Busy busy weekend!!!

This weekend was extremely busy for me and my family!! My dad's sister got married... and I got confirmed!!! Tons and tons of planning!! Saturday night I had a Confirmation dinner where I had to read my faith statement in front of my whole confirmation class and all of there parents! I was the one that had to go first because I had to get to a wedding and watch my aunt get married.. It was a lot of fun though!! Once we got to the wedding it was pretty much half over then the dance started and that was a blast!!!! We stayed in Rochester for the wedding until 12:30  then had to drive all the way back to Albert Lea to go home. The next morning (Sunday) I got up at 8:30 to get beautified for my big confirmation day!! Our church service went very well but it was kinda long.. I took a TON of pictures with my confirmation class and the pastors. After church we went to Perkins and ate an amazing lunch!!!

Beauty!

Beauty is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that gives an experience of pleasure, meaning, or satisfaction. Beauty can be studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology, and culture. One way you can look at beauty is an entity which is admired, or it can make you want to look a certain way as a sign of perfection.

The experience of "beauty" often involves the feelings of attraction and emotional well-being. It is often said that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beauty may engender a good experience of positive reflection about the meaning of one's own existence. A subject of beauty is anything that goes along with that person.

The classical Greek meaning for beauty was "being around one's hour".

A ripe fruit was considered beautiful, or a young woman trying to appear older or an older woman trying to appear younger would not be considered beautiful. In Attic Greek beautiful meant "youthful" and "ripe old age."

Scaaaaary!

Yesterday I was with my friends and we were going to go to the movie Paranormal Activity 2 but then one of our friends couldn't go.. so we decided that we were just going to go today instead!! Let me tell you.. that movie is SCARY!!! By the end of the movie I was curled up in a ball with my face in my knees and my hands covering my face. I had tears in my eyes because I almost couldn't handle it!! One of the girls that was sitting behind me said, "That's it. I can't take it..I need to go!" It was veeeerrrry scary!!!! My friend Makenna started crying during the same part that I teared up. Since we were all sooooo scared, we all went over to Marisa's house and decided that we would have a big sleepover so that we wouldn't have to sleep alone at are own houses. So now as I'm typing this I'm sitting with my girls and listening to music thinking about how terrifying the movie Paranormal Activity 2 was. It was REALLY goooood though!! I'll probably...most definitely watch it again (:

MEA... get at me.

This is probably a bad thing that I want school to be over with already!! But I feel like I neeeeeeeeed a break from school and I am overly excited for MEA break. I'm going to a hockey game Thursday and then a wedding on Saturday! How much better can that get?? Yeaaaah, that's what I thought. It can't. So what is MEA break all about anyway?? I always wondered why we got out, or what it stands for. Some stores have MEA break sales because they know that a ton of people travel. I think the farthest I've traveled during MEA is Rochester... and that was 2 years ago. Most likely all break I'll sleep.. or maybe play Call Of Duty and Halo with Eric! I tend to do that a lot. I want MEA to come really fast and for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to fly by! I think for the most part it will. Even tomorrow (Monday) we get to have a 60 minute advisement which means we get out of class and have shortened classes to get to listen to speakers about how they got over being addicted to drugs and alcohol. This week I'm kinda thinking will be easy and fast.. I'll let ya know (:

Freedom!

Freedom is simply about reaching inside and finding the real you. The real you that longs to be free from any inner critic or nagging worries. That part of you that knows there is something more, something better. Maybe you have an inner voice that tells you in a ton of ways that "you are not good enough" or"you are not acceptable" or "you are not perfect" or"you are not successful" or, maybe it's such a busy critic that says all of those things.The feeling of freedom, of joy; the experience of being in the right place at the right time. Or like walking barefoot in the grass.. its all freedom. Freedom really isnt worth having unless it includes the freedom to make mistakes. You have the freedom of whatever you choose to do, just not the freedom of the consequences of your actions. People that deny freedom for others really shouldnt even get freedom themselves. Freedom isn't just passed down through generations... it has to be fought for, protected, and handed on so the same thing can be done. Freedom is whatever you make it.

Today is Sunday. Yesterday was Saturday. and Tomorrow is Monday..

Tomorrow is Monday, which means I go back to school.
This weekend has been very relaxing and low-maintenence!!
Saturday I literally slept all day! I woke up at 8:15 AM to go eat pancakes for Cross-Country,
then went home and fell asleep at 10:17 AM.
I then woke up at 7:00 PM that night.
Today I had to get up and go to church at 8:30 AM
and confirmation at 9:45 where I wrote my whole faith statement in 20 minutes.
Usually Sundays are what my friends and I call "No Shower Sundays"..
but unfortunately I took a shower this morning because I never got around to taking one yesterday,
Saturday.
All day I've been on Facebook, writing my J-10 report, and blogging.
I played Sims 3 and Guitar Hero II for  A LONG TIME too!!!
Tomorrow I have to get up at 6:37 AM and I'm not exactly looking forward to that!
My school day usually goes by pretty fast which is nice, I just don't like getting up early.
Tomorrow I'm going to the C-Squad football game with my mom and two sisters.
My dad is the coach... fun family time!
This kinda turned into a story, haha! Not supposed to happen (:
It's whatever!!
Have a GREEEEEAAAT week!! (:

What In The World...

Justice.. does the time fit the crime?
In some cases yes, but for most celebrities no.
There are a lot if sitiuations where celebrities get out of there punishment easy just because of who they are.
For instance, a regular joe would definitely have to spend time in jail if they killed somebody,
but I'm not so sure that that applies for others.
Giving everybody the same punishment no matter who they are would be fair justice.
It's almost frustrating. Justice could be a good or bad thing too!
Justice could always benefit you also.
Giving the person the correct punishment for whatever they did is what the key is.
You don't want a murderer walking on the streets with probation when he should be in jail.

Homecoming week here I come!!

Homecoming week is coming at ALHS head-on starting tomorrow! We get to start the week off with a western day and then Monday night we get to have Coronation where we find out the King and Queen of 2010 Homecoming. I don't think I will be participating in western day for two reasons! One: I have no cowboy boots or a cowboy hat.. that's a problem! and Two: I don't really have an interest in western themes or anything like that so it might not be all that great for me anyway! Tuesday is Celebrity Day!!! I'm dressing up to be Demi Lovato. I'm not exactly sure how that will work out but all I know is that's what's happening (: Then on Wednesday it's Wacky Wednesday. I won't be participating in this day either because also Tuesday afternoon we have our Homecoming pep-fest and since I'm part of the danceteam I have to wear what we are performing in that day! Thursday is Say Yes To The Dress Day.. this means that everybody, yes EVERYBODY, wears a dress to school. I think I am most excited for this day because I want to see how many boys actually come to school wearing a dress!! Then finally Friday is Cherry&Blue Day!! Later that night is our Homecoming game against Mankato West and I REALLY REALLY hope that we play good. There's nothing like winning at your own homecoming game! (:

Hey, Can You Turn That DOWWWWWN?!?!?!

Loud,
There's a lot of things that could describe this word.
For instance music-- Whenever I listen to music I have to have it at a volume where I here nothing else around me except the music. Sometimes that means its very loud, but not loud enough to blow the speakers!! ..or also its just loud enough for me to hear it but without blowing up my ear drums.
Instruments-- Different instruments have different loudnesses (I think). The trumpet and saxophones seem to always be loud and always hearable no matter what! ..but the flute on the other hand is not very loud while performing with a band but by itself it has the potential to be as loud as you want it to be.
Colors- some colors are louder than others. Like the color yellow, compared to brown.. yellow is very loud and stands out. To me any flourescent color is loud. Hot pink, yellow, orange, lime green, aqua. I think you get what I'm saying (:
People- There are quiet people and loud people. I happen to be a loud person who always has something to say and laughs at a lot of things also. Loud people, I think tend to cause more attention to themselves because.. well because they're loud!! Most of my friends are loud and abnoxious but that's just how loud people are, abnoxious.