i was in the car with my mom. it was about a 30 minute drive on a highway. of course we're talking. Somehow religion comes up. we talk about gay marriages and abortion and such {i have nothing against either one, btw} then i ask her, why we stop going to church.

{i went to church when i was about 4 until i was 6 or 7, so a longish time ago. all i remember is playing with clay in sunday school and eating stale crackers and grape juice.}

this is shocked me.

we stopped going because the pastor believed dinasours did not exsist. he thought that god had put the fossils in the earth to decieve man.

what the freakin hell is this guy talking about?

"it was all i could do to not get you and walk right out of that church and never look back," is what my mom told me.

i'm sorry to all y'all religious Christians, but science rules religion every day. 

so i finally learned why i don't go to church.

___

hey so it's been a while.

sorry? 

anyways. i've had a lack of posting ideas,

so at this point this blog is mostly for my rants and such.

{if you want consistent emily writing and photography, click here}

peace out

emily

one line lyrics viii

when your friend does your make up and snap chats you without knowing and posts it on instagram

.

(i look way older than usual)

A pretty picture but the scenery is so loud

(P!ATD, Miss Jackson)

You ought to keep me concealed just like I was a weapon

(Fob, Irresistible)

 {i got gabby to listen to these songs and now she loves them}

And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on

(Fob, Twin Skeletons)

And in the end
I'd do it all again

(Fob, The Kids Aren’t Alright)

Don’t try to sleep through the end of the world
And bury me alive

(P!ATD, This is gospel)

I’m ready to live

(P!ATD, Ready to Go)

It hurts until it stops, we will love until it’s not

(P!ATD Victorious)

xo

emily

lost

2016 goals

1. do something crazy before leaving middle school: I wanna leave my mark some how.
2. have an adventure outside of my daily ones: I could be getting lost or traveling or whatever. I’ll know it when I see it.
3. be more kind: I feel like no matter what anyone writes in my yearbook, I’m not that nice or sweet and I want to work on that.
4.  relax: I need to remember school shouldn’t be my first priority and neither should dance. I am my first priority and my well-being is more important.
5. survive high school.
6. turn 15 (it’s a joke).
7. work on photography: I feel like I need to improve, and one way is to get an internship with a photography company.
8. work on poetry: I’m not that good (even if I like it) so I’m planning on working on it.
9. do 12 things I’ve never done before: one for each month.
10. live: again, school shouldn’t be my first priority. when I’m 90, I’d rather tell my grandkids stories of adventure then how I got all As in high school.

xo
emily

one year

it’s been a year.

an amazing, breathtaking, growing up year.

here I was, today, last year, sitting on my old, brown couch in front of a christmas tree in my old house. I was in pjs, cross legged as i decided why the heck not and created a blog. Half put up new years decorations clung to the walls around me. I remember the satisfaction when I managed to 'design' my blog ;)

Now? A new house, new couch, I’m a new person. 

so much has happened.

new house.

pool.

new books.

dance squad.

new friends.

first middle school crush [disaster].

and yet, there’s so much left to do. 

I have so much to learn. I want an internship with a photography company. I’m going to graduate middle school and enter high school. I have dance academy auditions and field trips to attend. Books to read and movies to see. I can tell 2016 is going to be a big year.

so thank you so much for an amazing year at A Falling Star aka An Open Window. And I can’t wait for another.

xo

emily