The Musings of Me.

Me and Switchfoot

2010-10-18T08:07:00.000-07:00

                                               Pics of me and the guys! Also, here is a link of pictures I took durin the concert. :] Hope you like 'em!


                                                             Me amd Tim Foreman.

Me and Jerome Fontamillas.
I had a great talk with Romey about playing the piano at church. I also told him that I was playing “Only Hope” at my Christmas recital this year and he said “You should teach me to play it!!” LOL. Since the song was arraged for guitar, he doesn't know it on the piano.

Me and Jon Foreman.
I told Jon that this concert and meet-and-greet was a present for my 16th birthday,and he said that 16 is a golden age,and “I wish you a wonderful 16th year of life”. =)

Me and Drew Shirely.
Sorry, he really is awesome.

Me and Chad Butler.
Look!! He's holding Vitamin Water!

The Almost pics

2010-10-02T05:51:00.000-07:00

SWITCHFOOT CONCERT!

2010-10-02T04:48:00.001-07:00

Hey, guys! I know, I know...I didn't complete the 30 day challenge. I'll just have to try it again sometime! But last night I had the most amazing time, and the next few entires will be about that.

-Racheal

I wrote a poem.

2010-08-15T19:22:00.000-07:00

Last night around midnight, the first two lines of this poem popped into my head. I spent half an hour writing the rest of it.
It's not that great, but I''d love to ge some feedback from you guys! :)
Here it is:

Falling tears and a broken heart.
What do you do when your world falls apart?
When it crumbles before you, all you dreams turned to dust,
With no one to turn to, no one to trust.
You receive no compassion, yet pity abounds.
The worst has become a nightmare,
And it keeps sinking down.

"Poor thing."
"What a shame!"
"Someone ought to do something."

They observe like spectators.
And in the end, do nothing.

The real shame is this:
They truly believe that there was nothing they could have done.
That nothing would have changed.

What if they are us?

Are our hearts dead? Have we forgotten how to feel?
How to care? How to mean it?
How to love?

Too busy to help another succed.
Caught up in pride, comsumed by greed.

What a shame.

I'm not really satisfied with it,and I'll probably add to or edit the ending.

I'm trying to convey two emotions. The emotions of a person/people in need of help, and the person/people that won't help, and try to get the reader to identify with each. I want them to identify more with the latter obviously, but I at least want them to feel the emotion of the former.

Once I finished writing it, I wrote,"People all around us are hurting. And we think it's terrible that no one helps them. But that the true terror is that we probably aren't willing to help them either."

Team Emmett

2010-08-12T09:31:00.000-07:00

I've been wanting to post something about Team Emmett for a long time, but I wanted to find just the right words. I still haven't found them, but in a situation like this, sometimes there are no words fit to describe what you're trying to say.

Just so you know, this team is NOT related to Twilight in any way, shape, or form.

Team Emmett helps with the medical bills of Emmett Stallings. He's a professional drummer and lives in Nashville. Emmett has a wife and a 3-year old son.
And this February, Emmett was diagnosed with stage-four terminal cancer.
I don't know Emmett personally, but I heard his story when I went to church camp at the end of June.
He used to be a summer staffer at Look Up Lodge. The staffers there are incredible, and great people to talk to if you're going through any kind of junk.

Hearing about it really made me angry at myself for taking life for granted while Emmett was trying to enjoy his life while he still could.

If you guys could donate in any way, please do so. But if you can't, please spread the word about Emmett and keep him in your prayers.

http://www.teamemmett.com/

-Racheal

My first graphic-ish thing.

2010-07-26T21:23:00.000-07:00

I just finished making this. The words are lyrics to the song "C'mon, C'mon" by Switchfoot. I thought this picture of Jon Foreman really went well with them,but I think I went a little crazy on the fonts. Heh...
Click on it to see a larger version.

Comments and advice would be stellar!

-Racheal