Unity Games/P.U.S.D. playoffs :D

So yesterday was a bad day, this morning I was told I can't go to New York for Newspaper because there's no room and I'm starting to get a cold. But...

WE PLACED FIRST IN THE UNITY GAMES!!

Haha, well you're probably wondering what unity games are. They happen every four years between all of the student councils in the district. I go to SMHS, our rival is CeHS, and today we beat them! See, this is a long rivalry, CeHS wins everything, goes to state in all sports, school spirit, the whole shibang. But because of our amazingness, we won! Ugh, you have no idea how intense he was. To him this was war, he was set on beating centennial and bringing home a trophy, when we won, he freaked. We were shouting and yelling, chanting, it was a huge victory.

We got to the school around 9 and were all in the bleachers. We started off the day with an intense game of signs, got 2nd. Then the sponge game (you get in a line and pass your sponge back trying to move as much water as you can, as fast as you can to fill our bucket) we got 2nd, the orange game, one of the most awkward games ever (you have to pass an orange down the line, only using your chin, good times) where we got 2nd, tug of war, we got 2nd and the talent show,  where we again got 2nd! You know what they say! First the worst, second the best!! 

Second obviously dominates  :D

Ooo, and the person I was babysitting for cancelled, so I get to go to the J.V. basketball game, yay Morgan!! 

So I guess it wasn't too bad a day today...

:*|

Today I needed a hug. 

Today I was ditched. Last night I made plans to go to lunch and work on a group project. As a group. This morning I was told that 2 of the 5 people of the group had stay at school. I was one of the ones to stay at school. Then the other girl went to lunch anyway. I was left at school, the only one in my group. We had an hour to practice our dance in class. I spent an hour watching everyone else. I was at school, so I  couldn't cry. I was almost, almost too angry to cry. 

Today I needed a hug. But no one was there. I was alone, and I was lonely, and I hated it.

LIFE... and it's small wonders :)

Today I went into the cafeteria during 3rd hour to sit with some other council members. I went with Mallory, Claire and Ashley to the stage where Mallory started playing the piano, and it was amazing. She writes her own songs and sings them. It was powerful. Her fingers were everywhere on the keys. I couldn't believe she was 17. Her sister, Claire, started crying at one point. Later I learned that the song Mallory was playing, was written for her. 

Mallory wrote every part of the songs she played, wrote every word and you could tell from the way she played that it was from her heart. She meant every word. And that's how it should be for everything we do. Everything we do should have a purpose. If I could make one person feel so overwhelmed with emotion that they cry or laugh when they read my writing, then I will have accomplished something great. The small things in life tend to be the most important, like when someone compliments me on a bad day, listens when I have a problem, or talks on the phone for hours, makes me laugh so hard I cry, or makes me feel like they really care. 

Those are the memories I will cherish forever.

I am proud to say that I am an OBAMANATION! =)

Today in our classes, well, first and second hour, we got to see our 44th president, Barack Obama be inaugurated.

History was made.

I kind of feel like those people who say they were there when Kennedy was shot? (My Grandma was giving birth, which totally doesn't sound as cool as 10th grade Newspaper class, but whatever 

:-p) 

So, living in AZ, with a major Republican dad and LDS friends, I am definitely the ugly duckling of politics. (hence the name my seminary class gave me: Obamanation.) That's what I love most about politics. On one end you can find me who believes passionately that gays should have the right to marry, but then my friend Marcy, who strongly  believes that gays should not go near an alter. We have gotten into ALOT of debates. But being that most of my family and friends are republican I have to know a lot more about the issue, I had to be open to both sides and understood why Marcy feels the way that she does. I love the freedom to choose what you believe, and no one can take that away, they can send you as many articles as your email can handle, but only you decide whether you are Democrat, Republican or an Independent. 

Yes, having a black president will be a change, but being so close-minded to the point that you refuse to even watch one of the most powerful men in the world speak, or call a homosexual a fag is just being ignorant and onery. Maybe in four years I will be saying that I was wrong and that he made a worse president than George Bush. 

But maybe, just maybe I'll be proud to have stuck to my beliefs and supported one of the greatest men in history.

Student Council :!

So, I'm on my school's Student Council. And since our football team is one of the worst in the state, Student Council is kind of a big deal. We have a lot of responsibility, but being that there are only 6-10 officers a class, Student Council is selective, you have to give a speech and campaign, it's crazy, but last year, I decided to run! And won. And I love it, you're involved and you know, and plan, everything that's going on.

I am one of six members of my class, and the other 5 are close to my perception of perfect. It can be hard to be around them! I am the kind of person who hates waking up to do my hair, so most of the time my hair is in a ponytail, but everyday the 4 girls come with their pair either in spiral curls, or perfectly straight hair, plus they can pull off any outfit, and it doesn't hurt that they're healthy skinny, not anorexic. My self esteem takes a hit some days.

So my dilemma is what to do about Winter Formal. They kind of invited me, but it's hard to tell if they did it because I was there, or because they really wanted me to go. I don't want to ask if I can go and them say, well yea, and them talk about me behind my back, but I also don't want them to think I don't want to go, because I really do. SO after all day of mulling it over I have decided to just pull one of them aside and ask, because if there's only one of them, then they can't give each other sideways looks, but also she can tell me what she thinks, and not have to say what the others think. Who knows how it will go, but I'll keep you posted!

 I hate high school politics. 

Hoopcoming/Good Hair/neighbors/sisters :/

Well, it's been pretty hectic lately, I'm on my high school's student council, and our project is Hoopcoming, which is basically homecoming for basketball. We have dress up days, a winter dance, lunchtime activities, shirts, the assembly, all of which we get to organize... talk about pressure!  And then you get to add the 6 hours it took yesterday morning to draw, color, cut and tape posters on campus, not to count all of the snowflakes we made! 

Decorating the halls is definitely the best/worst part of being on council, you make so many memories, and it's a ton of fun, but it's exhausting, tedious, and you know that by the end of the day on Monday everything will be torn down (if it makes it through the weekend). But, its the thought that counts right??  

And, for an update on Good Hair guy, the first day back I found out that he is dating one of my student council friends... So that basically ruined my first day back, and the worst part is that I can't even hate the girl he's dating, because she's so awesome, high school can be so cruel sometimes... but he does still have an amazing smile! 

I did have a great night at my friend Marcy's party Saturday night, we played Do You Love Your Neighbor, Mafia, and just talked, and I figured out that I have amazing neighbors, we already have enchilada Monday planned!! Haha, overall it was a good night!

 Last, but not least, something happened this weekend that I didn't think ever would, I am starting to be friends with my sister. Ok, that probably sounded horrible, but you have to know our relationship first. She is a year younger and we fight alike crazy, and rarely agree on anything. But being in the same high school has definitely brought us closer together. We hang out with the same people. She can be conceited, rude, closeminded, brown nosing little freshman, but at the end of the night, she my little sister, and I love her. 

Happy 2009! =)

Ahh, it's 2009 and I am really excited to get back to school, friends, Student Council, NEWSPAPER, and good hair guy. 

I have a feeling that this is going to be a good year. 

So, this year I decided not to do New Year Resolutions. Partially because I can never follow through, though mainly because I am working to be more relaxed. I want my life to lead me wherever I am supposed to go. I need and want to focus more of my energy on school, writing and getting my Personal Progress medallion by the summer. It's getting down to two years before I head to A.S.U.! And if I get all A's my dad might get me a little smart car (I'm crossing my fingers!)

This past year I have seen too many people who are so caught up with their work, parties, how their how looks, and I've seen how their family and friends suffer from that. I want to make sure I cherish my life now, focus on now. Because when you put the Lord, and others first, then everything else either falls into place, or falls out of your life.