Well kick me down the stairs and call me a monkey, It's the day before school!

Hmmm, don't really know where that title came from, but HOLY CANNOLI, IT'S THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL!!!!!! JUMPING JELLYFISH!!! Praise the pencils, for they are the one and only unquestioned Lord of the Universe!!!!!!! OK, that was weird.....It's just that I happened to be looking at a pack of Ticonderoga pencils at the moment that I was deciding what to say next. And Ticonderoga pencils are pretty awesome. Although there is the fact that if there were more than one pencil, they would be Lords of the Universe, not one Lord of the Universe. But ANYWAY, shhhhhcooooll shtartsh tomorrow, and I am FREAKING. OUT. *hyperventilates* I shtill have to finish my eshay, whhich I SHHHOULD be working on RIGHT NOW, but AAAAHH!!! I HATE WRITIN' FLIPPIN' ESHAYSH!!!! OK, enough with the extra H's. But sher - I mean, SERIOUSLY, I am HORRIBLE at writing essays. I can't think of how to phrase what I want to say, and I get distracted really easily. As you can probably guess. On to other school matters...

It's ridiculous how excited I am that I get my own locker. Since 4th grade was my last year in public school, I've never had one before. YAY LOCKERS!!! Also, you're supposed to have "several" 1 and a half or 2 inch binders. I can't fit that many in my bag!!!!!!! 2 is pushing it...Supposedly I only need them for Music Theory and other music classes though, so I doubt I'll actually need any more than 2. I already know two people who go to my school, but one of them is a year younger, and both are different majors, so I probably won't see them much anyway.

I got a haircut today!! It's a little shorter than I had in mind, but it's OK, and it'll grow out soon. YAY HAIRCUTS!!!!!!! As you can probably tell, I'm a little hyper right now. I'm not sure if I'll be able to fall asleep atall tonight. I can just picture it: First day of school, everyone's loud, excited, and well-rested...except me, with bags and dark circles under my eyes, and a super-caffeinated expression. Just call me Zombie Girl.....way to make a first impression. 0_0 *sigh*

So am I still waiting
For this world to stop hating
Can't find a good reason
Can't find hope to believe in

Unfortunately, those awesome lyrics are not mine...I just thought I'd put them up here cuz I like them ^_^ TICONDEROGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rehearsal today

So the other person in the band (I shall call her Vi from now on , since she doesn't want her real name posted) came over today and we had rehearsal...finished a new song called Wishful Thinking. Actually it's not that new, I wrote it a couple months ago, but we finished the completed version today, with Vi playing keyboard and me playing Guitar and singing. This is a bit strange for one of our songs, because a) Usually Vi plays keyboard and sings, and I play drums. But seeing as she can't play guitar, I need to play guitar, therefore I can't play drums. b) because Nowhere in the song do I sing the words "Wishful thinking". Usually I name my songs based on lyrics.

I played Vi all my new stuff (1 finished song, 1 almost finished song, and 2 little parts of songs), she liked them. Also, I learned to play The Boxer on guitar, I played that too. Vi played 2 new songs of hers, which were awesome. Upon request (by me), she also played this other song of hers which I don't know the name of, but I had heard before. I swear, it's THE COOLEST song she's ever written, which is saying a LOT.

My dad and brother are going to an archery range today, I'm going to come with, just cause I'm SO BORED. I haven't even left the house since Tuesday. I CAN'T STAND not going anywhere. Thankfully

SCHOOL STARTS IN 6 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!

NEW CHORUS!!!

OMG!! I thought of a chorus for #2!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!! Anyway...

Days pass
and I'm running and screaming
and hey
I believe in the power of wishing for hours
to say what I think
and I'm hoping and dreaming
that way
that everyone does but not everyone loves
like I do
I do it for you
I do it for you
I do it for you

It's kind of hard to write it in a way that makes them obvious, but there ARE rhymes.

I keep writing verses and no chorus'...but I finally wrote one!! YAY FOR CHORUS'!!!!!!!!!

Essays and songs.

8 DAYS.

A boring day lies ahead. I'm planning to read the summer reading list books for most of the day, which I'm dreading. Not that I mind the reading, I actually am enjoying The Diary of Anne Frank, it's just that as soon as I finish the books, I have to do a compare and contrast essay on them..oh, woe is me. I absolutely DESPISE writing essays with every fiber of my being. *shudders* I should mention that I have a procrastinating problem....I will sometimes start writing an essay at 3am the morning it is due. AUGHH...

And now for the moment all 0 of you have been waiting for.........*drumroll*.........I'M POSTING ONE OF MY SONGS!!!! Well actually it's just a bunch of different parts of songs, since lately I can't seem to finish anything. *sigh* Oh well. Here they are.

1. "Even the latest of the buds in spring
will still be blooming when the other closes
And it is more beautiful than anything
And you are the last of the roses

And I try to close my eyes now
It's 3 am, I'm still awake
And I can't seem to decide now
Whether to give up or wait"

2. "Why am I still here, so lonely
I should go
Why do I stay for tears oh
only God would know
Just one last chase and the race is on
Suddenly filled with snow
And may the best girl win, oh
Who am I kidding? I'd love to show them

Instrumental

Feel like I'm stuck in a rut
I may be trapped here, but I digress
When I fall, I fall down, but
You make me happier, I confess
You make me question astrology
think that I could impress
You make me dream of you constantly
Dreaming's what I do best"

3. "Instrumental

While ago, I felt I had to say
that I wished that the rain
would just move, go away
And never come back
Well the sun came out today
Memorize every word that you say
Now my head's in the clouds
and my mind's far away
You wouldn't believe
It's all because you talk to me

CHORUS
Oh
Don't know how I can forget you
Was so sad before I met you
And now I'm fine
Oh
Always when I think about you
I just smile, there's no doubt who
is on my mind

Instrumental"

That's all for now.

These are some songs I'm OBSESSED with right now. Check them out =D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sGmmxUQWig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiUx0WdBdyA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mseHzLYLzH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLJlF_W9H8k

OK, this post has dragged on long enough. Now I'm just purposely wasting time. Ciao!

Open mikes are a waste of time (sometimes)

OK, so first I should explain that my dad is a guitarist, and I play drums with him. We sometimes do classical music and sometimes rock and/or folk.

Anyway, we went to this open mike tonight, planning to play a few songs. There were a bunch of people signed up before us, so we got some apple juice, found a table, and watched other people perform for about an hour and a half, or 2 hours. A LONG TIME. Everyone sucked.

The band that played before us consisted of 2 guys, a guitarist and a drummer. The guitarist thinks he's really cool, but I find him quite comical. He always (ALWAYS) wears these beat-up red converse sneakers which are about 5 sizes too big for him. You can tell because there's a LOT of empty space in the toe, and they turn up at the front and kind of look like those red shoes clowns traditionally wear. I have to wonder how he keeps from tripping over the front of his shoes...the drummer isn't bad, but he isn't all that good either. Anyway, they played their 5 songs (which all sounded the same, and weren't very good), and then they left. Their friends left with them....and then there was NOBODY in the place, because everyone else was outside. This really annoys me. They all just hang around outside and then come in when it's their turn to perform. It's like they can't be bothered to listen to anyone else, and then they wonder why no one's inside when they're performing. My dad and I listened to people playing bad music for 2 hours, and NONE of them would listen to us. We ended up leaving without playing anything, cause it was just so pathetic. UGH........I just had to rant about that, sorry...

Summer heat, school, and terrific movies.

It's too hot to drum. It's too hot to go on a walk or a bike ride. And you know what's the best part about all this heat? The air-conditioner in my family's 13 year old car is broken. Yes, you read right: BROKEN. Also the car is dark-blue, so when you get in, it's literally over 100 degrees in there. Anyway...

10 DAYS. OMG. School starts in 10 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!! And I still need to get a school bag, new clothes and finish my summer assignment. Words of caution: Never buy a cheap messenger bag at Wegmans. That's what I got last year and by the end of the year, it was actually shredded. And I only used it one day a week...

Today is boring so far...but I will probably go to the creek later. YAY FOR CREEKS WITH DEEP SWIMMING HOLES!!!!! Tonight I'm going to watch It, a movie based on a Stephen King book...I LOVE horror movies. Misery (also based on Stephen King) was really scary, which translates to really awesome. I really like musicals too, which explains why I think Sweeney Todd is THE BEST MUSICAL EVER. Horror + musical + ingenius lyrics by Stephen Sondheim = PURE AWESOMENESS.

Bye for now.

HELLO

Hello, hello, hello. FINALLY I have a blog, it took me an eternity to decide what I wanted to call it...So ANYWAY, since this is my first post, I should say a bit about me, as boring as it is.

My name is Jack, only it's not actually Jack, it's Grace. But just call me Jack. I'm 15, and I absolutely LOVE all forms of art. I love to draw and write, and I play drums, piano, and guitar. Only I'm not very good at guitar AT ALL. So, ummm...what else?? Oh yeah!! I write songs...I'll probably post some here, sometime...Also I will post drawings, if there's a way to post pics (which I assume there is). And if I ever get around to making a youtube video of me playing drums (or some other instrument), I will post a link to that. Let's see..I have a band (meaning 1 other person), the band's name is The Rosethorns. I've been home-schooled since 4th grade, but in September I'm going to a performing arts school, and I'm super SUPER excited but also reeeaaaaaalllyyy terrified, because....well, I haven't been to a public school for 6 YEARS!!!!! GAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! *ahem*

OK, so right now I'm rolling a die with my bro, and if it's 1, 2, or 3, I win, and 4, 5, 6, he wins. I've won almost EVERY SINGLE TIME. This is awesome. *Minutes later* We just switched to me being 4, 5, and 6 and I still won.YAY ME. Ummmm....the end.