Legacy

10 Mar

This weekend is my dance team’s first competition of the year.  This evening I compete in my hip hop dance with Allie, then in my jazz group.  Tomorrow afternoon Allie performs in her jazz dance, then we both dance in our musical theater piece.

I am horribly nervous.  It’s still five hours until I even need to start getting ready.  Six until I leave.  Seven and a half until we’re scheduled to perform.  And I am freaking out.

I’ve noticed lately in dance class that I’m getting way better at musicality.  I used to have a lot of trouble with dancing with the music, especially in ballet class.  Now I can do most exercises with very little trouble.  I don’t speed quite as much in tap, and I can pick up counts almost without thinking.  It’s pretty amazing what dancing 6+ hours a week can do to a person.

5 Mar

My brain feels like mush.  I really dislike writing rhetorical analyses.  I just can’t focus on them! :p

3 Mar

Okay, so I started a new site… A literary site!  Right now I’m the only member, but I hope that someday I won’t be.  This will be a place for me (and any future authors) to publish our works on the internet.  Anyway, here’s the link: Darkness in Shadows.

18 Feb

I have so much to write about.  I haven’t been very good about keeping up lately… and there’s been a lot going on, especially this week.  I’ll start with today, though, since it’s on my mind.

Today was the Tae Kwon Do test.  It went really well; even the white belts were impressive!  Also, for the first time I got to judge a test.  It was actually a lot like watching, only I had a bit more authority.  Especially so since I was the center judge, and the other two judges had received their black belts this session, so didn’t know much about judging.  It was a very good experience.

Also of great importance was that my student, Mr. Drew Cummings, tested for his second dan today.  I was so proud of him!  He had great power and technique, lots of energy, a quick mind, and loud kihaps.  He had trouble with his board and concrete breaks, but still broke some wood.  As I said, I’m really proud of him.

25 Jan

Happy sixteenth birthday, Blake.  I wish that you were still here so I could celebrate it with you.  I would have thrown you a surprise party, and asked you to teach me to snowboard (if it snows enough this year).  I would want to give you a hug but be too shy to.  I would have laughed at all your witty comments, and talked about nothing and everything with you and Savannah and Alex.  I would have sung a very off-key round of  ‘Happy Birthday’ after you blew out the candles.  I would have played Apples to Apples or Nerf or whatever you wanted to play.  I would smile as you opened your gift, which I would have had a hard time choosing.  I would have done so much; things we always have done and things we never did get to do.

10 Jan

Just a little bit of catching up to do.  I thought I’d posted some this already, but apparently not.

Saturday was a pretty big night; I went to my first hockey game.  It was a dance team activity.  So Amber picked me up -since I was riding with her- we got there with no problems, found a close, free parking spot, and even arrived early!  We got pretty into the game, as well as pretty goofy.  Joyce (our teacher) was hilarious.  She’s not the type of person you would expect to get really excited at games and yell a lot, but she did!  It was, in short, a really fun night.

Sunday evening my family went out for dinner with my grandparents to celebrate my birthday. We went to my favorite restaurant, then back to my grandparent’s house.  My grandma and I worked on a puzzle, and we had some cheesecake.  I also got one of my gifts.  It wasn’t wrapped.  It may seem odd, but we always do things a little differently.  See, on Friday my grandma and I are going for lunch and then shopping.  I’ll pick out what clothes I want and a book or cd for my birthday present.

Today (Tuesday) I had my first classes of the term.  I’m taking Speech 101 and Comp 2.  I’m not really sure how well I like them yet, as it was only the first day.  I’m on a Tuesday-Thursday schedule this spring, and my classes start a little earlier.  I’m looking forward to going to class again.  I got really bored over break.

4 Jan

This is one of my new favorite Bible verses.

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you…

-Romans 15:7 NIV

3 Jan

I got the most amazing, surprising surprise today.

Today is my birthday, by the way.

So, I’m pulling my lunch out of the toaster (a bagel) and I see my friend Alex, plus her siblings and mom walking up the driveway.  My mom wasn’t home, and I had no idea why they were there!  Hahaha, my mom arrived a few minutes later.  Then my friend Savannah, plus her siblings and mom showed up!

Amazing.  I had absolutely no idea.

12 Hours of Tae Kwon Do

1 Jan

I did it.  I made it.  Barely.  Here are the stats:

Number of kicks: over 2,400

Number of times I felt about to pass out, puke, or fall down: too many

Number of times I cried: 1

Number of times my inhaler was used: 2

Number of kicks accomplished in 45 minutes: 1,000

Number of kids I wanted to choke: 6

Number of times I wished I hadn’t gone: uncountable

Number of times I gave up: 0

 

Never again.

Happy New Year!

30 Dec

For New Year’s Eve this year, I’m going to be at TKD.  Mr. Bond is leading a 12 hour class, starting at noon and ending at midnight.  I’m pretty pumped!

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