So, say what's on your mind.

The Drake TrebleMakers (my sister's a capella group) are in Lite 104.1(a local radio station in the Des Moines area)'s, Holiday Idol Contest for the second year in a row, and they need your help! They recently received the news that they advanced to the Top 8 this morning, and they would like your vote! (Please, reference my previous journal for more details on the contest itself.)

Here's what you have to do:

1. Go to www.lite1041.com and click on the Holiday Idol banner

2. Click "Play Now" under the New Users tab in the upper left corner.

3. It will ask you for basic information (including your e-mail) but the contest will not send you any other e-mails that do not have to do with the competition.

4. Create a username, log in, and click on the center tab - "Play Game"

5. Right now, they're in the top bracket - select us as your pick, and hit save picks at the top.

6. You're only able to vote once, but if you can spare a few text messages, you're also allowed a vote through the Lite 104.1 Text Club (again, they're really good about not spamming your phone).

7. To join the text club, text 'Lite1041' space JOIN to 50352. It will send you a confirmation, and then you can reply with our code, HI03. It will send you another message, letting you know you voted, and that's it.


*IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER*

TODAY - from now until 11:59, the Drake TrebleMakers need to receive as many votes as possible to advance to the next round.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 - If they make it to the top 4, this is their expected voting date for the next round.


Thank you so much for your support! Become a fan of The Drake Treblemakers on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, and they'll keep you updated!

www.twitter.com/musicis_cool

My parents went to conferences for my advanced algebra, APUSH, and photography classes. We also went to an extra credit Spanish conference. MAN, I am SOY PUMPED.

I didn't attend the math, history, and art conferences, so my parents filled me in. Basically, for all of my classes, my teachers had nothing but good things to say. They think I'm a very good student with an excellent work ethic, unlike most people.

My advanced algebra teacher said she will gladly give me a letter of recommendation, without my parents even asking or mentioning it. :D

My APUSH teacher said that I have the option of not taking the college board test. Saywhu, I know that seems dumb, but my parents said they're leaving the decision up to me. The teacher says that I can still benefit from the class without taking the college level exam, if the exam stresses me out too much. I'm not sure yet, but I kind of feel a little bit better knowing that I might not have to take the exam.

My parents told my photography teacher that I wanted to pursue photography as a career, and she has a lot of ideas. Next year, she'll want me to take 3 art classes- Art IV, Beginning Photoshop, and Advanced Photoshop. ALL IN ONE YEAR! OMG! Also, if I can't fit Art IV into my schedule, I'd have a class period of private instruction from the teacher. SO AWESOME. I feel better now that she knows about my plans for the future, so she can give me a lot of ideas now. :D

...yeah. And my Spanish teacher said I'm doing really well- I take a lot of risks and make a noticeable effort to learn the language unlike most people. Woot!

This has kind of put me in a good mood about school. I am currently getting straight A's. Well, and a C in APUSH. ~almost straight A's. I guess I'm just really happy with how I'm doing in school right now, because finally all of my hard work during the first quarter has paid off.

*satisfied sigh*

It's that time of year again. My sister, who is part of an acapella group at Drake University, is in the 104.1 Lite Holiday Idol contest, a local competition of sorts in the Des Moines area. And she needs all of your help.

I'm going to sound as obnoxious as someone who wants Paramore to win the goddamn Fuse 'best of' award- YOU ALL NEED TO VOTE TO LIKE CRAZY TO HELP HER WIN. After you've voted, SPREAD THE WORD LIKE NO OTHER and have all of your friends vote. What you need to understand, however, is that this is A MILLION times more important and significant that some stupid internet award for a music TV channel. Here's why:

This contest has a prize of monetary value. No, they are not like the M!ll!0N@R3Z and obsessed with money like that, rather, this money prize goes to 2 sources. Half of their money will be donated to the House of Mercy charity of Des Moines, IA, and the other half will go towards paying for their necessities as a music group- music, uniforms, etc.

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

Go to their contest entry page here. Listen to their song, which should be embedded on the page. (If you would like an MP3 of this song, let me know.) You can read all about the acapella group on this page.

On November 21st, which is SATURDAY, voting begins. Go back to that page, and in the green bar near the top of the page, click the VOTE button on the far right.

I will be posting more information on their status in the contest, and how the voting process works once it starts. I do believe you need to sign up for an accoun to vote, but it's not a hassle at all, and I haven't gotten any spam emails whatsoever from the website since voting last year.

A link to the voting page will be posted once voting begins. Everyone, please, show your support!

What color of shirt are you wearing?
Red= Silly
Brown= Cute
White=Stunning
Green=Gorgeous
Blue= Sexy
Aqua=Freaky
Yellow= Innocent
Purple= Happy
Black= EMO
Orange=Funny
Gray= Dumb
Pink=Preppy
Multicolored= Tree- hugging
Other= Hot
None=sexy beast


What kind of pants are you wearing?
Shorts= Cheerleader
Skirt/ Skort= chika
Corduroy= Cagefighter
Skinny jeans= scene kid
Ripped Jeans= Skater
Cammo= Hillbilly
Jeans= Pot head
Cargo=Clown
Sweats/ Basketballshort s= Jock
None=tomboy
Pajama Pants=Slut
Pajama Shorts= stripper
bootie shorts= lover


What is your Natural hair color?
Dark Brown= With a hot boyfriend/ girlfriend
Auburn/Red= with a nice smile
Black= With a broken heart
Blonde= that has an amazing ass
Dirty Blonde= That flirts too much.
Brown= with a great personality
Strawberryblond e= That is to much to handle
Light brown= that has pretty eyes


You will have bad luck for
4 weeks! But if you
re-post this, you will
get kissed by your crush on friday!
Repost this as "i am________''

No moar 365. I just can't do it.

You'd think after 3 failed attempts, it would mean something.

Also, Dallace, come here and eat all of my food like you said you would.

LOL sorry, that song has been stuck in my head all day today.

HAI GUISE, I HAVETH INTERNET-ETH NOWETH. Er, eth. Tomorrow, I owe you six photos to be all caught up in my 365 project. Fuckery already! What is this? I promise, things will work out. But I was without internet for the entire weekend. Oh, how lost I felt.

Milwaukee was amazing and I am still completely scared for college. More to come later on this.

Also, I fucking hate advanced biology and dioramas. Jfc I'm a junior in high school, I should not be making a model of Monkey Island for a grade. ~sigh.

Send me links to things I missed out on. Aaaaaaaaaanddddd go.

Forgot my daily post. Slacking already. 2 photos tomorrow.

But hey, I was doing some intense studying.

I know you guys are all super cool kids that have to listen to cool undiscovered bands, so here's one for you.

Nothing But Shoes. They have 2 songs up now, and although the audio quality is not the best, you need to get over yourself and realize that this band basically formed within the last few months, and they recorded it themselves with the technology they had.

With that being said, GO LISTEN NOW. And when you're done listening, LISTEN AGAIN. And after you've listened again, head over to Katie's Buzznet page and tell her what you think. ;)

I'll be posting a link to the band's MySpace on my page, so whenever you're lurking, and I know you do, you can find the link and listen. Sound good? I THINK SO.