Alright, in several hours I will be attending my first ever concert. It is a concert being held by my church. I will be attending this with my boyfriend Bailey, the two of us are excited but nervous due to the fact that neither of us have ever been to a concert and we have no idea what to expect. The bands that will be attending are Family Force 5, Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash, Queens Club and I Rival. I am a little nervous because the only band I am familiar with is Family Force 5, though I am a HUGE fan of their music so they are a good enough reason for me to attend. Bailey agreed to be dragged along for the ride. I'm just hoping that the other four bands preforming are good, because I don't want to wind up wasting twenty bucks on this concert - well, whatever money is wasted will probably be made up for by Family Force 5. I can only pray that I don't die in a mosh pit.
XOXO,
McKayla
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
NOT A RANT, BUT...
The following link leads to the blog of Bailey, my boyfriend and also one of my best friends. He is a Christian, who like me enjoys movies and videogames. No, he is not writing some sort of a novel for me to rave on and on about. But he does write rants and brings several important (and some not so important but definitely interesting) topics to look at.
http://mentalpeoplethinktoo.blogspot.com/
XOXO,
McKayla
http://mentalpeoplethinktoo.blogspot.com/
XOXO,
McKayla
Friday, June 19, 2009
EMO - The Rant
What is emo?
Kids at school lable me as emo.
Why is this?
This is something I have been wondering due to the arguements over the topic. Most kids only call me emo because of the bands I listen to, while the White Stripes are far from emo - Jack and Meg White are Christian, I believe, the title to their album Get Behind Me Satan is a quote from the bible and they have a few references to hearing Christ and such. While My Chemical Romance, despite the shaggy hair cuts and black clothing, are not emo either. In fact, they even have a song titled Famous Last Words, with the lyrics 'I Am Not Afraid To Keep On Living'. UnderOath? Another Christian band I'm fond of, just because they're loud does not mean that they are talking about death and blood and gore. In fact, they're expressing their feelings for Christ, and usually speaking out against Satan. I find their methods very inspiring and amazing even if some may call them just noise. At least this noise is worshiping Christ, right? U2? Well, nobody would dare to call Bono emo, so this is one I don't need to cover this band.
I wear black.
How in the world does this make me emo? I like the colors red and black when they're combined, so what? I really don't see how this makes me emo.
Please, just think, before you point to the quiet kid in the back of the class who happens to be wearing black and has a binder covered in My Chemical Romance pictures and scream 'emo'. For all you know, they could be the ones mocking you when they actually succeed in school rather than wasting time labeling others, and you'll be the one who's upset when you see their novel in hardcover in the front window being advertised at Borders and Barnes & Nobles.
XOXO,
McKayla
Kids at school lable me as emo.
Why is this?
This is something I have been wondering due to the arguements over the topic. Most kids only call me emo because of the bands I listen to, while the White Stripes are far from emo - Jack and Meg White are Christian, I believe, the title to their album Get Behind Me Satan is a quote from the bible and they have a few references to hearing Christ and such. While My Chemical Romance, despite the shaggy hair cuts and black clothing, are not emo either. In fact, they even have a song titled Famous Last Words, with the lyrics 'I Am Not Afraid To Keep On Living'. UnderOath? Another Christian band I'm fond of, just because they're loud does not mean that they are talking about death and blood and gore. In fact, they're expressing their feelings for Christ, and usually speaking out against Satan. I find their methods very inspiring and amazing even if some may call them just noise. At least this noise is worshiping Christ, right? U2? Well, nobody would dare to call Bono emo, so this is one I don't need to cover this band.
I wear black.
How in the world does this make me emo? I like the colors red and black when they're combined, so what? I really don't see how this makes me emo.
Please, just think, before you point to the quiet kid in the back of the class who happens to be wearing black and has a binder covered in My Chemical Romance pictures and scream 'emo'. For all you know, they could be the ones mocking you when they actually succeed in school rather than wasting time labeling others, and you'll be the one who's upset when you see their novel in hardcover in the front window being advertised at Borders and Barnes & Nobles.
XOXO,
McKayla
Twilight - The Rant
twilighttwilighttwilighttwilighttwilighttwilight....
I'm not sure how much more of it I can take, everywhere I turn it's 'Twilight this', 'Twilight that', 'Twilight your mom', and 'Twilight Chuck Norris'.How much more of this can the world take? Let's go back to the time before vampires sparkled, before they were completely invincible unless faced with either their own kind or a werewolf, and back when they had the brains to stick to falling in love with their own kind.
Alright, since most of you are probably staring at your computer screen appearing confused, terrified, and maybe even a little sleepy, let me go further into details, or put this into a scenario most of you Twilight fangirls could relate to.
Would you ever fall in love with the chicken salad you eat to stay on your strict diet? No. You'd eat it. You wouldn't die for it, you wouldn't start talking to it, you wouldn't have any emotional attachment to it whatsoever.
Now, the concept of this Edward vampire falling in love with Bella doesn't disturb me so much, what really disturbs me is the fact that this Bella girl won't shut up about him. It's like, throughout the entire book (yes, don't be so surprised, I read the entire book - and saw the movie as well), the only thing she thinks about and talks about is Edward.
EdwardEdwardEdwardEdwardEdwardEdwardewfdsfilhre...
Give me a break. Does Stephenie Meyer really think teenage girls become that obsessed with the boys they fall for? And her character development is horrid. Every character is completely one dimensional, they have no boundaries, no limits, no personality, and their actions make no sense whatsoever other than the occasional ('lol becuz i luff him').
Also, where in the world did she get the idea that vampires sparkle? To quote my good friend Devin 'yeah, vampire's sparkle, before they burst into flames and roll around screaming and finally burn up and die a slow and painful death' and I'm just relieved that he agrees with me. Because now, even some boys are falling in love with the book.
I have absolutely no problem whatsoever with people liking this book, I used to like it, but the fans got to me. And I finally had to blow up, and reveal some of the things that make it bad. But most of you majorly obsessed fans refuse to admit that the novel has any faults.
When I tried to confront a girl at my school on the book, she got so mad, because she kept saying 'it's the best book ever' but she had no evidence to back it up.
So people, go ahead, keep reading Twilight, I don't care. But please, remember, there are things in life more important than that disappointing novel.
XOXO,
McKayla
I'm not sure how much more of it I can take, everywhere I turn it's 'Twilight this', 'Twilight that', 'Twilight your mom', and 'Twilight Chuck Norris'.How much more of this can the world take? Let's go back to the time before vampires sparkled, before they were completely invincible unless faced with either their own kind or a werewolf, and back when they had the brains to stick to falling in love with their own kind.
Alright, since most of you are probably staring at your computer screen appearing confused, terrified, and maybe even a little sleepy, let me go further into details, or put this into a scenario most of you Twilight fangirls could relate to.
Would you ever fall in love with the chicken salad you eat to stay on your strict diet? No. You'd eat it. You wouldn't die for it, you wouldn't start talking to it, you wouldn't have any emotional attachment to it whatsoever.
Now, the concept of this Edward vampire falling in love with Bella doesn't disturb me so much, what really disturbs me is the fact that this Bella girl won't shut up about him. It's like, throughout the entire book (yes, don't be so surprised, I read the entire book - and saw the movie as well), the only thing she thinks about and talks about is Edward.
EdwardEdwardEdwardEdwardEdwardEdwardewfdsfilhre...
Give me a break. Does Stephenie Meyer really think teenage girls become that obsessed with the boys they fall for? And her character development is horrid. Every character is completely one dimensional, they have no boundaries, no limits, no personality, and their actions make no sense whatsoever other than the occasional ('lol becuz i luff him').
Also, where in the world did she get the idea that vampires sparkle? To quote my good friend Devin 'yeah, vampire's sparkle, before they burst into flames and roll around screaming and finally burn up and die a slow and painful death' and I'm just relieved that he agrees with me. Because now, even some boys are falling in love with the book.
I have absolutely no problem whatsoever with people liking this book, I used to like it, but the fans got to me. And I finally had to blow up, and reveal some of the things that make it bad. But most of you majorly obsessed fans refuse to admit that the novel has any faults.
When I tried to confront a girl at my school on the book, she got so mad, because she kept saying 'it's the best book ever' but she had no evidence to back it up.
So people, go ahead, keep reading Twilight, I don't care. But please, remember, there are things in life more important than that disappointing novel.
XOXO,
McKayla
Top Five Reasons I Want To Live In The 1980's
5. The movies, for example, Back To The Future
4. The music, for example, the B52's, the Talking Heads, and the Pixies
3. People had amazing hair
2. Ronald Reagan was president
1. Twilight didn't exist yet
I'm a big fan of the music from the 80's. I was bored, so I thought I may as well make this my first blog.
XOXO,
McKayla
4. The music, for example, the B52's, the Talking Heads, and the Pixies
3. People had amazing hair
2. Ronald Reagan was president
1. Twilight didn't exist yet
I'm a big fan of the music from the 80's. I was bored, so I thought I may as well make this my first blog.
XOXO,
McKayla
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