HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?

I was always the crazy one
I broke into the stadium
And I wrote your number on the 50 yard line
You were always the perfect one
And the valadictorian so
Under your number I wrote "call for a good time"
I only wanted to catch your attention
But you overlooked me somehow
Besides you had too many boyfriends to mention
And I played my guitar too loud.
How do you like me now?
How do you like me now,
Now that I'm on my way?
Do you still think I'm crazy
Standin here today?
I couldnt make you love me
But I always dreamed about living in your radio
How do you like me now?
When I took off to Tennessee
I heard that you made fun of me
Never imagined I'd make it this far
Then you married into money girl
Aint it a cruel and funny world?
He took your dreams and tore them apart.
He never comes home
And youre always alone
And your kids hear you cryin down the hall
Alarm clock starts ringin
Who could that be singin
Its me baby, with your wake up call!
How do you like me now?
How do you like me now,
Now that I'm on my way?
Do you still think I'm crazy
Standin here today?
I couldnt make you love me
But I always dreamed about living in your radio
How do you like me now?
Tell me baby...
I will preach on...
- Toby Keith

First of all, any guy that breaks into a stadium to write my number on the 50 yard line is a rebel with no cause and is pretty much automatically hot unless there is another stipulation. I don't have too many boyfriends to mention but guys that play instruments do tend to have the upper hand in most cases. I will definitely be saying How Do You Like Me Now? to all the people who doubt me now.


-----B

EVERYBODY PRAISE THE LORD

There's a growing root of bitterness
In the world today
From the heart of Johannesburg
To the ghettos of L.A.
A swelling violent undertow
Has gripped the soul of man
But an integrated cry of hope
Echoes across the land
I hear my brothers say
Come, everybody, it's time to start
To let the love of Jesus
In your heart
Every tongue and every race
All of God's children seek His face
Praise the Lord, everybody, praise the Lord
Praise the Lord, everybody, praise the Lord
People of promise take your place
Tell of His mercy and His grace
Lift up your voice to the sky
All of God's children testify
Praise the Lord, everybody, praise the Lord
Praise the Lord, everybody, praise the Lord
We worship You because You are Lord and King
We magnify You because You are the One who reigns
We glorify You because You always remain the same
We worship You because You are Lord and King
We magnify You because You are the One who reigns
We glorify You because You always remain the same
Praise the Lord, everybody, praise the Lord
Praise the Lord, everybody, praise the Lord

We got no time for hit and miss
The world is full of prejudice
You know we just ain't down with this, so come on now
Everybody priase the Lord
He inhabits our praises
Sin He erases
He wants to amaze us, so say this
Everybody praise the Lord
Praise the Lord, everybody, praise the Lord
Praise the Lord, everybody, praise the Lord
Praise the Lord, everybody, praise the Lord
Praise the Lord, everybody, praise the Lord
Everybody, praise the Lord
Everybody, praise the Lord
Everybody, praise the Lord
Everybody, praise the Lord
Everybody, praise the Lord
Everybody, praise the Lord
- Carman

The struggles of everyday life doesn't just play to the pampered lives of rich Americans. It's all over the world. People want to hate each other so much but they also want to have unity. We can't have both people. If it weren't for my youth group, I wouldn't be able to keep as strong in my faith. They help pull me through. Every person, whether we consider them evil or not, is a child of God and we should treat them as so. Everybody should praise the Lord. I know I should practice what I preach and I would like to be the one testify more but I can't bring myself to stir up the courage to do so. EVERYBODY needs to praise the Lord. God is always there and is never faltering in his love for us. He has been there since the beginning and he will be there till the end.

-----B

GIRLS

Girls - all I really want is girls
And in the morning it's girls
Cause in the evening it's girls
I like the way that they walk
And it's chill to hear them talk
And I can always make them smile
From White Castle to the Nile
Back in the day
There was this girl around the way
She liked my home-piece M.C.A.
He said he would not give her play
I asked him, "Please?" - he said, "You may."
Her pants were tight and that's ok
If she would dance - I would D.J.
We took a walk down to the bay
I hope she'll say, "Hey me and you should hit the
hay!"
I asked her out - she said, "No way!"
I should've probably guess their gay
So I broke North with no delay
I heard she moved real far away
That was two years ago this May
I seen her just the other day
Jockin' Mike D. to my dismay
Girls - to do the dishes
Girls - to clean up my room
Girls - to do the laundry
Girls - and in the bathroom
Girls - that's all I really want is girls
Two at a time - I want girls
With new wave hairdos - I want girls
I ought to whip out my - girls, girls, girls, girls,girls,
girls, girls, girls,
girls!
-Beastie Boys

You know, I'm huge fan of the Beastie Boys but I can't help but find this song a little bit sexist. It shows how the male populatin thinks that they can just own women like pieces of property. Maybe if girls weren't so sleezy, guys wouldn't believe that they can think they can do anything. Women aren't slaves and they aren't here to serve men. I like the girl in the song who says "No Way" to a date. She stood up for herself and the rest of us should do the same!


-----B

Straight Lines

Breathing from a hole in my lung
I had no one
But faces in front of me
Racing through the void in my head
To find traces of a good luck academy
Sparks ignite and trade them for thought
About no one
And nothing in particular
Washed the sickened socket and drove
Resent nothing
There's good will inside of me
Wake me up lower the fever
Walking in a straight line
Set me on fire in the evening
Everything will be fine
Waking up strong in the morning
Walking in a straight line
Lately I'm a desperate believer
But walking in a straight line
Something I will never forget
I felt desperate
And stuck to the marrow
Invisible to everyone else
I'm a sex change
And a damsel with no heroine
Wake me up lower the fever
Walking in a straight line
Set me on fire in the evening
Everything will be fine
Waking up strong in the morning
Walking in a straight line
Lately I'm a desperate believer
But walking in a straight line
I don't need no time to say
There's no changing yesterday
If we keep talking and
I keep walking in straight lines
Wake me up lower the fever
Walking in a straight line
Set me on fire in the evening
Everything will be fine
Waking up strong in the morning
Walking in a straight line
Lately I'm a desperate believer
But walking in a straight line
- Silverchair

Don't let yourself get lost in the shuffle. Be the person who stands out in the crowd. Who wears hot pink when everyone else is wearing black. Sometimes the best thoughts come from things don't mean anything. Everyone should be filled with good will towards men. Keep yourself on the straight and narrow and you will realize that everything is going to be okay. There is not need to fret about things said and done because they are in the past. Leave all sense of desperation behind. Everything will truly be fine if you let it be that way. Don't let other influence your beliefs.

Straight and narrow is the best way to go. Period.

-----b

YOU'RE NOT ALONE TONIGHT

When reality gets too real
And the fires of hell to close
But I'm here to let you know
That you can make it through
If you believe that someone is watchin' over you
And call it an angel
Call it a muse
And call it karma that you've got comin' to you
What's the difference
What's in a name
What matters most is never ever losin' faith
'Cause it's gonna be alright
You're not alone tonight
We all have our days
When nothing goes as planned
And not a soul in the world
Seems to understand
And for someone to talk to
You'd give anything
Well go on and cry out loud
'Cause someone's listenin'
Yeah, and call it an angel
Call it a muse
And call it karma that you've got comin' to you
What's the difference
What's in a name
What matters most is never ever losin' faith
'Cause it's gonna be alright
You're not alone tonight
Keep your faith alive
You're not the only one
Yeah, and call it an angel
Call it a muse
Call it karma that you've got comin' to you
What's the difference
What's in a name
What matters most is never ever losin' faith
Yeah, you're gonna be alright
You're not alone tonight
Oh you can cry if you want to, go on
- Keith Urban

It's important to realize that you are never alone and you don't have to be alone. There is always your true friends right there by your side but more importantly there is a God in heaven that cares for you no matter where you've been or who you've become. Whoever said "big girls don't cry" deserves to be punched in the face because sometimes crying is the best remedy for a situation. Think about it, we cry when someone hurts our feelings, we cry when a baby is born, we cry when we break up a relationship but we also cry when people get married. There is nothing wrong with crying and I believe it can make you a stronger person. Keep persistent in everything you do and good karma will come back to you

Trust in your God in heaven and let every tear fall where it may.

-----b

Gaga OoO La La

So the ups and downs of the emotional roller coaster of today have caused me to blog.
Not neccessarily a deadly sin but enough to pull me through.

I start off waking up feeling like I'm sitting on top of the world because I just bought a banging outfit Banana Republic and was ready to display it to the world. But then just like a scene out of Mean Girls, with my LBD and knee high boots in tow, the parents were split on judgement. You got father looking me up and down in dismay like a hooker on a street corner but then you got mom on the other hand raving about how cute and stylish the ensem is. Gah, to think only 264 days until I move into my College Dorm......counting down faster than the ball droppin at New Years'

Once at church I have a mental meltdown when I realize that the internet connection on the computer is on the fritz. What else could be new seeing how this computer literally lives to DESTROY my life. But whatever, it was effectively resolved later and my duties as POWERPOINT GIRL were resumed. I couldn't help but being extremely proud of the benediction of the service though. Girls' Ensemble got to rock out and we were overwhelmingly welcomed after our performance. Thsi created quite an extensive amount of hype around our following debuts at the Christmas Candlelight service.

But my optimal meltdown came at the later of the day. After being accused by my psycho mother of intentionally sabotaging her Christmas bins and their labels, I came into some interesting information that kind of made me flip my lid a little but not too much. Nothing that couldn't be resolved by Lady Gaga and MK of course.

Ode to Gaga:
When you give me K-Kisses, that's money honey...
Ra Ra Ra a a, Ma Ma Ma a a a, Gaga ooo la la...
LUHVE, LUHVE LUHVE LUHVE...
p p p poker face p p p poker face....
Don't need no paper gangsta...


So after submergement in total gaga-ocity and of course medium amounts of venting, the proper state of mind was restored.
Then there was the ride home that was intruded by the iPOD shuffle setting of nothing but stupid tragic lovesongs that make SICK!
But yeah, tomorrow is a new day and I'm not about living in yesterday but we'll see how the rest of the week goes.....

Song of the Second:
Errbody gettin crunk crunk
Boys tryin to touch my junk junk
Gonna smack em if they gettin too drunk drunk
Goin to they kick us out
or the police shut us down down
police shut us down down
po po shut us down
- Ke$sha


--------b

BLOGGING ABOUT MY IDEALS

SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT TODAY:

1. THE WIZARD OF OZ
The Wizard of Oz was on TV tonight and it's basically one of my favorite musicals of all time. It was the first play that I was in when I moved to Anderson so there are just soooo many memories held in that crazy world of green. In my senior year it is really fun to look back on that play that I did in 6th grade.

2. BOYFRIEND
The dictionary defines a boyfriend as "a favored male companion or sweetheart."
Urban dictionary defines a boyfriend as "The nice guy you settle for when you realize that the hot bad boys you fall for are just manwhores who make you cry as often as they make you come."
That's all I have to say about that but I just thought that it would be fun to look at the actual definition of the word since so many people have so many varying opinions. Urban Dictionary is most def the winner in the definition comepetition.

3. BASKETBALL
Ohhh basketball how I love you. I run slow on purpose because I hate to run but it's soo fun to be with my team. They are a crazy bunch of girls. Of course, I shooting foul shots all night and then when it comes to doing it in front of other people I choke! I just gotta start thinking "like a baby like a baby" when I'm shooting. I still can't wait until that first game comes!

4. CHURCH
So let me just start off by saying that I am a part of the most epic youth group ever. We are not obnoxiously large group but we are not particularly small either. Our youth pastor, Rev-Trav, always teaches a great things. While sometimes we get off on some tangible tangents, our conversations usually get into some deep discussiions that usually end in awesome quotes like "awkward sex!" I spend all my free time at church. You really should check us out sometime because we love to meet new people!

5. LEELAND
OMG OMG OMG My favorite band of all time!!!! They're new CD came out a little while ago and I followed all the updates online strongly anticpating their 3rd album debut but alas when the day finally did come I was unable to get to the store and buy it! I never got around to it but my friend MK finally helped me to remember by letting me borrow her copy tonight and I was so stoked. I haven't been this happy about Leeland since I got to me Jack Mooring himself at StudentLife 2 years ago. Go check out the album because it's amazing. So far my favorite track is most definitely "Via Dolorosa."


OOOOhhh what a day and what a weekend! Unfortunately, tomorrow starts another week of school but senior year is flying by so I there is much to look forward too.

TERRIBLE WEEK, TRUE FRIENDS

So I am sitting here contemplating the past week. While it has been quite dreadful, it is now finally coming to a close. I am going to a speech and debate competition tomorrow compete for the first time in Children's Literature. That should be quite fun.

But in light of my terrible week, I realized what excellent friends I have. God has blessed me with more people than I deserve. People that I have nothing and everything in common with. There have been so many that have been great friends to me, I only hope that I have done the same for them. While most are surrounded with the ideas of "What if I'm not pretty enough?" or "What if I'm not popular enough?" All these things are so petty now. I don't need to try to conform to some kind of society view of what pretty is and like I said, I've got more friends than I deserve. In this thanksgiving season, I am most greatful for these people.




These people will never know what they mean to me because I just don't tell them enough but it does mean a lot to me that they care.

BLOGGER REBOOT

So after all this time of having this blog as a requirement for a class, I have decided to return to it to try to express some thoughts as I deem necessary. Some people may find what I have to say insignificant but I just need an outlet of writing.

Read if you will, read if you must but know that it is all Brooke. :)