Case 1: I got sick over spring break - I played Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door lots and went to Eric Little's birthday party
Case 2: I didn't make it into Bach Fest - I got an A on my Beaman final!
Case 3: My sickness caused me to lose my voice and not be able to sing - I'm in Expressions again next year without having to try out and we're learning the song Kiss the Girl for when we go to sing for the elementary and middle schools (*heart*).
Case 4: I had to go back to school after break - I got 100% on my AP Writing 122 test!
Good Times...
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Monday, March 07, 2005
BF Doesn't Always Stand for "Best Friend"...
Sometimes it stands for brain fart. Yeah, district solo and ensemble contest...Lynsey had a major brain fart. My first piece, Sebben Crudele was really quite tragic. I started the very beginning of the song in the wrong place. So sad. Anyway, it went okay after that; I got a 91/100, (a.k.a. a 1). No state contest for me, but there's always next year. In other news, this summer sounds like it's going to be an absolute kick in the pants! (I love that phrase!)
Last Saturday (March 5th) I auditioned for the Oregon Bach Festival. For those of you who don't know what that is, just think of it as a choir camp where we sing music by pretty much only one composer. My audition went quite well (no brain farts!), so I'm really hoping I'll be accepted (only 80 students will make it out of all of the people who audition!). If I am accepted I'll be down in Eugene at U of O (where the event takes place) from June 25th to July 5th, yay! But that's just the beginning....
That's right, not only do I have the opportunity to be involved in awesome choir stuff, but I'm officially going to the Czech Republic on a mission trip with GSCC from July 11th to the 29th.
We'll be working with a youth group from Bohumin to help run a week-long conversational-English camp in the eastern part of the country. I'm already excited about going! Hopefully there will be internet access from the camp (which will probably be more like a big, old hotel) so I can post about what's going on every once in a while. But in case I don't have internet access, here's our itinerary:
July 11th: Leave the states from PDX
July 12th: Arrive in Prague
July 13th-14th: Training
July 15th: Travel to camp (by train)
July 16th - 23rd: Camp
July 24th-25th: Follow-up
July 26th-27th: Travel to Auschwitz/Prague
July 28th: Sight-seeing in Prague
July 29th: Fly home!
After I get home, I have less than a week before Nathan leaves for England, then only a month of freedom before school starts back up again. Joy!
Okay, so now I need to go write a rough draft for Writing 122 and study for my History 202 final. Fuuun...
Last Saturday (March 5th) I auditioned for the Oregon Bach Festival. For those of you who don't know what that is, just think of it as a choir camp where we sing music by pretty much only one composer. My audition went quite well (no brain farts!), so I'm really hoping I'll be accepted (only 80 students will make it out of all of the people who audition!). If I am accepted I'll be down in Eugene at U of O (where the event takes place) from June 25th to July 5th, yay! But that's just the beginning....
That's right, not only do I have the opportunity to be involved in awesome choir stuff, but I'm officially going to the Czech Republic on a mission trip with GSCC from July 11th to the 29th.
We'll be working with a youth group from Bohumin to help run a week-long conversational-English camp in the eastern part of the country. I'm already excited about going! Hopefully there will be internet access from the camp (which will probably be more like a big, old hotel) so I can post about what's going on every once in a while. But in case I don't have internet access, here's our itinerary:
July 11th: Leave the states from PDX
July 12th: Arrive in Prague
July 13th-14th: Training
July 15th: Travel to camp (by train)
July 16th - 23rd: Camp
July 24th-25th: Follow-up
July 26th-27th: Travel to Auschwitz/Prague
July 28th: Sight-seeing in Prague
July 29th: Fly home!
After I get home, I have less than a week before Nathan leaves for England, then only a month of freedom before school starts back up again. Joy!
Okay, so now I need to go write a rough draft for Writing 122 and study for my History 202 final. Fuuun...
Friday, February 18, 2005
It's a Jungle Out There
Homework and perfectionism are stealing my soul...
Anyway, I've been promising pictures for a while, so here goes...some fun memories from recent months displayed in all their photo-tacular glory. Pictures! Joy!
In November I got a Nintendo Gamecube. This is it before I took it out of the box.
More Gamecube! Now with awesome out-of-the-box action! It's so shiny and silvery...
In December I went to my first dance. I went to get ready at Katie Judd's house, because getting ready with other people is always better. This is a picture of Mrs. Judd doing Katie's hair.
After we were all ready, the group headed over to Elizabeth Rossmiller's house to meet up before heading over to Tad's Chicken and Dumplings for dinner. This is Josh...yay!
Ahh the group we went with...I really wish I knew everyone's names...
This is Jenell and Me! (Jenell is the gorgeous one standing next to me!)
Our "official" group picture. I think it turned out really nice. Don't ya just love my dress!?
After the dance our group headed back to Liz's house for a little post-dance fun. *wink*...ok...we watched the Little Mermaid...
Eric, Jennie, and Katie! Three of my favorite people ever!
Awwww...(Sadie in a ball = cute factor 10)
There's nothin' like cuddlin' up with those you love. (Sadie + Allie cuddling on my bed = cute factor 20)
When Nathan came home for Christmas break, he spent time hanging out with old friends. (Nathan + Rick + Scotty cuddled up on the couch = cuteness factor 50)
A picture from long ago, taken at my Grandma's house. Yes, that's me and Nathan. (Little Nathan + Little Lynsey cuddled up in chair = cuteness factor 100^infinity)
More recently (as in last Monday), I participated in a vocal solo contest for high schoolers. I sang two songs, Sebben Crudele and Bel Piacere, both in Italian. The judge really seemed to like my voice when she was working with me after I sang, but I had no idea how much...
The judge gave me a 97 out of 100, which translated into 1+ (to get a 1 means "A truly outstanding performance with very few technical errors and exemplifying musical expression..." But the true icing on the cake was how my score compared to the other people from my school who competed...I got the highest score of all of them. Some people forgot words, or were sick, or had mean judges, or just plain had a bad singing day, and I ended up with the highest score! It's very exciting, but kinda sad, because the real competition doesn't start until next Saturday. The 26th is the day they decide who goes to state. I hope I make it!
Even more more recently (as in yesterday), I was exposed to one of the most disgusting and repulsive things I have ever encountered. It was 1st period, Mr. Beaman's class. We were discussing progressivism and the various things it accomplished. Coming in at accomplishment #13, along with other social legislation, was the 1906 passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act, brought on by the uproar created by Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle. To really understand the increased standards that this book incited, we read excerpts from The Jungle.
Now, obviously this book is practically a century old, so you may be saying to yourself, "Self, why is Lynsey freaking out about things that happened in meat processing plants almost a century?" Well, the answer is that the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act don't prohibit the presence of such undesirable items as nails or rat feces in our food, they limit it. Just think about that; it's absolutely disgusting. It's revelations like this that push a girl to the brink of a vegetarian diet. Excuse me whilst I go throw up...
And now, the most recently (as in this very morning), I went on a very fun/sad field trip. All of the students in Mr. Beaman's history classes (including AP U.S. History and the regular history classes) were invited to a field trip at the Portland Expo Center commemorating the internment of West Coast Japanese-American's by the U.S. Government. Since we were all to meet at the Expo Center MAX stop at 10:00 A.M., I went online to figured out how long it would take to ride the MAX from Gresham Station to our destination. Sadly, it turned out we had to leave early....like...by 8:30 in the morning. Since I was giving the intrepid Jared Nishikawa a ride to the MAX in exchange for super karate-awesome protection against MAX psychos, this meant I had to leave the house before 8:00 in the morning on a Saturday. But aside from this unfortunate reality, good times were had by all. We only got lost twice-ish, and had fun making fun of the name of the store "Dress Barn", pondering the real meaning of the word "mart", and trying to figure out why every announcement over the MAX intercom was repeated in Spanish except "the doors are closing" (I decided it's because the Tri-Met secretly hates Spanish-speaking MAX patrons and wants them to be crushed by the MAX doors when they least expect it.) So, though the only people who actually showed up to the trip were myself, Jared, Courtney Hucke, and Mr. Beaman (Sad isn't it? ), good times were had by all.
So, will that tide you guys over for a while?
Anyway, I've been promising pictures for a while, so here goes...some fun memories from recent months displayed in all their photo-tacular glory. Pictures! Joy!
In November I got a Nintendo Gamecube. This is it before I took it out of the box.
More Gamecube! Now with awesome out-of-the-box action! It's so shiny and silvery...
In December I went to my first dance. I went to get ready at Katie Judd's house, because getting ready with other people is always better. This is a picture of Mrs. Judd doing Katie's hair.
After we were all ready, the group headed over to Elizabeth Rossmiller's house to meet up before heading over to Tad's Chicken and Dumplings for dinner. This is Josh...yay!
Ahh the group we went with...I really wish I knew everyone's names...
This is Jenell and Me! (Jenell is the gorgeous one standing next to me!)
Our "official" group picture. I think it turned out really nice. Don't ya just love my dress!?
After the dance our group headed back to Liz's house for a little post-dance fun. *wink*...ok...we watched the Little Mermaid...
Eric, Jennie, and Katie! Three of my favorite people ever!
Awwww...(Sadie in a ball = cute factor 10)
There's nothin' like cuddlin' up with those you love. (Sadie + Allie cuddling on my bed = cute factor 20)
When Nathan came home for Christmas break, he spent time hanging out with old friends. (Nathan + Rick + Scotty cuddled up on the couch = cuteness factor 50)
A picture from long ago, taken at my Grandma's house. Yes, that's me and Nathan. (Little Nathan + Little Lynsey cuddled up in chair = cuteness factor 100^infinity)
More recently (as in last Monday), I participated in a vocal solo contest for high schoolers. I sang two songs, Sebben Crudele and Bel Piacere, both in Italian. The judge really seemed to like my voice when she was working with me after I sang, but I had no idea how much...
The judge gave me a 97 out of 100, which translated into 1+ (to get a 1 means "A truly outstanding performance with very few technical errors and exemplifying musical expression..." But the true icing on the cake was how my score compared to the other people from my school who competed...I got the highest score of all of them. Some people forgot words, or were sick, or had mean judges, or just plain had a bad singing day, and I ended up with the highest score! It's very exciting, but kinda sad, because the real competition doesn't start until next Saturday. The 26th is the day they decide who goes to state. I hope I make it!
Even more more recently (as in yesterday), I was exposed to one of the most disgusting and repulsive things I have ever encountered. It was 1st period, Mr. Beaman's class. We were discussing progressivism and the various things it accomplished. Coming in at accomplishment #13, along with other social legislation, was the 1906 passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act, brought on by the uproar created by Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle. To really understand the increased standards that this book incited, we read excerpts from The Jungle.
There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage; there would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was moldy and white--it would be dosed with borax and glycerine, and dumped into the hoppers, and made over again for home consumption. There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers had tramped and spit uncounted billions of consumption germs. There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms; and the water from leaky roofs would drip over it, and thousands of rats would race about on it. It was too dark in these storage places to see well, but a man could run his hand over these piles of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats. These rats were nuisances, and the packers would put poisoned bread out for them; they would die, and then rats, bread, and meat would go into the hoppers together. This is no fairy story and no joke; the meat would be shoveled into carts, and the man who did the shoveling would not trouble to lift out a rat even when he saw one...
Now, obviously this book is practically a century old, so you may be saying to yourself, "Self, why is Lynsey freaking out about things that happened in meat processing plants almost a century?" Well, the answer is that the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act don't prohibit the presence of such undesirable items as nails or rat feces in our food, they limit it. Just think about that; it's absolutely disgusting. It's revelations like this that push a girl to the brink of a vegetarian diet. Excuse me whilst I go throw up...
And now, the most recently (as in this very morning), I went on a very fun/sad field trip. All of the students in Mr. Beaman's history classes (including AP U.S. History and the regular history classes) were invited to a field trip at the Portland Expo Center commemorating the internment of West Coast Japanese-American's by the U.S. Government. Since we were all to meet at the Expo Center MAX stop at 10:00 A.M., I went online to figured out how long it would take to ride the MAX from Gresham Station to our destination. Sadly, it turned out we had to leave early....like...by 8:30 in the morning. Since I was giving the intrepid Jared Nishikawa a ride to the MAX in exchange for super karate-awesome protection against MAX psychos, this meant I had to leave the house before 8:00 in the morning on a Saturday. But aside from this unfortunate reality, good times were had by all. We only got lost twice-ish, and had fun making fun of the name of the store "Dress Barn", pondering the real meaning of the word "mart", and trying to figure out why every announcement over the MAX intercom was repeated in Spanish except "the doors are closing" (I decided it's because the Tri-Met secretly hates Spanish-speaking MAX patrons and wants them to be crushed by the MAX doors when they least expect it.) So, though the only people who actually showed up to the trip were myself, Jared, Courtney Hucke, and Mr. Beaman (Sad isn't it? ), good times were had by all.
So, will that tide you guys over for a while?
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Delayed Reaction
Frenzied activity in my day-to-day lliving is not condusive to regular blogging. Grr...
A lot has been going on, and it looks as though the rest of the school year will fall out that way as well. School, the usual homework, and my extra-curricular activities all keep me nice and busy regularly, with some nice monster projects and Beaman finals to make life "interesting". What can I say? C'est la vie.
I finally got my winter ball pictures back today, so I'll try to post them at some point. Of course, the last time I tried to use my scanner it was being mean, so who knows how that little endeavor will work out.
I *heart* Zelda.
*swoon*
A lot has been going on, and it looks as though the rest of the school year will fall out that way as well. School, the usual homework, and my extra-curricular activities all keep me nice and busy regularly, with some nice monster projects and Beaman finals to make life "interesting". What can I say? C'est la vie.
I finally got my winter ball pictures back today, so I'll try to post them at some point. Of course, the last time I tried to use my scanner it was being mean, so who knows how that little endeavor will work out.
I *heart* Zelda.
*swoon*
Saturday, January 08, 2005
Take a Crack at This...
Here are the rules:
1. On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first twenty-five songs on the list.
2. Copy one line from each song. Avoid giving the song title away.
3. Have others comment and guess the songs.
4. Strike out each line that has been correctly guessed.
1. ...I'll be your friend for a life time, against the wind and the rain of every season...
2. ...and I, well I was only two, so I didn't have a clue of all the was transpiring...
3. ...And every single heart that i have held, in my hands, my clumsy hands, I fumbled them around until they fell, it's must safer ground just keeping to myself....
4. ....a masquerade, a game to figure out now, a cruel charade, I cannot scream aloud...
5. ...each night as he sleeps, she goes in to hold his hand, and she tries not to cry, as the tears fill her eyes...
6. ...Go! Go! Go, Joseph! You know what they say; hang on now Joseph, you're make it someday.... Go, Go, Go Joseph, Andrew Lloyd Webber (yay!)
7. ...O môr henion i dhu: Ely siriar, el síla. Ai! Aníron Undómiel...
8. ...estas redit, nunc recedit hyemis sevitia.
9. ...promises that burned within my heart have now grown dim, with a doubting heart I follow the paths of earthly wisdom...
10. ....under normal circumstances I think I know my stuff, but the rules all change when it comes to love...
11. ...Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Ring the Hogwarts bells! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Cast a Christmas spell!...
12. ...When I am weak, You show Your awesome power. In my darkest hour, You revealed Your power...
13. ...you lived to die, rejected and alone, like a rose, trampled on the ground... Above All, Michael W. Smith
14. ...shall we dance from opposite sides of the universe...
15. ...*instrumental* heh heh heh....
16. ...and I will rise to the occassion, I will rise from my knees and trust the Lord... I Will Rise, Rescue
17. ....hac in hora sine mora corde pulsum tangite... O Fortuna, Carl Orff
18. ...when I look in your eyes, I see a million miles across an endless sea...
19. ....I'm so thirsty, I can feel it, burning through the furthest corners of my soul...
20. ...the slender grasses bend and bow and kiss the ground, and in them I see the beauty of the souls who let the Spirit lay them down, and it takes my breath away...
21. ...all I have to do is call, you come runnin' to my side, but then I look at you and you say, "it's gonna be all right"...
22. ...seven years of bumper crops are on their way, years of plenty, endless wheat, and tons of hay... Pharoh's Dreams Explained, Andrew Lloyd Webber (yay!)
23. ...there is so much unseen beauty in the heart of you, and I want to be the one to bring it out...
24. ...last thing I remember, saying "bye" to yesterday, glad to see it over, pullin' covers over my head...
25. ...I'd rather have a fake you than none at all, I'd rather go home empty than let you take the fall...
Andy started it...
Monday, January 03, 2005
AIEE!
Now you may be asking yourself, "Self, why did Lynsey make the title of this post so exuberant?" The answer is simple: I got an A- on my AP History final! AHHHH!
Can you tell I'm happy?
I had two nightmares about Mr. Beaman's class over break. In one of them, I somehow managed to get an overall A in the class. In the second dream, I scored 43 points out of the 300 possible (for those of you who are wondering, that's a little over 14%). The nightmare (unfortunately) cast a nervous gloom over my potentially relaxing vacation. I would enjoy a few precious hours of leisure before my heart would drop into my stomach like so much hardened fruitcake.
Alas, many a night was spent lying in bed, dreading my first day back to school. I speculated that I had obviously destroyed my G.P.A. and decided that my only salvation could come through dropping Mr. Beaman’s class. Of course, since I knew my parents wouldn’t really go for that option, the beating my G.P.A. was obviously about to take would definitely destroy my chances of getting into any “good” colleges. As you might have noticed, I can be quite self-deprecating at times and a bit of a fatalist (read: drama queen).
In any case, my worries were all for naught, and I can now find rest in the thought that my G.P.A. survived another potentially-fatal encounter. Heh, if this isn’t obvious proof that there really is a God, I don’t know what is! :)
Sunday, December 26, 2004
I *Heart* Christmas
Yay family! Yay lotsa choir! Yay presents! Boo not posting for a long looooong time!
Christmas with the extended family was enjoyable, other stuff is lame right now...barge!
More later!
Christmas with the extended family was enjoyable, other stuff is lame right now...barge!
More later!
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