Christmas!!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL....A GOOD DAY!


oh yeah so today is Christmas!!! woot! anyway. So last night my family decide that by 9:00 we'd all be down to open presents. I woke up at 8:41, without an alarm clock. So we opened presents and we all got good stuff. It was weird though cause the second gift I opened was a scream. well not a funny scream, but a totally surprised and happy surprise. it was a cell phone!!! woot. Its cool that it's a newer version than my bros so it's nicer. So today's been a pretty good day, ya know, causse it's Christmas and all. lol. here's what I got-

A Cell phone
pajama pants
A Walk to Remember
Relient K (Let it snow baby...Let it reindeer)
Relient K(5 Score and 7 years ago)
The Daring book for Girls
Itunes Gift card(wich I have spent so rapidly)
Moleskin
2 Fountain Pens(blak, cause one of my classes requires it)
Hairdryer
Combat Boots(or so says my mom)
Aurealis Colors (book)
Cool shirt wiht superwoman and wonder women and catwomen
mentos
Gum
Chapstick
Starbucks Gift cards
Drama earrings
Christmas bracelet
box of lax balls

oh yeah... and I also got

A NEW LACROSSE STICK!!!!!

so now this winter I can start playin so i can play in the spring!!! yipee!!!


now I gotta go pack for my 6 day trip...to Gatlinburg TN. bleh. but MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

so what'd y'all get for Christmas??

Life seems to be catching up with me

You know how when you were little you always wanted to be an adult and would try to be in adult conversations, and then your elders would tell you to enjoy your youth? Or how (for the girls) you'd play house and pretend to be a mother of children and try to manage them all. Or maybe you play Career, and pretended to be teacher, or a doctor, or a fireman or something equally "heroic". I kind of feel like I'm getting ready to enter into that world of "grown up conversations" and hard work and taxes. And yeah, I do kinda feel like I've already begun to enter that world (which I have, even though i'm only a freshy), but I know that I have friends who are there already or are farther along than me. I say this to those friends with the upmost respect- I am so sorry. I say that cause I'm really sorry you will have to deal with finding the "perfect job" and getting the right college, and following your dreams. So why am I even talking about this?


Today I was talking with Clarence(my step-grandfather), and he asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up and was out of college. As we talked about it, he told me about how he didn't follow his dreams and didn't end up getting a career that he loved. I know I don't want that to happen to me. I know I want to follow my dreams and become something that I would be proud to tell my kids and grandkids about, and have them aspire to take up whatever I do. Make sense? Well then he said that I have only 3 years of highschool left. I dunno if it was just me but didn't this year go by really fast? I figured that I like being a kid and being able to goof off and go to concerts and hang out with friends and just have fun. I don't wanna grow up, but heres the real point-

I'm a dreamer. I dont wanna grow up to do something that I hate. Life is coming. Fast.
(I think i'm just scared)

My motto of this school year is this- I believe God created my to dream bigger and to fly higher than those around me.

I believe it, for multiple reasons. The thing is though, career wise, I want to do so much. I would tell you but that'd take a whole other post. But basically after college I want to...well actually I'd rather have y'all ask me in person or over aim cause I don't really wanna post it up for the world to see.
theres alot more I wanted to say about this but I figured I'd keep it as short as possible

maybe I'll write a song about it...


well this one hasn't been posted in a while, and I really like it. Here's Meg & Dia with Roses





Was it something I did wrong?
and NO i don't like him

A Taste of Shakespeare

I BROKE JOES HEAD!!!!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok, Joe's nickname is Hitler. He's not dead. infact he's not even mad and I dont have to pay for it either. Oh yeah, and I didn't break his actual head. I broke his snare drum head. Which is practically impossible to break. So yeah me. It was pretty cool though. All I did was hit it with a drum stick, which is what it's meant to be hit by. So he's not mad or anything. He actually wanted it to break. So it's broke and good.

I am here to invite you to come see the play titled A Taste of Shakespeare. Under the direction of Diane Smith, some of the students of Annapolis Area Christian School have put together this marvelous play. It is not a continuous play of a constant plotline and setting, no, for it is called "A Taste of Shakespeare". The first act is a dramatic and tragic piece of Macbeth. Then the second act is an act full of mistakes and hilarity, from A Midsummer Night Dream." I would definitely encourage y'all to come. The Play is showing Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 each night. The cost is $8 for students and $10 for adults. We're still trying to build an actual Drama/Theater Program for the school, so that's why the cost is so high.

Oh yes one more thing before I forget, to introduce each Act, the AACS Madrigal Singers will be singing so that will add an extra oomph to the play. If you don't know, the AACS Madrigals are probably one of the top chorus' for a school at least in Maryland if not on the east coast. So basically the play is gonna be amazing. See y'all there. ;)




So I have a speech to write. that's due tomorrow. Wish me luck. Fare well. (and I have all this homework to get done, and 2 exams tomorrow to study for and a shower and all this other stuff)


Listening to- America's Next Freak by FM Static <3

Ask a Ninja- Summer Jobs

I love Ask a Ninja



oh and I have a slightly new fondness for the band The Used.

But now I have to change my back ground again

Another totallly random blog post.

Listening to - The Mixed Tape by Jacks Mannequin

So the coffee house was fun the other day.

And today in the chinese restaurant I saw a guy with a crew cut and in the crew cut he had a star shaved into it. I wanted to take a picture of it but I couldnt because I didn't bring in my camera. It was cool though.

And we only had a half day of school today. The Sophomores and Juniors had to take PSAT's . Sucks for them. THe Seniors had a Retreat at Camp Havana. Makes me think of Cuban Cigars. lol

Listening to - Me and the Moon by Something Corporate

Oh and if you didn't know I sent my camera in to be fixed after it died. They apparently couldn't fix it so they gave me a new one for free. Its a LOT better. And I finally put the pics on my computer from the family retreat. SO those will be on facebook soon. yeah!!

School has been really good lately. I got a 24/25 the other day in a spanish test and a 25/25, and 15/16 in English and just really good grades lately. SO thats cheered me up. I have also taken on a sticky note pad in my locker with quotes and phrases that inspire me or make me think or laugh or anything to change my mood from what it currently is. it helps me be undepressed at school.

Strangely enough everyone at school thinks I'm shy and really quiet. and y'all know the truth.

But im really disappointed in one of my friends at school. he's goin out with this girl and I'm apparently the only one who doesn't think this should happen. And i dont wanna say i'm mad at him but I kinda am. Though I bet you can guess theres more too it.

Listening to - The Rescue by American Hi-Fi



Great song.

I think I"m gonna go up on my roof where no one can find me or here me and cry my soul out


Over and out

hahahahahahehehehehehe!!! oh and lifehouse

listening to Know your onion by The Shins

ok so I'm ecstatic and i'm happy that i'm ecstatic and it has nothing to do with band.
although the fact that we won against huntingtown and then we got put in first in the state is amazing. And well school for the most part stil sucks but it does have it's highlights.


Lifehouse- First Time
I didn't watch the vid so there might be something inappropriate on there. I dunno. you tell me.




i wanna say sometime meaning ful right now, but I dunno what to say.

You Are Lemon Meringue Pie

You're the perfect combo of sassy and sweet Those who like you have well refined tastes

What Kind of Pie Are You?

I believe I was created to dream bigger and to fly higher than those around me.




so yeah, for the next few days or maybe a really long time, Im gonna be flying high, really high. ;)

quick-ish update

So real quick lemme tell ya what's been goin on. Last weekend was the family retreat. My camera was kinda broken so I didn't get any pics on my camera, but I put my memory card in Amanda Sillamans camera and I got some pics with that. I'll post those later when I got more time (probably never at the rate im goin). but the family retreat was really fun. It wasn't one of those trips where something dramatic happens so it's totally memorable for the rest of your life. This was one of those weekends that was just fun. Nothing big happened so it's not gonna be as memorable as -oh lets say- last year. But it was still really fun. My bridge didn't do very good. and please dont remind me how it did. but enough about that.

oh and last weekend at the fall retreat AACS Marching band has their first competition of the season in Lancaster PA. We placed 3rd and didn't do that great apparently

So this is a vid of the band last year at Chapters in Scranton PA. THe theme is "The Coming of the Messiah" Christmas music in November...I guess it works. this is actually only 1 song. but it was amazing.



So I just got back from a Marching band competition where we placed FIRST!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOTTT!!!!!!!! well it wasn't my best show (considering it's my first) but that's ok cause WE GOT FIRST!!!!!!!!so yeah. congradulate me and betsy. oh and we got best brass, and auxiliary(guard), and best pit crew. so yea. we rock. oh and we're up 10 from last week!!! yeah us!!!


So school still sucks(thanks NoNo for the list) but it is slowly starting to look up. I ran for Vice President for my class. I lost. thats ok, I dont have any time for it anyway. I'm already an officer for the drama club and a key member of the Pit Percussion. And it a popularity contest anyway and I really dont wanna be a part of that. Sorry for not blogging. life is really heck-tick lately and I just dont have alot of time for the computer. so I'm really tired, and I think I"m gonna go to bed. so i'll see y'all later.

luv-bex

him: dont hate school to much
me: why not?
him: because that place is where you will make friends for the rest of your life
him: its also where you make the path for the rest of your life
him: ill leave you with that

High School Musical- I Gotta Go My Own Way

So I'm not breaking up with anyone (not that theres anyone to break up with), but in a way I feel like Gabriella in this scene. I wanna go my own way terribly. I hate my school. I always have. Of course I like some stuff about it, but not much. I dont belong there. Anyone who really knows me would know that it's not the place where I would fit in. I'm not used to this. I keep falling to pieces in the middle of school. AACS will be fine without me. I'm honestly not dealing with it well. Maybe it's the truth of the matter. or Maybe it's just one of those phases...I dont really think so cause I've never liked the school. I mean, I like my classes, sorta, I like the activities, but there is just something about AACS that just...changed me quickly. On thursday, I barely said 2 words in class (except for in speech when I yelled at Chris, but that's another story), I was totally quiet, I barley even sang. (and most ppl should know that I love talking and singing)I felt uncharacteristically depressed...for no apparent reason. And I HATE when I have to adjust from how I am at AACS to how I am at church and home. I dunno. but right now I feel like the chorus from Cavanaugh Park by Something Corporate.

It was great. This summer was so great! I was so happy and ecstatic, now...I just dunno. Lots have changed already. But I know I really cant complain. There are ppl out there who have harder lives than me. So I thank the Lord that I have a great family go to a good school(even if I dont like it), have the bestest friends anyone could ask for, 2 obnoxious cats, food, clothes, shelter, and a lighter to play with.


So, what are y'all doin this Labor Day?

You Are a Roller Coaster

You live for excitement, adventure, and the most intense of thrills. Nothing is better than feeling you're truly alive, and you're willing to take risks to feel this way. In relationships, people often feel a bit nervous about what they're getting into... But generally, everyone enjoys the wild ride you take them on. Your life has more low points and high points than most people's lives. But that's okay - you love them. You figure that a smooth ride is boring! Besides, you know that super high highs only come from knowing super low lows. You cherish every emotion you feel and feel it fully. Why deny what life is truly about? At your best, you are loving life and sharing your wild times with everyone you know. You are able to open your friends up to a whole new world of experiences. At your worst, you feel extremely disoriented and even a bit dizzy. There's only so much intensity a human (even you!) can take.

What Carnival Ride Are You?

There was never any place for someone like me to be totally happy


Listening to Broken by Amy Lee and Seether

Our Lady Peace- Made of Steel

thanks Joey. great song




So school for me has officially started. its just like homeschool, but lots more ppl, limited time between classes, more books, more walking and more teachers. I like the fact that I get to see my friends everyday. But it's gonna start making everything seem soo slow so it's gonna feel like forever for the weekend to get here.

oh and band camp was interesting. for those who missed it, Betsy NOlen described it as hell with whipped cream. that was pretty much it. i'll post pics later...or what I got of pics.

You are Flat Sandals

Casual yet flirty You look great in a simple top and jeans Your look is approachable and cute!

What Kind of Sandal Are You?

OMG!!!!! SUMMER IS OVER!!!!!! thats sad.

THIS IS A MANLY FIGHT!!!!

Listening to- This Charming Man by Death Cab For Cutie

So I just got back from Florida. I had a very *interesting* time there. I hung out with a bunch of...ppl...who smoke...pot...and...drink...and have mouths on them....just an ordinary week. no biggie though, they didnt get high or drunk while I was there, so that's good. but I had lots of fun. Made new friends, and connected with old ones.

lets see...I got back on Wednesday...then on Thursday...well that day was full of strawberries and lemons. so I guess it was an apple day.

I got some shots in my arms, then I went to Matanda's[WHERE FUN IS THE ONLY WORD IN HER DICTIONARY] which is where the name of this post came from, then later I went to gymnastics which made me feel really depressed. the way home, my mom was being all in my face about school this year.



So we decided to play cranium but the playdough that comes with the came is totally retarded. so we got the other playdough (BALLS!) and it was all glittery, and Mike and Joey were sitting next to each other, and halfway through the game, Joey got the glitter all over his hands and he decided to attack Mike. So they're sitting there fighting, and we're like "who's winning?" and someone says, " I think Mike's winning." So Matanda is sitting next to mike and she starts to tickle him and Mike just shouts, "THIS IS A MANLY FIGHT!!" Irony is great isn't it? getting glitter on each other is definetly manly. watever.


Death Cab for Cutie- I Will Follow You Into The Dark



The worth and exellency of ones soul is determined by the object of it's love.
~ John Piper

listening to- Alexithymia by Anberlin

I'M GOIN CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bEFORe i go on my tirade lemme recap.

this past week was soo much fun. we had lots of fun in our room! ;) the projects were lots of fun too. basically it was an amazing week.

So on Saturday I got back from the missions trip. And since my parents were in Minesota this weekend Josh stayed at our house to "house sit." it was kinda weird.

my tirade-

so i'm sitting here wondering when my flight to Florida is. I wondering cause I wanna know if it conflicts with The youth group party or the Marching Band Picnic. So I check my moms email and I find out that I leave on Wednesday the 1st of August. aka in 2 days. So i start freaking out and not cause its in 2 days and I had no idea. i'm freaking out because I JUST got back from a slightly stressful and busy trip. I DONT WANNA LEAVE AGAIN!!! I've just been gone soo much this year and I dont wanna keep leaving my friends and everyone. maybe I'm just really tired from band. i dunno.

i'll put pics up later.


now 2 vids that balance everything out

a very loud song by Nightwish. you dont have to watch the vid. just listen...
(oh yeah. the song is called Nemo)




and now a much quieter video by Bon Jovi. Its called Till we ait strangers anymore. the vid is boring cause it isnt the real one. We're doin this song for somthing in band. here it is-

Fare Well World!

FAREWELL WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm goin on a misson trip this week so I'll be off the internet. CYA'LL!!!!!!

(if you live in the area you should come visit us at the church)

Who? What? When?Where? Why?

Listening to- I Want to Save You by Something Corporate


So answer these questions as best as you can.

Who controls us?
God gave us freewill, so do we just do whatever we want to?

What are we running from?
alot of ppl run from their pain. Is it the same with you? cause we all run...

When will we stop running?

Where are we headed?
are we going down the path of never ending strife and pain?

Why do we run?
Are we running cause we can or because we feel we have to?




just some thoughts



So I"m kinda on drugs right now...bennadryll to be exact. It makes me extremely tired in the middle of the day. And I"m a bit out of it right now...


oh and my computer is really really sloooooow

Nightwish-Over the Hills and far away

OK! this bandtotally rocks!! They're similar to Evanescence. but mostly in appearance. The girl...she has a higher vocal range than Amy Lee from Evanescence. AND she can split her vocal chords. ya know how you can play a 2 notes that go together on the piano? well she can do that....but with her voice. They're just amazing. Nightwish- Over the hills and far away.





oh yeah, THEY'RE FROM FINLAND!

and the girl you see singing in this vid left the band in *think) 2005. They have just replaced her. :(

You never know what you really have 'til it's gone

You have no idea how glad I am to be home.

And now that i've seen the majority of my friends I'm pretty happy.

PPL still left to see- AACS ppl, and the Dwyers.

But I'd really luv to see y'all more often.


Ok So a few highlights from my past few weeks are displayed in my pics. hehehe.

THe one of Josh...well can't you see how that's a highlight?
Pink Toes. ok this is my friend Connor Craig. His team...well they painted some of the guy's toes pink. lol
The rose on Josh is cause Elaine put a dragon on his right shoulder and Noelle put a skull and crossbones on his left. So someone(i think it was corrie) put a rose on his arm to even it out.
The other picture is mostly representation. It represents ppl, and friends. The ones that I've made and grown closer too.
The horse is the one I rode at RVR. Tracer. I have some stories about him.
The pic of a bunch of girls are the ones I roomed with. They rock!
oh and the guy is my friend Blane. If I told you about him. thats a pic of him. He rocks too. ;)
and the other pic is of my cousin Sasha(he's got a 6-pack), my Grandma and Katia my other cousin. :D



Now an awesome vid by Hoobastank called The Reason. ♥♥ (ok so the vids not all that spectacular but the song, I like)



o yea, band started...To come- Busy Weekends and afternoons after school this fall. yeah me. :(













We hide because we want to be found, We walk away to see who will follow, and we let our hearts get broken to see who cares enough to fix them.

"And it was so" AKA- FLORIDA!!!!

Greetings from FLorida!!! haha so lemme tell ya real quick whats been happening here in Fl

ON Saturday I went to the airport(I stayed at the SIlllamans on Friday night and Mrs. Sillaman dropped me off at the airport) got on the plane and as we were taxiing out, I got a very random nose bleed. I just felt my nose running and I wiped my nose and I saw blood. So yeah. that was fun. Then when we landed the lady who sat next to me, her daughter got a nose bleed. but she was picking her nose...ew. anyway. So my grandma and my cousin Katia picked me up from the airport. (see picture). isn't she perty?

anyway. So I got to my aunts house and we went swimming. Later the guys showed up. Sasha and Dima. Y'all met Dima but not Sasha. dude. that kid is 13 and has a 6-pack. it's scary. oh yeah. he doesnt talk in english much. he knows it but doesnt use it. and Dima is a dadushka. hehehe.

sunday I made breakfast and we went to church then I went to lunch then to Brusters then to my aunts house so Katia could get her clothes then my grandma and I went back to her house where I slept for like 3 or 4 hours. I was sooo tired. and I dont know why. then I made dinner.

so today we were supposed to go horseback riding but nope. thats tomorrow. yeah....




oh yeah, "and it was so." Katia was reading the creation story in the bible and she wanted to kno what the word "so" meant. I had no idea how to explain it. Isn't it funny how we can use a word over and over again in our everyday lives and not know how to explain it, and sometimes not know what it means? It was that way with a bunch of words, like "was." oh does anybody know what "firmament" means?











RVR WAS SOO MUCH FUN!!!!!!! i'll post pics later.
























I miss y'all.

oi ve

for those who dont know how that's pronounced- oi-vey

it's french. for something like "oh dear"

Listening to- The sounds my computer makes when the sound is messed up. :(


So last week I was at River Valley Ranch. IT.WAS.AWESOME!!!!!!!

yeah. I'll put pics up later. I'm just here to say that I'm not gonna be here this week or the week after. Victory Jam then Florida. so yeah. fare thee well!











oh yeah, some pics from the wedding.

MuteMath- Typical

I luv MuteMath so this video totally works for me. one day I'm gonna watch it backwards...or forwards. whichever you choose. lol




oh yeah and by the time you all read this I will probably be at camp. So I'll take lots of pictures and tell y'all about it. MISS Y'ALL!!!!!!!!!

From MD to DC to VA to DC to VA to MD to almost DC

Listening to- Over my head(cable car) by the Fray

Very little if any of this post is exaggeration

Yesterday.was.crazy.

I went w/ my grandma to DC yesterday…after we went to Virginia cause we got lost then got lost around Union Station..yeah. crazy. So this is how our travels went today-

From MD
Through DC
To VA
To DC
(the following is after we did whatever we came to do)
to VA
to DC
to BALTIMORE
toward New York
got lost in Baltimore
headed back to DC
Then headed to Glen Burnie
Then to Annapolis
Then to Glen Burnie
Then to Hanover
Then to Cromwell Station
Then to Glen Burnie..again
Then to Baltimore
Then back towards DC
Then towards Bowie and Upper Marlboro
Then to Ferndale
Then to Glen Burnie
Then to Shoppers food warehouse
Then home

Yeah…we got lost….A LOT!

So I saw the Yoests while in DC. IT WAS SO COOL!!!!!!! For those who know and possibly love the Yoests(like me) then you’d think that’s cool too. If not….that’s your problem. So when they left our church about 6 months ago James(the youngest) had blonde hair….now he has brown hair. It’s been a long time…kinda
And John is the same as ever. Crazy and retarded. Sara and Gibby…rambunctious as ever. And Hannah is awesome as ever. She hates her school and new church….So the only friends she has are in MD. Oh and get this- everyone thinks she’s this freaky emo kid. lol. But we know it’s not true. Oh and she shadowed an intern in a Senators office as well. And she’s got braces, but they’re nice.

BEING WITH A FRIEND IN A BIG CITY ALONE IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I got to walk around a bit with Hannah without adult supervision. Lol. so it wasn’t like we went all around. We just explored the Smithsonion and went to dinner around the corner. But I must say, it was soo exhilarating being without adults or siblings in a big city. It was so much fun. I had a blast.

But the way home wasn’t terribly fun
We got directions, yes. They fell through. Then we got lost over and over again. So around 10:30 pm we called Mr. Davidson and asked for directions(he’s come through before and apparently knows the state like the back of his hand). But something always went wrong. There’s this place called Mohawk industries and we passed that once to go to DC and twice(LOL) coming back. We went in circles constantly. Oh yeah. It.was.crazy.


If you’re ever in DC-

2 restaurants you should check out- Potbelly and Ollies Trolley

they are NO WHERE near each other but they’re both delicious. Oh and potbelly has real ice cream sandwiches. Two chocolate chip cookies with ice cream(you choose the flavor from what they have) in the middle cut in half, prepared right before your eyes. Ollies Trolley has the bestest fries you will ever taste in your life. Seasoned perfectly, And their burgers, oh yes, much better than Burger King©. It’s all good.
The Smithsonian is really cool as well, but I would suggest only goin to the art part of it if you have a lot of time on your hands and no children with you.

so yeah. yesterday was an adventure. yeah....the pics are of hannah and me and James and our new kitten named Ike.

listening to Dirty Little Secret by The All American Rejects

FM Static- Crazy Mary

(it's just audio)
Crazy Mary is a slow girl who looks up to no one.
Would do anything for a cold one.
Wishes she could find her way home.
Got the look on her face and her stare's like ray gun.
We walked by everyday
and I wish there was something I could do for her.

Maybe if I took a little time to talk then she'd heal a little if she wants to.
She can run but let's teach her how to walk away now.
I'll shake a little if she wants to she'll laugh a little if she needs to.
There's a key to the door that she's hiding behind.

She watches the world pass her by like a freight train.
They all call her the same name.
Laughin' as they point and stare at her.
So she crys out to God up in Heaven,
been prayin since she was 11.
For Him to send someone to meet her there.

Maybe if I took a little time to talk then she'd heal a little if she wants to.
She can run but let's teach her how to walk away now.
I'll shake a little if she wants to she'll laugh a little if she needs to.
There's a key to the door that she's hiding behind.

And no one knows the thoughts, the dreams,
and the ideas she's got and contains inside.
She's broken apart
and her heart is still lookin for somewhere to feel alright.
And no one knows the thoughts, the dreams,
and the ideas she's got and contains inside.
She's broken apart
and her heart is still lookin for somewhere to feel alright.

Maybe if I took a little time to talk then she'd heal a little if she wants to.
She can run but let's teach her how to walk away now.
I'll shake a little if she wants to she'll laugh a little if she needs to.
There's a key to the door that she's hiding behind.












♥























sillamans are home!!!!!

Mini- Olympics

So my mini olympics are today...I'll take my camera so y'all can see pics. It's at 7. I'm scared. I'm gonna fall off the beam. Please pray for me to do my bestest. cy'all!


my brother is crazy. but I luv him anyway.

actually..

...i just found my camera! yay!!!

This ad screams sympathy....

....NOT!!!


lol. yeah my family luvs that one...













on 2 not so great notes, I can't find my camera...and I can't remember what the second "note" was...dang it.

ANBERLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So on Sunday I went to Cassie's house and we did stuff and we were talking about bands and stuff and Anberlin came up. Well I luv Anberlin, and she happened to have their new CD- Cities. so I borrow it and I've been listening to it along with Something Corporate, Jacks Mannequin, Great Northern, Dashboard Confessional, Boy Kill Boy, Fall Out Boy, Rediscover, Blue October and 30 seconds to mars. So I'm not so crazy about Fall Out Boy, but I'm listening to them anyway.

So out of those band the top five are-

Anberlin
Something Corporate
Jacks Mannequin
30 Seconds to mars
Blue October

For those who have no idea about any of the bands I've listed...I'm sorry for you cause they are all great bands.

Great Northern I just found on Itunes. Its the free single of the week. It's not bad.


ok for those who have never heard Anberlin here are 2 songs of theirs from the CD Cities. One is upbeat and fast and the other is kinda slow and if you're not crazy about either of these, I'm gonna eventually put up all their songs...except maybe fin...-



this song is called Godspeed-




and this next one is called Inevitable-(oh and they only have like 1 slow song on the whole CD)






yeah...good songs






































so yesterday I went to gymnastics. I'm working on this-



but on trampoline...


its fun. I almost have my half..

stuff thats goin on lately

1. I'M DONE WITH MATH FOR THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!

2. I sang in church today

3. Mini Olympics is June 4th

4. Youth Group is over for the summer

5. Next comes missions training stuff

6. I might need braces. bleh

7. we're getting a new kitten in a few weeks! his name is Ike. Unfortunatly he's named after Mike. get it- Mike and Ike. ITS THE CANDY that tastes gross.

8. my (current) cat says hi

9. Cassie misses y'all

10. I was at her house today

11. I'm getting closer to some friends and more distant from others

12. I dont wanna go to AACS next year

13. I have a piano recital coming up in a month or 2

14. the band Radiohead sucks

and the finale-

15. MY BROTHER AND I ARE KINDA ACTUALLY GETTING ALONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


yes noelle that's correct! we're getting along. we dont fight as much anymore...for a strange reason but it's creating peace in our house.


ppl need to read and comment on blogs more often.


i'll post a vid later.

Let me be Captain "the" Obvious

This is the part of the show where I state some very obvious facts about my friends that you can see by just looking at them, observing them for a short while, or reading their blog.




Julia Sillaman is cwazy

Amanda Sillaman loves her big sisters

Erin Cook is a good Lax player

Brian Garland is tall

Lauren Cook is OBSESSED with snowboarding

Aly Cook has weird nicknames

Joey Dwyer loves music

Valerie Trankle loves dance

Alina Jurick is never on the computer(lol)

Justin Davidson is alive and well

Hannah Yoest is a book worm

Noelle Pruitt is a Fantasy Freak!

Beccah Pruitt Can't talk

Matanda likes quizes

Elaine Pruitt LOVES dogs.




Now a shrek 3 trailer-




and look! another one!





ME AND MY BRO ARE GETTING ALONG!!!

POTC3

What would you do? What would any of you be willing to do? Would you brave the weird and haunted shores at Worlds End to fetch back witty Jack?

Jack-Did none of you come to save me just because they missed me?


Jack-Why should I sail with any of you? FOur of you tried to kill me in the past. One of you succeeded.

some guy- YOU'RE MAD!
jack- If I wasn't this would probably never work














I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!





















Listening to - Kiss me by Rediscover

Parkour Julia, Parkour!

So on Friday Joey asked me if (being a gymnastics person) I knew what parkour was and I'm like OH YEAH!!! THAT IS WICKED AWESOME! so Julia's like whats that? and it was either me or Joey who's like "bekah will post a video" so here I am posting a video of parkour thats wicked awesome! or 2 vids...they're wicked!




CORRETION- NOELLE SAID THAT I'D PUT THE VIDEOS ON MY BLOG.

parkour is not the flips...gymnastics is. Parkour is getting where you wanna go in the shortest time possible



santa does parkour..lol






HAPPY MOMMYS DAY!!!!

not quite 2 weeks

ok i messed up. Its not in 2 weeks. Its in June sometime. I dunno the exact date, but mini olympics isn't in 2 weeks.


anyway so last night I went to gymnastics (open gym) and I suffered 5 new injuries. both ankles, my left elbow and both hands. hehe. I'll show ya tonight.

here is Carly Patterson on Beam(definetly the scariest events-




so I borrowed Something Corporate from Joey and this is one of my favorite songs on the CD NORTH..maybe cause it's so dark.. I dunno. it's called "me and the moon

2 weeks my dear, 2 weeks

in 2 weeks(i'm pretty sure thats right) I have mini olympics. I can't mount a beam, and I don't have the energy to do 4 routines in a row. bars. beam. floor. tramp. though I can do my bar routine almost perfectly. I can make my back hip circle on high bar and land my flyaway...not that this makes sence to anyone but me and gia. anyway...a flyaway is a back flip off the bar. I cant mount a friggen beam!!! and I can't do a front walkover on beam to save my life! gosh. and on top of all that-my coach is an idiot and a jerk. his name is Ram(lol) and he's always making fun of me. and showing off. There was this joke with my class mates that he thought I was hot. it was my hair. Red hair to him means fire which means a whole lot of jokes. gosh I don't like him. cyall this friday

The olsen twins

I didn't mean the famous olsen twins, I meant the unfamous olsen twins. There are these 2 girls in my region who's last name is Olsen..and they're twins. it's great. lol. scroll down.

This Far and no Farther

listening to- baby it's fact by hellogoodbye


So I got the title of this post from a chapter in a book called Shadow in the Deep(3rd book in the Binding of the blade series by LB Graham). The chapter has one of teh main characters shouting, "This Far and no farther you shall come!" to the enemy or something like that.

So that was last weekend for me. This far and no farther. Regionals but not Nationals. So is this the end of my public speaking career? haha. HECK NO! For NCFCA, most likely, but for life and other venues, definetly NOT.

Onto what happened this weekend

Thursday early morning we left for FA. Go there, spoke, Didn't go teribly well..w8ed..spoke again, went to the hotel, went into the lobby ofthe hotel only to find a bunch of people from the tourney playing chess or eating or talking or watever. I claimed to be horrible at chess and they wanted me to prove it. I did.(lol) eventually we all went to bed

Friday- Spoke, waited, spoke, played wooden solitaire, mafia, did gymnastics(got injured) and later went to the mall afterwards(where I got flipflops, socks and horrid nailpolish), went to hotel, watched chess games, talked got on computer and then went to bed

Saturday-Sat around, talked to ppl, took pics, sat around..listened to more speaches and debate(which was rather amusing), talked to ppl..comforted ppl who didn't break, congratulated those who did, got hit on by Levi Payne..again, got a very strong urge to punch Levi Payne..again, walked around, listened to breaks, didn't break, walked around..again, took pictures, said "I'm never goin to see you again so bye!" :( or something like that. ate then left.

As Noah Oberlander always said, "Do your best and let God do the rest" Well I didn't to my best this weekend and I know it. But this is how it is to be...

In the grand scheme of things I'm ok..but for now I'll be ok..eventually. I say eventually because I just like everyone else at the tourneys I worked hard and I LOVE public speaking and apparently I'm good at it to. It's one one of those things that I can't give up without a fight.



2 Things I'm gonna miss the most about speech- The adrenaline rush of giving a speech, but mostly all the friends I've made. i have some pretty awesomating friends from speech..The woodruff girls, the olsen twins, JD Farh, Christine orsini, Noah Oberlander, David Umstaatd, Emilie Lewis, Emily Pickering, Emilie Eastman, and I really got to knwo Megan Ring finally..




Hello speech! will you be my best friend??
Goodbye speech it's hard to let you go but I'm glad I met you for the skills you taught me will remain with me and help me for the rest of my life. Thanks

There's a 60% Chance You've Been Abducted By Aliens

Maybe you've really been abducted by aliens... but probably not. Let's face it. You're just a little weirder than most people.

What Are the Chances that You've Been Abducted by Aliens?

It's like I wish I had never gotten involved with it so it wouldnt' hurt so bad but in the long run i'm glad I did. like meeting people that you lose/ Wish I didn't meet them so I wouldn't feel the pain of loss but I know I'm glad I did.

End of the world? heck no. Life has just started. :D

"Life is what you choose to make of it, my friend,
if it doesn't fit
You must make changes".
~ Anon ~

listening to- Paperthin hymn (as you should be doin or finishing) by Anberlin

Regionals

So today is Regionals!!!!!! yikes. I'm scared. I really really need y'alls support on this. And if you're just reading my blog since a week ago, you might wanna keep scrollign down.

please pray!

Stuff that's been goin on.

So here's some kinda depressing stuff that's been goin on lately-ish

I didn't get my "birthday wish"
1 week after my bday my dog died
VT shootings
my "choice" has been made for me (if you wanna know, ask in person)

not much you say? well it is. yeah... still looking for that camera cord..

sorry. Am I being a downer??

last night was my scheduling thing for AACS. it was ok. I didn't get honors English, but that's ok. I saw some ppl who i know... they don't remember me..except Reagan. he was the only one who remembered my name right off the top of his head. Only 2 ppl remembered my first name and it took them 20 mins. I'm gonna have a very interesting year next year.

Good luck to y'all





i'll put a video up later.


























Someday we'll meet again
Cause that's how the story ends
It's so hard to say Goodbye
Say goodbye
-Say Goodbye by Sanctus Real

This weekend was awesomating

Listening to-My Pretty Eyes by Rediscover


So this weekend was flippen awesome!!!! On friday we all went up to Mountain View. Everyone kinda accidently stuck Joey with Kyla..poor Joey. hehe. anyway, so that night we played cards, and ate starbursts. Then on Saturday we had our projects. Charlotte, Mr. Jim and I fixed the see-saws. Mr. Jim actually made a new one. I sanded and Charlotte painted. I walked the sander..oh yeah.. We played football, Capture the Flag(JAILBREAK!), we met jeff...hehe. then on sunday we had the sermon and we sang Pharoh Pharoh! OH BABY LET MY PEOPLE GO! that was so fun. We packed and headed to the petting zoo. where matanda got bitten by a horse who has my hair,
we fed animals and petted them and got free icecream! yeah!! Then we went home where Beccah, Matanda and I let our hair down and rolled down the windows and we took bunches of pics with our hair in our face. I'd put the pics from the weekend up, but I can't find the cord that connects the camera to the computer so y'all will just have to wait. hehehe.















Yesterday I had gymnastics. My coach, Ram is evil. I don't like him. Everyone in my class thinks he likes me though cause he said I'm hot. 2 words- Inside Joke. I really almost have my kip.

You Belong in London

A little old fashioned, and a little modern. A little traditional, and a little bit punk rock. A unique soul like you needs a city that offers everything. No wonder you and London will get along so well.

What City Do You Belong In?

well you can tell me
i promise: i will not laugh
yeah you can tell me i could careless about that.

"For today, we are all Hokies."

"Forget any and all college affiliations today. For today, we are all Hokies." -J. Russell Denney


The events of April 16th weigh heavily on all our hearts. I didn't have time to make my own video, so I've stolen other peoples. On Facebook(if you dont' have one, you need one) there are many groups giving tribute and praying for VT(Virginia Tech). Here is my personal tribute consisting of videos, pictures, and quotes.

after this, we all need a hug right?


We will continue to invent the future through our blood and tears and through all our sadness ... We are the Hokies ...
-- Nikki Giovanni



check out some links-

http://www.makingfootsteps.org/rememberingvt/

http://www.remembervt.com/

http://www.vttragedy.com/

http://www.vt.edu/



From all of us in maryland, to all of y'all at Virginia Tech.


Remember the fallen. Support VT all this week by wearing Maroon and Orange..or as close as you can get.






one last thing before I go-who is goin to the Missions training thing this weekend?

After a while being insulted gets easier and easier, till you no longer care

So this morning I woke up and I did school, other stuff, and my dad came home for lunch, then told me to check Drudge Report. Then my mom says something like "Oh, to check about the shootings at Virgina Tech?" I froze. Shootings? Virginia Tech? For those of you who don't know, that's where David Nolen is for College. So then my mom says she called AACS(annapolis area christian school)to find mr. Nolen and ask about David. The secretary says that Mr. Nolen was gone, but that he had talked to David and he was fine. Big relief. Huge Relief. later, I talked to David over AOL instant messanger. He said that everything was doin better, but still not good. Later he said that it is possible one of his roommate's (roommate-andrew) friends might have been killed. The numbers of the deceased is still goin up I think. Last I checked, the New York Times said the number was 33. For more information, click on these words.

We all need to pray for David and his room mate Andrew, the families of the victims, the injured and hospitalized, and the very much scared college students. As far as i know, the shooter was killed as well.


In other news-

Gymnastics will leave you sore for a few days, but rips will leave the palm of your hand in pain and sore for weeks.

Today I had gymnastics. it was ok. We are preping for mini olympics. I'm scared. I also can't mount a beam in a fancy way. I'm too tall for the uneven bars at class. lol

but i have a rip the size of...i dunno, but it's about a millimeter deep and very red and gross. it duesnt hurt anymore.

must take my leave. bye

Julia

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU ARE 15!!!!!!!!!!! YIKESABEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok anyway....





so tomorrow morning I'm going to Richmond for the second biggest tournament of my life..so far. Oh yea and i'll be visiting my aunt.. so please pray for me, cause I'm sooo not ready.

easter is today believe it or not. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Listening to- Happy is a Yuppie Word by Switchfoot



HAPPY EASTER!!!

()()
('.')


So today we went to church, came back home, slept, ate, got on the computer, watched DJ fail miserably at a few of his lvls in his game, then had an easter egg hunt...now here I am. such and eventfull day.. not. lol


rich looks so crazy there. lol


And that's a pic of Julia's belt up there. it was broken and she taped it up...yeah...




Listening to- I hate everything about you by Three Days Grace.

BAK

I'm home. yeah...

Florida??

yes! florida is my destination! I'm leaving tomorrow at 12:50 to go to Florida. Yes I'm flying. So I won't be around all week. Sorry. I dunno, I kinda don't wanna go but I kinda do..I dunno. I guess it'll be nice to get out of the swing of things... but still. So farewell. I'll miss y'all. *sniff* bye...*sniff*






yeah..here's a vid to keep y'all occupied-










luv beauty and the beast. lol

y'all might like this-

I set my hair on fire!

yeah that pic of me is at the opera. I was in a pretty cocktail dress and my mom was dressed up too. The pic ofthe tree I thought was awesomating. It's in Pennsylvania. then I realy did set my hair on fire...twice! I was bored.

Sometimes death sucks

So I had a really bad Sunday, but at the same time it was good, but mostly bad.

My dog....died. He was old and very sick. He died of kidney failure, which is my own diagnosis, which I'm pretty sure isn't too far off the mark. I guess I was upset, but I don't think I was upset as everyone else, and I think I know why.

A while ago my rat, Pippin died. I was crying my eyes out, almost literally. But after that, something just kinda clicked in me. I understood death, or something like that. I knew that death was a natural part of life, and yeah it's hard, but I understood that Murphy and Pippin are with God and happier than on earth with family. I think that though death is very sad, it's also very releasing. I can't explain it, but it's like, I was on the beach but I couldn't go in the water, and now that he has died, I can go and swim. No I'm not happy that he's dead, for i luv him very much..but I can't explain it. Maybe I have the peace that he's no longer suffering. I dunno. But I miss him very much.




The death of Murphy will probably bring hope for another lucky dog, because I know that one day we will get a new dog, and knowing my family, it'll probably be from the pound or shelter. But nothing can replace my dog.

I have to say though that I can't and don't want your sympathies for they make my heart to much. I appreciate them but for now I can't deal with them. thanks though



Now a great vid for those at home-

LVCC Tourney

So I'm here on my dad's computer blogging from Purcelville, VA. I had my speeches and they went ok. I forgot some lines and stumbled over words, so if you ever said I was awkward then today proves it, for the most part. I gave some impromtus on Sacrifice, and "busy as a beaver." that was a bit weird. I like challenging people...

Rachel Hoffman says hi! I'll put a pic of her on later.

So I didn't break in persuasive and Impromtu but that's ok. I still gotta find out about Open Interpretations. so today was hectic. I woke at 5:30 am to get ready, and we drove 1hr 40 min and I fought sleep the whole time. I slept...on a balcony....sprawled out on chairs. People woke me up though...




So I'm really tired again, but I've been taking good pics. I'll hopefully be on later. BYE!




btw, the pic is in florida taken my mike wayne(aka my bro)









if we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy then we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world.
-C.S. Lewis

So I grew up with him...

yeah, I grew up with him. He's the bestest. He's the kindest, sweetest, gentlest, fun loving dude you'll ever meet. His name is Murphy James. He is my golden Retriever. But seriously. We've had him since I was 2. I remember getting him. I remember moving with him and all our adventures. I remember when her started getting old. He had trouble getting up stairs, then he couldn't getup stairs at all, then he had a bit of trouble standing up, then alot of trouble when now and then he'd collapse. Now this... he can no longer stand. I grew up with him. He's been our constant companion through this adventure called life. None of us could bear to see him gone. *sniff*













"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."

Pics from my new camera!