Upstage show

Last night I had my first Upstage show!!! It was so much fun! Upstage is a partner dance company. We sing and dance and do a lot of like, swing dances and stuff. It is soo much fun. I just joined the company this year, and my first show was yesterday. It was a long day. We had to get there at 8 and run through dances, then at ten we had our dress rehearsal.  We put all of our costumes on and ran through all of the dances. It seemed pretty chaotic at first.  People didn't know what they were doing and I will admit that I was pretty nervous. I was pleasantly surprised when the show came together wonderfully! It went so well made was so much fun.  I performed in five different dance numbers and three singing numbers.  The costume changes were sometimes a bit hectic, but overall it was great!! I can't wait for he next one.

Last minute blogging

Ok, so we are supposed to have two blogs by Christmas break, and I checked the calendar and christmas break doesn't start till tomorrow technically, so these should count right? I sure hope so. I tend to procrastinate, but this time I really just forgot. This week has been CRAZY and I just truly haven't had a second. 

Christmas break

I can't believe how fast christmas break came. It feels like the school year just started and now the semester is over. Where has the time gone?!? Wow! It really is crazy. I thought that this last week would drag on with all of the presentations, projects, and tests...and it felt like it did for a while....but looking back it went by crazy fast!!! I doesn't not seem like four days until christmas...in fact it doesn't seem like christmas break at all. 

I Can't Blog!!! )x help! My computer won't let me type below the title?

What Kind Of Parallel Universe Is This?

I have a feeling that people will be :0'ing at this, but I love people. I know, me, the person, who if you hang out with enough, will tell you that I hate people constantly. Well, correction, I love some people. And I had an epiphany that my life without some of the people that I know would be so different, I'd be sooo boring!

Brianna Leavell, my former assistant coach for Mock Trial came to see me today. She's a role model in so many ways and she always points me in the right direction. And I'm starting to tear up because she means just so much to me, like, I'm at a loss of words. She's so mature and calls everything like she sees it. I wish I had more time to spend with her. So wise for a twenty-somethin' year old. And that's not even the half of it!

I miss Rahul so much. For everybody that didn't get to meet him, I have to say you totally missed out. He's one of my favorite alumni and bloggers. I find it sad that Rahul has to drive me everywhere even though he's younger than I am....but that goes for Megan too.

http://rhsflash.blogspot.com/2012/10/ants.html

This is one of his blogs, just thinking of him and the ants are hilarious. I remember one table pitch black because of the ants. It was disgusting. And now it's hilarious. But just keep reading some of his blogs and you'll see just how interesting (for lack of a better word) his thinking process is.

I love Ty Medd too. I know I know, most of you guys are flipping your desk or computer over, but it is true. I may not be half as smart as he is, or even sassy, but I just find it hilarious. His constant remarks about people and making fun of them for not being practical is amazing. I remember in my freshman year, I gave a speech about Satanism and said that Ty was going to hell. I'm so happy that he didn't hear about it, but now I respect him for being the person he is.

These are just some of the people that I love. Well, Ty isn't love, it's more like mad respect. I really do wonder what my life would be like without all the influences. I would regret a life like that.

It's becoming more apparent that I write about alumni and past seniors in my blogs. They really should come back. If I knew all of them (alumni that I met later) when I was a freshman, oh man, my life.... Like, Lynn Nguyen, Lewis Lomugdang, either of the Lomugdang brothers actually.... But all in good time I guess.

Watching from the Sidelines

A week ago I wrote a story for web about preseason injuries and being out for a few games. This morning, I felt the exact feeling that I interviewed others about.

I run Cross Country, and the past week my knee has been injured. This morning we had our first invitational. I wasn't able to run, but i cheered on other runners. It was really hard watching all of my friends run past. Usually I hate racing. It's stressful and I hate the pressure. Today, I wanted nothing more than to go out there and sprint the entire two miles. Not that I could have, but I wanted to.

Wednesday is our next meet, and although it's my least favorite course, I'm still super excited to be out there racing again, no matter how much it stresses me out! I never realized how much I love running until I had to go a week of practice and an invitational without doing it.

Coolest thing about my family...

I miss Britain so badly!

This house (the white one) is the house my grandfather grew up in. I think it was built in the early 1800's but I'm not exactly sure. I guess I could google it, but that's a lot of effort.  It was on a street called Rhydycar in Merthyr Tydfil (where my dad grew up). It's in a museum in Wales called Sain Ffagons near Cardiff. It's super old, and I saw the outdoor toilet... the weird thing is, is that my dad remembers actually staying in the house and using the toilet, and in the winter they had to use a hammer to crack the ice on the toilet. I know. It's insane. 

This is what the house looked like a really long time ago when my great-grandmother lived there. It's kinda old.

This is a book about the street because it's historic, blah blah blah but the cool part is that my great-grandfather was a professional wrestler and a strong man in a circus and he's in the book! There are actually a couple books about Welsh history that have pictures of my family on them: fun fact about me. 

<<< that's him. Can you see the family resemblance?

And I couldn't figure out how to make this not sideways, but oh well. The most hilarious thing in my life, is that as my dad was flipping through this book, he saw the women on the left, and was like, "I remember her!" Yeah. The women who looks like she is in colonial dress. Yeah. My dad knew her. She lived in the house next door. I mean just LOOK at her! 

The End.

Happiness

In psych we have been learning about how to be happy, to live happily, and to embrace happiness and to try and live in a constant state of it while surrounded by negativity. This week has probably been one of the happiest weeks for far in school just because of how much I realized my friends are actually my friends (love ya <3 ) and because a friend of mine that had been my Journalism buddy for three years straight is now going off to college (Mason) and it's actually been quite sad without him around. But today he came to visit in class and it felt gratifying to know that no matter how far away he is, I will be able to talk to him and still be his buddy! And I don't know if that just kick-started my happy day or if was just something that makes me view the world in a happy aura, but I was happier today than I had been in a while and this type of week will hopefully be repeated often this year.

What is your happiest experience? Have you been happy lately? If not, how can you change your views/routine to make you happy?

Being a Potter Girl

So I think it was either early this morning or yesterday (I don't know) it was released that J. K. Rowling will be continuing on in the Harry Potter universe with a short film series on TV about one of the books set in Hogwarts - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - and will be about the author of the book and his adventures. Of course, this wasn't exactly the series we wanted her to write about (some wanted the Marauders Era, some wanted the 19 years in between the epilogue and the end of the story, some wanted the series to continue and be about Harry's kids and their adventures, and some didn't want her to expand at all) but the important thing is that the Harry Potter world is getting new material, new adventures, and it will be fantastic! For me when I first heard about it, I honestly didn't care that she wasn't writing about what we wanted her to - but at least she was writing something connected to that world.

In any case, I'm excited for this and can't wait for it to come out.

This Girl Changed My Life

So for some reason today I cannot get Eveline out of my head. She is four years old and lives in Ensenada, Mexico. I met her over last Spring Break on our Mission Trip. She just stole my heart. She lives in extreme poverty being raised by her seven year old sister and the local church. Yet she was so happy and loving, at time I felt that she was protecting me more than I was her. She was always dancing and laughing with me, she stole my heart. This year over spring there is a chance I will see her again but the chances are slim because of the constant movement of the families to find work. It just is so hard to care for someone but feel helpless with her everyday needs. But I feel hopeful that I will see her soon.

How do you pronounce that again?

I love my Chinese name. It makes me proud of my heritage and makes me feel as if I'm part of something special. At times though, I really do hate how it has to be my "registered name". It has to be the one I use for any official documents, including school registration. Over the years, I've heard so many different attempts to pronounce it that I automatically tell people to "just call me Mindy". Substitute teachers and roll call make me wince. I've long since learned to listen for that little pause and an apologetic "I'm sorry if I butcher this. . ." before calling my name in any sort of alphabetical list. Sometimes people insist on attempting to pronounce it correctly, and after a few attempts I usually just smile and tell them they're really close. After a while it just kinda becomes annoying. I know it's just a little thing, and it really shouldn't bother me that much, but it does get frustrating. It would be nice to have a "normal people name". Truthfully though, I don't think I would be willing to give up my name, no matter how annoying and frustrating it gets.

The Imposter

     In language arts today, we had a "field trip" to the tech lecture hall. We had a presentation on college and where we need to be in the process of applying right now. It had a lot of useful information. We were also told to abandon or clean up any social media sites we owned. I do not have any sites, but I Googled my name instead. Pictures of me popped up from track along with some girl flipping the camera off.
     If this girl didn't look similar to me, I would not mind. But a picture of a girl flipping off the camera that looked like me popped up as the second picture. Where did this even come from? Who posted this under my name? The bad thing is, her face isn't even in the picture! I started to and am currently freaking out. Now colleges will probably see someone else's picture and think I'm a terrible person and I won't get into Princeton or University of Chicago. I hope that there is a way for them to tell who it really is. Maybe I am over reacting. Oh well...

Volleyball Weights

Volleyball Weights: Sometimes I love it, sometimes I hate it. I was originally going to take girls athletic weights or some similar class, but it conflicted with journalism.

In Volleyball weights, we either do so much that i feel like jelly or we do nothing whatsoever. There's no happy medium. For example, a few classes ago we did a ton of squats and core and bench presses. Plus the ladder drills, which my coordination-lacking feet simply hate. Today, though, we walked three laps on the track and then sat in the gym the rest of the period. Another time we pretended to do yoga for an entire period.

I'm glad I took volleyball weights, regardless of the fact that a ton of my friends are in athletic weights and I hardly know anyone in volleyball weights. It's great not having to do much every few class periods and I just hope that Musky's kindness lasts!

BLOG COUNT

Hey guys, I'm sure you are all wondering how many blogs you have done so far and I'm sorry to tell you I don't have that info as of now. As soon as I get time, I'll write them all down. Hopefully I'll have time this weekend, but I'm part skeptical. Besides that, know all extra blogs count for the next cycle!

Don't Mind the Guy in a Skirt

Don't mind the ginger in the skirt  with a giant coffee bean tattoo on his arm, that is Ed.

Okay I found a coffee shop that is beyond tasty and economical. The coffee is really well done because Ed has been there for 16 years. The pastries are on the big side but are way cheaper then typical coffee shops. You can tell how special this place is for him. Just saying this place is my new favorite hang out. Plus to top it off if you have an ASB card you can buy one get one free! Not a coffee person? There are multiple milkshakes too!

2600 Sunset Blvd
# 108
Rocklin, CA 95677

(916) 632-9753

Ugh, Calculus

Calculus is so different than I thought as well (senior year surprised me too). Just when you think you are good at something, something else proves you otherwise. Because of Calculus, I am seriously doubting my math skills. I thought I was doing so good in pre-calculus. This class completely ruined my life. I actually have to study for math! Who has to ever study for math? I failed my first test (still crying inside). The only thing that keeps me going is knowing I'm not the only one. There are others who share my misery! Over half our class failed that test! I don't think I will get over it...

Into Thin Air

So I'm reading Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer for English for AR. My brother read the book a few years ago and liked it, so I figured I'd give it a try. It's an amazing book.

Here's one thing I've decided through the course of reading this book: I'm never climbing Mt. Everest.

The book is written by a real-life journalist who is given the opportunity to climb Everest in order to write a feature story for a big outdoorsy magazine.He was an avid climber before becoming a journalist, so the project is right up his alley. The writing style is very interesting to me personally due to the fact that the author is a professional journalist. It's very evident that he has worked for a magazine or newspaper simply through the way he writes. 

Right from the first pages, it is easy to tell that the book will be sad. On the cover it says "A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster." There's even a picture diagram in the first few pages showing different locations where bodies were found or missing people were last seen. 

I can see why some people may find the mystery and thrill of being on top of the world exciting, but as for me, I'll just stay where my oxygen is plenty and frostbite is no immediate possibility. 

Senior year

Senior year is sooo different than every other year. I wasn't expecting it. For some reason, getting out at 12:15 everyday changes the experience. I feel like I borrow the school because I'm only here for a few classes and I don't really see my friends anymore. Well, at school. Don't get me wrong, getting out at 12:15 is pretty awesome, but I am doing two sports at once, so I have to actually use that time to work. Also, the pressure of applying to colleges is such an enormous weight, I just can't wait until its over.

comments for Juli

well I can't comment like a normal person so here ya go Juli! 

to Caitlin Payne: lines is the most stressful job ever! especially if it's an important match! 

to Juli: a party is always nice:) M5 does it well!

to Caitlin payne(rallies) - we came so close to a win! our class looks really good this year! 

Lines for varsity

    Players feel the nerves when they are playing but imagine what the refs feel. I called the lines for the Rocklin vs El Camino varsity volleyball games. Balls were flying at me. People were booing while I stood on the in/out line calling what I saw. Musky scared me when I called what I saw and he saw it differently. As we went through the games I was standing there thinking I want varsity to win but I also wanna go home. The struggle. Eventually varsity fought back. While I was being fair but I prayed that whenever they hit that it is either so far in or out that it was obvious. Most of the time they were but there were those moments where I wanted to run out of the gym crying cause I don't want to mess up. This game probably aged me about ten years because of the stress a worry I felt.

Kids these days

My little brother invited his friend, let's call this friend Bryan, over for the weekend. Normally, when kids go over for a sleepover, they are nice to those hosting the sleepover. No, this kid was just flat out rude. I love kids and all, but Bryan aggravated me so badly, I nearly cried tears of  joy when he left.
First, he tried too destroy our furniture and all things that we value. Seriously, who does that? He tried to throw my rain stick that I made in ceramics down the stairs. No way that was happening! That thing took me so freaking long to make freshman year.
Then, he pushed my two year old sister down and tried to run over her in her own toy car (you know, the one's kids can drive in). Thank goodness for him, my mother did not see, but my dad did. My dad took my brother and Bryan to the movies to keep him away from my little sisters.
When they came back to go to bed, Bryan was scared. I felt kind of bad for him. He told my mother he wanted to sleep on the couch upstairs (instead of a bed) with my brother and that he wanted her to sleep on the floor near them. She did, but once she laid down, Bryan started telling her to leave and that he couldn't sleep with her there and that she was so rude. Wtf? I was in the room next to the loft just listening. I was tempted to tell him that there was a ghost in the loft or something, but even if I wanted to, I could never intentionally scare a ten year old, no matter how bratty they are.
Is it just boys or are kids getting ruder and ruder with each generation? My sister's friends do not act like that, but it seems that most of they boys my brother invites over have no boundaries.

Stanford

   I have been going to Stanford football games for years now!!! I always look forward to fun people great food and a fantastic time!!! Laughter is the best medicine and I get my fill just in one day to last me a whole life time. Stanford's campus is beautiful I love just walking around examining the different architecture and paintings.It never seizes to amaze me! Besides the beauty that surrounds we have food fit for a king. I always feel as though a new dish comes out, I'm already full, but it looks so good I just keep eating. The people with us are basically apart of my family they seen me grow up and mature every year, every football game. We are all connect through Stanford and football. My dad was roommates with a few of them and also played football over 20 years ago. Each of them went their separate ways but each year once football season starts its like a family reunion. I love this family and am so happy I am apart of it.

Two Faced, Three Faced, Four Faced, Five!

This blog isn't about gossiping about someone. Haha, sorry if you thought that. Anyways, I think peoples' views on me are a little bit skewed. A lot of people see different sides of me. That doesn't mean I'm fake, it's just that they bring out a different part of my personality than others. Take Megan, for example. I think Megan thinks I'm an angsty seventeen year old that is pretty much just lazy and will do anything to escape work. Yes, the second half is true, but say someone else, like Leilah or Sabrina, will see a different side of me at Track. I'm loud, abrasive, and am busy a lot of the time. I make more jokes around Liz because she questions my sanity at times. When I'm near Alina, I'm usually sleepy and not energetic
. Rhiannon sees the business-y side of me.

If you ask me which side is the "real" Juli, I'd say all. It's just me, I can't really explain it, but I'm just so not one-dimensional. There are lots of things that even my best friend doesn't know that other really good friends will see as a key part of my personality and lifestyle. It's simply because they bring it out of me. I'm not keeping it a secret, but I thought this puzzled me.

I wonder if I treated everybody the same, what would they see me as? Would they accept part of me or the whole me? They might see me as a whole different person altogether. It's just a little food for thought. Do you guys do the same thing? Or is it just me?

As for the picture, I thought it was cool. So yea.

Woes of calculus

I dread calculus. Simply being in the class makes me want to jump out a window. On the top floor of the Empire State Building. Each time I open my textbook to do my homework, a feeling of doom settles over me, knowing its only a matter of time before I reach that inevitably unconquerable problem that shows up at least once every time. 

So maybe I am being melodramatic. But calculus is very quickly becoming one of my most difficult classes. I was so confident in my math abilities during pre calc last year, and then calculus just came along and smacked me in the face. 

Guess I'll actually have to study hard in math this year. 

Another week

Another week of school over! It's really kinda weird to think about it. During the school year I settle into this weird sort of endless routine that just goes on and on and on. Yet at the same time, it's still quite unbelievable that summer is over. 

In all honesty though, I need to start getting serious in some of my classes (cough calculus cough). This year isn't going to be a good year to slack off in! 

REMINDER YALL

Hey guys, I'm sure I'll say it in class, but THE DAY THE FLASH IS DUE IS THE DAY YOUR BLOGS AND COMMENTS ARE DUE. GET EM DONE! Besides that, I have been fairly pleased with the blogs and I commend everybody for actually doing it. :)

Does anybody agree we should have a party after the first Flash is done? I totally advocate.

Bram Stoker may be a genius

This weekend, besides procrastinating on homework, I started and finished my language arts book that is due at the end of the quarter. I need to get my priorities straight. I just could not put it down!
The book I chose from our list was Dracula by Bram Stoker (the original Dracula book) and might I say, it was phenomenal! It starts of a little bit slow, but definitely picks up. It was so cleverly written and has so many twist and turns. The story itself was a thriller and I love thrillers! I know that vampires aren't exactly exciting anymore, but this book reminded me of why they became so popular (you know, before Twilight). I never would have expected Dracula to be soo good, but it surpassed my expectations by a long shot. It is a book I might find myself reading again, but for now, onto book two! Maybe The Odyssey?

Family Visit

So the time has come for another three day weekend, which means for me my relatives are visiting. I should have realized this was the case and probably should have done my homework ahead of time. Instead, my warning that company was arriving was when the doorbell rang and they were entering. I ran to my room, put on decent clothes, and once I showed my face to say hello, I was immediately sent to watch all of my younger cousins and siblings. Nine hours with a ton of children  made my day more hectic than it ever needed to be. It wasn't too bad though, I love little kids!
I know I should have done my homework ahead of time, but now I have the wonderful privilege of staying up until one to finish it. My bad for procrastinating.

Camp Winthers

This weekend I embarked on my final adventure at Camp Winthers ever. It was probably my best trip yet and I am so sad it was my last year. Cross country has made such a huge impact on my life and all my teammates have become such a huge part of it. I realized this weekend how much I am going to miss it when it's over. On Friday night all of the seniors did a little speech about their experience and we all started to cry. I love everyone so much! I am looking forward to a great final season with my amazing team and best friends.

Camp Winthers

This weekend I went to Camp Winthers with my XC team. It was such an amazing week. As I sit here and bask in the glory of spider-free rooms, real mattresses, and private showers, I can't help but missing camp already.

Our team left Friday at lunch and we returned today around five. Those few days were so full of the most amazing things. We hiked around a lake, leaped over muddy ditches (which is more fun than it sounds), jumped into ice-cold lake water, stayed up until the small hours of the morning, went on the most quad-working hike you'll ever encounter, ate delicious food, acted out some ridiculous skits, and had some excellent team-bonding time.

Perhaps the best part was the time trial. Sure, it was the hardest I've run for a long time. Sure, due to the smoke and elevation I felt like I could barely breathe. And sure it was the hilliest course I'll ever be unfortunate enough run, but it was amazing. It was such a good feeling to see the improvement of speed in just a year's time, which really worked to motivate me for upcoming league meets and invitationals.

In the end, I guess I'm just saying that there's no doubt I'll be back again next year!

Syria's Attack

This Wednesday Syria had a gas bombing killing over a hundred people. What renders this attack is the impact that the images and stories have made. Could this be the swaying moment that has America begin to support intervention? I know personally these images hit a cord.

Sierra College

Well, one thing lead to another and I am now taking COMM 15 Media and Society at Sierra. I'm an academic enrichment student which essentially means I attend high school and college simultaneously.    I am not really sure if I want to major in communications but I love the subject and it will help me in the future regardless. So I've gone to 2 classes so far and love it. College is my cup of tea. No dress code. No bells. No one sizing you up constantly scanning you to see if your tank top is a razorback because it shows 5% more shoulder than a normal tank top. iPods and phones are encouraged. It's like heaven. My teacher, Dr. Zoffel is hilarious and has no filter. Not only is he passionate, he bases his class on discussion with students which leads to fascinating ideas because the class is so diverse. In front of me sits Michael, the first friend I made, a 25 year old who switched majors 5 times and finally decided on Communication studies. Behind me sits a 40 year old mom who is more invested in the class than anyone else. And across from me sits Warren Cain and Garrett Bank both alumni of the class of 2013 that I know rather well. Nevertheless, I have an interesting semester ahead of me. And college totally slapped me in the face too, $200 for parking + enrollment in ONE CLASS. And that is just COMMUNITY college. Oh did I meantion collectively the books were 60$? Yeah and I get 3 UC/CSU transferable credits but that's actually less than some of the APs I've taken. Anyways, I'm in it for the knowledge. Something I learn there will most definitely help me be a better journalism editor. In conclusion, community college is affordable and cool but take advantage of those APs! 

Ice Cream and Friends

It seems like there's a theme to this blog (only this one; if you don't know the theme, then check the title...) It's been a good two weeks since this happened, but I haven't exactly had the time to tell people this, so here it is! Liz, I swear you better not put this on FB, haha.

Here it goes:  It was a Saturday, I believe. I was furniture shopping with my mom and sister, so we decided to end our day with some Coldstone, which by the way, is as pricey is as delicious. Well, kinda. Anyways, we were sitting at a table and all of a sudden, there was a rush of people in the door. That, I didn't care about. What I DO care about is that this older-looking gentleman was with a younger woman. At first, I didn't really care, but then they got closer and closer and before you know it, they start like caressing each other's backs. :/ I looked out the window of Coldstone only to see their reflection as the guy...Oh god, how do I even word this?! As the guy takes a hold of *cough cough* her cheeks and proceeded to bounce them for a good couple of seconds. I WAS JUST TRYIN' TO EAT MY ICE CREAM, WHY DID THEY DO THIS?! IT'S LIKE THEY WERE 13! He might as well have added a "honk honk" or something equally hilarious while he was doing...the deed. I'm actually surprised and pleased to tell you I managed to keep my ice cream down, but it's like, FO REALS? :0 EW. I guess my story goes better with some hand motions to give you, I guess, a better picture of what I saw, but let me tell you, all ya'll, don't be grabbin' each others cheeks...because ya know, some innocent person just trying to eat their freakin' ice cream might see and be scarred for life. I do not need to see that! Have some control people! Faux pas people, faux pas.

Anyways, I do believe I will be buying some ice cream today because my best friend is leaving for college today. Sad and true, so if I have HUGE bags under my eyes, don't question it. I was probably drowning my sorrows in ice cream and Teddy Grahams.

However, this weekend I might get more ice cream because two friends I made over summer are coming back from their second week in college. I don't know whether to be happy or shake my head at them for coming back so soon.

Again, faux pas people.

Morning Runs

So it's 4:48 AM right now and I am awake because in exactly one hour I have to be at the school to run four miles,,,, my coach is a lunatic. Now why am I up an hour early you ask? That is because mornings are MY time! I have practice until 5 and then I clock into work at six and get off at 10. I come home, you know shower and whatever but quite frankly at that point I am beat an save most of my additional studying for the morning. Well now my coach has decided that we are going to meet as a team a twice a week for morning runs, totally throwing off my schedule. Also keep in mind this is in addition to the 7 miles I have after school. I'm trying to study for AP chem right now... I need a new system.

Why I HATE Schoology

Here's a few short reason why I have a passion of hatred for Schoology. First, why do I need this? To get homework updates? Hmm, that could be solved if people WROTE DOWN THE HOMEWORK THEMSELVES. Or, OR, just a suggestion, go to the teacher and be like, "Teach, what was the homework?" Two, when I read the accept these terms or whatever, it said there's a possibility that my teachers could read my e-mails. Ew. I'm sorry, why would they need that? Creepy much? Although it is slightly awkward and ironic I'm using my Schoology account to do this blog. Haha. Oh life, throwing me a new one....

But honestly, it doesn't serve a purpose to me. Even if I didn't know the homework, I doubt I'll check Schoology. Ridiculous. So now we have, what? Edline, Schoology, a new website, a new e-mail that comes with Schoology, an old e-mail. Like jeez. Can I get more sites to be a part of, dear old education system?

Anyways, I'm so lame and have no life, but I can blog about that later...in Spanish. MWAHAHA! JK, maybe I'll translate it.

Sweet Sixteens

Sweet Sixteen is a phrase that I have heard over and over again and throughout all of my childhood I have been anticipating for the wonderful day of my sixteenth birthday.  When I was young I could fantasize all day about how my party with all of my friends would be and how the party would last 12 hours long! I would wonder what car I would get.  I would think of how romantic it would be to kiss my elementary school crush and make it my first kiss at the end of the party... I was a rather imaginative child.
And now the day has finally come.  Posting this on the last day of being fifteen I realized that turning sixteen means not just a lot of freedom but a lot of responsibility.  Sure I think of how awesome it's going to be to receive more privileges and at the same time I realize I'm growing up.  And then I have a Louis Tomlinson moment "my biggest fear is growing up".
But then again looking on the bright side, sixteen years is just another adventure ahead.  Driving, Junior year, and for me dating! I hope this year of being sixteen is as sweet as I've heard. :)

 Thompson is a really great activities director and Rocklin                                             wouldn't be the same without him! 

Baby Everything

Pereira's little baby girl was born last Tuesday! It's so exciting, I'm so happy for him and his clan. Her name is Emily Marie and for those of you who don't know, she is Pereira's fourth child and first girl! His boys are adorable and now they have a sweet baby sister, I'm dying they're so cute. Anyways, where this is leading is that Lindsey and I went out shopping yesterday to get him a baby gift from the team. It was so fun and we spent like an hour and a half just obsessing over baby items. FYI Babies R Us has everything one could ever imagine for a baby ever, it's ridiculous. Baby stuff is so cute! Everything is just so tiny and cute and ahhh. We probably looked really odd, two teenage girls running around a baby store "awww'ing" at everything, but it was worth it. We ended up getting him an outfit that says "Daddy's favorite girl" (get it because she's his first), a baby tracksuit and sparkly, baby running shoes. I can't wait to give it to him but shhhh it's a secret.

VMAS

from the 1 hour I've been watching the VMAS, I'm very impressed. Ok Miley wtf was that performance?! I like her new song catchy tune it really is, but she has got to let the twerking obsession go. Kanyes performance gave me chills. And justin timberlake's hour long performance was legendary just like him. the only thing I don't like about the VMAS is how many great artists aren't included.. sigh.. well if you didn't watch the show,do yourself a favor and google the perfoormances! 

Rallies

          As a freshmen last year I was one of those people who is extremely competitive and wanted to win, freshmen never win. I was disappointed after the first rally because I knew that most people in my class didn't know what they were doing and that's why we should be embarrassed of how we preformed the first rally. The year progressed, we all became closer as a class and with that we gained class spirit. The next few rallies we got our act together and beat the sophomores the rest of the year. The senior rally was the best for our class, not only beating the sophomores but the seniors too.
       Now that sophomore year has come most of my class came ready to win. During lunch before the welcome back rally, I was talking to Mr. Douglas about how badly I wanted to put a stop to the senior's cockiness. He told me that its up to our class because the juniors won't put up a fight and the spirit of each class seems to skip a generation (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016). I thought we would come in third but as soon as we started our first chant I felt it, it's our fight and our chance to win. The mistake  of misreading the point total during the first game pumped the sophomore class up. They fixed it, but the freshmen class won that game. When we chanted as a class; super sophomore, we can't here you and welcome freshmen our stands shook and blared the other class out of the gym. But the rest of our chants were weak half of us were chanting a different cheer then the other and we don't know how to be quite. By the end of the rally we preformed poorly during most of the games but once the boxes of balloons came out the gym fell silent. We gave an applause for the freshmen in last but we roared when we heard the juniors came in second knowing that there is a glimmer of hope that we may finaly silence the seniors. I wasn't watching our box while Thompson was speaking. I was watching the senior's box and saw their reaction when purple balloons floated to the ceiling. I was crushed. My heart dropped a little bit. I, one of the most spirited people in my class, lost hope. But what made me smile was seeing Sean Gruber, Noah Young and other guys in the sophomore class holding two fingers in the air, happy for second but read to take first next rally. Seniors we are coming for you.

Goodbye Summer...

Tonight it hit me. Summer is over. Sure, it "technically" ended on Tuesday morning at 7:45, but it didn't quite feel like it yet. The first week of school is always pretty fun. It's exciting to see which teachers you get and who you have classes with, in addition to seeing people you haven't seen all summer. After the first week, though, the novelty of being back in school fades. Tests come, homework gets piled on, and suddenly you find yourself without a social life.

I had a pool party tonight with my church's youth group. We were sitting around at 8:00 and it was starting to get dark. That really made me miss summer. It's weird to be reminiscing already, as it's still only August, but I can't help it. I miss sitting outside on the curb with my neighborhood friends until nine or ten, watching for shooting stars. Between school, cross country practice, and homework, I feel like I already don't have time to sit around and just enjoy some relaxation.

As with everything, though, I'll get back into the swing of things and hopefully continue to enjoy school as much as I have this week. Fingers crossed it won't be too chaotic this year!

Just Friends

No, this isn't about friendzoning or any of that stupid stuff. This post is about the feeling you get when you are just really happy to be friends with someone of the opposite gender and you get so comfortable with them that if someone outside your group see's you with them, it's automatically, "oh my gosh, are you two dating?!" No, no! People are allowed to have friends that have no romantic relationship involved whatsoever and still be awesome friends. Just friends. I like to call this feeling of friendship 'Platonic Love', because you simply LOVE TO BE THEIR FRIEND. It's nothing bad, and the only reason I bring this topic up is because I get asked this A BUNCH about me and a friend that some (now sophomores) have asked me this and don't seem to understand that it's okay to just. be. friends. with. the. opposite. gender. without. having. any. sort. of. complicated. feelings. toward. them. at. all. And I feel like it's important now that there is the "friendzone" thingy that people understand that friendship is cool and will always be an awesome thing. So love your friends, friends!

First Week

Gosh, it's already Sunday night and tomorrow starts the second week of school. I don't know whether to be happy about it going both slow and fast, or sad that it's going both slow and fast. I know that this year will probably be the fastest of them all for me but still!!! Anyway:
1. Won the rally!! (WOO WOO SENIORS!)
2. I forget how fun the dances were (at times)
3. I forgot how sore I was AFTER dancing the night away with friends (saturday morning isn't supposed to be filled with pain and soreness!!!)
4. I suppose this happened before school started but I'm adding it to the list anyhow because I can!- Got reconnected to a really good friend of mine
5. Spent all day Saturday watching Disney on ABC Family and thinking about stories for the Flash.

How did your first week back go? Is anyone excited to be back, or does anyone wish it was still summer?

A Year At Rocklin

I've lived in Rocklin for around a year now, give or take a few weeks. It's kind of a weird thought.
Around a year ago, I moved from the city of Lakewood, Colorado (a small-ish town in the foothills of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains).
I'll be honest. I pretty much hated Rocklin at first. I had to go to a new school, at the beginning of sophomore year. Make new friends, get used to new teachers. On top of that, Rocklin was just too hot, too suburban, too not what I was used to.
Looking back to all of that, well, I'd admit I was pretty darn biased. It's true enough that Rocklin is very different, but there's good in all of it.
It took me a while to stop focusing on the negatives and come to appreciate the wonderful people here. I still miss the mountains, and the snow, and the snow days when we didn't have to go to school, but I've really come to enjoy my time here in Rocklin.
It all just reminded me how change can actually turn out to be a good thing!

Twitter?

So in the beginning of last year I made a Twitter because it was my first year of Journalism and it seemed like a good thing to have... I deleted it like half way through the year. Now here I am again, making another Twitter. This time though I think I will maybe enjoy it. I honestly have no idea though. I hate talking about myself so I will probably never tweet. My thinking is is that I will tweet something and then later on I will look at my tweet and think it is stupid and delete it. Thus, I will always have zero tweets. This time, though, I am determined to keep my Twitter account because it can potentially be very helpful. I got my Twitter today so I can follow Nichols and The Flash and Rocklin High. I mean I followed other things like bands I like and the RollingStone and some of my friends that actually have a Twitter. But, I am not going to follow everything because that will just get too crazy and cluttered for me. It will take me an hour instead of a minute to get to the information I actually need. Oh well! We will see how this goes! And who knows, maybe I will get addicted to the popular social media website, too.

Sherlock BBC

Ok so I have a bit of a problem with fandoms. But Sherlock is a whole new level of AWESOME. The second I started watching this show I was hooked and very quickly the contagion caught on to the rest of my friends. We have parties to watch each episode. What makes this show incredible is the level of in depth passion and attention to detail the director has. Not to mention the actors are perfect. Benedict Cummberbatch . . . enough said. The sarcasm and humor will make you laugh all night but the suspense and drama kepps you on the edge of your seat! So the clincher of this show is that each season (2 seasons total so far) only has three episodes! So it is quite an emotional roller coaster. Get Netflix. Just to warn you, this will consume your life. Happy Fandoming!

Music Moves

I have found over the years of homework and studying for tests that I would be nowhere without music. If my headphone  chords had not been bringing me the best of Relient K or even Two Door Cinema Club I would probably be back in first grade or not have passed any of my classes. Even though my hand-me-down Ipod is about 15 years old i still find my comfort in the wonderful tunes out of the ancient device.

Lyrics and different genres of music have given me an entirely different view of the society around me. I have found songs comfort me and some even have gotten me pumped up before a game or even gotten me in a dancing mood. I find  it weird how a sound has such a big impact on peoples lives.

First Week of School

So today is Thursday, and we started school on Tuesday, so its not really a full week. Not at all, in fact. Yet it feels like its been years.
I have all my core classes on blue days and ALL my electives are on silver days. Which is really cool because I have basically no homework half the time. But the other half, I have homework from two APs and two honors classes all due the next day. Sucks, because I am bad at planning and good at procrastination.
Oh well.
So I am in band. Its either one of the worst or best decisions of my life. Its been like infinity years, or rather like seven. but still. The days when we do nothing are super awesome because there is epic time for hanging out and there are soundproof rooms and Wheeeee! Also band is how I know a bunch of underclassmen. Who are actually pretty cool. And band is awesome because in middle school we went to Disneyland both years and this year we're planning a trip to six flags or something chill. Also we get to dress up, but all in black for concerts. Oh, darn. Well it's still fun.
I'm still in a little bit of shock that the school year is started and it won't end for a LONG LONG time. alright then.

Puppy

I had a black lab, but we lost him in December.  He was 12 years old, and he lived a happy life. But, I miss not having a cute pup to come home to after school!  I want to get a puppy so bad.  My parents keep bringing it up, and I try to encourage them to get one.  It would be really hard to get a puppy with travel softball though because we are hardly home.  Maybe, the schedule will be a little lighter this fall, and hopefully I get a puppy!  I'll keep my fingers crossed.  Give me a cute puppy! (;

Second Day

Today marked the second day of my Junior year!  I thought it was a really great day and I was pleasantly surprised that I like all of my teachers, as of now haha.  My day went by pretty fast, and I got to see all of my friends out at lunch.  My day was going really well, but then I realized that I had a dentist appointment.  Ugh.  I mean, I got to leave from school early, which was nice, but I don't like the dentist at all.  Anyways, I got my teeth cleaned, and now they feel squeaky clean.  And, I am watching Dr. Oz.  Yes, I do watch Dr. Oz, and I love it!  It is so interesting.  Ok, I am going to actually be productive now.

Senior Year... So Far

First day of senior year yesterday was definitely a new experience. After I actually managed to get myself up and let my mom take a picture of me before I left, I got to school on time. Yay! Everything was like a dream. It was probably the combination of hanging out with friends every night last weekend and staying up until 1am to finish my AP Calc AB homework. But, all the changes Rocklin made this year threw me off even more. First, just sitting on the senior side of the gym was life altering. Then everyone kept talking about getting wifi and changing the school website and Schoology and new teachers at the assembly. I seemed to get through all of my blue day classes fine but then had to endure the longest lunch of my life. I have no seventh period or second period so thank goodness Alina had the same problem or I would not know what to do with myself. At seventh period, though, as almost all the seniors seemed to be in the cafeteria I saw students that I thought were seniors last year and students I haven't seen since middle school. Apparently everyone just loves to be back at Rocklin High for senior year! Life was way too confusing. I didn't even know how to explain how it "felt to be a senior" to my mom because it just felt way too surreal. Maybe I should get more sleep and stop living in a dream.

second day blues

The first day of school is always the easiest to me. I don't have trouble waking up because I'm more than likely excited. What really sucks in the gosh darn second day of school. I feel like a truck hit me. Waking up this morning was just a weee bit harder than it was yesterday. Enjoy you're first normal day of school everyone:)

"Don't Think I Don't Think About It"

I've had the song "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" by Darius Rucker stuck in my head for what feels like days now. He sang it at Country in the Park last Saturday (which by the way was amazing) and ever since then I've had it on borderline repeat on my ipod. Though the song is about lost love I think it applies to all of life's losses. The meaning is just so honest and deep, he sings about regrets and "what could've been, should've been, all worked out," but at the same time recognizing that it doesn't matter because it's in the past. Finding that balance between letting go and holding is so delicate, especially at this point in most of our lives. Throughout high school most of us have had friends who have changed, boyfriends who have broke our hearts and most likely even evolving drastically ourselves. Knowing when and how to let go is, in my opinion, one of the hardest challenges we as humans have to make. Sometimes we want things to stay the same so bad that we hold ourselves back trying to remain in a certain state that in reality has already passed us by. The anchor that holds us back is often our own mind and feelings. Remaining static can be deadly and the worst part of it is we don't even realize it's happening until we are left in our own wake of lost hopes.

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Now that senior year is finally here, I find myself living in that constant battle of live in the now plan for the future. Life is throwing all these different things at me and don't get me wrong I have a pretty clear idea of what I want my future to look like...but where IN THE WORLD...will I find the time? All I know is a lot of film schools need the application by November. And for those of you who don't know...I've been considering studying screenwriting and production because I've always been really passionate about writing and movies and I think the perfect career for me would be in film or journalism like the perfect combo which would be documentaries or like a travel tv show. Anyways, I love journalism SO MUCH. Honestly I can't tell you how much I think about it. Story ideas, class ideas, or just how amazing this year will be with such talented people in the class. It truly is exciting, we are here in the midst of extreme change at RHS. Those lucky freshman get to wear tank tops right away in high school but at least I get to enjoy it my senior year. This year has so much in store, I hope I can manage it all. Please stop me for a breather when you can. 

Nemo is My Favorite Disney Princess

So watching Nemo the other day I realized that it is a really messed up movie. I know, I know what! How can that be? Look at this movie at a marine biology stand point. A clown fish, as many other fish, will change sex if needed to preserve species. In the very beginning of the movie the entire population of clown fish is wiped out besides Nemo and Marlin. Marlin, being the dominate male, would have to find a mate. Completely explaining his obsession with Nemo staying safe and close by. EWWW right? It gets worse so when Nemo is stolen the whole reason Merlin goes to get him is to make babies. So yes Nemo is my new favorite Disney Princess!

What A Great Day

Today was a really great day.  I had Link and felt that I impacted some freshman, and then I came home and was productive.  I wanted to relax, but my room was a mess.  So I listened to Pandora, which made me really happy because good songs played the whole time.  I did not have to skip any! That is probably the first time that has happened, haha.  Anyways, I cleaned my room.  I really did.  It is always a mess, but I guess I want to start the school year off organized.  Then, when I was finished, I had a really good workout.  It felt so good, oh my god.  After I worked out, dinner was ready.  It was delicious.  And that concludes my amazing day. See you all tomorrow!

Classes

Am I the one who is scared that tomorrow at school I won't be able to find my classes? Lost my first copy of my schedule and have only been at Rocklin for one year. I don't know the campus very well and i know ill be late to at least one class. But at least I know ill have friends in my classes, that's always good.

Prison Tomorrow

I seriously do not want to go to school tomorrow
Like, can I please just watch gossip girl and one tree hill all day?
Pleaseeee
Ughhhh
Flipside is that we get to wear tank tops now. If only we can have holes in our shorts. I mean, I understand dress code, I have accepted it..after living it for a year...and all I want are holes in my shorts.
BUT HEY WELCOME BACK IS THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!
Let's just get through tomorrow first..

School!

So I like my schedule. It is good! I have two hard classes each day, so it is the perfect balance. I also have one friend in each class, so I will know someone in every one! Yay!

Also, water polo is going good. The air quality was horrible today though, so it felt like you weren't breathing. Oh well, hopefully it will be better soon.

I had Link day today. It was fun. I liked being able to show them where to go and being able to help them out.

I don't want to wake up tomorrow though... 6:30 is quite early. 10 is more of a better time. hahaha

Well, I will see you all tomorrow! Goodbye! :)

Nerviosa

¡Increíble! La mayor parte de la clase (blogged) seis veces. Yo leí todos los blogs y comentarios. Estoy muy orgulloso. La clase parece estar en seria sobre la tarea. No puedo esperar. Yo traté encontrar historias para la clase. Lo es duro, pero siquiera la clase puede escribir sin preocuparse. La revista esta año va a ser la mejor! Hay unas personas que no tienen blog hasta octubre. Estoy orgullosa de la trabaja de Uds. Desafortunadamente, hay personas que no trataba comenzar la tarea. Yo entiendo que Uds. tienen cosas a hacer; eso es el problema con estudiantes ahora. Todos los estudiantes no quieren hacer la tarea sí ellos puedan estar con sus amigos.

Yo puedo decirte que yo estoy mejor a escribir. Yo sé...se me equivoque mucho.

Yo estoy nerviosa para mis clases. Yo tengo buenas clases, pero aún estoy nerviosa. A veces, me pregunto sí las frases tienen sentimiento.

Me sentaba aquí más de dos horas en frente de mi computadora. Me duele los ojos y el espalda. No pienso que yo voy a aprobar la clase de AP. ¡Mira a mi escritura! Terrible.... Necesito salir esta casa y hacer un camino.

Mock Trial va a empezar otra vez :). Mi entrenador, Mike, probablemente está furioso. ¿Por qué? Mike siempre está furioso. Él no puede leer en español, jaja. Así que, no tengo que preocuparse. Pero, él quiere hacer un equipo mejor. Ahora, Mock Trial no tiene estudiantes de segundo año. ¡Mock Trial tiene siete estudiantes en el cuarto año! ¡Siete! Ah dios mio.... No me lo puedo creer.

Yo pienso que la tarea esté lista. Yo espero. No quiero despertarse temprano en la mañana a terminar mi tarea. -_- El verano necesita ser mas días.

Junior Year Goals

It's a strange feeling, knowing that I will be an upperclassmen next year. I still can't quite wrap my head around it -- the idea that this time next year, I will be applying thoroughly frightens me, and I feel as if I'm running out of time. I wish I had a couple more years to think about what I want to do with my life, squeeze in more extracurricular activities and consider the fast-approaching future. But seeing as I don't have those few extra years, I am determined to make the most of the ones I do have.

This year, I have a couple goals I hope to meet. The first is keeping up my grades; ideally, I would like to maintain my 4.0 UW GPA, but this is the hardest course load I have ever taken, so I know that it will require a lot of hard work and time and effort. Still, I've promised to myself to push myself to do as well as I possibly can.

I'd also like to get a job or internship of some kind. This summer, I was lucky enough to work as an intern, and it was an experience I really enjoyed. I would like to participate in something like that again.

I also want to continue with the extracurriculars I'm doing now, all of which I genuinely enjoy, and try out a few new ones as well to broaden my horizons (how cliched does that sound?) I have a pretty packed schedule, but I truly want to be involved in as many groups, clubs, and organizations as I can, because I have really enjoyed the ones I have participated in in the past.

Most of all, I was to make sure I don't over stress myself and keep things in perspective. Yes, school is very important. Yes, I was good grades and I want work experience and I want to go to my dream college. But at the end of the day, I want to truly enjoy my high school experience, because you only get one. And I hope to make the most of it.

Link Day

Today was Freshman Orientation, or Link Day. This was my first year serving as Link Leader and it was such a fun experience. I had to wake super early, and now that it's over I am completely exhausted, but it was definitely worth the time and energy I put in.

My co-leader was my best friend, Holly, and we had a ton of fun getting ready for the day. Since she was in SoCal all weekend, we had to prepare everything the morning before, which meant I had to wake up at 5 -- way, way too early for a girl who's been waking up no earlier than 10 for most days this summer (at least, the days when I was not working).

We arrived at the school around 7, and set up our classroom and supplies. Then, around 8, we opened the doors and the freshmen filed in. They are such a huge class! Rallies are going to be very tightly packed indeed this year. We had a little welcome tunnel where the freshmen could get high fives as they filed in, but most were too nervous/shy to partake.

The rest of the day was a jumble of activities meant to excite the freshmen about being high schoolers, and hopefully introduce to them to new people and potential new friends. My group was extremely high-spirited and energetic, which meant there was nary a dull moment and I was always on my toes. There were seven freshmen boys in my group, and they were quite rambunctious. But I had a blast showing them around and getting to know them despite the terrible, hot, humid weather. They were pretty nice, and it's so weird to think that they'll be the class of 2017 -- it seems so far off! Anyways, I can't wait to do Link next year and I thoroughly enjoyed it this year.

Doesn't feel real

It does not feel like the end of summer. I cannot believe that school starts tomorrow. Summer just started and it is coming to an end. Usually by the time summer ends it feels like school should be starting, but this year it doesn't. I feel like as I get older time just passes faster and faster.

Comments?

Ok, so I can't remember whether or not part of the blogging assignment included commenting or not.  I'm hoping it doesn't because my computer always gets stuck on the comment screen and it never works. If anyone knows whether or not we needed to comment please comment on my posts and let me know! Thanks!

Oh, and if you know how many times we were supposed to blog, could you comment that too...I'm trying to catch up.

Chocoholic

About two weeks ago I found the best chocolate cake recipe on Pinterest! It was delicious! I had never made a cake completely from scratch so it was a fun experience. The cake was super rich and chocolatey. U was so happy with how it turned out and would totally recommend the recipe I used. It tasted great! For the frosting I made homemade mint icing. The chocolate and mint was a great combination. Loved it! Here is the link to the recipe. The only change I made to it was I didn't make the chocolate frosting (because I ran out of cocoa) and I left out the espresso powder. 

http://addapinch.com/cooking/2013/01/25/the-best-chocolate-cake-recipe-ever/#.Uf2k4aC9KK0

Friendship Bracelets

Ok, so I know friendship bracelets are something people generally make when they are younger, but I went on wiki and learned how to make them this summer.  They are super fun and a lot easier than I expected them to be.  I have made a ton. They are fun for the summer and look super cute around your ankle when out swimming or at the beach. :)

No Summer Homework

This summer was great! I was so happy because this is the first time in quite a few years that I have not had any summer homework...other than blogging. It has been so nice to not have anything to stress about this summer, I have been ale to forget about school for a few weeks and just relax. :)

Pinterest and InstGram

This summer I became addicted to 2 new social media sites...Instagram and Pinterest. I love the both! Pinterest is so great for. Organizing thoughts and ideas and making plans for the future. It is a great. Auto categorize things you like such as recipes, crafts, and ideas.  Instagram is so much fun because I love taking pictures and it provides a great way to share pictures with the world.

Smoothies!

Smoothies are so yummy. I make them all the time!  They are so great before and after workouts or runs.  They give you energy and taste amazing!!! I really like to freeze fresh fruit! It tastes great in smoothies and gives the smoothie a really nice texture. Lately I have been making green smoothies.  They usually have spinach, almond milk or juice, fresh fruit, and peanut-butter...which sounds sort of gross I guess, but it tastes really good and is so healthy!

Link Day

Two years in a row I have been turned down for Link orientation.  I am sort of bummed because I really wanted to help out with link.  I am hoping that I get into it this year because it is my last opportunity to participate.

procrastination

procrastination never goes away. once it's in your soul you will be cursed with it forever. so here I am, a procrastinator, on my last day of summer watching a video on the history of ancient China. oh lovely. I guess I procrastinated on my blogging too because I haven't blogged all of August (oops) until tomorrow my friends 

Give Me Food

I had Link from 7 AM to about 12:30ish.  I was rushed this morning, so I did not eat any breakfast.  Not smart.  I do not recommend it.  At 10:25, we had a break to eat a snack.  I had almonds and water, but it didn't quite fill me up like I had hoped.  Finally, it is noon and at this point I feel famished.  I get in the car, and drive home.  My dad and brother are home, but they are the last thing on my mind.  All I wanted was food.  I needed food to continue to function.  As soon as I walk in the door, my dad comes up to me and asks me how my day was and stuff.  I gave him brief answers, and headed straight for the kitchen.  My brother was in the kitchen and decided to ask me all these questions about my day too.  I didn't want to be rude, so I answered him.  I look at the clock and it is 12:45.  I am now so hungry and getting angry with my brother.  So, I just walked away and went straight to the pantry and the fridge.  I have my priorities.  Let me just say, Costco is open, and today might just be a great day to go grocery shopping mom. 

Link Day

Today was Freshman Orientation and I was a Link Leader with my friend Jade.  I didn't realize how short I actually was.  Pretty much all the freshman tower over me, or are at least as tall as me (5'2").  It was really disappointing (;  And then this morning, it was cloudy.  So, I figured that it was going to be a nice day, but it was humid and hot as soon as we went outside and started the tour of the campus.  Great timing.

It is crazy to think I was in the same position they were just a few years ago.  I was nervous for high school and extremely shy like most of them were.  Just looking at their faces, I could tell that they were really scared!  I felt so bad, and wanted to make them feel comfortable, so I tried to initiate conversation and make jokes, but most of them just looked at me and smiled like I was a crazy person(I'm pretty sure I did the same thing haha).

We also had to pick themes for our groups.  My group's theme was luau, which we thought was creative.  But then we showed up to Link and I think about five or six other groups had the same theme.  Haha, whoops. Overall, it was a fun day, and I am hoping that I have helped at least one frosh be less nervous for tomorrow.  Happy last day of summer!  

Blog Aleatorio

Ah, yo odio escribiendo en espanol. Es duro. De todos modos, yo estoy cocinando onigiri. Onigiri es arroz. Simplemente arroz y nori. No se la palabra para "nori." En ingles, la significa "seaweed." Me encanta todas las cosas de Japon. No se porque. El idioma es hermoso, la gente es maravillosa, genial! Yo soy un parte de Japones. Algun dia, yo espero que yo tener la suerte a viajar alli.

Cuando yo escribo, me sentio triste. Yo escribo como un nino! Una estudiante no supone escribir con simple frases. Yo quiero escribir mucho mas. Pero, mi vocabulario es terrible. Yo trataba aprender mas palabras mientras mi verano, pero no puedo recordarlos!

Estoy tratando a escribir para una hora, pero mi comida esta lista. Necesito escribir mas.... ;(

Pero, es el ultimo dia de nuestros verano. Yo espero que Uds. esten felices para el primero dia de escuela!

(No mires a los accentos, yo estoy perezosa :P)

Finally!

I've waited waaaay to long, but I can finally drive now. No, I don't have my license (YET), but I got my drivers lesson almost a week ago. I had a great lesson with my instructor, Mike. I signed up for my drivers training through Referral, and I can say that they seem way better than AllStars. (Sorry allstars people.)
They are so nice! And my instructor never yelled at me, his voice was nice and calm the whole time and I loved how I could keep a nice conversation with him without it being awkward.
So if I keep up driving constantly, I can get my license in late September! Woo hoo!
Can't wait.
I just have to get a car though. Oh well. The time will come when I need one. Super excited though! My dad and I went to the Sierra College Car Lot and there were lots of cars that I loved.
(Mostly the Jeeps.) I really love Jeeps. When I was younger though I really wanted a yellow or green Volkswagen Bug, but I was the passenger in one of the Bugs a long time ago and I hated how long the dash was so I decided that the Bug wasn't for me.
Jeeps ! Jeeps!
Love em'.

Why does this happen?

I've asked myself this question numerous times and I can't seem to find a solution. Why do students procrastinate? Why does this happen? Now I think everyone procrastinates from time to time, but why? I just have to ask why because it makes people so miserable and stressed out and I really think that's bad for your health. I'm not saying I'm perfect because every once and a while I will put off a few days to do things, but really, not that often.
I bet that on the first day of school Nichols will talk about how many blogs there are about procrastinating and get all annoyed-like. Haha. Sorry Nichols!
Hope everyone has a wonderful last day of summer.

New Things

Speaking of new things, I was thoroughly pleased with the new ASB cards this year. It looks crisp and fresh, if that makes sense. I just think that last years ASB card looked tacky and taking a measly picture of the rooftops of our RHS classrooms was lazy. And also people complained that it looked like Whitney's rooftops as well. Anyway though, I think this ASB card is the best yet. So that makes me happy. Its the little things, that sometimes put a smile to your face. Is that weird?

So Here We Go

Believe it or not, on the very first day of summer, I volunteered at Rocklin Elementary with my boyfriend to do some community service. Woke up early in the morning, (I can hear you groaning as of now,) and helped the Rocklin Elementary teachers clean up their classrooms and move classroom supplies and etc. around campus. It was a nice relaxing morning and I didn't mind so much getting up early. So that basically explains my first day of summer.
Gosh I hate it when someone asks you what things you did over the summer and suddenly your brain decides, "hey, time to make you look stupid and boring," and suddenly wipes your mind completely from all memories possible. That's what just happened to me. Except no one has asked me what I did over the summer yet. I'm trying to remember. Grrr.
hmm.
Does anyone listen to Jesse McCartney's music?
Anyone?
I'm not saying I do...that would be absurd....
But really, did everyone forget about him?
He did kind of disappear from the red carpet a while ago eh?
He has a smooth voice, I think.
Whoops I mean, at least that's what the middle school Shelby would have said. :P
*hides behind curtains*
......................................................
I can't believe how many movies I watched in the theater, and at home this summer.
Let's see. I watched Wolverine, P.S I love You, Rain Man, and many more.
I have a short attention span.
I can't stop thinking about the Olive Garden dinner I ate last night. I can still taste it....
So delicious! :D Great place to eat. Very satisfying.
Oh okay! Also this summer, starting in the middle of June, I swam at the Sierra College pool for Sacramento Water Polo, a club dedicated to improving water polo players' skill levels and preparing them for their polo season in high school.
Two times a week, (not that bad), for two hours each practice. Mostly to condition you for school, nothing too exhausting. The first week was really difficult for me though because for me personally it takes a long while to build up endurance and not get so exhausted all the time.
So Sac Water Polo lasted until late July, approximately the 22nd. I had a great experience and I loved all of the coaches and how they dedicated their time helping young polo players.

I'm sure hoping..

Hey Everyone. It's been a while...too long. School starts tomorrow! ...How are you all feeling about this? I have mixed feelings. I'm bummed out because, ya know, summer is technically over once the 'dreaded' school session begins. Oh well. But then again, I'm excited for yet another new year, meeting new friends, new classes, and getting back into the groove and routine of things. I survive better with routines. Is anyone else like that? I'm kind of the weird one because all summer long, I think I actually knew what day it was... most of the time. Anyway though, this is kind of a Prologue to my summer adventures that I'm about to describe. Hope you enjoy, whoever reads this.
Also, I'm sure hoping that I don't get in trouble for blogging so late...
*begs on knees for mercy*
ok bye now.

Que Es El Verbo?!

Estoy haciendo este blog en español porque yo necesito escribir en español. Jaja, así que lo siento mis amores. Sí tú no hables español, ¡no preste attención al blog! Es muy difícil a escribir. Yo pensaba que este blog no tomará mucho tiempo. Fortunadamente, este blog va a ser mi tarea para la clase. Lo siento Sra. DeMeyer, yo estoy diciendo la verdad: aún no puedo escuchar nada. Es como una palabra MUY larga. Que terrible, ¿no?  Pero, estoy tratando. Oh, no tomando la clase de matemáticas AP. Yo estoy muy felíz. Ahora, yo voy a tomar la clase "Math Analysis." Esa clase es tan fácil. Pero, yo estoy pensando porque no quiero APs. Quiero un año fácil. Los otros años eran duros. Es la razón porque no quiero ir a la escula. Yo sé que estar fácila cambiar mi lista de las clases. Pero, me sentía que yo poder hacerlo con confidencia. Yo estaba equivicado, jaja. No sé hablar de.... Estoy eschando a Pandora. Yo odio Pandora. Pandora siempre está tomando las mismas canciones. Es terrible. Yo odio Facebook. No puedo dejar de hablarlo. YO ODIO FACEBOOK CON UNA PASIóN. Sra DeMeyer, por favor, ¡no más Facebook! Facebook es la peor cosa en el mundo. Yo estuve a borrar mi FB, pero ahora, yo lo necesito. Ahorita, una hora ha pasado. Estoy tratando a disfrutar mi verano o el último del verano. Aún, yo necesito a hacer mi bitacora (¿hay uno acento en esa palabra? Yo supongo que la palabra no tenerlo.) Yo hice la tarea, pero no hice la bitacora. Ah, yo procrastino demasiado. Yo deseo que la clase no tenga muchas dificultades. Yo deseo....Espero....Ah dios mio, necesito bastar a tener estes pensamientos. Yo necesito ir en la clase con pensamientos felices. :) Oh, ¿sabes que el verbo para "to blog"? ¿O es la palabra "blog" sólo un sustantivo? Eso es todo. ¡Hasta en la mañana!

Crazy Busy Summer!

Wow.  What a crazy summer. Travel softball has kept me away from home a lot!  With tournaments all over the place, my summer has consisted of pretty much nothing but softball.  It was a fun summer though because I got to travel to Colorado for a week long tournament and had two national tournaments: one in Huntington Beach and one in Sunnyvale. 

Finally, the summer season came to an end and I could relax.  Just last weekend, I went to Dillon Beach with my best friend and my dad.  We went with my aunt and her family, plus five other families.  It was a blast! We went crabbing, went to the beach, and of course sat around the campfire every night.  One of my aunt's friends plays the guitar and sings, so he entertained us with some music too.  He's really good.  It makes me wish I could play the guitar.

This weekend, my family and I went to Lake Tahoe.  Low 80's was much nicer than this horrible 100 degrees here. We were staying in a cabin in the middle of nowhere, but there was a bike trail that led to the lake which was pretty cool.  The view on the bike trail was so gorgeous.  I had to stop about every five seconds so I could take pictures.  Although Tahoe was fun, I am happy that I am home now.  There is nothing like the feeling of coming home to the comfort of your own bed, and having cell service.   

Schedule

On Thursday, I finally got my schedule (I was a little bitter that my last name -- which starts with a T -- required me to wait an extra two days, but it's fine). Signing up for my classes last year, I was genuinely excited. Now, seeing their order, I significantly less so. For one thing, I have all of my AP classes on one day, and then Language Arts 3H. For another, I don't know very many people in a lot of my classes, which is pretty disappointing, but the least of my worries. I'm a little apprehensive about my schedule, to be honest. It will certainly be difficult to have so many rigorous courses in one day, though hopefully I'll be able to devise a system to manage it.

This is probably the first school year I am genuinely apprehensive about. Being a junior terrifies me. Most people I know are excited to be upperclassmen, but for me that just means one year closer to applying to colleges. I'm already nervous, but I'm determined to just do my best and manage somehow :).

Summer Reading

With a mere three days left before school (how scary is that?), I can finally and decisively say that I have completely finished my summer homework. Granted, compared to my friends, I didn't have an unreasonable amount. The APs I'm taking don't require much summer work on the whole, but I still have to set a good deal of time apart for my other classes.

What I procrastinated most on was probably the reading for Language Arts 3 Honors. Compared to what I had last year, it really wasn't too much. However, I put it off as long as possible as I'd heard horror stories about the novel we had to read: The Grapes of Wrath. Each time I began the first sentence of the first page, I somehow managed to find an excuse to set it down for just one more day. And then another day. And another.

Finally, as August approached, I realized that I had to get it together and began the book. I read the first chapter with a heavily critical eye, managing to find every flaw -- every dull moment -- every possible thing that could be wrong with the novel. But as I read on, I found myself a little less critical and a little more interested, until the middle of the book where I actually found myself enjoying it. I suppose the moral of this is to approach things with an open mind; each year, I find myself dreading the required reading, and each year I find myself surprise to learn that it really wasn't all that bad. In fact, one of my favorite books of all time was one I read for Adv. Language Arts 2: These Is My Words. Hopefully next year, when I'll have even more books to read, I'll finally learn my lesson and get an early start on them -- despite any previous preconception I have of them.

Random Thoughts

Sitting here in my bed not able to fall asleep I begin to look around my room. Seeing all of my hero posters and dirty soccer socks I think back to a better time. I time where I didn't have to worry about honors homework or about trying out for a team or school again. I could just be a happy little kid and not have any cares in the world. I remember not having to worry about tomorrow or about school work or even when to get up. I was free for a time until work and for me it seems feeling and emotions complicate things and mess up my life. But in another way they make me a better person and i learn from them. I find it weird that I thought of all this because of how dirty my room was and that I couldn't sleep . . . strange night.

No More Siblings

My last older sibling has finally moved out of the house and gone to college. He, unfortunately, left me all alone with my parents which is sort of a bummer. I have had two other siblings move out besides Kyle, but when he left i didn't feel any sadness. That is horrible I know but I have already experienced the other two leaving and he isn't even very far away. I should feel sad but do not, instead I look forward to another year of work . . . which isn't that much better.

Slacker for Sophomore Year

Sooo....I've been slacking off majorly..I still haven't finished my second book of summer homework and I'm just starting the questions for the first book. I guess it's my way of putting off the fact that school is actually coming. Sigh. I think the only thing I'm excited for is the rallies, dances, and football season. I can definitely say for sure that academics are the last thing on my mind. And, wow shocker, blogging is my way of putting off homework. I guess summer is still in me

SO MANY EMOTIONS! :( :[ :/ :l :] :) :D XD

Usually, I dread the first day of school. This one more than ever just because I want to make sure that I don't have AP Stats. I got the schedule change thing so hopefully it goes through and I get what I want, even though I don't know exactly what that is yet.

Aside from that, I'm so pumped to get through my last year here and I'm ready to take charge of not only Journalism, but Mock Trial as well. Prithvi, who some of you guys might know, is also trying to be the captain of Mock Trial, but I don't know.... I totally could see him as our pres, but I also want the opportunity. But the difference between us is that I don't want it for academic reasons. I straight up love Mock Trial with all that I have and I want to show the everybody that.

Still, I'm looking forward to looking at the deer-in-headlights faces when most of our journalists realize they didn't do the summer homework. Just because were not an AP doesn't mean that the outside world stops! Anyways, I'm not sure if I'd describe my feelings as being in the final let's-do-this-already mode or just genuinely excited...because I'm never genuinely excited for school.

I guess the only class that's really challenging will be AP Spanish simply because there's nobody to hide behind, so to speak. I can't BS my way through it, which sucks! Dang, last year!

I'M A SENIOR YA'LL! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Oh my gosh, can track please start again? Like, now?! I'm trying to think of ways to mark the booth so that I'll forever have a legacy as the first 4 year manager. I think I'm the first. Hopefully. But I'm so out of ideas, I honestly just want this year to be the best and not have to worry so much about academics because even though that's important, my life is not academics. My life is not my grades. My life is not stressing about tests. My life is living on my feet so that I won't die on my knees. Make sense? Anyways, I'll see all of your faces on Tuesday, be prepared! :D

PS I understand most of you don't read the blogs, but I am, repeat, AM reading and marking down how many comments you have (for those of you that do read, good for you!). It's a part of the assignment, so don't be surprised...

Sleep

Over the summer I have grown accustomed to sleeping in till about eleven-thirty or twelve. But now that school is starting soon I will have to start training my internal clock to wake up at six. I wish that school would start at nine and end at five so that way i could sleep in longer and could do homework before school in needed. But i mostly just want to sleep longer.

First Varsity Sport- Soccer

Began tryouts this week for my first varsity soccer season. All has gone well so far and I am excited to see where this team will go. Unfortunately I have not played as much soccer as i would have wanted this summer but still feel i will make the team. There aren't very many defenders so this is another boost that I will make the team. Hopefully looking for a starting position in a stopper or a sweeper position. For those of you who don't follow soccer the stopper and sweeper are the controlling defenders in the back near the goalie and they stop and push the ball back up to either the middle or forward positions of the field. Looking forward to a great season and many saved goals. Also want to at least win one game . . . unlike varsity last year.

Cracked Phone

Ok, so I drop my phone all the time and nothing ever happens. It's a pretty durable phone (not anything fancy, just a regular touchscreen with a keypad.) and it has a decent case on it. It's always falling on the cement,  but it never even gets a scratch. Anyways, yesterday I was walking out of the dentist office and I dropped my phone on the cement. I picked it up and it was cracked all over! :( the touch screen still works, but it looks horrible. :( it's all scratched up too. 

Yosemite

This last Saturday I went to Yosemite for the first time ever!!!! It was SOOO pretty! I loved it. It's kind of crazy because I have lived in Cali my whole life, and have never been.  My grandma lives in Fresno so we drove down there and spent the night at her house, then went to Yosemite during the day. It was really fun.  I was kind of bummed though, because Yosemite falls was all dried up, and a lot of the other falls were just a trickle. We hiked up to vernal, and it was like a creek!  

Sports

Ok, so freshman year I did JV track and Freshman Basketball, but I quit both of those last year because I had a super busy schedule.  This year I want to start up a new sport, but have no idea what to do.  It needs to be a no-cut sport, because I have no experience in any of the sports that require try outs. Lol.  Anyways, I was thinking of playing tennis or golf. I think they look fun and I'm pretty sure neither of them are cut sports. I know practice for fall sports has already started, but I'm hoping I could start with the school year. I just need  more information...and maybe a bit of practice. 

My Brother's Coming Home!

My Brother has been at BYU all summer and I am super excited because he comes home tomorrow!!! He has about a 2 week break in between semesters so he will be home for a while! I can't wait to see him.  I have Skype/called him a lot, but haven't seen him face to face in forever! He flies In Tomorrow night. :)

New School Site

I really like the new school webpage! It was a lot more organized, and I felt like it was super user friendly! I found everything really quickly and it looked really professional. It seemed a bit dull because the main color was white, but it looked really nice. I am pleased with how it turned out.

New ASB Cards

I must admit I am not thrilled with the design of the new ASB cards.  From a distance the cards do not look like a Rocklin High School ID card.  They are maroon and yellow. I know it is a picture of the basketball court, but the blue R is not as noticeable as the bright yellow and maroon colors that take up most of the card. It looks nice, but I feel like there should be more blue and silver.

Last Minute Blogging

I haven't been very good about blogging this summer because I honestly cannot remember how often we were supposed to be blogging. I sort of forgot about it, and so I am currently squeezing in all of my blogging the last week of summer. Although I am a pretty organized person, I tend to procrastinate. Luckily I have had a pretty busy summer, and so I should have lots to blog about. :)

Summer is coming to an end!

Summer is almost over and I don't even want to think about school.  This summer has gone by so fast! I feel like it was only yesterday we were getting out of school. A couple months is not a long enough break from school. Although I am excited to see friends and meet teachers, I am dreading tests and homework.  

Living while Dead

What if someone was in like a  horrible accident and slipped into a coma for an extremely long time. What if while the persons body was unconscious in real life the brain kept going as if nothing had happened. As if  the brain created its own world with thoughts and feelings and everything a normal person experienced but set it up in the coma. Then the person woke up and had this complete shock of change and a shock of having to revert to the real world after being in this fantasy for such a long time. But what if also they never woke up and the family and friends of the person in the coma gave up and pulled the plug, would the person in the coma just die like in real life or would his brain have enough time left to create some way for the person to die in the fake world? Would the fake world become reality? What if you or someone you knew fell into a coma. Would you know?  Would your best friend remember you as you were or would his brain have made up changes for you?

NOOOOOOOO, NOT STATS!

So at the end of the year last year, junior year, I signed up for AP Stats. I've heard from countless people saying how easy it was, but in my eyes, it's like heaven and hell. I do not see the easiness in statistics and quite frankly, I'm looking for any way out. I would literally go through Pre-Calc hell again if it meant having to escape the class. It is nothing against Trejo. It is against the math. I have spent countless days and I guess now it's been a month and a half of contemplating whether I should just go with it. So hopefully when I get my schedule, I have some sort of conflict in which I can easily give up stats for something else that I might possibly enjoy. Like that'll happen. Although, I've never had to make a schedule change so I'm kind of nervous if they'll let me. Urgghhh, I really don't want to show up and not do my homework though because I doubt they'll change my schedule ahead of time. There's too many choices to make! I'm not ready for this!

Not to mention college...You know what, I won't even go there.