Let's Get Back on Track (9.30.11-10.9.11)

9.30.11

On the 30th we had a football game, but it wasn't just any football game it was a pink out against Middle Creek. We have never beaten Middle Creek in the history of our high school, and last year they were our one glitch on our regular season record. The pink out is something every school does in honor of breast cancer awareness month. We did it the day before October, but it doesn't make a difference.

We go all out for themes. I wore a pink shirt, pink sports bra, pink shorts, pink tights, and a pink Snuggie as a cape. Our school gave out t-shirts to the first 300 people, but I didn't want to wear mine at the game. A few students were also given pink hard hats to wear. 

We may have the best student section ever, no matter what Scotty McCreery says. 

10.1.11

Well this started out as a pretty terrible Saturday. I got to wake up super early and travel all the way to Athens Drive High School just to take my SAT. Afterwards I went to the NC State Game with my dad, brother, and neighbor. NC State lost, but it made me even more excited to hurry up and go to college. We went to the Well's house after the game to watch some more college football which Texas won big!

10.2.11

I didn't do very much today except watch football. The Texans beat the Steelers by the way. I also touched up some spots on our amazing corn hole boards. 

10.3.11

I wore a very bright orange shirt today. Everyone, and I mean everyone, commented on how it was blinding them. It was freezing out today and I was miserable, but it meant my hair stayed straight. I can't wait to chop it all off. 

10.4.11

I got Scotty's new CD today, and I got George Strait's. I also went to a Light the Night Walk info session. It's so weird not working on a Tuesday night.

Speaking of Scotty McCreery, I wrote an angry letter to the local news station that is hosting the student section contest:

Hi,

My name is Clare Purvis, and I am a senior at Panther Creek High School. It has been brought to the Catamount Chaos' attention that Garner High School's Scotty McCreery has tweeted to his 300,000+ followers to vote for Garner's Blue Crew for the student section showdown. This seems extremely unfair considering a majority of those followers do not live in our area. If you do not live in our area, you will not know the traditions and information about all the other schools competing. I would greatly appreciate if you could get back to me on how the playing field could be leveled out to give the other five schools an equal opportunity.

Thank You,

Clare Purvis

10.5.11

I had a meeting with my counselor, and I asked her a million questions about college applications. After school, I went to the soccer game which we unfortunately lost, but the weather was beautiful and the trees have begun changing colors. 

10.6.11

I worked today, but didn't make many tips. I spent most of the night reading 1984, which I actually like a lot.

10.7.11

TGIF! Early release, Chick Fil A, and football. I love Fridays! We got out of school and went to our second to last Chick Fil A Friday. On the way home I had a "who can go slower" race with Sydney. I won! Then I went to the brand new TJ Maxx and Target with my mom. They were so nice. Afterwards, I drove an hour away with Sydney and Manthan to a football game at Lee County which we won. 

The classic early release middle schooler swarm at Chick Fil A.

Decorated the truck for our long drive!

10.8.11

I had lacrosse in the morning. I had a lot of fun playing again, but my cleats gave me the worst blisters ever! Then I watched the first quarter of Texas' brutal loss to Oklahoma. Then I wen to work. I am a huge fan of Saturday shifts; the tips are amazing! Kayla picked me up after work and we went to Salsa Fresh and a movie for Carly's birthday. 

My blisters!

10.9.11

I had spent the night at Kayla's house. When we woke up her cats were begging for attention. These cats don't act like cats. They're more like dogs that purr; however, they can't meow. Then my dad, brother, and I got our pumpkins. Uneventful day.

More Catch Up! (9.24.11-9.29.11)

9.24.11

Freshman, that's a word that makes any upperclassman cringe. Freshman are generally annoying with a "too cool" attitude. These freshman were no exception. We were at Rudinos having lunch and these kids were being stereotypical freshman. They refused to sit still or be alone; they traveled in pacts, and they were immature.

After lunch, I went to babysit and we made red velvet brownies. Unfortunately, we added an extra stick of butter, so the texture was not the best. After I babysat, I went to Wings and Rings to watch the UFC fight. It was my first fight experience and I am not sure if I liked it or not. I spent the whole time trying to figure out the rules and who was who.

9.25.11

Today I went to the Brad Paisley concert with some friends. This was the final concert in my Megaticket package, but it was the first time we ever bought food at the venue. for $10 we got an over salted pretzel and a teeny corn dog. I'd say it was a rip off, but Kaitie ate it all and was still hungry.

Some people can sleep anywhere.

Kaitie, Carly, and I waiting for the concert to begin. Our other friend that was with us made us come over 2 hours early!

Jerrod Niemmann

This was the last night in the tour, so Brad played pranks on both of his opening acts. For Jerrod he sent a man (who was not thin) in a naked costume on stage during one of his songs. It was hilarious! 

Blake Shelton

This was one of the pranks Brad played on Blake. He put a huge picture of Brad's wife, Miranda Lambert, on the screen. Blake was surprised, but wasn't disappointed to see it. The next prank was during a cover song when Brad sent a remote control car that squirted water onto the stage.

The final and funniest prank that Brad pulled was sending the same fat man from Jerrod's prank onto stage wearing a bumble bee costume. This was during the song Honey Bee, so it was even funnier because it went with the song. 

Brad Paisley

Blake got Brad back! During Brad and Blake's duet, Don't Drink the Water, Blake came on with a mullet and full camo outfit. Also, some of Blake and Jerrod's band members and Jerrod himself came onto the stage and played tug-a-war while wearing superhero costumes. 

During the song Remind Me, a blonde girl was on the stage and Carrie Underwood's face was on one of the screens. Most people believed it was Carrie, but I was skeptical. Brad never got close enough to her that they would be on camera together. My friends defense for it being Carrie was that the girl on stage and the image on the screen were doing the same thing, but how hard is it to rehearse what you have to do. Any blonde girl in the same outfit could have pulled that off. 

Overall, I didn't think Brad was that good, but Blake made up for it because he is my #2 all time favorite singer. I can't wait for him to start headlining his own tour!

9.26.11

I helped my mom with the leaves today and we filled up the whole front of our house with the bags.

Studied hard for my AP Psych Test. We were proud of our super speed in the vocab puzzle.

9.27.11

People are cheap. I made less than a dollar in tips tonight. I hate cold weather. 

9.28.11

My mom just got this cool nail thing. We can do gel nails at home with a system we bought from Ulta. It's called Red Carpet Manicure. You use an LED light and some special polish and it cures it for you. They don't chip and last for about 2 weeks. Its the best thing ever!

There was a frog on the window when I was leaving Callie. He was so little but it was so cool to see him from the inside. 

Also, today I voted a million times for Panther Creek in the student section showdown!

9.29.11

Callie is by far the sweetest thing ever! I love getting to take care of her because I imagine that I have a dog, but this was the last day I had her ): She reminds me a ton of my old dog Brownie who was a chocolate lab.

Hicktown! (9.23.11)

Football Friday in Fuguay. The Bengals of Fuguay-Varina are in the top three of our rivals. Last year we beat them twice: once in the regular season and once in the playoffs. The regular season game was the one that they were most upset about. We went for two in overtime and beat them by one. That was in our house, this year were were in theirs. However, we did the same theme, HICK! This is one of my favorite themes because it's all camo and overalls. Unfortunately, we lost this game, but you have to lose some every now and then and Fuguay is an incredible team.

Playing Catch Up (9.20.11-9.22.11)

9.20.11

Today was so uneventful that the best picture I could get was of my favorite cereal. 

My creative writing teacher decided to spend the whole class period picking on me. I was reading Growing Up Colt by Colt and Brad McCoy; she is not a fan of Colt, Texas, or his name. It got really annoying and somehow it ended with Colt being compared to Cam Newton, but did she forget who the winningest quarterback in NCAA history is?

9.21.11

Today, I decided to be a good student. I went to Panera after school to study for the SAT. While there I ate a bagel and a cookie. Woops! 

I went to kick boxing after I studied. Then the Catamount Chaos rap was released and we blew the Wimps out of the water. Thiago wrote the rap and is now a legend at Panther Creek. Then Greg decided to stack all of his hats on his head at once.

9.22.11

Honestly, I don't remember anything that happened this day. I only tweeted twice and neither of them give me an indication of what I did, but I must have liked my bed a lot.

Brain Surgery (9.19.11)

I have been totally lacking on my blogs, but I'm going to catch up now and not lose track again. 

Today, we did "brain surgery" in AP Psychology, but there were not scalpels or actual brains involved. We put a shower cap on someone's head and drew the parts of the brain on it. It was actually really fun. 

After school, I went to Starbucks to study for the SAT. That didn't last too long, so I ran next door and got some overalls for redneck day. The Goodwill was very successful and I got a good pair of overalls for $3.62! I am planning on decorating them for homecoming week.

FOOOOOTBALLLLL! (9.17.11-9.18.11)

All of my football teams came out with big wins this weekend!

Panther Creek beat Apex! It was amazing!

Texas beat UCLA 49-20! This was a relief because this was the game last season that made everything go downhill.

The Cleveland Browns played the Indianapolis Colts! Although the Colts are having a rough season, I was still worried. Luckily Colt McCoy did very well; he threw for 211 yards and a touchdown! Did you notice on the Texas score that little brother Case McCoy threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns! Pretty talented family right there! But back to the Browns game, they came out victorious and won 27-19!

The Dallas Cowboys beat the San Francisco 49ers in an overtime win with a score of 27-24. I wish North Carolina would put the good games on TV so I could have watched this.

The Houston Texans beat the Miami Dolphins 23-13. 

This is the first time that I can remember that all of my teams won in the same weekend.