had my first day of class today at MTSU and it was pretty okay.it was kinda an overwhelming day and kinda pasted by quiet slowy.but hey it's all good.

well i'll talk to you guys later....i have homework to do.

Leah

Has anyone seen or heard from my son Paul ???  College must really be fun ...    ;  )

wondering who will bother to scan this post of decent length....
So it was good to see everyone this weekend, I had a lot of fun hanging out at the Lewis', as usual, and it was cool to go back to A&W for like the first time in at least a year after church on Sunday. 
So I guess you guys can assume that no, Paul and myself didn't die on the way back, in fact, we got back at 12:30 eastern time and I didn't get to bed until 3, having to read... philosophical stuff.  Surprisingly, I'm not tired now... though usually my high seeep requirment seeems to get me... but

Today was my first dose of my manic Mondays!
and by that I don't mean the typical stigma that comes with the
word monday, but the fact that I have six classes, yes, one is tennis,
but from ten to twelve I have two classes, and then I have a class at
1, 2, 3, and 4, three fifty minutes and a 75 minute class. 
And no, my tuesday thursdays aren't non existent, I have two classes, back to back from 1:10 to four. 

SO right now, i'm enjoying a nice caramel latte and lounging in the SU.
But
really, all and all, it's all good.  I'm really not "down" about this,
it's what I'm here for, and I'm looking forward to how things are going
to unfold this semseter, but I thought I'd let you guys have a peek
into the weekly Lee life of Adam ;)
And my first night at Cici's is at 5 this coming Friday :)

Ok, after my arrival in Singapore I STRUGGLE to stay awake even for a little while. While at Borders books & music around 1pm I just about pass out ... so I go back to the hotel and lay down for 2.5 hours.  Up at 330pm .... ready for the day.

James picks me up at 700pm ... and off to Clark Queue we head ... some time socializing then dinner ... spicy shrimp, grilled grouper, veggies, rice ... I love this country.

Then off to see a long lost friend .... Mark. Catch up with him ... everybody is disappointed that I have to leave so early in the morning ... so me in my stupidity say ... " hey, I have all night ... I can sleep on the plane " ... next thing I know ... 245am ... in the hotel packing.  Finally asleep at 315am .... wake up call 345am ... reminder wake up call 400 am .... PDA alarm 415am ... on my way to the airport at 430am ... after checking in the VERY NICE Sing Air person reminded me I was a "little bit overweight" and to be more careful next time.  I presume she was talking about my luggage.

So, here it is 515am ... I need to find the first class lounge and make one duty free stop for Thasya .... see ya in Jakarta.

ciao ciao

well nothing much to say
but school is boring
it's not a lot of fun
mum......what else
i had a bio test today
i think i sucked at it and i study for it
but who knows
annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd kihdist is coming over this weekend!!!
PARTY!!!!! lol
well anywho i am bored so i am out

so peace out hoes!!!!

megan sewak

so..
still not talking about last night..

during service last night, god prompted me to do something. i consider it a major challenge..and i took it.

so the journey started this morning when i woke up and won't be completed until friday night when i go to sleep. yes, a long time...but it's definitely worth it.

pastor nathan preached on obedience last night. AMAZING message. really stepped on my toes, but that's what i needed to hear.

things around here have been crazy, and i've basically been scheduling god for sundays at 10:30AM-12:30PM and 4:30PM-7:30 PM and then on wednesdays from 7-8PM. it's a bad habit that i need to break...soon...so, that's bascially what this week is about i'm guessing...using my time to grow closer to god.

so please, pray for me...especially this week...
i definitely need it..

[[becca]]

    We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.
    W. H. Auden
   
    We must belive in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
    Jean Cocteau

    Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
    Benjamin Franklin

    My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.
    Oscar Wilde

    I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.
    August Strindberg

    'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
    Abraham Lincoln

    So, since we can't be killed by sins, the only thing we need to do to win the battle is not to give up. Who could get discouraged in a war like this, when, if we only keep fighting, we can't help but win?
    Francis De Sales
School starts tomorrow. :-(

Press hard

Make sure what is done is finished.

Let the agony

Turn into sweet relief from the pain.

Such warmth, pulsating

Was the beginning and now will represent the end.

Orbs will stare back

Hazel and cold when you find where the deed was done

and a life begun ends.

so i made it thru my first college class alive! whoo! french is going to be soooo easy this year. apparently if you have had more than two classes of french in high school u can move up to french 2010. instead of staying in elementary 1010. but i'm gonna stay b/c my grammer is HORRIBLE. and i talked to my professor about it and she was like that's fine. so it looks like i am gonna have atleast one good grade. b/c the majority of her work sounds like it's going to be vocab and that is fine by me b/c it's gonna be easy words that i know. and she totally rocks b/c coming to class on fridays is optional with her! ha! but ne ways, i gtg. time for english and psychology! yay! not. lol.

Don't listen to that chilling voice..
The one who says it's over...
The minute you give in...
Only then is it done...
Keep fighting til' you know with your eyes
There's no more to be done...

MTSU is really....different...and great at the same time...

well its 8:28 in the morning and im at oakland...sitting in the art computer lab with the hottest guy in the world aka. allen huber..eating ravoli.

i thought that was entry worthy.ha- kels

*edit*

excuse me, but i seem to have offended brian king. allen is not the hottest man in the world. Brian obviously is. and i will forever regret ever have letting allen influence me to say such a thing.

Hey girl you know you drive me crazy
one look puts the rhythm in my hand.
Still I'll never understand why you hang around
I see what's going down.

Cover up with make up in the mirror
tell yourself it's never gonna happen again
you cry alone and then he swears he loves you.

Do you feel like a man
when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down, a new life she has found.

A pebble in the water makes a ripple effect
every action in this world will bear a consequence
If you wade around forever you will surely drown
I see what's going down.

I see the way you go and say your right again,
say your right again
heed my lecture

Do you feel like a man
when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down a new life she has.

One day she will tell you that she has had enough
its coming round again.

Do you feel like a man, when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the grown?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down, a new life she has.

Face down in the dirt she says, this doesn't hurt she says I finally had enough..

There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.

i hate like when your really tired you get cranky. know what i mean? like i was mad this morning when i woke up and found a few of the guys from the rowing team over here making omletts. but now that i think about it, it's pretty cool. their some cool guys.

the second week of school. it oughta be alright. the lay out of my classes kinda suck, but thats ok.

piece

We welcome all college age 18-30 to come check out Encounter  at 7:07pm on Tuesday come and Bring a friend!

College starts tomorrow. I'm going to be okay. I keep telling myself that anyway.

Some of the youth went to A&W after church. I ran into Daniel and we talked about college and I feel a whole lot better about it. Tonight was definitely a great ending to summer break.

Just take one day at a time....one day.

Ok, so yesterday I'm all checked in at Johannesburg ... waiting on my flight to Singapore.  I'm watching my watch and the monitoring board to see when the flight was open for boarding ... recognizing that there is a 1-hr time change from Angola to j'burg ... and although I thought I had changed my watch ... you know .... things happen.

So, when it appears that it is time to board, I start walking to my gate. Suddenly the monitor changes ... and shows that the gate is closed (ergo the plane is ready to depart) ... so did I or did I not adjust my watch?  Don't know now ... run run run ... as fast as I can to the gate ... only to see 200 people in line ... getting ready to board.  Guess some ying yang accidently selected "closed" instead of "boarding" ... well, he certainly suceeded in getting my heart rate up.

Now, having arrived in Singapore ... it is very clear I am back in civilization ... and VERY CLEAR I am in Singapore ... welcome 78 degrees and 90% humidity .... at 645 am.

Got checked into the Grand Hyatt.  Handed over my passport to the VISA expeditor (should get my passport/visa back today about 5pm).  Now ... what to do to stay awake.

Went for a walk.  Went shopping ... Scotts Road & Orchard Lane ... yahoo .... a woman's paradise (but I'm not a woman).  Ran into a food court and ate "Hot & Spicy Beef" noodle soup ... sorry, wasn't hot enough for me ... so I added chilis ... wonder what all the locals thought when they saw me slurping up all that stuff.

Made contact with my good friend James.  We will meet up for dinner 630pm.

Wake up call already set for 345am ... and I am also going to set my PDA for 400am.

... now to stay awake ....

ciao ciao

yeah so im pretty excited actually about classes starting tomorrow... so far college has been awesome...

: )

i'm so glad tonight was over.

let's just say it was a bad night.
nuff said.

[becca]

i can't believe it but college starts for me tomorrow and i have to admit that i am kinda scared. i don't know what to do.butwish me luck you guys.

i love you all!

Leah

Do you think that Mary made Jesus brownies?

-my mom after my bro's pleading for that delicious brown gooey-ness through his onw interesting brand of logic

dang. i think i scare people. big time. do i freak you out?

well i lost my band to a kid with a guitar and now i cant do anything to earn money cause i have too much to do but other than those things life is ok

good times like crazy . . . and it's only day 2.

right now i am in mississippi at a friend's house for a fish fry.

last night i rode around town with nikki listening to loud rap. we went to arkansas. then mississippi.

and the official quote of the weekend?

nikki's dad: "and NEVER go down thomas street."

nikki: "as in danny thomas street?"

nikki's dad: "yeah, that one."

(after we had spend forever driving all the way down that street the night before, lost out of our minds.)

i wish YOU were here.

901-678-6404. call me. i can get calls from out of town but i can't call outside the area code, so . . . hit me up.

love you kids.

Wow. It has been over a month since my last entry... I hope everyone is doing well. It is funny how being married and having a full time job will definitely chop your free time to do things such as blog...

Rach and I have been married for 3 months to-the-day... and it has been awesome. I love her and I love spending time with her. I also got a full time job at a marketing firm doing web design... very nice, and fun. so. I love it.

I am also working on several experimental side projects that should be interesting. hmmm...

All that to say, life is good. My older sister is getting married in a few weeks, and my little sister just started college at Belmont... all that AND, my family just recently moved to Clarksville... So, my wife and I are the lone Moores in Murfreesboro.

How is everyone else doing? hmmm?

And I thought I was done being the silent cynic.

I can't figure out how to delete the other entry..

I just finished calc homework and right now, I'm on like cloud 5 because of that. 4 more clouds and acres of homework remain between me and eternal happiness. lol. I so wish.

I think I'm comig down with something and it's making me maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. and I don't wanna go to school tomorrow, coz I know we'll just get more homework and I'm not ready for more homework and I don't wanna see certain people and blah blah blah.

I wanted to go to the band practice Friday, but my mom was like "It's just going to depress you." and I'm thinking, for pete's sake, I carry a bag/purse/whatever that says "GUARD" on it. Maybe she never looks. How would I know. I'll try to get some pics on here, but I might see something shiny and wander away, so don't be surprised if you don't see pics. =]

anyone wanna help me count down to the day we get to walk across the stage and get that little piece of paper that declares us free from the place we affectionately call high school? 

So I've now gone to all of my classes at least once, and I'm looking foward to all of them except math. It's at 7:45 in the morning and  the professor is going to make me fall asleep. He's monotone and boring. So yea, not looking foward to that at all.

The people here are still overwhelmingly friendly, but I like it that way. It makes it easier to meet people. I've continued to meet more people than I can count. I don't think I remember half of them, but oh well. I stood through the registration line, the ID line, and sat through all of my classes and I have yet to meet the love of my life Lee keeps promising! lol. totally just kidding. I have met a few people that impress me, but none that grab my interest enough for me to care. But that's a good thing. Gives me time to settle here and study and focus on things. I'll let God do what He wants with that.

I can't say I've missed home for even a moment. I mean yes I miss being at church and youth with everyone but that's it. I've hardly talked to anyone from home since I've gotten here. There have been a select few. And thankfully those two or three have at least made for some interesting, and at times surprising, conversation. I've been too busy to miss anything at home really. Yesterday morning my roommate and I went with a local church to do a food ministry. We collected good leftover food from local grocery stores and then took it to the slums in town and passed it out to the people who needed it and just shared Christ love with them in that way. It was amazing. The reality of how blessed I really am hit me hard yesterday. I'm looking foward to going to do it again. This morning we're off to find a church.

The college life is so far still good!

• Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.

Its Sunday at 1220pm ... I'm all checked in at the Johannesburg, South Africa airport .... in about 1 hour I jump on the plane ... and wake up in Singapore.

Hard to believe I've already left Angola.  Today I saw a Vietnamese girl on her way to Angola .... boy is she in for a surprise.

Checked luggage was way overweight. Before leaving Angola I talked the airline into increasing the limit from 30 kilos to 40 kilos.  It came in at 55.4 kilos (plus about 12-15 kilos in my handcarry).  Singapore Airlines charged me for only 5 kilos ... but that still was US$200.  Then there will likely also be a charge leaving Singapore, which I will need to negotiate.  For packing, I tried to get the weight as far down as possible ... but, I'm not going to leave my shoes and suits Angola ... and the packers were long gone. Such is life ...

... on to the next step.

ciao ciaol

Alright so Buzz fest was in short freaking amazing......I had the greatest time......See from start to finish I saw Black Stone Cherry,Soil,  Evensblue, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Cowboymouth, and Stained......of those the best had to have been Cowboymouth for their amazing stage presence, the lead singer actually jumped off the stage in to the pit area and then jumped another rail into the seats and started making people get up.....and Stained because they were just a freaking amazing band.....Stained ended the night and by the end of their set I had headbanged soo much that I will not be able to move tomorrow morning......also when Soil was playing there was a mosh pit in the grass area that I got into.....a friend of mine got hit and busted his lip....but me I went in and had loads of fun.....at one point I actually hit a guy and fliped him over....come to find out later that the guy was actually like 13 and really didn't belong in there cause he got hurt pretty badly because of all the much larger people.....also after that I realized that I was getting dehidrated so I went got me a water and started back to my brother and sister in law and got hit with a dizzy spell fell to the ground and started throwing up everything I had drank......it sucked but it was alot of fun all in all......peace out bye bye

WAS AWESOME! especially the mosh pit. It wasn't an all out fist swinging mosh but it was some deffinite major body impact... it was great. Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace are awesome bands

practice was interesting on friday....

it had nothing to do with the band though

but had everything to do with someone

it will definately change the season for me a bit

after practice i went to the fair

it was SOOOO fun

me tj and josh hung out all night and were with a group of other band kids for quite a while too

except when we got split up due to the ferris wheel and a funnel cake

if you ever wondered fairs have good food... im just glad i wasnt paying for it

i got to drive home too! and it was like 10:30 at night

driving at night is very relaxing

i ahve MYO chair auditions tomorrow

 i havet picked up my flute in like 3 weeks

 iv played for about 20 mins tonight... so i got that goin for me

 

i should practice but i think ill just sleep

its only orchestra anyway... its not like shes gonna kick me out

nite

-milly

Buzzfest was a freakin' blast!!! I HAD SOOOO MUCH FUN! BREAKING BENJAMIN PLAYED ALL OF MY FAVORITE SONGS EVEN THE ONES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PUT ON ALBUMS!!!!! All the other bands were okay, but I kind of lost interest in them after Breaking Benjamin left. I walk 14.88 miles! My legs feel like they are about to fall off. I saw a lot of people there including: Tony (a guy Callie and her friends hung out with) and Elizabeth, Cory Harper, Katrina, Sara Guilbert and her crew, Matt (an old friend from 7th grade), Brent Carpenetti and his girlfriend, and finally, the ever beautiful Christina Smith. I hung out with them all for at least a little bit. I bought a shirt but I think it is made for a girl... Maybe there is a hidden side to Michael Thoe that no one knew.... NOT!!! Well, actually there is but not that kind of side... Anyways, I am so frickin' tired, so talk to everyone later.

well today was swell.

slept until 11:30.

had a moo-latte and some fries for lunch.

went rock climbing.

got madden 2007. and a new television

ok so school has been crazy busy.  lots of work outside of school. plus theres soccer. soccer practice monday through friday unless theres a game that day. and then saturday soccer with some other friends. so i have soccer practice tomorrow night cuz we have a game on monday. so im practicing on a sunday. well anyway thats an update. not a very good one, but its better than nothing.

street fair tonite = actually fun

glad got to hang out with ya, dani and brent!

it's time for sleep. still debating on sunday school tomorrow.

nite!

jen

my baby cousin jayden.

he isnt even one year old yet.

and he had a seisor [sp?]

he was in the hospital the other day.

but is now at home.

but please just pray for him and his parents(my moms cousin && wife). [Juda && Joyce]

his aunt, joy [my moms cousin] and her parents [my moms uncle && aunt] went to georgia today to go see him.

i havent heard anything about how he is doing except that he is home now.

but i just ask you to pray for this babies health.

and that he will recover and be all right again.

God Bless.

So life has been kind of interesting lately.

I have had some pleasant surprises .....

And some not so pleasant surprises .....

But for now I think Im going to thrive on the pleasant surprises, because I know that God has a plan for those unpleasant surprises and he will show me the way later. 

Love and God Bless,

Goali

5 More Days

till i see him again!

dude
i caught some bugs...
and flies are a bastered!!!!!!!!!
good grif i couldnt cautch it....lol
it was kinda funny too
and i have to go to church>< great!!!
well i am out

megan

he was once a little green slab of clay...gumby!
you should see what gumby can do today...gumby!
he can walk into any book, with his pony pal pokey, too..
if you've got a heart, then gumby's a part of you....

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dang, it reminds me of waking my dad up at 5:30 on saturday mornings just to sit there with a HUGE bowl of ice cream watching cartoons..

man, i miss that..

is it just me or i am the only one ready for school to start back? oh well, i just wanted to tell all the chippies that left the boro goodluck and to all the incoming freshman at MTSU. once you learn the ropes it will all come easily. jus make sure u check the room numbers before u go in, theres is nothin more embarrassing than walkin into the wrong class and not realizing it til it starts. just fyi lol. but i love you all and i wont see you at church i will be workin a 12 hour shift at Aramark. but swing by the freshman picnic 2morrow afternoon im sure to be there with buffets galore lol! anyway ttyl!

so i love highschool football games!

i meet SO many awesome people. (hi ALEX) hahaha. and those three awesome chicks i rang around the rosie with. i only remember Valerie's name... and Ju's nickname. and that Michael guy (jessi's bf) and those skater kids... aanndd... Corey and Travis!

yeah. good times.

Meredith and I before the concert

Johnny Rzeznik...lead singer for the Goo Goo Dolls

and again!

and again!

and AGAIN!

and one more time!!!

the stage at starwood...it looked amazing

the counting crows! Haha it looks like he has no arms.

closeup!

and another closeup! (these last 2 pictures were taken of the screeen...don't be fooled we weren't actually that close haha i wish).

Most of the pics were a little blurry...i don't have the best zoom on my camera. But i still managed to get a few decent ones.
So there you have it! We had a BLAST. You Birmingham people have ALOT to look forward to!!!

Goo Goo Dolls - Better Days

so apparently my site is really difficult to figgure out.  if you click on "blog" in the nav bar on the right, up comes the site you're all familiar with.  there you can comment.  and in case the link i put in didn't work, here's another thechrismorgan.com.

Not gonna lie...there is a ton of stuff going right now.  Too much, and school hasn't even started.  Half the stuff know one would know about, and the other half really isn't that big but my mind gets a little too heavy at times.  This is officially a rant that isn't going anywhere, so please just keep me and my family in your prayers.  Thanks.

On a side note, I'v finished season 2 of House MD...and officially bored.  So now I have to get off my butt physically and mentally.

When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.

---

Hope you like.

sometimes my life feels like one big push of the replay button

Alright so I am heading to Buzz Fest in about 6 hours and 7 hours bands start playing......I am really excited because I haven't been to a concert in awhile and from what I have heard this is going to be a really good one......I am going to post tomorrow about how it went......peace out bye bye

What an interesting day.

The least fun nature walk of all time in Photography.  It involved such lovely views as trees; grass; flowers; more trees, grass, and flowers; and trash.  The trash including all this and more:  A playstation.  Two mattresses, one futon, one twin sized.  An exercise bike.  Some Shania Twain CDs.  Two mismatched gangsta shoes.  Various parts of a stereo system.

I opened a checking account at my bank.  I'll be getting my debit card in the mail in about two weeks.  Somehow I'm hoping that this will make me more responsible with money. . . . .Yeah, that sounds funny to me too.

I said farewell to my Memphis-bound homie, Brian King. 
(Have fun settling in, keep us posted.)
And found out that even five years after I left, the little desktop publishing thing I made in seventh grade is still laminated on the wall somewhere in Mr. King's shop class.  Mad Microsoft Publisher skills.  MAD, I tell you.

My Grandmother turned 69.  Which means she's almost 70.  Which mean's she's really getting old.  Which means I have to start getting used the idea of her not being around.  This is displeasing.
Her party was also a joint going-away party for my aunt Karn's niece Ping, who is going back to Thailand after staying here all summer to visit and help out Karn, my uncle David, and their daughter Diana.

Michael Thoe and I went to Hastings.  Where we happened to run into almost every single person on the planet that we know.  We spent a ridiculous amount of time looking at movies, games, and books before returning to his house to watch So I Married and Axe Murderer.

And now here I am at 1:30 AM.  Wasting my time on the internet.

And since it's technically the 26th now, I can say this:

HAPPY FRIGGIN' BIRTHDAY, GRACE LANGELAND!

Thank you.

Just so everyone is aware, if anyone has tried to reach me recently, I
have not been able to answer, because once again, my phone has been
broken.  This time was a little different though.  I put my phone in a
locker during work time so that it's just out of my way and so that i
don't mess it up or anything.  Well during my break I went to get it,
and found it on a cardboard box full of things that was on the floor
next to the lockers.  Well I picked it up and found that it would not
work at all.  I've tried everything.  The keypad lights come on, but
the screen is blank.  I'm guessing someone knocked it off and didn't
wanna confess it.  I asked everyone.  Oh well.  Needless to say it will
be a while before that gets fixed, because I have many more things to
worry about financially.  I already miss Steph.  She's only be gone
half a day.  I'll live.   Anyone wanna donate to the Russell fund for
college?  Just thought I'd throw that out there.  ;)

The semester hasn't even started and I'm considering changing my major again.

I'll make it through this semester & see what I think about the whole teaching thing. but seriously, i'm doubting it.

recreation. this major would cover disney and camp. and would involve me working with kids while being somehwere I love.

the end.

HAPPY B'DAY 2 MY SELF!!!!

huhu im so OLD!!!!!='(

cHe

we all are going to miss yah kiddo! -kels

dance tryouts tomorrow....

so nervous...

had one day to learn three routines....

3 different leaps....

4 different turns....

"the walk"....

the "sexy back" song....

IN OVER MY HEAD!!!!!

dance tryouts tomorrow....

so nervous...

had one day to learn three routines....

3 different leaps....

4 different turns....

"the walk"....

the "sexy back" song....

IN OVER MY HEAD!!!!!

Its 315am ... kilo comes to take me to the airport at 900am ... still not fully packed. Why???

Had dinner at Coconuts with very special friends ... some of those whom I have touched ... some whom are married and have children b/coz of me. It was tough. Dinner ended at 12 midnight.

THEN, I find out that 26-Aug is Tom Rapson's BD (same as Che )  ... boy did I mess that one up ... spent several hours with him after dinner ... and that is why it is already 315 am .... I can sleep on the plane ... the time with Tom ... its priceless.

Ciao Ciao

Nathan Mace, BJ Hunt, and some of the band from "At All Costs: A Night of Worship" will be leading worship in the sanctuary (or "Big Church") this sunday morning. also jerel olsen the new college minister will be speaking. Also wear your MTSU blue as welcome back the student for the 2006-2007 school year. CD's will be released to the Church Sunday for $12. If you already reserved your through Tacoya then it is $10.

Have an awesome weekend!!

At all cost for Your name

All creation sings Your praise

Jesus Christ, Saving Grace

You are the Way

rest in peace, maynard.

edit: maynard ferguson was the most amazing trumpet player in the world...he was a legend. but he died aug. 23.

My being $10 short Wednesday got me fired yesterday.

 
"Brokeback Mountain" is not just a movie. It's also what Chuck Norris calls the pile of dead ninjas in his front yard.

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Wait for one everyday just for fun I have some good ones

wats up?!?my school is havin' a dance tonight it's gunna be fun only I'm sick me and Faith were messin with eachothers throats and she pushed mine and it gave me a spre throat..but that ain't stoppin me!!NE ways comment and messages!!

Love

Megs

I had a job interview today...it went well. I picked up my books. I am about to get my hair cut really really short. And.....I can't wait til Monday, when all of my classes begin.

GO TO THIS SHOW

Addie Brownlee

September, 3 2006 at Bluebird Cafe
4104 Hillsboro Road , Nashville, TN 37201
Cost: Free!

Writers Night at the Bluebird Cafe!! * 4104 Hillsboro Road * 615-383-1461 * Doors open at 6:00pm...show starts at 8:00pm * These nights are well attended, and they don't take reservations, so be sure to get there early!

be there motherfuckers

Friday ... 511pm ... officially only 49 minutes of work ... yeah right, as if I am really going to do work (that's why I'm blogging from the office).

Ok, so, I need to do something to keep me busy until about 730pm ... then a bunch of us will go to Coconuts for dinner ... one last time ... on the beach .. outdoors (Che, Tasi, Spicey - I'll be thinking of you and our times together there).

Did a "walkaround" at work today to say good-bye.  Several people, including me, struggled with that.  Ofelia in our HR department was crying ... I'm the last of the expats that were here during the war ... the last that understand how hard it really was ... the last that realize just how far the country and company has come in the last few years ... I was there back when we had less than 100 employees and we knew everybody by name ... now we are 600 and hardly know each other.

Today I had lunch with our Country Manager Terry McPhail, and co-workers Drew and Debbie Bishop ... went for ... Chinese food.  It was good ... we laughed a lot ... and avoided in "reason" for the lunch.

Last night, I had dinner with KC and Lydia Yap ... very good Malaysian friends ... there was fish soup .. and I ate the head ... and thought about Decy.  We talked until midnight last night.

I know there will be many tears tonight ... many of the folks coming are folks that I interviewed and hired.  Many folks that are now married and have children because I offered them a job and opportunity ... and they moved from Portugal or Brazil to come here.  It will be very difficult.  But, in the end we will all recognize that we have touched each others hearts.

... Bill

I'm almost done with my first week of college.  It hasn't been too bad yet.  I ended up dropping my Western Humanities class because I took on too much at once and was already freaking out so I'll have to pick that up again next semester but it will be easier then, I think.  My roomies left me for the weekend.  I need to study lots because I have lots to catch up on before classes start up next week.  I'm coming home next weekend for the long weekend so anyone that wants to hang out let me know and I'll try to make time.  Anytime someone wants to come visit let me know.  You can also write me letters or message me on here or facebook.  I miss you all and I love you and I'll hopefully see lots of you next weekend! 

I never believed the saying
Nothing is perfect
But for a while I believed I'd found
The dividing factor...
But while it doesn't amount to a waste of time
It ended in painful defeat and confusion...
I'd go back there now if I could..
If anything to try and change what happened.. if I even could...
Who knows if it was inevitable...
Maybe I wasn't ready... maybe YOU weren't..
I'm not angry but saddened that the great time I spent with you
Had to end....

put on my blue suede shoes

and i boarded the plane

touched down in the land of the delta blues

in the middle of the pouring rain

w. c. handy, won't you look down over me

yeah, i got a first class ticket

but i'm as blue as a boy can be

that i'm walking in memphis

walking with my feet ten feet off of beale

walking in memphis

but do i really feel the way i feel?

well, murfreesboro . . . don't have too much fun without me.

see ya in the boro!!

[p.s. john mayer is on tv and i like him].

here it comes weekend,,hah!!!so many HOMEWORKS!!!!!!wat???its weekend,,we were spposed 2 let our brain 2 cool down but not if u in JIS,,there is homeworks evry single day!!wwhoooaaa!!!n one of my classes is getting really hard,,n dat makes me even more stress!!JINX but since 2morro is MY B'DAY,,im kinda x-cited...n also i hv test in choir on monday so dat makes me even more x-cited =D...NEwayz,,thats ol 4 2day hihi=P

cHe

I went to Nashville to this hair cut place called Eye Candy that my older cousin who's 24 named Jennifer just started working at and I have brown hair and she darked it and put blonde chunks in it.Let me know what you al think of how my hair looks.I think she did a killa awesome job.I wanna keep going back to have chunks put in my hair by my cuz.

so i finally actually designed myself a website. go check it out at <a href="http://www.thechrismorgan.com">thechrismorgan.com</a>.  it's pretty good lookin.  let me know what you think.  i have a perl thing on there that is supposed to let you guys e-mail me, but for some reason that doesn't seem to be working.  leave me comments here or leave me a message.

later
chris

Yeah, I freakin love them. I went to the show on monday with meredith...dang it was pretty much awesome. We got really decent seats (in the middle section) for the only $20 from some people that needed to get rid of tickets! It was pretty much awesome. I saw 6 people the next day wearing my same goo goo dolls shirt haha. Anyway, its good to have a computer again. I had to get mine fixed and it took them forever. So sorry if i haven't responded to comments/messages. But its late, and i need to go to bed. Talk to u all later.
~Garrett

well i can't pretend that today wasn't an interesting day. to start off i was sick all afternoon yesterday so i had to finish packing this morning. and i was still sick. then we get almost all the way to clarksville and my freakin radiator blew up. yep. it blew up. like i had steam coming out from underneath my hood and everything we had to pull over on the side of the interstate. then i get a nice call from jackie saying that we are staying in a hotel for the next week b/c they found mold in our dorms. tell me how gross that is? like seriously. they found mold in harvill hall and blount. so we are shut down. they said that we can maybe move back in as early as sunday. but at the latest it will be wednesday. so yeah. it's been CRAZY. and i found out that i no longer have a roommate. apparently she either dropped out or she switched dorms b/c they told me that i now have a private room. yay! the one good thing that happened todya. and yeah bout my radiator, clayton has ordered me one but it won't be in until saturday and he's gonna come up here and put it in. tell me how sad that is. i can't even get my car to his garage. he has to come up here and pull it out in the middle of the parking lot. so yeah, that was my first day as a college student lol.

yeah...school is crazy, i'm grounded until further notice, everyone in their right mind is sleeping..and me, well, i can't sleep. i just lay there.

i'm really thirsty.
think i'll get some water... =]

yeah.
random post, i know..
just letting you know,
i'm not dead...

well...yet...mrs sullivan might take care of that for me ;]

love you guys!!!!
[[becca]]

when coming close to the age of 30, looking back, i found that life has its own patterns.

as  little kids, we harbour ambious dreams which make life more colourful because they are the expecting hopes in our deep hearts; when growing up, life becomes a little grey due to more and more failures are encountered. looking back those beatiful dreams, someone may sneer while some may continue to look for the traces of hopes.

in my life, i did face some failures which had made me discouraged and nearly destroyed my dreams. luckily, before i totally surrender before life, life gives me hopes by endowing me some good friends who have enouraged me and strengthened me during those dark days. life, sometimes we feel so weak and helpless before its inscrutable characters and immovable might. almost every step we need strength and help. who could be the source of help and strength? all the friends will leave you. someone say that summer is the time for saying goodbye. It is true. when finished college, i began to learn what is goodbye by seeing my dear teacher Flight off in the airport. No tears when he hugged me until i saw his plane was flying in the sky. i was really so young at that time that i didn't realize that he is old and this may be the last time i could see him. Still arguing with him that i will see him again in his hometown soon by taking TOFEL but failed then to know that his efforts to come to fuzhou again was stopped due to his severe sickness. Flight, he had gone forever! See u in the heaven. Almost 10 ten years passed, i still could remember the days with him, especially when encountering difficulties, when trying to seek for some advice. Now Grace, Flight all had left our English Bible Study, leaving me there, facing all kinds of different new comers, i began to grow up gradually. no more indulgence because they are not there. but life still goes on. new younths like me came here, but no patience like Grace or wisdom like Flight any more, even i tried to recover their spirit in our Fellowship.

Life sometimes could be very cruel. sometimes you see something you like and in the distance, trying to seize it, catch it, but realize that something in the life has prevented u doing so. every one has the same span of life, lasting for 70 or 80 years, which warns us that we could not seize everything in the life. Sometimes we have to learn to lose or abnegate even though it represents some sacfrices or pains;while sometimes fortunately we will gain something, giving praise to God, because it is a gift from HIM.

Protect the Jimpire

ok so i'm coming home this weekend. i'm thrilled. in fact, i'm ecstatic. but i wanted everyone to be warned....i feel like i've changed. being away from home for three months has had me put a new perspective on life. can't wait to see ya'll. can't wait for the fun. be there soon....

so i got to school on tuesday night & got everything set up.  it was quite excting.  everyone kept telling me that i was gonna cry when mom left & stuff.  but i didnt.  maybe thats odd, but ive been so ready to leave for so long that there was nothing sad about it.  maybe its because right now it just kind of feels like a massive summer camp.  but i bet it wont feel like that come monday when classes start. 

but band is going to be interesting.  the marching band director is just  like mr waters with a strong southern accent.  its kinda odd.  but lots of fun.

well im about to leave for tech night at walmart.  ttyl kiddos!

Well, I've had my serving of humble pride for the day. I got an e-mail from the Shawn McDonald music video contest people today, with a link to a website with the videos of the eleven finalists...

And I didn't even make it there... out of only 80 freaking people... I couldn't make it to the top 11...

It hurts.

A lot.

So I guess tonight begins my quest to bargain hunt for Macs.

So yeah... I have lost my voice... can't find it anywhere. I think I just have a cold that was triggered by stress, which is okay because I love stress but the effects are bad. Yeah, I was feeling kinda bad today and sure enough, in the middle of interviewing cadets for the new Platoon Sergeant position, I lost my voice and sounded like the God-Father. Yet, it made everyone laugh, so that was good.

The ever wonderful Trish Fusco has agreed to dye my hair. What color? I will leave that up to her.

School is going great, I like all my classes but is it just me or are there even more females at Oakland this year? All my classes seems to be dominated by females. Two of my classes there are only like two or three guys in there including me! It is kinda weird...

around 17 sets in one practice.... im so impressed

GREAT job out there tonight you guys

way to be on top of things

PRIDE, PROMISE, POWER!!!

So yeah....... been alittle sick the past few days, getting alittle better though.......... but the main point in this is Laura's grandpa is very sick and close to passing, so it would be amazing if you all could just help pray for him! Thanks! God Bless!

In Christ!

-Allen

I'm watching Grey's anatomy.
It's pretty good.
My dad just got me into watching it.
It brings back my urge to be a doctor.
hah sillly yah know?

I'm gonna go to California.
Study at the Paul Mitchell Academy.
&& Make it.

almosts seems a little..crazy.
almost..unrealistic.
it's going to happen.

I'm already sick of school.
Selling cookie dough to go to Europe
[buy some from me]
i'm also taking donations for it as well.

Sarah Sunshine is a Happy Lady.

GRRRR. pretty sure i have needed to talk to mr waters for a week now, but since friday he said he was tired of people saying they need to talk to him after practice, i didnt say anything then. but he hasnt been there for 2 practices, so im kinda confused. but anyways just wanted to get that out, im better now. :] but i still need to talk to him. *sigh*

Struggling, hour by hour ... minute by minute ... Trying to stay focused .... trying to remember what I have forgotten ... in less than 34 hours a kilo will come to take me to the airport to leave Angola ... for Indonesia.   What have I forgotten? What is still undone?

On Friday I must stay focused.  On Friday I must say good-bye to many friends.  I suspect I will remember some things I have forgotten ... and will likely have some "mini panic attacks" several happened already today, Thursday.  I pray and trust I can handle this.

Key is to hold it together ... as Friday night I have a dinner with approx 12 friends ... primarily Angolans.   Good people. Good friends ... Sadly, in the meantime, it is already 1245 am on Friday ... and my alarm will go off at 4am (remember, I usually get up at 33am ... but we are having water problems here at the compound).  My mind wants to believe that if I don't go to sleep then tomorrow never comes .. but ... tomorrow is already today.  How I manage "today" is so important ..... not so much for me ... but for the Angolans that I leave behind .....

ciao ciao.

So, after waiting, praying, and various other things.. I guess, I went in today, and got HIRED AT CICI'S!

Okay,
I don't know how to explain it, but just how awesome of a guy the head
manager seemed to be, how much his employees like him, and really, the
entire environment, I could just tell God wanted me to be there.

For
one, the guy was TOTALLY cool with the fact that I have to go home for
a month during Christmas break, and NOT ONLY that, but he is going to
see if I can work at the CiCi's in McMinville that his boss owns when I
go home.
He was also totally cool with me trying to get more hours
during the week of fall break so that I could take that weekend off. 
PURTY SWEET.

So I start next weekend, meaning...
I'M COMING
HOME THIS WEEKEND! Because working mostly weekends, I'm probably not
going to be home until fall break, the middle of October, then
Thanksgiving, then Christmas.  So sorry to my friends back home, but I
won't be back as much as last year, but guess what...
God has given me an awesome job!
O, and starting pay is 6 an hour :) better than 5.75 ;)

Rewind to the past. There we sat in our third grade classroom, learning about the solar system. Our teacher asked us, "What is the name of the ninth planet - the smallest of them all?"

And we replied with enthusiasm, "Pluto!" That was an easy one for us to remember, because we loved that dog from the Mickey Mouse cartoons.

"That's right," our teacher smiled at us. "Pluto is the ninth planet in our solar system.

Fast forward to the present. Somewhere today, there is a third grade class learning about the solar system. When class begins the teacher announces, "Well children, you want to know the truth?" She looks down and the students see tears filling her eyes. "You may not be able to handle it."

"What is it, what is it?!" The third graders look at their teacher with wide eyes, horrified, mystified... scared... and afraid.

"Well, I know how I told you yesterday that Pluto was the ninth planet in our solar system. But it turns out that we have all been deceived." She looked up bravely, looking each student in the face, not knowing how to break the news. "Pluto has left the building," she states as gently as possible. The teacher pauses for a moment to sniffle before finally wailing out loud, "Yes my dear children, it's all true! They have decided that Pluto is just not good enough for our solar system anymore! Its title of 'planet' has been taken away."

And there was much mourning and weeping.

Yes folks, it's true. It was just one big fat lie. Pluto is not
a planet, never was a planet, never will be a planet! Poor Pluto is
just too puney, so it must be an asteroid or something of that nature instead. No one loves Pluto.
Pluto's just a reject. What a sad, sad day for Pluto.

There are third graders out there, wanting desperately to learn about the other worlds out there, who have been disocuraged in their efforts because every astronomy book published to date in wrong, wrong, wrong! How deeply wounding it is to have a part of our beloved solar system ripped out and taken away in one instance! We didn't even have a chance to say goodbye...

All this because some scientists wouldn't pick on a planet their own size.

ok well school was aiight...NE ways church was fun last night Kenny smashed a bunch of music stuff so me and Candace were like closin our eyes!!I'm bored and home alone so comment me!!

Love always,

<3 Megan <3

true happiness is a lot more complicated than it at first appears to be.

and sometimes much more difficult to achieve.

i leave tomorrow sometime between 5 and 6 in the evening.

How is it I can be 2 hours away from home, pretty much getting to start over and leave everything I didn't want behind and yet I can't. I've done good with forgetting every little thing. Every person who bothered me. Every stupid pointless thing that I didn't want to deal with anymore. And even the bigger things. I've left those too. And I'm out here. And it's been great. Classes are good. I'm meeting amazing people. And yet there's the one thing I can't let go of...why?

ok no more procrastinating. i have to be packed up by around noon today. it's almost 9. so yeah.

i'm excited to finally move in to the dorm tomorrow! then we're going to the drive in at woodbury to see snakes on a plane tomorrow nite. life is good.

have a lovely day!

<3

jen

So yeah Im finally ungrounded, which is good. so i should be updating regularly again.But i have to go to class so ill post more later.

Well Murfreesboro, so long.... for now.....

Although I haven't been updating much I immensley enjoy reading up on everyone's life and have done so faithfully. Yet here lately with the numerous posts about leaving to begin the journey that leads into a life of one's own I have executed many one sided coversation in my own little world...my mind.

I find it almost sad that everyone looks around and sees a place where they have grown up, with all the friends they created many a memory with through the numerous years of friendship, and they know they are leaving it for college of the misc. other things. Maybe it's jealousy because I never technically had a graduating class that I had gone through school with...the only year I went to high school in Murfreesboro I was in between classes {{never technically a junior and never technically a senior}} then I ran straight for the college campus. I look at all the people I had grown up with in Montana and wonder what life has been like spending the last two years as if nothing changed. What would it have been like if I had been able to enjoy my highschool years with all those I had grown up with? Would college have been a bit more scarey instead of something that was considered a simple upgrade?

I know all of this is crazy talk and not much of it probably makes sense, but I'm just off thinking about what could have or would have been if I wasn't here... there are a few things that never would have happened either though. Pros and cons...here we go.

If I had stayed in Montana:

I would have never finished high school in 3 years

I would have never met Herschel

I would have never gone to college right away

I would have never enjoyed a choral competition in New York City

I would have never met so many people I love (oh you know who you are!)

so many more...

I would have gone back to China to teach english for a few more years

I would have continued in my Thespian passion

I would have been with those I grew up with

I would have continued playing tennis, basketball and volleyball

I would have had a second or even third letter and 4 plus pin for my lettermans jacket

Oh lord... it's a pity party post. To bad! Love you all!

According to physics, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction ... even in Angola.

Seems our housing compound has a water main leak somewhere.  So, to minimize losses they shut down all the water between midnight and 4am.  Of course, that means when I wake up at 330am ... I cannot go to the bathroom, cannot shower, cannnot shave, yadi yadi yadi ... even though the kilo is coming approx 415-430am to take me to work.

Alas, the equal & opposite .... seems my A/C at work is not functioning properly .... there is water streaming continually from the ceiling ... guess if I really want to take a shower each day ... I can just do it in the office (I wonder how the company feels about nudity ?)

Speaking of company/work, I am thoroughly disgusted with some of my co-workers ... while I recognize that my replacement isn't coming for 6-10 weeks and that is worrisome (who is going to do Bill's work in the meantime?).  It thoroughly disgusts me that people are walking around talking about my work and who is going to do it ... without including me in the conversation RE about "what it is" I actually do.  Makes me feel like a piece of meat being carved up - - however, today is essentially my last work day ... tomorrow (Friday) I do a walkaround and say "good-bye" and attend one last staff meeting.  I'll do my best to not "blow up" at people.

RE the Indonesian house hunting, I think we are very close on closing on the DaVinci house.  Last I heard there were only 2 small open items that haven't been agreed to, which should be do-able. I'll keep you posted.

.... I'm emotionally ready to go ...

ciao ciao 

So today Kenny did a sermon on the types of  music we listen to... good music and bad music type deal.  So I volunteered to come in early and help.  I got there... well first I worked on a video project which got corrupted and we couldn't use, but that's another story... but then I get the task of creating a wooden structure that kenny could place music devices on... i.e. cd playerss boom boxes, and a computer monitor, which was for people who listen to music on the computer, so that he could destroy them with a baseball bat.  But he gives me pieces of wood, a saw, a hammer, and some nails, and says go at it.  With the help of Andy, another youth staff member, we erected this beautifully crafted piece of manliness, that not only supported the weight of all the electronics, but it also held up through the pounding of the bat... I feel like I have accomplished a great task and my life is complete.  I created something with my own two hands... and Andy's too... but it was amazing.