escapades of a musical narniac

I am an optimist by default. When faced with something negative, I always try to think of something good that either already exists in the face of the negative thing, or drum up something in the long run that will be good. It's imperative for the human mind to default to optimism.. without it, there is no way of making it through this life. I'm sure of it.

Which is why people most often come to me, because they need an optimistic person to lean on. And I can understand that.. but why take my advice and think I'm wonderful, and then act like I don't exist the next day? Sure, they spoke to me once afterward, but that was just because Hannah was around.. why is it so easy to kick me to the curb like that? It's not fun. At all.

This is where bands like Lifehouse save my butt from pessimistic thoughts. They're officially my new favorite band of all time. I think I almost died when I heard Sick Cycle Carousel.. it's EXACTLY what I was just thinking, in musical form. Otherwise known as: musical perfection.

In other news, yesterday, around 600 people from my church went out and did odd jobs around schools all over the place.. and we were featured on EVERY major news channel in Virginia, and two major newspapers. It's AMAZING what God can do with one group of determined people. To Him be the glory!!

The night before, I was up pillaging the internet for new music to listen to, and realized when I layed down in my bed at around 5 in the morning that I had to be up in two hours, and needed DESPERATELY to wash my hair.

So, I did what any logical human being would do.

I leaped out of bed and got a shower at 5AM.

Somehow, showers at 5AM are soooooo much better than the ones at night or later on in the morning. I have no idea why.

The only downer to this is that I've been feeling really sick lately from lack of sleep. Huh. Who would've thought?


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One of them bit in between my index finger and my middle finger. Ouch. I think my hand is going numb. I killed it when I felt it bite me, and I had a mini heart attach because I thought it was a spider.. I'm arachnophobic. I've slayed many of their ranks, but alas! They come by the dozen! Needless to say, so far..

ANTS: 1
MEGAN: 0

Fiddlesticks.


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The title basically says it all.

Oh, that and I wrote lyrics today for the first time in a while. I think they have a sort of hold-hands-and-skip-through-a-field-all-Taylor-Swift-style feel to them.. what do you think? I got the inspiration from, you guessed it, talking to Marco earlier today just a bit. Sheesh, what can I say? The boy inspires me!

Tomorrow I'm auditioning for a permanent place as a vocalist in my church's high school youth praise band. Gahh! I'm really nervous!! It doesn't help that I'm a total procrastinator, and haven't practiced the entire week and a half that we've had the material for the audition.. I'm cramming the lyrics to these songs BIIIIG time when I'm supposed to be sleeping tonight!

Later lovers.


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Google Schuyler Fisk, and Joshua Radin. Just do it. Don't ask questions, just DO it. There's a song by both of them, but their individual stuff is amazing too. I found them through their mutual song "Paperweight", which, by the by, is gorgeous! It's like musical poetry.. a breath of fresh air. AMAZING.

I really am in love with Songs That Say Goodbye (Schuyler Fisk) and When You Find Me (Joshua Radin). Both beautiful, whisper-rock kind of songs that just make my heart soar. Those, and Sky (Radin). It's super cute! Reminds me of that special guy in my life.. !!!

Well, I'm off. We've got a cousin and two of his friends visiting for the day, and I think we're going to get some pizza for dinner. Yum. Until later, loves!


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So I'm sitting here.. quarter to four.. listening to Rascal Flatts.. and trying to figure out whether I should Facebook IM him, or if he's going to IM me. Oh dear. Wouldn't it be silly if we were both doing the same thing? Wouldn't surprise me, honestly!

I think I might be crazy. I'm staring at his name with as much "Son of a muffin, just MESSAGE me already!!" power that I can possibly muster. I think I need immediate medical attention.

**EDIT**: I diiiid it! I messaged him first. Ugh. I am so weak!!


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It brings about thoughts such as, "You can do SOOO much better than him sweetie. It's alright, it happened to me too. Hey, we should start a bookclub!.. World's largest teenage girl bookclub!"

I'm so mean.

To be continued, I have to go to church.


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I adore this one. Very much so. It's great in length, and I really like the colors.. too bad it's strapless. Strapless things and I.. well.. let's just say that we don't get along so well. Loving the color and design of this one. But, again, everyone wears this shade of blue to prom. Dang flabbit.

I LOVE this one!! Too bad it's white.. with as pale as I am, white completely washes me out. Shoot.

Little black dress? Yes please.

LOVE the strap on this, it's pretty nifty-looking.

So I'm Googling prom dresses, cause I'm cool like that, and I think I've got a pretty good idea of what I should look for next year..


I like how this one's darker than most.. I also really like the design of it. Gah. So pretty!

I really like the colors on this one.. not so much the style, but it's still nice.

I love, love, LOVE this one in every way, shape, and form. The color? Awesome. The style? Epic. The length? Amazing. Too bad everyone and their sister wears teal/blue to prom. Poop.

I love how this one is unique.. you really don't tend to see people wearing orange and green to prom. I think I'd feel like a little woodland pixie in this. Like Tinker Bell.. but cooler.

I super love the lace on this one.. not too crazy about the colors, but whatever. Lace is loverly.

Anyways, I'm going to prom next year, whether I go solo or not is yet to be determined. But, whatever the case may be, now I know what to look for!

Gosh. I need a life.

I figured today that, since music means so much to me, I should dedicate an ENTIRE blog just to my random adventures when it comes to music. Mmhmm. That's right. Hardcore, I know. Plus, it'd be neat to have something like famous artists have to tell everyone what they're up to now. So, ten years from now, people can come and read this and know exactly what I did before I was a recording artist. ...I dream big. (x

Today I played piano for a total of thirteen minutes, which is REEALLY short for me. But, it was fruitful.. I figured out that everything sounds prettier and much more lullaby-like a few octaves higher, and it is extremely fun to slam out a rock song on nothing but the piano. The slightly wimpy Casio that I'm playing, however, would probably beg to disagree. But, it's the only piano in the house, so I'm not complaining.

I AM, however, complaining that the videos I managed to record are epic failing to upload to any website whatsoever. Facebook. Blogger. EVERYWHERE. Dead. Nadda. Zilch. Not even a single note has made it into internet exsistance. I would try YouTube, but.. ahhh.. I see how mean people can be on there, and I'm, well, I'm delicate, so I don't think I could take any criticism from random strangers I'll never meet if I could manage to get them on there.

Anyways, the current song obsessions are..

- Give Me a Sign by Breaking Benjamin: I taught myself how to play this from scratch yesterday afternoon. It's one of my favorite songs EVER, so it was really worth all the hassle of trying to find that first note or those pesky left hand chords.

- Never Say Never by The Fray: Ahhh, a classic. Never gets old.

- Rolling Clouds by Brian Crain: It's a pain in the butt somedays, but it's worth it to hear it every so often. Now, if only I could get the last part so I can play the whole, legit song..

- A little something I cooked up, in honor of my favorite piece of fictional literature in the WORLD.. yep, you guessed it.. NARNIA. It's a medley of "Evacuating London" from the first film, and "Can't Take It In", which is the song that plays first in the credits of the first film. It's pretty snappy, I must say, but still needs a bit of work. But it's fuuuuuuun!! (I have it on video, but, due to either my computer or the internet being a total popcorn, you can't listen to it, now CAN you?)

- Xion by Yoko Shimomura: If you go to my songbook, you can listen to this one.. it's absolutely AMAZING, and one of my all-time favorites.

And I believe that covers basically everything. Until later!


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