soon had another person come into the family and we labled him brother-in-law but that was much later ^_^.

Thursdays were also a blast. That was when Diana came on the bus with the rest of us. We used to annoy the heck out of her. Jack and I couldn't help but steal something from her such as her glasses, pencil case, and above all, her cell phone. I knew a way to lock down someone's phone completely so that it would be nothing more than a useless piece of plastic. Yep, I took Diana's phone, went into her security, changed the password, and raised all sorts of trouble whenever I got a hold of it.

I look back and think, "Man, was I really that obnoxious?" If I met my freshman self right now, I would probably be like, "Get away from me you weirdo!" I guess I really was that bad. But I learned that people are people and not things for me to annoy and torture. I'm better now.... I hope ^_^'.

That's all I got. Join us tomorrow for another exciting post from Caroline!!!!!!! (who ignored me in the hallway when I said hi to her)

-June

Random Shout Out: Viv! We really miss you!

Happy Anniversary!

One of the most excited parts of yesterday: I went to the Pentel store online, and bought two pencils! I am eagerly awaiting the day when they arrive.
After talking to Jason and Marshall, I have profusely agreed that people should never let Ketan borrow their pencils and pens. It is a terrible idea because they will most likely never get them back.
Today's chemistry class was borderline scary. The substitute was extremely commanding and wanted control of everything. When she walked around, I was afraid that she was looking for excuses to get us in trouble. The only smile I could detect from her was so faint that I probably imagined it. So I know that she is not completely evil.
I came back from getting some food, typed some letters, and a solid black window with a lot of yellow writing flashed up. I have no idea what that was.

Umm, actually, I don't know when it is...

-Kejing

The New Facebook

"Ah, the sun has sunken below yonder horizon! Must be time to update FaceBook!" exclaimed Mark Zuckerberg.

Sometimes I wonder why FaceBook decided to reinvent the wheel every few months with convoluted and unnecessary updates. To be honest, the way they first had it was fine. The lay-out was simple, clean, and intuitive. The second format, met with much adversity, brought about tabs that simplified some aspects of the site, but complicated others (such as now multi-tabbed profile views). Now, in the last few weeks, FaceBook went beserk again, dropping the tabbed main screen and moving navigation to the left. Now we are treated to "up to the second updates" (which is BS) and a system of status updating that seems no different than posting on your own wall. Is it worth it Mark? Honestly, is it? Only the next iteration of FaceBook will tell.

- Jonathan

So it is Tuesday. Obviously. That's why you are stuck with me.

I took the SAT. And I survived. I'll probably take it again pretty soon, but I know now that it is not nearly as intimidating as I thought it would be. If you haven't taken it, do not worry.

I love writing on blogs. I feel like I can write however I want. I can use sentence fragments, and it's just me expressing myself in an unique way. Why can't English teachers appreciate that?

I am having a hard time thinking of what to write today. I've been thinking about it for. . . six or seven hours. Yikes.

It's just one of those days where I feel. . . calm? maybe. No, content. And when I feel this way it's hard for me to focus. All my thoughts feel kind of fuzzy and blurry. In a good way. I guess.

Today I told a white lie. Well I mean. It's not like I don't lie ever. There are just some people I don't lie to. But I guess today was an exception. Kind of. I just didn't want them to think less of me. Not that that's any excuse.

I've been thinking a lot lately. Over thinking. I'm not sure that I enjoy it. It's just like. . . Who am I? Where am I going? What do I want to do with the rest of my life???

At least I didn't just get a pat on the back.

-Lacey

Wishing

Things I want right now:

1. A new history teacher
2. A chocolate milkshake
3. The right words
4. An end to this homework
5. A new episode of Heroes
6. Some faith
7. Spring Break
8. A hug
9. Graduation
10. Some new jokes

-Brianna

If You Wanted a Song Written About You, All You Had to do was Ask

So I wrote a song this weekend about my friend and some of his past problems. Here it is. 

"I'll Take Your Blame Tonight"

back breaking
your burden rests on sore shoulders
keep taking
much deeper breaths just to stand
heart breaking
just to watch you stagger through this
you're taking 
too long to forget these regrets 

truthfully I'm telling you that I
I can try harder
and I know that somehow you can find
the will to be stronger 

so walk away
stop pretending everything's okay
for once, forget your past
and all your mistakes

repeating 
your hopeless habits to erase this 
completing
your ring of despair with the flames
your choking
on your own depression now, suppressing, drowning out
convincing 
yourself that you're the one to blame

and truthfully, I'm telling you tonight 
that this can't be harder
and I know that somewhere deep inside
you can be stronger

so walk away
stop pretending everything's okay
for once, forget your past
and all your mistakes
because I've heard your cry
paid witness to the pain you hide
but I know that your stronger
I know that you're more than this
so tonight I'll take your blame.

<3

I hope to record it on our EP. 

And listen to If You Wanted a Song Written About You, All You Had to do was Ask by Mayday Parade.

-Caroline

Sick Dreams

Hey guys! Being sick really sucks! Yeah!!!! Throwing up, nausea, barely having any energy, yup! The good stuff. Well on the plus side, I slept for a day and a half straight. Too bad I was too sick to enjoy it. But while I was sleeping, I had a bunch of dreams going about in my subconcious, ranging from a normal conversation to the not-so-normal. So here is the most memorable, blog-worthy dream:

An old, rusty warehouse loomed over a lake, its back to the sun. Its shadow was much darker than the others surrounding it. June felt drawn to it and he proceeded to turn the knob of the rusty door. To his surprise, he found the warehouse occupied with quite a number of people (I only remember about 9 people, there were probably a few more). June looked around. A staircase lead to a second floor, the first floor was dirty and barren, there was no furniture, and everything screamed, "Haunted house!" However, the people were much worse. June only recognized three people. One was his mom, another was Ryan (yeah I know right?), and the last was Shuyao (huh, weird). Their clothes were shabby and torn, their faces were pale, and they were very depressed-looking. They seemed to radiate sadness and all they did was sit. June walked around for a little bit but nobody seemed to care that he was here. His curiosity of the second floor grew but he didn't "man up" enough to go up there.
Instead, he asked Shuyao, "What happened here? Why are you guys like this?" Shuyao gave June a gloomy stare and answered, "Only if you push that button over there will you know." June looked and found a black button on the other side of the room, set on a pedestal. "That wasn't there before," June said to Shuyao. Shuyao shrugged and resumed her previous fetal position. At this point, June became very timid. His thoughts started conflicting with each other, "Push the button. NO! It's a bad idea! Just look what happened to them! But aren't you curious? Just push it. One push won't do anything." June walked over to the other side of the room and looked at the shiny, black button. It was so enticing. He looked over his shoulder to make sure nobody was looking. Indeed, everyone had their heads down. "Just one quick push," thought June. He quickly pressed the black button.

The lights went out. June turned around but saw nothing; it was pitch black. He turned around again, only to find that the button and the pedestal was gone. In its place was a window. He saw through the window that it was night outside. "Wait, what? Wasn't it bright and sunny before I came here? I've only been here for a short while too," thought June. He turned back around and called out, "Can anyone hear me?"
No answer.
"Alright! Joke's over. The button was a light switch. Big deal! Someone turn the lights back on."
No answer.
At this point, June was getting very worried. He took a big breath a took one step forward, and then another, and then another, and then another. Suddenly, a single light bulb came on, illuminating only him. It wasn't very bright and was comparable to a dim and fading flashlight. In the dim spotlight, June made out a hand by his foot. A little scared, he half-jumped away from it. That's when the lights came back on. To June's horror, everybody was face-down, lying on the floor, cold, unmoving, and all in their own pools of blood.
"Okay guys. Not funny..." said the shocked June. To worsen the matter, the blood was rapidly spreading and covering the floor. And to even further worsen the matter, the blood was filling up the room like how one would fill up a bathtub with water. June hurriedly tried all the doors but they were locked. He noticed the warehouse was also suddenly different. The walls were pure, redish-orange, metallic rust. The staircase was also gone. In it's place was a door that was also locked. Ankle-deep in blood, frantically searched for an exit. One of the people slowly got up and June stopped dead in his tracks. He probably would have even been a little relieved that someone got up except for one fact, the man was faceless. The others rose and revealed their facelessness. As one, they faced June, hands outstretched towards him, and slowly trudged towards him. Their muffled screams sounded from their now non-exsistant mouthes. June pressed his back against the new staircase door and desperately turned the knob. It opened. June hurried in and slammed the door behind him. He saw the new room and froze. He didn't know which one was worse: the bloody room full of faceless people, or this room.
This room was full of sharp objects, each apparently used on something for they were all bloodsoaked. There were meathooks hanging from the ceiling, sharp spikes from protruding from the walls, and the center of the room had a table with meat cleavers of every size and shape. A hulking man was inspecting the knives. Then...
I woke up.

Honestly, I don't know what happened or what I did to trigger such a graphic nightmare. But, one thing is for sure: my subconcious is very weird.

-June

Random Question: Why do we say "heads up" when we actually want to duck?

'~'

I'm currently in Spanish. We are about to hear and read an article about... something regarding a debate and the president. Ah, yes. Health care. The teacher emailed it to us, so I got your comment, Ryan, when I checked Gmail. Thank you for the reminder. I write "blog" as one of my assignments each Friday.
Yesterday was absolutely dreadful. It started to get pretty bad after school, but the evening was definitely unbearable. I feel so passively angry today.
The SAT is tomorrow. I finally went to the school library and got a review book this morning, which is probably really stupid because I should have had one for a while now. Nervous. \:
Good luck to Erinma, Erica, Lacey, Chanyang, Jack, Shuyao, Megan, and I hope I did not forget you if you are reading this.

-Kejing

Pandora's Box

I am seriously falling in love with Pandora.com! I'm discovering bands like Muse and Snow Patrol that I may have only enjoyed in passing but am now treated to a variety of their best songs. It's fantastic!

Check it out!

- Jonathan

So you guys are out of luck. I was in a terrific mood today and I thought, gee, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. I can write something happy and optimistic and awesome. I had it all prepared. It was going to be about how you should be bold, trust your instincts, and take chances. Make new friends. And live life to the fullest. Blah blah blah.

But alas. Now I don't feel like that.

This is the last time I will write on this blog and have any shot at a future. I take the SAT on Saturday. I did not study an hour a day. I am not prepared. I thought I was okay with that. But not anymore. I guess I should have studied more and looked out for myself. I guess that would have paid off in the end.

I got in a car accident this morning. It wasn't my fault. I'm still alive. Some good came of it because one of my best friends called to see if I was okay because she heard about it. I felt so loved. So that was a nice way to start my day.

You know I almost asked Blair to post for me again? I guess that might have been a good decision.

-Lacey

Job

I decided last night that I am looking for a job. I'd like to secure one before the summer because all the jobs will be snatched up right at the beginning. If anyone happens to know any good places let me know. I'd prefer a cushy, easy job, but honestly I just want a job.

I don't really have much to say. I'm kind of hungry and...wait HEROES TONIGHT!!!!!! I just remembered. Ok, I'll end on that wonderful note.

-Brianna

Black Cat

Hello there, Blue Powerblogger here!

This weekend has been kinda crazy. I had Seussical rehearsal for three hours on Friday and seven hours on Saturday. The rest of my weekend I basically slept, watched T.V., facebook stalked people, and texted Jackson.

Ok, so Jackson is a little odd. I met him last weekend at our church's Crosswild retreat and we exchanged about two sentences the entire time. I came home, friend requested him on facebook, left him a nice little note along the lines of "It was nice meeting you this weekend" on his facebook wall, didn't get a response, and then just forgot about him. But later I noticed a picture of him wearing a paramore shirt on his myspace, and I commented on it. He replied! So we had two conversations going (the other was on a picture on his facebook of him wearing a Mayday Parade shirt, the band that sings the song "Black Cat", which I love) and it was really confusing going back and forth, from site to site, from picture to picture. So he asked me for my number and we started texting. And so far, since Saturday morning at 12:20 a.m., we have texted each other over 200 times. And I have learned a lot of sketchy things about him. Like, really sketchy, especially considering how sheltered I am! But supposedly he's changed, and he's super nice, so we shall see how this friendship evolves. Oh, and he has pet chickens. 

It feels like ever since I've started really focusing on music, I've been exposed to more sketch behaviors. Like at Floyd's, or example, there were middle school kids smoking. And now I know five people who used to smoke pot regularly. And I am friends with them. But whatever, that's life, and I know how to draw boundaries and stand my ground so I won't be getting mixed up with any of that.

Ok so lastly, the band I sang with, Unclaimed, is competing for a chance to play on the Ernie Ball stage at Vans Warped Tour in Orlando, Tampa, and Miami. You should all go to http://warped.battleofthebands.com/contest_overview.php , search Unclaimed, and vote for them in these three cities!!! These guys really deserve to win!

And listen to "Black Cat" by Mayday Parade! It's really really catchy and not at all screamo!

Until next week,

-Caroline

The Art of the Random =O

Since I didn't do a random thing last week, I'll make up for it by posting a bunch of random facts and questions for you guys to ponder.

1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days straight, you will have produced enough energy to heat exactly one cup of coffee. (not really worth ruining your vocal chords for one cup of coffee)
2. A duck's quack will never echo. No one knows why.
3. If you try to fail but succeed, which one have you done?
4. Over 2500 left-handed people are killed every year from using products made for right handed people.
5. Is there another word for "synonym"?
6. Race car is a palindrome. (if you spell it backwards, you still get race car)
7. In the bathroom, how do blind people know they are done wiping?
8. Soda water does not contain soda. (duh)
9. Snails can sleep for three years without eating.
10. The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.
11. Does anyone else find it scary that doctors call what they do "practice"?
12. The world's largest eggs are laid by sharks.
13. Why isn't "phonics" spelled the way it sounds?
14. Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
15. The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII. (I can imagine)
16. Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?
17. The screwdriver was invented before the screw. (Hmm....)
18. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (Another reason to never trust dentists)
19. If a place is open 24 hours a day, is there any reason to make locks on the doors?
20. "Spain" literally means land of rabbits.
21. If you choke a Smurf, what color will it turn into?
22. Termites eat twice as fast if they are listening to heavy metal music so if you have termites in the house, don't listen to metal with speakers.
23. Is the glass half empty or half full? (not morally or personally speaking)
24. Is a white person in Africa called an African American?
25. Roosters can't crow if they don't fully extend their necks.
26. Why is it called the "dust bunny"?
27. If everyone prefers the #2 pencil, why is it number 2?
28. Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
29. Do mathematicians find baking as easy as 3.14159265358979323....?
30. How many licks does it take to get to the center of the Tootsie pop? (the world may never know)

Alright. I hope you guys got something out of that. Join us tomorrow for: duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh CAROLINE!!!!

-June

Come to practice.

Linda here. I'm a really happy person. Kind of. Most of the time. Hehehehehe. Kejing is typing this. She's so good. (Kejing: -.-)
-dance dance dance-
(Kejing: The sophomores are really pretty weird...)
I saw you typing and I thought, "You type really fast. Asians in general type really fast. Is that an Asian trait? Do I type really fast?" Kejing, can I try to type really fast?
(-Kejing moves out of the chair-)

What should I type. HMmmmm. Oh man this is so fast. sorry Kejing I am destroying your keyboard :( But oh man am I messing up? I think I made at least one typo already I forgot to capitalize "sorry>' typoe tpoe tpoe. Kejing laughs and thought my typo was funny. I wasn't meaning to typoe typo,. I was meaning to typoe typoe. I am not going to use the backspace anymore. I meant to type type, not typo earlier but i Made a typo. OH NOOOOOOOOO.

As we can see, the pressure to be perfect is relevant for every aspect of an Asian's life, as Linda has kindly pointed out. I'm not sure why she is dancing about this.

Linda is now going to try to type like Joseph.

hey!
=D =D =D
what's up???????
oh ok
=P
ttyl parents home
bye!
=D
ttyl!
byebye!

Now we are going to type like Ryan's mind.

twss
twss
twss
twss
twss
twss
tw i s
twss
twss
twss ;)

Now we are going to type like........................... KETAN!!!!

yo
wu
f*** that s***!
=P
how is eddybuddy today?
tap sum bong.
that *******.
[insert more profanity here]


Now we shall type how Will and Mike talk during the beginning of Lang class.
Brownies...
Dude, you shouldn't have had those pills. They totally messed with your circulation.
Heh.

Lisa, Vicky, Joseph:
JOSEPHAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (-pokes Joseph-)
Joseph: AHHHHHHHHHHHH
Lisa: Joseph and the Metapods!

Marshall causes much attention during Physics quizzes and tests:
[heavy Asian accent]
Norf Poe.
OHMYGOOGLYGOODNESS!
DANG IT!
Please be equal please be equal GAAH!
OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joseph:
badum bum chhhhhhhh

Jerrod:
I'm not cute. I'm MANLY.

Mrs Johnson: BAD ASIAN!!!! (-waves bad Asian sign-)

Carolyn: Lindalindalindalindalindalindalindalindalindalindalindalindalindalinda... SUPERFROWN!!!!!!!!

Brianna: This is ridiculous!
I ate chapstick.

Erica: ^^

Freed: Come to practice. Now. -massage-

-Linda and Kejing

Voces and Belle Singing Together Oh So Swell

Okay, I'll be honest- I couldn't think of anything good until to write about until 11, but then I had a lot of homework to do- so I couldn't write out my post! So stay tuned for tomorrow when I actually complete my post on the chorus concert!
- Jonathan

Cheat

Technically this is cheating but I think I'll do it anyway. At least I did't forget about you guys during the full 24 hours. Till tomorrow I guess.

-Viv

Random Facts: Blair

Hey hey. This is Blair filling in for the Yellow power blogger.

So I've been having a really stressful week, as I'm sure all of you have too. I have a research paper due tomorrow I have yet to start, 2 chapters of APUSH ids and reading to do by Friday, a calc powerpoint to do and a calc test to study for by Thursday, chem notes to take by Thursday, and a chem test to study for. And a concert on Thursday which will take up most of my night. I'm really starting to despise junior year.

Spring break is in three weeks!!

So tonight I went to see Slumdog Millionaire again. I think it's basically an amazing movie, and everyone should see it. My mom didn't ask me who i was going with which really surprised me, but I did tell her I was going with a friend. Right before I left, I told her it was a guy, and she flipped out. Apparently I had lied to her because I didn't inform her of the gender so I had to apologize for that, then I got a long lecture about not doing anything she wouldn't do and some of her bad date experiences. Her dates were cheep-os as I got to find out. But I had fun after I got to leave the house.

I got to miss my entire 7th period to take for my junior guidance appointment thing that we're all having to do. It was basically pointless because I know what classes I'm taking next year, I know I qualify for Bright Futures. The only thing that I really learned was my class ranking (34, i was pretty happy with that) and I didn't have to deal with Lang. My guidance counselor likes to talk a lot too. And she tried to convince me not to take ap gov/econ online so i could have a second chorus, and i was like well what if i take anatomy online and she was like yes that's much better. I totally knew she was gonna do that cause of getting money for each kid in an AP class or whatever.

So Brandon lent me this book to read that some guys had found in Mr. German's room called I Hope They Have Beer in Hell. The chapter he told me to read was so incredibly funny, Lacey thought I was crazy cause I was laughing nonstop, and after I had her read it she thought I was just a freak. Its basically a guy telling about a bunch of crazy and unpleasant hookups he's had with girls and bad experiences with his guy friends. And the chapter I was reading was basically the worst experience that girl probably ever had, but it was so funny because it seems like something that could just never happen to someone in real life. I don't think I really wanna elaborate on what happened because I know it would gross most of you out, but it was bad......

I just realized almost all my paragraphs started with the word so. Sorry, I guess I'm just unoriginal.

I got an 8 on my practice essay in Lang!

So (wow there we go again) Belle Chantique has a concert Thursday night at Faith Presbyterian Church at the corner of Meridian and John Knox. It starts at 8 and will go till about 9:15 and it's gonna be totally awesome. We're combining with this really good choir from town, Voces Angelorum (I actually don't really know the second word of their name, we just call them Voces), and it'll be a really good concert. Everyone should come. It's free :)

I have a boyfriend :P

~Blair

P. S. The title links to the song that plays during the credits of Slumdog. I really like it and the dance they do to it is pretty awesome.

Why I didn't post

I went home early from school yesterday,
Annoyed with what I'd missed,
But I was sick and couldn't stay.
So I went home and took a long nap,
Got up and even ate a snack.
I was glad that I already was feeling quite well,
Then came the nausea, the barfing,
Trust me, it was swell.
So I got back in bed,
I slept through the night.
Expecting in the morning, I would feel alright.
I didn't, so skipped my first class,
But the rest I'll attend,
And perhaps avoid more make-up work, at last.
I realized this morning that I forgot to post,
You see why now,
I promise it's not a joke.

-Brianna

You Be the Anchor that Keeps your Feet on the Ground and I'll be the Wings that Keep My Feet in the Sky

yes, that is the entire title of the song. It's by Mayday Parade, a band from Tally. They are pretty tight!

"I could stand here for hours just to ask God the question, "Is everyone here make-believe?"  And with a tear in his voice, he said, "Son, that's the question, does this deafening silence mean nothing to no one but me?"

So I just returned from an amazing weekend at a camp called CrossWILD. It was awesome!!!! But the really incredible thing is, God told me something very important while I was there. I wasn't even supposed to go to the camp, because I was signed up to go to a leadership conference, but I talked my way out of that because CrossWILD seemed like it would be so much fun. But I feel like God had a distinct purpose in allowing me to go. You see, I've liked this kid "Chance" (yes, I will keep the name consistent with my past posts) since October, but lately I have really been having second thoughts about him. So this weekend, I went to camp, and right off the bat I knew God was trying to speak to me. For my small group leaders, I was assigned to "Potts/Colle" but instead of "Colle", I had a different female leader. Her last name is the same as Chance's! 

Then I went to a breakout session called "Reaching the Unreachable" where the leader told us about the four steps of discipleship: Prayer, Perception, Penetration, and Preaching. I realized that by praying, God had allowed me to see Chance from a different view and he let me understand some of the reasons for his actions. My next step was just to become part of his life, as a friend, and let him know I care. So now I know that needs to be my next step, and that I shouldn't necessarily be in a relationship with him. 

Later, we went to a session about dating and one of the leaders said that if you are dating someone you can't imagine marrying, then get out of that relationship. I could never ever ever in a jillion years see myself marrying Chance!

So I made a promise to myself to not pursue Chance anymore and to surrender these types of problems to God because he knows how to work them out. I try to control things too much without His help and then I just make a mess of things. 

I learned a lot and it was really really insightful and awesome! 

Until next week,

-Caroline

P.S. Please respect me by not belittling my religious views or using my post to debate the existence of christianity. This post was just a way of me to vent about my decision not to like this kid anymore and I am not trying to preach to anyone in any way. Thanks. :)