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Fall 09 Update [30 Oct 2009|04:33pm] [ mood | bored ] A lot of things have happened since I last updated. I've been in jail for that stupid TABC incident, and to court for it twice, although nothing has happened. Hopefully I will be able to get out of it. I've worked so hard to be able to become a music teacher, I don't want to lose it all because of  a stupid mistake I made at my part-time college job. I had a boyfriend for about two weeks in September. It was nice while it lasted. It was my friend Nigel, who I've known since freshman year of college. It didn't feel very romantic, though, so we gave up. But sometimes I wonder if he wants to try again... every once in a while I get that vibe from him. I don't know. I guess we'll find out. But having a boyfriend for even that short amount of time has made me remember how nice it is to have something going on in my love life, and I want more of it. I keep thinking about Nic. We were stupid in high school, it's true, but that just makes me wonder what it would be like if we were to try again? I mean, we've been friends all this time have kissed on a few occasions over the years (finally hahaha). Maybe something could happen there. The problem is that although we talk, we never actually see each other. Since we never see each other, I can't really make a decision about what our relationship could become. It's all very confusing and frustrating. School is pretty terrible. I was kicked out of Chorale this year, and put with a new voice teacher who is making me learn a ton of new rep for my recital. I do feel like I'm progressing vocally, but I was really hoping I could keep what I was working on for my recital with Mrs. Franklin. Naturally, that was not the case. But I'm looking forward to my recital, I think I'm going to be singing really well and once it is over I'll be able to have fun in my lessons without freaking about a deadline or any kind of test. But school in general is pretty miserable, I'm just so tired of being a stdent. I'm ready to get out in the world and actually do something with everything I've learned! Well, that is this semester in a nutshell. I'm done for now. Mindy post comment

Summer Camps thus far [15 Jun 2009|07:26pm] [ mood | hot ] Ugh. I probably seem crazy because I'll look forward to something, and then I wont, and then I'll be excited again, and then I couldn't care less. At the moment I'm in the phase where I would rather be pretty much anywhere instead of sitting in the stands at Bowers Stadium watching the leadership camp learn the same marching drill they did last summer. It's almost interesting because I get to see a very efficient way to teach kids a marching show, but at the same time it doesn't really relate to my profession like... at all. Thanks. Plus we had to dot the field, which means we went along every half-yard-line and and put a dot every 7 1/2 feet. Basically it was a little annoying and we messed it up towards the end and it was hot outside. But whatever! At least we remembered to bring the water out this time. Although I think we just ran out. So we may be going to get more, which means this may be cut short. But no, the boss is coming with a refill. We don't have to move, although that's why we're here so I dont know why she has to interrupt what she's doing when all I'm doing is updating my livejournal. In case you hadn't noticed, I'm in a whiny mood. I can't believe that's how you spell "whiny." I'll put last week in a nut shell. A girl wasn't taking her crazy pills and went absolutely "cray-cray." We had to call UPD on her and send her home. The next day a kid got his finger slammed in a door at the dorm and we had to take him to the ER, where he found out that his bone was fractured and he needed 10 stitches to make sure his fingernail would grow back normally. Pretty crazy! THEN the custodian vacuumed over the flashdrive which had all of the summer camp files and forms on it. It was so stressful! We almost lost everything. Throw that together with some crazy parents, leaving some kids at the building with no supervision, and counselor drama and you have the makings of a really bad week of camps. But so far this week has been fine, I'm just not in the mood to deal with any of it. But whatever. That's it. Camps are ok because we are all still alive. They are not great because I'm stuck outside for about 3 hours. Only 45 more minutes to go! Mindy 1 comment|post comment

Summer Activities [02 Jun 2009|04:04pm] [ mood | chipper ] Summer is by far my favorite time of year!!! So far I've just spent time with friends, half-cleaned my room, visited the family in Dallas and played a LOT of Pop Cap games. They're so fun! It's definitely going to be the summer camp activity of choice this year. Speaking of, I'm SO excited about camps! The more I think about them, the more excited I get. I've had my rest time and now I'm ready to get going again! Plus, one of my roommates is kind of getting on my nerves. It's just what comes from being around a person all the time, it's nothing personal and it's not really even worth bringing to his attention. But whatever! Phew! I just talked to my mom, her birthday was a few days ago and I TOTALLY FORGOT!!!! It makes me a horrible daughter, but luckily she wasn't upset. She's not a big fan of her birthday anyway, she's not cool with the idea of getting older. I think the fact that she has a 21 year old daughter makes her feel older than any birthday, so maybe it was a good thing that I didn't remind her about it! I guess that is it! I just wanted to say something. Mindy post comment

Summer! Finally!!! [21 May 2009|12:33pm] [ mood | bouncy ] Summer is finally here! The school year ended well, I managed to pull off 4 A's and 2 B's. Not bad, considering I was about to shoot my brains out for a majority of the year. So, other than the fact that I'm still completely broke and my credit card is about to be frozen, things are going really well. I'm in Euless at the moment, visiting the family and the handful of friends that are in town. I'm heading back to Huntsville tomorrow, though, to be in Spring on Saturday morning for Maura de Souza's memorial service. It's really unfortunate that she had to die so young, but at least the battle is finally over and she is getting the rest that she deserved so much. Saturday night my family is celebrating my grandmother's birthday on this paddleboat thing that leaves out of Willis. I wasn't aware that there was any water in Willis, but the boat seems really nice, so I'm sure it will be fun. Then AJ and I will be in Huntsville hanging out with friends until he decides to go back to Austin. Then summer camps start June 6th! They are going to be a lot of fun this year. I was really looking forward to the during the school year, but now that the relaxing part of summer is here, I'm not as anxious for them to begin! I need the money desperately, though, so I'll put up with them. They'll be fine once they get started anyway. I'm always that way about work, dreading it until I get there. They'll be super fun, and some part of my brain knows it. It's so weird to think that I'll be teaching out in the world in two years. I feel so unprepared! But I guess everyone feels that way when they start something new. And maybe it won't be as scary when I've finished my conducting classes and done my student teaching. Other than those things, I already feel like I know enough of everything else. I really need to plan out my last two years here, I know I'm heading in the right direction, but if I actually want to finish in those 2 years, I need to make sure I'm getting everything done. I'd hate to find out later that I missed one or two classes and those classes hold me back. That would SUCK!!!! I'll probably invest in a couple of online core classes this next year, because I know I still have several of those classes left. Lame! Whatever. This is all I had to say for now. Just that I survived the school year, and managed to do so without ruining everything I've been working towards. Mindy P.S. I'm thinking about doing some hardcore dieting this summer.. maybe I'll ask AJ what he did specifically to lose all the weight he did his freshman year of college. post comment

Is it summer yet? [15 Apr 2009|11:29pm] [ mood | restless ] So, I've decided that I'm completely over this semester. Or even this school year. It's been very eventful and super busy, and I'm ready for it to be done. Like, seriously. I don't know how I'm going to stay motivated long enough to keep my grades up. These last few weeks are just so hard! Concerts, finals, papers and projects. Plus a ton of SAI stuff. It's pretty ridiculous. I'm ready to go home for a week, spend time actually cleaning this ridiculously dirty house, and start summer camps! Being a camp counselor is probably the most fun job I've ever had. It's directly related to my major, I do it with all of my friends, and being in Huntsville over the summer is awesome because it is completely deserted. I love it! Summer is definitely my goal at this point. I still haven't heard anything from TABC about my ticket. Hopefully they just leave it alone, but I seriously doubt it.  They'll wait until I'm completely swamped and focused on whatever I'm doing at the time to dumb a ton of shit on me. That's just how my life goes. I haven't been looking for a job at all. I may be able to swing not working until summer camps start at the beginning of June, but it will probably be a close call. Dad is being pretty understanding about everything, but at the same time I hate to depend on him as much as I am at this point. He's not doing extremely well financially, and he does what he can, but it's really not good for him or for me. But we'll see. On the up side, my 21st birthday this past weekend was great! We had a lot of fun, drinking in Houston and in Huntsville. It was great. I hope we go out again soon. My computer is going to die, so this is the end for now. post comment

Am I forgetting something? [27 Mar 2009|12:37pm] So... It's Friday and I have this crazy feeling I'm forgetting something. But I think it's just because I'm not working tonight, which I normally would be. Freakin Valero. I'm still a little mad about losing that job. But WHATEVER. That's all I had to say. Mindy post comment

Yay! [25 Mar 2009|02:39am] [ mood | satisfied ] In the month since I've posted, a lot has happened. Some really bad and some pretty good. I'll go with the bad first since that tends to be the best way to go about things. The Saturday before last, March 15th, right before the end of spring break, I was at work. It was right around 8PM and work was pretty steady. My coworker, Jeremy, was outside getting some things from the shed, and was asking me on the speaker if he was supposed to be getting Cherry Coke or Vanilla Coke. It was Vanilla. Then there was some lady trying to find Tyler, TX and I've never been to Tyler, but luckily there was a man in the store who knew where it was, and he was explaining to her by the counter. There were about 3 or 4 people in line, so I was checking them out as I was listening to the guy explain the directions in case anyone else ever asked me where Tyler was. I wasn't even thinking about what I was doing, and it turns out that I sold a beer to an 18 year old kid without even asking for his ID. Unfortunately, it was a set up by TABC and I was nearly arrested for my mistake. It's actually a miracle that I wasn't arrested, because I had made a huge mistake and there was someone else at the store so there was no reason for them to not just take me away. But they didn't. Instead they just wrote me a ticket and said they would get in touch with me in a couple of weeks after it had been filed. Lovely. So there is still a possibility that I will be arrested, and that I will have to pay a huge fine or possibly do probation. The best thing I've heard that could happen is that I could just have to do community service. Great, like I can really handle something else on my plate, right? So that was Saturday, and I found out on Monday that I lost my job because I had not even asked for the kid's ID. That was super lame, because as much as that job tends to annoy me, I depend on that money and I wasn't planning on quitting any time soon. With my availability, how am I supposed to find another job? And my parents are really unable to support me as much as they may need to in the next month or so. Hopefully my grandparents will be a little more helpful in the money-area. At least I'm still working for the school, and I'm basically guaranteed a job working the SHSU Summer Music Camps again this year. I loved it last summer, it was a lot of fun to work with all of my friends doing something closely related to my chosen profession. Even if we were completely sleep deprived for six weeks. Now on to the less depressing part of my life at the moment! As much as it sucks losing my job, I'm really enjoying the free time it has allowed me. Because of this, I really haven't been looking for a new job as hard as I should. And I've been using my meal plan like crazy to avoid spending money on food. But I love being able to sleep in on Saturdays without worrying about getting up for any reason at all, and having some nights free on the weekends to hang out with my friends. We held officer elections tonight for SAI next year, and I was thrilled to be elected as president again. This means I get to go to Chicago this summer for the National Convention to be the voting delegate for the chapter, and have it paid for completely by the chapter! That's awesome!!!! So I'm really excited about that because I wanted to go to Convention anyway, and this way I won't have to try to scrounge up the money for it. We're still going to try to raise money for other members of the chapter to go, though. The more who end up going, the more we'll have an awesome chapter next year because everyone will be so hyped up about SAI! I want my sisters to realize exactly how wide the scope of SAI is, and how many people it truly connects them to. The other thing I'm really pleased about (and the reason I'm up so late tonight), is that I finished my Vocal Pedagogy paper! We had to observe a voice lesson of a teacher other than our own and write a 3-5 page paper on it. I was surprised to get a mid-B on my last one, so I put a lot more effort into writing this one exactly the way she wanted it. It's challenging to write about the lesson and give feedback on it without seeming like you are critiquing the lesson. Even the positive stuff I said in my last paper was rebuked by her. So I tried very hard to be unbiased in my writing, and I think I did a great job with it. I actually had to edit it a little to cut it back to 5 pages! I was so impressed with myself, and I feel like it was a great paper. Hopefully she feels the same. Anyway! It is WAY too late at night, and I do have to get up in the morning to turn in that amazing paper I wrote!!! So yeah! Goodnight. Mindy President, Beta Theta 2008-2010   post comment

Procrastinating [24 Feb 2009|12:28am] [ mood | stressed ] This is me avoiding everything I need to be doing this week. I'm going to be kicking myself tomorrow (I'm already kicking myself, but I just can't get motivated), but tonight I'm choosing to write in my livejournal for the first time in probably two years. Pretty ridiculous. I miss LJ, though. Writing in things like this is just another way I can get my thoughts together. These days, I have to write everything down or else I'll forget it. Shall I list all of the things I'm avoiding at the moment? (By the way, love the rich text option. I used to be so good with HTML, but I definitely dont remember anymore.) Read 40 pages of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe for World Lit Study for a huge Vocal Pedagogy test on wednesday Build a larynx, also for Vocal Ped, due friday (as in out of clay or something. A real model.) Review for my Chemistry lecture in case we have a quiz tomorrow (we probably do) Reminder to self! I just realized I still need to buy a calculator for that class. We finally need them. Read Lab #10 for my Chemistry lab tomorrow, and review Lab #9 Grade the Music Theory tests I was given on friday (this isn't really my fault, Mr. Phillips hasn't given me the key for it yet) Learn Jazz choir music (maybe) Learn Chorale music (maybe) Pick out some Romantic Italian pieces for my voice studies Write a 3 page paper on Oedipus Rex for World Lit, due next tuesday (obviously not at the top of the list at the moment) Reserve a hotel room for our Province Officer Finalize the schedule for the Official Province Officer Visit this weekend So, If you couldn't tell, I'm pretty busy this week. I'll get it all done at some point. This stuff isn't exactly optional. I'm just not doing it right now. And I'm at least on page 15 of Robinson Crusoe, which is better than nothing. I was reading it at work tonight. Stupid Valero. Work was actually really crazy tonight. A guy's car got stolen around 7:30, which was ridiculous. I've never had something like that happen at that store before. Although he left the keys in the car, so he was kind of asking for it. It just means I'll never do that ever again (I don't do it often in the first place). Then around 9:45, shortly before the next guy was supposed to be at work, the stupid cappaccino machine decided to pour tons of hot water all over the counter. That has NEVER happened before. It was ridiculous. I've always hated that machine, but this was definitely the deciding factor on exactly how much I hated it. So I spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out what to do about that machine between helping people. I finally figured it out shortly after Jeremy finally got to work. But it totally stressed me out, and since I'm trying to get over a cold, I'm really worried this is going to slow down how quickly I'm going to recover. I NEED to get better so I can stop being so tired, and therefore have energy for a couple of late nights being focused on things. Because in general I always stay up late, but usually it's with recreational reading or watching TV or something completely unproductive. Maybe I can get an adderol from someone or something. Just one night on that pill would probably fix all of my problems. We'll see. Moving on! Well, not moving on. I think this is long enough. I want to spend some time fixing up the look of this silly blog. Mindy post comment

[04 Aug 2006|12:25am] It's really sad that myspace, xanga, and facebook have taken away from LJ. It was my first love when it came to blogging and such. Sad stuff. :( Well, as of today it is officially TWO WEEKS until I'm going to be at school. How crazy is that? It's very exciting and very scary at the same time. What sucks is that some of my classes were full, and so at the moment I'm only signed up for 11 hours and two of the three classes I couldnt get into are very vital for my musical education. Rawr. I'll have to call them sometime. I think next week when I get back in town. But other than that, it's still only two weeks away! I havent even talked to my roommate yet. I really need to. I think I'm going to email her after this. And then I really have to pack for my cousin's wedding. It's on saturday and we're leaving for Ohio tomorrow morning. Weddings are nice. I'm excited. Well, that's what's going on. Later. 1 comment|post comment

[03 Jul 2006|03:45am] [ mood | drained ] So. Two days left at work. I'm pretty much dying. What sucks is I'm supposed to work from 2-11:30 tomorrow night, and then 8-4 the next morning. But it's my last day! So I'm ok with that! Although coming in at 2 tomorrow is gonna be a BITCH. Sheesh. I dont understand why she couldnt have one of the day people stay a LITTLE later so I wouldnt have to get up at 1. But whatev. Normally I wouldnt complain but wow I wish I was done with that place. Anyway, how is everyone? There isnt much more to say. Mom came back from Cancun. Dad had a wedding reception for him and Dena. It was pretty cool I guess. Except none of my dad's side of the family was there since they're all in Ohio. So it was ALL people I didnt know. I couldnt figure out who I was related to, and I honestly dont remember one of my step-brother's names. So yeah. I'm glad AJ and I brought friends, because otherwise we would have had to mingle with those people. I wouldnt mind getting to know some of my new relatives, it's just a lot of people so fast was a little overwhelming. It seems that everytime I say "there isnt much to say," I end up with a whole paragraph or two. Well it's late (and by late I mean early) and I have a long day of work ahead of me, so I'm going to bed. Night. Mindy post comment

[21 Jun 2006|12:02pm] [ mood | rawr at work ] Things are going well. I only have one week left at my job! That's good for me but not so good for the store. We actually just found out that two of our closers who are brothers, Gabriel and Daniel, have fake SS#'s. Dandy. I was only there for the first few minutes of the outbreak, and I'm glad I left because that sucks a lot. It also means I'm doing pretty much all closing again. Which is nice in some ways and not in others. BASICALLY no matter when I work, it's in the way. But that's ok because I only have a week left!!!! I'm so excited! I've been bowling a lot and recently I got a little bit better! Yesterday I bowled my best game yet, a 134, and then later that night I got a 102!!! I was so excited because I legitimately beat everyone else I was playing with! And I've also never been consistently decent. See, my brother has these AMF (showplace lanes) bowling passes that get us a free game of bowling each day of the summer. The only thing is we cant go between 5 and midnight. So what we do is go sometime a little before 5, and then after midnight at some point, since the shifts change and we wont see the same people. It's very exciting! But yeah so basically we've been bowling like crazy and I've always been one of the sucky kids but not for long!! But yeah. So that's fun. Well that's been my life! Bowling and work. So yeah. post comment

OMG an update! [07 Jun 2006|08:47am] [ mood | groggy ] I figure Cameron shouldnt be the only person left using LJ, mostly because even if I use xanga more, and I have a facebook, LJ is still cooler than both of those. I've decided that the guy in Nickelback probably hurts his voice a lot because of the way he sings. Dont you think? I do. But I do like their music video for "Savin' Me." It's a pretty cool one. I have a new phone number. In case you dont have it, you can IM me sometime and I'll give it to you. So it's pretty cool. AJ has these free bowling pass coupons where you get one game of bowling a day every day of the summer. So I've been bowling quite a bit and expect to keep it up. Other than that, just a lot of work and stuff. I get paid today (woot) and then I get to go deposit my paycheck and the like thousand dollars I've gotten since graduation (including choir scholarship and tax return check). But yeah that's pretty cool. I'm quitting subway in about a month to get some things done before school starts and take a much needed vacation. I'm pretty excited though. Although I really need to talk to my Dad and work on getting signed up for a freshman orientation at SHSU. Because that's where I'm going, I got accepted to the music school and all that. If you have a facebook, add me. You can find me I'm sure. Well... I have to get ready for work. So I'll try to update again soon. 1 comment|post comment

Everyone should update because I am! [01 Jan 2006|07:22pm] [ mood | my stomach kind of hurts ] So Livejournal has become pretty dead. That makes me sad. I love livejournal and try to be faithful but its hard when you doubt that anyone even CHECKS it anymore. Because in the end, dont we all do this so that people will read about our lives and comment so that we feel special? I find that as much as I deny it, that is what I do. So I have recently been more involved in xanga and facebook, although I still check in and read everyone's entries. At least, everyone who writes. But whatever. This thing needs an update. I'm not ready for school to start. This break seemed especially short, which is sucky. I was out of town for half of it and I've been working a ton so I havent been able to do much with people because of work in the evenings. But I have tonight and tomorrow night off which is awesome because I can take advantage of my last 2 nights before school starts and find something to do. Tonight I'm hanging out with Matt and Jon and doing whatever. I dunno. I bought a new pair of converse online today. They'll probably take a while to get in, but I'm excited. I designed them myself, so I'm excited to have them come in. My pinky has been really weird. It's like.... super irritated and sometimes its like all dry and chapped like and other times it's all pus-y and gross. Mom thinks it might be infected. From what, I dont know. But yeah. I'm going to the doctor sometime tomorrow to see if they know what it is and get something to fix it. Cause it's been like this for a couple weeks now and hasnt gotten better so it's time to do something about it. Got my Harry Potter poster in a while ago. It's one of the official movie posters where everything is backwards on the backside of it. It's awesome. I have it hanging up near my computer right now. Hollie got me a cool Breakfast Club poster that is hanging over my bed. My bed is finally moved into the playroom! But besides my bed and dresser and bedside table, no other furniture has been moved around so I still have that nasty couch, two desks, and the wierd entertainment center set-up in here. But there is still more room than there was in my old room. I'm so excited about it! It's cool. So pretty soon I'll be officially moved in for the 7 or so months that I'll still be living here, and then I dont know if AJ will kick me out of this room and I'll be back to the other, or if they'll just leave it so that when I visit or come home for breaks, I'll still have this one. Either way I wont really care. But it's really cool having this room now. Although earlier when I was getting dressed after taking a shower AJ like barged in because he forgot I was living in here now. So that was smooth. But whatever. Long enough? I think so. You people really should update. Or comment. Or something that tells me you still exist. [EDIT] For those of you who didnt know, I got a new car and learned to drive stick and it's all lovely. Jon christened my car Earl, and I felt the name was appropriate and kept it. I just thought you should know because it's worth knowing.[/EDIT] 1 comment|post comment

[13 Nov 2005|07:27pm] I gave in and bought myself a Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster. It just makes me happy. Plus, I realized that most of the things I have on my walls in my room have been there since I was like...8...so... I figure it's time to make it a bit more me and not just little girl. I think I'm gonna get a Diego Luna poster and maybe a Boondock Saints poster too, next paycheck or something. Well, maybe the paycheck after next because this next one is gonna be like $100 which SUCKS!! It makes me realize that I spend WAAAAY too much money. Like, seriously, I spend almost $100 a week most of the time. It's pretty ridiculous but then again it is my money and I can do what I want with it. If I work that hard to make it, I should be allowed to spend it on silly things like posters and Taco Bell like 4 times a week. ALTHOUGH Tamora Pierce is coming out with a book soon (I believe this month....) and I'm going to buy that the second it hits shelves. I love her writing. My report card was so good!! All of my grades went up with the exception of teacher aid which stayed at a 100. It made me very happy. Now all I have to do is get through the next 4 weeks without being absent and make an A in my government class to be able to exempt! Very exciting, I think. If I dont exempt that, I'll just exempt A'Cappella and English and Algebra and tell mom that I'm not going to teacher aid cause that's retarded and not go to school on tuesday OR wednesday. Folks, being a senior is pretty fucking sweet. Work is just about all I've been doing. Last night Matt and Alexa came over and we got Waffle House and afterwards Alexa and I watched The Wedding Date and Matt just passed out on my couch and then Alexa left we both went upstairs and slept for like an hour before he decided to get home cause he had work and whatnot. But yeah. I'm enjoying my few days off before I work wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and monday this coming week. It's gonna suck but I'm gonna have some good hours. And thursday night Harry Potter comes out!!!!! Is anyone else completely stoked that it's rated PG-13? I am sooooo excited. I hope this movie rocks. But it should. It's pretty much impossible to screw it up. At least, I'd like to think so. w00t w00t. I was depressed this past week because of choir stuff (for those who werent aware, my audition last tuesday or whenever it was was pretty miserable. and I didnt make it and I was pretty much the most depressed person ever) but I think now that I've made another online purchase, not to mention have a new car coming on tuesday, things are starting to get back to normal. post comment

Of such I dream... [05 Nov 2005|10:16pm] [ mood | tired ] I guess it's time to update. I dont have a lot to say. Today and yesterday was the all-region clinic, and this afternoon was the concert. It was a lot of fun and I thought we did really well. Apparently it was the best concert in like a while. It was really really good though. I cant wait to get the CD. In like 2 weeks. BUT when I do, it'll be awesome. But yeah my throat is only a little bit scratchy but that's nothing that a lot of tea and a day of silence wont cure (meaning sorry, no talking tomorrow so I'll just be sitting around all day, probably here or watching TV). After the concert my buddy/competition, Kate, and I came to my house and changed out of our dresses and watched Boondock Saints. Cara came over towards the end to finish it (she didnt get to finish it last night) and they both liked it a lot. So yay for that. Then we went to Taco Bell and each of us got chalupas (cause chalupas are the best!!) and we sat around talking about Braeden (who is going out with Kate-it's fun to swap stories about him. But nothing too bad.) and choir and such. It was fun. Then Cara took Kate home and I came here and now... I'm here. I'm really tired. There is nothing like a day of singing to wear you out. Ok, there are lots of things that would wear you out like a day of singing, but that's what I did so nyah! In other news, I got accepted to SHSU!! Now I have to fill out the residency thing to get into the sweet new freshman dorm and get to work on my college audition pieces to get into the music school (hopefully on a music scholarship). My friend Nick over at CHHS was telling me that he's going to NYC to audition at NYU on the 11th. I was jealous kind of. They sent me a letter being like "general auditions are on the 18th, come sing for us!!" and I was just thinking...."I'm not good enough" and "it's too expensive" and I dont really know if any of that is true, but what I know IS true is that I really really really want to go to SHSU so that's what I'm going to do. It's pretty cool cause now I dont even have to finish my UNT application or anything like that. I just really like SHSU. I always have. And I generally end up going with my gut instinct and that's generaly the right choice for me. So yay. That is all. I thought I had nothing to say, but I lied. [EDIT 11:39PM] Jesus F'ing Christ!!! A $200 deposit? That's crappy. I'll have to talk to Dad about it tomorrow. [/EDIT] post comment

clueless [23 Oct 2005|12:56am] [ mood | nasty subway gross ] Yep so....not much going on. A'Cappella is really exciting with all of the awesome music we're doing. Jazz is fun. B was in town this weekend but had too many plans to ever run into me. But that's ok. Worked. It was slow, and even though I tried, Courtney and I still didnt manage to get out of there til 11:45. It HAS to be her and not me. Hollie and I get out of there on time. But whatever. Gr. Work has been pretty frustrating, but it's calming down. SHSU sent me an application for their Honors program. I'll take this as a good sign? If I meet requirements for honors (which I do, go me!), I would hope that I meet requirements to get into the school. I just have to send in my application fee and my transcript or whatever. I dont even know what I'm supposed to send in. I need help. I'll have to talk to my counselor and be like "ok, when do I send what?" In other words, life is as it always is. Kinda stressful. Enough to keep my heart beating, I guess. 1 comment|post comment

~ [15 Oct 2005|09:11pm] [ mood | pleased ] Hey! So, I got through the first audition and the second audition was this morning. I was like 5th, it was crazy. It was soooo early. But it was nice to get it over with. So much less stress later on. But yeah, I made it through this one, too!!! But this year, it's not just me and one other person who made it. There are six of us!!! It's amazing, our school is getting so much better. Here are the results of everyone: Ranks 1-15 advance to the next round ~ Kate- 5th ~ Braeden- 7th ~ Mindy- 9th ~ Spencer- 12th ~ Cara- 13th ~ William- 15th ~ Chase- 20th ~ Daniel- 25th ~ Liz- 27th ~ Matt- 27th ~ Gabby- 32nd ~ Alyson- 33rd ~ Clara- 34th It makes me really happy that so many of us are moving on. I just dont know who I'm going to give the frog to!!!! It's such a tough decision. I'll just have to wait and see. 2 comments|post comment

[10 Oct 2005|08:20pm] [ mood | nervous ] Hey all. I've been having a lot of fun recently. The only bad thing that has happened in the past couple of days is that Jon managed to break the roof of my car! But it's going to get replaced soon, which is good. It was already broken, but now it's REALLY broken. First all-state audition tomorrow. I'm pretty nervous. I definitely havent been practicing enough. But I'm hoping that I'm ready. Who knows, though. I'm sure that you'll all find out how I did as of tomorrow night. I'll be sure to update or something. I hope I do well. I need to do well and get a college scholarship. Or something. But yeah. So. Yep... Later. post comment

[02 Oct 2005|10:03pm] [ mood | stressed ] So last night I had a dream that my friends had been accepted to college when I hadnt even turned in my applications. I feel like this whole thing is getting away from me. People are like "yeah, I've turned in a couple" and stuff and it's like what?!?!?! So today I buckled down and I've completed one (I'm going to talk to my counselor tomorrow and double check my info, make sure I'm doing it right), and I've started working on another. Here is what it's looking like right now. Completed: 1 1/4 SHSU and UNT Incomplete: 3/4 and (?) more UNT and (?) Soooooooo stressful. I really cant even decide where else to apply. It's just like....huh? Ugh. And yeah. So. I feel a bit better now that I've worked on it some more. Choir concert on thursday. I freaked out thinking I was going to be working, but turns out it's on thursday. So I think that Keisha heard me when I told her that I was mistaken and that I needed the 6th off instead because she told Robbie he didnt need to come in on tuesday. So yep. I think this will all work out fine. ( This week's schedule is as follows: ) So Jazz is singing the national anthem at that sunrise pep rally this friday. Which means I have to go. I was planning on sleeping. But instead I'm staying out all night. Fun fun. I'll be exhausted. But it'll be cool. So yeah. Also, Mr. A has been having me sing a solo in one of the songs we're singing at the fall concert. But I dont know if he officially wants me to sing it or not. I'll probably just have to wait and see what he prints in the program. I dont know. But it makes me nervous just thinking about it. Cause he also wants to do this song for UIL. Meaning that not only will I be doing it for the 'rents, but I'll be doing it for judges at UIL. Crazy!! It seriously gives me butterflies. And I hardly ever get nervous about this stuff. First all-state audition in about a week!!! We have the cuts. They're really short and pretty challenging. But I'm feeling confident about it. I just have to relax. And be confident. If I made it last year, and I've improved so much in the past year, I should be fine this year. So. It's all about believing that you can make it. But can I? 1 comment|post comment

It takes no time to fall in love...but it takes you years to know what love is. [25 Sep 2005|12:01am] [ mood | my feet hurt ] Woo I bet I'm first to update today. If not then...damn. So the lovely Keisha decided to put our schedules out early for this next week (28th-4th), so I didnt get a chance to tell her that I cant work the 4th cause of the choir concert. So of COURSE I'm scheduled to work that evening. Luckily Robbie was there and is willing to cover for me. But it means that I'm actually down to less than 20 hrs. Not good! Although I do have like 32 or something like that this week so whatever. This job really is good. I mean, I work a lot, but who cares? If I wasnt working, I'd probably just be sitting around here. Which is in no way productive. And does not bring in a paycheck Classes are good. I had a 70 in government at the 3-week mark, and I managed to bring that up to an 83. Considering that was the only class I was concerned about grade-wise, I'm sure I did fine in everything else. I'm curious how much Mr. A took off for me missing the stupid choir pep rally. He's been on my list recently. Like, at times he is a complete asshole, and at others he's ok. I dont know. I was kind of mad that he kept Cara all through lunch on friday and then didnt let her go to a later lunch. Yes, he had reason to yell because he gave her an all-state scholarship and she quit, but he didnt have to starve her. I dont even know if she had senior release, meaning it would only be an hour before she ate. I hope she was ok. She seemed upset though. But really, how lazy can you be, quitting all-state just because you dont like to practice.... whatever. She half-deserves what she got. And yep. That's about all my happenings this weekend. Need to talk to Crystal about seeing Corpse Bride tomorrow afternoon (she can get me in free. yay!) Sooo yeah hopefully she'll be online tonight. That is all. post comment

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