Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line or two from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: For those who are guessing -- looking the lyrics up on a search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game, post your own.

1. "I picture you in the sun, wonderin' what went wrong. You've fallen down on your knees askin' for sympathy."
2. "They cry in the dark so you can't see their tears. They hide in the light so you can't see their fears."
3. "Nananana, nananana. I was walking down the street one day."
4. "Sometimes I feel I've got to (duhn duhn!) run away, I've got to (duhn duhn!) get away from the pain that you drive into the heart of me."
5. "Looking into your eyes I see all I want to be and I don't want it to end."
6. "I never knew, I never knew that everything was falling through. That everyone I knew was waiting on a cue to turn and run when all I needed was the truth."
7. "Just like a star across my sky, just like an angel off the page, you have appeared to my like. Feel like I'll never be the same."
8. "I came apart inside a world made of angry people. I found a boy who had a dream, making everyone smile."
9. "Thanks for the times that you've given me, the memories are all in my mind."
10. "It feels right, it feels wrong. It feels like when you have it, then it's gone."
11. "You say you don't know me, you say you don't owe me."
12. "No more talk of darkness, forget these wide-eyed fears."
13. "Bat your eyes girl, be other worldly, count your blessings, seduce a stranger."
14. "And when I see you, I really see you upside down. But my brain knows better, it picks you up and turns you around, turns you around, turns you around.
15. "I cannot find a way to describe it. It's there inside all I do is hide."
16. "There was a boy, a very strange, enchanted boy."
17. "If there's a prize for rotten judgment, I guess I've already won that."
18. "Hey, vibe to vibe a second, it's a club girl why you arrived naked?"
19. "Maybe it's time to hold onto one side, one decision. Let go of the hand that holds me high above that great divide."
20. "This may be the last thing that I write for long. Can you hear me smiling when I sing this song for you, and only you?"

This was fun!

Rode the tracks into SLC to watch this. I decided UTA is my favorite form of transportation. As we rode, I reminisced about my trip to Boston with my radio class.

The KPGR kids at a park.

We took The T everywhere we went. It helped me soak in the culture. The people watching was in great supply on The T. The high school boys riding to a football game with all their gear; the entire crowded subway, including me, randomly breaking into song after a Celtics game (This happened after every sports game we went to. Coincidence? I think not.); the alcohol ad that made a video out of pictures on the wall when we looked out the window. I miss that place. (I realized I never blogged about this. Comment if you want more pictures and stories.)

After the movie, I went to lunch with my coaches and the team captains for next year. Never had Thai food before. I told my coaches they had to teach me how to order in Thai so I could sound cool if I decided to take a date there. Impressive, right? I know.

Later, I went here. It was fantastic and hilarious. So funny that one or two of the actors momentarily broke character to snicker. This, of course, made it even more enjoyable for the audience.

Song of the day.

Goodbye classes, teachers, and classmates I don't like. Goodbye homework. Goodbye mystery meat.

My main man.

Sisters, Moms, and Grandma oh, and precious Nephew too.

All my favorite boys.

Goodbye sports, coaches, and the feeling of being part of a team.

Coach T.

Goodbye friends. Goodbye childhood.

Tanika. Did we grow up or what?

In all this hype of bidding farewell, all I want to say is, "Hello world."

Song of the day 1 2 3.

In this constantly changing world, there are things that I will always love:

• Reading something that is so well written, it alters the feeling of my entire day
• Laying in the grass
  
• Ice cream and chocolate
  
• Listening to family members reminisce
• My legs finding the cold spot on the bed
  
• Music
  
• Making somebody smile before they can try to stop it
  
• The way the world feels on summer nights
• The smell and feeling of rain
• Salty food that makes me go "mmm", urgently needing more
  
• Stretching
• The sound of a grand piano (or the feeling of making the sound)
• Acoustic guitars
• Singing
  
• Friends trusting my advice enough to come back for more
• How easy it is to laugh when surrounded by loved ones
• Loved ones

1. Yesterday was the Lady Viking Lacrosse banquet. Bittersweet. I love this team so much. This season was absolutely wonderful. It was so much fun to spend time with the girls on my team and just chat and laugh. We promised to have team movie nights this summer. They invited me even though I'm technically not part of the team anymore.

We gave out awards. One silly award for each girl that the captains created. More serious ones that the coaches and captains decided on such as MVP, Most Improved (Defense, Midfield, Attack) Most Valuable (Defense, Midfield, Attack), Queen of Ground Balls, Top Scorer, Most Improved Stick Skills.

Highlight of the night? Sica's face when Coach T announced that she won the MVP award for the team. One word description: Light.

Coach T gave both the captains a rose and a card. Don't know what L's said but mine made me smile. I've had a different lax coach for each year I've played. This one, by far, is my favorite. Perfect in every aspect. I truly look up to her as a person.

2. Stumbled upon this today. So cool. You can even buy books of them. (Wink, wink.)

3. Maybe I miss my friend today. Wait, I miss him every day. Silly me.

Song of the day.

I know it's been a while since I've posted. I guess there's just a lot going on. With graduation coming up, I've been thinking a lot about the future. First off, it's crazy to think that I'll be graduating in less than a month. I feel like it wasn't so long ago when I was in junior high going through the same things little sister is now. No matter how excited I say I am for graduation, I'm just as scared. Right now, it's not in a bad way. Hard to explain.

I've been thinking a lot about this place lately. And I know it's expensive. And I know it's far away. And I know I'm probably getting in way over my head when I say I want to go there. I know all these things. But I can't help it. The second I laid eyes on the brochure 2 years ago, I fell in love. And ever since then, it's been bouncing around my head and because I've always thought it was so out of reach, I pushed it away. Recently it's been brought up for reconsideration and it's all I can think about. The mere idea of this school gets better and better every day to me. I can't help but wonder what it would be like, who I will meet, what I will learn, and all the many adventures I will go on.

My wondering mind seems to get the best of me sometimes. I can't afford not to know. I'm a very curious person. Yes, I am a home body. I'd rather stay home, or close to, on the weekends. I never was much of a party-goer. Having said that, there's this whole other side of me. I'm not quiet, I'm a listener. I'm not shy, I'm an observer. I'm not timid, I'm... curious. I want to embark on a great adventure, as cheesy as it sounds. I really do. It's just something I want. Explore.

No matter how afraid I am of graduating, moving away from home, making these huge decisions; I'm ready. I was serious when I said this and I'm serious now. If I'm going to do something with my life, make it an adventure, why not start now? In fact, if I don't start now, I don't think I ever will.

And if I don't make it to this school, at least I can say I tried my best and I won't have to wonder what could have been.

Song of the day.