| It has been a really long time |
[29 Aug 2008|02:09am] |
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Wow, it has been ages since I've posted in this thing. I don't really know anyone on here anymore, so I'm not expecting comments on my blogs like I used to receive, but after talking a bit with Steven about blogging I do have to agree on the importance of writing about what's going on in life simply as a documentation source.. especially at this point in time as I begin college.
For now I'll sleep, but updates on college life etc etc will be posted soon.
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| Sooo Busy with Summer Assignments.. |
[10 Aug 2007|01:36am] |
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I just finished up 75 definitions for Honors Psychology/Facing History and Ourselves and now I have to rewrite them alphabetically and put them in a binder. I actually got accepted into that class really late, so she told me not to stress if I didn't have the whole assignment done by school start.. Oh and I've already read Night, so writing the report on that should be a breeze. I'm overall not too worried about that assignment.
For Honors Spanish III I just finished up 15 descriptions of people with Latin American backgrounds describing where they are from and what they are famous for. I have gotten one of the 5 research projects dealing with latin country's tourist locations, religion, important locations etc... 4 more to go.. I then need to gather up 50 billion journal entries in Spanish that I neglected over summer and read 6-10 articles, short stories, or poems.. etc.
For my AP English class I am just about finished reading Crime and Punishment, then I have to fill out this big packet with crap loads of information, then I have to read another book immediately after within 2 weeks.. during marching band season while working at Kroger! (Also sad because I STILL haven't gotten to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) I have finished up Heart of Darkness and completed its packet, so we're good there..
Really this is all quite accomplisheable for me, but I've had marching band practice from 11am-6pm all this week, plus work and I'm about to go out of town tomarrow, so I'm in a major crunch.. things are hectic.. BLAH.
x Kia Lola x
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| Financial Aid: Photography Job! |
[19 Jun 2007|03:32am] |
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Well now that I got the job under Soft Tone Productions as their official photographer, Todd [the manager] and I should be going out soon to check out the Canon Digital Rebel's and some good band photography lenses. Shortly after that we'll purchase some backdrops and props for my photoshoot usage and we'll be good to go.
The whole thing feel too good to be true, but I've known Tod for some time now and I've grown to really trust him. Hell, his family feels like my family, it's crazy.
He had told me that not only is he doing this as an investment, but to help me get closer to my dreams.. He knows we don't have alot of money and this whole thing is terribly important to me, so now that's how I got here.
As for the job: Well, I'll be photographing any of his local bands and occasionally travelling out to North Carolina to shoot some of his bands, but I'm free to do any side projects like wedding photography etc if I desire to. It's all really great and I'm very excited.
x Kia Lola x
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| Another Bad Ass Day of Kia. |
[20 May 2007|12:11am] |
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Stayed up all night long playing Pokemon
and woke up early to play at Overton's graduation.
After, Galvyn, Dwayne, Margaret, Myles and I
all headed across the way to check out the flea market.
Dwayne and Myles liked the swords quite a bit,
so Dwayne bought two and I bought one for Myles.
I bought a reggea hat from an African guy for $5
and then I bought what looks like a belly dancer shirt
that's red and has those jingly dangles in the front
from another African lady... Yeah, I got Africa crazy today.
After, I went to eat at Central BBQ in midtown with my mum.
When I got home I took a 30 minute [unintentional] nap
and then James picked me up to go to his graduation party.
While we waited for friend arrivals, James and I went swimming.
Lance and his two cousins came over and we chilled out.
Basically the day involved sitting under the sun
and eating watermelon, fries, fish, tomatoes and cake.
We all decided to go to a movie.. We picked Blades of Glory.
At first I was iffy about seeing it because
I'm a foreign/independent film type of girl, ya know,
but man that movie was fucking hilarious. I loved it!
Oh and before I went in the movie, I met a really cute guy.
I'm certainly not cheating on my hubby, but dude was eye candy.
After the movies James and I headed back to his house
and we played with the dogs and watched Garfield II.
Overall: great time.
x Kia Lola x
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| I Have a Clone |
[24 Feb 2007|12:49am] |
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This chick copies EVERYTHING I do...
and so I just decided to rant a bit here.
Reasons Why I get Annoyed:
1. She calls me approx. 3-5 times day.
2. When she comes over she asks to keep my clothes etc.
3. Every time she comes over she wants me to take photos of her.
4. The last big photoshoot we did I utilized her camera instead
of my own and she kept saying she'd send them to me, but never
did and finally when I bitched her out, she said she accidentally
deleted them...
5. If I get a new MySpace background, she uses it too.
6. She has a slideshow of a bunch of my photography.. even photos
that aren't her.
7. She made a deviantART account with the username GloomKittienx
knowing that my two main usernames are GloomKyttn and
X-GloomCookie-X from my fav. comic book.
8. She posted one of my own journals about how my photography career
is going verbatim as her own.
9. She messages me via text or MySpace mail about 4 times a day.
Blah blah blah.
However, her taking my journal and username is what made me
finally blow up.
Chick needs to get her own personality, fo-real. :p
x Kia Lola x
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| Got kicked out of my House.. |
[20 Feb 2007|12:04am] |
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Well, I'll just cut straight to the point.
I was talking to my roommate, Tom,
and asked him if my OLD friend Brandon could stop by.
Tom said he didn't care, so 10 min later B showed up.
Tom asked B where he knew me from blah blah blah
and Tom was all like, "I like this guy, he seems really intelligent."
So Tom walks away and B and I pop in the Silent Hill OST he burned me.
We're chillin in the living room talking about the US Navy when the Tom arrives.
Tom is apparently drunk and babbling and he says, "You've got to get out. RIGHT NOW."
B looks disturbed by pops up and says, "Nice meeting you" before he walks out.
Tom gets mad at this and says, "Don't suck up to me, boy, get your ass outa the house."
As B walks out Tom follows close behind and says,
"Get your ass in the fuckin car and go home.
You can back talk me, but you'll regret that."
Tom is starting to sound really aggressive, so I'm getting nervous.
I look at B as he leaves and shrug. I have NO idea what's going on.
I look at Tom and ask what the hell is going on.
His responce is simply, "I don't have to explain anything to you."
I'm getting mad by now and I start to raise my voice, demanding an explanation,
telling him he should not have gotten agressive with B & that he's being two-faced.
Tom's responce here is what really made me blow up. "Fine, I'll just move out."
Now if you don't already know,
my mum does not really have a steady job and we don't make much money at all.
In fact, a few times this year we almost got evicted because of bills.
So, when Tom found out, he offered to move in to help with bills.
Tom always says he'll always be here for me and he'll never let us suffer,
but apparently all that talk was all bullshit.
If Tom moves out I have no idea what will happen to us.
My mum does not have any money saved up, hell, not even a college fund,
so if he moves out there's no telling what will happen.
SO, at that point I blew up, screamed some cuss words, punched the wall and left.
At first I was just walking to be walking, but I decided to stop at Kat's to vent.
I got there but decided since it was late I shouldn't bother them, so I went home.
I got to the door, but he had locked it on me. I knocked... He didn't answer.
I went to the back door. Locked. Checked all the windows. Locked.
Now I'm starting to cry cause it's cold as hell outside. About 30 degrees,
I have no shoes on, a tank top & a sweater you can see through.
So, I walk back to Kat's house and sit outside debating on wether or not to knock.
I have alot of trouble asking for people's help, but I eventually knocked.
I guess they were all asleep, so I went to a nearby office building and sat to think.
Some guys drove by really slow, so I got nervous and walked to McDonalds.
McDonalds had locked up by then, so I went to the Kroger parking lot.
After getting way too cold for comfort, I went inside to use their phone.
First I called my mum, but she didn't answer, then Josh, but he was at work.
Two dudes who worked their looked really worried and kept asking if they could help,
but I just wanted to be left alone cause I looked like a mess and I was crying alot.
So, after I called Josh I walked around to keep the blood flowing,
but I saw a cop and thought he was looking for me, so I ran into a cove to hide.
I ended up back in the Kroger parking lot, called Josh sobbing a few times
and sat behind a brick ledge until about 3am, just shivering and crying.
I sat for so long a time that when I moved my leg it popped
as if the bones were freezing stiff.
I know I wouldn't have, but at the time I thought I was going to freeze to death.
All I had was a thin sweater and ripped socks, so the cold was really getting to me.
I had been out since 11pm- 3:45am until my mum called me.
I don't think my mum knew what happened cause she sounded more pissed than worried.
Her first words were, "Where the hell are you?" and "Do I have to pick you up?"
I got home and right around that time Josh finally got off work. (FedEx late shift)
I was laying in my bed hyperventalating and shaking spastically..
I finally fell asleep around 4:15am,
but I ended up missing All West Honor Band because I slept through the alarm.
My band director called me sounding mad that I missed it
and now I have to explain to him what happened.
I really don't want him to make a big deal out of this,
so I may "tweak a few details."
Ok, maybe this was a bit longer than I expected.
x Kia Lola x
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| Slumber Party with Josh |
[12 Feb 2007|11:33pm] |
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My mum went out of town to see her boyfriends band in concert,
so I had Josh come over and spend the night.
Surprisingly, however, she allowed him to say without caring.
So, J and I went out for Chinese food
which was A-Ok.
Then we went to Blockbuster to rent Pokemon which didn't work,
Free Radicals which was made in Austria, spoken in German
which turned out to be the biggest waste of time
and the PS2 game, The Matrix;
It was also a waste of time.
However, we got some good laughs out of the wasted time
and it was all good quality fun.
Oh and when we woke up I made him chocolate pancakes/bacon
and we spent the rest of that day at Bobby's house.
Josh and Bobby jammed out in the back room
while his wife Kristy, some of their friends and I
surfed the net and played Guitar Hero.
Yay for good times.
x Kia Lola x
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| Dreams of Wolves- Colores Mezclados |
[03 Feb 2007|01:46am] |
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Ok, so after Josh and I got back from his producers house,
he and I took a long nap to make up for all the hard work.
As I dreamed, my mind took me to a winter land
where a river of blending water colors flowed. (reds, blue, green etc)
Whomever I traveled with warned me of the wolves that reside there
and of course, as we were leaving a wolf damn near ripped a chunk outa my leg.
However, we made it through the attack and proceeded to leave.
Unfortunately, last minute a wolf jumped out of nowhere with a loud growl
and I woke up gasping for air, heart racing.
Turns out Josh's dog next to me growled really loud & barked at a noise outside,
so his noise carried into my dream.
I am so weird and my dreams are always so odd.
can't really explain how my mind works.
x Kia Lola x
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| Band Updates |
[01 Feb 2007|11:28pm] |
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Wind Ensemble:
As of today, I am the 5th chair wind ensemble clarinet player.
Of the three years I've been at Overton,
it's my first time making it to that level.
I feel nervous about the upcoming step of music technicality,
but I'm definitely willing to work my ass off to survive.
So, basically I am 5th chair out of about 25-30.
Yay for me!
All West:
All West tryouts had an interesting story to say the least.
I got to Colleirville HS last minute,
so I had to run in without warming up even one note.
For those of you who don't know,
that's like suicide for musical tryouts.
Then when I got to the sign in desk,
the dude told me to go left...
turns out.. I was supposed to go right.
SO, I got to my tryout really late
and was almost in tears because I thought they would turn me away.
However, they did let me take my tryout and it was pretty ok.
My prepared peices went smoothly (1-2 mistakes),
the scales/chromatic were good (probably 1 mistake)
and my sightreading, for the first time, sounded great!
As I walked out I ran into Mr. Piecuch, my band director,
and he congratulated me on my latest graded tape,
saying that he was very proud of me.
Then, I ran into my old band director, Mr. Ayers.
Every time I see him I get really jittery,
so it was slightly awkward,
but I was glad to get to see him, he's a very respectable man.
New Private Lesson Teacher:
My new lesson teacher is Carina Washington.
She charges $20 a lesson, which is $5 more than with my last director,
but she's a very efficient teacher for me.
Today she took me through my scales and had me switching up rhythms.
She taught me some basic caretaking skills for my clarinet
and took me through a Etude that I think sounds really pretty.
I'm excited to see how much I improve through this lady,
I think she'll mark a turning point for me. :)
So,
overall, things are looking great.
I have challenges ahead of me,
but I'm willing to do the work.
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| Testing the Waters |
[30 Jan 2007|11:31pm] |
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I had a LiveJournal quite a while back,
but due to a parental unit finding it,
it was deleted.
So, I will attempt to get into journal writing again..
We'll see where that goes..
x Kia Lola x
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