meet cute.

Say a man and a woman

 both need something 

to sleep in and both 

go to the same men's pajama department. 

The man says to the salesman, 

"I just need bottoms," 

and the woman says, 

"I just need a top." 

They look at each other 

and that's the meet cute.

will the real slim shady please stand up?

I wrote a rap - Eminem style...

yeah, you heard me right.

We're actually pretty similar...

FIRE & ICE

You speak, I see your words

the ones you swore I heard.

but what I prefer is to find a cure, 

for the lines to blur

cause what we had  was never sure 

but the cup is pourin' over too fast

erase the past, drown our pain

was it worth the fight for you to gain 

my hate? This time we'll have to wait

for the track to lay cause

were running in a figure eight

and the planes thats comin's left the gate 

across my heart - it blocked you from the start

now you did your part - tore my life apart

you've got it down to a fine art

but I'm too smart to let you in.

It'd be a sin to light within

the fire you ignited once again. 

But still I hear your voice

yet with you my only choice is to catch a plane

so I must rejoice of freedom 

from your brutal reign- of love in vain 

that tortured pain but the blow

to my pride has me insane. I'm lost

and the price of loss is a cost I'd never cross

it's frost from the chill your touch has thrilled

but the metled ice has my cup refilled

  I'm full and I'm staying strong

I'm flyin' right along - 

now the air is right your touch is wrong- 

why rhyme fresh words

to an old school song? I'm gone, I don't belong

though the love we had was long

I'll be in flight - take to the night

I'd curse your life but I'm too polite

so with this plight

 I'll take my flight

and leave you burnin' blazin' bright.

I didn't really know 

how to end it but there ya go.

Yo Adrian

"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done."

ROCKY BALBOA

dada daaaaaaa

dada daaaaaaaaa

dada daaaaaa

dada daaaaaaa

da da da da da da

da da da da da da da

DA DAAAAAA

(Rocky theme)

ONLY 7 MORE DAYS OF CLASS PEOPLE

IT'S TIME TO HIT THE BOOKS.

BRACE YOURSELF, IT WON'T BE EASY.

BUT WHEN YOU FINISH THIS YOU HAVE A WHOLE MONTH AHEAD OF YOU.

WORK HARD, PLAY HARD.

IT'S CRUNCH TIME.

OLD SCHOOL Rocky Maddox.

DO WORK SON.

taylor swift my way.

LET IT GO

1:34 at night and you're

running through my head.

I'm replaying our stupid fight

and all the things we left unsaid.

It's keepin me awake

cause I know the fault's on me

and I'm rememberin'

your sweet voice sayin' "Baby, Baby please"

(CHORUS)

Let it go

let it all go

Admit that your wrong.

Say you're sorry to my face

or we'll be here all night long.

Forget tonight

erase the fight

and kiss me in that crazy way

my hands are open wide for you

if you'll just meet me halfway.

My stubborn mind

is standing firm on

those angry thoughts of you

but dreaming of your

lips on mine just makes me

come unglued. 

Cause when I'm mad at you 

I end up wanting you instead

replaying the way your blue eyes shined

 as you looked at me and said

(CHORUS)

Let it go

let it all go

Admit that your wrong.

Say you're sorry to my face

or we'll be here all night long.

Forget tonight

erase the fight

and kiss me in that crazy way

my hands are open wide for you

if you'll just meet me halfway.

(BRIDGE)

My phone starts flashing 

its your words reading 

baby come outside

I'll be waiting there for you

whatever you decide

So I run straight out the door

and throw away my pride

feeling your hand tightly wound with mine

as you listen to me say

(MODIFIED CHORUS)

I've let it go

let it all go.

I'm admitting that I'm wrong.

I'm saying sorry to your face

so please hold me all night long.

Forget tonight

erase the fight

and kiss me in that charming way.

My hands are reaching out for you

if you'll meet me  halfway.

Oh let it go

baby I've let it go.

My hands are reaching out for you 

if you'll just meet me halfway

I've let it go baby just meet me halfway.

halfway baby

just meet me halfway.

by:

haha so obviously I'm not as good as her but I just thought it would be interesting to write my own version of a Taylor Swift song. 

so this was a Laura original

mood medicine.

"On a bad day 

I have mood swings - 

but on a good day

 I have the whole 

mood playground"

Lets just be real, I can get in a bad mood pretty easily. I took a personality test a couple days ago and it told me I was drawn to sadness and self sabotage. Ummm let's hope that's not true! 

But anyway here are just a few things that (without fail ) can get me out of a bad mood.

1. Riding in the car with your music cranked up super loud and beautiful weather can fix a lot (as long as I'm not tense from scary traffic)

When I was on my way home for Thanksgiving I was seriously having such a good time just being by myself, driving through the beautiful mountains and then passing the sun shining off of Lake Norman with a good playlist on my iPod. I had some country music going, some backstreet boys, rapped a little bit, belted out some ballads and it didn't matter because I was all alone didn't have a care in the world. I really needed that drive home just to get a break for a couple hours.

2. Starbucks. Oh, coffee.

3. It's also such a good feeling to see old friends. Even after a long time apart you can still have awesome conversations and you still have stuff in common and lots to talk about. It's just a nice feeling to have people that even if you don't see them for a while you can still talk as if you see them all the time.

4. Family is better than anything. I loved seeing my grandparents and giving them big hugs and my sweet little cousins. Just goofing around, playing card games, decorating the tree, it's so relaxing and you just get to be yourself around your family. My Dad went and got us the new kinect xbox dance game and I like cried laughing watching my Mom and Dad dance. It was hilarious.

So anywho... 

all I'm saying is 

don't let a bad mood ruin your day!

 Find a way to get out of it. 

Good music, good coffee or good people - sometimes that's all you need!

in a world of 100

this video is really interesting and definitely makes you think.


remember to be thankful this holiday season.

THANKY

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thank you is probably one of the top most uttered phrases in America.

Thanks for holding the door open

Thanks for the ride

Thanks for the piece of gum

Thank you for dinner

At times "thank you" can feel repetitive

like when the waiter refills everyone's water glass at a table 0f fifteen and each person feels the need to say "thank you" after every pour.

He gets it...

no really.

But when you think about it, those two little overused words can mean a lot to someone.

When Thanksgiving rolls around it makes me realize how blessed my life really is, in big things and small.

I'm thankful for the corny jokes I hear when I come home

and refillable coffee out of a fresh brewed pot.

I'm thankful for my education.

The opportunities it has and will give me and the knowledge I'd be useless without.

I'm thankful for the way my hair smells when I wash it

and buying a new nail polish color. 

I'm thankful for my siblings.

The  hugs, jokes, songs, stories, games, trips, smiles and laughter that makes up my life....everything that makes it amazing.

I'm thankful for the scent of a new car

and when someone waves at me from across campus.

I'm thankful for a dog that will warm up my feet when he sleeps on them

and being able to appreciate Harry Potter.

I'm thankful for sarcasm,

it gets me through a lot. 

I'm thankful for sounding like a dork

and saying "thanky". 

I'm thankful for the country I live in. The liberty and equality it represents and the freedom that I take for granted every day. 

I'm thankful for afghan blankets because they're so cozy but not too hot

and when the temperature outside is just right so you blend in.

I'm thankful for life.

Sometimes it can be cut short, and who knows if mine will be, but for now I'm thankful for each day I get to spend here.

I'm thankful for good music and chap-stick so my lips stay smooth.

I'm thankful for converses, skinny jeans

and earrings that touch my shoulders.

I'm thankful for my parents.

They're so fun to be around and have a godly, loving relationship that I really admire. They have blessed me with more then I ever dreamed of and I love them so much.

I'm thankful for cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and huge get-togethers.

I'm thankful for playing cards, bop-it

and the adrenaline I feel when I ride a roller-coaster.

I'm thankful for being able to write cheesy stuff like this on my blog and being able to sound like someone off of Full House

I'm thankful for my dance moves

and doodling when class gets boring.

I'm thankful for my religion.

The love of Jesus, the hope it gives me, the solidarity in my values and the need to share the wealth.

I'm thankful for stuffing my face with food on this amazing food oriented holiday.

I'm thankful for day planners so I can buy one and pretend to stay organized and being able to watch the food network.

I'm thankful for my friends.

They're always there to listen, advise, joke with, laugh and cry with and they mean so much to me.

I'm thankful for family

I'm thankful for friends

I'm thankful for life

I'm thankful for love

I'm thankful for it all.

inaugurationnuhnuhnuhnuhn

So I got to go to the inauguration with Lindy and a bunch of my friends almost two years ago (WOW) and watching this video never gets old! This will seriously be one of the coolest things I've ever done in my life and the video is pretty awesome.

I don't know if the link will work unless you're friends with Lindy on facebook but

here's the link  ---->     VIDEO OBAMA VIDEO CHANGE CHANGE VIDEO

p.s. If you don't watch it you're totally missing out...

pumpkin crunch.

I love the corny comments I hear when I come home...

Mom: "have you tried the pumpkin crunch I made?"

Me: "No, not yet. I'm not a big fan of pumpkin..."

Dad: "Yeah I hate pumpkin, I kick pumpkins every time I see them...but I loved it!" 

poem on a postcard

A poem made up about
a  relationship

in years past

when romance was forever

and letters were treasured. 

home.

I can not WAIT to go home for thanksgiving!

don't you come back no more...

Empty Handed

Hit the road Jack...

The irony of your name

is not lost upon me

as the car backs down the driveway,

runs over my future

and leaves me in solitude behind your wheels.

I know it is best for you to leave

but loneliness is beating me up

and the strikes upon my heart

have my emotions

waving their little picket signs

demanding your return.

Deep down all I want to do

is charge after you

and send that

way too familiar

electric current

running up your arms

but my roots have

buried themselves into the ground

unconsciously reinforced from a childhood

filled with repetitious reminders

about self control.

So with nothing but my independence

I'm  left stranded on the asphalt

where my shattered dreams of us

lay cold and lifeless 

in tiny metal pieces.

Carelessly I pick them up in my hand

and with all my effort

toss them where you should be.

After all,  it's not my game we're playing...

it's Jack's. 

beyond excited

So kids, today I had a meeting with the head of the Graphic Design department and he threw the punch that helped officially shatter my dream of being a graphic designer. 

Long story short he used a lot of curse words, told me to "be the goat", asked me to imagine having a rich uncle James who died and gave me his fortune, decided I should be a magazine editor and then when I left the room he told me to call him when I'm rich and famous. 

It was bizarre.

But in the end he helped me realize that graphic design wasn't actually my dream...

Writing is! I love writing, spend my free time doing it and am really relieved to be dead set on my major. YAY!!!

So on that note, I'm kind of beyond excited about my schedule for next semester.

POETRY WRITING CLASS - awesomely amazing - it won't even feel like work

WHAT IF HARRY POTTER WAS REAL - Need I say more? I'm crossing my fingers we will get sorted! AH that would be WICKED.

BIO - I hate science but the rate my professor site says he's a great teacher and there's no attendance policy - aka perfection.

2 COMM classes - Comm Ethics and Mass Comm, they probably won't be the most fun classes ever but at least finally getting into my major!

and the cherry on top is...

NO FRIDAY CLASSES!

WOOOHOOOO! 

˙ʇuɐʍ noʎ op ʇɐɥʍ

˙ʇuɐʍ noʎ op ʇɐɥʍwhat do you want.

Do you ever get the pocket of your jacket or your clothes caught on something?

You're walking around and suddenly your pocket catches the knob of a drawer or the side of a counter and you're wrenched backwards out of the blue?

I feel like that's what want does.

It tugs at the corners of your mind like a piece of yarn stitching up your thoughts,

this way

then that way

then this way

then that.

It makes you feel like someone wrapped a rope around your stomach and yanked it backwards towards your spine.

A drop of ink in a cup of water -

want disperses into your being like a puff of black smoke 

scattered into a million stands of midnight color

finding their way into every gap

and hidden corner of your mind.

It makes your brain an insomniac, a sleep deprived machine with no off button.

It's the rain splashing on your car window

 and the rhythm of the windshield wipers 

that has you lulled into the simplicity 

of thinking these overused thoughts.

Wants addicting.

There it goes again...

driving you insane.

"WHEN YOU CAN'T 

HAVE WHAT YOU 

WANT IT'S TIME 

TO START WANTING 

WHAT YOU HAVE..."

love & coffee.

         "All you need is LOVE "...

              and  a  delicious cup of coffee

                                                to go with it.

                                                                             

   

all you need is love, love. Love is all you need...                                                        

POEM.

Checkmate

The doorbell wakes me up... 

I didn't know you were coming over.

The clock in the corner reads 1:23

and I cringe at the chronological order

that messes with my head.

I'm not the kind of person

to leave you on the doorstep, 

but I know you would 

run over me 

with freight train force,

so I lay the tracks and let you enter.

It know it would've been easier to sip

coffee in silence and ignore

the whistle of that metal engine

whipping past us 

stirring up our old memories 

but our relationship was never easy.

When the coffee’s done brewing 

I offer you hazelnut cream

but I quickly become aware

that all you've poured into your cup

is a few splashes of sarcasm

and a hint of sickly sweet remarks.

You take a gulp and prop 

yourself up on the kitchen counter

diagonally mocking me

like a chess piece

waiting to make a move.

(The patterned tiles don't help the illusion)

I lean back and look away

pretending that

I'm not falling to pieces.

But I was put back together 

with a glue-stick after all

and everyone knows those never do. 

My mind is telling me 

to derail the train,

to leave the room,

to scream until I'm speechless

but the truth is

I don't want to.

You cross the board with that charm

that always got to me.

(our coffee has gone cold)

The clock in the corner reads 1:55.

Checkmate. 

random facts.

you may not have known...

I love seeing funny movies. The hangover, best of Will Ferrell, I love it all. I kind of have a perverted sense of humor. I even like family guy. Seriously, laughing is one of my favorite things to do. I laugh a lot like to the point where my eyes start to water uncontrollably. 

Random fact - in middle school I used to get in trouble for laughing because I would have random fits of laughter that I seriously could not control. They took over and they've started to come back! AH!

I love taking a baths. I put on some John Mayer or Michael Buble and just sit there..ahh, yes.

Random fact - getting out of the bath and stepping onto the cold tile is one of my least favorite things to do. BRRR! I wish I could get picked up, wrapped like an enchilada like when I was little.

I love brand new little puppies and their bellies. I don't know why but they're so cute and I love how soft they are like Rocky was when I got him for Christmas. 

Random fact - I pretty much begged for a dog my sophomore year Christmas. My parents COMPLETELY surprised me and carried him down wrapped up in this Santa hat. 

I love that feeling when you wake up on a day when you know you can sleep in so you stretch, sigh, cuddle back up and casually decide to go back to sleep.

Random fact - My ears have to be covered when I'm going to sleep or else I can't fall asleep.

I love that victory "yeah, I'm awesome" feeling when you score in a sport. I'm not the most athletic person ever but there is nothing like that feeling when you make a basket, get a run, or add anything to the score for that matter.

Random fact - I'm left handed but I bat and catch with my right hand in softball 

I love looking cute. If I dress cute it puts me in a better mood because I feel more confident.

Random fact - I wear black A LOT because I have hyperhydrosis

 (aka I sweat WAY more than anyone should). 

It grosses a lot of people out but I'm I can't help it and I'm used to it by now so if it creeps you out then don't hang out with me k? cool :)

I actually love to cry. It relieves stress, makes me sleep better, makes me relax and sometimes you just need to do it.

Random fact - for a girl, I don't cry very easily. I don't know why I guess it's because I'm not very sympathetic (which sounds bad but its the truth). If I see someone crying that I care for though, that'll probably make me cry. 

I love rap music. I like to memorize the words because I'm a dork that way I can rap along with the song. 

Random fact - people call me white chocolate. 

just kidding...

but really.

I love group dances. YMCA, Cha cha slide, cupid shuffle, electric slide, line dances or all dancing along to Party in the USA. There's nothing like an entire group of people acting like a bunch of morons doing really easy dance moves. SO much fun.

Random fact - I have hidden dance skillz. You're lucky if you've ever seen my moves.

(this is everyone dancing at Ashley and John's wedding)

just a little bit about me...