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They're going to take my Indie Card away...

So anyone that knows me knows that I love music. A whole lot. And of course, whenever someone gets a real love of commercial music going, they start to get a little "my itunes library is better than yours" going on with everyone they meet. I'm not gonna lie, I have been guilty of this literally THOUSANDS of times. So I'm going to write this down for whenever I get to indie for my own britches, you can remind me of this oh faithful blog reader (all three of you :D). Labels are a waste of time anyway, and everyone needs to be reminded of that every now and then, especially me.

Kathryn's Top 10 Musical Guilty Pleasures

10. John Mayer- I really don't listen to the radio much, but John Mayer is one of a couple mainstream artists that I love. I liked him before anyone knew who he was back when Room for Squares first dropped, and I fell in love. It's not very popular for an Indie Kid to be into John Mayer because of all of his involvement in the tabloids but in reality, he's a good guitar player, songwriter, and all around artist. That's why he's number 10 on the list lol
9. Justin Timberlake- He is as mainstream as mainstream gets but he is rad. But yet again, he is a very talented musician so I still love him. I think i listened to What Goes Around like a thousand times the first time i heard it. This is going to come back to haunt me lol
8. The Jonas Brothers/Miley Cyrus- They are adorable and catchy. So sue me! Plus I like the disney channel a lot.
7. 90's Pop (N'Sync, Backstreet Boys and so on...)- This one should be easily forgiven. This is my generation people! I was like eight, what was I supposed to do lol
6. Michael Jackson- Older Michael Jackson stuff. that is. I mean gosh darn it, he is the king of pop!
5. Timbaland- This is one of the ones that confuses me the most. Really, I have no idea why I like him so much. To this day it confuses me. But when Apologize dropped, I about had a cow. Keep on keeping on Timbaland! :)
4. Eighties Power Ballads- "I'm just dying in your arms tonight, must have been something she said." Now this is just getting downright embarrasing. What can I say, I'm a sentamental kind of girl!
along the same lines...
3. Cheezy Love Songs- I swear when I hear "Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith, I get teary eyed. Or "I'll Be" by Edwin Mccain.
2. Eminem- This is another one that really confuses me. I don't like rap that much so I really don't listen to it. Eminem is not a nice dude and is really vulgar sometimes. But sometimes I just bust out in "All you other slim shady's are just imitating, so won't the real slim shady please stand up, please stand up, please stand up." Woah what was that, oh yeah it was dignity flying away.

and at a whooping number one of my musical guilty pleasures...

1. High School Musical- Those kids really can't act that well, the music is contrite, the lyrics are so cornball....and i eat up every minute of me. Yep, there goes any indie cred I ever had. Killing indie validity in one single blog post just for my lone reader. '

I'm going to go cry now lol

Random Life Soundtrack

This is what my Itunes decided for my life soundtrack. Oh goodness...

Opening Credits:
Yakkity Yak by the Coasters (my mom must be there lol)

Waking Up:
Mercy by Peter and the Wolf (i need a lot of mercy to get up in the morning)

First Day of School:
Control Freak by Copeland (not really lol)

Falling in Love:
Chase This Light by Jimmy Eat World (hm this is kind of fitting!)

Fight Song:
Sit Still by Brightwood (Not really lol)

Breaking up:
Yesterday by the Beatles (Well kind of I guess)

Prom:
Benny and the Jets by the Hit crew (Apparently my prom is like 27 dresses lol)

Life:
Legend of Everyone by Doc Sommers Band (My itunes must like me today)

Mental Breakdown:
Come Right Out and Say it by Relient K (i hate it when people don't say what they mean so that would give me a mental breakdown)

Driving:
A Lot to Learn by Goot (Hm yep)

Flashback:
Coffee by Copeland (Ah so many memories with this song)

Getting back together:
Love Love Love by As Tall As Lions (I guess)

Wedding:
Gravity by the Fold (Not exactly a wedding song, but the lyrics fit)

Birth of Child:
No Such Thing by John Mayer (ok, i can deal with that)

Final Battle:
Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve (well not really)

Death Scene:
Daydream believer by the Monkee's (what? lol)

Funeral Song:
Southbound Train by Jon Foreman (um as long as jon foreman is at my funeral singing it)

End Credits:
Soundtrack for our Movie by Mae (now that's ironic)

Something I realized today...

I was thinking just now as I was listening to some music and getting ready to possibly start some homework. This is always a dangerous thing for me to do because if you have talked to me for longer than 30 seconds, you know I have extreme ADD lol. Anyways, I just realized that I am amazingly and undeservingly blessed. I have been able to do some of the most amazing things that other kids my age could only dream of doing.

-I've performed at Carnegie Hall. I'm only 19 and I've played there! I was standing on that stage and all I could think of all of the famous people that have performed there. And I got to play there. um WOW
-I've been to one of the most beautiful countries in the world, the Dominican Republic. Not just once, but twice. Nothing compares to ministering to those people who have nothing and still want to give you everything they have
-I've jumped off waterfalls and lived to talked about it. And enjoyed it too :)
-I've stood at the base of pike's peak and just marveled at God's beauty.
-In a month I'm going to be playing for the president. CRAZY!
-I've seen some of my hero's perform and conduct. Two nights ago I played in a concert with Frank Ticheli! I saw Randy Brecker play at the Blue Note in NYC.
-I've been to so many amazing concerts I can't even count them anymore.
-I've marching the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Years day in '03. Seven miles and it was worth all seven of them.


Really, I could keep going but if that is not an example of God blessing an ordinary and undeserving person then I don't know what is! God is so good!

**On a very unrelated sidenote...
I haven't recently become addicted to Mash-ups. For all of my unmusical friends, a mash-up is where two songs are combined in a sort of mashed-up remix. It's totally rad. My current favorite is a mash-up one I found with "Bittersweet Symphony" by the Verve and "Dirt of Ya Shoulder" by Jay-Z. Now typically, I am not a fan of Jay-Z. I'm not fluent in rap and hip-hop culture. But that mash is RIDICULOUS. Go check it out.
***Another honorable mention is "Drop it like it's Hot" by Snoop Dogg mashed with Jimi Hendrix called "Drop it like it's Hendrix". All i can say is WOW. I know, I need to get a life lol

The beginning...

I haven't had a real blog in a long time so it's kind of refreshing to have one again! Really I'm getting one to just people updated on whats going on in my life...and because Kristin got one lol.

I just got back from Passion in good ol' Hotlanta and let me say, it was a life-changing expierience for me! It was incredible to worship with 9,500 other brothers and sisters in Christ. Not to mention being led in worship by Chris Tomlin, David Crowder, and Charlie Hall! Being a music person, I have so much respect for these guys and it was so incredble to be able to hear them play live

Probably the coolest thing that happened at Passion this weekend was God restoring the vision in my life. I have had a really hard time during the last couple of months trying to figure out what I was supposed to do with my life and why I was at Furman/why I was majoring in music and communications. I have always been interested in too many things to really nail down a career and that bothered me. God really answered my questions in a huge and powerful way for me. I would tell you exactly why but It would be really hard to type out right now because it is really like a lifelong plan kind of thing. It is really AMAZING that God was able to answer my questions in such an amazing, powerful, and yet simple way. I really feel like he has been preparing me and several of my friends for this mission our entire lives. I know it's going to be really, really hard but it will be worth it to further the kingdom.

The first part of this mission is going to go live within the next couple of days so whenever that gets up and running, I will post it on here so you can participate and tell all your friends.

This is definitly one of the times where the goodness and grace of God overwhelms me and I cannot even begin to seperate out how grateful I am for that! This seems like a beginning to a very worthwhile journey!

In christ,
Kathryn

**I really think the only person that will ever read this blog is Kristin for awhile. That's going to be entertaining. I have the most wonderful best friend ever! :)