Once again, I apologize for the lack of blog updates. I've been very busy. This week was my first week of school and it's been crazy.
The first thing I want to do is share the song that will be the center of this blog entry.
This song is called "Raining Sunshine" and it's by Nickelodeon star Miranda Cosgrove, best known for her roles on "Drake and Josh" and "iCarly". The song is going to be featured on the soundtrack for the movie "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs", which hits theaters on September 18th. I heard a snippit of the song on Nickelodeon, which I watch frequently because I have siblings aged 8-and-a-half and 6. I loved it, and the music video debuted last night and it fit well to the theme of the song and the movie. Miranda confirmed on her Twitter that the music video will be on her youtube page tomorrow. Will share when I can.
This song has helped me through this week very well. On Thursday night my brother had to go to the ER because he stabbed the inside of his ear with a tiny plastic toy sword. My sister cried even harder than he did, so I went downstairs, got my laptop, and since my main iTunes library has whatever song I pick to play on repeat, I put this song on and we listened to it a few times before she calmed down.
On Friday, while I was watching "The Daily 10" on E! News, they interrupted the show to break the news that popular New York DJ Adam Goldstein, best known as DJ AM, died at 5:20 pm EST. Drug paraphenilia was found in his apartment so they're trying to determine if he overdosed. The following day I recorded a version of this song on youtube for both him and a contestant from the American Idol top 36 that I talk to regularly on Twitter. Will share that with you another time.
And today I've just been really depressed. I've been thinking a lot that I will never find a Mr. Right. I was in a bad relationship when I was 15, never was asked to prom, never asked out on a date unless it was a dare (I always turned the guy down because I didn't like whoever it was), and my mom doesn't think I'll find someone either. She told me I can't live at home forever (which I wasn't planning on: I'm hoping to move to Boston next year for college, but need to get out of the house sooner than that because my stepdad and I DO NOT get along at all and I've had enough of it). I protested that someday I'll get married (to some guy that I meet in the future, who knows who that'll be), and she exasperatedly replied "TO WHO!?". Which really hurt me. I've never really been told I'm pretty (in fact I've been told quite the opposite on youtube, which is now why on all my personal videos comments either have to be approved if they're not friends with me, or disabled altogether, and comments on my channel page have to be approved as well), and I'm just coming to the conclusion that no guy will ever want me.
That song, "Raining Sunshine" always makes me feel better when I'm sad, angry, nervous, etc. So thank you Miranda Cosgrove for helping me feel better when I'm down.
That's my rant of the day. Comment if you want. You DO NOT have to be a blogger member to comment!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Just dance, gonna be okay, just dance, spin that record babe.
I'm writing this blog from my grandma's house in Des Moines, IA, listening to the Delilah show and just trying to wind down from the crazy day.
I was up at 6:15 getting the rest of my things together to hit the road. My Uncle Barry came with us. We got here around 10:00 and I charged up my iPod. I had left my charger here and while I was at home my iPod had died. so it was nice to get it all charged up again. Plus I had added some new songs to my library, so it was nice to finally have them for my iPod.
I'm listening to Delilah right now. Some of my favorite songs have been played tonight, each bringing back another good memory of my life, or reminding me of someone special in my life.
I was talking with my friends Katie and Kayla today about everything. They are my closest vices, along with my best friend Jenny. We talk about everything and anything that there is to talk about. Be it about music, school, life, romance, etc, we talk about it. They're just SO easy to talk to. And we share a lot of the same interests. So it's nice to have friends like that.
Well, I'm just rambling now, so I'll sign off this blog and try to relax and wind down a bit more.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
I was up at 6:15 getting the rest of my things together to hit the road. My Uncle Barry came with us. We got here around 10:00 and I charged up my iPod. I had left my charger here and while I was at home my iPod had died. so it was nice to get it all charged up again. Plus I had added some new songs to my library, so it was nice to finally have them for my iPod.
I'm listening to Delilah right now. Some of my favorite songs have been played tonight, each bringing back another good memory of my life, or reminding me of someone special in my life.
I was talking with my friends Katie and Kayla today about everything. They are my closest vices, along with my best friend Jenny. We talk about everything and anything that there is to talk about. Be it about music, school, life, romance, etc, we talk about it. They're just SO easy to talk to. And we share a lot of the same interests. So it's nice to have friends like that.
Well, I'm just rambling now, so I'll sign off this blog and try to relax and wind down a bit more.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Friday, August 21, 2009
Now she's got a boyfriend, I've got a rock band, cuz nothing really ever goes the way it's planned.
I'm sorry for the lack of updates.........I've just been REALLY busy and exhausted by the end of the day.
But boy do I have some stories for you!
A couple of nights ago on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, I was transported back in time a few years, and I will tell you why. They have a new lifeline called "Ask the Expert", where famed authors, TV hosts and other people get to help out the contestant. You obtain this lifeline after you reach $1000.
Well, a couple of nights ago, the expert on Millionaire was Ken Jennings. He is the ultimate trivia nerd (we'd get along well, because my friend Steff picked me as "most likely to win at trivia on facebook). He won "Jeopardy!" 74 times in a row (I am not kidding. Just look him up on wikipedia if you don't believe me).
So, a couple of nights ago, I was transported back 5 years to the summmer of 2004. I was 14 years old, turning 15 the day before the episode he lost aired. I was about to enter my freshman year of high school, working as a volunteer at the public library on Fridays, seeing a movie in theaters practically every week.
I don't remember exactly how I found out about Ken, but something drew me in to watching Jeopardy! every week to see if he was gonna win. And on days I went to movies, or on Fridays when I was at the library, I made my mom watch it to see if he won (and of course he did).
And I had this unusal crush on him. I have always been known to fall for the nerdy boys, and I guess I did even when I was 14. But he's a lot older than I am and married. So I have no chance haha. I don't care tho.
Early on during his big run, I made this vow that if he lost, I would paint my nails black. And he lost on the day after my 15th birthday, so I had to rub off my favorite color of nail polish (Psychadelic Pop, which is a hot pink) and paint my nails black. I got irritated because that was my favorite color that I was wearing in honor of it being my birthday week. But a vow is a vow, so I had to follow through.
So when Regis announced he was the expert for the night, I seriously had a spaz attack. Ken Jennings was always really cool, good-looking, and knew a lot about trivia. It'd be cool to meet him!
So that's my story of the night. I'm going up to Des Moines one last time tomorrow, just for the weekend. Then I start school on Monday. Will be sure to tell you of any exciting things that happen at school!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
But boy do I have some stories for you!
A couple of nights ago on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, I was transported back in time a few years, and I will tell you why. They have a new lifeline called "Ask the Expert", where famed authors, TV hosts and other people get to help out the contestant. You obtain this lifeline after you reach $1000.
Well, a couple of nights ago, the expert on Millionaire was Ken Jennings. He is the ultimate trivia nerd (we'd get along well, because my friend Steff picked me as "most likely to win at trivia on facebook). He won "Jeopardy!" 74 times in a row (I am not kidding. Just look him up on wikipedia if you don't believe me).
So, a couple of nights ago, I was transported back 5 years to the summmer of 2004. I was 14 years old, turning 15 the day before the episode he lost aired. I was about to enter my freshman year of high school, working as a volunteer at the public library on Fridays, seeing a movie in theaters practically every week.
I don't remember exactly how I found out about Ken, but something drew me in to watching Jeopardy! every week to see if he was gonna win. And on days I went to movies, or on Fridays when I was at the library, I made my mom watch it to see if he won (and of course he did).
And I had this unusal crush on him. I have always been known to fall for the nerdy boys, and I guess I did even when I was 14. But he's a lot older than I am and married. So I have no chance haha. I don't care tho.
Early on during his big run, I made this vow that if he lost, I would paint my nails black. And he lost on the day after my 15th birthday, so I had to rub off my favorite color of nail polish (Psychadelic Pop, which is a hot pink) and paint my nails black. I got irritated because that was my favorite color that I was wearing in honor of it being my birthday week. But a vow is a vow, so I had to follow through.
So when Regis announced he was the expert for the night, I seriously had a spaz attack. Ken Jennings was always really cool, good-looking, and knew a lot about trivia. It'd be cool to meet him!
So that's my story of the night. I'm going up to Des Moines one last time tomorrow, just for the weekend. Then I start school on Monday. Will be sure to tell you of any exciting things that happen at school!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Forgive me my weakness but I don't know why, without you it's hard to survive.
Another Tuesday done!
Today I woke up at like 6:15 am, which is early for me. I'm used to sleeping in, but then again, I have to get back in the "school" routine since school starts for me on the 24th. My siblings start this Thursday.
Big events of the day were that I went to school to figure out my schedule, only to learn that Walk-In Advising ended JUST as I got there, so I have to go back tomorrow. I need to figure out a class to take the place of Spanish. Per the suggestion of my mom I dropped it, but I need to meet with an adviser to figure out a class to take in its place because I'll drop below full-time if I don't. Plus my siblings had their back-to-school ice cream social, but I didn't go. I stayed home to watch The Daily 10 and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. My friend Kayla and I kept our commentary going via Twitter, just like we did for I Survived a Japanese Game Show. The celebrity guest tonight was Wynonna Judd, who Kayla loves. I haven't heard too many of her songs, but I will have to give some a listen.
Also, I learned that Shania Twain is going to be a guest judge during the American Idol auditions. I grew up listening to her and have 2 of her CDs. I remember at my 11th birthday party, we rented a limo and drove around town, and during the trip we listened to Shania and sang along. She's an amazing artist, one of my favorite country singers. I re-uploaded one of her CDs to my iPod and plan on re-uploading the other one soon.
So that's the story of my life on August 18th, so I will sign off for now and just relax to the sounds of this playlist I started making a few days ago.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Today I woke up at like 6:15 am, which is early for me. I'm used to sleeping in, but then again, I have to get back in the "school" routine since school starts for me on the 24th. My siblings start this Thursday.
Big events of the day were that I went to school to figure out my schedule, only to learn that Walk-In Advising ended JUST as I got there, so I have to go back tomorrow. I need to figure out a class to take the place of Spanish. Per the suggestion of my mom I dropped it, but I need to meet with an adviser to figure out a class to take in its place because I'll drop below full-time if I don't. Plus my siblings had their back-to-school ice cream social, but I didn't go. I stayed home to watch The Daily 10 and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. My friend Kayla and I kept our commentary going via Twitter, just like we did for I Survived a Japanese Game Show. The celebrity guest tonight was Wynonna Judd, who Kayla loves. I haven't heard too many of her songs, but I will have to give some a listen.
Also, I learned that Shania Twain is going to be a guest judge during the American Idol auditions. I grew up listening to her and have 2 of her CDs. I remember at my 11th birthday party, we rented a limo and drove around town, and during the trip we listened to Shania and sang along. She's an amazing artist, one of my favorite country singers. I re-uploaded one of her CDs to my iPod and plan on re-uploading the other one soon.
So that's the story of my life on August 18th, so I will sign off for now and just relax to the sounds of this playlist I started making a few days ago.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sometimes I am frightened but I'm ready to learn about the power of love.
Since Twitter is currently down, I'm gonna take a minute to write in my blog.
Today wasn't really all that exciting. The biggest event of today was that I had a doctor appointment. Not like a physical or anything, but I take a lot of medication, two of which being anti-depressants, so I had to check in with that doctor today. I always look forward to those appointments, even though they're only every 3-6 months. The doctor who handles my meds is a good guy. We always manage to talk about some other things besides the routine questions he asks me. Like the last time I was there, I was wearing my "Twilight" t-shirt, and before he asked me the routine questions we talked about the Twilight series. And when he was done asking all the questions, he asked if I had a boyfriend. I said, "not quite. There IS a guy," (referring to my almost-boyfriend, Billy, who I've mentioned before), and we talked a bit about him, and I said "we're not, like 'official' but we're getting somewhere". And then my doctor asked if my guy was a vampire. And I laughed and said he wasn't.
Today we talked a little bit about movies we've seen. And I mentioned to him that the longest movie I will sit through in one sitting has to be 2 and a half hours at max, like the Harry Potter movies. He mentioned that he hadn't seen them yet and I told them he should. I've seen all the movies in the series except for the 5th one, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", because I was at camp at the time it was released and couldn't get to a theater.
Speaking of movies, there's a lot of movies coming out this fall that look interesting. Like the writer of one of the blogs I read, Dan Barbour (http://bydan.blogspot.com), when I know of 5 movies I want to see this fall, I will make a list. I'm single, and don't really do anything on the weekends, plus I'll have some money from my student loan, so I'll be sure to let you know of any movies I see and will give my review.
I don't have a list of 5 (yet), but I do have one big movie I really want to see.
I have been a fan of the Twilight books since last fall. I love to read (and have a LOT of books I want to read). I am currently reading the 3rd book in the Twilight series, "Eclipse". The first movie in the series, "Twilight" was released last November, and I saw it on the opening day. I only had one class that day in the morning, so before my class I stopped at the theater (it's across the street from my school) to buy my ticket. And fortunately there really wasn't much of a line. So I saw it, enjoyed it, and now own it on DVD.
Well, the sequel to the movie, "New Moon", comes out on November 20th. Depending on what my schedule is like this semester, I am going to see it on the opening day or the day after. And I will get in line when the box office opens, like I always do when there's a huge movie coming out that day that I want to see. The huge movie I didn't see on the opening day, that I can think of, is "The Dark Knight". I waited a week to see it, because 1) it was going to be a zoo, and 2) there was another movie opening that same day that I wanted to see, so I saw that instead.
So I'm looking forward to New Moon this November. And if I can think of 4 other movies I want to see, I will make a list of them and why I want to see them.
Now that's wraps up my rant of the day, so I will sign off this blog, and write in 3 real journals. I'm almost done writing in one of them, so I have to start a new one soon.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Today wasn't really all that exciting. The biggest event of today was that I had a doctor appointment. Not like a physical or anything, but I take a lot of medication, two of which being anti-depressants, so I had to check in with that doctor today. I always look forward to those appointments, even though they're only every 3-6 months. The doctor who handles my meds is a good guy. We always manage to talk about some other things besides the routine questions he asks me. Like the last time I was there, I was wearing my "Twilight" t-shirt, and before he asked me the routine questions we talked about the Twilight series. And when he was done asking all the questions, he asked if I had a boyfriend. I said, "not quite. There IS a guy," (referring to my almost-boyfriend, Billy, who I've mentioned before), and we talked a bit about him, and I said "we're not, like 'official' but we're getting somewhere". And then my doctor asked if my guy was a vampire. And I laughed and said he wasn't.
Today we talked a little bit about movies we've seen. And I mentioned to him that the longest movie I will sit through in one sitting has to be 2 and a half hours at max, like the Harry Potter movies. He mentioned that he hadn't seen them yet and I told them he should. I've seen all the movies in the series except for the 5th one, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", because I was at camp at the time it was released and couldn't get to a theater.
Speaking of movies, there's a lot of movies coming out this fall that look interesting. Like the writer of one of the blogs I read, Dan Barbour (http://bydan.blogspot.com), when I know of 5 movies I want to see this fall, I will make a list. I'm single, and don't really do anything on the weekends, plus I'll have some money from my student loan, so I'll be sure to let you know of any movies I see and will give my review.
I don't have a list of 5 (yet), but I do have one big movie I really want to see.
I have been a fan of the Twilight books since last fall. I love to read (and have a LOT of books I want to read). I am currently reading the 3rd book in the Twilight series, "Eclipse". The first movie in the series, "Twilight" was released last November, and I saw it on the opening day. I only had one class that day in the morning, so before my class I stopped at the theater (it's across the street from my school) to buy my ticket. And fortunately there really wasn't much of a line. So I saw it, enjoyed it, and now own it on DVD.
Well, the sequel to the movie, "New Moon", comes out on November 20th. Depending on what my schedule is like this semester, I am going to see it on the opening day or the day after. And I will get in line when the box office opens, like I always do when there's a huge movie coming out that day that I want to see. The huge movie I didn't see on the opening day, that I can think of, is "The Dark Knight". I waited a week to see it, because 1) it was going to be a zoo, and 2) there was another movie opening that same day that I wanted to see, so I saw that instead.
So I'm looking forward to New Moon this November. And if I can think of 4 other movies I want to see, I will make a list of them and why I want to see them.
Now that's wraps up my rant of the day, so I will sign off this blog, and write in 3 real journals. I'm almost done writing in one of them, so I have to start a new one soon.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Sunday, August 16, 2009
I can't make you love me if you don't, and you can't make your heart feel something it won't.
Wow, I am SO SORRY for the lack of updates, I've been so busy that I neglected to blog. Please forgive me.
Well this weekend has been exciting. My sister and her friend Sarah have been hanging out together all weekend. So I had 3 little kids to keep my eye on this weekend. They start school on Thursday, their ice cream social is Tuesday. I start school the 24th. I can't believe summer is almost over.
This summer I got to spend lots of time with my family, listen to some great music, watch some amazing TV shows, make some videos showing my musical talent, and talk to some of the most amazing people in the world. Be it over Twitter, facebook, myspace, idolforums.com or archuletafans.com, I managed to meet and talk to some amazing people. They're all so easy to talk to and I can trust them with anything.
I just thought of something I could do on this blog: give reviews of some new CDs that I like. My first one will be Colbie Caillait's CD "Breakthrough", which comes out next Tuesday. I'm gonna get an iTunes card sometime this week when I go out, because the pop cans need to be taken back. I love the first single off that CD, "Fallin' For You" because it describes my life right now. I like some guys but I am not sure if I should tell them I'm falling for them. It's just a pretty song and fun to sing. I actually used that song in one of my fanfics, and it was a nice addition and a hit with my readers.
Well, my lovely readers, I am gonna sign off for now and try to catch some z's...........I have a doctor appointment tomorrow. Hoping it goes well.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Well this weekend has been exciting. My sister and her friend Sarah have been hanging out together all weekend. So I had 3 little kids to keep my eye on this weekend. They start school on Thursday, their ice cream social is Tuesday. I start school the 24th. I can't believe summer is almost over.
This summer I got to spend lots of time with my family, listen to some great music, watch some amazing TV shows, make some videos showing my musical talent, and talk to some of the most amazing people in the world. Be it over Twitter, facebook, myspace, idolforums.com or archuletafans.com, I managed to meet and talk to some amazing people. They're all so easy to talk to and I can trust them with anything.
I just thought of something I could do on this blog: give reviews of some new CDs that I like. My first one will be Colbie Caillait's CD "Breakthrough", which comes out next Tuesday. I'm gonna get an iTunes card sometime this week when I go out, because the pop cans need to be taken back. I love the first single off that CD, "Fallin' For You" because it describes my life right now. I like some guys but I am not sure if I should tell them I'm falling for them. It's just a pretty song and fun to sing. I actually used that song in one of my fanfics, and it was a nice addition and a hit with my readers.
Well, my lovely readers, I am gonna sign off for now and try to catch some z's...........I have a doctor appointment tomorrow. Hoping it goes well.
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
Thursday, August 13, 2009
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender, I could lost in this moment forever
Today I learned I have a new talent: graphics! My friend Rachael posted 2 tutorials on how to make pictures more........what's a good word......altered. My favorite pics that I've made are posted above. I did pics of Kristen Stewart, Demi Lovato, Ashley Tisdale, Spencer Pratt and Casey Carlson. I'll be posting more as time goes on, if you want to see them!
Love y'all,
***-Lily-***
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