Editing a three minute music video with iMovie = moderately difficult at first for a newbie, but gets easier before the project is finished; takes about one afternoon.

Editing a five minute short film with video footage, voice over, and music on Final Cut Express = not too bad with an expert's help, but once he leaves the scene it gets much more difficult when trying to accomplish tasks he did not show you how to do; takes several days.

While the latter is about ten times more frustrating, I am also finding it ten times more rewarding. I can't wait to show this video off. (Nathan, you really need to see this video - I think you'll like it.) For those of you who don't know, I am working on a detective parody for my final project in my Sight, Sound, and Motion class. Jolene (my partner) and I have pretty much oured ourselves into this thing. But I think it's good. And I think it's only going to get better from here on out.

"... nothing is more ancient than the truth..."
Rene Descartes
         

my name is sophia. i am a dog. i live with nathan and rachael and they are pretty great... except when the make me wear ridiculous clothing.

exhibit one: halloween



the dressed me as a dinosaur. i am a dog. not a dinosaur. last time i checked those things are extinct.


exhibit two: santa claus-dog


really?!



however, despite this humilation, they are still pretty great. i get to go for car rides in nathan's awesome car and rachael rubs my belly which is pretty much my favorite thing.

in conclusion, i say lets put a stop to dressing up dogs. we are dogs. we have feelings too.

If you have nothing better to do, Add Sophia as Your Friend.

So I've been back at school for not even 5 hours and I'm already about ready to fling myself off the top of my dorm. Sadly, I don't think it'd do much good considering it's only 3 stories. Who knows...maybe the Humanities building would be good..or the PCSU. Stress is already setting in. 3 papers due tomorrow. 11 observation hours and 2 notebooks due by Friday. Can you tell I'm a little worried?

    In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Conerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when striving cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ Alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpness babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
'till on that cross as Jesus died
The Wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stand in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt of life, no fear of death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No Power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
'till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand

The end to 6 months...


I'm 'round the corner from anything that's real
I'm across the road from hope
I'm under a bridge in a rip tide
That's taken everything I call my own

I'm on an island at a busy intersection
I can't go forward, I can't turn back
Can't see the future
It's getting away from me
I just watch the tail lights glowing

One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
One step closer to knowing
Knowing, knowing

I'm hanging out to dry
With my old clothes
Finger still red with the prick of an old rose
Well the heart that hurts
Is a heart that beats
Can you hear the drummer slowing?

One step closer to knowing

so i have had this desire to go feed ducks at a park recently, and so today, nathan and i went to centennial park. i had some bread and my camera ready!



me feeding the ducks!


that white one made some funny noises...


i took some pictures...


and nathan took a picture of my feet...


we saw some geese


and went by the parthenon


nathan walking along


i have not been there in so long! i loved it! and it was so beautiful outside today!

i hope everybody else is having a great day!

Nathan Moore is real and he comments. Whoa. I thought he was like Tom on myspace. Tom has predetermined answers to things. I think if you IM him, he says woot or something. Nathan is real, but is he actually the guy in the pictures? Those could be stock photos. I like a good conspiracy every now and again.

Oy, my sanity is ebbing.

Did some more unpacking on Sunday.  Decy returns from Singapore late Monday night ..... nothing more to report .... its just a typical Monday morning here in Jakarta ....

sigh ....

Hey Y'all whats up?¿ im bored! I went to morning service and sunday school today at church and it was fun but i was like super tired!!! In a bout a few hrs. i will be going back to church and i  am gunna be in the nersery and that should be fun! well im super bored and tired so i will talk to ya later! And dont forget to write to me! Love yaaaas!!!


Love<3Love,
                    Miss. Candace Casey! :) =)

i think iv just REALLY realized, for the first time, that i have a problem.

whoops. : P

and here comes the Christmas music....

Pretty sure that I skipped out on church today. OOOPS. I did not feel good. My dad and I just sat in our den and talked about forgiving eachother for the stupid things that we do to make each other mad. It turned out to be a pretty good morning. GO PREDS!!!!! They won.

Continued unpacking boxes. And as I think I mentioned yesterday, I set up my stereo.  Something just wasn't quite right with the sound.  So, I took the speaker covers off .... gasp, angst ....

First, the bass cones had deteriorated and the rims were cracked.  BUT, I noticed that the cone heads on the tweeter and mid-ranges were crushed.  The only way that could happen is if somebody took the covers off and intentionally crushed them.  ARGH !!!  Ruined ... both Cerwin Vegas are history .... valued at about $1,000

I'll never be able to replace them ... question is ... will I at least be able to get some money from the shippers for the damage ... the only thing I can think of is that the speakers were damaged intentionally in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia after my evacuation .... as the boxes were in perfect shape and the speaker covers were still on ...

Crying ... crying ... crying ...

"If I ever got my nipples pierced, you're the first person I would show them to."  -- Mady Robertson

This is what happens when you stay at Starbucks till 11:30 and then IHOP till almost 1 AM.

You steal cars and you say really dumb stuff.

Wooooohooooo.

I love this picture.. .=) ... well I will put up my pageant pics/bday pics later

i'm obviously not a big fan of this phusebox thing.

dang!!!! thats pretty much all i can say! so many ammotions going through me its unbelievable! if you haven't heard mtsu was up 20-7 with 2 minutes left and ended up losing 21-20!! so yea i am not in a good mood but hey its not all over yet now troy has to lose to florida international (0-10) and we will win the championship but yea all hope is not lost! so yea! thats all! see ya later- stephen

guess what

i am learn how to kiknit>< it's fun tho lol

FINALLY!!!!!! I finally got a new computer. It's about time that we got one. We have been waiting for so long for this. Well I'm gonna head out ya'll. Love ya'll. Adios. 

well since i have graduated a lot has changed in my life.

i went to CNT school and got licensed to wipe old peoples asses. i got a used piece of crap car (which i heart! dont get me wrong!). i felt with the car i had freedom porque i was 8 fucking teen and i was able to do what the fuck i pleased. so i stayed out late (living with parentbots you have rules i.e. a curfew**)... stayed out late many times and my mom "says she was tired of it" and the heffer kicked me out. first i stayed with my then boyfriend for about a week. his uncles were getting pissed off. then another  friend let me stay with her and i started seeing the boyfriends brother... so that ended the 2 yr relation i had with my boyfriend (to tell the truth, the relation was over a year and a half ago). these nosey neighbors got me into trouble at her apt so i had to leave. thank goodness that my other friend had a place! woot woot! i stayed with her for a mintue until her mom got back from vacation. my mom (feeling sorry) let me stay for the week until i got an (my current residence) apt. i got it and its been good. now im on my own. its been good. but i miss being at home but i wont admit that to my mother (she would get a kick out of that). the apt is like 5 mintues away from her and i kno she a mighty big kick out of it but she dont have a key!!! hehehehehehe im an evil genius!

i wish people would quit bugging me about school. i will go in my own sweet time. i just got out of high school. id like a little break from teachers and such. but i will go before im 21. i think i will keep myself in the old folk business and become a LPN. the course is only for 18 months and i kno it will fly by, which will be great! yeh monday i will go apply for whenever they have an opening.

i have been wondering what my school buddies have been doing.. i believe (well i KNOW) more well off than myself. like Rachel C., Chelsea K., Rachel R., Shane (that sexy beast!), Carol N., Cathy, Karen S., Christine, Germani, Jill A. and some others i will probably mention later. i hope what they are doing is making them happy and i want them to kno im thinking of them. i hope they have a merry christmas and a happy new year! i heart you all!

well i guess thats it for now. peace and heart. <3 keele

Today is a beautiful day.

I hope you enjoy it.....

Okay, so I was listening to some clips from Chris Daughtry's cd.  He rocks.  He's amazing.  My man-crush on him has intensified.  I can't wait until Christmas so I can get his cd and revel in the glory that is his voice.

Maybe I am getting a little too deep in this...

"so we're alone again
I wish it were over
we seem to never end
only get closer the the point
where I can take no more"--joshua radin

Well,  actually the shipment has arrived, not me.  Shipping company was right on time ... 2pm with about 10 workers.  Our shipment was pretty small (we weren't allowed to bring furniture) so it was only 127 boxes.  Unloading took about 45 minutes.  Then the workers unpacked whatever I requested.

About 1/2 of the boxes have been emptied ... most stuff stacked up against the wall .... except for the kitchen - Wiwi and Nunung took the stuff and started washing it and putting it away.  Breakage appears minimal.  Most things I wanted from storage seem to be here ... except for my stereo cabinet.

Bed in the guest room is set up ... Guess Chris and Paul can fight over who gets to use it.

Got my stereo hooked up and CDs organized. Music/sound is awesome in this house .... I can fill the whole house with music at 25% power !!! And I can make the walls/windows vibrate without too much effort ... he he he ...

As for the new pool table ... fantastic.  The assembly took 3 hours.  The style is "modern" with black/silver sides.  Felt is red.  Its a full sized 9ft table.  It rocks.

so i opened up the paper this morning to see that there is a controversy over the name of a building at mtsu.

the building's name?

forrest hall.

as in nathan bedford forrest. you know, that dirty racist that founded the kkk?

please disregard the fact that the kkk was originally a confederate veteran's organization.

please disregard that when the organization's purpose began to turn towards racist activity, forrest publicly denounced and ordered the group to disband.

please disregard that he was a tactical genius and a local hero who saved the city of murfreesboro in a daring raid.

his name clearly doesn't belong on a military science building.

clearly.

and why stop there?

george washington owned slaves. he's clearly burning in hell right now. let's kick him out of history. i can see it now.

teacher: "and the second president of the united states was john adams."

2nd grader: "who was the first?"

teacher: "it doesn't matter, timmy, he's in hell."

goodbye washington, jefferson, monroe, madison.

goodbye andrew jackson. you should have been nicer to the indians.

excuse me, the native americans.

stonewall jackson, argued by many to be the greatest military genius in history (ranked in the top three with napoleon and alexander the great), never owned slaves. he taught sunday school for the local slaves and taught them how to read and write.

oh, but he faught for the confederacy. kinda like general lee, who freed several hundred slaves upon inheriting them.

they're obviously in hell, too.

goodbye lee, jackson, and forrest.

and all the presidents that subjugated natives in the west and harrassed the south american nations? they should leave, too.

goodbye, teddy roosevelt.

speaking of roosevelts, f.d.r. had all the japanese put into camps. we'll forget he existed, too.

because it makes sense that, when your history offends someone, you should forget it happened.

i mean, really.

you can't respect the past AND people's feelings. duh.

oh, but remember sh*rman? you know, the guy that burned an atlanta full of civilians to the ground? who destroyed train tracks, burned bridges, hanged slaves, and raped women across georgia?

yeah, him?

he can stay. he can even have a shiny statue of himself put up in central park.

the south had it coming.

dirty racists.

Thankgiving Break has been pretty good. There's been a couple of not so great moments, but overall it's been good. Tuesday I hung out w/Carol. Wednesday and Thursday I spent with my family. Today I slept until forever, went out to eat w/Katie and then we walked around the square and went shopping. I got amazing shoes so that was cool! Tomorrow I'm not sure what the morning will bring, but I get to spend most of the night at the Millers' house watching Christmas movies and hanging out w/the youth group! So yea....it's been good and hopefully will only get better. I'm really not lookin foward to goin back to classes and enormous amounts of work on Monday...

Maybe I will post. Sometimes. Occasionally. When I feel like it. Yes.

So, my family got our Christmas tree today. My dad just had surgery on his sinuses, so he wasn't supposed to lift more than 5lbs. Guess who totally man-handled that tree. ME! Thank you, I am an Amazon. I seem to have been the runt. Anyway... In carrying said tree, I got sapped. I am serious, that thing was super-injected with sticky goodness. I also got a bit of tree in my eye. NOTE: Don't try to get bark out of your eye if your hands are full of sap. So we got the tree home, and my hands were covered. I washed them with soap, but the sap clung like Napalm. My mom said, "You can use Soft Scrub." Well, it worked, but my hands still smell like bleach. I washed them with regular soap afterward. They then smelled like berry bleach.

I can't win.

The tree, however, looks lovely. It is filled with random ornaments of varying materials: wood, plaster, paper, that spongy green stuff that tastes like salt... Yes, our family has gathered some weird ornaments over the years. Our tree looks... Homey. Heh, that's a good word. But I wouldn't change it.

so it may be a little early... but nathan and i put up our christmas tree! it was a lot of fun! i am so excited to have it up!



nathan decorated some ornaments




and we started putting up the tree...




sophia watched...


nathan and i decorated the tree


our tree all decorated!


a view from outside...


sophia as a reindeer and me


ah! i am so excited about christmas this year! i can't wait to do all the christmas things with nathan!

i hope everyone has a great night!

So I had to come back
from thansgiving break early this year, and being here in hughes hall..
and it being quiet is realllllllllly weird.
I'm glad to be occupied with work most of this time. 
So
anyway, bunch of new music I'm listening to, new dead poetic, kids in
the way, new shane and shane, sanctus real, new casting crowns, and new
skillet.
I wuv it!!!!

I'm not one to cry.

I mean, I cry about once every 8 months and it's always like a tear or two.

But somehow, you kind of bring the tears out.

How you do it, I don't know.

I love you still.

They say the truth will come to light soon.

I think about you every moment.

Not five minutes go by before I wonder if you will be with me in my future.

It's hard.

But I can survive.

Three days till I see you again.

Danny

photo from mylife07

The New Puppy.... Carmen

guess who is on her brother's handheld??

if you guessed me.....ok

Well Thanksgiving was pretty good.

Christmas (the most wonderful time of the year!) is just around the corner.

Before you know it, it'll be New Year's.

And then it'll be 2007, and I'll be taking fun classes instead of stupid astronomy and Tennessee history (though the latter is significantly better than the first)!

Not that I'm bitter about all my work for the break or anything...

But I digress...

Yesterday was nice. Garrett and I spent Thanksgiving first with his family and then mine, back to back, so that was pretty neat. We've never done that before. The only downside was that I feel like I seriously shorted my time with both his family and mine (especially mine). I guess it happens though. I'm thankful I had the opprotunity to share Thanksgiving with so many loved ones.

I'm very thankful that school is almost out. I'm so sick of this semester.

I'm also thankful for chocolate. I think I'm going to make some brownies tonight. I'm also going to have to start playing Christmas music. :)

Odd.

So, aside from having IE's new version. I noticed something interestingly odd.

When I look into the mirror, I often contort my face. Like as if I am expecting it to be horrid or weird, but it doesn't fit to my expectations. Look at my new photo. I did that. Come on.

Do I believe I am not-hot? Or am I just not-hot and contorting my face makes me look better? Either way, something sounds unhealthy about this whole thing.

Nuggets.

All night long.

Woke up at 4:13.

In the car at 4:30.

At JC Penneys at 4:40

Inside the store at 4:53.

By 9:00 we'd gone to Goody's, Old Navy, Lane Bryant, Shoe Carnival, and the dollar store.

Well, thanksgiving was very interesting. We had a total of 23 people at our house for Thanksgiving Dinner, surprisingly it went rather smoothly. Dad's friends from Florida are fun to hang out with, there have been no real conflicts thus far. We are all going to Greeter falls today, that should be interesting. I also sprained both my right wrist and right ankle today, so the hike at Greeter falls should be interesting. I will post more about that and how I sprained my ankle and wrist later on amazinzay.com.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE!

hope you all are having an amazing break. i know i am. well i have to go to work now. talk to you all later!

I probably won't be posting on here. I mostly just got it so that I could stalk all of my friends. I have a facebook, though. Um, but I don't write on that, either. Man... I am so boring!

you know what i'd love?

i'd love it if i had a boyfriend that noticed small, quirky things about me that not a lot of people notice or that i don't even realize. and then told me about them at random, sweet times.

like... i'd love that

and there're things that i do, that i do notice, that i purposly don't point out to people, cause i want to wait for that guy to notice... and for him to be the first.

just thought i'd share

nathan and i celebrated thanksgiving in nashville with my family this year. it was a lot of fun! and it was also nice to spend time with my family for thanksgiving because i have not been able to in a few years.

so a photo recap:



the expected picture...



nathan got a paper.... it was HUGE! it was full of ads for tomorrow




sophia came along...


saw all the food and wanted in on the celebration


we went outside...




and my sister and i went for a ride on our cousin's bike


it was a fun day! and for dinner tonight nathan was super wonderful and made dinner for me!!! it was nice to have dinner cooked for me. he is so great!

so how was everyone else's thanksgiving? i hope everyone enjoyed it!

well, i hope you guys had a happy thanksgiving! and have a good night! and if you get out in the crazy shopping frenzy tomorrow be careful for the crazy ladies with the killer shopping carts....

So I've been really thinking about how I'd like to start recording songs that I've been writing for something constructive to do.  This way I can put it on the internet, get it out there, and also just put it on CD's and such.  I think it would be a fun project anyways.  So all of the sudden I get this email from Music123, an online music store that I have purchased from before, and they were advertising for this home recording software.  They showed three different generations of a project.  The alpha, being the smallest, looked a little too small for my needs, but the omega looks to be a little out of my price range.  I'm thinking that thelambda might be more up my ally.  I've checked out the reviews and it seems to be a good buy to me, but does anyone else see anything wrong that I'm missing?  Here's a pic for those who are too lazy to go to the link I put up.

I am thankful for the following:

Good times with friends

Lessons learned and not repeated

The "don't touch it, it's hot" learning method

Being single means you get to flirt a lot

All the beautiful women on the planet

That Sarah will one day rule the world and kill all the ugly nude people but keep her friends alive

The "WTF?!?!" moments that make life tolerable

Stupid songs that make you laugh each and every time

Large guns that God made to defend against the dinosaurs and the homosexuals.

Finally, the thing I am most thankful of: the human body's ability to adapt, overcome, and consume large amounts of alcohol just in case the pervious two don't work so well...

The Movie was Awesome!!!!lol..i loved it... deffinately a must have when it comes out on DVD!

these are the options of new guitars i want..

#1 which is most likely going to happen:it's a Fender Tornado GT HH

#2 which might happen:

# 3 which most likely wont happen for a couple years but i want the most: i couldn't load up a picture but it is a Fender So-Cal Shop Guitar!!! its wikid SWEET!!!

well ttyl! HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!

THANKSGIVING...isn't it just AWESOME????!!!

Well i cant tlk very long because my grandparents are here and i am going to have to go back down stairs in a little while and help my mom finish cooking lunch..... We have like a 13 pound turkey and my grandpa braught a HUGE SMOKED HAM.... IT SMELLS AND LOOKS REALLLLLLLLLLLY GOOOD! of course we are having the other stuff that is origanal for our family on a Thanksgiving Lunch...... Homade Mashed Potatoes, this like Sweet Potatoe Cassarole, French Cut Green Beans, Both a Chocolate PIE AND 2 Pumpkin Pies ( one was made with REALLY healthy stuff because my Grandpa has Diabieties) We are also having rolls and stuff.....the list could go on forever. We bought Ice AGE 2 the MELTDOWN so we were watching that earlier..... i guess i better go but i will probably tell you more later..... k BYEE!!!!

I LOVE YOU ALLLL!!!

Emily

Today, I just have to stop and think about everything I am thankful for. It's a bit bizarre this year, sitting at home getting ready to go to my grandparents' house. The first time in my life I am not celebrating Thanksgiving with my parents. All because of a silly job at Sears and the blasted Black Friday Weekend.

I'm thankful for my parents because they do provide a lot for me. They let me stay here and allow me to use inordinate amounts of water for my sauna-showers, haha. Yeah, we get pissed off aplenty, but it never leaves my mind how much they do for me.

I'm thankful for my friends. So many of you for so many different reasons, so I'm going to limit myself to four names because I'd be here for hours and lunch is at 11 in Smithville, lol. Especially to Garrett, Powers, Anna, and Amy Amonett, the four of you are consistently there for me, even when we get pissed off at eachother or you think I'm a retard. To one other who shall remain nameless, thank you for tolerating my existance and not being a jerk to me, ever.

I'm thankful for movies. Random, I know, with how serious the rest has been, but I'm not kidding. Movies and good television provide me an escape, and an escape is definitely something that I need more often than not. Most days anymore, I just want to hide, and they allow me to do that.

Music is incredible to me. I've got it pumped entirely too loudly over the surround system on my PC right now, just because I can. From lyrics, to disorder, to beautiful voices, to driving beats or mellow moods, music can be whatever it needs to be for me.

I'm thankful that there is forgiveness in the world. Sometimes it takes longer to get, and sometimes it never comes at all, but for the record, to two people I must say again that I am sorry. I am very thanful that you tolerate me, I am thankful for the times that you let me into your sphere of influence again, no matter how briefly. Most of all, I am thankful for my three friends that you brought into the world and raised into the people they are. For that, I will always, ALWAYS respect you.

I'm thankful for opportunities to be reminded of how thanful I really am. It should be an everyday thing, but so often we get so busy that we never get to sit down and think about what really matters. It is a marvelous day.

More than all else, I am thankful to my Lord, Jesus Christ, who despite all of my (many many many many) imperfections, allowed me to become a part of His family forever. I am thankful that He called me to that end, and I hate that there are so many times that I slap Him in the face through my action or inaction. He is my help, my comfort, my shepherd, and I shall not want. If only it always worked that way, haha.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I love you all. Dont be offended if you werent named. There are hundreds of names that would have been on this list if everyone I am currently thankful for were on it. :-) Know that if you are reading this, you are almost definitely one of them.

--GW

I hope every one is enjoying the "giving-of-the-thanks" day...

So, 50 points to whoever can tell me who first declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday.... and extra 20 points if you can tell me what year. - careful. it is tricky...

my parents.

my sister.

cheerleaders.
my papa.

kk.

taytay.

j-brown.

jessica.

these two amazing friends.

these guys.

my bio buddy.-haha great times.

my friends.

turning sixteen.

the beach.

basketball.

football.

happy thanksgiving!

happy turkey day^^

and marry christmas

dont ask why i say the christmas part...lol

fishies!!!!!

We fried our first Turkey this year!  Worked out nicely.  Josh engineered the thawing process so the water stayed at an almost constant temperature so we wouldn't be poisioned by our gobbler :o)  Josh and Liz had just seen a guy on TV go into detail as to how to "brine" turkey (basically that's soaking it in a lot of cold water with salt and brown sugar dissolved in it).  Liz found me his recipe on line and then helped me do that part.  A couple of days later (thawing and brining take lots of hours) Randy fried our 2 turkeys for Thanksgiving.   Can't wait!  HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

i've been reading my yearbooks.
everyone is so convinced i'm "the coolest and funniest person they know".
apparently i've changed.
lots has changed since i was robbed.
i got a new stereo.
i got lots of new things.
and i lost even more things.
how emo i sound.

le gay.
LOVE// Britt

 
 Its hard to think that like 10 or 11 years ago on today *the 22* Amy had just had surgery... We got talkin about this tonight at dinner and it really made me think of all I have to be thankful for.  I mean I have a great family who would do anything for me, a great boyfriend who I am so lucky to have, and great friends who are always here for me when I need then.  I know those sound like the usual things you are thankful for but I dont know for some reason it just feels right typin them up in this post
 
 Have you ever thought about how something can influence something else... like when I was little I was jealous of Amy after she had her surgery because she got all of these cards and ballons and stuffed animals *all the stuff a little 5 year old would want* and so I would do stuff to get attention... Well now that Im grown up I still do stuff for attention because thats just who I am and how everyone is even if they wont admit it
 
 I love it how when I was little I always wanted to be like my sisters and I would dress like them and I would act like them and do whatever they told me to do.  Well now Im to the point and Im like I wanna be little again, I wanna wear sweats to school with no makeup and my hair a mess and not have anyone say anything to me
 
 Today Becky and I got talkin about our old house in Indiana and all the little random things we remembered about it like how when I was little I would go out into our garden with my mom and we'd just sit out there and color and it would be our time while Amy and Becky were off at school.  Or how when I was waitin with mom for Amy and Becks bus to arrive how Id talk to my imagine horse that would call me *it was really imaginary you see it was one of those little electronic things out infront of a Meijer store and for some reason Id talk to it every morning*  But in life its the little things I miss the most 

GOD QUITTING SMOKING SUCKS!!!!!!!!

I can't think or remember hardly anything. I have this constant craving in my head.  Somebody please help.......  Nicotine, please.........

i hope everyone has a happy thanksgiving!!!

Thought I'd toss this one up here, since I like doing this on my blogs:


Normal Academic Term: 1/16/2007 to 4/27/2007



Time

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Tuesday

Wednesday

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12:00PM

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01:00PM

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02:00PM

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And so, after playing several games of Deal or No Deal from my new DVD game (thanks grandma suzy)  ... I seriously pondered my position on Boeing - final decision .... DEAL !!!!  all shares were sold and at a price of $91.10.  Was it the right decision?  Don't know, but I feel pretty good about the decision ... nothing like locking in a four year 28% per year compound profit.

Today is Thursday, no doubt many of you will be celebrating Thanksgiving.  For us, I think we will have a traditional Indonesian day/dinner.  I am taking today off ... as well as the rest of the week.  Soon, we head to the "old city" (north part of town).  I'm seriously considering buying a pool table ... if I do, I hope it is delivered before Chris & Paul arrive.

Speaking of arrival ... just got confirmation that our shipment will be delivered Saturday afternoon .... boy, will the house be a mess when Decy returns from Singapore on Monday !!

ciao ciao ...

I spoke with an academic advisor today.

She tells me that all I have to do is take one more required class, and a bunch of various psychology and philosophy courses (of my choice).

Then I am done with college.

Honestly, I have fulfilled pretty much every other requirement (especially after this semester)

1. I let go of eric. you know, the florida boy i've been obsessed with for 8 months, who got me a SUPER SWEET LG chocolate phone, and whom I thought liked me. yea, dunzo. for now at least, the friends thing may happen later, but for the next few months, we shant be communicating.

2. In doing this, the week has been pretty crappy to say the least. well. Happiness comes in the form of Abita root beer. Ladies and gentlemen, this rootbeer can only be obtained in Louisiana, and i love it. well. so last week, my momma found it at the Fresh Market in Brentwood. I had it in RFC and I was informed by someone that it could be found in murfreesboro. I went to buy some, and the guy informed me, not only can i buy it by the case(6-pack) but that I can also acquire it by the keg. woahhhhh nellyyyyy. haha.

3. another wonderful and fabulous thing  happened that day. I contacted the Disney College program recruiter for MTSU. and he went and found out for me that my re-hire status is a YES! and that I can go back after successfully interviewing. so, summer 2007, that's the plan. yo!

4. tuesday added to the WONDERFUL happenings in my life. I got an e-mail from the lady in charge of hiring for the MTSU library computer lab, and she has one person graduating, and so she has a spot for me!!! yay! i get that job back!! I'm pumped. I need that homework time :)

5. 31 hours last week at american eagle. 25ish hours this week! yay!!

class schedule for next semester:

MW: 10:20-2:05
F 10:20-12:25
TR: 8-9:25

yay! my mom said that my luck will be that i'll have to work at 8am in the library. and she also said she'd laugh at me if that happened. so let's just hope it doesn't!

that's about it. peace out :)

So How's it goin' ya'll? Wow I haven't updated. Everything is goin' alrite. I'm staying out of most of my trouble. I'm lovin' school. and I look forward for tommorow. I am gonna eat so much. I didn't eat much at all this week. Well I'm gonna head out ya'll I will talk to ya'll later. 

They're all on my class ring, which I bought today!!! I should have it before Christmas, I'm sssssoooooooo excited!!!

I'm watching a design show and they just painted some poor kids room orange. I hate orange, it's right up there with yellow.

I'll see most of you at the movies tonight, but to those I won't...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!

 ohhhh its turkey day tomorrow its going to be so much fun stuffing my face!!!!!!!!!!!11

so...

WHO'S GOING TO THE MOVIES TONIGHT???

So I got back from Philly to find Paige in bed with a former friend of mine (former as of Sunday).  Then I got a call from my roommate today when I had just gotten to Memphis telling me that he and Paige are now dating.  Is there a reason to be a bit perturbed by this?

So I'm at home right now, about to leave for Gatlinberg...pretty sure it feels weird.

My turtles are huge!!

i have a class w/ steven foe next semester.  pray for me. LOL

I got to work today and my boss told me I have Friday OFF! I am SO excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So my poem was chosen to go for the book. I'll post the poem whenever I feel like.

I deleted all my pictures on here, seeing as I'm tired of uploading.

I made Choir All-state Alternate, which is awesome for my first year being in choir.

Band mid-state is next Saturday, so my lessons teacher says that I should be prepared to perform at any minute by tomorrow.

My mp3 player eats through batteries, but I guess that comes from falling asleep with it still going...

I love you more everyday.

Danny

To those who have a myspace

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Tonight is movie night from the youth group...and guess which movie i wanna go see?!?! HAPPY FEET!!! lol...it looks like a cute movie!

Well, yeserday after school the french club met up at books-a-million where we spoke everything in french for like an hour and a half. "Nous ont Dit tout chose dans le francais prend un heur et treze minut!"

Well i will see yall tonight! and remeber...tomorrow is thanksgiving...so...

EAT SOME TURKEY...AND HAM....lol

Love Always <3Krista<3

I know this is long, but it seemed appropriate for today.

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures
forever. 2 Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has
redeemed you from your enemies. 3 For he has gathered the exiles from many
lands, from east and west, from north and south. 4 Some wandered in the
wilderness, lost and homeless. 5 Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died. 6 “Lord,
help!” they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their
distress. 7 He led them straight to safety, to a city where they could live.
8 Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he
has done for them. 9 For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with
good things. 10 Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom, imprisoned in iron
chains of misery. 11 They rebelled against the words of God, scorning the
counsel of the Most High. 12 That is why he broke them with hard
labor; they fell, and no one was there to help them. 13 “Lord, help!”
they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. 14 He led
them from the darkness and deepest gloom; he snapped their chains. 15 Let
them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has
done for them. 16 For he broke down their prison gates of bronze; he cut apart
their bars of iron. 17 Some were fools; they rebelled and suffered for their
sins. 18 They couldn’t stand the thought of food, and they were knocking on
death’s door. 19. “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them
from their distress. 20 He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them
from the door of death. 21 Let them praise the Lord for his great
love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. 22 Let them
offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and sing joyfully about his glorious
acts. 23 Some went off to sea in ships, plying the trade routes of
the world. 24 They, too, observed the Lord’s power in action, his
impressive works on the deepest seas. 25 He spoke, and the winds
rose, stirring up the wave. 26 Their ships were tossed to the
heavens and plunged again to the depths; the sailors cringed in
terror. 27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards and were at their
wits’ end. 28 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved
them from their distress. 29 He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled
the waves. 30 What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them
safely into harbor! 31 Let them praise the Lord for his great
love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. 32 Let them
exalt him publicly before the congregation and before the leaders of the
nation. 33 He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into
dry, thirsty land. 34 He turns the fruitful land into salty
wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there. 35 But
he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of
water. 36 He brings the hungry to settle there and to build their
cities. 37 They sow their fields, plant their vineyards, and harvest
their bumper crops. 38 How he blesses them! They raise large families
there, and their herds of livestock increase. 39 When they decrease
in number and become impoverished through oppression, trouble, and
sorrow, 40 the Lord pours contempt on their princes, causing them to
wander in trackless wastelands. 41 But he rescues the poor from trouble and
increases their families like flocks of sheep. 42 The godly will see these
things and be glad, while the wicked are struck silent. 43 Those who are
wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the
faithful love of the Lord.

Now go back and read verses 1 and 2 again.

Ok, so, the photo manager is going to be one of my main foci as I rebuild PhuseBox from the ground up... Look forward to an easier way to upload photos and better organization for them. And that leads me into my question...

QUESTION 10
If you could change only one thing about the photo sharing system on PhuseBox, what would it be?

This includes uploading photos, how they are viewed on the screen, photo requests, photo information, how easy/hard it is to edit them, etc...

I will not be posting any more questions until after Thanksgiving "break." Until then, if you did not answer one of the previous questions, grab a plate of turkey and go back and help me out by answering some questions...

Thanks to everyone helping out!

So I was sitting up, reading about questioning God, purpose in life, etc. I really like the way Rob Bell puts it in Velvet Elvis.

"Questions are not scary.

What is scary is when people don't have them.

What is tragic is faith that has no room for them......

And this is why questions are so central to faith. A question by its very nature acknowledges that the person asking the question does not have all the answers. And because the person does not have all of the answers, they are looking outside themselves for guidance........

David says this to God in Psalms 13: "How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer"

Questions. Questions. Questions.

Central to the Christian experience is the art of questioning God. Not belligerent, arrogant questions that have no respect for our maker, but naked, honest, vulnerable, raw questsion arising in the awe that comes from engaging the living God.

This type of questioning frees us. Frees us from having to have it all figured out. Frees us from having answers to everything. Frees us from always having to be right. It allows us to have moments when we come to the end of our ability to comprehend. Moments when the silence is enough.

The Christian faith is mysterious to the core. It is about things and beings that ultimately cannot be put into words. Language fails. And if we do definitively put God into words, we have at that very moment made God something God is not."

I like that he views questioning God, something I do a lot of, as something essential and necessary, rather than something taboo and wrong. And he even makes it clear that even if you do get an answer, there will always be another question. The questions never stop simply because God is more than we can see, feel, imagine, or understand. We serve someone so powerful He is beyond comprehension.

Later in the book Rob Bell points out we all think that we don't do enough with our lives. That we're always missing something. Not good enough. Not our ideal perfect. Life isn't what we want it to be. But he points out that along the way people tend to pick up an ideal of how they should be...

"They have this image they picked up over the years of how they are supposed to act and look and work and play and talk, and it's like a voice that never stops shouting in their ear."

He says, as he was told, that the only way to overcome that is "to kill your superwhatever" and go about life doing simply the only thing we were created to do..."Your job is the relentless pursuit of who God made you to be"

Both of those passages spoke quite a bit to me about various things going on in life right now and I just thought I'd share them.

for a current situation.

 I cry out loudly to God, loudly I plead with God for mercy.
   I spill out all my complaints before him,
      and spell out my troubles in detail: 
"As I sink in despair, my spirit ebbing away,
      you know how I'm feeling,
   Know the danger I'm in,
      the traps hidden in my path.
   Look right, look left—
      there's not a soul who cares what happens!
   I'm up against it, with no exit—
      bereft, left alone.
   I cry out, God, call out:
      'You're my last chance, my only hope for life!'
   Oh listen, please listen;
      I've never been this low.
   Rescue me from those who are hunting me down;
      I'm no match for them.
   Get me out of this dungeon
      so I can thank you in public.
   Your people will form a circle around me
      and you'll bring me showers of blessing!"   (Psalm 142, Message)

Philippians 4:4-7
"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

This bible verse seems the most appropriate right now.

How amazing is He.......

I don't think in a million words or in a million ways I could truly express how much I love Him. I would be so lost and incomplete without Him. Can I say again how much I truly am in love with Him?

Greater is He that is in me than He that is in the world

So I have shorter hair than I used to. But I didn't just now get it cut, I got it cut about a month ago.

Anyway, so my sister thinks it is absolutely gross that I have hairy legs. However, she is repulsed by the idea of a guy shaving his legs. I pointed out that there is no way I can win, she resorted to "well, it is because you have white legs with dark hair, if you had only tanned... then it would be brown on brown.....ooooooooooooooooo."

Likewise, I have hair on my belly and chest. Some find this repulsive, others believe it is a sign of manliness. I really don't care, I know I am a guy and I will not and cannot stop it from showing up.

I don't have much facial hair. I can avoid shaving for about 4 days and BEGIN to look like a bum. I want side burns. Those would be sweet.

My sister shaved my neck when she cut my hair. I really wish she hadn't. That just blows. Who wants a sharp back-neck? That is the lamest ever! Especially when you have had a girl tell you how soft it was back there, and that she liked it. It is like burning the teddy bear that scored you some points with a lady. It is just plain foolish.

Meanwhile, my sister is haunted by her friends making jokes about her back hair (she has none). She keeps wallowing in her frustration, "BUT I DON'T HAVE BACK HAIR!!!!!!!!" Such that she even took pictures to prove it. Guys are funny, and I know where they are coming from -- it is fun to mess with girls, especially when they are cute and show some signs of naïvity (sp?).

In other news, I love Latin. I think I even want to learn it before classical Greek. I have Romans 8:1 on my wall in English (NIV ad 1965), German (Luther Bibel ad 1545) and Latin (Latin Vulgate ad 405). Superhappyfuntime. Übergemütlichespaßzeit!

Four years ago (2002) Boeing was in a funk ... and its stock had dropped from $70 to $45 ... so I bought .... then it dropped to $29 ... and I doubled-down plus (plus meaning I bought the same dollar value as before ... so I bought even more shares).

As all cyclical industries do (and making airplanes is one of them), the stock turned around ... its had its ups and downs ... and has now reached a COOL $91 ... that means I have more than doubled the value (in 4 yrs) on the first purchase and more than tripled the value (in 4 yrs) on the second purchase.  That means I have made a gazillion dollars.

So now ... it seems to me it is profit taking time ... do I cash in all the shares, the first set of shares, or the second set of shares???? What if the stock goes still higher?  What if it drops to $74 ... like it did this past Sept after reaching $88 in May??  Decisions. Decisions.  I think it is time to make my move ... and I want to do it before the Thanksgiving holiday ....

.... soooo ... what will he do .... 

well people turkey day is on thuresday.
danial is back from basic training.
tonight i am not tried....lol
bored has hit....lol

If you know an asian named jacky and you know of the one im talking about i would love it if you kicked him in the nuts for me because he has just messed up my entire thanksgiving break : /

QUESTION 9:
If you could change just one thing about the "friending" system on PhuseBox, what would it be?

this includes how your/other user's friends are displayed, added, requested, etc.

ok so I am just now making it back to my appartment after being gone since Sunday morning at 8......I spent last night at my moms cause my car couldn't make it home......yea clutch out completely but I got it fixed and it only costed me 500 bucks.....which I didn't have......but my grand mother is going to loan it to me on the premise that I have to come up there tomorrow for something...idk what yet.......but yea that has been my weekend......peace out bye bye

Life has actually been pretty cool to me lately.

We're not best buddies or anything.  But we don't shoot each other dirty looks either.

So me and life, we're good for now.

My grades are good for the first time in over a year.

I have a steady job that doesn't make me want to kill myself.

I'm not ready to apply to college yet, but I'm out of time.  So it sucks to be me.

Soo yeah.  Enjoy your holiday everyone.  I would ask you to come visit me at the mall on Friday or Saturday, but it would do you no good.  I think I'll be so fried that I wouldn't even be able to recognize my mom if she walked up to say hi to me.

So on Saturday I got to drive a 1935 Chevy. Not only did I get to drive it though... I got paid to drive it. It was lots of fun. I was chauffeuring a bride and groom from their wedding to their reception... Lots of fun. Except for the upholstry and the paint the car is entierally original, straight six, floor start, floor stick with the original H.

I have way too much to do these next few weeks.

So much that it should be illegal.

I'm ready for Christmas break.

P.S. I'll post my spring schedule when I have one worth mentioning, since the one class that I care about the most is not on there as I wait for the permission of the department to go through and thusly my schedule seems sort of pitiful right now (or at least it does to me).

Here's my schedule for next semester:

MWF

Fund. of Communication ((Speech))- 10:20-11:15

Education as a Profession- 11:30-12:25

Marriage and Family- 12:40-1:35

TR

Advanced Spanish- 11:20-12:25

12 hours. Sweet bliss.

I have finally chosen a second minor, Family Studies. . . hence the Marriage and Family class. I'm excited.

I will lift my eyes to the maker

Of the mountains I can't climb.

I will lift my eyes to the calmer

Of the oceans raging wild.

I will lift my eyes to the healer

Of the hurt I hold inside.

I will lift my eyes, lift my eyes to You.

Oh God, my God, I cry out.

Your beloved needs you now.

Home tomorrow. Thank goodness. Although I will have the feeling there will be times of complete boredom, so give me a call or somethin if you wanna hang out.

I've decided more people would get saved if we told them they'd never have to go to another church service if they did.

Today, teaching wasn't AS bad.  Today was my last day of teaching, and the day scheduled for my professor to come and observe.  Because of this, I planned a lesson that incorporated many of the techniques she says contribute to a good lesson.  There was creativity, there was lots of discussion, both as a whole class and in small groups, there was movement around the classroom, there was a story-based grammar lesson, there was LOTS of participation from the students, and there was even an opportunity to color.  Hmmm, what could have been missing?

Oh, yeah...MY PROFESSOR.  That's right; she didn't show up.  She forgot.  I was rather livid until she told me that since it was her fault she missed it, I get a 100.  She still wants to come and observe me, so I'll have to make another lesson and teach again later this semester.

in response to garrett! voila! mesa class schedule for next semester:

French 1020: MWF 9:10-10:05

English 4360: MWF 10:20-11:15

English 3010: MW 12:40-2:05

English 4005: MW 2:20-3:45

University 3001: TBA

Josh ... eat your heart out ... Grandma Suzy sent me the interactive DVD game.  It arrived last night ... and I was having internet access problems this morning (Tues).  So, I loaded up the DVD and played a quick came [Note:  sometimes before 5am the internet is down; which seemed to be this case too ... at 5am everything started up ok].

Anyway, back to D-o-ND, started out with a pretty good set of pics on the 6 selection, 5 was ok too ... at that point I was uncovering more of the interior ranges ... the "deal" kept increasing from 20k, 41k, 108k, 203k .... took the 203k as I had 4 small values out there ... plus the 750k and 1,000k.  I was down to opening one case at a time.  I took the deal. My case actually held only 5k ... yuk yuk yuk.

**** BACK TO BUSINESS - Haven't seen all the local press reports, but the security reports suggests that there weren't any major issues with GWB's visit yesterday.  However, one never knows ... its really not the "hard targets" that terrorists go after ... but the "soft ones" such as hotels, cafes, and malls.

Work is work .... bah humbug.  I think I will take Wed-Fri off, while Stela is here ... and try to use up some of my remaining 25 days of vacation.

There is a possibility that we will receive our shipment on Friday afternoon ... barring anything unforeseen, we should have it no later than Tuesday.  Some of this stuff I haven't seen in nearly 7 years ... so it will be interesting to see what is actually in our shipment.

Once we open the shipment and see what we have (which also is supposed to include a lot of kitchen stuff) we can begin buying the last wave of furniture and accessories for the house ... and then begin hanging pics, mirrors, paintings, etc.  Hopefully by the time Chris and Paul arrive (16-Dec) we will more or less be done with the fleshing out of the house ...

ciao ciao ... and THANKS GRANDMA SUZY !!!!

I think this is probably the fourth or fifth post I've made on the topic but I love this time of year. I bought my Christmas cards today. And I even bought my 3rd Christmas CD today. It's called WOW Christmas. It's GREAT.

I'm in a really good mood today because I found out I did really really well on my Bio test I was stressed about and I had a meeting with another teacher today and found out that I'm doing really well in her class too.

I realize that my life, although stressful at times, is full of blessings and you know....I couldn't be more thankful. He's wonderful to me and I don't deserve Him in my life.

Here is my next semester:

MWF 8-8:55 INFS-2200-002

MWF 9:10-10:05 ACTG-2120-001

MWF 10:20-11:15 QM-2610-003

MWF 11:30-12:25 PHIL-1030-005

So the weekend turned out to be a pretty good. One of the best I've had in a while. Now I get to do way too much work today, and then come home tomorrow for about 5 days or so. Hopefully that'll go well. And besides, I found out last night my favorite person in the entire world is home from the Marines, so I can't wait to get back to see him.

Yeah, dad's been out hunting scince about 5:30 last night. He called to say he just got one, WWWOOOO!! Alls I can sa is I feel sorry for those of you who've never had backstrap. Geez I'm salavating as I type this.

Mom's keeping a countdown to Chris Daughtry's album comes out, by the hour scince it comes out tomorrow. I'm still laughing at her.

So I'm gonna stop now, it's early in the morning and I may have more to add tonight.

So I had a blast this weekend going backpacking with a group of guys.  Yeah you heard me right a bunch of guys..i was the ONLY girl.  Well there was some great memories made this weekend that I know I will never forget and  had an amazing time backpacking with all of my Webb buddies.  Some remarks made this weekend were a little bit interesting, but I loved every minute of it. 

Other news thanksgiving break starts tommorrow after school...making me very happy.  But I do regret that I have a paper due tommorrow and a test today UGH.  But maybe it won't be too bad.

Here I just leave you with a list of things from this weekend:
"i didn't think that stick would reach you bedford, im sorry"
water spillage at Subway
"Ty, your a bigger girl than Tiffany"
"Your a girl, you come cook."

There is so much more.....