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November 29, 2008

icanaan — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:40:09 +0000

Incredibly depressed. And the only person who can help doesn’t even care.

“It’s nice to know that you were there
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It’s nice to know we had it all…”

Almost Thanksgiving…

icanaan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:18:38 +0000

Per the request of a friend, I have decided to stop being lazy and actually write on the blog again, after much downtime adjusting to school and whatnot. Excuses, excuses, I know.

Anyways, it’s been a pretty good year so far, and I think everyone’s having a good time in eighth grade. Or seventh grade. Or as a sixty four year old rich white man if you’re that type of **cough** creepy stalker **cough** person who has nothing better to do than read random blogs. Just throwing it out there…

I’m not even sure if people still read this, but I guess it helps to put as a signature in emails, just as a reminder. Everyone has a lot on their minds these days, I guess. The holidays are fast-approaching; next Thursday’s Thanksgiving!! Can’t believe it….I miss summer and all my camp friends. =_( It’s just too cold to do anything these days. Five months til spring, though [sigh].

Well I don’t have anything much more interesting to say, so yea. Haha a friend and I had a conversation about that, how people get into the habit of ending their sentences with “…so, yea.” when they have nothing better to say.

So, yea.

Cheers!

Bored

icanaan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:39:54 +0000

It’s Wednesday and it already feels like the week’s been endless. Tiring, rather…good luck to all of you who will be going to Youth Orchestra tonight! Hope it goes well for you. There’s not really much to say, but I can’t think of anything better to do with my time, so I guess you’ll just have to read this post.

Cheers,

Lily

Orchestra!

icanaan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:06:12 +0000

First day of Concert Orchestra went well, except for the fact that we were missing a lot of people! But it’s grown to an enormous size – almost fifty kids altogether. There are twenty five-some violins, many of them hailing from Elm City Chamberfest, I’m happy to say. We hope you guys who moved up to Youth will enjoy it as much as you did the Concert, of course.

Congrats to Winnie for making it to Concertmistress, in addition to Bonnie, Kate, and Helen as principals. No doubt it’ll be different this year, but still a ton of fun.

Oh, and just to let you know, comments are much appreciated! Thanks!

Peace,

Lily

Leaving on a Jet Plane…

icanaan — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:54:06 +0000

All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go
I’m standin’ here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye

But the dawn is breakin’, it’s early morn
The taxi’s waitin’, he’s blowin’ his horn
Already I’m so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go

‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

I’m …

There’s so many times I’ve let you down
So many times I’ve played around
I’ll tell you now, they don’t mean a thing

Every place I go, I think of you
Every song I sing, I sing for you
When I come back I’ll wear your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go

‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time, oh, let me kiss you
And close your eyes and I’ll be on my way

Dream about the days to come
When I won’t have to leave alone
About the times that I won’t have to say …

Oh, kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go

‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

And I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

Almost Fall…

icanaan — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:56:34 +0000

“Now nothing seems as strange as when the leaves began to change….”

Can’t believe it’s September already!!! School’s in full swing, and according to Mr. Jones we have taken up the slack in terms of being the crazy-eighth-graders-who-used-to-be-angelic-seventh-graders. Must have something to do with graduating and being done with middle school and on our way out to a new school. Just like Yohan during his senior slide moment (or three months, as Mr. Weathers put it). Well, already the thirteenth of the month. Soon it will be October and then it’ll be really weird having to wear coats and long pants and everything. The nights are already starting to chill off….

Aside from small talk about the weather, the eighth grade’s doing well (seemingly), except for the odd mixing of classes (who was responsible for that??). Concert Orchestra starts this Monday, which should be interesting. Welcome back to all of you who auditioned or re-auditioned. Things will be different without the original posse – Joan, Zizi, Danny, Ari, Jeremiah, and James, we’ll miss you! It’ll still be the same, give or take a few people. Thanks for a ton of great memories, though.

And of course, congrats to the Taubls who made it into the Top 20 on America’s Got Talent recently. You guys did well to make it that far! And for the record, Emily’s voice is so much better than Jennifer Price’s.

So I guess that wraps it up for right now…and to end this post, I survived a near-death skydiving experience off a cliff in a parking lot this weekend.

Cheers,

Lily

August 16, 2008

icanaan — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:59:17 +0000

Unbelievable. It’s been nearly 4 months since I’ve last written…I really need to keep my priorities in order! Well, I don’t have much time to write now, since I’m off to Camp Hazen tomorrow. When I return, however, the blog will be back in order! Sorry to all those whom I’ve dropped the ball on by not writing via iCanaan.

xo,

Lily

April 6th, 2008

icanaan — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:12:12 +0000

Is it really April already? Wow…tomorrow the GlobalEd teams are going to UCONN for the face-to-face meeting. It’s like being in a little UN. I think the reason I don’t write on the blog anymore is because there’s nothing going on to write about. Anyway, the New Haven MathCounts Competition is coming up on Friday, April 25th. Also, the Neighborhood Music School Concerto Competition is on Sunday, April 20th.

By the way, congrats to all the winners of the science fair in seventh grade!

Maia and Emma

Sophie and Lily

Andrew and Ye Hyouk

Andrew Suzuki

and

Jordan and Bianca

Write later!

March 22, 2008

icanaan — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:47:20 +0000

Wow, it’s been a really long time since I’ve last written. School’s been hectic with the CMT’s and all (ughh), and now everyone’s scrambling to get their science fair projects over. Tomorrow’s Easter, for all of you Christian people out there. Have a good holiday! Hopefully the seventh grade’s work load’s going to slow down a bit and we’ll all have time to do what needs to be done – in this case, writing on the blog. =)

Peace,

Lily

February Vaca!! Finally…

icanaan — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:54:41 +0000

As I had so articulately put it in my AIM away message: “wow, it’s finally vacation and you think I’m gonna waste it talking to you. Funny…”. Not really though. Anyways…it’s not much of a break since Worthington Hooker’s science fair is coming up and most of us haven’t even started.

Check this out: http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html

It takes a while to load but it’s definitely worth it. Someone has a little too much time on their hands….write more later (if I feel like it).