"There ought to be a law with no bail.  Smash a guitar and you go to jail."

Well kiddos, there are only 88ish days left till graduation... and I can't wait.... I also can't wait till I turn 18.... I want to move out sooo bad! My parents are gettin on my last nerves!  But yea, work is going ok, waitin on some calls about getting a job, cici's isn't cuttin it, too much stress...... school is good, enjoy all my classes, and the people in it.... friends are ok.... i end up playin dr.phil way tooo much tho, but its cool too..... i had a good christmas, good new year, and kinda sorta datin someone, not sure how long thats goin to work tho..... anyway, I'm gonna pay attention to class (maybe) yahl have a great week!  (I better see yahl at the shs-ohs game!)

mj*

New year.

New friends.

New boy.

<3

he makes me smile. For the first time in about 4 months, I'm happy. I'm ready to take on the world.

He cares.

He spent new years with me.

Wrapped under a blanket next to the fire.

Then we went to breakfast.

It was a wonderful night.

It's been a wonderful 5 days.

always///virginia

i'm feeling so rushed in the love department. lol. i mean... at the biginning of the semester my sister and my mom were both calling me night and day trying to find out if i had any dates yet. lol. (maybe not night and day... but pretty close). yeah... i had a few dates... but no one of interest... so toward the end of the semester my sister sets me up on a blind date... and now she's talking about setting me up on another one. my brother won't leave me alone about the first one... and my brother-in-law interegates me all the time. i guess the deal is... both my parents and my sister & bro-in-law have found something so wonderful... that they can't wait for me to find it too. and i think that's awesome... but i'll find is when God brings it my way. i don't even want to focus on it so much... i have so much more going on right now... i have so much i want to be doing. how can i pour myself into all of it if i'm sitting around moping about what i don't have?.... i already have soo much. i'm afraid that all that God has planned for my semester (or even year)... all the things He wants me to learn... and ways He wants me to grow... all the friends i'm supposed to make (guys and girls)... will just go over my head.. b/c i wasn't looking for them. if the right guy comes along this year... awesome. but i'm going to leave that one up to God. He knows what He's doing. He knows the beginning... and the end :) ~Hopes

If you've never tasted Icy Mint Sprite...well, it's gross.  Imagine Mentos+Sprite.  Icy Mint Sprite, coincidentally (or not) is the only thing Matt Bratcher wanted from China.  He asked me to get it the last time I was there...I forgot.  And of course, I forgot this time too.  He was highly disappointed.

So Bethany and I came up with a plan:  make our own.  We went to Walgreens and bought this:

I won't go into too many details here, but the next few HOURS (minutes, really) consisted of getting the mint to sprite ratio exactly right.  I would tell you, but it's now a secret elizabethany company recipe.



After we figured out exactly what our recipe should be, I made cool new labels.


Finally, the finished product.  Matt said it was fantastic.  My guilt for having forgotten Matt's Christmas present was gone.  All was well....

Home

Chicago is a great place to visit, honestly....just not three to five times a year! Having family spread throughout the world does have it's advantages and I love seeing them all and hate to part when it comes time to come home but (and yes there is a but) I wanted to be home with all of my extra family (friends). Ah well.

I know it's late but Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed their time off school and the moments they spent with family and friends...including the hours you spent in scavenger hunt mode looking for the perfect gift for each person you cherish.

Okay I'm done writting...but I have one more thing to put here and if you don't show up you know I still love you.

People I miss Badly!

My Fiance

Sum-Sum

Kaytte Blue Bonnet

Babushka

Chi

Joy

Jess

Chocolate

Sambo

Gracie J.

Anthony

Papou

So I realized its been a while since I've written somethign on here, I've tried a few times a work, but I was interrupted and the computer logged off before I could get back to it.

Things are good out here in Raleigh, seems more normal now, though we still miss home very much. Its was very different being out here on Christmas with no family. But we enjoyed the time together - though I think Josh got a little bored while I was working. You can take a look at the pictures - there's one where he's one the couch being all sad:(!!!! I had to work 5 nights in a row, with Christmas in the middle, so I felt terrible that he was here all by himself while I was at work. We survived though - as we always do.

We hope to make it to TN sometime soon, though we're not sure exactly when yet. And we would always love for you guys (girls) to come and see us! I know I can't wait till Amber, Sarah, and Lauren come in March!!! WOHOOO. It will be fun.

And just to verify some gossip that I think has been going around - yes, Josh IS getting a kayak - he's been begging since before we got engaged - and the time is finally here. So needless to say, he's been in a pretty good mood these past few day!

We also have some friends that just moved to Raleigh/Wake Forest for seminary. One of my best friends from high school - and our other best friend from high school moved out here in August. So the three of us are out here in a little random town of Wake Forest, 8 hours aways from Hendersonville TN. Kinda crazy, but I think God knew that we needed each other adn a litttle part of "home" out here in NC.

Love to all -

Stephanie

Box Car Racer

"i feel so"

Sometimes
I wish I was brave
I wish I was stronger
I wish I could feel no pain
I wish I was young
I wish I would try
I wish I was honest
I wish I was you not i

’cause
I feel so mad
I feel so angry
I feel so callous
So lost, confused again
I feel so cheap
So used, unfaithful
Let’s start over
Let’s start over

Sometimes
I wish I was smart
I wish I made cures for
How people are
I wish I had power
I wish I could leave
I wish I could change the world
For you and me

’cause
I feel so mad
I feel so angry
I feel so callous
So lost, confused again
I feel so cheap
So used, unfaithful
Let’s start over
Let’s start over

’cause
I feel so mad
I feel so angry
I feel so callous
So lost, confused again
I feel so cheap
So used, unfaithful
Let’s start over
Let’s start over

I feel so mad
I feel so angry
I feel so callous
So lost, confused again
I feel so cheap
So used, unfaithful
Let’s start over
Let’s start over

omg.... i thought i was going to die last night. jordan came over to my house to see me and my dad was there. my dad invited him, aj, and jason in and talked to them for and hour and a half..LAME!! it was sooo gay.. but my dad let jordan ride in the corvette. jordan sed he almost shit his pants.... lamer... but yeah w/e..

love forever and always,

Tiffany Marie Corkran

WOW! Well, it's time for that crazy English paper of ours to kick in.
Yes, we have to do all of that job shadowing and stuff for college. Isn't that just crazy! But i do know that this paper and everything we have to do with it, will help me get ready for college. It's going to help me completely decide on what I wanna do! I'm still trying to completely figure that out. I do know that majoring in music is #1 at the moment. . I'm having a million and one people tell me I should do this and that and other s say I shouldn't do that but it's what I. . .ME . . what I want to do with my life! But anyways, ttyl! LEAVE ME COMMENTS!

LUV YA'LL!

Cayla

I am down to my LAST day at work before the ski trip. You kow whe you've got that big trip planned and you're just a day away and it seems like its going to take FOREVER to get here?! Yeah thats me right about now. I'm hoping this trip will be a revival of sort for certain people and myself. If not I might be making some TOUGH decisions when I get back. :( Anyway I"m not going to think along those lines, I'm just going to hope for the best and act accordingling.

For now its off to work (blah) and then to Franklin. More Later ~ MEW

So.... I have to do office work today.... check out the pic.... I am going to get photos from vacation posted on here shortly and show you my beautiful family.
 Life is good, God is better.

Hope you all have an awesome day!!

RAWRRR! tehehe

 go check out the rest...i got a new digital camera so ill have new pics like CRAZY!

Thank you Sarah Moore for talking with me for so long last night. I know we werent solving any of my problems or anything, which is what the last sentence sounds like, but for some reason just talking gave me some kind of clarity or something I can't really express in words that feels peaceful and ...sigh. I wish I could explain it.  Anyways, I didn't get in trouble for getting home late..real late.  My parents just probably ignored me last night and my mom didn't say anything this morning.

I want to know the stuff that dreams are made of.

I know some of you can't dream or don't dream, and I feel sorry for you.  Not the pity "I feel sorry for you", but just that you are missing out a bit.

I had one of the most emotionally charged dreams last night.  It was scary (not horror scary),  strong, heartfelt, fun, angry, sad.  And it was all tied together with the strongest emotion: love.  I know it sounds sappy...but my dream never made it to that part.  The sappy part that is.  This one just felt so...real...that when I woke up, I had to think a long time about what it meant, why I dreamt it, what caused it, how I would have handled it, how it would have ended...so on and so forth. 

I don't think I've ever had a dream so real and surreal mixed in at the same time.  Like nothing makes sense around you...but everything makes sense in your head.

And the girl.

Why do I feel so attached to a character in a dream?  I know that nothing in my life, most likely, will have anything to do with this dream.  But I want to find her. (Double meaning: finding her in the dream, and finding a person correlating to that character with the same real emotions in life.)

*sigh*

If I could do it all over again in the dream...I would.  But there was no romantic events or anything (don't get any ideas).  Everything was simply understood as the dream went on.  All the small dreams that occurred before my mind settled on the "good one" have no correlation whatsoever...yet your mind somehow convinces you while you are sleeping that everything does in fact make sense.  It makes no sense, and as I am writing this, some things in the dream I begin to remember...but they don't matter to me.  I just want to relive or "redream" what happened in the good dream.  I remember everything that happened, I just don't know how it got started or how it ends (as is the way with most dreams: it starts in the middle, but you dont notice it in the dream, and you don't need any prior knowledge or experience to comprehend what is happening.  Then it doesnt end.)

I just want that feeling of attachment.  Not attachment as someone continuously with another.  But the attachment I felt in my heart.  An attachment that can get through and almost enjoys the hard part because it brings you closer together.

If only...if only.

I guess I need to go get ready for school...*sigh*

Already the strength of the dream is fading...and that makes me sad.


::b


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So some of the classes I may want to take next year aren't strictly academic...as in, four out of seven of them...but if they're classes that are really important to me, shouldn't I be allowed to take them, even if they aren't ap calc and physics and may not look golden on my transcript?

I'm sick of always having to do everything for the future.  Why can't we just go to school and learn and grow like we should be doing?  Why do we have to worry so much about that oh-so-elusive "getting into collge" that we aren't allowed to make any mistakes?  I want to go to Belmont, probably, or MTSU as a backup.  I think, with my GPA and ACT and activities, I can achieve that, and even get a few scholarships to boot.  Heck, I could go to mtsu for free and get a check in the mail each month.  So why do the powers that be push me to the point of ridiculousness?  No, I do not want to drive everyday to mtsu to take a class I'm not interested in when I could take one that's important to me at Siegel.

I also dislike how music classes are so frowned upon...like, you can't be intelligent and still take two music classes - it just wouldn't look good.  To that, I say poo poo.

Ugh.

That's it, I'm going back to third grade.

See you on the playground.

Happy 51st Birthday to my mommy.I hope she has a wonderful birthday.Its my mommy's birthday go mommy it's your birthday (LOL).

RiverdaleHigh School, The Entrance: 1972


Oakland High School, Near the Gym: 1972

There are so many things we as Americans take for granted, and I really think the only way we will realize the extent of our blessings is for them to be taken from us.  For example, how many American children, even high school and college students, truly appreciate the fact that we are taught to read and have the opportunity to go to college?  Think about the children in other countries who do not have the opportunity to go to school because they have to work to help their families put food on the table.  Think about the kids who are deprived of the ability to read because the government is so controlling that they go as far as forbidding books in the hands of the citizens.  And even so, the small bit of education they may pick up along the way is so precious to them that they cherish it and crave more.  Why is it we dread going to school each day because it cuts into our precious sleep and social time?  We can go every day Monday through Friday, and we hate it.  Other people may never set foot in a classroom, and they desire to get ahold of any bit of knowledge they can get their hands on.  We shove all the information we need for the next exam in our heads the night before only to lose it all as we walk out the door.  We actually have laws in place that prohibit truancy, and yet our education means nothing to us.  This is all because we don't value the time we spend "learning."  It's all about getting the grade or moving forward in school.  It's not about gaining knowledge.  We should take lessons from those less fortunate than ourselves and make the most of every opportunity to improve our minds.  It is only then that we can actually learn.

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow."
~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book

I LOVE YOU!
<3 Megan

Texas won the Rose Bowl! USC sucks! ha ha! leave some cool messages and I will be gratefull!

hey babes!
soo.. i've done alot of thinking lately. mainly about a certain someone.

have you ever wanted to be with someone so bad, but it seems so hard?
...that's how it is for me..
blaahhh.. i wish he saw..

----------
Oh, I can stand up for you,
But would you for me,
Because the thought you wouldn't
So hurts me
And it's a reason I lie
Upon my back,
Wondering why I feel this way..

You're a reason to count
The stars at night
A reason to wonder if
My life's right,
And if I will share
a spot with you
Beside the angels in Heaven

Can you say that
I mean the world to you,
Cause you
mean the world to me,
And I hope that you
Will turn to me
Should you feel lost
And Abandoned
Cause I believe,
yes, I believe
That they are so wrong...
--------

Yup Texas won...

well guys...i've found my new craze for a while....and the winner is....*bum bum bum* STAR WARS!! heh. i've been watching all the movies in order starting with Episode I for the past few days....i just finished watching Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.....it's SOOO good. heh. tomorrow i start the original but final three movies. i haven't watched them in a while. i've also been playing Star Wars Battlefront II for my PC....it's SO much fun. it took me while to really get into it but i've been rifling through it for a few days now....it makes me happy that i'm a dork. haha. well that's it. sleep well all.

-KYLE

Well these past few weeks have been alot of fun. I wish i did not have to go back to school. I am enjoying it there but i dont want to go bak and do school work and be stresssed all the time ahhh. This break was a much needed one. I have not done that much but it has been fun just hanging out with my friends and such.

i really miss all of my church friends. It was relly good to be home and be able to go and hang out with my church friends sunday night was alot of fun i really miss the youth group and everyone in there.

Well it is a new year, alot of things happened last year good and bad sad and happy. This year is going to be great hopefully. I cant wait to see what all God has planed for this year i cant wait to see.

Have a great week be safe and have fun :)

i hav been thinking about this a lot lately. and i hav realized that i really like someone. but that fact that it cant happen just makes me like them even more. someone please tell me u know how that feels.....

What is up with the rest of the world...i want to hear what is up with you-Phusebox-i view every online venture as a way to learn more about ppl i already know or to meet new ppl and hear what they have to say...kind of an extension to my real life...so put it out there...and if you think you already do that in your blog then just add me as your friend...i will comment so...have a nice day

So work today was uneventful and boring.  Man, I wish I did something fast-paced for work.  I think I'm gonna watch a DVD tomorrow...if I can.  The bookstore was fun.  One of my co-workers got hit on by a creepy guy.  It was hilarious and scary at the same time.  I'm glad it wasn't me though.  I hate stuff like that.  So I finally put too much stuff on my iPod and I had to go and change some stuff.  That was really weird.  I really need to go to bed but I'm waiting to see if Colby will get online before I get to bed.  He hasn't called me or gotten online.  He might have worked till 11 but I don't think so.  He usually works from 2-10 so I hope everything is ok.  You know me, I'm a worrywart.  So here is a more recent photo of me:

I think it's a pretty decent picture of me.  Although I've definitely taken better and worse as you have seen in my pictures (if you've looked at them or Kim's pics).  I am so ready to be home at school. 

Oh, some good news, I received some fundraising money today and I'm excited.  Anyway, I guess I'll get ready for bed.  Nighty night!

military ball is in one month exactly (Feb. 4th)
i don't have a dress yet
the one from last year is torn and it's too big
yeah i really don't want to wait until last minute to get a dress
but i'm pretty picky about dresses
it has to be perfect
i've settled for a mediocre dress once and now i hate it
(the dress i wore to oakland's ball in '04)
so yah i'mma go crazy if i don't go dress hunting soon
gargh
well enough about that
school is purty good
i understand almost all my subjects
biology and algebra II the best,
which actually amazes me
hehhee
but yeah that's it
byeee<33

Well, I posted some of the 1100 pictures we got from the cruise... look at them, comment on them, envy them... whatever.

This is just a bit of information I think needs to be posted:

As of right now....

USC: 10

Texas: 16

Read it and weep, Brian.

Oh, and everybody go friend Megan Woolfolk, because she's rad.

So I read a very disturbing, very strange, very good book.  It is titled The Dogs of Babel, and it's a grief novel like The Lovely Bones, which I have just started today instead of the two scenes from Hamlet I should be reading for Mrs. Wolff.  But I was saying.... Basically, a man's wife dies and  the only witness to her untimely demise is the dog, Lorelai.  So bereaved husband goes on sabbatical in order to teach the dog to talk, in order to find out the truth about his wife's death.  Was it suicide or something more?  Incongruencies lead him through the memories of courtship and marriage, and to a cult of amateur canine voicebox surgeons which was perhaps one of the most disturbing parts of the book.  I highly recommend this novel.  If bought I will probably never read it again, just place it on a shelf and look at it, remembering the story for myself.  Because I'm not sure I could read it again, the stuff is so heavy and strange.  But a grippingly good novel nonetheless.  Upon finishing it if I hadn't been in my second period class, I probably would have come as close to tears as I'm able.

Coupled with The Lovely Bones, I should be nicely suicidal in the next few days.  Keep me away from sharp objects.  Like my sword.  Whoops.  Heh-heh.  XD

today was a good day!  one of the better days i've had in awhile!!!

here it is wednesday though and i still have not gone to work yet...i was supposed to start monday, but each day i have gone there and something has happened that changes it....they say i will start tomorrow but i dont know...i guess we will see. (but if this is how it is going to be the whole time i need a different job, b/c i NEED a steady one!!!)

last night was our first winter guard rehersal we have 15 people, i am so excited because last year we only had 7 so we have doubled it!  that's amazing!  our first contest is supposedly feb. 3 but we are hopefully getting out of it!   i dont want to go b/c we have so little time to prepare, that is not the reason we're not going though, its something to do with some kind of clinic being that day and all the directors are involved with it or something...anyway, we are also supposedly getting a new director to replace mr. morehead *God rest his soul*   anyway so things are lookin good in the band world.

school has been entertaining these first 3 days back, 1. mrs. carnes has given an excesive amount of work *as usaual*  but i am excited about this paper we are begining to write.  its a satirical paper on one of the problems in our society (i am writing on abortion) and it sounds like it will be fun!  i'll tell ya more about that later! 2. coach levertt has kept me very entertained begining our new class on government *which i am really excited about* 3. and mrs. mcelwain is gonna be kickin my butt here pretty soon on this trig stuff we working on.  its kinda fun, but i can tell i'm gonna have to work really hard!

disciple now next weekend and i am getting pretty excited about it also!  if any of you want to go just let me know and i'll get you all the details!  i would so love to have you there!

oh yes, my last post i told you how my only "commetment" for the new year was to learn to love the way God loves and that everything else will fall into place right...well i've also made one goal to go along with it.  i am reading the bible through in a year!  i am so pumped over this, i have tried doing it before and always have failed miserably, but this year i got an awesome bible for christmas "life application study bible"  and it breaks everything down so wonderfuly!!!  i love it!  anyway, so every post i'm going to start leaving you with something that i learned.  i am beginning my reading in genesis.  and i have read the first 4 chapters so far. in my bible it has the scripture at the top of the page and explanations at the bottom...well, at one point it gave this thought.  "people (many of them christians) are too focused on 'how' the world came into existance, when what they should be doing is focusing on 'who' brought the world into existance."  i loved this little thought because sometimes i find myself wondering 'how' but if God thought it was something i needed to know then he would have told me right...so i am now satisfied with just knowing 'who' did it!  and just the fact that it says "and God said...." and it happened is enough for me, ya know 

well, thats all for me, i think that is the longest post i've ever writen...it was fun though, i love just being able to tell about my life and have ppl read it...its cool.  anyway, well i'm gonna go now!  i love ya!

~love in Christ,

                ~danielle

oh yeah...lol  i am reading "pride and prejudice" by jane austen and i absolutely love it!!!!

Hey guys! Well, man...God is amazing...so Ive been dealing with some stuff with friends and its just been really hard for me. I guess Im in a situation that I always try to avoid...but this morning this was my devotional entry for the day:

Real Friendship

"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."- Proverbs 17:17

"Friendship is a wonderful thing. I cannot imagine a day going by without talking with my friends....Ralph Waldo Emerson asserted that there are two cornerstones to friendship. One is truth, the other tenderness. I agree. To love someone, we must know they are truthful with us. Love is built on respect and respect on trust. Truth and tenderness must go hand in hand because if they try to stand alone, one will be too hard and the other too soft.

I would add a third element that is essential to friendship- freedom. We can love others tenderly, be completely truthful with them, but unwittingly want them as our own. We find ourselves hurt if they do things with other people and we're not included. If we don't encourage them to be free (even of us), there is no real friendship. When we hold on to anything too tightly, it dies." - Luci Swindoll, I Married Adventure

It was amazing what God did this monrning...I find that He works that way often. In my devotional book it has a devotion for each day and I couldnt believe that that was the one for today. He's always leaving me scripture or pointing me to a place in the Bible to read that is exactly what I need. Man, He never lets me down. I'm in love...I'm in love with Jesus.

Have a great week! God bless!

Andrea

"He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. ”- Micah 6:8

something is changing
something is taking place
honestly, I dont know if I like it
I've felt like this before
I dont want to feel it again
too many hurt people
too much that's been said
c'mon, please dont do this to me again.

x_x

jaamie.

hey guys.. i did phusebox before... but then i didnt have enuff time for a while! but im back! lol so leave me some comments so i dont feel left out.

Okay, so today was the first day in, well a long time that I didn't have anything scheduled for me and I just slept in and got to be lazy. And you know what, I think I may have actually enjoyed it. I woke up around noon, and pretty much spent the day watching Friends and gymnastics, with a few breaks in between. I think that I'm going to dedicate the rest of my break to seeing as many good movies as I can. I don't want to be too out of the loop once Oscars roll around. Memoirs of a Geisha, The Producers, Munich, and King Kong are high on the priority list. That's it for now.

-James

Whenever New Years comes I get all nostalgic. And I start to look back on the entire year, which isn't always a good thing. So here's a list of some of what I did or didn't do this past year.

*somehow managed to not die in school
*got carried away with the wrong guy
*got the first lead in a play
*realized that acting is what I love more than anything and finding out that I'm not entirely sucky at it
*being in AIDA, one of the most amazing shows ever
*trying my luck at singing solo, and it not going so well
*writing and directing a play with my friends- which was stressfully awesome
*going to Canada and seeing Modest Mouse in Toronto
*seeing AJ
*coming to terms with the loss of innocence
*failing into a bad situation with boy
*having an awesome time doing a Monty Python Show
*finding out that some people aren't worth it
*but also realizing how insanely cool all of your friends are
*kicking ass in soccer, but missing the school team, I regret quitting
*attempting to sing solo and not totally fucking it up
*understanding that some wishes aren't meant to come true, because even better ones are on their way
*finding out whats worth it
*realizing that I actually do fit in with my family

So my goal of this year is to stop sitting back and waiting for good things to come to me.  And maybe actually stop being a pansy and suck it up and take a risk every now and then.

Happy New Years everyone!

Hey yall! Well how has everyone been doing!  I havent talked to anyone in a while! I have been so busy with work! Well school is okay! I hope everyone is havin a great week!

Love yall

[i'm new at this]
give it time.

<3

We were totally and completely dead today at work. Want to know how not busy we were? They sent ME home. I'M the one who usually stays when somebody else goes home early, and they let ME go. We did thirty six cars Monday, twenty eight Tuesday, and by 4:15 today, we'd done twelve, so my manager was like "Just go home." Lol, it was a nice break.

I've been buying music with a Wal-Mart gift card my aunt and uncle gave me. With it, I purchased Van Morrison's "Bright Side of the Road", Jimmy Gilmer's "Sugar Shack", Casting Crown's "Praise You In This Storm", Lifehouse's "Everything", Natalie Grant's "Held", Emerson Drive's "Fall Into Me", from Aida "My Strongest Suit", from Phantom of the Opera "Phantom of the Opera", and from Nightmare Before Christmas "This Is Halloween". Yeah, random. But man, what great songs.

ok, Chey informed me of this so of course i immediately looked it up and this SUCKS!
"Drake Bell, star of Nickelodeon hit Drake & Josh, was involved in a head-on collision late Thursday that resulted in serious injuries.

Driving his black 1966 Ford Mustang, Bell, 19, was sitting in the left-hand turning lane of the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, Calif., waiting to turn onto Sunset Boulevard, when he and his passenger were hit head-on by a Mercedes Benz. Shortly after the accident, his costar Josh Peck, 19, arrived to see Bell at Santa Monica Hospital, where he was cared for for a few hours before being transfered to UCLA Medical Center in neighboring Westwood.

TMZ.com reports that Bell's injuries, which are not considered to be life-threatening, include a fractured neck, broken jaw, facial lacerations and several knocked-out teeth. Bell will reportedly undergo dental and plastic surgery soon."

so keep Drake Bell in your prayers... wow...

car accident stuff has been popping up everywhere for me these days...

"You wished to be strong so much
That you hid something with tears just for me
You see? We will get to that place some day
I want to show you a superb view
That's the sign for tomorrow, our future"
-Ayu (Criminal)

So, homies.  I need your help.

Military Ball is coming up.  Saturday, February 18.

I don't have a date.

I've been thinking about getting a bunch of my friends to go with me since we can have as many guests as we want.

But.

That doesn't change the fact that I don't have a date.  Any suggestions?

By the way, this is the dress that I will [hopefully] be wearing to Military Ball, dateless or not.

well yesterday was the frist day back to school....yeah school is school nothing importent about it sooo yeah well check ya people around school or something

                meg

Remember Doug?

The HTML results aren't working, but I took a Doug character and it said I was Judy:

"Judy is Doug's older sister, a self-absorbed, melodramatic, wannabe actress who never steps out of the spotlight. Although she makes life difficult and embarrassing for her brother at times, she loves him, and he digs her, too. Alas, to Judy, Doug will always be a part of the supporting cast."

I try not to be self-absorbed... but melodramatic and wannabe actress work... ha ha...

But right now I can relate to Doug's dad in that one episode when he kept crying out, "Oh my writer's block!"

*Sigh*

So guess what's cool/weird/freaky? My third grade teacher randomly e-mailed my mom this morning and said she that one of her friends, whose mom used to work with my mom, was talking about us going to the wedding and meeting MWS, and she was like, "Hey I used to teach Amy!" Totally weird... but cool. I think it's awesome that she remembers me. I think that's one perk of private school...

Things happen, and you end up with a copy of World of Warcraft, apparently.  I must say, even though I've only just begun, it is rather fun.  One day, I'll be able to join up with everyone else on the server that I know and go do stuff with them...  'Til then, I've got a long road ahead of questing and butt-kicking.

So, in other news, the Christmas "present" from EB (by present, I mean money obtained from workin' my arse off) I got is my new shiny Mario Kart DS.  It's red and has some Mario Kart decals on it, and it's friggin' awesome.  I think I may end up trying to get that new Electroplankon game comin' out next week; it's basically a game that allows for the creation of cool music and stuff.  It was one of the coolest things Nintendo had to show at E3 (much cooler than the GB Micro, to say the least).

Other Christmas l00t includes a LEGO rendition of the Millenium Falcon, Shadow of the Colossus, Guitar Hero, LEGO Star Wars, Trivial Pursuit stuff, d20 Modern stuff, and other stuff.  I thank the friends and family that bothered to get me stuff, 'cause, honestly, I really don't need much...well, the monitor my parents ordered for me as a month-late birthday present is highly appreciated, since doin' stuff on a television and not in high-def sucks unless you're playing Guild Wars, in which case it is okay.

It was most definitely good times having Clint back here.  Guitar Hero madness, DDR insanity, Rivergate Mall wandering, Moe's, Jason's, Panera, whatever it all was we were doin', it was grand to say the least.  If nothing else, he reminded me just how cool it is to play DDR in the arcade.

Speakin' of which, it was quite an experience.  I had someone there that was pretty much equal to me in skill, but superior in stamina compared to me.  Who was this contender?  An Asian kid no more than 10-12 years old.  I must say, he's pretty good; he ended up doing a better job of trying Paranoia Survivor than me, mainly because I was already winded from 2+ hours of previous play.  I also felt good to play Can't Stop Falling in Love Speed Mix on Doubles and pull off a B.  I just wish I could've started playing when I was his age (which, I really couldn't have, since DDR didn't even come out 'til 1998).  There's no telling how good at it I could be now if I did...  o_O

Poor Marissa, she somehow managed to bruise a part of her bum, enough to the point of keeping her sorta-bedridden for now...  *sigh*

Anyways, it's time to go to work.  Take it easy, everyone.  Clint, we've gotta have another day like yesterday.

funny story....last night at about 1am i was washing my face, getting
ready for bed when i saw this black bug flying around my head. i
thought - great, i have a huge fly in my apt again....WRONG! yes, it
happened to be a WASP!!!!!!! well, lucky for me, steve's not here and
ben had just left, my roommate is nowhere to be found, and it's too
late to call the parents. WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO!? i knew ben was still up
and maybe if he left late (like he always does) he would be close
enough to turn around and come kill it 
so i call him, but he's too far away. but he says mark is still awake
and to call him! HALLELUIAH!!!! so i call mark, figuring he wouldn't
want to help me b/c i don't think he likes me very much (i don't
understand why!?) but lo and behold, good 'ole mark wanich comes to my
rescue! i trap the wasp in my bathroom by plugging up the underneath
while mark and i go to walmart to by wasp killer. did you know that if
you just squash a wasp, it releases pheromones that attract other
wasps!? well, i didn't want to do that! so we come back with raid, and
mark kills him for me  but now my shower is covered in raid and my entire bathroom smells 
but there is no more wasp! i finally got to bed around oh, 2:30. what
an adventure. hopefully i won't have any repeats anytime soon!!!

mkay

i get no comments

should i quit?

yes...

A friend may often be found and lost; but an old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.

Nothing in the world is rarer than a person one can always put up with.

Better to have open enemies than hidden friends.

The future is a mirror with no glass.

im single now but itkinda sucks lol

so i got bored and started deleting some of my groups cuz i realized that i was in about 140 and thats just a lot.  anyway...wireless internet is awesome!!  o and even though i dont like myspace...go look at mine!!  theres a mustang on it!! 

                                                  

Happy Birthday Bruce!!! I miss you!!

Life is GRAND!!
[it's strange how quickly it bettered]

Come to Bonhoffers(sp) on January 19th @ 8 to hear these two cool cats play some music!

Coffee is free too!

amor!

cz

FIVE MONTHS
'TIL THE END OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ditto from yesterday...except I brought food today.  And to update from yesterday, someone brought me pizza so I did not starve which was very fortunate!

Read the blog below and you know what is going down.  I just found out that you can vote everyday if you want.  Chester has dropped to 4 bone which will not win.  PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!

Click Here To Vote!!

Thanks,
Shelby

Sometimes we go through things that make us feel like there is no hope or that there is no way out. Sometimes we feel that there is nothing that we can do about whatever it is that is making us feel that way. In order to be victorious over these things, we must keep a pure mind. Yeah, I know that it is hard to keep a pure mind, but Jesus says in His word that we must keep a pure mind if we want to be victorious in life. Here's how to keep a pure mind:

A cknowledge our vulneralbility to God.

P ray for God's help.

U ndo old thought processes.

R estrict what we view.

E clipse bad thoughts with good thoughts.

M ake ourselves accountable to a CHRISTIAN friend.

I magine ourselves resisting temptation.

N ever despair when we fall.

D on't entertain impure thoughts that pop into our minds.

"Even if it's the end of the world
Even if people say with laughter that we are trying in vain
Let's go together
Because nothing is so fearful as giving up"
-Ayu (Pride)

i havn't been on here in a while! winter break was amazing! i wish it wasn't over already, school stinx! i think im sick cuz i woke up this morning and i cudn't get out of bed and yes this cud just mean i'm tired but i was freezing cold too, and yes my fan was on but tha still dusn't mean nething, hmmm, i feel like ima faint, btw, im at school and it's so cool tha i can get on this thing here, hah! beat the system, neways, i'm dont w/ all my work and ther's absolutely nothing to do and i'm sooooooooo sore! last niet i had volleyball practice not to mention conditioning! ahhhh, conditioning for an hour then practice for two hours! thas crazy! it was from 7 to 10! maybe thas y im tired too but i'm also very hungry and i still hav a while until lunch since i'm only in first fricken period! omgosh! well i better go, cya.

i do not like school, im in it rite now and this is so cool i didn't kno i cud get on this thing during school, neawys, im bored, and i'm done w/ all my work and ya so i dono but driving is amazing and i'm sad cuz i dont get to c chelsea all week! at least ther's the phone, but i dont get to tlk to her tha much, i love her sooo much! well i gotta go, cya.

Well, 2006. a year for great things. Yea, the phusebox people are getting ready to realize that i'm a very sensitive person. And i saw this thing, A new year for a new you. Whoop-de-do-da! Just because the year has changed and the fact that i graduate in 5 months, doesnt mean i have to run out **today** and get a new haircut.

It's crazy. Least everythung is kind of going back to normal. ...

I have been an apology junkie lately. I apologized for things i said about people behind their back, things i said to their faces, and things that just lacked an explanation. And most of them forgave me. Which made me feel 10x better. hopefully, the rest of the year will go off without a snap.

oh, and guess what...**Donald & I got back together..like a half minute b4 the ball dropped New Year's Eve.** ~sighs~ what a wonderful world we live in! *emily*

I am soooo Effin bored..........................................

Bloody hell.

I've lost two applications, one of which was supposed to be postmarked on Sunday.

Let's all stand solemnly now and acknowledge the fact that God hates Kelly.

Yeah so...my friend Brent asked me to get a Phusebox. So I did. And here I am.

...it'll be a day like this one, when the world caves in...
-Switchfoot : Nothing is Sound-

Alright... I've never used any other blog besides xanga until today. So... i'm trying this out. It's pretty cool so far. I guess i'll try to figure out how to customize this thing and stuff. Later.

~ Katie

school is boooring lol

HAVE AN AMAZING DAY!     go with God!

<3kate

my bestesttt friends

hey yall! hope you had a wonderfulll new year's! know i did! these were just a few pics from the party.. love yall! hope school's not too bad for ya.. =)

And yes I do know that this is a bit late.

January: The second half of my senior year began. I lost my paternal Grandfather early that month. I came to the realization that my senior year was going to be gone before I knew. I discovered that I was losing touch with my brain for a while. I suddenly realized what I had been looking for was right beneath my nose the whole time. I began trying to figure out how to tell someone what I felt.

February: I was still grappling with my emotions and the way I felt about a certain guy and failing miserable. I spent yet another Valentines Day trying to figure things out and being alone. I came very close to giving up on even having a date to Prom.

March: I discovered that my brick wall defense around my heart was falling fast as my heart got broken. It was the worst part of the year. I discovered the guy I really liked had a girlfriend and hadn't told me. He was my Prom date. It turned out alright in the end so I can't complain. Prom closed in and I planned it all out with a great friend.

April: By far the best month of the year. I went to Prom with the guy I really liked, maybe even loved. I had the time of my life and wouldn't trade it for anything. I finally got up the guts and kissed him. Preparations for the AP exams reached their peak. And so did my happiness. The only thing that made me even remotely sad was the fact that I found out that fantastic guy I'd met was moving.

May: AP exams came and went, and so did an interesting month. I was happy, even when I was confused. I went to see a pointless movie with a guy I was completely enamored with and drank my first bottle of Bawls. I saw the last of my senior year fade away quickly. I simply didn't think about the fact that he as leaving because it hurt too much. We seemed to get closer as he got closer to moving away. Graduation came and I cried a little bit. But I realized it was not just the end of one part of my life and the beginning of the next step.

June: The days faded away and got closer and closer to the one day I wanted to push away. He stopped by my house a great deal more at random. I was confused but happy to see him each time. Jenna and I threw him a going away party just a few days before he left. I kept trying to hold on, but in the end I had to let him leae with a kiss a promise.

July: The first month I spent without him was odd. I missed him and wrote a letter I couldn't send. It hit me several times that he was really gone and I cried a lot. Jenna's birthday was celebrated at Cool Springs as one of the first of many girls days to come. I went to Customs at MTSU and decided to spend all four years of my college experience there.

August: I got a real shock as the time that I would usually go to class came and went. I got settled into college life which I do say suits me particularly well. Mock Trial took over my life, and I learned that it was not going to be easy. It was the second month without him, but we'd kept in touch. It still hurt like hell to know he was gone.

September: Well first of all I turned 18. I participated in sorority recruitment but didn't get chosen. Oh well. Mock Trial completely enveloped my life and I became a very busy little girl. My phone began to fill up with numbers for members of my team and I shocked myself when I discovered that my phone was suddenly full of guy's numbers and none of them interested me as anything other friends and teammates.

October: nothing much happened to me except that I was going a little crazy without him. (I still am) Mock Trial kept me up at all hours of the night typing and studying and planning. Halloween cmae and went without much interest. I started driving my beloved blazer, which I now would cry if I lost. It gets me to where I need to go.

November: Thanksgiving was boring, other than the all night turducken assembly and smoking for dinner the next day. I endured the usual good-natured torment from my family about that afore mentioned guy. Mock Trial tournaments finally came and I had my ups and downs.  I wentnearly completely insane with confusion for a while. That was fun. I wrote a lot of poetry.

December: I found out that everything was really not making sense in my life. Though I knew that already. I had a good Christmas. It was only missing one thing, well person, to make it perfect. I decided that I did love him. I worried that I'd lost him, made myself a promise to tell him how I felt, and then subsequently chickened out. I'm still working on it. Still was comepletely insane with confusion, and wrote more poetry and cried a lot.

So there is my year in review. Isn't it marvelous?

Ok so Milly hall was inprinted on my head today.. <3

And um well...thats about all that happend today that was somewhat colorful..besides mr.t's shirt..wow can we say BAM!

Yay! Went and hung out with AJ and some oh his friends after school today. We ate at Camino Real and it was yummy. It was so amazing how much chemistry the group had, I felt like I fit right in. They all thought I was this other Kyle that they know, and were amazed at how short I was, lol. But yeah, I like his friends. I think like 2 of them are going to Memphis for college, so I now know more people! Yay. That would be amazing if AJ went, lol. He wants to go to film school in California, but it's not looking very likely.

Omg, I sounded so bad today in band. :Blah!: I wasn't happy. I'm doing a better warm-up tomorrow, and it would help if we didn't sit around and listen to recordings that we've heard like 10 times already, I want to play the freaking music!

Anywho, I'm supposedly going to see this movie Hostel? about some kids who go to Europe and get tortured. Haha, I'm scared....

so i created a phusebox today...dont know how much i'll use it...but thats ok.

I've heard a tale that a man would climb a mountain
Just to be with the one he loves.
How many times has he broken that promise?
It has never been done
Well I never climbed the highest mountain,
but I walked the hill of calvary

And just to be with you I'd do anything,
there's no price I would not pay, no
Just to be with you I would give everything.
I would give my life away.
Yeaaaa

I've heard it said that a man would swim an ocean
Just to be with the one he loves.
But all of those dreams are an empty emotion
It can never be done.
Well I never swam the deepest ocean
But I walked upon the raging sea

And just to be with you I'd do anything,
there's no price I would not pay, no
and just to be with you I would give everything.
I would give my life away.
Yeaaaa

And I know that you don't understand the fullness of my love
How I died upon the Cross for your sin
And I know that you don't realize how much that I give you
And I promise I would do it all again

Just to be with you I've done everything
There's no price I did not pay, no
Just to be with you I gave everything
Yes I gave my life away.
Yeaaaaa

Just to be with you
Oh, just to be with you

 :: sigh ::

Madison wants a boyfriend............................................... I'm tired of waiting.........

dang

i am in love. with my new digital camera. its freakin awesome. and so are you. love.

stacy

Hey.....

     I have not updated this thing in forever. Hope you guys had a great christmas and happy new year!!

On summer nights the world

Moves within earshot

On the interstate with its swish

And growl, an occasional siren

That sends chills through us.

Sometimes, on clear nights, still nights,

Voices float into our bedroom,

Lunar and fragmented,

As if the sky had let them go

Long before our birth.

In winter we close the windows

And read Chekhov,

Nearly weeping for his world.

What luxury, to be so happy

That we can grieve

over imaginary lives.

Hey ya'll!  Ok so I've made a few decisions... and I guess you might could even call them resolutions, but I don't want them to be for just this year, so really, they're changes.  Well, so OK we can call them resolutions.  Anyway.. here's the deal: 

1)  I've not been very committed to swimming here lately, like I should be... I dunno, I just don't like it as much as I used to.  Well--OK, I LOVE swimming, but I'm talkin about the competitve side to it; it just doesn't really seem to appeal too much to me any more.  However, I still need a good exercise regime to keep healthy, and to keep in shape.  So, I need to join a gym--here's the part I need help with though... I was wondering, if any of you would like to come with me?  Join a gym with me?  Lol.. cuz I can't really do it on my own.  And too, I'm kinda lookin' for some type of "trainer" who could help me out, and show me how to use all the different machines lol.  I don't want to just used the machines though lol.. I wanna work in swimming and still swim as part of my workout... So I'm thinking like working out 3-4 times a week (depending on how much time I have) and maybe having a whole day out of those days devoted to swimming, and then the other two or three days to do cardio or machine work, or what have you lol.. I just know I need to do something, and I'd love to have a buddy or two with me!  Lol.. so if you're looking to get into better shape, or for a work out buddy, or interested in helping me out at all lol... please.. LET ME KNOW! Haha, because I've got do something to stay healthy and in shape, and improve my health and everything lol... Well--I guess that's just about all on this subject...

2)  I must study harder.  (This will effect when I can and can't go to the gym of course...the nights I'm bogged with homework, I probably won't be able to go, but I'll just have to double up the next week, or something like that.. either way, I'm gunna make time to exercise!)  I have got to bring my grades up.  Ok... so they're not bad they're just not great, or as good as I would like them to be.  Especially my APUSH!  So I have come to the conclusion, that I am going to start bringing my APUSH book home every night, and reading a little in each chapter every night, in hopes that that will help me comprehend things better, and in turn to better on the quizzes we take in there every Monday, and I won't have to wait til the last minute (Sunday night at 10 pm) to read the chapter, and then fail the test, but I'll actually hopefully pass them!!!  My grades must improve!!

3)  I've got to make more money.  Now, I know that doesn't really sound like a good resolution, but it is!  Trust me.. lol, I've got to work more often in order to pay for my car insurance, so I don't get my car taken away... I've got to make more money so I can help Daddy pay for my cell phone bill, so I can actually have a cell phone that is CUT ON (lol)... I've got to make more money to save up for college... I've got to make more money to have, just for myself... because I always feel so baaad asking my parents for money and borrowing it from them.  So bottom line, I either have to get another job, or work more hours at the job I've got now... which is a little hard, since I can pretty much only get hours at night, and I could work after school one or two days out of the week I guess, but then that would defeat my whole purpose of trying to make more time to study... but oh well.. I guess a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do... right?  But... I'm thinking I really need to find a new job... one where I can like work all day Saturday or something... not just 3-4 hours a week.  So if anyone knows of a good place that's hiring... lemme know?  Hehe

Well... I'm sure I've got other resolutions and I do... but these are the basic ones.. the most important ones at the moment.  Alrighty guys.. lol I'm lookin' for some responses here--some help, I'd greatly appreciate it!!  lol.. HAPPY NEW YEAR!  :-D

We got our TV today... a freakin 50 inch Sony!

It's freakin awesome!

We got a Bose DVD player/Media Center with it.

IT'S FREAKIN AWESOME!

Aloha to that!

Got to go.

Bye

It has been so long since i've been on here.  I got rid of 1st myspace and next xanga.  Forgive me phusebox, you were there all along.

Kinda like God, huh?

I can't believe how far I felt from God in what seemed to be so recently.  But he is always there.  I came back from this retreat recently with my sweetness's college group from Greeneville and one of the coolest I came to see was how many names God has.  And a name in the Bible is more than a title.  So, to the writers that God influenced to write the Bible, He was amazing.

There are so many aspects of God that I fail to realize...daily...HOURLY!!!!  Liza's mom handed out a different name of God in hebrew to everyone in the group and we spent some time pondering on how God has affected us with that name.  My name was Maon, or "my shelter."  I think about how I'm very sheltered from most of the drama that has gone on in the music department and how God has been there for me to run to when I found myself neck-deep in my sin.

One of the other cool things about this retreat was that this girl (uh-oh, a girl) named Bronwyn (uh-oh, a Welsh name) wasn't there.  God worked it out so that she could be with her family by losing her I-20 document to get back in the US and that I could focus on Him.  That's just a little portion of His plan.  Neat, huh?

Well, He has also convicted me alot of just growing up in what He has taught me.  I think alot about my future and preparation hasn't really struck me as a "now" thing til...well...now.

In light of that, I'm going to drive back to Cookeville, now and prepare a lesson for my youth group.  WORD UP WESTHAVEN BAPTIST!!!!

PEACE!!!! flash gang sign

one random thing about me:

i'm obsessed with black and white photos...
(if that wasn't already evident enough)

hey evry1! well jsut felt like writin on here! yah it was chrismas and new years and evrything and that stuff was awsome! got an black ipod nano 4 chrismas! i love it!umm new years was cool went 2 laurens and shot fireworks and wacthed ring 2 it was pretty sweet! thats all i got 4 now ill ttyl bye

pat

   Break is almost over. In a way I'm completely ready to go back to school. At the same time DEFINITELY not. I wish I could move my church, family, and friends to Knoxville. This would make things MUCH easier. I love my roommate and my friends in Knoxvegas too. I just wish I could keep all of them close to me at once. I was talking to Patrick the other day about how things were so much easier in high school. Growing up is tough stuff. Even though I'm technically an "adult" now I know I have a loooong way to go until I'm ready for the title. There have been so many decisions to make since I left home college bound. Sometimes I made the right ones. Sometimes I definitely made the wrong ones. But I feel like I've learned so much in the past six months that I wouldn't have learned had I stayed here. That doesn't mean that I don't miss it, though. Maybe it's like a part of you that always lives and you always love, but you have to leave behind for new adventures. Childhood....bleh....I'm holding on but letting go....does that make sense? Of course that doesn't mean that I still can't act childish a lot...we all know I do that anyway!

I leave to go skiing with Matt, Michael, Meagan, the Fisher parents, and another family on Sat. Yikes!!! I've never been before and am pretty nervous/psyched. I like new adventures and experiences. When you get out of your shell it's usually when the best things happen, you grow the most, you meet the coolest people, and you HAVE THE MOST FUN!!! Just pray that I don't kiss a tree :)

BTW------Matt and I went to a wedding at 7 on New Year's Eve. I'll put up two pics of us soon....it was sooo pretty! Two of my friends from Church! Awwwwwww. Getting married...what a way to start a new year, right?!?!?!? They're great together- AWESOME couple.

i had a dream that i was There.

when they lowered the Body i caught Him in my arms, but i collapsed under the weight and, sitting on the ground, i craddled the limp Form.

I tried to pull Him closer to me by the arms, but when i did His head fell back at an impossible angle,

so i put my hand behind His head and pulled it to rest on my shoulder, and embracing the Corpse

i began to cry.

and slowly, as i held Him,

the Blood poured out

until i was covered.

Hello people,

     Well..... my name is bryan and i really dont know what to write. So i'll just leave it at that. Dont do drugs and drink your milk!

Spiderman

what do you want to do with your life?

in the midst of new years revolutions

so today is the first day back in school for you high school kids. i feel really old when i say that. but before you come home and start to complaining about how horrible school is, consider my vacation and my day:

1. my car blew a rod (read: RAN OUT OF OIL) in lebanon and thus will not start; i checked today and it has, in fact, been impounded. i don't know whether they're going to charge me to get it out, but i need to so i can try to make a little money selling it so i can get a new car. as for now i'm borrowing a friend's car.

2. they've been cutting hours at the plant. i work at the dell factory in lebanon, which didn't get nearly as many orders as expected, so they've been bringing us in late and sending us home early for a little over a week. it's supposed to last another three to four weeks, and i'm not even breaking even on paying for the gas it takes me to drive there and back, which brings us to three and four:

3. my borrowed car ran out of gas today on the way home. luckily i was right by the home of a guy i know from high school who took me over to a gas station with a gas can and bought me a couple gallons without expecting me to pay him back.

4. i have to get a new job. it wasn't so hard to get a better job when i was making $7.00/hour part time; but $8.50/hour full time is a little tough to beat around here for an 18 year old. my best leads are the nursing home my friend's uncle owns ($8.50 or more), ingram books (evidently $10.20+), an audition i have friday for a record deal with the blue desert label, and one other which i won't mention until i have more details. other than those, there's nothing, really.

5. i'm sick and tired. metaphorically and literally. i'm sick of working. since i was 15, i have been working my ass off constantly, except for my 2.5 month post-catfish-house unemployment period, where i was working my ass off looking for a place to work my ass off. every job has been manual labor, for the most part progressively more diffcult, and always getting longer. i went from part time 4-5 hours 3-4 nights a week to 8 hour days to 9 hour nights to, now, 10.5 hour days. i feel i've payed my dues. i want a better job. not going to get my hopes up, but i'm getting angry at my job situation. also, i'm tired, and i have a sinus infection.

6. spherion got my address wrong. my temp agency - the one that got me working for dell - got my address wrong, so momentarily i will be going to the post office to pick up my check that i was supposed to have friday.

that's basically the major points. there's more, but that should be sufficient to make everyone feel more fortunate than they did before ;)

happy new years, everybody. little late, i guess, but oh well.

--mike

Life is...
...kinda good...

Yea...So0o I am @ Skool right now...and I am bored... I think that we have 10 min left...but Yea i kno ...I dont ever ^date this stUdIp thing But I dont really like it...I like myspace better...visit that...

www.MySpAcE.CoM/rOcKoUt2009

jArEd

awww ... How I missed my phusebox!!!

Well happy new years and merry late christmas!!!

This was for Christmas!!!

I got a new laptop for christmas!!! I know my dad spoiles me, so don't go on your rants, cuz most of you don't pay for car/gas/insurance and I do... so... anyways here's the specs

Intel Pentium M Processor 740 (1.73 Ghz)

512MB DDR2 SDRAM

100GB. (5400 RPM) HDD

DVD+/-R double layer

15.4" TruBrite WXGA Widescreen Display

802.11 b/g Wireless (Intel wireless to make this a centrino notebook)

Windows XP Home Edition

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***New Thought***
I wanna redo my website (Recklessmortal.com), but I don't know exactly what I want (plus I need to finish my picture page). If anyone has any suggestions it would be cool... if you're wondering my style, I think I like Kenny's  a lot, but obviously I don't wanna copy his.

*sings*

id like to buy the world a coke

I am currently discovering how much phusebox kicks total butt...and ive discovered a new fave artitist---im pretty sure im late on the uptake...but better late than never right...dave barnes music is freakin awesome...hes from nashville and if you have myspace as well...u should totally check him out or just go to www.davebarnes.com seriously...if you dont know him you should....so other than that everyone...HAVE A GREAT DAY

u guys are worse than my people on xanga when it comes to comments! (and i am not fisihing for comments i swear, i'm just BORED and had absolutely nothing else i could update about)

So here we are, sitting in a classroom. I put up new pictures of New Year's Eve, and of XC formal, and of my dad's house. This about all I have to say. And I have a crush! Absolutely Snazzy/Sexy/da Shizz! (AS is his initials) Anyways...

 I haven't written in here in a while....
Well,  exams went pretty well, so no...they didn't kill me. lol ;)
Anyways, hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year :)
I know I did. It has been soo good to be with my family whom I haven't seen in a while. I was missing home because I hadn't been back to Murfreesboro for like almost a month before I came back for Christmas break. So, it has been a great 3 1/2 weeks back home....but I am looking forward to going back to school and seeing everyone there. I'm going back Saturday. My friend Heather is moving in *excited* so I gotta get back so I can get all of my stuff situated and help her with her stuff. 
Well, hope you all have a lovely day! 

i am in a great mood... juss lettin ya'll know... i also don't really like the word ya'll.. i think i will put you all from now on... yeah... don't worry i am not on drugs