Featured Artist - Johannah Swank

Johannah Swank is one of my all time favorite indie artists. I have seen her live at the Lifehouse twice. (Hopefully, I will see her more.) She plays thougthful, acoustic songs that are usually very short. Her super high voice instantly grabs your attention and her amazing voice control and head voice will provide instant goose-bumps. Johannah Swank is very likable on stage also. Making a minor mistake she will comment, "I don't do many shows, I just play in my room." I ordered her 17 track CD called "Songs from School". It arrived wrapped in a brown paper lunch bag with no album art and a hand-written track listing. You can check her out here:http://www.myspace.com/johannahswank. Peace.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Jim Halpert: Question. What kind of bear is best?

Dwight Schrute: That's a ridiculous question.

Jim Halpert: False. Black bear.

Dwight Schrute: That's debatable. There are basically two schools of thought--

Jim Halpert: Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

Dwight Schrute: Bears do not... What is going on?! What are you doing?!

The three words that describe Dwight's life.

These are some of the coolest people that I know.

So here's my Winter Carnival group. It's not everyone because some people were shoe shopping or whatever in other places. I think it's about half maybe.. Anyway, we ate it up at the food court. -- A bunch of people stared at us because we were all dressed up, but that's okay with me because my friends and I --you know-- we turn heads.

Did you know that you aren't supposed to walk around in the mall in groups of more than five??

And in Macy's, you aren't allowed to take pictures. What's the deal with that???

Oh well good times, good times. I am so thankful for all of my friends, no matter who you are.

I also really like to dance. Peace out, keep it real, and dance or die.

Grief Therepy

“When my mother was pregnant with me, they did an ultrasound and found she was having twins. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later, they discovered that I had reabsorbed the other fetus. Do I regret this? No, I believe his tissue has made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby.”

Math, blogging and scholastic bowl.

For the record, this caption has nothing to do with the picture. Neither does it have anything to do with this blog.



Most of the time when I blog, I do it about something that really just comes to me. I feel like if I have to think about it and force an idea out, then it is not worth writing. This one has been in the back of my head for about a year. It started with Mr. Thomas' algebra II class.



When I started his class, he had just been to some seminar about teaching methods. His class was a wild ride between optional homework(eventually ended), getting an 'A' if you got an 'A' on every test, getting tardies for not doing homework, tardies for sleeping in class -- just a random mess of stuff. The rules changed a lot and most of the algebra we learned, I learned in Algabra I....

This brings me to my next point -- scholastic bowl. In scholastic bowl there are a bunch of math questions. Algebra, Geometry, Trig. -- you name it. There was a time when I was good at math, advanced, one might say. But that time is no more. I have to force myself not to try at math questions on scholastic bowl. You have to actually know how to do math for scholastic bowl. That is something that my last 2 years of math classes haven't taught me. I just do what I can to get by. (:

I am not really complaining, though. I don't really want to learn math. I pretty much know what I am going to do in college and, math is not a big part of my future. I even dropped college algebra/trig. for my senior year. It has been nicely replaced with theater I and II. (:

It would, however, be nice to do well in scholastic bowl.

... and another diet cola.

I know that you were all wondering what my theme song was!

(other than the one Jorgi made for me)

Anyway, here's one of them.

Ok now, isn't it awesome???!

I first heard this song on a Dr. Demento collection CD. It is by a band called Jim's Big Ego. The video that goes with it is not an official music vid. It's some blah youtube video made with clips from some anime series. (Cowboy Bebop) Musically, it's awesome. I would say definately, it's a well-put-together ska song with a sort of rap feel. Awesome, awesome awesome. xD

The lyrics pretty much describe one of my main philosophies. "I'm addicted to stress, that's the way that I get things done and if I'm not under pressure, then I sleep too long." I mean, why else would I be in like a trillion different clubs/organizations, trying to deal with conflicting schedules and personalities? Did you hear in the song where it says,"everybody's thinkin' 'bout me"? Now, I'm not that conceited but, doesn't it feel that way sometimes? Like everyone is trying to have a piece of your time. Like every teacher/sponsor/coach thinks that their activity should be the only thing on your mind?

Yeah!

My name is Drew Harper and I'm a stress addict. I've been sober for about 30 minutes. Yesterday, I wasted so much time on the internet that I started my sociology paper at 11:30 pm and got to bed at 2:00 am. "If I'm not under pressure, then I sleep too long!" Anyway, it all makes sense to me....

Also, I used to be all about drinking diet soda. During this school year, however, I am not drinking pop. I drink a load of McDonald's sweet tea and my share of coffee though. Caffiene is the worst drug I do (:

There is a benefit to all this stress, you know. You get things done.

I wouldn't have it any other way.