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			<title>Miracles DO Happen</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:10:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Cerulean Silver vs Amber Gold,  THE best Harry Potter x Full Metal Alchemist crossover, has been updated after three years.   
 
You have no idea how happy I am right now. 
 
NO IDEA. 
 
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You have no idea how happy I am right now.<br />
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NO IDEA.<br />
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			<title>Thank you Mom and Dad + Emerald Nuzlocke</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:05:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you Mom and Dad for my awesome new Aqua Blue Nintendo 3DS! They got it for me as a nearly present for my 19th birthday. I had mentioned I wanted one, but thought they would eventually buy it (or at the earliest a present for Christmas) as to pay me back for the $180 I've lend them. Imagine my...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="blogcontent restore">Thank you Mom and Dad for my awesome new Aqua Blue Nintendo 3DS! They got it for me as a nearly present for my 19th birthday. I had mentioned I wanted one, but thought they would eventually buy it (or at the earliest a present for Christmas) as to pay me back for the $180 I've lend them. Imagine my surprise (and slight guilt) when they phoned home and asked what color 3DS I wanted. Since I already have a Black Nintendo DS Lite I picked Aqua Blue. It's so pretty! *_* I'm not playing it, though, until it has a screen protector and I'm not even THINKING of carrying it outside my room until I have a case for it. For now, I'll settle for reading the mountain of papers it came with (in English and Spanish to spend more time) and reading about the new games coming for the 3DS.<br />
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As for my casual Emerald Nuzlocke, I just beat Wattson yesterday. Since I had no Pokemon super-effective or resistant to Electric-types I wanted to raise a Poochyena I caught. I got bored then decided to just send in my Level 30 Kadabra. With a lot of from Super Potions and Cherri Berries, she swept! God, she's such a Bro. Now I'm all Fallabor Town with two new team members to train: Georgia the Torkoal and Aurinko the Solrock. Finally, some good Pokemon to train. (I don't use a No Dupes Clause).<br />
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- Kat</blockquote>

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			<title>I feel like my heart has been ripped from my chest.</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:49:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I just lost three of my teammates (plus one slave) to Koga on my Leaf Green Nuzlocke. You know, it's one thing to just catch a Pokemon and then lose it five battles later, but these Pokemon were both 40 and 38 and have saved my butt more times I can count. Koga's Pokemon were just... ruthless....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="blogcontent restore">I just lost three of my teammates (plus one slave) to Koga on my Leaf Green Nuzlocke. You know, it's one thing to just catch a Pokemon and then lose it five battles later, but these Pokemon were both 40 and 38 and have saved my butt more times I can count. Koga's Pokemon were just... ruthless. Maybe I should have grinded and have at least five levels above them than one or two, but some part of my mind thinks it wouldn't have made a difference. I did not have a single move that would beat Poison, after all.<br />
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The casualties:<br />
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- Evan the Kingler: Self-destruct casualty by Koffing. I used Leer instead of Strength, Stomp, or Surf, thinking I could have conned Koga out of a Hyper Potion that he wouldn't be able to use against his tougher Pokemon later on. I was wrong, and Evan paid for it.<br />
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- Celest the Pidgeot: I used Fly about twice on the second Koffing, but Poison and Sludge when I switched her back in after another member got Poisoned was too much. <br />
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- Fabian the Weepinbell: I used Sleepowder against his Wheezing, but then Koga Hyper Potioned. Sleepowder missed, and two Sludges was all it took. <br />
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- Fabian II the Bellsprout: Basically he was sacrificed in order to cure Poison from the last surviving team members.<br />
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Some of the information may be inaccurate. After Evan went down, I was too shocked and nervous to keep on documenting the battle.<br />
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At the end, Miles the Charizard took the Wheezing down after Antidote + Hyper Potion + Flamethrower vs. Koga's Hyper Potions + Wheezing's Sludge. So only Miles and Sam the Raticate survived, both Poisoned and in the yellow by the end. This may sound shallow, but I am SO glad Sam survived; at one point, I'm sure I sent in Celest over him because I didn't want Sam to fall instead. I mean, I've beaten Leaf Green with just a Pidgeot before. Fabian was getting so damn annoying leveling up with just Vine Whip on him, and Evan, though I raised him from Lv. 16, didn't have that much of a bond with me because I basically just grinded him before this gym. Don't get me wrong; he was so awesome with his moves and Hyper Cutter, but Sam was with me since the first gym. I have never used a Raticate on my team, ever. He was always, ALWAYS, second-in-command. His loss would have been as devastating as Miles'.<br />
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I'm not sure if I want to keep documenting this and make my serious Nuzlocke comic; the character I have planned would probably jump off a bridge after so many deaths in one battle. Also, I don't want the comic to concentrate on the deaths but on my human character and the plot I have planned. I'll probably decide after I finish this run, if I succeed at all. After all this, I'm really interested how my team will shape up. Time to get some Pokemon from the Box and grind like hell.<br />
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- Kat</blockquote>

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			<title>Toothpaste - Not just for teeth!</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:43:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Well, to start, I hadn't played my flute in almost a year since I've been using one of the school's flute (for marching ban and then for concert band). I've been neglectful, I admit, and when I opened my flute case today I was reminded of how tarnished it had become. I've heard that toothpaste...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="blogcontent restore">Well, to start, I hadn't played my flute in almost a year since I've been using one of the school's flute (for marching ban and then for concert band). I've been neglectful, I admit, and when I opened my flute case today I was reminded of how tarnished it had become. I've heard that toothpaste really shines a flute and is a lot safer than using some kind of chemical cleaner. I cleaned up my flute with its cloth and some toothpaste, and it looked great! (That is, ignoring its scratches and dents from two years worth of marching band.)<br />
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Holding my own flute feels weird now, and I haven't even played since the third week of May. Time to open up those exercises again! After that, I'll move on to some video game sheet music I have.  ^-^<br />
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- Kat</blockquote>

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			<title>My Dad Needs a Reality Check</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:30:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Thing is, he recently called my mom, saying I should take a class every day of the week for university. Umm, what? First of all, I hardly think he should be the one to give me advice about college scheduling when he himself has never attended a US college; if anything, my older sister is my go-to...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="blogcontent restore">Thing is, he recently called my mom, saying I should take a class every day of the week for university. Umm, what? First of all, I hardly think he should be the one to give me advice about college scheduling when he himself has never attended a US college; if anything, my older sister is my go-to source for college advice, seeing as she graduated and is going for a second degree. Also, if he's so worried about me not earning enough credits, I'll take classes during the summer (that was my original plan, after all.)<br />
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Second of all, we're going to live in a small city outside of the city that hosts the university. Does he even know how much gas that's going to cost, commuting from a small city to a big city every day at the same time people are going to work? I chose to live at home as oppose to dorms because, 1) That would be good money saved, 2) My family is living nearby, and 3) I could care less about parties, university life, etc. Taking a class every day is not within our budget.<br />
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And the ironic thing is? My dad chose our new home in terms of how long it would take him to drive to HIS work. There were many, less expensive houses within the larger city, but since he <i>so cannot afford</i> to wake up earlier to go to work, the university is farther away than I would have liked. So he should be the last person advising me to commute to the university every day. HE picked the house. HE should stay quiet. If he would have listened to my mom, I would probably live near enough to take his advice and take a class every day, because, no I'm not lazy, thank you very much.<br />
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(Why aren't my parents divorced yet? :/ )<br />
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You know, you think he would think me responsible enough to make my own decisions. He knows I hate missing school, he knows I take my classes seriously, and he knows that I want to become a doctor, something that is NOT going to happen without rigorous studying and planning. I have GOALS, something I cannot say about most of the people I went to high school with. So what? Just because my hobbies are learning foreign languages, writing, and music and not reading about theorems like him, he thinks I'm irresponsible? And he wonders why my sister was so desperate to get out of the house and travel. <br />
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And just to ruin it, I'm now in a bad mood. There goes any inspiration I had to write with! <br />
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- Kat</blockquote>

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			<title>Another blog about books!</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:58:33 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>I ordered Finnish: An Essential Grammar from Amazon today! This totally made my day, and I will now start counting the days until it comes. I heard it was a very good book that explained Finnish grammar well and really got into the details about things. I was putting a hold on buying it for a...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="blogcontent restore">I ordered <i>Finnish: An Essential Grammar</i> from Amazon today! This totally made my day, and I will now start counting the days until it comes. I heard it was a very good book that explained Finnish grammar well and really got into the details about things. I was putting a hold on buying it for a couple of months now until I got more familiar with my <i>Beginner's Finnish</i> grammar book I have. Though I haven't had much time to really delve into Beginner's Finnish I think I'm alright enough to start reading a bit of Finnish: An Essential Grammar. Although I doubt I will be able to read the whole thing right now and not be totally confused/discouraged it will make really good reference to the grammar structures covered in my first book.<br />
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I also have two other books I want to buy, but these are for leisure purposes. The first one is called <i>La Sombra del Viento</i>, or &quot;The Wind's Shadow,&quot; by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Not only have I not read a proper novel in over a year I also desperately need to expand my Spanish vocabulary. It takes place in Barcelona, Spain (does that mean there will be references to Catalan? the language geek in me wonders) and is about love, courage, and magic. I can't wait to read it.<br />
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Another one I recently came across due to someone's blog is <i>Kissed by an Angel</i> by Elizabeth Chandler. This one is about guardian angels, romance, and suspense. Another book I must read!<br />
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And the good thing is I have money to buy these!<br />
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- Kat</blockquote>

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			<title>An Arm and a Leg (for a Book?)</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:21:58 GMT</pubDate>
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Quisiera ya tener una carrera para ir a Finlandia y comprar los libros que quiero. La cosa es que estoy tratando de comprar el libro, "Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal," en finlandés. Fácilmente puedo conseguir las versiones españolas, alemanes, y francesas, pero con...]]></description>
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Quisiera ya tener una carrera para ir a Finlandia y comprar los libros que quiero. La cosa es que estoy tratando de comprar el libro, &quot;Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal,&quot; en finlandés. Fácilmente puedo conseguir las versiones españolas, alemanes, y francesas, pero con finlandés, ¡qué caos! Una página web quería $74 para el libro mientras otra pagina quería $32 de manejo y envío. Tengo el dinero, ¿pero tanto para un libro? ¡Están locos! A una página web les mande un correo electrónico, y espero que ellos no tengan precios tan ridículos.<br />
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Me encantaría tener familia en Finlandia o poder ir al país para buscar lo que quiero. Un día, un día...
			
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I wish I had a career in order to go to Finland and buy the books I want. The thing is, I'm trying to buy a book, &quot;Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,&quot; in Finnish. I can easily get the Spanish, German, and French versions, but with Finnish is such a hassle! One Web page wanted $74 for the book while another wanted $32 for shipping and handling. I have the money, but so much for a book? They're crazy! I sent an e-mail to one Web page, and I hope that they don't have such ridiculous prices.<br />
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I would love to have family in Finland or be able to go the country to look for what I want. One day, one day...
			
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			<title>¡Escribí algo!</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:53:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[("I wrote something!") 
 
Entrada/Entry 
 
 
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Finalmente acabé de escribir mi entrada escrita para algo que se llama "Poke-venture" en la página web "Deviantart." No es lo mejor que he escrito porque lo debo entregar mañana y todavía necesito entregar la entrada dibujada...]]></description>
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Finalmente acabé de escribir mi entrada escrita para algo que se llama &quot;Poke-venture&quot; en la página web &quot;Deviantart.&quot; No es lo mejor que he escrito porque lo debo entregar mañana y todavía necesito entregar la entrada dibujada de mi personaje humano: Angela. Pero como quiera estoy orgullosa de mi entrada. Mis personajes son de una idea que nunca tuve oportunidad de escribir como fan-fiction porque las ideas que tenia eran muy... tontas. A lo mejor un día puedo escribir ese cuento como cuento original, pero por ahorita me quedo con esta entrada corta. ¡Espero que les guste! :3
			
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I finally finished writing my written entry for something called &quot;Poke-Venture&quot; in the website &quot;Deviantart.&quot; It's not the best I've written because I need to turn it in tomorrow, and I still need to turn in my drawn entry for my human character: Angela. But I'm still proud of my entry. My characters are from an idea I never had an opportunity to write as a fan-fiction 'cause my ideas were very... dumb. Maybe one day I'll write this story as an original story, but for now I'll stay with my short entry. I hope you guys enjoy it! :3
			
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			<title>Mis últimos días de la secundaria no eran como los imaginé</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:05:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[(My last days of high school weren't as I imagined them) 
 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="blogcontent restore">(My last days of high school weren't as I imagined them)<br />
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This particular blog is not to be taken seriously, mainly because it's old news for me. Plus, I already ranted about this on Facebook and thus, don't care anymore. Basically I just chose to write about this because I wanted to practice my written Spanish, and this was something I could rant about for a while. I know it sounds stupid and whiny, but I know, it's not to be taken seriously. It's all practice. :) (I'll probably do this with the rest of the blogs I post to get into the habit.)<br />
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(And maybe some of you would like to practice your Spanish. It will benefit us all! *evil cackle of doom*)<br />
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Ya empezó el verano, y gracias a Dios porque ya estaba cansada de mi escuela: estudiantes tontos, profesores que no saben cuándo parar con su trabajo, y reglas por los directores que no tienen la menor idea como nos sentimos de todo lo que está pasando. Déjame contarles por qué mis últimos días de la secundaria eran una pesadilla. <br />
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Era el jueves de la ultima semana completa de escuela, y yo estaba sentada con mis amigas en nuestra mesa al lado de la librería. De repente oímos gritos detrás de nosotros. Cuando volteamos vimos pelotas de playa, a lo menos tres, en el pasillo estrecho que correr casi toda la escuela. Los estudiantes jugaban con ellas como si fuera voleibol, y cuando los guardias de policía (que siempre se tardan años para reaccionar) fueron a detenerlos, los estudiantes sacaron botellas de plastico (de agua, de Gatorade, etc.) y las empezaron a tirar. Pues nos hicieron ir a nuestra cuarta clase cinco minutos temprano, donde la directora habló de que decepcionada se sintió, bla bla bla. Ahí es donde aprendí que en otra parte de la escuela (en el gimnasio pequeño, donde permiten los estudiantes comer el almuerzo) había una pelea de comida. Aja, entonces esa era la razón que los directores se pusieron todos locos. <br />
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Ahora, yo creí que nada grave iba pasar. La directora nos iba dar una lección, a lo mejor también los maestros, e iba haber más guardias de seguridad durante el almuerzo. <br />
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Pero no. Lo que hicieron era separar nuestro almuerzo de 50 minutos a dos de media hora, incluyendo el tiempo que se tarda en recibir la comida y encontrar una parte para sentarse. Al principio no se me pareció mal. Todas mis amigas estaban en el mismo grado que yo. Sin embargo, lo que hicieron era separar los tiempos en pasillos. Unos pasillos iban al primer almuerzo, los resto en el segundo. ¿QUÉ? Que tontería. Resultó que nadamas una amiga de nuestro grupo no tenia el mismo tiempo de almuerzo. Pero lo que me chocó más era que se tardaba años para recibir nuestra comida de una de las dos líneas (rebajaron las diez [más o menos] líneas a dos). Cuando apenas estábamos comiendo ya nos querían correr a la siguiente clase.<br />
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Me chocaba, sí, pero me acordé que nadamas tenia unos días más de escuela y luego iba disfrutar las vacaciones de verano. Los estudiantes no estaban de acuerdo en lo que la directora decidió hacer, pero no había mucho que podríamos hacer para cambiarle la mente. Lo que no conté en era en como los estudiantes se iban echar la culpa. Una clase (la clase de los de Once) mandó una carta a la directora. Las palabras de ellos: &quot;Agradecemos todo lo que has hecho para hacer la escuela con las nuevas reglas. Sin embargo, creemos que es injusto poner estas reglas a todos (lee: a nosotros) cuando los que tienen la culpa son los de Doce.&quot; Lo que encuentro tonto es como estos estudiantes quieren aparecer maduros mientras les echan la culpa a otros como niños pequeños. Esta es la razón que los adultos no escuchan a los adolescentes. No sabemos cómo juntamos y resolver nuestros problemas sin peleas.<br />
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Y por eso estoy feliz de que me voy a la universidad.
			
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{Well I'm going to make this blog bilingual to practice my Spanish.}<br />
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Summer has started, and thank God because I was tired of my school: dumb students, teachers that don’t when to stop with their work, and rules by the principals that have no idea how we students feel about what’s happening. Let me tell you guys while my last days of high school were a nightmare.<br />
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It was Thursday of the last complete week of school, and I was sitting with my friends at our table next to the library. Suddenly we heard screams from behind us. When we turned we saw beach balls, at least three, in the hallway that runs almost the entire length of the school. The students were playing with them as though it was volleyball, and when the security guards (that always take forever to react) when to stop them the students took out plastic bottles (of water, Gatorade, etc.) and began to throw them. Well they made us go to our 4th period five minutes early, where the principal told us how disappointed she was, blah blah blah. There I learned that in another part of the school (in the small gymnasium, where they allow students to eat their lunch) there was a food fight. Aha, so that’s the reason the principals were all crazy about what happened.<br />
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Now, I believed nothing serious was going to happen. The principal would give us a lecture, maybe also the teacher, and would put more security guards during lunch.<br />
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But no. What they did was separate our lunch of 50 minutes to two half-an-hour lunch periods, including the time it takes to get our food and find a place to sit down. At first it didn’t seem that bad. All my friends were in the same grade as me. However, what they did was separate the periods into halls. Some halls would go to first lunch and the rest to second lunch. WHAT? How stupid. It happened that only of our friends didn’t have the same lunch period as the rest of us. But what irritated me the most was that it took forever to get our lunch from one of the lunch lines (they cut the ten or so lunch lines to two.) When we were barely eating they were already running us out towards our next class.<br />
<br />
It annoyed me, yes, but I reminded myself that I only had a couple more days of school, and then I was going to enjoy my summer vacation. The students didn’t agree with what the principal decided to do, but there wasn’t much we could do to change her mind. What I didn’t count on was how the students were going to blame each other. One class (the Juniors) sent a letter to the principal. It basically said, “We thank you for you have done to for our school with these new rules. However, we believe it to be unfair that the rules are for everybody (read: us) while it was the seniors that are at fault.” What I find dumb is how students try to seem mature by blaming others like a bunch of little kids. This is the reason why adults don’t listen to teenagers. We can’t come together to resolve our problems without fighting.<br />
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And that is why I’m happy I’m going to college.
			
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			<title><![CDATA[Band isn't all that it's cracked up to be...]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:18:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Yeah, this is just a rant of sorts. Sorry. :[ 
 
Well Solo and Ensemble for us Band people is about a week and half away, and I was doing well on my solo. I had gotten down those pesly trills and articulation, and I had been beginning to memorize it. Not only that, but I actually liked my solo. It...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="blogcontent restore">Yeah, this is just a rant of sorts. Sorry. :[<br />
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Well Solo and Ensemble for us Band people is about a week and half away, and I was doing well on my solo. I had gotten down those pesly trills and articulation, and I had been beginning to memorize it. Not only that, but I actually liked my solo. It wasn't a warm-up-like solo that is either all staccato or legato. It didn't have the same runs again with a slight alteration like other pieces I've played.<br />
<br />
And what does our director do? He makes us (a handful of flutes) change our solos to dumbed down solos underclassmen got. A friend got the stupid reason that the solos were too difficult, but I know what he's doing. He's just trying to take as many people to State as possible, our feelings on the matter be damned. The screwed up thing about is that he hadn't even HEARD us before making his decision. Now if we had completely sucked, okay, give us an easier one; our pride would  have healed. But no. He just told our teacher to hand us easier solos and learn (and memorize!) it well enough to go on to State.<br />
<br />
He also basically tossed aside all the practice we had put in. <br />
<br />
I bet all my manga and my fan-fiction pendrive that he wouldn't have done this to his precious saxophones. I used to think he didn't play favorites, but I'm not so sure anymore. :sweat: He treats them as the section that can do no wrong, the section that will surpass all expectations.<br />
<br />
I honestly think he dislikes the flutes more than any other section. I say we're about the same on skill level as the clarinets, but whenever there are runs that don't sound as pretty as they should, he turns the blame on us. Is it really our fault that some of our notes reach so high the lines blur until I don't even know what the hell I'm playing anymore? Is it our fault flute that a flute is so hard to tune when playing so high?<br />
<br />
(And don't even get me started on marching. He has always ranted on about how our bodie aren't parallel to the sidelines and how our flutes are always at an angle, but I like to see him march with a flute. I have an article that proves that a flute marcher's spine is contorted to the point that it's painful and how our shoulder muscles have to fight to support the playing position. Sad thing is you can't even hear us on the field.)<br />
<br />
I don't even care at this point whether I go to State or not. Why would I want to advance with a solo I don't even like just to add one more tally to my director's ego? At least I'm graduating this year and won't have to put with it anymore. The man has good intentions, but he tends to think of nothing but beating the other high schools that have achived more than us.<br />
<br />
I'll practice and try to make it, if only to make my flute teacher proud. She at least seems to be on our side, and she's helped me so much this past year that I can't thank her enough. 'Course that doesn't mean I won't try to sneak in more Finnish studying time to make up for this past month. I rather be able to form more complex sentences in a language I find lovely than learn a really repetitive piece of music that I won't even think of anymore after March.<br />
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- Kat</blockquote>

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			<title><![CDATA[I don't look like a senior, do I?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:05:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hehe, while in band practice last week, I was alone in the locker room. Sitting on the floor with my flute and my music in front of me, I fingered along without a word. Then I see a pair of feet walk by and stop right in front of me. 
 
The dude just stood there for like five seconds, so I finally...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote class="blogcontent restore">Hehe, while in band practice last week, I was alone in the locker room. Sitting on the floor with my flute and my music in front of me, I fingered along without a word. Then I see a pair of feet walk by and stop right in front of me.<br />
<br />
The dude just <i>stood</i> there for like five seconds, so I finally looked up. <br />
<br />
&quot;You're a freshman, right?&quot;<br />
<br />
Me, knowing where this is going, &quot;No.&quot;<br />
<br />
&quot;Sophomore?&quot;<br />
<br />
&quot;No.&quot;<br />
<br />
&quot;...Junior?&quot;<br />
<br />
&quot;No. I'm a senior.&quot;<br />
<br />
&quot;...Seriously?&quot;<br />
<br />
&quot;Yeah. I turn eighteen this September.&quot;<br />
<br />
Then the dude just chuckles and walks away. I couldn't help but laugh. I've had many people think I'm a freshman since sophomore year, but that was the funniest instance so far. xD<br />
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- Kat</blockquote>

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