little wake-up call

One thing that's been bugging me lately. Stop letting people define you. You are undefinable. The definition of define: to state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of. Now, how on Earth could someone state exactly what or who another person is? You are made up of a million parts. [Perhaps] you are a girl, a boy, gay, straight, dark-skinned, light-skinned, thin, heavy. You [might] like: sports, music, architecture, computer programming, gardening, reading, photography, math, video games, exercising (and many more). These parts add up to you. Your passions, your dreams, your loved ones: these make up who you are. //But that doesn't mean you ARE them.// People [might] tell you or make you to feel that you are dumb boring weak childish helpless unimportant but you are NEVER any of these things unless you let them convince you that you are. You are only what you think you are. you are anything you want to be. Don't allow both yourself AND other people to think that anything can change that.

love |deeply| and try |dogfully|

I was doing a writing project for my English class today, and I came across this passage in Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck, where he is talking about his dog. It's so brilliant: "But Charley doesn't have our problems. He doesn't belong to a species clever enough to split the atom but not clever enough to live in peace with itself. He doesn't even know about race, nor is concerned with his sisters' marriage. It's quite the opposite. Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuitable, physically ridiculous, and mechanically impossible. But all these problems Charley ignored. He loved deeply and tried dogfully." I can't even express my love for this paragraph. It is so perfect. Why can't we all just love like Charley? Why can't we all be as submissive and innocent as a dog? If we did, wouldn't our world be such a better place? No more racism, sexism, anything. Forever may these words by Steinbeck be engraved in my heart. ♥ I'm also hoping my english teacher also doesn't use a plagiarism site to find this either, because I wrote something very similar to that in my journal for that class. (Don't want her thinking I stole that from a blog ;) I promise, Miss W, that was all completely from me. Not from this blog... which is also mine, though, so I guess that wouldn't really matter.) xxo, M

Risks

It's been a very long time since I've sat down and actually blogged. How do I sum up the past few months of my life? Maybe I'll start with a theme. The theme I shall give it will be... taking chances. Since the beginning of this year my life has been a lot about taking risks. I sacrificed my time to try to get into a really great school, and a few months later when I found out I had been accepted I had a very hard decision on deciding where to go. This meant I would be starting over in a new place for another nearly countless time, or I could stay in the same, happy, familiar place that I was. However, hoping to gain better experiences, I opted for the new school. That was a huge risk for me, because once the commitment was made there was no turning back. Yet, now I am a student there and I love it! It's definitely more challenging, but it's great meeting more and more people and learning more about all different kinds of culture. It's an eye-opener for sure. About a month ago, I also went on a very challenging hike. If you don't know me personally, then you should know that I am the most uncoordinated, clumsy person ever. I feel like I'm always bumping into people, knocking things over, bruising my hip on a corner of a counter, etc. So, adding sports, dance, or any other kind of physical activity to that is clearly not ideal. Anyways, back to what I was saying... Just before this huge overnight hike I was going to go on with a group of friends, I got an ingrown toenail thanks to some man that clipped my nails too short when I went to get a pedicure. And because of this, I had to get it removed just a week before the hike. The hike, I knew, was going to be strenuous, exhausting, and of course, very difficult. And, at first, I wasn't sure that I should have been going considering that my toe was still healing. However, with all of this considered, I was convinced to go by my peers and I ended up taking the chance. When I returned, I had blisters on my feet, dirt all over my arms, bruises on my collarbone and hip bones from carrying my huge bag up and down the 4 mile hike, but no problem with the toe had ever occurred. In the end, I was so glad I did it. If I hadn't, I would have regretted not having done it because I would have eventually realized that I would've been fine and I totally could have gone. It was fun getting to spend more time with friends and getting to know them, and it helped me become even closer to them. There are just so many blessings that can happen when you just take the chance. Like John Burroughs said, "Leap, and the net will appear." So if you're struggling with something, and you're unsure of what to do, I say follow your gut. Say a prayer. Whatever you normally do. But make sure to follow the prompting that you feel you should do. If you don't feel a prompting to go one way or the other, I say just pick the one you really want more and if it's not supposed to work out, it won't. Everything happens for a reason, after all. Just do what makes you happy. It's what I've done so far, and you know what? I've never looked back. xo, M

Goodbye M'aimes... Hello The Loud Mind

To any previous M'aimes Readers: This is the new blog. The old posts are still there, but it has a completely new name and design, again. I wanted to give it a more lasting name and something that expressed me more than the old name of the blog! Say goodbye to M'aimes, because this will be the last official post under that name. -M'aimes :')

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My favorite gif of all time

My favorite gif of all time

Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know

An amazing video to go with an incredible song.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow. I haven't posted in 4 months. Guess there's not much to say. (How lame is that?)
Anyways, here's the inspirational George Winston song that my English teacher currently has as her ringtone.

Guess What!

It's my birthday! Thanks for all the birthday wishes I received. :)
And Happy Birthday to....
My Auntie!
Manda's mom!
Brett's dad!
Kendre!

:)

It's been a good day. <3

M'aimes

FINALLY, it's over.

School! It's OVER! So glad to put it behind me. Although I don't know where I will be in the next few months exactly, I'm pretty psyched to be somewhere else!
So, to celebrate summer, my family and I are going to visit some places, go traveling. My birthday's coming up sometime soon too. That's pretty exciting.
(Hey. "Commenters". What are you doing this summer?)
I'm super excited that I won't wake up every morning thinking "Ugh. I have to do this, this, this, and this today."
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FREEDOM.


It feels awesome.

-M'aimes.

4/12/11 Update

*The school play is merely a little less than 21 days away, and none of the sets are done yet. We still have to finish painting the Jungle of Nool and Under the Sea. THEN we need to match up the platforms that make up the Circus Macgircus and paint that... it's starting to get really stressful. -_-
*After 1 year, 1 month, and 3 days I finally got my braces off. Huzzah! (I wish I could post a picture, but hey.)
*Our house officially SOOOLD. Bought by some Canadian couple, eh.
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And I think that's about it.

I just felt like I needed to post something.





...It's been a while.



M'aimes.

Landon Pigg - Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop

I think I may be falling in love with the guy AND the song.

Chris Medina - What Are Words

If you don't watch American Idol and have no idea who Chris Medina is- he's this guy who was cut off a while ago: He'd been with his girlfriend for 4 years when he proposed to her two years ago- just two weeks before the planned bridal shower she got in a car accident that lead to major brain damage. He released this song shortly after he was cut.

Tagalogians & Other Important Matters

So, as some of you may or may not know, there is a slight... no, big chance that we (meaning me + parents + yorkie-poodle) are moving... to a land far far away called ******. (Sorry all you stalkers out there but I cannot reveal where it is... as for the rest of you who actually personally know me, you should know where I'm talking about.) FRANKLY, yes, it is most likely going to take place, and yes, I will be "going, going, gone". So, just recently I began researching my possible new schools... and guess what? NONE OF THEM TEACH THE TAGALOG LANGUAGE.
For those of you who don't know what it is?
Honestly, I don't either.
But apparently it must be important if it's on the "Languages we DO NOT teach" list. I mean, I don't know anyone who has said to me "Oh man, I can't wait until I get to high school so that I can take Tagalog" but apparently there are some people who do.
I guess.

Anyway, so I will keep you posted about the move... literally.
Ha. Ha ha.

Oh yeah, and a Happy Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday to you, too. (If you happen to celebrate it.)

M'aimes.

The Holidays

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.... no, really.
Mom went far out and turned the house into the North Pole itself, and it looks like 5 Santas came and left gifts for us under the tree (yes, there IS that many). Hey, we've even got some changes in weather, AND received some pretty great news that I am not allowed to share yet. :)
In other words...

Merry Christmas.

(And a Happy New Year.)

xx~ M'aimes

Black Friday

Why does it have to be "Black Friday"?
It sounds so sad- like the Black Plague or something.
How about "Yellow Friday"?
Yeah.
Yellow's good.

M'aimes


♥

I Heart Lazy Days

They really truly are great.
Lay around...
edit some photos....
Facebook some...
read for a few hours...
all in all, a very relaxing day. <123

Maimes.

This week...

-my parents decided that they are going to see Phoenix(*jealous*) in concert...without me!
-one of the beltloops on my jeans broke.
-I found out we had two more pairs of twins in our grade(as if there aren't already tons.)
-I decided to put my dumbo rat up on Craigslist. ...Unfortunately no one has called yet.
-I made new friends. :)
-first chair in the viola section went to who? Yep.
-my Science teacher announced we were going to be pricking our fingers(wahh).
-I found a GREAT new band.
-I got closer to picking a piece for my recital.
-I discovered I love the school library more than any other place in the school.

...You might think this sounds boring,
but its the little things.

M'aaimes.

Novels and Pointless Thoughts.

Yes, I've changed the blog name. Used to be Love Me, now its M'aimes. Why? Because M'aimes is FRENCH for Love Me. ^^
(Sounds more fancy-schmancy.)
So,
I've read some new books.
Freak Magnet.
I give it 3 stars.
Okay, but not worth a read...
it sucked.
Especially the ending.
Beautiful Creatures?
Amazing.
4 1/2 stars.

Gah.
This is boring.

I think I would make these posts more formal if I had actual readers, but I don't...
so I think I update this blog just to make something for me to look back on.
Like a journal.
A public journal. xP

M'aimes.

Random Thought - 8/25

Haven't posted a 'Random Thought' in a while- so I thought I would.
This week...I don't have anything particularly deep or anything, so I am just going to state a few *random* things.
1. When you are angry, the blood rushes to your head, therefore making your eye color go darker for the time being.
2. Since I forgot to put on sunblock...I now have freckles across the cheeks from swimming in PE. NOOO!
3. I found a cockroach in my shorts after PE yesterday. *cringes*
4. Beautiful Creatures is actually a really amazing book.
5. Ice-blocking is difficult...and scary. Fun, though.
6. My English teacher really loves the Hunger Games series.
7. Found out the really immature guy(that I complained about) that used to sit in front of me in Math is actually related to a girl in my grade...oops.
8. Playlist.com SUCKS. I add a song- they mess it up and give me a retarded version of it. ...Sorry for the stupid songs on there....

And that's about it.
I'm gunna wrap it up now.

Love Mwa <3