Today I participated in the Race for the Cure for breast cancer. No, not the actual race, just the non-competitive walk. To tell you the truth, in the beginning I wasn't all that excited. Getting up early on on a Saturday really isn't my thing, but then again, it isn't for most teens. Anyway, I started to look around at all the people around me and I realized that even though I was never close to anyone who died of or survived breast cancer, it really does effect so many people. Out of the 32,000 people participating in the Race for the Cure today, the majority of the people around me had a pink slip of paper on their back saying that they were there in memory or in celebration of a friend or a loved one. So hey, if getting up at 6 AM one Saturday means I get to support that many people in my community and help find a cure...it's totally worth it :)
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Race for the Cure
Today I participated in the Race for the Cure for breast cancer. No, not the actual race, just the non-competitive walk. To tell you the truth, in the beginning I wasn't all that excited. Getting up early on on a Saturday really isn't my thing, but then again, it isn't for most teens. Anyway, I started to look around at all the people around me and I realized that even though I was never close to anyone who died of or survived breast cancer, it really does effect so many people. Out of the 32,000 people participating in the Race for the Cure today, the majority of the people around me had a pink slip of paper on their back saying that they were there in memory or in celebration of a friend or a loved one. So hey, if getting up at 6 AM one Saturday means I get to support that many people in my community and help find a cure...it's totally worth it :)
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Wide open spaces
To be honest I have absolutely no idea who took these photos. In fact, I saw them on someone's blog that I follow. So why put them on my blog? Because I love these two photographs. They are both pictures of a girl in a huge field alone.
These two incredible photographs remind me of a dream of mine: I think it would be incredible to live by a huge field. If I did, I would go there all the time just to think. Y'know, relax and just be alone. No one else there but me. I'd probably write or paint, and definitely take a lot of photographs(:
Photography & quote
please click on photo for full viewGosh i love photography :)
"To keep things going for a long time, you just have to carry on taking photographs. By taking photographs you make discoveries about yourself and come to realize various things. If you're constantly reminded of things, this gives you the impulse to carry on. You learn things through taking photographs; photography is your teacher. The main thing is to keep on taking photographs for ever and ever."
- Nobuyoshi Araki
Saturday, September 18, 2010
25 things
1. There is no doubt in my mind that music is the best thing in the entire world. If I had to chose between hearing and sight, I would chose hearing because I honestly don't think I could survive without being able to hear the music.
2. I love blogs. The good ones, of course. I love hearing what other people have to say.
3. I am a total dork, but some people don't know that.
4. I can read music, and have played 3 different instruments (piano, violin and guitar), none of which I continue to play today. But I've been singing my entire life.
5. I would love to study abroad in Italy, because it is truly one of the most incredible places I've ever been in my life. I would also like to learn to speak Italian.
6. When I grow up I want to have a job that I love, and where I'm helping people.
7. I'm pretty sure I want to go into psychology, with a possible double major in music or photography. If I could just triple major in all three and still graduate in 4 years, I'd be set.
8. I know that music brings people together.
9. I don't like violence, but I understand it is a part of life.
10. My best friends mean the world to me.
11. I hate seafood--with the exception of shrimp.
12. I played softball though the 7th grade, then decided that it was just too competitive for me. But I still love softball.
13. I hate competition. It's just not in my nature.
14. I love birthdays. Yours, mine, his...doesn't matter whose. I just love birthdays.
15. Sweet Home Alabama is my favorite movie. I'm not sure why, but I pretty much love any movie with Reese Witherspoon.
16. I love country music. Sometimes it's like poetry, and other times the lyrics are just plain hilarious.
17. I don't plan on ever drinking. Too many people in my family have had problems with alcohol.
18. I don't judge people until I know them, because I wouldn't want people judging me.
19. I'm pretty good at managing my time. Always have been.
20. When I was little I always wanted a little brother. I got what I wanted. . . he's pretty cool.
21. I am a Christian by birth, but sometimes I'm not sure what I believe in. Except for Karma. That totally exists.
22. I am an incredibly inquisitive person.
23. I've had highlights, and my naturally brown hair eventually became pretty blond because of this. I'm still growing it out, but you can't tell anymore. I will never get highlights again.
24. I love taking and having photographs.
25. I have amazing friends. They're kinda crazy at times, but so am I. We're crazy together, and I love them.
2. I love blogs. The good ones, of course. I love hearing what other people have to say.
3. I am a total dork, but some people don't know that.
4. I can read music, and have played 3 different instruments (piano, violin and guitar), none of which I continue to play today. But I've been singing my entire life.
5. I would love to study abroad in Italy, because it is truly one of the most incredible places I've ever been in my life. I would also like to learn to speak Italian.
6. When I grow up I want to have a job that I love, and where I'm helping people.
7. I'm pretty sure I want to go into psychology, with a possible double major in music or photography. If I could just triple major in all three and still graduate in 4 years, I'd be set.
8. I know that music brings people together.
9. I don't like violence, but I understand it is a part of life.
10. My best friends mean the world to me.
11. I hate seafood--with the exception of shrimp.
12. I played softball though the 7th grade, then decided that it was just too competitive for me. But I still love softball.
13. I hate competition. It's just not in my nature.
14. I love birthdays. Yours, mine, his...doesn't matter whose. I just love birthdays.
15. Sweet Home Alabama is my favorite movie. I'm not sure why, but I pretty much love any movie with Reese Witherspoon.
16. I love country music. Sometimes it's like poetry, and other times the lyrics are just plain hilarious.
17. I don't plan on ever drinking. Too many people in my family have had problems with alcohol.
18. I don't judge people until I know them, because I wouldn't want people judging me.
19. I'm pretty good at managing my time. Always have been.
20. When I was little I always wanted a little brother. I got what I wanted. . . he's pretty cool.
21. I am a Christian by birth, but sometimes I'm not sure what I believe in. Except for Karma. That totally exists.
22. I am an incredibly inquisitive person.
23. I've had highlights, and my naturally brown hair eventually became pretty blond because of this. I'm still growing it out, but you can't tell anymore. I will never get highlights again.
24. I love taking and having photographs.
25. I have amazing friends. They're kinda crazy at times, but so am I. We're crazy together, and I love them.
What I wish you knew
I know it's it's impossible to tell you everything.
But sometimes, I wish i could
just sit there and let it all spill out.
My life story
pouring out of me.
Every wish, every triumph,
failure. . .
each and every dream.
Memories
Friendships
Heartbreaks.
Then maybe you'd know me.
Maybe then, somehow. . . you'd just get it;
be able to understand it all.
And I'd never have to explain
why.
But sometimes, I wish i could
just sit there and let it all spill out.
My life story
pouring out of me.
Every wish, every triumph,
failure. . .
each and every dream.
Memories
Friendships
Heartbreaks.
Then maybe you'd know me.
Maybe then, somehow. . . you'd just get it;
be able to understand it all.
And I'd never have to explain
why.
Excerpt of a journal entry
"Maybe someday you'll read this letter, but maybe not. I think that for now it shall remain in my journal, only for my eyes to see. I'll probably read it again someday, when I'm old and going through the things from my past, reminders of the memories. I'll remember how you made me feel, how much fun we had, and how you always made me smile. Thanks for that. . . "
Friday, September 17, 2010
Some call it courage- the ability to stand up to your fears and fight for what you believe in. Being able to say what you mean, what you need, and what you want. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, "no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Many people never realize this. For some it takes their entire life for it to click, and even when it does, it's just too late.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Out of silence
When she smiles
he feels her joy
Contagious laughter
spreads the love
That one boy
brought out the life
in the girl who
he feels her joy
Contagious laughter
spreads the love
That one boy
brought out the life
in the girl who
was always silent
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
through a child's eyes
happy places
joyful memories
do you remember?. . . and i take you back
there was a time when
life was simple
to childhood
where you'll smileenter reality
once more
can you see it
through a child's eyes?
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Dropping choir...
So I am officially dropping choir this week...
To tell you the truth I'm sad it has come to this, but I'm just not enjoying it. I really don't like the director and I feel that he's just taken all of the fun out of the music for me. That's a pretty tough thing to do considering I'm so passionate about it! I love that feeling that I get when I'm up there performing in a choir and it's just perfect. To know that you're creating such beauty together is a truly magical feeling, and I just haven't felt it this past year. I guess it's just time for me to move on and take other classes. Hopefully I'm making the right decision for me. Of course, I will still continue to sing. I'll still be taking voice lessons, and singing in praise band every day during chapel. Although I'm sure I'll miss that feeling...the truth is I miss it even now. With this director, it's just never been there...
To tell you the truth I'm sad it has come to this, but I'm just not enjoying it. I really don't like the director and I feel that he's just taken all of the fun out of the music for me. That's a pretty tough thing to do considering I'm so passionate about it! I love that feeling that I get when I'm up there performing in a choir and it's just perfect. To know that you're creating such beauty together is a truly magical feeling, and I just haven't felt it this past year. I guess it's just time for me to move on and take other classes. Hopefully I'm making the right decision for me. Of course, I will still continue to sing. I'll still be taking voice lessons, and singing in praise band every day during chapel. Although I'm sure I'll miss that feeling...the truth is I miss it even now. With this director, it's just never been there...
I long to feel the music again...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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