Live It Well

Hey guys. Pretty much you can thank Kyle for this post. I read his blog...and this is the result. I actually have thought about this many times. If it depresses you, I'm sorry. I don't mean to be a downer. I'm just looking at the facts.

We're getting old. Ok, so not seriously old, but we're not really kids anymore. We're starting to figure out what colleges we want to go to, how many credits we need, and what we want to do "when we grow up." We're getting involved, figuring out what things we love, and going out and doing those things. It's high school. That's what our lives are all about. I don't know about you, but I'm big on making my high school memories the best I can. I don't want to remember sitting at home after school everyday. I want to remember the activities I planned and participated in. I want to be involved. I want to be with my friends.

Friends. That brings up another big thing. I love my friends. I don't know what I would do without them. I certainly wouldn't be who I am today. One thing that's been depressing me lately is...well, we don't have much time left. No matter how much I love you guys, no matter how hard we try to keep in touch...well, we're going to be moving on. Soon, actually. Too soon for my liking. I had to work hard to make the friends that I have today. I'm not looking forward to leaving them. I know a lot of you aren't big on the in-state college deal. I'm going to USU, of course. But I know others who want to get out of Utah. I see my dad, and his "best friends." How often do they talk now? Hardly ever. Once, maybe twice a year. These guys are his BEST friends. Maybe the correct word is "were." I don't remember who my mom was best friends with in high school. I don't know if I've ever even met them. We'll leave high school, we'll get new friends, get married, have kids. We'll move on with life. But this...what we're living right now, this is a once in a life time thing. We'll never be in the same position again, we'll never have the same opportunities, or the same friends. We'll never have the same personalities. Change is inevitable. It's going to come.

So what do we do to make sure we stay in touch? I'm not sure. But I know what we can do now. A lot of us...well, we're busy. All of us are, actually. But what do I suggest? Make time to be with friends. Some of us have jobs, all of us have hard classes, and plenty of extracurriculars. But please...please. Just make time for each other. Make time to watch movies, play night games...make time for being together. Make sure that we leave this stage of our lives with no regrets. If there's something you wanna do, do it. It's the time of your life, so live it well.

*corky*

There's Gotta Be More To Life...

Hey Guys, what's up? I'm starting a lot earlier tonight, so maybe I can get something written without falling over while I'm writing it. I was pretty much exhausted last night. I didn't do my english homework, that I thought was due today. Guess what, it's due Monday. YAY!! :D

Oh, Big News! For me and Kortney, at least. :D So, my aunt got me and my dad 4 tickets to the USU/BYU football game this Saturday. It was gonna be me, my dad, and 2 of my dads friends. One backed out, so I'm taking Kortney!! It's going to be so much fun! We both love football. She's a BYU fan, I'm a USU fan. My dad's a USU fan, and his friend is a BYU fan. We'll be evenly spread out. ;) Lol. I don't honestly think USU is gonna win, but it'll be fun anyway. Look for more about the game to come. :D

Umm...Dance News....Not a ton of time left! We only have a week! I'm so psyched! Kortney and I talked to Austin about it today. We were trying to figure out what we were doing for the activity, the guys won't tell us! Austin said that most of it was a surprise, but we're probably going 4-wheeling. FUN!!! I'm gonna say it again: I'm so psyched!!

Tomorrow...hmm...not much going on. Kortney has to work, and then after that she and Jaron are going on a date with Alan and Melissa. So basically...I'll be home. Movie night, anyone?

Oh, for english, we've been assigned an essay!! YES!! I'm so happy, you have no idea! I'm writing about imagination. So that's going to be great. Maybe, depending on how good it is, I'll post it when I'm finished. But that won't be for a few weeks.

Oh my gosh, September is almost over. And then guess what?! It's October!! Halloween time! I love Halloween, I must say it's probably one of my favorite holidays. I mean, haunted corn mazes, haunted houses, costumes, movies like Hocus Pocus, trick-or-treating, candy, orange, black, little kids in cute costumes, and that crisp fall feeling. How can you not like that?! I mean, I know that Jaron, Trevor, and Kortney (I think..) are big chickens and are afraid of haunted houses...to me that's just sad!! I love getting scared, and I love the Halloween-y feeling. :D I can't wait. I'm even going trick-or-treating. And I don't care what you say, I'm NOT too old!! 9th grade I didn't go...man, that year sucked. Lol. Oh man. I love Halloween.

The Alliance is coming along nicely. It gets better every day. I'm still trying to figure out something I can add to it. I need to sit down and just write...I need more time!! Maybe I'll get something written tonight...

I have YW volleyball tonight. I'm excited, I love volleyball. Sometimes the girls are annoying, but I love playing so much...it doesn't matter. Even though we don't always win...as long as I get to play, and I play the best I can...and I love the "workout." It's not a huge thing, but it feels good. :D

Hey, wanna hear a good song? Listen to For You I Will(Confidence) By Teddy Geiger. It's a great song.

I'm going to start a "Weekly Verse" from the BOM. Yes, I stole the idea from Nathan. :D This weeks verse is...ok, so it's actually a chapter. But it's short. Only 6 verses. Everyone go read Ether 5. It's really good. The chapter heading says "Three witnesses and the work itself shall stand as a testimony of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon." Read it.

Seminary tomorrow morning! Score!

Alright, well that's it for now! 3rd blog in a row...Go Me!!

As we say at volleyball...."Ahhh...shake shake shake shake! WHAT!!"
*corky*

2 In A Row?!

GASP!! I'm posting two days in a row?! Can this really be?! Lol. Yes, it's true. :D Don't expect too much tho, because it's getting late and I need to get to bed. (Yes, Thatcher. 10 is late. I'm sleepy.)

Today was...odd. I felt off all day. I guess...maybe it was the effects of not going to seminary this morning. Maybe that threw my day off. Or maybe it was the three hours of testing. Or maybe a combination of the two. Any ideas?

Oh man, I'm so tired. I thought I could write something tonight, but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen. So I promise, I'll get something hopefully good up tomorrow.

Sweet Dreams.
*corky*

I Saved The Last Dance For You

Beginning the seemingly required post about the region dance...NOW! Hee hee hee.

*2 days later* sorry, guys. I meant to write something...I got busy with umm....ok, you caught me! I had nothing to do, I just didn't feel like writing. :D

I'll start off by saying that the region dance was AMAZING. If you didn't go to it, you should have. It was awesome. The music was great, the dancing was great, the people were great. I love region dances. You don't have to worry about the nasty stuff that happens at school dances. You're in a church gym, and usually the music's pretty good. And guess what!! Only 32 days 'til the next one!! Score!! I'm gonna be going to region dances until they tell me that I can't. :D Even if everyone else stops going, I'll be there!! As Nick would say, Score it, Skippy!!!

Speaking of school dances, homecoming is fast approaching. Almost everyone is going, and I have a feeling that it's going to be excellent!! I'm going with Austin, which is awesome. There is the whole height thing, but other than that it should be great. I bought tall shoes. ;) I know that Stuart and Molly, Jaron and Kortney, Peter and Aubrey are all in our group. There's probably someone else in it too, but I dunno. Stuart won't tell me and Kortney what we're doing. I can't decide if I like secrets or not!!! lol.

Oh gosh, Homework really is piling up this year. There's so much to do and so little time!!

Iowa testing tomorrow and Thursday...boo for standardized testing... That means no early morning seminary. Which brings mixed emotions. On one hand, I'm gonna love the extra sleep, a full hour!! Score!! On the other hand, I'm going to miss early morning seminary. That's sorta depressing.

There's another blog on my list over there. -----> Everyone check out Nathan's blog. It's lots of fun. :D

It's club rush week. Everyone join a club.

Oh, yeah. Almost forgot, The Taylorsville Alliance is now up and running, and it's amazing. Check it out. Add to it, make it better. There's a link over there. ---->

Umm...anything else? Nope...I think I'm good!!

Have a nice day, TCIT!!
*corky*

#20

Hey guys, I realize I haven't posted in a very long time. I promise, one is coming...sometime. I think.... In other news, This is post #20. Yay me! I have a dress for homecoming, I answered Austin today. That was pretty cool, if I do say so myself. :D Homework is piling up higher than it ever has before...yup. That's about it. I promise, something...well, I won't say good..is coming. :D
*corky*

Oh My Goodness

Aw man, yesterday was just...wow. Oh so cool. FIRST of all, Kortney got asked to homecoming! YAY!!! And then there was after school, I was kinda hyper. :D So Samantha, and Melissa, and Trevor, and Jaron, and me....we were all messing around, playing secret agent and such, and then we decided to go to Iceberg. Haha. So we go to Iceberg, Melissa and Sam ordered, got their food, and left. So it's me, Trevor, and Jaron. So we hung out at Iceberg for awhile. Like..an hour and half. It was so much fun. We had all ordered Lime Rickeys, and watching Jaron and Trevor eat the limes was soooo funny!! Especially Jaron, who apparently can't handle sour stuff. Oh man, I got a picture of it on his phone, too. Priceless, I'm tellin ya. Jaron just ordered a medium or something, but me and Trevor ordered the biggest size there was. Which was HUGE. :D And so between the soda, and the laughing, my stomach hurt pretty badly by the time I got home. Mostly it was just the muscles in my stomach that hurt, I was laughing that hard. Then I get home, and surprise, surprise, Jaron and Trevor are both online!! So I talked to them for awhile. And that was good fun. But backtracking to right after school, Kortney wanted to go to the football game at Hunter, and she had asked me and Jaron to go with her. We ended up inviting Trevor too. So Jaron didn't know where Hunter was, so he came over to my house, and Kortney came and got us. We met Trevor at the game. And we had lots of fun. I saw Annie, and I hadn't seen her since...9th grade. And we all avoided a girl named Sarah. Haha, that was funny. :D After the game (we lost 40-0) Jaron was hungry. I had tried to feed him at my house, but apparently at that point he wasn't hungry. Lol. Jaron is ALWAYS hungry. ;) So we went to Wendy's. Guess who works at Wendy's. Go on, guess. Heidi works at Wendy's. Yup. That Heidi. It was sorta weird. But that's ok. :D So we all got food, and at about 10:10, we headed home. Oh, Trevor drove me to Wendy's and Kortney drove Jaron. Oh my gosh, that was funny. Trevor....makes me laugh. :D Lol. :P Anyway, I got home at about 10:16, and I crashed. I was so tired, I went straight to bed and was asleep in about 5 seconds. A very good day yesterday, everything good happened. And I laughed harder than I have in a long, long time.
Wow.
*corky*

As Lovers Go

Ok, It's Homecoming Time. Yup, everyone is either a) getting asked, b) asking, or c) planning on being asked/asking. So here's a song to inspire everyone.

Dashboard Confessionals
As Lovers Go

She said I've got to be honest, you're wasting your time if you're
fishin' around here
And I said You must be mistaken, I'm not foolin' this feelin' is real
She said You've gotta be crazy! What do you take me for? Some
kind of easy mark?

No, you've got wits, you've got looks, you've got passion
But I swear that you've got me all wrong
All wrong
All wrong
You've got me

I'll be true, I'll be useful, I'll be cavalier, I'll be yours my dear
I'll belong to you if you just let me through

This is easy as lovers go, so don't complicate it by hesitating
This is wonderful as loving goes
This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?

I said I've got to be honest, I've been waiting for you all my life
For so long I thought I was asylum bound
But just seeing you makes me think twice
And being with you here makes me sane
I fear I'll go crazy if you leave my side

You've got wits, you've got looks, you've got passion but are you
Brave enough to leave with me tonight
Tonight
Tonight
You've got me

I'll be true, I'll be useful, I'll be cavalier, I'll be yours my dear
And I'll belong to you if you just let me through

This is easy as lovers go so don't complicate it by hesitating
And this is wonderful as loving goes
This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?

This is easy as lovers go so don't complicate it by hesitating
And this is wonderful as loving goes
This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?

This is easy as lovers go so don't complicate it by hesitating
And this is wonderful as loving goes
This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?

*corky*

you sing a sad song just to turn it around

Daniel Powter Bad Day

Where is the moment we need at the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' on

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day

(Oh.. Holiday..)

Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well oh that strong
And I'm not wrong

(yeah...)

So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You've seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day