I got my first boyfriend, John Lucas. There's really nothing to tell here. I thought it was going to be something special, but unfortunately it was everything but. I don't think he even really liked me. He never wanted to hold my hand. He never wanted to put his arm around me. I mean, we went out for 3 months, and I got one hug. Please tell me there's something wrong with that picture. I also heard that the only reason he asked me out was because he was trying to make this girl, Kristen, jealous. I really didn't want to believe it at the time, but I Think it's true. I mean, he was practically in love with her, and when she turned him down, all of a sudden 2 days later he claims he really likes me. Riiiiight....
I was introduced to Dream Street. Frankie Galasso, Jesse McCartney, Greg Raposo, Matt Ballinger, and Chris Trousdale came into my life. I first saw a promotion to meet Dream Street at teen.com. I, of course, fell in love with the 5 hotties, and entered the contest everyday for a month. To my disappointment, I didn't win. After this, I started seeing their commercial on TV. AFtering hearing the commercial, and buying their CD, I was a dedicated fan. I listened to their CD everyday, successfully memorizing the lyrics in under a week. I went only and learned about all of them, picking my favorite and taking all the little quizes online.
I became better friends with Jesse. Jessica Rose Schubert, one of my best friends. She used to go to school with me in 1st grade, but we never really talked. She moved the summer before 2nd grade, and I never saw her again. When I moved the summer before 6th grade, I moved out to the same township she did. We went to different elementary schools, but when we went to Junior High we met up again. We talked, but we never really bonded until this summer. We were going through almost the same thing when it came to our parents, so we found relief in one another. We spent almost every weekend together, talking and laughing about our childhoods.
I became familliar with FanFiction.net. I was browsing Bored.Com, and I came across a link that read "Fan Fiction...short stories written by people like you!" I'v always been into writing, so I was intrigued. I started reading the stories under the *Nsync section, and then I browsed a little bit in the Backstreet Boys and 98 Degrees sections. After reading those stories, it dawned on me to see if there was a Dream Street section. There was, but there was only like 11. I clicked, and liked what I saw. After that, I knew I was hooked.
Fall 2001
I started writing my own fan fictions. They weren't very good, and I didn't even think about posting them on the site, but it gave me something to look forward to. If I practiced and god better, maybe someday I would post my work. I wrote my first story, My Heart Belongs To You, and of course it was a Dream Sreet story. I started it at the end of the October, and finished it around January. After reading it over millions of times and perfecting it, I finally decided it was time to post it. And now, as I look back on...it really wasn't that perfect, haha.
September 11 - the World Trade Centers are attacked. I remember I was walking to American Cultures, and all I heard were teachers talking about how a plane hit the World Trade Center. I walked down the hall to my class, and I remember my teacher watching the news, and we spent most of our class period watching it. We were all watching silently, and then discussed what we thought during the commercial breaks. We were watching the building burn, when all of a sudden we saw a second plane crash into the other World Trade Center building. We all just starred at the screen, too shocked to say anything. We had just witnessed something none of us would every forget. Soon after that, the principal came over the PA system and told the teachers to turn off their TV's and continue their day normally.
9:50 a.m., September 11 - The first tower collapsed. The wole nation watched in silence as one of the major landmarks of the country fell right before our eyes. Many cried, many hid, many, inculding myself, were confused, all of hoping this was all a nightmare.
10:30 a.m., September 11 - The second tower crumbled. Again, the whole nation watched in silence, not thinking this day could get any worse.
September 11 - A plane crashes into the Pentagon.
September 11 - A plane goes down in a Pennsylvania field outside of Pittsburgh.
Color Guard 2001
My first season of Color Guard. I was officially part of the Harbor Creek Marching Huskies. Our show was called Music For A Darkened Field and included the songs Batman, The Simpsons Theme Song, Tess's Theme, March of the Dead, and Batman Reprise. It was an awesome show, and it was definately fun to perform. We had a new band instructor that year, Mr. Waha, so the whole marching band kind of renewed itself.
Mrs. Nick, the color guard instructor, explained that it was a rebuilding year for the guard, and not to be disappointed if we didn't get first place for guard. She told us that the guard had lost 7 seniors plus a few others at the end of the previous season, and the guard had gained 15 new girls this season. When the whoel guard only consisted of 28 girls, we all knew we had a lot of work ahead of us.
LMBA (Lakeshor Marching Band Association) Championships came around on October 27. Harbor Creek Marching Huskies placed 2nd out of 4 bands. We were all proud, considering how much we had to teach to so many people.
I'll never forget that season. That year we were all like sisters: we worked as one. We formed friendships that will last a lifetime, and shaired physical and emotional pain that only the other guard girls knew the feeling of. We were a team...and I have a feeling the guard will never be like that again...
Take Me Home!