Losing Sound
After we were dun w/our songz @ Gym Jam, Dunc an' I were backstage laffin' over how goofy we'd been onstage. Outta the corner of my eye, I noticed Becky kinda glarin' @ us while she had her face powdered. The stage guy was all, "Rebecca(h), U're on in five. Rebecca(h)!" Then Shannon, @ her Spring Water station, tried 2 give Becky a water while saying, "Here... Re... bec... ca(h)! Break... a... leg!" Becks brushed by, all "Get outta my way." Then when she and her band were onstage, She started w/"Hey, Guys! It is so gr8 2 B here! We've been toruing an' goin' totally crazy! But now we're on this stage in this school--an' it's cool!!! So! R U ready 2 rock?!! B-cuz, we RULE!!" Then Becky's bass player was, like, "Uh--Rebecca(h)? We've lost the sound!"
Stay tuned, more 2 come!
Apes
Stay tuned, more 2 come!
Apes
posted by April Patterson @ 7:11 AM
5 Comments:
At 9:15 AM,
Anonymous said…
April,
Sometimes I forget to do things. At the Gym Jam, I was supposed to hand out the bottles of Spring Water to all the people performing, but I forgot. When the teacher came to me after, she was not happy because I had 4 boxes of Spring Water to give away and I didn’t give any away. I told her I forgot that was what I supposed to do, until Rebec…Becky McGuire went to do her show, and she wouldn’t take one. Ever since Becky changed her name, I have a hard time remembering how to say it. Is it with 2 “c”s or an extra “h”? I don’t know. I know I can say April without any breaks. But when I say Becky’s new name, it takes me a long time. I was standing there a long time trying to tell Becky to take a Spring Water and to tell her to break a leg, and she was rude to me and didn’t stay until I finished saying her name.
That didn’t bother me, but then I remembered I didn’t give you a bottle of Spring Water. You’re the nicest girl in Milborough and you deserved free Spring Water more than Becky McGuire. I hope you don’t think I only offered Spring Water to Becky, because she is famous. I would have offered some to you, if only I had been reminded I was supposed to give it out. The teacher thought having a table to sit behind with a sign saying, “Free Spring Water” and 4 boxes of Spring Water should have been enough. You can tell she is not the Special Needs teacher. When I am in a new situation it makes me tense, and I can’t remember what to do.
I think it was all Becky’s fault. She should have taken my Spring Water. She deserved what happened to her with the sound. She looked so embarrassed no one could hear her. It was perfect. If she played acoustic guitar and sang without a microphone like you, she could have been heard, even with no sound. But if her sound goes out, then she can’t do anything. It was the perfect thing to happen to someone who was mean to someone who is Special Needs. That’s what I think.
Love,
Shannon Lake
At 9:22 AM,
Anonymous said…
apes, u clearly didn't c what happened w/ shannon. i alwayz get a little sick 2 my stomach just b4 a performance, so when i wuz in makeup, i wuz kinda making sum faces. the makeup girl told me 2 stop it, since she can't get the makeup on rite w/ me grimacing--2 many wrinkles. neway, i barely finished makeup in time 2 run 2 the stage. on my way, shannon lake tried 2 trip me! of course she tried 2 pass it off like she wuz giving me water, but y would she give me a bottle of water 2 carry w/ me on the stage? i have very hi standards of showwomanship as u know, an' that duz not include toting plastic bottles of water w/ me when i need 2 make a entrance. sheesh, what did i evah do 2 this girl? ok, so i sed she wuz krazee, but...she's krazee.
neway, i went on stage, an' did my amazing entrance, only 2 have that sound dork come tell me they lost sound. i looked over 2 the side of the stage, an' guess who i saw lurking near the sound board? shannon lake! she has sumthing 2 do w/ this, guyz! sabotage!
becks
At 9:32 AM,
Anonymous said…
april, oh man. oh man. u hadda bring up the sound goin’ out. thanx a lot. since i am rebecca’s sound guy that wuz rilly embarrassin’ 2 have that happ @my own skool. ‘course i hadda move all ur stuff by myself, cuz u & duncan were so bizzy laffin’ ur headz off aftah ur numbah. i wuz like, “hey! aren’t u guyz suppozed 2 do 2 songz?” i wuz not ready 4u 2 stop. luis took off his keyboard, gerald took off his drums, eva took off her tambourine, ur uncle phil took off his hose-a-phone; but u left the backdrop & the coffin & all thoze pumpkins & evn ur guitar. i hadda get all that off the stage & set the sound 4 rebecca in a freakin’ 5 minutes, while the guyz in rebecca’s band set up their instruments. it wuz crayzee. rebeccah wuz so mad. i sed 2 her, “i only had 5 minutes 2 set up & 4evah & eva just walked off laffin’ & left all their stinkin’ stuff.” rebecca sed, "it's ok jeremy. u can't help w/sound that wuz sabotaged." rebecca iz still rilly mad ‘bout the whole thing, cuz of wut happed aftah that, which u still haven’t written yet. neway, april, i am still a little mad ‘bout that 2 wen i think ‘bout it. but i’m ovah it mostly az u can tell cuz i am still writing 2u. mebbe next tyme, u guyz can have a little less fun & a little more stage responsibility.
At 9:35 AM,
Anonymous said…
April,
I read what Becky McGuire said about me. She is a big liar. I am special needs person. I am not a sabotaging person. I don't know how sound boards work. Plus she tripped over me. I did not trip her. She is a big liar.
Love,
Shannon Lake
At 12:39 PM,
Anonymous said…
that special needs skank isn't as dumb as she is pretending. she knows how 2 pull a plug out of a socket! also, she did 2 try 2 trip me by getting in my way. even a special needs kid knows that pop stars do not want sum1 getting in their way 2 hand them water bottles as they go on stage. it is important 4 a performer 2 b "in the zone" in order 2 give an awesum performance.
btw, when i sed 4evah wuz "2 good" i meant that the applause they got wuz pretty huge an' i wuz upset cuz the opening act is not supposed 2 try 2 outshine the main performer.
becks
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