Dark

I drove home in the dark tonight for the first time, it was really scary, and like learning to drive all over again. The lights of other cars are so annoying, especially when they don't take them off main beam!!! Oh well, home safe and sound...

Monday

What an exciting day. Well, acctually it started off really badly because it was raining really bad and it was really windy and everything was just a bit rubbish. But then I found out that Me and Jules got the track we wanted for our music video which was exciting. School was a bit rubbish, but I got home and ate, then drove to Lincoln which was exciting because I drove down the steep hill on the way in for the first time, it was really scarry but Dad said I did really well. I then parked at the college and went in to train. It was my first night training with the Lincoln Cannons adult volleyball squad so I was nervous, but it was great. I'm not as unfit as I thought and it was great fun. The cannons are a great group of people, I can't wait to go back for more training. This is gonna be every Monday and Thursday for the next year hopefully. I was so excited last night 'cos everything had gone so well. Yay!

My idea of pop stars

Its so true! Watch and you'll see!
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Music is a harmonic connection between all human beings

I was watching Bend it Like Beckham the other day with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in it and I thought of the August Rush trailers I saw in America. This film looks so awesome, it is released in the UK on November 23rd, and i'm counting down the days. It stars Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrance Howard and Robbin Williams. Watch the trailer then go see the film, it looks ace.
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you gotta love music more than food, more than life, more than yourself

1 month ago today..

at this time it was my birthday, Alex and I were going to Bobs for breakfast, wow do I miss that. Today I went to work, and no pirate show this evening! Good old England???

I've heard it said...

I was having a reflective moment, and remembered what it felt like to watch this song performed in LA, and to sing it with the Young Americans. I figured that if you read this blog I probably know you, so the lyrics apply to you. I still can't get my head around the experiences i've had and how much I have grown, but this says a bit about it and the people who made it happen. Those people changed me for the better.
Click on the link, it is sound not video so doesn't take long to load.
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So, thank you for being you.

Pitch

Well, I've just finished writing a pitch for a music video. It is the latest in a long line of media studies work. For our coursework we have to create a music video for an existing song, the list of songs is chosen by our teacher, so is rubbish but oh well. Jules and I have opted for the Natasha Bedingfield, Frogs and Princes option. I hate the song but we do have some pretty good ideas for the video. I don't think anyone is up against us for the track, or at least lets hope not. We have to pitch the idea in front of the class and two teachers tomorrow morning first lesson which isstupid, it's too early! Oh well, here goes for the cheesy pop record!

My head hurts!

Well, on Sunday I was putting up shelving brackets in my bedroom when I bent down to plug something in, stood up and cracked my head on the corner of one of the brackets with no shelf on! It was so painful it came up in a bump and I went dizzy. I figured it would be ok, so I took some painkillers and got on with it. The problem is it still hurts today, this is so annoying! Grr at the head, it makes me feel rubbish which is just no fun! Ah well.

Scrapbook

Well, that's it, it's finished. My scrapbook from America is done. It's so full, I have a really fat scrapbook, a scrapbook box (for things that wouldn't fit in the scrapbook) and a scrapbook box bag (for things that wouldn't fit in the scrapbook or the box). It's so fun and so full. So... if you ask me about America and it isn't to far away you will see the whole range of scrapbook things.

Work

Yay, just got back from my first shift at work since the end of July! That's like over a month ago, I really missed everyone. It's great to be back, but so much has changed. It also feels like I havenever been away though which is odd. The people havn't changed at all which is fun, and the work is about as I remember it. Everyone was glad to see me back, and wanted to know my tales of America which was cool. First sunday luch tomorrow, Yay!

Newbies

At BYJO tonight all of the new people were there. It doesn't seem like five minutes since I was the nervous new one in the corner, but now I'm one of the oldest there! They all seem really nice, but it kind of shows the people who have left even more. Ah well, things change people move on, it's usually for the better. I'm sure this one last year will be great fun.

Work!

I went to work last night for the first time since before I went to Spain (so July 28th). Mum and Dad took me for a meal, so I wasn't acctually working. It feels like I have been away forever, but also like I never left. I missed everyone I work with while I was gone, but so much there has changed it's unreal. I'm going back to work there on Saturday which is exciting, i'll get to meet the new waitresses who will probably treat me like the new one, ah well. They'll soon learn!

Changes

Last night I went to see Grandma and Grandad for the first yime since they have gone into a care home. They went while I was away, its odd to think of them not being at the farm anymore. Grandad looked better than he has done in a long time, but Grandma looks worse. It's quite upsetting really, old age is not a nice thing and I hate to see them away from home. The home that they are in is really nice though, they have a newly decorated and furnished room which is lovely, and the people are really nice. It's just strange, I haven't been to the farm yet but that is going to be very strange.

Kids

Mia and Freya spent the day at home today with Mum and Dad while I was at school, (Boo). They were in the car to pick me up from the bus stop which is always fun. They are growing up so much and so fast, Mia starts school on Wednesday and Freya changes every time I see her. Suzie and Rick came to pick them up this evening just after I got back from driving with Dad (which was great) and then Emma turned up. Twice in three days I've seen two of my sisters! Everyone has just left so now it's time to watch TV and go to sleep! School all over again tomorrow, ah well, last year so not long left!

Boston Community Showcase

In the Park in Boston (Lincs UK, not USA sadly) this afternoon I played with BYJO (Boston Youth Jazz Orchestra) at the community showcase. It was a pretty sad occasion really, the last time with this line-up. There are about ten people who are leaving to go to university in the next couple of weeks so this was their last gig. They are going off to pretty cool places and are going to be sadly missed, but here come the next generation of the 'oldest of BYJO' (now including me). This is the beginning of my third and final year there which is sad, but its an amazing thing and you can't stay there forever. If you want to go to a gig, the gig list is on the site at www.byjo.org. Here's to one last year, the fun continues now

Driving..

Well, now I'm 17 I can drive (provisionally), I'm so excited, it's so much fun! I have driven to Boston and Horncastle, Dad takes over just before we get there because the traffic is to scary just yet! It's one thing I have been wanting to do for as long as I can remember, and it seems to be going pretty well, so look out for the 'L' plates on the roads of Lincolnshire, because it might just be me behind the wheel!

Happy 18th

Today was my best mates 18th Birthday. It's pretty crazy, she is in the same school year as me and yet I am only just 17! I went round there this afternoon/evening for a while to celebrate with her which was fun in a small gathering of people. I hope she had a fun day, yay, First 18th of the year! Happy Birthday Lenny

Back to reality

Well, I have been back from my adventure to LA for almost a week now (BOO!) and life here just seems so dull. Everything is so quiet and real, it's just weird. I had almost a month of living in this amazingly energetic and colourful place with such fantastic people and I just really miss it. It was such an incredible experience, whereas this is cruel reality where I have things to worry about and important decisions to make. But, I guess if I make the right decisions then they might one day get me back to LA and I can have another adventure.

First Blog!

Well...after having a HUGE adventure this summer, I promised Tiff that I would set up a blog so that she could read whatever it is that I am getting up to. So, here goes, my very own blog! This means I have to do interesting things so that I can post about them now...shame! Enjoy, I hope it makes good reading...