It is officially 12:04 am in Iowa. So it's August 1st.
Exactly one year ago today, an amazing song was released to radio. "Crush" by David Archuleta, who is "American Idol" season 7's runner-up. I was a huge fan of his and still am. To celebrate, I am having the song play on my iTunes on repeat, and later today I will be going out and wearing my Crush t-shirt that I had custom-made on cafepress.com.
I remember first hearing the lyrics "Do you catch your breath when I look at you?" and saying "yes I do, David!" whenever I heard them. Now just change David to another name that begins with D and it's perfectly describing of my life now. I added it to the playlist I made for him (which now has 9 songs on it).
I love the song so much and used to blast it as loud as my radio would go when it came on the radio, really late at night. I would do it with no cares. I didn't care if my parents woke up, David freaking Archuleta was on the radio, everyone had to hear it. But fortunately they never did.
And I remember calling into my favorite radio station to request it, my favorite DJ and I had a conversation about David. And he said David was goofy-looking and I got mad. My best friend Jenny said that he was jealous that someone almost 10 years younger than he is (my DJ's 27 and David's 18) is getting all the attention. My favorite DJ is good-looking tho.
That song is a song that anyone can relate to......it talks about having feelings for someone, and you're not sure if they're real or just a crush. That's exactly how I feel right now about someone. He's just an amazing guy and I really like him. I may even love him. But I don't know. My friend Melanie says that we're gonna fall in love as soon as we lay eyes on each other. I hope so.
Well I'm gonna stop rambling about love songs and go back to Tweeting up a storm! And maybe write in my real journals too.
Love y'all, and I will talk to you soon!
***-Lily-***
Friday, July 31, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
I don't know what to do, I think I'm fallin' for you!
Today was the drive back home to my hometown. It was pretty boring and I basically zoned out listening to one of my many playlists. I'm always adding on to them, so when I get done with them, there's a lot of songs. I added a song to one of my playlists for one of my celeb crushes, then 2 songs for another one, then 4 songs for a playlist for my best friend. I pick songs that kinda come into my life during the time I make the playlist that I like and kinda tell the story of my life.
So we ate dinner, I watched TV, drank coffee, showered, cried on my webcam and Tweeted up a storm with my friends Kayla (or Kaydan), Dani and Stephie (who was there for me tonight because I was really upset about something). And that basically sums up my Wednesday night.
I cried a lot tonight and now I have a headache because of it. And my left arm aches and I don't know why.
Next week I'll be heading back up to visit my grandma to help her out again. Tomorrow I'm not sure what I'm doing. But I will let you know of anything that happens.
I don't really have much to say tonight......so I think I'll just ended it here. Sorry that it's so short, I will try to write more tomorrow.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
So we ate dinner, I watched TV, drank coffee, showered, cried on my webcam and Tweeted up a storm with my friends Kayla (or Kaydan), Dani and Stephie (who was there for me tonight because I was really upset about something). And that basically sums up my Wednesday night.
I cried a lot tonight and now I have a headache because of it. And my left arm aches and I don't know why.
Next week I'll be heading back up to visit my grandma to help her out again. Tomorrow I'm not sure what I'm doing. But I will let you know of anything that happens.
I don't really have much to say tonight......so I think I'll just ended it here. Sorry that it's so short, I will try to write more tomorrow.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
I never wanted anyone like this, it's all brand new.
Tuesdays were never anything particularly special in my life. Just a plain day.
We had to go get my grandma's infusion, and it took longer than usual cuz they had to clean something out. But it got done. I basically listened to music and read about the Jonas Brothers in a magazine my grandma gave me.
Then we came home, did some work around the house and had some lunch. I made pasta for dinner and it was good. Then I had some chocolate-dipped strawberries, and then my grandma and I just ate the chocolate dip because it's only good for 12 hours and so we finished it off. Then we did a little more work around the house and then watched "Paris Hilton's My New BFF".
I got into this show a few weeks ago. I decided to watch it one night out of boredom and ended up enjoying it. My friends like it too and we'd talk about it every week.
Tonight was a particularly sad episode for everyone, even Paris herself. One of my favorite contestants was let go, and Paris said it was hard for her to come to that decision, and when she told him goodbye (or as she says it, TTYS for contestants she wants to keep in touch with), she was crying. I cried too, because I loved this particular contestant. His name is Stephen Hampton, and he was very funny and flirty. He's Tweeted me back once, and he flirted with me. He called me sexy and said he loved me. Which I think was very sweet.
Tomorrow I may be heading back home to my hometown, but I am not sure yet. My mom was supposed to keep in touch with me while she was on her vacation but hasn't called me at all. We'll see how everything ends up. But I just hope we're home before 8:00 so I can watch the new episode of "I Survived a Japanese Game Show". I always give my commentary on a David Archuleta fansite in Off Topic Discussion, and in case my friend Stephie misses an episode, I let her know what happens via Twitter. It's just a fun show to watch and VERY entertaining and I always gotta tune in to see what the contestants are put up to next! Y'all should watch it!
I'm just listening to the Delilah show again. My friend Kayla said she is going to email her with a dedication to Leonardo DiCaprio. He is her favorite actor and she's liked him for awhile. I asked her what song she was gonna dedicate to him, and she's not sure yet. I made a dedication to a celeb last night too, the first time I dedicated something to someone I didn't know personally. I considered dedicating a song to David Archuleta from all his fans but decided against it. And Kayla said that she thought of doing the same thing! Great minds think alike, I guess.
Well I have 3 regular journals to write in, so I am gonna try to do that before I go to sleep. But I will be sure to tell you of whatever goes on tomorrow!
Love y'all.
***-Lily-***
We had to go get my grandma's infusion, and it took longer than usual cuz they had to clean something out. But it got done. I basically listened to music and read about the Jonas Brothers in a magazine my grandma gave me.
Then we came home, did some work around the house and had some lunch. I made pasta for dinner and it was good. Then I had some chocolate-dipped strawberries, and then my grandma and I just ate the chocolate dip because it's only good for 12 hours and so we finished it off. Then we did a little more work around the house and then watched "Paris Hilton's My New BFF".
I got into this show a few weeks ago. I decided to watch it one night out of boredom and ended up enjoying it. My friends like it too and we'd talk about it every week.
Tonight was a particularly sad episode for everyone, even Paris herself. One of my favorite contestants was let go, and Paris said it was hard for her to come to that decision, and when she told him goodbye (or as she says it, TTYS for contestants she wants to keep in touch with), she was crying. I cried too, because I loved this particular contestant. His name is Stephen Hampton, and he was very funny and flirty. He's Tweeted me back once, and he flirted with me. He called me sexy and said he loved me. Which I think was very sweet.
Tomorrow I may be heading back home to my hometown, but I am not sure yet. My mom was supposed to keep in touch with me while she was on her vacation but hasn't called me at all. We'll see how everything ends up. But I just hope we're home before 8:00 so I can watch the new episode of "I Survived a Japanese Game Show". I always give my commentary on a David Archuleta fansite in Off Topic Discussion, and in case my friend Stephie misses an episode, I let her know what happens via Twitter. It's just a fun show to watch and VERY entertaining and I always gotta tune in to see what the contestants are put up to next! Y'all should watch it!
I'm just listening to the Delilah show again. My friend Kayla said she is going to email her with a dedication to Leonardo DiCaprio. He is her favorite actor and she's liked him for awhile. I asked her what song she was gonna dedicate to him, and she's not sure yet. I made a dedication to a celeb last night too, the first time I dedicated something to someone I didn't know personally. I considered dedicating a song to David Archuleta from all his fans but decided against it. And Kayla said that she thought of doing the same thing! Great minds think alike, I guess.
Well I have 3 regular journals to write in, so I am gonna try to do that before I go to sleep. But I will be sure to tell you of whatever goes on tomorrow!
Love y'all.
***-Lily-***
Sunday, July 26, 2009
If you'd just realize what I just realized, then we'd be perfect for each other and never find another.
Another Sunday night, another good day passed.
Today my grandma and I went to the hospital again so she could get her infusion. She hired someone to do the housework while we were gone, and we stopped at McDonald's for lunch. When we got home I helped out her hired lady with some of the housework and read some old IM convos.
We didn't do much besides that, just hung out and watched tv, and we had roast beef sandwiches for dinner. It was pretty good. And then I watered the tomatoes and had another encounter with the cat that I found yesterday and named Heidi. I really hope we find a home for her, or maybe I'll take her in myself. My stepdad previously said no more cats after my last 2 cats died since he's allergic to them, but maybe I could change his mind on the condition that I take her with me when I move out. I hope to find a place of my own this year.
And then I just listened to the Delilah show the rest of the night and talked with various friends. I have a bond with friends that I hope will never be severed. I really treasure my friends and I try to keep them with me my whole life.
One thing I like to do for friends is make playlists for them. I make playlists for celebs, crushes and my friends. I have 3 playlists for one of my favorite singers, a playlist for each of my celebrity crushes (that I'm still adding on to!), and 2 playlists for my best friend in the world. I made another one for him but I need to re-make it.
When I make playlists for my friends, I try to include songs that are part of my life at the moment. My last playlist for my best friend, Chris, has all sorts of songs that came into my life this year. 27 in all that spanned over 2 CDs. Some were from American Idol finalists this year, some were past contestants, some were artists that I personally liked or songs that I personally liked.
For one of the gift projects that we did for Adam Lambert this year, we made mix CDs. Mine was easy to make. I used to make slideshows for him (due to recent events I will no longer be doing that), and for my mix CD, I just used all the songs I had used in slideshows for him up to that point (there were 24 songs in all, really 23 because I used 2 different versions of one song in a slideshow for him). There were all sorts of songs on there: Classic rock like the Rolling Stones, Journey and Heart, current pop artists like Britney Spears, Katy Perry, John Mayer, Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato, popular bands like the Jonas Brothers, Cascada, Fall Out Boy and Rascal Flatts, up-and-coming artists like Mitchel Musso, Miranda Cosgrove, Lady GaGa, Metro Station and Ballas Hough Band, one little-known artist, one song from a musical, and several current or past American Idol finalists, including David Archuleta, Brooke White, Kelly Clarkson and Allison Iraheta. Since then I've made another 24-song playlist and an 18-song playlist. I may send them to him eventually.
My taste in music is a little bit of everything that's not classical, techno or death metal. And that's why I like making playlists, is to show my varied music taste. I share my music with anyone who's interested, and it's just fun to make playlists.
For my celebrity crushes, I just make a playlist of songs I come across that remind me of them and put it in a playlist. I have 4 big ones at the moment. They have 10, 5, 2 and 1 songs on their respective playlists. The one that has only one song is because so far I just haven't found another good song for him yet. I'll be sure to let you know of anything I find.
Well that's all I have to say tonight, so I think I'm gonna listen to some music and try to catch some z's.
Love y'all, and I will talk to you tomorrow!
***-Lily-***
Today my grandma and I went to the hospital again so she could get her infusion. She hired someone to do the housework while we were gone, and we stopped at McDonald's for lunch. When we got home I helped out her hired lady with some of the housework and read some old IM convos.
We didn't do much besides that, just hung out and watched tv, and we had roast beef sandwiches for dinner. It was pretty good. And then I watered the tomatoes and had another encounter with the cat that I found yesterday and named Heidi. I really hope we find a home for her, or maybe I'll take her in myself. My stepdad previously said no more cats after my last 2 cats died since he's allergic to them, but maybe I could change his mind on the condition that I take her with me when I move out. I hope to find a place of my own this year.
And then I just listened to the Delilah show the rest of the night and talked with various friends. I have a bond with friends that I hope will never be severed. I really treasure my friends and I try to keep them with me my whole life.
One thing I like to do for friends is make playlists for them. I make playlists for celebs, crushes and my friends. I have 3 playlists for one of my favorite singers, a playlist for each of my celebrity crushes (that I'm still adding on to!), and 2 playlists for my best friend in the world. I made another one for him but I need to re-make it.
When I make playlists for my friends, I try to include songs that are part of my life at the moment. My last playlist for my best friend, Chris, has all sorts of songs that came into my life this year. 27 in all that spanned over 2 CDs. Some were from American Idol finalists this year, some were past contestants, some were artists that I personally liked or songs that I personally liked.
For one of the gift projects that we did for Adam Lambert this year, we made mix CDs. Mine was easy to make. I used to make slideshows for him (due to recent events I will no longer be doing that), and for my mix CD, I just used all the songs I had used in slideshows for him up to that point (there were 24 songs in all, really 23 because I used 2 different versions of one song in a slideshow for him). There were all sorts of songs on there: Classic rock like the Rolling Stones, Journey and Heart, current pop artists like Britney Spears, Katy Perry, John Mayer, Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato, popular bands like the Jonas Brothers, Cascada, Fall Out Boy and Rascal Flatts, up-and-coming artists like Mitchel Musso, Miranda Cosgrove, Lady GaGa, Metro Station and Ballas Hough Band, one little-known artist, one song from a musical, and several current or past American Idol finalists, including David Archuleta, Brooke White, Kelly Clarkson and Allison Iraheta. Since then I've made another 24-song playlist and an 18-song playlist. I may send them to him eventually.
My taste in music is a little bit of everything that's not classical, techno or death metal. And that's why I like making playlists, is to show my varied music taste. I share my music with anyone who's interested, and it's just fun to make playlists.
For my celebrity crushes, I just make a playlist of songs I come across that remind me of them and put it in a playlist. I have 4 big ones at the moment. They have 10, 5, 2 and 1 songs on their respective playlists. The one that has only one song is because so far I just haven't found another good song for him yet. I'll be sure to let you know of anything I find.
Well that's all I have to say tonight, so I think I'm gonna listen to some music and try to catch some z's.
Love y'all, and I will talk to you tomorrow!
***-Lily-***
Saturday, July 25, 2009
This crush ain't going away!!!!!!!
Today was a very fun day. Saturdays usually are.
I had to go to the hospital with my grandma and aunt so she could get her fusion packet. Then we went to Fazoli's for lunch...........it was REALLY yummy. We will definitely come back there someday.
And then we had to stop at Wal-Mart, and I bought a bunch of notebooks. I keep composition notebooks as journals. I had to in 7th grade and I just kept doing it. I'm on my 24th, and I have several more to write in. I name all of mine because it's like having a friend you don't have to lie to, impress or judge, one that will never forget your birthday and won't get mad when you throw it at the wall.
When we were done I went over to my aunt's house to help her out, and I got to spend some time with her little kitten, Charlee Amos. I took a video clip of her on youtube and she's just so sweet. And I talked with my aunt about all sorts of things. It was nice to just bond with her.
And then when I got home I just listened to Delilah again, but with a little bit of company. My aunt and I found a stray cat in the garage. My grandma thinks that someone just dumped her here, and she looked sorta beat up. I kinda took care of her tonight, gave her some water and spent some time with her. And I named her too. Heidi, after singer/actress/tv personality Heidi Pratt. I hope I can find a good home for her if not bring her home with me. This would be the second time I resuced a cat. The first time was Christmas 1999. My now dead cat Rachael showed up and we fed her and took care of her. And we called all of the neighbors and nobody claimed her, so I brought her home with me and we took care of her until she died.
That's my story of the day, so now I think I'm gonna rest a bit and listen to some music.
***-Lily-***
I had to go to the hospital with my grandma and aunt so she could get her fusion packet. Then we went to Fazoli's for lunch...........it was REALLY yummy. We will definitely come back there someday.
And then we had to stop at Wal-Mart, and I bought a bunch of notebooks. I keep composition notebooks as journals. I had to in 7th grade and I just kept doing it. I'm on my 24th, and I have several more to write in. I name all of mine because it's like having a friend you don't have to lie to, impress or judge, one that will never forget your birthday and won't get mad when you throw it at the wall.
When we were done I went over to my aunt's house to help her out, and I got to spend some time with her little kitten, Charlee Amos. I took a video clip of her on youtube and she's just so sweet. And I talked with my aunt about all sorts of things. It was nice to just bond with her.
And then when I got home I just listened to Delilah again, but with a little bit of company. My aunt and I found a stray cat in the garage. My grandma thinks that someone just dumped her here, and she looked sorta beat up. I kinda took care of her tonight, gave her some water and spent some time with her. And I named her too. Heidi, after singer/actress/tv personality Heidi Pratt. I hope I can find a good home for her if not bring her home with me. This would be the second time I resuced a cat. The first time was Christmas 1999. My now dead cat Rachael showed up and we fed her and took care of her. And we called all of the neighbors and nobody claimed her, so I brought her home with me and we took care of her until she died.
That's my story of the day, so now I think I'm gonna rest a bit and listen to some music.
***-Lily-***
Friday, July 24, 2009
Love comes to those who believe it.
It's now 10:08 pm in Iowa, and I'm in my bedroom at my grandma's house, listening to The Delilah Show on the radio. She's currently playing one of my all-time favorite songs, "Dreaming of You" by Selena Quintinilla-Perez. My best friend re-introduced me to that song and I dedicated it to Billy, my almost-boyfriend, on Delilah last month.
Before I go into my big Delilah story, let's recap the events of the day:
I was woken up by a loud drilling noise at 9:00 am, and I went upstairs to see the repairmen that my mom hired installing the new patio door. The younger assistant looks to be about my age, and he's very cute. I wanted to give him my cell phone number but I was too nervous.
We left the house on the road at noon. We had to stop at my grandma's to drop me off before my parents left for Omaha. I did some things my grandma asked me to do if she wasn't there when I got there, then I got unpacked and checked some stuff on the computer, and then my grandma called to let me know she was on her way home. She was in the hospital because one of her cats bit her and it got infected.
Now for the Delilah show:
I've been an avid fan of the Delilah Show since Christmas 2005 and have always wanted to make a dedication. And now I've made a few, either by phone or email. The last one I made was for Billy last month. I told one of her producers that he was my almost-boyfriend, and she said "your almost-boyfriend, did he get away, or are you working on it?" And I told her we were working on it.
Delilah's stories are just so sweet and touching. Some of them I can relate to, and some I wish I had. I love listening to love songs and picking out all of my favorites. And some I hope to re-dedicate some of those songs to special people in my life! Some of them are some of my all-time favorite songs.
Now I'm gonna sit back and listen to my show again.........and maybe try to make a dedication of my own! I will let y'all know of any adventures that happen tomorrow!
***-Lily-***
Before I go into my big Delilah story, let's recap the events of the day:
I was woken up by a loud drilling noise at 9:00 am, and I went upstairs to see the repairmen that my mom hired installing the new patio door. The younger assistant looks to be about my age, and he's very cute. I wanted to give him my cell phone number but I was too nervous.
We left the house on the road at noon. We had to stop at my grandma's to drop me off before my parents left for Omaha. I did some things my grandma asked me to do if she wasn't there when I got there, then I got unpacked and checked some stuff on the computer, and then my grandma called to let me know she was on her way home. She was in the hospital because one of her cats bit her and it got infected.
Now for the Delilah show:
I've been an avid fan of the Delilah Show since Christmas 2005 and have always wanted to make a dedication. And now I've made a few, either by phone or email. The last one I made was for Billy last month. I told one of her producers that he was my almost-boyfriend, and she said "your almost-boyfriend, did he get away, or are you working on it?" And I told her we were working on it.
Delilah's stories are just so sweet and touching. Some of them I can relate to, and some I wish I had. I love listening to love songs and picking out all of my favorites. And some I hope to re-dedicate some of those songs to special people in my life! Some of them are some of my all-time favorite songs.
Now I'm gonna sit back and listen to my show again.........and maybe try to make a dedication of my own! I will let y'all know of any adventures that happen tomorrow!
***-Lily-***
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Hold on to that feeling!
Thursday was always a "short" day in my life. School was dismissed at least an hour early for teacher meetings, if not earlier due to inclement weather. So I would either go home or go to club meetings or whatever, depending on what was going on.
Today was kinda long. I babysat my brother and sister while my mom went to a hair appointment. My sister's close friend called her and invited her to go swimming, so she left before my mom came home. Then my mom paid me after she went to the library to return some stuff and I left around 4:30 to do a little shopping. I ended up getting dinner at Chick Fil-A, which is amazing. And then I bought a ring from Claire's that was on clearance. I have worn a ring on my left ring finger since the end of February and haven't removed it since a particular Wednesday. So I bought another ring, this time for my right ring finger. I made sure the particular ring fit my ring finger (and it does), and so now I plan on wearing it forever.
And when I got home I just watched a good majority of Zoolander, and then waited til 9:00 to switch it to the "16 and Pregnant: Life after Labor" reunion show. I mentioned in an earlier blog that I loved the show. It's on MTV, and documented a different girl each episode that was 16 or older and pregnant. It started when the girl was about 6-7 months pregnant and ended when the baby was a few months old.
I watched the show at the suggestion of my friend Lauren, who watched it and liked it. The first episode I watched, a girl from my home state, Farrah, was the girl documented. She was a popular cheerleader and raised her daughter Sophia with her mom helping her. Her ex-boyfriend was not in the picture, and it was later reported that he was killed in a car accident shortly before Sophia was born.
I made it a priority to tune in every week unless I was unable to. I watched a good majority of the season, in part or in whole. My favorite couple for this season would have to be Whitney and her boyfriend Weston, who reside in Georgia. Whitney and her mom were having babies due around the same date. Whitney's half-brother Taccoa was born 2 weeks before her son, Weston Jr. I loved the fact that Weston was there for Whitney and did things for their son without complaning. He just did it. On the reunion show tonight, it was revealed that their son had a genetic condition where his liver was enlarged, and because of that he will not be able to play sports when he's older, and he can't smoke or drink (which nobody should to begin with. One drink is okay, but you should be able to control it. I don't plan on drinking because I don't want to lose myself).
And now I will give my thoughts on the whole issue of teen pregnancy.
I am 19 and still a virgin. I don't know if I want to wait til I'm married to lose my virginity, but I DEFINITELY want to be married when I have kids. I will be done with college, married and hopefully I'll have a steady job when I have kids. I just don't think I could handle having a kid until I was married. I currently don't have a job, and I'm kind of searching, but at the same time I'd have to quit in a month anyway to go back to school.
On the off chance I DID get pregnant at my age, I would keep the baby. I believe abortion is wrong, and after going through all the changes through the 9 months, I just would not be emotionally able to give my baby up for adoption, because it's like, my child. I had to go through all that and I just would not be emotionally ready to give my child away. Catelynn and Tyler from this season were VERY strong to do that. And they are a sweet couple too. They were my second-favorite, after Whitney and Weston.
Like I mentioned earlier, I am not sure if I want to wait til I'm married to have sex. But if I decide to do it, I will be safe, because I want to be married when I have kids. I talked about it with my friend Amy, and she said that if I do decide to do it, to make sure my guy doesn't bail on me. I want to be in a serious relationship. My last (and so far, only) boyfriend implied he wanted it, but I was 15 and he was almost 17, and we were only together for 4 months. I wasn't ready. So I said no, and then 2 days later he broke up with me and gave me a typical excuse for why he's breaking up with me. And it took me 4 years to realize the truth. It took me 4 years to realize he was wrong for me. But I've moved on and am still searching for the right guy. I may have found him, but I'm not sure yet. We'll see this fall.
So, that's my rant/story of today. I am leaving for Des Moines, IA tomorrow, but will bring my computer with me so I can continue to tell you about my adventures and life stories. It should be pretty fun.
If you would like to comment on any of my blogs, feel free to. You DO NOT have to use blogger to comment!
Love y'all, and I'll talk to y'all soon!
***-Lily-***
Today was kinda long. I babysat my brother and sister while my mom went to a hair appointment. My sister's close friend called her and invited her to go swimming, so she left before my mom came home. Then my mom paid me after she went to the library to return some stuff and I left around 4:30 to do a little shopping. I ended up getting dinner at Chick Fil-A, which is amazing. And then I bought a ring from Claire's that was on clearance. I have worn a ring on my left ring finger since the end of February and haven't removed it since a particular Wednesday. So I bought another ring, this time for my right ring finger. I made sure the particular ring fit my ring finger (and it does), and so now I plan on wearing it forever.
And when I got home I just watched a good majority of Zoolander, and then waited til 9:00 to switch it to the "16 and Pregnant: Life after Labor" reunion show. I mentioned in an earlier blog that I loved the show. It's on MTV, and documented a different girl each episode that was 16 or older and pregnant. It started when the girl was about 6-7 months pregnant and ended when the baby was a few months old.
I watched the show at the suggestion of my friend Lauren, who watched it and liked it. The first episode I watched, a girl from my home state, Farrah, was the girl documented. She was a popular cheerleader and raised her daughter Sophia with her mom helping her. Her ex-boyfriend was not in the picture, and it was later reported that he was killed in a car accident shortly before Sophia was born.
I made it a priority to tune in every week unless I was unable to. I watched a good majority of the season, in part or in whole. My favorite couple for this season would have to be Whitney and her boyfriend Weston, who reside in Georgia. Whitney and her mom were having babies due around the same date. Whitney's half-brother Taccoa was born 2 weeks before her son, Weston Jr. I loved the fact that Weston was there for Whitney and did things for their son without complaning. He just did it. On the reunion show tonight, it was revealed that their son had a genetic condition where his liver was enlarged, and because of that he will not be able to play sports when he's older, and he can't smoke or drink (which nobody should to begin with. One drink is okay, but you should be able to control it. I don't plan on drinking because I don't want to lose myself).
And now I will give my thoughts on the whole issue of teen pregnancy.
I am 19 and still a virgin. I don't know if I want to wait til I'm married to lose my virginity, but I DEFINITELY want to be married when I have kids. I will be done with college, married and hopefully I'll have a steady job when I have kids. I just don't think I could handle having a kid until I was married. I currently don't have a job, and I'm kind of searching, but at the same time I'd have to quit in a month anyway to go back to school.
On the off chance I DID get pregnant at my age, I would keep the baby. I believe abortion is wrong, and after going through all the changes through the 9 months, I just would not be emotionally able to give my baby up for adoption, because it's like, my child. I had to go through all that and I just would not be emotionally ready to give my child away. Catelynn and Tyler from this season were VERY strong to do that. And they are a sweet couple too. They were my second-favorite, after Whitney and Weston.
Like I mentioned earlier, I am not sure if I want to wait til I'm married to have sex. But if I decide to do it, I will be safe, because I want to be married when I have kids. I talked about it with my friend Amy, and she said that if I do decide to do it, to make sure my guy doesn't bail on me. I want to be in a serious relationship. My last (and so far, only) boyfriend implied he wanted it, but I was 15 and he was almost 17, and we were only together for 4 months. I wasn't ready. So I said no, and then 2 days later he broke up with me and gave me a typical excuse for why he's breaking up with me. And it took me 4 years to realize the truth. It took me 4 years to realize he was wrong for me. But I've moved on and am still searching for the right guy. I may have found him, but I'm not sure yet. We'll see this fall.
So, that's my rant/story of today. I am leaving for Des Moines, IA tomorrow, but will bring my computer with me so I can continue to tell you about my adventures and life stories. It should be pretty fun.
If you would like to comment on any of my blogs, feel free to. You DO NOT have to use blogger to comment!
Love y'all, and I'll talk to y'all soon!
***-Lily-***
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
I can't help but smile everytime I see your face.
So today's a Wednesday. Halfway through the week. Two more days til I pack up and head up to Des Moines to visit my extended family. My parents are gonna drop me off there and then drive up to Omaha to do some boring stuff that I didn't really want to be a part of. So I'm going up there with some money I earned from hardcore babysitting, and we'll see how everything goes there. I will bring my laptop so I can update.
So today I got to hang out with my friend Alexis. She and I go to school together and we just bonded over a common love for American Idol. We would discuss it every week and also talk about our lives. Just so nice to have a friend you can talk to about stuff.
And then tonight was just another typical lonely night. I had a sandwich, made some coffee, watched some early evening TV just to kill time before my Wednesday night show, I Survived a Japanese Game Show. Great show on ABC, you should watch it. This weeks episode was preempted because President Obama was giving a press conference.
I got into I Survived a Japanese Game Show last summer. I saw previews for it and it looked really funny. So I tuned into the first episode and it was really funny, so I made it a priority to watch every week. It was very entertaining and I couldn't wait to see what they did next.
When I heard it was coming back for a second season, I couldn't wait to watch it. I am a member of a fansite for one of my favorite singers, David Archuleta. I started a topic about the show in the "Off-Topic Discussion" section of his site. My friend Stephie commented in the thread and she said that she watched it last year and didn't know they were making a new season, so she would watch it. The week she started watching was the week Bobaloo went home.
So now I make an effort to comment on the week's episode each week. I found Stephie on Twitter and we'll try to talk more about it.
I had a contestant last season that I was attached to, and this season I have one as well. My favorite contestant this year is named Dan Barbour. He's a 25-year-old young adult librarian from Shrewsbury, MA. My dad is from a town just outside of Boston, and Shrewsbury's near Boston and Worcester, so maybe my dad has heard about him. I like Dan for the following reasons:
1. We share a lot of similarities (both from small towns, both are religious virgins, both love to read, both are single, and are both pretty tall. I'm 5'8". I'm not sure how tall he is)
2. He's VERY attractive (and Stephie thinks he's pretty cute too)
3. I just have this very strange feeling that Dan will end up being like last years winner Justin Wood: he'll be the guy who kinda just hangs out in the background and ends up winning the whole shebang. Dan's been up for 2 elimination challenges and he won both in like a landslide, and I think he's got the potential to win this whole thing. He's a strong competitor, is always willing to take some heat, and never backs down from anything, and never says never.
I did a video blog awhile ago talking a little bit about Dan and I shared my thoughts about him being a future strong competitor. And I shared it with Stephie and she agrees with me and declared that we are now "Team Dan".
He has a blog on here if you want to read it. The address of it is http://bydan.blogspot.com. You can read it if you want. Judging from his blogs, he seems like a very down-to-earth person. And he's replied to me a couple of times on his facebook page, and (to borrow the phrase from him) oh my word he's so sweet! He's got me started saying "oh my word" and abbreviating it too (omw).
So that's my story of the day. If you have any thoughts you would like to leave, feel free to do so. And you DON'T have to use blogger to comment!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
So today I got to hang out with my friend Alexis. She and I go to school together and we just bonded over a common love for American Idol. We would discuss it every week and also talk about our lives. Just so nice to have a friend you can talk to about stuff.
And then tonight was just another typical lonely night. I had a sandwich, made some coffee, watched some early evening TV just to kill time before my Wednesday night show, I Survived a Japanese Game Show. Great show on ABC, you should watch it. This weeks episode was preempted because President Obama was giving a press conference.
I got into I Survived a Japanese Game Show last summer. I saw previews for it and it looked really funny. So I tuned into the first episode and it was really funny, so I made it a priority to watch every week. It was very entertaining and I couldn't wait to see what they did next.
When I heard it was coming back for a second season, I couldn't wait to watch it. I am a member of a fansite for one of my favorite singers, David Archuleta. I started a topic about the show in the "Off-Topic Discussion" section of his site. My friend Stephie commented in the thread and she said that she watched it last year and didn't know they were making a new season, so she would watch it. The week she started watching was the week Bobaloo went home.
So now I make an effort to comment on the week's episode each week. I found Stephie on Twitter and we'll try to talk more about it.
I had a contestant last season that I was attached to, and this season I have one as well. My favorite contestant this year is named Dan Barbour. He's a 25-year-old young adult librarian from Shrewsbury, MA. My dad is from a town just outside of Boston, and Shrewsbury's near Boston and Worcester, so maybe my dad has heard about him. I like Dan for the following reasons:
1. We share a lot of similarities (both from small towns, both are religious virgins, both love to read, both are single, and are both pretty tall. I'm 5'8". I'm not sure how tall he is)
2. He's VERY attractive (and Stephie thinks he's pretty cute too)
3. I just have this very strange feeling that Dan will end up being like last years winner Justin Wood: he'll be the guy who kinda just hangs out in the background and ends up winning the whole shebang. Dan's been up for 2 elimination challenges and he won both in like a landslide, and I think he's got the potential to win this whole thing. He's a strong competitor, is always willing to take some heat, and never backs down from anything, and never says never.
I did a video blog awhile ago talking a little bit about Dan and I shared my thoughts about him being a future strong competitor. And I shared it with Stephie and she agrees with me and declared that we are now "Team Dan".
He has a blog on here if you want to read it. The address of it is http://bydan.blogspot.com. You can read it if you want. Judging from his blogs, he seems like a very down-to-earth person. And he's replied to me a couple of times on his facebook page, and (to borrow the phrase from him) oh my word he's so sweet! He's got me started saying "oh my word" and abbreviating it too (omw).
So that's my story of the day. If you have any thoughts you would like to leave, feel free to do so. And you DON'T have to use blogger to comment!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
You cut me open and I keep bleeding love.
Today was my little brother's 6th birthday.
I remember clear as the day the day he was born. It was July 21st, 2003. They took my mom in to be induced early in the morning. I had an acting workshop that day, and the kids knew my mom was pregnant and due any day. I called my mom to let her know I'd be home later because I was hanging out with some friends, and I told her congratulations from my friend Ali.
Then later, at about 3:15 pm, I was watching TV with my sister. My stepdad called to tell me my brother was born. I even remember the show I was watching and what episode it was. My sister and I were watching "Cyberchase" and the episode was "Trading Places". My brother was named Leo Charles, after both of his grandfathers (in other words, my stepgrandpa and my now-late grandpa), both of whom went by their middle names (Mike and Bill, respectively).
To be honest, I didn't want a brother. I wanted another sister. But I was 13 at the time, so I was a little more bratty. But when Leo entered this world, I learned to love him. My sister and I sometimes can't put up with him, but I don't love him any less. He's a good kid, and is still learning the ropes of this world. He's got a lot to learn.
Happy 6th birthday Leo. May you have a great year, and many more to come.
***-Lily-***
I remember clear as the day the day he was born. It was July 21st, 2003. They took my mom in to be induced early in the morning. I had an acting workshop that day, and the kids knew my mom was pregnant and due any day. I called my mom to let her know I'd be home later because I was hanging out with some friends, and I told her congratulations from my friend Ali.
Then later, at about 3:15 pm, I was watching TV with my sister. My stepdad called to tell me my brother was born. I even remember the show I was watching and what episode it was. My sister and I were watching "Cyberchase" and the episode was "Trading Places". My brother was named Leo Charles, after both of his grandfathers (in other words, my stepgrandpa and my now-late grandpa), both of whom went by their middle names (Mike and Bill, respectively).
To be honest, I didn't want a brother. I wanted another sister. But I was 13 at the time, so I was a little more bratty. But when Leo entered this world, I learned to love him. My sister and I sometimes can't put up with him, but I don't love him any less. He's a good kid, and is still learning the ropes of this world. He's got a lot to learn.
Happy 6th birthday Leo. May you have a great year, and many more to come.
***-Lily-***
Monday, July 20, 2009
I can hardly breathe, something's telling me maybe he could be the one.
Today was a bit brief cuz I woke up at 3:00 pm central time.
Most of it I just hung out at home, printed out movie reviews and saved them in my journal, cuz that's just what I do. And I watched a little bit of TV and also "Dude, Where's My Car?" which I haven't watched in awhile. It's so dumb, but it's kinda funny too.
Tonight I'm gonna discuss something that's been on my mind for a couple of days now.
I am kinda getting into murder mysteries. They're quite facsinating cuz you never know what's gonna happen next.
One classic example of a good murder mystery is the "Scream" trilogy. I haven't seen any of them but I plan on seeing them, with a guy. I don't like horror movies unless I have someone with me to protect me. With siblings that are much younger, and my love life being very uncertain at the moment, I can't watch them yet. I did do some background research on the first movie, and I learned the plot. The main character is Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), whose mother was brutally murdered one year before the events of the movie. Her friends are murdered one by one by a masked killer known as Ghostface. Eventually, it is revealed that there are 2 killers: her boyfriend Billy (Skeet Ulrich) and his best friend Stu (Matthew Lilliard). Everyone said that Ulrich looks like Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp is my favorite actor because he's sexy, amazing, and can pull off any role (he scared the life outta me when I saw Sweeney Todd). And when I looked up Skeet Ulrich on Google, I found that yeah, he does kinda look like Johnny Depp. So he's hot. And it got me wondering, WHY does the killer end up being the hot guy? Why? It's just not easy to get!
And the other main murder mystery I kinda got into was a TV show called "Harper's Island". I watched the final two episodes and I think I'll buy the season on DVD. The plot line is about the wedding between Trish Wellington (Katie Cassidy) and Henry Dunn ("Ugly Betty" alum Christopher Gorham). The wedding takes place on Harper's Island, the scene of a mass murder 7 years prior. One of the victims was the mother of Henry's best friend, Abby Mills (Elaine Cassidy, no relation to Katie). One by one, the wedding guests, members of the wedding party, police officers and other locals on the island are killed off. The main suspect is John Wakefield, who was arrested and charged for murder in the 1980's and was sentenced to life in prison, but released on parole in 2002. It is then believed that he went on the murderous rampage on Harper's Island. In the final 2 episodes, it is revealed that Wakefield had committed some of the murders, but that he had an accomplice: Henry. It was also revealed that Wakefield was present at the murder scenes in 2002, but it was Henry doing the killing. He figured that marrying his childhood sweetheart, Trish, would bring Abby back to the island, and then he and his dad, Wakefield, killed everyone in Henry and Abby's way so Henry could live his fantasy life with Abby. Again, Christopher Gorham, who played Henry, is hot. And once again, the killer is the hot guy. Why? Why does it have to be like this?
So that's my story of the night. Tomorrow is my little brother's birthday, and I'll be sure to check in with any stories from that!
***-Lily-***
Most of it I just hung out at home, printed out movie reviews and saved them in my journal, cuz that's just what I do. And I watched a little bit of TV and also "Dude, Where's My Car?" which I haven't watched in awhile. It's so dumb, but it's kinda funny too.
Tonight I'm gonna discuss something that's been on my mind for a couple of days now.
I am kinda getting into murder mysteries. They're quite facsinating cuz you never know what's gonna happen next.
One classic example of a good murder mystery is the "Scream" trilogy. I haven't seen any of them but I plan on seeing them, with a guy. I don't like horror movies unless I have someone with me to protect me. With siblings that are much younger, and my love life being very uncertain at the moment, I can't watch them yet. I did do some background research on the first movie, and I learned the plot. The main character is Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), whose mother was brutally murdered one year before the events of the movie. Her friends are murdered one by one by a masked killer known as Ghostface. Eventually, it is revealed that there are 2 killers: her boyfriend Billy (Skeet Ulrich) and his best friend Stu (Matthew Lilliard). Everyone said that Ulrich looks like Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp is my favorite actor because he's sexy, amazing, and can pull off any role (he scared the life outta me when I saw Sweeney Todd). And when I looked up Skeet Ulrich on Google, I found that yeah, he does kinda look like Johnny Depp. So he's hot. And it got me wondering, WHY does the killer end up being the hot guy? Why? It's just not easy to get!
And the other main murder mystery I kinda got into was a TV show called "Harper's Island". I watched the final two episodes and I think I'll buy the season on DVD. The plot line is about the wedding between Trish Wellington (Katie Cassidy) and Henry Dunn ("Ugly Betty" alum Christopher Gorham). The wedding takes place on Harper's Island, the scene of a mass murder 7 years prior. One of the victims was the mother of Henry's best friend, Abby Mills (Elaine Cassidy, no relation to Katie). One by one, the wedding guests, members of the wedding party, police officers and other locals on the island are killed off. The main suspect is John Wakefield, who was arrested and charged for murder in the 1980's and was sentenced to life in prison, but released on parole in 2002. It is then believed that he went on the murderous rampage on Harper's Island. In the final 2 episodes, it is revealed that Wakefield had committed some of the murders, but that he had an accomplice: Henry. It was also revealed that Wakefield was present at the murder scenes in 2002, but it was Henry doing the killing. He figured that marrying his childhood sweetheart, Trish, would bring Abby back to the island, and then he and his dad, Wakefield, killed everyone in Henry and Abby's way so Henry could live his fantasy life with Abby. Again, Christopher Gorham, who played Henry, is hot. And once again, the killer is the hot guy. Why? Why does it have to be like this?
So that's my story of the night. Tomorrow is my little brother's birthday, and I'll be sure to check in with any stories from that!
***-Lily-***
Sunday, July 19, 2009
He's got me like nobody.
There's something about Sundays.........they're usually quiet, boring, and they usually provide you with nothing to do. But not today.
Today my Sunday was actually quite exciting. My stepdad took me out to see the new "Harry Potter" movie, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". I have been a Harry Potter fan since I was young. It took me awhile to get into it, and I was actually resistant to read it at first because it just didn't seem like something I'd be interested in, but one day over my Christmas vacation when I was, I believe, 11 or 12, I read the first chapter of the first book, and part of the second chapter, and I ended up enjoying it. So I ended up getting the first 4 books as birthday/Christmas presents, then had some quite memorable adventures getting the last 3. And before I give my review of the movie, I will tell you all about my adventures getting the last 3 books.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Book 5, came out in the summer of 2003, which, for me, was the summer before my 8th grade year. I reserved a copy of the book at a local bookstore downtown, and my stepdad took me to get it at midnight. There was a line that extended towards a local resturant. But since I had reserved my copy I was guaranteed to get one. It took awhile to get the book, but when I got home I stayed up reading it until 1:00 am and then went to sleep. And then another day it was a rainy day, so I just finished reading it and cried towards the end. It is the longest book in the series, but I loved it.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Book 6, came out in the summer of 2005, the summer before my sophomore year. I was in Boston at the time, visiting my dad and stepmom, and we were driving up to my stepmom's lakehouse in upstate New York. My stepmom reserved 3 copies of the book at a bookstore in Schenectady, NY, and with reserved purchase of the book we got tickets to a free screening of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", which was the most recently released movie at the time. That was a good movie. During the scene where Hermione punched Malfoy in the face, the entire room started applauding. At the end of the movie it wasn't quite midnight, but we got a good spot in the line, and we had already reserved copies of the book, so we were good to get in and out. And when it was 1 minute til midnight, we counted down the last 10 seconds and then got our books. My stepmom stayed up all night reading it and then finished it the next day, and she started crying towards the end. I was at camp and I finished it then. I don't remember if I cried.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Book 7, came out in the summer of 2007, the summer before my senior year. That summer, I had a job as a junior counselor at a summer camp. They were going to get a free order of the books to be able for purchase in the camp store. My mom ended up pre-ordering it on amazon.com and having it shipped out to my camp. It didn't come to my camp on the exact day, but 2 days later. The night I got it I had on-duty, where I sit outside my cabin area and make sure everything is quiet and orderly. Since my girls were 8-10 years old, that was an easy task. So I just sat outside and read book 7 until I got off, and then I woke up at 6:00 am the next day and finished it. And then I loaned it to my friend Meg cuz she wanted to read it and was unable to get it at the time. I loaned her my copy. She had to leave before the end of camp, and she didn't finish it but she gave it back to me. And my friend Patrick and I discussed the ending. He was disappointed that it ended up being a "Disney" ending. And I gave my theory on the ending: they just couldn't kill Harry. He's the title character, the books are all about him. Similar to how Meredith Grey couldn't be killed off "Grey's Anatomy" during season 3. They did a 3-part story arc where there was a ferry accident. Meredith was helping a patient and he had a spasm and knocked her into the water, where she started drowning. She eventually was rescued by her boyfriend, Dr. Derek Shepherd but had already come down with hypothermia. In the 3rd part she had a near-death experience and ended up being revived. Exactly the same reason: she's the main character of the show, the show is named after her, killing her off would be simply Not Done.
Enough of my theories, time to give a movie review.
Every time I see a Harry Potter movie, I always think the next movie is better than the previous movie. I still have not seen "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" as I was at camp and just unable to get to a theater to see it, and I haven't gotten around to renting it.
That being said, I did enjoy the 6th movie very much. I hadn't read the book in quite some time, but I do remember some of the elements of the story. Some of the major parts were taken out, such as the beginning chapter with the Muggle Prime Minister, Bill Weasley's engagement to Fleur Delacour, and any part with Harry's aunt and uncle. Instead, Harry is picked up by Dumbledore in a cafe in London.
The movie had a beautiful look to it, and all of the key actors (Daniel Radcliffe, my man Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson), did a good job performing. I also enjoyed Jessie Cave as Ron's (Grint) girlfriend Lavender Brown, and was also quite jealous of her since she got to kiss my crush from the Harry Potter cast. And I can sympathize with Hermione (Watson) too, because I know how it feels to see the guy you like flirting with another girl and making affection towards her. It hurts. A lot. I have had a crush on one of my best friends since last summer and it just hurts so much to hear he's with another girl. But I keep my jealousy in check.
Without giving anything away, I will say that the ending left me in shock. Even though I knew what was going to happen since I had read the book, my mouth still fell open during the climax and remained that way for like 5 minutes. But the movie ended on a good note, and had me looking forward to the next two installments that will make up the 7th book in the series. Part 1 of "Deathly Hallows" comes out in December 2010, and part 2 in June 2011. Overall, I will give "Half-Blood Prince" **** out of ****.
Well, that's my review........if you have seen the movie and would like to comment on it, go ahead! You don't have to be a blogger user to comment. Next week or the following week I will be going on vacation, and I may go see a movie with my cousin Rachel, and if I do I will give my review.
***-Lily-***
Today my Sunday was actually quite exciting. My stepdad took me out to see the new "Harry Potter" movie, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". I have been a Harry Potter fan since I was young. It took me awhile to get into it, and I was actually resistant to read it at first because it just didn't seem like something I'd be interested in, but one day over my Christmas vacation when I was, I believe, 11 or 12, I read the first chapter of the first book, and part of the second chapter, and I ended up enjoying it. So I ended up getting the first 4 books as birthday/Christmas presents, then had some quite memorable adventures getting the last 3. And before I give my review of the movie, I will tell you all about my adventures getting the last 3 books.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Book 5, came out in the summer of 2003, which, for me, was the summer before my 8th grade year. I reserved a copy of the book at a local bookstore downtown, and my stepdad took me to get it at midnight. There was a line that extended towards a local resturant. But since I had reserved my copy I was guaranteed to get one. It took awhile to get the book, but when I got home I stayed up reading it until 1:00 am and then went to sleep. And then another day it was a rainy day, so I just finished reading it and cried towards the end. It is the longest book in the series, but I loved it.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Book 6, came out in the summer of 2005, the summer before my sophomore year. I was in Boston at the time, visiting my dad and stepmom, and we were driving up to my stepmom's lakehouse in upstate New York. My stepmom reserved 3 copies of the book at a bookstore in Schenectady, NY, and with reserved purchase of the book we got tickets to a free screening of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", which was the most recently released movie at the time. That was a good movie. During the scene where Hermione punched Malfoy in the face, the entire room started applauding. At the end of the movie it wasn't quite midnight, but we got a good spot in the line, and we had already reserved copies of the book, so we were good to get in and out. And when it was 1 minute til midnight, we counted down the last 10 seconds and then got our books. My stepmom stayed up all night reading it and then finished it the next day, and she started crying towards the end. I was at camp and I finished it then. I don't remember if I cried.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Book 7, came out in the summer of 2007, the summer before my senior year. That summer, I had a job as a junior counselor at a summer camp. They were going to get a free order of the books to be able for purchase in the camp store. My mom ended up pre-ordering it on amazon.com and having it shipped out to my camp. It didn't come to my camp on the exact day, but 2 days later. The night I got it I had on-duty, where I sit outside my cabin area and make sure everything is quiet and orderly. Since my girls were 8-10 years old, that was an easy task. So I just sat outside and read book 7 until I got off, and then I woke up at 6:00 am the next day and finished it. And then I loaned it to my friend Meg cuz she wanted to read it and was unable to get it at the time. I loaned her my copy. She had to leave before the end of camp, and she didn't finish it but she gave it back to me. And my friend Patrick and I discussed the ending. He was disappointed that it ended up being a "Disney" ending. And I gave my theory on the ending: they just couldn't kill Harry. He's the title character, the books are all about him. Similar to how Meredith Grey couldn't be killed off "Grey's Anatomy" during season 3. They did a 3-part story arc where there was a ferry accident. Meredith was helping a patient and he had a spasm and knocked her into the water, where she started drowning. She eventually was rescued by her boyfriend, Dr. Derek Shepherd but had already come down with hypothermia. In the 3rd part she had a near-death experience and ended up being revived. Exactly the same reason: she's the main character of the show, the show is named after her, killing her off would be simply Not Done.
Enough of my theories, time to give a movie review.
Every time I see a Harry Potter movie, I always think the next movie is better than the previous movie. I still have not seen "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" as I was at camp and just unable to get to a theater to see it, and I haven't gotten around to renting it.
That being said, I did enjoy the 6th movie very much. I hadn't read the book in quite some time, but I do remember some of the elements of the story. Some of the major parts were taken out, such as the beginning chapter with the Muggle Prime Minister, Bill Weasley's engagement to Fleur Delacour, and any part with Harry's aunt and uncle. Instead, Harry is picked up by Dumbledore in a cafe in London.
The movie had a beautiful look to it, and all of the key actors (Daniel Radcliffe, my man Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson), did a good job performing. I also enjoyed Jessie Cave as Ron's (Grint) girlfriend Lavender Brown, and was also quite jealous of her since she got to kiss my crush from the Harry Potter cast. And I can sympathize with Hermione (Watson) too, because I know how it feels to see the guy you like flirting with another girl and making affection towards her. It hurts. A lot. I have had a crush on one of my best friends since last summer and it just hurts so much to hear he's with another girl. But I keep my jealousy in check.
Without giving anything away, I will say that the ending left me in shock. Even though I knew what was going to happen since I had read the book, my mouth still fell open during the climax and remained that way for like 5 minutes. But the movie ended on a good note, and had me looking forward to the next two installments that will make up the 7th book in the series. Part 1 of "Deathly Hallows" comes out in December 2010, and part 2 in June 2011. Overall, I will give "Half-Blood Prince" **** out of ****.
Well, that's my review........if you have seen the movie and would like to comment on it, go ahead! You don't have to be a blogger user to comment. Next week or the following week I will be going on vacation, and I may go see a movie with my cousin Rachel, and if I do I will give my review.
***-Lily-***
Every step you climb another mountain, every breath is harder to believe........there are no boundaries.
Yay for Saturdays. They're always fun.
This Saturday was devoted to shopping. I had to get my brother a birthday present (his birthday's on Tuesday). And I did manage to get some things for myself.
Since today was a little bit cooler, weather wise, when I went on my Starbucks run I got a hot drink as opposed to a cold drink. The baristas at the Starbucks downtown practically know me by name (and some of them even know my name), plus I have a crush on one of them but haven't told him yet, so it's kinda nice to go down there.
I went out to the mall and ended up only buying Seventeen Magazine and a chocolate chip bagel from Panera. Every time I mention that I bought a chocolate chip bagel, my friends start wanting them. I don't know why. But cool how I influence my friends.
And then I went to the other mall to get my brother's birthday present, some new earrings and a hot fudge sundae from Dairy Queen. Ice cream is my comfort food, so it's nice to go out and get some every once in awhile. I don't get it every time I go out to save money and also I'm watching what I eat. Diabetes runs in my family so I gotta watch what I eat to try to avoid getting it.
Tonight I had to babysit my siblings again as my family went out. They were out til almost midnight, so I had to wait up for them. I'm used to staying up late though.
I don't have another back story to share for y'all tonight, but I will tomorrow as I am going to go see "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". I will give my review on it.
Good night, my lovely readers, I will see you tomorrow.
***-Lily-***
This Saturday was devoted to shopping. I had to get my brother a birthday present (his birthday's on Tuesday). And I did manage to get some things for myself.
Since today was a little bit cooler, weather wise, when I went on my Starbucks run I got a hot drink as opposed to a cold drink. The baristas at the Starbucks downtown practically know me by name (and some of them even know my name), plus I have a crush on one of them but haven't told him yet, so it's kinda nice to go down there.
I went out to the mall and ended up only buying Seventeen Magazine and a chocolate chip bagel from Panera. Every time I mention that I bought a chocolate chip bagel, my friends start wanting them. I don't know why. But cool how I influence my friends.
And then I went to the other mall to get my brother's birthday present, some new earrings and a hot fudge sundae from Dairy Queen. Ice cream is my comfort food, so it's nice to go out and get some every once in awhile. I don't get it every time I go out to save money and also I'm watching what I eat. Diabetes runs in my family so I gotta watch what I eat to try to avoid getting it.
Tonight I had to babysit my siblings again as my family went out. They were out til almost midnight, so I had to wait up for them. I'm used to staying up late though.
I don't have another back story to share for y'all tonight, but I will tomorrow as I am going to go see "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". I will give my review on it.
Good night, my lovely readers, I will see you tomorrow.
***-Lily-***
Friday, July 17, 2009
To be with you, there's nothing I wouldn't do.
So again, it's a typical Friday with nothing to do. I just hung out at home the whole day, and watched the end of an "iCarly" marathon with my siblings. Then my mom and stepdad went out on a date and left me in charge. Of course there were TV shows my siblings wanted to watch. My brother had been looking forward to a new episode of SpongeBob SquarePants for like 2 weeks and it was on tonight. So he, my sister and I watched it. Then my sister left to watch "Wizards on Deck With Hannah Montana". I watched the very end of it before I got in the shower.
And also today, I recorded a song cover on youtube for someone very special. The song was actually a request from my girlfriends Theresa and Melanie, but I dedicated it to someone very special. And now, sit back, take your shoes off, and grab a cup of decaf coffee, cuz I'm gonna tell you a little love story.
Last year was my first year of college. I'll be going to this school for another year before transferring. In my first semester, I took Intermediate Algebra. It was one of those classes where the teacher was in another location and taught several different networks via video. Kinda nice as the teacher really didn't pay attention to who was doing what.
It was in this class that I met Billy. Yeah, I know. We have rhyming names, please shoot me now. The first thing I noticed about him was that he was wearing a Yankees cap. Me coming from a family of Yankees fans (myself excluded as I am a Red Sox fan), I took note of this and mentioned it to him. And he said that he's also a Cubs fan (his hometown is the Windy City).
I didn't really talk to him for a lot of the semester, but right around the middle, he sat next to me, and I just realized how CUTE he was. And so I decided to test the waters with him. I asked him if he thought I was pretty, and he said I was. I've been made fun of my whole life because of the way I look, so to hear that from a cute guy was just so sweet because I'm not used to hearing it. And I returned the favor by telling him that I thought he was cute. He said he didn't hear it often either. And then I gave him my contact info (facebook, myspace, cell phone #, etc) and he gave me his cell phone number. And at the end of every class we'd hug and he'd tell me "take care" before we left.
Then, towards the end of the semester I realized I really liked him and he seemed to like me back. So one day I decided to really flirt with him. Our class was a 2-hour class and we took a 10-minute break after one hour. I always grabbed something to eat on our break. So, one day we were going on break, and I told him "hey, love, I'm gonna go get something to eat, I'll see you in 10!" and blew a kiss at him. He smiled at me as I left. Then I came back. He had left the room for a minute and I was giggling like mad. My friend Bridget asked me what was up and I just kept giggling. Then she asked "do you have a crush?" and pointed to his empty chair. I was like "is it THAT obvious?", then he came back. Class started up again and we talked a little more. Then I told him "I really like you." He just simply said "I know." But he didn't say anything more than that, so he gave off the vibe that he shared my feelings. And then at the end we hugged again and parted ways.
The day of our last class together, we took a final. Yuck, hate finals, they should be made illegal. Billy showed up late, so I finished before he did. When he came we waved enthusiastically at each other, and after I finished I waited for him to finish, then we walked out together and talked about our plans for the upcoming holidays. He had another final so I walked him to it. I gave him a big hug, and then asked if I could kiss him. He's like "yeah" and leans his cheek closer to my mouth, so I kissed him on the cheek. I was wearing lip gloss that day (still remember the shade too...........Kohl's Flirt! Squeeze Me Super Shiny Lip Gloss in Zippy Ginger) so I told him that I hope I didn't leave any on his cheek. He rubbed his cheek just to make sure. Then we parted ways.
I did see him around campus for the spring semester, although we didn't have any classes. I got his number again and programmed it into my phone. We talked a lot about our plans for whatever we were doing. And I gave him a light-up rose for Valentine's Day, and he said he appreciated it. And the last time I saw him he complimented me on my then-new haircut, said it looked good.
And now, sadly, he's away in Chicago for the summer. I've wanted to call him but have been too shy. He told me he was gonna be there and that it sucked that we wouldn't be able to see each other. I've texted him occasionally. And I also dedicated "Dreaming of You" by Selena to him on the Delilah show. I didn't get to talk to Delilah herself, but I talked to one of her producers and told her about him. When I said he was my almost-boyfriend, she asked "did he get away or are you working on it?" And I said that we were working on it. And I told her the story and that we'll be able to try to work things out next fall. She asked how old we were. He turned 20 on May 24th, and I will be 20 on November 29th.
Billy is just the sweetest, and if we do end up together, he'd be my second boyfriend overall, and my first in 5 years (I was single for a good majority of high school except for freshman year........that is 4 months of my life I wished I hadn't experienced). People will give us crap cuz of our rhyming names, but I don't care. And he also shares his name with one of the killers in the original "Scream" (I find that ironic cuz my Billy, as far as I know, is not sociopathic, nor does he look like a guy who looks like Johnny Depp).
Well, that's my love story of the day, feel free to comment on mine or share your own! You don't have to use blogger to comment.
***-Lily-***
And also today, I recorded a song cover on youtube for someone very special. The song was actually a request from my girlfriends Theresa and Melanie, but I dedicated it to someone very special. And now, sit back, take your shoes off, and grab a cup of decaf coffee, cuz I'm gonna tell you a little love story.
Last year was my first year of college. I'll be going to this school for another year before transferring. In my first semester, I took Intermediate Algebra. It was one of those classes where the teacher was in another location and taught several different networks via video. Kinda nice as the teacher really didn't pay attention to who was doing what.
It was in this class that I met Billy. Yeah, I know. We have rhyming names, please shoot me now. The first thing I noticed about him was that he was wearing a Yankees cap. Me coming from a family of Yankees fans (myself excluded as I am a Red Sox fan), I took note of this and mentioned it to him. And he said that he's also a Cubs fan (his hometown is the Windy City).
I didn't really talk to him for a lot of the semester, but right around the middle, he sat next to me, and I just realized how CUTE he was. And so I decided to test the waters with him. I asked him if he thought I was pretty, and he said I was. I've been made fun of my whole life because of the way I look, so to hear that from a cute guy was just so sweet because I'm not used to hearing it. And I returned the favor by telling him that I thought he was cute. He said he didn't hear it often either. And then I gave him my contact info (facebook, myspace, cell phone #, etc) and he gave me his cell phone number. And at the end of every class we'd hug and he'd tell me "take care" before we left.
Then, towards the end of the semester I realized I really liked him and he seemed to like me back. So one day I decided to really flirt with him. Our class was a 2-hour class and we took a 10-minute break after one hour. I always grabbed something to eat on our break. So, one day we were going on break, and I told him "hey, love, I'm gonna go get something to eat, I'll see you in 10!" and blew a kiss at him. He smiled at me as I left. Then I came back. He had left the room for a minute and I was giggling like mad. My friend Bridget asked me what was up and I just kept giggling. Then she asked "do you have a crush?" and pointed to his empty chair. I was like "is it THAT obvious?", then he came back. Class started up again and we talked a little more. Then I told him "I really like you." He just simply said "I know." But he didn't say anything more than that, so he gave off the vibe that he shared my feelings. And then at the end we hugged again and parted ways.
The day of our last class together, we took a final. Yuck, hate finals, they should be made illegal. Billy showed up late, so I finished before he did. When he came we waved enthusiastically at each other, and after I finished I waited for him to finish, then we walked out together and talked about our plans for the upcoming holidays. He had another final so I walked him to it. I gave him a big hug, and then asked if I could kiss him. He's like "yeah" and leans his cheek closer to my mouth, so I kissed him on the cheek. I was wearing lip gloss that day (still remember the shade too...........Kohl's Flirt! Squeeze Me Super Shiny Lip Gloss in Zippy Ginger) so I told him that I hope I didn't leave any on his cheek. He rubbed his cheek just to make sure. Then we parted ways.
I did see him around campus for the spring semester, although we didn't have any classes. I got his number again and programmed it into my phone. We talked a lot about our plans for whatever we were doing. And I gave him a light-up rose for Valentine's Day, and he said he appreciated it. And the last time I saw him he complimented me on my then-new haircut, said it looked good.
And now, sadly, he's away in Chicago for the summer. I've wanted to call him but have been too shy. He told me he was gonna be there and that it sucked that we wouldn't be able to see each other. I've texted him occasionally. And I also dedicated "Dreaming of You" by Selena to him on the Delilah show. I didn't get to talk to Delilah herself, but I talked to one of her producers and told her about him. When I said he was my almost-boyfriend, she asked "did he get away or are you working on it?" And I said that we were working on it. And I told her the story and that we'll be able to try to work things out next fall. She asked how old we were. He turned 20 on May 24th, and I will be 20 on November 29th.
Billy is just the sweetest, and if we do end up together, he'd be my second boyfriend overall, and my first in 5 years (I was single for a good majority of high school except for freshman year........that is 4 months of my life I wished I hadn't experienced). People will give us crap cuz of our rhyming names, but I don't care. And he also shares his name with one of the killers in the original "Scream" (I find that ironic cuz my Billy, as far as I know, is not sociopathic, nor does he look like a guy who looks like Johnny Depp).
Well, that's my love story of the day, feel free to comment on mine or share your own! You don't have to use blogger to comment.
***-Lily-***
Thursday, July 16, 2009
What a feelin', bein's believin'............
So today was just another typical day in my life.
My sister woke me up because I had to babysit her and my brother while my mom went to her Weight Watchers meeting. I had a throbbing headache so the first thing I did was take Advil to treat it. Then I got something to eat and then my sister came down and wanted to hang out in my bedroom. Today I was feeling generous so I let her come in.
We mostly just talked about what she's been doing. My sister's only 8 so we don't really have much to talk about that's age appropriate for both of us. I kinda wish I had a sister that was closer to my age, but Beatrice is nice too. That's why I have my online girlfriends to talk to.
When my mom came home, she paid me and I went out to the mall. I hadn't been out there in a little while, so it was nice to get out. The only thing I ended up getting was a frappucino, but that's alright. I also saw this woman who I bond over American Idol with. She knew I always wore my high-heeled boots on Tuesdays for good luck, but the two times I didn't, bad things happened to my favorite contestant. The first time, I was running late for class and didn't have time to put on other shoes, so I wore sandals, and my contestant, Adam Lambert, was in the bottom 2. Then the second time was the finale. I didn't leave the house at all (I was done with school and just didn't go out to the mall), and I don't wear shoes around the house, so I didn't wear my boots, and Adam lost. So I think those boots really were lucky.
My little brother had his last t-ball game of the summer tonight, so when I got home I just made some dinner, watched the season finale of "16 and Pregnant" (great show on MTV, if you happen to catch a re-run, please watch it!), and now I'm watching Flashdance. I haven't watched that movie in ages and I wanted something new to watch tonight, so I stuck it in the DVD player.
This movie is a great movie. It's a classic 80's musical that tells a great story, has great music, and has some nice acting from Jennifer Beals. I haven't watched it in a long time, and so it's nice to watch it again. I used to have virtual girls' nights with one of my dearest friends, Emily. We'd watch movies at the same time, eat snacks, and talk about the boys in our lives. We never watched this together, but she also liked it. If she hadn't gotten her computer privleges revoked, we prolly could have watched this together. I miss her and wish I could talk to her more often.
I always could count on Emily to talk to about anything. Be it about boys, my life, TV, or just random hot guys we'd send back and forth to each other, she was my rock, my closest friend, my sister from another mother. And then her heart got broken and her mom found out and took away her computer until she moves out. I miss her so much.
And now I kind of feel.........alone. I've had problems at home and I hardly have anyone to talk to about it. My best friend is away for the summer, my almost-boyfriend is away for the summer, and I just don't have anyone to vent to except my online girlfriends, but those messages can be seen by anyone. I wish I could talk to someone in private about it.
So now I'm gonna get off my soapbox and share this with y'all.........maybe you'll enjoy reading it, maybe you won't. But here you go.
***-Lily-***
My sister woke me up because I had to babysit her and my brother while my mom went to her Weight Watchers meeting. I had a throbbing headache so the first thing I did was take Advil to treat it. Then I got something to eat and then my sister came down and wanted to hang out in my bedroom. Today I was feeling generous so I let her come in.
We mostly just talked about what she's been doing. My sister's only 8 so we don't really have much to talk about that's age appropriate for both of us. I kinda wish I had a sister that was closer to my age, but Beatrice is nice too. That's why I have my online girlfriends to talk to.
When my mom came home, she paid me and I went out to the mall. I hadn't been out there in a little while, so it was nice to get out. The only thing I ended up getting was a frappucino, but that's alright. I also saw this woman who I bond over American Idol with. She knew I always wore my high-heeled boots on Tuesdays for good luck, but the two times I didn't, bad things happened to my favorite contestant. The first time, I was running late for class and didn't have time to put on other shoes, so I wore sandals, and my contestant, Adam Lambert, was in the bottom 2. Then the second time was the finale. I didn't leave the house at all (I was done with school and just didn't go out to the mall), and I don't wear shoes around the house, so I didn't wear my boots, and Adam lost. So I think those boots really were lucky.
My little brother had his last t-ball game of the summer tonight, so when I got home I just made some dinner, watched the season finale of "16 and Pregnant" (great show on MTV, if you happen to catch a re-run, please watch it!), and now I'm watching Flashdance. I haven't watched that movie in ages and I wanted something new to watch tonight, so I stuck it in the DVD player.
This movie is a great movie. It's a classic 80's musical that tells a great story, has great music, and has some nice acting from Jennifer Beals. I haven't watched it in a long time, and so it's nice to watch it again. I used to have virtual girls' nights with one of my dearest friends, Emily. We'd watch movies at the same time, eat snacks, and talk about the boys in our lives. We never watched this together, but she also liked it. If she hadn't gotten her computer privleges revoked, we prolly could have watched this together. I miss her and wish I could talk to her more often.
I always could count on Emily to talk to about anything. Be it about boys, my life, TV, or just random hot guys we'd send back and forth to each other, she was my rock, my closest friend, my sister from another mother. And then her heart got broken and her mom found out and took away her computer until she moves out. I miss her so much.
And now I kind of feel.........alone. I've had problems at home and I hardly have anyone to talk to about it. My best friend is away for the summer, my almost-boyfriend is away for the summer, and I just don't have anyone to vent to except my online girlfriends, but those messages can be seen by anyone. I wish I could talk to someone in private about it.
So now I'm gonna get off my soapbox and share this with y'all.........maybe you'll enjoy reading it, maybe you won't. But here you go.
***-Lily-***
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Just a small-town girl, livin' in a lonely world.........
So I'm gonna try to be a blogger.
My name's Lily, and I live in a small town in Iowa. I'm a small-town girl, living in a lonely world, and I have big dreams. I am not sure what I want to do yet. I want to go to college out east, but I'm also attached to home. We'll see how things turn out.
I decided to make this a blog, and update y'all on my life. I'll tell you what goes on in my day, and I'll give my thoughts on life.
All right? Cool.
***-Lily-***
My name's Lily, and I live in a small town in Iowa. I'm a small-town girl, living in a lonely world, and I have big dreams. I am not sure what I want to do yet. I want to go to college out east, but I'm also attached to home. We'll see how things turn out.
I decided to make this a blog, and update y'all on my life. I'll tell you what goes on in my day, and I'll give my thoughts on life.
All right? Cool.
***-Lily-***
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