Boredom stinks worse than a wet dog eating a gym sock.

True story. :D
So yeah, as you can see, right now, I am too bored for school. I can't seem to find much to do. I mean, I'm not upset, I get my car back today or tomorrow (yayy!) it's Friday, Laurel's going away tonight for a sleep over, and it's pretty outside. So since I am so bored, I thought I might share with you some pictures based off of Switchfoot songs (bet you didn't see that coming. :) )

Daisy:


My Love Goes Free:


Dare You to Move:

("Everybody's watching you now." get it?)

The Shadow Proves the Sunshine:



Lonely Nation:


American Dream/Lord, Save me from Myself:


Chem6a:


Ammunition:


Stars:

("maybe all my luck's washed down the drain.")

Meant to Live:

("Wondering why the world has passed him by.")

We Are One Tonight:

("I don't have a soul to trust in now with the whole world upside down")

So yeah, there you go.
*alldone!*

A heart made of gold can't really beat at all.

True story.
So as you can see, I changed my name yet again. I find that I do that a lot. I think it's because I like change. Things different. And I really like that phrase. Though a lot of people wouldn't get it, I thought it was catchy. It's based on Switchfoot song (big surprise). In order for you to understand though, we gotta do some learnin' here.

Faust:
This is the character in The Story of Doctor Faustus. It's this doctor (obviously) that makes a deal with Satan. He trades his soul for powers. Supernatural powers. He can do anything to anyone, anytime. He's a sick, twisted guy who basically wants revenge against a lot of people who have wronged him in the past. That's a good summary. If you don't like it, go here :
Doctor Faustus.

Midas:
So, you should know the story of Midas. He is a character in the Metamorphoses book XI. What follows has been copied from SparkNotes:
Thracian women attack Orpheus with stones. Orpheus protects himself by charming the rocks with his songs. But the women drown out his music and tear his body apart. Orpheus’s shade descends to the underworld, where he joins Eurydice. Bacchus punishes the Thracian women for their crime against Orpheus by transforming them into trees. In Asia Minor, Bacchus rewards King Midas for finding Silenus by offering him a wish. Midas asks for a golden touch. Everything Midas touches turns to gold, including food and drink. He soon realizes that this gift is a curse, and Bacchus agrees to take it away. Midas witnesses a music contest between Pan and Apollo. The god of Mount Tmolous judges Apollo the winner. Everyone agrees with this decision except Midas. Apollo punishes him by giving him donkey ears and departs to Troy.
To read more, go here: King Midas.
This would help a little as well, and is also copied from SparkNotes:
Midas - The Phrygian king. Midas has a golden touch, and he is a poor literary critic. Apollo punishes him by giving him donkey ears.

So yeah, basically, the song is showing something that we suffer from as well. Faustus wanted all the power, and Midas wanted riches. At the end of both the stories though, they found that what they had was miserable, accursed, and empty. They did not get the happiness that they wanted.
Basically, the moral is, these things are all empty. If you are to aspire to them, it will be in vain. People always beg and plead for money and power. It doesn't get them anywhere though. It's shallow. The only happiness you can have is through Jesus Christ.

So that's why I like it. There's meaning, there's purpose, and there's not emptiness. I think the world is too big to be as empty as it is. That's all I have. Hope you learned a little somethin' somethin'. Later.
*alldone!*

Don't worry, about a thing. Cause every little thing's gonna be alright.

Basically. So, I'm starting to realize more and more how hard it is to be a Christian. I mean, living for Christ is what I aspire to do, but I am still human, and I like to do things where only I benefit. It's really hard to always be happy, kind, gentle, and all that, and I'm realizing that more and more, and more. Then I realize, why stress? I know it's super easy to stress, because we want things to be perfect, but we're missing the picture. God's in control of everything. He's got a perfect plan. So whatever happens, it already is perfect. So I realize, why worry? Why stress? It's not going to fix the problem. It's not going to make things any better. Most importantly though, it's not glorifying God at all. I think that it's actually bringing Him shame. Worrying and stressing is just a waste of time and energy. Whatever happens, happens. There's nothing you can really do about it. All you can do is make light out of the subject. There's no good reason, ever, to be really stressy about something, at least in God's eyes. If you are going to worry about something, then you're not putting your faith in God. Think about it, if your focused about how this thing is going to work out and you're trying to fix it, then you're not putting your faith in God. That's a bad thing (yeah, I know, that sounded like a kindergardener. Well, it's late and I can't find something witty to say). Basically, I went through some awesome songs, and I pulled out some that help me whenever I'm down, not listed in any particular order.

1. Dare You To Move - Switchfoot.

2. Brand New Day - Fireflight.

3. When I Go Down - Relient K.

4. The Shadow Proves the Sunshine - Switchfoot.

5. All Around Me - Flyleaf.

6. Hold On - Stellar Kart.

7. We Are Broken - Paramore.

8. Awakening - Switchfoot.

9. So I Thought - Flyleaf.

10. The Cure For the Pain - Jon Foreman.

11. Never Alone - BarlowGirl.

12. It's Beautiful - Eleventyseven.

13. We Are One Tonight - Switchfoot.

14. Learning How to Die - Jon Foreman.

15. Devastation and Reform - Relient K.

16. Find Me Tonight - Everyday Sunday.

17. This is Your Life - Switchfoot.

18. Shine Like The Stars - Stellar Kart.

19. Replace Me - Family Force 5.

20. The Moon is a Magnet - Jon Foreman.

21. Who I Am Hates Who I've Been - Relient K.

22. Stars - Switchfoot.

23. Unbreakable - Fireflight.

24. Opposite Way - Leeland.

25. Live Like We're Alive - Nevertheless.

26. For the Moments I Feel Faint - Relient K.

27. Meant to Live - Switchfoot.


Yeah, those are some great songs. There are of course more, I just didn't have enough time to look through my whole iTunes library. Haha. So yeah, later.
*alldone!*

Woa-oahh bro.

Yeah, that's my saying when people drive crazy on the road.

So I thought I'd talk. I'm quite bored right now.
Okay, as we all know, music is the greatest thing to come along since macaroni and cheese.
Something else we all know is that I am on the hugest Switchfoot obsession to ever be known of by mankind. They are one of the coolest things, to me. I've been listening to them a lot lately, and I decided to go out and get Jon Foreman's Fall & Winter EP's. Wow, that's all I have to say about that. They are really good. So I was going to dig a teeny bit deeper. I went to his MySpace and I read his whole "about me" thing. He was talking about how a lot of the songs he writes are rather sad and a little depressing, and that that was puzzling him because he a really upbeat guy. Then he went on to say that he thinks happiness comes with celebration and jubilation and with others around to be happy with, and that it's easier to write sadder lyrics in solitude. I see that coming out a little more in his songs. There are the ones that are about love and God and salvation and his wife (which, those songs are not family-friendly enough to have on a Switchfoot album. hah) and things like that. Then there are the ones that are about rather sad things, like death, drugs, drinking, evils, and what such. But (yes, I just started a sentence with a conjunction. sue me) when I listen to those, it really gets me thinking about things. Why are we here? What am I going to do when I near my death? The sad things that we don't want to think about, but are really going to happen. Now granted, I know the answers to those questions, but there's a difference between knowing the answer, and understanding. Knowledge is something anyone can do, but understanding things is harder to do. It's hard to understand things that are deep. I believe the way you are able to understand the deep things is by a special revelation from God. So that's what I believe the difference is.

Okay, now that I've had my serious time, we have now come to the segment of the sho...er, blog, that's super upbeat. WOO!
So I've been watching some of those Switchfoot podcasts, and that's where most of my funny sayings have been coming from. So, if I'm talking to you and I say one of the following things, it's from a Switchfoot podcast:

1.*with British accent* "But mother! (father, father). But father! I'd rather, I'd rather...nope, nope, nope, cut that out. Not like that you won't."

2. "Yes! No! Yes! No! Bye! Cell! *giggles* Bye! Cell! No! No! No, don't do it!"

3. "Hello? *whipsers* Hello? Is anybody in there? *camera shakes in disagreement* *giggles* "Do you like my bass? *camera nods* Do you think it looks pretty? *camera nods* *giggles* "I love it when the camera talks. *camera nods*"

4. "Woo-ee! She'd make a train take to a dirt road." (That's my favorite.)

5. "You've got a dirty lens boy, get that dirty lens in here, you don't come in here talking with a dirty lens, you've got a dirty lens boy, you've got a freakin' filthy lens, FILTHY lens! *breathes on lens* Now you do have a filthy lens *takes lens off* Okay, now it's clean."

6. *with Arnold Schwarzenegger accent* "Meet the most powerful Mac notebook ever! More muscle without the mass! (softly) that's stupid."

7. "Sorry I'm awesome."

8. "What it does it it creates a siphon of multiplexing imagination and when the atoms and molecules get together they do crazy somersaults. Okay we'll just think of them as somersaults ok? Uhm...but in reality what's happening is the ions are dia--decting and pultiplecting. Diadecting and Pultiplecting. Bam! What they're doing is virtual somersaults."

So those are some, and then there are silly things that those dudes have done that I'd like to accomplish before I die, such as:

1. Ride a pig.

2. Try out for Canadian Idol, whether or not the auditions are open.

3. Feed a Joey (baby Kangaroo).

4. Slide head-first into bowling pins.

5. Go down waterslides with a camera.

6. Play the bass. (I know, not really silly, but it's still a life goal. XD)

That's about all. I gotta go do school now. Later!
*alldone!*

A little detail on the greatest night of this year so far.

So as you well know, because if you are reading this, I have made you well aware of it, I went to a Switchfoot show the other day.
This wasn't just any show, they were on tour with To Write Love On Her Arms.
It was really super duper awesome.
The people that was there were me, Celeste, dad, Caleb, Sara, Ryne, Janna, and Meg.
It was basically one of the coolest group of concert people ever.
So yeah, here's the story.

We had to ride with Caleb to fit Sara in the car.
After mixed up messed up directions, we get Sara and start heading towards Asheville.
Of course, we couldn't get there when doors opened, so we got there a little late, but hey, at least we didn't have to wait around.
So the opening band starts off, Civil Twilight, and I liked them, but dad and I were looking at the TWLOHA stuff.
My dad and the dude working it, Chris (he was hott) were talking about the whole organization, but that's a whole other blog.
So yeah, Sara and I were talking and the opening band got done and we were just sitting there until Sara was like "Look look! *points*" and there was Jamie Tworkowski.
That was really awesome.
So we talked to him for like 2 minutes cause he had to go talk and stuff, and then, the show started.
Oh my gosh.
And of course, we were on the side of the stage where Tim Foreman was.
Holy flying cow, he looked so beautiful, I would have guessed that he was sweating glitter.
So I decided to try to get a little closer to the stage and I ended up on the side where Romie was.
He totally looked, pointed, winked, and smiled at me during their set. Haha.
So it was a lot of fun, they did a great show, of course.
I mean, it's Switchfoot, what else do you expect?
So we had a lot of fun and it was like, basically one of the raddest things ever.

So the show was over, and we talked to Jamie some more and got pictures.

So yeah, then Caleb, me, Ryne, Janna, Meg, Sara, and Celeste started talking and Ryne said that Jon was going to be doing an acoustic show that was just him at like a club place.
We all really wanted to go, but it was up to dad.
At the end, the show wasn't really going to happen cause they had a plane to catch.
So yeah, then we heard in order to meet them we had to have a "Friends of the Foot" thing.
Well we waited around and this dude comes over and was like "How many in your group?"
We said "Six."
Then he goes "Six? Perfect, you guys are the next group."
For REAL?
We didn't even have passes!
AHH!
So we met them and Drew was the first one I talked to and the conversation went like this:
Drew: "Hey nice to meet you."
Me: "You too. My name is Cecelia."
"Cecelia?"
"Yeah."
"Sweet. I'm Drew."
"Yeah, I know" (stupid)
"Oh haha."
"Yeah, you're the funny one in all the podcasts."
"Haha, yeah."
So I moved onto Romie, then, TIMOTHY DAVID FOREMAN!!!!!!
AHH! OH GOSH OH GOSH OH GOSH!
So that was cool.
And so my dad was talking to the Foreman's about how we saw them a long time ago and about how much better they were and when they asked how long ago I said I was five, then they looked at me (ahh! haha) and were like "Wow!"
So yeah, it was sweeeeet.
Then we got a couple group photos

and as I was walking off Drew was like
"Bye Cecelia."
me: "bye Drew."
Drew: "Have fun in Italy."
me: *gives confused look*
Drew: "Are you not going to Italy?"
me: "No."
"Oh, I though you said you were going to Italy."
"Haha. Well, I am now."
"Okay, bye."
"Later."

Hahaha, he's awesome.
So yeah, we had tons of fun, then we went home and stuff.
So it was a blast.
Hope you laughed at least once reading this.
Later!
*alldone!*