I love Relient K.

So, Winter Wonder Slam was fun. Nothing super interesting happened that's worth devoting 10 paragraphs to so if I blogged about every detail you'd probably get really bored. Which is why I'm only going to tell you the things you need to know :)
I'll add some pictures to make it a little more interesting.

I made some really ugly looking brownies for Relient K. Only the frosting was ugly. But ugly doesn't mean yucky. I wrote RK on one of them and I gave it to Cecelia to put on the top row because I wanted to put the best looking ones on top and she said "Uhm, what is that supposed to say?" and I said "RK!" and she said "oh. It looks like KK." Oops. Hah, anywayyy... when we got there I gave my brownies to Tyler and he gave them to Relient K because at the Bi-Lo Center, you're not going to run into any of the guys before the show. Stupid Bi-Lo Center.

When we got to go inside there was this annoying lady who kept saying we needed a wrist band... and I was pretty sure we didn't... because we would have had one... So we went to a different entrance and went over there and guess what? We didn't need wrist bands. We were supposed to get them when we went on to the dance floor.

B. Reith came on and whoa. He is very good looking. :) I really enjoyed him. He was really talented and funny. Did I mention he was good looking? After that was Family Force 5. It was my first FF5 show and HOLY CRAP! Yeah, that's all I really need to say about that. It was like... whoa. After that awesomeness was Relient K. HOORAY! They were awesome as always. I'm pretty sure Matt definitely smiled at me during one of their first songs, I can't remember which one... but then again he could have been smiling at someone else. So, they were awesome but I have to say, I wasn't a big fan of their set list. I guess that's understandable since they weren't headlining... but I've never really seen them on a headlining tour and I've seen better. So I dunno. I mean, I enjoyed it A LOT and I'm sure everyone around me could tell that I did, but I was reeeeaallyyy hoping they'd play a couple from The Bird & The Bee Sides. I liked the Christmas songs though. Oh, I accidentally deleted my video of I Celebrate The Day. Anyway, when they were done playing I went and paid 25 dollars for a t-shirt that apparently only costs 3 dollars to make. We went back in during Toby Mac's set and sat down in the back of the dance floor area. Then when they were done and came out for the encore we got back up because I knew the Winter Wonder Slam song was coming up. Schneck came out and played guitar during Jesus Freak so that was cool. Then they did the last song... and holy fruitcake it was amazing! Matt Thiessen was going crazy! He was seriously getting his groove on, kids (not sure why I'm calling you kids since I'm probably younger than everyone who's going to read this. hah)! He was running around and at one point I thought he was about to do the chicken dance... or in the middle of the chicken dance... but then he didn't do it. Then Nadaddy from FF5 jumped on his back and Matt spun him around and he sung a little bit and walked around a little bit more. It was amazing!!!

After the show we went and waited by the tour buses and talked to Xanadu for a while... then Hoopes came out riding a bicycle (?) and I got a picture with him and asked him if he got my brownies and he said yeah and they were good and gave me a high five for making them. There was only a few people who knew who Matt was so once he talked to them he just kind of stood there awkwardly... but then he went and talked to Meg and Ryne. Then Schneck came out and I talked to him for like 10 seconds and then Crouton came out there and we talked to him and then I went to get Matt H. to sign my shoe. I wanted to get Jon to also but before I could he had mysteriously vanished. Oh well. Then Ethan came out and I asked him if he saw my brownies and he was like "Oh! The really messy ones?" and I explained to him that they were messy because I made them in my car and he said "you made them in your car??" and I said "no I mean, I put the frosting on in the car!" and Cecelia and Celeste were over there making fun of me. Hah. Then Ethan said something about an oven in my car... and yeah, I don't know haha. We talked to him for a little bit... he was really cool. Chap Stique came out a little later. After that we waited for John or Matty T to come out but they didn't and everyone was really annoyed with me so we left.

So, fun was had on Thursday night. :D
But I can't wait until I'm 17 and can go to more shows at more venues and get there at whatever time I want to and leave at whatever time I want to. It's going to be amazing.

And if you care, I'll probably upload videos sometime this week. But don't count on it. I still haven't uploaded all my Warped Tour videos. Hahah. I'm so lazy.

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I've decided not to explain certain things I believe in writing again. Nor will I be sarcastic in writing. People get offended when I don't mean for them to get offended. I don't like offending people. And I don't know how to get people to be un-offended. That's a problem I need to work on. I can't seem to let things go when I do something to hurt other people's feelings... even if it's been several months. I still feel bad because I don't know if that person is still offended or not. Even if they've told me they're not. I always debate whether or not to talk to them and make sure they know I never meant to do something... but most of the time I end up not saying anything because they've probably already forgotten about it... but then I still feel guilty about it.

Anyway, all you need to know about what I believe is that I love Jesus, and I believe the Bible.

Also, I love everyone, and would never say anything to suggest otherwise.

It's bigger than cold religion.

It's bigger than life. Love is the movement.

I decided that I'm not going to spend time planning out my blogs and then never get around to blogging... I'm just going to blog and blurt out whatever is in my head and hope that it sounds good (Hannah just totally said that in a comment on my last post).

I have a new favorite band now. I bet ya can't guess what it is. *sarcasm* RK fans... don't freak. Relient K is my 2nd favorite band by a mile. It just so happens that the other band I like a little bit better. Actually, I like everything about them a wholllee lot better than Relient K except for their music. Musically, I like them about the same... but I like everything else about Switchfoot better than everything else about Relient K.
I like the members of Switchfoot better than Relient K. (not by much though. Matt, Matt, John, Jon, and Ethan are totally radzilla)
I think Switchfoot's theology is more accurate than Relient K's. There's like, 3 RK songs I don't agree with necessarily but I haven't found a Switchfoot song I don't agree with yet. What a person believes is a big deal to me. I have a deeper connection with someone I agree with theologically.
Switchfoot's podcasts are way better than Relient K's. Sorry, but they are. Haha.
Switchfoot fans are usually nicer than Relient K fans. (Extra emphasis on the word usually. I'm friends with a lot of you rk fans on myspace and you're super awesome)
Jon Foreman is the coolest person on the planet.

So yeah, this blog is probably going to be about Switchfoot.
They're songs are so deep. Pretty much all of them. They make me think. They make me excited...excited about life...and excited about the Lord. Relient K's songs make me excited about life and bout God... but they don't make me think very much. Matt Thiessen is pretty straightforward when talking about God. At least, I think so.

Jon Foreman...dude he's incredible. I love how he paraphrases Scripture in a lot of his solo songs.

The Switchfoot podcasts are freakin' hilarious. Go watch one of them like, now. It doesn't matter which one. Once you watch it you'll want to watch the rest of them.

Alright, well it's 12:30 AM and I have school in the morning so I'm gonna get off. I'll end with an song.

This one's about a dream
I had last night
How an old man tracked me home
And stepped inside
He put his foot inside the door
And gave a crooked smile
Something in his eyes
Something in his laugh
Something in his voice
That made my skin crawl off

He said, "I've seen you here before
I know your name.
You could have your pick
Of pretty things.
You could have it all
Everything at once.
Everything you've seen,
Everything you'll need,
Everything you've ever had in fantasies."

"You've one life,
You've one life.
You've one life left to lead."

I woke up from my dream
As a golden man
With a girl I've never seen
With golden skin
I jumped up to my feet
She asked me what was wrong
I began to scream
I don't think this is me
Is this just a dream
Or really happening?

"You've one life,
You've one life.
You've one life left to lead."

What direction?
What direction?
I'm splitting up!
I'm splitting up!
This is my personal disaffection

What direction? What direction?
What direction now?

I looked outside the glass
At golden shores
Golden ships and masts
With golden cords
As my reflection passed
I hated what I saw
My golden eyes were dead
And a thought passed through my head
A heart that is made of gold can't really beat at all

I wanted to wake up again
Without a touch of gold

What direction?
What direction?
What direction?
Death or action!
Life begins at the intersection.

I woke up as before
But the gold was gone
My wife was at the door
With her night robe on
My heart beat once or twice
And life flooded my veins
Everything had changed
My lungs had found their voice
And what was once routine
And what was once routine was now the perfect joy

You've one life
You've one life
You've one life left to lead
- Faust, Midas, and Myself by Switchfoot.

Epic Fail.

Let's face it, I'm just not a good blogger.

Over the past few months there's been at least 3 things I've wanted to blog about. I'll start planning in my head and putting together a blog that will be this great, epic piece of literature and it will all sound really good and I'll get really excited but then... I don't blog.

I was going to blog about the Olympics and how it's really all pride and vanity. Michael Phelps' 8 gold medals mean absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things. He's going to have joy because of that for a little while, but I am going to have joy forever because of Christ ans His love for me. But then...

I was going to blog about politics and how Barack Obama is an evil man and how I hate the liberal media because they jump all over the republicans and talk about all the so-called lies they tell and everything... but they never do that to the democrats when really they're the ones who tell the most lies and are well, bad. Hey guess what? Politicians lie. Except for Ron Paul. He doesn't lie. Sarah Palin is cool too. I was going to talk about how John McCain isn't a very good candidate either. So what do we do then? If they're both bad, who do you vote for? Do you vote for the lesser of two evils? Do you vote third party? I was going to blog about that but then...

Then I was going to blog about my heroes and how lately they seem to be disappointing me and how I wish everyone would just be like Jon Foreman because he hasn't disappointed me yet. He just keeps being awesome.

There were others too... but none of those are going to get finished. I'm not good at blogging. I have lots of things to say... I'm just too lazy to take the time to sit down and think logically. So now I'm just blogging about things I was going to blog about but am not really going to blog about. Pretty interesting, huh?

no.

Oh, guess what? My room is dark purple now.
Yeah. It's radtastic.

I love how I'm blogging about nothing. Which is okay because no one is going to read this because I'm not going to tell anyone about it. If you did just read this, then you are my new best friend and I love you.

When I Go Down, I Go Down Hard

I was gonna go into detail in this blog...but then I started to and realized that I'm really bad at organizing my thoughts and putting them in writing. So I'm just gonna say random stuff without a whole lot of details. Maybe there will be details, I don't know. Most of this is stuff me and Jay talked about/things I realized on the car ride home from Warped Tour.

I've done a lot of stupid things lately and have unfortunately hurt some people in the process. I need to think before I speak. I just hope everything's not too messed up for me to be able to prove to everyone that I really am trying to do better.

I'm actually a really selfish person.

I over think things all the time. I need to learn to chill.

I'm too obsessed with Relient K. I keep telling myself that the main reason I love them is because of the amazing lyrics Matt Thiessen writes that help me in every situation...and it's true that they do...but my brother is right..if that's the main reason, then why couldn't I stop thinking about them on Monday? How come all I wanted all day was a picture with at least one of the band members? Loving their music is okay and there's nothing wrong with wanting to meet the people who make that music, but being obsessed isn't good. Maybe my parents are right. Maybe I am beginning to idolize them.

Human beings aren't good role models. No matter how perfect you think they are, they're really not...and they will disappoint you. I learned that the hard way.

I'm really lazy. I haven't done any chores in a long time. I also haven't been diligent in my music studies, and it definitely shows.

I've just been really immature about everything lately. I used to think I was more mature than a lot of people my age (I guess that's pride), but lately I've been acting like a 2-year-old.

I think that all of this stuff comes down to one problem. I haven't been focused on God like I should be. I haven't been reading my Bible. I haven't been praying. I haven't been paying attention in church. I've known for a long time that I wasn't focusing on the right things, but instead of repenting and running away from my sin, I've been running away from God. That ends now.

Getting stuff I want and doing what I want isn't going to make me happy in life. Meeting Relient K isn't going to satisfy me forever.
Only God and His amazing way of meeting my every need is what truly satisfies me and brings joy to my life.
I think I posted something like this back in May. About getting my focus right and that things had really started being awesome for me because I'd been focused on God instead of myself...yet here I am again focusing on myself instead of God. That just shows my fallen nature. I hate that I get like this...I hate that I keep loosing focus and have to go through so many things to finally realize what really matters. It's going to be so amazing in heaven...no sin. I want that.

All of that to say, I'm going to do better now. I don't know how long it will last, because I'm still a sinner...but all I can do is try and ask God to help me, because He will.

God is amazing.
For now I'm going to go listen to Leeland, but I'll conclude with a few lines from my favorite song which happens to be by Relient K:
You give me hope, and hope it gives me life. You touch my heavy heart, and when You do You make it light. As I exhale, I hear Your voice and I answer You though I hardly make a noise. And from my lips, the worts I choose to say seem pathetic but it's a fallen man's praise. Because I love You. Oh God, I love You. And life is now worth living, if only because of You. And when they say that I am dead and gone, it won't be further from the truth. When I go down I lift my eyes to You. I won't look very far 'cause You'll be there with open arms to lift me up again

Warped Tour

was awesome. It was also a day of firsts.
My first show of the summer (and probably the last).
My first time traveling more than 40 minutes for a concert.
My first time spending the whole day with just my brother.
My first time going to a music festival.
My first time going to a secular music event.
My first time seeing Ethan Luck.
And, my first time meeting Relient K.

I don't know how to start, so I'm just going to jump right into it. Me and Jay woke up at 6:30 and met all the other swim coaches at the pool because we had to go wake up kids who made it to Championships & Classics (I made it to Championships in Short Free and Butterfly, by the way :D). We stopped doing that at about 8 and headed for Charlotte. The drive up there was pretty easy. My mom kept calling and talking about what me and Jay wanted on the back of our Championship T-Shirts. Jay wanted to put "I'm going to attack you with my long free, backstroke and butterfly swims." because it's kind of making fun of the people who put things like "IM Back to Fly" or "Back Attack" and stupid things like that. I wanted to put "Sorry, I'm awesome" (Drew Shirley quote). But no, my mom didn't let Jay do that because it was making fun of people...and I couldn't put what I wanted to put because it's prideful and only God is awesome. I can't even remember what we ended up going with. We stopped at Jack in the Box and got breakfast and some lady called Jay and said that her kid didn't get waken up that morning. Oops.
Anyway, we pulled into the parking lot of the Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre somewhere around 10:15. We had to wait in line forever. I saw a sign going by that said Mayday Parade was gonna be playing at 11:15. I obviously missed it. We finally got in and got an info sheet and saw that Relient K was playing first on Main Stage at noon. So me and Jay rushed over there and I quickly squeezed my way to the front and saw Meg and Ryne there. Then we waited for their show to start. It did, and it was awesome as always. I've never been up front and center at any show (except for Eleventyseven) so that was really cool. During Sadie Hawkins Dance Matt came down to the crowd and Jay squeezed over and poked his arm and said "OMG! I TOUCHED MATT THIESSEN! I TOUCHED MATT FREAKIN THIESSEN!!" You should know that Jay doesn't really like Relient K...and could care less about things like that...so he was pretty much just making fun of me. Which is dumb because I wouldn't freak out about touching Matt Thiessen haha. And then he kept talking to me about it all day saying "Did you touch Matt Thiessen? I touched Matt Thiessen. I touched his arm." Anyway, Matt definitely pointed at me during Who I Am Hates Who I've Been. And he didn't point with just one finger, he pointed with BOTH fingers. AND smiled. Oh yes. I'm special. Haha, kidding. (didn't I just say I wouldn't freak out about things like that? Haha)
After their show we walked around for a little bit and went to RK's merch tent. I got a ton of crap. And then I came back because I forgot to get a poster and the guy selling the stuff asked, "Didn't you just buy everything?" Then we found out Relient K was gonna be signing at 2 at the Kia tent so we went to go look for it. Ryne was standing there so I stood with him while Jay went and watched Reel Big Fish. And then some dude in a tent in front of us started rapping...and I couldn't hear Reel Big Fish anymore so I went and watched them for a little bit too and then got back in line for Relient K's signing.
We finally got in there and they said something to Meg and Ryne. After their chat it was my turn! Jon was the first one there and I gave him my cd and magazine and I said "Hey! I'm Christi!" And he said, "you're what??" so then I told him again and he said "Oh, hey Christi, I'm Jon" then I said "I know" Haha...stupid thing to say. John was next and our conversation was as follows: Me - "Hey John! John Warne! (I added the last name because he was right beside Schneck. haha) Do you like jelly beans?" John - "Oh I love jelly beans!" Me - "Do you want some jelly beans?? I bought you some jelly beans!!" John all smiley and happy - "You bought me some jelly beans??" Me - "Yes! Here let me get them...(digging through my bag) hold on...I'll find them eventually (pulled out the jelly beans) yes! here...jelly beans!" John - "Yeaaaahhh! thank you!" And then he gave me a high five. Matt T. was next...and he'd already signed my cd and was signing my magazine when I got to him because I wasted time finding John's jelly beans. He was looking at the magazine and I said "Heyy! Matt!!" then he looked up and said "heyy!" then I said "I'm Christi!!" and then he said really happily "Yeah I know! I've seen you online before!" and then I can't really remember the rest..because that made me really happy. But I know he did one of those high five/handshake things that I always mess up on haha. Caleb did it to me the first time I met him and he made me do it 3 more times until I got it right while I was just standing there laughing. Maybe I should practice it so I don't embarrass myself in front of other people. haha. Anyway, Matt asked me how I was doing and if I was having a good time and he said something like it's good to finally meet me in person...or something. haha, it's all kinda blurry. I remember that he was really really nice...and he really looked happy to meet me. After that I kinda skipped over Ethan and Hoopes. I was too happy about Matt actually talking to me and remembering me to say anything to them. They signed my cd and magazine though.
After that, we were gonna wait for Relient K to be done signing so we could get pictures with them. Jay didn't want to wait there so I told him to go do whatever and then meet me at the Hurley Stage to see The Color Fred. That was a big mistake, but you'll hear about that later. After a while Relient K came out of the tent and I really wanted to get a picture with at least one of them but I decided not to bug them and that I would get pictures if I saw any of them walking around later. We walked over and listened to The Academy Is... for a little bit. Matty T. was standing about 20 feet away from me. I really wanted a picture but I didn't want to bother him. Then I decided that I should get one while I had the chance...but when I came to that conclusion he had magically disappeared.
After Matt vanished I went to go meet Jay at the Hurley stage where The Color Fred was playing...but he wasn't there. I walked around a little bit but still couldn't find him so I went back to the Hurley stage. I figured he might get there soon so I went to the TWLOHA tent and bought a shirt. I got the white one that says love is the movement. After a while Jay still wasn't there so I used someone's cell phone to call him. He didn't answer. So I watched TCF for a little bit and then I went over to see Forever The Sickest Kids because I knew Meg and Ryne would be there and I really didn't want to wander around that place alone. In the mean time, I called Jay 2 more times from Ryne's phone. That stage was running late so I went back to where TCF was and waited some more. I'm not complaining though...Fred's awesome. Haha. Then I went back over to see Forever The Sickest Kids. After a while Jay called and I asked him where he was and he said "I don't know. You took the schedule. I have no idea where I am." He told me he was where the blue seats were (the ampitheatre) so I went to go find him. I feel bad for him now...he didn't remember where I said the Hurley stage was so he was just walking around...and he forgot what time Bedouin Soundclash was playing so he missed most of their show.
Me and Jay walked around for a while and during that time we saw some of We The Kings, Beat Union, and Charlotte Sometimes. I also got a Jack's Mannequin t-shirt and an Anberlin t-shirt. There was this monk that was selling books...I just walked passed him...but he stopped Jay and I was just thinking "ohhh no". Jay got talked into getting a book called "The Quest for Enlightenment" and donating 8 dollars to help the monks. Oh how wonderful. After that we saw some guy selling Betwen The Trees' cd for 5 bucks so I got one. After some girls came up and asked for their picture with him I realized he was actually a guy in the band. Hahaha...I can only recognize about 5 bands. I didn't even know what Tom Delonge looked liked until Thursday when I looked him up. After that we went to go see Angels & Airwaves. As I Lay Dying was playing on main stage left while we were waiting for Angels & Airwaves on main stage right. Haha...it was funny. The guy said something and then he said "This song is about forgiveness" and then it started and it goes metalmetalmetalMETALSCREMSCREAMAHHHHHHHHHguitarGUITARMETALSCREAMAHHHHHHHHHH. Yeah. That's pretty much how it goes. I definitely got forgiveness from all of that. Then Angels & Airwaves started. They were cool...they don't have a really fun show but it doesn't matter. It's freakin Tom Delonge. After them, it was Anberlin!!! Their show was incredible!! I really enjoyed it. After Anberlin was Jack's Mannequin. They're awesome too. Not as awesome as Anberlin and not as cool as Tom Delonge but still awesome. After their show we waited for the band on the left stage to be done so Say Anything could start. They were also awesome. There was sooo much crowd surfing at their show...oh my goodness. I got wacked in the head a few times because I sometimes I didn't know someone was coming until they got there. Matt Thiessen came up when they sang Belts but I only got one picture because I couldn't keep the camera still because I kept having to doge/help crowd surfers.

Well, that was pretty much the whole day. I didn't meet any bands except for Relient K and the one guy in Between The Trees. And I didn't get my picture with any of the guys from Relient K but that's okay. Matt Thiessen knew who I was :)
I'm still sore...and my ears are still ringing. For some reason I can't get As I Lay Dying out of my head.

I'll probably blog tomorrow or later this week about some serious stuff me and Jay were talking about on the car ride home.

It's official.

Me and Jay are going to Warped Tour.
We got our tickets last night.

I'm so excited. You have no idea.

I've never been this excited about anything in my life.

I'm finally going to meet Relient K.

Meg and Ryne are going.

Awesome.

I'm A Failure By Design

Once again I've failed in keeping my "I'll blog at least once a week" promise. I'm only human. Failure is kind of expected isn't it? Meh...

Anyway, today is Independence Day. Unfortunately, I have to work tonight. I might have to miss our neighborhood fireworks display because of it. Sucks.

I seriously cannot believe that the swim season is almost over! It seems like we started only 2 weeks ago or something...but Divisionals is next Friday! Every year the season seems to get shorter and shorter. I'm excited though. Divisionals will be fun. I don't think we're gonna win again this year but we did twice in a row so it's all good.

I haven't gone to any concerts this summer.

crazy night

Dude...tonight was really crazy.

The beginning of my day was pretty normal. I went to the movies with Lucy and saw Prince Caspian again. It was just as good the second time as it was the first time. After that I had to go to the pool because my manager needed to talk to me about something. Then I went home and got ready for swim practice and was looking for my house key for a really long time but couldn't find it. I went to swim practice at 6 and then after swim practice came home and ate a quick supper then went back to the pool because I had to work a party.

After the party I was cleaning up and everything and it took a little longer than normal because Laura (the manager) wasn't there and it was me and this other girl who doesn't work at Sugar Creek...she was a sub. Anyway, she left and me and my dad were finishing up hosing off the deck and turning off the lights. Once we were finished I locked the gate and then I realized that I forgot to put the sign in book back in the guard room so I needed to unlock the gate again and go get it and put it back. I went to the lock box thing and put in the code, opened it up, and looked inside. No keys. You see, I thought there were 2 sets of keys. One for the lock box and one that hangs in the guard room but there's not. When you close you have to put the keys back in the lock box. So me and my dad were standing outside of the pool trying to figure out how on earth we were going to get back inside to get the keys. We waited for a while debating on whether we should jump the fence or not and my dad decided that he was going to but he needed to go home and get his tennis shoes. He had promised Amy that we would go to the gas station and get some candy before we went home so we decided to do that before we went and got his tennis shoes. After all of that we went back to the pool and my dad took his sweet time trying to figure out the safest way to jump the fence. He finally got in and gave me the keys so I went to get the books and put them in the guard room and then I realized I hadn't locked the gates at the top of the stairs so I went to do that.

When I got back down and we were about to leave a lady and a guy pulled up in their car. The lady got out and asked if we had seen a teenager who's name was Adam and kind of looked like Nacho Libre but skinnier...has kind of a mexican fro. (I swear. Those were her exact words.) I told her I couldn't remember if I had or not. And then she asked "wait, was this Julie's party?" and my dad said "No...this was a graduation party for a bunch of middle schoolers." After talking for a little bit my dad told the lady that we would ride up to Stony Creek and see if he was over there and she could go up to Woody Creek and if they found him there for them to just leave but if they didn't find him to wait there until we got back. So we rode up to Stony Creek and me and my dad were both praying on the way up there. We got there and it was locked down and dark. My dad said "There's nobody here. They've already locked up and shut down for the night." But then I noticed something moving and quickly realized it was a person. I told my dad to stop and he rolled down the window and said "Hey! Is your name Adam?" The guy said yeah...and then my dad explained our situation and offered to give him a ride up to Woody Creek because that's where his sister was waiting. So he got in and my dad asked if he was at a party here and Adam said "Yeah. I was one of the ones who got away". He was on the phone with someone named Emily. I'm guessing his girlfriend. From his phone conversation with her I gathered that there was an un-supervised party and there were drugs and alcohol there and the cops were looking for a bunch of people. He said that he didn't do any of it because when him and his friends saw what was going on they went over to some girls house. He ended his conversation with Emily by saying "I'm gonna be in so much trouble. This is like, the worst possible way to start a summer". When he was off the phone my dad said he hoped he wasn't gonna be in too much trouble and he said "Nah...I shouldn't be. I wasn't one of the ones drinking or smoking. Even if the cops found me they'd give me a test or whatever and the most I'd get charged for would be attending a party with available drugs and alcohol." We got to Woody Creek and dropped him off with his sister. She was really happy to see him. She was definitely worried sick.

So after that me and my dad were talking about how amazing it is that everything that happened tonight happened. It's all God's providence. What in the world would cause us to be out at Sugar Creek at 12:30 AM? All that sequence of events before meeting that lady happened at the right time and came together perfectly. If we'd have been a minute later we'd have missed Adam in the parking lot because he would have already crossed the road and gone away and who knows what could have happened to him. God really is amazing. Dad thinks Adam was definitely on something...but that's another story.

When we got home Jay and Lydia were sitting on the trunk of Lydia's car and were like 'Dude! You just missed like, a 2 hour long car chase. There were all these cops and speeding cars going all around here" And then we told him our story. Then Jay looked and Lydia and was like "Whoa! That was probably that guy we saw!" And then I was like "Was he wearing a black AC DC shirt and had a mexican fro?" He said no and said that the guy they saw was running up the street and crossed through the bushes. Jay swore he was wearing boxers...but Lydia thinks they were probably gym shorts. So then we sat outside for a while talking about all the craziness that went on.

It's been a while

Hey guys (and by guys I mean the 2 people that actually read this). Sorry I haven't posted in a while...I've been off in DCland. Haha.

I started working on Saturday. For the most part I'm enjoying the job. It's really easy. I get paid to sit in the sun all day. Awesome. It wasn't that great on Tuesday though because I had to work 6 and a half hours. There was a party of 3rd graders that rented the pool from 9 AM - 2:30 and I had to be there a half an hour early and stay half an hour afterwards to clean up. That was really really really really boring. It was just me and Zach working that day. Haha, I wouldn't trust 2 15-year-olds to run the pool. I've made something like, 85 dollars so far...but I don't get to keep any of it because I have to give my mom 100 dollars for the beach trip. She also paid for some stuff I needed for lifeguarding so I need to pay her back some of that. It's kind of sad getting a check and then having taken away from you. Haha.

My Memorial Day was awesome. I worked from 1-4 but then I went over to the Alfonso's for a huge party that was at their house. My friends Savannah and Gerry were there which was awesome. I hung out with them most of the time. Caleb and his parents were there too. It was a pretty awesome day, but I've realized that I never have anything interesting to say to Caleb when no one else is there. There were a lot of awkward silences. Haha.

The first time I saw this picture I almost stopped breathing. I can't look at it for more than five seconds or else I will squeal like a pig and melt into a puddle of goo. His eyes are just...piercing my soul. If you click it, it will get bigger and maybe you'll know what I'm talking about. Haha, probably not. I'm thinking about doing what Cecelia did and making a list of the famous people I think are the hottest/cutest.

I'm so excited for David! He's going to be HUGE! At the same time I feel bad for him. People won't stop grilling him about the Kimberly Caldwell thing. The poor horse has been dead long enough...why keep beating it? I also feel bad that he can't even WALK anywhere without being smothered by a huge crowd of crazy fans shoving pictures in his face for him to sign and crazy paparazzi shoving cameras in his face . Can't a guy have some breathing room? I can only hope he stays grounded. I'm sure it's all worth it to him.
I love that he cares about his fans so much. His thank you video on his myspace says a lot. And the fact that he always wears the dog tags the Word Nerds gave him...and enlightens us with signs like putting his hand over his heart during performances and putting that flower in his guitar during Dare You To Move. We got him to play a game with us...we asked him to say "plethora" in an interview...and he did! It was great. His whole demeanor changed right before he said it...it was awesome. Now we're going to see if he'll continue playing or not. We're gonna try to get him to say "idyllic".
Haha, this is fun.