Wednesday, November 10, 2010

looking back....

for the last time.... oh hey,

well my friends, today was the last day while not on facebook, making this the last blogpost from girlK.

it has been a long, hard journey, but it doesn't stop here. the tricky part is not letting myself go back to where I was, but I'm confident. I have learned so much in this past month, yeah sounds cheesy but for reals I have learned a lot. (please imagine cheesy self realization music while I flashback over this past month) for example, I can now somewhat play the recorder, I know that otter youtube videos make people happy, I learned the joy that can come from hanging stuffed animals out the window, I won things from mcdonalds, I created a lucky shaker, I have a new hair color and the self image that comes from having dark hair (facetiousism), I made a new word...facetiousism- the act of being facetious, I jumped out of a moving car like james bond would, I pulled an all nighter, I made tons of new friends, I had real conversations with people, I climbed SO many trees, and I played with wayyy too much 3D chalk. Oh and I built a fort. which I am sitting in right now, and I bought christmas lights for it.

well as I dry away the few tears that I had after reminiscing over all those good times, I will for the last time blog about what I did today while not on facebook. I arose around 8:52 and made it only 3 minutes late to my 9 o'clock class. after that I sat on the concourse for way too long and sang celine dion and leona lewis to people as they walked by, trying to raise awareness for children who don't have school supplies, and we were competing with a guy in a penguin costume. then I went shopping, to gap and old navy. I went into ulta and did my makeup and a mascara bottle exploded all over my right eye. chapter. then Hibachi with k spink and k palmer and bible study with the lovely leslie morris and laura something. after bible study, I went back to k palmer's dorm and watched one of my very favorite movies sleepover. and now here I am in my fort, about to go to bed only to wake up tomorrow, and be able to get back on facebook.

to close, I just want to remind you of the reason we started this blog, james 4:14 says, "what is your life? for you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes." yeah that verse is pretty ridiculous isn't it? I mean, right now, ask yourself, what is my life? Our lives, are like a mist. a mist. I just sprayed some air freshener and just like that it's gone. a MIST. God gave us life to live it, and live it to the fullest, do you? I do, heck, I'm sitting in a fort under my bed! I just want to encourage anyone who actually takes the time to read this blog, to stop, log out of facebook and go do something, I did. what better way to spend your day glorifying the Lord, with the ones that He has put in your life to love. yes, I am going to be returning to the social networking world, but not empty handed, or empty minded I guess would make more sense. I feel like I've taken one little baby step towards growing up. call disney channel because I just learned a life lesson. life is too short to spend it liking the next status or commenting on the next wall post. don't get me wrong, facebook isn't evil, I love facebook, I think it is super dooper fun, but look at the big picture.for you, it may not be facebook, I could think of a million other things that consume my time and thoughts worse than facebook, but I mean, would that really make a good blog?

life is worth more than __________ (fill in the blank).

to all of you who have stuck with us til the end, thank you for your support. to girlR, I love you, and I am proud of you. I wouldn't want to dramatically alter my life with anyone but you. p.s. your password is thisrighthereismyswag, and I hope you change it before this gets posted.

so with final words,
for the very last time,
I bid you adieu.

too much love,
girlK

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

hot cross buns

only two more daysssss
AH
well today while not on facebook I went to dollar general and bought a recorder. I then proceeded to play the recorder no stop for the rest of the day. I am pretty sure I successfully annoyed most of auburn's campus.
other than that, I would say it was a pretty average day.
war eagle.
girlK

Monday, November 8, 2010

tune my heart

What did I do this week while not on facebook?
"I said to the Lord, 'You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.'" Psalm 16:2



This week I learned a freaking lot. This whole facebook project is alot bigger than I expected... and God always is.
He's just the best.

um war eagle to that!

{please pretend this was posted on friday! sorry, I'm having to play catch up}
today while not on facebook I fufilled all of my freshman girl aspirations in one picture.

after this incredible moment, I had a remarkably awkward moment in the farmhouse fraternity house. then I campaigned on the concourse for a long time, though I wasn't quite as lucky as I had been that morning, and then I took a good long nap, and then went to the parade.
the parade was super fun, and then I began an incredible night of auburn high school fun with nettie and kate and girlR. first we went to auburn high school football game, and they lost for the first time in like three years, so sorry about that auburn high school, looks like I was your bad luck charm. then nettie took us to this awesome bridge in the middle of nowhere and once I got over the feeling that I was going to be raped, it was really fun!
after that we got back to campus and ended up sitting in nettie's car and talking for like 3 hours because we were too tired to get out of the car. lame.
i forgot to post a video last time so here is two!!!

watch this if you want to pee on yourself from laughing so hard


mucho love,
girlK

only a few days lefttttttt!!!!!!!!!


meet my family.

{sorry this has taken me so long to post!}

today, while not on facebook, I did way too much,

The day began with a very early 8 o’clock class and then a long day on the concourse supporting Victoria, and a skipped Auburn experience class. After a while on the concourse I was lucky enough to see my dear friend, mark price walking out of class.

Meet mark.

Mark is 19 years old, he enjoys rave dancing, and otter youtube videos. His special skills are unicycling, singing, and making jokes. He has considered being a model for Patagonia, but His life goal is to be on the amazing race.

Well mark and I made plans to surprise Melanie price at her 20th birthday party at chewacla. So we went to walmart to get her a present. We bought her some 3-d chalk and half price Halloween candy and then made our way out to chewacla. We didn’t have any gift wrapping, so I found a shaker in mark’s car and tied pieces of the shaker on the presents to make them appear as they had been not last minute. We arrived at chewacla, but didn’t want to call and ask where she was, because we were suprising her, so we walked around chewacla, which is a national state park, so don’t be confused by its size. We walked down to the waterfall, accidently walked up on two people getting freaky on a rock, it was awkward, but still couldn’t find Melanie. So we decide just to call her, and turns out she wasn’t there. It was too cold. So we wandered around chewacla for awhile longer, getting the most out of the 2 dollars it cost to get it, we made plans to go skydiving when I turn 19 and to win the amazing race when we turn 21.

We left chewacla and headed back to campus, and I went to see Melanie to give her her presents.

Meet Melanie.

Melanie is now 20 years old. She enjoys building forts and eating fried chicken. Her special skills include climbing trees, and being hilarious. For her birthday we gave Melanie 3D chalk and I have never seen anyone so excited.

after playing with melanie for a very very long time, I went to dinner with girlR, and then to the ruf barn dance! claire bear was my dance partner and we rocked it. I just love her to death. we then proceeded to waffle house and had just an average time. oh did I mention that I love cody nall to death??

overall it was a fantastic day.

yes, this is my family.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

In celebration of diversity...

HANNUKAH STARTS IN 26 DAYS!

Hannukah! Oh, Hannukah!
The sweet celebration.
Around the feast we gather in complete jubilation.
Happiest of seasons now is here.
Many are the reasons for good cheer.
Together,
We'll weather
whatever tomorrow may bring.
So, hear us rejoicing
and merriyly voicing
this Hannukah song that we sing!
OY!
So, hear us rejoicing
and merrily voicing
this Hannukah song that we sing!




51 Days 'til Christmas,
GirlR

I haven't listened to any of the new Taylor Swift yet.

To explain the title: I just felt like that fact is a big enough deal to make it the title of this post. This post didn't have anything to do with that (until now, I suppose), and I'm really not even sure I can owe that neglect to not being on facebook. However, I just feel very proud that I have yet to do that, even though I probably will sometime next week.

Moving on to good music, the song/video posted immediately below is!
Winter Song (Ingrid Michaelson & Sara Bareilles)

10 Reasons that Rosemary Jager likes this (I feel no need to discuss the obvious in the following list):
1. I love Christmas, and Christmas is in the wintertime.
2. I love Ingrid Michaelson.
3. I love Sara Bareilles.
4. I love their cartoon selves.
5. I love tree houses, and one happens to be at the happily ever after ending of this sad song's video.
6. I love happily ever afters.
7. I love violins and pianos, and even more than that harmonies, and what do ya know-- they are all in this song.
8. I love good lyrics.
9. I love the cute art that makes up this video.
10. I just love it because how could you freakin not???

Last winter, I had the priveledge of singing this song with two of my sisters in my high school's winter musical revue. It made the song more special than it already is to me. (*Insert side-comment of seconding GirlK's motion to miss and return to the wonderfulness of Birmingham.) I just think the song is all around beautiful, and I want all of our now 16 followers (I think) to know about it if they don't already.

I have to study for my Intro. to Psych. exam #3, but before I go, I would like to point out something I find funny...
If you look back a few posts, you will find GirlK quoting her good ole' softball coach--OH, annd great mentour, Byrle Kynerd... FYI: BYRLE KYNERD STARTED BRIARWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. He's kind of a big deal... I found it incredibly comical that GirlK only recognized him as a great softball coach and mentour-- which he definitely is... but he also STARTED BRIARWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. Again, big deal.

Well, wish me luck studying. And a prayer or two would be appreciated. :)



Love is alive,
GirlR