[	Tags	|	school	]
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If I survive this year it will be a freaking miracle.


It's the second day and I'm stressed out of my mind.

[	Tags	|	school schedule	]
[	Current Mood	|	excited	]

1. AP Government (Bokkon)
2. Honors Physics (Swartz)
3. AP English (Coleman)
4. AP Calculus (Ameigh)
5. Honors Latin 4 (Canfield)
6. AP Art History (Hall)
7. Humanities (Counts)

[	Tags	|	summer	]
[	Current Mood	|	anxious	]
[	Current Music	|	Imogen Heap - "Hide and Seek"	]

So I haven't updated in like 2 months. But basically all anyone needs to know is that this summer was basically THE SHIT (meaning it was amazing). England/France was incredible and Ireland was fun. I have a crapload of summerwork left and I still need to learn another dance, but I'm super pumped for senior year.

I really have nothing else to say. Go figure.



Oh, and P.S.  Facebook is the shit, as well.

[	Tags	|	school, survey	]
[	Current Location	|	kitchen	]
[	Current Mood	|	tired	]
[	Current Music	|	"Be My Lover" La Bouche	]

Oh, man. So much has happened. 

Dance team tryouts, school projects, SAT's this morning.

I can't wait till school ends.



It's almost time for Europe! :)

Ugggggggggghhhhhhhhh. I'm just sick of school.


No let me rephrase that. I'm sick of school homework/projects. Math class is pretty damn fun, as it extended study. I just hate doing work.

Stressful day, bad night.


Don't want to talk about it.



What happened?

[	Tags	|	parties	]
[	Current Mood	|	tired	]

So I didn't go to prom.  But I highly doubt that even prom could top my Saturday night.



Rodeos, policewomen, dams, cranium, movies, ice cream, Pete/Adam/Peter, and movie making...we're ridiculous.

Oh, and P.S. The AP Test sucked, as did the SAT II's.

Oh and P.P.S. DO NOT...I repeat DO NOT take Math Level II SAT II's.  I mean, really...am I just supposed to be able to pull out the standard deviation formula from the top of my brain?

[	Tags	|	dance competition	]
[	Current Location	|	sunroom	]
[	Current Mood	|	crazy	]
[	Current Music	|	Work Me Down - Laura Hunter	]

It's over.

I can't believe it's actually over.

I remember after NexStar we were all like "YES! ONE MORE COMPETITION!"

And now it's like, "Oh joy, recital."

I want to talk Tracy into letting seniors do competition next year because it's been so much fun.

Competition wast amazing.  I left Saturday afternoon with Lauren and watched the Duo, Trio, Bri, and Churd on Saturday night! We got back to the hotel around, oh...um 1:00 AM.  Got ready for bed and watched some interesting stuff on t.v. Went to bed around 2:00.  Woke up at 8:30 and ran, showered, ate breakfast with Lauren, Jade, and Jade's mom. Got ready for competition, went to PANERA!, went to the school.  Then everything became a blur.  Over the course of the next few hours we stretched, ate, cheered, took pictures, rehearsed, performed, chilled, and got awards.  Got back around 11:30, at least I think we did. Went to sleep. Thank God.

When we got back last night I was upset, how could Dancensations and Encore win everything? That's not fair.  We've been working our asses from the beginning of the year to win everything at NexStar and it, well...didn't happen.  And now we still worked out asses off and it still didn't happen. TGranted the other studios were good...no, I take that back, they were phenomenal.  And then this morning something clicked. Where will that 1st place trophy get them in 10 years? My guess is nowhere. Maybe we were the real winners after all. We might not have won that trophy, but we formed a friendship. Yeah we won't have that shiny medal to look back on years from now, but will any of that matter?  Will that medal get us into college, will it get us a job, will it buy us a house? No, it won't. I realize now that I didn't do competition to compete or win (ironically enough), I did it to dance with an amazing group of girls (and guy).  I did it to challenge myself and push myself to the limits.  I did it to make friends.  Putting all of this in perspective, I think it's safe to say that maybe by not winning that 1st place trophy, we became the real winners.  Because we, unlike the rest of them, have something that they don't have and never will have - a family. Congrats RDA girls  (and Michael) looks like we came out on top after all.

Now I know there's those people who are out there going "1st Place is the only real winners." or "Why do something unless you win?" or (my personal favorite) "Winning is everything". Well you know what I have to say to that? SCREW. YOU. Because I had fun anyway.  So while you may be a winner, I'll proudly say that, yes...I am a loser. :)

We were all wearing Polo, it was weird...

They attacked Miritza with their booty shaking.

The highlight of the weekend:

[In Panera]

Tracy: (sits down at a table)
Kevin: Tracy what are you doing?
Tracy: (looking around)
Kevin: Tracy, there's no table service here, you have to go up and order and get your food.
Tracy: (looking astonished) What?! There's no table service?!


Has she never been to Panera?

[	Tags	|	dance competition	]
[	Current Location	|	kitchen	]
[	Current Mood	|	melancholy	]

Win together, lose together, play together,stay together




We can pull this off. We got this. We've had this. Or do we?


I'm beginning to get nervous for this weekend. Chelsea's [almost] ruptured her spleen, Jade's knee is still messed up, Miritza's is too, and my back goes through phases where it kills me. How are we going to be able to pull this off? Dreamgirls looks like shit.  Doctor Jazz isn't as clean as it used to be.  People is never even going to get there. They keep telling us everything is for the better, and yet, in the pit of my stomach I don't think it's going to come together.  I hope I prove my own ass wrong.


Competition this year has been a crazy mix of everything. I didn't think I could become friends with all these girls as fast as I did, especially Amanda/Lauren/Rachel/Kait/Churd/Jadia. I spend more time at the studio then I do at home.  I like the studio better than I do my home.


It hit me today. Next year is going to be different. Completely different. Our seniors are leaving. And eventually we're leaving.  But I've come to terms with that. I just can't get over the fact that next year we're going to push ourselves to the limit...to get us where? Into college? Out into the real world? Where do we go from here? How do we continue? Is this it? Why now? Why not later? How will it happen?

I sound like I'm talking about the end of the world, or something.





But then again, maybe it is.

[	Tags	|	spring break	]
[	Current Location	|	kitchen	]
[	Current Mood	|	crazy	]
[	Current Music	|	Dark Beat	]

In 12 hours I'll be in NYC.

That's exciting.

[	Tags	|	sick	]
[	Current Mood	|	shitty	]

I hate being sick.

My body hurts.

My head hurts.

I probably won't go to school tomorrow.  Which means I have my APUSH test to make up (not too bad), my Art History test to make up (BAD!), the Art History questions to hand in, a notebook check, and a Latin quiz.  And...if I don't go to school on Friday I have a Chem test, my webassign, practice problems, and Math work.



I did get some funny sarcastic conversation in with my mom today, however.

Mom: "Hey Kristen, it says here on the box [of Dayquil] that you should not consume more than 3 alcoholic beverages while talking this medication."

Me: "Oh, well that's just great.  My weekend's shot."  

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"We try, we fail, we succeed...
and somewhere in between there we share laughter and tears,
while building an indescribable friendship called a team."




This is my life.





And this is what bad pineapple does to someone's face.

[	Tags	|	school	]
[	Current Mood	|	stressed	]
[	Current Music	|	Dark Beat	]

School is waaayyy to damn stressful.
fekjrklqjeriejklwkjslds.

Don't we all deserve a break everyonce in a while?



Oh, and P.S. Me and Irena made up a saying for the cafeteria.  It's now an upspoken law that "When someone sits there, you don't put your shit there."  I.E. ALL THOSE STUPID FRESHMAN WHO TRIED TO TAKE OVER OUR TABLE. They got all mad when I said (quite loudly) to Irena, "We're frigging juniors, they should find their own damn table." So then this kid makes this 'something's-shoved-up-my-ass-face' and goes "Ugh, well I guess those seats are for their friends." He emphasizes friends because, at that time, me and Irena were the only two sitting there. So Irena and I just smile and laugh maliciously. Oh, how I love being a bitch.

P.S. Guess who got their hair cut? :P

[	Tags	|	competition	]
[	Current Mood	|	creative	]

Soooooooooooooooooooo. Competition was AMAZING. Waaayyyy too many stories to write down. Let's just say they involve dressing rooms, crazy ladies, teenage girls, and flags. Here's the run down of our wins:

Dreamgirls: High Gold (one below Platinum)
Dr. Jazz: PLATINUM (YES!)(we got beat out for first place by a stupid number with buckets)
People: Gold (wtf?) and 1st PLACE!
Raining Men: High Gold, Judges Award For Personality
Could It Be The Music: High Gold and 1st PLACE!
That Ole Black Magic (duo turned solo because of Amanda): Gold and 1st PLACE!
Gimme Gimme: Platinum and 2nd Runner up Title and 8th place in top ten 16 & over solos.. and 1st PLACE!
Defying Gravity: High Gold (again, wtf?), Judges Award For Intensity!
Salsation: High Gold and 3rd place costume awards and 9th place in top ten 16 & over solos...
Maria: Gold
All I need is the Girl: High Gold, 1st Runne up Title
Do Your Thing: High Gold, 1st PLACE!, 1st Runner up Title, Judges Award For Fantastic Facials.

I'll do multiple picture posts from the weekend.  The first batch is from Rachel's dad of us performing.  I still need candid pictures, and the pictures that the 
competition took...so those will be coming later.

Actually, I lied. I just tried to upload the photos, but since they're sooooo big, they resize all small and shit. So I'll just bring them to school with me tomorrow.

In other news...school's been KIND OF mellow for some reason. Besides the fact that this upcoming weekend is going to be a bitch, I'm pretty excited about not coming into school till 11:50 on Thursday. Yay for SOL TESTING.

Have I mentioned it's only 55 days till Onstage? Well, it is.