Overflow, Marvelous Light, Mighty to Save...what'll it be this year?!?

DESTINATION JESUS SAVED ME. LITERALLY. IT CHANGED MY LIFE AND WILL CHANGE YOURS TOO. NATURALLY I FEEL SUUPER STRONGLY ABOUT IT!

So here's why you should go...

1) Rei will curl my hair :)
2) The music is ROCKING! I can tell you from experience, seeing as how I'm in the band...
3) The rules video is HYSTERICAL! Again, I can tell you from experience because I'm in it! :)
4) The food is delicious. FOOD.
5) There are a TON of people...like 800+ but it still manages to not feel overwhelming. Don't know how. haha
6) You can be crazy. Jesus loves us crazy Christians!
7) It's like a giant sleepover! What could be better!?
8) Everyone is SUPER nice. Yes, it's cliche, but so true. Not even joking.
9) There's a bookstore!
10) It's held at Guerin (my high school), but it's transformed and I NEVER feel like I'm at school!
11) You meet a ton of awesome and crazy cool Christians!
12) You can be involved, or you can just be lazy. Personally, I'm ridiculously involved.
13) Again with the music...we rock the house. Literally. Because it's GOD'S HOUSE! And He loves it :)
14) You can show up in jeans, sweats, or pajammies (yes, pajammies!) and no one will care. I can guarantee you that you will NOT be alone!
15) Free t-shirt!
16) The skit is so powerful! (and I know they work REALLY hard!)
17) I'll be there!
18) JESUS IS THERE!
19) MHM.

NOW SIGN UP!
IF YOU NEED A FORM, COME SEE ME! :)

check out pictures from last year's DJ here...you don't have to have a Facebook account to view them!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=190653&id=700089622&l=c111dc3dd5

and for videos...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6neNzZ-uvxI (2008: Overflow)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NADxMtxZU (2009: Marvelous Light)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmSjdfB_Fgw (2010: Mighty to Save)

Lord, I Come to You

This is the first Christian song I ever wrote that I actually like. Haha not to mention the first song EVER that I wrote down the sheet music for!

Lord I come to You,
With all of my heart.
Lord I come to You,
With all of my pray-ayers.
Lord guide me
To do the right thing!
Lord help me
To follow-ow Youuuu.

I can't do it on my own,
Only with you and You alone!
You can lead me
All my days
In all I think, do, and say. [repeat]

Lord I come to You
For help with these.
Lord I come to You
To hel-el-p meeeeeee.

Every Time

*this is the first of the songs I wrote for my OLMC kindergarteners (the first is the rap)*

Refrain:
Every time you laugh,
The Lord laughs with you.
Every time you cry,
Tears run down His face, too.

Verse 1:
And when you
Don't know what to do,
The Lord is with you
To love and guide you.

Bridge/Miscellaneous:
Ooo-oooh-oooh-oooh-ooohohh!

[DO NOT REPEAT REFRAIN HERE, MOVE RIGHT ON TO VERSE 2]

Verse 2:
And when you run to
The corner and the world's
Closing in,
The Lord comes by
And is your friend.

[REPEAT REFRAIN]

Verse 3:
When you look for Him
When you don't,
The Lord is there
Whether or not you know!

[bridge/miscellaneous repeating while gradually decrescendo-ing]

"Ode to Kindergarten" rapppppp

so this is my first rap and I think it's a success...it's only been repeating nonstop in my head since I wrote it several hours ago :) it's basically a straight-up rap...I'm still deciding if I'll do it a capella or to a simple beatbox...hm.

So Mrs. Pike's kids
And Mrs. Dermody's, too,
This is a rap made just for you!
When you play on the iPad,
Or color in the lines,
Just remember these fun times.
All the laughs and smiles and pictures
They all add to this one thing:
Your kindergarten year!
Yeah this one time,
It ain't over yet,
Keep in mind
The alphabet!
A B C D E F G (ja-ja-ja-gee)H I J K L M N O (oooooooo) P Q R S T U V W X Y Z!
Phew! Now breathe.
Yeah 2011 (twenty-eleven),
Our goal is heaven.
But while you're here
Learn these things
Cuz they'll help you
Get to greater things!
Whoo!

addictions. I swear these ones are positive though!

music:
-TobyMac
-Keith Urban
-Bruce Springsteen
-Darius Rucker
-Sons of Sylvia
-Glee
-GoldenVoice's renditions
-Mr. Duray

tv:
-Pretty Little Liars
-Glee
-School Pride
-Live to Dance

food/drinks:
-butter pecan ice cream
-pineapple sorbet
-Cherry Republic's sour cherry patches
-chocolate-covered raisins
-chocolate haystacks
-peanut butter, honey, and banana sandwiches
-AriZona Half and Half Iced Tea and Mango

other:
-laughing
-singing
-acting like a little kid (stupid/funny challenges and "arguments" with friends)
-GOD
-making face masks
-chillin' with friends and familyyyyy
-writing songs
-stretching the rules for service hours (like writing Christian songs and doing Christian-related art)
-www.video2mp3.net

:D <3

GO KNIGHTS!

As stated in the previous post, I have settled on a college decision! I will be attending Bellarmine University this upcoming fall! YAY! :)
I know that when I have mentioned that to people, basically no one has ever heard of the University. So I'm just going to assume you haven't (or at least not this much). So here's some basic info...

-about 2,000 undergrad + 1,000 grad = some 3,000 students
-Catholic University(but only 53% of the student body is Catholic)
-liberal arts curriculum
-named after Saint Robert Bellarmine
-"in veritatis amore" = motto (it translates to "in love of truth")
-located 5 minutes outside of Louisville, Kentucky (about 2 hours away from my house--not too close, not too far)
-the campus is 135 acres
-8 residence halls
-50+ majors
-18 Varsity sports (all are Division II except lacrosse which is Division I) plus intramurals

UPDATES!!!!

So it's been...like 6 months since I've last been on here (sad, isn't it!?). Sorry! So let me catch you up...

-MTB and I broke up about a month later (June 19th is when we broke up). I am perfectly fine and loving the single life...but that's free to change anytime, mystery guy! ;)
-I entered the fabulous (and not nearly as stressful as everyone says) college application process! I applied to several schools, but had my heart set on Bellarmine University. How fitting is it that the first letter I get back is to that? Um yes I'm going! Duh! hahaha so come fall 2011, I'll be in Louisville for elementary education (more to come)
-I got in my first-ever car crash on December 12th on Springmill Road on my way to SMG for choir and mass. I was the only one in the car luckily. I only remember hitting the patch of ice, but I was told later that I spun and bounced off of a snowplow's wheel then hit a telephone pole. My car is completely totaled, but other than a few bad bruises and an undiagnosed mild concussion, I'm fine! PRAISE GOD!
-I made some awesome friends, including one who I have gone to school with all of high school but didn't become friends til senior year...go figure. haha I LOVE MY FRIENDS!
-I ran my first (and only, so far) mini marathon with Mo this past October. We rocked it (for walking-jogging it haha)
-SENIORITIS. YEP. THE END.