So, I can't sleep at all.  I'm going to do this little survey-ish thing I stole from Meghan off of facebook.  However, I'm going to do it completely over again because I'm bored.  Killing time, seeing how it turns out this time around.  w00t!

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So, here's how it works:
1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...

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Opening Credits:
“Me Against the World” -- Superchic[k]

This one's ideal!  I couldn't have picked a better beginning song for my opening credits.  "It's me against the world today.  I'm gonna do it my own way..."

Waking Up:
“Not the Doctor” -- Alanis Morsette

"It's too much to ask for, and I am not the doctor."  I agree, Alanis.  Wait.  Does this mean I don't have to wake up?  Doctors wake up early, right?

First Day at School:
“Open Arms” -- Journey

Let's just say that I do not go to school with open arms... ever.  Don't get me wrong.  I totally appreciate school.  It's just a kind of appreciation that comes about when you know you can't make it far without something, but you'd rather not take the steps to get there.  Y'know?

Jr. High:
“You Raise Me Up” -- Josh Groban

So, this is random!  Josh Groban was in my Jr. High section on my facebook version of this, too!  Anyway, I guess Jr. High "raised me up to more than I could be."  However, I totally could've lived without the drama.

High School:
“I Can't Stop Loving You” -- Tom Jones

Wrongo again!  I am NOT in love with high school.  However, I do love Tom Jones.  He's a Welshman.  Hoorah! 

Friends:
“A Page is Turned” -- Bebo Norman

Hm.  Does this mean I'll fall in love with one of my friends?  It's an amazing song, but more of a wedding variety really.

Puppy Love:
“Winter Wonderland” -- Clay Aiken

Something tells me this isn't a puppy love kinda song.  Well, let's improvise here.  Walking in a winter wonderland is kinda romantic, yeah?  And snowing while you're walking through the winter wonderland could be romantic.  Okay, it could work possibly...

Fight Song:
“Vegas Two Times” -- Stereophonics

Another Welsh-oriented group.  Oh, how I love them!  Hm.  Well, they say:  "leave, leave, leave" many times... so maybe they're telling me I need to leave my fight?  Fighting takes place in Vegas, most definitely.  Yay for stretching songs to make them work for my soundtrack!

Breaking Up:
“Move Along” -- The All-American Rejects

May I just point out that this is a brilliant break up song?  I'm sure I'm not the first one to figure that out, though.  I'm glad my media player picked it for me on this section.  "When everything is wrong, we move along."

Prom:
“Miles to Go” -- Dave Barnes

This is more of a been there, done that sorta song, but it's good.  You can take a verse out of context for prom:  "lift up your eyes, and don't stand still."  It's always a good thing to be moving the day of your prom, yeah?

Graduation:
“Run” -- Snow Patrol

Ah yes.  An amazing love song, this is.  It does say, however, "we'll run for our lives."  I definitely was thrilled to graduate from good ol' NWHS.  Hoorah!

College:
“American Idiot” -- Green Day

I'm going to college in hopes I can get rid of my American idiotness.  I'm not holding my breath, though.  This song makes me a mixture of happy and irritated.  Gotta love our friends from the north, though.  ;D

Mental Breakdown:
“Wake Up” -- Story of the Year

"You don't know what you've got until it's gone, 'til it's gone."  I guess in this case, this song works.  You'd be surprised that you were once sane when you have a mental breakdown.  However, to lose sanity, you must've once upon a time had it, right?  This is off of the new Story of the Year cd.  I saw them perform it live, and it was amazing.

Driving:
“Without You” -- Big Daddy Weave

Like I said in facebook and will say again, I try to listen to Christian music when I'm in a hectic driving mood.  It calms me down and reminds me of Who exactly is in charge here.  This song is a great one, though, that talks about what life really means apart from God.  =D  Definitely happiness in this one.

Falling in Love:
“Thank You for Loving Me” -- Bon Jovi

Okay, so seriously... this song is an ideal love song.  I happened to learn this song from a certain someone I love, and the words are gorgeous.  The song is about a person thanking someone else for loving them regardless of all the faults.  It's nice.

Wedding:
“I'm Alright (You Gotta Go There to Come Back)” -- Stereophonics

Hm.  I love the Welsh band, but this is a little not even ok for a wedding song if you ask me.  I mean, it's cool that he says he'll do all these things for the one he loves, but all this "I'm alright" nonsense just makes me think he's in denial.  It's kinda a sad-ish song, in my opinion.

Birth of Child:
“Let Me Entertain You” -- Ella Enchanted

"Let us entertain you, and we'll have a real good time."  Hm.  I'm thinking the birth of a child is a little more painful for mom, if anything, but I guess it could be entertaining to any other outside party member.  Who knows?  What a humorous song for this part of my soundtrack!

Life:
“Please Don't Let Me Love You” -- Hank Williams Sr.

I could kinda see this being a recurring theme in my life story just because love comes with opening one's self up to pain.  I love pretty easily sometimes, which is both good and bad.  We're supposed to love one another, but that doesn't necessarily mean to carelessly let your guard down.  Either way, I could totally relate to good ol' Hank on this one.  ;)  Even if he did seem to be a bit of a crybaby.

Final Battle:
“Place in This World” -- Michael W. Smith

Well, if it's a final battle, I'm guessing my place in this world won't matter too much longer.  Maybe my mind will be beyond this world and focusing on my place in my new home, huh?  Ah, heaven-bound!

Death Scene:
“Serve the Lord” -- Carman

This song makes me giggle, especially as the song for my potential death scene.  I think if this song were to be played at my death scene, I'd have to be a martyr to do it some justice.  Yay for martyrdom!

Funeral Song:
“Good Morning, Beautiful” -- Steve Holy

When I first thought of this as a funeral song, I laughed.  Irony.  "'Good morning' when I'm dead?  Strange."  However, it could work out.  I wouldn't mind it too much if Jesus were to say "Good morning, beautiful" to me when I arrive in heaven.  It could pretty much make my heart happy...

Ending Credits:
“Cyclone” -- Baby Bash f. T-Pain

Haha!  So very far beyond any of my other songs, you can blame this one on Travis.  It came from his mp3 player!  Seriously, this would crack everyone up if it came along for ending credits!  I'd totally make it happen just to see how people took the change of pace.  My dad would probably flip and say a few final prayers for my soul.

I am not like my mother!  ...  Okay, so let's just face it.  I'm more like her than I thought.  Heck, we're alike in that we both would deny that we're anything like our mothers!  Anyone who is familiar with my family would realize that the women in our little tribe are a bit similar in characteristics.  All the women tend to be pretty demanding from time to time, though I personally am trying to work on that.  We also can lay on the manipulation like it's nobody's business (again, another flaw I'm trying to work out)!

In regards to being like my mom in specific, though, there are still ways that I am like her alone.  First off, she tends to be drastically blunt more often than not, usually mixing up phrases and meanings in the process.  I get that way quite often.  For those of you who need an example of said behavior, here goes!  In the innocence of my youth, I managed to earn the disapproval of my mom because of how trusting I was over the internet.  She recently referred to my previous ignorance as me being "as dumb as a giraffe."  If you're clueless as to how dumb a giraffe is or how my mom can tell a giraffe must, in fact, be dumb... it's common sense!  Just ask mom.  "Giraffes are dumb because their heads are so far away from their bodies."  And, of course, there is always that obnoxious brother-in-law that adds in his two cents:  "then frogs must be the smartest animals."  We all know that mom definitely knows when to throw in the towel.  BUT WAIT!  She has to dig her hole deeper.  "No!  Frogs are amphibians!"  Implying that amphibians are, in fact, not animals.  Oh boy, momma.

Another way I'm like my mom is in the fact that we have similar builds.  Unfortunately, I got the McNamee hips/butt, so rock on me.  I blame mom.  The difference is that she wears what my sister and I deem as "mom jeans," whereas we are FAR too hip to be caught dead in such attire.

Though there are many ways in which my mom and I are yet alike, I will sum it up with one final characteristic:  our busy-body nature.  We have to be constantly doing something to occupy ourselves or else that time is viewed as a waste.  If we're worried or angry, we resort to cleaning most typically (or spending money).  Mom is a bigger shopper than I am, but it all adds up to the fact that we can be a bit impulsive every now and then.  She's a bit more logical than I am, but I imagine that will come to me with age.  

HAPPY ALMOST MOTHERS' DAY!

   

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First things first:  college is officially out for summer!  Thank God!  I've already had a pretty wonderful summer thus far.  Between visiting with my family, friends, and just relaxing...  I can definitely say it feels great to be home.  Now comes the time for decisions, though.  I have to decide, officially, where I plan on going for the remainder of my education.  I've looked into a local college, but from what I can tell, I'll wind up studying at that particular university for at least 2 years before getting my BA in English.  That would be most unfortunate for me.  The more I look into nursing programs, the more enticing it seems.  I can go year-round at my sister's school of nursing and make my bachelor's happen pretty quickly.  I know that it would take 3 years to get my BSN, but the pay would be a bit better than I'm likely to get as an English Major.  Not to mention, I'd love working with cancer patients (particularly the children).  It's always been an amibition of mine that I've felt so inadequate to fill, but I suppose that's why you go to school, right?  We'll see.  I'm still praying about it and talking to my sister about the options, but it's looking more and more appealing as time goes on.

Onto recent news!  There was another earthquake this morning that was less than a 3.0 on the scale.  Isn't that strange?  Mom thought it was an aftershock from the one we had last month, but they figured out that the epicenter was located further away from the first big earthquake.  Strange.  The news also mentioned a story about a little newborn boy who was found in a trashcan in an alleyway not too far from where I live.  I just don't get that at all.  Don't get me wrong; I've never been pregnant.  I don't know how hard it must be to have a child in certain situations, but I don't see how just throwing it out would be greater than all the other options.  I don't see abortion as an option, but you could always give it up for adoption or leave it with the local authorities.  Apparently it was found with a long ambilical cord still intact and all messy still... so I'm guessing the mother didn't go through the birthing process within the confines of a hospital.  That's so dangerous.  I don't get how a woman could carry a baby for nearly 9 months and then just toss it out like last week's trash.  Disgusting.

Other than my random ranting and recent joy over being done at HLG, I've been reading and doing a bit of homework lately.  It feels good to read anything I choose and get away with it.  Ah, sweet freedom.

P.S.  I just took a typing test for kicks, and yay!  I got 87 wpm.  I pretty much rocked it out, huh?