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[07 22 08] Hello everyone! I had my driver's class on Saturday finally. I was for real stressing about that event. However, it was actually very nice because it made me realize that I'm not alone. Most of the people in there were my age -- about 17, 18, or 19. There maybe... five people that were over the age of 20. A lot of people were in there for tickets. The guy next to me was going 110 in a 60 mph zone! Great day! Haha. We had to go around and say why were in there. Which was nice. We were able to laugh about our mistakes. Oh, and Stephen's brother was in there, which was weird. The whole day was soooo long. 8:30-4:30. I was getting so bored by the end. The teacher guy was really funny, although I could barely understand a word he said most of the time. And we were supposed to take a 50 question test at the end and get a 90 to pass, but he just made us go around and say three things that we learned. Thank goodness! So, this whole wreck business... I won't have to pay for it and it won't go on my record. Hallelujah. It's finally over. I have nothing else to say. Very emotionally disconnected at the moment. Well, P.S. My speakers are going crazy. It will be very soft one second and then the next second, it will be very loud. It's stressing me out. I don't want to have to get new speakers! P.P.S. I started Life Of Pi and I reeeeally like it. It's very interesting. You should all read it. 2 / MESSAGE

[07 14 08] Hi everyone! According to the trusty front page, I haven't updated in a week. It feels longer than that and it feels like a lot has happened since then. I feel like I'm running out of time. You know, with summer and everything. It really depresses me too. I'm not sure how this year is going to go. I just predict exahustion and lots of homework again. I mean, I signed up for four freaking AP classes this year. I'm pretty sure I was on crack at the time. But I've been thinking about it and trying to make myself feel better: AP Government, I've heard it's not as hard as AP American. Plus Mrs. Frazier is just da bomb. AP English, well... hopefully it won't be that bad. And I survived this past year by reading Spark Notes. I know that is just really pathetic of me to do. I've tried to read during the school years before, but I'm always so frustrated because I run out of time with other homework and dance and then I read very slowly. It's a battle for me. AP Physics, Mr. Templeton is my buddy and I think if we make As on our test, we don't have to do any homework. He's always willing to help me, so that won't be too bad. AP Psychology, it's a computer course. I think I've heard that it's not too bad. Plus, I'm interested in it, so it should be fun, right? Why does the future have to be so scary? I still feel like I'm 14 years old. Things have just kind of sped by and what have I been doing the whole time? Stressing, probably. This summer isn't really like any other summer I've ever had. I guess last summer prepared me for it, but it's still depressing. I am constantly doing something this summmer. I miss the summers where I literally sat around all day doing nothing. I would get online, chill, watch TV. I mean, that's what summer is about, right? But I've been running from piano to dance to the library to church, plus I've been trying to do this summer homework and maintain a social life. Bleh. At least I have things to look forward to. The Jonas Brothers concert at the end of this month with Sarah. :D:D:D The Olympics on 8-8-08! Does anyone else get as excited about the Olympics as I do? Seriously, I've been looking forward to them since the last day of the Olympics in Athens. Those were the days when I laid around and did nothing because I watched everything. I'm planning on watching everything again. Hahahaha. :):):) Then the American Idol concert on August 17 with Jenny. This is going to be one of the best concerts because I actually loved a lot of the contestants this year. AH! Plus, I've had this MAJOR obsession with So You Think You Can Dance and Alyssa, my mom, and I are going to get tickets for the tour in fall. How amazing is that? I've developed a crush on Gev. Oh goodness. We got DVR today. I've been begging for it for a long time. Haha. It's a wonderful little invention! I've already scheduled it to record about a million things. Also, I finished Pride and Prejudice today. Well, to say I finished it is kind of an overstatement because somewhere along the way, I gave up and started to read it on Spark Notes. There were so many freaking questions to answer about it... I think I made up half the answers. Oh my. Next is Life of Pi. I hope it's a little more interesting, though I doubt it's not. It's not that P&P wasn't an interesting story. It certainly was. I guess it was the way it was written... I just passed out on the couch everytime. Speaking of, I've been taking a lot of naps lately. I think I'm starting to get used to it because I get very tired around 3:00 everyday now. I shouldn't form this habit because I can't take naps during the school year. But it's just so nice. Our new preacher started last week. Reverend Randy Harlow. He's not married and he graduated in 1969, so he's my mom's age. I just love him! He moved in on a Wednesday and I think anyone would've expected for him to just rest on Thursday, but instead he went to the hospital to visit our members in the church. He's a nice guy. And his sermon was really interesting this past Sunday. I hope he helps to repair our church. Speaking of church, we had a car wash this past Saturday. Now, before Saturday, I had never washed a car in my life, which is pretty sad. But it was a lot more fun than I had expected. It was free, but we accepted donations and we got $334! That's just awesome. We needed some money. They washed my car for me, which needed it terribly. But of course, later on that day, it rained. Anyway, I helped to wash cars for most of the time, but Jessi and I went and held the sign for awhile. That was just funny. Cars would honk and stuff. Jacob came after awhile and just talked on his cell phone. I think he did the least work out of us and he was one of the only boys. Figures. My Grandaddy went to the cancer doctor this past week. They're going to do a combination of radiation and chemothearpy so he won't suffer, but it won't cure him. They're going to also insert a feeding tube. They said that they're surprised my Grandaddy was still eating because the cancer was causing his throat to start to close up. But it's going to be ok. Everything will be ok. Zach, Stephanie, Davis, and Allison came on Saturday to spend some time with Grandaddy. My mom and I watched Davis and Allison after the car wash. I was sooooooo tired. I was running on about 3 hours of sleep. It was so much fun, though. Davis and Allison are the cutest things to me. My mom, Marcy, Jonathan, Tori, Briea, Skylar, Zach, Stephanie, Davis, Allison, and me all had dinner at Grandaddy's that night. It was quite an event. I think my Grandaddy enjoyed us all being there. I started work at dance last week. I actually like it. It's not as bad as I thought. I typically have a phobia of phones, but I've had no problem answering it or anything. I just love organizing things and helping people, so this is the right kind of job for me. I mostly size people's shoes, write out receipts, answer the phone, take messages for Lanette... That kind of stuff. I've been a little desperate for money lately. I honestly have no idea what I'm making at dance. I signed up at this website called SurveySaavy and you can take surveys and earn money and stuff. They have to send you the surveys through E-mail, though, and so far I haven't received any. Hopefully soon! Sara Riddle also asked if I would house-sit for them again for a week. I made so much money on that last year! Like $200! That's insane for just cleaning the basket in their pool and giving their dog some food. Haha. So, I am definitely hitting her up on that offer! Woo hoo, money. Where are the days going? Oh my. 9 / MESSAGE

[07 04 08] Today, we found out that my Grandaddy has cancer in his throat. That might have been what was causing all his breathing problems. Anyway, my mom says that she doesn't know if there's much the doctors can do. Which makes me extremely sad. I feel like part of my life is repeating or something. I'm scared. My mom has to start arranging a plot or something. I don't know. Even though I'm scared and sad, I'm at peace. My Grandaddy is very tired and as sad and morbid as it sounds, I think he's ready to move on. So, to top off this crappy day, I will do a meme. Thank you very much. ( yer blues... ) ( and watch these videos from the beach... ) 3 / MESSAGE

[07 01 08] Well, I'm back from the beach. I actually got back like... a week ago. Or something like that. I've lost all concept of time. I've been trying to catch up on things I've been meaning to get done. I've done pretty well so far. I've been doing some volunteering at the library with Katie and Monica. It has been pretty fun this year. I've also been watching So You Think You Can Dance like a lunatic. I went bowling with my youth group today. It was fun. I also started Pride & Prejudice today. I was dreading it, but it's not that bad so far. I just hope I can get through this summer reading. I don't have much to say. Summer is going by fast. 2 / MESSAGE

[06 18 08] Hey babies! I got myself a little haircut today! ( Myspace-alicious ) In other news, the dance recital was this past weekend. It was so much fun to hang out with Sarah and Breana and Blair. It was really tiring, though. We had one show Friday night, which Jenny came to. And then we had two shows on Saturday -- Sarah H., Sarah L., Alyssa, Monica, Katie, and Katie's mom came to the Saturday night one. I'm a little sad that dance is over, but it's really nice to have a break from it. It's very tiring. My sleep schedule is SO WACK. I stay up until 4 or 5 every morning and try to wake up at 11. I have some serious issues. I hope they are fixed at the beach where I won't have the computer to keep me up at all hours of the night. I go to the beach tomorrow, by the way! I will return on Sunday. I am insanely excited. We always have so much fun down there. I am insanely hungry. CAMP ROCK ON FRIDAY! I honestly don't think I will be able to handle it. Holy crap. I have to wake up in TWO HOURS. I am so embarrassed. 8 / MESSAGE

[06 10 08] TODAY WAS MY LAST DAY OF EXAMS WHICH MEANS I AM OFFICIALLY ON SUMMER BREAK! HALLELUJAH! This year went by so freaking fast. What the hey hey? Time for the summer posting to begin! I hope to do like I did back in the summer after 9th grade! That was a fun summer, wasn't it? 3 / MESSAGE

[05 31 08] ( I can't live if living is without you... ) That was long and now I don't feel like updating. Hopefully later? 2 / MESSAGE

[05 31 08] The Physics class went to Busch Garden's today! I had a lot of fun! More details about that later. Possibly. I have to go to North Carolina tomorrow for Davis's birthday party. He'll be two. Ugh. I don't want to go after I've been away all day today. I just want to stay home. Kill me now. One real week of school left. I need to get to gettin' on my math review. That is going to be bad. I will hopefully update you on the real happenings of my life soon. I'm dead now. AND I'M HUNGRY. Ever had an Oreo Cakester? Most delicious thing that has ever entered my body. 4 / MESSAGE

[05 15 08] Ah. Listen to "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" by Paul McCartney right now. I am obsessed with it. AP English exam = over It was ridic. And funny moments today: -Trying to get Alyssa to laugh about the office lady putting 12 AM on my early dismissal slip. I had to explain that 12 AM = midnight. It's all good. I had to explain that to my mom too. -While waiting for muffins, singing "I know the muffin man, I know the muffin man. I'm the only one who knows him, knows him, knows him. He lives on my street. What's up? Oh, hey. Muffin man." Thank you Joe Jonas. -Watching Stephen open the door to the bathroom during break and then closing it really fast. "Thanks for warning me. I didn't know anyone was in there..." -Jenny knocking the juice box out of my hand. -Stephen, Stefan, and Shintae trying to finish their juice boxes quickly and making some rather odd sounds when I went into the muffin room. -Staring into space in Ben's general direction while Mrs. Simms passed out materials. I looked up to see Ben staring back at me. "Hi?" "Sorry." It was funnier because Alyssa was watching at the time. I was actually laughing so hard I was crying. -Sarah asking me if Saturday Night Live comes on every day or every week or...? "SATURDAY Night Live..." Hahaha. Guild Audtions are OVER. Superior -, even though I screwed up. She was the nicest judge ever. Tomorrow is history SOL, group lesson for piano and then dance for job training (kill me now.) Friday is the piano recital and premiere of Living the Dream. And Saturday is Wyndfest. When will this be over? It is far too late to be up. I fell asleep on the couch earlier which ruined the whole getting off the internet and going to bed early thing. The Battle of the Davids in American Idol! I seriously can't choose. I love them both. But I think I love David Archuleta even more. 1 / MESSAGE

[05 11 08] Wowowowowow. It's been forever since I posted! I've been writing down what I've been doing, though, so I can keep you guys updated. Well, really, this is just for me. I hate reading old entries that are like "I hate my life right now" and I don't know why. Get ready for a lot of words. We left off at prom, didn't we? That was just one big... ordeal. It's a lot of work and stress, which is just dumb. I felt pretty, though, and it was fun for the most part. I'm just glad it's over, to be honest. I'm not a prom kind of person, I don't think. A few weeks ago, some kid try to set our school on fire. He started it in the boys' bathroom. Lucky for us, it was while we were writing an essay in history. :) Everyone evacuated the school when the fire alarm went off and five fire trucks and an EMS truck came. It was pretty cool because everyone was just chilling on the hill watching. I always thought that if there was a real fire that we would be running around, you know? It's not like the fire was crazy, though. I think the fire people just got excited or something. Anyway, everything was fine, but the guy is in big trouble now. I finally finished my research paper a couple of weeks ago. That was really stressful. I did mine about cell phone use why driving. Please don't do it people. I spent many nights working on that paper. Stressed out! I started training for my job at dance. Well, I've been there once for it. I just sat there while Andrea talked about what she does in certain situations. It was a lot of information at one time. I'm thinking I'm just going to have to get in there and learn as I go. I guess I'll go there again this Thursday (I don't really want to because it's right after piano and I don't get home until 6:30) because Lynette wants me to help at Wyndfest. That's going to be hectic. We're performing, I think. I don't know the jazz dance that well, though. Agggh. I hope the job at the studio summer is going to be fun, though. I don't want to be miserable. Last week I found out that Martha, our preacher, is leaving in June. I think she was just too controversial for the older members of our church. I didn't have a problem with her ideas or the fact that she was a woman at the pulpit. She was just very intimidating sometimes and rubbed me the wrong way with some things she said. Or the fact that it was a tmi everytime I talked to her. Whatever. I'll miss her, though. It's really sad because her husband is a preacher too and he's going to stay here while Martha has to move to northern Virginia for her new job. She's taking Hattie with her too. It's just sooo sad. It makes my heart hurt. I hear the new preacher we're getting is really nice and is good. I hope so. Our church needs it. :/ My Grandaddy came home on Friday. He's going to have an oxygen machine for the rest of his life. He's just been chilling on the couch for the past couple of days. I feel bad for him. I wish I could do more to help. I especially feel bad for my mom. She's running around and making sure everything is ok and keeping up with their appointments. I don't know how she does it. Oh my gosh. I've been so tired lately. Especially the past few weeks. I've just been staying up so late and I know it's my fault. I usually hate myself for it too. I have this thing sometimes at night when I wake up, but I can't move. I feel paralyzed. It's really scary too. I did some research on sleeping disorders and found out that it's called sleep paralysis. It's when the brain awakes from a REM state, but the bodily paralysis persists, leaving the person fully conscious, but unable to move. It says that sometimes there are hallucinations during this time. If you have that and you have it all the time then it could be a sign of narcolepsy. Thankfully, I don't have hallucinations. And I only have it every so often, which means it's called isolated sleep paralysis or ISP. It's caused by stress or sleep deprivation. I probably have both. Haha. I don't know. It just makes it hard for me to fall back to sleep at night after it happens because I'm scared it will happen again. It happened last night because I went to sleep at like 4:30. And it happened today when I fell asleep on the floor while I was reading. Haha. I guess it started last summer. I just don't like it. Oh gosh. I had the worst break out ever for the past three weeks. Well, maybe not ever, but I hated it. It's finally getting better this week. I seriously hate break outs. It makes me freak out more. We had the AP US History exam on Friday. It actually wasn't that bad. I was stressing about that. Get this guys, the DBQ was about the Vietnam War! You know that's my time period. And basically what Katie and I did our history day project on. The free repsonse was a little hard, but I worked through it. I'm glad that's over. Now we're doing this thing called Meeting of the Minds where you read a biography on an influential person in American history. Then you have to dress up like that person and sit in front of the class (with other people) and answer the classes questions about that person. I chose Audrey Hepburn! I'm so excited. I absolutely love her. I can't wait to dress up like her, but I'm not sure what to do. If any of you guys have any ideas, let me know! The AP English exam is on Wednesday. I'm really nervous about that because I'm not prepared at all. Seriously. And I can't really study for it since it's mostly application. What sucks even more is that I have piano Guild Auditions the same day. I'm leaving after the exam is over, though, and coming home to chill for a little bit. Too much. My piano recital is on Friday and after that, piano is basically over this year. Stresssss. Today was Mother's Day. It was pretty nice. On Friday I bought my mom a pot of daisies at Kroger and a nice little card. She really loves flowers, so I thought she's appreciate that gift. I set them on the kitchen table last night so they'd be there when she came into the kitchen in the morning. Church was fun. I love the Sunday school people. After church, my mom and I picked up McDonald's and came to Grandaddy's house. We had to help Granny up the stairs. It was the first time Granny and Grandaddy had seen each other in about a month. I think they genuinely missed each other, but they're very not emotional. Their 60th anniversary was on the 8th and they didn't even know. My mom said that Grandaddy was talking about how that was the end of the war, but nothing about an anniversary. Haha. And today at church, I said "Hey Granny. Did you know it was your 60th anniversary the other day?" She just looked at me and said "Really?" And I think she was trying to the math in her head. Haha. Grandparents. There was an awful storm today. At the most inconvenient time too. For the rest of the day, though, I just sat around and read, trying not to fall asleep. I've been trying to sit out in the sun. I really need to get outside more often. I stay cooped up inside this house too much. Maybe I'll have an actual skin color by the summertime. :) I've been learning Beatles songs on the piano in my free time. So far I'm working on "Yesterday", "If I Fell", "Golden Slumbers", and "Let It Be". Maybe when I get them better I'll record them. I love that stinking book! I wish it had some Harrison songs in there, though. It's all Lennon/McCartney. Oh well. Still wonderful! Well, I'm off to the wonderful bed. Goodnight all my lovely friends! I need to update in smaller intervals. :) MESSAGE

[04 19 08] ( slow down... ) This week was filled with exhaustion and stress and anxiety. Prom is stinking tomorrow. It snuck up on me. Alyssa and I got a manicure/pedicure tonight. I like that, minus the cost. It lasts for a long time, though. I'm getting my hair done in the morning (I think I am most nervous for that... I don't know what to get!) and my make up done at Katie's house. I'll take pictures! Wish me luck guys! 1 / MESSAGE

[04 16 08] Haha! This is really what it's like, guys. I like the two references. Although, Beatles > JB anyday. Yay music. MESSAGE

[04 13 08] ( everybody's talking... ) That was fun. I hate not updating for two weeks! It's so messed up. School has been ok these past two weeks. I'm just staying up really late -- too late. I stay up until about 2:00 in the morning every night. So, I get really tired. And I don't catch up on the weekend. I'm just used to being tired now. Last Monday I gave my ballet teacher, Mrs. Sanders a ride to dance because her car was in the shop. I really liked seeing where she lived and stuff. She lives in an apartment by herself because her husband passed away about 10 years ago. She's about 62 years old and she has to be one of the coolest women I know. Sarah and I gave her a ride home that night and Mrs. Sanders invited us in to have a look around. She has saved all her dance notes since 1975 and has this awesome system for them! That will be me in 50 years for sure. Haha. And then she showed me all her Beatles albums. Both of us love the Beatles! Aw, I love you Mrs. Sanders! I hate when girls in my class are mean to her. They get really offensive whenever she corrects them which is just stupid. That's what the class is for and Mrs. Sanders is very nice compared to other ballet teachers. Suck it up and take it like a man. On Friday last week, my Grandaddy had this meltdown and called me to come over. He hadn't been feeling very well. He couldn't breathe very well and had just been sitting in that chair all week. He was freaking out about bills and doctor's appointments. I tried to help calm him down. I went through the bills with him to see what was due when and then I wrote down all his and Granny's doctor's appointments so we can figure out who will take them when. And then on Monday after that, my Grandaddy called the rescue squad for himself. My mom had told him that was the only way to get attention because otherwise you'll just sit in the emergency room for hours. So, he stayed at the hospital until Thursday and now they've moved him to this rehab/nursing center. The doctors think it's a result of rheumatoid arthritis (I have no idea why) but they'll no more when he gets a pulmonary examination on Wednesday. My mom and I went to see him yesterday. My mom pretty much goes over there everyday. I feel really bad for her. I know she's tired. Anyway, my Grandaddy is on oxygen right now and will probably have to have an oxygen tank for the rest of his life. Which means he won't be able to drive or anything. And Granny can't drive. Oh gosh. It's really stressful. I hated being at the rehab center. It just makes me think of when my dad went through all this stuff. I don't want to go through this again. And it doesn't help that my Grandaddy doesn't offer any glimmer of hope. "This place is like the bottom of hell." Oh gosh. It's times like these when I hate change. I hate seeing him feel weak and sick. Nothing will be the same -- Sundays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, church... I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. But at least Grandaddy has it better than his room partner, who is missing both of his legs. I bet he's more optimistic than my Grandaddy. Places like those are so depressing. I hate human suffering. Agh. Moving on. On Wednesday was Idol Gives Back! It was a big event for me. I even missed ice cream with Sarah to see it. Haha. My mom and I donated $50 (which reminds me, I need to give her my half of the money!) I love that it goes to children in America and children in Africa. It's really amazing. But then Michael Johns was sent home! WHATT!!?!?! NOOOO! NOT MY SEXY MICHAEL JOHNS! Seriously. To me, he was sexy. I won't get into it, but that was ridiculous. Everyone was SHOCKED. Kristy Lee needs to go home pronto. Who is voting for her? Get out. I saw "Suburb: The Musical" on Friday night at school. It was a dinner theatre! Jenny had one of the main roles and she was so good! My mom and I sat with Jenny's family and they served hot dogs and stuff like that. It was pretty good, but I liked the food better last year. The story was really good. At the end, I wanted to cry a little bit. I love plays. :) Last night, Sarah and I went to Mountain Frost since we missed it on Wednesday. It was so much fun. We got there at about 8:00 and they started closed up at 10:00, so we went out to her car and sat and we were just flipping out. I had burned this Jonas Brothers CD for her and we played it and turned it up so loud and were like screaming the words. And so much goes on in Wyndhurst late at night. We watched these boys from LCA take water balloons somewhere. I'm not sure what they did with them, but they went running after awhile. And then there was this random boy who was skateboarding. He looked like a hottie, but we couldn't really tell because he was too far away. And then there was couple in a truck... up to something. I'm not sure what it was, but we were flipping out the whole time. I guess it was the sugar. Haha. Well, school is tomorrow and I need to go to bed. I NEED SLEEP!!!! I'm so tired I haven't slept a wink... 1 / MESSAGE

[03 30 08] I watched August Rush for the first time last night. I felt like crying 90% of the time. I did actually let a few tears slip at the end and I rarely cry during movies, especially ones I watch with my mom. (So far the movies I've cried during are The Notebook and Forrest Gump... I really can't recall any others.) It really is one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen and Freddie Highmore is such a doll. He's going to be a really great actor one day. And I can't stop listening to "You're the Voice" by David Archuleta. The studio version is so much better than his performance. I think because it's the whole song. But I just keep repeating it after it finishes. I've heard the same reaction from a lot of other people. Strange... I told my mom how I felt about the song and she said "Oh, like the Sirens...?" But in my family we sometimes say "Sireens" for some very odd reason. Anyway, I said "Sireens?" And she said "You know, in Latin. They sang their song and it made the people jump off the cliff." Um... no. Not like that. I don't want to jump off a cliff, I just want to never stop listening to it. Haha. Sometimes she doesn't understand what I mean. I had a good laugh, though. We planned stuff for prom yesterday. Prom is just very ridiculous. I don't know why I'm doing this to myself. Oh my gosh. School starts tomorrow and I'm in serious denial. I didn't get as much sleep as I wanted to this week... especially since I didn't go to bed until 4 or 5 every morning. I don't know what the crap is wrong with me. I'm just a night person, I guess. I loaded some videos on to my computer from my camera the other night. The videos on there are from a couple of months ago when I was playing with my camera. I recorded myself singing to songs and dancing around and talking... It was one of those times that I didn't even realize what I was doing. Anyway, I thought this part was pretty comical. You should watch it because I have some sweet moves. :) 1 / MESSAGE

[03 28 08] Ah! A momentous occasion/holiday today! READ HERE FOR BACKGROUND ( more cheesey-ness behind the cut... ) Haha. Wow. Just... yeah. :) Speaking of amazingness again, I finally got the History Day video on YouTube! Please watch it. It's all about the 1960s and rock and roll and protest... Yeah, baby! ( it doesn't really matter what chords i play... ) 1 / MESSAGE

[03 26 08] All right. My lack of updating and the gaps between my entries are just ridiculous. My bad, guys. I have lots to tell you about, though. Let's start off with a meme, though. (swannishs_epee) ( let's pack up and move to california... ) Well, I love spring break. I pretty much love any break from school. It's sad that we're forced to go through monotonous days of endless torture. Well, it feels like torture after awhile. Really, I hate doing the same thing everyday. And I hate waking up early! I really think that's what makes it so hard for me. I don't go to bed until 2:00 A.M. and then I have to get up at 7:00 in the morning. I'm surprised I haven't died yet. Break just needs to slow down, though. Geez. The last two weeks they did the Beatles on American Idol. Most Beatles fans were like "OMGZ!! THEY'RE BUTCHERING THESE SONGS!! I HATE THEM!!" I was glad that they did that, though. It brings the Beatles to a whole new audience in a fresh way. I hope more people have fallen in love with the Beatles now. My favorite performances were Let It Be by Brooke White, Come Together by Carly Smithson, She's a Woman by Chikezie, Eleanor Rigby and Day Tripper by David Cook, and The Long and Winding Road by David Archuleta. David Archuleta is still my favorite. :) Last night they did songs from the year they were born and it wasn't quite the same as Beatles week. I'm loving that we can download the performances from iTunes. I take advantage of that opportunity. :) The Jonas Brothers concert was March 14 (pi day everyone.) Oh my gosh. What a day. It was about a 3 hour trip up to Fairfax, which was nice. I really love car trips sometimes. It's a nice way to relax. I've never seen so many screaming girls in my life. I'm not going to lie. I like Beatles fans more than JB fans. :) Anyway, the Patriot Center kind of sucks (so don't go there.) Our seats weren't too bad, but the speaker was in the way, so if they went any further than the first level, I couldn't see what they were doing. At least I was on Nick's side. They're really amazing live, though. I pretty much screamed the whole time (which surprisingly helped me get over my developing cold...) and I was standing up the whole time and dancing. I was with my mom, though, so I didn't have a friend to freak out with. It's all good. Everyone else was freaking out too. After the concert was over, we bought a shirt and found our way to our car (in the rain.) We didn't get home until about 1:00 in the morning. Sarah had been to the concert the Tuesday before that and now we're both very obsessed. That leads me to my next (very exciting) story. Yesterday, the Jonas Brothers summer tour (Burning Up Tour) tickets went on presale. I paid the $35 to join the fan club so I could participate in the presale. At 9:59 I refreshed the page, went through the whole buying process at lightning speed and got Row E in Section 2 (the 5th row right in front of the JoBros!) I was so flipping excited! Especially after I found out that all these other fans had trouble loading the page since the server was dying and it took them like 4 hours to get really crappy tickets. Anyway, Sarah and I are going to the concert July 30th in Raliegh, North Carolina! And it's outside! Woo hoo! We are so excited! I'm just going through my fan girl phase, I know. The Beatles are forever, bbs. :) A couple of weeks ago (the day before th concert, I think) I got my new glasses and contacts. I like them so much better. The contacts were a little weird to put in at first, but I'm getting used to it. It's nice to just be glasses-free sometimes. My new glasses are really cute, though. The only thing is that since they're plastic, they stretch, and it's hard to keep up on my nose. Sometimes I just want to tape them to my face. I have another appointment tomorrow to see how my contacts are doing. I saw Penelope on Friday. It's such a good movie! I recommend it. I really love the message in it. Plus, James McAvoy is a babe. :) Also on Friday, Zack came up with Allison. He let us keep her for a few hours, so we took her with us shopping (I had to get an Easter dress.) She is just a little darling. She doesn't cry very much and she's very adorable. She looks just like Davis right now. On Saturday we had an Easter egg hunt at my church. We brought Allison with us. It was really fun to see all the kids so excited about Easter eggs. I held Allison most of the time. :) Zack and her left after that. Easter was nice this year. I can finally eat chocolate again! Hallelujah! We helped my Granny put a puzzle together for like... 3 hours. It was intense. I might be getting a job at my dance studio this summer. I wouldn't be teaching dance classes, but working in the office. I think it would be nice. Sit at the computer, answer the phone, file things... I like that kind of stuff. Lynette said she would start training me in a month so I could be there for Wyndfest. Woo hoo! Bleh. SAT scores are coming out very soon. I got the unofficial ones online. It just gives you the individual scores and I did as well good as a I expected. I mean, it was pretty much average. I'm an awful test taker, so... Yeah. Ugh. Like I said earlier, I have an eye appointment tomorrow and then I plan on spending the day getting stuff done. Friday, I'm going to pick up my dress and then Sarah Page-kins and I are going to hang out hopefully. On Saturday, I'm going ice skating with my youth group and then Sundae with the girls to talk about prom. And then Sunday is church. And then.... UGHUGUHUGUH. Back to school. Puke on my face. Why did this break go by so freaking fast? April is going to suck, guys. Oh yeah! And the bestbest news! On Friday is my two year anniversary with the Beatles! It's not the official day, but I've set the holiday for the Friday of every spring break. It's going to be a Beatles-listening marathon that day! And hopefully I will get a movie in! WOO HOO! I love you Beatles. :) 4 / MESSAGE

[03 09 08] ( No one knows what it's like... ) This weekend was an adventure. On Friday, I went to Dr. Weatherholt's office. He's the eye doctor. They have this new kind of screening test now which is so wack. First I had to look into this thing and I could see a picture of a little cottage and the picture would get blurry and then in focus again. I just had to sit there and it sounded like the machine was taking pictures. Anyway, then we went to this other machine. This is the wack part. They tested one eye at a time. I had to stare at a black dot while I pushed this button whenever I saw a black, wiggly line. I never saw a black, wiggly line. It was so hard! So, I just clicked the button in a steady rhythm and the lady was like "..." I don't think I understood the instructions or something. Anyway, after that I sat in this room for awhile and then Dr. Weatherholt came in and did all the tests with the letters and stuff. He said my vision has definitely gotten worse. Great. He put the stuff in my eyes to dilate them and we went out to the front where all the different frames are. I'm going to get some of those two week contacts things and new frames!! Woo hoo! I'm very excited for the new frames. Plastic, baby! I think these will actually be semi-cute. I get them on Thursday along with my contact fitting stuff. I hope that isn't a disaster. After that, my mom and I drove to Roanoke to go to David's Bridal to look for a prom dress. Within 10 minutes, we found a dress we liked and then we asked our lady about the one online and she found it for us. I ended up getting the one from the website. It's exactly what I wanted! Flowy and goddess-like. Haha. The Dress I got it in a light periwinkle color. To be honest, I have no idea which color it is out of those on the website. Immediately after I got the dress on, Lori, my helper, helped me find shoes and a necklace. And then I had to get it altered, which was the hard part. I had to stand there for about an hour while I turned slowly in a circle while the lady pinned it. It was far too long. But I'm excited! I don't have a date and I don't want one. I'm excited to just go with my friends. It will (hopefully) be fun. We went to Target after we left there and it was the weirdest Target I've ever been to and I have no desire to go in there ever again. Yesterday morning I had Gold Cup Festival. Um... I'm just glad it's over. It was so early and I was so tired. I'm not sure what my results are yet, but hopefully it will be good. Now I just need to worry about the theory test for whenever they reschedule that. Last night we went to see Evita at Heritage. Jenny was there too, so we sat with her. I thought it was pretty good. It was an odd story and I had a hard time knowing what they said because everything was sung. Jeffrey was amazing as usual and I really loved the music. The ending made me want to cry, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. Today was church. Sunday School was fun. I love those people. We had to watch Skylar for awhile which was a little bit annoying. I feel bad when I'm mean to her, but I can be so distant sometimes when I have other things I need to do. We went to Target and bought a whole bunch of things. I'm excited for springtime. I WILL SEE MY BB BOYS ON FRIDAY! :) 4 / MESSAGE

[03 02 08] Stolen from swannishs_epee, of course. ( :) ) I took the SAT yesterday. It actually wasn't too bad. I had pretty much prepared for it, though. My room was full of kids from Glass. They just seem so weird and different from kids at Heritage. I think I did all right on the test overall. My essay was pretty good too. I had already told myself that whatever the topic was, I would most likely write about the Beatles because I know lots of information about them and they're a good example for everything. And I did write it about the Beatles! It was about teamwork and such. I like the math sections the best. The critical reading sections make me fall asleep. It was funny because there was this part where we had to copy this paragraph in cursive saying that we certify that we are who we are. I know. It's pretty pointless. Anyway, I don't think I've written in cursive since... 5th grade. And Trevor, who was sitting behind me says "What if you don't know how to write in cursive? Because I never learned that..." From the looks of it, it didn't look like many of the other kids had written in cursive in a long time. It took us all about 10 minutes to copy down 3 sentences. Mine looked like a kindergartener wrote it. I just thought it was funny because here we are, high schoolers taking the SAT and we can't write in cursive. Anyway... Speaking of Glass (earlier...), my mom and I saw Chicago there on Friday night. It was really good! And sold out! We got there an hour early, though, so we got really good seats. There were a couple of things I didn't like. The whole cast was basically split, which makes me mad. What if we're missing the better actor/actress that night? And I really felt like I was a strip club. All the girl dancers wore these little leotard things that were going up their butts and this one girl just had this bra thing on. And the guy dancers... Ugh. I'm pretty sure 75% of them were gay. (Nothing wrong with that, but geez. It was a little ridic.) And they all wore these tiny little shorts things or... just stripper ware. I mean, I know that's how the play is supposed to be, but I just felt weird knowing that they were my age or younger. They didn't take any of the cussing out either, which shocked me at first because when Heritage did the play about 4 years ago, there was no cussing in it. Haha. The one at Heritage was like the G-rated version. Other than that, though, I really liked it. The girl that played Velma Kelly was really good! The girl that played Roxie was all right. She was a better actress than singer/dancer. It was funny because the guy that played Billy Flynn looked familiar to me and towards the end of the play, he made a facial expression and I realized who it was. It was Will from day care! Haha. I used to have the biggest crush on him too. I feel like a stalker when I know all this stuff about a person or remember someone and they have no idea who I am. That really is the story of my life. Next week we're going to see Evita at Heritage. I hope that will be good. They had these teasers on Friday during school and it looked like they needed a little bit of work, but I'll still like it no matter what... Also, I have my Gold Cup Festival next Saturday. I'm looking forward to getting that over with. I'm doing solos, hymns, duets, and a concerto. Yikes. I'm just going to practice really hard this week and pray. And I have an eye appointment on Friday! Finally! My eyes are getting worse. And in two weeks is... the Jonas Brothers concert!!!! I can't believe it's so close! Nick, here I come! :D:D:D:D Well, I have a million other things I need to do (unfortunately.) I'll add my journal entries soon. Hopefully. Probably not. :) 4 / MESSAGE

[02 27 08] Ah! I love this boy. I want him to win. David Archuleta everyone. How adorable and talented is he? I love this season. Journal entries are coming soon. I hope to do actualy online entries sometime again. Whenever time permits, my friends. 4 / MESSAGE

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[02 02 08] I thought you'd guys like this. :) ( Yoinked from sarah's facebook ) MESSAGE

[01 29 08] ( you ain't a little angel no more... ) I kind of love exam week. I got to sleep until 9:00 today adn left school at 12:15. Glorious, isn't it? History is tomorrow. I'm nervous. :/:/ In other news, I've finally listened to all the songs in my iTunes! All 2,467 of them. I accomplished this last night and I feel like my iTunes is semi-complete (minus all the future songs I'm going to add.) Yayayayay. No homework!!! 1 / MESSAGE

[01 21 08] As usual... ( hand written ) American Idol is back and I am so happy because people are going to make stuff like this: Funniest episode I've ever seen. :) Exams start on Friday. I'm freaking out a bit internally. Wish me luck! 4 / MESSAGE

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