Sunday, September 26, 2010

Pictures

Howdy peeps!
Yesterday, I got all dressed up in my opera outfit and Mommy took some pictures of me so, since I said I would show you pictures, here they are:


                                       My Sandals!


                                                The earrings I made for the opera!




I am so thankful we found this top!  It's the most beautiful one I've ever seen!



             Mommy asked me to look over my shoulder at least once so, I did.                        

Mommy curled my hair:)



Oh and by the way, the reason our grass is so brown is because of a drought.  We haven't had rain in weeks!

So, there are those and now onto my piano!

Oooohhh!  Look at all the pretty signs!!  Mommy made: "Simplify", "Country", "God Bless America", and the little "Simple Country Living" stitchery!  She's soooo talented!



Yes, I have a little Football rubber duckie sitting on my piano.  I didn't put him there but, I like him so, he stays.  His name is Javier Hernanduck (after Jaiver "Chicharito" Hernandez who plays for Manchester United....whom I also like to call Chicharito-The Little Burrito, because I'm weird and it rhymes:)).

Anyways, hope you enjoyed the pictures :)  I love my piano that my Aunt Nana gave me, she's totally the BEST Aunt ever!!

Hope you all are having a blessed Sabbath!
God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Monday, September 6, 2010

Hayley Westenra Video Reviews

As promised, I'm going to write reviews of two Hayley videos.
The first one is called "Tsubomi".  It's off of her album "Hayley Sings Japanese Songs 2".  I don't have it but how I wish I did for I just love this song!



I absolutely love this song and video.  She's so pretty and the setting is gorgeous!  I really love her voice on this song.  The color of her dress goes so well with the flowers in the video (I know, leave it to a girl to notice that;)).  One thing I love about this video is that she's always smiling, I like that in a singer :)  So yeah, everything about this song and video is perfect.  By far, my favorite Hayley video, possibly my favorite Hayley song as well.

The next video is her and a singer dude, Jonathan Ansell.  I love this song but don't know if I can find it anywhere.



I do really love this song but I have a problem with it as well.  That problem is Jonathan Ansell (no offense to the guy, I'm sure he's a nice dude).  In my opinion, he doesn't have the best voice for this song and I don't find it very impressive either.  I'm most likely wrong here, but when he sings, I don't see real emotion.  To me, it seems like he's trying too hard.  Whereas you can hear the emotion in Hayley's voice, and see it on her face, and even in the way she kind of moves around.  It's a beautiful song and, once again, I love her dress :)  She has such power in her voice in this song, like the lyrics really mean something to her.  He just kinda stands there and moves his head and closes his eyes every now and then.  The young guy that I think would have the best voice to sing with her (even though it would be kinda weird for him to sing it) is Josh Groban.
So yeah, I don't mean to insult ole Johnny boy or anything, but I just don't care for his voice. 
I told Chris that I think it's like he's thinking, "Oh, I need to be like Hayley and show some emotion here" but he doesn't do a very good job at it.  I don't know, that's just my opinion.
I love the song and Hayley is just awesome in this video! 

I suppose that's all for now.  See you peeps later!

God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Jolly Rancher Jelly Beans Are Like The Best Jelly Beans Ever!!

I mean, like seriously, they are...but that's not what this post is about.
So, the other day I was talking to my bff, Guitargirl, on the phone and was all, "I need to write a blog post but don't know what to write.  Tell me what to write!", so she (being the bossy person that she is, LOL, jk;)) told me to write a post about my favorite movies and why they are my favorite movies.
Well...I was going to write that but, there's been a change in plans.  You see, I had started writing it, but after about 15 or more minutes of not knowing what to write after the info-less review I had started writing, I decided to stop.  Maybe someday I'll get around to it, but don't hold your breath ;)
Instead I'm going to write something useless (the main reason I'm writing this is simply to update my blog) that I've been meaning to write for a long time because I wanted to revise my review about Celtic Thunder's CD, "It's Embarrassment!"...uuuhh, I mean, "It's Entertainment!".
The way I reviewed it was rather harsh so I'll be a little nicer this time :)
Ok, so, Paul's voice isn't really as bad as I said.  It's not that it is bad or anything, but the songs he sang just aren't suited for his voice, in my opinion.  He has a REALLY nice voice but I personally think he should stick to the opera stuff because his voice is perfect for those songs.  So ya know, love ya Paul, but please stick to the opera!
Then, there's Damian.  I must admit that when I first heard his voice a few years ago, I guess he was 14, I was amazed that a 14 year old could have a voice like that.  However, on their most recent album, he kinda does some weird things the way he sings and it's not very 'attractive', I guess.  Also, one of his first songs he sang was "Puppy Love" and it was kinda cute on their first concert DVD but on one of their newer ones, well, he's too old for that now so that should just be forgotten in concert.  I still like his voice, but ya know.  So yeah, Damian, you're a good kid.  One thing he's got goin' for him is he's a Manchester United fan and you can't go wrong there!
Umm, ok, Neil's song, "When You Wish Upon A Star", I'll stand by what I said earlier, that's just embarrassing and I don't think I could ever bring myself to listen to the whole thing, it isn't even on my iPod (Scrawny Ronnie).  However, I really do like his voice anyways...even if he wasn't an original member but ya know, welcome aboard Neil!
I'm still totally against a woman singing on their CD's, especially singing a whole song by herself, I mean, hello, it's guys.  I also find all this girl stuff in their concerts annoying, I mean, why can't they just sing normally without having to have all that goofy stuff goin' on?
Of course, I have nothing bad to say about Ryan, George, or Keith, seeing as they're my favorites.
Another thing I don't like about their concerts is the goofy choreography.  Why they can't just stand there or just walk around on occasion is beyond me, but instead they have to be dramatic and, at times, goofy about it all.  Oh, but on their first DVD, Damian sings "Young Love" (which I like:-D) and the other guys (save for George) do these kinds of goofy things that I find funny :)  Well, Paul's a little odd, but that's one of the reasons we love him!
When they're performing "Caledonia" they have to do this really disturbing thing where they're singing the part "let me tell you that I love you and I think about you all the time".  So, they're facing us and then they turn around and walk to the back of the stage and when they start singing that part they turn around to face us again and point at us....such a boy-band, disturbing thing to do!  I especially feel sorry for George because he's like in his late 30's/early 40's (plus, he's so cool!) and a man of his age should not be forced to do that.
Anyways, yeah, they're nice peeps, I s'pose.  I like 'em :)
Ok, well, there's that.

Seeing as I couldn't find a decent picture of the original 5 with Neil that I liked and then I couldn't find a picture of just Neil that I liked, this one will just have to do.  L-R: Paul, Ryan, Keith, Damian, and George.

Tune in for my next post when I review 2 Hayley Westenra videos!

Side note:
God has blessed us with a gorgeous day today and lovely weather!  It's breezy so it's a little chilly outside and the sky is just so beautiful!  Anyone who has never seen Kentucky's AWESOME sky before MUST come and see it!  Some days (like today), it's like you could just reach out and touch it!  God is so Good!
If I had my camera I would take pictures and show you.  Do you want to know WHY I don't have my camera??????!!!!!  Well, I'll tell you:
So, we ordered it a few weeks ago and the peeps that sent it to the people that are going to send it to us sent the wrong color!  They had to send it back and told us they would e-mail when THEY got the camera!  Have we gotten an e-mail from them???  NNNOOOO!!!!!!!
Ya know what's cruel???  The other day I sent a message to Hayley Westenra on MySpace and the next day I got an e-mail from MySpace saying, "Someone sent you a message on MySpace" or something like that...so I go there, it was a message FROM MySpace!  How cruel can ya get!  The message hasn't even been read yet.

Anyways, ciao!

God bless and keep you!
Grace be with you!
Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah