Random Running Commentary of the CMA Awards

Hurray!  Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood hosting, setting the stage with great humor and teasing of their fellow country singers, all in good fun.  Cute dress btw, Carrie!  Dresses, I should say... why do you guys change clothes so much?  Woah... that green dress is... *cough* Um.... yeah, it looks weird.  But your purple dress for your song that you are singing is gorgeous.

Congrats Lady Antebellum on getting the Best Single award for "Need You Now!" and Vocal Group of the Year. By the way, your song "Hello World" is beautiful, love the beautifully religious second verse!

NOOOOO..... I'll never be able to listen to Rascal Flatts the same way again.... I thought the lead singer was 20, dark hair and skinny!  Not... 30-35, not skinny with blond hair... he's not fat... but... he's not skinny either.  Eck, that's the downside on listening to just the radio.

 Congratulations Miranda Lambert on getting Best Song and Music Video of the Year for "The House that Built Me". That is a beautiful song!  Yes!  And I love when people openly acknowledge Jesus in their speeches... I missed who this guy was,someone with Miranda, but hey, he's on the CMA stage, in front of millions.  That is what I love about country singers.

Yep, George Straight has won more CMA awards than anyone because he's older than anyone else there... Aww, I love this song.  "Life's not the breaths you take... but it's the moments that take your breath away."

And award for the New Artist of the Year goes to the ZAC BROWN BAND! WhoohooooO!

Yay!  Kenny Chesney is performing "The Boys of Fall" I love this song... plus in the introduction to it, they have a brief glimpse of my college's stadium.

TAYLOR SWIFT!!!!  Beautiful white dress darling, and you know how to play the grand piano!  Gorgeous show, string accompaniments, lanterns, fog and fence... And Taylor Lautner, pay attention 'cause she is singing your song!  Let's go "Back to December" now... FAKE SNOW!!! Now that looks COOL.  Can we give her an award for best stage performance?

Little Big Town... great accapella rendition of "You Belong with Me".  You should have sang the whole song!

And Album of the Year goes to..... it goes to.... come on.... who does it go to???  Miranda Lambert!  Her first Album of the Year award, way to go girl!  Cute dress, by the way.

So I missed what this guy's name is... but it's kind of distracting, he looks like a basset hound. *shrugs*  He didn't win an award, he's just singing.

Brad Paisley's turn to perform!  He's debuting his new song "This is Country Music".  "You're not supposed to say the word cancer in a song, and talking about Jesus might rub some folks wrong... this is Country Music."

Vocal Duo Award... is it Brooks and Dun, Joey and Rory, Montgomery Gentry, Steel Magnolia or Sugarland?  SUGARLAND  GETS THE AWARD, making their 4th time claiming this award.  Congrats you two!  *cheers and applause from the audience*

Martina McBride announcing the Male Vocalist of the Year award.... and it goes to... Blake Shelton!  Congratulations on your first win for this award!  Aww, Reba is crying for him!  Actually, this is his first CMA award ever!

THE BAND PERRY PLAYED IF I DIE YOUNG!!!! Giving the link to their music video 'cause I like it so much.  http://www.youtube.co/watch?v=7NJqUN9TClM

Loretta Lynn makes an appearance in a lovely white gown and sings "Coal Miner's Daughter" with Miranda Lambert and someone else... such a sweet performance!  And following up on that... Female Vocalist of the Year... Miranda Lamber, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift or Carrie Underwood?  Miranda Lambert takes the Female Vocalist of the Year!  Wow this girl is doing pretty well tonight!

Here's someone I didn't expect to see tonight... Gwynth Paltrow singing a song from the upcoming movie "Country Strong", and she's pretty good at it too.

Oh my gosh!!! DAWN TREADER SONG BY CARRIE UNDERWOOD WITH FOOTAGE ON THE TV!!!!! *hyperventilates*  Oh wow... this new footage looks soooooooo cool!!!!!  It's not the full song, but way does that look AMAZING!  And Anti-hug Edmund gave Caspian a hug!  =)

Now, does Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban or the Zac Brown Band get the ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Award?

CONGRATULATIONS BRAD PAISLEY!!!!!!! 
"If you see a turtle on a fence post, you know it had help getting up there.  I feel like a turtle on a fence post... God bless everybody and thank you for a great night." - Brad Paisley

And that is the 2010 44th CMA awards!

Award and Update on Life

Bernadette from Maria's Lilies gave me this lovely blog award today!  I haven't gotten one of these in a while, so thank you!


1. Accept the award. Post it on your blog with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

2. Send it to 15 other bloggers that you have newly discovered.

3. Contact those blog owners and let them know they've been chosen.


I'm afraid I haven't been reading very many blogs lately, so I think what I'll do instead is give this award to any one who has newly discovered my blog!  In return, I ask that you post a comment with a link to your blog so that I can read it.  =)


You've probably noticed that I haven't been to frequent on here, and you can blame college for that!  Getting ready and starting has taken up most of my recent time and attention, but I promise I won't forget this old place entirely!  I'm loving school, the people, the classes and the campus.  Everyone is so friendly, my English/History class is AMAZING and the campus is just so beautiful.  Also, I just tried out last night for the Phantom of the Opera!  I didn't get a call back for any of the main characters, but there's still a chance for the chorus, which I would just love to be in.  Cast list will be posted tomorrow and I'll let you know yay or nay then!

An award!

Earwen gave me this adorable award! I now pass it on too...

Bracie
Janet
Dixi
Olivia
The Real Katie

Favorite Blog Award!

Katherine Sophia from Seek Him First gave me this lovely award! I must say this is one of the prettiest awards I've been given! You should all go check out her blog, it's quite lovely!

Those who receive this award must:
•Do a post about the person who awarded you, and their blog.
•Give the award to 5 of your favorite blogs, give a reason, and leave a comment telling them they have been awarded.
•Answer the 10 random questions
•Have fun!

I now award -

Hmm, well, I'm going to "cheat" a little and award all the people who's blogs I follow, because they are obviously all favorite blogs of mine! You know who you are, and if you don't, check my profile.

10 random question time:
Have you ever ridden an elephant? Ummm.... no, I don't believe I have.
Have you ever eaten squid? Gag!!! No!
What is something crazy you have done with your best friend? Hmmm, well let's see...
Best friend #1: *giggles* I have eagerly searched for "Champ" the sea monster in every body of water I passed... even puddles. (Remember that Fishy?) Oh, and nicknamed her Fishy. ;)
Best friend # 2: Taken walks around the neighborhood belting out "The Phantom of the Opera" at the tops of our lungs.
Best friend #3: Well, I can't remember anything in particular at the moment, but I know we've done some pretty crazy things together!
Best friend #4: Gone bowling and entered in our "pirate names" instead of our real names on the scoreboard. =)
Have you ever held an alligator? Good heavens no!
Have you ever let a snake slither through your fingers? I shiver at the thought.
What is your first and foremost dream in life? To go to Heaven ... but that's kind of 'after life', so dedicating my life to getting to Heaven, as well as becoming a wife and mother.
What is your dream vacation? My dream vacation is to Middle Earth. Next choice is New Zealand.
What is the funniest movie you have ever seen? The funniest movie I've ever seen... Hmm, well, there's any of the Abbot and Costello movies.
What is your favorite song? Currently? Breath of Heaven by Amy Grant
If you could change the world in one way, what would you do? I would make America a Christian nation again.

~ Rose

5 Quick Takes Saturday - Vol 18

~ 1 ~

I was awarded this very bright and perky looking award a while back by Vicki a while back, and am just now getting around to passing it along!
I think for this one, i shall award the people who's blogs i have started reading recently.
Jare and Lib
Earwen
Sarah
Emma

~ 2 ~

*whips out imaginary guitar and cues country background music while adopting a Billy Currington pose*

My room looks great, my chores are done, *sigh* my siblings are lazy!

~ 3 ~

Note to all Love Story meets Viva la Vida fans out there... i was finally able to put it in my music box!!!! For the longest time Playlist.com didn't have it, but now they do! I am dying of happiness and joy... it's such a lovely arrangement! I am soooo going to play this at my wedding reception. =)

~ 4 ~

We started school this past Monday. I am... a Senior. Wow. When did i get to be so old? Ha, at least being a Senior seems more probable then me being 17. For whatever reason, almost half a year after my birthday, my first response to "How old are you?" is "16". Well, Bear knew what he was talking about when he said, "So you're saying that 16 isn't an age, it's a state of mind?"
It's a cool, but sometimes annoying state of mind. Cool that i'm proving Fish's point, annoying because i want to enjoy being 17. Which i have been... just not mentally.

~ 5 ~

And no, at this point in time i am not going to college next fall. Unless something happens, i'll be taking a year or two off from school, before moving forward. Things could change, but at the moment that's how they are.

5 Quick Takes Saturday - Vol 16

~ 1 ~
Well let's start your Saturday off with a laugh, eh? Ahem, if you would, direct thine lovely and handsome eyes to the rather stunning bit of photoshop down below.
Behold... The Yavielonath!

Quiet good, eh? There are a few things that i would still fix (if i knew how), but on the whole i'm rather proud of it. 'Twas a genius of mine imagination, though the original idea to stick her hand out in front was Yaviel's. Someday i'll get around to posting the photos we took from that photo shoot.

~ 2 ~

I would like to add to my list of Anti-Muffin people. (I had to get off yesterday, and couldn't complete it as i wished.) So i would like to add:

Catholic Nerd Writer
Random Jot Downs

~ 3 ~

Ahem, as one of the moderators of the Fairy Tale Novels Forum, i feel it my joyful duty to let any forum members who read my blog know about the Fairy Tale Novels Forum Newsletter! (This is assuming you are part of the forum and don't check it and therefore don't know about it.)

It's going to quite a charming and fun thing, so if you've opted-out of mass e-mails for the forum, i humbly urge you to opt-in so that you may receive this work of art right in your very own e-mail boxes! That way you won't have to remember to check the forum for the link that we will be posting there.

We should be getting out our first issue by the end of the month, so keep an eye out for it!

(Non-forumers may disregard this message. Forumers may not.)


~ 4 ~

Oh, what else to post about?

Haven't the foggiest!

Oh really, you don't? Well that's too bad, i was counting on you for inspiration!

My profoundest apologies.

Well don't apologize! Think of something to post!

Humph. You don't need to shout about it. Why don't you tell them you are starting up school on the 17th?

Am i? Oh, very well then. I am starting up school again on the 17th. My religion book looks very exciting.

See, it wasn't that hard was it?

Well, no, but twas terribly boring and now what else shall i post about?

~ 5 ~

The author of this blog wishes to regretfully inform her readers that alas! She cannot think of anything of substance to post in this the last Quick Take. She pleads your indulgence upon her temporary lack of interesting-ness this week, assuring you that she will be much more entertaining next week (she hopes).

Now she will conclude and let you depart for other, more enlightening blogs.

The Anti-Muffin Award

"Kittens are muffins in ovens and puffins."

Suzy interrupted and said, "They'd all have to be exactly alike, each one just like the other, instead of all different like Prunewhip's kittens."

John said, suddenly serious, "I'd hate that. But that's what a lot of people want - everybody the same like a row of muffins."
~ from "Meet the Austins"


One of the many book's i've read over the summer was "Meet The Austins" by Madeline L'Engle. It's quite a charming and ofttimes funny tale, one that i recommend if you're looking for a fun, light read.

Anyhows, in the midst of the book is a chapter with a most intriguing title: "The Anti-Muffins". You see, the Austin children have a club - the anti-muffin club.

"Uncle Douglas says it will help us avoid the dangers of conformity."

Izz lay on her back... "Your Uncle Douglas is nice, but most of the time I don't know what he's talking about."

"All he means is that you shouldn't be afraid to be yourself, even if it means being different."


And so that inspired me to create a blogging award for those bloggers out there who are decidedly "Anti-Muffins". Bloggers who promote what they believe without hesitation and without fear of possible negative feedback. Bloggers who don't conform to the world's standards. Bloggers like...

Signa Veritae
Catholic Discussion
Catholicism Rediscovered
Lily Maiden
The Catholic Young Women
Victory Rose for Christ
Totus Tuus

Enjoy your award and be sure to pass it along to bloggers who you think are Anti-Muffins too!

Blog Awards!

Vicki dearest kindly gave me two new awards for my blog!



Thanks Cooney!

I now award both of these awards back to Vicki. "Against the Flow" i award to Hannah, the Evil Twins, Master Paul, Claire and Clare. "One Great Blog" i award to Delaney, Addie and Ella.

I Rock!

A new award! I must say, this is one of my favorite's yet. Vicki graciously awarded my the FOMUBA award; aka. The Fake, Obviously Made Up Blog Award. How did it happen? From the creator's daughter's blog: The gist of the story is this: some of her friends left comments on her blog that said that she "rocked". So she took it literally and made an "Eye rock", then got a grand idea to make an award out of it. Thus, the "Fake, Totally Made-Up, Blog Award" a.k.a, FOMUBA, was born.(For the full story of the origins of this award, go here)


I now randomly award these people the FOMUBA:
My mom, Ella, Clare, Kaila, Autumn Rose, Grace and Delaney
Now you all know that I think you rock!

Superior Scribbler Award

My wonderful "niece" Delaney gave me this award the other day on her blog! *hugs* Thanks Del!

Hmm, ok, I shall award this tooooooo......

Elenatintil from *cough* Elenatintil
Clare from I Have Loved the Rain
Anne Marie from The Road Through Middle-Earth
Autumn Rose from The Minstrel
Ella/Froggy/Janny from A Quick Succession of Busy Nothings

Butterfly Award

Kaila nominated me for another award! (Thanks so much dear!)
The rules are:
1. Pick ten people and pass this award to them.
2. Then contact them and let them know that you have chosen them and their blog for the award.
3. Also link back to the person who gave you the award.

So, I award....

Kaila ;)
Lanta and Bridget
Ella
Elenatintil
Hannah
Vicki
AutumnRose
Delaney
Master Paul
Claire
Grace
Mom
and
Clare

You guys are all really cool!

Thanks Kaila!

I was kindly nominated for this award by Kaila.

This award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his/her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary and personal values every day.

The rules to follow are :

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person that has granted the award and his or her blog link.

2) Pass the award to other blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgment. Remember to contact each of them to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

So, I pass this onto:

My mom

Victoria

Mamselle Clare Duroc

Claire

Paul Xavier

Elenatintil

Erin