A Look at the World from a Raven's View

Friday, January 20, 2012

My Good Deed Of The Day

Today, I did something that I've always wanted to do: I donated blood. I thought that you had to be 18 to donate, but I found out that you can be 16 with a parents consent or 17 without one. A lot of places around here have been having blood drives, so I was happy to finally be apart of one. It was actually really fun too! I got a lot of neat stuff and it all was for a good cause. To me, I've always thought that if I needed blood, I would TAKE it. So, if I was willing to take something, why wouldn't I GIVE that something back?

Saving lives while sippin' on Diet Dr. Pepper...it doesn't get any easier than that!

Anywho, I did my good deed for the day.

Sealed with kiss...

-Raven

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Bring on 2012

Wow! I honestly can say that I'm shocked that 2011 is almost over. I always get a little sad and slightly excited on New Years Eve. It's the end of one thing, yet the start of something new. I guess you could say it's kinda bittersweet. A lot of changes are coming for me in the New Year. I'll be finishing up high school and then starting college. My life is about to change in 2012, but I'm looking forward to it in a way. So bring on the New Year! Here I come 2012...THE YEAR OF RAVEN! :)

Sealed with kiss...

-Raven

Monday, December 19, 2011

I'm Back (& Not Dead)

I'M BACK!

See? I told you I wouldn't forget. I mean, it's only taken me what, 6 months? Okay, so maybe my break was a little longer than I intended. But, I'm here now and that's all that matters!

Since it's been so long since my last post, I should probably catch you all up a bit...lets see...

I'm a officially on the big decision of college. Yikes. It's makes me nervous just typing it. I'm actually looking more & more forward to college next fall though. I've narrowed it down to a few colleges: Tulsa University (I've toured it & I REALLY wanna go there), John Brown University, Hendrix University, & maybe Oklahoma State University.

Of course I've been busy Christmas shopping. So far, I've found ALMOST everything I've been looking for. With Christmas being only 6 days away, I need to get the ball rolling on that one.

I deleted my old Twitter account recently & made a new one. I'm slowly understanding the ins & outs of it. It's really cool too...maybe not Facebook cool, but still pretty cool. So, if you have a Twitter, follow me @21Ravens!

I'm in a play! This is the first time in almost two years that I'm back on stage. In those almost two years, I've done nothing but work backstage. I must say, I am so happy to be back acting in plays. I forgot how much I missed it. The play is a really good one too--it's called Sam & Laura. It's a love story about Sam Clemens (AKA Mark Twain) & a girl named Laura Wright, whom he was madly in love with. It's a really beautiful story, a true one at that. Mark Twain had this girl who basically invaded his thoughts and dreams for the course of his life. Nobody really knew about Laura Wright...it was almost like a secret love interest of Mark Twain's. I play the Young Laura Wright.

Well, of course a lot more has happened, but I think I'll stop here. I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm back!

Sealed with a kiss...

-Raven

Monday, June 13, 2011

A Little Break

I've decided that I'm going to take a little break from my blog. I know I haven't been posting as much as I use to and have been slacking on coming to everyone's blog. I hate to not come to the blogs I love because you all always make an effort to read what I have to say and look at my photography (which I really appreciate)! Not sure how long my break will be...definitely not forever.

Soooooo, until I make my return...

Sealed with a kiss...

-Raven

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Rocklahoma 2011

I went to Rocklahoma for the first time last weekend. I can safely say that I had just about the best weekend of my life. The lineup for Rocklahoma was AMAZING this year. Usually the lineup is so-so, but not the 2011 one. It had a great mix of old and new artist. On Friday night, there was Whitesnake, Hinder, Skillet, Sick Puppies, All That Remains, My Darkest Days, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights, Texas Hippie Coalition, New Medicine, Bad Things, Wildstreet, Loveblast, D'Molls, Alias, Blue Tiger, Firststryke, Chuck Coolet and the Demon Hammers, Signum A.D., Silverstone, and Return to Custody. Saturday had Staind, Sebastian Bach, Drowning Pool, Rev Theory, Cavo, Pop Evil, The Gracious Few, Hail The Villain, Taddy Porter, Electric Touch, Gypsy Pistoleros, Cutlass, Mock Star, Aura Surreal, Aska, Strikeforce, Siva Addiction, A Good Fight, Bait, Rock Lips, and Sweatin' Bullets. Sunday--which was one of the best nights in my opinion--had Mötley Crüe (Ahhhh!), Poison, Papa Roach, Seether, Black Label Society, Saving Abel, Escape The Fate, Crooked X, Art of Dying, One Less Reason, Bad Things, The Glitter Boys, Black Tora, New Cool World, Pretty Little Suicide, Diemonds, Brandon Clark Band, David Castro Band, and Desi and Cody. See what I mean about the lineup?! Ahhhh-mazing.

Of course I took a ton of pictures. I tried to get a few of each band that hit the mainstage, although I did get some of the ones on the smaller stage...

Day 1

Aside from Saturday's lineup, I was really excited about Fridays. I got to meet two bands on Friday--Skillet & Sick Puppies! My friend got a meet & greet pass from KMOD for Skillet. He just walked up to the KMOD booth at Rocklahoma and told them how much of a Skillet fan he is and they gave it to him! The meet & greet got him in plus one of person (me).

My Darkest Days.

Me with Skillet! I just loved Skillet. They were SOOO NICE and friendly...and not that fake kinda nice.

Skillet signed my ticket!

Sick Puppies!

Lynn Hernandez & I at the KMOD booth!

Skillet!

How many time can a person see Hinder in lifetime and not get tired of them? I think the answer would be that it's not possible to get tired of them! I've seen them 3 times and I enjoy them just as much each and every time.

Austine Winkler, I love you.

Day 2

Day 2 was probably my least favorite day. Not that I didn't like it or enjoy it, it's just I wasn't all too crazy for anyone there. Still had a good time though...