The End is COMING!

haha

New Year's Eve

today...

this year has gone fast.  really fast.  I kind of wish it went slower.  I mean, in just short of 12 more hours, 2008 is gone forever.  That's kind of cool to think about though.  

What do you guys think?

My Eyes Adored You

"My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you,
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see
How I adored you:
So close, so close and yet so far away

Carried your books from school,
Playing make-believe you're married to me:
You were fifth grade, I was sixth
When we came to be
Walking home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay,
Till we grew into the me and you
Who went our separate ways

My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you,
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see
How I adored you:
So close, so close and yet so far

Headed for city lights,
Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame,
I worked my fingers to the bone,
Made myself a name.
Funny, I seem to find that, no matter how the years unwind,
Still I reminisce about the girI miss
And the love I left behind...

My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you,
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see
How I adored you:
So close, so close and yet so far

All my life I will remember how warm and tender
We were way back then
Though I'm feeling sad regrets I know I won't ever forget
You, my childhood friend

My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you,
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see
How I adored you:
So close, so close and yet so far"

-the Four Seasons

David!

Okay, most of you- well, maybe not most of you but alot of the people David tells his theories to- have heard David talk about this concept of "girl porn" and how chick flicks are unhealthy for girls and in a way can almost be compared to pornography because of the false images of romance they portray.  And no one ever believes David (well, except for me).  

But look!  Proof!!!!  AH-HA!

According to relationship experts at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, romantic comedies give people unrealistic ideas about love and sex, and cause them to "fail to communicate with their partner." Here's more:

Psychologists at the family and personal relationships laboratory at the university studied 40 top box office hits between 1995 and 2005, and identified common themes which they believed were unrealistic.

The university's Dr Bjarne Holmes said: "Marriage counselors often see couples who believe that sex should always be perfect, and if someone is meant to be with you then they will know what you want without you needing to communicate it. We now have some emerging evidence that suggests popular media play a role in perpetuating these ideas in people's minds. The problem is that while most of us know that the idea of a perfect relationship is unrealistic, some of us are still more influenced by media portrayals than we realize."

Do you think this is true? Is real-life romance a big ol' letdown? Sure, lots of people like the idea of a perfect man or "happily ever after," but does that mean we're all unable to separate fantasy from reality?

Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!

It's almost Christmas!  It doesn't really feel like it alot it seems, but this December has had its moments.  Like right now!  At the WNT white elephant, I got this little Christmas tree (which I had totally been wanting, it's so great!), and so I've been in my room wrapping presents and putting up pint-sized ornaments and singing Happiness, and now outside all the lights are on and it's snowy...I love it!  

Jesus is coming!  The Messiah is coming!  I mean, it's like...  Dude, you guys!   It's really just the anniversary of it, since the opportunity is ALWAYS there, but...  Redemption.  It's here!  

Salvation is here!!!  

Hello, air

I doubt anyone will ever read this.  Gosh, that's become like a battle cry....  But this time I don't really care.  It's just a fact of life...

I want to continue that sentence:

it's just a fact of life... that I'm sinking into mediocrity.  

But that's not what it is.  

There's this one song that goes 

"we were meant to live for so much more/

but we lost ourselves/

somewhere we live inside..."

People settle for less way too often.  

But other times, people get disappointed when the best doesn't come.

Maybe it's that people expect too much from other people.  We're all just human, and we're not the larger-than-life, idealized One who you've been waiting for to come around and sweep you off your feet!  

But once people have disappointed us so often, we get used to it, and stop even asking for anything more.  Because while other people won't (can't) give us anything more than they are capable, God is capable of More.  And He so wants to give it to us!  But we just sit there looking at the people across the room from us and waiting for them to cross that room and fulfill our dreams, when the Only One who really can is just in the other direction.

Once I remember crying out to Jesus, "have You ever felt this?" 

But He has.  

Just picture Him, standing there, with His arms out, and He's standing there saying,

"Look, McKenzie!  It's Me!" but He has tears running down His face because I rejected Him.  So many times I turn my back and run off to another party, waiting for just another "friend" to- I don't even know what I'm waiting for.  But Jesus does, and He's the only one who can provide it, and I have abandoned Him in search for it.  

Good

Night

God

Bless

Kenzer 

Lou

A slight random peek into my mind...that probably doesn't make much sense, but whatevs

Reading my lines for 'night, Mother is kind of strange sometimes.  Well, it's just... Jessie's relationship with Cecil is so universal.  That sounds really dumb.  But... she's like,

"He wasn't the wrong man.  I loved him so much.  And I tried [so hard to work with him, to be with him].

But he always knew I was trying, so it didn't work."

That's so sad!  It's tragic. 

Then in theater I'm doing this scene from "On Golden Pond" with Matt Legeal.  

He is my aging (slightly senile, very funny) father, and I am his slightly estranged daughter, attempting to restore our fractured relationship. 

I'm working so hard to initiate a conversation about "us," to fix how we relate.  

And he sits there being uncomfortable, avoiding the subject, and making jokes.  

I'm the one pursuing the conversation, despite the awkward topic.  I just think it's interesting.

But I kind of like it. 

LIFT tomorrow, possibly in Ms. Quinlan's room.  It's the last meeting of the year!  I'm bringing Christmas wreaths, you know, the edible kind.  Come if you want!

Love 

y'all

God

Bless

Kenzer 

Lou

Another One Bites The Dust

Oh, it's so tragic!  But the time has finally come.  

My beloved- or not so beloved- little phone has texted its last.  It had screen cracks and a crippling delay for quite some time, but we had learned to cope.  However, its finally reached a point where it is nothing more than the blue screen of death.  Sad, sad day.  

Let us all take split moment of silence to mourn it.  

Tips for Sleeping on Vacation

If it's hard enough, put in under your pillow while you sleep. This way it will be close by, easy to find in the morning, and protected from whatever elements that may plague you while you sleep.
If it's breakable...what is it doing with you? haha

My thoughts on Obama's Picks for Cabinet
Okay, aren't these people mostly the same from the old Clinton administration? So much for change!!! Man, you can't base your whole campaign off a lie! Oh, wait, this is politics in the US. But really, I'm kind of disappointed. I know it's just him picking his cabinet. But if he's the presidential elect, he should actually use the power he has fought so hard for and not be afraid to go out on a limb. Why did he pick Hilary for something? WHY? My mom was saying once that in politics it's a shame you can't just do what you want, you have to scratch the backs of those who've scratched yours. Okay, while I think that's dumb in the first place- Hilary didn't scratch his back. She stabbed it! Like really? Ugh.

The San Diego Zoo
This place is awesome. It's huge! If you can I would say it's really worth going because they have so many animals in such neat exhibits. They have a gondola going through it! They do a great job with the displays and educate the visitors very well. If you want food or souvenirs or whatever, they provide it. However, it's also very accommodating for the more frugal visitors and allows you to bring your own stuff in.

Well, tomorrow is Tuesday...and who knows what it will hold? Not I, said the fly. It's only about 9 o'clock, but I am tired! It's been a busy day, and the rest of the week will probably follow suit. I hope you're all having a good vacation too!
Love
Y'all
God
Bless
Kenzer
Lou

Thanksgiving Break!

Here it is!  

I haven't really been thinking about it too much (had a few other things on my mind, you could say...haha), but now that it's here, I'm excited.  My family is going to San Diego!  Road trip!  It should be fun.  

Because of Twelfth Night in English we rented She's the Man just for fun, and Grant and I will watch that tomorrow as we DRIIIIIIIIIVE!  Woot.  Sam's letting us use his portable DVD player.  So tomorrow morning the four of us will get up and head out.  As far as I know, I'll still have internet access from the little rental cottage we're staying in (!), so you should all keep posting!  

Love 

y'all

God 

Bless

Kenzer 

Lou

I'm confused.  How am I to know what I feel?

And I'm frustrated, with being confused!

Why can't things just be clear???

Well if they were, then we wouldn't need God.

And I need God.

I just don't like this feeling.  I guess I feel unbalanced.  

I need to stop relying on others to give me my sense of equilibrium!  I refused to be vulnerable because I was afraid I would pour all of my heart into someone and then they would make off with it.  Well, surprise!  I decided to be vulnerable.

And got hurt.

But I'm still not doing this right...

I know I'm not!  I'm still wrong!!!  

I'm not that hurt...I think.  Is that denial, or refusing to be vulnerable, or is thinking that I should hurt more just me being...RRGH.  I told you I didn't like this.  

I need independence from the opinions of others, from the feeling that they actually care.  Because they don't.  It's a self-inhibiting narcissism, isn't it?  

I don't like all the restrictions I'm faced with.  I feel like blaming it on society and their stupid rules, but really I just need to learn- sometimes life has rules.  

But is this one of them?  

I'm not making sense-- to whoever's reading this, at least.

And again, there's the thought that someone out there is sparing a moment to read this.

If you are, thank you.  I appreciate your...reading.  

Good

night?

God 

Bless

Kenzer 

Lou

Outside...

"We are not infinite
We are not permanent
Nothing is immediate
We're so confident in our accomplishments
Look at how dark it is...
We got information in the information age
But do we know what life is
outside of our convenient lexus cages?"

I don't know why I always have these ridiculous expectations. Do I honestly think people can live up to them? Do I really think one day I'll wake up and life will magically have arranged itself into utter perfection? So then why do I keep waiting for it?

It's like I think I can keep myself from ever being hurt again.  Sure, I will be angry, and I will be cynical, and I will be harsh, but I will not allow myself to admit that the pain of something has overcome me.  How can pride even usurp feeling?  For each action there is an equal and opposite reaction... so if I will not allow hurt in, that does not leave me with the capacity for the love God intended me to spread.  I have determined not to be vulnerable, to anything or anyone.  Sam McDuffee will tell you that vulnerability is the quickest way to get to know someone... so just as I am not vulnerable, cannot hurt and cannot love, I will not be known.  

And there is no way I can climb out of this black hole myself... I am left at the incredible mercy of God, to wait and be completely dependent on His grace.

And that's how He intended it to be.  

For each action there is an equal and opposite reaction.  So for each time like this, characterized by a hardened shell of pain, there will be a time where I am drawn to Him and taught how to live more fully in His love.

It's always darkest right before dawn.

God

Bless

Kenzer

Lou

Argh

Dad: We're going to King Soopers. If you want a life, do your homework or I'll make your life miserable. School matters more than anything else.
Moriah: Hey, I'm back up to an A in Spanish!
Dad: Show me! *steals away computer and begins checking grades*
Moriah: See, Spanish - A!
Dad: That's barely an A! What the heck?! I want a good A!
Mom: Why do you have a missing there?
Moriah: Because I missed that we had to do the assignment.
Dad: WHY?!
Moriah: I didn't check the homework board.
Dad: *has fit about how stupid Moriah is*
Moriah: Argh.
Mom: Let's check the other grades!
Dad: Your As should be higher.
Moriah: Okay.
Mom and Dad: WHY DON'T YOU HAVE AN A IN MATH?
Moriah: Cause it's hard.
Mom and Dad: Get it up! *continue to harass Moriah*
Moriah: *resolves never to speak to these two unless absolutely necessary*

Brain Dump

Christmas has come early this year. Seriously, has everyone been this Christmas crazy this early? Like I know we're way over consumed with the consumerism and greed, but it seems way earlier this year... hm.
Check out the video here: www.adventconspiracy.org
At youth group we were talking and say there was somebody who was like, obsessed with the Broncos. And then they die. How would you celebrate their life? Probably with Broncos-themed stuff, right? And let's say there's someone who devoted their entire life to the stage and theater. How would you celebrate their life?
So Jesus spent his entire life serving others. And how do we celebrate His life?
We get into debt.
Does that seem a little off to anyone besides me?
That's sad! We should spend the season devoting ourselves to loving others and serving others and following in Jesus' footsteps!
Hmmm

Music Man auditions are coming up. (actually not for like three weeks, but throw Thanksgiving break in there and everyone gets nervous) Of course it's kind of a big deal because everyone wants to get in- at least for the girls, it's going to be really competitive. But I'm already in two shows, so why can't we focus on that instead of just striving to get MORE???
Anyways.
I need an audition song. I think I'm going to take your suggestion, Katie, and maybe sing I Got Rhythm. I considered doing that for Sound of Music last year, but I didn't.
Hey guess what? Jacob's auditioning for Music Man too! HaHA!

Karianne has a blog now...somewhere floating around in the blogosphere. Does anyone know what it is?

Well, I hope I haven't bored you all too much. Have a great day!
God
Bless
Kenzer
Lou

Just... tired

I would write more, but it seems like I have nothing great to say.

I'm tired from violin - I've been doing tons for my outside orchestra and i have a recital on Sat. Yay! fun! *blegh*

I'm tired from homework - am I the only one who's like 4 chapters behind in history notes? Not to mention Macbeth...

I'm tired of PMSy teachers - like Ms. Reifschneider, who has apparently turned completely deaf and does not only ignore the mistakes the violas do, she blames them on the violins.

I'm tired of Mormon drama - no offense Roo, but... wow.

And now I'm getting tired of my whining, so I'll stop now.

Hear ye, hear ye

The blogs have died. I suggest we hold a service.

Observation

Guys show thier stress in their hands. Girls show their stress in their face.

Interesting Link:

If you go here, it shows pictures of people all over the world reacting to Obama's win. I didn't realize it, but the entire world was rooting for him! Everyone's crying and screaming and celebrating. It's absolutely insane. I had no idea.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/04/reactions-around-the-worl_n_141187.html

Things to Do

1. Make a music video
2. Have a Star Wars Marathon
3. Play Christmas music
4. Photo scavenger hunt
5. Make a go-kart
6. Watch the stars
7. Go sledding
8. Dress up and go somewhere for no reason
9. Adopt a foreign accent for the day and travel around Broomfield
10. Eat a cheesecake

Quotes

"I don't have anything fantastic...like trees, or chainsaws...or chest hair..." -Matt Cawley

"Dude, did you steal a McCain sign?"
"No, it's my McCain sign! Mine!" *five minutes later* "MINE!" -Chelsea Dodson and random 11-year-old

"Trees don't have private parts...then they wouldn't be sad and fall!" -David Gaskins

"Are you a woman?! Yes! We need a woman!!!" -AJ Berge

"I will now reward you with five minutes of uninterrupted eye contact." -Steve Martin, Baby Mama

"I have to go to the bathroom..."
"Okay...if you're not back in half an hour, I'll call the cops!" -Drew Bloom and McKenzie Watson

"Wait...that's not naughty guac!" -David Gaskins

Write Something!

I'm sure my life is much less interesting than yours, considering I practically have no life. So you guys should post and tell me about how wonderful (or crappy, as it may be) your life is now! :)

Csárdás(Czardas) - Monti [feat. Vengerov and Patkoló]

Omg, this is amazing! Katie and Moriah'll prolly get it more, but wow.

Meh...

Lately, my life has been soo... meh.... We have more homework, the admiral is more annoying than ever, Mr. Letter won't teach, Mr. Pruess just rambles, I still don't know if Mr. Schaefer is gay or not, Ms. McNamara is slightly scary, and to top it all off, I have a bug bite on my shoulder.

I'm really annoyed at Ms. Andony because I'm accompanying 2 of the choir students for All State Choir, and she neglected to tell me that one of their students switched songs and guess what? I practiced all that time for nothing. I need to learn a new piece in 3 days and ... MEH!!!

Our English story rough draft is due Friday. I have no idea if my idea will make any sense, if it'll come through, or if it'll be funny, like it's meant to be. I feel like such a crappy writer, and I'm scared to get started... Oh well. I hope ppl like it...

Add?

Hey guys. So I was thinking, do we want to add Allyson and Kelly to the blog? If you're all okay with it, I'll invite them. Anyone else we should add?

Spanish Music

So guys, I'm trying to find some good Spanish music and I went to a website that had supposedly really famous artists and I'm listening to the music and it's this horrible mix of techno, guitar, and bad singing. Do you guys have recommendations?

Okay, you can all shoot me...

Okay, so I realize I definately haven't updated since August 7th. You may now use me for target practice. Anywho, THE STATE OF THINGS:

Gillian: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this play! So much! Ah! And you guys are prolly gonna come see it and say, "Gosh Kat, what were you so excited about? You guys aren't that good, this isn't that sweet/funny/touching/whatever, and you sure didn't make your audience cry. So I prolly totally flipping out for nothing! But still! We're having such an amazing time.

YAGMCB: OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO worried about this play! We shall die. In front of theatre critics. We are so unprepared right now, it makes me want to hyperventilate just thinking about it. But other that that, it's all good :). Tom attacked music stands for 90 minutes in the dressing room the other day. That was interesting...

Saturday: I am...randomly going horseback riding! With an archaeologist who speaks 11 languages, who's married to a virtuoso violinist. Huh. I have a weird life.

Tomorrow: I get 7th period off, since I won't have my kindergarteners! Hippen, we should hang out w/ Livvy, if you're not busy.

So that's pretty much it for now. Life is good.

Movie Night!

So last night, we had a movie at Moriah's house and it was AMAZING! We, being music geeks, sat next to the piano and sang songs all night long. I got the right hand and Roo got the left, and it was pretty dang awesome. Then we watched Spirited Away, which is absolutely hilarious when you watch it w/ friends. If you guys haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it.

"Evil, begone!"

Brian Dump

Homecoming was saturday. And amazing :P Haha. Well, this whole weekend was. From Santiago's to a sleepover with Hannah and watching Accepted, to chilling with Jacob and Tom, to nearly gagging on the table when Tom told us he had to "go call heaven and see if he could spend time with one of their angels," to the homecoming game (which I totally watched like, less than a minute of total), to walking to Sonic late at night, to getting ready at Karianne's with her and Elena, to rushing home and getting ready all that we failed to get ready at her house haha, to pictures here, and then at Thomas', to dinner at Red Robin with Evan Mortal Combat Santo Ricardo Esteban Charles the Third the waiter, to the actual dance, to AJ's, to Hannah Ferwerda's, and then back home to my new park... It was busy but I loved it.

And life is returning to somewhat of a normal order. Quieter, and perhaps more contemplative. I like it. It's nice to have a park again. Just somewhere to go to, a place where I don't have the benefits of home. Just a place where it's me, nature, and the passers-by. I don't know them, and they don't know me, and that's the way I like it. Being alone for me has been something to learn, like an acquired taste. But I think I'm getting the hang of it.

"I have this dream, where I wake up, and I just wander around the house all day, crying because of how my life turned out. And then I wake up, and you know what I do? I just wander around the house all day, crying because of how my life turned out."

Watch This.

Do I Have an Eating Disorder?

Seriously, sometimes I feel like I have an eating disorder or something. Like not anorexia or bulimia or anything like that, but that thing where you just have to keep on eating. Is it just me, or do you guys have to eat at least once every 2-3 hours in order to function properly? I feel like I have to eat even if I'm not actually hungry. It's weird. Thank God for Moriah and her daily lunchbox. I think I would die if I didn't have her in my 5th period class...

So... Blegh.

Recently I've felt very... blegh. Unmotivated. As in, I have no real reason to get up or do anything, really. Every day is just a variation on the same: Seminary, school, homework, practicing, bed. It all just seems so useless. Vain repetitions. Argh. I'm going to go make myself some hot chocolate.

I found this in my archives...

It's from '07 i think.

Karianne's...

So I went to Karianne's last night...and it was so amazing!!!
AH!!!
So I got there first and Karianne and I just talked and sat in this tree across the street from her house and laughed...and then Jacob, and David, and Tom got there! So they saw us and came over and then tried to get Karianne out of the tree, which meant alot of screaming, which was really funny. And then we went in her house and David and Tom faced off at Guitar Hero for a little while. And then Hannah Ferwerda came, and then Laura Eddington (who is feeling better, which is really good). And then after that we had dinner (a taco bar, and apple juice in these awesome little round bottles!) and then we jumped on the tramp for a little while...and then we went downstairs and talked, and then we went to this park, which has the BEST ROLLING DOWN HILL EVER!!! So we rolled down that for like ever, and then it got dark so we stood around and talked, and then we walked back, and watched the Office. Oh, and Thomas and Kelsey came while we were walking back from the park. So then Thomas ran in and told us that it was raining cats and dogs, and so a few of us went out and jumped on the tramp again. AND IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! And then we came back in and played apples to apples.

But it was suuuuuuch a fun night. Like right out of a dream. AH!
Good
Night
God
Bless

Girl Porn?

So there's this concept of female pornography: in the form of romance novels and chick flicks, girls are being presented again and again with this image of the perfect guy. He's cute, romantic, and when he blunders (rarely), he makes up for it a million times by doing something that, let's face it, just isn't realistic. So some consider that if you take these things in large doses, that if you feed off them, it will in the end be detrimental. Did anyone catch that?

And it strikes me, almost every original disney classic is like a perfect example of this. In one Walt Disney tribute on youtube, you will see an average of four to five good looking romantic guys literally pick up a girl and carry her away with a kiss. I love Disney movies, I think they're great. But...I don't know. I was just sort of sitting here thinking about his.

On another note, have any of you ever heard of someone named Ben Kweller? Or the song "Sundress"? Good song. Good song.

HPYS Rehearsal!

So, tonight was my 2nd rehearsal of HPYS (High Plains Youth Symphony, for ya'll that don't talk to me a lot) and it was pretty fun! We got our chair audition results and I'm 5th chair in the 2nds, which I'm pretty happy about. My stand partner is Molly Putnam's really good friends and she has weird translucent braces and freakily perfect hair.

Mindy's stand partner is this really cute Asian dude (I know! It sounds impossible. But I swear, he was super cute.... Thought Mindy might disagree) and he plucks his strings really strangely - he does pizzicato with his thumb. I've never seen anyone do that. Over half of the people in the first stand (for you non-orchestra ppl, this means they're one of the best 2 players in their section) are either Asian or half-Asian. And the other half is German. No joke. Our symphony is made up of former Nazis. Which is amusing, because I'm pretty sure our concert mistress is Jewish. (the concert mistress/master is the best violinist in the orchestra)

So I played violin for 2 hours and ate a lot of grapes. That's what I did tonight.

Murder Mystery!

So the annual Murder Mystery of my youth group was last night. And it was a total blast!
It took about an hour and 45 minutes for everyone to eat, which meant for some really corny jokes, which I totally loved. Then the real party began! I ended up figuring it all out, but not until after the game had been called. However, Kacey's team won! So they got starbucks. And then some other team, and then Blake Bucknam's. But it was really fun, especially haggling, bartering, and bribing the staff- I mean, suspects.
And as always, Colleen's house (mansion, really) was amazingly beautiful. They'd planted a ton of new big rose bushes around the outside fountain, and the hot tub was all lit up...it was awesome.
This Wednesday will be the second WNT of the semester, and you should all totally come! It starts at 7, but feel free to come over to David's (that's where it's held) anytime between 5:30 and then. We eat dinner (if you come around 5:30), and play games, and eat brownies, and talk, and play games, and! It's just so much fun. And you should all totally come!
At the northern most home group, that my friend Elliot is in, their head staff is this totally cool guy named Ben Hauser. So last week they played this game, where you roll the die, and if you roll a 1, you have to squirt a lemon towards your face and hope you don't get it in your eye. OW!!! Oh my gosh, wow, I almost start like, bleeding just thinking about how much that would hurt. Be glad you guys aren't home schooled in north boulder! Except they did play another game that I think would be fun. Ben rolled like 10 dice at once and whoever could add them all up correctly first got to punch everyone else. Haha. That's hilarious.
But I can understand how most of you don't quite agree with me. Just like no body really agreed with Gary this morning when he said that he eats out of obligation. Are you kidding me??? I EAT OUT OF PASSION! Haha.

PS: like, NO ONE is updating. You're all lards.

Love
y'all
God
Bless
Kenzer
Lou

Wow...

Wow. I've been gone for a while. Sorry about that. Just really haven't had anything to blog about.

Well, I'm learning about modern music. So far I'm pretty nuts about Yellowcard, Panic at the Disco, Coldplay and the Hush Sound. Yup...

That's really it. I'll think of something to write soon, I'm sure.

Quizas.

Random War Video

Wow! It's my first post!

...and it isn't even that important!

I just found this little video and thought it was pretty funny...I guess it isn't hilarious, but I still thought it was silly.

Um, yeah. If you have about five minutes to spare, please make me feel less stupid and at least watch a little bit of it...otherwise I'll feel like a total dork for posting some random thing that nobody watches xDD

...yeah.


The Great Office War from Runawaybox on Vimeo.

Sick :(

Hey guys, I wasn't at school today cuz I'm sick. Could you guys tell me what I missed?

Success! At last!

So in case you didn't know, I carpool with 4 kids, 2 of which are these little 1st graders. And I've been trying to trick them for, like, I dunno, ever, but they're really smart little things and they don't believe a word I say. Like last time I tried to convince them that 2 + 2 really was equal to 5, and that they had been lied to their entire lives, but they concluded that 2 + 2 is still equal to 4, just I'm getting dumber. And they found the fact that I'm apparently stupid the funniest thing ever.

BUT! I have finally tricked them! I told one of them that he was ordered online at a baby shop, and that his mother asked for a little Chinese boy named Geoffrey. And that a stork dropped him onto the doorstep. Then he told me that that couldn't be true because he mom told him he came from an egg. So I told him that the stork laid and egg and that his mom had scrambled eggs for breakfast the next morning, so he got into her stomach and started growing. And then his mom threw him up. And now Geoffrey goes around proudly stating that he came from scrambled eggs. And the other little kid (named Brandon) has decided that he's alien spawn and that he was found in a dumpster. Aren't I good?

Stifled...

Today was mediocre. Lunch was good, but the rest of the day was just...mediocre.
Long. Unappealing. Constant.

Several years ago there was a term used by seamen, "getting caught in the doldrums."
The doldrums mean a silent spot on the sea, with no wind to propel you forward. You could stay there for weeks, or even months. The scary thing was that you could stay there longer than you had food for. You could die in the doldrums.

One history class of just taking notes and listening to Randall verbally abuse the rest of the class I can take. But 176 times? I feel like I'm falling into this rhythm at school, but it's not a rhythm I necessarily enjoy or appreciate. I feel as if I'm getting caught in the doldrums...

Today the front screen of my phone broke for no reason at all. One moment it was fine, the next moment it looked like an exploding star.

The Twilight Books

So, I just read a review on the Twilight books. I was curious, what were they all about?
I was disappointed.
They don't sound that amazing. Bella is supposed to be the hero...then why does she just sound like a messed up girl who pretty much ends up selling her soul? It's like Edward is a drug. And she will give anything to get high.
Her self-appointed fate sounds like it would be horrible. She did not become what she was destined to be, or whatever. Bella was never in touch with reality, she lived in the world she formulated for herself in her head. And now she is stuck there. I mean, she recreated herself into someone compatible with Edward, and in the end, she sounds like even Edward is no longer so fascinated with her.
At the end of the review and all the quotes, I was kind of confused. That's it? That's the end? I don't know what I was expecting, but I ended up feeling really empty. After all the time, all the emotions the reader invests into that series....and they can't even take anything away. No morals. No lessons. Nothing at all that even relates to our reality.
What the heck?
I was frustrated.
To me, the whole thing seemed like a waste. All the writing, all the reading, all the money, all the movies...all the fuss.

I hope you guys had a better result when reaching the end, because I would hate to hear that you were as blindsided as I was. To me, it just seemed unfortunate...and hopeless.
Let me know what you thought.
God
Bless
Kenzer
Lou

The State of Things

The Homework Song Moriah put up: I agree, pretty much the soundtrack to my life. It makes me laugh so hard.

My new house (!!!): ridiculously awesome! I can't wait to have a party! But my parents told me I had to give them at least two weeks to recover, so we can't celebrate just yet.

YAGM, CB: slightly less than exceptional. It doesn't help that pretty much every cast member except Katie and I are always off flirtIng. Okay, AJ came for most of it too. But we have our first director-sanctioned rehearsal in AGES this week, and I'm really excited to see everyone again.

Youth group: starts again this week! YES!!! I've been missing it so much! It's "the gathering" so both campuses are just going to hang out and party all night. If any of y'all want to come (which would totally be the bomb, by the way), it's either at 6:30 or 7 (I'll check) in Boulder.

Grant: has his first Boulder Force soccer game today- in South Denver. Ouch.

Sam: still asleep, as far as I know. He has his own room now, in the basement.

My balcony (!): shared with Grant, but that just makes it all the better. He put a tiny little putting green on it. It's so much fun! I totally can't wait for somebody to be like, "what's up?" and I'll say, "Oh, just golfing." Haha.

Cannon Mine: has been without me for way too long. I miss that place! I might have to hang out there after school maybe this week or something- anybody want to come?


Well, that looks like about it for the moment. I hope the rest of you update all of your blogs now, or at least comment on this one.
Love
y'all!
Kenzer
Lou

The Olympics

I love the Olympics. I love the funny commercials (the one about China falling in love with modern health care- SO CUTE!!! And then the one with sprite, where they jump into the basketball court- WOW!). I love the medals.
It's bringing America back to its patriotic roots, where everyone cheers for one country. It's the spirit of competition, and the idealistic United States that you enjoy as a child- filled with Fourth of July parades, and face paintings, and town picnics in the park.
Beach volleyball was my favorite, gymnastics and high dives tying for second.
Go Walsh and May! :P

What Annoys Me (At the Moment)

• When my dad hums REALLY LOUD and REALLY OUT OF TUNE as I'm trying to write a history essay
• History essays
• Stupid orchestra teachers
• Chairs that hurt your butt
• Block days
• Senor Matthews
• Hair

My Theme Song Now

Need I say more?

Ok, what is this?

I just tried to read Roo's little sister's blog, and apparently i am denied access. What is this? I only read it once a month! Is that too much? Am i an Internet predator, seeking to rape and pillage young children? I assure you, i am neither.

Am I Just that Tasty?

Argh!! I have 5 bugbites right now!! It's sooo annoying. I don't know why I get bitten so much. Why do mosquitos even exist?? They're such disgusting creatures. And they seem to like eating me. Last time I went to Taiwan I got over 30 bites in one week. Sigh... Well. My little rant is over. See you guys in school tomorrow! (yay... FUN...)

Whoa.

Who changed the layout? I like it a lot, I'm just curious as to who changed it. Whoever you are, thanks!

Sucks For You, Preuss

My summer reading is NOT happening. I don't freaking care any more. I gave myself plenty of time for the THREE books people had told me I needed to read. Now that it's more like 5 or 6, whatever. It's NOT happening! So I called the library. The long walk is checked out until September. It's also sold out at the local bookstore. Guns, Germs, and Steel is not only sold out there as well, and checked out of the library, there are NINE freaking holds on it. Can I get exempted from the assignment if there's no physical possibility of me completing it?
Maybe the teacher will tell me I should have started earlier in the summer. Oh, well, I would've, if I'd known! But whatever. I'm over it.
XP

~Kenzer Lou

Ahh! Freaking Out

So guys, I'm still freaking out over the summer hw (not the best idea to finish it on the last week of break) but i was wondering how complete your answers were for the history questions. I'm generally only writing 2-4 sentences for each question. Does that sound about right?

Wo de schedule

1. AP Spanish
2. Chem 1 Hon
3. Brit Lit Hon
4. Chamber Orch
5. AP World/US Gov
6. Pre-Calc Hon
7. Student Aide/Health
8. Access - Matthews

Update to my schedule

Arg! I just realized they put me in tech 20, not tech 10! This did NOT make my day...

Summer hw!

So, I've just realized that school is one week away, and I've only done 1/3 - 1/2 of my hw.... I was wondering how much of the hw you guys have done and see if it makes me feel better. Also, since Gov/Politics comes 2nd semester, do we have to read Coyotes and do the questions now or b4 2nd semester?

My schedule

Here's mine:

PUMA: Chamber Choir/Forensics/Theatre, presumably
1. AP Human Geography/U.S. Gov't
2. AP Biology
3. Chemistry 1 Honors
4. Chamber Orchestra
5. AP Calc BC
6. Brit Lit Honors
7. Tech/Health *makes a face at both!*
Access: Schaefer

Schedules!

So peeps, I thought we should all post up our schedules so we could compare and see which classes we have together!

1. AP Spanish Language
2. AP Stats
3. Chem 1 Hon
4. Chamber Orch
5. AP Human Geo
6. Brit Lit Hon
7. Study Hall (Shaefer) 1st sem, Health 2nd sem
8. Access: Sanders

Reply if you got anything w/ me! I really hope you do!

Music Camp (w/ 2 Russian bros, a freakin violin prodigy, and a bunch of nerdy string players)

So, I came back from my music camp last week. For those of you I didn't tell, it was just this little day camp in Ft. Collins for string quartets and quintets. So I got stuck w/ these 2 Russian brothers, tho truthfully it wasn't as exciting as it gosh darn could've been. First, they weren't that cute (well, take that back. The younger one was cute and they had sexy accents) but the older one reminded me a TON of Weston. Not in personality, but b/c he couldn't stop rushing when we played together and he had no chin. Rehearsing w/ them wasn't exactly a blast b/c they would argue w/ each other all the time in they're sexy accents over who was wrong. And it was usually both of them. And I wanted to strangle them sometimes.

But some parts were fun. I carpooled w/ one of my teacher's other students. And he is the freakin violin prodigy. Anyways, he's homeschooled (so he can practice 6 hours a day at home) but I think he's lonely or something because he talked nonstop for the 2hour roundtrip ride. Seriously. I think the most interesting thing I learned about him is that he has an older half-sister who's a druggie and has 6 different children from 6 different marriages.

Most of the kids there were nerds, which was actually pretty cool cuz nerds are cool. Anyways, I had pretty interesting discussions about swear words in different languages, lock-picking, and hotwiring cars. Oh yeah, and about Dr. Seuss. So I guess it was pretty fun overall. Dr. Seuss makes everything fun, doesn't he?

Gosh, how thick do you get?

Well, I think my Dad's cellphone has finally keeled over and died for good. It was a hardy little thing, having survived a swim in a creek courtesy of my sister (don't ask), but we think it's been killed for good now. Guess how? We were driving home from the beach today, and my Dad put the cellphone down in the front cupholder like he usually does. Trouble is, said cupholder had a full cup of coke in it (this is where the cellphone ended up). My Dad, being the observant genius that he is, picked it up out of the cup several minutes later, not noticing anything unusual, and tried to call my aunt with it. Amazingly the thing still turned on, but of course it didn't work. Well, he hands it to me, and I notice that it's dripping wet...and slightly sticky...and obviously not functional. Needless to day, my Dad's strategy of shake-the-thing-hard-enough-and-it-might-just-work didn't resurrect it. We're still waiting for a miracle...


*Update: It still works!

Family Reunion- Day 4

We played sardines for literally 3 hours yesterday, and it was SO FUN. Both of my shins have big bruises and the occasional swelling on them, but it was totally worth it. Today we went horseback riding for 2 hours all over this one exclusive mountain...place...where there's this golf course that is ranked in the top 100 in North America! It was beautiful. And I've just been so busy and having so much fun...I wish you were all here with me!!! Love y'all! ~Kenzer Lou

Family Reunion- Day 3

Hello from Avon!
I'm having an awesome time here. A few of us just got out of the rooftop hot tub, which felt so good, of course. Last night we played Monopoly for seriously like 3 hours, and guess what? I didn't even lose!!! I wasn't ANYWHERE NEAR debt when we called it quits around 11. And trust me, that is so rare.
We're thinking of maybe playing hide and seek later. In a house like this, with- no joke- SEVEN floors, that would be the bomb. It has such a weird layout!!! Every corner you go around, you find like another huge place, even when you thought that room was finally done. It's huge! And that means there's so many places to investigate.
Tonight for dinner we're all having steak. Kelsey, you can moan and groan at me all you want, but you are seriously missing out.
Moriah- enjoying Mormon camp?
Katie- again dear, good luck. All of my sympathies are with you.
Olive- haven't heard from you in a while. Hoping you are well!

So I hope you guys are having as great times at home as I am here. Love you all! Please comment!
Kenzer
Lou

My name is Liesl again...

OMG. I'm in California right now, and guess where I'm staying? The freaking Von Trapp Mansion, or at least as close as you can get to it in my family. My uncle's got this HUGE mansion that's absolutely perfect, the kids snap to attention, and you know what the worst part it? NO SINGING. Apparently it "disturbs and unnerves" them, so bye bye do-re-mi. Their idea of music is this annoying elevator brand that has no substance whatsoever. I'm going crazy. And I'm stuck on permanent babysitting duty with the little girl, who's like a mix between Gretl and Louisa. Time to run off screaming into the distance...Love you all. Hopefully I'll survive, and see you all come registration!

I'm Taking Off Again

I'm going away again. But this time it's only until Friday. I'll be at my church camp with all the other Mormon girls from our area. I'll miss you guys, but I'll be back soon. Love you!

Family Reunion- Day 1

So I'm at a family reunion right now with all the Canadians. We're staying in Edwards, which is about 3 hours away maybe? By Beaver Creek. Wow, this is a really loud keyboard.
The house, for starters, is THE BOMB. The hot tub is on the roof. And it has all these secret hideaways sort of that I'm finding!!! ...lots of time spent in those little places this week maybe. ;)
I'm sharing a room with cousin Raylene, cousin Jamie Lynn, cousins Arin and Jenn (sisters), and step-cousin Julie (step-sister of Jamie Lynn). Right now I think they're watching MTV.
I'm not so sure about how this week is going to go, but I know the whole point is to be together with all of these people who I don't get a chance to see that often. And I really do want to get to know them better.
Dude, the steam shower downstairs can totally fit TWELVE people. I can't wait to try it out.
It was raining really hard a minute ago, and I'm going to go get wet. I'll keep you guys updated on how it's going here, and I hope you guys all have a good week there.
Love
Y'all
Kenzer
Lou

why won't anyone post, except for those few and far between "updates of summer" and apologies for abstaining from posting? Dumb.
Change is lame. But "inevitable," I know, I know. It certainly seems like the end of a season here...everything getting faintly more gray. Gray and murky.
Except for God. For some reason, everything about Him and what He's doing lately seems crystal clear, which is SO COOL. I guess it's a sign that while everything else seems confusing and different, I'm on the right path. For once. Hmmm.

I guess I just have lots to think about...
And maybe I've given you guys something to think about too.
Love y'all
Kenzer
Lou

Why Wasn't This In Jekyll and Hyde?

Arthur makes me laugh... :)

I'm Home.

I'm home from Chinese camp.

IT WAS THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY WHOLE FREAKING LIFE!!!!!!!

Gah! I am mechanically challenged and I don't speak french!

Arg. I just bought a clock radio/ipod docking system today, and the only instructions in the box are written in french. And I can't figure out how to set the darned clock. This makes me crabby! >.<

My Weekend...

Has actually been eventful!

*GASP*

Saturday: Woke up early and went running with my mom. Went to Vitamin Cottage to visit my new hobby: Rosy cheeked cashier boy!! Went shopping...got earrings. Then that night...i went to Nissi's with Hannah (we saw your brother btw Kenzie) and danced alot. Then we stopped by Waneka on the way to drop Hannah off, and we were standing by the lake when we look down and this guy is standing by this roaring fire in the parking lot. His propane lantern had exploded, and was right by the trunk of his car...where his gas tank was. So my mom called the fire department and they came with a firetruck, 2 ambulances, and a squad car. The only problem was, the fire was out by this time. But it was really big, like 3 minutes before they got there! So that was kind of funny...

Sunday: Church. Then we went to Page 2 for lunch. Then i got a massage (that was soooo nice!). And we're going to the Shakespeare festival tonight. So that will be fun.

I don't know if any of you really care about much of this, but the blogs have been kind of slack lately, so...

The State of Things

Houseboats: newest youth group trip was amazing!!! It was really fun and I'm kinda sad to be home cause the water was so much fun but it's good to be back. I really like my home.

Matt: good. He had a campfire last night and that was fun, getting home at 12:02.

Movie nights: haven't had one in a while, which needs to be remedied. Maybe monday night...

YAGM,CB: excited for rehearsal this week, which will be at AJ's house. We're supposed to be off book by the time school starts, which is kind of a daunting thought. I'm definitely no where even near that. yikes.

Karianne: should be back from Kadesh by now and needs to call me.

My itunes: is playing Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright. That's a good song.

Youth group today: was really good. We went over Psalm 32 and it was awesome.

Everyone reading this: should be coming to my house and going swimming. Seriously though, if you want to, you should call me, cause that would be fun. Woot. :)

Well, that was kinda pointless, but whatever. Love y'all! ~Kenzer

Alright, I guess it's my turn to post...

My life has not been particularly interesting of late, so I'll just spit out a bunch of things I've done recently for your entertainment...hah.

Yesterday: Ug, blazing hot. I got a new viola bow - happy day :) Went to see Wall-E, or however you spell that. Adorable movie about a romance between two robots - yeah, I know it sounds pathetic, but it was HILARIOUS. I love pixar :)

This past week: I've been up in the mountains amusing myself in a little town called Redstone, up near Carbondale. Very pretty scenery, awesome hiking trails, hummingbirds EVERYWHERE, and more than a little quaint (the hotel we stayed at advertised the fact that they had color TV's - impressive, huh?)

Thomas' play: Was so much fun! The cast was absolutely hilarious to watch - especially the little five-year olds! Considering the amount of rehearsal time you guys had, I was impressed with the show. Thomas, you did an awesome job :). The dancing at the end was a nice touch. Tried and failed to dance with Nate Sarros - does this surprise anyone?

Rehearsals: Have been going well, I think. Having fun tangling myself in my jumprope. Beethoven Day beats Lonely Goatherd by a magnitude of about 1,000. Lots of dialogue to look foreward to next week - and the baseball game. Ug, not looking foreward to that one. Oh yeah, and rabbit chasing pas de deux. Yikes...>.>

Other than that: I just got my AP results back. I got another 5, this time for the spanish lit exam. I am gleeful! :P


Can't think of anything else to say. See you all soon, hopefully! Does anyone know when Roo comes back from pseudo-tuberculosis and Chinese Camp?

I'm back! With something to think about...

Hi Everyone -

This is a really interesting article about what happens when religions die out. I know that's kind of a controversial subject here, but we love controversy! Anyway, it's something to think about. What happened to all the past gods of history? The ones that, only 500 years ago, thousands of people were sacrificed to yearly, and now, no one even recognizes the name of? It's amazing when you think about it. Nobody worships the ancient gods of the Mayans, Aztecs, or Greeks anymore, but back then they were about the only prominent religions around. What happens when they go away? Thay may not be ligit, but something that was once that big must leave something in its wake.

http://www.graveyardofthegods.org/deadgods/graveyard.html

Updates of my Summer

Ok Kenz, I guess I'll put in my contribution now. Not that I have much of anything interesting to say, but sure.

Well, for those of you that don't already know, Moriah has found a blonde and most importantly Mormon version of Weston at her BYU Chinese Camp... wonder what she's doing there... because it's definitely not studying.

I was digging through old pics of stuff yesterday and I thought you guys might find these pics amusing...

Oh, and here is mini me, mini Alyssa, and mini Roo in 2nd grade. We're dressed up cuz it's Halloween. Fun times, those were.

And that's it for now.

Bleh

Okay, so I know like everyone is gone and all, but that's no excuse. We're doing like the worst job of posting and updating this thing ever. So you should all post! NOW!

Hard-hitting Lyrics

Some of Starfield's lyrics I've heard lately are really profound and I think while we just sing along while multitasking it's easy to overlook their meaning. So I decided I'd go through some of them.

From the song "Revolution"
"When the world is at war
when the grace is gone
when the hungry lay dead
while the rich live on"
-->Well that's a little convicting. And we can brush it off and say that it doesn't really remind us of America. But think of third world countries and stuff. I bet that's a disturbingly accurate depiction of some places. Yikes.

From the song "Reign In Us"
"You thought of us before the world began to breathe
You knew our names before they came to be
You saw the very day we'd fall away from you
And how desperately we'd need to be redeemed"
-->I just like that. It's sooo cool. The last line does a great job of eliminating the concept that we can do anything on our own, which I like. Cause we can't! Seriously, what on earth does anyone possibly think they could do to reconcile themselves with the Perfect God? No matter what we do, our good works have no capability to span the leap our sin creates. And this verse illustrates that really well.

So that's just me blathering on some...by myself...alone...on this blog...alone...
If you haven't picked up yet, I'm hinting at something.
Post thoughts!!!
Good
Night
God
Bless
Kenzer Lou

OH MY GOSH!!!

I just got back from SALT LAKE CITY and it was AMAZING!!!!! It was a christian youth conference put on by the Evangelical Free Churches of America called Challenge and it was absolutely INCREDIBLE, life-changing. Oh my goodness, just...wow. There's not too much I can really say, except for the fact that you all need to go to davidsgreatesthits.blogspot.com RIGHT NOW. This blog is also by Gary (who blogged about the Shack), and he was our one staff person... read the post entitled "Gary's greatest hit". This happened within the first five hours of our journey and we spent the next 6 hours between the lobby of a Best Western (Western! Ternaders!), a local park, and two different gas stations. Well, what would our trip be without bonding time the first day? Later we had a drawing competition for who could draw the best picture of our...adventure. David won with a doodle entitled "split." If you return to Gary's blog in a few days he may post it, for you to be scarred. We also had lunch at a restaurant called "cappy's" (though a popular nickname was crappy's), where the Oswald boys dared to buy enchiladas: "smothered." We all found that funny. So this will forever be known as the Cappy Crunch Experience. Gary's considering making us t-shirts. That would be DANK.
The band at Challenge was Starfield- they're AMAZING!!! I bought the CD and am hoping to get more off of iTunes. In a way, they remind me of my brother Sam. The v-neck shirts, how the electric guitarist is super skinny...Yeah. But it has been an amazing week. I'm glad to see you all soon, but I'm also really sad that it's over. Really sad, it was just incredible...but I'll stop blathering.
Happy
We're
Not
British
Day!
God
Bless
Kenzer Lou

Dateable

Yes, I read it. In pretty much one sitting. It hurt a little. Haha.
Anyways, time for my review! It was a good book. Mrs. Freeman would probably attempt to burn it due to the utter and complete lack of feminism, but seriously, guys and girls are different. This is a GOOD thing. And the book recognized that and talked alot about the different roles of the different sexes in relationships. No, not like the woman stays home and sweeps! Like, the dude should stand up and be a man already! (I'm not kidding, this was the title of one of the chapters.) However, it did paint one picture a little too extreme: it made me feel like I was totally in the wrong for having some of my best friends be guys. It annoyed me when it told me even if I didn't like them or they didn't like me, it was a total heinous crime for me to call them. So I disagreed with some things, but for the most part the book was really good. I liked how it focused on making dating just like a fun thing to do, not like some huge foreboding...I don't know, but whatever. It was a good book. A little weird and a little...mm, I don't know...like....well, it was kind of like there's no room for error or different situations. The author apparently is ALWAYS RIGHT. He gave you no choice, and kind of made you feel like your opinion could be worth less than crap at a few parts- Okay, that makes it sound really bad, but it's not. It was a good book, and there's definitely some principles I'll be putting into practice. I say read it for yourself. :)

Packing Boxes

Packing things in boxes may be one of the worst feelings ever, I think. I mean, all this stuff, that you love and enjoy and have for a reason, and then you cover it up, and you may not really know when you'll see it again, and then you take out the permanent marker and label it...the permanent marker just makes packing boxes feel so final, like there it goes. Or something. And it's so weird seeing the stuff get buried by the cardboard like that...it's almost like something died, and all feelings are removed, but you still have the task of dealing with what left behind, so you just pack it up and box it away... Packing things in boxes may be one of the worst feelings ever, I think.

*Sentimental Moment* AW

All this stuff I keep finding reminds me of last year. I'm listening right now to the CD Nichole gave me- the one I listened to ALL the time last summer, filled with songs I learned on the way back from Kansas...And the other night when I was going through old notes, I found ones from the day before Chataqua, the day before NOGG...all sorts of stuff like that. And it's just like, AW. I hope this summer is just as good.

Funny Quote, courtesy of Randall:

"My theory is that all humans are inherantly good from ages 0-3, evil 4-7, good 8-12, evil 13-17, good 18-23, evil 24, good 26-57, evil 58-death."

I think that's possibly the most accurate generalization that I've seen in a long while.

Katie!

Okay, feel free not to do this, but go to the "random thoughts" link on the friend's blog's roll. Yes, it's the one that hasn't been updated for six months. But read just the first post! And then tell me what you think. Love ya! ~Kenzer Lou

Quotes

These quotes are really sorta sad and mean, but they still made me laugh. I think they're a compilation of the things ppl have said on IM...

"A mind is a terrible thing to waste; I'm glad they didn't waste on you."

"Do you still love nature, despite what it did to you?"

"If I seem to give a damn, please tell me. I would hate to be giving the wrong impression."

"Every cloud has a silver lining (except for the mushroom shaped ones, which have a lining of Iridium & Strontium 90)."

Hey Everyone!

So, last week on our mission trip to Windsor (in case you hadn't heard, Juarez got canceled due to violence) 2 or 3 (i'm not sure which) news crews and 2 news papers came to interview us. Here's the link to the channel 7 story.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/16592229/

Tony Awards

So, did anyone else watch the Tony awards tonight? What did you think of the winners?

Across The Universe - Come Together / Prudence Intro

Hey Jude - Across the Universe

Across the Universe - I want to hold your hand

I just watched this movie last week, and I thought it was pretty darn amazing... and really weird. But I posted my 3 fav songs from the movie.

Until We Meet Again...

Well, I'm off to Canada, Montana and then Chinese camp! This means that I probably won't be on here until mid-July. So I'm not being a blog neglecter, I'm just off learning Chinese and hiking and dancing with Barn-Boosters. I'll keep a composition notebook of letter you guys just like I did last year with Japan - in the meantime, I'll miss you! Take care of yourselves - no shenanagins. That means YOU, Kenz. :) Just kidding. I love you all!

~ Moriah

A New Aquisition

I got an iPod! Yay!

Dad bought it because it's a requirement for Chinese Camp, which was his idea. :)

80 gigs. What am I going to do with 80 gigs?

Us Again :)

I love this song :) It's gonna be awesome.

A new name for a future child....

I've added another name to the list of possible names for my future children: Jasper. Which leaves me with this:

Boys:
Michael
Andrew
Charles
Jasper

Girls:
Margo
Marian
Endive
Arianna
Lily
Rachel

Mmm...homemade donuts.

We just made some- Mom, Grant, and I. They're so tasty...and unhealthy. haha.

I miss you all! How have your summers been so far? Is it still sinking in that it's summer, or are you out there wreaking havoc on your hometown? (for me, it's the latter).
I want to know what you're all up to, and I want to hang out with you all too!
I also made a fun list of things to do over the summer. Tell me what you think!


Build a raft like Tom Sawyer and float down the river
Fly a kite attached to your bike
Go bushwhacking while blindfolded through the forest with a pal. Make sure you don't bushwhack your pal
Make a boat and see if it floats with you in it
Play Frisbee at night
Play underwater hockey
Practice stilt walking
Laugh out loud
Climb a tree
Flip some coins into a fountain
Go to the 24 hr grocery at 1 a.m.
Have an egg toss
Make a rope swing
Cut up a magazine and make a collage
Do a crayon drawing and put it on your fridge
Draw pictures of yourself as a barbarian
Make a flag for your bike
Make a trophy or certificate to represent a great feat that you have or have not done
Make a sculpture
Write songs and go outside and sing them so everyone can hear
Water Balloon fight
Dream the afternoon away on a riverbank
Ever try bird watching - what about bird listening?
Get up early to watch the sunrise
Make a house out of cardboard boxes
Next time you see a rainbow, stop and really admire it
Say hello to cows
Study the stars
Fall asleep on the lawn
Take digital pictures of your friends and add funny captions to them
Write a story with a friend, doing a chapter each- see how it turns out after a certain amount of time
Bring some friends and some life jackets - go out in two canoes on a lake and try to sink each other's canoe
Have an Olympics outside with your friends and see who wins
Have a scavenger hunt downtown
Wear a wig in the most unpredictable circumstance
Write five postcards to friends even if you are not on vacation
Make a slip and slide in your back yard
Make an entertaining phone answering-machine message
Sing in the shower with all your might
Use window markers and draw rainbows on your windows
Send anonymous secret admirer notes to someone
For a whole day put a word at the end of every sentence like 'Whoa!'
Play "fly on the Wall". Duct tape contestants to the wall and see who stays up the longest
Have a wheelbarrow race
Play a game of catch with an invisible ball
Play croquet
Sleep on your roof

AHHHHHHHH! *explodes with excitement*

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ANIMORPHS BOOKS AND EPISODES ONLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Things That Annoy Me

1. People who try to convince me not to be a vegetarian
2. People who try to convince me that global warming isn't real
3. Having to prep a room for painting
4. That I don't have the song "Goodnight My Angel" by Billy Joel
5. Political survey phone calls from Michigan
6. When we forget to buy stuff at the grocery store
7. Seventh position
8. When the Sharpie comes off my left big toe
9. Cold days in June
10. Dolly from Hello, Dolly! - she looks like Ms. Frizzle and therefore should act like Ms. Frizzle, not an annoying old lady who falls in love with a jerk and flirts with ancient waiters.

Cool as a fish

Hey guys,
Have you ever heard the above expression? (Just a penny for your thoughts - I'm simultaneously bored and confused.)

Western! Ternaders!

You get Moriah, McKenzie, Hannah, a camera and Moriah's backyard together and this is what you get.

I'm... Done.

I'm done with school.

I'm a sophomore.

I don't have to go to school all summer.

Wow.

This hasn't quite sunk in yet.

Does One Vote Really Count?

Well, most people don't believe it, but yeah. Back in 1776, it was one vote that decided America would speak english instead of German. That would be weird. Well, not really, since it would have been the official American language since there was an America, but still. This also points out that there's already been a vote, the official American language IS english. Not spanish. It annoys me when I see signs with english and spanish on them, because like, America's the melting pot. And it would be a pretty boring melting pot if it only had two foods in it. So why discriminate against the other people? Grr...
And it was one vote that brought Adolf Hitler to power. I don't think I need to go over what damage THAT did. So have I convinced you yet that one vote counts?

This is us, of course...:)

Haha, just kidding. Ignore everything that isn't singing, this was just the most complete version I could find. Simply incredible.

Twilight

I don't know how many of you have read Twilight, but here's my review of it.

I was skeptical of it at first. All I knew of it was that this girl in my Seminary class named Sydney loved it and wanted to marry Edward Cullen. I kept hearing about the book, though, and everyone I talked to who had read the book loved it. I decided to try it. I started off by reading how the idea for Twilight was born on the book's website. It sounded interesting enough, so Amanda Swanson loaned me her copy. It sat on my desk for a while, waiting for me to put down the textbooks. Yesterday, I finally did.

I started it around 5pm and stayed up until around midnight to finish it. (I did have a break for dinner - I wasn't about to miss spring rolls!) I loved the book. I thought that the beginning was very well done - a beginning for the character and the reader. I thought Bella was a little pessimistic, but I really loved her anyway. Her observances and musings were very entertaining, but Edward totally stole the show.

I had heard that people thought Edward was amazing. That doesn't even cover it. Edward is pretty much the perfect man. He's cryptic at first. We have no idea what he's thinking. And then the character unfolds. As Edward gives up trying to stay away from Bella, the reader gives up trying to not love Edward. Edward is gentlemanly, smart, mysterious, amazingly good-looking, interesting, strong enough to dent a truck, brave, fast and all around incredible. Wow.

The characters in this book are very interesting. I don't think that the characters of Bella's friends are very deep or developed, but the complete opposite is true of Edward's vampire family. They're very intricate characters and I can't wait to read more about them.

The setting of the book could not be more perfect for the story. I personally love rain and trees, so the rainiest place in the country with a bunch of trees immediately appealed to me.

The language of the book was amazing. The descriptions of characters, of places, even of things was incredible.

I seriously cannot wait to read more. Wow.

Tornado Watch

(Supposedly it touched down in Weld, but that's just a side note)

So. What'd you guys think of that today?

So...

So guys,
Some of us have plans for the summer, some of us don't, but we should all hang out together so we don't go stir-crazy.

Ranting (Because it keeps me sane)

Yes, I know I do this pretty often, but I really need to just let it out. Before I murder someone (like the admiral) or commit suicide myself.

So... List of people's heads I want to bite off.

Ms. Reifschneider: "You know what?! Fine! Just don't bring your friggin instruments anymore! I'm so sick of you guys disrespecting me and not doing your best. (keep in mind, this is the 3rd to last day of orchestra) Just stop whining, you big fat WHINERS!!" (umm.. can you get anymore immature?)

Phoebe: "Wait, Nathan, you failed your Protein Synthesis science test? Really? *annoying twitter* Because I got like a 98% on that one! *annoying twitter* I was soooo proud of myself." (good for you Phoebe! wow... 98%. I would be amazed. That is, if I actually cared.)

Little Kindergarteners Who I Had to Help on Field Day for Student Aid Today (I was at the beanie bag toss, and I had to organize them.): I said, "Umm, hey, can this girl join your group?" Little kids say, "NO! We started in this group, and we're going to end in this group! She doesn't belong here!" *glares at girl they are excluding* Me: "Ok then..."

Our School Administrators: Yay! We are now 40th nation in the school! I don't think I'll EVER forget such an accomplishment. I mean, how could I, with the way you shove it in everyone's face at every possible moment? Oh but don't forget, though we're 40th now, we CAN AND WILL be NUMBER 1 !!! Go P2P!! Go school spirit!! *barf*

Ok. I think I'm done now. Oh, kelsey, this cracked me up. My violin teacher thought that they flower you drew on my back was a tatoo and she sorta freaked out a little... lol. at least she didn't see the old balding lady. Then she really woulda flipped out.

Quote(s) of the week

Dwight: "I know that kid...he's the one who sneeks onto my property and steals my hemp!"

Pizza Boy: "I know that guy. He's the farmer who grows the crappy weed."

~The Office

Another Question.

Has anyone heard of the musical Seesaw? It was made in the 1970s. 1976 i think. So it's fairly recent.

Whoops.

I just fell asleep on my math homework. Thankfully, my sister woke me up before I started drooling.

I am so sick of school. I'm ready to be done. Right now.

12 days. 12 days.

The Chronicles of Narnia- Prince Caspian

Wow. This is an incredible movie. For fans of the book, don't look at it as if it's going to follow the book exactly- mainly because it doesn't. However, it holds truer to the book than I was expecting. Parts are just a bit more jumbled up and out of order. Oh my gosh, I don't even know what to say about it. It was rated PG, but I think a PG 13 rating would be better. Most of the movie was spent immersed in battle- a bit more than necessary. Miraz's death, I thought, was rather drawn out, but everything that went into it was good. Sure, there's rarely blood and you almost never see anything due to camera handling. But that doesn't change the fact that this is pretty much a war movie. People are dying left and right and that's not something that should merely be considered parental guidance! The part with the White Witch, the hag, and the were-wolf was weird. I wish that part could have adhered to the book more because it seemed just sort of out-there and sketchy. But it was good the way they handled the scene and the fight there. I thought it would have been better if they'd all vocalized more. Once they discover they've been brought to Narnia they all automatically understand that it's been hundreds of years. I for one thought that deserved a bit more recognition, because it's actually important. The scene during the night where Lucy has a dream was vague and unexplained. You think it's real and then it instantly cuts away and she's sleeping again. That confused me! One thing I wish they had done was use names. No one who came out of that movie knew who Reepicheap was, or Trumpkin the Dwarf, but they were some of the very central characters! In future movies that's going to trip them up. When they're in Aslan's Howe (that's the Narnian hideout, since it was never named), Lucy tells Edmund "maybe its us who need to prove ourselves to him." That's a mistake. It sounds all profound and stuff, but it's wrong. The children can't prove anything to Aslan. No one can. The whole point is that we are pathetic and useless and can't do anything on our own. It's all Aslan. I think that would confuse viewers. The kiss between Caspian and Susan: better than I had feared. It's ending something, not initiating it. However, since it's so close to the end and everything, I think people might get caught up in it. It's supposed to be a love story between Aslan and his children, not Caspian and a lover. Hm. And just a nit picky thing- Caspian is supposed to be blonde. That would be difficult, since the Telmarines are portrayed as Spaniards. I thought that was a fairly good interpretation, because they are supposed to be a different race. At the same time, it was occasionally difficult to understand them. The ending scene with the door was really good. The song I felt, even though Kelsey thought it was a bit out of place, was really good. It represented the transition back to our world...It was interesting the way Peter and Susan knew they weren't coming back. It worked though. Coming back to our world is so sad. And then this dude who was hitting on Susan earlier called to her, calling her Phyllis, as she'd told him at the beginning. And it was like, oh......... It was so sad. I was sad. Susan never goes back. That's it for her. She abandons Narnia! That's so sad. *tear*

The End of School

Yes, it's near. It fills me with an odd sort of feeling of nostalgia and anticipation. I sorta hate school nowadays, but still. I love all of you guys. And I'll miss you. And I don't really look forward to days and days of nothingness.

Finals ahead... I hate finals. I wasn't joking when I said finals were meant to fail students. I mean, if you're a bad student there's no way you're going to get an amazing grade on the final and bring your grade up, but even good students fail finals. And it can bring your grade down like 5%. And I feel really bad for the ppl w/ like 89% because they have to get like a 95% or higher on their final to get an A. And that just sucks for them.

Who is going to the awards ceremony next wednesday? I hope we don't have to listen to speeches about "how P2P is now the 47th school in the nation" even though I'm sure we will...

Argh... I've been feeling to dreary and not-fun lately. Sorry if I depressed you...

Seussical

I think I have made up my mind about the Seussical ideas next year. I don't think we should do it. For one thing, the music doesn't hit me like other songs do - I personally like some of the songs in Music Man much better. And second, I don't feel like we've got the right dynamic at our school for this particular musical - the only person I can really see in any part is Matt possibly as Horton - I can't see anyone else really fitting a role. And of course, there's the fact that Centaurus did it last year. So that's my take. Other opinions?

An Amazing Song and Some Unrelated Musings

This song is called "It's Possible" and it's from Seussical. And oh my gosh, the little boy that's singing is AMAZING! I am in love with his voice! And this song!

Olive has hit the blog again. Yay!

Mindy is part of the blog now. Yay!

I'm sick. Not yay. But I'm sort of getting better. Yay!

Well, that's all for now, folks!

What I Want to do Before I Die

So I've already shown Katie and Kelsifiers parts of this, but this is a list of things I want to do before I die.

1. Go hang gliding.
2. Live in sin.
3. Have a honest to goodness food/cake fight.
4. Throw an apple at a little kid.
5. Seduce a Mormon with my shoulders and knees.
6. Become a hairstylist.
7. Get into a drunken brawl. (Though I won't be drunk. psh. I wouldn't be that stupid. I do want to win this drunken brawl!)
8. Get drunk. or high.
9. Be one of those musicians on Pearl Street and see how much money I could get. (With my lovely voice, who knows? :P)
10. Freeze my tongue to a flag pole.

Orchestra Auditions

AHH! Today was my first audition for an outside orchestra. I got into HPYS thank goodness! But she was prolly influenced because I was in the orchestra the first year. And I don't think I played that well. Whatever. I'll see how good I really am when I audition for other orchestras and see how that turns out.

Mindy, don't worry. I'm pretty much 97% sure I'm going to HPYS, but I'm auditioning for Front Range just because I didn't get in last year, and I want to see if I'm good enough this year. And I might audition for BYS because my teacher really wants me to.

So, this is my sad, music-consumed life.

Just random thought, but how would it feel to be really fat? like I'm talking morbidly obese. Can you think about how much that would suck? Like you're lugging around 200-300 more pounds than your body should be carrying. It must get awfully tiring...

Who I am!

My Sweet Baboo

The below quiz

The URL to the above quiz can be found at http://www.quizilla.com/users/anonymousnowhere/quizzes/Which%20Peanuts%20Character%20are%20You?/

Which Peanuts Character Are You?

Some Days This Feels Like the Story of My Life...

Strangle Air In Front of Me

Lately, that's all I seem to be doing. Strangling imaginary people. Well, real people that I wish were in my hands at that moment. But aren't.

List of people I've been wanting to strangle lately:

The Nazi Reifshneider: Why do me and Roo get stuck it the worst sextet ever made in history w/ the hardest piece?? WHY US??

Alana Blades ("What is communism?" uh... well... I dunno. WE'VE JUST LEARNED ABOUT IT FOR THE PAST 3 FLIPPIN YEARS)

Kaylin - does she even have a brain anymore? or did it go down the gutter? Literally and figuratively...

Joon - my god GET A COMB. And stop talking like an idiot for 5 seconds can you!!??

The people in my spanish class: yes, Senora Meiler is a crappy teacher, but she's not going to get any better and we have a month left of school SO STOP WHINING!!

That's it... for now... ARGH! *Strangles more imaginary people*

Probability...he he he >.<

Has anyone else noticed that the percentages and statistics for the new poll (fav color) aren't matching up?

ARG

Gah! I can't get the perspective on this stupid guillotine to work! Curse Ms. Hollis and her enthusiasm for french-revolution based cartoons!

So...tired...

Oh my goodness this weekend has been totally amazing!!! And I am really tired right now.
Thursday night: Moriah and Hannah and Kaylin came over, watched Enchanted, ate popcorn and cheesecake. Yum :)

Friday morning: went out to breakfast with some friends... haha

Friday night: had a movie night. Didn't watch movies. Just the way I like them.

Saturday: LEFT FOR BRECKENRIDGE!!!

So I just got back from Breck today at like 5:45 and I am really tired. It was me, AJ, David, Thomas, Drew Bloom, Matt, Matt's dad, Mr. Gaskins, Laura, Christine, and Molly Crouse. It was so much fun! We played Mafia (or, "partytime"- we did our very best to keep it completely G-rated) in the multiple indoor/outdoor pools and hot tubs, walked through town, played frisbee, went to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and Dairy Queen, set off the car alarm like 4 times, had trolley races, played poo sticks in the river, got snowballs thrown at us by firemen...Oh, it was awesome. But I'm really tired now.

Love
Y'all
Good
Night

Drumroll, Please

I have received an e-mail from BYU StarTalk program and...

I AM GOING TO CHINESE CAMP THIS SUMMER!

It starts on June 23rd.

I'll get back on July 16th.

Gah!

OMG! Mindy's definition.

This totally cracked me up...

1. Used to replace the you in 'i love you' but it can also mean the whole phrase,so instead of saying 'i love you' say mindy. Also used to say 'i luv you to'

2. paradoxal; contrary to common sense, yet is perhaps true. A woman that is an enigma. Hard to figure but worth the effort

and again... more scandalous things that I won't post... and again. if you really feel like it you can look it up yourself.

Katie's Definition

A happy person who is a good listener and reliable friend. Likes to party and is always there when you need her.


the name katie is usualy given to one who happens to be exceptionaly well at pleasing their partner. katie's happen to be very good at making the opposite sex rather "turned on". one would not regret having been with a katie.


A happy, friendly person who likes to be around friends and gives lots of hugs


And there was more... some not so scandalous. one VERY scandalous. very inappropriate, so I didn't post it because I know Katie would murder me. But you can go look it up yourself.

Definition of Moriah

My name's definition:

"someone who is really fly
has a LOT of style and popular
very hott and loves to have fun"

Yeah...

Lol! My Name's Definition

1. A Transexual Singer for the Pop Rap group G-Unit. Poor Voice and garbage subject matter, Wouldn't reccomend any of his/her music.

2. A terrible singer and dancer of one of the worst groups to walk the face of this earth. Was better off with her old single bizounce.

3. A beautiful wonderful hearted girl.
Wonderful to talk to . Always there for someone, great person. Absolutely FUN.

4. young psychotic female, controlling, bossy, out for the worst, you want to forget about her but you can't. She is the type of person that needs to grow up by herself and learn to depend on herself, so that ......she can mature.

Ack! Here's my Mom's (and Thomas')

Carol

1. a sophisticated middle-aged woman with a knack for communicating with woodland creatures

2. A poster child for those unfortunately stricken blind in science-class accidents, Carol didn't wear her safety glasses. Now she doesn't need them.

3. A Large Product Of Gay Circle Fun When In Need Of Much Satisfaction In The Night

Ahha hahaha ahahaha! Wow...she gets around.

Omg, and i just looked up AJ's, and Kenz must have done it on a different site because this one was R rated.

Thomas

a male who is exceptionally good in bed

OMG! HAHA!

I just looked up my name on Urban Dictionary, and here's what came up, no joke!

Kelsey

THE finest female ever.?But on the real is the coolest, flyest, sexiest, prettiest girl the world has ever seen.?one tends to have a shortage of breathe when around such a stunning figure.
She is so amazing she can get what ever she wants, and is an amazing kisser. She is a great friend, who will do anything for those she loves.
When a Kelsey is in love with you, you will definitely know it.
Always tell her you love her if you do, and let her know when you think she looks especially gorgeous. Never let a Kelsey go.