the good life.

labuenavida @ 2006-09-06T22:10:00

2006-09-07T03:16:23Z

this journal is going to be full of pictures from now on.
one picture to represent one day.
i'm tired of words; this is one more step to becoming completely anti-social
one side of me is worried about the way this year is going so far
but the other side of my is secretly happy to have all this time to myself lately.
the one thing i'm 100% agreed with myself on is the fact that i have absolutely no time to practice. i really miss my music. it's so much a part of me and i didn't even realize it until it wasn't part of my daily routine anymore.

this year is not all bad though.
i'm looking forward to playing in the olmos ensemble

SO MUCH

.
it is going to be one of the best things i will do for a while, i'm sure.
besides going to the academy next year.
i've got to find a way to go...it's just not an option.
i can't stay here for one more year. i've got to get out of here.
and the way things are going...noone will even notice i'm gone

labuenavida @ 2006-08-24T21:13:00

2006-08-25T02:13:44Z

school is 80% exhaustion and 20% thinking constantly about how the only place i want to be in the whole world is the Academy.

labuenavida @ 2006-06-20T21:33:00

2006-06-21T02:33:33Z

i like:

shopping for travel stuff
being able to take 3 suitcases
playing scrabble with my friends
[sort-of like] ftx
michael buble
& photo strips.

what do you like?

labuenavida @ 2006-06-11T22:45:00

2006-06-12T02:45:23Z

i'm in washington d.c. right now :]

the trip has been fun...at first our family was really sick of each other but actually once we got to williamsburg for my grandparents wedding anniversary thing, everyone started magically getting along. it was weird. even though the place is a little creepy...its kinda like the stepford wives. complete with like (whatever number it is?)-course dinners and everything. (& yeah...panda express is wayy better).

whats really made this trip so far have been the people i've gotten to meet/see.

the first was the lady that i ran into at the airport. we were waiting for our luggage at the conveyor & i had on my interlochen sweatshirt thing & like the last thing i expected was for anyone to recognize it...but no kidding, this lady tapped me on the shoulder and she was like have you been to interlochen? & it turns out she went to the academy for 2 years and majored in flute...it was ridiculous!! we talked for like 20 minutes about her time there & her career and stuff.

& then when we got to DC we met up with my mom's friend from college named Cindy, the piccolo player in the president's own marine band...she took us to the rehearsal place of the band and let us come to the rehearsal as her guests...omg it was the most amazzzing thing to watch pros rehearse...they hardly stopped at all, it was ridiculousss. i was just sitting there like the entire time with my jaw to the floor...& they were so niceeee too! there were 2 other clarinet players there from interlochen, one that went to clark HS in san antonio.

then there was williamsburg...they have this like farmer's market thing on the weekends and my mom randomly saw her friend from college playing a music gig thing...she was the coolest person! she had like dreads and everything & she was a beautiful singer...so this morning we went out to breakfast & she told us all about her life as a travelling musician and everything. we bought her 2 CDs. & she was like the most down-to-earth person i've ever met.

after that i went to the barnes & noble there which was one of the only like...normal...places there & i was reading in a chair when this guy comes up to me with a german accent and this huge briefcase stuffed with textbooks and asks me to watch his stuff while he goes to get a drink at starbucks...so i'm like...uh ok? and i so i sat there with his stuff...and he comes back and starts talking to me & my mom and we find out that he's a physics professor in germany and that he's come up with some sort of theory for travelling faster than the speed of light? & he was telling us all this stuff about how he's tentative to release it because of the military consequences that might come from it and stuff. it was ridiculous.

so now i'm sitting at a hotel with internet access, the first one all trip. & i'm having an amazing time. but i'll be sooo glad to be home in 2 days. i miss my flute so much. which sounds ridiculous. but it's trueee.

lets hang out when i get back! :]
882.7684

♥

labuenavida @ 2006-06-05T12:25:00

2006-06-05T17:25:05Z

lsjdglskjdlg! OMGGGG!
i just got the BEST news of my MUSIC CAREER
[besides this summer]
omggg it was like...the mail saved my life or something
omg that totally [almost] made up for state.

& it made up for the 3 parties that i'm gonna missss cause i'm gonna be in virginia for the next week for my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary.

omgomgomgomg i can't believe it believe it believe itttt.

whats up with today?
it's just getting better and better and betterrrrr

labuenavida @ 2006-06-02T22:39:00

2006-06-03T03:39:06Z

i'm grounded until i get back from interlochen, which is august 3rd.
my mom isnt herself & i dont recognize her. & i want my real mom back.
my dad...well i dont fucking know what happened to him.
i've been grounded 4 times this week. ungrounded 2. not counting today.
we'll see if this sentence lasts
but i have a bad feeling.
my parents aren't my parents anymore.

please keep in touch.
882-7684.

labuenavida @ 2006-05-31T21:38:00

2006-06-01T02:39:00Z

oh & this was the car trip to dallas.
haha i took them out the window.

labuenavida @ 2006-05-31T21:09:00

2006-06-01T02:09:55Z

i'm watching a documentary about symphony musicians
it's one of the most interesting things i've ever seen.
they are all geniuses
i think i've come to the realization that i could never be one of them.

anyway.

these past couple weeks have been more eventful than the whole entire year.

let's see.

there was comm arts banquet, which was amazinng. i had a wonderful time. i danced for the first time at a school event. every kind of dancing too. even gangster dancing. i felt very accomplished.

i thought i was 100% over him but yesterday i realized that i'm not even close. thank goodness for summer. it will help me forget. breaks are always a good thing.

last friday i came in the door after school and there was a message playing on the message machine...and was mr. perkes inviting me to play in the young artists series of the olmos ensemble next year...and they're paying me...and its going to be amazing and i can't believe he even considered me for it let alone invited me. mr. perkes is quickly becoming one of my favorite people. he's one of the smartest people i have ever met & i have leraned soo much from him. it's ridiculous.

i'm looking forward to interlochen but at the same time i'm freaking out about how i am going to get everything that i need & more importantly how i'm going to get it on a plane all the way to freaking michigan. this is going to require a lot of thinking.

i wonder if i'm going to be a completely different person when i get back.
i wonder i'm going to recognize my friends next year.
supposedly this is the summer where we all change the most.

anyway, back to earth.
tomorrow is the chemistry exam. will i fail?
the espanol examen today was muy dificil, i thought.
and english..pshh we'll see how that goes.

good luck everyone w/ your finals & the end of the school year :]

♥

labuenavida @ 2006-05-11T21:56:00

2006-05-12T03:08:46Z

first order of business.

CONGRATULATIONS KIM CLEMONS!

you knew it. you knew it.

second...

tonight made my head spin.
it was amazing & sad & long.
i was so busy being in stress mode, where i make myself immune to things, that it was sort of a surprise to have time to feel sad or happy or surprised.

surprise being the key word.
[stars & stripes, 05!!, hugs, DMs, SLs, council, war chant]

good surprises and surprising surprises.
i saw my big sisters from 05.
& michael greene & robert farias & alex & brandon.
i remember thinking...if i missed them last years seniors this much, whats it going to be like when 06 is gone?

its funny how i got so caught up this year in just surviving until june 3rd that i forgot that i was also counting down til the day when some of the best people i know will be leaving.
the juniors my freshman year were the ones that adopted me & brought me into the "family". i owe a lot to them.

next year is going to be a lot different.
i guess you just have to learn to adapt.

oh & allison? 98.7%. :/

♥

labuenavida @ 2006-04-26T20:50:00

2006-04-27T01:50:52Z

here's what i miss.

our friendship,
the days when i used to get home before 8:30 at night,
my cell phone,
my 9:00 bedtime,
lucky charms,
my old routine.
my clean room,
thunderstorms,
hanging out with my mom,
time to practice,
& hugs.

here is what i want.

[all of the above]

here is what i'm not going to get.

[all of the above]

this is the part of the school year where you have to focus all your energy into just making it out alive & sane.

[edit: we got lucky charms. thank god.]

so here's the deal

2006-04-24T02:24:32Z

i kind of got myself into a situation and i need your helppp. i have to sell 60 raffle tickets by next sunday for yosa and i haven't sold anyyy so far. ok so here's why you should buy one right now:

the grand prize is an all-expenses paid trip to paris for 2 [$2000]
& if you dont win that then you could win a $500 to julian gold OR a dior gift from saks [$425]. and your chances of winning are like super good because i havent sold anyyy tickets so far.

is that reason enough or what?

ok so if you want to help me out [& you go to comm arts/taft] then find me tomorrow & i'll hook you up. the tickets are $5 each.

buy one & i swear i'll love you forever :]

labuenavida @ 2006-04-21T20:48:00

2006-04-22T01:48:16Z

today was a scary day because i felt mad twice today. but not like average mad, the kind of mad where my heart felt wierd and my chest was tightening up and my eyes were watering up and i couldn't think straight. that kind of mad. it was scary because i couldn't control it. and it was scary because i haven't gotten that mad in forever...maybe even years...and then it happened 2 times in the same day.

the first time was when mrs. peterson ripped the sign off of mr. burch's desk. and i have absolutely no clue why i got so mad about that. i honestly don't know. it just really set me off.

the second time was when i saw something that i knew was going to happen but i hoped never would...and when i saw it i went out of control. [yeah i have never played scales so fast in my life...anger management...anger management...]

i'm worried about how things are turning out.

& i'm worried about how to cut myself off from this awful situation i've put myself in.

labuenavida @ 2006-04-16T19:38:00

2006-04-17T01:17:13Z

this weekend was 10 times more bearable than i thought it would be. my cousins hannah and megan were absolutelyyy adorable. we ate more mexican food than i ever would care to eat in the next year, and we spent a lot of time making decisions. we had a little kids easter egg hunt and a big kids one. i got more chocolate than i needed. megan lost a tooth and she had the easter bunny and the tooth fairy visit her in one night. i learned how to navigate around my room with an air bed in the middle. i learned how to avoid the paparazzi as well. i answered a lot of questions about school and interlochen :]. most importantly, i had fun.

labuenavida @ 2006-04-11T20:36:00

2006-04-12T01:51:13Z

by the numbers:

110: grade that i'm going to get on this test of my patience.
2: number of days that i've survived so far
2 to go
3 days of family reunion
17 people in my family coming to sa-town.
1: number of cousins that are going to drive me insane
1923749187: number of hours it's going to take to clean my room
500: number of words i have left to write for my english essay.
6: time i'm waking up tomorrow. so much for late start.
3: number of diet cokes in a day that it's taking to keep me sane
0: number of seconds that i'm not thinking about him.

labuenavida @ 2006-04-03T19:07:00

2006-04-04T00:07:39Z

i've been making a lot of lj visits lately
but this one is necessary.

today i will fulfill a promise that i've been waiting to keep since friday afternoon.

self-controlll.

& ps: i hope it rainsss!

labuenavida @ 2006-03-30T18:57:00

2006-03-31T00:57:19Z

this week:

-technology frustrated me.
-a certain recent event made me rethink my priorities.
-i got better at focusing.
-i read an amazing book.
-i fought more than usual with my parents
-i got a full 9 hours of sleep.
-i rediscovered the joy of diet cokes + dancing.

labuenavida @ 2006-03-22T17:08:00

2006-03-22T23:07:56Z

words of wisdom

florida

2006-03-18T20:03:26Z

my feet are swollen and my legs are sunburned and i'm sooo tired but i am HAPPY. it has been an amazing week.

First and foremost:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNY!

Second:

"Dear Katherine:

Congratulations! We are happy to notify you of Katherine's acceptance into the High School Girls Division, June 24 to AUgust 07, for the 2006 season of the Interlochen Arts Camp."

I'm so excited I can't even describe how I feel. So I won't try to.

Third.
I went to Florida.

VIERNES

lots of rubix cubes

cool dancers

and i finally got the joke.

SABADO

pirate's dinner adventure

group

don't eat the napkin, jacob greene.

saxon = my hero

we liked the hotel.

DOMINGO

magic kingdom

go phil go!

the newest mickeys

i want to live there when i grow up.

space mountain times 2

i LOVE HIM!!!

so maybe its lame but watching that show made me really happy

philharmagic

so we rode the carousel & that was fun too

i'm stillll laughing

good night

watch the fireworks

LUNES

universal/islands of adventure

i got to meet my favorite friend when i was little!

LIVE

a magical day in the park

sans shoes

HULK

if i can't live in the castle then i will live here instead

when we got tired...

...we went to the candy store

HEROOO

and then i conquered my fears

with the help of some coffee

MARTES

animal kingdom, mgm and epcot

and right next to the chicken shop were the gorillas

tower of terror was terrible. but it looks cool

yeah i suck at robot racing

cokes around the world.
italy almost made me hurl.
germany was amazing.

fanny pack!

chilis

MIERCOLES

universal, the scavenger hunt :] & the biggest hard rock in the world

the list

12. get inside a trash can

17. superhero throwing up the duece

10. bum a cig.

14. grind on a stranger (all senior participants)

19. play leap frog w/ a stranger

1. take a picture with an asian that looks like marissa diaz

2. a blonde girl w/ braces wearing a green shirt and holding a boy's hand

hug a band mom

15. put on a shirt and pretend to walk out
20. play in the freeze tag fountains
21. synchronize a dance for five strangers

JUEVES

busch gardens

SHEIKRA
200 feet + 90 degrees

VIERNES

bus.

THE END.

(el fin!)

labuenavida @ 2006-03-09T21:11:00

2006-03-10T03:11:16Z

FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA!

[take home test]

:]

6 quick things

2006-03-09T02:06:41Z

1) my little brother ran the 800 and the mile today and came in 4th & 7th!! i'm so proud of him! no matter what nik says.

2) it's been stressful getting ready for florida (3 words: bus, shorts, money) but all in all i'm still excited.

3) i made friends with a freshman. before i might have overlooked him but certain circumstances made me lucky.

4) i have approximately 2 weeks left :/ i don't know if i can do it. in fact i'm pretty positive that i can't.

5) does anyone else miss mr. burch? at all?

labuenavida @ 2006-02-22T17:44:00

2006-02-22T23:44:22Z

everything is fucked up and i'm not even kidding you.

as soon as i get the new flute i get it taken away. for long term.
my parents are mad at me.
i have to raise $200 before i get the flute back.
not to mention buy clothes for the spring break trip
and i have to miraculously start getting along with my dad.

not to mention that i found out someone's secret today
and it wasnt a good one.
plus today's hug was far far far from satisfactory. because i was thinking too much.

the 2 good things that happened to me today were:
1) i have a flute student now!
2) eric whitacre's 'sleep'

i want to be truly happy again.
but there's too many things holding me back.
including myself.

ps marissa diaz the reminder on my hand did not work one little bit.

labuenavida @ 2006-02-19T19:51:00

2006-02-20T01:51:47Z

News:
I had an amazing time at TMEA.
And I finally got the new flute.

I found out something that I probably would have been better off not knowing, because it's making me revisit January and I was doing fine in the present.

There's only one thing left that I really really really want.
And it's not in my control.

[don't you hate it when people write journal entries where you have no idea what they're talking about?]

labuenavida @ 2006-02-08T21:53:00

2006-02-09T03:53:11Z

i'm losing ground again & i've got that wierd feeling that i'm growing up. but not in a happy way. in that way where you know you've changed and that you can't go back to the way you were before.

i was telling my mom this week about how i think about time in people...[dumb example: the sammy fuks period] and i've found a new person. i'm being to really appreciate him. and i'm afraid that it's starting to turn into something more than that. & i don't want to like him because i'm afraid it's dangerous. there's just something about his sincerity. he's one of the only people that can tell me the truth. [you don't know who i'm talking about.]

all of my friends are unhappy and i wish i could help them.

-katie.

ps i'm borrowing a new headjoint and its amazing but i'm not allowed to say anything else.

labuenavida @ 2006-02-01T17:23:00

2006-02-01T23:23:56Z

it seems like i really can't get things to go my way lately...i thought it was because i wasn't getting enough sleep, but last night i slept 13 hours and i still had a crappy day.

i have a 79 in algebra. i've never had less than an 87 in any of my classes since...ever. i'm freaking out because to get my grade up i have to really well on the next test and i'm not understanding this log & ln & e crap.

on the bright side...i was just looking for a movie and i found this old spanish/english movie that my mom bought for me when i was like in kindergarten...it has all these cheesy songs with kids from the 90s and bad singing but strangely its making me really happy.

maybe because i can actually understand it.

recruitment & things.

2006-01-26T03:59:36Z

1) kenny & i finally finished the recruitment slideshow! finallyy omg it was so much work.

2) recruitment was today and i had fun going back to jordan and seeing all my old teachers + my brother.

3) had rehearsal with the accompanist for my interlochen recording yesterday and it went well. recording is on friday.

4) poetry cafe tomorrow! :]

5) i started my history project!

ahhahah it makes me laugh so hard.