So I haven’t written anything here since before I went to Washington DC. I have to say, that was very fun. I made a lot of friends, but I’m not going to get into very comprehensive details. At least not right now– I have to go to bed in a little bit. I just wanted to get something written here before I forgot.

Last night I went to a Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Secondhand Serenade concert. Two things: RJA is kinda not that great in concert (but still not terrible), and John Vesely (Secondhand) has chicken legs (or at least that’s what it looked like from where I was). Last time I only saw like half of a Secondhand song. This time I got three. One day I’ll be able to stay for a whole concert. One day! Haha

This weekend I’m going on an all-youth retreat with my youth group to Kelly’s Island! I’m so excited! We’re leaving at 4:30 tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be so nice. 75+ (which is so great for Ohio, haha). Woo! I don’t know what else to write about that… just thought I’d share my excitement.

I bought my prom dress. It was like $127, which I guess isn’t THAT bad, but it’s still very expensive for my blood. Compare that to my $5 shoes. (; I love Payless. The dress shopping was pretty much Hell, though. I only ever want to do it like 3 more times in my life… MAX! My prom next year, POSSIBLY Josh’s senior prom, and my wedding. That’s IT!

Um, well yeah. That’s all I have for now. Sorry for the lack of excitement. I’ll write something else after the retreat! Laaahhhvvvv yoouuuuuu! (Actually, I only really like you guys, sorry. ;D )

The cutest and semi-most embarrassing thing happened yesterday. My boyfriend and I went to hang out and he took me to a park, and I was like, “Hmm I wonder why we’re here, considering it’s raining?!” He was like, “Why not?” So we sat under the pavilion for a while and talked and he said we should have a picnic sometime. I was like, “Yeah, but it’s kinda cold today. Maybe after I get back from DC?” So he was like, sure, why not? A few seconds later my friend Lula comes up carrying this hefty picnic basket with this huge smug look on her face and I was like… OHHH MAN, I feel dumb! So I open the basket and there’s a flower on top and I go, “This is NOT a daisy!” (The day before, Lula had asked me what my favorite flower was, and I told her it was a daisy, but I already told Josh that.) Josh was like, “Sorry! She didn’t tell me. ):” But I was totally kidding so it was all good. And then he goes EHEMM and points in the basket and there’s this blue paper with white letters glued on it that says “PROM?” I was like YES!! Haha so cute. Then we ate cheese and crackers and apples and brownies. Gooood dinner. Haha. I felt like an idiot, because Lula had been in the van the whole time, just laying in the back and I had no idea. But it was still sooo cute. (:

On another note, due to some recent comments, I’ve started to wonder what appeals to people in a layout. So I’m taking a basic poll so I know what kind of layouts you like. I wish I had some sort of rating system for the layouts, but unfortunately, this is the best I can do. If you want to comment with your favorite layout style (of mine, preferably), that would be awesome as well.

What’s More Important in a Layout? The stylesheet / coding The background They’re both equally important

…before the sun rises today.

That’s totally irrelevant, but I absolutely love that quote. It’s from the song “If I Am” by Nine Days. Listen to it, because it’s absolutely amazing.
Anywho, the reason for posting. I’m so very excited! Next week is my spring break, and although I’m not doing anything, I’m really pumped to chill out for a while. I’m going to have to do a lot of homework during it, though, because you know why?! I’m going to Washington D.C. the week after. So that means I technically get a two week spring break… but really I’m just skipping a whole week. Here’s how it all works out:

The American Civics Center is an organization that arranges for students from various states to experience Washington D.C. for one week. There are a lot of planned activities, and they’re pretty much all educational. It helps to learn more about the government and whatnot. It’s intended for seniors taking a government class, but I guess they couldn’t get enough people to go, so Mrs. McCoy, the teacher who is organizing most of it, extended it to juniors. The best part of it is that it’s free! Normally it would cost somewhere around $1200 to go, but due to some special circumstances that I won’t get into, the 9 of us get to go for free, most expenses paid.

I had never even heard of Mrs. McCoy until all of this got started. My friend Lula is in her psychology class and she got to go. When a few of the people’s applications or whatever you want to call them fell though, Lula told her that I might be eligible for the trip. So she pulled me out of Spanish class and talked to me about it, and I had to rush and get information made available the next day, but everything worked out. I leave on March 28th. I’m so very excited, you guys… you don’t even get it. Haha. We’re flying there… in an actual plane. That is EPIC for me. I’ve never flown before, never ridden in a subway (which I will also be doing), and I’ve never even been out of Ohio besides going to Myrtle Beach twice when I was wayyy younger.

To top that off, I’m going to Wisconsin and Chicago for on Memorial Day weekend with my church’s youth choir. We’re performing for a sister church in Wisconsin and then just exploring Chicago for a day because we can. Woo! This year is sooo the best. I mean, high school has been a total joke up until this year. By far, this is my favorite. I have the best friends, the most fun, the most stuff to do, the most opportunities. Ugh, I’m just so bubbly and happy!

I should probably stop before I make you guys throw up from all the happy bubbly reading. (; Laterrr!

So, it’s finally done. I’ve wanted to make my site a little easier to manage for a while now and I finally got around to it. I set everything up in Wordpress so it’s sort of a one step change if I want to redo anything. If I want to change a link on the sidebar, for example, all I have to do is edit one file and bam, there it is. No messing around with stupid directories and uploading a file to each one. It makes me excited. For those of you who don’t know at all what I’m talking about, take my word for it: it’s awesome. (: Speaking of awesome: new theme? I like it. It’s sort of simple, yet sort of not. But at the same sime, it’s sort of not like what anyone else has, and at the same time STILL, it’s … well I can’t think of another word. It’s functional though. I love functionality. ;P

Anywho, I really feel like just randomly blabbering on and on, so if you’re not interested, you can stop here. If you do happen to give a crap, or if you’re just mildly curious, skip to the next paragraph, because this one looks way too short. I just have to fill it up. Hah, I love being hyper in the mind.

I can’t remember having any fabulous dreams since the last one I wrote about. (If you didn’t read it, I can’t help ya. /: It’s on the old Wordpress, and I probably won’t post it again. Unless… hmm I just had a brainstorm. I’ll work on that later.) I do remember a tiny bit of a really weird one, though. I was sitting on my couch with my friend Tyler and we were unrolling wrapping paper or something like that. And, before I go on, I have to tell you: a lot of my dreams involve toilets in random public places. It creeps even me out, so yeah… ew. But anywho, the “bathroom” was just a toilet with a shower curtain around it next to the couch, and I really had to go. The shower curtain was kind of ripping though and it was hanging and I go, “Mom! The shower curtain is ripping!” And Tyler comes up (I’m already… um… yanno… toilet…) and pulls up the curtain and goes, “PEEK-A-BOO!” Oh my, oh my. That was just about the most humiliating thing that has ever happened. I’m so glad it didn’t really happen… But I really thought it did at the time.

*/Here starts another random topic/* I hate it when people ask me what my favorite movie is. I never really have an adequate answer. Scratch that; I never really had an adequate answer before. Now I do. (: I saw Freedom Writers for the first time a few weeks ago, and I watched it again just now. That is probably the most intense movie I’ve ever seen. I cried both times. What can I say, I’m a sap. Same goes for A Walk to Remember. That is an amazing movie as well. And I still always cry. So there it is… an adequate answer. That makes me happy. I hate being caught answerless. D:

Ah, I love giving pointless information. Hopefully someone likes receiving it. (; [Btw, this blog title is from Freedom Writers, or at least relating to it, so it's not totally random.]

My friend Josh writes a lot of poems. He wrote one that really caught my attention, and it really inspired me. It was all about summer sunrises and sunsets. I edited some pictures to show what I thought of when I read the poem, and here they are:

The last one is my favorite.
Here’s what I’d like for you guys to do. It’s totally optional, but if you want to, pick a song, a poem, a quote, anything that inspires you and make something out of it. Post it in a comment, but make sure you give me some way to contact you. I’ll put my 5 favorites up in my next blog along with links to your profiles/sites, as long as you want the link there.
I don’t really know who will do this, so if it’s an epic fail, so be it. I just want to see what inspires you. (: