REJOICE (rĭ-jois'): to be ecstatic with joy.

krismaryloves:

awgilchrest:

There is a God and he wants us to be happy.

awgilchrest:

There is a God and he wants us to be happy.

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Hope Still FliesFive Iron Frenzy

I’ve been waiting, in halfhearted sleep,
For a promise I half meant to keep.
Just for hoping that hope still flies,
wipe the sleep out of our sleeping eyes.

…

I know hope has not forgotten me,
I know I’m waking from the longest dream.

“It Was a Dark and Story Night” - Five Iron Frenzy

Source: krismaryloves

While trying to find my painting clothes, I found my old band shirts from when I was 16. Oh my.

Top Left to Right:

Project 86 - This is my forever painting shirt. It’s so faded and torn. Unfortunately, I’ve never seen Project 86 live. This shirt was a “gift” from an Ex. It managed to make it’s way into my collection back in the day. Weird that I still wear it? Maybe. Do I care? Nope.
MewithoutYou - I have seen these guys play once. It was with Thrice and Brand New in a large, boring venue. Aaron and I chatted up a storm.
Beloved - This is actually a “hand-me-down” shirt from two people. M. had it long ago and he got it from R.
Lifestory:Monologue - There are fun details from this shirt! One: The people on the ship are zombies… eating each other. Two: This is a local Toronto band that I’ve seen many times. At these shows I have met more people and ran into old friends more than I can count. Seriously. I’ve run into people at these shows who I met at ones before.
Emery - Seriously have seen these guys many times. They were my second show, ever. That was back in the day of 2005, when I went to all of my shows with this guy. Honestly, this was my favourite band when I was 16. I know all of the lyrics to their first two albums. Ashamed? Nope.
Five Iron Frenzy - This shirt was a conversational mastermind. Not to mention, FIF was amazing.

Ladies, Gentlemen. I owned way too many band shirts back in the day. Do I wear any of them now? Not unless I’m painting or doing something where my clothes could get ruined.

Also: This week, I’ll be going to see The Chariot and The Listener with M. and R. just like old times. We used to go to shows together when M. and I were both 16 and R. didn’t have a baby! We used to always go to 7/11 after. Oh the good old days.

(Thank God I’m no longer 16 though)