Ugh.....Tuesday night family dinner

dont get me wrong, i love spending time with my family...some of the best and worst memories have been spent there. i look forward to it every week on tuesday...but one thing that has been really bugging me for the past 3 or 4 years is the inevitable topic of politics...i know it really should matter to me, and to a certain degree it does...but when thats all we ever talk about over dinner it gets tiring after a while..and something tells me that it has been going on for more than 4 years but its grown worse, or at least ive noticed it more...it just gets discouraging because eiter A, people dont agree and fights errupt, B, everyones talking at once and you cant even think straight, C, its always about some unahppy story on the news.......this probably sounds childish but its something that really does bother me....i try to stay at the dinner table until i cant handle the noise...because after a while, thats all it turns into, no more conversations, just noise, loud frustrated noise...so at the point when i cant take it anymore, i escape to where i am now, on the computer :) this is the first time ive blogged about something like this...so right now im sitting crosslegged in the hallway of my grandparents house on my sister's laptop, while listening to music on my new phone...which i love by the way :) i like how it plays songs straight from my itunes, especially since i think my ipod was stolen. oh well............................thats all i had to say for now. good bye :]

Birthday Books =)

ok well this is just a short quick blog that im doing before i go to bed. but these are a list of books that i've found out that i would like to read. so if you know me personally my birthday's in October, and you dont know what to get me take a look at this list :D ill be adding more as i find more =)

Crazy Love by Francis Chan already have it =)
The Reason For God by Timothy Keller
The Secret Circle: The Captive Part 2 and The Powers by L. J. Smith already have it =)
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover by Ally Carter
Generation Dead
Kiss of Life
Night World No. 2 by L. J. Smith
Night World No. 3 by L. J. Smith

Week Summary.

well, this wasnt the worst of weeks i've had. But it certainly wasn't the best either. As a Rascal Flatts song once said, "Life throws you curves, but you learn to swerve".
Between watching sad videos, listening to sad songs, and drama, i'm not sure i could cry anymore right now. this week has held some bittersweet memories. i've had my feelings hurt, but through that i got closer to God, and felt His power and presence (which btw is an AWESOME feeling). If you've never had the peace of God come over you just like in an instant, I hope you get to experience it sometime. It is incredible. As for watching sad videos and listening to sad songs, that i brought on myself, but that's a girl thing. There's nothing better than sitting around a computer with your best friends watching the Top 6 Tearjerkers on youtube and everyone is crying LOL. And i love sharing emotional and passionate songs with my friends. And thanks to savy for my awesome new hair! Hair dying parties are the best! hahahahaha...oh and trying fried cheesecake for the first time, mmmm delicious!!!! and marissa's graduation party was a blast! except her dog Brody hates me, growls at me, and scares me! lol but it was totally fun trying to eat cake with my face and no fork. even if the green icing went up my nose LOL. Wow and then to end the weekend on Father's Day with a nice lunch at my uncle's house. This week has been exciting, stressful, and busy all in one. There's probably only one thing i would change about it. and that would've been to go to the TWLOHA show tonight :) but there will be more, im sure of it!

A Hero's Not Afraid To Give His Life

ok so i just found out an awesome way to get songs on my blog, which is AWESOME!!!!! and ill probably change it every time i hear an awesome new song and then ill blog about it :D

so i've been waiting for a while to hear skillet's new cd, and this is there song "Hero" which is their first single off of their up coming album Awake and it sounds incredible! and it just hit me that right now i could use a Hero...my last blog was about confusion in general, but like i said had some specifics behind what i said, and some people would probably just laugh at me if they knew the reasons, but to me its not something thats funny. but anyways, that was my last blog, if you wanna hear more, just email me =)
skillet's new cd is going to be amazing just like every other cd they've put out! if you've never heard of them, or dont listen to them much, i encourage you to check them out. www.skillet.com :D oh and they're going on tour with my second favorite band, Hawk Nelson (unfortunately they arent coming to Fl )= ) but, look to see if they're coming near you because i have seen both bands numerous times. the tour is called the Awake and Alive tour. so be sure to check it out! and listen to the song, it's pretty incredible. Afterwards, think about the heros in your life =)

"A hero's not afraid to give his life, a hero's gonna save me just in time"

Confused :/

ok so sometimes being confused can be fun...at least it can make people laugh....but right now i dont know what to think...most people who will read this will probably have no clue as to what im talking about....it may seem like a vague topic but there's specifics behind every thing im saying....i wish sometimes i could just understand right away whats best for me...i hate being in a state of confusion like i am. you know..the kind of confusion where a part of you says this, and another part says just the opposite. it's difficult....like being the rope in a game of tug-o-war....things that happened in the past that brought you pleasure and pain, but you're not sure which was greater....*sigh* enough of my ranting......ill have to make up my mind eventually.....i just hope i make the right decision....guess i just gotta do what God wants me too, and remember (as Rev. Stevenson would say) God is not the author of confusion. He knows what to do. I'm hoping i can figure that out too. Getting to that decision is the hard part....ok now im really done =) seeming as though i said enough of my ranting 5 lines above this...haha.........................ugh......its 12:08, i've been up since 7 AM....im tired.....goodnight

Back from vacation :D

this time a week ago i was enjoying the nice weather of North Carolina. We started from my house in Florida at 5:30 in the morning and reached northern Georgia about 4:00 that same day and on Sunday we drove into North Carolina, and from North Carolina we reached our final destination of Gatlinburg, Tennessee on Monday :D
It was tons of fun being in the mountains and seeing all the pretty scenery. Florida is so flat compared to Tennessee...The first day we were there we ate at this restaurant the Edge Mountain Grill, and it was really delicious! Everything in Gatlinburg is within walking distance. So after we ate dinner, we walked around a little bit to see some of the shops. On Tuesday, we visited Dollywood. This was one of my favorite things we did on the trip. My favorite part was riding the wooden rollercoaster. Wednesday was sort of like our "sleep in" day. The whole morning was kind of like go-do-whatever-you-want, and i went to one of the tshirt shops and had a custom FF5 shirt made :D and it has a draygon on it! it's amazing. plus my nickname on the back, which is even better! Later that day we had a picnic in Cades Cove, and afterwards we drove the 11 mile loop around the park. I saw a deer, horses, two bears and an owl. It was pretty incredible. That was my first time seeing bears in the wild. Thursday we went to Norris Lake, which is just north of Knoxville. Some people that my parents ride motorcycles with own a piece of property on the lake and they invited us out for a lunch/dinner type of thing. The food was delicious, but my favorite part was going intertubing on the lake! the first time i went, my sis was with me, but the second time i went by myself, which is actually easier than having two people..and i got to go on a jet ski, which i havent been on one of those since i was about 6. Friday was more or less a drive through the mountains on Blue Ridge Parkway. It was really beautiful though...of course for all the bikers on this trip, we had to go ride The Dragon. this is like a biker's dream ride. It's supposedly 318 curves in 11 miles (even though i only counted about 160ish) through steep inlcines and declines that run along the side of a mountain. My dad said they average 29 deaths a year on this road (that's more than two a month!) at the end they have a restaurant/hotel kinda thing for all the bikers that pass through...on our way out of the Dragon an ambulance came along with a cop headed back to where we just came from. You can only imagine where they were going. Saturday we started our trip back home. We departed from some other people we had been traveling with and headed toward Columbia, South Carolina to meet up with my second cousin Morgan who i've never met before. we've talked a lot through email, but this was my first time meeting face to face. it was really nice! i got her to like Skillet and Family Force 5...haha now she wants a copy of their CDs and an FF5 shirt. lol....well that pretty much sums up my entire vacation! it was fun but it's nice to be home (even if it is 93 degrees instead of 83) lol

TWLOHA Shows

ok guys so there's three TWLOHA Florida shows coming up this week and it would be really awesome if ya'll could make it to one of the shows. I'm hopefully going to the one in Orlando, since it's the closest for me.

New :D

ok guys so im new to this site but i felt like doing this for fun so i did :D hahaha sorry if that's confusing, but i do say things like that a lot so you might get used to it :D i'll probably use this for personal blogs as well as some updates for my fansite...what??? you didnt know i had a fansite? of course i do!!! It's for my favorite band Family Force 5, and its called the Dance[RAWR]Dancers, after there fall tours =) and you can find us on both Myspace (www.myspace.com/letsdancecontest), and facebook. Myspace is the more updated site, so i would suggest going there....

so enough about the site, ill tell you a little about myself. My name is cassie, but as you can see, i get called Lassie 90% of the time...you can call me whatever you want, it really doesnt matter to me. I am a Christian, and i love Christ. If you wanna know more about Him, please let me know, i would love to share with you! as i said before my favorite band is Family Force 5, and they are super awesome! I am into Twilight and everything associated with it. I also love music in general, i play piano, sing, and of course, listen to music! so if you want to add me on FB or MS, you can find me through my fansite =) and follow me on Twitter :D www.twitter.com/lassie93