I am going through my like bi-monthly Korean music frenzy right now, except I think that it will now carry on into other things as well. The Wonder Girls need to srsly hurry up with that English album (Eng. Nobody grew on me lololol) because I'm getting impatient.

BUT OMG SNSD'S GENIE IS AMAZING LIKE WHOA. "DJ, put it back on!" mm Taeyeon you are pretty but I like Jessica the best sorry lol and Yoona is really cute too haaaaaaaha! I am surprised I know their names (or some of their names...) 9 member girl group wtf.

But then I discovered Shinee, and their music is okay but THEIR FASHION is the greatest ever omg love it. I found them because I thought Key was really hot and dressed really well in a performance they did with SNSD omgggg



Only male singer I have ever been drawn too. It's his hair, I'm telling you. I wouldn't be surprised if I had that hair by December.... I plan on lightening it quite soon, actually! 

I never really do this, but I want to get my flist into Perfume as well! So I'm going to review their new album, ⊿, pronounced "Triangle." So without further ado:
( Chu chu chu! )

I don't know why I'm doing this but I have some time to kill before Odyssey of the Mind so I was kind of compelled to make a list of all the foreign artists I like.

( Love the World )

It's not finished yet as I need to go to Odyssey of the Mind. Everything is really in order of my favorites to least favorite, except Flight of the Conchords. They should be pretty high up there and they're not.

I am in love with Enchanted soundtrack! It's so amazing . . the songs are so happy-go-lucky, totally Disney, and very addictive!

Also, I'm able to get the 16gb iPhone tomorrow! I have to pay the $30 new data plan every month, but I'm totally fine with that! I finally have an iPod that can hold all my songs and my videos and the gps system will be a welcome addition as well (I love the fact that I got lost on the way to the AT&T store . . imagine me trying to get from here to UCF or from UCF to UF/FSU whenever I'm visiting peeps).

Okay the Enchanted soundtrack just ended and now I'm listening to Tokyo Drift . . changing it back! hahahaha

p.s. my computer has been acting so weird. Stupid vundo trojans that won't go away >.< If the problem is not remedied within a week then I'm taking it in to get looked at :( And my backspace key isn't responding on occasion. Annoying.

6th overall, 6th overall percussion, 1st in class woodwinds, 3rd in class overall, superior in every category and a superior with distinction in percussion! Out of 25 bands, I was REALLY happy! Competition was so exciting, it was like mini-drum corps! So awesome!! All of the other bands were at there like 5th competition and we were at are first and only. I think we were the only non-competitive marching band there rofl

omfg I wish that I could just spend a summer in Tokyo by myself and not have to do any work or anything. This is what I think of when I listen to new music from Japan.

I don't have much to report because my life has been consumed by band lately. Competition is tomorrow so yay! so excited for that . . we've been working super hard and I think we could pull it off and end in the top 3!

omfg I love college applications I need more of them :)




omggg Nakata is so hotizzle and Koshijima is adorable

The Ponyo soundtrack is so adorable! It's really amazing . . I love how it sounds and I love the chorus that Mr. Hisaishi inserts at times. I really can't wait for this movie to come to the U.S. because it's going to be such a cute movie!! I can tell that I'll really like it.



that song is so pretty! I love the opening and then the violin . . ahhh :)



Miyazaki is amazing. His works are all beautiful

 I stayed up until midnight (who hadn't) watching the marathon of Absolutely Fabulous on BBCAmerica with my mom, which was extremely entertaining! Then, at 11:59, I quickly changed the station to ABC (America's BBC; HA, doesn't even come close) to watch the ball drop with Dick Clark and to my amazement, Clark's counting was off! When the ball hit the big "2007!" sign he was on 3 . . . geez, it was hilarious.

Well, anyways, on to the resolutions:

- Learn Japanese
- GET FIT. I need to start exercising or else I'll die at the age of 70. Our generations life expectancy age is 120-130! I don't want to die young. haha

And to the year in reflection:

My goodness! How far I have come since the beginning of this year! I still have a lot of maturing to do, no doubt about that, but at least now I know how to handle conversations (most of the time) properly. I can finally say that I know what being accepted into a social circle feels like, and at the very least, feel accepted! The unfortunate side of this is that some of the people who have showed me this, Kayla, Riza, Andrea, will be graduating, but some others, Adrienne and Connor, will be here for as long as I am. I have become comfortable with who I am and I've realized that I need to stop trying so damn hard! School is going to be school and most people are not going to change. I shouldn't try and push myself into situations in school academically that lead to failure, one of which was enrolling myself into an AP course in 10th grade. How stupid! If Katie Beckmann could do it, I could, I mean, I was a fairly good writer and so was she. However, I am barely pulling off a B in there, so it just wasn't worth it. I'm still taking AP Literature next year, but I'm wondering whether or not I should take any other AP classes. I realized that music is just not going to happen for me, as much as I love it, I just can't sit for eight hours straight playing on the piano. I'm going to have to do something in a career that involves social interaction, when it comes down to it. Traveling around the world with the piano seems good at first, but when I look deeper into it, it's extremely risky, and the truth is, do I really want to do it for the last eighty years of my life? Heck, no! I want to be sitting there in a concert hall with balcony tickets in the Opera Hall in London or Manchester, listening to that glorious music with my friends. Do I want to be that musician who preforms brilliantly but is paid only enough to support himself and his significant other? No. Classical music just isn't supported in society as a whole any more and instead of trying to live off that measly support, I want to be the one giving it. If I could work in a place that provided me good money to the point where I could support a family and buy a nice vacation home in the country, then yes, I'm going to take it. Just as long as it's a job I like.

Unfortunately, the only bit of that that I learned last year was the bit up until the stuff about me being in a career involving social interaction. The other stuff I realized as I was typing it. But, it's the truth.

My musical career has been a fun journey, but it's going to end with my college graduation. I still have six years with it, however! : )

YES! YES! Scheduale, YES? Yes.

1. None because I'm lazy.
2. AP English Lang.
3. Symphonic Band
4. Chemistry Honors
5. American History Honors because Adrienne and I were going to fail AP
6. Algebra II Honors
7. Spanish I because I'm horrendous at speaking forigeihn languages.

So Doug left and it was depressing. We all came up behind him and did, "Yay Doug!!" and "Akward Turtle". The most depressing part is thinking we won't get to do it to him in any rehearsals anymore. : ( 

I'm becoming so worked up about school starting it's CRAZY. Like, oh man. I have sat down and colour cordinated all of my pens and mechanical pencils with the binders for my different academic classes and I've been putting the finishing touches on everything except the debate for Hammond. I'm EXCITED. I want school to start on Monday. 

OH MY GOD I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED. I'M DOING ALL OF THESE PIANO CONCERTO'S AND I'M SUPER HAPPY. I could not be happier with the way things are looking music wise. It's all really fun. Besides Rhapsody I also want to do Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro. I love piano concertos.

Adrienne got her wisdom teeth out this morning so let's all pray for her health and hope that she's not in to much pain. : )