Yo guys I've got a girlfriend and she's
awesome! She's an awesome Christian.. We believe the same things. She's
Pentecostal. And She's smokin!

And we went to battle of the bands together! It was pretty fly. Neither of my friend's bands won... But they great! Oh, and her name's bethany by the way!

i am pissed off...i fail both my science test and my math test soo i have to drop down to stander cuz i dont want to fail two classes.... so now i piss and upset cuz i am not happy what i made in there....so yeah...life sucks right now....

grrrr................

now i have to drop those classes and get my scedual missed up so yeah... i am not happy about that....so yeah....

well i am out

megan

Who's got two calculus tests this week? Me. (As well as other OHS AP Calc students.) And it sucks.

Anyways.

Soooo... A few days ago I bought Lost Season 2. Because I have a job. And I can.

IF YOU WANT TO WATCH LOST AND DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, SKIP TO THE BOTTOM.

::edits in bold italics::

I've got about seven eps left. 1 and 3/4 discs. AHHHHH!

I've got two eps left.  2/3 of a disc.  AHHHHHHHH!

I hate Ana Lucia. I hate her so much I almost like Jack and Kate by comparison.

Even though it does suck that she got shot in the stomach while she was preggers. Makes me come back half a step from the brink of "WHY WON'T THE WRITERS JUST KILL YOU???"

Wow... it's like my DVDs are psychic!

I miss Boone and Shannon.

Shayid love forever! It's not nearly as pure as Jin and Sun's love... but it was pretty freakin' awesome.

Awwwww... BABIES AND CRAZY MOMS EVERYWHERE!

Bernard is alive! And caucasian!!! ^_^ Hooray for interracial love!

Locke! What is wrong with you? I totally knew that door was gonna fall on your legs. Dude, do you not watch your own show?

I like that Libby chick and all, but she needs to keep her hands off my man. Hurley is my chunky piece of Chilean man meat.

Well, at least ABC is nice enough to cede that fat people need love from hot people too. Thank you, ABC.

Dude...I just wanted her to stop putting the moves on him.  I didn't want her to get all murder-fied by a whacked out Mercutio.

I am sad now.



IT'S SAFE TO READ NOW

I'm at the grandparents' doin' housekeeping stuff while they're out of town.

You know, they're not coming back until Monday. Is anyone esle thinking what I'm thinking?

PAAAARTAY! Maybe?

Soon I am going to Atlanta. While there, I will attend the anime convention, and probably fall off the diet wagon. I've lost a little over 10 pounds on Weight Watchers so far, but i need to lose another 20 (at least) before I stop.

Also, for any Depeche Mode fans, please go Opry Mills on Sept 25 and see the movie of the latest tour- it's only playing for ONE NIGHT! I'll be there in my Martin hat.

Lastly, Bethany's wedding was beautiful. She was pretty- everyone was pretty, but she really looked great, and happy. :) We couldn't make it to the reception unfortunately, but the ceremony was great!

Hey yall whats up? Well today i didnt go to school. i wasnt feeling well this morning. i sorta wish i went! Tomorrow is church! im happy about that! :) My friend Kayce is coming to church with me! YAY! :) well yeah i really dont have anything much to say! im feeling better though! YAY! lol well comment me or message me or whatever! Love yas

Love <3 Love

Candace

well, i believe i'm going to have to close the polls.

that makes the score:

MEMPHIS: 10

KNOXVILLE: 12

however, i did not lose.

it is merely halftime.

though this did serve the purpose of displaying that just over half of phusebox has poor taste in cities.

of course, most of you live in MURFREESBORING, so i guess that was a given.

*storms off in self-righteous anger*

WESTSIIIIIIIIDE! *gang sign*

Today is Monday.
What is the negation of that?

Class?
"Today is not monday."

All the people in this room are awake.
What would negate that?
Someone would have to....
Class: "Fall asleep."
Would everyone have to fall aslepp?
Class: "No."

This is what I learned today in math.
O, and yes.
I'm in college.

You know that song by Nickelback "Far Away"? Well while I was driving and flipping through radio stations that song came on. It's not a Christian song, but as I listened to it I felt like God said, "This is how I feel about you." Think about that as you read the lyrics because if He feels that way about me, He feels that way about you, too.

That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long <--Have you been far away from Him?
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand <--He did withstand hell to hold our hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up 
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

That I love you <---HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go <--All He wants is to be together
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

So far away
(So far away)
Been far away for far too long
So far away
(So far away)
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you <---He'll forgive you for letting Him go
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you any more
Believe it
Hold on to me and never let me go
Keep breathing, 'cause i'm not leaving you any more
Believe it
Hold on to me and never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and never let me go

so, when i left for school i was not nervous about classes.  i wasnt worried about living on my own.  i wasnt worried about other random stuff that i guess i was supposed to worry about. 

 i WAS worried about finding strong Christian friends.  i prayed that God would send me amazing Christian kids to hang out with and grow in my relationship with Christ alongside.  well God does answer prayer.  i have an amazing group of kids who love God so much.  ive learned so much from all of them already.  and i love them.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight."  Provebs 3:5&6

What I wish I was doing.....

I was thinking about the whole Theistic Anthropology thing I've been thinking about lately, which leads me to think about the dichotomy of grace and evil.  Not good/evil, but grace/evil.

For me, a dichotomy in this sense is a pair of ideas in which one can overpower the other just by being in existence.  The only thing that can defeat evil is grace, and the only thing that can impede or stop grace is evil, so they are the dichotomy.

Anyway, I was thinking about how remarkable it really is that for the two greatest ideas to exist (grace and love), we first needed the two worst ideas (sin and alienation).  So what's more important in this case?  The cause (sin) or the effect (grace)?  More to think about.

okay first off...great weekend.

looking forward to a great week...we hope.

i really wanna get out of the house this week.my grandparents are in town and i cant take people judging me every second of the day.well yeah so if ou wanna do something this week give me a call most likly i will be free.

okay im going to go cuz im sure i need to do something.talk to you people later.

Leah

so.... some one figured it would be kool to hang up posters around the school that are against homosexuality...... lets jus say.... they arent on the walls any more.... and mr vaughn gave me and my friends to tear the F***ERS down! woot! night!

i think i'm going to delete this.

Guy:
Will someone please call a surgeon
Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart
That you're deserting for better company
I can't accept that it's over...
And I will block the door like a goalie tending the net
In the third quarter of a tied-game rivalry
So just say how to make it right
And I swear I'll do my best to comply
Tell me am I right to think that there could be nothing better
Than making you my bride and slowly growing old together?

Girl:
I feel i must interject here...
You've getting carried away feeling sorry for yourself
With these revisions and gaps in history
So let me help you remember.
I've made charts and graphs that should finally make it clear.
I've prepared a lecture on why I have to leave
So please back away and let me go

Guy:
I can't my darling I love you so...
But oh, oh...
Tell me am I right to think that there could be nothing better
Than making you my bride and slowly growing old together?

Girl:
Don't you feed me lies about some idealistic future
Your heart won't heal right if you keep tearing out the sutures

Guy:
I know that I have made mistakes and I swear
I'll never wrong you again

Girl:
You've got a lure I can't deny,
But you've had your chance so say goodbye
Say goodbye

Did a very modest celebration of Decy's birthday .... we were going to go to Hard Rock Cafe ... but they were doing a band audition there and it sounded like they cranked up the music to 95 decibels ... we went elsewhere.  Not a particularly exciting evening for Decy (sadly) ... but it was (a) Monday night, and (b) followed a very busy day of house and car activities.  Nevertheless, we were together ... and we wish her the very best for her birthday.

Decy went back to the Palm house ... put the "punch list" together and submitted that to our agent for forwarding to the owner.  The owner received the offer yesterday; hopefully, we will here some type of response today ... he is in bandung (about 2-3 hours a way by car) and won't be back in town until Saturday ... but he is contactable via phone and email.  In the meantime, we scheduling all the inspections/audits.

On the cars, Decy is checking out insurance for the cars; she is getting two quotes.  I'm not sure I understand the coverages, but she is an Indonesian insurance expert ... so she is well qualified ... cost for the two cars will be approx US$1,800/yr.

This Thursday or Friday Decy will make the final payments on both cars.  We are hopeful to collect the CrV on Friday or Monday (15th or 18th) ... the Fortuner won't be ready for a week or two after that.

Gotta run ... time to go to work.

ciao ciao

well the score is currently:

MEMPHIS 5

KNOXVILLE 6

CHICAGO 1

so it would appear that i am going to have to throw in some propaganda.

VOTE MEMPHIS BECAUSE . . .

we have the hotel that martin luther king, jr,  was shot at.

we have the pink palace museum.

we have the peabody hotel and it's world famous ducks.

we have BEALE STREET.

we are the third largest port on the mississippi . . . the most important river in the world.

we have riverboats.

tunica (with her glorious casinos) is like, 30 minutes away. :)

i can think of at least 3 songs written about memphis, of which one is 'walking in memphis,' one of the greatest songs in history.

justin timberlake is from memphis . . . so sexy will ALWAYS be coming back here.

and what does the sign say when you get to memphis? that's right, home of the blues AND rock'n'roll. without us, you would all be stuck listening to classical or country.

memphis has better booty.

I am in memphis.

we have the largest pyramid this side of egypt.

fedex is based out of memphis.

memphis is just a freakin' cool name.

memphis stayed loyal to her state during The War.

we have an nba team.

our basketball team made it to the elite eight.

we have the best barbeque in the world. oh, and the best catfish, too.

we have more people.

our downtown is nicer.

we have a rap song about our school.

our school color is royal blue and not convict orange.

oh, and our fight song isn't obnoxious.

and, of course, the clencher:

WE HAVE ELVIS.

game over.

now, as for knoxville . . .

. . .

. . .

i suppose they have that world's fair tower with the tacky gold ball on top?

so . . . people of phusebox, i ask you:

memphis or knoxville?

obviously im to cool for sororities. screw them

whatever

college is fun

i kinda have a boyfriend

whoops.. i mean.. um..

happy late bday paul

welcome to the fallout
welcome to resistance
the tension is here, the tension is here
between who you are and who you could be
between how it is and how it should be...

Have you forgotten how it felt five years ago today?

Where were you when you found out?

I was in World History class.
A little too Ironic for me.

Have you forgotten how long the "clean-up" took?

In my opinion there are somethings you can't clean up, or repair, or fix.
You can't really set them right either.
Only One i know can do that...

He cradled us in His arms that day...

and He continues to do so today.

So I know that no one is going to want to read this cause it's my official 9/11 blog entry and it won't be a positive or happy entry. But here goes anyway.

I remember it all so clearly, its one of those things that never blurs out of focus. I don't I'll ever get that  image of planes crashing, buildings falling, and fire out of my head. I was a freshman in high school and that morning we were taking the final test on The Giver. A teacher came hurrying in and began talking to my english teacher, and finally my english teacher asked the class if it was alright to turn of the TV. She turned it on just in time to see the second plane hit. I remember thinking that it was impossible, that no one would dare attack the US on our turf. We were America, Land of the Free, we were invincible and impenetrable. I was so scared, and so freaked out. I spent the whole day trying to wake up from the nightmare and shaking. People all around me were leaving school to be with family, and there were tears and pale fear stricken faces. I kept thinking that maybe if I close my eyes and open them again it will go away. That it would never have happened.

This morning I woke up, put my clothes on and ate some breakfast, just like I do everyday. I brushed my teeth, pulled my hair up, and made sure my little brother was ready for school before getting in my Blazer to head out to face a new day. I turned on my radio and sang along to "Have You Forgotten" as I dropped J.C. off at Siegel Middle and dropped a letter off for my dad. And then as I headed towards campus I took a deep breath and sighed. I silenced my radio and held a private moment of silence for those lost, those fighting, the ones left to carry on. All the heros of that day and forward.

As I climbed out of my blazer, and I pulled out my things, I paused. The wind blew across the parking lot, and I bowed my head in prayer. I know I don't do it enough, but I try especially on days like today. I remembered 9/11 and those who died in New York, D.C., and in that Pennsylvania field. Sometimes I think that people forget. Maybe because it's too painful, and too ugly to remember. Maybe they hope that if they forget it will go away. But I know better. And I have not forgotten.

God is rockin'! I wanted to encourage each person who reads this. God is rockin and he loves each of you! Praise God today for his unfailing love and show that love to the people around you!


InHim,
Jmo
Gal 2:20

    Today is September 11th and thus hopefully makes all of us realize that we are all extremely lucky to live in the United States of America and how lucky we are to have everything we have.  But I have to get to class so I'll have to put more up after school.

Love and God Bless

Well its been a couple of days so I guess I am going to update......So anyways my former boss finally sold his restaurant and I am still working there......But the new guy doesn't know alot that goes on so I am training him at the same time as having to listen to what he tells me to do......its really weird.....I was given the job of hiring new people as well as some what managing the store....basically I have complete control over who is hired and who is fired except that I can't fire one guy cause he is a good friend of the now current owner......but in that postition I got my sister in law a job working answering phones and random cleaning and she liked the job to begin with....well come to find out he is giving her more to do then what was in the original job description and what he is having her do isn't anything she has experience...e.g. handling customer complaints......so she is feeling really stressed and is about to quit.....which just looks so great considering she has only been there a week.......but I understand where she is coming from.....so my plan is to attempt to gain control over the store in a sense......I am going to ask my boss if he will allow me to start doing all the cooking with a couple of days off each week and beyond that basically handling the store beyond inventory and such.....and he can take care of that and not have to be there......then I can get my sister in law to keep her job and I will be getting paid better cause I will not take a pay cut to do more.....I average about 10 bucks an hour right now......and I would be taking care of customer complaints and such because I have had to deal with that while I worked with my last boss.......I think it is a good idea but I would like a little imput.....So what do you think should I go through with my plan or just let things fall as they fall??

i was listening to ryan adams.

then i got this weird justin timberlake craving.

so now i'm sitting in my chair, headphones on, grooving to the four songs on his myspace.

man i wish i could get that record when it comes out...

and after the dancing that went down today to the jt and fergie, mandi's just like "yep, i'm taking you out!" haha.

so yeah. i wanna dance. and i wanna cuddle. so is life.

My parentals, grandparentals, bo,amber and the austin came to eat an early Birthday lunch with me! Brently came too!
we went to OUTBACK and it was YUMMY!!!
they even gave me icecream and if you've never had outback icecream.... it's mega good!
I got fun jewelry from grandparents ans LOTS of REALLY FUN t-shirt from AAA (which i brought back and sat infront of my mirror and tried all of them on) there were 19 tee's cause i'm 19!

then we wentto see baby Savannah!
mommy held her and then...
i held her for a rally long time!
she is soooooo cute. i counted her 10 perfect fingers and 10 perfect toes!
her little bellybutton looks ow-ie

then after i read philosophy... brently, me, kim, baker, jamie-pooh, rachael, and drew the meanie butt played UNO! i never won... lol i think that means i should find a new card game...lol

it was a fun fun day

Hey guys, I just found out we're gonna try to move so we can get a smaller house. We won't move far though. We'll still be zoned for Blackman and we'll still be about the same distance from FWC, thank God. The reason we want to move is so we can make some money from selling this house and use it so my mom can go back to school! I've been telling her she should for a long time because she really really wants to get into either nursing or occupational therapy. She loves what she does now but she's been doing it so long. I think it's time for a change in her life. I told her she can't live her life not doing what she's wanted to do since she was in college. So keep her in prayer and keep us in prayer as we try to find the right house.

The Judgement is coming up! It was awesome last year but this year is going to be even better. WAY better. Everybody needs to go through it. It's going to be October 27th-31st at Family Worship Center and it will cost $5, but that's a cheap price for something that will change your life! So come! I'll post more details later. I'm very excited about it. Auditions will be soon, and I hope to get the role of Jennifer. If not, that's obviously not where God wants me so I'm just praying that I (and everyone else) gets put where they'll be most effective for the Kingdom. Keep The Judgement in your prayers, too! I love you guys. 

All I know is there is one constant and that is That God is real and he loves me and everyone else. And I know that no matter what happens He is here and He is real. And in that I have hope.

Just out of curiosity, how many people think i'm crazy?  Now don't everyone pipe in at once, but think about it a second...  And if it's not too much trouble, please let me know why you think i'm crazy or not.  Oh, and it doesn't matter if you actually know who I am or not, although most people do by now.  Also, if you don't feel comfortable forming an opinion of my mental health, simply let me know.  I also want to know hiw many people actually read the crap I put on here, so it takes care of two things at once.  Now that I have successfuly rambled, feel free to leave me a comment or send me a message... or not.

once again, i have not updated in a while...

but! bethany and matt got married yesterday! bethany was beautiful as was their wedding! it was a wonderful day! so, as always, a photo recap of the grand event!



me and sarah posing before the wedding

bethany giving elizabeth a mint. yay for best friends!..

..and funny faces..

and the best husband a girl could ever have

cutting the big beautiful cake

no messes

happy birthday to the beautiful sarah moore

off and away



it was really a lot of fun. i am so excited for them! i cannot wait to see where God takes them!

so yeah... if you get a chance tell sarah happy birthday if you have not already and send a congrats to bethany and matt. i hope everyone has a great night!

i absolutely HATE it..yes, HATE it..when my friends get so down on themselves.

they think i don't know what they're freakin going through..trust me, i've freakin been there...let me help you...
stop getting so down on yourself and making yourself sound horrible...what you think other people think of you doesn't matter...i've learned that. and 99% of the time, it's not even true...just stuff you've made up in your head.

yes, i still have that voice in my head that tells me i'm worthless, that no one wants to be around me, and makes me wonder why i'm even here..you think i can completely erase that from my mind? no. if i could, it would have been a long time ago.

i just want to help people.
that's all.
is that too much to ask?
apparently so.

This morning I went to church at Trinity and it was really good until my blood sugar dropped and I had forgotten some crackers so I had to run to the gas station to get some gatorade and crackers.  By then I was getting nausious and had to call off lunch with Trent.  We were going to cook at his apartment today.

Then I took Trent and Rand back to their apartment and Trent had gotten me flowers.  They had roses and they were absolutely beautiful.  So thanks Trent.  Totally made my day!  When I didn't feel good and I wasn't in the best of moods...That made my day soooo much better and easier to deal with.  Thanks again!

Do what you like...


and Fuck the rest.

I love music. Music makes the world go around. I miss singing.

which is better?

*MEMPHIS*

or

dirty, nasty, stinky, uncultured knoxville

ben and i were having a discussion.

friday night.... that band on the field was what its about

hot run you guys, really

this week though it is MAJOR crunch time.....

hendersonville is in 6 days from now and we havent played through the entire show... ever

there is a practice on firday more than likely dont know the times yet though...i hope its a long day we need like a 1-9 that would do us some good

mmmk well its all up to you guys how this saturday goes... and it better go AMAZINGLY!!!!

PRIDE, PROMISE, POWER!!!

 Ever feel like your putting on a show?  Like you go to school and you put on your happy face because your around your friends all day and then you come home and then your happy face just goes away  Like you have nothing to do like you sit around and watch tv and you wait for your boyfriend to call and then you hope that when he does itll be so yall can do something that night and when he finally calls its too late to do anything

I miss hangin out with my true friends who went to different schools...I mis comin home and being able to talk to Becky about my problems and complain when something goes wrong..... I miss feeling like Im a part of something

I fell like any more Im throwin on this fake smile and this fake attitude for every one else and I never getta do what I wanna do...I fell like everything I do is for some one else

Im sorry this is so sad but its how I feel any more

the game was good... good run after jessup pumped us up and challenged us

after the game while returning uniforms emotions were runnin high though... so many people are going through so many things that noone would ever guess. its hard to watch people completely breakdown and you realize that they have been hiding this stuff the whole time.

friday night and saturday were a BLAST!!!!

ill put pics up soon

love you guys tons and tons!!!!

what is it that makes people completely terrified of change?
(and commitment)
oh yeahh! made an A in math. that's like the first time since like what? fourth grade?
yep yep.
things are good.

this reminds me of day cares and stuff where everyone is doing something completely different.
heck yes i love the flutes.

( quick insert, if you want to see pictures of me in a tux for the first time in my life, go to sflair.com, go to a little square that says events, type in reynolds-biesel for event and 4366 for passcode.  Use my e mail: ilikejehovah@aol.com, and my name adam )

A Body clock:
Doused in intense pizza cutting and rendered temporarily.... handicapped...

So
yesterday I learned a decent amount of new stuff at CiCi's, mainly,
cutting pizza.  adn then all the other responsibilities that come along
with that.  But what was funny is that when I got off work, every time
I closed my eyes I was picturing pizza in front of me, and spinning it
around as I cut it five times.  Yes, five, every single time, it's the
way we do it ;)
In my loopy state Lori and Laura happened upon  me
at the gas station, and we went to steak and shake, where I partook in
a lovely cookies and creme shake.  It made me happy :)
So after that
I came to my dorm and took a nap.  What was funny is that when I woke
up, even though I only slept for thirty minutes, I woke up feeling like
it was the next day, and I thought "ahhh man, I missed church."
Then I realized it was still saturday night...
and only eight o clock... yeah... I was THAT off...
So then this morning when I woke up for church, my first thought was "man.. I got to get up and go to work..."
THen I realized, o wait, today's sunday, I'm going to church.

So I don't know what it was, but for the past two days, my body's clock has been..... not.... right....
or.....
Programmed to the Twilight Zone!!!
Ba na na na Ba na na na Ba na na na!

So Alden is almost 8 weeks old now!  He is growing fast.  He still doesn't sleep through the night.  He eats about every three hours.  He is so long and thick (not really fat though).  He loves his seat with toys he can now hit and touch.  He loves his daddy's guitar playing.  And he loves interrupting things (especially my school work). 


But we still love him.
Here he is:


And I probably missed some, but they are all over there to your right.

Monday is Decy's birthday. I am so very proud of her and love her very much.  She has gone through so much in life, yet continues carrying forward ... learning and growing each step of the way.   God has truly blessed me by allowing me to be a with a woman such as her.

Tonight (Monday) we are going to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner, Decy, the girls, and me.  That was where Decy and I had our first date.  Tuesday, the 4 of us are going to see Westlife in concert.  Decy and I did that (just the two of us) 5 years ago the last time I lived in Jakarta.

Monday morning starts the negotiations on the Palm House; pray that all goes well.  We are going to try to fast-track all the activities (presuming negotiations are successful).  If the world is perfect (which it is not) we could be in house in 3 weeks.  For now ... step 1 ... negotiate price.

Computer came back from the shop ... the cleaning did the trick on the overheating ... most of the time the fans aren't even coming on now ... just during lots of memory/disk movements.  BUT, now I see a new problem - - something is wrong with the Norton's dll and it has destroyed my subscription date ... and the "synchronization" function doesn't work (b'coz of the dll issue).  Looks like I have to buy a new Norton's.  Tried that last night, but ran into problems. I'll try again tonight ... if I run into more problems I will have Decy go buy a "boxed copy" of Norton's rather than trying to download it ... urrgghhh.

Gotta run ... time for breakfast/work.

ciao ciao

so tired. need coffee

"i'm a vegetable. don't pick on the vegetable"

i wonder who managed to come out with such amazing words???

Alright Mac users, I have a couple of questions for y'all...
1.) Is the oober expensive extended warranty really worth the money?
2.) Do I need to buy a modem if I am going to use wireless Internet? Or something else perhaps, like a wireless adapter or something?
Also, do y'all have any extra advice for purchasing a Mac? I'm thinking I might get it this week. Here are the specs of the MacBookPro that I am interested in: 15.4 inch screen with 2.16 GHz, 1 GB, and a bunch of other stuff that I don't really know much about, honestly... ha ha. I'm also thinking about asking them to ship with Final Cut Pro Express pre-installed on there for me. Is that a good idea? It would make my life easier for sure...

And thanks to my collegiate standing, I would save a couple hundred bucks! Whoo hoo! This is all a little scary for me... I have never spent this much money at once by myself for one thing. Or more than one thing for that matter.. ha ha... I don't want to mess this up, because this is about $2500 we're talking about here, and I don't take that lightly! I know I'm really blessed to even have that money to spend and I don't want to casually throw it away. I do, however, feel very confident that video production is something that God has called me to, and this would be a great investment, and I could also start using it this semester for the two video projects I have for class. And that's a pretty exciting thought!

Lastly: Congratulations Matt and Bethany!

Birthday countdown: 2.5 weeks

money sucks.

i have very very little.

and i have to buy groceries tonite, for the week.

beh.

sometimes i just kinda wanna go home, then i realize what that means: i'd get preached at forever for having to go back and not beign able to do things [such as manage money] correctly. go figure.

Hey well.....I havent been on this in for ever! I kinda forgot about phusebox. lol SORRY!! anyways... its been so0oo crazy!!! you wont even belive! anyways... I am fixing to leave for church! Yeah! i have soooo much to say but i really dont feel like writing...well yeah i will nopw try to write everyday or soo! love ya!


Love <3 Love

Candace



write to me...

"There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations -- these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit -- immortal horrors or everlasting splendours.

This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously -- no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.

And our charity must be a real and costly love, with deep feeling for the sins in spite of which we love the sinner--no mere tolerance, or indulgence which parodies love as flippancy parodies merriment. Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbour is the holiest object presented to your senses. If he is your Christian neighbour, he is holy in almost the same way, for in him also Christ vere latitat -- the glorifier and the glorified, Glory Himself, is truly hidden."

-C.S. Lewis

Yo guys I've got a girlfriend and she's awesome! She's an awesome
Christian.. We believe the same things. She's Pentecostal. And She's
smokin!


And we went to battle of the bands together! It was pretty fly. Neither of my friend's bands won... But they both did good! You should check them out on mySpace, All for nothing, and Tweed and the southside Mafia!

Peace out! Oh and her name is Bethany by the way! Woot!

i'm just absolutely thrilled that i am almost finished with my biology project... atleast i hope i am. i only have 6 or 7 out of 30 to go. i can't wait until its over, i'm fixin to go to the green way to catch the rest. it just kills me i can't catch a cicada...!!!!

well i have a meeting tonight for the judgement... which i cant wait to participate in again this year. i was a tour guide last year but would like a role in it this year! well ill talk to yall later!

TrEe HuGgEr

ok everyone,

the camp out went pretty good

we made it untill 2:30....that was better then the last time... we were out there for my be one min. lol...so yeah

it was great... i had a lot  of.....man it was great..

well anywho today i am going to be going to the park for a lttle bit and catching 10 bugs at least.... i'll probably get most of them today...and have like one or two i dont have...most likely one tho....lol  i am bored so yeah i am going to the park at like 10:00 so i have two hours there then go to the pool and see if the pool has any my bugs i need...so yeah...

well see you guys tomorrow at school with the bugs

          megan

So yet again I have had another bad night.  It's really beginning to scare me how much more frequent my asthma is acting up.  I will go to the doctor's office on Monday, that is if I don't end up having to go to the ER before then.  I hate this.  I can't even sleep cause I'm breathing too hard.  Work tomorrow will be hell, but compared to what I know I will have to face on Monday it will be a breeze.  I'm just worried that my exhaustion combined with stress and the physical weakness of my recent asthma attacks will bring on further and more threatening attacks.  My inhaler is rarley more than a few inches from my right hand since Friday night, because I fear that if a put it away I won't be able to get to it in time when I dhave my next attack. I have been dealing with asthma for almost five years now and never has it given me dso much trouble in the past.  Hopefully it will all end after my doctor's appoinment on Monday.  As for now, for those of you who do pray just try and keep me in your prayers.  I'm going to try and get a little rest before I have to go in to work at 10am.

To all those who's parents have divorced:  I can't sympathize, but I am sorry.  It hurts.  It's not fair.  I hate it. 


In happier news.....my girlfriend is better than yours. 

question: why would God allow someone to feel something for a certain person when they are not supposed to?

seems pretty boring huh?
i mean you don't even get to be eaten.....

yea i'm bored.....

not that you could tell or anything like that

So, I definately don't update much.  Um, nothing too exciting has happened in my life.  Soccer's decent this year.  It's definately going better than last when it comes to winning & stuff.  I LOVE my schedule since it was fixed.  It is:

1st - Child Dev. for the 1st semester & Driver's Ed for the 2nd

2nd - Algebra II AH

3rd - JROTC

4th - Spanish I

5th - English II AH

6th - Chemistry Honors

That's it for now.  God Bless!

~D'Rae~

Consuming fire fan into flame,
A passion for Your Name,
Spirit of God fall in this place,
Lord have Your way,
Lord have Your way with us,

Come like a rushing wind,
Clothe us with power from on high,
Now set the captives free,
Leave us abandoned to Your praise.

Lord let Your glory fall,
Lord let Your glory fall.

Heck yea way to go XC Girls...keep up the great work!

This guy was one of my customers today.

He was wearing the world's most amazing shirt.

A shirt that he apparently bought for $2 in Israel.

I want one.  Real bad.

Luckily for all of you, he was cool with me snapping a quick picture of it with my camera phone.

Beautiful.

hey everyone i am at the dunbars and i just wanted to say hi... i will see everyone on sunday unless you are not gonna be there.

Please comment me! or message me... bye

Emily

Hey guys, here's a song I wrote today.. I hope you all enjoy.

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I stand on the foundation of promise
The sun shines it's light on me
A short run on the highway to Better Days...
And I know it's for my survival
With every step, I feel You're there with me
Just make sure you'll send me revival...
When all me is burned away...

But I'm trying my best, Please say you see it (I'm going strong)
I'm running over hills in hope of better days...
And if we just keep talking, I'll make it..(Please pull me on)
I just want to feel, this is the only way...

And I can stand on what you say will come true
I'm waiting for that better purpose..
I'm open armed and waiting for a change....
Please let me hear those words of promise
Let them ring, to encourage what's left of me..
And I know this is for my survival.. but
Pain's not going away.....


But I'm trying my best, do you see it?  (I'm going strong)
I'm running over hills in hope of better days...
But if we just keep talking, I'll make it.. (Please pull me on)
I just want to feel this is the only way....

I can hear the desperate cry of hope, it echoes up
From the crowd below
But it's times like these, they don't get it... (I'm going strong)
I'm chasing the light, to see me through....

I'm trying my best, do you see it?  (I'm going strong)
I'm running over hills in hope of better days...
But if we just keep talking, I'll make it.. (Please pull me on)
I just want to feel this is the only way....

i love the features.

a lot.

and i did dance last nite.

and that was way fun.

hopefully i can do it again next friday....

and contrary to prior belief, they played a whole lotta songs and i sung along.

yay.

....that makes me kind of sad. I decided to go on the girls soccer trip to Florida. It's the last trip i'll ever go on with the soccer team.the seasons almost over too and i know that i get fed up with it and say i want to quit but the truth is that i love it.there's nothing quite like the feeling of playing soccer and having fun at the same time which i've actually experienced a few times this year.

i had a dream about Union...i keep thinking i want to transfer next year.

but, the guy i liked (strictly in my dream) was from MT and the dorms in my dream looked much more like a Real World house than a dorm...soooo, i have no i-dea how to interpret THAT one!

well, if you interpret dreams, help me out on that one.

going to a wedding? i am!! yaaay!

SO TODAY IS SARAH MOORE'S (the blonde in the picture: not me, but the other one)  BIRTHDAY AND YOU SHOULD LEAVE HER A REMARK WISHING HER "a happy birthday!!!"


Sarah's PhuseBox!!!!

I saw word trade center alst night with kaitlin, dodrill, and abi. Movie was CRRRAZZZZY.Nothing much happening here except i'm working a 12 hour shift today. Fun fun. See u all later!

ONE WEEK TIL I TURN 18!!!!

College isn't hard. I just have to discipline myself to study...which is somewhat hard because I've never had to study before.

Yesterday I learned exactly how bad I am at basketball. It's very sad because I used to be really good. *sniffles* Even though before yesterday I hadn't picked up a basketball in two years.  I've definitely decided that I'm going to the rec center more often to get better. How sad....

Life is somewhat coming together. A routine. It's nice.

I love you all...very very much.

My best friend is getting married today.             

About last night ... ok, so we met with our French friends that have moved here from Angola ... and introduced them to Fairuz and Cecilia (Cecilia is French).  Fairuz is an Indonesian movie star;  he and Decy use to work together about 10 years ago ... they did comedy together in that particular series.  Don't have a pic from last night yet ... but here is F&C's wedding pic from a week ago.

I've heard rumors that there may be some Industry interest in Decy returning to the studios ... I won't hold my breath, but one never knows.

About today ... continued house hunting ... went from 400 possibilities, to 100, to 31 that met our needs. Then there were about 16 in the area we can live in ... we exhausted that list of 16 Friday and Saturday.  New lead case is the "Palm House" ... see more pics in my pic area ... here's one

The realtor sent (on Saturday) a letter of intent to the owner and advised that Monday we will prepare and submit an offer (being as folks here do not do business on Sunday).  Monday morning Decy goes back to the house to prepare the "to do list" for the owner ... which will be with the owner by end-Monday.  Hopefully our LOI will prevent anybody from sneaking in on us (during our 2nd visit to the house there was a couple from Chevron looking at the house).  We hear the owner VERY BADLY needs money ... and is likely to agree to almost anything that is reasonable.  PLEASE pray that this is the right house and everything works out ... we are emotionally tired of this process ... and living in a hotel.

BTW ... sent my laptop to the "cleaners" .. they said it was very dirty and must have been in a dirty place, causing the overheating ... no kidding ... Angola is extremely dry and dusty.  Hopefully the cleaning addresses ALL the overheating/shutdown problems.

Ciao ciao.

i just got home after a really long--and insanely fun--day.

it's 4 in the morning.

i'm in love with college.

so . . .

why do people do things that they know will upset someone else for the sole purpose of upsetting them?

i think it's sad.

i think we should all quit doing it.

i think i should go to bed.

goodbye.

so lovin this college thing.  it pretty much rocks.  ive met some really kewl kids.  & weve had a total blast.

did anyone know that if you watch a movie on a big tv in the media room that its against copyright laws & the retarded ra will kick you out?  its true.

I can't help but feel
I am the victim here
Caught between the sheets
Bleeding thoughts
Crying out with the words
"God Help Me... please"
Though it's not crying..
It's scrapping them out..
I catch my breath only to cry out again
"What does it take to get ahead here?!"
"Why did she have to go?!"
"If everything was so great..."
Why is she no longer here?
If she can't give me a reason..
"Why did it happen?"
I never hurt you and never would
You let me go, out of mystery...
It hurts, and I can't deny it..
I'm trying to let go... but come back to
"Why'd you let me go?"
I loved you.. I just can't
"Get over it...."
I can't help but think that
"The end came without reason..."
If you were scared
I would have calmed you
If you doubted,
"I'd kiss you again..."
What I want is
"To see you again....."

Yea so pretty sure we wooped up on some rebel booty tonight

Oakland 37    Franklin Co. 3

and your boy goodman got some playin time.  and its all cuz the student section was cheering we want goodman over and over.  go student section

im pretty sure i like him.... but does he like me.... we are so different.... like opposites.... but they attract ...right?...oh well... maybe i'll tell him.... maybe i wont... peace out!

So. I'm married, if you couldn't tell by the ring on my finger. Too bad that person doesn't know yet.

We WON! Touchdown after touchdown after touchdown.

And then when Kaelin scored that touchdown! Everyone went wild.

105 on my Calculus Mid-progress report.

75 in Chemistry II AP because SHE LOST MY LAB! With the lab I would have a 95 or more.

Found out something about someone...

Choir is a blast! I've never felt like I could sing well, but choir just makes me wanna dance. Of course, we do dance in choir, so it all works out.

All-state on Clarinet and Voice. I'll be the first @ Oakland in at least 4 years. Of course I have alot of practicing to do.

Solos finally in band!

BEST FOOTBALL MARCHING SHOW IN A LONG TIME. If we can take that performance into every competition, we'll take everything!

Nothing much more to say.

Have a blessed evening.

Danny

WE TOTALLY WON A GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  30-6 BABY!!!!!  YEAHA!!!!!!!!  WHAT NOW?!?!?!?!?!  WOW!!!!!  WHO ROCKS NOW?!?!?!?!

So yeah...... pretty sure Watson has GOT TO GO!  It is time we bring in someone who KNOWS football and KNOWS how to WIN!  I am so tired of supporting a team taht cant win because the coach holds them back!  We need a change, we need a new head coach!  I saw Coach Aric at the game.......... he used to be the Head Coach at Beech.......... maybe we are gonna bring him in next year....... I hope so!  We are in dire need of a new head coach that knows the game!

so siegel lost again. ugh, what a waste of time. but i did get to socialize with some of my friends. hmmmmmmmm, so sonic is gone for good and now i get to be one of those annoying kids that go there after football games. yay.

I love my grandparents.  Because they love each other more than any other couple I've ever known.

They're out of town.  Until they get back, I go over to their house every day or two to bring in mail and newspapers, water plants, pick tomatoes, and do any other random housekeeping item that comes up.

On the dining room table today, I noticed this card.  My Grandpa gives my Granny an anniversary card every month, not every year.  I'm guessing this was August.

(Front)

(Inside)

If you can't read it...
I needed ya.
I got ya.
I'm keeping ya.
Love ya.

Bill

Wow.  How revoltingly adorable is that?  I hope I love someone that much someday.

yep.

getting ready to go see the features.

technically i've got 55 minutes about until heather and dan pick me up. but still.

i'm pumped. hopefully gonna be a way rad time.

besides the fact they're probably gonna play three songs i know and then call it done just b/c they're opening...atleast i can get the ep. score.

hopefully i can meet some of the guys after the set. taking the camera so we'll see what that brings...*fights off tiredness*

phusebox member count that i saw today: 2

I forgot to mention earlier that right as I got to the high school, two boys got in a fight.  What a welcome to the school!  Gee, I can't wait to teach high school.

"I'm so Excited, and i just can't hide it..!" i was singing earlier in my head as i stepped on the scale to weigh myself. Ofcourse, the only way i could be excited afterstepping on a scale is if one thing happened!...I'M LOSING WEIGHT!

Since the last time i weighed self which was before school started i have lost 16 lbs and 2 pant sizes!!! yeaya! and almost losing another pant size. today i sat down and compared my picture from last year that was taken for the church directory with one i took today... there is a HUMUNGO difference! i am so excited.

well i will talk to yall on sunday! later!

TrEe HuGgEr

so, lets see. what can i update about. hmmmmmmmmmm. oh, i ended up going to clayton's last weekend. even though i said i wasn't. let's face it, me saying no to him doesn't usually last very long. lol. hmm, oh me and jackie are STILL in the hotel. it's been two weeks and they told us it was only going to be like two or three days lol. but it looks like we get to move in sometime next week. and yeah, all my classes are SUPER easy (so far) ::knocks on wood:: and everyone down here is really friendly and they all rock. hmm...oh yeah jackie went home again so i'm by myself. i'm trying to talk stacee into coming up here tho. riverfest starts tonight and i want to go but not by myself. clayton has to work so he can't come. and yeah that's about it so i'm gonna let u guys go before u die of boredom lol. ciao.

on a random side note...i miss my janelle!! =(

Hi! My name is Kristen! i like egg rolls and wonton soup and cars that don't go squish, and cold bbq, movies you accidentally buy but can't hear. i am tech-no-logic-ly CHALLENGED! i like to wear polos of fun color and free food.iiiii didn't write this, but DANI DID!

Dani also likes wonton soup!

yay for camping!!

i am going camping at kaylahs house tonight....this time we are staking out side and not in side lol!!! well i am out

wish me luck

megan

hahahaha, my  contemporary issues speech got pushed back yet another day! yay for breakfast.

    Last night was interesting and a lot of fun. There were interesting parts, fun parts, boring parts, way too busy parts, frustrating parts, and rewarding parts. It is definatly more fast paced than DQ but I really enjoyed visiting with the people at my tables.
    For the first hour and a half no one was seated at my tables, those who would've been weren't because one of the servers was trying to get to the stuff stored under my booth that was a little dissapointing. But then three of my tables were sat all at once and I got extremely busy. But it was fun and I did very well for my first night. I made an average of 24.8% in tips. And this was just my first night. I think part of it was that this place is new, but then again I also am new and I will get better at this. so... in a couple weeks when I actually really know what I'm doing you all should come :-)

what a week!it's gone by so fast and it's so amazing.classes have been pretty cool this week but the bad thing is that ive been homeowrk and that sucks big time.oh well what can you do?

so tonight i have a football game wih oakland band so that should be good. i think im going to leave at half time though and go haang out with some people.

but ime free saturday and sunday so if you wann do sometime tell me and we can get together. talk to you all later.

Leah

This morning I went to Cookeville High School for an observation.  I watched a French I class for about 25 minutes.  (I left when they headed to the language lab.)  Before class, they had to retrieve their workbooks from a bookshelf about 4 feet from my chair.  At least six students knocked into me while getting their notebooks and not a single one said "Excuse me."  High schoolers, at least at CHS, are very rude.  It also gave me very little hope for ever having fun teaching a high school French class.  It seemed like the teacher had to practically pull teeth to get a response out of the students.  Sigh.  On an even sadder note, the pink shoes, while fabulous, are very uncomfortable.  That does not, however, mean that I won't wear them occasionally.

On an unrelated note, I am really craving Chinese food.

Ok so this has nothing to do with my life whatsoever, but it is a deleted scene out of a story I'm writing.

We knew this day would come; we had gone to chase dreams, and those dreams took us in different directions. Maybe you changed, maybe I changed, that's not the point here. The point is that something changed. You aren't the guy I fell in love with, and I'm not the same girl. What we had was nice, it was beautiful, and it was fun. But it couldn't last forever. How long could we sit and pretend that nothing had changed?

Niether one of us wants to say it. So why don't we just skip ahead to the part where we lie and say we can still be friends? No one wants to say it's over and done. No one wants to be the one to say I don't love you anymore. Damn it, are you going to force me to say it? You are, aren't you? I was trying to put it nicely, and I was trying to make it less painful, for both us. Well fine I'll say it, but it won't be pretty. I'm done dressing the truth up and coating in sugar. It won't make it easier to swallow anyway. So fine I'll say it.

It's over, and I think it's been over for a long time now. We wanted to make it work so much, that we ignored the plain and simple facts. You don't love me anymore, maybe you never did. We were kids then, and we didn't understand what we were doing. And I thought I loved you, I tried to love you, but I don't think I ever really did. I know it hurts, but it's the truth. We were never in love with each other, we were in love with being in love. It's sad, but I think that we needed the distance to see it. We needed to chase our dreams so that they could take us apart and show us that we don't belong together. So I guess this is goodbye. We can lie and say it isn't. We can say we'll still be friends, but I don't think we can be. Not for a very long time. Good bye.

I'm afraid I haven't posted in a while but this is why:

So I guess this is for anyone who doesn't already know.

I am going to The Webb School in Bell Buckle, thus making me a foot.(our mascot is the webb feet)  So lifes been going pretty good for me I love it here and hope that all of my old friends won't shun me just because Im not at school with yall anymore. 

I love school, I mean there is a ton of homework, but I have a bunch of new friends and enjoy the fact the school is so small.  I play soccer and love it and we all get along great.  There are a ton of great people here at Webb and they all have made me feel extremely welcome.

But I guess thats a long enough post so I'll post again later.

This afternoon Decy and I looked at 8 houses ... found three that were "acceptable".  Tomorrow we look at more ... not sure how more of this I can take after trying to find a house for over a month ... I'll let you know tomorrow how long we will do this ... top #3:  (1) Taj Mahal, (2) Lost in Paradise, (3) Construction House .... stay tuned.

You might be wondering about the "star struck twist". Oh yeah, as some of you know, Decy use to be in movies here in Indonesia.  One of her good friends is still "a movie star".  We are going to have dinner with him and his wife tonight ... as well as two friends from Angola (expat french couple in Angola).  I know the industry is trying to get Decy to come back and do a few shows ... don't know if she will or not .... stay tuned.

ciao ciao 

You look to keep me on the backburner,
As you peruse the available options.
Sulking in a depression of sorts,
A loneliness of others, I'm comforted
By the rags in this muck,
While you give a verisimilitude
Of interest, or sway.
This is a difficult train to rob,
And a quick bullet to bite
Through a broken heart.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Baker
on the birth of their beautiful daughter

Savannah Marie Baker

on September 7th!
She weighs 9 lbs. 10 ozs. and is 20 in. long!

I'M AN AUNT!!!!

nathan...we really need a pink font!

Vitamin Ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Feels good a-runnin' through my veins.  Make me feel not so weak and tired and congested and blah.

So.  Today was supposed to be the day from hell.  In fact, it kind of was.

Long, boring day at school.  Long, boring staff meeting.  Calculus quiz, on which I made a 5 out of 7 - or a 71.  (I won't punish you with the details.)  Upon my early arrival at the mall, an event transpired that made two of my favorite people in the whole wide world very miserable.

I was looking forward to a very unpleasant four hours at work, wishing I were at home doing homework... but to my surprise... It was fun.

It took my mind off of school.  It wasn't that busy, so I didn't have to deal with many people.  Plus, I found out that Mitch will laugh at pretty much anything.

So really, going to work today was like going to payed playtime.  It was fun.

Now I'm at home, showered, and ready to write that paper before I turn in for the night.

Friiiiiiiiiday... Only a few minutes away.  ^_^

Also if you missed it in the photobox - Here is Kelsey Shearron looking mightily like a fish:  (I hate you more.  : p)

My older sister is getting married on Saturday, making the second Moore family wedding in the past 6 months...

"people speak of love,
don't know what they're thinking of
wait around for the one who fits just like a glove"

Alarm. Snooze button. Alarm. Snooze button. Alarm. Fine, I'll get up. Shower/hair/makeup. Drive. Class. Walk. Class. Walk. Class. Walk. Lunch. Work. Children. Headache. Hunger. Drive. Home. Homework. What test?

Yeap. . . that sums it up.

Men aren't worth the pain women put themselves through over them.

No offense. That can go the other way as well.

it's another beautiful Friday tomorrow..=]

... well i guess this is WAY over due.... but i've been caught up w/ everthing else.... but yah.... my life is still suckish.... good news though! i got nominated for homecoming .... Michael Thoe is gunna escort me.... i know we'll have fun....  hmm well leave me love!
~tRISH