Blue, Gold, and White! Fight, Fight, Fight!

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1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL? I never dated in high school. But I did date Boyd Bowers for a few months. And he went to my high school, even though I never associated with him when we were both at THS

2.WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU DRIVE? My cute little Toyota Corolla named Tess

3. DID YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST YOUR FIRST TRY? With flying colors! I got a 97%, because I got in the left turn lane too early, and because I am pathetic at reversing into parking spots.

4. WERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? Not at all.

5. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT? Ha! Never... I suck at flirting!
6. WERE YOU IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, OR CHOIR? I was in concert choir, senior year. Though, I kinda regret not getting more involved with it before then.
7. WERE YOU A NERD? Totally. I was all about concurrent enrollment classes and getting good grades.

8. WERE YOU ON ANY VARSITY TEAMS? Varsity Cheer, baby. So funny, because I'm not the cheerleading type whatsoever. Or athletic. At all. What was I thinking?

9. DID YOU EVER GET SUSPENDED/EXPELLED? Nope.

10. CAN YOU STILL SING THE FIGHT SONG? Of course. I still might be able to do the dance too. It might take me a few tries to remember though... "We're the Warriors and we're the best. We've got courage deep inside..."

11. WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHERS? I didn't really have any favorites. Never the teacher's pet type.

12. WHERE DID YOU SIT FOR LUNCH? Usually by the lockers. Or we went to Sconecutters or Wendys.

13. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME? Taylorsville High School

14. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S MASCOT AND COLORS? Warriors. Blue, Gold and White!

15. DID YOU GO TO HOMECOMING AND WITH WHO? I went with Michael Schooley, senior year. Didn't go the other years.

16. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN WOULD YOU? Not particularly. I didn't hate high school, but I'm really glad to not be at that age anymore.

17. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT GRADUATION? Taking tons of pictures afterward. I don't remember a whole lot about graduation. Besides that I got to sit near the front because the concert choir sang. And that I got to walk really close to my bestest friends.

18. WHERE DID YOU GO SENIOR SKIP DAY? I think we had one, but I didn't care enough to be involved. Or it wasn't very well publicized.

19. WERE YOU IN ANY CLUBS? Nope, sure wasn't. The "groups" I was in weren't considered clubs. Yearbook, Concert Choir, and Cheer.

20. HAVE YOU GAINED SOME WEIGHT SINCE THEN? I lost weight when I went to college, then gained weight while training for the marathon. I can now proudly say that I've lost that weight and am back to my high school weight! Yay!

21. WHO WAS YOUR PROM DATE? No one. I never went to prom.

22. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR 10 YEAR REUNION? I'll probably end up going, but I don't really care enough to bank on it.

23. DID YOU HAVE A JOB IN HIGH SCHOOL? Yeah. I worked at Winger's as a hostess for a month, and the Holiday Inn restaurant for a month. I didn't hold down jobs well, what with cheer and school work.

Proud to Be!

Happy Election Day! I've been reading articles upon articles lately. Some concern the political candidates, others about how politics affect the movie-going experience, still others about how the voting process is going... And the majority of these articles include a comments section. It's crazy to me how extreme people can become, especially concerning politics. When reading comments, 1 out of 30 may be a middle of the road person. The other 29 contain words like right-wing nuts, anti-American, hate-spewing liberals... It bothers me that a person cannot be more considerate of others' beliefs. Why, if someone disagrees with a few of the States or government's actions, are they anti-American? Why must someone be a "walmart-shopping joe sixpack" if they lean to the right?

And yet, reading these things give me a great sense of patriotism! We may be a bit too passionate in our politics, but we have the right to be! Reading an article just a few minutes ago, a woman stated that she was happy to stand in a 2-3 hour long line, nothing to occupy her time, because it meant she had the right to vote. And that's really what being a citizen of the United States of America means. The right to speak your mind. The right to stand in line for hours on end in order to make your voice heard. The right to disagree with neighbors, family, and friends, yet still remain friendly (I hope!). The right to hope and dream for a better future, and the right to fight for your future.

So, today, I proudly wear my I Voted sticker and I'm thankful for this election. It has been a crazy, practically two-year-long process, but in the end, we all get to make our voice heard. And in 4 years, we get to do it all over again! This is what makes me proud to be an American!

My iPod Shuffled

So, I have lots of random songs on my ipod and thought it would be fun to list the first 25 songs that come up on the ipod. Just a little insight into the music that makes my life...

1. Start Me Up-The Rolling Stones
2. Lost and Confused-Lillix
3. Rag Doll-Aerosmith
4. Good-Better Than Ezra
5. When You Put Your Hands On Me-Christina Aguilera
6. The Bare Necessities-Disney's The Jungle Book
7. The Big L.-Roxette
8. Watercoulours in the Rain-Roxette
9. Between You and Me-Hilary Duff
10. Only One-Yellowcard
11. Tequila Moonlight-Self Against City
12. Luck Be a Lady-Frank Sinatra
13. Walk Away (Maybe)-Good Charlotte
14. Tubular Bells Part 1-Pure Moods
15. Snowblind-Black Sabbath
16. Dancin' in the Moonlight-Toploader
17. Icicle-Tori Amos
18. Cats in the Cradle-Ugly Kid Joe
19. Dreaming of You-Selena
20. Prologue-The Phantom of the Opera
21. Hold On-Kristy McNichol (from the motion picture The Pirate Movie)
22. Amen-Jewel
23. Change Your Mind-The Killers
24. Spiderwebs-No Doubt
and...
25. Crazy Little Thing Called Love-Queen

There you have it. I now encourage all my friends to do the same! It's fun!