Preference Free

Today is Saturday...and not the usual Saturday but Preference Saturday. And guess what? I don't care. Saturdays are my hobo days. Why would I give that up for a school dance? I love my sweats, hoodies, pony tails and no make up. Why would I spend tons of money on an uncomfortable dress to go on a date that doesn't like me very much when I could sit at home perfectly comfortable for free? It's fantastic. :) Bed time!

It's Friday Friday Gonna Get Down on Friday...

It's Friday, but it hasn't been irritating like the song. Today went relatively fast, and I wish it was going a little slower. I didn't realize that it's almost 9:30 since it feels like 8 (maybe). I'm multi-tasking by skyping, looking up smoothie recipes, and dreaming of happier days where my math homework was simple addition rather than requiring graphing calculators and headaches. I had a very easy day at school, since all my classes are beyond boring since the teacher's had nothing planned for the last day of the semester. Theatre was great, since we just watched a movie (a hilarious one at that). Ethics and Values was very boring, and of course I lost my pen (just like last time) so the few notes I needed to take I couldn't. But I'll be getting my textbook tomorrow, so I'm not too worried. I am passing all my classes with straight A's...except choir. Stupid choir.

Let me tell you about choir. I hate it. I am SO sick of being rejected of every solo I've tried for, every specialty group. I have been dreaming of Chamber Choir since I was in 6th grade and I went to my sister's concert. When I heard that I didn't make it, I was devastated. I cried all day, and I still have a really hard time faking that smile and acting happy when I talk to our director. I just don't understand why she insists on picking the popular and the push overs instead of those with the dedication and voice. I am so sick of being the back up plan. To be honest, I always told myself that when I made Chamber, I would be a leader for all the juniors, and that I would work as hard as I could to learn the music so I could perfect it. And now that that's not happening, I've lost interest in it. I don't want to be there. I don't want to listen to her get mad at the class for talking after she makes a joke and teases the boys and gets everyone distracted. I wish more than anything I had a reason to stay, but I honestly don't.

On a slightly lighter note, my sister came over just barely. I haven't seen her in about 2 and a half weeks because she just had a baby and has been staying indoors as much as possible. Little Pierscen (pronounced Pearson just in case you were wondering) will have to have surgery on his skull, since two of the plates were already fused together when he was born. Despite the complication, he is still a very cute kid, with a TON of hair, which naturally fohawks up. So stinkin cute.

Well I'm off to waste away the hours of my night watching TV shows and wishing I had a cuddle buddy and popcorn. Lots of popcorn.
Love, me

Opinion of the day: Facebook
Addicting yet overrated, people are using it as a way of communication more than they do when talking face to face or over the phone. I heard a guy talking to his friend on the phone saying, "But I didn't want to be a creep and ask for her number, so I found her on Facebook and messaged her instead." What is this world coming to?

A Short Explanation

I wasn't able to post a blog last night due to a dramatic situation between my mom and I. Let's get the honest truth out there: my mom and I don't get along. We fight at least once every two weeks, and the days between each fight we're really irritated with each other. She is very overwhelming when she gives instructions, and it can get a little rough. I like my instructions short, sweet, and to the point. She on the other hand LOVES to go on and on and on and on...detailing everything. Take this morning for example. I cut some grapefruit, and was placing them on the table when she told me to, "Pick up the knife, wipe it down, make sure it doesn't have any fruit on it, put it in the dishwasher, wipe down the counter and make sure I rinse out the washcloth." Ok...A simple, "Clean up the counter." would've been really nice. Anyway, we got into a fight last night about her shutting off my computer before I had time to save my paper. I was so mad, but she didn't care. "Well be more responsible next time!"
When I finally got my laptop back from her, I finished my paper and sent it in to my teacher and decided to go to bed, figuring that if I posted anything, I might have said something extremely stupid and extremely rude about my mom.
Well...that's my explanation. More tonight on hopefully a happier day.

A Day of Downs

R.I.P. Jeremy Peterson. You were a great friend to a lot of people, especially our company. You were so kind and helped us whenever we needed it. You were so good-natured about watching our director's kids when we needed her help. I only talked to you twice, and one of those times you offered to carry one of our boxes for our ensemble last year for me. You were so sweet whenever we asked you to help. Thank you so much. We know you're at peace now. We'll see you again Jeremy. Promise.

Short Summary of a Typical Day (with a hint of pessimism)

Hey there. Kara here. Today went as follows:
Woke up.
Went to an early morning choir practice.
Went to Financial Literacy and reviewed for our final
Went back to choir and sang for 15 minutes then left
Sped walked to my distance ed class (English 2010)
Sped walked back to choir for the last 15 minutes
Used my free period to run an errand with my mom
Came back and was pestered by a guy friend when I really just wanted to eat and read my book
Went to a TSA meeting only to find it the most unproductive waste of my time
On to dance where we clean our latest dance and I felt like an idiot because I fell out of turn and hit someone
Home!
Back to school (this time on UVU campus) to have our teacher be a no show
Home!
Watched part of Harry Potter with my little brother. Great...
Had family prayer and scripture read.
Came upstairs, got ready for bed, and watched an episode of Lie to Me.
Goodnight. I hope tomorrow is a little more exciting.
Love, me

A Boring Morning of Protesting Public Schooling

Hey there. Kara here. It's a typical Monday morning, it's almost 8:00 and it's still dark outside not to mention freezing. Literally. I'm in my first class of the day: Basic Drafting. So today the topic is public schooling. Our generation is known for how "lazy we are" or "how we don't try to understand what's going on in class". Excuse me? Say that to my face. I know it's sounds like an excuse, but over half the time it's not us! It's the teachers that we are provided. For example, the teacher I have at this very moment is the WORST teacher I have ever had. That's seriously saying something because I've had several teachers that are terrible, but this one beats all. She is very well educated on the subject, but is NOT meant to teach. As high school students, we need teachers that like teaching or can at least teach it in a way we can understand. She will tell us to pull up A+ CAD, the program we use. It's a rare moment that she gives us time to pull it up, and whether it's up or not she begins to SPEED through the lesson faster than a child opening a present on Christmas. She runs through everything once, then ignores us the rest of the period because she "has a business she needs to run". From the experience I've had, if you ask a question about something she supposedly taught she gets very defensive and tells us that we need to pay better attention or else we'll have to suffer from our bad grades. In fact, last week we got back from Christmas break and she proceeded to lecture us (almost to the point of yelling) about how irresponsible we were and how she was irritated with how we wasted her time by making her grade our assignments when we did so poorly. I'm sorry do you want to repeat that? Without blaming us for your horrible teaching abilities. We spend 90% of class time trying to figure out what she had plenty of time to teach us in detail, while she sits at her desk playing with her computer and taking calls from clients (giggling and flirting with them while she's at it). This is only one example of teachers who don't do a good job teaching us.
I've had a math teacher for two years now. He is like my drafting teacher, where he is a teacher but has another job on the side which seems to distract him more than necessary. Being an emergency mountain rescuer and hardly ever being called in doesn't mean he should have to obsess over it like he does. The basic rundown of his lessons goes as follows: Monotone voice begins the lesson. Slow. Boring. Confusing. He messes up on nearly every single problem and we have to correct him. Then suddenly (and still monotone) he'll stop mid-sentence, "Want to hear a rescue story?" Of course there are the students who hate math and would like to avoid it like the plague get excited and nearly shout, "YES!" while the rest of us that want to pass the class try not to groan and complain. I transferred out of his class and took my class down at UVU instead.
I have several other teachers that I could point out, but by now I'm hoping you understand my side of the argument. I just wish the older generations would stop accusing our generation of laziness or calling us stupid when it's THEIR generations that are causing us to struggle in class. And it's not just me; there are plenty of others who feel the same way.
So please, give us some slack and learn to teach.
Love, me

Quick snack of the day: Parmesan Tomato Crackers
Category: Way healthy...for teens and adults only. Children will probably gag and never eat a cracker again.
A few cherry tomatoes
Parmesan cheese
Whole wheat crackers
Take the tomato(es) and slice them thinly. Place a slice onto a cracker and sprinkle (or place) Parmesan on top (depending on what kind of cheese you have). Enjoy. If you like it in the first place.

Opinion of the day: Candy
Sour Patch Kids. The wonderfully sour and sweet candy that causes you to make faces that are later placed into a photo book and makes you cry you're laughing so hard. Great way to get black mail worthy pictures of your friends.

One Sabbath Day

Hey there. Kara here. Before I describe the rundown of my day, I think I should explain some things. I am a Mormon, and proud of it. In a general area where we live, it's called a ward. Put a bunch of areas together, and it's called a stake. The individual wards get together every Sunday for three hours. Twice a year, the stake meets together for two hours. These stake meetings are called Stake Conference. Today was one of those days. The meeting started at 10:00, where we listened to talks and sang songs. We had brought my niece and nephew along because my sister is at work today, and we kept them entertain with Sudoku, word search puzzles, and paper to color on. Just when we thought we wouldn't last a minute longer, the meeting ended. We came home and fed the kids. My older brother (who got divorced over a year ago) is living in our basement with his two kids. James has never fed them the most nutritious food, and that became obvious when my nephew declared, "I love Ramen Noodles because they will make me super strong!" I had to bite my tongue to not argue back.
For the next several hours we will be putting together a German dinner (mmmmm....) while i pray for sanity to survive dinner (we average 16-30 people each Sunday and it gets REALLY loud). I have been assigned  a gingerbread cake with orange frosting, while my brother cooks the brats (brauts?). My mom made hot potato salad, which is pretty much to die for. The food will be worth the craziness.

Quick Snack: Issy's cracker sandwiches
Category: unhealthy but delicious, great for kids to great great aunts twice removed
6 or 8 Saltine crackers
Butter
Peanut butter
Honey
Take a cracker. Spread a thin layer of butter, then peanut butter, then honey. Take another cracker and place it on top. Repeat this with the other crackers. Quick, easy, and fattening. :)

Opinion of the day: Nutrition
I understand when a parent feeds a child unhealthy food because they're busy or are short on money. But when a parent has the time and money to feed their children the kind of foods they need, then DO IT. It's hard to watch the effects it has on their bodies years later. Laziness is no excuse to ruin your child's chances of having good health.