Start: 9:13 PM CST
Hi everyone! Oh my gosh! I have so much to tell you guys!!! I mean it! I mean, I've had a study group/"party", the first concert I've PLAYED IN, and so much more! GAH, just read for yourself!
Wednesday
In the morning, I was playing Yu-Gi-Oh! against Dominic, and I saw Ivan behind Dominic! I signed to him, and he was just watching. Aaron was looking at Ivan, and he yelled at me, "HE IS NOT DEAF!" (He saw me using sign language, and Aaron thought Ivan could hear him. Because when Aaron was talking, Ivan was nodding back.) So I asked Ivan, "You deaf?" He signed back, "Partly." (So he's half-Deaf... Okay.)
In P.E., Akhil didn't bring his racket!!! So I just wandered around. BUT WAIT! I couldn't find my ball!!! I left it by the bleachers, and someone took it! Brett said a Hispanic guy took it. Spiky hair, thin, tall. So I went to the weight room. I sat there and I told them I lost the ball (there's two Hispanic groups of friends in my P.E.; the group that plays soccer, and the group that just hangs around. I was with the group that just hangs around...) and basically, I knew he took it, but didn't tell me. So he said he had to go to his locker, and to check if my ball was in there. At first, I didn't believe him, but it was there. He planted it there. (I checked there 2-3 times already. Oy.) Then, they started playing with the racket and ball, and then one claimed to throw my ball out into the field. The coach yelled at them to give me the ball back, but truth was, it was in the trash can. (Oy.) So that was an interesting day.
DGaA - I tried using more sign language to talk. What I talked about...I can't remember! OH YEAH! Geraldine was signing to Ms. Thompson about how Lauren (one of the Deaf girls) wanted to be pop singer, and be famous, like the people in Hollywood! *laughs* But Ms. Thompson thought a Deaf person being a singer was...odd. She replied, "She must be hard of hearing or part-deaf then." (Yes, no one is fully deaf, blind, or mute.)
Lunch...er...I sat with Arielle and we just...ate.
Geometry... ERRR... I can't remember what we did! What DID we do...? OH RIGHT!!! We took our exams!!!
I think I stayed after for clubs that day. Maybe not. I think I did because I talked with the Deaf kids again. So, I headed to the auditorium, where we all practiced for the concert! OHHH!!! I wanted to go check out the light system, but Ryan (I learned his name at the concert, two days after/he does sound and lighting) didn't want me to. Me, Raul, Dominic, Ariel, that black girl with blonde eyes, that large Hispanic guy, and "Anthony" all went up, climbed the catwalk, but all of us except me, Dominic, and "Anthony" got caught. So we went down the other way. Dominic and "Anthony" decided to sit by the door leading towards the catwalk! I went down to "Whitney" (who I later found was actually FRANK!) and listened to his MP3 player of "Blue Orchid", the song he was gonna play for the concert.
What was the bus filled with? Me trying to read people's minds... I think I lost that gift. *cries*
Thursday
Umm...test! I think I did good... Also, we have to start on Science Fair!
Transition - We have to so something for Science Fair! It's mandatory for Honor students... Karen, Lauren, and I thought about joining together as a group for the Science Fair! I'm thinking of doing hybridization of plants, and how they affect the environment! Marcos thought it was a cool idea, and gave us an example of mixing a Venus flytrap with a sunflower. A Venus sunflower. (That sounds so cool!) But how would we make that??? And where would we buy them?
I was also thinking of cloning flowers, but...eh...
We were thinking of titles like:
Mutant Flowers (thought of by Karen!)
Mutant Flowers and How They Affect the WORLD (I thought of that!)
Mutant "X-Men" Flowers (thought of by Lauren! *bursts out laughing*)
We decided to go with Karen's. Much more shorter.
Geography: I DIDN'T DO MY HOMEWORK! (60 vocabulary words, plus a whole Study Guide page!) I had to turn it in by the end of the day or I would be ZAPed!!! NOOO!!! So I spent my whole lunch period trying to do most of my vocabulary. I sat with my Deaf friends, but I couldn't sign to them because I was too busy doing homework. I told Shoaib I had to finish homework, and Arielle asked why I wasn't eating.
In Fitness, I spent more time doing homework! I asked some people in the class to help me! THANK GOODNESS FOR THEM! (Some vocabulary words I couldn't find in the book! I bet he planted those on PURPOSE!) Kai was lying on Raul's back. (Eh?) He was trying to hide his cell phone, I guess. The girl's P.E. class did laps with batons and it looked fun! After that, I walked and talked with Dominique (girl), but I had to rush off to my World Geography class to turn in my homework. WHEW! Just on time! But I was almost late for the bus! (GRR!!!)
I fell asleep. But what a nice sleep I had. *laughs* Oh! My mom FINALLY returned my Halloween costume!
Friday
At the bus stop, Dominic said I looked like a punk...something. *laughs* Anita and Dominic said my hair looked cool; messy but still good-looking. (I was wearing a black shirt with a gray woven shirt under; they were sewn together, and blue jeans. My hair was spiked up in a special way.)
AH!!! That day was the Guitar Club Concert! I was so happy! But I spent the morning playing Yu-Gi-Oh! with Ivan...
P.E. - I spent the time outside (the chilly air felt SO GOOD!) bouncing a tennis ball back and forth of the school wall. (Travis and Huan were with me too!)
Digital Graphics and Animation - Our teacher was late... We came in a bit later anyways, and a sub watched us. Me and Geraldine were done, so we just signed to each other. I was practicing the signs for "but", "to", "from", "and", "because", and words like that.
In lunch, Ashley and I were so behind in the line! But they made us switch lines. I found out Ashley knew a bit of ASL, so I asked her to sit with my Deaf friends! Of course, there was no room in the table, but Shoaib and Carolina said we take our seats. Ashley introduced herself to some of the people at the table, but the bell rang, so we basically crammed a bunch of food into our mouths. (OW...)
For English, we watched that Disney movie, "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron"! Now for homework, we must do character analysis. GRR.
In Geometry, I sat with Thi's group, and we went over our finals! OH MY GOSH! I got a 62! Tara, in the other group, was crying because her mom spent a lot of money for tutoring on her, but she made a 52... (Or something like that.) Poor Tara... But the good thing is, our grades didn't affect our average...I think. (I have an 84... That's not so bad. *sweats*) Danny and Thi asked me to sing the song I was gonna sing for the concert, but my voice was so quiet, they said.
So...I went outside, and talked with my Deaf friends! Err...I was trying to explain to them that I was happy about playing and singing in a concert, but I don't think they understood. (Eh...) Um, one of the teachers was trying to talk to the Deaf students, but Rahim translated. Then one of the translators came over, and they had a chat. After that, they got on the bus, and I sneaked in... Shikhar opened the door for me. (YAY!)
Practicing for the concert... Um, we went in order... I spent the early time of the concert trying to rehearse my part. (I just got it!) Frank (I kept calling him "Whitney"!!!) was able to listen to "Holiday" a few times, and he was able to learn the whole song! (OH MY GOSH! PLAYING BY HEARING?! I wish I could do that!)
So we all practiced... Victoria was in a Jack Sparrow costume, and Heidi was in a schoolgirl uniform! My practice for Holiday was good, but Ms. Jenkins (and other people) wanted it on a lower octave... OH! I kept playing when the song was over, and people in the audience kept screaming, "STOP PLAYING TRAVIS!" (I wanted to slowly fade it out! Also...THANK GOODNESS it was practice! PHEW!) I also had to learn how to set up the chairs and the microphones for the different acts. (I was also a stagehand.) But I was REALLY confused about that and didn't know WHAT THE HECK I was doing. *laughs* Then I went outside and practiced some more with music...
I was practicing with Bee Ling, Alvin, Moriah, and Alex. Singing, playing a little bit of guitar, and stuff. I decided I was gonna sing in "Miss Murder" then! Ashley and two of her friends came. She said she forgot my name, so when she said hi, she said, "Hi cutie!" *laughs* Bee Ling and Alvin started singing and playing guitar... Those soft, slow songs with the pretty vocals. It was pretty peaceful then. Ashley said Bee Ling had such a pretty voice. *smiles*
But during this time, I was SO HUNGRY! (Try going 1 PM to 9 PM without food!!!) I kept asking if people had change for a $10 bill, but no one did. But one guy gave me a dollar. (Anthony is his name, I think!) But guess what?! The machine ate the dollar! NOO!!! So I asked one of the custodians. She tried digging into the soda machine to reach for it. Then "Anthony" tried and got it out. YAY!!!
The Band people got BURGERS!!! I went into the Band hall and saw Niyathi, Jeffrey, and some of their friends! We just talked (and I asked for cookies!) about Kai, Chi, Vy, and whatnot... *laughs*
Then on the opposite corner (they were kinda sitting in the corner of two hallways intersecting), I saw Thi and Danny! I told them I was hungry, so Danny told me to go on, sneak in, grab a burger, and get out. He came with me, but we found out there was nothing left. NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Later, Kenny said I could have some of this guy's Church's chicken. I didn't know if I was supposed to eat it, but I ate it anyways.
(Well, remember I thought there was no food? WELL...ROBOTICS CLUB HAD PIZZA! I WAS IN THAT CLUB!!! NOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! But I had to stay in the concert to practice, and I was starving for 10 hours, and no one told me there was FOOD THERE!!! I actually found this out on Saturday, so eh... Janice said it was for people who worked in the club, and I wasn't devoted enough. Wah...)
Um...it was around now that the concert started... (That girl...that black girl with the blue eyes. I think I know her name, starts with a "T", and it's "fancy"-sounding... But I forgot.) Anyways, she was pretending to be security for the concert. Saying things like, "Get away from there! YEAH, I see you trying to sneak in..." when I was asking a girl where she got her burger. *sweats*
So...it was really hyper during the concert. I was a singer, keyboarder, and a stagehand! I FORGOT TO SET UP THE MICROPHONES!!! SHOOT!!! (I SUCK!!! *cries*)
I went into the audience and saw Nam, Chi, and Janice! I talked a bit! We were listening to the "Power Rangers" song! Frank and Aaron ran out into the scene, both in sunglasses (Aaron as the Blue Power Ranger, and Frank as an...enemy. It was those slime thingies from the first Power Ranger series. Actually, both had sunglasses, Aaron in a blue jacket, and Frank in a black jacket. That's it.) and were attacking each other! The audience was laughing and clapping so much at the end!
but there weren't that many people... The people were spread out, but there were only, like, enough people to fit 2-3 rows. (50-75, I assumed.)
Then it was about 2 songs before mines, so I ran backstage! Victoria said she wanted me to do something like what Aaron and Frank did, for one of their songs. So yeah...
For "Holiday", I set the tone to "French Horn" and "Grand Piano" on the keyboard. (Earlier, in the practice, I did that, plus "Tuba", and over and over during that time, even when the concert started, Moriah and Bee Ling kept squealing about how CUTE IT WAS! How it sounded like a seal with a horn. *laughs*
"Holiday" was good! I missed a few times to play though. Second time, for "Miss Murder", one of the girl's amps was messed up (Aaron set it on "distortion", plus, it was TOO LOUD!!!), so you couldn't hear the singing. Just the guitar playing! Also, Bee Ling and I were sharing the same microphone, so she kept taking it from me. Later, she said she was doing that because she was trying to sing louder than the guitar... *laughs*
I ran up and down twice so I could hang out with Janice and Chi during the thing! But the second time I ran to them, Chi had a look of disgust on her face. Wonder why.
For Raul's, Dominic's, and Victoria's first set of songs together, they wanted me and Hilda to do their interpretative dance! We had to pretend to be blind people, and try to reach towards the sky. Of course, we made no sense, and for a time, Hilda and I were frozen in a stance. People in the audience had NO IDEA what the HECK we were doing. Logan, Aaron's little brother, said he understood because he knew the song, but his parents didn't understand, so they were like, "What the heck are they doing up there???" Some people thought we were slow-dancing. *laughs*
Well, the concert ended after playing Hotel California, and it ended with jokes after. Really dumb ones. *laughs* Lots of jumping around, people from the audience coming to talk to us, setting up the instruments and all the other stuff, and then we talked.
Other things about the concert:
Everyone kept hanging out in the girl's dressing room. (There was no boy's dressing room, so it was co-ed. *laughs*)
Victoria and I kept getting high off of imaginary crack! She would pretend to pull it out of her Jack Sparrow shirt sleeve, grab a bunch, sniff it in, and go, "Ahhh...." *laughs* That's our new hand sign.
We also did the bobbing head thing for fun! Me, Dominic, Victoria, and Raul!
I learned that Jan is hyper! (Not Janice! Jan! He was the beginning guitarist for the concert. He's Asian, has spiky hair, glasses, and tan skin. But I never really got to know him until the concert.)
I asked Aaron's parents to give me a ride home! I used his dad's phone to call my mom at home (by now, it was 10 PM) and she was SO WORRIED! Not really. I told her I was gonna be late, but she thought I meant "late" as in 7 PM. So we ate. And I learned that Aaron is thinking about breaking up with Hilda. He says it's because of religion. Hilda's tied to her religion really strong, plus, her mom doesn't approve of Aaron because he's not Christian. *sigh* It's so hard for him. Then he started to think of ways of making Hilda happy.
So then we were discussing that scene with the Power Rangers! This season, it's using cell phones to transform. What next? iPods? Headphones? Speaker system? *laughs* (Yes, the Power Rangers become iPods to fight the forces of evil. *laughs*)
They dropped me off home, I stayed on the computer for a while, took a shower, and went to sleep at 12:38 AM... Oy. Busy day.
But it was the first concert I've been in. I think I wanna learn "Ultimate" by Lindsay Lohan for the next concert. Also, we're currently looking for gigs, so if you need a band, and live in Houston (southwest area, pwease!), then contact me! *laughs*
Saturday
Eh... I was SO TIRED from the concert. I woke up around 11 AM, and...just went on the computer, really.
My mom asked if I wanted a ride to Hong Kong Mall, but I said I needed a ride to Chi's study group. With lots and lots of persuasion (plus lying), I was able to get to Chi's study group! (It was really just a time where we could hang out.)
Still, I brought my homework...and laptop. We were in Chi's room and Janice, Alex, and Sue were there! Kathy and Aaron came later too! We looked through old photos (OH MY GOSH! Kai went from short, to "fat", then to skinny?! EH?!), and ate fried rice and egg rolls.
I heard Chi's aunt listening to "Hotel California", which was one of the songs played at the concert! (OOOOOHHH...)
Sue kept saying that we were rich! Chi had lots of technology, Alex had a camera, I had a laptop... Oh! And Chi's mom thinks Nam is spoiled... Not spoiled, but something like that.
She (Nam's mom) thinks I'm gay, Kai's too quiet and stupid, and Nam's spoiled. (Judgmental much?)
Well, I had to go home around past 5 PM. (I was trying to clean out viruses by then. Kathy and the others were watching videos...and yeah.)
My mom picked me up, and I ate toffee candy on the way home... My mom bought a DVD/prayer thing at the temple for...$300, plus a Yu-Gi-Oh! DVD for us for a $1. (GAH! WE DON'T EVEN LIKE YU-GI-OH!!!)
And guess what? I found out no one else left Chi's house! SHE DIDN'T NEED TO LEAVE AT 5 PM! (Actually, she was, but her parents let her stay home.) NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! They went to Kim Son...which I hated... (I was there last week.)
So...I'm at home. On the computer. And I haven't finished my laundry yet...
OH! When I got home, Chi (or one of them!) said that Aaron loves me... (What the heck?!) It was a game, and Janice put a ball in Aaron's hands. She said if he didn't love Travis, then he would drop it. But he didn't. (Okay...and he likes me HOW?)
End: 10:33 PM CST
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