Love Story Meets Viva La Vida

So I haven't been on here in forever... to make it up to you check this out :)

Im Here!

I'm back! Sorry, been really busy and such so..

Um.. I thought I'd get on and write a QOTD for you. I forget where I heard or saw or read this but I heard or saw or read it somewhere so...

"You are nothing, you have nothing. You don't believe me? Then do something, make a difference, and prove me wrong."

Just thought I'd let you in on that awesomeness, your welcome.

Storm Chaser

So I haven't been on here in a while...

Rhythm Express had our 2nd competition of the season last weekend. It was so much fun!! We left school early on Friday, performed that night, got Grand Champs again, watched Pure Elegance kick butt and the Choraliers also win Grand Champs (big surprise :]) the next day, and then left on Sunday. It was crazy...

Um... I put everything basically in that big sentence above and now I can only think of one more thing to say. :(

The Rhythm Express techies, aka me (rrandom), chia, and newbie, finally got our tech shirts!! Since our theme this year is storms, ("riding the strom out" is our opener, "blue skies" is the ballad, "the thunder rolls" is the boy's number, "it's raining men" is our girl's number, and "this joint is jumping" is the closer) our shirts have "Storm Chasers" on the back. They've got a little tornado and some stars and stuff too. :)

So now I'm a Storm Chasing, two time Grand Champian, techie! :p

Favorites

So a little while ago someone asked me what my favorite song was. I had to tell them I didn't know because I didn't know. I hate that. It's so annoying when someone answers that and it's been bothering me since.

After a lot of thought and listening to a lot of music, I decided that I still don't know. Which sucks. :( So I will be doing a ton of blabbing until I think of it because I decided that I won't end this post until I am jammin to my favorite song...

Let's see...

On the 16th Rhythm Express, the Middle/Freshman School show choir, had our first competition. It was soo much fun! :) We won a lot of the awards (best choreography, best male/female vocals, etc.) and got Grand Champs!! The trophy we got is huge, taller than me, which I guess isn't that impressive.. But it's also taller than Taylor, the tallest kid in Rhythm and trust me, he's tall.

The Lemons visited Ohio for almost a week and were staying with us. I tried to steal Brookie and Ian, the youngest two, but they have some pretty tough security. (haha, that was a joke but I seriously wanted to kidnap them) It was fun having them here and we got some pretty yummy bread out of it.

A whole bunch of people had a James Bond night yesterday. It was awesome. We hung out at Claire's and watched Casino Royale. I met someone from Barcelona!! I love his accent, actually I love all accents. :) Then we went to the cheapy theatres and watched Quantom of Solace. It was good but it was also really late so we were pretty tired. Plus, there was a bunch of sand in the movie and it was putting me to sleep. I had a dream that I was sleeping in the desert. Seriously.

Um.. Ryan's almost ready to turn in papers. It's going to be so cool. I really want him to go somewhere foreign. Not because I want him super gone and away, but because it would be oober exciting and amazing.

So... I've babbled and I've thought and my new favorite song for the moment is Blue Skies, which is Rhythm's ballad this year. It's basically adorable. :)

Just Think About It

Alma chapter 7:

11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.
12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.
13 Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony which is in me.

I guess this is my Quote Me for today. :)

Don't Know Exactly What This Is But...

So i kind of stole this from Jessica Prince but i don't think she'll mind :)
(i've done the blue ones)

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept overnight on a train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden a gondola in Switzerland
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen Amish country
36. Taught yourself a new language - does bits and pieces of a language count?
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke - badly, in my case
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain - does the cheek count, cuz i have "virgin lips" ;)
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in movie
55. Been in a movie/commercial
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. One cavity or less

That kind of stinks, i'm 27/100. That's a very small percent. :( oh well. It was fun and i think i'll live.

Countdown

Happy New Year!! Here's a taggy thingy, it's kind of like counting down to the new year if you didn't get that - just with odd numbers only :D

9 scriptures/quotes that stuck out to me through the year:
1. Alma chapter 7
2. "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle"
3. "If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain"
4. "The power of friendship is not the strongest in the world, but it's strong enough"
5. "Come what may and love it"
6. James 1: 22
7. "Friends foreve without the r because that would be the end of forever"
8. "Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life"
9. Matthew 5

7 reasons why i love my best friends this year (+previous years):
1. they can always make me laugh, no matter what mood i'm in
2. they help with "homework"/we play ping-pong
3. we can finish each other sentences even if it's a little weird
4. we're not afraid of being weird
5. we have a lot in common and there's never nothing to say
6. i can count on them with anything
7. our inside jokes barely make sense to even us but we're ok with that

5 movies/books I have seen/read this year:
1. Twilight series
2. The Dark Knight
3. Wall-E
4. Horton Hears a Who
5. The Man Who Was Poe - icky

3 times i felt like crying because i was happy or really felt the spirit:
1. girl's camp - testimony meeting
2. girl's camp - liahona hike
3. watching my mom go through hard times and still make it out alive

1 thing you may not know about me:
1. i hate my feet with a passion


-2 people i tag are Mama D and Sarah. :)

Bella's Almost Lullaby (Yiruma's Version)

Check this out...

Catching Up

I haven't been on in a while, other than blogging about Twilight, so here:

A little while ago I learned I was officially a Rhythm Express techie (backstage person) which is oober exciting. Rhythm is one of Fairfield's show choirs. Choraliers and Pure Elegance (the all girls group) are the High School choirs, while Rhythm is for Middle School studentsy people. Their Preview Show was on the 21st and it was totally beast. I'd link to it but it takes a little while to get those up on youtube so past performances will have to do for now. (i'll let you know as soon as they're up.) They're really good though, and you can check out the Choraliers on Saturday, Dec. 6th 1 pm, Liberty Building for the Annual Nativity Display. :D

School's school. My team walked down to McDonald's some Friday ago. It was fun except on the way back we saw 2 dead birds. And it provoked my social studies teacher (which if you knew him, would not be a surprise) to turn to his more teasing side... which isn't hard for him. He's hilarious, though, so it's ok. He kept going up to random students and going "Hey!! Watch out for that bird!!!" causing a lot of people to jump. It was really funny until he threw a piece of bark at me and screamed my name, telling me to watch out. I saw him through something but I still ended up being blond enough to scream and totally freak out. Still, it was oober hilarious.

I babysat and had a band concert and dance which is always fun. I'm excited, for my classes toe shoe number we're doing a Phantom of the Opera medley thingy. And we are going to try to do Taylor Swift's song Love Story next year. :)

We finally reached Thanksgiving Break and it's gone by so fast, I have to go back to school tomorrow. :( Over break, though, I went bowling with some friends, which was fun, even though I got creamed. My friend ended up falling on his face when it was his turn. Don't ask, I don't know how he managed that. But it was hilarious and we got it on video!

We went to the Robertsons for Thanksgiving dinner, like every year. It was awesome. There were crazy amount of people there - like 28 or something like that. But it was beast and yummylicious! :)

Umm... I guess that's about it. Yup.. =D

Rotten Apples

Twilight...

Awesomely fantastic book. That story is beast wrapped in a bindingy thing. They're the best books I've ever read. The movie...

Well, it pretty much kinda sorta sucked on ice!

Kristen Stewart can't act worth crap, at least in that movie. It seemed like she forgot her lines or something cuz her stuttering in every other sentence really bugged me. And she was oober awkward, especially with Robert Pattinson. Zero chemistry there. Just empty space with a bunch of awkward turtles swimming around. Way over dramatic with not so dramatic scenes, too.

Every scene that was serious in the book was a funny part in the movie because they couldn't act and it seemed so fake. And every funny one in the book was serious and stiff in the movie. Like when Bella figures out Edward's a vampire. First of all, they're in the freaking car, not the forest. Secondly, he's laughing at her because she doesn't care that he could be planning on killing her in .2 seconds. They switched up the scenes a lot in the movie. That always sucks. Like with this one or the first kiss scene. (in a forest, not her room!!)

Oh!! The bedroom scene.. WHAT THE CRAP!!!!! That was the worst kissing scene in movie history. And when Edward was sucking out the venom from Bella's arm and "couldn't stop." What?!? It looked like he was about to eat her whole, he was sucking on so much of her arm!! And she was panting so hard that it looked almost like a fish out of water.

But I don't think the entire no chemistry issue was Rob's fault. He may not have looked a thing like Edward, but he did a good job as Cedric in Harry Potter so he can act. He did the bestish he could with what he had.. ish..

As for the other characters, Rosalie could have been meaner and Esme could have been a little more motherly, but they were still good. Emmett was sweetness and majorly hot, Carlisle was beasty, Alice was the perfect amount of crazy, perky, and funny and Jasper was hilariously amazing!!! Her friends (Angela Weber, Jessica Stanley, and Eric Yorkie) were cast really well, especially Mike Newton.. nuff said. The Nomads were awesome. Laurent, Victoria, and James were funny at the right times, seriously creepy at the right times. Charlie was amazingly funny and the awkward dad he was supposed to be. Taylor Lautner did a great job as Jacob, even though he was only shown for an itty bit of the movie. (Although, they didn't get really into the Quiluete stories much.) But I can't tell you if he'll do well in the next ones.

Edward's glitter really ticked me off. He was supposed to be almost brighter than the sun, sparkling. How is he supposed to dazzle and make that a really sweet quote if he can't manage to glow in the sun?!? Instead it looked like computer generated or glued on glitter. I could barely tell that something was happening!! Grr!

The movie didn't flow as well as the books, it seemed sort of choppy. It was a huge disappointment and I think that if I hadn't read the book first, I would have been like "This is stupid, no way am I reading those crap books." Which isn't fair cuz they're beast books, not crap books. =(

I feel like I'm missing something about the movie that I wanted to say. But that's probably just cuz the movie was missing a lot of somethings.. or I'll remember it right after I publish the post. In which case, just find me and ask about it if you really want to know.

But anyway, I called this post "Rotten Apples" because you know how people say you shouldn't settle for the rotten, bad apples on the bottom of the tree? Well, don't settle for the crappy, stupid movie, READ THE BOOKS!!!

PS~ Question: Is it bad if you liked the characters except for the main 1 1/2? (I half liked Edward, half didn't.)

Poems and Movies

This is going to be a short post but I'm gonna post it anyway.. I think haiku's are pretty cool, like my quote me for today..

"Haiku's are simple
but sometimes they don't make sense
refrigerator"

Isn't that funny?!

And PS.. TWILIGHT COMES OUT IN 6 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grr!!

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm tired right now and I can't really think of anything good to post about. That is mainly because our house is being swarmed by stupid, annoying, icky, and just plain mean gnats! They keep flying at our faces and buzzing by our ears and landing all over everything!

Besides the annoyance of the spelling of their name, (whoever thought to put a g in front of nat??) all they do is fly around and bother everybody. No one likes them, no one can focus, I HATE GNATS!!

Why can't they all just die? They have absolutely no purpose here except to try our patience and I can think of better ways to do that (and they don't include random swats at the sky every 2 seconds!!)

While writing this post, I counted how many I saw just flying around, their brains too small to comprehend just how annoying they really are.. 11. This is a short post and there are eleven stupid bugs messing up my train of thought.

So grr, gnats!!! Stay away from me!!!!

PS~ It also feels like they're all over you, picking at your brain...

Are you the Sweet Invention of a Lover's Dream

or are you merely as wonderful as you seem?

That's a line in a song from the Roger and Hammerstein version of Cinderella, that I love. Just the fact that Cinderella is a Disney movie makes it beast, plus the really cute story line. I like the songs in this version of it, especially this one. (Do I love you because)

My Quote Me for today also comes from this song. It's really a cute one, just before Cinderella runs away. But anywayz, here's my quote: "Do I love you because you're beautiful or are you beautiful because I love you?!"

Isn't that sweet?!?

PS~ here's the link to the song plus there's a bunch of other songs from this version on the side listy thingy!

Teddy Bears

So I am very tired at the moment but I realized I haven't put a Quote Me in a while so here is one.

There have been comments (mom, cough) that I am a little obsessed with Twilight. To prove them right, my quote is from Emmett, my favorite giant teddy. There are so many Emmett quotes that show his funny, cute, and just plain beasty personallity but after some careful consideration, I finally picked my quote (I still can't believe I only picked one!)

But here it is: "I'm really glad Edward didn't kill you.. things are more fun with you around." (talking to Bella, duh)

There are so many more, it was really hard to choose. But it's funny so.. :)

My Personel Game of Chess

POSSIBLE SPOILER (IF YOU HAVENT READ NEW MOON/OTHER TWILIGHT BOOKS, STAY AWAY) I PUT THIS CUZ I HATE SPOILERS!!

Anywayz..

Even though, if you knew the books, referring to a game of chess in my title doesnt fit the book Twilight/it's movie. It does, however, fit my background - I couldnt find any apple ones. :'(

So.. I know i'm not the only one oober excited about November 21. And, ask Katie, i'm excited! I am constantly visiting Stephanie Meyer's officail website (it's linked where it says 'twilight' on my blog description-i think that's what it is-if you couldnt tell) and it's fun. Plus it's very informational. Like did you know that Stephanie Meyer had a dream (the middle of Twilight, then she later added the beginning and ending) and poof! there was an amazing book!! Or that she hadnt planned a sequel at first so Jacob Black's charater just kind of grew. Even as she had him telling Bella the Quileute legends, Stephanie had no clue this character would turn into a werewolf in New Moon. See, very interesting.

But anyway...

I, obviously, love these books so I will provide a um few links in this post to some pretty awesome Twilight stuff. Here we go:

• funny outtake from New Moon called Narcotics
• the sweetest thing i have ever read, it made me cry (it's written in Edward's perspective) called Rosalie's News
• proof of how amazing Emmett is (i <3 that grizzly) Emmett and the Bear
• cant wait till the movie, this is the trailers page on the official Twilight movie website
• hilarious video on youtube, it always makes me laugh (it's someone's opinion on what would happen if it was Edward Cullen vs Harry Potter)

Have fun (i know i did! :D)

El Presidento

So this year is special because it's a voting year right? (and because we survived another president - yay us!)

But now we face a dilemma. Who should we pick as the future leader of our country? On one hand there's Obama and on the other there's McCain. (Why do we say 'on one hand' and 'on the other hand?' That's so silly, why can't it be feet?) But anywayz..

This year, I don't want one of them more strongly than the other. (In my head I'm still screaming "Woo, Mitt Romney!!") I would then, on not having strong opinions on a certain candidate, follow what my family says because they're smart (most of the time - love you guys!) and because I don't get to vote until whoever wins this election is done in the White House so it'll be a new set of candidates with a new set of issues.

But this year my family fully embraces the Ohio swing vote reputation. There are four of us who can vote (aww! freaky!) and we cancel each other out. Yes, 2 for Obama, 2 for McCain. Isn't that exciting!?!

So, I think if I had to choose, it would be McCain (abortion sucks, that's all i'll say about it) but I'd much rather vote on Bugs Bunny. Cuz, let's face it, if he can fool that Fudd guy and still have his carrot, he can run a country!

I'm It

So my mama tagged me and here is the thingy thing..

Here are the rules: "MY UNSPECTACULAR QUIRKS"
1.Link to the person who tagged you
2.Mention the rules on your blog
3.Tell 7 unspectacular quirks about you
4.Tag 6 following bloggers by linking to them
5.Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger's blogs letting them know they've been tagged


1. link to mama's blog.. check

2. the rules are mentioned above so.. check

3. crap this is harder than you think..
1) I am deadly afraid of clowns, they're evil, gonna take over the world, want to eat your face, do I need to continue?
2) The fact that this taggy thingy bothers me because it says 7 quirky facts instead of a nice and easy 5 or 10.
3) My OCDness (half obsessive compulsive disorder, - i get it from my mom :) - half obsessive cullen disorder, nough said.)
4) I love Disney, they make the best and most special movies ever that, I do admit, sometimes make me cry (whether it's the classics - Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Lion King, etc. or the newbies - Enchanted, Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Carribean, etc.)... plus Disney just plain rox my sox!
5) I'm sometimes a perfectionist - another trait from mommy - but only sometimes.. like my room is literally world war 3 but if i'm writing something and it's not perfect, i rip it up and start over.. unless it took forever and i was almost done, then I just suck it up and be oober mad until I eventually forget about it (hope that wasn't confusing for anyone else, cause it gave me a headache).
6) I think this one should be #1.. and that maybe #3 should be #2.. and that #1 should be #3.. but anywayz, I'm a total CHOCOHOLIC, - another 'from mom' quirk - eating chocolate is experiencing heaven on earth.. plus it's yummy in my tummy!
7) This is really quirky and stupid but, not even just when i'm starving but also when I just feel like eating food, I eat stuff I don't like and sometimes think is disgusting (like icky beef stew, yucky pineapple, stinky twizzlers, pucky candy corn, etc.)
unspectacular quirks.. check

4. i tag Brett, Ryan, Sarah, Katie, Aimee, and Sister Chapin.. (ps - i know some of you have already been tagged but who cares? this could just be motivation to do it!)
tag others.. check

5. tell the tagged they're tagged.. check

And I'm done, i could probably think of other quirky things about me, but you'll just have to deal..

Look at This And Then Tell Me it Didn't Just Make Your Day.. And Then I'll Report You to Santa for Being a Liar Instead of a Truther

And yes, it made my day! :)

Babam I Can Fly

So I was being bored and random (my brothers can prove it) and I was saying a whole bunch of goofy stuff.. I don't even remember most of basically pretty much all of it, yup, don't remember a thing.

Except for when I said "If I had a superpower, it would probably being flying. Cause how awesome would that be, seriously, it would be like babam, I can fly!!" (hehe, look at the title!) And that was like exactly word for word what I possibly, could have, maybe, maybe not, said not to the precise saying from my mouth.. Huh?

Yea anyway.. So I think that will me my Quote Me for the day. "Babam, I can fly!"

QOTD

So in school (especially in science - eww!) we have a lot of "QOTD"s. Which, duh, stands for question of the day. But i'm special and I say that my QOTD stands for "quote of the day/quote me" and since i'm cool, i win!

My 'Quote Me' today beith: "I hope it hurt you too when we broke up, but I still love you so I pray it didn't." Don't ask why, it just popped into my head like the rest of the stuff in there...

PS~ I forgot: Because I am an awesome person that is cooliravioli x10, I also have a question of the day! (but only today, unless it's not only today...) Yeah, so it be "If a turtle loses it's shell, is it homeless or naked?" In my opinion, it's both. But since i'm so understanding and a sweet listener, please tell me your answers..

So yup, answer, don't forget the "quote me", and yeah...