CRAZINESS!

A lot has happened since my last blog.......... in fact if memory serves me right I never even finished my last blog but, to save you from the endless details I'll just give you some new updates. A while ago I wrote that I was secretly getting filmed for something and I've decided to tell you what that was all about. I got someone to film me dancing so I could send in an application to dance at Busch Gardens in Washington D.C.! Practice started in March and if I would've gotten accepted I would've gotten room and board down there for free, and 500$ a week! I didn't get accepted though because I kind of did it at a bad time, River dance just disbanded and so they hired most all of those dancers which is good for them they are lucky to get so many professionals. It was just bad timing on my part. I went and saw River Dance a few weeks ago and thought it was amazing. I don't know if I like Lord of the Dance or River Dance better. I like how LOTD tells a story but, I like how River Dance has more than just Irish dancing in their show they also have Tap, Russian, and there is this really cool dance that is done with your hands. I don't know what it is called though. I know one of the guys in River Dance so after the show I went to his hotel to talk about Irish dance of course lol and boy was that a trip! it was me and three other people and we walked from Play House up in Cleveland to the Hyatt that the show members where staying at. We got directions from a blind woman, and with my amazing sense of direction we got..............lost! lol. once at the Hyatt which apparently used to be an old arcade I ended up getting us lost yet again and my best friend got us locked in the basement! there were mouse traps and everything it was terrible. In all the hotels I've stayed at I never realized how filthy they can be. My dance teacher had to come get us out, and when she came to open the door the one behind her locked so now we are all really trapped in the basement. we wander into the laundry room, and by the staff lockers where we know we shouldn't be and make it to an elevator that takes us to the kitchen! so we hit the button again and come out where all these security guys are and so we explain our story and everything that happened and that we honestly weren't trying to steel anything it was just an accident so security escorts us to the hotel lobby which is where we wanted to be in the first place! The Seeman's bought me two chocolate martini's which I try my best to hurry up and drink since the person who drove wanted to leave and we where only supposed to stay ten minutes. I didn't really want the second martini but, Mr. Seeman bought it anyway. he really is such a nice guy I don't think he realized I wasn't just being polite when I said I didn't want another one. (I'm such a light weight when it comes to alcohol I really couldn't stomach another one). I was going to try and give it to someone else I knew so it wouldn't get wasted but no one else likes them so I didn't know what to do he just spent like 10 dollars on a drink for me. I ended up drinking it and realized I need to figure out what the proper etiquette is when in that situation. Two hours later the night ended with us getting soaked on the walk back to the car since it started to rain (I was of course in high heels my feet killed for like two days after that since we were like sprinting to the car), and getting lost at least two more times was inevitable (why do people let me be the leader)?  I also got a poster signed by all of the cast that night which definitely put me on cloud nine, and wouldn't you know it I also got a very awkward car ride home since certain members of the party where mad at other certain members of the party since we stayed two hours instead of ten minutes! Like I said it was an eventful night. Even though a lot went wrong I would do it all again if I had the chance:)


I went to the Hard Rock Cafe on Monday for Beezy's birthday. That is her favorite place to eat it was a lot of fun I had never been to the one in Cleveland before. I liked that they didn't have the light's really low, and the music really loud they they normally do in Hard Rock's. we got really good service, and our waiter was great. Which speaking of waiters I'm applying for a position at Max And Erma's for the summer for some extra money hopefully I'll get the job and everything will go smoothly. I'm also going to Mexico in about 2 weeks for four days that should be awesome. I'm off to dance now though so this is all I can type. I'll try and update soon.

~aaa

I Would Rather Please God, Then Listen To Harmful Music

So much has happened since my last post. I went to Ireland to compete in the All Irelands, had my 21st birthday(I know I'm getting old), got a lecture about music, and my best friend is courting!! oh goodness I don't have enough time to make this a long post but, I will try my best to at least explain a couple things.

Starting with the music I guess. I've mentioned before how much I love music. I would say it was one of my weaknesses. I listen to everything, and anything with a good beat, even if I know the lyrics are bad. well last week my grandma brought up music in religion class and she had me watch this video on rock music, that was about how it can be harmful, and often has hiddening meaning in it. On the tape they quoted things artists said, and played songs from Police, cheap trick, and Led Zeplin just to name a few. (this tape is old so the bands are older) but, they would play a song and then play it backwards and when played backwards it would says things like "down with Christ, all praise satan". It was really eye opening to say the least. I mean think about it you are singing a song that you think is harmless and here you are really worshipping the devil! if you don't know the song is bad then that's different you can't commit a sin if you truly don't know what you are doing is wrong. but, after you find out about it you feel foolish, like you've been lead on, and are just a pawn in someone's twisted game.....it just makes you really wish you would've researched your music better. I love Lady GaGa so after hearing all this I went online and looked up to see if her music is satanic and wouldn't you know it almost everything in her song Bad Romance is a worship to the Egyptian sun god, and all she is singing about is how she's willing to do anything for fame. In a  lot of her photography pictures she is standing between two pillars which is a sign of Free Masonary! She's also pictured upon the Free Masons throne! I almost had a heart attack! The Free Masons main goal/mission in life is to infiltrate the Catholic church. Yea you don't get any closer to the devil than the Free Masons. so needless to say it has been extremely difficult to give up a large portion of my music since I love it so much but, I listen to very little music now, and I research everything before I listen to it. (I'm not a pawn to be played). I have about five cd's out of my collection that are actually okay to listen to. I don't know what I'm going to do with all my other cd's yet.

~Akira

p.s can you see the rainbow in the picture from Ireland?

Currently reading: My Sisters Keeper (I'm so behind in my reading)
Current Song: Rakuen by Do As Infinity.

"And by the way, if you hate to go to school. You may grow up to be a mule"

Holidays are finally over, and it's back to the old grind. Had my first day of school today it went...... okay. I was 20 minutes late to my first class because, I got lost in this maze of a building that is even more confusing than Polsky! (if you can believe that! for people reading this who are unaware of Polsky's layout every floor looks the same! they have a bulletin board on each floor right where the elevator doors open so when I go there I usually take a marker to mark each bulletin board so I know what floor I'm on, it's crazy!). Apparently, they are remodeling Auburn for some reason, everything is torn up, and to make a long story short the room numbers are all messed up! There are two rooms with the same number in two different locations in the same building making things so very confusing. (Especially for someone who already doesn't have a sense of direction)! Instead of making it to my lab class, I ended up at some professor's office. Once I found my class, and it was time to leave I couldn't find my way out of the building! You know the saying where if you keep walking in one direction you'll eventually make it to the end? Yea, well I tried every door and ended up going in a circle coming back out where I started! (I found out later that, that saying only really applies to a forest).I thought I was going to die in there but, thankfully after passing this guy three times (he was the only guy in the whole building, it was deserted). He thankfully told me how to escape the building of death! Okay, now maybe I'm just being a little over dramatic but, seriously I've never been that lost in a building before............well besides that one time in Polsky but, you understand! Hopefully, I will have much better luck finding the room next Monday. After my first class, I met up with Beezy, and we worked out in the Rec. Center for an hour and a half. We did the elliptical and Indian runs. The Indian runs where pretty easy since we didn't have a big group of people. I would like to try it with at least five people sometime though. I think that would be so much fun. My evening class we just went over the syllabus nothing too drastic/exciting happened. I'm happy though that so far I don't have any exams the week I'll be in Ireland so hopefully I won't have to worry about scheduling make ups.


Last Saturday I danced at the Universities, basket ball game that was pretty awesome! I had a lot of fun. I'll try and post a video of the dance we did. I think we did pretty good, are lines are a bit off in certain places but, we just made up the dance that Saturday morning (we where supposed to have made it up before that but, we couldn't since our other practice day got cancelled due to snow). so actually I think we look pretty awesome. Okay I can't figure out how to upload the video! oh well. Four classes tomorrow! busy day! all is well in my little corner of the world. I hope for the same for whoever is reading this.

~Akira

Song of the night: Happy by Leona Lewis
Book currently reading: My sister's Keeper By Jodi Picoult

"Not All Who Wander, Are Lost...."

Christmas, has come and gone in the blink of an eye. I can't believe it's almost New Years! I think one of my New Years resolutions is to read 150 books in the year. I'll post what I'm reading at the bottom of each post from now on to kind of remind myself of my resolution=) I hope everyone had a good Christmas mine went well I got some really nice things. The best part by far though was just having my whole family together. (well minus a few people I have adopted in lol).  I went to my sister grace's house on Christmas Eve we just started last year rotating who's house it will be at. so last year it was at my brother's house, and next year it will be at my sister Dorothy's house. Christmas day My grandma, and uncle Jeff came over we played Christmas trivia (yearly tradition) guys vs girls. guys won last year, girls won this year! I love that game. I'm not sure if you've ever played but, some of the questions are ridiculous, and tricky like for instance.....

The question: What is santa's favorite Christmas song?
The answer: "he likes all of them" 
We guessed "Santa clause is coming to town" we ended up getting that question wrong:(

The question: 82 members of what crew were released during Christmas 1968?
The answer: "USS Pueblo"
We guessed: USS Pueblo! my uncle got this question right.

Question: Symbolically , what do the red berries of holly represent?
Answer: "drops of blood"
we didn't have this question but, I thought it was interesting. I didn't know that's what the berries represented.

Yesterday, I was at my moms family's Christmas party. I always enjoy being with all my cousins, that was fun. I was really happy to see my grandpa too he had a heart attack last week but, is looking good going to therapy now but, can't do anything for a month. I know that's going to be extremely hard on him he's a farmer so some of the grand kids are going down to help him out. I think I probably will go down too and help him around the house. The reason I use the term "go down" is because my grandpa lives about 2 hours from my house.

today has just been a lazy day I was up at 9, and now it's 12 and I haven't accomplished anything besides writing this. I hate days like this, I feel like I'm wasting time. I was supposed to take my grandma to the dr. and out to eat but, because of the snow she called and cancelled. I was also supposed to have dance but, they changed the time from 130 to 3:30 and I work at 4 so that won't work. I think I'm going to go and buy my violin strings today though. my "A" string broke last practice so I need to get it replaced before Saturday.
Right now I'm going to go clean my room, and put everything I got for Christmas away.

~Akira

Song of the Hour: Forever & Always by Taylor Swift
Currently Reading: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks (just got it for Christmas from my mom=)

"I'm Dreaming of A White Christmas"

I wasn't planning on blogging tonight but, I felt the need to. The holidays always make me very happy, and very sad all at once. Happy because, I love the holidays! I love the atmosphere, and snow, I love watching little kids get so excited, baking cookies with my dad etc... They make me sad because, the holidays are so stressful. you have to get everything prepared, you have to cook, clean, and get your shopping done etc...Normally during the holidays I get sad but, it goes away quickly with all of the excitement. This year I'm not sure what is wrong with me but, I can't seem to get rid of the feeling I volunteered to dress up as an elf and help my friend deliver Christmas presents to children and that helped me so much to get some of the spirit back but, for some reason I'm finding it extremely difficult to get in the mood for Christmas. I feel almost indifferent towards it and I hate that! that is just not like me at all. Have you ever felt this way? this is all I can write for now too much has happened today too much for me to write at least for now. I have to sort it all out in my head before I can post it or else it will just be a jumbled mess, and you won't understand, and I won't get my point across. so night for now.

"Can You Keep A Secret?"

 I'm FINALLY done with school! I had my last final today and I'm so thrilled. I got an "A" in two of my classes this semester but, my other grades aren't posted yet. so we'll have to wait and see. (Hopefully I will get 3 more). I went to Panera today with Beezy to celebrate being done. we got soup, strawberry smoothies (of course), and split a bear claw. I've never had a bear claw before today it was AMAZING! I would highly suggest you to try one if you haven't before. haha a funny thing happened at Panera. you know how the worker always asks  for your name when you order food there? well I was getting my strawberry smoothie while beezy was ordering, and there was another guy standing next to me. (he was seriously like a little kid at Christmas he got a piece of cake and had such a huge smile on his face). Anyway the worker looks at the guy and says my friends name (my friends a girl btw) and asks if he would like whip cream on his drink? I almost lost it! The guy luckily didn't hear the worker. (that would've been so embarrassing) he looked at the guy and was like "did you order a drink"? the guy's like "no". The worker's face was priceless! oh my goodness this might be one of those things where you just have to be there to get it but, when I told Beezy about it we where laughing so hard! haha! we decided next time we go we should use a name like "hungry" or something lol.

I was really going to try and refrain from speaking about music since I notice in most of my posts I talk about music a lot but, I realized I can't not talk about it lol. I made Beezy a mix cd today hopefully she will like it. she's been asking me to make her one for awhile. She agreed to teach my dance class today since my final was at the same time so I figured it was the perfect moment to make her a cd. I'll let you know what she thinks.

I must go Christmas shopping this week! Christmas is in two weeks and I still only have one thing! I hope everyone is having more luck than I am.

 This Sunday I'm getting videotaped but I won't tell you why yet. it's a secret=) Hopefully everything will work out but, even if it doesn't I will tell you about it in Feb. (or as soon as I know). but, pray for me it's something I've always wanted to do!

I don't have anything else to update since I've just been studying all week, so this will have to do=)

~Akira

P.S. song of the hour-----> Kings and Queens by 30Seconds to Mars:)

"Just Haven't Met You Yet"

I finally went and saw New Moon. I liked it but, I think I liked the first one better. I'm going to have to see it a few more times though before I make my mind up for sure. I don't really have much to say about it I went Friday night at the11pm showing since I was going with Beezy, J-pop, and Kaylee. both Beezy, and Kaylee had work till 1030 so that was the only time we could go. We had been trying to see it together for 2 weeks so I guess going late is better than not going at all. The movie is about two and a half hours long but it didn't feel like it.

My Thanksgiving this year was really weird. My brother Peter had to work at 3 so we were trying to eat at 2 and this is actually really sad. my brother ended up eating by himself, and then my uncle Jeff, J-pop, Mary, mom, dad, and I all ate then when we where finished my two sisters showed up and ate, and then when they where done my brother came over. So it wasn't even like we where a family since, we all didn't sit down together, and eat like we always do. This was also the first time in 10 years that my aunt, and a couple of my cousins didn't come over for dinner. So the whole day was just weird. I was so excited though that I got to stay at home for it since this is the first time in sixteen years I didn't have to rush off to regionals right after dinner. I was able to spend the day at home, and I got to go shopping on black friday, and saturday with my sisters (Em, J-pop, Mandy, Dot, and Mary). That's the first time I've ever been home to do that. I have been Christmas shopping twice already and only found one thing! this year is going to be difficult I can already tell. I always try and put a lot of thought behind the gifts I give but, I'm going to have to really think hard about what everyone wants, or I think could use. I can't believe how fast Christmas is approaching.

Oh another perk about staying home this year was that I got to see WC. He looked so happy when I saw him. PHC is treating him well which makes me happy. I had a lot of fun at the get together. It was nice to see some familiar faces like Rae, and Kat. I haven't seen them in awhile but, everyone is always so busy especially now with finals. plus I feel strange sometimes being with them without WC I'm not really sure why, I guess in my mind it makes me feel like a friend stealer or something even though that is ridiculous since that wouldn't my intention, and even though I often feel I'm misunderstood, I know WC would understand. Idk I guess that's just my messed up mind at work.

This will probably be the last post I will be able to write till after finals. I wish my life was a bit more interesting so this wouldn't make for such a dull read but, has of now this is all I have. I have to go help my friend write her paper for school, and I have dance later, working out, and study the rest of the night.

~Akira

P.S. suggested listening Just Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble. awesome song especially if you need an instant pick me up. you can't be sad listening to this song.