my march 30.

so i tried the 30 day song challenge and forgot about it the second day only relizing it on the fourth day. i've come up with a new idea! every month or every other i'm gonna do the 30 day challenge but in one post on 1 day of a month. with all the songs and links to them and why i love them/hate them

 01 – Your favorite song -Age of reptiles, Showbread http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgtbjfgvMvcand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX4_GWt7WwY&feature=related. 

i was on groovshark one night and was seing what was on Age of reptiles cd to see if i liked any other songs besides oh, emotobia and i liked a few. put age of reptiles on the end of Que and when it came on i was a little suprised at its pace. but i loved it. looked up lyrics and when "bury me with Israel cover up my tracks leav not a trace of what i was i'm never coming back....." i started crying, the rest is history! and it is my all time favorite song ever!! it means a lot to me and saves me. 

 02 – Your least favorite song - happy people, bleach ending. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqe48xKrmCs  <span>

i really hate it! its so annoying!!! but i don't hate happy people...unless its morning...

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 03 – A song that makes you happy - this is home, Switchfoot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgA_bsl84qo&feature=artist  reminds me of when i go home one day ^__^ can't wait. it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. 

 04 – A song that makes you sad - sound the bugle, bryan adams, spirit cimmeron soundtrack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Pz6Wlli2c   :( sadness is.....

 05 – A song that reminds you of someone - ignorance, paramore. horrible yes but it does bring t mind a few people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9A6tn_P6g  also the outside, RED. yes another not so great remembrance of someone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj9311EivJ8

 06 – A song that reminds of you of somewhere - march ( a prelude to spring ) jon foreman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCQXq9dIXe8 reminds me of the road and new orleans. all of the four ep's from jon remind me of new orleans and the road there because it was one of the cd's i burned to keep me company.

 07 – A song that reminds you of a certain event - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMXuBkSEnZA that video is kj-52, song five two. and i was at the revolve tour one of my first concerts ever and i as soon as he came on i was thinking, what in the world is going on!! where am i ! and at the same time...cool....and this song..  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYhJFjagd0s "bring em out" - hawk nelson. same thought went through my mind, + there were thousands of screaming girls this time 0_0. anyway this is bringing back weird memories. 

 08 – A song that you know all the words to - hmm...lots to choose from!!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH6zuOvUlfU jesus freak, Toby mac. best song i coud=ld think of that i know all the words to!! love it!!

 09 – A song that you can dance to - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSMnrAJpEeo&feature=related kountry gentleman, ff5. thats right i went there. 

 10 – A song that makes you fall asleep - anything acoustic, but i'll choose this one in particular http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmtj4mIxkd0   things left unsaid, Disciple. 

 11 – A song from your favorite band - i can't just pick one!! so here are my top 4. 

<span> </span>1. showbread. I never liked anyone http://www.youtube.com/user/showbread?blend=1&ob=4

<span> </span>2. showbread.  mouth like a magazinehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPviF7Wp_bw

<span> </span>3.  Disciple .  dear X. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZBEFFWnX7c

<span> </span>4. Switchfoot. awakening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpBwVR3xDbU

 12 – A song from a band you hate. i don't "hate" any band or person. i just don't like the musicle style or lyrics. probably something from linkin park or green day. older stuff. or over played songs. 

 13 – A song that is a guilty pleasure - hm...thats easy.... firworks, katy perry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw

 14 – A song that no one would expect you to love - probably that one above ^^^

 15 – A song that describes you - the entire "fear of God" cd by showbread. just to be specific. these. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMjPjRLPiyk i think i'm going to see you. or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIADZKU9dw i'm so sick, flyleaf or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH6zuOvUlfU jesus freak, toby mac. yes again....

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 16 – A song that you used to love but now hate hmmm...i'd say http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro7vCdwbER4 bring me back, everfound. sorry guys! i don't hate it either i just used to like that genre and now when i listen to it my ears hurt. hehe...

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 17 – A song that you hear often on the radio. don't listen to radio but i'd say firework by katy perry...go find the link yourself. 

 18 – A song that you wish you heard on the radio. hmm....anything by showbread. 

 19 – A song from your favorite album - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-rED13JSb8&feature=related your like a taxi, showbread. album "who can know it" i love every single song. 

 20 – A song that you listen to when you’re angry - the outside or watch you crawl by red, also anyything screamo or metal. horrible stereotyping i know. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFQPHgQRTBU watch you crawl

 21 – A song that you listen to when you’re happy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYiN1qZhnwQ oh emotobia, showbread. yes yes and yes. 

 22 – A song that you listen to when you’re sad - anything acousting or low tempo. but i'll put down. age of reptiles. 

 23 – A song that you want to play at your wedding. something showbread!! i think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRtyUgiZyss out of my mind, showbread. 

 24 – A song that you want to play at your funeral. your like a taxi - showbread. go find the link yourself...its up there somewhere.

 25 – A song that makes you laugh - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFL1Vi8cQR4 . dinosaur bones, showbread. really its just the name....

 26 – A song that you can play on an instrument. hmm....i'll pick my current fave. 

1. the dirt, showbread. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Si7MAB5iM

2. mouth like a magazine. go find link yourself. 

3. awekening, switchfoot. go find it. its up there. 

 27 – A song that you wish you could play. i never liked anyone, or anything off of "who can know it" 

 28 – A song that makes you feel guilty - secrets and regrets - pillar. i think that one is pretty obvious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sje4UPikHfE

 29 – A song from your childhood - hm...anything on a disney soundtrack. "circle of life" lion king.

 30 – Your favorite song at this time last year. what!? who remembers that? hmm..probably somthing skillet related? maybe disciple?

that took way to long...mainly cause i got distracted and listned to a ton of other songs i don't usualy listen to ....anyway yeah here it is. ....

raw rock theology tour 2011. free tour. Showbread

Showbread

It was early mid morning when I heard my mom calling for to get up, it was 8’o clock in the morning and I was going to get up and take a shower before we headed off. I moseyed out of bed, and my mom suggested that instead of taking my shower right now I could go back to bed and take a shower at the hotel when we get down there. I loved the idea and slowly walked back to my room and went back to bed. Forty minutes later I was awoken once again but this time I was staying up and moving. We both started to pack what we would need for a two day stay away, which took us about forty minutes total, and then we said goodbye to our dogs and cat and left. The road...what a gloriously boring one it was. We talked about the night and our plan for when we get there go swimming for bit, take showers and eat, look around town and then we’d head to the church. It didn’t take me long to find that my eyes were closing and opening more slowly by the second and that I was saying sure and okay to everything my mother asked or stated. I woke up in the car when we got to the hotel and my mom ran in and checked us in.

Once we got checked into our room we packed all of our stuff away and went down for a short swim. My estimate would be maybe 20 minutes swimming, then we went back to our room and I took a shower. Once I got out we hung around for a bit, then I wanted to go down to the church to see if showbread was there or if there was a line yet. The church was just down the road from our hotel, about 10 minutes away nestled away between some houses and fields littered with cows. We got to the church and there were few cars parked, but one thing that stood out was the white 16 passenger van and trailer that sat at the end of the parking lot. Showbread. We went inside and the church was a nice size to the right there was a cafe and farther down was a sitting area with tables, couches, and chairs. To the right was the room were showbread would be playing later that night so we decided to check it out. It was a nice size fitting for a small church in a town with 24,000 people. Chairs were laid out in three main area’s. One on each side and a group in the middle. We saw a lady in the back room and asked if this is were the concert was going to take place and she said yes! And sounded excited that they were here for tonight. We all walked back out to the main area and she explained to us that they(showbread) were over in the back by the couches taking naps. At this time is when we started to talk about the night and how excited we were. Then the kind woman asked if we had ate and we said we had not and she suggested a nice mexican, italian, Japanese, and middle place to eat. We said we’d go try one out and thanks and we were on our way. On our way out however there was a man, named Eli, who was running out the door. Following behind him were garret Holmes and Vanessa porter. We all looked out the window and to our astonishment there were cows in the parking lot, which me and my mother had noticed were meandering about earlier. We were walking out and Eli was chasing the cows back into there pens. Getting to our car we passed Vanessa and garret again. Once in the car my mom asked if I wanted to give them  the card I got them now and say hello and all that and I said I’ll past. We drove around for a while and I talked about how I felt that even though I know showbread wouldn’t have minded me coming over I wanted to give them there time. They get talked to all night after concerts so I figured I’d do it then with everything one else too, plus josh and patrick were sleeping on the couches. It took us a while to figure out we were on the wrong street so we found the right one and then we found the restaurant we were searching for do rito’s. It was a nice italian restaurant with good service and good food. I got a pepperoni calzone and breadstick and my mom got a spicy sandwich like thing. Over dinner my mom asked who all the member of showbread were and who played what and other little details like when the porter brothers got married to when there church kicked them out. 

After dinner we headed back to the hotel and hung out there until five thirty and thats when we went back to the church. There were a few more cars around and we could see that there were a couple of kids and teenagers running around outside as we pulled up. We walked in and a young blonde woman approached us and asked if we were there for the concert tonight, we said yes and she said that the doors open at seven and the concert will start at seven thirty, but until then we had to wait outside. We asked if we could get some tea from the cafe first and she said yes. We got our tea and as my mom was getting the sugar for it I was slightly glancing over by the couches to were I could see some of the guys, and Vanessa. We finished getting everything for the tea and now we had to wait outside in the car. Half an our passed and it felt like forever., then more time passed and more people came. The people who came were from the church’s youth group and we knew that because they were allowed to stay inside and hang. Around six thirty is when outsiders started to show up and most were turned away and left in their cars to return later. We sat and sat and finally around sic fifty we got out of the car once again and tried to get into the church. The blonde from before let us in this time and marked our hand with a small x so they could count how many people were coming in. We headed for the doors leading into the concert area and we stood there for a while. At one point I and my mom used the restroom and then we resumed our standing until seven something. They opened the doors and a few teens including me rushed to the front to get right up close. It was dark and everyone was still milling in getting were they wanted to. As soon as a good majority of the people were in a voice started talking that voice was that of martin luther king jr. It was one of his speeches, which one I’m not exactly sure. It was a long one I know that we got in there around seven ten I think and they didn’t come on until around seven forty or later. Tuned in the background was a music piece thats in who can know it. Martin luther finishes his speech and showbread enters the stage. 

It was really dark and then the projector started the picture that was playing behind showbread. They opened with I never liked anyone and I’m afraid of people, great song. Josh sounds different live than he does on the record but non the less still good. I don’t know if there was something wrong with there equipment or something, but josh’s mouth was moving but the words could only be heard like a whisper. It was an on and off thing through out the whole concert, sometimes you could hear him well and other times it was like he wasn’t even singing out loud, just his mouth was moving. Next up on the list was so selfish its funny. So selfish was a really fun song to hear life. Josh sways a lot while he plays guitar and sings and ocationly moved over to his keyboard to play some notes. Man with a hammer was next and unfortunaly this song got the bad end of the night and I don’t even think I could hear josh singing through out most of the song, my mom even said being in the back area she couldn’t hear much either so they were having problmems I guess. Regret consumes me was next which was executed very nicely by the guys and josh’s voice was actualy audible in this one. I did happen to get a video of a piece of regret consumes me and I might even post it later. The prison comes undone was up and was very nice and new live. The death off of Nervosa was played next, but it sounded a bit different to me live than on the record that I didn’t even know it was the death. Pachycephalosaurus was next on the list which was really fun to jump to and sing to, and seemed that more people knew this than the other stuff that they played. Josh’s voice was audible and everything did very well. Hyrda was the next song played. Hyrda live was really suberbly done. I always liked the song on the record but live made it more emotional I felt. Either myth of a christian nation or nothing matters anymore was next, but first I’ll talk about myth. Myth of a christian nation had a fitting video in the background. People marching and stuff like that. The band problem had returned and I couldn’t hear josh’s singing on this one quiet well either. Nothing matters anymore live is greater than I could have imagined. Showbread put a lot of energy into it and josh even screamed a tiny bit for the parts it had in the record. One of my favorite songs of all time was played next. Your like a taxi. The intro sounded a little different than it was on the record but then again so did most of the songs. Sad for me the sound failed yet again and I could not hear josh’s voice through some parts. But never less it was still very good and reminded me why I loved it. For the final two they played Age of Reptiles and Age of insects. Age of reptiles seamed popular with some people I think I saw a few people mouthing the words here and there. Totaling out at six minutes age of reptiles was my favorite song they played that night. Age of insects was next and patrick and garret took off there guitar and bass and sat on the floor. It looked like garret was praying his eyes were closed so. Patrick was just sitting and watching the crowd and josh. The most beautiful song live I have ever hear the insect was gorgeously executed preformed by only josh doing the vocals and guitar. At the end were the insect ties into the worship song __________. The crowd raised there hands and the voices melted together and it sounded like everyone was singing. 

As the night drew to an end patrick and Garret put down there guitar and bass and Drew left his drums, Josh was now the only one who looked like he might do something, which he did. Josh started out by saying thank you for coming and it means a lot to them, and then talked about how they left for tour not knowing wether or not they would make it all the way because they didn’t have enough money. He said they are in no way desperate and they didn’t say free concert then ask for donations. Josh said its whatever on your heart, if you came with the intention of buying nothing then nothing is what you can spend, but if you feel moved or anything you can give them donations. Josh then moved on and talked about how the words christian can mean more than one thing but to the american people, and most likely the rest of the world, christian means : mean, hostile, unloving, judgmental, preachy, tit for tat, militant, homophobic etc. And that it really should mean nuts(in a good way) crazy for others, serving others, loving, kind , caring, unselfish etc. And how when they do the next survey, which is what they did with the meaning america seas, that thats what it should say. How we can’t love someone with a vote, or picket sign or gun, or blowing there home up, whatever it is we met them were they are and serve them. In the end it was a great speach, and I thank Josh a lot for having the courage to do so. Later after the show my mom said that she saw several people leave one at a time drifting away until only a few remained. I guess it wasn’t what they thought or what they wanted, but josh still had the courage and heart to stand up there and talk. 

We’re almost at the end of my tale and I thank you for reading. 

The show was over and the overhead lights were turned on and the patrick, josh, garret and drew all hoped off stage. Crowds quickly gathered around all member, although the most being around Josh, encompassing them in people. We decided that we could come back in and that we would go look at merchandise for a while. We got out there and there was a small amount of people trickling back and forth between the table were the stuff was and back into were the showbread guys were. Vanessa was standing behind the booth taking orders from a few people and telling people the prices of things as they asked. We got up there and I wanted everything...literally. Originally I was gonna get the “Put down the sword” shirts the uniform shirt, nevada, the two comics, talons ep, and the special edition “who can know it”. But they hadn’t gotten there credit card taker up yet, and that was what we were going to pay with because it never occured to us that they might not take cards. But fortunately we did have some cash and I got the “put down the sword” shirt and Nevada and will get the rest of the things on there online store when it is back up. Once finishing here we wandered back to the area where the guys were and there were still small groups of people moving from one person to another. Drew was the closet to us currently so we went up to him first, I asked for a picture with him and of course he agreed. While my mom was getting the camera all ready drew and I introduced ourselves and then snap!. After that my mom talked to him about how much she likes what showbread does and loved the concert. After a small silent break we parted ways and moved on. There were still somewhat large group around josh so I decided to wait on him. And in the meantime we went back out and then back in, and Garret was up next. I asked garret if he would take a picture with me and replied with of course and it was done. He wanted to look at the picture so I showed him and then he noticed I had Nevada in my hands and we talked a bit about josh’s books, and then what a great show they put on and the long road ahead, and then once again we parted ways...ps...garret was the coolest to talk to for me, and the easiest. Josh was talking to a family about TSCP and Nevada and that took a while, all the while me and my mom are behind the family listening in. The church is setting up the chairs to there previous post and we must move so josh is handed something to sign and he’s walking slowly and writing, all the while a small group of people is following him. Finally after a lot of pictures with others and signing Josh turns around to us and there is about 1 awkward look into the eye moment, but then its gone and I ask him if he’d sign my book Nevada, and if I could get a picture with him, and just like all before he said yes. I think we talked to josh the least amount out of all the guys, for reasons I don’t know, but it was still nice. Finally, but not least patrick and vanessa. We went out and it was just them and I went up to the booth were vanessa was and asked if I could take a picture with her and she said yes as well. I told her I really liked her blog and she said thanks and then we talked a bit about driving down from denver and how clean she thought it was for a big city. A few feet away was patrick and he was the last. He agreed and we got two pictures with him because the first one was too bright, it was pretty cool talking to patrick and maybe second longest. We also talked about the show and what showbread does and how awesome they are, and then my mom started talking about how I saved up my allowance to give showbread some money to donations and patrick said thanks...it felt really awkward...they both were staring at me and it was weird…..anyway the night was over and I was ready to head back to the hotel, I had met everyone and was satisfied with it. 

New year 2011: wrap up 2010

so i posted this on facebook a while ago but i'm gonna try and revive my blog(well i can't remember anything about my previous account on here so i'm starting out new. mostly inspired by Mary and her blogging and lists for 2011. and then Abi Porter to take up some new hobbies and be more active and stuff, i hope to blog a lot more this year :-)

10 Things I Set Out To Do in 2010: 

1.  Be more confident in my relationship with friends - halfway there

2. Be more outgoing in school - done

3. Meet new people around school - done

4. Do more things with friends outside of school - done

5. Be open to new doors - halfway there..mostly fail I think

6. Stop procrastinating on school work - EPIC FAIL

7. Learn new songs on guitar - done

8. See bands in concert that I haven't seen before - done

9. Learn new techniques in photoshop - done

1.  Take friend to heavenfest - done

The 10 Best [Or Most Significant] Events of 2010:

1. Deep 1 (almost 2) hours religious conversation with friend while pretending(me and friend) to paint yellow house in new orleans.
2. Whatever I felt during White collar sideshow’s performance at heavenfest. I cried and I felt things I never felt before. I still to this day have no clue how to describe those feelings. I only regret not going back to there tent to talk to them. 

3.Getting to spend 2 whole days with my two older brothers Derrick and Andy.4.Started in 2009, but went into 2010. Started attending JCOS. 

5.New orleans service trip

6.Flyleaf concert

7.Switchfoot concert 

1. 4 hour bathroom party with alexis and April. Topics range from public schools to music to future, past and present events :) best part about camp right?
2. Wilderness trip 2010. 4 days in the wilderness with 20-30lb of wight in your pack traveling 14 miles through the colorado mountains with advisor and other students. 
3. Disciple concert Nov. 19th and harry potter premier in the wee hours of the same morning. 

(I don’t remember dates very well)

The 10 Favorite Albums of 2010:

1. Who can know it - showbread.

This just came out but its all I listen to and is very close to me

2. For those wait - fireflight. 

1. Memento mori - flyleaf. Yes it came out in 2009 but it was a significant part of my life this year
2. Horseshoes and handgrenades. Speaks for itself. Amazing album. Helped me get through some rough times. 
3. Rains a comin - children 18:3
4. White collar sideshow - WCS. Not essentially music but just listening to the tracks every day put me back into that moment seeing them live. 
5. The powerless rise - AS I lay dying . Sometimes I don’t at first understand tim’s lyrics but then it makes sense...great guitars..
6. Life starts now - Three days grace . Agian not released this year but it played a significant part. First mainstream band to be on my iPod. 
7. The chase - manafest. 
8. Can’t think of one that was released in 2010…

The 10 Best Places I Visited in 2010:

1.  New orleans, Louisiana 
2.  Indian peaks, colorado 
3.  Salem, New Hampshire
4.  Nashville, tennesse
5.  Heavenfest 2010, longmont colorado
6.  Dallas airport ..jk...it was boring...uhh.. Harry potter premier?

Other than that didn’t get out much

The 10 Best Things About School in 2010:

1. Advisor
2. Friends
3. Conversations
4. New building for us!
5. Going off campus with friends and sometimes friends of friends
6. Finding more people at school who like skillet
7. Finding more christians at school
8. Meetings with advisors
9. New classes
10. New library

10 Awesome People I Met for the First Time in 2010:

1. Jon foreman 
2. Kevin young
3. Rob Beckley 
4. Can’t single anyone out. All friends at camp electric
5. A lady I met at the RED/Disciple/Head concert. Her name escapes me but she was very nice and awesome
6. Naddady
7. Lauren (advisor)

The 10 Songs that were the Most Special to Me in 2010:

(beware most will probably be showbread and disciple)

1.  Myth of a christian nation - showbread
2.  The fear of God - showbread
3.  Invisible - disciple
4.  How he loves us - david crowder band/Gungor
5.  Your like a taxi - showbread
6.  Mathias replaces judas - showbread
7.  This close - flyleaf
8. This is the end - relient k 
9. Therapy - relient k
10. Arise - flyleaf

(runners up would be many off of memento mori, H&H, WCKI and FANSD)

10 Good Books I Read in 2010: 

1. The bride collector - Ted dekker ( made me cry)
2. Harry potter 4-7( first time)
3. Immanuels veins - ted dekker
4. Lord of the rings ( I only got to the almost end of the fellowship
5. Myth of a christian nation - greg a boyd. (still in progress)
6. Adam - ted dekker( re - read )
7. Skin - ted dekker( re read
8. mary and liz's blogs( yes they count)

11 Goals for 2011:

1. Meet showbread.(life long goal, hehe. And say more than hey) tied with Veronica and T.D benton. they are my heroes
2. Meet paramore. Been to 2 concerts and they evade me
3. Meet korey and john cooper. Met them at a signing in cali but I don’t count that. I’ve met ben 3 times and jen 2x. Countless concerts and it would be nice to meet korey and john
4. Get my drivers license
5. Get a job
6. Preform guitar for different people
7. Get in shape
8. Find a balance between “close  in state friends” and “out of state/ internet friends...also know as panhead friends)
9. Take more friends to heavenfest
10. Take friends to see skillet
11. start more hobbies paint, draw, photograph more, cook, hange out with friends etc. 

11(secret one) okay got the lyrics part down, now to right the music part down.

10 Miscellaneous Things I Learned in 2010:

1. Relationships with people is an always changing status
2. I don’t have to agree with everyone else. ( ooo that movie sucked, I don’t like that person etc. )
3. Concerts bring random people together
4. As the years go by people drift away from me and it might not always be a bad thing
5. Public school(at least mine) isn’t as scary as everyone said it would be :)
6. The only thing that will never fail me( even if I think at the time he did) is my God. 
7. The jesus we scream in our neighboors face isn’t the Jesus that he really is
8. Things arn’t always what they seem to be( yeah I know cheesy, but I learned from it yet again)
9. I deserve people who respect me and don’t judge me based on my taste in clothes, movies , music, and what I do with my life
10. If someone hurts you , and you want to hurt them back it only continues that hate cycle. 
11. People actually like and remember me