Quick note to say, I finally got a new e-mail address! Because I’d had my old one since I was allowed to have an e-mail, so the username was a lil’ young you know what I mean? E-mail me on my old account and I’ll send you the new address!

Psalms 116:8 “For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling”

I love that verse!

Matthew 5:16 ^“In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good

deeds and praise your Father in heaven."

This is my verse. The one I try to live by. Because I want everything I do to point back to God.

Psalm 25

 ^1[a] To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

 ² in you I trust, O my God.
       Do not let me be put to shame,
       nor let my enemies triumph over me.

 ³ No one whose hope is in you
       will ever be put to shame,
       but they will be put to shame
       who are treacherous without excuse.

 ⁴ Show me your ways, O LORD,
       teach me your paths;

 ⁵ guide me in your truth and teach me,
       for you are God my Savior,
       and my hope is in you all day long.

 ⁶ Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love,
       for they are from of old.

 ⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth
       and my rebellious ways;
       according to your love remember me,
       for you are good, O LORD.

 ⁸ Good and upright is the LORD;
       therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

 ⁹ He guides the humble in what is right
       and teaches them his way.

 ¹⁰ All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful
       for those who keep the demands of his covenant.

 ¹¹ For the sake of your name, O LORD,
       forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

 ¹² Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD ?
       He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.

 ¹³ He will spend his days in prosperity,
       and his descendants will inherit the land.

 ¹⁴ The LORD confides in those who fear him;
       he makes his covenant known to them.

 ¹⁵ My eyes are ever on the LORD,
       for only he will release my feet from the snare.

 ¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me,
       for I am lonely and afflicted.

 ¹⁷ The troubles of my heart have multiplied;
       free me from my anguish.

 ¹⁸ Look upon my affliction and my distress
       and take away all my sins.

 ¹⁹ See how my enemies have increased
       and how fiercely they hate me!

 ²⁰ Guard my life and rescue me;
       let me not be put to shame,
       for I take refuge in you.

 ²¹ May integrity and uprightness protect me,
       because my hope is in you.

 ²² Redeem Israel, O God,
       from all their troubles!

Just thinking about some stuff that’s troubling me, Psalms 25 is always my go-to chapter when it comes to being bummed or stressed. =]

I promise I’m going to get pictures of recent happenings on here soon! My Picasa is stupid, I’m out of space on it so I’ll find something else to use and get pics on here soon as I can. =]

BTW, I almost have one of my songs I’ve been working on for forever finished! See, my prob is that I have to have music first, and then lyrics. And that doesn’t really work when it comes to writing songs. So I’ve got almost all of the music finished and almost all of most of the lyrics. Maybe I’ll post it…

Just thought I’d take a minute of your time and talk about my what-abouts. What else are blogs really for, if not for talking about whatever it is your doing or going to be doing? I wonder what BLOG means. Probably something I should know… now I probably look like an idiot. The Yahoo ASK best chosen answer-“it means web log, the short version = blog. It's when someone writes an online journal with thoughts, experiences, gossip, whatever.” Well, answers my question.

I have a new obsession! Naked Juice! Like, the brand Naked. It’s absolutely amazing! If you’re a juice person, try this stuff! it’s real expensive, but totally worth the price because it’s amazingly good for you. I’m drinking Well Being-Black and Blueberry Rush right now. It’s one of the two flavors our Wal-Mart sells. Seriously, good stuff!

Mom is making Alfredo for dinner, which always puts me in a good mood. And I’ve got an AMP waiting in the fridge, and The Patriot to finish. So tonight will probably not end until tomorrow morning and I plan to have a good night. I’ve got a couple movies begging to be watched, and I don’t know how much longer I can stand hearing them cry my name… that was cheesy!

So I gave myself a paper cut at the clinic on Monday, and a plastic cut today. A plastic cut is like a paper cut, only with plastic. [no way!] and they HURT. So not fun. Plus, as an added bonus I whacked myself on the hand when I tried to get something out of the freezer today and cut open my paper cut again. Annoying? Just a little!

So I have a major problem. Like, I would really appreciate it if you guys would keep me in your prayers. Here’s the deal, music is my life. Cheesy as it sounds, I’m not even kidding. Music is incorporated in my life every single day. I haven’t had a day, not one day, in the past few years that hasn’t had music in it. Seriously, music is my life. And as of recently, I was introduced to a new genre of music that I liked a lot! First a few songs on the radio, then a friend suggesting a song, it got to the point where all I was thinking about was this kind of music. And it was not really, good music. The problem is, I really liked the music! It’s the beat, the tune that I like so much. The thing was that the lyrics were horrible. But you can’t have one without the other. And now, no other music sounds the same, I don’t get the satisfaction I used to listening to it now. Because I got addicted to the beat of the other music. Bad thing is that they play these songs on the radio all the time. So I would always hear these songs on the radio. I didn’t buy them or anything, so I would just hear them in a store or somewhere. It was bad. And it still is! I can’t get it out of my head. –sighs- I just need prayer because I can’t listen to this kind of music, but I want to so, so bad. It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do! Because music is such a big deal to me. And when it came to music, I’d never liked anything I couldn’t listen to. This is so not fun.

Well… now I’m frustrated.

I believe I will go eat and drink my energy drink. Hopefully it keeps me awake. I’m not planning on falling asleep tonight Haha.

Clocking out

I can’t believe it took me this long to post this, but it’s finally out. You’ve got to remember while reading this that I wrote it three weeks ago ha.

Losing people is hard. I don’t think I realized how hard it truly is, until now when I’ve lost someone. I mean, the whole reason we’re in California is because my Great Grandma Elsie passed away, but it never really hit me, that she was gone, until we got here. My great grandma was amazing. She was 95 when she died, outliving her husband, my great grandpa Harry, by a few years. She was one of the strongest Christian women I knew, and she was one of those people you loved being around because you never knew what she was going to do next. The Grandma Elsie most of my friends know is the one who visited us a couple years ago, and danced in the aisles in church. Is there a word for someone like that? Someone unpredictable. I guess that’s the only word for it, but it’s kind of harsh for the soft-hearted woman I’m describing. I don’t know. She went to a church that had a female pastor [which I think is awesome] and 50% of the congregation was either gay or lesbian. We visited once and went to church with her. That something I will never, ever forget. It wasn’t bad, that’s not why I’ll remember, but my Grandma Elsie was friends with this lesbian couple, and she would have them over to her house all the time. We met them when we went to church and I’ve got to say, when my grandma Elsie died I’ll bet they grieved as much as her family did. Going to that church was awesome, seeing the messed up people that my grandma impacted every Sunday. How cool, that she ministered to people that needed it so bad. Being the wonderful Christian woman that she was. And another thing, you were never able to leave her presence without getting something. Whether it was a physical thing or just an emotional or spiritual thing. She always gave something. And the atmosphere was always “bouncy” when she was present. Bouncy or Joyful are the perfect words for her. Dang… I miss her. I only saw her like, 5 times in my life and she impacted me so much. Being here is hard. Losing people is hard. I know I’m going to see her again. But dang, the time she’s not here is a hard time. A real hard time. She called everyone “Love” or “Darling.” She had a hard time remembering who was who when it came to my brothers, and she told Josiah one day, after calling him Jeremiah and getting corrected,
“I’m just going to call all of you Darling.” She was so great. I miss her. A lot.

By the time I post this we will probably be back home. There isn’t any internet at my grandma’s house. That’s where we’re staying. Not that it makes It any easier… everything smells like her. But at the moment I’m at a Starbucks, but I didn’t realize that you have to be registered to use the internet here, and it’s bogus. My Uncle Gordon is with me and we’re both having a heck of a time trying to sign into the internet here. We had to get cards and all this crud having to make accounts and blah and blah and blah. Well I’m finally on but I won’t post this because I’m not finished talking. By the time I post this it will probably be next week haha. How weird.

See what did I tell you? This is like the week-long post. Because it’s Monday now. I know you people are just reading this like… uh whaa? It’s been 10 seconds. But it hasn’t been 10 seconds for me! I’m just saving the doc. I’m typing this up on to my laptop and typing on it whenever I have time. Right now its 11:15 on Monday night and I should not be up! But we just got home[WHAAAHOOO!] and I’m not quite sleepy… well being in California was a blast, but I am sooo glad to be home. I get so homesick. It’s insane. Tomorrow is a crazy day of unpacking and uploading pictures and clothes washing and eating somewhere in there and some more unpacking. It’s going to be crazy. Hopefully I’ll get this dang thing posted by tomorrow but who knows. Well, I think I’m going to bed because I’m getting tired. I’ll try to get the rest of this written up and posted tomorrow. Goodnight for now. Btw I’m sleeping with a quilt that they gave me to bring home and it smells like Grandma Elsie. No tears though… no tears tonight I promise. I’ll write more tomorrow. Sweet dreams.

And now it’s Sunday, June 21, 2009, Father’s day. Happy Dad’s day all you guys. We appreciate ya’ll. I’m really sorry it took so long to post this. Anyway, being in California was a blast. I’ll post pictures as soon as I get time. All last week was basketball camp so I’ve been a little busy. I update my twitter all the time though, so you can check that, my username is Danyell_F now, not BrownHorseHair. And check out my TwitPic too, I just posted a picture of me and one of the Basketball coaches who looked crazily like Lil’ Wayne. He was awesome, totally hilarious and really nice. I’m glad I’ve got the picture. =] http://twitpic.com/80oeg

I’ll get a better update on here soon. Or so I say…

Sorry this is a little late. I meant to post it last night. ,'=] [this is my new favorite face!]

So my family is leaving tomorrow [AT STINKING 7 IN THE MORNING I MIGHT ADD!!] for California, my great grandmother passed away and we’re going down there to visit with family. It’s really hard for my family right now, we’d appreciate prayer. But I’m just taking a second to let you guys know why I won’t be blogging probably any next week. Hey, I uploaded the Twitter thing on the side, by my bio, and I’ll be updating from text pretty often. So check that for info on my what-abouts. I’m excited about going; it’ll be good to see that part of my family again. We don’t see them supah [>D] often because it’s so far away. So anyway, ya’ll have fun in my absence. Party till the cows come home, and then ask them where the heck they were because you gave them a strict curfew and they are hours past it. And don’t go easy on them either; I don’t care if they give you the line about, “Everybody hits on the cows, calling us bad names and dissing our whole species!” No, don’t let them feed you that. Everybody goes easy on the cows, because they’re cows. And some people feel bad that even their name is just degrading. But don’t let them throw you that. You should know better. Cows are deceiving, and rude too I might add… that’s why we eat them. And get off my back PITA people. Because I eat cows, and I think that beef is darn good too. Whatcha gonna do wit it?

A terrible thing happened today. My lotion… sputtered. –explodes into tear-choked sobs and then gains control, straightens and continues the story so you’re not completely confused-  my amazing big bottle of lotion that I carry in my bag, the one that smells so good,[the lotion not the bag] sputtered at me this morning. Know what that means? It’s running out. Know what that means? I have to buy new lotion. Know what that means? I have wait until there’s a sale in it before I buy it, otherwise its about 12 bucks for one bottle. Know what that means? Unless they have a sale tomorrow, I will be without my lotion for a few days. Know what that means? NO MORE GOOD SMELLING DANYELL! I mean, I’ll still smell amazing, I just won’t have my copyrighted “Fruity by Danyell” smell. It’s going to be a depressing week. Smell-less. I’m going to miss that smell! Seriously, one of the biggest compliments someone can give me is that I smell good. And now… I’m Brown-Sugar-and-Fig-less. That’s what kind of lotion it is. Brown Sugar and Fig. But my secret is that I also use another smell and mix the two to create “Fruity by Danyell.” Because I am amazing like that. So… sputtering lotion… never a good thing.

Its been a while since the WI trip, go to our youtube page and watch our videos hehe, they give you a good idea of how insanely fun it was. I’ve got pictures coming, I’ve just been busy so I haven’t gotten them on yet. =] so sue me, but, I’ve been supah busy! Yes, that is the coolest way to spell super. Supah. It’s the cool kid way. Get used to that way with me around. –sniffs and does cool kid head toss- Yeah. That’s right.

Last Thursday, Hannah and I went to Sherman with her sister, mom and grandma and it was a blast. As soon as I finish figuring out how to put pics from my phone on here I’ll post the pics. Until then look at her blog because she has a bunch on there. We kinda lazed around in stores, Target, Old Navy, Ross, I got a pair of jeans and two shirts so I was happy, and Hannah was happy because she got a new bag. And then we headed to Sams and I was extremely depressed because I was planning on buying a thing of LemonHeads, you know, jumbo Sams-size. And guess what? They don’t sell LemonHeads. Yeah that’s right. And after Hannah and Bethany kept telling me “Don’t worry, they’ll have LemonHeads” when I was doubtful. Yeah. Thanks guys. =P but we ended up getting pizza and slushies/freezes whatever you want to call them. And mine was blue so the day was great, because everyone knows blue drinks are the best.  So we were completely hyper on the ride home. We listened to every genre of music imaginable and danced to it all. And it’s hard to dance in a car and seatbelt ok. That takes mad skills. We even jammed to High School Musical, which –ha- I can’t believe Hannah has on her iPod. Because I –ha- would neeeeeever put High School Musical on MY iPod. I wouldn’t snitch it off Hannah’s computer either. I’m just not that kind of person. –ha- But then I want home and that was Thursday. It was a good Thursday. The weekend was good. Went to my Gpas and worked in the garden. Got a lovely tan and talked to Mackenna a bit. She wasn’t in town because she was in her cousins wedding as a Bridesmaid so I talked to her after she got her hair done and everything. It was fun for her, I could tell. Because she’s not really a girly girl so it was fun for her to dress up a little bit. I can’t wait to see more pics of it. she had a really pretty pink dress. Actually, it was more like, peach or coral than pink. Kind of a peach. It was pretty though. And that was my weekend. We went to Dallas to see The Fiddler on The Roof on Sunday, and that was awesome. The dude that played the main dude was the same dude that played him in the movie. So that was cool. And then Monday, the Vaughn’s came over for dinner and we hung out and I made Hannah and I’s happy cake. It’s like, amazing! It basically Happiness, in cake form. I’ll make it for you some time, its supah easy for a cake made from scratch. And REALLY good too. We ate the whole two layer cake that night. All but like, one or two pieces that were inhaled the next day. Not actually inhaled. That would hurt.

Can you turn up the base?

I  ROCK STAH THE BASE ON GUITAR HERO!!!!!

Just a thought, Isaiah 25 is a reeeeally good chapter. Ya’ll should read it. I read it last night and was like WHOA that’s cool!

Am I driving too fast for you now? BACKFIREEEEE! The muffler goes ka-POW!

Wanna know the best way to fall asleep? Pour yourself a huge glass of strawberry milk[you read right] , I mean make it bright pink, and cuddle on a couch with a feather pillow and a huge old quilt. A think one. Best way to fall asleep. Right there. I should sell feather pillows, old quilts, and strawberry milk all together in a bundle and make millions! Call it, Instant Sleep! Without Medication! Get Your Bundle of Joy today! HAHA! Oh my gosh I woke up too early…

OK I found this on the internet and you guys should fill it out because it’s kind of different but not really.

It’s all favorites, put the sentence “What’s Your Favorite…” in front of all of them.

Color? Brown because no one likes that color and I feel sorry for it.

Band? Don’t have a fav, just lots that I like.

Song? –sighs- favorite song? Well, to sing, the Band Version of My Immortal by Evanescence. To just listen to? Lots of different ones there…

Place to be? With my family and some friends in my living room watching a movie. A big action movie. Like Matrix.

Book? White Fang by Jack London. Don’t ask me why, I have no idea, but it’s my fav.

Person? Favorite person? Like a role model? Uhh… my parents. They count as one!

Candy? LemonHeads baby!

Smell? Anything Vanilla.

Number? 62!

Subject in school? Reading =P

Holiday? It’s a tie between Christmas, April Fools and St. Patrick’s day. I’m leaning towards April Fools though…

Thing to do? My favorite thing to do listen to music.

Ok that was kind of fun but it needed to be longer. Ya’ll need to email me more of these things! I’m obsessed.

Jeremiah told me something today that cracked me up, but I also laugh easily so… we were picking blackberries at our creek and he came up with an empty bowl. He saw my look of “disdain” because I had a full bowl and he had none and promptly told me “Don’t look at me that way. I had three but I tripped.”

I love having Jade here. For those of you who don’t know, my Uncle Jade moved here from Florida to take some college classes so he can go into the marines, army, navy I don’t remember exactly what. I think it’s the army. Anyway, so he’s been here since like, march and he’s staying in the school room on our old pull out couch/bed. Man, he’s hilarious! Seriously, I love having him here. He makes me laugh so hard! He’s my mom’s youngest brother. He’s 24. He is as big a sweet-tooth as I am, and when we went to Wisconsin he stayed here and we teased him about junking out while we were gone. =] he loves PopTarts, and mom told him he needs a healthy breakfast, not PopTarts and he fussed about it so I call him PopTart teehee. It’s funny. He also uses the BEST smelling cologne. I think its Addis, it’s amazing. Like, better than Axe! But, I don’t like very many of the Axe scents, so that’s not saying much.

Ok. I think I covered about everything I’ve been meaning too. Pictures coming next! Keep checking the Picasa albums, and check out the Rappin Elves website! And watch out new podcasts!

Clocking out

“…And suddenly there’s joy in life! Suddenly, there’s a reason to get up in the morning, it’s called Bacon!” Sookie from Gilmore Girls

Just a thought, but something has been bugging me for the past few weeks. Maybe you avid readers can help me sort it out… why are there always scratches in toilets? I mean in like, Wal-Mart or gas stations there are always scratches in the toilets! Not on the toilets, I mean inside. Like with the water. In the bowl. Why is this? I mean, how does this happen? I guess… I don’t know, do other people [not me of course] pee hard enough to leave scratches? I’m sorry but how else does it happen? I can think of one or two more ideas but I’d rather not post them if you know what I mean… it’s just … weird. Maybe someone just had to pee REALLY bad. But what a coincidence that there are scratches in EVERY public restroom. Driving to WI is like, a 16 hour drive so I had time t contemplate this question.  I watched, and I noticed, there are always scratches in the toilets! I wonder if it’s like that in guy bathrooms too… I’ll have to ask Jeremiah to look for me next time we go on a trip. Hmmm… I am very bugged at my inability to answer this question… think on it, and if any of ya’ll can come up with a better answer than hard peeing, tell me!!

I need some of prayer guys. I’m seriously going through something tough right now. I don’t want to talk about it, I just need prayer. Not prayer that I get through it, prayer that I see the right way to go, the right way to walk. I know that it’s a test. I’ve already come to the conclusion that it’s a test. But it’s hard. Basically, praying about it this morning God let me know that I’m actually getting it easy. “Pick one, me or this other thing.” Seems like an easy choice right? My problem is that it should be! –Sighs- I’ve been racking the Proverbs for lots of verses to help me. At first I kept saying over and over again “I don’t get it, I don’t understand.” And Then God was like BAM!! and smacked me upside the face with proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” And I just kind of sat there and was like… “Ahh, gottcha.” But if ya’ll could just include me in your prayers, I’d really appreciate it. =]

I still have newz about our trip to the big WI and I’ll talk about it soon. I just needed to rant a bit. I’m going to go sit with Lil’ brown eyes for a bit, before it gets too dark. It’s all good so all my people, puttcha hans doouuuwn.

So many thing are making me happy right now. Let me list a few of them in a random compilation I like to call my DANlist [Danyell’s Absolute Nonsense List] today’s looks like this.

I am home sweet home. I love music. Sweet tea is amazing. I have come to the conclusion that the red liquid-goop that runs through my veins is not blood like what most people have, no, mine is music. Voltage Mountain Dew is my new fav high energy drink. I have a really cool phone! I just had an amazing week with my some of my favorite people on the earth. Cheese is delicious. I have a friend who is getting a book published! I just discovered this morning that not a day goes by in my entire life that isn’t associated with music in some way, not one day! Tuck Everlasting is the saddest movie I’ve seen in a looooong time. Janette Oke is a good author! My hermit crab Chad isn’t dead. Neither is J.D. my fish. Socks are the most amazing thing since sandals became old news. I have discovered a strange fact about myself that I didn’t know before. That’s always weird! I am absolutely in love with my puppy dawg.

To get off on that subject, we got home from WI this morning around 4ish and Callie sprinted over and mostly jumped in the car when we opened the door. I love her! Seriously, she’s so sweet! I love her cute puppy dawg eyes. Lil’ brown eyes. So, Callie means Flower and I call her Calliflower because it’s hilarious! Do you get it? Cauliflower? Callie-flower?!? HA!!!

Ok, so while in the WI I was in the WEIRDEST mood all week and I made some HILARIOUS jokes. Wanna hear my fav? I know you do!

What’s the restaurant Sonics theme song?

The Chicken Wrap!

HAHAHA!!! OH MY GOSH THAT IS SO FUNNY!!! Seriously I laugh so hard I cry every time I tell that joke. HAHA!!! And I made it up! I have a few more but I just laughed so hard I forgot them. I’ll remember and post them later. Hehehehehehe…

Ok all that was written yesterday. The rest of this post is from today, Monday.

I got home from work today all prepared to finish a lesson of algebra. I grabbed my books, a root beer, and my calculator, put on a tee shirt and threw everything on the trampoline to do my lesson. First thing that happens is my root beer gets spilled, not my fault but hey, I had a good day… it’s all good. No major harm done. Next, I get all the way to problem 22 of 30, about 15 minutes left in my hour and a half long algebra lesson [including Lesson, Practice, Problems, and Grading] and I realize that I am doing a lesson I have already done. That’s getting back from a week-long trip for you. I started a new notebook for my problems and so I had no idea I was doing the wrong lesson. Bummer night. But we had mashed potatoes with dinner, so that pretty much made up for it. still, I was very much in wanting of a spare algebra book to tear up into itty bitty pieces and stomp into lil’ smidgens of confetti. But hey, it’s all good right?

I have more fun stuff to say about the WI trip, but I am sleepy, and need to head to the bed[HA!] because tomorrow is another day of school. But hey, it’s all good right?

These are the times that we'll remember
Breaking the city sight together
Finally it's our time now
It's our time now

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're clear

What is up my people? I am in Wisconsin! As a family trip/dad business trip/part of the Rappin Elves World Two-R! This is Dan, it is my blog of course. And this is Mack. Hullo peeps! We have new raps, new podcasts, new absolute coolness and we are rocking your world. Still updating the website, not quite done with it. But we are very excited about all the new stuff. And get this! Our Rappin Elves shirts are going to be in soon! We have two logos to choose from and we even have some to sell. Shirts I mean. So anyone that wants a Rappin Elves tee shirt [I know there are soooo many of you that want one] needs to let us know soon so we know how many to order. They’re $15 bucks a pop. And if you want more than one they’re $12 each. You can pick between black and grey, and the Logo covers the front and its black and green and red. The sizes are small, medium, large, and x-large. Mack and I wear a small to give you a scale of the sizes. We are about to go make another podcast (not a vlog). Be good and eat your vegetables.

Adios amigos!

“The sign of a true friendship, is when you can forgive success.” -Guillermo del Toro

She’s here! Actually, sorry for the delay, she’s already almost two weeks old… but she’s cute, she’s sweet, and she has a little attitude! Our baby horse was born Thursday morning around 4, about two weeks ago next Thursday. Her Grandfather was one of my Grandpa’s favorite horses, so we call her Jo after him [the horse, not my Grandpa ] and her full name is not quite decided yet, either Josie or Joey, and I’m more in favor of the latter. She’s a doll! I'll post a pic soon.

Dad and I wrote a song titled Mesh Vest to be published on this blog at a later time. For those of you who were wondering about the random title of this entry. Because I never have random titles… they always make sense.

Danyell needs prayer. She is working out a large problem but can use all the help she can get prayer-wise. God is amazing. Don’t ever doubt that. I’m just struggling with some things. Show me one person who isn’t I mean… just keep me in your prayers. You’re all in mine.

Thanking God daily for you all! Matthew 5:16