Henderson Track Meet

This weekend was my first official tract meet for the season. It wasn't to bad. It was really windy so every one's time were slow. I ran the 4x800 relay. it was OK, but the hand-offs were awful. My hand-off to Kat was the worst of the three hand-offs. I start to hand the baton to Kat and the girls beside us(trying to get off the track) runs right into us. She almost knocked the baton out of our hands. Then she just stood there between us and wouldn't move. Kat and I had to stop and I had to hand her the baton, because we were at the end of the exchange zone. Later in the day I ran the 300 hurdles. It was fun. The first 100 was kind of hard because we had a 30 mph head wind. But other than the couple of bad things that happened during the races everything went pretty well.

Once Upon a Dream

Every year the Advance Chorus combines with the Special needs class to preform a musical. The special needs kids act out the parts and the chorus sings the songs. This year the play that we are preforming is called Once Upon a Dream. It is like the Disney movie Cinderella. The special needs kids have worked very hard on there parts and the chorus has worked very hard on the songs. I can't wait until we preform it tomorrow. It will be a lot of fun and very rewarding for all those who take place in it each year. I have participated in the last two years and they both have been very rewarding for me. This one I know will be just as rewarding.

What do you wish you could take the time to do?

If I wasn't busy with school and could do whatever I wanted, I would hang out with my friends. Right now I am always doing homework or running so I don't have very much time to hang out with my friends. I get to see them on the weekends, but that is about it. I would also, spend as much time outside as I could. I love being outside. There is just something about the bright sun, the fresh smell, and the grass between my toes that I just can't resist. When I was little I loved playing at the park and having picnics; with extra time I would be able to go to the park and have a picnic with my friends.

The first time I drove a car

The first time I drove a car was when I was 14 years old. I had no idea what I was doing, one day my youth pastor told me he was going to teach to drive a stick shift. The first 30 minutes were very jerky; literally. I was really bad at the clutch. I didn't know that I was supposed to use it every time I used the break. Also I didn't know you were supposed to shift up one gear at a time. I just wanted to put it in the gear I wanted it in. Needless to say, I stalled the truck several times before we actually moved. Another thing that I had trouble with was trying to shift gears in the middle of a turn. I stalled the car in the middle of several turns. I still haven't mastered that. The next time I went driving I did get across the parking lot before I stalled the car (I was trying to turn and shift gears at the same time; it didn't work). After all the driving lessons I still can't drive a stick shift, but I at least know how and I can if I really have to. I just hope the person whose car I'm driving won't hate me for messing up the gears.

Track and Field

If you watched the Summer Olympics in 2008 then you might have seen an event called the Steeplechase. This event is similar to hurdles, except you are jumping solid barriers and water holes. It may look crazy, but it is really fun. The only problem is that it takes special training. You have to be able to jump several barriers and still run 2 miles. Just recently the KHSAA board decided to add it as a high school event. Since my favorite part of cross country is jumping the trees and mud holes I decided that I was going to try the Steeplechase. Today I started training for it. I started with hurdle drills and then moved on to jumping the hurdles. It was a lot of fun but now I am very sore. I thought I did very well for my first day. I only ran into the hurdle once and I didn't fall down, I just kept running and cleared the next hurdle. I was very excited at the end of practice when all I had was one bruise on my knee (from running into the hurdle). I am very excited about running/jumping the Steeplechase. And another thing it is a new high school sport so the competition level of it should be low, meaning it should be easier to go to State in.

Who would I call first and why?

If I was stuck in a ditch the first person I would call would be my youth leader. I would call him first because he is a mechanic and he has access to the towing chain and then he would fix my car for me. Then I would call my mom, because she would be the one that would have to take me places while my car was being fixed and she is the one paying for my car so if I wanted it fixed I would have to tell her.

Beauty and the Beast

The Beauty and the Beast was one of my favorite Disney movies. Fortunately I was able to see the musical form of it on stage at the River Park Center the other night. It was very good. The cast did an amazing job. They had several special affect. One of my favorites was the wolf scene. They lowered a screen that made the stage look fuzzy and it had tree branches along the edges of it. Then they dimmed the lights, so it was dark, and turned on strobe lights. Then for the wolves they had grey costumes that looked like wolves, but instead of having people in the costumes as wolves they had people, dressed in black, moving the wolves. It made them look like they were actually leaping and attacking the Beast, Papa, and Belle. It was really cool. Another scene I liked was the town scene. The choreography was really good. I loved the dance. Also, the props/setting was done very well. The houses and stores were reversible. On one side was the out side of the house and on the other was the inside of the house. They were very pretty. I would definitely go back and watch it again, if I could.

Fashion Statements

The clothes that people wear everyday always start from a simple fashion statement. Someone one day decided they wanted to be different. Some ideas are very exotic. For example: platform shoes, glow in the dark pants, padded shoulder, and bell-bottoms. All of these fashion trends started with one person trying to be different. Sometimes I wish people wouldn't try to be different. It turns out very scary. Next time you try to be different make sure you check with your friends and make sure that what you are about to put on won't end up on What Not to Wear in a few years.