Thanksgiving

I AM SO THANKFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON THAT READS MY BLOG.

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My Mom does Thanksgiving, and my Aunt does Christmas, so Thanksgiving break is filled with lots of cleaning and cooking instead of too much relaxation... I was hoping to go to the Daughtry/3Doors Down Concert, but alas Dad doesn't want to leave the relatives and my Mom at home while we go to a concert, so never mind about that. :/ Did I mention I have homework to do too? Well I do sadly. At least I actually have time to do it haha. I'm hoping to read some also. I want to take out a few books over break. I started playing DDO again! (Dungeons and Dragons Online for those of you non-PC gamers)

This weekend we put up all the outside Christmas decorations! It looks like a winter wonderland! Except we won't turn the stuff on until after Thanksgiving, so it's just kinda there... I'm eligible for my license next month! super excited! In 5 weeks it will be an entire year of being single. That sounds odd to say... Sounds like: "Been Forever Alone for 47 weeks now!" WOOT. LOL :) I definitely don't mind.

 I've been told I'm "the coolest lame person" people know lol. I like that. It describes me well. 

Well have a swell holiday week My Lovelies! <3

My Favorite Things.

This week I thought I might let my viewers get to know me a little better and tell y'all about my favorite things, in no particular order of course. :)

• Indie and Alternative Music! (ie. The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Vampire Weekend)
• Vintage! -I love all things that look as though they're from the past and well kept-
• My Tumblr
• Reddit!
• The Beatles <3 
• Etsy(:
• Choir! -I'm in my school's choir and one of our show choirs-
• Brotips
• Dog House Comics
• Books of Adam (blog)
• So Many Cakes (blog)
• Tender Nuggets! (blog)
• Autumn/Fall
• Reading
• Indie Films! (ie. Like Crazy, Blue Valentine)
• Football!
• Spiderman!
• Men's PJ Pants
• Family & Friends who can make me Laugh until I almost Cry
• Starkid Productions :)

I hope you enjoyed my 20 favorite things; I would be overjoyed to know that y'all liked some of this stuff you weren't aware of before you read my post! :)

Have a wonderful week My Lovelies! <3

Worthless.

Do you ever feel so worthless, that even though you're having a great time with those who love you, that creeping feeling comes back to lurk in the depths of yourself? Terrible. Isn't it? This past week especially I have been being told time and time again I am not good enough. I'm sitting here, blogging, eating Ramen, and wondering why. Why is it, that people of pessimism, and (not to sound conceited in any respect) people of lower skill than I, get chosen over me time and again, when not only do I work my tail off, I'm pleasant and friendly and optimistic to everyone I come in contact with? It's quite frustrating. Even more so when I should "get over it". As I've discussed, it makes me feel somewhat worthless, yet I can't say anything because I'm supposed to be the one person who never complains and is ready to put a smile on anyone's face, even when no one will do the same for me.

On a lighter note, I've been listening to music a lot. I mean A LOT.  I'm constantly listening to Indie and Alternative music. It's great. Found a guy who is really into some bands I am really into which is cool. What's even cooler is that I was kind of into him before the music thing.
Sorry for the downer y'all, but if any of you can relate shoot me a message on my tumblr, that I will link at the end, or my e-mail: simply.laurel.stone@gmail.com .

Have a Fantastic week my Lovies. :)

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Cold.

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I absolutely love the colder or chillier weather patterns! :) It's the best time of the year. Everything is changing and the air lightens and it's simply magical. My winter clothes and cozy clothes are ready for the changes! Winter food is always great too. And spirits are higher too. Just too awesome. Except Flu Shots and sicknesses, that isn't too great... Speaking of diseases, does anyone watch The Walking Dead? Because I do and I Lahve ett!!! I was really excited once we got AMC back, and I had mini marathon with myself to watch all three episodes of Season 3. I have surpassed 350 views which blows my mind! Y'all are fabulous. My blogs are kind of my pride and joy, so I hope some of you if not all enjoy my blog :)

Keepin' this post short and sweet.

Have a wonderful week My Lovelies <3

Indie.

For the longest time I have been in love with everything in the Indie genre. Indie films, Indie music, Indie thoughts. Everything. It really engulfs me. I swear that if I grew up somewhere other than the deep south, like New York or something, I would be the ultimate Hipster. Not the stereotypical Hipster that's so mainstream nowadays that everyone despises, but the true basis of what a true Hipster is. The simplicity and liberal way of being is beautiful to me and I try to embrace it while holding onto my Southern Proud roots. Sometimes I almost wish I was born in a different state, like New York, so I could be my edgy alter-ego. It's hard to embrace both sides of myself. I almost feel as though I'm one person, conditioned to be another. Quite odd, frankly. I read Perks of Being a Wallflower and watched Like Crazy this past weekend and will be going to see Perks in theatres ASAP. I'm very excited haha. All that Indie really pumped me up. It was fabulous. This blog is really a place where I can be myself, and I don't have to please anyone, or be "perfect". It allows me to say what I want, and truly let it all out, and I thank y'all for the views and allowing me that.


"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite."

Have a fantastic week My Lovelies.

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Ugh.

I'm going to go on a small rant of why there are some days when I can't wait for University.

Everyday I go through High School and listen to whiny teenagers. I listen to them complain about First World Problems and how they can't have a social life due to their homework mound, when I know for a fact I have more homework than they do and I'm not complaining. I've always been at a higher maturity level and it's really wearing on me lately, especially since my pet peeve is whining. It drives me crazy because these people don't even try and they complain about EVERYTHING. It makes me wonder why I don't just become a hermit and ignore everyone. On the bright side I know I don't have too much time before I go off to University and have nothing to do with my annoying acquaintances I am forced to deal with day in and day out. It really eats away at me that I'm even classed with these people because I feel like I'm so different. I know that I'm not better than anyone and that's not what I'm trying to say, I just feel so out of place. So, so out of place. I've just about given up even attempting to find a guy in high school and I've always known it was rather pointless to try. The guys I like, like other girls, and the guys who like me, are few and far between plus they're generally not what I want for lack of a better phrase. Sometimes I just really wish I could have that new experience to start fresh and have more experiences and life and just more.

Basically, long story short, I'm full of angst. Oh yeah, the picture is unrelated, I just thought it was neat.

Thanks for reading my rant, have a fantastic week My Lovelies! :)

Words.

Here's my two cents on a matter. It really struck a chord a while back, so I wrote about it, and where better to post it but here?

I could write every word I can possibly think of to describe how I feel, but it will never amount to the emotions I carry. I think that's what's so great about being human. There will never be enough words in any language to completely tell about an emotion or feeling. There's so much that can be said just in one sentence, but no matter what we say it's not complete. That's why no one will ever know exactly how you feel about anything. Sure they can say, "Yeah I know what you mean, I feel the same way, I know how you feel," but they don't. They never will. It's not cynical, or patronizing that humans can't fully communicate everything, it's how it's supposed to be. It's nice. If you could say exactly how you felt all the time, it would save time, yes, but it would ruin the wonderful act of inference and slight ignorance. It's rightly beautiful that we feel certain ways and use other modes of communication to tell what our words can't. I love it. Sometimes it can be frustrating because I can use tons of pages, many many breaths, and so much energy, yet it will never be explained perfectly. I'm glad though, because otherwise, we might totally separate ourselves form others. Quit trying to use others means of communication besides words to understand complex emotions, and then we'd become cold, and lose what makes us human. Emotions and trying to understand them and letting them flow and trying so hard to communicate them is what truly makes us human. Sometimes not being capable of something is greater that being capable in the first place. It's the struggle that counts, not the result.

Have a wonderful week My Lovelies! Signing off.

Booyah!

Super Duper Mega Uber Booyah! I had Region Choir Auditions this weekend and I placed 10th out of 50 girls! I was so excited! That means I get to go to Pre-Area and compete again! I'm ecstatic. I really hope I make it on to Area, but you never know! Lots of hard work for me the nest 5 weeks. :) Choir is all I do LOL.

It's homecoming week this week, which means everyone will be pairing up like Noah's Ark is making another round, and I'll be a forever alone chick, but what's new? haha (: I definitely do not have a problem with that though. :D

Other than my bout of fortune in my choir competition, there isn't much to blog about, so have a Fantastic week my lovelies! (and don't forget to share) (;

Birthday!

My Birthday is today! One reason to have a decent Monday. I enjoy the attention of a birthday, yet I'm really not sure if it's a good thing to be getting older. Either way it's imminent so I might as well make the best of it! haha. Most people would want a party or have friends over or go out, but at this point I don't particularly want to have any type of party. Frankly, I'm disappointed at how much homework I have. :/

I thought it was quite humorous going through my day and seeing who remembered, who got told by others, and who never said anything, even though I've been friends with them since the beginning of time it seems like haha! Oh well it doesn't matter. :) Just some cynical entertainment for me :)


I got a T-Shirt that references Lord Of The Rings! Which was really neat.  Listening to a lot of music and chilling while frantically trying to get my blog post out! Hope y'all can't tell ;)

Do any of y'all have those days where people treat you as if you're a gift to their species, yet other times you feel as though you're going to be alone forever? Well if you're not, let me tell you it's odd going from one extreme to the other haha. (: I have region auditions for the All State Choir on Saturday, so please wish me to break my leg! ...What an odd phrase....

Anyways, I had a good Birthday, and I hope y'all have an equally great week! Adieu my Lovelies!

Soon To Come...

I'm working on a blog post that should be quite funny and slightly relateable! I'm really excited about it because it's taking a bit to accumulate all of the quotes. Hopefully you'll ll enjoy it! :)

Disclaimer: The rest of this post shall be a modge podge of stuff.

Spent all day Saturday at another Region Camp, which will hopefully all pay off! haha. My birthday is a week from today! I could be cynical and say it's a year closer to death, but I'll be positive and say I'm another year wiser. ROFL (Just kidding IRL I'm still sitting right here writing a post for y'all.)

I hope y'all are still sharing my blog with your friends and getting me more views! Which by the way, we've hit 200 page views! I'm so excited!!! Sorry the post is so short, but I'm kind of exhausted from everything haha! Have a wonderful week my lovelies... :)

Awkward.

That awkward moment when my English teacher asks how many of us blog, and I'm the only one who raises my hand... Yeah that happened to me last week! I'm proud of my bloggin' skills though ;) I had to inform everyone about blogs and Tumblrs, but then again, what else is new. haha! My friends told me, you have a blog?? Tell me the web address! I then replied, "I'm sorry I can't give you that information, my blog is personal, only strangers can read it." What's funny is this made sense to them... haha!

For those of you who read last weeks entry, I did not make the fall show, but that just means I have more time for Choral stuff, yay!

My mom had made brownies and I brought them for a party and everyone loved them. Someone asked me, "Are these home made?" I responded with, "Yeah! ...From a box..." Needless to say people find me funny. Thank the Lord, or I might have no friends. haha! :) One of my friends actually told me that once. She said, "Laurel, if you weren't pretty and funny, no one would talk to you." This was after I had said something slightly lame and extremely nerdy. :D I like being who I am! I don't really care if someone thinks I'm lame, because frankly, I know I'm a nerdy geek. ROFL <--- I used rofl because I always read it "rawfull" and I Love love hearing it in my head and chuckling silently.

I think I'm done with my random rant for this weeks post, you should look forward to a "Stuff My Parents Say" post soon! Have an amazing week my lovelies!

September!

Happy September to y'all! Hope school, work, etc. is going swimmingly. After one week I am already exhausted, which I wasn't expecting in the least. Thank Goodness for a long Labor Day weekend! Auditions for the school production are this week, wishes for a broken leg are appreciated! haha. I don't know about y'all, but I absolutely LOVE the season that is Autumn, and it will be here in a couple weeks, as will my Birthday! The leaves will fall, as will the temperature, and all will be lovely. :)

To any of you in music, you know how much it takes to learn multiple pieces, to those of you not in music, I promise it's not all rainbows and ponies to properly learn a piece to compete or perform with, but at the moment I'm learning, I kid you not, 18 pieces of music. They're all beautiful and I love them with a passion, but this is the most music I've ever learned at one time. I'm astounded! haha I didn't know I had it in me. This is the result of 10 competition pieces, 3 normal choir pieces, and 5 show choir pieces. Intense right? I feel that this was the main reason I learned to count when I was younger, to master odd time signatures. hahaha(:

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Have a wonderful September Y'all!

Psh, School!

Today for many schools, including mine, is the first day of the semester! Summer has come to a close, and I don't know if I'm happy about it or not... I'm excited for the productions, show choir events, meeting new people, and even learning new things, but as for the waking up early and the drama that accompanies High School....not so much. :P
I am honestly, really ready for the first day though. Outfit picked out? Check. Tye-Dye back pack with basic supplies? Check. I got this attitude like I can do anything, except I picked the wrong spot for my locker, just my luck haha. Oh well I'll make it work! ;D

Does anyone else just love the way the first week feels? Everyone gets to see the friends they haven't really seen since May; no one knows exactly where to go or what to do; new teachers and new people. It always has this really cool nostalgic feel to me. Maybe I'm just weird. Wouldn't be the first thing that classified me as weird haha!
I have a really good feeling about this year for some reason. Hopefully I'm not the only one. I just think I feel a lot more established in who I am than I was last year. I'll make sure to keep the blog running. I'm trying to master the scheduler, so just in case I'm not here to post every Monday, there will be a post awaiting y'all. I really try to keep y'all content! :) Well, without further ado, I hope y'all have a wonderful week especially if it's your first back as it is mine! :D

Distasteful...or...Funny?

I know a craze for teenagers and young adults that's been around forever are the "That's What She Said" jokes. Frankly, I find them funny, yet many find them distasteful, so this is a compilation of the ones I've heard and remember, accompanied by situations as needed, for you to decide: distasteful or funny.
 Enjoy! :)



*Cooking hot dogs and putting them in a container to keep warm*

"Your wiener's hanging out."

"...That's What She Said." 

*I don't know exactly what they were speaking of, but it still happened...* 

"It was the biggest thing I've ever seen!"

"That's what she saiiiiiid."

*Someone convincing someone else to try a new food*

"Just put it in your mouth!"

"That is what she said."

 *After an exam*

"That was so hard!"

"Yeah, but that's what she said."

*Lead wouldn't fit in mechanical pencil*

"The hole's too small, it just won't fit!"

"THAT'S what she said."

*Putting up the Christmas tree*

"It's so long it can touch the ceiling."

"That would be what she said!"

Well that's 6 and if you want more you click here!>> That's What. -She
Hope this wasn't too offensive, and I should let you all know, besides this humor, I am still a polite Southern Belle in public. :) Have a lovely week Y'all!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Multiple Personalities

This post was very loosely inspired by The Breakfast Club :)

I've found there's many layers to people in general, but some people act different with every group of people they're with, and it's crazy! I try to stay consistent, yet in all situations, you will realize who thinks certain jokes and stories and even personality traits are pleasing, and who definitely don't, which allows slight leniency in "who you are".
In another respect, there's those people, like me, who are caught between "genres" or "cliques". I personally am not part of any "clique", but I am undecided between whether I would rather be more of a cowgirl type, or a hipster type. I call myself, jokingly, a "Texas Hipster" because honestly, if I hadn't been raised in such a Country-Western small town atmosphere, and been raised in New York or Portland, my love of all vintage and indie things would have turned me into the pleasant version of a stereotypical Hipster. I still generally revert back to my Southern ways and it shows, but I keep my interests at hand.
I say, be who you want to be, yet be yourself; whoever that may be. Make your "genre" something positive, and be that person other people want to emulate because you're so confident in who you are, and basically happy! Have a wonderful week Lovelies! :)

Apologies My Lovelies!

I hope you will all forgive me for my lack of posts since I love to keep my blog updated every Monday, yet it seems as though I have neglected it for a few weeks. I didn't realize I had, necessarily, due to the amount of traveling I've been doing, which just so happened to occur EVERY MONDAY. I admit I should have written a post and scheduled it for the up coming Mondays, but I wasn't that organized, and I apologize.

SO back to the substance of the matters. I don't know what wonderful adventures have been taking place in your lives, but I'd love to hear about them! My e-mail is posted above, and I have yet to receive any e-mails from you glorious viewers! I've also been keeping away from any form of my writings lately, which I need to pick back up, so for the time being, you can send you works in to be publicly shown on my blog! (you will be credited no worries) I plan to start posting a few of my short works on here, once the New Year arrives.

Guess What?! We've reached over 120 views in a little over a month! Considering this is my first blog and the vast majority of the people I know have no knowledge of this blog, I'm uber grateful to y'all, Reddit and Tumblr members for visiting me and sharing with your friends! Please keep it going you fantastic humans.

Well I imagine that's it for now, and I will no doubt keep my duties as a Blogger a priority, even more so now. Have a fabulous week Y'all! :)

Short Post!

Happy late St. Swithin's Day to y'all! It was Yesterday, and I honestly only know about it from the novel One Day, which is a great read I might add, that I highly recommend! Apparently legend says if it rains on Swithin's grave, something will happen! Vague I know, but still... Anyways, today's post will be a short one due to the fact I'm away at a function and can't stay for very long! I just recently surpassed 80 page views (puny I know) and I would absolutely LOVE it if y'all would SHARE, SHARE, and SHARE some more with your friends, family, and co-workers, so that I have more readers and more reasons to keep posting! I'm off for now, thanks! :)

Y'all Are Fantastic.

Self image is such a huge problem these days. Honestly I know I had a terribly low amount of self-esteem for the longest time and all of a sudden with the help of a lovely group of people, I built up a regime of esteem, I guess you could say. I learned to stand up for myself and those I cared about in a respectful way and became my own person more so than before. Now I do all I can to help everyone around me. I know a lot of people could say I could never offer anything but sympathy, but I think I can do more. I've always been really understanding and I have
become the basis of a support system for a large amount of people. I'm an extremely accepting person and I take pride in being able to help and give an unbiased opinion. If any of you readers ever need a metaphorical shoulder, I am here. Maybe your questions and stories could help someone else in your same position, so send them in and I will read them all and possibly post them if you wish. You are all amazing. I mean it!

Insight!

A lot has happened within the past 9 months. I have had different interactions with some people, who really opened my eyes to how odd and even slightly cruel the world can be. A relationship I had went through severe turmoil seeing as the other person was apparently emotionally unstable. I now know to really stand up for myself, and not accept guilt or blame when it isn't mine to accept. This impacted not only my personality, but how I approach things. I'm more confident in general, yet cautious of what I say and how those words could be taken. This being said, I don't regret even the nastiest of things that were said to me, for they made me stronger. I am a much more solid person. I realized that it's true that the meanest people are the most insecure. It's not an excuse, but it helps to understand why they can't rightly stop the habit. I don't talk to that person anymore if I can help it, only because I drew a line and they insisted on stomping across it. All I can say, is that I have learned that it's important to pray for those who persecute me, and to stand my ground. I advise y'all to do it too! Send in your stories if you want, I'll read them, and if you request I might even post them!

Narcotics & Scrabble...

I recently had my Wisdom Teeth removed, and now I am on a medley of pain relievers which tend to skew my normally organized mind into a chaotic, can't-follow-a-single-train-of-thought-through, jumble. My parents take the "Words with Friends" game quite seriously when they play against each other, and since I wasn't feeling too swell my Dad, thinking it might cheer me up, decided to ask me if I would oblige him and play his turn. (I'm generally pretty awesome at the game.) Note I'm still on Vicodin at this point; I play "TREASON" for 16 points. The 'N' falls imbetween a 'Triple Word' and 'Triple Letter'; therefore, setting my Mom up for a huge score. I of course wasn't thinking of that and was glad I used six of his letters for him. He proceeds to exclaim, "What are you thinking??? You set her up for that! You dawg!!" To which I replied, " No, What are YOU thinking?? I'm on Narcotics and you think I can effectively play a game of Scrabble for you?!" Needless to say she got 48 points, and he hasn't asked again for help.

Why Oh Why?

I'll start off this blog by telling y'all why I blog in the first place. I began this blog because after reading quite a few blogs and wanting more, and thinking I had decently humorous, yet long stories, I figured I would create a blog. I don't necessarily think it will be that huge of a hit, but let's see! In my group of friends I'm known as the funny one, mostly because I know exactly when to add remarks. *Yay for timing!* I never really thought of being a blogger, simply because that's not something you hear about people doing in this little Texas town where I'm from. I got myself involved in coding and other nerdy things and web logs happened to be included. ...So Enjoy? Enjoy!