Saturday, March 29, 2003
Ahhhh I'm stuck inside the house! Save me!!!
Yesterday's band clinic was deathly boring. It lasted 3 hours and I didn't do anything for the first two. I just sat at the back of the stage with various other percussionists, sneaking food, and trying to find things to do. We saw a brown reculse spider so freaking out over that took up some time too. Kelly, Rusty, Kevin and I all whipped out our cell phones, traded numbers, and tried to send each other text messages (without much luck). I gave Brendan my phone for awhile and then he played some games on it.
Brendan and Chris gave the third part to their totally schnazzy marimba cadence. Wooo! I love it. Brendan is writing up the sheet music for my part so I can learn it. Right now I only know what it sounds like because he played it for me.
Not much else going on. Blah.
Yesterday's band clinic was deathly boring. It lasted 3 hours and I didn't do anything for the first two. I just sat at the back of the stage with various other percussionists, sneaking food, and trying to find things to do. We saw a brown reculse spider so freaking out over that took up some time too. Kelly, Rusty, Kevin and I all whipped out our cell phones, traded numbers, and tried to send each other text messages (without much luck). I gave Brendan my phone for awhile and then he played some games on it.
Brendan and Chris gave the third part to their totally schnazzy marimba cadence. Wooo! I love it. Brendan is writing up the sheet music for my part so I can learn it. Right now I only know what it sounds like because he played it for me.
Not much else going on. Blah.
Thursday, March 27, 2003
This game rules: Flash Flash Revolution
Being grounded sucks. It would have been such a great weekend.
Being grounded sucks. It would have been such a great weekend.
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Tomorrow and Friday are gonna be long and boring. Tomorrow I gotta get to school at 7:30 so I can play off "Blue Mountain Saga" for Flores, and then I have to pick up my smart blanket. If you're confused, all the sophomores in my class get some blue-and-white MISD blankets if we had a 4.0 or higher GPA last year.
On Friday, I have to get to school at 6:30 for the evil sectional, and then stay after school until 7 pm for the clinic. Band is threatening to take over my life!!! Or maybe it already has. That's probably closer to the truth.
On Friday, I have to get to school at 6:30 for the evil sectional, and then stay after school until 7 pm for the clinic. Band is threatening to take over my life!!! Or maybe it already has. That's probably closer to the truth.
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
In five days is Robby and I's four month anniversary. Yay!!! I can't believe it's been so long. It's hard to imagine that two people who met accidentally over instant messenger would click so well. And even though he's got some seriously annoying tendencies (*cough* West Side Story) I love him very much. He's sweet, understanding, patient, talented, polite, athletic, and fun. Everything I could ask for in a guy all packed into one person. I've been looking for a guy like him all over McKinney, but I found one in Plano.
Here Is Our Story:
I first talked to him sometime in mid-November. I was surfing around through my friend Deanna's subprofile, and I decided to look at the list of screen names who had been there, just in case I recognized any of the people. I had talked to a few of them on the list, but then I saw one I had never seen before. Thinking it might be a person I know, I added it to my buddy list.
A few days later, he logged on. He had a profile like Deanna's too, so I checked it out. It didn't take me long to realize that I didn't know him and he goes to Plano East. He instant messaged me soon afterwards, saying that he had seen my screen name on his profile and wondered who I was. This is a brief synopsis of our conversation:
Robby: Hi, who is this?
Me: You probably don't me, because I don't know you either.
Robby: Do you go to Plano East?
Me: No, I go to McKinney HS.
Robby: Oh, then you must know Deanna Skiles.
Me: Yeah, I do.
So, one mystery had been solved. We chatted for a little while, and I found out a couple more things about him, like the fact that he plays trumpet, is a senior, and is totally obsessed with his school (just like every other poor brainwashed soul at East). We had alot of things in common and found it easy to talk to each other. After maybe a week or so he said he "found me cool" and suggested to me that we should hang out on the coming weekend. I was little leary- I'd heard enough urban legends to think that maybe this guy was an ax murderer in disguise. But, I normally trust people more than I should, and put these thought aside. I convinced my mom to let me invite him over for dinner on November 30th.
I remember how many confusing and crazy circumstances were surrounding me when we first met. I had been friends with benefits with Matt (a guy you probably don't know from Plano West) for a little while on the first night Robby came over, and that same night I became F.W.B. with him as well. It was very obvious that we liked each other (*ahem* maybe you've heard the one-inch-apart-for-five-minutes story) but I liked Matt too. And for the longest time I couldn't decide which one I wanted to be with. It was mind-blowing enough that I even had a choice. During my freshman year, I had a hard enough time just trying to get ONE guy to like me back. The summer between 9th and 10th grade must have been very transforming. Anyways, a few days after I hooked up with Robby, Matt asked me out. I said "yes", especially glad that I could finally settle on one guy. Well, I was wrong. Even though we really enjoy each other's company, Matt and I have been friends for too long and we realized a relationhip would only screw things up and make everything more complicated that it used to be. While this was going on, I still talked with Robby a whole lot, often unloading all my confusion with Matt and the "issues" we had onto him. He told me that he still was into me and as soon as Matt was out of the picture, he would be in. This got me thinking again. I could salvage my friendship with a person I truly care about at the same time start a new relationship with a person I didn't know very well but still liked anyway. So I did. Three days after we "went out", Matt and I broke up. Luckily we did it early enough so there were no messed up feelings, and we still talk all the time. Immediately after that, Robby and I officially became a couple, and we have been ever since. Sure, for the first month or so my mind kept thinking about what might have been if Matt and I stayed together, but I've come to realize that things have happened for the best and this is where I'm supposed to be.
Yes, it was a crazy, mixed-up time. However, I actually learned some things from it and I like the outcome of what happened.
So, on March 30th, it will have been four months. Unfortunately, I can't even do anything on that day because I'm grounded. That day happens to be the last day of my sentence. The unfairness of it all drives me crazy. GRRRRR!!!
Oh, and everyone has to be extra nice to me next year. Robby's going to be in Austin at UT while I'm stuck in McKinney for two more years. I'm sure I won't be very emotionally stable.
Here Is Our Story:
I first talked to him sometime in mid-November. I was surfing around through my friend Deanna's subprofile, and I decided to look at the list of screen names who had been there, just in case I recognized any of the people. I had talked to a few of them on the list, but then I saw one I had never seen before. Thinking it might be a person I know, I added it to my buddy list.
A few days later, he logged on. He had a profile like Deanna's too, so I checked it out. It didn't take me long to realize that I didn't know him and he goes to Plano East. He instant messaged me soon afterwards, saying that he had seen my screen name on his profile and wondered who I was. This is a brief synopsis of our conversation:
Robby: Hi, who is this?
Me: You probably don't me, because I don't know you either.
Robby: Do you go to Plano East?
Me: No, I go to McKinney HS.
Robby: Oh, then you must know Deanna Skiles.
Me: Yeah, I do.
So, one mystery had been solved. We chatted for a little while, and I found out a couple more things about him, like the fact that he plays trumpet, is a senior, and is totally obsessed with his school (just like every other poor brainwashed soul at East). We had alot of things in common and found it easy to talk to each other. After maybe a week or so he said he "found me cool" and suggested to me that we should hang out on the coming weekend. I was little leary- I'd heard enough urban legends to think that maybe this guy was an ax murderer in disguise. But, I normally trust people more than I should, and put these thought aside. I convinced my mom to let me invite him over for dinner on November 30th.
I remember how many confusing and crazy circumstances were surrounding me when we first met. I had been friends with benefits with Matt (a guy you probably don't know from Plano West) for a little while on the first night Robby came over, and that same night I became F.W.B. with him as well. It was very obvious that we liked each other (*ahem* maybe you've heard the one-inch-apart-for-five-minutes story) but I liked Matt too. And for the longest time I couldn't decide which one I wanted to be with. It was mind-blowing enough that I even had a choice. During my freshman year, I had a hard enough time just trying to get ONE guy to like me back. The summer between 9th and 10th grade must have been very transforming. Anyways, a few days after I hooked up with Robby, Matt asked me out. I said "yes", especially glad that I could finally settle on one guy. Well, I was wrong. Even though we really enjoy each other's company, Matt and I have been friends for too long and we realized a relationhip would only screw things up and make everything more complicated that it used to be. While this was going on, I still talked with Robby a whole lot, often unloading all my confusion with Matt and the "issues" we had onto him. He told me that he still was into me and as soon as Matt was out of the picture, he would be in. This got me thinking again. I could salvage my friendship with a person I truly care about at the same time start a new relationship with a person I didn't know very well but still liked anyway. So I did. Three days after we "went out", Matt and I broke up. Luckily we did it early enough so there were no messed up feelings, and we still talk all the time. Immediately after that, Robby and I officially became a couple, and we have been ever since. Sure, for the first month or so my mind kept thinking about what might have been if Matt and I stayed together, but I've come to realize that things have happened for the best and this is where I'm supposed to be.
Yes, it was a crazy, mixed-up time. However, I actually learned some things from it and I like the outcome of what happened.
So, on March 30th, it will have been four months. Unfortunately, I can't even do anything on that day because I'm grounded. That day happens to be the last day of my sentence. The unfairness of it all drives me crazy. GRRRRR!!!
Oh, and everyone has to be extra nice to me next year. Robby's going to be in Austin at UT while I'm stuck in McKinney for two more years. I'm sure I won't be very emotionally stable.
Sunday, March 23, 2003
So, Spring Break is finally over. It's been a strange but yet fun week. On the weekdays, I spent alot of time at Starbucks playing cards and running around Tom Thumb trying to relieve boredom. Most of my friends were on vacation, so there weren't alot of people around to do stuff with. On Friday I went to Plano East with Zack. Its was long and boring and I only saw Robby during lunch and for five minutes between his classes but it was worth it anyways. I met a bunch of his friends (of course I don't remember any of them now). It was crazy - everyone knew who I was but I didn't know any of them. One guy, for example, asked me, "So you're Robby's chick, right?" I thought that was pretty amusing. That night, Robby, Zack, and I went to a small concert to see Sco's band and get one of their CDs. It was schnazzy.
Today I went to Robby's soccer game. He was playing against a team that had Matt Horner on it, which I thought was pretty funny. Haylie, Zack, and I went and we took cymbals and two posters. One said "Robby Is Sexy" and the other said "Got that right". We didn't get to do much with the cymbals; we only played them when his team scored, and that was only once. Ahhh. Oh well. We certainly got everyone's attention when we did crash them together! Woooo!!!
Today I went to Robby's soccer game. He was playing against a team that had Matt Horner on it, which I thought was pretty funny. Haylie, Zack, and I went and we took cymbals and two posters. One said "Robby Is Sexy" and the other said "Got that right". We didn't get to do much with the cymbals; we only played them when his team scored, and that was only once. Ahhh. Oh well. We certainly got everyone's attention when we did crash them together! Woooo!!!
