My Seven New Year's Resolutions -- Music Marvel

1) Exercise More

    - I really want to get into running. I will also do more yoga. I wanted to buy a really cute pair of running shoes, but I figured why spend $99 on running shoes, when I don't even run? I figure if I start running I will get in shape, and I will reward myself for getting off my bed and exercising, with the cute running shoes. (It will also be a reward for saving money for the shoes :p)

2) Learn a New Language

     - I want to learn how to speak French to be exact. I will have to learn Spanish when I get into high school, but I want to learn French, so I will have to learn it one my own time. I figure that if I learn another language it opens new doors. And I will feel more educated being bilingual.

3) Learn Sign Language

     - Okay, I guess this is kind of the same thing as the one above but I feel that this will benefit me more to learn sign language. I also have a head start because I learned some when I was younger in school.

4) Come Closer to my Teachers

      - I have felt far away from teachers, some further than others. I want to have a relationship with them, and be close to them. Last year my teachers were really easy to get along with I am still close with them. I was comfortable with them, but I not as comfortable with this year but I want that to change. I will have them next year to so that will help.

5) Keep Things Organized and Clean

     - I want to keep things organized and clean especially my room and my locker. If I keep my room clean I am able to have friends over more, and if my locker is clean it will be easier to transition and more appealing to people who walk by. And sometimes when I open my locker things fall out and I have to pick them up and I can be late.

6) Dedicate Time to Studying and Practicing

     - I already practice the saxophone in my free time but I am now going to practice more and set up times specific times not only when I have nothing to do. I am also going to study more so hopefully I can do better in my classes. 

7) Save Money

     - This is a MAJOR issue....usally I soon as I get money I go off and spend it. This time I want to save some of my money. I have already started by making a list of the things I want and I will only by the things off that list and when I have bought everything on the list I save the rest of my money. Hopefully this will help me save money for more important things. 

Updates

          Hey, blogettes! As we welcome Music Marvel, we have enter a new phase of this blog, which means updates are coming to my profile and some of the pages. It also means that you will also be getting more posts and fun things on this blog from another person and not just me all the time. I am already having fun writing on this blog with Music Marvel and she has already brought a lot of things to this blog without even writing it. Like she gave me some creative names that I could call all my gadgets and you ladies because my intro to the posts were so bland and boring when I first started out. It felt like instead of writing a fun blog post just for girls that I was writing a report for school. She came up with the word blogettes since you ladies are viewing the blog that we bloggers write on. I loved it. Ever since then I always wanted her to write on this blog, and once she got an email I asked her, and she thought about it and she accepted and started working right away last night, and I thank her for that. 

          She quickly learned the ropes, and I praise her for that because learning the ropes to a blogging site can be kind of hard sometimes. She asked a lot of questions and was an amazing help to me as we are working on getting another page for this blog drafted by the request of four blogettes. It's going to be a wonderful period advice page. Music Marvel's first post can be seen below this one. It's crazy how good she is at writing blog posts since she is so new. I looked back at my first blog post and I sounded so cheesy and unsure about myself and what I was writing for the blog. I looked at her first post, and she sounds so professional and she really got me into what she was writing. I can't wait to see what she posts next. I think with her being an editor on this blog that we are also going to be seeing a lot more fun updates on the pages, and more pages possibly being added. As an editor she can also look for images that we can use for backgrounds on this blog, and be involved with the face lift.

          Of course we will collaborate back and forth because it is something that deals with the whole image of the blog, and we are now in it together. Music Marvel has a lot of cool ideas when it comes to design and what works well together, and what doesn't. After all, sometimes she has rated my blog through an email. I take the advice that I get from blogettes seriously, and I think Music Marvel will do the same. We get emails, comments from blogettes on the blog, votes from polls, and even stops in the halls about this blog. A couple of people that I know who live across the ocean actually view this blog too. We reach out to most middle school girls in our area though, and some college kids, too as I have learned from a comment. 

          I would also like to ask that you go easy on Music Marvel, and if you don't like her already for some reason, that you would just give her a chance, as she is new to the blogging world, and even though she does know the ropes, it takes a while to get all the skills down as you put them into action. Remember that if you want to keep anonymous commenting open that you need to be respectful. If there is one disrespectful comment and Music Marvel and I vote to close down anonymous commenting again for the safety of you ladies and us because some of the comments do get pretty ugly as I have learned when I first started out, then we will close it down not enabling some girls to have a voice anymore. I don't want that to have to happen again because I want every girl that views this blog to have a fair say in what they want to see on it, or voice what they thought about it, or any personal stories that they might have relative to what we were talking about. 

         Music Marvel and I will be solo writers, but we will come together to work on some things like page updates and blog facelifts. We can also do interviews with each other about something that went on, like I will have her review the anti bullying seminar that I got to help plan in some way for this blog, and we may even do a few book reviews, and posts about things that you ladies have requested through polls and what not. We both have the same goal which is to keep making this blog better for you ladies, and putting things on it that are inspiring and helpful as well as fun. Now that you have two very different women writing on it, I think that these goals will be better reached because you have two different views that can work well together and make things happen and this blog the place where every girl who knows about it wants to be and stay at for a while. 

          I ask that you would please make yourself at home and get comfortable so that you can take your time and enjoy the whole blog, but I know that some of you girls are constantly on the go, which is totally cool because with Internet connection you can get our blog on your mobile device, too. I know that Music Marvel and I are sometimes two very active and busy people, so we don't have a lot of time to write posts, and that is okay. We're all busy sometimes. I just hope now that with two writers there will be new posts more often, and the posts will be fun and you can see and kind of get to know the people that we are, and our passions that we write about and how different we are from each other even though we are best friends through our posts.
          Music Marvel and I are like sisters bonded together by friendship and this blog. We each have a passion for music, reading, and acting. We both are co owners on this blog now, and will be bringing you cool stuff more often, and more random fun posts more often too. This blog is going to be a social hub now for some girls. I would be sure to bookmark it now because it will be getting more updates and posts on it that you won't want to miss because Music Marvel is an amazing writer and friend to me and I know she has a lot of amazing things to say because she is such an amazing person.  

Hello!

                Hi there! I am Music Marvel, a great friend of Smiles. I was asked to be a co -writer on this awesome blog, and I was more than delighted to accept. I always wanted to open a blog of my own and I think that this was my calling, so I don't have to brave the universe of blogging by myself. On the other hand I am new to this thing so cut me some slack if my posts aren't the best!
                 So how about I start off with a little bit about myself. As you can tell my my name, I LOVE MUSIC. Music is a big part of my life and really let's me express myself. All my family is involved in music some way and they have really influenced me. I have figured out in the past years that music is really my passion. I can be me and live openly and I don't give a single thing about what others are thinking about me. If they didn't like my singing or solo or something that's not my fault! In band I play the saxophone. Outside of band I play the ukulele and a little of the piano. I also love to sing.
                 Another one of my hobbies is reading! I can just get so wrapped up in a book that I forget about the world around me. The latest book series I read was Twilight, (me and Smiles both were reading it :p) and if your are looking for a good series I suggest that one.
                 I could go on and on about that things I like to do, but I don't want to bore you! So I will move on. Some things I will be writing about is, books, music (of corse you already knew that!) my life in general, random thoughts, big events and just everything!
                I am so excited to be on this team with Smiles. Smiles and I are equal in writing and editing and are both thrilled to work together. I really don't have much on my mind now, but I'm sure I'll think of something to write about in another post!

ABOUT 1 HOUR LATER

                I got something! I probably could have put this in a different post but I figured I might as well put it up in this one! I want to talk about something....paper cuts. Really, I mean how can one cut hurt so bad! I cut myself while opening a letter, and it hurt so bad! Okay, well thats all I guess. I am a dork....


I KNOW THIS IS SO RANDOM, BUT I THINK I WILL DO YOU ALL A FAVOR, NEFLIX IS SWITCHING OUT MOVIES, AND TITANIC IS GOING TO BE SWITCHED OUT! IF YOU WERE PLANNING ON WATCHING IT YOU HAVE 4 DAYS!

Welcome Music Marvel!

                                      Hey, blogettes! I would like you to send a warm welcome to the newest member of the crew that makes this thing so awesome. Her name is Music Marvel and she is an editor and writer for this blog now. She is a best friend of mine, and we sometimes have bible studies at lunch together. Anyways, check out her first post it should be coming soon. This is the first step in making our blog great and for everyone because even though we are best friends we are two totally different people.
                                    Please be respectful on her posts like you are mine blogettes, because I still do have the right to delete nasty comments on her posts like I do mine. Anyways I hope you enjoy this change as much as I do. It will also help keep fresh things going on the blog too more often than it would have been if it were just me.

My New Year's Goals

                                    Hey, blogettes! Here are my goals for the year of 2014.
1. Get all the way healed from my cross country injury, even though meniscus tears don't heal on their own I am going to try and make it heal the best that it can because right now it really hurts anytime I walk and put full weight on it. Thanks for your prayers.
2. Keep on running no matter what is going on. I have had to take breaks on some days due to the injury but now injury or no injury I can't let it stop me from doing what I was made to do, which is running distance and fighting through the pain. However, I will respect the limits that I have because I am not reinjuring myself or making things worse. When the pain is unbearable I will stop.
3. Find a college with a good biology program and find out the requirements so you can start planning for them. I know I am only in middle school but college and a better future than what I am looking at right now with everything that has happened to me these past five years is a huge thing on my mind. Besides usually the sooner you get started thinking about college the better the outcome of your future because you have time to think about your options and choices.
4. Get back up from bullying. As you may have noticed this year, I am kind of down because of all of this bullying that has happened to me. However, these two high schoolers were more than willing to take their lunch break and free period to work with me on getting back to normal and overcoming this. It's hard, but they have also planned to use some of the things that have happened to me in the bullying seminar that they host for middle school students each spring every year. I also get to help plan some of it which is pretty cool. High school people are awesome in the program and very accepting of me and willing to help me whenever there is a problem. They always cheer me up and are there for me on my side too.
5. Prove to the choir teacher at my school that I am not mentally challenged. Yeah, she thought that about me and she pointed it out to some high school kids judging it based off of what I wear somedays, and how I talk and react to some things. Okay, so what we had a cross country meet that one time so I had to wear my gear into class otherwise I wouldn't make the bus on time because when in music I lose myself and I get to express myself. That is the only reason why I am in music because yeah she is rude to me. Oh, and you try having people judge you and tell you that you aren't good enough through anonymous notes and actions. That makes my make up smear sometimes and I end up looking like a hot mess.
6. Prove that I belong where I am and do what I do for a reason. If people don't respect me or wonder why I am still around then tough. God put me at Lisbon for a reason. He makes me do what I do for a reason too. Instead of questioning him I am going to trust and see where he takes me. Anywhere has got to be better than where I was in life. I mean it's sad when you have to go through all the bullying that I did and then be forced to have to find yourself over again.
7. Break my PR in cross country. Since I have already signed up for next season even though I got injured and am not supposed to be doing distance especially on a track, I have already made a goal to break my PR of the season which was 21 minutes and 15 seconds. It's going to be hard but I am sure that I can do it.
                    Anyways this is the short list that I have so far.

Ketch Up Post

                                Hey, blogettes! First things first, Merry Christmas, as it is tomorrow, and I am so sorry that I couldn't get a post in until right now. I bring forth some news as I know that some of you want some information on my knee injury that happened during the last cross country meet of the season for the whole team, and that I am still healing from. Some of you also want information on what to expect on this blog in the new year, as that is a week away from today believe it or not. I am going to promise you this, the blog is going to become more amazing and interactive this year, and I am going to stay true to that promise, and not back down next year. Now for the injury report.
                              I went to the doctor yesterday. He said that my MCL was healed, thank goodness, because if it wasn't healed by this appointment we were for sure looking at the immobilizer and crutches again, and possible surgery. However, he said that my meniscus was still torn, and believe me I can feel it every time I walk. Quick lesson, everyone has 4 meniscuses 2 on each knee, and one meniscus is on the outside of the knee and leg, and the other one is on the inner part of the knee and leg. It connects tends that help you walk around fine. I tore my inner right meniscus. He said however that some tears of the meniscus are one that don't bother people at all and don't require that much action most of the time besides icing it every now and then when you feel pain which isn't often in those cases. He said those have a better chance at staying minor, and possibly even healing if you adapt to a high calcium diet and avoid using the injured leg heavily and do the thing that injured it. He obviously isn't a runner, so he doesn't no how hard it is to get back on track if you take days off. He said that mine was one where action was necessary,  as well as that diet and resting.
                              I've done the diet, but again, he isn't a runner himself, so he doesn't understand that if I took four months off how hard it would be for me to get back on track again and then I might injure myself even more or make the injury that I have worse. I have taken it easier though, and I know that my limits are now my limits and that I shouldn't be pushing them because he will know. I forgot about the MRI scans that they have to do these days when it comes to muscle/cartilage injuries. I'm in my knee brace everyday, pretty much 24 hours a day 7 days a week until for sure February when I go back again. I am hoping that by knowing my limits, and following them, as well as keeping to the diet, and taking it easy during my workouts and other activities that I can get it off from the 24 hours, and just wear it when being overly active or doing a workout. That still means gym and sports, but it is better than having to wear it everyday, and kind of plan my outfits around it and walk with a limp because it makes my knee stiffer and harder to bend back. Then again, if my knee bends too much, you will hear me cry out in pain sometimes or make  a funny look.
                             If you go to my school, you may have noticed my funny walk, and if you are in any of my classes, you may notice how I sit a certain way with my right leg not fully bent but not fully extended outward either. It is an in between so people can get through and I don't have to keep moving it around. You may also notice that somedays my limp is more obvious, and other days it isn't but I am still limping no matter what. You probably have gotten used to my better days walk, and I have too, because I have a little bit more freedom. I still however, have some of those days where my knee is killing me, and I pop in the pain killers, and ice it whenever I get the chance too, and I limp way more because I am putting more weight on the left side to ease the pressure and the amount of work that the right side has to do. It's on these days, that I take a break because I have just reached my limit by walking around the school.
                            Oh, and another thing I hate. People have made fun of me and judged me for this, and it's just like I can't control what my knee does. For Pete's sake, something is torn and disconnected from what it is supposed to be which means that messages sometimes don't get through all the way. You try having an injury like mine. You try being a distance runner and going out there everyday pretty much and giving it all that you have. You try being injured and still doing it. I know that it is my choice to keep going even when hurt, but it's hard to get back on track as I learned at the start of the cross country season. I was a runner about a year before I signed up for cross country. I loved it so much. People started calling me gay because running is apparently gay. People pointed out my huge thighs. People got mad at me because they thought I was doing it because of my weight. Me running has nothing to do with my weight. It has to do with the feeling that I get when I run that I don't get anywhere else except for when I am listening to music anymore. I feel so free, and like I am good enough and the real me and like I matter and stand for something. I feel like I belong, which is something that I don't get very often anymore.
                          People were judging one of my pen pals through email's cousins about being bald. Little did they know, he was a cancer survivor. He felt so bad that he committed suicide. Is that what we want? I bet that the people that were rude to him feel bad now because they killed a person. Bullying hurts people emotionally always. I mean, if you know me, you may see that I am kind of shy, and try to avoid social things anymore, and getting in front of people. I'm happy this way because then no one has anything obvious to make me feel bad about and they have to work hard to get me upset. Oh, that reminds me!
                         As an already inducted future member of the Voice, and wow that is a really long title and a handful I guess I should be saying to type, I get to meet every Thursday during Learning Labs and Reading Block times with two awesome high school girls who are on the Voice as well and plan the anti bullying seminar for middle school which we have every spring. I also get to learn from them because they had stories just like mine when they were in middle school. One of them told a very personal story of what bullying did to her, and how it gets better in high school. I'm looking forward to
that. They are helping me now become better with people, and not let things bother me or stand in the way of me being the real me. Everyone has the right to be themselves so as time goes on you will see me keep on getting better and better and socially wise too. Haters are going to hate, but I have got people on my side who are there for me always and ready to help me fight back against the bullies instead of just standing there. It feels good too knowing that I still have at least three true friends who will be there no matter what is going on or who I have to be. They know the real me too and they like me for that. They can accept the fake me too because they understand that somedays the fake me is the only way I can make it through the day.
                      So far the work on the conference type thing is going good. It's just so hard because some of the stations link into what I have gone through, and they also had my bullying history at that first meeting with everyone but it is just two high school girls working with me since it was overwhelming and I thought to be kind of weird with almost everyone else, since some of my sister's friends are on the Voice, and there were boys there, and I was dealing with bullying where I got sexual comments, and it was the type of bullying that I thought girls would understand. Plus, I would open up more with them. Besides, these girls rarely interact with my sister, so whatever I say won't be leaked, and I trust them too because they were vowed to confidentiality. Besides the Voice leader says that they are the best of the best people of the group. Everyone in the group is awesome and very nice and supportive. It's like a family there, and I am proud to be a part of it early. I am happy that they accepted me too because I know that some high schoolers would not be cool with a middle schooler crashing in their group. These people do a great job of rolling with it and including me and listening to and thinking about my ideas, and taking my input seriously, especially when it comes to the seminar.
                        Besides, I'm a middle schooler, and the seminar is for middle school people, so what better way then to get input from someone who attended last year, and thanks to her actions to kind of show people that there are people out there supporting the bullying victims by organizing a blue out and being there and standing up for other bullying people even though she couldn't find the words or was too upset to speak for herself is now a member of the Voice. I was inducted on the last day of school, and that was probably one of the best and most emotional days of my life. I mean I cried happy tears because I was honored and ready to make changes for the better in the middle school because I know bullying is a huge issue there as everyone is trying to find themselves and so insecure with body changes and whatever else may be going on. Bullying started for me in the third grade and I have been in it ever since. I always say to myself like it's a cross country meet. I am in it to push myself across the finish line even though I have never really won, we have won at the top eight at every meet as a team, and that's amazing, and just the support and bond that we had with each other was amazing too. I liked cross country, and the people at the other school were so nice to me and I could open up and be the real me around then which was refreshing after a long day at school. I felt like I was family and belonged over there. I liked my school better though because the class sizes were smaller, and we had bigger lockers. I don't work well with small spaces because my imagination is so large and different that it doesn't fit anywhere.

Stay Strong!

                                  Hey, blogettes! I have added a new page to my blog where you can go and find things that will get you pumped up and ready. It also doubles up for sports as well as most of the videos that I have found are for sports but have great words that are so inspiring and can be for anything really. Feel free to check it out whenever you need to get cheered up or pumped up for an event. I will update it whenever I feel the need to and have something really inspiring to share. I want to start making the changes that will make this blog your blog and you have more say so in what is on it and shared. So far so many of you have been taking advantage of the unblocked anonymous commenting however I have it set so that I approve the comments before they go on the blog. This means that there will be no more hateful comments for you ladies to suffer through until I have the time to go on and delete them.
                                 I know I need to start writing more though but I have been really busy in school and around the house, and I am going to become more busy as time goes on but I promise I will keep this blog going for as long as I can because I know you ladies enjoy it, and you deserve a place to be able to come online and hang out. Especially when you are in middle school with weird and slow boys and all of the drama it's just nice to have a refreshing place to come as one blogette said in a comment about the new facelift. I have to agree it is kind of refreshing. It's not so busy and it is more relaxed and laid back. Totally something that if it wasn't my blog and I didn't know what was already on it because I wrote it, I would totally read and view it before I went to bed because a blog like this would be the way that I would end my day.
                                  Somedays, I end my day with a post though like right now because that is the only time that there is for me to write one. My parents sometimes get mad at me for being so endorsed in what is going online that I am never out there, but they are wrong. I balance things, and I am fine. I know what I am doing and they don't understand this this blog helps people. It gives people a safe haven when online to be. The teenage years can be rough with everyone trying to find themselves but with girls it's even more of an issue.

Find Your Attitude Changer

                                        Hey, blogettes! I have learned that you need to find your attitude changer when people start knocking you down or getting on your nerves. It really helps me keep my cool, and my head up. I pour out all my feelings on a piece of paper, and then if I am at school, I rip it into tiny pieces, and dispose a handful of pieces in one trash can and a handful in another trash can in a different room so that it can never be put together again. It does help a lot. It may seem like a waste of paper, but it really isn't because it is helping you feel better and it is helping you keep those mean feelings from coming out on the other person and getting you in trouble instead of them. If it really does hurt you though you need to tell someone and it will help you feel a lot better too.
                                        Take this from me because I am someone who for the last five years especially during the time when people were being rude to me and making me feel bad did those things, and then this year, I snapped drew the line and finally told someone and got someone involved and made more people aware of my case and what was going on and I feel a lot better now knowing that there really are people on my side working to make things better for me even if it is slow, and they don't have much to work with because the people are doing it through notes. I even know that some of my friends will be there for me and support me and not the bully and I for sure know that there are at least two of them on my side all the time that will always be there for me even when I don;t need them that much.
                                      My friends help me through this problem and they aren't a problem. They are amazing people that I love being around, and they make me feel good about myself. They make me laugh so hard that I chocked during lunch yesterday, and sometimes cry happy tears because I was laughing so hard. They felt bad for me when I chocked especially the friend that was telling the joke. I got to have lunch with one of my friends on Wednesday during a meeting with the secondary school counselor about what we wanted to see changed about how the school deals with drama and bullying cases in the middle school, and I said that I would like to see the Voice which is our school's anti bullying program come to middle school because I think that is where most of the problems are especially in the seventh grade. Anyways, that's the way that it seems for me because out of this year, I have probably had about a month's worth of good days so far and the rest were spent with some sort of issue that made me feel anything but happy and something like an illness doesn't count as that those were good days because the bad feeling I had wasn't caused by other people.

I'm Thankful

                                  Hey, blogettes! Since it is the day after Thanksgiving, I think that it isn't too late to say what I am thankful for since we should be thankful everyday, or so I think. Anyways here is all that I am thankful for in no order.
                                  I am thankful for all of you blogettes who are loyal to my blog, and read it and take part in polls. I am thankful for my friends, and family. I am thankful for the people out there who believe in me and inspire me to keep pushing forward and moving on with the wonderful life that I have been blessed with even though their time here on earth is up their legacy lives through me or so I feel that way. I'm thankful for the opportunity to do everything that I have done, and the chances for more doors to be open to do more things.
                                 I am thankful for safe keeping, good health, and all the minor injuries that I have escaped my serious mishaps with, as I know that they could have been much worse and in some cases should have been much worse. I am also thankful for my wonderful body that continues to get better as I put it through more things that although painful always gives off great rewards which says everything and makes it all worth it in the long run and end.
                                 I am really thankful for the chance to start this blog for you ladies because you deserve a place where you can just come and get away and see my point of view on things as well as your own through posts that I do based on polls or comments from you. I think that it is nice especially in middle school to have a place just for girls because honestly guys right now, their just crazy, confusing, slow, and weird, no offense or anything.
                               Most of all I am thankful for my wonderful life that I have here on earth and I can't wait to continue seeing where it takes me. I am thankful for you people who have read this blog and especially these two girls that have been there for me and with me every step of these past rough five years, and supported me through everything. They have never left my side, and have never done anything to hurt me. They make me feel amazing. I like them for that, and I am thankful for my true friends. I have plenty of "friends" but there are two that are always there for me and haven't done anything that has hurt me or my feelings yet. They make my day instead of ruin it.
                                  What are you thankful for? Comment down below to let me know or shoot me an email, or if you know me or go to my school, and are a viewer of this blog stop me in the halls in the morning, at lunch time, or after school. I'd love to hear what you ladies have to say because this is your blog too.

Accident Waiting To Happen

                                      Hey, blogettes! Yep, that phrase best describes me right now as I am still recovering from my cross country injury in an ugly and outfit restricting knee brace, which is at least until Christmas break and it could be longer because I didn't rest and do easy runs. I went all out. You just don't tell a cross country runner to take it easy because they worked hard to get where they are at and asking them to rest means losing all of that progress. I wasn't going to let that happen. I wanted to have a good season next year so I didn't let this injury stop me. I did workouts until my knee and lower leg throbbed with pain causing me to walk with a limp the next few days. The doctor already said that I would need some support on that leg anytime I ran anymore, which stinks. I want to be free so badly, because these braces kind of restrict movement so I don't know how they want me to run with them. Most doctors aren't runners so they don't know what we are going through and what they say does to our goals and progress and workout plans.
                                      I also have a serious concussion which I got on Wednesday night at church during a game. I fell earlier in the day during a game of knockout and also took a brutal hit to the head then, and I had a mild concussion so this blow didn't help. The limits that a serious concussion has lasts for at least a month but the symptoms can last anywhere from two months to six months. I hope that isn't the case because there is no way that I can take feeling like crap on top and mixed in with the other things that I have going on for six months. None. Oh well, the price you pay for being foolish sometimes gets you in a pickle that stinks. It gets you injured, and unable to do some things because you can't focus or you can't handle it. It also stinks because I have to put limits on things when I am supposed to be doing off season training for track and cross country. The doctor said that I should do sprints in track instead of distance because track is hard on the shins and I already have a shin issue on the one leg that is so painful somedays that I can barely walk and that is no joke. I walk with a limp sometimes that people laugh at or talk about. Sometimes they are just talking about me period and sometimes I am even in the same room as them. I must be invisible or they must have really good guts to pull something like that.
                                     Anyways, that is just an update of what I am going through right now.

Much Needed Face Lift Finally Done On Blog

                                    Hey, blogettes! I finally found a facelift that works on my blog that I am proud of. This has been a struggle, and task of mine for the past two months, and now it has finally been completed. I think the blog looks more calming now, and like a better place to chill. I have to agree with some people. That background of the old blog was just way too much going on because I tried to read just one post on my blog just to if what they were saying was really true because I like that background and it was. I could barely focus on what I was reading because I was too distracted by all of those fun colors in the background. They made me want to get up and move around, I know that is something that sometimes comes with my ADHD but my ADHD is well controlled so it had to be the background. They made me feel all excited. I feel more soothed when I look at this blog, and not in a rush to get off of it because the color mix hurts my eyes.
                                     I feel like the facelift makes my blog a place to come and relax after a rough or really busy day. I want to continue giving you ladies the finest of things on this blog. I want you to keep coming back because you like it so much. I want to create this to be like a place where girls can come and connect, and chill. I want this to be a place where people feel welcome and at home. I want this to be the home for girls who go online a lot and hang out. I want this to be a place where people can really get into and think about the text and hopefully see the world in a different way that still fits them. I am not going to make you ladies think like I think because I respect the fact that we are all different and take things different ways. I don't want to change that. I want us all to be different and see where the text leads us and the way that we view the world after reading and the way that we take action if we even take action as some of us decide to step back into the shadows which I respect because I am that way too sometimes.
                                 Anyways, leave a comment or vote in the quick poll that I will post soon regarding the new facelift and what I should try to make my blog have a better appearance for you. I deeply value the comments and personal suggestions as well as results from polls. It helps me make this blog better, and the best that it can be for you.

G.O. H.A.R.D. Was Awesome

                                   Hey, blogettes! I would first like to say thanks to all of you who gave me hugs or sent me emails and gave me interweb hugs. That really meant a lot and made today awesome and special and something I will remember forever, that's for sure. Today was awesome, and I know that a lot of people gave out and got hugs. Even we runners were hugging each other and having a fun time making it somewhat awkward even though we know those people well from long bus rides, to times before a meet or at base camp. Everyone got to see everyone's creative side when it came to other runners hugging other runners and I enjoyed that a lot. I found it fun to go around giving and getting hugs all day today, and I wish that they had days like this going on more often.
                                   The day started out with a glow run at six in the morning which was early yes, but I didn't mind because the memories that were made this morning were so worth the early wake up call, and everyone was shocked by how much I had improved just in that short amount of time. I guess hard work does pay off sooner than I thought it would. I notice the difference too, and the high school girls track coach didn't know that I ran until someone ran up to me and gave me a hug and said Happy Hug A Runner day. A lot of people were shocked to find out that I was a distance runner and did cross country, they were shocked to know that I even ran and liked it. I guess they don't tune in when I talk about running in cross country or how awesome some runs were for me, and how I was doing when it came to running, and the season. I just smiled, and she said that she wouldn't mind if I joined some of the track girls in a preseason workout after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That sounded so awesome and I said yes meaning that I was interested in joining them sometime. I hope I am not the only middle schooler that is working out. If I am, I am going to be sure to find someone who can work out with me as well that is from middle school because I don't want to feel like the odd ball out.
                                    Cross country rocks. Since I am going to be a sprinter and doing field events in track, I feel like I shouldn't really be hugged for just doing sprints. even though sprints are a very quick form of running, they aren't that demanding and they don't last but for short amounts of time. I consider a true runner someone who is enduring long periods of time where their body hurts and their arms and legs are pumping and moving as fast as they can, and they are breathing hard and everything. Sprints are demanding on your arms and legs and they get your heart pumping but a person who is in shape and well trained for sprints should not be breathing heavy. Cross country has helped me get into shape but cross country is unpredictable where you run wherever a course is deemed safe is set for you to use. Track is something that is always safe, and yes, every track is different, but they are the same shape, and your body is trained to do the same thing over and over again.
                                   However, that does give you the chance to get better, and be amazing, and set personal records more often. It also may hurt your body over time because I got shin splints from running hills, and pushing myself too hard during cross country, which makes track work and any type of movement painful sometimes.
                                    People asked me why I run today. Well, the answer to that is simple. I run because the feeling that I get is amazing. It is unlike any other, and it just makes me feel good, like nothing that I have gone through that day matters. It helps me to forget things, and focus on me. It gets me in touch with the real me that has to stay hidden. I can express myself. Running is one of my forms of art where the real me gets to shine, because no one can change how you run but yourself because running instincts is what your body gives you. No one else can give you things, and expect you to be able to run better because of those things. It is to what level of ability your body can take running before it hurts too much or you have to stop because you feel like you could get hurt yourself. Running is about pushing your limits, and seeing what your body can do which may surprise you at times because your body is powerful, and can do great things.
                                 I also run because I learn what I can do and then challenge myself to push and break that goal and then raise the bar a little bit higher. I want to show people that I can be a threat, and that I do belong in the running field of sports. I want to show them not to mess with me or doubt me. I want to show them my thunder because it needs to be heard by people. I need to start living and make the world a better place where other people that have felt like me feel like they can do the same. That is why I run. If people question me again, which you should never question a runner because sometimes the reasons of why they run are hard to explain. Instead you should question why aren't you running because pretty much everyone who can walk can run. You just have to really push yourself into that first step because it is hard knowing what the body goes through and feels like when it is running those first few times it hurts, but then any time after that once your body is used to the physical challenges that distance running brings, it is like a walk in the park. It is the most amazing feeling when you finish something that you once thought was impossible or some other people were telling you that you couldn't do it. You need to have the faith to continue believing that what you are doing is possible even when your peers don't believe that it is because they aren't the one doing it. You are. Once they take that first step if they ever do they will see how hard it really is and really learn to believe that they can do it otherwise they won't go far.
                                I picture the future where running is well respected, and it is like an art. I picture a lot of people doing it, and the sports that involve running so cross country and track will be huge things in schools and colleges whereas now they come out on the short end of the deal in sports most of the time and the people that do them get looked past or over because no one cares about the sports that much. The only time that they would care is if the people ever made it to state which was when people started to pay attention to some of the members of our cross country team. It was a shock to see that many non runners giving hugs to people, and respecting runners more than they normally would. It was a nice shock though, and I thank you people for being so kind, and hugging me even if it were through emails. I want to thank you for recognizing and respecting runners today, and not just me overall as I hope that you ladies took me as the first step and then branched out to the other people that you knew who run, and respected them as well.

G.O. H.A.R.D(Globally Organized Hug A Runner Day) Tomorrow!

                                   Hey, blogettes! A day that actually exists even though it sounds like I just made it up and really shocked me is going on tomorrow. I mean who knew that there was a day where people just randomly go up and hug runners. Their motto is that they want runners and those people who aren't runners to share the sweat or get involved with running because it is a day where they get a lot of attention and have fun. I'm planning on making memories with an amazing run after school. It is a legit day that some countries recognize as a holiday and they have footraces for it, and runners get all sorts of perks in those countries. It's actually shocking to see how some places really go all out. Here it is just another day. I want to change that though so that people that run do get hugs, and at least some form of attention because tomorrow is their day to shine. It is their moment to have attention that the other athletic people probably get year round for the most part.
                               Anyways, so tomorrow hug every member of the cross country team, and any other runners that you can thing of, even if you don't know them or like them, and tell them Happy G.O. H.A.R.D. (The D stands for day so you don't have to say day because it would sound weird when you would have to explain it if the person didn't get it)! Most runners will know what you are talking about. Others might be clueless and then tell them what was said above as the title of this post because I am sure that if you didn't read the title that some of you ladies would be completely clueless as well. It doesn't matter what gender of runner you hug tomorrow. Just let them know that you observe their day and will acknowledge them and try to tell others to do the same.
                             They have just got to be plain runners, like all you do is run and there is nothing that you have to run and get or go after, or train so that you have strong legs to support positions that you have to be in, so if you are in any other sport besides cross country, track, or recreational running, then this day tomorrow doesn't apply to you, sorry. Then again, you have super fans and what not that raise awareness for you on game days. The only time that we got awareness was on the morning announcements and when we made it to state those runners had special locker decorations, and yeah yet no one bothered to pay attention or acknowledge the fact that eight middle school runners and three high school runners made it to state this year. That is pretty good coming from a school as small as ours and teaming up with a larger school where everything is go big and go hard or go home because you aren't going to make it very far if you even make it at all. Next year that is going to me having one of those special locker decorations that I think I would be so good to be forced to go to state even when there were no other girls from my team that were my age that would be going which was the case for one seventh grade girl this past season. She was trying to find a team to go with her, but I was injured and besides not even close to being good enough to go, and everyone else was too busy or was too nervous to compete on such a high level as that.
                          Anyways, tomorrow I am hoping that it would be awesome for me since tomorrow is my day, and no one is going to ruin it, or I will try not to let people change me and stop me from shining my light brightly tomorrow. I am going to rule it and really show running pride. We are the future of this world as runners because we are able to stand strong through anything especially distance runners because we go through pain on a regular basis and we are always fighting to get better. We are never happy with our performances because every time we train we can always give more and do more. We can always get better and learn. That is what I have seen looking from where I am now to the season that I had. I want to show them how we do it, and how we party. I want to show them what being a runner also does to your overall life besides making you fit and healthy, and gives you the ability to do more and see more. I want to show them how better people run. We stay sane that way, and we are nice and grateful for what we have been so blessed with and by.

Doors Are Opened

                            Hey, blogettes! We got a card as a family that can get us into the local college's gym to work out and stay fit. I am going to do a lot of running on their track and use their hill simulator to get ready for next cross country season because I stunk big time when it came to hills. Distance was fine but the hills killed me. Distance also killed me when I didn't have a set pace, so I went out too fast, and didn't have enough energy to kick it in and have an amazing close to the race. I like that my last meet was so amazing. I like how I had that thrill that I got during every race that was special. I want to go into this next cross country season as a threat just like my whole team was this year, placing as high as we did during meets. We were always in the top eight and every team knew that when our bus pulled up that they were going to have to really fight and go out there and give it their all if they didn't want us to get first.
                             You could totally tell that the mood changed and the races became serious when we got off the bus, and set up our base camp. You could tell that people were spending extra time getting warmed up and walking the course and really talking over their plans of attack when we walked by because it became more real like one of the top dog teams were actually here at the meet because at that time we were the state champs. Now we are just runner's up but a threat just the same since we lost the first place title by a point. It was close. I'm hoping that I don't get injured this year so that I can go to state too. I was going to go this year but I got injured in the last normal meet of the season. I want to go to state this year and leave my legacy and put it all out there, and end middle school with a bang, because I don't know if I will ever get the chance to go to state again. I want to bring home that title and make it ours again. I want to make it something to be proud of.
                          Watch out people because our team is going to be a threat next year because we have our mind set on going all the way and getting that title again because we know what top dogs feels like and we want that feeling again. It looks too good on us to be on anyone else. It is our trait and not theirs. I'm going to do a lot of training on my own, to make sure that I kick some butt in track as well and show people that you can go from not being that much of a runner to a running star who has the best thoughts and feels the best when she is running. The world is yours so shape it and try new things. Don't be afraid to just step out of your box and try. I am happy that I did because it showed me something that I never really thought I would care for or like. It also taught me a lot of things about myself and how much I could really take. It was a challenge, but it was nice to go and run and just act like the course was a journal and I was putting all my feelings out into it, or the course was a bully and I was beating the crap out of it even though it was the wrong thing to do if it was a real person.
                           Call me weird but whenever I run distance, I feel like I could do it forever really because I feel so free. I feel like I have found myself and my calling to be a better person. I feel so happy when I run even though it hurts. I feel like all my problems just slip away and that everything is perfect when I run even though my life is like this huge mess. I feel like I am on top of the world and a superstar when I run, but when I finish, it is also the best feeling ever because I have finished something that people have told me that I may never be able to do or can't do because I would never be good enough nor have the guts to at least step out and try it because I was too shy. Well, ha ha to you people, because I just did it. I not only tried it but I stuck with it and I loved it. It was the best feeling that could have ever happened. I can't even start to describe to you how amazing running feels.
                            When you are running at a meet, you don't know what place you are in even though the place never matters, or the time that you are running. All you know is that you are going fast, and you are lapping the people still sitting on the couch, or doing another sport. All you know is that you have this free feeling inside of you, and you run a little bit faster because you sense someone either gaining on you or the pain is kind of killing you. Distance running is not a sport for sissies because you will get hurt, and running distance and hills and doing the stuff that we do does get painful at times, and it is not a very glamourous thing either. You are a sweaty hot mess after a meet or workout and you want food. You can have a lot of healthy food too because you have earned it thanks to the big hard workout that you had just put in, and in high school this is even more true according to my sister because it really gets more intense as time goes on.

My Favorite Organizing Tools

                             Hey, blogettes! Here is your top post from the poll that I posted like a couple of weeks back. You wanted to know what my favorite organizing tools were. I am going to tell you those now, and I just wanted you to know that here pretty soon there will be another poll posted on this blog so be sure to view often and vote if you want to see something that you helped to pick out on my blog. Leave comments too as I have unblocked anonymous commenting again. I hope that you people will use the comments section right and don't abuse it, but I think that you ladies know the proper way to act while online. Anyways, now to what you wanted to know.
                            My favorite organizing tools for school is fun bags. I have a neon gym bag, a backpack which I always have with me because it carries all of my tools and homework around until that class and then I switch it to the appropriate bag when I don't have any homework. I also have this really awesome fringe bag, but it is a hassle because it get stuck on things so I recommend that if you are going to use this tip that you keep having three bags at the top and without fringe so that they are mess and hassle free and you can easily fit them in your lockers and go around school with them.
                             I'm also a person who likes to organize my locker once a month and ask if I really need things to be in there because if I haven't used them in a while they should probably go and be gone because they are taking up space and the lockers in my school are small. I mean being organized and on top of everything is what it takes if you are going to get by at my school. That, and our teachers aren't the type of teachers who find missing or late assignments okay. You can get a pass and take a zero for the assignment if you really can't find it like I have had to do once so far this middle school career. I'm pretty organized at school so our four minute switching times are best used and I get to class on time all the time. I also make sure my locker is organized because there is no room in between lockers when everyone is going to theirs and has them open.
                            I try to go to my locker three times a day and leave it at that because I am organized and that gives my neighbors more room and less time or the excuse that I was in the way. In high school you have three minute passing times and your classes are all over the place so being organized and on top of things is key, as well as sometimes having a planned out schedule with the passing times that you are going to visit your locker or get a drink in and what classes are when and what colors they are. I have found out that color coding things has really made my locker visits faster. I have also been more organized, and focused on what things need to be where and what needs to work out when and wherever they are. I am focused on making things better and easier for me and that means making sure that my locker is in tip top shape all the time.
                             I also like post it notes. I put them all over the place at home to keep me organized in the morning and remind me of things. I don't use them a lot of time at school because I feel like they are easy to lose if the sticky backing on them sucks, which trust me, they will start to be like that when they have been in your locker or bags long enough. Instead, at school, I use this app on our laptops called Stickies. They are just like post it notes that you can either stick on your dashboard if you computer is a macbook like ours are, or on your desktop. I use both, the ones on my desktop are serious notes, while the ones on my dashboard are more like fun things that are kind of random that you look at and can't help but smile because they make you feel so happy and good. I like to use those notes as a confidence booster, and a great wake up call every morning. When I look at them I feel refreshed and ready like nothing matters but what I do and what my actions are like because my actions lead my own future and I need to make them count for that now even though it is still early.
                             If you are talking about music, I like making playlists out of all the songs that I have for different moods after I have listened to the songs, and then getting rid of those songs that you aren't feeling the vibe of anymore or they don't fit in on a playlist, because if you know me, you know that when it comes to iTunes I have everything on a playlist that I listen to instead of having to search for those amazing songs that I really like a lot which takes up a lot of time, and is boring because you are supposed to be jamming out either focusing on work which is really hard with music going I think, but some people study like that anyways, or having a good time, or putting in a workout. Otherwise, I use Pandora, because everything that they play is through a simple search of the type of music that you like and they will most likely have a station for it. You can even search your favorite band or movie if it has a soundtrack, and  add those to the mix, and if you are in a musical most of the time you can find the musical on Pandora as well to listen to some of the songs, and see how it sounds.
                             I found this to be really nice especially since the directors said that "Hello, Dolly!" was a really complex musical to learn the blocking and songs of because there was so much going on, and there were so many people singing in some cases and doing different things at times that it was so hard to learn. I got lost myself there at first, but Pandora made practicing at home easier for me because I was able to hear what it was supposed to sound like if we or I in that case was getting it done the right way.
                            Oh, and call me weird but I prefer reading books that have endings where you know what was going on when it ended and you could kind of duck tail off of it, or books in a series because I hate when things just drop you off, even though I sometimes drop off my thoughts, it just bugs me when it happens in books, especially if the book that you were reading was really good and dropped off just as things were getting intense. I know that the author usually gives a preview of the next story if it is in a series but it is only a preview and most of the time, those previews don't do much because the author wants you to read the full story in order to find out what happens.
                             Anyways, that was that for you and I hope that you enjoyed it because I honestly stink when it comes to making recommendations on things. I hope people don't take this post too serious because I honestly could have done a better job explaining things or so I think because there would be a lot of things that I would have questions on but as of right now, I am going through a minor brain problem because I have a migraine and I cannot seem to focus or think clearly.

My Favorite After School Activities

                               Hey, blogettes! Here is the post that had the second most votes, on the poll about what posts you would like to see on my blog and get some use out of or get to know me better by reading them. Don't worry, if you missed out on this poll I will be posting other polls about other things that you can take part in. That is one of the perks of checking out this blog often, because there is a limit of how many days a poll can be active and I was at the max amount for days that it could be up, so I am sorry if you didn't get to vote. I promised you I would write posts about these whenever I had the chance to. I am going to save the other one which has been released until a later date because that one needs a little more thought. After all it was the one that you all wanted to know about, and yes, I know you are probably dying to figure out what my favorite organizing tools are so that you can use them too.
                              Anyways, I am pretty busy after school especially when I have a sport. Since I took this season off to focus on getting ready for track and doing the rest of training so that I can go into cross country next year and continue to kick butt on a team with a runner up title and two time state champs people which ended this year sadly, I want to go out there and still show those people that we have what it takes to be threats especially since we all want that state title badly and be on top at every one of our meets. Anyways, cross country was alway one of my favorite after school activities and yes, it was after school because our coach was a teacher over at the school that hosted us on their cross country team so we couldn't have practice until she was done teaching and the kids that were from that school got out because sports did not count as part of their school day.
                              I liked cross country because I learned a lot about myself, and it allowed me to challenge myself and get in shape. I felt amazing at the end of the season when I ran despite the painful shin splints. Every time I would finish something it would feel amazing, and our team was so tight with each other. We were family and we had fun together. We supported each other and it didn't matter your running abilities everyone still supported you and treated you like you belonged and were an important part of the team. There were a lot of injuries this season and that also made us stronger because we had something to fight for. We did have a few people that were able to rejoin the season once they were recovered and cleared by the doctor that treated them in the first place, and thank god it was in time for the meets where we were split into girls and boys and then what grade we were in because there would be no way that we could have ran and placed with the amount of seventh grade girls we had. We went out there and gave it our all for the people whose seasons were cut short.
                              I also liked cross country because it taught me skills that I could go out and use in real life as well as teaching me how to be a better runner. I also learned a lot about myself because most of the time, I was alone on the runs. It was just me and the course, and then the Lord of course, and if it was a meet the people watching. The meets I liked a lot too because you met people from all over.We raced at the class 2A, 3A, and 4A level and sometimes if there was a really good class 1A school they go to the meets at our level too. I made a lot of friends from different places. Another best part is that everyone supported everyone out there. It didn't matter what school you were from everyone cheered and clapped for you and shouted positive things. Sure you knew who were from your area because they called you by name and they did the cheering even louder.
                              Meets were always tough for me because the gun and then the mass of runners, and then the course and everything just made my head spin and I got lost in the moment a lot because it was a lot to take in and it was really amazing. Every time I finished I looked back and I thought did I really just do that, and then I see my time and that makes it even more shocking that I did something and I did finish. I said I would never do something that big, or do something that intense because I wouldn't be able to finish or I wouldn't be accepted on the team because I was no where near being in shape when I joined and got to see how the other people did. I guess that didn't matter and throughout the season I could see myself doing better and giving it my all. I could see the things really changing inside of me and me growing and getting better. I was the slowest girl on the team but I wasn't the slowest person anymore. I fought to get better, and I trained even outside of practice after we put in a run I would go home and go for another one sometimes. I felt like that is what I needed to do for the team and in order to get better if we were all going to the state meet which I found out now that was a choice thing because it was no longer related to a school even anymore. Now I know that anything is possible if you just train and believe that you can do it. You have to at least be willing to give it a try. You'll never know if you never try it.
                              My next favorite after school activity would have to be my youth group because my youth group is amazing. We meet every Wednesday night unless there is a break, or school gets canceled or there is something big going on at school. We have learned a lot about how we can use our faith to help the things going on in the world to stop. We even watched a movie that hit close to home for a lot of people because a lot of people in the group saw at least one thing in the movie actually happen. It hit close to home for me because I went through some of the things that were in the movie. I have become a better person through this youth group as well, and it has helped me grow deeper in my Christian faith and not be ashamed of it when I am out in public because I should shine my light brighter then because there are people who may not know about Christ, and then you have those that do know but are too afraid to show it because they fear that it might bring them down in school, or get them in trouble, or get them to be talked about or get unwanted attention.
                              I also enjoy acting in the school's show whenever they ask for middle schoolers to be there either to help out or really have a role even if it is a small one. Sure it is a lot of stress at times, but it is also great to have a show under your belt when you get into high school so you kind of know the drill and what to expect and what things are like. I have helped out with shows ever since fourth grade but I have just started being in shows in like sixth grade. I like it because the high schoolers, well most of them anyways are really funny and supportive. All the people in drama are just so amazing.
                               I also enjoy hanging out with my amazing friends even though we don't get to do it very often, and write posts for this blog. I enjoy writing on here, and I enjoy getting your feedback, so keep it coming because it is helping me make the blog what it is and keep it going so that it is amazing and fun for everyone and that there will be something for everyone on here at all times and always. That's it really for this post. I hope that it makes what you thought you people would be getting and if not I can write another post explaining better.

The Votes Are In!

                              Hey, blogettes! This post is going to be short, sweet, simple, and quick. The votes are in, and I just thought I would release the information in this post. I would like to thank the four people that voted in this poll, and played their part as blogettes for my blog. Now, it is completely optional if you vote or not, but voting allows you to have a say about what goes onto the blog for you to enjoy. Anyways, the results are about to be released, so drum roll please! I can't keep you waiting any longer than I have to right, because I know when I hear results that the suspense pretty much kills me.
                           You ladies wanted to know what my favorite after school activities and organizational tools were. Someone also left a comment since I unblocked anonymous commenting again that I should do my favorite hobbies, but I don't know about that one. I'll let you ladies leave a comment stating what you think I should do with that one or if you agree with that person. Anyways, be looking for these topics in posts that should be coming soon. I am far too busy with the musical things to be writing detailed posts as of right now. After the musical and when I get my room cleaned up is when the magic will happen and some of the first posts that you ladies have ever recommended will pop up. That means be viewing my blog often as I have no clue when that will be.

Vlogs Won't Work Out, Sorry & We Are Officially A Week Away From Showtime

                                 Hey, blogettes! I am so sorry to tell you ladies this news because I know you were all looking forward to it, but when I tired to import my vlog, it said that it was too long and large to be uploaded to my type of blog. My blog is apparently to small of a blog to have homemade videos on it like mine. I guess what that means is that I need to get more page views and viewers on here everyday in order to open the door for vlogs. On the other side of things, the vlog that I had made was more amazing than I thought my first vlog would be. I adore the way that it turned out and I feel bad that I can't show it to you right away because of Blogger's stupid rule.
                                 We are also officially a week out from the kick off night for the musical Hello Dolly,  for our high school's fall production. It has been a challenge to catch up and make the musical look like it does now, and we still have a lot of work to be done, but we do have sets built and props and costumes in finally. Now the thing is, will the costumes fit, and the props work out. The pressure is on and there is no turning back now. It's go time. It's time to make thing happen for the better, and now everything has to be well thought out because there will be no time to make changes. We're going to need all the time that we can get from now on to work on the show. I have even been practicing on my own time so that I can show the directors that they can use me for set building during practice times because I have got the things down.
                                 The main stage still needs to be painted, but you can slowly see the key things that kind of give you hints as to what the show is. The only thing that may delay the show now is the cross country kids since they made it to state which is three hours away. They may not make it back in time for hair and make up which takes awhile causing the show to be delayed for at least ten minutes while they get ready. I am so proud to say that they made it to state because they all worked hard this season, and showed that they all wanted that berth badly. The kids from our school actually dominated the state qualifying meet being the top finishers of the team. I guess we are the school that can really handle a higher level than what we are. We may be small, but we have amazing people who do amazing things.
                               We work hard, and most people that go to school are involved in other things in the community or school, like fine arts, sports, work, or some people do all three. Since I am not old enough to work yet, I am in the fine arts and sports at school. This summer will be my first summer detasseling and no I am not excited to get up early in the morning and then end up working in the late afternoon, but I need the money, and my older sister said that she earned a lot of money detasseling. I swear right now I am in need of money for college, and to get some things that I need to get by in school.

Top Hits Right Now(Videos)

                         Hey, blogettes! These are the songs that I am in love with right now, and they are what I live on when the days get rough, alongside prayers, and support from my email chat buddy, and some other people at school. I hope you enjoy, and I did unblock anonymous comments for now, but the one thing I ask is keep your comments classy, and relatable to what I am talking about in the post. Also think about how you would feel if you were to get that comment. Now, I am not saying that it was one of you girls that were cyberbullying me, but if it was, I want you to know that it was not okay, and you made me disable so many blogettes' voices on this blog because of it. 

                          Anyways with that said and out of the way, I am pleased to show you the songs, or should I say audio of the songs that are my top hits right now. I promise that a vlog is on the way once this full run play practice schedule gets underway and I have my cues and everything for the show done. So you ladies only have to wait a little while longer for the first vlog, and I know I'm super excited to show it to you and make it happen since it has been in the works for so long.

                           Anyways, now it's video time, also known as the time that you ladies have read this post and been waiting for. These songs are in no order, and all of the videos are inserted off of Youtube, I don't own anything. These are only two but the rest of the videos are on the music page. 

Two Weeks Left Until Hello Dolly!

                             Hey, blogettes! There are two more weeks until we go public with our musical, "Hello Dolly", and there is a whole bun of work that needs to be done still that the show might not be the best show ever because we ran out of time. To tell you how far behind we are, the main set has not been built yet, people haven't tired on costumes or got their costumes in line, and we are still blocking out some seasons instead of rehearsing them like it is the show. It is now go time since we only have two weeks to get things down and ready, and I still have hope that some how we are going to be winners who come from behind, and that this will be the best show yet. It will take practice outside of practice but that is what it takes when it comes to show biz is overtime.
                             When I am not busy at musical practices I am going to be shooting a vlog for you to enjoy, doing my homework, practicing my parts to make sure that I personally have it down, and sleeping, I might practice the stunt that scares the living daylight out of me if my partner feels up to doing it with me and isn't busy with things. We give a preview and it sounds like the scene that my stunt is in is the preview, and that is going to make me super scared because something could go wrong in front of my friends, and the little kids and then they would be scared, and I would be embarrassed. For that reason I hope that they pick a different scene to do that has me in it, so I can miss out on a little bit of class, and not have to watch the show because I've seen it like a million times at practice.
                            Since there is a lot to be done they have even scheduled things to be done for the weekend, and they have made the practices longer which would allow me to do the things noted above because they are going to run the full scenes, and act like it is kind of the show now, so that we have an idea of what it will be like and where our cues are at. That means that break time will be longer, and I love longer break times because those are the times where you can start something and finish it, and not be hanging on it and then be lost when you get back from being on stage. These next few practices are going to be hit and miss because they are going to have people who need costumes, and aren't on stage at the time go and try on costumes, and they will have some people be building sets, and doing stuff like that.
                            We will get things done, because we have been on a tight schedule before, and it is nothing that we can't handle because we can and we will do just fine. The directors aren't freaking out yet, either, because they have just made plans to help make sure that we are ready and everything is ready for the show. It has got to be a lot of stress directing a show with a bunch of wild teens, but they handle it quite well. It's also better when they get us into character on stage because then we all are more calm focused, and manageable more so when we are our normal selves. We are crazy then, and the most randomest of things to talk about just seem to pop up. I guess it is because we are all tired, and have tons of homework that overshadows us from being us, and we just want to take some time when we are hanging out with the rest of the drama people to be ourselves and just chill for a bit.
                               I'd be cool with doing a stunt but my older sister was dropped on her head during practice when she was doing the pretty much same stunt I was supposed to do, and that is why I am worried that will happen to me. Except for she was a piggy back stunt and I am a shoulder piggy back stunt so I am up just a little bit higher from the ground in the stunt than she is, which makes it all the more scary, because I saw her fall, and what happened, and trust me, I would hate that to have happened to me. My sister also got to be blind folded when doing that stunt so she can't see what is coming. I however, see every detail and feel every detail, and it is super scary. Then when you get up on the shoulders you are like wow this isn't so bad after all and you enjoy it, and then you have to get down which isn't as scary as getting up but scary just the same.
                                I guess this is what it is going to be like and that this is show biz, and that who knows I might be a flyer if I am a cheerleader so I need to get used to doing stunts. If things go wrong things go wrong. No big deal because mistakes do happen we just learn from them and make changes so that it doesn't happen again. Anyways if you are from the area check our school's homepage calendar for the dates of the shows so that you can come out and show your support for your fellow classmates. That's all I have to say for today, thanks for reading this post, and sorry that it was all about the show, but that was the only thing that I had enough details on to get a decent sized post written. Be sure to vote, and then you will be seeing some of those posts pop up as well.

TGIF

                               Hey, blogettes! I'm sitting at home chilling on my bed, and one acronym has been on my mind for the whole entire day, and I know you were probably thinking it as well. The acronym was TGIF or Thank God It's Friday. I was totally ready to get home and chill out for the weekend after a rough week at school, and now that the time has finally come, I have found amazing ways to spend it. I am making sure that I write a post that is fairly decent in length for you blogettes to read while I have the free time, and then I will be prepping things for the vlog that I will be doing sometime soon, once the musical is down pat and sorted, and things are ready to rock for that.
                               I would have had time to shoot a vlog a long time ago at practice, but we had sets to build, and we still have sets to build. The show that we are doing have a lot of sets, and it is going to be hard to get them all done in time but we will manage. To tell you how far behind we are, I have no clue what my at least three costumes look like because I haven't tried anything on yet. I have also not figure out when I will go and change especially in one scene where my costume change is going to have to be fast since I am a waiter, and then I switch to a cop. I get to arrest a high schooler in the play, and it is just weird as noted before.
                             However, that is what I made my seventh grade year about, is to get over all the weird stuff, and push myself to do the things that are out of the box. I am going to do the things that I want to do even though I am still faking myself for the most part. People at play practice are mostly high schoolers who know me but they don't know me too well, so I can open up and be myself because they don't judge unless they are my sister, and then they judge way too much. I have a lot of fun knowing that I can just blossom into a human being where I am normal, and kind of show people my true colors.
                            Even some of the seventh graders and other middle schoolers are okay with me not faking it anymore because they like me either way, and they are pretty flexible. They don't care who I am and they would never make someone feel like they weren't good enough. That's what I like about the drama people. They are nice, and they understand you and accept you. They make you feel like you are wanted, and that you do matter, being who you are and not changing a thing. Sure we are faking some things because we are onstage as actors or actresses, but there are certain times where you are able to show people your style, and by that I mean your hair because small parts, most of the time, the directors do not care what you do with it because they are busy fixing the hair of the bigger parts which do matter.
                           I love doing drama because I get up there, and I feel so free. I feel like I can be anything, and there isn't any limits. I feel like the people out there are just my friends, and I get through it, although it is intimidating at first. I'll admit having a gym packed full of people, and you being up there on a hot sweaty stage, doing your thing, and praying that you are doing it right, so you don't look like a fool, I have got down pat. Being on top of someone's shoulders, and doing jumps and flips is something that I am not thinking of doing ever because it's easier for things to go wrong then. It's easier for people to get hurt, and it would be the case where that person would be me because I am super clumsy.
                           Things never get old though, and I keep coming back every year hungry to do more, because I have so much fun each year, and I get over my fears quickly. The stage is my friend. It is where I belong, and where I can go when I am having a bad day just to express myself and clear my mind. It's a place where I can focus on being a stronger person better. It makes my life easier knowing that there is someplace to get away, and someplace where the real me shines through. If only I had a way of showing that to the world without talking during the show. If only they could see a piece of the real me because I know it would shock some of my classmates who come to the show.
                            Oh yeah, blogettes! Never go to fast on the monkey bars because you could miss a bar, and hit your forehead really hard causing a concussion to happen. I have a mild concussion right now, and it really does hurt. Although you rarely die from concussions they are serious even the mild ones, and you should be really careful and try to lay low and take it easy for a couple of days at least. This is hard if you are super active like me.

Just Hangin

                         Hey, blogettes! Right now I am in reading block but our teacher is allowing us to talk since it is Friday, and we have a lot to talk about. I'm so excited for the musical that is in two weeks. We have been working really hard at it and it is starting to come out great. It's going to be a great show, and there are some middle schoolers in it. Way to represent...even though it is a little weird. I mean I still haven't gotten used to being on top of a high schoolers shoulders in one scene, and then getting to arrest a high schooler in another scene. It is just crazy fun, and kind of awkward especially when I go up to arrest that high schooler for assaulting the bodies that are piled around him.
                       Thank goodness, I don't have to arrest my sister because that would be really weird. Anyways, class ends soon, so I better get ready to go, but I will write soon. I just thought I would get a quick post in because I don't know when I would have some more free time next.

Words Hurt! Blogettes Be the Solution

                               Hey, blogettes! I am here to say that words can hurt people, whether they are through notes, comments left online, texts, or verbally, they can still hurt, so it is important that you chose your words wisely, and think before you say something, because if you don't want to hear it be said to you, or any of your buddies why bother saying it or writing it and sending it or putting it in someone's locker or on their backs? Think about how you would feel and react if you were the person that this was happening to.
                              If this is happening to someone you know, comfort the person, and tell them that the things aren't true and everything is going to be okay. Tell them what you think of them, and be honest with them because that is what they need at a time where something like this happens. They'll be in emotional shock so they might need you to repeat yourself plenty of times just to get the positives stuck in their heads.
                               I also find something I enjoy if the day is going rough, and that usually cheers me up. I also enjoy talking to someone about it, and making sure that they are working to ensure that it doesn't happen again, and that I can feel like I belong where I am at, although right now, they are far from reaching that with everyone going out of their way just to avoid me. Another good tip is just to laugh it off and act like nothing in the world is bothering you even though pretty much everything is bothering you. You can't let those people know that they are getting to you, or else they will continue to pick because they found a willing target.
                                You don't want to be that willing target, you want to be the defender of the willing target. You want to be the one who ends it, not the one who let's it happen, or starts it by reacting to what is going on. I am encouraging all my blogettes to be the solution. Be the good in this world, and show those people that feel unloved, ugly, worthless, fat, and whatever else they have been called true that they are the total opposite. Make them feel like they matter, and that they do belong, and are good enough, and not to change for anyone because god made them that way for a reason, and they need to respect that. They need to know that this is a rough time for everyone but it does get better. They need to know not to change because they need to focus on what really matters which is their future.
                               Remember this, it's what's on the inside that really counts and matters. You are wanted, needed and totally loved. You matter in this world, and there are people out there who will stand up and help you fight back. People care, and you just have to give things a chance. This is a rough time, but thank god there are people willing enough to help you through it. Stay on the path that you are on and change for no one but yourself as that will make your future brighter. You are bound to find yourself quicker and easier and know that it is really you if you make the changes yourself and let no one lead you into them. You will have to fight for what you believe in at times, but that is okay, because true fighters, and those with confidence in themselves will always come out on top.
                               I'm going to organize another blue out sometime soon, and I'll post more blue out details as soon as they are planned so be sure to check this blog often or come and hunt me down at school for all the latest information, as we might be syncing the blue out with the bullying seminar as it was dubbed blue out against bullying last year.
                               Anyways, to sum this post up, I am challenging you blogettes to be the solution, the people who are and do good in this world, and to help those who have been hurt. It doesn't matter if they are boy or girl, or what their age is. If they are having a rough day, go and lift them up and show them that they do matter, and are so much better than what has been said. Be strong, stand up, and use your voice! You could really make a change in this world, and possibly even be saving a life if the person was thinking suicide because it was going on for so long.