ROFL

Oh I love Katie! I love us! ha So this is what she wrote on my wall.....

"So I have the funniest memory of us..

Ready, go!

Remember in AIDS education class with Mr. Miller how we had to write a question down? Well remember how we heard that if you cut your mouth on Doritos you get AIDS, so that's the question we put down, lol. I remember he read that out loud and got so mad and started yelling at us. haha...

♥"


Yea so this is why we had no friends in elementary school......I can't wait for Easter so we can hang out!!

Happy

Lately I have felt very happy. I'm not sure if its because of the nice weather, we hit 90 yesterday. Or the fact that school is winding down and I won't have to worry about school for 4 months! lol On Wednesday, we are going to a Lansing Lugnuts (baseball) game, apparently its for my birthday and I don't have to pay. Ahh I feel loved! We wanted to get free tickets because my Dad knows the owner but I guess they haven't talked in a while so I just couldn't ask for them. lol But they'll only like 7 dollars because its minor league. Ha I called my former band director to ask him something. I called around 8am this morning because I knew he'd be at school and I was already up and reayd for the day. He's like, "You're already quite perky and its only 8am!" LOL That just made my day. I miss him. Ok so take two on Spamalot. It's coming to the Wharton Center next year. So I will try again. lol I better get to go this time! lol

Gabcast! lalala...no #2

Cotton Candy!

Mine fell on the floor :( Math exam today :( But I did study so let's see if that helps. Today is Thursday and I quite enjoy Thursday classes. ha Ashleigh, Chris, Jen and I are going camping, should be interesting. Only one boy and hes informed us that we are going hiking, well I like to hike so that's ok. lol I hope it doesn't rain, I haven't tented it in awhile. Once you have a trailer you don't usually backtrack. lol I like my freezer and microwave. lol OMG I wake up and guess what? Its 30 degrees! It was 60 yesterday! No! Uh huh....I should hit the open road to class but I just can't seem to get up and it doesn't start until 9:10 and I'm always early. I live like only across the bridge from the building so its my closet class.

300th Post!

Sweet hoodie and Nutella? What more do you need?

OMG Its so sunny! I am in the best mood ever! I wore shorts to class and it was great! lol Everyone seems to be in a better mood because of the sunshine. Sweet Charity is coming with the one and only Molly Ringwald and its only 27 dollars!!! I mean come on, you can't pass that up! We're going camping the weekend after my birthday, it should be fun.

Frowning :(

I am so pissed and sad. My drama teacher passed away lst year, one of my favorite teachers, ever. So they are having a benefit concert and its April 19 and that's a Thursday and I have class on Friday. I want to go soo bad. The concert is "N'Stink" which all of the fine arts teachers put together 3 years ago and they are doing it again this year in honor of Mr. Hall. It would mean so much to me if I could go. Maybe I could talk to my teachers and explain the situation. Well one of them is on drugs and the other doesn't take attendance on Fridays....


Anyways this put me in a bad mood, which would be better if I could go.......

Home!

I know you all missed me. Here are just some bullet points of the trip, in case anyone cares to know.

*Had to change the tire, vertical rip in it
*Stress crack in the windshield
*Made many U-turns, ie we got lost
*Ate at far too many truck stops in the desert
*Stayed in some shady motels
*Ate some wonderful sushi
*At Pink's, I had: 3 hotdogs, chili, cheese, 3 strips of bacon all wrapped in a tortilla like a burrito
*Ate way too much Mexican food, I actaully started to miss seeing middle eastern people
*Went to Laguna Beach and the OC just for kicks
*Went to Paramount Studios which was the best part of the trip
*Spent time with a lot of old people
*Met the hosts of Entertainment Tonight


Um I will put more later....keep you all in suspense....hahaha

Finally a post!

OMG This has been a whirlwind of a week! Let's start at the beginning...

Friday: Our plane was supposed to live at 7:40, delayed to 8:25. So we board around 8:30ish but the pilot is in Orlando and didn't arrive on the plane until 9. Then we had to de-ice the plane and didn't take off until around 9:40. Arrived in Phoenix around midnight. While waiting for the luggage they have a drill and all the sirens and lights flicker. So around 3am we finally find my Aunt's house in the dark.

Saturday (early): We wake up, still very tired, and drive to Supersitution Mountains and climb them all day. Ate in Tortilla Flat, odd town.

Sunday: Went to a beautiful church, believe it was United Church of Christ. Met my cousin and her boyfriend there and drove to Jerome. This was about 5,000 ft above sealevel. All this city had was art galleries, my aunt is in to buying art. Then we spent the night at my cousin's condo.

Monday: Wake up early, yet again. Walk around Arizona State University while my cousin is in class. Ate at a Sonic! lol Then around 11:30 left for Santee, CA. About 6 hours later we get to my great-great-uncle's trailer. lol He's old...So he goes by himself to get pizza and his wife tells us that he has dementia...So should we have went with him? lol So he brings back 5! pizzas. Way too much since they ate only one piece each. Stayed in a shady motel that was very creepy in Carlsbad, CA.

Tuesday: Drove up to Rancho Santa Magarita to visit my Dad's uncle and cousin. Walked along the beach of the ocean in Laguna Beach. They live in the freakin OC. There house was huge, I guess Kobe was supposedly moving into their subdivision. So we spent the night there.

Wednesday or today: Drove into LA to visit my cousin who goes to school out here. Ate at Pink's (which has a wiki page...lol) and ate a huge hotdog with bacon, cheese, chili all wrapped up in a burrito. whoa...Drove around and went to the Getty Center. I'm told this is the most famous museum. So I am just standing and a security guard comes up to me and starts to whisper in my ear. It doesn't sound like English and I think he told me that he saw me in the other room and I don't look beautiful when I yawn. Ok...Now we are at a Ramada Inn and going out for Sushi soon with my cousin.

Tomorrow we are going to the beach and Universal Studios. Coming back Saturday, feel free to call me anytime, this has a lot of boring car rides! lol

lol So I'm a spammer...

lol I went to up-date this a couple of days ago and I recieved an interesting message. Apparently my account had been frozen because they thought I was a spammer and they were going to delete my blog!! But all I had to do was to email them to verify that I am infact a human and now it is all good.

I leave for AZ in 4 hours! Well my plane doesn't leave until 7 but we like to be early. Everytime I come home, I hate Lincoln Park a little more. Its just turned into a dump and the crime rate is sky rocketing. I mean I would love to stay Downriver but I don't know if I would live in LP....

Well I will keep you all updated on my travels!

If you want to talk email me at: lpmarcher06@yahoo.com!

Today sucked hard core like no other

Ok so I suck at math. I get it. So Tuesdays and Thursdays we have our TA, who I enjoy. But today our teacher decided to watch him and pretty much interrupt him every 2 seconds to explain what he was doing wrong. Poor Yuhei. Then we got our tests back, I knew I bombed it, so I wasn't surprised. But at the bottom of my paper the teacher wrote "Do you even come to class on a regular basis??" OMG I have gone to every single one of her gay classes!!! If she looked at her attendance sheets once in a while she would see that I have never been absent. Hell, I haven't been absent since like 4th grade!!!! She also wrote that she wanted to see me. I am about to just tell her what is on my mind. I am sooo mad, she makes me wanna kill myself. This is my last math class EVER and I all I care about is passing it. Heaven forbid I fail one out of 5! tests. I didn't fail the first one so why cry about this one. EERRRRRRRR I hate her! I hate her! I hate her mustache as well. She yelled at us for taking notes. FOR TAKING NOTES! She said we should have already learned that in her lectures. Well sorry I like to write things down more than once, THATS HOW NORMAL PEOPLE STUDY, YOU IDIOT! I hate her accent. I hate her shoes. I hate her, I hate her. She made me soo mad I cried for 2 hours today when I got back from class. I don't want to go to her stupid lectures tomorrow or ever. Augh.



Thanks for reading my rant, any pep talks are welcome.

Home sweet boring Home

So I'm at home and am quite bored. Nothing to do. Just like when I lived here. That is why I need a kickin' summer job to get me out of this house! I started packing a little.....I'm quite confused as to where my bathing suit is, though. I think it disappeared.....Got the CUTEST little pink tennis shoes yesterday that will never feel the wrath of snow! Oh and I came home and what was on the counter?? My girl scout cookies! Oh happy day! Two boxes of Samoas all to myself! I also bought 'A Walk to Remember' just because I had a gift card and I love that movie. I guess the new Best Buy that replaced the food court isn't all bad, its quite big and feels open. I like it. Took my cousin Phil out to dinner yesterday for his birthday, he got into Ferris, woot go him! Well I think my nose is bleeding so I guess I should go fix that. lol hahaha

Wow I need to get on the ball with this....haha

Man so much has happened lately........let's recap, shall we?

-Went to IHOP and had AMAZING chocolate chip pancakes. Seriously don't knock them until you've had them. lol
"What no powedered sugar? Tear Tear" lol I got my point across...

-Working at TheFix has its ups and downs. Ups being that nno one can hear me, downs being that soon they can.

-First pom competition of the season tomorrow

-My sister is going to spend the weekend with me, should be interesting.

-Saw Frank Ticheli. Oh yea

-Got a roommate for next year

-I pretty much play racquetball a lot. It's fun.

-I'm doing surprisingly well in my micro-economics class and if you know me then you know that really is a miracle.

Stole from Grant

"Ahh. Here we see a herd of band geeks in their natural habitat: the band field (commonly mis-labeled as the football field). One should never make this mistake within earshot of the band geek. Band geeks and football players are natural enemies, thus competition for territory is fierce. Several sightings have been reported of Band geek herds numbering well into the hundreds and two hundreds. While Football players usually travel in smaller groups, they feel superior to the Band Geeks but tend to keep to themselves.

The band geek is a complex and fascinating creature, capable of moving at high speeds in unison to form complex and intricate shapes on the fields, as well as producing amazing musical sounds. Herds of band geeks will frequently gather on weekends to put on these displays, coming from all over the area to participate and often waiting hours at a time for their turn. Band geeks are best viewed during the fall season when they gather with their individual herds to practice for the regional gathering of the herds. Band geeks have been known to migrate huge distances simply to attend these gatherings, known as “tournaments” to the band geek.

Though the herds of band geeks move as a single unit, the herd is actually made up of numerous subspecies of band geek. There are four main classifications of band geek, each with its respective subspecies. The classifications are: Percussion, Brass, Woodwind and Pageantry, often called Color Guard.

The band geek herd is led by one to two Alpha band geeks, typically known as “drum majors.” The Drum Major may come from any known subspecies. Unlike other animals, the status of the Drum Major is not determined by popularity, talent, or strength, but rather the odd ability to wave their arms around for long periods of time. This is their main function and they labor under the delusion that other members of the herd are watching them. Although these customs are strange, they should never be questioned.

The Percussion band geek falls into one of two subspecies: the Drum Line, made up of bass drums, tenor drums, snares drums, and sometimes cymbals, and the Pit, so named because that is the place most of the band would like to push them into. There are major differences between these two subspecies. The Drum Line takes part in forming the musical and visual displays with the rest of the herd on the band field. They are the beat of the band --often keeping tempo when the herd is practicing. The pit, however, is stationary. They stay within a pack-rat like nest of instruments, most commonly found just in front of the Drum Major. The Pit is a nomadic group, packing and repacking their equipment frequently—often leaving behind traces where they once where.

Next we have the Brass classification, consisting of the Trumpet, Alto Horn, Trombone, Baritone, and Tuba subspecies. The Brass is predominantly male, with the exception of the Alto Horns. The Trumpets are the highest voice, often the largest of the brass subspecies and quite frequently the most annoying. They spend most of their time competing with one another to see who can play the loudest, highest, and sometimes ugliest note. Dynamic markings mean nothing to them—they play only loud or ear shattering. The Alto Horns have a slightly lower voice and are easier to tolerate than the Trumpet. They like to confuse other members of the herd by calling themselves Mellophones, or Marching French Horns. The Trombones, by contrast, are nearly as annoying as the Trumpets, but their instrument also doubles as a weapon--so be wary of provoking them. Unlike other species of brass, the Trombone has no valves. The typical Trombone spends most of its time swapping dirty jokes with the Baritones or fellow Trombones. The Baritones like to refer to themselves as Euphoniums. No one quite knows why. They like to talk to the Trombones without actually having to be one of them. Do not trust the Baritones. They spend their time plotting the downfall of other sections so that they can take over their solos. The tubas are the lowest voice and calmest of all the brass subspecies. Carrying such a large instrument will take the fight out of almost anyone. It is the dearest wish of many to destroy the woodwind section, particularly the flutes, for complaining about how heavy their tiny instruments are. Overall, the brass section is responsible for most of the sound and mayhem within the herd. One can usually identify one of these subspecies by the angle of their horns, tending to be facing any direction except forward. Also, these species seem to be more physically gifted than that of the woodwinds.

The woodwinds are natural enemies of the brass, despite being in the same herd. The woodwinds are typically smaller, calmer, and more maneuverable on the band field than the brass, yet typically cannot be heard due to the overwhelming sound of the brass. The brass does everything in their power to drown out the sound of the woodwinds. Subspecies of the woodwind include the saxophone, clarinet, and flute. Saxophones are brass wannabe’s. Their instrument is made of metal, and yet they are still classified as a woodwind. The sounds saxophones make vary in tone and pitch—sporadic high squealing can be herd, often mistaken for a piccolo mating cry. The lower saxophones even go so far as to stick close to the tubas during the musical displays, despite the best efforts of the tubas to avoid them. The clarinets are more tolerable than the saxophones. They tend to keep to themselves and attract relatively little animosity from other members of the herd. Many clarinets like to pretend they are really in the Color Guard classification and spin their instruments in their hands, much to the annoyance of other members of the herd. Keeping to themselves so much, clarinets are widely considered to be the least sane species of band geek. Finally, there are the flutes, the most enigmatic subspecies in the herd. They are made of metal, like the saxophones yet do not even have a wooden reed to give them claim to being a woodwind. However, due to the frequent loathing harbored by the tubas, the brass refuses to accept them as part of their group. The flutes are almost exclusively female and generally disliked by every other subspecies of band geek. The flute resembles a piece of plumbing and sounds like a dog whistle. They are typically clueless as to the hostility of other members of the herd and consider themselves to be the pinnacle of musical talent.

Lastly, we have the Pageantry/Color Guard. Like the flutes, they are almost exclusively female, though males have been known to exist. Unlike the rest of the herd, they produce no sound through the use of an instrument—although they are far from silent. The Pageantry typically consists of Sabres, Rifles, and Flags. Sabres spin fake sword-like objects and rifles spin large, fake guns. Why they find this entertaining is a mystery to the rest of the band geek herd. The flags spin and throw colorful banners as part of a display understood only by other Pageantry members. The woodwinds, percussion, and brass do not consider them to be true members of the herd because they produce no sound, but let them think they are in the herd. CAUTION: Members of these subspecies are extremely territorial and have been known to inflict bodily harm upon others. Encroachment could lead to injury, and possibly death.

The behavior of the band geek varies depending on the age of the individual. The youngest is known as the Freshman. Freshmen consider themselves to be the experts of the herd and have no problem telling others this. Freshmen are frequently the targets of a ritual known as “trash-canning,” performed whenever the upperclassmen are bored. The next age is the Sophomore, typically made up of those who managed to live through their Freshman year. Slightly more mature than the freshmen, they have finally learned that they are not the smartest members of the herd, yet continue to act that way. Next are the juniors. They try to hang around the seniors, act as immature as the sophomores, and are responsible for most of the pranks committed within the herd. Lastly are the seniors, the oldest members of the herd. Seniors know everything about band. Never question this. Seniors spend a majority of their time keeping the Freshmen in line and reminiscing about past field shows, usually finishing by saying the Freshmen aren’t nearly as good as they were—and definitely not as tall. Note: Seniors feel passionately about their past performances--imitations of these songs by underclassmen are to be done at their own risk.


The language of the band geek is unlike any other. While some of it resembles English, some words are known only to the band geek, such as Sectionals, Tempo, Horn flash, and Drill Charts. Conversely, some words in English are completely unknown to the band geek, words like Free Time, Individuality, and Lives. A majority of communication, however, is non-verbal and comes in the form of music produced by the instruments of the band geeks, or series of hand gestures.

In conclusion, the band geek is a fascinating individual worthy of further study, particularly for its complex social structure within the herd and its ability to produce intricate and well practiced musical and visual displays.

Whoa :)

I have los of bruises all over. My arm hurts soooo bad. :( Had to play racquetball when your wrist doesn't move much. Ick. I hope something serious happens to it so people will believe that I actually got hurt. Isn't that horrible? Spring Break is like in 31 days!!!! I'm going to Arizona and California! I'm excited to see my family that lives far away and to see Hollywood! (Where I belong....) My one cousin lives in LA. So thats exciting. Oh my show is compressed. So I will end this now. Ciao ;)

Camels!

I saw camels today. Beat that. They jumped.

Saturday

Ok so just kidding about the chiar auditions, well I mean we had them but I guess I didn't rock as much as I thought. I mean I'm not at the bottom I beat like 4 people. With a section of about 14ish I think I'm like 9th or 10th chair. Well better than being last. lol I mean theres only two parts anyways. My mom sent me a huge box of hot chocolate!! :) I think I will buy my own bottle of whipped cream. lol This semester is stressful and its only the second week. I can feel that this might kill me. At least my Spring break plans are falling nicely into place. My Uncle Glen was delighted that we wanted to come visit. Now we just need to call Uncle Tom and Aunt Ann. No Las Vegas though, just not enough time. Oh well. With MLK Day it feels like I haven't been to my Monday classes in ages. There one class that is only on Mondays and I don't even remember it. OMG Photoshop is like a whole new world. I mean I could follow during the lesson but when we got time to just play around with it, I couldn't remember the first step. lol I have to make a collage with at least 5 layers that describes me so if anyone has any ideas or pictures send them my way. I have like 5 weeks to do it so I'm not rushed. The only draw-back is that I don't have it on my computer so I have to go all the way to the Comm. Arts building to use the computer lab. Maybe I should invest in it...Ok I really need to do laundry, all of my jeans have salt on them. :( Winterguard compeition this evening.....My parents might come!!!! :) They are going to the Auto Show today. poo on them!

H-U-N-G-R-Y

So I busted my lip today in racquetball. Got popped right in the mouth, but I am getting better and have a new racquet. It's pink. :) So its cold. Quite cold. Like 10 degrees cold. This weekend was fun. We went to the mall a couple of times and Bubble Island. lol They have good chicken there. Had Pizza House on Sunday which was wonderful, even though I love their burgers their pizza was good too. Chair auditions tonight. Oh goody. lol

Augh I've been slacking

First Saturday of the Spring Semester. I never thought I would make it to the weekend. Its like half raining and half snowing, so the perfect thing to do is to go shopping! lol Indoors of course!I saw 'Man of the Year' yesterday, it could have been funnier. MSU got the Food Network! Yea! I love cooking shows. I would make any man fat! lol Just look at my Dad, my family likes to cook and eat! I really have a craving for Olive Garden. I haven't been there in ages! lol On Sunday we are going to a Lutheran church, should be fun. We just have to find the bus that takes us there. If we don't like that church we'll find another and keep going until we find one. lol

FYI My cousin's baby is so cute. Too bad I wasn't home when she came. Wait I really don't know whose baby it is, thats my Dad's cousin's family. hmm....oh well

My poor city

Coming home from school and seeing the city I grew up in just falling apart is depressing. This city is depressing. Empty buildings, people getting robbed in broad daylight and the high unemployment rate. the city is losing money fast, real fast. To the point that if things don't start shaping up, we could have to merge with Detroit and not even be our own city anymore. Businesses come and go so quickly and no good businesses want to come here. If another CVS comes I will scream. Yet our city manager gets paid millions of dollars, yet when the city hall was robbed this morning he didn't even bother coming down to see what happened. Sweet, not. Augh we should have moved to Wyandotte when we had the chance....