this is photobomb.

So me and my brother, Will have this slight obsession with failblog.org and lolcats and such. Well we recently discovered the awesomeness that is PhotoBomb! So seeing as how we both have such a passion for funny people/strange things in the background of pictures, we are now going to share with you our thoughts on our favorite PhotoBombs...

looks like somebody got bored...

"I was distracted by the ghost in the background and didn't notice the goat."

Will says: "Hey is that John Mayer eating spaghetti? hehe"

Couldn't they have just asked him for a picture? Why does he have a creeper smile?

Will says: "parenting fail."

Will says: "Cheers to good times and good friends!"

He looks like that one judge from So You Think You Can Dance...

have you ever seen that Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Birds?

where on earth does one find a swimming area that has cows nearby?




Will says: "(as in the cat were talking) the voices are telling me to kill you."

Will says: "welcome to Narnia!"

this photo was taken by me in Charleston last October. notice the creeper in the rearview mirror...we are PhotoBombers!!!

the sound of music

My favy-fave blogger, busy bee lauren, did a post on her top ten favorite bands/musicians that many people may not know about, so I am copying her and doing the same!

1. Amos Lee

listen to: Sweet Pea, Southern Girl, & Keep it Loose Keep it Tight

2. Mat Kearney

listen to: Nothing Left to Lose & All I Have

3. David Gray

listen to: This Years Love

4. James David Carter

listen to: Lets See What Happens, Long Way From Tomorrow & I Can't Wait

5. The New Radicals
listen to: Mother We Just Can't Get Enough, You Got The Music in You & Someday We'll Know

6. Ron Pope
listen to: A Drop in the Ocean, Fireflies & Seven English Girls

7. Thriving Ivory

listen to: Angels on the Moon & Hey Lady

8. Neon Trees

listen to: Animal & 1983

9. Harry Connick, Jr.

listen to: ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!!! especially Our Song

10. Joshua Radin

listen to: Sky, Friend Like You & Winter

I hope you get to listen to some of these, if not all of them. I really think the music of today is going down the drain and keeps getting worse. So I choose to listen to less popular, but just as amazing artists. And if you can't tell already, I kinda like mellow, acoustic-y music that makes you wanna smile.

warm fuzzies.

Last night was our AristoCats retreat and the object of the weekend was to encourage others. For our final activity, we had warm fuzzy time where we passed a sheet of paper with our name on it for everybody to write something encouraging or sweet on it, anonymously. Here are some of my favorites:

"You are really awesome and I love your laugh."
"You are so much fin and can make everyone happy."

"So beautiful and nice and bubbly."

"Your Napoleon Dynamite socks are AWESOME!"

"Very pretty voice"

"You are a wonderful person and your personality amazes me!"

"a great prom date"

It's amazing what a few kind words will do for somebody.

those summer nights

Seeing as how summer vacation is coming to and end, I thought it would be nice to review the highlights of the season with a top five best moments of summer.

{1}

Bonnaroo

Kings of Leon, Dave Matthews, Jay-Z

{2}

Baby kittens
GusGus, Special Ed, Wart, Meg/Baby Bella, Wolfy

{3}

Disney World
Typhoone Lagoon, Magic Kingdom, MGM, Family

{4}

All Shook Up
Friends, Elvis, Stage Makeup, Ghost Hunting

{5}

CMA Festival
Danny Gokey, Alan Jackson, Tim Mcgraw, Lady A, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean

it's been a very good summer overall. I visited UT Chattanooga, went to Bigstuf camp, and got a car named Pearl!

Now to start a new school year!

my wish for you

I wish school didn't start in 10 days.

I wish I could take good pictures and learn how to work my camera.

I wish for my senior year to be memorable and fun.

I wish I could have had time to go to Mississippi for a week-long visit like I have every summer.

I wish I could get a job in a non-fast food place.

I wish I was tan.

I wish All Shook Up didn't go by so fast.

I wish I was still in Disney World and summer was just getting started.

I wish I ate less junk food.

wide open spaces.

with a new school year brewing around the corner, I have decided that it is time to make some resolutions. A to-do list of things that I want to complete during my final year living at home as a highschool student.

1. Get a job. I am tired of never having money to spend and borrowing from my brother or from mom. I am going to apply for a job at the movie theatre.

2. Scrapbook more. I want to make a senior memory/scrapbook so that I can have a place to keep all my pictures and mementos from this year.

3. Go to a concert. preferably Maroon 5 in August in Chattanooga with Kris Allen opening for them. yes.

4. Learn to stick up for myself. Or at least try to do it more. I have never been able to stand up for myself when I am under pressure. Instead, I tend to cry because I am upset over being betrayed or walked all over. I always think of comebacks too late and that does me no good.

5. Thank each of my best friends for being my best friends. They are hard to come by and I am extremely grateful that I have them. Even though sometimes I blow them off or dont hang out with them as much as I should, they still somehow want to be my friend...

6. Continue to write my Compassion child, Abdu. He is living in a less fortunate world and I know he loves it when he recieves a letter from me. Maybe I could even send him a present for his birthday.

7. Find a new church.

8. Blog more. I love doing it, sometimes I neglect it because I have more important things to do. It's satisfying to type about my life on my blog for whoever wants to read them.

9. Plan a senior trip with my friends. Not Destin or Panama City. But instead somewhere less popular, but just as fun. Like a charming little beach town.

I am free.

Let's not even start with how long it has been since my latest post, but rather I will just jump right into what has been happening in my life in the last month. Cause, let me tell you, it's been chaotic!
Well upon the ending of school, my parents, 2 brothers, grammie, uncle, aunt and 2 cousins ventured off to the most magical place in the world-DISNEY!!!! It was my first disney experience but that is an entirely different post that will come later. Then My BFF Adrian and I went to CMA Festival in Nashville where we recieved lots of free frood and experienced Danny Gokey, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, Alan Jackson, and Tim McGraw! It was grand. Then, that same music-filled weekend, my BFF Sarah and I volunteered at this local music and arts festival called Bonnaroo (ever heard of it?) where we sold ice and cokes for a few hours and got in for free the entire weekend! That's a 250 dollar ticket, too! We saw the amazingness of Kings of Leon, Jay Z, Stevie Wonder, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Dave Matthews Band, and many more! It was a very interesting adventure that I will also post about later. Last weekend brought the most busy time of my summer. All.Shook.Up. What is that? Well, it's this way cool musical that my local community play house took on and I got the be a townsperson/shoe shopper/dancer/jailbird/devilette! It was a buttload of hardwork and dedication but in the end it paid off because I met some cool new people and had a blast performing! This past week has been sort of a cooldown week for me. I did alot of laying out during the day and helped teach music and crafts to 8 little kidlets in VBS at church! I love little kids, but sometimes they really get on my nerves. :) Well in the morning, I embark on a church trip to Panama City Beach for BigStuf Camp! I am a little nervous about 1-the oil spill effecting the beach and 2-some drama that could occur with one of my used-to-be friends that changed alot here recently. Well I am praying for a good time since this may possibly be the last camp in a while due to the oil spill. But I will be sure and do a big fat photo-filled update upon my return!
love,
chelsea