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well, since everyone was ever so cool and posting, i decided to do so as well. and it's 3am! aren't i great?! but anyways.. hmm my thoughts on the issue. UCA campi would want to experience, jackie has experienced a private camp before, and it didn't let you know what was out there, and what you were competing against, so the camp never let you know how high you had to set for your team... let's face it, that's how we work, we look at the other team, see how good they are, then we engrave it into our minds..we wanna do better! how will we know that we have reached our full potential if we haven't competed with those other teams and not only showed them what we're made of, but also showed us what we are made of. BUT, if we're going to have a private camp, we might as well just settle for the UCA camp that's coming to us. that is acting like a private camp, that's a one to one thing between us and the coaches teaching us, so why spend money for a private camp? sure the hotel/resort sound great, but uhh yeah i can do that some other time. and i do want to go to UCA camp, because it's the experience in itself that is great out of it. not the trophies that you win, or the food, but the experience alone. EVERYONE of the returning members always recall some time of memory from camp, whether it be the time when neha hyper-ventilated, xuan flashing guys [haha!], or walking around being hyper and talking in an "English/Australian" accent! =D those are the times that i look forward to at camp! especially with our team now, and how close some of us are, it makes me want to build those kind of what i call, "camp memories" cuz there's no other memory like it. =D but, i understand that maybe this idea of going to UCA camp isn't possible, and i understand fully why the whole process might not exactly work out... but hopefully this doesn't hinder us from achieving to our highest potential. camp or NO CAMP, it doesn't matter.. our abilities remain the same all through out, camp maybe brings it out a little, but it doesn't add on to our abilities, cuz our abilities were already naturally there. We can do other things that would bring us to our highest potential.
one thing i really want to try and help out this year is our major debt, maybe us helping the debt won't help us out so much this year, but it will help the team out in the future, and make things a little bit easier for them, which i think they need. the fundraising is important, and like i said we should take full advantage of the summer. july 3 and july 4 are possible dates for carwashes. my moms is out of town so we can have a whole cheer sleepover/carwash thing going on! =D sound good?
with phil BSing his usual stuff... i know he means well.. knowing how that guy operates, i know he doesn't mean things to be un-just. he just thinks he's doing what's best for us, and for that i give him credit. the things he may do may not be the best for us, but he's trying to do what he thinks is best. we gotta give him that much. phil does feel guilty for the outcome of last year, and i really don't think he'd want to do that to us again. we will get some where.. keep the faith, it's not good to already have such a negative perspect on things in the very beginning of the year. being negative right from the beginning won't take you anywhere. trying to stay positive, and achieve positive things just might though. we all gotta work together as a unit, even with phil. he's our coach, and no matter how much we think he's crap, we still need him. he does help in some ways...
now for the cheesy part... i gotta say the beginning is having it's rough ends of things, but getting to know more about you guys and hanging out with you guys has been a very enjoyable experience. =D i don't think i've ever felt so close to a team since my sophomore year when we had 7 varsity members. no matter how bad things get, just letting you guys know that.. YOU ALL make the hard stuff somewhat enjoyable to go through. =D *tear* hahaha! keep your head up guys, and let's all just hope for the best, because we shouldn't be hoping for anything less than that, cuz i believe we can be the best out there. seeyalaterr!
okay so here's what's going on right now.. and i can already feel the frustration of everyone, and the year barely even started. summer is supposed to be where we see where we can go later, but ehh, not this summer apparently. we're starting off on a very rough summer, but the positive outlook? hMm.. we may be starting off with a very rough summer, but it doesn't mean we're starting off on the wrong foot. hahaha does that make sense? i don't know, i think it made sense in my head... but yeah that could be just me.. so let's see let's address the following issues that i talked to our coach about...
1. every day practices
the topic is still up for debate. i talked to him about it, and he said that we would get started on everyday practices when Bob comes back, but i think we can practice everyday. I'm still talking to him more about it, but i'm hoping *crossing fingers* that by next week we get to practice everyday! *crossing toes*
i also managed to talk to mr. K about camp.. and this is what he said to say..
he's not stopping us from attending camp. if we want to attend camp, we can, but the money to pay for camp has to come from our own pockets. cuz usually this is how the whole budget system works. The school pays for our crap, and we reimburse the school, but due to our tremendous pep team debt of $12,000 they do not want to fund us anymore. So, if we want to go to camp, the $250 of camp has to come from our very own pockets being paid directly to the camp itself. So, basically, we're getting rid of the middle man between us and camp. I'm not sure how this process would work, but i think we should give it a try. i'll look into it some more, to see if it's do-able. hopefully it works. i don't wanna miss out on camp! i'm hoping, if it works, that we can get our money in by july 10 you guys think it's possible? i mean if we really want it, we gotta do it right? and like i said earlier, if we wanna do something about our year, we gotta put the effort and try... so i wanna try this. and i mean if it doesn't work, atleast we know we tried, and maybe this will help inspire us to do even better in the year... who knows all this stuff may have a positive outcome?!
i know everyone must be frustrated with how phil is acting, and i know he said he would try to make things better this year. i'm just as frustrated as everyone else. i feel like we're at a standstill on this thing, and i don't like the way he talks to us. HE DOESN'T LiSTEN! ughhh! i really am frustrated as well, but i'm dealing with him. i realize that he is how he is, and no matter how much you try and change that guy, or no matter how much he says he will.. HE WON'T. he's not worth our frustrations, because no matter how much we frustrate over things, he will never change! so why stress ourselves out? let's just concentrate on trying to make the most of our year.. even if phil will pull through or not. Let's just try and make the most of it.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, ifthey can't find them, they make them.
-- George Bernard Shaw
alrite.. so here i am feeling inspired to write, let's hope the inspiration to write doesn't leave me sometime during this writing session. oops, too late, it left! haha JK! well hMm yeah i gotta agree with yelena our practice today sucked my ass! it was not worth waking up at 5am, well 4.30am and a 30min drive in my case. our summer practices before the exercise that i got from that morning made my whole waking up so early a good experience! ugh, i really hope this isnt' a sign of things to come. =/ but like the quote above represents, i believe it's up to us to make our year. if we don't like the way things are going now, well then, WE should be the ones to change them! cuz we all know if we count on phil to do crap for us, we get nothing done. i have a proposition. i really want to practice a lot of time into our home routine, because i think that's a really important routine. i mean that's the first time everyone in camp sees what we are made of! it's like our first impression to the rest of the camp, so i feel we should set aside extra practice time just for that. sometime afterschool maybe? are you guys up for it? hMm.. and also about this whole camp business.. you guys, don't sweat it, don't forget, THEY DiD THiS TO US LAST YEAR! as long as we get our ish straight in time of camp, we'll be able to go, i hope... it would totally kill my last year if i didn't go to camp. =/ but yeah... i will talk to Mr. K about coming to a resolution and a compromise.. and coming to a due date on when we can turn in the money, and WE WiLL HAVE iT iN BY THEN! and besides, it's not our freakin' fault our coaches didn't stress the value of the payment was, they treated it as if it was nothing, so what are we supposed to think about it?! but anywho.... basically i just want to say, i want us to have a really great year, and i feel that we have a lot of potential, i'm sure we all feel what we our capable of. i feel that, WE ARE CAPABLE OF MAKiNG iT TO FLORiDA! our ability to recognize our potential is the first step for us getting there, now the second step is putting in the effort to get us there! Nobody else can take us to where we want to go, only WE can do that. just felt like sharing my thoughts about some stuff.. seeyalaterrr! and post any ideas you guys might have about fundraising.. it would be good..
fundraising ideas:
1. going to watch shows. If you watch shows that are filmed in front of a studio audience, they pay you PER HEAD on how many people you bring with you! so yeah i think that would be good. and it's easy you sit and laugh when they tell you to, and it can be somewhat entertaining. some of these shows may require 18+ people to come watch it, but if you guys have any shows in mind that don't require that age limit then do tell...
2. CHEER YARD SALE! i really liked this idea, not only cuz it was a GOOD one, but it also benefits us, it allows us to get rid of junk that we might have lying around the house that others might want. "one man's trash is another man's treasure." yeah whatever that kind of BS sorta thing. hahahha
3. CAR WASH! duh! that's a given! this should be soon!!!
okay now i'm seriously done talking. hahaha sorry i talked too much. =X hehehe.
hey guys! summer vacation already started! crazy! 6am practices here we come! YAY! i'm so excited! hahah maybe not, but yeah.... xuan, yelena, nash, can you believe it WE'RE SENiORS! hahaha! who's crazy ass idea was that?! hahaha well i'm looking forward to our summer guys! =D i hope it'll be one to remember! and ooh cheer camp! we really need to get on the ball with everything, cuz darn it! i wanna win trophies again! *i think watching the camp video pushed me.* hahaha! but yeah, i do want to achieve as much as we did last camp! alrite i think i'm done being bored now. well not really, but i smill and i need to shower! byee!
boy did i have difficulty figuring this out at first! hahaha, until i asked yelena what the heck was going on, and she informed me of what was going on so i'm not as confused. hMm... i wonder who's really gonna be writing in this contraption. well whatever... i'll write more later. i just wanted to test things out. =D
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