my awkward friend...

Hey! This is Bleah again. Hacking into Anna's account to keep y'all company while she's away.
I'd like to share with you some attributes to your bloggy author... hopefully the following things will be so heartwarming that when Anna reads them she won't murder me for posting without permission.

Attributes of Anna

• She's awkward

huhuhuhu sorry it's true. But I am too. :)

• She's funny

Yep... you might not know this but she's pretty "fricken" hilarious.

• She's beautiful

I will say that she would very harshly disagree with me. But I've seen a many pretty girls in my life -- and she's definetly amoung them. :)

• Her faith is strong

Everything she does is God centered. I think if she died today (but she won't! So don't worry!) that God would look at her and be very proud of who she is and what she does.

So yeah -- that's a bit about your author, some things I've discovered in our friendship together. :)

I love you Anna, very, very much! You're amazing.

Oh yeah! And I'm Bleah Briann -- if you don't know me... you should check me out. I just got a new blog design! :D

guess what today is... :)

Okay, okay. I'll tell ya...

LECRAE'S NEW ALBUM COMES OUT TODAY!!!

Anyone else excited?

Well I sure am :D

And this song is actually off of his old album, but...

*goes in to super-fast talking mode*

ButIwouldreallyloveifyoulistenedtothissong'causeit'sawesomeandIloveitandIthinkyouwilltoo.

*takes breath*

4 minutes and 47 seconds.

That's it.

So please. Press play :)

BTW this is Bleah not Anna.
To tell you the truth... well... she's grounded. But let's just say she's been unrightfully detained. *wink*
Anyway, we love Anna so lets tell her!!!
xx,
Bleah

quirks.

Lots of people start out their posts with definitions of what they'll be talking about, but eh, I didn't like what the dictionary said.  So I made up my own :)

quirk[s] - a trait or traits that make a certain individual unique.  Pretty good if I do say so myself.

All of us have quirks, ones we like and ones we don't.  I'll start off with the ones I like, or at least don't mind all that much.

1.  Lots of bracelets.  Not frilly, girly bracelets.  Like...silly bands, ponytail holders, my God-strong bracelet, and my 'Roma' one that I wear for Roman orphans.  I pretty much wear them everyday except Sunday, and that's only because mom says they look weird with my church clothes. :P

2. I talk with my hands.  I dunno why I do, I just do.  Once, I accidentally hit someone in the face *awkward silence* Sheesh, it was an accident you guys!

3. I watch the same movies and read the same books over and over and over.  But it's only when I reallllllly love them.  Take the Chloe series by Melody Carlson for example.  I LOVE those books.  And the Chronicles of Narnia movies.  Goodness, who knows how many times I've watched Prince Caspian...

Then those those quirks that I'm rather embarrassed to share, but I will, in this safe haven of my blog.

1. I sing continually.  I know it's annoying to some people, but I just can't seem to stop!  I sing under my breath, but even then they give me weird glances.  I think I might even sing in my sleep... :/

2. I talk really loud.  Like, only when I get really excited about things, but since I love the little things in life, that's pretty often.  My mom's always ssh-ing me, and I wonder if I'm actually as loud (and obnoxious) as I think I am.

3. I like T-shirts.  Erm, I hate this.  But instead of wanting to look cute and dolled up like most girls, I'm perfectly comfortable in jeans and T-shirt.  And sometimes, this can make me feel realllllly out of place.

But I'm learning to cope with all my quirks, because God made me in His image, just like He wanted me to be.  And if I'm good enough for Him, I should be good enough for me.

"So God created man in his own image.  In the image of God, he created them; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:27

"Don't be afraid to stand out.  That's how the lost get found..."

anna :)

P.S. - Got any quirks of your own?  Well, of course you do...but will ya share 'em? ;)

[...i wanna be innocent, Yours whole heartedly...]

The truth is, I don't feel like doing a full-fledged post right now.  So.  Here's whatcha get :)

Songs on replay:
-Letters to the President by Hawk Nelson
-Innocent by Stellar Kart
-There's A Place For Us by Carrie Underwood
-Identity by Lecrae
-Forward Motion by Relient K

Songs I'm dancing to:
-Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble
-How We Roll by Britt Nicole
-Centerfield by Stellar Kart
-The Change Inside of Me by Mercy Me
-Sadie Hawkins Dance by Relient K

Songs that sing me to sleep:
-Angels in Chorus by Stellar Kart
-Never Grow Up by Taylor Swift
-Somewhere in the Middle by Casting Crowns
-Vanilla Twilight by Owl City
-Background by Lecrae

P.S. - I would like to publicly apologize to Ky for saying his blog looked girly.  I feel horrible! His blog's really cool and I would totally encourage to check his blog out right ---------> HERE! :)

a ta-do list.

No it's not a to-do list. No one pronounces it like that. No one that I know of anyway. So. Alongside my dreams for 2011, I have a ta-do list - all of which I must get done today. Why?

dun dun DUUUN...

SCHOOL STARTS BACK TOMORROW.

This is very depressing, seeing as I've had all the time in the world to do whatever I want for the past week and a half.

*groans*

Plus, I have to deal with annoying senior jocks 'pinching' carrots at us at lunch. They might as well be throwing them. They actually weren't aiming for us, they were aiming at the booth behind us. But while they were trying to annoy them, I got hit in the head, the thigh, and the arm. :/

And then there's homework...

BUT - enough with complaining. It's a new year with new expectations, and I'm learning not to complain, to just enjoy the ride God's giving me, even if the view isn't all that scenic at the moment.

So anyway...I have so much to get done today that I wrote this post last night.

I must...

1. Clean my room.

It looks tidy from the outside, but one look into my closet or my drawers would make a neat freak faint.

2. Organize my binders.

I need to get organized, 'cause when I had to study for finals, I pulled all my papers out and now their all jumbled up in one stack.

3. Finish up pen pal stuff.

Mail Bleah's letter, start writing on HayHay's, and *cheers* wait for Eldarwen's. :)

4. Read AR.

AR is 'Accelerated Reading', this program we have at our school. Really all you do is pick a book and take a 10 question quiz over it. This one is a task I will do gladly :)

5. Work on Bleah & mine's story.

I've been neglecting it lately. So I need to work on it. It's gonna be awesome, but first I've gotta help write it.

...and that's it.

voyage of the dawn treader...finally... ;)

IT.WAS.AWESOME! :D

I loved every moment of it.  So thrilling and wonderful and ugh!  I am such a Narnia nerd!!! ;)

My favorite part (of course) was when they almost made it to Aslan's country.  I SO wanted to see what was behind that wall of water!  Whoops...did I just spoil a bit of it?  Oh well.  Most everyone has seen it by now anyway.

I totally give this movie 5/5 stars.  There were a few details that differed from the book...but it was just so exhilarating I couldn't give it anything less than that!

Oh...and did I mention we saw it in 3D?  Mhmmm.  It was totally, um, EPIC!!! :D

And I had to mention this...for my dear friend Lily's sake.  Edmund (Skander Keynes) is very cute in this one.  He's brave and totally worthy to be a king of Narnia :)

And Lucy...*cries*...she's all grown up.  I just can't believe she can't return to Narnia and dear Aslan. :(

And at the almost-end, I love how Aslan says, "I have a different name in your world..."  Does that scream I'm God or what?! :D

All in all, it was a great night.  And now I'm going to go stand in my closet and hope for a Narnia miracle ;)

bring it on, 2011.

It's a new year.  With new dreams.  New goals.  It's a clean slate and I'm ready to start fresh.

This year, I'll be 16!  That's, like, insane!  So many privileges come with being 16.  And with those privileges comes responsibility, which makes me rather, uh...*whispers* nervous.  Like, erm, DRIVING.  Another privilege that comes with being 16 - dating.  *Blinks*  Really?  Did I just say that?  I can DATE?!

Well, not yet.  As of October 30, 2011 I can.  Erm, not that I have anyone in mind or anything.  It just seems so unreal.  Ever since, like, the 4th grade, I've always known I couldn't date until I was 16.  And now that it's almost here...wow.

Anyway, since most EVERYONE that I blog with posted about their dreams and goals and stuff for 2011, I figured, why not?  I'm not typically a girl who goes with the flow, but seeing I do have some aspirations for this year, I'd like to share them.

1) LIVE OUT LOUD.

Everywhere I go, everyone I meet - I want them to see something different in me.  I want Christ to be obvious in me.  I want the world to know that I am His and He is mine.  Faith without action is dead.  So I wanna live out loud.

2) LOVE OUT LOUD.

I wanna just get out there and love on people.  Stereotyping gets in the way of that I've figured out.  So no more stereotypes.  We're all God's - He loves all of us.  We're all beautiful in His eyes.  So why shouldn't I see people the same way?  

"Give me Your eyes for just one second, give me Your eyes so I can see everything that I keep missin'.  Give me Your love for humanity.  Give me Your arms for the broken hearted, ones that are far beyond my reach.  Give me Your heart for the ones forgotten, give me Your eyes so I can see." -Brandon Heath

3) FIND ME.

This one's gonna be the hardest.  I wanna find my own style, my own spunk.  And stand out.  1 Peter 2:9 says that we're a chosen people, and that we're supposed to be different.  So I want my style (if I even have any!) to reflect that, too.  I'm thinking vintage... :)

So bring it on, 2011.  I've got God on my side :)

blessings,

anna :)