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Journals are finally back online!!! I've had sooo much to talk about, but haven't been able to get up here. ^_^ But now it's on!! Okay, here it goes: Yesterday was the last day of school!! I've done it, finally! I've defeated the oh so dreadful Junior year of high school. This has been the absolute hardest year of my life. But so much has happened this year. It's really amazing once I look back on it. In the beginning of the year, I was promoted to lead clarinet in my band at school, making me section leader. Awesome!! But, the night before our first competition, our drum major quit, stranding us. We didn't know what we were gonna do, until my band director calls on me to become DRUM MAJOR!!! I was a bit scared about having to learn to direct the entire show overnight, but I shouldn't have been. The next day at our first competition, I won FIRST PLACE drum major!! It was a great start. Nobody could believe that I pulled it off. My band director even came up and gave me a GIANT hug. And he's a big guy, so when I say giant, I mean it. Later on in the competition season, our band went through some serious troubles. Everything almost fell apart, but we were able to collect ourselves and continue on with parades. Now, when I played an instrument in parades, I thought it was hard. But, NOOO!!! Being drum major in a parade is so much harder than anything. You have to march backwards, while directing, and knowing where you are so you can turn, and not get torn to pieces by the flag guard. I survived it anyhow. Then, came the New Year's Party! It was at a friend's house and I stayed until 4am! Ha! Her dad didn't know. But, it's okay because that's when I came out to my friends. The following semester of school (the one I just finished) was the meat of the year. Now, I thought being drum major was the toughest thing I'd ever done. But coming out of the closet where I live was actually the hardest thing. Living in NC, surrounded by hicks. I've gotten used to them now, but they were hell at one time. Anyways, I was able to snag myself a boyfriend with some unknown bravery that overcame me. I was the one who asked him and everything, never meeting him before. But, for some reason, I was drawn to him. Things worked for about two months, but he had lost interest and broke up with me at prom (a long and painful story that I've already written about up here, so I won't go into detail). The best thing that's happened to me this year was getting to know my friends. I only kinda knew them before, but this year brought us closer together than I ever imagined possible. We can talk about absolutely anything with an honesty that has gone unmatched in my whole life. I just love them so much, it's insane.
 [K!ng] · Thu May 26, 2005 @ 02:36pm · 1 Comments |
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