youuuuuu did it.

today felt like it was about 72 hours long. and i think that's how thanksgiving usually feels (for me, anyway). you wake up and you start cooking (er, your mom starts cooking...you watch...i'm not sure if the domesticated part of me will EVER awaken) and it takes forever and then you finally eat. eating usually takes about two minutes. but today we spent a solid amount of time around the table....my mom, dad, brother, his friend from college, my uncle, my grandparents. the conversation covered anything from the slaughtering of animals in pakistan (where my brother's friend was from) during celebratory events to corrupt government spending to arranged marriages to Obama and his blackberry. Haha, which after typing out all seem to be pretty heavy conversations, but in actuality it was quite light and humorous.

anyway, long-winded way to get to my point. and actually, i'm not sure what that is yet. oh yeah, 72 hours. after we eat, we watch football and nap (duh). then we watch Christmas Vacation because it is a tradition. We also watch this movie on Christmas Eve. It is Our movie, and I know thousands of other families love this movie too, but it still feels special to me. Clark (Chevy)=my dad, and not necessarily because they are actually that similar, but just because. I can't explain it, but I'm sure there are other people out there who understand what I mean. Sidenote: are there any other people in the world with the name Chevy?

i found out today that i am in the top three for that contest i kept writing about. so thank you to everyone who voted - honestly, thank you thank you thank you. we find out on monday who the winner is, but i am grateful for being in the top three, and being a step closer to winning, and it is all because of the awesome people i know and the awesome people who like my music.

it is easy to feel disheartened as you're trying to follow a dream that to the rest of the world seems really far-fetched. it's hard not to see it as far-fetched, yourself. it's kind of a battle, every day, against doubt. when you start to pay attention to exactly how often you doubt yourself, it's really frustrating. anyway, that's not what i'm trying to get into. i'm trying to say Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks for all of your support this year....I'm getting really excited for 2009.

Love

Lauren

i still <3 taylor swift.

finally edited this together. and it's kind of sloppy. i decided to do something productive with my recent taylor swift crush...so i covered one of her songs!



also, tomorrow (Wednesday) is the last day to vote for the Cayamo/Sixthman contest. If you have a heart (which, if you're reading this you certainly do), PLEASE cast a final vote for me! and pass it on to your friends!! (That's if you have a big, warm heart).

CLICK HERE TO VOTE!

thank you thank you thank you

Lauren

shoot the freak!

I've got Cayamo on the brain. (VOTE VOTE VOTE!!! CLICK HERE)

I know I should sit down and think of a legitimate reason to blog, but I can't. I'm watching "The Girls Next Door" right now....lots of blonds and lots of boobs. They're searching for a new playmate, apparently. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I don't know why I'm telling you all that. They're in NYC right now, which is why I started watching it, I guess. They're at Coney Island, playing this game they have where there's actually a dude, in a yard full of garbage, basically, and you have to shoot him with paintball guns. It's called Shoot the Freak. Haha. here:



That's "the freak." I'm not kidding.

K, that's my update. Haha.

xo

Lauren

an open letter to taylor swift

today, you released your second album. it's called "fearless."

you are four years younger than me...but i really kind of want to be your best friend.

based on everything i've seen and read about you, you're pretty much exactly where i wish i could have been at your age. i mean personally and "spiritually". i mean...fearless. when you know something and believe in something bigger than yourself, and you chase after it because your intuition tells you it's the right thing. i'm a few years behind you in that department, but i'm on my way. your youth and humor and passion all inspire me to keep going...with hopes that one day i'll build something a quarter as great as what you've built so far.

when i was 11, i really could have used your balls. i mean, you walked into record labels practically demanding a deal when you were 11. i was climbing trees, rollerblading in the driveway and pretending to figure skate, hoping someone might see me and think i was cool. i was watching "roundhouse" on nickelodeon and "kids incorporated" on the disney channel, secretly wanting to be on them. i was laying in a bed, crying to my mom about how i felt like something was missing from my 11-year-old life, and i didn't know what it was. but i DID know. i knew way back then that being a musician was it for me. i was too scared to say something.

you write songs and you say what you want. you tell stories of an 18-year old girl, and that's why so many people like you. we can all relate to being 18. i think most of us feel like we ARE 18.

and you are so blatantly honest about your understanding of love. how badly you want it to be what you hope it will be, but at such a young age, there's a lot that still lies ahead. and you're cool with that. but you'll throw yourself fully into anything and everything that comes your way until then. because you're full of a passion for life, and you're pretty effing fearless.

so anyway, i bought your album. and i'll listen to it a lot. and when i meet you someday, i'll tell you that one day i wrote a really nerdy blog about how cool you were.

also, i'm sad because your myspace contest doesn't work for mac users :( i would have belted the crap out of "love story" if i could have.

entirely yours and not ashamed one bit,

Lauren

HELP ME PLAY WITH MY IDOLS!

Hey all! I am a finalist in a contest I recently entered to perform on the Cayamo Cruise. I wrote a theme song for it and am one of ten contenders. Please vote for me! You can vote once a day per email address. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!

CLICK HERE CLICK HERE EVERY DAY!!!!

:)