a new beginning

Okay, let this post symbolise the start of something new: hopefully regular posting. I will update you on my life to the best of my abilities.
Before I start this off, I would like to draw your attention to a couple of new things:

1. I have two Tumblr accounts: my fandom account and my 'miscellaneous' account.
2. I have a YouTube channel that I am trying my best to upload to.
3. I have a couple of fanfiction accounts: Wattpad and AO3 (or Archive of Our Own).
4. I have a Twitter account.

I would like as much traffic on those as possible, so thanks in advance. (Also, please let me know if any of the links aren't working.)

Now I will update you on a few things that have changed since the last time I made an update:

I have joined many new fandoms- Supernatural, Sherlock, Star Trek, and Welcome to Night Vale just to name a few. To stay updated with my ever-growing list, please consult my fandom Tumblr account. You will see a multitude of fandoms on there.

I am a junior in high school, and with that I have gotten my driver's license. You may want to stay off the streets.

I have been auditioning for every play I possibly can and I will be in Death of a Salesman at my school coming up. I am also in speech, which I have gotten an honourable mention at every meet so far this year.

I hope that this goes well for us!

JRB

Miscellanious

Tomorrow is my dad's graduation. It's about time!! :D I'm very proud of him. I can't imagine having a one-year-old and trying to study for a test or write a paper...

Well, it's been a while since my last post so I updated you on a lot of stuff:

1.) The Annie performances, although they were very stressful and seemed like they were going to be a COMPLETE disaster, turned out very good. Tons of people I know went. Thank you all!

2.) The honor jazz band at Scott Highlands Middle School is almost over. I can't wait for the concert! We started recording for the dvd this week, and all went pretty well.

On that same note (notice the pun :D), I'm a part of the rhythm section for one song (Cold Duck Time). It's really fun! I play the guiro.

3.) Um, I know there's something else.... Oh! Being the band geek that I am, I just can't wait for marching band this summer!! It's gonna be so fun!

4.) I also can't wait for our end-of-the-year field trip to Valleyfair! It's also gonna be extremely fun!! :D

5.) I have recently become a huge Gleek! For those of you who are not familiar with the term, I'm a huge fan of the tv show Glee! It's an amazing show! They have the life no one would turn down (they randomly burst out into song and no one looks at them like they're insane! I'd love that!).

6.) Also recently, my friend Kayli told me about this British guy on YouTube (channel: charlieissocoollike) who, 1. is in a Doctor Who band called Chameleon Circuit, so he is a gigantic fan of Doctor Who. But who in the UK isn't? 2. He's hilarious! and 3. He has some pretty good songs. His website is here. If you go to the music tab, you can listen to all the songs on his first solo album, This Is Me, for free. Also, the way he ends most of his YouTube videos is with a guy (that isn't pictured) with the stereotypical English butler voice saying, "You've just had almost the imponderable joy of watching CharlieIsSoCoolLike. Which makes you, like, cool." It's hilarious! And I'll add one of his videos that is of one of his Chameleon Circuit songs, Doctor What:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98rtEm7sUsU

I think that's about it. Updates will hopefully happen pretty frequently now. But look at how well that worked out last time....

Spanish camp at Concordia Language Camps (El Lago Del Bosque)

Yesterday I got back from Spanish camp and it was amazing! I know you Frenchies hated French camp 'cause they were all speaking in fluent French. They were doing that with us, except Spanish instead of French. If you pay attention you can figure out what they're saying...

Anyway, El Lago Del Bosque, which means Lake of the Woods, was the camp and it was really fun. Everything was Caribbean (El Caribe) themed, the food was delicioso, etc. My favorite food was the piña colada cookies. Or the salsa... No se... And I've noticed that I just CANNOT STOP SPEAKING ESPAÑOL!!! Even when I don't try, I end up saying lo siento, or gracias, or hola, or SOMETHING in Spanish. Voy a intentar parar el hablar de español. (I will try to stop speaking Spanish.) But it probably won't work...

Well, I'd better stop before I confuse you further....

2nd post of the day...

Okay, I thought I was done for today. Apparently I'm not...

Alright, straight to the point, I thought this was HILARIOUS: the UK's national anthem ("God Save The Queen") has the same melody as "My Country Tis Of Thee". This is another one of those "the chicken or the egg" scenarios: Did we copy them? Or did they copy us?

That's your homework for today, children!

ENJOY!

Failure-ness

I just realized my life is FILLED with fails. Example: this blog. I was adding a post a day. For less than a week.... Then I (unintentionally) wait another month.
ANYWAY, today is the first day for the honor jazz band I'm in. Scott Highlands Middle School in Apple Valley... Just so you know, I'm not saying that it's a long drive ('cause it's not), just that I don't know the school very well (a.k.a. at all) and I don't even know where I'm supposed to go. I should probably check the email...
Also, I'm in a regular honor band (not jazz). Which is in Austin.... I don't even know where that is!!
Then there's Spanish camp next week in Bemiji (? I don't know how it's spelled and I don't wanna look it up).
So that's it at the moment. ENJOY!

the second day of health class

I guess school isn't a waste. In my second day of health we learned the names of almost half the bones in the body, and then repeated it over and over 'til there's no way for me to forget any of it: skull, cranium, parietal, cranium, parietal, frontal. Okay let's start again. When we finally got through the skull (skull, cranium, parietal, frontal, temporal, occipital, mandible, maxilla) we started on the abdomen. Clavicle, scapula, sternum, xiphoid process, ribs: 1-7 true, 8-10 false, 11 12 floaters. I don't think I will ever forget those names. EVER! And I didn't really believe my health teacher when she said we'd learn the names of all the bones in a week...

Anyway. Enough on the bones. Well, that's really it. So, bye for now!

Okay, I decided to post my new story. I started it today, and why not try and get some feedback?

As I lay uncomfortably on my floor, staring at my painfully slow laptop and pretending to do homework, I think about that on person you all know but never think about. She gets average grades, she has average looks. Everything about her is average. She tries to blend in, but only because it hurts too much to stand out.

Then I think about how much I want to not be her.

Okay, let's start from the beginning.

My name is Amelia. I pretend I'm everyone's friend, and they pretend to be mine, but everyone can see through the lie. There's only a few people who have proven to be true friends.

"Hey Amelia!" Thank the powers that be. It's Lexie, real friend número uno. Not that there's an order. I just don't think I'd have been able to put on another mask for someone like Monique or Brittany.

"Hey!" I reply with more enthusiasm than usual.

"You look like you needed some saving from these disastrous surroundings," she said with a huge smile as she gestured around the empty library. As I followed her hand with my eyes, I glanced at the clock and gasped.

"Oh, my god! It's already that late?!" The clock told me that school had already been over for an hour.

"Yep," she told me with a smirk. "C'mon. My mom's outside"

"'Kay." I'm never gonna live this one down, I thought as I mentally shook my head and physically gathered my things.

Out in her mom's car, we turned Paramore up all the way and sang the lyrics at the top of our lungs.

That's all I have at the moment. Let me know what ya think!