Blog #3

They call my name, and I stand up and start walking to the stage. I've been waiting for this all year, and now I wish I had never signed up.  I can feel my hands start to tremble, then up my arms and all down my legs.  I struggle to not lock my knees, as butterflies crash against my stomach.  I try to convince myself that this is excitement, when really I knew deep down it was nerves.  The adrenaline rushed up my torso and into my head and I felt as though I just got off a meandering rollercoaster.  I take on step on stage, and hold my hands against my skirt so nobody can see them shake.  I take a deep breath through my nose, and stare at the thirty or so clocks looking back at me thinking maybe time had stopped and all this could go away, but they kept ticking.   Then the guitar started playing, and I let out my first note, and it felt as though everything just...stopped.  All was silent except the sound of the little acoustic guitar and I.  I stopped shaking and became at ease.  I let all my nerves and adrenaline out through every word I sang and every exhale I made.  As the last chord rang, I took a step back and as I smiled back at the audience.  They started to clap, and all that was left was happiness.

Blog #2

Oh the troubles we have with electronics! A couple years ago we had this really old t.v, and since we didn't watch much t.v. much, we didn't really think of replacing it. Well one day, I was watching a movie and it suddenly just shut off. (By the way I get really scared when things like that happen.  I always think some ghost is possessing my things, so i was freaking out!) So I went up to the television kind of weirded out and tried to turn it back on. But with my luck, it wouldn't! After half an hour of trying to turn this run-down thing on, I decide to hit it. By my surprise, the screen lit back up and the movie kept on rolling! Phew! Then the next day, I was watching t.v. again, and it turned off (surprise, surprise!). This time I wasn't scared, and went up and hit it again to make it work.  This became a daily routine of hitting it to turn it back on.  Then, it became a game to see how hard we had to hit it to make it turn back on again, and how many times we would have to do it in an hour.  Finally, after a couple months we got a new television! Lets just hope the same thing doesn't happen again!

Blog #1

Hi! My name is Cadie Jensen.  My full name is Cadence Jeweliette Jensen, but i prefer Cadie.  My Dad, who now lives in Vancouver, named me Cadence because he said it just "felt right", and my Mom who lives with me in Oliver came up with my middle name because she said i was her little "jewel".  I also have 4 older brothers (sadly, I'm the only girl besides my mom in the family).  Their names are Kole, Kody, Kurtis, and Stefan.  I don't talk a lot with the first three because they live with their family down in Creston, but my brother Stefan is down in Arizona, going to University.  One of my favourite things in the world is performing! I have been dancing since I was four, and its my passion! Right now, I'm dancing in a dance company up in Kelowna. I dance four to five times a week, and its very tiring, but its definitely worth it.  I also take singing and guitar lessons from a close family friend in Penticton. Recently, I found out that i enjoy acting as well, and i hope to get involved in that soon. My goal in the future is to graduate early from high school, and to move up to Los Angeles. There, i would like to pursue a career in show business.  I know it might be hard, but I'm determined to get there! My last thing about me is, I really want to make a difference in this world, and have people remember me for the good that i did!