So, say what's on your mind.

smilingontheinside asked: What's you're favorite band?

Oh, my. That is such a difficult question to answer. It is always changing constantly. I don't think I have just one favorite. I'm looking around my room and the posters I have on my walls to try and come up with an answer. The trend would be any fun, energetic, pop punk, rock, or power-pop group. I'm really into Every Avenue and Mayday Parade at the moment.

xpullthetrigger asked: Who is the band that really got you into music? What is your favorite store to shop at? How many siblings do you have?

Well, the band that really got me into music would have to be, as embarassing as it is to admit, The Backstreet Boys. When I was 7 years old, I got my very first walkman, and a copy of their latest album, Millenium.

(I had that walkman until 5th grade, until it was replaced with a new one. The iPod didn't come until 8th grade.)

But later on, I really only listened to mainstream pop and music wasn't a big part of my life, other than being in band at school and taking piano lessons.I didn't get my first iPod, (the one that I still use today) until the 8th grade, which was two years ago. I refused to teach myself how to put songs on it, so I gave it to my sister to do that. She put bands on there like: The Summer Obsession, Matchbook Romance, Less Than Jake, The Hush Sound, Head Automatica, Fountains Of Wayne, Default, Dashboard Confessional, Cartel, Aqualung, American Hi-Fi, and Amber Pacific. Those were the first alternative-y bands that I listened to that really got me into music outside of the 'mainstream'. 

Answering this question is a toughie- I like Pac Sun and Wet Seal, but when I shop there, it's hard to dress like an individual, so they're not my favorite. Everyone in my school always wears TWLOHA, band tees, Volcom, and Roxy, so even though I like it, I don't feel very different or unique when I wear it.  I love Glamour Kills, but there are no stores in my area that sell it, so hopefully I'll order some online after Christmas- no on in my school really wears it (...yet) so I'll have a chance to feel slightly awesome. Also, there is a thrift store in my town called Vagabond Imports that I have been told that I will absolutley adore- and I still am yet to go there. I honestly haven't been shopping in a while.

And yes, I have an older sister, she is 19. I seriously don't know where I would be without her.

(Edit: This is from Warped Tour this year, and it really isn't the best picture of the both of us, but it's the most recent one that I had.)

createthejoy asked: If you could do one thing that you wanted, what would it be?

I've always wanted to have every band that I've ever listened to or enjoyed play a concert in my backyard. It would be a month long or something, but I would love every minute of it

thebigbang aksed: What is the thing about yourself that embarasses you?

Well, I'm a really talkative person. I think that most times I get way too involved in a conversation, and get carried away. People usually call me out on it too. Also, I tend to eavesdrop, and butt into converations sometimes. I can be really nosy, and it's super embarassing. Otherwise, I'm really loud, and I fall down a lot. Those are more general embarassments that come to mind.

barbylovespatrick asked: What is the cruelest thing you've ever done?

Wow. Well, I don't think I consider myself to be a cruel person. I think when I was 5 or so, my parents told me that I was slightly violent and would start minor physical fights with my older sister. But right now, there is a girl at school that just absolutley annoys the hell out of me, and I invited, like, half the school to come sit at our lunch table so that by the time she got there, there would be no room left for her to sit at. It sounds really really mean, but considering the circumstances, she is a really nasty person. My friends and I all strongly dislike her.

xxmjscenexx asked: If you could be in any one band, what would it be?

That's a really good question. I honestly don't think I have enough musical talent or self confidence to be in a band. But, if I could be in any one band, I think I'd want to be in my own. I wouldn't want to add to a really famous band or take someone's place in the line up. I think I would put both the band and their fans to shame. If I was in a band, I've always had dreams of me playing keyboard/backing vocals in some rock/pop-punk band. That's really all I can do. I am nowhere near confident enough, or have a strong enough voice to be a lead singer, and I have absolutley no idea how to play guitar or drums.

addisonheartsyou asked: If you had to pick one song to describe your life, what would it be? What's your biggest regret?

This may sound slightly lame, but I'd have to pick the song Crazy, by Simple Plan. I'm not really a fan of them, but I recall this was my favorite song about 3 years ago, and I would go around telling the lyrics to all of my friends, and how they meant a lot to me.

Tell me what's wrong with society
When everywhere I look I see
Rich guys driving big SUVs
While kids are starving in the streets

No one cares
No one likes to share
I guess life's unfair

Is everybody going crazy?
Is anybody gonna save me?
Can anybody tell me what's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
If you open your eyes
You'll see that something, something is wrong

I think the lyrics fit my life because I am always thinking about world issues. I'm always asking questions that express my concern of "What's going to happen to the world?" I think that even though community service and good deeds exist, there are so many selfish people in the world who are completely unaware.

I honestly don't think I have any big regrets. I haven't had to make any life changing decisions. Probably, my biggest regret at the moment would be not taking the time to re-write my AP Euro essay that I didn't do so well on. I had plenty of time to do it, but I decided I would waste that time instead. I know, it sounds pretty lame, huh?

marshmallowcocoapuffs asked: What's the worst/best movie you've ever seen?

I'm not really much of a movie watcher, but I would have to say the worst movie I have ever seen is Prom Night. Throughout the durration of the movie, I was not scared at all, and it was so disgustingly predictable.

Now, if I'm talking about the best movie I've ever seen, do I have to pick a mushy-gushy inspirational one? Or a "LOLZ, OMFG, ROFL, LMFAO!!!" one?

An inspirational one would have to be The Brooke Ellison Story. It's about a girl who is hit by a car when she is just barely 11 years old, and loses all ability in her limbs. It is based off of a true story, and explains all of her acheivements through her physical limitations.

A funny one would have to be Hot Rod. I saw it with my best friend, and I laughed extremely hard the entire time.

fishkisser09 asked: What would you do if you found Jesus in your lunch box?

I honestly don't know. I've never thought about that. I'd probably have a spazz attack. He'd have to be pretty tiny to fit in my lunch box. But then again, He is Jesus. Actually, I buy my lunch, so could I change the question to what would I do if I found Jesus in my Mystery Monday Caserole? Then, I probably wouldn't be surprised. You never know what you'll find in school food.

30secondstopaija asked: If you could describe yourself in one word, what would it be?

Strange. If I said unique, well, that wouldn't make sense because we are all unique. Same goes for different. I honestly think I am strange, because I think of things in weird ways, and describe things in ways in most people wouldn't, resulting in them saying, "Hey you! You're strange!"

30stmfan16 asked: If you could meet anyone in the world, who would it be? If you were in a band, what would the name be? If you could be in a movie, what movie would it be?

I'm really going to be un-original, and say Hayley Williams. But honestly, I swear, she's my hero. She's such a good singer and seems like such a nice person. I definitely want to meet her, and have at least a two second conversation with her sometime before I die. I was just thinking about that the other night, actually.

If I was in a band, I would want the name to be "Shoot The Entourage". My reasoning behind this name was that there were this group of girls that traveled to Cleveland with me on a choir trip- and I can pretty much say I hated them with a passion. I never express hate towards people, but they were beyond terrible. They broke all of the rules and were so mean. They acted like such an entourage, being such bitches to everyone. One night, I just said to my friend- "I really just want to shoot the entourage" and we both decided that it sounded like a cool name for a band. In general, the name would relate to anyone's frustration to that certain group of girls (or guys) that you could never forgive for being such disgustng people in your life. Referencing back to xxmjscenexx's question, I would want to play keyboard/backing vocals. I'd really want a girl lead singer that would scream. Not just a part girl, or a girl fronted band. It would be so awesome if it was an all-girl screamo band. I haven't heard any bands like that.

I really can't see myself in any movies. I'm such a terrible actress. So, plain and simple: I don't want to be in any movies. Sorry!

So, obviously, I am without a camera.

But I would like to do a Q&A vlog....without the vlog part.

Did that make sense?

Start asking!!

After I get a good number of questions, I'll post a journal.

Then I might do another when I get a new camera. And do my very first vlog. Of question answering. With random pop punk music playing in the background!!! Yeah!!

So, last night, I had a lot of homework. So much, that I was up until 2 in the morning. I had come into my mom's office, and she stayed up doing work to keep me company-I get lonely at the end of the hall, and also quite easily distracted. At some point, I felt that my mind was ready to explode. I had finished 6 pages of required history reading, and notes, and now I had to plan and draft my essay, which was due the next day. After that, I had another paper to write. But one thing at a time, I re-read several sections of my textbook, looked over my notes, and began to write out a plan for my essay. I really felt I didn't have enough information. This plan took me an hour, easily. Right as I was finishing my plan, but very unsatisfied with what I had accomplished, I began to draft my essay. At this point, my mom says, "Claire. I'm going to bed. You should too." But because I am (probably) very OCD, I can't sleep until everything is finished. I can't even ignore one assignment, or problem, and move on to the next until I have finished what I am working on. Well, my reaction may seem childish, but I began to cry. I was panicking. I basically said to my mom, I have to finish my homework. I don't care if I'm up all night. I was sacrificing my sleep to finish homework. My mom said that if she was in my shoes, she would accept a late grade and go to bed. I only had 4 hours left, at most. Without another word, she leaves her office to go to bed, but I stay. I tried to work on my essay some more, but I only grew more and more frustrated. Eventually, I ripped the page out of my notebook, and threw it away. Wait. I recycled it. Ooo yea. Anyways, I go into my parent's room, and tell my mom that I give up, and that I'm going to bed. Once in my room, though, my frustration takes over, and I force myself into the corner of my room, and get out my notebook. A different notebook this time, however. I furiously scribble the draft of my LA 10 paper, which had come easier to me. I get my stuff ready for school, and finally go to bed. At 2:15 AM. When my alarm goes off at 6:00 AM, I must have thought that my alarm was possessed in some way, and went off earlier than it should, because without thinking twice, I turn my alarm off. Not snooze. Off completely, and I go back to sleep. The next time I wake up, it's light out. Which is a bad sign, I'm usually out of the house before I even see daylight. My mom explains to me that she thought it was best that I get more sleep. She wrote me a note, and I was good to go. I only missed first period. ;D

So with what happened that night I was prepared for one of the worst days possible. However, I was wrong.

My issue with homework was taken care of. I still have work to finish after I type this, but I'm not swamped.

I am doing really well on one of my assignments for LA 10. See, we have to come up with a possible soundtrack to the book Farenheit 451. And I had some really great ideas.

1. Let The Flames Begin- Paramore ("I give it all my oxygen, to let the flames begin, oh glory.")

2. Original Fire- Audioslave ("The original fire is dead and gone, but the riot inside moves on")

3. Act of Change- Panima ("This calls for an act of change, something to stand for")

4. Bleed American- Jimmy Eat World ("I'm not alone, 'cause the TV's on, yeah... I'm not crazy 'cause I take the right pills every day.") Now, I seriously had the biggest "aha! moment" as I listened to this. If you are familiar with the book, it totally describes Mildred's character, with the wall to wall TV's in her home, and her drug overdoses.

5. Die Tonight, Live Forever- Innerpartysystem ("We're all here 'cause we've lost control...If we all should die tonight, we will have no regrets")

6. Selfish Introvert- Playradioplay! ("There, there, you're little heartbeat's fine, and I know what's taken all of your time... I can't sleep, yet I've been sleeping all the time.")

7. Drugs or Me- Jimmy Eat World ("If only you could see the stranger next to me, you promise, you promise that you're done, but I can't tell you from the drugs.") Again, another reference to Mildred's overdoses.

My teacher said it was really good, he even knew some of the songs! He also said that I did really good on this assignmnet, because most other kids don't understand the purpose of it, or they will write down a list of songs with "fire" in the title, or once in the song. I did do that with "Let The Flames Begin", because it was the first to come to my mind, however, "This is how we dance, when they burn our houses down" could relate, they burn houses full of books, but the houses are fireproof, so only the books burn. Wow, am I not making sense? That made me feel really good about myself, though. He told me I should actually burn a CD. Yay!

In other good parts of my day, I won my tennis match, the final score being 6-1, 4-6, 6-0. This also officially marks the end of my season, and I couldn't be any more stoked to get my life back!

I also got new shoes today. They're so amazing looking and super comfy. The best part? They're made all from recycled and organic materials. They were an early Christmas present, I got them at a local shoe store in my town.

And the BEST part? I had mexican for dinner. Mi amor! :D I was so hungry by the time I got home.

I have also heard the new Paramore song. It's good. I like it.

But in other Stephanie Meyer news, check out the new Jack's Mannequin video. :D

Okay, I think that's it! I gotta get back to the studying now. Sorry, but probably no update until the weekend. And maybe not until next weeked. *Runs and hides* It's masquerede dance this weekend, I'm sleeping over at my friends, and I'm also volunteering, plus I'll probably have more homework. But when I get a really good chance to update, I'll probably do both stories. :D