Snowflake Drama

I think I stole Steve's blog motivation today because I suddenly have a burst of blog writing energy! :P As I look over my shoulder, out into the large field all I see is white. [Haha..I lie. It is night now so I just see black. Wow..major opposite.] But when it was daytime, all I saw was a fuzzy white blanket, honestly. That is because we got this delicious snow storm today. As of ten minutes ago, we have eight inches in my backyard. Before we measured it I took a guess of eight inches and booyah I was so right! :D Nice guess huh? School was cancelled so I spent my day doing random activities.

I am going out to rent Hairspray tomorrow. Being the devoted Zac Efron fan I now am, I am really anxious to see him in that film. When it came out in theatres around the time of HSM 2 I was not interested in it at all, but because I am now what better weekend to check it out? You can probably expect my next blog entry to be a mini-review of it. :) Ever since I've become a Drama Thespian I really find myself being fond of musicals and movies, and of course, plays. I always enjoyed them here and there in the past but recently I find myself very very interested. :P Hairspray, for example. I was rattling off the names of the actors and actresses that are in it like the back of my hand and I never even saw the movie yet. Either I am paying better attention or my interest is causing me to store that kind of information now. I mean, two plus years ago I watched very little movies because they all bored me and I never had a favorite actor. Look at me now. Zefron's my boy and I can't wait to take someone to see his upcoming movie 17 Again in theatres in a few months, and then I'm sure I'll eventually see his other three films in progress which include "Me and Orson Welles", "High School Musical 3", and "Footoose" is a possibility too. =P Woah. Why do I know all this? xD I feel in-tune with Hollywood. :P

Alright back on topic. Speaking of what my friends and I call d-ma [aka drama], this week that was supposed to include practice almost every day including tomorrow all came to a sudden halt when literal drama pursued. My school's drama club was originally practicing to perform the play "A Chorus Line" in a few months. We had already been working on it for a good two weeks without script copies. Here's what I got out of what happened. We had practice on like..Tuesday night I think it was? After our half hour to change, eat, and stretch, the drama director called us over and we sat in a circle around her as she began telling us some news. It was bad off the bat. :P She said that we can't do A Chorus Line any longer. If you don't know, that play is highly inappropiate in its original form and we had planned just to change the necessary words/lines, which would have been fine. I think the director was waiting on the scripts to come or something and they weren't so her and the principal called the company. See, I guess when a school does a play they have to buy certain rights for the scripts and agree to some copyright stuff and this can all be done through the company that owns the play and its scripts. While on the phone with the company, the person on the phone made it perfectly clear that with their script there is to be absolutly NO editing of any sort and it would have to be performed in its originality. Obviously the school board and parents wouldn't allow such. You may be thinking, "well how would this company even know if we changed the lines?" They probably wouldn't, but it would be too much of a risk and one the school does not want to take because what if someone sued or something..y'know? There was also no other school version of A Chorus Line, so the only option was to really choose another play. The rest of that night was spent with everybody yelling random musicals out and just everyone discussing possible options. It was exciting actually. xD Sadly, when someone mentioned HSM the idea was literally murdered. -sniff sniff- :P I knew that'd happen anyway so I kept my hopes low on that one. ;P Nothing was decided that night but the most popular musicals the majority really liked including ones like Aladin, The Lion King, Footloose, and Cats. I thought the Lion King would be pretty awesome, especially considering it was my first and favorite movie ever. I liked Aladin for a split second because I love the songs, then I realized how little parts there sort of are, so I revoked my vote. :P Footloose would rock my socks too. Cats was a crazy out there idea that someone mentioned as a joke but when it came up half the crowd roared and started screaming "OMG YEAAAH!" Especially my friend so I sort of am at blame as being one of those that freaked out too. xD

There are so many factors that had to be taken into consideration though in order to even think about a play. Props, costumes, cost, cast, and audience appeal are just to name a few. Rumors said that when the director had her meeting, Cats was agreed upon. However, I have not received any official email confirming this so it really could be anything. I have to say that if we did Cats, it'd be very time consuming and difficult but probably one of the greatest times of my life and if I thought drama was fun now it'd be even more so just getting to be there and learn the songs and dance. My naaaaaame is Cat, I am born kittttty. xD -meow-. I love Mr. Mistoffolees, Macavity, Jellicle Catssss....ah! :) Anything would be cool though. Fun fun! :) I'll write again soon. And boyyy, it is still snowing so steady! I lovvee it.

Lunar Eclipse 2008

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My little video on the lunar eclipse that took place on February 20, 2008 between 9-10+ PM. It was a chilly night outside, so please don't mind my shaky hand. I don't really have much of a steady hand in the first place. Also, I say 'solar eclipse' at the start of the video. Don't kill me for that either. I'm very well aware that no sun is involved -- I'm just used to saying and thinking about solar eclipses more than lunar ones.

Enjoy and have a good one.

Chem Weekend

Moles. Ions. Gases. Volume. The joys of AP chemistry. :) I think I've spent so much time on chemistry assignments since my 11th grade year of school started that I am more than just friends with chemistry, it is like family. And then, once I complete the current assignments, wherever I go, whoever I talk to... I am asked questions about the chem on how to do this and if this sounds right and man oh man. I really doubt if I've gone a whole day without talking about chemistry since September...hmm...maybe Christmas break? =P The reason this blog is going to end up so chemistry-focused is because this four-day President's holiday weekend from school pretty much centered around the two big chemistry assignments we were given that are due tomorrow, the day we return to class. One involved a take home test covering material from the last three chapters we did. The other task was to type up my formal lab report on a lab we did to find the molar volume of hydrogen gas. With an introduction, conclusion, and explanations, mine was seven pages long! :P

Thankfully I finished up yesterday, leaving me with my last day off to do what I'd like. I'm proud of myself for not being such a procrastinator. Despite being busy with chemistry, my weekend wasn't half bad. I had play practice on Saturday which is always fun and throws that twist of musical songs and dance into my usual routine. xD I did stay up really late every night this weekend letting out all sorts of crazy pent up energy I had from focusing on so many serious assignments during the daytime. Long, late night conversations, even about chemistry, makes my life go 'round. =P

In the midst of my chemistry work-attack, I took quite a picture portraying my organized, yet cluttered desk. [oh yeah! I just used an oxymoron...my English teacher would be proud. :P] It really adds a visual with all those papers, notebooks, textbooks, worksheets, and pencils even.

Now just for a quick WoW update from myself, I have been having a blast on that game. Truly! :) Sure, I am doomed to lose my bet to a boy named Craig, but I got to level 15 [16 is probably within my grasp tonight] and that is an accomplishment for me anyhow. :P I have been in new lands and it is exciting. I think I understand the game better too. It's so silly to think how gullible I was to fall into liking this game when I remember being reluctant to even show interest when my friends first started playing it. =P I have to end here now, it is time to compare chemistry answers. See! I am always surrounded by chemmmyy. :P Have a fantastic week and study your chemistry boys and girls!

Friendships Always End

There is a phrase out there somewhere in the universe that goes along the lines of the following: "Good friendships never end". If you were to ask me my opinion on that quote a few months ago, I would respond that it was somewhat true, and that good bonds with others can only be broken by death (however, in spiritual terms, the bond would still exist in the afterlife). Nowadays, I look at that quote and laugh in some mad, manic way. Of course good friendships can end. It happens everyday in the world that we live in. Wouldn't divorce be a good example? What friendship is greater than the love between two individuals? Isn't it strange then how it can so easily be broken? If I were to speak in chemistry terms here for a second, most friendships are dipole-dipole forces -- strong but weak. They're fragile. Add enough energy and they can be broken and change over to some other phase. However, some friendships are hydrogen bonding. They're a special type of dipole-dipole force that exhibits stronger bonds. They can also be broken and mingled with, but the energy required to do so has to be of a greater magnitude. Think of the energy to not be measured in Joules, but to be the x amount of conflicts that exist that can threaten the strength of a friendship. Therefore, when I say that more energy (conflicts) is required to break the bonds between molecules (friends) exhibiting hydrogen bonding, you may be able to understand the whole theme that I'm trying to explain to you then.

We're all going to have to be shipped somewhere else in the world, especially if you're a teenager nearing the end of their days in high school. You may go off to college, a technical school, or not attend any post-high school education altogether, and in those years of your life be without the friends you had in high school. That's common. People move on and create lives of their own, void of more than three-fourths of the people they grew up with. Sure, you may be best friends with somebody now, but will you even know them personally twenty years down the road? It may be considered a broken friendship, or a forgotten friendship, but nevertheless, that friendship didn't exactly last forever. Did it? No, it ended. When we're shipped out into the world, the U.S. Postal Service might as well take us through a system of conveyor belts and stamp 'Fragile' on our foreheads. We are extremely fragile at this point in our lives. The friendships of our past will not be sustained, and will change no matter what happens. You may still be 'best buds' with a friend of yours years after graduating high school, but when a husband or wife enter your life, and then children, and the same may go for your friend, I doubt you two will be hanging out a lot. Right now, being a high school student, the only thing that keeps best friends from being together seems to be jobs. Well, add spouse, kids, kids' kids, and more to the list that already has jobs, and you're going to see how much time you'll spend with a friend of yours in ten to twenty years from now.

This has been my honest opinion on matters that have been bothering me lately, and the chem twist was added as I have three AP chemistry assignments due for Tuesday and my head is filled with ions gone wild.

Have a good one.

#500

With today being a snow day, I figured that I would post a blog as I have been inactive for a pretty lengthy time. However, upon logging into Blogger, I noticed that this post would be post number five-hundred. The big 5-0-0. It gives me the goosebumps in a way just thinking that BFBv.2 already has 500 posts! It could've had a lot more if, for example, every blog author posted once or twice a week, but sadly that does not happen. Actually, I think Chase disappeared from the face of the planet. He better bring me back some artifacts from Mars then, whenever he comes comes back to Earth. But I understand that motivation is a hard thing to come by, especially when it comes to writing. And blogging is mostly pure black-and-white text unless one has pictures or multimedia to throw into the mix. I would love to make a few posts that are just videos, but I'm really not an interesting guy to just sit in the camera and talk. Mostly because I get distracted or I forgot where I was going with a point. No, I don't have ADD (I hope). I'm just not good at impromptu.

Right now I'm starting to feel sick. My nephew stayed over last night as he couldn't go to school as he had an ear infection and possibly no school altogether. I didn't feel like doing much online yesterday, so I spent the majority of the day with him. He found an interest in the site ChallengeYou.com, in which you can make and play mazes. Anyway, the bottom line is that he's sick, my father is now sick, my mother is starting to feel sick, and I believe that I'll be the next victim. Which is bad. Very, very bad. Why? I have three AP chemistry assignments to do for next Tuesday: big homework assignment, a lab paper on molar volume, and a take-home test. And let me tell you this right now if you're in a grade lower than 11th and never had a take-home test: they're much harder than any test that you'll ever take in-class.

I'm sorry for the short and low quality entry, especially with it being the 500th, but I can barely type, my head feels foggy, and my ears are actually starting to hurt. Have a good one, as I sure as hell won't.

Here's to Life

I've been so busy lately, so I feel tired today. I've been listening to the band, "The Refreshments" lately though. Apparently they are an older band whom I knew of but have now been reacquainted with. :P I think you should listen to them if you haven't, they are soothing. :) In fact, the title of this blog has lyrics dedicated to my favorite song by them. Let's see, it's been about two weeks since my last entry and I am sure I have numerous things to speak of.

I got a part in the school play! A small part, a speakless part, but a part nonetheless! xD The day we found out who got what parts was very exciting. My best friend got the lead role, believe it or not. :) I am so incredibly excited for her. It's so amazing but she deserved it, she is the best dancer in the school and since the musical we are doing is mostly dance well, what could be better?! She always is full of spunk too and will do a wonderful acting job. ;) We've had two rehearsals so far and more coming. It is like taking a dance class for two hours after school. We've mainly danced so far, almost learned the first song through. The music is fun and I love being apart of it as well as having the chance to learn the dance. I'm really trying my best and was really surprised when given a compliment from our drama director that she remembered when she was in bed the night before that she meant to tell me that I am doing a really good job. =D It made me feel really good. It's so fun spending time with my friends there too. The play starts out with everyone dancing together because it is auditions. Then the main characters in the play get chosen out front and the rest of us [me included] get cut. =P It's different knowing that the night of the performances I am going to be on stage for a little bit instead of crawling out inbetween scenes when the lights are out grabbing props and doing technical stuff. =P It will be fun to wear a costume and have to pretend I am a serious dancer yearning to make broadway auditions but then act upset when I don't get picked. xD I'll probably mention something about how Drama goes in every entry I post from now until May. (;

Last Friday we didn't have school because of ice or something. I went to my friend's house for a while and we watched the video that was taped of my friends and I ice skating on my birthday. It was really great to see again because that was an awesome day. :) We played Grand Theft Auto and danced awhile when I was there too. I went shopping last weekend and realized how much I'd like to buy a new bathing suit. A real pretty one, but without strings. Plaid would be terrific, of course! ;P hehe.

Last night I went to the Penguin's ice hockey game with my friend Nicole. :) It was so much fun! I love the arena and there was a lot of people there. I always thought watching ice hockey was fun and last night's game was exciting. I liked sitting up high and watching the puck fly across the ice and see the players slam one another into the plexiglass. My favorite part was when the Penguins scored [they won by the way, 3-0]. When they scored, the goal would light up and the whole arena would be a huge roar, then music would play and everyone would pump their arms, clap, and cheer. It was so exciting hahaha. =) Afterwards I sleptover Nicole's house where we ended the evening playing karaoke and guitar hero again then watching The Office until we fell asleep. It was great! (:

I'm looking forward to the 4-day weekend we have coming up. I want to go somewhere or do something although I'm not sure what yet. I can always play WoW, hah. ;) I'm going to play some soon actually. Last time I played was probably one of the most fun times I've had playing the game. I love how I got to fly around and explore new areas I had not seen before. That, along with the swimming, is probably my favorite aspect of the game. Well I guess this concludes my entry for now, I have some stuff to do. :)