Hope everyone had a great weekend... I will dive back into a new round of questions... The new Phusebox site is coming along...

QUESTION 8:
If you could make one thing better about the blogging system on PhuseBox, what would it be?

The blogging system includes everything from the blog manager to creating a new blog post, adding photos, and how it appears on your PhuseBox page, etc.

Please try not to say phrases that start or end with, "like such and such other site.com..." Like I said, my goal is not to replicate other sites.

Thanks again for all your help!

Yes, I'm coming home for thanksgiving.  Leaving tuesday, coming back to cleveland on Friday to work..
O no no please
Hold your applause.
haha, jk.

“London,
it’s not all about outfits.  It’s about
the people inside them.” –Maddie

“Huh?” -- London

from the Suite Life of Zach and Cody

Movie Night is Wendsday! YAY!! yall should go... hope to see ya there! WHO IS GOING?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Love<3Love

Candace***

What do you guys want for Christmas?

so...

happiness is amazing.
i love it.

=]

youth convention was the most fun i've had in a while...
it was crazy and outrageous..
there are SO many inside jokes between us all..

but yeah, just a short update.
and i'm leaving now.. =]

[becca]

According to a high school psychology textbook, stress is "a
particular pattern of disturbing psychological and physiological
reactions that occur when an environment event threatens important
motives and taxes one's ability to cope."

In plain English, stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies experience as we adjust to our continually changing environment.

But not all stress is bad -- some stress is good. In fact, everyone
needs stress in their lives; without it, life would be dull and
unexciting. Stress adds flavor, challenge and opportunity to life.
Stress can pump you up, give you energy, supply that zest for living.

Stress is an unavoidable part of life. The challenges caused by
stress help to develop new skills and behavior patterns. The problems
occur, however, when stress becomes excessive. It can become
destructive and can turn into distress. Too much stress on your mind
and body can make you feel miserable, worried, sad and ill.

Contrary to popular belief, stress is not the pressure from the
outside--the divorce, the death, the burned supper, the vacation, the
isolation. Those are stressors. Your response to those situations constitutes stress.

Matthew 6:27 Who of you by worrying can add a
single hour to his life?

John 16:33 "I have told you these
things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world." (NIV)

"You're
in pretty good shape for the shape you are in."

-Dr. Seuss-

I wish life would stop biting me. I'm getting ready to kick it's teeth out.

Hello Phusebox world

It's a been a long time.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I am SOO excited about everyone coming home!!! YAY 

Perhaps it's because I no longer have anything of worth to say.

I think I have gotten over the 'worry' bug.

That is to mean, when I see something is out of my hands, I just let it go almost immediately and become quite apathetic. "Eh, whatever happens. I'm not worried."

Or if I just don't care in the first place, someone might be concerned on my behalf, I remind him by saying, "Eh, it doesn't matter. I'm not worried."

Or when someone apologizes to me, "It's okay. Don't worry about it."

I was going to go to a football game. The football game had pouring rain slapping the faces of many students and other spectators. The wind was blowing hard, and very cold. Almost freezing.

I lent my gloves to a guy. He thought I gave them. Well, he left. As he left I was thinkin', "He didn't return the gloves! Hah. Eh, whatever." I knew that in going to the football game, I would have no gloves. I didn't care too much. I thought to myself, "So the guy had my gloves, what does that matter? I have pockets, he needs the gloves more than me."

My dad was surprised that I just didn't worry in any way, and that I let it all go with very little opposition initiated. I just simply didn't care enough.

The next several days, my dad thought it was in his place to tell the guy to return the gloves. Eh, I thought he should just keep 'em if he thought I gave them, and this especially so since I didn't care. I mean, come on. I would rather give than lend anyway.

So the guy came back to me a few days later, "Dude, man. I thought you gave them to me. I'm sorry." I told him, "don't worry about it." He shifted the conversation, "The thing is, I lost them. I think I left them at my sister's house." I almost laughed, "That's okay. Just consider it an indefinite loan."

My dad approached me later, I told him that it was okay. They guy can have them, I am not worried. My dad remarked that I was blessed to have that ability to not be worried about it. To that I replied, "God has blessed me with gloves before, he has blessed me with a job. He can bless me again with gloves if he wants."

I bought gloves that were on sale Thursday night, they were better then the old ones.

Hey yall! whats up? I am like really STRESSED and i am not likeing it. i need to get away from everything! i went to  youth convention... over night but that was not long enough for me! i am under lots of stress. i really need someone! i feel like im nothing! well im not up to really talking right now so ttyl!




Love<3Love

Candace***

so life is amazing. 

...it would be even better if it weren't for those pesky classes.

im mega excited about going home for thanksgiving.  sleeping in my own bed.  eating real food.  sitting on a couch.  having my own room.  showereing without flip flops.  taking a bath... not a shower a bath.  going to calvary, i miss that place like crazy.  getting to see my family. 

but after that we only have like 3 weeks of school.  man i cant believe my first semester of college is almost over.  you guys think time flies in high school... just wait.

and just so you know if you're worried about college at all... dont be.  its amazing.  just pray it up.  pray over every little detail.  God will come through.  trust me.

much love!!

Yep, Monday morning.  Sunday went pretty much as planned per yesterday's email ... so no sense in repeating it.

We shall see what GWB's visit today brings ....

ciao ciao

Isn't God good? I mean here i sit thinking how amazing it is that i am privalaged to be a part of this calling to somthing that is so much bigger than I am.... I mean isn't that what i have been striving for my whole life? To find purpose for my life by seeking to be a part of somthing that is bigger than I could ever be..... Well, I see now I AM A PART OF THE BIGGEST, MOST IMPORTANT STORY EVER! And so are you who have chosen to be sons and daughters of the living God! God is calling each of us to become a part of thi wonderful and exciting story of his redemtive plan! May I praise God for giving me this oppertunity! May I praise God for the eternal blessing he gives me! May I not waist this time God has given me on myself! May God be glorified in all that I do!!!!! I pray that we as the body of Christ will take an extremely proactive view on the world around us! It is in us choosing to live in Gods Kingdom each day of our life that we finaly begin to truly experience God and his plan for us! God is calling both you and me! Lets not deny that calling. Lets embrace it and run full speed into God's loving arms! God loves you and I love you whether you are a saved or choose against God's grace or even if you do not beleive in God. I pray that you will see that God cares and loves for you.

I love each of you and hope you have a great day!
Jonathan

i got back from ohio

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its my favorite hahaha

well liz and I have hilarious pictures, but Im to lazy to put them up right now, but I will soon! AND  there HILARIOUS. k WELL 

Happy Early Birthday to ME! AHHH  17 on tuesday! And Im in a pageant, so wish me luck !

Bye.... I hope everyone has fun at church tomorrow

<3

sarah 

i was in the front, on the floor, 5 feet away from the stage.

you may now burn with jealousy.

*edit*

sometimes, life throws you a curve.

sometimes, that curve lasts until 5 in the morning.

i need to get more sleep . . .

Chuck Norris will have his vengence, with an iron fist!

Today will be a mixed (but low intensity) day.  I need some R&R ... Decy and Stela returned from their "excursion" to Jogyakarta and Surabaya.  Sounds like they had a tremendous amount of fun - visiting ancient temples in Jogyakarta to riding horseback up a mountain to see the sun rise over a volcano ... and then driving over to the dormant-but still smoking volcano.  They had so much fun, we are considering doing the same with Chris and Paul in December.

No sooner did D&S arrive then we took Stela out to eat Nasi Padang (a traditional food here) then took her to Club CJs ... then went and ate porridge on the street (well, street cafe).  Made it home at 445am.  9am Decy and everybody are up ... but me (I got up at 1030am) ... heading up to an area called Ancon ... which is an mini- Indonesia version of waterworld, seaworld, disneyworld.

I stayed home to rest, plus one of my friends Nat is supposed to come over at 1230-1pm.  D&S and the girls say they will be home around 4-5pm .... and I think one of the waitresses (Dia) from CJs will be over this evening to enjoy some friendship and karaoke.

Tomorrow, Monday, will be a very odd day here ... ANYTHING can happen.  US President George Bush will be here in the afternoon for a meeting with the Indonesian President.  Security has been growing for weeks - and so are the protests.  Some say as many as 150,000 protestors will be around the area that Bush will be - which will be in a city called Bogor about 20 miles from us.

Many parts of Jakarta will be in gridlock tomorrow due to the various protests in key traffic areas.  Hopefully, I will be able to avoid all those areas.  My biggest concerns are (a) bombings, and (b) mob-type attacks on Americans.  Tomorrow will be a very good day to keep a "low profile". - - - So far, I have not received any unusual security briefings (and I'm one of our company's security wardens) ... so we must not have any specific intelligence pointing towards something imminent .... stay tuned ...

ciao ciao 

if i ever get married...this is the song...

There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart
our dreams, and they are made out of real things
like a shoebox of photographs
with sepia-toned loving
Love is the answer
at least for most of the questions in my heart
Why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together

Mmmm, It's always better when we're together
Yeah we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah it's always better when we're together

And all of these moments
just might find their way into my dreams tonight,
But I know that they’ll be gone
when the morning light sings
and brings new things
for tomorrow night you see
that they’ll be gone too,
too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way
into my day to day scene
I'd be under the impression
i was somewhere in between
With only two,
Just me and you,
Not so many things we got to do
or places we got to be
We'll sit beneath the mango tree now,

Yeah It's always better when we're together
Mmmm, we're somewhere in between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

I believe in memories
they look so, so pretty when I sleep
And now when, when I wake up,
you look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
There is no, no song I could sing
and there is no combination of words I could say
but I will still tell you one thing
We're Better together

So far this weekend has been pretty good. Yesterday I got to go to Stuart Elementary to get in some of my observation hours in a CDC classroom. There were 7 kids, all with different disorders, some with mulitple disorders, and I loved it there. I miss being in the classroom every day getting to work w/special ed. But I spent about 3 hours there and then went to Chattanooga to meet the youth group for convention. It was decent I guess. It just kinda seems like every year that convention lacks more and more. But it was good to be with the youth group, and the weekend has been interesting to say the least.

I'm proud of myself, I now officialy have FF7 in the official English dub. If I could just figure out how to splice the clips (it's on YouTube) together I'd have the movie. I have the Japanesse version with subtitales on You Tube as well, so if I could just get some time to sit down and get it all together...

I was up till maybe 4 in the morning last night, slept till maybe 10:30. then I got up and did absolutely nothing!! Now my sister (Pricela) and my brother-in-law (Tim) are here. Tim and dad are watching the Michigan/OSU game, Tim went To MSU and is absolutley going nuts. Michigan in down with 24 to 35 in favor of OSU. Apparently that's not cool in the world of MSU kids.

Just for the record, Tim's a yank. It's really funny to listen to him talk. Coke is pop, pronounced PAH-p. I'll have to say it tommorow, I'm getting a pretty good northern accent from making fun of him. And they said being a cruel mimic was a bad thing.

We have Celebration Sunday tommorow, I'm singing in the Youth Choir. Hahaha, it's been a while scince I sang in a choir. Okay so it was just last school year, but still.

We're going to see "Happy Feet" at the IMAX theater tonight. I'm sooooooo excited!!!  Don't push me because I'm close to the edge,. Cute little penguin.

God has given me so many blessings that I don't deserve.

Among my blessings would have to be all of the wonderful people He put in my life. I love you all very much.

Psalms 5:11 "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee."

Psalms 73:26 "My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! GG!!!!!!!

So here we sit, just to waste away..
Where light must fade, and so does the day..
Where we pass the time, with each new rhyme,
To realize all that we didn't find
Were the figments of our dreams....

You can see the glow if you close your eyes,
Passing through the skies, with no goodbyes
There is no threat, if we don't regret
That we let life's meaning go, and forget
That there's more here than what we see....

God doesn't promise tomorrow
Because He wants us to
Live... For... Today...

If your curl up nice, warm and tight
And ponder the meaning of morning's light
You'll come to find, what's there in your mind
Was always there to find,
if you'd only chosen to see...

but by God, I say, let's listen well
We all have stories too sad to tell
bury them now, to drown the sound,
and hope they're never found,
For they will bring us down again..

God doesn't promise tomorrow
Because He wants us to
Live... For... Today...

Don't waste your time, it's a brand new day
Stretch out your arms, your hearts
Let us not waste away..
Our hour has come, I truly believe
It's as real as the Earth,
And as deep as the sea..
Take a breath, Make a wish, then try not to cry
It is the hardest thing
You could ever try..

God doesn't promise tomorrow
Because He wants us to
Live... For... Today...

God doesn't promise tomorrow
Because He wants us to
Live... For... Today...

God doesn't promise tomorrow
Because He wants us to
Live... For... Today...

I was just curious to what you guys listen to. Whats your favorite song and whos the artist ?

So I'm going backpacking in Sewanee tonight and I won't be back until Sunday so I'll leave a long post when I get back (if I'm not to tired.)

hey everyone- yea so i have been very busy this past month thus no big post on phusebox but yea! thanksgiving break is upon us and i can not wait for some time off from school! have a great week- stephen

So yea the other night I was hanging out at the pool hall, which I do all the time now, idk why......some girls decided to put my hair into corn rows.......so yea here's the pic

here's to you, two o'clock in the morning, for being an excellent time to get home.

and here's to you, happy feet, for making me laugh and making me want to dance.

and here's to you, james bond, for making me want to be a secret agent.

and here's to you, casino royale, for being set partially in montenegro.

and here's to you, honors program, for feeding me thanksgiving food. for free.

and here's to you, memphis, for having skyscrapers and a nightlife.

and here's to you, irish pub, for having an excellent singer man.

and here's to you, excellent singer man, for the song with the chorus about "santa claus and elvis."

and here's to you, poplar avenue, for never ending.

and here's to you, starbucks, for building 10 or so stores just on poplar.

and here's to you, goo goo dolls, for making excellent music to sing along to while driving.

and here's to you, all american rejects, for having a show in memphis tomorrow.

. . . i think that's it for now.

good weekend.

Scene: Sarah Vermillion has just gotten off work and is leaving the mall. Before she goes home however, she has a big ol' craving for a venti gingerbread latte, so she starts walking to Starbucks. All of a sudden, a car rounds the corner and stops nearby, with the window rolled down. Two thirty-something-year-old women are inside.

WOMAN IN CAR: Excuse me, ma'am?

SARAH: Yes?

WOMAN: Are you from around here?

SARAH: Yeah.

WOMAN: Can you tell us how to get to the (mumble)?

SARAH: I'm sorry?

WOMAN: The (mumble).

SARAH: I'm sorry, one more time. Where are you wanting to go?

WOMAN: The new (mumble with definate d sounds in it).

SARAH: The Dollar Store?

WOMAN: The new ADULT store.

SARAH: . . . .

WOMAN: . . . .

CRICKETS: (chirp)

SARAH: Oh, sure. That's on Broad Street. You see this road here? This is Old Fort Pkwy. You need to turn left, go down two lights, and turn left again...

(Sarah continues giving directions until end scene, and then exits stage left to Starbucks).

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This ladies and jellyspoons, made my day. : D

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"Without You Here"

Your love's a gathered storm I chased across the sky
A moment in your arms became the reason why
And you're still the only light that fills the emptiness
The only one I need until my dying breath
And I would give you everything just to
Feel your open arms
And I'm not sure I believe anything I feel

The saddest part of it all is that you will never know and I will never tell.

hey everyone- wow! where has this year gone!! it is already the middle of november! i was just posting on here to just give you some stuff going on in diversion youth the past week! the guys played on thursday night and lost 48-30 or somewhere in that vacinity. we have a great group of guys who play on the team, but they are missing one vital point a big crowd supporting them!! Lets pack out the st. rose gym november 30th and support our guys as they take on St. Marks @ 7:30. just a thought!! i am planning on posting a big "preview" article on the b-ball team coming up soon. for all of us high schoolers we are rapping up the fall semester and about to head into mid-terms. Some people ask how can we pray for DIVERSION YOUTH MINISTRIES well here are some prayer requests:

1. Pray for all the guys involved in Wednesday Night activites (John Dunahoo, Jordan Williams, Keith Stacey, Wes Koetje, BJ Hunt, Chris Madison, Clint Nadeau, Stephen Hamby, and others) as they plan and get ready for Wednesday Nights!

2. Pray for the Christian Clubs that go on in the high schools and middle schools that God would annoint those ministries to their campuses.

3. Say a big prayer for Chris and Clint as they plan out 2007 in the near future.

4. Pray for small groups and the small group leaders.

Those are just some prayer requests that i can think of! Guys we head down the home stretch of november and head into thanksgiving. As we approach this holiday let's take some time and thank God for the many blessings he pours upon us everyday!! Have a great week! -stephen

hello everyone

yesterday = no fun

today = amazing

The title cut of Switchfoot's upcoming album has a couple of verses that go a little something like this:

Oh, gravity, why can't we
Seem to keep it together?

Well what I want to know, Mr. Gravity, is why everything that goes up MUST come down? Couldn't you be more selective?

You see...

Last night Garrett and I celebrated (an incredible) two and a half years together.



In honor of the occassion, we went to the Switchfoot concert, since they are both Garrett's and mine's favorite band.



And it was awesome. Amazingly awesome.



But gravity prevailed...

Towards the end of the concert, a crowd surfer landed on me. I'm not gonna lie... it was pretty scary. Thankfully I maintained counscious and coherent at the time it all happened. My head and neck felt completely numb, but now... everything is moveable, nothing's broken, and I seem to be recovering pretty well. I am so thankful that it wasn't worse.

So the moral of that story is...

Don't crowd surf, kids. It's not safe. For you or anyone else.

But I digress...

Switchfoot was rockin' awesome! I had an absolute blast and am so glad that we went! If you haven't seen them in concert before, you're missing out...

Jon Foreman also walked through the crowd... right where Garrett and I were... and I got to touch him... I just wish I could have gotten a picture of him in the process.

I also determined that I completely and totally love Nashville. I would live there in a heartbeat, especially over there by Belmont and Music Row. I loved it so much. It's that big city feel on a smaller scale than a place like New York... and I really love that.

I hope everyone has a good weekend. I'm going to shoot a video for my final EMC project tomorrow! Woot. I hope all goes well and smoothly for that. I would like to get it done now so I can foucs on the other 3 million papers and projects I have coming up in the next three weeks from heck. Bleh.

Again, thanks for everyone's responses on the previous questions, and yes, these questions are designed to help the structure of the new PhuseBox site.

Today, you can take a break from the questions. Simply tell me a fact about you... strange or ordinary.

I will be back on Monday with a new round of questions focusing on improving PhuseBox.

Hope you have a great weekend!

God-

It's cool getting closer to God. I've heard him clearer in the past few
weeks than I've ever heard him before. I've seen prayers clearly answered right
in front of me. I've felt his spirit, and I've known his will. I'm excited. The
closer I feel myself getting to God the more excited I get. I don't understand
people who live without God. He's so amazing. It's also encouraging to see confirmation
about my decisions and thoughts over and over again.

School-

I'm changing my Major. I'm going to be a CISS major. That's Computer
Information Systems. It's a business major with a computer emphasis. The
business part gives me classes like: accounting, business law, marketing, management
and that sort. The computer part is classes like: database design, network
design, program development, and software/hardware concepts. I'm excited. I
really think this is the direction God is sending me. I still intend to take
guitar lessons and probably choirs and stuff in the future.

I feel very content with where I am right now. But I'm excited to see where
God's taking me. He's taking me there fast. I can feel it.

guess who's an attorney this weekend???
so we stopped in Dickson for food on our way to Memphis and we started talking about the tournament.... well someone who shall remain unnamed didn't know that this tourney last til Sunday and she had to be at work on sunday for training...... so we left her in Dickson with my wonderful Sister-in-law and the Austin and cute kitties.....
and someone had to step up and take her spot.... so patrick calls me and says"Guess What????"
"i don't want to guess cause i don't want to know"
"you're in"
"i don't want to be in"
"too bad"
so i have tonight to learn a brand new direct and 2 crosses and then compete against the best teams in the nation
yay me

Kelsey, Joseph, and Jennifer... They're amazing.

Business owners in Mufreesboro... They are not my friends.  I don't like them very much.

Lord let me shine

Shine like the moon

A reflection of You

In all that I do

And Lord let me be

A light for Your truth

Light of the world

I want to be used

To shine for You!

ahhh it's phusebox and i love my phusebox.

just letting you guys know that i am still alive!

Leah

you'll know that the 8-10 split is almost as impossible as the 7-10.

i picked up the 8-10 today.
i cried.
it was beautiful..



haha, i called chris morgan and celebrated.
haven't picked one of those up in years.
glad to know i still have it in me...haha...

Major Biology test tomorrow. Three essays are due. Two projects that are worth 25% of my grade are due.

Hmmm. I'm thinking a lot of coffee and chocolate to get me through my nights.

THERE ARE FOUR BASIC FOOD GROUPS: MILK CHOCOLATE, DARK CHOCOLATE, WHITE CHOCOLATE, AND CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES.
--Daniel Worona

i am listening to copeland. and thinking. a lot.

sophia is next to me... and puinea gig's empty cage is on the other side. i wish i had time to clean it up and put it away... but i think i still haven't let go yet. i know, she was just a guinea pig.... but a great one. silly me and my silly emotions.

tomorrow is my last day as a nanny. and it is a weird feeling. i am going to miss judah... a lot more than i probably think i will. he's my little buddy.

i feel overwhelmed by the blank canvas that lies before me. i have so many options... but it feels like none at all. i am having a hard time finding something else. but i know that everything will work out when it is supposed to...

and on that note, i feel the need to do something more. something bigger than me... something creative... something full of passion. something that is moving. something beautiful.

and i am also feeling the need for a really good conversation and a good long cry

i felt the need to post something... anything.

i am glad grey's is on tonight... i feel the need for the drama and humor it brings me for an hour. and i love the company i have when i watch it... amber and nathan. two of my favorite people.

hope everyone is having a great night!

somethings scare me. like the Speaker of the House Nancy Peloci

piece

You know, I really don't want to be a teacher.  I've gotten a taste of it this semester, especially the past couple days while I've been teaching on my own, and I really hate it.  I hate their smug, stupid expressions.  I hate their laziness.  I hate their lack of effort.  I hate the awkward silence that follows when I ask a simple question that they should have known by the second week of French I.  I hate their complete lack of concern for their grades.  I hate their complete disinterest in any culture other than their own.  I hate teaching.

I know that there are great things about teaching - I keep hearing about what a difference you can make in someone's life, and how wonderful it is to inspire someone to learn.  Well, you know, maybe I'd experience some of these wonderful things, but I really think I'm a terrible teacher, I think.  I have no patience for the students who don't try.  They drive me crazy!  Over half of the time that I walk out of the classroom this semester, I feel defeated and frustrated.

As you might guess, teaching isn't going so well.  My classroom teacher assures me that the lesson was fine, I did a fine job, and that every student teacher feels like this after their first lessons.  I suppose we'll see after tomorrow.  I know I have to go back, but I really would just like to pull the covers over my head tomorrow and stay at home and never go back a high school until my son is attending one.

So the play, Thirteen Past Midnight, starts at school tonight and I think I'm going to go.

I'm going camping this weekend. I can't wait.

My brothers birthday is coming up.

Thanksgiving break is slowly approaching, which is great because then I get to see some people I haven't seen in a while.

I have to have a book read by Tuesday that I haven't even started

I have a huge speech coming up that counts as my final grade.

Oh, yeah and I have an audition tape that I'm going to start working on in the near future.

So yeah busy times.....

QUESTION 7:
On a scale from 1 to 10, where you would rate how important it is to you to update your blog on a regular basis?

I read this really good book called Flowers for Algernon. Has anyone read it I don't read that much  but man I got into this one. It is about a man who is mentally challanged but doctors give him an operation to fix him. The rest you'll have to read so who thanks it was a good book.

wow.

its been a while.

ive been really busy. school. younglife. work. some more school. thats about it. ive also learned a lot about myself and my Creator. God is good. if you stay in Him, amazing things will happen that you never thought could happen. birthday was on thursday. just another day. hope everybody is doing swell. peace.

eddie

1 timothy 4:12

what just may be the best song ever.....

The new day dawns
And I am practicing my purpose once again
It is fresh and it is fruitful if I win
but if I lose, ooh, I don't know
I'll be tired but I will turn and I will go
Only guessing 'til I get there then I'll know
Ohh, I will know

And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that's shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true

And all will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell

The winter's cold
But the snow still lightly settles on the trees
And a mess is still a moment I can seize until I know
That all will be well
Even though sometimes this is hard to tell
And the fight is just as frustrating as hell
All will be well

And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that's shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true

And all will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell

You got to keep it up
And don't give up
And chase your dreams
And you will find
All in time

And all the children walking home past the factories
Can see the light that's shining in my window
As I write this song to you
And all the cars running fast along the interstate
Can feel the love that radiates
Illuminating what I know is true

And all will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell

All will be well
Even after all the promises you've broken to yourself
All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell
You can ask me how but only time will tell

So I got busted in the nose in practice... now I have two black eyes under and around both eyes.... lol thanks for the simpathy everyone lol siegel plays this friday we will holla at you there.

                                  IN CHRIST john

They love to tell you stay inside the lines

I think if I weren't at work and had to keep it together...I would cry from complete stress and exhaustion.......

Since I couldn't be with him, I sent him an email and ate chocolate in his honor. Hey I broke my diet and everything.

So anyway Happy Birthday to the one I love.

Decy and Stela made it safe to Jogjakarta ... saw the temples .... visited some of Decy's friends there ... then to bed at approx 11pm.  I think they are already up (currently 5am here) as they have an early morning flight to Surabaya .... where they will spend today (Thurs) and Friday .... returning to Jakarta mid-afternoon Sat.

As for me .... work is .... work, so I won't bore you with the details.

My back is still very sensitive although modestly (maybe) better.  Yesterday, I forgot to bring my back brace (for the chair) to the office .... I won't forget (I hope) today.

Last night had dinner at the 4 Season hotel with Nat Simpson.  I have a lot of memories about that place as I lived there 5 months in 2001 after the evacuation from Aceh (then another 4 months at the Hilton - before moving to Angola).  When I walked in the hotel door last night, I looked to a particular couch in the lobby ... the couch where I was sitting when I saw Decy for the first time (as she walked into the hotel).

I talked to Decy on the phone last night while at the hotel.  She asked me if I ordered a bowl of shrimp soup (which I didn't) .... as that is what she ate/drank for dinner that first "date" with her.  Our first date was a "double blind date" .... a guy and his girlfriend set me and my friend Danny Guilliott up on blind dates on a Sunday afternoon in late April 2001.  So, the three couples sat and chatted and snacked/ate for about 3-4 hours.  It was an incredibly difficult evening .... Decy's English at that time was probably only 5% ... thus although she could understand some of what I said ... a sentence from her was incredibly difficult (for both of us) ... just a few choppy words ... with me filling in the blanks trying to understand what she was trying to tell me.  OBVIOUSLY, we worked it out ... she is now my lovely wife ....

*** Decy just called, her and Stela have checked out of the hotel and are on the way to the airport.

ciao ciao

1.) I need just a few volunteers who aren't camera shy or busy on Saturday to help me out with a video project for class. So let me know if you're interested. I ESPECIALLY need a guy who is or can easily fake being a little on the nerdy side (in the sense of... getting excited about bugs).

2.) In sociology class today, I found myeslf really having to contain myself. My teacher, who turned 57 today, grew up in a generation where dating wasn't so much about relationships, as it is today, but about... well... just dating around and exploring all the fish in the sea. She thought it was horrifying that today, in our generation, we limit ourselves to this one person when we date and just won't let go of them because of  our fears and insecurities. She said that... as if that was the basis for every dating relationship! Sorry if I know what I want without fishing around. I don't have to date a million different guys to know who's a good catch. And when I look to God, I don't have to do anything except look to Him and He will guide me.

Duh.

Sorry if I don't want to waste my time.

But don't get me wrong... there are people I know that will read this that do date around but keep it Christ-focused, and I want them to know I am not condemning them for that. What I am saying is that all you need to do is what God tells you to do. You don't have to try so hard to find the perfect mate yourself, and you don't have to date multiple people to find the person God wants for you.

3.) And lastly, I just thought everyone would like to know that this is Brian King's favorite picture from a year and a half ago...

so i can't go to compete this weekend with mock trial.... but i'm going
yeah that's right
i'm going
call me crazy, but Jamie called saying that Vile and Patrick wanted to "offer me the opportunity" to come and watch and get "valuable experiacne" or something similar to that.
after i talk to dr. vile (crazy me) i've decided to go and be the timekeeper for the team that i wasn't good enough to be on.....
which after watching them practice last night ANNOYED ME
anyway..... by the way - nichole i think you should be going but again that's just the opinion of silly little me.
so stressful weekend ahead with LOTS to do!!  

so the question is:

what makes you an internet junkie/addict?

i wouldn't say i'm addicted, but maybe i am. maybe at this stage i'm just in the denial part of addiction. but i've probably been here for quite sometime. i'm not one of those people that cant live without the internet. cause i've done it. but i get on alot. haha. maybe i should see how long i can go. i know one time during senior year i made a commitment not to check xanga for a month. and i did it. maybe i should just try to reduce to my email only. hmmm. probably wont happen.

piece

In a few short hours, I will be boarding a plane and heading to Philadelphia, the "City of Brotherly Love" and whatnot.  Never been there before, but I've heard from good sources that, not only is it in the North, it is also colder than the South.  BOOOOOOOO!

What is it with cold?  We need more global warming so we can get rid of the cold.  Sounds good to me.  What do ya'll think?

You should all be writing on phusebox.  Why should you write on phusebox?

Because phuesbox can still be accessed from one of the computers in the art lab.  I am bored.  I logged on phusebox.  There should be lots of entries to keep me entertained.  But there aren't.

So you should feel shame.

Seething, burning shame.

Tsk, tsk you guys.

QUESTION 6:
How often do you check your PhuseBox? And when do you check it? Do you check it when you are bored? When you have a free minute? etc...

And congrats on all the people that guessed on the triva question correctly yesterday...

Do you get tiered of the same old rutein in you times with God? Do your prayers seem to be fervant one day and repetitive the next? Do you feel like God is distant and uninvolved in your life? These are ALL things I have felt time and time again in my pursuit of God. Believe me. Their were days, and weeks that went by that I did not spend time with God because it almost made me sick how stagnent my time with him was. I failed to see his tranformation in my life so I saw it as a waste of time somtimes.... But I have good news if this is how you might be feeling.... The truth is that God is beckoning each of us into a deep relationship with Him that is fulfilling and transforming. He is near and is whispering for our attention! He is active in each of our lives. It is up to us to learn how to listen. When we learn how to do that, we give reign for the Holy Spirit to transform us on this exciting journey of faith! - - But how? I have tried what I know to try. I have wanted that so bad. But I keep falling into a rut of apathy. - - I have had the blessing of being introduced to some new spiritual practices or diciplines which ever you might call them.... Anyways it is so much fun to get to try different things that are not the usual ways of spending time with God. The whole point of these practices is to constantly keep the mind set that God is all around us moving and acting. With that mind set we begin to see God in new ways and to me shaped by that relationship. It is not to be more spiritual than another or to reach some state of self saticfaction. It is to take time to allow the Holy Spirit to tranform our lives in different ways. It is facinating to me how the Holy Spirit transforms us, but only to the point we allow him to. These practices give us ways to learn how to allow him to do just that. Anyways, I say this with caution because these practices are not meant to replace bible study and prayer. But coming from somone who has struggled with his "quiet times" with God, I am LOVING getting to know God in all these new ways! It is exciting and most of all transforming! I do not say this to sound more holy or to sound like I have reached a pinacle. I say this to encourage you. There is a book called Spiritual Dicipline Handbook. It is absolutly wonderful. Very Very Very practicle and easy to understand. There is literally hundreds of spiritual practices in this book. You have five different main catigories and then many sub catagories. The practices target the disire of God you are experencing. Our time with God does not have to be boring or repetitive. God is all around us. These practices are amazing. I encourage anyone that has felt the same negative feelings about their times with God to pray wbout purchasing this book or asking for it at Christmas. They sell the book at Borders. Maybe other places too. The author is Calhoun. Pray about it. Seek God's guidence. A exciting, transformationsal, real relationship with God awaits you and me. Lets choose to live for God and to truly know him and make him known.

I love each of you,
Jonathan
If you have any questions please feel free to message me.

It's been a while.

It's been 1 month, 1 week and 1 day since I tried to refrain from letting my heart go haywire. Kayla gave me another month. I guess we'll see.

I love that person dearly, and I never want to let that go. I always mess everything up when I open my mouth, so I continue to keep shut. But that person has to know someday...

Danny

yesterday when i was talking about friendships changing it wasnt about anybody that reads this. i just didnt want people to think that i thought things had changed and what not. nor was the stuff about people changing.haha. just wanted ya'll to know

today wasnt bad. kinda cool.

i got alot of homework to do this week. it'll be alright though. the bulk of it is due on monday. so thats ok. but i dont need to slack. haha. i always have good intentions of doing all of my work. but it doesnt happen. but i'm trying. haha.

well i've gotta go to bed. i'm kinda... i dont wanna say sick. but i dont feel well.

piece

he's come back into my life.
for a week or so.
in less than 5 days i'll be kissing him again.
i think.
i don't know.
i'm terrified.<3

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.

im not much of a person who shares everything that happens in my life with everyone but anyways,.......here lately 2 songs have been really placed on my heart....He is Exalted and Yearn...its amazing how much God shows you in a song...the last time God showed me a lot through a song was when i was in China........

Song: Yearn

holy design
this place in time
that i might seek your face, my God
my God

Lord i want to yearn for you
i want to burn with passion
over you, and only you
Lord i want to yearn for you
i want to burn with passion
over you, and only you
Lord i want to yearn

Your joy is mine
yet why am i fine
with all my singing and bringing grain
in light of Him

Lord i want to yearn for you
i want to burn with passion
over you, and only you
Lord i want to yearn for you
i want to burn with passion
over you, and only you

oh You give life and breath
in You we live and move
that's why i sing

Hey tonight is Encounter at 7:07 we hope to see you there God Bless!

I'm generally a fast-paced person.

But life has just been coming at me too fast lately.

Thankfully I have a couple of days to breathe.

Well, forget the early to bed ... but today, I did arise at 245am.  Why?  Very good question.  Decy and Stela are flying to Jogjakarta today ... then on to Surabaya tomorrow, returning to Jakarta on Saturday.  They need to be at the airport by 6am ... and I need to be at the office at 630am .... and the girls need to be at school at 730am (I think) ... two cars can't be in three places at one time.  So, I will carpool with Decy/Stela ... after dropping them off at the airport, I will be dropped off at work.

Had a bit of a relapse on my back last night.  Went to bed with a bunch of icy-hot ("counterpain" - Indonesia equivalent). It has helped some.  We shall see what the day brings.

Time to go visit with Stela ... yes, it is 401 am ... she's up and Decy's getting up.

ciao ciao 

drive alone!!!  =]


haha..yeah, i got my license today.
go me!

"Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?" -- Jeremiah 32:27

"In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds In which you transgress against Me;" -- Zephaniah 3:11a

"But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid." -- Matthew 14:27


Throughout season's change, God continues to prove His faithfulness.

I work at Toys R Us (not for long), and we are getting ready for the Christmas season. In fact, Toys R Us refers to the day after Thanksgiving as "Green Friday." This says alot about how our society views Christmas: Nothing more than a business opportunity. They are already playing "Christmas Music" in the store with also says alot about how our society views Christmas. The songs portray what "Christmas is all about": toys, love, Santa, fuzzy feelings, snow, fun, etc. They have missed the mark...

As we approach this wonderful holiday, let's not forget what it is REALLY about: A celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing more, nothing less. Of course we all like giving and receiving gifts, but let it be in a spirit of worship and rememberance. After all, Jesus himself is the greatest gift we will ever receive that we may have eternal life with our gracious Father in Heaven...

Which Disney Princess Are You???

According to the answers you have just chosen you are most like the Disney Princess Belle.

Belle is as lovely as her name implies but her natural unaffected beauty is far more than skin deep. An intelligent and avid reader Belle yearns for faraway places and exciting adventures. She is a loyal, loving daughter and when the beast finally wins her trust she gives him all her kindness and patience and then realizes she has also given him her heart. With her inner strength and outward beauty, Belle is a young woman who can and does make things happen.

http://toys.about.com/library/quiz/disneyprincess/bldisneyprincessquiz.htm

QUESTION 5:
How important is privacy to you when you are posting a blog entry, uploading photos, sharing content with friends, etc?

and an extra 20 points goes to the first person that can identify the person that said, "Give me liberty or give me death..."

the stars rained light upon your flourescent eyes..
you smiled as rain fell down from the skies
and brought you close to me...
and there we stared out upon the roaring sea
the winds were fierce, but brought you closer to me
and for the moment time stood still...

don't forget the love i've shared
and all the words i've said
oh if skies could spell it out for you...
you'll never believe just how i feel
it's though the world has left
and my dreams made true...

oh believe
 
the time has come, won't you please step out
our victories won, won't you come and shout,
won't you come celebrate with me..
and we will share our toast to destiny
oh the times were hard, but brought you closer to me
Oh God, I say, have Your will...

don't forget the love i've shared
and all the words i've said
oh if skies could spell it out for you...
you'll never believe just how i feel
it's though the world has left
and my dreams made true...

Over the past week, I have had quite a bit of back pain ... about where the rib cage stops ... on my left side.  I figured it was due to too much computer work and not having a good ergonomic set up.  Things just kept going from bad to worse and massages provided only temporarily relief.

The pain would come and go, but generally with growing intensity.  Every once in a while the pain would "spike".  Yesterday at work, in spite of a using a support pillow I was in great discomfort.  Came home and went to change clothes for going to CJs and suddenly it felt like somebody rammed a baseball bat into my back.

I went to my knees and layed down.  Felt a bit nausious too. After awhile I got up.  Went to CJs ..... and stayed out late.

Got up this morning and except for being a bit "tender" the pain is completely gone .... so, I either threw my back "into place" last night while dancing ... or I passed a kidney stone and don't know it.  Can't think of any other viable scenarios.

Guess I'm just getting old .... ciao ciao

I don't know, kids. I don't know.

I don't understand.  It's so frustrating, depressing, and in the most
sincere manner I convey, I believe it truly hurts me.  To see so many
people, sucked into the chasm, of a size that continually baffles me,
of worthlessness. 

I am so saddened by so many people who simply don't understand the enormous worth in their existence. 

I honestly can't adequately convey it, but the fact is that we are
worth enough, for the Son of God to die for us, and yet we can't seem
to stop giving ourselves away.  Whether it be attaining attention from
guys via clothing that we know is going to get their attention, or
attending parties full of fake people, hoping that these friends we
have will somehow... make us feel accepted.

It kills me to see so many females parading their bodies around to be
captivated by the lustful eye of any passing guy, and even more the
fact that they somehow think that such attention is going to have some
type of pure contingency.

I'm going to be even more honest and say that when I see Christian
girls who don't seem to understand this, and get so lost in
relationships devoid of God and true meaning, I think it hurts me even
more.

To know that I have seen girls who claim to be christians dress more
provocatively than those who don't.... needs some type of attention. 

I just don't understand how someone who apparently knows God.. wouldn't
understand that showing your body for all to see is.. I'm going to use
this.. almost turning your back on God.  Because you're saying that you
want attention from guys who will give you that attention based on your
physique, which is honestly, physical, fleshful, and has nothing to do
with a true love towards marriage.  A guy doesn't go to a girl when he
can see down her shirt thinking "I want to love her and have her for my
wife."  We need not go into what he truly is thinking.

I don't know, maybe i'm being extreme.  Maybe someg girls just aren't
aware of their worth in Christ, though they have in fact encountered
Him.  Well, I want all of you to know

"Christ loves you so much! Don't compromise that.  You're worth more
than thousands of precious jewels in His sight.  Please... don't give
yourself away."

From the depths of this darkness
The light sparked on its own
It began to ignite, without action,
Atleast none that was shown
And from blackness, so pitch,
I felt its warmth on my face,
It sank into my skin, and
In my heart, found its place.

I found peace through our pain
The joy fell just like rain
And I managed a smile
Though the world's gone insane
I trudged on toward the light
And I cried at the site
Of a thousand faces
Escaping the night

And I watched the ash fall
The substance covered the past
And from the darkest of memories,
We vowed to never look back,
We marched onward, like soldiers,
And left no man behind
We dropped all our pain
Where no one could find.

I found peace through our pain
The joy fell just like rain
And I managed a smile
Though the world's gone insane
I trudged on toward the light
And I cried at the site
Of a thousand faces
Escaping the night

I can't think of anything to say so....

I Thessalonians 5:16-18
¹⁶ Be joyful always; ¹⁷ pray continually; ¹⁸ give thanks in all circumstances , for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

I love my little Katie.......with a love so strong it's overwhelming.

 I just got back from Skitzo, technically Taco Bell. I went to Hastings to get a book for school.

Never take me to Hastings. I will refuse to leave and you will never see the light of day! I'm just a simple librarian and bibliophile is all.

Geez I'd live in there if it was legal. They'd have to order better mangas, but I'd still be there.*sigh of longing*

I'm gonna post a list of books that ya'll can get me for Christmas soon *wink, wink, nudge nudge*.

kind of lame.

i dont know if ur doing it on purpose, but i wish you would just tell me.

no sense in ignoring it or pretending theres nothing different.

hmm. sigh.

so today wasnt too bad, i got a 100 on a spanish quiz, so that was cool. well, i took it friday, but i got it back today. i had a math quiz today, it wasnt too bad, but she didnt give us enough time to finish. well, i was done, i was about to write down the answer and then she made everyone turn in their papers and "absolutely no more writing". it was the first time she seemed mad. haha.

i went to a tap dance show on campus tonight. it was pretty much amazing. i always wanted to do that. anyways. one of the people i went with, who will remain nameless, was texting almost the entire time. i was like, what the heck. thats so rude. cause the place was dark except for the stage lights and the phone. but lately, everytime i'm around the persons always texting.i dont see how a person can text that much. it's constant. i mean, i text quite a bit, but no where near that much. i mean, you might as well call the person.

have you ever wondered why friendships change. it seems like a friendship can change almost everynight. without warning. like the other person will just up and not seem to want to be around you, and you didnt even do anything. or like, you can go hang out with a friend and then when your their for a few minutes your like, i dont wanna be around this person anymore, but at the same time you do. it's weird.

what are you supposed to do when a friend of yours is delibrately doing something that they shouldnt be? and when i say that, i mean living a lifestyle that isn't christlike. i have that problem right now. a good friend of mine has chosen a lifestyle that isn't christlike, and they know it, but have reasond with what the bible says and claims that it's ok. i'm like, no, it says not to and you know it. but refuse to comply. whatever, all i can do is pray. i'm not going to cause a fight, but i wish i could just pick the person up and shake them. be like, what are you doing. this is so wrong. oh well. all i can do is pray, but i feel like i should just walk away from this friendship. i mean, i'll still be here for the person, but i cant be around this anylonger. it's killing me to see this happen.

so what should i do?

ya'll keep on keepin' on

piece

oh phusebox

there are so many things i could say

but i must leave all my saying for the 5 page paper that has to be on mrs bells desk in 12 hours

love

-emily

wow phusebox is pretty boring now compared to myspace....there is nothing to do on phusebox...well anyways i went to the goodwill store and bought this really cute purse yay and it was only one dollar that made me happy because i'v been wanting a new purse... i went to the movies with ben lastnight...we saw man of a new year..or something like that i can 't exactly remember what it was called but it was pretty funny lol well i guess i'm gonna go i'll post again soon

 Love Always

Danielle

Here's a prime example of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus"
offered by an English professor from the University of Phoenix:

The professor told his class one day:

"Today
we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process
is simple. Each person will pair off with the person sitting to his or
her immediate right. As homework tonight, one of you will write the
first paragraph of a short story. You will e-mail your partner that
paragraph and send another copy to me. The partner will read the first
paragraph and then add another paragraph to the story and send it back,
so sending another copy to me. The first person will then add a third
paragraph, and so on back-and-forth. Remember to re-read what has been
written each time in order to keep the story coherent.

There
is to be absolutely NO talking outside of the e-mails and anything you
wish to say must be written in the e-mail. The story is over when both
agree a conclusion has been reached."

The following was actually turned in by two of his English students: Rebecca and Gary.

THE STORY:

(Rebecca)
At
first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The
chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home, now
reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times, that he
liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind
off Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about
him too much her asthma started acting up again. So chamomile was out
of the question.

(Gary)
Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl
Harris, leader of the attack squadron now in orbit over Skylon 4, had
more important things to think about than the neuroses of an air-headed
asthmatic bimbo named Laurie with whom he had spent one sweaty night
over a year ago. "A.S. Harris to Geostation 17," he said into his
transgalactic communicator. "Polar orbit established. No sign of
resistance so far..." But before he could sign off a bluish particle
beam flashed out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo
bay.The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and
across the cockpit.

(Rebecca)
He bumped his head and died
almost immediately, but not before he felt one last pang of regret for
psychically brutalizing the one woman who had ever had feelings for
him. Soon afterwards, Earth stopped its pointless hostilities towards
the peaceful farmers of Skylon 4. "Congress Passes Law Permanently
Abolishing War and Space Travel," Laurie read in her newspaper one
morning. The news simultaneously excited her and bored her. She stared
out the window, dreaming of her youth, when the days had passed
unhurriedly and carefree, with no newspaper to read, no television to
distract her from her sense of innocent wonder at all the beautiful
things around her. "Why must one lose one's innocence to become a
woman?" she pondered wistfully.

(Gary)
Little did she know,
but she had less than 10 seconds to live. Thousands of miles above the
city, the Anu'udrian mothership launched the first of its lithium
fusion missiles. The dim-witted wimpy peaceniks who pushed the
Unilateral Aerospace disarmament Treaty through the congress had left
Earth a defenseless target for the hostile alien empires who were
determined to destroy the human race. Within two hours after the
passage of the treaty the Anu'udrian ships were on course for Earth,
carrying enough firepower to pulverize the entire planet. With no one
to stop them, they swiftly initiated their diabolical plan. The lithium
fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The President, in his
top-secret mobile submarine headquarters on the ocean floor off the
coast of Guam, felt the inconceivably massive explosion, which
vaporized poor, stupid Laurie.

(Rebecca)
This is absurd. I
refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My writing partner is a
violent, chauvinistic semi-literate adolescent.

(Gary)
Yeah?
Well, my writing partner is a self-centered tedious neurotic whose
attempts at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. "Oh, shall I
have chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of F*ING TEA??? Oh
no, what am I to do? I'm such an air headed bimbo who reads too many
Danielle Steele novels!"

(Rebecca)
Asshole.

(Gary)
Bitch

(Rebecca)
F* YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!

(Gary)
Go drink some tea - whore.

(TEACHER)
A+ -- I really liked this one.

This is what my family looks like. We're a party everywhere we go. My dad and I are the biggest rednecks and we love to make ourselves known.I love my Family.Well I'll talk to ya'll later.

"You're not perfect sport, and let me save you the suspense, this girl you've met she's not perfect either. But the question is whether or not you're perfect for each other."

~Good Will Hunting

Humph!!!!!!!!
My computer is freeking out!!!!
This is frustrating. I don't know what's wrong with it, but it keeps freezing. It started doing it and my thought was "time for a format/reinstall" so I did. Even right after I formated it started again. So I'm 90% sure it's not a software issue. Plus it is getting more frequent. Jonathan suggested that heat was the issue so I installed speedfan. I left the graph on my screen and the temperature stayed pretty constant for over an hour and then my computer froze. I think my temp was between 33 and 36 (if I remember right). So it's not software and not heat (as far as I can tell). Right now I'm running my comp with the side off the case to see if it helps any. All my fans are working, and I haven't moved around any hardware in months so it's not some connection. Could something be dieing?
This is dumb. I'm REALLY thankful for my laptop right now because I can't do anything on my desktop with it freeking out like this.

If things go according to plan, then I should have 75 hours completed at the end of the Spring semester, including 15 Honors hours and two colloquia, so if I take 15 hours/semester for the next three semesters and maintain my 3.5, I'll be graduating in cursu after the Fall 2008 semester.

Or, I could just do 12 hours/semester for the next four semesters to graduate after Spring 2009 with a better chance of keeping my GPA up.  We'll see.

"Secrets make friends, so we're keeping this one." Nick Lee
"Yes but secrets also make timekeepers, Nicole." Jason Walker

Nick made a joke about Jason at Dr. Viles Saturday night and I laughed. But then Jason wanted to know and I wouldn't tell him so he threatened to make me timekeeper. Mean Jason.

"Duckets" Nick Lee

I find the word duckets rather funny. Nick kept saying it and getting everyone else to say it, just so that I would giggle.