So forgive me, because I don't know what to do.

I figured out why I wasn't using the WYSIWYG editor. The lack of it was driving me insane. It's all better now though.

Okay, I'm really leaving this time.

Mara

It was your hello that kept me hanging on every word...

...and your goodbye that keeps me listening for your voice around each corner

I like writing on a whim. I can usually make it good eventually, and turn it into a song. Which is a good thing. People generally like songs. Anyway, yeah, whatever.

Youth group tonight. I need to leave in just a few minutes.

Today I talked to Ben, Jeremy, Emily, Andy, Corific, and Kim on the phone. That's a lot of people.

I need a sound system by the 20th and it's starting to get to crunch time. Which is really annoying. ArghI'mnotstressingwhatareyoutalkingabout.

Okay. I need to go now. Worship band, here I come!

MaraTenilleTheButterfly

Eye double you eye en

I am so clever. Not really though.

My band needs to practice soon. Before the Christmas party on the 20th. Otherwise we will die. Or just kind of do badly.

AHHH MY TEA!

*runs away*

*runs back*

Well. I kind of ruined it. Oh well.

Now I'm listening to Five Minute Plan. Please don't murder me for saying that I don't like their music very much. Why I am listening to them I do not know. *shrug*

I'm going to go put a movie in, I think. Goodnight, kids.

Mara the rather flighty butterfly

This is all, this is me without you

I'm writing a bridge thing to Characterization right this second.

Impact went well. Was really nervous, which was not normal. On top of that, Andrew was really excited and not nervous at all, which is also not normal. It was kind of funny after I wasn't freaking out anymore.

I'm waiting for Mom to come home. She's at the Ladies Christmas Dinner thing.

Gel deodorant hurts your armpits really badly if you have shaved them less than five minutes before the deodorant is applied. I learned that today.

Okay. I should finish writing this song.

Yours Truly,
Mara

You would know you have my heart if you could see what I see

I've had that song stuck in my head for like, 2 days now.

Today is my mom's birthday! You should all email her.

I'm at school. I don't really feel well. Kind of icky. Blah.

There is actual real live music on The Final Pardon's MySpace and PureVolume now. It doesn't sound that bad, either. You should all go listen to it. So far everyone has liked it.

It's cold in here. *shiver*

Daniel is wearing silvery green nail polish. That I loaned him.

I woke up before 7:00 today! Hooray for me!

Tomorrow is the Impact rally. We're playing Rainy Day. I'm excited. *grin*

Mara

I am selfish, I am wrong, I am right, I swear I'm right, I swear I knew it all along

It's early in the morning and I am awake. Not because I want to be awake. Because my self won't let me sleep. Ugh. I hate being such an insomniac. I wish I could just sleep like a normal person. You have no idea how nice it would be to sleep alllll the way through the night. I almost always wake up, just enough that I can tell I'm not sleeping anymore and it takes effort to not open my eyes. Because when I open my eyes then it means I'm not getting back to sleep for a long time, unless I am really lucky or really tired. And even if I do get back to sleep right away, it requires much tossing and turning.

So. Tonight, I woke up about twenty minutes ago. I haven't attempted to go back to sleep yet. I made some chocolate milk and then came back downstairs and replied to some emails and posted here. And now I'm cold.

Alright, I'm going back to bed now. Goodnight... morning... whatever.

Mara

She's the luckiest girl alive

So, recording went pretty well. We recorded Thunder, The Rainy Day Song, Characterization, and Angel. I will get the recordings on the MySpace and the PureVolume as soon as I have them. Or I can make Ben do it. *shrug* Anyway, they turned out decent sounding, except Angel, which ended up being kind of weird. I mean, it sounds fine, but we didn't end up doing what we were going to do. What was going to happen was Josh would sing the verses and I would sing the chorus, and we would each sing some harmony. But Josh wasn't really getting the harmonies down like he wanted them, and he was having trouble with the rhythm on the verses. So I ended up just singing the whole thing and he harmonized a little bit. It turned out alright.

I'm currently uploading pictures to TFP's PureVolume. I have been meaning to do that for a long time. I also need to write the billboard.

That's about it.

Mara (sings to fireflies)