And the year comes to a close...

Wow. 

Junior Year is almost over, and i can't believe it.

The past month has been a whir of craziness, that i have forgotten to keep my reader updated on the on-goings of my life. (as if they really care to know)

Since my last post, lets see

track season came to close- which upsets me a lot because i miss running )plus i'm now not in shape... again)

I visited SLU - which i thoroughly enjoyed, and the visit did sway my opinion a bit. but i am still stuck on Franciscan University.

Saw Taylor Swift in concert, man can that girl put on a show! She was fantastic.

I went to prom - which was a blast.

And yeah delt with normal day-to-day stuff.

The seniors are done with school, as of tuesday.

That makes our high school empty and depressing, seeing as us underclassmen are forced to attend classes in which the teachers give us meaningless assignments to fill the time before finals, which will be a week from yesterday.

I can't believe it's almost summer.  I am so excited.

I am working three jobs this summer... wooooo!

The Cruise is soooo soon and i am pumped!!!

In the Big apple for four days of fun

My school orchestra left last thursday early (6am!!!) for NYC.  

It was an AMAZING 4 days of musical genius...... and shopping.

There were 47 of us, and a few chaperones thrown in the mix.

We had a great time hanging around the city, seeing Phantom of the Opera on broadway, visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, walking through central park, and having crazy pillow fights in the hotel rooms.

We had a fun time discovering the importance of keeping your purses zipped, and your wallets in the front pocket of your pants.  

We also discovered the tremendous amount of money needed to buy a simple hamburger.

We stayed up late, woke up early, and goofed around.

We found our favorite restaurant ( Astro's somewhere on 57th or 56th) where we ate like 3 times.

We took the subway, walked in the rain, and took a limo ride (just three of us did that) and performed a puppet show out the window of our 34th floor hotel room (it's illegal in NYC to perform a puppet show in the window, yeah we're rebels).

We celebrated Easter in St. Patricks Cathedral and planned an easter egg hunt in central park.

And why may you ask did we go for the fun four days to the city that never sleeps?

Our orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall along with 8 other orchestras and 9 other bands out of 200 that applied to play.

It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life, and brought tears to our directors eyes, not to mention my blubbering mother.

Now that it is all done and over, a few things came to mind as i got back to school:

we worked so hard for that, and now we're done.  We've performed at Carnegie Hall, an acoustically perfect stage.  

I also figured out that after spending 24 hours a day with these kids for 4 days straight it was very weird not to see them for a full 13-14 hours so seeing them at school was a relief!!

Anyway.  Overall it was a blast, and i miss the city already.  

Who says radio contests are just for the lucky??

This morning i won my first ever radio contest! Yay!

So i woke up at six to the sound of 89.9 WLCA Wake Up Call, my favorite morning show, other than with John and Snickers.  

This morning they were doing this thing where this guy would hit some other guy and the listeners would have to guess what he was hit with.  They gave clues, and the first one to call in with the right answer wins.

They did this several times throughout the morning.

SOooooo.. my calls went something like this:

Call Number One for 2 Blue October Tickets:

Guy: 89.9

Me: Is it corn flakes??

Guy: No, but your close

-hangs up-

Guy: 89.9

Me: how about oatmeal

Guy: nooo but your close, try again

-hangs up-

Guy: 89.9

Me: So its not corn flakes, and its not oatmeal.... what the heck is it???

Guy: Uh, we already got a winner

Me: Darn

-hangs up-

The answer for this one was cereal.... which upsets me greatly because i really wanted BO tickets and corn flakes are cereal.... 

Next Hitting Item Hint: "just imagine a kid eating a messy snack, singing i love little debbie"

Call Number Two for 2 Slightly Stoopid tickets:

Guy: 89.9

Me: Ho Ho's?

Guy: Nope, but you're really close

-hangs up-

Guy: 89.9

Me: What about zebra cakes, or devil squares or...

Guy: Nope, but you're still close... did you say Ding Dongs?

Me: Sure... Ho ho's and ding dongs are the same thing

Guy: no they are not!

Me: yeah they are, except ho ho's are better

Guy: they are not the same thing!

Guy #2: who even makes ho ho's

me: i don't know who makes them

Guy #3: Your mom makes ho ho's

me: all i know is ho ho's are better than ding dongs

Guy #1: no they're not

Guy#2 (or 3 it was very loud in the studio): Have you even tasted one?

Me: a ho ho or a ding dong?

Guy #2 (again, or 3): both

me: yes, they are the same thing!!

Guy #1: DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT GIVES YOU FREE TICKETS

me: OK sorryyy.

That was my morning.  So i have two tickets to see Slightly Stoopid on Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00PM at the Pageant!! WOO!

FYI: i've never heard of this band, but hey, i like all music (except rap) so i'm open to this new band.

Standing on a well-worn soap box

I was doing my Gov notes, when i came across the line "Nor can a State print or coin money or deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law." under the heading Powers Denied to the States.

Now, coming at it from a strictly Pro-Life stance, i immediately looked up the original text.

The original text, in the United States Constitution states:

Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights. Ratified 7/9/1868.
nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law

Now, keeping that in mind lets talk about sex.....

Day 1:
The sperm fertilizes the egg. The sperm and egg each carries half of the normal amount of genetic material (DNA.) After fertilization, the egg now has a full set of genes that is unique.
-Robert Needlman, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Is this egg a baby?
many say yes.
many say no.

still don't think it's going to become life?

Week 3:
The inner, outer, and middle layers of cells are destined to become different tissues in the developing fetus, such as skin and nerves, intestines, and muscle. The heart has begun to pump; the brain and spinal cord begin as a tube-like structure.
-Robert Needlman, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Most pregnancies can be detected by ultrasound in typically 4-5 weeks.
So by the time a woman even realizes it is time to have an abortion the baby's heart is already beating.

Is this egg a baby?
many say yes.
many say no.

but NOBODY can deny that this egg will BECOME a baby. Nobody can deny the fact that if let growing for nine months this egg will become a human being.

Why would a woman get an abortion?
because she doesn't want a baby.
because the egg is going to become a baby.
by getting an abortion she is stopping the life from developing.

A short story if you will.

16 year old Mary Reeves is a junior at Dunvar High in Michigan. She is in the top 10% of her class. She is on Varsity soccer and starts every game. She is not only involved in community service, but in her school as well. She is Student Council President and well-loved by her friends.

But Mary Reeves does not exist.

Because her mother made a small mistake, and then decided to get an abortion.
Mary's mother was not ready to create a life.

Now, answer me honestly
Did Mary's mother deprive her of her life?
The answer is yes.
Mary's life was deprived.

I don't care if you are Pro-life or Pro-choice or pro-i don't care what's going on
the truth is that Mary was an egg with a full set of genes that was unique.
She was going to watch TV.
Se was going to swim.
She was going to go to the prom.
She was going to get married.
But now she can't.
Because her life has been stopped.

Now, going back to my earlier point.
The state CANNOT deprive a person of life...
They cannot deprive a person of life.

you agree that Mary's life was deprived.


So if the state or the nation creates a law stating that abortion is legal
THEY ARE DEPRIVING PEOPLE OF LIFE

and i now step off the soap box.

Sick and Tired of being Sick and Tired

The cold epidemic has hit my high school.
It's been wonderful.
But... i have a theory.
I believe i know how this horrible thing started.
You see, on the 26th of January it snowed. A lot. And even high school teenagers become like children when it snows. So we wished and prayed, and dreamed for a snow day, and what do you know..?
there had been enough oranges out in the yard that night!
So of course everyone goes and plays outside, myself included.
Although i must say sledding on a frozen lake was so fun, my immune system was definitely weakened.
Though i did not know it, nor did anyone else, but my body's defenses were slowly being destroyed.
Then the next day, a snow day, yet again.
So of course everyone goes and plays outside again, myself included.
Although i must say building a snowman on a frozen lake was so fun, my immune system was yet again weakened.
So when i and my fellow snow-mates got back to school that thursday, disaster struck.
Someone had a cold, and since our body's were no longer up for the challenge of beating down virus's, they surrendered our body to alien bacteria.
Now people are dropping like flies....
not really, but a bunch of people are sick.

Anyway,... so that is how the epic battle of student vs. virus began.
thank you very much.

Dinner at my house... when my mother isn't home...

Dinner at my house... when my mother isn't home...
Heres what goes down:
"Ok kids, you kind of have to fend for yourselves for dinner, i gotta run to the school."
So... there is pizza for chris and i (wheat free of course!)
So jess and i unwrap these delicious looking thin crusted, lightly cheesed pieces of crud and put them on the counter... we take out extra mozzarella cheese in order to 'spruce it up a bit'
Jessica proceeds with eating the mozzarella off the top of the pizza while i clean the mess and shove a handful of mozzarella in my mouth.... i almost puke....
"does this taste bad to you," i ask and i look a jess who then screams at the volume of a fright train...
"THERE'S MOLD!!!!"
Now at this point in our story, we are both spitting mozzarella out of our mouths, while our pieces of crud are being melted with moldy cheese in the toasty oven.
"OH NO!!!"
we grab the pizza's out of the oven and dump the moldy cheese into the bin.
So then all is calm... but we both feel like throwing up, so we eat peanut butter.
Then we start talking for like 30 minutes....
I look up at the oven... "CRUD CHECK THE PIZZA"
we throw open the door, and..
two burnt pieces of crap... i mean... really burned.
Jessica runs to the intercom and screams down to christopher
"THE DARN PIZZAS ARE BURNED!!"
"what???"
"THE DARN PIZZAS ARE BURNED!!!!!!"
"what???????"
so then chris and i try to eat the pizza (just the insides)....
shelby is meanwhile creating a little noodle bowl for herself, when she all of a sudden she screams
"NOOOOOO.... what happens when you don't put vegetable oil in the noodles"
i look over, she had managed to get all off the oil from the little pre-packaged pouch everywhere except her bowl..
So.. to make everyone feel better, we throw out the pizza, and get out the ice cream!!!
which now has melted everywhere, because i felt the need to type this..

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