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10/24/09--23:17: Me with my bench :) at Mrs. Shockey’s house. (chan 1017443)





Me with my bench :) at Mrs. Shockey’s house.




02/01/10--16:54: This is a picture of me helping out at the Jackie Bristow run in... (chan 1017443)





This is a picture of me helping out at the Jackie Bristow run in January. Behind me is where people ate breakfast after the run. You can’t see the table in the picture, but after setting up the tables in front of the building we were put in charge of serving coffee to people after or before they ran. It was early after all and most people hadn’t completely woken up yet. It was lots of fun and met a lot of really nice people and even got to see some of my teachers run  for the cause. It is definitely something I want to help out with next year.




02/01/10--17:02: This happened a while ago, but I haven’t been good about... (chan 1017443)





This happened a while ago, but I haven’t been good about posting regularly so I’m trying to catch up. :)

This a picture of me and my friends in Paris last year. Overall, it was a good trip but there were a lot of ups and downs for me. I realized that I wasn’t very good at being nice when I was jet lagged :), something I will be working on from now on. I’m glad I went on the trip with my friends and we saw a lot of great things, so know when I see them in movies or on t.v I can say I’ve been there. This was also the first time I tried snail and I must say I was very good and hopefully I can try it again soon. Next time I go though I will definitely try to learn more about the culture of Paris and France in general and not just the tourist attractions. :) 




02/01/10--17:09: I’ve been a part of the Charter Oak Marching Regiment and... (chan 1017443)





I’ve been a part of the Charter Oak Marching Regiment and Winterguard team for the past three years of high school. Being a member of the team has helped me grow in many ways and I’ve gained many new skills an friends. I’ve become more confident, hard working, and a better leader. This single activity alone has helped me answer the first six questions just from this past year alone.

This year we were split into two different guards a j.v and a varsity which is normal for all the sports at Charter Oak but we had never done anything like that before. The purpose of this was to help the varsity team get better and make us challenge ourselves more. Which meant harder tricks and cool new stuff we got to do. From this I learned that I am very much afraid to hurt myself. There was a toss he wanted us to which meant throwing the six foot pole very high in the air and turning around right under it then catching it behind us. I don’t know how this sounds to you but it was very scaring for me because I would loose sight of the flag and freak myself out. Since I was so scared of getting hurt I was never able to get the toss. However, I also learned that I don’t want to fail my team so next hard toss he gave us I put my fears aside and I was able to do it. I was so afraid of costing my team a good show that my fear of hurting myself wasn’t as important. This was one of the many challenges that I had to face on the team.

After this I tried to make myself do other things I was normally scared of doing, like riding behind a dingy in nothing but a small donut and falling right into the middle of the ocean far from any land! This may not sound scary to some of you but it wasn’t very appealing to me at first, nevertheless I tried it and it was really fun!!!!!

Being on the team also helped me develop my leadership skills. I had been captain every season except the first and it has helped me be more confident and assertive. I’ve also learned how to communicate better with others. No matter how hard it was not to yell and pull my hair out everytime we had redo something or relearn something I was able to learn to control my temper and be understanding of other people’s difficulties and to perserve and stay commited to my responsibilties as a member of the team and as their captain. Obviously, being on a team forces one to work with others and be willing to help when it’s needed no matter how much they might not want to. In this sport if we don’t work together there is no way that the show could go one because each person contributes their individual skills and makes it what it is, if one piece is missing the picture cannot be complete. In everyway being on this team has made me who I am today and has taught me a lot of the things that I have learned about being a person.

Hrs of Practice:                            Competition hrs:

130 creative/action                          64 Creative/Action

(and i’m not sure yet how to post the pictures from our season but I will get to it once i do)




02/19/10--15:35: Final#1 (chan 1017443)

Let us start of the beginning of the growing process. The first step I took towards marturity and awareness of myself and the world came when I joined guard. I know I’ve talked about guard a lot, but it was one of the longest and biggest experances I’ve had in my high school career. Being involved in guard forced me to become more mature and I had to learn to organize and work well in a team setting. I had to learn for the first time how to balance family, friends, school and extra activities together and maintain my gpa in the process. It was the first time I really had an extra activity I was devoted to and I’m grateful I learned those skill before going out into the real world. It wasn’t always easy but I learned that there was no point in crying about all the stress, because lets face it high school (at least for i.b students) is stressful and crying does not help. Eventually, I learned how to make it all work together in a perfect balance of things, and what worked for me and the person that I am now. Thanks to those stressful moments I feel better prepared for life after i.b.




02/19/10--15:45: Final#2 (chan 1017443)

Oh dear, I am very late and now I must repeat myself because unfortunately and fortunately both my first answer and this one are the same. Colorguard was the most challenging thing I’ve done in highschool. It starts in the summer and goes until the end of the school year, then you start over. Everyday you practice for ate least three hours then you go compete all day on saturdays. That activity kept me occupied for most of my high school life. Sometimes I had to learn to do things that were definitely scary and sometimes hurt  if I messed them up. Nevertheless, I wouldn’t give up any of the moments I had, even the bad ones, because I learned something from all of them. I learned what my limits are and how to be more comfortable with my own body and myself. Sometimes I wanted to kill all the members of my team…haha….but most of the time I was grateful I wasn’t suffering alone…haha :). However, I think one of the real challenges that came from being in guard was balance school work and guard, mostly because we had so many hours of practice and not so many for homework, but I’m sure all of us had had that problem, and eventually we learn how to deal with it :) just stay up really late and drink plenty of coffee haha :). Anyway, that was the most challenging thing I’ve had to do in highschool.




02/24/10--16:35: Final#3 (chan 1017443)

Unfortunately, I do not have any present challenges to speak of. However, in a few months I will be taking on college and the world that comes with it. There will never again be someone that tells me what I need to do to succeed, or someone to tell me to stop slacking or keep me motivated. It will then be officially up to me to make sure I’m doing all that I need to take get the education that will help me the future and benefit me as a person. If I decide to get involved in extra things as well, it will be my job to keep my schedule organized and not let myself get sidetracked from what’s really important.

No matter how hard it will be to get used to it I’m am looking forward to being much more independent and hopefully moving out and learning how to balance a job, school, and life. I know now it seems like it will be fun, but I know it’s going to be a lot harder than I think it will. Nevertheless, I’m am excited about it and i think the hard part of it is what I am really looking forward to. In other words the new challenge that I want to take on is life and all the good and bad that it has to offer and come out a better and stronger person in the end.




02/27/10--20:22: Final #4 (chan 1017443)

Over my four years of high school, I’ve developed many new skills as we all have, however I’ve already mentioned some in other posts so I apologize for repeating myself. One of the skills I’ve gained time management skills that I never had to have before because I wasn’t really involved in anything, but school. However, when I started high school I took different things that forced me to learn how to balance school, activities, and life. I’ve also learned some small things that will help me in the future, such as helping clean around my neighborhood and helping Mrs. Shockey fix up her backyard, I learn things that will help me take care of my own house later on.

I’ve also learned how to work better with a team and how to get things done without be rude(hopefully) and getting the job done on time. This was learned through the years in colorguard and the years as captain. I’m glad I took on the challenge because it taught me lessons that will help me in the future, not only in college but in my career as well and in my life.




03/29/10--17:11: Remembrance Walk 08 and 09 (chan 1017443)

I don’t have any pictures from either one of these walks, but both reminded me that there are a lot of people in this world who care about remembering those that are gone and even those that are just not close anymore. There is no reason for them to come and walk when they can easily remember on there own. But that is the reason why its so important that people do show up every year. They are showing that its important to remind everyone and come together to remember those people and things we may have lost and by coming together they have someone who can share in their memories.




03/29/10--17:25: Marching Regiment (Sound Tech) 09 (chan 1017443)

This year I wasn’t in Color Guard, but this time the band had a sound system that they needed someone to control and since they knew me Mr. Case asked me to help them out, and I did. It was the first time that I actually got a chance to see the performance. It was new realization for me and made me realize how much I did like bein gin Color Guard and I was proud of them. I also learned how to work a sound board. One day that might come in handy, but it was nice to help the band in a new way.




03/31/10--17:47: Library Registration 08 (know its late but need to catch up) (chan 1017443)

 The summer before my junior year I went to help in the library during registration week. I wasn’t doing anything at the time and that’s the only reason I had ended up going to help. Mainly to help them pass out the books, so there really wasn’t much to learn, but it was a chance to practice ones people skills. Everyone came in to get there books and you had to be nice and help them find the books they needed while making polite conversation. So that experiance helped me get used to speaking to people I didn’t know or didn’t know well.




03/31/10--18:04: Beautification Project 10 (chan 1017443)

This year we also attempted to beautify the campus and I believe we succeeded once again, this time we added more plants into the planters around campus so that students don’t have to just look at dirt. In my opinion its made the campus look greener and much more friendly. I myself like walking by and knowing that we helped make the campus nicer for the future students and it was thanks to the free plant donations from Armstrong and some dedicated student help. Hopefully, the plants continue to be taken care of and grow as the students on campus continue to grow as well.




03/31/10--18:07: Trinity Easter Hunt (chan 1017443)

Today I went with some other people from Key Club to help Trinity Foster Care prepare for their Easter Egg Hunt tomorrow. Unfortunately, I missed out on some of the other preparations, but I was able to help put presents together to the children coming the next day. It took some work figuring out which gift each child would prefer, but it made me feel like we really were putting an effort in to their Easter celebration and trying to make it a good experiance for all of them. I won’t be able to go tomorrow to see them open their Easter gifts, but I’m hoping they will enjoy them and apperciate them as much as we enjoyed putting them together.




05/09/10--14:03: #5 In what ways have I shown perserverance and commitment to my activities? (chan 1017443)

Two things that I had truly committed myself to were band and I.B. I was in color guard for three years and this year took on a different role and helped with the actual design of the show. Joining the Marching Regiment was one of the best choices I ever made, it helped me grow as a person learn to challenge myself. I happy that I continued to be a part for my entire high school career. It helped me learn to manage my time and made me feel like I was contributing to the school in some way. Before my year the guard was very small and not very successful, but the year we joined we changed all that, guard became a organized unit and everyone in it worked hard and perserved through every obstacle to be where guard is today. This year I decided to not do guard, because I wanted to relax a little and have time to do the things needed to be done my senior preparing to graduate. However, I still helped the band in a way, I controlled the narration for this years show, and it was a lot of fun and I learned once again how to do something new.

Then there is I.B, unfortunately I did end up having to switch to certificate, but I am proud to say that I never stopped taking I.B classes, I still continued to challenge myself and work hard. As everyone knows junior year is the hardest for I.B students and I am glad to say I survived :), along with the others, and am better for it and I know that my work ethic and the fact that I challenged myself will help me later on and in college. It also lets me know that I can commit to something and that is always important in life. So, I’m happy I had an opportunity to learn that.




05/09/10--14:17: 7.In what ways have I been engaged in issues with global importance? (chan 1017443)

The only volunteer work that I have done that seems globally important was last year when I helped with sharing our humanity and the dinner and penny wars we have raise money for the school in Cambodia. I’ve done things to help around here, but that is, unfortunately, the only attempt I made to affect the world globally is raise money for that school. Don’t get me wrong I’m glad I did it and from what I saw this year it is helping, I just wish I had done more and been more aware of the need to do different things. I plan to do more volunteer work in college and maybe I’ll find away to make a bigger difference.




05/09/10--14:52: 6. Working together. (chan 1017443)

Once again I must refer back to colorguard. If any of you know anything about band or guard, you know that for a performance to work everyone must play their part and do it at the right time. However, I will focus on guard because that’s what I know best. In guard every flag needs to move to the same beat, and everyone needs to move their bodies in the same way and in the right way, otherwise people get hurt, or the performance falters.

You also have to help each other out, whenever you learn something you might have to help someone that’s having a hear time with it or that wasn’t there. So even if you’re someone who hates working with a group you have no chose and either you learn and adapt or you quite. For the most part everyone adapts and becomes a better person and teammate for it. I learned that its ok to rely on others and that you can’t do everything yourselve, that sometimes you need some help and that’s what a team is for.




10/11/10--23:55: Photo (chan 1017443)






10/11/10--23:58: "Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides..." (chan 1017443)

““Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being “in love” which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.” -St. Augustine”

- Favorite description of love, from the movie Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (via viciouslove)


10/20/10--23:54: viciouslove: can my cup cakes look this bad ass!!!???? I want... (chan 1017443)





viciouslove:

can my cup cakes look this bad ass!!!????

I want this cupcake!




10/20/10--23:59: Photo (chan 1017443)