Well, I can't do this on Twitter (well, not without annoying the crap out of my few followers).

You May be from Novi If…

1.) You went to meet/hang out with people at 711.
Later replaced by the two Speedways

2.) You claim that 12 Oaks is “Your Mall”
That's why I worked there for three summers, duh

3.) Most of your friends got a car when they turned 16.

4.) You own at least one North Face Fleece.
I think I know more people with them now, but I still don't have one

5.) You remember Bates Hamburgers.
Yes, even though I was still in Walled Lake when it closed

6.) You would switch classes just so you would get into Mr. Fritz’s class
Thankfully, I never had him. See below.

7.) You did push ups or gave Mr. Fritz backrubs for a passing grade.
Tenure at its worst

8.) You remember Erwin Orchards and their free cookies.
WTF, Erwin's had free cookies?? Just FTR, it had moved to South Lyon by the time we were old enough to appreciate it

9.) You miss Arbor Drugs (screw CVS).

10.) Northville SUCKS!!!
Fun fact: there are no Novi kids in the MMB, yet several from Northville. It's the opposite in the SMB. Apparently, we're always rivals.

11.) You went to the football games to talk and stand around.
Or, you know, perform at halftime. But we basically just talked for the rest of the game

12.) Seminar was a time for socializing and playing euchre.
Until they effed it up

13.) You hated and loved block scheduling at the same time.

14.) You hated Dr. Cheal but didn’t really know why.
She was awful! The best thing the district did was can her.

15.) When 8 mile came out you made sure everyone knew that you lived on or near 8 mile (“the good side”).
Thus the Facebook group, "I live by 8 Mile, Yo...8 Mile and Novi Road, that is"

16.) You either love or hate Dave Matthews (no in between).
hate, except for a few songs

17.) Upon meeting new people you sometimes claim to be from “the D” even though you live about 40 minutes from it.
Anyone who does is a poser

18.) You know that Meadowbrook is a speed trap.
I went 10 over once getting to Lauren's house to watch LOST. I don't regret it. They finally upped it from 30 to 35

19.) You know at least 4 people that live in Village Oaks.
Half of Novi lives in VO

20.) You miss the 1 dollar Otis Spunkmeier cookies they sold at the book store but you would only buy the ones that were still warm and gooey.
Ohhh...dude, I miss the old store! Definition of hole-in-the-wall

21.) You’re a snob and you don’t care.
Not me, but almost everyone else, including the vast majority of my graduating class

22.) If you’re a girl you totally ignored the “no tank tops” student code of conduct.
Actually, the one time I tried, they yelled at me. Even thought my friend was doing the same thing and you could see her bra. Idiots.

23.) You thought Officer Hart was an ass and out to get everyone.
Ha, yeah. The next guy, Wilson, was a badass

24.) All the wrestling coaches/teachers were awesome and basically a guaranteed A or B.
I honestly wouldn't know

25.) You or your parents are Republican (with an exception of about 10 people).
I guess I'm one of the ten people?

26.) You knew about 3 black people.
That should read Jewish people - I seriously only know three from Novi

27.) You had a crush on Mr. Langley or Mr. Outlaw
I was only there for one year of Outlaw, and I though Langley was gay the first time I met him

28.) You went to Meijer to just walk around with your friends when you were bored.

29.) You would go to AMC 20 on the weekend nights even if you weren’t going to see a movie.
This list must have been written pre-Emagine

30.) You knew you were going to end up going to MSU, WMU, Central (or if you were one of our many valedictorians) U of M.
YUP! You can add Grand Valley to that list, too. Oh, and they got rid of vals & sals a couple years before me because we had over 100

31.) Everyone you know lives in a sub.
Cedar Springs Estates!

32.) You knew who the narcs were that worked for the cops.
Maybe I would have if I needed to worry about it. Somehow I knew who one of the dealers was.

33.) You remember Paulo the "hall dad"
He was so nice! What happened to him?

34.) You were pissed off when juniors wore their "senior" shirts on the day that the seniors left but then you did it too.
I don't remember being pissed, I just wanted to make "junior" shirts or whatever. There was a whole system: 8th graders became frosh on the first day of school, frosh became sophomores at orientations, sophs became juniors on the last day of school, and the juniors to seniors when the seniors left.

35.) You wished Mrs. Roemer was your counselor.
ANYONE BUT TALBOT

36.) You got your teeth straightened by Dr. Spillane.
No, because I got braces in Walled Lake so I went to Dr. Hersh. But my bro got his done at Spillane

37.) You think Wixom is ghetto.
Meh, not really, considering I basically grew up there

38.) You know someone who went to Canada when they turned 16 to get something pierced.
Why would they have to go to Canada? Wtf?

39.) "Blue Ribbon school" means something to you.
Because we are one, heck yeah!

40.) You remember playing Dino Park Tycoon, Number Munchers and Oregon Trail on the old school Macs in elementary school.
Even though I went to Walled Lake El, yes I do! Oregon Trail on floppy disk, no less!

I should follow this up with "Ways to tell you go to MSU," hehe.

I think twitter has replaced LJ for me, to some extent...considering that I haven't posted on here since an emo fit five months ago.

Follow Me

Maybe I'll get back to this someday.

The internet is great, but you can't say anything without a million eyes seeing it now. I hate that.

I shouldn't be bummed right now, but I am. *sigh* Internal fights don't help.

Why am I so forgettable?

I keep thinking about getting a Twitter, but I have no idea why. I only know two people who have them (and only one who uses it), so I guess the only real incentive is to be able to say I had it before everyone else - if it catches on. I still don't see how it is any more than a constant stream of Facebook status updates, but I would probably be more apt to post my short musings/random thoughts or events on there. But then the question arises: who would read it? I get about 5 people reading this as it is. And it would just be another huge distraction - Facebook kills enough of my time.

I dunno, thoughts from the peanut gallery? (who tf came up with that phrase, anyways?)

Oh, and I am co-Historian for TBS next year - in charge of web-related things. Look for the resurgance of our web site. w00t!

And Death Cab for Cutie was AWESOME!!!!!

I'm sitting here with a notebook I bought (and doodled over) waaaaayyyy back at the beginning of freshman year. I bought four at the beginning of college, and since then I've only bought one more because a) I never used them up and b) I'm not going to throw away a perfectly good notebook that I got charged out the butt for.

So anyways, from time to time I'll run into things from that first semester. Like the results of our "how gay are you?" quiz from JRN 108 (with Bonnie Bucqueroux!) - I think I scored closer to gay than Amber did, but still pretty straight (even though those boys were convinced I was lesbian just because I like football more than they do).

Then, just now, I glanced down at the back of the notebook I'm doing my scheduling in, and I see this list of things that I wrote on the desk in ISB 202 (H): "Defy Gravity," "no day but today," "measure your life in love," "Oh what? 06!," the letters for Gamma Phi Beta and Tau Beta Sigma, The Shield (note: I was not a member of TBS or the SMB, or even State of Art, at the time)....and "I <3 CMP."

WOW. How things have changed! It's probably good I didn't set up my LJ til the following semester - no one would have wanted to read that crap. I mean, I do still love Chad, just not THAT kind of love - that has been reserved to someone else. It's also weird to think that was freshman year, my first semester at MSU, and now I'm planning out my last two. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago!

Now I want to go the basement of Olds Hall, find that desk, and change it: "I <3 TLD"

Exactly one week ago, I was asleep - or at least in bed, because I know I had a hard time falling asleep. I was too excited!

You see, exactly one week ago, we were sitting on top of Independent A class after prelims with a 92.3. HOLY CRAP!!!! And it wasn't even our greatest run! I was freaking out and biffed my first three tosses, Krysette was sick and dropped her first one, random other crap happened...yeah, it wasn't as good as States, but we managed to score 5 points higher. (Says a lot about the judging between MCGC and WGI - technically, they should be the same, but they aren't. Usually your scores are inflated in Michigan over WGI, but GE seems to have more weight in Michigan at times.)

Semi-Finals was even better. Then, we actually had a great run. Little things here and there, but nothing major. Erica had a beyond awesome recovery. Ancora and Interplay Open were there to watch us - and so was Betsy!!! So I had a good run - all the weapons did. Scores were a bit lower overall, but we still got a 91.8 and were still first going in to FINALS!!!

FINALS. We were first going in to FINALS. We just wanted to MAKE Finals! And we were seeded first? Holy crap!

Not gonna lie, I was a bit nervous for Finals - but the good kind. My warm-up pretty much sucked, but I knew if I pushed too hard in there, it was only going to stress me out going on to the floor (as I discovered at Prelims, telling me to calm down only makes me freak out more).

And I was right! We had an almost flawless run through. I guess Semi's was cleaner, but the energy for Finals was beyond belief and Part 5 was the best it's ever been (according to Peter). Tom said that if the roof was any lower, we would have blown it off :D I guess we had a weird flag drop, and I missed one little thing on saber but we're hidden anyways in that part, so I'm pretty happy with how it went down.

On the floor for Awards, I was still in shock. I was down on the floor for WGI Awards!!!! For the past two years, I've looked down on those guards in awe - and now I was one of them (regardless of class). The whole time I was just thinking they would announce us at any point during awards. I knew better than to hold out for first, but I reallllly wanted it. Suffice to say, I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief when they got to the silver medal, and announced Salem Blue instead of State of Art.

You know what that means? STATE OF ART IS THE 2009 INDEPENDENT A WORLD CHAMP!!!!!! That's beyond anything I could have expected this season, and I am so thrilled. I still can't believe it! Yeah, so what if it's A class and no one really pays attention to it? That's where some of the current World guards got their start (and pretty much all of the Open guards).

This also means that we got promoted to Open class!!!! AHHHHH!!!! I better go start practicing my 5s.

Basically, the summary of this entire post is: I got the best birthday present EVER.

Oh, and Mindi says we're winning World class next year :D

I'm going to WGI in two days. TWO DAYS.

I think I can actually count it in hours now. Hmm, let's see...31 hours.

HOLY CRAP!!!!!

*geeking out*

Come see us tomorrow/Wednesday/today (depending on when you see this) - 7:45ish in Dem Hall. It's your last chance to see us being awesome in East Lansing.

Found this randomly on Facebook. Kinda cool...but makes me wonder how they came to assigning a certain value to each quality.

How much are you worth?

Natural Hair Color:
[ ] Redhead/auburn - $50
[x] Brunette - $75
[ ] Blonde - $50
[ ] Black - $15
[ ] Bald - $5
[ ] other-$100

Total: $75

Eye Color:
[ ] Blue - $100
[x] Green - $75
[ ] Brown - $50
[ ] Hazel - $25
[ ] Other - $15

Total: $150

Height:
[ ] 6′8″ to 7′ - $175
[ ] 6′0″ to 6′7″ - $150
[x] 5′5″ to 5′11″ - $75
[ ] 5′0″ to 5′4″ - $45
[ ] Under 5′ - $35

Total: $225

Age:
[ ] 30 to 40 - $100
[ ] 25 to 30 - $75
[x] 20 to 24 - $50
[ ] 18 to 20 - $25
[ ] 0 to 17 - $15

Total: $275

Current Education:
[ ] PhD - $500
[ ] Masters - $450
[ ] Bachelors - $400
[ ] Associates - $350
[x] In College/Some College - $300
[ ] High School Graduate - $250
[ ] High School - $200
[ ] Middle school - $150
[ ] High School Dropout - $100
[ ] Jr. High - $50
[ ] What is School - $Bankrupt$

Total: $575


Birth Order:
[ ] Twins or more than twins - $300
[x] First Born - $300
[ ] Only Child - $250
[ ] Second born-$150
[ ] Middle child -$100
[ ] Last Born - $50
[ ] Adopted -

Total: $875

(Why is there no value for adopted????? That's cruel!)

Drink?
[ ] Never - $300
[ ] Only Holidays - $250
[x] Sometimes - $200
[ ] Every other week - $150
[ ] Every other day - $50
[ ] Once a day - $15
[ ] I live from the bottle - $Bankrupt$

Total: $1075

Vision?
[x] No correction $75
[ ] Glasses $50
[ ] Contacts $25
[ ] Surgical correction $10

Total: $1150

Car Color (you can choose multiple colors)
[ ] Gold - $700
[ ] Grey - $600
[ ] Blue - $500
[ ] White - $475
[ ] Black - $450
[ ] Red - $400
[ ] Green- $350
[ ] Silver - $300
[ ] Purple- $250
[ ] Metallic - $200
[ ] Yellow - $100
[ ] Primer - $75
[ ] Rusted - $15
[x] No Car - $0

Total: $1150

Shoe Size:
[ ] 13+ - $300
[ ] 11 to 12 - $200
[x] 7 to 10 - $100
[ ] Under 7 - $50

Total: $1250

Room Color (can be multiple colors):
[ ] Black - $500
[x] Blue - $475
[ ] Brown - $450
[ ] Purple - $425
[ ] White - $400
[ ] Green - $350
[ ] Orange - $300
[ ] Yellow - $200
[ ] Pink - $100
[ ] Other - $50

Total: $1725

(What the hell does the color of your room have to do with anything? Are we being judged on good/poor taste?)

Ok, that was dumb.

Went home for the Novi show today - fun fun!

First person I see - Sarah Robinson. We took an ice skating class together...oh, wow, 7 years ago - I was a freshman and she was in 6th grade, and I kept trying to get her to join guard but she was clinging to her flute. Now she's a senior - and she's going to State! I told her what history classes to take (she's going to be a history ed major).

Next people I see are Mike (Betsy's husband), Mr. Thomann, and Mr. Hourigan. Mike and I talked about internships - he works for a publishing company(?) and said they have internships in editorial work! So I need to look into that. Talked with Mr. Thomann about winterguard - he remembers the beginning of MSU Expression, and he somehow knows Orlando...didn't get to talk with Hourigan too long, but he'll be at State next year as a grad student so we can bug him then :D.

Then into the gym to watch guard, where we found Linda and Laura!!! Basically hung out with them all day, which was nice - it's been so long since I saw them. Betsy came over not too long after Novi White got done and was like, "Aww, The Seven!" <3 Oh, and we sat with Kitty Gasaway, too! She's not sure where she's going to school yet, but she's for sure spinnning - so State better hurry up and accept her!

Cheered wildly for Novi White and both Interplays (A: Suzanne and "Buddy", Open: Ashley J, Alex, and Claire - though I know three others). They all had really good runs, too! Janna only dropped once (she gets nervous - so I wrote her a shout-out to calm her down: "To Miss Janna, from Just Kaitlyn: You'll do great!" Inside joke - you had to be there). Suzanne performed on sprained toes (and Vicodin). Interplay Open brought down the house - it was sweet. (Novi Green was ridiculously cute, as usual.)

Oh, I saw Huron Valley and Mt. Pleasant, too. Huron Valley emotes WAY too much, and Mt. Pleasant doesn't enough - if you combined them, it would work out better for both. They aren't terrible shows, just not up my alley.

After lunch, I hung out with Mrs. & Katie Appleman. Katie traded sides - she wants to go to Michigan now!!!! Jackie got to her...grrrrr. But that was nice, and I met the mom of a girl on Novi Green. Mrs. Portuesi tried to get me to volunteer...uh, no, I've done that the last two years, and I paid to get in. No way was I getting skimped on watching drumline. I also bought the yellow swing flag from my senior year - the one that only I spun :D

Didn't watch a ton of drumline, but saw some good ones - Farmington United was sweet. There were a couple with guards, but I wasn't too impressed. The world lines were sweet, Walled Lake and Redline. Half of the people on Redline are dancers - it's sweet, and I'm kinda jealous. And John Webber is on there! (And Tony from the snares.) Novi Drumline was SWEET - "The Planets." I don't know how they're doing this year compared to other lines, but I hope they do well at WGI. OH! And Jackson Landry is on both Novi and Redline - how does that work out?

We left after Redline, but didn't get too far before running in to Ronak Chhaya, Alex Smith, and...LIZETTE!!!! Woooo! I love that girl - I'm bummed we can't go to her skating show, and she can't come to states because she has skating states.

Later tonight, I was IMing with Betsy about guard. I miss her, and being on Novi. Even though I've spent three years now on State of Art and with Peter and Orlando, Betsy is still my coach - she started it all! And when things get drama-y on SoA, I really miss how (mostly) drama-free Novi was when I was there...I'm so glad I still get to see them, even if there's only one girl on the guard who I spun with (damn, I feel old! Lizette graciously pointed this out when I mentioned that I'm two weeks away from 21).

And then we came home and State won! My bracket is PWNING - 530 points in Bracket Challenge on Facebook. I'm 2nd in the Hooahs pool behind Josh/Ted Kennedy, and tied for 3rd with Arun in the SMB pool. Lauren somehow has the highest score of all my friends - just by picking the highest seed, with a few upsets. Grrr! Not fair. She'll lose soon enough... ;)

This post is a bit late, but I still wanted to write this.

I remember back in high school watching the really good guards - Plymouth, Interplay, Third Edition, Ferndale, etc. - and being in awe, looking up to them. I couldn't wait to join a guard like that, to go to WGI - but I wasn't sure if I ever would.

Flash-forward to now: two weeks ago, we took first in our class at a WGI Regional. We're projected to make Finals in Dayton. FINALS. The fact that we're even talking about going there geeks me out (if we can get the money together - we're so close!).

Then, on top of that, I had three girls tell me at the Lakeland show that they wanted to be in State of Art, and the girls from Flushing were like, "HOW CAN I GET BETTER AT WEAPON?????" (Me: "Practice!") It was so cute.

But, it's so weird to think that it was me in their shoes not that long ago. And I don't think I expected State of Art to get this good - I hoped we would, but I didn't know where we were headed.

I also think it's funny that, coming out of high school, I wanted to be on Interplay A...who we beat by 10 points at our last matchup. Dang.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is: 1. This guard is good for my ego (hehe) and 2. It's funny how things change - for the better.

OH - completely unrelated, but I had my interview for the DCI internship yesterday! And it went pretty well! They liked that I have pretty broad experience - they asked me if I knew AP Style, lol (I was like, WHERE IS MY STYLE GUIDE??) - and, if I get it, we can work out housing and whatnot. w00t!

Libba Bray did it, so it must be cool.


My Life in Itunes

RULES:
1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Tag 15 friends
5. Everyone tagged has to do the same thing. (Except only if you want to, adds I.)
6. Have Fun!



IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
"Melt You Down" Sjirley Lights (I don't know this...and it sucks. DELETE)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF
"Magic Carillon" from Stravinsky's Firebird

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"Hellicopters" Barenaked Ladies (but that's sad...)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
"Leave Your Bourbon On The Shelf" The Killers (haha)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Business Time" Flight Of The Conchords ( :O )

WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
"Never Say Die" Dixie Chicks (that's a good one)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"X & Y" Coldplay (my friends think I'm sad?)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"The (After)Life Of The Party" Fall Out Boy (oh joy, a cracked out depressed college student)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"Roll With It" Oasis (I actually do...)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"Who Knew" P!nk (no)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"My Band" D12 (this is so true...lol)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Nice To Know You" Incubus (maybe...?)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"Ibis" from Cirque du Soleil: Alegría (it's morose...that works)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"Roller Coaster" Blink-182 (but I'm scared of those! Does this mean I secretly like them?)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
"Where The Blacktop Ends" Keith Urban (the last one fits better)

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Price Of Gas" Bloc Party (yes, I control the gas prices...I wish)

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
"Without You" from RENT (ADAM PASCAL!!!!!)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" Keith Urban (I do have pretty awesome friends...and just FTR, I really don't have that much Keith Urban)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
"Well, Well" Nelly Furtado (it was a Nelly Furtado song last time I did one of these...)


Thank God my iTunes has more variety than my iPod...see my Facebook status for reasons. I should devote a post to that...

A - Available: Certainly not!
A - Age: less than three months from 21
A - Annoyance: ATTENTION WHORES

B - Best feature: Eyes?
B - Best friend[s]: Tom, Lauren, Jenny...those are my closest, but there are a lot that are pretty close
B - Birthday: April 5, 1988

C - Crush: I have lots of celebrity crushes
C - Car: Nonexistant
C - Career: Don't know yet

D - Day or night: Night...but not when it's this cold
D - Dream Car: Honestly: Ford Escape Hybrid. I love Escapes.
D - Dogs or Cats: Dogs.

E - Egg nog: The entire concept sounds nasty
E - Easiest person to talk to: Tom
E - Ethnicity: Irish, British, little bit of Dutch

F - Favorite color[s]: Lime green, aqua
F - Favorite food: Japanese, pasta, fresh mozzarella
F - Favorite month: April - my birthday and WGI!

G - Gummy Bears: yum!
G - Giver or taker: Both, but I'm more comfortable giving
G - Gazebo: Fun?

H - Hair color: Brown
H - Happy: yup! Most of the time
H - Height: 5'5"

I - Instrument: Flag! Rifle! Saber!
I - Ice Cream: Usually any combo of mint and chocolate, but I really like the Mango Sherbert in the Dairy Store, too
I - Interested in: Color guard

J - Jewelry: claddagh ring (when the swelling in my finger goes down), sometimes my class ring
J - Job: Web master
J - Jail: Never, only detentions

K - Kids: someday
K - Kick boxing or Karate: never done either one
K - Kindergarden: Walled Lake Elementary with Ms. Malott

L - Longest Car Ride: Bus ride down to Florida...
L - Lactose Intolerant: No, but it seems to be acquired with age in my parents
L - Life: good so far


M - Milk flavor: Skim
M - Most missed memory: There are too many
M - Movie, Favorite: Pride & Prejudice, Rent

N - Number of siblings: one (two if you include my puppy brother)
N - Number of tattoos: zero...for now
N - Nickname[s]: Just Kaitlyn, Cap'n (that was short-lived)

O - One wish: DCI internship
O - One regret: wasting so much energy on that stupid crush senior year
O - Orange Juice: Yum. Mix it with cranberry juice for more yum

P - Piercings: ears - which I didn't get until I was 19
P - Poetry: I suck at it
P - Possibilities: for what?

Q - Quote: "Nothing great was ever achieved without ENTHUSIASM" -Ralph Waldo Emerson

R - Reason to smile: LOTS! Tom, being Independent A, going to WGI!
R - Raisins: I like them, but I prefer dried cranberries and cherries
R - Rowboats: no one gives me the oars

S - Song, Favorite: The impossible question. I guess..."Here (In Your Arms)" Hellogoodbye
S - Sports: Football, hockey, marching band, winterguard
S - Superpower: Super strength, or flying

T - Time you woke up: 8:30ish
T - Time Now: 10:56
T - Time for bed: Whenever, usually between midnight and 2

U - Unpredictable: Huh?

V - Vegetable you hate: Onions
V - Vacation spot: Florida, Door County, Hawaii...warm places
V - Last place you were during Vacation: Orlando

W - Worst habit: being distracted
W - Weather right now: crazy cold
W - Where are you going to travel next: Probably Dayton, unless I have to go to Indy before that

X - X-Rays: only once and I have no idea why

Y - Year it is now: 2009
Y - Yellow: Don't eat yellow snow

Z - Zoo Animal: I haven't been to the zoo in AGES

1. How long have you been with your boyfriend/girlfriend?
Over a year

2. Have you told anyone you'd marry them?
No...oh, wait, yeah, the retarded kid in second grade (though that may have been the other way around)

3. Have you ever liked someone so much that it hurt?
Oh yeah

4. Have you ever made a gf/bf cry?
I hope not - I don't think so, he hasn't made me cry

5. Are you happier single or in a relationship?
The things that make me unhappy have nothing to do with my marital status

6. Have told someone you loved them and didn't mean it?
No - I made sure I meant it before I said it

7. Have you ever had your heart broken?
What do you think happens when the guy you reeeeeeeallllllyyy like tells you he's gay?

8. Have you ever broken someone else's heart?
I've rejected guys, but I don't know how much they liked me (I may have come close with Scott)

9. Are you scared of anything?
Some things - mostly just getting hurt and not being able to do guard. That and painful death

10. If you could go back in time and change things, would you?
No, everything happens for a reason

11. What do you miss right now?
Rather Floor 2 - I always miss them

12. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?
Depends on the offense, and how they act after it

13. Ever liked someone else's boyfriend or girlfriend?
Not for long

14. Anyone like you?
They better!

Which female figure skater are you? Michelle Kwan You are Michelle Kwan! You're extremely successful, consistent, and the most recognized skater of all time! You've worked hard for what you've accomplished, and almost everyone loves you.

Damn, I miss her. Skating will never be the same. Thanks to the new rules, you will never again see a skater with as much grace and artistry as Michelle - and, unfortunately, I blame the new system for the fall of her career near the end there. I hate all the requirements now - a certain number of spins and combination spins, required height and number of jumps, and - worst of all - you can't do a spiral all the way down the ice, you have to have an edge change. That's Michelle's signature move. They took away her signature move!!!! The only reason I can think of for the change is for it to be a form of replacing figures, which used to be a huge chunk of the skating score up until the late 80s (I believe - I'm not sure when they finally did away with them, but I know they were still around when Scott Hamilton won the Gold in 1984).

And, to top it all off, they got rid of the 6.0 system. Come on, that's synonymous with skating! Ugh. It's like they don't care at all about the sport's history. Now you get a bunch of performances that, while still pretty and creative, get repetitive. How many times in a row will you see a camel spin into (whatever it's called)? Part of the reason I loved skating was to see what kinds of moves people could come up with - not how well the perform required moves. Thanks a lot, ISU.

Ultimate Music Survey

Favorites

What is your favorite genre of music?: Rock

Why?: I did like pop a lot, but I got tired of it and the pop stations started playing too much rap so I switched to a rock station and loved it

Name your favorite band(s): Barenaked Ladies, Queen, The Killers, Social Distortion, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Hoobastank, Linkin Park, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Third Eye Blind, Dixie Chicks

Name your favorite solo artist(s): Ben Folds, P!nk, Regina Spektor, Garth Brooks

What is your favorite album?: Everything to Everyone, Barenaked Ladies

What is your favorite album cover?: "Dark Side of the Moon" Pink Floyd

Name your favorite song(s): "The Luckiest" Ben Folds, "Don't Stop Me Now" Queen, "Viva La Vida" Coldplay, "Bella's Lullaby" from Twilight...there are so many

Favorite CD you own: Rockin The Suburbs, Ben Folds

Favorite song on your computer: See above

Favorite song you DON'T have: "Want To Be Loved" Papa Roach, "Paralyzer" Finger Eleven

Favorite lyrics: "If God is a DJ, life is a dance floor, love is the rhythm, you are the music. If God is a DJ, life is a dance floor, you get what you're given - it's all how you use it." -P!nk

Favorite vocalist: Imogen Heap

Favorite guitarist: ??

Favorite bassist: ??

Favorite drummer: B Leid? ;)

Favorite instrumentalist (any instrument not mentioned above): my boyfriend?

Favorite classical / jazz composer: Shostakovich!

Favorite rapper: Eminem

Favorite theatrical score: Pride and Prejudice

Favorite of anything not mentioned: DCI (Phantom Regiment)


The bad stuff

What's your least favorite genre of music?: Rap

Who's your least favorite band?: Jonas Brothers, if they even count as a band

Who's your least favorite solo artist?: Ashlee Simpson

Who do you think is the most annoying musician?: Toby Keith, Ashlee Simpson, any sucky Disney product

If you could shoot any "artist" or "band", who would it be?: Ron Elrod, but I don't wish harm to him - just any recording he has ever made and his equipment

Who do you think is the least talented?: Britney

Least favorite song: I'm not sure, but for a while I was boycotting "Dani California" by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers because it was overplayed

Most annoying song: Right now, "Womanizer"

Most repetitive song: Chicken Dance

Last song to be stuck in your head: "The Moment I Said It" Imogen Heap

Did this survey just get that song stuck in your head again? (sorry): No, and it's not a bad thing if it is

Worst band that used to be good?: Oasis

A good band that used to suck?: Not sure


Your musical background

What was the first music you remember listening to?: Country in the car with my dad

What type of music do your parents listen to?: Some country, classic rock, and my mom likes newer stuff too (whatever ends up on 96.3) and Jimmy Buffett. He is his own genre

Do you play any musical instruments, or sing? If so, elaborate.: I wish! I can probably still play the recorder reasonably well, and my singing isn't terrible but it's not good either

Do you take lessons for instruments or voice? If so, for how long?: Recorder in 4th grade, viola in 5th grade, a little piano in 6th grade (all through the schools)

Do you plan to / have you gone to college for music?: I'm a member of the MSU Spartan Marching Band. That's as close as it gets

Who are your musical inspirations?: n/a

Who was your first favorite band or artist?: Jimmy Buffett

Who is your most recent favorite band or artist?: Muse

What styles of music are you interested in learning about?: I'd like to expand my classical education

What styles of music do you already know a lot about?: Rock, old pop

Do you know much about musical theory? If not, would you like to?: I want to!

If you take lessons, do you like your teacher(s)?: n/a

How many different music teachers do you have, or have you had?: 3...oh, wait, 4. Mrs. Haaseth was the main music teacher for elementary school, but there was Mr. Gerber in there for a bit...then the orchestra teacher was Mrs. Feldman and I don't remember the music teacher at the middle school. Oh, and if you count when I was in guard, that brings it up to 7: Mr. Hourigan and Mr. Ownby at the HS, and Madden here (8 including Dr. O).


This or that

Classical or jazz?: Probably classical, but jazz is sweet too

Classic rock or modern rock?: Mostly modern, but two classic bands are in my faves

Rock or Rap?: ROCK

Emo or Punk?: Both

Funk or Blues?: I don't really listen to either

Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin?: Probably Zeppelin...haven't listened to much of either

Bob Marley or Michael Franti?: No idea

Coldplay or Radiohead?: Coldplay, mainly because I know more of their stuff

Guster or Dispatch?: I've only heard one Guster song and never heard of the other band

John Mayer or Jack Johnson?: John Mayer

Eminem or 50 Cent?: Eminem...reppin' the D

Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera?: Christina - she actually has talent

Backstreet Boys or N'SYNC?: BACKSTREET BOYS

The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?: While both are timeless...The Beatles

Beethoven or Mozart?: Beethoven

Rachmaninoff or Debussy?: Hmm...not sure

Duke Ellington or Count Basie?: Can't really say

Electric or acoustic?: Acoustic

Mandolin or ukulele?: Ukulele

Saxophone or trumpet?: I'm impartial - I know cool people who play both


Miscellaneous

Why do you like music?: I just always have

When you're angry, what type of music do you listen to?: My angry playlist, or my sad one - depends on what I'm upset about

Has music ever made you cry? When?: "Goodbye My Lover" by James Blunt always gets me - partly on its own, partly because Corona used it in 07 and that show was so emotional

Has music ever made you laugh? When?: Flight of the Conchords

Do you like local music?: In high school, we had a lot of good bands, but I haven't really kept up with the local scene up in Lansing

What is the best show you have ever been to?: Ben Folds

Have you ever played in any shows?: Elementary school...anything else I was performing but not playing

If so, what type of music was it?: Crappy little elementary school stuff

Do you enjoy being on stage?: If I have a piece of equipment in my hands/am dancing, yes

Do you like to sing, even if you don't consider yourself a singer?: OMG yes!

If you could meet any musician and ask them for advice, who would it be?: n/a

If you could just chill with any musician, who would it be?: Barenaked Ladies or Ben Folds

What instrument that you don't play now would you like to learn next?: Anything. Most likely guitar, but I'm ok with baritone/euphonium ;)

Do you like foreign types of music? If so, what types?: Spanish music, and the koto is really cool. I rocked it the one time I played it.

Friday, Dec. 12, 7pm: State of Art meeting to discuss camp/prepare for clinic

Saturday, Dec. 13
-9am - 5pm: 2nd Annual State of Art Winterguard Clinic
-6:30 - 10pm: State of Art Rehearsal

Sunday, Dec. 14 - Tuesday, Dec. 16: Winterguard camp!

Thursday, Dec. 18, night: Annual Christmas light night with the fam, this year @ Erwin's Orchards

Wednesday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve at my grandparents'

Thursday, Dec. 25: CHRISTMAS

Friday, Dec. 26, 7:30pm: Motor City Bowl, Central Michigan vs. Florida Atlantic (crap, I need a Central shirt)

Saturday, Dec. 27, 1pm: meet in East Lansing to depart for CAPITOL ONE BOWL by bus

Sunday, Dec. 28, evening: arrive in Orlando, FL; swim/crash

Monday, Dec. 29: rehearsal in morning, then: DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, Dec. 30: Spherion Citrus Parade in morning, Capitol One Bowl pep rally thing in evening, Downtown Disney at night

Wednesday, Dec. 31: performance in Universal for New Year's celebration at 2pm, rest of day in Universal/City Walk (return to hotel at 1am)

Thursday, Jan. 1, 1pm: CAPITOL ONE BOWL VS. GEORGIA BULLDOGS

Friday, Jan. 2, morning: leave for return trip to Michigan, drive until Chattanooga, TN

Saturday, Jan. 3: return to Michigan

(Tom is coming to Novi somewhere in here, hopefully - if not then, maybe before?)

Thursday, Jan. 8: return to East Lansing, winterguard camp 1-10pm

Friday, Jan. 9 - Sunday, Jan. 11: Second State of Art camp


Damn...I get a week and a half at home before the trip, but only 5 days after it. At least I won't be bored!

I GET TO GO TO DISNEY WORLD FOR FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooooo getting a kimono, and finally getting my name on my Mickey ears! Last year we were all like, "Oh man we better go!" And this year we get to!!!!!! This is going to be the best trip EVER!!!!

Obama discusses economic plan to save, create jobs

Very much like some to the New Deal programs, like Public Works Administration and whatnot (what built much of our campus).

I can only pray to God it works. I have faith it will, but what really pulled us out of the Depression was World War 2...but our war now is part of the reason we're in this mess, so maybe the opposite will help? I'm not an economist by any means (only 1.0ed the class), but if its costing us around $300 million a day...

Gotta love the folks over at Funny Or Die. First it was Pearl, now...

Prop 8: The Musical

Name five fandoms before looking at the questions:

1. Harry Potter
2. Twilight
3. Lost
4. Rent
5. Wicked

( Oooh, fun questions! )