Last Post of 2012!

Well, this is the last post of 2012. Great year... But 2013's gonna be BETTER! Right?? Hey, me when it's New Years Eve on 2013, comment on this post and tell me how it was. I'm gonna comment for New Year's Eve last year (if there's a post for it)... Till next year, much love -- Annasophie

MacGregor!

I just had the honor of meeting Mr. MacGregor Greenlee, who is AMAZINGLY AMAZING with films... and I really want to work with him someday, cause he's just that cool and I'm just that not-cool, so... yeah. :) PS--watch his films.

Stalking Myself... wait, whaa??

Is it wrong that whenever I read this blog I feel like I'm stalking someone?

Apologies and Letters

All right, guys, I'm sorry, I really haven't been posting much. I mean, there's nothing for me to post... or... no, there is, it's just not really worth posting if I don't get a reaction. I live off of reactions. So if I'm sitting here, talking to practically just a screen... I don't think that's a great use of my time... I mean, if someone listens to what I say, then that'd make me want to write more... see how that works? So, yep. Just a heads up: don't check every day, you'll get disappointed. And an apology to me in the past, me who was disappointed when everyone else started leaving their blogs... sorry. I know you loved this thing. But, I mean, it's yours. It was a phase in your life, when you really loved it and posted almost 24/7... that's just not really me anymore. But thanks. Cause without you, I'd never be who I am now. And everyone reading that just spent a little while listening to me talk... to... myself. Haha, wow. Cause it wasn't meant for you. Okay. Ummm... And to future me who is reading this: what, you're really that bored? XD Just kidding... feel free to look around. PS--the best posts are back in 2010 or so, just saying. :) But you know that.

'Call Your Girlfriend'--Lennon and Maisy Stella COVER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_aJHJdCHAo This is amazing... I just think that the little butter tin things are slightly distracting... but their voice are sooo beautiful... and perfect harmonizing...

Taylor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0nai4FnvD8&feature=plcp Taylor Groothuis... wow, I didn't know she could sing like THIS!! At step up from 'This is Me'... Taylor and me, we friends now. :P

Max!

MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX SCHNEIDER!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8whCvGSGpY My favorite part is 3:06... HAHA Victoria must have been SO surprised. They did talk about this... And here's little kid Max. SO CUTE!!!! ThrowbackThursdays. :)

Taylor Groothuis!!

Let me tell you, it feels SO GOOD talking to a celebrity... Love ya, Taylor!

By the way, she's working with Dan Schneider on a new Nickelodeon show, 'Gibby', and let's just say, she's going to be so famous soon. She so inspiring because she's not afraid to live out her faith and she's suuuuch a great actress... :)

"I Like You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5H2q-Xfp4s

No explanations.
I LIKE (haha) this video.

"Call Me Maybe"/"Payphone"--KurtHugoSchneider Mashup

This is actually Jessica Jarrell and James Alan singing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6I2LNYOBLs&lc=68oGd2Vg5fm2DttHs46frPfNc3i_43VixwkgUDxikbc&feature=g-all-c
I have to say, they did really put the songs together great.
But I don't really like their voices all that much, because they're a little scratchy, which is their style.
This is actually pretty good, the way they combined it.
Nothing to say. It's great. I think I have the headphones on a little too high, but I think that's perfectly okay. :)
This gets a 9.5/10.
Get listening!!

'Don't Want and Ending'--Sam Tsui

This is an original by Sam Tsui.
I think it was created for the film Kurt Schneider created for their graduation (from Yale, I'm pretty sure).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1p74Isbcgc

I love the song... The lyrics are prefectly fit to the melody, and you can hear the way he means what he sings...
And in the music video, he's on a balcony, then he's talking to this girl and they spend time together, and then he helps her pack to go back home after college. Then they load her boxes into her car, and she drives away... then he turns back time and everything goes backwards in fast-forward (or fast-backward...), until he's back on the balcony, where he started. He is holding a watch, which he throws over the end. The song ends, and then the girl comes up from behind him and taps him on the back.
This song is priceless, it doesn't need a rating. :)

'The Poisonwood Bible' Quote

I'm reading 'The Poisonwood Bible' for school, and it's sooo good!

Here's my favorite quote from the youngest girl, Ruth May:

"Our village is going to have this many white people: me, Rachel, Leah, and Adah. Mama. Father. That is six people. Rachel is oldest, I amd youngest. Leah and Adah are in between and they're twins, so maybe they are one person, but I think two, becasuse Leah runs everywhere and climbs trees, but Adah can't, she is bad on one whole side and doesn't talk because she is brain-damaged and also hates us all. She reads books upside down. You are only supposed to hate the Devil, and love everybody else.

My name is Ruth May and I hate the Devil."

'Les Miserables' Trailer 2012

This looks amazing. (I'm not doing a review on it because my headphones don't work, and it automatically gets a 100/10, anyways.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVUk-BRZVAM
'Les Miserables' is coming to life once again!
The trailer itself is inspiring: see how much a whole movie could do!
I can't help but think... they must have had a WHOLE lot of super-cooperative extras...
I can't wait to see this movie!!

Jake Short on Teens React!!

Jake Short is on Teens React as a Guest Star! And the video... is creepy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRxZBtfR5fA

'Titanium'--David Guetta COVER Sam Tsui

Another Sam Tsui cover, I know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXit8kxCCTg&list=UUplkk3J5wrEl0TNrthHjq4Q&index=0&feature=plcp
'Titanium' has a really creepy and light tune, and Sam's voice matches, especially the falsetto part.
The video is, well, just them making the music, so, again, nothing much to say there.
I'm glad they got back together to make songs. I thought they weren't working together anymore.
Overall, this one is a 9.3/10.

'Rocketeer'--Far East Movement COVER Jake Bruene and Kurt Schneider

This is another Kurt Schneider cover, but with Jake Bruene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq0VHAl48Vk&feature=plcp

Jake has a really nice falsetto. Or... just a soprano voice. o.O 2:36 is amazingly high. I'm not sure I can even sing that high.

And Kurt... oh, Kurt... rapping... I'm still laughing. "FLY. FLY. FLY. FLY. UP-UP, HERE WE GO. UP-UP HERE WE GO."

Overall, I'd give it a... 9.5/10, cause it's actually really good.

'Breakeven'--The Script COVER Max Schneider

Another Max and Kurt cover, yes... that's cause they're so good!
So this one's just amazing. I think it's the best cover Max has done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKcVt1Cn5BI
Let's start from the beginning.
His voice is kinda rusty, but... the perfect amount of rusty. He sounds so good. And the falsetto... sounds amazing!! Best falsetto I've ever heard. EVER.
As for the video, it's just him singing and Kurt playing piano, so there's not much there. (Not that there's something bad about it. I like it.)
There's that falsetto again... <3 sounds soo good...
Over, a... well, what else? 10/10.

"Just a Dream!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2RA0vsZXf8&feature=plcp I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO THIS!!

Bookworm

Hey, Bookworm, (aka the other Annasophie! ...if you know what I mean... :P ) I'm sorry I haven't had much time to read your blog, so that would be why I haven't commented recently... :(

Hi Hi

Looooooooooong and busy summer days...

Max and Victoria--Maroon 5 Medley

I'm not going to do a review on it. I don't like it. Honestly. I still love the Bruno Mars one, though. But as of right now, the numbers of thumbs-up on my comment are shooting sky-high! It's the highest-rated comment. :) EDITED--Okay. Guys. KURT DELETED MY COMMENT! Or he must have, cause I had 49 thumbs-ups, and then now it's GONE!!

SAM TSUI!!

SAM TSUI!!

Forever 21 is AMAZING... or... not really??

I went to Forever 21 today. It wasn't all that great. All I ended up getting was two camis (undershirts... for some reason I like wearing them under t-shirts so it give a layered look) and a headband. I also discovered a new lipstick (DON'T get me wrong: I don't wear makeup. But my mom was looking at it, and she decided to get it). It's SO COOL-- it brings out your own lip color, so it's different for every single person!! The color for me and her were so different, but we used the same one! It actually looks natural, so it doesn't look at all like you have lipstick on. I'm not going to wear it 24/7, but it's really cool!

AWESOME Filming Day!

This isn't a review... It's actually about today. :D I got the privilige to play a lead role in a short film. I had an extremely fun five-hour filming day. All the extras were really fun (although a lot younger than me), and it was just an overall awesome day! I can't wait to see the final project!!

'Somebody I Used to Know'--Gotye COVER Max Schneider

First of all, with Max, you can just tell how passionate he is with his music. You can hear it in his voice, see it in his face, and just every single time he opens his mouth you can immediately see all the passion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2RA0vsZXf8&list=UUplkk3J5wrEl0TNrthHjq4Q&index=46&feature=plpp_video
I like this song. I personally like the original instrumentation, but... I mean, they can't do that with a piano. And Kurt is an amazing musician. He did great, as always.
Max's falsetto was impressive.
Not much more to say. It's amazing.
10/10, definitely.

'We Are Young'--Fun, COVER Sam Tsui

I know, this is, like, the fourth Sam Tsui review in a row, but that's cause he's so good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TonYtSDTdE&feature=relmfu
This is the only one of his covers so far that's actually pretty close to the original. It has Kurt Schneider, who is also an amazing musician on YouTube.
So the music... is great...
The video is them singing...
I give this a 10/10.

'What Makes You Beautiful'--One Direction COVER, Sam Tsui

Again, this is very different from the original. The beginning doesn't start out with the well-recognized bass line. Instead, it's a piano melody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoWVOQX2Ls&feature=relmfu
I love the piano part in the chorus.
His falsetto doesn't have the... falsetto effect. It just sounds like he's singing really high-pitched.
I give this a 9.5/10.

'Call Me Maybe'--Carly Rae Jepsen, COVER Sam Tsui

This song IS everywhere, just like in the description.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQo-MmE3SG8&feature=plcp
This is a very different take on the song, a lot more acoustic.
Instead of a hard, catchy chorus, it's softer with the piano.
I love the rythmn of the piano at 0:20-0:23.
Overall, I give this... 9/10.

'If I Die Young'--The Band Perry, COVER by Sam Tsui

This is a cover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu9-5SS8V8M&list=PL5259A14B803E0633&index=5&feature=plpp_video
He has an amazing voice, and I like this song.
The video is just him singing, and even so it's amazing.
This song gets 10/10.

'Somewhere Only We Know'--Keane

This is one of my favorite songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oextk-If8HQ
I love the guy's voice. It's perfect for the mood of the song.
As for the video, if they were going for a creepy feel, they hit it spot on. They basically get in a car and drive out to this river, where they set up their stuff (the singer's seat, a drumset, and a broken-down piano) and play. But the thing is, in the car you see a little alien-like figure sitting next to them. And when they're singing in the river, you see leaves falling in the distance. Near the end, it focuses on one of the leaves and it turns into one of those figures. Then it lands, and more and more appear. It focuses on one, and a little fire-like thing appears where it's heart would be. The same thing happens to all the figures around it. The lead singer kind of steps back, as if he wasn't really expecting it (I wouldn't), and by then the band is surrounded by little creatures, all with fire hearts.
My best guess is that it symbolises inspiration... I really can't say, though.
I would give this song a 10/10, and the video a 9/10.

'Make it in America'--Victoria Justice (and cast of 'Victorious')

'Make it in America' is... well, you know, Victoria Justice, who has a great voice.
The music: the song didn't really... it sounded kind of typical, actually. Except for her voice. Her voice is great.
And the music video was actually pretty typical, too. You know, band drives out from desert to go play at some outside party.
Not much to say on this one.
I would give Victoria Justice 10/10, but the song and video 7/10.

Glowsticks

I'm sittin' in my closet, snapping glowsticks in the dark...

'Parables'--Starring Ciara Bravo

You guys all know that Ciara Bravo is my favorite actress.
So this is something a little different: it's a review for a short film she was in.
It was a while ago, when she was about eleven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BKFHkM4XJs

Summary: after realizing that people sometimes just need a friend, a young girl offers to sit with a girl who usually is alone.

A short film is, well, a short film. It's about four minutes long.
So. Onto the review part.
Well... the acting is pretty good. I think the best one in this film was Kyla Bass, who plays Lana (a girl who has a hard time making friends and whose parents are constantly arguing). Ciara was really good, but some lines she said a little fast and kinda missed the moment. One extra really annoyed me... she kinda of stuck the wrong emotion to the wrong moment.
I would really like to see more of Kyla Bass. She was really, really good. I don't think she has been in anything lately.
The background music is pretty perfect.
And... the storyline is really good, too.
The lighting was spot-on.

I give this short film a 9.7/10 (some of the acting could have some work).

OLD IS THE BEST!!

So thanks to Bookworm, my blog is now back to the old interface, which means I might post more. *might*
Cause there's not really much to post, as explained in the last few posts...
But I'll still do reviews.
In fact, I will now do a review. :)

'How He Loves Us'--John Mark McMillan/David Crowder Band

Another camp song... 'How He Loves Us'--John Mark McMillan/David Crowder Band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCunuL58odQ LOVE THIS SONG. Aside of that, though... John Mark McMillan, the one who wrote it... It's great. The lyrics, the melody, everything. And the David Crowder Band... Well, he has a great voice. And the band is really talented, too. And this particular version of the song... 9/10, cause... I'll try to go find the other version we listened to at camp.

'Remind Me Who I Am'--Jason Gray

This is a song they played at camp a lot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKyY8zfjBMQ I know Skandie likes this song. :) I love it, too. Especially because I have memories from camp that go with it. About the song, though. I love the background line. The rythmn that goes with it, and the pitches that it hits, which is only, like, two notes, but still. (I just played it for the third time a row! That's how much I love it!) The melody is great, the lyrics are amazing and very true, and for the video, it's a great concept: the words on the cardboard changes when the picture is printed out. Overall, this song receives a 10/10. :)

My Blog Now

I haven't posted any random stuff about... randomness, so I think that now I'll mostly be posting song reviews and things like that. Cause I like reviewing songs. Next one is coming up in a couple of minutes. :)

Explanation?

I know I haven't posted in a really long time, and that is because I write ALL the events of the day in my journal... And I don't really like writing the same thing twice. Which is probably why now my journal entries are a lot longer, because that's the first time I've written in them.

Autograph!

Did I say that I finally got an autograph back from Ciara Bravo? It's in my room. :)

A Post?

Here's a post. About my life. Now. So... I'm more into acting now? Like more head-first into it. I've stood by the pool long enough--I'm jumping in now. I'm going to resubmit my agency submission hopefully today.

Now.......

Blogger changed formats, and I really don't like it that much anymore. Plus, I don't really feel like anyone's reading it, and the comments that I used to get propelled me to write more... I react to reactions. That's how I roll. :) And mostly I write about what happens in my journal. I fill up a couple of pages at the end of each day about what I did.

Bored...

I'm already bored, and it's not even summer yet.

Whoa!

I just found out that my track team manager was my old friend from dance class! Mind. Blown.

Post

Post, post, post-ity post.

Orchestra Banquet

My orchestra banquet was last night. I wore a fancy yellow dress I borrowed from a family friend. It was a potluck, and freshmen had to bring vegetables/salads. I brought a strawberry spinach salad. It was good. My friend, Harmonica, brought her older brother. His name is Kyle. Kyle was scary. He has long(ish) orange hair that's straight (the doings of his friend) and falls across his face. CREEPY. Harmonica even made him sit with us while we were eating. That is, we would have been eating if he wasn't making us laugh so hard. He made Harmonica drop food on her dress. He said, "Um, Harmonica, you just dropped food on your dress." "KYLE!! That's cause you hit my arm! It's all your fault!" "Oh... uh... no, it's not. Not me." "Right." "Just go get a napkin, lick it, and-- what? What's so funny about licking a napkin? It's just... licking a napkin." *he stares at everyone laughing* "It... wasn't even that funny, guys. It's just licking a napkin." "Okay, Kyle, where are the napkina?" "Up there. Go get one." *pushes Harmonica out of her chair.* *Harmonica goes to get a napkin.* *Kyle stares at everyone* "Great. So now I'm stranded at a table with a bunch of high school girls I don't even know." Then we were given Superlatives ("Prettiest eyes", "Most likely to be the president", etc.). Harmonica got "Most likely to lose her amusement park ticket and then have to go claim it in front of thousands of people during an awards ceremony", referring to the time where they were on the Disney orchestra trip (I didn't go) and she lost her ticket, and... well... her award kind of explains it all. I got "Most likely to be an undercover Walmart catalog model" because of the Walmart magazine ad I was in when I was seven years old. It's posted in the Orchestra hall. I thought my award would refer to when I had Alexandra (I'm not sure if that's what I called him in an earlier post...) drive me halfway across my block to drop me off cause I didn't want Zechariah to know where I lived. Oh, yeah-- Zechariah was in charge of the Superlatives. So I'm really surprised he didn't say anything about that. Then seniors passed down items they wanted other people to have... Well, they were supposed to. I was the only one who got something. Anna (I was her standpartner during 'The Music Man') gave me her orchestra pencil because I draw in her music all the time. That's true. I do. A LOT. "There's a possibility that Mr. Stein likes to eat Jello, so he must be Anna's dad!" Good times...

Summer

So over the summer I guess I'll try to post a lot... last summer I got over a hundred posts in both June and July. Interesting stuff just has to happen...

WHY???????

Whyyyyyyyyyyyy did Blogger have to change the format?? :P *raspberry sounds*

B-O-R-E-D

I'm bored. I'm at school. I'm not doing anything... but writing this post. :P

Way Off Broadway

Amazing.
Amazing, amazing, amazing.
GREAT JOB, SAMMIE!!
(At one point in her duet with Deer, she had to dance badly... which is kinda funny, cause my mom's her dance teacher!)
Deer did the duet with me last year. We didn't go to TCSIT. This year, Sammie and Deer took their humourous duet to TCSIT, and placed! Yay!!

Hi How Are You -- Daniel Johnston

Ever see this little drawing?

It's really famous, at least in Austin, and my dad's friend made it. They went to college together.

He remembers that once they went to McDonald's and were sitting outside when his friend, Daniel Johnston, suddenly stood up and stuck his arm out towards a building. He said, "All hail the skyscraper," and spun in a circle, "hailing" whatever was in front of him. Then he sat down like nothing had ever happened.

Apparently he's both schitzophrenic and bipolar. o.O

Project/Test/Homework

We had a homework assignment that counted as a test grade (I didn't know that before) and I didn't get it done. I ended up with, like, a 59 on it, but I re-did it and now I have a waaay better grade! :)

GUMMY BEAR!!!!!

Gummy, gummy, gummy bear! I LOVE GUMMY BEARS!!

COMMENT?!?!?!?

COMMENT FROM SKANDIE! COMMENT, COMMENT! IS THAT A COMMENT IS SEE??

Posted!

I haven't posted in such a long time...
I've been going to bed waaaaaay too late. :P

Comments?

The last comment posted here was by Sam at the beginning of FEBRUARY.

Spring Showcase

Our dance recital was two days ago.
It. Was. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I might be able to re-type the four pages I wrote in my journal about it. I was trying to make a video diary, but I only got in three entries before it got so busy.

Kitty is Gone!!

Today I discovered that someone in my Biology class who I liked to call Kitty is GONE!!
He has been sent to military school for some... bad things he has done. o.O

Best Friend from FOREVER Ago...

I just found out that one of my best friends from third grade has the same English teacher as me.

Comments, Please?

Someone, like, post a comment.
Cause it's getting kinda empty around here.

Hello??

*echoing - Hello--o--o---o----o------ooooo...*

SO BIZZZZZZY!

I've been so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so SOOOOOOOOOO busy lately... I've had a three-day track meet, and BLEH! I'm tired.

Unrelated Captions

This. Is. So. AWESOME!!!!!
www.unrelatedcaptions.com
Some of them aren't that funny, but the ones that are make up for the ones that aren't.

Fun, but... for KIDS??

An art museum?

A cavern?

A Civil Rights Institute?

What do people think kids dnjoy doing these days? (Definitely not go look at old artifacts.)

http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/10-places-every-kid-should-see.html

Picture

Awww... this picture is so sad!

Really, Chicken??

When I woke up, Chicken was at the computer. I went to track practice for two hours. When I got back, he was still at the computer. He only got off to vacuum and to let me on to do something I needed to do for about five minutes. He just now got off. That's fifteen hours of frying his brain in front of a screen.

Music Camp

I'm searching for the audition guidelines for a music camp that I don't even want to go to...

...track meet...

We had a track meet... Ugggggggggh don't really want to talk about it... but I will...
So I did really bad on the 800. It was super hot, so my mouth was really dry, and that's never a good feeling while you're running.
In the 4x4 I did well, but it was the slowest I've ever ran a 400 in a meet.

SO BUSY!!!!

I've been soooooooooooo busy! :XXXXX

So Many Videos!

I took 261 videos over Spring Break!

New Track Personal Records!

I reached new personal records yesterday!

Long jump-- 13 feet, 3 inches.
400 (one lap)-- 65 seconds.

Chicken and the Trumpet

Chicken's friend let him borrow his trumpet... oh dear...

Nutella!

It's been a while ever since I've had Nutella.
IT'S SO GOOD!

Underarmour

Underarmour shirts are SO TIGHT.
And the white ones are see-through, for that matter... but let's not get awkward and go into that.

HILARIOUS Cat Pic

This one's so funny...
Wait, why am I even looking up pictures of cats?

TOO CUTE!!!!!!!!

AAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!
SO CUTEEEEEE!!

FAT Cat

...and I thought my cat was fat...

Angry Cat

I couldn't resist posting this one...
Although I don't quite know what to think of it.

Last Night

Last night I went to Nikki's house to spend the night cause both my parents weren't going to be home... My mom was on her annual dance trip to CC (I didn't go cause I would have had to miss Chinese Yo-Yo class, which I've missed the past four of), and my dad went with Chicken on a campout.

Ooh!

Haven't posted in soooooooo long...
And why is my cat trying to eat my arm?

AGT Auditions

Today I went to watch the America's Got Talent Auditions (the ones that made it past the previous auditions)... it was fun. Nick Cannon was there. He's famous. REALLY famous. Then there were the two regular judges-- Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel, then the new judge, Howard Stern. (Apparently Howard Stern isn't that great of a person... he has a reputation for just being bad.) Howard's mean. Really mean. Howie can be mean, too. But it was cool seeing all of them. There was this one girl who tried out (I don't even know how she got to that round at all), and about ten seconds after she started, she had all the judges press the X on her. Howard started critiquing her, and she said, "Really? I'm so sad."
"Why... what... why are you sad?"
"Cause I came here to see YOU! And now you're being all mean to me!"
"Well... you, like, don't have talent... You can't rap."
"I'm not rapping, I'm talking fast."
"Most rappers talk fast."
"Well... okay, I just had to make up a talent so I could come see YOU!"
And she was so happy about seeing Howard that he got up, walked on the stage, and gave her a hug... And she didn't let go. She just kept holding on... and she made him dance with her, then she dragged him offstage (I think they took a picture) and then they came back onstage, then she went back to squeezing him again, then he went back down to his chair. o.O That was amusing. Needless to say, they will NOT be seeing her back in Vegas.

Test

Look at these words. Don't look ANYWHERE else. I'm going to ask you a couple of questions, and you answer them. NEVER take your eyes off the screen until you're done answering them.

1) What color is your shirt? OH, NOPE-- don't look at it. Just answer the question in your mind.
2) What pictures are on your shirt?
3) What does your shirt say?

Well... now you can look down at your shirt... and are you wearing green? Cause if you aren't...
*runs out and pinches you*
IT'S SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!!!!!

...cool...

I just emailed a director of a major TV show... cool.
I talked to somebody on the phone today... not really sure who it was... I think it was one of the major directors, but I'm not entirely sure.

Colorado Trip

Sorry I didn't post within the last week... I was in Colorado!
If you want the video diary I made of the trip, I could make a copy for you. Just ask for it.
It has EVERYTHING that happened on the trip. :)

EMAILS!!

Again, I haven't been on the computer ever since Friday night, so I have TEN NEW EMAILS!! (Which isn't all that much...)
Okay, quick story-- when I just got an email account and Chicken and I shared a user on the computer, he asked to play games, so I got off my email and let him play. Fifteen minutes later, I asked to check my email (I was being impatient) and he said, "No, you were just on fifteen minutes ago! You won't have any new emails!" Finally, I convinced him to get off. How many emails? FOURTEEN.

ANYWAY.
On to today.
Let's see...
Three are from my church...
One from... Prezi?
Two from teachers...
Two from a lady running our orchestra booster club...
One from YouTube... BeiberFever sent me a... WHAT? WHY WOULD BEIBERFEVERWHATEVER SEND ME A VIDEO??
And one from Nikki.
Wow.
Four days.
Ten emails.
ONE THAT ACTUALLY COUNTS.
*sigh*
...excuse me as I go delete the OTHER NINE EMAILS that aren't even from friends...

Standardized Testing... not...

Half the school was taking standardized tests today, so guess what they did to freshman? Made us take a Benchmark (pretty much a final where your grade goes to the district) and have a three-hour-long English class. Oh, yeah. THREE HOURS.
Fun.

... REALLY??

I usually save my posts before I hit enter just in case there are 'conflicting edits' (when that happens you have to re-write the post), but THE ONE time I didn't save it, guess what? "Conflicting edit."

FINALLY!!!!!!!

I haven't posted in FOREVER cause I haven't been on the computer in FOREVER!!

SONIC!!

This morning, like thirty minutes before school, a couple of friends and I piled into this one junior's car and he took us to Sonic. I was lucky I had money... I got a cherry limeade. It was GOOD! That was SO MUCH FUN!! I was drinking it in class and got a lot of weird stares... No one in my English class would think I would know someone who would take me to Sonic... Haha. They got that one wrong.

Shin Splints!

I have shin splints, meaning that the muscle on my shins aren't strong enough and are pulling away from the bone.
Yup.
So I have to go in for therapy from the trainers at my school. That's the nice thing about my school-- I can get treatment for free anytime that would cost a lot if I went to a doctor.
What they did yesterday and this afternoon was tape an ice bag onto my leg. I kept it on for about thirty minutes (it's COLD!) and then take it off. When I take it off and touch my leg, it feels SO cold I can't even believe it.
This morning I went in early for therapy. They put some sort of gel on my leg, then got a laser and rubbed it circles, spreading the gel around. It didn't really hurt-- it just felt like millions of hairs being plucked out INSIDE my leg. It hurt at some points... but after about two minutes it was done.
I'm going back tomorrow to do that again. I have to do that until it's done.

Orchestra Concert

I had an orchestra concert. It was good, I guess.

Julie Bender Art

This art was created by artist Julie Bender... who made this using heat! Meaning... the dark spots are burned paper. Yeah, it's not a picture... which I thought it was at first.

Track Uniform

Okay, so I got my track uniform today. It was a reaaally small shirt, so I asked my coach if I could have a bigger one. She goes and gets a ONE-PIECE speedsuit... THE SAME SIZE. I really wish I hadn't asked for a bigger size... cause now I'm stuck with a ridiculous-looking speedsuit. Which half the team has. So it's not THAT big a deal...

New Sophie Post

New story up on Sophie's Stories!! I really like this one.

For Sammie

Sam, I have some stuff I'd like for you to take to people at Brentwood, but I won't be there tomorrow (the 25th). I'll probably forget after that to bring them, so if, in, like, a month, you find envelopes with names under your shoes, you'll know what they are. :)

TRACK MEET!!

There's a track meet tomorrow!! OH NO!!!!!!

Typing...

I'm typing with one hand because I'm eating VERY GOOD Lindt chocolate with the other. :P

H-town

I just got back from H-town with my mom.
I had to get back for track practice at 3:30 in the afternoon. That's why we stayed last night, so we wouldn't be so rushed.
We were going to go to a store where my mom needed to get more props and the such for her dance school, but... apparently that store totally changed (it burned down, so they moved across the street and changed what they order and sell), so there was only a little bit of stuff we would actually get. We got 220 fans... yeah. The guy working there was trying to sell everything off to us... So we got a lot of things to bring back.
By the time we were done, we REALLY needed to rush back. But guess where were just HAD to go before we left?
I bet Elizabeth can guess: the every-trip horror of H-town-- Hello food mart. I won't even go into that.
After that, my mom was about to go order food for our lunch, but I was like, "NO way. We're already late!"
So we drive for a couple of hours, and we get to a town. After getting gas, going to the bathroom in the gas station, and getting ice cream just so we wouldn't be going in ONLY for the bathroom, we stopped at Subway. IT TOOK THE LADY FIFTEEN MINUTES TO MAKE ONE SANDWICH.
So I was late to track.
By thirty minutes.
Grrrrrrrrrrrr...
Then someone threw up noodles.
Gross.

Play Night!!

I went to go see the Junir High plays tonight.
Guess what? The tickets were $12, and I had $11. Wow. So I had to get a dollar from Nikki. I'll give it back whenever I can... I can't believe that, though.
The first play was really... ugh. No. Bad actors.
The second one was... REALLY GOOD. Nattles improved like crazy, and was really good. EVERYONE was exceptional.
Good job to all. :)

Play Tomorrow!

I'm going to the Junior High Play tomorrow.
I wonder how that will go...

How...

HOW do you turn down a guys when he asks you out and you don't like him?
I'm gonna have to figure this out... fast.

'Testify to Love' -- Again!!

You know that song I used to LOVE, 'Testify to Love'?
I'm listening to it again. Brings back memories. :)

Listening...

Listening to all the songs I used to love...
Meaning Celtic Woman and all that. :)

Close Call

I almost passed out in track today.
All I did was run a 400 meter (one lap... and very quickly, because it was a race) and then two 150s (a little less than half a lap) accelerating.
After that I was supposed to sprint three 40s, but I felt SO bad after doing just one. I tried getting a drink (the assistant coach said I was probably dehydrated), but to get a drink you have to lean over the water fountain and hold your breath, and that just wasn't working.
The edges of my vision started kind of blacking out, and so did the center, but then, at the same time, it felt like the bright parts were getting really bright.
I propped myself up against the ramp under the bleachers and stayed there until I felt a little bit better.
My middle-distance freshman friend, Mitch, finished the last two 40s by herself while I went to the locker room.
Luckily, no one was in the bathroom stall (the only toilet we have... then there's two urinals... DON'T ASK. It used to be a boy's locker room.), so I went in, sat down on the toilet, closed my eyes, and tried to feel a little better. I certainly didn't want to throw up, which I really felt like doing. That's why I went to the the bathroom stall-- just in case.
When I was a little better, I went out and sat on the benches between the lockers. Mitch went to get my jacket, which I left outside. Then I put my head on my knees until I felt better.
Not a great experience.

Snow, then... Sun??

It was snowing yesterday.
It's hot today.
Texas seriously has to go see a phychiatrist...
It's gone too bipolar.

Chocolate-Covered Graham Crackers!

Chocolate-covered grahams crackers. SO GOOD!!!!!!!

And for Elizabeth...
"Why do they make graham crackers so hard to open? I'm mad!"

Track Practice

Track Practice.
Thirty-five degree weather.
Harsh winds.
Fun stuff.

Me Minion's Dancing Performance

There was a little dancer performance today.
My minions did good. :)
I was one of the emcees, and... well... let's just say that it was my first time doing that... It didn't go TOO bad. Just a few awkward moments before the music started.
I did Chinese Yo-Yo by myself, and my mom dimmed down the music too early. I wasn't done. I was almost done, though, so it was okay.
Then there were cookies.
YUM!!!!!!
And Sam was there.
With her fuzzy pink fan.

Support!

See, cause you guys commented recently I've posted a LOT today... :D

Kitty

Elizabeth-- doesn't this look like my kitty?

Whew!

Done doing my manager work right now... The people I'm working with (I'm kinda working behind the scenes) just throw stuff at me...
I like this.
I get entrance to sites that aren't for everyone.
Haha, I'm taking this way too seriousy. I'm having too much fun with it. Serious fun. Haha! What's that called? Some English term... hmmm. Forgot. My English teacher just said it today...
I'm not even getting paid...
Not like there's anything I would be paid for.

Track Friend's Boyfriend

One of my track friends (she's a junior) always talks about her boyfriend. I didn't know who he was, just that his name was Robert, that he had a buzz cut, and he had glasses. Today, I saw them walking together for the first time and I yelled, "ROBERT!! HI!!!!!" and he just looked over, reaaaaaally confuzed. Then he asked, "How do I even know you?"
You don't, Robert.
You don't.

Leave it to Me!

I'm the one who understands this stuff, mother. Now just do what I tell you, or you'll never get further than this. I AM your manager, after all.

Sorry, I know the past three posts have been about being manager and whatnot, but SERIOUSLY...

Story Idea

Amaya Carmichael has voices in her head. She lives in an extremely closed-in environment, and doesn't remember anything in her life before. Then, one day, she begins having flashbacks. These lead her to wonder who the voices are, and what role they have played in her life.

Trig

Well, Sam... I didn't know that Trig was basically Pre-Cal, but I know that Trig isn't Geometry.

Comments?

WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA. You guys all commented at once.
No, it's just cause the comments and reactions keep me going and keep me motivated to blog.
That's why I don't put my feelings and whatever into my daily journal: cause it doesn't respond to me.
And, Elizabeth, I know some famous person isn't reading this cause this is a private blog, like yours.

Managing!

I like managing. It's fun.

Still Going!

Still working hard on the manager stuff!
Now if only people would cooperate...

Who Knew...?

Who knew it's so hard to be a manager?

Post

Yeah... don't really feel like posting, cause no one reads, anyway.

Trig?

Apparently our teacher is having us do Triggonometry instead of Geometry now.
Hmmmm.

Victoria Justice

Really cool fortune that someone who works on Nickelodeon's set gave Victoria Justice:

If you don't know, the theme song of 'Victorious' is called 'Make it Shine'. Wow.

Clothes

I'm washing clothes.
Chicken didn't put his clothes in the basket.
And why am I the one getting in trouble??

Dinner

Last night we were going to go to Olive Garden for dinner. I've never been there before, because my mom doesn't like it. We just had a gift card that we needed to use.
But guess what?
Too many people, and we had to get to Chinese Yo-Yo class.
So we went to this Chinese restaurant where we go with Elizabeth's family when they come.
And guess what again?
Way too many people.
But my mom just HAD to have that, instead of going to Taco Cabana right across the parking lot, and we ended up waiting forty-five minutes and only had ten minutes to actually eat.
Taco Cabana would have been a lot faster.

Character

Robert, our Chinese Yo-Yo teacher, was sharing ideas for our next performance. He introduced a new idea: in one performance we can have a main character who's really animated and dramatic, and who reacts to a lot of the tricks.
I was that only one who wanted to do it, and I wanted to reaaaaaaaaally bad.
But what did Robert say?
"Well... when they do that one trick, you know, there's going to be a really big drop between Allen and Shell."
Okay. ONE trick.
It kinda hurts that I was rejected without even being considered.

STATE!!

Today I had my violin contest.
I forgot I wasn't using my music, so I turned the stand around to the correct side. Then I realized I wasn't even using the stand, and it kinda got in the way a couple of times, but all I had to do was just step back.
I really wasn't sure how I did.
I got a 1C, which is the best-- meaning I'm going to state!
After I played, I helped as a runner with one of my friends, Dolphin. All we did was walk around, pick up the pink papers the judges wrote on and the music, then take it to the library. Then, at the library, Dolphin and I got a lot of food they had. We got food cause we go to Circle Stone High, and our orchestra director's running the whole contest. That's why we get to be runners. That's why we get food. FOOD!!!!
When everything was about done, we were packing all the food and drinks back into someone's car. Dolphin, Leana, and her sister, Claire, decided to get a can of Sprite Zero (cool blue cans!), shake it up, and chunk it into the parking lot.
So they did.
It was pretty funny.
It didn't do much. All it did was bounce off the ground and then start spurting out from a hole in the top.
Then Leana felt brave enough to pick it up and throw it at the ground AGAIN. When we were walking back towards the building, one of the judges drove by and pointed his fingers from his eyes to us. He was joking, though.
Pretty much the entire time I walked around like a random person who just happened to be watching, while they did the whole Sprite thing.
Then, when we got back to the place where we dumped the ice from the cooler out, Zechariah came out and started eating the ice. He said, "So what? It was from the top." Um, yeah... we stepped on it. Poor Zechariah. :P

Bus...

After track practice today, I had to walk reaaaally fast (I didn't want to run and look like a pathetic freshman running to the bus) and once I got on I was sweating like crazy...
Willa said, 'You look tired.'
Thanks. Thanks, I didn't know that already.

Nick Cannon

Nick Cannon posts SO much on Google+ I just deleted him from my circles.

Comment!

If anyone sees this, post, please comment.
I just don't feel like anyone's reading my blog anymore.

Recital

I had a violin recital tonight for what I'll be playing at contest Saturday.
I went waaaaaaaay too fast. I just didn't really think to go slower, that the accomplanist would slow down with me.
And I forgot to say my name and what I was going to play. No one reminded me, either. It was pretty embarrassing.
Afterwards, my mom was getting all mad that I didn't play in a quartet (no one wanted to do one!!) and how I should have played louder, and how I did EVERYTHING wrong. And when she was done saying EVERYTHING that I did wrong, she started over again and listed everything again and again.
If she hadn't said anything, I would have been okay.
Now she's ruined my confidence (which she also yelled at me for not having).
Thanks.
Exactly what I need two days before contest.
Now see how I do on Saturday.

...grrrrrrrrrrrrr...

I was deleting pictures off my Google+ albums, and when I deleted those, I deleted them off my blog.
And now I am mad.
But not that much, cause those picture I didn't even like all that much.
So if there's a black box with an exclamation point, that's what must have happened to the picture.

Picture

Some of you (Elizabeth) may have seen this before, but I like it, so it's going up here:

Scary...

It scares me when I'm typing and one of my parents just comes and watches... My mom was watching me type the last post, and I was kinda scared she would say something...
not like there's anything she would say about it...

Google+

I like Google+. It's as close to Facebook as I can get. Then again, I can probably get a Facebook in the summer.
Cause that's when Chicken got one...

Animal Cracker... Cookies?

These crackers taste like animal crackers. They're softer, and kinda chewable. I think it's supposed to taste like oranges... which it does. They probably did that orange rhine thing (is that what it's called?) where you put in shredded orange peels. I don't like that. Especially in cinammon rolls. *shudder* But they're okay in here. Then there are seeds... many seeds... TOO MANY SEEDS...
Overall, it's a 6 out of 10 cracker.

Melodie--Gluck (Violin)

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSAbP--b4qc&context=C3897961ADOEgsToPDskKL_9VctwpfSSR3ZP6mLM9F

High School Performance

Performance at a high school... heh. Fun. Especially cause I knew some of the people there, cause it was for my school and another school... OH! Gabby-Willy was there, if anyone remembers her. (:0

A Banana

Random Post

Because I don't know what to post.

Letter to my Geometry Teacher

To my wonderful Geometry teacher:

You're supposed to teach us how to do this math BEFORE you make us do the extremely hard homework.

Thank you.


--Your hundereds of students trying to figure this out on their own, cause their TEACHER won't TEACH THEM.

Wintergreeeen!!

I got this amazing new toothpaste. It says it's 'original flavor', and I wondered what it was, so I got it. It's wintergreen flavor, and if you know me you would know that I LOVE wintergreen!! (Actually, you wouldn't know that cause I never talk about it. I never get wintergreen stuff, cause there's not that much around.)
So, yeah, really happy with this toothpaste.
I also like how it's not all fancy-looking-like. It's simple and looks like it could have been around in the '60s. Meaning it probably doesn't have crazy chemicals and whatnot. Simple is better when it comes to toothpaste.

Track

Track is taking up so much time. Every single day except for Sundays and sometimes Saturdays we have practice until late in the afternoon.
I'm so doing Cross Country this year.
I can't have Track play around with my schedule like this.

Chinese Yo-Yo Performances

I'm sorry, but Chinese Yo-Yo performances are so much more fun without Chicken.

A Message From My Lovely Cat

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Track

UGH!! Guess what middle distance did in track today? We ran fifteen 200-meter runs. (Well, I actually did 17, but I'll get to that later.)
It was like a relay; you sprint half a lap, hand it off to someone while you try to recover, then, before you know it, the baton is in your hand and you take off again. Fifteen times. By the fifth one, I was having a really hard time just breathing, and I felt like I was about to throw up. And that was just the fifth. After the eighth, things started getting better. And by the last one (an hour later) I was sprinting the last 50 meters.
Afterwards, I ran another lap (400 meters, or two 200s) just for a cool-down. And fifteen 200s is a half less lap for of two miles, so why stop there when you can run more and say that you practically sprinted two miles (but not back-to-back)?
That was the only thing we did in our workout today. It was the hardest yet. It really doesn't sound like much, but, trust me, it really is. Especially when you're running with seniors who train year-round.
Oh, yeah, another thing. Coach knows my name. She knows it's Annasophie. But with her, you have to be an upperclassman to get her respect. The doesn't appreciate any effort unless it's given by an upperclassman. That's not me. I'm a freshman. So what does she call me? 'Tiny.' Yeah. Great nickname, huh? And then other people started calling me that. I really don't care all that much. It's kinda annoying, but, I mean, if they don't to respect me, they don't have to. Just see if I respect them back.
But by the end of practice, no one called me that anymore. Whatever. Good for them. It's not like I'll be in track next year, anyway. So if Coach thinks that she doesn't have to use my effort, fine, but she better not be thinking, "I'll just train her this year and let her get up to what she's good at next year." No. Doesn't work that way. She won't be seeing me next year.

LOVE This

www.deargirlsaboveme.com is so funny. The guy writing it (it's kind of a blog with short, funny posts) lives in an apartment in a room under two girls who don't seem to think before they speak. He can hear everything they say, and he comments on them. (They don't know he does this... they don't even know him.)

Agent

I'm going to postpone the meeting with the agent until I'm out of track season, which ends in April.

LEMONS!!

Who knew it's so hard to take pictures of lemons?? Well, probably cause I was using this super-sophisticated camera that refused to take bad pictures that were out of focus..

Here's a cool one of olives. They look like cyber-space UFOs.

TV

I got out of school early to be on TV.
It was okay.
I mean, it was just TV.
So, yeah.

Jestar's Email

JESTAR. WHERE IS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS?? I can't email you cause your email doesn't work anymore...

Agent?

Because I'm so busy with track, my potential agent is wondering whether or not I will be available for auditions. Pray that this will work out and my track coach will make exceptions for me...
Cause I really need it.

Last Performance...

Last night was our last 'Music Man' performance. It was really good, (actually, pretty average) and Sammie came! I didn't know she would come... Thanks, Sam!
We actually got to watch some of the parts where we weren't playing. When we had that time, we would all go to the front of the pit and stand on chairs to watch those particular scenes. In one scene, when Professor Hill was trying to convince Marian to let Winthrop play the cornet, Zechariah sneezed a HUGE sneeze. And Zechariah isn't the most... well... skinny person, so it was a really funny sight. It reminded me of a rhinocerous sneezing.

ENDER'S GAME!!

My dad got the book 'Ender's Game' for me, and I read it. I really liked it, and hoped they made a movie. And they are! Asa Butterfield (from 'Hugo' and 'Nanny McPhee Returns') will be playing Ender!

He looks kinda like Fletcher from ANT Farm...

Agent and TV

I can't go to the meeting with the agent at the time I had planned before, cause I'm kinda going to be on TV then, so I'll have to reschedule the meeting.

Three Down!

Three down, one to go!
'The Music Man', I love thee!

Homework... and late.

I stayed up until 1:30 this morning doing a Chinese project. Why didn't I do it before? Music Man. Not a bad thing. I like a busy schedule, but... I could have just done what almost everyone else in my class did-- grab a poster and a black marker and write everything down. I didn't do that. I made an effort to make it look nice-- and it looks great.
But my presentation part of it?
Not so great. I didn't catch the parts about "memorizing" parts of it...

I LOVE!!

I LOVE DUSTIN OKRA!!
Not romantically, of course. Just the "he's so absolutely amazing" kind.
Dustin Okra plays Harold Hill (the lead) in our school's musical, 'The Music Man', and, to tell the truth, when I first heard his voice, I thought he was a total maniac. But now every time he says his first line, "Well, you men intrigue me!" I'm always like, "Goooooo Dustin!!
I think him and Sammie would be best friends.
And while I'm listening to some of the actors failing their lines, I'm glad our school has SOMEONE talented.
Oh, and, speaking of UNtalented, ZACHERIAH (just kidding, Zacheriah is really talented... considering the fact that he's ranked second in his class) had this app on his phone (which wasn't supposed to be on during the performance). You type in your name in the app, and it gives you an absurd nickname. He showed me Anna's nickname during the performance, and I laughed so hard that my sides hurt more than they hurt during track workouts. Anna's wonderful nickname was... Tasty Sparklethighs.
Yes. Tasty. Sparkle. Thighs.
The whole violin section (once seeing it) started laughing reaaaaally quietly. Without a sound... cause what was going on onstage was kinda important and NOT funny...
Oh, Zacheriah.
And his app.

No...

No, school, I dot not need a letter of recommendation.

Wells Fargo Wagon

"Thomthing thpethial... juth for me!!!!!!!!"
--Winthrop, 'The Music Man' --Wells Fargo Wagon

Some School... then LOTS of Orchestra

Today I had one and a half hours of orchestra, starting school off. Then I went to a little more than an hour of Biology. At 12:00 I left with the cast, crew, and orchestra for the Music Man. We went to the Performing Arts Center, where we had seven hours of rehearsal. We went through the whole thing twice.
Tomorrow's opening night.
And I am loving it.
Fun stuff!!

Cookies!!

Mint Chocolate Chip cookies SO GOOD!!!!!!!

AGT Auditions

So... today was America's Got Talent auditions.
Directly after church my mom and I went down to the venue (the place where auditions were held). We waited until the whole group (the oldest dance class-- they did the ribbon dance) got there. Then we went in and did the paperwork that we had missed.
What really annoyed me was that I could help them with their form, but they thought they were being all smart trying to figure it all out together. And one of the dancer's moms brought their entire family, and was complaining about how inconvenient is was that she had to fill out forms for every person. Umm, it's not inconvenient, it that YOU brought your ENTIRE family.
It took an hour to get registered, because we were a huge group. Finally, I went upstairs with the dancers and their parents while my mom stayed downstairs to help the little class (Rattle Drum Dance) get registered.
On the way up, I saw this little girl, probably about seven years old, in an... ummm, intricate costume. It was basically a flashy, sparkly underwear type of deal. Way too old for her. She might as well have just had a two-piece bathing suit on.
We got upstairs to the waiting room. There were huge America's Got Talent banners on practice dance floors.
The girls started putting on make-up and doing the finishing touches on their hair.
Finally, the little class came up. They had THREE cameras on them! Apparently as soon as they walked in, a camera began following them and taking videos of everything they did.
As they were doing something for the camera, we heard a loud BOOM! and saw a chair fall over.
A guy was trying to catch it, and he looked up and said to them, "You little girls are so cute! I mean, the costumes are just GREAT! So adorable! I mean, ya'll are just SO ADORABLE you should get in just on CUTENESS!! I vote YES! I probably just broke my toe on a chair, but... Ya'll are just... so CUTE! ...yeah, I'm okay..."
Then the cameraman wanted some footage of them rehearsing in front of one of the banners on a practice dance floor, where three other kids were trying to rehearse. I was watching the kids rehearse, and, I'm sorry, but they have zero chance.
They got off the floor when the cameraman told them to, but their mom was making a big deal out of it. She was on the phone saying, "They told me they'd be on for two minutes... yeah, they on for an hour! I was like, 'Are ya'll done?'"
Ummm, excuse me, lady, but I didn't see a cameraman following YOUR kids. You want our kids off the floor? Tell the cameraman TO HIS FACE.
And guess what? Even after our kids were off the floor, her kids didn't even get back on.
There was another dance group who were... really good. They had a whole black gazebo for a prop, and they were all dressed as black swans. Their age range was probably from five to fifteen. Their dance was pretty crazy. I think there was too much going on (swinging around in the gazebo, and the such) but it was really impressive. There were kids getting onto the the gazebo and falling down, sometimes in twists and turns, and falling into the arms of girl under them, who would catch them and bring them around the gazebo. It was really good. I'm glad we're not going against them... yet. The first auditions are just to see who's talented enough. They're already notifying people who've finished auditions earlier in the school year.
Anyways, after about forty-five minutes of last preparation, we were called down the hall, into a room.
I really wasn't allowed in, according to the paperwork, but I saw one dancer's two brothers go in with no problem, so I just went in, too. No one said anything about it.
The ribbon dancers went first. It was really good-- perfect, except for some of them getting their ribbons kind of twisted.
Then the little dancers went next. They were good, too. They definately charmed the judges. There was only one part where they weren't together...
While we were going out, the judges (who I think were Irish, because of their accent and looks) told us to just wait outside "in case there was missing paperwork".
So we waited for a couple of minutes, then they called my mom back inside.
She came out, bringing the news that they wanted to see the ribbon dancers again!
We were led down another hall, where I saw Robert, our Chinese Yo-Yo teacher, headed our way. I was really excited and attacked him with a hug (not a great idea when you're holding a boom box) and asked how he did. He had a callback, like us, and he didn't mess up! He's so going to make it.
He said he had to go to an interview, so he left.
In the room we were showed to, there was a man dressed in black, with a bright blue jacket. I thought he was working there, but he had a number on, which he pointed out to me later.
Anyway, one of the little dancers said something to him, and asked what her name was. She said, "Emma..." really cautiously, and he asked, "When's your birthday?" She said, "Ummm... July 17th?" He pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket, and held it in front of her, saying, "Would it be completely crazy if the number written on here was 717? Open it." She took it and opened it-- and it had 717 written by hand.
That's why I thought he worked there-- I thought he'd already seen our paperwork and just picked hers and wrote the number down, then looked carefully to see who called her "Emma."
The dancers were then called into the room next door to audition, and only my mom was allowed to go in with them.
We waited in the room with the blue jacket man.
I asked him what he was doing, and he said, "I'm not working here, I was just playing with you guys. I auditioned--see my number?--so I don't know why I'm still here."
"No, but what's your act?"
"I'm kind of like between a magician and physic. Ever heard of physic? I'm not that, because they make their shows all scary, you know, and talking to dead relatives and all. What I do for a job is I'm a 'mentalist'. I do shows and everything in front of crowds of people. I'm just someone who plays with people's minds. I can make you think what I want you to think."
"Well... what'd you do for the judges?"
"I did some tricks. They just sat there gawking at me."
"No, but, like, what exactly did you do? Can you show me?"
"Well... okay. Here's one."
He took a dice from his shoe and rotated it in front of my eyes.
"Choose a number in your head. Don't tell me. Now what I want you to do when I walk away is to take this dice, put the number face up, and cover it with you hand."
He handed it to me. I chose the number 4, put the side with four dots up, and covered it with my hand.
"I'm done," I said.
He looked over at me and said, "No, that was too fast. But okay. You chose 4."
I was amazed.
I told him to do it again.
He rotated it in front of my eyes, like he did before, and said, "Same thing. I already know what you're going to choose, but I can't tell you, because if I do, you'll change your mind."
I chose 6, and did the same thing with it.
He said, "I don't even need to turn around to guess what you chose. I already know what you chose. You chose 6."
Just then, the dancers came back into the room. I got the mentalist's autograph, and we left.
The dancer's ribbons got a lot more tangled, and one girl even stopped to untangle herself. She was on the side, though, so I hope that the camera didn't get her. They should use the video from the first audition instead of the second.
It's amazing that we got callbacks, though. Most people just get a "Good job. Thank you." from the judges, but not us!
Pray for us! :D :D

Bowl...

My mom's screaming at a bowl...
I agree with her-- dishes are kinda hard to put up when your grandfather messes the order up.

PAC Ghost

You know how I'm playing in the musical, right?
Last night we were down at the PAC (Performing Arts Center) in the pit orchestra, when I heard this sound that made my heart jump.
Then Barbie, one of the violinists, stood up with her violin-- and her bridge in her hand. None of you play the violin, so you wouldn't know this, but the bridge is that wooden thing that holds the string up. Here's a picture--

And when this comes off, it's kind of a big deal. Cause if this comes off, there's a huge chance that the sound post will fall. The sound post is a little pole INSIDE the violin that basically brings it life. No sound post, no sound at all. That's why it's called the sound post. Go figure.
Now Barbie's violin is really expensive. She's majoring in music, so she has to have a great violin.
So her bridge was out, but, luckily, her sound post was still in. She walked it over to Mrs. Rose, our orchestra conductor, who fixed it.
Close call.
Then we were in the middle of 'Goodnight, my Someone' when I felt Zachariah accidentally hit my violin with his bow... or so I thought. I looked over to the left to see if he was okay, but all I saw was a thin white cloth fall over my violin, and Zachariah staring at me as if I'd just turned into a tree of brocolli. Then I realized that my bow wasn't working right-- it had completely broke at the tip! This is a picture of the tip-- it split in half left-to-right.

So there I was, with everyone around me playing the sound, holding a totally broken bow.
I didn't know what to do, but Zachariah did. He did what any sensible high-school boy would to when a friend broke her bow-- he started cracking up. Then the girl next to me, Anna, started laughing, too, and I decided that, hey, it was really funny, so I laughed while I pulled out my extra bow. Then I just kept on playing. When we finally finished, Zachariah, Anna, and I resumed cracking up. Everyone else looked towards us, trying to figure out what was so funny, and when they saw my bow, everyone was laughing really hard and asking me how it happened.
Then we had to get on with rehearsal, because, well... that's what we were there for. I finished off the rest of the rehearsal with my extra bow.
At the end, when the cast was on the edge of the stage, rehearsing some of the harder songs with us, I showed Jesse, a boy in my orchestra class, my bow. He completely freaked out, put his hands over his mouth, and started screaming. He pointed to me and yelled, "SHE WAS PLAYING SO HARD HER BOW BROKE!!" and before I knew it, almost all the actors were gathered on the stage above me, asking me questions and whatnot.
It felt kinda nice, to be the center of attention, to be honest.
Then I suddenly felt like it was too much attention and people would think that maybe it was on purpose, so I just finished packing up.
I was joking around and told another violinist that maybe next time it would be her… and Mrs. Rose agreed and said that there’s probably a ghost in the pit!
SO glad my mom wasn't mad...
Cause it really was funny.
Really.

AGENT!!

I HAVE A MEETING WITH THE TALENT AGENCY ON THE 23RD!! ONLY TEN DAYS!!

Hmmm... Checky E-mail

Okay... about to check my email to see if my hopefully soon-to-be talent agency wants to have a meeting with me!
*drumroll, please!*

---

*falls on ground*
Nope, hasn't responded yet...
*sigh*
Sometime, though...

Racket's Present

I went to Racket's house at 9:30 at night tonight to give him a Christmas present. XP

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'M GETTING A MEETING WITH AN ACTING AGENCY!!!!!!!!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
OH YEAAAAAAAAH!!
I was beginning to think that maybe they would maybe just have not wanted me, but I just got an email-- they still want me!!
Now I need to schedule a meeting, and I'm really hoping I can ace it!

!?!???????

Someone just knocked on our door (probably a ding-dong ditcher) and what does my mom do? Yell down to Chicken, "Is that you? Who is that?"
Okay first thing you need to know when there's someone at the door and you aren't expecting anyone is NOT to make yourself obvious, SUCH AS yelling.

Prince Rock... The End!

I've finally gotten around to writing the last part of our journey to Prince Rock. That was a while ago.
Where did I leave off? We were climbing up the side of the mountain with our hands and feet, sprinting on them the whole way, because if we stopped we would lose the very important momentum to keep us going.
Back at the top, it was hard to get everyone back together. The boys climbed down steep rocks to get to where my mom was; and then they decided that it was kinda hard to get out. Eventually, we found a way, and everyone was once again reunited!
We headed back down another side of the mountain. It was steep. Ace and I went down doing funny duck-steps, just because it was the easiest way to keep balance. My dad went backwards... which kind of worried me. Us kids got down halfway, where there were huge rocks, a lot faster than my parents. We sat down at the rock and waited for them to catch up.
When they did, we (I AM SO MAD AT MY COMPUTER RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! I GOT TO THE PART WHERE WE WERE AT THE STREAM, AND THEN SOMEHOW I ACCIDENTALLY HIT A WRONG KEY AND IT DELETED HALF THE POST... And I was about to do the Control-Z thing, but then it saved! UUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGH!!!!!!!!!!! Now I'm going to have to re-write the whole thing over again!) went across to Chicken Rock, which is across from Prince Rock. Chicken Rock is shorter, but it's a lot harder to climb. Unless you walk up the path, you can't just walk up like you can on Prince Rock. The boys, Elizabeth, and I climbed up. It wasn't hard, but my jacket tied around my waist and my water bottle hanging from my belt (I normally would never do this, but I had to sacrifice my dignity for the sake of my being able to climb up) it was kind of hard to do. I think I permanently damaged my water bottle...
We spent quite a while at the top. It was nice. The weather was changing like crazy; one minute it'd be so cold with the wind blowing, and the next minute it'd be burning with direct sunlight.
Finally, when we headed back down, us 'kids' climbed back, while my dad took my mom down the path. My dad would have come with us, but my mom couldn't. She's probably physically able to do it, but if she slipped and broke her leg it would be kind of inconvenient, because she's a dance teacher.
Anyways, when the boys, Elizabeth, and I got back down, we found a stream. Ace wondered what it tasted like. It looked pretty clean, so I took the cap off my water bottle and skimmed the top of the water coming down, making sure I didn't get any of the water that could have been sitting there for a while. It was pretty good. Chicken did the same thing, but he took from the edges, where the water looked more risky. I didn't tell him, because he probably would have made a remark about it. Then my parents came, and Chicken said, "This water's really good!" and this look came across my mom's face, and she said, "You drank it? You can't drink that!" And guess what Chicken says? "Well, Annasophie did it, too!" Well, way to keep it quiet, brother!
We had a little picnic on one of the picnic tables. It was nice. Afterwards, my dad took a nap in the van while my mom convinced Elizabeth and I to take our shoes off and walk in the river. We did; it was freezing cold!! It kinda felt good when we came out, cause the air was a lot warmer than the water. Chicken and Jojoba were being chicken (haha!) and wouldn't get in. My mom said, "You guys are just like girls-- scared of things that are nothing!"
I really had to go to the bathroom, so Elizabeth and I dried our feet, put our socks on, and walked to the outdoor restroom. When we came back, we took our shoes back off and walked through the stream to a rock in the middle, where we dried our feet. After a while, we put them back on, and I tried jumping across the stream (which wasn't all that wide). I missed by a little, and got my sock wet. I couldn't really feel it all that much, for some reason.
Elizabeth was smart and went the way I was going to, which was just off the rock into grass.
Then we went back in the car to...
Somewhere... I'll post about that later.

Santa...??

My grandfather just walked by and put a Santa hat on my head... Ummm...

Lovely Shakespeare, Huh?

Shakespearean insults are so amusing...
"Thou tottering motley-minded whey-face!"
"Thou beslubbering tardy-gaited devil-mon!"
"Thou cullionly rough-hewn hedge-pig!"
Ahh... Shakespeare.

Stalkers

My 'stalker' in English class isn't being creepy anymore.
Poor Willa, though... her stalker was chasing her after class. *gulp*
Oh, and, speaking of English class, we're reading 'Romeo and Juliet', and my teacher said, "I've always wished I had a real couple in the class, so they could do the kissing scene... Hey, Vanessa, can you bring your boyfriend to class?"
Ohhhhhhhh... let's hope not.

Looooooong Rehearsals...

The total of today's orcehstra rehearsal is... *drumroll, please...*
Four and a half hours.
Three different orchestras.
Kinda.
Two for school, one not for school.

Creeeepy...

I was practicing violin just now downstairs... by myself... except for my grandfather, who was in his room, sleeping... and it was a slow, kind of eerie song... and, suddenly, a book fell out of the bookshelf next to me.
No one was around.
Not even my cat.
No one could have moved it.

Needless to say, I packed my case and RAN upstairs to practice.

HomeWEERK!

...Doing homeweerk right now...
Then people will be coming over for dinner...
I might post a little bit more, depending on how much I posted yesterday. I think I posted quite a bit yesterday, so I probably won't have much more to say today.
I still need to finish the Prince Rock one... remind me to do that.

Haha! ...wisdom teeth...

These kid's doctors gave them too much drugs for when they got their wisdom teeth pulled... there's a longer video, but this has the three best parts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_VXQd4AzPg

'Marry You'-- R5 (Bruno Mars song)

(This one's for you-know-who!!)

So I haven't done one of these critiques for songs lately, so I'll do one now.
It's 'Marry You', which Bruno Mars usually sings, but this one I'm talking about is sung by R5.
They're a band, and all of them except for one are siblings.
Here's a picture of each of them--
Riker

Rocky

Rydel

Ross

And Ratliff (who's not related to them, but he's in the band)


Okay. I think that in this song, Ross, the one who sings first, kinda sounds/acts like a girl. Don't get me wrong-- Ross is nothing like a girl at all, but this video kinda...
And I just have to say that Riker, the one who sings second, is really good. Especially between 0:25 and 0:55... Pretty impressive.
And my favorite part-- between 0:57 and 1:02 when Ross sings, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeaah..." Kinda looks like a girl right there... XD It's okay, though.

So I would give this song a... nine out of ten?

Again, yeah, you can't click on the link, but here's the URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCWgWdWaE54&context=C3d789c5ADOEgsToPDskKL_9VctwpfSSR3ZP6mLM9F

Mitsukuni/Manga's House

After I came back, I went to Mitsukuni's house (I think her name was Mitsukuni...) I'll just call her Manga. She loves Manga.
Anyway, I went to Manga's house. We did a lot of acting. At one point we were doing a National Treasure-type deal, where we raced outside and started digging through the leaves to find something.
All while Avalon, her little sister, and Avalon's two friends (who, coincidentally, are named G) were playing outside.
We completely ignored them (hey, you can't let anything distrupt acting, right?) and when we were searching the ground one asked, "What are you looking for? A lollipop?" I would've laughed, but I had to pretend I didn't hear them. I kinda felt bad when one of the Gs went up in my face and started screaming, "ANNASOPHIE!! What are you LOOKING for?? ANNASOPHIE!?" I managed to keep a straight face, though, and pretend I was seeing Manga, who was standing behind her.
Inside, we did this whole orphans-hiding-from-mean-orphanage lady (kinda a play on 'Annie') and somewhere in it (we were orphan sisters, you know-- living in the same room with only one bed) we were hiding under the covers, and suddenly I popped out of my acting state of mind and realized how weird and awkward it would have looked if someone came in...
But eventually we finished that one (it actually had a distinct end! Cool!)
So... yeah. It was fun. I got stuck in the swings outside... That was not fun.

Headshots (Again!)

I took more headshots today just cause I could.
We were around my church, and I asked my dad if he had his camera (he always does) so we just went in and I took a bunch of headshots.
It was fun.

Yeah... Dance.

I didn't bring my tights to dance today... so I had to borrow someone else's yoga pants... Which aren't exactly for dance. But it was okay. Except for the fact that wearing old, worn-out dance shoes isn't exactly comfortable.

No Time!

No time for a post, so I'll just post this. XD

Romeo and Juliet

We're reading Romeo and Juliet in English class, and the teacher has our desks situated in pairs. There are two sides facing each other-- representing the Montague and Capulet families. I was assigned to the Capulet sign, and this kid named Ron sits next to me.
First thing you should know-- Ron's the kid who wore the Hello Kitty shirt. In case some of you either forgot or didn't see the post, here's a picture of the shirt--

Yeah. Not normal. Funny, but just not normal.
So when I was sitting down he kinda gave me a funny look... I still don't know what that meant...
Anyways, APPARENTLY because our desks were together, we were supposed to be ummm... "pairs", as the teacher put it. Like... husband and wife. Great. So Ron turns to me, smiles, and says, "Partner."
He's so... CREEPY AND WEIRD!!!!!!!
I tried to stay away from him the rest of the class (kinda hard, considering the fact that he sits next to me) and when I was walking back from lunch, I pushed the door open for the person behind me (kinda what you're just supposed to do) and there were a bunch of Hispanic guys who I was really trying to ignore. They're just the kind of people who you'd think would, like, beat each other up for fun. So then I think someone said, "THANK YOU!" really loudly or something, I don't know, cause I wasn't listening, and this guy said, "He likes you! Want to go out with him?" to which I said, "NO!" and continued up the stairs. Then someone said, "Hi, Annasophie." I turned around, and-- great. Ron. Now that I think about it, I don't know if the person was talking about Ron or someone else, who I thought they were talking about.
Either way, I really hope he wasn't talking about Ron... I hope Ron does NOT like me... I bet that's the case, though, cause he either says 'Hi' or smiles every time he sees me...
At least I'm not alone in this creepy-weirdo-who-possibly-likes-me-thing, cause my friend Willa has someone who does that, too... Who waits for her and walks her to her classes... but she doesn't even really know him...
I wish the creepy boys would GO AWAY and STOP STALKING US.

Track

Because I did end up getting my physical done yesterday, I did track today. It wasn't all that tiring until the end... accelerating sprints... And afterwards I was tired and dizzy...
But that's just track for you.

Polls are Up!

So... as you may have noticed, I have two new polls up. One you probably saw-- it's above the posts. The other one is to the right.
Please take them, because it will help me see how I'm keeping on top of things.

For some reason, on the poll that's at the top, there's no title... So the question is supposed to be "How many times do I have a new post up (according to how many times you check)?"

'Dos' and 'Don'ts' of Writing Fan Mail

While writing fanmail--
DO--
Make a 'bookmark'. What I did was I said really random stuff and drew colorful pictures and wrote random, colorful sentences around the letter. It could be something like a cool-colored envelope or a picture of your cat-- anything that when, or if, you meet this person you can say, "Yeah, I'm the person that --whatever you did special--" and they would say, "Oh, yeah! Then I know who you are!". It's something that keeps a tab in their mind and sets yours apart from others.
If you are sending a picture of them for them to sign, make sure there's something behind the picture (not attatched) that keeps it straight and not flat. Also make sure you have enough postal stamps if you're mailing a larger envelope.
Mention them writing back. "It would be really cool if you could sign this and send it back!" works better than "Sign this and give it back, please!" because the first one implies that they have more power, while the second implies that you have the power. They like power and the thought of doing something nice for a fan.
Include your name somewhere in there. If they are going to personalize a signature for you, they need your name.
Send a picture of them for them to sign. That's your best shot of getting something back.

DON'T--
Say "It's so cool that you're on TV!" This just makes the point that you're not famous and you really have nothing to do with them besides the fact that you're just an admiring fan. Instead, say, "You're so talented!" to compliment them on their screen-time accomplishments.
Just say, "I watch you every day and think you're amazing! Everyone I know loves you! I hope I can meet you some day!" etc. That's too... normal. Do you want your letter to be 'just one of the others'? No! Don't make it like the others! Make it stick out!
Use the stickers with your parent's name on it for the return address. Instead, write your name and then your address. They most likely refer to that part to personalize a signature or a letter, and you definately don't want your favorite star to accidentally write a letter to your parents!
Write a letter saying, "I mailed you three months ago, but you didn't respond. Please repond!" It usually takes many, many months for them to respond (if they even do). Your best shot at hearing back from them is if you mail a picture of them. Then they pretty much have to sign it and give it back.

So go and find your favorite star's fanmail address. Use these tips and write an amazing fanmail letter that will definately make it's way to the top of the 'favorites' pile!

KIWI??

Skandie turned me into a kiwi.
Hmmmm...

PHYSICAL!!

I went online and found a place where I could get my sports physical done without appointment.
The place was really fancy, but it kinda took a long time because there were only a couple of doctors...
But yay! Now I can do Track tomorrow!!

PHYSICAAAAAL!!!!!

I NEED MY SPORTS PHYSICAL DONE!!!!!!!!
I defininately need it done by Monday, but if I don't have it by tomorrow, I can't do anything in Track, and it'll give a bad impression to my coach...
:(

Neopets Quiz

For those who used to (or still do) play on Neopets-- you know how you could make quizzes? And, Jestar, remember that Celtic Woman one I made? SOOOOOOO HARD!!!!!!!!
I tried it again, and it's. SO. HARD. It took me FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I know Celtic Woman front and back!

How Did This Happen?

My African-American teacher has two half-Asian kids.
HOW?

Oh, yeah-- and he offered to adopt me. Ummmmm...

HAHAHAHAAAAA!!

*sees a certain look on a CERTAIN SOMEONE'S face*
*runs away, laughing*

Track and Practice, but not Track Practice

Today was the beginning of a new semester... which means that some people have classes switched around.
That includes me, because now I have Track instead of Speech.
But as soon as I walked into my English today, thinking it would all the them same... but something was waaaaay different. Last semester, my English class only had about twenty kids. Now it's more of, like... thirty. It's NOT FUN ANYMORE. Crowded classrooms= too many obnoxious people. One obnoxious kid for every class can be funny, but more than three? No way.
The rest of the classes were the same... up until track. I got to the right building and was totally lost, so I asked a girl if she was in track. She led me to the locker room, where I found a couple of people I knew. All we really did sit there, because not everyone had their clothes, and we all had to get our physicals from our doctors filled out... something I did not get done, because I didn't know.
After school was Music Man practice. Meh. It was average. (Hahaha...)

I NEED TIIIIIIIME!!!!!!

I didn't get to go on the computer yesterday.
Why?
Chicken.
I waited FOUR AND A HALF HOURS today to get on. And I'm going to have to do this quick.
Why?
Chicken.
The genius played Minecraft for the whole two weeks of winter break, and now he's scrambling to get a major project done.
Which means that I can't get on the computer.
And I haven't been able to get on for more than ONLY FIFTEEN MINUTES for the past two weeks, cause once I get on, someone always gets me to get off, then stays on forever and pretends that they're doing work when whey're really not.
*ahemCHICKENahem*