Ellie is EVERYWHERE!

Quite literally in this picture

48......hours.....straight....... *snore*

This week I competed in a film festival held for all of the high schools. One of the areas of competition is the 48 hour shoot-out.

It was fun, long and tiring, but worth it for the video we came up with.

Here's the video, be warned, you could be offended by the content in it....

Scholarship: Deffered

For the past couple of months, I've been trying to defer the scholarship I attained for SUU.

While in constant contact with the SUU area rep, through email of course, we attempted to send it by fax, multiple times, and finally by letter.

When we sent it by letter and we didn't receive a fast response, I feared that it was lost.

However when I checked my Gmail account this evening, I saw an email to Julianna, the rep. saying that the deferment was posted and that it was waiting for me to come back from my mission.

I LOVE SUU!!!

You're Kidding Right?

It's finally here, the Final Election week. It's hard for me to believe just a year ago I was a huge part of this, not knowing what the final outcome may be. But now, I'm overseeing it all, answering any of the candidates questions, helping with posters about the big assembly and pep rally this Friday, and preparing for the skit that this year's Student Council will perform during the assembly. There is however, a big sigh of relief though, I don't have to worry about winning or losing this time. I just have to worry about choosing someone to take my place. I've been looking real hard for options all year, we have one possible candidate for a Junior Tech Rep. however, he's still thinking about it (I hope he says yes, it would make it easier on me.) I'm now in the process of looking for a Senior Tech Rep. but so far, I haven't been able to find any for sure. There's at the moment one possibility, I just need to talk to her and see if it is alright with her that she takes this position.

...Still can't believe I'm almost done with Stud Co, I think I'll fail my classes this term so I can at least stay one more year....

MVHS IS THE BEST! (aka February Madness)

At Mountain View, we pride ourselves for our great teams and fans. This past week, Me and all the other Bruin Crazies got to see Mt. View Basketball at it's finest. In this entry, I will recount the days that we had basketball, tell you what team we played, the final score, and any insights I had. I'd also like to inform y'all that because of the terrific madness that this week was, I'm currently lacking a voice, that's how awesome this week was.

Tuesday
Girl's Basketball
Mountain View Vs. Woods Cross
(Round 1 of State Tournament)

This game was pretty intense to start the week off. MV seemed to struggle for most of it, missing passes, layups, and not being able to hold the ball for a long time...That is, that was the way it was in the 1st quarter. Our MV basketball team is amazing in the fact that, it seems that the first quarter doesn't really matter to them. After the first quarter, we beat them, no doubt about it with the final score being 53-44, our Lady Bruins came out on top to advance to the quarter finals against home town rivals, Orem. (Duh, duh, duuuuhhhhhhh)

Wednseday
Girl's Basketball
Mountain View Vs. Orem
(State Quarter finals)

Ah, what a game. In this game, you wouldn't have known it was a rivalry, just a warm-up for our Lady Bruins to get ready for the semis. When I arrived there, I checked how many fans we had, versus how many fans Orem had. While Orem outnumbered our fans 3 to 1, the Bruin Crazies did what we do best, scream louder when our numbers are smaller. We did that, and while we did our part, the Lady Bruins did their part by stealing the ball every possible way they could, driving the ball in for a lay-up, and adding a few 3s as sprinkles on this victory's cake. The final score was 64-36. This would be a precursor of what was to come.

Thursday
Boy's Basketball
Mountain View Vs. Orem
(Orem's Senior Night)

I didn't get see most of this one, for the reason of goin' to the Draper Temple Open House, which, may be why we won this won. From the texts that we recieved and the news about the players, we found out that Mountain View won early in the game. For the first twenty points that we made, none, I repeat, none were missed. That includes the 3 point shots and any possible fouls. We never lost that 20 point lead. When I arrived with some friends to watch the rest of the game, it was near the end of the 3rd quarter and we were still up by twenty. Near the end of the game, there was a roar from all the fans and parents in the gym. Orem has had a mentally handicapped manager on their basketball squad since our sophomore year, and today, they let him have a chance to be part of the game. Mountain View was courteous enought to not steal the ball from him and let Orem rebound all shots for him so that this games little hero could have a chance to play. He shot the ball from half court every time, every time we all screamed and cheered, and everytime, it hit the rim. Even after he had his chance to play, and was substituted back out, everyone was still cheering for him. The final score for this game was 64-41.

Friday
Girl's Basketball
Mountain View Vs. Snow Canyon
(State Semi Finals)

This game was similar to all the others the Girls have played this year. Pure domination. Still not having a ton of fans, the bruins came and watched our Lady Bruins beat the warriors to a bloody pulp. Final score 61-47. Go Bruins!!!

Saturday
Girl's Basketball
Mountain View Vs. Springville
(State Championship)

This was it, the big dance, the Ship. Mountain View came into this one knowing our opponents from the regular season. That didn't stop them though, they came on top by having Christina Augustin force her way through the mass that was in the Key and making the lay-up, we'll go about 99.9% of the time. Megan Goodman came out with three 3s, and fouling was rampant. Springville is known as the Red Devils, and they don't lie about the devils they are. From dirty and inapropriate chants, to the name of their football field, they are bigger jerks than Orem. The Girl's still beat them though, with a help from the Crazies. After one of Springville's players Air-balled a three, we didn't let her forget it the entire game. Every time she touched it, that's all she heard. Throughout the rest of the game, we figured out that she was Springville's best player, and we had messed with her head, badly. Mountain View takes State with the final score of 49-32.

Now for some final remarks. This team has pushed through so much this year. Lacking fans from their own school to having a new, but remarkable coach, they still came on top. This squad has been playing with each other and STARTING, since thier Freshman year. The coach, knowing this, let them play how they knew how, and aided them the best that he could.

Mountain View prides itself in having the most State Championships in the state of Utah, most in Track and Field, and Cross Country. I've seen thos trophies presented to the schools in assemblies, but most of the time, they don't have any real effect on me. Last week however, I witnessed our Basketball team be the best ever. Talking with my friend Luke, we both commented on the fact that, for the first and only time in our High School career, we didn't take state in track, and how much better it felt. We had seen our Boys soccer team go to the finals for the last 2 years, but always fall short of the mark. This, this made up for it, and now I can say, I am part of a state champ school.

HERE WE GO BRUINS..... HERE WE GO!!!!!!!!

Thanks...

Just a small note of thanks for a few people who have made an impact in my life.

Bishops Gilbert and Roden:
Thank you for your examples and your leadership in church, I know that you truly have been called of God and do his work every day.

Aunt Kim:
Thanks for all the love you have for your family and for the great example of leadership you have been to me.

Mr. Matthew J. Brown:
Thanks for believing in my abilities and trusting me with tasks that are important to you and the school.

Jared Seaich:
Thanks for helping me learn to push my borders and stay dedicated to the project ahead, you really are one of the best among all of us.

SUU!

Well it looks like i'm goin' to SUU. Today I received another letter from them today and was in high hopes of a decent scholarship. Little did I know that when I started to read it would give me more than decent. It was a Dean's Scholarship. $1200 a year. I couldn't believe it. I had put so much more thought into attending USU that I didn't even consider the fact that appyling for a leadership scholarship would help.