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David Copperfield

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:29:08 GMT

It almost made me cry, but then I got a grip. That's really bad. It was at the sad part, for those of you who haven't gotten there. I wasn't just sad randomly. But I'm going to finish on Sunday!

And I got a really cool new bassoon piece for my MAYO audition. But there's way too much tenor clef.

Life Summary

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:48:12 GMT

It's been ages since I've posted! My life hasn't been terribly exciting recently. I'm on page 560/951 in David Copperfield. I'm on pace to finish next Sunday, before intensive band camp starts, so that's good. It's my birthday on Monday and it's the start of Marching Band! I'm such a band-o; this is seriously going to be my favorite birthday ever. *points at self* Nerd!

I already posted this in a comment on Hannah's LJ, but I'll share it here too. So I've finally had an HP dream; the first one I've ever had. I dreamed that I was Harry Potter, but no one believed me (I don't think Voldemort did, even, because I had dinner with him a few times). Then, at one of the dinners he wasn't at, I had to prove to Professor Burbage that I really was Harry Potter by carving the words "Potter is me" in a pancake. I couldn't say "Potter" out loud because then Voldemort would find me. (I know that part contradicts itself, but that's how it was in the dream.) I think there was also something in it about having to ride the subways in London (or maybe it was Manchester, I'm not sure, but it was definately in England) with my dad and the subway station was totally empty, which was wierd. But yeah. It was bizarre.

This makes me really happy

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:22:36 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Living_people

A wikipedia page listing everyone who's alive. Enough said.

This was from one of those LJ administrator posts that most people get on their friends pages

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:49:59 GMT

They explain that they messed up some stuff and when they messed it up they were trying to get rid of these people. Are these quotes wierd?

"As most of you know, LJ has a zero tolerance policy toward content that supports child abuse, pedophilia, or sexual violence." "There were a number of profiles that expressed “interest” in activities that most of us would agree put children at risk, notably pedophilia and child rape." "Another issue we needed to deal with was journals that used a thin veneer of fictional or academic interest in events and storylines that include child rape, pedophilia, and similar themes in order to actually promote these activities."

I mean, good that they don't like that stuff, but it's wierd that they have to mod for this. And the way he words it is strange. And the fact that his name is Barak Berkowitz strikes me as funny. Cuz Berkowitz is really Jewish and Barak isn't. In fact, the only Barak I've ever heard of is Barak Obama.

More Rube Goldberg

Sun, 13 May 2007 20:10:20 GMT

Sorry, don't bother watching the first one. This is a version of it with more stuff at the beginning.

It would be a lie if I said I knew what was going on in this video...

Sun, 13 May 2007 19:52:58 GMT

But it's pretty entertaining nonetheless. It's a rube goldberg machine and an advertisement at the same time.

Why can't we just get along?

Thu, 10 May 2007 00:48:17 GMT

Mr. Adams, why is your mission in life to thwart me? Are you really that compelled to contradict every thing I say? Am I that unworthy of your valuable time?

Mr. Adams: The US doesn't understand that they aren't going to be recieved by the countries they're "liberating" in the same way they were recieved in WWII in France when the French threw flowers at the soldiers.
Me: Well, many of the people in Afghanistan were pretty happy when we invaded. They didn't really like the Taliban.
Mr Adams: No. That's wrong. Maybe a few people thought it was good that we invaded, but, basically, that isn't what happened at all. That's wrong. They hated us from the beginning. You're wrong, Adam.

I don't hate you! Why do you have to be so mean to me? What's your problem? You aren't even right when you rip my head off! You just don't want anyone getting the idea that maybe the information you're giving us isn't always right.

And what's with, "The government thinks that all teachers do is expound their political views on the students"? That sure isn't what you're doing when you attack the Republicans during discussions.

Gonna buckle under peer pressure and play another of these silly games

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:30:23 GMT

1. Go to IMDB.com and look up 10 of your favorite movies.
2. Post some official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for each.
3. Hey guys, guess the movies!

I didn’t necessarily use my favorites, just ones I could think of that represented a wide variety of genres.

1. Pennsylvania
Heist
Ice Pick
Treasure
Shipwreck
Secret Society
Forgery
Arrest

2. Animatronic
Flashback Sequence
Recluse
Walnut
Disfigurement
Gluttony
Dental Braces
Breaking The Fourth Wall

3. Elevator Shaft
Kissing
Subway
Supernatural
Swimming Pool
Darkness
Suicide
Alternate Dimension

4. Death of Wife
Father Son Conflict
Literacy
Handicapped
Overprotective Parent
Squid
Tropical Australia
Initiation

5. Baptism
Baklava
Bundt Cake
Lamb
Extended Family
Windex
Love
Vegetarian

6. Crash Landing
Demolition
Cult Favorite
Dolphin
Whale
Spaceship
Title Spoken by Character
Meaning of Life

7. Dismemberment
Rabbit
Coconut
French
Suspected Witch
Presumed Dead
Hit in Crotch
Hand Grenade

8. Ghost
Lighthouse
Tooth Fairy
Darkness
Elevator Scene
Reverse Footage
Spiral Staircase
Bullet Dodging

9. Catfight
Satanism
Knee
Doberman
Master
Multiple Wives
Disturbing
Twist in the End

10. Chameleon
Door
Friendship
Tiny Tot
Father Figure
Greed
Kidnapping
Scream

Melanie isn't going to nationals...

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:38:39 GMT

...but it means that I get to be on varsity, which is awesome. I'm doing scrambler and robot. I was on Circuit Lab for a few hours and then they took me off of it, which is just as well. It would be awesome if we medaled in scrambler at nationals.

And I'm totally sick of passover. All I could eat at sarah's party was grapes. And broccoli, but I don't really like raw broccoli. I'm rather surprised that I didn't wake up this morning as a grape. But at least they were green grapes. Red grapes are bland.

I hate being sick

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:31:14 GMT

It gets in the way of everything. I missed the first day of the ping-pong tournament just like I missed the first day of the badminton tournament (except I wasn't sick for badminton, I was in New York). So now I'm gonna be in the loser's bracket. Sucks to your ass-mar. I don't know why, but that seemed appropriate. I think I'm okay today as long as I go everywhere loaded with cough drops.

Yes!!!

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:16:21 GMT

No school! W00t!

More MST3K for the Bando Inside All of Us (watch the first one first...they go together)

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:20:52 GMT

I was inspired by Jamaica's Posture Pals Video

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:51:33 GMT

Colts!!!!!!!!!

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:27:22 GMT

WE FINALLY WON THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bassoon

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:39:43 GMT

I'm getting the other, cooler bassoon tomorrow. At my lesson today, Catherine called Kate and Kate gave us the locker number and combination, so I'm going to get in and take it and replace it with my loser bassoon. W00t.

So I finally found out why my part in the Schumann is labeled "Fagotto 2." Because the German version of the Bassoon (which most people play) is called the Fagott (I'm not sure I spelled that right, but it's pronounced Fah-Goht, short a (like aaah, I'm being chased by a velociraptor), long o (like oh no)). And that prononciation key was longer than it needed to be. The french version, the basson (bass-ohn) is not commonly played and does better with the higher register.

In other news, I got into an argument with Emily Morrow today at lunch about whether Banana Nut or Apple Cinnamon muffins are better. Clearly, it's Apple Cinnamon.

Eew^1000000000

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:32:17 GMT

Here's an excerpt from the fabulously entertaining Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing.

Let's discuss the concept of naming your kid after where they're conceived, shall we?

(Answer: We shall!)

If I'd named 'em for where they were most like conceived, well, Paula would have to be called "Mt Graham" for the camping trip DH & I were on...and Joe? Well, I think Joe would now be named, ahem, Ford! (blushing furiously here!)
Okay if we're going with truth in advertising....My eldest would be "Billiards", my middle child would be "Gramma's-house-on-Christmas-Eve" and my youngest would be "Trampoline". :-O

Eew! Eew! Eew! Eew! Eew! Eeeeew!

In other news, I really need to talk to Mrs. Stockhouse about the other bassoon, cuz I hear it's a lot nicer than the one I'm using.

I'll take Alaska over the 1,439 real human skeletons

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:36:27 GMT

If you were intending to buy a Alaska for US$7200000.00, you could instead buy:

twelve million, two hundred and fifty-seven thousand, seven hundred and forty-nine second-class postage stamps in the UK
fifty thousand, five hundred and sixty-three second-hand 28" CRT televisions
one million, eight hundred and fifty thousand, eight hundred and ninety-nine hand buzzers
two hundred and ninety-six thousand, two hundred and ninety-six kilograms of fair trade organic ground coffee
two million, nine hundred and sixty-two thousand, nine hundred and sixty-two quarter-pounders with cheese
one hour of the US war on Iraq
five minutes of TV advertisement during the Superbowl
thirty-six kilograms of heroin
nineteen thousand, four hundred and fifty-nine kilolitres of unleaded gasoline (in America)
one thousand, four hundred and thirty-nine real human skeletons

What are you thinking of buying?

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:34:22 GMT

I know none of you people who read my LJ care but the Colts are finally going to the Bowl that is Super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess I'll leave a short summary of my recent life

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:05:11 GMT

I got a lot done at SO today. I fixed all of the things that weren't working on the varsity scrambler car (and there were a lot of them) and I made sure the brake spool works (but we need bigger pieces of cardboard) and then I figured out how many turns it needs to be pre-wound to get it to go 12 meters, 11 meters, and 10 meters. I was productive.

Scrambler the Movie was uber-entertaining.

Bassoon is cool-tastic. I have my MAYO audition tomorrow and I'm nervous but I think it'll be okay cuz I'm playing easy pieces. I wish I was doing bassoon for solo and ensemble.

We were watching a movie in Social Studies on Thursday and I thought that the movie said that the life expectancy in ancient Greece was under 15, but they really said under 50.

I watched The Golden Age of Ballooning on WTIU. It wasn't as funny as I'd hoped. I need to see more Monty Python so I start understanding it more.

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 03:57:04 GMT

Well, it's 2007. How wierd. This better be a better year than 2006. Even though I had fun in 2006, a few things about it made it overwhelmingly bad. Don't feel like going into detail.

Well, I guess I've got to play Autum's silly game

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:09:37 GMT

It's just too inviting.

Step 1: Open up whatever MP3 program you use and add every song in your collection.
Step 2: Put it on random.
Step 3: Post the first line from the first 15 songs that play, no matter how embarassing the song.
Step 4: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 5: Cross out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 6: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING

1. Gonna get back to basics, guess I'll start it up again...
2. Before this dance is through, I think I'll love you too...
3. Oh, maybe I think, maybe I don't, maybe I will, maybe I won't...
4. Well, how come you say you will when you won't...
~~5. Help, I need somebody...~~
~~6. Sexy Sadie, what have you done...~~
7. Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog...
8. Where is the moment when needed the most...
~~9. It's getting better all the time...~~
10. Hear the sound of falling rain...
11. It was twenty years ago today...
~~12. I told you 'bout strawberry fields~~
13. I want to tell you, my head is filled with things to say...
14. We were talking about the space within us all
15. She's into superstitions...

Most of those are far to easy to be allowed, but 1, 3, 7, and 14 should be hard enough.

I love how you tell me things, Mrs. Stockhouse

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:51:37 GMT

So I just read Perry's post about how she's getting moved to Wind Ensemble next semester. That means Mrs. Stockhouse must want me to play bassoon next semester, but I'm definately not going to be ready to play Wind Ensemble-level music in January. Or I'm going to have to practice for hours a day over winter break, which I just might to. Bassoon is really cool, so I'm not angry, I just would have liked to know that that was her plan.

In other news, Hannah, Jessie, Maya, Katherine, and I went to Tri-North to help the SO team this afternoon. It was superlatively mediocre. I guess it was interesting to meet the new SO team and I think we were helpful, but something about the whole thing seems rather unorganized. I suppose it's not my problem anymore.

I think I'm going to go to bed before 10:00 tonight. If I was employing the personal fable that we learned about in Social Studies, I would determine that "no one has ever been this tired." But that would be a lie. And I'm not that stupid.

I LOVE Marching Band!

Sat, 21 Oct 2006 20:12:21 GMT

We tied for fifth at state! And we won the coin toss, so we got the slightly larger trophy! Best finish in the history of the school! Heck yes!

Ugh...

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:55:51 GMT

Is it possible to be both ecstatic and crushed at the same time? Cuz that's where I am right now...ecstatic about state, crushed about a certain person...But anyway, I just found out that a certain person, who will remain nameless for anyone who doesn't know about this certain person, can't date until after high school! I've heard of overprotective, but come on. That's ridiculous. I've never heard of a parent who would actively attempt to prevent their kid from going to prom. Crazy. I can just hope zuzanna and her mom are wrong about this. But there's only so much hoping someone can do. I should take a page out of Autum's book and become a couple-hater.

STATE!

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:51:08 GMT

Guess where we're going...STATE! Who's going to state? Columbus East? Nooooo! Floyd Central? Nooooo! Bloomington High School North!!!! THAT'S WHO'S GOING TO STATE!!!!!!!!!!