so...

...i kind of am bored. i know, i'm not supposed to talk about that, but i really am bored. i was thinking about the happiness of summer and i realized that i haven't seen my friends since the day school let out and some of them i have been (according to Anne of Green Gables) "aching to see." i know that's sort of odd, but i have some pretty great friends that i only get to see during the school year. it's sorta funny that the friends i can easily see aren't the ones i've been wanting to see these past few days. maybe i shouldn't think about it. what am i whining for? i don't have school, i can hang out with my sisters as often as i want, but there is still that void of the people you don't see 24/7. maybe we can all go to the beach some day like we said we would but haven't done. i think the only reason why i haven't taken initiative in calling my friends is because i'm afraid of my dad's "eye-roll" he always gives me when i want to hang out with my friends. i don't know why he does it and i don't know why it bothers m so much. i don't hang out with my buddies as often now and it makes me sad. what's wrong with going to the movies with jacquie or going to the beach with julie and katie-maybe a few other buddies? i know it sounds like an exaggeration, but my dad really does roll his eyes whenever i ask to hang out with friends. maybe he doesn't mean to do it. i'm sure sometimes he's only teasing me, but what about all of the other times. he does his "i'll have to think about it" line too. that doesn't bother me as much because that way just have to wait patiently for his decision and he doesn't stare at me. oh well...perhaps it's just as well. if i don't hang out with my friends i don't mind so much because i still have my sisters. still, it's nice to have that little bit of...freedom? is that a good word?

the last date of my junior year...holy crap!!!

yeah, it's so crazy that i am not a junior anymore!! i fell very under-prepared for my senior year, but i think that somehow i'll fight through it.

enough about all of that depressing stuff, i actually went to prom for the first time in my life (i wasn't going to say anything but brittany blogged about the pics so i guess i have to now!). i never found anything special about prom-especially junior prom-but a friend of mine asked me and i saw no trouble in going so i said yes (he also asked me in front of people; smart right?). despite my passiveness at going, i still went and had a pretty good time. i won't post the pics from before the party, but i'll show the during/sorta after pics.



this is the mr. noah. he is probably one of the coolest kid one could ever cross paths with and i have had the privilege of knowing him ever since kindergarten. omh, that seems like FOREVER AGO!! i swear, he is so funny and crazy and no one could ever compare to him because he is so amazing. he has spent many years with me in drama, then suddenly band, and of course we can't forget the honors program.


awww...jonathong, jonathong carrizle (a.k.a. jonathan carrizal) what a kid. he has been my drumline mentor person sorta. he was going to go into the marines, but the poor kid's mother made him go to college. he is someone i will really miss though...he's a senior. man alive time goes so quickly!


mattie halvorson. this was the choir president of this previous year and he has so graciously passed that task on to me. i only hope that i can be half as good as he was. this guy pulled me through some though times in choir when our director would get on my last nerve. he was a really good guy too. i have no clue how i am going to keep choir under control now!!!!

so the dance overall was pretty fun. i felt bad because at like 9:15 i already wanted to go home. but i stuck it out and i made it through the night. the only reason why i wanted to leave was because my date and i were dancing with the couples (you can imagine people making-out right?) and so i was really uncomfortable and my date was looking at me kinda funny. but then we started hanging out with matt and noah whose group was NOT as awkward so after that it was really fun. i don't know how i would rate the date compared to my other two, but who cares about that? the important thing was that i had fun at my junior prom!

summer...summer...summer

SUMMER! yup, it's that time of year again! the time where i get to hang out with my friends less, but hang out with my family more. when there is no space in the house, but when everyone is home in order for me to enjoy their company. accompanied by dodger games, movie nights, and other totally fun stuff. oh and let's not forget the fourth of JULY! also, the long-awaited release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!!!! we also can't forget the beach and sunsets on the roof, cruising down the street with the windows down feeling the heat of the oh-so-hot lovely sun and rocking out to songs that are entitled CALIFORNIA. the happy days are back!! of course, there is the work that i am expected to get done during the day, not to mention my summer assignment, but after dinner i am as free a i can ever be. no doubt my friends and i will continue our ROCKBAND sessions...except with a few extra people added to our party. now i can get tan and enjoy the heat and loveliness of the day. and then (i hate to spoil the happiness of this blog entry) band camp starts in august...i haven't decided how i feel about that just yet. but you know what? i am not going to worry about that right now. i am going to enjoy my summer while i can!!!!!!

the lowdown

sooo...a lot has happened over the past few weeks. so the thing that my friend and I were working on happened. we totally pulled it off! so the day of the performance, he and i were working in the choir room and we were finally satisfied that we knew what we were doing. our first run-through was really good and there was this weird feeling in the room...man it was heavy. but then we ran though it a few more times and we were zoning out! we both were so tired and we could not concentrate. so we finally decided that the only thing we could do was to go out there and do our thing and hope that we rocked it. so performance time rolls around and throughout the whole concert we were looking at each other getting really nervous and stuff. My choir director like pulled us aside and told us, "look, i heard you guys earlier and you sound amazing so don't be nervous." we were the second to last act so we spent the whole concert in anticipation. it's finally our turn to perform and we look at each other like, hope this goes down well. it went better than well. WE ROCKED IT!!! no dude, i'm totally serious we handled randall! it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. i know that's really sad, but it was. everything came together and there was this intensely heavy feeling in the room. after the song, we were so overwhelmed we hugged and then after the concert, he said he wanted to record the song. i guess he knows this guy who will record us for 20 bucks an hour. so i am pretty happy about that whole shananigan.