tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35434900598128843942024-02-06T21:00:03.919-08:00A White Blank Page "Every day is a journal page... So will you compose a curse, or will today bring the blessing? Fill the page with some rhyming verse or some random sketchings?"
Every morning brings the chance to start fresh. I'm a teenager who loves to be optimistic, write music, and have fun! Join my journey!Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-83828888340215409462014-01-27T16:13:00.001-08:002014-01-27T16:13:31.777-08:00Passion recap (and other important news)Happy Monday to you all! This week's blog has a bunch of events and some news at the end... so hold on for the ride!<br />
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First things first: let's appreciate the little things.</div>
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Switchfoot's new album came out last week, and the night before it released, the guys did a live Google+ Hangout. Their esteemed lead singer, Jon Foreman, was not there, as he had busted his face open while surfing that morning. Helloooo 30 stitches to the face!</div>
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Nevertheless, the Hangout was fun, and their new album, Fading West, is amazing. Go check it out as soon as you can!</div>
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I got to go to the Passion conference in Atlanta last weekend! It's an amazing conference of college students (though they let high school seniors go too). I and about nine other kids in my class loaded up into a van Friday morning and spent all day driving up to Atlanta. </div>
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Many intense rounds of HeadBands were played.</div>
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I know all you Northerners are used to the cold, but this Florida girl has no warm weather clothes. I borrowed a heavy coat from my wonderful choir director, but I was still cold.<br />
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Despite the weather, Phillips Arena was <i>packed!</i></div>
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One of the campaigns this year was, again, <a href="http://enditmovement.com/" target="_blank">End It Movement</a>. It's a great organization that's trying to put an end to modern day slavery. For more information, check out their website.<br />
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Our LCD screen decided to stop working for the last session, so we ended up attempting to sing without having the words in front of us!... yeah it didn't work out that great.<br />
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Now, here's the news I know you've all been <i>dying</i> to hear:<br />
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1. My dear friend Emily and I have started a blog together. It's called "2 States 2 Styles", and it you go <a href="http://2states2styles.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">here</a> to check it out, you'll see why. </div>
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2. It is more than likely that I won't be blogging for about the next month. </div>
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A White Blank Page will still be going, don't worry, but I have to prepare for college auditions and visits and such.</div>
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So see you all in a month or so!! Have a wonderful February!!</div>
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Naturally, no New Year's post is complete without a few Top Ten lists!!! I've been pondering these for a few days, so here are my Top Tens of 2013!!! Feel free to disagree, as there are all my interpretations of the year!!<br />
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SO much good music came out this year!! I feel like EPs and Singles always get ignored in lists, but there were so many great ones this year that I had to add them!!</div>
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<b>10. Inland by Jars of Clay</b></div>
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Yet another great album from these guys. I only discovered it recently, even though it came out in the summer.</div>
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Favorite Track: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE1GnN8AdsQ" target="_blank">Fall Asleep</a></div>
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<b>9. Fear Inside Out Bones by The Almost</b></div>
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This is the band's third album, and while it's more rock influenced than the first two, it's still great music!</div>
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Favorite Track: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAfxkOMCMac" target="_blank">I'm Down</a></div>
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<b>8. The Oh Hellos' Family Christmas Album by The Oh Hellos</b></div>
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If you haven't heard of The Oh Hellos, you're missing out on a great band. These Texas siblings and their friends create music that's just fun to listen to.</div>
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Favorite Track: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sSPFx9_6mQ" target="_blank">Movement 1 Rejoice! Rejoice!</a></div>
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<b>7. Royals by Paper Route</b></div>
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I was introduced to Paper Route's music this summer with their album "Peace of Wild Things", but their cover of Royals is a fresh take on an overplayed yet good song.</div>
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Favorite Track: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EenewBUv9sc" target="_blank">Royals</a> </div>
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<b>6. Ocean and Sky by Jane Marczewski</b></div>
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Another great new artist! Jane is an alumnus of Liberty University, and makes light and fun music with her acoustic guitar!</div>
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Favorite Track: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VPHqr8y_o0" target="_blank">I Think I'll Go</a></div>
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<b>5. X Factor Singles from Alex and Sierra</b></div>
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This year's winners of the X Factor broke a trend in reality show winners: they actually deserved to win. They were by far the best vocalists on the finale. The new Civil Wars? Who knows?</div>
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Favorite Track: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezSsv91xAdY" target="_blank">Say Something</a></div>
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BONUS: Honestly, how adorable are they?</div>
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<b>4. The Civil Wars by The Civil Wars</b></div>
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I shocked myself when I put this album as number four. It was a greatly anticipated album that didn't disappoint, but the unexplained feuding between this power duo made the album slightly less enjoyable.</div>
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Favorite Track: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dt_FAYOFUw" target="_blank">Oh Henry</a></div>
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<b>3. The Inlaws EP by The Inlaws</b></div>
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Steven Curtis Chapman is a huge name in the Christian music world, and with this EP, his two sons and his daughter-in-law begin to make their own mark. The worst part? There are only three tracks!!</div>
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Favorite Track: Walls</div>
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(no recordings of this online... but you should go buy it on iTunes!!)</div>
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<b>2. The Lone Bellow by The Lone Bellow</b></div>
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The amazing duets of the Civil Wars may be in the past, but the music deities blessed us with the trio of The Lone Bellow this year. If amazing harmonies are your thing, then this album should be at the top of your wish list. Be sure to watch for them in the future.</div>
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Favorite Track: Y<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARV9GgfHTg4" target="_blank">ou Don't Love Me Like You Used To</a></div>
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1. Fading West EP by Switchfoot</div>
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Fading West was supposed to come out last January. Then this summer. Then this September. Then this December. Well, now the official release date is January, along with the DVD release of the movie of the same name. But Switchfans' patience was well rewarded, as this EP is everything we dreamed. From an adorable yet quirky moment in "Who We Are" with all the SwitchKids singing to the infectious bass line of "Ba55", this EP makes me even more anxious for the album to come out.</div>
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Favorite Track: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk9Pj3ID0UE" target="_blank">Love Alone Is Worth The Fight</a></div>
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10. <b>My first time seeing <a href="http://whiteblankpageeachday.blogspot.com/2013/04/touring-world-part-two.html" target="_blank">snow</a>!!</b> </div>
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9. <b>My trip to <a href="http://whiteblankpageeachday.blogspot.com/2013/05/come-let-us-sing-together.html" target="_blank">Palm Beach Atlantic </a>with my co DM and Choir Teacher </b></div>
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8. <b><a href="http://whiteblankpageeachday.blogspot.com/2013/07/girls-state.html" target="_blank">Girls State</a></b> </div>
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7. <b>My Last <a href="http://whiteblankpageeachday.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-day-in-life-band-camp-edition.html" target="_blank">Band Camp</a></b> :( </div>
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6. <b>My acceptance to Liberty University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, AND Southeastern University</b></div>
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5. <b>Being a Senior</b> </div>
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4. <b>Finishing Senior exams</b><br />
Halfway done with Senior year!!</div>
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3.<b> Seeing Switchfoot at <a href="http://whiteblankpageeachday.blogspot.com/2013/09/universe-rocked.html" target="_blank">RTU</a></b></div>
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2. <b><a href="http://whiteblankpageeachday.blogspot.com/2013/11/so-much-to-be-thankful-for.html" target="_blank">WINNING STATE</a></b> </div>
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1.<b> MEETING SWITCHFOOT </b><br />
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So there's this nice little outdoor venue downtown called Jannus Live and a local radio station announced that the last show of their free concert series would feature none other than my favorite band ever, Switchfoot. </div>
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I got so excited that I was screaming when I found out - at least until I read the fine print that the show would be 21 and over. Luckily, Jannus is outside, and there happens to be a Starbucks across the way... Once Switchfoot started, Mom and I went across the street so we could try to see them.</div>
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During the last song, the lead singer, Jon Foreman, noticed us and pointed us out. He was leading the crowd and instructed them to sing for his friends he just noticed outside of the gate!</div>
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The show ended at 11, but we were certain that the guys would come and hang out. So finally, at midnight, the band members come down. Their lead guitar player, Drew, came first, followed by Chad, their drummer, and Jerome, their keyboard player. They all shook our hands, and Chad asked what my name was. Then Jon and Tim Foreman came down and also shook our hands and thanked us for coming, even though we couldn't get in. I asked Jon for a picture, and he happily agreed.<br />
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Who was the happiest girl alive? That would be me. These guys not only make amazing music, they're genuinely sweet guys.<br />
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I'm realizing that there are only two Top Ten lists, but I'm also realizing that this post is getting a bit long. So to recap...<br />
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2013 was a really great year!!! I experienced lots of loss in life, but everything that happened has helped shape me into a better person. So here's to you 2013!<br />
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The month started off with a bang! We had not one but TWO performances of our Christmas concert!!!</div>
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It was so much fun! And it was my last Christmas concert with my band :(<br />
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Also, I got my bangs trimmed and my hair cut and layered!!<br />
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The holiday season obviously entails gifts, so my girls all got nail polish and Christmas socks!!<br />
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The last week of school we had Christmas sweater day. Mine had penguins trimming a tree!!<br />
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Our choir was selected to sing at Disney's Candlelight processional! Afterwards, we got to play around Epcot! Kirsten's birthday was the next day, so obviously we hung out!!<br />
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But of course we were not alone! Our friend McKayla and my voice teacher Joy made a wonderfully fun group of 4!!!<br />
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No trip to Disney would be complete without being on a broken down ride! We got stuck for about five minutes.<br />
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The fireworks were awesome, as usual.<br />
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My parents and I stayed in a hotel instead of going back to school, because we were going to Hollywood Studios the next day!!!</div>
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Mom loves looking at the Osborne Family Lights there, so we watched them dance!!</div>
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If you haven't been, you should definitely go. They're amazing!</div>
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We actually had a church to attend on Christmas Eve this year, so we went and enjoyed a lovely candlelight service.<br />
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And naturally, milk and cookies were left for you-know-who...<br />
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Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-45634805949252896732013-11-28T07:34:00.001-08:002013-12-27T13:15:28.217-08:00So much to be Thankful for<br />
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While you're munching down on turkey (or whatever your dish of choice may be), here's me being thankful for the past two weeks! And here's why!!!</div>
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As I posted last week, it was finals week for band!!! I figured that my band needed some treats, so I made cupcakes. </div>
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<strong>55 cupcakes.</strong> </div>
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Baked and decorated.</div>
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Claire and I were totally twinning at school one day. I'm so thankful for and so proud of this girl. :)<br />
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We had our end of season family picnic the Friday before Finals, where we reherse from 3:30-6, then have dinner with our parents before doing a final run of our show on the home field. <br />
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Saturday was the big day, so we got to school a little early. My co DM and I hung out in our band director's office for a few minutes before the storm that would be semifinals.<br />
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It was a bittersweet day as us seniors performed with our group for the last time, but that didn't stop us from smiling!<br />
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Now check this out - since our show was 20's themed, one of our band dads decided that the goolf cart we use to pull the rock band trailer needed to become a Model T. With a horn. <br />
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This is why we have the best band parents ever.<br />
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We were blessed enough to rock semifinals and make it to Finals, which are held at Tropicana Field. <br />
(what?)<br />
If you have no concept of what I'm talking about, it's where the Tampa Bay Rays play baseball. <br />
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Playing in the Trop is one of the best feelings ever. Everything echoes, and you feel like you own the world in those few minutes. <br />
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My directors had a bunch of faith in me, so they set me up to start our show with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj158c_4e0M" target="_blank">the opening clarinet solo from George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.</a> Like, holy cow. It was so much fun to play, but that slide is killer. I was so worried that I wouldn't make it, but here's a picture from our Finals performance.<br />
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After our show (which was our best run ever), we went to the mall. Kirsten and I knew what we wanted - Chinese food. <br />
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And then let our breaths out when they announced first place in 1A!!!!<br />
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With this years Championship, us four year seniors are leaving with three championships. <br />
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Yeah, we're pretty excited.</div>
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Just a bit.</div>
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Leaving the Trop for the third and final time as a State Champion. :) </div>
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So, from my band family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have as much to be thankful for as we do!!<br />
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<br />Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-63430519002488972842013-11-17T13:17:00.001-08:002013-11-17T13:17:42.488-08:00Happy Finals Week!!<br />
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We have band finals this coming Saturday, which means that this is the last week of marching band season :(</div>
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So here's a recap of the last few weeks!!</div>
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Two Fridays ago we had our last home football game, and band Senior night. Senior night is always sad, because it's the last time the seniors perform the show in full uniform on the field. We have a ceremony in the band room before the game and all the seniors get flowers and a framed picture. Our band director chooses a Bible verse that best fits our class, then he picks one that best fits us personally. My band director has known me and a few other seniors since we were really small, so there may have been a few tears. </div>
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Sadly, we lost our last home game. <br />
BUT we had a band competition the next day!<br />
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I walked into the bathroom to go do my makeup and I find one of our guard girls like this...<br />
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At the competition*, we performed right behind the largest band in the county. <br />
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*It's not really a competition. It's our annual Musical Performance Assesment, where all the bands in the county are given a score from Poor to Superior.<br />
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We got straight Superiors, which is the best possible rating!! It means that all the judges thought we were really good :)<br />
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Enjoy a bunch of random snapshots from my week:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I thought I looked really cute one day!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did I make black bean soup? Heck yes!!!</td></tr>
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I made All-State Women's Choir! This was the picture I sent my friends to tell them the news!</div>
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We had a Jazz Band gig Friday night. It was a dinner and dance in honor of veterans, so they wanted a band to play swing music!<br />
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Claire and I went into the bathroom and found a shower. Not even in its own area: The shower was inside one of the stalls. Clearly, taking a picture was the only logical plan of action. <br />
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I loved my view from the stage! We got to watch all the old couples dancing!!</div>
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Finally, this is what I wore to church today! It had been a while since I'd rocked the dress and tights combo, so I thought today was a good day to wear it!! Plus, this Florida girl will take any excuse to dress like it's fall!!<br />
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So happy Finals week! Hopefully the next post will bring good news!!! <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong> -SarahCate:D</strong></span><br />
Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-40014333647789391102013-11-03T10:51:00.000-08:002013-11-03T10:51:57.419-08:00Halloweeeeeen!!Happy Happy Happy November 3rd to all!!<br />
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Yesterday was a competition day, so this blog is going to be short and sweet! :)<br />
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In case you were unaware (and you live in a cave), Halloween was on Thursday!! <br />
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I haven't been trick-or-treating in forever (like in 10 years), and I'd never been with friends before (I was a sad child).<br />
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Anyways, I was determined to go this year! <br />
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Nikki hadn't been in a while either, so she went as <strike>Batman</strike> Batgirl and I went as Robin! Of course, it's really easy to find Batman shirts, while it's practically impossible to find Robin shirts! <br />
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So we went all Pinterest up in here and made our own. <br />
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In the middle of all this fun was the annual Egypt Day! The fifth graders at our school always learn about Egypt, then they get to dress up and play Egypt-themed games! Since the class that adopted me this year was a fifth grade class, I stopped by to listen to them play their instruments. <br />
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We had band practice early this year, so that we could all go trick or treating or whatever else. So I got to catch a beautiful Halloween sunset on the way home. <br />
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So here are our finished costumes:<br />
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We went trick or treating with our friend Nikita (who I should really post about more on here. She's pretty dang awesome) because her neighborhood knows how to bring it for Halloween. She was a Minion from Despicable Me.<br />
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A great time was had by all, and lots of candy was acquired!<br />
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Again, this post is so shirt because I've only been up for three or four hours. I'm not sure which. Fallling back screws up my internal clock. <br />
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But on the awesome side, our band won Best General Effect, Best Music, and 1st Place in the 2A division last night! And we scored high enough to secure one of the best spots for semi-finals!! I'm so proud!<br />
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Have a great Sunday!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong> -SarahCate:D</strong></span><br />
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I don't know how your weekend went, but mine was pretty insane.</div>
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I don't have a lot of pictures from this past weekend, but here's the basic rundown of what happened:</div>
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Friday night we had our second home football game, so I was at school from 7:45 in the morning to 11:30 at night. Fun, right?</div>
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Saturday morning I had my second round of All-State choir auditions at 9 in the morning (so I'm running on about six hours of sleep at this point), and we had to report at school at noon because we had a band competition in the afternoon!!</div>
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All of my woodwind girls and I were in a group for dinner. We went to <a href="http://plakatarponsprings.com/" target="_blank">the Plaka</a> restaraunt (I'd been there before). If you ever find yourselves in Tarpon Springs, I definitely reccomend going there!</div>
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All the girls behind me are some of the best girls you can find. They're my sisters, and I couldn't have asked for better friends. It's so amazing how marching band has made us all a family. <br />
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A good friend of mine says I look like Rachel McAdams in these last pictures. I've gotten that I look like Taylor Swift many times, but Rachel McAdams is a new one. <br />
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Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-82206550050599998622013-10-14T18:22:00.000-07:002013-10-14T18:22:39.608-07:00Two New Recipies... and PVCs<br />
Three posts on one day?<br />
I know, I'm crazy. But I just HAVE to share these two new edible things I made this weekend!<br />
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Okay, so the first is for all my Nutella and Peanut Butter lovers.<br />
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Tortillas (I used corn, which makes a very good but interesting flavor, but you can use flour)<br />
Nutella (or some chocolatey hazelnutty spread)<br />
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One Banana<br />
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-Put the tortillas on a plate and pop them in a microwave for 8-10 seconds.<br />
-Take them out and spread the Nutella and peanut butter (you can do this how you want, I did it by alternating stripes of both)<br />
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-Then wrap it up and enjoy!!<br />
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I had these for breakfast this morning. They're pretty fantabulous.<br />
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On another note, I taught myself to use chopsticks when I made stir-fry yesterday.<br />
But do you know what happens when I make stir fry and start thinking about Taco Tuesdays at Tijuana Flats?<br />
I decide to make Mexican stiry fry.<br />
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1/2 a can of corn<br />
1 tsp of minced garlic<br />
3 tsp of cilantro in a tube<br />
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Some random amount of rice<br />
Some random amount of pork (really, however much you want)<br />
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So feel free to try those and tell me how they turn out!! <br />
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In yet another, totally fun side road, I got to go to the hospital today. I'm not deathly ill or anything. I just have this heart condition callled Premature Ventricular Contractions, or PVCs. Pretty much, my I have a jazzy heart that likes to syncopate it's rhythms. I don't feel any symptoms, but it's there.<br />
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My doctor found it during a routine check up about three years ago. He said that it's fairly common, and I'll probably grow out of it, but they monitor it for now. So every six months or so it's off to the Cardiology center to get a heart monitor for 24 hours. Yep. I'm wearing it as I write this. <br />
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It's not life-threatening at all, I just have to watch how much caffiene I take (AKA No Red Bulls). My dad's side of the family has a history of heart problems, so I'm glad my doctor caught this.<br />
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Again, it's not life-threatening. At all.<br />
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I'm not complaining. Because when I get my monitor, I go to the local children's hospital. It always reminds me that even though I have this really annoying little thing with my heart, I've been so blessed to be healthy. The building I go to is full of kids who aren't as fortunate. <br />
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So be thankful tonight that you're healthy. Be thankful that you can run and do what you want. Be thankful for the life you've been given, for each day truly is a gift.<br />
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So I had some of the girls come over before Homecoming to get ready.</div>
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Kirsten already had her hair done, so she and I focused on getting Nikki's done. <br />
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Nikki used to have freakishly long hair, but since it's now short, we straightened it and made an abstract braid crown thing. <br />
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Yep. I took two selfies. I go hard. <br />
We actually took more, but they're all on Kirsten's phone and I haven't gotten them yet...<br />
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Here's a picture our teacher/school photographer took of a crew we call "The Sisterhood". We all play clarinet in highschool band, and we've been together for four years. Claire and Nikita (The two on the left) are only sophomores this year, and Kirsten and I are seniors. I'm gonna miss those girls next year :(<br />
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Anyhoo, Jen, Nikki and I headed back to my place afterwards. <br />
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So remember my totally awesome hair from the dance? Yeah, I took it down and brushed it out Sunday morning... Here's the result. <br />
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Thank you, Northside, for a great Senior Homecoming!!!<br />
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Happy Homecoming Games!<br />
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This week is homecoming week, the annual week of fun and intense competition! This year is the showdown between Junior World and Senior Nation. </div>
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My money's on Senior Nation (not that I have a bias or anything...). </div>
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We had some good dress up days this year. Monday was (and always is) Spirit Day, so we all wore red white and blue (our school colors). Not too interesting. </div>
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Tuesday, however, was Country/Duck Dynasty Day. That was a ton of denim covered fun! Nikki and I totally rocked our overalls and plaid shirts, but I think the Senior Duck Dynasty cast won in the awesomeness category.<br />
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One of the fun traditions our school has during homecoming is that the elementary classes adopt senior cheerleaders, band members, and football players. I was adopted by a fifth grade class this year, and they got me all sorts of treats!</div>
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I found out that I was also adopted by our preschool! Our school mascot is the mustang, so they dressed up a stuffed horse in one of our band uniforms!! </div>
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Friday is the ultimate day of Homecoming week. Classes are canceled, and we start the day with a pep rally, then the high school classes compete with each other in volleyball, dodgeball, powderpuff football, and male cheerleading.<br />
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Our class's male cheerleading team is the best ever. They've won, I believe, every year since our sophomore year. They're pretty good. <br />
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The Juniors won homecoming this year, but we only lost by 150 points. I'm proud of the class of 2014! Senior Nation!!!<br />
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Friday Night is one of my favorite parts: The Homecoming Game!! It was super special this year, as it was my last Homecoming Game ever, our first home game this year, and my first home game as drum major!<br />
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Our band did GREAT, and so did our team! We won our Homecoming Game for the first time in years!!! Good job guys!!!<br />
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Yes, I am usually this happy. :)</div>
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But I'm extra happy today because we had our first marching band competition yesterday!!!!</div>
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The first competition of the year is always Seminole Sound. It's a time for people to make mistakes, but also to check out the competition for the rest of the season.</div>
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This is Ms. A, one of our band directors. She's known my parents forever, and used to babysit me when I was little. Now that we're both older, she helps me and my co-DM become as awesome as we possibly can! <br />
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Lovely Senior Twins!</td></tr>
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Nikita, myself, and Shirley all started band the same year (Nikita was in 7th grade, I was in 9th, and Shirley was in 8th). I've been so blessed to march with these lovely girls! They're wonderful, and yesterday I marched my last Seminole Sound with them. :)<br />
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Our band always gets together to pray for our show and for each other before every competition. It's one of the coolest things about our band, and it's a time for us to focus before we go.</div>
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It started my freshman year, and we always down pixie stix before a show.</div>
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The band show begins with the band entering the field. Once it appears that the band is set, the announcer will ask "Drum Majors, is your band ready?" at which time the drum majors perform a salute.<br />
Part of our salute this year is the Charleston, since our show is the 1920s.<br />
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My dear ginger friend Jen and I start the show together. I play the intro from Rhapsody in Blue and she has a guard solo on sabre.<br />
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Before the third of our four movements, Cara and I switch off, and I get on the drum major podium to conduct. <br />
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The girl in white here is Claire. She's a sophomore and an amazing dancer, so she has a dance solo. The violin player, Troy, is dressed as Charlie Chaplain and is playing his song "Smile", while Cara (my Co) is on the bench with the umbrella.<br />
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Marching band is a lot of hard work, but it pays off!<br />
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We were awarded Best Drum Majors in the 2A division, and recieved the awards for Best Guard and 1st overall in the 3A division! <br />
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No, we don't know how we placed in two divisions either.<br />
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I think we broke the system.<br />
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Awwwwwwww yeeeeeeeeeah!!!<br />
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We're going to try to sort it out on Monday, so I'll let you all know how that goes.<br />
Congrats to all the other bands who competed this weekend, and good luck for the rest of the season!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>-SarahCate:D</strong></span><br />
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PS: Hopefully I'll be able to get you all a video of the show sometime this week!!<br />
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It's been a week since my trip up to Virginia to visit Liberty, so I think it's time I delivered some photographs!!</div>
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We left Wednesday night, and it was a twelve hour bus ride up to Lynchburg. I can sleep nearly anywhere - except on a bus. It's so hard to get comfortable! Long story short, I ended up with two good hours of sleep and we hit the ground running on Thursday.</div>
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We had to go to registration is our bus clothes/ pajamas, so we all kinda looked and smelled not that great.</div>
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After changing and eating dinner, all of us CFAWers (All the kids who are there for College for A Weekend - there were a few hundred) went to a welcome rally to get the weekend kicked off!<br />
We got to stay in the dorms with students. I stayed in the Quads, which is an apartment style dorm with five rooms and two girls to a room, plus a kitchen and living area. <br />
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The next morning (after evidently waking up and gasping before going back to sleep, according to a roommate), we were free to explore before Convocation, Liberty's tri-weekly chapel experience. One of my new friends and I walked around DeMoss Hall, the main educational building. There they have a museum dedicated to Dr. Jerry Fallwell, the founder of Liberty. <br />
Fun fact: Dr. Fallwell's grandfather had a pet bear. <br />
He and I got a picture together.<br />
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The Convocation speaker was Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty. If you don't know about Duck Dynasty, please go watch some episodes now. You can thank me later. :)</div>
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The lines to get into Convocation were so long that you couldn't even see the Vines Center! And the Vines Center is HUGE!</div>
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They have a beautiful courtyard in the back of DeMoss Hall. It's just starting to turn into fall up there, so the weather was gorgeous. The lighting on this fountain was great, so here's a picture of the fountain at DeMoss.</div>
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Friday night David Crowder was there in concert with Colton Dixon. Both guys are great, but I was super excited for Crowder.<br />
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One of my favorite things about this weekend was that Crowder ended his concert with my favorite song, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ32JHaBsIc" target="_blank">Because He Lives</a>. It made my night, as the words are so reaffirming to me.<br />
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"Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. Because He lives, all fear is gone, because I know he holds the future, and life is worth the living just because He lives."<br />
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On Saturday, I had a vocal audition. I feel like I did very well, but no results yet! <br />
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This is Elysa! She was on my bus and she stayed in the Quad across the hall from mine!</div>
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They had many helpful seminars, like this one on searching for scholarships.<br />
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The day we were there was the opening of their new tubing slopes. We got to be some of the first people to go down the slopes, and it was really fun!<br />
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I kinda understand footballl now!!!!</div>
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We left after watching the band's halftime show. The band was great, and the football team was dominating (the halftime score was 44-7, the final was 73-7). After leaving the stadium, we went by the welcome center. I quickly got down on the floor for a picture with the official LU seal.</div>
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In non-college related news, I also made it in to our small jazz choral ensemble, Chambers! It's going to be a very fun year! Our first band competition is tomorrow! And next week is homecoming week! AAAAAAHHHHH! SO MUCH GOING ON!!!</div>
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Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-27232510375465526422013-09-25T15:50:00.001-07:002013-09-25T15:50:48.518-07:00Off I Go!!Hello dear readers! I have very exciting news!! <div>I was terribly sick last week (I still have a cough) and had to stay home Wednesday. That's not the good news, hold on. </div><div>The good news is that since I stayed home, I was free to check my email all day! </div><div>In checking my email, I received word of my acceptance to Liberty University!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSUXKRpIFYIt01XzvO766yt5_cRKiENSZz7M6TWV8qf1HDCqfUpC9_qWROef8cQD_J63JEqtTekCOUGwlHY2HgTxCibtfkWRigKoyv9V0PKj4-KWrtQELTjrnReWGEFVBMW5I0Tqga4w/s640/blogger-image--1023329188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSUXKRpIFYIt01XzvO766yt5_cRKiENSZz7M6TWV8qf1HDCqfUpC9_qWROef8cQD_J63JEqtTekCOUGwlHY2HgTxCibtfkWRigKoyv9V0PKj4-KWrtQELTjrnReWGEFVBMW5I0Tqga4w/s640/blogger-image--1023329188.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Whooooo!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm a happy girl :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There was lots of screaming and excitement (as excited as one can be when one is sick). 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Not that I actually use door hangers, but it's so awesome!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm actually headed out in a few minutes to head up to Liberty for their College For A Weekend (CFAW)! I'm excited!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So, as I leave you, here's a bonus picture of Kirsten, myself, and Nikki before last week's game!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_C0c7ZVdsCGlWu_IEtTqqXNvsRlxs7QvIzNy05ZYQ15RCds7fCwT41bch1_4sF9mR5kMIxZSxgwM0TJjO0kmhVFjk-kt_jkU1lp9eVLOY92CnpsTL4iPfb8XrHnUU1ut12XBYAwddK4/s640/blogger-image--1422967954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_C0c7ZVdsCGlWu_IEtTqqXNvsRlxs7QvIzNy05ZYQ15RCds7fCwT41bch1_4sF9mR5kMIxZSxgwM0TJjO0kmhVFjk-kt_jkU1lp9eVLOY92CnpsTL4iPfb8XrHnUU1ut12XBYAwddK4/s640/blogger-image--1422967954.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Have a wonderful weekend!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> -SarahCate:D</div><br></div></div><br></div>Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-29264825194960814272013-09-15T11:35:00.000-07:002013-09-15T11:36:28.593-07:00Just Another Week in the Life...<br />
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This was made with one of the pictures I took last week of Switchfoot at RTU. I threw some lyrics from "This is Your Life" on it. This is currently my lock screen on my iPod :)</div>
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So in order to work with our show theme this year, I'm starting to wear my contacts. I wore them to band practice Thursday night and I survived!!</div>
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Since it was an away game, I had no band duties whatsoever! It was kinda fun, and I got to see one of our sister marching bands.</div>
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Do I understand football? Nope. Like, not at all.<br />
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Did I get to hand out with this cool kid? Definitely.<br />
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This is Bobbie. She's the little (one year younger) sister of my co-drum major. She's pretty awesome, and she's an amazing artist. Check out this awesome picture of Iron Man she drew:</div>
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I had a pretty crazy (fun) weekend!</div>
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Every year in Orlando, Universal Studios and Disney both put on these events (on the same weekend. logic? not in use here), called Rock the Universe and Night of Joy, respectively. I've wanted to go for years, and this year my favorite band AKA SWITCHFOOT AKA The Best Band Ever was at Rock the Universe (RTU)!!</div>
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I went with my mom Friday night. We only did Twister (which is absolutely the lamest thing ever...), but we had a lot of fun, despite the rain!</div>
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I'm pretty proud of these next few shots. I think I'm gonna print them out and put them in my locker with my picture of Jon Foreman...<br />
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At about noon we decided to go hang out at Downtown Disney. I rocked my new Vice Verses tour tee and this really cute pair of shorts that I got the other day (They're originally from Charlotte Russe, but I got them at Plato's Closet for $2.50! STEAL!). </div>
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Saturday night I went with a group from school. The artists that night were good, but none compared to Switchfoot (I had never seen them live, and, since they're my favorites, I don't think anything could have topped them). </div>
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My favorite band that played Saturday night was Relient K. I'd also never seen them live. I don't know all of their stuff (unlike Switchfoot, where I know every word to every song), but I knew enough that it was fun!</div>
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One of the best parts was that there were a bunch of youth groups who were all there to just have a good time, so everyone was very friendly.<br />
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If you do the math, plus my AP Government test tomorrow, it factors out to be "I'm really tired".</div>
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Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-76338409549727239492013-08-25T12:53:00.003-07:002013-08-25T12:54:25.442-07:00Back to School: Round 14: THE FINAL ROUNDThat's right.<br />
Last week, I started my 14th and final year of school.<br />
Hello, Senior Year.<br />
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Story time? Duh!<br />
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My parents, my grandma and I have a tradition which involves us going to breakfast at Bob Evan's every year on the first day of school. We've been doing it since <strike>first grade</strike> <strike>kindergarten</strike> I was very small.<br />
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The first day of school is only a half day, so it was pretty laid back. But the second day, us seniors left for Senior Retreat! (AKA Two days for us to come together as a class and establish that we're going to lead the school this year. (AKA Senior bonding time))<br />
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It was a lot of fun, and my mother (one of the chaperones who went with us) took many pictures, so here we go!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Niiki and I found a see-saw. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That one game where you have to untangle yourselves. <br />
The fabulous purple team successfully created two interlocking circles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirsten and myself the next morning.</td></tr>
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The next morning (Friday morning), we split up into groups to do a ropes course.<br />
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AKA The female officers of the Royal Ambassador Marching Band. :)</div>
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Our theme for the retreat (and for the year) was We Are. </div>
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We are servants.</div>
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We are leaders.</div>
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We are forgiven.</div>
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We are loved.</div>
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We are Seniors.</div>
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The Class of 2014 has arrived.</div>
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School is officially back in session.</div>
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<strong>BONUS ROUND!!</strong></div>
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You get a little me and a big me!!</div>
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First day of school, 2002 and 2013.</div>
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Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-47214475366538140372013-08-10T17:50:00.001-07:002013-08-10T17:50:04.031-07:00Special Events.. BAND CAMP EDITION!! (Water, Prank, and Seniority!)So a few days ago, I posted about a typical day at band camp.<br />
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However, I left out the not-so-typical stuff. AKA the Special Events.<br />
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We have two main special events at band camp. The first is the "top-secret" water ballon attack. At least it's supposed to be a secret... somehow the newbies always know about it... <br />
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There's always some cover story. Last year it was learning to march for a parade (we knew something was up there because we <em>never</em> do parades). This year, we were told that one of our instructors (who has been working with <a href="http://www.legendspaa.org/drumcorps" target="_blank">Legends Drum Corps</a> this summer) wanted to teach us a new marching exercise. However, in order to teach it to us, we would have to transfer from our new practice field to the one we usually use on the other side of the camp.<br />
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OF COURSE, the parents were waiting along the path with buckets of water ballons and sponges. As is tradition, we were ambushed, and the water balloon fight began.</div>
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I also somehow end up getting a bucket of water dumped on my head every year. </div>
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Happened twice this year. Once from my dad, the other from my co-drum major.</div>
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Senior Prank.</div>
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After our Friday night Ice Cream Social (which was modeled after a speakeasy this year), the Seniors traditionally use the night to wreak havoc across the camp. This year was our year, and havoc was indeed wreaked.</div>
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We had plans to prank the cabins, but we had TONS of time to kill before all the younglings went to sleep, so we hung out in the main pavillion!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See that up at the top? Yep. That's Connor and Mark planking.<br />
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After it was dark enough (and late enough), we all headed out to the field. We disassembled the scaffolding, only to reassemble it... around a tree. </div>
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Next on the list was the cabins... Kirsten and I were in charge of the younger girls cabin.<br />
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We also wrapped all the bunks in red string.</div>
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And I may have put fake rats in a few girls' beds...</div>
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ANYWAYS, the staff was next on the list. </div>
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Now, these guys tried to be smart, so they locked the front door.</div>
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YAAY! They kept us out!!</div>
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Unfortunately for them, all of us have been in band for three years or more.</div>
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That means that we've been at band camp for three years or more.</div>
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Which means that we know how to get in through the back door.</div>
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Which no one thought to lock...</div>
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So after we felt like ninjas by sneaking in through the back door, we went to work.</div>
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Then we silently snuck out and went to tag staff cars...</div>
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Jen, Kirsten, me and Nikki the next morning!</div>
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<em><strong>Question of the Post:</strong> What's the best prank you've ever done?</em></div>
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Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-37747806713389109612013-08-05T16:46:00.004-07:002013-08-05T16:46:38.732-07:00A Day In The Life... BAND CAMP EDITION!!<br />
Ah, Band Camp.<br />
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Say about it what you will, but I look forward to it every year.<br />
This year, however, it was bittersweet. It was my last band camp. :(<br />
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I left last Sunday with the other officers to go down and line the marching field... except the camp had been having TONS of rain so the field was waterlogged. We ended up sitting around all night. It was awesome.<br />
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By the time the rest of the band arrived Monday morning, we had managed to construct a crude practice field on a small dry patch of the field. The lines were awful, but they worked for what we needed. <br />
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Us lucky duck officers got to go line a second field during free time. It worked out better though, as this field had shade for most of the day.<br />
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This year, Cara (my co-drum major) and I decided to switch things up a bit, especially in the mornings. We've always had morning conditioning (right after daily cabin inspections), but this year we put them to music! It made mornings much better!<br />
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Cara, Nikki, and myself getting the band into morning workouts.</div>
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After morning workouts, we would go to breakfast. The camp we go to has a GREAT kitchen, and we're lucky to get unlimited amounts of good food (you don't understand how much of a blessing that is unless you're at a camp with teenagers). </div>
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Breakfast was followed by morning fun on the field! We usually will do a marching basics block to get re-warmed up after breakfast, and this year we added a dance fundamentals block, as we're apparently doing some dance in our show!</div>
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Whee! Destin, Jordan, Connor and I are flying!!</div>
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Hardcore across the fields!</div>
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The best part about a three hour morning block? Lunch was right there to look forward to!</div>
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Guard: Gangster Girls (again keeping with the 1920s theme)</div>
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Woodwinds: Woodwinds of the Caribbean (Pirates of the Caribbean spin-off. Duh!)</div>
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Cara, being lovely and conducting the band during outdoor ensemble!</div>
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Ensemble time is always followed by a time of worship and devotions. For the last three years I've had the honor of leading the band in worship. Each day, a different officer or senior will write a "sealed order", a small devotional for the whole band to think about. We're given about ten minutes to read it over, think about it, and read our Bibles or pray. </div>
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One tradition we have in our band is that we always sing the song "Seek Ye First" after a performance. It's our way of giving our show back to God. (We also sing it after awards ceremonies... coolest thing ever. But more on that later in the season!) <strike>One of my favorite</strike> My favorite part of band camp is always when we teach "Seek Ye First" to the new guys. We stand in the chapel, either holding hands or putting arms around shoulders, and we close our eyes and sing. I like to think that it's us just giving the season to God. Any wins are His.</div>
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Sorry about my absence the past few weeks. I've been meaning to blog, but I've been so busy!!</div>
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Last year, my beloved friends and I didn't have time to celebrate each others birthdays. We've got Jen's September birthday (right in the middle of marching band craziness), Kirsten's December birthday (Christmas prep and such), Nikki's January birthday (during All-State and All-County, and my birthday in April (during musical season). So we don't have time to celebrate our birthdays.</div>
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Collective is this grand concept we came up with where we all get together over the summer and have a giant collective birthday party!! We all get each other gifts and eat pizza and watch movies and it's wonderful.</div>
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Here we see Nikki, Kirsten, and Jen being their beautiful selves.</div>
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Here's the original from Pinterest:</div>
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Behold, here's a lovely shot I took of Nikki when she fell asleep during The Avengers.</div>
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The Sunday after Collective, the Parents and I took a trip to the Magic Kingdom!<br />
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We found a brass band!</div>
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OH and here's a picture of how Kirsten wrapped this giant awesome poster she gave me. So you know, it's a wonderful subtle reference to Olan Rogers' video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZO9tMetxno" target="_blank">Ghost In The Stalls.</a> </div>
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And this is why we're best friends. Packaging references to some of our favorite videos :)</div>
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I was home all by my lonesome the other day, and there's not much in the fridge right now.<br />
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Ah, but my craziness never stops!!<br />
I got to go hang with my dearly graduated Emily the other night! I took my guitar and she has a piano at her house, so we sang lovely duets from Phantom of the Opera and Les Mis!<br />
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I've heard of the Starbucks secret menu, but I've never tried anything on it before. <br />
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After enjoying my Starbucks deliciousness, I got to go see Emily leading a bunch of small children in a musical! She's been assisting with their musical camp and was excited to be the student director!<br />
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Well Happy Thursday to you all!! <br />
I hope you're all having a lovely week this week. Mine's been pretty fabulous. <br />
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My week started with a Sunday Funday trip downtown with Kirsten. We had no goals, other than hanging out and making mischief. We were successful in both ventures. As it was Sunday, however, most local stores were closed. :( But Party City wasn't, so we found some awesome Star Wars masks...<br />
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The wonderful sponge docks at Tarpon Springs!</div>
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The final awesomeness of my day yesterday was recording. It had been six weeks since I'd last done anything with Tim, so this time we tracked the cello and percussion.<br />
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Meet my cello and drumset.<br />
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Yeeeeeah MIDI tracks!!</div>
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<em><strong>Question of the Post:</strong> Guitar players, here's a question for you: Taylor or Martin?</em></div>
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Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-75237448781332715932013-07-06T19:07:00.003-07:002013-07-06T19:07:43.799-07:00Girls State! I have now run a government.<br />
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Wait, what?<br />
Oh yes.<br />
Through the wonderful program known as Girls State, I got to go to Tallahassee with 299 other girls my age. Once there, we established and ran our own government. <br />
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I was assigned to the great city (read: hallway) of Ocoee on the fifth floor. Now this wouldn't be awful, but we weren't allowed to use the elevators. So we found ourselves climbing up and down five flights of stairs every morning, every night, and any time we wanted to go get a Diet Coke. <br />
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It truly was the hard-knock life for us. But at least we weren't on the seventh floor. Poor dears.<br />
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Meet my roommates, Mincy and Melissa. These two are crazy- crazy awesome, that is! They also decided that it would be a fun idea to steal my camera at lunch one day and take selfies. Well, here ya go girls!<br />
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One of the requirements for Girls State was that we had to write a bill that our Senate and House of Representatives would later vote on. I wrote mine on human trafficking, and while it didn't pass, awareness was raised! I got many of the girls to represent the<a href="http://enditmovement.com/" target="_blank"> End It</a> movement with red Xs.</div>
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Because I was part of the judicial branch (I was a Supreme Court Marshal :D) I got to run around with 21 other lovely ladies! </div>
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Perks of the judicial branch: lots of down time!</div>
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We got to tour the old Capitol building and I got a picture in the restored House of Representatives!</div>
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Saloni, myself, and Alexis! </div>
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Mincy, Melissa and myself on the last night.</div>
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When we got our room assignments, we also got assigned to a political party: Federalists or Nationalists. I was a Nationalist, and we were awesome. That is all.</div>
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Shoutout to Ocoee, the best group of girls in the state!</div>
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Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-23972431379885455542013-06-29T16:47:00.003-07:002013-06-29T16:47:55.816-07:00I'm Bach...Hello there!<br />
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I have returned from my two weeks of camp awesomeness!!<br />
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Do I have pictures downloaded off my camera yet?<br />
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No.<br />
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Will I download them sometime this week?<br />
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Probably.<br />
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But once I do, I willl DEFINITELY blog about them and let you see all the fun I had!<br />
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This post is mostly just to tell you that I'm still here.<br />
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Hey guys?<br />
I'm still here. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong> -SarahCate:D</strong></span> Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-45200979676211570892013-06-12T20:11:00.000-07:002013-06-12T20:11:14.068-07:00Tiny, forced hiatus.So, I shall be away for a while, off having political fun!<br />
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Tomorrow morning I leave for Girls State in Tallahassee. <br />
WHOOOP!<br />
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Behold, by the power of Instagram, I bring you pictures of all the paperwork and packing I had to do.<br />
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Only thing is, I'm pretty sure I won't have internet connection. Or if, by the grace of God, I do have wifi, it'll probably be spotty.<br />
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So this is my farwell for the next week or so.<br />
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Stay awesome!<br />
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And don't miss me too much, okay?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong> -SarahCate:D</strong></span>Sarah Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372863276863033031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543490059812884394.post-49116994955537401092013-06-08T16:47:00.001-07:002013-06-08T16:47:13.152-07:00Hello Hurricanes!We just successfully avoided a hurricane down here.<br />
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Nikki and Cara came over one night last week. We hung out and watched Pitch Perfect.</div>
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And we did our nails. Whooooooooo!</div>
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Also, here's a compilation of pineapple pictures, in honor of no more new Psych episodes this season. <br />
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In other news, I told you that I started recording, yes?<br />
Well the other day I made my album art!<br />
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And last Saturday I got to go see my girl Kelli at her graduation party!! I rarely get to see her, since she lives about two hours away.</div>
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The Civil Wars announced that they'll be releasing new music this coming Tuesday!<br />
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So I got to go to Emily's senior recital the other week. (It was a week that I didn't blog, so I'm sticking her in here)</div>
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Please enjoy this lovely after-swimming shot of Kirsten, myself, and Nikita at Brent's grad party.<br />
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Yep. Definitely gonna miss that bunch.<br />
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I started recording!!<br />
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It's highly possible that you were unaware of the fact that I am a songwriter. But, alas, I am!<br />
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So Monday was Day One of this recording process.<br />
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Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the man of magic. This is Tim. He makes me sound good. :D</div>
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HARK! A Nikki in her natural habitat! </div>
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But all work and no play makes a very dull life, right? <br />
Tom, Gabbi and myself all loaded up and went to the beach afterwards!<br />
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Oh, and Tom bought me a pineapple. We named it Blueberry.</div>
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Why? Because we're kinda Psych fans... and the season finale is tonight!!!</div>
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Amish ice cream? I agree Gabbi, good idea!</div>
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Today's been pretty chill. I just finished watching Thor for the first time (behind the times, I know) and now I can't wait for the sequel!</div>
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Well, have a lovely Wednesday my friends! I shall hopefully see you again very soon!!</div>
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But until then, enjoy this lovely picture.</div>
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