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[Apr. 30th, 2006|06:28 pm] |
It started out during a pit rehearsal. We were just rehearsing in the band room, but it wasn't our band room. It was like the entrance to Sandburg, with a balcony where we were, but everything was made of glass and much more modern-looking. For some reason there was a piano flush against my instruments that went from the end of the bells to however far down a piano would go. I was like, hmm, this is inconvenient... but I was too lazy to move it, so I missed the probably 2 things I should have played. Joe was there - he was supposed to play the notes on the upper end of the bells that I couldn't cover, which he did because he was standing on the side and could reach all his notes. Stellar job, Joe. There had been some rumors that we'd acquired a couple torture devices, so after rehearsal I went up to Covey and asked him about it. He said he'd show us, and a group followed him. In one practice room, which was about the size of 3 of ours, was a guillotine. In the next one was a gallows. We were all pretty fascinated by these, and some people wanted to try them. Covey was okay with this, and said he would help us. Sarah Barmann (who was in band) tried out the gallows. By tried out, I mean she hanged herself and died. That was pretty upsetting to me, but nobody else seemed to be too concerned. Next, Lauren wanted to use the guillotine. I told her she didn't want to die, but she said that she did, and would put up no argument (a first for her). So she gets into the machine and places her head in the... place where the head goes. Covey draws up the blade and it comes slicing down, right into Lauren's neck. Except it doesn't finish the job; Lauren is still conscious, and her head is attached. But instead of just bringing the blade up and letting it fall again, Covey decides to use it as an axe and chop her head off the rest of the way. You could tell she was in pain, but she was talking as this was happening. There was a surprisingly little amount of blood, and none of it got on any of our clothes. I was crying the whole time, and it was really hard to talk to her, but we managed to have a last conversation. After the job was done, Lauren's head was still laying there, and we all left the room. We came back in a few minutes later with Kevin Carroll, who wanted to see the device, and Lauren's body was gone; I don't know what happened to it. Covey asked Kevin if he wanted to test out the machine. Kevin replied with a cheery "Sure!" And assumed the position. Covey drew up the blade, let it go, and again it did not go all the way through. It looked like it went an even shorter distance than Lauren's. But Kevin was satisfied. He left, and I'm pretty sure he went straight to the hospital. He was dead within the hour, but nobody else knew this. I was bawling by this time, just uncontrollably sobbing. I started to walk around, and on the stairs I passed Mr. Kallenborn in another teacher's body who I see all the time but never know his name. I could only tell that it was Mr. Kallenborn by the personality and voice. He asked what was wrong, and I told him, "My best friend just got guillotined! Two other people are dead!" He was like, what are you talking about?!?! And I explained in more detail. He must have told a lot more people, because the news people came, and I did an interview with one of them. I was still in a state of shock and not thinking clearly, and I said a dumb answer to one of the reporter's questions, and he made fun of me for it. That made me pretty angry. I saw it on the news later, and the anchor was like, ooo, that was a low blow. Later in the day, it was time for Wind Symphony rehearsal, in the same place as pit was. The band was just how it usually is right before we tune and Covey is telling us something, except there was no Lauren. Covey said, "Now, there are going to be a lot of rumors and people wanting to know what happened. Just try to put a positive spin on it. It was what Lauren and Sarah wanted. It was bound to happen anyway. There are worse ways the could have died. They're in a better place." And he proceeded with band. There was a break, so I went and talked to Dave Serrano in the hallway, and as Covey walked up, so did a group of administrators who wanted to talk to him. They started talking about financial matters, and I think they wanted Covey to buy something else, but he said, "No, I don't have any more money left." It made me uncomfortable standing near Covey after he had just killed my best friend, so Dave and I went back into the band room while they were still talking. Covey eventually came back in and we resumed band. The rehearsal ended, and he did one of those beckoning motions to tell me to follow him into the hallway. Dan gave me a sympathetic good luck face, and I did. I don't know exactly what we were talking about, but it eventually came around to Kevin, and he said something that alluded to the future and I replied, "Kevin Carroll is dead." He didn't seem too surprised by this. He was about to get to the subject of Lauren and my total devistation, but then my mom came and woke me up.
This was by far the most terrible, freightening... there aren't even any words to describe how awful this dream was. I am so blown away right now. |
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| BOA (warning: there will be no further mention of BOA in this entry) |
[Mar. 27th, 2006|07:25 pm] |
Yesssssssssssssssssssss so I have a week to do nothing but practice; sweet. Hopefully when we come back I will have the entirety of both of my concertinos memorized. In related news, I GOT INTO U OF I. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. I find this so hilarious!!! My audition was like, blahhh I suck, and they were like, play some drumset for us! and I was like, uhh... let's try to kind of do one rock beat and pretend it's the same as mambo and jazz. Soooooo I guess I thought they had higher standards than they really do. But whatev man, whatev, Rick didn't get in there. Hopefully this means that I will get into DePaul and Roosevelt too. Ahhhhh I want to find out!!!!!! I am Superexcited about Superstate, but mega nervous that it will be our first performance of Concertino. We should have some kind of mini concert thing so we can perform it in front of people before that concert, because I can guarantee that I will not be able to stop shaking the entire time. I was shaking during freaking Children's March, and how many times have I played that? Oh well. I really enjoy owning The West Wing on DVD. It's maybe one of the best things I've ever bought. I want to go to Chicago a lot over break. With you. Sooooo call me and we'll set that up. K bye. |
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| Hey, this was a good weekend. |
[Oct. 15th, 2005|09:46 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  peaceful | ] |
Kim told me I have nice boobs and I used the phrase "insatiable bloodlust." How much better could it get? |
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| OMG!!!! |
[Aug. 30th, 2005|07:58 pm] |
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| |  the asymptote of excitement | ] |
Ahhhhh well I am very excited. You know why? Because I'm EAST SQUADRON COMMANDER. Oh my gosh, I just can't get over the excitement!!!!!!!!!! Even Kim was excited, and she hates ROTC. And even my parents were excited, and they don't care about anything! AHHH oh man I'm just so excited inside my head all the time, it's unbelievable. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I don't think that a thousand words or a thousand pictures could convey this excitement. OH MAN. And I've been practicing marimba like crazy and there was this hard section that was like 2 pages of 16th notes, and I've finally got it to where it's only 10 bpm under tempo...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The remaining thousands of characters in this entry should consist solely of exclamation points. Oh my gosh I can't sit still, I am too excited. BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS, after school I saw the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life, it was Miss Ejka and Kevin Gier walking into Jewel together, holding hands. Awwwwwwww. It was just so cute. The cutest ever. Cute cute cute!!!!! |
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| hahahaha this thing is so dumb. |
[Aug. 24th, 2005|09:31 pm] |
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| |  excited | ] |
The Keys to Your Heart
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You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. |
In love, you feel the most alive when everything is uncertain, one moment heaven... the next moment hell. |
You'd like to your lover to think you are flexible and ready for anything! |
You would be forced to break up with someone who was insecure and in constant need of reassurance. |
Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets. |
Your risk of cheating is 100%. You are not suited for a monogamous relationship. |
You think of marriage as something that will confine you. You are afraid of marriage. |
In this moment, you think of love as something you don't need. You just feel like flirting around and playing right now. |
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. So I guess I am the only one who is this excited for school. Oh man, like excited beyond belief. I love school so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only this year though. And college, but I don't want to apply, I just want to go. ANYWAY... Nora is wicked cool. She bought some Converse the other day, and she only wears one earring at a time because everyone else wears two and she wants to be different. Hahahaha, how awesome. Well, goodnight, see you at SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Fraulein Forehand |
[Jul. 16th, 2005|11:44 pm] |
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| |  a little sad/disappointed | ] |
Leaving tomorrow morning to drive around the east coast in a Suburban. Woooooo. So bye until marching band I guess. Vacation is boo. |
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| AUDITIONS |
[May. 29th, 2005|04:00 pm] |
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| | disappointed | ] |
lately these things have sucked. the drumline/drum major thing was incredibly disappointing, and i'm hardly even talking about me. there are so many things on that list that make me sad. that is why i could never be a band director... helping the band by destroying the people. i had a protege audition yesterday and it SUCKED. i played that damn mallet etude so badly. i wasn't worried before but now i am. i realllllllly hope amy and kim make it too. but that flute section is hard to get into. i don't know if it's "into" or "in to" because i'm stupid. i wish, for auditions, instead of pretending like you have a chance, at the beginning of the interview they would just say, "hey, there's really no point in you wasting our time. sorry!" and then we'd be like, cool, thanks for letting me know so fast.
this weeked sucked a lot. hopefully tonight will be better. i hate school a lot but i still don't want it to end. so much time at home... aghhhhhh i will die. i'm really sad about alissa (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) might_have_been). i wish there was something we could do.
i saw this musical last night called the full monty, joe saw it too, and it had full male nudity. we were in the first row. ewwwwwwwww. it was about straight guy strippers, which just means they weren't hot or anything. it was gross and made me decide to be a lesbian. bye. |
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| CHESS HAS TAKEN OVER OUR LIVES |
[May. 14th, 2005|12:12 am] |
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| |  wizard | ] |
so covey is mad at me because i was playing against him and i accidentally moved the wrong one and i was like FUCK. and he's like ?!?!?!?! and i was like *gasp!*... uh... whoops... :-/...? i don't know if he's mad, but he seemed pissed. and then he said i couldn't be section leader. but chelsea swears all the time and she's still section leader, so i shan't worry. it was comedy though!
wiz of oz is pretty cool! you should see it!
so we had the pt test today and i failed miserably. and then i was dizzy all day, haha.
my skirt falls down so you can se my underwear while i play. i won't wear this one next time.
julie is the best jitterbug i have ever seen, i watch her for the entire song. screw the music.
i played dan clark today and it was a STALEMATE. if you ask him he will say that he won, but he is a liar. here is the situation: my king is the last piece i have left. it is not in check. it is my move. however, i can't move anywhere because any move would put me into check. therefore, it is a tie. and this is what books and the internet and everyone says, but he refuses to believe it. sweet. hopefully we can play 4-way chess soon.
oh! we got covey's present today! we went to office max after school and tried out all the chairs, and we got him the most comfortable one EVER. and later carter said that the techies did that for fryk and covey said: i wish my kids would do that for me. and we did!!! woooooo. however, it exceeded our budget, so all you wind symphony members who have not turned in your money, please do so on monday or tuesday!!!
i detest insects. |
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| !!!!!!!! |
[May. 9th, 2005|07:15 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | jubilantly ecstatic | ] |
| [ | music |
| | October!!!!! <3 <3 <3 | ] |
Superstate!!!!! That was awesome. Best performance we've ever given. And Gina's solo was so perfect!!! Yeah. And the musical is so fun! I love being in band so much.
But today... I BEAT COVEY AT CHESS, YEAH!
It's kind of sad that I'm so excited about this, but here's how it went down.
Saturday on the way back I played him twice on his phone, and he won the first one, and in the second one I took his queen and won. So he was like bring a real chess board on Monday and we'll have the tiebreaker on that. So I was like that's cool. So I brought it and we started playing at like 3. The first game I lost in 3 moves (no joke). So I was like pshhh that doesn't count. So we played another game and I won after I took his queen! Yeah!!! So then it was 2-2, and we're like, ok, one more game. So it started badly for me and even though we were pretty much tied in pieces he had like 4 good things surrounding my king! And I was like oh my gosh, I'm going to lose in like 2 moves. And he even said I should just give up but I was like NO WAY!!! So then I took his queen because he wasn't paying attention to the powers of the knight. Woooooooo! And that turned the game around immediately. So after that, I took one of my pawns to the other side and got an extra queen! So the queen count was as such: me - 2, Covey - ZERO. Yeah, it was awesome. Then I won and it was excellent. But those 3 games lasted until 4.30 because I take like 5 minutes to decide on every move. But oh well, whatever works. I'm just so excited!!!
More musical!!!!!!!! I am going to be so sad next week when all of the band stuff is over, and then all of the choir stuff will be over soon, and I will have no music left in my life. Aghhhhhh, I wish band went all summer. Band, band, band, that's all I talk about. I <3 band. |
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| mulct, etc. |
[Feb. 26th, 2005|04:31 am] |
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| |  why do i fall asleep all day? | ] |
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| | because i can't sleep at night. | ] |
I was bored tonight and my pleas for Come, Sweet Sleep went unanswered. So I created a new layout. God forbid I do something productive. I was out of ideas so I went to dictionary.com and asked for the word of the day, which happened to be mulct. So I based my theme off of that. *ahemahemLOSERahem*. It has been like 2 weeks and I still have the same cold; probably because I have no immune system. Oh well. Just check it out, "noun"s.
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Word of the Day for Saturday February 26, 2005
mulct \MULKT\, noun:
A fine or penalty.
transitive verb:
1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or demanding a forfeiture.
2. To obtain by fraud or deception.
3. To defraud; to swindle.
PS If you don't read my profile, or even if you do, read this, I love it a lot:
dryEraseMagic: we'd be the cutest couple if you were a man or i were a lesbian
lockport maggie: i know
lockport maggie: it's a shame, really
dryEraseMagic: really, it is |
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