The Eyes of Dr.T.J. Eckelberg

It's late and I should be sleeping or preparing for better things, but I was talking to my cousin and was absolutely enlightened.

We've been reading and analyzing "The Great Gatsby" in English this week and one of it's main themes is that God's eyes are watching over all and He sees everything. And the main character sees things black and white, he doesn't judge people, he tells things as they are. And all I can think is how awesome it would be to see things so innocently. To stop judging and to just see things as they are. It's kinda like what we've been talking about in band about music and art.

I love it when everything I'm learning lines up. I love it when it all makes sense. But most importantly, I love I can use the things I'm learning to help others. It's intense. And I'm so happy that I don't see things black and white. I'm so glad that I have a chance to look over the bad things in people and see the good. Because people who don't judge don't have that chance. They can't overlook the bad or take the time to find the good. But from all I've learned from everything these are my words of wisdom:

1. The most important thing to believe in is yourself.
2. Look for the good in other people as well as yourself.
3. Love. Every moment, everything, everyone.
4. Know who you are.
5. Know who you want to be.

YES!

I finally said yes to the kid. It took me a whole week and two days to do it, but it's done. And I must say, I had quite a lot of fun. Rachel came over and we made cookies and put them on a paper plate that said YES on the bottom. We then went to his house and chalked his driveway with questions like, "Is the pope Catholic?" "Is the sky blue?" "Did it rain today?" "Are basketballs round?" and one of them said "Will Callie go to prom with you?"....

Then we doorbell ditched the cookies. But you see, he doesn't live on a through road, so we had to improvise. We drove past his house with our hoods on hoping he wouldn't see us. He probably did, but we still giggled about it all and claim that he didn't.

I just hope that he's smart enough to figure it all out. haha....
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I love my Pig

So it's Friday night and I'm sitting here at the computer petting a mechanical, yet still very fluffy pig. It's been an interesting day.

After school I was in the drama room working on my English paper and Jonica and Micheal and some one else came out of the prop closet and Jonica says "Hey Callie! Do you want to come play a game with me!" And I didn't want to do my paper so I said YES. And as I was walking into the prop closet to play this game with Joni, Micheal looked at me and said, "I've got to go home before practice, so...see you later." I said bye and went to go play the game, I was kinda excited.

We basically just were trying to find the ugliest costumes in the room when the door open and a little orange pig walked in carrying a note....which said,

"The closest think I had to a a carrier pigeon was...an orange carrier pig...sorry. Hope you like him nonetheless. But I really wanted to use him to ask you a question:
Will you go to prom with me?"

So it's really simple, but I love it, because it's Micheal and it's an orange pig, and his spelling and grammar were practically flawless. I'm still smiling.

I still don't know how I'm going to say yes, and I don't know what to name the pig, but Becca thinks I should name him Rex. I think I like it.

haha, JUST KIDDING

So today in band we were playing through next year's field show music. We've played through it enough times that I almost have the thing memorized. I'm really excited because there are a lot of xylophone features in the show. One of which is a duet with the tuba player. The tuba player wasn't there so today, the duet was a solo. No biggie, but I made some mistakes...

Mistake #1.I tried to play it memorized

Mistake #2.I didn't have it memorized

It's not that big of deal I just stopped in the middle and said.... "haha, JUST KIDDING." Everybody laughed at me. I don't know why......

Can you say PINK?

I made a decision to go to Prom. It's going to be fun. I'm excited for it. My dress is going to be vibrant pink with a silver sequin sash....I KNOW you are jealous right now. The dress will be modeled after the pattern of the blue dress except it will be full length. This brings me to my biggest fear....

I am short.

True story...I'm okay and accepting with that small minor detail except when I'm in a full length dress, I appear to be four foot tall. Which is also easy for me to accept. But there's another detail....

My date is tall.

True story, my mom finds him to be freakishly tall, which is almost true. You see, he's about 6 foot 4. And most guys, when wearing a tux, look taller than they actually are. Now I'm very accepting of the fact that this boy is tall. And to be perfectly honest, I am quite attracted to tall guys. It happens. But let's just say....

Pictures are going to look interesting.

Just A Thought from our Friends at Avenue Q

Mix Tape

He likes me.I think he likes me.Does does he 'like me' like me,Like I like him?Will we be friends,Or something more?I think he's interested,But I'm not sure.

Princeton:Hi! Listen, I was going through my CDs yesterday, and I kept coming across songsI thouht you'd like, so I made you this tape.
Kate Monster:Oh, that's so sweet!

A mix tape. He made a mix tape. He was thinking of me,Which shows he cares!Sometimes when someone has a crush on you. They'll make you a mix tape to give you a clue.Let's see...

1."You've Got A Friend"
2."The Theme From 'Friends'"
3."That's What Friends Are For"
SHOOT.Oh, but look!
4."A Whole New World"
5."Kiss The Girl"
6."My Cherie Amour"
Oh, Princeton! He does like me!
7."I Am The Walrus"
8."Fat Bottomed Girls"
9."Yellow Submarine"
What does this mean?
10."Stuck On You"
11."Love Me Do"
12."My Heart Will Go On"
13."She's Got A Way"
14."Yesterday"
15."Goodnight Saigon!"
16."Through The Years"
17."The Theme From 'Cheers'"
18."Moving Right Along"
Nice tape.
Oh, there's one more...
19."I Have To Say I Love You In A Song"

He likes me!

Just Say No

It doesn't matter what the situation is, be bold, don't beat around the bushes. Just do what you have to whether it's a no or a yes. Just say it or you may forever regret it.

To Prom or Not to Prom

Everyone knows that high school is all about going to the prom right? Maybe not really. But every girl in my school seems to think so. I'm not going to lie. I've thought about it, and I've had to opportunities to go in the past. But now I'm old enough to go and I have an opportunty, meaning I have a date, but I don't know if I want to go. It's kind of creating an internal conflict within me. A friend of mine told me to make a pro and con list so here it is....

PRO:
1.The date
2.The dress
3.The fun with friends and such
4.The boy is totally willing to go if I want to, SO sweet.

CON:
1.I've been saying I don't want to go for a long time now and my mom as always thought that I would....I don't want to prove her right.
2.Prom is a money drainer, I don't want to do that to the poor kid.
3.My brother comes home that day.
4.There's a rehersal scheduled for that day.

Counter-Arguement:
1.I don't care if my mother has been right all along
2.He's willing to go, this may not happen again
3.My brother's not leaving once he comes home, I'll have him back forever.
4.The rehersal will probably be cancelled.


So, I'm obviously, undecided.....sigh.