Curse of the Squawk

This weekend I went with some awesome people from my church college ministry to Tennessee for a retreat. It was great and fun and I learned lots of stuff and whatnot BUT that's not the point of this blog. I have another story for you. My friend, Turtlepants**, and I were talking on the bus ride back. Since she was sitting in front of me she turned around so we could talk more easily. Eventually we made a really sharp turn, and I hope you see where this is going. As these things tend to happen, her body wanted to stay in the same position it was in despite the movement of the bus, resulting in Turtlepants hanging onto the chair for dear life. Usually in these circumstances, "dear life" is about a five seconds, but Turtlepants just hung there for a good minute! Finally she fell down and we all laughed about it, because it was just ridiculous.

I tell you this story because as lovely as Turtlepants is she has this curse. Whenever there is a boy who's even semi-attractive or shows some interest she has this problem of embarrassing herself in some way, shape, or form. It's quite hilarious, really. She'll disagree, but it's definitely one of the funniest phenomenons ever. Of course there will be that special boy one day who things all of the things she does is incredible, but until that day comes, it's funny to see how she embarrasses herself. So this shall be a new series. The Chronicles of Turlepants.

**name has been changed to protect privacy AND add hilarity

Halloween

Why is October 31st a holiday? I mean, candy's cool, but why is there a holiday about it? Obviously, I don't care too much for Halloween. I wasn't allowed to trick or treat until 7th grade, and then I was a little old to be doing that. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE fall! I love carving pumpkins and going on hay rides and the smell of Bath and Body Works' Fresh Market Apple hand sanitizer! The problem arises when scary movies, slutty costumes, and alcohol are thrown into the mix. To quote one of the best movies of all time, "Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it". Degrading much? Those girls who go dress like that and then get upset when a boy doesn't treat them with respect need a good slap in the head to get back to their senses. As for what I'm doing this Halloween, I will be studying for an exam I have in the morning and then go to praise band practice. I might even slurge and get some Reeces Cups. ohhhhh man. I'm gonna party hard tonight.

So... Happy Halloween :)

Giving God the Pen

I tend to have this habit of having crushes on boys and then having my heart broken before a relationship even starts. I try to go out and pursue these possible relationships and boyfriends that only end in disappointment.

Well, while talking to my Bible study leader tonight I decided that I'm going to give God the pen. What does that mean? Well hang on a sec and I'll tell you :) Instead of me writing my love story and trying to be in control, I'm letting God have full control over it. I hear all the time people talking about surrendering your life to God, and I've done that for sure. It's definitely a constant thing, though, and one thing I think I try to hold on to is my love life. In the world we live in everyone thinks that having a boyfriend/girlfriend is what we need to focus our thoughts on. I didn't even realize this until recently, but this coming Christmas is going to be the first Christmas in a VERY long time where I don't have a boyfriend. Honestly, I'm super excited about it! I don't have to worry about what to get him and if he'll like it and who's family I'm spending time with on Christmas day. I'm so excited to have a relaxing day with my family and remembering what a great gift God gave us!

What I'm trying to say, and don't know if I'm actually getting this through, is that I need to guard my heart. I can't just allow any guy to build up my hopes. When the right guy comes along, he'll come after me. I won't need to chase him or try to impress him, because... it'll just be right. I'm so excited for that day to come, but for now, I'm giving God the pen. He's going to write something far more beautiful than I could ever hope to imagine. :)

Goodnight internet world <3

STORY TIME!

So I'm actually going to make a vlog about this, too, but... yeah.

Well when my ex-boyfriend Chris and I were dating pretty much all we did was walk downtown. So this one time we're walking around and we pass this man sitting on a bench and he looked like he had been crying. I was saying "Oh my gosh. I hope he's ok. I wonder what's wrong!" and Chris says, "Maybe he got stung by a bee in the face..."

All I could think of was how insensitive he was being and said, "OR maybe he just lost his job or his wife filed for divorce or he found out that a family member died!"

And what does he say? "or... maybe... he got stung by a bee... in the face..."

So the other day I was telling my roommate this story because it was somehow relevant to what we were talking about, and she just could NOT stop laughing. So we've decided to try and make it a meme. Example:

Picture of a little girl crying with an ice cream cone on the ground next to her

Y U Crying?

Bee Sting to da face??

Personally, I think it could be a hit. lol. :)

Youtube

So... I'm back on my Youtube addiction. I think this is what happens every summer. I have nothing to do and so I find things to watch. At least I've found awesome things to watch!!!! like...
1. Vlogbrothers
2. Fiveawesomegirls
3. italktosnakes (Kristina Horner)
4. hayleyghoover
5. Mike Lombardo <3

yeah... nuff said yo.

So last Friday night (we didn't dance on table tops). Actually Hampton, Caroline, Amit, and I went to see AVPM @ Furman and it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! The cast was so talented and it blew my mind! It was so surreal. I need to see more shows live... but anyway! We got there like.. 2 hours early and waited so we could get awesome seats, saw the show, then went to Krispy Kreme and ate 2 dozen doughuts. yeah. we've got issues.

Today I got 3 of my textbooks for school and it made me super duper excited!!! Tonight, however, was my last choir rehearsal at church and it was sad :( I cried a bit. I swear, on Saturday I'm going to be a WRECK!

In other news, I've started making Youtube videos. They aren't very good and only one is actually posted, because I keep procrastinating my editing. So when I get awesome at this, I'll link it so whoever wants to can watch them. So... later gators!!!!

i.love.being.a.nerd.

I'm not entirely certain what defines you as a "nerdfighter", but whatever it is... I want in! lol. I already watch anything/everything Harry Potter. I'm starting to do Youtube... well... kinda. We'll see how it goes. So I discovered Mike Lombardo yesterday, and well... I love him so freakin much. "Hey, Molly" is so so so so so so sweet. If a guy sang that to me, well first I'd have to make sure they knew my name is NOT Molly, and then I would love them forever and ever. To add to his amazingness he wrote a song called "Caroline". It's super upbeat and fun :) I love it. A lot. And I love hayleyghoover. A lot. And I love italktosnakes (Kristina Horner). A lot. I love me some ALLCAPS and MoM. I enjoyed my summer reading assignment about being eco-friendly. I'm just a nerd. and that's really all there is to it. I really need to go to sleep, but just in case any of you want to join the awesomness that is being a nerd... have fun :)

Baltimore, laptop and packing

So I don't know if yall know this or not, but last week I went with my church on a mission trip to Baltimore, Maryland. Let me tell you now that it was one of the most amazing experiences ever. First of all, I was able to step outside of my comfort zone and in doing so, got outside of the Bible Belt. I'm used to dealing with people who didn't have my belief system because of the high school I went to, but I was still surrounded by these big churches on every corner who's congregation is growing. I went up to Baltimore and some of these people had never even been introduced to the Gospel before. The church we were serving had a congregation no more than 30 people. It blew my mind! Although what we were doing was a "sports camp", I was given the opprotunity to talk to this one girl, Peyton. On Thursday she accepted Christ! How amazing is that?! Now, last year in John's Island, obviously we were excited about every salvation, but we expected more than one. In this case, I was leaping for joy that we had a part in someone's salvation! In such a desolate place, and out of a small team from South Carolina putting on a sports camp, a child accepted the word of Christ. Seriously, I think I need to get out of the Bible belt or move to a bigger city when I'm older. Not that I don't love Greenville, because I do, but I feel like a bigger place is where I need to be. I don't know. We'll see what happens.
In other news, I got a laptop recently :) I have skype now so I can communicate with my lovely friends going halfway across the country. It's hard though, because sometimes things pop up while I'm typing because I apparently hit something somehow. It's kind of weird... oh well. I love having my own computer. And you know what having my own computer means..... COLLEGE!!!! It's only a few weeks away. My mom is making me start packing, and in doing so I realize that packing things up is a lot more difficult than I thought. My little sister is moving into my room once I move out, so all of my stuff needs to be boxed up whether it's going with me or not. So complicated I'm telling you! Well, happy trails. It's time for me to play some Plants v. Zombies. :) Catcha later.