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Some people just don’t listen

And another Easter has come and gone. Joy. I really don’t see why people make such a big fuss about this one particular day. How is it fundamentally any different from any other Sunday? Yeah, sure, a Jew named Jesus, who was nailed to a tree and was “resurrected” on this day a couple thousand years ago. How’s that supposed to make this day special? We don’t even know it happened! Word of mouth and the Bible are all we have to go by. Can you honestly blame me if I’m skeptical? Whatever the case, I suppose I’d rate this day “Slightly Boring” on my Fun-O-Meter, and that only because the service had some good hymns.

YouthNOISE is really getting me down. Particularly this one annoying girl who I only know as Jamaica. For some reason, now lost in the mists of time, she took it upon herself to insult me for all she’s worth. Somehow, I’ve become immoral, irreverent, and immature, all qualities I’m sure no one else sees in me. I even made a perfectly harmless prayer on a prayer board on YN which went something like this: “Dear Whoever You Are Up There, please knock some sense into the world, preferably with a large stick. Amen.” What happened? Jamaica thought I was a Godless moron who was mocking the Almighty. *snicker* Of course! That’s it! Not. I had to even explain it to her. Get this, she’s 19, yet I have to explain to her every single comment I make. What gives? Am I really that vague and hard to understand? Cool. My life dream come true.

What also bugs me is how, no matter how much I tell her I want to stop arguing and start over, she still keeps on insulting me and whatnot. I don’t understand! But I’m just going to let it slide right off me. She’s a girl. Girls are odd like that. Thus, I won’t waste my brain power trying to understand the unfathomable.

In other news, my Job Shadow with my dad went really well. I got to follow him around Westview as he repaired and installed computers. Fun stuff. He still needs to answer all my questions though, so I can turn in the packet and get credit. Have I ever mentioned I hate PAWS?

As a final note: If you’re reading this, Jamaica, I want to start over at the beginning. No arguing, no insults, nothing. A fresh start. Deal?

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Band contest

Quite the contest we had today. For those of you not in the know, our bands compete in an annual band contest (the name of which escapes me) against other bands in our general area. I was slightly worried that we wouldn’t be quite ready, but apparently I needn’t have feared. The other bands were, to put it nicely, unpolished. Actually, unpolished is a little too kind. Horribly is a better fit. None of the oboes were in tune, clarinets had awful sounds, and trumpets were bright all over the place. Not good qualities you want in a band. Also, have any of them heard of uniforms? This one band had a trumpet player in jeans and sneakers, while another had a girl in a zebra-pattern halter top…with no back!

Our Concert Band was the first good music I heard. And good it was. That was probably the best Concert Band has every played. Then there were more crappy bands. And then the Wind Ensemble got to leave to prepare to play. We did excellent, if I do say so myself. Yes, there were a few bumps and wrinkles and missed notes (two on my part, a record high), but the judges liked us. And Pageant (one of our songs) was the best I’ve ever heard! Especially the end, except for the last note, which was almost missed. But people just thought it was extremely quiet, which it’s supposed to be anyways, before the crescendo.

Unfortunately, we didn’t muck around enough to skip 6th period, so I had to go take a rather large math test, which I didn’t sweat over at all. I don’t know why I worry so much about these tests when I don’t even remember the last time I failed one. Of course, there was that one AP Chem test on which I got a 70…I try not to remember that one.

So tomorrow is a regular day. Pity. Oh, that reminds me, I need to fill out my Job Shadow stuff before next Wednesday…better get working on that.

Also, I’ve probably said this before, but Napoleon Dynamite is an awesome movie. If you haven’t seen it, you’re a flippin’ idiot. Gosh!

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