12 November 2003 ~ 0 Comments

[move it to the exits]

scribble is being a stupid piece of crap and won’t let me update, so i’ve been saving miscellaneous entries in notepad.
this weekend was way fun. saturday night i hung out with mike: we took allison, claire, and mary into fenton so they could get some gift stuff for caitlyn and jeff. mike bought a pizza [...]

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02 November 2003 ~ 0 Comments

2oo3 state finals

well, that’s it. it’s over. we took seventh place with a 72.4. i can’t believe how not disappointed i was with that. i wasn’t disappointed in our ranking and i wasn’t disappointed in our score because i was very satisfied with my own personal performance. i went out there and had a great time and [...]

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31 October 2003 ~ 0 Comments

my last bonding night

i feel so great right now, even though i’ve spent the last two hours pretty much bawling my eyes out. we watched the videos and the table movie wouldn’t work so i was sad about that, but the night was still fantastic. i managed to make it through my poem okay tonight. a couple of [...]

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05 October 2003 ~ 0 Comments

linden (3)

mike wrote me an ad in the linden invitational program. it is on my list of cutest things anyone has ever done for me – right up there with alex taking me out for my birthday and amy buying me balloons the day before i left for jamaica.
this weekend was wonderful. friday i went to [...]

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30 September 2003 ~ 0 Comments

ashes, ashes, we all fall down

well, we traded in our pontiac montana for a saturn vue. the minivan hadn’t been running so hot, so mom decided it was time to get rid of it. my parents made the decision pretty quickly. my car has been acting funny, too, so we’ve been talking about the possibility of me getting a new [...]

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22 September 2003 ~ 0 Comments

i still call you, but i get your machine

this week marching band rehearsals are all from 4:30-7pm instead of the usual 6-8:30pm. i’m not so sure i like the earlier time. oh well. the only plus is that it is light outside for the entire practice. we are working on finishing up the drill for the third song and it’s going to look [...]

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20 September 2003 ~ 0 Comments

flushing invitational @ EMU

today was a very very very good day! it was the day of the marching band’s second invitational this year, which was flushing’s invitational held at EMU as usual. it was my best personal performance yet. there was a judge following the middle voice for the majority of the show (a music individual judge, i [...]

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14 September 2003 ~ 0 Comments

novi (3)

so yesterday was novi. it was absolutely wonderful, despite our score. i was so nervous as we marched around the track. then one of the judges bitched us out before we even went out on the field (apparently we were playing ticks when we weren’t supposed to be). i think that freaked everyone out a [...]

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24 August 2003 ~ 0 Comments

and this one time, at band camp .. (4)

well, this is it. it’s finally over. my senior year at band camp is complete. never again will i set foot in covenant hills christian camp. well, i guess that part is sort of a good thing. it’s such a weird feeling: this is the beginning of the end.
first off, i’d like to say that [...]

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11 August 2003 ~ 0 Comments

pre-camp (year four)

woo! it’s that time once again. marching band pre-camp has arrived! i can FINALLY drive myself (i even gave kaylee a ride), so i’m happy about that. life has been so much easier since i got my driver’s license, i swear.
my nametag this year reads:
Kristen ByersMellophone(ex pit member)
gee thanks, mike.
the first day of pre-camp was [...]

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