Annoyed...

It seems like lately I've been on this venting spree, and I'm here to tell ya...I have one more thing to say!

I hate when people joke around with me when I'm with a guy friend saying that I'm flirting with him or trying to put the moves on him. This happens to me ALL THE TIME, especially with one certain friend! Let's just say I accidentally brush up against him and someone goes "Ohhhh, Kirstin's puttin' the moves on him!"

Tonight was the worst! Ugh! I couldn't say something, or move an inch without someone saying that I was putting the moves on someone. No offense to those people, but they were seriously ticking me off, even though I didn't look like it. And it just kept going! For instance, I was sitting by one guy, and when he moved over, my hair stuck to his jacket and he goes, "Oh my gosh! Even her HAIR won't get off me!" And then another time, there was a piece of trash right beside me on the seat, and me and him reached for it at the same time and he goes "Kirstin's trying to hold my hand!"

I wish people just knew when to stop.

Sincerely Irked,
Kirstin:/

I'm Ridiculous...

This is probably going to be one of the most embarrassing posts I've written.

Some people think it's weird that I cry very easily. I think I have over-productive tear ducts, JUST saying. I'm not saying that I just burst into tears when I hear a rude comment, but I choke up ALL THE TIME! I can be walking through a store and hear someone say something mean, and I choke up. I have issues, folks. I've gotten good at hiding the chokiness. I don't think anybody knows that I choke up all the time, so if you're reading this then you now know something new about Kirstin Tucker!

Now if someone is mad at me and says something to my face about it, you can guarantee that there will be tears a-flowin' within milliseconds! I know this from drama-filled experience!

It's always way worse when I am around a bunch of people and I have to say something. For example, let's just say that I am in youth group and I have to do something as simple as read a bible verse, after I read it I choke up. I don't know what it is! It makes me feel like such a geek that I do that. :P

I RARELY actually cry in front of people though. Something really crappy or really deep has to happen for me to actually cry in front of people.

I hate the after-effects of crying. If I cry for over five minutes, my eyes are SUPER puffy, my whole face is red, and for some reason my nose looks huge...and it stays that way for like an hour. Hate it.

Okay, I think I'm done now. It made me laugh when I was typing all this out because now I realize how ridiculous it is that I choke up so often. Adios!

Lots of Love and Tears,
Kirstin

Pure Love

"Pure and love are not two words that we often put together. Maybe it's because most of the love we experience is anything but pure. As flawed people, we rarely love without somewhat tainted motives. We all have probably 'loved' someone because we wanted something from them, and I'm sure we've all been 'loved' because someone only wanted something out of or from us.
We often feel we have to earn someone's love by training ourselves to give them what they want. Unfortunately, this kind of love isn't 'pure' at all, and it doesn't come close to reflecting God's true heart. But we're so used to performing and trying to impress the people we want to love us that we treat God the same way. We go around and around in circles trying to make Him happy without ever stopping to consider that maybe His love is really, truly, pure-without any selfish or deceptive motive. Maybe God doesn't want anything from us except us." -Kari Jobe

How true this is! I mean if you think about it, when you "love" someone, you try your best to please them by doing things for them or changing yourself for them. God doesn't want us just doing things for Him as a way to "earn" His everlasting love, He just wants us! He just wants us to spend time with Him, worshiping and praising Him! Any relationship you have with someone can only grow by spending time with that person and talking to them. How is it any different with the relationship between you and God? The only way you will ever grow is by spending time with Him. Don't try to win God over by works, because they will get you nowhere.

Lots of love,
Kirstin:D

Quizzerz

Hey, you! You should take my quiz >>>

The one on the right. Yeah, that one. It took me 10 minutes to make, so take 1 minute out of your day to dedicate your time to this quiz. Please, I beg of you. I BEG OF YOU!

Okay, my dramatic moment is over.

Lots of Love,
Kirstin

Food

I really really really like food. Wait a second, who am I kidding? I LOVE FOOD! The only reason I'm talking about food is because a pleasant, mesmerizing aroma is drifting towards me right this very second. Do you know what that aroma is? It's roasted chicken with potatoes and carrots (aka Heaven in a roasting pan!) It's teasing me, tricking me into thinking that it is in fact ready to be eaten, when in reality I still have to wait at least 15 more minutes before biting into the deliciousness that is chicken.

Okay, writing this is making me even more hungry, so maybe I should stop...

Have you ever seen "Breakfast at Tiffany's"? It is an amazing movie, even though Audrey Hepburn acts really bi-polar in the movie! There I go, trying to change the subject, and of course the title of the movie includes food.

Okay, I'm leaving now.

Sincerely Hungry,
Kirstin

"I'm singiiing! I'm in a store and I'm singiiing!"

Whoa, people. This doesn't even look like the same blog! It's cuter! Well at least I think so...

So is anybody else's computer times mixed up? Because like on my computer it says that my last post was posted at like 9:45 PM when it was REALLY posted at midnight-ish. It does the same weird thing with my email...maybe my computer just hates me.



I would like to say that I LOVE Spring! It's all so beautiful and flowery and it has the perfect weather! *big sigh*

Plus, I mean when are you EVER going to get a good flowery picture like this? Not in the dead of winter, that's for sure! The pretty colors in that picture make my head spin!

Aren't you happy that God made colors? I mean, it would be so extremely boring in a world without color!

I'm glad God made a bunch of things...like YOU, for example! :D

Lots of love,
Kirstin:D

Drops of Jupiter

I have just recently rediscovered THIS amazing super catchy song that I remember listening to when I was a wee child. It's "Drops of Jupiter" by TRAIN!!! I love Train...oh so much. :D



Oh man, I get goosebumps every time I hear it! "...drops of jupiter in her ha-a-a-a-a-air!" Love. it!

Short post, but whaddya expect? It's almost midnight for cryin' out loud!

:D Lots of love,
Kirstin:)

You (Yes, YOU) are Beautiful!

I believe people are put in our lives for a reason.

God recently used a certain person in my life to show me something really important.

I have a really really low self-esteem. I have never thought of myself as anything much. God used this person to show me that I am a unique and beautiful person, which meant the world to me. It made me think that if one person on earth thinks I'm special, then how much more God thinks of me! If one person could make me feel this happy and joyful, God could make me so much more happier! God thinks I am amazingly beautiful, he made me in his image after all!

Today, almost every girl hates how they look. But listen. God MADE YOU THAT WAY! He does NOT make mistakes! It does not matter to God if your eyes are too small, if your nose is too big, or if you think you're overweight! God thinks you are perfect! You are his masterpiece! You are BEAUTIFUL!

I'm going to stop getting so down on myself over how I look. As some of you know, I have always absolutely hated my nose. I hate pictures of me from the side because I hate my nose so much. But you know what? I'm going to stop thinking about it! God made me that way, and if it's fine with Him, it's fine with me!

Now to get off of here and find something more productive to do! :D

Lots of love,
Kirstin Joelle Tucker

Beauty

Today's society is so messed up, especially when it comes to to their definition of "beauty". They define beauty by how much the weight scale says. "The lesser, the better" according to them. Magazines, television, and mostly every media outlet is always showing pictures of skinny women with flat stomachs and perfect skin.

NEWSFLASH! Those women are digitally enhanced most of the time. Proof being THIS video! It's only a minute long, so it's not like you're going to waste a bunch of time looking at it. I especially like what it says at the end, "No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted. Every girl deserves to feel beautiful just the way she is."

Today's society is the reason why so many teenage girls have eating disorders, and self-image issues! It's because they are constantly brought down by the idea that if you're not skinny, you're not beautiful or worth much.

ANOTHER NEWSFLASH! Every girl is beautiful. It doesn't matter how much you weigh, what you look like, or what other people think of you. The only opinion that matters is God's opinion. God is the one who made you in HIS image and he made you exactly the way you are. God doesn't make mistakes.

You are perfect.

Sincerely,
Kirstin Joelle Tucker

-_-

I'm pretty much the biggest jerk alive.

Sincerely,
Kirstin Joelle Tucker

Convention 2011

This is going to be a pretty long post. You know why? Because I'm going to tell you alllll about my week at Convention. I would have done it every day, but the stupid wifi would NOT WORK at the hotel. -_- Dumb wifi connection.

MONDAY

So on Monday morning, we all met at the bank. It took foreverrr for us to finally leave, but we still had fun being together! We FINALLY left after forever! I rode there with Mrs. Jones, Claudia, Ellen, Hannah, and Peyton! :D
The ride over was oddly...quiet. We were all pretty chill, preparing ourselves for a week of rushing, probably...I know I was!
When we got there, we all sat around, played games that violated the 6-inch rule, took a gazillion pictures, and basically just had a good time hanging out with our awesome school! For real, we are THE school at Convention! We are the school for a few reasons.

#1 - We are the best looking school. Overall, we have the best looking people, and amazing personalities to go with the good looks.
#2 - We are known as the singing school. We always just burst out into song, even when Mr. C isn't around! Mainly it's the girls that do this, because the boys decide to be lame, but whatever.
#3 - We have the most people. Even with 40-ish people, we have the most, which makes us awesome.
So ANYWAYS, after hanging around, going through the creepy dress check, we FINALLY GOT TO EAT! *hallelujah chorus* I had the same thing every day, because I have no variety, and because I love it so much. I had a sub sandwich and goldfish, because WKU is amazing and they have goldfish (the snack, duh) in a huge bowl! :D Anyways, after the amazing lunch-a-mundo, we got to go back to the hotel to unpack, and chill for like 10 minutes. When we went back to the campus, we had to sing our large and small ensemble pieces. Large did AMAZING, and small was "okay". We all hung out in the main building waiting for rally. During this time, some of the boys decided to try out their modeling skills. Not bad, not bad. To truly be a model, you have to do two things, according to Benjamin Dooley. Slightly pucker your lips, and lift one eyebrow. It works, even though it makes one look as if they have braces. No offense, Ben. Anyways, we had our first night of rally.

Before rally, Mr. Counts suspiciously asked me and Richie to follow him. We were kind of freaked out, and I thought I was in trouble. Anyways, he took us to master control, and they said that me and Richie had to go out on stage to present the trophy from ISC. We. were. PUMPED! They told us to go out there and just be excited, wave it around and stuff. We kept it a secret from everyone at UCA, and they were probably wondering where the heck we were when it started. They kept having a BUNCH of technical issues! First they were testing the lights, and the second time, the lights wouldn't come back on! When the lights started working, then the microphones would work! It was so hectic! Me and Richie were just standing backstage holding the trophy. When the time came, we walked out on stage, and I had no idea what the heck to do with my other hand! So I just waved my fist around a few times and screamed, while the crowd went nuts. It was so fun!

Rally went really well. I liked the sermons a lot better this year, even though the speaker told a LOT of stories during it! Anyways, afterwords I didn't feel well and we went to eat at Zaxby's (aka the best chicken restaurant in the world) I went to beddy bye and woke up a bunch of times having to cough. :P

TUESDAY

Tuesday was the day in which I had no events whatsoever. I don't really remember what happened in order, but it went like this. Some of the boys were getting the stomach bug, and they were miserable so I felt bad for them. I spent the day sitting around, watching drama events, watching people play basketball and stuff, eating, and going to track. I got an AWESOME picture of Carey in shot put, which I think Mr. C will be proud of, me being in yearbook and all. He got first, since he threw it 35.8 feet! That's HARD, folks! I spent the time at track shivering, hiding behind tall people who block the wind, and basically just turning into an ice cube. When we went back to the hotel, I spent half the time there in front of the heater. Anyways, we went out to eat at KFC before rally that night, which was amazing, since KFC is awesome. Right as we were about to leave, Jon Armistead walked in and we all took turns hugging him, since we were deprived of hugs from our boys. It was pretty hilarious. We found out on Monday that our small ensemble had a command performance that night, which was weird since we didn't do too good. When we got up on stage, we didn't know that the piano was transposed two notes lower, so even though Jessie played the right note on the keyboard, it played the note two notes lower. Mr. Counts knew it was low, but instead of going up and changing it, we sang it. Once it started, I knew it was low. We got a little off on a few parts, but overall we were good! Mr. Counts told us that he thought we were going to crash and burn, but he was super proud of us for doing as good as we did! Rally that night was good, too! :D That night, I had to prepare myself for the most hectic day of the week.

WEDNESDAY (I took no pictures this day)

Wednesday morning at 9, I had a volleyball game. It was against sugar grove. When it started, we SUCKED! We were not playing good at all! We beat them, though, so that was good.

Right after, I had to run from the gym to the DUC building to get my clothes on for the mixed quartet. After I got ready, I realized I left my name badge back at the gym, so I had to run back to the gym. I decided to walk back to the DUC building to catch my breath. We were supposed to sing at 10:20. I had another volleyball game at 11. We had a few complications though. First, Jon didn't have his tie, and we all had to be color coordinated. So after 10-ish minutes of that problem, we got ties. Then, Jon was missing his dress pants. -_- During all this time, I had people yelling at me, telling me that I HAD to hurry, even though it was NOT my fault! Jon found his pants and we went in to sing. When I got up there, I smiled through the WHOLE song, even though I messed up a tad bit on one part. After we got done, the judges told us that we did very well. I had to run to the bathroom to change for volleyball, and apparently after we left, Bradley heard the judges say, "Now that's a group I want to see at Internationals!" That's good, people!

I ran back to the gym, and we warmed up. This game against Nelson county was super intense. We lost the first set, which brought our spirits down a little. During the second set, I did two things which were AMAZING! I went up and tipped it super successfully, which was cool, and I went up and did something I've never done before. Nelson county has one girl on their team who is a BEAST spiker! So they set to her, she went up to spike, and I BLOCKED IT! I BLOCKED IT!!!!!!! It went down, someone on their team hit it wrong, and we got the point. I wanted to scream "Eat it!", but I decided that wouldn't be very Christ-like. I messed up majorly once and watched the ball fall a few feet in front of me. We were down by quite a few points, and with all the emotions and adrenaline, I almost cried. During a time out, I had to sit down and make myself not cry. I got back in the game, and dug for the ball successfully a few times, which made me feel better. In the end, we lost. Even though I was super sad about it, since that was my last game ever, I didn't cry. I smiled to all the members of Nelson county, and told them that they did a good job.

It was around 12-ish then, and I had to go and get ready for the duet with Tonya that I had at 12:40. We got ready, and went up and sang. The judges afterwords told us that we had a good harmony together and we blended well, and that we did good. We had lunch after that, and it was the shortest lunch of the week!

Since I was done for that day, I went to watch track! It started raining near the end, and we went to sit in the car and cheer for our guys and gals from there! When I was sitting there with the window open, I looked over and there was a bus full of boys from some other school. They were looking over at me and smiling. Two of them started waving so I waved back and they cheered. It was hilarious! Every time I'd look over, they would be waving. They looked like freshmen, so it would explain some of their obnoxiousness. One of them wouldn't quit waving, so the guy next to him started wrestling him in the van. The guy who wouldn't quit waving gave me the peace sign, so I gave it back, making him go crazy. It was fun. During the next two days, anytime I saw the peace kid, we'd do the peace sign, making him and his friends laugh.

When we got back to the hotel, Ashley ran up to my window and was jumping up and down. I just thought she was having another spazzy Ashley-type thing, but it turned out that our mixed quartet got a COMMAND PERFORMANCE that night! We screamed, called Carey who wasn't that excited, and we were SUPER excited! So since we had to get there early, I went out to eat with Ash, Jon, and Carey at Arby's. We had a pretty good time. After eating we had a hugfest, since we weren't at Convention. When we got there, my nervousness kicked in. We practiced and we sounded great, though! I finally felt confident on the key change, and I was ready! So we were waiting backstage with a few other command performance peeps, and we made some new friends, Stephen and Joel! :D We were all encouraging eachother, and it was just great! Carey started feeling sick-ish, but we still got out there, sang AMAZINGLY (for real, we rocked!) and when we got off, we got congrats from our new friends, and then Carey ran to the bathroom to puke since he got the stomach bug that the boys were getting. Carey is awesome for being able to get out there, sing great, smile, and gag while singing without being noticed.

After rally, the boys and girls all went to hang out at Steak and Shake! We had a great time hanging out, hugging all we wanted, and watching the boys sing their version of the happy birthday song to Amanda Collins! It was awesome! :D

THURSDAY

Thursday would be another day of just chilling out! :D We got to the campus at around 8 to watch our boys play basketball! They first played the Eagles and I believe that they won! After that game, we all just chilled for a while waiting for their last game! We played cards, talked, ran around doing stuff, and just had a good time. Their last game against Millville was INTENSE! They were playing for third. The other team kept fouling them, though, so we got a bunch of free shots! :) I forgot what the final score was, but
whatever it was....we won! :D So the boys got third place overall!
That was how that morning turned out, though. Later, right before lunchtime, we all went to watch my buddy Jonathan Armistead play his rockin' piano solo! He got fourth or fifth I do believe...which is ridiculous because the other guys must have been mini-Beethoven's to have beat Jonathan! At lunch, a bunch of kids decided to try and win the "most unusual picture" for open events, so they covered a plate in ice cream and stuck spoons all in it....before eating it. They won first or second!

We went upstairs and played pool for a while before going back to the hotel. When we got back to the hotel, most of us girls went down to the hot tub! :D We had a good time talking and SINGING! The acoustics were AMAZING in that room! We san g for quite a while! It is one of my favorite memories from Convention! Just us girls having a great time! :)

That night of rally was pretty good! One thing that the speaker said that stuck out to me was "God is not interested in your ability, but your availability!"

Afterwords, we went out to eat at CULVERS! :D Oh, how I love t hat place! When I first walked in and looked to see who was sitting where, I noticed that Carey, Ryan, and Iain were sitting at tables by themselves. Instantly I thought "I bet they're just gonna see which girls sit with them." To affirm my suspicions, David Armistead came over and said "Hey, will a couple of you girls come and sit at my table for just a few minutes. You can leave after a couple of minutes." Needless to say, I didn't sit with David. I got my food, and "Eeny-meeny-miney-moe-d" between Carey, Ryan, and Iain, since I didn't really care who I sat with. I got Ryan, but as soon as I sat down, the boys said it didn't count, so I got up and did it between Carey and Iain, and it ended up with Carey. For some reason, the boys said that if a girl sits with the guy, then she likes him. So I'd just like to clarify something...I sit with guys that I am comfortable being around, which would be any guy at UCA basically. So there! Chew on THAT!

Anyways, after what seemed like forever of just sitting there, we sang a few songs for the workers at Culver's, and then had a MAJORLY MAJOR hugfest again. Me, Tonya, and Jessica d ecided to walk back to the hotel with the guys. I LOVE OUR SCHOOL...AND OUR BOYS! But especially our boys :)

That night was EXTREMELY fun at the hotel! Mrs. Jones played a prank on Mrs. Watson! She got Ashley to distract Mrs. Watson while Mrs. Jones went and spread around coffee in Mrs. Watson's bed, making it look like bugs! When Mrs. Watson found out, it. was. HILARIOUS! Mrs. Jones was acting all innocent like she didn't know what wa s going on! :D After that little incident, we just hung out in Becca's room and watched videos on her laptop! Funny stuff! :)

FRIDAY

Friday, the day we all were waiting for. The day when we fin d out just how good we did in our events. Basically, I'm just going to say what place I got in stuff, because I am getting super tired of typing! If you made it this far...I applaud you! :P

Large Ensemble - First Place
Small Ensemble - First Place
Mixed Quartet - First Place
Volleyball - Second Place
Female Duet - Fourth Place
Sketch - Sixth Place :P

We went to Ryan's Steakhouse to hang out and take pictures , and then home at last! :D

Sincerely,
Kirstin Joelle Tucker

Compliments

So I realized something about compliments.

Girls are super easy for me to compliment, I guess because I am one and I mean what I say.

Guys, on the other hand, I cannot compliment. -_- Anytime I try, it comes out sounding mean, totally WRONG, or just stupid. I end up looking like an idiot, so I rarely compliment guys.

A short post, yes, but it was something just going through my head.

Love,
Kirstin<3

Glee

Glee, the show that has amazing songs on it. Now I haven't ever watched an actual episode for two reasons.

1 - We don't have cable.

2 - I hear it's raunchy.

Those two reasons are good enough for me. But they don't stop me from listening to their songs. "True Colors", "Keep Holding On", and "Don't Stop Believin'" are EPIC!!! For reals. You should go to youtube (or wherever) and look them up! Mhmm!

Anyways, did you know that I'm currently sitting in my car while writing this? You didn't, did you? I'm at Key Park in Lafayette. I WOULD be outside sitting at a nice little bench, but it's kind of chilly, and silly me forgot to bring a jacket. So yeah...that's my explanation. :D

I have nothing to do for another hour, so I guess I'll just go to the mall of Lafayette (aka Walmart) to hang out. Booyah!

Sincerely,
Kirstin