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My life in the Recent Past and Winter Guard!!!! (yay)

Hey peeps! Sorry I haven’t blogged in a while (a WHILE?!?!?!?!?!?!?), I’ve been REALLY busy with school and stuff. We had finals last week, which wasn’t too bad, especially considering I got to come home at 10:15 a.m. one day, because I had exempted one and it was an early-release day. And since that was Thursday, all of my old friends from co-op/park day were going to the park (even though it was raining), and so I got to go to Park Day for the WHOLE time, not just the last 15 minutes! So that was fun.

But then on Friday, even though it was an early release again, and I could’ve gone home at the same time as before, I had to stay for a winter guard rehearsal from 1:00-10:00 p.m.!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!! It wasn’t toooooo bad, though, because we rolled out our floor (a HUGE tarp-like thingy that we dance on for our show) and stretched until 2:00. Then we rehearsed until about 4:20, then we had an hour break to eat dinner (pizza!). After that, we learned the drill for the rest of our show and some choreography until 7:30, and then we started painting our floor. Up until now, it has been completely white, with just some black tape marks in some places that help us figure out where we are supposed to be, but it was mostly just white. But on Friday, we painted it a really pretty blue with a big white circle in the middle that we are later going to paint yellow. The reason for this design is because the theme of our show is happy, cheerful, kind of thing. I mean, the song is called *Merry Happy*, which is also what our whole show is called, so it all ties together. And we have these cool props that we are going to use which are going to be kind of like stop signs, I guess, except they will be shorter and the top will be round instead of a hexagon. They will be painted yellow, I think, with different emoticons painted on the front. Then, at the end of the show, we are going to turn them around and they will be all happy faces!

But I think that the most important part of our show is the equipment that we use. We each have a big flag, which will be yellow with some pink stripes going criss-cross on it. And then 4 out of the 7 of us will be on the rifle line, which I am on, (yay!) and I love it. An then about 2 thirds into the show, we pick up these swing flags, which have shorter poles, but the silks are longer. We only use one hand for these, so after we do a little bit with just one, we pick up two, one in each hand.So altogether, the most any one has is four pieces of equipment which is PLENTY. Being the random person that I am, I like to name my equipment (don’t judge me). I named my big flag Annabeth, my rifle Phillipe, and my swing flags Percy and Sophia. And I have to come up with a name for my flag bag, but i’m not sure what I’m going to do at the moment. Any suggestions?

Part of the reason that we are rehearsing soooooo hard and that I am sooooo excited about winter guard is because our first show is THIS Saturday!!!!!! I Have butterflies in the my stomach already, which is NOT good, considering I have about 4 full days until then. I can only imagine how bad they will be by then, if they keep progressing at this rate!!!! I’m really excited, though. i’ll post a video of our show soon………….. So overall, my life is going pretty good, i guess. I’m kind of stressed out with all of the different things I have going on (cough, GUARD, cough), but nothing too serious. I’m going to TRY to post more regularly, I think i’m actually getting the hang of what blogging is actually about! (yay for me……FINALLY………). So visit back often and hopefully i’ll keep you entertained (but you never know). Bye for now!

I just realized the great amount of parenthesis that I used in this post. (sorry).

Take Me Anywhere Poem

Take Me Anywhere

I love reading books,

And sitting in my nook,

I can go anywhere.

Maybe visit Africa,

Take a trip around the world,

In only eighty days.

I can visit a world

Where animals can talk,

Or be caught up in a mystery

A million miles away.

I can search for hidden treasure,

Or hide Jews from the Germans.

A yellow brick road can appear in my bedroom,

Or I can get stuck in a blizzard,

And not even shiver.

I love reading books because

They can take me anywhere!

Down by the Well Poem

This is a poem version of one of my favorite Bible stories:

Down by the Well

By Gloriana Stolle

Down by the well,

One fine day.

Jesus was walking,

Going to pray.

He was getting thirsty,

But He had no pot to draw with.

There was a woman there

who was a Samaritan.

Now her people,

And His people,

Never socialized.

So when He asked her for a drink,

She couldn’t believe her eyes!

She said, “Why do you ask me for a drink?”

To which Jesus replied,

“If you drink this water,

you will soon thirst again.

But if you drink the water I give,

You’d never need again!”

Astonished, she inquired,

“Where can I get this water,

That will keep me from going dry?”

So then He told her all about

His saving grace and love.

Hearing this, she cried,

“I believe!”

So she went and told her friends.

They were surprised to learn that she

Had talked to Him that day.

They all came down to meet Him,

And many more believed

All because that Samaritan woman

Listened to what He said.

Summer!

Wow, I haven’t blogged since September!!! That’s concerning. Anyway, my summer’s going good so far. We went to Ink’s Lake and Lake Buchanan in June, and since I’m going to Rouse High School next year, during the last week of July to the first two weeks of August I have Color Guard camp. Color Guard is basically apart of the band, except we have flags instead of instruments, so I’m excited about that. Here’s a poem I wrote about, well, you’ll see. Enjoy! Evenings in Summer By Gloriana Stolle When the day starts to cool down, From the midday heat, We go outside, Outside to play. There are so many possibilities, It is so hard to choose. I don’t know where to start. Should I play catch, tag, or jump rope? My sister is kicking a soccer ball around, Begging me to join her. The fireflies start coming out, I grab a jar And head out to the meadow, On this warm evening in Summer.

The Moon

Here is a little something that I wrote at our block party on September 12, at about 9:00 at night. The approaching hurricane had brought a lot of clouds to our Leander sky. I was instantly inspired, and just had to put my thoughts on paper.Enjoy! The moon glowed illuminating the night sky. Clouds moved in an attempt to muffle the light, to no avail. The moon shines through the clouds enchanting all who happen to glance up at its smiling face. The few stars that are showing through the clouds finish off the nocturnal splendor. I lean against my windowsill, and think about the mountains, oceans, and all of God’s amazing creations.

Alice

Friends, Alice is a computer game that teaches you how to program while creating a very low-tech animated video. You can download it from www.alice.org At the website, you can find a couple of videos that tell you what you can do with Alice. I am currently working on a Cinderella re-enactment type thing, using objects that you can import onto your ” World” at the touch of a button. This takes about twenty minutes to download, but it’s ABSOLUTELY free! It is a GREAT way to introduce yourself to programming. There are also a few tutoriols that you can watch once you download Alice. I hope that you get as interested in it as I have!

Prince Caspian Review

Hey guys, I recently went to see Prince Caspian, and well, I have mixed feelings about it…………. 1. There’s a lot of fighting. Period. LOT of fighting. Like maybe a teensy, weensy chance that it’s too much fighting. Actually more than that!!!!!!!!!!! I like fighting ok, but it went a little bit overboard. 2. In the final battle, the trees come and help. In the book, however, they are REAL people, that just look like trees in stature and hair, and stuff like that. In the movie, they are literally just trees that are walking around. Don’t get me wrong, they did a great job with the centaurs and animals, but I just don’t understand why they couldn’t do that in the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3. One of the reasons that I liked the first one so much was that there was absolutely no romance!!!!!!! This one, however, is a different story. There is nothing like that in any of the books, and I just don’t see why they had to put that in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4. I have said a lot of negative stuff so far, so don’t think that I absolutely hated it…….. I thought that the creatures were much better that the last one. 5. The night battle was very cool, I just think that they stretched out the longer one too much. 6. The River Dude was cool, and the part where Reepicheep comes in is funny, too! 7. I liked that Susan was apart of the battles; I think it really added to her character. 8. Peter was a little too resentful, which I didn’t like very much. I just don’t see why he was so rude to Caspian. I mean, I understand that they were sort of competing, but do they have to make it that SERIOUS!?!?!!??!!! 9. Lucy, well, she has grown up considerably since the last one, and she takes a big part, so I really enjoyed that. 10. Edmund has sort of grown up, too, and is more like Peter. 11. You can tell that the people who made the movie studied the book extremely well, there are some lines in the movie that are *unbelievably*similar! On a scale of 1-10, I rate it 9 and 90 hundredths! I liked most of it, it just has a few issues. Overall, I loved it!

The stuff that's holding you together

I recently found out this interesting piece of information, and just HAD to share it with everybody! Ok, you know how you are made up of cells? Well, there is this stuff that works like a kind of glue called Laminin. You won’t believe this, but I found out that it is in the shape of, you guessed it, a CROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s the stuff that holds you together! Emotionally and physically! How cool is that!?!!?!!? Truly, our GOD is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things That Make Me Happy

Things That Make Me Happy

1. Sunny Days

2. Reading

3. Spending time with my sisters and friends

4. My imagination

5. The feeling of getting something done

6. Puppies

7. Pillow fights

8. Finishing my schoolwork early

9. Finding new places to explore

10. Love

11. Bike rides

12. Birthdays

13. Getting mail

14. Theme Parks

15. Running through sprinklers

16. Meeting new people Lemonade

17. Being silly

Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Hi everyone! How was your Thanksgiving and Black Friday? Mine was great. On Thanksgiving Day, my Grandma, uncle, and cousin came for dinner. My aunt and other cousins were in Florida, But my oldest cousin has basketball, so him and my uncle were staying home. On the day after (Black Friday) we went to see my other Grandma and help her decorate her new apartment in San Antonio. We brought her a tiny tabletop Christmas tree, ornaments, and while we were there, my dad went out to look for a small couch for the apartment. Fifteen thousand phone calls later, he shows up in the lobby with a loveseat “So pretty I’d buy it from you” ( he said). He also had wandered into the music store next door going in looking for a guitar string for one of his two acoustic guitars and came out with that, an electric guitar, a case for the aforesaid, AND an amplifier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And then, on the way home from SA, we wanted to go to the trail of lights in south Austin, and all I had was a jean jacket that was to small!!!!!!!!!! So we stopped at Target and I got a - can you believe it - $ 3.60 total, very cute, sweatshirt!!!!!!!!! Then, we were dissapointed when we found that the trail of lights does not start until December 9. So don’t try to go until then! Today when I woke up, my dad had set up and put on lights on the Christmas tree! We decorated it before breakfast. Then we went to return a few things at Target and a few other places. Now that Thanksgiving is over, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!