Since today was really a do-nothing day as I am sick, I decided to blog.
Inspired by one of the blogs I follow, Dan Barbour (http://bydan.blogspot.com), I wanted to make a list of 5 movies I want to see this fall. There will probably be others I want to see that I can't think of, but here are 5 that I know of. They will go in order of how badly I want to see them.
5. "Fantastic Mr. Fox" 11/25/09
I had read the book when I was younger (more like one of my friends read it to me), and I enjoyed it. It is also a stop-motion animated film, one of my favorite types of animated films (with Corpse Bride, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Chicken Run and Coraline some of the best I've seen).
4. "Whip It" 10/2/09
Drew Barrymore's directorial debut film. I have always liked Drew Barrymore as an actress, so I want to see how her directing skills are. Plus I have heard good things about Ellen Page as an actress (I have yet to see "Juno", but I want to see that).
3. "Love Happens" already in theaters
Jennifer Aniston is one of my favorite actresses, so any movie she's in I'm down for seeing. Plus I'm always up for a good romantic movie. And I liked Aaron Eckhart in "The Dark Knight", so we'll see how he does here.
2. "Fame" already in theaters.
A reinvention of the 1980 film of the same title, this film follows performing arts students at a performing arts school in New York. Having never seen the original, I want to go in this one with an open mind. Plus I am a big fan of musicals, having sung my share of show tunes in either choir, shows, voice lessons or just on my own time.
1. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" 11/20/09
Sequel to the ever-popular "Twilight", based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer, this film follows Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) after her vampire boyfriend (Robert Pattinson) leaves unexpectedly, and her friendship with werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). The book of this upcoming film was a bit boring, but I hope the movie does it justice.
So there are 5 movies I would like to see this fall. Honorable mentions go to "The Princess and the Frog", "Where The Wild Things Are" and "A Christmas Carol". I will most likely see those too.
So there you go. Will give reviews of any movies that I see this fall!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Coming down from up above, cloudy with a chance of love.
Today I saw the movie "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters. The movie, based on the 1978 book of the same title, tells about an island in the Atlantic where the weather comes 3 times a day: at breakfast, lunch and dinner. The movie serves as a backstory of how that came to be.
The animated movie is about Flint Lockwood (voice of Bill Hader), a young inventor on the island of Swallow Falls whose inventions are not so good. His father (voice of James Caan) wants him to work in the bait and tackle shop on the island, but Flint wants to keep inventing. He finally decides to invent something to solve the problem of the only food on the island being sardines: a machine that converts water vapor into food.
At the unveiling of a new segment of the island, Flint sneaks away with his invention to plug into a higher source of electricity and in the process destroys the entire attraction and launches his machine into the sky. Eventually it starts raining cheeseburgers, and the town is pleased.
Soon there are lots of requests for different food to rain from the sky, so Flint builds a communication device. The Mayor (voice of Bruce Campbell) renames the town ChewAndSwallow and decides to make it a tourist attraction. Flint also finds love with weather girl Sam Sparks (voice of Anna Faris), a perky girl who hides her intelligence. But problems arise and the machine that converts water into food goes haywire and rains huge food, so it's up to Flint and Sam to stop it.
The movie had a beautiful look to it, and all the voice actors were first rate. I particularly enjoyed Mr. T as a police officer who is very athletic. He had some very good lines. Plus Hader and Faris made a cute animated couple and they were just so sweet with each other.
My one problem with the movie is that the plot was a little rushed and things jumped from one thing to the next rather quickly. That said, it was still very good, and during the end credits I just started singing along to Miranda Cosgrove's song for the movie, "Raining Sunshine", which I posted in an earlier post. Overall, I will give "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" ***1/2 out of ****.
Some other movies I would like to see this fall:
1. "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
2. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"
3. "Love Happens"
4. "Fame"
And I will let you know of any others!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
The animated movie is about Flint Lockwood (voice of Bill Hader), a young inventor on the island of Swallow Falls whose inventions are not so good. His father (voice of James Caan) wants him to work in the bait and tackle shop on the island, but Flint wants to keep inventing. He finally decides to invent something to solve the problem of the only food on the island being sardines: a machine that converts water vapor into food.
At the unveiling of a new segment of the island, Flint sneaks away with his invention to plug into a higher source of electricity and in the process destroys the entire attraction and launches his machine into the sky. Eventually it starts raining cheeseburgers, and the town is pleased.
Soon there are lots of requests for different food to rain from the sky, so Flint builds a communication device. The Mayor (voice of Bruce Campbell) renames the town ChewAndSwallow and decides to make it a tourist attraction. Flint also finds love with weather girl Sam Sparks (voice of Anna Faris), a perky girl who hides her intelligence. But problems arise and the machine that converts water into food goes haywire and rains huge food, so it's up to Flint and Sam to stop it.
The movie had a beautiful look to it, and all the voice actors were first rate. I particularly enjoyed Mr. T as a police officer who is very athletic. He had some very good lines. Plus Hader and Faris made a cute animated couple and they were just so sweet with each other.
My one problem with the movie is that the plot was a little rushed and things jumped from one thing to the next rather quickly. That said, it was still very good, and during the end credits I just started singing along to Miranda Cosgrove's song for the movie, "Raining Sunshine", which I posted in an earlier post. Overall, I will give "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" ***1/2 out of ****.
Some other movies I would like to see this fall:
1. "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
2. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"
3. "Love Happens"
4. "Fame"
And I will let you know of any others!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Take it or leave it, make it or break it, boy we only got tonight.
Before I do my Survivor commentary tonight, I want to do two things: first, apologize for the lack of updates, things have been crazy around here plus something's up with my laptop charger so I didn't get to blog much, and second, tell everyone to go buy Kris Allen's debut single "Live Like We're Dying" on iTunes. He won "American Idol" season 8 and is a brilliant artist.
Now, on to what I came here to do. Recap tonight's episode of Survivor.
So things at Foa Foa are a little different with Marisa gone. Russell H. teams up with Jaison to form an alliance. Jaison agrees to this.
The combined Reward/Immunity challenge is a physical challenge that involves a lot of wrestling and pushing people away. Two goals into it Jeff warns the tribe that if another physical harm is done, whoever did it will be pulled out of the challenge. Ben on Foa Foa goes a little too far and is the first person ever in the history of Survivor to be pulled out of a challenge for being too rough. Galu goes on to win the challenge and wins Immunity and fishing gear.
After the challenge Jeff tells Russell S., the leader of Galu, to select one member of his tribe to go over to Foa Foa to observe them and sit in on their next Tribal Council; Russell chooses Yasmin. She recieves a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, which Russell H. already found. He also tells Foa Foa to stick around because he wanted the Medical Team to take a look at Mike, who was low on oxygen during the challenge and wasn't feeling well. The doctor diagnosed that his blood pressure was too low and that he be removed from the game due to medical reasons. I am always sad when a player is eliminated for medical reasons, whether I liked the player or not. Like last season with Joe. I liked him a lot, he reminded me a bit of this barista who works at the Starbucks I always go to (coincidentally also named Joe), and he had to be pulled from the game because something was wrong with his leg. I was really sad.
So at Foa Foa Yasmin decides to stir things up. This does not settle well with Ben, and his comments about Yasmin do not settle well with Betsy. Russell, being the Puppet Master that he is (that term reminds me of this really wtf-worthy dance that I saw on TV and ended up teaching at my school for this acting thing. I felt like a cheerleader hyped up on sugar), targets Betsy for elimination because she doesn't trust him, and he rallies everyone together to vote for her.
At Tribal Council, Yasmin sits in and observes while the tribemates talk about what she did while she was with their tribe. Before the vote, Yasmin is sent back to her tribe. Betsy quietly sings the "Cops" theme song as she casts her vote for Ben. And Ben said that he thought she was a good cop, but ended up being a bad cop, then fired an imaginary gun at her as he cast his vote. Betsy ends up being unanimously voted out 7-1. I didn't have much of an opinion on Betsy because it's so early on in the game, but I was like "you go girl!" when she said she didn't trust Russell. My mom's friend asked me if I hated him and of course I did. So peace out Betsy. You rock for not liking Russell.
And before I sign off, I'll say it again: GO BUY KRIS ALLEN'S SINGLE ON iTUNES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S FLIPPING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
Love y'all
***-Lily-***
Now, on to what I came here to do. Recap tonight's episode of Survivor.
So things at Foa Foa are a little different with Marisa gone. Russell H. teams up with Jaison to form an alliance. Jaison agrees to this.
The combined Reward/Immunity challenge is a physical challenge that involves a lot of wrestling and pushing people away. Two goals into it Jeff warns the tribe that if another physical harm is done, whoever did it will be pulled out of the challenge. Ben on Foa Foa goes a little too far and is the first person ever in the history of Survivor to be pulled out of a challenge for being too rough. Galu goes on to win the challenge and wins Immunity and fishing gear.
After the challenge Jeff tells Russell S., the leader of Galu, to select one member of his tribe to go over to Foa Foa to observe them and sit in on their next Tribal Council; Russell chooses Yasmin. She recieves a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, which Russell H. already found. He also tells Foa Foa to stick around because he wanted the Medical Team to take a look at Mike, who was low on oxygen during the challenge and wasn't feeling well. The doctor diagnosed that his blood pressure was too low and that he be removed from the game due to medical reasons. I am always sad when a player is eliminated for medical reasons, whether I liked the player or not. Like last season with Joe. I liked him a lot, he reminded me a bit of this barista who works at the Starbucks I always go to (coincidentally also named Joe), and he had to be pulled from the game because something was wrong with his leg. I was really sad.
So at Foa Foa Yasmin decides to stir things up. This does not settle well with Ben, and his comments about Yasmin do not settle well with Betsy. Russell, being the Puppet Master that he is (that term reminds me of this really wtf-worthy dance that I saw on TV and ended up teaching at my school for this acting thing. I felt like a cheerleader hyped up on sugar), targets Betsy for elimination because she doesn't trust him, and he rallies everyone together to vote for her.
At Tribal Council, Yasmin sits in and observes while the tribemates talk about what she did while she was with their tribe. Before the vote, Yasmin is sent back to her tribe. Betsy quietly sings the "Cops" theme song as she casts her vote for Ben. And Ben said that he thought she was a good cop, but ended up being a bad cop, then fired an imaginary gun at her as he cast his vote. Betsy ends up being unanimously voted out 7-1. I didn't have much of an opinion on Betsy because it's so early on in the game, but I was like "you go girl!" when she said she didn't trust Russell. My mom's friend asked me if I hated him and of course I did. So peace out Betsy. You rock for not liking Russell.
And before I sign off, I'll say it again: GO BUY KRIS ALLEN'S SINGLE ON iTUNES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S FLIPPING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
Love y'all
***-Lily-***
Thursday, September 17, 2009
You wanna be tough, better do what you can, so beat it.
I decided, that in addition to posting my thoughts about life, I will make a point to update this blog every Thursday night to give my commentary on "Survivor: Samoa". Also, last season's runner-up, Stephen Fishbach, will keep commentary on people.com with his thoughts on strategic moves. Stephen was my favorite from last season, and I have talked to him on his Twitter, he's very nice. To read his blog on people.com, go here.
So tonight kicked off with 20 castaways. Host Jeff Probst told the each tribe to vote for their designated leader. Foa Foa (wearing yellow) voted for Mick, and Galu (wearing purple) voted for Russell S. (there are two Russells this season). Then each tribe leader picked castaways participate in a challenge. Foa Foa won the challenge and won flint to light a fire.
When the challenge was over, each tribe went to their respecitive campsites. On Foa Foa, Russell H. made two alliances: his dumb girls alliance and a partnership with fellow castaway Betsy. That night he lied about being a part of Hurricane Katrina, dumped out all the castaways' canteens of water, and burned a castaway's socks. Stephen mentioned on his blog that Jeff Probst said that Russell was "the closest thing to evil we've ever had on Survivor". And so far, he's proving to be pretty bad.
At the Immunity Challenge, Foa Foa fell behind in the beginning, caught up in the final stage, but ultimately fell short to Galu. Before Galu went back to their campsite, Jeff gave them flint. Before their tribal council, castaway Marisa told Russell that she was worried about him, which made Russell feel he could not trust her, and he convinced everyone to vote her out.
At Tribal Council, Jeff asked Betsy who he thought the weakest player was so far, and she said Ashley. Ashley stuck up for herself, but Betsy still voted for her. Ultimately it was Marisa who went home with a vote of 7-3. Since it was just the first episode, I didn't have much of an impression on Marisa besides the fact that she was quick on her feet (her tribe's leader, Mick, designated her the "most agile" for her team) and very pretty. So peace out Marisa. I'm sorry I didn't see much of you.
So there's my rant of the night. Keep checking back each week for my Survivor commentaries, and my other posts featuring movie reviews, my thoughts on life, and occasionally some videos/random posts.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
So tonight kicked off with 20 castaways. Host Jeff Probst told the each tribe to vote for their designated leader. Foa Foa (wearing yellow) voted for Mick, and Galu (wearing purple) voted for Russell S. (there are two Russells this season). Then each tribe leader picked castaways participate in a challenge. Foa Foa won the challenge and won flint to light a fire.
When the challenge was over, each tribe went to their respecitive campsites. On Foa Foa, Russell H. made two alliances: his dumb girls alliance and a partnership with fellow castaway Betsy. That night he lied about being a part of Hurricane Katrina, dumped out all the castaways' canteens of water, and burned a castaway's socks. Stephen mentioned on his blog that Jeff Probst said that Russell was "the closest thing to evil we've ever had on Survivor". And so far, he's proving to be pretty bad.
At the Immunity Challenge, Foa Foa fell behind in the beginning, caught up in the final stage, but ultimately fell short to Galu. Before Galu went back to their campsite, Jeff gave them flint. Before their tribal council, castaway Marisa told Russell that she was worried about him, which made Russell feel he could not trust her, and he convinced everyone to vote her out.
At Tribal Council, Jeff asked Betsy who he thought the weakest player was so far, and she said Ashley. Ashley stuck up for herself, but Betsy still voted for her. Ultimately it was Marisa who went home with a vote of 7-3. Since it was just the first episode, I didn't have much of an impression on Marisa besides the fact that she was quick on her feet (her tribe's leader, Mick, designated her the "most agile" for her team) and very pretty. So peace out Marisa. I'm sorry I didn't see much of you.
So there's my rant of the night. Keep checking back each week for my Survivor commentaries, and my other posts featuring movie reviews, my thoughts on life, and occasionally some videos/random posts.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Life is more than just how many breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
A few days ago, a contestant from the American Idol semi-finals this past season, who has become a good friend of mine, Alex Wagner-Trugman, posted the following on Twitter:
"you ever have those albums that remind you of a certain time in life? evolver by john legend is bringing back sophomore year memories."
I thought about that for awhile, and came to the conclusion that yeah, I have not particular albums, but more like particular songs that remind me of a certain time in life. Since I didn't have anything better to blog about today, I'm gonna list all the songs that I can think of that bring back memories of a particular time in my life. We're gonna go in chronological order, starting with the summer of 2006.
1. "Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx. The cast of "Glee" recently released a version of it. There's no cursing in this version and is more family friendly, and when I listened to it, I was transported back to the summer of 2006. I was at my summer camp in Amherst, MA, and we had a talent show on the first Saturday I was there. The very first act was the head of the theater part of the camp, Paul, reciting the song "Gold Digger" as if it were a dramatic piece. And he had a guy next to him replacing all the swear words with more family-friendly words that meant the same thing. It was REALLY hilarious and I ended up adapting that for a performing group at my school. My friend Jon did the reciting and I replaced all the swear words with the family-friendly words. The kids got a kick out of it too.
2. "My Destiny" Katharine McPhee. Katharine was runner-up of "American Idol" season 5, and she was my favorite female contestant of that season. "My Destiny" was her first single. I sang it in the camp talent show in 2006, and then the first 2 verses of it on the final night of camp in 2007. Normally I don't like repeating songs more than once for a crowd, but I felt "My Destiny" was an exception. The lyrics pretty much summed up the summer of 2007 for me into 3 minutes and 48 seconds (idk how long the first 2 verses are, but yeah). I was a counselor that summer at that same camp, and it was stressful and hard, but through all the mistakes I had made, I still managed to have an amazing summer, plus I had my best friend Brian by my side. When I mentioned I was gonna sing something, my division leader said that it wasn't really a singing thing, but I'm the type of person who breaks the mold and shakes things up (usually). So I sang the song for Brian, then he came down with this big smile on his face and gave me a hug, while the entire camp cheered. It was just incredible.
3. "U Can't Touch This" MC Hammer. This song was my friend Josh and I's jam. He had burned it onto a CD mix and brought it with him on one of the dress rehearsal nights for one of the plays we did together, I can't remember which one. And then I had written a skit based on a conversation with my friends Jon and Rica, titled "Actual, Real-Life, Not Fake Conversation Between 3 People". And then I was visiting my stepgrandparents over Thanksgiving break in 2006, I was listening to the song "U Can't Touch This" and I decided it'd be a funny addition to the skit. I had originally planned on performing it with Jon and Rica but neither of them were able to attend that night, so I picked my friend Josh to do it because I knew he knew the song, and I picked my friend Faith just because she's awesome. And I actually have the skit recorded on youtube:
I'm the one in the hat, Faith is the one in the white dress and Josh is the guy. I showed this to my clique of friends and they all loved it. My friend Mackenzy said it was epic, and my friend Melanie commented that I really knew how to let loose and that she didn't think she could ever do that. And then they played that song at prom in 2008. Josh arrived shortly after they played it and I ran up to him and told him they played it.
4. "Summer of '69" Bryan Adams. This song is my best friend Brian and I's song. At the end of the summer of 2007, I dedicated this song to him on the Delilah show and wrote a song for him to the tune of it. That's all I'll say about this one.
5. "The Rainbow Connection" Kermit the Frog. My senior year of high school I started to become obsessed with the Muppets. I wrote a monolouge about one of the Sesame Street Muppets and rented The Muppet Movie over and over and over again. And I got my sister to watch it with me too. And I also had to explain to my friend Davis what Muppets were. She was covering this performing group I was participating in for the school yearbook, and when I mentioned to her that my piece was about a Muppet, she asked what a Muppet was. I was like "What's a Muppet!? Child, you have been deprived." I did my best to explain it to her. Muppets are hard to explain haha. And then I ended up learning that song in my voice lessons in college and singing it for my vocal jury.
6. "What Hurts the Most" Rascal Flatts. It's a really sad song, but I shared a dance with one of my best friends, Michael, to that song at my senior prom. That's what my memory of that song is.
7. "Don't Stop Believin'" Journey. Wow, oh my word, where do I begin with this song? I'll start with homecoming my senior year. I requested that the DJ play this song, and when they did, I mentioned to my crush at the time, Luke, that I liked it. He hadn't heard it before. Then when we were both in the gym, I said "C'mon Luke, let's dance," and he said "Okay," so we just slow danced to the final chorus of that song and sort of lip-synced the words while we were dancing. And when we were done, the only thing I can think of to say was "thank you," so I did. My second good memory of the song is that I made a video for Adam Lambert set to this song, and it is now my most-viewed video on my current youtube account (over 140,000 views). If you want to see it:
And my 3rd memory of this song dates back to this past summer. One night at the end of June, I went out for karaoke with my aunt Debby, cousin Bonny and my grandma. I was looking through one of the song books to see if they had Don't Stop Believin', and they did. When I told Bonny that I was gonna go sing it, she mentioned that Journey was going to be at the Iowa State Fair. I went up to give the guy programming the song codes in my song number, and I mentioned that they were gonna be at the fair and he said yeah they were. Then I mentioned that I loved the song, and he said he loved it too and then offered to sing it with me. I said sure. So we had a nice little duet. He can't sing at all, but it was still fun. And after all that I gave him a big hug, held him kinda tight. Hey, he was cute!
8. "Eventually" The Naked Brothers Band. In the summer of 2008, my home state of Iowa was hit by a lot of rainfalls/tornadoes, which then resulted in flooding. I didn't live near any rivers, but my old work was near one, and twice we had to move people to the back of the store because of a tornado scare. It was annoying and stupid, but we got paid for doing it. This song is about hope, and the lyrics just felt so suited for what my state was going through: "the sun will find us all eventually, eventually".
And my current song jam is "Super Freak" by Rick James. I first heard it in this commercial:
and I thought it was hilarious. I want to make a video of me and a friend jamming out to this song. But first I need a camcorder and a friend to do it with me. I want to make it kind of a cross between "iCarly" and this fanfiction I'm writing right now.
So there's my long list of songs that remind me of high school/summer fun. Any comments/songs you want to list off, feel free to leave them! And you DO NOT have to be a blogger member to comment!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
"you ever have those albums that remind you of a certain time in life? evolver by john legend is bringing back sophomore year memories."
I thought about that for awhile, and came to the conclusion that yeah, I have not particular albums, but more like particular songs that remind me of a certain time in life. Since I didn't have anything better to blog about today, I'm gonna list all the songs that I can think of that bring back memories of a particular time in my life. We're gonna go in chronological order, starting with the summer of 2006.
1. "Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx. The cast of "Glee" recently released a version of it. There's no cursing in this version and is more family friendly, and when I listened to it, I was transported back to the summer of 2006. I was at my summer camp in Amherst, MA, and we had a talent show on the first Saturday I was there. The very first act was the head of the theater part of the camp, Paul, reciting the song "Gold Digger" as if it were a dramatic piece. And he had a guy next to him replacing all the swear words with more family-friendly words that meant the same thing. It was REALLY hilarious and I ended up adapting that for a performing group at my school. My friend Jon did the reciting and I replaced all the swear words with the family-friendly words. The kids got a kick out of it too.
2. "My Destiny" Katharine McPhee. Katharine was runner-up of "American Idol" season 5, and she was my favorite female contestant of that season. "My Destiny" was her first single. I sang it in the camp talent show in 2006, and then the first 2 verses of it on the final night of camp in 2007. Normally I don't like repeating songs more than once for a crowd, but I felt "My Destiny" was an exception. The lyrics pretty much summed up the summer of 2007 for me into 3 minutes and 48 seconds (idk how long the first 2 verses are, but yeah). I was a counselor that summer at that same camp, and it was stressful and hard, but through all the mistakes I had made, I still managed to have an amazing summer, plus I had my best friend Brian by my side. When I mentioned I was gonna sing something, my division leader said that it wasn't really a singing thing, but I'm the type of person who breaks the mold and shakes things up (usually). So I sang the song for Brian, then he came down with this big smile on his face and gave me a hug, while the entire camp cheered. It was just incredible.
3. "U Can't Touch This" MC Hammer. This song was my friend Josh and I's jam. He had burned it onto a CD mix and brought it with him on one of the dress rehearsal nights for one of the plays we did together, I can't remember which one. And then I had written a skit based on a conversation with my friends Jon and Rica, titled "Actual, Real-Life, Not Fake Conversation Between 3 People". And then I was visiting my stepgrandparents over Thanksgiving break in 2006, I was listening to the song "U Can't Touch This" and I decided it'd be a funny addition to the skit. I had originally planned on performing it with Jon and Rica but neither of them were able to attend that night, so I picked my friend Josh to do it because I knew he knew the song, and I picked my friend Faith just because she's awesome. And I actually have the skit recorded on youtube:
I'm the one in the hat, Faith is the one in the white dress and Josh is the guy. I showed this to my clique of friends and they all loved it. My friend Mackenzy said it was epic, and my friend Melanie commented that I really knew how to let loose and that she didn't think she could ever do that. And then they played that song at prom in 2008. Josh arrived shortly after they played it and I ran up to him and told him they played it.
4. "Summer of '69" Bryan Adams. This song is my best friend Brian and I's song. At the end of the summer of 2007, I dedicated this song to him on the Delilah show and wrote a song for him to the tune of it. That's all I'll say about this one.
5. "The Rainbow Connection" Kermit the Frog. My senior year of high school I started to become obsessed with the Muppets. I wrote a monolouge about one of the Sesame Street Muppets and rented The Muppet Movie over and over and over again. And I got my sister to watch it with me too. And I also had to explain to my friend Davis what Muppets were. She was covering this performing group I was participating in for the school yearbook, and when I mentioned to her that my piece was about a Muppet, she asked what a Muppet was. I was like "What's a Muppet!? Child, you have been deprived." I did my best to explain it to her. Muppets are hard to explain haha. And then I ended up learning that song in my voice lessons in college and singing it for my vocal jury.
6. "What Hurts the Most" Rascal Flatts. It's a really sad song, but I shared a dance with one of my best friends, Michael, to that song at my senior prom. That's what my memory of that song is.
7. "Don't Stop Believin'" Journey. Wow, oh my word, where do I begin with this song? I'll start with homecoming my senior year. I requested that the DJ play this song, and when they did, I mentioned to my crush at the time, Luke, that I liked it. He hadn't heard it before. Then when we were both in the gym, I said "C'mon Luke, let's dance," and he said "Okay," so we just slow danced to the final chorus of that song and sort of lip-synced the words while we were dancing. And when we were done, the only thing I can think of to say was "thank you," so I did. My second good memory of the song is that I made a video for Adam Lambert set to this song, and it is now my most-viewed video on my current youtube account (over 140,000 views). If you want to see it:
And my 3rd memory of this song dates back to this past summer. One night at the end of June, I went out for karaoke with my aunt Debby, cousin Bonny and my grandma. I was looking through one of the song books to see if they had Don't Stop Believin', and they did. When I told Bonny that I was gonna go sing it, she mentioned that Journey was going to be at the Iowa State Fair. I went up to give the guy programming the song codes in my song number, and I mentioned that they were gonna be at the fair and he said yeah they were. Then I mentioned that I loved the song, and he said he loved it too and then offered to sing it with me. I said sure. So we had a nice little duet. He can't sing at all, but it was still fun. And after all that I gave him a big hug, held him kinda tight. Hey, he was cute!
8. "Eventually" The Naked Brothers Band. In the summer of 2008, my home state of Iowa was hit by a lot of rainfalls/tornadoes, which then resulted in flooding. I didn't live near any rivers, but my old work was near one, and twice we had to move people to the back of the store because of a tornado scare. It was annoying and stupid, but we got paid for doing it. This song is about hope, and the lyrics just felt so suited for what my state was going through: "the sun will find us all eventually, eventually".
And my current song jam is "Super Freak" by Rick James. I first heard it in this commercial:
and I thought it was hilarious. I want to make a video of me and a friend jamming out to this song. But first I need a camcorder and a friend to do it with me. I want to make it kind of a cross between "iCarly" and this fanfiction I'm writing right now.
So there's my long list of songs that remind me of high school/summer fun. Any comments/songs you want to list off, feel free to leave them! And you DO NOT have to be a blogger member to comment!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Thursday, September 10, 2009
I don't mind spending some time just hanging here with you, cuz I don't find too many guys that treat me like you do.
It's been eons since I last updated, but I've just been SO busy with school and exhausted by the end of the day.
Not very much has gone on with me besides talking to my usual group of girlfriends. Three new girls have joined my group since I last mentioned. Now there are 7 of us: Lily (me), Theresa, Kathleen, Melanie, Mackenzy, Sarah and Brianna. We talk about everything: boys, school, music, movies, TV shows, and life in general. We always talk about encounters with the boys we like (there are two at my school I currently like, and one that's in my life and dear to me but I just haven't talked to in awhile), what we think of current entertainment news (e.g. Ellen DeGeneres was announced as Paula Abdul's replacement on "American Idol", we all think it will be interesting because she's very funny but we're not sure if she's musically able to judge them), and we always have a shoulder to lean on whenever we have problems. I always share my video song covers and video blogs with them and get their feedback (they always love them).
I love those girls because I know I can always talk to them about anything in my life that I want to talk about. They're just amazing and I know I will keep them with me my whole life. And we all agreed to meet up at my wedding to whomever. We're gonna go to IHOP on the morning of it and I think they'll all be my bridesmaids. I love them so much!
That's my story of the night. I'm gonna get some rest now. I only have one class tomorrow, so that's a plus. I'll try to update this more often next week, but I don't make any promises.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Not very much has gone on with me besides talking to my usual group of girlfriends. Three new girls have joined my group since I last mentioned. Now there are 7 of us: Lily (me), Theresa, Kathleen, Melanie, Mackenzy, Sarah and Brianna. We talk about everything: boys, school, music, movies, TV shows, and life in general. We always talk about encounters with the boys we like (there are two at my school I currently like, and one that's in my life and dear to me but I just haven't talked to in awhile), what we think of current entertainment news (e.g. Ellen DeGeneres was announced as Paula Abdul's replacement on "American Idol", we all think it will be interesting because she's very funny but we're not sure if she's musically able to judge them), and we always have a shoulder to lean on whenever we have problems. I always share my video song covers and video blogs with them and get their feedback (they always love them).
I love those girls because I know I can always talk to them about anything in my life that I want to talk about. They're just amazing and I know I will keep them with me my whole life. And we all agreed to meet up at my wedding to whomever. We're gonna go to IHOP on the morning of it and I think they'll all be my bridesmaids. I love them so much!
That's my story of the night. I'm gonna get some rest now. I only have one class tomorrow, so that's a plus. I'll try to update this more often next week, but I don't make any promises.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
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