a long december, and there's reason to believe

maybe this year will be better than the last

i can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving

and the days go by so fast

and it's one more day up in the canyons

and it's one more night in hollywood

if you think that i could be forgiven

i wish you would

na na na naaa na na na na yeah

the smell of hospitals in winter

and the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters but not pearls

and all at once you look across a crowded room

to see the way that light attaches to a girl

and it's one more day up in the canyons

and it's one more night in hollywood

if you think you might come to California

i think you should

na na na naaa na na na na yeah

drove up to hillside, met her sometime after 2am

and talked a little while about the year

i guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower

makes you talk a little lower

about the things you could not show her

and it's been a long december

and there's reason to believe this year will be better than the last

i can't remember all the times i tried to tell myself to hold on

to these moments as they pass

and it's one more day up in the canyon

and it's one more night in hollywood

and it's been so long since i've seen the ocean

guess i should

na na na naaaa na na na na yeah

Well, the past week is a complete blur. I'm actually quite tired. I've been praying and praying and trying to connect with God. And I'm starting to get scared for what's going to come in May of 2006. I will be out of Samford (probably) and totally free. Where does He want me??? What does He want with my life?

Obviously I am meant for something. He brought be back from life-support and allowed me to walk again. To breathe and speak again. But now what am I supposed to do with that???

My roomies joke about me being an alchoholic and not being a virgin and blah blah blah. It's all in good fun but it rubs on me the wrong way sometimes.

I feel like I need some direction.

My grandmother has been diagnosed. She dosen't want surgery. She just wants to go....it's so sad to go home now. She's in the living room. I don't want to watch as she gets worse and worse. It rips my heart out.

I like the new site though...this is really cool.      :)

And don't pay mind to my ramblings...

the truth is
you just don't realize
what i'm thinking.

so, here we go. again i am stuck bored at my computer and decide to join an online community. i cant complain though...somehow these things are strangely addictive...

I'm working really hard to construct a strong tradition within my family this year. After my grandmother Sherley died 2 years ago, and after our move, tradition died out. Last Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year will be different, though. 

well guys this is the first entry on phusebox? lol ive used xanga for since about eighth grade so this is what you call a major change i suppose. i found alot of people i havent talked to in a while. ok actually like two. but oh well. hey guys, do me  a favor and leave me a "remark" so i dont get discouraged. lol alright see ya later.

well...i was told by a Ms. Sarah Moore to become a part of this "weblog community" and it actually seems pretty cool. she explained it as xanga, but cooler. it has a lot of features that xanga doesn't have. i like that. i would like to personalize the look of my page...but i can live. haha. it's really neat though. i've invited a numerous amount of people to be my friend (sounds like myspace) and hopefully they will be kind enough to give me a yes. haha. hopefully, considering most of them are my friends from school and whatnot. we'll see. well....Welcome Me

-KYLE

well this weekend at sharp top was good and bad. the bad part was that a charter bus, from jackson, tn, full of kids went about 30 feet off the road and down a mountain friday night about 1200. as far as i know everybody is ok. i was the one who got the help. some of my best friends were right behind the bus and saw the whole thing unfold. two people were life-flighted to a hospital in atlanta. half the bus was in neck braces, some were precautionary. the other half just had bumps and bruises. one of my friends that was behind the bus, tried to get some people out but couldnt because he was slipping on all the blood that was on the floor. on saturday about 90% of the campers on the bus were treated and released and came back to camp. the good part is that i had a blast serving the boro kids. i have never seen so many happy kids. i cant wait to be a leader. want to thank all of those who prayed for the campers. it meant a lot to me. im glad that everything turned out alright.

put a picture of the fat lady on the puter. i drive her everyday. for those who dont know me, its a 1973 ford mustang. so this is where i get the name mustang sally. i call her the fat lady because its the biggest mustang ford ever built. she doesnt mind. well im going to catch up on my sleep. im have slept only 10 hours in the past 96 hours. dueces.

Woaaah. So, It's been a long time since I've been on here.

Life's gotten so busy. Swiming is in full swing when it comes to practices. Our first meet is in like two weeks, which is completely scary because we aren't really ready, but we'll see.  Variety show is this week. It's kinda exciting because we've been working on this since the second week of school. It'll be nice to get it out of the way though.

I'm completely in love with my friends. They're so helpful and supportive, and I seriously don't know where I would be in my life without them.

Okay, so I'm going to bed because I'm pretty tired from swimming today. Lots of love.

-Carrie

So, I rebooted my computer because my brother's CS (counter strike) game messed it up. Slowing it down, and what-not. Simple enough, right? Well, it never fails that I always forget to save my pictures and everything, before I do it. I normally just rush into it, because it's really not fun at all, and I just want to get it over with. Now, I've lost all my mp3s, and all my pictures. The mp3s aren't bad because I have it all on my iRiver, but my pictures?! :[  So, now all I have left of my pictures is what was on my camera before I uploaded them.

yeah... I like the new phusebox! :]

    oh snap,

    Anyone who quit phusebox before it got all badass, is probably kicking themselves in the oves right now.  btw....i love you guys and jibba jabba, talkin' bout bad for the kitz.  HOlla!

The Kid is going through one of those weeks... Now to most people "one of those weeks" usually means a bad thing and that is no exception here, the thing is my bad week consists of this: not traveling and seeing something new. It's been far too long since I've put some miles on my car and for those of you that really know me, than that is a real problem for me. Life is too short to be spent in my Oxford apartment playing videogames with Billy on the big screen. And no, I'm not single anymore which has really taken some gas out of my traveling soul that used to play such a big part in my life...

See, this is how it used to be: Go a few weeks studying with tests and what not, and then I get this urge. And off I would go. Anywhere, and everywhere, it didn't matter where; as long as it was somewhere that was either a)new or b)had roller coasters. Ahh, how I long for the days on the road. It's my heaven on earth, its my sanctuary. And it's not that I mind not being single, I love my girlfriend with everything I've got, but its different; not bad different just different.

There is just something about getting up before the sun rise, packing a days worth of clothes and nothing more, and just driving. Seeing what God created for us and seeing what this place is without us in it. For some reason it breathes life into me knowing that I'm not everything in this world, which is forgotten sometimes I must say. Well, just to let all you know I've gotten the "urge" again and I've never been one to sit here when it hits me. As another journey starts to be planned I'm left with one real thought: this world is only beautiful if we see it.

So as many of you know, I haven't talked to my dad in like three weeks. I've been wanting to call him so bad. Just cut the tension and get it over it. To make a fragile attempt at getting back the relationship we had before he got re-married. And the variety show is coming up. I'll be dancing as usual, but this year since i'm in drama two, I'll be in some skits. And no matter how pissed off (but secretly sad) I am with my dad, I want him and my stepmom and stepsisters to come see it and see me. So I swallowed my pride, stomped on my ego, picked up the phone, and called to invite them to the show.

My stepmom answered. She is a very talkative person, so even after three weeks of awkward silence, she still has a lot to say. So before I can say why I called she assumes i'm calling because I was told to. She says, "Hey what's up!, Oh...I guess you heard what happened with Nana (my grandma)?" And I immediately go into shock mode. I freak out and say no and she tells me that early today my nana, who is elderly and lives my herself now, went to get the mail in the morning and fell down. Now my nana has a long history of falling down and hurting herself. She's supposed to wear this necklace with a button to push if she ever...well falls down and isn't able to get up. But she never wears it, I don't blame her. I wouldn't either. But not to digress. She fell down, and layed in the middle of the driveway for along period of time and no car would stop to help her. And she lives on a pretty busy street, so that just shows how shitty people are. She crawled to the house and called my aunt. My dad has been at the hospital all day. She either broke her elbow or dis-located it. And she's on a lot of pain medication and she was in a lot of pain. You would think my dad would have called me to let me know. That I would be a priority on the list to be informed. ...Nope. Not one call. I had to call them. I thought I was calling because an important matter came up that the family needed to know about, That matter being the variety show. But my own grandmother gets put in the hospital and is in immense pain, and I don't even get a phonecall. I have to find it out myself. THis is rediculous. Is he that stubborn that he wont give in and call me first that he won't even inform me of her situation. This just makes me absolutely furious. And terribly sad. I can't believe it. Well in all honesty I can. And it makes me sad that we have resorted to elementary measures in talking to each other.

Then Ronda starts another conversation before I get to talk. And tells me about Saturday when they went to Family day at Nissan. And of course I was like. "Oh.......family day.....nobody thought to call me....?" and she tried to cover it up as they didn't stay that long. But I'm not buying it at all.  My dad and I used to go to family day every year together. It isn't the fact that I missed family day, which isn't that fun anyways, its the fact that I've always went with my dad. Its a tradition. Something that my dad and I could share together and bond during. But now that he has a new family. It has no meaning. He didn't even let me know that it was Saturday, He had to know a week in advance. He always does. Is it that he still doesn't want to give in and call me or talk to me. Or is it that he just doesnt want me around or doesn't care that i'm not around. And that makes me sad. We would never miss it. In a way, its like the last thing that we still had together, is now gone. And it goes beyond the fact of me missing family day. Its that He went, and enjoyed it, with his family. And my name wasn't even brought up once.

All of these things are happening in both of our lives that we want to be a part of, but we are both to stupid, and stubborn to give up this rediculous charade that we play. But I like to think that I'm being the bigger man. I've made twice as many efforts as he has to mend things. And I've only made two. So that leaves him. With a big, hurtful, ZERO efforts. And its like, everytime I think I'm doing good and trying to call or see him or involve him or just talk, I get shot down. Shot down by not being cared about anymore. I mean they don't tell me about family day or my own grandmother being sent to the hospital. Its tearing me apart. And There's nothing I can do, because I've started trying, and it gets me nowhere fast.

I'm weak, but I keep pretending I'm strong. And its showing in more ways than one...

So as you all know (atleast the SHS band ones) I watched after the band trophy from Hoover this weekend, I just thought I'd show one of the pix that was taken. I'm going to try to get one with it in my grocery cart (did I spell that right) because it's really funny [hint to Mrs. Steen].

Well, I'm waiting for CSI to come on, tootles.

My freshmen are dieing! Erin has crutches/leg brace and can't march...Lauren sprained her wrist from falling on Saturday during practice. Virginia is the only w/o injury. Lol.

Yeah, pretty sure this is pretty much awesome! Thanks Nathan, you're a genius.

 So yeah, pretty sure Lisa has an AMAZING voice and ear for music! My gosh, Lisa, that's the first time I actually heard you sing.

Pretty sure my life is pretty awesome! Yeah, Jesus is very good.

 Gloria Patri
    Nathan

So...thats my bestest friend...ironically enough..named Brittany.  We met at good ole' Antioch High School our freshman year...and we've been best friends since then!

Different Topic:  I spent the night with my really good friend at her apartment...Schuylar...and I am loving the "on your own" lifestyle! Its so cool! I think I might spend the night w/ her tomorrow!

JOSH GRACIN= HOTTNESS

I Heart You!

-Brit

Chick on this!
Its so sad you need to watch it!  Let me know if it made you cry!

Hey Guys,

  I don't know about you guys, but fall break has been rolling by pretty quick for me. I've passed almost all of my time by sleeping and tagging along (my life story) with my sister wherever she goes. We went to the mall on Saturday where I browsed for clothes I have no cash for, and I saw the girl who lied to me about having a date for the Fall dance freshman year in High School. But I'm not bitter :) My family did have some bad news though. My uncle's (mother's sister's husband) mother died. She'd been in and out of the hospital for a couple of months with lung cancer, and a few other problems. The family seems to be dealing okay with it so far. We spent a few hours with them on Sunday. I guess that's it for now. I have to go pick up my pictures anyway, which will promptly be up on Phusebox as soon as I get back to my scanner. 

-James  

so i am offically sad.... i never get comments.....Well i have decided to start keeping a real journal and it is going pretty well. I really like being able ot write my private thoughts down without worrying about people reading them... and it also makes me be able to vent to it rather than taking it out on friends. ya know what i mean?

I DESPISE geology with a PASSION!!! I'm trying to finish up the most frustrating homework in the world... ok... I know it could be a lot worse... I just can't believe this is supposed to be easy. I guess it just proves how bad I am when it comes to science...

So speaking of schoolwork, I'm still curious about reccomendations/
non-recommendations for classes and teachers. If you're an MTSU student, please scroll down to the previous entry, look through the list of courses, and let me know which classes you have taken and who your professor was and how you felt about the class and the professor. I would GREATLY appreciate it!

So... if the ASTROS win today... they will seriously be going to the WORLD SERIES!!! That would be the most amazing thing ever, and I would have a world series party!

One last thing, I mentioned this a week or so ago, but I seriously want to go to Toby Mac's concert WINTER WONDER SLAM on December 2 at Lipscomb! Other artists include, Matthew West, Barlow Girl, John Rueben, and Grits. Seriously, who wants to go, and who will drive? I'll look up ticket prices and let y'all know tomorrow.

hey today was cool jesse coggins was over and i have a pic of him ollieing off my shed

I miss the warm and cozy feeling of being in Your arms...............

I guess forever just isn't as long as it used to be.

Hey guys I made a music video.  If you wanna check it out, go here

went to the homecoming game...only to be dissapointed...didn't really watch any of it...courtney and i were busy with our sweet and sour chicken business...lol...

anyways, yeah...i have like nothing to say...

leave me remarks...
love you all
[be be]

let's see... today was... uhh... not bad. i guess it could have been better, but whatever.

i think i'm going to do not so great in geometry this time. that's no good. hopefully it'll get better. if only i would do my homework. or listen in class. but i hate is so much. *sigh* i hate it when i have to do things i don't want to do. but i guess that's part of life, right? so i guess i'll get over it.

band... heh. i love monday's after competitions. and i have a lesson tomorrow. i like my lessons. and wednesday, i prolly won't be there. (i'm getting my top braces on) and thursday i prolly won't be able to play. that sucks. but maybe i will. i hope so. i hate not playing. especially when we have practice. but this is gonna suck. because it's gonna take me forever to get used to it. and i'm gonna sound craptacular. and it will be no good. but... o well. i'll get over it.

well... i guess that's about it for now. i love you!

NARF!!!

yee-uh

Why don't you just go cut yourself already.

How bout you put a bullet to your head?

Sometimes I think, I'd be better off dead.

smoke the weed, do the crak.

Steal and drink,

to just be bad.

get a life.
You've been had.

(I feel like it's time for a rap battle)


Calling people names.

Talking behind their backs.

It just shows how Ignorant

you are.



I'm impossible to forget. But hard to remember.
Trust me. Everyone is less mysterious than they think they are.



Imaginary Homoscide.
by:Sarah Gearhart

If Drama was a sport you'd be the mvp.

You walk up and think you know everything.

Nobody knows why, but you cause suicide.

You think it's cute, you think you're great.

When we all laugh cause you're nothin but  fake.


ooh yeah.

cause you don't know what i've been taught.

and this is one more loss for your thoughts....


take it between the eyes.

All that comes from you are lies,lies,lies,

I can see them in your eyes,

hypocritical blah blah blah's

and all of those just because-es

you think, you can take my life from me.

but in the end you will see that

i'm not who you want me to be.

Stronger than what you see.

...I'll take it between the eyes.

This Imaginary homoscide.


Everythings lost inside.

you can't hide anymore.

Nobody cares what you say,

cause it never mattered anyway.

You caused some pain,

 you caused some strife.

When karma comes back it'll be a suprise.

Just take the blow..

your one last show


you don't know what i've been taught.

and this is one more loss for your thoughts.


take it between the eyes.

All that comes from you are lies,lies,lies,

I can see them in your eyes,

hypocritical blah blah blah's

and all of those just because-es

you think, you can take my life from me.

but in the end you will see that

i'm not who you want me to be.

Stronger than what you see.

...take it between the eyes.

This Imaginary homoscide.

 " Would you open up my eyes so I can see..

   Would you open up my ears so I can hear..

   Would you open up my mind so I can know..

   Would you open up my heart so I can love you more..

  I wanna seve you my God I wanna give you everything I wanna serve you my king yeah... I wanna serve my Lord I wanna give you everything yeah.." 

  This is a totally amazing song I love it...

                                 IN CHRIST john

I guess I've been avoiding it.  It's not that I don't want to work - I actually do want to work. It's the application process that scares me.  I just don't want to go through that whole "apply, wait, then never get called" thing again (& again & again). 

Does anybody have any connections?  Or know some place that's hiring a lot right now?

I'll do anything.

Please. 

Hey everyone just a quick note. Feel free to leave any comments or
prayer requests. Also if you have any questions,comments or concerns
you can contact me 3 different ways.....

1. aim- indaword247

2. yahoo- livin_in_da_word

3 email- livin_in_da_word@yahoo.com

Please feel free to IM me even if you just want to chat I am here for you....

May GOD bless you in everything.....

Im so bored the day is going by so slowly.I got up way too early today.I usually dont get up early cause Im not the early bird type like I use to be anymore.

Currently Reading
NIV Teen Study Bible, Revised (New International Version)
By Zondervan
see related
I am going to start a study on the Book of Revelation. The book of Revelation is a profecy that has yet to be fullfilled. Here are some facts i found in my bible (see above).
    Fast Facts
    * the apostle John wrote this last book of the bible
    *he was over 90 when he wrote it
    *John was given his vision of Jesus on the prison island of Patoms
    *He was exiled there by the Emperor Domitian for being a Christian
    *Revelation shows you that GOD will surley triimph over evil.
 Here is a interesting intro to the book.....
    HARD WORDS
    "Sometimes when you dont understand a hard word, do you just ignore it and read on? Well you can't ignore the hard words in this book of the bible. There are just too many of them. And too many strange imigaes: stars fallingin the ocean and rivers turning in to blood. What does it all mean?
    Even though Revelation uses diffcult images and symbols, the message of the book is clear: This world will come to and end. Jesus will come back, and he'll punsh evil. No matter how hard Satin and his forces struggle, Jesus will win. Then all will learn that both heaven and hell anr real, for ever and ever.

Revelation 1:9-18 (New International Version)

One like a Son of Man
    9I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea."
    12I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13and among the lampstands was someone "like a son of man,"[a]dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

    17When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.


Wow what a vivld picture of Jesus, how wrong are we to pain such a squed picture of Him in our minds.  As children we learn that Jesus is meek and mild.  How wrong are we to paint such a squed picture of Jesus in our kids minds.  I think that Jesus is a meek person, but that is not the only way He is.  Jesus is a meek but strong and powerful person. In the end He will win over Satin.  We need to see Jesus in a diffrent light, as who he really is. Our savior and our friend and as the most powerful person in the world.

Footnotes:

Revelation 1:13 Daniel 7:13 

As I sit at work on my ridiculously long break checking my e-mail and such. . .aladdin is sitting next to me

WOAH NOW!

Romans 9:21 (New International Version)
Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?

Today I had my 1st encounter with a potterrs wheel, and that wasnt the easyest thing. At 1st i was doing good I got my clay centered and it was good but then my clay got too dry and started to break off. So I stoped for a moment had re-wedged my clay. And got back on to the potters wheel. I was doing even better I got good centering and started to open up my clay but then my walls were too thin and in the end broke away.

How much is that so like our walk with GOD? We dont read the word or pray and we fall or "break" away from GOD but then we get "re-wedged" and come back to GOD, but then we end up with little faith and turn to mush. I can see that so much in my walk with GOD. I have too little faith. We need to stick with GOD no matter what because he wants to mold us to be more like him although its hard, as like my experence on the potters wheel, if we just have more faith, or myabe a little more "clay, water, and pratice" He will mold us in to the people He wants us to be.

If you havent accceped Jesus as Lord and/or have no idea what I am talking about LEASE email me at livin_in_da_word@yahoo.com or IM me with AIM or YAHOO. May GOD bless you always.

Mark 4:1-20 (New International Version)

1Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge. 2He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times."
    9Then Jesus said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

    10When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables 12so that,
   " 'they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
      and ever hearing but never understanding;
   otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!'[a]"

    13Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14The farmer sows the word. 15Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."

Footnotes:

Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10


Thats some good stuff huh?  I think that everyone can describe themselves as one of the soils. I know I can. In my own life I think that I am so busy with this or that, that the true message of what i read gets lost or the fact that I just dont take time to spend with my Creator.  How sad is it that we dont take time to do that.  I see it so much in diffrent way that GOD DOES want us to spend time with HIM.  He loves us with an everlasting love, a love that we can't be able to describe.  And how is it that we repay him, we put GOD on hold as we go about doing earthly things.  

Romans 12:1-2 (New International Version)

Living Sacrifices
    1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual[a] act of worship. 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Footnotes:

Romans 12:1 Or reasonable

Its as if we would rather be transfomed by the things of this world rather than by GOD. He is our Creator HE and only HE knows what is best for us. Yet we let all the junk or the world enter our lives.  How do you know this you might ask, well I know because I see it in my life and as well as the lives of people around me.  We need to quit letting the things of this world transform us and start letting GOD transform us through His WORD and PRAYER!!!!!!!  Think of how much better off we would be.

If you dont know what it means to have a realationship with GOD, I would like to talk to you and explain to you more, email me at livin_in_da_word@yahoo.com.  Have a BLESSED day.

2 Kings 5:1-16 (New International Version)

1 Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy. [a]
    2 Now bands from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman's wife. 3 She said to her mistress, "If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy."

    4 Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said. 5 "By all means, go," the king of Aram replied. "I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents [b] of silver, six thousand shekels [c] of gold and ten sets of clothing. 6 The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: "With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy."

    7 As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said, "Am I God? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me!"

    8 When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his robes, he sent him this message: "Why have you torn your robes? Have the man come to me and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel." 9 So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha's house. 10 Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, "Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed."

    11 But Naaman went away angry and said, "I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than any of the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them and be cleansed?" So he turned and went off in a rage.

    13 Naaman's servants went to him and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, 'Wash and be cleansed'!" 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.

    15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God. He stood before him and said, "Now I know that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. Please accept now a gift from your servant."

    16 The prophet answered, "As surely as the LORD lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing." And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.

Footnotes:

2 Kings 5:1 The Hebrew word was used for various diseases affecting the skin-not necessarily leprosy; also in verses 3, 6, 7, 11 and 27.
2 Kings 5:5 That is, about 750 pounds (about 340 kilograms)
2 Kings 5:5 That is, about 150 pounds (about 70 kilograms)

WOW! How humble was Naaman, to go and do a simple task of that and laying down his pride and obeying GOD! How offten does GOD tell us to do something as simple as "washing in a river" or maybe talking to the "loner" at lunch? One main thing that I find in my life that keeps me from GOD is my pride. When GOD tells me to do something and I know it's in his will and I totaly say that, oh I am too good to go tell that person about GOD why do I want to be seen with them. We just need lay down our pride and follow GOD.

If you don't know what it means to follow GOD, it is as simple as putting YOUR TRUST in him. God tell us that we all have sin and dont add up to GOD (Roman 3:23). What is sin you might ask? Sin is anything we think, say or do that dosent please GOD, or even more simply the "bad things" we do. We as decdents of Addam are born with the want to sin; no one has to tell us that we have sinned. We also have a punnshment for sin and that is being seperated from GOD for FOREVER (aka going to hell). But in the Bible GOD aslo gives us a great plan so we dont have to be punshed for your sins. In the bible it says that GOD sent his only son, Jesus, to die for us (John 3:16). GOD sent His only Son to die on the cross for the punshment for our sins, but he didn't stay dead. On the 3rd day Jesus rose from the dead and walked aroundl people saw him and even touched him. After that he went to Heaven and is now with GOD (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). It also says in the Bible that with out the sheading of blood there is no forgiveness (Hebrews 9:22). That means if Jesus didn't die on the cross then we wouldn't be forgiven of our sin. Because of what Jesus did for us, we can have our sins forgiven. In the bible in Acts 2:21 it says that whoever call on the name of the LORD will be saved. If you would like to call on Jesus it is a simple as ABC.
A. Admit that you have sinned.
if you admit that you have TELL GOD that by praying to him.
B. Belive in what Jesus did for YOU on the cross.
now tell Him that
C. call on Jesus to be your savior and save you of your sins.
tell Him that
All you have to do is pray these thing and tell Him about your sins and tell HIm you belive what Jesus did for you on the cross and finaly call to Jesus to be your savior. If you have prayed this prayer I would like to talk to you more please email me at livin_in_da_word@yahoo.com.
Have a good week and GOD BLESS

ello ello, today was kinda diffent...nothing special tho... well 1st sucks.. 2nd sex ed... 3rd was boring... 4th was very boring..5th was funny....6th was awesome!!! stayed after school hung out then justin drove me home...so yeah well i am out

         the end

I found this quote on one of my friend's facebook.  I thought it was really good...

"Find a guy that is a spirtual leader and isn't ashamed of God ever...A guy that knows how to be romantic, but doesn't smother you with always wanting to be with you.. A guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will stay awake just to watch you sleep... Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you' re just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have you... The one who turns to his friends and says, "That's her.'

Contest!!!
Alright guys, here's what I need.  There is a Stanford research project that uses private computers to do some of their calculations. Check it out here:

http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/

I downloaded the program and have started it. It uses just my system idle, so there is no performance decrease. I also started a team that I called "TTU Honors" and it was given the number 46775.

I've been challenged to see who can get the most points.  I need you guys to download the program and let it run in the background of your computer under my username.  You won't see any problems!

http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/download.html

After the install, put in your username as Josh.D.M and put the number 46775 in the team number box to join the group.

Things are going better.  I'm just hanging out at the house playing games and watching TV.  Most of the drama is over, I hope.  I suddenly got a strange urge for Turkish food.  Unfortunately, the only Turkish restaurant I know of is in Nashville.  

Hey everyone, John's out of town, so this is Wes posting. I couldn't
wait to post this blog. I don't how many of you know of a little
magazine called "Christianity Today" but they have featured us as one
of the top 10 indies you need to know and gave us a great review. keep
in mind we didn't have control of this review but it still turned out
cool and we're already getting contacted about it. check out the
article online at
http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2005/tenindieartists2005fall.html
also
we'll be playing a few new shows coming up. as you may know we're
writing heavily so we're not booking as much this semester, but will
still be playing a bit. thanks for the support and tell everyone you
know about the article. you can just copy and paste the link above.
Rock on all you echoheads!!___Wes

http://murf.biz/WmotJazzFest2.htm

I saw Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz this weekend.  It was one of the coolest things ever.

They were in downtown Memphis, complete with bodyguards and an entourage.  And yes, they look the same in "real" life!

Well, it is finally fall break, so i decided that i went and got some sleep.  I don't understand why i fell asleep at 930 but getting up at 10am is great. Any how, I went and saw "A History of Violence" (minus 2 inappropriate scenes, it definately gave me my fill of violence for the week). The only thing that I thought about was that the movie definately demonstrated that no matter what happens or circumstances occur, we cannot escape the past in which we used to live.  You can't run and hide because there is always someone there to remind you who you once were.  No matter how hard you try, you cannot kill the person you used to be.  Well, with that being said, it is time to shower and prepare to give my soul back to the corporate devil (aka wal-mart).

- Daniel 

God brings you through the worst times!!!
this past week has been tuff! this week is going to be better!!!
talked to an old friend last night! it was nice!!!
as much as i need to go to work i dont want to!!! lol!! im ready for tha time to change!!!
well all my UT buddies are back at school!!! i miss them already!!!
i have had a blast with Julie this weekend!! just like all tha old times!!! lol!!!
Ashley comes home this weekend! soo maybe ill get to see her!!!
i have a ton of school work to do and i really dont want to do it ya know!!!
well im off to get ready for work! bye!

Love Through Christ!
~Rachel~
best friends always shine through....
jamie and me!!!
me and patrick!!

me and Julie!

me and Jenna!!!

Current Mood: Sweepy
Currently Reading(ed): Tribulation Force (left behind), Better together (40 days of community)

Hey peeps. Nothing really interesting happend this weekend. My life is so boring.....lol.......friday i went to class then came home and did nothing then eat dinner with my dad......mmmmmmmm taco bell rox my sox!!!!!!!.......then went to walmart and target......then saturday i worked a split shift at kohls......sunday i went to see my nephew be baptised.......how i so do not believe in infant baptisum but i went i mean he IS my nephew.......the serman was good....glad my parents got to hear it.....i hope they realy truely understand what they heard.......then went to my sisters house and played with ally for a while......HAHAHA its tooooooooo cute she will say football whenever she see something related to football they truned the tv on and they were like ally whats that and she said football......its tooooooo cute.....i love her soooooooooooooooooooooo much........and tyler is just as cute and i love him just as much......:-D.......then after staying there for a while we went home then i went to walmart yet agsin with my mom......dang it was freaking busy.......never go to walmart on a sunday always go before school gets out on like a tuesday......then i came home and did nothing the rest of the evening.....i <3 being blah. and doing nothing lol.......meh now i gotta go get ready for stupid school....laters peeps
<3 dori

The
Slip of the Preacher's Tongue





You'll have to be patient with this one, it takes it longer to load but it is worth it. Watch the preacher's facial expression, his eyes gets so big when the slip of the tongue occurs.

My school web site

John
Down The Stairs

So this is kinda random, but I talked to a guy online for like 3 1/2 hours last night.  It was so cool.  And I don't even really know the guy.  I mean he goes to the BSU with me but I haven't been able to go a lot recently and so I don't know a lot of people.  I just think it was pretty cool that we could carry on  a conversation that long without really knowing each other.

So does anyone else think this picture looks funny?  It's not the greatest picture of me...but it was a tap routine so give me a break!

So I totally love this new Phusebox!  It's freakin' awesome.  But on another note...I'm done with the play!  I get to go to the BSU now and get to have a little bit of a life.  Doesn't that sound great?  That's what I thought.  I do have a new adventure though...I'm sound designer for the upcoming show and I even have an assistant.  Isn't that exciting?  I'm super excited.  I love it.  I can't wait to work with Molly, my assistant.  She's a sweetheart and I love her.  She's great!  Well, I'm definitely in class writing this so I will catch ya'll later!

Ok...
This Tanmaniztheman99 kid got the most comments, and that's not cool...
I must Win.

LEAVE ME COMMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am in Knoxville having a wonderful time. I have been really stressed out with school and stuff, so I am glad for the break. I just realized I left my watch at home. Oops!

I am loving the new phusebox style. It's been a long time coming, but it looks great. :)

I am realizing how much I have to be thankful for. God has been good to me and my man, and I want to hold up my end of things by being good too. :)

Everyone have a wonderful day and take a moment to think of something you're thankful for. :)

but who's counting... not me..

Yes...I know i should still be asleep since it's fall break but...i have so much going through my head. Last night i went to Starbucks with Mk and we talked about alot of the stuff that's been on our minds and then we went back to her house and sat on the roof and talked for a little while longer and I'm still processing it all. I'm tyring to figure out my life and what I'm supposed to do with it and i just realized that i have no idea... I know that God has a plan for all of us I just don't know how I'm going to know when I'm doing what God wants me to do in my life. It's all so confusing....

"This feeling, this feeling, go up into the sky
And be dispersed beautifully like a firework"

-Ayu

YAY! We had an amazing run on Saturday! We watched the DVD and it was cool. It was like...really close to being perfect. Things I don't like on a bus: TV's that keeping messing up, causing me to have to bang it really hard to get the movie back on.

The end.

This new layout is super nice!

Yeah, as I'm sure most of you have heard, a bus carrying kids back from a band comp. crashed into a tractor trailer head on. 5 people were killed including the director, his wife, and their 11 year old grandaughter (sp?). Not to be a downer, but that could easily have been us. So pray for them guys, and feel blessed that it didn't happen to those you love.

Sara

finally feeling better. that's always a plus.  the newest thing on the table is a possible thru-hike of the appalachian trail.  next summer maybe?  me and a a couple other guys had a backpacking trip across europe planned so i'm guessing one or the other will have to be pushed off until the next summer.
doesn't make much difference i guess since it's the same group of guys on both trips. it's all up in the air but i'm definitely up for both.  i think a hike through austria would be amazing.  definitely on my to-do list.  i really never took advantage of living in the free world.  i'm gonna have to make up lost time.  can't wait to get outta here.  i feel like i say that alot. i'm sure everyone around me feels the same way.  soon enough. 
45 days! ........roughly   
not sure how to end this one.........  

Hey all, I am slightly frustrated right now because I had a new video I wanted to post but I can't figure out how to get it to post right on the new phusebox. If anyone knows how to get it to work right, would you please let me know what I would have to do to get it posted it on here. It was extremely easy before the update of phusebox all I had to do was post my html in the blog text box and that was it but that doesn't work anymore, so any insight would be nice.

I just got back from the Nickel Creek concert. It was astounding! I've seen lots of mandolin players and listened to a lot of mandolin picking, but Chris Thile blows them all away! The whole set was great. They even did "Doubting Thomas" (one of my favorite Nickel Creek songs) because of a request.
As much as I liked the concert, it was a bit awkward. I've never been to a concert by myself. I've always been with at least ten friends (not exaggerating). A couple of my friends were there, but sat in a different spot because of the assigned seating on the tickets. It was just wierd to sit in the middle of a concert by myself. It's kinda like eating by yourself in a restaraunt... times ten.
Call it insecurity; call it vulnerability; call it whatever you want, but in retrospect, I should've gotten someone (read: anyone) to go with me.
Didn't even have to be a date. It could've been a friend coming to enjoy the concert with me.

Maybe next time.

so i was dropping my little sis off at her dorm in nashville when, out by the dumpster, i saw it.  abandaned, discarded, tossed aside as refuse... a refrigerator box.  i couldn't believe someone would get rid of something of such value.  so i took it.  you can do a lot with a cardboard box, you know.  but you can do even more with a refrigerator box--it has all the characteristics of a cardboard box, only in supersize. 

i remember my first refrigerator box.  we had grown bored of hiding in bushes, pulling stuffed animals across the road.  the refrigerator box was in jackson's garage; his parents told us we could have it.  they would never do that again.  we had my young sister (quite small at the time) lie down on the box, and we traced her body there, so that what was left was a lonely silhouette of a girl with arms stretched out to the sides.  we cut the giant paper-doll out and tied fishing line to a hole in each elbow.  using the best of my boy scout knot-tying skills, i fastened one end of the fishing line to a tree, about shoulder-height on a small girl.  the other end of the line remained in our hands as we hid in the bushes.  our cardboard cutout friend also hid, face down in the road, so as to attract no attention.  but as each car would approach, we'd pull with might on our fishing line, watching refrigerator girl spring to life in the middle of the street.  fun times.

so... what to do with this refrigerator box...?  any ideas?  my wife wants it out of the house within a few days.  i must do something with my box.

wow...so i have been thinking a lot lately... Last year I had the best group of friends that God could have given anyone. They were there whenever I needed them and they could brighten my day by just being in class... This year has been totally different... I still talk to each one of them..but not as much as i would like. It isn't the same... I talk to 2 of the girls more than anyone else.. one of them lives more than 8 hours away from me. It is horrible. I know that if i needed anyone of them they would be their for me. but not bieng able to see them everyday and be able to talk to them is soo different. I hate that feeling.  The feeling of not having anyone who lives less than 2 miles from me. Or the feeling that there is someone who is on the other side of town that if i needed to get away their house was just like a second home to me. Or the feeling that if i had a question...they always had an inspirations answer. It isn't the feeling that I am upset b/c we all went to different colleges..it is knowing that I will never find friends like them again. They all hold a special place in my heart!! so here is to you girls:

Dena~ Wow...way to much to write here... You have changed my life soo much!! God made you just to stick you in my life to change me for the better. You have become like a sister to me and you will always be that!! I could never forget anyone like you and that is why i probably call you at least everyday or every other day!!! Thank you!!!!

Rachel~ Wow... 7th grade was a long time ago..But yet we are still friends!! how amazing is that!! I would have never thought that i would have a friend that knows more about me than some of my own family members.... You are such an amazing person!!

Ashley~ Who would have thought that we knew each other b/f we were playing together at central!! That picture to this day reminds me everytime i think of it, that God put you in my life that day! Even tho we didn't know it, He did. You are such an amazing person with some of the greatest advice that i know of!! Thank you for everything...

To everyone else...I know that each of you are amazing and hold a place in my heart..these 3 girls are my "sisters"..i love them and each of you!!!

Guess who got the One Tree Hill Season 2 dvd's..... WOO HOO!!!

yea so this week has been a ton of fun... not to mention all of my bestest friends coming over... we played a game and then floki rafna appeared. he brought some sugary sweets with him, and they were very good.

greenbox is really cool but i have been useing it for like a month now sooo...

Lovin' the new phusebox.
Kudos for Nathan.

Saturday night I went to Monster Mountain in Hendersonville with Lyndi, Kayree, Chris, and Kayla. First of all, it was out in hicktown, down a long, winding, 2 lane road, and in the middle of an old tralier park. To sum it all up..it was scary before we even got in line. If I could explain what it was like waiting in line, I wouldn't be able to talk through all the laughter. Lyndi wrapped her arms around me, we zipped my jacket up around her, and she wrapped her legs around my waist. I looked pregnant in an odd sort of way, she looked warm, we all looked completely stupid, ha. It wasn't scary like a million people were jumping out at you, it was scary because it was in the woods, at night, hardly any light, and we had no idea what was gonna pop out at us..i.e. the air compressor, pinhead, Jesus (inside joke..).

Went for my advising session today to see what all I should take in the spring. I've got laid out what I think to be a near perfect schedule. The hard part is obtaining the classes I want and I can't do that until mid-November.

I'm so excited about the next 3 and a half years. I'll start taking 'real' journalism courses next semester and after that I'll be knee deep in it. I just hope I'm good enough to make my dreams come true..

I've done 2 productive things today:
1) won the national championship on NCAA 06 w/ Tennessee
2) went to the UC to get a bigger notebook

I love my days off.
I should probably get a job..or..something.

I've gained close to 10 lbs since I moved up here. My dad told me I was gaining a little weight. I tried on an old shirt and my stomach sticks out like I'm 2 months pregnant.

SEE!? I told you guys I'm fat..ha. Riiight.

Adios mi amigos!

Wow soo this weekend has been soo amazingly wonderful!!! I met this AWESOME guy like a couple weeks ago and this past week we got to talking and trying to hang out and finally got a chance to friday night after I got off so that was fun he is super sweet!! Then saturday I had to work 2-close which stunk but oh well, then I met up with him again for only a lil bit bc I everyone to head to Devils Dungeon let me tell you SCARY!!!!!! Sooooo much scary then Haunted Woods, but I loved it lol such an adreline rush....we are goin to try and go to a haunted castle or something like that then either the haunted prison or slaughter house we havent really decided but it was fun! Then this morning headed to church to see everyone before they left before goin back to UT I miss them already lol!! Im a nerd then I went to work till 5 came home and showered then met my amazing guy again and we ate at Toots and then went and got starbucks.....Yumm Pepperment mocha... anyways the only one who will remotly know or care who Im talking bout is Rach hahaha I love ya girl, we need to def go to the matnee tuesday to see Into the Blue Yet Im extremely tired only got three and a half hours of sleep last night soo Im headed to bed Night all!! Woo Hoo Fall break tomorrow!!

photo from another_lostsongmeet the chick iv spent all my time with

Hello everyone...it is finally fall break! I'm so, so happy! But I'm extremely tired.

Why does my stomach get upset so easily these days?  The simplest things can set it off.

• Thinking about school.
  


• Going to school.
  


• Moving around.
  


• Sitting still.
  


• Eating.

It's kind of lame, you know?

Usually it just winds up being mild discomfort and it doesn't end in throwing up or other bodily reactions to stomach aches.  And it doesn't really hurt, per se, but it's definately uncomfortable.

*cranky face*

um... the shade got its revenge on me today.
not even 24 hours into having a vehicle to drive.
unfreakin believeable... but God is so good, it really only scratched it a lot. This happened during our second service at church, and if i had parked 1 foot closer to the left, i would've lost my windshield.

but at least the sun was shining, and i just had to laugh really hard because i could've sworn i was getting punked. fun times.

So.. YoungLife went to SharpTop!
It was an amazingly awesome weekend.
Daniel and I are doing sO much better

well today was incredibly bittersweet. yeah i went to church, heard awesome preachin, saw my boyfriend, my friends, and stuff. came home and found that my parents bought me a laptop on account of how proud they were of me for studyin so hard for my classes. then i get online to check my grade for fridays test to see that i only improved 4 points from my last test which was a 63. so my average for the class is now 65. so i am thoroughly depressed. i was sooo ready for that test, only to get slapped in the face. life is soo bittersweet...

ya well I thougth i'd stop by and wish everyone a great week!  I love you guys!

oh and guess what...I met a boy...

photo from *Significance*
I found this photo on a friends xanga.... and I don't know... I really like it.. I love black and white pictures, they just rock!

i love my friends, but olivia, aaron, faust, amy, gibelu, and a bunch of other people arent in there, but i love them all. and i like the new site

edit- sorry becca, i dont know how i forgot u. lol and yea meredeth was about to be jumped on by cole, i dont know why she got scared though. cole only ways about 5 pounds

I like the new phusebox!

But my background and music are gone...

Oh well.

Gotta spread the word more now!

Thanks for all of the comments. (alexanna and keaton)

We won again in bowling yesterday.

I watched a movie tonite.

some amc movie. pretty good.

Be bak tomorrow.

- J4(()8

I'm completely new to this whole thing. But this seems simple enough. Not near as confusing as my space. And there's a lot of stuff to do with pictures. Which I like. I just need to find everyone I knows my space so I wont be alone.

Yea, big AP U.S. History test over chapters 6-9. I didn't read the chapters. And I haven't studied. And lets just say I didn't pass the quizzes entirely on my own intelligence. I'm screwed. I supppose I  should begin to study. But in all honesty. I probably wont. School has lost all priority to me. Which is good because now I'm focusing on happiness and having fun. As long as it stay under control. Heh.

Halloween is coming up. I want to party. And I will. So give me a call.

I'm very upset that one of my favorite shows has finished its first season. I need "Weeds". Its such a great show. Get showtime just for that show. And latenight porn. Haha, I'm kidding...but no really.

 I'm just upset because I missed three episodes. they need to play a marathon. Or put it out on DVD. *sighs* "Weeds"....

I cant stop thinking about the Deathcab for Cutie show. I'm going to rape someone.

And then after Deathcab. I'm going to LCD Soundsystem in November. Which will be am amazing show and I hope to meet people there that spark my interest. Thats my second motivation for going to shows. To look at all the beautiful people who dont live anywhere near M'boro. And I sulk in my lonelines.

But yea, I'm excited.

hey.. i got some new pics.. aren't they awesome!!

This is Jay Chi and Austin Calloway at webbstock. Jay is Asian and Austin is Russian. These guys are awesome!

me and my european pimps..Austin and Mic.. Mic is German

my pimps.. Austin, Mic, and Jay

Becca, Austin, Me, and Heather

so i just had to update on the new phusebox....this is awesome

i love how you can change the color & font this is awesome

went to the mall with elaine yesterday & spent not joking an hour &  halfi n buckle...can you belive that...then we went to toot's...elaine's indution to the boro

then today i went with my madre & sister to some places shopping wise 

my props to nathan for all of this...it is great

hmm kayla is now leaving bye-a

AWW! me and ryan at the wedding...its a cute picture, so i put it up so he can see it!

everything is getting a little better. i hav a group of the best friends in the world. and i hav god to worship. so i mean really how bad could things be? well i ges thats about it. ill see yall later-forrest

this is kinda fun.

hee hee

hmm... wow. i don't know how much i like this colour. it's kinda strange...

so... i like this one. anyways... alabama was lots of fun. (wow. i almost said atlanta, not alabama.) we came in second. that was cool. we beat escambia (or how ever that's spelled) and that was just really awesome. we got all ones. and we went to the grocery store. and today we spent two and a half hours at the stupid mall... yeah. i'm kinda tired. and i'm going crazy. and i'm getting angry at my internet. it is mean. so i'm going to stop typing now.

i love  you.

NARF!!!

GREAT weekend. be sure to visit my xanga for more pics!!

yeah kids..that is my best friend. me and lauren went to downtown franklin and it was amazing! we went to starbucks and then went to go see elizabethtown again, but it was the theatre that orlando bloom was in. mmmhmmm that's right i said orlando bloom. he was there for the premiere. then what came after was the best part. me and lauren rolled down her windows and danced insanely in the middle of a street. i do need to add that there were hardly any cars on this road. but i had never danced like that before in my life and i have to say that is was the best thing i have ever done. i felt God in the most powerful way when i did that. it was like i was doing it for Him and i could feel Him smiling and just laughing at me. it was really cool. the only thing to do now is to go to bed and not wake up until an extremely late hour. hope all of you do the same.

The Lord your God is amoung you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will bring [you] quietness with His love. He will delight in you with shouts of joy. -Zephaniah 3:17

The perfect love is described in this verse perfectly.

  So finally the M.I.A. Britt Greenway has come out of hiding and everything seems cool... She is such an awesome friend and I missed her alot.  I can't wait till  Em Prich's party its going to be so much fun....man I love my church friends.  Anyone have any costume ideas for me?

I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere

mm.. life is pretty awesome!

spent a lot of time w/ my kelsey this weekend!
veryvery nice.
we watched some movies.
bit of the preds game last night (5-0 baby)

went and saw Elizabethtown with Noah!
it was a really good movie.
it was unique which was nice.
but yeah orlando bloom/kirsten dunst get a A+

hmm cross country.. at the county meet i ran 22:57.. fastest i've ran all year.. but 50 seconds off my fast time ever.. hmm... i'm really hoping to beat my PR in midstate this wednesday..

this new phusebox layout.. insanely amazing!!
hey look.. according to phusebox me and my bffae (ha..) are 38% compatible!ha .. phusebox.. you're the coolest

kelsey shearron
from Murfreesboro, Tn
MATCH PERCENTAGE
38%
15 MATCHES

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Me:8th Grade                                                     Me: 11th grade
Everythings going good for me today. I've been really laid back.
I've been listenning to lots of Yes and Keene lately. They're both really good bands, and I suggest them to everyone.

The new Phusebox Looks GREAT. My hats off to Nathan!

So let's see not much has happened here lately. Nothing has been really going on. This weekend went by fast and boring. The only thing that has really happened is that I'm fifteen now so I guess that's good. I'm not quite sure when I'm getting my permit though. High School is going good I guess. Our football team has not won any games. And we suck really badly. But yesterday the freshman almost won the spirit stick. Which is surprising because the freshman never participates and usually does nothing? So well I guess that's about it. Cya

-Tanner

i loved being back home. i didnt get to do all that i wanted to. i was wanting to watch a movie with a bunch of my friends, but oh well. being back home is great cause of all my wonderful friends that i dont get to see on a regular basis. it makes me feel comfortable if you know what i mean.

so i went out to eat with rachel and amy, that was cool. i got some new shoes too, thats allways a good thing.

i didnt get to see young on the trip, darnet.

well i'm back in knoxville, oh well. i dont mind. it's really not that bad, i'm going to take a new "take" on this college thing if you get my drift. no more slacking on the studying thing and i'm bound and dertermined to meet some new people. i'm definately going to get started going to the bible study that they have at the BCM. it'll be cool.

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Oh heck yes, totally made the Greenbox Quote entry!  I feel so honoured. XD

In twenty-three days, I will no longer be able to commit felonies.
Well, I will, but I'll be tried as an adult.  That's not so much fun, from what I hear tell.
So much delinquency to squeeze in, so little time....

Pretty sure I hit "off" instead of "snooze" on my alarm today, resulting in an abrupt awakening at 10:30, the time I was supposed to be on the opposite end of town at the revered Bel Air Baptist Church.  I quite obviously did not bother coming in late (due largely to the fact that I have to cross three time zones), instead groggily breakfasting on a healthy array of fried chicken and biscuits that were brought home.  Arteries, are you clogged yet??

So everyone remembers To Kill a Mockingbird from Freshman year, right??  *Silence*  I though so.  Regardless, in the beginning Scout and her brother are rolling around in a tire, am I right?  Somehow, Caroline and Tori managed to come across this weird, tire-tube-like object.  So we spent over an hour rolling each other around the yard in it, Scout-style.  (With exception of the creepy recluse neighbours.  The fact that fields separate the two has nothing to do with anything.)  This resulted in no small amount of bruises, twists, and grass stains.  I managed to roll into a tree, a house, a youngest sister, and almost a cat who jumped into the nearest tree with large yellow eyes and a threatening bottlebrush tail.  I highly recommend the sport to anyone else who randomly comes upon weird, tire-tube-like objects, because it happens so frequently.  It works especially well if you have a hill on which to begin.  "Are you ready yet?"  "Hang on, I've just got to g-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"  Good times, oh yes, good times.  Then we scrapped the whole weird, tire-tube-like object concept and dogpiled each other.  This resulted in grass cramming both mouth and yoga pants, results of unsportsmanlike behaviour on behalf of the younger two.  :\  They believe they've escaped without restitution for their crimes, but they left their beds unprotected while they go off on a merry trailride.  Short-sheeting?  Why yes, don't mind if I do.... :D

Off to commit evil deeds.

this is going to take a while to get used to...

oh wow. this new phusebox stuff is the bomb diggity. i swear.

so the party went awesome friday night... erica was SO surprised.. & she knows about EVERYTHNG.. so the fact that she had no idea about this.. made it p e r f e c t.
some of the awesomest friends+DDRmax2=a GREAT night. hehe.

anyways. im going camping all next week. im not looking forward to the whole 'camping part of it" haha.. im way too girly for it.. but i guess i have no choice... Im gonna rough it. lol the good thing about it.. im gonna be hanging out with some of my friends i havent seen in a long time. ive missed them.. cant wait for the bon fires.. late nights.. s'mores.. "balleyball" & wonderful friends. <3


ive had ALOT of stuff on my mind lately thats been pretty stupid & depressing.. but i wanna keep this post happy. haha


i hope every one has a great week.
&& be safe.

love to you all<3

hey, i'm back. this is mighty nifty i must admitt. anyway, expect pictures later. (like 4 of them are grace being *emo*) so, it should be fun.

holla.

emo time!

thats mady, being super emo, hardcore

joseph, who was emo on cue.

krista, emo-licious

grace: eyes closed, emo inside.

grace again, looking at emo trees. while being emo.

ok, no more emo. this is leigh rose!

she was sleepy, and giving me the *ima keel you* look

brittany, reading a booook.

its a happy grace. smiling, which i like to see.

my bus buuuuddy. jammin.

carlton!

i love mady! a frickin lot!

courtney, with an amazing oyster cracker!

ok, the end.

ciao.