The trouble with up is that there is always a down

Want to know where I come from?  Good, because either way I'm going to tell you.  I'm from a little town in Mississippi that if you drive an hour in almost any direction, you could be in culture shock. My town only has one red light that at midnight becomes a caution light.  It's small but it's mine. It's where I graduated with the same people that went to kindergarten with. It's where people don't go out clubbing every weekend or drink fancy drinks.  They go to a random field and drink beer around a bonfire and argue about whose truck can make it the longest without getting stuck and whose truck is bad enough to get the fore mentioned truck unstuck.  Where the guy throw a couple punches and then shake hands.  Girls aren't afraid to get dirty. They help build swings and know how to change a tire. We go to the river every summer and sometimes in the winter. We don't get snow. We get frost on the car in the early mornings.   I live in the hospitality state. That means that we say sir and ma'am, please and thank you, God bless you,  your welcome, etc. We say ya'll, ain't, reckon, and always greet old friends with " How's your mom and them?" We surround ourselves with our family and dare someone to get in the way.  We may have to wait for trains to pass or traffic to clear after the Friday night football games but this is my town. It's redneck hell and our neighbors live in coonass valley but this is my town.  It's where I've laid my roots. It's important to me. It's a part of who I am and it has helped mold me into the person I am.

Ready to hear the best and worst part of my little small town?  Everyone knows everyone.  I can't walk outside without someone seeing me and within 24 hours, everybody will know. In that same situation, I can't even pull up into my friends driveway without them realizing if I'm upset and I love that about here. The few friends that I have are really close to me and I adore them. They seem to always know the right thing to say and the right time and if they don't, they will at least attempt to figure something out to make me feel better.  They try. That's important to me. Trying. It doesn't matter how many times one says they are trying, it doesn't mean anything until that person proves it and my friends, they prove it. Every single day. Even when I'm not being as good of a friend to them as they are to me but they are willing to work with me and I do the same for them. I hope they know this.

The whole point of this is because, where I'm from isn't a bad place. It's really not. I just don't understand why some people are so hesitant to come here when I thought I made it clear how important it is to me. Sure, every place has a bad bunch but even so, this is my home and I enjoy sharing it with people I care about. No, I won't spend the rest of my life here but I'll always return. This place has value to me and for anyone that actually truly cares about me better embrace it with open arms.

That's really all I have to say. Tough times are tough. Good times are good. I'm somewhere in the middle of those two. I don't know how to feel about some events going on in my life but things happen.

Until next time, peace, love, and whatever else helps you sleep at night.


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Audience- why are talking about goats

Audience! What are you reading this blog? *cue the intro and other random things*

That was fun! And yes, I realize that I completely stole that but it was relevant. Relevant how, one might ask? This is why.

Also this.


Now. If you are unaware of what these pictures mean, I will be more than happy to tell you. that is me wearing a Freaking TOBUSCUS HOODIE! The second picture is one of me and the hoodie and also the slap bracelet of darkness, redness, then whiteness. For those that are still confused, TOBUSCUS, Toby Turner, is a YouTube star and also maybe my future exhusband.... If I play my cards right, that is I'm kidding. For the most part anyways. Anyways, my 20th birthday was Tuesday. (Yeah, I feel old now. I stopped by my old high school band hall to see my favorite people ever and the kids looked at me like I was 112 when they heard I was 20.) And my really good friend bought it for me and I doubt he will ever understand how excited I was to get it. I even squealed a little bit. I'm gonna thank him again in case he reads this! THANK YOU!!!!

Now that I'm done with my little penguin dance of excitement, moving on to more current news. Today, we bought goats. Wanna see? Sure you do.





Aren't they adorable? They are. Admit it.

Other than that, nothing new has happened. I go to school and then come home. I'm really trying to do a short video or something special for everyone seeing how I really am trying to get back into the swing of things. I've even been writing down creative ideas for y'all and jotting down the conversations that I over hear so I can add my dry sense of humor to it that you love so much. I have this really good one about Thursday college nights and the bad decisions people make. It's gonna be good.

As always, links are at the bottom and to share is to the right. Until next time.... Peace, love and whatever Else helps you sleep at night!! :)

Cold December Night

Hello everyone!!!! I'm still alive... Kinda... Obviously, it's "how about my sinuses jack up my whole face" season again. It's joyous, my friends.


Let's talk about the holidays real quick. From November to January, it becomes apparent that these few months are national family time months. Between thanksgiving, hanauka?, Christmas, New years, and whatever other holidays i missed.(I'm not the best at being politically correct. Don't sue me.) Before I ramble anymore, I hope everyone had and is having a wonderful holiday season. Thankfully it's almost over. It gets tiring having to see so many people. Yes, I love my family and enjoy every moment with them but let's be honest. Do you really want to continue to hear your great aunt Betsy tell you how much you've grown and ask why haven't you found a real man and supplied her with great great nieces and nephews? No. The answer is always no.










And now that that's out of the way, I can tell you that I have amazing parents who got me a New phone with a front facing camera so anyone that wants to skype me should totally do that. If you would like to, send me a message on Facebook, twitter, or even leave a comment on here. The links are either at the bottom or to the right to my fb and twitter pages. These are only visible in desktop view. That's important knowledge. I do have a couple funny stories and a video I want to post but I enjoy a good cliff hanger so my lovely audience will just have to wait... Mainly until I can get to my laptop instead of my phone. :)

Until next time, peace, love, and whatever else helps you sleep at night.

P.s.- I'm still wanting to change my blogs name if anyone has any suggestions. :)

My Feelings Show

Hello there, once again. Tonight/today/morning/afternoon/whatever time you read this, I just want to ramble. It's been one of those days where nothing "bad" has happened but it just hasn't been a good day. Alright, you got me. I had a terrible afternoon. My feelings have been hurt so many times by this one person. Let's call he/she.... Bob.

Look at me go... Bob freakin' hates me but yet I am so flippin nice that I don't want to call 'him' out on the internet or in person or via text or phone. Why am I always the bigger person in these situations? Ugh. I hate it. I really just want to be a bitch, just once to Bob but what would that solve? Nothing. Nothing at all. Why? Because me and my stupid morals would feel terrible for it. I would then have to go and apologize to Bob and then Bob will go all stupid and tell everyone that I am the biggest meany head in Pike County... along with whore.... and bum... and everything in between. Why can't people just be nice to everyone... and me? I try my best to be nice to everyone and be positive all the time but sometimes I just... can't.. It's freaking hard to always be the stable rock that everyone depends on and leans on and a girl can only take so much...

Due to my niceness, I can't even really tell ya'll what happened and the whole story but the sum of it is that Bob hates me for no other reason than the fact that something happened several years ago that you and I would find irrelevant to my life now  but Bob hates me for it and I can't even go to town without getting hateful looks from Bob. It just gets old always getting looked at like I'm scum when I have been nice and kind and I was there for Bob, even when no one else was. But whatever. I just felt the need to vent and whine a little bit.

It's just been one of those days when you try your best to smile, grit your teeth, and let it roll off but it kinda gets stuck on your shoulder like a nagging little buzzing fly. Dang... That was a good analogy. I'm proud of that one, although it does make me feel a little southern. Yee-haw.

Another thing... And I'm being completely serious, alright? How many people do you know that actually say 'yee-haw' on a normal basis? Seriously. I think I might have missed the memo that all people from the south say yee-haw. (I doubt that the reason I even bring this up will read this... Gosh.. I sure hope you don't cause this would be somewhat embarrassing... Just. Saying... If you do then just know that you're amazing and you're not allowed to judge me :) )

Flying purple poka-dotted yellow hippos. Yeah. If I'm gonna be all random then I'm gonna go all out.

On a more positive note, I feel tons better now that I could just get it all out. YAY! Well, I'm gonna try to actually sit down and write something clever this weekend. I haven't done that in a while. Until next time.. Peace, love, and whatever else helps you sleep at night.

p.s. You should try something for me. The next time you see someone, say something nice to them. You never really know what a few kind words will do for someones day. It might turn their whole day around.

Friday is Why Not Rant Day

Hiiii guys! I think I just found my new blogging time! Seeing how we rarely do anything in here and when we do, I seem to get done rather quickly AND I'm already in front of a computer, this will be when I may or may not blog. It's easier than waiting till midnight to get online at my house.

As you probably know if you are in the southern region of Mississippi, a school in Lincoln County recieved a letter from the ACLU about how they were going against the constitution by praying in school. What I'm getting at is that my facebook has blown up with nonsense about "blah blah blah, THEY NEED TO FIND JESUS, blah blah blah, IT'S OUR RIGHT TO PRAY WHEN AND WHERE WE WANT!, blah, blah, blah." Now, I'm not really the one that goes and blows everything out of proportion and to freak out with stuff like this and I'm SO not the one to give my point of view on things to the public like this but... this is MY blog, that IIII have made, worked with, and babied. SO, if you get offended easily and then will turn around and chew me out and try to shove your beliefs down my throat then why don't you just skip this portion of this entry. Are you skipping it? Good.

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Let me first start off by saying that yes, I believe in God, Jesus, and the Bible. No, I am not some athesit, satan worshipper. This is just MYYYYYY opinion.
I say that yes, going to school shouldn't be like going to church and here is why.

1. I firmly believe that if YOU want your child to be a christan or to grow up believing in whatever god, religion, ect. that you want said child to believe in, then it is YOUR responsibility as a parent to make sure that that happens. NOT the PUBLIC SCHOOL that you send your child to. One of my friends parents, (who I very much respect) commented on my status saying that the goverment does not give the schools the money as a gift. That it is the tax paying parents that are the ones working for the money to pay for it and I completely understand her point of view but I still believe that you shouldn't depend on the school system to raise your child in certain beliefs. That is all on the parents.

2. IF you say, "Well, I want my child to say a christan prayer every morning at school," ok. That is fine with me BUT you then have to be prepared to hear your child coming home and having to practice a muslin prayer to Allah. You can't pick and chose which religions are allowed in school. It's either all or none and I'm not sure if you realize but ummm. There are some really crazy people in this world and it would not surprise me at all if your kid came home saying, "Ailz Hitler!" {bad take on my German accent via text} I'm just saying, it's all or none and I'm pretty sure you don't want your kid worshipping Allah.. or Hitler.

3. The whole, "You can't allow prayer in school, " thing was totally mis-read. What they are saying is that as long as it is STUDENT lead, it's fine. They don't want the teachers to be sending biased, "Jesus is the end all, be all" messages because lets face it. Not everyone believes in Jesus. Some people are muslim, or budist, or what ever else works for them. Christanity isn't about judging people and if you sent your kid to a mostly muslim school that said muslim prayers every day, you wouldn't like that too much now, would you? What's the difference between that and a muslim kid going to a mainly christan school and having to say a christan prayer? The difference is the religion. So why the big deal? Because most the people in the bible belt are morons who are so stuck in their ways about every little thing that they can't stop and look at it from anyone else's perspective. That's the differnce.

So while everyone and their momma is making a mnt. Everest out of the ant bed, try to look at it from someone elses perspective. Yeah, you might actually learn something. So what? They don't want the kids who don't believe in the same things as you to have to be pressured into saying something they don't believe in. It goes both ways dear. Quit it. Just, stop.

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Now that I am done ranting, it is safe to read again. I'm about to sign out of my computer and head to my next class. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!!!
Until next time, peace, love, and whatever else helps you sleep at night!!! :)

The last the lost and the least

So, before any of you start throwing rocks and sticks and whatever else is in the nearby area at me, I can explain. I haven't had decent internet in months which is why I haven't been able to bore you all with my pointless blog entries. Is there anyway you could find it in your heart to forgive me? If not then I guess I'll cut it short and say you know you'll come back around. I may just be that addicting. :)

Anyways. Moving on now that I have explained myself. I want to fill you all in on what I have been up to since May.

May- school ended. I came home, worked with my aunt a little, got yelled at by random people for  no apparent reason other than the fact that they hate me. The usual around here.

June- I slept and ate and went to the river... A lot. Kayaking with Brandon Boyd is the funniest thing ever. I love him and he is STILL my best friend.

July- the same as June. You have to keep up. I know, my life is so complicated but just bare with me.

August- School starts back up, football season begins, I fight the urge to jump on the field when my little brother gets tackled. Hey, don't judge. That's what Sissy's are for. :) Oh. and Hurricane Isaac decided that I shouldn't have power for a couple of days which was so not nice.

And now we get to September. Well guys.. here it goes. This month has been absolutely ridiculous. I have seriously wanted to just hit pretty much everyone that I have come in contact with. I am allergic to bullshit but instead of sneezing, I pretty much tell you to got the hell away. What can I say? Allergies are terrible this time of year. Anywho, this happened and that happened and whatnot and now I'm single. I really don't want to go into details about it all because it's not really unnecessary and we split on somewhat good terms so I'm not going to blast our business out on the internet. Hell, I've actually only talked to like three people about it and even then I just told them we broke up. It was just one of those things that happen while people grow up. They have to do things that just aren't pleasant. I can't lie. For the first time, I'm actually enjoying being single. I can flirt with whoever I want (which I don't), dress however I want (which is not sluty), and I don't have that constant feeling that I'm going to screw up somehow. I just don't care. I am having conversations with a few people. One of them is just my type which is pretty cool. I never thought I would find one. lol.

On a brighter note, my Best Friend RAIMY is home! You have no idea how much I have missed her. She's living with me, actually. Right now, she is in the room next to me! It's great.

Oh. Before I go and make any drastic changes. I really want to change my blog's name. Brandon suggested "Between Life and Love" which I really like but I would appreciate the input. So this may be the last time that Your One and Only says until next time, peace, love, and whatever else helps you sleep at night! :)

It is a Monday

"What? It's daylight out side and you wrote a blog and actually put it on facebook when normal people are awake? Are you ok, Maureena?" Yes, yes I am and hello ladies and gents.

Here is what has been going on. I am in second round of finals week in my first year of college at good ole Delta State. It has been a (school) year. Man. I want to take this brief time to mention how much of an experience it has been. Now that that moment has passed, let us move on to the me that you actually read this for.


Here lately, I have become addicted to a game. Minecraft. It's the devil. That actually makes a good little slogan.... Ok, not really but hey, beggars can't be choosers. Anyways. I have not become addicted by myself. Some how this addiction has spread to some people who I, honestly and don't judge me for saying this, didn't realize how cool they really were. (Don't get mad at me for using ya'll's names,please? :) )  There's Kristen and Matthew (they are such a cute couple), Will, and Jimmie. Also, there is J-rad, who is pretty awesome because he gave me a copy of his music and I am going to put the link to some of it right here. This is actually a mix. I have no earthly idea where I could find his songs so I can't put them on here. Give him some feed back and share the love.

Forgive my awful memory and my laziness of not going through and seeing if I have or not but have I mentioned I HATE packing? It's awful. I have so. much. stuff. It ranks up there with dubstep, in my opinion and speaking of dubstep, let me tell you a fun story. I hate it. Dubstep just drives me up the walls. So, I was eating breakfast this morning and just listening to music. I was jamming to some song (I forgot, awful memory, remember?) and then the song ends. No big deal. You know that few second delay inbetween songs? That quiet? I was just patiently waiting for that quiet to end when all of a freaking sudden. Bam. The next song that came on was dubstepped. It. was. awful. A very traumatic experience, none-the-less.  Stupid. hahahahah.

Well guys, I really need to study and pack some more so I can get back to my addictive game for a little while. Be sure to like, share, and follow me. You have no idea how giddy I get when people do this stuff. But until next time, peace love, and what ever else helps you sleep at night!!!

I May Be a Famous Author But I Doubt It

Hey everyone! How is it going? Good, I hope. Good... Good. Well I have some interesting news. BUUUUT,, I don't want anyone getting all their hopes up because, honestly, if you know me, you know that when it comes to my creative strides, I hardly ever finish them.

 Anyways, my somewhat exciting news is that... I'm attempting to write a children's book. It is probably going to turn out awful but I'm going to do it and if it does turn out awful then I can always just not finish the epic failness of my story. I don't want to give away any major details and I only plan to give details to my BFFFFF, Brandon (CHECK OUT HIS BLOG HERE!), because he has somewhat agreed to help me with the illustrations and Lauryn (she would bug me to death if I didn't) and Jimmie read the first little bit but that's probably it. If you haven't seen my doodles, the you don't know that I, Maureena Smith, can't draw to save my life.

Next topic, school is almost out for me! YAY! I love the delta but I'm so ready to see trees and float the river and things like that with my family and friends. I miss everyone from home terribly. I'm so excited! The only negative thing is that I have to pack all my crap up and move it back home. The moving it home isn't really the bad part. It's the packing and unpacking that is going to suck. I have already brought all my winter clothes home and most of my pictures and stuff like that but man.. I still have so much crap left. I never thought that I had so many things... Ugh.

I'm sorry this is so short or you're welcome that this is so short. Use which ever one applies to you. I'm just going to skip all the like/share/follow/tweet/ask questions things that I would normally do because I'm really tired but I just wanted to write this quick update blog. So until next time, peace, love, and whatever else helps you sleep at night.!

Turtle Fences

Hello my fellow readers! Oh how I have missed these! Things have been semi hectic lately due to the fact that I am in college and what not.  Finals and stuff are coming up so I've been studying and packing... It's so not fun... :/

What have I been doing with my life since my little nearly throwing everything that has even thought about having a battery against a wall because the stupid internet screwed up my 50th blog post, you ask? Well, the answer to that is somewhat of a simple one. I've attempted to play minecraft. With a little help from my boyfriend, Jimmie, who made me travel into the deep parts of my computer to do a whole bunch of nonsense what-cha-ma-call-its which I, honestly, have no idea what I did. BUTTTTTT. It still doesn't work right. I don't know. I'm beginning to think that if it is any more advanced than the wheel, I don't need to even look at it. EVERYTHING I TOUCH BREAKS! Sad panda face.... although the sad panda face is really actually adorable.

Now, for something a little new. I have answers to some questions!


Q- What is your favorite Harry Potter House?
  A- Hufflepuff. I have started playing Pottermore and J.K. Rowling says I'm a Hufflepuff therefore I am. I know, I'm such a nerd. I spent Friday night playing Pottermore while every one else went out and got drunk. Bahaha.

Q- Why is it so hard to put on those sticky protective phone things?
  A- Because it's a conspiracy.

Q-Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?

A- That's difficult. Of course there are some moments that I wish that I didn't remember but there are some that I would never want to forget. Then again, a person can't grow with out making mistakes and mistakes are apart of ones memories and if I can't make new ones then I can't grow so the answer to this question is..... Pass...

Q- Will yu marry me???

A- No. Never. But I still love you...

Q- Can you get me a date with John Marcellus?

A- Yes, But it will take 2.768 Million Euros, 19 cans of blue spray paint, 5 rolls of duck tape and a saftey pin.

Q- How long is rope? Keep in mind this is a trick question.

A- From one end to the middle, doubled.

Q-Why is the underside of your pillow still cool even after you have laid your head on it for hours?

A- Why do you question one of life's few freebies?

Q- Have you ever been to the moon?

A- Yes. I went when the cow jumped and the dish ran away with the spoon.

Q- Why do bad things happen to good people?

A- Because life sucks. And It takes bad things happening for the real good people to emerge.

Q- Where do buffaloes hide their wings?

A- The same place that men hide their brains. JK Man... JK...

Well that was fun. Right now I'm typing this while on Skype with Lauryn. Fun story, I started tryping this when I was on Skype with Jimmie but now it's another day and I am working hard to finish it. Lauryn is my motivation to type all those questions. I felt semi clever with a couple of them. Also, I didn't use all the questions because, well, I couldn't copy and paste them or it messed up my format and it would have taken too long to set it back up or completely retype them. I 'm lazy. You all know this.

Now for the boring part of my blog. If you ask a question of your own, because you know it will be fun, write a comment below, send me a message on facebook, tweet me, or write on my facebook like page. Feel free to like or follow, links are at the bottom and feel free to share, those buttons are to the right. Also, I hope you have a super fantastic what-ever-time-of-day it is!

Until next time, peace, love, and what ever else helps you sleep at nigh!

PS- For my best friend ever! ----Brandon, you do realize how nice it would be to have a custom picture that says my outtro? You are just so good with MS Paint and I would greatly appreciate it. :))) Hint, hint, wink, wink. :)

50th Extravaganza

I'm going to try this again. So. Hey, everyone... I already had this typed and it was really actually kinda funny but yeah. Stupid computer, internet, blogger screwed it up. Which really makes me sad cause I spent an hour on it and like I said, it was actually funny.

I haven't posted in a while because I wanted it to be exciting because this is my 50th post but yeah. Can't freaking have that can I. NOOOO. Something has to go and mess it up and now every thing that I typed disappeared. Ugh. Any ways. YAY for super fantastic 50th post. Whoooo. Seriously though. I'm so upset.

That's really all that I have right now. I had more but oh well. I'll be sure to actually give you a post that is worth reading now that I've gotten over my 50th post bump.

Night guys.