My Happy Post! :D

The past two weeks have seriously been the best two weeks of my life! The Beauty Review was actually alot of fun and I really liked it. Everyone was so adorable, but the best thing was when the guys came out on stage. They didn't follow directions like they were suppose to, so when the judges told them to turn to their backside, they dropped something, turned around, and bent down in front of the judges so the whole audience saw their butts. Even Coach O'Brein was cracking up.
The robot competition was very intense. Seriously, when I went, I thought it might be boring. But once it started and everything was set up, we all got really into it, yelling and screaming and everything. Me, Steven, Linda, and Olivia were in first place through all 18 rounds. Then we made it through the quarterfinals and the semifinals, which was just excellent! Then Steven made a huge mistake. He picked a chick named Kelly to be his partner because she was crushing on him. Me and Linda and Olivia were yelling at him and everything that he should pick Dalton but he didn't listen to us. That was what made us lose to Amory in the finals. You better believe there were some tears. :'( But boy did our faces light up when we found out that we were going to Disneyworld with them because we were first in EVERYTHING! Plus, it was the fact that our school was the host. So yeah, on April 11, my team is heading to Ackerman to ride the bus with them, and then were all leaving for Disneyworld, which will take about twelve hours. More than likely, we're leaving super early in the morning, like around 2 or 3, and we won't even get there until that afternoon. But we're staying until April 15, which is that Friday, so we get to stay for a whole week! Seriously, that is going to be the best week of my life, mainly because I get to hang out with new friends, make new friends, and if all goes right, I'll get to go to The Wonderful World of Harry Potter! Me and Linda WILL ride the Hippogriff! I don't care if I am afraid of heights! :D
Me, Susan Marshall, Kyle Dahlem, Luke Ellis, Austin Welch, and Richard Clay were on the front cover of the Monroe Journal because of our trip to Jackson on Feb. 2. I was so shocked to see it on the front page! Plus they had our Robotics competition in there also and they had the winning teams. I tell ya, I felt famous for like a week. Also in that week, I found out that the next book in the Maximum Ride series, Angel came out. I was super excited for that, so last Saturday, I asked my mom to get it for me, and I got it. I'm halfway through it now, but I found out there is only ONE more book after, and then the series is finished. But no worries because apparently they are going to start making movies. I still say that Gage Golightly should play Max. She just seems like the perfect choice. I've seen what she can do on The Troop and there is no doubt in my mind she will be fantastic as Max. :)
I got my ACT scores back and guess what I made. Drumroll please.... 19!!!! I was so happy for that score! Yeah, I know I can do better than that, but it was only my first try. Plus, I didn't get to go to the study sessions for Math and Chemistry, so next time it should be an absolute breeze. Let's hope anyway. :D
Tuesday I got accepted into the National Technical Honor Society. The ceremony was pretty friggin' shweet. Me and Jesyca Hathcock and a few of our other friends and even people we don't know were accepted into it because we have been going to Vo-Tech for two years or more years and we managed to keep a 3.0 GPA. I got to see my old friends from second block Robotics that I haven't seen in months. You better believe there was alot of hugging. I have the pictures to prove it.
Thursday, our Scholarsbowl team went to ICC to compete. We ended up losing the third round, but we weren't too sad or anything. We packed up the van and truck and headed to Tupelo to do some bowling. That was fun also because I haven't been bowling in years. The people to go were Me, Jesyca, Malarie Dean, Kourtney Hubbard, Joey Brown, John Rutledge, Danielle Hathcock, Nicholas Sims, and Cody Caldwell. Mrs. Rutledge was the teacher person thingy. We went out for ice cream afterwards and I tell ya, we all just had a great time that day.
So that's about it for my best two weeks. There was probably more but I know that I can't remember it. Anyway, ciao for now! <3

Talent Show

So tonight, we had a talent show, and let me tell you, it was amazing, no doubt. I'll go on and tell you I didn't win anything, but it was still fun and entertaining. The Twins have been back in town, so the visited Forbus for a little while after school, then they took me to my grandma's house so I could get dressed over there. I wasn't going to go all girly and stuff like that, but I decided I should since all the other girls were doing it. I wore dress pants with a pink under shirt and gray over shirt with black heels. Needless to say, my feet were killing me.
My grandma took me to the talent show even though it was pouring, and when I got there, everyone was setting up. My best friend Mason was working the bake sale, which they had some really good stuff for sale! People kept telling meh I looked good and stuff. You gotta understand... I'm not a girly person, so yeah... LOL!
I had my song on my junk drive cause I forgot to burn it to a CD, so most of the crew backstage had to help me find a way to play. We ripped and ran for about thirty minutes, trying to figure out what to do. In the end, Joey decided to run to his house and get a blank CD for me, which was completely awesome on his part! He's a freaking lifesaver! I was suppose to be perform as number two, right after Mason, but I had to change numbers because of the whole incident with my music, which I didn't mind. So I was number 8 and a girl who hurt her leg, Summer Adams, was #2. It really helped her get across the stage easily.
Mason rapped, Summer sang, two girls danced, another girl sang, and a foreign exchange student named Sang played the piano. After those few kids, Mrs. Mackey (my art teacher), Mrs. K. (the trig teacher) and Mr. Lockhart (the Chemistry student assistant) danced wildly to Lady Gaga. That was the best part of the night, I promise! Mrs. Mackey and Mr. Lockhart had on wigs... yeah, it was just awesome. :)
Once they were done, it was my turn, and I was a nervous wreck! I was trying to calm down before I threw up, and thank God I finally did calm down. I was still nervous though. Kyle Dahlem, who was the speaker, introduced me as just Nykia cause he didn't know my last name (even though it was right there on the paper...) I got on stage and said, "Burdine, Kyle!" and he turned around and said, "Burdine! Nykia Burdine! My bad!" While they were getting the song ready, I thanked all the backstage help and Mrs. Welch for helping me get my song set up, which they didn't have to. I'm sure they appreciated the thanks. Then I sang my song, which was "Never Had A Dream Come True" by S Club 7. I'm in absolute love with that song! I wish I could say I did fantastic on it, but my voice cracked on one part which was really embarrassing. Still, everyone really loved it! I even saw so tears, man! Some folks were happy I sang it because they haven't heard it in FOREVER!!! I mean, it's from the '90's! It's amazing though.
I'll never tell Mason this, but the last part of the song, where I sing, "A part of me will always be with you," I looked right at him when I sang it, and I smiled as wide as I could. I could tell you the whole story behind if I like Mason or not, but I'll save that for a rainy day. Don't wanna bore the three followers I got. LOL! Let's just say I think Mason kinda got the hint, because he was looking right at me and he was turning red and smiling. :) <3
After that (and my standing ovation.. yay me!), Michael Adams played his drums, Hannah Smith sang, Justin Lockhart sang, and all though he messed up quiet a few times, he was still awesome, no matter what he says. Last was Steffani Gordon, then Crossover played. Crossover is a Christian Band started by some of my best buddies from Smithville, and they always sound amazing. They won last year, so this year, they got to play. After that, Mrs. Smith, who was in charge of everything, sang a song to her husband, then Austin Welch announced the winners. Third place was Hannah, second place was Sang, and first place was Joey Brown. Yeah, I forgot to say Joey was last, not Steffani. He did TaeKwonDoe with his assistant, Dustin. I'll admit, they were great and deserved it, but I'm still mad at Joey. He so knew he would win with that!
After the show, I hugged folks and folks told us we did good and stuff. It was really nice. I have two 13 year old friends now named Courtney and Quanda (the ones who danced) and Courtney has a huge crush on John Downs, the lead singer of Crossover. She just saw him tonight for the first time, and she's already obsessed with him! Wow... Anyway, she gave me her number to give to him, which I thought was hilarious! I never got a chance to talk to him, so since Chris Waddell, my brother from another mother, was close to John, I told him to give it to her and tell him what Courtney said. I can only hope John talks to her and either turns her down nicely or talk and get to know her. He's a really sweet guy, so I'm sure he'll get to know her. :)
Well, me and Mason congradulated each other over and over again (I'm telling you, he so killed that rap! :D), then hugged and he bought me a cookie. I loves that boy! :D After I was finally done hugging and talking, we left. I was just happy to take my shoes off.
My grandma got a video of the whole thing, so when I get it from her, I'm gonna put it on Facebook for folks to see. I really need to work on my singing skills if I wanna try out for the talent show at ICC next year! But I'm not mad at all about not winning cause I had such an awesome time, and that means more than a plastic green trophy. I''m done studying Heart of Darkness for the night and done typing my blog, so I'm going to bed. Ciao! <3