Hola TOLers...or what's left of you.

I'm bad at naming things and talking about things. It's 2:40 AM and "I'm tired,but I'm not sleeping" I don't feel like it and my cat keeps attacking me for no reason. It's probably because I'm the only one here, so she has no one else to hit in the face while they try to sleep.

I haven't blogged since August, so I guess I'll just give a mini update on what I've been doing/what I'm going to do, although it's not that important. Let's see right now Jesse Ruben's "Too Tired" is playing. I love that song and I wish to see him later today, but that's not going to happen. I'm thinking (or at least trying to) about  interview questions for three bands I'm suppose to interview soon. I have to make 24 bracelets for 14 random people I may or may not know. I've been too lazy these last couple of days to make anything. I saw Liz Longley in the beginning of the month. She was amazing as always. I'm going to see Kyle Patrick in November. Yay? Hmm what else...? I saw the Backstreet Boys again in NYC at the end of August and went to a Mets game two days before that. I was super bored, and they won.

I think that's about it. More random thoughts later!

-Mel

P.S. I'm looking for people to help me do interviews for my music promo site and such, so if you want to help don't hesitate to comment on this.

isn't it nice to know that we're golden oh oh - "The Lining Is Silver" by Relient K

I haven't updated since March, so that means I fail once again. Nothing really important happened I guess. I mean I graduated from high school and turned 18, but that's about it. I don't really know what else I can say. Maybe I'll try to update this everyday with random pictures/lyrics just so that I have something here. I hate that this place is so dead these days.

-sigh-

Mel

P.S. What bands should I interview for my music promotion site?

it's like everything I know keeps slipping away... TSO

Wow. I haven't blogged on here in forever. Fail. To be honest it's really only because I'm super boring and I have no life. I'm serious. I spend my day making bracelets for no one. It's really sad. I don't really know what to say...it's 1:13am. Blergh is my new favorite word, yeah I made it up. *Crickets* Add me on facebook? I think I'm just gonna do one of those things that people do in Facebook notes...they tell people what they think about them in a little blurb and then people have to guess which one is about them, but for this one people won't have to guess and stuff I guess. They're random people and I feel like getting stuff out of my head before I explode. :)

-You're the b-e-s-t. Thanks for putting up with my craziness and talking to me everyday even though you don't have to. Thanks for helping me out with everything too.I love how you get all super excited about everything we do and I appreciate your input on things. You get me and you know me too well haha. You're crazy, but I ♥ you!!

-GRRRRRRRR. Stop trying to push me into doing things that I don't want to do! If I tell you no the first time it means I can't do it. I'm too busy with other things to worry about the stupid little things you want me to do and I know that they won't help. I have to be fair to everyone and I've done too much already, so please don't push me over the edge or I'll freak out on you. It takes alot to push me and this could be the tip of the iceberg.

-If I could take the pain I would. It kills me to see you like this and I'm trying my best to help you out, but I don't know if my best is enough. I don't really know what else to do, but just sit there and wait until you need me to get things and whatnot. I don't mean to be annoying and stress you out more. :/ my heart is tangled all around you, when you've got trouble I've got trouble too

-We don't talk anymore and that really bums me out because we used to talk all the time. Just because I went away don't think I'm not there for you. I know you're stressed out right now and if you need to talk I'm there for you. IM me whenever it doesn't matter. Remember you don't have to do everything they tell you and don't let them push you around. You're better than they are. I miss you!

-Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!! You're amazing! Thanks so much for doing that for me. It means alot to me. endofstory

I can't think of anyone/anything else. *Sigh* I guess I'll go now.

♠♦♣♥Mel

So I recently interviewed Marga Lane for a music promo site that I help with and I thought I'd post it on here since I haven't updated in a while.

Ten Random Questions With Marga Lane

1) When did you start playing music?
-I started playing music when I was 6. My mom plays classical piano so she started me on piano lessons from an early age. A few years later, I started taking voice and flute lessons and eventually guitar and drums in high school.


2) What's your favorite food?
-I love spicy food. I am half Peruvian so I grew up eating lots of spicy foods. I love Cuban and Peruvian foods, oh and Sushi.


3) What do you like to do when you're not playing music?
-When I'm not playing music, I'm usually at dance class, or going on a crazy adventure with my best friend and roommate, Kathryn. I also like to watch TV and relax. One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Greys are my favs. Oh and I like to sleep a lot.


4) If you could go on your dream tour, who would you want to play with?
-Oh wow, there are soo many talented people I'd want to tour with. Michael Jackson would have been the ultimate dream tour, but I'd say Justin Timberlake and Beyonce would be who I'd really want to tour with.


5) What is your favorite song to play live?
-Well I love playing all of my songs live because I can change them up and let people hear different renditions. But I'd have to say my favorite song is "Kiss Me (Before You Go)" which I co-wrote with Kyle Patrick of The Click 5. I love the song so much because it holds true to my heart and I think anyone can relate to that song. I mean everyone, young and old, has gone through liking someone they weren't sure liked them back and were too afraid to tell. I just had a lot of fun writing "Kiss Me" and it was the first song I wrote with Kyle, since I'd been begging him to co-write for years! haha


6) Ninjas or pirates?
-Pirates!


7) Which would you rather be: deaf, blind, or mute and why?
-I would have to say blind, because then I could still sing and play music and hear the music I make


8) Who is your celebrity crush?
-Too many to name just one. lol Justin Timberlake hands down and Lance Gross.


9) What is one thing you hope to achieve this year?
-This year I hope to play out a lot more, co-write with some more talented friends of mine and finally get my publishing deal. Maybe even the record deal I've been eyeing for quite some time.


10) Is there anything you’d like to say to your fans?
-Thank you so much for all of your support. It truly means a lot. I am just so blessed to be able to share my gift with people and have them relate to the songs that mean so much to me.

For more info Check out: http://goodasgold.ning.com/ http://www.myspace.com/margalanemusic

~Mel

Hey everybody!

How is everyone today? Right now I'm freezing cold even though the heat is on. There's like six inches or more of snow on the ground and I think it's suppose to rain? I don't know. Outside my window there's a gigantic snowman which I'm pretty sure is taller than me. My sister named it "Gigantor." It's not finished yet. It still needs arms, eyes, a nose, a mouth, and some hair. I helped her roll the bottom part up a small hill to where it stands right now. I think we both fell over a few times while rolling it. Oh the fun things I do when I have a half day...school should've been cancelled, but whatever.

Right now I'm listening to the lovely songs I bought and downloaded from http://www.karlyandkyle.com/ Five Christmas songs sung by The Click Five's Kyle Patrick and his friend Karly Jurgensen. I love their voices and I suggest you go buy it. It's only $5.

Let's see...I went to a Click Five show on Friday and it want pretty awesome. I got to see five bands that night for like $10, so that was cool. I had a major headache though so it made everything seem like it was louder than it really was. I had to buy ear plugs, but those didn't really help and by the time Atomic Tom go on I took them out because people were talking to me and I had no clue what they were saying. I didn't get to meet anyone that night, but whatever. On Sunday I'm going to see Liz Longley in Boston yay. You should check her out o MySpace sometime.

I guess that's all I have to say for today..."make it a great day or not the choice is yours."

Mel Claire

P.S: look what I made when people help me haha

Hey! Sorry, for the lack of updates nothing interesting has really happened. I sprained my ankle last month and I keep spraining it. Fun stuff. I’ve just been busy with school and other projects boring things I guess. I really don’t know what else to say…hmm.

If you like House / Pop / Lounge music then you should check out Denison (www.myspace.com/thedenison) he’s part of NeverShoutNever’s band The Shout. He has six songs up on his MySpace right now and they’re pretty awesome. I really like his song “Hospital” that’s why those lyrics are in the title of this blog…yeah, so if you check him out that’s awesome.

I kind of feel like I fail at blogging now. Bleh K I guess I’m gonna go make a video or write something.

~Mel

My sister is walking for their Light The Night Walk.If you want to donate or find out more ways to help click here

I tend to criticize myself...I just love to hate myself Goot -Love To Hate Myself www.myspace.com/goot

I kind of haven't blogged since July...my bad. I've been semi busy with school and I'm lazy so yeah. I really didn't do much in August. I went to NY,came back, went to a concert met some cool people, and started to formulate plans to promote a certain band with a few of my friends (Click here)

So yeah school is starting to annoy me, but whatever that always happens. On Friday in sociology we had to write our name on top of a piece of paper and pass it around the room. Everyone had to write something nice down on the paper and then my teacher collected it and wrote adding something as well. We got the papers back today. This is what mine says:

• cool
• you are nice
• very polite
• nice smile
• shy, but nice eyes(when you look up)
• quiet but good heart.
• quiet but seems sweet
• seems very nice
• quiet but super nice!
• nice & polite
• smart
• very polite
• must be a creative introspective person
• quiet but that's cool!
• love your eyes
• quiet but nice
• quiet, polite
• so chill
• wicked nice
• quiet but uber-cool
• quiet polite beautiful personality
• Great person that is willing to put in her everything.

Do we get that I'm nice and quiet? lol and now I don't know what to write...what do you think others think about you? I have to go start thinking about the letter I have to write to myself and read it ten years from now. Would it be a good thing for everyone to write one thing about every person on here or is that just a stupid idea? Tell me what you think!

~Mel

I'm just going to copy and past whatever AJ wrote, so just read it if you want to:

"i need your help!

i'm producing a concert along with some of my friends RB, Dustin, & Krissy and we need help with sponsorships.

Here is the synopsis of the mission of MUSIC SPEAKS!

About MUSIC SPEAKS: The Mission....

By AJ Rafael & Jasmine Rafael....

"Music Speaks" has an important mission, aiming to spread awareness about Autism, and encourage action that would improve the conditions of the lives and families that it affects. A personal experience that inspired this goal is when my nephew, Nathan, was diagnosed with Autism when he was about two years old. Despite his condition, Nathan is a loving, fun, and active child who is very responsive to all of us, and is born with the love of music and dance. The more we love and watch over Nathan as he grows older, the more frustrating it can be knowing that his peers will never fully understand his situation, and these misunderstandings could lead to prejudice and pain for him throughout his life. "Music Speaks" means utilizing the gifts of Music and Dance to inspire those fortunate enough to be born without autism to speak out for those who were, by being aware of their condition and taking action towards improving their living conditions and perhaps even uncovering the mystery behind its cause.....



this concert benefits Autism Speaks, a charity dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and cure for autism.



please spread the word.



The event is a 2-day event: August 28th and 29th, 2009.



August 28th will be the main event called MUSIC SPEAKS! featuring the AJ Rafael Band, MVCC, and other amazing acts! and the 29th will be a follow-up entitled MUSIC SPEAKS: unplugged (featuring acoustic performances by Melissa Polinar, Cathy Nguyen & More)



here's the Sponsorship Letter link!

http://glowing-vision.net/musicspeaks.doc



thanks so much! and if you need any other information or anything like that, message me on myspace or email ajrafaelmusic@gmail.com with "MUSIC SPEAKS" as the subject.



love you all,

AJ"

P.S.: I'll be back to writing normal blogs soon, well I hope. I don't really have an interesting life, so well see.

~Mel!

Dani's back! The world's not gonna end now! :)

I'm still kind of sad about the Panic At The Disco thing though :(

Anywho I'm seeing tc5 on Thursday and I might be all alone because my friends might not come. I'll be stuck with my sister's fiance oh well.

Oh, and I'm making string bracelets so if anyone wants one tell me. I'm thinking about making them pastel colors of green, blue, and yellow, possibly white to match the TOL theme.

I'm done. I just wasted like a minute of your life sorry. lol

~Mel

People like this one apparently so I'm just going to post it even though some of you might have read it already. I don't like to write that much, but I do it anyway so here:

Lesson Learned
Two years ago I didn’t think
That I’d still be talking to you now
I got tangled up in this mess of strings
And now I’m sitting here
Trying to find a way out

I should’ve told her to say no
But I thought it would be fun
To mess with your head just a little bit
But look at what we’ve done

Now I’m sitting here trying to make this clear
But you don’t get what I mean
So I shake my head and count to ten
Thinking of a believable story.

I should’ve told her to say no
But I thought it would be fun
To mess with your head just a little bit
But look at what we’ve done

I’ve tried to be honest with you
But everything except the truth came out
And now I feel like I might lose my head
Yeah
My head
My head

I should’ve told her to say no
But I thought it would be fun
To mess with your head just a little bit
But look at what we’ve done

Two years ago I told her to say yes
Now were tangled up in this mess of string
I should’ve told her to say no
We didn’t know how far it would go

I should’ve told her to say no
But I thought it would be fun
To mess with your head just a little bit
But look at what we’ve done
Yeah look at what we’ve done

Loneliness 

Loneliness looks like a barren desert with a lone tumbleweed blowing in the wind.

It feels like the whole world has built a fence around you.

You cannot get out, and others cannot get in.

Loneliness sounds like the quiet beats of your own heart.

It tastes like a dozen lemons, bitter, and sour.

Loneliness smells like an empty house that has been vacant for years, dusty, and musty, but no one seems to care.

You are all alone in the unknown.

~Mel

La la la listening to "Myspace Girl" by The Afters...stalkers...boredom...poems...Where I'm From...

I am from crackers

From Pepperidge Farm and Goldfish

I am from the garden in front of the porch

(Colorful, beautiful, it smelled like roses)

I am from the lilac bush,

The sunflowers

Whose petals turned a light brown as they died.

I'm from mountain getaways and blue eyes

From K and E

I'm from the lovers and crazies,

From "What did you say?" and "speak louder."

I am from the Christmas Ever masses,

Singing along to songs ,I barely know.

I'm from Stony Brook and Germany,

Hot dogs and Mac n' cheese.

From the time my grandmother got stuck on the path between the sprinklers

The time my sister dropped my father's cell phone in the lake.

I am from the box of pictures on the top shelf of my closet,

Captured in happy times,

In memorable places.

semi short

~Mel

You’re about to begin reading a semi-long blog. Be prepared.

Gigi: It is hard to believe, but I've been a Click 5 fan since August of 2005. I was 12, and so much has changed since then. I feel like I've grown up listening to the guys, and as I get older, their music is definitely more relatable now than it was then. Besides loving their music and the personalities behind each member (Ahem, Mr. Ben Romans, I will explain more later), I've also made friendships with fellow Click fans. I honestly don't know what'd I do if I had to go a day without Dani, Mel, and Laura. They keep me sane, and are always there for me...and it's all because we share a love for the same five guys. Speaking of those guys, Ben, Joe, Joey, Ethan, and Kyle are amazing musicians. They inspire me to write my own music, and try to excel at playing theirs. Ben's antics make me laugh until I cry, and Joe Guese has a way of...surprising people. I won't go into detail, but randomly he started talking to me on Facebook one night, and it was insanely awesome. Who knew the quietest member of the band had so much to say? All in all, if you haven't heard their music, it's amazing power-pop. I honestly don't know anything like it on the radio today. To finish it up, I just want to give a shout out for the Click Five, because they've given me friends, inspiration, and a whole lot to sing about. :) Ways to promote the guys: I really think that every TC5 fan needs to come together if they want their boys to get more attention. This means calling up radio stations and requesting their songs, going to as many concerts with as many friends as you can, and even hanging up posters in your school. The Click Five's music is too good to be unnoticed, and I really think we should re-instate the Street Team idea. This means handing out fliers, and spreading the word out around to your friends, and family. Those are my ideas, hopefully you guys follow them!

Laura: It's weird. I've never been a fan longer than I've been a fan of The Click Five. The first band that I've ever felt that I could connect to the music and know that "hey...I think this is the band that I'm still going to be listening to when I'm 90 years old,” It was actually 4 years ago in June when I learned about The Click Five. My friend told me about this song and told me she thought I would like it. Ends up, I fall in love with this band. I remember after hearing that song I signed up for the message boards. Good times those were. I made many good friends, some I know I'll keep forever. It was actually The Click Five that got me into writing my own stuff. I figured that if they could, I could. So one day I picked up a guitar and a notebook and started writing and now I have a band of my own. The Click Five is just so inspiring and every time I turn on those tunes I go into my own world and get lost in the words of their songs. It's happiness for me. A bunch of people from my grade know I'm "the click five fan" at our school, and it's just really funny is that's how people know who I am. And it's always gonna be that way. The Click Five's changed my life...so when I meet people. I'm gonna tell them about TC5, in hopes that they'll love them and tell their friends, who will tell their friends and on and on. World domination isn't far for the Click boys. It's not far at all. ;)

Dani: I have a confession: I used to hate The Click Five. I'd hear them on Radio Disney and other outlets I didn't particularly enjoy. Maybe it was the suits, maybe it was the small snippets of songs I'd hear on the radio before I turned it off. Either way, I prejudged them to be a boy band with guitars and went on my merry way. Then, the Backstreet Boys concert in 2005 happened, and everything changed. Maybe it was the music, maybe it was the attitude, maybe it was the suits, but I fell in love with five guys that night. They made music that made me move, stole my heart, and turned my worst days of high school into something better. Yes, my heart broke when one left, and it took me a little while to get adjusted to the new kid on the block, but soon he won me over, too. As they changed, I changed. I made friends that I cannot ever replace, listened to bands I never would've without them, and in a small way, they made me stronger. Their music grew up with me, and as I progress from an awkward high school girl to a...less awkward college young woman, I know they will be right there, marching to their own drum, rocking out to their own guitar and killing it on the keyboard. Yes, they're not so big in the States yet, but it'll come, and when it does, expect me and the rest of their fans in the front row and the head of the line, always ready to become addicted, catch their wave, and be in love with them, as we are already.

 Some things you can do to promote or support them are  a)request their songs on local radio stations. I know you can listen to their newest songs on Z100s new artist’s page or something like that. b)Hand out flyers. If you give one to someone, they just might check Click out. c) Request songs for playlists on TV. People will notice them if their video is played. d) If you have a Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, AIM account, or any other social networking sites put their link to their Myspace as your status ( www.myspace.com/theclickfive) e) Go to concerts and bring your friends with you even if they don’t know who they are and last, but not least f) you can join the new fan made message boards http://tc5messageboards.ning.com/ or the fan made street team tc5streetteam.ning.com to interact with other fans.

Are you tired of reading yet? Hopefully you’ll listen to one of us and check out The Click Five. It would really mean a lot to us.

~M, D, L, & G

lyrics: Your eyes are blue like the ocean
And baby I'm lost out at sea
Did the sun just come out or did you smile at me
I've been trying to ask you but I can't seem to speak
Was it love at first sight 'cause I walked by last week
I'm singing Fa la la la la

"Cute" by Stephen Jerzak www.myspace.com/stephenjerzak

It's been a while since I last blogged on here. Sorry about that. My life isn't that interesting, but hey Happy Earth Day. It's really gray outside and I have a feeling it's going to rain again. I'm also kind of sitting in the dark. The only electronic device that is on right now it my computer (does that mean I'm sort of helping?)

I have about four projects that are due next week. Spanish, English, US History, and Biology. I have to make posters, present things, make an article, make a PowerPoint, analyze a few poems, and then we're having a poetry jam in another class. I should stop procrastinating and go look for things.

Saturday is my sister's birthday and I don't know what to do for that. She wants me to give her a hug for her birthday, but I can't stand hugs. They're awkward and I don't like to be touched. I blame concerts for that =/. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm off to bore myself to death

~Mel/Jesse

Lyrics for whenever because I forgot them in my last blog: I’m aiming for honesty
But a bulls-eye is rare
I don’t know who I am, or who I’m not
But this time, I’m satisfied with taking a shot

~Enough - Jesse Ruben

I don't feel like making a normal blog. No estoy de buen humor. So, things I miss:

-The way my dad used to wake me up in elementry school and middle school just by calling my name.

-My older sister. She's like my twin.

-My brother. He's a dork, but I still love him.

-Sachem.

-New York.

-Headlight Disco Hallways.

-Sophmore math with the crazies.

-My lunch table freshman year.

-Dancing. I don't know why, but I just do.

-California.

-5/7/06

-People that used to make me smile.

-The Click Five message boards, but only a little because without them, I'm saner.

-The person A.A.F. used to be.

-Having a real smile on my face/being happy.

-Writing because I want to not because I am required to do so.

-Drawing.

-Writing songs with LJP.

-Cookie Chats in the summertime.

-My freshman Biology class.

-Actually talking to people.

-Playing piano.

-Having fun (I miss being 5.)

-Acting weird even if it meant people would stare.

-Sleeping.

-Actually caring about things.

...I can't think of anything else, but if I do I'll add some.

Alrighty, bye.

~Mel

Taking pictures is fun ;)

It’s Sunday afternoon and it is gross out. Friday night was the night to come alive and have some fun. (Click Five < 3) I am still deciding on whether I had fun or not. I didn’t even feel like I was there. Is that a bad thing? I should have been excited. I should have been jumpy and all “omg, omg, omg” like all the other people, but I wasn’t. That’s the way I usually am for tc5 shows but I was actually clam for once. It was weird. I guess I was just missing something that makes concerts so much better, my crazy friends.

I got there at 5:45 with my mom and sister. We tried to open the front door but it was locked, so my sister and I decided to go sit in the car while my mom called someone on the phone. She walked behind the building and saw either Ethan or Joe. After she was done with the call, she came back to the car and told us that we were going to go eat inside since it was a café too. We followed her around back and went into the building where we almost walked into Mitch Hood, and went inside to see Ethan, Kyle, and Joey setting up. We ordered something to eat and watched them while having a random conversation about things. What the conversation was about I have no clue; I can barely remember anything. =/

Anyway, after we ate we went out front again and waited on the front steps until the doors opened (First ones in line.) We watched as hyper fans got out of their cars and joined the line. My mom said something like “that’s how you would act, but you’re just holding it inside.” I shook my head and listened to the guys sound check. When the doors opened, we went right to the front and the others crowded around us. I don’t think people get the whole “personal space” thing. Mitch Hood went on first and played three songs. I think he was planning to play more but time was running short or something. Amanda Keletsky (sp?) was on next but I only got to watch her perform one song because I got this terrible pain in my chest and went to sit down. Turns out, I had a fever and got a headache afterwards but I was determined to watch the rest of the show, so when Click came on I stood on the stairs with Charlie Guese. It was the only place I could see from, and I was not about to push my way back through the crowd of crazy teenage girls. I had to move a few times so that people could get up and down the stairs but it was fine. My mom joined me on the stairs afterwards and practically forced me to sing along. We sang “Globbie” instead of “Jenny” just because it’s funnier (only two or three people will know what I’m talking about here ;]) I actually think my mom had more fun than I did. When the concert was over, I got pictures with Ben, Eth, and Joe and we started our two and a half hour trip back to MA. We got home around 2 AM but whatever. I’m still tired =/.

~Mel

P.S. I have no clue if that made any sense, so sorry. I probably made some mistakes. My other concert reviews are better. My creative essay teacher gave me an A on the last Click Five concert review I did. I don’t think it was that great…bleh. Have a good day.

Lyrics of the week (or whenever I decide to blog):  I'm a real big fan of yours

But I'm quite the joke to you

But girl it wasn't a joke when you

Kissed me in your room and replied

"I love you too"

Yourbiggestfan – NeverShoutNever!

     At this moment in time, I am trying not to throw my computer out of my bedroom window because the internet keeps shutting down on me. I am also playing Scrabble with Dani, and listening to “I Love Your Existence” by Alex Goot because I love it and I think it’s cute. I never got around to writing that song I mentioned in my last blog. Laura sort of left me hanging; I had two lines, but I kept changing them and it was madness. Dani could probably help if we didn’t joke around so much (it’s midnight I can’t think straight.)

     This weekend I have to write a letter to someone famous or somewhat famous because I can’t choose a topic from the list my teacher gave us to write about for Creative Essay, and pick two to three songs I really like and print them out for English because we start poetry next week. I can’t narrow things down when it comes to music I like; there’s just way too many songs to choose from that I really like. Other then that I have nothing else to do, boring weekend. The only thing I’m looking forward to is the Click concert next Friday. I actually forgot about it until my mom reminded me on Wednesday. I’ll probably forget about it again since my brain isn’t working this week.

Later

Mel

A song?

I think this is pretty cool:

“With this project, I'm more or less doing a little experiment.

I'll be taking lyrics written by YOU and turning them into songs.

In order for this to work out creatively, I'm going to have to wait for the right set of lyrics with the right particular vibe for me to write music to. This could end up being YOUR lyrics! Who knows!

If you want to submit something, send it to writtenbyyou@gmail.com. Please DO NOT send it to my myspace! I will read+consider EVERY submission.. don't send your song twice, as this won't help your chances and will just make it take longer for me to sift through everything.

You can tell me what key you think would be good for the song, what chords you think might sound cool with it, what beat you might like, what kind of production (guitar only, piano only, full band), anything. I may not produce it the way you suggest, but I'm interested in your ideas!

It can be a song about your dog, a song about your mom, a song about your shoes, love, whatever. Be creative!

So. Go ahead and write some stuff. Send it my way. If I'm really digging a particular set of lyrics, you'll be hearing from me.

Due to the legal/copyright issues of this idea, I would like to point out:

-I won't post/publish/use a song without your prior permission+approval (via contract). If I do, without you giving the OK first, you can sue me. Haha.

-If I DO choose your song, you will be officially credited for the lyrics. After all, they are yours!”

It’s from Alex Goot. I love his music. :) Would anyone want to help me write a song? Or you could write one and send it in? I would write one alone but I tend to think my stuff isn’t that great. Plus two heads are better than one lol ;)

I’m off to give a song a shot.

Mel Claireeeee

Hey. How is everyone? I hope you are doing great. I am super bored and listening to Joe Brooks. I should probably be working on my Edgar Allan Poe project for English but I like to procrastinate so yeah lol. The project is not entirely due until March 10^th but I have to go to Salinas next week so the only time I have to do it is this week. I do not feel like carrying four huge books with me.

I’ve been having some issues with my friends and I don’t think they are going to be worked out because they will not talk to me for some reason. They really haven’t spoken to me since I moved and every time I attempt to talk to them, they do not reply. It’s sad because I was just on Long Island and when I said I wanted to hang out with my friends the only one who answered me was my older sister’s best friend who is like 25. She wanted to take me to the movies this weekend but I left Friday so that didn’t work out. I’m starting to realize that the people who I haven’t met and I talk to all the time (there is like three of them) actually care about me more than my so called friends do and if that is the case then my other friends weren’t really my true friends in the first place. Every time I was invited to one of his or her parties or just somewhere to hang out, I have always felt that someone else replaced me. I only was invited because their parents thought that we didn’t hang out as often as we used to. While they had fun, I was sitting down somewhere watching them hoping that maybe they would see me and not treat me as if I was invisible. That never happened and I moved before I could even get to talk to them again. There is only one person from my old school that talks to me. She is the best. We met in seventh grade and had just about every class together. Last year we used to dance/sing to TC5 songs in the hallways before school and now she is all alone. I feel bad and wish I could do something about it but I cannot. =/

I don’t know what else to say so I guess I’ll go work on my project.

~MC

You are a mood killer. Every time I am actually happy, you have to find a way to make my mood change. Every time there is something fun…every time there is something exciting…you just have to ruin it. To be honest I think I am on the edge of my breaking point. I usually just try to ignore it but last time I actually had to say something because it annoyed me so much. I really don’t feel like talking to you anymore. We have nothing in common and every time you say you are helping or know what I am going through I know you don’t because I haven’t told you anything. I write things but I never quite say what I mean. That is an issue that I have to work on. I just need time to think about things I guess. It is a good thing I have break next week. Blah stress.

Oh, and “Kyle,” thanks for sort of cheering me up with SS. J

I don’t know if you could call this a blog but I heart LI/NY so yeah…

Jones Beach Theater is the best place in the world to see a concert. CASE CLOSED!

Billy Joel said it best, "Either you date a rich girl from the North Shore, or a cool girl from the South Shore."

What's the big deal about the Hamptons?

If you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.

You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "the City"

You never realize you have an accent until you leave.

You can name at least three bands that came from Long Island. (Check out Stereo Skyline ;])

Is Huntington really that cool?

The goddamn geese are everywhere!

If your parents didn't, your grandparents lived in the city.

At some point in your life you or someone you know has owned an animal that came from North Shore Animal League.

Commack movie theatre scares you

You walk around the mall aimlessly.

You drive around your town with your friends, and that's the most exciting part of your evening.

No word ends in an ER, just an AH.

When you're away from Long Island, you love it and when you're there, you don't.

You're still waiting for a bridge to Connecticut.

High school sports aren't that important.

You've never been to Times Square on New Year's Eve.

You love that salty smell of the ocean.

No, you don't want mustard on that burger!

The most exciting day of your summer is when all tickets to every Jones Beach show go on sale.

You can order a pizza pie and a soda and people will understand.

You watched a game show and wondered, "why are these people so happy that they won a trip to New York?"

You know that parts of the Godfather were filmed on LI.

You've been to the Tanger Outlets and came home with nothing to show for it.

Your parents took you to Nathans or Carvel

You can correctly pronounce places like Happauge, Commack, Islip, Islandia, Massapequa.

You can remember making up rules for Shotgun? calls in high school.

You consider nachos and cheese at the Coliseum to be a suitable dinner date.

You say mad instead of wicked.

You know what real pizza tastes like

You know that a bagel is much more than a roll with a hole in the middle.

It's not called the shore, it's the beach.

Flip-flops are normal, even in January.

You have no idea what jimmies are, or why someone would want to put them on their ice cream

You have never used "wicked" as an adjective

You don't live in Long Island. You live ON Long Island.

You'd pay $11.50 for a movie.

The Long Island Expressway isn't really as bad as everybody thinks.

You miss whiffle ball and running through sprinklers.

You don't have to go far to see your family.

You know the color of the water at Jones Beach is not BLUE!

You can spout off all the LIRR stops between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma.

It’s rare to get really bad bagels or pizza on long island, almost as rare as it is to get good bagels and pizza anywhere else.

You have been to at least one concert at Jones beach.

You've seen the commercials, and you've craved their shakes, but you know damn well there are no DQ's or Sonics on Long Island.

I'm bored and I think I've watched this video five million times but whatever. I think everyone would be the first one and since someone is sickkk that someone should listen to #1 & #2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPi0NPzvkY

Yesterday started a new semester for school which means I have two new classes and I am halfway there to becoming a senior I high school. It is scary to think about. In one of my new classes, we had to write what we wanted to do when we grow up or what we want to do after high school and I have absolutely no clue. Some people say I should stick with writing things, some people say I should research things, and my younger sister says I should do something with music.

 One of my new classes is creative essay writing. I am in it so I can become a better writer I guess. It was my last choice when I picked it before starting school and now I do not know if I will like it. My teacher is way too cheery and dramatic for 8 o’clock or 9 o’clock in the morning. The first thing she made us do was read things off a ditto and of course, I was the second one to go after my poor friend in the front. Apparently my voice was low so after I read she told everyone that they should use their”outdoor voice.” I do not speak that loud and if she wanted me to speak louder than I would have to scream. The whole point of the class is to find our “authentic voice.” Blah and she wants us to share what we write to the whole class. =/ I do not like sharing anything I write. I never think it is good even though people tell me it is. My English teacher told me I was a great writer but I still do not believe I am. I think I suck at everything but oh well.

The other class that I am taking is Marine Biology and I guess it is a senior elective but I am taking it anyway. It seems easy. We do not get homework and the only thing we have to bring to class is something to write with. My teacher likes to color so we are going to be doing many coloring worksheets and whatnot. She told us she should have been a kindergarten teacher because of it. I think the only other things we do in that class are book work, labs, and we watch movies. We watched a documentary today on the life of a Loggerhead turtle. It was cool to see the sea life they encounter. A lot of snails and jellyfish look so beautiful, yet they are so deadly to others. I like science so this should be interesting.

I have no school tomorrow due to snow. Woot. Therefore, I will see how the rest of the week goes.

Moving on…

SILVER SHARPIE! Is my favorite J I saw him on Thursday and he made my whole day. It was the first time I was actually happy and smiling at a concert before so that was good. I wasn’t being squished by people like the last two times I was at that venue and the place was sold out. Zack Hexum went on before him and was great. He looked exactly like a younger version of my uncle . Overall, it was a great concert and hopefully I can go to another one.

-Mel

It is almost one in the morning and I am wide-awake. I do not know the reason for it and it’s kind of weird? I was looking through some of the things my friends sent me and I laughed at some of them. They’re basically answers from surveys but whatever.

1I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of.
3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle you in.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
(if possible. If not, I'll say something that only makes sense to me.)
5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wondered about you.
8. I'll tell you my favorite thing about you.
9. I'll tell you my least favorite thing about you.
10. If you play, you MUST post this on yours.

1. You strongly dislike your sister.(sooo not true!)
2. HEADLIGHT DISCOOO.
3. I’m thinking grape.
4. THE SCARY SISTER THAT ALMOST RAPED ME/KATIE/ALYSSA/SEDA AT THE LIBRARY. =]
5. Def. Something in Home Ec. Club. you, me, mikaela, etc.
6. You are a koala. Because you are quiet and contemplative. And cuddly!
7. WHY BOSTON?
8. You are so soft-spoken- some of the stuff you say should be said loudly. But the fact that you say it so quietly makes me laugh. That and I love whoring CDs from you.
9. BOSTONNNN. =[. and you get to go to new York for Christmas and i don't! jealous!

1. Umm melmelism!
2. You get a whole band the click five reminds me of you
3. Umm raspberry
4. Look shoes, look purses, look more shoes
5. umm something girl scout related
6. an elephant cuz you're all quiet and wise and cool but when you get mad watch out!
7. well I’ve only recently wondered this but are you happy up there?
8. You’re awesome and nice and quiet at times but you're still a bunch o fun!
9. I really cannot say that I have a least favorite thing about you

The first person I met in seventh grade. She moved to Florida about a month before I moved to MA. The second person I met when I was four in dance class and then we were in Girl Scouts together until eighth. I think they are the only friends who talk to me anymore for a brief amount of time and this rarely happens. Both of them are busy doing things and I have no life lol.

This describes the rest of my friends I guess:

I'm looking through you

Where did you go

I thought I knew you

What did I know

You don't look different

But you have changed

I'm looking through you

You're not the same

I  was talking to the first person yesterday and we were talking about why we felt so blah and eh these days and she gave me two reasons  for this A- we’re homesick B- nothing can beat sophomore year. Both of them are insanely true and every day I was I was back there because I miss my friends. I’m afraid that they’re fading away from me and I don’t know what to do about it. =/

Now I shall talk about boats and waves? Lol

I feel as if I’m on this massive chunk of land that doesn’t want me here and I feel like I don’t belong here. I took a rowboat out to sea and I’m determined to get back to the little island I grew up on because I miss it so. There’s only one obstacle, the waves, every time I try to get over one it pushes me back to where I started from. I feel tired and I want to give up but there’s always this little part of me that wants to keep going. Now there’s a wind that’s blowing and it’s making the waves even worse. That part of me that wants to keep going is slowly fading and I let go of the silly little paddles that are no help to me anymore. I let the tide take me in because there’s no use in going against it now. All I have to do now is sit back and grab hold of the sides so I don’t fall out. I was stupid to think that this rowboat would make it. I should have boarded the giant ship.

If this blog made no sense, I’m sorry. I’m bored and needed something to do.

~MP

It’s almost eleven at night and I’m blogging why? Lol I should sleep soon; school at 7:20. Every night I stay up with a friend until I think I should sleep. We talk about the most random things in our lovely cookie chats. I was going to write about something else but there’s no time. Someone said something two weeks ago, that gave me inspiration for a song, and I don’t really know what’s going on with it. I am attempting to write it with Laura so it’s like the last one we wrote together, silly and about a nerd. I think we are about halfway done with it because things keep distracting us and Laura does not come on as often as she used to. So Dani this is all your fault and if we run out of ideas think of things! Lol

On another note, I’m seeing Jesse Ruben next Thursday and I’m pretty excited about it. I saw him in September and had an awesome time. I got to meet up with my friend and hang out with her for a little bit afterwards. It’ll be nice to see her again. I have to try to Café 939 a little earlier this time or at least leave earlier because my mom went in the wrong direction. Fifteen minutes wasted. I’ll stop right there because I know I’m probably torturing someone right now lol Is anyone else going?

I don’t know what else to write so bye?

~Melllll

I haven’t posted in a while. It’s my fault I guess I have 5 million projects to do again and I can’t write unless I’m alone, like I am right now. So I guess I’ll tell you what happened over the last week or how long it has been…

So on December 14^th I was still on Long Island because my power was out and we had nothing to do here so we decided to go to Fire Island to see the Fire Island lighthouse. We got there and it was super windy and it was a long walk to the lighthouse. It was a good thing there were sand dunes to block some of the wind. When we finally got to the lighthouse we stared at it for a while and then went inside to look around, we found out that it had been moved many times and it celebrated its 150^th birthday in October or November, I don’t remember. My sister wanted to climb it so we went to the spiral staircase that led to the top. We started climbing but when   we got to the  26^th step or the first window my dad and I started having second thoughts.(We both hate heights) The shaky iron steps and rope railings didn’t really seem…safe. We went on anyway because we didn’t want my sister to go up by herself. It was pretty nice and we went on the catwalk. Really, really, really windy. I found myself grabbing on to the railing because I was afraid I was going to fly away lol. I took some pictures and attempted to take pictures of where you could see NYC but I don’t think they came out to well. I would post them but I don’t have my USB with me. When we went down it was even worse because things seemed to be even shakier. After we finally got down my legs were shaking and they wouldn’t stop. It wasn’t noticeable to the people around me but I could feel it. It might have been because I was scared to death? Anyway we walked around the place a little bit more and got out certificates that said we had climbed it. Woot. Lol fu times, fun times.

Moving on…Yes the title of this blog has Backstreet Boys lyrics. Blame Dani or should I say Dan’is mother. Apparently, since she’s 19 now, Dani should stop listening to BSB. Her mother thinks that 7-15 year olds should listen to them and that’s it. I guess I’m out by one year then. I’ve been listening to them since I was two years old by force of my older sister. She’s 25 now and has been a fan since they came out. My mom and dad even listen to them!  Age shouldn’t matter when it comes to bands. At least that’s what I think. If you’re a fan, you’re a fan and that’s all that matters. Who cares what music you listen to or what genre/band/artist you like? BSB is one of my favorite bands. I only saw them twice and they looked like they were the size of my thumb but I was happy because not a lot of people have seem them that many times or have got to experience what happens. And since were on the subject of music I have some questions for all of you. I’m taking a poll for my mass communications project. Ok then:

1.       Can a person be defined by the music they listen to?

2.      Do your musical interests define you as a person?

3.      Do your friends listen to the same music as you? Or does that matter?

That’s all please answer and I’ll love you forever! You’ll help me get an A lol

Ok. Christmas it tomorrow! Yay, I guess. I won’t see my mom so I’m a little upset about that. She’s still in MA driving someone around. I think she needs to tell that person to find other means of transportation because it’s so annoying. The worst part is that she’s going to be alone tomorrow. No one should have to be alone on holidays. It’s the season for giving so give back if you can. It’s a good thing to do and it’s important that we do it.

I guess I’ll be going now. Happy holidays!

~Mel

It’s been a while since I last blogged, maybe a week or so? I don’t remember. I don’t really have anything to blog about so that’s why. I’m on Long Island right now because I have no power in MA at the moment.(I’ll get to that in a few seconds) It’s nice because I get to see the rest of my family again and it’s a break from school. I don’t have any work to do so I’m free to write whatever I feel like writing even though I will probably end up hating it and write it over and over again.

Let’s go back to the whole no power thing, shall we?

Its five o’clock in the afternoon on Thursday December 11^th, the sky is a dark grayish and rain is falling down heavily, wind is blowing down branches all over the place. You’re sitting down at your desk doing work for the rest of the night all the while talking to your friends and laughing about random things, almost crying about what you have read on other sites. When eleven o’clock comes around you say goodnight to your friends and fall asleep listening to the murmurs of your neighbors next-door (you’re not eavesdropping).

At five in the morning you awake to the sound of a phone ringing, slowly you roll out of bed not thinking straight. You open your bedroom door to go answer the phone but it stops ringing so you close your door and go back to sleep. Five forty comes around and your sister comes into you room saying that you can sleep because your school is closed due to ice that is plastered all over the streets and trees. You fall back asleep for a little bit and then wake up when the power starts to go off at six thirty-five. Your sister, who is semi scared, comes into your room and sits with you on your bed. You want to fall asleep again but you see this bright blue flash outside your window and it keeps you up. You’re not that sure what it is so you don’t worry that much.

In the afternoon you sit in your living room with the two members of your family that you still live with bored out of your mind. The oldest goes to get food while you sit and listen to music from your MP3 player. When the oldest comes back you eat and talk about life, what’s going on around the world and what happened when some of your family members were teenagers. Your jaw drops when you hear some of the news, shock sets in. You would have never thought those people chose to live like that or other people out there are afraid of going outside. You learn things and you want to try to find a way to help people.

The sun slowly sets and you realize that you still don’t have any power and it starts to get cold. You decide the best place to go is the mall because they still might have power; you’re right about that one. You get something to eat and walk around for a while then head back home hoping that the lights would be back on. Sadly, they aren’t ant the only thing that is helping you see is the light from the moon. You’re lucky you brought a flashlight with you to help you see when you enter your building. It’s cold but you have some blankets and candles to help you see. You’re lucky you have mirrors around the house so you take them down and position them so the light from the many candles reflects off of them. Time goes on and you get bored and start to think again. You realize that there are people around the world who have to go through this every day, no heat, no power, just candles and whatever they have to keep warm. You remember seeming tents on the side of the road where people used to be but had been kicked out. You wonder how one can stay or even live like this for a long period of time. Conversations stats back up again and then you’re sitting on the floor playing hangman on a mirror with others guessing what your word or words are.

By ten you’re blowing out the candles and heading off to bed. You’re safe inside your room with a door you can lock and you feel safe. Others in a similar position aren’t so safe. You go to bed thinking about them when you wake up to no power the next day it’s fine because you’re not staying there anymore. You’re going to stay with some other relatives. You’ll feel so much better, but will the others? No, no really.

So here I am typing this all up and it looks pretty long right now. It might not be and that’s fine. My mom wanted us to come here. She didn’t want us to be alone freezing to death. The power might not come back on in a few days so I’m here until Monday. Ice storm wiped out power in southern NH and parts of MA. When I walk down my block they have power but whatever. They still don’t know what it’s like to live like that….they haven’t learned anything. Sometimes a few hours without power can make you realize something.

~Mel

Time seems to go by soo fast. I remember a year ago today I woke up with a weird feeling that something bad was going to happen. I went to school and by third period, it had gotten to me. We had a math test and I failed. I don’t remember much after that. I just remember coming home and posting the lyrics to When I’m Gone in a bulletin because I still had that feeling. When I was at the kitchen table doing my homework and talking to my sister, we got a phone call from my uncle around 5:25ish. From the other room I could hear this shrieking noise from the other room and I knew it must have been my mom. She was crying and I knew right away, what it was; my grandmother had passed away. She did it peacefully though. She was listening to my uncle play a song on his guitar at the time. 5:15pm. I didn’t know what to do when I saw her. I’m not the type of person who cries over death but she was the first person I ever cried over.

When I was little my family would go to visit her and every time I ran straight to the piano because I wanted her to teach me how to play a certain song, besides it was fun. I was the only one at the time who really cared about learning how to play things. She sat down with me while the others sat, talked, colored, and played outside. I only know how to play three songs because she had work and after a while, she had to get rid of it. My uncle got that piano for her as a birthday gift because she had always wanted one. I listened to her play it all the time.

She taught me how to read, write, and pronounce things. She always told me “It’s asks not asxes” I remember the trips to the mall, the pool, the parties she threw for us, and her caring, warm, sweet personality. She would get us whatever we wanted if we asked for it.

What we all didn’t know it that she would suffer for three years in a nursing home due to a stroke. I visited every Saturday for three years alongside my mother. I watched her life slip away and watched as my grandfather told my mother that he thought she looked a lot better. She never got better and it pained me to see her like that. I missed the way she used to be. I didn’t really know what to do while I was there. I sat staring at the wall for a while and then I started to bring some music and write because my grandmother could not talk. It was pretty sad and I miss her so much.

I guess I’ll just leave you with something she wrote when I was barely one.

How can I describe the joy, the peace, the feeling.
I am one with the utter core of my being when I am standing at the ocean shore.
My arms want to make a wide circle and grasp it all and clutch it to my bosom and push it inside.
I am exhilarated. My happiness is overwhelming.
I seem to soar with the birds over the wild, dashing waves.
On my knees, I push my hands into the sand.
Each stone, each grain says time is what the planet is made of. We have been compressed and tossed and smoothed for eons.
That’s it- life is tossing and smoothing me. All the knocking, banging, grinding have made me the person I am.
I am being shaped all these years- I am learning.
The forces are not done with me yet. I am constantly being refined…polished…compressed- to squeeze and leave the jewel-the gram-the stone with the individual marking and coloring.
I am so much like all the other stones and grains-yet I am unique. Each of us is unique.
I will not cry out and complain when I am pushed and thrown and hurt. Rather I will accept and know the strength-the learning- and the wisdom of the whole process.
Glory to God!

~M.R. 3/23/93

I’m off to do some of the work I missed yesterday and possibly write a little bit.

~Mel Claire

I really hate projects, especially partner projects. That is why I usually work alone but nooooooooo I have to have a partner for this. Blah bio! I have never had a Biology project before but no I do and I’m like blanking out. I have to make a brochure because acting out things and making recording so isn’t me. I have a fear of speaking.

Hihi. I am bored right now and this is the only time I feel like I can write because no one is looking over my shoulder.

I had my Thanksgiving yesterday since no one could make it to MA on Thursday. It did not feel the same because some people were missing and two people I do not know very well were there so it was a little awkward. They are huggy kissy type of people and that is soo not me. I got it from my dad. I would rather be in a room by myself than be surrounded by a ton of people. My brother and sister came over because I have not seen them in a few weeks so it was nice to see them again. My older sister stole some of my clothes because she was cold lol. It is snowing here right now and they left about an hour ago. Tiny flakes but whatever. I was stuck babysitting a six year old and he totally loves me so he was hanging on me all the time and when I wanted to sit down and actually listen to what people were saying he would call my name and ask me if he could go on my computer to play games. =/ He stole my MP3 player and kept listening to one song and one song only, Long Way to Go.  After a while, he knew some of the words so he sang, danced and pretended to play the guitar. Lol

This week is a little depressing to me even though it just started so I might not write a lot. Thursday I might but it depends how I feel. I’m just going to go write and read chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby for school, maybe work on my projects and bug someone to death lol j/k

~Mel

www.myspace.com/mikegoodrick

yeah I’m promoting artists again you’re allowed to hit me it you want lol. Anyway he basically stalked me from another band’s MySpace. It happens all the time which is why I’m sometimes scared to comment bands. He’s really good if you like Acoustic / Pop / Indie music. I know I listen to a lot of the same type of music idc lol but apparently Mike thinks I “freakin rock!” ooo specialness =]

I’m listening to/watching the Time Machine video Dani posted in her blog even though I already know that they wore gray! She won’t believe me and I’m sad. That concert was really fun. I think it would have been even more fun if I actually got to meet Dani on that night instead of talking to her in a chat two days later. I love how we’ve been talking to each other for two years.

I got my TOL shirt yesterday and my mom said I didn’t spell my name right because it’s on the back of the shirt. It says “Mel Claire” instead of “MElClaire” for Melanie Ellen Claire. Oh well.

I’m off to get yelled at by Dani and possibly read some of The Host.

~Melly

I just got back from an afternoon with my mom’s b/f and we basically walked 4 miles all together. It was FREEZING! He wanted to take my sister and me out to eat so we wouldn’t be bored at home so we had no choice but to go =/. I find him really annoying at times just because he has to talk about the same things over and over again and when we’re in the car he always has to point out places so he can tell us about the place. I don’t really pay attention because I have my MP3 player with me at all times just to drown him out; I don’t think he even knows I have it on. It doesn’t always work because he talks so loud. Today actually wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be. It was probably because my mom wasn’t there and he didn’t want to bug us about things. He feels sort of sorry for us because of what we have to go through and school and whatnot. Anyway before we went to the restaurant to eat we went to Walgreens just to get gloves and a gag gift for my mom because she’s been stressed out lately. My sister decided that we should get her this little dog that barks, wags its tail and walks because she said she wished that we still have pets. So when she gets off from work today we’re going to give it to her just to see her reaction. After we went there he took us to an Italian restaurant to eat. I wasn’t up for it so I got chicken fingers or w/e(my usual meal). He made me try an olive and all I can say is ewww. Lol I don’t really like trying new things that much.  My sister tried it too and she made faces while eating it so I couldn’t help but laugh at her.

This morning she got stuck between her bed and the wall and I had to help her out because my mom didn’t hear her. It woke me up so UI jumped out of bed and ran into her room. I couldn’t see her at first and then she waved at me and I was laughing a lot. I had to try and pull the blanket out from under her so that she could actually move to get up. My mom can into the room afterwards and she was like “oh so that was when happened” and then left the room. Now I have to go help her move the bed to the other wall to prevent it from happening again.

Well I'm off to go draw,write, color, and listen to some Owl City

woot second blog! lol

Ok so I need to read a book for my english class because we have an independent reading project(bleh) Does anyone have any suggestions? I've already read the Twilight series and I'm pretty bored right about now. I'm pumped for the movie though :)

Tomorrow instead of going to Semi or junior prom I guess I'm going to see Twilight because I don't want to be around people I don't know and I don't go to dances. I've never been to one unless you count the sixth grade jam as one. The people in my school scare me too. They don't talk to me which I'm fine with most of the time but sometimes  I wish that I could fit in somehow. I used to but now it's completely different. Everyone at this high school has known each other since the 6th grade and I'm just here, new, and weird....awkward too maybe? I'm quiet but w/e that doesn't mean people don't have to talk to me and get to know me. The people here are just idk too cliquey??I don't want to have to change for them. I'm just going to be myself...normal it's nicer that way. My mom was talking to a few people and she told me that the kids in my school don't let newbies like me into their lives until a year has past. What am I suppose to do for a year? I'm lucky the two tenth graders in my bio class even talk to me! idk what else to say about this....

Moving on.

As I said in my first blog I <3 music and trying to promote people I like so I think you should check out Chase Coy. He plays Acoustic / Folk / Indie music and he's not that bad looking so that helps ;) lol I'll post the link if you want to check him out.

www.myspace.com/chasecoy

Now I have to retype an essay because I spelled a word without one letter and I have to fix it. I should really save things to my computer.That's all I have to say today.

-Mel

Ok....hmmm what to write? lists are cool.

• My name is Melanie but you can call me Mel, Mel Claire, Melbear, Melly, Melly mouse, CarMEL anything you want.
• I'm 16.
• My birthday is the day before Cassie's. 7/15
• I live in MA but I lived on Long Island up until August 9th, 2008. It was a very depressing day :(
• I'm a junior in high school.
• I'm the third child out of 4.
• I'm a huge dork when you get to really know me.
• I'm quiet most of the time and I HATE talking.
• Dani knows me more than I know myself. Well at least I think she does.
• The Click Five is my favorite band and I think I've made most of my friends because of them.
• I sing when no one is around or no one is listening.
• I love to write even though I have a had time coming up with ideas.
• I get bored all of the time.
• It's hard for people to make me smile.
• I had open heart surg. when I was 4 months old and I hate my scar.
• I <3 music and need a new MP3 player because I ran out of room.
• I sometimes have OCD about things lol.
• If I don't finish something I spazz out.

ummmm what else?...Oh yeah! I had a project for my mass comm./media class and I felt special. The project was to make a newspaper so the first thing that came to my mind to write about was TOL. So I made that article the first page and put a few more articles on bands or w/e and handed it in. All my teacher could say was "oh my god that's so cute!" There was more but I wasn't really paying attention to it. Anyway I got an A+ woot for me.

That's all I have for now.

~Mel

P.S. thanks Cassie :)