I love being at home, but I hate spending so much money.  I spent at least $25 printing out photos and finishing up my scrapbook from my past summer trips.  Yes, my projects take a while for me to finish.  I just like to say that I'm lengthening the pleasure I get from it.

Today, I wrote down the scholarships that I need to apply for (SCORE!) and I even started writing one of my essays for the scholarship (SCORE!).  And at the same time I was watching a marathon of this season's So You Think You Can Dance (SCORE!).  Watching that show makes me want to do what those dances do.  One of them is 18 years old!  I can't believe it!  I could be on that show if I was good enough!  They just inspire me to get better and they make me want to be as good of a performer as they are.  Along with this dancing subject, I've been thinking about auditioning to be a dance major.  The audition will be in January 2011.  Yes, that's more than a year from now but I don't have the technique to audition this year.  Plus, I need to do a 5 minute solo piece for the audition.  Uh, yeah right.  I don't think so, but if I work hard this summer (which means I need to dance at least 5 days a week) then I'll audition and see what happens.  If I don't get in, hopefully I'll be good enough to audition for the some the dance shows that UCI presents.  Gawd, I feel like this is the one thing I want the most right now.  It's also one of the hardest things for me to attain.

Things to do this summer:
1. Take a bunch load of dance classes at the studio and also at a community college.
2. Find a job to pay for those classes.
3. Take a class in Adobe Photoshop and/or Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint so I can add them as my skills onto my resume.
4. Apply for more scholarships.

In addition to some of my obstacles in becoming a dance major, my parents will most likely not be happy about it.  But the thing is, if I somehow become a dance major I will fer shurr be a double major in something like Environmental Sciences.  I don't make it through the audition I'll probably be doubling majoring in Environmental Sciences and Public Health Policy.

Note to self: YOU CAN DO IT!

I've got a feelin'
oooh... ooooh....
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night

That songs brings back memories from summer orientation.  Now that I'm finished with ONE-THIRD of my freshman year in college... wow.  I feel different now than when I walked into the student center during orientation.  I like this different feeling.

So I'm home for now. I visited my high school bando friends. It's their last football game. It's always dramatic, especially for the seniors. I remember those days, but I'm glad that they're gone. My friend, who graduated five years before me, were talking about going to the football game. He mentioned some alumni that were gonna be there. And they were not the people who I wanted to spend those few hours with, aside from my other friends. They are the type of people who just don't want to leave high school. Basically, they NEED to get a life. And since they don't have one, they might as well try to piece back the remnants of their old high school years. So that little bit of information made my decision for me - not going. Saying hi to everyone was nice as well as working with flag, sabre, and rifle again. I haven't seen them since the summer so it all felt very refreshing. One girl who joined late last year is getting extremely good. Even better than me, even though I don't like to admit it.

I was very close to my colorguard coach. His mother died last week. I went to the funeral today. I... cried even before the service started. Although I only met her once for less then ten minutes. I was just crying because I couldn't possibly imagine what my coach is going through. He has taken care of her far longer than I have known him. At LEAST 7 years. For the four years that I've known him, she's always been sick. I don't want to go into the details of her death, but for now I'll just say that it was very sudden and unexpected. Even though I was at a funeral I was still glad to see my coach. I haven't seen him... since... April. OH WOW. I didn't make that connection until now.

I really like this shampoo my mom put in my bathroom. It smells good.