I've already met them. These kids are wonderful.
Meagan
Amanda
Katie
Jenna
Mike
Stacy
Brittney
Amanda
Nicole
Jamie
Dain
Jen
Ally
Ashley
Emily
Lauren
Andy
Roma
Jason
Ben
Rachael
Sarah
David
Patrick
Sara
Jessy
Rachel
Bethany
Abby
Valerie
Ben
Christina
Cami
Elizabeth
Chloe
Brenna
Sarah
Megan
Jessi
Brittney
Phil
Ashley
Tina
Kristi
Joann
Judi
Anna
Sarah
Alison
Andrew
Joe
Shannon
Liz
Jess
Bri
Kristen
Colin
Jenni
Erin
Alanda
Maria
Melanie
Tom
Katie
Corbin
Alice
Kim
Whitney
Tanya
Ally
Natalie
Alanna
John
Kristen
Katie
Janie
Mama Julie
And these are my very favorite:
This beautiful girl’s name is Amanda. She’s been my best friend for six years. She's fearless. And she’s extraordinary. She’s an overwhelmingly artistic, mysterious, hilarious girl who I've admired for years. She's just so fun and we can talk for hours. I respect her for her determined love for the Lord and I absolutely love that she’s straight edge and proud of it. Though she may not even realize, she means the world to me and I love her more than anyone.
This awesome one is Mark. He's changed my life. He’s like a brother to me and I know I could tell him anything. He plays hot lava tag and hide-and-seek with me, he swings on swings with me, he brushes my hair, and talks to me for hours and hours. We play music together and it sounds better than anything you’ve ever heard. He makes me laugh, I like that. But I especially like that he's overflowing with the joy of the Lord. He’s one of my best friends.
My baby Dain. Oh how I love this boy. I can't even begin to tell you how wonderful he is. He's hilarious and gets me laughing so hard, probably made me pee a lil a time or two. I don't think I've ever met a boy I could talk to for so many hours at a time and get such killer advice. Ah, he's just so much fun! And crazy! Like for real, he is CRAZY. I love him. SO MUCH.
"Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let go, reckless in your love, you'll have it forever, real and eternal."
Jesus, John 12:23-26
Dear Alicia,
The Academy Is…
Acceptance
AFI
Afilio
The Afters
Alexisonfire
All Time Low
The Almost
AM Radio
Amber Pacific
Anberlin
Angels and Airwaves
Aqualung
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
As Cities Burn
As I Lay Dying
Asteria
The Ataris
Atlantis Quartet
The Audition
August Burns Red
Augustana
Bad Astronaut
The Bad Plus
Bayside
The Beatles
Beatrix Jar
Beck
Before Today
Ben Folds Five
Billy Talent
The Bird and the Bee
Bjork
The Bled
Blindside
Brooklyn Rider
Boxcar Racer
Boys Like Girls
Brandtson
The Breeders
The Buggles
Camera Can't Lie
Cartel
Cat Power
Chevelle
Children of Zion
Chiodos
Cinemechanica
Circa Survive
The Clash
Cloud Cult
CocoRosie
Coheed and Cambria
Coldplay
Converge
Copeland
Cue
Cue Madison
A Cursive Memory
Cute Is What We Aim For
Dashboard Confessionals
Dave Matthews Band
Days Away
Dead Poetic
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Is Not Welcome Here
The Devil Wears Prada
DeVotchka
Disciple
Dream Theater
Dressy Bessy
The Early November
Electropolis
Emery
Emiliana
Fair to Midland
The Fall of Troy
Falling Up
Feist
The Few Nice Words
The Finals
Finch
A Fine Frenzy
Foals
For Today
The Format
Four Letter Lie
The Fragile Campaign
The Fratellis
The Fray
Frog Eyes
From First to Last
Frou Frou
The Gang Font
Gatsby’s American Dream
Gingerbread Patriots
Gogol Bordello
Goldfrapp
Gym Class Heroes
Halloween, Alaska
Happy Apple
Hawthorne Heights
Hellogoodbye
Hillsong
Hit the Lights
Homegrown
Hot Chip
Hot Hot Heat
Houston Calls
Imogen Heap
Iron and Wine
Jack’s Mannequin
The Jazzinvaders
Jefferson Airplane
Jelloslave
Jet
Jimmy Eat World
Karate High School
King Crimson
Kiss Kiss
The Kooks
The Kronos Quartet
Kutless
Love-Cars
Lyrics Born
Mae
Matchbook Romance
Mayday Parade
Merchant Band
Meriwether
MGMT
Modest Mouse
Motion City Soundtrack
The Movielife
Muse
Mute Math
My American Heart
My Chemical Romance
Mystery Palace
The New Pornographers
Nihilio
Noisettes
Norma Jean
OAR
October Fall
The Octopus Project
OK Go
Overflow
Panic! At the Disco
Paramore
Pattern Is Movement
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Pixies
Playradioplay!
The Postal Service
Psapp
Quietdrive
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
The Rakes
Ratatat
Red Fox Grey Fox
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Remedy Drive
The ReUptake Inhibitors
The Rocket Summer
Run Kid Run
Saosin
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Sea Wolf
Secondhand Serenade
The Secret Handshake
The Semester
Senses Fail
Showbread
The Shins
Shiny Toy Guns
Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
Sick Puppies
Silverstein
Small Towns Burn A Little Slower
Snow Patrol
So Many Dynamos
Something Corporate
Sonicbloom
The Spill Canvas
Spoon
Starfield
The Starting Line
Story of the Year
The Strokes
Sugarcult
The Swift
Taking Back Sunday
Tapes 'N Tapes
Target Market
Tellison
These New Puritans
A Thorn For Every Heart
Thrice
The Tofsters
Tokyo Police Club
Toploader
Turtle Island Quartet
Underoath
Until April
The Used
Valencia
Vampire Weekend
Vaudeville
Venia
A Verse Unsung
Vertical Horizon
Waking Ashland
We All Have Hooks for Hands
We Versus the Shark
White Rabbits
The White Stripes
The Who
Wilco
Write This Down
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Aaron Copland
Alexander Scriabin
Anton Rubinstein
Antonin Dvorak
Antonio Vivaldi
Aram Khachaturian
Arnold Shoenberg
Bela Bartok
Benjamin Britten
Billy Strayhorn
Bix Beiderbecke
Camille Saint-Saëns
Carl Nielson
Charles Ives
Claude Debussy
Clint Mansell
Danny Elfman
Dmitri Shostakovich
Duke Ellington
Edgar Meyer
Edvard Grieg
Edward Elgar
Ella Fitzgerald
Erik Satie
Felix Mendelssohn
Franz Liszt
Franz Joseph Haydn
Frédéric Chopin
Friedrich Smetana
George Frideric Handel
Georges Bizet
George Gershwin
George Philip Telemann
George Winston
Giacomo Puccini
Giuseppi Verdi
Gustav Holst
Gustav Mahler
Hank Mobley
Harry Gregson-Williams
Hector Berloiz
Henri Dutilleux
Herbie Hancock
Howard Shore
Iannis Xenakis
Igor Stravinsky
Ingram Marshall
Irving Berlin
Jacques Offenbach
James Brown
Jean Phillippe Rameau
Jean Sibelius
Jelly Roll Morton
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johannes Brahms
John Adams
Leonard Bernstein
Louis Armstrong
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Luigi Boccherini
Mark O'Connor
Maurice Ravel
Modest Mussorgsky
Niccolo Paganini
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nino Rota
Oliver Messiaen
Paul Hindemith
Philip Glass
Pierre Boulez
Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
Ralph Vaughn Williams
Richard Strauss
Richard Wagner
Robert Schumann
Rogers and Hammerstein
Scott Joplin
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Rachmaninov
Steve Reich
Theolonius Monk
Vladimir Rebikoff
Witold Lutoslawsi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Yann Tiersen
Adele
Andrew Bird
The Andrews Sisters
Anton Bruckner
Amy Winehouse
Andy Williams
Anna Nalick
Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
BB King
Belinda Underwood
Ben Folds
Bethany Dillon
Bessie Smith
Bic Runga
Billie Holiday
Bic Runga
Bing Crosby
Bob Marley
Bon Iver
Charlie Parker
Chris Tomlin
Christina Courtin
Colbie Caillat
Damien Rice
Dave Barnes
David King
Dean Martin
Devendra Banhart
Dinah Shore
Doris Day
Duke Ellington
Edgar Meyer
Ella Fitzgerald
Eric Jacobsen
Etta James
Fats Domino
Fiona Apple
Frank Sinatra
Frankie Valli
Gary Jules
Gene Austin
Gene Kelly
Geoff Gascoyne
Glen Miller
Harry Connick, Jr
Hilary Hahn
Hiromi Uehara
Ingrid Michaelson
Israel Houghton
Itzhak Perlman
Jadyn Maria
Jamie Cullum
Jason Upton
Jeff Deyo
Jesse Mills
Jimi Hendrix
Joanna Newsom
John Coltrane
John Williams
Josh Groban
Joshua Bell
Josiah Bakken
Joy Williams
Justin Rizzo
Kate Nash
Kelly Clarkson
Kelsey Joy
Ken Oak
Kendra Shank
Kirk Franklin
Lefty Frizzell
Lena Horne
Leo Reisman
Louis Armstrong
Matt Costa
Mahalia Jackson
Mandy Moore
Mark O'Connor
Marvin Gaye
Matt Redman
Matt White
Max Mandel
Michael Andrews
Michael Buble
Michael Garrick
Mike Block
Miles Davis
Misty Edwards
MoZella
Nat King Cole
Natalie Grant
Paul Whiteman
Patsy Cline
Paul Anka
Perry Como
Rachael Lampa
Ray LaMontagne
Regina Spektor
Robin McKelle
Rufus Wainwright
Sam Cooke
Sara Barielles
Scottie Miller
Sissel Kyrkjebo
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tina Turner
Tommy Emmanuel
Tommy Walker
Tori Amos
Tristan Prettyman
Valentina and Alexei
Vanessa Carlton
Woody Guthrie
Yael Naim
Yo-Yo Ma