Danny Marona

Danny Marona was so great!  I'm so glad I participated. :)  Even if I had to switch my song and prepare it in a week.

I wasn't pleased with my performance at all... but other people seemed to enjoy it.  So I guess that's a plus.  But I know I could've done much better.  And I should have picked a different piece.  Yeah, classical cello pieces are gorgeous, but I should have chosen something more well-known.  Maybe even the Bach Prelude...?  Everyone knows that one.

But anywho... enough complaining.

Congratulations to my great friend Emilee Gomske for getting 3rd!  And my other friend Mike Esparza for getting 1st!!!!  And to Lauren (who isn't not my friend, but who I don't really know that well) for getting 2nd.  :)

Yeah, I'm somewhat disappointed that I didn't place, but I didn't really expect to anyway.  And I am quite pleased with the finalists. :)

The Last Attempt

The ACT.

I got a 33.

I'm not complaining.

I mean, it's a good score.

And my highest score so far.

But I know I could have gotten a 34.

Why can't I just take my highest scores from each section of all of my attempts and have THAT be my composite score? : /

It's just annoying that I only got 33's in Math in English when before I've gotten 35's.

State Champs. Again.

Being water polo state champs is exciting and all... but it's just like last year.  Except less exciting.
State was such a disappointment.

1.  They didn't even sell shirts.  What is that?  Water polo shirts are my favorite!
2.  Bishop Kelley is dumb, so they left before we played them.  They said they were "tired," but everyone knows they were just afraid because they knew they were going to lose.
3.  Coach barely played me at all.  Which is very angering because not only am I a senior, but I'm the only girl who has been on the team for four years.  Instead he played Tara all the time... and she just barely started this year!  Ughh... I was mad.

But hey... state champs.  Woot!

Oh, and... BYU has an unofficial water polo team.

It's coed and they play games and everything!

So I'm gonna play on it.  It will be so flippin' fun!

I Kinda Wish AP Physics was a Little Easier

So... there was this test I took yesterday.

And I got a 72%. : /

Hey, at least it's passing!

Half of the class got D's and F's.

So I was in the upper half...

But I'm going to retake it anyway.

Ughh... stupid Fnet equations.

Slightly Awkward and Yet Super Fun Sadie's

I ended up going with Tyler Lofgran.  Which was great!  he's super cool. :)  Except... he kinda has a girlfriend.  And I'm perfectly all right with that, cuz I don't like him like that or anything.  It just sorta made Sadie's sorta awk.  Because in my group there was Maddie with Bradyn (a couple) and Natalie with Michael (also a couple), and then it was me and Tyler (nothing more than a date).  And we went to the Haunted mansions of Albion.  You know, scary stuff.  A "cuddle with your date and hold hands" sorta thing. Which Maddie and Bradyn and Natalie and Michael definitely did.  Whereas Tyler and I just... didn't.  Which is okay with me!  I just kinda wish I had some sort of boyfriend type figure who I could  have taken so I could have been all cutesy-hold-handsy with.  But no. *Sigh* Oh well.  Maybe next Halloween.

Mad at the World (or just the ACT)

This is my ACT score.
On it's own it looks pretty decent, even impressive, right?

But compare it to last time.

It's hard to see in that picture... but my separate scores were
English 34
Math 32
Reading 30
Science 29
It's super great that I went up so much in everything!  ...Except reading.

STUPID STUPID STUPID

If I had done better in reading I may have gotten a 34!  Or even a 35!  BUT NO!!!
I had to go down 5 stinkin points.

I guess I'm going to take it again... : /

Quite Possibly the Worst Day Ever

• This morning I woke up late but still needed to finish my English homework.  (I did get it finished, though.)
• My mom made pancakes, but by the time I got downstairs there was no more syrup or powdered sugar.
• When I went to print out my paper the printer wouldn't work, so I had to open my paper on a different computer connected to a different printer.
• Because I left late, I was late to school.
• When I got to school I realized that I had forgotten my calculator and English binder at home.
• Because of my lack of calculator, I couldn't do most of my Calculus and Physics work in class... and today was a day when she actually gave us time in class to do our work... as in like the entire class period-worth.  So I was pretty much pointless.
• When I was in line for lunch, the food in my line ran out right as I was up to get food.  Like no joke. I was the next person in line.  And I didn't have enough time to get into a different line... so I just bought a milk and ate Maddie's carrots.  (Thank you Maddie.)
• I was informed that when you pass out while giving blood they take the needle out right away.  And if you weren't done then they can't use your blood.  So they throw it away.  So I wasted my time, blood, and energy giving blood.  I didn't even save three lives like I originally thought I had. :(  I feel so useless.
• I was in such a bad mood that I couldn't concentrate in Chamber Singers, and Mr. Casperson kept making comments towards the alto section about not paying attention.  I knew he was referring to me.
• After school I checked the MVSPA page on Facebook to see if they had posted parts.  I knew Ursula was between me and one other girl.  She got it.  I'm the understudy.  I don't mean to sound like a diva, but I'm now not going to do the play.  I know being the understudy is a better part than I could have gotten, but if I had actually gotten the part I would have made time for it... but understudy isn't worth my already over-crammed time.  Oh, not to mention, everyone said I would get the part because I'm a senior, but I lost it to a freshman (or maybe she's a sophomore... frankly, I don't really care).
• I'm in charge at home, and my little neighbor boy wanted to play with my little sister, and I said yes, but then his mom had to leave, but she said she'd be back before I had to leave to go to swim team, so I said he could stay.  And then my dad came home and had to take my older little siblings to piano, and since I would have to leave before he was back he had to take my younger little siblings too.  And then he realized there was an extra child at our house, and this child's mother wasn't home.  So he took him in the car to piano too... after yelling at me for having him stay over when his mom wasn't home.
• And I've felt like crying all day long.
• So now I am crying as I type this.

Well... see?  It just wasn't really the best day. :(  Maybe swim team and water polo will make the day better...?