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]]> ~nugoosh http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/16586526/ http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/16586526/ Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:19:31 PST Ok so as a few of you know, this weekend I've been playing with the SCSBOA honor bands, aka All Southern. I am having SO much fun. Seriously. The music we're playing is incredible, especially a march by Hindemith. It makes me so very happy I like the other music we're doing too (pieces by ticheli, grantham, de meij, and tchaikovsky--if you actually have any interest in knowing which pieces, please ask, but be ready for me to go into an excited speech about how positively wonderful they are!). It's been so much fun, and I've been hanging out with a bunch of my friends from Idyllwild and All Southern last year. Our conductor is really great too; he's a little weird but in a pretty cool way. And as I said the music is FANTASTIC!

OH! And yesterday I found out one of my friends got into Julliard (without an audition) so I'm really really happy for him. That is just so fantastic and awesome. He got offered a full ride too, but I think he's still looking at other music conservatories.

Anyway, that's about it. I'll probably put another journal up sometime going into greater detail about SCSBOA this weekend. It's so much fun Playing great music is so addictive for me. Yesterday commented that music is to me as sugar is to him... which is probably true. YAY!

OK take care now, and to everyone in gundo, good luck with finals this week!

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By the way, my trip to Iowa this weekend was FANTASTIC. I have decided that I love the college, the faculty, the campus, and the snow. My audition, interview, and essay all went relatively well; I'm actually rather proud of the audition even though I kind of messed up and I was really nervous lol. When am I not though? Anyway, it was great. I have to tell you though, -11 degrees is rather cold. I'm sure everyone could figure that out, but I still have to say it because it is really, really cold.

Hope everyone had a good holiday today, and take care this week! I will attempt to catch up on looking through deviations, but I'll be practicing a lot the next few weeks too, so it may not happen right away.

]]> ~nugoosh http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/16498922/ http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/16498922/ Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:33:20 PST . I don't usually do these types of things but I found the music one quite awesome. All items but one are true for me in that section. Yep, I'm a band geek/orch dork/music nerd. I have to say I'm surprised there wasn't anything on here about actual nerdiness, like "I love every single one of my classes" or "I play with the graphing function on my TI-89" or "I cry when I get a B" or anything like that. I would so pwn that list too... I'm lame, I know... get over it.


ANIME/MANGA NERD

[ ] You watch anime.
[ ] You read manga.
[ ] You buy/collect anime DVDs or manga volumes.
[ ] You own some other form of anime/manga merchandise.
[ ] You have referred to an anime character as 'hot' before.
[ ] You have cosplayed.
[ ] You have done so in public.
[ ] You have been to an anime/manga convention.
[ ] You have created/joined a fanclub for an anime/manga character.
[ ] You have created/joined a hateclub for an anime/manga character.
[ ] You have squealed when you found out somebody had the same name as an anime character you knew.
[ ] You enjoy drawing anime.
[ ] People you know know you as the 'anime' person.
[x] You know that it is pronounced 'mawnguh' and not 'manga' like it is spelled.

Anime/Manga Nerd= 1/14

ART NERD

[x] You like art.
[x] You actually consider yourself an artist.
[x] When using art supplies, the brand of them matters to you.
[x] You have a favorite brand.
[x] You have asked for art supplies as a Christmas/birthday gift before.
[x] You give people your drawings as gifts.
[x] People actually ask for your drawings. (well it happened once...)
[ ] You are/were known as 'the art person' at your school.
[ ] Instead of just 'brown' or ' pink', you'd be specific; it's 'sienna brown' or 'blush pink'. Or whatever.
[ ] You have taken an art class outside of school.
[ ] You have considered a career as an artist.
[ ] Your school papers are always covered in doodles.
[ ] You have a favorite artist.
[x] Your drawings have been framed
[ ] You carry a sketchbook with you everywhere you go.

Art Nerd= 8/15


MUSICAL NERD

[x] You play a musical instrument. (trombone)
[x] You play more than one instrument. (...and trumpet)
[x] You actually really enjoy playing your instrument. (absolutely!)
[x] You've given your instrument a name. (Beatrice)
[x] You've participated in an extracurricular activity for your instrument. (several)
[x] You are known by what you play. (...tromboner...)
[x] You listen to classical music. (and baroque, and romantic, and impressionist...)
[x] You are wondering whether that refers to the classical music genre or the classical music time period. (lol see above)
[x] You have a favorite composer. (I <3 GABRIELI)
[x] All of your friends are from your band/orchestra class. (most... or at least some kind of musical experience or organization.)
[x] You write music. (not well, but at least I attempt it haha)
[x] You've had discussions with your friends about music; your favorite composers/instruments/musical time periods/key/etc... (OMG yes! and they probably all hate me for how much I ramble on about music things like that)
[x] You have considered a professional career with your instrument.
[ ] You are never nervous playing for other people. (HAHA I wish! that would have helped SOO much in my audition yesterday!)

Musical Nerd= 13/14


VIDEO GAME NERD

[ ] You play video games.
[ ] You own more than 4 different video game systems.
[ ] You've had debates over which system is the greatest.
[ ] You play video games every day.
[ ] You have played a video game for over 10 hours.
[ ] You have songs from your favorite video games on your MP3.
[ ] You love to talk about video games.
[ ] You memorize the dates for when a new game is being released.
[ ] People know you as the 'gamer' person.
[ ] You spend more time on video games than you do hanging out with friends.
[ ] Your gaming system is in your room.
[ ] You have preferences when it comes to what company your game came from.
[ ] You've had debates over which company is the best.
[ ] You keep playing a game until you beat it.
[ ] It makes you angry when you found out somebody looked up cheat codes on the internet to beat their game.

Videogame Nerd= 0/15

COMPUTER NERD

[x] You use the computer every day. (I... ]]> ~nugoosh http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/16423612/ http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/16423612/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:08:15 PST
Anyways, a few of the sources of my inability to check all the messages are from being busy with very exciting things. I've been continuing to work on college scholarship applications, and I am very pleased that I have money that I would get at any of the three schools I have been accepted to. (Yeah I got another acceptance on Friday. It made me laugh because it had "Congratulations" written on the envelope. A little anti-climactic...) I'm still waiting on a response for admission/rejection (the latter is a little more likely) from my number one school, but we'll see how that goes.

In order to hopefully accrue more scholarships, this weekend I am flying to the Midwest for a scholarship contest and an audition for a music scholarship. My audition pieces are insanely hard so I'm probably going to make a fool of myself, but at least I'll have fun doing that because I like the songs. I'll probably freeze though; it's supposed to be between -4 and 8 degrees, and I get cold when it's 55 degrees out...

Yesterday I also found out that I got into an honor band that I auditioned for, which is pretty awesome. Fortunately/Unfortunately, I got into the more difficult band. I'm excited about that, but the program takes place in less than two weeks and I have very little time to practice and the music is rather difficult. So I'll probably be making a fool of myself yet again, but still having fun because music=awesomeness. Last night I was practicing until like 2 in the morning (I love my practice mute: nobody could even hear me!)

Anyway, that's about it in the life of Katherine. Well actually there's a lot more too but I'm not gonna type any more, in part because I have to leave to go tutor. Tuesdays are fun... Music lesson and tutoring! Both of my students are awesome though, so it's really cool.

Bye!

And Bunny, in case I don't get a chance to say it tomorrow, HAPPY WEDNESDAY! <3

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Oh and sorry for the fact that I've been relatively silent when it comes to comments on deviations and journals. I'll try to catch up but I've managed to accumulate hundreds of each Sorry!

]]> ~nugoosh http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/15456238/ http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/15456238/ Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:47:38 PST Today I've been trying really hard to celebrate rather than mourn/complain. After all, "Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional."
This journal looks very short, but I really don't know what else to say. Happy November 10th!

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Yesterday after the competition I was thinking back to the field shows we did several years ago that were basically walking onto the field, standing still to play a song, and marching/walking off. I am definitely amazed at how much we have grown and improved. It's been so difficult and at times disheartening to go to competitions where we are/were the smallest band, the only one without a color guard, or the only one whose program has had to grow so much just to get to the level of performing with these bands. Then again, performing at the competitions made it that much easier to recognize and strive for the skill and success of other groups, and we are so much better than before. I'm really proud of the band. I know we aren't perfect and there's still plenty of room to improve, but that doesn't make the progress we HAVE made any less meaningful.

Another exciting element to the day was that we had the new band uniforms. The band hadn't been certain when they would come in, and when Mr. Fox found out it would be sometime around now he told only a couple parents and me (and later James) so that it could be kept a secret from the band students until the day of the competition when they would just get handed the new uniforms (fitting was already taken care of and we brought standard-sized stock uniforms, pins, etc. just in case). It was AMAZING. I loved seeing everyone's reaction, and the uniforms are so nice. I'm really happy. It was quite hard not telling people, especially after I saw the new uniforms on Friday, but seeing everyon'es surprise and excitement was great--Mr. Fox even videotaped the moment

Anyways, I'm pretty excited right now. Tired and a bit behind on homework that I'd wanted to finish earlier, but I'm VERY happy, and I'm so proud of our band.

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I'm not really planning anything exciting for this evening, but I hope everyone is having a wonderful and festive day full of excitement, laughs/scares, and plenty of candy.

I think someone was dressed as a calendar today, and that's definitely a pretty frightening costume... The end of Halloween means lots of college and scholarship deadlines are approaching, Christmas shopping/baking/gift-making need to be started, and various other things need to be done. All fun, of course, but I'm definitely going to be staying busy for the next couple of months.

In any case, Happy Halloween! Dress up, eat candy, find frightening stories or haunted mansions, and have lots of fun.

Don't be a hooligan.

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1. What Is your natural hair color?
some would call it strawberry blonde, others say it's just light brown. take your pick.

2. Where was your default pic taken?
my dad's wedding

3. What's your middle name?
Nicole

4. Your current relationship status?


5. Honestly, does your crush like you back?
I dunno, go ask Aaron

6. What is your current mood?
Tired but fairly happy

7. What color underwear are you wearing?
wow, ok. light blue. interesting question.

8. What makes you happy?
music, tea, seeing my sister, hugs, math, orchids, and lots of other things.

9. What makes you sad?
mean people, death, gossip, migraines, people getting hurt, misunderstandings, and empty lemonade cartons?

10. If you could change your past, would you?
I don't think so. there are a few things I haven't enjoyed so much, but I like who I am so that has to mean I like what I've been through to become who I am. or something like that.

11. If you MUST be an animal for 1 day- what would you be?
I know it's a lame answer, but I'd be a bird

12. Ever had a near death experience?
not any of which I'm aware

13. Some things you do a lot?
homework, music, reading, math, drawing, talking to my sister on the phone, drinking tea

14. What's the name of the song stuck in your head right now?
marcello's sonata in f, particularly the second movement

15. What is something you are looking forward to?
jen's wedding this weekend!

16. Name someone with the same b-day as you.
mrs. rice (mr. fox's is one day earlier) and hannah, my soul-twin. and a bunch of people.

17. Do you secretly want any hidden piercings?
nooo

18. Have you ever sung in front of a large audience?
not by myself

19. If you could have one super power what would it be?
always being able to cheer someone else up and make people happier

20. What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
I don't know. personality, but I guess that isn't "first." how about eyes/smile?

21. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
either some type of creme frappucino or tea. I like tea.

22. What's your biggest secret?
well telling is no fun, because then it's not a secret!

23. What's your favorite color?
blue. especially blue and brown together.

24. When was the last time you lied?
deliberately? I think a few months ago. but I accidently misinformed someone a couple days ago. does that count?

25. Do you still watch kiddy movies or TV shows?
no.

26. Do you enjoy scary movies?
not usually

27. What are you eating or drinking at the moment?
nothing but I will be drinking tea as soon as the water finishes boiling *tapping foot impatiently*

28. Do you speak any other language?
speak? not really. I read and write spanish pretty well, and I'm taking french. but I'm not particularly good at speaking either of those.

29. What's your favorite smell?
anything citrus

30. What 1 word to describes your life?
busy?

31. When was the last time you gave/received a hug?
several times today, including about twenty minutes ago

32. Have you ever been kissed in the rain?
no

33. What are you thinking about right now?
my boiling water... I want tea...

34. Would you purchase a kiss from MySpace's Tom for charity on GoofyAuctions.com?
no way.

35. What was the last thing that made you upset/angry?
the computers in the journalism lab. evil!!! *loud smashing sound*

36. How often do you pray?
probably not as often as I should

37. Do you like working in the yard?
I like planting things, but not really weeding or mowing the lawn.

38. If you could have any last name in the world, what would you?
I'm actually quite happy with my own

39. Do you act differently around your crush?
I don't think so, but possibly

40. Name one song that reminds you of an ex?
nothing comes to mind...


oh by the way, I mentioned it in my last journal but I'll just say it here as well: I'm actually going to do one of those kiriban things. it's set at 1,000. enjoy.

]]> ~nugoosh http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/14956740/ http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/14956740/ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:47:28 PDT
Ok, let's start with the wedding side. Jennifer arrived this past Friday in the evening. This weekend was her bachelorette party (which I couldn't go to because of the band comp--her party was a two-day trip). I am SO excited about everything going on this week for the wedding. Although parts of the planning for the wedding have been a little insane, the wedding itself is going to be beautiful. The rehearsal/rehearsal dinner is on Thursday, in part because Friday is the homecoming parade and game for ESHS and everyone is going (look for Jen; she'll probably be wearing a veil ). The wedding itself on Saturday is going to be SO amazing. The details have been planned quite painstakingly and I know it will be beautiful. I hope it's perfect and exactly how Jen and Brian want it. I'll be sure to put up pictures after the wedding.

Also exciting, but not nearly as much so, is the fact that this week I got a wonderful little piece of mail telling me I've been accepted to Carthage College. It's a small Lutheran college in Wisconsin, and it's not exactly my top choice, but I'm still rather happy about it. It's satisfying, and relaxing. I'm going to have to be more careful about my mail though. I've been in the habit of just throwing out packets or letters from schools I'm not that interested in, and the other day I nearly tossed a UC letter giving me an ELC number, as well as something from the College Board that had nothing to do with scores. It's some honor that you get for taking AP tests and passing them. I'm an AP Scholar or something and I'd never even heard of that before. Anyways, mail=exciting. I can't wait to see the results of my other college apps, although some of them aren't complete yet (lazy Katherine! I was planning to finish them all in the summer).

Now, for the part that Liv and Bunny are probably most interested in--the first band competition of the season. It actually went fairly well, considering the fact that a few things went wrong. First of all, due to some confusion, a bass drum got left behind and we had to borrow one. We also took longer unloading the pit equipment and instruments than we had expected, giving us less time to warm up. The performance itself went very well though. The band stayed together on tempo, and we looked pretty decent. OH! And the competition took place in a stadium so we sounded louder on some of the forte and fortissimo parts. That was pretty cool. And no disaster occurred during the actual performance, unlike the band before us which had a flying trombone slide that almost hit someone. Unfortunately, we still managed to get last place in our division, in part because we were forty-five seconds short of the minimum time. Because it's so early in the season, most of the bands there did only part of the show that they had planned, including us. However, some of them had other ways to take up time, like having color guard dance randomly for two minutes at the end so that they don't lose points. Well, we didn't think of that so one of the judges scored us down a lot for not having too much time left over. Anyway, that'll be fixed by the time we add in the rest of our show. We have some other things to work on too; overall it went well and I am quite pleased.

After the comp, I went to the Coronation dance with Celeste (which for any non-gundo people is basically a wacky version of a homecoming dance that happens BEFORE the homecoming game instead of after, in order to crown the homecoming court). I hadn't gone before and figured I might as well, since it's my senior year. Many people had told me that coronation is always lame, but I had to find out for myself It wasn't too bad. The dance itself was boring but I was hanging out with friends so I still enjoyed myself. Nowhere near as cool as prom last year though. I don't know if any dance will be topping that haha.

Anyway, things are all going fairly well and I'm excited about everything coming up this week for family (the wedding), band (homecoming), and school. Yep. Fun stuff. I will try to post a journal with updates about everything coming up, but as you can probably see from the time it took be to put this journal up (September 12 to October 7--haha) that might not happen so soon.

Edit: I have never done a kiriban before, but I think I'll set one for 1,000.

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]]> ~nugoosh http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/14596827/ http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/14596827/ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:40:31 PDT I was disappointed to hear other students talking in the hall today about how it was a hoax, a set-up to give an excuse for the two wars and that it didn't matter anymore because it's been so long. I know that several experts have presented evidence that the twin towers and building seven could not have collapsed the way they did from just the plane crashes. I know that the majority of Americans deplore the actions taken by the government after the attacks against September 11. I myself am not particularly pleased with the way things turned out and how the government responded. But no matter what you or I think, I'm pretty darn sure that the thousands of innocent people who died that day didn't deserve it, and that's something worth remembering at least in some way, for at least a minute or two each year. At least, that's what I think.
Ok I'll stop ranting now. On a more positive note, I got a new music student today, and I'm rather happy about that. I've felt kind of lonely not doing any music lessons or tutoring this past month. Well, that's over now! Hope everyone is having a great week. Love and hugs!

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Much as I'm sure whoever's reading this is totally interested in my opinions of each and every one of my classes (yeah right), I'm going to proceed to something perhaps more important. Starting school again means that I am a senior, a thought which is still taking a while to sink in. I'm quite a bit of the way through college applications and it's just now hitting me that in less than a year, I'm going to become one of those people leaving instead of one of the ones left behind. I know it's way too early to start getting emotional about all of that, but I just wanted to say that, as much as high school is supposed to be the worst and most awkward/embarrassing/unhaapy time of people's lives, and as much as I've had my share of difficulties during high school, I have been fortunate enough to have some of the greatest friends making it not only worthwhile, but incredibly enjoyable. I know senior year is going to be great too, and I can't wait to see all of the fun and crazy memories we all create together (including everyone who has already graduated or moved). Yeah ok nobody cares but I had to say it anyways. Love and hugs to all of you

]]> ~nugoosh http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/14352639/ http://nugoosh.deviantart.com/journal/14352639/ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:48:46 PDT Well, I'll be off to the band bbq in a few minutes, where I'll get to see some people who I haven't seen or sometimes even talked to over the summer. Yay band!

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EDIT: I just noticed I have 666 pageviews and had to mention it.

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