You've Got a Friend

"When you're down and troubled
And you need some loving care
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend

If the sky above you
Grows dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind begins to blow
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud
Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there

Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh, but don't you let them

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there

You've got a friend"
~Carol King

Need I Say More?

"Call it obsession
Call it fanatical
But I am not trying
To make this a spectical
I have this craving
Justifies behaving
I really need some of that

(Chorus)
Ooo, good coffee
Strong coffee
I need to have some
Ooo, good coffee
Strong coffee

Ooo cappuchino
Double espresso
I need something with
A really big kick
You ask me about creamer
You ask me about sugar
I tell you those things make me sick
With my...

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
OoooooAh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
OoooooAh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
OoooooAh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
OoooooAh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha"
~Jars of Clay

It's Just About Time....

Wow.....I am suppose to be writing a five page essay on the Spiritual Journey of John Proctor in the play The Crucible....but I don't really want to....lol....

School has been crazy busy...but great! I was so stupid this summer. Everyone told me that Junior year was going to be really really tough...and in my ignorance, I didn't believe them. My thought process was, "Well....I am taking a ton of Junior classes this year....so next year will probably be a little smoother, probably not quite as busy." Haha...it's almost amusing...almost...but not quite. Oh well. I am still really enjoying school. Everyday I am filled with the realization that I am a weak vessel in need of God's help. =)

Advanced Biology is absolutely my favorite real class. (I don't think Piano counts as a class....) Mrs. Ellis is the most amazing teacher and my classmates are awesome! We have class at Starbucks.... today Mrs. Ellis treated us all to a drink of our choice. I will confess that the coloring pages get a little tedious, but they are the only homework that I can do while watching tv....so I like them.

My dad took Jesse and I to see Tower of Power on October 14th, and Grace and Janice came. They are simply the most amazing funk band around. (40 years together would probably do that!) Yeah, I can't really find the right words to express how I feel about T.O.P. Basically the song, "Soul with a Capital S" is the first music I ever remember hearing....listening to it with my dad is actually my first memory now that I think of it.

Buy tickets to see Signature in concert on December 16, 2007!!! http://www.purevolume.com/signaturemd
(You can find ticket details under, "Shows." And yes, there isn't any music up currently...but there will be very soon. So keep checking!)

Okay...time to write a paper.......then go on a vacation.....(ugh! I wish)

~J

Cape Cod!!!

On Monday, Anna and I leave for Cape Cod!!! We will be driving up with Uncle John and Aunt Nancy to meet up with the Silards and Kristen to spend six days at the beach...shore...whatever. Ahh! I can't wait. Yesterday, Anna and I went shopping to get last minute things and I finnaly used my Boarders gift card to purchase the O.C.R. soundtrack of Beauty and the Beast! We are going to wait to listen to it until we are in the car on the way to the Cape so that we have something to look forward to about the eleven hour car ride. It is very tempting not to open it up, and stick it in my cd player...but I think it will be all the better if I wait. =) Lizzy has a blog full of beautiful pictures of the water, and the sand and the dunes and stuff. http://sandyneckfotos.blogspot.com/.

While I am away, I hope to read through All Things For Good, by Thomas Watson. It's a wonderful book that Anna let me read while we were at the beach together in the beginning of the summer. Then she bought me my very own copy, which I have been saving to read for Cape Cod. I highly recommend it! (Though I have only read the first twenty pages or so.)

Summer has been amazing...I have like ten hours now, so that's good. My dad finnally let me put on the radio while driving!!! So that was exciting.

Enjoy your summer!
~J

Summer is Here!!! =)

I realize it has been quite awhile since I've posted. Summer has been awesome. Way greater than I ever expected! God has blessed me soooo much! I actually just got home from the beach yesterday. I did a wonderful job of allowing the sun to burn me...hopefully the swelling will die down soon. (And yes, I did put on sun screen...it just didn't work I guess.) It was so great to spend time with my mom, sister and my mom's sisters and thier kids. I have like 27 cousins on my mom's side and every year we get this great beach house for two weeks. We don't all fit in it anymore. So for the first four days of the two weeks, it was just my Grandmother, my mom's two sisters and thier kids and us. One of my cousins is living in Ocean City this Summer but other than that I was the oldest cousin there. That was just strange, cause I'm like ninth in the line up. But we had a blast. It was good to be at the beach with everyone again. On the way home we listened to the Orginal Broadway Cast Recording of Les Mis. I forgot how good it was. I found myself in tears most of the time because of how beautiful the music is. (Is "is" a preposition? Cuase if it is then I just broke a grammer rule.)


I got my permit about a month ago, but I still have 57 hours to go...so it'll be awhile! But driving is fun. My dad is constantly telling me to use the gas pedel...cause I forget about it. (scary....I know.) And I cannot understand how to fill in the manuel thing that keeps track of your hours....so I have to like figure that one out still....

I've been zipping through my booklist. Right now I am reading Lost Moon. It's about Apollo 13 and written by one of my mom's friends who writes for Time Magazine. It's quite good.

~J

Edit: I just realized I said, 57 hours to go...what I meant was 53...

Blaah! Dis is Cwaziness!

So much school! Yikes, I'm drowning. (Actually I'm not, especially not if I am posting on a blog. Goodness! )

Anyways...Studying for my final bio exam. Kristin had Lindsey, Anna and I over to go over all the info for a few hours. Fun times. And guess what? We actually studied. I love biology and I am going to miss my wonderful teacher. But I get her next September for Advanced Biology. (I can't believe I ever didn't like Science. What was up with me?)

After Thursday, the business of school ends and another loaded weekend shall commence. It's packed with rehearsals, parties, concerts, sleepovers, meetings, shopping, and much to my liking, very little homework. Then I will fall back into my packed school week when I wished I did more homework over the weekend again. And so on and so forth and the pattern will continue. Until June 1st when I take my final drivers ed class, throw some clothes in a suitcase and drive off into the horizon with my Daddy, to meet up with the rest of my fam, off to vacation. When I come home, the seniors will have graduated, and I shall be an Upperclassmen...upperclasswomen...
upperclassgirl....upperclassperson whatever!

Back to today. After totally boring myself with nearly two hours of piano practice, and too much History reading for my own good. I went purevoluming and discovered some new bands. Grey Holiday is one of them. They have a very unique sound, but I enjoy them.

Okay, enough of this.
~J

A Year Ago Today....

I was on my way to Sienna....::sigh:: I feel old. Man, that was a year ago? Go to www.tic-tac-tantor.blogspot.com if you feel like reading about my travels.

This is a pic that Josh Tucker took of me and Joanna Jones on the first Saturday Night of Godspell. I am deff gonna miss singing backround with her! =(

Well, this is my first Saturday since sometime in September that I haven't had any type of Godspell rehearsal. Last night I stayed up extremly late...(for me anyways.) and watched Maroon 5 DVD's with my brother. I must say they are extremely talented.

It's strange...it hasn't hit me yet that Godspell is like, over. Maybe it never will...

Oh, here is a super funny video that makes me laugh really hard everytime I watch it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJOr2z0kkcg

Okay well, I'm sick. I've had three cups of coffee and six and a half cups of tea today and I still can't sing! Ahh! I need my voice back! Time to go watch more movies...bye.

Oh My Land!

Well....what to say...

Have had Godspell all this past week. This is actually my first "day off" since um....Thursday, March 15th. So...it's been nice.

Both of the proformances went well. (That's what I think at least!) Except for the fact that both Brett and Ally were sick on opening night. =( But they were both able to proform on Saturday, so that was good. Jeremy came home from school for the weekend and is coming back next weekend to catch the last two proformances!

Well, I am pretty much swamped with homework right now...and extremly tired. So, I should go. Everyone go listen to a yellowcard song...I would put up a link if I had time....

~J

Another Moday....=)

Okay time for some music!!!

www.purevolum.com/yellowcard2

This is one of my all time favorite bands. I recommend the song believe. It honors the firefighters who served on 9/11. Listen to it if you are reading this and have a chance.

Okay, another song I really like is this.

www.purevolume.com/emery

Listen to Returning the Smile You Had From the Start. It's a beautifully written song. (thanks to the mikes for showing me this band.) It can be a little instense for some ppl though....haha.

Okay, so...Godspell is going really well. We have completed Act I and Act II! (Yaye!) So I guess we'll be working fixes and running the show until it starts. The Proformances are March 23, 24, and the following Friday and Saturday.

Here are some Godspell pics. http://weddingpixel.com/slideshows/Godspell/
That weeked I was understudying for Britt. K. and Roger...(Anna Somerville) was understudying for her sister Sylvie.

Okay then, I should be going.
-J