Tuesday...

Yesterday was the last monday of my senior year in high school since we have next monday off for memorial day. This is my next to last tuesday.

Yesterday, we managed to finish filming the telenovela, which means that I have a few days to put it all together. However, I also have to finish my speech for graduation and send it to the counselor by friday, so I have two major projects going at the same time. I won't have time to work on it today because I have an award banquet type thing to go to at 6:30, but I also have to get ready for it and I may not be getting home until like 5 or so beforehand. I hope to be able to work on it quite a bit tomorrow. Like, that is the only thing I plan on doing after school on wednesday.

My grandparents on my mom's side gave me my graduation gift yesterday, $500 to help me buy a new camera. After shopping around, I found one for $700 from sams club, but I have to buy it online. It is going to take most of my graduation money, which saddens me, but hopefully there will be more. I hope to order it sometime before the end of the week so that I can use it on the day of and the day after graduation. It is 24 megapixels, which is rather amazing, and it comes with a memory card thats like 16 GB. Its a DSLR camera also, and it comes with two lenses and a carrying case. Its a Nikon, so its a rather fantastic camera. All of the reviews were great.

I bought a book from the dollar store the other day because I needed something to read. Its called "Like Dandelion Dust" and it has been made into a movie. It seems like a pretty good book so far, and it only cost me $3. I'm thinking about making my personal library into a kind of lending library or something or starting a book trade thing with my friends. Because my friends and I have so many books, we borrow from eachother anyway, but this way we could have them at college and send them to eachother via requests on facebook or email. I think it would be cool. Or maybe there could be a whole facebook group. That way, we can read books without having to hunt them down and buy them.

I cannot wait until after graduation, because I want to dye my hair already. I like it blonde, but I really want the change. And its not like its forever, but it will be fun anyway.

Love,
Elizabeth

Last Week That Counts...

This is the next to last week of senior year, and therefore one of the most stressful and craziest. First of all, I had to come to school today (senior skip day) and be in two plays this morning that we performed for the middle school. I wasn't supposed to be in the second one, but one of the main actresses (who was also supposed to be the sound technician for the other play) decided not to show up. So, I went onstage and performed with a script in my hand.

Today we were supposed to film the rest of the telenovela this morning and today after school, however, we will be attempting to film it all after school so that I will have the ability to edit everything before friday. Personally, I am about ready for this to be over with because I am ready to kill all of them.

We have the senior awards ceremony thing tomorrow at like 6:30, so that should be interesting. I hope I get more scholarships than the two that I know about.

I looked online and found the camera that I want yesterday. I should be buying that online within the next week, and then it will be shipped before graduation probably. I cannot wait to get it.

I am sick and tired of doing things for high school, and I would love to get away from all of the underclassmen.

Yesterday, I filmed a green screen test for the telenovela and also helped install a new air conditioner in my living room. Its kind of a must have for southern summers (the ac, not the green screen). I posted the green screen test as a video on youtube, just because I was bored.

I cannot wait to have time to do things that I want to do, like make videos and whatnot. I won't have to worry about high school stuff anymore. It has been a fun time and I've made a bunch of memories and learned stuff, but it has gone on long enough.

Love,
Elizabeth W.

Senior trip

Hello fellow insomniacs! Jk. I'm up early because I'm about to get ready to go on senior trip. I think the first thing I'll do when I get on rhe bus is sleep. 4:30 is too early to leave the school.

Love,
Elizabeth w.

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow...

Yesterday, I got called to the counselor's office during 5th period. They made me come inside the room and sit down. Across the desk was the counselor and in the chair beside me was the principal. And, they told me my class rank. I am officially number 3. I am historian, which means that I get to make a speech about the history of the class. I am also the top ranked girl in my class, which is awesome also. I am really excited, but it also means that I have to think back about the things that have happened while I was in school. I'll probably start outlining that today.

Today, I taught a lesson in FCA based on a book I read called "When God Writes Your Love Story" by Eric and Leslie Ludy. It is basically the young adult's guide to how God wants us to have relationships. I feel like because I gave my testimony about the subject, I really touched other people. I am also going to read the book again. Out of the hundreds and thousands of books I have read, this is probably one of the most life-changing books that I have read so far, and I really wish I would have read it sooner. I think that every kid should read it when they get into high school.

Tomorrow, I have to take another AP exam. Economics. Well, technically macroeconomics, which is the easier of the two economics tests. I really think that I can make a 3 on it because I can reason it out. The government one was difficult because it was based on facts. You had to know the facts to understand and answer the questions. Economics is based on math and logic, though, two areas that I am rather skilled in.

Friday is senior trip. I bought a phone charger yesterday that is a solar powered one, thinking that I would be able to use it to keep my phone alive all day. Sadly, it was missing a cable AND lacked the ability to connect to my phone. I searched the house to see if I could find a cord that would work with it, but I was unsuccessful. I guess I'll just return it and look for a battery powered one or something. I still have a million other things to do to get ready for senior trip, but I'm ready for the day to be here.

Yesterday, I worked on editing the telenovela. I think that it will be much easier this year, since all of the scenes are one-take type things. We film again today and tomorrow. Its all coming together. I managed to find some great theme music to go with it, so I think it will work out nicely.

Love,
Elizabeth W.

AP Government

Today, I took the AP government exam. I would tell you about it, but A) I can't, and B) I don't feel like it. I just hope that I got a 3 or better so that I can have college credit for it. This is also the reason that I didn't get to blog at my usual time today. I was in the middle of the test at that point, so it was impossible.

The up side to this is that now we basically won't do anything in Government/Economic class for the rest of the semester. Not that we were really doing anything anyway, but its a nice thought.

Friday is senior trip, whic should be fun. We're going to six flags in Dallas, but I really don't care about the rides. I don't really do rollercoasters since I'm kind of scared of heights and get car sick easily. I do hope to bring along my camera and maybe make a music video out of the whole thing, or at least get clips that I  can use to make my senior year music video. Gah. I can't type very well today.

I am really braindead right now. Its just something about taking a three hour test that is exhausting to the mind.

Last night, before I went to bed, my mom posted a thing on my wall on facebook about a song writing type contest. I think I might enter it. I have no clue what the prize is for winning, or even how to enter, but I will find out, and I will attempt to win.

I think I might go look up that contest now, since I don't feel like blogging right now.

Love,
Elizabeth W.

Being Snow White

On Saturday, I dressed up as Snow White for the birthday party of a little girl named Bailey (I'm not sure about the spelling). She was turning two years old and she was absolutely adorable. I spent quite a bit of time carrying her around. We would play with toys and make faces at eachother and take pictures together. It was really fun for both of us. I would sit down with her because someone wanted to take pictures and they would put an infant in my lap also. When they had finished taking the picture and took the baby away, Bailey would fuss, as if to say "That's my baby, bring it back!". Bailey is a child that has been fostered by a woman who is not her biological mother since she was 6 weeks old. Now, her foster mother is going through the final steps of the adoption process so that she will have a forever home. It was so sweet of her mother to throw a special birthday party for her to celebrate it.

I suprised my boyfriend's little sister by showing up at her house as Snow White also. She always comes and looks out the glass in the door to see who has arrived, and when she did that on saturday, I could hear her say "It's Snow White!". For the first few minutes, she didn't really know how to react. She was also not quite sure if it was really Snow White or if it was me, dressed as snow white. She became kind of shy, just sitting there with her hands over her mouth, staring at me for about five minutes. Finally, she showed me her birthday cake (it was her birthday party on the same day as Bailey's, but she was turning 4 intstead of 2) and the swingset that she got. I loved her reaction.

This whole experience has been really fun, and I would love to do this again, whether I do it for a little kid's birthday party or on halloween or if I visit a kindergarten class or if I visit a children's hospital. It just makes me feel good to make little kids happy, and give them something to believe in.

I do plan on posting pictures of Bailey's birthday party and my costume, I just haven't gotten around to putting the pictures on my computer yet. I do have one picture on my Instagram, if you can't wait. I was on my computer last night, but I was working on a spanish project and printing out address labels for graduation invitations and putting them on envelopes. Hopefully, I will get some time to do things like this after school today. We are going to film a telenovela scene after school, then I will get to go home. I should be home by around 4:30 or earlier, since my parents have a teacher thing to do today after school.

Love,
Elizabeth W.

Wrap It Up, People!

The year is neatly wrapping up. My grade for Sociology has been finalized, which means that I get to request my transcript from the college to be sent to my school, which will even further prove my status of distinguished. I will be going to the local eastern star chapter today for a ceremony in which I will recieve my scholarship from them. I will be addressing envelopes this weekend for my graduation invitations, and hopefully sending them out early next week. I can feel that summer is almost here.

Senior trip is next week, so I am rather excited about that. On Friday, I will have to be up at the school by 4:30 in the morning. We will all load up into three charter buses and go to an amusement park (and stop at buc-ee's on the way there). I will get to spend the day with my friends (I hope to bring my camera and make a music video out of it or something like that). I really don't ride rollercoasters, since I am scared of heights, but I'll figure something out. Then, we'll head home (and stop at Buc-ee's again) and get back to the school around midnight or so.

I have this idea that I want to make a music video using our senior class song, which is "Its Time" by Imagine Dragons. I really like the song, and I have some ideas in my head, but I also want to use video clips of fun and memorable things from senior year. Things that have my friends in it hopefully. I think I may use some of the video that I take on senior trip and the night of graduation. I'll post it on YouTube and Facebook when I'm finished, that way more people will see it. I will probably post it here also. I just think it would be a nice way to say goodbye to all of those years with my friends.

Oh, dear. A large number of people just came into the library. No me gusta. I don't enjoy when people come into the library when  I'm working because I feel like they're judging me, and some of them are really annoying too. It breaks the silence that I've been enjoying for the past 15 minutes.

The snow white birthday party is tomorrow. I've been asked if I could sing disney songs, and I said that I could, and they said that it would be awesome if I could sing "Beauty and the Beast". I hope they mean the Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, beauty and the beast song. I really don't know all of the lyrics to that one, but I will try. I think it will be a little out of character, but whatever they want is what they'll get.

By the way, if you have a little kid's birthday party and need either snow white or tinkerbell or ariel (in the summer) or a person who plays the ukulele or something similar, I can totally do that. My current charge is $50, but it can be negociated if necessary. Just contact me somehow and I'll get back to you.

Last night, I was looking up disney songs and their chords on the Ukulele. I really hope that I can bring my ukulele to this gig and maybe use that to play some songs for the kids there. I have internet on my phone, so I can look up lyrics and chords to basically any song that they request. I do think that I will look up a few and print them out tonight or tomorrow morning though, just to have some ready.

I have a whole binder deticated to music. It used to be just for lyrics, but since I started playing the ukulele, I started keeping chord charts and chord sheets in there also. It needs to be organized again, but I think that it works great even then. I try to keep the lyrics-only sheets seperate from chord-and-lyrics sheets with a divider in the middle of the binder's rings. It makes it really convenient to have everything in one place though, that way I can just start playing whatever song that I want to without having to look it up on my phone.

By the way, I have two songs up on the bandcamp website now. They're both covers, but I hope to figure out the instrumentals to some of the original songs that I have written and post those, along with some publilc domain song covers. They're at lizardbreathwalker.bandcamp,com, so check out the FREE downloads.

Love,
Elizabeth W.