UHG!!

I'm just about pissed off. Oh. My. Gosh. People don't know how to function. Today was proabaly the worst practice ever! Well, according to Andrew the worst in three years, but whatever. When I got out there I was late because Chloe, Kate and I had to meet with Mrs. Ingram about our history day project and thesis statement. Chloe was all confused and didn't understand what we were doing and started getting worked up and that sorta stuff. Then I started getting frustrated. When we finally got outside all the clarinet section "leaders" were like "we're not talking so shut up!" Of course I was confused on why. We have some totally new drill changes and we couldn't even discuss where to go. I got really ticked off because of I couldn't tell anyone to get in the freakin' form, and people were all over the place. But I got really mad when I was just trying to say a little something to Mica, which I know I shouldn't have and then Brittany just blew up! And she NEVER gets mad at anybody! Anyway people were just getting on my nerves REALLY bad today.
8:24 Yay, I just got off the phone with Beka and I got to talk to Kate Stanton and Leigh Ann at the park so I feel much better :-)!!

Wow, This is Just Great!

One of my closest guy friends is mad as heck at me! I despise this with a passion!!! He is about to get played like a piano and he doesn't realize it. I tried to come though like a true friend and warn him, but he got mad and started cussing and crap like that. Sometimes his "charm" works on girls, but when the girl you're trying to get has a history of toying with guys, COME ON! If one guy was dropped like a hot potato, who's to say he won't be too. I mean the will to come though with something you really want is great, don't get me wrong. Just...I don't know... I'm just sooooooooo frustrated right now!
Just please pray for me as I deal with my frustation. And for my friend so he doesn't get hurt and for the wisdom to understand what is going on. God's AWESOME power can sort this one out!

My Life...Without Band

Well yeah, as the title states my life without band...yeah it would TOALLY bite! School is pointless, at least right now. I'm not even half way into the first semester and school itself bites. Just read how boring and stupid my day is.
First Period, Gym-Come on think about it! Who wants to jog around the gym for five minutes and then go play softball first thing in the morning! I know someone's got to have it, but it's just soooo annoying.
Second Period, Honors Physical Science-(Don't forget the Honors part, Mrs. Tarelton stressed that) Well, speaking of Mrs. Tarelton, she thinks I'm the most talkative person ever, which isn't the problem. It's the fact her class is just boring. Maybe when we start doing labs it will get a little better. Thankfully I can do labs; Banks can't because he made lower than an eighty on the Lab Equipment Test.
Third Period, Honors World History-is a dumb class. Okay yeah, Mrs. Ingram is nice but I miss Mrs. Ballard SOOOOOOOO much, it's not even funny. Not that anyone would really find that funny but anyway. In history we seem to do the same things all the time; take the same notes, watch videos about the same things, and it just gets so boring. I'm not doing so great in that class anyway.
Forth Period, Algebra 1-I took this same freakin' course last year! Dumb ninth grade academy! I don't really like Coach White either; he's always picking on me and crap like that.
Fifth Period, Interrogated Business Applications- This is also another dumb class. All I do is learn about one thing every week about Mircosoft Word. I know most everything we do in there. Or at least one way to do it and I don't care to learn the other ways because I've been taught how to do it one way I'm not going to change it. And keyboard shortcuts are really annoying and I don't know what they are and I'm okay with that.
Then, finally I have lunch!
Sixth Period, Honors Language Arts-UGH! Okay yeah, this is a dumb class because of Mr. Stafford. We'll be taking a test and all of a sudden he will say something about what he did the day before, the entire class will get off on a tangent, and then he tells us to shut up and take our test! He started the conversation. Anyway..the other day he went off telling my class who when he was younger how he slept with his best friends finance and they weren't friends anymore. Then they sort of made up and then Stafford slept with the same friends girlfriend! I mean hello, I don't want to know this! He picks on me all the time too!
Seventh & Eight Period, Band-Only the best part of the day, unless of course we have practice that afternoon! I don't know what I would do without it!
Well, I will stop complaining about my life without band. It's really starting to sound like I'm rolling in the dirt like Strong Sad's blog http://www.homestarrunner.com/sadjournal/. Well, I've got to go read because I've just done some MAJOR procrastinating and I've really got to go do homework! And look what time it is!

First Competition

Oh what!?! Just got back from my very first competition! It was pretty awesome. The "Tribe" came in forth overall; out of eighteen bands. We got second in marching out of those. It was CRAZY FANTASITC!
First thing this morning I went to the school for practice until eleven then we ate and left for the competition at Irmo. We got there, warmed up, PREFORMED our rockin' show, and then got to eat. Then we went back to watch a few other performances and awards. Then we left. I rode back with Mrs. Joy, Kate, and Jed. We had a cool time laughing and stuff. hehe! We were gonna meet Taylor at Monkey-man/dude bridge! haha...long story!
Oh and guess what?! Adrian hasn't left yet! I don't think anyone, including him knows when he's leaving for Arizona.

Spark Notes and Fingernails

I just thought I would say that http://www.sparknotes.com is great, and I don't have a clue what I would do without them. Lord of the Rings is such a long, dragged out, confusing story (at least for me that is). I don't know what I'm reading half the time!
WHOOO HOOO! I have my first marching band competition on Saturday! I'm so excited, but at the same time I'm UBER nervous. I'm sitting here biting my nails, which I do when I'm bored, but I need to save them for when I'm nervous this weekend! Please pray for me and hope that have the confidence and charisma to do my bestest at the competition in that HOT wool uniform in four-o-clock in the afternoon!!

STRESSED!!

ARG!! (yeah, I sound like a pirate or something, but who cares!) Anyway I'm just about stressed out!! I've got MAJOR history day stuff to work on tomorrow with Kate and Chloe at the library. I just got back from a FCA meeting, and before that I had been running around the high school campus to get Jed his Rainbow back (and I'm not even sure if I have my other flip flop...I don't know where it is! Some of the trumpets pulled my shoe away from me and when I got a shoe back I got back Jed's Rainbow, which is why I had it). I had band practice before that. Then I had to come home and take a shower, because I was really stank! I wanna try to get something together for tacky day tomorrow, but for now I've got thirty-one pages of Lord of the Rings to get read! Well, just had to get a little relief! I better get to reading!

Shara and John's Wedding

I just got back from my neighbor, John, and Shara's wedding. It was great fun. I didn't get to see the wedding itself but that's all good. I was in the nursery babysitting John's sister's little girl, Sarah Elizabeth. She was sooooo sweet! She started crying when she heard the organ at one time, but then she seemed to realize it wasn't going to be quiet so she stopped crying. Anyway, after the wedding of course there was the reception. That was pretty fun. There was loads of really neat food. There was fruit in different shapes, and really yummy potato things, and loads of other stuff. I also got to see some people that used to live down the street from me, but moved about a year ago to North Carolina. The children didn't really remember me, but they had grown so much I wasn't really surprised. My friend Hannah was there too; we talked about school and band and such.
One really neato thing was that I caught Shara's bouquet. There were two other girls up there because they did that stuff right at the end and a bunch of people had already left. I was trying to let one of the older girls catch it, but it went over my head and she was like "Okay, it was aimed for you, go on and get it. I laughed and picked it up from the table it landed on. John's cousin caught Shara's guarder and we got a picture together; it was funny. Well, just thought I'd put that it.

Well, I'm Finally Here Again

It seems that I don't post as much during the week but I seems to me that I use this as a blog of life highs or and a vent for aggravations. Usually on the weekdays I'm a pretty happy person who it takes a lot to get annoyed (and stay that way) and am usually a really excited person, so it doesn't seem like I write a lot. Anyway, I just thought I'd state why I don't write so much during the week. This also seems to help with my writing though. If you read my journal entries for Mr. Stafford before I started writing so much you would think a fifth grader wrote them. Now I have more to write about and have more ideas. I guess blogging can have a academic good.

Adrian!!!

UGH!! Adrian is going to be moving next Friday!!! This is terrible!!! I knew he was moving but not so soon. I just found out from Beka at church tonight, which is why I'm writing this as a draft and as soon as everyone else knows, then I can put it as a real post. Anyway, the clarinets are gonna lose our cornet (he marches with the clarinets because there was a hole there, and in the drill they didn't know if he was going to be here for marching season or not so there's not a spot for him with the trumpets)! And I'm going to lose my reed holder; Adrian always carries an extra reed in his pocket for me just in case I break mine.
There goes my boyfriend, hehe, just kidding! The other day I was handing him my reed to carry and he was like "Nope, it's Jed's day. And my day off." I told him no way because Jed's not cool like he is and gets to march with the clarinets. Jed was standing there and was like "sounds like someones breaking up." And I looked at Adrian and said "Does this mean we're breaking up?" Jed was like "WHOA! I didn't know yall were serious!" Of course I was just kidding, but we're going to miss him soooooooooo badly! Ashley, Beka, and I are all going to pack and leave with him!!!

Dummer Aggravation

Well, another day of school, band practice, and (usually not there) aggravation. Today was basically a good day aside from being annoyed by the drummers at band practice. I was off talking to Jarrett and Harley and some of the other drummers were like "Jarrett's gotta girlfriend!", "Harley's gotta girlfriend!" Ya know acting like they were five years old. Well, I don't know how they're going to get a girlfriend acting like they're five years old, but anyway. Of course I was like shut up because for one, I don't like them and two, it's just annoying. I love my guy friends hanging with them is awesome, but just because I talk and hang out with them doesn't mean I like them like that. Anyway then they started talking about this other guy that like(s/ed, I don't know) me, and were asking me why when he asked me out I said no. I'll tell you why, 1)I don't like him 2)That would just be something thing to hold my life down 3) I need to have God and me lined up before I even consider a boyfriend. Anyway after that they kept pointing to people and asking if I would go out with them, of course I said to no to all of them, but they just continued. Anyway thanks for reading because I really needed to get that out. I feel much better :-D!

Without A Paddle

Well, it's Friday and any other Friday night I'd be at a football game, but there wasn't one tonight. I just got back from hanging out with Mrs. Joy, Kate, Taylor V, Beka, Jed, and Taylor F. We went to go see "Without a Paddle". It's totally funny. If you're ever upset or mad or something like that, go see that movie. You won't come out that way! Dan is my favorite dude or whatever. Well, I had a pretty good time. After the movie we went to go get ice cream from Bruster's. That was yummy. Bek, Taylor V., Jed, and I all got chocolate chip cookie dough, because it's the best! HAHA!
HA! I just remembered I ate a chocolate covered cricket today. I mean I knew I did I just didn't think about it until now. Holly had one at school during lunch and she didn't want it. Jed was going to eat it, but then some how or another Kate and me ended up each eating half of it. It's actually not that bad. It taste sort of like a Crunch bar. haha!

Once Again, No School

Okay, no school, but of course it's not labor day again. Hurricane Frances came thru. Wow, that hurricane was pretty crazy, I didn't think that we would get a whole lot from it, being is South Carolina and all, but we did though. The power was out all night and once again I don't have school today (this is really starting to get boring). The damage that was done was pretty crazy too. Here's a link pictures of the Primary School....http://www.chesterfield.k12.sc.us/images/9-7-04/index.htm. My mom, Bradley, Kate, and I rode around and checked out the damage right after a ban of storms yesterday. Kate was with us, because she needed a ride, because of course we didn't have band practice. So we were going to take her to her grandparents house and then my dad calls my mom's cell phone. He told us that we need to get inside of a building or something like that within ten minutes. We were too far from Kate's grandparents house so she ended up coming to my house. That was kind of cool. We played a really messed up game of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" just to see if Kate knew all the answers to the questions. hehe! Right now, I'm just praying for all of the people that have been effected from this storm and I really hope everyone's lives get back to normal soon.
I just realized how boring it can be without elecletricity. Of course I spend most of my time on the internet so, of course it was boring. I just thank God that I don't live in Florida, where a lot of damage took place. I wouldn't even care about the internet, it would be more like my house I would worry about.

If This Works

If this actually works, I'm going to leave this post on my blog! It hasn't worked all day!

Labor Day

Alright, I'm just about bored out of my mind. There's nothing to do because I don't have school because it's labor day. It wouldn't be so bad if we had marching band practice or something, but we don't, so yeah. I should be doing homework, but I really don't feel like it. Thankfully the chapter we have to read out of Lord of the Rings for Mr.Stafford is short! It's really weird, but I wish I had school today! Of course if I was at school I'd be ready to get out. The weather would be great marching weather though! It's overcast and there's a little breeze. I wouldn't mind being out there on the field today. That would be great.
The only problem would be that I'm sick. My throat is hurting and I'm coughing every couple minutes. But it's better than this morning I was coughing every two seconds. My body seems really tired too. Well, I'm sure that you (unless maybe you are a doctor) are really bored by me telling you how sick I am and are about to stop reading. I would be too. Well, I guess I'm signing off for now. My dad should be back with food from Hardee's any second now.

Other People's Neato Blogs

Shelly told me about this little website and such. It's pretty cool. Here is a link to her blog and some other people's I know...

Shelly-http://themarionettebox.blogspot.com/
Kristin-http://wednesdayadams.blogspot.com/
Ryan-http://sharkmaul.blogspot.com/
Katlyn-http://mypathchoosen.blogspot.com/
Kate-http://skiplittleworld.blogspot.com/

These are the only people I know with a blog, but if you have one or know someone who does, e-mail me! Thanks!

Marching Band!!!

Marching band is great! It currently rules my life, and it's rockin! If you ever have a chance to be in one, do it! It's totally awesome! I had the chance to march when I was in the eighth grade, but I didn't do it. Now I feel really stupid because now I realize how fun it really is! Also if you think you're one of those people who's minds are to simple to do it, don't think that! I was one of those who didn't think she could march, play memorized music, know where I was going, and avoid running into people. It's a little difficult at first, but you catch on. It's totally great! Check out the tribe marching...http://www.cherawbands.org! Oh yeah, I play clarinet. It's the best. The other instruments are pretty cool to...I guess. Just kidding, they're great.
Our show this year is pretty cool, I can't compare it to anything though, so yeah. It's called "Labyrinth". We're chasing the color guard and stuff; it's cool. Oh yeah we get to sing in Latin (be-lu-ia, hehe) so that's kind of neat. In another part of our show we have to sing, but I'm one of the lucky clarinets that gets to play instead. Which is good because my part is REALLY high and I can't sing it.

You Might Be a Band Dork If...

-You walk in step with your friends in the hall, down the street, everywhere...
-You're no longer afraid of spit
-Being called a band dork doesn't offend you
-You call you band director by a weird nickname, or first name; he doesn't mind
-You've lost twenty percent of your hearing from sitting in front of the trumpets (at least clarinets have)
-and blocking them out is really no big deal
-You respond to your other friends confused faces by saying "it's a band thing"
-You find ways to use your instrument in non-band classes
-You've never sat with your class at pep rallies, because you're busy playing stand music with the band
-You go to band camp...and you already graduated...three years ago.
-Your band director gives you push-ups from playing "Iron Man" so often
-You know how to play over ten popular stand tunes, and know the words to none of them
-Reeds don't taste so bad
-You find it amusing to crab walk up and down stairs
-You're still kicking yourself from the time you missed practice and all the flutes were in tune
-You have a hand shake with your band director

What the Heck is "The Quadrilateral Space Between The Lattice Boards"?

The name "The Quadrilateral Space Between the Lattice Boards" is just a random thing. I has nothing to do with my life. It just seemed cool and I didn't think many other people would name their blog this is, so yeah. Although it's not something I came up with. My friend, Chloe, and her cousins were going to make their own movie (the ones I've seen are really neat...the movies I mean, not her cousins, even though they're cool too) called "The Quadrilateral Space Between The Lattice Boards." Well, they weren't able to make their movie, but the title was awesome and I stole it for my blog title. It was going to be some sort of scary movie, like the Ring. Ya know how there was the ring of light...well, they were going to have a quadrilateral space between lattice boards. It has nothing to do with anything, it was just a random title.