Bye...

Hey Everybody!

I’m sorry to say that this is my very last blog post on my blog. I know, its very sad, but since I take my Creative Writing final is this morning, and then I am done with the class, I am not required to write on it anymore.

To me, writing on a blog every week is kind of a pain in the butt. I don’t really understand how everybody that actually keeps up on blogs does it, because I can barely keep up on blogging every week, and that is even when I am required to do so. So, all of you that do keep up on your blogs, I praise you, because that is something that I will never be able to do.

Never the less, I hope all of you enjoyed what I did put on here. My purpose of this blog was to see if you could relate to my life, and make you remember things that you have once forgotten that had happened a long time in the past, and I really hope I did this for all of you.

Summer starts for me, this Thursday. I am so stoked for summer. I get to do so many things this summer, I seriously can not wait to do all of them. Like I have mentioned so many times and past blogs, I get to go to New York and do all of the fun stuff that that wonderful city has to offer. Also, my parents have told me that sometime this summer I get to go to one of my favorite theme parks, Holiday World and Splashing Safari.

If you don’t live close to where I do, then you will probably have absolutely no idea what Holiday World even is, but if you do live by where I do, then you have been there probably at least 3 times, if you are sane. It is probably the best theme park in the Mid West for all ages. It has whole sections of rides that are just for little kids and their parents to enjoy, plus there are whole sections of rides for kids my age,like huge wooden roller coasters that have been named some one the best in the world. And not to mention the water park, Splashing Safari, which has been named the best water park in the world. If you live in the MidWest like me, I highly suggest that you go to this amusement park, which is in Santa Claus, Indiana (No I am not kidding, this is really where it s at)

Here it is. My big goodbye to you all. I am sorry I wont be writing anymore, I am just way to busy and barely have time as it is to write, let alone this summer. So I am sorry. But maybe I will talk to on of you someday, who knows? Well farewell, for now at least. Ta Ta for now, or never maybe. I Don’t know.

Love,

Me <3

May Fete!

Hey Everyone!

I hope your week has not been as long and drawn out as mine has been recently. I have been waiting for this moment for a very long time now and it is finally here. It is finally May Fete!

If you have not read any of my blog posts, here is the basic idea of what Mayfete is about: For those of you that don’t know what that is, the underclassmen girls make up dances for the senior girls and do them for them, and they get to dress up in really nice dresses. They pick a court and a May Fete queen also. Anyway, I am a choreographer. I make up some of the dances. We usually practice for around four hours every Sunday afternoon, teaching all of these dances. You also have to try and take time out of your week and try to come up with stuff.

I am very nervous and very excited at the same time. I am excited because, duh, its May Fete, but I am also very nervous too. I will be performing in front of roughly three thousand people!

I am in seven of the fifteen or so dances that are in today’s May Fete. Crazy, right? I am in the intro, which is how we kick off May Fete. Then, I am in two sophomore dances, which all of the sophomore girls are in. I am also in a dance called flashlight. It is where they turn off all of the lights in the gym, and all of the dancers are dressed in all black. All of a sudden, the music starts, and the flashlights that we are holding turn on. We make different patterns using the lights to please the crowd. I am also in a dance called May Pole. This is an all choreographer dance. Basically, there is a pole with as many strings as there are girls on it. Each girl takes a string, and weaves it in a way that it makes a cool design, they also have a dance made for the music too. Last, i am in finale, which is a every explosive dance that ends the night with a bang. This is probably my favorite dance of all, for this reason alone.

I have been looking forward to this day for a long time, but I really cannot wait for my own senior May Fete, where every senior girl will get to be honored. Ever since I was a little girl I have been waiting for that special night, and the closer it gets, the more excited I am. I love what I do for my upperclassmen, but I cant wait for my own special night.

Well, it starts at 8, but I have to be there at seven p. m. and I am going to take a little nap before then, so I will blog about my great experience next week. Until then, have a great week, and be thinking about me tonight!

Lazy School Daze...

Hey Everyone!

I hope everyone has had a great week, and is not near as stressed out as I am right now. I have so much stuff going on in the next three weeks it is literally making my head spin… well… I guess not literally.

This was kind of a crazy week for the people of this high school. The juniors were taking their ACT’s on Tuesday. IF any of you didn’t know, this is pretty much the test that will determine what college you get in to and which colleges that you don’t get in to. I am a sophomore, but it still affects me on a big level. Most of my teachers were proctors that day, and were not in class, therefore, we didn’t really do much in any of those classes, it seemed like. All it seemed like is we sat their and talked and laughed and goofed around all the way through the school day. On Wednesday, the juniors were taking their PSAE’s, or their prairie state tests, which are only offered to the juniors in high school in Illinois, and it also has stuff to do with the college you go to, also. So, that day, once again, we sat there and talked and laughed and goofed around all day, because we had no work to do what so ever. Needless to say, those were two pretty good days of school. Hardly any school work, and friends in every single one of my classes to talk to.

The next day was also planned to be a pretty good day, because, once again, I got to get out of school. But this time, I actually got to leave the school building. I am in the jazz band at my school, and I play the trumpet. We were going on a jazz tour with the chorus, and travelling to all of the other schools in town to play our wonderful music for them. At first, I just thought it was a good excuse to get out of school but it was actually pretty fun. I got to go back to my old school, and see all of the teachers that I had missed so much from my high school days. It was definitely worth getting out of school for.

Friday, I also got out of school. Today, I went to the different elementary schools in town with my Creative Writing class and we showed them poems that we made a Power Point presentation for to see if they would like them or not. It was always fun to see the kids different reactions to all of the different poems that they got to see throughout the day. It was also a very good excuse to get out of school for the day, again.

I am so happy that I got to pretty much chill this week, but now I have all of this make up homework to deal with, and that is so not worth it. Sometimes being in so many activities is kind of a pain in the butt. Oh well, it keeps me from being bored all of the time. Stay Busy, Everyone!

Love,

Me <3

Summer is Coming

Hey Everybody!

Summer is quickly coming in on us, isn’t it? I seriously can not wait until I can drive around, do whatever I want, go wherever I want, and get a great tan while doing it, even though I am really pale and don’t really tan that much as it is.

What are your plans for this coming summer? Other than going on the New York trip, and going to a Cardinals game in St. Louis the week after that, I am not going on any other vacations. I wish I could, but some things just don’t work out the way you had always planned for them to be. Where all have you been on vacation? I have had some very great vacations in the past, and they will definitely over shadow the fact that I most likely will not be having a big family vacation this summer.

The place I always remember going to as a really little kid is an amusement park called Kings Island. It is in Cincinnati, Ohio, and I have probably been there a total of probably 10 times. Yes, I said ten times. My family has always loved going there, and so have I. We have made so many trips there, I can never seem to keep them straight in this head of mine. This is the place where I came to love going to amusement parks and theme parks, and riding roller coasters. My favorite roller coaster will always be there. It is called the Beast, and it is probably around forty years old, and is a humungous wooden roller coaster. In fact, it is the longest roller coaster ever built anywhere.

Another place I remember going when I was a little kid was the monster of all vacations, the place where every little kid wants to go, Disney World in Orlando, Florida. When my parents told me they had first bought plane tickets to Florida, I was about 7 years old, and I though it was the best day of my whole entire life at that point, and it was, up until the day we actually left for the airport in Indianapolis. When I got to Florida, I thought I was in a dream or something. I got to stay in a Disney hotel, and I remember it being the nicest hotel I have ever stayed in, in my whole entire life, even to this day, and I have stayed at a lot of pretty nice hotels in my lifetime. I got to go to all of the Disney parks, ride all of the rides that I wanted to, and watch all of the shows that I could have ever wanted to watch. The food was great there, too. To this day, it is probably still one of the best vacations I have ever been on in my whole entire life, just because of the great time I had there and all of the great memories that were made over that long week of fun in the sun.

Love,

Me <3

Books!

Hey Everyone!

I am so glad that it is finally Friday, the best day of the week, in my opinion, and lots of others too, I am sure. This week has seemed to drag, don’t you think? It was our first week back after spring break, and every one at school just seemed so quiet and tired. I guess that just shows that our spring break needs to be longer. (:

Now that the play is over, I am not near as busy as I was before. I actually have some free time on my hands. Crazy, right? If you know me, I absolutely love to read. Recently, I have been stuck on one author, and I love him. His name is Nicholas Sparks.

Many people probably know who he is, but I will tell you just in case you didn’t. He writes pretty much romantic novels, and a lot of them have been turned into movies.  Some of these movies include Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook (probably his most wellknown book and movie, and also my favorite), Nights in Rodanthe(ß I have been there. (: ), Dear John( another favorite from him), The Last Song( another good one with Miley Cyrus) and The Lucky One(his newest movie, it comes out the 20^th, and I cant wait to see it!). here is a list of all of his books, and I put stars by the ones that I have read.

• The Notebook (October 1996) * * *
• Message in a Bottle (April 1998)
• A Walk to Remember(October 1999)
• The Rescue (September 2000)
• A Bend in the Road (September 2001)
• Nights in Rodanthe(September 2002)
• The Guardian (April 2003) * * *
• The Wedding (September 2003) * * *
• Three Weeks With My Brother (April 2004) - A non-fiction account of traveling with his brother after the men lost both parents and their sister in quick succession.
• True Believer (April 2005)
• At First Sight (novel) (October 2005)
• Dear John (October 2006) * * *
• The Choice (September 2007)
• The Lucky One (October 2008) * * *
• The Last Song(September 2009) * * *
• Safe Haven (September 2010)
• The Best Of Me (October 2011)

I highly suggest that if you haven’t read any of his books, that you get to it and read one, at the very least. I am sure that you have heard of many of these books, just sit down and read one. Yeah, they may be a little girly, but they are really good and teach you a lot of life lessons, at least that is how they affected me. I could probably finish a book a day if I wanted to. My ultimate goal is to sometime read all of his books. Yes, they really are that good. Well, I will talk to you all next week. Happy reading every one! See you later!

Love,

Me <3

West Side Story!

Hi everybody!

So, I am freaking out right now! Tonight is the opening night of our school’s production, “West Side Story.” I am so excited!

I am sure many of you have heard of this great musical before, but you really don’t know what it is about, right? Well, here is a basic overview of it: West Side Story is an American musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

Set in New York City in the mid-1950s, the musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The members of the Sharks from Puerto Rico are taunted by the Jets, a white working-class group. The young protagonist, Tony, one of the Jets, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theatre. Bernstein's score for the musical has become extremely popular; it includes "Something's Coming", "Maria", "America", "Somewhere", "Tonight", "Jet Song", "I Feel Pretty", "A Boy Like That", "One Hand, One Heart", "Gee, Officer Krupke", and "Cool".

I absolutely love this play and everyone in it. We have the best cast, orchestra pit, stage crew, and backdrop artists around. I am so proud of everyone and the great work they have done to make our performances great.

This is one of those plays that you have the music in it stuck in your head twenty four seven! It is kind of ridiculous! At least I love the music!

This play has a great message. Pretty much what it is saying is that everybody should love everybody else, no matter what or who you are, no matter what race or color or background that you may have.
If you live anywhere near Paris, I highly suggest you go to see this wonderful musical and everybody in it!

Tonight’s performance is at 7 o clock. Tomorrow we have performances at 1 ( this is our childrens matinee, it is highly shortened and has no dirty or raunchy content in it, where as our normal content does have these things) and at night again at 7. Last but not least, we have our performance on Sunday at 1 o clock also. I highly recommend this performance, because we tend to somewhat ad lib most of the time, and try to make things more humorous, but without taking away the main plot and story line that this great play has.

Like I said before, it would mean the world for anybody to come watch us! I promise, it will be really good! The tickets are 7 dollars for adults and 3 for children. I really hope to see some of you there! By the way, have a really great spring break everyone! Bye Bye for now!

Hunger Games!

Hi people!

I am so so excited for tonight. Not only is it Friday, but it is March 23, 2012. Is this date important to anybody else? No, it isn’t my birthday. No, it isn’t Christmas. Obviously. It is the day that the Hunger Games comes out in theaters!

Have any of you ever read the amazing book series that is the Hunger Games? If you have, then you know why I am so excited. If not, then you are completely missing out and need to read them as soon as possible!

I have recently read this book series, because I knew that the movie was coming up, and I knew I wanted to see it, but I never watch the movie before reading the books. I instantly fell in love with them. I finished all three books in a matter of a week.

I would give you a plot summary, but that is what the movie and book are for! Well, if you still aren’t convinced, here are some great reviews for you:

"Relax, you legions of Hunger Gamers. We have a winner," writes Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers. "The screen 'Hunger Games' radiates a hot, jumpy energy that's irresistible. It has epic spectacle, yearning romance, suspense that won't quit and a shining star in Jennifer Lawrence, who gives us a female warrior worth cheering."
"'The Hunger Games' runs nearly two and a half hours in length but is the rare film that never drags and doesn't overstay its welcome," said the Associated Press' Christy Lemire. "It could keep running as long as Katniss (the main character) does, and we'd want to be right there every heart-pounding step of the way."
The New York Daily News' Joe Neumaier called the film "light years ahead of 'Twilight'." "It’s better and scarier than its source book," he wrote, "And aims an angry eye at our bloodthirsty, watch-anything-and-cheer culture."

That said, does writer/director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit and Pleasantville – not to mention writing credits on Big, Dave, and Mr. Baseball) ultimately deliver a Hunger Games film adaptation that accurately transports fan-favorite characters and events onto the big screen – as well as offering up an entertaining movie experience for audience members who haven’t bothered with the books?

Despite a few hiccups that come with distilling a 350 page book (told in first person) into a two hour and twenty minute film, The Hunger Games is not only a solid adaptation of the source material – it succeeds at covering a copious amount of backstory, while at the same time delivering some genuinely entertaining (and at times, thrilling) moments, even for those who are still unfamiliar with the book series. The Hungers Games books are jam-packed with supporting characters and in-depth mythos – and so is the film adaptation (at times to a fault).

The basic story takes place in a dystopian future where the Capitol rules over the country of Panem (in what used to be North America) – and uses “The Hunger Games” to suppress the surrounding districts. Each year, the Capitol randomly selects one girl and boy from each of the twelve districts to participate in the Hunger Games – where the 24 “tribute” children fight to the death until only one remains.

I hope all of these reviews made you want to see it! Well, I am of to see the Hunger Games! Bye!
Love,
Me<3