Where have all the good men gone

And where are all the gods?

Where's the street-wise Hercules

To fight the rising odds?

Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?

Late at night I toss and turn and dream

of what I need


[Chorus]


I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night

He's gotta be strong

And he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light

He's gotta be sure

And it's gotta be soon

And he's gotta be larger than life


Somewhere after midnight

In my wildest fantasy

Somewhere just beyond my reach

There's someone reaching back for me

Racing on the thunder end rising with the heat

It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet


[Chorus]


Up where the mountains meet the heavens above

Out where the lightning splits the sea

I would swear that there's someone somewhere

Watching me


Through the wind end the chill and the rain

And the storm and the flood

I can feel his approach

Like the fire in my blood

Well my life right now is going great, very busy but good. I have all my friends for life, and I am very blessed for them to be there for me. Thanks you guys, I <3 u . But I have my AP Art stuff, singing./guitar stuff, theater ... hanging out with all my friends, making sure I leave non of them out, bc I love all of them . But I wish my lil Tennessee friends lived here, but I will see one of u veryveryvery sooooooon !!!!!!! ahahahah , but then I wish all of yall were coming, bc I love u guys and yall are truly amazing. But I hope everyones life is going great, and if not great then try to look at the positive and realize how great we have it, how blessed we are to just have that special thing, creator , God. And how we are so blessed, and how we should take that and be happy even in the down of things, bc if u look at everything negatively , nothing will happen , and you will go no where. So people ... BE POSITIVE !!!!  Because we all are sinners, were not perfect, and sometimes we feel like hell has come to the earth and destroyed our lives, but it hasnt ... bc in the end you should know everything will be ok =) .

That is what I have realized over the past months.. that God will make everything right , if you follow him . I love Phusebox, and sorry that I havent made an entry in ages.

<3 always

sarah

Well folks, I am no longer a teenager, but an old woman of twenty years! I can't believe it! I don't feel that grown up yet...

I remember when Nathan Moore turned twenty and he went on about how old he was and Amy Bonin and I made fun of him for it. And now here I am, going on about how old I am... ha ha...

I feel like, however, I am definitely growing, maturing, and learning at this time.

I've had some amazing Facebook wall messages today, such as Zach Ingle's "How do you feel knowing you've lived through two whole DECADES?!" and Ben Wicks' "it's all downhill from here". Oh, and John Dunahoo's "presents stink from now on". And Graham called me "Short One of Doom". I have such encouraging friends, don't I?!

Anyhow, I lastly wanted to share this picture with y'all... it's from my 16th birthday party, which was my last birthday in Texas before moving here:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

variety show this morning was...

ugh!!!

I am fourteen and David is twenty-three, in years.

In reality, David is four and I am well into my twenties.

Ever since I can remember, our parents have reminded me daily how different David is. I should never play too rough with him, but I should always include him. I should never mention that Santa Clause isn't real or that the Tooth Fairy bears a strong resemblence to our mother.

I want him to live in the real world, not this world of undisturbed whiteness we've created for him.

I'm a calm person; I don't get angry very easily.

But everytime they lie to David, to "spare" him, it's like my body is filled with this uncontrollable rage.

Like when the goldfish died and our mother told David that he had left to find work in Tibet as a tiger tamer. It was a goldfish, Mom. David didn't even like it. He said it was too slimey and didn't like his hugs. You can't protect him from everything. Why not use those opportunities to introduce him to sadness?

When our Aunt Helen was in the hospital, dying from lung cancer and alcohol poisoning, you didn't have to tell him that she was on a cruise, buying him presents. He was twenty-one. Old enough to buy his own alcohol poisoning, if he felt like it.

Does it make you feel better, Mom? Does it make you feel just a little less guilty? Like maybe if you protect him from all the harshness and hide him away in his little room, it won't matter that you and Dad liked smoke? Liked to drink? Liked to go on crazy "trips" that left you bedridden for days?

Do you think those things won't matter as long as David never knows?

I am the only one truly responsible for David. I'm the one who has his best interests at heart.

I told him about the goldfish, Mom.

He laughed. Said, "Good riddance. He was an ugly shade of orange." Does that sound overly sad to you, Mom?

And when I told him about Aunt Helen, yes, he cried. But he said he wanted her to feel better. Who do you think helped him make that "Get Well Soon" card, Mom? It wasn't you, was it? It was me.

I have a son, Mom. His name is David and he is nine years older than me.

His favourite color is red and his favourite food is popcorn.

His favourite book is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.

He wants to go to college.

Did you know any of that, Mom?

Did you ever stop thinking of only yourself long enough to look at him and see who he is?

He wants to go to college. College.

If it weren't for me, he probably wouldn't know his ABCs.

Why were you trying to hold him back?

Why are you still trying to hold him back?

Maybe it's not the guilt. Maybe you're afraid of his failure and how it will reflect on you.

You keep David locked away, hoping no one will know about the ill-formed mind of your son, but he's brilliant.

Yes, he believes in Santa Clause and the Tooth Fairy, but he believes in other things. He believes in love, in faith, in the goodness of people; he believes in things you and I would laugh at.

He told me once that he understands "E= MC²." I'll give you that I don't really believe he does, but he tries. He believes he does.

He looks at Einstein's essays for fun.

He's so much more than you ever wanted him to be. Can't you see that?

I'm begging you, Mom.

Let go of your guilt, let go of your remorse, let go of your jealousy.

Let go of David.

Let him be.

That's all he's ever wanted anyway.

What most of us want, really:

Simply to be.

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Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and youre okay.
Money, its a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think Ill buy me a football team.

Money, get back.
Im all right jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, its a hit.
Dont give me that do goody good bull
Im in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a lear jet.

Money, its a crime.
Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today.
But if you ask for a raise its no surprise that theyre
Giving none away,away,,away,,away,,away,

Huhuh! I was in the right!
Yes, absolutely in the right!
I certainly was in the right!
You was definitely in the right. that geezer was cruising for a
Bruising!
Yeah!
Why does anyone do anything?
I dont know, I was really drunk at the time!
I was just telling him, he couldnt get into number 2. he was asking
Why he wasnt coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
Screaming and telling him why he wasnt coming up on freely.
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out

Summer's gone.
I live in T.O. & trees are changing colours.
Beautiful.

So, what was your most exciting summer story?
I've got quite a few, hehee

So, so you think you can tell

Heaven from Hell,

Blue skys from pain.

Can you tell a green field

From a cold steel rail?

A smile from a veil?

Do you think you can tell?


And did they get you to trade

Your heros for ghosts?

Hot ashes for trees?

Hot air for a cool breeze?

Cold comfort for change?

And did you exchange

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in a cage?


How I wish, how I wish you were here.

We're just two lost souls

Swimming in a fish bowl,

Year after year,

Running over the same old ground.

What have we found?

The same old fears.

Wish you were here.

Ever since I was a young boy

I've played the silver ball

From Soho down to Brighton

I must have played them all

But I ain't seen nothing like him

In any amusement hall

That deaf, dumb and blind kid

Sure plays a mean pinball


He stands like a statue

Becomes part of the machine

Feeling all the bumpers

Always playing clean

He plays by intuition

The digit counters fall

That deaf, dumb and blind kid

Sure plays a mean pinball


He's a pinball wizard

There's got to be a twist

A pinball wizard

He's got such a supple wrist


How do you think he does it?

(I don't know)

What makes him so good?


He ain't got no distractions

Can't hear those buzzers and bells

Don't see lights a flashin'

Plays by sense of smell

Always gets a replay

Never tilts at all

That deaf, dumb and blind kid

Sure plays a mean pinball


I thought I was

The Bally table king

But I just handed

My pinball crown to him


Even on my usual table

He can beat my best

His disciples lead him in

And he just does the rest

He's got crazy flipper fingers

Never seen him fall

That deaf, dumb and blind kid

Sure plays a mean pinball

Today was SYATP, Josh Goad and I were the only ones there from FWC. That's okay though, we got free McDonalds for breakfast!! YUM!

  We started on The Crucibel in English today. I hate that stupid play! I did costumes for at at SA, and I was on the house staff. Translation: The dratted thing was bored into my skull 2 weeks in a row.  It's such a depressing play, no happy ending at all, unless you like it when people get hanged.

 On to better things.My sisters (the 19 year old) boyfriend came over on Monday. I love listening to him talk, he's from Michigan so he has the YANKEE accent (never thought I'd use the word Yankee to describe anything) and he's Scottish descent so throw that into the mix. It's hypnotizing, but funny at the same time. We watched an old Pauly Shore movie, Son-in-Law for those of you who are curious, so for the rest of the night he walked around saying  "Let's munch on some grindage!". First time he saw that movie for the record, anyways... you couple that with his accent and you've got some funny syuff right there boy-os.

As you all know, I joined the army reserves. I just got out of basic training two weeks ago. Now I'm at Fort Gordon, Georgia, going through advanced individual training and writing e-mail and phusebox entries on my cell phone. I've missed all of you. Please write me sometime because I really want to know how everybody is doing.

Almost 6 months now!

im happy. w/ my life...    no one can mess it up...i've learned to not worry bout the small things... and to brush it off... i learned not to worry bout guys when they "break ur heart" b/c im only 17 and they arent worth it... i need my zach.... the only guy who respects and accepts me for who i am.... he will be mine...

peace... love... happyness..
~tRISH

Hello, Hello,

Been a while since I have updated anything.  Just been working and getting read for college.  I start in January and alread know what fraternity I am going to rush.  A. T. O.  It's gonna be fun as all hell.  I just had an interesting experience driving my friends back from Franklin.  It's on the hush-hush, but let's go with the word "traumatized" for now.  I have now seen everything that the comic world has to offer.  An Incredible Hulk #1, a Daredevil #1, X-Men #1, and the first appearnce of Thor all walked into the store this week.  I was amazed.  I am still on the look-out for the first appearance of Hal Jordan, since I own Kyle Rayner's first appearance.  Well enough nerd talk.  Time for bed.  Au Revoir.

~Jonathan

Today has been one of those days when I really miss my family and home and my friends.  It's really depressing.  I hate slow days!  I just wish I had some answers for stuff right now.  I guess I could use some prayer.  Love you all! 

dating yea or nay? (Pre college dating)

So...Have you ever boiled a shirt?

Jr. high fall retreat was awsome! God did some amazing things! I had great feelings about the weekend before it happened and well God exceeded all that i had hoped for. I was wondering how God was going to fill the leadership roles in the Jr. high ministry and paraying for God to raise up some new leaders......... Well this weekend, God blew me away by the leadershi i saw in the new 7th grade group! God has big plans for this group. I praise God in advance what he is going to do thorugh them. Thank you God for the giving me the amazing blessing to work with you in the youth ministry. Thank you father for what you are doing in the youth!

See yall

whose ready for that vacation....

My biochemistry professor is a very nice Asian lady, Dr. Kim.  Monday we had our first test over the 20 amino acids and their structures.  I can draw them all, give you their three-letter and one-letter abbreviations, and tell you at what pH they will lose their protons.  However, due to a rather picky point about terminology (in which she isn't entirely right), and b/c she apparently doesn't give partial credit, I made an 80 on the quiz.  Evidently, the fact that I add an extra positive charge to this molecule (which, based on her loose terminology, is technically valid) is just as wrong as someone who completely misdraws it.

Now, I am not happy with this fact.  Therefore, I have come up with a solution.  I briefly considered going and talking with her/reasoning/bluntly stating my opinion.  However, let's face it--I am a passive-agressive person.  To that extent, I have devised a new plan: since she's from Korea, I will phone the FBI and tell them she's making chemical weapons.  She will then be sent to Guantanamo or deported or something, and then I shall not have to deal with her.

This may be too much, you're thinking.  Remember, though, that I am a Jew--I operate by the "eye for an eye" law.  She gave me an 80; therefore, she's sent to prison camp.  I think it's a fair trade.

If she happens to relent and give the class partial credit, I will consent to let her stay in the country.  Maybe.  But only if she's nice.  The next move is hers.  We shall see.

Ever had a phobia so bad that you can't even take actions to make the cause of your phobia go away because that would bring you closer to the thing you are phobic of?

Yeah.  Pretty sure I can't step on spiders.  I made baby steps.  I tried to step on him.  (After trying to not hyperventilate for about two minutes.)  I wounded him, but he was still kickin'.  My dad lost patience and finished the job for me.

Sigh... Stupid spiders.  Why do they have to be so eight-legged and fangy and generally menacing in appearance?

In other news: 

No first through third/fourth period tomorrow.  Hooray for selling yearbook ads!

Nemanja tried to murder my car with his car.  Then he tried to murder me with his car.  T'was very rude.

I may be getting a second job... Or a better job... Or... I don't really know.  It's complicated.  We shall see how things unfold in the near future.

Since I've been in college I am around females....constantly....whether I know them or not.  And I've been seeing things I think I've overlooked or refused to see. And since I've been taking Women's Studies I have to study them and give my definition of what I think.

Girls are trouble. If you are a guy your best bet would be to stay away. Run if you have to. I feel sorry for you guys.

The End.

 Okay, so this girl starts talking "Hey Jon..? Did you study for the BIO exam yet?"
"No, I haven't."
"Oh, ...I'm screwed... I'm so screwed."

Then I thought to myself, she doesn't know me. I am not taking the BIO exam. She is talking to someone else. Hence why someone else replied to her, not me. Sexy.

Not.

Oh yeah, back to my homework.

i heard somewere that confession is good for the soul and so i am going to try it these 2 weeks at blackman were great. although i have relized that i am doing nothing to witness when there are so many opportunites and i have desided from this day on that i will spread the good news of jesus christ and what he has done for us. i need your help though for people to every time you see me ask me how the witnessings been and kick my but if i say anything but great. any takers?

So...

Tomorrow is "See you at the pole" and tomorrow night is the "See you at the pole" rally (WNL). Last year i wasn't able to make it to "See you at the pole" but this year i WILL be there no matter what!

I have decided to stick with Biology Honors and just study as hard and as much as i can! Well anyways... next week is fall break! I am syked cuz I am supposed to be hitting up a few Haunted Houses monday night with my friends michelle and brittany but i am a little confused. I went on the web site and all of them are only open no fridays and saturdays...but one of them is open on thursdays and sundays. So i don't know what we're going to do?!?!

But i will see everyone tomorrow night!

oh and since a year ago yesterday... i have lost 32 lbs!!!

TTYL!

So here's some scripture that has stumped me this past week! I've already asked around, but it's your chance to respond. I think I've been told the right answer but look for yourself!

In Acts 2:34 it says, For David himself never ascended into heaven, yet he said, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet. When it says The Lord said to my Lord, what does that mean? There's two separate Lord's mentioned, and in this case Peter is preaching to a crowd after Jesus had ascended into heaven! Check it out for yourself and let me know! Michael

oh my goodness.
apparently everything is my friggin fault.
my dad comes in ticked off from work,
nathanael so kindly informed my mom that he was performing something tonight at school that he had to be at,
my mom didn't even know i had to be at school early in the morning, when i told her like last week
variety show is stressing me out
stupid people at school can't keep their mouths shut
no one decides to inform me on things that i need to know about.

i give up.
i'm at the end of my rope.

in one week and two days i am get my driver liences!!!!!!!!

sooooo BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My chains are gone, I've been set free
my God my Savior has ransomed me
and like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love Amazing Grace

The Good - Cars:  Progress on clear-coating and rust protection on the cars is going well ... Fortuner returned / CrV in the shop  ... security stickers for school and work are falling into place.  Overall, this process has worked pretty well ...and the foreign exchange rate movement has resulted in a savings of about $3,000 ... while Decy's good negotiations have saved us probably another $3,000 ... YEAH ...

The Bad - House: Delays continue on the Palm house.  The various groups responsible for the inspections on the house just don't "get it" ... apparently they think it is fun living in a hotel, family of 4, with teenagers, for months on end ... we just learned the 2nd inspection STILL is not done ... any hope of signing the lease and moving in by 7-Oct have pretty much disappeared ... barring divine intervention ....

The Ugly - Traffic.  Yesterday's weather was just fine, so that was not an issue.  But traffic was absolutely horrid last night ... frustrated over the lack of progress on the house ... I walked out of the office at 5pm ... had to wait 30 minutes for the driver to get out of the garage [due to traffic] then it took another 30 minutes just to get out of the parking lot ...  so ... 1 hour later I'm just leaving work .... got home at 655pm ... after my [very good] driver named Yono (nickname) took a jalan tikus ["shortcut" ... or literally "rat road"] and recovered 15-20 minutes of travel time.

Well ... today (Wednesday) is a new day ....

ciao ciao

so in my life time as we know it. i've always been a good listener, a good thinker, an all around good problem solver. and people namely my friends come to me for help and advice. yesterday as my very long post about unemployment got destroyed by the zap of a browser.. it became drastically short.

in any case. my mother actually took my advice and im proud of her. basically when i came home lsat night before i went to sean's to cook dinner and bake cookies... i told her, after i was tired of the crying/ sobbing, look of the world is over expression on her face while staring into space... i told her 'to get off her lazy ass (yes, i said ass to my mother) and get out tomorrow and find a job'. i said to her, 'you have 15 plus years of experience, you can get a goddamn job anywhere.' so today she got on the phone and the internet and on thursday she has an inerview already!!  and then another to schedule a few days after.

and since im the only one with money right now. i did some grocery shopping. (: and because when im upset or anything like that... i like to bake... so i made chocolate chip cookies.. (: and they are really good. and im happy. (:

and im going camping this weekend. yes!! i can't wait!! lol. beeeeeer! yeah. lol.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2492984&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

This is an article about some crazy dudes from Canadia (NOT CANADA, people!).  What they did was scan the Mona Lisa with a nifty color laser scanner in order to figure out what it was that Da Vinci did to make it so nifty (i.e. no visible brush strokes or fingerprints).  Read the article.  Look at the pictures.  You will not regret it.  Hopefully.

Where the Echoes Stop

I want to stand where the echoes stop.
Far past where sound has abandoned thought.
Where silence reigns over redundancy.
Where once well said is more than enough.

I want to stand where the echoes stop.
Where words must be born to be heard.
Where speech is a gift and not a curse.
Where there is more of the unique and less of the mundane.

I want to stand where the echoes stop.
Where meaning is rescued from noise…
Where conviction replaces thoughtless repetition…
Where what everyone is saying surrenders to what needs to be said.

I want to stand where the echoes stop.
Where the shouting of the masses falls silent to the whisper of the one…
Where the voice of the majority submits to the voice of reason…
Where “they” do not exist; but “we” do.

I want to stand where the echoes stop.
Where substance overthrows the superficial…
Where courage conquers compliance and conformity…
Where words do not travel farther than the person who speaks them.

I want to stand where the echoes stop.
Where I only say what I believe.
Where I only repeat what changes me.
Where empty words finally rest in peace.

I want to stand where the echoes stop.

“Be still and know that I am God…” -Psalm 46:10a

 - Erwin Ralph McManus

- JV

Okay...I AM SO SICK OF SCHOOL!!!! Why did I agree to give up 4 more years of my life right after spending every year since I was 5 in school?!! College sucks...no just certain classes, mainly because of the dumbass professors! For example, my music professor gives us the stupidest lectures ever and also expects us to go to two concerts b4 fall break(which is like 3 or 4 days, 2 of which are Saturday and Sunday). What the hell is that?!! I feel so much better now...lol Hopefully I'll be struck by inspiration to write a good blog soon about something other than crappy college stuff. I'm hungry...lol wow that was random...I'm gonna' go now...

Oh  Yes!You heard it right Pastor Dan will be there for Encounter TUESDAY at 7:07pm so come and support are very missed Pastor Dan!

Well, it's one in the morning and I can't sleep at night-
I hear wolves around the doorstep -
They're circling outside.
I count 'em jumping over fences, and landing on the sheet
Now, it's two in the morning and I can't fall asleep.

It's two in the morning and I can't fall asleep-
There's a wind in the willows
And it's a howling down the street
I hear it picking up the garbage, gon' fly it to the moon
Now it's three in the morning better get some sleeping soon.

It's three in the morning better get some sleeping soon-
I'm gonna count the numbers in the counselor's room
And if I miss a beat, well, then it's off with my head
Now it's four in the morning and I'm twisting in my bed.

It's four in the morning and I'm turning in my bed-
I wish I had a dream or a nightmare in my head,
So I drop my imagination and get some sleeping done
Now it's five in the morning and I'm wishing it was one. 

                                                                        -M.Ward

So my whole life (literally) I have believed that I am not allowed to make mistakes.

No one told me to be that way. I wasn't raised to believe that. There weren't any traumatic events in my early childhood. Satan just lied to me long ago and I keep believing it.

And I think... sometimes God lets us make mistakes in order to uplift us.

Yeah... that's what I said...

He lets us fail so we can succeed.

It's paradoxal, but I think it's true.

Because... it's all for His glory... and not for ours.

And I think that's what He wants to show me right now.

is 75 a reasonable temperature to keep your home at?

in september?

in memphis?

wouldn't 65 be much better?

SOMEONE TELL MY FREAKIN' SUITEMATES THAT!!!

i refuse to give up . . . i will not surrender.

Definition of procrastination:

putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

If you were to look up the definition of procrastination in the dictionary you would find a guilty looking picture of me.........

Bad. Bad. Bad.

After varying degrees of thought i have compiled the following:

• My dorm room is also inhabited by grimlins who move my things and make noises when i am here alone.
  


• Certain people anger me by nature:
     - those who change themselves to make others happy
     - those who complain about things that they are unwilling to  even attempt to change
     - those who think they know more than everyone else about everything and believe it to the their sacred duty to share this knowledge
     - those who take great intrest in their own emotional fits and ignore the emotional needs of others
  


• I am way too mischevious for my own good and the good of those around me
  


• The only good shower on my dorm floor is the 5th stall and is best when used at approx. 2 am to maximize on water pressure and heat.
  


• The average human being does not get enought hugs everyday.
  


• I need more hugs than the average human being.
  


• Sleep is actually necessary to live and live well.
  


• I actually need to vent occasionally but don't like ventiong to other people because i feel like i'm "gossiping."
  


• Life is amazing....

so my mom lost her job today...

chew on that..

please explain to me why it is ok for a guy to totally harass a girl (even if he is "just joking"), and yet if the girl were to do the same, she's a slut. apparently some guys seem to think that since i am currently not dating someone, that i am starved for attention. they don't seem to get that i'm not. just because some guy pays any sort of attention to me does not mean that i'm gonna go all jello-y and just lose it. i really don't appreciate that kinda crap.

nayways, the rest of my day was good. i'm really praying that God will help me to stop arguing so much with my friends. gahlee. i can't seem to go a day without getting into a debate/argument with someone about God, politics, and anything else. but on the bright side, i'm really gonna start hitting the Bible reading hard. i need Scripture to back up what i'm saying, and plus i just need to start putting His Word into my heart and mind on a daily basis anyways. i've been so out of the Word for the past couple of weeks, and it's really starting to take a toll on my walk. also, i haven't been able to go to Wednesday night church for a month, and i won't be able to go this wed. either cause i've got so much blooming homework and a variety show dress rehearsal. gahlee. i miss my church family.

ya'll pray for me when you can remember to. thanks!

homecoming is this week...SUPER DUPER CONGRATULATIONS TO KELSEY SHEARRON on gettin nominated for homecoming court! WOOOOOOOOOOT! well, i'm running out of time, but i'll post more later. much love ----Cari

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering." ---Romans 8:1-3

so i found this thing... some inside jokes we wrote down, from my trip to hawaii. no one will understand except Erin Hall and Jessica Hooper... and maybe some other person who was on the trip. but i thought it was funny. i'm pretty sure what happened was we took our jokes from the trip and made them into a song:

"i'm in love with a man i can't have, but the beat goes on... and on... and i cry and i try... but all hope is lost... and the beat goes on... but the boys are fine and the peanut butter better so just shake your body and kiss my lips and try to cry to see the beat behind my eyes. why? because i'm in a pink intertube with a french horn player and a homo and my name is hodki... the beat just goes on. and i scream in my dreams of swing and model my cute clothes with gay boys lookin good but outa reach."

good memories.

so im in biology class. how fun.

i just failed my first test in here tho

haha. thats not fun.

new pics. check em. there are just three. nothing fun.

k bye

um.. nvm the sam thing. he turned out to be just as big as a jerk as the other guys. like seriously.. not five minutes after i posted this.. i get this lame excuse from him. im maaddd

Nothing to report on the Palm house (sadly).

CrV and Fortuner are alternating turns in the shop for clear-coating and rust protection .... takes 2 days each ... both will be done by Thursday/Friday ... costs for the 2 is about $700-800 ... that will come out of the "car purchase contingency funds".  Should release the rental car on Friday ... and just be operating with the two new cars and two new drivers .... OURS !!! YEAH.

I am now getting involved in recruiting and interviewing here in Indonesia.  I did a lot of the same while in Angola.  This is a bit of a challenge as you can appreciate - first, I have to look past any language barriers to carefully understand skills, strengths/weaknesses, yadi yadi yadi.  Second, is trying to find a "baseline".  What is a "good candidate" in Indonesia may not be a "good candidate" in Angola ... may be better ... may not be.  Right now, I can only judge candidates against the few Indonesians I've met that I consider "strong".  Ah well, nobody ever said this job was easy or boring or straightforward.

Also, getting very involved in the preliminary stages of the the installation of a new SAP reporting-accounting-purchasing-warehousing system.  Its a BIG deal and costs gazillions of dollars.  I was closely associated with the SAP installation in Angola.  It nearly killed me as I was responsible for bringing up the accounting and payroll sections ... it set the pace for my working 80-100 weeks for ~1.5 yrs ... then I had to implement the financial reporting system ... which was another set of 80-100 weeks for another 1.5 years ... those 3 years were a near blur.

Good news on SAP - this thing won't grow to a full head of steam until 2008 & 2009 ... and I won't be directly responsible for the implementation.

Bad news on SAP - I will probably still be around to help implement it, and folks will look to be for "guidance" b'coz of my experience.

Current assessment on this assignment - barring severe social unrest and insecurity ... or Avian flu issues .. it is likely this assignment will go more than 3 years.

Overall, that doesn't bother me too much ... as (a) I am spending a ton of money buying cars (and soon furniture) ... and don't want to have to sell everything at a loss in a couple of years ..... and (b) working here (say) 4-5 years puts me in perfect position to work 1 or 2 more assignments and then retiring early ..... yahoo !!!! what a wonderful goal.

ciao ciao ....

"I thought you'd leave alone
cos after all it wasn't that far to go"

I thought I would leave alone
after all it wasn't that far to go
boy, was I wrong
:]

So I went to Vanderbilt to visit a friend who was injured in a motocross accident. There were 4 of us there from CMA (Christian Motorcyclists Association). We prayed with the family and then we just hung out with them waiting for the doctors to decide what they were going to do. Well, it was only about a half an hour before things got really interesting. We happened to overhear someone say why they were there, and we asked if we could pray with them. They said yes, and we did. That's when the awesome God thing got started. People started to come to us to ask if we would pray with them. Of course we would. I think we must have prayed with about 6 families before we had to leave. Of course we also had discussions with them about their faith, etc. What an emotional evening.

I got the call yesterday, late in the afternoon. I was tired, and I didn't really want to go, other than to show my CMA brother that I was there for him and his family. I couldn't get rid of the feeling that I needed to be there, so I went. I am so glad I did. It was a real blessing. God will use us if we will listen to His promptings and not be "too tired".

So, the other night after curfew my RA has
everyone meet in our hallway. It’s been raining really heavily all
afternoon and everything is extreemly saturated. So we decide to sneak
out and go play in the rain… yea, the entire 2nd floor snuck out. So,
we get out there and I know what you’re thinking, “they’re gonna go
play in the rain? that’s a girly thing to do”. Yea, until you factor in
that we are playing tag…. tackle tag… If you get tackled you are it.
Guys hit hard. I didn’t make many tackled, but there’s no doubt I
earned respect, taking hard hits from 200 pound guys. We then played
smear the queer. For those of you who don’t know what that is, we tied
a shirt into a ball and threw it up in the air. Whoever catches it has
to run… everyone else is trying to tackle him. When he gets tackled he
throws it up int he air and the whole game starts over . It’s a man’s sport.

I love Lee

In other news, I’ve been playing alot of ultimate frisby. I’ve been playing raquet ball and volleyball and DDR.

A girl let me borrow a saxaphone that she can’t play. It turned out
to be a nice one so now I’m teaching myself to play again (I used to
play in the 8th grade. Violin is still coming well.

Okay, I was flipping through a magazine for this month and I came across the horoscopes. Being the curious one, I scrolled down to the one for Pisces (Yes, I'm a fish), it was eerily true. I'm copying it here:     Your world is changing this month and what emerges will be a completely new reality. Your rebirth is overdue, so embrace it- whatever is lost (a friend, a job, a habit) will be replaced with someone or something much more positive.

Now, normally I don't beleive in this sort of rubbish.it just weirded me out a little. I'm not hanging out with my old crowd as much at school (they weren't necessarily BAD, they just weren't GOOD), I've got my peeps at FWC now. I'm feeling myself become quieter (not quiet all together, just QUIETER), back to the old me that carted around 4 different books at the same time. I'm doing the things I want to do, like reading and working in the library at school. I'm not biting my fingernails (YAY!!) and I'm taking time to go out and walk.

 It's a little creepy sometimes isn't it?

I know it has been quite some time since I have updated this thing! You know life has been busy, but I have a lot to catch you guys up on! I will update you guys as soon as I can, okay! How is everybody? Leave me a comment and update me! By the way, GOD IS SO FAITHFUL AND I DON'T COMPARE!!!

I have a myspace now and it distracts me from phusebox.

Hello there people of the Phusebox! For those of you who don't remember/know me, I am the great and powerful Pepperjack!!!! lol But you can call me Rachel...I've been offline for awhile over the summer and now I'm in college and I actually have time to write again. I don't have a cool topic or just some random frustration to write about so I'm just going to jabber on until I get bored or something good pops up.....Well, college is good...but whoever came up w/the idea of making people sit in a damn lab for 3 HOURS needs to be shot in the forehead RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!! After my morning classes which are good, I have to leave to eat lunch, THEN come back and sit in a Biology lab for 2 hours and 45 min. (approximately 3 hours)...it is so boring even with something to do, you feel like you're never going to get out of there, AND you feel like you've accomplished NOTHING!!! God, I miss 55 minute classes...that was the best part of high school. So anyway that was my college rant....What else to say???Oh yeah....If Justin or Brigette are reading this you'd better message me soon...or my sanity will be dangerously close to being gone...oops, to late....lol Just write me back soon or I will curse you with cancer of the eye and the anus....Anus, what a funny word...lol So with that, I take my leave.

Last night was better... probaly because I had an unexpected emotional breakdown near the end of worship.... I dunno what happened... The past few weeks all hit me at once I think. But anyway.. it did make a few people notice me. lol Especially the most precious Audrey Miller who left stage to come to me... lol.  anyways... I went out to eat afterwards... felt a little more like i belonged... guess itll be up and down until i get settled in... im figuring i expected it to be like FWC... id just walk in and get the routine and love it..... i just need time to adjust!....

love you guys,

meag

ps i love maggie miller!

hey guys, i almost died last night...  you think i'm kidding...  i'm not.  imagine hydroplaning on the interstate...  read more here

i cant sleep. oh well.

i didnt make it to church this weekend. it makes me sad. i was going to have to leave straight from church to make it back to knoxville in time. i didnt really feel like doing that. but i guess i could of.

i miss everyone back in the boro.

piece

"Anger is a singal, and one worth listening to." --Harriet Lerner

sorry manda.

he's fine now.
the doctors still don't know what's wrong.
my mom's thinking it was gallstones.

hmm..yeah.
so thanks for the prayers.


love you all,
[becca]

Life is more interesting than I could ever imagine. I'm growing and I'm changing. I'm letting go and finally feeling free. I'm okay.

All because of my faith in Him.

I love you guys.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring...

Okay well yeah i just got this and so yeah...

we beat blackman,
we lost to franklin,
we beat siegel,
we beat franklin county,
we beat wilson central,
we lost to lincoln county,
we lost to laverene (congrats kelsey!-you looked so pretty!)
we lost to lebonon
we lost to symerna (but we almost won)

3-3 district

go patriots

for the topic of the essay i am finishing off. should marching band be considered a sport? the only problem is i cant think of literary allusions for it. but its fun writing it.

yeah, this weekend was amazing. like the best ever. im very happy. well, everything except for the actual performance.

hey it's Danielle...wow i haven't been online in like FOREVER....Grr that makes me mad lol but oh well we are looking for a new computer so hopefully it won't be another million years before i am on again... so what's new with you people???? me and Ben's 2 month is coming up on thursday...yay!!wow that's a long time well i have to go write a paper i'll be back soon...i hope

love always

Danielle

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems,
but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

- Herm Albright -
(aka some guy we've never heard of)

I was at work from 10 to 5 yesterday.  Around 4:30, I started thinking, "Well darn.  I actually have a Saturday night off and all of my friends are off at a band competition."*

*(I had no idea at this time that the competition was rained out.)

Lo and behold, some dude with his hoodie pulled up over his head ambles up to counter in an ever-so-ghetto fashion over to the counter and throws the hood back.

I get excited, squeal a little and say, "YOU'RE IN MURFREESBORO!"

Aaron Massey had come back to the Boro for the weekend without warning anyone.  Well, without warning me anyways.

And since at the time, I had no plans and he had no plans, we made plans.  When I got off at 5, we went back to my house to watch MST3K:  Angel's Revenge.  Then to Bellaccino's.  (Don't bother asking for extra cheese, you don't need it.)  Then to Wal-Mart to buy a carousel of 50 blank CDs.  And then to Aaron's where we watched Jerry McGuire I burned 42 of those blank CDs.

It took until about 3 AM to get all the CDs done, but it was worth it, considering that my CD collection just grew by 40+.

Anyways.  Whether the entry is exciting or not, yesterday was whole lotta fun.

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
    the Creator of heaven and earth,
    and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:

Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit,
    born of the Virgin Mary,
    suffered under Pontius Pilate,
    was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended into hell.

The third day He arose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven
    and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
    whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the one holy church,
    the communion of saints,
    the forgiveness of sins,
    the resurrection of the body,
    and life everlasting.

Amen.

well im pretty sure that i haven't been on phusebox in like ever and it has not really been that big of a deal in my life.  so i think that i am done.  it was fun while it lasted but i think that it is time to move on.  peace and love!!  love god and love people!!!

..................

bored has won today

yes i am single agian and i love it there is no worrieing about what i say or what i do it is great

im free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so we and a friend were asked to wear cowboy hats and pose next to a brokeback mountain dvd. we easily refused but it doesnt help that a few minutes later at hastings more people showed up asking us and every other guy in the store to do it. turns out this is the last thing on their list but i highly doiubt its going to be a finished scavenger hunt. 

wow...

so i went to Turning Point...

It's weird starting over again.

BJ said "Hey look it's Meagan"

Allie said "Im back!"

Laura asked"How was your weekend?"

and

Matt Hicks said"Fine Meagan! Leave without saying Goodbye!"

yep.. that was the total of times I was spoken to...

Weird? Yes... very....

I miss you guys already...

Meag

leah says: 'i hate my life...'

well i could say that too. but only because half of my life sucks. (that would be the half that is worked like a slave and is beaten down)

but the other little half maybe not even a half maybe like a fourth. is happy because after being with cool ass people (mainly of the male species) and two beers and two shots of whiskey... well not many problems seem to occur.

except when you watch jackass... and have those same cool ass people try to pull off some stupid shit. :D

much love.

why does everyone claim that they are the one bringing sexy back? I think its starting to get annoying.

So yesterday was the annual duty of working the funnel cake booth at the fair for 4-H.  It was fun, well except for the fact the rain pretty much killed our usual crowd of people on Saturday night.  But oh, well theres always next year. 

But on another note, WE WON OUR GAME ON FRIDAY !!!!!  I was extremely happy.  I just hope that it lasts until tommorrow when we play Cascade. 

But longer post later, I have to go eat breakfast.

sooo..... i went on my first raider comp yesterday.... FUN! i took 300 pictures ...lol   but it wore me out and i didnt even compete.... so i could just imagine how the raiders feel.... good job guys!! woot... i heart u zach!!!
~tRISH

I'm down in Cleveland visiting people at Lee this weekend. It has been a blast. So far what we have done: a couple of hours playing raquetball, a short game(ish) of tennis, lots of DDR (at which I suck, the other guys fly on that thing), and in the middle of the night last night we went out and played tackle tag and smear the queer in the rain, on grass that was slick enough to slide a good distance on. It was awesome, I tackled quite a few of the larger guys out there (you just have to hit them right....). The smear the queer game is where there is a ball (we used a knotted up t-shirt), the object is to have the ball, everyone else tries to tackle the guy with the ball. Needless to say, I probably had the ball more times (five) as well as longer than anyone else... it was fun

Apparently, my parents had been planning this for a while.  Friday night the 14th we are taking CCCF (the college aged and high school seniors group) to Cedars of Lebanon State Park and camping overnight there.  Definately some campfireage, smoreage, and funage.  It would be AWESOME if you could come.  Interested?  That's MTSU's fall break by the way.

Decy and the Fortuner ....

Bill and the CrV ....

... NOT !!!! Don't you know a Harley when you see one?  Sorry ... don't have a pic of the CrV yet ...

ciao ciao ....

Bill and the CrV ....

... NOT !!!! Don't you know a Harley when you see one?  Sorry ... don't have a pic of the CrV yet ...

ciao ciao ....

you call me up now, "pick up the phone" i say
but i can't help but look back on that blackened day
where i did the same, and look where i am now..
i felt lost and weak, and how i got there, i don't know how....

you know how i hate depression...
and i hate this conversation
we're walking in circles
with this talk that's at hand
but if i don't say "i love you"
regret will hang in my head
i was trying to sew gold
from a worn out string
where all that stood
was a distant dream
so i guess with every step
we're simply sealing the end
it's better now i guess
instead of simply playing pretend

(chorus)
but i have no regret.. yeah i have no regret..
i said all i could to win us back, i did no wrong
so when you look back now, you can sing your own sad song
if you regret what happened just take comfort in this
that you were the one to end it, i gave you our last kiss
it's over...
(end chorus)

so long it seems it's gone, I dream
but looking back i'm still not angry..
i'm rather puzzled,
and i'm rather quite unsure
i'm looking through the cracks
to see what's mine is yours
and if you ever need me
just scream it out
i'll be there in a flash
don't need to fret or doubt
but i don't believe
that that will ever happen
yes it's over and done
and i feel that's what deeply saddens me...

(chorus)

you really got me going now...
are you feeling happy, are you feeling proud
you really know how to stab a heart
you really know how to tear a boy apart
(repeat)

(chorus)

it got rained out......

as for the morning scores i dont think we should even think about how bogus they were

LEBANON..... we will just have to brin gthe show there and show them what we have!

competition got rained out

pretty sure i was not a happy kid

it did get me about 2 hours at ihop with a great group of kids though so that was a blast!!

tomorrow is the MYO concert on the plaza!!! if you know where the plaza is then your welcome to come!!!! if its not raining.... LOL

there will be a GIANT cake..... 6' x 4'

 (the plaza is the big open space in front of the library downtown)

much love you guys

-milly

most of the people are from tennessee- it just makes it better

you can send messages without stupid gliches

you can have as many pictures as you want

you can make awesome groups

you can have as many blogs as you want

so really phusebox is better.

if you could have music and background phusebox would be perfect.

myspace is stupid.

the end.

p.s. feel free to leave another reason OR defend myspace.

have fun. ( :

i wanna go ridin!!!!!!

we had a compitition today but it started raining a lot so it got cancelled, that sucked, it was almost a waste of  a saturday. well nothing much has been going on just school band and work and soon to be back fencing, fencing starts after fall break woot woot ! only bad thing is that it costs $100. well g2g

Andrew

Sometimes I have nothing to write about, but my fingers itch and there it is.  Just strings of words about a day mostly wasted.  I started to write a deeper musing - on the nature of loneliness.  It would have been a pretty good piece, but I don't think my heart was in it.  I just need to write out (like most bloggings) my day's activities, which happen to be pretty mundane.  I'm so sleepy, but over-sleeped, so the words are fuzzy and I'm not revising anything.  Sorry if it's rough or uninteresting:

During my approximate 6 hours of consciousness today, I cleaned my room.  By which, of course, I mean that I took everything from my shelves and drawers and threw it on my floor, and then attempted to put it all back again in some sensible order, trashing whatever artifacts that have become unimportant or obsolete.  Of course, when I make this daring attempt at cleanliness, I know from the outset that the chance of success is very small.  I have only really thoroughly cleaned my room about twice in my life.  Usually I clean in a furious frenzy for about an hour, and then become distracted by something I find which occupies me for so long that by the time I realize that I’ve stopped cleaning I have lost all my fervor.  And then, of course, I’m left with the entire contents of my room strewn across my floor, with maybe one half of one drawer actually put back.  But the mess doesn’t bother me.  At least I know where everything is; I just have to look down and kick around a few stray shoes and notebooks to find things.

Of course, the part of my day spent unconscious was wonderful.  I took three beautiful naps.  Naps are better than cake.  And they don’t make you nearly so fat, except, I suppose, in that you could have been exercising instead.  But since I am a non-exerciser anyway, I don’t really look at it that way.  And naps are luxurious as well, because you know that people outside of your bedroom are working while you doze.  But like any luxury, if you start to take them for granted you are doomed.  Like today, for instance.  I had already completed two of my three power-naps, and I felt quite proud of my sleeping abilities.  I had been awake for probably two hours, and being unable to stand the awkeness any longer I collapsed into my well-slept bed and initiated the third sleep.  My sister, the considerate, kind girl that she is, picked that moment to practice her out-of-tune guitar very loudly in the adjacent room.  Having taken two naps uninterrupted, I had become used to the luxury and I proceeded to tell her to stop.  She did; I went back to bed; and I would have been lost in mid-day dreams except that the same lovely, thoughtful sister of mine began to vacuum the hall outside my room.  I snapped, and I admit that the words we exchanged were less than sisterly.  I cannot be held accountable for what I say when I am under the influence of too much sleep.  But altogether I learned a powerful lesson.  Can I recall it?  Not at all.



"If I had to choose between knowing everything about the world, or knowing nothing, I would choose ignorance."

I can't decide if I agree.

i hate my life.

...

Honestly, I have nothing of importance to say.

Mom and I went shopping at Opry Mills today where we spent a majority of our time in the Gap Outlet. I had an extra coupon for 15% an entire purchase, so I gave it to a lady with a load of stuff in her arms, and she seemed to really appreciate it. It made me happy.

Cason Lane goes on fall break in about two weeks, and I'm going to have first grade for at least the first week. I need an arts and crafts activity a day, and so far I know I'm definitely making ghosts and pumpkin cupcakes. If anyone knows of some simple Halloween/fall related activities, shoot me a commet, por favor. . .

Speaking of Spanish. . . my kids actually spoke it on Friday!!! With each child, I went around and pretty much all of them held a ((short)) conversation with me: "Hola Joshua" "Hola, Ms. Miller" "Como estas?" "Bien, y tu?" "Bien, gracias." "de nada". We also reversed it so they could ask how I was ((como estas)). I know, it really doesn't seem like that big of a deal, but these kids are between five and eight years old!

too bad it rained.
: [

Today (Sunday) begins the muslim month of fasting and (extra) prayer.  While I am not a muslim, I know that this is very serious for them ... they are not allowed to eat during daylight hours ... so they must get up VERY early ... eat, pray, work all day, pray, then eat ... and then try to get 4-6 hours sleep before starting again.  This goes on for a month.  It is very tough on their bodies and work and other things slow to a crawl ... especially in the afternoons.  Muslims and non-muslims have to adapt.

Speaking of adapting, many places that are normally open are now closed, so it is very important to check ahead on key places of dining and entertainment.  Case in point - massage businesses are under pretty strict orders to be closed ... UNLESS, they are located in certain areas, hotels, etc.  Our favorite place (called "Bersih Sehat", which means "clean and healthy") in the Majestic area is closed for one month ... but, Bersih Sehat in the Bintaro area is open ... so yesterday we went to Bintaro ... I don't fully understand the logic, but I can manage and adapt.

Here's one I don't understand .. but am thankful for. After the massage we went for Nasi Padang (Indonesian "buffet" from the area called "padang" on the island of Sumatra).  The men wore skull caps and the women wore jil-bobs (I'm sure I spelled that wrong).  Anyway, I swore they were muslim ... but it was strange they were serving food.  They had the TV on .. it was in Bahasa Indonesia ... my understanding of the language improves daily and I was certain the guy on TV was preaching about Jesus.  Suddenly, Decy pointed it out to me ... and he was ... so why was the restaurant watching Christian TV ????

The Fortuner arrived yesterday.  Metallic black with dark tinted windows.  A truly beautiful and "beefy" machine.  A very smooth ride ... and one feels quite safe in it.  JOB WELL DONE DECY !!!! (CrV is ok too ... and smaller sized, as per our plan).  I'll try to post a pic of the Fortuner tonight.

Palm House progress.  I think we are moving forward on signing the lease.  I will know more as the coming week unfolds but perhaps by Wednesday I can tell people about the "signing date" ... and maybe even a tentative move-in date.  BUT, I don't want to get my hopes up ... this IS the Ramadam period.

This week Decy is going to pay off the balance owed on the furniture she has already bought ... things like beds, couches, dinettes, etc.  She is going to start queuing that up for delivery at the Palm house ... although we don't yet have a move-in date.  KEY FOCUS on new purchases will be what I calll the "day-1" items that we must have at the time of move-in ... safe, towels, soap, toilet paper, sheets, something to cook on, eat on .... etc.  After we get done with the day-1 items we will consider buying additional items ... but will wait (a) until we are moved in and see exactly what we have/need, and (b) until we can get our finances better lined out.

Gotta run ... thanks for "listening" to me.  Hope you find some of what I write as interesting.

ciao ciao 

You are laying down in a tent with fresh warm socks on.  You are
underneath the sleeping bag and you can hear the thumping of a slow
rain on your water proof tent.  You slowly watch the water drain off of
the top and follow it to about mid way down where you can see the glow
of the campfire that is slowly getting put out by the falling water
droplets.  You just lay there almost in a trance as you let the
rainfall lull you to sleep.


So I was sitting in my van and it was raining and I just sat there for
a while listening.  Now I really want to go camping bad.  Anyone else
for some fall camping?

ha.....william makes me laugh.

sooooooo. long time no post. school has been eating my life. APUSH + AP Eng. 3 = no time.

also, it has prevented me from going to wednesday night church for 3 weeks now, and i won't be able to go next wed. either, cause i've got boatloads of homework, plus the variety show. oh baby. nothing kills your dignity like thrusting your hips to the groovy tunes of Earth Wind and Fire, in front of a couple hundred people.

this just in ---Ann Coulter is amazing. i want to be her when i grow up.

you know what's silly? when guys act like girls...you know. not in a homo way, but in a tempermental, moody kinda way.

nayways, at least school is not cutting into my sunday morning church going. bro. Dean is doing an expository series on the book of John, which is totally awesome. it's so crazy how we can go through life, especially if we grow up in church, thinking that we know all there is to know about God and the Bible. but we so don't! there is always something new that He can reveal to us!  well, i gotta go finish my essay on religion in schools! much love, and i leave you with this amazing quote---cari

"A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping, we are becoming." ---Ralph Waldo Emerson

Phusebox is dead…

I'm debating blogging more, but  I don't really see the point unless I have something major happen in my life, and  even then I just never really feel like taking the time to put it into words, and onto my site.  It just doesn't seem like you would be interested in the mundane events of my life. Would you rather me just post random, insignificant stuff that happen really often, or just save blogging for more interesting subjects?

Guess what if you are bord message me. if your not I wish I was you!!!   

       be happy

You know you're a Church of Christ if...


1.You have a relative, friend, or mentor at Harding.
2.You know what Fort God and Six Flags over Jesus is.
3.Your bible comes equipped with your birthday, name in gold, and date of baptism.
4.What do you mean instruments in worship?
5.You have a religious experience every time you drive through Corinth, Mississippi.
6.Your bible is in your purse (book bag).
7.Your write both your birthdays in someone’s planner.
8.You have a poster of Jeff Walling.
9.You have a crush on Jeff Walling’s son, Taylor.
10.Three words… Sex Ed Classes.
11.Keith Lancaster doesn’t scare you anymore.
12.You stand next to a hot guy incase you have to huga huga friend huga friend next to ya.
13.M.A. kids automatically get into heaven.
14.You believe your cookie is going to hell because it was sprinkled not submerged.
15.Your ‘‘what I did last summer essay” involves Mexican children or building houses.
16.All your cloths are from old navy or GAP.
17.You wear Birkenstocks year round.
18.Bikini is not in your vocabulary.
19.15+ hour bus trips are a way of life.
20.You have a home-schooled friend that doesn’t bug you.
21.You married someone you grew up with.
22.Retreat romances are not uncommon.
23.You actually like C.S. Lewis.
24.Grits isn’t a breakfast food.
25.You know what the Bison is.
26.You sing “Roll the gospel chariot along’’ and put teachers names in the devil verse
27.Yes, vegetables can talk…. And sing!
28.When Jehovah’s witness’ come to your home and ask you if you have “found Jesus”, you come to the door naked and say “No I haven’t, why don’t you come on in and help me look for him?”
29.Instead of playing homemaker, you played communion
30.You marry before you get out of Harding
31.Dissfellowship is your worst fear
32.Your Sunday lunch motto is ‘’Beat the Baptist’’
33. Your daily ponder is “I wonder what the theme for Impact is for this year…”
34.Your brothers are named after apostles
35.The closest you get to dancing is when you sing “you have turned my mourning into dancing!’’
36.The girls always win “Satan was defeated!”
37.Music leads to dancing and dancing leads to making babies!!
38.You still haven’t been kissed and you are going on 25.
39.What happens at Impact stays at Impact
40.Instead of saying ‘Crap!’ you say ‘Snap!’
41.For Christmas you get the New Testament on CD BABY!
42.Instead of Saying OH MY GOD! You say “Oh My Stars”
43.You listen to Josh Groban… and enjoy it.
44.You own at least one shirt with a bible verse on it.
45.You are, have been, or are going to be in a “social club”.
46.You own Harding or Lipscomb apparel.
47.You can complete this sentence… “THREE SWINGS AND A ______”
48.You have skipped chapel before.
49. You know who Neal Pryor is…
50.Your mom went to Harding.
51.Your dad went to Lipscomb.
52.And your brother went to Abilene Christian.
53.YOU ARE IN DEBT…. Because of Harding.
54.You have a relative that lives in Texas.
55.You have been to a “ring ceremony”.
56.You are engaged, and you’re only 22.
57.You get laughed at when you explain you’re future college… and all its rules.
58.You get laughed at more when you explain what a dry county is.
59.You are well educated in BET, but you haven’t seen MTV in years.
60.You have cracked open a wedding magazine… on more than one occasion.
61. You know or love a Rieder.
62.You can finish this sentence: Zeta Rho, date a ___.
63.Your weekend consists of an edited movie in the Benson and sneaking to Heber to two-step.
64.Over half of your friends are married or engaged...and you're a sophomore in college.
65.You threw at least 2 wedding showers for girls on your hall freshman year of college.
66.Your college is fondly known as "The Marriage Factory."
67.You know what happens when you go under the bell tower...alone...and you take alternate routes to avoid it...
68. You grew up thinking contribution was part of the Lord's Supper.
69. You get a letter to your elders because you pushed satan in the water with your hips. (apparently that is down right dirty...)
70.Every church you've attended was named after the city or the road it was on.
71.You know the 1st, 2nd and 4th verses to nearly every song in the book.
72.You were 18 years old before you knew that "guardguideanddirectus" was not one word.
73.You know exactly what song I'm talking about when I ask you to turn to number 728b.
74.You can read shape notes.
75.You immediately reach for your wallet when you hear the phrase, "Now, separate and apart from the Lord's Supper..."
76.When asked to bring a symbol of your religion to elementary school, you brought a casseroll.
77.You always carry an extra mint or a piece of gum for "after communion"
78.You have no idea what "mixed/co-ed swimming" is.
79.If deciphering Elizabethan voice in English literature / Shakespeare is no problem from years of reading the KJV . . .
80. You have to sample every type of fried chicken at a pot luck, even the kind with broken glass in it that you were 'warned' not to try.
81.The boys think they win satan was defeted... but they are too cool to really shout loud.
82.fraternization leads to fornication, and fornication leads to FIRE!
83.if your hands (not the rest of your body) have ever been blessed for preparing the meal.
84.You know you're a church of Christ if you're appalled at the fact that the local baptist church sent you a flyer for their college ministry because you know...they use music there.
85.you know your church of christ if you've seen Princess Bride... that's classic CoC
86.You know you're a Church of Christ if you can quote Acts 2:38.
87.You know you're "a Church of Christ" if you adamantly believe that the name of this group should scripturally be, "You know you're a member of the church of Christ if . . ."
88. if you grew up as playing babptism as one of your pool games.
89.You know youre a member of the Church of Christ when on any given Sunday there's at least one license plate from Arkansas or Texas...and you live in Massachusetts.
90.You know you're from the Church of Christ if you use "Freed" as a noun, not a verb... or if York is a really small college, not a really big mint.
91.If you're 20 years old and you still have someone making sure you are in your room by 11:30!
92.you've been told "that's my pew" by someone older than your grandmother
93.If you think "progressive" refers to those in the church who want a sound system and PowerPoint.
94.If you think the Bible questions on Jeopardy are way too easy.
95.If you've been to a wedding or a funeral where "the invitation" was offered
96.You get excited when you see that this list might actually make it to 100.
97.You dont join the group because you are afraid of being the 666 member...
98.You're about to tell a friend at church about the new Casting Crowns cd you got, but then the oldest elder at your church sits down in the pew behind you and you say, "I'll tell you later."
99. If your hat is taken by an elder if you wear past the youth-room doors becauase it is a sin everywhere else in the building to where a hat, unless your girl and it is Sunday morning, then you are praised for it.
100. If some part of the building has stain glass real or plastic, and lots of plastic ivy plants to spice up the stage on Sundays..
101. Clapping is considered an instrument, therefore it must be a sin when the elders are around.
102.You don't have to ask where Lubbuck, Abilene, York, Searcy, or Henderson are.
103.You know you're a church of Christ kid if you've been to church camp and/or Winterfest every year since you could speak. Maybe even before then.
104.if your granddaddy was an elder, your dad is an elder, your uncle is an elder, and your brother is scared.
105.if you know what the Boston Movement is and you quickly refute any connection to it.
106.if your younger sister is commenting on Swiss cheese and you break out in "Holy, Holy, Holy"
107.if you're counting on that CoC scholarship at Pepperdine (hoping its not legendary)
108.if you pray for your Christian friends to "get baptized" instead of "get saved"
109.if you're indignant with the advent of gauchos, capris and bermuda shorts--had they come along sooner, they would have made summer camp dress code SO much easier!
110.if you've sat on the front row on Sunday morning because it's cool.
111.if "lock-in" is synonymous with "evangelism"
112.if your parents go nuts when you visit a non-denominational church
113. I dont care if you go to UT or University of Alabama... State schools are the devil. So in conclusion... COME TO HARDING!
114.if AVB rocks your socks off!
115.Left Behind is a strange Baptist teaching.
116.you've never heard Psalms 147, 149, or 150 read in church.
117. you Go to a CoC college 8 hours away from home only to find out all your Profs. already know who you are (because they're related to people in your church).
118.You know what its like to wear a swimsuit, a (DARK!!!) t-shirt, and (DARK) knee-length shorts in the water (and shoes, where applicable).
119.You've seen someone baptized twice in one instance because someone said they thought they saw an unsubmerged body part.
120. you get a buzz from drinking non-alcoholic beer.
121. if you feel guilty for ordering a virgin strawberry daquiri.
122.if your church refused to hold a wedding because they wanted music and dancing at the reception.
123.if you church has a tape of the Wedding March being sung by the Harding chorus to play at weddings
124.If you haven't been allowed to read a scripture in class b/c you don't have the right version.
125.If you hear the steps to salvation atleast once in EVERY sermon!!!!
126.If you were taught to side-hug members of the opposite sex instead of front-hug
127.When shaking someone's hand, you also grab their forearm or pat them on the right shoulder
128.you know the meaning of the phrases "ring by spring" or "get your m.r.s. degree."
129. Freed is just too awesome to be mentioned on this list. They are the best church of christ school ever...
130. After any baptism, you pause comfortably and look around before you clap to make certain that you're not the only one.
131.If all the old people thinks it's a sin to have a Gym, so they refer to it as the, "MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM"
132.If you have to warn visitors of what they can and can't do.
133.If you think going to church Sunday Morning, Sunday Night, and Wednesday Night = Heaven
134.if you have heard Jeff Walling give the same sermon at different events with a few years in between.
135.if you've ever had to wait around at church because there was a "men's business meeting"
136.if you grew up worrying about the salvation of your baptist friends
137.if you've lied to your grandparents about where you go to church
138.if the highlight of your summer is the midnight hike at camp
139.if you have a preference towards one kind of communion cracker over another
140.if you know about the "Mabee Challenge"
141.if you show off about your "celebrity sighting" after Acappella comes to your house
142.if you plan on teaching your children with flannel boards
143.if you have practiced the time-keeping hand motions while singing to yourself in the car
144.if you have been told that Pepperdine is "So liberal that they might not be a part of the brotherhood any more"
145.if you know who Jack Zorn is.
146.if you have ever "competed" in Lads to Leaders and Leaderettes
147.You have never seen the first half of the Super Bowl.
148.You think grape juice was served at the last supper on the list...
149.If you are familiar with the phrase: "Hello, I'm Steve Flatt...in conclusion, come to Lipscomb."
150.if you've grown up hearing the CoC referred to as "The Lord's Church" or "THE Church"
151.as a kid you didnt go to the bathroom before church, so that you could walk out in front of everyone and fell important.
152.You know you're a CoCer if you have bets on which youth group couples will get married first.
153.you honestly believe that "Harding Bisons" is correcty grammar.
154.If you know what the "Lipscomb bubble" is...
155.you were involved in the theater program in college and you spent days searching for a play to direct that wasn't too risque...
156.If your church has an Amen corner...
157.If dancing is questionable unless you are singing "when they put my name on the roll!"
158.You have personal knowledge of how Cecil May acquired his nickname, "The Diesel."
159.You have seen and personally been offended or walked out on the "Jesus Painter."
160.You either love or hate Frank Chesser.
161.You know someone named Jedidiah.
162.Were shunned because you chose to "jump" social clubs.
163.Have taken Kenneth Randolph to boost your GPA.
164.You sign all letters, e-mails, love notes, and Facebook messages 'In Him' or 'With Christian Love'."
165.You tell an Elder a lightbulb needs to be changed and he screams 'CHANGE?!!?'."
166.You've seen someone pitch a song with a tuning fork.
167.Movie clips are not allowed to be shown if they have background music in them.
168.You've been to songleaderrevolution.com and laughed at all the litttle inside jokes.
169.You've been to the above website and stopped it to read the part about women song leaders in more detail.
170.when you see a ball of yarn, you know tears will be involved
171. you thought ebon pinion was a person
172.if you've ever pondered how a Lad can end up as a Leaderette...