Hello Lovelies, So I was doing some looking through blogs recently, just scrolling through the internet. And I came across a blog called "chimera" and she did this tag called "The Soundtrack of My Life" tag. I'm sure you know by now, I love anything to do with music and this looked really interesting so I figured I'd do it! And I'd love to see your guys' answers! Looking at other people's music always makes me really happy!
1. Songs you listen to when you’re happy?
I have a few songs that are my happy songs that I listen to when I'm in a great mood. A few of those are "Waiting for Superman" by Daughtry, "Mrs. All American" by 5 Seconds of Summer, "Dance With Me Tonight" by Olly Murs, "Don't" by Ed Sheeran, and "Desperate Measures" by Marianas Trench. There are tons more, but those are my happy songs right now. When I'm in a good mood, I love listening to music with a good beat that's pop-y and happy. Something I can dance and jam to and sing loudly with the windows down.
2. Songs you listen to when you’re sad?
I don't know if I listen to music when I'm sad or mad more. But I think when I'm generally like that, the songs I listen to are "Backseat Serenade" by All Time Low, "Familiar Taste of Poison" by Halestorm, "Don't" by Ed Sheeran (yes, I know that one's on my happy list as well), "Give Me Love" by Ed Sheeran, and "Don't Let Me Go" by Harry Styles (I know this isn't actually an official song, but I may or may not have downloaded it off of youtube). I guess, looking at this list, lots of songs about being alone. I wonder what that says about me...
3. What was the last song you listened to?
The last song I listened to was "English Love Affair" by 5 Seconds of Summer. I love that song.
4. What’s the most musically involved you have ever been?
Well, I've been in my fair share of singing recitals and I've been in a few plays, but I think the most musical thing I've been involved with is something I'm currently involved with, which is recording my own EP! Which I'm insanely excited about.
5. Name four or more flawless albums.
Ooh, this is tough! Hmm, I'd have to say Baptized by Daughtry is definitely one. That album is just beautifulness. X by Ed Sheeran. And Ed Sheeran is flawless too so I love that one. 5 Seconds of Summer by 5 Seconds of Summer (10 points for originalness boys). And their live album, LIVESOS is truly flawless. Oh! And of course! An album I grew up on, Come On Over by Shania Twain, love that album. Hmm, what else... I quite like FOUR by One Direction, although I don't know if I'd call it "flawless".
6. What is your favourite movie soundtrack?
Hands down, Anne of Green Gables OST. Hands down, 100%, no debate. That soundtrack makes me feel... things. And I love this gif. :)
7. What was your last musical “phase” before you wisened up?
Alright, I'm not gonna lie, this is still pretty hot.
Oh dear, definitely One Direction. And I don't just mean, I liked their music. I mean, I would reblog pictures of Harry Styles' arms or Zayn's pout. I would get chills when they'd sing "Rock Me" because that was the raunchiest song they had. I still like their music, but oh my word, I was truly obsessed. *Hangs head in shame*
8. What’s your “guilty pleasure” that you hate to admit to liking?
Hmm, I actually don't know about this one. I don't really feel like I have a "guilty pleasure". I mean, it's always hard to admit to liking these guys:
Or these guys:
It's just hard admitting it to music snobs, who many of my friends, God bless them, are.
9. Song that makes you lose your shit at a party?
Pfft, definitely Anaconda. ;) Shaking my little, white behind all over the place. No but seriously, I have no clue. I don't even know what type of music is played at...gulp... parties. I mean, my type of parties are Disney karaoke or Doctor Who fests. So, according to my sort of party, I'm gonna have to go with Make a Man Out of You. 'Cause when that song comes on, errbody better move outta my way because I know all the actions to it and I even know the Doctor Who version. Don't. Mess. With. Me.
10. Song you play on your headphones when out and about?
Usually "September" by Daughtry or some sort of All Time Low.
One of my favourite parts of Christmas is picking out our Christmas tree. My family is religiously dedicated to this age long tradition. Every December, a few weeks before Christmas, we get in our van and drive to Ikea, where we all race around the tree lot, dragging around different trees to show my Dad.
Once we decide upon a tree, then we all must decide upon a name. Yes, a name. We name our Christmas trees. Don't ask me why, but about five years ago, we decided that it would be really neat if our Christmas trees had names. We've had Steve, Bob, Bella, Patrick and this year's model is Jeffica. We thought we needed another girl because we only had Bella in the past but we didn't want a stereotypical girl name, so of course, Jeffica was the most likely option.... welcome to my family.
Then came the amazing part of the Christmas tree tradition: welcoming Jeffica into the family with decorations, chocolates, Christmas music and lots of laughing.
We keep all the stumps of our
Christmas trees and use them as candle
holders.
Jonathan: Our tree is so fat this year!
Mom: Don't say that! *hugs tree* We love you just the way you are!
Love this guy so much. Excuse my paleness and the huge bags
under my eyes. ^^
Putting the lights on the tree.
"Did you take the picture yet, Sarah?"
Putting his favourite ornament, the drum,
on the tree.
My Dad is in charge of putting the metal hooks on the
ornaments every Christmas. He has dubbed himself
"The Hooker". And he giggles at it every year.
My favourite ornament; a sock monkey I got when I was thirteen.
My wonderful mother and Grandy (Grandma).
Lots of laughter.
Hanging the golden icicles.
The final touch...
And the reveal!
Have a pretty picture of a merry-go-round ornament.
Welcome to the family Jeffica! We hope you enjoy your stay with us!
How do you guys decorate your Christmas trees? Our's is like a big scrapbook, filled with ornaments from all types of places. Handmade ones, store bought ones, ones that have been in the family for ages, toys, etc. Do you guys do real or artificial trees?
Quote of the Day
A day without laughter is a day wasted. - Charlie Chaplin
The wonderful Ali(ce)(which do you prefer?), has come up with an incredible idea to do a 12 posts of Christmas tag throughout December! Every post has to be about a different aspect of Christmas. It could be your favourite Christmas movies, gifts, decorations, etc.
She has tagged me in it (thank you!) so for the next little while, I'll be doing a series of posts on Christmas! The goal is to get all 12 done by the new year.
I'm really looking forward to doing this! I think it will be really interesting to be able to write about my favourite time of the year and read other people's posts.
And anyones else who is reading this who wants to do it! If you do accept and want to do posts on it, leave a comment with the link to your post. I'd love to read everyone's opinions on different Christmasy things!
Song of the Day
Kind of sad, but I've been loving this song recently. I get to sing it for the Christmas concert I'm taking part in next Saturday! :)
I could do the whole, "I'm sorry I haven't blogged recently" but I don't really think anyone really wants to read that. You live a life, you know things get busy at times.
So! How is everyone doing? How is everyone's start of June? Mine has been hectic to be totally honest. I have all of my end of semester projects due in the next week and then exams two weeks after that and then a voice recital on Sunday and then work etcetera, etcetera.
I dunno, it seems like every June is like this: so close to summer and freedom and sleep and fun, yet so far. These next three weeks are some of the longest in the whole year.
Why does one of the months with the nicest weather have to be the craziest and slowest? That sounds like a bit of an oxymoron.... :P It is though! I have so much stuff going on, yet every day feels like a week. It's messed up.
But, but, but. T'is not all bad. The weather is lovely. I was at Wonderland yesterday. For those of you who have no idea what Wonderland is, it's a big, big amusement (amusement? is that what the right word is there? I feel like it is...) park and it's amazing. I went with a group of about ten friends and it was a lot of fun. It rained for part of the day which shut down some rides, but it also cleared out most of the park which meant there were almost no line ups! I didn't get burnt, which is a miracle for me. I swear, I am part snowman. And I ended up buying a season's pass so I can go back again and not have to pay a bazillion every time I go!
Although, in our group, we have two... evolving couples? And they're in that stage where neither of them really know that they like each other but they're so lovey dovey all the time that you wonder just how stupid they really are. They frustrate me to bits. I mean, I get you like each other. I get you think that you've found your soul mate at fifteen, but please! Must we do the whole Buttercup and Wesley, Jack and Rose, Noah and Allie thing?
Anyways. I hope you've enjoyed my random ramble about the month of June. I hope you're all having a wonderful week and sleeping well and eating your greens and having fun etcetera etcetera.
Ta ta for now!
Song of the Day
I love this song and I love this video and it's just so amazing. I love the sound, I love the storyline, I love Daughtry. It's just a lot of love going on here. Go ahead and give it a watch! :)
Wow, that started off much creepier than intended...
Anyways! I will admit that I was fairly stumped for what to do for the letter 'i'. I mean, there's not many topics to write about that begin with 'i'. Ice cream doesn't sound really nice because I am currently freezing and sitting in a giant, over-sized sweatshirt. I could have written about idiots but I'm not really in a critical, pissed off mood. Iguanas are just something I don't have a lot of knowledge about.
But I finally came up with a topic. I'm going to write about my ignorance.
We all look at society sometimes and go, "Wait, what?" Things just don't make sense to us. We have no knowledge or information about why certain things are the way they are. So I'm going to talk about some things that just don't make sense to me in today's modern culture. Maybe you can explain them to me? Cause I'm totally lost on these things.
1) The hierarchy of music. Since when were different types of music considered more valuable than others? I'm preeeettttyy sure the reason we listen to music is for our own enjoyment, correct? By definition, music is "vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion." And if I find one type of music beautiful, and you find other music beautiful, who are we to criticize each other's music? I mean, some music may require more skill than others, or it may be more complex, but does that make it more valuable? I don't think so. 2) The whole flirting thing. Just to be perfectly frank, I don't get it. I mean, I will literally just talk to a guy and someone will come up and say, "Ohhh, you were flirting with him." Or vice versa. Wait, what? I don't get it!! Can someone please tell me what the heck I am doing or what the heck they're doing? Cause I don't understand what on earth you are referring to. 3) Why we can't be okay with people having different opinions than us. Just look at a youtube video. Or a tumblr post. Or any social media. You will immediately understand what I am referring to. 4) Why it's 'uncool' to enjoy our family. I actually really like spending time with my family. Sure my younger siblings get annoying sometimes, sure my parents get in my face about stuff, but I genuinely like them. Why are we weird if we're friends with the people we spend most of our lives with? 5) Why anxiety and depression have become cool. I mean, the whole, "Stressed, depressed but well dressed" is just pure idiocy. Trust me, it's not fun to be stressed or depressed. Just don't, don't do this. 6) Our obsessions with celebrities. You are going crazy over someone you don't know, probably will never meet and everybody's okay with this? I get appreciating someone with talent or good looks or even being a fan. But stalking their every move and going to extreme levels to have anything to do with them. For example, HARRY STYLES ILY SOOOO MUCH PLS FOLLOW ME??? <333333 1 HARRY STYLES ILY SOOOO MUCH PLS FOLLOW ME??? <333333 2 HARRY STYLES ILY SOOOO MUCH PLS FOLLOW ME??? <333333 3 HARRY STYLES ILY SOOOO MUCH PLS FOLLOW ME??? <333333 4 HARRY STYLES ILY SOOOO MUCH PLS FOLLOW ME??? <333333 5 HARRY STYLES ILY SOOOO MUCH PLS FOLLOW ME??? <333333 6 HARRY STYLES ILY SOOOO MUCH PLS FOLLOW ME??? <333333 7 Anyways, you get my drift. If anyone would like to shed some light on any of theses topics, that would be much appreciated. Or maybe you have your own, "wait, what?" things. Lemme know!! Until next time! Song of the Day I have my younger sister to thank for introducing me to this song. It's called "Shatter Me" and it's by Lindsey Stirling featuring Lzzy Hale. It's a super intense song that's a mix of modern beats and ballet and violin. It also has an awesome music video so give it a looksy!
I always thought when I got to this point in my life, I'd be happy.
University and College are on the horizon. I can finally get out and live my own life. There are so many opportunities that are starting to present themselves.
But to be honest, I'm kinda scared.
The majority of my friends are a year older than me; they're graduating this year and leaving. All of the sudden I'm not going to be able to just call them up, just hang out for an evening. Some of them are moving cities, provinces and even countries. All of the sudden, I feel so alone.
Because next year, there will be almost no one left. It's just going to be me in my little town with my family.
I feel like I'm on the brink of so many Goodbyes that I don't want to say. I mean, I'm happy for my friends, I really am. They get to go out and do what they've always wanted. I'm just sad that they have to leave.
And after I graduate, then what happens? When I leave, do I start over? Do I become a different person? What do I study?
All of these questions are terrifying me.
When I was younger, I used to dream about this time. I used to know exactly what I wanted and how I was going to get there. I guess I just never looked at the goodbyes and uncertainty.
We're all growing up so fast. Everything's moving so fast. People I've known since we ran around in diapers together, are becoming adults, going away to Universities and it feels like it's only been a few years.
I just want to hold on to what we have now. Can't we just pause life for a few years and enjoy it instead of rushing through it? Cause it seems that the older we get, the more complicated things are.
So here we are, a week later... oops. I honestly have no excuse other than school and life has been hectic and I've been exhausted.
I was planning to do a favourites of April post but then I realized, it's a third of the way through May and kinda late to do an April Favourites tag, and my favourites post would have consisted of "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran and "Parade Rain" by Hedley. I didn't do a lot or buy almost anything in April.
But! I figured I could still do a favourites post, I would just do an all time favourites instead of a monthly favourites. And then I thought, "Why not get other people to do this too!? That way I can see what their favourite stuff is and get to know them a little better!" And then it became the favourites tag. Some of the categories are going to be random, you've been forewarned.
I seem to have a thing with randomly creating tags or challenges. If you've come up with a tag that I seem to have I thought I was the creator of, please let me know. I really don't mean to steal anyone's ideas. :)
All Time Favourites Favourite Song: "September" by Daughtry. I think I've already posted this on one of my "Song of the Day" things but I'll put it here again. :)
Favourite Movie: Kay, I'm gonna cheat a little here cause I can't just pick one. I'm going to list my favourite movie from some genres.
Romantic Comedy: 27 Dresses
Action/Adventure: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Drama: Fame
Comedy: Old Dogs Favourite Flavour of Ice Cream: Pumpkin Pie, but only a certain kind. Every summer, my family goes to a family camp up in Big Bay and there's this little, family run ice cream store there. They make the best pumpkin pie ice cream EVER!
Favourite Meat: Chicken. Make me anything to do with chicken and I will love you forever. Ooh! Or bacon. Bacon is delicious....
Now I want bacon...
Or chicken....
Favourite Meal: Either Chinese food or sushi. It really depends what mood I'm in.
Favourite Book: Eugh! I don't think I can pick just one. I'm sorry guys, I'm going to have to cheat again.
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
This is the second one,
cause I couldn't find a
picture with all three.
The Emily Series by L.M. Montgomery
The Book Theif by Markus Zusak Favourite YouTuber: Definitely Joe Sugg. :)
Favourite Smell: Rain. Speaking of, there's this awesome site called Rainy Mood. It's basically a screen with rain falling on it and rain sounds playing.
Favourite Hobby: Songwriting/singing
Favourite Board Game: Settlers of Catan is my favourite board game. Pirate scrabble is my favourite game game, but I don't know if it counts as a board game.
Favourite Personality Trait: I had to think a really long time about this one. I think, and this may change, but right now it's stick-with-you-ness. It really means a lot to mean with someone will go through crap by my side and not leave. It's nice when people don't leave you when times get hard.
Favourite Emoji: The winky face one with the tongue out.
Favourite Fictional Character: This constantly changes but right now it's Emily from the Emily Series by L.M. Montgomery. Favourite Place: My Grandparent's farm. Favourite Cartoon Character: Tigger Favourite Disney Villan: Yzma from Emperor's New Groove.
I hope you enjoyed this post and learned a little more about me. :) Go do the tag on your blog and comment below so I can go read it!! :D Feel free to add or remove categories. This was just off the top of my head.
Song of the Day
I am currently obsessed with this song. It's really applicable in my life right now and I have it on repeat.
