Window to My Life

Have you ever read a book that hits you, hard?  A book that as your reading, reality sinks in and you realize exactly how much you can relate to it?  For me, those are the absolute best types of books.

Yesterday, I finished a book by Jodi Picoult, called House Rules.  It was excellent.  And true, very very true.  Now, I'm not going to tell you about the book, and I'm not going to give a book review, but I'm going to put down my favorite quotes for you to read and maybe they'll inspire you to read the book yourself.


‎"Nobody ever asks Superman if X-ray vision is a drag; if it gets old looking into brick buildings and seeing guys beat their wives or lonely women getting wasted or losers surfing porn sites. Nobody ever asks Spider-Man if he gets vertigo. If their superpowers are anything like mine, it's no wonder they're always putting themselves in harm's way. They're probably hoping for a quick death."


"Truth is a lie and lies are the truth... And no one is listening, no matter how loud I'm screaming inside my own head."


"Nobody looks into the face of a newborn son and imagines all of the things that will go wrong in his life.  Instead, you see nothing but possibility: his first smile, his first steps, his graduation, his wedding dance, his face when he is holding his own baby."


‎"'You get used to it,' I say, although I'm not sure this is true. In reality, you don't ever change the hurricane. You just learn how to stay out of its path."


The last quote in particular really sticks with me.  To me personally, it means so much.  I hope that someday you will read a book that will find its way to your soul as easily as this one has for me.

Lovers In Japan/ Reign of Love
Coldplay

Carry My Picture
The Connells

Soldier On
Temper Trap

What I'm Thankful For

There are a lot of things to be thankful for.  I am thankful for my family, my home, my life, my school, my country, my pets, and on and on.  Most of all, I am thankful for my friends.  My friends are the ones who genuinely care about me, who can make me laugh with their crazy shenanigans, and who can make me smile no matter what.  My friends are my family, and I would not know what to do without them.

So, let's make every day Thanksgiving, and think about all of the wonderful things in your life that you're grateful for.  And most of all, don't forget to be thankful for the little things!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47D9-U8hn5I




Lots of love,
Sierra

CRUSHing

Why hello there.

Hmm... so it looks like this is my second post on crushing within two months!  Wow!  And surprise, this time I'm talking about a completely different type of crushing.  What other type of crushing can there be other than midgets in a high velocity car and the falling head over heels for a person, you may ask?  Well, this particular form of crushing I shall be addressing today has to do with band crushing.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Band%20Crush&defid=4184538

The funniest thing about this particular bout of band crushing is the band itself.  Any guesses to what the name is?

Crush.  The band's name is Crush.  So, my dear friend Julie and I have spent the past week "band crushing" on the band Crush.  Ironic, huh?

Let me tell you about this band.  First of all, their music is absolutely fabulous.  It's a little more dub step-y-esque than I usually listen to, but I'm totally in love with it.  I have to confess, I've probably listened to their CD about 20 times within the past 3 days.  Scary, right?

Anyways, besides the amazing quality of their music, this band happens to be local (yay!) and the band members are all really nice!  I mean, it's one thing to have a great band, but it's even better when the people in the band are fantastic and great personalities.

This is the case with Crush.  Great music, firm handshakes, great personalities, and oh, how could I forget?? They have girls tshirts!  Sure, sure, that sounds pretty dorky, but you have no idea how many local bands only have guy tshirts.  It's frustrating.  And not only do they have girl's tshirts, but the tshirts have woolly mammoths on them!  Ahh!

To sum this pretty random post up (let's face it, it's 9:50 (doin' double parentheses style... yeah.. anyways, I realize 9:50 is really pathetic, I do.  I typically would stay up to like 1 if it was an option, but high school just does not allow for that), I'm sleep deprived, listening to music, and should probably be studying for that Odyssey quiz tomorrow... it's hard to focus on blogging.)  this is what my past few days have looked like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNRVazAVVdA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03vSYR0Eqkw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRHzgciHtxg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFmZaGkpP4I

Enjoy :)

My (not so secret) Undying Love

Urban Outfitters.   I love you.  So, so much.

Hey guys!  So I've been online store browsing for the past two hours or so, mostly obsessively clicking all over urbanoutfitters.com, skimming through all of their amazing clothing.  Seriously- they have some cute stuff.  However, they also have some EXPENSIVE stuff!  Ah!  So here I am, sitting on my bed, thinking quietly to myself, "If I had 70 bucks, I would so buy a pair of pleather pants..."

Oh well.

Let me talk to you about fashion.
Quiet frankly, I don't understand it.  It changes too fast, and is too particular.  At the same time, I kind of love it.  I don't consider myself to be very fashionable, but I do like finding legit pieces of clothing that just look cool and feel totally comfortable.  That brings me to another thing- I really really really don't like shopping for clothes.  It takes too long, the right size is all too often impossible to find, and it is EXTREMELY difficult to find exactly what you want.  For example, I went shopping for a blouse the other day.  That's all I wanted, just a one color, simple fit, no pattern blouse.  But noooo, everything has to have ruffles or plaits or shiny buttons or something!  What happened to simplicity?  Ugh.

Overall, I think what matters most in fashion is comfort and originality.  Don't dress like your best friend just because she's the most popular in school, don't wear heels if they're uncomfortable (which in my honest opinion, they are) and don't feel the need to force yourself into tight-fitting, skimpy clothing.  Have polite conversations with your parents, so that they know that fashion is a way to express yourself.  Don't sweat if you're not a size 0, petite girl.  Who cares?  There's more to life than constantly worrying about looks.  Be comfortable and be you.



The Artist in the Ambulance
Thrice

A Little Bit of British Humour

Alright, now just warning you, but British humour (and I promise you, if my autocorrect tries to correct humour to humor one more time.....) is not for everyone.  True, it is magnificent, fantastic and hilarious, but some people just don't appreciate it as much as others.  Maybe it's like coffee, and it's and acquired taste.  I dunno, but all I can say is I love it.  So, my little blog readers out there, here is a funny video to get you introduced to British humour, as well as to provide an amazing take on climate change and present my personal environmentalist feelings to y'all.  I hope ya love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-F8EO3qOVk&feature=player_embedded



Good.  Now go watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Funny Things to Brighten You Day

Hey guys!  You know those days that make you feel like you have a bad case of the Mondays?  The days when you're too tired to do anything, and all you want is to curl up and sleep.  Well, I'm here to offer a brief period of entertainment to lighten your life! :)  Enjoy!

Have you ever been surfin' YouTube, just chillin', when all of a sudden you're jumped by this CRAZY video????  Well here's a crazy video for you. Laugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2ZLLvN1n0

And if you don't laugh at this one, I'm gonna feel like a horrible person, because I laughed my head off.
http://www.pics2lol.com/mother-of-the-year-award_355.html

Next mission:  Pull up Google, go to the Google Search homepage, and type in the search box "barrel roll."  Do it now!
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That's right.  Cool, isn't it? For more Google fun, here's this neat-o website.  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6201814/Google-easter-eggs-15-best-hidden-jokes.html

Amazing how demotivational posters can cheer you up, dontcha think?
http://www.despair.com/believeinyourself.html
http://www.despair.com/wishes.html
http://www.despair.com/ambition.html

I love this video with a fiery passion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ1HKCYJM5U

Oh and watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4  and every other video in the series.  Nerds unite!


To finish off this post, click this link and make yourself happier.  http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/11/03/do-a-barrel-roll-anywhere/

.. but click it while listening to this song.. The Sound of Sunshine by Michael Franti & Spearhead

Toodledoo!

Crushing

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crushing

If you have no idea what crushing is, Urban Dictionary dictionary defines it nicely for you.  If you don't understand why in the world I would want to talk about stuffing numerous midgets into a high velocity car, I'm talking about definition number one, thankyouverymuch.

For further clarification:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crush  (oh, and read definition 7 for laughs)


Crushing.  It happens to everyone.  From that one time in kindergarten when Shirley-stole-your-orange-crayon-and-made-you-cry-but-then-nicely-gave-it-back-to-you-with-a-shy-smile-that-made-you-laugh, to that time in Chemistry when you-couldn't-help-blushing-whenever-Jeremy-with-the-amazing-hair-and-his-oh-so-beautiful-blue-eyes-looked-your-way, at some point in you life you are bound to develop a crush.  It happens to the best of us.  So I'm going to talk about crushing!


Isn't it funny how big of an impact that one person can have on your day?  They smile and wink at you, and suddenly you can''t stop smiling, there's a skip in your step (which sounds cliche but I can promise you, really does happen) and you feel like laughing for no reason at all.  It's like magic.  On the other hand, if you see your crush with another girl/guy, or they barely give you the time of day, your soul sinks.  You get tired, bored, and have a sinking feeling in your chest that you just can't place.  True, crushing does involve getting crushed sometimes.  Sometimes, you will be let down, but you have to rise above and be strong.  Don't focus too much of your energy on a crush!  Crushes are meant to be fun, lighthearted!  They're supposed to give you happy butterflies, not make you feel like sinking into the earth.  I personally like seeing the sunshine, so I'm gonna focus on all of the happy stuff, how about you? :)


Google is amazing.  I've been busy searching wonderful Google for a bit now in order to provide some interesting new reading about crushes... This is the first one I found, and it's a bit dorky and seems like it's aimed towards 5th graders, but hey- maybe if more things were explained to us in this easy, little kid way things would make more sense! After reading it, I personally think it has some good points and some good reminders that maybe everyone needs reminding of every now and then. http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/crushes.html#

When I was in fifth or sixth grade, WikiHow was my savior.  It was my go-to guide for everything.  And anything.  Trying to decide if I should get bangs?  WikiHow it.  Cutting my own bangs?  WikiHow it!  How to cover up a bad haircut?  WikiHow it!!!  Yes, WikiHow has helped me through a couple of sticky situations in my life. But eventually, I realized that WikiHow isn't as great as I thought it to be.  Yes, I will still turn to it every now and then to figure out how to distress a pair of jeans, but never ever again will I use it for relationship advice.  I confess, I once spent hours taking "does he like you?" tests and looking up "10 steps to make him fall for you" in my free time.  But then I realized- life is about making mistakes.  Especially when it comes to love, you can't plan anything out.  There is no right or wrong way.  In the end, the only way to figure all of this confusing stuff out is to just get out there and go for it!  If they like you, great.  If not?  Try again next time, it's not the end of the world.  However, if you want, feel free to read this webpage.  The tips it gives are legitimate enough.
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Your-Crush-(for-Boys-and-Girls)

Be yourself!!! I cannot stress this enough.  If a guy (or girl) is the one for you, you won't have to change for them.  If your crush can't love you for who you really are, they are definitely not worth it.  This blog entry brings up this point a couple of times, yay!
http://allwomenstalk.com/ten-ways-to-get-a-guy-to-ask-you-out/

and another one, just for girls, by allwomenstalk: http://love.allwomenstalk.com/things-teenage-girls-should-learn-about-love/#mostliked  what can I say?  I love this blog.


Mkay, well, that pretty much sums up this post.  I hope I've served you well, and don't be sad if you want to hear more about this "crushing" phenomena, I'm pretty positive I'll be posting about this topic in the future.  Peace out!