I'll Be There

They say home is where the heart is, and I guess that's pretty accurate. There's nothing I love more than getting back home and finding everyone happy to see me. Everything isn't always the way I left it (for example, the house next door to mine has sod now) and the new high school always looks a tad closer to being done, but it's still the same for me. I love college, don't get me wrong and I enjoy being here but, at home, palmetto bugs don't crawl into bed with me while I'm sleeping and I don't have to do my own laundry. That being said, I'm about an hour away from take-off and I'm in a really good mood so I decided to blog about it.

I'm excited about this weekend. I plan on having a good time and maybe getting my party on at some point. I miss my friends. I want to hang out with all of them without causing a nuclear war. I also want to see some of those hoes that are still kicking it at the CHS. Commerce vs. Jefferson tonight will really bring back some memories. My sister is wearing my old football jersey to the game tonight. Sometimes, I ferociously miss high school and how easy everything was. At the time, it didn't seem easy or necessarily awesome but looking back, it was simple. Sure, we had drama (I myself am apparently a huge fan of drama) but in the end everything was aight. Going back home, sometimes I'm just hit by all of the things we all did together.

Like the time me, Callie, Anna-Marie, and Andrea played at Spencer Park in the middle of the night. Or the time we painted the bridge and me and Cal pissed on that bitch. Or the time the softball team finally beat Jefferson 1-0. Or the time Jessie called Callie's stuffed dog Benijah and played with her all the way home. The time me and Rachael decided to drive all the way to Helen just to get those rings and maybe a funnel cake. The first time we all got drunk at Anna-Marie's. The time me and Callie almost got arrested for hanging out at Tanger waiting on Andrea to get off work. The time I peed myself at the Jefferson game after we all got into a bitch fight with a crazy senorita. The time we rode in the Angie's stang and Jamie gave me and Courney lap dances. The time Hamp and I stole lots of liquor from a person's house. "I LOVE THE BEEAACHH!!!" The time we rolled Alex Pace's house and had to hide in the ditch as cars drove by. The time we saw Britney Spears in concert. The many times we went to eat Inoko Express. The picture days, the field trips, prom, homecoming, gradutation, birthdays, breakups, makeups, everything.

I remember all of these times and I realize how much I love everyone and how much of a freaking softy I am. And thats when I know, that even if we don't talk for a month or two, when Anna-Marie's next man breaks her heart or when Colton wants an honest opinion about the next girl he likes, or when Andrew gets into trouble with everyone again, or when CBill beats the hell out of a mascot in Columbus, or J. Dove and C. Med need to get crazy, or when Callie needs me to push her into something she knows she wants to do, or when the softball team needs somebody to get on their ass, or when CJ needs me to tell her the Gods honest truth, I'll be there.

(Note: "I'll Be There" by the Jackson Five)

Have A Little Faith In Me

Forgive me Blog, for I have sinned. It has been entirely too long since my last post. Please forgive me. I've been busy with this whole college thing. I know its no excuse because I had plenty of time to add 45 songs to my iTunes and to watch Season 1 of Gossip Girl, but I digress. I have 5 major topics I want to discuss and I need to get on that.

1. The Iroquois Indians.

I've decided that I want to live with these (now extinct thanks to...oh yeah us) peeps. They treated women with incredibly high regard seeing as how everything was passed down through a matrilineal system and the women were the "neck of the family" whereas the man was the head. Get it? Haha. Plus, they didn't believe in private property; everyone shared everyone else's profits. The Iroquois Confederation was actually an awesome little government before the Europeans came along and stomped those homies in the ground with a little smallpox, syphilis, and a little thing I like to call genocide, but again, I digress.

2. Electronic Waste

I'm pretty pissed off about this E-waste issue. For those of you who don't know, lots of major countries send all of their used PCs, DVD players, TVs, and other electronics out of their country and into countries like Ghana, China, Japan, etc. You know the things you think you're recycling? Like ink cartridges? Yeah, little cute black babies use those things for teething toys. It does wonders for their health. Plus, adolescents living in China melt computer circuit boards down for the little tiny specks of gold so maybe they can buy something to wear to school, while unknowingly poisoning themselves with lead. It's all very lovely. As per usual, the so-called "world powers" do nothing. P.S., I found out my ecological footprint is 5.8. I'm sure it's not good but it ain't as bad as the United States whopping 9.6.

3. College

I love college. Yeah. I love drinking. Yeah. I love Callie. Yeah. Man, I love college. But seriously, this shit is boss. Why didn't I come here earlier? People actually want to learn things here. I don't really like a whole ton of people but I've never been a people person. I've got Callie, and T Sims, and Tay Jones, and a bunch of other peeps I used to know. So that's good. Plus, Bailey and her whole clan are like, right down the road. My room is awesome but no, I will not upload pictures on Facebook. Me and Callie cook and T Sims comes over all the time. It's pretty sweet. We go home when we feel like and avoid the flu of swine on a daily basis, like a boss.

4. Home

Me, Callie, and Taylor have gone home once already and are planning another trip this weekend. We all carpool the entire 4 hours it takes to get home and along the way we learn a lot about it each other, but even more about ourselves. Ha. Seriously, I think driving back and forth might be the most fun ever. I enjoy driving and listening to music and flirting with Taylor though so why wouldn't it be fun? I got to see lots of people this past weekend that I love sooooooo much. Had a little too much fun in downtown Athens. And once again, I've gotta say, those people who say its impossible to stay in touch with your high school friends in college, are full of shit. Like they say "If you love someone, let them go. If they come back, they're yours forever." Well, I know a lot of people who've come back and btw, I love you too.

5. Remember the Titans.

If there is a person alive on this earth who hasn't seen this movie, then shame on you. It's a majestic film that teaches us all a very valuable lesson: people are capable of extraordinary things. Whether it be changing what you've always believed or letting a teammate play for you because you know he's better, this movie shows the goodness of the human spirit. You can see it in the way they bridged the color gap and became more than a football team. It's a movie about love, and friendship, and teamwork, and family, and change. It's a movie that never fails to give me hope when I'm feeling down. In the words of Coach Yoast: "You make them remember....forever...the night they played the Titans!" I'm pretty sure anyone who sees it will remember.

In conclusion, I leave you with my quote of the week:

"It would be childish of us to deny that our lives weren't changing. But for this night, none of us were going anywhere. That's the thing about really good friends." -Carrie, Sex And The City

(Note: "Have A Little Faith In Me" by Joe Cocker)

The Climb

It's all about the climb. The climb up Miley Cyrus's stripper pole.

For everyone who didn't enjoy tonight's annual Teen Choice Awards, Imma hit you up with a recap. Pretty much, the Jo Bros (or as I like to say Sweetie Pie, Man Whore, and the Other One) were the hosts. I've seen better hosts in my day. They performed two times too many and flaunted the fact that everyone 16 and under really really really just want to touch them. I really do like the little one. He's probably the most respectable out of the lot. He's got the diabetus and he donates lots of money to fund research for a cure, which is awesome. Joe can suck it though. I got my girl T. Swizzle's back bitch. I really have no thoughts on the one who's getting married.

Let's see...Selena Gomez won something! Which made me smile because I enjoy everything she's in. And she has class. Unlike some people who shall remain nameless....Miley Cyrus! Chuck Bass was smokin' hot as per usual except he used his real voice which upped his sexiness if you ask me. Jacob Black is possibly the most delicious morsel on this earth. You go Selena. Get you some. Dane Cook was there. He made fun of Vanessa Hudgens. Zac Efron is good looking and won some awards. The Black Eyed Peas tore that shit up! Sean Kingston...not so much. He's really unattractive and he wasn't singing half the time.

Twilight won everything. Something like 1000000000 awards or something. To NO ONE'S surprise. I liked that movie, saw it a million times, but the book is MUCHMUCHMUCH better. (I'll take this time to politely ask America's teens to pick up a book. Thank you.) And, I have once and for all decided that Tay Lautner is sexier than R. Patz. That's right, I said it.

During the commercials, I decided that Glee might become the best show ever. I must see The Time Traveler's wife even though I will most likely cry a lot. Fringe is gonna be awesome this year. And, the new burgers at McDonald's creep me out.

This brings me to...Miley. Let me just say this just one time, that was uncalled for. It really was. You are like 16 homefry. When Britney was 16, she had class. (B. Spears totally dissed you btw even if you did use her name in that song) At first I thought I might like you, Miley. Then, I decided the snaggle tooth was too much. Then, I watched your Youtube channel and really thought that was too much. Then, I saw your video for The Climb and knew it was enough. You are Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana. You sing, you (attempt to) dance, you (attempt to) act in movies and TV, and apparently you have your own clothing line at the Wal. I am almost positive that MK and Ash are disappointed. Kid moguls today. And did you see that totally inappropriate plunging neckline? Hello? And hot pants? You are not Beyonce, home girl. And Disney stars don't get nose rings.

In my day, our teen superstars had a bit of class and apparently knew a good orthodontist. This definately ain't a Nashville party, sugah.

(Note: "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus, who I am now reffering to as The Hot Mess.)

It's Alright, It's Okay

I've decided that perhaps it is not best for me to be around mens whilst intoxicated. It is also not a good idea for me to blindly drink the little shooters that people keep handing me. This often leads to me not remembering completely the evening before and therefore having to recollect memories that most of the time aren't good ones. I don't know why I got so drunk, only that I did. And apparently, I'm not complaining. I mean, what's a little kissing between friends right? Everyone's been there at least once. But currently, I just feel gross in regards to recent happenings. I mean seriously, Bekah? Really? Did that seem like the best idea? No. It did not.

In other news, Imma need to pack my shit today and all this coming up week. Not the happiest way to spend your day. I'm terribly excited about moving out but at the same time, I'm kinda sad. I mean, I've only lived in my Mom's house for 4 years and my Dad's for 2ish. My room at my Dad's was always meant for Ryan after I move out but I'm kinda sad to see it go. My room at my Mom's is being turned into Rachael's new abode and her room will no doubt be a storage room for the shit I'm not taking with me....or a work out room. How cliche. So, I will not have a room of my own at either of my parental's houses. WTF? I mean, what am I supposed to do? This thing I've got going on is really starting to seem permanent and actually happening. I don't know if I like it. I really freaking don't know.

How am I going to decide which books to bring? I have too many. And what about my map of the world? I love my map of the world. I have to bring it. I'll make room. I need to get more picture frames. I'm going to miss everyone. What am I going to do without them? Why can't they come with? Why do we all have to go off to other places? I don't know how to function without my brother and sister. We're a unit. Three Rs. Bekah, Rachael, and Ryan. Me and Callie aren't going to be able to live without our homies. We're going to force people to come visit us and be driving all over the world to Athens for those bitches, to Columbus for some cheerleading, to the mountains for some softball. I'm not going to be at Tigers on the Town this year. I'm gonna have to work really hard to be home for everyone's Senior Night. I'm going to stretch myself so thin, I already see it.

I am totally ready for this, and I'm totally unprepared. I should have just gone to G State or something and lived at 133 Nora Court with my homie. We could have been roomates and I could have been everywhere. Of course, I've never been a fan of J Town. And I love Georgia Southern. And I have to be a good roomate to Callie or she'll bitch me out.

I just want to watch some Grey's and listen to some jams to get my mind off all this shizz. But alas, I'm going to go search for some cardboard boxes and picture frames.

"You know as well as I do it's not about what you look like, or your job, or how successful you are. It's about having people in your life that you love and who love you... that's all that matters." -Miranda Bailey

(Grey's Anatomy, Season 3, Episode 4)

(Note: Ashley Tisdale, "It's Alright, It's Okay" get some of that bizness.)

What Goes Around

I don't even think I could justify the awesomeness of this with words. I love T. Swizzle. She might be my hero after this. Tay Swift one time! Goddang.

(Note: "What Goes Around" previously by Justin Timberlake, now rocked by Tay Swift.)