The Function Speed is Dead

That last post was just because I didn't want to study Bio.

Today was fun. Hopefully Kyle does better in real life than in the game. But it's always nice seeing Matt, Tim, and Sarah. (And Rachel and younger Tim)

Yesterday was...pleasant. Ice skating was alright; everyone was better than me though. As in, they could actually get around. Well, I'm glad everyone had fun. :)
Then I went grocery shopping with Laura and Jessica. And we decided to split the cabbage butts. :D

The day before that, I went to go see The Knowing with Sarah C and Jenny. I was the tag-a-long with the two Wingdings.

The day before that was the basketball banquet. That was fun. I'm going to miss playing with the whole team. And turns out, Coach Mario's going to condition us tomorrow. Can't wait. :(

This weekend's been pretty good. :)

The only thing that could make it better is if I could say I worked on "Popularity". Geez, Avi. We need to talk about this.
me trying to skateChris and Jennifer totaling pwn-ing me.
pictures taken by Jennie

BANQUET!
They gave a certificate for having a 3.5 GPA or higher. I thought that was weird.
pictures by Aprille :)

My Feet are Moving, But I'm Getting Nowhere

Instructions
1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3.YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!

How do you feel today?
Knowing Me Knowing You - ABBA

What is your motto?
Dance Inside- All-American Rejects

What do your friends think of you?
For Me, It's You- Train

What do you think about very often?
American Pie- Don McLean. (hm....these have been making sense so far)

What is 2+2?
Iris- Goo Goo Dolls (just stopped making sense)

What do you think of your best friend?
Wizard and I (Instrumental)- Wicked Karaoke.

What do you think of the person you like?
Part 9 of the A Walk to Remember audio book (aw....when Landon is realizing he's in love with Jamie. Sweet)

What is your life story?
Ascension of the Spirit- Evanescence (gah :O)

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Hope- Jack Johnson ( :] )

What do you think when you see the person you like?
Medal of Honor- Michael Giacchino

What do your parents think of you?
Voicemail #4- RENT (Iiiitt's Alexi Darling in East Hampton!)

What will you dance to at your wedding?
Raze the City- Snow Patrol (??)

What will they play at your funeral?
Fernando- ABBA (gawrsh)

What is your hobby/interest?
Shelter Me- Train (hm...)

What is your biggest secret?
Goodnight Goodnight- Maroon 5 (It's not what you think! :O)

What do you think of your friends?
Last Ever Lone Gunman- Snow Patrol (haha)

What’s the worst thing that could happen?
From the Ritz to the Rubble- Arctic Monkeys

How will you die?
William Tell Overture- Gioacchino Rossini (Oh dear....)

What is the one thing you regret?
A Song the World Can Sing Out Loud- A Change of Pace (interesting.)

What makes you laugh?
Tattoo- Jordin Sparks

What Makes You Cry?
Happy New Year B- RENT (friendship is thicker than blood)

Will you ever get married?
Tune Up #1- RENT (December 24, 9 PM Eastern Standard Time...)

What scares you the most?
The Lady in My Life- Michael Jackson (...you have no idea)

Does anyone like you?
Dreams Be Dreams- Jack Johnson. (how sad)

If you could go back in time, what would you change?
Downhill from Here- Snow Patrol (looks like it's going to be the future I should be worried bout)

What hurts right now?
California's Burning- Augustana

What will you post this as?
My Feet are Moving, But I'm Getting Nowhere- Backseat Goodbye

High of 75

Why did the weather have to be so ideal for conditioning the last week? *sigh*
By the way Avi- butt cheeks still hurt. But with four days off, I have plenty of time to let my butt recuperate. :D

It was the basketball banquet tonight. I got a plaque :]. Like..the shiny kind, not the bad kind in your teeth.
The food was nice. We had fun but I am certain that I'll be with these girls all my high school life whether those four years will be spent balling and running our butts off or just hanging out and running to Starbucks. :P

Plus, Coach Marcus did a cool dance for us.

Anyways, not that much homework this weekend. Just math and the country profile for MUN. BY THE WAY- anyone going to the HB conference: country+committee?

I told my Chinese teacher, Mrs. Chao, about my film director dream. You know what she said? She's like, "That's nice that you found something you like to do. But you know...that's just not practical. You're not going to become a film director. You should have a real career plan like teaching and then if you make lots of money you can go make a movie." And so on.

I don't know if I should be angry or depressed.

Sarah (and Mary)- Thanks for the sympathy. I just hope one day that more people will come to that realization.
Isabel- Hm...small world. I'm not buff. You should see me going through that work out. Jennifer called me afterwards and I was like, "Can I call you back? I can't breathe." And I can't sit down because my butt's sore. :(
Avi- We can just have you be Raymond, can't we? And get E. H. to be Op1. Problem solved.

Popularity Progress:
No progress. Did a little publicity and see if anyone wanted to be an extra but that's about it.

more East Coast.

So....Sunday's ice skating, huh? Noon- 2:30 ice rink then the rest of the time will be used at the mall, I guess. Monday....if anyone's bored I'm right with you so ...yeah. Tell me if you're gonna do anything.

Everything's Magic

Yeah. I looked at this old UCLA picture and I was on Avi's iPod. I remember listening to The Adventure so I looked up Angels & Airwaves. Pretty sweet.

Oh yeah, it's his birthday today. Bow down to his old-ness.

Gee, I feel like I just went to the bathroom today. I mean....I feel relieved. We turned in all this work today and I felt good :]

Until....

CONDITIONING.

Epic fail. We had to run a half mile under 4:30 for warmup then we did this exercise routine afterward. Four times! Let's just say today I ran about two and a half miles plus at least a hundred push-ups, curl-ups, side lunges (badly), and hop things. Oh, and apparently we messed up on the lunges so we had to do air wall sits after.

Tomorrow's agility and footwork so it shouldn't be too bad.

Remember my "realization/ step it up" mini monologue thing I put in last post? Still haven't achieved that. I saw one of the movies for MUN today and trust me, I just felt so angry and frustrated with myself, I couldn't talk to anyone afterwards.
It was good, I admit that but what I was afraid to admit that it was better than the one I edited. And their movie was all with ....those people and it just...it just got me really angry.

Avi? Two words: let's film.

Popularity Progress:
Same nothingness. Gawsh, I feel so uninspired right now. Note the title of my blog. Yeeah. Need more of those.
I'm looking into this $1,100 camera. Don't know if my parents will even think twice about it, though.

Avi- Dude, you should see me at school. I talk. And yes, I'm still very uncomfortable talking to *certain people*
Isabel- You shouldn't. Really. I just like to look like I know what I'm doing. I don't. I don't really know when I 'm going to go over and say hi. I have basketball conditioning starting up again. *bleh*
Sarah (and Mary)- Kevin kinda did a head-nod thing and walked away. I'm sure he says hi to you back on the inside. :D

Anyone want to watch The Knowing over the weekend?

A little picture of Avi (and Matt) to honor his passing of age.

No Time Left for Losing

AP World it is. And now I'm losing Sarah to MUN! :( Ah well, I guess she could do whatever she wants to do.

Lots of English homework to procrastinate on. bleh.
Finished editing the WWI project but it's still too short. A monologue at the end perhaps? Math test on Friday. Kind of scared for that.
We're reading "Fahrenheit 451" in English. I like it better than "Of Mice and Men" so far.
I played basketball with Alysza and Jessica today. It was fun but we were lazy. I hope they had a good time running/jogging/walking. Conditioning next week. BRING IT ON!!!

I realized today that I really need to step it up. With school, my friends, and my future. The last time I've seen my Whitney friends was like...Sadies? And I haven't seen Sarah Z since who knows when. Even though they're all too cool for me now, if I want to see them then I have to make a move.
Same thing with grades. Gotta finish my English homework to up my grade. Gotta train harder if I'm going to make it onto varsity.

Goodness, I need to keep an eye out for a possible internship for film. My dad said he might be able to get me one for Disney in their offices in Burbank but I need to network. I need to WORK ON MY FILM PROJECTS.

which leaves me to...
Popularity Progress:
No real new changes. Still need a Raymond. Did more of the storyboard and I'm pretty much done with that. Film will start hopefully before or during spring break. Need to make a breakdown when I'm sure.












It's almost been a year since the East Coast Trip? Can you believe that?

Rock and Roll

Man, I just heard that song on Sarah Z's blog (which is now Mary's blog too apparently) and I had like two flashbacks at once. When I first heard that song, I was in Chinese class completely fooling around. (The teacher really couldn't care less) Jonathan, the swimming sophomore that always steals my things, showed it to me on his awesome iPod touch.

Then, I thought of that one morning at 5:30 when I was eating before basketball practice when the video came up on VH1. (Nothing's on TV at 5:30 in the morning D:)

I thought I'd share that. :D

ANYWAYS- I'm about to go out to math class and I'm giving up going to visit good ol' chinese school typing this post. *sigh* oh well.

I still have three movies to film. I'm gonna go film the MUN/ History one tomorrow at the park and Albert's house (since he wants us there so bad ...????)

And I hate math.
I used to like math.
Now I hate math.
You'd think I'd like it.
After I got a 97% on my seequnces&series/ probability test.
But I still hate it.

Avi- You know what? Forget it. It was a good show and that's all that matters. I'm wearing my T-shirt right now!
Isabel- Thanks. And just to let you know, I DO have a life. Despite you you see. :P We're pretty gangsta, huh?
Alice- Of course I remember you! You were Tim's date :P

Man. This is the msot anyone's ever commented on this thing. :O

my mood. SO. MUCH. WORK TO DO :(((

I've Longed to Discover

Okay. So I haven't had a video to do for two years. All my previous attempts have been foiled. And now, when it comes down to it, three projects drop in my lap all at once. I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I'm just saying.....karma.

So I'm waiting at the library for JV and varsity to finish taking their pictures. It's cold because I'm wearing my jersey and I'm doing my math homework. That pretty much was the most memorable part of my day.

Besides that, Sarah sold yogurt, Kyle voted, and I got my ID back. Finally.

Avi- You made a noticeable amount of noise during the show. XP

Sarah- It was that good. And I'm happy you gave it a chance and watched the film with me. I really appreciate how you support me and my dreams all the time. It means a lot. :)

Isabel- yo, my new homie.

No Day But Today

RENT was one of the most awesome experiences of my life. Being in LA and watching something like RENT really made my weekend. I just have to blog about it, I guess.

Not only was the show great, the people I watched it with were pretty cool too. Except that Avi kept on singing and talking through the first act. :P But yeah, nice conversations. Very productive evening.

ANYWAYS- I think that if you want to get the general idea of RENT, see the movie. The movie (directed by Chris Columbus, by the way) really captures the essence and themes of RENT. Not to mention, the actor's performances were spectacular. If you want to taste where RENT started and really feel what Jonathan Larson wanted you to feel you have to see the musical. I can see why it did so well.

Thank you, Jonathan Larson.

So She Said, "Would You Light My Candle?"

I suppose you don't recognize that lyrics. It's from Christmas Bells from RENT. Only THREE MORE DAYS!!! I'm so excited...I just can't hide it.

Just finished my imperialism thingy. No English homework tonight, so I was free. I went to the Carmenita POPS! Concert. Fun stuff. The band this year's pretty darn awesome. Only one mellophone in the whole thing.
Wait a sec...
mellophone just came up as a spelling error. WHAT THE HELL? Mellophones freakin ROCK! I'm outraged! D:

Anyways....I'm going to take either band or film studies next year. I can't decide.

"Popularity" Progress:
Screenplay finished
Shotlist finished
Storyboard almost done
Casting....pending Hailey, don't really like Raymond, no Op1. But we have like four extras :Deast coast

All This Misery Pays No Salary

Why does sickness occur? You know what- don't answer that.
For the last week, I've felt like an unwanted, excess piece of waste. That's right. I felt like crap. Now I'm wheezing my guts out.
At least I could go see Slumdog Millionaire today. Finally. And I watched Changeling just last night. Clint Eastwood knows how to pull at your heartstrings.

Abi's birthday is on Tuesday. So on Wednesday I get to get my haircut. :D
No basketball for a little while. I can't wait until spring league, though.

"Popularity" Progress:
Finished screenplay
Finished shotlist
Storyboard in progress
Casting in progress.
me and kevin back in the day....