It Whispers, So Listen

Two years ago, a young girl who had recently graduated from my school was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer. She was popular at my school, and she was the captain of the volleyball team, so that year, the volleyball played a special game, where all the money that was made (from concessions and such) went to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition.
The girl watched the game from her computer, in her hospital room, with her best friend next to her. This was one of the last things she saw. She died a couple days later. An announcement over the PA told the whole school, and we had a moment of silence. A bench was put on school grounds, with a plaque, to remember the girl.
I was at the volley ball game, because the captains of my swim team had known the girl, when they were freshman, and her best friend was a swim team captain. Every year since then, we have a volley ball around this time to raise awareness, and donate money to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition.
A lot of people my age think that cancer is something that only old people can get, and it's not going to happen to them. Think again. I'm sure that girl didn't think she would die from ovarian cancer when she was a college sophomore.Go to http://www.ovarian.org/ to read the symptoms. They are not all so obvious. Feel free to make a donation or purchase something from their Marketplace. And remember, it whispers, so listen.

Best Websites for Songwriters (or Any Kind of Writers)

Hey guys! So, if you've read the "About Me" box, you'll know that I love writing and playing guitar, and I also write songs. Sometimes, when I write a song, it's really easy, and it just comes out without having to look up rhymes or synonyms, but sometimes, I can't find the right words to say something. I've come up with a list of websites that I use most often when I need help with a song. Some of these you can also use if you're a poet or story writer. Additionally, I've added a couple websites that have really great advice on how to write songs. 

1)http://www.rhymezone.com/

Rhymezone is great for finding words that rhyme. If you're writing a song (or poem) and don't know how to rhyme a certain word, you type into the search box, and it gives you a list of words, sorted by either the number of syllables, or letters, you pick. You can also find near rhymes (words that sort of rhyme, but not exactly (like orange and door hinge - weird example, I know, it was the first thing that came to my mind), as well as synonyms, similar sounding words, related words and more. It's probably one of the websites I use most often.

2)http://dictionary.reference.com/ / http://thesaurus.com/

These are two websites wrapped in one. I'm pretty sure almost everyone has heard of dictionary.com, and its sister site, thesaurus.com, but I use these so often, I thought I'd mention them anyway. I probably use thesaurus.com more than dictionary.com, especially for songwriting. It's great for finding synonyms, and it has a ton more words that rhymezone. Since I bet everyone knows what it is, I won't go in depth. 

3)http://www.rhymer.com/

This site I only use if rhymezone isn't cutting it, and I'm desperate and have hit a dead end. It works kind of like rhymezone, but it gives you options of looking for end-rhymes, last syllable rhymes, triple rhymes, and others. (If you don't know what any of those are, go to the site. It explains it really well.)

Here are some sites that have really good songwriting advice. I don't use these anymore, but I used to, so I decided to list them.

http://www.ultimatesongwriting.com/songwriting-tips.html

http://www.musicbizacademy.com/articles/songwritingtips.htm

http://www.bloggingmuses.com/songwriting_tips/

http://www.makeitinmusic.com/what-makes-a-great-song/

http://www.makeitinmusic.com/how-to-write-a-great-song-%E2%80%93-you-must-learn-this-above-all-else/

Until next time!

My Day: Monday September 19

Okay, so for my first post, I decided to write about my day at school. First of all, why on Earth would the bus drivers decide to pick the students up at seven in the morning? I just don't get it. Someone please explain that to me. I'm getting up at six in the morning to go to school, which starts at 7:45.
Second, I have a question directed to all the teenage girls out there: don't you think life would be much simpler if we could read guys' minds? I really think so. We would never have to guess what they're thinking. So, for example, if I was wondering if the cute guy in my chem class liked me (and whether or not he thought I was weird for pointing out that he looks like the guy in Lady Antebellum's Just A Kiss music video) I could just read his mind to find out. (By the way, if you haven't seen that video, it's at the bottom of this post. Check it out, it's so sweet, and makes me emotional each time I watch it.)
Third, I think that if my school is going to have free blocks for juniors and seniors, instead of study halls, they create a room, other than the nurses' office, where students can go, and eat, sleep or do whatever they need to do to relax and de-stress. Seriously, I had a free last block, and I went to the library, but the whole time, all I wanted to do was sleep, and I didn't really want to have to explain any reasons for this to the school nurses.
Uhh, what else? Oh, right! Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss music video, here it is:

All right, well, I guess that's it for now. Read, comment, share if you want.

Matters of the Teen Heart Blog

Hi! I'm just a teenage girl who loves music, writing and fashion, so I thought I'd blog about those things. I live a pretty normal life right now, except for my parents, who are kinda crazy, but don't most teens think their parents are crazy? Anyway, I'm really just writing about my life, and my thoughts, and anything else that I feel like writing about. I may post a poem or short story every now and then, or a drawing, so have fun reading!