And We're Back!

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Welcome back, dear Readers! School has started up again in lovely Greenwood, Indiana, and yours truly is finally a senior!

But first, summer vacation. My family went out west to see the Grand Canyon. Now, maybe you've been there before, or maybe not, but believe me when I say that you have GOT to get out there at least once in your life. I was a skeptic the whole way there ("It's a big hole in the ground. This is so stupid. Why are we driving 1600 miles for a big freaking HOLE?!") but when we finally got there... WHOA. It takes a lot to render me speechless, but there you have it.

Also, I went to see Brave and Ice Age: Continental Drift. I recommend them both, as they are terrifically funny.

Now then, back to my being a senior.

Yeah, so I'm thrilled.

The classes are okay, though Calculus may be a bit difficult, and Biology II is supposed to have a pretty large work load. Other than those two, though, I think it's going to be a pretty good year. Wish me luck!

Last Day of School

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WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!
Ah, yes, my faithful readers. It's that time of year again--the last day of school. In just a few short hours, I will be a senior! I'd like to go ahead and say goodbye for awhile, as I'll be heading out on vacation (where I'll be unable to post) at the start of next week. Till next time, my friends!

~Amber

Concert Review

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That was pretty great, faithful readers. The sound was, for the most part, fantastic. Tears were shared and hugs did flow, especially during the last song, Benediction. Much love to all the seniors I'll miss, and (you guys know I have to do it at least one more time) ALTO POWER FOREVER!!!

Spring Concert

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Hello again, my faithful readers! Tonight I log on to share the news of tonight's GHS Spring Choir Concert. It is our last concert of the year, and will feature each of the three choirs--Rhapsody, Jade, and Singsations--as well as a few solos in between--one by Allie Ochs, and another by yours truly!--and even a special Senior Song (it'll be Bon Jovi's Livin' On a Prayer, if you want to know). My song is The Impossible Dream, from the musical Man of La Mancha (which is based on Cervantes' classic novel, Don Quixote de la Mancha).

I'm so excited, faithful readers! Wish me luck, and hopefully I'll blog again later to tell how it went.

Academic Team Luck

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Woohoo! So tonight at Whiteland High School, GHS is competing in their third academic team meet. Competition categories include Science, Math, English, History, Arts, and Interdisciplinary. I don't know much about the other categories, but since my dad (Mr. Perry) coaches the Science team, I know that they came in second for the first meet, and won last time.

C'mon, Woodmen! Let's kick some academic butt!

Cabaret

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Wow, it's been quite a while since I posted! Let's see. Tonight is the school's annual talent show, Cabaret. My dad (the school's Chem/Physics teacher) is going to be performing, though I was rejected. Not that I'm bitter. Or even remotely upset. Nope. Totally calm over here.

Okay, so maybe it bugs me a little. Still, I'm not going to obsess about it. I got that over with the night the list (without my name) got posted. Tonight I'm just going to watch the show, and it's going to be awesome, I'm sure. :)

Anyway, I don't know everybody who's going to perform, but I'll see who all I can remember. Hannah Miller. Mr. Williams (the English teacher) and Katie Karr are doing a duet. Ummm... Haley Boland. Luke Garrigus (sorry if I spelled that wrong!). I think Nathan Sheryak is doing something... If I remember, I'll post again later tonight or tomorrow and update who all was actually there. Till then--bye!

Harvey

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Okay, first of all. If you haven't seen the play Harvey, which I mentioned last Friday, GO FIND IT. I couldn't stop laughing ALL NIGHT. Basically, the play is about a man named Elwood whose best friend is a pooka, which appears to him in the form of a six-foot-one-and-a-half-inch white rabbit named Harvey. Harvey is invisible to everyone but Elwood, and the play is centered around Elwood's sister trying to commit him to a mental hospital. Much hilarity ensues, including the accidental committing of Elwood's sister rather than Elwood himself.

Everyone at GHS who helped to put on this play has my eternal respect and fandom, particularly Nathan Sheryak, Mallory Ward, Hannah Miller, A.J. Vleck, and the big empty space that played Harvey. If I tried to list everybody that was in the play, this entry would be much too long, so you all know who you are.

Harvey

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WOO!!! Go GHS Drama Department! Tonight I'll be attending the school's rendition of Harvey, starring several of my friends and being lit, costumed, and stage-crewed by even more. I'll get a review on here ASAP, but probably not until Monday. So, to all my theatre friends: BREAK THOSE LEGS!!!