Isn't it beautiful?

Speaking of which, I should save up! More details coming soon!

UPDATE: Hey look! Details!

Hello, for auction is a rare 1996 Les Paul Catalina Custom Shop guitar. This one is in the coolest color, which is called Cascade Green - sort of like a turquoise and a very eye-catching finish on a Paul. Has a long neck tenon, ebony fretboard, and MOP inlays and is really awesome to see in person. Unlike most Catalina Les Pauls, this is a solid body that is not chambered like other Catalinas. I think this was a limited run with this feature. Condition is excellent +++, with some hard to see checking in the nitro top, and a tiny ding on the rim. A fantastic player that looks great too. Thanks for looking! keyword marshall fender vox amp

this guitar is likely a prototype for the Catalina Les Paul series, as there are some cosmetic differences and this is a solid body - not chambered guitar. Also , the pickups '57 Classic PAF 's ...

PBR UPDATE

I almost forgot! On Sunday, I mastered POKEMON BATTLE REVOLUTION for wii with a playtime of 16 hours and 16 minutes! [[Please note: I did not play 16 hours and 16 minutes straight, but I'm sure the four hours I played on the first day I got it really gave me a leg up.]]

I might decide to call it quits...

Catherine even knows now that not everything's okay, but she acts like everything's fine! On the way to and from school, all her and Caitie talk about is Tim Burton films! And it's not like I don't want to join, but I have no earthly idea what's going on! It's crazy. I can say something and they'll totally act [[are they acting?]] like they can't even hear me. Or they really can't. They blast their iPods as one now and sing "The Nightmare Before Christmas" songs in the back seat of the van. And when they don't, they talk about Tim Burton films and pay me no heed whatsoever. I'll bet I can tell Dad all about this while they're talking and they wouldn't hear a thing. XD

I'm also concerned about joining ECYS. High expecting judges, totally new people... I have an 100% chance of sitting next to someone new. I'm just so shy about this...

But not all's bad. A kid from the intermediate group, Luke,swims with us now, and he's been really sweet towards me... He's in eighth grade and he's thirteen. Alana [[friend from swim/school]] is so weird. She said, and I quote:

"If you get married it won't really matter that he is a year younger."

What the...

Stay tuned.

So I couldn't find out the make and model...

But in the meantime, heere's... Blake!

Things I made up that sound cool and inspirational and stuff... To me. I dunno about you...

The wind is beneath and behind you when you run. Even if it blows against you, don't stop. And remember: The wind may be below you, but the stars are always above...

Now for a [[not so]] quick update:

Catherine [[AKA DoomCough. Kudos to you, Dad! X^D]] and I had a little conversation in the car before leaving for school...

DoomCough: So [[her]] Mom told me you were going to try out for Youth Symphony.
Me: Yeah.
DoomCough: She knows you're just doing it for the guy [[Corey]].

Okay, freeze!... If I didn't join for Corey BEFORE, what would make her think I am NOW???

Me: No; I'm doing it because Mom wants me to.
DoomCough: Well you know that you have to audition.
Me: I know.
DoomCough: And they have high expectations.

Pause here: I live with Mom here. Don't think I don't know high expectations. Let's continue...

Me: I understand.
DoomCough: And you're kinda bad.

We're gonna stop here one last time; the discussion is over because her mom was ready to leave and I guess she didn't wanna get caught dissing me. But consider this: The most recent and only time she's ever heard me play is in my first week of seventh grade, when I first got my violin and I didn't know a lot. Of COURSE I was bad.

So I am just getting back into the swing of playing. My previous, high-strung tutor left, which left me with laid-back, easy-going Andre [[That's the fifth Andre in my book, BTW.]].

Which means I will close with one more inspiring thing. In my case:

I have friends outside of Catherine [[and yes, even Tony!]] and a son* who believes in everything I do. Just so long as they're behind me, there's nothing I can't do.

*Son: My eight-year old friend, Garret, and I are so close! He's really cute and I'll add a picture of him as soon as I fix my camera. Or just use Dad's. Who knows? I'm sort of like his unbiological [[is that a word?]] mom, and if Tony were to like me back, that could make him his unbiological dad. Garret actually does bear a resemblance to Tony. Same hair and eye color. Wow. Just wow...

Stay tuned.

True love, friendship, and... Love.

WARNING: GET READY. IT'S A LONG ONE.



So.



Catherine is the best person I've ever met at leading me on. Even better than Dad, who hasn't even been doing it lately. =^)

But why? Let me fill you in...



TIMELINE

12.01.2007: Cathering invites me to her sister's Youth Symphony concert. She needed someone to go with her, I needed someone to battle. Go figure. I see Corey; the inevitable has happened.

12.06.2007: Catherine knows about me liking Corey and says we're a match and invites me to the next YS practice. Says it's cool with her mom.

12.08.2007: Catherine says it's a no-go all of the sudden?

She does this one more time the following week, but the time after THAT [[this time]], it actually starts to bother me...

01.17.2008: So she asked me to the YS practice. Again. Once again, her mom says it's cool.

Or did she? Because on...

01.18.2008: Catherine again says it's a no-go. And tries to make it up with window shopping. Which I actually didn't mind. But her mom said she lied about that, too...

What's up with her??? Catherine, I mean. It's one thing that she's lying, but it's another that we're dealing potential love here!

...Unless she was leading me on about Corey being right for me, too? I don't wanna risk that. No. I know that's true. Gulp.

I mean... What's up with that?

Also, an update about the whole passion conflict: I got a call from Todd Keegan, the executive director of the E[[ast]]C[[ounty]]Y[[outh]]S[[ymphony]]. Which obviously means SOMEBODY[[this is the part where I look at squarely at Mom]] called him BEFOREHAND.

Okay. So the only reason I'm playing violin is because Mom and Dad got me into some sort of deal without me knowing [[so is it really a deal?]] that I can only move forward in guitar if I keep violin alive. I had no idea this involved me having to join a group!... When I SUCK. I'm playing violin for the first time in a year! Mom wants me to join ECYS??? Which, incidently, is the same ECYS Corey is a part of.

Hm...

Stay tuned.

PS: The Carvin [[New Name Pending]] is tuned and has a new battery!

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Um, Mr. Celebrity Crush?



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Okay, so I think his voice is okay. It's not the worst I've heard. But...

Oh yeah! And the meet went fantasic! I got second in the 50 Free with a time of 34.94! I don't know how the 100 and 200 Free went yet, though, but I feel very confident...

Stay tuned.

Could celebrity crushes...

Be making a comeback?

Well, for me, anyways. I've been crushing on, um, "normal" guys for quite a while.

But! You don't know what any of them look like do you?!? Why? Well...

1. I can't take a picture of a guy and not look like a freak. Stalker, if you will.
2. Therefore, I do not have a picture of Corey.
3. Or Keith.
4. But do you really want to see a picture of Keith?

Didn't think so. && It also kind of looks like a "no" with Steven [[remember Steven?]], so... Okay.

Who'd the celebrity crush you're wondering? Um...

Stay tuned.

DP UPDATE

My Digital Portfolio, in the words of Mr. Davis, is now officially done! Once again, a link to it is here:

http://students.hthcv.hightechhigh.org/~erandazzo/

My friend

You can tell a lot about a person by their blog. When you see Dane's, you're gonna find we're different. Really different. But he's a great friend.

A link to his blog
http://haxrule.blogspot.com/

A link to his DP
http://students.hthcv.hightechhigh.org/~cbarland/

So. Yeah. Check 'em out. I guess.

Eeewww

There's a meet this weekend and I don't want to swim at it. Why do I hate meets so much? I never really do that well. The best I've ever done is third, and I didn't even get a medal. They forgot. I also just don't like losing to people who are way better than me. I suck at meets. I know. I don't need reminding. Really.

There was a period of time in '07 when I didn't feel well, and Dad thought I was going to quit swimming. "Don't quit!" he pleaded. "You don't have to swim inthe meets!"

Of course, I wasn't going to quit. But I took his word for it.

That was a bad lie. Seriously...

Stay tuned...

O_O

That was quite a post there! But anyways, I feel bad about doing this, I feel like I'm bragging because, um, I've gotten farther in my Digital Portfolio than David. A lot father...

http://students.hthcv.hightechhigh.org/~erandazzo/

I'm really a modest person, though. Seriously. I am. Maybe that's why I feel kind of bad?

I think David's has... Pontential though. Um... Okay. =^/

PS: Mine isn't really done, which probably makes me feel a bit worse about the whole modesty issue. If you've been there yet, you'll see that my Environmental Engineering page is a bit lacking, so is my SIG/XBlock page. If you haven't, well, now you know. I'll be sure to get to work on those pages, and I'll post an update when I get some work done on those pages. But in the meantime, feel free to look around! =^)

PSS: Maybe I'll also get some links to my friends' DP's? Theirs' are cool. =^)

Involuntary Volunteering

Guess what?

Chicken butt? Close.

I get to be a "peer mentor" to David. Today's session was best because he didn't show up. Well, Fran [[my advisory teacher]] asked him to give her his binder but, David being on the debate team...

"I don't have enough time! I have to work on my digital portfolio!" PS: Here's a link to his.[[http://students.hthcv.hightechhigh.org/~dlance/]] Frankly, he turned something really simple into a negotiation. And during this, how do I put it, "battle of wits"?, he got the urge to scoot pretty dang close to me. I did tell Fran how I always felt uncomfortable around David, so we compromised to give it a shot, and if I don't like it, I can quit.

Didja see it yet? I'll wait here.

See? I don't blame him.

But how long does it take to get a frikkin folder? At that, a frikkin unorganized folder. I see why he needs help. I don't see how Fran talked me into this. Maybe because she mentioned something about "hours toward community service"? Hm. Maybe I'll just stay in?

I see what Joey meant by his, "Oh, he makes his own [[comics]]." comment. I can't really describe it. I can't put a picture on here, either. But either way, it was unfinished. And really... Um...

Let's just say I see what Joey meant...

I also see what Dad meant when he said my brother wouldn't do well in junior high and high school with his handwriting. Yup. David has John's handwriting. So let's make a deal. I'll do what I can to take a picture of David's work [[and maybe his comic]], then of John's work, and get them both on here. I obviously can't make a new poll now, so I guess you'll have to email/comment me instead. I'm sort of concerned now. I don't want John to be a David. Uh-oh. I never thought I'd say this, but I have to help John...

Stay tuned.

WooHoo!

It took a while, but I finally got it to work!

I added my playlist from http://www.finetune.com/ onto my blog. Check it out!

Blasphamy!

So John is getting an electric bassist to learn upright bass, which is bad for me for two reasons:

1)I didn't get this opportunity from Mom and Dad. Could this be... Bias???

2)If he learns electric, Mom and Dad might make him join ATM! And he's so... rude! Seriously. You'd agree if you knew him...

Stay tuned.

For the first time...

I'm wanting someone so bad I'm crying. Well, someone that isn't famous.

I don't want to not have Cory. He's so like Joe Jonas, but closer to me in so many ways. He's my age, and he lives closer to me, and... I only have two reasons so far...

Stay tuned.

This New Year's...

...Was [[I'll be honest]] very, VERY uneventful.
So how was New Years? I'll bet a bunch of you did something exciting. Throw a party? Spend the night at a friend's? Not so for me this year. Did you watch the ball drop this year? Not me. I got to watch the Philharmonic Orchestra. Live from Lincoln Hall. Joy. And every thirty minutes, I get preached at from mom. "Why can't you play violin that well?" Gee, I dunno. Maybe because I don't love it like I love guitar? It's a mystery, alright.
I'm watching "Nosferatu" on You Tube as I post this. It may be from 1922, but it scares the crap outta me. Serioiusly. Look it up on You Tube. At least catch a glimpse of the vampire, Count Orlok, which is the sole reason this movie scares me so badly. It's in black and white. What is it about black and white horror movies that entrances me so?
If you read the post previous to this one, you'll understand when I ask this:

Is it Spring yet?

I wonder if I'll work up the courage to at least speak to Cory. To flash a smile, to actually make eye contact?

Well, okay. So we made eye contact. But let's all find out what'll happen next shall we? I want it to be spring already! But the fact that I'm unsure of his status still haunts me...

Stay tuned.