I'm a member of Stanford 2012!

For Hanukkah, I got one of those things that connects your iPod to the car, so I've been uploading a lot of CDs to my iTunes, which I'll then put on the iPod. I started out just going through my old CDs from middle/elementary school (because admit it, boy bands are still fun to sing along to), but then I saw all my dad's old CDs. He has a lot of ( Read more... )

We had our first rainy competition today. We had ponchos over our uniforms and we played our show in the gym at a stand still. You'd think it would be really bad and disappointing, but we had the best show of our season. I think it's the first time all year that the whole band really felt it. We came out of the gym and no one could stop smiling ( Read more... )

Sweet.

Also, I really like lunch time this year. A LOT more than any of the other years. And it was definitely a good choice to take physics instead of spanish. School would be significantly less entertaining without 4th period.

Two more weeks until finals (fall finale is next week). It's ending waaay too soon.

I am so excited for this year! I've got my six rookie clarinets, my car's got '08 decorations all over it, I have a lot of friends in all of my classes (with the slight exception of civics), and I have a free 6th. Life is good :)

I just cooked my first ever plate of pasta.

I'm so grown up :)

In other news, my Tapestry project is band-themed.

And my year is up so I finally drove my first underaged passengers!
Joseph was first, around the block. Then I drove Joseph, Marcella, and Charlie to dinner AND it was after 11PM. What a rebel.

This is my first year playing on a dodgeball team. I'm actually really excited about it, and I really like my team (pumpernickel - we definitely get major intimidation points). We're all distance runners on track or xc- Alec, Dieter, Michael I., Caitlin, Molly, and me. We're going to have cute costumes, and it's going to be so fun to finally be ( Read more... )

Last year's leadership staff had a really long meeting with Ferrucci today, and I feel like we covered a lot of really important topics. It's really nice that he values our opinions and really wants to hear us, and that for the most part (excluding our views on a few select staff members), we can be open with him. Next year's going to be so ( Read more... )

Today one of the main members of Stanford's robotics group came to speak at our school. He helped develop the car that navigated over 130 miles of desert terrain with no human guidance. The presentation was really amazing. He did a great job of dumbing down the science so we could get the general concepts, and he showed a lot of interesting ( Read more... )

I have discovered that I cannot write an essay in a day. I woke up relatively early this morning with only one goal for the day: write my Scarlet Letter essay. I didn't finish, and I have no idea how I wasted so much time. Btw that's also why I didn't go to the MSS concert. I'm definitely not looking forward to senioritis ( Read more... )