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I just am here to say that I apologize and that I hope for the best for you all and that I will hopefully be back full time here on deviantART. In the mean time, God bless you and may he continue to work in your life.


love is the movement.
Shelby Criswell

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25633173/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25633173/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:57:30 PDT [link]

I will update my store with more art and maybe some other crafty stuff. Please at least take a look and possibly buy something. I promise, I do not ask for a lot of money just because it's an original.

Thanks everyone! I love you all


God bless!
love is the movement.
Shelby Criswell

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25592905/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25592905/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:49:42 PDT


OH YEAH!!!




I'm so boy crazy.





God bless!
love is the movement.
Shelby Criswell

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25469671/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25469671/ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:06:00 PDT


I'm going to a youth leadership conference in Dallas, TX this weekend for 2 days and Leeland and Salvador will be there!!!! I've always wanted to see them live





God bless!
love is the movement.
Shelby Criswell

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25436301/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25436301/ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:21:35 PDT

I jotted down some notes of what happened for each day of the week that we were there and I thought I would share each day's little entry.


Day 1:
-Left my dad at church and had to go back and get him.
-I almost got ran over by our van.
-This one gas station called, "Buc-ee's was extremely crowded and we figured that we would need a cute little animal like a beaver to get people to come to church
-There was a huge disguisting bug on our windshield wiper and my youth pastor said that it was our youth group's new mascot! hehe
-We drove for about 4 hours until we got there
-On the way we stopped in Flatonia (at the same gas station/McDonalds as I do almost every time we travel for winterguard which I found pretty cool)
-The first night we ate at Fudrucker's
-One of the rules of the thing was that Girls are Pink and Boys are Blue, and when you mix them you get Purple. So NO PURPLING! (we made a bunch of jokes about this throughout the week haha)
-Stephanie broke her bottom 'E' guitar string on the first day
-I fell on Melinda's luggage as we were walking up the stairs to our room
-The song of the week was "Mighty to Save" and our youth group sang that in church a few weeks before, so God knew that we would need to know that song.
-We stayed in the "Neptune" room (every room was named after a planet since we were near NASA)
-They had bunk beds in the girls room that we were in and we could write on them and stuff (we all brought our air mattresses for nothing!)
-There was another girl who was from somewhere in Texas in my room named Shelby as well and we would fight over our name


Day 2:
-We made lunch for every group that morning for the day, so we got to eat breakfast first (McDonalds was for breakfast )
-We started roofing on the house we were working on
-There were 3 holes in the roof and some guy from the other group we worked with fell in and cut his knee really bad
-Our youth group played hackey sack at lunch (Ricky totally schooled me!)
-After the day was over, I scrubbed all the dirt off me in the showers for about 30 minutes. (this was the only day that I got extremely dirty)


Day 3:
-IHOP for breakfast! :3
-I wore blue leggings and hot pink shorts and a Mayday Parade shirt and everyone loved it! It made everyone's day much brighter
-We built a sand box for the little girl, Riley at the worksite and she loved it! She was soo excited and the look on her face when she saw it was just the greatest thing ever. It just made my whole week so much better
-We put up tar paper on the roof
-The mother of the house that we worked on found her faith in God again, which really made me feel so much more satisfied for doing all the work I had done in the middle of the Texas summer heat
-We went to Wal-Mart after the work day was over and I rode in the basket as Melinda pushed me around and we bought sand toys and a kitty bouncy ball for Riley
-When everyone was out of Wal-Mart, Stephanie had to go back inside just to buy a Jonas Brothers tote bag *rolls eyes* haha
-We went to Sonic and got Route 44 drinks like we did the day before
-They served us Papa Johns pizza for dinner!!! It was soooooooo good!!!!!

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i'm hungry...

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25196781/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25196781/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:00:27 PDT
I used to think that my peers in the youth group all had a strong walk with Christ like I do, but I have been wronged about some of them. I visited one girl in my youth group's Myspace just earlier today only just to find out that she and a few other members were a part of a gang known as the "Crips." Of those teenagers, one of them was one of best friends for as long as I can remember and even a member of the leadership team at our church! That really suprised me and I was also extremely disappointed at the same time.

I left a comment on one of the girl's photos and I put a bible verse that pertained to this event. It was about people who act godly, but are actually in for a big guilt trip when they go into their judgement time, face-to-face with God (I don't really remember the exact chapter number and all that, but it was something like that). Anywho, I ended the comment by saying: "I'm not trying to judge you all. I'm just here to help you all." I'm not too sure if that was exactly that right thing to say, but I'm pretty sure that it might get the point across.

If I were to come to church just for my friends and not for God, then I probably wouldn't put stuff on my Myspace that does not glorify God. Either that or just wouldn't add members of the church. Sometimes people just really need to stop and think before they actually do it....



It would be wonderful if you all could pray for them and the rest of their gang. Ask God to put them on the right track and forgive them of all that they have done. Also pray that they will be able to forgive themselves and each other. The devil won over them with this and I hope that one day they all will stomp him out! and get out of the gang.



The Lord really can change people's lives!






God bless!
love is the movement.
Shelby Criswell

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25091065/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/25091065/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:08:59 PDT I'm such a doof.

So here's the officer results:
Captain (weapons): Sarah Berkhart
Captiain (silk): Amorette Vasquez
1st Lt (silk): Shelby Criswell
2nd Lt (weapons): Wendy Arreano

Those three girls are some of the most amazing girls ever and I adore each one of them. They are the greatest friends anyone could ask for and I'm extremely excited to be working with them all next year. I am completely looking forward to it and it's extremely exciting

Especially Amorette since we are both flag officers, we'll be working more together all the time, side-by-side. We are the best of friends and always were found near each other anyways, so it probably won't be that hard.

Yeah if you didn't read my last journal you should because I know you're probably like what the fart!???





God bless
love is the movement.
Shelby Criswell

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/24965661/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/24965661/ Tue, 26 May 2009 17:14:01 PDT
I'm so excited for the upcoming year





God bless!
love is the movement.
Shelby Criswell

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/24756047/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/24756047/ Thu, 14 May 2009 15:25:16 PDT



Also, sorry for the lack of updates in my journals and deviations. I have been pretty busy for a long time, but maybe when summer comes, I will finally have some time to draw more.



Oh and next week I am trying out for captain of my school's colorguard team, so wish me luck!




love is the movement.
"All that is possible for him who believes."
God bless!

-Shelby

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/24181682/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/24181682/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:55:50 PDT
woo
i love april!






god bless!
love is the movement.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/23476899/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/23476899/ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:41:16 PST
Building 429, Abandon, Sanctus Real, and the amazing Phil Joel all played there. I had never heard Abandon before and they were a local SA band, but they were really amazing and had awesome music and a lot of energy. Sanctus Real only played on Friday, but they are really wonderful live! They sound just as if you were listening to their CD's. Building 429 was also like that! The singer was full of energy and life! He went into the crowd and stood on the chairs where my youth group was sitting because we were in the front row and walked back by many others and me. It was amazing and thankfully when he saw that were all sweaty, he gave up his water and sprinkled us with it and then tossed the bottle into the crowd. I was also three feet away from getting Sanctus Real's drummer's drum stick when he tossed it. While the bands were playing I danced my butt off and really connected with the Lord and didn't care what people thought of me. Some little girls were staring at me and laughing while Abandon was playing because I was dancing. I really was dancing during their set because everyone was so stiff and the band wasn't getting a very good reaction. All the music was so amazing and I am definitely going to buy some of their albums soon!

Also a few really good speakers came like the Ron Luce! That man is sooo amazing and everything that he has done for the Lord is amazing too! He's now a really big role model for me. There were a few other speakers but I can't remember their names >.< (I'm so sorry!) but they were all really wonderful as well and they are probably some big role models in my life too!

Everything at ATF was simply beautiful and really reflected the Lord's love and salvation and praying with all those people at the foot of the cross was one of the amazing experiences ever and it felt so wonderful and I felt so loved and accepted. My friend Stephanie and I also got interviewed by a few of the people who were in a few of the acts and they were really nice and it was also really akward being interviewed at the same time.

Overall, I give ATF 5,000 thumbs up! haha, if I had that many thumbs, they would all be up because this weekend really touched my heart and it taught me so much and I advise everyone to go to Acquire the Fire, even if you don't go with a youth group or church, it is still amazing and will really change your life.




God bless!
love is the movement.
Shelby Criswell

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22952557/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22952557/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:23:26 PST



tomorrow at school, take a minute or two to stop and thank them for all that they do. make a difference and put a smile on someone's face.




love is the movement.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22849666/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22849666/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:09:58 PST Hi there!


Colorguard News!

I'm been pretty busy lately. I'm always busy at the beginning of a new semester and colorguard season. Winterguard started about a month ago and it's been a great experience. In my past journal I posted that we got 1st place at our first contest! We have another contest at College Station (in San Antonio) on Saturday! But the downside is that we have to be at school by 4:30 in the morning so we can get them on time. It takes about 3 hours to get there and we perform at 9 something in the morning I really hope I'm not too tired on Friday because we just finished our whole winterguard show this week, which an amazing thing! I'll be praying that we all are not too tired and that we have another amazing run at the show like we did at the last contest! I'm such a colorguard geek haha and I cannot help it. Once you get into it, and you learn to toss and things of that sort, you just can't stop!


Art News!

Enough of my colorguard rambling!!! I have been taking commisions from people at my school and it's been pretty well. I am currently drawing a piece for my friend Paul . He's a real hoot! I'm doing a portrait of him using pencil. It's a full face shot and those are always fun to draw!

Also, I am extremely sorry that I haven't posted much in the past few months, I've been tired http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22789304/ Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:14:20 PST



































...and that I love you all.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22637943/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22637943/ Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:12:12 PST ), East Central Odyssey, got first place out of six schools in the novice class at the first TCGC competition of the season. We were placed in the novice class because we have more new people than we do people who have been in it longer. Now that we got first place, we are bumped up a class. Now we are in Region A class where we are judged a little bit more harsh, but not that bad. For my first winterguard competition, this is a really great start.

Our show is called "The Office" and all the girls are sexy secretaries from the 40s-50s. I play the boss in the whole show. I wear a mustache and a hat. In the beginning of our music, there is a man talking about air ducts and I stand in front of the soloist and mouth the words he is saying. We also have a rifle line after the soloists and then flags afterwards, which I also take part in. Our music has a lot of typewriter sounds and is simply amazing! So if you are ever in Texas, you should definitely come to a TCGC winterguard competition and cheer for my winterguard! Most of them are held in Austin, TX.

Whenever we heard our school's name get called for first place, the whole guard arose immediately and a wave of happiness rushed through all our veins and came out of our mouths as screams. We screamed so loud and so long that everyone stared at us. It was one of the best feelings in the world. I also remember the look on our instructor's face, Mrs. Ireland, when she saw our first place trophy. Her facial expressions were priceless and the way we performed today was just so amazing because no one dropped their equipment. Everyone caught every toss. Especially the rifles (it's hard to catch a triple rifle toss sometimes)! East Central used to have a bad reputation in winterguard AND some years during marching season, but this year everyone is just so into it and so excited about guard that they actually work hard. This is a extremely good start for us and it may not sound like much to you, but it is so unreal to us.


I have a feeling this is the start of a spectacular year!




love is the movement.
lighten up someone's day and tell someone you love them.
Shelby Criswell.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22533506/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22533506/ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:27:30 PST noun ( pl. lives |līvz|)
1 the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.

Life.

It’s actually the chance to fulfill and complete the simple tasks that God has given to you.


In life we all make idiotic decisions and mistakes. The Lord forgives you for everything you do. He has unconditional love. Sometimes we are so caught up in the world that we don’t take the time to thank him. Sometimes we don’t even take the time to realize he is even there. He is there and he is watching and waiting for you to thank him. He is waiting for you to realize he is there. He is waiting for you to accept Jesus Christ.

If you walk in the devil’s shadow, you are bound to end up somewhere you don’t want to be. God sent his only son to Earth to die for all our sins and clean us of evil and sinister. Why not take advantage of this while it’s on the table? That’s the greatest gift that anyone can ever give you. And even if God is not real, wouldn’t you rather live with God and die to find out he doesn’t exist than to live without him and die to find out he is real? If you live with him, he grants you access to Heaven as long as you accept Jesus Christ into your heart. If you don’t, your life is not complete. Your heart is not complete. There’s a void in your heart that needs to be filled with something and everyone spends so much time trying to figure out what to fill his or her heart with like love, money, or power. If you think that things like that are the only thing you need to live a fulfilled happy life, then you are completely wrong. God wants you to fill that with Jesus. When you do fill your heart with him and his praises, you feel so complete and reborn.

Rebirth is one of the most beautiful wonders of the world. It just feels so wonderful knowing that you get to restart your whole life. Knowing that you get to make all new decisions in the Lord’s favor.

Live in Christ.

Breathe in Christ.

Follow Christ.

…And I guarantee that your whole life will be turned around and headed down the path of righteousness. You will feel complete. You will want to do things you have never thought of doing before. You will feel happier than you have ever felt before.

It’s better to accept him now than to not accept him at all and die and to enter the fiery gates of hell.


If you don’t accept him in your short lifespan, you’re considered a complete chicken to me. Most people won’t even consider accepting him after I just explained how much a wonderful feeling and the many benefits you can get from it. I think that is pretty sad and I know God is in Heaven weeping and waiting for you to come into his kin. For now, you are a part of the Devil and you are making him stronger, but just know that Jesus will win every time. So don’t sit there and tell me that all this is complete bull because it amazing. It’s beautiful. It’s a miracle.

Wouldn’t you much rather die to live in a palatial wonderland full of purity and love and happiness for eternity than to die and go to a place where you are beaten and acted as a slave with scorching hot fire everywhere you go for eternity?



I would serious consider changing your mind because I remember how incomplete and lonely I felt before I came to God and that’s not a very good feeling.





God loves you and how can you not take advantage of this wonderful opportunity? The offer will be sent out to you for as long as you live and if you don’t accept him soon, you know what will happen and that’s a scary thought. Why not just accept him now and follow his word now before it’s too late? Why not now? What if your heart just spontaineously stopped beating a few minutes from now? Do it now. Do it for the sake of the Lord. Do it for me. Do it and share it with others.









I really do love you all and I would love it if you all came to heaven with me. We could spend eternity just drawing and creating art whenever we want in a beautiful palace where we are free and are not forced to work. I think this is the best thing for everyone and God has told me to share this message with you, so I am fulfilling his want.


Shelby Criswell

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22388810/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22388810/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:40:54 PST I also really want to see my friends after two weeks and miss doing work at school (yeah I'm a nerd ).

I've been trying to come up with new ideas of things to draw, but my mind is coming to a complete blank. I'll try to draw some new stuff today and post it tonight after youth group.

I really want to clean out my gallery, but it takes much too long since you have to go to each deviation, then click delete, then choose a reason, and wait for it to delete. There should be a much faster and easier way to clean out your gallery.

I think I'll post that in the suggestions forum


God bless!
Shelby

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22316909/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/22316909/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:28:20 PST
Happy that it is a chance for new opportunities and new adventures! It's a new beginning, you never know what the future holds in place for you.

Hope that the future is able to give us new life and new experiences. Even if it brings us down at times, that we will be able to become stronger and learn more than we have ever learned before!


I hope you all had fun in 2008, I know I did! 2008 was a breeze, it went by so quickly that I don't remember much of what I did. In some ways it was one of the worst years of my life being the fact that my mother left us, but also one of the best knowing that I have become closer to my family and most of all the relationship has become stronger than it ever was before. Say goodbye to the old and roll in the new! It's a new year, let's celebrate!



The word of the new year (according to my aunt/youth group leader) is now "JOY." We should be spreading joy all year-round rather than just at Christmas time, so keep that in mind



God bless,
Shelby



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no...there is no real meaning to this.


]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21704634/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21704634/ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:40:30 PST
I went to my grandmother's house around 11:30 this morning. We all had a wonderful time eating and sharing memories with each other. I took my laptop because I had a feeling that we would be there a while and my prediction was right! I ended up making two pictures using a software called Gimp because I had nothing else better to do. Over all, my Thanksgiving went swell. It was kind of weird not having my mom there (due to her stupid decisions on taking drugs and becoming an alcoholic, so mainly personally reasons). I had fun and can't wait until Christmas. I am really into the Christmas spirit this year. Probably because I'm older and don't really care for presents much anymore. Before I was always like "just give me my presents and forget Santa. " Now I actually want to help decorate and give to others. I'm not asking for much this year because I actually feel like giving more than getting.

I really don't get why we celebrate Christmas in December because Jesus was born sometime in the summer and like my cousin said, we should celebrate his birth everyday other than just one. Anyways, that's enough of my rambling...




Happy Holidays and keep the faith.
love is the movement.


]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21637941/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21637941/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:53:39 PST
everytime i find my own distinctive style of drawing, i end up getting tired of it and try something else.

whenever i tell other people that i hate my drawings, they say that my art is wonderful only because they don't have any artistic ability whatsoever. and for some reason, I just don't understand how hard it could really be to draw something.



does this mean that i am just being an artist and thinking in a different perspective or just like someone else who masters in a skill and believes that just anyone can do it or both?




sorry i am getting weirder and weirder these days and i don't know why.

i think that's why i have been writing so much poetry.

i don't know....i'm just rambling because i have nothing else better to do and my old journal update was pretty lame.(haha i typed lamb instead of lame )





yeah...
so long for now.
au revior.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21302222/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21302222/ Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:56:44 PST
so here it is....




]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21172049/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21172049/ Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:28:56 PDT
Even though we didn't get to go to state, our band especially the colorguard has continued to amaze me and bring tears of joy to my eyes. The colorguard this year is just simply amazing and our guard instructor this year has pushed us to do better and better and we have continued to grow to be a better team and a better colorguard than all the year's before.

The year after next, we have another chance to advance to Area again, which I really hope happens again because it was such a great experience!





Shelby.
Strive for excellence and always think of the positive.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21151188/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21151188/ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:33:04 PDT
Oh yeah, and I don't feel like translating this journal. I'm too lazy...


Well give us all your hope and luck, we are going to need it to keep us strong and not nervous in such a huge stadium.



And best of luck to all other bands in Texas who are going to Area. See you there!!




love is the movement.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21099271/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/21099271/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:27:54 PDT
Although, in my spare time I have been writing a lot more. More than I have done in my whole life and I am thinking about submitting a few poems, so be on the lookout for those.

Yeah, I might also update from school because I have access to the internet on the laptop they allow me to carry around campus with me. The laptop has a few image editing programs, so I might be working with those more often and learning how to make some really awesome stuff for you all like wallpapers and crap.

I have also decided to make my journal entries a little more exciting and interesting by typing my original message first in english, then translating it to another language. This time I chose French because it's such a beautiful and fluent language.

dans le français:

Récemment j'ai été vraiment occupé de l'école et de la bande, donc il ne me quitte pas avec très beaucoup le temps à fait de nouveaux dessins pour vous tous et je voudrais m'en excuser.

Bien que, dans mon temps libre j'aie écrit beaucoup plus. Plus que j'ai fait dans ma vie entière et je pense au fait de soumettre quelques poèmes, être ainsi à la recherche de ceux.

Vraiment, je pourrais aussi actualiser de l'école parce que j'ai l'approche à Internet sur le portable qu'ils me permettent de porter autour du campus avec moi. Le portable a quelques programmes de manipulation d'images, donc je pourrais travailler avec ceux plus fréquemment et apprendre comment faire un truc vraiment impressionnant pour vous tous comme les papiers peints et la connerie.




Au revior!
love is the movement.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/20986859/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/20986859/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:10:02 PDT Sorry I just needed to update my journal because my old one was lame and this one is far more interesting, well not really, but you get the point.





sheldon.

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]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/20191565/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/20191565/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:02:35 PDT
Our first actual performance for the colorguard (flags, flagcorps, whatever you wanna call it) was today and it was a pep rally type thing called meet the hornets (our school mascot is a hornet) and it was to meet all the athletes, band, dance team, etc. It was really fun. I loved every minute of it.

Normally everyone makes fun of me during practice because I don't practice it like I'm supposed to by smiling, but tonight it's like I turned my smile on and tomorrow when i go to school, I'll just turn it off. It's pretty crazy, but whenever we practice, we don't have an audience and we don't hear clapping and cheering which doesn't make me smile. But tonight when I heard the lady introduce the band and everyone just got up and cheered so loud, it made me so happy and I did the best I could. Althought I did mess up once or twice, the only important thing is that I gave it all I had and never gave up.

I can't wait until our first football game which is on Friday. I'm so excited! I really can't wait to go to another school and show off what we've been learning half of our summer at band camp and we will be using props which only the really professional marching bands/drum corps normally do. I'm excepting everyone to freak out!

Our show is called "Ride!" and it's based on the pixar movie, "Cars." We have a song called, "The Big Race" which is actually from the movie and our swing flags (flags that are normally shorter than usual) are checkered and our taller flags looks like a cone which is soo cool!!! My guard instructor said we'd be wearing racecar driver jumpsuits like the nascar drivers do. We are also learning another routine to where we drive around in cars! Two cars get in a wreck and a few of them go to get gas and the prices are flying!! and there's one person who stands in the middle as a cop and directs traffic the whole time!! which I hope I get that so I don't get tired haha. There's also two cars who race and I don't know who wins or what happens after that, but yeah. I am soo excited!! (As if you couldn't already tell by the excessive use of the exclamation point pretty much in every sentence... ).

Now I'm all sweaty and tired and it took forever for me to type this because my body is so tired, so I'm going to go take a nice hot shower to wipe the sweat and makeup from my face/body and go to sleep! haha

I hope you all have a nice day tomorrow at school (or work...).





keep the faith.
btw (if you're currently in/was/planning to be in colorguard, tell me! thanks!!!)

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19948306/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19948306/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:00:43 PDT
First of all, I haven't really submitted anything new to either of my deviantART account in a while due to the fact that I have been going to band camp at my school. If you didn't all ready know I am going to high school this year and I am on the colorguard team (you know, those people who spin the flags and stuff...) and it's been a blast learning how to spin it and flip it and everything. All my friends are in band and always have been since like the sixth grade and now I get to hang out with them more often at football games and school events.

I have been drawing a little bit, but not so much to keep me happy. I've been so busy that I can't do much. Hopefully around the second or third week of school, things will get a pretty tame and I'll be able to make some more goodies for you all!

I restarted my Autumn Falls comic again. This makes it probably the fourth or fifth time that I've redone it. But this I swear it's so much better. The story is cleaner and it has some more life lessons. And one of the most exciting parts is that it's in COLOR!!! Yeah, I've decided to color the whole thing. So far I've only gotten two full pages done. It might be a hard to make some more pages as fast as I hope I can because of all the stuff that's going on right now.

I'm going to see Stick to Your Guns on the 22nd, the last Friday before school starts!!! Along with Darkest Hour, After The Burial, Winds of Plague and a few other bands. My friend Emily wants me to go to Ska Xplosion with her, but I have never seen Stick To Your Guns live, so I really wanna go. But you never know, I might change my mind to go to Ska Xplosion because it's cheaper. I'm pretty sure Emily is going to try to persuade me into going anyways .

The 15th is my cousin's birthday and my friend Erica's birthday. This day also marks an anniversary for my father. He has been a cancer survivor for a year now and I'm proud of him. He has stared colon cancer in the face for a whole year and kept fighting back. I am also proud of my family, especially myself for keeping strong while my father was ill and dealing with whatever the cancer has thrown at them. It's not a very good anniversary, but let's think of the positive and say that he has been a Survivor.


Well, I guess that's all the news for now...


flickr: [link]
blog: [link]
myspace: [link]


love is the movement.

shelby.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19571105/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19571105/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:58:27 PDT
Stay strong.


]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19514279/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19514279/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:35:14 PDT
It's time to help out a fellow artist, not me, but Jeff Corriveau! He's a cartoonist who has a comic strip called "deflocked." You can read his comics at [link] by clicking on samples. If you like his comics, can you help him out by emailing the San Antonio Comics Editor at comics@express-news.net and giving a few positive words saying that this comic should be kept in the newspaper and stuff like that? Jeff and I would greatly appreciate it if you did and if you do, I will gladly make you something of your choice if you want.

Thanks,
Shelby

love is the movement.

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]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19247546/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19247546/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:49:51 PDT
In a recent interview, Starr was asked what his birthday wish was and he said that he wanted everyone, everywhere at noon, today, to show the peace sign and say "peace and love."

I hope you all will fullfil Ringo's wish.

"And in the end the love you make is equal to the love you take."


]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19129706/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19129706/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:37:03 PDT Don't worry, I won't be leaving this account. I'm just using the other one for more professional purposes rather than for whatever like this one was. I will still submit art to this account. And I should be posting some art on the other account soon!

I would be wonderful if you added my other account.



]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19057379/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/19057379/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:53:10 PDT [link]



]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/18566852/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/18566852/ Thu, 29 May 2008 19:58:06 PDT
So I might not post too many drawings for right now.

Just notifying you.


Night.


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]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/17736935/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/17736935/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:16:19 PDT First of all:
Gerard Way Of My Chemical Romance is on Wednesday, April 9th
My friend Rebecca's is on Thursday, April 10th
My friend Alex's was on April Fools, April 1st
My friend Samantha's is on April 12th, Saturday
MY birthday is on the 12th, Saturday
Brendon Urie of Panic At The Disco is on the 12th, Saturday




For some reason I just can't stop listening to Medicine Man by the Hush Sound. I've had there CD for a while, but I just wanna keep listening to that song.



I am currently drawing a picture for Gerard Way because of his birthday. I hope it turns out okay...



peace, love and everything else...
shelby.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/17634575/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/17634575/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:06:55 PDT

but seriously...what's up with the mudkips? is deviantART playing an april fools joke? i don't even know what mudkips is...is it a pokemon or something....

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/17511885/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/17511885/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:35:18 PDT . I told my mom that they were coming out with a new CD a long time ago when i found out and she said she would buy it for me the day it comes out. And she did!

People kept saying this album sounded like The Beatles' White album, and i definitely agree. Especially "Mad As Rabbits" and Behind The Sea." Which are my favorites .

I would have downloaded it early like some people did, but I don't like to download stuff . I'd much rather have the whole packaging and stuff because a lot of times I draw stuff from the lyric books.

Go buy this CD, it is REALLY good, like the Beatles White Album and MCR's Black Parade good.

yeah...Now I'm looking forward to the black parade is dead cd/dvd from my chemical romance. Hopefully it will come out in april, so i have an excuse to use my parent's money because it will be my birthday.






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I really thought Rami was gonna win it, but then again, if you pay attention to who they show the most throughout the show, that's normally the winner. Me and my mom were all nervous, and then they said christian..........(silence) You win! and then we were jumping around. I'm soo happy yay! I knew he'd win! WOOHOO
haha tomorrow at school I'm going to be all happy and stuff and my friends will all be like why are you so happy? (none of them watch Project Runway)

FIERCE!!


]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/17182724/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/17182724/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:07:49 PST yeah...




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]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/17031513/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/17031513/ Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:55:23 PST I got into the Art Instruction School.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16981750/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16981750/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:36:50 PST i am soooo excited because this guy who works at this one art school is coming to my house to see my work on Friday. He's coming to look at my work to see if I can get into the school. If I do, it will be like taking college but during High School. But it's all at home. ahhh I'm so happy. My mom said If I get into the school, I won't have to go to college after high school. eek! I'll give you guys more info on this later but right now i need to get some of art together to show on Friday.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16964116/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16964116/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:15:46 PST
I have been drawing a lot lately, but just been too lazy to update. So I'll start updating more

I've also gotten into writing a lot more. I have also been making a sketch dump picture with a lot of my sketches, so I'll post that when it gets done.

Yeah, my friend Cheyenne gets to go to the Paramore concert and my mom said I couldn't go But that's okay I got season passes to Fiesta Texas (Texas' theme park).

woo.

"Denial is only a river."
you get a cookie if you get it.




]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16902592/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16902592/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:15:11 PST and valentines was boring

some boys broke my color pencil
so i was all sad for like 2 periods

then my friend erica taped it


and i tripped over the trash can
it was funny
my cousin couldnt stop laughing
then the teacher got mad at her
and she blamed me

yeah



]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16815156/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16815156/ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:52:49 PST
Okay, hi. I haven't been really doing anything lately. BUT! I have been working on a better version of my comic, so I'll post that soon. I only have four pages so far and i stil have to color a few things on the fourth page. I think it's the fourth version I have ever drawn of this comic. D: At least it looks better.

Anywho...
I went to a birthday party for my little cousin yesterday and my cousin, Steven, was pulling me in a baby wagon and it fell back in the mud. I was so muddy. I started yelling at him. But after being cold all day with mud all over me, I went home and laughed.
Now I have to go to a baby shower. I was originally going to go to 's house, but she has to go somewhere. That's okay though. Well, I am going to bring my sketchbook to the baby shower and I'll post whatever I drew. yeah...

bye!




"At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

This journal will self destruct in

5

4

3

2

1


...

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16759622/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16759622/ Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:32:01 PST
my coffee is gone








haha sorry.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16660428/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16660428/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:43:53 PST It's been making me really tired. I took like 10 naps today. I didn't even want to eat anything. I also didn't go to school D: It's weird. I just got my second flu shot about a month ago. Everyone in my family had the flu yesterday, but I didn't. But yesterday, I accidentally took a sip of someone else's water when I thought it was mine.Now I'm sick.

ugh.

I will post some new art whenever I get around to drawing because right now I'm just really tired and don't want to do anything. I did post a few things that I drew the other day.

I'm gonna go take another nap.

bye.


]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16619824/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16619824/ Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:33:28 PST
]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16582255/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16582255/ Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:58:47 PST so watch out for it!


“There’s less violence in the world when people use Hula- Hoops” - Mikey Way

shELVIS.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16571853/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16571853/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:33:19 PST I hate going to them. It was weird. My Great Aunt Neil (I have no idea how to spell her name :\ ) died and I had only met her like twice in my life when i was little. My cousin was really sad about it because it was her grandma and so I went up and hugged her. She smiled and that made me happier. I was kinda proud for making her a little happier that I was there.

It's kinda weird going to someone's funeral when you weren't close to them. My mom and I went up to the casket to say goodbye to her and I said goodbye. Then there was an silence for a moment between us. I finally said I like her jacket. I felt like such a dumbbutt. I could have said something better like she looks beautiful like my mom did. :

After the burial, my mom, dad, and me went to visit my grandpa. I didn't cry for some reason. I guess I had finally gotten over his death, so that was kinda cool to be able to visit him again. Which I hadn't done since 2002, when he had died.

Anyways I hope my cousin and everyone else is okay. I will miss her even though I really didn't know her. Well, the only good thing after a funeral is that we normally go out to eat . YUM! I got nachos

Yeah, sooooo I will post new art soon! Hopefully tonight. Uhmm...yeah I think that's it! Okie dokies.




We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't
just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on
by itself. You've got to keep on watering it. You've got to really look after
it and nurture it"
-John Lennon

shELVIS.

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16377395/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16377395/ Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:43:45 PST . I know this journal will sound like all the other ones like this, but I'll say it once more...Thanks so much for commenting, downloading, commenting, faving, commenting back, reading my journals, looking at my page/deviations/scraps, anything else, and just for being my friend and liking my art. I absolutely love every one of you! You all mean so much to me, thanks again!

hugs, kisses, love and everything else!


Change the world and have fun doing it!

]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16263584/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16263584/ Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:47:22 PST
I hate doing that.


anywho...

I have been practicing drawing tattoos more. I'll post those later once they are colored and everything.
I'm sorry I didn't really draw much on this break like I said I would. Forgive me

I didn't get to talk to my boyfriend during the whole break because I missed his call on Christmas and after that he had to go to this training thing that he signed up for, but doesn't know why he did. Hopefully I'll get to talk to him

I get to spend the last of my Christmas money tomorrow at the book store . I'll probably buy a copy of my favorite book in hardback, "The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury. I'll probably also buy a new CD from somewhere.


I hope you guys enjoy the weekend and have fun going back to whatever you do on Monday.


yeah.


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]]> ~bamsbabe911 http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16237447/ http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16237447/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:47:45 PST
1.What's your screen name?
bamsbabe911

2. Do you like it?
Not really anymore.

3.Do you think pageviews really matter?
Not really, but it's cool when you get a lot.

4.Are you addicted to dA?
sorta.

5.How many hours in a day do you spend on deviantART?
uhhh...*looks at clock*

6.Do you ever look at the daily deviations?
Yes, a lot of times they are REALLY cool.

7.Do you even know what those are?
of course, they are always on the front page.
I suggested one of 's photos and it became a daily deviation!

8.Do you reply to the comments on your profile?
Yes, if I don't reply to any of them, I always feel bad lol

9.Ever bought a print from dA?
No, but i have a few prints in my wishlist.

10.Ever went into one of the chat rooms or the shoutbox?
I've been onto the trivia chat room once or twice, I was never really good at that. I used to get on the shoutbox a lot when I was bored, but I never do anymore.

11.Ever been on the forums?
Yeah, those are amusing

12.Do you ever read the hot topics?
Sometimes...
okay never.


13.Do you ever search for certain things?
Yeah I use the search box a lot.

14.Do you submit every single thing you make?
No, I only submit the good ones.

15.What kind of art do you mainly submit onto dA?
drawings>traditional art> people
I have a lot of deviations in that category

16.Which emoticon(s) do you use the most?
cuddle:

17.Who was your first watcher?
I love her

18.Do you ever talk to any of your watchers?
Yes, they are really amazing people and a lot of them, I watch as well.

19.Do you ever look at the deviations you get in your mail?
I look at most of them. Sometimes i just don't feel like looking at all of them because I have so much so I just pick the titles that look the most amusing.

20.

silly emoticons are cool.

21.Is this survey good so far?
It's pretty cool.

22.Ever had a subscription?
Nay.

23.Ever entered a contest on dA?
Yeah, I have entered 3 or 4.

24.Ever won a contest on dA?
Yes, I've won third, and first.

25.Do you favorite a lot of deviations?
Yeah, I like a lot of art
Anyways I like making people feel good about their art by saying it was one of my favorites.

26.How long have you been on deviantART?
I've been on :dA: ever since Halloween of 2005,so you do the math.

27.Do you have any friends on dA that you know in real life?
http://bamsbabe911.deviantart.com/journal/16180164/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:32:22 PST Happy birthday Bob Bryar! It must feel weird to be born on the last day of the year. Anyways I hope bob has a great birthday and a great new years

I love new years ! It's a holiday that everyone celebrates, which I think is an amazing thing. It doesn't depend on your religion, age, or anything like that. I love doing fireworks also! That and the party is the best part. I hope you all have a fun and safe New Years. Don't burn yourself while lighting fireworks.

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