big blast from the past
i was going through my other computer and looking at all the pictures from high school and it made me very reminiscient. so then i went through the good ole live journal and found some stuff to give everyone a blast from the past :)
i miss all you guys! i saw sister hazel in concert last night and they [played champange high and of course it made me think of baylor.
spring break '05
sarah cate's red red legs, seahorse named cow, crazy hyperness, makeup artist talents, sunglass fetish
kate's booty dancing, freaky faces, ability to press her butt up again windows, wedgie giving skills
monica's man burps, overlooked funny faces in pictures
albernie's radar for "chocolate," guy picking up skills b/c well, we could do it without her!
elizabeth's organization, making of spongebob mac n cheese
abbie's adorableness, shooting goldfish out of her nose (along w/ meee!)
mary lauren's funny comments, pride in her gingham
angela's hot dancing, boogie boarding skills, guy picking up skills
my douchie, nail biting habit, excess nudity, ability to be sneaky
and honestly, it was just...amazing. i feel like everyone had a blast, and that is nothing short of what we set out to do! so here's to drunk mississippi boys, AMAZING missouri boys, my jello, dance parties, frost bites, being sunburned, running out of food, shooting gold fish out of our nose, douchie and cow, 12 passenger vans, singing at the top of our lungs, being loud, too much nudity, wedgies, dancing on tables ("charades"), todd the waiter, pushing a random guy on a hammock, nightly talks on our porch, standing in the middle of the road to get phone service, not getting any sleep, hitting me for biting my nails, HANSON (or everyone's hatred of...), best friends
after mrs. bradford's memorial
after the memorial, mary lauren, rach, and i went to dairy gold, then decided to go to white oak where we played on the playground. now, i realized something today. i am bad at playing on playgrounds. what the hell, you ask? first of all, i cannot do monkey bars and i'm terrified of sliding down the "firemen's pole" and the pseudo rock climbing wall owned me, esp after rach went up it WITH her ice cream in her hand. so i thought...slides, i can do those. so i go down slide number one...which was steep enough so that i went so fast, couldn't stop myself, and flew right off into a mud puddle at the end of it. yum. slide number 2, twisted around and was enclosed. EASY. went down to land in the huge puddle of water that had collected at the bottom. so i am in my baylor uniform, soaked and muddy. and then i spot the hill. i ran up it and decided i wanted to roll down, so i did. and it was fun. so mary lauren joined me and we did it again. i'm not telling you guys this retardness to make you laugh, though it was funny, but moreso to tell you that i realized something. it is so fun just to not care. it feels good, you laugh, you forget about EVERYTHING. just being with 2 of your best friends, in the bright sun, running around, acting stupid. not caring. it's an amazing feeling. going back to being young.
verve 2005
so, here's to:
*mark and michael dancing in the tech booth
*dropping down and getting our eagle on
*the ski dance move
*awful stage makeup
*handfuls of gel
*flowers...lots of them
*snapping at each other then hugging the minute after
*sexy faces
*sarah cate's singing
*shimmying :)
*the music not starting for albie's dance
*mrs smith getting too creative for our warmups
*all of the friends that came and watched us
*working our asses of for a week
VERVE 2005
and my senior speech...i had almost forgotten about it....it's below
Every day you pass those chapel steps, which are usually taken over by the seniors. Don't worry, your day will come. And you might not believe me, but there is something amazing about those steps. Let me explain. This year has been amazing...seniors, I think that you will agree. Part of what has made this year so amazing is all of the new friends that I have made. You're probably thinking..."new friends?! You're a senior...you've been with most of these people since 7th grade...what's new about that?" Unfortunately, I had not taken the time to get to know so many of the people in my class until this year. Which brings me back to those wonderful chapel steps. Every morning, I walk up the hill and sit down on those steps and start talking to whoever is there. And even those little conversations can grow into something more. I cannot tell you how many people I have become close to merely from talking to them some random morning on those fateful steps. In fact, one morning, I overheard Rachael Waxler talking to someone about the video game DDR. I immediately joined in on that conversation and from there we became so close. You would never have known that last year, we never spoke. So now you're thinking..."Alright, great, you've made all these friends..." And it is great. Except for one rather important detail. This is the second semester of Senior year. I regret not having met all of these amazing people who have been here my whole time at Baylor from the start. I've heard so many people saying the same thing..."How could I go through my whole high school career without having met some of the best friends possible...and now I have them...the last year I'm here." and "Why did it take me so long to find the people that I love?" So underclassmen, I'm telling you right now, be open to everyone...who knows, they could become one of your greatest friends. I cannot stress how important it is. I mean, I am shocked that I have met some of the most influential people in my life right now THIS year. And now I'm just wishing I had done it earlier and had made them part of my whole Baylor career. Being a dancer, most of my friends were in dance along with me and I almost forgot that there were more people out there. Yet, after many tetherball and four square matches, I found myself sitting with a soccer player a volleyball player, and a softball player on New Year’s Eve, talking like we had known each other forever. The other day, Rachael and I were joking around and she said, "Yeah, I didn't miss you at all over the summer...we weren't friends then!" And though at the time, we were joking around, the more I thought about it, the more regret I began to have. It was just so hard to imagine that someone like her that I had been so close to this year barely knew me last year. To think that I could have spent a few more years spending time with these people made me upset. It's almost like that saying "Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold." I'm not saying at all that I have now replaced my old friends…if anything, I’ve strengthened my friendship with them as well. But I reached a point last year where I almost felt like I was missing out on something. Now I know what that something is. It's going outside with a bunch of girls just to point out Orion...the ONLY constellation we know. It's having all night dance parties. It's running around in the freezing cold in the middle of the street at midnight waiting for a meteor shower when it's obviously too cloudy. It's watching hours of the OC with your friend when she just got her wisdom teeth out. It's going to Fathom to see some of the greatest guys ever play. It's watching people being launched from the tetherball pole. It’s the water fights in the quad while it’s pouring down rain. And it's all those deep life talks that help you figure out who you are. I never knew how many people shared my feelings and how many people I could relate to until this year. Take advantage of all the amazing people around you....you'll be glad you did! Those chapel steps have taught me that any preconceived ideas you have of someone or even your own shyness can often stand in the way of meeting some amazing people. But don't let it happen. You will truly regret it in the end.
i miss all you guys! i saw sister hazel in concert last night and they [played champange high and of course it made me think of baylor.
spring break '05
sarah cate's red red legs, seahorse named cow, crazy hyperness, makeup artist talents, sunglass fetish
kate's booty dancing, freaky faces, ability to press her butt up again windows, wedgie giving skills
monica's man burps, overlooked funny faces in pictures
albernie's radar for "chocolate," guy picking up skills b/c well, we could do it without her!
elizabeth's organization, making of spongebob mac n cheese
abbie's adorableness, shooting goldfish out of her nose (along w/ meee!)
mary lauren's funny comments, pride in her gingham
angela's hot dancing, boogie boarding skills, guy picking up skills
my douchie, nail biting habit, excess nudity, ability to be sneaky
and honestly, it was just...amazing. i feel like everyone had a blast, and that is nothing short of what we set out to do! so here's to drunk mississippi boys, AMAZING missouri boys, my jello, dance parties, frost bites, being sunburned, running out of food, shooting gold fish out of our nose, douchie and cow, 12 passenger vans, singing at the top of our lungs, being loud, too much nudity, wedgies, dancing on tables ("charades"), todd the waiter, pushing a random guy on a hammock, nightly talks on our porch, standing in the middle of the road to get phone service, not getting any sleep, hitting me for biting my nails, HANSON (or everyone's hatred of...), best friends
after mrs. bradford's memorial
after the memorial, mary lauren, rach, and i went to dairy gold, then decided to go to white oak where we played on the playground. now, i realized something today. i am bad at playing on playgrounds. what the hell, you ask? first of all, i cannot do monkey bars and i'm terrified of sliding down the "firemen's pole" and the pseudo rock climbing wall owned me, esp after rach went up it WITH her ice cream in her hand. so i thought...slides, i can do those. so i go down slide number one...which was steep enough so that i went so fast, couldn't stop myself, and flew right off into a mud puddle at the end of it. yum. slide number 2, twisted around and was enclosed. EASY. went down to land in the huge puddle of water that had collected at the bottom. so i am in my baylor uniform, soaked and muddy. and then i spot the hill. i ran up it and decided i wanted to roll down, so i did. and it was fun. so mary lauren joined me and we did it again. i'm not telling you guys this retardness to make you laugh, though it was funny, but moreso to tell you that i realized something. it is so fun just to not care. it feels good, you laugh, you forget about EVERYTHING. just being with 2 of your best friends, in the bright sun, running around, acting stupid. not caring. it's an amazing feeling. going back to being young.
verve 2005
so, here's to:
*mark and michael dancing in the tech booth
*dropping down and getting our eagle on
*the ski dance move
*awful stage makeup
*handfuls of gel
*flowers...lots of them
*snapping at each other then hugging the minute after
*sexy faces
*sarah cate's singing
*shimmying :)
*the music not starting for albie's dance
*mrs smith getting too creative for our warmups
*all of the friends that came and watched us
*working our asses of for a week
VERVE 2005
and my senior speech...i had almost forgotten about it....it's below
Every day you pass those chapel steps, which are usually taken over by the seniors. Don't worry, your day will come. And you might not believe me, but there is something amazing about those steps. Let me explain. This year has been amazing...seniors, I think that you will agree. Part of what has made this year so amazing is all of the new friends that I have made. You're probably thinking..."new friends?! You're a senior...you've been with most of these people since 7th grade...what's new about that?" Unfortunately, I had not taken the time to get to know so many of the people in my class until this year. Which brings me back to those wonderful chapel steps. Every morning, I walk up the hill and sit down on those steps and start talking to whoever is there. And even those little conversations can grow into something more. I cannot tell you how many people I have become close to merely from talking to them some random morning on those fateful steps. In fact, one morning, I overheard Rachael Waxler talking to someone about the video game DDR. I immediately joined in on that conversation and from there we became so close. You would never have known that last year, we never spoke. So now you're thinking..."Alright, great, you've made all these friends..." And it is great. Except for one rather important detail. This is the second semester of Senior year. I regret not having met all of these amazing people who have been here my whole time at Baylor from the start. I've heard so many people saying the same thing..."How could I go through my whole high school career without having met some of the best friends possible...and now I have them...the last year I'm here." and "Why did it take me so long to find the people that I love?" So underclassmen, I'm telling you right now, be open to everyone...who knows, they could become one of your greatest friends. I cannot stress how important it is. I mean, I am shocked that I have met some of the most influential people in my life right now THIS year. And now I'm just wishing I had done it earlier and had made them part of my whole Baylor career. Being a dancer, most of my friends were in dance along with me and I almost forgot that there were more people out there. Yet, after many tetherball and four square matches, I found myself sitting with a soccer player a volleyball player, and a softball player on New Year’s Eve, talking like we had known each other forever. The other day, Rachael and I were joking around and she said, "Yeah, I didn't miss you at all over the summer...we weren't friends then!" And though at the time, we were joking around, the more I thought about it, the more regret I began to have. It was just so hard to imagine that someone like her that I had been so close to this year barely knew me last year. To think that I could have spent a few more years spending time with these people made me upset. It's almost like that saying "Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold." I'm not saying at all that I have now replaced my old friends…if anything, I’ve strengthened my friendship with them as well. But I reached a point last year where I almost felt like I was missing out on something. Now I know what that something is. It's going outside with a bunch of girls just to point out Orion...the ONLY constellation we know. It's having all night dance parties. It's running around in the freezing cold in the middle of the street at midnight waiting for a meteor shower when it's obviously too cloudy. It's watching hours of the OC with your friend when she just got her wisdom teeth out. It's going to Fathom to see some of the greatest guys ever play. It's watching people being launched from the tetherball pole. It’s the water fights in the quad while it’s pouring down rain. And it's all those deep life talks that help you figure out who you are. I never knew how many people shared my feelings and how many people I could relate to until this year. Take advantage of all the amazing people around you....you'll be glad you did! Those chapel steps have taught me that any preconceived ideas you have of someone or even your own shyness can often stand in the way of meeting some amazing people. But don't let it happen. You will truly regret it in the end.