This blog is going to be so gargantuan it's going to have sections.

Marching Band

This is so incredably awesome. We won sweapstakes at our competition. (If you don't know what tht means: Marching Bands are in class depending on how many people are in them. Our band is a AA. This in paticuler means we performed better than the fifteen other bands in A and AA.) Now we are working on mantaining that level because it would look really stupid to get fifth place this Saturday.

Friends

I'm kind of annoyed at one of my friends right now. He goes to a different school, but whenever I even mention school he flips out and starts talking about how much he has to do and how his family pressure's him. He won't even relax during the October break and he paints his life as living hell.

Now I realize I'm on the listening end of this and I don't know the whole story. I'm certainly glad he trusts me and is willing to open himself up about his troubles. However, it is unbelievably irking that he is so completely negitive. (Not to mention the fact that when he talks about such stresses, his voice gets higher and complain-y. To tell you the truth, I think that's the worst part.)

The whole thing kind of brings up the issue that many of my friends treat me like a Catholic priest. Whever they have a problem, I'm the one they choose to come to. Don't ask me why. They are doing drugs, their bi, their parent's split up. They come to me.

Maybe it's because I think gossip is lame and I'm rather quiet. Maybe it's because I'm a good listener. Or maybe it's just because I'm not very intimidating.

The thing is, since I'm the listener/advice person in my group of friends, I have no one to go to if I ever want to talk. Not like that will ever happen though, I'm very good at keeping my own secrets. In fact, I hardly ever open myself up to anyone (Except this blog I suppose, which is actually the world, but it's anonymous so it doesn't count.) yet they all do to me. Another puzzle to be solved.

Music

I'm liking the sound of the Gorillaz. Well, truth be told, I like their music videos more than the actual music, but the music is cool too.

The band of the month is The All-American Rejects. There were awesome, they are awsome, and hopefully they will always be awesome.

School

It's the last week of the first quarter, so that means tests, tests, tests and homework, homework, HOMEWORK. Sheesh, there's no time to have a life anymore.

To tell you the truth, I should be doing homework right now, but I'm going to pretend it's not there and hope it'll go away.

At my school, there is a large project for each grade, and for my ninth grade project, I'm going to have to lecture for ten minutes in front the the school and local community about the Cons of Globalization. I'm glad I care about this topic, but I still crouch in fear of getting in front of people. (I'm such an oxymoron...I'm in Drama, and I have stage fright.)

Weather

Hurricanes are everywhere. (I was thiiis close to saying that they were the new trend, but I figured that would be quite insensitive to all the people who are suffering because of them. I'm VERY grateful I live in California and not in the East Coast.)

Seriously, this is like some freaky Apocalypse. Come on, haven't you ever seen The Day After Tomorrow??

Ok, now seriously, the news reports are getting on my nerves. Yes, it was horrid and sad beyond words. Must one dwell on it? I know life isn't all sunshine and roses, but come on. Instead of repeating the fact that this many people are dead and this many people are homeless (which the other news station just said five minutes ago) why doesn't the news station donate money to the people? It takes money to get the newscaster over there and then it takes money to get the equipment over there. So instead of sending a person and a camera to New Orleans, why don't they use the money they would have spent, and donate it?

Ok, I'm done.