Wednesday, August 19, 2009

how do I know...

people read this?

I only write it for you. The only way I know how to tell is if I check that little "How many people think I rock" thing. PLEASE leave a comment to say what you think!

~Emilee

Sunday, August 16, 2009

BIRTHDAY WISHES:

I would like to dedicate this post to Jordyn.

Jordyn, you are one of my best friends.I admire your courage, your stubbornness and your sensibility - even if sometimes it annoys me.

You are a wonderful, amazing person, and I'm sure you'll be able to accomplish whatever you put your mind to, weather it's becoming a manga artist or learning japanese or anything else that might fascinate you.

You are beautiful, and have an amazing voice. I love your eyes! I've always loved blue eyes - you might think they're grey-ish, but I'll say they're blue 'till the day I die.

You are a hilarious person, I always have so much fun when I'm around you, weather we're washing dishes, using the computer, writing our story, feeding the chickens or just hanging out. You make me laugh =)

You are a fantastic artist. Your manga drawings look as real as the ones in the actual book. I'm sure it has something to do with that giant sketch pad... =) haha. Your regular ones aren't bad either.

I'm sure you will get over your driving-phobia ;) seeing as you can legally drive alone whenever you go get your license it should be a peice of cake! Or pie...

I think it's funny when people steal your hat, and I really do feel terrible for you, but I'll never go get it... I may kick the person extra-hard later, but I'm not going to chase down your hat...haha.

I love you! You are smart and wonderful and beautiful and amazing and all the things that make you great are yours and yours alone. There is no one like you, and I love that. I'll see you tomorrow for your birthday - Happy sixteenth!!!

~Emilee

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Epiphany...

Just read this off of my Grandpa's facebook;

Before you criticize someone you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when the time comes to criticize them, you are a mile away and you have their shoes.

So yeah, it's funny, but the first part, about seeing it from their perspective, makes sense. Maybe they don't KNOW how to be any different than the way they are, and yet you criticize them for it anyway? Do you see the problem here? I do. I'd like to formally apologize to anyone I have criticized who reads my blog - I'm sorry. I apologize for hurting your feelings. You are probably a wonderful person, and if I hurt you, I wish you can forgive me.

I'm reeeally forgetful...

To anyone who regularly checks my blog:
Thanks for being interested, sorry I'm so forgetful. I guess my life isn't really that interesting so, I'll just post some random cool things that are going on:

30 hour famine, this Saturday. Me and some friends are going to get together with our youth group to raise awareness for starving children, through world vision. World vision does a lot of things to help out starving people and 3rd world countries. This year their main focus is Malawi, Africa. So far we have raised around $1000 by group fundraisers. On Saturday, we will be helping in our community by painting and working at a day shelter, doing yard work at homes of some elderly and painting another location I haven't figured out the name of. We will be collecting donations, playing games to get food to donate, and fasting for 30 hours (hence the name "30 hour famine").

My two new friends! So I go to this thing every tuesday at the library, and two or three tuesdays ago it was a game day, so we were playing rockband (yes, rockband, in a library =D cool right) when this guy comes in to get on the computer. He randomly starts talking to us (Meagan, Amanda, Jordyn, Simon, Dakota and I) we randomly decide (Meagan and I) that he is our new bestfriend! We didn't figure out any actual information on him but we hugged him and stuff. Next week or so, my friend randomly goes "You know, I never got Addam's phone number..." and I go "Who's Addam?" And she gives me this weird look and goes "Bestfriend!?" So yeah, then my other friend is Kal who I met almost the same way except she was not given the title of bestfriend, and was introduced by Jordyn... so yeah.

Melody Lane! I start the first week after labor day weekend. Well I would... except we'll be in Texas... as far as I know anyway. But yeah, I'm in the teen group! The funny thing is, so I auditioned and Tony said that if I got in, they'd call the next day to confirm everything with my mother, okay? The next day, having forgotten... we do stuff and talk and randomly watch a melody lane dance performance, and I get sad because no one called. A couple months later, (Yes, MONTHS) We're watching that same video and I says something like "Too bad Melody Lane never called" And explain it to Meagan and my Mom, who just then decide to let me know "Hey! Emilee! Melody Lane called the next day! You're in!" Yeah. Thanks for the information?

Un-schooling convention. That would be in Texas... I don't know anyone there, I've never been, it's in TEXAS and the hotel is amazing. I was told that the teens there were wild and crazy just like me, but I'm finding it hard to believe. I guess we'll just have to wait and see... We leave on the 29th or 30th and guess what, a loud crazy, sometimes-violent family of 8 will be driving in a cooped up suburban, and I might get to drive some of the way! That last part = awesome! the first part = *crying in my emo corner of doom* I'm thinking about going onto the un-schooling convention thing's myspace to see some of the teens' myspaces.

Drumming and Skateboarding. So Drums, I was told I was allowed to take lessons! Haven't gone any further into that though, seeing as I don't have a drum set... but we'll look past that for a little longer. I can go back and forth on a skateboard, but am thinking I'll ask John or Kyle to teach me some moves.

Dancing! I've been getting really good, when I go to the dances, I always get to dance with the reeeaally good guys, and they know me by name and always compliment my dancing ^_^ Plus I've been learning the guy part to, so I can dance with the girls if there is a shortage of guys at the dances. They seem to appreciate it because, at least they get to dance =)

Turning 16! I know it's not for like... 3 months but hey! Why not start getting excited now!?!?! This year, I was planning on asking for money, only because it's 16, which means I can drive, so even if I don't get my own car (which would be sad ='( ) I'd still have to contribute to gas. But anything car-related would be great too ^_^

iPod... yeah that's officially broken. The top came off and the thing you plug the headphones into is all wonky. Only one works most of the time, if it decides to be really nice, I might get them both to work for a song or two.

CATS, I love Macavity the mystery cat... lol and I know all the words to Memory, it's my favorite, thinking of filming that for my youtube thing.

Volleyball! So yeah, usually I suck at sports because I'm kinda like, really self conscious and dislike sports, but I tried volleyball at our youth group because Meagan and Chris kept nagging me... I was good! I love volleyball! I won't like, go pro or anything, but I can serve, and I can spike and I can hit the ball over the net it a completely amazing way that forces everyone to dart for the ball the no one touches it because they think everyone else has it... therefore winning the game =)

That's pretty much it... if I think of anything else, I'll post again =)
~Emilee