That's What You Get

...when you play drums on Rock Band 2 for hours straight! A blister on your pinkie, just like mine. I love playing Rock Band 2! It's so awesome--well, besides the whole blister thing. (Paramore sang "That's What You Get", which you can listen to here.)


The whole reason I was playing Rock Band 2 was because today was my older brother's 15th birthday, and the game was one of his presents. Kyle also got Halo 3 with the some of the money he received. Anyway, I just want to say "Happy Birthday, Kuya! God bless!"

Don't Forget

I forgot. I was going to answer Chelsea's tag, but I totally forgot. Demi Lovato sang the song "Don't Forget". (Go here to listen to it.) But now I am finally going to post my answers! Here they are. Also, guess what? Last week I had a biggest, sweetest, most delicious strawberry I've ever had! Look at it? Doesn't it look scrumptious? Thank God for strawberries! (I ate it with whipped cream. Man, I love that stuff!)



Fruit

If you went to the store and could have your pick of any kind of fruit what would it be?
Kiwis, Apples, Strawberries, Pineapples... I don't know!

What Fruit of the Spirit would your friends and family say describes you the most?
Love

What is your least favorite kind of fruit?
Some totally exotic fruit of which I cannot remember the name.

On a day when you feel depressed or upset, what kind of fruit would you eat?
Cherries.

Which Fruit of the Spirit do you consider a must quality in the friends that you chose?
All of them? Just kidding. Nobody's perfect. Probably faithfulness or love.

What kind of fruit filled pie do you enjoy the most?
Raspberry or blackberry.

Do you prefer apple cider or orange juice?
Orange juice.

Patience or joy?
I need to work on patience, but I love being joyful!

Cherries or oranges?
Cherries, because I can see how far I can spit the seed. :D

A book about the Fruits of the Spirit or a book about fruit?

Who wants to read a book about fruits? I'll take the Fruits of the Spirit any day.

My Life Would Suck Without You

By the way, I'm sorry if I offended you in any way but saying the word "suck" in this post. It's just a really good song by Kelly Clarkson. (This is the song.) Today is Father's Day. Of course, for me it's Grandfather's Day, because my dad has been in Heaven for about eight years. Still, I just want to thank the Lord for providing everyone with dads, even though sometimes we don't appreciate them. But hey, if there were no fathers, we wouldn't be here! Our lives really would suck without them! Like my pastor said today, a father's responsibility is to "Love, Lead, Provide, and Protect". Dads, we just want to thank you for everything you've done to make us into better people.

One other person who I can't imagine not having in my life is my little brother, Kendru. He makes life a fun ride (well, most of the time). For example, on Wednesday my mother made a strawberry smoothie. All of the kids love it with whipped cream. Wait! Flashback time. I used to eat whipped cream from a spoon. One day, a friend was over and pushed the spoon on my face, so there was whipped cream all over my face! Okay, back to the more recent past. So, Kendru decided to do what I had done years before. I don't know why, but it was bothering me, so I shoved it in his face. (Don't worry. It didn't hurt him.) It was hilarious! This is a picture.


What I Like About You

...you tagged me! Hehe! "What I Like About You" is one song that the band Everlife covered. (Here is the song.) Now back to the tagging. Both Rachael and Chelsea tagged me, and but I'm afraid that right now I only have enough time to answer one--it's about an hour till midnight. So here are my answers for the first tag post I've read. Whoever reads this should post their own answers on their blog and tell me they did so. :D Don't forget to be a curl up in your bed and read your Bible!


Sound of Music Favorites

When the "dog bites" and the "bee stings", what do you eat to comfort yourself?
Ice cream, French fries, and did I mention, ice cream!

What cheers you up when you're feeling sad?
Emails or IMs from friends, good books and music, and praying to the Lord.

Instead of schnitzel with noodles, what do you like?
Anything yummy?

Which season do you like?
I like summer and winter the most!

Brown paper packages or letters from friends?
You get to decide that. ;)

Doorbells or ringtones?
Doorbells are awesome, but so are ringtones. Plus you can get ringtones of your favorite music. Still, I love ringing doorbells... Don't make me choose!

Never Alone

Okay, guys. Before I get the to actual purpose of this post, I have some things to tell you about this blog.

  1. I am going to try to make the titles of my posts the same as a title of a song.
  2. I am going to try to post at least one picture or video along with each post.
There you go. And so I continue. "Never Alone" is a song by the Christian band BarlowGirl. (Click here to listen to the song.) This song reminded me of how I'm never alone, because God is always by my side. Another thing that reminds of this marvelous fact is a necklace I received from my aunt for my 8th grade graduation. There are pictures of the necklace at the bottom of this post. I am giving this piece of jewelry symbolism. The pendant--which is a tree--represents my life. Do you see how there is a hole in the middle where the branches come out of? That hole in the middle stands for Jehovah (or the hole that He fills in my heart). The branches are my goal in life: to bear fruit for the Lord. Like Jesus says in John 15:4, "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me...", someone must remain "in" Jehovah if he or she wants to bear fruit. Sure, the symbolism isn't perfect, but I still think that this is a good reminder of how the Lord always watching me, and I need to do what glorifies Him in all I do and say.

I AM IN HIGH SCHOOL!

I made it! I have finally graduated into high school. Wednesday was the graduation. It was a miracle that I won the academic award. There are many great students in my class who are so smart! But personally, I think my favorite award was the Christian Character Award. The 6th, 7th, and 8th graders voted for this award. Thank you for voting for me! And a bunch of my family came down from Seattle to Shelton just to see me. My younger cousin, who recently moved, came as well! (She left before the pictures.) I was so thankful and excited! We went to Denny's and I got home at 11:00.


I know it sounds all good, but it really isn't. I have to leave the only school I've ever known. I've been at Mason County Christian School for ten years, and I'm not ready to leave it behind. When the 7th graders prayed for the 8th graders yesterday, my friend had streams of tears running down her red face. It was then that the crying started. All in all, I think I cried about five times. I went to Dairy Queen after the last day of school (which was yesterday) and I still had tears in my eyes. My other friend was there, and after she ran up to me, I cried again. I am going to miss everyone from my school so much! The only way I will survive is if I keep letting God be the Captain of my life. HELP ME, LORD!


And I want to clarify that the guy in the picture (underneath my hand print) is NOT my boyfriend. I do NOT have one and probably won't for a while.

It's Been a Long Time!

Wow, I haven't posted since about two weeks ago. I'm sorry! Well, here are a few things that happened (or will happen) recently in my life: the sub-district track meet, the district track meet, a couple of finals, a presentation on the Philippines, my cousin and her mom moving out, getting highlights, a whole bunch of missing school for field trips, and graduating out of 8th grade. That was a lot! I guess I've been too busy to post until now. No finals tomorrow. Nothing due tomorrow. Anyway, at sub-districts, I got 2nd in long jump (12' 1") and 1st in 50 (7 seconds-something). At districts, I got 2nd again (beat by the same girl) when I jumped 13' 1-and-a-half". Okay, now I'm going back in time. At the Olympia track meet, there was a girl who supposedly beat me. My coach said that I actually beat her. She did it again. At least that's what people keep telling me. I got 2nd by two hundredths-of-a-second! Oh well. And our relay got 3rd! Now to finals...well, you know how that guess--hours of studying--so I won't go into that. The Philippines presentation was today. I brought lumpia! :D Today, my cousin and my aunt moved into a house she bought with her husband. I got caramel highlights, but they turned reddish. They are awesome! And tomorrow is our last real day of school. The other five have field trips. And....I AM FINALLY GRADUATING OUT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL! Well, next Wednesday anyway!

Great Reads

  • "The Courtship of Nellie Fisher" (Series) by Beverly Lewis
  • "Diary of a Teenage Girl" (Series) by Melody Carlson
  • "The Truth About Forever" by Sarah Dessen
  • "Boston Jane" (Series) by Jennifer L. Holm
  • "Kiki Strike" (Series) by Kristen Miller
  • "Geek High" by Piper Banks