My country, 'tis of thee. . .

"We the people make liberty happen. If we don't keep freedom and justice vigorous-by serving on juries and following the news and voting in every election-we can allow them to die."
-Jay Henrichs

I found this quote while browsing through a magazine sent to our house from AAA. I stopped flipping the pages when I saw a picture of the Founding Fathers' bronze statues in Philadelphia. I read from that point until the end of the article and found the above quote. Let me just say it is amazing.
I completely agree with what he wrote in this magazine. It makes me quite disconsolate to think of the large number of people who will not vote in this upcoming election; simply because they "do not care", "do not like either of the candidates", or claim a lack of education on the candidates/subjects.
Where is the love of liberty this country once had? Too many men (and women, I'm sure) have sacrificed their money, careers, family and lives to make this the great country it is today. How do we repay those brave souls who tread the way before us? We figuratively spit on their graves when we do not vote. Liberty equals freedom and independence; two things our country used to value and regard so highly.

What happened to America? Why do we not care? Now, we will try anything to get out of jury duty and invent lame excuses as to why we are not voting. To think of what women went through in the early 1900s to secure my right to vote and NOT vote is asinine. As a woman, I recognize their struggles and sacrifices and I choose to thank them for securing my suffrage by voting in every election.

I beg anyone reading this to please vote. Fulfill your duty to your country and do not skip out of jury duty or claim ignorance and choose not to go to the polls next month. Your country has been good to you---do her a small favor in return.


. . . .sweet land of LIBERTY, of thee I sing.

Death and politics

Today was my great uncle's funeral. It was sad to see my grandma so affected and hurt by his death.
His funeral was really awesome, though. Since he was a retired officer from the Marines, we got to see the 21 gun salute (apparently it is 7 guns and 3 shots fired from each. I thought it would be 21 guns firing once), which was the coolest thing ever. The only reason (other than my poor grandma crying so much) I cried was because it was so awesome to see someone who had served our country being honored and remembered that way. It was so patriotic and beautiful. I love America and the funeral made me so happy to live in a country such as this! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
On a lesser note, it also made me want to join the military! Haha. I want to serve my country, but I have to find a way to do it without joining the Marines or Army. I would be more trouble and less help to them.

As for politics, today was the first VP debate. I even had a reminder set on my phone to watch it. Thanks to my sweet little brother and sister however, I was too wrapped up in them to remember to watch it. I did hear the closing statements of each and watched the highlights. I agree that Palin held her own, but the mess up of the generals was a bit much. McClellan and McKiernan. The names are so close, so I can see how it would be an easy mistake. . .but a Civil War general and a general of a war she is all for is a HUGE mix up. She is going to get some MAJOR heartache for that one, but on the soft side, I want to forgive her.
Sarah, I still think you are more qualified than Biden.

Before you judge her too harshly, read THIS and then tell me she is the idiot. I dare you.

McCain-Palin 08!

Mmmm! Literature!!

Lately, it seems, I have been on a reading kick.
I have been going through novel after novel, soaking up all I can while I have the free time in which to do it.
Favorite book so far? Obviously To Kill A Mockingbird since it IS the best novel ever written.
I am currently re-reading Huck Finn, another great one, and I cannot believe how many amazing books are out there.
Even harder to believe, however, is how many poor, unfortunate, STUPID people do not take advantage of them. I am not talking about the people who cannot read (that is another story) or those too poor to afford books (I still call B.S.-go to a library). I am referring to those who CAN, but choose NOT to read.



WHY?!?!?!

Wrap it up, baby!

Last night, thanks to the persistency of a certain someone, I decided to start a new writing project. I love to write, so I thought maybe I would listen to him and start. It actually feels really good to write again. I have enough free time that I suppose it is a nice outlet for my pent up energy!!

I just know I will not finish it. Why do I never finish anything I write?


I guess maybe what I write on here is about the only thing I

In lieu of working. . .

Since I am now back home and jobless (as well as school-less), let's just say I have a lot of free time on my hands.
I also have the opportunity (for lack of a better word) to spend a while on the internet.
Here is what I have found today so far:

This is great! Absolutely fantastic. She has done a few songs and I give her props for uploading these online. I love this so much because this is what I do in my free time, too! The only difference is I am not so clever as to use props and sweet lighting changes. I also do not record myself and post them to YouTube!

I also found this picture today on google images:

Haha! I love it. I do not know what time "1, 15" is, but I am guessing it is close to 1:15?
My favorite part, though, is definitely the description of the sermon. Surely it will not disappoint!!

Sweet Nothings in My Ears. . .

The glorious ringing sound of a loud rock concert is still in my head.

I love it!

I don't know why, but there is just something so great about a rock concert. It makes me so happy. I smiled the whole time Def Leppard played. It's crazy how something like that can make someone so happy. . .but it does!!
I have never been so close to them before--thank goodness for presale tickets!!!

I love them all and I just am so happy. I think a good rock concert is what I needed right now. Everything was great other than psycho, drugged out old guy in front of me who kept hitting on me. Sorry dude. Just something about old men with grey hair in pony tails is not necessarily attractive!! EW!

My spirits are up and I am getting ready to sleep!!

Life is good. Really, it is.

It's like music to my ears

OH WAIT!!! It is!!

Bamboozle Left this weekend was so good.

Jimmy Eat World was almost more amazing than I could take! And after trying to see them twice before, The Audition did not disappoint!!


I love going to shows, but I am terrified of moshing. I don't get why people do it. Really!! Is it THAT much fun to push each other? I would definitely rather watch the band play.

After all, isn't that what people go for?!

I don't know…all I know is that I love music!!! I'm still on a high from the show…

and I don't think it is from the secondhand pot smoke, either!!