Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Starbucks + Christmas Time = Amazing
Christmas time at Starbucks is probably my favorite thing about Christmas besides presents of course. It is always exciting to see that the holiday cups have arrived at Starbucks. I just think that they are always so much cuter than the plain white cups. Christmas time at Starbucks also means new drinks. Peppermint mochas are delicious but gingerbread lattes aren't really that great. This may sound silly but I also can't wait for the Christmas ornaments to come out. For the past few years I have gotten the Christmas cup ornament to go on my pink Christmas tree. So every year I can't wait to see what the new ornament will look like. This year was also exciting because they came out with a clear Christmas cup for iced coffee. I was so excited when I saw it online and I immediately went to Starbucks and bought it. Since when my other cup like that broke I was devastated. Overall Christmas is a great time at Starbucks especially since it is really cold outside so it is a good excuse to go and get a hot beverage. Coffee is amazing!!!
Monday, December 7, 2009
The Nutcracker is over!!!
The Nutcracker is finally over, so this means that it will be my last blog about it.(I know it is very sad). Saturday was a great day even though I was at the RPC all day. The day started off with me helping with the Nutcracker Sweet brunch. The brunch was a breakfast for younger children and they got to eat breakfast and decorate gingerbread houses. I was given the job of taking the kids on a backstage tour of RPC. It was so fun to see their amazement at everything. I almost started laughing when they got so excited to sit in the thrones that are used during act 2. After the brunch and tour was over I had rehearsal. However unlike most rehearsals it was pretty relaxed because we didn't have to wear any costumes. It was just nice to get to be with all of the dancers. I even got to see Sonia who is a senior this year but didn't dance this year. It was great to get to talk to her and catch up. After dinner while we were getting ready for the show it all of a sudden became very sad. This was the last Nutcracker that I was going to get to perform with all of the seniors. I have gotten so close to the seniors throughout the years because there really aren't that many dancers my age. I can't possibly imagine dancing without them. As we were all putting on our make up all the seniors kept saying is that it was the last time that we were all going to be getting ready for the Nutcracker together. It was getting really sad so I finally just said that no one else could mention anything about it being the last time for anything. After that everyone started getting really excited because for the first time in like forever the show was sold out before the night of the show. They were going to have to set up extra chairs because they didn't want to turn anyone away. As the time approached I became more and more excited. As soon as I started performing the show flew by and before I knew it I was getting ready to dance in the finale. The Nutcracker was finally over and I felt a huge weight off of my shoulder. However it wasn't all happy because as soon as the curtain closed all of the seniors started crying. I had to walk away from all of them because I had to keep it together. So I went and saw my family out in the lobby. I was so proud of myself because I did not cry at all that night. This year's nutcracker was by far the best. I don't know what I am going to do next year but it will be ok. Coffee got me through the performances!!! (I <3 Starbucks)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
RPC Week!!!!
Today is the first day that ODT is at the Riverpark Center to rehearse for the Nutcracker. It is very exciting and nerve racking at the same time. I can't believe that this Friday and Saturday I am going to be performing in front of hundreds of people. The Saturday show is almost sold out which is very rare because there are still a few days left before the show. River Park week for me is a love and hate kind of thing. One reason why I love it is because I get to be with the ODT girls for long amounts of time. I also love how our dressing room always smells like Treseme hairspray (It is the official hairspray of ODT). I also love the opportunity to perform. It is also exciting to see what signs the seniors created this year to hang over our dressing room spot. This year I got to help the seniors makes some of them since I am practically a senior. However there are a lot of things that I don't like about RPC week. It is always so stressful trying to make sure that everything looks perfect. We have to practice all of the quick changes which is also stressful. Most of the dance teachers are also in a really bad mood because they are also under a lot of stress. Another thing that I don't like about RPC week is that most nights I am just getting home at 10:00. I am really sad for this year's RPC week because this is going to be my last one with all of the seniors. I have been dancing with them ever since I started dancing at Joy Johnson's and I can't imagine dance without them. Starbucks is amazing!!!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving
Overall, this Thanksgiving was as good as any other. This year Thanksgiving was at my cousin’s house, which is in the middle of nowhere in Marion, KY. Thanksgiving is at our house every other year and this year was not our year. There is only one reason that I don’t like going to my cousin’s house for Thanksgiving. I don’t get to watch the parade and see the Radio City Rockettes perform. I always look forward to watching the Rockettes perform so that I can see if I can find Ashley Ayre who is a Rockette from Owensboro. There was defiantly plenty of food at my cousin’s house. However I am kind of a picky eater so all I ate was macaroni and cheese, a little turkey, and a roll. There were plenty of deserts though and it was difficult for me to decide which ones I wanted to try. I always like seeing my mom’s side of the family because I like them a lot better than my dad’s family but it is still awkward at sometimes because they all live near each other and get to see each other all of the time. My family is the only family that lives far away so sometimes we are kind of out of the loop. After going to my cousin’s house we went to my mom’s dad’s house in Princeton, KY which is also in the middle of nowhere. We don’t really make it to Princeton a lot because of everyone’s busy schedules so it was nice to get to see them. My grandparents were also glad that we finally made it down because we hadn’t been to their house since the summer. The only thing that is going to be different this Thanksgiving is that we are not going to go shopping on Black Friday. It is kind of depressing because I enjoy fighting the crowd but there isn’t anything that I really need so I guess I will just work on a Spanish project instead. They are not the same, that is for sure. Starbucks = LOVE
Monday, November 23, 2009
Genetics update = BORING!!!
Last Friday I attended a genetics update conference with my fellow IB biology students. The conference was from was from 9-1. Everyone was really excited to go on the field trip because we were going to get to miss a day of school. However the excitement immediately died down as soon as the conference started. As a first year IB biology student we were forewarned that we may not know some of the content that was going to be discussed. However I don't think that anyone realized that we would only understand two words, phagosytosis and fortuitous. The first hour crept by except the person who was giving the lecture who was talking 90 mph. I am not exaggerating either I could barely keep up with him and I was typing notes on my computer. I am sure that the information was very interesting to most people but I am just not that interested in biology. By 10:30 I was ready for my ten minute break. The break went by really fast and before I knew it it was time to go back to the freezing auditorium. At one point I was trying to conserve my laptop battery so I put my laptop on sleep and I acted like I was taking notes. I did this so that I looked like I was paying attention so he wouldn't call on me to answer a question. Even though my biology class had come up with a plan before the conference and if Mr. Rhine called on any of us and we didn't know the answer we would say that we were from Daviess County. Luckily, no one had to use that excuse. When Mr. Rhine used the word fortuitous you would think that I had won the lottery because I was so excited because I knew what that word meant. Everyone in the row started laughing and smiling because we knew one word that Mr. Rhine had used. (By the way, thanks Mrs. Matthews!) By 12:00 I was ready for the other break and then Mr. Rhine announced that it was 90 seconds so I didn't even bother getting up. As soon as 1:00 came around everyone was so excited because we were going to lunch and that is what we had all been waiting for. Lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings was worth the four hour conference. I even got a coffee drink at Books-A-Million even though I was a little late to the bus. The conference taught me one thing and that is that I don't want to go into anything in the biology field, it is just not for me. I love Starbucks :)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a great holiday with lots of great food. Unlike most people the food isn't my favorite part of Thanksgiving. My favorite part actually comes the day after. Yes, Black Friday is my favorite thing about Thanksgiving. Every year my mom, grandma, my sister, and I all travel to Louisville the day after Thanksgiving. We aren't the crazy people standing in line at Best Buy for electronics, we let my dad do that if there is anything that we want. We are the crazy people at the mall getting the free bags at Victoria's Secret. With my dance schedule Black Friday is the only day that I have to go out and do my Christmas shopping. It is also just a fun thing that all of us can do together. Nothing beats the rush of fighting your way through crowds of people to find just one item or having to stand in line for thirty minutes waiting to check out. It isn't always the deals that makes me like Black Friday but just the high speed of things. In Owensboro everything seems to move at a slower place than larger cities but on Black Friday when I am in Louisville everyone is moving from one store to another as fast as they can. Some people may think that it is crazy but I think it is exciting. Starbucks is still amazing!!!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Work Day

This last Sunday was work day for The Nutcracker. There is always a work day three Sundays before every show. It is called work day because the parents come into the studio and help get certain props ready. They also fix any costumes that need repairs and posters are picked up to be distributed around town. Work day is also one of the longer rehearsals for all of the dancers. I had to be there from 12 -5. The day started out with meeting my arabianettes. I am an arabian and arabianettes are girls who are about seven years old. They stand in the back and move their hands for most of the dance but in the end they follow the arabians. The only thing that they have to do is lift their leg but they complained about it the entire rehearsal. Then I had to go and warm up with the company and apprentice company and we only had one studio and it was crowded. Ten minutes into warm up everyone was sweating because it was so hot with everyone crammed into one studio. Next I had to go to tap rehearsal which is probably my favorite piece in the Nutcracker because of the kick line. I have always wanted to be a Rockette but sadly I am not quite tall enough so for this one dance I get to live my dream. However, this year tap hasn't been so great because many of the younger girls are having trouble keeping up. They don't seem to be able to count to ten and they always do to many kicks. Luckily, tap looked excellent on Sunday and there wasn't any screaming but I am sure that will soon come. After tap I had to rehearse waltz and I wasn't one bit worried about it because it was the same part that I had last year. I could do waltz quartet in my sleep but I was still scared that it wasn't going to look good. My nightmares didn't come true and waltz looked amazing . After dancing all day I still had one more piece to rehears and that was snow. This year I am just a snow fairy so I don't have that large of a part in snow. However, I am the person who has been in snow the longest so I have to try and lead the younger girls. On workday I had to make sure that all of the snow fairies knew when to go on stage and that wasn't any easy task. It was very frustrating for me because when I was younger I knew when to go but it is almost like the younger girls don't care at all. The end of workday was a relief because I was exhausted. I had never sweated so much and all of the energy had been drained out of my body. I know that all the hard work will be worth it in three weeks when I dance on the stage. Starbucks= Love
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
AYL
This past weekend I attended the retreat for AYL. AYL stands for Academy for Young Leaders. This was the second retreat that I had attended with AYL. The retreat is always a blast and this year was certainly not a disappointment. As soon as we arrived at the Mount. St. Joseph we immediately got into groups. We have five random groups that we go to throughout the retreat and one of those groups is the group that we will be in for the rest of the year. The first group is probably the most awkward group for many reasons. One reason is that it is about 9:00 in the morning and no one is awake yet. Another reason is that not that many people know each other yet. As the retreat goes on more and more people become outgoing. A third reason is that everyone is afraid to take a large part in the first skit because they are afraid that they are going to look silly. This soon changes as the retreat progresses. Most everyone finally realizes that the sillier you look, the more fun that you will have. After the first group and the first skit the tension almost vanished. In the second group more first year members started volunteering for more things. After the second group everyone had broken out of the shell and no one was shy. The rest of the day was great except for the food. I lived on candy and brownies all weekend. The best part of the retreat is always the Olympics. However this year we had a glow party before the Olympics. A glow party is where we all dressed up in white t-shirts and signed our names one each other's shirts in highlighter. Black lights had been placed in the gym and our shirts glowed. The Olympics were also a lot of fun this year. However, it was very sad because my team lost by one point. Winning the Olympics gives you bragging rights for all year and sadly this year my group doesn´t have that. The retreat always ends with people signing a piece of paper on your back and when everyone is done you can take it off and read what everyone has written about you. I really enjoyed this years retreat and I can´t wait for the rest of the meetings. I love coffee!!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Television
On Wednesday night the show Glee was supposed to come on at 8:00 and my DVR was set to record it. So we were going to wait to watch Glee until after it was done recording so that we could fast forward through all of the commercials. When the DVR is recording a show a little red light is shown on the DVR. It was about 8:10 when my mom looked at the DVR and noticed that it wasn't recording. She immediately screamed, "Glee isn't recording. Micah, did you forget to record it?" I immediately dashed into the living the room. Both my mom and I tried to figure out what was going on. All my mom kept saying is that we had already missed 10 minutes of Glee. It was total chaos until we finally realized that Glee didn't come on this week because the World Series was on. As soon as we found that Glee wasn't coming on total disappointment in the entire house. Every Wednesday my sister, mom , and I look forward to watching it. Actually we have many shows that we look forward to every week. It is so nice to be able to sit on the couch and be able to relax and watch tv. There are some people that can't really follow shows week by week. However my family isn't like that. We have our DVR set to record like a million shows per week. Sometimes we even get behind and that's really sad because then our DVR memory is almost full and we have to make time to sit down and watch tv. The tv isn't really a bad thing though because it is something that my mom sister and I can all do together. I love coffee :)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Ghost Hunting
For fall break I went to South Ponte Vedra Beach in Florida. It is not that far from St. Augustine, FL. I had been there many times but I had never been able to take a ghost tour because my younger sister had always been scared. This time my sister's friends stayed with us one night because they were staying at Daytona which is only a hour aways. So since her friends were going to be there my sister felt like she could muster up the courage and go on a ghost tour. So my mom, my sister and her two friends, and I all took a ghost tour that night. However it wasn't really like a ghost tour it was more like a ghost hunt. When we arrived at our starting point we were greeted by our tour guide. Luckily for us there were two more men who were ghost enthusiasts that were taking the tour that night. When we were about to embark on our adventure we were each handed a EMF transmitter. This was supposed to detect the energy of a "ghost". Every time the lights would flash up and then quickly go back down a ghost was supposed to be really close. Our mode of transportation for the tour would be in a hearse. Luckily my sister and her friends had to sit in the back where they would put a coffin because they were the shortest. The first stop on our tour was the lighthouse which was supposed to be extremely haunted. Apparantly there had been a lot of activity there lately. When we first started looking for ghost I was a little freaked out because it was kind of eerie. I was just waiting for my emf detector to start flashing. They even had us swing on a swing set because they though that we might attract the children ghost. After we got used to everything it actually turned out to be quite fun. We learned a lot of interesting things and had fun but I don't believe that I am going to be buying myself an EMF detector anytime soon so that i can ghost hunt. Starbucks is amazing :)
Monday, October 12, 2009
Pain
This week a choreographer has come in from New York to choreograph and set a piece on the company. Yesterday was the first day for us to learn the piece. I was at dance from 1-7. I never knew that six hours could go by so slowly and painfully. I really enjoying learning his pieces and his new technique that he is trying to create is amazing. However it is so different than what I am used to doing. He also has us dance with bare feet. I don't have that many callouses on the bottom of my feet so it is really painful for me to have to dance without shoes for long periods of time. After we got out of rehearsal yesterday I didn't even want to put any shoes on because the bottom of my feet felt like they were on fire. The bottom of my feet were raw and it was like the whole layer of my foot and rubbed off. I also got blisters on the bottom of my toes which makes it extremely difficult for me to walk. After I left dance yesterday all I wanted to do is to soak my feet and then go to sleep. When I woke up this morning I didn't think that I was going to be able to get out of bed. Every muscle in my body ached. Even though it is extremely painful the pain shows me that I am doing something right. If I wasn't in pain when I woke up that would mean that I hadn't done anything right and that I didn't do my best. However sometimes I wish that I hadn't done my best because then I wouldn't be so sore. Luckily today I didn't have to climb up any steps because if I did I don't know that I could have made. Every time I get up some bone in my body cracks. I just have to look at the light at the end of the tunnel because I know that Jon Lehrer is an amazing choreographer and it is going to be an awesome piece. I just have to dance out the soreness and when I wake up tomorrow I will be just as sore and I will have to start the whole process over again. Starbucks is amazing!!!!!!!!!
Street Sweeping
On Saturday I had my first Beta Club volunteer experience. We had to clean up the streets around Apollo. I knew that it had gotten cold outside but I didn't realize it was freezing outside. I had on sweatpants and a light weight sweatshirt and I figured that I had on plenty of clothing. My mom kept telling me that I should put on more clothes but I don't get cold that easily so I didn't put on any extra layers. I also stopped at Starbucks and got a venti espresso truffle because I figured that it would also help warm me up. I drank the whole drink before we even started. When I got there we had to stand outside and get instructions and trash bags. By the time my groups got our trash bags and started walking to our street I was frozen. I was amazed at all of the trash on the streets. There seemed to be just about anything you could think of on the street. Probably the most interesting thing someone found were syringes that still had stuff in them. I wasn't going to touch them but some of the other girls were brave enough to. Some of the girls also were chased by a dog. They had to cross to the other side of the street so that they wouldn't get bitten. The owner of the dog came outside of her house and said that the dog wouldn't bite. How would she know if it wouldn't bite? It looked like a dog that could have rabis. After we had frozen for a hour we were finally finished. As soon as we got done I went to Starbucks for a second time and got a venti cofee to warm me up. By first Beta club project taught me many things: dress warm in cold weather, don't throw your trash on the roads, and Starbucks really is a life saver when you need something to warm you up.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Nutcracker
Nutcracker casting was posted a few weeks ago. There acutally weren't that many suprises in the casting this year. Lexie and I had fantasy casted our Nutcracker a week before casting was posted. We assigned a point value to each part and if you guessed the girl with that part correctly you got the points. So when casting was posted Lexie copied all of the parts down on a piece of paper and brought it to school. We added up all of our points and I won! Even though it was only by three points I still won, but that wasn't really a good thing because I didn't give myself any of the parts that I actually wanted. It was kind of disappointing for me to look at the list because this year I didn't get any parts that I hadn't had before. Don't get me wrong I have always had really good parts because I have always danced with girls that are a year older than me. This year that has come to bite me in the butt because now all of the other girls are seniors and they get parts just because they are seniors. They don't care about me this year because I am just a junior. I just have to be patient and wait til next year I guess. There are three parts in snow, snow queen, snow princesses, and snow fairies. The seniors are snow queens and snow princesses and I am left to be a snow fairy. No one can understand why I am not a snow princess. Everyone thinks that it isn't fair except the one senior who is a snow princess but they have only been dancing for three years. So I am stuck with girls who are in the eighth grade and this is their first year in snow. They have no clue what they are doing. The worst part is that the dance teacher puts me in the front of everything by the snow princesses. It is almost as if she is trying to make up for me not being a princess. Why would she do that? If she feels guilty for not making me one then why did she make me a fairy? I would rather be in the back then stand up in the front and watch other people do what I should be doing. It just not fair but dance has taught me many times that life isn't fair. The first time I didn't get a part that I wanted because "I was to short" I cried my eyes out and when I didn't make company the first time I just didn't understand. However I haven't cried a tear since because you just have to be strong persevere. I am just going to have to wait until my senior year so that I can shine. I just hope that I can make it through this year. I love coffee sooooo much!!!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
HOBY
This summer I go to attend the leadership conference HOBY at Translyvania. I was really excited that I had been chosen to attend this conference but I was also really apprehensive because it was 3 nights and I was going to have to use community bathrooms which was a first for me. I almost didn't want to go because I was afraid that my roommate would be weird or that I wouldn't know anyone and it would be no fun. However I decided to take the risk and go anyways. I'm so glad that I did. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. It was really nice to get to be around kids who are leaders just like you. In my group, C2, almost everyone was their class president. I am a pretty outgoing person but only if I know the people that I am around. At HOBY I had to step out of my comfort zone and do things in front of people that I didn't even know. The people in our group were all very outgoing and we were probably one of the loudest groups there. Every time our leader would yell out C2 we would all yell Oh yeah. We did that so much that eventually other students not from our group would join in. We also got to compete in an Amazing Race style race around Lexington. That was something different that I had never done before. Although our team didn't win (we had to stop for a coffee break at a coffee shop) we still had a lot of fun. We also had a dance on Saturday night that was lots of fun. I couldn't believe that I was the only person that knew how to do the hoedown throwdown. After that night I think that every one knew how to do it I was also able to get over my fear of public bathrooms. The first time that I had to take a shower with flip flops on it was a little weird but I was able to over come my fear. So I now feel like I can handle it when I go to college. I also had a really nice roommate who was from Whitesville which isn't that far from Owensboro. We even knew some of the same people. So unlike my fears I didn't have a weird roommate. I don't even think that there was a girl at the conference who would have made a bad roommate. Overall I had a great time at HOBY. I wasn't ready to leave when the conference was over. I'm really glad that I took the risk and did something that was out of my comfort zone because now I have great memories and lots of new friends. I can't wait to go back this year and be on Team Alumni. HOBY is not just a conference but its a way of life. This is an example of one of the many cheers that we had to do it HOBY. We had to say this after every speaker finished speaking.
What did you think of our speaker?
They were O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G
out, out, outstanding
Friday, October 2, 2009
Car Bashing
Have you ever bashed a car? Well now I can say that I have. Last Thursday I had the opportunity to not only bash a car but to skip some dance class to go and do it. My friend from dance, Lexie really wanted to go to the car bashing at school but the only problem was that it was from 4-7 and we had dance form 4-8. She kept telling me that she has a break while I was in tap and that I should just miss tap to go bash the car. I wasn't going to ask the teacher if I could miss a class to go and bash a car even if the money was going to a charity. So I told Lexie that if she would ask the teacher if I could miss dance to bash a car that I would go if the teacher said I could miss. It took Lexie about twenty minutes to muster up the courage to go and ask Allison, the teacher, and surprisingly Allison said yes! So as soon as Jazz class was over all of the dancers who attend Apollo changed and went straight to my car. We only had 30 minutes to get to apollo, smash the car, and get back to dance before ballet started. However we were not to concerned about getting back to ballet on time because Mrs. carothers had been very mean lately. Lexie decides that we should make a pit stop at Dairy Queen because she was about to starve and we didn't want her complaining the rest of the trip. We all order greasy food which is something our dance teachers don't like to see but we don't get to eat french fries very often. Bashing the car was a great way to relieve stress even though the hammer was really heavy it was still lots of fun. I just imagined that the car was someone and I hit it pretty hard. It was also really funny because we had to wear these safety glasses. Of course being dancers we take pictures at every get together so we had to take some of us smashing the car. It was kind of sad when the car smashing was over but it was a great way to relieve stress. Probably the best part of the night was when we got to dance and we were late for ballet. Mrs. Carothers knew that we were going to be late because one of the dancers told her that we were at a charity event. Which we did donate money to St. Judes. When we finally got changed and went to ballet lexie smelled like an onion ring. So all we did the whole class was laugh because she smelt like an onion ring. Lets just say that the car smashing trip was a great relief from the long week at dance and school. I hadn't laughed that much in a long time.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Webbage
Biology is probably one of the most boring topics that I have to study. However everyone in the class and the teacher find a way to make it exciting. Mr. Bates makes up all kinds of interesting vocabulary. The class has decided that we need to start making a dictionary so that first year students next year can understand what Mr. Bates is trying to say. For example today we were talking about webbed feet and hands and he tells us a story about his college room mate who had serious webbage. We had no clue what he was talking about and he explained to us that it meant that he had webbed feet. The other day he also made up another word. He was telling us that a microscope can be potable. We had no clue what potable was and he says you know it can be moved. In unison the class said oh you mean portable and he said no I mean potable. So then the class went on to make it into a verb and said that you can pote the microscope. He also said that it cost a lot of g's which we knew that he meant money. Also another fun thing about IB Biology is that Mr. Bates is obsessed with donuts. So one day we asked him if we could have a donuts one morning and he said of course and handed us a ten dollar bill. So the class ended up ordering 5 dozen donuts and 3 dozen donut holes. Surprisingly there weren't that many donuts left. We were hoping that since we were taking the test that day that maybe he wouldn't grade them as hard since we got donuts. Biology is definitely not the most interesting subject but we find ways to make it exciting as we can. Especially now that we know what webbage and potable mean.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Stress!!!!
Now that I am a junior I seem to be so much more stress. I feel like I have to start making decisions that are going to affect me for the rest of my life. I feel like if I make one mistake that it is going to mess up the rest of my life. I have already started taking the ACT and I know that I have to improve my score if I want to get a scholarship that pays for most of my college tuition. I also feel the pressure to keep my GPA up so that I can be accepted into a good school. This year it is harder to keep my GPA up because I am taking so many AP classes. I wasn't used to having to read the chapters on my own for subjects like history and biology. This year not only do I have a lot of homework but I also have to read a lot. I also have to start deciding what I want to do with the rest of my life. That really hasn't been that big of a deal for me because I have wanted to be a lawyer since I was eight years old when I realized that I couldn't be a doctor because the sight of blood makes me sick. However I have to decide what my major is going to be. There are so many different majors that you can choose when you are going into law. It is really confusing because I know that all of these decisions that I am making right now will affect me for the rest of my life. I am also starting to look at what college that I want to attend. There are so many different decisions that I have to make. For example I have to decide if I want to go to a smaller private school or if I want to go to a larger school. That is just one among the many that I have to make. I also realize that I have to start visiting the different colleges and I don't even know how I am going to cram all of the visits into my already packed schedule. Now that I know everything that is involved I wish that I had started working on this when I was a sophomore. I know realize that it is going to be non stop stress from here until I graduate next year. I love starbucks!!!!!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
No! No! No!
As stressful as dance has been for all of us lately we decided that yesterday we should have a little fun. When we walked down into the dance studio all of the lights were off and our teacher wasn't there yet. So all of the older dancers decided that we should hide. This could be done very easily since this class is in the gym and there are trampoline and mats to hide behind. So the older dancers tell everyone to hide. The younger dancers had to be complicated because they didn't really want to hide and they didn't really know what to do. The older dancers at the studio know that our teacher won't get mad but the younger girls are still trying to impress our dance teachers since this is their first year in the company. So all of the older girls are hidden really good and the younger dancers are kind of hiding but not really well. So when our dance teacher walks into the studio she yells nice try. So we all laugh and it takes her a few more times to yell nice try before most of the dancers get up. However one dancer, Lexie, who is a senior decided that she was going to stay hidden under the trampoline. So all of the dancers know that she is under the trampoline but our teacher doesn't. So the teacher begins class and lexie starts to get out from the trampoline and I yell No! No! No! because I didn't want her to get up. My teacher kind of looks at me and I realize that I have to cover it up so I said my leg is really cramping up we should have stretched more before class. The whole ballet class bursts into laughter. One girl even starts to snort. Lexie stays under the trampoline and starts to get up again and I yell No!!!! My leg is cramping up again. Once again the whole class is laughing. Eventually Lexie does get out from under the trampoline and our teacher starts looking for other people who aren't at class but they weren't hiding because they were really absent. I had never laughed that much in such a long time. It was a little comic relief that all of the dancers needed right before Nutcracker casting is posted. I love coffee!!!
Friday, September 18, 2009
I love to dance!
I was reading over my blogs and all of my blogs about dance sound like that I don't enjoy dance. That is not what I want people to think. Dancing is my life and I can't imagine doing anything else right now. Even though I don't want to become a profession dancer when I go to college I still want to take dance classes. Some people ask me is dance sport. My reply is always dance is a art and a sport. It is the best place for me to get to express myself. I don't have to say anything all I have to do is dance. Even though when I get out of class I am drenched in sweat and my muscles are aching I feel so much better because I was able to not think about anything else but dance. Dance serves as a place for me to just relax and not stress about school or anything else. I am at the dance studio more than I am at home sometimes. There are pros and cons to that though. I love walking in there because it does feel like home. I just wish that I didn't have to be there all of the time because I would like more time at home. Another great part of dance is being with other dancers. We are so close because we spend all of our time together at the studio. I know that I can always count on my dance friends to be there for me no matter what. We also have a lot in common because dancing is what we love. However there is still drama. There are always dancers getting mad at other dancers. Dancers can't stay mad at each other for too long. By the end of the night we are all friends again. I can't talk about dance to really anyone else but my friends at dance. Performing is probably the thing that I love the most because when I walk out on to the stage there is a feeling that I can't even begin to describe. It is like all of my hard work, blood, sweat, and tears have finally paid off. Dance isn't always fun because I can't always hang out with my school friends. I couldn't possibly be able to count all of the times my school friends have asked me to do something. My response is normally I can't because I have dance. There are also many dissapointments in dance when you don't get that solo you wanted or you don't get that part you wanted. However I love dancing and I can't imagine not being able to go to the dance studio and dance away all of my stress even if it only last a couple of hours. I love coffee!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The Nutcracker
Every year around this time Nutcracker casting goes up. This is Owensboro Dance Theatre's best production because it is always sold out. All of the dancers want the best possible parts because we know that everyone is going to be there. The dance teachers try not to make it obvious when they watch us in dance class for Nutcracker parts. However all of the dancers can tell when they start looking at different people for different parts. That is when all of the dancers kick it into high gear and give it all that they have. Last week the ballet teacher started looking at us and I was so nervouse during class because I didn't want to mess up. I try as hard as I can in class so that I don't regret anything. That way no matter what parts I receive I know that I did all I could. The jazz teacher started watching us in class last night and it was probably the most intense class I have ever been in. Everyone wants a good part so we were trying to impress the teacher. I had never seen so many sweaty and nervous dancers in all of my life. Everytime it was my turn to perform the combonation I was so nervous. The worst part is that I know I nailed everything that I did last night but it probably won't matter because I am not a senior. Even though I deserve snow queen, the best jazz solo, I know that I probably won't get because the dance teacher will feel like she should give it to a senior. I don't see how that is fair because even though I am a better dancer I don't get the best parts. I have been dancing all of my life but a senior who has been dancing for three years will get better parts than I will. I have to accept this fact because this is the way that it is going to be. There is that saying that there are no small parts just small dancers. I believe that there are small parts but you have to perform that part and smile. Even though I may get small parts this year I know that next year when I am senior it will be my time to shine. I love starbucks!!!!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Small Town Charm
Many times people say that small towns have charm but I don't feel that this saying really can apply to small towns. All of my life I have alway said that I didn't like living in Owensboro because it was a small town. I always asked my mom if we could move to Chicago or New York City. I told her that I would even settle for Louisville. This weekend I learned to appreciate the great city of Owensboro, KY. I went and visited my grandparents in Princenton, KY. You are probably wondering where Princenton, KY is. That is just one example of how small this town is because hardly anyone knows what it is or where it is. I have always complained because Owensboro has no where to shop and the mall has hardly any good stores. I learned that I was very fortunate to have Towne Square Mall because Princenton, KY does not have a mall. The largest store in Princenton KY is a new Wal-mart. I don't see how a town with no mall and no where to go but Wal-mart could have any charm. Teenagers also complain about Owensboro having nothing to do but no longer will I complain because in Princenton all they have is a movie theater that has only one screen. I also learned in a small town that everybody knows everybody's buisness. When we were walking downtown people would stop and talk to my grandparents who live in Princenton. These were people that I had never met before but they knew my name. I am not going to lie but it was kind of freaky. I don't think that I would like everbody in the whole town always knowing what I am doing. I did see a few advantages to living in a small town. Their downtown may have been smaller than Owensboro's but Princenton has more stores downtown than Owensboro. It was kind of nice to be able to walk downtown from store to store. I would have to say that that was the only advantage. I am glad that I got to go to Princenton though becoause it made me really appreciate Owensboro. Even though Owensboro is not that large of a city I now know that it could always be worse.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
I'm a shopaholic!
I am publicly confessing that not only am I a starbucksaholic but I'm a shopaholic also. I don't know why but I always have this urge to shop. When I walk into a store it is a very overwhelming experience. I never know what to look at first especially if I haven't been shopping in a week. It is really sad that I live in Owensboro though because I don't have anywhere that I can really shop. Our mall is sadly pathetic and the only store in the mall is American Eagle and since everyone shops there I don't want to buy something that everyone else at AHS is going to have. I do have a favorite store in Owensboro though and it is TJMaxx and because of this store I know that I am a shopaholic. If I haven't been to TJMaxx at least once that week I am going insane because I'm afraid that I might have missed out on something that they got that week. I especially like TJMaxx because they are one of the few places that you can get Juicy Couture and Betsey Johnson stuff. Another reason that I know I'm a shopaholic is because if I go shopping and I don't buy something I start to freak out because that meant that the whole shopping trip was a waste. So I always try to buy at least one thing whether it is just a t-shirt or a pair of jeans. However, finding a pair of jeans could be a whole blog on its own. Another reason I know I am a shopaholic is because if I have money I have to go and spend it. This is probably the one thing that I don't like about myself. I wish I could save money like my sister does but I just can't. There is that expression that money is burning a hole in your pocket. That applies to me it is like the money is just sitting in my wallet saying spend me, spend me. The number one reason that I know I am a shopaholic is the feeling I get when I get to buy clothes. It is something that I can't even describe. It just makes me so happy when I have bought a new top because it is so cute and I can't wait to wear it. When I come home and I have many new things it makes me so happy because I can't wait to wear each and every new thing.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The first day of dance
Yesterday was my first day back to dance for this year. Every year on the first day of dance it feels like the first day of school because I get kind of nervous. I don't understand why I get so nervous but I'm always afraid that someone might take my spot in the dressing room or that someone might take my place at the barre. Yesterday was a typical first day of dance. All of the new girls were giggling in the dressing room because they were glad that they got to be back there. This was there first time getting to be in the dressing room with all of the company members. This year it was especially crowded because there are so many apprentice company and company members. I also dreaded going back to dance because I didn't want to deal with drama but as soon I as I stepped into the doors of the studio the drama was going on. One of the dance teachers told us this year that we are not to be waiting in line for the bathroom that the company members need to change in our dressing room. She also told us that even if we had to use the restroom that we could wait until we got to class and that they would let us go during class. All of the dancers were shocked we didn't know how we were all going to use the restroom during class because someone would constantly be going in and out of class. This would cause a great disruption. However we do what we are told because we don't want to make the dance teachers mad because they may not give us good parts in the Nutcracker. Luckily when we got to dance class the main dance teacher straightened everything out and told us that we can use the restroom but we can't change in there because that takes to much time. So the dancers were all relieved that it wasn't going to be an issue this year. Then we got to dance and we hadn't danced in a couple of weeks so we were all out of shape. I found myself already sweating by the second combination at the barre. The teachers did try to take it easy on us since it was the first day back to dance but they didn't show to much mercy. We all made it through the classes and the new people weren't in our way. So all in all it was a pretty good first day back to dance. I know that the drama is soon to come but I will enjoy this first week of dance before we start working on any new choreography. I <3 coffee!!!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Aurora
This girl that sits close to me in english class doesn't have anyone that sits in the desk next to her. So she decided that she would make up an imaginery friend. She named this "friend" Aurora. It's really annoying because she actually acts like there is someone in that desk. When she is talking to Aurora I sometimes try to join in on the conversation. However the girl tells me that I can't speak her language. What kind of language does an imaginary person even speak? I don't understand why people make up imaginary people to talk to. I remember when I was little I had an imaginary friend named Gabby and she went everywhere that I went. However I had an imaginary friend when I was four years old not now that I am sixteen. Do some people feel so lonely that they have to make up someone to fill that void in their life? The girl in my english class won't even let me set my stuff on that desk because it is "Aurora's" desk. I don't exclude the girl from any conversation so I don't understand why she would need to make up an imaginary friend. Maybe it isn't the fact that she is lonely maybe she just dreams of having the perfect friend and that friend is Aurora. I don't really know her that well so I can't judge her. I just wish that she would stop talking to her imaginary so that I could get to know her. I guess sometimes people need different things in life for me it is coffe and for this girl it is her friend "Aurora".
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Pool Closing
Last weekend was the most dreaded weekend at our house, it was time to close the pool. I love having the pool in the summer but I always dread having to close it. My mother and my sister dread it also. My dad is in charge of getting everything toghether and all we are supposed to do is help put the cover on it but somehow that one task is always very complicated. My dad is a really nice person but sometimes he gets so stressed out about everything. Sometimes he just needs to chill and not think about things so much. Before we went outside we asked my dad if he was ready for us and he said he was. So my mom, sister, and I went outside to hurry up and get it over with. However when we went out there he was still trying to get the cover unfolded. So we helped him unfold it and he kept saying that we were unfolding it wrong when there really wasn't a wrong way to do it. At this point even my mom was becoming aggravated but he was already freaking out and we were just trying to unfold the cover. So finally he gets in the pool and we have the cover halfway on the pool and he realizes is that it isn't the way that we had put it on last year. In unison my mom, sister, and I all say it doesn't matter it's too late. You just have to know my dad to understand our frustration. He is a very play it by the book kind of guy. He is the guy that will wait until his cell phone battery is almost dead to charge it so that the battery won't be ruined. So our family always gets frustrated when we have to work with him. As we were finishing putting on the pool cover water started to get on the cover and he was freaking out because the cover was going to become heavy. However through it all we got the cover on and don't have to worry about it till next year. I love coffee :)
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
ODT Picture Day
Two days ago I had to go and take picture for the poster for the spring concert for ODT. This spring ODT will be performing High School Musical K-12. They had to had the k-12 part so that they younger kids could also participate in the show. In concert is always interesting but that's not what I am writing about. When I first started dance I danced with the older girl because I was so good. So this year I am a junior and all of the girls I have always danced with our seniors. Even though I have been dancing for a lot longer than some of them I am always pushed to the back because I am not a senior. It was really upseting because I had put in a lot more time into dance then some of the girls but since they are seniors this year they get to do everything. I knew that this day was coming when there would be a clear dividing line between me and them but I just didn't know how much it would upset me. There is only one other junior who dances with me and she wasn't even there because she also plays golf. It is almost as if I was alone. I did get in the front for some of the pictures and it did upset a few seniors. Should seniority really count that much? I believe ability should come before everything. This year it is going to be a rocky year for me because I am just a lowly junior. If there weren't some many seniors (there are seven of them) then it wouldn't be such a big deal. The dance teachers feel compelled to give all of the seniors a good part in all of the productions even though they may not have that much talent and have only been dancing for a few years. How is that even fair someone that has only danced for three years could get a better part than I could get and I have been dancing since I was two years old. I just have to get through this year with my head held high and learn not to be upset when a senior starts screaming,"I want to do that because I am a senior" Another favorite is "I have been waiting for fifteen years for this" or even better "I don't have to come to class today because I'm a senior but I better still get a solo" Starbucks is amazing!!!
Monday, August 24, 2009
advice for someone new to starbucks
Venti Iced skinny cinnamon dolce latte is what I order at starbucks. Many people don't know this but there is a correct way to order your drink at starbucks. If everyone followed the formula the line at starbucks would move a lot faster. However there are many people you don't follow the rules so I have decided to educate those of you who don't know what you are doing. When you order a latte you must always start out with the size of the drink. A tall is a small. A grande is a medium. A venti is a large. The next information you need to give is whether you would like the drink iced or not. So if you want an iced latte or an iced mocha you need to say iced after your drink size. If you want a hot latte this step isn't neccessary it is just understood. However be mindful that all of their drinks come iced in the summer unless you specify that you want it to be hot. The next think that you need to do is state what kind of milk you would like in your drink. By default 2% milk is used but if you would like skim milk to be used you would say nonfat. They also have the option of using soy milk. After you have specified your milk type you next need to say what type of syrup you would like to be used. They have sugar-free options also. For a shortcut if you want nonfat milk and sugar-free syrup to be used just say skinny and the flavor of syrup you would like. For example I order a skinny cinnamon dolce latte that means that skim milk and sugar-free syrup is used. This is the correct form of how to order a latte. So go out to starbucks today and try to order a latte the correct way and I promise you the people waiting in the line behind you will be very appreciative that you know what you are doing. Starbucks is amazing!!!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
RIP starbucks cup :(
Sadly today I had to throw away one of my most loved possessions,my starbucks insultaed clear cup size venti. Me and that cup had been through a lot together. I will never forget the day that I first spotted in the Starbucks in Kroger. It was almost like fate because I knew that it would be perfect for me because I loved iced coffee and of course I am addicted to starbucks. So the next day I went to starbucks and bought the cup and ever since then my life was complete. This whole summer I had used it every day. I would chill a venti cup of coffe and then add four splenda for the perfect start to my day. However yesterday was the start of the downfall when one girl knocked over my cup and the lid cracked but lucklily it would still work and my coffee was saved. However today I was in IB biology and somehow I knocked over the cup and it split in half and coffee went everywhere. Lets just say that the biology room had the wonderful aroma of coffee. It was a sad day today but my life will go on. However have no fear I will still get my coffee I will just have to use a different cup. I love coffee!!!!
Company Auditions Part 2
So here are the results of the ODT company and apprentice company auditions. Twenty girls made company and 16 girls made apprentice company. In case you don't feel like doing the math that is a total of 36 girls that made it and only four didnt make it. I don't know what they were thinking. There is no way that 36 girls are going to be able to fit inot the dressing room. For those of you who have never seen it the dressing room it is about the size of the box. I personally believe that the dance teachers have become to soft. They would have never have put that many girls on the apprentice company three years ago. This year they didn't want to make anyone mad so they put almost everyone in the company or apprentice company. Now to get to the part that you all have been wating for, the drama. When I went to the studio to see the list of who had made it I decided to stay around for a little while so that I could see some of the reactions. In walk these two girls who were on the apprentice company last year. They are good friends who came together to look at the list. I had already looked at the list and saw that one of the girls had been moved up to company(I'll call her happy) while the other girl was still in the apprentice company(I'll call her depressed). Well depressed started jumping up and down and told happy that they had both made the company. For a second I was confused and so I looked at the list and depressed's name wasn't there. Well depressed looked at the list again and said wait a minute my name is under the apprentice company list. All of a sudden depressed's face looked sad and she had to ride home with happy who had made the company. I can't imagine how awkward that car ride was. Overall I wasn't happy with the results of auditions at all but I might as well be because there is nothing that I can do about it. I <3 coffee!!!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
ODT company auditions
Yesterday auditions for Owensboro Dance Theatre's company and apprentice company were held. Forty girls auditioned for the company and apprentice company. It was kind of annoying that I had to audition because I know that I am going to make it since I made it last year. However I still had to go to auditions and be stuck in a crowded room full of people. It was so hot that within the first few minutes we were all sweating buckets. The studio was so crowded that I could barely even dance. I do love dancing but not in a crowded room full of people who don't know what they are doing. When I woke up this morning it was so nice that I wasn't worried about whether or not I was going to make company. I felt really sorry for the poor girls who could barely sleep last night because they didn't know if they were going to make. I remember when I barely got any sleep and everything I had done wrong in auditions ran through my head because I was afraid that one mistake would cause me not to make company. The next day waiting at school was the worst because the minutes literally felt like hours. However when I saw my name on the company list it was the greatest feeling in the world and no one could take the smile off my face. I can't wait to walk into the studio today to look at the results and see all of the drama. There will be some girls who will shout for joy and others who will go home and drown their sorrows in a tub of ice cream just because they know that my dance teacher would be so mad if she knew that they had ate the whole tub. Some friendships will probably be broken because one girl made the company and the other girls didn't and the girl who made the company will all of the sudden become the outcast. Some girls will feel like they are the best while others will contemplate whether or not they should continue. It's just another normal day for me no excitement or dissapointments. I am just waiting till in the morning so that I can have my venti iced coffee with four splenda :)
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