Kelly

we beat the hell outta michigan!

2005-01-05T04:39:02Z

well, I decided since I haven't posted in over a semester of college, I thought I'd post.
Just got back from the Rose Bowl. It was an awesome trip, lots of 3:00 a.m. wake-up calls, In-and-Out burgers, 5 hour rehersals and 5 mile parades. There were so many highlights it would be hard to talk about them all, but here's a few:
for those of you that don't know, we beat michigan in the last 2 seconds of the game, 38-37 which kicked ass. It was the best game ever! I had a seat near the railing of the field so I could see everything. And I was on the jumbo-tron! I also saw Matthew McConohay from a pretty close distance. (I think he's balding, but thats okay) Our half time show ended up on tv, and you can hear us say "beat the hell outta michigan". I got to go to disneyland and universal. Went to Hollywood one night and walked on the stars and ate at Mel's Drive-in from the movie American Grafiti. It rained a whole lot, even hailed on us in rehersal, but that was all worth it to see the game. I got to meet some of the members of the michigan band on accident. A bunch of clarinets and I walked into their dinner at the hilton after the game because we thought they were ut alumni. whoops. The parade was really long but a lot of fun and not near as bad as i thought it would be. It did suck that they didn't have a pooper scooper guy. Anyways, it was a good trip. You should all check out Travis' pictures if he posts them.

Since I haven't posted in a long time, I'll fill in for this past semester. I made 4 A's and one B...which was very close to an A but ooh well. My classes were good and I survived writing my final 15 page paper on Charles Ives. I have a new roomate for next semester which I'm excited about. I'll spare you all the details on what happened. Austin kicks ass, LHB is a lot of fun, and I'm definately happy I'm at UT.

hmm... looks like OU still sucks. and I actually wanted them to win. Just so Texas looked better. ooh well. yay for Tech though :)

Since I haven't seen most of you guys lately, I hope you all had a great christmas and a happy new year!

the tragic story of my life

2004-09-10T18:17:55Z

i just got 3 hours of sleep. i stayed up to write this paper over this classical cd w/ these piano concertos on it. i was so frustrated with it at 12:00 last night when i couldn't think of anything else to say and then my roomate comes in talking on the phone incredibly loud. So i had to leave the room to go out into the hall to work, where everyone else was talking on the phone. at that point i only had 300 words and i was less than half way through with the paper. that was definately the low point of the night. yeah, so i went to bed at 3, woke up a 7...e-mailed my dad about it, finished the paper, grabbed some coffee and went to class.

he didn't take up the papers. he told us to keep it over the weekend to self-edit it. wtf.

i'm so exausted that i just find it funny and want to laugh, even though it's really actually upsetting.

time to go to sherman! yay :) too bad i have another paper to write this weekend.

p.s. we watched the aaron copland film again today, and they played el salon mexico, and lincoln portrait. and this is what he said. hehe :)

i'm tired.

I was there when the bear ate his head, thought it was a candy...

2004-09-01T23:30:41Z

just went down to kin's market. i WAS going to go get a soda, since i needed something really good to perk me up...but they cost 1.25 b/c all they have are the 20 oz. turns out i only had .95. then i realized i had a coupon for 50% off cookies at kin's market. That coupon was so meant for me!!!!!!! i'm really glad travis decided to take the coupon from the guy handing stuff out and gave it to me. i love cookies! cookies make everything better. yeah, so thank you travis. With my bevo bucks i bought 3 boxes, one of vanilla wafers, one of snackwell cookies and one of fig newtons. :)

now that i'm happily eating some vanilla wafers, i can start writing my paper again. it's actually going ok...its just taking me forever, b/c i keep re-wording stuff. and not like that matters anyway, b/c i'll just e-mail it to my dad, who will mark the paper all up and i'll end up re-writing most of it. its not that bad though. how often do you get to write a paper where you're forced to listen to a cd you like? not very often. oh, if any of you dave experts have any comments or info you'd like to share with me, feel free.
my paper is a review on Under the Table and Dreaming. ive done my research on it. pretty much the only thing i havent figured out how to describe is dave's voice.

after doing all this analyzing of dmb's cd, i really wish i could go to a concert again. and not even a dave concert. any concert. i miss live music.

you know what's crazy, the prof for this class has actually met Aaron Copland and William Schuman and was good friends w/ Schuman. thats just crazy.

ah, well, time for me to get back to work!

college

2004-08-31T05:34:08Z

ok ok, i'm so excited to be in college, that i'm just gonna post about everything thats gone on today and the past weekend. you can read it, or not, it's probably gonna be boring to you guys, but i'm really enjoying myself down here and everything is going so great.

let's see, i'll start w/ the weekend. friday night, me, cindy, jack and travis went out to eat at Soranos. It was really good. Cindy had never had mexican food before, so she was asking things like "whats an enchilada?" and "how is that different from a taco?" it was really funny. after dinner i went and hung out at jack and travis' super nice apartment. we just kinda relaxed since the week before was so crazy, which was actually a lot of fun. on saturday, i went and bought the rest of my art supplies from the hardware store. then that evening i actually went to the gym! my friend sara (a 2nd year clarinet player) invited me to go w/ her and her roomate. sara and i hadnt been to the gym before, so we were having a good time trying things. I did the bike, this stair kinda thing, except not...this one thing where you push it w/ your knees...and then we went to the sauna. it was awesome! when we first walked in, sara and i though we were gonna die or something b/c it was so hot. but after awhile it felt sooo good, especially after you got out. I actually burned at least 100 calories that night! thats like a portion of one meal! lol. yesterday i decided to test out the metro bus system. and i didn't get lost! that was cool. i even rode it all by myself over to trav's apartment! that was fun. then i went grocery shopping w/ jack and travis. thats funny. they're good at shopping cheap though, which any college student would be proud of. and they even let me eat some of their first real, actually cooked, meal. soft tacos with beans and some orange koolade. yum. we ended the weekend by watching the new episode of aqua teen hunger force.

anyways, that was pretty much my weekend. no parties, but there's plenty of time in college for that. today was also really good. my first class at 8 was 3D foundations. we started making our wire sculpture. it has to be completely abstract, no recognizable forms, and it has to be about a certain word we picked off of the board. my word is comfort. at first i was nervous b/c i had no idea what to do, but then i just started messing w/ the wire, and it's so much fun! it may turn out looking like crap, but we'll see. then i had my freshman seminar on american composers. its turning out to be better than i thought. Friday i have a paper due, its a music review (1,000 words) on any cd we want. i'm gonna do Under the Table and dreaming by dmb since i listen to it a lot and can probably find lots of things to say about it. we even get to watch a movie next class.
band tonight was good too. we learned the 2nd half of the show tonight, to appalacian spring. its much easier than rocky point, thank goodness. i'm really excited about the first game. i tried on my outfit. its god-awful. no joke. the shirt is a large b/c it was first come, first serve..and i'm a freshman. the shorts go down to my knees, they poof out at the hips and are a good inch or two about my belly button. the hat is kinda ugly too. altogether, i look like a guy. tonight we had the iniciation ceremony too. my big brother is a guy named Robert, a 2nd year sax player, music major. I just met him today, but he's really really nice! for the iniciation, the big people got the little people something, so robert gave me roses and a ut t-shirt. it was really nice! hopefully we'll have a good time getting to know each other.

yup, so thats about it so far. saturday my family is coming up for the game, and kasey and jessica might come stay w/ me. i'm really looking forward to it!

hook'em horns :)

2004-08-25T19:39:04Z

yay for being in college :)

and my internet finally works! it's b/c my dad and i are dummies and used the wrong kind of chord. Anyways, there's so much to tell, so i'll just sum up...
got here a week ago, worked my ass off during Hell Week learning how to march all over again. It was so much more work than high school band. so for all you youngins who think college band might be easier, its not at all. We practiced from 8 in the morning to 9 at night almost everyday with only a break for lunch and dinner. The first 3 days of hell week were crazy b/c there were 62 clarinets trying out for 44 spots including alternates. there were 36 old men too so i was freaking out. but I made it! and i got a pre-game spot, which was even harder to do! travis and meg made it too so there are 3 sherman people in it now. I'm really glad that travis decided to stay in it because it's nice having one really good friend around and plus we're having lots of fun together. and he also has an awesome apartment and a car :) well, there's lots more to say about hell week, but it'd be really boring to you guys. but i made it, even after my crappy playing audition i came out 17th chair, so i'm really happy.

So Hell Week is finally over! I've met lots of cool people in band and I'm having a pretty good time. All you UNT people should come to the first game so i can see you guys! For the first show we're playing rocky point holiday and appalachian spring. I can't wait for the first game :) Whats funny is they have manditory dancing in the stands. hehe.

Cindy and I get along really well, and our room is pretty cute.

Today was the first day of classes. At 8:00 I had 3D foundations, where we spent 30 min. talking about the class and then the teacher let us go. The teacher seems cool, shes a 3rd year grad student from canada. Then at 12:00 I went to my freshman seminar. that sucked. i'm really going to hate that class so much. I already have 3 assignments, and a paper due friday.
but i'm still really happy that i'm going here. everything is going really well and i'm still excited about it all.

i hope everyone else is having a good time wherever you are!! now that my internet is working, let me know how things are going!

goodbye good ol Shertown

2004-08-17T01:02:33Z

leaving tomorrow! i'm excited but kinda nervous. actually pretty nervous. especially about band tryouts. i don't know if i'm good enough.
i'm gonna miss my family. don't get me wrong, i'm very happy to be leaving, but it's a weird feeling. i'm soooo ready to be in austin though. its so awesome :)

please stay in touch w/ me!!! i have a new cell phone number:

512-289-9113

so you can call me! write to me or mail me cool things!

Kelly Garrett
Kinsolving 356
2605 Whitis Ave.
Austin, TX 78705

i won't have my computer set up until Saturday, so this is my last post till then. i'll let you know later if i made the band or not and keep you updated on life at UT.

alrighty, bye sherman folk! i'll miss you guys!

aaah the horror

2004-08-02T23:51:02Z

well, i'm actually doing what i've dreaded for years: CLEANING OUT MY CLOSET.
the whole time i've lived in sherman, ive never really really cleaned my closet. I've clean parts...like organize clothes, or vaccum the floor, but my closet needed to be completely cleaned out before I leave. So, today I decided to take on the adventure.

what all ive found...
-a million beanie babies and stuffed animals which i'm sadly parting with...except for my treasured stuff things like ragidy ann, p.c. the bear, Big Brown Bear and white bear(his girl sidekick), a teddy bear named Teddy since he never got a real name, and my American Girl dolls.
-some bubble gum...don't know how old
-some notes from friends in middle school...I had no idea saying "Hey Chicky!" was cool then...that's hilarious
-my giga pet...it's really dead now
-some of my artwork from when i was in elementary school
-my science fair project stuff of on air pollution
-A real picture of Wishbone and his boy friend (don't know his name)
-a flip book about a bug that flew around...I made it...it has at least 20 pages, and I drew all of them...don't ask why
-a million magazines from back in the day leonardo dicaprio and the backstreet boys were cool. they're being recycled.
-A real postcard from Bigbird that said he liked my picture. (my mom sent a picture of mine to the Sesame street magazine when i was little)

well,i still have the top shelves to do, but they're gonna have to wait until after dinner. If I find anything cool...i'll let you guys know :)

kellyg @ 2004-07-28T23:22:00

2004-07-29T04:32:04Z

sweet. no community bath for me! so ha ha to all you people who have to shower together and walk down the hall to pee.

I've decided to go back to being optimistic. or ignoring the fact that so many things/people in this world suck and try to make life miserable. I was happy being the "glass is half full" kind of girl, so I might as well go back to being that way. I am saying this after I ate about 5 keebler cookies, and cookies usually make me much happier, so we'll see if this optimistic thing lasts.

look at my cool new lj page!

2004-07-25T22:00:20Z

i'm really not good with internet stuff...so with my little sister's guidance, I actually managed to make my lj page kinda neat. ok, maybe it's not that neat, but I entertained myself for at least an hour messing with it. I really need to take a computer oriented art course in college.
the summer is starting to get insanely boring. I'm not motivated to do anything, and i'm getting tired of just sitting on my butt. i guess i could paint a picture...but i don't know what do paint a picture of. my creativity has shut down for the summer. school just needs to start already. i'm not really ready for the work, but i need some excitement or something.

the weather is amazing today! it's like Texas' version of Colorado. without the altitude sickness. I love it.

ooh, i think i want a fish to take to college. the only problem is that i don't really want to buy a tank, and if i buy a fish bowl, i'll have to clean it all of the time. I'm not sure how much trouble that will be. I might just buy a plant that doesn't need much watering and is super hard to kill. the fish just sounds like more fun. unless i kill it...

happy late birthday to Zack and happy early birthday to Henry!
and happy day to the rest of you!

kellyg @ 2004-07-20T11:50:00

2004-07-20T17:13:06Z

i just got an e-mail back from Cindy! She's a piano performance major, and she's been in Taiwan for two months working on her singing career. She sounds really nice. this is so cool. I was expecting a pre med major or something who I wouldn't have anything in common with. People who love music and art are awesome. Hehe, concidering she's a piano performance major, she's probably amazingly good....I shouldn't have told her i play piano.
now i'm really excited. this is all so cool. we got into kinsolving, which i think should be pretty nice. Her cousin lives there and likes it.
i'm really excited about going off to ut now. lets go now :)

kellyg @ 2004-07-17T16:48:00

2004-07-17T22:08:52Z

Today's been eventful. This morning I went to a LHB marching clinic. Their marching style is like the exact opposite of high school. I was doing too much toe roll even when I tried not to do any at all! Yeah, no toe roll, basically a walk...stand w/ toes pointed out. The snappy marching w/ the high knee lift is the crazy one. It was all fun though. And they were all wonderful people, or so they seemed. We even all went out to lunch together afterwards! It was nice, and I'm glad I went. I really really want to be in that band.

I found out who my roomate is. Her name is Cindy Wu, from Houston. That's all I know right now, since I went pot luck and all. I just e-mailed her, so hopefully I'll find out more about her later. This is all exciting and cool. I'm glad I'm rooming w/ someone I dont know. Or at least I'm glad right now...we'll see how it goes. I keep trying to guess what she's majoring in and all that, but I dont have any idea. When she finds out I'm an art major, she'll probably be scared. lol.

I also found out that my professors and classes all have great ratings at utlife.com and that the average gpa of the classes are like 3.4 and really high like that. I'm really excited about that.

weeeee

summer school is over. thank the lord. Some kids failed miserably, which amazes me how stupid some people are...and then some passed w/ a 70 b/c I helped them get through it all the last day. It was all kind of a depressing experience other than I got paid.

summer is almost over! one month until I go to Austin. I'm excited and then, I wish summer was longer so I could sleep more :) That's pretty much my priority. And see you guys. Although, I really havent seen many people this summer. I guess it will make it easier to leave.

good grief, i'm smelly and hungry. I'm gonna go solve that problem.

hell yeah!

2004-07-05T23:54:43Z

i made a 4 on the Calculus test! thank the lord. yeah, so i'm happy with that :) oh yeah, and a 3 on the english...go figure.

just got home from Vail. i'm so glad to be home. I missed Texas and some things in it sooooo much. My aunts wedding was nice. I wouldnt have let my grandad to the service though. There were way, way, way too many rich people kind of parties though, with weird food and too many people I didn't care to talk to. I stayed with the cousins and played cards a lot.
I have come to the conclusion that my new step-cousins Simon and Adam are the two prettiest guys in the entire world, even out of movie stars. Sadly, they are like 26 and have serious girlfriends. But I can say I have the hottest cousins out of everyone! I'll post a picture from the wedding later :)

Alright, I'm worn out and don't have much to say right now. Except that I love Texas and Texans.

kellyg @ 2004-06-26T14:38:00

2004-06-26T19:46:04Z

well, poo. Just had my first experience of how college can not be so cool. I just got an e-mail saying i'm off the waitlist for the really cool class i wanted to take. They don't even tell you why...they just say, you're off the waitlist. So that means I get to take the 3D foundations class instead. Which is scary. I've never done 3D stuff before. hehe, oh well, it's not a big deal, and it will be a new experience...let's hope i don't suck. crazy art classes...next year's going to be interesting.
the party last night was a lot of fun. I'm glad so many people could come!
one side of my face is yellow now. It's like a backwards bruise. kinda funny, and painful.
summer is going by way too fast!

kellyg @ 2004-06-22T13:11:00

2004-06-22T18:28:56Z

eeeek. I look like a giant funny chipmunk. My mom even said, "how's my chipmunk girl." it's absolutely horrible. Although, the pain killers put me in a cheery mood.

This morning, when i was about to eat some yogurt, my mom says "aren't you going to take the gauze out before you eat?" the sad thing was, I didn't have any gauze in my mouth. Yeah, so i went and hid under a blanket.

This all better go away by friday. otherwise i'll cry. By the way, if you haven't heard...
our birthday party is FRIDAY at my house
if you need directions or an address, just ask me on here or on aim, my sn is kellygarrett86. We haven't set the time yet, but we will do that tomorrow. They'll be food, lots of games, ping pong, and swimming (only if you want to swim...no forced swimming). Everyone is invited! I'm excited because I haven't seen very many people this summer. So it will be great to see you guys.
And if i still look like a chipmunk, you can all come to see how funny i look. Let's hope that doesnt happen.

kellyg @ 2004-06-21T18:54:00

2004-06-22T00:00:38Z

got my wisdom teeth out. Now I'm in lots and lots of pain. Just ate my dinner of cheesy mashed potatoes and chocolate pudding. I've pretty much slept all day b/c of the drugs. This is really not fun. I'm kinda swollen, so I look a little funny too. I really hope the pain goes away soon.
We're still planning on having a birtday party, but all 3 of us haven't been able to get together to plan at all. It's going to be on Friday at my house, but we havent thought up a time yet. I hope I feel better by then.
Just hope you don't have to get your wisdom teeth out any time soon. It hurts like a mofo. I guess it's time for some more pain killers and sleep.

kellyg @ 2004-06-19T11:27:00

2004-06-19T17:13:33Z

Just got back from orientation yesterday. UT is awesome. Everything is. Especially the college of fine arts. Yeah, some fine arts people are weird, but they were so nice and helpful. I did freak out a little when I realized I had to take 2 studio art classes first semester, because the only time for any of them are either 8:00-12:00, or 2:00-6:00 so that was hard to schedule since a bunch were closed or waitlisted. Turns out i got everthing i wanted really. I got on the waitlist for one class, but it was more of a preferance that I wanted over the other class.
So here's my shedule for next year.
ART 303L Time-based Foundations MW 8:00-12:00 (waitlisted)
ART 304L Three-Dimensional Foundations MW 8:00-12:00 (swap class)
F S 301 American Symphonic Tradition MWF 12:00-1:00p
ART 304K Two-Dimensional Foundations TTH 8:00-12:00
ARH 302 Surv Ancient thru Medival Art TTH 12:30-2:00p
ENS 207L Longhorn Band MTTH 6:30-8:30p (hopefully!)

Yeah, so it seems pretty good I think. I'm really excited about the art classes. The studio classes have about 18 people in them. The building is amazing. They have everything imaginable, from a brand new green screen, to woodshop, all these different kinds of printmaking, a darkroom for photography, metal shop, ceramics...its crazy! I dont know about the freshman seminar...but we'll see how it goes. It's on composers and how their music has transitioned over the years, which is a topic I know some about, so I thought it might be okay. Yeah, it does kind of stink that I have an 8:00 class every day, but I thought that was so much better than having class until 6:00.

UT is even better than I thought it would be. It's hard really getting to know someone b/c you meet SO many people constantly. at least it was that way at orientation. i'm sure it will be easier once classes start and i move in a dorm. I actually get to move in to my dorm a week early for band week for free. Thats pretty nice.

It's nice to be home though, and have my own room, shower and bed. It's also nice to actually be around people you know. I kinda missed you guys :)

ooh, my new e-mail address is: kellygarrett@mail.utexas.edu
so e-mail me sometime! :)

kellyg @ 2004-06-12T11:05:00

2004-06-12T16:27:31Z

Summer so far has been nice. My job as a teacher's aid for summer school isn't so nice, but I do get paid. I spend from 8:00 to 1:00 (no lunch break)grading a million tests and homework papers, helping kids who don't even understand what parallel is or care to know, then I record all the grades and file all of the papers and then put them all into the computer. What sucks is when kids decide to keep their papers until they've completed 3 chapters, so I have this gigantic stack of papers to grade, and then they don't put their names on them, and stupid stuff like that. At least I'm getting paid.
Lets see, I saw Harry Potter. It was really really good :) I can't wait for the 4th movie. I think the 4th book is my favorite. The 5th book is good, but very depressing.
My birthday was good. My mom made me a strawberry cake with lots of strawberries on top. It was great :) Then we went shopping at collin creek. I got a cute skirt and halter top, and some summer clothes to wear when its hot in Austin. I got some good stuff to take to college too. My aunt brought back a present for each of us from her trip to Vietnam. I got a this yellow-gold purse with this neat flower design in beads. My mom got these awesome pillow cases that are really colorful, and she let me have them for my room next year! So that was cool.
I leave to go to orientation on Monday. I'm pretty excited. I'm hoping to meet someone that is cool and will want to room with me next year. I'm just a little nervous because I don't make friends with people right off the bat, it usually takes me a little while. But then again, I'm not as shy as I used to be, so maybe I won't have a problem w/ it. I'm so excited about going to UT next year though. I'm so ready!
When I get back, I get my wisdom teeth out. Hopefully I don't swell up like a chipmunk. But the Tarvins gave me jello for graduation so I should be good! I know the jello was meant for my pool, but I'm gonna eat it instead.
Oooh, I know this is in my info on my AIM but I'm posting it here anyways:
I got a new address book that I want to take off to college with me, so if you want to give me your home address and the address you'll be living at next year (whenever you find that out) I would really appreciate it! I might want to mail you something sometime! If you could also give me your phone #, cell #, birthday and e-mail address, I'd be so happy!
You can either post it, or e-mail it to me at cinderella_512@hotmail.com.

happy dance

2004-06-11T17:02:47Z

I'm 18 today :)

kellyg @ 2004-06-06T16:06:00

2004-06-06T21:29:42Z

yay! I'm done! no more piano for me!!!!!!!!!!! no more recitals, theory tests, the whole shabang. I'm done!
It went pretty well. I didn't get too nervous just because I wanted to be done with it. And I don't think I did too crappy. And people came! Thanks you guys! It made me feel special :) I was afraid nobody would come. So thanks. John Mark was good too. Our Exodus duet was interesting. We hadn't ever practiced on one piano, so I kinda freaked out some. yup. so anyways, I'm done and I'm happy!!!!!
I have suffered through so many piano recitals. hehe, I told the people that came about the time I didn't want to go to a recital sooo bad that I tried burning my finger on a tea kettle so I wouldn't have to go. But it hurt too much do to that, and I was a wimp, so I went anyways. Thats how it always was. I'd feel so sick, and my hands would shake. So no more of that for me !!! haha.
There was one time, when I was little, and I was playing an arrangement of a bach piece, and my mom wouldnt let me get up from the piano until i could play it. So I sat there all night crying and trying to play through my sobs. I guess I learned it, b/c I'm not still sitting at the piano.

yup, so now it's time to party. It's summer, and I'm freakin happy. Now all I have to worry about is orientation and getting my wisdom teeth out.

kellyg @ 2004-05-27T21:13:00

2004-05-28T02:29:14Z

look at me! I'm on my new computer!!!!! dude, I got a dell :) and it's freakin awesome. It's a flat screen monitor, that moves up and down and upside down and it's really really pretty! i don't know all the technical stuff about it, but it plays movies, and it has little speakers on the bottom of the screen instead of the ones you put on the desk. It was my graduation present. It makes me happy :)

And look! I'm on the internet again! finally! we got a lot of viruses on our old computer, so the internet company cancelled our account or whatever, so my dad just decided to buy a new computer for the house, and we got cable internet! so we finally won't tie up the phone line! and it's amazing!! you don't have to wait for it to dial up! wheeee, it's so great.

Tonight was MY LAST END OF THE YEAR PIANO RECITAL EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

John Mark and I are having a Senior Piano Recital on Sunday, June 7th, if anyone would like to come. You don't have to, but if you want to you can. I'm not too great, or at least I always think I'm not, and I get really really nervous playing for people, which is why I've never played for any of you...but I would just like to invite you all. I'll post times and where it is later, or you can just ask me.

its been a really good day. I got to eat donuts and walk in the park with Travis, went to lunch with my sister at Taco Bell and we splurged and got Starbucks where we played cards. Then we went to Hastings and looked though the used cds. came home, downloaded things on my computer, and went to MY LAST END OF THE YEAR RECITAL EVER!!!
and now I'm home and we're watching Back to the Future.

and I graduate on Saturday :)

kellyg @ 2004-05-14T18:21:00

2004-05-14T23:32:35Z

wheee! its friday. prom was a really good time. the last band concert was fun, but so sad. i cried.
and i graduate in 2 weeks and one day.

01. who are you, what's our relationship:
02. how and where did we meet:
03. what's my middle name:
04. how long have you known me:
05. tell me one good thing about myself:
06. when you first saw me what was your impression:
07. my age:
08. birthday:
09. my favorite band at the moment:
10. colour eyes:
11. do i have any siblings:
12. have you ever had a crush on me:
13. what's one of my favorite things to do:
14. do you remember one of the 1st things I said to you:
15. describe me in 3 words:
16. name 5 things i love:
17. do you think i'm good looking:
18. how would you describe me to someone:
19. would you ever date me:
20. tell me one thing you've always wanted to say but never did:
21: what do you like most about me:
22: if we could spend a day together what would we do:
23: have we ever gotten in a fight:
24: do you think we will be friends for at least 3 or 4 more years:
25. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
26. What do you think my weakness is?
27. Do you think I'll get married?
28. What makes me happy?
29. What makes me sad?
30. What reminds you of me?
31. If you could give me anything what would it be?
32. When's the last time you saw me?
33. Do you think our friendship is getting stronger/weaker/or staying the same?
34. Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen?
35. Are you going to put this on your livejournal and see what I say about you?
36. If I was an ice cream flavor, which would I be and why?
37. What song (if any) reminds you of me?
38. If you could change one thing about me, what would it be?
39. Would you make a move on me?
40. Do I cross your mind at least 1 time a day?

kellyg @ 2004-05-06T13:22:00

2004-05-06T18:37:31Z

yay! its finally over. no more ap tests ever. i think both the calculus and the english went okay. i don't think i did so hot on the english concidering one essay i didn't get to finish, but thats okay. I got to write my essay on Brave New World so I was happy.

haha, don, i don't understand how you could screw up your seals. :)

so, now that i'm done, ive just got to coast through these next few weeks, and then no more high school ever. god, i can't wait. i wish i was completely done, i have so much crap still left to do...like scholarship essays...one due tomorrow and i haven't done it, scrapbook (haven't done that either), senior will (still haven't done that), mr. frank's scrapbook page for his book, two piano recitals, and lots of graduation stuff. summer is going to be soooooo nice.
prom's this weekend. hehe, I think my friends are going to get in a fight over my date and where he stays the night. they're closer friends w/ him so i'll just let them handle it all. I have no idea how to do my hair, but that's no big deal. It's going to be a lot of fun! suprisingly, I'm actually looking forward to it.

hehe, i should be in ap studio art right now with mrs hensler, but instead i'm sitting at home eating a pbj sandwich doing nothing. that makes me so happy :)

kellyg @ 2004-05-03T22:04:00

2004-05-04T03:21:47Z

ap tests and writers and graders should die. i love spencer's and merideth's plan...they are going to make a satillite that will convert all the ap students calculators to degrees instead of radians...but those who know about it will use tin foil to protect their own. i'm relying on spencer's brilliance to go through with it. i'm going to cry when the test is all over. or maybe during it, depending on how bad it is.

my stress level is kicked back up again. and to handle the situation, i avoid doing the things i should be doing.

my senior will is still non-existant. its too hard to do.

ah, i know, i'm just being a whiney-butt, but i feel like being one so that's just how its gonna be :)

kellyg @ 2004-04-30T17:20:00

2004-04-30T22:42:50Z

i haven't posted in awhile, so here's a brief summary to update things.
corpus- was okay. the weather was crappy, i still went swimming anyways...our room was nice, watched tv and played cards...saw scott's bare ass...i played what i thought was my best ever, and the band did well, but not good anough for first. thats okay, we did good and i'm proud.
taks week-pretty boring and uneventful...didn't get to work much either.
i have so much to do...scrapbook, ap tests, learn piano pieces, do senior will...oh yeah, i really don't know what to will people. if i get started, i'll want to will everyone something and that wont work. plus i want to will good stuff, thats clever and funny and nice...but i cant think of things right now
met the new band director today...he seems nice, and he'll probably do a good job. i still feel horrible for the owens; they are such wonderful people.
i got my first graduation present in the mail today! its a texas longhorn photo album. its cute :) i like this getting presents thing.
this feels so weird, to be a senior and graduating soon. i don't feel like it should end this way. i don't feel as close to people like i used to, and i wish i could graduate all happy and satisfied with everything. i guess that's not possible. its probably better that i'm not attached either. this year has been so different than all the others...both good and bad. It's just a weird way to end high school.
ah well, anough of that.
working on my scrapbook...trying to do a friends entry but it is so hard...its impossible to put all the feelings i have for my friends into words. i lack writing skills. very very much, as you can tell from my journal. grant it, i do write better formally...i'm good at that. essays and formal letters i can do. but personal things...i just blank and cant describe my feelings. plus, i dont want people to read about personal things, especially what i think about them. i dont want them to feel like its not good anough or that their not special anough to me. trying to write an entry on my parents and my sister is the worst. how can i write how much they mean to me? its impossible. and my mom is like, "how many entries have you done?" me- "well, i'm working on one..." then she gets all mad and doesnt understand why i just dont do them. It's because its hard for me to do! good greif.
ooh you should all check out my pretty live journal page. travis made it pretty and girly for me :)

corpus is tomorrow!

2004-04-22T03:21:11Z

i'm pretty excited, for the most part. my room should be fun and I have a great bus buddy! its been a long time since ive had a girl bus buddy. I don't think whit and i have sat together since like freshman year. you should have heard us back then, we would write songs on bus trips. they were freakin awesome! I'm actually rooming w/ my sister. she's a little crazy, but it should be fun ;)
it's going to be kind of different this year...for certain reasons, but it should be fun anyways.

I have 600 dollars! All for me! and it's going straight to my savings. for a future car...or most likely school books first semester, but the car idea makes me happier.
The luncheon for the music scholarship went pretty well. It was just for a bunch of older ladies and a few men. I got to play first, thank goodness. i made a few mistakes on clair de lune...not too bad though. that's the best i've ever played a piano piece in public. The mozart didn't go nearly as well as it could have. mrs. mc gee accompanied me, which we hadnt practiced doing, and it kinda threw me off. oooh well. Erin was awesome. she sang 2 pieces and played 2. overall, it was pretty good, and i got 600 dollars!

i think our band will play really well on friday. we can beat birdville.

for my roomies, i'm packing a curling iron and hair dryer and chocolate chip cookies and lots of other stuff you can use. amy packed a straightener and butterscotch cookies. she may not let you use her straightener though.