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I can hear Your voice
Reminding me of who I am
And what You are to me
I can hear angelic voices
Singing your praises
All of the heav'nly hosts are
Shouting worship to You, Lord
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
forget the stillness
I can hear Your voice
Reminding me of who I am
And what You are to me
I can hear angelic voices
Singing your praises
All of the heav'nly hosts are
Shouting worship to You, Lord
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
youth of the nation
Last day of the rest of my life
I wish I would've known
Cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye
I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared
Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine
Before I skate off to school
But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
Instead of taking a test
I took two to the chest
Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn't hear nothing
Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
I don't really know this kid
Even though I sit by him in class
Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment
He forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was
I know it's because
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world
With every chance to excel
Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself
She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just different faces
Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better
Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool
He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide
It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then
You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don't take away the pain
That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind
I guess that's the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody's got to know
There's got to be more to life than this
There's got to be more to everything
I thought exists
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
Watch the video here.
This is a song by P.O.D. They're a hard rock band. For some reason, I'm not a huge fan of most of their music. This song, however, Youth of the Nation, really strikes a chord with me.
The first verse is the victim of a school shooting. The second verse has a young girl desperate for love but looked in the wrong places and a boy who didn't think life was worth anything.
WE ARE THE YOUTH OF THE NATION.
We are the product of our society.
WE ARE THE YOUTH OF THE NATION.
We've pulled God out of schools. The Pledge of Allegiance is not allowed in schools because it has the name of God in it. We fill minds with meaningless blather about material stuff and never look within. We fill our ears with sound and eyes with visions of all sorts of things. We never slow down. We never stop to think about our inner needs as well as our outward needs.
WE ARE THE YOUTH OF THE NATION.
We are the result of a materialistic culture. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young adults 15-24. School shootings aren't very common, thankfully, but they still happen and wreak devastation among the kids, parents, and communities. Girls and women sell their bodies to men and allow themselves to be used as toys for their pleasure, since the media constantly tells them that their bodies are the only worthwhile part of them.
WE ARE THE YOUTH OF THE NATION.
What kind of legacy is THAT?
-enna
I wish I would've known
Cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye
I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared
Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine
Before I skate off to school
But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
Instead of taking a test
I took two to the chest
Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn't hear nothing
Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
I don't really know this kid
Even though I sit by him in class
Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment
He forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was
I know it's because
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world
With every chance to excel
Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself
She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just different faces
Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better
Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool
He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide
It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then
You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don't take away the pain
That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind
I guess that's the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody's got to know
There's got to be more to life than this
There's got to be more to everything
I thought exists
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
Watch the video here.
This is a song by P.O.D. They're a hard rock band. For some reason, I'm not a huge fan of most of their music. This song, however, Youth of the Nation, really strikes a chord with me.
The first verse is the victim of a school shooting. The second verse has a young girl desperate for love but looked in the wrong places and a boy who didn't think life was worth anything.WE ARE THE YOUTH OF THE NATION.
We are the product of our society.
WE ARE THE YOUTH OF THE NATION.
We've pulled God out of schools. The Pledge of Allegiance is not allowed in schools because it has the name of God in it. We fill minds with meaningless blather about material stuff and never look within. We fill our ears with sound and eyes with visions of all sorts of things. We never slow down. We never stop to think about our inner needs as well as our outward needs.
WE ARE THE YOUTH OF THE NATION.
We are the result of a materialistic culture. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young adults 15-24. School shootings aren't very common, thankfully, but they still happen and wreak devastation among the kids, parents, and communities. Girls and women sell their bodies to men and allow themselves to be used as toys for their pleasure, since the media constantly tells them that their bodies are the only worthwhile part of them.
WE ARE THE YOUTH OF THE NATION.
What kind of legacy is THAT?
-enna
Monday, July 18, 2011
everybody's fool
Perfect by nature
Icons of self-indulgence
Just what we all need
More lies about a world that
Never was and never will be
Have you no shame? Don't you see me?
You know you've got everybody fooled
Look here she comes now
Bow down and stare in wonder
Oh how we love you
No flaws when you're pretending
But now I know she
Never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled
Without the mask where will you hide?
Can't find yourself lost in your lie
I know the truth now
I know who you are
And I don't love you anymore
It never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled
It never was and never will be
You're not real and you can't save me
Somehow now you're everybody's fool
This isn't really all that off a portrayal. We sure as heck know that women are objectified by the media. Nor are the images of women normally even what the model looks like. YouTube has ALL KINDS of videos like this one...just look at some of the ones they have on the sidebar. I have a question, media people.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH WHAT I LOOK LIKE?
What is wrong with what women look like?
What is wrong with what we ARE?
This isn't me! I am physically incapable of looking like that! And this is what someone who knows very little about the art of photo retouching did in half an hour. The real picture?
I didn't do anything to this one. It's from about a year ago.
Kinda scary, isn't it? We've brainwashed and blackmailed women and men into believing in a standard of beauty that just isn't possible. As such, women feel pressured to turn themselves into objects that only look pretty. We become everybody's fool because our faces aren't what they were. Plastic surgery, pancake makeup, teeth whitening...the list goes on and on.
Even I feel the pressure. I look at that retouched picture and wonder why on earth I even bothered. Quite frankly, it makes me feel terrible about myself. Women want to be admired and loved, and the fastest way to get anything remotely related to that type of attention is through our face. The media forces models and stars into terror that their image isn't perfect and that they must keep it up in order to keep their jobs. Even those of us who don't spend our every waking second on our looks feel the pressure.
The pressure to lie about who we really are and that we aren't perfect. Our faces aren't perfect, our figures aren't perfect, and our lives aren't perfect. I can't look like that. So I stand before you, an imperfect woman with imperfect looks, an imperfect body, and a really messed-up life.
But I won't let the media turn me into everybody's fool.
-enna
Icons of self-indulgence
Just what we all need
More lies about a world that
Never was and never will be
Have you no shame? Don't you see me?
You know you've got everybody fooled
Look here she comes now
Bow down and stare in wonder
Oh how we love you
No flaws when you're pretending
But now I know she
Never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled
Without the mask where will you hide?
Can't find yourself lost in your lie
I know the truth now
I know who you are
And I don't love you anymore
It never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled
It never was and never will be
You're not real and you can't save me
Somehow now you're everybody's fool
This isn't really all that off a portrayal. We sure as heck know that women are objectified by the media. Nor are the images of women normally even what the model looks like. YouTube has ALL KINDS of videos like this one...just look at some of the ones they have on the sidebar. I have a question, media people.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH WHAT I LOOK LIKE?
What is wrong with what women look like?
What is wrong with what we ARE?
This isn't me! I am physically incapable of looking like that! And this is what someone who knows very little about the art of photo retouching did in half an hour. The real picture?
I didn't do anything to this one. It's from about a year ago.
Kinda scary, isn't it? We've brainwashed and blackmailed women and men into believing in a standard of beauty that just isn't possible. As such, women feel pressured to turn themselves into objects that only look pretty. We become everybody's fool because our faces aren't what they were. Plastic surgery, pancake makeup, teeth whitening...the list goes on and on.
Even I feel the pressure. I look at that retouched picture and wonder why on earth I even bothered. Quite frankly, it makes me feel terrible about myself. Women want to be admired and loved, and the fastest way to get anything remotely related to that type of attention is through our face. The media forces models and stars into terror that their image isn't perfect and that they must keep it up in order to keep their jobs. Even those of us who don't spend our every waking second on our looks feel the pressure.
The pressure to lie about who we really are and that we aren't perfect. Our faces aren't perfect, our figures aren't perfect, and our lives aren't perfect. I can't look like that. So I stand before you, an imperfect woman with imperfect looks, an imperfect body, and a really messed-up life.
But I won't let the media turn me into everybody's fool.
-enna
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
never gonna be alone
You're watching the video first. No questions, no skipping. Once you watch the video, you may continue to the rest of the post.
Time, is going by, so much faster than I
And I'm starting to regret not spending all of here with you
Now I'm wondering why I've kept this bottled inside
So I'm starting to regret not selling all of it to you
So if I haven't yet, I've gotta let you know
You're never gonna be alone from this moment on
If you ever feel like letting go, I won't let you fall
You're never gonna be alone, I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone
And now, as long as I can, I'm holding on with both hands
'Cause forever I believe
That there's nothing I could need but you
So if I haven't yet, I've gotta let you know
You're never gonna be alone from this moment on
If you ever feel like letting go, I won't let you fall
When all hope is gone, I know that you can carry on
We're gonna see the world out, I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone
Oh, you've gotta live every single day
Like it's the only one, what if tomorrow never comes?
Don't let it slip away, could be our only one
You know it's only just begun, every single day
Maybe our only one, what if tomorrow never comes?
Tomorrow never comes
Time is going by so much faster than I
And I'm starting to regret not telling all of this to you
You're never gonna be alone from this moment on
If you ever feel like letting go, I won't let you fall
When all hope is gone, I know that you can carry on
We're gonna see the world out, I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone
I'm gonna be there always
I won't be missing a word all day
I'm gonna be there always
I won't be missing a word all day
This video makes me want to cry. I kid you not. I'm not a crier; not sure if I've stated it before, but I generally don't cry unless something's bottled up inside that I finally let out. (Or my hormones are doing their wonky dance thing. But I don't count that.)
How often have you wished that you would never be alone? Who doesn't wish at some point in their lives that someone would be there for them, no matter what happened? We are always looking for someone who will be there for us through thick and thin, richer or poorer, sickness or health. Someone who won't give up on us no matter what. Someone to believe in us even when, quite frankly, we don't believe in ourselves.
Calvin has Hobbes. Peanut butter has its jelly. Pen has paper. Left has right. Yes has no.
We all have the desire to find our jelly. I'm not referencing to the sandwich, I mean the soul mate type stuff. (Note here that I'm not talking about soul mates, it's just similar to what I'm referencing.) We are social beings and we desire human contact.
And we'll never be alone. We all have friends and family who stand by us no matter what happens. These people love us and care for us. It doesn't matter how many times we mess up. I know I do so over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over *takes a breath* and over and over and over and over and over and over...yet my family and friends love me anyway. And believe you me, I've had some really bad screw-ups. (Ok, they could be a lot
worse, but for my circle they're pretty bad.)
Your family and friends will love you no matter what. If your friends don't, then they weren't really friends in the first place. But your family will always love you and be there for you. Even if you feel lower than dirt, someone, somewhere loves you. And if you aren't in a good family situation, Someone still loves you. And He'll never make sure you're never alone.
-enna
Time, is going by, so much faster than I
And I'm starting to regret not spending all of here with you
Now I'm wondering why I've kept this bottled inside
So I'm starting to regret not selling all of it to you
So if I haven't yet, I've gotta let you know
You're never gonna be alone from this moment on
If you ever feel like letting go, I won't let you fall
You're never gonna be alone, I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone
And now, as long as I can, I'm holding on with both hands
'Cause forever I believe
That there's nothing I could need but you
So if I haven't yet, I've gotta let you knowYou're never gonna be alone from this moment on
If you ever feel like letting go, I won't let you fall
When all hope is gone, I know that you can carry on
We're gonna see the world out, I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone
Oh, you've gotta live every single day
Like it's the only one, what if tomorrow never comes?
Don't let it slip away, could be our only one
You know it's only just begun, every single day
Maybe our only one, what if tomorrow never comes?
Tomorrow never comes
Time is going by so much faster than I
And I'm starting to regret not telling all of this to you
You're never gonna be alone from this moment on
If you ever feel like letting go, I won't let you fall
When all hope is gone, I know that you can carry on
We're gonna see the world out, I'll hold you 'til the hurt is gone
I'm gonna be there always
I won't be missing a word all day
I'm gonna be there always
I won't be missing a word all day
~~
This video makes me want to cry. I kid you not. I'm not a crier; not sure if I've stated it before, but I generally don't cry unless something's bottled up inside that I finally let out. (Or my hormones are doing their wonky dance thing. But I don't count that.)How often have you wished that you would never be alone? Who doesn't wish at some point in their lives that someone would be there for them, no matter what happened? We are always looking for someone who will be there for us through thick and thin, richer or poorer, sickness or health. Someone who won't give up on us no matter what. Someone to believe in us even when, quite frankly, we don't believe in ourselves.
Calvin has Hobbes. Peanut butter has its jelly. Pen has paper. Left has right. Yes has no.We all have the desire to find our jelly. I'm not referencing to the sandwich, I mean the soul mate type stuff. (Note here that I'm not talking about soul mates, it's just similar to what I'm referencing.) We are social beings and we desire human contact.
And we'll never be alone. We all have friends and family who stand by us no matter what happens. These people love us and care for us. It doesn't matter how many times we mess up. I know I do so over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over *takes a breath* and over and over and over and over and over and over...yet my family and friends love me anyway. And believe you me, I've had some really bad screw-ups. (Ok, they could be a lot
worse, but for my circle they're pretty bad.)Your family and friends will love you no matter what. If your friends don't, then they weren't really friends in the first place. But your family will always love you and be there for you. Even if you feel lower than dirt, someone, somewhere loves you. And if you aren't in a good family situation, Someone still loves you. And He'll never make sure you're never alone.
-enna
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
welcome to the masquerade
We've got the fire, who's got the matches?
Take a look around at the sea of masks
Come one, come all, welcome to the grand ball
Where the strong run for cover and the weak stand tall
I'm not one to scare the masses
But there's somethings that melt the plastic
Try and dig down deeper if you can
I'm not afraid, I'm not ashamed
I'm not to blame, welcome to the masquerade
I'm not ashamed, I'm not afraid
I'm not okay, welcome to the masquerade
Welcome to the masquerade
We've got the power, who's got the action?
Break it down 'til there's nothing but a mere fraction
Out of the fire, rise from the ashes
Reject your doubt and release the passion
Let's get on it, believe if you want it
Step into the realm where the real ones flaunt it
Come back, rewind, another time on it
Reach out, take that but now step on it
I'm not one to scare the masses
But there's somethings that melt the plastic
Try and dig down deeper if you can
I'm not afraid, I'm not ashamed
I'm not to blame, welcome to the masquerade
I'm not ashamed, I'm not afraid
I'm not okay, welcome to the masquerade
Welcome to the masquerade
I'm not afraid, I'm not ashamed
I'm not to blame, welcome to the masquerade
I'm not ashamed, I'm not afraid
I'm not okay, welcome to the masquerade
I'm not one to scare the masses
But there's somethings that melt the plastic
Try and dig down deeper if you can
I'm not afraid, I'm not ashamed
I'm not to blame, welcome to the masquerade
I'm not ashamed, I'm not afraid
I'm not okay, welcome to the masquerade
Welcome to the masquerade
This is a song by Thousand Foot Krutch. (To save myself time, I will call them TFK for the remainder of the post - and history.) This is off of the album Welcome to the Masquerade. As I said in another post, this album is a phenomenal piece of work. It came out in September of 2009 and happens to be one of my favorite albums of all time.
Regardless of my personal bias for this album, this song in particular addresses something that I've come to realize about society nowadays.
We all wear masks.
We're all scared to let anyone see who we truly are, or how we truly feel. Whether we don't want to bore anyone with what we really think or if we're scared that who we are just isn't good enough, we find a mask to hide behind. Stereotypes galore exist - preppy, cheerleader, jock, slut, nerd, geek, gamer...the list goes on.
Here's a question for you: what is the most predictable answer to a question in the U.S.? I'll give you a hint: the question is, "How are you?"
You may laugh, but 99% of the time, you're one of the one's saying, "I'm fine," or "I'm doing ok," or "I'm good," or...you get the idea. We all say we're fine to anyone who asks, regardless of what we truly feel inside. I know I'm bad at this...and by "bad" I mean "I always answer with 'fine' or 'ok'". Even when "fine" is about as far away as the moon.
I do not think that this observation is going to change society. We will still say we're fine when we're not. But maybe, when it's someone that we know truly cares about us, we will stop hiding behind our masks and admit that we're not OK.
And we'll find that they still love us anyway.
(This is actually the official video for the song - not a fan-made copyright-infringing video.)
-enna
Take a look around at the sea of masks
Come one, come all, welcome to the grand ball
Where the strong run for cover and the weak stand tall
I'm not one to scare the masses
But there's somethings that melt the plastic
Try and dig down deeper if you can
I'm not afraid, I'm not ashamed
I'm not to blame, welcome to the masquerade
I'm not ashamed, I'm not afraid
I'm not okay, welcome to the masquerade
Welcome to the masquerade
We've got the power, who's got the action?
Break it down 'til there's nothing but a mere fraction
Out of the fire, rise from the ashes
Reject your doubt and release the passion
Let's get on it, believe if you want it
Step into the realm where the real ones flaunt it
Come back, rewind, another time on it
Reach out, take that but now step on it
I'm not one to scare the masses
But there's somethings that melt the plastic
Try and dig down deeper if you can
I'm not afraid, I'm not ashamed
I'm not to blame, welcome to the masquerade
I'm not ashamed, I'm not afraid
I'm not okay, welcome to the masquerade
Welcome to the masquerade
I'm not afraid, I'm not ashamed
I'm not to blame, welcome to the masquerade
I'm not ashamed, I'm not afraid
I'm not okay, welcome to the masquerade
I'm not one to scare the masses
But there's somethings that melt the plastic
Try and dig down deeper if you can
I'm not afraid, I'm not ashamed
I'm not to blame, welcome to the masquerade
I'm not ashamed, I'm not afraid
I'm not okay, welcome to the masquerade
Welcome to the masquerade
This is a song by Thousand Foot Krutch. (To save myself time, I will call them TFK for the remainder of the post - and history.) This is off of the album Welcome to the Masquerade. As I said in another post, this album is a phenomenal piece of work. It came out in September of 2009 and happens to be one of my favorite albums of all time.
Regardless of my personal bias for this album, this song in particular addresses something that I've come to realize about society nowadays.
We all wear masks.
We're all scared to let anyone see who we truly are, or how we truly feel. Whether we don't want to bore anyone with what we really think or if we're scared that who we are just isn't good enough, we find a mask to hide behind. Stereotypes galore exist - preppy, cheerleader, jock, slut, nerd, geek, gamer...the list goes on.
Here's a question for you: what is the most predictable answer to a question in the U.S.? I'll give you a hint: the question is, "How are you?"
You may laugh, but 99% of the time, you're one of the one's saying, "I'm fine," or "I'm doing ok," or "I'm good," or...you get the idea. We all say we're fine to anyone who asks, regardless of what we truly feel inside. I know I'm bad at this...and by "bad" I mean "I always answer with 'fine' or 'ok'". Even when "fine" is about as far away as the moon.
I do not think that this observation is going to change society. We will still say we're fine when we're not. But maybe, when it's someone that we know truly cares about us, we will stop hiding behind our masks and admit that we're not OK.
And we'll find that they still love us anyway.
(This is actually the official video for the song - not a fan-made copyright-infringing video.)
-enna
Friday, October 29, 2010
Gotta Be Somebody
I'm gonna do another song this week - it's been a couple weeks since I decided to analyze a song. Another Nickelback song, Gotta Be Somebody, to be precise.
This time I wonder what it feels like
To find the one in this life
The one we all dream of
But dreams just aren't enough
So I'll be waiting for the real thing.
I'll know it by the feeling.
The moment when we´re meeting
Will play out like a scene straight off the silver screen
So I'll be holdin' my own breath
Right up to the end
Until that moment when
I find the one that I'll spend forever with
Cause nobody wants to be the last one there.
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There's gotta be somebody for me like that.
Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they´re not alone.
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere.
There's gotta be somebody for me out there.
Tonight, out on the street out in the moonlight
And ****it this feels too right
It's just like déjà vu
Me standin' here with you
So I'll be holdin' my own breath
Could this be the end?
Is it that moment when
I find the one that I'll spend forever with?
Cause nobody wants to be the last one there
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There's gotta be somebody for me like that.
Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they´re not alone.
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There's gotta be somebody for me out there.
You can't give up!
Lookin' for that diamond in the rough
You never know but when it shows up
Make sure you're holdin' on
Cause it could be the one
The one you're waiting on
Cause nobody wants to be the last one there.
And everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There has gotta be somebody for me
Nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they´re not alone.
Is there somebody else that feels the same somewhere?
There's gotta be somebody for me out there.
How many of us actually WANT to live a lonely existence, without friends, love, or support? Human beings are social creatures. Even the most introverted person has some friends and family that they spend time with. This song illustrates one of the deepest desires of the human heart - to be loved.
We all want someone to be there for us, no matter what happens. Someone to share our hopes, dreams, and fears with. Someone to love us, even at our worst. Someone to hold us and tell us that they love us, even when we're at our most unloveable. Someone to love us even when we can't love ourselves.
None of us is perfect. We all have failed. But we can continue to love.
The best example of this love?
"This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." -John 15:12-13
Embedding was disabled on the video for this song, but you can still find it by going to this link.
-enna
This time I wonder what it feels like
To find the one in this life
The one we all dream of
But dreams just aren't enough
So I'll be waiting for the real thing.
I'll know it by the feeling.
The moment when we´re meeting
Will play out like a scene straight off the silver screen
So I'll be holdin' my own breath
Right up to the end
Until that moment when
I find the one that I'll spend forever with
Cause nobody wants to be the last one there.
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There's gotta be somebody for me like that.
Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they´re not alone.
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere.
There's gotta be somebody for me out there.
Tonight, out on the street out in the moonlight
And ****it this feels too right
It's just like déjà vu
Me standin' here with you
So I'll be holdin' my own breath
Could this be the end?
Is it that moment when
I find the one that I'll spend forever with?
Cause nobody wants to be the last one there
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There's gotta be somebody for me like that.
Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they´re not alone.
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There's gotta be somebody for me out there.
You can't give up!
Lookin' for that diamond in the rough
You never know but when it shows up
Make sure you're holdin' on
Cause it could be the one
The one you're waiting on
Cause nobody wants to be the last one there.
And everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There has gotta be somebody for me
Nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they´re not alone.
Is there somebody else that feels the same somewhere?
There's gotta be somebody for me out there.
How many of us actually WANT to live a lonely existence, without friends, love, or support? Human beings are social creatures. Even the most introverted person has some friends and family that they spend time with. This song illustrates one of the deepest desires of the human heart - to be loved.
We all want someone to be there for us, no matter what happens. Someone to share our hopes, dreams, and fears with. Someone to love us, even at our worst. Someone to hold us and tell us that they love us, even when we're at our most unloveable. Someone to love us even when we can't love ourselves.
None of us is perfect. We all have failed. But we can continue to love.
The best example of this love?
"This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." -John 15:12-13
Embedding was disabled on the video for this song, but you can still find it by going to this link.
-enna
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
If Everyone Cared
I'm going to start on my search for meaning in song lyrics. I'll start with If Everyone Cared by Nickelback. Before I get started, here's the lyrics:
From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
And I'm singing
Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
(I'm alive)
And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
When nobody died...
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day when nobody died
So, my thoughts? Well, I really like the way they did the music video too, for one thing. I've posted it below the post, so you can watch it when I'm done musing. But they intersperse your typical music-video-shots of the band with video, words, and pictures of different lesser-known civil activists. It works really well, I personally just wish that there wasn't so much dead space at the end of the video. But mebbe that's just me being picky.
Anyway, I'm especially gonna focus on the refrain. If everyone cared, and nobody cried, if everyone loved and nobody lied, if everyone shared and swallowed their pride, would we see the day when nobody died? Ladies and gents, welcome to the Garden of Eden. If this were to truly be within our world, Christ's message would have truly become the byword of the world.
But is this even possible? Can we attain this kind of perfection?
But in the end the fireflies are only light in Paradise. Nope, those aren't the actual lyrics, but it's what I'd first thought they were when I listened. There is still truth within those words, though. Remember chasing fireflies as a kid? I know I did. It was one of my favorite things to do. Even now, on summer nights when I get home from work or spending time at a friend's house or Phinwe's, I look at the yard and will sit for a bit, just watching the fireflies. It looks like someone dumped a huge thing of gold glitter on the grass. They don't have much light. But in Paradise (another term for Heaven), the light from those little fireflies would be enough to do anything - read, dance, walk...those little bugs would be enough. But here, in our imperfect world, we cannot necessarily light up great halls and get our names into history books like Martin Luther King Jr.
So what's the point?
We should be like fireflies.
We should light up our little corner of the world. Every one of us has a light to shine, no matter how large or small it is. If we put a basket over it or try to dim it, the only ones we're hurting are ourselves.
And as we lie beneath the stars, we realize how small we are; if they could love like you and me, imagine what our world could be.
We're not very big. In the grand scheme of things, we're a little dot running amongst other little dots. But we can make a difference. If we consciously love whom we meet, we might see the world
Where everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day...
When nobody died.
"His lord said to him: 'Well done, good and faithful servant...enter thou into the joy of thy lord.'" Mt 25:23 (Douay-Rheims)
-enna
From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
And I'm singing
Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
(I'm alive)
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
When nobody died...
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day when nobody died
So, my thoughts? Well, I really like the way they did the music video too, for one thing. I've posted it below the post, so you can watch it when I'm done musing. But they intersperse your typical music-video-shots of the band with video, words, and pictures of different lesser-known civil activists. It works really well, I personally just wish that there wasn't so much dead space at the end of the video. But mebbe that's just me being picky.
Anyway, I'm especially gonna focus on the refrain. If everyone cared, and nobody cried, if everyone loved and nobody lied, if everyone shared and swallowed their pride, would we see the day when nobody died? Ladies and gents, welcome to the Garden of Eden. If this were to truly be within our world, Christ's message would have truly become the byword of the world.
But is this even possible? Can we attain this kind of perfection?
But in the end the fireflies are only light in Paradise. Nope, those aren't the actual lyrics, but it's what I'd first thought they were when I listened. There is still truth within those words, though. Remember chasing fireflies as a kid? I know I did. It was one of my favorite things to do. Even now, on summer nights when I get home from work or spending time at a friend's house or Phinwe's, I look at the yard and will sit for a bit, just watching the fireflies. It looks like someone dumped a huge thing of gold glitter on the grass. They don't have much light. But in Paradise (another term for Heaven), the light from those little fireflies would be enough to do anything - read, dance, walk...those little bugs would be enough. But here, in our imperfect world, we cannot necessarily light up great halls and get our names into history books like Martin Luther King Jr.
So what's the point?
We should be like fireflies.
We should light up our little corner of the world. Every one of us has a light to shine, no matter how large or small it is. If we put a basket over it or try to dim it, the only ones we're hurting are ourselves.
And as we lie beneath the stars, we realize how small we are; if they could love like you and me, imagine what our world could be.
We're not very big. In the grand scheme of things, we're a little dot running amongst other little dots. But we can make a difference. If we consciously love whom we meet, we might see the world
Where everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day...
When nobody died.
"His lord said to him: 'Well done, good and faithful servant...enter thou into the joy of thy lord.'" Mt 25:23 (Douay-Rheims)
-enna
Thursday, September 16, 2010
new music group
So, I found this new rock music group floating around out there. Right now, they look kinda pitiful...no CD out, no record label, not much of anythin' except a name and a few songs. Looks to be a band of two. Their songs aren't even very easy to find. You can find their two current singles, "Fear" and "Destiny", on IMRadio. According to their facebook page, they're in the process of remixing those and creating a playlist for their first CD.
Just thought I'd throw this info out there. I'll keep my eye on them and let you know more.
-enna
Just thought I'd throw this info out there. I'll keep my eye on them and let you know more.
-enna
Thursday, February 11, 2010
muzik in review!
never fear, faithful readers...the philosophical post WILL come...just not tonight ;) since i got my new mp3 in the mail today (and with it, 50 free songs – WOOT!), i’m going to offer for you today a very much overdue music review!
i unfortunately can’t offer you a review on my new mp3 player yet...cuz i haven’t used it yet. like i said earlier, i got it today. and since it’s got one of those integrated batteries, it needed to charge for ten loverly hours (not :P)...so it got plugged into the computer around 11 am and won’t finish until 9pm. can’t you just feel my joy radiating through the internet? :P i CAN debate the technical aspects of it though...and my old one too ;)
the new one is an e-matic 4 GB video/photo/music player. i have no intention of using the video aspect of it (i prefer to watch my movies on a screen that’s a tad bit bigger than 1.8 inches), but i’ll definitely use the music aspect of it (duh...that’s what i bought it for), and very possibly the picture aspect...not sure. i CAN say that the headphones that came with it are phenomenal. as i’ve been listening to my music (off my computer) with them, i’m hearing SO MUCH that i’d missed before...i’m very much enjoying it. :)
OLD mp3...it was a sansa sandisk m250, 2 GB music player. i very much liked it. the menu was easy to understand and access. the recorder could have used some work, but hey – it’s an mp3 player, not a microphone, so it was fairly good for what it was. the only reason i’m even replacing it is becuz it died. over the summer, i accidentally dropped it in a cup of water...oops...i let it dry out and got as much moisture out of it as i could. it worked like normal until december...then the volume control on it fizzled and died...on full blast...thereby making my portable PERSONAL music device rather useless unless i was making everyone around me listen. i caved when the play/pause button started going the same way as the volume. hence me reviewing mp3’s in the first place.
before i go to muzik itself, i shall offer my opinion on emusic.com – the site from whence i got my 50 free songs. the site has a fairly decent navigational setup. it’s easy to cancel after you’ve used up all your free downloads (hehe ;) ), the sound quality is decent...but if you listen to obscure artists (like me), this is definitely NOT the site to go to. i had a very hard time finding a lot of the bands that i listen to. if i did find them, they normally did not have their most recent albums. something else to be careful of is the method of payment – you have credits toward free songs, but some albums ONLY let you get the tracks if you buy the credits – you can’t just use your free ones. which is why i don’t have fireflight’s healing of harms or red’s breathe into me...i was more than slightly annoyed. :P so in other words, unless you get the free song thing, it’s not worth the money. heck, they didn’t even have some of the mainstream artists, like disturbed, evanescence, or nickleback. and THAT, ladies and gents, is emusic.com.
NOW...the muzik...h3h h3h h3h...anyone who’s been reading this blog for any length of time knows i’m a muzik addict and fairly easy-going with what i listen to (basically, anything except country and dirty lyrics). SO...h3h...like i said, i got 50 new songs today, and i also received two albums for Christmas, one just before my birthday, and i bought one (becuz i’d borrowed it and liked it so much that i got my own copy). i’ll put the album title as the beginning of each paragraph so that it’s clear what i’m talking about (which would be rather unusual for me...:P ;) ) i also got several single tracks, but i’m not going to list them here...otherwise we run the risk of the blogger getting bored, and you’ll have two-word reviews. i’ll save those for another time (maybe when i get full albums!).
Awake – Skillet: two thumbs up! this is their latest CD, and it’s amazing...i can’t think of a single song on here i don’t like. most of the tracks on this CD are shorter than what you would normally expect, but i don’t really think that’s bad...it’s just a shortish CD. not a bad thing...although i wouldn’t have complained if they’d included more muzik along these lines ;) this album goes from fairly hard (Monster) to soft ballads (Never Surrender). like i said...two thumbs up!
Welcome to the Masquerade – Thousand Foot Krutch: another AWESOME CD! the latest from TFK...i really enjoyed this one. this one is longer than Awake, but quantity does NOT compromise the quality here. they use a fair bit of strings, but it just makes it even better. ^_^ another two thumbs up!
Confessions – Pillar: great CD. another one i really liked. :) once again...this is the latest CD by the artist. it starts very hard, but softens up...all round, very enjoyable. :) it’s another one that’s shortish, but the quality more than makes up for the lack of quantity. yet again...two thumbs up!
It Is Well – Kutless: this is not a hard rock CD. like the three CD’s previously reviewed, this is the latest CD by Kutless. i enjoyed this one as well. it’s more calming than the others, but still very much enjoyable. i’ll give this one and a half thumbs up!
Losing All – Day of Fire: guess what...it’s the latest CD by Day of Fire! haha...no, seriously. it’s a very good CD...it strikes me as somewhat different from the previous two albums, but it’s still a very good listen! i haven’t listened to this one all the way through yet...but what i’ve heard, i like! two thumbs up!
What Was I Thinking – Disciple: aaaaannnnndddd...it’s DISCIPLE’S latest CD! no joke... another very good listen...leastaways, what i’ve heard of it...i haven’t listened to all of it (since i just got it today...) but i like what i’ve heard! it’s different than their other albums, but still a very good listen! two thumbs up!
Metamorphosis – Pillar: and finally, i stop reviewing the latest from different groups ;) haha...this is a Pillar CD from 2000 i found on emusic.com. it’s very different from their later works, but i’ve enjoyed what i’ve heard. although, when i said it’s very different...i MEANT it. i don’t know the band’s history, but i do know that it sounds like there’s a different lead singer. i’ll venture one and a half thumbs up for this one.
Where Do We Go From Here – Pillar: another really good CD. more recent than Metamorphosis, its sound is closer to Confessions than Metamorphosis. i’ll go ahead and give this one two thumbs up (even if i haven’t listened to the whole thing yet ;) )
and that’s where i’ll leave it tonight...much muzik for you...hehehe...i’ll get that philo up soon, i promises! (actually, with valentine's day on sunday, you'll prolly get two...lucky you!) as well as a lowdown of the Valentine’s Classic on Saturday. valete!
-enna
i unfortunately can’t offer you a review on my new mp3 player yet...cuz i haven’t used it yet. like i said earlier, i got it today. and since it’s got one of those integrated batteries, it needed to charge for ten loverly hours (not :P)...so it got plugged into the computer around 11 am and won’t finish until 9pm. can’t you just feel my joy radiating through the internet? :P i CAN debate the technical aspects of it though...and my old one too ;)
the new one is an e-matic 4 GB video/photo/music player. i have no intention of using the video aspect of it (i prefer to watch my movies on a screen that’s a tad bit bigger than 1.8 inches), but i’ll definitely use the music aspect of it (duh...that’s what i bought it for), and very possibly the picture aspect...not sure. i CAN say that the headphones that came with it are phenomenal. as i’ve been listening to my music (off my computer) with them, i’m hearing SO MUCH that i’d missed before...i’m very much enjoying it. :)
OLD mp3...it was a sansa sandisk m250, 2 GB music player. i very much liked it. the menu was easy to understand and access. the recorder could have used some work, but hey – it’s an mp3 player, not a microphone, so it was fairly good for what it was. the only reason i’m even replacing it is becuz it died. over the summer, i accidentally dropped it in a cup of water...oops...i let it dry out and got as much moisture out of it as i could. it worked like normal until december...then the volume control on it fizzled and died...on full blast...thereby making my portable PERSONAL music device rather useless unless i was making everyone around me listen. i caved when the play/pause button started going the same way as the volume. hence me reviewing mp3’s in the first place.
before i go to muzik itself, i shall offer my opinion on emusic.com – the site from whence i got my 50 free songs. the site has a fairly decent navigational setup. it’s easy to cancel after you’ve used up all your free downloads (hehe ;) ), the sound quality is decent...but if you listen to obscure artists (like me), this is definitely NOT the site to go to. i had a very hard time finding a lot of the bands that i listen to. if i did find them, they normally did not have their most recent albums. something else to be careful of is the method of payment – you have credits toward free songs, but some albums ONLY let you get the tracks if you buy the credits – you can’t just use your free ones. which is why i don’t have fireflight’s healing of harms or red’s breathe into me...i was more than slightly annoyed. :P so in other words, unless you get the free song thing, it’s not worth the money. heck, they didn’t even have some of the mainstream artists, like disturbed, evanescence, or nickleback. and THAT, ladies and gents, is emusic.com.
NOW...the muzik...h3h h3h h3h...anyone who’s been reading this blog for any length of time knows i’m a muzik addict and fairly easy-going with what i listen to (basically, anything except country and dirty lyrics). SO...h3h...like i said, i got 50 new songs today, and i also received two albums for Christmas, one just before my birthday, and i bought one (becuz i’d borrowed it and liked it so much that i got my own copy). i’ll put the album title as the beginning of each paragraph so that it’s clear what i’m talking about (which would be rather unusual for me...:P ;) ) i also got several single tracks, but i’m not going to list them here...otherwise we run the risk of the blogger getting bored, and you’ll have two-word reviews. i’ll save those for another time (maybe when i get full albums!).
Awake – Skillet: two thumbs up! this is their latest CD, and it’s amazing...i can’t think of a single song on here i don’t like. most of the tracks on this CD are shorter than what you would normally expect, but i don’t really think that’s bad...it’s just a shortish CD. not a bad thing...although i wouldn’t have complained if they’d included more muzik along these lines ;) this album goes from fairly hard (Monster) to soft ballads (Never Surrender). like i said...two thumbs up!
Welcome to the Masquerade – Thousand Foot Krutch: another AWESOME CD! the latest from TFK...i really enjoyed this one. this one is longer than Awake, but quantity does NOT compromise the quality here. they use a fair bit of strings, but it just makes it even better. ^_^ another two thumbs up!
Confessions – Pillar: great CD. another one i really liked. :) once again...this is the latest CD by the artist. it starts very hard, but softens up...all round, very enjoyable. :) it’s another one that’s shortish, but the quality more than makes up for the lack of quantity. yet again...two thumbs up!
It Is Well – Kutless: this is not a hard rock CD. like the three CD’s previously reviewed, this is the latest CD by Kutless. i enjoyed this one as well. it’s more calming than the others, but still very much enjoyable. i’ll give this one and a half thumbs up!
Losing All – Day of Fire: guess what...it’s the latest CD by Day of Fire! haha...no, seriously. it’s a very good CD...it strikes me as somewhat different from the previous two albums, but it’s still a very good listen! i haven’t listened to this one all the way through yet...but what i’ve heard, i like! two thumbs up!
What Was I Thinking – Disciple: aaaaannnnndddd...it’s DISCIPLE’S latest CD! no joke... another very good listen...leastaways, what i’ve heard of it...i haven’t listened to all of it (since i just got it today...) but i like what i’ve heard! it’s different than their other albums, but still a very good listen! two thumbs up!
Metamorphosis – Pillar: and finally, i stop reviewing the latest from different groups ;) haha...this is a Pillar CD from 2000 i found on emusic.com. it’s very different from their later works, but i’ve enjoyed what i’ve heard. although, when i said it’s very different...i MEANT it. i don’t know the band’s history, but i do know that it sounds like there’s a different lead singer. i’ll venture one and a half thumbs up for this one.
Where Do We Go From Here – Pillar: another really good CD. more recent than Metamorphosis, its sound is closer to Confessions than Metamorphosis. i’ll go ahead and give this one two thumbs up (even if i haven’t listened to the whole thing yet ;) )
and that’s where i’ll leave it tonight...much muzik for you...hehehe...i’ll get that philo up soon, i promises! (actually, with valentine's day on sunday, you'll prolly get two...lucky you!) as well as a lowdown of the Valentine’s Classic on Saturday. valete!
-enna
Thursday, October 16, 2008
i suppose....
i've noticed that when most other people write blog posts, they don't go here, there, and everywhere in the post. not that i'm normal, but i suppose that if i kinda kept stuff in a logical order, then it would make it easier for all you readers. am i right? i probably am. so... in this blog, i'm gonna talk about a few things: brisingr, my swim meet on saturday, nerts after the meet, dogs, and group 1 crew's new cd. so there. i'm organized. (kinda)
so, for brisingr. i really liked it. however, i did not like the way that paolini made roran a darker character. as has been mentioned on one of my friend's blogs (http://phinwetalks.blogspot.com), roran went from someone who was fanatically obsessed with saving his girlfriend to little more than a hired mercenary. and i didn't like the way paolini made arya soften up towards eragon. it's kinda nice, but is it really necessary to have romance take such a prominent place in fantasy literature? don't get me wrong: i love fantasy; i love this book; and i enjoy romance. but...it seems to be in every single book! UGH. i'm committed to remaining single for a very long time (at least until i'm 20 or 21) and as far as i'm concerned, most of the male race is messed up in the head. (MOST not all) so it can get annoying to keep reading about romance romance romance. does that make any sense?
end of book review. on to weekend review!
i had a swim meet on saturday. it was a home meet (GO GATORS!) and there were about 200 swimmers there. warmups were at 11, and the meet actually started at noon. we were done at about 5, so that isn't bad... only five hours of sitting around in-between events. that averages out to approximately 20 events an hour... which isn't bad at ALL. i've been to meets that start at 10 in the morning and don't end until 6... with a smaller number of events. but anyway, for those of you who don't speak the lingo, a medley relay is composed of four legs... backstroke (on the back), breaststroke (think frog), butterfly (michael phelps' signature), and freestyle (front crawl), in that order. IM stands for individual medley, which is those same strokes, but a different order (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle). here's the events that i swam and the amount of time i dropped (or added :P) to my time (not counting relays):
4x50 yd medley relay (i swam the breaststroke leg)
200 yd IM -- dropped something like 3 or 4 seconds
50 yd freestyle -- dropped half a second
500 yd freestyle -- dropped 12 seconds (yay!)
200 yd breaststroke -- added 8 seconds (ugh)
4x50 yd freestyle relay
for those who have never been to a swim meet, they are long and cold and boring and chaotic. swimmers are all over the place, all of them freezing cold and eating junk food and not resting like they are supposed to be doing (i must admit that i don't do that much either). they are interesting, to say the least. no two are ever the same.
then right after the swim meet, i rushed home for the NERTS olympics. i didn't place, but it's a blast. lemme explain it this way... a swim meet is, for me, the equivalent of drinking about 3 or 4 energy drinks. NERTS is equivalent to about 2 of the same, plus a 2 liter of mountain dew (r). so i was rather hyper. (that's the understatement of the century.) but NERTS is a lot of fun. very high energy, lots of friends, cards, and food... what more do you need? ;)
so i crashed when i went to bed.. and i still wasn't done the next day! a friend of the family came over after church sunday. she's blind, and has a guide dog named adena. she's retiring adena on january 31, and we are adopting her after that. so she brought adena over to just spend a relaxing afternoon at our house, getting used to ur house, jesse and oliver (our cats), zinn (our dog), and all of us (i've got four younger sisters, from 13 to 4, and then my parents). so that was a slow afternoon.
so there's my crazy weekend from last week. now... group 1 crew. their new cd is absolutely AWESOME!! you know how some cds have your favorite tracks, and then the rest are bleh, and you don't really like them? well, on this cd, i do have my favorite tracks (keys to the kingdome, gimme that funk, tonight, our time, icontact, critical emergency, live out loud, living the life), but then the rest of the songs are also fantastic, and i love listening to them too. my only question is... when's the next cd? ;)
that's all for tonight!
-Enna
so, for brisingr. i really liked it. however, i did not like the way that paolini made roran a darker character. as has been mentioned on one of my friend's blogs (http://phinwetalks.blogspot.com), roran went from someone who was fanatically obsessed with saving his girlfriend to little more than a hired mercenary. and i didn't like the way paolini made arya soften up towards eragon. it's kinda nice, but is it really necessary to have romance take such a prominent place in fantasy literature? don't get me wrong: i love fantasy; i love this book; and i enjoy romance. but...it seems to be in every single book! UGH. i'm committed to remaining single for a very long time (at least until i'm 20 or 21) and as far as i'm concerned, most of the male race is messed up in the head. (MOST not all) so it can get annoying to keep reading about romance romance romance. does that make any sense?
end of book review. on to weekend review!
i had a swim meet on saturday. it was a home meet (GO GATORS!) and there were about 200 swimmers there. warmups were at 11, and the meet actually started at noon. we were done at about 5, so that isn't bad... only five hours of sitting around in-between events. that averages out to approximately 20 events an hour... which isn't bad at ALL. i've been to meets that start at 10 in the morning and don't end until 6... with a smaller number of events. but anyway, for those of you who don't speak the lingo, a medley relay is composed of four legs... backstroke (on the back), breaststroke (think frog), butterfly (michael phelps' signature), and freestyle (front crawl), in that order. IM stands for individual medley, which is those same strokes, but a different order (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle). here's the events that i swam and the amount of time i dropped (or added :P) to my time (not counting relays):
4x50 yd medley relay (i swam the breaststroke leg)
200 yd IM -- dropped something like 3 or 4 seconds
50 yd freestyle -- dropped half a second
500 yd freestyle -- dropped 12 seconds (yay!)
200 yd breaststroke -- added 8 seconds (ugh)
4x50 yd freestyle relay
for those who have never been to a swim meet, they are long and cold and boring and chaotic. swimmers are all over the place, all of them freezing cold and eating junk food and not resting like they are supposed to be doing (i must admit that i don't do that much either). they are interesting, to say the least. no two are ever the same.
then right after the swim meet, i rushed home for the NERTS olympics. i didn't place, but it's a blast. lemme explain it this way... a swim meet is, for me, the equivalent of drinking about 3 or 4 energy drinks. NERTS is equivalent to about 2 of the same, plus a 2 liter of mountain dew (r). so i was rather hyper. (that's the understatement of the century.) but NERTS is a lot of fun. very high energy, lots of friends, cards, and food... what more do you need? ;)
so i crashed when i went to bed.. and i still wasn't done the next day! a friend of the family came over after church sunday. she's blind, and has a guide dog named adena. she's retiring adena on january 31, and we are adopting her after that. so she brought adena over to just spend a relaxing afternoon at our house, getting used to ur house, jesse and oliver (our cats), zinn (our dog), and all of us (i've got four younger sisters, from 13 to 4, and then my parents). so that was a slow afternoon.
so there's my crazy weekend from last week. now... group 1 crew. their new cd is absolutely AWESOME!! you know how some cds have your favorite tracks, and then the rest are bleh, and you don't really like them? well, on this cd, i do have my favorite tracks (keys to the kingdome, gimme that funk, tonight, our time, icontact, critical emergency, live out loud, living the life), but then the rest of the songs are also fantastic, and i love listening to them too. my only question is... when's the next cd? ;)
that's all for tonight!
-Enna
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