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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Why does Dvorak kick so much ass? I don't know, but oh well, all the better for us! Here's Dvorak's "Carnival Overture" playing in the background. I got to see the Prague Symphony Orchestra perform this piece a few weeks ago?!

Sooo, I know a lot of you have been looking foward to an update, and I guess I'll come out now and satisfiy that desire. I guess you could consider this entry as an abridged version, because there's a lot of stuff to talk about... a hell of a lot more than I care to spend time typing out.

April 5th was my birthday, and the only two people who remembered on their own were Patty and Ann. What about the rest of you? Pssh. As people slowly began to realize it, the day gradually got more fun and amusing :P.

The Friday of that week JV swim had our gutterball/pizza party "fun" day. All I have to say about that is that I don't care much for gutterball. If it were up to me, we would have played waterpolo. So in my opinion, we should have just skipped the hour that we used to play gutterball and go straight to the pizza eating.

That Sunday I went to Chinese school for like half an hour where everyone in the school was herded into a large lecture hall and some lady lectured us on DNA, the human genome, etc. wtf?? o.O I don't know. I only stayed for half an hour cause then I had to leave for the chamber orchestra concert at Mr. Torn's church in Pacific Beach. There were two significant things that happened at the concert. One was that it was the first time I've ever played as a principal player (principal 3rd) under Mr. Torns. Second, it was the worst concert that I've ever played.

On Wednesday night, the school orchestra played at the Poway Festival. Both our pieces were by Beethoven, and both were seriously lacking. The reason for that is that we had never really worked on those pieces at all. Now that I think about it, once Torns got serious with chamber, he just kinda left the rest of the orchestra without direction. So it wasn't until the monday after the chamber concert that the entire orchestra put effort into the Beethoven's. Unfortunately, by then the festival was only two days away... So little preparation time, and yet we still maganged to get a unanimous superior rating =P. The judges must have really low standards... haha.

Friday was Patty's birthday. HAPPY 16TH PATTY!!*&! I accidently knocked her to the ground when chasing her down trying to tell her that. Yeah, I know, smooth operator -_-. Friday was also the day that me, Chris, and Kevin won the badminton tournament in PE?! Actually, no, Friday wasn't the day we won. But anyways, we won. That means that we're all second time winners and get a free no-run pass for a mile... again. lol. Coach Malta was like "Thats it, I won't let you guys win again!" Ahahahahahah, what I can I say? We kick ass. We're a legacy, a dynasty within the badminton nations of third period PE! =P

Besides that, Friday was also the day of the swim meet against Westview. I saw a lot of people I knew on the other team, like Thai-an, Agnes, Peggy Allen (haven't seen her since middle school), Neima, and a whole bunch of other people that I know through Thai-an but not really, catch my drift? I'd say it was a pretty close meet... but we (MC) all lost. That is, except for our Varsity Girls. They're still undefeated. They're so freaking elite... like the Einsatzgruppen of the MC swim team. Haha. I wouldn't be surprised if they took CIF's this year. In fact, I think we're all expecting it.

Mr. Gilson got really pissed at us in CYO on saturday.

SPRING BREAK!)(*&!!*^!%$!

I'm lovin' it.

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Some guy with a French accent called my house last night while I was eating dinner.

Guy - "Hello, may I please speak to Mr. Henry Sun?"
Me - "I'm sorry, but he's not home right now." (a line that I've rehersed many a time to make telemarketers go away)
Guy - "Well then, is Mrs. Sun available?"
Me - "No, I'm afraid that she's out right now, too."
Guy - "They're both out? When would be a good time to call back?"
Me - "Uhh.. I'd say around tomorrow morning at 9" (a time that I know for sure no one will be home)
Guy - "Hmm, that's a problem, I cannot make this call again. Who am I speaking to?"
Me - "Michael. I'm Henry's son."
Guy - "Yes... Mr. Anderson, I have an offer for you."
Me - "No, I'm Henry's son, and I'm under 18. If I'm not mistaken, you're not legally allowed to make an offer to an underaged person, so I'm not sure you should be--"
Guy - *cuts in* "You may not be sure, but I am sure. This is an offer that you... Jonathan... will NOT want to pass up."
Me - "Sir, I'm sorry, but my family is not interested." *makes move for hangup button*
Guy - "If you participate in this offer, you will recieve two free plane tickets and hotel stay in Las Vegas, Nevada blah blah blah blah blah--"
*I hang up*

I have too much pity for telemarketers. I should learn to end it faster next time.

Sunday, April 03, 2005

So Pope John Paul II passed away yesterday. Now as most of you probably know, I'm not a very religious person. However, that doesn't mean that I can't admire the many great things that he accomplished. John Paul II was the first Pope ever to apologize for the mistakes of the Catholic Church, for example, the condemnation of Galileo. John Paul II personally forgave the man who had left him in critical condition in a failed assasination attempt. There is no doubt that he also played a large role in the decommunization of the Soviet Union. He advocated for peace, and displayed his disaproval of the the United State's hunt and war against Saddam Hussein. These are only a few of the many great things he did. Truly, Pope John Paul II was great defender of peace and human rights for everyone. He will be missed.

Other than that, my weekend's been pretty fun. Went to the musical Crazy for You on Friday night with Patty, Robyn, and Jonathan. Its really damn good, a lot better than last year's school musical. On Saturday after CYO I began reading The Da Vinci Code, and needless to say, its impossible to put down after you've started. After I got a little reading in, I went and saw Sin City with Thai-an, Brian, Danielle, Tanya, Maren, Julia, Fran, and Bonnie because it was Thai-an's 17th birthday. After the movie we went to Farrel's and then bowling. When I came home at around 9 PM, I celebrated my own 16th birthday with my family (its actually not for another 2 days, though). I spent most of today at the beach. Its been fun.