Sternum... ;D

Yesterday was SUCH a good day for me...well, OVERALL. There were parts that were nicht so gut...

Practice started outside, but then we had to quickly move indoors cause of the rain, so we did some stretching and block stuff in the gym. I think it was some of the best sideways marching I've ever done. :] And it was HYSTERICAL cause we were doing different tempos and stuff and Mr. O. kept saying, "Sternum! Sternum! STERNUM!" but obviously people weren't turning their sternums to the front. So he stopped us at one part and was just like, "Ok, I've been trying not to use this word cause it's a little inappropriate but I think I'm allowed to use it here for educational purposes, I think it'll make us all better. So when I say STERNUM just imagine that I'm actually saying BOOBIES." Everyone started CRACKING UP. And what's even funnier, is that a lot of the people with the 'sternum' issues before, got better. So that'll probably be a band joke for awhile... ;D

Then we went into sectionals, worked on some stuff, and then lunch time! I tallied up the final points and...*drumroll*...the Woodwinds/Low Voices won!!!! YES. :] The whole week there were times when people were like, "Eh...the points don't really matter" but they did to me! I'm a LITTLE competitive...

After lunch we went back outside (it had cleared up for a bit), and cleaned parts at the end of Part Three. I'm finally feeling good about the swaying part at 46. I'm kinda really curious to see what that all looks like...hmm...

So we had been outside for about 15 minutes and all of a sudden (like literally, it just HIT ME) I felt SICK. Stomach. Bad. Cramps. Ugh. It was bearable though, just rather uncomfortable and hard to focus on other stuff.

Then we got back into sectionals and I felt like I was gonna die...my cramps have NEVER been that bad before. I felt like such a wimp...at the end of exercises I'd sit down when everyone else was standing...ugh...I hated myself...

Amy gave me some of her pretzels to try and help, but they didn't really do much good. But I pushed through, I wasn't gonna sit out. Then after practice was done we got pizza and soda and it helped a LOT. Like BOOM, I was sick, and then BOOM, I felt better. It was the most BIZARRE thing. So I was fine...for about an hour. And then BOOM again...yugh. Luckily I've been fine all of today.

Oh! Haha! Funny moment!!! Ok, so I was in the back room wanting to throw up SO badly (cause then you know you'll feel better) and DK was with me, and at like the SAME EXACT time I leaned in to hug him, Jordan comes in and asks some random question. Then he's like, "Oh...oops...sorry, I"m interrupting you guys." It was HILARIOUS.

So then it was a joke the rest of the night.

Then came our Parent Preview!!! It was inside (boo!) but I don't think I would have been able to do my best if it had been outside cause I wasn't feeling well again. So...thanks God! ;D

We started with a Drill Down. I LOVE Drill Downs, they are SO much fun. I was usually the last freshman in last year so I was like, "Ok, I got it this year!" but nope, I didn't do so well during band camp. But then...Parent Preview...I WAS IN THE TOP 3. I was like HOLY SMOKES HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? It was me, DK, and Amy. So Mr. O. started calling commands and at one point I messed up, almost ran over Amy, but kept going anyway. So we 'halted' and I was facing the opposite way than DK and Amy, but I was like...NOPE. I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL HE TELLS ME TO. It was funny. :]

Then we played the show twice, the second run was my best. It felt good. I absolutely LOVE the ballad in Part Three. And I have to agree with Shep, the whole show---visual and music---is really growing on me. Like...it doesn't feel like a 'petty' high school marching band show, it feels GOOD. That's the best I can explain... :P

Awards were good and fun, and then we got to see the seniors from last year. I MISS STEVE. I never thought I'd say that...but I MISS HIM. His sarcastic negative comments...you learn to love em. ;D

Ok, we have company coming over in like two minutes and I'm sitting here in my cami so I better go put a shirt on...ugh, it's hot.

BUT I GET TO GO TO DK'S SHOW LATER. I AM SO PUMPED. I'm debating whether or not to scream his name at the top of my lungs...he doesn't like when I do it...hmm...we'll see. ;D

Band Camp

So tonight is Parent Preview, which means it's the last day of band camp... :(

It's funny, cause the week before band camp I was SO pumped up for it (haha, Soo Jin is PUMPED), but I was like, "Yeah, I'm so excited for it now but I bet during it I'll just be wishing it was over", but NOPE. I proved myself wrong! I LOVED band camp this year, it was just so fun and I've missed marching band SO INCREDIBLY MUCH. Plus I got a pretty good burn this year (which will EVENTUALLY turn into tan...please make that be soon...my shoulders have been hurting for a week...).

And the best part of band camp was...THAT WE FINISHED THE ENTIRE SHOW YESTERDAY. ON A THURSDAY. NOT EVEN THE LAST DAY OF BAND CAMP. IT'S DONE. COMPLETE. FIN.

We went through the last 10/15 pages SO fast...haha, we have the whole show done movement-wise but I still have to work musically at that part at S. Duh-duh DUH *shift to the right* duh-duh-DUH *shift some more* Yeah...

Band camp was good this year. :]

I just typed out and published a post kinda just letting my feelings out...

But after seeing it on the page I realized I didn't want you to read it cause it'd be wrong. You apologized. I need to accept it and move on. Just because I'm hurt doesn't give me the right to lash out at you. Pain never does anyone any good.

So I'm sorry if anyone saw that post the three minutes it was up.

Smart People...UGH

Japenese Proverb: Fear is only as deep as the mind allows

Babe Ruth: Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Dostoyevsky: Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Bertrand Russell: To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do."

Eddie Rickenbacher: Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

Aesop: It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Joan L. Curcio: Courageous risks are life-giving, they help you grow, make you brave, and better than you think you are.

Quote

Someone posted this quote on facebook and I like it, so I thought I'd share.

"Go ahead world...break me down, take the people I love away from me, watch me get hurt & my heart broken, and make me stand alone...But don't be suprised when I build myself back up and come back stronger than ever...It's time I start lookin out for number one."

I'm not saying that's how I'm feeling right now (for all you worryiers out there ;D), I just liked it, it's good.

Rotten Day

Not such a good day for me today.

To start...I was supposed to be at DK's right now. Well THAT didn't work. My mom wouldn't let me. Because...? Yeah, don't really know. But whatever. (uh oh! I said 'whatever'...my dad's noticed that when I say that I'm either in a bad mood or the "wall's" about to go up...yeah, me not in a good mood right now...)

So that stunk.

Morning went ok...learned some new drill, I actually kinda like it (my dots are easy) and there was a funny moment when Mr. O. told us to find Set #something, and so I was on the 50 and on the Front Hash, so I walked right over to it and right in front of me was Dave standing like 2 INCHES FROM ME. So we just kinda stood there and I was like, "Dave, this is my dot..." and he's like, "Yeah, it's mine too." So I was a LITTLE confused and then he was like, "Oh...wait...I'm looking at the wrong set number..." and he moved eight steps away. It was funny. :]

Then came lunch...lunch was ok, but DK was exhausted (which I can totally understand, logically he's supposed to be dead right now) so not much conversation and you know if you're around a really energetic person you feed off their energy and end up really hyper too? Well it was kinda like that. He was totally exhausted and just BLAH so I became just BLAH...which was not fun.

Afternoon was ok. I do NOT like the changes Mr. O. made though. They sound WEIRD and it is SO hard to play cause of the little bisque key. GRR.

Then we went outside...sixteen block to the right was TERRIBLE. OH MEH WORD. Wow...bad.

We ran sections of the show, reviewing and putting music and marching together and it was going ok, there's just one new part that I can't play and march at the same time. It's the fourteen triangle-circle-move-around-thingy. I'm not completely confident in the music (which doesn't help) and so I can't put the two together. I can do the marching just fine when I'm not playing, but yeah...

So then we did our huge run through. Top to bottom of what we've got so far (all of part one and two). And it was BAD for me...there's a part towards the beginning, the snap turn around that I don't like...cause then I'm doing backwards sideways technique (I prefer frontward sideways), and then I HATE the 13-14-15 turn around thingy. My stupid legs won't do it...GAH. And then after 7 beats AFTER that me and Julia have the run thingy and from the previous set I get so off that I have to like RUN to my next dot while trying to play a 16th note run...I stink at it.

Other parts of the show are really good and I did really well on, but of course me, perfectionist...can't look at anything but the flaws. So I was NOT in a good mood...plus, add on top of that my jaw was hurting (for like the first time in WEEKS, I was SO mad), and I have really bad cramps...uh-oh. DURING BAND CAMP. Somebody shoot me now...

And so when I got home I asked mom about going to DK's, and she said it was fine so I was ECSTATIC. I NEED a break from doing HW...I read SO much over the weekend. But THEN, we remembered that we have to bring Sam home, so....UGH.

???

So I had a thought today...

I was watching TV (took a break from the book, I read about 100 pages today, SO PROUD OF ME) and a commercial came on for dog food and it was stuff about it was "cuisine-like" and all that junk and then at the end it said something like, "It helps your dog stay healthy and they'll want to eat it because it tastes so good."

So here's my thought: how do HUMANS know that DOG FOOD tastes good? Scary thought...