rant

Last October I went to see a musical comedian by the name of Bo Burnham. I was going with three other friends and we were just going to go see the show, get pictures and autographs after and then come home. So when I went to tell/ask my mother for permission, I told her that we were going to a concert and the performers name was Robert (which it really is) and that he plays guitar and piano (which he really does). So I wasn't lying, but I clearly wasn't telling the whole truth. After the show, I got pictures with Bo (who is freakishly tall by the way) and I got his autograph. I also got one of his CDs.

Last month, my mother and I were repainting our bathroom and I had my iHome in there so we could listen to music. My mom liked to listen to Next to Normal which does say f*** in it and she was aware of that fact. But one day when she was working without me, she turned on my music only to hear Bo's song I'm Bo Yo which does have what a mother would consider "inappropriate" content. So of course, I got caught and she got kinda mad at me and gave me her disapproving look (which trust me, you don't want to see). But what I want to know is why it's so bad to listen to? It's not like I plan to give the CD to my seven year old brother and tell him to listen to it. I know enough to not repeat the words and it's not like I haven't heard them before, so what's the big deal? Why should I not listen to his music? She would tell me it's because it's inappropriate and I would say in reply that it's not like I don't know better than to repeat the things I hear or to tell them to young children.

When she comes up with a good reason as to why I shouldn't listen to Bo's music, then I will probably still listen to it, but at least take into consideration what she has to say.

Pelekania

so guess what happened today...

Today around 1:50, I was walking through the school foyer with my friend Kelsey after 5th hour. As we were walking, she told me that we needed to stop at the attendance window to pick up her tennis shirt. We were leaving early for our meet and got to skip all of our 6th hour classes. She picked up her shirt from the window and as we were leaving the foyer, we hear what sounded like gun shots coming from behind us. We looked at each other in fear and then turned around and looked behind us. As I turned around, I saw people running, screaming, and diving to the floor. Kelsey and I didn't know what to do. So we turned around again to look and people were running and pushing past us yelling run, run, run. So what do we do? We sprint for the band hallway up ahead and run down to the band rooms as fast as we could (but of course we check to make sure that our adorable student teacher is safe first). We run into the band room and into the locker room where all the instruments are stored. After about five minutes of waiting it out in the locker room, the principal comes over the loud speaker and announces that it was only fire crackers and that whoever set them off would no longer be a student at our school. Well that's just great to hear. Now the whole school knows that the staff doesn't even know who did it. The sad thing is that this was the most interesting thing that happened all day.

Pelekania

gotta love it

scratch bakery

So on Saturday I went to UNI to visit my sister and while we were there, she took us to the most amazing bakery in the world. Yeah, ya hear that Carlos Bakery?! They had the BEST cupcakes I have ever had in my entire life. The bakery was called Scratch and it was tiny, but the cupcakes were absolutely amazing! Not only were the cupcakes amazing, but the customers were also quite...interesting. While at the bakery, I met a nero (a nero is half ninja and half super hero). He was incredible as he almost karate chopped a cupcake box out of an old lady's hands and then proceeded to take a picture with her to make her feel better (don't worry, she didn't drop the cupcakes!) He was sporting a pair of spandex gold leggings with The Flash underpants on over top (which is actually where he kept his wallet and his one dollar bills that he collected from people on the street). He was also wearing a sleeveless shirt with "Saving Society From Sobriety" on the front of it. And he had a mask so as to not reveal his identity, of course. My sister was the only one brave enough out of our group of five to get her picture taken with him. After her picture was taken (by me) with him, he asked told her that he took one dollar bills. So of course, being my sister, she starts to dig around in her purse for a dollar. She finally finds one and goes to give it to him but he won't accept it. She turns to me and asks what to do. So I tell her. "Courtney, really? You have to stick it in his underwear." She blushed and exclaimed in front of the whole bakery that she wasn't going to do that. After five minutes of prodding from me and her roommate, Katie, and her friend Jordan, she eventually stuck the dollar in his The Flash underwear.

Even though this man was the highlight of my day, I figure I should tell you about the cupcakes that we ate. I got one called the snowball. Judging by the name, one would think that it was all white cake and frosting with coconut but no. It was chocolate cake with white creamy frosting and then coconut on the top. It was amazing! I wanted to melt it was the most delicious thing I have ever eaten in my entire life. Yeah, it was that good. If you want to indulge yourself in one of these cupcakes, here is the web site where you can get all of the information and the address for the shop. BEST CUPCAKES EVER!!!!!

Pelekania

research paper

So I have to write a research paper for my AP Lang and Comp class and I have a topic, I'm just having a hard time getting it started. My topic is how Broadway is changing and becoming more realistic over the years. Big examples are Next to Normal and RENT because they discuss real issues like bipolar disorder and AIDS. I got three books from the library and have been looking through them nonstop, but honestly, they aren't a whole lot of help. They give a lot of years and I learned that the very first Broadway show was in 1866 and it was called The Black Crook. I had no idea that musicals have been around for so long! Well I guess the point of this useless post was to ask for help. If you have any websites that would help me or if you have any ideas on how to start my paper, please leave me messages.

Pelekania

HP part 1