Random Thought

I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas, because I contributed to the greenhouse affect, which is melting polar ice caps. We're melting the North Pole where Santa Clause lives; he's mad.


I've been looking for those lyrics since I got the CD (Let It Snow Baby, Let It Reindeer) last Christmas. <3 Relient K

Peace, (and amour I suppose)
Katie

Currently Listening: I Celebrate The Day - Relient K

Six Word Memoir

So I saw this on Stephen Christians blog, basically its your memoir in 6 words.
Being only 15 I feel like I might now have enough experiences to preform this task in full but I will do my best:
another lonely soul finding her place
hm... so, people that I happen to read this, (whether I send it to you or not) what's your six word memoir?

peace,
~Katie

CURRENTLY LISTENING: You Found Me; The Fray; The Fray

Family

Here's another part to the story =)

Family
"Hey Alex." I heard a voice pulling me back into consciousness. "Alex! Wake up!"
"Humph…" I sighed in response, "what day is it?"
"Sunday, approximately six am. We have to get over to that kids church on Fifth Ave by nine." James answered, sounding pleased with himself for getting me up.
"And you're waking me up at six because....?"
"Its five miles away and I figured we could get some food."
"Oh good point. Okay I'm up now!" I pulled myself into a sitting position wrapping myself in my tattered sleeping bag. "How much do we have left from yesterday?"
"Three dollars and... fifty three cents" James replied counting change in his palm. "What do you feel like having? The world is ours!" He snickered at that last part and I couldn't help but grin.
"Um... lets start walking."
And off we went. We ended up stopping at a little cheap diner along the way, but that's not important. After two years on the street (and the squatter house where Mike and Hallie lived) we pretty much knew where the cheapest places to eat are.
By eight we were in front of the church, feeling strangely lost. Until we heard a familiar voice:
"Alexandria! James!" we turned at the sound
"Hello there Adam" I said brightly. I felt extremely out of place in my torn jeans and old navy blue sweatshirt next to him in his crisp fresh jeans and suit jacket.
"Come here," he said leading us into the tiny church. "My mom wants to talk to you, she is the director of music for the church."
"Uh... Why does she want to talk to us?" James asked.
"Well.." Adam looked a little uncertain. "I told her that you guys were musicians, and I just figured that you were Christians. And she was wondering if you would play something at the service today." He laughed a little. "I thought she was going to have a heart attack when I told her you lived on the streets."
"Um..." I said
"Oh, I'm sorry, do you guys mind singing today?" He looked sad now, wow this kid changed emotions fast.
"No not at all," I said quickly catching James' eyes who nodded at me. "We'd be honored"
"Okay." Now Adam led us into a small hallway, and through a door that said: "Maryam Dumont Music Director"
"Mom?" Adam said knocking on the door and opening it. The door swung open to reveal a young (maybe 30?) Asian woman talking on the phone. I quickly looked at Adam, with his blond hair, green eyes and European features, then at his mom with her black hair, dark brown eyes and Asian features. I guess my reaction read on my face because Adam leaned in to me and said "I'm adopted". Opps, guess I'm easier to read than I thought
The woman (Maryam?) hung up the phone and turned to face us. She looked surprised at first, but then realized who we were.
"Oh! You must be Alexandria and James!" she said with a big grin. "Adam has told me so much about you. "I'm Maryam, Adam's mother." We exchanged greetings and shook hands.
"So," Maryam said, sounding official. "Adam's father and I were wondering if you two would play a song at the service today."
"We would love to." I said with a grin.
"Okay, well I'll let you two decide.
James and I shared a look and nodded. "Have you ever heard of Jon Foreman?" James asked
"Ah yes, I'm a big Switchfoot fan" Maryam replied.
"How about his solo stuff? We were thinking of playing Your Love Is Strong."
"Sounds good!" Maryam replied. "Ah its getting close to starting time, why don't you two take a seat in the front?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We sat in the front pew in the hall. Feeling better and more in place. Adam was dressed up for something after church. Half way through the Pastor (Maryam's husband Timothy) looked our way.
"Now it is my great pleasure to welcome up to the stage James and Alexandria, who are friends of my son Adam."
We walked up guitar in hand, I for one was shaking with nervousness. We started singing and I let the music surround me, suddenly the room disappeared, and I was just in peace. Two things You told me, that You are strong and You love me, yes You love me. I don't know about James, but I definitely felt like a star. Then it was over. People clapped and we walked back to our seats, once again Alexandria and James, homeless on the streets of New York in a small church on Fifth Avenue.


~Katie

In Awe

So I wrote a little bit of a story, inspired by Under The Overpass by Mike Yankoski
more to come later:

The small group walked up, and I continued playing, and singing, while now watching them with mild curiosity. One boy saw me and my companion playing and wandered over. "You are holy" James sang and I echoed as he approached. We finished the song on a flat note and James cursed as he retuned. "We’re not going to get any money for dinner if this damn guitar won’t stay in tune."
"Stop cursing, " I said to him. "You should know better. "
"Ah sorry Alexandria. " He replied, sounding a little like a child who knew he had done wrong. I suppose this needs a little explanation. James is my brother. When we were young our parents died leaving us with relatives. My aunt Jean and younger cousin Michelle to be exact. Now I got along okay with Michelle, she was only two at the time and I was fifteen. James was sixteen (only nine months older than me) and he got along with no one. When he was eighteen he left. When I was eighteen aunt Jean died leaving me Michelle and a small inheritance (barely enough to stay afloat for a year). I left Michelle with her grandmother and went off to find James.
After a few years of searching I finally found him on the streets of New York. No, he wasn’t a druggie, or an alcaholic, he just couldn’t find work. By this time the inheritance had run out. I had my guitar, and he had his and I had a vast knowledge of Worship songs. We started playing for our suppers and trying to find work. Work never came. Its a year later, in the middle of an economic crisis and we are still here.
The boy still hadn’t moved. We started the song "Praise and Adore" by Wavorly, letting the music fill us and take us somewhere else. I can not stand and deny You created life, and some live without it. The song ended with a ringing note. He was still there. I turned to James
"What day is it? " I asked. You lose track of the days and weeks on the street sometimes.
"Its Saturday, December 24th, 2005" The boy finally said something. His friends were standing watching us with mild interest and concern.
"Thanks kid, " James said turning to me. "Church tomorrow. "
"We shouldn’t go back to the place we were last week. "
"Yeah I know, they got pretty mad when we showed up. I wonder why…"
"I think it was just the fact that we showed up. " I said thinking aloud. "The way the lady looked at us. " I sighed. "Where do you suppose we go?"
"You can come to my church." The boy spoke again. "I’m Adam." He fell silent again.
"Thats very nice of you Adam. Where is your church?"
"At the corner of First street."
"Okay see you tomorrow morning." James said. He was mysteriously quiet throughout the exchange, and that wasn’t like him. I would have to talk to him later.
The boy – Adam – walked back to his friends, and they stood around for a moment and talked. I watched as they started walking back towards a restaraunt when suddenly Adam turned and ran back towards us.
"Hey – How much do you guys need for dinner?" He asked pulling out a wallet.
"Oh don’t both –" I started but James cut me off by putting his hand over my mouth.
"I don’t know, maybe five dollars? We found a pretty good place that sells deli sandwiches for one dollar and fifty cents each" James told Adam. I watched in amazement as this teenager – he couldn’t be more than sixteen, pull out a ten spot and put it in my guitar case. Ten dollars! We hadn’t seen that much money for months! We thanked him again and again, he just kept saying it was no problem, or his pleasure. A thought came to me, how come this kid who probably doesn’t have a job will give us ten dollars, yet men and women who make five hundred thousand dollars a year won’t even give a penny.
We watched Adam walk away, then got up and headed towards the deli, in awe.

Tonight

I love days off of school, I get so much done, and yet I do nothing! Like today for example, I cleaned my room. Yesterday my room was a mess of clothes, books, movies, and tissues (stupid allergies and such) and today everything is put away, and I can THINK!!!! I was about to go downstairs with a book (Under The Over Pass by Mike Yankoski) (good book, I'm half way done with it) but instead I have to go to a Dr's app with my dad. Oh well, the book will be there when I get home. And even though I did this cleaning, I still didn't study for Chemistry (I'll have to do that when I get home....) or finish my english essay. Its a double edged sword. But at least now I can think without my brain tring to work through all the clutter. Thats a nice change!

I added music to the bottom; Dreamer, Tonight, Do You Feel, Headlights, Decode, and Find Me Tonight.

PEACE!
~Katie

Currently Listening: Tonight - FM Static - Critically Ashamed

100 things you didn't know about me

well, Jon Schneck has made a list, and im pretty sure Sarah has made a list. So heres my list of 100 random things you might not have known about me:

1) when i was 4 i went to super summer at the church i joined a month ago
2) last monday was my 1 month anniversary of going to my church
3) today (halloween) is my one year anniversary of being on lobh
4) i love relient k christmas music
5) i used to really like disney music
6) especially the music from the movies, like pixel perfect and i dont even remember any more
7) ive known my best friend for over half of my life
8) i could be seeing anberlin right now
9) jon foreman isnt my hero. Jamie from TWLOHA is
10) i have like 5 half-siblings, but i only really know 2 of them
11) I hated Meant To Live when i first heard it
12) i used to play the clarinet, and the violin
13) i used to be stupid. Literally, i was not smart at all
14) i can knit a little, crochet a little, and sew a tiny bit
15) i used to be obsessed with harry potter, now i just like it a little
16) ive never seen star wars
17) ive never seen or read lord of the rings
18) ive been told i need to see star wars and lord of the rings (and treasure planet)
19) i love camp fires
20) i used to be fairly preppy, but then i met my current friends =)
21) i thought talking to people ive never met before online was creepy, then i went on LOBH
22) i dressed up as jon foreman, and no one believed me
23) ive always wanted to dye my hair, i hate blonde
24) twenty four oceans......
25) ^that wasnt a fact
26) ive had 2 best friends who i can no longer stand to talk to, talk about, or think about
27) anberlin might be replacing switchfoot as my favorite band
28) i LOVE the fray. I cant wait for their new CD
29) i got my friend hooked on RENT
30) RENT is my favorite movie
31) I quote song quotes randomly
32) and people dont know what im talking about
33) i daydream a lot
34) i also space out a lot
35) ive had teachers not like me because i space out and then answer their question correctly
36) ive never really had a good english teacher, math teacher, or history teacher (save my history teacher this year)
37) that agitates me
38) i like to use big words like agitate and entropy
39) my goal is to finish 50 before i go to bed
40) i am a echo i am heard but never seen
41) okay that^ wasnt me, thats ryan key
42) i used to argue about what number was better 42 or 24
43) and what color was better, blue or purple
44) blue and 24 FTW
45) i never knew what FTW or Epic Fail meant before i met Travis
46) I dont like choosing things like favorite friend or family member
47) i hate chemistry but love science
48) i havent seen a lot of classic movies, and it drives my friends nuts
49) i swear, one day theyre just going to force me to watch star wars and the goonies or something i dont even know!
50) last year i survived my classes thanks to my friends
51) I'm pro-life
52) not radically, i just think there are other options to abortion
53) I over think a lot
54) Im reading this really good book, its called Under The Overpass and its by Mike Yankoski
55) i hate sports
56) i used to ride horses, but now im allergic
57) im not that much of a people person
58) i'd die without my ipod
59) Lately, ive really been getting into the song Tonight by FM Static
60) im going to cross culture in an hour!!!!
61) I dont like it when people read over my shoulder
62) especially when its on the computer
63) my mom is reading this over my shoulder
64) its really annoying
65) im done ranting about that now
66) I have 2 dogs
67) I really like Mythbusters
68) I dont watch much TV
69) I miss my out-of town friends
70) i want to move to seattle
71) that or northern California
72) i've been at my church for a month, and i didnt know what kind of church it was until 2 weeks ago
73) so far this list has taken me 3 days
74) cept i didnt work on it yesterday
75) the trunk or treat was so much fun!
76) as was nicoles party
77) i didnt like facebook until i joined it
78) 18 months ago i didnt know what youtube was
79) i used to write songs a lot, but i dont really anymore
80) i should start writting songs again
81) i love reading
82) i like drawing too, but im not that good
83) my room has no windows
84) instead it has a ton of pictures and collages and posters on the walls
85) i still have the "emo feesh" my friend made last year
86) i have 2 fake metals, one from french in 7th grade and one from the trunk or treat yesterday
87) i didnt know there was a such thing as umami until a second ago
88) i like alton brown's shows
89) i am a proud supporter of TWLOHA
90) I got blue/green plaid sheets today =)
91) im allergic to most animals and outdoor stuff
92) i was out of my room for a month over the summer, cuz of flooding and mold
93) my mom keeps randomly stopping her crocheting and reading this
94) its really annoying
95) i get mad and annoyed easily
96) im good at hiding feelings
97) im always tired
98) i hate my powerpoint class, mostly the people in it
99) i have a wordpress blog too, but its never updated
100) i didnt think i'd make it to one hundred



3 days, a lot of thinking, and 100 random facts later

Do You Feel?

Say what you mean
and not because someone said it

you tell me to live

we were meant to live

the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair

let your waves crash down on me
and take me away

we all have our things
and I can get past these things

maybe our stars are unanimously tired

at least we made it
cuz it aint far to go from here

-Katie

currently listening: my thoughts and the clicking of the keys as I type

Say What You Mean

Man, I don't know how to start this.
So today was the Pancreatic Cancer walk in Boston, and my mom had put together a team composing of most of my family and her friends family. In 4 cars we headed out, 21 people in total. My mom and my uncle walked 2 miles (my mom sprained her ankle and my uncle has a bad back) and everyone else walked the 4 mile. Well it was TIRING!! And I'm almost positive that it was more like 5 miles, cuz there was this part at the end where we had to loop around the castle (we were on Castle Island) and it was longer than the beginning. Does that make sense? Eh... I guess you had to be there ;D (and you should be there next year =P) (unless you live out of state haha)
Oh another thing!!! a few days ago I started crocheting, and I'm going to try to make a bag for my friend Sarah =) she made me fingerless gloves a few weeks ago, and they came in last week so I want to make her something for Christmas (I'm thinking of making other boardies Christmas presents... But idk, depends on how long this takes)
I also started this fuzzy thing, which is turning out really badly, cuz the yarn is messed up but It should come out not-too-bad =)
Yeah, I should send Sarah the pictures of the yarn...

-Katie

currently listening: what ever my mom is watching on TV

So In This Hour...

Heh its been a while...
The leaves have started to change colors :D i took some pictures for my friend Amylynne cuz apparently California doesn't get pretty colors like New England does.
I was bored one night, so i checked Matthew Thiessen's blog and clicked on the video he posted. It was for the song Do You Feel by the Rocket Summer. It's a really good song, so I bought the CD and now im obsessed :D
Also, Anberlin's new CD New Surrender came out last week. Its really good, I've been listening to both NS and DYF for the past few days. Haha my life is dominated by music
Hm... what else?
I don't know...
Oh yeah, I'm going to change the "Lyrics Of The Moment". I'm not sure what they're going to be yet, but I'm thinking The Rocket Summer...

peace,
Katie

Currently Listening: A Song Is Not A Business Plan - The Rocket Summer - Do You Feel

Chai Coffee and Allergies

I dont like allergies
and chai coffee is surprisingly good.
and i have headlights stuck in my head again

hehe my dog is sleeping next to me, hes so fluffy j'adore lui
(/french)

OH i was going to go on a trip with my school to california, but it was too much and the deposit is due in like, a week.
so instead i might go to france for 2 weeks in april as an exchange student (yea, theyre exchanging me for a french person. go figure) so im kinda happy about thatttt
and i was gona say something else but i forgot it

oh well, i need to go help my mom with the groceries

peace,
Katie

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh I'm Moving Forward

so everyday starts with a magic spark
i got my hopes high with the second start
we are miracles
every breath is magic
so you give yourself away with your miracle heart
oh just to be alive is a magic art
we are miracles
every breath is magic

wtf disney? that should have gone:

yeah this is home
and im finally where i belong
where i belong
yeah this is home
ive been searching for a place of my own
now ive found it
maybe this is home

/anti-disney rant

yeah i really had nothing to say

currently listening: NOTHING HAHA

No I'm Not ADD I'm Tired

So at this moment in time I am exhausted and I still have to read The Scarlet Letter
meh that book is boring

I haven't listened to my iPod on shuffle for a while... Right now its playing The Beautiful Letdown by Switchfoot (listen... NOW)

So this is soposed to be a journal right? well here are my thoughts at the present moment...

let us sing one true tune
i need sleep
feels like I dont belong here
stay up and watch mythbusters or go to bed?
aw the song ended...
OH OCEAN AVENUE
no im not ADD im tired
lalala if i could find you nowwww

okay, this got boring a while ago

peace, (and love i guess... whatever)
(HAHA whatever reminds me of history today... KAY ISLAND AND LOWERCASE CITY!!!!)
(*dead*)

~Katie

Currently Listening: Ocean Avenue: Yellowcard: Ocean Avenue

Newness all around

whoot! im kinda sick of wordpress, so i figured i'd start a blogspot, cuz a lot of people have one (matt thiessen, sarah, amylynne, etc) and its much better with designs and applications
so yeah, here i am
there you are
why are you reading this again?

so i was hoping to use this as kinda an online journal, to post art, songs, just random stuff no one wants to hear about in my life =)

more later, i really want to try to design my own layout, should be interesting...

~Katie

currently listening; The Fight: The Classic Crime: Albatross

PS. the "currently listening" will always go in the order Song: Artist: Album
d'accord? au revoir