lol so I'm in NYC and we went to the Today show and I met Ann Curry and Al Roeker, and I was this close to meeting Katie Couric....although she did wave my way so that's awesome :) but yeah, Ann Curry is soo friendly and sweet, and I got a picture with her to remember it all by :)
But yes, I've been all over actually. We first stopped in Detroit and I got to see Motown and Lake Huron and then we went into Canada and went to Niagra Falls and Toronto! Niagra Falls was soo beautiful, let me tell you. But we've been driving and walking everywhere, lol. AND we've been going in and out of hotels because of going into Canada and all. It is tiring but well worth the trip.
well, I'll be back early next week. See you all then!
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

I find myself often daydreaming unconsciously thinking about odd things with detatchment to my surroundings. It's hard for me to concentrate on my tasks, though I do derive pleasure from thinking about odd things. ...a movie...a scene from my life...girls...cheese...poo...girls...But every so often I fine an interesting thought, a unique thought. I know. I know. The Enlightenment. Really cheesy name. But I like it. It has a rather majestic ring to it. And I'm surprised no one has taken it.

You may want to know what I think of religion and things like that. Do I believe in God? Heaven? Hell? Satan? Bible? Stuff like that. Well, as an open-minded person and seeing as how there are so many opposing views on religion, it's really hard to decide any of this for myself. And I find that we shouldn't rely on a prayers or a God, but what we should do is the Right choices. We do not know if in the end we will truly be rewarded for our good deeds. We should just do what's right to better our lives and the lives of others while we can. I see nothing wrong in believing or not believing in God. As long as you do what you feel is right for yourself and everyone else, then I feel that if there is a Heaven you would certainly go there.

I know many of you will disagree with every single thing I say because many of you are Christians and therefore want religious conformity. But heckthat's what a comment box is there for. Please tell me what you think about all this.

Yes! This phusebox has to be one of the best things to happen to me for quite a while. I just love how the arrangement of things is better than xanga and the capacity to have more groups. Anyone reading this has to join phusebox immediately.

Well...about me...Some new neighbors moved in today. I'm really pleased because now I have more people to get to know and hang out with. Plus that means more people to play Jailbreak in the night. Well read my profile. And take the link on my profile to a REAL website. Not just a blog. REAL. Microsoft Frontpage baby, is great!!!!

My other phuseboxes are...

God_of_War
Boomerang (our puppy!!!)
Enlightenment

and I may claim more soon...



They have lacked in popularity and could use some new visitors. Thanks.

Alright, I have two major issues with the world right now:

1. CAFTA. For those of you, like me, who make a point to dodge the news, you are probably not familar with this new act that the Federal Government is trying to pass. This alledged CAFTA will confine America to more rules but not even rules that we are to abide to as a nation, but as North Americans. See, this CAFTA thing involves Canada and Mexico as well. Um... hello... America's government is too different from the government of Canada and Mexico to mesh like this. Basically, if we sign CAFTA, we sign our souls away as a nation. Most state rights have already been taking away (and I'm not even the hugest supporter of that but I'm definitely not a fan of a big government or big brother for that matter) and the government already controls a lot. This will just make everything a bigger mess.

2. BP. Also known as British Petroleum. BP is currently advertising as striving to be more environmentally friendly. Hmmm... too bad they're not humananely friendly... There was an accident at a BP plant in Texas City, TX and people died. Sure, accidents happen. However, Amaco, who had previously owned the plant, was all about the safety of their employees and took all the precautions they could. BP was not even striving for these safety procedures whenever they took over the plant. How would I know? Because that's where my dad used to work... before he was laid off...

So where's Ronald Reagan when you need him? Dude... Amanda Manning was wearing a Ronald Reagan shirt this morning... that's so awesome... if someone sees her please ask her where she got it!

Today, I have money in my pocket.
Over a 100 bucks, at least. (I know I sound materialistic, but bare with me).
As for the DS, bought one: construction work is hard, but worth the effort.
I learned to play a couple new songs this week. I think im half descent at guitar by now.

Well, now I'm an official college student with a schedule that, to me anyway, is quite relaxing. NO classes on Tuesdays or Thursdays and even though all my classes are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, there is a considerable amount of time in between all of the classes so it won't ruin the day.

Orientation went fairly well, I suppose. Jason is for sure my roomate which is cool.

Me in a frat? Possibly. Shut up, I'm serious.

Every athletic team is awesome. You can't beat a Saturday in Knoxville for football and I can see why my dad loves them so freaking much but hey, they're my team now, too. Not making any predictions but I'm thinkin a football championship isn't out of the question. Who knows..

We'll move in August 20 and I'd like to hang out with everyone I haven't seen much lately before we all go our separate ways for college. There's so much to be excited about.

I know I've liked Alabama all my life and by now ya'll are probably thinking I'm jumping on the bandwagon just because I'm going to UT. My dad has liked UT since he was a kid so I've been around it all my life and I love watching UT football just as much as I do Alabama football. My heart has always been in Knoxville but I still love Alabama.

adios..

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i have had an awesome week...a few people came over sunday and we hung out

then i went to the tyler hilton concert on tuesday...which was amazing...

then last night i went to blakes and hung out with a bunch of people for kaitlyn!

its been so awesome....

i love all of my friends

i dont want kaitlyn to leave...again...

I need a job.

That's all there is to say. I need a job. The money would be nice, but main reason is to just get out of the house. Seriously, I feel like I don't have a purpose, except to be my mom's personal "hey boy".

The time is killing me.

If you know of a place that is hiring let me know.

With that being said on to a minor point. I think I like xanga better than this. Xanga's always been there, but this has some perks too.

hmm...

I can't believe that you're gone - without a trace
i can't believe you've got no tears upon your face - while mine is soaking wet
making up for your lack, i guess - that's how it is in love
or out of love as i sit now - wishin' things that just can't be
without you next to me itall that i can do to sit back and watch it all blow through - shoulda been so good - coulda been so right
that was before the day FOREVER died- wishin' on what ifs
takin' my chances - that was before the day FOREVER died
there's nothing left to be said - it's all been spoken
in spite of words you could not find for me - i guess you came out ahead
and now i'm broken - into a man afraid to show his face
walkin' away seems so easy for you - why's it gotta be so hard for me
to see that its over - when for so long love was just YOU and ME...
-*-Matt Wertz " the day FOREVER died"

ah yes, yet another great update by yours truly =]

I feel really bad........Well I am waiting (( hopefully )) for a major phone call........g2g!!!

someone pleeeeease take me to play tennis. pleeeeeease???

*edit*
so me and alyssa were going to play tennis. we were all ready with our rackets and tennis balls...but then it thundered and we didnt get to go...so we went to the mall with my family and then to the verizon place to see about getting me a new phone...that didnt happen...we would have had to renew our plan for 2 more years and my dad doesnt like our plan...and then to my house for dinner then we dropped her off and our moms talked forever so we got to hang out some more. although i really wanted to play tennis, i still had loads of fun.

*edit*
Announcer:
And now the nations of the world, brought to you by Yakko Warner!

Yakko:
United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama
Haiti, Jamaica, Peru,
Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean
Greenland, El Salvador too.
Puerto Rico, Columbia, Venezuela
Honduras, Guyana, and still,
Guatemala, Bolivia, then Argentina
And Ecuador, Chile, Brazil.
Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, Bermuda
Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan,
Paraguay, Uruguay, Surinam
And French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam.

Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland, and Finland
And Germany now one piece,
Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia
Italy, Turkey, and Greece.
Poland, Romania, Scotland, Albania
Ireland, Russia, Oman,
Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia
Hungary, Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran.
There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
Both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain,
The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal
France, England, Denmark, and Spain.

India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan
Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan,
Kampuchea, Malaysia, then Bangladesh (Asia)
And China, Korea, Japan.
Mongolia, Laos, and Tibet, Indonesia
The Philippine Islands, Taiwan,
Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zealand
Then Borneo, and Vietnam.
Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola
Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana,
Mozambique, Zambia, Swaziland, Gambia
Guinea, Algeria, Ghana.

Burundi, Lesotho, and Malawi, Togo
The Spanish Sahara is gone,
Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Liberia
Egypt, Benin, and Gabon.
Tanzania, Somalia, Kenya, and Mali
Sierra Leone, and Algiers,
Dahomey, Namibia, Senegal, Libya
Cameroon, Congo, Zaire.
Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar
Rwanda, Mahore, and Cayman,
Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia...
Crete, Mauritania
Then Transylviania,
Monaco, Liechtenstein
Malta, and Palestine,
Fiji, Australia, Sudan.

mmm...i love animaniacs

I haven't updated in a while. I've been really busy. I was planning on adding a picture but I got a haircut and It its too short in my opinion. I might find an old picture. Tuesday is my birthday. Yippee. ok... - Jacob

ok, i had to register again becuase i forgot my password. so here i am. a new beginning :)

*edit: don't make fun of my spelling. gracias

I just don't know if I am cut out for research. I kind of entered this program to get my foot in the door and with the hopes that I would learn to like research and that I would learn things that would help me later on. Well, I definitely feel like my interest in reading other people's research has developed, and I feel that I have learned a lot so far (honestly more than I expected to!). I like Dr.B and my classmates, but the thought of actually doing research is terrifying to me. I am trying to do something for my literature review this summer and I just freeze up when I think about running an experiment. It is scary and not at all fun.
Well I guess life isn't about fun, is it? Things in life are great now though so I have no room to complain. In less than two weeks I'll be MARRIED. :) I am very excited. Things are going great with Charles's work, too, so that is really nice. I am a very happy person right now, just a little stressed about the career aspects of my future. Money is by no means the most important thing, but it seems that a lack of money can remove a disproportionate amount of joy and potential from life. Bethany, i *might* try going to your church this weekend... if I can get up the courage, I think it would really lift my mood. But I warn any Belle Aire people now, I don't have any "nice clothes" so I hope I don't look too slummy.

Now there's a Creepy Redneck Side-Of-The-Monitor Guy. *Pause.* How did he know I was in philosophy 160???

And now he's trying to convince me to come to college here. Or LSU, where he is going to attend grad school.
I tell him I want to attend college in the urban north.
"Ah dunno eff I could do that, Ah've got me some promblums with thet pahrt." [I'll give you one guess as to why.]

He's concentrating in poli-sci. So I mention Mummy Dearest majored in that. And am now being grilled as to what she did with it.

It's all I can do not to laugh or cringe at this point.

I'm very tempted to bring up something about how my parents met at assasin's camp or something. Or that I'm going to double-minor in marksmanship and judo, and does LSU have those courses?

If we were in civilisation I wouldn't be so.... weirded out. But the man won't even travel north because of a war that was fought 150-odd years ago.

So much for writing that final piece of script.... I'm busy fielding questions from the natives.

Wah. *Seeks refuge in fine arts building*

It makes me so nervous everytime that envelope comes. I take a deep breath, praying with every second. Then like my fingers are coming out a starting block, I rip the top off the envelope. Quickly, my eyes scan the paper, reading one score after the next. A perfect score in reading that has to be a good sign. Then the final score awaits me at the bottom. 30, it reads and I thank the heavens that I won't ever have to take that test again.

Cara

Yes I'm off to Texas. Then I only have one day in between that and RYM, then I only have like 2 days between THAT and BAND CAMP!!!!! .... SO, this is prolly my last post until school! DUN DUN DUN!!!! My last chance to sit down... ah.... it feels good...

Gloria Patri
the OTHER nathan

Ps: Has anyone else noticed that you can't put apostrophe's on certain things, like the title (see above...)

jessica stinnet is the coolest. she just changed into the same chem class as me for college. how cool is that.
i'm pretty tired. work was alright.i fell asleep on the couch a min. ago.
it's nice out side.
any body wanna hang out tonight?
piece

Phusebox is pretty nifty from what I saw
so far, not too many members though.

That's pretty sweet.


I'd lyke comments. =]
I need to fix my site up. Any suggestions
on what I can do would be fabulous.


My braces hurt. I just changed the
color from pink & silver to aqua yesterday
and also got a new wire.

They look effing rad as hell.

photo from cactopus the 2nd
This happened to me once, it made me sad on the inside.

So VBS was more fun today, however, after an unfortunate mistake, I have decided that if I ever do this again, I'm working with 2nd graders!

Here's my story: so Clint and Trevor are talking about some dancer that was popular in 1990 and so I pondered aloud, "Wow, I was four." Then this litte runt of a 6th grade boy looks at me and asks: "You were four in 1990?!" And I was like: "Yeah, I guess y'all weren't even born yet." And then he looks at me and he's like: "How old are you?" I proceed to tell this obvioulsy blind 12 year old that I am 18 and then he's like, "Oh, I thought you were one of us." WHAT?!

First off, Clint specifically told the children yesterday that I was helping out and that I was about to go to MTSU, and the kid was there yesterday. Secondly, since when do I look like a 12 year old?! Oh brother... I figure if I work with 2nd graders, there'll be no mistakes! I just thought 6 years would be a big enough difference.

Anyhow, aside from that, things were good this morning. My favorite part was snack time because we all get to sit in a big circle and talk while eating off-brand M&Ms that didn't taste too great.

Anyhow, so Laser Tag was fun. I got 13th once and 14th the second time (out of 28) which isn't great but it's good for me. Lauren... I loved talking to you at the mall! Amy... I'm pretty sure I'm going to Paint the Town! I'm excited...

Thanks Nathan for the 24 remarks yesterday! I wasn't too terribly disapointed... ha ha.

Random VBS quotes from various children:
"Mr. Clint..."
"Yo, I have dreadlocks and a tripped-out Cadillac." (or something like that...)
And Trevor:
"Stop that piano playing! There aren't any pianos in Yellowstone!" *kid stops playing piano* "Now, listen to the sounds of nature."
Quick convo with Lindsey Kittel:
"How are you?"
"Worn out. I'm working with four year olds."
"Yeah, that would do it!"

*EDIT* If anyone wants to go bowling tonight you can call Garrett or Graham or me for details.

Hey... this site is going to dissappear soon. Nathan says my username is too long and it's messing up the format of the site.

:p

But he's going to do some geeky-programmer trick that just forwards everything to my new username.

*sigh* Going back to square one. Can you guess what my new phusebox username will be?

Bet you can't...

SURPRISE! It'll be "butch_lebeau." Hah... bet you didn't see THAT one coming.

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mmm...i dont know what to put today...lets see...

i finished my first summer reading book

ummm...i want to play tennis...

uhh...thats about it...

if you love me leave me a remark and tell me!

photo from ellie

Burgels are a great idea brought to you by nathan and ellie... burgels are the next big thing in NYC...

Hey yal....well thought id put a really post up here.lol...but anyways...vbs is great i have lil 4 yr olds there so cute lol its great i love em lol but other than that just sorten thing out in my head and life but anyways im gonna go bye

Yeah, I'm bored at work. Not much to do. I helped get the department caught up so now we're all bored, lol. Bosses all at lunch, so it's just the students running the show right now.

I'm having a hard time with some stuff. Nothing huge, just difficulty understanding things. Still confused tho. Prayer always is appreciated :-). That and assurance that things will work out.

I now know better than before where things are headed. But that'll take compromise. And that is scary too.

hey Michael if you see this before you go to the movie, call my cell. danke





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last day of school: christina, brittany, me



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me and Brett


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me and Stephie



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me and DANA!!!



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me in this really cool looking pic i took



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me and Michael



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JANNNEEE!!!



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me and my Aunt Kristy at a AZ Diamondback game



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me in Bank One Ballpark



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my cousin at his kindergarten graduation



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i took a picture of this girl cuz she was 6 and looked like BELLE. ooo that kid with demon eyes...




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me and Emily being weird, i thought this was kinda a cool picture.



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me and my sister at the Stardust Drive In

IMPACT!!



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Starfield... duh



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the guys from Starfield.



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TAIT!!!



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Bob Stromburg "The Rabbit and the HOOOUNND"



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Mr.Peepers!



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this kid is gonna be famous one day!!



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Catherine, me, and Megan

i feel like a loser i only have like 6 freinds on this thing haha

o yah i think im gonna ad pics soon mabey

do yall like the new profile picture?

my brother turns 17 on tues, july 5 is that not scary. how in the world did we all get to be so old.....
leave comments.......please
*amy Beth*

I'm home.

      three days grace is lovebrought to you by the isLove Generator

Ahhhhh....sometimes hope dies....but as long as it has the chance to be resurrected, then I'll fight for that hope, with all of my beliefs at my side...and with that, no one will ever destroy me, least of all let me destroy myself...

my day jus got like 20 times better!!!!! My best friend is finally home!!! She's been gone for a month in Taiwan and I've missed her!!!! She's home!!! YAY!!!!

my fav cousins left like 5 minuts ago and i miss them already!!! like the house is soooo flippin quiet without them here!!!

guard aerobics are pretty darn hard... sometimes they make me wonder y the crap do i love guard??? but like in the end... everything is worth all the hard work!!! so yea its just kinda boring just doing aerobics... but hey were gettin in shape so thats always good... this has been a huge pig out week... not good when im tryin to lose a couple pounds!! i just cant wait till the guard carwash... like everyone is soooo freakin nice in guard this year... like i dont think it will be a problem not getting along with everyone... so thats good... but this is real long so yea have a great week everyone

so far today (it being 10:44 est) it has been gorgeous. the sky is bright blue. quite a change from the storms and downpours we've been getting the past couple of days.
so for those of you who don't know, i am in north carolina for the summer working at ridgecrest conference center. i am working on the front desk checking guests in and out, dealing with bills, answering phones, answering questions, etc. i've been told that we here on the front desk are "the face of ridgecrest." not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
i've had a great time so far. i am leading bible study for a group of 7 girls so, not only am i working, but i am also learning and growing.
ahh, it's great to be back here at ridgecrest. it's my third summer, and it has definitely been engraved on my heart as a place i will never forget. not sure that it will be easy when the time comes that i'm not able to come back.
anyway, i guess that's all for now.
O

so...this place is pretty cool. anyone else want to be my buddy?

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HEY IM NEW TO THS SO PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!!

JACQUE

well the movie went quite well. I thought it was amazing. so I suggest you go see it :] it's one of those movies I'd see twice in theater. tom cruise is hott. even for a fourty something year old man. he is hott. haha so was the guy who played his son. -sighs- anyways if you want to know what I am talking about just go see the movie haha.

tiffany stayed the night. she is still here, sleeping haha. we stayed up until 4 & someone called at like 8:30 so I had to get up. I'm one of those people you cant fall back alseep so now I'm here typing this. :/ buuut we had fun. we watch -big fish- & -fear dot com- which was a little weird but cool at the same time lol. then we talked about boys, that's what we usually do. trying to make up our minds about things, trying to figues out why. I mean I dont understand myself when it come to boys. haha it's weird. but anyways, some of the things we talked about was hilarious. I had a great time "deep" talking about alot of things. I feel relieved now.

well I'll let ya go for now. I might come back later if me & tiffany go do something horribly stupid haha.

I love you.
Jamie

I'm 19 today.

YES!!!

Happy birthday to me.

but this time i hit the house...ouch!! and my parents were actually nice to me..of course i had to clean it off w/ this cream stuff, but it's allll good = ) well..i'm off the school...

talk to ya'll later

ok...it is 4:45 in the am and my human owner type person is at work. i obviously have just been laying on the couch and and watching tv. jasohfowheohsdfoihoweohfohoawefo ;ihwefniooawefo;ihafoihwaefo;ihawefo;ihjwaefo; ihawef;iohwaefioncaweiohaweoihfawoehfo;hawe...... i have nothing to share with this microcosm of a cyber world so bark off

So, I'm heading down to atlanta tomorrow night to go work at a church camp...the only one of the summer for me. I'm not even sure what church i am working for this year. So for a week i shall be gone, but hopefully i will be able to find an internet connection as i will have my laptop with me and hopefully can keep my 5 avid readers updated. in other news, not much is going on, so there is nothing to report. well, night all...if you need me just call me on the cell...if i have service

Hey yal!!!! Well just started this up so I'll post more later.....Bye

I'm pretty shaken up. I've never seen headlights so bright.
Chris and I went to see War of the Worlds and all throughout the movie my head was buried in his shoulder and my arms were latched onto his. I've never seen anything like that before [on screen], and it just about took everything out of me. It made me want to just hold everyone I care about and tell them I love them. And then I get a call telling me to go straight home... not from my mom or anything... but a friend. Instead we went to the park, and on the way out........... almost got hit by a train. Yeah, a train. I think I'm going to go puke.

Don't wait.

so supposedly i went from hating someone to being madly in love with them over the space of like 3 hours...hmmm

maybe this will be different from xanga...xangas getting boring.
summer's pretty fun. i miss a lot of people from school though, it's still pretty sad to think i'll never see most of them again.

IM REALLY EXCITED I CANT WAIT TILL DAYTIME I GET PRESENTS HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Bye,
Travis

Yakko: There once was a man
His name was Magellan
A Portuguese skipper
The girls found him cute
He sailed with five ships
To find the East Indies
Then come back to Spain
With a bounty of loot

YW+D : Whoopie ti-yi-yo
Oh happy Magellan
Starting your journey
With hardly a care
Whoopie ti-yi-yo
Strong, brave Magellan
You'll find the East Indies
You just don't know where

Yakko: They crossed the Atlantic
And spotted a country
Magellan said
Mglln: It's the East Indies at last!
Yakko: But then someone shouted
Wakko: Hey, that's Argentina!
Yakko: Magellan got cranky
And chopped down the mast

YW+D : Whoopie ti-yi-yo
Settle down, Magellan
Put down that axe
There's no time to despair
Whoopie ti-yi-yo
Keep trying, Magellan
You'll find the East Indies
You just don't know where

Yakko: A great storm arose
In the mighty Pacific
The five little ships
Were diminished to three
At last land was sighted
Magellan was happy
But then someone shouted
Dot : Hey, that's Chile!

YW+D : Whoopie ti-yi-yo
Cheer up, Magellan
Check out your map
And don't tear out your hair
Whoopie ti-yi-yo
Keep trying, Magellan
You'll find the East Indies
You just don't know where

Yakko: It took them five months
But they crossed the Pacific
They spotted a land
That was dotted with palms
Magellan proclaimed
Mglln: Yes! That's the East Indies!
Yakko: But then someone shouted
Wakko: Hey, I think that's Guam!

YW+D : Ay-yi-yi-yi
Oops, Magellan
Your fun little journey's
Become a nightmare
Whoopie ti-yi-yo
Keep trying, Magellan
You'll find the East Indies
You just don't know where

Yakko: They sailed due west
To the Philippine Islands
Magellan was pleased
As the natives drew near
But then someone shouted
YW+D : I think they're attacking!
Yakko: Magellan said...
Mglln: ...What?
Yakko: And got hit by a spear

YW+D : Whoopie ti-yi-yo
Farewell, Magellan
You almost made it
It's really not fair
Whoopie ti-yi-yo
Oh, ghost of Magellan
The East Indies islands
Were right over there.


hahaha. i love that song.

i hate the guys that minimize and criticize the other guys whose enterprise has helped them rise above the guys that criticize and minimize the other guys.

Jeremy told me I was depressing so I'm writing about happy things. Had some great conversations lately. Really loving my friends! Go USA was fun last night. I won for my team! I go to Indiana in 2 days! I will be bringing my cousin back with me. He's cool for a 13 year old. That's all for now. Gotta get up early in the morning. Love you guys!

laser quest was so much fun! it was my first time, so i didn't to so well, but that is ok because i had fun!

i am super excited about tomorrow night!!! i am going to see andy davis play!!! whoo hoo! i seriously love andy davis, he is basically my favorite singer. and then friday i am going all the way to ohio to see howie day and gavin degraw. which shall be fun as well! oh oh! and some of us are going to 722 on the 19th! which i am excited about because that is the day that my commitment ends, so it will be a fun way to "celebrate" if you want to call it that.

and i figured out tonight a great mystery. if you have ever been on a school bus and wondered, why do the bus drivers bounce up and down... here is an answer. obviously it has shocks under it, but the purpose you ask. well, apparently it makes the ride smoother. smoother??? no thank you, i prefer to be still while driving, mr. bus driver man.

and now i am off to spen time with God and go to bed!!! i need some rest, that migraine today was a sign for that! ugh. i hope everyone has a great day!!!

so, my iPod came today....BUT all of my 628 songs are stuck on my computer!!!! my iPod wont connect to my computer...it connects to my brothers but not mine! go figure! so, right now all i have to listen to is lynard skynard and one cd i put on tyler's computer!! ugh! but i would like to thank bethany for helping me!!!

_bekah

Wow....So this is my first post... So much has been happening right now... It is crazy!! Work is extra crazy and I am still having to go to the doctors every few weeks it feels like..I have to go to 2 appts. tomorrow...that is not gonna be fun..Ohh well!! That is about it!! I will write more later!!

i guess...maybe...but i dont think so.

The things that I love
I hold dear to my heart
They are borrowed and
Not mine at all
Jesus only let me use them
To brighten my life
So remind me, remind me dear Lord

Roll back the curtain of memory now and then
Show me where you brought me from and
Where i could have been
Just remember I'm a human and human's forget
So remind me, remind me dear Lord

Nothing good have i done
To deserve God's own Son
I'm not worthy of the scars
In His hands
Yet he chose the road to Calvary
To die in my stead
Why He loved me i can't understand

Roll back the curtain of memory now and then
Show me where you brought me from and
Where i could have been
Just remember I'm a human and human's forget
So remind me, remind me dear Lord

Just remember I'm a human and human's forget
So remind me, remind me dear Lord

photo from dana_the_best

It's me and KC!

So I watched my first soccer game tonight with all my European friends. I told Joost that I wanted to start following soccer because I love watching sports. So after two hours of watching Brazil and Argentina, I decided that I won't be following soccer. The players are whiny and it is so slow! I think I will stay with watching basketball and football.

photo from blue_lips

where i got "blue_lips" from :)



photo from blue_lips

so umm my one picture so far from Impact. how DO you get more pics on here??

oh btw, this is me and Nathan. how i know him is one of those long sisters bestfriends brother kinda thing. actually exactly that :D


in other news, i smell like a guy. yumm :)

Hey guys! I was getting really sick of xanga so I figured I would try this out!

Summer has been awesome! Been to a few concerts, been to the beach, registered for college, and going to camp in a few weeks...awesome.

Hope everyone else's summer is going great also!!

You know, this whole predicament I have is turning out to be not so bad. Its actually making me realize a lot. Like how important something was to me, and how retarded I was to let it go, and how lucky I am to get it back, and all that good stuff...
I feel a lot different about everything this time around. Definitely a good different. I like thise whole maturity thing that has kicked in for me :-)

well, I've been kinda impatient lately. and I realized tonight at church that I shouldn't be. I've wanted answers that I obviously can't and shouldn't have at this moment. It's tough to not have questions answered when you really want them to be. but that's where patience comes in. So that's what I'm praying for rather than to have the answers themselves...patience. And one day, I'll have the answers to everything. Well, atleast what I want to know...I hope. PA is Saturday ....earrrrly. So I'll be back much later. God Bless.

hmm

lol!!!!! I don't know how to do this!!! I'm assuming it's like Xanga so here I go........lol!!!!!! Brett your gonna have to help me!!!!!!

Well I can't really believe High school is coming. I mean it seems like yesterday my mom was taking me to my first day of kindergarten. I think High school will probably make a big change in my life. And I really can't wait. But I know the first week im there i'll be begging to get out!



-Tanner-

Mmmm vacation tomorrow. Not looking foward to being with the entire (including aunts, uncles, etc.) family 24/7, but I shall survive.

watsup guys im sooooooo tired i went to bed last nite at like 6 sooooo i feel like crap. Neways ive been swimming all day and got a sunburn and it doesnt feel good well im goin to my friends house cya later

Bye,
Travis

photo from Nik_Fit

This is a limited edition photo of a rockstar in his element
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I have a this thing now... so if you know me ir whatever, be like, "hey," and ill be your friend.

{and now.. some short bullets of my life}

-rar.. i really really need one of those cookie dough blasts from the happiest place on earth SONIC. i'm convulsing....

:twitch twitch:

-this summer school thing's killing me slowly.. i hate waking up so early... i need a nap MAJOR..

-jesse D's my driving buddy -FUN TIMES

-what is this? robert plant is back... the rolling stones are back.. and now i'm hearing pink floyd are back together (well.. at least the ones who aren't dead, anyway..) -CRAZY

-heard the commercial for Weezer's concert and started screaming with joy and crying.. my mom thought i was going to pass out...

-ben folds is opening for them. COULD LIFE GET ANY BETTER!? do'nt think so

-uhm... saw a mexican riding a zebra the other day. we drove past them and i had to TRIPPLE take.. it was the best thing i've ever seen.

-currently i'm just chillin' on the computer (home alone) and listening to every led zep. song ever on the radio...

so last night i walked by the frount door, and i heard a man outside talking to my dad, i thought its probly another marine knowing my dad..., turns out it was. He was havin a hard time so my dad gave him a little money. "you never know if there givin you a load of bull, but either way its a good turn". i agree. but the man showed up again today asking for a ride and some help with cloths......my dad said he was going to tell him hes on his own after this...i just dont want somebody freeloading of my dad. I'v said it before, i respect my dad more than anyone else in this world..and it pisses me off to see someone try to do crap to him....sigh

anyway im leavin for florida in 2 days, i wish my dad could do something fun...

anyway ill talk to you guys later

Jordan

Well i just got back a few min. ago and well here it goes...

okay well the first night we got down there we didnt really do much cept get like 10 diff pieces of cake and only 1 piece was good...that was odd and the next day we went to the aqaurium (sp?) and it was awesome! they made a whole new exhibit and they had like sea horses and then this butterfly room were all these butterflys are flyin around you and landing on you...pretty cool and then we got to pet sharks and slimy sting-rays..that was probably my fav. and that night we went shopping and well i had to go pee...so i ran in and im like a germ freak so i put one of those toilet covers on and all of a sudden my FAVORITE $30 ring falls off into the toilet and the toilet was censord so when i was trying to find it..DOWN IT WENT! and i didnt even get to pee...that made me all pissed off cuz i REALLY liked that ring ..it was like this symbol that ment (Two "Friends" that love each other that are together yet apart) and it ment alot to me...gah so my moms gonna try to find me a new one...but umm i wanted to find a hot skater down there...not possible there was only this stalkery fat kid that wouldnt leave me alone! and then my sister made the comment "theres no such thing as a skater guy you just make him up" i was like woah buddy lol and my moms friend was trying to hook me up with all these preppy guys and i was like uhh no! and she was like well i know alot of good guys! i was liek HA your funny...so yea lol but i leave Sat. for Florida...better not get bitten by any damn sharks!

I have had school on my mind lately. Mostly because I have been doing my stupid summer work. Let's see, I had read two of the 3 books for Adv. Hon. English II. The one I just started today is Silas Marner. I am on page 5 and it sucks so bad I don't want to read on. And I have started my Adv. Hon. Algebra II work. It is so hard. Most of it I have no idea how to do or have never seen it in my life! Lana doesn't even know how to do it, which isn't much of a surprise to me. I can already tell that Algebra is going to be my hardest and worst class next year. Why is it that my math classes are most dramatic for me? I know I am going to have many nights crying over homework, just like last year and the year before. What a surprise! I mean, I make A's in math and I can do it. But I feel that it is really hard and I jsut plain hate it. At this point on I really won't be using any of the math I learn. Why can't we learn math and sciences up to a certain need point and then take classes that will prepare us for what we want to be. I mean a UN field officer in Africa will not need to know the consecutive odd interger sides of a triangle whose perimeter is 27!
Hopefully my other classes shouldn't be too bad. Let's see... I'm taking Drama, Adv. Hon. English II, Adv. Hon. Chemisty, Adv. Hon. Algebra II, AP US History, and Hon. Latin II. Why must I be smart? This is going to suck. Anyone who could possible find school fun and easy is either in classes way under their lever or just plain insane! The summers are no way long enough for my to get everything done. At least I will have soccer, tennis, and Model UN to add on to my stress, but at least providing some fun. lol. I am packed.
Well... if anyone else would like to vent their stress on my site please do so. It feels much better once you see it written before you. Have a nice day :)

-Dana

I want to scream.
If I don't leave the house soon, there's going to be an emmense risk for temorary insanity.

photo from nathan

So, I thought this was so cool that I hung it on the wall at work...

why is it that when i try to sleep during the day i can sleep good for about an hour or 2 and the BAM , i wake up and cant go back to sleep. it's the pits guys. i think i have some type of sleeping dissorder. but the good news is that i dont have to work tommorow night. anybody want to hang out?
piece

Don't worry you don't have to think of triple X in a bad way. I won't put any porn on there

HA! I'm so glad no one took this name. It must be one of the best. God of War. Looks like a pretty sweet game. Well I don't really have much to say, but check out my other phuseboxes XXX (another awesome name), Warrior Within (hell ya), Enlightenment, and more soon.

Lazerquest is full for tonight!

if you have signed up with chris you can go but if you do not have a form then you will not be able to go! sorry!

Sorry about not posting in a while, I have just been caught up in life lately.

Well I got some good news and bad news.

Why not the bad news first?

I just found out that I will have the worst schedule in the history of colleges because my orientation is one of the last ones, and most of the classes are full. Oh well, the way that I think about this is that God wants me to be there because he may give me the opprotunity to share HIM with someone that needs him.

The good news (and thank God there is alot of it):

I will be rooming with Kyle at UTK in the fall.

I am so excited to be going to Paint the Town: NYC in a few weeks. I know that God is going to do something amazing.

I am also excited that I get to be a role model for over 250 teenagers right before the NYC trip at TASC Leadership camp.

If anyone has been keeping up with my posts, then you will be happy to know that I have been free of one personal sin for coming on 4 weeks. PRAISE GOD. He has been working on wonderful things in my life lately because of my decision to turn everything over to him and not just the things that are convienent at the time. Just an update for those who wanted to know, I have been doing pretty good about the whole no- dating thing. It is really hard because of all the struggles that I see everyday, but God is helping me to protect my eyes from things that will be detrimental to my walk with him.

On a different note, I dont know what I am going to be doing tonight, so if anyone wants to hang out just call me up.

Later

PS to Amy and Justin: I did find a fav. Matt Wertz song: number 11, listen to it

Unreached Peoples Fact
The largest Muslim group is the Bengali of Bangladesh, population 99,000,000.


Missions Scripture
"The time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory."
Isa 66:18

I guess I'm not good enough for my parents. They came home at lunch and both started on me right away about not doing my chores. I had some of them already done but they weren't all done therefore I got yelled at. I was then told that I wouldn't survive in college if I didn't get to work. I don't care anymore. My birthday is next week and as excited as I should be...I'm not!

How can i delete this thing??

lalalal nothin realy 2 talk bout im so stinkin bout so though i would write on here so thats bout it bye
pat

So, I couldn't sleep last night, and then my mom waked me up early. I called Chris and asked if they could use some extra help with the 6th grade and he said sure he guessed they could.

So I went to VBS this morning. It wasn't really what I expected, but it was fun. I didn't have much personal interaction with the kids, but I didn't really mingle with them much either, so I suppose that's my own fault. Maybe I'll do better tomorrow now that I've gotten a day down and I'll be more comfortable. Anyhow, seeing Clint run up on stage with Trevor, watching Chris dance during the music time, and calling Clint "Pixie Dust" after he was doused in glitter... wow... it was all so priceless.

So if there's a Black History Month, why isn't there an Asian History Month, and a Hispanic History Month? Just curious... I was thinking about that while watching Family Matters earlier.

Great quote from yesterday: "All I did was look at the mirror and I broke it!" -Brian (read Grace or Mady's Phusebox for the back story on that)

Speaking of Brian, why does he always have 24 remarks per post? Just a thought...

If you haven't read my previous entry from last night you should... lots of funny pictures from Anna's birthday get together...

"This is my bunny. His name is Tiny. I feed him a lot. Five times a day." -little girl from Daddy Day Care (which I am currently watching)

Laser tag tonight... whoo hoo...

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What am I supposed to do? I didn't mean anything by it...and coincidences happen, but does that mean that they're my fucking fault? I don't mean to be cold...but when I have to do something, I just have to do it...and if it hurts your feelings, then just try to remember all the times that I've done things that hurt me like Hell, and remember I did it for you. And if you can't, then piss off.

Well, my arms are thoroughly sore now. And my legs, too, for some reason.

You know what? If I don't get the job at Panera (and my chances at this point are about .0007%) I think I'm going to try and convince my mom not to make me work. I'm enjoying the summer as it is. I've made about $250 babysitting and doing other odd jobs. I really don't have much to pay for, besides gas and the occaisonal movie. I'm not looking to buy anything that would be a big investment.

I really just want to eat, read (summer books and Harry Potter), do economics, write my fan fiction, babysit, tutor, sleep, and prepare myself for next year.

When I shall have to be at school at 6:45 am for early day etymology (word origins, not bugs) and not leave until 3:10 pm. Yeah, that's right - 7 classes.

Daggum.



Christina

I haven't been doing anything lately really.

There's nothing to write about.

I do have some pretty amazing friends though....and weird ones.





photo from carrie665

photo from clint

I am an obstacle.
A barricade.
Obstructing the Light
Dry and scorched.
A fish out of water gasping for air.

How many times will I ignore?
You bleed for me.
What holds me back?
If I could unwind all there is in my mind could solutions to problems be made?

Watch the clock circle around
Times are different, from when we were all together
It doesn't feel the same.
I move through cement as I reach for Your Book.
I can not read
I can not think
Voices in my head telling me that I'm a fake
Whats wrong with me?
What have I done?
Darkness surrounds me
I close my eyes
My life is Yours
Take and protect me
I'm down on my knees
I need to be rescued
The shadows mock my sincerity.

Just when I couldn't hold on any longer
I felt a hand catch me as I let go
I was pulled out of my doubt and my fears
You said You were waiting for me to let go.

hEy GorGeoUs PpL!! How yOo all dOin?!? I hOpe gOOd! Im just updatin cuz im bOred..lOl n like i dOnt have rly nything tO dO..but i think that this will be my last entry till i get back..Im sOo happy bOut gOin tO Cali i cannOt wait!! wooo its gOnna be sO awesOme!! lOl..Okey dOkey well i hOpe i cOme back tO happy campers..lOl n lOts of reamarks.. :) Have a BlAsT!! hey yOo guys plz keep Lindsays family in ur prayers cuz her Great Grandfather just past away.. alright you kiddos have fun now..lOl Make good Choices!!
*MuAh*

calypso cafe....IS a chain

I have had so many problems with my hosting company in the last 48 hours. Please excuse the fact that PhuseBox has been down or slow for much of today.

I am working with my hosting company to get this problem solved, not just fixed temporarly. Bare with me!

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HEY well thanks 4 the remarks or w/e u call them on here and Ashley put Mistee back up here thats her dogs nick name lol well thanks 4 tellin my Happy Birthday Myriah and um thanks 4 the *remarks* how weird to name it a remark but w/e t2yl!
Leave me some more remarks
.:*Paige*:.

dont got much goin on. i'm pretty tired. i dont have to work much next week, so that means i actually get to enjoy summer. i'll be glad when this summer is over i think. i think i said that on my last post as well.
i'm goin to go eat
piece

Well guys my plane leaves tomorrow morning at 6:21 a.m. It's time for me to leave! I'm going to try my best to update on here if I can. If you would like to email me while I'm there, feel free and I will write you back. Also, you can write me while I'm out there, but you have to send the mail Priority Mail. Do you know what that means? LOL! It means you have to go up to the man at the post office and send it priority mail. So here is the address...

Michael Dillon
Mission Builders-Box 247
75-5851 Kuakini Hwy
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740-2199 USA

There it is...I love you guys so much! I'm going to miss you guys...I know God is going to do awesome things though, and I'm going to be in a beautiful place! I will be back July 26th so if anyone would like to hang out that's when I get back. I will see you soon! God bless you guys!

photo from ellie

So, I received teeth transplants yesterday. What do you think?

isnt that weird... but i guess not considering who created phusebox and why... so i guess i need to update more often.. not much going on in my life except we are moving rooms around again... which is sooooo much fun... we need a larger house...lol and i'm really down right now cause i got a friend grounded... which really sucks because i was only trying to help..... but anyway... have a great day!
take care and keep smiling

Well i left Friday to go to Virginia and it took like 13 hours to get there man i was so bored. Well when we finally got there i figured out that we were staying in our rv and not a hotel i was kinda mad but neways we got unpacked and stuff and me and my bro rode out bikes Around just seein and checkin out all the ppl well everytime my bro saw sum1 our age he always asked them to race and thats kinda how we met every1.
the next day we went to the ocean and i jumped in the water and got nailed by a wave then i felt my pocket and my cellphone was in there so it kinda lost its life in the ocean cuz the salt ate the insides so now it doesnt work it was a less then a week old camera phone to i was mad so was the person who bought it my mom lol then i surfed a little but i was kinda bad at it lol since i haddnt done it in forever. and then my stepdad bought a skimboard and i was like aswome well the first time i tried to ride it i threw it and i jumped on it but the board didnt move and i went foward lol and did a face plant owe lol then i got the hang of it
well the next day it rained allllllll day and we did nothing
The next day lol we went to the ocean and the ocean had so many currents going on it was real dangerous neway and like the sky was real cloudy and stuff so i had to paddel real far out to a sand bar where the waves were breaking and while i was paddeling i saw a fin come out of the water and i was like i must be imagining that but the i saw it again and i thought about the boy in Fl gettining his leg bit off which my mom knows that bot and i was like well he was at a sandbar to so i decided to head bk for shore as fast as i could lol which i was scared. then i just tried to sufr close to shore. i got sunburnt sooo bad lol it rly hurt
welll when i got back from the ocean we met up with our friends Chris. Trey Matt a mexicon and Travis they were all wrestlers from Fl for a tournement. Trey was a state champ to he was a real good one and the other were good to lol. well we all went swimming and made this tower called and oreo lol its where a black guy stands in the water and i (a white guy) go under him and rais him up and another black guy raises both of us up. its real fun. then at nite i found the frog and well there was like soo mant ppl swimming but alot of preppy girls were right beside each other so i threw the frog in there and like 3 of them left screeming lol it was so cool. but im tired of typing so ill ttyl bye

Heh heh, mah title makes me think of ents....

so yeah, I had the first thing go wrong with my braces, a lil o-ring fell off the bracket, big woop...

Yep, my week so far hasn't been much of anything... and yeah... then goin' to my dad's at the end.... oh boy....

It's not that I don't like him or nething, I mean, he's MY DAD, but.... he's just a strange guy.... and now with their kid... yeah... don't get me wrong, in the past 4 years or so I've learned to love kids but.... just don't like havin' them push "oh he's your brother blah blah blah".... maybe biologically and legally, but not ne other way yet.... I suppose he might become a Christian than he'd be my brother in an even deeper sense of the word... but....

Gloria Patri
the OTHER nathan

haha well I didnt get to go to the pool because it rained like there was NO tomorrow :/ but I stood out in the rain because it felt good. this is the 2nd time in a row that has happened. darn you sports com! haha but I came home & talked to people on aim mostly. yes I know, "how exciting". anyways one of those people was this guy that I met on phusebox which turned out to be my 2nd/3rd grade crush. hahah we rode the bus together. imagine that. but I like him, he's awesome. pretty sweet guy ;]

today I am going to my friend Tiffany's house, yesss I mean I dont think I have been anywhere but my best friend Claire's house this summer which isnt bad because no one can beat staying with claire. but I am also going to the movies to hopefully see, if it isnt sold out, war of the worlds. but if not we can always watch something else. correct? well it'll still be fun considering like 10-12 people are coming along with us. then I'm going to my awesome church. :] and tiffany is coming home with me afterward & staying the night. I wonder what kind of trouble we'll get in this time? hahah

well I hope your summer has been amazing. have a wonderful day you guys!

I love you,
Jamie

Everyone lies.

I love drama.

So..... so much.
Whoever is doing it, I demand you stop. Right now.