Virgin vs. Taursex, Adele vs. Gaga, Atheism vs. Religion

Hello!

Before I start I have good news!   They aren’t cutting the music prgram because of how pissed the students are which means I’m joining show choir which means my parents can’t bitch at me for not doing anything with my life!  Yay!

This post has a lot of questions.

Question.  Virgin or Taursex?  I’m sure you’re wondering, what is a Taursex?  I’m sure you’re also wondering, why would I tell this person if I am a virgin or not?  Well, in a recent conversation with an anonymous british friend of mine, we came to realization there is no word for the oppostite of virgin.  So taursex came to be!  We did our research and discovered that virgin is derived from the word vergo, which is like a star sign or something.  So since me and my friend are both taurus’ (the best possible one) we decided we should make it have something to do with that.  Then I was just like “taursex” so we’re going to use that from now on.  So now all you non-virgins can brag to your friend about being a taursex and you’ll have that and the fact that you even know what taursex means over them.

Another Question.  Adele or Lady Gaga?  Soulful or pop-y..?  Old or new?  Strangely enough this topic was a discussion between the same friend that helped with the invention of taursex.  Moving on.  I’m recently extremely obsessed with Adele.  I posted on my facebook a video of her singing live and said something like “She has more talent than other singers of this time, i.e. Lady Gaga.  I forget what my friend said but we got really into it.  We were talking about how Lady Gaga isn’t that pretty, Adele is.  Adele’s style of music has already been done before, and people look for new things such as like Lady Gaga’s kind of music.  I don’t know who won the argument but it was enjoyable.

The last question.  Are you atheist or do you believe in some type of god?  I’m atheist as of like 4 months ago but I never really talked about religion much until I started telling people.  I just find the whole concept of some woman who became pregnant by sitting around doing nothing very unlikely.  My friend and I have decided that Mary was a crack head.  Someone knocked her up and because she was a crackhead he appeared to be God, telling her that she would become pregnant (it upsets me that this man did not use protection).  Mary gave birth to Jesus who was a crack baby, so he was messed up.  He would see these hallucinations about some guy that would tell him to fast so people would like him and follow him around.  Eventually people came to the realization he was crazy and KILLED HIM.  Strangely, his followers refused to believe there was anything mentally wrong with him, which is where chrisitanity came from.  Ta da.

Currently it’s school vacation and I haven’t done anything except go to the mall once and go downtown once.  The mall kinda sucked because one person was like mad or something and she kept ditching me and my friend.  Downtown was awesome, as it always is.  Wait I just realized we did not go downtown, that was last week xD

Sorry this post was kind dumb and based on arguments with my friends.  But I needed to post really badly anyways. 

Matt

Which Seat Can I Take?

Ok, that title was mean.  I must admit, I have a lot of respect for one young Rebecca Black.  Friday wasn’t that good of a song, but she has a nice voice.  I don’t know how many of you saw her on Good Morning America, but she sang part of the National Anthem and she really has talent.  I think it’s just that stupid Ark recording thing adding too much autotune to her voice, and the lyrics for that song weren’t great either.  What really pissed me off where those terrible comments about her.  She was saying how the worst thing someone said was that they hope she cuts herself and gets an eating disorder so she looks pretty and then dies.  I hope that happens to the person who commented that because Rebecca is just a sweet innocent girl who wants to express herself through music.  If that song was sung by an emo guy with a guitar everyone would have loved it.  Well fuck you, everyone.  I really hope she continues to record music because she needs to show everyone how good of a singer she really is.  If you’re reading this Rebecca (which you are not, most likely), please continue pursuing a career in music and don’t let anyone else bring you down.  Good luck 🙂

Continuing with the arts, they are getting rid of all the music programs at my high school.  They say they don’t have the money to keep one of our teachers there.  This teacher is Mr. Mark Mercer.  He is an amazing teacher.  he came to our school 2 years ago and started 13 music programs including show choir, chamber choir, etc.  He also had plans to start and acapella choir.  Last night we had a town meeting and everyone from the show choir went and there was a lot of crying.  I watched in online today and I cried…I don’t cry a lot.  The show choir only has about 30 people in it, but they are truly talented and they are dedicated to what they do, and so is Mr. Mercer.  I’ll post some things people said about him.

“I hate how our town puts such an emphasis on sports that they cut music to make up for the shitty teams. Mr. Mercer is a better teacher than any of the coaches” -Marcel

“MR. MERCER IS OUR TOM BRADY!” -Evan

“I never met Mr. Mercer but I have only heard great things about him. I haven’t seen people so animated about music until Mr. Mercer came along. I can tell that he has made a difference in all your lives and he truly seems to bring the best out of his students, which marks him as a phenomenal teacher. I hope you all suceed in keeping the music alive at our school.” -Katie

My favorite though, was Rebecca’s..

To whom it may concern:

We were shocked to learn that there is a very good chance that Mr. Mark Mercer will not be with us next year. I cannot fathom how much we will lose with this decision. In only a few hours, tears had been shed, and a storm of incredulous emails and phone calls came pouring in. There was almost too much sadness and disappointment to bear.

 Mr. Mercer first came to our town last year in September. It was immediately apparent that he was unlike any other choral teacher that our town has ever seen.  Teeming with humor and optimism, he started the year with energy and brought smiles to all of our faces. Last year was when I finally decided to join chorus. Hearing my friends go on and on about how funny, or how amazing, or how much of an improvement Mr. Mercer was compared to our previous choral instructors was enough to sway me.

 I don’t regret it. In a mere year and a half, Mr. Mercer has transformed our choral program beyond recognition. He has managed to make our town’s music program stand out from the other ones in the area. Since last September, the number of students participating in chorus as nearly doubled in size. A show choir and chamber choir have been added to the program, and he planned to add many more in the future. This year, our show choir managed to take back a Grand Champion trophy from our varsity division at the New England Show Choir Festival, the school’s first trophy in choral music since 1992. The chamber choir showcased a collection of pieces titled Mid-Winter Songs, which had never been performed in the United States before.

 This man is one of the most hard working, diligent, persistent, and ambitious people that I have ever had the honor of meeting. He poured his heart and soul into everything that he did. Last month, he sat the show choir down and showed us his plan for the next three years. He was preparing to add a middle school honors choir, another show choir, an acapella group, and even more choirs before the freshmen graduated. Before this year was even halfway through, Mr. Mercer began planning the song selections for next year. He said to us during rehearsal, with the biggest smile on his face, “It’s going to be awesome.” It pains us to imagine the fact that it may very well not happen at all.

 Ambition and excitement is what our program really needed to get it in the direction it is headed now. There is an unbelievable amount of hope and potential resting in the students, parents, and Mr. Mercer himself. He has told us numerous times of the pride that he has for us, given us too many inspirational speeches to count, and has made us laugh in even the worst of times. He has managed to transform the members of all these choirs into a warm, welcoming family. We have come so far in a year. There has been so much progress.

 Years of research have shown that progress and education in the arts correlates with academic achievement and emotional and social development. Students involved in the arts improve in critical thinking, math, reading, cognitive ability, and verbal skills, as well as motivation, confidence, and teamwork.  Decreasing the funding for the arts will yield more negative results than beneficial ones.

 Taking away Mr. Mercer will take away more than just a gigantic chunk of  our town’s music program. With him will go the spirit, enthusiasm, and influence that he embodies. In the short time that he has been with us, he has touched each and every one of our lives. You will not only be affecting the life of a man who will be looking for a new job next year, but also all of the lives he has changed here. He has done so much and has given us a reason to do what we love. You are taking away from anyone who loves to sing, anyone who loves to perform, and anyone who had never expected to become so attached and close to this fantastic chorus director. We hope that you will reconsider.”

I cried when I read that for the first time.  I was actually going to audition for show choir in the spring.  That will no longer be happening.

So…school..

In World Civ, my teacher is annoying.  She always will be.  We got our projects back after a month of waiting and I got an 88 and I’m pissed because I told her TO HER FACE it took my 6 hours to make it.  Whatever.  NO.BIG.FREAKING.DEAL.  We also had a test today which I know I failed because it was one of those weird moments where you look at this test and you don’t know the first question.  I think I did really good on the essay though.  Every in class essay I’ve done in that class has been a 100% so I can only hope for the best.

In Study I listen to music and copy Songee’s homework.  Oh funny story.  When my mom asked me how schoolw as today I was telling her how i talked to Songee in study and she goes “What the hell is a Songee?”  And I just started cracking up..I hope Songee knows I love her.

In Gym, our teacher was absent so we played Mat Ball and I just talked to Stephi and she told me her relationship problems..

In Environmental we have a quiz Tuesday and I know from a certain Naomi that it is not easy.  But she got a 96%.  She’s a liar.  Haha no..Naomi doesn’t lie.  I don’t think…nah.  Also on Thursday we have a field trip (to the auditorium) to go see a power point on something about the Earth.  What’s amazing is the period after that there is a presentation for the Health classes but I’m going to that because the health teacher likes me and said I so I will be in the auditorium with my friends for 3 hours yay.

In math we learn stuff I learned last year but me and all the other idiots in my class were too lazy to pay attention too.  But that’s ok.  I’m learning it now.  And I feel smart knowing it when half the class can’t find the median of a set of data.  We had a test today.  I think I did really good.  Rachel had to stop taking it because she thought she was gonan throw up.  The whole time in the hallway I was like “If you faint I’m running” because last time she fainted I was so embarassed and at least Sophie was there today.

WAIT.  Today I was tardy for the 4th time in a semester so I have to stay after school with my gross World Civ teacher for like an hour on Monday.  I really don’t want to.

Glee went on hiatus for 3 weeks.  So there are only 24 days left!  Yay!  I know what songs they are doing but I’m too lazy to say them.  What I will say is that in a month Kristin Chenoweth will be reprising her role as April Rhodes and will sing an original song called “It’s 10 a.m. and I’m Drunk”.  I offivially can not wait.

Tomorrow I was supposed to go downtown with Naomi, Sophie, and Rachel.  But Rachel is sick and Sophie has a life, so me and Naomi aren’t gonan go alone.  So I guess I made plans with Brooke and Mary.  I’m not sure..

Well that’s it for now.  Bye!

-Matt!

Getting Into the Christmas Spirit

Hey there!

I absolutely can not wait until Christmas.  It’s what, 21 days away?  But only half of those days are school days.  I’m currently listening to Charice’s cover of Jingle Bell Rock and it’s quite good.  I love her, like, so much.  We have the same birthday, and that makes me feel special.  Well not really but it’s really cool!

Anyway, umm.  Yesterday I went to the mall with Brooke, one of my best friends who I haven’t seen in a couple months because she went to a different school.  Our friend Rachel was supposed to come, but she went over her grandmas instead.  Being alone made it kind of awkward, but it was still fun.  We saw a ton of people we know.  Like, I saw this girl that I went to elementary school with before I moved, and now she goes to school with Brooke, and she wanted to talk to her, but I wouldn’t let her because she will probably try to talk to me and I’m wicked shy.  Also, I saw at FYE that they sell the Charlie Brown Christmas tree, the really small pathetic but adorable one!  It was only like $35 and I wanted to buy it so bad, but I bought a CD instead.  It felt kinda nice to buy a CD instead of buying songs on iTunes.  I don’t really know why.  It was Lungs.  Florence + the Machine <3.  Thank you for telling me about them Naomi.  You now deserve two cookies.

Today started off really weird.  I woke up at 11:30 because my parents needed me to watch my siblings while they go shopping.  I felt like it was 3 in the afternoon, so I was oblivious to the time.  When my parents got home at 3:30 I thought it was like, 7, because I never cared to look at a clock.  That’s my story of the day.  That was totally pointless.  Sorry you had to read that disgrace of a paragraph.

Right now, me and Naomi are discussing music taste of a specific person who I will not name just in case.  I’m not going to go into that.

I can’t think of anything to say tonight, I am so sorry. 

Matt

Midterms and Goth Doctors with a bit of Christmas

The title of this post may make no sense since I said I pretty much love my life, but not right now, oh no.  It’s not drama, it’s much worse.  Midterms.  They’re tomorrow.  I know I’m going to fail, but I’m going to worry and complain until they’re over.  Oh I’m actually going to go study now.  So bye.

(The next day…)

Midterms were SO easy!  I completely, and I mean COMPLETELY, over exaggerated.  But I’ll get to that later.  So, school yesterday was fun up until English. 

In French, we went to the language lab and looked at random French websites.  There is this mall, and it’s underground!  And it has a movie theater which makes it a million times cooler.  But I live in the United States so that has no effect on me at all.  In Science we took our chapters 6&7  test and everyone was mad because we didn’t get to use that class to study for midterms which was the day after, so today.  In English, my teacher was mad, for the very first time.  We had this really bitchy sub who turned out to be the head of the english program at our school.  She told the groups that were filming their skits they couldn’t film because she didn’t want them in the hallway.  But instead of midterms we are performing these skits, and they needed the day to do it.  So my teacher came in yesterday and said the director lady yelled at him and embarrased him at a meeting and he kinda hates my entire class now, but he said “The only group I’m not worried about is Sarah’s group,” and I’m in Sarah’s group, so that made my day, kind of.  In Foundation Studio, which is basically Art, my friends case manager showed up and made her switch seats cause she was distracted, so me and MT had to sit alone, but we still made the best of it.

Ok, so midterms.  They were easy!  At least easier than I expected.  For physical science, everyone, no matter what level class you take, everyone’s midterms were the same.  I found that to be strange because if level 3 and level 1 have the same test, a lot of the level 3 people probably failed.  And probably, the level 1 kids studied a lot of what wouldn’t be on the test.  But there’s really not much else to say about it.

In English, we decided that when I’m Paris, I need to be goth, for no reason.  So I bought black jeans, a gray button down shirt, and a black tie.  It’s gonna be awesome, I think.  My Capulet costume that’s supposed to be a combination of Juliet’s mom and dad isn’t finished yet but my group thinks it is, and when it’s not done for Tuesday they’re all going to kill me.  Though, I kind of wish I didn’t have to be both, because I’m going to look like an idiot if I’m up there talking to myself wearing a half dress half suit outfit, with half a mustache and half lipstick and eye shadow.  I already know I’m going to look ridiculous.  At least Pond’s idea of it being a musical didn’t go through well with the rest of the group.  I’m an ok singer, but I would never sing in public unless it was with my friends and no one else could hear. 

Lately, I keep forgetting it’s only November, and I think it’s winter break.  I’ve spent this entire day in pajamas, except when I took a shower, then I put on clean ones because they were comfortable.  And during this lazy day of mine, I keep listening to the preview of the Glee Christmas album and it’s not helping with trying to get a grasp on the fact that Christmas is over a month away.  As much as I love the warm whether of summer and stuff, I love the snow.  I could spend hours just lying down in my front yard in the snow.  “For we need a little Christmas, right this very minute, candles in the window…”  I’m going to kill myself before Thanksgiving even gets here waiting for this holiday.  Now I’m in the mood for fruit cake which I’ve never even had.

TWO MORE DAYS UNTIL GLEE!  That’s not long at all, but every time I post I’m going to make one paragraph dedicated to Glee with a countdown to the next episode.  This is a special episode because this is one Kurt meets his possible boyfriend, Blaine.  Blaine sings Teenage Dream and it’s kind of awesome.  Sometimes I feel like this show is my entire life.  It actually may be, since I spend my free time looking up spoilers for it.

Hmm, music… Lately, Kesha has bene really annoying.  It seems like she always has a song on the iTunes Top 10 thing and she’s not even good.  Her songs are so autotuned it’s ridiculous.  I heard her live at the Kiss Concert, and the only reason I thought it was so good wass because she’s a good performer.  I will admit her songs are catchy, but that’s really it.  When they’re played at dances I’m not one of the kids jumping up and down.  Umm, yeah..

This post was still short for me, but I had planned to post yesterday and then my uncle was here from 8 until past midnight so I didn’t have anytime to blog, and now I’m just tired.  So expect a post Wednesday, because Tuesday is my Glee night and also I have CCD that night right during the show.

– Matt