Week 2a: Creative Costumes

Last year for halloween, I walked around town with a group of friends. We all had on warm clothes and stocking hats. We also had guitars or drum sticks and we called ourselves "the band" Creative I know. ;] Eventually, we got to main street and the owner of Now & Then came outside and asked us if we were gonna TP since no one else was. Rian told him we weren't planning on anything. The owner left us on the street and a few moments later came outside with his hands full of toilet paper. He then told us that the cops called him and told him that if someone was going to TP Main Street then they should get on it, because he was heading home. So the five of us and this creepy middle aged man, who actually is really cool, started running up and down the streets stringing toilet paper from tree to tree like they were ornaments or strings of lights.

After we finished there, we went and walked to a friend’s house. Since we knew her parents wouldn’t be too happy if we showed up at 10, we hid outside her window. She had no clue, and that was the best part. We eventually got back to Lance and Delaney's and we all departed from there to go our opposite ways.

My favorite memory that was totally legal was when my dad came to my halloween basketball game in middle school in a blow up sumo wrestlers suit. He actually wore it! As he turned sideways to squeeze in the doorway everyone looked over and saw him, and then turned and looked directly at me! At the time it was rather embarrassing but looking back, it was the funniest thing he's ever done.

Week 1a : Music DEFINES you

I don’t really listen to popular music. At least not modern music. If it is a popular band, then they're from the 60's, 70's, or 80's. I listen to a lot of alternative music. Right now, I'm into secondhand serenade (and have been for a long time, they're amazing) also My American Heart, Metro Station, Red Hot Chili Peppers (and again i have been) and of course HAWK NELSON ! I think that since I listen to a lot of different music (Christian, Country, a little Techno, a lot of alternative, a little oldies, a little bit of everything I guess.) But I think it just says that I have a huge range of interest. The type of music I listen to is much different than a lot of other people my age, and my reasons for listening to it are even more different than anyone else’s. The reason I listen to my music is not solely because I like the beat. I listen to a song and I actually listen to the words and try to understand the message. I love songs that I can actually relate to, and I just sit there and listen to the words and think “Yeah, I’ve been there.” Most of my “favorite” songs are things that I relate to, and because the author got person and put those thoughts and feelings into music makes me feel like I know the person, like we have a sort of connection because we’re both experiencing the same kind of things.

I think our music says that we are a generation that is hurting. A generation longing for something that we can’t find. We are looking for a definition as to who we are, and during this search we are hurting. No one can honestly say they have never been hurt. Music is our way to express who we are. Everyone has a different style. NO two bands EVER sound the exact same, but artists take something with them to other bands that you can hear in their sound. (Jack’s Mannequin and Something Corporate)

Years from now, people will look back and ask themselves what were they going through, and because of music, they will have a tiny insight as to what we went through growing up with broken families, broken hearts and living in a world destined to fall apart. Our generation is longing for a change. A change that we have to make. Because we are going to change the world.

Week 6: Making a Comeback

In my life, this has most certainly proven to be true. When I tried out for volleyball and didn't make it in 7th grade, I had more time to do speech and other drama stuff. If I wouldn't have been cut, then I wouldn't have met the people that I met and love now.

I definitely have recovered from every set back. I get by with a little help from my friends. But I've learned to trust God for everything and He will provide. Every set back I've ever encountered has helped me to grow and accept the things that happen to me. It's taught me a lesson along the way. Everytime something falls through, I just feel like there's something else God wants for me, maybe something bigger and better, or maybe something more important. Or maybe it's not the right time...

In Ecclesiastes 3:11, it says "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end."

Week 5: Grizzly-You

I would like to go to Montana. I expect it would be a lot like it is in Illinois, but just more of it. I imagine it would be very empty. I'm sure there'd be a lot of animals, probably big animals too. I choose this place because I've never been there and I think it would be fun. I like going to new places and seeing new things. I'm sure it'd be a hot summer but there would be a lot of shade. I think I would have a new outlook on life. I think everything would be completely different for me. My personality would be the biggest change...
And I think if I could stay I would. But then again I'd miss everyone.