my KKK dream

so the other night, i had the weirdest dream. the KKK came to my house and said that they were going to kill me because i had jungle fever. i know, so dumb, right? anyway, so i start laughing at them and tell them that they look stupid in their robe things and the dude gets all mad at me. then he takes off his hood and i see that he is an old friend of mine who everyone thought was a Nazi (don't ask why). my first thought was this fool would be a member of the KKK. then he tells everyone to leave me alone because i was a holman and then the other people take their hoods off and they're all people i already know!!!

please tell me that was a dream!!!!=d

it's that time of year again!

yes it is!!! it's time for testing. all kinds of testing. first state testing, then the SAT, and then AP testing! YAY!!! isn't life wonderful? don't we all just love to sit around and take tests that don't even cover anything truly valuable in our lives? the sad thing is, this is what determines my getting into college. well, i suppose the SAT isn't that bad, and the AP test has some valuable things on it, but state testing? seriously, that test is ridiculous. there was stuff on there that i learned in elementary school. compared to the AP Language passages i have to read and analyze, this was cake. i didn't even have to read the passage (as if i ever did). im nervous for AP testing because i think it really shows what i've learned over this school year. i have learned a lot. my mind has so many new things in it that i sometimes wonder how it all fits. i've learned some great skills in that class and i can definitely say that i am smarter. nonetheless, i feel very unprepared for this test. that's why my new best friend is...



CLIFF! that is the cliff of the cliff notes. he has helped me understand the most confusing works of Virginia Woolf and Henry David Thoreau. This guy is AMAZAZING!!!

traditions of the ugly Covina High School

every year at CHS home of the colts, we have a Grand Concert with both the band and choir playing. this year it happened to be last night. it was fun and i think that the music program has gotten a lot better, but i am so tired!!! im in concert band, concert choir, voices, and i play the maracas for one jazz band song (it's more salsa-esque). i was running around the whole gym all night! first concert band played-that was fun because we sounded great and i had this totally bomb timpani solo! then men's choir sang one song and after that voices sang-we all hated the first song but we needed it in order to have a full act, then we sang a negro spiritual that was this really beautiful a capella song, then we sang classical music. after that was intermission which i spent standing outside because it was so freaking hot in the gym. then jazz band played-that was the best part of the concert because i got to sit, relax, and listen to my favorite kind of music. then it was concert choir-oh boy don't get me started. the girl next to me did not know her notes and she was always sharp. there was this one song where i had to hit a really high b flat (that is a really high note and even only select sopranos can hit that note) and only this other girl in voices and i were supposed to hit it and the girl next to me tried and holy crap! she was super flat and we clashed. she didn't know how to lift her soft-pallet i think because it is impossible to hit a b flat if you cannot lift your soft-pallet. it was pretty bad. she also made me forget words because i had to concentrate on getting my notes right. but other than that, it was great!!!!

the best part was after the concert when one of the German exchange students came to my house and we watched take the lead. he is the cutest kid ever! we talked about a lot of stuff. did you know that the drinking age in Germany is 16? yeah, crazy right? i actually thought it was 13, but he said that most bars will serve you beer as long as you can see over the counter. but he also said that a lot of people dont just go and get wasted because they can (my words, not his...he doesn't know wasted) they are conscious about what they drink and for the most part they wont drink too much. ive always wanted to try German beer just because i hear its like the best in the world...not that i would.