Dear Diary,

Today is March 13, 2008. I have begun to post regularly, about every other day is my goal. For those of you who have viewed my YouTube account, feel free to post comments and ratings and leave me feedback if you are a member. I have decided, that each post, I will try to post one of my YouTube videos or a video of another member that I thought was post-worthy. So... welcome to the new and improved Meg's Blog! I am glad to see that I have not lost touch with any of my friends from my previous blog.

The only thing I feel I am a little upset about is the fact that I had to change my username. I asked a question in the FAQ's and wondered if I could delete my account but keep the old username, and the person who responded said no. I was disappointed because for all of my accounts, my username is the same, Horselvr1188. But this blog differs from the others and throws my username consistency off course... but I think is a good, spicy change! Lol, I have "Spice up your life" in my head by the Spice Girls.
I found out just recently that Victoria Beckham was a Spice Girl, the one married to the soccer player, David Beckham? David Beckham is one of my idols, and I was surprised to hear his wife was a singer in a popular all-girl band group. Not bad, just unusual and unexpected.

I don't remember if I told you this, but my dad got the new Flip Video Camcorder, which is awesome. I use the camcorder frequently; I feel as if sometimes I own the camera and my dad's borrowing it!

To recall the events that have happened in the past month, school has always been a rush of unexpected and stressful things! Not many tests at the beginning of March, but this week and next week we have many. We had a Social Studies test today, which I think I did pretty well on. We have a Math test tomorrow, a Science test on either Monday or Tuesday, an English test sometime next week, and a Spanish dialog performance on Monday or Tuesday. I have had to memorize and study many things, and last week we had the ISATs! Too much testing for me to handle, except that you don't have to study for the ISATs, but for me at least, the ISATs are still stressful... we must have a healthy, medium-sized breakfast in the morning, not a granola bar which I usually have in the mornings. The only good thing about ISATs is there is not as much homework and two days of Orchestra are canceled! I like Orchestra, but three days a week at 7:30 in the morning... a little much in my opinion. I wish our schedule these past two years was like 6th grade, where we had orchestra and chorus during the day! Those were the days. However, I didn't like my previous school as much as I like my school now, except for the fact their was no grades and little homework compared to what we have now. My little brother has just started in the homework industry. He's in for a bumpy ride!

I do believe that the homework children get in high school is a little much, but I do believe homework is vital in order to understand and practice the concepts we learn during school. Thought I think homework is a balancing act; teachers need to know how much homework to give children so as not to overwhelm them and stress them out. After all, we're still young!

Recently, my friend Ashley has been hanging around a 7th grader, Reilly, who's one of my friends and Mary, another one of my friends and appears to be focusing more on them than me. I don't mean to be dramatic or selfish; but Mary has noticed it too and is becoming a little annoyed with Mary clinging onto her. I know Ashley has had MUCH home drama this year, which is hard on her, and she needs to relate to people who have similar experiences. I get along with my parents well, compared to other children. We have our fights, but we love each other inside and that's what's important, even though we may not show it on the outside, we do love our parents and our parents love us.

Then why is is hard to please our parents? Because sometimes we slip up, and we don't always do everything we're supposed to, or we do less than we need to to achieve our goals, which makes our parents wonder if we even try, and sometimes makes them lose their tempers. But whether or not either of us show it, family is a strong bond that cannot be broken, even by the most serious wears and tears.

So to all parents AND children out there... try your best, and your family will love you the way you are.

But to summarize the day, I think I did well on the Social Studies test, except for the last 2 questions which I think I was confused with... in English we performed our Mockingbird skit and studied literary terms and vocabulary in our next book/play, "Raisin in the Sun". I have heard of this book, but not in detail. In Science, we reviewed over questions in order to study for our test, and in Math we went over our homework as usual and studied for our test. And finally, in Spanish, we practiced our dialog that we will present soon and I think I've memorized it. Well, my iCal alarm has just went off... time to read... and most likely study more for Math!

Adios! I will attach one of my YouTube videos below. This was my first video, a video of my dog attacking my brothers on the sledding hill we built by our garage. Enjoy!



~Meg/GilmoreGirl1188