Monday, July 22, 2013
Friday
Today was a pretty boring day. The end of my boring day's will be next week though. I have work from 8:30 till 4:15 or so. I am a camp counselor. I don't know what age group I will be working with yet though. I hope I don't have to work with the really really young kids because I don't work as well with the youngest kids. Esther will be attending the same camp but not the same week I am being a counselor. I am only working one week this year because I am technically training this year to be a full-time counselor next year. Counselor's usually work three or four of the weeks each year. I am getting paid for this week but not as much as a full time counselor would be. I won't be able to see my friends as much this week but I might be hanging out with some of my friends after my day of work is over. I think it will be a pretty good week overall. I think work will be kind of stressful but fun sometimes. I will not be working with Mrs. Hard, my drama teacher in middle school. Even though she is part of the camp. Esther is taking her camp next week which takes places on the other end of the school.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Thursday
Today I woke up in the morning and watched Master Chef with Mom. Then my friend Nika invited me over. We hung out from about ten thirty till about two thirty. Then Mom came to pick me up. Esther's friend Zach was over when we got home. They wanted to go to the bowling alley. I rode in the car with them. On the way there Mom took me to Taco Bell. Then we dropped off Esther and Zach off at the bowling alley. Then Mom dropped me back at home because I didn't want to go bowling. At school we bowl every Friday in our gym classes so I am sick of it by now. After Mom dropped me off she went back to the bowling alley with Esther and Zach because the bowling alley can be shady sometimes. I relaxed at the house until it was about six thirty then I had a vocal lesson. The vocal lesson went pretty well. We worked on some acoustic songs. I am working on a solo project apart from my band where I sing, play guitar, and sometimes piano. Next week I am bringing him the first song I have finished writing for that. I enjoy working with my voice teacher.
Friday, July 19, 2013
wednesday
Today I was supposed to have a piano lesson but Aaron forgot. We rescheduled for tomorrow morning though. Esther made dinner tonight. We went to Wegman's to pick up some of the ingredients. Esther's friend Hope came with us. They decided to make the cupcake's together. We got lunch there too. I got some vegetarian lasagna. Mom got a slice of pizza. Esther's dinner was pretty good overall. There was a little to much soy sauce in the pasta though. The cupcake's were very good though. They were vanilla cupcakes with green frosting, 3 oreo's and an M&M. They looked like sunflowers. I am excited to make my dish on Saturday. I hope it turns out okay. I have never cooked polenta before of made the sauce. The dessert shouldn't be to hard though i am just making the cookies for ice cream sandwiches. I want to start cooking more often because I enjoy it. Tomorrow I am going to hang out with my friend. So far this summer had been pretty good. I enjoy relaxing summers. I can't believe the summer is almost halfway over! It has went by so fast.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
Sunday:
Today was pretty boring. I woke up around at eight and couldn't go back to sleep cause my throat hurt. I have a little bit of a cold. Mom went to church in the morning and ran some errands. Esther and I played some video games. Then I caught up on my blogs. Then the whole family went out to dinner at Olive Garden. It was fun. Esther got spaghetti and meatballs. I got shrimp Alfredo. Mom got spaghetti and meat sauce and Dad got soup. For an appetizer we got calamari and zucchini. I don't really have any plans this week. I am going to be hanging out with some friends this week. That will be fun. Other then that it will be a pretty boring week. Our single is being mixed in a week and then we will have a lyrics video made for it. We will release it in the next week or so. It is very exciting. We are going to try to play a few shows over the rest of the summer. I am going to California for the last two weeks in august and I am working next week but other then that I don't have many summer plans. It has been a pretty relaxing summer so far. That is a good thing.
Monday:
Today the new refrigerator was delivered. I just woke up when they were leaving after delivering it and installing it. It fit just as dad and I had predicted. Then as we were waiting for it to cool off, we went grocery shopping. Esther had a swim meet that night so it was just Dad and I. We watched the home run derby. Dad went upstairs to go to bed about half an hour after it started though. I stayed up to watch the whole thing. Esther and Mom got home from the swim meet at 9:30 or so. Esther and I have decided to make dinner one night this week each. Esther is making dinner and dessert on Wednesday. She is making Chinese spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and "Sun Flower" cupcakes for dessert. The cupcakes are vanilla cupcakes that a frosted to look like sun flowers. I am making dinner dessert on Saturday. I am making a mushroom "bolognese" and Polenta dish for dinner and I am making homemade ice cream sandwiches for dessert. I think it will be fun. We are going to Wegman's to go shopping on Wednesday. I enjoy cooking a lot of the time.
Tuesday:
Today I woke up at about 11:30 or so. I was supposed to have a piano lesson from 12:30 - 1 but our teacher forgot to come. He is coming tomorrow instead. I had a doctors appointment at 1:45. It was pretty boring. Then I had a rehearsal in D.C from 6 to 8. It was for the program I did this year called Voices of Now. We are performing a scene from our piece at a convention in Maryland a week from Saturday. We haven't rehearsed the play since the beginning of May so it was really rough. We ended up changing a lot of the scene. It was nice to see my friends again. All the people who didn't graduate this year made it back in for next year. I really enjoy the people in the ensemble. One of my good friends in the ensemble is going off to college this year though. Luckily he is going to George Mason which is just down the street from my house. He is going to come over to visit a lot. We offered him a home cooked meals and a place to wash his clothes if he ever needs it. I will be fun to still see him even though he is in college. I would of really missed him.
Today was pretty boring. I woke up around at eight and couldn't go back to sleep cause my throat hurt. I have a little bit of a cold. Mom went to church in the morning and ran some errands. Esther and I played some video games. Then I caught up on my blogs. Then the whole family went out to dinner at Olive Garden. It was fun. Esther got spaghetti and meatballs. I got shrimp Alfredo. Mom got spaghetti and meat sauce and Dad got soup. For an appetizer we got calamari and zucchini. I don't really have any plans this week. I am going to be hanging out with some friends this week. That will be fun. Other then that it will be a pretty boring week. Our single is being mixed in a week and then we will have a lyrics video made for it. We will release it in the next week or so. It is very exciting. We are going to try to play a few shows over the rest of the summer. I am going to California for the last two weeks in august and I am working next week but other then that I don't have many summer plans. It has been a pretty relaxing summer so far. That is a good thing.
Monday:
Today the new refrigerator was delivered. I just woke up when they were leaving after delivering it and installing it. It fit just as dad and I had predicted. Then as we were waiting for it to cool off, we went grocery shopping. Esther had a swim meet that night so it was just Dad and I. We watched the home run derby. Dad went upstairs to go to bed about half an hour after it started though. I stayed up to watch the whole thing. Esther and Mom got home from the swim meet at 9:30 or so. Esther and I have decided to make dinner one night this week each. Esther is making dinner and dessert on Wednesday. She is making Chinese spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and "Sun Flower" cupcakes for dessert. The cupcakes are vanilla cupcakes that a frosted to look like sun flowers. I am making dinner dessert on Saturday. I am making a mushroom "bolognese" and Polenta dish for dinner and I am making homemade ice cream sandwiches for dessert. I think it will be fun. We are going to Wegman's to go shopping on Wednesday. I enjoy cooking a lot of the time.
Tuesday:
Today I woke up at about 11:30 or so. I was supposed to have a piano lesson from 12:30 - 1 but our teacher forgot to come. He is coming tomorrow instead. I had a doctors appointment at 1:45. It was pretty boring. Then I had a rehearsal in D.C from 6 to 8. It was for the program I did this year called Voices of Now. We are performing a scene from our piece at a convention in Maryland a week from Saturday. We haven't rehearsed the play since the beginning of May so it was really rough. We ended up changing a lot of the scene. It was nice to see my friends again. All the people who didn't graduate this year made it back in for next year. I really enjoy the people in the ensemble. One of my good friends in the ensemble is going off to college this year though. Luckily he is going to George Mason which is just down the street from my house. He is going to come over to visit a lot. We offered him a home cooked meals and a place to wash his clothes if he ever needs it. I will be fun to still see him even though he is in college. I would of really missed him.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Thursday and Friday and Saturday
Thursday:
Today we didn't do anything at all. I woke up at twelve thirty or so. Then I stayed at home for most of the day. I was really sore from warped tour the day before. It was hard to get out of bed. My arms were the most sore. My backpack I brought to warped tour ripped in the middle of the Wall Of Death during Secrets set. It was a lot of fun though. I can't wait to go again next year! Hopefully a lot of my favorite bands will be there again. Issues is on Warped Tour this year but they didn't play our date. I have seen them twice already but I really want to see them again. They are amazing live. I start work in two weeks. It is going to be fun. I am going to be a counselor at the Robinson Drama Camps. I am a walking counselor which means I work with all the kids. I will be helping where ever help is needed. I have never done something like this before so I am kind of nervous, but I know I will do fine. Esther comes home from camp tomorrow. We are going to make her Great Grandma Anderson's Chocolate Cake. I don't think I have ever had it but Grandma says it is really good.
Friday:
Today Esther comes home. We are making Great Grandma Anderson's cake for dessert. In the morning Mom and I made the cake but we couldn't make the frosting because we were short on the unsweetened chocolate. Later in the day mom and I went out to get some stuff. We went to go get my haircut. I am very pleased with how it came out. I shaved the sides but left the top long. Then on the way home we went by the grocery store. The first store we went had no unsweetened chocolate which was kind of weird. So we went to another grocery store and they had it. Then once we got home we made the frosting for the cake. After some down time it was time to go pick up Esther. When we arrived the bus's were just pulling in. On the way home Esther told us all about camp. It seems like she had fun. We had hamburgers for dinner. Then we cut the cake. The cake was very good. The frosting was the best part though. Tomorrow I am recording with my band. I am very excited we have been working on this song for quite a long time now. Recording starts at 2:30.
Saturday:
Today I recorded with my band. I woke up at noon then I got ready. At about one I headed over to Chase's house to pack up his drums. He gave me a ride to the studio. Once we got there we set up the drums. It took us about an hour to get drums done then we moved on to bass. It took me about half an hour to get all the bass parts tracked. Next we went back to drums and got all the samples we needed. Then we moved on the rhythm guitar which took another half an hour. Next we did the lead guitar parts which took about twenty minutes. Then we overdubbed the lead guitar parts which took about ten minutes. Lastly we did vocals. That took us about thirty to forty minutes then we were out of time. We need to go back in order to mix it. Today cost us $200. It is going to be another $200 to mix it and get a final product. It was a lot of fun recording. We will need to find another $200 though so we can finish it up and get the product so we can release it. By the end of the summer we will have at least one song done and ready to release. It is very exciting.
Today we didn't do anything at all. I woke up at twelve thirty or so. Then I stayed at home for most of the day. I was really sore from warped tour the day before. It was hard to get out of bed. My arms were the most sore. My backpack I brought to warped tour ripped in the middle of the Wall Of Death during Secrets set. It was a lot of fun though. I can't wait to go again next year! Hopefully a lot of my favorite bands will be there again. Issues is on Warped Tour this year but they didn't play our date. I have seen them twice already but I really want to see them again. They are amazing live. I start work in two weeks. It is going to be fun. I am going to be a counselor at the Robinson Drama Camps. I am a walking counselor which means I work with all the kids. I will be helping where ever help is needed. I have never done something like this before so I am kind of nervous, but I know I will do fine. Esther comes home from camp tomorrow. We are going to make her Great Grandma Anderson's Chocolate Cake. I don't think I have ever had it but Grandma says it is really good.
Friday:
Today Esther comes home. We are making Great Grandma Anderson's cake for dessert. In the morning Mom and I made the cake but we couldn't make the frosting because we were short on the unsweetened chocolate. Later in the day mom and I went out to get some stuff. We went to go get my haircut. I am very pleased with how it came out. I shaved the sides but left the top long. Then on the way home we went by the grocery store. The first store we went had no unsweetened chocolate which was kind of weird. So we went to another grocery store and they had it. Then once we got home we made the frosting for the cake. After some down time it was time to go pick up Esther. When we arrived the bus's were just pulling in. On the way home Esther told us all about camp. It seems like she had fun. We had hamburgers for dinner. Then we cut the cake. The cake was very good. The frosting was the best part though. Tomorrow I am recording with my band. I am very excited we have been working on this song for quite a long time now. Recording starts at 2:30.
Saturday:
Today I recorded with my band. I woke up at noon then I got ready. At about one I headed over to Chase's house to pack up his drums. He gave me a ride to the studio. Once we got there we set up the drums. It took us about an hour to get drums done then we moved on to bass. It took me about half an hour to get all the bass parts tracked. Next we went back to drums and got all the samples we needed. Then we moved on the rhythm guitar which took another half an hour. Next we did the lead guitar parts which took about twenty minutes. Then we overdubbed the lead guitar parts which took about ten minutes. Lastly we did vocals. That took us about thirty to forty minutes then we were out of time. We need to go back in order to mix it. Today cost us $200. It is going to be another $200 to mix it and get a final product. It was a lot of fun recording. We will need to find another $200 though so we can finish it up and get the product so we can release it. By the end of the summer we will have at least one song done and ready to release. It is very exciting.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Wednesday
Today was warped tour. I woke up at seven to get ready. Everyone was here and we were left at eight thirty. We arrived at the venue at nine thirty or so. The doors opened at 11 so we got in line. Once the doors opened I went with Chase and we got a schedule. Chase had to leave at 3 so he could go to his swim meet. We caught Woe, Is Me and a few other bands before he had to leave. All the bands I wanted to see didn't play till later though. Before Chase left we went to a signing of the band Secrets. The first band that I really wanted to see was letlive. They were very good. I had already seen them already but it was fun to see them again. At four fifteen Like Moths To Flames played. They are one of my favorite bands. I got up on the barricade for that show. As soon as they were done I ran over to see The Wonder Years on the main stage. After they were over I got some grilled cheese for dinner and then I went over to the Kevin Says stage to see Secrets. I saw my friends Koyla and Matt at that set. As soon as they were over I ran to the Tilly's stage to see The Story So Far. After they were over I ran back to the Kevin Says stage to see Citizen. Lastly I ran over to the Monster Stage to see Attila before the day was over.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Monday and Tuesday
Monday:
This morning I woke up at 11:30. After I got ready for the day it was about noon. Mom and I went out to run some errands. We went to the library first to drop off some books. Next we went to the atm so Mom can get some more cash. Last we went to the bagel bakery to get some bagels for lunch. I got an everything bagel with vegetable cream cheese. Mom got a banana walnut bagel. The rest of the week is pretty exciting. Tomorrow I am hanging out with a friend in the morning. In the afternoon/evening we are going to have band practice to get ready for recording on Saturday. Wednesday is warped tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited. We are planning to be there at 9:30 or 10. The doors open at 11 and the first bands play at 11:15. The last band will end at 9 in the evening. It will be a lot of fun. Chase and I have decided to spend the day together seeing bands. The bands I am going to see are Citizen, Like Moths To Flames, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far and Matt Kerekes. I am going to have a lot of fun. On Friday I am going to get my haircut. Esther is also coming home Friday night. I am going to make the chocolate cake recipe grandma sent me a few days ago for dessert on Friday for her.
Tuesday:
This morning I had a piano lesson with Aaron. Since Esther isn't here this week I took the full hour lesson. We worked on the Moonlight sonata for the most part. After my lesson I went to my friend Nika's house. We picked her up and went back to my house. We played some video games and played with sandy. Then we walked Taco bell to get some lunch. Then when we got back her mom came to pick her up. After she left I packed up my stuff and I headed to practice. We started practice at 4 and we practiced till 8:30. We practiced the whole time. We got the song we are recording on Saturday completely ready to record. We also finished up a second song we have been working on. We now have two songs ready to perform and a few more on the way to being complete. Tomorrow is warped tour. I am carpooling with Jake, Christopher, Chase, Fernanda, and Abby. I am not going to be hanging out with many of them I am going to be hanging out with Chase for the most part. We are meeting up with our friend Mikayla. I might be meeting up with some of my other friends while I am there too.
This morning I woke up at 11:30. After I got ready for the day it was about noon. Mom and I went out to run some errands. We went to the library first to drop off some books. Next we went to the atm so Mom can get some more cash. Last we went to the bagel bakery to get some bagels for lunch. I got an everything bagel with vegetable cream cheese. Mom got a banana walnut bagel. The rest of the week is pretty exciting. Tomorrow I am hanging out with a friend in the morning. In the afternoon/evening we are going to have band practice to get ready for recording on Saturday. Wednesday is warped tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited. We are planning to be there at 9:30 or 10. The doors open at 11 and the first bands play at 11:15. The last band will end at 9 in the evening. It will be a lot of fun. Chase and I have decided to spend the day together seeing bands. The bands I am going to see are Citizen, Like Moths To Flames, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far and Matt Kerekes. I am going to have a lot of fun. On Friday I am going to get my haircut. Esther is also coming home Friday night. I am going to make the chocolate cake recipe grandma sent me a few days ago for dessert on Friday for her.
Tuesday:
This morning I had a piano lesson with Aaron. Since Esther isn't here this week I took the full hour lesson. We worked on the Moonlight sonata for the most part. After my lesson I went to my friend Nika's house. We picked her up and went back to my house. We played some video games and played with sandy. Then we walked Taco bell to get some lunch. Then when we got back her mom came to pick her up. After she left I packed up my stuff and I headed to practice. We started practice at 4 and we practiced till 8:30. We practiced the whole time. We got the song we are recording on Saturday completely ready to record. We also finished up a second song we have been working on. We now have two songs ready to perform and a few more on the way to being complete. Tomorrow is warped tour. I am carpooling with Jake, Christopher, Chase, Fernanda, and Abby. I am not going to be hanging out with many of them I am going to be hanging out with Chase for the most part. We are meeting up with our friend Mikayla. I might be meeting up with some of my other friends while I am there too.
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