Senior Week, Diva Day, and More!!

The last week of January was "Senior Week."

Monday: College shirt day. I wore my BYU-Idaho shirt even though I wasn't at school. If you can't see, that's my ticket to Disneyland. The choir performed that day and there was much fun had.

Tuesday was "wear red" day, but I don't have a picture from that. Wednesday was crazy sock day. Andrea's wearing the pink socks, mine are red with the polka dots, and Ally's wearing the Muppet hide.

Thursday: Twin Day. Jade and I have been friends since fourth grade. We found out we both had this shirt on accident a few months back. When they announced twin day in the bulletin a few weeks beforehand, we didn't really discuss it, we just said "twinsies?" and it was done.

Friday was the Battle of the Sexes Rally. No pictures of that, either.

Diva Day is a festival the Harborlites Chorus puts on every year for high school girls. The Harborlites have been two-time champions with Sweet Adelines International, THE barbershop-for-women organization. Nine of us from Upland went, and it was amazing. We sang When I'm 64, All My Lovin', Lean on Me, and We Are Family. The Harborlites and quartets sang amazing little sets featuring songs like Dancing Queen, Unexpected Song, and Phantom of the Opera.

Okay, here's the nerd in me coming out. I love KFI, the local radio news station. My favorite host is the morning guy, Bill Handel. I sent him an e-mail and he read it on the air! I was so excited! For your reading pleasure, the letter.

Dear Bill,

I've been listening since I was in seventh grade, which make six-ish years now. As much as I love you and everyone else at KFI, I can't stand your commercials and I keep updated via podcast. I you have a great morning crew. I can relate to Rich's love for asians (just one boy in particular in my case), Gary's ridiculous laugh (I have one of my own), and Lara's having to deal with a bunch of immature men (I have four brothers).

Much to my mother's dismay, I don't mind most of the terrible, prejudiced, hilarious things you all say, but I did appreciate it when Michelle didn't post the picture of Mormon garments. (Yes, I'm Mormon.)

At seventeen, I'd always thought I was one of your youngest listeners. I would say THE youngest, but my fifteen-year-old brother loves you too. Then that Robert kid called in on Friday and I thought to myself "self, if kids like him end up as corrupted in thought as I did from listening to Bill, where will America be in twenty years?" Then I decided it was far too early to imagine such chaos.

Now to the reason I e-mailed in the first place: Thank you. Everyone at KFI, but you in particular, has sparked my interest in politics. Once upon a time, I thought I'd end up an English or humanities major, but thanks to you, I'll be studying policitcal science at either BYU-Idaho or BYU. Unlike most people my age, I realize how crappy things are in our government and want to fix it - so if you're still alive when I run for governor of Californina, you can totally take credit for getting me into it. (Oh my, what have I done??)

Sincerely,
Brooke

P.S. Tell Michelle congratulations for me. I'm sure she's gotten a million, but she deserves more. Anyone who deals with you all day should be honored when they stay a good enough person that they would be able to have a relationship, much less get engaged.

And lastly, the MOST important part. I got my denial letter from BYU, so I'm going to BYU-Idaho! I have my housing all reserved (Perkins Hall - Rachel, didn't we stay there during efy?) and my major declared (Polictical Science). Dang. I'm growing up. My poor mother.