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I SURVIVED MINI BAND CAMP!!!

afridicy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:12:15 +0000

As the title would suggest, I survived the 4 day, 11 hours a day, grueling Mini Band Camp! Honestly, I felt as if I did a bad job as being a drum major but I do hope that it will help make me become a better and more effective leader. I just spent like the past 45 minutes recreating a map of Texas State University since I lost the one the one they sent me. I feel like such a loser. -.-

Oh well, hey at least now I have a map so my parents and I won’t get lost!

Anyways, back to band camp. The sad thing is that I barely tanned at all, *sigh*, I’m still Paley Michelley. Well, I have to go soon and start on my daily to-do list again:

Stretch
Practice Clarinet
Read and Complete Chapter 1 Summary for Guns, Germs, and Steel
Make PSAT/SAT Vocabulary Cards
Memorize a bit of Math for Number Sense
Do Problem Set 0 for Math Camp

OOWWIEE!!!! Cries

afridicy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:25:48 +0000

My body is quivering in exhaustion as I can barely make myself sit up straight to type this. I feel sore all over and my eyelids want to submit to the will of gravity. Yet, I must type on and continue to endure for goodness knows how long before I can sink into the pillows of sleep.

11 hours of marching band camp.

1 hour of dance afterwards.

Total: 12 Hours + Being Drum Major is EXTRA EXTRA Work

Result:

ZZzzZZZZZzzZZZzzzZzzzZzzzzZZZzzzz (not)

So today was the first day of Mini-Band camp. Yeah, that’s all I’m going to really say about that. I mean 2 hours outside practicing marching (or as they call it our “visual”), then two hours inside to practice music, then one hour lunch, then 2 hour music, then one hour dinner break, then 2 hour outside practice again.

Whew.

And the fun thing is that it’s going to last for three more days. Oh, and did I mention that I had to go directly to dance practice right afterwards?

Yeah.

I’m too tired to express all my troubles today, as there are far numerous and specifically involve certain very annoying, haughty, rude, unappreciating, freshmen. (Who all happen to be Asian…)

My Conclusion From Today: White people are nicer and get treated nicer by Asian people as well.

I can’t even collapse and sleep right now becuase in order to stick to my goal, I have to practice my clarinet- for at least thirty minutes. So right now, I will create a quick to-do’s list that I must complete before I sleep:

Practice Clarinet for at least thirty minutes
Kumon Homework
Create ten more SAT/PSAT Vocabulary words
Bake Brownies
Take shower and stretch
Read part of Chapter 1 of Guns, Germs, and Steel

Daily To-Do’s and a Year of Reminiscence

afridicy — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:22:53 +0000

Wallah, today is officially the second day of being on WordPress and the 3rd day of my summer. On Monday, I will be attending a “Mini Band Camp” that will last four days and 11 hours each day.

Plus, I live in Texas which can only make things hotter. (Better bring lots of water!) However, the point of this blog entry, as emphasized by the title, is to create a list of my daily “To-Do’s” that I want to accomplish for the day, so here goes:

Stretch
Kumon Homework
Practice Clarinet
Read and Complete a Summary for the Prologue of Guns, Germs, and Steel
SAT/PSAT Practice

OK, not that I have gotten that out of the way, I feel like as if I should express more about myself.

Less than a year ago, in the beginning of August, I was a pale, short, and skinny 9th grader daunted by the reality of high school. As I nervously approached my high school, which was also in its inaugural year, I only imagined the worst of circumstances.

As I started my freshman year, I would have never imagined that I would be where I am now, as summer finally meets all of us. Yes, I do have a lot of regrets, (such as not joining enough clubs and being too shy) but at the same time, I have lots of hopes and joys. I have accomplished dreams that I thought were impossible and that a simple girl like me could never achieve. I have made new friends that will stay with me hopefully until the end of my high school career. Although I will be a sophomore soon, and only have three years of high school left, I know that the future is still very uncertain and unclear. Although I do believe in predestined fate to an extent, I believe that it is our actions that we do at the present that lead us to our destinies.

I was never raised on just one specific religion and, after reading several other blog entries from different websites, have realized and appreciated the value of each religion. Before I go on, I apologize if what I am about to type offends anyone but I intentionally don’t mean any harm to anybody’s beliefs and ethical values. I do believe in an Almighty Being and I think that every religion there worships that Almighty Being too, but just in different forms. Whether it is Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and etc., in the most basic terms they are worshipping an Almighty Being, or a way to reach Divinity or into a similar state as an Almighty Being. Now, I was not cultured in the different religions so if you are reading this, please do correct me, but also remember that I mean no harm.

With that being said, I can’t choose just one religion to follow, because it would mean to me, as if I’m saying that the other religions are wrong. However, they aren’t. In a sense, all religions are connected as they are worshipping or trying to go into a state of the Almighty Being. So therefore, I am part-Christian, part-Islam, part-Jew, part-Buddhist, part-Hindu, and etc. I just refuse to proclaim any other faith as wrong because I find it wrong and I do not know their religion enough to be able to do such a thing.

Wow, I believe I did something called digressing here. I don’t know, but at least, if you bothered to read this, you get to know me better now! Oh, and since I also need to study for my SAT’s, I shall now set a precedent and end every blog entry with a few or a handful of complicated SAT Vocab Words (From Sparknotes):

abase (v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)
abate (v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
aberration (n.) something that differs from the norm
abet (v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to abet him.)

The Beginning (If That is How You Spell It…)

afridicy — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:41:19 +0000

Ahhhh, what a wonderful day, err night. I don’t know why I decided to start an actual web-blog but I kind of feel that since it is summer, I need to find something to do during my spare time. What other way to stimulate the brain then by writing? For some reason, I’ve always been a nocturnal person, active at night, sleepy by day. During the leadership camp we had to go for band, I remember something very inspirational that Ms. V (our leadership instructor) said about making goals; one of the most important steps in making a goal is to visually write it down and stick with it without excuses. Well, I think what better way to test this then by creating a list of summer resolutions that I will try my best to follow and stick with. I already created a similar list prior to the leadership camp so I will just copy and paste it from my Word document the goals I have in addition to the newly created ones. Here goes:

Short-Term Goals (As In By End-of-Summer)

LEARN TO DO THE SPLITS!!!
STUDY FOR PSAT BY GOING THROUGH WORKBOOKS!
Prepare for World History AP
Attend Drum Major Camp (That’s right, I made it though I don’t think I deserved it…)
Attend Texas Mathworks Summer Honors Camp (ULTIMATE NERD)
Practice My Clarinet EVERYDAY For at Least Thirty Minutes
Run For At Least a Mile a Day
AcaDec Research (*shudders*)
Complete World History AP Assignments
Read Anthem
Read 1984
Do My Daily Required Amount of Kumon Homework (“Fun”)
Be Involved in Interact Club During the Summer

“If I Have Time Goals”

UIL Academic Competitions (Especially Debate and Math)
Robotics
Look Into Sieming-Westinghouse Competition
Science Olympiads
Practice the AMC Math Competition
Audition for a School Musical <————-Very Important
Join a Music Ensemble/Orchestra/Symphony
Track and Field

Medium Term Goals

Run for Student Council
Start a Club
Spanish Club/Spanish Honor Society (Hopefully I’ll Make an Officer Position)
Improve Chinese Ability by Speaking it More
Volunteer at a Hospital/Children’s Museum
Learn to Drive!

Long Term Goals

Continue Getting Good Grades (Hopefully)
Make New Friends
Become a Better, More Well-Rounded Person

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I SURVIVED MINI BAND CAMP!!!

OOWWIEE!!!! *Cries*

Daily To-Do’s and a Year of Reminiscence

The Beginning (If That is How You Spell It…)

OOWWIEE!!!! Cries