The beginning

Fans, I'm proud to say that my posts have made a difference. Yes,I'm serious, I came to school today to the news of the HEADBAND POLICY CHANGED. Now it may just be me being egotistical (which is really rare) and the teachers may have just realized that their rules and headbands were a tad extreme. I'm going to be arrogant and say that it was me that partly changed it. If I changed this (or helped) imagine all the other issues I can change with my posts. I don't know if anyone knows, but my dream is to change the world with my words. This is the beginning to my journey to the dream I've had since I've been about ten. Someone really near and dear to my heart told me if you want change demand it. That's exactly what I plan to do (civilly and professionally of course). It's good to know that the school is somewhat open to change, if we're open to communicating our thoughts and issues.

Finding yourself

When you get to high school, you realize that everybody usually has one thing in common:wanting to fit in (to an extent). It's easy to get yourself lost in the drama and the hunger for acceptance from everyone around you. I mean, it's completely normal. Sometimes it's a really cute boy that you like but they don't know who you are. Sometimes it's that you have an image of yourself that you wish you were: the jock that got all the girls, the eccentric one that didn't fit in anywhere but could care less, the gorgeous brooding guy with deep poetry. If you let it consume you, it will. It's easy to tell people to be acccepting of yourself, but it isn't always easy when you're in the situation. You as a person need to find who you are and accept your flaws, and realize that you probably won't fit into any boxes, but it's how life goes. do what makes you happy and even though it's really hard, don't worry about other people think.

Can't Wait for Mondays

It's a secret, but I've never really seen Glee the show. I do know one thing, though, that I love to sing, And if I can sing and have fun, you can count me in as a member of the new Glee Club. Plus, it gives me something to look forward to on Mondays. If anyone is curious, Daysha is the mastermind behind the Glee club, so thank her for the awesome idea. I can't wait for singing and learning how to, perfect preparation for the highly anticipated musical (wink wink) and of course the band that's being formed. I can see it now, us singing Fever 95 and Michael Jackson, Paramore and Mcfly (because they definitely need more recognition) Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and anybody else we want to sing and perform. Needless to say I can't wait!!!!

I have a question

I have a question: is a polka dot head band distracting? Because according to the school, wearing it requires a punishment. For wearing a polka dot head band. I guess I was wrong when I thought that people would look at my face when they looked at me. Apparently that's not the case. No, when people see me they're fascinated, no mesmerized by my head band. For that, it's only fair that I get a violation, right?

I hope my sarcasm shows through my words because trust me, it's there.

Now, is that something that really needs to be addressed? To me, there are other issues that should be dealt with. Like the band that's being formed, how will we get our instruments? And why isn't there a girls basketball team? No I guess the executive decision is to chastise someone (that person being me if you didn't already notice) for trying to make her hair look remotely decent. What I really don't understand though is why no one told me to take it off when i came into the building instead of at the end of the day.But hey that's UCHS for you. Extreme rules and lots of responsibilities, that's the way it goes. Sometimes it's like we're not even in the tenth grade. Really, it's bad enough I'm short and I don't look like a tenth grader. We don't have to be treated like we're still in WCCS too.

Rock band camp was Awesome

Thanks to Ms. Lynch, I got to go to a girls rock camp this year. Picture Camp Rock the movie but not a sleep away camp and nobody would randomly start singing and dancing. It was in a building and full of a bunch of cool musicians and instruments and dance parties. I got the pleasure of playing the guitar (because it's awesome) and being in a band for a week. All I can say is too bad it was only a week. There were guitars and drums and basses everywhere and the teachers were usually in there own bands like The Homewreckers. I saw my first punk and metal performances and my guitar teacher taught me to play Green Day songs. There was band practice and workshops that taught you how to make band art and make zines. It was one of the best weeks of my summer and is one of the reasons I'd like to have a band in UCHS, the other reason being that I learn, live, love rock.

Fresh Starts

It feels as if forever since this blog has been written on, but it hasn't been that long. Truth be told, it's only been about two months since the last day of school, where we were still at Wilson Street and crowding in Donut Connection and hanging out on Broadway. It almost feels as if everything has changed. New school year, new Mcdonalds to buy smoothies and mcflurries in, new students to be role models for. all I can is it will take a while for us to get accustomed to this beautiful school that seemed to only exist in our dreams until now. It's amazing how easily everything can be so similar but yet so different. UCHS is still a family, and I think it's safe to say we always will be. Now, though, I think we''ll become stronger now that our dreams and hopes are finally materializing in front of us.If this is our high school imagine how breathtaking our college campus will be, which amazingly, is only three short years away. I never thought we would be lucky enough to have a rooftop, enormous gymnasium and a cafetorium (did we invent that?) and everything else that is ours. The way I see it we now have no excuse to not prove everyone wrong and not exceed all the goals set for us.It's our job to take our abilities and resources to the next level and show everyone out there who don't know who we are that we exist, and they better watch their back.