proud mamma

ok so by now a lot of you know that music is my life. well so are my friends. well in early '07 is when i started actually going to concerts & really getting into the music scene. as time has passed i've gained friendships & some pretty good connections in this scene. now i don't ever plan on being a musician (i do plan on being a music photographer though), so what do i do with this advantage i have? go help out local bands that i know deserve the boast! i don't call myself a promoter because promoters advertise for several different bands & are just all over the place. i prefer to street team. now let me break down what a street teamer does.

we:

1. set up a website page for anyone to see & hear the music
2. spread the word about the artist to everyone we know & don't know
3. attend all their shows to support them
4. get everyone we can to also come to the shows
5. help biuld a solid fanbase

i call this my "job" & i love my job. and i love the boys i work for, but i didn't always love the guys i worked with. i've only street teamed for 2 bands (counting the one i'm with now) & they were both so different. not in just their genre but in literally everything besides their drummers [who's the same person].

let me give some background history. i street teamed for a band called Systillia for probably not even a whole month (thanks to them breaking up), but i had been going to their shows for probably 3. during the only major thing i ever did for them i started talking to their drummer. i had to sell tickets to their only huge show at school then give the money to the guys so i could deliver the tickets. well i had to go meet up with Ryan [drummer] and i was instantly very fond of him. he's a sweet guy that i just didn't really know all that well yet. well Systillia broke up, i was pissed, but i kept in touch with Ryan.

february comes around and Ryan hits me up letting me know that he's in a band [Designing Me] now, a new band. i didn't look into them for quite some time, then during the summer i actually started going to their shows & realized how good these guys really are. that's when i knew i had to help these guys.

[L-R] Aaron, Ryan, Drew, TJ, & Jose

the boys are so wonderful & sweet. they're my friends & they don't feel like they're "above" me and that i'm just a kid helping them out. when they see me they'll come greet me & hug me. the guys from Systillia were cold, distant, & ungrateful. they never thanked me for the things i did. the Designing Me boys are so thankful to what i do & are always letting me know that they truely are.

lately the guys have been succeding so much. they're getting bigger gigs, they're getting back into the studio soon, & just so many other things. when it comes to them i'm like a proud mamma. i brag about them & just love talking about them. i just love my boys :D

Miracle Sun

oh my good golly! ok so i don't know if any of you guys know who Circa Survive is but they're an awesome band that i didn't always like (hehehe). their frontman is Anthony Green who used to sing for Saosin way back when. well that's not the point, the point is that Anthony now has a solo project that came out with an album [Avalon] & everything. well on Avalon there's a song called Miracle Sun, now i love that song, i really do, but i can't even think about that song without it getting stuck in my head! & i kinda don't mind it a first, since it's a good song, but when it stays there all day, i'm kinda ready to scream hahaha! well i thought you guys should totally enjoy the pretty lyrics to this awesome & "sticky" song :]

Miracle Sun
Anthony Green
Where do you go when it gets dark?
And is there room for me there?
How long will it take you to wake up?
Before you go, will you wake me?
(Will you wake me up.
Or I'll sleep all day.)

Miracle sun, stay with me tonight.
We don't wanna be without you.
We'll come along, so save a place for us.
We don't wanna be left alone, no.

Where do you go when it gets dark?
And is there room for me there?
How long will it take you to wake up?
Make a promise to wake me.
Will you wake me up?
Or I'll sleep all day, and miss everything.

Miracle sun, stay with me tonight.
We don't wanna be without you.
We'll come along, so save a place for us.
We don't wanna be left alone, no.
[X2]

Miracle sun, stay with me tonight.
We don't wanna be without you.
We'll come along, so save a place for us.
We don't wanna be alone

Mr.Confusing

Dear Mr.Confusing,

what's worng with you?! you make absolutely no sense to me. i haven't known you for even a whole year yet, but it sure feels like several of them have already passed. you're such a goofy guy & totally fun to be around. since you live in el paso every time you come into town it's exciting & good to see you. helping you out at work & yelling at random people who wouldn't buy stuff is probably the best memory i have with you. on the one night back in june when all of a sudden my depression attacked you talked to me all night to cheer me up. you also said i wasn't allowed to be sad because i am "such a loveable person". that was the first time someone has ever really said that to me. you don't know how much that ment to me. then something changed. i don't know what it was, but something happened. i didn't like it. we stopped talking, & you pretty much replaced my friendship. i felt like i wasn't needed anymore, wasn't cared for. & then things got really ridiculous, so i finally comfronted you about it. and you gave me some really lame excuse about it. well a few months have again passed without as much as a simple hello being exchanged between us. but today, today you did something that really touched me & kind of made me want to cry. we had a nice, yet very simple chat and you were acting very much like the older brother i always wished i had. you asked how my finals went and you said you were proud of me. it may seem silly, but no one ever says they're proud of me. no matter what i do & how i do it, that's the one praise i never receive. so i've been sick the past 2 days and feeling like total poop, but you made my day better with one little word. crazy huh? so it doesn't matter that all that stuff happened & that you were a total jerk, i'm just looking forward to seeing you next week.

love,
Isabela

the best of friends

omg, what can i say about this girl right hurrr? well let me start out by telling our story. hahaha that made it sound like we're dating lol anywho...
so i moved to the states when i was getting ready to start 2nd grade & that was when alley and i met. we went to the same school for 3 years but never really talked. actually we hated each other. then in 4th grade she was in my class & idk how but we kinda became friends, but this beotch had to leave plano and go to frisco. well before 7th grade started, i happened to have moved to frisco too & it just so happens that i end up at the same school as alley. well 7th grade was just like 2nd & 3rd grade, only we didn't hate each other-- we just didn't aknowledge each other. lucky for us in 8th grade we ended up having a class together. so thankfully myspace is what brought us together. at the time our love for hot emo boys making out gave us something to talk about. from there we found out that we had a lot of things in common & that we did click. she took me to my very first saosin show & since then we've been inseparateable! i've done so much stuff with this girl that has marked my life. we're there for each other at all times, & nothing can come between us. she knows if she ever needs anything, whether it be advice, a shoulder to cry on, a place to escape from her problems, a distraction, a sister, a friend, a protecter, a teacher, or anything else she can think of that i'm here for her. i know she's the same way for me.
i used to recycle best friends every year, either growing apart from them or just realizing that she wasn't as good of a friend as i thought. well i did recycle my last best friend, but alley's been around for 3 years now & she's not going anywhere bitches!
in 2 years we're going to finish high school, we're going to take an entire year off, we're going to move to Newport Beach, marry our loves, go to school, tour with our hubbies, have kiddos, & 1 day become in-laws! :D i love this girl like my sister <3

oh & 1 more thing

Beau Burchell, the father of my future children, the only man i've ever loved broke my heart on friday, january 16, 2009. that was the day i found out that to the opposite of what i thought, he didn't break up with that terrible girl but is engaged. & worse, he's geting married at the end of august in freaking delaware! i seriously almost cried :'[

annoyance

gosh darn it! annoyance rules my life, like i'm not even joking. everything & anything annoys me, very easily. it's so annoying & i absolutely hate it. ughhhhhhh!

i'd give anything not to be me

i really would. i hate who i am. i hate what i've become. i really wish i didn't have to live. i'm tired of being emotional & depressed. i will never make anyone happy & i just can't deal with that.

exams!

are a pain in my over sized brazilian butt! ugh! but at least i'm half way through them & tomorrow and thursday i get out early. oh & did i mention that friday & monday i have no school??? :D yayayay

now Esther & i have plans to bake all of monday hehehehehe, can you say fun? :]

well i'm about to go take my last exam of the day, wish me luck!

future family

Schuylar Jayden
Jade Allegra

daddy & mommy

Diane Ryann

ok so by now i think you all know that i'm in love with beau & one day will marry him (he just doesn't know it yet hehehe). so my friend & i were bored & decided to do a little project i like to call

My Future Family:
Mom: Isabela Macedo Burchell
Dad: Beau Burchell
Daughter: Jade Allegra Burchell
Son: Schuylar (pronounced like Skylar) Jayden Burchell
Daughter: Diane Ryann Burchell

i'll mae it happen, just watch me hahahahaha

p.s. how on earth did my kids come out with blonde & auburn hair?!

p.p.s. this is terrible to say but jade is the cutest!