Summertime

Summer is here! Which means two months of free time! I know, you miss that. I want to get a job, but that is going to be difficult to manage without a licence of some sort. We are going to Colorado again. YAY! I cant wait. It is so beautiful. The first pictures are from Colorado last year. (The last picture i took of me yesterday, so its the most recent picture.)

While i know i will have good times, boredom is unavoidable. But that's better than school! Life is pretty great, cant really complain there. Oh, and i have a wonderful boyfriend. Hes the best. And not to mention hes really hot and has a six pack =] lol. (And for those who think "six pack" is beer-I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about abs.) He is going to Texas Christian University this fall. And yes, my family has met him even MY DAD :0 But its about time, and he approves. He is really sweet and treats me right! But enough about him.

Has anyone seen Shrek 3? Its really funny. This week I'm going to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3. Exciting! This summer i am wanting to go to 2 choir/singing camps. We'll see.

Well that's all that's going on right now. Its really random, but hey, I'm a teenager! I'll keep ya updated ;)

South Padre

Well, i found my camera cord! Which means South Padre pictures are here!

The first picture was a board walk leading to the beach from schlitterbahn.

The Second picture was a funny joke i made when everybody else was writing their boyfriends name on the beach i put " I love mom".

The third picture is leaving from South Padre with my amazing photography skills =)

The fourth is me smiling on the beach!

The fifth is the sunset from the balcony of our hotel room.

The sixth is me burnt at the beach

The seventh is the sign that was outside the entrance of our hotel...they were remodeling

The eighth is me and my friend/roommate Bethany on the way back all tan but miserable because we were burnt!

The ninth is me trying to model on the beach haha

The tenth is me at the water park!

And last, Me and Bethany after 10 hours in the sun & water!

Padre was soo much fun! I have a lot of great memories from it. I made so many new friends. New, Senior friends =) We also saw a hypnoses show, which is pretty weird but funny. Next year your going to see pictures from Italy! But for now, FUN IN THE SUN AT SOUTH PADRE 2007!

Oh and By the way, i made Chorale choir, the best choir in school. yay!!! More pictures and summer plans comming soon

Pretty in green

Here is a picture of me after recieving the undergraduate award for history. (note: i am SO sunburned)

My friend Christina and I joked about how we were the "tropical women" because we had such vibrant dresses. It was fun, the food was good, and the dancing was great. Of course the CHOIR banquet would play great music! However, i found myself one of the few to sing my heart out to "greese"(Thanks Dee). Only one and a half weeks of school left! =)

Senior prom is today. I was invited, but i decided not to go. Maybe next year!

Im going to billy bobs tomarrow. I wish i could find my camera cord so i can put pictures on here, but it "disappeared". Im so mad! because all my banquet pictures and South Padre pictures are on there!

Speaking of Suth Padre, it was a huge hit! We did very well at contest, and i had a lot of fun. I got soo sunburned! And, of course, i peeled =) But at least i got a tan!

My grades at school are great! Im pretty sure i have high A's, ive done exceptionaly well. Except...for SPANISH! i hate it, really. Not so much the language as the horrible ditzy young spanish teacher i have who flirts with the boys in my class. She is a bad teacher. She just cant teach. SO everyone in my class is doing bad...and she wonders why ALL of us fail her tests! So, im extremely stressed out about spanish 3. I dont know my grade in there yet, but im not sure if i even want to know.

TAKS scores are in! I did good! Im glad too, not because i did well, but that means i can exempt some of my end of the year finals! In History & English i got commended, which means like top 10% in the country, and in science and math i passed and was one or two questions away from being commended.

Im probley trying out for Jazz choir at my school. This year, only TWO SOPRANOS CAN MAKE IT! out of the school. I know i wont make it, but its worth a try. If you are in jazz you do a lot of solos and the choir is only 16 people! you sing and dance and go on tours a lot. Auditions are tuesday.

F.Y.I

DEBATE
Well, the tournament was supposed to be a short, one day only thing. I was trying out a different form of debate, that i have never done before. I went to the tournament that was qualifying. I ended up winning enough to go on Saturday, and compete in the finals. I went to support the older debaters and fill spots for our team. I made it pretty far, but another team that actually did this debate all year, and who were seniors, won the tournament. It was a lot of fun though. I received many compliments on my speeches, and speaking skills. I'm told i have a nice tone of voice and clear speaking that is very professional. HA! i guess competition brings out another side of me =)

My arguments for the affirmative was basically that corporations have a responsibility and legal obligation to its employees. When an employee looks for a job, 55% agree that the pay isn't all they look for. Other benefits upon retiring are also a factor in their decision. When a corporation commits to these benefits, such as a pension, it makes a contract between the corporation and the individual. Not committing to their prior commitments would break that contract and therefore advocates breaking the law because the law encourages contracts.

My negative was more tricky. So i looked at the benefit of not committing to pensions. I said that it can 1, help society as a whole, because the corporation in case of bankruptcy can stay in business with the pension funds, and therefore keep the flow of income circulating in the economy. When a large corporation fails, is puts the economy is huge debt. This is by far worse than losing a commitment of a pension. And 2, it can actually benefit the employee. In the case of bankruptcy, the employee would be better off without a pension then without a job. The company can still give their employees some sum of money, but not the entire commitment.

So that's basically my arguments.

UPCOMING EVENTS

4/22- Volunteering at Bedford animal shelter
4/26- Leave for South Padre and compete there for choir
4/29- Return from SP
4/30- Academic Honors Ceremony
5/2- Black Sabbath Concert
5/3- Teen Court Awards Banquet
5/5- Choir Banquet
5/7- Volunteering at teen court
5/14- Choir Concert
5/18- Billy Bobs

IN OTHER NEWS...

* I bought a dress for choir banquet. Its bright green and sparkly. Its so pretty! I got gold sparkly shoes and jewelry to go with it. Choir banquet is known to be like "mini prom", sometimes better. I'm excited about that. I will get pictures!

* I received the "Undergraduate award" at my school. My very intelligent PAP teacher nominated me, and my academic honors got me it! I don't know what to expect when i go to receive it, (April 30) but my parents are invited and supposedly its a big deal. I'm just glad such a great teacher chose me out of everyone else. Shes such an inspiration.

*Teen court banquet is coming up, and they do hand out awards. I'm not sure if i will get one, i doubt it! But last year i got one " ready for duty".

Sorry its so long. That's it for now!

Love, Candy Girl

April Agenda

Ahh April. One of the most busiest months all year. The month to cram in TAKS testing, choir competitions, debate competitions, teen court axillary board and teen court training, banquet preparation, UIL, and more. Next month around the last week im out for summer! But may is also very busy. Tomarrow i have a debate tournament. Im doing a new form of debate: Public Forum. Im nervous because the resolution is kind of hard to debate both sides and ive never done this form of debate. The resolution is : United states corporations should honor all prior commitments to employee pensions.

My pictures are when i went to my best friends christinas house to hang out and be silly.

well i will talk later, im off to the gym!

Excellence

Today was the first time being back in choir since our competition. We got to read the judges comments and hear the recording of when we sang.

First, we listened to the recording of my JV choir, the one with the boys. We got a 1 in concert. (Which is the best you can get). I thought we did okay, not amazing though. The comments from the judges were nice, as they are when a choir is good.

When the boys went to lunch, the girls then listened to our music and read the comments from the judges. This was from "select women" choir. JV girls and chorale girls mixed before school to work on the music, the top two choirs in the school. This performance i, as well as everyone else was impressed with, so you can imagine the excitement i had waiting to hear how we did. We received straight 1's, and the best we could. I listened to our performance, and studied it attentively. We did such a beautiful job. Our amazing choir teacher, who has been a teacher for 19 years told us that the comments we received were some of the best he has ever gotten. He then read the talented judges comments. Some of them were "Excellent, refreshing, and emotionally inclined. What an amazing group." and "Thank you for making my day with such a beautiful job." My favorite, and perhaps most amazing comment from an experienced judge, was "After seeing this performance, i am inspired to go back to my hometown and start teaching again, to teach music as passionately."

-On a lower note, choir auditions for next year are on Thursday! They are extremely nerve racking and difficult. The first part of the audition, is you walk in a room with both directors and a piano, and you sing multiple ranges on the piano. Then, you sing "My country tis' of thee" in different pitches.
The second part, is you have 30 seconds to study a piece of music, and walk into a room with a person and a video camera, and they record you as you start singing the music you just got with dynamics, perfect pitch, rhythm, notes, vowels, breathing, and tempo. That is hard. On top of that, my teacher said that it is at its hardest this year in my choir--great. I am trying out for a senior choir that is an "AP" choir (Advanced Placement)-so wish me luck!

Laughing Required

I went to my friends house to work on a project. She is so fun, and acts just as American as me. Her origin is Bangladesh. Together, we are HILARIOUS. So, when i went to her house, she decided it would be funny if she dressed me up as a middle eastern woman. I think its funny. I look like a fag. haha, good times though!