YouSetMySoulAlight's Xanga

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:36:13 GMT

if anyone would like to hear it, i would write out my opinion on the presidential election...

...but my fingers would cramp up a quarter of the way through.

why do 16 year olds give me their weakly-based political views without me asking for it?

you're just feeding me fodder.

my birthday

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:25:11 GMT

was the day that i found out that my best friend's little sister was diagnosed with leukemia.

Monday, September 08, 2008

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:56:47 GMT

Believing that sex is sacred, I promise to God that I will save the gift of my sexuality from now until marriage. I choose to glorify God with my body and pursue a life of purity, trusting that the Lord is never outdone in generosity.

-Liza

okay, so

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:01:28 GMT

yesterday was the audition for the fall play/musical. I didn't audition for either because i absolutely cannot commit to rehearsals everyday after school. but apparently somebody thinks that he can. This morning i check the callback list. Check to see if the names of my friends and people i think who fit the part are on there. melonhead and jenman are a must, and they bothgot called back for the lead. i check the names of bosco boys, and then i check again, and doublecheck just to make sure what i'm seeing is correct.

"Vincent Garcia"

Right there in black and white. My twin brother got called back for the musical AND the play, which I am not auditioning for sadly. I've heard him sing before, but usually he and i would just play around and sing for fun. But wow, singing solos and coreography. That's incredible. I'm so excited for him, even if he makes ensemble (which he will). That's my bro! <3

Rally Song= Welcome to the Jungle, Shake it, Green eggs and ham... got a LOT of work to do this weekend. Last time i wrote lyrics to the cheer, apparently some people have a big problem with nsync and justin timberlake. shame on them. 90s pop will always have a place in my heart.

First day of school...

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:21:14 GMT

WOW! crazy just for the first day of school. The morning was so hectic: from uniform checks (which I passed with flying colors. I have to be in complete uniform now, being a "student example" and whatnot. :[ bye-bye bracelts ), to lockers crowded with girls putting up decorations, and then the group of franctic juniors desperately trying to collect figurative language of Pride and Prejudice. That was the most agonizing part of the day, That and the 100 point test on the first day. Oh, Miss Borgonia...

I might have been the only person excited for that class, including facing the wrath of Miss Borgonia. She's not that scary, only when you don't turn in your homework or a paper. Then you just want to crawl into the corner of her office and die. But when you don't piss her off, she's extremely funny.

And how many people can say that one of their best friends is Miss Borgonia's nephew? Last year when I takled to her, she called Ray a little emo boy because his hair is too long. I thought it was funny how those two could be related. "You're really smart, and he's kinda... not." There is a lot that they have in common that I noticed from the firt day. They both have a great sense of humor, only her's is more sarcastic. And they have short attention spans and get bored easily. She's a genius, but Ray is only smart when the planets are aligned.

I say that I love it now, but when I have to actually have to stress over the workload of that class I'm going to cry...

Monday, September 01, 2008

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:58:35 GMT

my first entry...

its been a while since i've kept up a xanga. no better time than now, i guess. not that anyone's going to read this...

and for lack of better profile photos, i have a drawing that looks vaguely like me.....

school starts tomorrow. yay? I am so incredibly nervous. There is so much that is expected of me this year, and there's something in the back of my head that keeps telling me that I'm going to let everyone down. But all of my classmates seem to believe in me, even the ones I don't know. It's just a really weird feeling. I came to Saint Joseph fresh out of public school; i started with no friends and, apperently, no real knowledge about my religion. I didn't even know the simple prayers that they recited. But it instantly felt like home, and it wasnt long before i met the girls who would become my closest friends.

It was sad, and it still is, that i dont see my friends from downey anymore, or even talk to them for that matter. It's becoming more and more difficult each year, but I plan on going to their graduation next year, even if they don't remember me. It was something that really bummed me out my freshman year, but I never really thought about it until Sophomore year. One of my friends from Joseph transferred to OCHSA, and we hadn't really seen or talked to her. We missed her, but she seemed to fit in just fine at ochsa and made close friends. that's the same thing that happened to me. I knew the first day that I stepped onto that clean campus that I was going to be something big, something that this school hasn't seen before. I thought that this goal was aimed towards music, but then it lead to leadership roles. To have the moderator tell me that I had over 50% of the student votes was almost breathtaking. "You didn't beat the competition," recalls one of my friends at Bosco, "you RAPED!" Despite the fact that almost every bosco guy uses that term, there was truth to it.

One thing about student council at saint joseph is that it's the pride of our school. we go through rigorous training and election process, and it becomes less and less of a popularity contest. I didn't expect this. But speaking infront of my class and seeing all their faces smile and cheer for me, I feel like I'm not missing out on what I could've had, but I'm making my own path. There are things i missed out on by not going to public school, but there is so much more that i have gained. A stronger depth in my faith, and friends that I never would've had the joy of meeting.

I'm going to make sure that I lead my junior class into a fun, successful, and memorable year.