#38 Tie Dye A Shirt

June 20, 2012

Summer Challenge #38

Tie-dye a shirt. 

 So yesterday in the afternoon, I decided why not tie-dye a shirt. I chose to do a spiralled yellow and orange shirt because I wanted something that reminded me of summer and sun-shiny brightness. xD It didn't take too long and once I was finished, my right hand was stained orange and my left stained yellow. That's a pain in the behind to get off. >.> 

And since I was tie-dying...I also tie-dyed a nurses' scrub top for my mom. It looks like a mango threw up on it. She wanted pink, lime green, and yellow like the picture on the back of the kit. Pictures lie. It does not show how it actually turns out. They definitely coloured that picture with some paint program because my colours ran into each other and created a light mango shirt. But once I rinsed it...it didn't look as bad as I thought it would. Hah but putting it in the dryer to completely dry? Bad mistake. It faded and is now a faded mango tie-dye scrub top. ...whatever works? 

And here's the completed [dry] product of my shirt :D

...I know the lighting is horrible...I'll probably add in a different picture of it later. xD 

But I believe it turned out pretty good. I like it, and that's what counts. :D

So until next time...

*~Keep your lights shining bright like the sun! :D

*~KayKay

#3 Finger Paint A Picture

June 18, 2012

Summer Challenge #3

Finger paint a picture on canvas and then frame it.

Ta-da! My finger paint and hand print masterpiece! xD 

I did this lovely work of art yesterday as my brother and I did crafts for our wonderful Dad for Father's Day. :)

 

To all the wonderful Dads out there, I wish you all a Happy Father's Day a day late. n.n

What will my next challenge completed be? I'm actually thinking about tie-dying a shirt today...yellow and orange! :D Though my brother wants me to do the Cinnamon Challenge next just to watch me fail. How lovely. >.>

Until next time, :)

*~ Keep your lights shining bright!

*~ KayKay

#4 >Temporary< Colored Highlights

June 8, 2012

Summer Bucket List #4

Put >Temporary< Coloured Highlights in My Hair

 This 'challenge' was super fun and super easy for me. This past Halloween, I stocked up on that temporary spray-in hair dye that comes out once ya wash your hair. I have bright red, blue, and purple. I typically put red in, so I changed it up and used purple. See the purple tint? :)

 Unfortunately, it's faded now since I have been outside in the sun all day. But I thought ahead and took pictures beforehand when it was still bright and noticeable. :D

 And oh my goodness. My mom came home from work and brought home the most surprising thing ever.

Meet Riley. He's a nine month old Jack Russel mix. He is super fat! xD A woman at my mom's job was giving them away to whoever wanted them and whatever pups were left would go to the pound. D:

So, we're keeping him until we can find him a good home. :)

{or maybe until we can convince my dad to allow Riley to live with us permanently. xD}

Keep your lights shining~ :)

*~ KayKay

#2 Paint Each Finger Nail A Different Colour.

June 6, 2012

Summer Challenge #2

Paint each finger nail a different colour. 

So I began my Summer Challenge with something simple...or so I thought. I began my nail painting last night, finding only eight different colours. Really? Only eight? >.> So two nails ended up being the same teal colour and one was classic black. And looking at my nails now, it looks super duper tacky since some are glittery, some are bold colours, and two are natural colours. ...yeah not the prettiest masterpiece in the world...but Challenge number two is officially crossed off as complete. :)

I'm thinking of being bold and going for the Cinnamon Challenge next...if only it'll stop raining. Yes, I'll be doing it outside, so my parents won't freak out when there's a mess in the kitchen.  Cause there will be a mess. x) 

Maybe I'll put temporary spray-in streaks in my hair if it's still raining...hmmm...I'm thinking purple. ;D

Until next time,

Keep those lights shining bright!

~ KayKay

And Just Like That...It's Gone...

June 1, 2012

 And just like a released balloon into the sky, my Junior year of high school is done. It's over. It feels as though I just began the year and now it's over! This year has been one of my best and favourite years of school, I must say. I began this year with not wanting to go back to school. I ended this year with not wanting it to end, not wanting to go back to staying at home. My fear was irrational though. I knew there'd be more people than just who was there last year. And there was. With the new seventh graders and all the new kids that came and kids who've been there for a while, I made tons of new friends. With that being said, there's been a lot of funny moments that happened this year and moments I will never forget. Junior year...who would've thought it'd be one of my best years of school? :)

Junior year. A time for class rings. It was really fun to pick and choose which one I wanted. There were so many different styles and stones and colours and images. So many choices. Here's a picture of mine, cropped to hide my hand because it looked...weird. xD I chose an aquamarine stone, no it isn't my birthstone, but because I love light blue, it's my favourite colour. :)

On one side, there's my graduation year, 2013, and a beach scene with a bird flying away. I found it to be pretty. :) On the other side, there's my name and underneath that is a basketball point guard and my basketball number, #13. ^_^ 

 A time for these two lovely tests. I took the ACT back in the fall of last year and I received a round composite score of 23. Not too bad. Sadly, I must take it again this coming school year. >.>

The SAT I recently took the beginning of last month. It was quite difficult and, unlike the ACT, any wrong answers would actually be counted and deducted from your score. The English sections, I found to be easy enough and that was my strength in this test. The math, however, I got nearly half of it correct. Mainly because it was mostly trig questions and I haven't taken trig yet. o.O'' I ended the test with a feeling of underachievement and a melted brain. I recently received my scores back and to my surprise, I scored a 1670 out of the 2400. Thank you English! xD 

A time for my school's Varsity Girls' Basketball team to finally become Conference champs once more after 10 years or so. :) I'm the one holding the ball. 

And here's to going to the Quarter-Finals of our division. Hopefully we'll go even farther next year. :)

A time for Junior-Senior prom. Our theme this year was

a "Rave" theme, complete with hanging glowsticks, strobe lights, black lights, neon colours, pop rocks, and awesome fun! When this school year started, I told myself I would not go to prom. Dresses + Me = WTF, no way. But by the time it rolled around and a definite awesome theme was chosen, I decided 'what the heck, why not?' I asked one of my awesome amazing Freshmen friends to go with me. We had a blast! :)

A time to graduate from Junior Leadership. Another thing I had thought of not doing at first... I'm so very glad I did this though! It was fun and I met many new kids from around and it was a great learning experience! :)

Also notice something in that picture...I'm wearing a skirt. Yes a skirt. WTF, right? We had to dress nicely for graduation so I figured why the freak not. It's pretty and blue and matches well with my black lacy shirt. Why the freak not. xD

Junior year. And it's gone, just like that. Yesterday was my last day. My last day to see my friends until we hang out during the summer and for some til next school year rolls around. Yesterday was the first time I haven seen some of my friends for a week, since I exempted all of my final exams. This guy with me? ->

Yeah, he's like my older brother I never had and I'm his little sis. We call him Catfish, long story don't ask. xD He's awesome and someone you can never ever forget. :) 

And it's done. Over and done with. And we made it. Upcoming Seniors. Graduating in May of 2013. One last year to make memories of high school. Time to start visiting colleges. Applying to colleges. Filling out scholarships. Spring is a time for our last Junior-Senior prom. A time for our Senior trip. Times for pictures. And lastly, a time to graduate high school forever. 

And just like that, it'll be gone. 

*~Keep your lights shining!

~ KayKay 

PS: Since summer has *officially* started for me, I'll begin working on my summer bucket list...so keep watch! :D

A Blast From The Past? {New Challenges!!}

May 18, 2012

 With school winding down and summer vacation beginning on May 31st, I decided to bring back something I thoroughly enjoyed not only because I loved doing it, but also to celebrate my one year Blog-o-versary! :D 

 What am I bringing back from the past? Remember the 42 Day Challenge? ;D No, I'm not doing another challenge like that per say...but I found something equally interesting and awesome for me {and you?} to do this summer!

 I found the idea from a random question on Yahoo Answers which led me to this: http://gonewiththesummer.wordpress.com . She had a summer bucket list and after reading through her whole blog and the two lists, I was fascinated and decided to make my own. :D 

So without further ado, I present my: 

Summer Bucket List 2012

1* Send a message in a bottle.
2* Paint finger nails each a different color.
3* Finger paint a picture on canvas and then frame it.
4* Put in >temporary< colored highlights.
5* Get a tan tattoo.
6* Buy and use and develop an underwater camera.
7* Silly string fight.
8* Warped Tour. {Not going to happen...but a girl can dream?}
9* Attempt the cinnamon challenge. 
10* Destroy a “Wreck This Journal”.
11* Go out with a really special guy. :)
12* Get my license.
13* Write something on a balloon and release it.
14* Catch and release fireflies.
15* Super glue a quarter to the ground and watch the madness.
16* Dance in the rain.
17* Play Chubby Bunny with someone. 
18* Blow Bubbles.
19* Decorate White Converses with fabric markers and paints.
20* Senior Pictures :D {done in July but not received the pics yet}
21* Draw a "masterpiece" with sidewalk chalk.
22* Go see the new Spiderman movie in theatres!
23* Pick an offical summer song!
24* Zorbing. Yes.
25* Get braces off...finally!
26* Make a crown of flowers.
27* Make a mentos/coke geyser.
28* Attach crayons to a canvas then use a blow-dryer to melt them.
29* Do Ellen’s dance dare {what even is this?? o.O'' }
30* Visit some colleges.
31* Pan for gold!
32* Mountains!
33* Myrtle Beach!
34* Go to the Ripley's entertainment places.
35* Volunteer at a Veterinarian's office / animal shelter.
36* Meet a professional sports' player  / coach.
37* Write inspirational sayings on post it notes and stick them in random places wherever I go. 
38* Tie-Dye a shirt! :D 
39* ...?
This list may end up growing some as more ideas come to mind. x) 
I will definitely NOT be going in order on these. As one is completed, it'll be crossed off and such. For each one I complete, the blog post will contain a picture that I took to prove I completed a task. :) 

Oh boy this will be fun! :D I hope most of these will be crossed off. :)

Feel free to copy and paste my list {some of mine were copied and pasted xD} and do your own challenge! ^w^

Let the games begin! n.n

*~ Keep your lights shining, infinitely. :) ~* 

~KayKay 

Life And Death

May 11, 2012

 Lo siento!!! D: I am so very sorry everyone for poofing like that. So many things have been going on and taking my blogging Fridays away from me D: With Athletic things, finals around the corner, SATs {which sucked and turned my brain to mush.}, and Junior Leadership, and all in between; my time has slipped away from me. D:

     I shall use this post to write  something you lovely people's eyeballs can read.                                        

A life can be taken at any given moment of any day. The life could be as early as pre-natal or as old as over 100 years of age and all that lies in-between. A life can be taken quick and painless or drawn-out and strenuous. 

On a personal account, I value life highly, more so now than ever. I've had many near-death accidents in my short lifetime of 16 and a half years.

When I was born, my heart rate dropped to near nothing. The doctors and my parents nearly lost me that day. The first of many times I 'cheated death' or God has laid His hands of protection over me {whichever you believe}. 

A short time later, when I was around 2 or 3 years of age, I fell ill. I was taken to the doctor who accidentally prescribed me medicine that was too much for my toddler body. It was medicine used for adults. My parents, thankfully, realized it and took me to a different doctor who confirmed that the wrong medicine was given. A couple doses of that and we would have been in trouble with an overdose. By again, something allowed me to 'cheat' it again.

When I was around nine years young, my mom and I were on the interstate heading towards the city and were nearly crushed by an 18 wheeled Mac truck. The truck believed he could get over into our lane, when in fact, there was no where near enough room. And that wasn't the last time we nearly got hit by a Mac truck. I've had that scare many, many times due to the same reason that they think that have enough room when there's no way in heck they'll squeeze in. x-x''

When I was about 13 years of age, the vehicle I was in was nearly crushed by a train. The train did not have it's whistle of warning blowing nor did the candy-cane striped blockers come down to block the tracks. {It also was no where near the time it was supposed to be coming, but that information is irrelevant.} If it wasn't for a kind civilian to get out of his car and motion like a crazy person at us, we would have been struck by that train and my life would have ended. By the time we got off the tracks, not even ten seconds later, the train went by. The blockers still never came down. Coincidence? I don't think so...again something saved me and I 'cheated' again.

Now I was issued another 'wake-up call' about two weeks ago. A double dose. Now, at 16 and a half, I nearly got into two car accidents, back to back, a day apart. Two Fridays ago, we were going to get a pizza for dinner that night when someone stops their car in the middle of the road. Waiting a good minute or so with nothing happening, we decided to go around the car. As we do this, they decided they were going to cut us off and turn into us. The driver of the vehicle I was in was forced to turn into a parking lot to avoid hitting the other car. Which caused us to attempt to avoid two nice, big, tough brick columns. If my window had been down, I could have easily touched the column on my side, without even reaching. We came so close to hitting it and the horrible thing was, it was MY side that would have been damaged and crushed, not the driver's side. Mine. Full impact. If we wouldn't have swerved to miss the car, it would have hit the passenger's side. My side, struck by a car. So close. Again.

As if that wasn't still fresh in  my mind, the next day, Saturday, wasn't much better. My mom and I were on the way to my grandmother's house when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, around a curve over a bridge overlooking a crick, a large tractor (which took up both lanes of traffic) comes about. Blind-spot + bridge + giant tractor + car = not looking good. Again, I could've touched the bridge (which I still have no idea how the car didn't get scraped by it) as we squeezed by. I'm still not sure at all how we even managed to squeeze by without a scratch by the tractor nor the bridge. It amazes me but still terrifies me. 

I find these two re-occurrences to be more than a ''mere coincidence''. I believe it was a sign. A sign that made me reconsider my faith and in turn strengthened my faith in God. I struggle a LOT in my walk and I slip a LOT too, but it's something I need to work on and am working on. 

Reflecting on my past experiences, I realize just how easily, and early, I could have been kicked off of this earth. I also know that I am terrified of 18 wheeled trucks and trains...but that's beside the point. 

Life is much too short to not know where you stand. That goes for any religion. Whatever you believe, you believe something, even those who believe in nothing.  Even atheists believe something, the believe in nothing they cannot see and prove. Hindus believe in reincarnation. Christians believe in God, who they cannot physically see person-wise but can see through all aspects of nature and all around. Buddhists believe in nirvana. Everyone in any religion believes in something. Whether it is right or wrong, I cannot say and I don't judge. But everyone believes in something and has faith in something and stand for something.

We all know the saying "You either stand for something or fall for anything." That saying is true. Easily influenced people can be easily swayed in their views by family, friends, and others. Whatever you believe in, stand strong. Don't be rude, but stand strong. Hear others out, but if you have faith that what you believe in is true, then stand strong.

And that's all I really have to say today. :) Long post is long but I owe you all something to keep y'all reading. xD

Welcome new followers! And thanks everyone for sticking with me! I promise once school is out by June 1st, you'll see more posts. :)

Keep your lights shining~ 

*~KayKay