A blog of a year through the eyes of a highschool junior.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
As Valentine Day Approaches...
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Dancing = Sexism
“I’m Going to do it,” I announced to a small group of friends as we huddled around a bulletin board liking at the weeks activities.
“No your not,” one of my friends snapped.
“That’s so awesome,” remarked another.
Remarks like this echoed throughout the group, but I was serious, I was going to try out for the dance team.
The dance team was an all girl team but the y had no rules about guys trying out. But no man had ever attempted the feat. I would be the first.
As the day passed I was amazed at how fast news traveled. By the end of the day the school was chattering about how I was going to try out. That’s were my troubles began.
The next day as I was walking down the hallway, I felt a tap on my shoulder.
“You are trying out for the dance line?” a voice rang in my ear. As I turned around I saw a young girl dressed in a shimmering pink outfit.
“Yes, yes I am,” I remarked.
“No, seriously you are trying out for the dance line?” I could see her eyebrows start to bunch up and a fierce glow started to show in her eye. I could tell she was starting to get worried and a bit frustrated.
“Yes, I believe I am going to try”
She stumbled off dazed and confused.
Through out the rest of the day I felt as if I had caused social unrest through out the school. Every one was talking about the fact that a guy was going to try out for the dance line. Some were angry, some were excited, and others were just plain confused. Luckily for me, I had most of my sister’s friends on my side all on with some of my other friends. The only ones who didn’t support me were the rednecks, some of the dance liners, and the girl in the shimmering pink out fit. The rednecks and any one who opposed the fact that I was trying out for the dance line called me names like “Gay,” or “Fag,” but I just shrugged it off knowing that they didn’t have the balls to do what I was doing.
As Friday approached I found out that a rumor had started that I was just joking round. I laughed at it. No one believed that I was serious. Even my dad didn’t believe me. He didn’t even support me. By the end of the day my anger level had grown to five times the normal. That’s when the girl approached me again.
“Ian you better not be trying to make a fool of the dance line by trying out.”
Her black beady eyes stared me down and sent a chill down my spine. I could tell that she was devastated.
All I wanted to say back to her was, “You incarnation of the frozen soul of the ice queen! Does this really affect you so much? Does it wreck your perfect little world where everything revolves around you? I pity you, that all you see is your self and the people who give you attention and obey your every command.” But I couldn’t, so I said, “Ok.”
When I went to sign up for the tryouts I almost chickened out, but Sarah and Melissa helped me through. At first the rest of the girls were just like the girl who had approached me, But most of them warmed up to the idea of a guy liking to dance.
Now it turns out that someone was worried about their world changing, and the rumor had got to their coach. So after sign up she pulled me aside and explained to me that even if I made it on I would still have to go through the school board to even be able to perform. This was only because it was an all “girls” team. Talk about sexism. I mean if girl can play football, then why I can’t dance.
As the night passed I began to feel nervous. The butterflies swarmed in my stomachs. The nauseating feeling kept me up all night. I don’t remember when I fell asleep but when my alarm clock went off I just stood up and threw on my athletic clothing. As I made my way to the gym a sudden burst of energy flowed through my body.
I knew from the start that it wasn’t going to be easy. I had only taken some ballroom and tap but those were months behind me and I had know idea of what to expect. We started off stretching. This could have been hard but luckily I had been stretching for track since March. When we were done we started the kicks. This was new, and as far as I could tell I am pretty sure that male dancers never actually have to do kick lines. We worked on keeping our legs straight and toe pointed for quite some time. As soon as we had got a handle of that we learned an eight-count pattern that we repeated for god knows how long. When the kicks were done we started working on the choreographed number. This is where my lack of dance classes started to affect me. We started out by going across the gym doing weird jumps, leaps and tumbles. These were different falling to the ground in to a roll didn’t sound fun to me, but I kept going strong trying not to make to big of mistakes.
As the day progressed I soon came to realize that no matter how many rimes I tried to dance like the others, I just couldn’t do it. There was no way that I could even start to compare my performance skills to theirs. I quickly came up with a move that I thought would match their skills. This I came up with partly by watching the others, partly by my self. When I had executed the maneuver the music stopped and the coach’s voice rang out over the gym floor, “ Remember that you are high school students and that you should act like them. Make sure that you are not crossing the line between appropriate and inappropriate.” I knew that she was using subliminal messaging to really say this to me but not to the whole group. I felt a rage start growing inside of me.
I thought to my self, “ Who is this women to decide what is appropriate, and inappropriate? Who is she to say what high school students are supposed to act like? I mean that move that I did didn’t compare to the moves that the rest of the group was doing. I mean I know some of them did dance like a second hand slut. But there were those who would roll around on the floor and spread their legs. So if my move was inappropriate, that would make their moves like crossing the barrier that separates the moral, and those who aren’t.”
As the break for lunch began Sam, Tesia, and I went to Lucky Seven where we chowed down on the worst food imaginable. With in fifteen minutes we had down a monster and a few pieces of really crappy pizza. We returned just in time to practice the routine a few more times before the judging began.
Now this is when I started to notice that the tryouts were made so that not only the best got in but only the ones that the coach had wanted. She had said at the beginning of the day that to ensure that the tryouts were fair, that she would not be coming to them. But she had been there the whole time. She had also said that she would be getting judges from out of town so that not only was she not as acquainted with them, but that we didn’t know either. The judges she picked were some of her friends that not only she knew but we also knew. Not only were did we knew them but they were all female. Which means no male view on it. One word rang out in my head “SEXISM”.
They sent us out to the hallway to wait for the time when we would be called to perform before the judges. When we first got out we sang “Happy Birthday” to Sam and ate cookies. But things started to take a turn for the worst when I started talking to a group of the dancers.
While we exchanged words about how the day was going one of them approached me and offered me some lemonade. Mid-sip they announced that it was I mixed drink. I was shocked. I half coughed up, half spit out the concoction into a near by garbage.
I was furious how could the girls be drinking at tryouts. It went against all of the reason to be in a sport. In shock I drifted to a corner and practiced the routine.
We were called in by pairs, so when I was called so was Janice Mostar. We started by doing kicks, and then moved into doing the routine. In the middle of it I glanced at her to see if I was doing it right. But to my surprise she had stopped dancing and was just standing there. She didn’t even finish the routine. No I know this sounds harsh so I have to admit I also forgot part of the dance but I found my place and continued.
So I was sent to the hallway, all the stress that had been on my shoulders disappeared and I felt a thousand pounds lighter. We sat around talking about life for quite some time. When the finely started calling us in they brought us to the judges one by one. I was one of the first.
When I reached the panel of judges I was very unhappy to see that the coach had broken yet another one of her promises. She to was part of the panel. She was the one who got the final say, “ Ian, I have never had a boy try out for….”, she went on about how I was the first boy that she had ever had try out and how that it had surprised her. Hearing those words I grew hopefully, maybe this contest wasn’t as rigged as I thought it was. “ …But I am sorry you didn’t make the cut.” What she said after that I don’t remember what she said after that. I mean I knew that I wasn’t the best but I also knew that I wasn’t the worst. All I could think was how she had deceived us all. She had broken promises that I was sure she was going to keep. In my opinion she was a dead to me. She was worse than the devil him self. She had a tarnished reputation and could not be trusted. In a daze I walked to the exit.
When I left the door I slumped against the wall. My whole idea of being the first male dancer on the dance line had been crushed. Like a fly be flattened by a fly swatter. I could not believe my eye as I watched the rest of the girls come out. Every one of them had made it.
Even today there is a part of my heart that is still hurting from the let down. But I have to come to realize that this world isn’t all fun and games. People are cruel and will do anything to climb the rungs of the latter of society, even if that means being sexist, or listening to rumors.
Now I know I may sound like I am bashing the whole existence of dance line but I am not. I think that some of the things that dance line does are amazing. But the fact that the coach could be sexist really guts my goat. Now the coach never came up to me and said that I didn’t make it because I was a boy but when they told me that I didn’t make it I caught a hint that it was because of my gender. The second thing that really got me mad was that the girls were drinking at they tryouts. This is going against the rules set up by the school and state. There would have definitely been more cuts if the school found out about the drinking. But alas that was the past and I must move on into the future and leave this problem in the dust for another to pick up.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
WELL THIS TIME IT IS GOING DOWN!!!!!!!!!! I HATE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
COOKIES FOR SANTA
TCHUSS
IAN
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
well this is the time where my thoughts are processed
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
FRANK ATTACK
they have a question, what is a vga. i look into the room next to me and i see a graveyard of computers.
My partners are fighting like cats in a jello pit.....and now mariah is getting frisky.
so what is the answer to this question......a monopoly is the __________ in todays society.
here are possible list of answers.....WAIT HANNAH MONTANNA JUST WALKED INTO THE COMPUTER ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!mariah and her broi kept slapping each other
and slapping, and slapping. well back to the list:
Adult
Aeroplane
Air
Aircraft Carrier
Airforce
Airport
Album
Alphabet
Apple
Arm
Army
Baby
Baby
Backpack
Balloon
Banana
Bank
Barbecue
Bathroom
Bathtub
Bed
Bed
Bee
Bible
Bible
Bird
Bomb
Book
Boss
Bottle
Bowl
Box
Boy
Brain
Bridge
Butterfly
so my font sized changed...... now i will put random parts of conversations that i here.
hear,wasn't that it,yes i guess i don't go up to my, latex, nose and smell them, and stan said,hannah montanna,and now were, hahahahahahahhahh *LOUD LAUGHTERx2*
any who mitch is in the hallway. brooke is going crazy. Hannah is wild as an Ape on crack. go with the flow, and don't blow.......that is a message to my friend TIMMY.... she just went through a washing machine.....she is overwelmed. with CoiiohoOcosodfhsoCjasdfonasgiofnKasogfnaohgrn.
if you cought that word. well then you have good eyes. i also should worn you i lied. she isnt obsessed with that.....or is she......
well this is the event that is ending....
tchuss...
*all events are simulated*
Monday, November 22, 2010
blizzard conditions make for socially awkward statements
wow what can i say. or what do i want to say. nothing.
today i was skiing. their was a line of skiers in fromt of me. then WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!! the snow fell and out of the trees and i lost sight of the whole line of skiers in front of me. So i ate microwave food today.....what can i say....shit in plastic. on a different take.... plastic toilets.....wow thats really shit in plastic. so thinaksgiving is in a couple ofdays and i really havent had time to kill a turkey. i really like turkey. it makes me feel reallty good in side. i love drama, and crazy things.
shakespeare no sense maketh.
well thats all for now look out for part two.
TCHUS GUMMI!!!!
IAN
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
"I'm HAGRID THE PIRATE"
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Run Run As Fast As You Can, You Can Probably Stop Me Cause I don't Give a Damn.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Happiness = Nirvana in Two Forms.
Two things that can make a smile appear on my face are music and dancing. Music is the fluid that runs through my soul, like blood through the heart. All music pleases my musical palette, but the more crazy and on the edge the better. Take the song Scars by Basement Jaxx, this song has a basic hip-hop feel but it is so much more it. It has an edge like a razor blade it makes you stop and listen or press the next button so you can get to a more familiar music. I LOVE IT!!!
Music also plays a crucial role in dance. The ability to dance is created by music. The beats grab your soul and your body moves in ways that are so unpredictable. Dance is something i like to do for it is one type of performance art that is a sport, doesn't use voices, but still needs a person to interpret and add their own character to. Dance is one of the many foods that my soul thrives on. It creates a crazy sensation that i could live on for days.
And that is my Happy Blog. May not be a work of Shakespeare but it is what makes me happy.
This is it. This is the life. (a happy one at that) Signing out :) Ian
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Cream Puff Parental Control
You know what else makes me sick. PARENTAL CONTROL. my parents recently put a parental device on my computer so that i. I mean "We" (my brothers and i) couldn't get into any sites that would "wreck our innocence". So i have been testing my limits to see how far i can get before the warning goes off. I know am not allowed to look at, google, or write about things like drougs, Secks, and Swear WORDS. Excuse my bad spelling it is just that i couldn't even access dictionary.com. Way to go parents!! Encouraging bad spelling, and to think that one of you is an English teacher. Not only are the words spelled wrong, they are spelled wrong for more than one reason, to show how dumb that blockers are, i can't even write words that would activate the blocker. For you know what would happen i wouldn't even be able to read my own blog. One more thing if wasn't able to find out how much one pound of crack cocaine costs of the third day of mardis gras of leap year 2424 was? SURPRISE i could just use your computer, parents. YAY!! for cream puff parental controls. Oops i just used a dictionary,! Say goodbye to my innocence. This is it. This is the life. I have to leave before the parental control cuts off my time. So here i go in 5...4...3...2..............
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Scouting for Boys Without a Voice
Boy scouts is like a boot camp for civil war soldiers except in stead of civil war soldiers it is little whiny mama's boys how still are attached to their mothers bosoms. They teach each other how to tie knots, use compasses, and make baskets. What they are teaching scouts really has no purpose or use in the modern world since we don't lash logs together to build house, have garmin GPS systems, and have Walmart to buy cheaply made baskets at in stead of boyscout camp. They should teach each other how to balance a check book, or how to have an interview, and how to cook in a kitchen in stead of in a dutch oven over a open fire. Another thing that is messed up with the whole boyscout system is that the boy scouts have the great idea to lock up a bunch of teenage boys with festering hormones in closets i mean cabins for weeks. They might as well add a catholic priest then the fun really starts. not really boy scouts teaches boys how to really use their time like their new video game merit badge, play 30hrs of straight video games and you get a badge. (YAY :P) what is next sleeping merit badge, go to sleep each night and you get a badge. YAYZZZzzzzzzzz. this makes me sick. well literally. i am sick my throat has a ball of spikes in it that scratches the whole length of my throat,leaving me able to cough up little parts of my lungs. YAY. not. so i am sick and i have to take lovely medicine that doesn't really help and i get to eat cough drops 24/7. This next week is going to be great. This is it. This is the life. I am out. Ian
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Love Song City: Welcome to the Minor Key of Hell.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Brownie Day, a Chance of Rain, and 1 Million Pokeballs
I made brownies later that day. I ate half the pan before i realized what i was doing. The brownies were soft and gushy and oozed sticky Carmel (that's what she said). It was like a bomb of amazingness blowing up in my mouth causing my saliva glands to fill my mouth with spit. These brownies were so amazing, if given to rivaling countries they could stop a war. Well... Maybe....
Today downloaded Pokemon, the only game that has captivated minds kids and single men who are really fat and eat Twinkies for every meal for generations. I love Pokemon there is just so much you can do in their world. You can press A as many times as you want when you talk to Nurse Joy and you now what, they won't say " Hey get the hell out of my Poke center I have already healed your Pokemon twice now!!" no they just say " Welcome to the Poke center, give me your balls so i can heal them." Hey!! none of that I know what you are thinking, " HAHAHAHA (immature laughter) he made a balls joke. HAHAHAHA (more immature laughter). Well what can I say... hmm... screw you and your immature jokes. Well not really. Now back to Pokemon, you can also run in any buildings and run into to people at full speed and bounce off of them and you don't have to give a damn. One last thing. What happens to all the Pokemon that you faint during your training. Do their passed out corpses line the roads of the Kanto region. Do the bodies of the Pokemon lay in the grass until another Pokemon devours their body. I mean really , they couldn't have planned this out a little better. One last thing before I end this post. What do the people in the world of Pokemon eat??? There are no cows, chickens, or pigs. ONLY POKEMON! Does that mean that they eat Pokemon how sick and cruel. Imagine this you walk in to dinner and your mother says " Here have a nice slice of pickachu, with a side of boiled bell sprouts. And lets not forget your favorite, Jigglypuff filled jello." MMM my favorite. and That is the thought i will leave you with. This is it. This is the life. Ian Lah Signing Out.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Grammarians & Tourism
Now i am adding a segment that will appear here and there through out my blog. The part of Blog where I complain about things in the news that are just ridiculous. So here is the topic: BP. BP is making a bigger mess than the US did in the middle east. I heard that 210,00 gallons of oil spill out a day, and it has been roughly 4 months since the start on April 20th, 2010. There are roughly 30 days in each month, so 120 days of oil. When you multiply 210,000 gallons of oil by the number of days you come out with a total of 25,200,000 gallons of oil. With that much oil, well it is just a sick waste. So this is it. This is the life.