Sunday, December 27, 2009
The Hiding Place
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
I Miss Reagan
Friday, October 2, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
No Corsets for Coco
True Colors
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Love Fern
My Skeleton Friend Jack
Sunday, August 16, 2009
The Secret Life of Daydreams
Filmed DNA
Scissor hands for Edward
Friday, July 10, 2009
Top Three
So Serendipitous
Sunday, July 5, 2009
The Wrath of Me
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Uncle Blue
The wonderful thing about Tiggers Is Tiggers are wonderful things
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Quotes of the Day
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Lyrics of my Life
Crazy by Meredith Brooks
This town's always gonna think I'm a little crazy
Somebody's always gonna try to label me insane
Funny how I always seem to be the one who's crazy
I just wanna live, I don't wanna fit
If that makes me crazy, then I am...
I just want to live
I don't want to fit
I just want to try
I don't want to quit
If that makes me crazy, I am.
Mariella by Kate Nash
I'm far too loud
It's like, as soon as I've got an opinion
It just has to come out
I laugh at stupid things
Just 'cause they tickle me...
But Mariella just smiled as she skipped down the road
Because she knew all the secrets in her world.
Self Portrait by Stephanie Smith
All of these dreams in my head keep spinning round
I'm grabbing my paper and pencil to pin em down
I'll sketch my world as a prettier place
and draw myself with a smiley face
and make this picture perfect
But all of these lines on my page won't mean anything
until I learn to erase the one's that I don't need
I'm covering up the stupid mistakes and starting
over and over again to make this picture perfect
yeah yeah I'll start where I'm standing now
and begin shaping where I want to be
No one can tear my picture down
because it's me
and as long as I'm still proud of this self portrait I'm creating
I'm doing fine yeah I'm doing fine yeah
Every now and again someone comes along
they try to box me into a corner I've drawn
pushing the walls down struggling free
so I can keep making this picture perfect yeah yeah
I'll start with where I'm standing now
and begin shaping where I want to be
no one can tear my picture down
because it's me
and as long as I'm still proud of this self portrait I'm creating
I'm doing fine yeah I'm doing fine yeah
What I'm sketching doesn't have to be anything fancy
no I'm just shaping stronger sides of me of me of me
yeah yeah yeah I'll start with where I'm standing now
and begin shaping where I want to be
no one can tear my picture down because it's me
and as long as I'm still proud of this self portrait I'm creating
I'm doing fine yeah I'm doing fine yeah I'm doing fine I'm doing fine.
New Soul by Yael Naim
I'm a new soul in this very strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit 'bout how to give and take
But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake
See I'm a young soul in this very strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit 'bout what is true and fake
But why all this hate? try to communicate
Finding trust and love is not always easy to make
That's Life by Frank Sinatra
That's life, that's what all the people say.You're riding high in April, Shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune, When I'm back on top, back on top in June. I said that's life, and as funny as it may seem. Some people get their kicks,stompin' on a dream
But I don't let it, let it get me down,'Cause this fine ol' world it keeps spinning around
I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king. I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing: Each time I find myself, flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race. That's life, I tell ya, I can't deny it,I thought of quitting baby, But my heart just ain't gonna buy it. And if I didn't think it was worth one single try, I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly...
Sunglasses on my Face
Monday, March 2, 2009
A Wonderland for a girl named Alice
Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorite stories. There is a mix of satire and wisdom from Lewis Carroll's timeless book. These quotes from Alice in Wonderland are humorous, yet enlightening.
- I quite agree with you. And the moral of that is: Be what you would seem to be, or if you'd like it put more simply: Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise. - The Duchess
- If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see? -Alice
- Mad Hatter: Would you like a little more tea? Alice: Well, I haven't had any yet, so I can't very well take more. March Hare: Ah, you mean you can't very well take less. Mad Hatter: Yes. You can always take more than nothing.
- Doorknob: Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.
- Alice: It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change.
- Mad Hatter: Oh yes mustard! That'll do... Mustard? Don't lets be silly. Now lemon, that's different...
- Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
Lizzie needs
- Lizzie needs extra food. (I sure do!)
- Lizzie needs a break. (Don't we all?!)
- Lizzie needs a man. (Maybe one day...)
- Lizzie needs acting lessons. ( I do?)
- Lizzie needs our prayers. (Could'nt hurt.)
- Lizzie needs more company. (More the merrier!)
- Lizzie needs some help. (On what? Learning French?)
- Lizzie needs happiness. (Can never have enough of that stuff!)
- Lizzie needs surgery. (Eeeek on what?!)
- Lizzie needs a chase. (I freaked out on this one! But it makes perfect sense!)
- Lizzie needs a home. (So does my mom. We need a new start.)
- Lizzie needs to nab a Darcy. (Keepin' my eyeballs peeled.)
- Lizzie needs a kiss. (...So pucker up!)
- Lizzie needs an intervention. (Why? because I'm a Shopaholic?)
- Lizzie needs to add more stuff to her pages. (I definitely need to add more to my blog.)
- Lizzie needs to change her name to Hottie. (...Need I say more?)
- Lizzie needs transfusions. (Nah, I'll pass on that one.)
- Lizzie needs to go to sleep. (Yeah it's way past my bedtime!)
- Lizzie needs to take responsibility. (That's what my mom keeps telling me.)
- Lizzie needs to make up lost time. (I really need to fix this one.)
Thursday, February 5, 2009
25 funny facts
Here are some facts that I just wrote down that make me...well...me.
1. I drink soda with everything.
2. I turn purple when I get cold.
3. I dance with the Swiffer when I clean the wood floors.
4. I wiggle my fingers when I get excited.
5. I get lost when I drive to my grandma’s…yeah I’m that bad at directions.
6. I love the beach, but I hate getting sandy.
7. I rarely cut off tags on new clothes. I just never think to do it.
8. The inside of people’s wrists grosses me out.
9. I twirl my hair around my finger before I go to sleep.
10. The moles on my right arm look like the Little Dipper.
11. I actually WANT to gain weight.
12. Tanning booths scare me.
13. I have pencil led stuck in my hand from the 4th grade.
14. I play with Silly Putty all of the time,
15. I hold my thumbs when I get nervous.
16. I never study for tests.
17. I quote movies in almost every conversation I have with people.
18. I trip on flat surfaces.
19. I am inspired by things that are not always fashionable.
20. I burst out laughing in dead silence from something that happened yesterday.
21. I love the smell of crayons.
22. I always read the safety instructions whenever I fly on a plane.
23. I never get sick of Disneyland.
24. I can never just sit down in a chair for too long.
25. I can click my tongue really loud.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Practically necessary
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Colored Blue
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
My favorite word
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Obamanation
It was Barack Obama's Inauguration today. It has been a very trying day. To lift my spirits, I watched Ronald Reagan's Inauguration Address instead. The words that he spoke in 1981 still apply to us today. Here are some of the wise passages from his speech.
- "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price."
- "It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the federal government and those reserved to the states or to the people. All of us need to be reminded that the federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work--work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it."
- "We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. You can see heroes every day going in and out of factory gates. Others, a handful in number, produce enough food to feed all of us and then the world beyond. You meet heroes across a counter, and they're on both sides of that counter. There are entrepreneurs with faith in themselves and faith in an idea who create new jobs, new wealth and opportunity. They're individuals and families whose taxes support the government and whose voluntary gifts support church, charity, culture, art, and education. Their patriotism is quiet, but deep. Their values sustain our national life. Now, I have used the words "they" and "their" in speaking of these heroes. I could say "you" and "your," because I'm addressing the heroes of whom I speak--you, the citizens of this blessed land. Your dreams, your hopes, your goals are going to be the dreams, the hopes, and the goals of this administration, so help me God."
Here are some quotes from President Reagan
- "Don't be afraid to see what you see." -Ronald Reagan
- "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free" -Ronald Reagan
- "Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit." -Ronald Reagan
- "I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves." -Ronald Reagan
- "I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life." -Ronald Reagan
- "Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." -Ronald Reagan
- "The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan
- "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help." -Ronald Reagan
- (one of my favorites) "To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone (Obama) will make things right is to go feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will." -Ronald Reagan
- "I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -Ronald Reagan
- "A nation without borders is not a nation" -Ronald Reagan
I am on the right scale of the spectrum when it comes to politics. I am very conservative. Anyone who knows the history of our government, would never vote to enlarge it. I will not vote for the murder of innocent souls in a mother's womb, I will keep my money, I will keep the right to pledge to my God, I will keep the right to bear arms, I will work hard for my money and choose for myself how to spend it, I will keep my freedom! Obama can keep his "CHANGE"