Ok, so this morning, I discovered something really weird.

I took a shower when I got up, and I was too lazy to dry/comb my hair after, so I just let it sit there.  Well, an hour or so later, I'm getting ready for church, and I look in the mirror, and my hair is perfectly dry, straight, and looks like it would if I had spent twenty minutes working on it after my shower.  

I'm going to see if this'll happen again......... that would save me OH so much time!!

Why there's a hole in my brother's wall.....

Ok, so you know that everybody gets their wisdom teeth out, sooner or later. Well, a couple of years ago, my brother had to get his taken out, and unfortunately, his luck turned on him.  After he had the teeth pulled out, he got something called a dry socket.  Now, I don't really know what that is... but it happens when you suck on a straw... or...... I'm not really educated in that field...... Well, anyways, it hurts WAY bad, and one night, when he was sleeping, the pain woke him up, and he punched a fist size hole into his wall.  

Hopefully, this thingy isn't genetic. (I doubt it) But I certainly hope I don't get into THAT much pain... I can't even imagine....

I remember back in my elementary school, and our class used to be obsessed with the playground. (Actually... that should be quite normal for kids that age) Anyways, the girls would always go and do their little spinny things on the suspended bars.  Well, one day, some girls finally coaxed me into trying it........ and I hesitantly hoisted myself up onto the bar.  They told me so many hints and instructions, there was NO way I could have done it successfully.  So, remembering all the things I could, I gripped the bar, fell back........ and two seconds later I was on the ground with the wind knocked out of me..... mean huh?!!!

I've always wondered if the fact that if your teeth were straight depended on how you lost your previous teeth.....

I have a brother and a sister.  My brother, like me, would always yank his loose teeth out, not letting it "fall out by itself".  My sister would always be careful, and would wait until the teeth fell out on their own.  

Well, it turns out that my brother and I have a perfect set of teeth, while my sister's....... well..... they aren't bad. They could be better.  

So that led me to thinking that maybe if you yanked out your baby teeth earlier, it might make more room for the new teeth, letting it grow out straighter.

Tooth Disaster..

People never would know, but when I was in 3rd grade I had my front tooth chipped off.

After I went to second grade... I went to China for a year, because my dad had some work to do there.  Unfortunately..... I had to go to school there. It actually wasn't that bad, considering how I already knew how to speak Chinese (You know how little kids learn the native language just by listening?  Well, I sorta learned two at once. It's pretty cool). So.... in China.. schools are MASSIVE.  There's a huge courtyard in front of the school, and the school is like... 6 stories tall.  In the courtyard out in front, there is this flag-post on a stone platform.  In the morning, the flag is raised and all of the school watches out in front. Well, the platform has steps leading up, and there are chains surrounding the perimeter... and every morning when I get to school, I run up the steps and jump over the chains, back onto the ground.  So, this "fateful" morning, my mother and I are walking to the school, (She taught english there) and I run ahead.  She is talking with another teacher, and doesn't mind me.  I run up the steps carelessly, and take a jump.  I shouldn't have.  I jumped too late, and my foot caught on the chains.  I swung around, and my face smashed against the cement pavement of the courtyard.  I can't scream for pain, because I was literally "DYING"!  I couldn't even yell, or signal my mother or the teacher, because I had fell behind the platform, out of sight of them.  So I stuck my foot up, hoping they would see, and a short moment later,  they run up, and see my bloody face.  Ten minutes later, I am at the hospital, I have a huge chip out of my front teeth, and my whole face is scarred up.

Luckily, a couple years ago, back here, I went and got my teeth fixed, and now they are perfectly fine.

Embarrassing Moment

Everybody HAS to have their embarrassing moments... right? So you won't mind me tellin' ya one of mine.....

I think it was when I was still a teeny toddler........ (I don't remember anything about my childhoood.... nothing... it's really weird.... I think I have long term memory loss or something... i'll see about that sometime later in my life.... )  anyways, once again, my siblings were out with their friends, our neighbors, on a bright saturday morning.  I woke up, and saw my brother and sister out playing with their friends, and decided to go and have fun also.  So I got out of bed........ and....... was in a diaper. ^_^  So I open the door... and hobble down the long street towards my neighbor's house, without any pants on... and by the time I get there, I'm told to go ALL the way back! 

Talk about embarrassing!  Good thing I moved out of THAT neighborhood......

Broken Finger

The first broken bone I remember I've had would probably be when I was four or five years old.  It was my second finger of my left hand, if I recall, but luckily, I didn't play piano back then.  My siblings, one brother and one sister, were going out to play a little while with our neighbors, and I, being the usual curios, fun-loving, and FOOLISH kid, tried to follow them out the door.  So my siblings go out the door, and I tag along my sister, who is ignorant to the fact that I'm right behind her.  So as she walks out the door, she slams it shut, and my hand was caught in the doorframe.  I don't remember anything after that point.  One moment I was screaming and yelling, and the next, I was lying on our couch, with a brace on my finger.  

Battle Scar

When people look at the left side of my left leg, they always are either, amazed, or shocked.  

About a couple of years ago, my friends and I decided to go to these dirt hills with our bikes, and go off the jumps there. Smart huh?  Well, we biked down to a little place we call "the hollow", and although it was all downhill, it took us about five minutes.  We got to the place, and started riding our bikes around.  After about thirty minutes of going off jumps and seeing how much "air" we could get, came the horrible moment.  Before the incident, let me first explain how the place is laid out.  This place isn't big, there's just a bike path that circles around  itself.  Well, I was getting ready to go around again, but underestimated this little jump right after you pick up speed.  So I'm going about 10 miles per hour down this slope, and I hit the jump.  Surprisingly, I got probably three feet of air on this little, miniscule jump.  There's this turn after the jump, and i landed on it.  In the air, I positioned my handlebar so that the bike would turn after I landed, because I didn't have much time.  I turned the handle a little too much, and I crashed abruptly.  Apart from the searing pain of my leg, I was alright.  I looked down, and blood was trickling down from my knee.  You could see the tender white flesh around the bone.

So, when asked how I got the scar, I simply say, "Bike, jump, landed wrong, OW!" I then smile, and say,"Battle Scar!"

I wonder if there are more flavors out there... like.... we all know there's sour, sweet, bitter.... etc.  Are there more?  Or is that it.....

I wonder if scientists will ever develop shoes or something that will hold us up or let us walk on walls........  Will they discover the secret of flies or spiders?  I mean... these days.... things invented, such as remote control cars that can go on walls, would've seemed literally impossible one hundred years ago.  In one hundred years, maybe things we think are impossible will also just be normal everyday things.

I need to be more humble about my tennis skills.  

Know what's humiliating?  To be beaten in tennis, by a kid two years younger, who just won because HIS eyes don't have this dumb thing called astigmatism!

Last week, that happened to me.  I went to play tennis with 3 others, and we played doubles first... It was still light out.  After it got dark, this one kid decided to play me in a game, and I had to accept.  Well, my eyes have this little thingy called astigmatism, which makes it so that i'm WAY sensitive to light when it's nighttime.  I couldn't see the ball until it was 3 feet away! SADLY, I lost.  I'll face him again, later.... when it's not DARK!

So... halloween was a month ago, and I was LOADED with candy... I mean, I usually dump all my candy from the pillowcase to my drawer- one of those pull out ones that usually holds clothes- and it was up the the brim!!! 

About a week later, there's a couple families over at my house, and, unfortunately, LITTLE KIDS!  Now we allllll know that "little kids" + "candy"= Me pulling out rifle and sniping little theives!  I leave for ONE MINUTE and half my drawer is gone, not to mention that the garbage can is overflowing with wrappers... they took all my twix, warheads, reese's, and everything that some little dumb 5 year old kid would want !

Ever heard of GUITAR HERO!? Of course you have! Well, there are probably many people out there, like me, who are wondering..... where the heck is PIANO hero? Sheesh!  It'd probably be dumb, but I mean.... if you make guitar hero... and rock band... doesn't there have to be a piano????  Can't wait until something like that comes out! 

Once, back in those times where I was a kid and was still obsessed with toys, (perhaps I still am)  I found this really cool magnet monster truck thing, and brought it with me WHEREVER I went.  It was my favorite toy, until someone BROKE it.  I THEN went back to the store, and it was gone. Do you hate that?  Where the store USED to have something, but takes it away? Dumb companies!

I've always wanted a dog, and my brother and sister do too, but our dad is way........ paranoid and thinks that the mess will be too big.  Maybe he's scared of them.... who knows.  What sucks is that (I want a dog when I grow up) when I grow up, I won't have the pleasure of being little and playing with the dog.  I'll just be the dad of the house.  I'm missing out so much!

There's always the question of what KIND of dog to get.  I know almost nothing about dog breeds.  All I know is this:  I want a dog (duh!) and it's going to be cute (duh!), nice (duh!) and won't eat my children! (WHAT!?)

I always wonder what will happen as scientists study and find out more and more about DNA.  People say that new discoveries will lead to cures for more diseases, but how will that happen?  Maybe DNA is just too confusing for a modern teenager to understand.  

How did scientists discover and find out about DNA in the first place?  Was there a microscope?  I think I need to pay more attention in science class! :P

Have you ever lost something, then looked like twenty minutes for it, and realized it was in your hand the whole time?

Or if you're looking for glasses, and you just woke up from sleep, so you wouldn't notice your sight, but they were on you the whole time.

Or in the morning, if you went to put on contacts and suddenly wondered why you could see.....

Would it be possible if there were more colors?  Do our eyes only allow us to see colors of the spectrum?

Someone received an email and it said that there was a kid born who loved art, and his art teacher marveled, because the kid was always trying in vain to mix colors. They believe he was trying to recreate the colors of heaven.  

Maybe there ARE other colors.  Too gorgeous and breathtaking to imagine...

I hate being the youngest of the year.  I only know ONE person who is younger than me in my whole grade.  Heck, some EIGHTH graders are even older than I am, and that is saying something.....

Now that's definitely not a good thing.  I'll be the last one to drive... and all that other jazz when you turn sixteen.  

Is there anything GOOD about being the youngest of the grade?

I wonder what forms of transportation will come to pass in the future.  Will there be flying cars?  Some form of teleportation?  

Or, for us teenagers, will there be hovering skateboards,  jetpacks...... will there be some form of transportation system if we have flying cars like we do now with road vehicles?  

We'll just have to wait and see.  Surely, people are working on it right now!

SO... this past month I went in to get  a new prescription for my contacts, but the ACUVUE company couldn't produce the degree i needed, so I had to get some lower brand.  Acuvue, is, in my opinion, the best, but I had to go with another one.  The new one was frustrating, because the contact lenses were heavier on one side, and when you went to put them in, they would always flop down, and occasionally drop, in which you would have to get on your knees and find them.  

I've had some bad experiences with my new contacts dropping. Just this morning, I went to put one in my left eye, and it fell.  I didn't find it until ten minutes later, which, by that time, it was already half dry and dehydrated.  I let it soak in solution, and, thankfully, it was back to normal.  

Contacts bug me.

UNFORTUNATELY, the park officials of the park by my house have taken down the tennis court net, which isn't good, because I can't play tennis anymore. I really wanted to try out my slice serve, because, since my lesson a couple weeks ago, I haven't had a chance to try it.

I finally understand how slice serves work.  You put spin on the ball, and that spin slows it down, which helps you make the serve in.  If it's a flat serve, you have to get the angle perfectly, but it's much more powerful.  That is why you use slice serves for you second serve.  

Sadly, I haven't had a chance to practice my serves yet, thanks to some dumb park officials who didn't care about the public's interest. :(

It's funny how you hear about various electronics being invented, like ipods or computers, but why don't you ever hear about FOODS being invented...

I mean, why aren't people like "HEY i heard that there's this new thing called pinachios! lets try it!" Why isn't food like that? "HEY let's go have some of that newly invented cheeeeesecake!"

Aren't some viruses contained and under tight security? 

Like...... I don't know if this is real, but I think i've heard about or seen (maybe i've just seen it in some fantasy movie) that there is like a way deadly virus contained in a tight seal and under dayround security?  

I mean, if  the virus is that dangerous, why not just destroy the thing and be done with it?

I wonder what high school tennis will be like...... i mean..... i'm good, don't get me wrong, but I have no idea how well the other people on the high school teams play.  

I've actually played someone from the team.... they sucked. but who knows? Maybe they were the worst.  

I can't wait till I get to play on the DAVIS (YEAH) team. 

Know what'd be cool? 

If they invented cell phones that, instead of pushing buttons to text, you just talked into a microphone, and a computer would automatically convert it into text?  Will that ever be possible?  

But technically, anything is going to be possible right? With technology advancing as it is..... I'm sure it'll come out someday.

Know what'd be cool? 

If they invented cell phones that, instead of pushing buttons to text, you just talked into a microphone, and a computer would automatically convert it into text?  Will that ever be possible?  

But technically, anything is going to be possible right? With technology advancing as it is..... I'm sure it'll come out someday.

It bugs me how, these days, most every movie that a normal teenager watches includes violence, and sexual content, and all those other bad things.  I mean, who the heck would make those kinds of movies to ENTERTAIN? Those people should be ashamed of themselves for going that low.

Will technology ever let us get far enough to get to Mars? Or maybe find other planets?

Is there martian life?  It scares me, because, if there is, then that means that they are probably a lot more intelligent than us "earthlings" if they are still hidden from earth knowledge.

Maybe there is...maybe there isn't. Who knows?

I seriously hate technology!  It makes me mad when I get something all uber super duper and the highest of the high, then the next year, it's totally abolished by something even better!

In this instance, iPods are a good example.  It used to be nano's, and now there are touch's and phones..... makes me frustrated.

OH well, you can never have the best right?

I can't express how much of an impact that teachers and mentors can have on someone's life.  I mean, students look up to them, and expect the highest of the high.  Every teacher out there should take that into consideration and strive to be the best they can be, because it will effect everyone's lives.  

just a random thought.

To tell the truth, I seriously detest procrastinating homework, such as all this honors english stuff, but I can never bring my self to actually finish it a couple of weeks before.  

I envy those people who don't have ANY problems with procrastination and find it a habit to do homework a long time before it is due.

Could it be genetics?

How rare is it for someone to have the same birthday as you?

I should be REALLY rare right? Well... my best friend's birthday is August 8th and my birthday is August 8th and my DAD's birthday is ALSO the 8th of August. I mean... how many times does that happen?

Wouldn't it be so cool to have a pet monkey?  

I've always wondered what it would be like to have one.... I mean... you could just like.... seriously communicate with it and stuff. Because.... aren't they way intelligent? 

"Hey, can you get me a glass of milk and some cookies?" hahaha!

I think I'm behind in all of those recent books that are out.  I've read almost all of the books of the popular series, but I forget easily, and now that new books are out, like the most recent of Artemis Foul, etc..... I don't feel like reading the whole series again

I just like reading a whole series at once, not reading one book, forgetting it, waiting for the next one to come out, and having to read the first one again!

I think I have made progress in sightreading music for the piano, because this past week my piano teacher has given me this new concerto, Rachmaninoff's 2nd, and somehow, I have been faster in learning it than I have other pieces.  

I think that the reason for that is because every week in church and every day in seminary I have been sightreading or trying to sightread hymns straight out of the hymnbook.

I wonder if they will ever make virtual reality movies, in which you are actually a part IN the movie,and not just watching it outside. (if it is even possible).  I read a book once:  It was about this girl who plays this video game that is virtual reality and has to do it over and over until she wins, because there was a problem with the game.  That would be so fun!

This year I am trying out for science olympiad again, but i'm having a hard time, because I don't want to (If we make it) ((which we probably will)) miss the last week of school.  This is the last year, and half of the whole grade will be going to layton, in which I am going to davis.  

I really want to go to Layton, but Davis really is a better school academic and athletic wise.  That  is why my parents want me to go to Davis.  My best friend, and this girl are both going to Layton, which makes me really mad!  Oh well, there is still BYU! YEAH!

I miss christmas!

Our family isn't really that much into christmas anymore, because half the family, (my brother and sister) have left for BYU are gone now, so it's just me and my parents.  Does that ever happen to you?  Where one of the holidays are just pointless because of a certain reason?

I finally have figured out my serves in tennis!

Ok, about a couple of weeks ago, I started taking lessons from my old coach again.  He's really good and teaches at the OAC.  Well, last time, we worked on my serves, which I haven't been taught about for several years.  He corrected a lot of things, and taught me how to do really good on my second serves.  Turns out that for my second serve, he wants me to slice the ball, so that the spin will slow it down, and therefore it will have a much greater chance of going in.  I am so excited to try it out on tuesday!  

But not only did he teach me how to serve correctly, he also taught me to actually AIM the serves so that they would go to the receivers' backhand, which he/she would have a harder time to return.

In a previous post, I noted myself winning a piano competition.  Prior to the day of the competition, I made a deal with my mother.  A couple of weeks ago, I received my phone, and I now text 24/7, which has made my mom very angry and threaten to cancel the plan, because it "distracted me from piano and school".  This deal was this:  If I won the competition, my mother could never ever threaten to take my phone away.  That had a great effect one me.  First, it made it so that I had to practice harder for the competition, because I needed that deal.  But second, it put a lot of stress on me, because if I lost, then my mother would be able to blame it on the fact that I have a phone, and it "distracted me from my practice"

Have any of you out there had a situation where, in school, someone has just started to despise you for a reason that escapes your mind?  There's this kid in my school that is seriously (I won't get too angry) making me mad.  And what is worse is that he has his bunch of friends that he hangs out with, and it has effected their thoughts toward me also (though not that much).

What is this world coming to?  Do you ever have a wish that you would die before it turns any worse?  Would you want to raise kids in that kind of an environment, with so much distractions and bad things?  I have thought about that a lot. 

For those of you out there who are computer/online game addicts, let me impress upon you how distractive and addicting that may be.  A while ago, I was....well...I wouldn't say an online game freak, but I was on the computer playing games very much.   It wasn't until after I stopped playing those games, that I realized what an effect it had on me.  While I do sometimes still play games online occasionally, it is when I am very bored.  Picture this.  With all the time you spend playing games, it could be used (I sound like a very annoying parent right now, so bear with me)  for more effective things.  You people out there should try it.  I has satisfying results

This weekend was one of the most stress free ones that I have had this month.  Why? Because on Thursday I won this piano competition, which made it so that I had a good excuse to not play piano:  "I deserve it"  And also, there is not much homework due to the fact that it is the end of the term.  So, this weekend all I have been pretty much doing is reading this very long book, The Count of Monte Cristo.  I couldn't say that it is tedious or boring, because, in fact, I like it very much.  It has a great story line.  What annoys me, however, is that it is 600 pages long, and I, having started over 4/5ths of the way into the story, have 350 pages to read in 4 days, which shouldn't be much of a problem for me, since I read very quickly, and have a pretty good idea what will happen.  

Due to the fact that i needed new contacts, I had to go to the eye doctor to have my eyes looked at, because they're REALLY bad now. Have you ever had your eyes dilated? I'm sure we all have. It's where they put these drops in your eyes that make your pupils a whole lot bigger. My eye doctor, whose name was Dr. James, told me that my eyes were WAY bad. It's probably genetics. What Dr. James told me was that if my eyes get worse enough, then I won't be able to have the LASIK surgery thingy when I turn 21. Scary right? Dr. James's assistant assured me, though, that that doesn't happen much. My eyes have astigmatism, which makes it so that I have to wear this other type of contacts. I used to only have one eye that had it, but now both do. That one eye's lense is weird, because it has these little marks on its sides that tell you which way should face up. It's been a weird day so far, because, as it takes a long time for the dilation to wear off, my eyes are really blurry.

I had to close my eyes for the trip home, because if I opened them, I would be blinded by the sun's rays. But when the car came to an abrupt stop, I just had to open them. In our ward, there is this CUTEST baby (well, I guess he's a toddler now) that my mom is obsessed with, and whenever she sees him she just freaks out and has to play with him. His name is Caleb Hall, and the Halls are very good friends of ours. If you saw him, you would have to agree that the Halls' baby is cute. When you shrug, and he sees it, he shrugs also. He also blows kisses at you and likes to hit people. (I don't know if that would be cute or not). His face is always a smile, and he doesn't cry much. I think if they voted, all the parents' votes in our ward would be that Caleb is the cutest. My mom is lucky, because she is the children's nursery helper in our ward.

I really hate that feeling when you have loads of homework due over the weekend. You know that you are going to do it anyways, but you can't muster up enough courage to actually sit down and do it like I am now. There is this thing in my english class where all the students' parents have to edit their character sketches. I don't really like the idea of that, because if my dad edits it, it'll take FOREVER because he is a literature maniac. I am jealous of this girl at school, because she had her parents edit hers, and it only took a couple minutes. There is also this other kid who had his done like two weeks ago. Drives me nuts.

I'm sure you all have had mean teachers.  Seriously, have you ever had those teachers who act like they hate their job, which passes on to hating kids?  I mean, if they hate their job, then why not quit, and save their students the pain of having to learn from them?  

You all know what a wii is right? I marvel at the technology of it.  motion sensored....etc.  Will it get any better? How can video games get any better than motion sensed?  Will they invent some virtual reality thing?  

Now, speaking of virtual reality, that would be pretty cool.  I don't know if it exists or not.  Two of my friends have told me that it does, but I don't really believe them.  I mean, that would be so advanced.

I've always had problems with swimming.  I don't mean that I can't swim well, for I am pretty good at it, but for some weird reason, after ten minutes of treading water, I lose my energy and have to hold on to something for support.  Does that ever happen to you?  It is interesting how my friends aren't even tired, and i'm exhausted!  I actually think it is because I'm not breathing right.  I remember playing tag with my friends, but I could never get them (well, I got them a couple of times) because I was always too tired and would have to rest. Something is wrong with me!

I have just entered a state of depression, because yesterday, it snowed! Yeah, that's right, in the beginning of the fall season, there is a three inch blanket of snow covering everything! Don't get me wrong, I love snow, but when it wipes out an entire season, then it gets to be too much.  The first snow of the year is always awesome, because it is so packable, and the earth isn't icky or mushy yet.  But when you get halfway through the winter, everything is wet, icy, icky,.....you know what i mean?  

I believe that the best thing about the snow is snowball fights.  Who doesn't like them?  I remember one time when My friend and I had a snowball fight with several girls that were in my neighborhood. I forgot what had started it, but it was fun!  Towards the end of it, this girl came up and hit my shoulder with an iceball.  (This is like the climax of the fight).  I remember her running away laughing, and when she got to the other side of the street, I aimed for and hit her head.  She pretended to be crying, and they all went inside.  Five minutes later, all the girls came out with make up on, and started chasing us!  It was sort of fun, until we ran out of breath and had to book it to my house.  

Do people use messenger that often anymore? It seems that none of my hundreds of friends are online that often. I haven't been on for a long while, because a little thing called facebook was invented. It seems that facebook is the new way of communication. For some.
Texting has also dominated the world of communication. Instead of calling people, why not do it the "silent" way? I've always wondered how the wireless texting networks work. Are there satellite signals everywhere?

I've always wondered what other sweet, awesome things that technology will provide in the future. Everybody has a hope of hoverboards which, I think, will have to be in the next billion years. But, now that they have cell phones, touch screens, new outstanding medical technology, I wonder if we are at the highest level of technology. Can we get any higher? What new things will scientists invent?

In a previous post, I mentioned these twins that were in my neighborhood that caught up to me in tennis. Well, I finally figured out the solution to that problem. (Because I'm selfish and HAVE to be better than them). My mom talked with my past tennis coach, and agreed to continue my tennis lessons, which I had stopped because of numerous piano competitions. So, on Friday, I went over to the Athletic Club that I go to. Othat day, there was a TERRIBLE storm, but still, all went well, because the club had this huge bubble thing over the courts, which protected it from all weather. In the lesson, I learned a more advanced forehand, that the pros on TV use. Instead of using your arm and wrist to swing the racquet, this technique required you to use your hip. I had to twist my hip back, and let it all go to swing at the ball. This helped me relieve the pressure on my wrist. My coach said that I had to practice for a time for my muscles to get used to it, so hopefully, my mother will let me out more often to play.

On Friday, I finally got a cell phone. I would've gotten it later had it not been that I had left a note for the UPS guy, or girl, to leave the package with my neighbor. That being said, I was frustrated for a couple of days because my picture messaging didn't work for some reason. That meant that I could not receive or send pictures, or any other type of file. So I called the service yesterday, and they had ACTUALLY FORGOTTEN to add the feature to my new phone! So I had them fix it for free, and I can receive stuff now!
Most people who have phones take them for granted. Before I got my phone, I was SO jealous of those who did. It killed me to see them texting away with their awesome phones, when I didn't have one. So, if you have a phone, be grateful that you do, because when I received my phone, It was like a dream come true!

Are you one of those people who spend 200 bucks on their shoes? I really don't understand that. There's so many people who are obsessed with getting all these "SWEET" brands of shoes, when they're just going to wear away over time anyways. Why waste your money on a pair of shoes? Are people going to judge you by your shoes? "HEY, you have cool shoes! Be my friend!" The only shoes that i've been obsessed with was (this was when I was a little kid) those HEELY's shoes. Ever seen those? Yeah, well, thanks to my friends "advertising", he got me to get a pair, which were actually pretty fun to wear, except I got like.. a billion scars because of them.

Have you ever wondered whether, when you grow up, you will move away with your family, or stay in the same area? Since the place i'm living in is so full with kind and loving people, I wouldn't mind to stay, but trying out new places would be kind of entertaining also. Idaho and those other states wouldn't be so bad, because then my kids could drive at age 15, which isn't a really good reason, so I take it back. I guess I'll just have to "let it unravel itself".

Since my past posts have been on either piano or tennis, i've decided to write on a random topic.

ICE CREAM! Here we go! Have you ever had this kind of ice cream called moose? For some reason, my mom came home one day, with a box of ice cream "moose" flavored! I was a little hesitant to eat it because, well, it was called "moose". You know what I mean? Turns out that that ice cream was GREAT! In it, there were hints of peanuts, peanut butter, chocolate, and these peanut butter cups. Yeah, there were peanut butter cups. Interesting right? Well, these peanut butter cups were the BOMB. I recall that I ate the whole box in two days. That's how good it was.

Since I am running out of BIG things to say, I think I'll just put several smaller posts. Do some of you out there remember the article about cell phones being related to health? Well....when i heard it...i didn't care. In about a month, I have a good chance of getting a cell phone. Actually, I had to bribe my mom for it. Sighhh....one more hour of piano everyday. Although i need the extra hour for my next competition, which is fairly difficult, I'll have a hard time. It bugs me when people ask if I have a teacher, and if I'm better than him. People think that impressive piano is just playing fast and furious. There's so much more to music than impressing unexperienced audiences with fast fingers. For instance, I have a piece I'm practicing that is very slow, but has to have an EXTREME amount of EXCELLENT tone, dynamics, clarity, etc. It actually is harder than some of my "AMAZING" pieces.

Now that I've done an introduction to tennis, it's time to write about me being frustrated every day because of it. You know summer? Of course you do. Well...it hates me. It was probably the middle of August, and i had planned to play tennis the next day.
It rained.
It rained in the middle of the summer, ruining my perfect day to play tennis. This just keeps on going and going every day. Well, in these days at least. Take today for example. I just came home, and there's a thunderstorm outside. Ever tried playing tennis on a wet court? Not only do you slip, which is really annoying since you have to run and stop, and run and stop, but when the tennis balls get wet, they get ruined and therefore don't bounce as high as they are supposed to. That ruins the whole game, because it messes up your serves, and you can't put much spin on them.
I don't like playing when when it's getting dark either. I don't mean night dark, but just when the sun is setting behind the mountains. It doesn't affect others, but it affects me because my left eye has astigmatism, which makes it affective to light, and therefore, dark. So, when i play at that time of the day, I don't judge distance very well, and mess up a lot.
I guess I'm good at tennis. I always play with these Korean twins in my ward, and haven't been beaten by them in about two years. However, since I don't have a twin to practice with, and they do, they have an advantage, and are catching up fast to me. They practice every day, hoping to catch up to me, and are succeeding.
How do you get better at things? you practice. but what if you cannot? That is what position I am in all the time. I want to play, but can't, because nobody can play.
When I get to high school, I'm going to tryout for the team, and even though it's no cut, i'm going to make it and try to get into the varsity team. The only problem is that I don't know when the tryouts are, or where to get the applications. One time, there were high school people playing tennis in our park's courts. They cahllenged me and James, one of the twins, and we beat them BAD. They said they were on the tennis team, so I guess I have a great chance next year.

Tennis

Most people think of Tennis as a sport where you have a racket and swing at the ball like a lunatic, hoping it will go where you want it to. Is it really? NO! Is soccer a sport where you swing your foot around hoping it will land the ball somewhere beside your teammate or the goal? Very much like soccer, tennis is a sport where skill is required. A lot of skill is required. Those who play as amateurs don't really understand the effects of topspin, slices, backhand slices, second serves, slice serves, volleys, smashes, backspins, sidespins, or the fact that you have to RUN! As you serve, for example, are your feet in position? Is your toss true and straight? Is your grip correct? Are you standing at the right spot, aiming for the right target? Have you decided which type of serve to do? All these things effect the way the game comes out? So....Is tennis really a stupid sport? Many probably argue that it is, because it looks like such an easy sport, but in reality, your hand has to be so coordinated with your eye that years of practice is needed to master the skill. Ever played golf? The same rule applies. The first time I walked up to the tee with a driver, I was saying to myself, "This is got to be the dumbest and easiest sport out there?" Boy, did I prove myself wrong. Believe it or not, that little scrawny ball kept evoiding my darn club. It wasn't until my fifth try that i finally got it going a couple of feet. Do you remember the first time, if you have, that you had a chance to take a racket in your hands and swing at the "pathetic" green ball? Embarrasing? Most likely. Did you chuck the racket across the court, stomp your feet, and yell, "I GIVE UP!" I doubt it. You probably said to yourself in a calm way, "Well that sucked", picked up the racket, and took another swing. Before long, you would actually be hitting the ball over the net, with a wide grin on your face. Was that how you felt? That feeling was how I first became an addict to tennis. In the morning, I was thinking, "Can't wait for noon". At noon, I was thinking, "Can't wait for the afternoon". In the afternoon, I was thinking, "Can't wait to play tennis!" While playing tennis, I was thinking, "This guy needs practice!" And when I was finished playing tennis, what was I thinking? "Can't wait for tomorrow afternoon, when I can play tennis again! If you are addicted to a sport as much as I am addicted to tennis, then you know how I feel don't you? So, in conclusion, tennis is not a boring sport with a racket, court, and tennis ball, it is a sport (yes, it is a sport) where you have to use skill, strategy, speed, and endurance to best your opponent. Well, I can't write anymore. GOTTA GO PLAY TENNIS!

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