So... I got stuck in an elevator tonight... And not just with 1 or 2 people... you know when you try to cram everyone possible onto an elevator?... yeah... there were 10 other people and me... seriously... we could not fit another person in that elevator.

We were in there for about 30 minutes and eventually had the NYPD break us out... we had to crawl out to the 3rd floor.

Great first day of the new Gallery Church office and pi day. I don't think I will be taking that elevator any time soon.

So now, for your enjoyment, the photo recap... because it was just too funny to pass up...













So, I am alive. Praise God. It got hot in there!

{nt}

I like a boy thing.

the world...

it feels like..

zoom zoom zoom

right past my head.

off to working on that kid's b-day present...

It's 2:12 AM and all sorts of creatures lurk in the darkness...







ARRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!







But have no fear! Frederick the Love Monkey will save the day!  Err...Night.







And in the night, Frederick receives a phone call: "Come to the Taj Mahal at 2:22."







"OK!"







So he went, not knowing what he would find there, lurking in the dark,
deep, dank jungles of India . . . But the last thing he expected was. .
.







Theopold, the Chicken of DOOM!!!







AHHHH!!!  Not Theopold, the Chicken of DOOM!!!







Yes, tis I!  Theopold, the Chicken of DOOM!!!







Do we have to say Theopold, the Chicken of DOOM!!! in every slide?







No. . .







I could EAT YOU!!! MWAHAHA!!!







My eye! You ate out my eye, you fiend! I must escape to. . .






LONDON!






Then, in order to escape from enemy agents, he went to France, where he met and fell in love with a monkey by the name of FiFi la Monkee.






Then he met her husband. . .






So he ran to the US Capitol building to request political asylum.






And the President said: "NO!"






So they locked him in a closet with nothing to eat but a flashlight and it's batteries.






As he was tunneling out of the closet, he saw something in the distance.  It was. . .






CLAY AIKEN!!!






After posing for a quick picture, Frederick the Love Monkey took a cruise to . . .






The fiery lake of burning sulphur that is the second death!






But he was saved by Theopold, the Chicken of DOOM!!!, who had a sudden change of heart.  "So, where do you want to go?"






DISNEY WORLD!!!






Where he took trumpet lessons . . .






From Sauron! Lord of Mordor!






Considering Sauron was just a giant eyeball, he needed Frederick the Love Monkey to help him take over the world!!!






And all in time to be home by 2:30.




THE END




::b

i cant find the link to fill my bracket out =(

am i not the most adorable kid ever ?

I am so confused... I'll think I have something... only then to have it turned around and find myself right back where I have already been.

Dear DisneyWorld,

I'm comming to visit you in just nine short days.

I'd like to inform you that i've heard many wonderful things about you.

Oh, you should also know that i've become rather fond of you.

Well, atleast of the stories ive been told.

I hope you're as wonderful as you seem.

Love Always, Kerby

I'm not supposed to be scared of anything
But I don't Know where I am
I wish that I could move but I'm exhausted
and nobody understands (how I feel)
I'm trying' hard to breathe now
But there's no air in my lungs
There's no one here to talk to
And the pain inside is making me numb
Try to hold this under control.
You can't help me,cause no one knows

Now I'm goin' through changes , changes
God , I feel so frustrated lately
When I get suffocated, save me
Now I'm goin' through changes , changes

Feelin' weak and weary
Walkin' through this world alone
Everything they say every world of it
Cuts me to the bone, (and I bleed)
I've got something to say
But now I've got nowhere to turn
It feel like I've been buried
Underneath all the weight of the world
I try to hold this under control
They can't help me, cause no one knows

Now I'm goin' through changes , changes
God I feel so frustrated lately
When I get suffocated, save me
Now I'm goin' through changes , changes

I'm blind and shakin', bound and breakin'
I hope I'll make it, through all these changes
Now I'm goin' through changes , changes
God I feel so frustrated lately
When I get suffocated, save me
Now I feel apart, now I feel it
But I'm going through changes, changes
God I feel so frustrated lately
And I get suffocated, I hate this
But I'm going through changes , changes

for those of you who read this right now......it's 7:12 and i'm gonna be singin on 88.7 way fm total axxess in like 10 minutes....listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, that is most definitely Karen and me Easter 2000. I was working on a screenplay, ironically enough. Our cousin Marla took the picture, and I remember telling her what I wanted to do when I was older. Wow.
photo from BeautyFromPain

have you noticed this weather?

...i start the car, turn on some good music, pull out, and there begins such a beautiful time alone.. sunday was the most beautiful day. i couldnt help but not go home. i drove and drove for about an hour until i couldnt  possibly waste any more gas....i went by the place where i grew up and watched my sister and me dance around the trees that are so much bigger now.. i looked at the yard where id lay and pick dandelions and the porch where me and my dad would watch the storms roll in..

dont you love those good memories?...

then to top it all off on monday it stormed. i havent seen a good storm in a while and it was even more fun to grocery shop in...

 ive come to the conclusion that it is so evident when a person knows what theyre living for and why they are breathing. its so nice to see people like that..it made me think of a quote.. "i saw a man in an elevator today that knew exactly what he wanted, and i wished that i could be half as lucky as he, .. a hour and half later me and brinkley moved out.." (- youve got mail)..

ive been working on that lately, just showing the world around me that i know why im here and how great that is, but also that im very uncertain about where im going and what all the things to come have in store for me..so..i guess all that to say..its okay to not know whats next but its so crucial to know why youre doing the things that youre doing, and why you are here.

but anyways. there i go rambling. love you -kels

(The train leaves
At half past ten,
But it'll be back tomorrow,
Same time again.
The conductor he's weary,
He's still stuck on the line.
But if I can save you any time,
Come on, give it to me,
I'll keep it with mine.)

Well I'm now going back to Dr. Langworthy tomorrow. They now don't think that the small kidney stone they found is going to be any harm, and still want to look at my back (now looking at the muscles) to see if that is causing such pain. He said he'll probably put me through an MRI or a CAT Scan to get a look. The Lab work showed all my red and white blood cells were good, and all my kidney, spleen, liver and everything were alright too. So I don't know whats going on right now. All I know is my back has been in some pretty bad pain for like about the past 3 months or so. So maybe we'll hear something tomorrow. I'm ready to get back to doing normal activities where I can actually lift stuff like normal.

On a better note... 2 weeks til my birthday...

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PHUSEBOX. MY EMAIL IS BEING RETARDED AND WON'T LET ME SEND IT TO IT SO I HAVE TO SAVE IT TO PHUSEBOX. TOMORROW I WILL DELETE. JUST THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SAVE EVERYONE THE MONDO WASTE OF TIME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF U HAD READ IT.

31% of the female workers claimed to have been harassed at work

7% of the male workers claimed to have been harassed at work

62% of targets took no action

100% of women claimed the harasser was a man

59% of men claimed the harasser was a woman

41% of men claimed the harasser was another man

A woman by the name of Ruth Simpson said that she brought up charges of sexual harassment against her boss because of the way he treated her. Her boss, she claims, would yell at her just to see if he could get a reaction and would continue to yell at her until he got one, then he started to get physical by grabbing her arm and then finally one day he shook her very hard. Her boss said that she was a no good, lazy slob. He does admit to grabbing her arm but said that he apologized immediately.

Now, sexual harassment is not limited to just females. Males are also sexually harassed. The difference is that nobody takes them that seriously. After all, men are supposed to be big, bad and tough. They are supposed to stick up for themselves. Men don’t want to any one to know if they’ve been sexually harassed because in a way its like they are losing a part of their masculinity. Take the case of Tony Hazelton. He was sexually harassed when he went to his teacher for help in one of his classes. The teacher told him that he knew what he had to do if he wanted a good grade. Tony immediately got up and left. When he came and got his grade later it was an f. The school took action and removed the teacher from the campus.

Unfortunately, it is getting a little difficult to tell which cases are true and which cases are for revenge. Many a case has been brought up just to get back at a boyfriend who broke up with them or a teacher who gave them a failing grade. One such case was a student asked a former teacher for a ride home. He agreed and on the way to her house she invited him to come in and share a drink and do other things. He declined and pulled over at a gas station and called her a taxi. Because she was mad about the rejection she cried harassment and charges were brought against him. Another person went to their boss, wearing a wire tap, and started to talk and describe sexual things that she would like to do with him. He agreed and afterwards she brought up charges of sexual harassment and sexual assault. The tape she had been wearing was brought out and listened to. There was only a slight change, all of the provoking things that she had said were erased so it sounded like he had indeed harassed her. Luckily these things were found to be trumped up so the case was thrown out. Unfortunately, it often causes career ruins for the people whom have been charged with it.

Sexual harassment is not just limited to adults. It also happens to children of all ages.

However, some people will get ridiculous. A six year old was suspended from school because he kissed another child on the cheek. They made a bigger deal over that then over little LaShanda. She was continually harassed by a fellow school mate and brought it to the attention of many people all of whom ignored her. “LaShonda reported him to a gym teacher, another classroom teacher, and suffered his advances in the presence of still another teacher. When LaShonda and a group of friends tried to bring her case to the attention of the school principal, she was sent away with instructions that she would be contacted if anyone felt the need to talk with her. Despite follow up calls to school administrators from her mother, nothing was done to protect LaShonda until GF was prosecuted by local authorities for sexual battery, to which he pleaded guilty and of which he was convicted. Meanwhile, LaShonda suffered severe emotional distress, which lead her to threaten suicide and caused a marked fall of in her grades”

This just cries out that our system is screwed up. But anyways, lets get back on track shall we.

There are support groups for people whom have been sexually harassed. SACC ( sexual assault crisis center) is the most popular one. You meet with others who have been sexually assaulted and help to overcome the pain and trauma.

So today, I got to spend my first full day in New York.  The three of us who stayed at the Holiday Inn all woke up relatively late.  It felt nice to sleep in.  After waking up, we all went to go get a quick "New York" breakfast.  Then we wandered around the town and eventually ended up at Central Park. There we saw these two guys on the sidewalk, drumming on a bunch of upside down plastic buckets.  They were actually pretty good.  The weather was nice and it felt perfect sitting on the ground listening to some pretty good drum beats. 

After Central Park, we went and met up with the infamous Taylor Tutt and headed over to the Cold Stone,  which is one of my favorite places.  Of course the line was rather long so we ended up running really late to meet Scott at the NY Theatre Workshop.  Then, the subway that we got on screwed us over and switched from local to express after we had gotten on the train.  But, we finally did make it to meet everyone (only about 15 minutes late). 

We all went out to eat and then went to see the show at the Theatre Workshop, which happens to be the same place that RENT orginally started before it went on Broadway.  The show was great and I had a great day.  Til the next day...

ok so this summer is sooo close!!!

And I am soooooo excited, bc the summer=free time

   meaning it includes coming to Tennessee....wooooooooohooo...

im soo excited... who else is ??? haha

<3 yall

hey, guys. may be a bit random, but hope u ppl enjoyed pie day. srry if i've seemed a bit depressed lately, but so much stuff's just not right. chelsea, thanx 4 listening 2 my uncomplrehensive ramblings. ur a true friend. forrest, thanx 4 the ride in the vette.really cheered me up, buddy. 115, oh, yeah. hey, still waiting 2 see that cobra though. lol   and even though kayla doesn't have one of these, i'll thank her too.  and annie, hope ur foot gets better. hope is all that's holding me from a complete breakdown...

--The Mexican

i failed my grain test...  big fat F

so i got home WAY sleep deprived, so it should have been really easy to go to sleep.  didn't work...  i ended up doing some homework and watching half of pirates of the carribean before i fell asleep...

then i only slept for an hour.  what a pain...  i guess i'll be passing out earlier tonight.  i just hope i'm not over at stacy's when it hits me...  that would suck.

"If you was hit by a truck, and you were lying out in
that gutter, dying, and you had time to sing one song. One song that would let
God know what you felt about your time here on earth. One song that would sum
you up, that's the kinda song that truly saves people."
 - Walk the Line

 

    Today when I opened my lunch bag I saw that my mom had packed me chex mix (yes, my mom still packs my lunch). I hate chex mix therefore I was ever so slightly disappointed. But to my surprise, as I opened the ziplock bag the scent of chocolate filled my desk area. My chex mix had frosted chex pieces, marshmallow bits, and various pretzel shapes covered in cocoa. And I can't leave out those yummy vanilla bread sticks! Wow was that chex mix good. The first chex mix I've ever enjoyed eating. It's limited edition Winter Cocoa Chex Mix. What a happy surprise!

Hey you guys

Its me the sexy and loveable ashleigh.Well my friend amber got me onto this site and its pretty cool. Thanks Am-bear , haha love that name. Wel as most of you know I'm dateing this uber cool guy named adler. I really like  this kid. eve though we are uber close friends but I like him lol So Peace and happiness  

so we all know that kim and i are close

in fact we're REALLY close

but some times the scarry part is just how ALIKE we are

we will respond in the same manner without thought and
often reply to people at the smae time in the EXACT same words

the people we meet often either confuse us or can't tell us apart

which is kinda understandable

we like the same things

often feel the same way

think the same way

which can sometimes produce difficult situations

but we still love each other

but hey ok enough about us
i mean
it's not like we like to take pictures of ourselves

I can't thank God enough for all the incredible friends that I have! I love yall soooo much and I don't really know what I would do without yall! I just want to say that I love you and I hope your lives are blessed!!

Go with God!

Someone has been wondering and asking people why teenagers like to hang out at our house.  I would like to give a real answer to that question but I'd rather ask you all than try to explain something I'm not sure of myself.  So... why?

i was looking at a people magazine in first period and it once again proved why i dont read that stuff. there were like six pictures of britney spears just out minding her own business. and she had a little stomach bulge, as in she didnt have a six pack. and just because shes not in shape there speculatin that she might be pregnant again. come on people she just had a baby for goodness sakes! let her enjoy it! geeze...im not sayin im a big fan of britney spears cause im not. but this world expects everybody to be perfect. and that just isnt possible.

words never said never need to be unspoken.............

a life never lived never regrets its mistakes,

and yet it regrets the steps it does not take

to never open your eyes and welcome the sun,

to never touch the moonbeam with your hand,

to never feel the warmth  of a close embrace,

or underneath your feet feel the sand.........

a life unlived is an empty book and nothing else.

well i havent ever barely in a long time updated this thing.

well mainly i am on myspace. yep
www.myspace.com/sarah6107 <--memememe add me if you have one!

im in keybording. which is really boring. and rebecca andrews is stupid with a capital Ssss

yepyepyep sure is.

LOVE.XxX.SARAH

I decided to put these verses in to show that u really have to trust god in all things bcause he is the only one that can bring you through....and sometimes god puts you through suffering to make you a vessel

   ¹⁰For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

¹³And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

¹⁵And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

¹⁸For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

 My first official blog. EXCITING.

I am officially thinking that we are the coolest people ever.

  and well...i think you are jealous :)

So my roommate is really into this singer Jason Morant and she played me this song a few months ago by his and I was like yeah it's good. But I heard it again last night and I can't get it out of my head. The chorus is just "My life is in your hands" and as I sit here and I can't get it out of my head I realized that right now that is how I am living. My life is in his hands because I seriously have no idea what my future will look like or how anything will turn out because I have totally put it in his hands. Every now and then I totally want to snatch it back and take control again but it's kind of a peace to know that my life is in His hands, because I know He won't screw it up.

How is everyone and everything going for everyone today... Excellent I am hoping... I am doing AMAZING... Ready to be able to run the show from start to where we have it done now... But yeah things with that are going awesome... I mean I need to work on my dialogue and stuff but that's gonna be okay... Just hope I can contain myself untill then... So I leave for NY in ummmm... Well 2 days... This trip is going to be... Ahhh well words cannot describe how it's going to be... Not to be a party pooper but I just wanna say to all those drama queens... Please leave it at home... Nothing can rain on my parade... Well something could but lets not think about that... I would rather not... Everyone have a wonderful day to all you guys & gals...

Troy:
We’re soarin’, flyin’
There’s not a star in heaven
That we can’t reach

Gabriella:
If we’re trying
So we’re breaking free

Troy:
You know the world can see us
In a way that’s different than who we are

Gabriella:
Creating space between us
‘Til we’re separate hearts

Both:
But your faith it gives me strength
Strength to believe

Chorus #1
Troy:
We’re breakin’ free
Gabriella:
We’re soarin’
Troy:
Flyin’
Both:
There’s not a star in heaven
That we can’t reach
Troy:
If we’re trying
Both:
Yeah, we’re breaking free
Troy:
Oh, we’re breakin’ free
Gabriella:
Ohhhh
Troy:
Can you feel it building
Like a wave the ocean just can’t control
Gabriella:
Connected by a feeling
Ohhh, in our very souls
Both:
Rising ‘til it lifts us up
So every one can see

Chorus #2
Troy: We’re breakin’ free
Gabriella: We’re soarin’
Troy: Flyin’
Both:
There’s not a star in heaven
That we can’t reach
Troy:
If we’re trying
Yeah we’re breaking free
Gabriella:
Ohhhh runnin’
Troy:
Climbin’
To get to that place
Both:
To be all that we can be
Troy:
Now’s the time
Both:
So we’re breaking free
Troy:
We’re breaking free
Gabriella:
Ohhh , yeah

Troy:
More than hope
More than faith
Gabriella:
This is true
This is fate
And together

Both:
We see it comin’
Troy:
More than you
More than me

Gabriella:
Not a want, but a need
Both:
Both of us breakin’ free

Chorus #3
Gabriella: Soarin’
Troy: Flyin’
Both:
There’s not a star in heaven
That we can’t reach
If we’re trying
Troy: Yeah we’re breaking free
Gabriella:
Breaking free
Were runnin’
Troy:
Ohhhh, climbin’
Both:
To get to the place
To be all that we can be
Now’s the time
Troy: Now’s the time
Gabriella: So we’re breaking free
Troy: Ohhh, we’re breaking free
Gabriella: Ohhhh

Both:
You know the world can see us
In a way that’s different than who we are

sorry if it scared anyone w/ that pic but i can't say anything about it. anyway more song time!

I’ve been looking in the mirror for so long.
That I’ve come to believe my souls on the other side.
Oh the little pieces falling, shatter.
Shards of me,
To sharp to put back together.
To small to matter,
But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces.
If I try to touch her,
And I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe no more.

Hello there people...aw crap, I can't remember what I was gonna write in here! Damn you ADD! Oh shiny object...Oh hi! lol I guess I can just vent my frustration untill I remember what I was gonna say... Well, yesterday I got my cell phone bill and I had run up a BIG FAT WHOPPING $2.00 in charges for texting! And get this... my mom got pissed over that! $2.00! Ohmigod! What the hell is that!? So, I told here I would pay her the $2.00 if she would just shut up about it and she told me this and I quote "If you keep giving me attitude I will make you pay it!" Wow... a whopping $2.00, should I start a payment plan? There's a good chance I'll have it paid off by oh, ten minutes 4m now...GRRRRRRR.... She just makes me so mad acting like I'm such a bad child, that's such B.S. Oh, now I remember!!! I just heard that Chef is leaving South Park! The guy who plays him is a Sciencetologist and because South Park is doing an episode making fun of Tom Cruise and that religion that I can't spell... But nooooo! Isacc Hayes is leaving South Park...he can't do that he's Chef...(sobbing uncontrollably) Well, bye!

so last night i went with sam and rocky to the drug test place so sam could get a urine drug test. well it had just started like really storming and this guy with sleeve tattoos and a woman with him walked in and sat down across from us. and we were talkin about something and he was fuck man....

and he started talkin about tennesse drivers and stuff and how he cant believe them and sayin he was doin like 85 down the interstate and this old lady speeded past him doin like 95 and flipped him off.

ohmigosh i was crackin up. but he kept telling us about his life and i was like wow! cause he was talkin about living up in new york and ridin his bike over the snow and his worst accident ever was in '92 and he was tellin us about that and one time he was standing next to a tree and lightning hit it and it flew him back 60 yrds and into another tree and broke all of his ribs and dislocated both of his hips. i was sitting there like holy shit!!

but we were talkin to him and he kept telling us storys about him and then this guy had tried to beat the shit out of him and busted his skull with a baseball bat and larry got up and stabbed an ice pick in the guys neck and that he was in the hospital and died 5 times on the table and came back each time and was in a coma for 6 months and woke up and said damn that was a nice nap. They told him he was in a coma and he was like, 'Well then that was a hellova nice nap!'

but the whole time we were there we were all talking shit about people and stories about us and him. and we had a good time. lol. i don't think i'll ever forget that guy. he was like the most interesting person i've ever met.

(:

#1 Are you female?

#2 If you aren't, do you look good in hose?

#3 If you are, can I have your address & phone number?

#4 Do you mind if I play with my hard drive? My floppy drive? How do you
feel about large capacity storage devices with large transfer rates? (CD-ROM)

#5 Does computer dorkishness bother you?

#6 Will you psychoanalyze me?

#7 If you do, will you please leave me alone?

#8 Do you have a kleenex, a fishing bobber, a mathematic book & a purple
pen on your desk too? (Yes, its a desperate attempt at a pickup line.)

#9 Do you like Josh & John's Ice Cream?

#10 Do you go there at least once a week?

#11 Do you go there more than once a week?

#12 Do you see me there very much? Do I look funny with dutch chocolate
ice cream all over my face? If so, its my roommate you saw.

#13 Do pocket protectors excite you?

#14 How about checkered hunting pants and taped glasses?

#15 Do you know how to program in more than one language?

#16 Do you know how to program in more than two languages?

#17 Can you program in Swahili?

#18 How about Yiddish?

#19 Speaking of yiddish, did you like the movie YENTL with Barbara Streisand?

#20 How do you feel about cross dressing jewish girls then?

#21 Me too..

#22 Do you shut up when people hit you? Will you hit me very much?

#23 Are you available Friday night?

#23.5 How about next Saturday?

#23.7 How about Sunday?

#23.9 Ok, the Friday after that?

#23.999012 Ok, any time soon?

#24 What brand of pocket calculator do you prefer?

#25 Do you have more hair on your upper lip than I do?

#26 Do you eat Chili? Do you burp chili? Can you burp chili in Utah?

#27 Ok, now can you classify your burp as a Slickrock Toad's mating call?

#28 Do you like REM?

#29 Do you like INXS? PSB? ACRONYMS?

#30 How do you feel about the Northern League's party stance for the
secession of Italy into three separate nations?

#31 Can you add more than two numbers simultaneously?

#32 Can you do my Calculus homework on series for me then?

#33 Can you play racquetball?

#34 Can you play it really well?

#35 Can you lose to boost my ego?

#36 Do you drink?

#37 Do you drink a lot?

#38 Don't you think you should drink a lot in order to avoid dehydration?

#39 Do you find drooling on pillow attractive?

#40 I don't really drool on my pillow, but isn't it a good way to meet
people?

#41 What is the ln(2). How about ln(|2|)?

#42 Do you have a better computer than I do? Can I play on it?

#43 Will I have more fun with

          a) going on a date with you

          b) gnawing my arm off rather than risk waking you up by moving it

          c) run for a political office in a remote third world country

#44 Can you come up with long lists at random seemingly out of thin air?

#45 How about at sea level where the air is thicker?

#46 Do you feel that PV=nRT is an appropriate equation when we really
don't have an ideal gas that it can model?

#47 If you only have one M&M is it just a M? Or is it M&M/2?

#48 What's the fastest land mammal?

#49 How do you feel about premarital holding hands? kissing? sex? wild
passionate orgies involving lime green jello and rice krispies coupons?

#50 with Cheerios coupons?

#51 How much do I have to pay you to go out with me?

#52 Do you know the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

#53 Is that an African or a European swallow?

#54 (Bonus Points) Can you quote Monty Python from heart?

#55 (Major detraction) How about Yentl?

#56 Do you brush your teeth with denture cream?

#57 Do you brush your teeth with New Crest bubblegum for kids?

#58 If answer yes to #57, would it be considered statutory rape?

#59 Do you find hemmerhoid commercials that air during dinner appetizing?

#60 Do you have more than one computer?

#61 Do you wear glasses?

#62 Are they bifocals?

#63 Do they get in the way of kissing?

#64 Do you have your own protective case for them?

#65 Do you tape them?

#66 Do you clean them with spit & your shirt tails?

#67 Do you mind if I clean my glasses with your shirt tails?

#68 What exactly is a shirt tail? Where's the head?

#69 Do you think that it should be termed a head or a restroom?

#69.1 If its a restroom, why don't people rest there?

#69.2 Do people get lots of rest when they die?

#69.3 If you die, does that mean you can't go to McDonald's any more?

#69.4 Why did McDonald's stop using animal fat on their fries?

#69.5 Do you like ketchup? (On your fries)

#69.55 How about other condiments?

#69.6 how about mint flavored condoms?

#69.7 Who came up with that idea for the stealth condom anyway?

#69.8 Doesn't the Stealth Bomber carry nuclear bombs?

#69.9 Did you know that nuclear bombs cause lower SAT scores from low
level radiation fallout that invades cow's milk? They also cause nuclear
war, which as every good debater knows, restrooms cause nuclear war!

#70 Did you ever debate in high school or college?

#71 You are in college aren't you?

#72 Ok, past junior high?

#73 Do you know my friend Scott? He's got red hair. He lives down the
hall from me. His dad and my dad went to school together too?

#74 Do you know any of my friends named scott? I know three scotts,
except two spell it scot.

#75 If something has a scot type nature to it, does that make it scottish?

#76 Do you shoot people for having bad puns?

#77 Will you laugh at my bad puns in order to make me think that I might
stand a chance at going out with you again?

#78 Do you find diversions like this one humorous if not a good way to
avoid working on homework?

#79 Can you name the five cardinal directions of the compass? What if
there really were five, what would the world be like?

#80 Will you hold past relationships over my head? Can I hold past
relationships over your head?

#81 Are you a bigger nerd than I am?

#82 Close to the same?

#83 Actually normal?

#84 Popular enough not to be seen in the same time zone with me?

#85 Can you tie cherry stems in knots with your tongue? Can you tie a
bowline with it?

#86 Do you like Meatloaf as a musical group?

#87 Do you like meatloaf as a dinner dish?

#88 Do you think that both Meatloaf and meatloaf could use a little
seasoning and that both are pretty much despised by the civilized world.

#89 Do you think Yentl is a good movie? Wait, I already asked that. Never
mind. Do you think that a remake of Yentl with the lead singer of
Meatloaf taking the lead role as the cross dressing jewish woman would be
a good flic?

#90 Do you ever find yourself staggering to come up with a question #90?
#91 How about a question #91?

#92 Please explain in 1000 words or more, with the advent of the medium,
fine, and thick point ball point pens, how will this impact reindeer
trade in Scandinavia?

#93 Is 42 really an appropriate answer to Life the Universe and
Everything? Don't you think 34 would have been better?

#94 Do you ever find people staring over your shoulder? Does it bother
you when they get drool on your sweater?

#95 How about a question #95?

#96 Asphinctersayswhat? Was it better in the first movie or the second?

#97 I think that Saturday night live was much better in the past. That's
a statement, not a question. Just thought I might share that.

#98 Do you use a jig, a fly, salmon eggs, or live bait when fishing?

#99 Would it bother you if I told you that I really was a fish in the
ocean that was a toaster imagining it was god? Would you send me for
psychiatric evaluation, or just tell me that a rose by any other name
would still be called Ray Charles?

#99.5 What if I just suggested that I might tell you that? would you
still suggest psychiatric evaluation?

#99.7 What if it was a carp?

#99.9 Did you know that 9^9^9 is the biggest number you can represent
with only three digits?

#99.99 Did you know that $0.32 is about the biggest number I can
represent with my check book?

#100 Hi, I'm Michael What's your name?

That's it. If you scored over 3245.678*10^32, chances are you'll be
perfect. Write me E-Mail.

If you scored around 100, write me E-Mail

If you scored around 50, write me E-mail

If you scored around 10, write me E-mail

if you didn't answer a single question, write me E-mail

if you got them all wrong to the point of getting the federal deficit as
a score, but you still think I'm more attractive than Alan Greenspan,
write me E-mail.

Or, if you like, you could write me E-mail.

AHAHA
funny and all, but im not kidding

Underneath the Crimson Skies,
The beautiful letdown cries.
it yells out a song,
and tells the world it's about gone.
somewhere out there,
is someone who cuts deep into her soul.
She cries the night away,
and thn she's gone.
One by one the people are gone.
Soon there will be one,
weak but strong.
She'll start the world over.
...then the world will end again.

I found this poem on the internet and it really caught my attention i thought i would share it with you guys:

Darkness surrounds me.
I cannot see the light
At the end of the tunnel.
And so I try to fight.
The more I try to fight,
The more I seem to fail.
Hope seems so distant...
So thin... So frail...
I cannot make it.
I know that it's true.
Despair is all I feel.
I know not what to do.
Now I see beside me,
A sad looking man.
He's reaching out to me,
With his nail-scarred hands.

He seems to know
My sorrow and my pain.
He seems to know,
What road I have ta'en.
But how can he know?
How can it be?
How could he hear?
How could he see?
How can he possibly
Know or understand,
This sad man,
With nail-scarred hands.

I can't ignore him.
I must give in.
I know, by myself,
I cannot win.
This man will keep me
From many harms.
So I reach out to him,
WIth open arms.
He will help me.
I know that it's true.
I know he knows
Exactly what to do.
He holds me close
And now I understand,
This happy man,
With nail-scarred hands.

I've been thru the tunnel,
And now see the light.
Now I see so clearly,
That my descision was right.
I did not do it
On my own.
He helped me find
My way home.
He hsa helped me
In my life.
He has taken
My pain and strife.
I gave in
To a winderful man
That reached out to me,
With nail-scarred hands.

I dunno this poem almost made me cry and knowing me i don't like to cry but it shows gods love and how hes always there it is so amazing!!!!!!!!1

I actually did it.  For about the first time in forever.  Felt kind of good.  I should try it more often.

Tuesday!  You know what that means:  Fugamazoli's!  Whooooo.  Gotta love sitting around for two hours eating free breadsticks and consuming insane amounts of sugary caffinated goodness.  Mmmmm.

Bleeeeeh.  ACI is coming up.  It's a week and two days away. Are we ready?  I'd say not.  I'm not all that optimistic about it, but hey. Whatcha gonna do?

Now I'm just rambling because I've got some free time in physics and nothing better to do.

Leave me a comment.  I don't care what it's about.  Be random.  Surprise me!

I saw Ax of Murder last nite and it was awesome! ^^ Jackie is soooooo magical! lol tonite is the last nite so go see it at 7pm.

"everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
I go my way
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
Humming a song
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
If it makes no difference whether I may cry or smile
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
I smile"
-Ayu (Humming 7/4)

One night with a stranger

To fufill my dreams...

Temptation was callin but i couldnt answer the phone,

I hope you understand

Your body was callin

But my mind had the upper hand

You stroked my body

With the ease of a musician

Making me reach the highest of notes

Playin great music for my soul

You've opened my minds to things that can be

Setting the standard quite high

Givin more than receivin

Cause you are just that kinda guy

Promised one night

To fufill all my dreams

How everything wrong felt so right

As i held in esctacy's scream

One night with a stranger

The man of my dreams

Stepped into my life

And made it all right

have to give my presentation on banned/censored books today...SO not ready for it...for real not ready for it....atleast my handout is pretty.

i wanna take some pretty pictures. i need to find someone and just do a photo shoot with them. maybe if heather and i chill next weekend in woodbury or something...i really wanna get some pretty outdoor pictures...and you know, i wish that someone would take some rad pics of me, too.  not a ton...just a few really good ones..i believe dan said he'd take one of me last semester....so we might have to say something to him....i really just wanna take pics in a field...and i was just looking at some that this chick took of a band in a cemetary in cleveland...way cool looking..who knows...

let's get thru the education and my presentation. and hope and pray that they ask questions i can answer and atleast give some interaction.

guess i need to get up outta the bed and get going..gotta look fairly decent today since i'm reporting....

have a great day!

<3

jen

[NP: Led Zeppelin-That's The Way]

Alright, I have a delima....I'm doing a solo in Fine Arts (for those of you who don't know, it's a competition that my church participates in) and I have no idea what to sing... suggestions would be very welcome (has to be christian song).Also, if anyone has a suggestion about what me and linda should sing for our duet (we've beens saying were going to do it for 4 years and this year we actually are) let me know...Thanks

God, thank you for my life.  Thank you for my life.

well........ today was our first softball practice.....  and i got hit in the head- right on top- it hurt..... i think that we are gonna have a pretty good team this year!!! everybody has played for a long time and they all look really good...... but hey- this is only our first practice and we've got alot more.....so..... who knows what greatness will come!!! haha...... we have to sell that stupid cookie dough though....haha-- im the youngest on the team i think..... and beka- valerie tracy is on my team!!! haha-- well..... ive gotsta go and do a report on cars..... for science..... due tomorrow....yeah- im so good..... haha

emily<><

 
-It is always possible to park directly outside any building you are visiting.

-A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.

-If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps.

-Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communication systems of any invading alien civilization.

-It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts - your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.

-When a person is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, they will never suffer a concussion or brain damage.

-No one involved in a car chase, hijacking, explosion, volcanic eruption or alien invasion will ever go into shock.

-Police Departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite

-When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.

-You can always find a chainsaw when you need one.

-Any lock can be picked by a credit card or a paper clip in seconds, unless it''''s the door to a burning building with a child trapped inside.

-An electric fence, powerful enough to kill a dinosaur will cause no lasting damage to an eight-year-old child.

-Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at that precise moment you turn the television on.

Ladies and gentlemen, I, Nate Tallman, have had my submitted story on the front page of Digg! This is uber-exciting for me. Not only was it the first story I've ever submitted, but it made it to the front page and currently has 1216 diggs!

Here is the link to Digg. I am Livewired. How exhilerating!

 Romans 8:28

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,^[a] who^[b] have been called according to his purpose.

I'm stuck in a place
Where my thoughts are all I've got
These feelings in my heart
Lead me back and forth, and not
This situation doesn't change
With every pace I take
It's something I can't let go
And something I can't make
Dear friend I hope you know
That I don't pretend
These feelings I have are real
And don't plan to end
You're like a fortune from a cookie
I just decided to keep
Something I hold dear because
You mean something deep
To my heart...

oh love. sweet sorrowful joy that encompasses love.

i got a new tattoo.
it says "yes           pimp juice         eat babies for clothing"

i have glasses.

i like this one guy...no...not mr. "grab a handfull"...someone with real character...he said we're going to get married on top of a mountain...and there will be flutes playing...and trumpets. and so on...

i like balloons.

i'm in a play. and i'll claim it.

tomorrow is my dad's birthday.

i tend to like boys that have the first initial of B or J...sometimes it strays to the random Ks or the crazy Ss.

i have awful judgements come upon myself...mostly about my appearances.

before the orchestra plays shoeless joe...we grind and massage backstage...yeah bubba. hahahah.

i like the summer.

i'm afraid of storms.

i'm afraid of not getting married.

i like to give random facts to you about me.

LOVE// Britt

This tree is so much cooler than you and all the other trees that surround it.


....but it is gonna be sorry once it gets cold again real soon.

I miss this girl.


No. You can't have her.

I have no problem not listening to the Temptations...which is weird.

 

Damn Yankees Showtimes:

Thursday @ 7:00 p.m.
Friday @ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday @ 7:00 p.m.
Sunday @ 2:00 p.m.

At Blackman High's auditorium.

Damn Yankees.

Come see it. 

Quote of the Night:  "It's just a tornado.  You'll be fine." -Ashley Elliott

Well, there is a small piece of news that I have been keeping somewhat a secret for about a month...On March 22nd, I will be going to a job interview...in Madison, WI..Wish me luck.

Gimme a break...

I'm so tired of school work, fighting with my sister, and trying to make my youth group grow.

None of the three or currently changing so I obviously have something I need to deal with.

I dunno... My soul isn't right with God or something... or maybe I just need to work harder at peacemaking. I know I sound like I'm talkin about nothing, but something's wrong.

I need to work it out...

-+ jacob +-

holly told me that the moon isn't officially full tonite. it's funny.

maybe i won't be too crazy. ha.

watching ashley parker angel's "here and back". haha

and now that chick's gonna start crying again.

again.

dumb chick.

this fall out boy video is coming on in a bit.

not a huge fob fan.

and i HATE it when bands use the gd word. espeically when it's in that stupid waaaaay too catchy single panic [i refuse to use the exclamation mark] at the disco has out.

so yeah. i really about wanna smack ashley parker angel's fiancee chick. she is so rediculous and is overbearing and quite a lot of annoyingness.

so yeah.

have a lovely day.

<3

jen

Hey guys, whats going on. If ya'll think about it or get a chance, just pray that I can decide where God wants me for school next year. It's on my mind a lot and I want to make the right decision. Hope everyone's doing well. Peace

i've had enough of how everything on the news is a "tragedy." you know what I'm talking about? whenever someone's child drowns in a pool (incidentally, pools are 500 times as likely to kill you as a gun, and this is without even being designed to!) it's a tragedy. uhh...no it isn't. it's an accident. September 11th was a tragedy!

calling everything a tragedy devalues the word. the same goes for "love" and "hero." when you can feel LOVE for chocolate milk and people just doing their jobs are HEROES, how can anything have the right shade of meaning attached to it?

"I love you."

"Really? Well, I love cheesecake too!"

so... i went on a retreat this past weekend and....it was wonderful. i really got alot out of it. it was really nice to get away from murfreesboro for a weekend and and sorta get away from some of my troubles. but of course i am now having post retreat depression and i kinda want to go back. oh well....on a brighter note we are now in the 4th quarter of the school year and spring break is 2 weeks away!!! yay! i'll be 17! (yes i know i'm stupid but i can't help being excited!) ahh....spring break...i cannot wait!

i haven't been to starbucks in almost 2 weeks. (sniff sniff)

What up! What UUUUUP!!!! Hey there all you people in internet land. Jonathan Moore has another Greek test tomorrow (march 14)... Therefore he would greatly appreciate any prayers from his peers. It is at 8:30-9:30 but last time we checked God accepts prayers around the clock. The Jonathan Moore foundation would like to thank you for you consideration and prayers.

well i said i would update about formal, so yea, here i go.  IT WAS AMAZING.  i think it was one of the most enjoyable nights of my life.  Everything seemed like it was perfect.  it was so awesome.  my DATE was the best part of it.  i dont think i would have had half the fun without her.  she looked amazing.  my boys were lookin fly.  like always. lol, my sisters were looking very pretty, just like usual.  haha.  the dance was awesome.  we ate at ihop around 12, and that was great.  the best song of the night was sung by AEROSMITH.  i dont want to miss a thing.  what a great song.  and.... well i guess ill just let u look at the pictures.  enjoy them, it took me forever to get the on here. lol, ok

there is two of my boys.   oooooooooo yea.  lol

John me and garrett looking like we own the place.

ami and i keepin it real.  haha

everyone

the men in black.  literally.  o yea, and i guess faust didnt know it was coming. lol

i doesnt knowyea, i guess it was all fun and games, untill i put those glasses on. 

me and my beautiful date

uhh... lol i guess charlies angels. 

ami and kristen

me and faust, also keepin it real

i like to ponder

posin for another great picture. 

and thats about it. lol, i dont know. dont ask. well, lol i guess u can ask.  so yea, thats about it. as u can see, formal was tight.  i had an awesome time.  so yea, i will see everyone around.  hopefully pretty soon.  so yea, stay strong.  in christ. 

the buttload of new pictures is from spring break when kim and i went with her parents to Fort Myers, FL to say with her grandparents in their condo

 and the time around it

the above shot was our view for a rather long time
our 3 1/2 hour trip from Louisville back to the Boro took....

8 HOURS

with standstill traffic and a detour that was NOT optional we....yeah....drove forever.......

so go check out the pictures

so pretty sure i had an absolute BLAST! this weekend was amazinggg.. as you will see =)

 

           

well i had a wonderful time-- everyone looked absolutely beautiful! good times.. <3

i can't wait to see the Eragon movie. it is supposed to come out in december. i loved eragon and eldest and i can't wait for the third book to come out.

Just a few more days, March 24 to be exact, at 8 a.m....and i will see that face in person. This is just too much!

just for the record. the weather today.
is slightly sarcastic  with a good chance of.
a. indifference or
b. disinterest.
in what the critics say.[panic!atthedisco]

tonight should prove to be interesting.
boys trust shall be tested. as well as some peoples
maturity level. and my own judgement.
oh. the traumatic deals of highschool.
i can't wait until it's all over.
this needs to be settled.
although i can't lie, i'm slightly terrified of the outcome.
only slightly.

<3

smile for me daddy.
[whatcha lookin at?]
i wanna see ya grill
[you wanna see my wha?]
yeah. ya grill, yeah yeah, ya grill.

ohgees.haha.♥♥

i don't want to be just the girl you love to kiss. 
i don't want to be just the girl you run back to.
& i don't want you to fall back on me.
 i want to be your one and only...
your first choice... & the girl you're scared to leave.

why did you leave me? why did we always fight and argue over the little things? why did i say those things to you? why did i disrespect you so much? why dont we ever talk? why did you promise me we would always be together? why didnt we just work things out? why do we have to end up like this? were we in love? was it all just a dream? do you still love me? do we even have a chance to be together again? when you look at me,is there nothing left? answer my questions...

I know I know, two posts in one day. Sometimes I feel more talkative than others.

I was thinking last night. Just sitting there on my bed, hugging a bear that Kenny gave me, and thinking, which usually comes to interesting results. It's been an interesting experience, my life, and I've had my fair share of ups and downs, but in the end my family and friends are amazing and they pulled me through all of it. And from Senior year on things have been the wildest I guess. I'm pretty amazed and I just felt like writing something that wasn't entirely frivolous.

I wanted to take AP US History my junior year and didn't get the chance to. So I decided to take it my senior year. Looking back that has to be one of the best things that I did because thats where I met Kenny and subsequently went through the bizarre and wild roller coaster ride that has finally skidded to a halt where I stand now, happy and in love. I also met the other half of my brain, Jenna, in 6th period. We hit it off and she's been one of my best friends. I'm looking forward to lots more girl's days and breakfasts at Starbucks.

I've learned a lot over the past year and a half. And made my fair share of mistakes and over-thought enough for a lifetime. I found out that if I stopped freaking out long enough to look around, there's a lot of fun to be had. Playing cards at lunch is sometimes the best thing to relax or at least have a good laugh or two. I found out that what I was looking for was right under my nose, and now he lives in Arizona. I worried way too much about the little things and almost missed out on some of the best moments in my life. I learned that graduation was just the end of high school, not the end of the world, and that it was the beginning of a whole new world.

SO theres this Boy....

and yet i cant stop thinking of him....

and NO one could even guess who it is either...

Dont you just love how that works? You dont give the name so a Bijilllion people start asking you who it is ....

i dont even think my best friend knows who im talking about either....

But all that will come in time...

for now.. things are just..normal...

dance is still the same...Church is still the same... School is still the same ( with a few exceptions) and The Play is still the same....

I havent seen my best friend for like 3 weeks before this past weekend.... i never get to talk to that girl...

and i ave set Goals for myself.. but no one wants to know about that so i wont bore you with that....

So right now my life is just Average...things come here and there but never stick....

well i better leave this thing.. comments maby?

i love you

DUN PEE URSELF!! lol herman ..and hannah wtf? spill!! lol tell me whts goin on u know i cant resist a juice bit of gossip or a drama packed story :p

i guess 203 remarks was my peak. now i can't get anymore.

so i just had my first "collision". nothing bad at all, but it scared me so bad the second i walked in the door i just started bawling. i dont feel like typing the whole story....so if you want to know just ask.

man though, that made my crappy day way worse.

so now i dont feel good, im all teary-eyed, and its about to tornado. not my night.

-sara

"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others;
for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness;
and for poise,
walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."
-Audrey Hepburn

What's the hardest you've ever cried?

I don't know why, but I started thinking about the hardest I've ever cried, and I came up two different times. . .

February 15, 2004- Everybody was gathered around my uncle's grave site. As he was lowered into the ground, I turned and walked away, unable to watch. Once I got far enough away from the crowd, I started to cry. At this point, I turned to see Karen walking toward me with her arms opened, and she held me while I sobbed uncontrollably. I wasn't sure I would ever stop,

August 20, 2004- It had been a little over two hours since I learned of Bruce's death, and I had yet to show any emotion. My friends and I were in Belle Aire's parking lot, and Brian walked over and gave me a hug. "I love you, Anna Miller," he choked out before I hardly got out "I love you too, Brian King" as I broke down into sobs.

I don't mean for this to be a sad entry, I was just thinking about this.

So, if you don't mind sharing, what's the hardest you've ever cried?

I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am.

- John Newton

The weather is so crazy here that it never makes up its mind at all.I hate Tennessee weather for sure.I didnt find out until Friday that my one of my friend's got raped on Thursday.So please remember her in your prayers and please pray for her.My cousin Nealy got married on Saturday to her now husband Brandon.So,Congrats to them for there marriage.

Well, I haven't updated in a while.  My cousin Neely got married on Saturday, and I got to go to that. And all of my family that lives in Maryland came down for the wedding, and I got to go see them last Wednesday for a while and of course on Saturday for the wedding.  The wedding was beautiful, and I have some pictures on facebook of it.  My oldest cousin's daughter was the flower girl, and she was soo adorable! And then my cousin Allie was the maid of honor (it was her sister who got married), but the bad thing was was that Allie had torn her ACL in her knee playing basketball the Sunday night before. So, she was hopping around and on crutches during the wedding and you could tell she was in pain. I felt so bad for her! She's going to have surgery on Friday, but is going to have to miss her mission trip she was planning to go on over spring break. poor thing, I just hope she'll get to feeling better and not be in so much pain.

Well anyways, speaking of Spring Break, mine is starting on Friday! woo hoo. Finally!! :)  But I'm going to probably be getting some work done for my education class. I have to get classroom observation hours in and this is probably one of the only times I'll have time to do it in. Oh well, I guess I'll have some down time though. At least I don't have to go to classes.  So yeah, it seemed like everyone else is just now getting out of having Spring Break just when I'm getting to have mine. lol, what's up with that? well, maybe I'll see all of you Murfreesboro people sometime while I'm home. I'm not really doing a whole lot during break, so I'd love to get together with you all. 

Well, hope you all have a great rest of the week!

-Kaylei

wow.. formal was so awesome! i will never forget that night! i had the most perfect night and on top of that i had the most amazingly  perfect date. i couldnt ever imagine going to formal with anyone else. i will never forget it...

its crazy when you just say hi to someone in the hall and then you start talking and then when he says just 5 little words. (you guys in the picture line know..) and then i realize i am the luckiest girl ever.

ben, thank you so much for making my night so amazing... lol i own you one! ahaha

i love making memories...

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing,
Watch you smile while you are sleeping,
While you're far away and dreaming,
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender,
I could stay lost in this moment forever,
When every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure,

I don't wanna close my eyes,
I don't wanna fall asleep,
Cause I'd miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you,
The sweetest dream would never do,
I'd still miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.

Lying close to you,
feeling your heart beating,
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming,
Wondering if it's me you're seeing,
And then I kiss your eyes,
And thank God we're together,
I just wanna stay with you in this moment forever,
Forever and ever.

I don't wanna close my eyes,
I don't wanna fall asleep,
Cause I'd miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you,
The sweetest dream would never do,
I'd still miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.

And I don't wanna miss one smile,
I don't wanna miss one kiss,
I just wanna be with you,
Right here with you, just like this,
Well I just wanna hold you close,
And feel your heart so close to mine,
And just stay here in this moment,
For all the rest of time
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah

I don't wanna close my eyes,
I don't wanna fall asleep,
Cause I'd miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you,
The sweetest dream would never do,
I'd still miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.
I don't wanna close my eyes,
I don't wanna fall asleep,
Cause I'd miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you,
The sweetest dream would never do,
I'd still miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.

Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep, yeah
I don't wanna miss a thing

this song is so perfect.

Well, I went to school again today finally.  I've been feeling much better these past couple of days than I was all last week.  Thanks to everyone for the encouragement, the thoughts, comments, & prayers. :)  They've really helped me.  You guys are amazing.

I'm still feeling kinda icky, and I'm pretty exhausted.  But I made it through today so far.  And the encouraging fact is that I'm officially an adult today.  Yeah, I don't like making a big deal out of my birthdays, but I am glad that everyone legally has to let me be responsible for myself now.  Yay, no more strings attached!

hey yall...... im just now gettin one of these things!!! wow.... neways....

today was a fairly good day at school..... + kickball + that was fun.....but neways--ive gotsta go and finish some science stuff and homework.... and the best part is that i get to go and get my new bat for softball today!!! yea me!!! i really need a new bat seeing how ive grown like 2 inches since last year.... ughh... i wish  i could stop growing for a while and let everyone catch up to me!!!

luv yall

emily<><

Wow!!! So finally my good friend, Amber, sent me a comment. Sorry I will not write in red. So I hope that everyone had a good weekend. Mine was okay. I still have a majo probo!! I know weird talk. But, I will talk to you guys later!!!!

ok i got home late last night or i would had updated but  i didnt... today was good for the most part.... sooo yeah well i'll tell you want happen

thursday::well my mommy came picked me up at like 12:00.... drove to hickry hallow abd tried on the dress i am wearing for mandy's wedding then had lauch. drove to the air post and then waited for about an hour... flew up and got there at 9:00 somthing... talked
friday::did nothing.... went to a fish place(bar) that my cousin told us about.... so had dinner.. went to wally-world..got some shorts, and socks...............
sat.::went to the shower... came home.. watch cartoon w/ makayla...
yesterday::i was up at 2:00 in morning..... well there was a strom passing throw... but anywho.... yesterday wasnt a great day... waited at the airport for 8 hours............><

that all for today soo yeah well  i am out

            meg

song

Stay Together For The Kids


Its hard to wake up
When the shades have been pulled shut
This house is haunted
It's so pathetic
It makes no sense at all
I'm ripe with things to say
the words rot and fall away
If a stupid poem could fix this home, I'd read it every day

So here's your holiday
hope you enjoy it this time
you gave it all away
It was mine
So when your dead and gone
Will you remember this night
Twenty years now lost
It's not right

The anger hurts my ears
Been running strong for seven years
Rather then fix the problem
They never solve them
It makes no sense at all
I see them everyday
We get along so why can't they?
If this is what he wants
And its what she wants
Then whys there so much pain?

So here's your holiday
Hope you enjoy it this time
You gave it all away
It was mine
So when your dead and gone
Will you remember this night
Twenty years now lost
It's not right

So here's your holiday
Hope you enjoy it this time
You gave it all away
It was mine
So when your dead and gone
Will you remember this night
Twenty years now lost
It's not right

well i was getting my hopes up thinking maybe it wouldnt rain and id still get to go to the soccer game, but then 6th period...the rain comes.  and im not just talking about a bit of a sprinkle IT POURS.  so not only is the soccer game canceled but i have to walk outside to my jeep in the pouring rain.  so i get out and start to run but after about 10 feet i realize that im just going to get soaked anyway so instead i just walk the rest of the way.  so then comes the fun part...the ride home.  there are already gigantimous puddles so i turn down the road in my neighborhood that is still not completely finished.  the puddles are pretty big.  i must say, i like driving through the big puddles usually  but today it just didnt excite me.  its stopped raining now.  im not sure what will end up happening. theres sposed to be rain tommorrow also.  then perhaps it will get sunny once again.

Me: Jenna what time is it?
Jenna: It's eleventy two o'clock.

"Point!" My wonderful boyfriend Kenny.

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
~ Walter Winchell ~

"True friends don't stand behind you when you need them, they stand beside you."

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much" Oscar Wilde

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. 
~Theodore Roosevelt

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say.  "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." 
~J.R.R. Tolkien, "Three Is Company," The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. 
 ~Albert Einstein

"And I... I took the road less traveled by... and that has made all the difference."
~Robert Frost

When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.  ~Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
~ Mark Twain (1835-1910) ~

Love is a thing, well, its kind of like quicksand:  
The more you are in it, the deeper you sink
And when it hits you, you've just got to fall

If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
-- Lynda Barry

"Southern girls are God's gift to the entire male population. There is absolutely no woman finer than one raised below the Mason-Dixon line. Once you go Southern, may the good Lord help you, you never go back."
- Kenny Chesney

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away..."

So, ergo, is it a bad idea to eat apples when you are sick?




{nt}

In the short walk between my car and the wonderful establishment known as Starbucks, I had a near-death encounter.  I always park across the little road from the Starbucks parking lot, and right before I crossed it today, a pair of rednecks driving a beat up old truck come flying around the turn.  Mind you that today it has been raining, and the pavement is quite slick.  The truck spins out, which is what the two old hillbillies were going for, but it came dangerously close to taking me for a ride as well.  Okay, so I exaggerated a bit, but it did happen.  Moving on to the actual coffee shop, I walk in, and this time one chair of both sets of comfy green chairs are taken.  One by a college aged girl, the other by a man with a 12” Powerbook.  I went and sat down next to the man with the Powerbook, and we had a brief discussion about being Apple loyalists and how his son is a programmer that moved to San Francisco to be closer to Apple’s headquarters, hoping to get a job with them.  It was nice.  Near me, to guys in their early 20s are playing an interesting game of chess.  One tries to pop the top off of his coffee with a mechanical pencil.  The chess pieces are made of metal.  It is very dreary outside.  The rain intensity grows with each minute.  I can see puddles outside the shoppe.  It’s pretty much pouring now.  The guy next to me is typing away, as am I.  I count two other guys with laptops in the shoppe, besides the old man and I.   A lady enters shaking off her umbrella and she is wearing a business suit.  As an alternative, funk music is playing—not the smooth jazz as had been the case in the previous two visits.  I see the manager of a local pizza shop fixing her frapuccinos.  I know her because we visit her place usually every Friday night.  She tells me that she is on her way to work.  She leaves with her two daughters.  The two guys playing chess begin to debate over an accusation that one made of the other stealing or moving a piece.  They then laugh it off.  One makes funny noises to accompany the R & B music that is now playing.  I decide to start listening to the soundtrack from Rent.  “Another Day” has been stuck in my head all day.  Mimi’s part has at least.  The ballad portion of the song.  “No Day But Today…”  I hear the thunder over my headphones.  The rain is drenching everyone walking outside.  Good song.  This narrative has become quite lengthy, so I will end with the fact that the two guys playing chess just ran out of the store, and one left an unopened Jones Black Cherry Soda.  Lucky someone.

::b

Anyone that is even remotely interested in theology should check out the Relevant Theology blog. Very cool stuff and some interesting thoughts... add justin as a friend, too.

{nt}

well that was an interesting lunch today...glad it happened to be short. [and no, reefur, not because of you...i do wanna play whiffleball tho!].

so i've studied/worked on reading sociology for a good hour and a half..got some of my studying "materials" in order..just really hope that i can keep this up...

this site is addictive, btw. see, blogs show just how much i don't get to talk to people sometimes. ha. granted i do have a pretty good group of people around me...it's just kinda weird to spit some things out, ya know?

i think i'm gonna read some of my Bible, maybe get a few mins. of sleep and then head to the rec center at 4 w/ heather, come back, clean up, go to geology lab, eat, finish up my presentation work and unpack. yeah. big nite, eh? 

anywhoo....

have a great day!

<3

jen

[np:Ryan Adams...good studying music...]

My day Has Been...

Freakin Wonderfulistic!

haha

dontcha love it when people think they know everything about you. therefore they try there very best to turn it against you. ha! thats what i have to say to them. im proud of who i am. and honestly i wouldnt give a nickel to be who you are.

"last time i followed my heart... it broke."
-kelly

as cynical as it sounds, it's true of most of us. we had our hearts broken, and it will happen again and again, until that one day that two broken hearts will come together to create a new, whole one.

i wait for that day.

sorry i've been out of it for a while...  i've been doing a whole lot of...   ...  really nothing.  so tomorrow (tuesday) i have to be at Vanderbilt at 8:30 for a brain test.  this one's easy.  basically, they stick suction cups on my head and monitor my brain waves as i sleep.  easy?  yes!  only one catch...  i have to be sleep deprived and have had no caffeine...  this could be a real challenge...  i have to get through another class, then have 2 band practices, then drive for 1 1/2 hours and stay up till 3 (at least, that's what i'm shooting for) without DP...  not going to be an easy day for me...  i'm already babbling like an idiot...  wow i'm acting stupid...  ugh

I didn't have to go to work today!!!!! YAY!!! yea so the guy I work for decided to take the day off (granted he forgot to tell me) so I show up ready for 5 hours of work, and they told me to just take today off! Good thing because today was going to be really stressful. Plus it gave me a chance to go to lunch with my dad and talk about some stuff we needed to.

Life is a vapor... what I'm stressed about today will pass... and tomorrow will have it's own worries. So just trust and live.

so why do people have to worry me so much??  so i  have a friend, he's dating this girl (since yesterday), and she's really not the way that he thinks she is............he works with her and he sees the way that she is at work, which is totally different than the way she is at school. at work, she's "good little christian insert name here"  at school she's pretty much, for lack of a better word, slut, he doesn't go to school with me so he don't know this. i'm really worried that he's gonna get himself into something that he doesn't want to, or even know that he might get himself in to.

emotion: scared 

edit: i think the problem is SOLVED

"We're all in this together
Once we know
That we are
We're all stars
And we see that
We're all in this together
And it shows
When we stand
Hand in hand
Make our dreams come
We're all in this together
When we reach
We can fly
Know inside
We can make it
We're all in this toghether
Once we see
Theres a chance
That we have
And we take it"
-High School Musical

Whats Up Phusebox? Me, Nothing Much Just Chillin In 3rd Period On The Internet Like Usual Hahahaha... Anyways Im Not Gonna Be On Tuesday Or Wedsnesday Because I Have ISS... But Feel Free To Write Me Messages Or Whatever And I'll Get At You When I Get Home... My 4 Day Weekend Starting Last Thursday Was Too Fun... I Went To The Movies 3 Times!!! But It Was Still Fun I Got To Chill With Alot Of People... And I Stayed Over My Brothers House With Most Of My Family For Half Of The Weekend... The Worse Part About It Was When My Momma Got Mad At Me Because My Friend Brittney Took Something Out Of Her House... I Didnt Know She Had It But I Remember Her Leaving With It Though (When She Asked Me About It Thats When I Remembered)... Ive Never Seen That Kinda Anger Come From My Mom For 18 Years Straight Of My Life... It Kinda Made Me Feel Like Crying Or Something Yall Feel Me? And Sunday We All Went To Church And Had A Good Time... Alot Of New People Came To Our Church And Wanted To Become Members... And Afterwards, We Went Over To My Aunt Donnas And Ate And Talked... But Later On Me And My Brother Steven Jr Had A Dance Off To See Who Could Dance Better... Man He Shut Me Down.... I Couldnt Compare To Those Moves... But Ima Get Him Back When We Have A Rematch.... Well, The Bell Finna Ring So I'll Get At Yall Later... See-Ya...

Okay so another entry today... What in the world will it say... Just a whole bunch of nothing... I am excited about going to NY here in like 3 days... Heck ya... I am going to have an amazing time and then coming back and leaving again for FL... Probably PCB or Destin... Not quite sure yet though... So aout that last entry... Well when the time comes everything will work out I hope... That's all I have to say about that...

This has been an incredible week/weekend!  My family has decided to build a house in the neighborhood I really want to live in (although, I'll be back at Union by the time the house is done), the new members got initiated this weekend (praise the Lord!!), and I'm pretty excited about formal coming up in April!  Things around here are just wonderful!  :o) 

I have been so busy the last few weeks, so I have lots of pictures of the fun stuff I've been doing, so I'll be sure to put them up before too long!  Some are pretty crazy!  lol..

I hope everyone's having a great day/week/month/year!! Boy! I sure am!!  Everyone I haven't talked to in a while (you know who you are...), please call sometime, so we can get caught up!  :o) 

In Christ,
Ashley

Come Ye Saints??

Welcome everyone to the first content post of this blog: theology for your everyday life. Before I begin, I want to thank you for checking this out. A little about myself: I am a 23 year old student pastor in New Jersey, struggling through what it looks like to do ministry in this context, how to truly live a missional life, and how to lead my family: my amazing wife, and my -6 month old hanging out inside my wife.

If you have grown up in the church or you have been to a church worship service, chances are you have heard the hymn, "Come ye Sinners" by Joseph Hart. Chances are, you have heard the remake Robbie Seay, worship pastor at Ecclesia in Houston, did a few years ago. It's a great song and one of my favorite to sing especially the way Robbie does it. The song embraces the idea of Isaiah 55:1, "come to Me, all who are thirsty." Everyone is thirsty and needs to be changed and satisfied by Jesus. The song also says, "if you tarry, until you're better, you will never come at all..." The idea is that you can't fix yourself and then come to God. It just doesn't work that way. The Bible clear teaches that salvation is a work totally of God and that as a depraved sinner, you have no ability to "fix" yourself (Romans 3:9-12, John 6:44, Ephesians 2:8,9).

Here's the disconnect. How many churches in the United States today teach this truth, but in reality act very differently? Instead of challenging our members to live life on mission, we encourage them to invite others to a Sunday morning church service. Instead of calling believers to radically turn from sin, we enlist them in programs: i.e. choir, drama team, cooking for church member fellowships. By the way, I have no idea what i.e. means-it just sounds scholarly. Instead of focusing on transforming the world, we focus on church growth (not that church growth is bad in any way, but it is a means to an end, not the end itself). Instead of engaging anyone who is thirsty, we tend to focus on the economically privileged, because that is who most of the contributing members are. Instead of focusing on how we can equip our members to be sent out, we think about how we can "close the back door." Instead of calling believers to spend their life on the calling of the gospel, we encourage them to lead "quiet lives, horribly misquoting a passage in 1 Thessalonians. Instead of thinking about the community God has called us to and placed us in (Acts 17:26,27) we tend focus on our members and their needs.

The biggest problem I see with the current evangelism strategy of many churches is that it says, "come ye sinners" but means "come ye saints". Very few church services are truly places where sinners can come. Have you ever seen a stripper get off work Saturday night and come to church the next morning? I'm sure it's happened but the stripper probably concealed her identity.

In conclusion, this is the message that most churches are sending to non-Christians before they ever step into a church building: Come ye sinner, but fix yourself first. Take off your Budweiser t-shirt and put on a suit; shave and look happy, smiling the whole time you are there. Drink a whole bottle of mouth wash to hide the smell of smoke on your breath. When asked how you are, replace "I feel like s--- because I have a hang over" with "brother, I'm blessed". Even if you don't believe anything you see or hear, act like you do. Church is not a place for doubters, atheists, agnostics, homosexuals, and democrats, so don't be honest. Come ye saint...

::baby

We want to take this opportunity to let everyone know that we are having a baby!!! We found out a few weeks ago; Angela is 9 weeks along and will be due in September! We have told many of you already, but we want to let everyone know! Please keep our family in your prayers during this time.

You will hear more from us very soon.


for His glory,

justin and angela

i'm leaving for padre islands in five days.
and yes, i'll be swimming naked in the ocean.
and eating chinese take out on the beach.
and buying everything i see.
and having the most relaxing week of my life.
and not calling a single one of you while i'm doing it.

EXCEPT ALLY
and maybe carlos.

So I get my computer back for 2 months, if that and I make it crash again. It's possible that I will lose everything!  It's like an evil deja vu. Poor Poor computer, he probably hates me.