Florida Trip Day 5

Today was pretty funny as well, one of my friends was getting beat up at the pool by a bunch of chicks. I got crushed by massive evil waves, and they wouldn't stop hitting me..not to mention I was very tired. The trip is almost over just 2 days to go, I wonder what will happen tomorrow?

Florida Trip Day 4

Well, today was just plain hillarious everything about it was fun! I met my friend again and of course the big chick magnet he is, he found himself a bunch of girls to try and hypnotize, but ended up with nothing at least in my opinion anyways. I made 2 more new friends today and they are leaving tomorrow, but it was fun while it lasted when we played some form of volleyball in the swimming pool. I hope tomorrow is going to be fun too, even though 3 of my friends are leaving.

Florida Trip Day 3

Today was just plain depressing...I was basically stuck in a hotel room all day, and the other thing I did was swim, without any of my friends being there..I hope tomorrow is better.

Florida Trip Day 1-2

I'm currently in Florida right now, and it's been great so far! The first day really wasn't that fun since it was just traveling..then we got into our rooms really fast! They are nice rooms by the way! On the next day I made 2 new friends named Eric and Erica. That's all the information I have on my trip so far, I may post so more!

Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone is going to enjoy all the fireworks tonight! I might get to see them, if they are still going when I'm done with work.

Will things stop going downhill?

This week has well, sucked really bad...and all it has been doing is going down, and further down..from people passing away, to my aunts house being broken into at 2 in the morning with the mysterious man who said he would return..these events have really stressed me emotionally and physically. With all these depressing events happening, I'm starting to feel bad about Church Camp..will everything go smooth..will I be happy when I go? Or will I be sadly mistaken? God please calm my stress just a little bit, so I can think a little more clearly.

Tri-County Work Camp

Well, I wasn't able to make it to the first day of the work camp, but I did attend the dinner and devotion. On the first day everyone still seemed very uncomfortable around eacher. I was able to attend the full work camp on the second day, and it was HOT!!!! The food Ruby made was awesome! You just can't beat homemade food! I did some weedeating, and picked weeds out of a garden. When it was time for dinner, I noticed the most wonderful thing, everyone was integrated as one big happy youth group! The one thing I have always wanted to happen for a long time! I also made two new friends that day, and that's one thing I love about these youth type functions is the ability to make new friends! The devotion was excellent as well, filled with laughter and serious thoughts. In the end when it was all over, I wasn't able to make a personal goodbye to my new friends, nor could a find a way to, so I just said see you later! The was an experience that I shall never forget and I hope the next time, I will make even more new friends and get to know more youth groups better! This truly was an indescribable moment!

Indescribable

Your Hero Is?

Did you ever have a cartoon hero that you wanted to be like when you were little? Post who it is and why. I never had one haha.

Cartoon Heroes

Looking Back..

I had a dream last night..and that dream had to do with my best friend in high school, what made this dream so hard for me when I woke up was that we did fun things together, going places and truly having an awesome friendship...but of course none of this ever seems to happen in real life. I look back and I thought I had opportunities and yes I did ask him if he wanted to do stuff, but I guess his busy schedule got in the way (or his girlfriend). Could I have made a difference? Can I still do something about it? I sent him a text message asking if he wanted to do something before college starts...I just hope he accepts my request. Sometimes I think the dreams I have could possibly serve a very deep purpose and I don't realize it.

Is it a surprise?

People tend to think that surprises still exist in this world, they do, but usually the surprises come from the hearts of young children, once you hit your teenage years, this thing called surprise rarely ever works. Here are some ideas that no longer work to make a surprise for a person of my age, going into a store and trying to keep the one whose birthday is tomorrow away from the person purchasing the presents, that's just a big give away. Next is acting so strange, as we all know this is definitely not cover up for a surprise type of tactic. Lastly don't blame any mishaps on the person that is supposedly responsible for the guy having a birthday the next day, that only makes it more noticeable of something that is about to happen. Now that I have you drawn into this interesting concept it's time to apply it to something that gives this topic some meaning. As I learned in church, if people around you can't tell you are a Christian without you telling them, then you have done something very wrong...does this ring a bell? Is this a surprise to anyone? If a person is surprised that you are a Christian then...well...I think it's time for a reality check. I know that I'm not perfect and nobody else is either, but in order to make people think you are a Christian from my perspective, you need to be quite different from the crowd. How people saw me as a Christian was through my innocent action of following the rules, rarely getting into trouble, and the way my conscience acts in certain situations. These are a few things from my perspective that people see in me as a Christian. Don't make people act surprised that you are a Christian, show through expressions, the voice effect doesn't always work. Don't let people be surprised about you, hopefully they know what you are by how you act, and not by what you say. I personally don't like surprises, due to the fact that they can be very scary depending on the situation. What's your goal in life? Are you wanting to surprise everyone about what you are, or do you want them to know who you are without it being personally confronted?

I Finally Graduated!

Well, yesterday was the big finale, my graduation! This is truly a major chapter coming to a close in my life, but only opens to an even bigger chapter, this chapter is known as college, but I'm not going to think about that at this moment, I want to reflect on what happened last night. During graduation while sitting with all my classmates, I learned that I may have had more friends at that school than I may have realized, but it was just the last night where everyone is just saying goodbye. I had my picture taken with my best friend (at least still in heart), and we made a vowl to be friends forever. I talked with some more people, looking at them, I see grown men and women now...no ordinary people anymore, we are truly ready for the real world, a world of experiencing the good and the bad things that is being thrown at us. I didn't cry, but I was getting close to it. For those who missed the graduation, that's ok, I know you were probably busy and would have come if you had the chance.

That's What Friends Are For

Who Will Be The Next American Idol?

I'm currently viewing tonights final episode, and I vote all on Taylor, he seems to have his head on straight and his morals seem pretty strong as well. My reasons for this is how that skank singing with him forced his hand on her hip, and he instantly removes it from that general area. The reason for not voting on Katharine is that she doesn't really seem to have as much emotion and fun with her songs. The nerd who couldn't sing was so funny on stage and it got really funny when Clay appeared. This show truly is good for people, you just got to have some talent to get somewhere.








Post who you think should win or should have won!

Update:
The Winner is Taylor Hicks! My predictions are so awesome, my greatest congrats to Taylor on his win!

I Want To Change The World

I got bored and I heard a song which was called Change The World, but I decided to use christian type lyrics to make it better. Don't criticize me to much.

Introduction:
I want to change the world, live a life filled with love and care, walking along side with Christ, and when I feel alone, I know that someone will be there, just have some faith!

When I walk into a world of hate people try to bring me down, and I think to myself it's going to be ok, because I have God on my side, and nothing can take that away from me.

Chorus:
I want to change the world, learn to be a firm example, and lead others wrong, through faith I can succeed, and hopefully make many people believe.

As the journey down this narrow path lengthens, the depression and burdens of this world thickens, and it looks as if all hope is gone, then some friends lend me a helping hand to make me strong.

Chorus:
I want to change the world, growing up in a family, that will forever help me, for when I need some support, and will show the up most guidance.

When the journey finally comes to an end, I plan on returning to his open arms for an eternity of peace and happiness.

That ends this song, I couldn't really make it match the official lyrics, in fact I probably wasn't even close, so basically this just came from my heart. The one thing I learned in just this one year is, that I would have gotten no where without my church family, I love them all dearly!

Baccalaureate

Ok, this isn't some happy post on my expeience with this event that comes with graduation, but I shall tell it how I saw it through my eyes. I come in and of course I feel weird, I see my worst enemy from school (which so happens to be in show choir), which makes it even more awkward. I sit in the pues for a bit, then I get an awkward boredom feeling, so I begin to walk some to ease the boredome. Then a few more Seniors come and and we go into another room with everyone else. We are in 2 lines both with exactly 25 students in each row (wow, only 50 students out of like 231 haha what a surprise). We then march into the sanctuary, and sit in the front pues. The songs these kids sang just made me want to gag a lung up, I mean geez...who sings the song We Are A Circle of Friends, when over half of us probably don't like each other to begin with? The sermon was pretty boring, I would prefer my Youth Minister to do it instead he always makes things interesting. Then we have another song then the corny lighting of a candle with my enemy saying a prayer, then it's all over! I was burning up inside my gown. All I can say is that it's almost over! Till the next episode of my life in the world of graduation shall continue soon!

Last Day At Last!

Well, today was my last day at Hurricane High, and I earned every bit of this vacation! I made a 100% on my Music Appreciation test, and that was basically the biggest thing I did today. I'm not really feeling any emotional thoughts about the students at school, but that's ok, I will be starting over new. I will miss some, but they will probably come to the same college with me. I now present to you a song that to me means the ending leading to a new beginning! This song is in Japanese, but there are words in english at the bottom, read them carefully.

Everlasting

Song of The Day

The Rock


An excellent song that gives me hope, and raises my spirit.

Memories of yesterday at the Prom

This years prom dominated last years by a long run. The dancing music wasn't as bad either, not as much rap was used, more 80's music involved. The chocolate fountain was awesome! Me an Rachel danced quite a bit, we did the Cha Cha Dance, the Moccarena and the YMCA. I did the Electric Slide, I was a little rusty, it was quite an interesting show I pulled off. We also got free keychains and T-shirts. We watched Posiden, that movie was good, but very scary, I think it should have been rated R, the violence was pretty massive. We made it home around 3:30 in the morning. 4 hours of sleep just isn't enough for me. The next big event is graduation, I can't wait!

Proms Tomorrow!

The time has finally come at last, the Hurricane High School prom is tomorrow, and I actually have a date! There are some things I don't like about proms in my generation, and that is the use of Rap as dance music. If you have music like that, it promotes the nastiest dancing, for example, bumping and grinding (which I still don't really know what that is), but it's a dirty dance and I hate it. Another thing that makes me crazy is people getting hammered, whats the fun in getting drunk? I'm sure there will be some nice snacks to munch on, and there is a good photographer this time. I hope no one gets hurt leaving the prom.

Thoughts Of Tonights Occasion

Tonight was a night that I will never forget, because I was actually honored for something. What made it even more special was that Jake showed up for it and we had our pictures taken together. Tonight I felt so much love from everyone, that I wish that this could have gone forever! I have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and my anticipation of this wasn't even close to precise it was beyond my imagination, and I'm so grateful for everyone who put so much time into it. It will take alot for the next Seniors to match up to us, but I think they can do it.
I know how much everyone at the Senior Banquet loved my song for the slide show, so I decided to post it for everyone to listen to! Enjoy!

Go West

Thoughts of Graduation

It seems like forever, for me to reach this amazing peak in my life, the capability of graduating! The journeys I had to take to get here was no smooth path, it seems that every step was filled with rocks. In Elementary School, life was just simple, and stuff didn't matter, although I thought I was really ugly at that stage in life. Then I come to Middle School, words can't explain how much I hated those years, I mean, I had to deal with these stupid slips called reminders (only in my 7th grade year did I receive some). Popularity started to be the big thing, and drama just started getting more intense, it sort of reminded me of a prison, your boundaries were limited, and you had to try very hard not to screw up. Now I come to High School, the place that many people seem to dream about, and I only find it to be just a little better than Middle School. The popularity is just maxed out at this point, and don't get me started on the drama issues. Dealing with so many evils at once could drive someone crazy. Everything just seemed to come out of the closet when I came here. Depression began to take effect in my Freshman and Sophomore years. My Junior year, I was just starting to get out of that stage, since it was at such a serious degree. In my Senior year, I started to know who I could and couldn't trust, at that moment, I really didn't have any friends at all. My maturity at church began to increase quite rapidly, at least that's what people say. I began to be very active in the church, and realize the value that everyone meant to me, I wanted to be visible, and a few Youth Ministers helped me reach that goal, and now I seem to be doing pretty well. It's officially almost time for me to graduate. I'm excited for this event because I won't have to deal with a lot of the students I knew from High School, and I get to have a new start at life to see if I can be better, which is the plan. I know that God will lead me down the right path, and many people will help along the way.

Greatest Love of All