I actually had a  good day today.  I got up early and went for a 5k Veterans Day Run.  We had a pretty big turnout for it, a couple hundred at least.  It's amazing what a little exercise can do!  It really gave my day an awesome start.  Not a bad way to start my birthday.  The big 22. 
Looks like I'll be pulling into Chattanooga around the 13th or 14th of Dec.
Which puts me at.....um........32 DAYS!!
Our ship-out date is an elusive little creature.  I never can seem to catch up w/ it.   Soon enough!

Listening to  David Gray :  A New Day at Midnight

Skunk thinks KT sexy...

I cut my hair. Alot of it, all gone. about 4-5 inches. It's pretty nice. Maybe i'll put some new pictures up of it all. It feels weird when I go to brush my hair and whatnot. It's cool. Gotta work tonight with a new guy. (I thought I was new but aparently i'm ready to train other newbies... humm, whats wrong with this picture?!?)

Got to go and read now.
The Count of Monte Cristo
-good book, long book, but good so far

Sick Schedule -

Day 1 - Last Thursday - first fever,aches,chills - didnt miss school

Day 2 - Last Friday - fever,aches,chills - no school or home game

Day 3 - Saturday - fever,aches,chills,nasal - miss bowling

Day 4 - Sunday - fever, headache,nasal - miss church + youth group

Day 5 - Monday - fever,nasal,cough - no school

Day 6 - Tuesday - fever,nasal,cough - no school

Day 7 - Wednesday - fever,nasal cough - no school

Day 8 - Thursday - fever,nasal,cough - no school

Day 9 - Today - Fever,nasal,cough - no school or Football game

Medicine - since Tuesday on Allegra D, Augmentin, and Hydrocodone Cough syrup

Things I miss - everything outside my house

You all especially...

- jacob

HAPPY weekend everybody.

hope it is l o v e l y. <3

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Well, I am back in New York City after almost a week of being away...

I went to Louisville for a missions conference at Highview Baptist... That was good. I also got to hang out with Matt Beck. It was good getting to see and meet some PhuseBox users at St. Matthews Baptist on Saturday night! That was great.

Instead of flying out of Louisville on Tuesday morning, I was able to change my flight and drove down to Murfreesboro on Tuesday to surprise Rachael. It was great. I was able to hang out with my fiancee for a couple days (She is one awesome and great girl if you have never met her)...

And then, I had to get up (well, I did not really get up, due to the fact I never went to sleep that night) to catch my flight out of Nashville at 6:00 am Thursday morning.

I have finally caught up on most of my sleep and now have to get back to normal life in the city even though I still miss Rachael and my family.

I was planning on going to Belle Aire on Wednesday night to see everyone... that was until my dad gave my some news about 15 minutes before I left. At that point, I no longer felt like going and putting on a false face in front of everyone. I hope I will get to see all you Belle Aireians soon...

[nt]

well not much is up. i just thought i would update. im really excited! me and my mom are going thrift shopping today and i cant wait. i hope i find some good finds. well i hope all of you have had a good week. heres a verse i thought i would leave you with.

   "Be joyful in the Lord, and he will give you what you want."
     Psalms
                                stacy

Time is running out.

Hey,

I know I don't have any pictures but you can go to my myspace it's www.myspace.com/fashionablylate1

TGIF!!!! Thank God Itz Friday!!!! ^^ w00t! but i don't think i'll do anything tonite... i found a spider in my room this morning. i yelled when i saw it. i was like "ah!" and then i caught it in this lil glass thingy. so i have a that lil stinker captured! lol

o, and if ur on xanga, my mom just got one. itz LittleRedHenMama. and you know how cool she is! ^^

"The spring wind rolls by, it draws a far off dream.
The break in the summer clouds disappeared.
The autumn sky is painful, the winter sea is cold
The more I fall into a trance the more time passes."

-Ayu

so everytime someone tries to message me on here it doesn't work. it says that the message has errors and i can't read it. so if anyone (which will probably be no one...) wants to message me...email me at thingsimeantbutneversaid7@hotmail.com

-Tori!

oh..p.s. TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY
MATT BEARD!!

photo from Habas

so im feeling horrible this morning!!! i wouldnt go to class this morning but of course i have a test soo i have to go! please pray for me!!!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~

Starting today, it all changes.
It's not so much an outward change as an inward one, so you might not notice right away.
But God help me, I'm going to go through with it this time

I definitely need another week off from the computer.

It helped last time.

I hope it will help this time.

I love you.

To move the world, we must first move ourselves.
-Socrates

Watch over your heart with all diligence For from it flow the springs of life. --Proverbs 4:23

Diligence - Earnest and persistent application to an undertaking; steady effort; assiduity

A sound heart is life to the body --Proverbs 14:30

The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit. -- Psalm 34:18

Ok so I know that I have needed to update really bad on my dad. He is doing good as of today, and I think he is coming home either tomorrow (Friday) or Saturday. The surgery Monday went really well, and there were a few complications Tuesday night and Wednesday but he has come through really well. I'm sorry it has taken so long to update, but working full time is crazy! When I'm here I'm sleeping!

So tonight's concert at Bonhoeffer's was incredible. Leslie, Sean McConnell, and Ryan Horne. Leslie was amazing, but then again, did we expect any less? You really missed out if you didn't see this show. Afterwards I went and ate with some people and we sat and talked for a long time, and we just really had fun. It was a great night.

Alright I need to go catch about 2 1/2 or 3 hours of sleep before another work day and then the Hoedown(ride) tomorrow night. I'll be seeing ya'll later.

Quote of the night: "Sorry I didn't hold you open!" -Suz to Summer

ninight

You Should Learn Chinese

Surprised? You shouldn't be - Chinese is perfect for an ambitious person like you.
You're a natural entrepreneur, and a billion people are waiting to do business with you!

Ironic. It's amazing how I just got home from China, almost 4 months ago, and I just took a quiz and it says I need to learn Chinese. Hmmm..

geez....... that was so awsome, I even got to autograph some books tonight =)

In 12 hours I'll be standing in cool ship and fulfilling my day with an eight and a half hour shift selling soda and chips.

I started trying to go to sleep an hour ago. . .

i've achieved an hour of thinking. that's all. thinking. I mean, thinking isn't bad. . .but it really doesn't get you anywhere. . . .when thinking about a certain person

I like a guy. a lot. Mark. . .I think I mentioned him? we met on the bus. . then after about a month he came by the apartment. . .

it kinda sucks that my program ends in 2 months

though, i'm excited to be coming home. . .

:: sigh :: I wish I was asleep

i dont feel too good right now, and it could be because heath and i went head to head and ate a banana peel. and when i said we went head to head, i mean we both took a bite at the same time to see who would stop first. we both finished it. now i dont feel good, but it doesnt mean thats the cause.

today was pretty good. the lab went good. the anthropology test was ok. i got a math test tommorow, but i'll overcome it. i need to do good though. i didnt go to the game tonight, the lady vols game, i wish i had. i'll probably go to the guys basketball game tommorow night though. keep in mind tommorow is really friday for me, even though this post will show up as friday.

piece

Well, I went out with some of my friends after Dance Marathon. And we were having fun at this girl's apartment that I know. Some of them got a little inebriated, and I was taking care of them. I just feel like sometimes I am get left out because they seem to have so much fun.....Just to let you know, I dont drink and I am just typing this to get it out, not to get advice.

Please dont take any of this the wrong way.... I am just a little stressed out.

In Him,
Jason

Unreached People Facts
English is spoken as the primary language by 461 people groups (counting by country), with Hindi spoken by 456 and Bengali spoken by 426 .

Motivation
"It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities. And the inhabitants of one will go to another saying, Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts; I will also go."
Zech 8:20-21

WOW!!!! Dang what a great night at Bonhoeffer's....Sean McConnell, Ryan Horne, and Leslie Dudney!!!! This show rokced my face off. If you didn't come you really missed out. I haven't ever seen bonhoeffers so packed out. All of the performers were great no really i mean great but i have to say my favorite was Ms. Dudney (but thats just me). I would love to say all kinds of cool things about how great the show was but im just not that great with words so.....Dang good show you be good.

You know, life can really get you down some times....... That
fact is soooooo true to me now after experiences over the past year and a half.
I realize now that life has just been bringing me more and more pain and I am
really struggling to cope with it. I know that through it I should fully trust
and rely on God's strength. I can truthfully say I have been striving to do
that but over time everything catches up to me and it is so painful. I am
really really discouraged right now with a lot of things going on. I feel like
I am taking a beating after I have already been beaten almost to death over the
past year and a half. I just wish I could have a break without pain. I wish I
could just have some time to fully recover from dealing with the deaths of
friends. Yet I find no time to do that. Don't get me wrong, I know I have
learned so so much and I have grown so much through those horrible experiences
but it doesn't numb the pain of the experiences knowing that. It can only do so
much to know that. I know I sound really depressing and I am sorry. I know that
God has a plan for everything that has happened to me but I tell you - I HATE
GOING THROUGH IT! I am getting so discouraged! I can't really describe the
feelings I feel. I am just amazed that I have made it this far. I know that is
due to God being behind me and I am thankful for that. But again that doesn't
numb the pain enough. I would take rest in God and I do try to do that but
again everything catches up with me and I get so down. I can’t understand a lot
of things and I probably never will but I just try to trust God has a plan for
everything and a time for everything. Ohhhhh I am just getting really
discouraged. Maybe it is just that I am having a rough day, I don’t know. I…….
well enough about all of this, I hope each of you have a good day. I am sorry
if I have depressed you or anything haha. Just venting a bit to maybe talk some
stuff out. Oh well I feel a little better. I hope yall have a good day.

 

In Him,

Jonathan

 

OK...


    I have already had two French test's this
week...aced them both.  I have two major History test's
tomorrow.  THEN, I have another history test Tuesday, a Bible test
Wednesday, and a French test Thursday...with four reports due
Friday.  The next Monday I have an 8 page History test.  I
have 3 History classes by the way.


    Got signed up for classes next semester...18
hours.  Got signed up for rooms next semester, we will be moving
on up to the new dorms...we get a room to ourselves with a big bathroom
(tub and shower).  I am excited!!!


    Have a retreat with Mo' Heights (Morrison
Height's...my church here in Clinton) this weekend.  It is on
relationships...we are going to be in cabin's in the woods.  I am
excited about this as well.  And next weekend I have a wedding to
attend...also exciting.


OK,  I need sleep and am going to try to get some.  Goodnight to all and sweetdreams!!!!


smile~ash

So i love Lipscomb. Tonight was amazing. It was sanctuary it was awazing. God really worked through me tonight and that makes me really happy i really need tonight. I got to register for classes today too and i got all the classes that i wanted and needed so that makes me happy! Well one week tilll i get to go home for fall break i cant wait! God is an amazing God just look outside your window and look at the trees and the leaves and just everything around you!   

     Loveya Jess

Oh yes, I'm in love...

With Missy Elliot. And I'm not ashamed.

I'm also in love with the 500 -something seconds song from "Rent" I have the soundtrack.

AND....I'm in love with "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". I went to the play at MTSU tonight. I had never seen the movie before. The play was amazing! They did such a good job. I'm going to go see it again. I'm also in love with the people in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" haha. Yes.

"This song reminds me of drums!"

Ahh, Norah Jones is pretty much the perfect way to wind down after an eventful day like today. Spontaneity might be what's missing for me this week, and I got a good share of it today. After another invigorating accounting session, I go to my stats class which is meeting in the Business Lab today . . . or so I thought! Turns out that there was a scheduling conflict, and basically class was just going to be used for  people to finish the marathon test we had on Tuesday. Since I finished my test on Tuesday this meant no class! Coupled with my scholarship service assignment being cancelled, the day was looking up. There were a lot of other little things that happened to mix up my Thursday routine, but I also had one of my smellier brain farts this semester. For months now I've known that Leslie, Sean McConnell, and Ryan Horne would be playing Bonhoeffer's on Nov. 10, and today I didn't even think about it until I was walking back from my J-Group and saw a ton of cars outside of Bonhoeffer's. It was like a bad mini-epiphany of some sort. Everything began to make sense all at once, and I realized my grievous wrong. Oh well, one more thing that I didn't expect today.

I love The Rocky Horror Show.  I love driving all over town.  I love the following people an  awful gosh darn lot.

• Jamie Fields



• Michael Thoe



• Katrina Johnson



• Mark Lewis



• Donald Barron



• Nina Meins



• Missa Phillips



• Mellie Riddle
  
  

Ahhh tonight was crazy.  If you want to know more about it, ask me or go read my xanga.  Whichever you feel like doing.

 Yeah its definitely been a long time since I have been on here... and wow... this is awesome... a little confusing but awesome... wish more of my friends were on here though... so yeah... life is good other than being sick and having no free time!! <3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA!!

you freaking rosk you big 15 year old!!

don't you just hate confusion. when it seems like something makes sense and all the pieces fit together, you figure out there are actually a few pieces missing from the puzzle. they are little things, but without them, the picture isn't complete. i've felt that way recently with a few different things. it's just annoying, not knowing what's going on with your own life and how other people are affecting it. i mean, for the most part, everything is grand...just some things and people set my head spinning into a complete state of dillusion, and i just don't know what to think. one day, something can seem like a concrete fact, then the next day it's like it was never true...it's all really confusing and irritating. and for those of you who really know me, i don't really like being left in the dark about stuff, i like to know exactly what's going on. i mean...to quote myself "Do What Now?" i just wanna get things in the clear and just know what's going on. blah...i hate being confused. but for the most part...things are fine, school, the band, work, friends....just those little puzzle pieces that make the picture incomplete that annoy the shit out of you. OUT

-KYLE

As I sit here tonight I realize that the advice I have to offer means absolutely squat if God is not real in my life but there is good news he is real because he has risen.. Sometimes I think about all the lost people and the sad part is I feel absolutely no urgency to share the gospel and you know what that is its apathy... an absolute witness killer apathy is so big now it can control our lives and minds and we seem not to even care... I don't know what to do and I wish I did...but I realized through christ I can do all things (in matthew) and he can change that attitude of laziness that is inside of our hearts if we just ask him to help us fill that need of urgency... I just hope someone can relate to what I am saying we (I) need to step up and be bold and share the love of christ with people who need to hear it and I hope everyone has a wonderful night and I will talk to you guys soon

                                                      IN CHRIST john

Wow....I am completely convinced that I have the greatest friends anyone could ever have. You know, sometimes as a teenage girl its hard to love who you are. There is so much pressure around you to be beautiful and have the perfect figure.....like Mary Lauren and Lisa said...the world has made beauty something it's not. They define beauty with physical appearances when really, beauty is within and it comes from God. We should base how we feel about ourselves on God, not on boyfriends, friends, or anything- only God. He created all of us beautiful and we often make ourselves ugly with the sin we have in our lives. Some people find confidence easier than others...its all about what God has for you to deal with. You know what?  I know I can make it. With all the pressure from the world around me I know I can make it because God is on my side. When it's right, I will be confident in who I am and in who He's made me. Im here for a specific purpose and Im the only one that can fufill that purpose because that's why Im here. Thank you Lisa and Mary Lauren for helping me realize these things more and more....I love you both very very much.

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end."- Ecclesiastes 3:11

This is another thing Ive been thinking about a lot. I heard the song "I'll Fly Away" this morning on the radio and Ive been singing it all day and I was just like "Man oh man I cant wait to get up there to heaven." Do you guys even realize how absolutely amazing it's going to be?? I mean Im so excited! To be made perfect....up in a perfect place with my perfect Jesus....*Sigh* how absolutely amazing.

"For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."- Revelation 7:17

I'll Fly Away

Some glad morning when this life is over,
I'll fly away.
To a home on God's celestial shore,
I'll fly away.

I'll fly away, O Glory,
I'll fly away.
When I die, Hallelujah, bye and bye,
I'll fly away.

When the shadows of this life have flown,
I'll fly away.
Like a bird thrown, driven by the storm,
I'll fly away.

I'll fly away, O Glory,
I'll fly away.
When I die, Hallelujah, bye and bye,
I'll fly away.

Just a few more weary days and then,
I'll fly away.
To a land where joy shall never end,
I'll fly away.

I'll fly away, O Glory,
I'll fly away.
When I die, Hallelujah, bye and bye,
I'll fly away.

Well thats about all for today...I hope you guys have had a great week! Just remember that Jesus is always there no matter what, with open arms....take Him up on His offer...He loves you very much. Make Him your passion!

Andrea

"Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king."- 1 Peter 2:16-17

(Props to Mary Lauren for the beautiful photography!)

"Ruby Soho"

Echoes of reggae comin' through my bedroom wall
havin' a party up next door but i'm sittin here all alone
two lovers in the bedroom and the other starts to shout
all i got is this blank stare and that don't carry no clout at all

[Chorus]
Destination unknown
Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho
[x2]

He's singin and she's there to lend a hand
he's seen his name on the marquee but she will never understand
once again he's leavin' and she's there with a tear in her eye
embraces with a warm gesture it's time, time to say goodbye

[Chorus]

Ruby's heart ain't beatin cause she knows the feelin' is gone
she's not the only one who knew there's somethin' wrong
her lover's in the distance as she wipes a tear from her eye
ruby's fading out, she disappears, it's time, time to say goodbye

[Chorus]

Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho
Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho
Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho
Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho

Destination unknown (Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho)
Ruby ruby ruby ruby soho
[x2]

MUSIC, JESUS, AND FOOD! Oh, and pantaloons.. cause theyre that cool!

So I just found out that my favorite person at work isn't going to be working there much longer.

I could cry. Seriously.

       i..holly cathey..

get to hangout with the wonderful ..

keaton bethany Garner!! my best buddy ever

..yes.. we will make more..

crazily cute pictures..

   Coming Soon.. to

                  X.a.n.g.a..

www.xanga.com/eminem_is_my_loverboy

 ..pics as of now.. go look.

   <333

holly cathey

VERY tired! Life is crazy, but I wouldn't want it any other way. Looking foward to a youth hangout followed by a girls' night tomorrow. Should be nice. So yea..Have a good weekend everyone! Love you all!

Thank you God for everything you've blessed me with! It's more than I deserve.

go to my xanga and answer the question. and if you don't have xanga you can't leave a comment. so answer it on here.

www.xanga.com/cheese_puffs_in_the_wind

i love you

Well, not much has happened lately.  I got the new Casting Crowns CD.  It's pretty good.  Nothin much else is goin on right now. Well, anyways.... see ya later.

thanks to the 23 people that have requested me as a friend these past few days. it's nice to meet all of you. you're all really awesome.

and i have a new picture from a workshop that i was at over the summer. check it out.

mm. cappucino is so good.

Apparently, today is Fart Day! (don't ask lol)

well, everyone... i am official bored w/ school! lol but i did learn one thing today: Meth is bleah! lol don't do it, ok kids? lol

and to my lovely lil kitty: "K-pppbbbt!" i hope you feel better! ^^

"Yes, I stand up again and again
If there is a wall, we can break it
Don't you think our lives have only just begun?
So long as there is a way, we can open the door"

-Ayu

my birthday was amazing...jeanett just called me to wish me a happy birthday...i've gotten millions of "happy birthday" screams from across the hallways at school, and i am so happy...

just got back about half an hour ago from a bowling match in mcminnville...we kicked butt...20-7...we are still undefeated, and that's not going to change anytime soon....but i do have to say that they're lanes were pretty freakin ghetto!! haha...

anyways, i'm gonna go enjoy the rest of my birthday...
mucho love!!
[becca]

So I skipped school today.  It was fun.  Half because I view the whole practise as increasingly pointless (except for perhaps my European History class and definitely my English class), and half because my tonsils were swollen to Goodyear proportions.

Lovely image, eh?  They're deflated now.  But everyone knows that sickness can often be cured by some old-fashioned retail therapy.

It was worth it.  Staying home, anyway.  Mum and I bonded.  To some extent.  We cursed each other over boardgames, anyway (calling each other "fiendish hags" and whatnot).  So I guess that could be construed as "bonding."  Our relationship is weird.  But awesome.  After all, how else could "I want you to leave!" (in regards to moving out) be construed in a loving manner??  *Headshake, eye-roll*

The delicious pizza essence wafts from the kitchen below, mocking me in my hunger.

I take great satisfaction from the fact that top oil executives were systematically grilled and basted and grilled again before the Senate yesterday, trying to explain the fact that soaring gas prices are in no way related to their soaring profits.  *StabStab*  Suffice to say, they failed to provide satisfactory answers.  Let's get those numbers back to 86 cents (hell, I'll take $1), peoples.  Oh wait.  You need those five Rolls Royces to survive.  (Sorry.)

Im leaving to go to the  nickel creek concert. we got awesome seats, hope its a good show! if you dont know who they are you are mising out man

leaving for union...very excited...just pray that its all in god's will that i spend the next four years here and pary for megan, cause she's so stressed out...she may be graduating early...its really all in God's hands at this point with nothing we can do to help...i hate feeling helpless...

How can I stand here with you
And not be moved by you?
Would you tell me
How could it be
Any better than this?
Because you're all I want
You're all I need
You're everything
Everything

You gotta love Lifehouse.

So last night was great. I have considered myself to be a passionate person, but it seems as I grow older, my passion decreases. That's really sad- it should be the other way around! I guess back in junior high I was so zealous because I was just discovering what it really means to walk with Christ and I was so ready to change the world. As I grew older, I guess I grew more disappointed with the world- it seemed so- impossible. And yet, my favorite stories are about the passionate people who strive to change the world becuase secretly- that's who I want to be. That's the way I was created to be. I don't want to hide that anymore.

Belle Aire has our first basketball game tonight at St. Rose at 8:30! Roll Tide!

This is a picture from bad fad night that I stole from Meredith! From left to right its john, me (with the afro), meredith, alex, ben (lol), and ami and olivia on the bottom. That was soooo much fun. There are a few more pics on my photo box. So check 'em out.

photo from G-MUNY

edit: went and saw jarhead the other night. It had more cussing than an eminem cd and it had some "stuff" in it that the movie could have done without. The story, however, was pretty interesting. It showed the reality of being in a foreign country in the US Marines. Overall, i'd give it a 6 out of 10.

haha i reinjured my ankel monday getting ready for young life & i am out for another 3 weeks...along with stu, yeah & hmm...i have the bestest freinds...i couldnt ask for more

MTSU GAME THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!! LAST ONE!!!!

i am excited!!

look at this

haha yay!!

I'm going to do several things. I'm going to get in shape. I need to get back to a healthy weight and lifestyle anyway, but I also want to look good the next time I see a certain someone. Cross your fingers it may be soon. I'm going to chill out and calm down. I don't know, maybe yoga will help me. Can't hurt. I'm going to call a certain someone and tell him everything. I've needed to do that for a long time, but I'm going to do it no matter what happens or how it hurts.

I'm going to go now cuase I've got to get ready for my Mock Trial class. MTSU Invitational Friday and Saaturday.

today was boring

i am tried....

other then me getting puched in the leg real hard...

thats about it...... grrrrrr today was soooooooo boring

i hope my math teacher dies

Someone please tell me what I should major in!!  :o)  I have no idea what to do with my life.  I need to be praying about this, but will anyone who reads this please pray for me as well?  Thanks!

Omg, today was AMAZING! So we did the little thing at Michel Nelson (sp?) and I got there and I went to the wrong one! They were like "the thing is tomorrow" and I was all "no, I was told to be here today.." "maybe you're supposed to be in the other building." So I went across the street, and sure enough, I was wrong. So we get there, warm up and stuff and are told to go outside and get ready. We were like "what? we were told that we were going to play in the gym." nope, they had us wait outside from him (the custodian [Mr. V.]) to pull in in a limo, so we could play the fight song. I was like WHAT?! And then, we were going to parade him around the school...and I did not have one parade type shoes, it was fun! So we get there and they give a long speech about being a US citizen and all this stuff, it was really cute. (Mr. V and his wife moved from Russia in 1995, they were so cute!) They gave him a flag (more like 3) and we playing the National Anthem. Afterward, they did a presentation from when he graduated from the Naturalization classes and, which then we play American the Beautiful...which is Mrs. V.'s favorite song. We played some pep-band stuff while all the lil kids went back to class. So we're packing our stuff up and the principle goes "hey, y'all want to go to IHOP with Mr. V and everyone else?" She paid for it all! The entire 5th period band class...and Andrew, Andrew's mom, Mr. and Mrs. V., their daughter and her husband, two of Mr./Mrs. V's friends, and herself. It was so good. I got to learn about Russia and stuff, it was interesting. It's talking to people who immigrate from a place like Russia, which is completely different from the US to understand how different we live our lives, and appreciate it better. Just thought I share that with you, because I don't want to take things for granted anymore.

So a few weeks ago, ok a 5 weeks ago, my bike was stolen from the Baptist Collegiate Ministries bike rack.  This really flipped my lid that someone had the guts to steal a bike at a God blessed establishment.(wow, i think I used some word that are big)  Any ways, I have totally been bummed out about it because this is my third, I repeat 3rd, bike stolen in my five years here at MTSU(Yes, i said five).

Just last night some friends and I were talking about our bikes because that is what we love to do.  And I said jokingly and in a high-pitched-funny-voice, "Loooooord, please cast conviction on whoever stole my bike. Bless the children in Anarticia, Amen."  ok so like total being a goof-ball.

Well this morning I receive a phone call from my wife ( i like using that word) and she says that my bike is sitting against the bike rack and she is going to put it inside the BCM.  I thought she was pulling out one of her sick jokes, but she was serious!!

So let me just say, I LOVE CONVICTION OF SIN!!!  I am so greatful that I got my bike back.  Now I have no reason to be late to class!!

Out like pump high-tops,
Shelby

Why, yes, it is so!  Chris Davis has finally realized two months too late that nearly everyone he knew abandoned Xanga for Phusebox, and as such, joined on here!  Oh nos!

Err, anyway, I have yet to get the profile pic business done, mainly 'cause I figure it's about time to get a different picture of me than one with me in the tux looking confused as heck, so I'll just wait 'til I can borrow my sister's camera or something.

So, yeah, I'll be nice and posting doubly-so, both on here and Xanga, I mean.

With that said, here's the main post for today...  (I apologize for the lame copy-and-paste stuff, but I imagine you'll live.)

"Yeah, I take a quick look at Clint's Xanga that says that he feels he should be updating it more often...a post from two months ago.  I chuckle to myself, then realize...damn, I haven't updated in about a month.

So I'm updating my Xanga.  For once.

Life's been rather...odd lately.  Or, more rather, I've been rather odd lately.  Odd feeling, perhaps, but overall odd.

Why is that?  Well, I suppose I could be honest.  I fear I have fallen victim to some form of depression, much more than I feared in the past.  And because of this, I may perhaps be falling into the clutches of ADHD.  w00t and stuff.

'Cause, honestly, I almost feel worse in certain ways this semester than I did a year ago.  Why is that, I couldn't tell you.  I honestly don't know.  I suppose at least then I had something to "blame" it on, y'know, the whole lack-of-Marissa thing.  But, even with Marissa here, it hasn't really helped...  And I figure that if everything appears to be going my way on the surface and I still feel horridly down, then something's wrong.

But who knows...  I sure as heck wish I knew what in the world's wrong with me.

...Something's gone from me that seemed to be with me in the past.

...I kinda wish I could just disappear from the "world" for a week or two to spend all to myself to attempt to think about things/relax/get away from computer science stuff.

Oh, yeah, random tidbit.  I've come to the conclusion that the Chemistry department likes me much more than the Computer Science department here at MTSU.  Awhile back, there were invitations sent out to most of the computer science majors to be a part of the student advisory board for the department.  All but two or three of my class got them; I didn't.  On the other hand, I was one of three to be invited to partake in being a General Chemistry Student Lab Instructor out of my honors Chemistry class.  Maybe it's a sign I should just get out of Computer Science while I can, since it's the department that really doesn't like me much...  I could switch into Chemistry...  And learn how to make stuff from nothing, y'know, MacGayver-style.  I could see it now...  "Behold, as I take this rubberband, toothpick, and cow spit and create the world's smallest cold fusion reactor!"

...Okay, maybe not quite like that.  But I may be able to find a better fuel.  Or something.

...All I know is that computer science is becoming a little tiring.  It's just becoming boring for me.  I just want to know the syntax for everything and what it does and just go with it.  I can figure out how to put together lines of code on my own time...  So, yeah, I could end up switchin' majors altogether...

...I could even end up switching schools altogether and go for a Japanese major.  Don't expect it to happen, though, since my parents are really likin' this whole spend-about-$1000-a-semester business and going elsewhere, just in living costs alone, is over $1000 a semester.

Anyways, I guess I'll let you all move on with your lives.  It was a jolly good time seein' Graham, Amy, and Anna today.  Catch you all later."

Today I made the fire come out of the monkey's head.
I went out to eat with the faust and stretch today....and I seemed to watse all of the $4 in my wallet on the gas station trip and the McDonalds adventure.
Well there is the excitement of my day.
Now.....I am going to take a piss and leave school and go home.
Peace.

this is something that really ticks me off.  i hate when people decide to be shocking and controversial just because of the effect in has on other people.  the source of my rant today is MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY.

i passed by tucker theatre today and there was a sign up advertising the fall musical:  The Rocky Horror Picture Show.  now, i'm not going to lie and act like i've seen the play, i haven't, but i do know the controversy of which it contains.  now, one might think, ahh, great musical.  however, i think...another musical like this?  last year the musical department did cabaret (which by the way, was far from exceptional.)  so here we are dealing with another musical that contains controversial stuff, for lack of a better word.
there are better  musicals out there that can be done:  42nd street, les mis, shakespeare plays with a modern twist,  hairspray, pippin, joseph and the tecnicolor dreamcoat, etc.  but they seem to choose differently.
GIVE US SOMETHING BETTER TO WATCH!

that's all i feel like talking about right now.  that's my rant. 
peace

I think I've figured out why hugging loved ones feels so wonderful-
it's the closest that two beating hearts can get to each other.

I stood in the rain last night

With my most favorite Finace

How amazing it felt to let the water wash over you

Like troubles dripping away

Tuesday I turned 22.  Have I really been around that long? I read these things on the internet about memories people have about being a child of the 80s and tv shows from the early 90s.  I feel old now that Full House and Roseanne can be shown on Nick at Nite (that was always reserved for those boring tv shows from the 50s that gave the idealistic view of the world during the time it was shown to distract from the turmoil around society at the time - I was a smart kid).  Yet, I read something today that was so true and it makes me pity the kids of today.  I had a Super Nintendo and a Commodore 64, so video games were at my disposal, there were always 2 tvs and vcrs in the house, so i could watch "Scooby Doo," "Hey Dude," and "Salute Your Shorts" (against mom's approval).  Yet, I still begged to go outside, the world ended at my friend's house (across the street and over 1 house). Anything outside of that was an adventure.  The front yard was a baseball field and the neighbor's driveway was a full lenght basketball court.  The "woods" behind the house held many mysteries and a great place to take discarded wood and fallen trees to make a fort.  It was a privilege to get to ride my bike around the block.  Playing baseball, there was no stealing, hitting a ball over the house was a foul, if the ball went in the road, the game was stopped to keep the ball out of the drain.  Hit the ball over the tree that was second base was a homerun (note, that was over the tree, not through the tree into the neighbor's yard).  On a rainy day, you had a city in your room made of legos, and you controlled everything...there was no violence, no war, maybe a car crash into a building because it was fun to break what you built just to build it again.  You sat around with your friends with a tape recorder making radio shows and mix tapes of your favorite music.  Sometimes you would sit by your radio for hours waiting for that song to play on the radio so you could record it from there (and now I will probably have the RIAA after me).  Your mom gave you the remaining checks from the account she closed so you could learn how to write them for when you get older and gave you a new game to play.  (of course, now your brother made you write a check for everything you borrowed).  You had chicken pox with your best friend.  To meet the girl you had a crush on in elementry school you ran into at the skating rink (roller skating that is).  When your grandfather dies in his 70s when you are 7 you can accept that he was old and his time to go, but when your grandmother dies in her 70s 13 years later, you think she died so young.  I remember that if you didn't have something, you just pretended you did, or changed the rules to exclude it.  There was no excluding anyone from playing.  All problems could be fixed with kool-aid and popsicles.  Staying up until midnight was the most awesome thing you and your friends did, and seeing that pg-13 movie was the best movie you ever saw (even though you didn't understand half of it).  I remember when i was able to walk outside with my friends and be gone for 6 hours walking through the neighborhood and nobody had to worry...we would come back, or someone would return us after 30 minutes.  The feeling of taking your bike down that hill going super fast was the closest thing to drugs you would ever know about.  Smoking and alcohol were never an issue, that was something grown ups did. 

That is enough rambling for right now...if you remember things different from now and growing up, share.

-Daniel

CMS!!!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

                   

Is it not wonderful when your classes get canceled, i love those days  when you walk up to the classroom , and there is a note hanging up that says French 1010 is canceled for today....... ahhhhhhh how refreshing.

For the last 4 games Alpha Omega had thier offense and defense clicking on all cylinders. Tuesday night AO's cylinders broke down.

Lagauna Beach didn't have anything on the drama that insued Tuesday night between AO and the Bayside Tigers. Bayside Tigers had more personal fouls than offensive plays, yelled and cussed more than a Kanye West cd, and had 2 players ejected from the game. AO managed to keep their cool and most importantly, their witness, and didn't retaliate in midst of the chaos. Bayside Tiger players argued what seemed every call and taunted AO players what seemed every play. Inspite of their behavior the Bayside Tigers made all the plays. Bayside's suffocating defense had AO quarterback Clint Nadeau running for his life most of the night. AO's only toucdown came with a minute remaining. It was old times when Clint Nadeau hooked up for a 25 yard touchdown pass to his favorite receiver James Alfonso. Alfonso out jumped the defender and made an amazing catch to give AO 6 points.

After the game AO quarterback, Clint Nadeau, had this to say about the game, "God was glorified tonight in our team. I hate to play in the situation we played in tonight. But we kept our focus tonight. Hopefully people saw Christ in us and that stirs up something inside them. God gets all the glory. We're out here to make Him known to our campus. Tonight wasn't meant to be. We play by the verse on our shirts 1 Corinthians 10:31. That means even in defeat we are to give God glory."

Despite the insanity AO was able to pray with Bayside's whole team at the end of the game. AO shared the hope that they have in Jesus Christ and invited them to AO on Wednesday nights and Sunday School.

AO has made the playoffs 4 straight years. In 4 seasons AO has a 16-6 record. Tuesday night was the end of an era for AO. Seniors Daniel Paterson (offensive line), Scott Maxwell (defensive end), and Clint Nadeau (quarterback/captain) played their last game for AO.

AO wishes to thank their fans for their support and prayers. Continue to pray that the seeds planted with the teams that AO prayed with that God would open up their hearts so that they could feel Him at work in their life. Ultimately, giving their lives to Jesus Christ.

I made this last night.. only because I was pretty bored and I'm only pretty sure I had these clips handy... but then again, I'm ONLY pretty sure about the entire situation. Oh well thought, you know. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/?v=V_MsDwxtP0E

It actually takes place in several different locations. They may and probably include: South Dakota, Wichita KS, and Salina KS.

today, at 2:30am, out of a deadly combination of curiosity and boredom, I signed up. Is that a bad thing? How the hell do I now make my e-mail anonymous? I wonder how I rate on HotOrNot these days? I might upload that latest bad hair photo of me. I wonder if anyone else is going to read this? Send a message with the contents

"Y"

if you do read this. If only to satisfy a lame curiosity of mine

<b>werd</b>

Guys I'm so freakin bored right now there is like nothing to do at all... gosh... and yup yup.. Well I'm probably going to be able to go over to Beths house on Saturday and chill with her and yeah were so going to make dinner.. I wanna make it for her but idk if she'll let me but yeah Well.. yup I'm not aloud to go to the Riverdale game cause yeah I'm grounded and my moms letting me just do one thing this weekend and eah well i got to go. LOve you Beth

-Josh-

So, i dust got done driving to calfornia, but not just any thing, a 40 foot long racecar hauler, so yeah, it was stressful... very stressful. but we are here now and we race on sat night. its on speedvision. autozone elite division all star showdown. check it out! and oh yeah, go 98!

man oh man.
I loveeeee life. =]

The kids have succeded in their mission, now I'm sick!

i really hate this. i wish it would go away.

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

Up untill now there has not been a problem with it, but now it needs to be addressed. Recently, two girls Skylar Durden and Shantel Beeler have started blogs. I find their profile picures to be offensive and inappropriate.

I think Nathan should ban people like this from Phusebox, comment if you agree!!!

 Being a child means not having a care in the world...having no insecurities...believing everything you hear...seeing your dad as your ultimate hero...being able to fall down and then get up laughing...watching Mr.Roger's neighborhood was the best part of the day because that meant the news was about to come on which meant daddy was about to come home...

Too many experiences, too much pain, or simply too much knowledge spoils us into adulthood. I love kids, and not just their innocent smiles or the way their eyes just glow...I love their God-shaped hearts.

 And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. - Matthew 18:3 

                                                        +ML+

no trespassing, violaters will be *KISSED*

So the time is slipping away, and winter ball is getting closer and closer<3

I have a date now, im going with a cute boi, named tyler. He is amazing.

School is going pretty good right now, but my parents, well thast a different story. Im excited about winter ball. And I can't wait!

Maybe this year won't be so bad after all.

Baseball practice friday...Yup im pretty sure im goin<3

//edit\\

so i take back the skool year is going good, and having a date to winterball thing.

im going to winter ball but with friends not a date. he decided that he would rather go with someone else. which never the less i don't blame him. shes alot prettier than me.

i hate skool right now, my grades are driving me insane. i have 4 math papers due monday. blah this is going to be a fun filled weekend. NOT!

I love you.  A LOT.  Don't ever feel like you're bugging me by sharing your problems.  I want to know because I want to know how I can help you the most when I do see you and when I do talk to you.  It doesn't matter if it's good/bad- my love for you is not rooted in my opinion for you.  It's in my heavenly Father who shows me how to love by loving through me.  I'm pretty resilient, and God has provided me with a community that reminds me daily of the joy of serving the Lord.  I'm learning that this joy doesn't mean that everything is going to be perfect, that I'm not going to hurt, that I won't make mistakes, but that the joy of being loved by God, so much so that Jesus said that his death on the cross would glorify God.  Jesus was God/human- he KNOWS God fully.  That is a testament to live by.

So...remember that time my roommate got on my phusebox account and wrote a blog on my behalf. Man...that was awesome. What Seth forgot was that we had talked about taking 10 dollars out of the check that he owed me. So...really Seth should feel convicted. But, its okay b/c I love me roommates. They are all weird in their very own way!

Wow Michale Kelley was pretty much amazing and it. made me realize that, with the hectec life I live that God, even though it is unintentional, gets pushed back behind my daily routine, when it should be the other way around, and i am going to start making steps that will lead that way, God i wanna be addicted to you, i wanna breath you in, i want to push everything else behind YOU!!!! 

so its 2 in the AM hours and why am i up, thats right, anthropology. i can now tell you why there is miscommunication between the different sexs, and even different races, which i've also learned in anthropology that there really isnt such a thing as a different race, but thats a whole nother post.

 i can tell you how different languages have formed over the centuries, even ebonics, ya, thats right, ebonics.

 i can tell you about status and stratification, but the question is, can you tell me?

i can tell  you about different marriages and what not for different cultures, such as why in tibet 3 brothers might marry one wife and share her. patrillenial (sp) polygyny, thats whats its called.

and did you know that there are 6 different ways to classify kinship. we use the eskimo system, the hawaiin system is pretty easy, but the sudanese system is pain, but i got the iriqouis and omaha system down pretty easily, they work off of patrilenial and matrilenial discent while the crow system works off of a bilineal discent.

so have i confused you yet? intrigued you?

i can tell you about modern day polygyny(polygyny is the marriage of one man to many women, but sometimes can be vice versa such as the thing with tibet) which makes since to me now, but i still believe it is wrong. and i believe thats how aids got started way back in the day after i read that section.

i can tell you alot more, but i'll wait, or you can just ask. theres some pretty crazy stuff i could tell you.

does all this really matter though, no, but it makes for some interesting reading. i'm going to bed. hopefully i'll sleep better tonight. last night sucked. :( but oh well.

anyone wanna go to winter wonder slam. the line up is toby mac, matthew west, grits, barlow girl, john rueban.

piece

I have a test tomorrow and I still haven't started studying for it.  That's pretty bad.  I never really study for this test but I am so tired that I can't.

hey hey sup yall

ya today was my birthday. nothing special. got a lot of cards. got a lot of "happy birthday"s. said a lot of thank yous. it was great. didnt get much presents. wasnt expecting to. the friends i have is all need. and of course Jesus. cuz without him, i am nothing.

on another note, i met one of my favorite musicians tonight. the musician is ryan horne. it made my day. his music is awesome. playin at bonhoeffers tomorrow night at 800.

well thats all i have. have a terrific day.

eddie

A friend gave this to me and I thought I'd pass the word. I was reading this and then thought to myself "My goodness... it's true!". I'm not one to fall in love but recently I've meet a boy that has completely changed my view of love and relationships. I've never been happier. If you know me you know this is not like me at all. Read it and see if it applies to you.
These are the 12 signs of falling in love....
12. You'll read his/her IMS over and over again...
11. You'll walk really really slow while you're with him/her...
10. You'll feel shy whenever you're with him/her...
9. While thinking bout him/her...your heart will beat faster and faster...
8. By listening to his/her voice...you'll smile for no reason.
7. While looking at him/her..you cant see the other people around you...you can only see that person...
6. You'll start listening to SLOW songs.
5. He/She becomes all you think about.
4. You'll get high just by their smell...
3. You'll realize that you're always smiling to yourself when you think about them..
2. You'll do anything for him/her...
1. While reading this, there was one person on your mind the whole time.

Thanksgiving break is just around the corner. I'm ready for it.
Oh, and is it just me or is half the people on phusebox getting 99000 comments, while everyone else gets none?

im back.
but im not good at phusebox. i always forget its here. oh well, christmas is soon. and it was 82 like yesterday? where is the snow?

=))

Okay i dont think your ready for this cause it sucks real real bad. Okay so...background of story.... Earlier this year, about three months ago, my car was broken into. Some cds were stolen, but most importantly, my most prized poseccion, my guitar got jacked. This guitar was pretty awesome...a top-of-the line ibanez AW acoustic electric series with the newest fishman pre-amp and pickups. it was my baby but, i guess it couldnt last forever. but i was out on the prowl for a new guitar, and i found a used taylor (the best guitar brand that money can buy. this guitar is like what sex would sound like if it were an istrument) mohagony cutaway grand auditoriourm 25th anniversary 400 seriers. serioulsy the tightest guiat ever. it was pretty beat so i got it for only 900.00 brand new it was only 2400.00 its pretty much freaking amazing. ANYWAYS so it was having some problems  with the electronics, so i took it in today to the shop to have them fix it. they then told me that a month after i bought this guitar, they found out it was stolen from a church, yet they had no contact number for me, so the only way they could get it back is if i randomly came in. today i happenmed to randomly come in, and they took it. the best guitar i could EVER find for that price, and they took it. this is not a god day. i dont have a good acoustic anymore.

well this is my first entry. i will put more pics on here when i develope NYC pics. tht will be my next entry either tomorrow or friday. until then make me feel special.
Ben

i just love it when i get ditched... like, not just loose a friend, but just get totally dropped. with no notice. and i don't know if it's something i did or if the other person is just being a bitch.

:shrug: but i guess there's not much i can do about it.

i have PLENTY of other awesome friends there for me... so it's not THAT big of a deal... i mean, it pisses me off still, but i can't do anything about it, so i really don't care.

yup.

If there's one thing I do like about this place, it's the sunsets.
Everyday they're amazing, today's inparticular.

Our field trip went well! The horn choir at tech was really good. I got to see Saul  and he said that he's thinking about going to UM for his masters. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that the people riding in my car are going to really get into practicing just because of seeing how much people can fall inlove with playing. Heh, Lauren and Erin told me that they want to stop taking lessons with Mike at start taking with me! That'd be cool...put money in my pocket. Lol. But time to go.

two weeks ago i was on fall break, though it wasn't much of a break.  i studied hebrew for most of the week, getting ready for the midterm.  for the sake of soccer season, i'd only been to class three times at the semester's midpoint --and i had a lot of catching up to do.  still do.

after fall break i had the good fortune to chaperone our school's tenth grade trip... to orlando, florida, and... disney world.  i'd never been before.  i really enjoyed spending time with my students outside of school.  and i liked lots of the rides; watching 3-D movies has become a new favorite pasttime of mine.  we went to epcot, animal kingdom, mgm, universal's islands of adventure, and both last and least of all... magic kingdom.  most of the parks were quite fun and exciting; magic kingdom was one of the most boring places i've even been in my life.  i'd rather drink turpentine and pee on a brushfire than go back to that stroller-ridden mistake for a theme park.

but amidst all the fun, i felt sick to my stomach at times.  i remember being at downtown disney, looking up and down the street lined with extravagant shops marked by gaudy signs and lights.  so much money spent on so much nothing.  entertainment.  places to eat.  shops in which i can spend way too much money on way too pointless of items.  and people starve.

i came back from disney world to an extra long night's sleep here in murfreesboro.  i moved from the eastern time zone to the central one, and it was our weekend to turn back the clocks.  i believe i slept ten hours saturday -- one for each grade completed by my disney world compatriots, or one for each seemingly unending hour spent in the magic kingdom.  i'm quite thankful for the extra sleep i got that night, but... man, it gets dark awfully early these days.

nearly one year from now i will be completing my first ironman race.  i started training again today... lifted weights, cycled, ran.  i'm exhausted.  this is going to take some discipline.  i want so badly to be an extremely disciplined individual, but it never happens that way.  all that i accomplish is usually in spite of my lack of discipline, rather than on account of my having it.  i intend to do a better job in the next twelve months.  if intentions were horses, though, i'd be cleaning up a lot of crap. 

i wanna go back...real bad...so i can actually enjoy my last camp year with all of my favorite people...

gah...why can't life have a rewind button??????

hey guys. sry...long time no update.

all i can say is... GOD'S AMAZING!!!

till next time...

worshiping HIM in the pit-**kayla**

o yea... last week i met Hawk Nelson, and Clearview and this week i'm going to hang w/ SHOWBREAD!! amazing times!!!

went to burger king tonight.

ordered a chicken sandwich majig. threw it away. got a awesome darth maul and obi won star wars watch.

KAPOW

Oprah had her giveaway thing today. it was for some heros of Katrina. everyone got those new video iPods and a $1600 new laptop. it was awesome.( she also gave away crescants, cookies, and brownies.)

ok first is that on October 31st  My sisters brand new 2005 Scion tC was wrecked and the insureance totalled it. The police officer that just got killed here in Murfreesboro. the black lady named kay something i think yah she was the lady that took our report. so thats kinda freaky. we just saw that lady and she was a real ass to us but no one ever wished that she would die. thats wrong. and even though sometimes people say or think that. they dont really mean that. because thats cruel but anyways. Yesturday my gparents called and said that my dads aunt is not supposed to make it through the night so um they called us today about an hour ago and said that she died at like 6:30.. funny thing is that me and my dad were just talking at like 6 when we were on our way to get food how she must be ok becuase hasnt anyone called and told us about her so yah.. 30 minutes later what do you know.. she dies.. My grandma is pretty tore up. that was her only family really.. her dad died when she was a little kid.. when she was 20 her mom and step dad were out on a winter day in Sryacuse new york when they backed up there brakes locked up and they slid into a freezing cold and drowned to death. they said you could see scratch marks on the roof and on the windows from where they both tried to get out but the windows were all power.. yah and she had no brothers or sisters.. her aunt took her in and she died when she was about 25 so yah she didnt have any family so shes torn up.. tomorrow im leaving for florida and its my grandparents 50th anniversary (which was planned) and then monday is the funeral for my dads aunt ( not planned) so yah but i gtg ,.. I love you megan...

if you hadn't already figured this out, i'm definitely metro. if you were looking to be friends with a mundane guy, that's not me at all. i'm high maintenance and i put a lot of effort into my hair. not a ridiculous amount, but enough. i care about name brand clothing and fine dining. i go through money like water. that's not boasting, i'm actually a little ashamed of it because i know that one day it's going to bite me in the ass. it's just how i was raised. i grew up in a really affluent neighborhood and i've been surrounded by stereotypical californians that you see on the OC and laguna beach. that's my crowd.

but don't worry. i'm not a womanizer or a jerk. i'm friendly, outgoing and i'm an overall nice person. i do a lot of community service and i've donated money to charities. i'm also very involved in my schoolwork and extracurriculars. a lot of people look at me and think that i'm really stuck up because of who i associate with. i don't want you to judge me. just accept me, lifestyle included.

Things are finally starting to even back out. Aside from the Strep throat I had this weekend, I am doing reasonably well. School is almost over; which means that I am going home in 9 days! I can't hardly wait. 

My Big dream is continuing to evolve. Here has been a vision placed in Nathan's and my collective heart to see a Deeper group started at his church for the youth and young adults who are looking from something deeper than what the adverage sunday or youth service can give them. There are more than a few of our friends who are hungry for the deep things of God. If it is in His will, and we both believe it is, then we would like to lead the group and dive into the meaty stuff. Soaking, Intersession, Impartation... 

"Deep crys out to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and breakers have swept over me." -Psalm 42:7 

this morning was the worst morning ever!

1. i was walking across tn blvd and my backpack broke and fell in the middle of the street. i had to run back and grab it really quick bf it got ran over. scared me to death!

2. when i got to the other side i noticed i was bleeding really bad. apparently when i was running back and forth i broke the blister the was trying to heal from a shoe i had worn last week. so my pants and shoe had all this blood on it. (i know what your thinking. you think its sick and so do i.)

3. i had to limp to the cope building to go to the office where i work so i could get a bandaid. well apparently i somehow broke the ear piece of my ipod earphones. the wire was exposed and the whole thing just flew off! let's keep in mind that i just bought those this weekend.

oh Lord I am FREE in you. Oh Lord I am COMPLETE in you.....I WILL OVERCOME!

i had prayed earlier this morning that i would have a great day and i just had a great time talking to God this morning so i know that it was Satan trying to ruin my day.

but i know that it could be a lot worse. and i still think that God is the GREATEST!

Vanderbilt Voice Clinic

so i went to the VVC today to get a 2nd opinion on a tonsilectomy and i'm going to go through with it! except, i think i'm going to cancel my appt for here and do it and vandy. they are just set up better for vocalists. like they have a speech pathologist AND a singing coach to go to for therapy after the surgery - which here has neither.  AND they work with lots of famous vocalists (ok, most are country stars, but they still use their voice for $$!) and so they understand to be very careful.

on another note, the doctor (dr. garrett) said i had a lot of tension in my muscles under my jaw and under my chin (back of tongue) and that's why i talk so low and stuff...so i might start going to the speech pathologist and getting some exercises.  but on that same note, it made me very self concious today in my singing and got me really depressed in the way i sounded. hopefully it's just because i'm tired and my voice is tired. hopefully it'll be better in a week and a half for my recital. maybe i'm not getting enough sleep. ugh i dunno! i just want my recital to be perfect! :( so much pressure!!!!!!!!