Ivisible Children

Okay! So, quite a few years ago, in Uganda, Africa, there was this woman named Alice Lakwina. Her real name was Alice Auma she went by Lakwina because that was the name of the spirit that "possessed" her. She decided that she wanted to overthrow the Uganda government. so she started to build up an army. The Lord's resistance army (LRA) is what she called it. an army of children. At night she and her followers would abduct children, all between the ages of 4-10. She chose these children because they were young enough to be brainwashed but old enough to carry weapons. Alice brainwashed the children to become insensitive to killing. She would do this by killing and torturing other children in front of them. all the kids would be severely beaten if they cried. She was very successful. when she died a man named Joesph Kony came forward and claimed to be her cousin. (no one knows if he actually is or if he just wanted control over the army) Kony keep the LRA going. Today the army is stronger than it ever was and the kids of Uganda need our help. Every night the children who have not been abducted all walk to the local hospitals because they are too afraid to stay at home. Obviously it gets very crowded, but that doesn't matter to them because they would rather be there than any where else. The hospitals are guarded by one man with one gun. Because of everything that is going on these children are loosing education, and the Uganda government has diminished to almost nothing.

there has been a non-profit organization set up to help this problem. it is called Invisible Children. They have a documentary out on it right now. You might be wondering why i am telling this to you, right? Well, after my friends and i saw this video we decided we wanted to do something about it. We are starting a new branch off the invisible children organization at our school. we are selling shirts purses and bracelets all to help build up the government and send the kids of Uganda to school.

We are happy to announce that we have spread the word all around our school and to many of the other schools. (we heard it was already to Keller.) We are all SUPER excited about it. We are having a screening of the documentary for the public at our school this Friday, March 2nd at 7:00. We are hoping to see at least 500 people there, but with the way things are going i think we might get a lot more.

I just wanted to tell everyone what i am up to, and if you can come i would love to see you all there.

if there are any questions you can ask me or go to www.invisiblechildren.com.

I GOT IN!!!!

yesterday i got my letter. i am now officially accepted into tarleton state. i can't wait!! i have been waiting for that letter for what seems like a forever. it feels so good now that it is here.

AND, i also get to live in new york this summer! EVEN BETTER! this is going to be so much fun! i can't wait to see everyone.

words can't even describe how happy i am right now.

well, i must go take a shower. i am going PROM DRESS shopping today!!!

Okay...

for those of you who don't know, OAP is a BIG deal here in the theatre world. it is our UIL competion play. only twenty people out of thirty-seven got into it. this is the time of the year when all the theatre kids have thier breakdowns. this is the most stressful 2 months of the year and we all strive to make it in because it is such an amazing experince. our school hasn't made it past the first round in quite a few years. it is not that we are bad, we are just in probable the best zone in the state of texas so it takes a lot to get out.

yesterday was our first rehersal and we read the script. it is an adaptation that my teacher did himself and IT IS AMAZING!!! i cannot wait to preform it. my characters name is panope and i am the comic releaf in this tragic play.

mr. ayres used to be a judge for the one act plays so i really hope that helps us advance this year. i am supper excited and i know that even if we don't advance i am going to be very proud of this show. (we haven't even started blocking and i am already very happy with it)

well i guess that gives you all a little more insite into what i am doing.

i love you all

and i will keep it posted on how it is going as we progress.

YAY!!!

i got into OAP!!!

YAY!!!

welp...

OAP Auditions were yesterday and i remembered all my lines. i found out that i got called back today. that doesn't mean im in for sure but i have one more chane to prove how much i want it. i don't even cara what i get. i just want in. it would be nice to have an acting part or stage manager though. i am sooo excited. i really think we have a chance this year. (knock on wood)

im really sad that my last mainstage is over but i am glad that this was my last. i have never been more proud of a richland high school play, it was amazing!

well i guess thats it.

love and peace