i hope you feel the same way i do

ooooo I gotta crush on you. Mandy Moore said it best, don't you think? I've been singing it ever since I saw Erin's link up idea. 

And it also made me think of real life crushes which made me think of middle school and high school. Perfect timing since I just remembered that I had some old school pictures here - I thought they were all in Houston! 

This was prime time for crushes. I feel like the term kind of died off during college. You thought a guy was cute? You just waited until you were both a little tipsy and you made out with him. Not that I ever did this or anything. But in middle school and high school? You never had the courage to even look at your crush. You just talked and giggled about him with all of your friends. And you staked your claim - that was the most important part. BACK OFF, HE'S MINE. Hey little girls, he is never yours if you have never once talked to him and he doesn't even know you exist. And now that I've talked about this, I have to show you some photos so you understand why I didn't have the courage to even look at these crushes. 

I actually had a boyfriend during this time period, but I'm not sure why he stuck around.

 THAT BELT.

This is dark and sort of hard to see, but my hair is so slicked to my head that I don't think it ever left that position. And the butt part. BOYS LOVED THAT.

Again, same hair-do. Awesome jean capris. Even more amazing braces. FUN FACT - I ended up having a crush on the guy behind me who may or may not be picking his nose.

But blogger crushes are different. I like these girls and I actually talk to them! Most on a daily basis. And if any of you don't read any of these girls, you need to join in on my crushes and go read because you are missing out.

Helene: the perfect mix of hilarity and just down right honesty

Whitney: before I ever was a blogger I was just a reader, or lurker. My BFF emailed me one day and it said: YOU HAVE GOT TO READ THIS GIRL! And I have been ever since.

Sami: the crush grew after I found out she went to OSU. go pokes!

Maxine: she makes me wish I was a crossfitter and a news anchor. my swoop is jealous of hers.

Kayla: the most positive girl out there! always puts a smile on my face.

Alexa: Glenn Coco + Alexa = favorites for lyfe. Bowie out.

Staci: so maybe I wish every day that I lived in ATL so we could be in real life hang out together friends. then I wouldn't need to have J.Law as my BFF.

Ashley: another INSANELY positive sweetheart. And such an amazing blog to sponsor!

Erin: her blog is one of those that I read and think - why didn't I find you sooner?!

So there you have it! My blog crushes. And now I feel like the biggest creep ever. And I feel the need to say how much I love everyone that I follow! That's kinda the point, right?

come on into myspace

I was reading Stephanie's post this morning and she had her AOL screenname on there. It got me thinking of my AIM screenname(s) and all that jazz.

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Are you ready for this? My first AIM screenname was braceface67. Why I thought it was a good idea to highlight the fact that I had braces is beyond me. Oh, what's that? What does the 67 mean? Allow me to introduce you to the way my 13 year-old mind thought - my crush's (at the time) name was 6 letters and his last name was 7. Dead serious.

Can you imagine my thought process on that one? Hmmm...I want Travis to notice me, but I don't want it to be too obvious, so I'm going to have my screenname be about him without him knowing. But then he WILL know and he'll like me back. - - YOU GUYS. I was so stupid. The best part of said crush? He actually did like me and we went to a cotillion event and two homecomings together. I liked him so much that I didn't want to mess things up, so the solution to that was to not say a WORD on the drive home from said events. HAAA.

My most recent one (and by most recent I mean 2005, clearly I do not STILL have AIM!) was lisellabella. Lisella is my middle name (li - SELL - uh...not li - ZELL - uh like they said at every graduation ceremony) and I thought bella was cute because it rhymed. Then I thought it was extra awesome because my crush (different from my pathetic one above) told me it meant beautiful in Spanish. This would have been adorable if this guy didn't tell my friend a week later that he wanted to take me on a date because I "got hott." Uhh really? Was I ugly before? (The answer is yes, I was, but I didn't need him to tell me that!) [Next time I go home I'll scan some pictures so you guys will believe me. It was bad - middle part bad.]

Then there was that time that I was chatting on AIM with my boyfriend about that night's Bachelor episode. (red flag?) This crazy girl that was kicked off the week before came back and crashed a date and was declaring her love for him and I was telling J*** that she was crazy - just because you love someone doesn't mean you have to go all insane. And he said "yea, you don't see me doing that." Yep, he tried to tell me he loved me (hadn't said those words yet) over AIM. So, like the stupid person I am was, I changed the subject immediately. I believed in a fairytale, not lover over AIM!

But then I pulled the crazy person move on AIM - I was ready to break up with him so I put some Carrie Underwood lyrics in my profile so he would get the hint. "Sometimes moving on with the rest of your life, starts with goodbye." Yep, I'm a winner.

So this all brings me to the title of my post - myspace. Just looking at mine makes me want to throw up. I guess I thought so too, because when I got to college I made a new one. I deleted that one long ago, but just found out today that my high school one still exists! Ohh joy!

Let's take a look, shall we?

About me:

hmmm lets see im a senior at creek, wishing i was a freshman at either FSU or Baylor. i am the president of silverados, and that takes up most of my life. im very involved in my church, that was pretty much my life this summer. i absolutley LOVE college football and im pretty sure that i watch ESPN more than some guys do...hmm i think thats it.

I am not sure why, but as a senior I wanted to go to Baylor. Oh wait, I am sure why. Said crush from the braceface phase went there. Yep, I moved on quickly from that one...not.

Who I'd like to meet:

a lot of ppl, to start with GWB, i love that man lol, Lance Armstrong, Peyton Manning, Bobby Bowden, Brad Ausmus, Peter Warrick, and lots of others but i dont feel like thinking anymore.

Why did I think loving dubya was so laugh out loud funny like omg?! And I could have just ended it after Peter, but nope, had to let the world know that I didn't feel like thinking anymore!

Music

NSYNC!!! lol...TIM MCGRAW!!! OMG!! clay walker, kenny, pat green, RASCAL FLATTS, wayne kerr...and most country artists

 

OMG! NSYNC!

 

Heroes

LAnce Armstrong, Jesus, George W. Bush, my daddy, and the firefighters and police officers in NY...man this reminds me too much of that english paper...ugh

 

UGH, school.

 

And now, for the best part, my profile picture. If y'all don't come back tomorrow I'll understand.