I would be wishing you all a Merry Christmas right now, but somebody -

*coughRACHELHODOROWICZcough*

- revoked my right to celebrate Christmas.  And on what grounds?

The fact that I'm a heathen.

Pfft!

Enjoy your December 25 anyways, whether you spend it at church or living in sweet heathendom, or both.

Merry Christmas everybody! I hope that you are all having a blessed break celebrating the birth of our Savior!!! I know I am!

much love--Cari

*Jimmy Stewart voice*

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY!

Am I shrewd enough to know

These things called happiness and joy,
Sorrow and grief, and to know them
With the proper respect
Of my world around me,
Of my reality?
What is my purpose, God?
Are You there? Do You care?
Or am I just a hopeless byproduct
Of random genetic tampering
And the supercilious laws of science?
I want to know; I want to see Your face.
I'd pray in earnest if I knew what to pray,
For my fears haunt my rationale
Like a cancerous gloom...

as i set out to find the perfect quote for Christmas, i wanted something warm- to remind us why we celebrate.  and i failed.

i think it is an innate understanding that i hold within myself that i cannot find words to satify. nothing is good enough. i want to share that, but i think you can only understand it if you have it and therefore all explainations would end up empty.

He was born over 2,000 years ago. we have made millions of advancements in technology and scientific understanding since His birth. Webster couldn't define what it meant and neither can we. it is something we know so passionately that death becomes nothing in comparison. He not only means the world to me, He is that world in its entirety, or at least all that matters.......

and even with all these words, i can't put it into words.

Merry Christmas everyone!

What are you giving Jesus for His Birthday?

I'm giving Him more of my time for the next year.

i hope everyone has a merry christmas and a safe holiday break!

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Did you know that if you scramble the letters to

SANTA that is spells SATAN?

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Could you guys pray for Robert, please. He's working on a decent fever, and he's hacking up his left lung.

Thanks, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

so i really wasn't in the christmas spirit until i went to see mom's side of the family; they reminded me what christmas is.

christmas is food. lots of food.

christmas is listening to a performance of "twinkble, twinkble, wittle stwar" by my 2-year-old cousin.

christmas is teaching my 5-year-old cousin how to walk like jack sparrow.

it is also getting mercilessly destroyed in a game of ddr versus my 15-year-old cousin.

and saying the words "crap" and "screw" in front of all of them, evoking horrified gasps.

i love my cousins. all 17 of  them. and another one on the way.

christmas is rounding the mocassin bend in the tennessee river for the 19th year in a row and looking into that muddy water under the cloudy gray december sky.

christmas is playing games like spacemen and face with my little brother. and poking him repeatedly and annoyingly from the backseat.

christmas is my mother's annoying laugh.

christmas is love and family and joy.

christmas is peace.

and, despite everything, i like it.

and you can't take that from me.

MERRY
~~~~~
CHRISTMAS!
                              And a Happy New Year!
                                                   2006-2007


Love Always,
             Candace Casey!

Merry Christmas Eve :)
I hope you all have a FANTASTIC Christmas!
This Christmas is harder then most for my family! But we are getting through it :P Please pray for me and my fantastic family through the holiday's, we are just going throuhg a lot. Thank You :)

Merry Christmas

tommorrow is christmas
yay!!!!!!
and my moster is done!!!!!!!!!!!!
it's awesome i have to talk a picture of it lol it's awesome
well i hope everyone as a good  christmas eve

happy holidays and such.

today i painted the bathroom! ^_^

climbed over rocks and streams while following a small "trail" or what im sure is a cow path - real hiking for 2 hours

geocaced

ate one of the top 8 burgers in the nation

saw buffalo, deer, elk, long horns, turkeys, and prarie dogs

gained a new respect for the unique beauty of the prarie

saw a spiral staircase made for fish

fell asleep on the way back from our day in the wichita mountains in oaklahoma

hope you had fun sitting on your butt

its Christmas eve!!!! have a good one!!!

i love you!

Why is it that the most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on in my life lies so far out of my reach?

$169.99 out of my reach, to be exact?

Click and behold the glory that is The Complete Depeche Mode.

Depeche Mode makes my heart all happy and warm... iTunes has made my heart all painful and smooshed.

*sigh*

I'll just go shrivel up and die now.

So it's the 9 pm Christmas service at my church in Memphis, and I'm just chilling in the video booth, sipping on a frappucino, and marvelling at the youth of others.  It's weird - I see other Phusers who were born 6 years after me spouting out their bits of wisdom just as I did.  Then I look the other way and see the Phusers, you know, 30 years older than me, seeing me spouting out my little bits of "wisdom."  At every stage in my development, I think that my problems, my complaints, my ideas, are the pinnacle of human thought, while those I had before or those that others my age and younger have aren't worth a hoot and holler, but I tend to forget the fact that there are people who have progressed farther beyond me and have complaints or ideas that are actually valid. 

So answer me this: is there any chance that I will ever reach a point at which I will cease to think that I am at the apex of humanity?

When James Bond is not kissing something He is blowing it up.

-Thanks, Mrs. Carmen.

So I got accepted into UT-Knoxville and well I am freaking excited!!!!! but I have a big decision.....

MTSU or UTK.....

Got any opinions?????

Name ~  Stephanie Grace Bradley

Eye Color ~ Blue/Green

Have You Ever Flown ~ Nope

What Time Is It ~ 3:06 pm 

What Are You Afraid Of~ Spiders  

Do You Like To Eat Chili~ Yes, sometimes, it matters how i am feeling.

What Is The Last Movie You Watched~ Loves Long Journey

Do You Think Clowns Are Scary~ No

Do You Like To Eat Mash-Potatoes~ YES!!!!

Are You Easy To Scare~ Only in the dark!

One Thing that Makes You Happy~ Riding my horse and being with my friends

Can You Lick Your Elbow~ No but i have tryed many time!!  

Are You A Weird Person~ Aren’t we all!!!

Can You Sing~ Yeah, i just don't sing infont of other people 

Are You Artistic~ Yep

What are you listening to ~ Nothing

Strawberry Milk Shakes Are~ FANTASTIC!!!

What Are 2 Of Your Nick-Names- Tinker Bell & Macy Gray

What Movie Do You Want To See In Theater~ Persute of Happieness

Do You Enjoy Life~ Most of the time 

Sports You Like- Horseback riding ~ FootBall ~Soccer

Favorite (or at the moment)-

Movie ~ She's The Man

Song~ I don’t have a favorite.

Actor~ Channing Tatum 

Actress~ Amanda Bynes

Cake~ Chocolate

Day of the week~ Saturday

TV show~ 7th Heaven

CD~ Rascal Flats *Me and My Gang*

Color~ Baby blue.

Animal~ Horses

Quote~ Live Like Today Is Your Last 

President~ Don't really have one

Drink~ Water

Soda~ Sprite.

Thing to do~ Ride horses

Pick one-

Coke or Sprite~ Sprite.

TV or Movie~ Movie

Humor or Sarcasm~ Sarcasm

Cats or Dogs~ Dogs.

Cars or Trucks~ Trucks

Pink or Blue~ Blue.

Comedy or Drama~ Comedy.

Smile or frown~ Smile.

Cake or Ice-cream~ Ice-cream/Cake

Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.

Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.

Strawberry Fields forever.


Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.

It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out.

It doesn't matter much to me.


Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.

Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.

Strawberry Fields forever.


No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low.

That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right.

That is I think it's not too bad.


Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.

Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.

Strawberry Fields forever.


Always know sometimes think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream.

I think a "No" will mean a "Yes," but it's all wrong.

That is I think I disagree.


Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.

Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.

Strawberry Fields forever.

Strawberry Fields forever.

Strawberry Fields forever.

So last night; I ventured out of my comfort zone, and wore a tie...

but seriously, my family went to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, in Nashville, and saw Handel's Messiah. It was quite a different enviroment, besides the fact that it was hard not to sleep. I had to control my body, and not let myself twitch, at all. But I suppose everyone needs a little culture?

It's definintly not an "every weekend" kind of thing.

wow christmas is in two freakin days. i cant believe it..... i cant wait either and it should be a lot of fun. last night we watched scrooge(it's an older one)...today we are going to make some cookies. i get to make my favorite ones...peanut butter cookies... and we are going to listen to christmas songs too...i was about to put done 'we are going to listen to chistmas cookies.' don't know to do  that but i'll figure it out lol.... well i am out sooo yeah

later

meg

Yo peeps! well okay GUESS WHAT..... lauryn is ova and she is like da bombz of diggity! lol we are like hyper people and lauryn has to PEE!!! OMHsh GUESS WHAT again....Lauryn is like the bestest awesomesteded personest in the worlestestest!!! like 4 realz! But anywayzszsz im like hyper and LOUD and my family peps are tryin' to sleep and like 4 real! and like uhh what was i talkin bout'....OH well anyways and KArus is like yellin at me so like 4 realz!! like ttyl



<3 y'all LIKE BUNCHES of oats



<3Love<3

Candace!

So staying up later can actually teach you something every now and
then.  I mean for example...tonight I stayed up and watched reruns of
Boy Meets World.  I know what your thinking what lessons can you learn
from Boy Meets World.


Well, I got to thinking about Cory and Topanga.  You know the classic,
met in elementary school, grew up together, fell in love, became high
school sweethearts, got married...etc.  This is the kind of couple
everybody wants to be part of someday.  But what if this was standard.
I mean what if this was all anybody ever knew anything different.  What if we didn't know
that this type of relationship was so special. 


If everyone had a Cory and Topanga kind of love what kind of world
would we live in? I mean we all would have a certain someone that we
would have know forever and ever, but how would we know how lucky we
are if everyone had the same kind of relationship.


It would make us all a little less eager to have a relationship that
was worth working and maybe fighting for...I mean if we always knew that we were going to end up together.


So for me I'll just live my life the way I was meant to...WITHOUT a
Cory and Topanga kind of love and just wait for my special someone to
come for me.

it started out like any other baby sitting job...easy pay
sure it was a little wet and rainy outside but i could deal with that. little did i know that this baby sitting job would end in me almost going insane...it was nearing 9:30 and i figured it was time to put the little one to bed. i put her in her bed and she starts freaking out saying her ear hurts. and im talking arms flailing legs everywhere screaming/crying kid here. how this helps an earache i have no idea. so anyway i decide itd be best to call her parents. but...I CANT FIND THE CONTACT SHEET. so i spend almost 2 hours trying to calm this kid down who is relentless in her crying. i almost went insane. so close to it. so about half an hour in i decide maybe i can find her some medicine. but of course, i dont know where that is either. oh geez my head could explode.

you can hold her hand
and show her how you cry
explain to her your weakness
so she understands
and then roll over and die

you can brave decisions
before you crumble up inside
spend your time asking everyone else's permission
then run away and hide

or you can sit on chimneys
put some fire up your ass
no need to know what you're doing or waiting for
but if anyone should ask
tell them i've been licking coconut skins
and we've been hanging out
tell them god just dropped by to forgive our sins
and relieve us our doubt

Hmmm. So I'm thinking I never want to wrap another gift in my lifetime. I don't want to see wrapping paper or curling ribbon and I don't want to smell like tape ever again. I always leave work smelling like tape. haha

But one thing I am excited about!!!! Because shortly after Christmas........TAX SEASON! I'm very excited. Soon I will be able to look at a new tax booklet for 2006 and see all of the changes made on the income tax return.

Work tomorrow from 9-7 and then on Sunday from 11-3.

Woo-hoo. Can't you tell I'm excited?

Pray for me, please. Life gives me headaches.

merry christmas band kids!!!!

You guys (well most of you) know that my house is across the street from the house with all the lights. Well halfway through POTC 2 A police car pulls up and starts directing traffic! That's only SLIGHTLY pathetic, don't you guys agree?

Christmas is in 3 days and we still haven't gone shopping. That's kinda sad.

But it's nowhere near as sad as this...

   

I win!

So among three of my friends, I have noted that this Christmas season is not so cheery for all.

I would be lying if I said everything in my family life is perfect. My grandfather has been suffering Alzheimer's for a little while now (about a year or so), and I don't expect things to look too good when I go see him. In August when I saw him it was devestating, because he wasn't himself anymore.

There's a lot of pain out there, but through the pain there is hope, peace, and joy, and that is what this Christmas season is about. Even if you're not a Christian who believes in the birth of our Savoir, I hope you at least believe that there is always hope for you. And if you are a Christian, you can rest in knowing that you can give all that pain up to God, and He will take care of it.

I know I'm a big one to talk about giving it all to God because I'm the biggest worrywart ever, but how God has been healing me as I deal with the pain of my grandfather's illness has been a blessing. It's been tough, but he has given me peace. I know that one day, my grandfather won't have to suffer anymore. And I will be so happy for him when that day comes. I have grieved. To me, he's already gone, because he won't ever be the same as long as he's living on earth.

Whatever you're going through day by day and this holiday season, I hope that you will remember that you are never alone, and there is always hope.

I love each of you dearly.

What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has also made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
-Ecclesiastes 3:9-11

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." -Isaiah 30:21

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He wil not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. -Isaiah 40: 28-31

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. The you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." - Jeremiah 29:11 - 13

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. -Romans 8:18

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
-Romans 8:28

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
-James 1:2-4

We have a blog site now!! we will be posting from various people in the minsitry. if you would like to be one who wants to post message me and let Stephen know!! You can email him @ stephen@diversionyouth.com Have an awesome Christmas! Below is a link to the blog

DY Blog

I don't have a lot to say.....I just thought I'd put something up.

Well I just got admitted into UT Knoxville! Even though I decided not to go there in was kind of an "in your face" to my mom because she told me i wouldn't get in. BOOYA!

So what makes a Christmas the best Christmas ever?  Getting engaged!!!!!  WOOHOOOO!!!!!  Merry Christmas to everyone :)

who got a myspace???...........who got a myspace???.........

ALLIE DID!!!!

http://www.myspace.com/alliemogan  

(you gotta copy and paste the link)

I unexpectedly find myself doing something I didn't plan on doing. I get myself into a new scenario.

I learn. A lot. So much that I wish I learned it sooner, but at the same time... glad I learned it now. Yet all the while, feeling like it was a serious blow to my brain -- like the "Eureka!" you shouted in your head suddenly shook your body with immaterial soundwaves -- you get tired fast.

It inspires me to go on a pilgrimage and totally travel to find extremely new circumstances and situations, reflect and write what I learned... then move on.

And apparently I suck........and ROCK with kids.

For the good:

I got to see Jonathan today!  I had to follow my Dad to Memphis today so that he could drop off his tool truck that he just sold.  So while we were in Memphis, we met Jonathan for lunch at Brad's BBQ.  Then Jonathan went with us to the drop-off site so that he could spend a little more time with me.  Even though we only got to spend a little time together today, it was wonderful.

For the bad:

I just learned from my grandmother tonight that a friend of mine from my church in Florida tried to commit suicide.  My friend has had a really tough life and it has been particularly hard for her lately.  I feel really bad that I'm not there to help her right now.  We were really starting to get close before I came to Tennessee, so I feel like I've abandoned her.  I am going to try and get in touch with her and try to help her, I just hope I can.

being sick is not fun! at all!

I think these can be somewhat fun.....kind of....

 *First And Last *

First Real Best Friend
Alicia Amirian

First School
Rockvale Elementary

First Cell Phone
In 2004

First Funeral
My Pa(Grandfather)

First Pet
Dog(Lilly)

First Big Trip
Texas when I was very very little

First Fight
More than likely with my sister over something dumb

First Celebrity Crush
Leonardo Dicaprio. Hey. I was in the 4th grade........Titanic....hello!

First Time Out Of The Country
Never but I hope on my honeymoon to go to Italy

First Real Job
Peanut Gallery Toys

* . . Everyone Has Their Last . . *

Last Person You Hugged
Mrs. Jeana

Last Car Ride
Just now from church

Last Movie You Watched
It's a Wonderful Life

Last Food You Ate
Red Velvet Cake

Last Item Bought
A Christmas present for my dad

Last Text Message
Christopher

Last Kiss
Hmmm. I'm thinking none of your business. :-P

Last Funeral
J.D.

Last Time At The Mall
Yesterday

Oh my flippin poochies! lol im outta school! yeah dats what im talkin bout! lol im bored and Hyper! well yeah... i dunno! well i am so HAPPY im outta school! Tonight i get to go look at lights in like this like place like for real! i am like so excited! lol well yeah like yeah message me or wat eva otay pepsareeps(dont ask!)! thats right. talk to yas lata!


<3 yas like BUNCHES of oats!

yay



<3Love<3
Candace the person


BEING BORED AND HYPER IS JUSS NOT DAT FUN! LIKE 4 REALS! TTYL BYE~!BYE~!BYE~!BYE~!BUH-BYE~!~!~!~!~!~!~!

well hello everyone!

how is the holiday season treating you? i am just getting into the christmas spirit...sort of...anyways...some very exciting things are going on. i am going to China in june for a month! i am part of a mission internship and i am really excited about the opportunity. it's alot to think about. it's a little scary to be honest. i have never been out of the country before and it's a month but i'm too excited to be really bothered by it.

i can't believe christmas is on monday! that means that half of my senior year is over and graduation will be here before i realize it. i'm ready to graduate.

cannabalism: is it cannabalism if an animal eats another animal? cause technically they are the same species.

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    Ok, no, I'm not pregnant, but people said that I should posted more often, so here's a post.  Hmmm... something interesting.... hmmm.... oh, schools out, and I get to keep my scholarships for next year.  YAY!

Ok, I'm done

"Children of Eden, where have we left you?
Born in uncertainty, destined for pain?
Sins of your parents haunt you and test you,
this your inheritance: fire and rain.
Oh my precious children, try not to blame us,
we were just human, to error prone.
Children of Eden, you will reclaim us.
You and your children to come -
someday you'll come home."



Our musical this year, Children of Eden - the story of Genisis from the Creation through the Flood - is casted and ready to go.  For some reason this show feels like it will be a very significant experience for me personally and for our whole choir.  It's going to be a challenge; we have a lot to overcome.  But I think we are going to learn more than we ever dreamed we would - about ourselves.  And personally, this show coincides with what is definitely going to be a period of major change and growth in my life.  The dominant themes of Children of Eden are family, forgiveness, innocence and guilt, and changing as you mature and become who you truly are. Hopefully, the outcome of my life will in a way mirror the outcome of  the story.



"There is no journey gone so far
so far we cannot stop and change direction
no doom is written in the stars
it's in our hands.
We cannot know what will occur
just make the journey worth the taking
and pray we're wiser than we were
in the beginning..."

I just don't like the vast majority of humanity.  I mean, let's face it: when other drivers, your family, and most of the people you would have called friends all push you to your breaking point within an hour or so of contact, it's a bad thing.  I can count on one hand the number of people who don't just drive me up the wall after a barely prolonged amount of time with them, and they're all in Middle Tennessee.

Also, if someone asks you why they didn't know you were coming back into town, the correct response is never "If you had called me in the last 6 months, you might have known" under any circumstances.  Apparently, you should say something along the lines of, "I am so so sorry!  Next time I will email you a copy of my entire schedule with highlighted time slots during which we can hang out if it matches with your planner."

Bastards.

I'm just sitting here wondering if I should go to bed or not.

I bought the Moulin Rouge soundtrack today, so I've been wandering around with "Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend" and "El Tango De Roxanne" stuck in my head. Not that I'm complaining. I like those songs.

I finished Amanda's Christmas present, and I'm wondering if she likes it or not *HINT HINT AMANDA C. AYERS!!!*

The anime club party was fun, I stayed far away from the DDR mats. But I did make paper cranes, yawn.

I'm trying to remember what I was going to type.

I think I'm gonna try to crash now, night all!

Five GOLDEN Rings

Christmas is almost here! super excited. and today was soooooooo much fun. i helped gift wrap at the mall. and then i got some coffee with alistair and we walked at the green way and went to lifeway and found awesome cds. haha fun day. and tomorrow is gonna be even funner. time with bronwyn and elizabeth and Predators game.

how does someone get enough courage to speak what they have been wanting to say all along?

I've never been known to be so quiet....

was tonight.We sat around for a little while talking and eating and such. Then we played a couple games, read the Christmas story, and that was about it. Wasn't the most enertaining thing in the world, but it was still fun. But now I'm tired, and I think I'm trying to get a cold, so I'm gonna go sleep or something.

Tonight at church was so much fun.  We had a bunch of crafts for the children to do so that they could make gifts for Christmas.  They also got to bake cookies and decorate them.  It was such a blast.  A lot of the kids from my LOGOS class were there.  It was nice to see them again, since I really haven't spent a lot of time with them since November.  And Kailey was there, too.  She was so excited to see me.  For some reason, she absolutely adores me.  She was so cute when she came in the door tonight.  Kailey walked in and as soon as she saw me, she ran and jumped into my arms for a great big hug.  Her mother was telling me tonight that she had never seen Kailey get so attached to a person as quickly as Kailey got attached to me.  It really makes you feel special when you hear something like that.

In other news, I get to see Jonathan tomorrow.  Yay!

Tickle Me Emo

Okay. So last Friday, Mr. Jessup (my band director) hands me a piece as I'm leaving.

It's called Blue Shades. Here's the link: http://manhattanbeachmusiconline.com/manhattan_beach_music/audio/blue_shades.mov

And if you've never heard of it, it is 433 measures with 168 beats a minute.

I have 3 solos in it.

The first one is 5 measures, the second one is 2 measures, and the third one is 55 measures.

THE THIRD ONE IS AN ENTIRE PAGE. If you listen to the music, you will be able to tell where the solo is. It stands out majorly.

My private lessons teacher, Mr. Lawson, had a colleague from Chicago Symphony come up to him and tell him that the entire piece relies on me. Which, of course, Mr. Lawson already knew.

This piece could be the piece that puts me on the Most Wanted (in a good way) list for numerous amounts of colleges.

If I cannot get this piece down, we won't play it at Mid-state.

Can you imagine? All the pros are looking at me now. "Can he get it or will he fail?"

I WILL get it.

Off to practice.

Danny

Tell me all about yourself
Tell me all about your favorite bands
How they're super-indie-neo-hardcore
Tell me all about your favorite hobbies
And the way you love sunsets
Well who doesn't?

Still I'd like the chance to really see
If what you say is true and has integrity
Cause I could know everything about you
And still know nothing at all
I know that it's wrong to form an opinion on only what I see
But in my defense it's really hard to know
When MySpace is the only thing that you ever show

So it seems you've got a lot of friends
How many of them know you
Or even care if you're alive or dead?
When was the last time you were honest
Instead of posting blogs of fake emotions?

Still I'd like the chance to really see
If what you say is true and has integrity
Cause I could know everything about you
And still know nothing at all
I know that it's wrong to form an opinion on only what I see
But in my defense it's really hard to know
When MySpace is the only thing that you ever show

When you finally resurface to the point of finding purpose
We'll begin to see just who you are

I know that it's wrong to form an opinion on only what I see
But in my defense it's really hard to know
When MySpace is the only thing that you ever show

Myspace-Eleventyseven

Attention ALL Diversion Youth Ministries Members:

We have a blog site now!! we will be posting from various people in the minsitry. if you would like to be one who wants to post message me and let me know!! Have an awesome Christmas and we will see you all tonight!!

DY Blog

            It was a
typical summer morning in Niceville. The sun was shining, the birds were
singing, and Ben Moser was at home watching the local news. Ben always watched
the news, in case something important happened, which was a rarity in a town
like Niceville. In fact, just the previous day when Ben watched the news he
learned that the town had been voted #1 for friendliness and safety in the
country. You see, everyone in Niceville was… well, nice, and thusly, everyone
was safe.

            This
morning was quite different however. After a pretty typical news report that
boasted the number of honor roll students at the local schools, there was a
sudden interruption. The TV screen turned black for a split second before the
image was revived and – “Ahhh! What is that hideous creature on my screen?!”
Ben screamed in terror as he drew his legs against his chest and began to rock
back and forth.

            “Hello,
Niceville, I hope you’re having a nice day,” the face on the screen smirked. “I
know I am. I’m having quite a nice day because today is the day I have taken
over your town! And now that I have done that, I will take over the whole
entire world!” The evil being then threw his head back, lifted up his hands and
laughed manically.

            “Who is
this evil man?!” Ben asked in horror as he clutched to a pillow from his couch
and trembled with fear.

            “Now you
may be wondering – who exactly is this very attractive man of power that I wish
to follow?” the image of the screen asked.

            “Not
exactly,” Ben trembled.

            “Well my
name is Brian the King, and I am your ruler!”

            Ben gasped
a ghastly gasp as a revelation came upon him. He quickly grabbed his computer
and his Bible, and began researching on the evil creature known as Brian King.
He stumbled across Brian’s auto-biography on Wikipedia, but it proved to be
completely worthless. He then found, however, another source that gave Ben just
the information he was looking for. And with that, he opened up his Bible and studied
the verses that were highlighted orange throughout. When he finished his
research, Ben dropped his Bible and gasped, “This man must be the antichrist!”

            Ben,
confused and afraid, was unsure of what to do. Before he had time to take
action, Ben heard the nauseating voice coming from the screen again: “Well
residents of Niceville, since I am unable to take over the rest of the world as
easily as your town, and I’m merely losing patience, I am going underground
with seven beautiful young women and starting over as all of you are crushed to
death from the impending asteroid hurling down to Earth this very moment! I
wish the best of luck to all of you!” The screen zapped to black again, and Ben
changed the channel to see what was happening. 

            “It appears
that there is an asteroid heading straight for earth,” stated a scientist clad
with thick glasses and a white lab coat that stood in front of an audience,
pointing to a globe. In his monotone drone he continued, “It will take
approximately thirty minutes for it to get here, and the direct impact will
take place in Niceville, Tennessee, but will destroy most of the
Earth within a matter of minutes.” As journalists on the screen began to
bombard the scientist with questions, Ben dropped the remote control and gaped
in horror.  

            “I’ve got
to talk to Nathan! He’ll know what to do!” With that, Ben flew out of his house
and ran two doors down to his neighbor Nathan Moore’s house. Ben flung open
Nathan’s door and began shouting for him.

            “I’m down
in the basement!” Ben heard a faint call from below. Ben quickly spotted the
stairs leading down the open door of the basement and soared down there,
leaping over three steps at a time.   

            When Ben
arrived, he quickly noted Nathan’s calm nature as he sat as his desk reading.
He then frantically posed the question: “How in the world can you calmly sit
here reading your books when the world is going to be destroyed in-” Ben
checked his watch, “twenty-eight minutes?!?!?!”

            “What are
you talking about, Ben?” Nathan looked up from his books.

            “Well
first, the antichrist was coming to take over the world, and now he’s going to
an underground shelter to protect himself and seven beautiful women while the rest
of us are crushed to death by the asteroid that is heading straight for
Niceville in-” Ben checked his watch again, “twenty-seven minutes!!!”

            “An
asteroid?!” Nathan’s eyes grew wide.

            “Yeah man,
that’s what I’ve been trying to tell you! We’re all about to die!” Ben let out
a quick sniffle and threw his arms around his neighbor. “I always loved you,
man.”

            “Oh spare
me the mushy stuff, Ben,” Nathan rolled his eyes. “I know how to stop the
asteroid from coming down and crushing all of us. I’ve been studying on it for
years, okay?”

            “You do?!
Well can you do it in-” watch check, “twenty-six minutes?!”

            Nathan
shrugged. “No problem. Just grab that satellite over there in the corner, I’ll
grab my laptop, and we’ll blow this baby up to bits.”

            Ben did not
have time to question Nathan’s logic and quickly followed orders. Within
moments, the two were out in Nathan’s front yard, connecting the satellite
contraption to Nathan’s PowerBook. Nathan was reviewing his notes, which he had
aptly titled, “How to Destroy an Asteroid Heading for Earth” as Ben alternated
between looking at his watch and looking at the sky. “Twenty minutes left!” Ben
screamed in horror as he dropped to the ground and covered his head.

            “Alright, I
think I remember everything now,” Nathan said nonchalantly as he closed his
notepad and began to type furiously.          

            “What are
you doing?” Ben asked, cautiously uncovering his head and slowly sitting up.

            “I’m typing
in the asteroid’s coordination points in the Destroy an Asteroid program I
developed.”

            “What will
that do?”

            Nathan
looked at Ben point-blank. “Destroy the asteroid.”

            “Well I
know that! But how?! All we have is your little PowerBook and this hunk of
metal!” Ben motioned to the satellite.

            “The
information I put into this program will channel through to the satellite,
which will then use the sufficient lasers and whatever else necessary in order
to target the asteroid and destroy it, diffusing all its particles throughout
space… except…” Nathan’s voice trailed off as he smirked and continued to type
in a furious matter.

            “Except
what?!” Ben asked more than once, but Nathan did not respond, so Ben gave up
and decided to trust his friend.

            At the
fifteen-minutes-until-doom point, Nathan asked Ben to remember some
coordinates, which Ben repeated to himself over and over again until Nathan
asked for the recollection of them. It was at the ten-minutes-until-doom point
when Nathan said, “Well here goes nothing,” and pressed the return key on his
PowerBook. Ben held his breath in anticipation, expecting a fancy light show
and a giant explosion to occur. Instead, all he saw was a single green laser
reaching for space, and nothing more.

            “Oh no!
We’re all going to die!” Ben wailed aloud as he covered his head once more.  

            “No man,
that’s it,” Nathan reassured Ben, shifting the position of his laptop so that
Ben could see the screen. The image on the screen was a beautiful sight: a live
capture of the single green laser reaching space and successfully destroying
the asteroid, blowing it to pieces! Ben watched in awe and amazement as the pieces
scattered throughout space, no where near the earth, except –

            “Hey
Nathan, where’s that one piece going?” Ben pointed to a hefty size of asteroid
left over that was headed towards the earth.

            “Remember
those coordinates I gave you?”

            “Yeah.”

            “Well I
tracked down the antichrist with my GPS system and was able to manipulate the
movement of the asteroid’s blown up parts just enough to save some action for
Mr. Brian King.”

            “How did
you know Brian King was the antichrist? I don’t remember telling you.”

            “You
didn’t, but I’ve been reading up on Brain King in my studies lately, and it’s
been quite clear to me. And now he’s about to be in for one heck of a
surprise.”

            “Will he
die?” Ben asked, hopeful.

            “Probably
not. But he’ll be severely crippled by the impact and the world will be able to
bring justice to him.”

            “Cool,” Ben
nodded in approval.

            Nathan
quickly brought up the Internet, just in time to catch the live news coverage
of the asteroid chunk crushing Brian King in his underground haven. Ben cheered
victoriously as he gave Nathan a high-five.

            Within a
matter of seconds, vans from various news stations screeched in front of
Nathan’s yard, journalists jumping out and surrounding Nathan, wanting to know
just how exactly he saved the world and severely crippled the evil Brian King.
Nathan insisted that it was no big deal, but of course Ben gushed about what a
hero Nathan was and how he needed to be put in charge of National Security.

            And so that
summer day in Niceville that started out just as typical as any other ended
with the proclamation of Nathan as an national hero and the execution of the
short-lived dictator and evil antichrist Brian King. Nathan was honored with a
parade, millions of dollars, and Brian King’s seven beautiful women. Nathan,
however, decided he only wanted one of them, the lovely Rachael Meyer who had
abhorred the evil dictator. So the two were wed and resided in Niceville, just
two doors down from Ben. And Ben was also honored for his assistance to Nathan
and became a diligent student of Nathan’s notes so that he too could one day
save the world with a satellite and a PowerBook if ever needed. So Niceville
returned to its normal, safe state, and everyone lived happily ever after…
except Brian King of course.

 

The End.

Hey yall!!! waz up?? im new to this phuse box thing so juss bare wit me...okay..anyways, well its winter break!! yea!!! i'm gonna have so much fun!!! it's gonna be so awesome!! i cant wait till christmas!!! well imma go!! merry X-mas!!! Talk to yall later!!!
                                         *Patrick*

Its now Thursday morning early. I've been up since 245am, its 400am ... everybody else is just getting up. Within 30 minutes we head for the airport. If you don't hear from us until Tues/Wed it is because we don't have internet access.

Had the big family dinner/Xmas event last night.  We did not invite the fully-extended family; otherwise, we would have had 100 people ... so we invited bro's, sis's, mom-in-law, and their families.  Most showed up .. but some spouses did not.  Lots of little tykes. Had a great time ... best part are the children ... they are wonderful no matter the color, religion, or language.  Darlings, every one of them.

Chris, Chely, Thasya, Paul had lots of fun handing out gifts to everyone, including our hired help.  It was a great time.  Mixed in there ... there was lots of eating, talking, and karaoke.

Dinette table arrived just before the family did. It was almost fully assembled when the family arrived ... and was ready in time for the Christmas (Vietnamese soup) dinner.  Everybody enjoyed ... even Chris and Paul.

Check the pics ... I only had time to post 5 (takes 20-25 minutes) ... but it is a good sample.

Gotta run wake the boys up ....

And, YES, Stacy, you are SMALL (kecil) !!!!

ciao ciao 

band kids are love

What are a couple of things you'd like to get for christmas ????

i just felt like going to the Magic Kingdom.

so i was taking my last, final midterm yeasterday and when i got done with it, i turned it over. When i did that i saw a cute little drawing that had the words "Merry X-Mas". They had plenty of room to write "Merry Christmas" i mean it was a whole sheet of paper. then it occured to me on how many people leave out "Christ" in Christmas and focuses on the "X"...meaning the presents and the worldly things. Yeah! the gifts are great! but some forget the greatest gift of all....Christ dying on the cross for our sins. THAT. is the most important to me. so remember...its CHRISTMAS not "X"-mas.

Happy 22nd Birthday To Me Kirsten.I feel ever so old and Im going out
to eat with my family and my boyfriend Jesse in Nashville at this
Japanese Restaurant where they cook in front of you called Kobe Steak's
and its so expensive and yummy and my mom got me a Vanilla Ice Cream
Cake and from my parents and sister I got a new PINK CINGULAR RAZOR
PHONE and a BLACK LEATHER JACKET and a new SMALL DIGITAL CAMERA thats
ever so cute and I got some SANRIO STATIONERY and the MOVIE STEP
UP.Than from my Grammy I got a 25 DOLLAR CHECK and my from my
Grandmommy a 500 DOLLAR CHECK!!

So I've been trying to figure out a way to get Brittany down here after New Year's, and my parents have been a little unrelentingly against the idea.  Well, as luck would have it, her dad sold his tool truck, and has to deliver it to Memphis, and she is being forced against her will to come to Memphis and have lunch with me.

As you can imagine, she is incredibly upset about all of this, but I selfishly am looking forward to it.  ;)

so i found out that time management and studying can really pay off.

piece

"You want it. 
You better never let it go."
 -- Taylor Swift --

Finish the sentences:


1. I've come to realize that: if i want it im gonna have to make it happen


2. I am listening to: taylor swift......duh!


3. I talk: sometimes


4. I love: music


5. My best friend(s): is probably bored at the moment


7. I lost: my ID one time last week.  and that is why i think i'm turning into dani.


8. I hate it when people: exclude people and don't even realize it....and when they are so sweet to some people and so not sweet to others.


9. Love is: a word used in a lot of songs


10. Marriage is: kinda like carriage...only with an m


11. Somewhere, someone is thinking: I want to give Kim Bannon a record deal.


12. I'll always: love music


13. I have a crush on: stitch


14. The last time I cried was: uh...i don't know


15. My cell phone: is not a number you're gonna get on here


16. When I wake up in the morning: i don't get up for a while


17. Before I go to sleep at night: it's dark outside


18. Right now I am thinking about: our song...cuz it's whats playing.  and taylor swift writes awesome songs!!


19. Babies are: cute...til they spit up on you


20. I get on myspace: to look at taylor swift's myspace and find fun music


21. Today I: answer phones


22. Tonight I will: listen to music


23. Tomorrow I will: work


24. I really want: to sing.....at the ryman


25. The person who is most likely to repost this is: probably dani

yeah sorry bout my last post....i just kinda needed to let some things out.....but im better....now that we are out for CHRISTMAS BREAK...yes i said CHRISTMAS BREAK not winter break or the other crappy names they gave it so other people wouldnt be offended....maybe we christians are offended be "winter" break.....yeah so i am sick sore throat....sore neck......really bad headache....the works....but i WILL be better by friday cause i am gonna babysit my cousin Charlie Beth......i kinda wonder if anybody actually reads mine......oh well.......i hope everyone has a great Christmas.......

             much love

                          Alliemoe

if my cat didnt wake me up at 4:30 this morning
i could been sleeping
BUT NO he had to wake me up
and he also took my bed
geeeeeeee
oh well
i have to clean
i want to get it done before 12:00
and then wont do much the rest of the day
i am feeling a little bet better from being sick
some how i always get sick during a break
lol well i am out

meg 

I think the best part of my day was reading The Adventures of Captain Underpants to one of my kindergarteners.

I was actually productive today. I almost finished Christmas shopping. I found shoes for tomorrow night, so that's one less thing I have to stress over. It still does NOT feel like Christmas. 63 degrees is not Christmas weather. That's October weather. It needs to get cold at least for Christmas. It can get warm after that, but at least for Christmas day it should be cold. 

I finally got all my grades for the first semester. All As. That made the day a little better.

Do you think Rocky coming back is good or sucky idea?

Who would win in a fight between Rocky Balboa and Chuck Norris?

hey i'm back....

sorry i haven't been on in FOREVER! Yeah well my computer has been screwed plus i was grounded for awhile...lol so leave me messages please because you LOVE ME!!! my life has been great so far...how bout yall's? well imma go now

LoVe

LB

Well, apparently it has.  Apparently, for the past several months I've just been kinda-keeping an eye on things with people on here and nothing else.  It seems like I made a post not that long ago, but apparently I'm wrong.  Oh well.

Anywho, lessee...  Well, in case you all haven't figured it out by now, I'm not in college anymore.  I just kinda decided that I really don't care about college right now at all.  There's nothing really worth goin' back for to me at this point.  As long as I make it to at least assistant manager at EB/Gamestop in the next year or so, I'll be good to go.  For right now, I'm stuck at home payin' all my bills now that I don't haveta worry about college, mainly car insurance and cell phone, and eventually internet, if Comcast would hurry the heck up and get my parents' house some friggin' cable.  We want their services, but they refuse to give them to us.  Or at least it seems that way.  ...Oh well.

Now that we've covered what's been goin' on between August and some of November...  I'm now the proud owner of a Nintendo Wii, thanks to my parents getting me the thing as a birthday present.  The only thing not-so-great about it right now is the selection of old-school games to download.  Otherwise, I recommend anyone to get one, 'cause they are the hotness.  It most definitely proves that graphics play one of many roles in what can make a game great.  Eat that, you stupid "mainstream" gamers that care nothing about how a game plays, only that it looks good!

Of course, I can't lie, I'm getting an Xbox 360 as well.  Sure, it looks great, but they've now finally come out with games that are worth something.  Dead Rising proves that having better hardware can make a difference in a game's potential.  The game requires the technical power of the 360, simply because it has so many zombies to keep track of.  I can't wait to play it.  And Oblivion is also cool.  Gears of War is great and all, I just can't get into it nearly as much as you "mainstream" gamers that listen to G4 as if it was the voice of God telling you about videogames.

Well, anyways, I guess I need to end my break and get back to work.  Take it easy, everyone; gimme a call if you wanna get together and check out the Wii.

Let's see, I'm done with exams.  I have the Anime Club Christmas party tomorrow, so that'll be cool.

The plan is we're gonna show up at the school around 11 and stay there till 3 or 4 playing DDR, Kareoke Revolutions, and Guitar Hero. Not to mention the RPG Sen-pai has planned. The Dirty Santa sounds promising too!

Then we have the Christmas party at church, I have to finish presents for a few people, so that's gonna be what most of my time is used on for tonight.

Camden's playing some insane music called rap, who ever created it should be shot in the knee caps, then boiled and quartered, and be put on public display so as to be pelted with all sorts of crap. Yes, I hate that music THAT much.

Ok, so my weeks are messed up due to the segmented vacations.  Its not perfect, but it is better than nothing.  Today (Wednesday) I hope to leave the office by 2pm and begin a long holiday weekend.

First stop ... Christmas dinner and presents opening at our house ... me, Decy, Chely, Thasya, Chris, Paul ... and a whole busload of Decy's family (mom, brothers, sisters, in-laws, out-laws, nieces, and nephews).  This place will be a zoo ... not sure how many are coming ... but I'm thankful to (a) not have to cook, and (b) not have to clean up afterwards.

Second stop .... early to rise for 7am flight to Jogykartara.  There we will see some ancient temples. Overnight, then on to ....

Third stop .... Surabaya .... very traditional city plus (weather permitting) we will travel to a volcano, watch the sunrise behind it ...and then walk to rim and look in .... still smoldering .... hot (BTW, did you see that another Indonesian volcano is on "red alert" ... I think there is something like 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia).  We stay 2 nights in Surabaya.

Fourth stop ....Lombok.  I'm told there are white sand beaches, clear water, great snorkeling.  That is where we actually have Christmas.

*** then back to Jakarta on Tuesday the 26th ... 2 days work ... and then another long weekend (with plans for other fun).

>> Guess you saw Chris's blog about the salon ... he he he ... as I understand it ...the girls giving the cream bath head/shoulder massages were pretty small ... but strong ... and good ... although their fingers got stuck in the boys thick hair a few times.  Rumor has it that good things come in small packages (and according to Chris, Stacy is not an exception).

After work yesterday we took the boys to eat Nasi Padang.   I suspect somebody will blog on that one .... everybody walked away full .... I guess eating oysters, goat brains, curry chicken, strange vegetables, and a gazillion other strange things didn't bother them too much.

Well ... gotta run ... BTW, for those of you who may not remember or know .... the 19th (today for you) ... is GRANDMA SUZIE'S BIRTHDAY !!!!!!  hap-hap-happy-birthday grandma.

ciao ciao 

So I finally get a break from school, so ready to write away, wanting  espeically to primarily focus on my novel that I have been working on for several years.

But I am so stuck.

Yep... it's writer's block.

I don't need story ideas... what I need is more... more things that can happen within a story to keep it flowing. Like conflicts, topics to cover, etc. For some background info, the novel is supposed to (unless I change my mind, which has happened many times in the creation of this story) take place within the span of a year, and believe me, it's really hard to cover such a long period of time! It focuses on four main characters. They are in high school (juniors at first and then later seniors) and each of them has like a main conflict/issue I am focusing on, but I need some other ideas for things that pop up. Anyhow, in either September or October, a high school shooting is going to occur, and so everything before that is part of the normal routine of the characters as well as building up that moment. So if you're feeling sort of creative or whatever today, feel free to leave me some ideas!

P.S. Break from school = bliss!

after three days of stress and being sick
final off from school
no more test(for this year(2006))
no more keybording(hell yes)
final get a great break
and
christmas is in like four days
christmas cookie on saturday
cleaning tomorrow
and yeah
now i am bored lol
since i am not doing anything the rest of the week i'll play sims 2 pets lol
and yeah i am out

meg

*gasp*
can it be?
yes, that's right folks.
an update from yours truly.

not much has been going on lately.

just a lot of this^^^

a little bit of that ^^^^

maybe a little of that ^^^^

and this.
=]

yep. he definitly makes me smillle.

well lets see, we just got out of school for winter break and it couldnt have taken longer. mid terms sucked. my english test was so hard everyone in there probably failed. well nothing much has been going on just work and school. well i got to go. ill try to update this more.

Andrew

just finished my last exam

woot!

school is done

tuba christmas at 12:30

then....

texas here i come

see yall in a week!

It's really weird to think I don't have to go back to Lee in the next couple days. I think 5 days is the most I've been home before now, and it's already been over a week since I got back. I'm not going to complain though. It's been great so far, and I still have quite a few people to catch up with and a couple more to spend some more time with, before I go back. One of my friends is supposed to be coming home on leave from the Marines today so that's exciting. Maybe today I'll get out and do something productive with my life like finish Christmas shopping or something. Probably not, but it sounds good to say so.

I normally don't post here due to the fact that I have my own site at amazinzay.com but I am ticked off enough to post here to.

WARNING: This is a rant against Microsoft, read at your own risk, by reading this post you release me from any responsibility of libel and give up your right to sue me.... :-)

I am thoroughly ticked off at Microsoft right now. I will never
use Windows media player to rip a CD again. I was looking through some
of the music I had on an old hard drive I put into this computer and
tried to play some of the music, no problem right…. wrong. I clicked
play and I got this error:

The file you are trying to play was ripped (copied) from an audio CD.

During the ripping process, the file was "protected." This limits the number of computers on which the file can be played.

To play the file on this computer, you
must download a license (a process known as "license migration"). A
license acts     an electronic key that allows you to "unlock" a
protected file and play it.

To download a license for this file, click Download License.

I am really ticked off, so I tried clicking the Download
Licence link, it then informed me that I have to be using IE to get it.
I found out later that there is an option to make it not protect files
as it rips them in Windows Media Player, but I have never taken the
time to learn the intricacy's of WMP. I am not a happy camper.

So I've just gone 31 hours with no sleep and have no intention of sleeping anytime soon. Sure, I feel a little tired, but I'm coming home! I cannot miss my flight. This will be my first time back home in 6 months. Army Strong.

i bet you guys are getting bored of me posting something like "hey, guys i posted again" and linking you to my site.  well, here's the reasoning:  i don't want to copy/paste the same stuff.  it's boring.  also, i'd like to get google to index me, and posting a bunch of links helps.  also, i want more traffic on my site, and by linking you to it, if you go, i get hits and then i win...  or something.

so, once again, i have posted.  this time i talk about my trip to the salon.  trust me...  it's worth the read...  i think.

here's the link: thechrismorgan.com

The tears are running down from the stars
as they weap for me and you....
they've waited so long for our world to have peace
but the dream never comes true....
they wait and they wait, with the patience of Gods
their strength, as one, is all that unites them...
without empty stares and long drawn faces
their lives, they are filled with wisdom.......

i watched as their words came sinking in
and they crossed oceans and plains to meet me...
they brought me a sign, of the most fragile image
and their love, then soon, consumed me...

and here i stand..

i'm trying to start a revolution
and prove we all can stand as one...
i ask you all to please join hands
our era of peace has just begun...

and then snow sprinkled down upon the empty houses
their owners drowned in constant sorrow...
it proved to me that there's light in the darkness
if so many would look for tomorrow
with an outstretched hand, i grasped this new found truth
and hid it away inside my aching heart.....
now the time has come, i feel it erupting today
my heart says it's time to start....

i cried and cried for us all to believe
that our future still holds hope to be bright..
and i reached and reached for this vision of gold
i've held onto it, with all my might...

and here i stand..

i'm trying to start a revolution
and prove we all can stand as one...
i ask you all to please join hands
our era of peace has just begun...

and i see the future, it's all up to us
no longer can we follow the blind.....
but first we must seek our own preservation,
the peace is for us to find...

i'm trying to start a revolution
and prove we all can stand as one...
i ask you all to please join hands
our era of peace has just begun...

Mankind is fallible relative to itself.  The easiest way to prove this is to ask anyone this question: "Have you ever purposefully told someone something contrary to what you knew to be true?"  (Of course, we all consider this act to be lying.)  Now, most people have lied sometime in their life, if not all; thus it proves that man is fallible on at least one, and logically the most important, standard: himself.

About Santa. There is a lot of evidence, but I will show you one that is pretty concrete. I will highlight the major evidence.


You better watch out

You better not cry

Better not pout

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

He's making a list

And checking it twice;

Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice

Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you're sleeping

He knows when you're awake

He knows if you've been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake!

O! You better watch out!

You better not cry

Better not pout

I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

Santa Claus is coming to town

First of all, the language is harsh: "You better" do this, "You better" do that. Pushy, I'd say. Like the Man. He sees you all of the time and knows your movements. Now, Big Brother was an idea from Orwell's 1984 which wasn't published until 1949 while the song was first performed in 1934. The idea of the looming government materialized long before that, however. With Roosevelt's New Deal, the government became much more involved in regulation than it had before and some people felt very threatened. As I write this, I think that this could also apply to communism or the Nazis, which would make sense for the time (more Nazis than communism, sort of).

Then again, I could just be a crackpot. But I love these theories!

I guess school is out. That explains why I haven't seen my classmates in class.

Sleeping for 12 hours is not overrated.

And so far I know I got an A in Philosophy and a B- in English. I haven't heard back from the other two classes.

poop. poop on boys

and that one song would just so happen to come up right now

grr. i'm glad it's break.

<3youall

Yay! school is almost out! tomorrow is the last FULL day and wed. is a 2hr. day! i cant wait! i love being in school(yeah im werid... i only like seeing the ppl there -LOL-) but i also like being out of school!  I am like totally bored! Yeah like 4 real! Well i am gunna go! i have to finish getting my stuff ready and my homework done! I cant wait for tomorrow tho NO CLASSES!!! just party and movies! it is gunna be sooooooo FUN!!!!  well ttyl! love yas BYE


<3 Love <3 Always....,
                                 Candace!!! =)

After all these years i have figured out that Santa Clause is a stalker.

here is why

He sees you when your sleeping and he knows when your awake and he knows if youve been bad so i mean all of this evidence points to the subject that Santa has had one two many cookies......

hey, kids!  thank you for your plethora of comments on my last post.  there's another entitled "crashing..."  at thechrismorgan.com/blog.

thank you for your continued reading!  you're the man!

My chemistry exam was really hard today. I had no clue what I was doing half way through the test. It was only 15 questions and it took me 50 min to do it all. It was crazy.On a happier note, I start at Zaxby's on wednesday from 4-9:30. Ya'll need to drop by and say hi to me.

HELLO EVERYBODY!!!

Well lets just say that life has been super busy for me.  I have one more set of exams and Christmas break is FINALLY here.....AHHHH!!!!  I am so excited.....i have really gotten tired of school already.  I really should be studying but i don't feel like it because i am LAZY!!!  Anyways God has really been working in my life and it has been amazing.  Lots of hard times but all I know is that God allows it for a good purpose.  Well I better go and I have to change that picture of me and Keaton because it is really getting old....See Ya.

                                  *Katie*

Here's some thoughts going through my head right now.

Sucky exams are tomorrow...but its the last day of school.

I like all the birthday comments

wtf my birthday was like 3 months ago!??! ha oh well coolness

i like comments

i reallllly like comments

i'm hungry

papa murphy's pizza!!!!!

crap, i don't feel like studying for economics

if u wanna get me a christmas present...i need a new puppy. Mine unfortuneately got ran over about a month and a half ago. Most preferably i would like a boxer. I am also accepting personal checks. Just make them out to the "Garrett Gets a New Dog" fund. And don't tell my mom.

I also need a truck, if u would like to donate to that fund as well.

Christmas!!!!

Yeah CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

yeah ima shut up and go eat now.

I've got my grades in for the semester. All A's. I'm pleased.

Christmas is very very near and I still don't have all of my presents for people. I've got to go shopping tonight after work.

"I’m stretching but you’re just out of reach
You should know
I’m ready when you’re ready for me
And I’m waiting for the right time
For the day I catch your eye
To let you know
That I’m yours to hold

I'm stretching but you're just out of reach
I'm ready when you're ready for me."