so today was our last day of band camp, and i have to say - it's really been a great experience for me. especially now that i am in a band with so many talented people (much different than junior high band), i have to push myself harder to be at par with them. and it's really enjoyable to know that you're working hard and achieving the things that you want. i'm such a band geek. :op oh, by the way, if you'd like to pledge money for our band car wash fund raiser that will be held on august 25, that would be awesome. all money collected will go to buying new equipment for the band, as well as funding our band trip later this year, and covering travelling costs when we go to out-of-town games, and when we go out to contest at the end of the year. the suggested amount is 5 cents per car (maximum of 200 cars, or $10), but any amount is fine. you can also just donate a flat rate, which is what most people do to save me from having to come back later and collect the money. and again, most people give $10. if you'd like to help us out, send me an email at the address to the left, and we'll set something up.

currently, my sister is at her sixth grade orientation. i think she's really excited about going to junior high, and i can't wait for her to get home with her schedule so i can tell her that she has all the mean teachers. ;o) i'm such an evil person... my brother will be going into third grade next year, and we don't know what teacher he has until we go up the the school and check out the list. gosh, it's been so long since i was in third grade. sometimes i wish i could be back in elementary school again, but i'm starting to realize that high school is so going to rock. finally, i have more freedom, and i feel like i'm not being looked down upon like a child. ooh! my sister just came home. she has mean teachers for homeroom, math, and history, but nice ones for p.e., science, and english. we'll see how that turns out. while we're on the subject of family, i might as well give a run down on my parents. my mom is in her third year of medical school, and my dad is a long-time engineer at nasa. so there you have it, my wonderful family. :o)

i have ninth grade orientation tomorrow, also known as fish camp. that's when i'll get my schedule and locker assignment and everything. i'm kind of excited about that. afterwards, i have a band pool party, so i might now be able to make a post because i'll be too tired to bother, but i'll try. :o)

well, i got home from fish camp early, so i'll make this post now, before i go to the band pool party. fish camp was fun, and i got my schedule and locker. finally i got a top locker!! my schedule kind of sucks, though, since i have to change buildings in between every single class. most people don't have to change buildings at all. and i only get 7 minutes to do it. looks like andy will be sprinting in between classes. :op

i happened to meet danielle today. rather, she happened to seek me out i should say. danielle is a very unattractive girl who asked me out the first week of sixth grade. my answer was "who are you?" she went crying back to her desk. i felt bad about it at the time, but i know now that i made the right choice. she has asked me out to every movie, every school event, and every everything for the last three years. she tells people that i am her boyfriend. okay, once, when we were at the movies with a big group of friends, i made a point of having my friend shane sit between danielle and i. well, when shane got up to go to the bathroom, she moved over, and sat by me. then she started drinking out of my coke. barf. needless to say, i let her have the rest. and the last thing she said to me before today was on the last day of eighth grade: "andy, you're my soulmate." so today, she comes up to me and says "andy!! it's been so long!" and rested her head on my chest. i decided i was sick of it, so i pushed her off and walked away. so later she came up to me and said, "chris ainsworth just squeezed my boobs and said they were squishy!! go beat him up for me!!" that was when i broke. i said, "danielle, i'm not your boyfriend. i'm not even your friend. now leave me alone." and walked away. she followed behind me saying, "andy, you come back here right now! you are being very mean! maybe if i smile, you will be nice to me. see, look, i'm smiling!" eventually she stopped following. so there's my sob story for the day.

i am so so so so so so happy!! results for band auditioning were posted today, and i made second chair concert band!!! woohoo! the bands go in order like this, from best to... well.. not best: wind ensemble, symphonic, concert, and cadet. 90% of freshmen make cadet band. and the best part about it was that this kid named billy announced that he thought i sucked. and he got third chair. ha ha!! sucks to be him. :op okieday, time to go get ready for the pool party!

sheesh, my brother is such a nut. tonight, he went in his room and took the doorknob off, effectively trapping himself in his room. i had to rescuse him. then he decides his feet aren't big enough, so he put 20+ pairs of socks on at the same time. this caused him to lose his balance and fall into my cup of coke, knocking it over. then he starts sopping up the coke with the socks after removing them. then, as he was running to find something to clean up the rest of the coke, he slips on a wet sock. ::shakes head:: i don't know what to do with him. :op

other than that, my day wasn't very eventful. i just stayed home alone all day and lounged around. it was relaxing. hehe.

happy 17th anniversary mom and dad!

eee! tomorrow is my last day of summer!! :o( i suppose it was good while it lasted, though i'm still nervous about starting high school. today was a good day - i went school shopping and got some new clothes, including a shirt that says "when is the wizard going to get back to you with that brain?" hehe. and also a spider-man t-shirt. after that, i went to this expensive french restaurant with my best friend, our moms, our sisters, and a bunch of our sisters' friends and sisters' friends' moms. :o) catch all that? then we headed over to the movie theater and all the girls saw the princess diaries (which apparently was very good) and bryan and i saw rush hour 2. hilarious movie. so, i'm really tired now, and i think i'm going to go read heir to the empire which i started last night.

so this is it. summer is officially over. *sigh* it went by way too fast. i suppose, though, that it's not so bad, since i will be going to high school. finally i actually feel like i'm not a little kid anymore. well darn, i just thought of something.... i have no countdown to put at the top of my posts anymore. maybe a countdown to my birthday. :o)

well, i suppose tonight was fun. my family went out to eat, and then we came home and went swimming.... so i'm still wet. and i think they're making popcorn balls in the kitchen right now. yummy. the only part that sucks about this whole deal is that i have to go to sleep soon. :o/ i gotta wake up at 6. yuck. well, wish me luck in high school. here goes nothing. :o)

wake me when it's over.

on a completely unrelated note, happy birthday andorus! :od check your mail sometime tonight or tomorrow. :o)