sweetdreamerbrynn

...that my last journal was emo.

So I'm writing a new one.

Just wanted to say that I finally got to see Barack Obama last night, and it was amazing. It's definitely worth it to get out and see him if you possibly can.

Clubs:


Wow. You don't ever realize how many clubs you're in until you put them all in one place...

Hello everyone,

I've always been the type of person who tries at something and then stops if I'm not great at it. Basically because I've been in music since I was a little kid and I've never really had to try at that.

This policy is no longer working for me.

This is the first time I've logged onto Deviantart in about five months, mostly because I'm so ashamed of my art. Yeah, I know I'm not that good...but I'm going to keep trying. Last night I really wanted to draw, and even though what came out of that urge was basically a bunch of crap, I'm still going to keep trying. I talked to one of my friends yesterday whose a really great artist and she was saying that you should just keep on practicing and that's when I thought, 'That's really where I'm lacking. I need to PRACTICE.'

So I've decided that I'm going to start practicing and get going on Deviantart again. Just wanted to say hello and tell you all I'll start commenting on your deviations again soon (whoever reads this).

--Kat

I just got back from a relief trip with my Unitarian Universalist church to New Orleans, and it was really amazing. I've never felt so much like I was making a difference in a place that needed it.

Now, about New Orleans...the city is still a wreck. Which is really sad, because New Orleans is really, really gorgeous. Even around City Park, which is a nicer area of town, quite a few houses are still abandoned and left in shambles. One of the things we did was cleaned up the bayou in City Park, which, for some reason, has barely even been touched yet. We were hauling a ton of weeds and branches from the banks, and we pulled up a lot of tallow, which is an intrusive plant that came in from China.

Our other activity was to clean out a house in the 7th Ward that they're making into a community center. This house was a wreck. There was mold on the walls. But we made it look a lot better. Just getting all the stuff out of there and scrubbing the walls and baseboards took six hours.

What I've pulled out of this is that if everyone who watched the news during Katrina and said, "Oh look at that, how sad" had done something about it, New Orleans could be in much better shape now. The 9th Ward is still demolished, and many houses still need to be gutted. If there were more volunteers, all of this could move much faster.

ok...so i felt like being kind of random. and i wanted to post all the clubs i'm in. so i am, ok? i'm tired, and i'm home from school, and i just finished a long chapter for my fanfic!!! YAY!! my uncle's in town from iraq, and so i'm happy...........wah, i have nothing to write about. except that i love the donnas, and panic! at the disco!!!!!

so these are the clubs i'm in:


on another note...finals. school. i've had this thought lately. do you think kids would want to learn more if it was by their own choice? school is a place for learning, right? so what's the point in grades? ok, maybe i'm the only one who gets this...but it seems like grades are what make people hate school...right? does anyone else think so???!?!?

yeah, i'm just rambling at this point...

i'm feeling kinda loopy. my head is spinny and painful right now...and i should be studying for my world geography exam.

i just got back from the jason mraz concert...and i am completely in love!!!!!

allow me to stress this point:        

these girls in the audience were all yelling things like "i want to have your babies!!"

of course, all i could do was think about what i would do if i was his age...hmm...

anyway, some of the things he said were extremely funny like:

"i already took off my pants. these are tattoos."

"did you say we would make beautiful babies? that scares the shit out of me. now if you'd said let's practice making babies...i would go for that."

hehe...it was a great show, and not only is he funny, he's also a phenomenal singer...so...