Finding a Job

Does anyone ever realize how hard it is for a sixteen year old to find a job that is not in the fast food industry? Most people don’t care where they work but I want to work somewhere that I am going to enjoy. I don’t want to be one of those people who come home and constantly complain about their job. I have to find a job soon though or I might have to settle for the fast food industry. I have put in applications at American Eagle, Vanity, and Journey’s. So far I haven’t received a call from any of these stores. Next I am going to put an application in at Trunell’s Farm Market. I live in Utica and had Mrs. Trunell as a teacher. My parents know the owners, and I am just really hoping I can get a job there. It would be really convenient and close to home. I might also put in an application at Target. I just don’t know yet. I have to get a job soon though if I want to have money to buy Christmas presents. 

The Diary of Anne Frank: The Cast

On Monday November 22^nd auditions were held for our spring production, The Diary of Anne Frank. As you can imagine the part of Anne Frank was somewhere on every girls list of parts they wanted. There was a lot of competition and a lot of pressure to make your audition one to be remembered. So who was the lucky girl to be granted the lead of this play? Me. Out of everyone in the class they chose me. When I found out that I had been casted as Anne Frank, I about fell down the stairs when I went to tell my family.  I was so excited. This was a major role to take on and I was lucky enough to be entrusted with this responsibility. Now I’m not trying to brag. I don’t want to come off as boastful. I am just ecstatic and I just have to let it out. God knows I can’t say anything in drama; I would get attacked. I mean think about it, you have a room full of over dramatic teenagers. I mean isn’t that why we all got into drama? We’re dramatic. So yes there is drama in drama class but that’s just how it goes.

So to all those people who didn’t get the part they wanted, get over it. At least you got a part. You can’t change what has already happened. The past is the past. And then to those people who didn’t get a part at all, it’s ok to be upset but don’t be bringing other people down because they got the part that you wanted. It is not their fault that they got picked over you. I know how it feels not to get a part because last play I was in the lighting booth. You just learn to accept it and move on with your life. And trust me you won’t have near as bad of an experience with the lights as I did. At least you won’t have to sit back and watch your boyfriend make out with another girl on stage. But none the less, with every audition there will be rejection. It’s okay to be rejected and be upset as long as you go about it in the right way. Don’t make other feel bad and suffer with you. Eventually everyone will get over this and we will have yet another great production.

The following is the cast list for The Diary of Anne Frank:

Mr. Frank – Gray

Mr. Van Daan – Russ

Peter – Shaun

Anne – Alissa

Miep – Stephanie

Mrs. Frank – Korin

Mrs. Van Daan – Emily

Margot – Karissa

Mrs. Kraler – Marley

Ms. Dussel – Courtney

Technical Positions:

Backstage – Haley and Nolan

Lights/Sound – Kelsey, Briget, and Hope

House/Publicity/Props - Chase

Thanksgiving

Bring on the turkey, it is Thanksgiving time.  A time filled with food, family, and friends. I time for laughter and coming together. Everyone has their different traditions for Thanksgiving. Mine consists of either lunch or dinner, which ever works with everyone’s hectic schedules, at my mom’s parent’s house. Then usually the opposite meal, lunch or dinner, with my dad’s side of the family. We used to celebrate Thanksgiving for my dad’s side at his parent’s house but since my grandma died a couple years ago we haven’t spent a holiday in that house again. It’s too hard on everyone for it to be at my grandparent’s house, it is especially hard on my grandpa. So we decided that we would move all our holidays right next door to my aunt and uncle’s house. There may be less space but no one can handle being in my grandparent’s house around the holidays. There are so many memories and it is too painful to have them all rush back around the holidays. The holidays are supposed to be a time of happiness and that house would just bring sadness. Sure the memories are happy ones but it hurts to remember them sometimes. Regardless of where my Thanksgiving is spent, it is a time for me to look back on everything I have in life and to be thankful for it.

I have more than I could ever need, but don’t most kids now a days. Sometimes I need to stop focusing on all the little material things in life. If I only focus on material things, I will never be satisfied. There will always be something bigger and better out there. I need to be thankful for the simple things in life like a roof over my head, a family that loves me, parents that are still together and very much in love, friends who love and support me, and the love of a God who is so much bigger and more powerful than I could ever imagine. Thanksgiving is a time to just sit back and enjoy the little things in life.

Works In Progress

This semester in drama we are doing the play Works in Progress. It is a play that is just about high school in general. It is confusing because everyone plays multiple characters. Even I, who has been working on this play since August, still do not completely understand the meaning of this play. It is just another general comic play. Even though we have been working on this play so long, we still are not ready. People are still forgetting their line, missing their cues, and skipping out on our much needed rehearsals. We have rehearsal every other day and in class rehearsal on the day that we don't stay after school. It never fails someone either has to leave early, come late, or they just don't show up at all. We were suppose to have a four hour rehearsal Sunday the 7th but a third of our class never showed up; therefore it was cancelled. We had another four hour rehearsal this past Sunday. Our opening night is the tomorrow. I just hope that people will start to show a little dedication with the next play. Whether we are ready or not the show must go on tomorrow. I hope it turns out better than we all think it will.

Ghosts

I don't really believe in ghost. I never really have. But I am the type of person who will listen to ghost stories and end up freaked out, on the edge of my seat listening to every word. I do, on the other hand, believe in spirits or angels. I believe that there is a higher power up there somewhere. My mom has told me that once when she was younger she woke up to see an angel at the foot of her bed. She says that what she saw was her guardian angel. Not long after my grandma died, my grandpa said that one night he woke up and saw her standing by the bed. We all say that she was keeping watch over him. I believe in guardian angels but I am afraid of what might happen if I ever see one. I just don't know what I would do. I would think that I would be freaked out but my mom and my grandpa describe it as a very calming experience; that it brings peace of mind. I believe that my grandma is watching over all of us. I believe in guardian angels but not ghosts. I still get creeped out by the thought of ghost though.

Halloween Traditions

My family likes to follow the same Halloween traditions every year. We always go to my grandma's to trick or treat and eat chili. My grandma's birthday is October 30 so we always celebrate her birthday on Halloween. My family has never been real big on going to haunted houses or wearing scary costumes. Halloween to us is eating chili and trick or treating. The past two years I haven't gone trick or treating because I feel like I'm too old. This year it didn't really feel like Halloween. We still had chilli and all that but Halloween was actually Sunday so it felt weird doing our Halloween traditions on the 30th. Halloween just wasn't the same this year.

Scary Movies

I don't like scary movies. I just can't sit through them. If I watch a scary movie I am going to scream half of the time. I can handle scary movies better than haunted houses though. The scary movies stay on the screen. In haunted houses people jump out and get in my face. I am just not big on the thrill factor. I am starting to want to watch scary movies this year. I feel out of the loop when people are talking about this movie that they recently seen or have seen in the past and I have no clue what they are talking about because I don't watch scary movies. A lot of people can laugh at scary movies but I can't. I am the type of person who covers their face for half the movie and screams the other half. Scary movies just aren't for me.

Thespian Festival

The Thespian Festival was held at Western. We left at 9 on October 22 and didn't get back home until 1. There were competitions, performances, workshops, and a dance. It was so much fun. The workshops were a little boring but everything else was great. It was nice to watch other schools put on a play. It is neat when you know how much work they had to have put into it. When you watch a play you think that it is impossible for someone to be able to memorize that many lines, but you know that when you are working on a play the lines are pretty easy to memorize. Overall it was a fun trip. The best part was the bus ride. We decided that our bus driver's name was Dale, and we started calling Mrs. Berry mom. It was a lot of fun and the memories will last long after it ended.