Acting workshop and mom's birthday

Today I went to an acting workshop.  It was an improv comedy workshop so i had to come up with every thing on the spot.  It was a lot of fun.  I learned a lot as well.  Then Mom wanted to go out to eat at a restaurant near where the acting workshop was.  It was really really good.  I had miniature crab cakes for an appetizer, a salad with a raspberry vinaigrette, fried shrimp as an entree, and chocolate truffle cake for dessert.  It was all amazing.  The restaurant was called The Carriage House.  Tomorrow I am having band practice for most of the day.  Then on Monday camp starts for me.  I am looking forward to the camp.  A lot of my friends are in it.  It will be fun.  We are going to be writing our own script I think.  Then after the camp is over I am leaving for Europe.  I can't wait!  I will take lots of pictures and post them on my blog when I get back.  Thanks for reading!

day 6

Today Esther had a doctors appointment.  She had to get two shots in order to go into 6th grade.  Afterwards we went to the Silver Diner which is right across the street from the doctors office.  Mom got us milkshakes.  I had a brownie latte one and Esther had a strawberry one.  Tomorrow is Mom's birthday.  I haven't got her anything yet though.  She wants to see the movie Prometheus tomorrow but Esther can't see it.  I don't know what else we are going to do.  Tomorrow I am attending a improv workshop in Alexandria. It is held by Ms. Hard's fiances.  Ms. Hard is my drama teacher.  I am excited for going to Europe in less than two weeks.  We will be visiting lots of great places.  I will probably not be able to write my blog while I am there but I will try to keep you guys informed on what I am doing there.  There is a lot of fun stuff going on in the next couple weeks.  Thanks for reading.

Boring Day

Today  was a boring day.  I woke up and we went to the gym.  Esther and mom took a yoga class while I lifted weights.  I have my callback for the mentor ensemble tonight, I spent an hour or so working on my performance.  I think it is looking good.  The Nationals won the game last night 3 to 2.  The Nats scored 3 runs in the first inning but none the rest of the game.  The rays scored a 2 runs throughout the game.  It was the Rays starting pitchers first game in the major leagues.  He started off pretty rocky but recovered and pitched pretty well.  Stratsburg pitched really well.  It was really cool to see him pitch again.  I had seen him on the first day he pitched in the majors.  Next week i have a camp where we are going to write a play and perform it.  Esther is going to be in a camp to the same week at Robinson.  It is also an acting camp.  I think that will be fun.

Baseball game

Tonight the whole family is going to a Nationals game.  They are playing the Tampa Bay Rays.  Our seats are right behind home plate but also all the way upstairs.  I am looking forward to the game because they are doing really well this season.  This morning we got new carpet in our living room.  It is a greenish color.  Sandy seems to like it.  I had my interview last night for the mentor ensemble.  I was have to got back there on Thursday for the callback.  If I get in I will have to go down to D.C once a week every week from October till June.  They seemed to really like me.  I hope I get in.  I will be working with teenagers from all over Northern Virginia, Southern Maryland, and D.C.  I am also starting to learning to program computers using Basic.  I find it very interesting.  Lastly I have started reading my book for next years English assignment.  It is called Blink by Malcom Gladwell.  It is about the sub-conscious decision making part of the brain.  Thanks for reading! 

Day 3

Today I woke up and watched Sportscenter.  A pitch from the New York Mets made history last night by pitching to straight 1-hitters with more than 10 strike-outs.  Then I played Xbox with my friend from Massachusetts.  I won most of the games, before was played on the same team.  Tonight I have my interview for the Mentor Ensemble.  I really hope it goes well.  My friend Will is moving to Thailand in a couple weeks.  I will miss him.  He was my first friend when i moved here.  My first camp starts next week.  It is at my school and a lot of my friends are doing it this year.  We are going to write are own play and perform it.  Soon I will start writing a 9th line on my blog in Chinese to get ready for next year.  I will provide a translation afterwards though.  Thanks for reading.

Day 2

Today I didn't really do much.  I went to the gym in the morning and then I hung out with Chase.  We played some music together since he didn't get to go to the meeting yesterday.  I am doing a couple of camps this summer.  I am doing an acting camp at Robinson and another acting camp somewhere else.  I got a new game for my xbox today also.  On Wednesday I am going to see a Nationals game.  They are playing the Tampa Bay Rays.  The Nationals are doing really well this season.  They are leading there division.  The Red Sox on the other hand are really bad.  They got a new manager this year and he isn't as good as Francona was.  Today I submitted an application to be in the Mentor Ensemble at Arena Stage.  I participated in a program called Voices of Now and they invited me to continue to participate in Voices of Now as a Mentor.

first blog of the year

Today I band practice with Jake, and Cece.  I am going to play bass and do some of the backing vocals, Cece is doing the main vocals, Jake is playing the guitar and Chase is our drummer.  He was in Baltimore this weekend so he couldn't go to band practice.  We choose and practiced are four songs.  They are "Caraphernelia" by Pierce The Veil, "if you can't hang" by sleeping with sirens, "Since u been gone" by A Day To Remember, and "If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn" by sleeping with sirens.  Today is also fathers day to I got a present for my dad.  I got him a new wallet.  This summer I am going to England and France with my drama teacher Mrs. Hard and a couple other students.  I am also visiting Cape Cod.  I am doing two drama camps this summer.  I think this summer will be very good.  But i am also looking forward to next year.