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Well, I am not sure how many people read this now that my main supporter (Jill) is gone for 18 months but I'll write away!

The semester is going great so far! I love every one of my classes. I'm taking secondary instruction/curriculum/assessment, educational psych, Methods of teaching literacy I, Contemporary Criticism of Lit, Modern American Lit, and multicultural education. They are all time-consuming, and will probably be a lot of work, but I honestly enjoy them all, so it's not so bad. I started my field work at PGHS today, and loved every minute of it! I can't wait to have my own classroom!

Clogging is still fantastic. We are learning a new dance to Madonna's Express Yourself. I think its going to be awesome! I love it so far. I can't wait for the upcoming competitions, especially St. George!!!

I will hopefully be going to Boston in May!!! I am BEYOND excited. I have wanted to go there for years, and now I finally have the chance! YAY!!!

Anyways...I hope life is going well for all my friends and family because I am lovin it and that's the way it should be!

ps...extra bonus today---I totally got a prescription that is normally $50 for FREE! heck yes, I love free stuff.

Clogging video~

My teammate Sunny added a video of our performance to her blog! Check it out!

Mental Breakdowns and Ice-skating in clogging shoes!

Well, despite my slight breakdown, Thanksgiving was pretty good! I love hangin out with family! I have some of the best cousins, aunts, and uncles in the world and definately the coolest Grandma ever alive! I finished Wendi's cake and it looked alright! It was definately far from perfect, but the bride loved it and that's all that really matters! We had our first clogging performance of the season. Aside from the extremely slick floor, the counting mix-up, and the crazy security guard who didn't want to let us backstage without a dang stamp, it went very well! I messed up a couple of times, but I think it was a great first performance of our awesome dance! I hear it was quite funny, and my family tells me it was the best one to watch out of the whole show (granted-they may be a little biased)! The pj's were a great idea, and I think we looked super cute! I can't wait to show off the real dance on Wednesday! We have our big studio Christmas show Wednesday at 7pm at Mountain View High School--Everybody should come!

Don't Forget Your Toys

Happy Thanksgiving!

New Pictures

These are a few of the pics we took recently. Some are kind of dark because we ran out of sun!
PS--I finally saw Twilight! I actually really liked it, unlike most other people I know. It wasn't comparable to the book, but I didn't expect it to be. If you're too critical, you won't like it!

Two of the greatest Holidays ever celebrated..

number one: my birthday. haha, just kidding. Its not really one of the greatest holidays ever celebrated but it was definately fun. I went to Nightmare on 13th with Paige, Geoff, Spencer, Janae, and Kristie. We had dinner at The Bakery on 3rd east before going to the huanted house. It is my favorite place ever! They have really yummy sandwiches and the best strawberry-kiwi tarts around! We took two cars to Nightmare on 13th, Paige in Geoff in one, and the rest of us in the other. Paige was supposed to follow us, but didn't. So we get to the haunted house and,...no Paige. She called to ask me what street the haunted house was on, because they were clear to 27th and totally lost. Well, I will give you all one guess as to what street Nightmare on THIRTEENTH is on. lol. Well, Paige and Geoff FINALLY made it and we all went into the Haunted House. The line was probably the best part! If you've never been there, you should go just to see the awesome theatrics in line. The whole thing was fun, but at the end, one of the workers separated Kristie and me from the rest of the group. He made us wait behind for a while as the rest of our group kept going before letting us go. As a result, we were way behind and on our own in the pitch black. It was terrifying, but it was fun! After the nightmare, we drove to Emo's grave (got lost on our way, but eventually made it) and almost got caught trespassing at the cemetery by the cops! The night was super fun, but I have to admit the best part about it was probably the bag full of BLUE TOOTSIE ROLLS that Kris gave me! ONLY blue! It was amazing! lol. If you're totally lost about the significance of blue tootsie rolls, its kind of an inside joke about me. I'm obsessed with the blue ones and I always pick them out of the bag of colored tootsie rolls. So that was my bday!
Second: HALLOWEEN! I absolutely love halloween. I dressed as a geek with my shirt buttoned unevenly, floods, high socks that didn't match, awesome braids on the sides of my head, and toilet paper hanging out of my pants. Paige wore a hilarious 80's outfit. We went to gma's and had yummy stew (baked in a pumpkin) in pumpkin bread bowls and potion (wich was actually punch with dry ice). It was fun. After dinner we went to Saw V. The movie was lame, but i was entertaining to see Geoff's embarassment at being seen in public with the 80's rocker and the geek (he wasn't dressed up. We tried to convince him to be a tree because he's 6' 4", but he didn't go for that)!!!

My Adventurous Weekend and B-day Plans

This weekend has been very fun. It started a little early with Thursday night. We watched survivor and Grey's Anatomy as usual, then rented The Strangers. It was VERY scary! I would not recommend watching it alone. That was fun but Saturday was the best. We went to Boo at the Zoo. It was adorable! We saw a little girl (about four years old) dressed as the girl on Scooby Doo and the costume was perfect. Best costume of the day, hands down. The runners up were the penguin family and the pirate. After the zoo, I ran some errands with Rachelle before heading to dinner at Pei Wei with Bryant and Tyler. If you have never been there and you like Thai food, I highly recommend it. It has decent prices and great food! After dinner we watched Lost Boys, which was actually quite humorous and I loved it. Tyler then took us to "Emo's grave" in the cemetery in the Avenues. It was definately creepy. If you don't know the story, ask and I will tell you! We drove around for quite a while looking for "the other cemetery" that Ty was sure existed, only to discover that the "second cemetery" was just the upper end of the first cemetery! Bryant was the only brave soul (or maybe the rest of us were just the smart ones?)who touched Emo's grave, and he totally lost his shoe while running back to the car which I refused to leave--rolling the windows down was as far as I would go and that took courage lol. I ended up sleeping at Rachelle's, which was a little scary at first (no offense chelle). The couch I slept on was directly below the windows and Bryant had just serenaded us with the Freddy Kruger song before we walked to the apartment( 1,2 Freddy's comin for you....3, 4 better shut the door...5,6 get a crucifix...7,8 better stay up late...9, 10 never sleep again...Creepy eh?). Now the weekend is over and I'm at work feeling sick. I'm extremely nauseous and will not be going to school in the morning if I don't feel better soon, which I better be because we're going to PF Chang's for my birthday tonight! Oh--and we're going to The Bakery in and Nightmare on 13th on my bday (wednesday) if any of you want to join! I promise it will be very entertaining because I am going and I always make a fool of my wimpy self at haunted houses!!!