Youth Salute

As most of you have probably seen, I'm on the bulletin board in the atrium with everybody who got selected for Youth Salute (this youth leadership program).
Today was a seminar/awards ceremony at Eastern.
The seminar was cool. We had a motivational speaker who has spoken to corporation leaders and Olympic athletes do cool stuff with us. I got to meet a few people too.
Then the awards ceremony.....it sucked.
There were 15 people that got $4000 scholarships to EKU, Georgetown, and Midway. Then 44 people got Awards Stars for being the top youth leader from the 44 schools in the program (some of which had received a $4000 scholarship already).
Then there were other $100, $500 scholarships given out (most of which went to people who were already up on stage for getting awards).
So only a handful of people actually got awards while most of everybody who showed only got a certificate....that the people passed out without any names on them.
I'm kinda pissed. I thought I would at least get a $100 scholarship.
I didn't sign up for any of the $4000 because I didn't want to go to those colleges (and Midway was females only).
There's also this national conference in St. Louis in October that 6 people got selected for. I figured it was the same weekend as SAYF, so I didn't go for it. I'm pretty sure the 6 people that got selected were already on stage.
I'm not the happiest that I usually am because I felt cheated and I felt like it couldn't been run better and that everybody could've gotten an award or at least their name announced.

So it was all dumb.

Hello all!

Do you realize that we have over 500 posts on this thing? And that we've been posting since 2007? Crazy, isn't it? And to think that we still use this thing! On and off throughout the years, but still pretty regularly, I think...

It's cool! And to think that it all started in 8th grade. Taylor and I in my basement and we were all "Let's make a Phunk Sister's blog!" and something awesome was born. ;)

We had the original four and our glove things, remember? I still have mine up in my dorm! And I wore it at the Rave last Semester!

And then Lekey and Kaylyn and Braden were inducted and there were 7... And it was awesome. Still is, actually.

I guess a lot has changed. And now, at the end of the Semester, I'm getting nostalgic. 'Cause I'm about to leave my new friends for the summer. And some that are graduating, I may never see again, you know?

But then I know that I still have you guys for the summer. And we'll have to do something awesome. I don't know what. Just something awesome. :)

But yeah. My life consists of laying around in the grass with friends, sex jokes, shooting guns, and lots and lots of work for the last two weeks of the semester.

So yeah. Guess what? Less than two weeks and I'm hoooooome! Expect random class visits. And we have to have a sleepover. Just us, if ya don't mind. We can have more people another time. But when I first get back home, I want to have some time with just us, kay? I feel so disconnected from most of you now. And that's pretty depressing.

A lot has happened to me in these past months. I've accumulated an awesome group of friends (Though they can't compete with you guys yet ;) ) , gotten a guy, broke up with a guy right before prom(his fault), really learned to dance a little dirty(winkwink), learned to joke a little dirtier, discovered the stress of life, discovered panic attacks(Don't wanna talk about that now. Ask me later.), learned how awful I am at keeping in touch with people, discovered more about who I am, and lost just a bit of shyness and self-consciousness.

All in all, it's been a good year. :)

So tell me about life guys!

See you in two weeks!
~Laura (always of the phunk)~

Well.

I don't know what to say, honestly.

It's the same old, same old with.

Bringing up my grades and all that jazz.

Stressing over prom.

Which I shouldn't because I probably won't have a good time anyway.

All the important stuff that's been going on, I'd much rather talk about in person.

I miss you guys. I really do.

I feel as if we're barely friends anymore.

I talk to Heather. That's it. Well that's the only real life friend I talk to about my problems.

At this point in time Yoela and Dexter are the people that are closest to me. And that's kind of upsetting seeing as one lives in NYC and the other in Ontario.

I don't know why I don't. But.

God. We need to have a sleepover. Soon.

I would suggest a prom after party at someone's house, but we'll probably be dead after prom.

We'll think of something, I'm sure.

Peace out.

-Hannah

xo

P.S.

Don't make me write stuff like that too often. I'm trying to become a badass.

Shewww.

Hey guys!
I just got a phone call from Laura, which reminded me of my past life here with you guys. I miss you all, and those days. Life's changed so much and so often though that it's useless to be too sad about it, it just feels good to, once in a while, sift through those paper-thin memories.

Plans for the future
Threaten to move us, even
Further than right now.

Whoo bad grammar. College or other post-graduation plans only make my head hurt and my insecurities and worries soar. I'd rather just stay here and drink coffee.
The future seems interminable, my lovelies, and thinking about it is impossible because it's an experience that isn't comparable to any ones I've had before. That's how India was, right up until I left. And that turned out pretty well. I WILL get on it though, and soon. It's just not going to "look good" at first.

Heather gurl, I keep thinking about you. It sounds like life is good in Garrard, which is great. I'd never see you even if you were here anyway.

Taylor, you keep surprising me with all these beautiful things about your personality and thoughts and creations that, if I saw you more, wouldn't be a surprise at all. I lyke yew.

Well, let's see. Egypt revolutionized (which made me cry when I heard about it), Japan had disaster upon disaster, Libya and Tunisia keep on fighting, Prince William got married, there's going to be a second Hangover, people fight, people get born, people die, music is made and dances are learned, His Holiness is officially turning over his political power to the Kalon Tripa (prime minister) of the Tibetan government... Oliver! was a success, Braden's a national champion and is leaving cheer, Kinetic Expressions jumped and spun out, Midsummer is in progress, I sleep and do judo, dance and eat, and pretend to be Tibetan.

I do miss you guys. Tell us about yourselves.

Garrard Happenings

I miss yo all a lot. More then anyone can understand, the only one of you I have regular contact with is Hannah. It looked like for a long time that I was going to go back to Berea next year, but it seems less and less likely as my mom keeps talking about moving to Ashland, which is about 2 hours away. :P

I'm really excited about some stuff too though. I'm going to be on t.v! On May 4th we're doing two songs from Annie on the morning news, and the main characters are being interviewed. I'm really excited and kinda nervous to sing on the t.v live, but it'll be a lot of fun. :D

My Prom is in 2 weeks. I had a date but he was a total jerk so I got out of that as quick as I could. Apparently my friend Ernest wants to ask me, but I don't know if he will, because he told my mom he wanted to, so oh well. haha. Our theme is some Kings of Leon song. The best part will probably be the bowling my friends and I are doing afterwards, and some of the after parties that my friend Stephanie and I are going too, but I'm still looking forward to it.

I would love it if any of you could come to see Annie, I've really been pouring my soul into it, so I'd love for the people I love to come see it. :D it's May 6th 7th, and 8th.

Anyway, I love you all., and I hope everything gets better for everyone. <3

Stuff.....

Stuff about me:
~ Should hear from GSP soon about whether or not I got in.
~ Excited for Prom, except that there have been NO meetings, and NO information whatsoever, and there's less than a month to go. It takes a long time to plan a good plan. At this rate, ours' might be a joke.
~ GLEE!
~ SAYF.

That's all for now!

Jumpstart!

Hey guys, what's crackin?

Just thought I'd give this lil blog of ours a little push, since we all know that when you get on a blog where nobody's posted for a month you really don't feel like posting yourself. Got to break that cycle!

Oh my dears, we're growing apart. I suppose that's how it must be, though. We're growing up into our own selves. And none of us will ever forget anything.

So much to tell you all and I can't even begin.

This year is interesting. I've lost people and found people and felt betrayed by people only to love them again.

God I can't even write. Too much too much to say and I can't even say any of it. It's like when you're pouring the powdered milk and some comes out but then so much tries to come out from in the little hole that none comes out and you have to tip the box back and start again.

So, tipping the box back.

I've lost Heather. I've sort of lost Laura. Certainly I'm not as close to Hannah any more. Braden you're always there and Lekey I see when I can. I feel like I'm losing Terra for reasons I can't control. I've found and lost Maurice. I don't even know where Tim is in all this losing and finding but hopefully I can hold on to him. I've grown close to Madelyn although I am not so sure I can trust her. I never even saw Austin Lawson before this year. And all the Drama people I've found. Not to forget the strange relationship I now sort of have with Zack and Sebastian as Tim's friends. Everything changes!

All clogged up again.

Blog with me!

Sup

I haven't been on in a while. And I don't really have much to say. So.... Yep . I'm just rambling.

It's still weird to say.....

that I'm a NATIONAL CHAMPION!

It's just so weird that it's reality after a year of working hard for it!
It's also weird that the season is over and I get to have a life again.
I just can't tell you how I feel.