Ok... so my online Economics class... Facing difficulty with bookstore issues I didn't even get the textbook until Friday the 15th which means I had only five days to cover four chapters (long chapters) of exciting economics material.... this feat is hard enough with my schedule.. but today was supposed to be my big day to get it done... and now the WebCT part of mtsu's site is down (the part with the information that goes with the book) AGGRAVATING.... in good news, however, my teacher said I could postpone the projects until a later time because of the situation... but I still have to cover the material and be ready for the test.I suppose this is just to teach me to study the same thing for long periods of time because I usually like to do little bits of everything and just start really early for it. Maybe this will teach me another work ethic?

Dear Randy,
You've been hacked.

my brother matt is in the emergency room right now.
i'm actually at home alone until i leave for school.

be prayin for him please.
thanks,
[becca]

yeap concert!well my skool having this choir concert on the 29th of dis month,,n we got to do the try outs for one of the songs that we will present it n one of us can get to do da solo,,n im going to do the try outs tomorrow n hope my throath gets better by tomorrow,,huhuuhhhhh!!!!!im so excited bout dis concert!!xD....

cHe

yes today was my last sunday at FWC and yes Wed. is my last wed.

no i am not angry at anyone at FWC. i adore all of the youth and the leaders you guys have meant alot to me the past couple years

no this was not entirely my decision

yes i already miss you guys

yes i am excited about what God has in store for me at Turning Point!

i wasted my entire weekend by not studying.

i have a test tomorrow in the hardest class on the face of the planet.

go me.

have a nice day.

<3

jen

p.s i'm listening to of montreal and wanna puke b/c my sinuses are screwing with my head..

the last entry was not me... not sure who it was... but it definitely wasn't me... probably some poor, lonely freshman who doesn't have better, more productive, things to do...

so rest in peace tonight... ladies and gentlemen

i haven't gone off the deep end!

 - THE ONE AND ONLY

               - jv

I can never sleep anymore. Or at least since September started. I just lay awake at night till about 5 or 6 am . I hate it. As Greenday says, "wake me up, when September ends".

I'm losing my mind more each day. It's actually getting to the point where I am losing things and I can't remember if I've done something already so I end up doing it twice.....

Ahh. Sanity......

yesterday was tons of fun

we placed 2nd in our class which was good for the run we had

candle was far from what it usually was due to reported sweat and sun problems. ill just let them use that as an excuse at least.

so yeah first show as a DM.... hearing your name over the loudspeaker followed by drum majors is your band ready is pretty awesome!

ok well thats all i have i suppose

lots of love

-milly

i just don't feel like trying any more.

i'm exhausted.

and i just want my life back.

i don't do anything but go to school and work any more.

plus side: (if you can call it that) i have a week off work in october. well. five days. but still.

life
sucks

so i'm taking a poll....nose ring. yes or no? and not a big hoop. a small diamondy thing. yes or no?

things turn on you..

just like that [snaps fingers]..

one moment.. you think its fine..

then he comes and screws you over..[not literaly.. geeze]

or how whenevr u use to hear his name and smile.. then one day you feel like crying..

be careful how u give your heart up.. its not great when your always the nice one.. and they know it and they think they can do anything with you heart.. and they turn on you and find someone else..

what ever happened to not having to worry all the time..

actually despite how sad i sound and feel.. im glad and happy how things are.. i have a greater self respect and im not acting the way i did anymore... im not deoressed and i feeel so much better..

i mean i give advice to people about dating and how its not the end of the worlld. and how you dont need a guy or girl to be happy.. but after going through it.. i think i believe it even more.. im gllad i dont need another persons happiness to make me happy.

just be carefull..

life is to short to waste it on a lost llove..

The worse part of being overseas is difficulties in trying to reach/contact one another ... and from Indonesia ... I am essentially 12 hours out of sync with the US.  This creates some unusual challenges ... and is particularly difficult during a transition before all contact information is known.

Thankfully, today I move into my office ... will have the phone number ... plus, late Friday I received my company handphone.  Its a step by step process ... and it can be hair-raising in the event of an urgent need to contact each other.

Sadly, some communications were delayed by ~17 hours.  I apologize for the concern and worry placed on my family in the US ... starting today ... things will be easier.

I thank God for my close-knit family .... and their ability to use their resources to find me ... even if it meant Josh going back into my blogs to learn what hotel I am staying at !!!

I LOVE ALL OF YOU !!!

>>> PS ... we are fine here in Indonesia ... no health/safety issues to worry about ... just trying to resolve the basic issues of housing, cars, furniture, and finances.  

Adventures in the land of Collegia:

• There is nothing like a random drag party.
  
• Doing laundry after said party can get pretty awkward, especially in front of a girl who is madly in love with the guy whose clothes you borrowed. [Pray she doesn't recognise them.]
  
• Life can swiftly and suddenly imitate art.
  
• If you're not careful, castmates will kidnap you. And you'll like it.
  
• 'Pre-game' = the merde.
  
• Work scholarships are earned through picking apart the seams on a sparkly black man-speedo with a thong dance belt. Yeah. Sparkly.
  
• If you don't wake up early enough on Sundays [i.e. get there before 2:00], the only coffee left will be decaf. Decaf = crime.
  
• The people who work at the front desk possess senses which can penetrate cement-block walls. For better or *ahem* for worse.
  
• There are no secrets in dorm life. It makes high school look like an ancient vault with booby-traps and testy natives.

So it's declamation time at Webb.  That means I have to pick a
passage out of a book and recite it in front of the whole school.  It
counts as  percent of my quarter grade.  So I've narrowed it down to
three stories.  But I'm not sure which one to pick.   The only catch is
that I have to have them approved by my english teacher, academic
advisor, and college counselor. 

They are as follows:

An excerpt from Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

One of two excerpts from Civil Disobedience by Thoreau
    - The story about the ants
    - The story about the night he's in prison for not paying his taxes


If anyone has any other ideas or likes one of these I would appreciate any input you would like to give. 

Thanks

Bono: No, it's not farfetched to me. Look, the secular response to the Christ story always goes like this: he was a great prophet, obviously a very interesting guy, had a lot to say along the lines of other great prophets, be they Elijah, Muhammad, Buddha, or Confucius. But actually Christ doesn't allow you that. He doesn't let you off that hook. Christ says, No. I'm not saying I'm a teacher, don't call me teacher. I'm not saying I'm a prophet. I'm saying: "I'm the Messiah." I'm saying: "I am God incarnate." And people say: No, no, please, just be a prophet. A prophet we can take. You're a bit eccentric. We've had John the Baptist eating locusts and wild honey, we can handle that. But don't mention the "M" word! Because, you know, we're gonna have to crucify you. And he goes: No, no, I know you're expecting me to come back with an army and set you free from these creeps, but actually I am the Messiah. At this point, everyone starts staring at their shoes, and says: Oh, my God, he gonna keep saying this. So what you're left with is either Christ was who He said He was—the Messiah—or a complete nutcase. I mean, we're talking nutcase on the level of Charles Manson. This man was like some of the people we've been talking about earlier. This man was strapping himself to a bomb, and had King of the Jews" on his head, and was they were putting him up on the Cross, was going: OK, martyrdom, here we go. Bring on the pain! I can take it. I'm not joking here. The idea that the entire course of civilization for over half of the globe could have its fate changed and turned upside-down by a nutcase, for me that's farfetched…

I have a new respect for Bono......................

                                          IN CHRIST john

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end.
It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing.
It's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
- Margaret Thatcher -

. . . well, at least it wasn't a slaughter. And at least they're a lot better than last year. One of these days, I will see that game in person.

((I'm referring to UT, for those of you who don't know-- and don't care))

In other news, things are going quite swimmingly. Mom bought me a new desk yesterday, and my brother is going to put it together. I'm very happy; the desk I've been using since I was twelve is only big enough for my monitor and keyboard.

I will also be getting an ipod ((finally!)) very soon. My sister-in-law overheard me tell Dad something about paying for half one one for Christmas, and she told me she'd sell her barely used, 20 gig for $150, but I'm gonna give her a little more.

Fall is here, and I love every minute of it. Everything is so Beautiful.

ok yeserday i started my driver class and its fun in a way... But anywho i am going on the boat today i think but anywho..... i am bored right now and i sont feel like doing much so yeah .... but any who i am going soo later

So many many pizzas to cut!!!

So today
I worked from 12-9, it was definitely a pretty long shift.  THe one
thing that kinda stinks about CiCi's is that apparently no one "really"
takes their breaks.  I mean, sure, I can take mine if I want, but no
one else goes for fifteen minutes and chills.  SO I was getting pretty
drained today. 
This stinks opposed to what I heard about Dairy
Queen, where they prett much required you to take your break, and be
sure you were off for fifteen minutes.  O well, I suppose.
Things
got pretty hay wire today, so many pizzas, garlics, sauces, special
orders, massive take outs, all of which I pretty much single handedly
are cutting putting in boxes, or putting on plates, and handing to
either people for the buffet or to bring the plates to those of special
orders.  I'll be honest and say that I was getting pretty stressed, I
think for  a handful of reasons:
One, I feel like I still need to
prove myself to my fellow co workers, and my boss especially.  Two,
there are still special order abbreviations that I have trouble with,
which in turn slows me down.  On top of that, a lot of the time as
pizzas are flying out of the oven, I miss specials, and a couple times
some pizzas got by me, then I realized that they needed to be special
orders.  SO that sucked.
But above all else, I'd say the MOST
frustrating thing was CUTTING ITSELF.  Why?  Because I CAN NOT
CONSISTENTLY CUT A GOOD PIZZA, BY PROPORTION, AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 
Twice I had one of the bosses say "don't be afraid to push to hard."
And I'm thinking " I am pushing hard, dang it!"  Ugh, no I wasn't that mad, and to be honest, I'm starting to get it.
I guess in time I'll master the crust penetration.
So I'm sure this was boring, but this is my life at work, in case you were interested ;)

What a weekend . . . I know that people don't usually enjoy reading play-by-plays of what people did, but . . . this weekend was too good not to.

So after eating the free food at Noonday with Nikki and Rachel, Nikki and I headed to "Kosovo" Kroger. We made a slight detour to PetCo, however, to look at hamsters.

Once in Kosovo, it took us a good two hours or so to find everything we needed . . . and ended up costing us more than 50 dollars. We paid about half of that in change, much to the dismay of the worker working the check-out line (not to mention everyone behind us in line).

When we finally had everything we needed, we went over to Nikki's apartment where we began the preparatory work on the meal for the Fiesta Friday bash. Josh showed up to help with the cooking, and by the time we were done the entire can of seasoning that we had bought was gone. Mmmm, tasty.

The full menu ended up somewhere along the lines of: chips, salsa, rotel, my cheese dip, tacos, burritos, Mexican rice, some AWESOME punch, and assorted condiments.

Nikki's radio was requisitioned and Relient K was soon blaring as Nikki, Josh, Rachel, Kyle, Whitney, Kelly, Kerri, myself, and a few others that I can't recall the names of at this hour began to stuff our faces. And of course Valerie and Aly made various appearances through the night.

We watched the movie "Dodgeball" on the tv (brought over from my room because Nikki doesn't have one), and it was decided that we are going to meet every Friday to eat and watch a movie. Next week is Italian themed, and Kyle's responsibility . . . I need a break.

Kelsey and Cameron finally showed up about halfway through the movie, and with our party then complete I was able to begin work on my masterpiece . . .

FRIED ICE CREAM.

Yes, I said it. I cooked it. It was amazing. I can't wait to do it again.

Anyway, we ate that while Cameron and Kelsey worked on the leftover Mexican food. After all the food was gone, we decided that we wanted to do breakfast in the morning . . . but we didn't have any bacon. So where better to go on a search for bacon at midnight? Why, Arkansas, of course.

So Cameron, Kelsey, and I piled into Rachel's car and headed to Arkansas . . . where they aparently don't have bacon. Or anything else. So we went back to Memphis and stopped in Piggly Wiggly.

Of course, I showed them Beale . . . and we explored the Peabody further. And we did various other things you can do (when you live in a real city) until 3 or so in the morning.

And thus concludes Friday.

Saturday was a little more calm. It involved French toast and bacon for breakfast, a campus tour, my world-famous chocolate chip cookies, a game of Risk, and "The Producers."

And now Cameron and Kelsey have gone back to Murfreesboro . . . and I think I will be coming to visit there in a couple weeks.

So, after all that, I'm really tired. Goodnight.

yeah... it's been a little while. Been keeping busy with school, work,
and church. School is going good so far, easy semester. Work is busy as
always. I posted some pics of this years parade house (finally) we won Peoples Choice Award for it end of July. Dad, Isaiah, and I pulled the engine on our '53 Ford
This was the last year that Ford made flatheads, it is a V8 and will look absolutely gorgeous when we are done with her. We are getting ready for our second Judgement ever at church. It is going
to be way cooler than last year, everyone who reads this should come.
It is going to be at the end of October, the dates are already set but
I do not have them in front of me... that's all for now

Your Personality Is Like Heroin



You're capable of the highest highs and the lowest lows.

Addicted to feeling good, you'll do almost anything to avoid pain.

People seek you out, even though you can be quite moody. They're hooked on you!

** i've posted this EVERYWHERE cause i love what it says**

Assayas: That’s a great idea, no denying it. Such great hope is wonderful, even though it’s close to lunacy , in my view. Christ has his rank among the world’s
great thinkers. But Son of God, isn’t that farfetched?

Bono: No, it’s not farfetched to me. Look, the secular response to the Christ story always goes like this: he was a great prophet, obviously a very interesting guy, had a lot to say along the lines of other great prophets, be they Elijah, Muhammad, Buddha, or Confucius. But actually Christ doesn’t allow you that. He doesn’t let you off that hook. Christ says, No. I’m not saying I’m a teacher, don’t call me teacher. I’m not saying I’m a prophet. I’m saying: “I’m the Messiah.” I’m saying: “I am God incarnate.” And people say: No, no, please, just be a prophet. A prophet we can take. You’re a bit eccentric. We’ve had John the Baptist eating locusts and wild honey, we can handle that. But don’t mention the “M” word! Because, you know, we’re gonna have to crucify you. And he goes: No, no, I know you’re expecting me to come back with an army and set you free from these creeps, but actually I am the Messiah. At this point, everyone starts staring at their shoes, and says: Oh, my God, he gonna keep saying this. So what you’re left with is either Christ was who He said He was—the Messiah—or a complete nutcase. I mean, we’re talking nutcase on the level of Charles Manson. This man was like some of the people we’ve been talking about earlier. This man was strapping himself to a bomb, and had King of the Jews” on his head, and was they were putting him up on the Cross, was going: OK, martyrdom, here we go. Bring on the pain! I can take it. I’m not joking here. The idea that the entire course of civilization for over half of the globe could have its fate changed and turned upside-down by a nutcase, for me that’s farfetched…

Hey people

Whats up?!? Nuthing much here im just bored. well i just felt like up~dating my "Phusebox" soo message me or whatever love yas <3

Love <3 Love

Candace :)

I've been sneezing all day, ugh.

 So we finally got the computer fixed (and there was much rejoicing). I've got my own little section of hardrive, so my background totaly rocks, I went photobucket-ing.

Homecoming is next week, Meag drafted me to go to the afterparty with her and a bunch of other people (I don't even know where it is!!). Anyway the theme is some sort of a Disney rip-off, I'm going dressed as Belle for the dress up day. I'm excited!!

      

   

       

     

      

      Actually I did it. Just felt like spreading some Disney love!!!!!!

Hey! phusebox works on my laptop... weird.

i just thought thought i'd see if it was still alive over here.

comment if you read this to let me know if it's worth it or not

i'd appreciate that

love ya

Read this first...State-Funded Sex Change

Im gonna be working Sept.28th-Oct.31st  at Old Salem Insane Asylum
as a actress like a evil Nurse and a few other parts.Im  really excited but yet so nervous about it.My boyfriend is gonna be working as a Tech. there fixing things and what not.My 1st time to ever work at
a  Haunted House and Im ever so thrilled about it.

There's some things that I regret,
Some words I wish had gone unsaid,
Some starts,
That had some bitter endings,
Been some bad times I've been through,
Damage I cannot undo,
Some things,
I wish I could do all all over again,
But it don't really matter,
Life gets that much harder,
It makes you that much stronger,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.

[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.

There's mistakes that I have made,
Some chances I just threw away,
Some roads,
I never should've taken,
Been some signs I didn't see,
Hearts that I hurt needlessly,
Some wounds,
That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,
But it don't make no difference,
The past can't be rewritten,
You get the life you're given,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.

[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.

And all the things that break you,
Are all the things that make you strong,
You can't change the past,
Cause it's gone,
And you just gotta move on,
Because it's all,
Lessons learned.

[Chorus:]
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Lessons learned.

I need to make a pretty important decision. Please pray for guidance.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is just about the weirdest movie I've ever seen. In hindsight though, I see the brilliance of it.

that we have the ability to love....

... and when i used to ALWAYS do cool stuff to my pictures. for some reason i'm not good at it any more.

See some days,
I just stare at the walls,
And think about,
Growing some claws,
So I can tear em' all down,
Cause'n a heap of rubble,
Out my heartache and trouble..
But no..
I just sit and think of the end
Where everything was nice,
In every way my friend..
I want you to know
I miss you with every word I don't say
I can't help but think, it didn't have to be this way..
But I hope you hear this,
And you see what I'm sayin',
That I'll love you always
But you let this happen
And I've given you chances to come back
I've tried my best to keep the door open
But if you finally come back
It might be too late..

we are gonna rock

im glad we are adding an extra hour especially without the directors knowing.... it shows how different wer are from the previous years

i think they will be amazed by the way we are showing our level of commitment

well i need sleep for tomorrow

nite all

-OHS BAND PHUSEBOX MANAGER

tomorrow is our FIRST COMPETITION!!!!!!!!!!!

i am sooo pumped

and we will rock especially with the extra boost from the 7:30 breakfast from cracker barrel

were also being super good kids and adding an extra hour to rehersal cause wer have super incintive and the directors dont know... were gonna surprise them!!!

ok i must sleep

much love

-milly

no one uses poor little phusebox anymore.

So here it is, 9am in Jakarta, on Saturday.  What does "Amigos" have to do with Indonesia ??? Well, last night Decy, Chely, and Thasya and I went to the Amigos restaurant in the Kemang area.  It was one of my favorite restaurants in 2000/2001 because after the Wednesday ladies hash all of us would go to Amigos for dinner, live music, and dancing.

Last night was good ... good food (tex-mex), good music (lots of country western and not too bad given the accents), good fun.  Only problem ... it seemed like the entire expat population took their kids there for dinner .... 90% expats ... 10% Indonesians.  Oh well, can't have everything ... but my preference is to go to non-expat places .... B'coz .... cheaper, better food, more fun, and (in reality) SAFER !!!

PALM HOUSE.  Decy met with the owner on Friday.  Essentially they closed all the open issues ... all I need to do is type up the "to do list".   Security inspection is complete ... just waiting for the report.  Also need to do the "audit/inspection" ... hope to get that done EARLY next week and then move this to the final stage - - finalizing the lease.  Decy says the owner is really nice, very straightforward ... offered information on who to use for the A/C maintenance (13 wall units), pool maintenance, what is required for water and "community security".  Owner says he will start cleaning the place now so that we can move in just as soon as the lease is signed.

CrV.  Did not get it on Friday. That ok (I had Monday in my contingency planning).  Decy made the final payment as planned ... but it didn't clear the bank ... they said it would clear today (Saturday).   Decy told them to hold the car until Monday ... which is when Mulyono (we just call him Yono) begins work.

FORTUNER.  Decy will make the final payment next week.  Not sure when that car will be ready ... maybe a week after that.

MY PC.  URRRGGGH.  I think everything is more or less ok.  BUT, seems our hotel somehow is assigning addresses and can recognize our different PCs ... we generally use Chely's for internet access ... but when I want to use mine ... we have to call "somebody" and they have to reset the machine.  Plus, I think they have some type of special settings because my machine CRAWLS on the interenet (but Chely's is fine).  I've checked all the settings (Chely's PC vs mine) and they look the same .... but.

ciao ciao ... time for a 2 hour massage.

that I watch him walk away again.

OK so Kenny showed up yesterday because he's moving to VA and passing through TN on his way through. And I tried to smile and tell him how happy I am to see him, but I know he's leaving in the morning and I won't see him again for a while. It takes all the strength I've got just to keep from crying. I must seem like the biggest wimp in the world but sometimes I have to just get by the best I can, and run to hide before he sees the tears. I love him so much it's not funny, and it's so hard to watch him go. Part of me wants to scream for him to come back, just to stay with me, and part of me, the smart part I guess, knows better. I've learned over the past six months that in order for this to work I'm going to have to be very strong and have a lot of faith.

I was happy to see him, thrilled really, but it didn't show the way I wanted it to. Instead I was sad, and once again thinking too far ahead and not living in the moment, I kept seeing him leaving. I wish I weren't like that, I really do. Because I'm going to miss so much if I don't. And I don't want to miss anything anymore. I want to be able to say that I lived life to the fullest, no matter what that means. I want to enjoy the time I get to spend with him, instead of thinking about what will happen next. I want to be the person that I should be.

Yeah I know, two of "those posts" is a bit much, but I'm just in one of those moods.

on my new computer. I'm excited, but there really is no point to this post other than that small announcement. Better post coming soon.

SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE SEND THiS BACK TO YOU!
EVEN iF YOU HAVE A BOYFRiEND OR GiRLFRiEND- REPOST THiS!

GiRLS TiTLE iT "BoYFRiEND APPLiCATiON"
BOYS TiTLE iT "GiRLFRiEND APPLiCATION"


1. Your Name:

2. Age:

3. Fave Color:

4. Are you a virgin?

HERE COMES THE FUN ... ... ...

1. Are we friends?

2. Do you have a crush on me?

3. Would you kiss me?

4. ...with tongue?

5. Would you enjoy it?

6. Would you ever ask me out?

7. Would you make a move on me in a movie theater?

9. Would you take care of me when I'm sick?

10. Do you want to tell me something that you couldn't before?

11.Would you walk on the beach with me?

12. If you heard a rumor about me, would you defend me?

13. Do you/have you talk junk about me?

14. Do you think I'm a good person?

15. Would you let me sleep with you (in the same bed)[no sex]?

17.Do you think I'm hot?

18. If you could change anything about me -would you?

19.Would you die for me?

20.Would you come over for no reason just to hang out?

21. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?

22. what do you rate me outta 1-10(10 being best)??

my friend hannah had this on myspace and i thought that it was cute.

so, i'm doing better..haha..
no longer mad at the world..

but yeah, i am single again.
things just weren't working out...that's all i'm gonna say.

i'm still happy and loving life.
yeah..well, remarks are cool! =]

-Thought of the day: Keep believing for everything happens in God's timing~

-Thoughts on my mind at the time-

-I guess what makes a person original, is not the outer appearance brought on by others. But the inner appearance one finds when they look at themselves through a 360 degree mirror state of mind. When they take a look at who they are and contrast that to who they want to be.

-I have to always keep in mind that no one sees things through my eyes. most only see the outer appearance of a person. who might be physically attractive to one person could be the total opposite of that to another.

-50 % of the time, our loved ones have no idea how much they mean to us and how much even a simple," I Love You!" can make even the worst day ever, into the highlight of or life! The same can be said about our friends and those who are close to us.

Love Always! Krista

Memphis!... me and Cameron are about to hit the road as soon as he gets here! ...have a good weekend! -kels

Apparently I drive like a maniac.  But in a good way.

*shrug*

Heeeey.  Know anyone who might want to buy a yearbook ad?  I'll be your frieeeeeeeend...

So, I have absolutely nothing to do this weekend except work.

Anyone have any brilliant ideas for how to entertain myself?

ABC's Rosie O'Donnell told a nationwide audience this week that "radical Christians" are the same as radical Muslims who piloted hijacked jetliners into New York's Twin Towers, who chop off the heads of individuals and who bomb innocent children in suicide attacks. O'Donnell made her comments as host of ABC's "The View."

"Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America where we have separation of church and state," O'Donnell said. She had been saying that America was attacked "not by a nation." She continued: "And as a result of the attack and the killing of 3,000 innocent people, we invaded two countries and killed innocent people." Even her liberal co-hosts were shocked by her comments.

Co-host Joy Behar protested that Christians are not trying to impose mass murder on America. "This group (radical Muslims) is threatening to kill us." Replied O'Donnell: "No, but we are bombing innocent people in other countries. True or false?"




O'Donnell was saying there is no difference between the radical Muslims who kill in the name of Allah and Bible-believing Christians who follow the teachings of Jesus.

Neither O'Donnell nor ABC apologized for the comments. Had she made similar comments about minorities or homosexuals, there would have been an apology, and she would have probably been fired. The message from ABC is that bashing Christians is acceptable, even comparing them with murderers who kill in the name of Allah.

hey everyone,

i got my scedule changed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yay!!!!!!!!!!
i still have 5th with kay!!!!
so me soo happy!!!!!!
and i start driver school tommorrow!!!
4 days of driving then i get my driver linece!!!!
every weekend for the next month i drive...so yeah
i am watching benny and juun
it's a good move...so yeah
i am ready to get my driver liences
yep yep and thats all i have to say soo later

             meg

So now we've learned the dances to both songs in Choir.
Mr. Way is like the awesomest teacher ever.

Band competition tomorrow.

The Bus broke down while I was still on it, so I got home about a hour and a half later than everybody else.

Cracker Barrel @ 7.

Danny

i think i am done with phusebox.
so long.
_kt

half days rock!....nuf said.

the english word "surrender" comes from the french word se rendre, "to give oneself up."

heh-heh, the french.

So yesterday was an interesting day, to say the least. Life is like a rollercoaster, it has it's ups and downs, and yesterday had both.

So I'm sitting in the BAS after taking my first economics test, just killing time between classes, when I get a phone call that promptly sends my nerves haywire for no apparant reason. Wednesday night instead of sleeping or studying I stayed up talking to Kenny. And he was asking what time I got out of class Thursday so that he could call me. Well anyway back to the BAS. I'm sitting there and I get the phone call informing me that Kenny would be in TN, possibly the Boro in an hour. So my nerves go into overdrive and my hands are shakin and everything, for no apparant reason I suddenly get nervous. Annoying? Yes very much so.

So I go to my next class, managing to get through it only checking my watch about three or four times.Then I hung out with Jenna until about one, and he still wasn't here. I argued with poor Jenna because she said she knew things that he made her promise not to tell me, and that annoyed me. Sorry buddy. But anyway he gets to the KUC about three and we hung out for a while before he headed off to find his roommate, who is moving to VA with him, and then go meet his sister. And I leave to go drop off something that needed sent back to the computer store. Then I came back and hung around campus for a while since I have no life and parking sucks during thursday football games, and waited for Mock Trial to begin.

I didn't do as well as I had hoped last night. I need to review my rules and revamp my opening. I really should have had a better cross prepared, but I was having some issues with it. That was not a pleasant round, and in truth, as bad as it seems, I really just wanted to get out of there because Kenny is leaving today, and we were going to try and do something together before hand.

That plan worked out brilliantly. I didn't leave campus until ten, but before that he called me and said he had a present for me. One that it was very important that he give me before he left. It turned out to be my MTSU hoodie that I had left in Jenna's car in July after we went to FL. Funny thing is my hoodie smells sort of like him. Bizzarre? Yes I know it is.But anyway we decide to meet at the Steak n Shake, however the Steak n Shake was full of people, so we would up standing in the parking lot in front of Toys 'R' Us. Random, I know. And we just sort of stood there and talked, and he tried to convince me to come to VA with him, and I tried to explain that I belong in TN where I fit. Apparantly I'm stubborn, because I want to stay here. But hey, that's life, and things may change.

We finally had to go our separate ways again, meaning he left me here in TN again. And I'm going to miss him so much it's not funny. But he's closer now, and that makes it a bit better at least. It just one of those things I guess.

All of you need to read this...

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514170

Today I get to whine...

I'm tired.
I'm stressed.
My back is aching and will probably start spasming within the next day.

I'm done.

so a few people have asked me how college life is going and i said more than i have to time to tell. well now i have time to tell you so i will. classes are still awesome. only now i have homework flying at me from every which direction. but that's ok b/c at least i have somethin to do other than sit around the dorm or campus and be bored. and besides it isn't hard....yet.. I've gotten involved in a couple ministries and clubs. Within a few weeks I'm sure I'll be super busy.

There's also been a series of small adventures. Cliff jumping. A trip to the hospital to have an ultrasound on my gall bladder. During which my RA, Jackie, went with me and took pictures of the whole process. We captured a chirping cup. Oh and I've even got my own little family up here. Hannah (my roommmate), Candace and I have a little brother named Wilson who just happens to be a coconut! However, he was kidnapped last night and so our parents, Katie and Adam, are meeting the kidnappers demands by writing a 2 page essay on why they love Wilson. Meanwhile we've got Matt, our cousin and Wilson's bodygaurd, trying to track the horrible guy down! lol. oh how i love college life and my crazy friends.

But yea. That's what I've been up to and that's how life has been.

tuesday october the 3rd + me + the great open road + my truck - my parents = FREEDOM!

All I want to do is just believe....

I gave my two-weeks' notice for Wendy's. My schedule made it hard to work there. My boss is sad.

Aren't I concise?

Ribs and Hearts lined with cupcake icing.

As I sit here my ribs hurt.

They hurt because of the Ultimate Frisbee Tournament earlier this week. I took a few hard hits and spills and when you don't usually play that hard… you feel it the next day. The rush of competition and the adrenaline it brings comes with a small price. It may be the "man" coming out in me, but I think it is well worth it! I may feel it the next day, but I wake up knowing that I played hard.

Then, as I sit here and think about it all, my heart hurts.

It hurts for some of the guys I met on the field. Who seemingly embrace everything this world has to offer but in reality only helplessly grope for the wind. The guys who bow at everything one could imagine attempting to fulfill themselves, but walk away empty night after night.

At the risk of revealing my own selfishness I admit to making a couple comments like "yeah, that's why you pay for your friends" when someone would take a play a bit too seriously. But later as I drove home and as I sit here thinking back I look a bit deeper than my surface level selfishness.  

It could be compared to a rich man looking at a poor man and making fun of him as he begs and scrounges for food.

It would be foolish and pointless to stereotype any group of people any certain way so I refuse to.

But it goes further than just that single situation. It's all around us. People attempting to fill their lives with things that were never ever meant to fill them. It's like trying to survive on a diet of only cupcake icing. The icing is the "extra" stuff in life. (A nice house, good food, loving family and nice friends, car to drive, new Bible to carry to church, money in my bank account, being warm at night, etc…) Although we as a western culture may view that stuff as necessary, and inside of these things may actually find our very identity, that's something these things aren't capable of providing. The only thing in this life that will every TRULY satisfy is a relationship with the Creator.

The world who looks so full and satisfied, is actually starving and desperate.

I pray they are lead to the table and are given the ability to feast on the reality of who Jesus Christ truly is.

What am I trying to say here… nothing ground breaking or revolutionary. Just a thought I was meant to sit on for a while.

Somewhere in the midst of the last few nights I was taught something. I was given a chance to see the value of what I have in the face of what others are missing. The gift that identifies me isn't universal, it's personal.

And I thought it was a simple game of Frisbee…

 - JV

so yeah still bored. still in a hotel. and still broke. lol. doesn't get any better than that huh? BUT the good news is that i think i have a job. I am supposed to find out today whether or not i got the job at chili's. and that would rock b/c everyone i've ever talked to that has worked there has said they BANKED on tips. plus with all the people coming back with the 101st airborne there is so many extra people in this town it ain't even funny. but even if i don't get the job there my uncle really does have me hooked up for once. i actually could've started last night but i don't have the cash for my beer license. and they closed b4 my class got out ne ways. so ti's looking good on the job front. clayton is almost done with his car. he should be driving it by this weekend. he and jim finished wet sanding it sunday and that means jim should've started painting it monday. key word- SHOULD'VE. oh and did i tell u he's selling his nova? yeah he's been working on it for over a year and all he needs to do is get it painted and fix the interior, just cosmetic stuff, and he's selling it. he has $6,700 under the hood and the receipts to prove it. guess how much he's selling it for...just guess.....$3,000. i was like u have got to be fucking kidding me. that means he lost 3,000 on the whole deal! i was like u are stupid. but apparently T has decided he wants it and he's gonna give him $3,600 cash for it this weekend. they came and visited me last night.  i was so excited. and if T is feeling better they are coming back this afternoon that way we can run to erin and he can see the car and they can work out the details and whatever. but yeah figured i would update since i had some time (i skipped history; he makes me fall asleep anyways).

so yeah still bored. still in a hotel. and still broke. lol. doesn't get any better than that huh? BUT the good news is that i think i have a job. I am supposed to find out today whether or not i got the job at chili's. and that would rock b/c everyone i've ever talked to that has worked there has said they BANKED on tips. plus with all the people coming back with the 101st airborne there is so many extra people in this town it ain't even funny. but even if i don't get the job there my uncle really does have me hooked up for once. i actually could've started last night but i don't have the cash for my beer license. and they closed b4 my class got out ne ways. so ti's looking good on the job front. clayton is almost done with his car. he should be driving it by this weekend. he and jim finished wet sanding it sunday and that means jim should've started painting it monday. key word- SHOULD'VE. oh and did i tell u he's selling his nova? yeah he's been working on it for over a year and all he needs to do is get it painted and fix the interior, just cosmetic stuff, and he's selling it. he has $6,700 under the hood and the receipts to prove it. guess how much he's selling it for...just guess.....$3,000. i was like u have got to be fucking kidding me. that means he lost 3,000 on the whole deal! i was like u are stupid. but apparently T has decided he wants it and he's gonna give him $3,600 cash for it this weekend. they came and visited me last night.  i was so excited. and if T is feeling better they are coming back this afternoon that way we can run to erin and he can see the car and they can work out the details and whatever. but yeah figured i would update since i had some time (i skipped history; he makes me fall asleep anyways).

first off it's a shame i missed the dave barns concert. oh well.

BUT THE REAL SHAME IS:

is that barry bonds is about to break the home run record. it's a shame that a man that took steroids is going to break a record that was done naturally.

i never understood why someone would feel compelled to take steroid till i was put in that position my self last year when i joined the rowing team. no i wasnt offered any even though i'm sure i could get some if i asked. but every day when we would go to the gym and the rest of the guys were lifting about 50 to 80 pounds more than me, it's quite intimidating. dont get me wrong. i pull my weight and more in the boat. but when your going up against guys on other teams as well that look like they've been taking tranqulizers for cows (a popular steroid for those that dont know), it's really intimidating. none of the guys on my team take them. and i dont either. but i'm just saying, i understand why now.

but that doesnt change my view on the fact that barry bonds doesnt deserve this record. in my book. he's a wimp.

piece

photo from rachael

I just got done writing a 1200 word essay about Attila the Hun. 
I waited til the last minute to finish it up.  Now I will not get much
sleep before I must wake up early to conquer the fierce traffic
surrounding MTSU's campus. 

Procrastination, thou name........ art Russell.

Come get a free popsicle on the KUC Knoll today --Thursday-- from 10:45 - 11:45 a.m.!!

Also, join us for tailgating before the game between Peck Hall and the JUB from 4-6!  There will be food!! 
After that, we will head over to watch MTSU beat Tech!!

Come get free poopsicle yumminess on the KUC Knoll today from
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.!! 

THE PALM HOUSE:  We continue progressing this.  Yesterday the house underwent the security inspection.  I don't think there will be any major issues - results should be available today.  Then they will do the "audit" which is more of a physical inspection - that should be Friday or Monday; again, don't expect many issues on this house ... but one never knows.

On Friday, Decy meets with the house owner to clarify our "to do list".  It doesn't sound like there are any showstoppers, but one never knows ... overall, it is probably Tues-Thurs next week before we know if this house is likely to be a "winner" for us ... third time is a charm.

CARS:  Decy is finalizing insurance as we speak and has to make payment for insurance on one or more cars today.  The CrV should be available tomorrow (Friday) or Monday after we pay the remaining balance on it in full tomorrow.  Our first driver starts work on Monday.  As for the Fortuner ... we pay it in full tomorrow ... it will be available in about 1-2 weeks ... and the 2nd driver starts work at that time.

DOMESTIC HELP:  Preliminarily identified but will need to be fully interviewed once we know we have a house and a move-in date.

MONEY:  Continues to be a challenge regarding getting it here in country, good thing I have contingency plans in place ... sent into Indonesia a Wire Transfer ... and also cashed a check.  The WT made it into the account yesterday (Wednesday) ... the check funds ? Maybe today.

FURNITURE PURCHASES:  On hold until next week pending, better information on the status of the Palm House and what furniture will be purchased by the owner.

WESTLIFE CONCERT:  It was pretty good - brought back lots of memories.  Last time they were in Jakarta was 5 years ago ... we were at that concert too.

WORK:  Progressing.

VACATION PLANNING:  Stinks ... I have 27 days left in 2006 ... and will not be able to (a) take them when I want them, and (b) use them all up.  Have to carryforward to 2007 about 10 days.  Of the 17 ... lots of it will be in pieces; although I'll get a couple of extended weekends around the holidays to spend with family and friends ... in Indonesia (won't be able to leave the country for a vacation).

HOTEL LIVING: Sucks.

LAPTOP:  Now have Norton's Internet Security 2006 (shrink wrap box).  Even with that, trying to "update" the programs with latest data took 3 hours of downloading time (slow connection).  Had I tried to download the software either my old 2005 or new 2006 would probably have required another 5-7 hours .... the "original loads" are about 50 Meg while the "updates" were only 33 Meg.

LIFE IN JAKARTA:  Haven't had much of a chance to experience that yet ... but, massages are great and food is too !!

ciao ciao

So I missed Dave Barnes in concert about two weeks ago at the Blue Cats location here in Knoxville. This made me very sad.

Then I found out that our lovely Campus Entertainment Board brought him to campus for a FREE concert.

Then I found out that the Baptist Collegiate Ministry was sponsoring the event. I was really excited.

So I went to the UC where the concert was being held...and the line to get in was out the door...which really sucked. I walked up the line to see if i could find anybody I knew in line, which surprisingly I didn't.  I got to the front were the BCM set up a table, and was promptly informed that all BCM members get reserved seating in the first five rows...SWEET!

Later after the concert we were told that BCM members get to meet Dave...I was rushed upstairs and through some hallways...to MEET the Barnesness in person! So I got to joke and laugh with Dave.  We got a group picture.  It was an all around incredible night.  Dave is one of the most hilarious people alive.


::b

I offer money for an assassination...

Check this link...http://newsbusters.org/node/7577

do you ever feel like you aren't good enough? someone tell me i'm not alone in this...

pray for my right shoulder...it hurts

im only kinda gonna need it for conducting at the competition saturday

THERES A COMPETITION IN 3 DAYS!!!!!

dang im pumped!

Pretty sure that I love going to school with Brantley!  I get to see him every day and that's enough for me!!!  I love it!  Yeah, I'm a little worried that I'm going to be looked at different by A LOT of people but I don't care!  He's there and he's there for good!!

I've been having a really good week and I think that it's because he's there.  I don't know why but I'm pretty sure that I'm going to have the best school year EVER!!!  Well...hmmm...I don't know.. you think that it's O.K. for me to be this excited about him going here????  I don't think that anyone could mess up my week.

I'm going to probably change my english teacher.  Well...my mom is going to.  I don't like her and neither does my mom so yeah, pretty sure that it's going to happen.  That's probably another reason why I'm so happy!!!!

I totally don't know what else to say so I'm going to go you guys!!

Love you all,
[[::Daffodil::]]

so.

life is...well....life. i started taking voice lessons with Ms. Donna today, and lemme tell ya, I AM SO EXCITED! i can't wait to maybe do some recitals and stuff! woot.

i had to miss church so that i could study my APUSH crap...grr...but it was such a God-mercy thing that i didn't have to take it today.

the whole feelings for that one person is slowly but surely dying, which is good, i guess.

billy joel is my hero.

i met a former girlfriend of Mr. Huffman's...can you say creepy????

and last but not least, i have decided to stay in DBS, so now i gotta start planning for formal...i still don't even know who i'm going to take...ugh. well, i must go pretend i'm not gonna fail this test tomorrow. g'nite to all and much love----Cari

Power comes from personality, not leadership ability.

School and babies don't mesh well.  I am getting no sleep which also harms concentration.  It's really hard to read when your eyes are always slowly forcing their way shut.  And I'm only taking 9 hours online.

I should have taken a semester off.

Thanks a lot, DAD.

Sheesh.

my two favorite people in the whole wide world (right after me, of course) are coming to visit me in the greatest city in america.

i can't wait for friday . . .

ok here is the deal

i am switching out off my class tomorrow....so that that i dont have to be in geomarty honor and biology honors....so yeah and  i am going to be a happy camper tomorrow....so yay!!!!!!!! i just have to get my parent to say that i can get out of my class... so yeah

well enough said

         later

                     megan

The UT-Florida Viewing Party to be held @ Belle Aire
has been cancelled for Saturday Night due to television miscommunication!!

life is good =)

"I woke up from a dream about an empty funeral
But it's better than a party full of people I don't really know"
                                                                            -Jars of Clay

(All this said with poppy guitar music in the background... yet still fitting...)

On a completely different note, it was cool seeing the Krystal's commercial stuff going on at school today. Even though I am not too fond of Krystal's and pretty much loathe their commercials, it was still neat to see everything in action. I just wanted to jump in and help. I am totally in the right major. It's nice to have peace about that at least. Now if I could only figure out some other things...

Good = ]
Friends
$ Money $
Church
Guitar
Music (yay for skillet and breaking benjamin and goo goo dolls and bon jovi because they make me happy)
18th birthday on Saturday!!! = clubbing time?
Field trips where you get muddy and physically challenged
Birmingham in less than a month!!!

Bad = [
Work
Being broke.
The topic of predestination.
Unintentionally making people jealous...and not knowing really what to do about it.
Hearing rumors about yourself that aren't necessarily true.
THE DENTIST...dum dum dummmm....and the doctor's office too.....
Cars that won't function correctly.
People telling me I will fail at something I want really bad to succeed at
....actually just people that are critical altogether.
People that are cocky.



edit: I think i will be okay on MOST of the bad things now that i have kaitlin gay's solution to my every problem!

if anyone wants to join me at the clay cup after school on friday(because of the half day woot) i will be at the clay cup enjoying a nice bannana smoothie around 12:30 im needing people to come and chill with. (smoothies are always better with a friend) 

Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you are going to get.....

Want to make God laugh? Tell him your plans...


I imagine God has been laughing for a quite a while. Maybe someday I will get with the program...

waiting waiting waiting for an e-mail e-mail e-mail from the girl girl girl at union union union....

i dont even know what to do to transfer...

Whats up peoples. Sorry i've away so long. i've been going through alotta things ya dig. Anyways i'm back in skool and it feels pretty good. But i was so rusty last week that i failed my first test but this week im on my A game. I've been answer all the question right so uyou already know that i'm back like cooked crack "aye" lol.

But on a sadder note, i was talking to my god mother Vicky and my got father Carlos and Carlos told me that my mom said the family might be moving to New Mexico on October 26! So i was like what the fuck . I've gotten real close with my mom over the past month and been telling her everything and she couldn't inform me about something as big as this? thats bullshit. So i started thinking about skool and found out that the only other branch of my skool with my program is in ATL!! so i guess she really wasn't thinking about my future. So my Carlos was like you could always come Dallas and go to skool here and he would go with me but i have to tell him that there isn't a skool i could tranfer to there with my program.what about troy(my  youngest brother), he just started skool and moving him around again will emotional hurt him. So idk. I feel like nothing good has been happening over the last couple of months. For example: Me and my moms got into a big argument over a phone that she thought i took but i didnt, B broke up with me and that still very very very hurts, i owe the skool an ass load of money and i don't know where it will come from, and my car is fucking up again . So yeah... thats my life...

we'll i gotta get back to class now. Holla back at ya boy~1~

So it turns out that the high school here no longer has block scheduling.  This means that for my FOED class, we have to do 10 weeks, instead of 6 1/2 of field experience.  This wouldn't be so bad, except that the teacher has procrastinated in getting our observation set up.  Now, the only way we can do 10 full weeks is if we start next week and go through exam week.  I for one don't want to have to worry about going to the high school during exam week.  If she procrastinates any more, we'd be forced to go after Christmas break starts.  This is especially irritating as we had to do the observation recently, and I called them to set up a time and was there at 8AM the next day.  It's not hard to do.  I am displeased.

everybody here is outta sight
they don't bark they don't bite
they keep things loose

in the immortal words of good charlotte:

"i'm breaking down"

Sitting around wishing things weren't as they are isn't going to help anyone or anybody.

Well, I bet you hadn't seen me on the way,
Dealing with my own decisions,
Yet I didn't realize that you would stray
Quite as far as I might have.
Yes, the "You don't where I've been"
Has come to mind at least a thousand times,
But I don't know how else to reach you.
I'm never the best example,
Reaching into my magic bag to pull out
Another imbroglio of a conversation,
More awkward than the last.
These demons perpetuate such foolish ideas,
And how desire can hardly be fought!
There are two who can save you,
But one must be saved again from his own pride.

good work tonight

still needs work

4 days till HGI

are YOU ready?

The only handshake that matters during the week is the one you get after being handed your bands trophy by the hosting DM.

I cannot wait for saturday

Hendersonville Golden Invitational here we come!!!

I miss the good old days!!!!!

What we're in need of is better communication.
This world would be a much better place if we all learned how to tell each other how we're feelin'.
Take love for example...
Love you.

---Jack Ingram---

I started at Blackman today it was great!!!!!!!!!!

there is only one thing that is cravy I am one of the only 10th graders in all of my classes except for 2 english and biology they are pretty cool

the best part though is that i get to have lunch with my girlfriend everyday witch is great

i a, also pumpt about the judgement this year i am praying that it is the most amazing thing that our church has ever done

You were my perfect summer

that went by way too fast.

You were like a warm breeze

a small whisper

a ripple in the water

a familiar tune

a starry night

my favorite milkshake

You were my adventure.

a long drive with the windows down

a day at the lake

a late night movie

something to do on a rainy day

a bag of jelly beans

a dozen roses

my hero

Did I not try hard enough?

Why try to light a fire that can't be lit?

You are now a sleepless night

a lonely day

an empty dream

a thousand tears

a distant memory

a familiar stranger

 A perfect end to a perfect summer.

a new begining to a beautiful friendship

A heavy sigh

and a scared step foward

a confused and heavy heart

How do you make a summer last forever?

So,I like 2 ladies.

Both are really pretty...girl next door type girls,seem innocent,really cute smiles,all that.

One seems more real than the other. She has more problems,she has more worries,concerns,hopes,fears...the other one seems to be just plain old jane,no real worries,just fun to be with.

I seem to think I could really be something in the realer one. I seem to think I could resolve her problems...I can't though. But it feels like I could. We've got a lot more in common with each other.

but we're friends. and idk how to make that move anymore...

We're close though..ohh well..maybe maybe?