Owl City :)

Come on? Who hasn't heard Fireflies by: Owl City? 

Fireflies was the beginning of my beautiful relationship with Owl City. My friend, Odom, fell in love with Vanilla Twilight, & "secretly" so did I! :) But my absolute favorite Owl City song is...... The Saltwater Room. There is just something about the lyrics that made me melt! I found this song by watching a livelavalive video called The Party Music II, which coincidentally Odom made me watch!  

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day.... 

A little poem for my mom. :) 
Without You
Mom, without you, there would be no me.
Your love, your attention, your guidance,
have made me who I am.
Without you, I would be lost,
wandering aimlessly,
without direction or purpose.
You showed me the way
to serve, to accomplish, to persevere.
Without you, there would be an empty space
I could never fill, no matter how I tried.
Instead, because of you,
I have joy, contentment, satisfaction and peace.
Thank you, mom.
I have always loved you
and I always will.
-Author Unknown

Love you Mom!

Discovery Download.

So I've had the Warped Tour 2007 Compilation Cd, since well 2007, but I never really listened to it. & I know what ya'll are thinking....."YOU'VE HAD IT FOR 3 YEARS, AND YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO IT?!?!?!?!?!" Yes! I had my favorites ALREADY picked out when I bought it so I really didn't see the need to listen to the rest... but as always I was wrong. So last night I had no clue what to listen to, so I put my Ipod on shuffle. & this song came up & I was blown away. I love it. Hope you do too! :)

but today's "Discovery Download" is 
Insurance? by: The Higher 
Enjoy! :D 



***FYI*** The lead singer is Seth Trotter, not Aaron Gillespie from The Almost/Underoath. They look a lot alike.

IT'S HERE PEOPLE!

PUNK GOES CLASSIC ROCK! 

 

TRACK LISTING:

#	Title	Performer	Original Performer	Length
1.	"More than a Feeling"	Hit the Lights	Boston	2:44
2.	"Paint It Black"	VersaEmerge	The Rolling Stones	3:39
3.	"Free Fallin'"	The Almost	Tom Petty	4:31
4.	"We Are the Champions"	Mayday Parade	Queen	3:14
5.	"Rock and Roll All Nite"	The Summer Set	Kiss	4:02
6.	"Caught Up in You"	We the Kings	38 Special	4:05
7.	"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"	A Skylit Drive	Journey	4:09
8.	"Your Love"	I See Stars	The Outfield	3:13
9.	"(Don't Fear) The Reaper"	Pierce the Veil	Blue Öyster Cult	4:20
10.	"Crazy Train"	Forever the Sickest Kids	Ozzy Osbourne	4:57
11.	"Pour Some Sugar on Me"	The Maine	Def Leppard	3:58
12.	"All Along the Watchtower"	Envy on the Coast	Bob Dylan	3:52
13.	"Take Me Home Tonight"	Every Avenue ft. Juliet Simms from Automatic Loveletter	Eddie Money	3:35
14.	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	Never Shout Never	Queen	6:06
15.	"Dream On"	Blessthefall	Aerosmith	4:50

Discovery Download.

Animal by: Neon Trees

Project Complete

After two days of rearranging, my bookshelf #2 is done! But it looks a little bare....gotta go book shopping soon. GOD BLESS!

Another Project.

Last week, my parents & I, went to a nursery looking for plants. Needless to say, they had Koi Ponds throughout the entire place. & I decided that MY backyard needed a little aquatic action! :) This is what I want it to look like.----------->

So after begging my dad, saying "Oh please, Oh please, Oh please!" about a thousand times. He said..........MAYBE!!! Which in my book is "go for it!" So I did my research, got some prices, & now I have to present my findings to the warden(aka dad). Using my kindergarten style drawing skills, I drew a picture of what I want my "goldfish" pond to look like. Yes, I know I said "goldfish" not "koi" & here's why......1) Koi are more expensive, & the less money my dad has to spend the more likely he'll be to pay for it! 2) Koi jump! As in they JUMP out of the pond, & DIE. So why spend $5-$25 dollars on a fish that's gonna commit suicide??? & 3) I'm really a goldfish person. Always have been & always will be! :).......... 

During my research I found this cute Butterfly Pond Kit. & I'm really hoping to get it! Also I found this Cute Water Spitter! It's a duck! The spitter is not only cute, but it helps aerate the pond, so the fish get oxygen! <----- that's definitely the "new" thing I learned today! 

Anyways I've found the perfect spot in my backyard to put it! I have a rabbit cage there right now, but we're in the process of rearranging the yard. But at least the soil I plant the pond in will be fertile. (ewwww) 

& last but not least I have decided on the plants I want for my mini pond. :)

Waterlilies of course!  

Sweet Flag

& Cattails! 

And for around the Pond......

Orange & Pink Tiger Lilies

Daffodils

& Salvia!

I'm going to start buying & building next week so updates coming soon! 

GOD BLESS! :) 

-Laura

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My Latest Project!

 

A bookshelf! 

J.Bieber

My friend & I made this video, hoping that we'd win tickets & passes to a Justin Bieber concert. Unfortunately we didn't win. :( boo.
But we worked super super hard on this video for two weeks, & I think the world deserves to see it! :) 



thanks all! 

#quotes

Happiness is free.

Discovery Download.

Bulletproof by: La Roux

Book of the Week.

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. by: James Patterson
Reviews:
"Buckle up. This is a ride that starts fast and gets faster." -Cleveland Plain Dealer  
"Nonstop action carries this page-turner brilliantly from start to finish." -Kirkus Reviews
"Practically ready-made for a movie script." -The Toronto Sun 
"Think wings, big wings." -Chicago Tribune

My Overview/Review: :) 
Where do I even begin? From the beginning, you're thrown into the action. Six "mutants," half-human half-bird, Max-14, Fang-14, Iggy-13, Gazzy-8, Nudge-11, & Angel-6 are living alone in the middle of nowhere. Their "adoptive" (<-----which I use very lightly.) father, Jeb Batchelder, saved them from a terrible place they call "The School" four years prior. ("The School" is a science lab, where scientists crossed human DNA with avian DNA to make "the flock.") I say Jeb was their "adoptive father," because he rescued them, & took care of them for two years, like a father, until he disappeared. 

****SPOILER ALERT***

They presume he is dead. The Flock is safe until one day, while going to pick strawberries, a pack of Erasers, half-wolf half-man mutants led by Ari, Jeb's son, find them & kidnap Angel. Now Max & her crew must return to the place they hate most, "The School", to retrieve Angel. Max, Fang, & Nudge set out to Death Valley, California,( location of The School) to rescue Angel.

---OK, here's where the book splits into three different stories.---

• Halfway to California, Max stops to help a girl named Ella, who is being bullied by a couple of older guys. She then gets shot in the shoulder/wing, & has to show Ella & her mother what she is. Ella's mom, Dr. Martinez is a vet. She takes Max to her office for an x-ray, where she finds a microchip in her arm.  (<---- it turns out to be a tracking device!)
• Fang & Nudge find a cave, high up, in the mountains never Lake Mead, (where Max is supposed to meet them.) near some hawk nests. While they wait for Max, Fang studies the hawks & how they fly. He teaches Nudge some new tricks about flying & landing.

• Iggy & Gazzy stay behind at the house in the mountains, because a) Iggy is blind & b) Max assumed that if the Erasers & White-coats wanted Angel they might also want her biological brother, Gazzy. They make a bomb (yes! A BOMB!) for the Erasers, in case they decide to come looking for the others. After successfully blowing up two Erasers, they decide to go against Max's orders & go to Death Valley. 

They all catch up with each other, & proceed to The School to rescue Angel. But along the way Max, Fang, & Nudge get captured, & end up in dog crates in The School's laboratory. That's when they all find out Jeb isn't dead, he's working at The School.  Jeb trys talking to Max, telling her she's meant to save the world, but she has nothing to say to the man who betrayed her & the rest of the flock. 
During what Jeb calls a "test" Max, Nudge, Fang, & Angel escape, with the help of their "hawk friends", Gazzy, and Iggy. They decide to go to New York City, to find a place called the Institute, where they could supposedly find information about their biological parents. (<-----while Angel was in the school by herself, she overheard White-Coats talking about it.) 
Their journey wasn't an easy one. Max gets sick during their flight(their actual flying, not an airplane flight.), they sleep in trees in Central Park, they sleep in the subways,  they are constantly chased by Erasers, & they have little money. Although with all these things happening to them, Angel & Max find that they have "special" abilities beyond flying. Angel can breathe under water, & make people do whatever she wants them to do. Max's ability, on the other hand, is kind of weird. She has a voice in her head that tells her what to do, & most of the time is sounds a lot like Jeb. 
Max's voice, the one inside her head, finally leads them to The Institute. There they find the information they came for. They also find other experiments like themselves, & the flock rescues them. Among the rescued experiments is a Scottish terrier named Total, whom Angel decides to keep as her pet. Max fights & kills Ari, but as she is escaping Jeb tells her that "she killed her own brother!" This only adds to the mystery even more, because none of them know their real parents. 

----> I've spoiled enough of the book for you already, so if you're interested in knowing the rest, you'll just have to read it yourself. :) but what I will tell you is that in the end, The flock sets out to find their biological parents, with the information they stole from The Institute. (I'm reading the second book, so it will be a "book of the week" pretty soon. 


God Bless! :D



 

Discovery Download.

Trinity by: Paper Tongues. 

Glee Blog :D

So for all of you Glee fans out there, I've come over to the dark side! :D I watched the Tribute to Madonna episode, & now I think I'm in love. <3 lol 

I'm not too sure all of the people's names yet, but I plan on watching Glee every week, after American Idol of course! (I can't seem to break that habit.) but back to The Power of Madonna. 

List of Songs from this week's episode:

• Borderline
• Open Your Heart
• Burning Up
• 4 Minutes
• Crazy for You
• Like a Virgin
• Like a Prayer
• What It Feels Like for a Girl
• Vogue
• Express Yourself

&&My absolute favorite was (insert drum roll please)

4 Minutes!  

 Kurt & Mercedes are my FAVORITES! & now that they are on the Cheerios with Sue, Glee is going to be 1,000 times funnier!

P.S. Cory Monteith (aka Finn) is HOT! 

Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder.

So today I was sitting at my desk doing some Algebra 2, with the backdoor open.When one of my fine feathered friends decided he wanted to come in & play.

Being scared to death is an understatement. :) 

but luckily he realized that this wasn't his house, & flew back out. good birdie!

 

Attention Readers.

 Tomorrow, Saturday, One day next week I will be posting a book review. My first review of many yet to come. :) I'm super super excited, so I'm taking an extra amount of time to make sure everything is in order! :D 

See you Soon. 

-Laura. 

PEACE

Note to self.

I should probably start reading a new book in the morning instead of at night. That way I'll read it all day instead of staying up all night trying to finish it. :)
PEACE
-Laura

The Job Hunt.

well turning 16 means getting your license, growing up, & ever so important "getting a job!"
I've turned in applications to:

• Walgreens
• Hallmark Store
• Subway

No calls yet?
HELP!

-Laura

Only Me. :)

It's kind of embarrassing when you're singing at the top of your lungs, in your backyard, and a school bus full of children drives by.

only me :)  

(oh! & did i mention they pointed at me & laughed?)  

 

BEING POSITIVE: DAY TWO

well today there's not much I can do to be "positive?"
I've been playing Farmville & working on some Algebra 2 work. :)
but I guess being positive is just a way of molding myself into a better person....today I took initiative to do my schoolwork. that's a step wayyy up from last week. & last night I did go running with my brother....guess who runs faster? that would be me!!! :) if only I could stick to this nutritional diet? any ideas? lemme know. :)

PEACE

-Laura Rachelle Shook.

Miss Positivity.

So obviously I'm not the most positive person alive. :) I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not that popular. (ya know considering the whole homeschooling thing.lol) but today I thought why do I have to be so negative? I'm ALWAYS saying "dang, I look terrible" or "whoa, I'm fat." I guess I thought that if I tear myself down, that other people would built be back up. well, that's not always the case. I have GREAT friends, but it's not their job to deal with the damage I cause myself.  I'm trying to turn over a new leaf. Get in shape, be more positive, more outgoing, & truly be who I want to be without any limitations. :) as High School Musical would put it "This is the start of something new." <3

DAY ONE:

I painted my nails a BRIGHT pink to spark my positivity. :D lol

PEACE
-Laura Rachelle Shook

Justin Bieber!

EVERYONE PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO.
MY FRIEND AND I ARE TRYING TO WIN JUSTIN BIEBER TICKETS!
:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-lz_dNVbjc

THANKS! 

Ok, Again I Apologize.

I know I neglect my blog all the time. but truly this is just a summer blog. :)
but I promise as soon as the grass turns green & that little temperature gauge hits 80, I'll be backkk. :)
but here are my plans for this summer......
-go to as many concerts as possible. :)
-read every book in my bookshelf & write a review. :)
-get @justinbieber to reply to my friend @holladai, because she loves him to DEATH! :) 

oh & has anyone listened to NEON TREES? they rockkkk! my absolute new favorite band. :)

PEACE OUT :)
-laura

I miss youuu.

Today is my best friend's grandpa's birthday. He passed away last summer. :( & it got me thinking about my papaw. I miss him so much. 

I miss you, I miss your smile
And I still shed a tear every once in a while
And even though it's different now
You're still here somehow

My heart won't let you go
And I need you to know
I miss you, sha la la la la

I miss you

-Laura :) 

Yet Again. :(

I'm upset & I needed to talk to you, but I guess i'm not important enough? Thanks alot.
#nowplaying your biggest fan by: nevershoutnever.
(it's on repeat.)
Sent from my iPod

A tip for us girls!

A CHEATER IS ALWAYS A CHEATER!
-that is all. :)

#quotes

"Don't count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count." :)

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"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."

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"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." :)

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"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary." :)

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"Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice." :)

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"when annoying people seem as if they cant get more annoying...they usually do"

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“If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.”- Winnie the Pooh :)

Recap! :)

So my last blog was LAST YEAR! I've seriously been lacking in this division since then. :( sorry, mybaddd.
but since then I've been doing alot of reading....I read Dear John, By Nicolas Sparks. (review soon!)
I've been trying to concentrate on my schoolwork. I've been traveling & hanging with my friends as much as possible. THESE ARE MY DAYS! I NEED TO CHERISH THEM!
I get depressed some days, but then I look on the bright side, and get over it! :) i'm just good like that.
I've been planning my sweet 16! I got my truck. My friend Odom named it, Bangin Big Blue. :)
My grandparents are going to Israel to the Holy Lands at the end of February. I'm house sitting them for 10 daysss. :) I can't wait!
Winter Ball at my high school is next month, we're getting a limo! heck yess! I have my dress and everything, now I'm just waitinggggg. :) impatiently I might add. :)
Summer can't come fast enough...I need a tan desperately. but i'm not into all these tanning bed things...#notmystyle :)
 I have to get a job pretty soon. Mi padre said so. :( but I'll like the moneys!

ok last thing....the new iPad! it's freaking hilarious! :)
What can I say?
Laura Rachelle Shook

oh my! :(

I'm sorry to say that I have seriously neglected my blog! :(
but as of now I'm going to try and get the ball rolling again! :)
-starting with a daily quote. :)
-& an occasional blog about myself.
-also i'm getting into photography, so there will be pictures veryyy soon! :)