Hi everyone, I'm Ellis!
Most of the time I am very tired and stressed, so this year I am trying my best to simply enjoy the high school experience- the football games, the late nights, the strange smells. Everything. I know this hasn't been high school musical so far (and it never will be), but I really do feel like we're all in this together.
My above all passion is, as many know, music. There is a really wide range of music I enjoy, but I tend to stray towards indie styles. Death Cab for Cutie will forever be my favorite band! I play guitar, violin, and piano, and one of my biggest personal high school achievements has been getting into chamber orchestra. The dream job (right now) would be to compose music for films. That's another thing I love: film. I have found it really hard to take on film as another extracurricular, and regret not being able to take it as a class. I have messed around with writing screenplays, working the camera, writing the music; but I've never been able to look back at my work and say that I am overwhelmingly pleased. My hope is that before college I will get to finally create one that I'm proud of!
Other things that take up my time are theater, bands I join and then quit, and my two chihuahuas Harriet and Sir Rocky Raccoon (but mainly Harriet). I spend a lot of time taking care of Harriet, as she has so many medical issues. Rocky has issues, too, but I can't talk about those.
The most meaningful part of my summer, and in all honesty my life, was when I spent three weeks in France as an exchange student. I remember looking around the beach at the very end of the trip, seeing all the new friends I had made and feeling the independence I'd gained, and just knowing that whatever happens in high school, everything will turn out all right.
Laughter is the best medicine- I can't wait to employ it as we all battle early onset senioritis!
This is a picture from Rouen, France, at a big festival called "L'Armada". It entailed about 50 ship- recreated from medieval to modern times- on the Seine, reenacting their voyages. It was about 1 AM, and a concert for the artist Dadju had just finished. Fireworks were then launched, and the crowd sang the French national anthem. In the picture (taken on my lovely Android), you can see ship masts, fireworks, a full moon; and the best part, french people.
I can't say I know a lot of websites, but I definitely visit this page a lot:
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