Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts

Thursday, October 6, 2011

It's not stalking, it's following at a close distance.

Due to many incidents today this post is going to be about *Dylan! And it will be full of Pretty Little Liars and Glee GIFs because I found the newest book cover recently and I just love Glee! I don't stalk him, he just sits some- what close to me in Spanish class and we're in the same gym period. So let the sta- following from a close distance stories begin!
Shut up Troian.

Let's start with some recent events. So we were in Spanish class where we have this guy Dylan calls Flipside. He calls him that because he naturally has this hair that sticks like 3 inches up in the air and he has, like, a square head. It's pretty funny looking actually. Any who, it was one of those days where my Spanish teacher didn't really care what we did as long as we weren't throwing stuff out the window- we're on the second floor of the school and the gym classes are right out the window. Dylan just had to tell "Flipside" what he saw at the store the other day. The conversation went like this:

Dylan: "Hey! Flipside! Yesterday I was at the store and I, legit, saw this cereal that was called Flipside! I took a picture of it on-"
Mrs. Spanish- Teacher: "If you're going to have conversations they need to be in Spanish!"
Dylan: "...mi teléfono."

It was so clever and so funny. The other day Dylan was in Spanish class when he randomly started showing off his abs- you know my reaction is going to be bad from the start of this- and kept showing them off for what felt like 5 minutes. Since this post only has Glee and Pretty Little Liars GIFs I can't use my Stephan Colbert GIF that was my actual reaction in my mind. But if you add up these reactions, it's about equal to what I did/ wanted to do in the middle of that classroom:
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That's about right. Those were the best times with Dylan- wow, that sounds like we've been married for 5 yeas and he just died. Now time for the embarrassing times. It was last week's football game and I was joking around with Sydney about the Sun Drop commercial- where they play that song "Drop it Like it's Hot" in the background and the lady dancing in random places- like we always do. For whatever reason we were "dropping it" 10x more hardcore, I guess you could say, more than usual. So we're walking back to the stands screaming "Drop it like it's hot! 'Cause I got it going on!" and looking like this in my ugly brown sweatpants that give me a camel toe and a saggy butt at the same time:
(I looked like Dianna Agron [the girl in the middle] and Sydney looked like Heather Morris [the girl to the left of Di].)

Then I hear the worst thing you can hear while purposely looking like a sexy fail and that's, "Hey Kailyn!" I turned to my right and my face turned tomato red. Who do I see laughing their heads off? *Katy, *Brynn, Dylan, and a couple of their friends. I'm not saying it was rude of them to laugh- because I would totally do the same- it was just the fact that I know and was somewhat close with caught me acting like a complete idiot. It was pretty funny though. All I could do was shrug it off. Now here's my favorite part that I've been dying to do forever...
                          Perks of being 5'7":                                             Disadvantages of being 5'7":
                        -You can reach stuff high up.                               -Teachers are at boob level on you.
                        -Upper half lockers are no problem.                    -You're taller than Dylan.

Yes, it's true. Chris is only 5'6" or 5'5". XD It's quite sad actually. Maybe someday he'll catch up. Well, I need to get back to "Project Runway"- they're runway show is coming up! Till then,
Bless ya! Love ya!
Kailyn Wolffe

P.S. Rest in piece Steve Jobs. Without you, I wouldn't be able to play Angry Birds on my iTouch while my mom is taking hours trying to find the perfect dress at J.C. Penny's.
Steve Jobs Dead

*All names marked with a "*" are NOT real. I made them up myself.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Weeeee are the champions!!!

So yesterday was my first official football game working with the equipment for the marching band. I quickly discovered it's a lot more work than you would think. To start out we- me, Sydney, *Bianca, and 2 other people- had to write out jobs. I was in charge of the long ranger- it's kind of like a bull horn and a stereo that has a microphone attached to it for the solos, Bianca and another girl were in charge of setting up the yard markers and bottle head bands for "The Bottle Dance" number, and Sydney and the other guy had to set up the 5'5", 50 pound podium for the drum majors to conduct on. That only took about 10 minutes.
Before the game I learned how much goes into the band uniforms. To start they usually wear shorts, the band T- shirt, and black knee high socks. Then they have these snow pant type pants that go over the shorts- they're black with built in suspenders.Over that goes a jacket that hooks in the back with a zipper, 3 snaps, and hook on the neck. To top it off there are the hats with feathers on top, marching shoes, and gloves. I was in Mr. Band- Director's office when a girl cam in with the side of her pants broken. Mr. Band- Director said she should try to find someone to pin them back together, but since I was in the room I offered to fix them for her. I then got to fix 2 other people's pants XD. I went back in the band room to discover a lot of people were having trouble with their jackets, since I was already changed in my color guard uniform- even though I'm not technically in color guard yet I still do dances in the stands with them- I decided to go around and zip, hook, and snap people's uniform for them. As a joke the band kids say, "I need a hooker" to get someone to hook their uniform. I also braided 3 girls' hair- the unwritten band hairstyle.
Before we lined up I needed to get all the equipment set up on the cart to wheel it over to the field which took a few minutes. When there were 6 minutes left on the scoreboard till halftime, we remembered we still had to fix the yard markers- the yard lines weren't correct for the band so we had to use pieces of paper and a Sharpee marker and most of the papers had ripped. I got to sit on the ground a scribble out all the numbers really quickly. We lined them all up when there was a minute and 30 seconds left like we were supposed to, but our football team was like a certain football player from the NFL....

So every 2 seconds there was a time out or they just had to set the ball back up. Eventually the football players got bored and started stepping on the yard markers, so of course I had to go out and move them. I don't think I told you this, but although I'm about 5'7" I'm the tiniest thing. It was quite terrifying to go up to the 6'5", 200 pound, fully padded football player and say "Excuse me" to move a yard marker back. Lucky me had to move 3 yard markers. It wasn't that bad though, because most of them moved without even looking up at me. Then I had to set up the long ranger.
These are the pieces needed for setting up the long ranger:

(Objects from left to right) Sound piece, stand, and microphone


So to set this up, by yourself, you need to start by setting up the 10 pound stand that likes to open easily until you stand in front of all the cheerleaders and the football team. After much struggle, you can finally get it open. Next, you have to put the- despite looks- 25 pound sound piece on top the set. Then you need to carry the 15 pound microphone stand over the benches and out to the 45 yard line. Once you think it's perfect, you discover the long ranger needs to be put on the track, so when you think you can just pick it up and move it the stand closes up. The lucky person then gets to twist the sound piece off and start back at square one- minus carrying the microphone out. After struggling to do this in a minute and a half, you get to sit back and watch the show.
Luckily all my hard work paid off. No we didn't win the game. We actually lost 0- 35. I got complimented for all my hard work by Mr. Band- Director. Since I had to go through his office to go from the supply closet to leave out the band room door, I said good- bye to him and said I had a lot of fun, which I did. Then he said, "Kailyn you were great today. You just came out of no where then helped with the equipment, the pinning, and the uniforms. I can tell we're going to have a good year." I calmly thanked him, but in my head I was thinking:
Excitement GIFS | No Way GIFS

Although I had to do a lot, I can't wait for the next game! It's going to be the day before my birthday (October 15th is the game day)! The captain of color guard is going to teach me some flag basics on Tuesday so I'm so excited! I'm also going on my trip to Europe this summer!!!! I can't wait for that. It's going to be my first time over the ocean and away from my family for more than a week (2 weeks to be exact). Hopefully this good streak will last. Till then,
Bless ya! Love ya!
Kailyn Wolffe

*All of the names marked with a "*" are NOT real. I made them up myself.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Day 9- Every dayum shufflin.

Sorry I couldn't post about day 9 yesterday. I went from home, to school, to the orthodontist, to the football game, to my bed. Now my legs and mouth hurt from walking around and making out with all the football players at the game too much... lol jk I only wish. I walked around and talked a lot at the football game, but my mouth only hurts from getting my braces tightened. Agenda for this post will be: Quick summary of school, talking about the football game, and what I've done so far today... Let's get started!
School was okay. We had a class election first period, so I didn't get to go to fashion design. :( At least my extremely hug-a-ble friend *Mike won the election! I was talking to my friend *Destiny in gym class yesterday when *Dylan and one of his friends run over. Of course right as I'm about to open my mouth to talk to him, what do the gym teachers do? They blow the whistle and yell, "Everyone get into your squads!" *Heart plummets* There's always Monday? I have to "read" chapters 2 and 3 of To Kill a Mockingbird this weekend. By that I mean I'll just skim through it and once I remember what happened in those chapters I'll hang out with someone.
The football game was pretty good, actually. We still lost- 32 to 22 or something like that- but I talked to this senior named James who told me last year out of our first five games our point average per game was 3 points. As usual, I didn't actually pay attention to the game. I met and talked to a ton of people who I'll- most likely- never meet again. Here's the #1 conversation starter: Jenna Marbles. Not Justin Bieber, not Lady Gaga's newest outfit, Jenna Marbles. Don't know who she is? She's a Youtube star on the rise. Guys watch her because she's hot. Girls watch her because she's hysterical. Jenna's most famous for her video where she makes "the face" that you can use to get people to stop talking to you with. It goes something like this:

Sexy right? If you start talking about her- or even quoting her for that matter- people will laugh and probably join in! I met a ton of people that way. Why am I bringing this up also? So Jenna has one video where she makes fun of Sarah Palin and takes her top off. I was doing a "Sexy Sarah" impression where I stuck my chest forward and squished my boobs together when who walks by, but 3 of the freshman football players I've know since 4th grade. One of the guys went bug- eyed when they saw me since 1) I'm sexy. 2) He had never seen me acting like that. The guys of course walked down to the end of the stands then walked back, so I jokingly did my impression again for them to make them smile. The band had a good performance, but *Bianca, Sydney, and I had to leave early since I had a killer head ache.
Sydney and I had a sleepover last night and went to the mall this morning. Once she left I changed into sweatpants and an oversized T- shirt. I'm hopefully seeing Emily and Sydney tomorrow. Well, I need to go make dinner. Till then,
Bless ya! Love ya!
Kailyn Wolffe

*All names marked with a "*" are NOT real. They are just made up.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

World's Greatest Football Team!

Yesterday I said I would post something about the game, but I didn't get home till like 10:30 and I was wiped out from waking up early all week. The football game started out well with us getting a touchdown (6 points) in the first quarter, but after we missed the field goal (1 point) it went down hill from there. After the team missed the field goal, Sydney, *Bianca, and I went on an "adventure"- which was just really us walking around the field.
I saw *Katy and *Brynn at the game. Katy waved to me, but Camille didn't seem to notice me. Sydney introduced me to these 2 guys *Matt and *Tom. They were a year younger than us, but they were funny and nice. I discovered that Matt knows my step- brother *Landon- my step- brother and I don't have the same last name. I don't if he was surprised in a good or a bad way that he was my step- brother. I'm also not sure how Matt knew Landon considering they go to different schools and other minor details. I don't really care though.
The marching band performed a half time show of If I Were a Rich Man, Match Maker, Match Maker, Sunrise Sunset, and The Bottle Dance all from Fiddler on the Roof. If you haven't seen Fiddler on the Roof and you like Broadway classics, I highly recommend seeing the movie. You have to see the one from the 80's that's 3 hours long though. I know it's long, but it's totally worth it! Here's my favorite scene:

Can you even imagine how much leg strength and practice that must take? I just started doing jazz dancing again and I can hardly get my turn perfected! The performance was really good, but they couldn't do their actual march because with all the rain they haven't gotten time to practice. I tried to get my friend to laugh the whole time. I got her to smirk by doing some messed up Jenna Marbles face- look up "How to Avoid People You Don't Want to Talk to" on Youtube if you don't know what I'm talking about.
It was all really fun. I got to talk to some of my- hopefully- co- actors in the school play. My friend *George who is 2 years older than me talked about Nathan Lane with me. We're both big fans of Mr. Lane. In the end my school lost 6 to 31. We're probably the worst team in the state. A few years ago our varsity team had to verse freshman to win homecoming! True story. Well, that's all for today. I have to go to a party soon, so that's all for now!
Bless ya! Love ya!
Kailyn Wolffe

*All names marked with a "*" are NOT real names. I just made them up.