calendar

for the next few weeks:

October 1: junior juice city fundraiser
October 1: back to school night
October 6-10: class t-shirt sales
October 6-15: class wristband competition
October 13-17: homecoming week
October 13: hawaiian dress-up day
October 13: sophomore chili's fundraiser (5-8)
October 14: nerd dress-up day
October 15: stoplight dress-up day
October 15: pack-the-house volleyball
October 16: purple dress-up day
October 16: pack-the-house movie night (remember the titans)
October 17: blue and gold dress-up day
October 17: rally
October 17: carnival
October 17: alumni dinner
October 17: homecoming pack-the-house football game
October 18: homecoming dance (?)
October 29: sophomore q-cup fundraiser

geeze, it's busy busy busy! hopefully everything goes according to plan(:

viva la trojan!

yes, that's right. we won... again. not to jynx us or anything, but our team (varsity, anyways) is pretty darn good this year. the score last night was something like 50-7. and the other team scored the first touchdown in the first quarter so i sat down and said "this is not going to be good." but look, i was proved wrong, and for once, i like it!(:

but, last night some unneccessary drama went down. it wasn't a fight or anything; it was unneccessary and annoying, though. i regret to have to say that i was involved, but i am trying to be the bigger person, so we'll see how things play out.

anyways, on a happier note... when i woke up this morning i went downstairs and watched the premiere of grey's anatomy on tivo, and contrary to the radio people's beliefs, it was quite on the amazing side. i can't wait until next thursday!

plus: can you believe we've already been in school for over a month!? crazy, i know.

talk

is what we do a lot of, isn't it. talk about people, talk about homework, talk online, talk on the phone, talk, talk, talk. talk about homecoming is what i've been noticing lately. i don't know. to go, or not to go. that is the question... (: what is that shakespeare? i don't know. but anyways. as of today, i have no date. i'm not really expecting anyone to ask, so it's all good. but i think it's cute how creative people are getting nowadays. just adorable!

people are very very confusing. they'll send a message about something and then go and do something completely different of what you expect them to. people suck sometimes.

on a happier note... yesterday qcup was a big success! we made quite a bit of cashmoney, so thanks and keep up the support! next fundraiser is t-shirt and wristband sales.
TSHIRT sales: October 6-10
WRISTBAND sales: October 6-15
support! support! support! please and thank you(:

also coming up, pack the house home football game tomorrow. will i see you there? lets hope.

i am a disappointment

to my mother, apparently. again. dude, i'm really bad at pleasing my mom this year. for some reason i want to get a little more freedom, you know be trustworthy and whatnot, and i end up pissing her off more. so i will not be going to the football game tomorrow night and will not be doing anything but homework over the weekend. being stupid can really screw up plans, so don't be, kids.
on a happier note, i finally got to hang out with guadalupe and actually talk. it's been a while but we caught up on everything and had a good time. especially with her swallowing her food and talking at the same time(: love you guada!
tomorrow's friday, finally. this week has been loooooooooooong.

*edit: i AM going to the game tomorrow(: i don't know what my punishment will be but, there has been an event that has changed my mother's view on whether or not i'm allowed to go tomorrow. yipee!

it's LIQUID!

yes, that's right, liquid. as in, awesome, cool, great. you can use it any way you'd like as long as you use it(:
anyways, i have converted yet another person to jonas-ism. geeze, i'm good! no, i'm liquid! haha, see that there? i just connected the two topics that i was rambling about. okay, enough of that. but yes, i have brought someone over to the jonas side and they said they would never like the jonas brothers. psh. impossible!
well, today i had my first soccer thing. it wasn't a practice or conditioning or anything. just a pick up game. but i have learned that i am completely out of shape. i'm kind of disappointed in myself because of it. over the summer i should have gone out running or something. but, i knew it was coming. i knew i was out of shape. oh well, at least i'm taking initiative now. better late than never, right?

to do list

1. get off of the internet
2. homework
a. chem worksheet
b. late spanish flashcards
c. spanish worksheet
d. look up unknown words in copy of "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
e. begin chapter 7 outline
f. begin lesson 2 sentences
3. check sister's homework
4. the hills at 7
5. gossip girl at 8

yay! to do lists give me an exact order of what i need to do. i know, i'm a nerd. you know what else makes me a nerd? i actually registered on schoolloop.com. yes, i'm a big giant nerd(:

+what's the hype about pictures where people are flipping the camera off?

it's been a while

but now i have something actually interesting to write about. so my friend told me about this band, which i will not name since i was told to keep them on the down low, but they are pretty amazing. their lead singer did a cover of a jonas brothers song and it was good. not as good as the original, but way better than i expected. so good job man who i shall not name.
so that was my interesting thing to write about. my life is pretty boring. and so is school. lately it feels like all i've been doing is school stuff. i feel like i wake up, go to school, skip most of my lunches to do leadership stuff (which isn't bad, it's just kind of pointless if there's no customers, therefore no reason to be there), go back to class, go straight home, do homework, help my sister with her homework and by that time it's time to go to sleep and do the same thing over again. and i feel like it isn't even paying off. i think i'm getting a C in AP history even though i've been working my butt off. i hope it will pay off in the end. i want to be able to get into a good school and then be able to support my family. it just feels like where i'm at now isn't leading me in that direction. i know that i should be grateful, and i am. some kids don't even have the chance to get an education like i am getting. so i just need to freaking suck it up and move on.

friday night football

at MHS was fun fun fun. before we went to the game, vy, victoria, meera, and i made signs. it was fun. i got to wear trevor's jersey and when i got into my mom's car after the game... she was a little pissed. it wasn't that i was wearing his jersey, but that i didn't tell her when he asked me to wear it. she thought i was "hiding" it. but i wasn't, it just wasn't that important. ugh. but i feel bad, because i know i was giving my mom attitude, which she didn't deserve and she was really upset, which is unusual for my mom. so i apologized and stuff but now she says that i'm "not responsible, not trustworthy, and not worth her time." i know when she said it it was out of anger, but i don't know. it just sucks that she thinks i'm not responsible or trustworthy. so i take it i'm grounded, but she didn't say anything. anyways, i need to figure out how to apologize and my mom believe it. well, other than that yesterday was pretty good.

time really flies?

well, we're coming up onto our third week of school and though the days seem long while i'm in the midst of them, the weeks seem to zoom by, if that makes any sense. i'm afraid i'm going to miss out. on what? i don't know. i'm just afraid that because i'm complaining in the middle of the day, i may miss out on something that could make or break my high school career. yeah, school and academics are important but the experiences in high school and throughout life really teach you and build your character. i've been thinking about this quite a bit lately and i really am somewhat scared of missing something. i ask myself: what if i did that one thing and became the richest person in the world? what if i had spoken up in class and then became the person who solved the global warming crisis? WHAT IF!? at graduation and beyond i don't want any "what if's" going through my mind. i don't want any regrets pulling me back. like the jonas brothers say (and yes, i know it's sad to quote them, but i think they're right):

"we don't have time left to regret, hold on. it will take more than common sense, hold on. so stop your wondering take a stand, hold on. cause there's more to life than just to live, hold on."

i don't care if you hate the jonas brothers, but you have to admit that those lines are pretty true. i want to live my life to the fullest i can, so if that means making a fool of myself in class then so be it. i just want to be the best me i can be. and in order to do that i need to make some mistakes, gain some knowledge, and have some great, and maybe not-so-great, experiences.

frozo's...

was pretty successful from what i saw. i was only there for all of ten or fifteen minutes, but when i got there it was packed, when i left it was even busier, and when i was walking home with meera more people were on their way there. so to everyone who went: thank you for your support. and to everyone who didn't go: i expect you to be at the next fundraiser! ha, just kidding. sort of.
anyhow, it was my first time at frozo's and i must say, it is pretty darn delicious! meera and i were saying that we probably would have enjoyed it more if it was as hot. not that frozen yogurt isn't good on a hot day, obviously. it was just that we were so busy complaining to each other about the heat, that we forgot how delectably delicious our frozen yogurt was.

and not only did we have "fun" complaining about the heat, we went on and on about the jonas brothers. *especially kevin, he's meera's favorite. i think she's getting to the point of OJD, but she doesn't think so. she says it's just "OKD". i think she's just in denial. oh! and i found this supercool shirt that i need to order for meera. it says "kevin jonas is my guitar hero". is that cute or what!? kay, this is getting a little obsessive. but that's what happens when you suffer from OJD.

school today was pretty uneventful. except for leadership, i guess. but i didn't get my cookie! ):

gone...

are the days of summer and vacation. yes, it's a little late i know, but i've been busy. and now that we have our first three-day weekend, why not start now? so we've had our first week back to school and from the first day, it's been a let down. i was excited for five minutes and then i wanted to go back to my loving bed and sleep. i miss summer, i miss the little kids i was entertained by every day, i miss the care free-ness we were allowed to have. now we're back in school and strapped down with loads of homework so we have no free time to do anything. do they wish to torture us? it sure seems like it. i know it will pay off in the future, but i just wish we had a few extra weeks of summer to play.
the highlights of my summer consisted of july 4th and july 15th. july 4th was the first time i really ever saw anyone because of my volunteer job and whatnot and july 15th could possibly be the best day ever. i went to the jonas brothers concert with tammy and it was absolutely amazing. i expected it to be good but not that good. the set was awesome, they sounded awesome, and they looked awesome, cause that's just the way they roll. i miss that day oh, so much. it's been a month and a half but it feels like it's been years. i hope they go on tour again soon. tammy and i made a pact to save our money for better tickets next time. i know i've been doing well (i've saved over $100) but i don't think tammy's doing that well. it's okay, we have time.

anyhow, back to the present. my classes this year are:
period 1: chemistry w/ seals
period 2: AP world w/ bielski
period 3: algebra 2 w/ mccartney
period 4: spanish 2 w/ l.vargas (portables vargas)
period 5: leadership w/ harris
period 6: english 2A w/ mellera
my teachers aren't bad, but it seems like not that many people are in my classes. i'll just have to make do with what, and who, i have.

i'm getting a puppy in a week(: i'm so excited. he's the cutest thing on the planet! i wanted to name him jonas, and tammy wanted me to name him kevnijo, but my sister said "no, courtney. that's taking your OJD way to far." and she was completely serious, and her face was so funny. but, she is right. that would be going a little overboard, even though i love those three boys dearly. so anyways, i think we're going to name him boots because his paws are white but the rest of his body is brownish. but we're not going to decide a name until we meet him. i mean, what if he doesn't look like a boots!? anyways, he's a puggle, a cross between a pug and a beagle. he's adorable. i can't wait to get him.

+don't forget to head over to Frozo's (near QCup) on Friday, September 5th from 3-7 to support c/o 2011. 15% of all proceeds within those times go to our class.

(EDIT)
the fundraiser at Frozo's on Friday, September 5th has been preponed to Wednesday, September 3rd from 2:30-5:30.