Fall to Pieces

w00t! Coffeehouse!

It was awesome. SO much better than the one in October. So many more people came. I had such a blast. I sat in the front with Kirsten and Sam, among others.

There was a rugby turnament was on Saturday, but I didn't go, due to prior Mini-camp commitments. Our team won one out of four games.

Rugby is going really well. We did boosting for line-outs today. This meant I got to get boosted up in the air over and over for an hour. It was really fun. I get to be boosted because 1) I'm apprently very small *is confused* 2) I'm seriously incapable of boosting others. On of the times I tried to, Cindy's semi-exposed rear (way to forget the spankies, hon) ended up in my face. Nice, huh?

Today was the elections assembly. There are seven candidates, and none are awful. Any one of them would make a great copres, but there are a few I think wouldn't be as good. The vote is on Thursday, and the final vote (out of the top four) is on Friday. I am so for Laura Wilson (everyone should vote for her! Her speech wasn't the best, but she is SUCH a nice person, and would be a gret co-pres.).

There's some stupid school election rule that says no posters can go up before the lunch bell on the day of the kick-off assemly, so Laura's people stood in front of the best spot, with Laura's poster and stuck it to the wall the minute the bell rang. Metz had a pie throwing contest at some teachers, so that''l get him some votes. Enoch has awesome posters (Vote for Enoch and Meet the Kwoppers! [his last name is Kwop (sp?)) and a great speach. I love Kate's slogan ("Vote for Kate. She's Grrrreat!" with a pic of Tony the Tiger, from the Frosted Flakes box.)

This election is going to be exciting. I really, really hope Laura wins. She's been working toward this since grade nine. And she would be awesome.

A paradox: This sentence is untrue

Insanity wreaks havoc on the empty mind.

Who know what that means. Alan's idea, and I have no idea what he's talking about. (ahhh... I thought he meant 'wrecks' not 'wreaks', so I wrote that, and then changed it when he told me he meant the other way. It's one of those things where you read something before you say it and so you pronounce it wrong, like archives).

Anyways, I'm in the new computer lab, in spanish, and I finished all the work and we have a supply so, free time. These computers are so sensitive and block so many sites. Compendium was blocked due to 'pornography', according to the school board.

Tonight is LEAF coffehouse! Yeah, it sucks, but it'll be with Alan and Davis and everyone. Avery can't come (as she said, she has a horse not a life). Josh might be coming, Kirsten and I are trying to convince him Hopefully he'll come, but I doubt it. Too bad :( .

Uh oh, it's later than I thought so I must leave. I have to go do about a million things before I leave school. Then I'm walking home! I never walk home, I should really do it more often. (Yes, only for my physical benefit... lol, Avery. Well Avery and pretty much everyone else who knows me.)

A paradox: This sentence isn't true.

The Josh and Evie Show

Tonight was one orchestra night of the Kiwanis Music Festival, a big music festival/competition here. My orchestra performed tonight, and we competed against Cantebury(art school)'s junior orchestra, who are SO good and have been playing for ages, so it wasn't really fair, but we got silver!!! We beat De LaSalle (sp?)! (the french arts school). Now Mrs Bradely won't yell at me every class, let's hope.

I had fun at the Kiwanis Night. I came early to watch the intermediate orchestra (I'm now the Intermediate Orchestra groupie!!! w00t!!!) Seriously, Josh, you guys were awesome.

It was SUCH a nice day today. Josh and I had a grammar midterm period three (right after lunch) so we went outside to study. Well, I dragged him outside, but it was awesome. It was sooo nice to sit on the grass, in the sun.

Oh! I got an ipod mini! I've been listening to all my music, which is awesome. But, I've been listening to all my despressing songs (Why can't I Breath, Beautiful Soul... hey, if you don't like my music tastes, deal with it :P). Anyway, those songs, combined with a "study period" with Davis and Alan and everything have me feeling really down. Fab. Oh and stressed due to overload of homework.

Josh's birthday was friday (W00T!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH!!!) and in honour of this, I have decided to post part of a blog post we wrote in... December. Anyway, we never finished it, and I have decided to post what we did do here. See Josh? I told you you'd be on my site sometime (not that he hasn't been before. Yeah, yeah Avery)

Okay, so as the title suggests, I am here with Josh, live from the basement computer lab.

Josh: j,sovbkygkewlryuglcwydgk,yecrutk4

Evie: stop randomly pressing on my keyborad, Josh.

Josh: Oh, sorry I was speaking in hmedghfkwthjkwguwykISH

Evie: [for the record, I totally called that! and now Josh is laughing at what im writing.] Right, of course Josh. Oh, by the way it's not hmedghfkwthjkwguwykISH, it's hAmedghfkwthjkwguwykISH. You lose.

Josh: Oh well, too bad I don't care. I'm a bit preoccupied by the circumcircling that's going on here!

Evie: Yes folks, you heard him correctly. Random classmate #1 has just told random classmate #2 him, quote: "I'll circumcircle you!"

Josh: This is getting heated guys.

Evie: Oh! random classmate #2 has retaliated with a Centroid!!! When will the madness end???

Josh: Random classmate #1 is making a comeback with a rhombus that is ALSO a square.

Evie: I think it's clear who the winner is here.

Josh: Wait! look! Random classmate #2 has beat Random classmate #1 by proving the properties of the rhombus/square! Random classmate #2 wins!

Evie: *Hands random classmate #2 a medal* You have been declared geometer sketch pad master of rm 157!

Random classmate #1: Hey!! He can't beat me!!

Josh: he just did.

Random classmate #1: Rats *walks off*

(thats the end... we didn't get to write more)

Send the nerds off to their own party with a pretty girl to give them awards.

The Return of Death Eric

My dad is back form England! NO his name is not Eric.

My dad has these friends who live in England, so he hardly ever gets to see them. One couple are both writers (grammar check!) and they write children's books and adult's books. In case you've heard of them, they are Sam Llewellyn and Karen Wallace. I have been waiting for ages for someone to say to me "Hey, have you read this book by [Karen Wallace/Sam Llewellyn]?" and I could go "Actually..." But such an occaision has not so far arisen.

Anyway, my dad brought us books form them, signed copies and one is a copy of a book that won't be out for a few more weeks, and it's just a copy they send to reviewers. The book is called "The Return of Death Eric" and it's about this guy named Eric Thrashmettle and his rock band (think Ozzy Osbourne) and they break up. Eric's kids realize that they are going broke, and force their dad and his band back onto the road. My dad read it already and says it's hilarious, filled with all those awesome brit words and apparently Eric goes around walking into walls and and saying "Oh, sorry man" when he does. Brilliant.

Anyway, he's back, and brought me Brit ELLEGirl too! It had an awesome free belt! I will wear it to school tomorrow.

Speaking of school, I jsut finished up an anti-bullying training course so that me and a few other girls from VOICES will be making a presentation on bullying and stopping it to take to the feeder schools. I will get many volunteer hours for this, so I am very happy. Also, I will be helping the kids, which is even more important, because bullying bites.

Finally, HEALTHY LIVING WEEK is next week! An entire week run by VOICES to promote living healthier lives. Here is the schedule:

Monday: “Health is…” Day. Free fruit! We'll be handing out fruit at lunch, as well as selling buttons and necklaces (Avery and I will be selling that day)

Tuesday: Self Awareness Day. We're going to cover the mirrors in the changerooms and again sell buttons and necklaces.

Wednesday: “Beauty is…” Day. We're going to encourage everyone to wear sweats and no make-up, and Josh and I will be selling the buttons (and necklaces).

Thursday: “Expectations” There will be a garbage can set up at lunch with "Not Real" on it and people can throw pictures of "fake" beauty in it, like pics form magazines. There will also be lollipops with inpirational quotes written on them being handed out. Also... BUTTONS AND NECKLACES! :P (Avery and Alanna this time!)

Friday: “Changes” Not much happens friday, we're still figuring out more to do this day.

Oh! Oh! PS! Best news for last! I might be starting a new blog with a BRIT! Yes! The daughter of my dad's friends! (not the writers). Nothing final yet, but fingers crossed! It would be SO awesome!

Send the nerds off to their own party with a pretty girl to give them awards.

Orthodontia 101

So I'm sitting in the lounge at the barn, after my lesson, eating a PB+J sandwhich when i bite something hard (no, not a peanut, it was creamy peanut butter). I soon figure out (I won't go into detail) that it is a part of my herpst device (Sarah knows all about this) that has come off.

A herpst is a thing that goes in your mouth and is attached to two top teeth and two bottom teeth (two on each side) and have bars attached to them that help to hold your jaw forward in order to correct an overbite.

So one of the top rings that holds the bar thing in place has come off the top. Now that that's out, according to my orthodontist, I'm supposed to unscrew the various other bars from the rings on my teeth.

So I find myself sitting in my kitchen, with my mom poking a screw driver in my mouth, unscrewing parts of my orthodontia. One had gotten cement glue on it or something, so my mom couldn't get it to turn, and my dad was away, so we called in my neighboor Bob, handyman extraordinaire. Yeah, that was funny. When your neighbour ends up with a screwdriver in your mouth, you can't help but laugh.

So now I have to skip orchestra to go to the orthodontist and get my herpst fixed. Won't my music teacher be happy.

I also went to the Hunter Show Awards banquet (horse show awards from last season). Huntleigh had by far the biggest table, and man did we outyell everyone else. We started getting firty looks from other tables. We also had a blast picking out the worst dressed (ouch! orange little house on the prairie prom dress!) and dancing after. Lots of fun.

Send the nerds off to their own party with a pretty girl to give them awards.