So, I haven’t written in FOREVER!!! And I haven’t changed the Artist or Quote of the Month since like, August. So that’s the first thing I’m going to address.

First, the band is called Owl City. A friend of mine recommended them to me (I actually think it’s really only one dude in the band), and the singing isn’t the best and the lyrics have no meaning, but both of these songs have a good rhythm, and I like them. Anyway, Owl City rocketed to the top of music charts all over, I saw people singing one of the songs, “Fireflies,” every day at school, and I see “Fireflies” every morning on VH1′s “Jump Start.” Needless to say, this band is pretty popular. And then another friend of mine had the other song, “Rainbow Veins,” on her iPod, and she let me listen to it. I found it was pretty “catchy” as well, so I put it on here too. Now, I won’t keep you from listening to these good songs (while reading the rest of this post) any longer. So, without further ado, I give you Owl City singing “Fireflies” and “Rainbow Veins”! WOO HOO!

Second, this month’s Quote is one from the school play I starred in, “The Foreigner.” Just for the record, I played the lodge-keeper (the entire play occurs in this lodge), Betty Meeks, who also happens to be around 74 years old. So yeah, I was the youngest cast member playing the oldest character. But we got third place in the competition we went to, so I guess the director had her head screwed on right when she cast me. ANYWAY!!! Sorry, I was getting off topic there for a while. So yeah, December’s Quote of the Month is said by the character the entire play is centered around, Charlie Baker, who comes to visit his friend, Froggy LeSeuer (who is enlisted in the army), in Georgia, but ends up staying at Betty Meeks’ lodge. He hates talking to people (except Froggy, of course), so Froggy comes up with the story that Charlie is from a totally foreign country and he doesn’t speak English, even though he’s really British and speaks perfect English. Anyway, at Betty Meeks’ lodge, he meets Catherine Simms, the local Southern Belle, who is engaged to the preacher, David Marshall Lee. And Catherine has a little brother named Ellard, and he’s pretty much a dimwit. Oh, and there’s also Owen Musser, but I don’t like the guy who played him at all, so I’m not going to mention him anymore. So, the quote I gave y’all is when Ellard is trying to teach Charlie how to say “fork,” and Charlie’s having fun pretending like he can’t say it. When you see it on stage, it’s hilarious. Julian and Tim (the actors for Ellard and Charlie) were phenomenal in the speaking lesson scenes.

Okay, now third, I need to get you guys up-to-speed on the goings-on of my life. So, in mid-late October, the guy I have a HUGE crush on asked me out! I had been getting signs for a couple weeks that he liked me (he invited me to his baseball game and, according to a woman sitting next to us, couldn’t take his eyes off me; when he came up to bat, he stated a fact about the weather and wouldn’t stop smiling while he talked; he texted me from 10 PM until 1:30 AM on night; and he would look at me constantly when he was talking to everyone on the bus), but I didn’t expect it to happen so quickly! He asked me out over a bunch of text messages, after I unintentionally confessed my feelings to him, I was super excited and happy, and it seemed like he was too. He texted me early the next morning telling me he felt sick, not knowing that I keep my phone off until after school. And then that night, I was at Macayla’s softball game, and he was explaining this game he’s addicted to (he tried SO HARD to get me to sign up to play too; I said no), and I said, “Yeah, unless you’re someone like me who talks so fast no one can understand what you’re saying.” His reply? “Ha it’s cute.” My heart swelled like, 20 sizes that moment. I felt the happiest I had in a while. I finally had a boyfriend, and it looked like he was going to be there for a while. Well, that Thursday afternoon, rehearsals started back (I had been on a 3-day break from “The Foreigner”), and he seemed sad when I told him that I couldn’t ride the bus that afternoon (that’s the only time I ever get to see him; before and after school). That was when everything started plummeting to a messy demise. On Friday, we both knew it was going to be a bad day. But I didn’t expect it to be as bad as it was. Long story short, after rehearsal, I was texting him, and he broke up with me. It wasn’t like when Edward broke up with Bella; I didn’t collapse on the floor and be a ghost for the next few months, but I did feel pretty bad. Like I said earlier, I REALLY like him (I still do, unfortunately), and I thought it was going to work out really well. I guess I was wrong! Everyday I wish he would text or call me and say something like, “I want you back,” but deep in my heart I know that’s not going to happen. So I keep living my life; that’s all I can do. Hayden and I are still friends, but we’re not nearly as good friends as we were during, and even before, when we were going out. But that’s okay. As long as he still talks to me, I’ll be okay.

Dang, that was pretty pathetic. Okay, now onto the next thing. So, this week was Final Exams Week. Monday and Tuesday were normal, but Wednesday, yesterday, and today were all only half days. We only had two classes! We went to school at 7:30 AM, like usual, but we got out at 11:45 AM, instead of 2:10 PM!!! How awesome is that?! But anyway, I was going to tell you guys the grades I got!

On Wednesday, I had the Newspaper and Accelerated Integrated Geometry exams. Because our Final was the actual paper, we didn’t have an official Final Exam in that class; all we did was write down a bunch of notes we need to remember for the next edition. In Math, I thought the exam was pretty easy. Math is one of my best subjects, so I was really happy with the exam. I got a 90%, which isn’t terrible, but I thought I would’ve done better.

Yesterday, I had the P.E. and Honors Spanish exams. The P.E. exam was iffy, but Spanish was easy. It’s also one of my best subjects, apparently, because I got a 94% on the exam. I don’t know what my grade was on the P.E. one, but I think I did okay.

Today, which was not only just the last day of Finals but also the last day of the first semester, I had my Advanced Placement Biology and Gifted Language Arts exams. AP Bio is very difficult because my teacher crams a bunch of information into our tiny pea brains. And a lot of the students in my class are upperclassmen (I’m a freshman), so they’ve already taken Biology. This is my first Biology class–I had Life Science in the 7th grade, but it was VERY VERY basic stuff. So, you can understand my surprise when I discovered I got an 89% on the exam! I was ecstatic, but angry at the same time. You see, each of our exams was 100 questions, making each questions worth one point. That means that if I had missed one less question, I could’ve gotten an A! But whatever, it’s still really good, and it leaves me with a 104% overall (that’s with the 10 points that the school gives us for taking such a hard class added), which is very good.

Now, let me tell you something. On Tuesday (one of the regular-schedule days), my Language Arts teacher told our class that she’s only had 2 people get an A on the exam in some amount of time I don’t remember. So we were all pretty bummed. But when we took the exams today, a lot of people got A’s! But let me tell you about mine! Well, I walked up to my teacher’s desk to ask for a pass to the bathroom, and she had already scanned the exams, so she knew we had gotten on them. Well, our conversation follows:

Me– “Hey, Ms. Steele, can I have a pass to the bathroom?

My teacher– “Yeah. And you did phenomenal on the exam, by the way. You got a 95%!” (She said it in a whispering voice because no one else knew their grade yet.)

Me– “Really? Wow.”

Her– “Yeah, I’ve never seen it before.”

Me– “Dang.”

And then she signed the pass and I went to the bathroom. BUT ISN’T THAT SO COOL?!?! I was super excited when she told me that! It was the highlight of my day.

Well, Mom and I are going shopping tomorrow morning at like, 7, so I need my beauty sleep. PEACE OUT HOME SCOUTS!!!