Karissa

Ok dudes, quick update.

Practice was overall pretty good this week. FRICKEN COLD though.

I have my cousin's wedding tonight. I'm excited. Free food. YES. lol j/k

HURON VALLEY COMPETITION TOMORROW!!! Might I remind you all, that if we don't make it to States, this is my last Marching Band competition EVER!! :( So EVERYONE should go and cheer us on. That'd be pimp.

I can't believe I just said 'that'd be pimp.' What is wrong with me? lol

And that's about it.

Gotta go get ready for the wedding. Yay.

It's like 1 in the morning right now. Or almost. 5 minutes away.

I don't know what on earth I'm doing up still.

Bored, I guess.

And I'm listening to some pretty weird music. I guess that's what I get for putting Windows Media Player on random.. haha.

I need to burn some cds for the long ass ride to Plymouth Canton tomorrow. You'd think it wouldn't take that long to get there, but our oh-so intelligent bus drivers can never figure out how to properly read directions.

So I'm gonna burn a cd or two, and then head off to bed so that I'll be able to actually be awake tomorrow.

COME WATCH US AT PLYMOUTH CANTON TOMORROW!! PERFORMANCE AT 5:30! AWARDS AT 9:45! HECK YES SOUTHGATE ANDERSON!! Or as Alec likes to say... HYPE IT! :)

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Oh man I love being bored.

I'm in Graphic Arts right now. I don't know how I got onto LiveJournal since it's supposedly "inappropriate" and banned, but I did. AMAZING.

So I'm just chillin on LJ and checkin out some crap, cuz Mr. Martin's not here today and I don't have any new assignments til he gets here. I was playing Frogger earlier but that got kinda old. All the game sites are pretty boring. I'm out of things to do, basically.

Checked the weather forecast for Saturday and it's definately supposed to rain. Like 60% chance of rain actually. In Canton. So that'll be cool. NOT. I hate doing shows in the rain. And that'll be even cooler if it does cuz you know, PC has turf, right? And if it rains it'll be like one big slip-n-slide. Oh I'm really looking forward to it.. lol.

Speaking of PC, we perform at 5:30 and then awards are at 9:45. That will be sweet. I love having like a crapload of time to just hang out. I'm excited.

Our research papers are due November 17th. That's like, a month :(

Yeah I'm gonna go play Frogger again. I'm super bored. Adios.

I was really looking forward to this week of practice, since last week was really good, but idk about now. I hope we do really well this weekend. Lakeland is gonna be there. WOODHAVEN. L'Anse Creuse. I know they want to beat us. They're expecting it probably. So let's show 'em who's boss! Right? hehe. Wow, moving on...

I have to start my stupid 7 page research paper soon, for my Senior Project, and idk what I want to do it on. Any suggestions? I was thinking MAYBE mental disorders since I know a lot about them from Psychology. I'd have to pick just one I think, but still. OH and Mr. Druchniak said it has to be a social issue relating the community. WTF!? There are so many things you could write 7 pages about, but have nothing to do with the community. Totally ruins like, ladkgh;ladhgadkh. That's dumb. So yeah, gotta figure that out soon.

Hokay so. I have the house to myself this weekend since my family is going camping but I'm not because I am NOT missing on a show day. Especially one as fun as Plymouth Canton. So anyone wanna come over after the competition, or hang out or something? Yeah, let me know if you do. Cuz that would be awesome-o.

I gotta go do some of my Graphic Arts stuff before practice, so this is it for now.

COMMENTS WOULD BE SUPER! lmao.

Woodhaven Competition today! Non stop practicing today sure paid off...

Awards for Flight 2
Livonia Franklin: 64.15
L'Anse Creuse North: 55.75
SOUTHGATE ANDERSON: 72.2 Best Music, Marching, & General Effect!!
Woodhaven (Exhibition)

We got a 72!! That's a 12 point jump from Lamphere! w00t w00t w00t! lol. It took us all season last year to break 70!!

I AM SO EXCITED!!!

On a side note, I got to officially meet Mark today. That was cool. Ooh man he is pretty cute. lol

And yeah that's about it.

I cannot WAIT until Plymouth Canton!!

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This is what I do when I don't have band. lol.

Well my throat feels wayyyy better today. I can talk again! w00t!

And my cold feels like it's going away. Double w00t!

Still no new Math teacher.

Fire drill in Graphic Arts today. Lame.

I really want to go to the Aerosmith concert on December 15th. REALLY BAD.

Finished watching Rocky in English. Essay on it tomorrow with the sub. Exciting.

We found out in Marketing today that 95% of my class said Mr. Rebeka was the best teacher they'd ever had to date, me included. Triple w00t! haha.

Everything else was the same, boring stuff as it always is.

Now I gotta go get ready, and then I'm off to the '13th place in the State' Marching Band rehearsal. Negative w00t :(

Still no plans for Friday or Saturday after the Competition... *hint hint* :)

Did a survey type thingy since I'm not at practice, so here it is.
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Didn't go to school today. Went to the doctors. I have a throat infection or something. Not strep throat, but it feels exactly the same. Hurts like hell too. It hurts to eat, breathe, swallow, and talk. Fantastic, huh? So that's why I'm not at practice, and if I'm not feeling better tomorrow I'm not going to school. I know for a fact that I AM going to practice tomorrow though because if I don't, I have a feeling Kmet will say I can't march the show Saturday. I don't want that to happen. I'd be super pissed.

Me, Kayla, Ashley, and some other people were going to go to Slaughtered At Sundown on Friday after school, but now Kayla's mom won't let her drive out there, and Ashley has to work. Just great, cuz you know, I've only wanted to go to that for the past 3 freakin years. So now I have no plans for Friday. Fun.

Woodhaven Competition on Saturday. We perform at 7, and then awards are at 7:45. Kinda disappointed about that because the only band we get to watch is Woodhaven. Don't have any plans for after the Competition either, anyone wanna hang out if I'm not sick anymore? lol I'd love to actually do something other than band, so help me out here! lol

Me and my throat infection are gonna go make some more soup, since that's all I can eat for now, and go watch Can't Hardly Wait. I love that movie haha, so I'm excited.

See everyone in school tomorrow, maybe.. HOPEFULLY.

New Layout too by the way. I got bored with the other one hehe.

Oh and in case anyone wants to know, we're currently like, 13th place in the State right now for band. How exciting. Hopefully that will change on Saturday.

lmao. Becky Royzer is probably one of the funniest people I know.

So yeah I don't really have anything to say, I just felt like updating.

Rehearsal was pretty good last night. Pretty good compared to the way we've been rehearsing, that is. Clarinets were focused like whoa, it was SWEET! And hotter than hell yesterday. I don't know much, but I DO know that it should NOT be 85 degrees out in October, because that is just freakin crazy.

We had a test on Beowulf in English on Monday, and I thought I did pretty good. Checked Powerschool today and I definately only got 58/80. Yeah that's a C-. Great job, huh?

Still no new Math teacher since McMahon left. But we have a sub until we get a new one. Mr. Grogg = AWESOME! So that's okay lol, I don't mind. Whitney doesn't either.. lmao

So I need plans for Homecoming? As in, what to do before AND after the dance. Ashley wants me to go with them, so I might. Idk though. Can't make up my mind. I better get on that though, I only have like, less than 3 days to figure it out. Nothing like last minute lol.

Well I'm gonna go make something to eat and sit around and talk to people, so I'm done with this for a bit. Hopefully rehearsal goes better today! :)

I'm really bored.

And really tired.

EMU trip today was good. O'Connor got us excused from 7th hour, so I got to leave 45 minutes early. :) :) :) :)

I'm burnt as hell from tanning after school. I fell asleep and stayed in 6 minutes more than I wanted to. Way to go.

Some dumb kid in the hall today (when I got back from EMU) was looking at the trophy case by the cafeteria and he's like "What the fuck does the Marching Band get trophies for? They don't even do anything, it's so easy." Oh my god I went off on that kid, it was crazy. I was like "Excuse me? It's 'so easy'? If it's 'so easy' why do we practice 3 days a week for 3 and a half hours, music EVERY DAY in class, and then all day Saturdays before Competitions? Why do we go to a camp for a week and rehearse for up to 10 hours a day in weather ranging between 75-95 degrees? If it's 'SO EASY' why do we even practice at ALL? You know what? I would bet everything, everything I own, that you couldn't do it. EVERYTHING I OWN. Think about that, and then stop making ignorant fucking comments, because you don't know what the HELL you're talking about." And then I walked away and left him standing there. I hate dumb people.

So yeah I don't even fucking want to go to Homecoming anymore. It's fucking dumb to go without a date, and guess who doesn't have one? That's right. I wish I could take my dress back, but I can't. That's the only thing making me go. Seriously. I wish I wouldn't have bought that dress. I don't know what was so different about it that made me want to go so bad when I bought it. I have no date, no plans for anything, nothing. I can't even put into words how much I just don't want to go anymore. I have nothing to look forward to..

I hate being single.

And that's about it.

Lamphere Competition today. Woohoo.

But FIRST let me say something about this morning. Kayla drops me off at the band room so I can run in and get my Clarinet and shako out of my bag, and someone started talking to me and I got distracted so I forgot my shako, but grabbed my Clarinet. I don't realize that I don't have it until 1 minute before practice starts, so I just left my mask in Kayla's trunk since my shako was in the band room. I was gonna get it but I figured Kmet would complain and yell at me for leaving rehearsal on a show day and all that, cuz that's just the way he is.

Well we do basics, warm up arcs, we go to the beginning of Tribal Dance and he starts yelling because apparently I wasn't the only one without my shako & mask. It was more like half the section and about 6 saxes and some random other people. He yells at everyone and tells them to go get theirs, and HEAVEN FORBID I'd take more than 5 seconds to leave cuz Alec came up and he's like "Karissa where's your shako?" and I'm like "It's in the bandroom, I just said that." and he's like "Well what the hell are you still standing here for? GO GET IT!" And I'm like "Fine whatever."

So I go get it and then I came back and had to find Kayla's keys, which I couldn't so I just used Gabie's mask cuz she couldn't march the show today. I get all ready, after about 5 minutes cuz my shako doesn't fit right when it's backwards cuz of my hair so I had to fix that like 40789692846246 times, and then I go back and Adam's like "What took so long?" I'm like "Don't even start with me." I was so ticked off at Kmet and Alec today, omg. Mandy Silvani said she even asked Kmet before practice if we needed our shakos and masks and he said no because we were gonna work on the Ballad. APPARENTLY NOT. Way to keep us informed, Kmet. So yeah, nice lil eventful morning.

Back to the actual competition. We got first. Yay. Best Marching & Music. But we got a 60... *insert sad face here* I guess it's not too bad though, we did go up 6 points... in TWO WEEKS! So that's about 27 hours of practice, two weeks, music everyday in class, and only improved by 6 points. COME ON PEOPLE! It's not that hard to be quiet and stand at parade rest. It's not! Really! Cuz I can do it, and you all know how I love to talk. So I think we all should give it a shot, hm? We could've gotten a way higher score today if everyone would've practiced like they meant it the past two weeks. It's not everyone that acts like that, but it's a lot of people. So I say we buckle down, shut up, and practice like we want to make it to States, cuz I sure as hell know everyone wants to go! I definately do. I know we can too, we proved that the past two years. So how bout it?

Yeah anyways other than that I had a good time at Lamphere. Hung out with some Hazel Park people. They're sweet. And that's about it for the competition.

Going to EMU tomorrow for some field trip. I went on it in 9th grade though so it's gonna be pretty boring, but hey it's a day off school so it's all good!

Yeah it's getting late and I'm tired as heck but I can't sleep. Go me. So I'm gonna go drink some more pop and eat some more chips, and that's all folks! haha.

Oh before I forget, this is kinda funny.. haha

Markymark0060: kids these days
Markymark0060: are crashing planes
Markymark0060: and doing tribe dances
Markymark0060: lol
xXx000SkipperxXx: lol
xXx000SkipperxXx: that's southgate :)
xXx000SkipperxXx: lmao my mom said she heard someone in the audience say we looked like pilgrims (when we had our masks on)
xXx000SkipperxXx: i was like "yeah cuz you know, pilgrims fly in planes!"
Markymark0060: lmao

People these days... lol

Oh and still no date for Homecoming. My fault for not asking anyone though, but then again who am I gonna ask? I considered maybe asking someone but I'm not gonna do it because I don't have the guts. So yeah, negative on the Homecoming date. Surprise, surprise..

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Grey's Anatomy Season 2 Premiere is on TONIGHT!!! 10:00!!!

So we had a Day Camp today. Or all day rehearsal. Doesn't really matter what you call it, we were still there from 8:30 to 6:00. It was decent, except for the fact that people wouldn't shut up.

We got a lot done though on the Closer. Like 16 sets. The last one we learned is so freakin awesome. Holy crap I am excited. And certain people in the section really can't march that good. I definately noticed that today. But of course Alec doesn't say anything to them. Go figure.

We did Concert on the Lawn at 3:00. That was stupid. Kinda. Everyone started fighting because of me. Way to go, right? lol

Well I'm gonna go sit around in my room and watch tv or something, so this is all for now.

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Got my Homecoming dress yesterday. For $40. w00t!

Football Game last night. We won I think.

Went to Ashley's after that for a bonfire. That was fun.

Came home and went to bed.

Day Camp today 8:30-6:00 and Concert on the Lawn sometime during that too.

Okay well my mom is finally out of the bathroom now, so I can go get ready for practice. Update later maybe.

Strike Two.

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I'm going back to public for a while with this thing. I'm bored with Friends Only and no one really comments anymore, so I figured maybe people will comment more now. Even if they don't though that's okay I guess.

So I really really really really like this song I'm listening to. Pitiful by Blindside. It's sweet. I seriously can't get over how awesome it is. I've been in love with it since I first saw Grind, which also happens to be an awesome movie.. complete with ADAM BRODY!! So that's my interesting little fact for today haha. Anyways...

Friday at school was kinda boring. It went by really fast though. We're doing stuff in Math now that I understand.. SCORE! And I had to deliver like 623425371653523717352538 billion passes during 7th hour. Well not really that many, but you get the picture hehe.

I didn't go to Gabie's sectional after school because I figured they wouldn't do anything (like always) but once again she proved me wrong. I guess they worked on the chanting and stuff from Tribal Dance, and then just talked. Idk that's what I heard from someone (I forget who). Maybe if she works on drill (instead of just talking all the time) or music with the section , maybe I'll go. Lord knows we need it...

I went to the movies with Ashley Friday and finally got to see Red Eye. That movie is so awesome, I love it.

So competition Saturday. Trenton. We always do pretty good there for it being so early in the season. Well, not this year. We competed against Livonia Franklin, Taylor Kennedy, and Woodhaven. We got first, which is cool I guess but not really if you think about it. We scored a fricken 54. 54.95. We also got a timing penalty. 1.5. That was expected though because our show is like really short. Only like 5 minutes. We don't even have any of the closer yet (drill wise) so that's why. So back to our crappy score. Yeah I don't think our band has scored that low since freshman year: the ever so popular New World Symphony... *gag*. God I really hope we don't do that bad this year. That was just so horrible, I seriously can't even describe it. I remember when we got a 58 (our highest score that year) everyone was like "OMG THAT'S SO AWESOME!!" No, it's not. That's bad. Really bad...

But I guess I'll try and be optimistic. I did that last year and look at where we got: 4th place at States! Now that's awesome. I was so proud of us, it was unbelievable. I still am. And I still can't believe that we did that good. I really can't. People say we got lucky, but that's just ignorant. We didn't get lucky, we worked our asses off and got what we worked for. It sure as hell showed when we performed too. If you don't believe me, borrow the DVD from someone and take a look. I'd really like to do that good this year too, maybe even better, but that I'm not going to worry about because it most likely won't happen. But I'll be optimistic. I hope everyone else will too, and actually work harder. That would be sweet.

Enough about band. There will be plenty more of those all band updates (lol) so I'll save it all for them.

In Marketing today Mr. Fast was talking about DECA and how we should all join and stuff, and he wants me to join but idk what I want to do. I'm debating. Randy said I should because it's a lot of fun, and Mr. Fast kept saying that too. Idk though.

And I'd really like a date to Homecoming because going alone is just retarted. I've done that the past two years, it's not really that fun. I have a few people in mind but it's not going to happen, and the optimism isn't going to help me there lol, so that's out of the question. lol.

And me and Jimmy have been arguing a lot lately. He's been being a real jerk the past few days, and it's really getting on my nerves. He acts like nothing's wrong though, so whatever. I don't wanna get into that right now.

I saw the movie Taxi last night, and it is hilarious. Jimmy Fallon is really cute too!

Oh and HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY MANDI!!!!! Even though it was yesterday.

This is getting on the ridiculously long side, so I'm gonna end this before I think of more things to ramble on about. :)