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.

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!!!!!

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!!!

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!!!!!!!!

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!!!!

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.

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.

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!!!

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".

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 :)