GOT A 1 AT SOLO AND ENSEMBLE TODAY! (I play trombone) SO EXCITED =)

I was actually second to last before the judges' lunch break but since at 11:44 my piano accompanist wasn't there the last kid, a trumpet player went first.  Then he left and my band director came in and told me Mr. Day (the piano accompanist) was running late.  I waited for 25 minutes for him to show up just smiling and standing there.  Awkward.  Maybe they took pity on me and gave me a good rating but oh well =)

Dear Ryan,

You can throw this away, I won't mind. 

I don't usually write notes; I wanted to tell you this on Friday but the words stuck in my throat.  I've always been better at writing than speaking. I'm sorry and thank you.

When I wrote that shared journal I was stereotyping.  Reading the journal, others had written the same type of thing: their own biases about the opposite gender.  I was just brave enough(or most likely stupid enough) to read my own opinions out loud.  Although I still believe some of those comments are true about some guys in the world I want you to know I wasn't thinking of you.  You are very smart and you acted maturely about my opinions and never disrespected me.  I didn't ever think I would feel thankful for someone merely respecting me but it meant a lot here.

There are other guys who probably were respectful about my shared journal but I just feel I need to write this to you so that somebody knows.  I'm still not even sure if I will give this to you, I'm such a coward.  It just felt good to write it out.

I guess notes passed in school hallways are supposed to be funny huh? Sorry if I let you down. =)  But I did tell you from the start you didn't really have to read this.

Jordan

P.S. I thought your poem was very artistic and original, as your writing always is when you choose to share it (or you're forced to share it).  Don't be afraid to share your writing because I always enjoy hearing it and I think others would too.

Readers(if I had any), you don't have to understand the entire situation to understand the feelings and meanings behind my words.     

Update

Happy late ApRiLfOoLsDaY! XP

Yeah(super bad at updating) anyways!  On April Fool's day my friends Amber & Ashley (identical twins) wore the same outfit, did their hair the same and switched all their classes.  Ashley faked her way through chior and Amber went to gym late and got Ashley a tardy.

On Saturday my friends and I made a vid of us just sitting around in cosplay costumes.  I borrowed Anne's Zigbar wig and eyepatch and they drew a scar on my face. 

TODAY I had a jazzband rehersal =).  Fun except a seventh grader(who I thought was ok and has the same name as me-Jordan) called my BFF a nazi (not knowing she is jewish).  BIG MISTAKE!  Olly (really Ilana but we nicknamed her Olly) told him she was jewish and that was offensive and he apolagized but THEN he started calling her negative trumpet play cuz she is third chair in jazzband.  If you don't know about jazz- chairs have no merit, that's regular band(which Ilana is 2nd chair in out of like 19!)

Yeah so after rehearsal, outside the school, she really went at him.  I thought she was going to slug him.  After she calmed down I went over and told Jordan that he had really sunk low.  His friend yelled "JEW!" at me and that might have been what made Olly start hitting Jordan again.  I held her backpack (she can usually control me and keep me out of fights but I have no control over my usually good natured friend once she gets angry) and when our ride came as we walked away I flipped off the kids and told them to f***ing lay off(not like me). 

I told Olly Jordan was probably in love with her and din't know how to express it because you are pretty and older than him and extremely talented.  Then we all agreed that she was way out of his league.            

My Response to South Dakota's New Abortion Law

Among states that have put obstacles in the way of a woman receiving an abortion, South Dakota is the most drastic with a new law that was passed this week. Republican state Representative Roger Hunt has been drafting regulations regarding abortion for years leading up to this. The law passed Tuesday requires women, including rape and incest victims, to wait 72 hours after the initial doctor’s visit to receive an abortion. It also requires any woman seeking an abortion to receive counseling from a pregnancy crisis center first. The state had a low abortion rate already, possibly because there are only two clinics offering abortions in the state.


First of all, politicians should not be able to make decisions about a woman’s body and what she can or cannot do with it. Men are allowed to do what they please with their bodies and they use that right freely. Rep.