...I GOT INTO SCHOOL 8D

It is nothing short of a miracle...and a lot of constant prodding by me. I just sort of kept poking and poking and poking the teachers and staff. Asking and asking, begging and begging...yelling and cussing >>; And in the end, I got into college once again. Granted, I am two weeks late, but better late than never! I am pretty damn proud of myself. I fucked up and fixed it. So there ya go. I'm a big girl now.

The only thing I didn't take into consideration was work and school. I have to do both... Haven't quite figured out how it is going to work, but I don't really have a choice but to make it work, right?
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And since summer is nearly gone, I decided to reflect on my entire summer vacation... Though, it wasn't really much of a vacation.


There were many things that I hated this summer, but there are even more things that I loved so much that it totally out-weighted the things that were just drop dead suck. Telemarketing, Parades, job hunting, losing friends, eating homemade tortillas for two weeks that were better off being Frisbees, being alone, losing hope. And sure, as people keep reminding me, their lives are so much harder and so much worse.. But well, I can't live your life, I can only live my own. So sorry. And yet all that crap can't really compare to how many great things happened this summer.

Beach.I loved the beach. I wish I could have spent more time there. I hate jellyfish so much, but even that didn't keep me from waking up and sitting out on the shore, watching dolphins go by...then making a sand alligator...and kicking sand on all of those stupid friggin' jellyfish D:< GAWD I HATE THEM.

Otakon. This was the first time I went by my new favorite form of con-plans. NOTHING. My plan was nothing. And because of that, I got to do see and learn so many more things than I normally would if I had a plan to do this and that at any given time. I made some friends, some really cool and just had fun. I think I like having fun..Go figure.

Telemarketing. I hate telemarketing. I hate the phone. But man was it an amazing experience. Being yelled and threatened and cussed at over the phone is enough to destroy your self esteem..and yet, I am glad I forced myself to do it. I needed money, so I found it. And it makes me want to try harder in life sooo I don't have to end up ever doing that again.

Parades. Those parades are the only reason I was able to survive. Sure telemarketing helped, but having a few parades almost every week through the summer got me enough money to buy essentials and get to Otakon. Not to mention, I saw places in Massachusetts i didn't even know existed. Some were really beautiful and others were uhm, scary? But it opened my eyes to how big and beautiful this state is..once you leave the city. <<

Brass Seminar. I was very honored to receive a full scholarship to the Atlantic Brass Quintet Seminar. And though our quintet had our problems and MAJOR disagreements, by the last concert, we were pretty awesome. And I made a few friends from it and got a couple of really nice tuba lessons from some of the greatest tuba players in the world. It helped me blend, listen, and essentially play my best at any given moment, which showed really well in the Rainbow Big Band.

Rainbow Big Band! I can't believe that I get to play it. I was in it during the summer, and I had none stop fun. All of the music is challenging and fun and forced me to think and practice. And i love challenges like that. And luckily, now that I am in school, i get to keep playing in it all semester!

BBEBB. Big Bang Evolutionary Big Band. I loved playing with these guys too. They were amazing, and some of the music was so modern and crazy that It gave me a small headache. But once we got it all together, it sounded awesome. And playing for all the kids at the five-week program was so much fun. And alot of them really liked my Mohawk. It was funny how many came up to me after the concerts just to tell me that. That and I am really loud. XD

And likely some other things, but those were the biggest things. Essentially that was my summer. Sure, there were maaany other more interesting/less interesting things that happened, but that's all i feel like blabbing about.