Bring on the cake!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Things E.F.C. Wants For Her Birthday But Knows She Most Likely Will Not Get
Carbon Frozen Han ice cube trays. Can we say epic!?
It's a Maximus stuffed animal! Last time I was in a Disney store I saw one of these. Let's just say I was reluctant to leave it behind.
First of all it's Tangled, second of all it's purple! What more could you possibly want!?
And look at this totally nerdy clock!? It was too cool not to post.
And for dessert, something along the lines of this will be just fine, thank you:
Or this:
It couldn't be safe to consume that much sugar, I'm thinking...
Oh well!
Or maybe this:
Or this. But I've mentioned this before:
Again, so... much... sugar...
Anywhoo...
That's all for now, folks! Hope I was able to make you smile a little bit!
(Insert Ridiculous Title Here)
I've officially been blogging for a year (as of October 31)! I can hardly believe it!
So my Picasa album became full, so I've been searching for a different way to post photos. I think I've finally done it. So hopefully I can share some more with you all.
One of my friends at school started a writing club and I recently created a blog for us. When we get it going, we'll be posting our work on there so we can share it with you all! You can find the blog here, although there isn't anything there yet.
I realized something: Back when blogging was new to me, my posts seemed to be way more amusing. So I'm working on a little something for you all in honor of my birthday, which is next week. And it's called...
Things E.F.C. wants for her birthday but knows she most likely will not get.
And who knows? It might even be as funny as that hairbrush post. You know, that one.
I've also been composing some things again and will hopefully be posting some music soon.
The school play I'm currently participating in, Twelfe Night by William Shakespeare (I'm playing the character Fabian in case you're wondering), opens in less than a month! I'm so excited! We're doing it in a different style called original practice. It's supposed to be more like the actors in Shakespeare's time did it, where they got their lines right before the play and performed it without any rehearsal. Except we're rehearsing. As far as we know, we're the first school in the country to try this new approach.
Oh, and I won't have wrinkles in this play. I'm happy about that. In the last 2 major plays I've been in, I've had wrinkles and I'm tired of them.
Random pointless trivia: The bell at my school was half a step flat this morning, but it was back on pitch (a flat) by lunchtime.
I'll leave you with this song. I heard it a couple weeks ago and fell in love with it. This is the best recording I could find.
So my Picasa album became full, so I've been searching for a different way to post photos. I think I've finally done it. So hopefully I can share some more with you all.
One of my friends at school started a writing club and I recently created a blog for us. When we get it going, we'll be posting our work on there so we can share it with you all! You can find the blog here, although there isn't anything there yet.
I realized something: Back when blogging was new to me, my posts seemed to be way more amusing. So I'm working on a little something for you all in honor of my birthday, which is next week. And it's called...
Things E.F.C. wants for her birthday but knows she most likely will not get.
And who knows? It might even be as funny as that hairbrush post. You know, that one.
I've also been composing some things again and will hopefully be posting some music soon.
The school play I'm currently participating in, Twelfe Night by William Shakespeare (I'm playing the character Fabian in case you're wondering), opens in less than a month! I'm so excited! We're doing it in a different style called original practice. It's supposed to be more like the actors in Shakespeare's time did it, where they got their lines right before the play and performed it without any rehearsal. Except we're rehearsing. As far as we know, we're the first school in the country to try this new approach.
Oh, and I won't have wrinkles in this play. I'm happy about that. In the last 2 major plays I've been in, I've had wrinkles and I'm tired of them.
Random pointless trivia: The bell at my school was half a step flat this morning, but it was back on pitch (a flat) by lunchtime.
I'll leave you with this song. I heard it a couple weeks ago and fell in love with it. This is the best recording I could find.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Courageous
I know, I've been awfully quiet lately. But I just had to wipe the dust off of the old blog for this.
This afternoon my dad and I saw the movie Courageous.
Oh. My. Goodness.
It was epic! The music was good, the acting well done, and the message even better.
I won't go into detail in fear that I might spoil something, but just know that it was the best movie I've seen in a long, long time.
... Not that I really watch that many movies. Just saying.
It was an intense, down-to-earth movie. There was lots of action for sure, and a good amount of crying as well.Now I'm not a real fan of crying in movies, but it didn't seem too bad most of the time. In fact, I even almost cried a few times.
Oh, and there were some remarkable stunts.
And did I mention the music was fantastic? Mark Willard does it again!
If you haven't seen it, you need to. Now! And take your dad with you. You'll need a good hug after this movie, believe me.
That's all. I'm not very good at movie reviews, not that this post qualifies in the first place.
This afternoon my dad and I saw the movie Courageous.
Oh. My. Goodness.
It was epic! The music was good, the acting well done, and the message even better.
I won't go into detail in fear that I might spoil something, but just know that it was the best movie I've seen in a long, long time.
... Not that I really watch that many movies. Just saying.
It was an intense, down-to-earth movie. There was lots of action for sure, and a good amount of crying as well.Now I'm not a real fan of crying in movies, but it didn't seem too bad most of the time. In fact, I even almost cried a few times.
Oh, and there were some remarkable stunts.
And did I mention the music was fantastic? Mark Willard does it again!
If you haven't seen it, you need to. Now! And take your dad with you. You'll need a good hug after this movie, believe me.
That's all. I'm not very good at movie reviews, not that this post qualifies in the first place.
Friday, September 30, 2011
E.F.C. is Still Alive!!!
It's been a while but I can assure you, I am still alive. That's right folks! E.F.C. is still functioning (somewhat).
I'm with a couple of friends and we needed something to do before tonight's football game so...
We visited the Apple Store.
We're such nerds...
Enjoy this form of entertainment in the mean time!
We visited the Apple Store.
We're such nerds...
Enjoy this form of entertainment in the mean time!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
One School Day Done, Many Left To Go
Today was my first day of 10th grade. I've got to say, I was actually pretty happy to be back. I love the way our school has A days and B days instead of 7 periods every day. This way we only have 4 classes a day and we get an extra elective class. Also, we have twice as long to do all of our homework.
My schedule is like this.
On A days:
1. Concert Choir
2. Advanced Theater
***Lunch***
3. Advanced US History
4. Algebra 2
On B days:
1. Spanish
2. Advanced Chemistry
***Lunch***
3. Intro to Business
4. Advanced English
As you may have noticed, all of my core classes are advanced as well as 2 of my electives (theater and choir). What have I gotten myself into!? I think I can handle it though.
I'm so lucky. I got to begin the school year with my 2 favorite classes! I think this year is going to rock.
The only not-so-fun thing about the start to my school year was the bus. You see, last year we had a really great bus driver. Her name was Karen and she was super cool. Our bus was large enough to fit all of us and she modified the route so it wasn't all loopy and we got home sooner. Everyone was happy.
But not this year.
This year we have a new bus driver and let me tell you. This guy is a stickler. He got upset at us because last year my bus stop was on one corner, but this year apparently it's across the street at the other corner. We were all waiting where we had last year and the guy totally stopped at the other corner and then chewed us out for standing at the wrong corner! And the bus we have this year is smaller too. On the way home most of us were 3 to a seat. And did I mention it was unreasonably hot out? I know, you who live south of here will probably laugh at me (Jamie...) but it was a shocking 90 degrees at least! And we were all squashed together on a too small bus with an irate bus driver!
I certainly hope they do something about our bus. If not, one of my neighbors says there's another bus that passes our neighborhood and is (hopefully) less crowded.
In choir this morning we played with overtones (post on those coming). Overtones are basically notes that you hear but aren't really there. I'll explain it better in another post. The concert choir is a large group. I've always been in smaller, treble choirs. I've never really sung songs with tenor, baritone, etc. parts. My director originally had a list of 75 students in this particular choir, but now there are 101 of us. To be honest, it's sort of intimidating. I'm not so much of a large group person. And I'm one of only 5 sophomores. But I think I'll get used to it and I'll really enjoy it. Actually I already do enjoy it.
In theater class we got going by playing improv games such as "Freeze Tag" and "Add and Subtract". In these games, you have a few people acting out an unscripted scene (that's why they're called improv games- we improvise) and people in the audience can call "Freeze" and go up and change the scene. I think these games are a lot of fun.
I am fortunate to have a very laid back math teacher. Her thing is that if it helps us learn and it doesn't distract the other students, then it's okay for us to do.
And tomorrow I get to have another sort of first day with the other half of my classes.
I'm excited to see what God has in store for me this year!
My schedule is like this.
On A days:
1. Concert Choir
2. Advanced Theater
***Lunch***
3. Advanced US History
4. Algebra 2
On B days:
1. Spanish
2. Advanced Chemistry
***Lunch***
3. Intro to Business
4. Advanced English
As you may have noticed, all of my core classes are advanced as well as 2 of my electives (theater and choir). What have I gotten myself into!? I think I can handle it though.
I'm so lucky. I got to begin the school year with my 2 favorite classes! I think this year is going to rock.
The only not-so-fun thing about the start to my school year was the bus. You see, last year we had a really great bus driver. Her name was Karen and she was super cool. Our bus was large enough to fit all of us and she modified the route so it wasn't all loopy and we got home sooner. Everyone was happy.
But not this year.
This year we have a new bus driver and let me tell you. This guy is a stickler. He got upset at us because last year my bus stop was on one corner, but this year apparently it's across the street at the other corner. We were all waiting where we had last year and the guy totally stopped at the other corner and then chewed us out for standing at the wrong corner! And the bus we have this year is smaller too. On the way home most of us were 3 to a seat. And did I mention it was unreasonably hot out? I know, you who live south of here will probably laugh at me (Jamie...) but it was a shocking 90 degrees at least! And we were all squashed together on a too small bus with an irate bus driver!
I certainly hope they do something about our bus. If not, one of my neighbors says there's another bus that passes our neighborhood and is (hopefully) less crowded.
In choir this morning we played with overtones (post on those coming). Overtones are basically notes that you hear but aren't really there. I'll explain it better in another post. The concert choir is a large group. I've always been in smaller, treble choirs. I've never really sung songs with tenor, baritone, etc. parts. My director originally had a list of 75 students in this particular choir, but now there are 101 of us. To be honest, it's sort of intimidating. I'm not so much of a large group person. And I'm one of only 5 sophomores. But I think I'll get used to it and I'll really enjoy it. Actually I already do enjoy it.
In theater class we got going by playing improv games such as "Freeze Tag" and "Add and Subtract". In these games, you have a few people acting out an unscripted scene (that's why they're called improv games- we improvise) and people in the audience can call "Freeze" and go up and change the scene. I think these games are a lot of fun.
I am fortunate to have a very laid back math teacher. Her thing is that if it helps us learn and it doesn't distract the other students, then it's okay for us to do.
And tomorrow I get to have another sort of first day with the other half of my classes.
I'm excited to see what God has in store for me this year!
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Soundtrack Saturday
My apologies... I thought I had it set to post this morning, but apparently it didn't.
This week's soundtrack is "The Pirates" from Finding Neverland. This track was composed in such a way that I can easily create a story of what might be happening. I can practically hear the pirates. What about you?
This week's soundtrack is "The Pirates" from Finding Neverland. This track was composed in such a way that I can easily create a story of what might be happening. I can practically hear the pirates. What about you?
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Soundtrack Saturday
This week I present to you The Buffalo Hunt from Dances With Wolves by John Barry. This track is especially fun. I love it when horns are given the melody, so this made me very happy. It's neat also because it gives a different take on the theme.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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