Story Telling

When my uncle Ernie was in the army he had boot camp at Ft. Leonard Wood. It was finally his graduation and the family went up it was me, my Nana, my Uncle Gary, my Mother, my Uncles Ernie’s dad, and my Uncles friend Travis, it was kind of like a little road trip. It doesn’t help that we kind of had to drive through a blizzard and on our way there saw semis tipped over, which a tab bit intimidating. But we kept on trucking through the snow, which felt like forever when you’re listening to music from the 60’s. We made it where we were only 30 minutes away from his base so we just ended up getting a hotel. My Uncle Gary was sick so he cried the entire time; he was probably 16 so he was super dramatic. He had a cold and one of our best pictures of him we have of him is him lying on the hotel bed and his foot is sticking up in the air and he has a piece of toilet paper stuck inside of his nose, and he looks miserable. That is one picture we always talk about. The next day we went around to a shopping mall to get my Uncle Ernie some snack food for when he got out. My Uncles Gary started feeling a little better and there was an ice-scrapper laying on the ground in the backseat, he thought it would be a great plan if he started brushing my nana’s hair with it, which was not a good idea. When she found out she flipped and we will never forget that either! It was time to leave and go see my Uncle, his friend road in the back because he had cerebral palsy and it was lower and easier for him to get in, well my Uncles dad started taking off before he was even in, leaving his leg dragging on the pavement. It was hysterical because my Uncles Dad made it out to be Travis’s fault. We bring this trip up at almost every event!

People who somewhat inspire me

Katherine Von Drachenburg influences me because of her love of art, who doesn’t want to have art that they enjoy all over there body? I wish I had the courage to do so, or even the talent to give people tattoos. I believe that your body is a canvas and if you have a creative mind you shall have a body that goes with that mind. In 2008 Kat created and launched a make-up line for Sephora, and will later be releasing a fragrance also in 2010 Kat opened an art gallery and boutique called Wonderland Gallery. She also launched a clothing line KVD Los Angeles in the US and Canada in the fall of 2011.She is also the creator of the Musink Tattoo Convention and Music Festival which began in 2008, Musink is an all ages Tattoo, Music and Art festival in Southern California. I think it is quite shocking that she has accomplished this much in just 3 short years. She makes me feel like conquering so much rather then just sitting and watching others succeed. I really admire her because she looks different on the outside, compared to society yet she has accomplished so much in so little time. 

Jonah Hill is a very humorous actor. He has been in the business since 2001 but hasn't received the big roles until the past few years. I think it is very interesting that he actually went to school to persue what his passion was an actually achieved it. In college he wrote his own plays and preformed them in a bar in NYC. While doing these plays, it opened his eyes to what his calling was and that was to be an actor. From there is was history; he started getting small roles in movies such as "40 year old virgin" and "Superbad". In 2011 he received a Golden Globe nomination, for Best Preformance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for his performance in the movie Moneyball when he played a serious role. The reason I chose him is because he went threw college enjoying and acting in plays and now he is a big time actor. He actually accomplished something.

Kristen Wiig is known for being comical, she is also known for starring as a vast member on Saturday Night Live from 2005-2012. Thats when I remember seeing her first was on Saturday Night Live skits and me and my mom would just stay up to watch her and cackle like little girls. Then we saw the movie "Bridesmaids" and that was a wonderful movie. She also co-wrote the movie Bridesmaid that was a big hit which warned a Golden Globe Award nomination for best actress-Musical/Comedy as well as nominations for Academy Award. Her career has been active since 2000, and is known for her comedy roles. She also works in a comedy theater, and also stars on some television shows occasionally. Everytime i watch her no matter what she's playing in, I look forward to it. Wiig made the list for 25 funniest women in Hollywood. I think I relate to her because people always say how funny I am and how sarcastic my personality is. 

Picture is worth a thousand words

Concert ( New Years Eve)

My picture was taken on December 31st 2011 at around 11:00 pm. We were bringing in the New Year at the Den in Monett. A Hope For Redemption, a band my Fiancé was in played at this event along with some others. To previous shows a girl named Crystal Martinez had taken alot of the pictures, I am assuming she also took this picture. I am somewhere in the crowd but you cannot see me but to list the guys off the guy on the far right is Thomas Portwood, next to him is Shane Brockman he is not in the band but is one of the band friends who knew the words and jumped on stage. The guy beside Shane Brockman is Avery I'm not sure what his lastname but he plays bass, the guy with white pants is lead guitarist and his name is Zach Bailey, last but not least the guy with short blonde hairs name is Tyler Myers and he plays rhythm guitar. These guys are passionate about what they do and preach the word through heavy music.

 

 

 

Groundhog Day, My redo

                                                                                Groundhog

Looking back on life I can’t think of many circumstances I would change or do over, although there is one I can remember like it was yesterday and find myself dwelling on it quite frequently.  I’m going to tell a story of something I would change in an instance.

Growing up I had all uncles, in fact I had 5 uncles no aunts until my uncles started beginning their families. When I was a baby my mother and father split and I lived with my mom at my nanas house where also two of my mom’s brothers Gary and Ernie lived and the third one Bobby visited often. Since most of my time I was there I was always closer to them. On weekends I would go to my fathers and spend time with him and my grandparents and two uncles Gary and Matthew. I have many pictures with Gary and Matthew but I don’t remember the events in which they occurred. As a started getting older I saw less and less of my dad, I would only see him on birthdays and holidays like Christmas. Then he “went away” meaning he went to jail, and to this day I still don’t know what he did to get put in the slammer and I don’t care to ask at this point in my life. Our relationship became very cold and distance and nothing like a father daughter relationship should be, he treated me more like a friend or niece and still does, but I’ve learned that he doesn’t know how to be a father and after 18 years I have learned to deal with it. Well this story has went in a different direction it’s obvious I still wish my father would have turned out differently but I can’t change it, it has made me who I am today. In those years that I didn’t see my father I also didn’t see my uncle Gary or Matthew, Matthew got married and started his own family and Gary went off the deep end. I didn’t really realize until he started getting into fights and he was known as a really bad guy in the town aurora, MO. He gave the last name Crane a bad meaning and bad reputation. My mother wouldn’t really tell me a whole lot but she didn’t like me going over there anymore. As I got a little older and learned about drugs I learned my father and Uncle Gary had been overcome by them and were selling and using every day.  I mean you don’t have to be an idiot to figure it out, Oh your high all the time and have money. When I turned 14 I had lost the connection I had once had with my Uncle Gary every time he saw me he would say, Am I your favorite uncle and I replied yes. He was funny and so easy going and I loved that about him, he would always so if you need me for anything I will be there and I believed him until I lost him. When I was a freshman in high school I got a phone call from my dad which I found a little odd, and then he spoke the words I never wanted to hear. “Uncle Gary passed away” I couldn’t even understand those words and just started bawling, I gave the phone to my mother because I couldn’t speak. My mother was one of my Uncle Gary’s friends through high school and my mom and dads on and off relationship. So immediately she lost it as well. My mom automatically knew he had overdosed but it took me a couple days, to process. All I remember is being so angry, I was angry at him for doing drugs and I was angry at drugs for killing my uncle.  If I could change one thing in my life it would be to just tell him how much he meant to me, and how I wanted him to be at my graduation and my wedding and for my kids to have a wonderful great uncle. Maybe that would have changed his mind. I wish I could have told him my testimony that I experienced with Christ because I know he was saved once when he used to go to church, maybe he would have seen the light.