Taylor Swift's RED

So, if you know me at all, you know that I am one of the biggest Taylor Swift fans. In August she announced that she would be releasing a new CD on October 22nd. When I heard this, I was absolutely ecstatic! After waiting a few months and hearing some new singles, her newest album RED came out. And I absolutely love it.

Taylor Swift and the meaning of the title,
"All the different emotions that are written about on this album are all pretty much about the kind of tumultuous, crazy, insane, intense, semi-toxic relationships that I've experienced in the last two years. All these emotions- spanning from intense love, intense frustrations, jealousy, confusion, all of that - in my mind, all those emotions are red. You know, nothing in between. There's nothing beige about any of those feelings"

Track List

1) State of Grace

2) RED

3) Treacherous

4) I Knew You Were Trouble

5) All Too Well

6) 22

7) I Almost Do

8) We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

9) Stay Stay Stay

10) The Last Time

11) Holy Ground

12) Sad Beautiful Tragic

13) The Lucky One

14) Everything Has Changed (featuring Ed Sheeran)

15) Starlight

16) Begin Again

Bonus Tracks:

17) The Moment I Knew

18) Come Back... Be Here

19) Girl At Home

20) Treacherous (Original Demo Recording)

21) RED (Original Demo Recording)

22) State of Grace (Acoustic Version)

If you don't want to buy the whole album, I'd recommend some of my favorite songs :)
* RED
* 22
* I Knew You Were Trouble
* We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
* Stay Stay Stay
* Everything Has Changed
* Starlight

I love how honest her songs are. And how relatable they are.
Check some of the songs out, I promise they won't disappoint.
Last week she just announced her tour dates. And she is coming to San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas.
I can't wait!!! This will be my third time seeing her perform.
She also has the wonderful Ed Sheeran touring with her.
(I LOVE his music, so I'm even more excited!)


Sorry for the TSwift post. I just had to... :)

Until next time...
XOXOXO

JacyLane

Halloween 2012

Halloween 2012 came and went. I would say it was a successful one! My roommates and I had a little get together the weekend before. It was pretty fun! One of the organizations I am in, Project Sunshine,  also had a Halloween Carnival. Project Sunshine is a non-profit organization that puts on activities for children with special needs and their siblings. Joining PSun was one of the best decisions I've made at Texas A&M! On Halloween I went to a party at my church St. Mary's. It was really fun to see everyone and their awesome costumes. I also got to get some dancing in :) Overall, it was a nice Halloween. Enjoy the pictures!

One of my costumes - A kitty!

Roomie Leslie and her boyfriend Scot

Me and my buddy at the Project Sunshine Halloween Carnival
Isn't she precious?

Cat & a Bat!
Too cute.

Captain Jack Sparrow & Robin
(His costume was legit!)

Ke$ha, Thing 1, Thing 2, and Robin
These girls were so sweet!

Hazzel aka Princess Jasmine :)

Just me and two penguins. HA! I loved their costumes!

It ended up being a pretty fun Halloween :)

I've already got a costume idea for next year. Audrey Hepburn anyone? :)

Hope your Halloween was fun as well!

Until next time....

XOXOXO

JacyLane

St. Lucy

As you may or may not know, All Saints Day was yesterday! In the Catholic Church, November 1st is All Saints Day - the solemnity of all saints. Its a pretty cool day where we can just recognize the saints and all they have done. I really enjoy reading stories of different saints. They're ultimately just regular people with a burning desire for Christ. Their stories are really inspirational, and encourage me to strive to be the best Christian I can possibly be.

As a Catholic, I was confirmed back in High School. Confirmation is a wonderful sacrament in which you receive the Holy Spirit and become an "adult member" of the Catholic Church. Its pretty awesome lol Anyways. Before you get confirmed, you have to pick a saint. This saint name signifies your change in status - After being confirmed you are fully initiated in the Catholic Church. So back when I was fifteen, I started researching all different saints, trying to decide on which saint I would pick to be my Confirmation Saint. I came across St. Lucy and was immediately drawn to her story.

St. Lucy (also known as St. Lucia)  was a young wealthy Christian girl born in Syracuse in 283 AD (a loooong time ago lol). St. Lucy's mother planned an arranged marriage, but Lucy vowed to live her life for Christ and Christ alone. She valued her virginity and wanted to stay pure to God. Unfortunately, the guy she was supposed to marry was very upset about this. As a result, he betrayed Lucy to the governor. (At this time Christian persecutions were VERY common). The government then tried to force her into prostitution, but St. Lucy put up a fight. Ultimately she was beaten and tortured. Some accounts say that miraculously they were unable to move her, or burn her. Legend even has it they gorged her eyes out! (This is the reason why she is the patron saint of light and blindness). Even though we don't know specifics, we do know that St. Lucy was martyred for her faith and devotion to God. Just incredible!

St. Lucy's feast day is December 13th. Which is too cool. If you know me, you know that I absolutely love Taylor Swift haha. Her birthday is on December 13th. Also, 13 is one of my lucky numbers and the year I will graduate from college. So having my FAVORITE saint's feast day on December 13th? Too awesome haha I think so at least... :)


St. Lucy is an inspiration to me for many reasons. I love that we have saints to look up to and model. She was just an ordinary girl with a huge passion for God. Thats the cool thing about saints. They were just like you and me, but had a great love for God. St. Lucy is one of my role models and I will always look to her story for encouragement to strive to be the best person I can be!

St. Lucy, pray for us!




Until next time...

XOXOXO
JacyLane