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boyfriend: C | A | L | Mbest friend: C | A | L | Mdrinking buddy: C | A | L | Msworn enemy: C | A | L | Msecretly is crushing on you: C | A | L | Msong on shuffle: domino by jessie jcomment: it was really hard for me to choose between ash and cal because i think you would be so cute with both of them??? and also i really like your name a lot :-)

Use songs from your Spotify, iTunes, I really don't care....just MUSIC

1. a song from the year you were born /  Wannabe - The Spice Girls

2. a song that reminds you of school / Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Riders (it's one of the first songs that unexpectedcertainties and I ever bonded over.)

3. a song tied to a specific moment in your life / Latch (accoustic) - Sam Smith (I had one of the best partner dances EVER, at my brother's wedding, to this song)

4. a song that is not sung in your native language / Je Te Donne - Leslie and Ivyrise (okay so it's mostly in French, a small part is in English; I cheated a little)

5. a song over 5 minutes long / Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (enough said) 

6. a song under 2 minutes long / I've Just Seen A Face - Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe version) Seriously one of my favorite movies, I love the Beatles sooo much!)

7. an instrumental / Concerning Hobbits - Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (this is such a beautiful piece; it's actually my alarm tone)

8. a classical piece / Clair de Lune - Claude DeBussy (I study to this music, it is quite therapeutic)

9. a song with no percussion / Today - Willamette Stone (okay this is from that movie 'If I Stay' with Chloe Grace Moretz but it's at the top of my playlist because it such a beautiful rendition of a classic song (and I didn't hear any percussion).

10. something you’ve heard performed live / Blame it On Me - George Ezra (Saw him in concert tonight; he opened for Sam Smith and it was amazing!)

11. something you’d give ANYTHING to hear performed live / The Heart Never Lies - McFly (McFly is my favorite band and they only tour in the UK; not the US where I live. Though I have heard recorded live versions of this song; they are not the same, I would literally kill to hear this song sung live for my ears to hear)

12. a song by an artist who’s from where you’re from (town/city/state/country) / Bulletproof Picasso - Train (from the beautiful state of California!) 

13. a song made suddenly precious because of a special someone / My Girl - The Temptations (This is my grandpa's song to me, and it was always be...)

14. a song made suddenly awful because of a special someone / You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban (My mom loves this song but we played it at my grandma's funeral and it will always be THAT song)

15. something to BELT SHAMELESSLY/do DIVA HANDS to / Dancing Queen - ABBA (no shame or judgement here, I LOVE THIS SONG...)

16. something to SCREAM ALONG to / In The End - Linkin Park (it seemed appropriate) 

17. a song for raging / Til' I Collapse - Eminem ft. Natedog (I run to this song and always listen to it when I'm pissed off, its so good) 

18. a song that demands lipsyncing into a makeshift microphone / Don't Stop Believin' - Journey (Had to give it to the classics...#sorrynotsorry)

19. the last song you had stuck in your head / Make It To Me - Sam Smith (love this song, that is all :DD) 

20. a song you’re dying to master all the words to  / Lose Yourself - Eminem (his raps are F**king epic, I wanna rap like that) 

21. a song that you could SLAY at karaoke / This is Me - Demi Lovato (Idk I feel like Demi and I might have similar voice qualities, maybe it could fit?) or Piano Man / Billy Joel (THE ULTIMATE KARAOKE SONG) 

22. a song you can’t help but dance to / Save the Last Dance for Me - Michael Buble (this song has such an amazing beat to it, that I can't help but dance!)

23. a song that makes you want to dance on a table / Partition - Beyonce (I mean I'm not her biggest fan, but with enough alcohol, yeah dancing on a table will happen with this song.)

24. a song that makes you wanna STRIP / Beg For It - Iggy Azalea (I mean come on...need I say more?

25. a song with a great music video / Night Changes- One Direction (this video was really well constructed and i really enjoyed it)

26. a song that makes you act out the music video when you hear it - Agony (Into the Woods) - Chris Pine & Billy Magnussen - because, have you seen them sing this song; musical gold :) 27. a song with counting - 1,2,3,4 / Plain White T's - this song is so ridiculously cute, I can't handle it 28. a song with spelling - Applause / Lady Gaga - love this song; great for exercise :) 29. a song with lots of clapping - Hail Rain, or Sunshine / The Script (it reminds me of an Irish pub song, I LOVE IT) or Uptown Funk / Bruno Mars ft. Mark Ronson (tons of clapping that I didn't realize was in it)

30. a song 40 years older than you / L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole (beautiful song; I have an old musical soul, I'm telling you)

31. a song you wish your parents didn’t know the words to / N**** in Paris - Jay Z (don't ask, it's a long and awkward story...)

32. a song whose lyrics shocked you once you were old enough to understand them /  Concrete Angel - Martina McBride (this song makes me cry now that I know it's about child abuse)

33. a song you have ZERO patience for / Angel - Sarah McLaughlan (no way....too sad; especially with those damn ASPCA animal abuse commercials)

34. a song you’d like your favorite artist to cover / All You Need Is Love - The Beatles (I'm sure McFly has done the Beatles before but I'm not sure if they have done this one yet!)

35. a great song you discovered thanks to a movie / God Only Knows - The Beach Boys (seriously one of my favorite songs) or God Help the Girl / God Help the Girl (I'm seriously in love with Belle & Sebastian now) or I See Fire / Ed Sheeran (from the Hobbit DoS)..seriously beautiful songwriting.)

36. a great song you discovered thanks to television / Run Boy Run - Woodkid or Riptide - Vance Joy (I heard both of these songs on Reign and I fell in love with them almost instantly.

37. a song you’re ashamed to have in your music library / Okay so I'm not ashamed really to have songs that I like; however I do have some guilty pleasure songs which include (and they're all super dancy)

Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin

Bust A Move - Young MC

Baby Got Back - Sir. Mix A Lot (It's an inside joke with my best friend)

Hips Don't Lie - Shakira

Baila Esta Cumbia - Selena

Bye Bye Bye - N*SYNC

38. ok what’s the song you were too ashamed to even post for #37 / okay fine it's Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (I cringe every time I hear it but deep down I like this song)

39. the most played song in your music library / Air Guitar - McBusted (yup. I'm slightly addicted to this song,,,it's a bit out of hand now, I think I need an intervention)

40. favorite disney song / this one is hard, because I enjoy many songs from Disney. Here are SOME of my favorites: 

Strangers Like Me - Tarzan

Just Around the Riverbend and Colors of the Wind - Pocahontas

Belle and its reprise - Beauty & the Beast

The Second Star to the Right - Peter Pan

Someday My Prince Will Come - Snow White

Kiss the Girl & Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid

Let's Go Fly a Kite and Chim Chim Cher-ee - Mary Poppins

Go the Distance - Hercules

Winnie the Pooh - Winnie the Pooh 

For the First Time in Forever - Frozen

I See The Light - Tangled

He's A Pirate - Pirates of the Caribbean

THERE YOU HAVE IT! A GLIMPSE INTO MY MUSICAL TASTES :) 

Unexpectedcertainties, americanfall, lovely-lilypad, bumblebreeshunny, letthesparrowssing your turn! 

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So following in the footsteps of my good friend Reanna (unexpectedcertainties),As I see that she has started a new tab on her blog of her thoughts and feelings, I have decided to get back into journaling everyday (or when I remember to). My journals (both digital and paper) have been neglected for far too long and I think they deserve some love, so here goes...

It's been 2015 for approximately 18 days now, and it hasn't really been all that spectacular. I don't know, it's not like I expected fireworks and a sudden shedding of my 2014 life, but something a little more exciting could have sufficed. So far in these 18 days, I have spent 3/4 of them working on a project that isn't mine, questioning life decisions, and watching horror films; but not in that order. 

Alright, so the horror films are for my January college class which I must admit is a lot of fun, and definitely takes my mind off of things but there have been certain things that have been eating away at me lately that I can't help but think about. 

How strict my parents are about my education still....I mean I've always been a driven person, don't get me wrong. I'm probably harder on myself than my parents are on me sometimes, but lately they seem to be ruling my life. I'm almost twenty years old for heavens sake, LIGHTEN UP A LITTLE. I've always kind of lived a sheltered life and just kind of accepted that that's how my life would be, but you'd think I'd have a little more freedom when it comes to my own education. And I know my parents work very hard to put me through school, but must they have control over every class (and how many I take?) I got into an argument with my mom a couple of days ago because I wanted to switch my schedule around. And she lost it, "don't fix what's not broken" she says "if you want fun, go to community college" she says. And I got so pissed that I ran upstairs angry crying (which hasn't happened in a long time) just because I wanted to drop one unit. They are insistent on me carrying a full load of classes (18 units) until I graduate. While part of me agrees this is a good idea and that I can handle it because I don't know anything different; the other part of me is saying that it's my life and I should have a little fun here and there. I don't know maybe I'm fussing over nothing, but this needed to come out at some point, might as well be on here; where I'm the most me I'll ever be.

The second thing that is on my mind is that I feel like I'm losing my friends. Now this one may just be because I miss them like crazy and haven't seen them in a while. But in most cases I feel like everyone is hanging out without me, with the exception of my best friend and a handful of others. And I can't help but ask myself "Am I boring?" "Are my friends slowly drifting away from me?" And with certain events coming up like sorority recruitment at my college, some days I'll feel pumped to potentially be joining a sorority and making tons of new friends. While other days I feel like I have no chance because I haven't tried hard enough to stand out as an individual. I'm hoping these thoughts are fleeting and I'll feel better when the new semester starts and I have new things to look forward to. 

Until then I have more horror movies to watch, papers to write, schedules to rearrange, and my life to sort out. Welcome to 2015 Lauren, let's try and make up for an eh start to it...

Until next time,

MICHAEL. WE WOULD WATCH RERUNS OF GAME OF THRONES ALONG WITH A MARATHON OF LORD OF THE RINGS. AND THEN AFTER CUDDLE THEN MORE FROM THERE BUT I WONT GO INTO DETAIL LOL AND OMG THANK YOU. MY BLOG IS LAME LOL.

• ship: ash


• your song: nicotine, panic! at the disco


• best friend: luke

Alright people, you know the drill! This is some stuff that I have been loving throughout the month of March! And it ranges from normal to random, so here goes :)

Favorite TV Show: ooh this is a tough one but it's probably between How I Met Your Mother (so disappointed by that finale by the way) and Glee. These shows have been my favorites for a while and both have had episodes on point lately :)

Favorite Film: Okay well I saw Divergent and it was AWESOME, so there's one and the other is Saving Mr. Banks. I loved this film so much, it made me so happy with such a touching, yet sad story.

Favorite Youtuber: Tyler Oakley! This kid is going places, he is soooo hilarious and amazing and you should definitely subscribe if you haven't. DO IT!! You won't be disappointed. He is so fabulous :)\

Favorite Song: On Top of the World - Imagine Dragons (I know it's not new but it's so good), Best I've Ever Had - Gavin DeGraw

Favorite OTP: Neal/Emma: Once Upon a Time  ...though I love Emma and Hook together, I think Neal is just better for her overall plus he's super cute! THough I'm very sad that he's dead (hopefully not permanently though, because let's  face it its OUAT) But yeah...I love this show wayy to much. I have a problem guys

Favorite Book: The Divergent Series (I know I jumped on the bandwagon with this but whatever, I am currently reading Insurgent and it's pretty good and I am not looking forward to Allegiant because apparently it's really sad.

Favorite Food/Treat: Bowl of Heaven (They're a local eatery near me that sells the most amazing Acai bowls and they are literally heaven in your mouth, mmmm perfection. 

 look at this beautifullness!

Favorite Makeup/Product: 

Bath and Body Works Destination Candles: HOLYCRAPTHESESMELLAMAZING..

and 

Rimmel London Apocalips (though they're called Showoff I believe in the US where I live) anyway, they supposed to be amazing and I can't wait to try them.

But yeah that's everything! Hope you enjoyed your March! Onwards and upwards to April :)

Cheers,