Tiger Woods got beat today. Yahoo also listed him as being #2 on the list of the most powerful and highest paid movie stars/atheletes/musicians. "Well, at least you make more money than the rest of them!" I told the image on the TV screen. Money doesn't buy pride and dignity I suppose though.
Mel Gibson was listed at #3, which I think is pretty awesome. I hope that there are many Mel Gibsons in my generation who will be willing to rise up and stand up for their faith in the entertainment industry... and be serious about it. I'm not talking abou those rappers on MTV who are like "yeah thanks God" before they sing their new hit smash about drugs, sex, alcohol, and violence (and that's just the first verse, which is all you get to sing on MTV since it really has nothing to do with music.)
And lastly, I could have promised you that there was a tweleve year old chick driving behind me on the way home from Mamaw's and Papaw's... that was a weird feeling...

Saw this on someones site so i thought i would make one.

-ashley

hey thank you guys for all the wonderful comment on my last post.you know im happy with myself what more do i want.lol.nothing nothing at all.
well had a pretty good day today just mostly sat around all day.I had to see my parents off this morning at 4:30am and then nothing.oh my parents went to Vegas yeah they are having an awesome time.please pray they return safely.
i think im going to get off if you wanna do something this week give me a call on my cell and yeah we will make plans.
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!
GOD BLESS!!!
Leah

i went to a breakout session at thirsty '04 that talked about finding the fingerprints of God in our popular culture. finding phrases in songs, lines in movies, or images in art that point to our creator. i really like this whole "into the west" series that speilberg directed. there is just something about it...the freshness and wildness of the exploration that just sits well with me. i think the same things ring true in my heart about church. we are so used to what we have always done that we lose the adventure of exploring the heart of God. every day is the name and our hearts grow stale as our worship becomes older. i love the unbridled heart of worship. one that seeks to find new ways of glorifying God for all that he is. if you have a chance, go back and watch the first and second ones because there are a lot of things that point to God, either intentionally or unintentionally.

I've been rather busy lately with other tasks.
I've moved on up to 49 friends now.
It's making me feel very loved,
thank you everyone.
I've consideredthe possibility of starting to let people know hints about who I could be.
But then I thought to myself, "what would be the fun in that?"
So maybe later.

photo from Janie_pants

me and one of my favoritest people EVER on the last day of school.

haha this picture made me laugh. and then i fell into the floor. laughing. i'm REALLY crazy... and weird.

speaking of weird, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory creeps closer and closer to it's release date. the trailers make me giddy. XD

ummm well i left saterday mornin to go to my dads house which is way out in the country and i did absolutly nothing cuz the puyer has a bug in it dard. but today i went to me Mema and Pepa's houuse and spent fauthers day and it was pretty fun. well i guess ill ttyl

im not goin 2 fun in the son!!! just dont have time!!

swim meet tomorrow... 50 free and 100 im will kill me!!! but i should do good in 50 brest!!

tuesday july 19 im havin surgery... on my vocal cords again... no biggie!!!

Everyone seems upset today.

I love you all.

hey! my summer has been going pretty good! i have gotten to hang out with a lot of new people that i really like!! i hope these ppl become some close friends!! i met most of these ppl through cross country. ever since i quit football i seem to have been enjoying myself more! i love being on the cross country team as well!!! well im gonna go! -Casey

hey!!! get off the computer and go hang out with your dad... shame on you

life really has a way of making you think everything is finally great and then throwing you off a cliff...now i just have to climb back up...

Haha today has been insane! I got up and went to church like always tried out the College Sunday School it was different Ill just have to get use to it! Then came home and ate then went shopping got me some tops from GAP and Aero then came back home and did nothin lol! But about the title Ive been sitting here for the past hour or so watchin my NEW neighors haha they are a hoot theirs like a corvette sitting under the trees between our houses and like two trucks and a moving truck and now two more cars they are crazy and about 30min a go they drove the vette around the house i was like hmm very weird lol! But anyways enough bout my crazy day Hope everyne has been enjoying the Lord's day and relaxing! Talk to all later! Love bunches!

figured i'd delet that post and just do a big one once i'm home. i'll talk about the roadie aspect and camper aspect and all that stuff. i miss everbody. i've got a FOUR hour break tomorrow from about 10-2, so if y'all wanna call ((or visit-- haha)) that'd rock my world.

love to all.

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I was just inexplicably angry.
But I think I'll be okay.

Last night I had a dream. A strange one. I was at school, but it was different. You had to climb to get to all your classes. I ended up being 20 minutes late for fourth period because there was a giant fan blowing me in the other direction while I was precariously perched on the platform leading to the classroom. When I finally got in the teacher gave me a questioning look.
"Sorry I'm late," I panted, "I had a little trouble."

which is preferred: nice guy or bad boy?

Hey guys..thanks for my little comments or whatever they are..lol..anyways..yesterday i went down to Manchester for my friend's sister's softball tournament..Morgan and i went and waded in the creek and walked upstream for about a mile..found an arrowhead!..lol..

Matt and i recently celebrated our 5 Months together!(on the 15th)..im soo exctied about that..

Only 19 more days til Matt turns 18!..(imma get him something good too!!)

Band Camp is only a month away..Boo!

On the 29th of July..i will be offically 16..and can drive my beautiful car to school

JuNiOr year is gonna be soo awesome..so many good things to come..

Have fun and be safe..i will update next week maybe..if i get enough comments!..

Have a good day love

Last night, I went out and got myself an iPod. It is a cool little gadget, if I do say so myself. I have already put a whole lot a songs and albums on it.

Anyways, I went to Belle Aire Church this morning with my mom. We really like the church. I think that we are going to go back next week. I just wanted everyone out there to know that Belle Aire is a church that is really centered on God and welcomes you with open arms. I will have to finish this story after it unfolds.

I hope that everyone is having a great father's day especially the dads out there.

Later,
Jason

Unreached Peoples Fact
Central Asia has the fewest evangelicals (1,094,500), followed by Eastern Europe (2,287,635) and Eurasia (2,918,447). Africa has the greatest (124,795,776).


Missions Scripture
"...having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people"
Rev 14:6

** Facts from Joshua Project

photo from blue_lips

Happy Father's Day!!

Christine: Say you love me...
Raoul: You know I do...


How come Raoul isn't for real?? He's pretty much the perfect man - sweet, chivalrous, strong, good looking, wealthy, an appreciator of the arts, and he adored Christine. He may have been a little wishy-washy...but to poor little gullible, helpless Christine he was someone safe and tender. Man, she was lucky to snag him. But then she goes running after the phantom, who must be twice her age and quite obviously has no social skills...what with killing people and all.

If I were Christine, I'd have stuck with the nice boy who loved me and didn't want me locked away in a dungeon forever, instead of the partially deformed psychiatric mess of an affection-starved genius who made wax models of me...even if he did inspire my voice.

I suppose (and this is inspired by KC's comment) that Christine liked the mystery and darkness surrounding the phantom..that there was something dangerous and edgy about him, and she was irresistably drawn to him...maybe she had been pursued by Nice Guys her whole life and wanted a Bad Boy for once.

Maybe I just don't see the phantom's appeal because I have always gone for the Nice Guy and never the Bad Boy. I still think Christine was crazy.


But then, love makes you do crazy things...especially when your love story is written by Webber...

IMPACT
(Here's two more)
IMPACT TOMORROW!!!!!!!

Happy Fathers Day to all them dads out there.... if you don't have a dad, I'm sorry... I know how it is to lose or not have a parent! But God is always there no matter what through the thick and thin... He's the best Dad there ever was!!! As much as I love my dad my Heavenly Father is a much bigger and better Dad with the ability to love me much more... ;) Well, later for now to all you folks out there! And may our Heavely Father bless you richly (not just in money ;) )!! :D
-Tifieriator

hey hey hey im back from camping! well it was okay cuz we went shopping yesterday and i got lots of stuff! ......we go shopping every weekend so i normally get new stuff every weekend lol kt thinks its really funny! well i g2g
*lauren*

Well happy Father's Day/Lauren's b'day/Zach's b'day!
Today was my first day in the AO Sunday school. Older college kids please do not take offense... y'all are awesome and so is Charles, but it's a big change that's going to take a while for me to totally love. I miss Riley... *sniffles*
Anyhow, this morning at church during the service I saw this adorable little boy who had this cute little expression on his face, and I thought about how people truly are God's greatest creation. Granted we can be stupid idiots, but we were created in His image, and He is the most beautiful thing out there. More beautiful than the sunset or anything else. A sunset is gorgeous and captures my heart... but can a sunset giggle, smile, or make any sort of expression? Can a sunset love or feel any other kind of emotion? Anyhow, I just thought I would share that new perspective with y'all... funny that I think about this after Charles points out in where in the Bible it says we are NOTHING... which is also true. It's a great paradox.
Tell your daddies you love them today!

Fathers be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers be good to your daughters too
Boys, you can break
You'll find out how much they can take
Boys will be strong
And boys soldier on
But boys would be gone without warmth from
A woman's good, good heart
-from John Mayer's "Daughters"

ahh you've got to love death cab. truely one of my very favorite bands.

the guy lived, by the way, or at least he's alive right now.

yup, so i'm thinking i'm actually going to volunteer at this discovery center. seems as though grace might be interested too, which is great, and it also means i might actually have a ride. *gasp* i absolutely love little children, once you get past the whole smelly clutzy thing. yeah, other than that, they are adorable, and for the most part they like me,so it should be cool.

so a week from today i leave for gatlinburg with caitlin. yup, it should be fun. we will be gone like 6 days. thatll be the last vacation for me this summer.



well im going to go,
let me know if you know of any good places to work, thanks,
sara



and heres a nice pic of "love in nyc"


photo from Ed_The_Angry_Jew

This is going to sound weird but, I really never want to end up like my sister. Since she started high school in 1999, she's lost atleast six friends that I can recall. That's aleast one a year and I know there is more. I don't think I could ever deal with all that. It seems really stressful. I just hope I don't have to go through that. Mrph.

I guess this post was kinda random. I'll update when I get home.

Ciao

so you ever just briefly wake up from sleeping, just for a minute, realizing something? like the time or a random thought comes into your mind. well pretty sure that happened this morning... however instead of rolling over and going right back to sleep this persistent thought kept nagging away in my mind and kept me up. it frustrates me when i think too much over things that don't need that much thought in the first place. i have to keep reminding myself it is not a big deal, and it really doesn't matter...oh well... somethings i just simply do not understand....

on a much lighter note, today marks 11 months of no dating!!! God has showed me so much during this commitment! especially this past week. he has really just taken hold of my heart. my prayer for this last month is that i stay focused and finish up strong. i can already feel satan trying to get my attention (this morning for example). so please keep that in your prayers!

well, i must get ready for church! i hope everyone has a great day!

*edit* haha haha haha!!! i just got back from kroger and there were nuns eating ice cream at ritters!!! haha hahah haha! if only i had a camera phone... i attempted to take a picture, but it was in my car driving by trying to be discreet, so it is just their heads, oh well........

I can't run anymore,
I fall before you,
Here I am,
I have nothing left,
Though I've tried to forget,
You're all that I am,
Take me home,
I'm through fighting it,
Broken,
Lifeless,
I give up,
You're my only strength,
Without you,
I can't go on,
Anymore,
Ever again.

My only hope,
(All the times I've tried)
My only peace,
(To walk away from you)
My only joy,
My only strength,
(I fall into your abounding grace)
My only power,
My only life,
(And love is where I am)
My only love.

I can't run anymore,
I give myself to you,
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry,
In all my bitterness,
I ignored,
All that's real and true,
All I need is you,
When night falls on me,
I'll not close my eyes,
I'm too alive,
And you're too strong,
I can't lie anymore,
I fall down before you,
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.

My only hope,
(All the times I've tried)
My only peace,
(To walk away from you)
My only joy,
My only strength,
(I fall into your abounding grace)
My only power,
My only life,
(And love is where I am)
My only love.

Constantly ignoring,
The pain consuming me,
But this time it's cut too deep,
I'll never stray again.

My only hope,
(All the times I've tried)
My only peace,
(To walk away from you)
My only joy,
My only strength,
(I fall into your abounding grace)
My only power,
My only life,
(And love is where I am)
My only love,
My only hope,
(All the times I've tried)
My only peace,
(To walk away from you)
My only joy,
My only strength,
(I fall into your abounding grace)
My only power,
My only life,
(And love is where I am)
My only love.

So today, I found my absolute favorite store in New York City. Ever since I have arrived, I have wanted to find a really good art supply store. So today, finally, (right after eating vietnamese food), I found a place called Utrecht on 4th Ave.

Wow. Heaven in NYC. It was the largest art supply store that I had ever been in! I bought a few canvases and some paint... and they are priced really well too. Carrying large canvases on the subway proved to be a more difficult task than I thought, but it is all well.

I also helped put together a loft bed from IKEA tonight for Ellie. Yeah, I don't like IKEA anymore. After three hours of frustration, we finally got it together. I think IKEA's goal is to frustrate people with their vague instructions and pieces that barely do not fit.

Anyways, that is what I have done today... Not to mention that we definitely beat the BCI group at Scene It three times in a row (do not mess with the Scene It All-Stars)! I stayed pretty busy the entire day and just now got home (after over an hour trying to get home)...

Quick note: I am making note of all the bugs that you are telling me about the site. I will try to get to all of them in the new PhuseBox that I am still preparing. Keep letting me know of any new problems you come across! Thanks!

[nt]

Amongst the great minds at Governor's School, I have conquered the world 2 times over. Two different worlds at that: one win in Classic Risk, and one win in LOTR Risk.

And I must retire from Risk here, for the hours spent on the game (most likely 20+ in two games) I desperately need to work on our Business Plan. Therefore I will not be defending my crown nor attempting the triple crown (or hat trick).

In other news, today I worked a Soap Box Derby Race here in Cookeville, and it was pretty neat. I got to see all the emotions on the youngsters. The rejoicing, the crying, the disappointed. It was a good experience.

Tomorrow I have a free day, so besides church, I will be chilling or working on the Business Plan.

Next weekend we will be going to Gatlinburg so that should be interesting.

[I think about you countless times every day...and I want to see your face. I miss being there for you. I love you without fail. And I look forward to the day I see you once again.]

::ben

so i'm back from camp. camp was great... heard some awesome messages that really helped me understand where some of my weaknesses are. so i learned that my 2 biggest struggles are my attitude and what i say (and how i say it). so my friend came and visited me at camp on Tuesday... that was interesting. i met his parents. they were really sweet, but i really felt uncomfortable b/c i felt like they saw me as their future daughter-in-law or something. i didn't give him the "talk" that i planned to give. i couldn't find the strength... but i could tell that he knew i was uncomfortable w/ anything more than friendship... i could tell he was trying to protect my feelings. i really appreciated that. i think other than the preaching the highlight of the week was a game of "tub-tug" to make a long story short you try to get the tub across your line and fight of the other girl who's trying to do the same... which means... at all costs do what you have to do, be mean, be nasty, be visious. I LOVED IT!!! i played so hard i thought that i might have broken a finger... but i think it's just bruised and swollen... we'll see in a few days. but might i add that a broken finger is worth it!!! haha... my team won the week! heck yes!! so anyways... i got an application to work at camp next summer... it's funny b/c my councelor was asking me if i had thought about it... and then the guy who was one of our CIT speakers last summer really encouraged me to apply.. and then one of the speakers was talking about setting goals and continuing to persue them and he used working there as an example. is God trying tell me something? i wonder... i'm still afraid that i won't get it. but i've decided that i'm going to place it in God's hands... and if that's where He wants me.. that's where He'll place me. my sunday school teacher's wife has volunteered to pray w/ me about it. anyways.. it's late... and i need to go to bed. i do want you to know that this week was really a blessing. i needed it.. and i didn't want to leave... rough cabin or no. night, children of the Living God! ~Hope

Well this is my first time to write in here Im still tryin to figure out how to put pics up and all that jazz! Tonight was fun hung out with Jason and Chris and did bout nothin lol! But I always have fun with those two! Tomorrow goin to try the college sunday school I hope I like it! Well Im really tired so Im goin to head to bed nighty nighty

welll today i realized i was scared of change!!! if you didnt know till now its okay i didnt either!!! pray for my decision on my college choice after the 1st semster at MTSU i might be goin to Tennesee Tech b4 the end of my 1st year!!!! thanks!!! luv yall!!!!

I'm abusive. I know that.

I'm tempermental. I know that too.

I'm working on both of those things.

I realized it's finally started getting to you. Oh well, not like I don't deserve it or anything.

I just wish you'd work on your end of it. Maybe you don't even know you do it.

So orientation is this Monday, and my parents and I are driving up tomorrow afternoon! I'm very excited! I might even get to meet my roommate! Yay! Hmmm...well, there is nothing else to say, I'll let you know how it goes.

I feel like I can be more open on this thing since not everyone and their mom has one. woohoo. Alright this entry is about something I thought about this morning when I had a revelation about my love life. hehe. Ok so, I have decided that I am ready to settle down and find "the one." I am getting older and I finally realized that today... I've got a handful of friends married, and even more engaged. Now Im not by any means saying I want that right now, but a few years in the future I honestly wouldnt mind being engaged to the man of my dreams. I want to have a family young but before that I want to have a couple years with just me and my hubby to enjoy ourselves. I love the thought of starting my family of 8 (6 kids plus me and Mr. Right). I know I cant force any of this to happen and I dont wnat to force it cause then it wont be genuine. But I honestly have had enough of these silly relationships I go into one after another... From now on Im just going to wait until "he" comes along and sweeps me off my feet... *sigh*

photo from nerdygirl

this is my dream party...

sitting here with my friend genista watching old macgyver episodes(he's amazing as ever). right now he's caught over an acid bath with only his pants and an old pipe to hold him up. anyway, i just received an email from my friend rob who is in india on a mission trip right now. he will be traveling around with a native pastor. please do pray for him. these are his requests for the week: for the team's travels this week as they leave bangalalore this sunday to travel, doing ministries in the villages. also pray that God keeps the team well to travel, doing ministries in the villages. also that God keeps the team well as most of them have had bad headaches and other pains. thanks guys!
by the way, macgyver made it out through a well placed hole in the roof. the mullet power probably helped.

on another note: hebrews 12:1-2

hey guys. Sorry I haven't updated in a long time. Big Stuf was good. I didn't quite walk away with the "fuzzy spiritual high" feeling I was expecting to get. I did, however walk away with something far greater than a just a "feeling". I really think that my relationship with God has gotten more profound as a result of Big Stuf. I give all the Glory to Him for that, and everything else I am. Go Abba!!

Yeah, it was interesting. I almost pushed Raoul off the edge of rational thought and into a blind rage by nailing him in the head with a flip-flop. Unfortunately, he was too level headed to really let fly. Oh, well. A failed attempt, I suppose. I'll try harder next time. Although, he is pretty adept at using a phone cord as a deadly weapon...
Let's see...what else...oh yeah, I discovered that there really is an undertow associated with a double red flag as far as the water conditions go (lol, aimee!)
I reaffirmed the fact that Alabama is, in fact, Po' dunk-ville U.S.A.
And Thursday when I got home, I slept 'till 4pm, no joke.
There's more, but my brain ceases to function at this point in the day.

Two things God really taught me was how to worship Him despite any circumstance, and that you can't always associate an intense encounter with God with a feeling. During the trip, God showed me how to worship in joy, in reverence, in complete emotional/spiritual/mental stillness, and how to worship in pain (the kind of emotional and spritual pain that can make you physically sick to your stomach.)
God is so awesome, and I love Him with everything I am. I am so in awe of his love and mercy.
He's quite a cool Individual. Rock on, Yeshua!
woot!!

Well xanga's commenting isn't working so there's no point to post on there but whatever. Today was rather boring, yestarday I did get my pay check $155.59 not bad at all considering it was only a week and a day that they counted for... I think but it really doesn't matter I went out and bought four games I really needed some new ones even though so far I've only played one I'll get to the other ones eventually.

Jessica is in east tennessee all weekend so don't really get to talk to her which sucks and I would say I don't get to see her but you know... I can't anyway.

-Mosey

so...i went to see cinderella man with my mom and dad {cuz im a loser like that}. it was a fantastic movie. i highly recomend it.


but...when the movie was about over....a man in the audience had a heart attack. and he was lying on the floor, and some other members of the audience were giving him CPR. meanwhile his wife was in histerics {sp?}. so they were screaming at the top of their lungs "hes not breathing!". and im sitting at the top just watching this man slip further and further away. so a cop gets there and proclaims that he barely has a pulse. and everyone is trying their hardest to save him. and they just couldnt get him to breath. after sitting there watching for what felt like an eternity, a manager asked us to leave, and go by the box office, to get a full refund. and i dont know if the man made it, but it scared the crap out of me. my dad thinks he died right as we were walking out, but i dont know. they had to escort his wife out of the auditorium, because she was so upset.

really makes you think. {as grace pointed out}. one minute youre sitting there with your family enjoying a movie, next youre out cold, slipping away to death.

*sigh*

which city is hotter: venice or paris?

Well today was good...spent the day out on the lake. It was so nice. i leave for camp on monday hopefully it will be fun, but i'm not sure. Well i'll talk to ya'll later

Brad

mmm i went to the drive in last night it was so cool its so pretty at 12 at night mmmm stars and the moon much prettyness you guys should so go to a drive in

photo from dana_the_best
This picture is my favorite. It is of me, Lana, Sarah, and Lauren. We have always wanted to get our pictures made and we finally did. We just got back from their house. It's so sad when we have to leave since we are like sisters, well maybe cousins, and never get to see each other. But when we do, we have the best times ever! Well, I'll talk to you guys later!
-Dana :)

i've come home for the weekend. see it is father's day so i thought it may be a good idea to spend it with my father. makes sense. well, going home is always oh so much fun. here's how it's been so far......i got in town last night (friday). first my wonderful mommy and i went to dinner which was great, and then i went to meet some friends at dixie tavern. let me tell you a little bit about the fun that is always had at dixie tavern.....this place does live karaoke and it is hilarious! the band does a lot of 80s and 90s rock, some new stuff as well. the great thing about dixie is the regulars. for instance, there's this one guy, merv, who will absolutely crack you up. he's this asian guy with really long wavy hair who dances around while others karaoke. and when i say dances, i don't mean dances around like most people. i'm talking ballet here. oh yes, the man is ballet dancing all through the bar. definitely one of the funniest things ever! anyway, there are a lot of super funny and super interesting people that frequent dixie so you're always guaranteed a good time when you go there. moving on....today my brother and i did a little father's day shopping. yeah, we're a bit last minute. but after that, i headed over to six flags to meet a friend cause she had a free ticket that was only good for today. so i hopped on over there and hung out for a couple of hours. now i've come home, but i just spoke with the brother and i have to go meet him to help finish the shopping. we're not very good at it. soooo, i'm leaving now. good bye.

check 'em out

Can you put music on here?

photo from oosnake45

didn't really know what to say.. just thought I'd post something...

ya know..ive learned something new just about everyday this week. i learned how to play halo (sure, everyone else totally kicked my tail..but at least i know how to play now) i learned how to save my energy when i run distance so i can sprint at the very end. i also learned how to play "i can only imagine" on the panio. cool eh?! hope you all have a great weekend

my mom finished my senior srapbook while i was gone!!! lets just say it is AMAZING!!! a lot of the stuff made me smile and then some made me cry!!!

BATMAN BEGINS IS AWESOME!!! just thought i'd let everyone know

WOO HOO!!! guess who finally got a job after like three weeks of looking. well I guess it pays off when your roomate and friend both work where you apply. I will be bussing tables at the grand concourse soon. Its not the greatest gig, but I hear it pays well. go to http://www.stationsquare.com/grandconcourse/ and you can see the train station i'll be working in. look out summer here I come! there is also another site that shows better pics these pics can be enlarged if you click on them

i had forgotten how good the Indiana Jones movies were :D

the last few days have been fun. many thanks to those who've managed to get me out of my house. mucho fun.

and i totally talked my mom into getting me a car [YES!!!]. i'll only have to wait a couple of weeks, now...

anyways. getting a group together for Batman Begins sometime next week. not for sure when, but prolly sometime tuesday or wednesday.

*excitement!!!!!*



i love this weekend! it rocks!!!

It looks to me as if I know about half the people on this site.
I think that's pretty nifty! :)

i love my crew bitches. i really really do. they're quite amusing.

and i'm going to miss brendan soooo so so so much. i've know him for 17 years. he's lived next door for 17 years. and now he's going away!!!

idk... i almost just want to rewind back to when he would run around my backyard with a green popsicle screaming, "lemon-lime, lemon-lime!" and to when we would have to shake the chain link fence to get each other to come outside and play.

hmm.

music: jack's mannequin: the mixed tape
mood: :/ ...remembering

So at Big Stuf, Rachael and I had a conversation about having often set our expectations too high. I know I have high expectations for myself, which I often don't fulfill, and then turn around and expect the same things for other people, and then I feel hurt and get upset when they don't fulfill them.
We can all be so stupid sometimes.
Anyhow, here's a great quote from Captivating that I read the other day... apparently all women have high expectations for others (I don't know how much of this applies to guys- y'all can let me know):
"For a woman to enjoy relationship, she must repent of her need to control and her insistence that people fill her... In your friendships, in all your relationships, you will disappoint others and they will disappoint you..."
The good news, however, is that Christ will never disappoint you. That doesn't mean that everything will go your way or that you will always be happy with what God allows to happen in your life, but He truly does know what is best. If we let Him work and move, it will be great. He is always there for us if we are willing to turn to Him. He goes beyond our expectations, and is more loyal than anyone on earth ever could be.

"I put you on like an old pair of shoes... but now I need you... why this love never leaves me... why are you holding me tonight... can't deny this love that is given to me... why this love never leaves..." -part of Bethany Dillon's "Why"

MINE !!!

Now i know you are not suppose to talk bad about the place you work, but then again, there are always exceptions to the rule..and wal-mart is that exception. Have you ever gone to wal-mart and had to stand in line forever? (now when you work there, there are certain privileges and people who will help you out but still). now the store i work at (that i won't disclose, but there are only 2 in m'boro) we seem to have to a severe shortage of cashiers, which i used to be one, but they decided that i would better serve the company in the dairy department, which doesnt bother me because i can slack off as long as i get what i have to have done in 8 hours. yet, they keep pulling the people off the floor to run registers, now that just don't make sense because if there is no one there to stock the shelves, what are the people in line buying? but they say that we have too many people working there, yet you stand in line for 30 minutes just to check out....yeah, they're hurting on money. and now the current rumor is that the store manager wants me to transfer out to the parking lot to push carts...lets weight the options...its averaging 90 degrees outside, but if i stay in dairy then i work in a constant 41 degrees. besides i have already done the parking lot once, and i'm not doing it again because no matter how many people are out there, i seemed to do all the work. so unless they offer me something really good i don't think i will take it. well, that is my vent for the day, got to take the dog out, get some lunch and then go to my job that i just love so much (please read that last one with as much sarcasm as humanly possible) i'm gone until probably tomorrow

yuuuuuup i suck as a friend. sorry bout that.


my apologies.

hey everbody! i'm backstage making a really quick howdy do to everybody back in the boro! i've been having a really good time here. . . last night, Denver and the Mile High Orchestra performed, and i sold their merchandise. afterwards, Denver came back and signed stuff, so that was pretty cool. sunday night, Barlow Girl will be here, so that's insanely awesome-- they're my favorite band! anyway, i'm off... morning impact is getting ready to start!

I like babies.

More specifically, I like babysitting.

The Woods. They have 4 kids, ages 1-8.

I'm at their house currently; I've been there since 5:40 this morning.

There is a major awwwwwwww factor when it comes to their one year old Elizabeth. Cuteness abounds.

Quote of the day:

"So are you married yet or not??" -Daniel Woods, after arguing with his brother about whether to call me Ms. or Mrs. Christina.

"Oh Praise the One, who paid my debt. And raised this life up from the dead!!"

I have been trying to check/leave comments on some Xanga sites, but ever since last night, when you click on comments, it says the feature has been disabled for maintenance.

Is anyone else just tired of Xanga and how they are doing "maintenance" ALL THE TIME?!

[nt]

Well I'm definitely excited about getting ready to leave for Hawaii! I wish I had a little more time to spend at home with friends, but I know that God has some amazing things to show me in Hawaii as well. I have talked a lot about Mexico, and what God has done in my life. If you would like to check it out, you can go to my xanga site at www.xanga.com/mdillon2543! So what's up in my life! God has really been blessing me with a new perspective on life. He's starting to show me that as a servant and disciple of Christ, selflessness is a vital key to my walk with Him. I realized that God does enjoy me praying for things about myself, but he takes extreme pleasure when we lift up others before ourselves. Do you guys ever end up praying for your life in some way? We do that because we worry about what God has in store for us don't we? I mean God already knows the plans he has for us. Sometimes his road winds a little differently than where our road tends to go! I'm glad all of you Belle Aire peoples are home from Big Stuff, and I can't wait to hear more about it at youth. Let's hang out before I leave guys! For more updates on YWAM, you can send me a email, or you can just read this every now and then. I will try to update when I'm over there!

Tuesday: Brittany's b-day thingamig. Good times. Sara is the best driver in the world. lol. Awesome advice: Always make your straw happy. Gosh, ....*wink wink*

Friday/This morning: I went shopping with Blakey. He is so fun to shop with.Kinda strange, but awesome. Then, we went to OCharleys(sp?) to hang out with Sarah,Graciepoo,Mady, and the Jane. I wish I could be as cool as Blakey. He is the cute,cool one out of the family. No fair. Let me go die now...At least I have steak sauce from ocharleys?haha....Later on, I went over to Gracie's to spend the night where Mady and I fell in love with Cameron. He earned MAJOR cool points.
I learned that there might be a Hitler Jr. Let's hope not...
We watched "Moulin Rouge". Great movie...I want to fall in love...one day, hopefully. And, I want to be skinny...and pretty...and talented.Hmm..,yeah, pretty sure- that isn't cool nor going to happen.:( I'm not that lucky. If I were to find someone completely opposite of what i fall for, that would be awesome. Hopefully, he would actually talk to me around his friends/in public.*rolls eyes*


Who wants to have a 24 hr day where you do a lot of activities? From scav. hunts - movies-etc.

Question of the day: Do you think it's too feminine to call a guy pretty?

Love, Stephanie

P.S. : please pray for my brother/his trip. I shall miss him oh, so very much.

It's almost 5 AM.

I'm sleepy.

I want yogurt.

And I want to take a ballroom dance course.

Isn't Moulin Rouge nifty?

So What If You Catch Me,
Where would we land?

Today was my first time volunteering at the Discovery Center. I loved it. I had sooo much fun. Next week Im doing this camp everyday from 8:30 to 12:00 watching 3-5 year olds

hey,this is stephy. silly mady left this up so i HAD to write in it.

Who all thinks mady is awesome? I know I do.

umm...so we are about to go roll someone's house. Beware people. Whoever that has been mean to me/us in the past will get it sometime this week or next.



...like...........CAMERON WEST!!!!! because stephy does NOT lose. he does. haha.


*edit*
i love tonight. it is fun. i love people. especially stephy. and grace. and jane. and sarah. and cameron. hehe. fun...
*edit* and sean. and i really really love songs being written for me and stephy and even more the people who wite them for us...*mady is happy*
*edit* and cameron gets soooooo many cool points its just crazy...hehehe
*yes...my 4th edit tonight...*
moulin rouge is awesome! and so is 3 am!!!

Head Over Feet


I had no choice but to hear you
You stated your case time and again
I thought about it

You treat me like I'm a princess
I'm not used to liking that
You ask how my day was

You've already won me over in spite of me
Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet
Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are
I couldn't help it
It's all your fault

Your love is thick and it swallowed me whole
You're so much braver than I gave you credit for
That's not lip service

You've already won me over in spite of me
Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet
Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are
I couldn't help it
It's all your fault

You are the bearer of unconditional things
You held your breath and the door for me
Thanks for your patience

You're the best listener that I've ever met
You're my best friend
Best friend with benefits
What took me so long

I've never felt this healthy before
I've never wanted something rational
I am aware now
I am aware now

You've already won me over in spite of me
Don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet
Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are
I couldn't help it
It's all your fault

mmm....i love that song.

*edit*
cameron...we (me and stephy) know your seceret...dun dun dun.....

*edit*
don't you just love staying up all night just to watch the sunrise the next morning only to see just a little bit of it because it was cold outside at 5 in the morning? mmmm...fun fun fun times!!!!

photo from sarah

so is there something wrong with this man or is it just me? he's just a little odd... tonight i went to starbucks and the mall and target and marble slab to see rebekah and then to northfield's playground to play and then home! i had bunches of fun with rachael! we even hit a big traffic cone! it was hilarious! now i'm cleaning my room...still. yay! anyway- going to bed!

well...what can i say?

Big stuff was soo awesome..i had a Great time!..some of the highlights were:

1. walks with Courtney at night on the beach...just talkin away
2. when the yellow flag went up
3. feeling the ocean and the sand in my toes again.
4. the amazing worship and sermons
5.the lovely experience of 6 girls to one shower
6. Dancin in the Moonlight
7. fun at the pool with evan and reese diving for shells.
8.riding home with eli, todd, and redford

AND THIS IS CRAZY..we played the BAND GAME for seriously 10 hours...no kiddin. thats got to be a record somewhere.

9. feeling so close to God through the beauty of the beach..and actually seeing some stars
10.redfords sunburn...
11. the extremely good food at Big Stuf...haha riiiiight


OOOOkay so that sums it up i guess...

i came home on the 15 and lifes been crazy since..my grandparents are here and keatons friend katie too..

i took keaton and katie out tonight to target and bought then some goofy dollar earrings ..i felt like a good sister...ha..

love you.
kels

I would absolutely LOVE to dye my hair!! (i think i've had this convo with val & kat...) but im quite afraid of doing this for several reasons.

1) what if it turned out really badly?
2) i dont know how to do the at-home kind, u know.. the kind that'll WASH OUT...
3) i would have to get it professionally done... which means $$ i dont have.
4) i've never done this kinda thing before...
5) what if it really damages my hair?
6) its possible my mom MIGHT end my life.

i mean, i like my hair pretty well, u know? it isnt BAD hair. God coulda given me a better shade, but hey. u win some.. u lose some. But who am i to mess w/momma nature? "if it aint broke, dont fix it." (maybe i should apply this to other areas of my life?) but its SO BORING!!

i wish i could just be a rebel, and daring, and do what i want! throw caution to the wind!!

...but... what if i mess up my hair?

yesterday was a crazy day!!! but im kinda not in the best of moods today... dont feel that great!! but we just got back from the car show thing and guess who was there and had a concert!!! LONESTAR!!! haha it was kinda boring till the concert started... but yea we might go 2 the lake 2moro... i hope so... i havent been on the lake yet this year!!!

Your actions define who you are - Batman

Ok so its official I am the worst at anything that has to do with a relationship. I fall to quickly and fall out or get distracted even quicker, and in the end I wind up hurting really awesome people that I have grown to care about. I wish I could change this, and everytime it happens I swear I will...but then it just happens...
I'm sorry to anyone out there that Ive hurt...

photo from rachael



photo from rachael


this was the hottest model in gap-- man, those uneven arms!!! and sarah was lucky enough to hold his hand! fun times!

tonight some of us went to starbucks, walked to the mall and then went to target. it was a lot of fun! sarah and i went to marble slab and then to northfield playground. on the fun road we bumped in to a construction cone which was SUPER fun! (on purpose kids!), but a word of advice, just look for the two unidentified people doing unspeakable crimes in the papers and in the news...trust me it will be there, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon--oh yeah it will be there alright!

well, it tis that time folks. time for me to go. i am sorry. i do realize that i am terribly entertaining and you wish i would write all the time 24/7...haha yeah right. anyway, my good friend in a little place, you might of heard of it, New York City, wants me to watch conan. so i must high tail it to my room to watch. so adios my fans. until tomorrow...

*edit* i have decided that cell phones can be pretty dumb. especially when you can walk all over your house and not get any service!!! hello! i am home! not in the country, not in the middle of the ocean, not up in the air...gah, i'm just at home, sitting in my room!!! "can you hear me now?" NO! i don't have flippin service verizon!!!
...oh oh! now i have service again!!! i wonder how long that will last... not that it is 1:08am anyhow, i guess it doesn't matter this late anyhow...

Hi Yall!!

Well this entry is going to be short and sweet because Im gettin ready to pass out!

I just got home and have been busy all day long! I went to see my dad! I cleaned the house! I also went swimmin with friends of mine! We all had a BLAST! The water was EXTREMELY COLD!! I then had dinner at my nana's house! Boy was it yummy!

I totally forgot about it bein fathers day this Sunday! I was just reminded about 1 hour ago! Oops! I have to go shopping! In the mornin im going to sleep late and go to a baseball game around noon or so! I will sleep really late!

I heard that the concert last night was prety good! I wanted to go but i had football!

Like i said short and sweet!

Sleep tight don't let bed bugs bite!

Ali May

So Andy Stanley (sp) left the church of his father, Charles Stanley (sp), and the Southern Baptist Church as a whole to start his own church. He and this other guy sat down and looked at several religions to find the ideals that would be most appealing to people and step on the fewest toes. With this in mind, he wrote his church's doctrine.

Im soo upset.. there is no time to explain but this was THE worst night EVER! i will never ever forget this..im soo mad n sad ahhh who knows what but im grounded for a week so i wont be on for like a long time! well kinda..but you get my point..please please leave me sum remarks to come back to..well everyone have a wonderful week n please do the right thing or ull end up how i did..ilu all..rly i mean it..well goodbye

In the year 1957[???] the government picked up moose fossils from a campsite in missouri. The Government soon found out that moose fossils turned into gas very easily. And they also found out that moose gasoline smells way better than diesel. they planned that they would be able to make people sniff the gasoline by polluting the air with diesel and as most people know, gasoline pops braincells. By popping these "braincells" they would make people dumb enough to watch "Reality shows" the people with the low braincell counts didn't notice the scripted moments or the bad acting because they liked Sister Act 2 and Gigli. later on they started to put subliminal messages in the reality shows and the people would do it because they had a low braincell count because they were addicted to moose gasoline! They were subliminally told to accomplish the king of the government's every whim. I'm not sure if anything that I said is true, but I believe it, and that's all that matters. And you people don't Because I'm the king of the government!!!!!

Oh dear.... The last three weeks of Governor's School will be interesting.... *Grins*

And I thought I'd never be grateful for Murfreesboro. Baby, go to Martin and you will realise what a cultural Mecca my hometown is. It [Martin] is smaller than Murfreesboro was when my mom moved here -- nineteen years ago.

And is it just me, or is our keyboard jacked up?? I think it's just me....

I have The Killers' CD. Mr. Brightside is stuck in my head. Mum promised to take me to Starbucks before leaving again. Going to see Mr. and Mrs. Smith with supercool people tomorrow. Life is good. :)

photo from bonin4him

this is what I saw everymorning when we walked into the rallies. It's AMAZING to see 1500 teenagers praising Jesus and not caring what anyone thinks of them.



photo from SingAHappySong

this is the seniors that will be leaving the youth group. I've known some of these ppl since I started in the group..it's kinda sad.



photo from SingAHappySong

thas some of us playing "Big Booty" the funniest game ever!!!!

ummm hey yall. well my day sucked today. well actually nite but naways. so i went to the movies and met up with a bunch of ppl and it was pretty cool cuz i got to see linds but then when we got into the movies Mr and Mis Smith the previews hadnt even started and no1 would shut up they were sooo loud and i hated it so they kicked us out i didnt even get to hold lindsay's hand. i was so mad cuz i rly wanted to spend time with her. so then every1 went to taco bell and hung out. while we were there ppl tried to start stuff with Aaron so he called his brother and his friends so now there was like 5 or 6 riverdale guys there ready to fight but all of the suddan no1 wanted to fight nemore lol so ya. and then lindsay had to go home so i just hung out, and ate the worst toco of my life so my nite really sucked. i mean it was better than not seeing neone but ya waste of money o well. well i love u so much lindsay and im sry i got u to go to the movies ttyl yall bye
JR!!

Hey guys I gotta request for everybody that reads this entry. I just got some new neighbors that moved in from clarksville, tn. Their names are Joanice and Dillion. I got to talking to them and God just hit me in the face saying "GET THESE GUYS TO COME TO BELLE AIRE." Joanice is 17 and Dillion is 13 but they are both rough looking dudes and look way older than their actual age. He made it clear to me that they are not christians but he did say that he'd never met so many christians in his life once he moved to m'boro which is cool! I got to share about my testimony briefly with him which was awesome and I told him belle aire was the place to get hooked up so he said he might go there and check it out. Praise God!!!! . I could tell that he was really looking for something and I just wanted to shout out what it was. He said if he had to give his "religion" a name it would be called a cult. So yeah to God be the glory for opportunities to better his kingdom and invite others to the party. Well that's about it God Bless.

Garrett

woot woot kayla got her permit!! oh yes now i can drive! haha it only took me two months to get it

haha so her is my story

lol so i walk in (i might add that i have been here before but i didn't get to take the test because i couldn't see) so anyway we (me, my mom & my sister) walk in & like umm yeah the lady is like here feel these out & i am like i already have so anyway we sit down...& umm guess who was behind us DANIEL KIMBELL!!! oh lord i said to myself..funny how i see him the same day i am here lol...so i was C437 & he was C433 so we sat there & talked (me, him, his dad, my mom & my sister) & brought up that i have 20/200 in my right eye & i can't see...haha anyway...we kinda ended our convo & at this time it was at C432 & daniel was about ot go insane...so i started talking to this guy from blackman who had been there 3 times & i am like oh crap i am gonna fail lol...so then daniel finally got up there & me too...so i went in there & took my test...i was about half way done when he said he passed & then i had smooth sailing form there...he was about to leave when i got finsished so, i asked him how many he missed & he said 4 & i am like dang me too! then while i am waiting the guy from blackman came out too & he had only missed 4! haha very ironic lol...so then i got my picture taken...haha it is nasty! but elizabeth says it looks like stephanie shoemaker & i am like umm no haha

well that is my story! haha

have a great day!!
Kayla!! ;)



photo from kayla

i love my daddy!! : )))))

I guess you are all wondering whats been going on and why I'm so bummed. Well, me and Krista broke up after 1 and a half years last night. I was the one who did it, but I'm still really sad because she is like my best friend and it kills me when shes hurt or when she cries. I cant help the way I feel about people, especially when it involves emotion of love. When I told Krista I loved her all those times before, I really did mean it. But my feelings changed. And I'm sorry I hurt her, but I think I would have rather done all of this than lie and not tell her for 3 or 4 months.

Krista told me that one or two of her friends were really pissed at me, well they can blow me. They dont know anything about the situation and shouldent be mad at me. I thought that you were my friends too. Guess not.

Anyway, thats what happened. I guess thats all so I'll let you kids go.

Later
Brett

My dog almost got bit yesterday by a snake... it was scary! I love my dog way too much! :D Bye for now! God bless everyone!
-Tifernaner

photo from regularbecca

me and daniel...goofy goofy kids

i bought a ipod tonight. so i guess i am in the exclusive club!!!


chris wanted me to tell you all that the youth are having a car wash tomorrow for crossover @ the church. if u can help show up @ the church @ 9:00 am thanks- stephen

well...my brothers and i decided to give our parents their present a couple days early.... we got them a dvd/vcr combo...it's nice!! and they were thrilled.

homework..for the weekend..not cool

CAP is going well, i can't wait to get my uniform, it's been driving me crazy being in civilian clothes..

i guess that's it for now.. ttyl

court

Hey everybody, today was pretty good..just hung around here and went to swim practice...now i'm bored so i'm gonna go call people i'll talk to ya'll later

photo from nathan

Today, I went to the taping on the Conan O'Brian show in Rockafeller Center. It was an awesome experience!

I went with Adam and two of his friends. They are in NYC for the weekend. Anyways, the four of us went and waited in the waiting line for almost 1.5 hours (and we even had tickets but we wanted good seats)...

So the show consisted of Ethan Hawk, Carson Kressley (from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy), and The Redwalls. It was pretty good except Carson had some really off-color humor. It may be cut out of the show, but it may not.

Anyways, so, if you can handle the off-color humor, you should watch it tonight. Even though I am not on camera any (I was on a side wall), I was there. I would not really reccomend you to watch it, but if you do, I was there.

And, they did a bit where it shows the audience quite a bit, but it was pre-recorded with a different audience on a different day, so don't look for me.

Anyways! Lots of fun. Now I have to do laundry.

Sidenote: for people that I am supposed to e-mail, I have no way to SEND OUTGOING email from my apartment. My Fed-Ex packages got here and they are fine. Thanks for doing that!

later
[nt]

well this week has been a week of the good and bad. good i made 45 buks bad i had to spend 30 notice the HAD part.i rediscovered alot of the oldies again. like the hollies, the temptations, and aritha. nothin like the old skool.well i went swimmin with nelson and it was fun but i didnt get to stay much cuz i had guitar lessons and my mum was askin about my lessons from my teacher brandon. and well brandon....lets just say hes not good at playin it smooth. in fact he was "full of it"(i like that phrase from the Sandlot). I learned a new song for myself called REVELATION by Ozzy Ozborune go figure but it sounds really nice its not death metal or nothin its really nice and smooth. ive been playin battlefield 2 this week and its been really great i mean by really great i mean AWESOME Le GAWSUM LEMON MOSUM. my cd player broke *tears* o well i got my stereo and compy so its all good.well thats it so byes.

-drew

I have succumbed (did I spell that right?) to the ever mounting pressure to jump on the bandwagon and get a Phusebox.

HOWEVER I will not be abandoning my poor xanga like so many other heartless souls.

I guess I'll do identical posts here and there.

Today I had Dairy Queen. Yum.

Tomorrow I babysit at 5:30 in the morning. Un-yum.

...

Ummm, so much for a dramatic entrance. I guess this is it.

Bye.

Christina

Kahar people of India. they are an unreached people group.
population: 6,822,000
primary religion: Hinduism
for more information on the kahar people: http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php

"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."
Mark 16:15

but who?

one of the many great mysteries in life.
one clue though... most of you don't know him.
but, you guys would like him, too.

Hm I just started..