Jul 08, 2006 03:13
9th grade
- during band camp, swore to myself that one day I will be a drum major
- starting off the year having a crush on most of the desirable boys and even some of the undesirables
(aka 'The List)
- mooching yummy (and occaisionally bloody) beef sandwiches off of Linds
- Chico telling me to shut up everytime I saw 'Awwweeee!'
- Finding out Paulina's from Ecuador and Tyler's from New Zealand
- Clay was an amazingly entertaining ghost storyteller
- Thommy, Andrew, and Josh's hilarious videos during Deluke's class
- Miss Crockett and her sexual way of remembering graph labels
- Ange erasing her board and rearranging her stuffed animals, lol
- Winning Jacksonville (and subsequently, my first encounter with Go-Go Juice!)
- Homecoming with Carl, Erin, and David
- meeting, dating, and breaking up with Ryan in the span of less than a month and a half
- Ange and Linds drawing swatikas on Katie's stuff
- going to the movies to see Maid in Manhattan with Katie
- getting my learner's permit after many trials and tribulations
- sleepover at Linds with all the girls, staying up most of the night, and then going to watch battle of the bands
- Mr. Hinkle becomes our new Music Theory teacher, thus our torrid love-hate relationship begins, lol
- Thomas died and changed me forever
- getting a small, but somewhat important solo in American Riversongs by Pierre LaPlante
- playing some sort of catch/get to know you game in Symphonic Band while the Wind Ensemble was getting ready to go to Indianapolis... found out what a 'Blue Light Special' was and other hilarious antics (and yea, I did actually get up and sing Amazing Grace, which is totally out of character of me)
- Thommy squeaking his solo at State
- absolutely adored Sibelius and started to like Prague
- Fell in love with Alex, got hurt, and became better and wiser for it
- Mr. Smith waking me up by slamming a book on my desk during 5th pd English
- Losing about 10 lbs. because of Tennis with old Coach Danise
- being awarded Most Outstanding Freshman in Academics
- getting 4th chair in Wind Symphony and automatically going to Chicago!
- becoming Librarian and being the only sophomore besides Josh on leadership
- learning my grandpa was chronically ill and alone in the Philippines
- losing another 10 lbs. over the summer because I was pissed
- realizing my mom might be going to Gainesville with Jose after his graduation, and after succeeding in convincing my parents to let myself and my siblings stay in Palm Bay, realized that I would be without a mother for the better part of my high school career
- became distinctly unsure of my intellectual/academic abilities, and contemplated whether or not IB was a wise decision
- got into a ruddy car accident during band camp wherein I am luckier than God because I actually survived
- began to write poetry again, albeit bad poetry, to soothe my frazzled mind and emotions