The Icon Faerie

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Alex and I sticky-noted Katie's car last night. That was fun.

By the by, marching band season is so officially on.

I am home. No more cable internet for me. Back to dial up. Sigh. ::buries head in hands:: I was still hacked off for flags practice this afternoon, I'm afraid I burned off a little too much energy and almost knocked more people in the head than I care to think about.

But I'm home. Downloading iMesh and figuring out how WinAmp works. Squee.

And I love all you guys, you are absolutely the best friends that I could want. ::huggles everyone around the ankles::

Showing off my new avatar. I swear, I must change avatars more often than I change socks. I am, however, moving into sandal-wearing season, so hopefully that won't change.

Today was my last day of school as a sophomore! I am officially an upperclassman, and it feels good. Now I can push around freshmen some more. *sniggers*

Reflections on this Year:
1. I missed Cory, a lot. Cory would have been sitting right next to me in band this year, as I was last flute (but still Queen of Sophomore Band Geeks) and he would have been first horn. You have no idea how depressing that is.
2. Mrs. Goetsch was awesome. She was far too cool to be a geometry teacher. Same for Mr. Ryan.
3. Biology was only as bad as I thought it was going to be when we were dissecting something. I liked Mr. Kreiter, he was a great teacher and finally taught me something about genetics.
4. I'm almost positive that I want to do something with writing or journalism now. Mrs. Gilroy is a wonderful teacher, and she might be a bit batty, but she knows what she's talking about and was my favorite teacher this year.
5. The sophomore chorus was the best even though we were the smallest with 40 people. Quality over quantity.
6. There is nothing more fun than marching band. Flags rock, and so does baton. We are the half time show, that's all there is too it. Concert band rocks too. I don't care what anyone says about Mr. Ed (McMahon, yes, his name IS Ed McMahon), I was about ready to quit band after my middle school teacher ruined things for me, and he got me enthusiastic about music again. I will forever owe him for that.
7. Gym still sucked.
8. Study Hall was the best.
9. World History was great. Mr. Thomas is on my list of "Coolest People Ever". He's an interesting person that has a lot of interesting things to say, I wish that every single last one of you could meet him. He's got a wonderfully dry sense of humor and humorous stories.
10. Spanish was okay. But I can't wait to get up to Spanish IV where we have the people actually interested in learning the language in the class.

Moving on.

HERE is a quiz on old wives tales and "Mother Myths". I saw one thing on there that disturbed me:

2. Your 6-year-old daughter is a terribly picky eater. The best thing to say to her as she refuses once again to touch the dinner you’ve so lovingly prepared is:


The correct answer: C. Don’t you know that children in India are starving?
Your answer: B. Don’t you want to grow up big and strong like Mommy?

Once again, this is totally unfounded in reality. But it’s never too early to begin instilling guilt in your girl.

I say this: Don't say this to your child too often. I was a pretty picky eater in elementary school, and heard this statement or something to the effect at least once a week for almost three years. It contributed to my depression and "Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt" experience on suicide. So don't say it too often. It loses its effect and too much guilt is a bad thing. Thank you.

In other news, I have the Harry Potter VHS! I only got two of the deleted scenes, sob, but they're really cool. The extended potions class is really neat, and the studying/"I forgot" scene is great. *squees at the R/Hr-ness*