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September 22nd, 2007 ~ Saturday |
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12:40 p.m. Let There
Be Cake Yesterday was the makeup
day. I went to the doctor in the
middle of the day, and BARELY made it to VV in time. I walked in with my backpack and my cake
hat (for more information about my cake hat, see March 30 of 2007) because I
have decided I want to keep my hat there.
When I walked in, the two P.E. coaches (I don’t even know their names)
were in line to get their pictures taken, but that’s all. I was so excited that I made it in time,
and I asked the picture people if I could take my picture, too. One woman asked me, “Do you work here?” I resisted the urge to say,
“No, I don’t. I just was walking by,
decided to come into the school, and get my picture taken.” Instead, I said, “Yes, I’m a teacher.” I then turned to the two P.E.
coaches and asked, “Do you want to take your picture with my Cake Hat?” They both smiled, and politely
declined. I pushed, “Oh come on, you
know you want to.” J They
both kind of laughed at me and suggested that I wear the hat. But I figured the principal wouldn’t
appreciate a formal yearbook picture with one member of the staff wearing a
cake on her head (though I personally think that would be awesome). They took their picture, and
then I sat down for mine. I am very
happy that the VV picture people did not attempt to make me say something
stupid (like “chicken feet”), and instead let me just smile as though I am
not 4 years old. Thank you very
much. After they took my yearbook
photo, one of the photo people asked, “Do you want to take your I.D. picture
with your hat?” My eyes LIT up. “YES!”
I jumped up and ran to get my hat, and came back as fast as I
could. I sat down, and they took my picture,
and now my VV school I.D. is me in my cake hat!! You KNOW you’re jealous =D Mr. G saw what I had done, and
started pouting, saying he wanted his I.D. to be in his Mickey Mouse
hat. He went out and asked the photo
people if he could retake his I.D. picture, and they happily agreed. Now he has a picture in Mickey Mouse ears,
and I have one with a Cake Hat! Those crazy music
teachers. What will they do next? |
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September 20th, 2007 ~ Thursday |
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8:28 p.m. Did My
Brain Just Explode? I got home today and decided
that, for the first time in months, I’d take my contacts out and let them
soak for a bit. They’ve been bothering
me the last couple days, and today my right eye kept on randomly tearing. I searched and found an old contact
container from who knows when, washed it out, filled it with solution, took
out my contacts and closed the lids. I
put on my glasses, and have been resting for about 3 hours. I decided to put the contacts
back in, because I don’t like sleeping without them (I have the kind you’re
supposed to keep in for a month, then throw away. You never have to take them out! They’re so cool!). So I went to the bathroom, and opened the
RIGHT side of my contacts case. I took
out a contact and tried to put it in my eye, but it started to sting so I
took it out. I washed it and tried
again. This time, I hear a “pop”
sound. Eyes and “pop” sounds usually
aren’t good…though that’s been known to happen when air bubbles are
escaping. I look around, and
everything is fuzzy. “Well that’s not
right,” I thought, so I took it out and put it back in the case. So…the contact is back in the
solution in the case. I take it out
one more time and put it on my eye. I
notice that it’s not quite gripping my eyeball with much vigor (the way it
normally does). I get it in and look
around…and it’s still fuzzy!! Really
really fuzzy! I was so confused, so I
put on my glasses thinking, “Maybe it’s not sitting on my eye properly.” With glasses it’s still fuzzy. I was so confused. So I took off my glasses and
take out the contact from my right eye.
And then, for no reason, I closed my LEFT eye. AND I COULD SEE! I looked down at the contact in my hand,
closed my left eye again…and yup. I
could see out my right eye. My first thought was….it’s a
miracle! I can see! I put the right contact back in
the right side of the contact case. I
take out the left contact from the case and put it in my eye, and I can see
perfectly. WHAT’S GOING ON??? I was so utterly confused. I only had one contact in my left eye, yet
I could see perfectly out BOTH eyes.
And I’m really really blind. I
can’t see the big E on the eye chart. So I look in the mirror, really
closely, at my right eye. And then I
poke it. There’s a contact in it!!! At this point, I thought I was
having some sort of mental breakdown.
How did the contact get in my right eye? I look in the contact case, and there’s
still a contact in the right side of the case. I take it out, put it in my hand, and
reconfirm that there is, in fact, still a contact IN my right eye. I am SO confused. I have no idea what just
happened. I would think that I had
just left an old contact in my case….but….when I originally opened the case
it was dry. I actually checked for old
contacts to make sure this wouldn’t happen.
And wouldn’t the old contact be all dried and shriveled up? I haven’t used the case in months?? And then I washed it out with water to be
extra careful. I’ve entered the Twilight
Zone. |
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September 18th, 2007 ~ Tuesday |
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8:37 p.m. My Hero!! I love Yo-Yo Ma. I’m not kidding. I think we should be best friends =) Well, not really, because who wants a best
friend who is constantly bugging you for tips? I’d settle for Yo-Yo Ma’s annoying
neighbor. But then, how could I
practice knowing Yo-Yo Ma could hear me?
Sigh. Dilemmas dilemmas. Anyways, it is SO GOOD. It is so ridiculously impressive. He is impressive. And I love his cello. And I love that the camera is getting all
sots of angles so I can check out his bowing technique and….steal it. And steal ideas for bowings and fingerings. ::: dreamy sigh ::: And he makes fun faces when he
plays. And he got new glasses. And I’m going to go see him in November
when he comes to He makes everything look so
easy. And he played the part I always
mess up out of tune too, which made me feel better J
Sigh. I love Yo-Yo Ma. |
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September 17th, 2007 ~ Monday |
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9:12 p.m. Dream A
Little Dream Today was a good day. I was extra cheerful today for no apparent
reason, and it got better and better.
My rehearsals at PV were really good, 4th grade rocked at
VV, 5th grade was okay, and the concerts at middle school were
really very good. (yay!) And then I came home, ate some dinner, practiced,
watched Scrubs, practiced some more…and now here I am. I miss my iPod. What else? Not much.
OH! I saw this crazy youtube video of a 13 year
old playing a really really hard cello concerto. Seriously.
It’s amazing. |
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September 16th, 2007 ~ Sunday |
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9:47 p.m. Quit
Stabbing Me! So today, while I was washing a
knife (a small one at that), I sneezed, and proceeded to stab my ring finger
on my right hand. Great. One of 3 unprotected fingers. Of course.
I looked at my finger, and nothing happened. I waited, and nothing happened. And then all of a sudden blood came gushing
out. Boo. This is why I have tons of
bandaids in my house. Normal bandaids,
bacon bandaids, |
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September 13th, 2007 ~ Thursday |
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5:27 p.m. Stupid
Cyberspace And for a whole 3 seconds, part
of my face can be seen (at 5 minutes and 10 seconds). Sigh. That’s not cool. I don’t want to be on youtube, no matter
how insignificant a role I may have played.
Boo. BOO! It’s not really that big of a
deal. I just don’t like to randomly
come across myself on the internet.
It’s happened before. One
conductor I performed under posted pictures on his professional website, and
I was in a ton of them. Eugh. No thank you. Otherwise…I’m running really
low on sleep. It’s kind of disturbing,
really. I’ve gone to be somewhere
between 1am and 4am this entire week, yet am not tired. I feel…the same as always. I hope my body isn’t about to implode. That would be sad (though much cleaner than
exploding, I suppose). Hey, there’s another youtube video of some high school
playing the same Dvorak we played last year =D |