Atlanta started raining on me
and teenage love was underground
tonight i break the surface
Atlanta started raining on me

i went on a choir tour today to campanelli and the mariott. it was awesome! i had a lot of fun. after we sang at campanelli, i saw some little kids staring at me, so i went over to talk to them. with smiles on their faces and sparkles in their eyes, they asked me my name and a few other questions about myself. i talked to them for a while, and we all sang christmas songs before i had to get on the bus. one of the little boys told me that i looked like an angel.
i left that school feeling like a million bucks. they made my day!

the food that we got at the mariott was not what i was expecting. it was realllly good. definately worth the price... FREE! woot woot!
singing for the GE employees was great. there was a camera guy walking around taking footage of us singing, which then appeared on the 4 or 5 big screens they had around the room. apparently i had myself a nice closeup while singing with the choraliers. i'm pretty sure it was during merry christmas darling. i love that song. i got chills from it once today. it made me think...

the winter assembly went well today. band is the greatest. it was a mad rush to get from choir to band since (of course) we were running late, but we made it out alive. it was an exhausting day. gotta love having one non-music class during a school day. can't go wrong.

first pep band game tomorrow night!!!!! yay!!! it's a good theme too. holiday- of course. i've got my costume all planned out. cool red sweater, santa hat, candy cane earings, silver garland (if i can find some)... we'll see what other kinds of fun stuff i can dig up. it's gonna be rockin'

tomorrow in general should be great. i'm cleared 4th through 7th hour to sing with choraliers in the teacher's lounge. hoo-ray! more opportunities to sing merry christmas darling, hehe. that song is getting really repetitive, but i like it just the same. especially after the compliment i got...
i've got candy canes to bring to school for my friends tomorrow. gifts will have to wait. i'm not done shopping yet. i've still got lots of stuff to buy. i'll give all of my friends their stuff over break some time. whenever i see them works. i'm excited. i have a few good ideas... i can't wait to give everyone their stuff!!! =)

plans for the weekend: questionable.
saturday- SKOL practice at 9. (A Special Kind of Love, aka, the mr tipps church thingy). i'm singing, not playing, in case anyone was wondering. sadly, there were no sax parts in this year's musical selection. at night i'm supposed to go see Branford Marsallis play with the CSO, but since the person i'm going with hasn't talked to me in 3 days, i don't know what the hell is going on. so much for the wonderful evening i was hoping for. i've never gotten to see the lights downtown around christmas. at least not that i can remember. i've wanted to go for a really long time, but something always comes up. that's okay. i've got all of winter break ahead of me. there's always another day. i'm missing the only christmas party i've been invited to (held by friends) in a long time on saturday for CSO, so things had better work out. i don't want to do something as awesome as seeing CSO, and then regret being there. the ticket was frickin' expensive. hopefully, it will be a night to remember.

why don't more people have christmas parties over break? i miss them.

sunday- SKOL performance in the morning. after that, it's all confusing. i really don't know what's going on anymore. i might be going somewhere, i might not. all plans always seem to be last minute. it'll be hectic working it out. especially this time, considering the circumstances. at this point, i'm just going to assume i'm not doing anything that night, since (again) i haven't spoken to the person doing the inviting in 3 days.
instead, i plan on finding a good movie and having someone over to watch it with me. possibly elf (thanks aaron), possibly love actually... a christmas movie seems appropriate. i look forward to it.
we'll see what happens. i'm prepared for anything, i think. i'd just like to know what's happening by tomorrow. a day's notice to go to a party feels too rushed, but if it happens, it happens.

the weekend will be exciting. definately packed with all kinds of things to do. saturday afternoon is open for me... perhaps that's when i can finish my christmas shopping. yay!
well that's certainly enough rambing for now. thanks guys.

it's funny how a person can feel lousy and still find cheer. i'm absolutely determined to regain full christmas spirit in as short of a period of time as possible. i'm done with letting others bring me down. if i don't look out for myself, who will? no one can possibly get by if they sit around feeling sorry for themselves or go looking for pity from others. no sir. i can be my own companion, no matter how lonely it may get. besides, there are people out there that care about me. first i've got to find them. then i've got to let them into my heart. here goes nothing.

tonight I watch the lights go out in your house
wondering how I could get so deep
and you can still get to sleep
in vain I blame my trembling on the cold air
and I can't hide that I relied on you
like yellow does on blue