Happy New Years

I hope you guys had a fantastic new years! i had a pretty good one my self :) I am hoping this year is better then the last 2!!
I don't really ever make New Years Resolutions, b/c i hardley ever finish them :( But this year i made a few,
1~ Be the Best Person I Can Be
2~ Have A Closer Walk With Christ
3~ Live Life Like There's No Tomorrow
Yep Yep those are mine..... what are yours?

Oh, yeah please pray for me and my FANTASTIC family, we are moving this week and we are only 1/2 way done in packing...... we have a lot to do so please pray that it all goes well! :) Thank You

You can never walk away from Xtreme without being changed.

Also, Tony Nolan never ceases to amaze me. And neither does Josh McDowell, with every time they speak, they speak, with the same passion, as if it was their first time.
Truely inspiring.

(seeing Jeremy Camp, Third Day, Newsong, Kutless, and Unhindered wasn't bad either. :]]]] )

& This may not mean a whole lot to you, but for every chapter 40, there is a 41.

So Happy New Year guys and dolls!

I was up till about 4:30 last night, and let me just say Monty Python is about 10 times funnier when you're sleep deprived.

we two have paddled in the stream,

from morning sun till dine;

but seas between us broad have roared

since auld lang syne.

for auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

we'll take a cup o' kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.

oh boy.

this might be bad.

i hope i dont mess that up too...

am i being selfish? taking something away from someone else? im not trying to. i dont want to let it be my fault, but i dont want to miss out on something that could be wonderful either. not that its even an option at the moment...

only time will tell i suppose.

My cousins are not old enough to drive. I refuse to believe it.

Nevermind the fact that they're only two and a half years younger than me.

They can't drive. They're only three. No matter how tall they get, they have always been three and they always will be three.

Ahhh.... Hooray for family, eh?

A new beginning. BRING ON THE MISTAKES.

Resolution? Umm.

1. Place in the top 5 at All-state (I suppose that is more of a plan rather than a resolution.)

2. Make a few more friends

3. Study hard this last semester of high school.

I suppose I could think of others, but I'm bored.

Have a happy New Year's and don't party too hard, everyone.

Danny

: ]

thats all.

It's a new year now, and, as I am wont to do, I spent the evening looking back over the past year at how I've changed and grown.  Since this time last year, I've dated two more girls, lost my viriginity, had my first drunken night of puking, had my first drunken night of fun, been to Philadelphia, seen a few plays, worked my ass off, goofed my ass off, seen about 30 movies, earned a few thousand dollars, spent a few thousand dollars, made some new friends, lost some old ones, and alienated a few more family members (they deserve it).  As for my spiritual and emotional development, well...I can't really describe that, but I have a feeling that people around me can tell, and that's what's important.

So, my new year's resolutions are these:
01. Keep this girlfriend; she's my favorite thus far (as indicated by the fact that I'm still with her)
02. Lose my fat
03. Build some muscle
04. Re-attain full membership in the Honors Program
05. Get along better with my parents
06. Whine less
07. Spend a few more drunken nights with the girl in Resolution #1  ;)
08. Play soccer again (hopefully!)
09. Let my knee heal (before I do #8)
10. Finish the books I've started
11. Start new books
12. Spend more time with friends who will be leaving in 2008
13. Canoodle
14. Write some more songs
15. Get the hell out of the dorms
16. Improve my piano skills
17. (vastly) Improve my singing skills
18. Start scoping out bars in preparation for April 7, 2008

That should start me off well...I can probably keep 3 or 4 of them.

happy new years everyone...

     well life is going alright..i guess...well i was bored yesterday night and found a diary place.. http://www.diaryland.com .... it's pretty cool...if you go there try and find ewok1313 well anyways. last year was good for the most part... and there were some not so good times but you have to move on from those. make the best of it... thats what i should do...and forget the bad times..

now going in to last night  

last night we had chinies(sp) and i learned how to use chopsticks... it was fun.. my parents actually stayed up intill 12:00. we also shoot off the fireworks.yep last night was good

i am out

meg

So I used to be happy all the time... What happened?

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

2007

<3love<3
     CANDACE

And now im going to BED!! night!((lol))

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it is 11:46 regardless of the time phusebox say (anyone want a new years res to fix phusebox time??) and this will be my last blog of 06. i leave for passion early tomorrow morning! i'm so excited!!! God has great things in store for this next year! i'm gonna go cout down with Kristen and drink my sparkling grape juice!! woot woot! good night! it's been a great year! i have a GREAT HEAVENLY FATHER, a wonderful family, amazing friends,and the best boyfriend! I'm so blessed and ready to get my new year on! 11:49    pm

2006 is coming to an end.  It's hard to believe that time has gone by so fast.  My life has changed pretty dramatically this past year. 

My grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer.  Because my grandmother and I are so close, it was something I struggled a lot with.  Luckily I has such wonderful support from my friends and and family.  She had a mastectomy to remove the cancer.  We then found out that the cancer had reached her limp nodes, so she had a second surgery to remove that cancer.  She is cancer free now, but there is still the chance that the cancer could return.  I also graduated from high school this past May and moved to Tennessee about seven days later.  I left my closest friends and the majority of my family.  It was a big change.  I moved a lot when I was younger, and this transition was the hardest I've had to make by far.  I think the biggest thing for me this year was starting college.  I started my first semester at Tennessee Tech this fall.  It was a new beginning.  I have made some wonderful friends and am now in a relationship with a great guy.

2006 was full of smiles, tears, struggles, and joys. There was a lot of change, but mostly for the best.  I can only hope that 2007 will be just as great, and I am welcoming all that it has in store for me with open arms.

Not sure what is going on ... if this is still the Taiwan effect or what ... but we are still having difficulty (all of us; Chris, Paul, myself) accessing Phusebox from Indonesia.

I don't want to spend a lot of time on the system trying to upload stuff if the system is going to crash ... so I will be brief.

So far the weekend has been pretty good.  Last night, New Year's Eve we went to Club CJs to ring in the new year.  Had a good time, no security incidents, good music, fun.  (Chris didn't dance !!).

An Indonesian superstar named Chanti was there and did a 1 hour set.  She was pretty good ... but we all agreed that we liked the normal band better.  I'll try to post some pics (I know I keep saying that) .... as soon as the internet is more stable.  We made it home at 4am ...

Gotta run ... too many internet challenges at one time ... ciao ciao

Great news!! Jennifer and I have bought our first house!!  We closed last wednesday, December 27, 2006.  We will be moving in on January 6!  We haven't moved out of the 'Boro, but only to the rural area. 

i hope everyone is safe tonight!

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"ITS NOT ABOUT HOW FAST YOU CAN PUNCH.................... BUT HOW MANY PUNCHES YOU CAN TAKE AND GET BACK UP AGAIN"

Quote from
Rocky Balboa


its a great movie i think everyne should watch it
i wanted to stand on my feet and cheer for him in the movie theater

she messaged me again saying that i'm just too cute to be gay.

ah, 14-year-olds and their reasoning.

and thanks for all the support guys. i know not all Christians are like that. i am one.

and i love all of you!

Ski trip was amazing. Lots of fun. Please keep Trever Hornsby in your prayers, since he took a hard wipeout on his shoulder and shattered is collar bone. I am excited about passion. We depart at 8 am in the morning for Atlanta. I am so excited!!! Hope everyone has a great new years!!!

HAPPY NEW   YEAR

2007

Hey guys!

I wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year!!! And share a couple things...

This
new year I want to challenge every one to put God first in your life.
Ok... So yeh guys, I know this time every year (along with camp time)
all of us get all excited about what we are going to do for God... We
all set out with these huge expectations of how we can affect our
entire school!! Well how about at the beginning of 2007 we start by
just changing OUR lives... For most of my friends this year we
graduate... Its an exciting and yet entirely frightening time for us!
But statistics say that like 75% of students walk away from God once
out of high school. This is crucial for us to get our relationship with
Christ on track now... while its still relatively easy to be a Christ
follower!

The first thing to
consider when setting out to know God is to put him first... One of the
biggest problems in Christianity and any religion for as long as time..
is putting traditions before God... In Judiasm some people are more
worried about blowing the Shofar than celebrating God. Well OK so youre
thinking.. who cares... we dont do that in Christianity... no but we do
each have our own traditions... Some of us are used to worshiping in a
certain way, with certain music, with a certain worship leader, sitting
in a certain pew, with your routine.... and when something changes that
you throw a fit.... and your like "no this is wrong! Im leaving!" ok
ok.. fine.. leave your pacifier at the door then... It isnt about how
we worship.. Its simply THAT we worship and thank God for everything he
has and will do for and through us! Sunday is no holier than Tuesday or
Saturday...The whole calendar belongs to God... we should give every
day full of worship to God... Not just our sunday mornings... We have
so fully invested ourselves in the routine of Church that we are
missing the relationship with the Head of the church (Jesus Christ) we
need to follow Ephesians 4:15 when it talks about growing up in Christ.
We all need to establish spiritual maturity.. and that doesnt come from
going to church for 25 years... that comes from establishing a true
relationship with the Head. You can track your maturity by the fruits
you are bearing in your life... Along with putting God first.. he has
to be the ONLY thing you follow... you cant follow two leaders... My
pastor said this morning "Anything without a head is dead, but anything
with more than one head... is just a freak!" You have to have that true
relationship with the head because without Jesus, no matter how
religious or moral you are... you are still dead in sin. You will NEVER
defeat the tendency of Godlisness with just your will! When you
establish spiritualy maturity you are made alive in the spirit...
Colossians 2:13-17 says "...He forgave us all our sins, having canceled
the written code, with its regulations, hat was against us and that
stood opposed to us, he took it away, nailing it to the cross..." There
are dark spiritual forces on this earth CONSTANTLY working against
us... and with this maturity comes the power to fight those forces!
Whether or not you believe there are demons against us heare on
earth... THEY ARE STILL THERE... You could say there is no such thing
as a virus... you are still gonna get colds! When we see something in
the bible we dont like.. its our child like mentality that comes
through when we say.. well i just dont believe that! It is kinda like
when we are little and we are sitting in bed and we think there is a
monster under our bed.. so we put the quilt over our head.. yeh.. like
thats going to really protect us... Well in the end... it all comes
down to you and me... what we choose to believe. God has done what he
is going to do... now we have to decide wether or not we want to follow
him....

So as the in Judaism on Yom Kippur Ill end this by saying...

"May your name be inscribed in the book of life!"

car smoking from something steering lost and i definitely dont know whats going on anyone know any good car doctors

Clothes make the man.

Naked people have little or no influence on society.

--Mark Twain--

see us? aren't we cute!!!!!
photo from MTSUbrent

starwars... i feel like an ewok...lol but they are cool..and it's awesome watching the new ones and the old ones togher cuz you know how skywalker becomes dark vander... it's cool

525,600 minutes

525,000 moments so dear

525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee

In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife

In 525,600 minutes

how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love? How about love? How about love?

Measure in love

Seasons of love.

525,600 minutes! 525,000 journeys to plan

525,600 minutes - how can you measure

the life of a woman or man?

In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried.

In bridges he burned

or the way that she died.

It’s time now to sing out, tho the story never ends

let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends

Remember the love! Remember the love!

Remember the love! Measure in love.

Seasons of love! Seasons of love

( So did you guys measure it in diapers, report cards, or speeding tickets? In contracts, dollars, in funerals, or births? But most importantly did you measure it in LOVE?   -Jaime)

HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh how funny life is.

that is the exact message i recently receive from some 14-yo girl.

now if this was her attempt to share Christ with me, it was a bad one. God would never call someone a "fagot" (btw - it has two Gs) and condemn them to hell.

anyway. i replied with "you're a bitch who can't spell. have a nice day" which was prolly kinda immature... but whatev.
and she wrote back "fuck u 2 hell boy.. ima pray 4 u"

which is also a poor attempt to share God's love - if that's what she was trying to do.

i don't know about you, but i don't want someone who's gonna call me a fag and say "fuck you" to me to be praying for me.
i think the one that needs prayer is her.

so let this be a lesson to all of us to truly be Christlike when we're trying to witness.
abrasion never got anyone anywhere.

I am grateful for what I received for Christmas.
Been practicing some.
I can't wait for this next semester.
Can't wait to see YOU.

Try this:
(Try not to repeat what I've written)
You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

Not as easy as you might think...

1. Where is your cell phone?
Here

2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend?
Absent

3. Your hair?
Microscopic

4. Your mother?
Emotional

5. Your father?
Agressive

6. Your favorite item of clothing?
Underwear

7. Your dream last night?
Odd

8. Your favorite drink?
Water

9. Your dream car?
Any

10. The room you are in?
Living

11. Your ex?
NonEXistent (I crack myself up.)

12. Your fear?
Forgetting

13. What do you want to be in 10 years?
Held

14. Who did you hang out with today?
Myself

15. What you're not?
Selfish

16. Muffins?
Blueberry

17: One of your wish list items?
Someone

18: Time?
Flies

19. The last thing you did?
Type

20. What are you wearing?
Casual

22. Your favorite book?
Romance

23. The last thing you ate?
Cookies

24. Your life?
Interesting

25. Your mood?
Cloud-nine-ish

26. Your friends?
Amazing

27. What are you thinking about right now?
Someone

28. Your car?
Close

29. What are you doing at the moment?
Smiling

30. Favorite smell?
Clean

31. Your relationship status?
Single

32. What is on your tv?
Nothing

33. When is the last time you laughed?
Today

34. Last time you cried?
Don't remember

35. School?
Near

Danny

Life has been very very busy..........I can't believe how fast the days are going by. SLOW DOWN!!

When I'm not babysitting my nieces, I work, and then I've been helping the Amirian family move into their new apartment and as soon as work ends tonight I'm heading back over there. haha. Alicia and I feel very strong...we lifted really really heavy things and I actually feel good that I'm actually mechanical enough to know how to take apart and put things back together. The entire time Alicia was singing "Muscle muscle Woman!" and "Love is a Battlefield." And when we were taking Ali's twin mattress from the upstairs to the downstairs I got the bright idea to ride it down the stairs......haha. "ssshhh. don't tell her mother* It was so much fun..we did it twice.

haha...Muscle women....yeah......right

Hey yall! whats up?!? well im FINALLY done babysitting((for the week.)) i am never doing a whole week again! even tho its fun and the babys are cute... it gets tiring after a week and you cant do anything...only sit inside and watch a child!!!

Today, im going to have a friend over((if she can still come-hopefully-)) and we are going to have so much fun! tomorrow is new years eve and we are going over to my parents friends house and that should be tons of fun((lol)) well i got to go... ttyl

<3love<3
              -_-TheOneAndOnlyCandace-_-

I did like the Jingle Bells, it's a classic. And I"ll never say no to a round of Ozzy.

I'm not sure what I'm doing for New Years, all I know is I really need to get to Wal-Mart and get some of that sparkling white grape juice. That stuff is so dang good.

I borrowed a friends Playstation, and I played FF7 till 12:30 last night, so I died 4 times big deal. I'm still going strong!! YAY TIFA!! 

So I've noticed that I've been in a negative mood lately in my posts.  I'm going to try to be better about that this time...

I got a knee brace, and it makes my knee feel better whenever I'm active.  I also finished Season 5 of 24, which is a totally rocking show.  I enjoyed Christmas, more or less; I could have done with much less interaction, but it was nice to play piano for Granddaddy.  I've started writing 3 different songs, probably for my musical if I ever get anywhere but the intros.

See?  I can be positive.  Now for the complaining (since I'm much better at it due to my continual practice)...

Just kidding!  I'm good, aside from missing my friends in Cookeville.  I can't wait to get back up there.

how is everyone?

any plans for new years?

the other night i had a dream that i had cancer.
the doctor told me i only had a short time to live.
looking back on my life i didnt like how i had lived it.
i felt remorseful.
absolutly hopeless.
totally
and
completly
exasperated.

and then i woke up.


maybe i need to make some changes...

Just looking around the pictures, seeing so many people with their family christmas pictures & whatnot. it makes me miss that with my family. because, i guess in order to have a family picture, you need an actual.. family.

but it's okay.
i'll just have to stick with friend & church family pictures
since they are the closest i have.

& that's okay with me.. for now at least.
but man, what i would give to just take one more. all of us together, genuinly happy, nothing fake. just.. us as a family.

[two posts in one day. crazyness.]

MID-TERMS SUCKED!!!!

well anyways... i went to Texas for Christmas... i got a few things but i really am getting what i wanted tomorrow! which would be a new Epiphone Les Paul Special 2 Vintage Sunburst!!! it is awesome! so i am totally siked about that!

wednesday we went to the movies with the youth group and all but the G-Club plus Kirby and Destiny saw The Nativity... of course we took the time to go see Charlottes Web which is a cute movie... better than the animated!!! we were so close to seeing Happy Feet for the 3rd and 4th time though!

Destiny later spent the night and we went to her house thurday where i hung out with her and JJ...I Heart my Starburst!!!

Well that is what has happened in my life so far... enjoy...

Thank God for the amazing friends that I have and the little things they do to make life better without even realizing. Things just got a little better.

I got to do what i LOVE to do today!! :) i went out this morning and rode my horse :P It felt so good to be up in the saddle. I haven't been out to ride in a while, so it was good just to go out and have some fun. We went out into an open field and just let them run! * I went ridding with my Neighbor Lilly * My horse loved running through the field! She was breed to race :)

If you haven't riden a horse........ your missing out!!

Oh yes, it's 3:00, and the rest of my day will be spent getting packed & pumped for Extreme.

Alsooo.
I'm already getting stuff started for M-Fuge this year. This year, my church isn't even going, it's just me, my best friend Leslie, and our old youth leader. and we're heading to Ecuador. i couldn't BE more excited. International M-Fuge is by far my favorite of the fuges. Last year was Canada. ugh. haha i don't even know if you guys know what i'm talking about.. either way.. if you hear of any church groups near you going to and sort of fuge.. go.

And praise God for this insanely gorgeous day.

:]

Hey everyone i am sooooo sorry i have not blogged in such a long time.... my mom would not let me get on the computer and i guess i have been really busy. As most of you know Bekah Lewis came over to my house after the wednesday night thingy and we saw charolettes web... it was soooo sweet.... i cried when charolette died. i got this really fun game for playstation 2 for christmas it is called thrillville

i also got some jewlery and money and lotions and stuff like that..... and the best thing that i got  was a 4gb PINK IPOD NANO!!! it is Awesome but i cant download music onto it because... somehow we got a virus on our computer to where now allof our stuff has to be deleted so i have to wait for my dad to fix it... well  i will see yall sunday love ya bye

*Emily*

Somebody please make it stop!! I just need to find a different song, any suggestions?

I'm really bored, but we're gonna be moving stuff all day if dad follows through with his threat. I'm not sure about it though, he's been swearing we'll finish moving all week and we've done absoulutely nothing.

I was up till about midnight helping mom and dad take down Christmas stuff, this is pretty early for us. We usually start to dismantle around mid-January. But mom wants to decorate the house for the rest of the year, so it's down with the trees!

It's too early for me to be up, I need caffene. I've been getting up around noon 1 'o clock. Time for me to go back to bed.

OK I have been in FL for almost a week now and I have fell in love with this beautiful, white, slinder, stunning..................


.......mac book pro. I love it so much it is so easy to use and it is just the best. It is not mine but it is my aunts and I use it alot I hate my PC now I watched all the mac videos on their web site grrr PC I love Mac Book Pro's

* Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"

today we are putting the trees up....i love christmas...but hate taking four trees down><...and puting them up for the most part

"Newsies:

We need a good assassination!

We need an earthquake or a war!


Snipeshooter:

How 'bout a crooked politician?


Newsies:

Hey, stupid, that ain't news no more!"

"Jack:

Santa Fe

Are you there?

Do you swear you won't forget me?

If I found you would you let me come and stay?

I ain't gettin' any younger

And before my dyin' day

I want space

Not just air

Let 'em laugh in my face

I don't care

Save a place

I'll be there"

"
ALL:

I gotta be either dead or dreamin'

'Cause look at that pape with my face beamin'

Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it

But I was a star for one whole minute "

This film really makes me love men. I mean, the solidarity those boys exhibit, the brotherhood, the strength. I know that isn't really how it is, but I love it anyway. It is people uniting for a cause. I don't see a lot of that anymore. Not like this film shows. People don't really unite this strongly. You have a core group that soon burns out and  then a lot of floaters who come in when it is convenient. This film makes me sad and exhilarated at the same time.

Do I have to submit such a challenge?

Yes, You're sovereign, but are You understanding?

And yes, these pieces are my problem,

If only I could understand them, on my knees,

My mind's a moor, a high place of nothing,

And my pride can only serve me so far.

But to a purpose, well, that only You know;

Am I wrong?  Am I aimless?

None of life makes any sense!

Nothing has lined up and waited for me,

Yet others praise Your name for such glory.

These people don't understand my pain!

They all read these words but don't understand!

I could tell them a thousand times a thousand.

"Well, why don't you understand?" They say.

How do you point to air and say God's there?

I lack the faith!  I need more than this!

I need more than just hope and faint inner voice...

ok so let's correct that last thing i said. i'm not comfortable with it, yet. i'm trying really hard to be. and up until today i was. and now, not so much. there are some things that are perfectly fine and i have no complaints about. one rather new thing in particular. but then there is so much that just frustrates me. today was, insane, to say the least. i went thru a rollercoaster ride of emotions and hid them all. i saw 3 different people and dealt with 3 different situations. in some aspects it was a good day. in others, well, i'll get back to you on that one. idk. i've discovered things are usually either way more or way less complex than i make them out to be. this is one of those way more times. 

i'm about ready to get back to Lee. I deal with certain things and people better from a distance. Although there are a couple people I'll definetely miss a whole lot when I go back I need to get away from all the unnecessary drama again too...

So I've had a nice, relaxing week.

Next week I'll be in Mississippi, reminded once again of just how unfair this life is...

But the week after that, let's hang out. And maybe make a music video. Goof off. Bask in the glory of winter break and a new year.

Yay! No need for me to have rotator cup surgery!  The tear didn't go all the way through and it should with time heal on its own!  That makes me really really happy.  By the way, never try driving cars off 8ft embankments.  Trust me.  It hurts!

my life really doesn't make sense to me anymore. this is another one of these weird stages where nothing really makes sense. only this time i'm comfortable with it.

AND I'M FEELING GOOD.

Today was one of the most uneventful days i've had in a while... Praise God.
I needed it for sure.

& now i'm hanging out with casey, & about to put up some pictures we just took.

But i did learn a lot today. Learned a lot about "friends".. and i learned a quote that i feel will take a lot of stress out of my life..

"The only people you NEED in your life are the ones that PROVE they need you in theirs."

SCRAMBLE TO REPAIR ASIA TELECOM LINES AFTER QUAKE

Telecommunications operators in Taiwan and Hong Kong have dispatched workers to repair quake-damaged undersea cables, as much of Asia remained without Internet access, officials have said.

Millions of people from China to Australia muddled through a second day without full telephone or Internet services after Tuesday's 7.1-magnitude earthquake off Taiwan damaged the fibreoptic cables running through the zone. (AFP) top

************* YES, Stacy I saw your blogs on Santa and Dragons.  I know that dragons exists.  How else could Thasya and Chris eat as much as they do and not gain weight ... there must be a dragon in their tummies !!

Friends & Family - today (Friday) is my vacation day.  But, I have to have a 1 hr meeting at the office I need to attend. While I'm here ... I need to let you know something ....

There was an earthquake in Taiwan that has severely impacted Indonesia's access to the world's fiber optics network. As a result, from the house we are unable to access internet sites such as Phusebox, yahoo, etc. (but we can access Indonesian sites)  I think Chris's AIM still works.  Please be patient if you don't hear from us, Chris, Paul, etc.

Now, if any of you believe in "conspiracy theories" ... here's one.  The US has been alerted to a potential terrorists plot and is blocking telecommunications and internet accesses from targeted countries.  How's that ???

Ciao ciao ... hope to "see you" in cyberspace from the house soon ....

According to my records at MTSU, I now have 56 hours under my belt. Having this number hours places me just four hours from a Junior standing. I recently discovered that if my second minor was Linguistic Studies rather than Family Studies, I would a much higher chance of graduating on time rather than a semester late. Wootie-hoo!

I received a video iPod for Christmas. You simply cannot understand what gratitude I have toward my parents after having driven a variety of cars over the past couple of years that allowed me only to listen to the radio.

I have been off work this entire week, and it has been magnificent!

What do you do when........ your so Confused that its not even funny?
What do you do when your so Lost that you don't even know who you really are?
What do you do when the only thing you do is Worry?
What do you do when the only thing that makes you Happy hardly comes around?
What do you do when Life is passing you by?
What do you do when Time seems to fly?
       

      What do you do????????????????????

drama is just plain stupid. it causes nothing but anger and trouble. find friends who will be true to you and not cause drama.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years to ya'll!

2006 has been amazinggg. =]

+unfortunately, i had this guy on my mind who i later found out was scum. but i learned from that.

+everything exploded with kaitlyn saying stuff about my friends. that did not work for me at all. but we have lockers next to each other, and are really nice to each other now.

+justin & i got into alot of little fights.

+deborah went to a bus conference, and things changed, kinda.

+i wrote this long note, saying i wanted me & my best friend to take a break. [i had a reason for doing it, and im glad that i did it. things are pretty great now. he has another best friend, but our friendship is still great.]

+jake & johnny were stupid and got into a really bad wreck.

+deborah got into spectrum. [im pretty sure that was in 2006.]

+got a car.

+went to jazzfest. it was an interesting night.

+turned 15 & got my permit.

+went to a DCI show in atlanta.

+started my junior year.

+hung out with some different people, and some of the same.

+many inside jokes, great times in chemistry with a bad teacher, all kinds of drama.

+went to florida for my niece`s makeawish trip when everyone else was taking exams. it was truly magical. ;] went to mgm, universal, magic kingdom, animal kingdom, and sea world. rode a roller coaster that went backwards, for the 1st time -- expedition everest. rode my 1st "big" roller coaster -- kraken.

i cant think of anything else.. but 2006 was definitely incredible. =]

ok yesterday i brought my camra to oprmills.kay is partly blonde if you were wondering. so i have some pictures of acting stupid

I am an evil stealer of other people's pictures. Some of you take such pretty ones and I have to just swipe them. If anyone cares, let me know. You can slap me as punishment. But I get to keep your pictures. Sorry, I have already taken them, and there is no way you can get your hands on them. My dragon is keeping watch. And yes, dragons do exist. Anyone read Job 41 recently? Come on! It's a fire-breathing dragon! Since believing in such a thing has no consequence to my salvation and life as a Christian or the salvation and lives of other Christians, I have deemed it a happy delusion. Just like my theory on the dream world...

Goodness me... That is a whole conversation. If anyone cares, this is a very shortened version of my Dream World Theory:

Things that happen in dreams actually do happen in another reality that we can only access through the workings of the subconscious. Now, for people like me, this is both an extremely disturbing truth and a rather comforting one. On the one hand, the Dream Stacy is severely traumatized and should be dead by now. And on the other hand... Well... I guess I haven't thought about that hand.

That would be a good hand to think about.

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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.”

Do you think that maybe one day I can get over my fear and just jump....jump and have no worry that there won't be someone to catch me if it all doesn't turn out the way I had hoped?

Warning: Not a warm and fuzzy blog entry.

I'm falling apart at the seams, and I don't know what to do. I'm afraid that I screwed up. I'm afraid I lost him. I did the freaky girlfriend thing and tracked down his phone number to call him. If he wanted me to know that number he would've given it to me. But I had no choice I had to talk to him. We'd just lost good friend, and I had to let him know. I was afraid that he wouldn't find out because he wouldn't check his email so I did something very drastic. And now I'm scared that I lost him, that I totally freaked him out. Cause he hasn't emailed me or anything since he sent the one saying he couldn't come for the funeral.

But then I think maybe there's a good reason that doesn't mean I lost him. Maybe he just doesn't have internet for the same reason he can't call me. Maybe he's just very busy with classes and work and everything. And I keep hoping that these could be the reasons. I don't want to lose him. I love him.

I've been in Jamestown the past few days, JAIME GOT AN MP3 PLAYER!! HECK YEAH!!!

I pretty much spent all day yesterday transferring music onto the dratted thing, and I'm still not done.It doesn't surprise me though, I only had half of my collection with me. The thing can hold 1625 songs!! It's insane.

Oh, and I found what I want for Christmas next year. It's a 357 Magnum, oh so pretty. It shoots amazingly.

Oh yes, get excited. Sally's back. So much has been going on in my life. A lot has changed.  And obviously so much is going on around phusebox. so many more people it's great.

Well, i want to see what kind of response this gets. If i see that people around here are really interested in what i have to say, i might stay, but otherwise.. i don't just like to write for myself, i know what's going on in my life, haha i just want to share it with people who care. So. We'll see how this goes & maybe i'll stick around.

pretty much the same but a few things have changed....

leave it to long distance to hurt me.

christmas was good. i got a camera *that's pink* a northface jacket (pink) and an iPod nano. i was so excited! i also got a verabradley purse with a ID tag & wallet that matched. & i also bought some sweaters from abercrombie, ae & gap.

& also our basketball team is ranked FIRST! yes...FIRST! yayyy us!

happy new year!

Family & friends. Could barely access the internet from home on Wednesday. Tried in the office - very very challenging.  There seems to be a country-wide network issue.

As of today (our Thursday, 6am) zero internet from home ... some from the office.

All is fine here ... don't worry ... rest of the family will blog/email as soon as they can.

The past few days have been A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Why?  Because the most wonderful boyfriend in the world is home!!!!!!!!!!!  I am sooooooo happy!!!!!!!!!!! (Can u tell by the exclamation marks?)  The only down side is the fact that I learned y it is not a good idea to ONLY eat chocolate and popcorn (& a couple of nachos) one day & then hang out w/ Jamie & Jonathan because then u get super hyper, and after the hyperness disapears because u had to go home while everyone else goes to hang out because u stayed out 2 late the night b-4 it will all come back up, lol.  Anyways the past few days have been a blast!  I can't wait to show off my Christmas present to everyone!  Jonathan has exactly one more week here, and then back to TX (tear).  Hopefully it will go by extra S L O W, but I doubt it.  Luvb Ya'll Bunches!

God Bless!

~D'Rae~

Hey y'all whats up?!? well im babysitting a lil boy names adian! he is the funniest, cutest lil thing! lol  we are fixing to go to walmart juss to walk around because there is nothing to do here! i have been babysitting him since yesturday and im still babysitting him until friday! how fun lol! well i betta go watch him! ttyl

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I never thought that on December 26, I would walk into the mall, pause, listen, and then breathe a sigh of relief because the speakers were blaring Michael Jackson instead of Christmas carols.

Thank all that is good and holy for bad 80's music.

Oh my gosh. Fuck you all who call yourself my "friends".

I went to see Dreamgirls tonight.  I went in hoping that it would be a great movie and wonderfully received and the like.  WRONG!

The song numbers were uninteresting and stereotypical, the character development was nigh non-existent, and the crowd was terrible.  Read my title, and if you want to continue, go for it.

I tend to be fairly non-racist.  I will make many racist remarks for humor, but I don't really hold these ideas to be true.  Tonight was one of the nights that push me that way.  In my dealings with African Americans, the only two emotions I observe are amusement and anger.  For example, in the movie, it's a particularly heart-breaking scene that had me slightly emotional.  However, because a black woman just told a black man off, the crowd erupted into laughter and applause.  After that wonderful scene of beautiful acting, the best the actors get is the rowdy guffaw of an overly zealous ethnocentric crowd?  I wanted for this movie to be the one to offer more than typical Black Movie fare (i.e. Soul Plane, etc.), but I was sorely disappointed.

So, coming from this movie as uninspired and disappointed in my fellow Memphians, I can't recommend it.  I'll try it again later on my own, but I'm not sure if it can save my hopes.

I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas! Mine was a little different this year since we are in the process of moving, but it was stil a really great and definately memorable Christmas. I'm sad I didn't get to spend it with the Breaux's and I won't get to spend new year's with them either since they are in Louisianna, but that's ok. Pastor preached a good message on Sunday reflecting Christ's birth. For Christmas, I got some clothes, a coat, shoes, cds, chocolate, a devotional book, and some stuff for my car. I'd have to say that my favotite part about this Christmas was what I did for my family and what I did for Hannah and Meghan (jess and I haven't done ours yet but that will be one of my favorite things!!!). For my family, I had a limo pick us up at home. We ate dinner (Papa Johns, soda, and chocolate) in the limo while we looked at Christmas lights. then we went to church. It was GREAT! and for Hannah and Meghan, I took them to see the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe play. that was fun, too. I'm going to take Jessica to a dinner theater, and she is going to take me to a spa so we can both get 30 minute massages! I've never had a professional massage before! We also plan on eating at our favorite restaurant that day...Front Porch Cafe! Oh, I can't wait. Well, Ali is bugging me cause she wants to get on so I'd better go. Now that Christmas is over, I wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Is introversion really that hard to understand?  Obviously it is for my parents.  Today the whole family went out for the After-Christmas Sales.  Even though I was dreading the crowds and having to deal with all those people, I still went.  The day wasn't all that bad and I did get some great deals.  After all was said and done, I headed to my room for some "me time".  I needed to take a break from people.  Well, I was called out to potty the dogs, so I left my room and did it.  I'm not in the mood to talk to anyone right now, so I wasn't the nicest when I answered there question of whether I had seen something that was saved on Tivo.  Immediately I was dubbed as being "bitchy" for not wanting to talk to people.  I don't know how many times I've tried to explain to them it is in my nature to not want talk to people sometimes, especially when I've already been doing it all day.  Grr!

That's what I feel like doing right now... I'm soooooooooo tired... Josh, Liz, and Daniel are over right now and that's nice because I haven't had a brother home for Christmas in like 6 years. I think I'll go take a nap soon. I'm going home with Emily O'Berry tomorrow after the youth group goes to the movies so I'll probably want to sleep some today and if I don't sleep well tonight I'll want to take another nap tomorrow... I wish I were a cat... That way I could be lazy and sleep all the time... That would be the life...

Very much internet challenged this morning. Spent from 415am to 525am trying to get into the i-net. Still not working very well .... Anyway, we are all back from vacation.  Nobody hurt. Everybody happy.  Probably 2000 pics between all of us. No doubt the boys will be posting pics before I do ... as I have to leave for work in a few minutes.

Had a great time visiting temples, climbing up and looking inside volcanoes, freezing to death at 9,000 ft elevation, sweating to death at sea level, eating lots of interesting foods (ask Chris and Paul about Ayam Taliwong), watching pottery making, and weaving.

Stacy, Chris has kept his promise (so far) ... no dancing ... ALTHOUGH both Paul and I got called up on stage on Christmas Day dinner to do some "Bali dancing" with two cute girls .... Paul did better than me (surprised ?)

Chris and Paul are eating more and more Indonesian food, I think they actually like it ... but maybe they are just starving to death.

I'm going to close this blog. Too many i-net issues this morning and it could crash anytime.

Ciao ciao.

Hey...

My Christmas was awesome...i hope yall's was awesome too! I got aome clothes from American Eagle, an Addidas outfit,(pants,jacket) i also got an ipod, ihome, isnuggle(a pillow with speaker you can plug it to your ipod and listem to music through the pillow) i also got accesories to it and i got money!! $25 gift card for itunes and $10 for walmart itunes! plus $35 from other relatives.....i got other stuff but that was like the most exspensive!! lol  BUT THE VERY BEST GIFT IS JESUS CHRIST every year,day, second, and minute of my life until i die, ans when i'm dead JESUS CHRIST WILL BE MY BEST AND FAVORITE GIFT

thats all i gotta say so leave messages and remarks

LoVe...

Laura Elizabeth Harbin

i didnt wake up til 1 today. (1:05 to be exact)

thats a waste of like a whole day.

but you canrt change it so why worry about it?

so then i ate breakfast/lunch at 2

my whole day is off. hopefully ill be able to go to sleep tonite...

and...how was everyone's christmas?

once upan a winter
it seemed so long ago
my one and only love and i
fell down apon the snow
and as the dusk was falling
from a grey and goose down sky
we heard the old cathedral bells
ring out a lullaby.
snow angel snow angel.
someday im gona fly
this cold and broken heart of mine will someday wave goodbye.
good bye to this cuel wicked world and all the tears i've cried
sbow angel snow angel ill meet you in the sky.

the rumors of the distant war
called my true love's name
he packed his leather suitcase
and spoke no word of blame
we walked a while together
i tried to hide my frea
he told me not to be afriad and whispered in my ear
snow angel snow angel, some day im gonna fly
this cold and broken heart o f mine would someday wave goodby
goodbye to this cruel wicked world and all the tears i've cried
snow angel snow angel ill meet you in sky

they brought my love home from the war
in a cart pulled by white mules
the christmas bells rang out that day
oblivious as fools
and as the snow began to fall
i kissed his frozen face
they told me in his woolen coat
his last few words were pplaced.

snow angel snow angel........ill meet you in the sky.

Christmas was pretty good for my family :) 
My family gave out Marshmallow guns to all the men on my  mom side of the family :P It was so funny..... there where marshmallows flying EVERY where! It was FANTASTIC.
I got it all on my video camera :) * i have wanted one for 3 years and this year i got one :P :) :P *
? How was your Christmas ?

woke up and was "present"ed
my main gift was already given to me - my flute
but i got a few random things

ate breakfast then headed outside
went to THE wichita falls and found 2 caches
came back to the house for some leftover Christmas eve dinner for lunch
watched a Christmas story
went back out and found 4 more caches - daddy broke one of them trying to open it lol - will replace after we leave

have to leave for the airport at 3am so im not sleeping. i fly out at 6:30. 2 hours on the plane. then i think were heading to opry mills just for kicks.

love you kids tons and i hope you had and amazingly awesome Christmas

♥ cant wait to see you all again ♥

Merry Christmas, Everybody! I hope it was great!



nathan got me a canon rebel! so awesome! he is the BEST husband ever....


i got him a nintendo ds and brain age... which does not compare to the greatness of his gift to me.... but we sure have fun with it!


So, once again, Merry Christmas! Have a great night!

*and if you would like to see more pictures from our christmas you can check out my flickr photos!*
http://flickr.com/photos/rachaelmoore

I got some books for Christmas (among other things):

• Systematic Theology, by Wayne Grudem


• The Best Question Ever: A revolutionary Approach to Decision Making, by Andy Stanley


• Above All Earthly Pow'rs: Christ in a Postmodern World, by David F. Wells


• (and technically Martin Luther's Best Works)

Sweet!

This Christmas was the best one I've ever had. And I truly believe that God meant us to celebrate it with the ones that we love. I was surrounded by my loved ones and I couldn't stop smiling the entire time.

I think the joy of Christmas for me was watching the people around me open the presents I had bought them.....especially my niece Katie since Isabelle was too little to open anything.

It makes me definitely look forward to the future when I have children of my own and be able to see them excited for Santa and Christmas.

God has definitely blessed me more than I deserve and I am truly grateful.

I pray you guys had as wonderful a Christmas as I did. This one will definitely be one I will hold in my heart forever.

Christmas in the hospital was interesting, but not bad at all. Those poor nurses had to step over all of our presents and stuff. We did Christmas last night. Today was spent watching stupid hospital TV and napping. The nap was wonderful, even if the nurse was loud and annoying.

Christmas can be lovely wherever you are.

Today was wonderful.  For once I didn't have to deal with my other family.  No nosey Grandparents and no cousins seeing just how hard they can hug me. Don't get me wrong, I love my family, but living too close to them for the past four years has made me want some space.  In Florida, my Grandparents lived next door, so there was no privacy.  And my cousins lived about 10 minutes down the road, so I saw them a lot too, and was nearly hugged to death at least three times a week.  Change is good sometimes. 

It was a nice Christmas.  Just hanging around the house with Mom, Dad, and yes, even Matt.  We opened gifts, had our annual breakfast casserole, watched movies and television, played board games, and ate Christmas dinner.  There was only one person missing....

I like to characterize a true visit home as having satisfied two separate criteria - Abuse and Chewing Off of the Ass

The Abuse can just be the constant picking and pestering of my brothers or my Dad's wonderfully down-trodding speeches.

The Chewing Off of the Ass is reserved entirely for Dad; it could be one of the above speeches (two different speeches are needed; no double-dipping on these requirements), a blown-out-of-proportion problem, or some such retarded thing designed to humiliate me into fitting his mold.  Humiliation, yes.  Fitting into mold, no chance in hell.

So, as of breakfast yesterday morning, this has been a true visit home.   I can't wait to get back to Tech.

I hope everyone has a good one!

If anyone knows how to get a video file from your Mac to load onto an iPod that would be marvelous. I was hoping I could put my video project on my new 30GB iPod but it won't let me! Saddness. So if you know what the secret is let me know por favor. I tried Add to Library and Import (or was it Export?) and I tried both my Final Cut Express version and my Quicktime version. The Quicktime version goes into iTunes but not into my iPod.

Also, I got a new phone, and after manually entering around 100 phone numbers I noticed I don't have everyone's number! I also noticed that some of you I don't call very often and was hoping that I still have the right number for all of you in case I do need to call you. So if you want to check up on that feel free to. My number is still the same.

Once again, Merry Christmas, and remember that today is a day of hope, love, peace, and joy! God bless!

*EDIT/ P.S.* Also, if anyone knows about downloading ring tones to your Verizon phone we need to talk. That doesn't appear to be working either...

I've been walking around singing that all day. Don't know why, it beats Jingle Bells by a mile though.

I got a boombox!! WOOO!! My family usually gets each other random and silly gifts, Exibit A being the Gummy Lunch mom got me. I love those little gummy hamburgers!

I'm getting ready to go to my grandparents house, I usually get my serious stuff there. I know most of what I'm getting already, I had to show Nana what I wanted. I know for a fact that I'm getting Advent Children (haha, ADVENT Children for Christmas, that's ironic), and the Eragon books so yay!

Hope you guys got what you wanted, and go check out my new picture. It's insanely cool! I think it looks like me, but that could just be a delusion from all that Dr. Pepper I chugged.

Well, I had pretty much forgotten that i had had this thing.  for anyone that cares to find out the newest in the world of Bob, check out: http://www.myspace.com/syl3ntjokr

so apparently this Christmas is dedicated to getting all decked out in MTSU apparel... not that I didn't ask for some of it. :) But its pretty exciting... next year could be awesome!

HEY EVERYONE!!!!!!

merry christmas

well little bit ago we finshed the presents!!!!
man i got a lot of expensive stuff
here's all the stuff i got
NEW camre(i lost the one i had), idock, iskin, isock(they are cute), a charge for my ipod, sims 2 open for business,finger nail polish(need that), shavers, shaving cream, money, fussy socks, some shrits, socks, deoternt, chocolate, scarf, itunes card,chap stick, gum, mints
thats alll lol
so yeah
everyone have a good rest of the dya
peace

megan

Hey y'all! whats up?!? so how has your christmas been!?!¿ I got lots of clothes...TUNS of hair stuff and make~up and some games and a ipod nano! now im trying to download music on my ipod and itsw not working! ((stupid stuff)) anyways well merry christmas and a happy new year! ttyl bye


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