White Christmas

hey all. been forever but hope you've all had a good xmas. i'm in hong kong right which puts me 13 hrs ahead of indy time so it's the day after xmas. unfortunately, china doesn't celebrate xmas so i missed out there. but i did see snow cuz i went to peking to see the great wall, forbidden city, tiennamen square (which is actually pretty in a way), and other places where the king spent his time doing stuff...lol..can you tell i didn't pay too much attention to those. i just can't be into history if i don't know it which pretty much puts me in the non-interested category when they start talking bout chinese dynasties and who did what when who ruled and such.

but the great wall was cool. climbed all the way to the top and back after a very tiresome 40 minutes. of course the wall is really long so i didn't walk the whole thing, but i walked as far as you can go which was plenty for me. my legs still hurt from it and i walked it two days ago!!! another nice thing about the trip was that i stayed in a five star hotel...so nice...wish it could always be like that.

but now i'm back in hong kong where it's a nice temperate 65 degrees...ahh...no snow here for xmas. but that's ok, cuz i've had enough of cold weahter for the 4 days that i was peking. it was some -7 degrees celsius at some point and i was outside in the cold walking around listening to a chinese guide talk about how the king spent his money and such. lol. not the most interesting thing for a 6 year old. but anwayz, got 10 more days before i go back to the US. you guys would love all the cheap stuff that they have here...so many cute things and they're so cheap!!!! hope you have a nice xmas.

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Three cheers for winter break!

Well everyone, we survived another December at school! For some reasons teachers believe that since we have finals after break that gives them all an excuse to give us lots to do before break. In other words, I had a research paper and Civil War project for Interdisc, rough draft of a TOK essay, algebra test, chemistry test, and multiple other small (but they add up) assignments. Not to mention the huge holiday choir concert, which basically features Chamber (I was in all but one song in the second act!) and involves many LONG rehearsals. But, I got everything done with not *too* much stress (actually, the thing that caused me the most stress was the concert) and the concert went very well, so all is good.

Yesterday Chamber performed at a luncheon, which we weren't expecting to be very fun because it was for a bunch of old people (no offense) but we ended up having a very enthusiastic audience, and afterwards Mrs. Dingman told us, "Welcome to Chamber Singers." YES! Then we ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant and Chad told the waiter it was Mrs. Dingman's birthday, so they brought flan and made her wear a sombrero. It was hysterical and will definitely go down as a classic Chamber moment.

Today was the second virtual field trip, which was awesome! Sarah was sold as a slave (as was Crousore, hehe) and we did some dancing, which was fun. Oh, and we got hot chocolate AND soda. :o) At lunch I helped with the Interdisc fundraiser for the World Food Program, and I am thrilled to announce that we raised over $1000, and since there are at least two companies that are matching that, our total will be over $3000! That is amazing; we definitely weren't expecting it to be that successful. The $1000 we raised earlier in the year with our walk-a-thon fed 30 children for an entire year, so now we will be helping to feed almost 100 kids. YAY!

My break will mostly be spent alternating between parties, homework (unfortunately I didn't get ALL the projects over with before break), and just hanging out at home. Oh, and sleeping in! Now *that* will be nice...

AH! It's the vicious rabbit! (Who apparently has 3 teeth!)

"Behind These Hazel Eyes"

For the record, mine are blue-green.

Anyway, don't you love it when Ash and I put our heads together and create such intriguing posts? :P Ahhh... Got my creativity flowing!

Half days rock, except when you blow the entire time searching for your duo script when you and your partner both lose yours. Found mine eventually.

I love my new cell phone!!! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! Heehee...Too much fun. Got a pic of Grant on it, even though you can't tell it's him.

Anyway, gotta go change for the orchestra concert during lunch today. Ta-ta, honeys! :P (Out of character, isn't it??)

AH! It's the vicious rabbit! (Who apparently has 3 teeth!)

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*Newsroom music. Ashley Scott, sitting at newstable getting makeup done. *
We're on! Go! Shoo! Welcome to the Not so Nightly Nightly Sushi News, serving the loyal viewers of Channel whatever we are. *to self* I don't even know anymore. I'm so much above this station. *yell from off stage: 16! Channel 16!* Okay, well, apparently you poor people are watching Channel 15.5...I mean, 16. Whatever. I'm your incredibly talented and beautiful anchor, Ashley Scott. On to the news:
Our first story tonight is about a young girl and her father. After a major fight, the young girl, Chelsea Scott, age 13, told her father this afternoon what she really thought of him when he's drinking. Tears were shed, but apologies were made on behalf of her father. Things are getting back to normal. *to self* Who writes this.....
Next on our news list: If your name is Sarah Moreland or Evan Boggs, you need to finish the IU Honors Application for Ashley Scott ASAP. See her for details.
Speaking of Ashley Scott, and the incredible person that she is...in a remarkable turn of events, she finished her English editorial and most of her research for her religion essay for Theory of Knowledge. Sources are being accepted. The inquiry question is How does the idea of God transcend and unite different religions?
Now to the weather with Sarah Moreland. *Camera pans to Sarah who is dressed skimpily and talking on her cell phone.* Jane! Hello?? You owe me ice cream!... Of course you do! I won the bet! I told you that he would - *sees red camera light* Uhh, Jane, I gotta go. *pause* No, I'm not making out with Jean-Luc right now! I have a legitimate reason to go! *pause* Fine! Don't believe me! Look, we'll continue this later... *sighs and holds phone away from ear* Blah, blah, blah... *hangs up* So, good evening, people! How...nice of you to join me tonight for the weather! Isn't that what I'm doing? *looks behind her at green screen* I believe so. Anyway, everything looks nice and - *ring* What the heck? Evan? Why are you calling me??? You don't even have my brand-new cell phone number yet! Oh, you got it from Ash? Darn her... What do you wanna talk about? *pause* Oh, yeah, that IU Honors thang. Well, how about you do it? I'm a little busy at the moment, and tomorrow I have a nail appointment, facial, workout, shopping spree, PreCal lesson, and you know that new anchorman who is absol-ooooooo-tely gorgeous? We have a date at 7 at this posh restaurant - you know, Chez McD's? Sorry, Evan, can't talk much. I need to go and, you know, work. Ta-ta, honey! Call me! *hangs up and sheepishly smiles* So, back to you in the studio!

Back in the studio with Ashley

*to self* Who hires these people? *off stage, Sarah: It's just so tough being a Valley Girl... What can I do?* Anyways....How about we cut to a special segment. This is Michael Christie on "Finding Nemo" :
Okay. There's this movie. It's about a fish. And the fish is overprotected. And he rebels and then gets captured and taken far away. And his father and another fish have to go find him. And they have various wacky misadventure and hijinks along the way involving other undersea dwellers. And the name of this movie would be? Finding Nemo!

Back to Ashley

*To Self* Why me? What did I do to deserve this? Aaaaannnnnnnnnddddddd we're back! Welcome back to whatever this news station is.... If you've watched this far, I applaud you. We have a special news report about the......I'm SO SORRY people.....Lawrence North Robotics team with Mr. Marvin.
Marvin: Okay. The idea is to be an engineering firm in miniature, really. Your "product" is the robot itself, which is built in 6 weeks, the most accelerated engineering project ever. But really the robot competition is only half of it. There are all kinds of awards for how well you promote your team and promote engineering and stuff, and how well your team is organized. You can also get awards for having some cool idea on your robot. * Ashley falls asleep* Even if your robot fails in competition, you can still get piles of awards and stuff. *snores off stage* Thus, it's a contest of who can run the most awesome team/corporation.Our team has been rather disorganized in years past, but we have managed to field a fairly competent robot. This year we are being really focused on keeping our team divided up into specialized subteams with the hope that it will result in A.) More involvement by everyone and B.) A better robot through having experts. *someone pokes Ashley*

Ashley: Huh? Mommy? Oh! Well, Marvin, that was.....that was.....informative. Thank you...Please...that's alright. We'll call you. Our next segment is from Jonah Comstock on transcend... trans...something important!
Jonah: Well, I've been thinking a lot about transcendentalism lately. Thoreau, Emmerson... Nonconformity, know thyself, that sort of thing. And I think it's a really big thing for me right now because I do all these things, extracurriculars and so forth, and I never really stop and smell the roses, as it were. I've never really stopped and critically analyzed the world and my place in it. I think I'm kind of afraid too, lest I discover that the world is pointless or something depressing like that, or that I won't be able to figure it out at all. Instead of just being too busy to understand the world, I'll be too dumb to understand the world, and that would be worse, I think.

Back to Ashley:
Huh? *Sarah from off stage: That's deep, dude!* Thank you Jonah, so far you've been a cut above the rest, although I am hesitant to insult you in that way. Next up, Actor Nathan Comstock updates us on his life events, or lack thereof. *to self* Here we go again....

Nathan: I haven't done a lot of acting lately, mostly due to not having time and not being cast in anything. I've been writing a lot. I'm starting to enjoy that more now, especially cause I'm getting this awesome story idea. It's really weird cause I don't know where it comes from. It just sort of goes through me and on to the page from some totally alien source, which I guess is what people mean when they talk about Muses.

Back to Ashley
I give up! I'm quitting! You all can take this job and- *cut in friendly music and sign that says "We are experiencing technical difficulties. Please stand by." *

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"My Name's WOMEN"

Argh. Yesterday was bad. Really bad. Stupid report card. Stupid 3.66 GPA. Stupid PreCal test with verifying identities. Stupid bad mood. Stupid crying. (Add Hayes to my list of people I have broken down in front of.)

Today is good, because you know what? It's not yesterday! *gasp* Deep thoughts, huh?

Speaking of deep thoughts, Interdisc today was AWESOME! I love "breaking-up-of-social-circles" activities, and I prefer Lit to U.S. History, anyway. So, this morning = (as Nat says) FUNNESS! Haha...

Tonight's going to be fun. Beth just asked me a couple minutes ago to come help her with her bulletin board at church until 5, which I most likely will do. Then I'm going to the movies and then most likely hanging out with Ash afterwards. Social, social, social. Hee, hee. FUN!

Yeah... Other good news: Saw the front cover to Ayu's new CD. (GORGEOUS!) Kelly Clarkson's CD is out. Time to go out Christmas shopping some more this weekend. Can pace myself this weekend and not rush around or do anything I don't feel like doing.

Stress = less. (See? It rhymes!)

AH! It's the vicious rabbit! (Who apparently has 3 teeth!)