Darn you, Cookie Store!  Darn you straight to heck.

I have discovered the art of getting free cookies.  Don't take them in front of either of the managers.  The assistant manager, however, in addition to all the other employees, don't really seem to care.

So, becasue I'd never had them before, I swiped some free snickerdoodles.

Hooooooly crap.

They might just be the most addictive thing I've ever tasted in my entire life.

This is not good.  Very not good.

In other news, I'm going to see Pirates (again) tomorrow.  This time with my mommy.

And next tuesday is the day I pickup my senior picture proofs.  (Eww.)

also...

i found out that half of my residents in my usual section at Adam's Place are in the hospital and one of them: his wife died!! :'( even though she was kind of a mean old lady it is still sad cause you know the rumor, when a couple that loves each other that much and has been married so long that when one dies the other dies soon after... that is so sad...

i hate to think about people dying because that makes me think of my grandmother dying and i really can't even begin to touch on that subject before i burst in to smetherens of tears... :'(

but anyways.. i still have Mrs. Haynes. she is lovely and sweet (: and Mrs. Fillers because she lets me help put together her puzzle. cause i like puzzles. :D they make pretty pictures. :P

i'm cutting back on my hours some, so that im not working 14 & 16 hour says anymore.. it will be like 9 or 10 hour days. (:

because i am too tired and i don't have time for anything but work. ): and that includes my g-ma and ma.. and my pets. and my friends. who needs to get off from work to go to the lake or get a tattoo... :D

i want to make some cookies...  what kind should i make.. ?? (:

     I just got back from spending all day at Nashville Shores! It was awesome. I have a really dark tan/burn; you know, one of those deep deep redish brown tans that look really cool? Yah, that kind. So anyway, there was this one ride...it was really scary, and Hannah Breaux (I love that girl) said it was the best one there so I decided I would go on it with her (I didn't know what it was at the time). Basically, it was a humungous U-shaped plastic thing with water running on it that was really really steep. Not cool. I went down it and told her that I was never going on something like that again. Well, Adam comes up about an hour later and they convinced me to go on a 3 person tube down it. Adam wanted to hear me scream (I am proud to say that I didn't scream either time, but Adam yelled when I went with him and Hannah screamed. Hah! Losers) Anyway...Adam flew off it and hurt himself. I know, I know, it was my fault. I shouldn't have caved into the peer presure around me. I feel awful (not really). I got to go kayaking for the first time ever...go down ginormous slides...swim, and hang out with my friends. I know I'm going to be sore tomorrow from kayaking. I don't usually use those muscles, and I kayaked for a long time.
    On a different note...My grandparents are here from New Hampshire. It's good to see them--it's been a while. They're staying in my room while I sleep on the couch in the recreation room. Fun stuff. I also found out that 3 or 4 days after I get back from Fine Arts my family is going to New Hampshire for a week! YES! One week of being lazy...lying on the beach...soaking up the sun...playing in the water...yes
   

Waiting for the day
When I hear you say
"Here is the one, I have created...
...Just for YOU..."

got married!!! I am NOT kidding! I'm not really one into celeb news and
all that, but I just stumbled upon this discovery, and felt the need to share...

THERE AMAZING !!!!!!

MUSIC IS ALMOST AS AMAZING AS GOD :P

AL

Who said, who said

I can't be worldwide

I say, I say

Time is on my side


Who said, who said

I can't be 10 feet tall

I say, I say

That I can have it all


Who said, who said

I can't be Superman

I say, I say

That I know I can


Who said, who said

I won't be president

I say, I say

You ain't seen nothin' yet

You ain't seen nothin' yet

. . . because i got a cell phone.

Why Don't You & I

Since the moment I spotted you,
Like walking round with little wings on my shoes
My stomach's filled with the butterflies... ooo and it's alright
Bouncing round from cloud to cloud
I got the feeling like I'm never going to come down
If I said I didn't like it then you know I'd lied
ooo

Everytime I try to talk to you
I get tongue-tied
Turns out that everything I say to you
Comes out wrong and never comes out right

When's this fever going to break?
I think I've handled more than any man can take
I'm like a love-sick puppy chasing you around
ooo and it's alright
Bouncing round from cloud to cloud
I got the feeling like I'm never going to come down
If said I didn't like it then you know I'd lied

Everytime I try to talk to you
I get tongue-tied
Turns out that everything I say to you
Comes out wrong and never comes out right

So I'll say 'why don't you and I get together and take on the world
and be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again'
So I say 'why don't you and I hold each other and fly to the moon
and straight on to heaven
Cause without you they're never going to let me in'

And slowly I begin to realize this is never gonna end
Right about the same time you walk by
And I say 'Oh here we go again, oh'

Everytime I try to talk to you
I get tongue-tied
Turns out that everything I say to you
Comes out wrong and never comes out right

So I'll say 'why don't you and I get together and take on the world
and be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again'
So I say 'why don't you and I hold each other and fly to the moon
and straight on to heaven
Cause without you they're never going to let me in'

So I'll say 'why don't you and I get together and take on the world
and be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again'
So I say 'why don't you and I hold each other and fly to the moon
and straight on to heaven
Cause without you they're never going to let me in'

i need a hobby!!! got any ideas????

The greatest gift I have ever been given by the Lord, save for my salvation, was when I was given some eternal perspective by him that really shook me and destroyed me in high school. I remember it well. The epiphany came to me right after reading in "Revolution in World Missions". Think about it: what if you were given a revelation as to how much longer you had to live? Would you live any different than you are now? Would you stop concerning yourself with others opinions of you and side with Peter when he said to "judge for yourself whether it is better in your sight for us to please men or to please God." (Acts 4:19). Psalm 39:4 is the cry of my heart so often."LORD, make me to know my end and what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am."Dear God may all of my days be comforted by the thought of my eternity and tortured by the thought of others.
It is true that part of my generation is on fire for Jesus, suffering all things for the sake of the Gospel. The other part is asleep. Only by God's grace am I starting to wake up little by little. May I never boast that I woke myself up. No, Jesus is my great awakening, and O how He longs for the bride to be purified; a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds (Titus 2:14). Thus, the function of my ministry is both for encouragement and exhortation. If any of my messages that God has given me will help us to realize the LORD's holy calling in our lives, then may I continue to preach. Otherwise, I just feel like I'm wastingeveryone's time.
Jesus Christ is real. I wonder how much we believe that. Growing up I often thought, "If Christ is who He says He is, and if He did what He said He did, then my whole life must be totally and absolutely consumed with Jesus." Of course, I did not and do not always live as if it were so. If heaven, and perhaps more importantly hell is real, why do I find more Christians in front of an xbox than in front of a lost soul pleading with them for their eternity?
Christians, why don't our hearts ache for the lost? Why don't we weep for the ignorance of this world? Can anyone take me to the verse in Acts where all the disciples "hung out"? No, their lives were moment by moment absorbed with prayer, fasting, genuine fellowship, serving and witnessing. This is not a lofty utopian goal. It will take broken hearts, much prayer and the Holy Spirit's beautiful and pivotal activity. I am young, I know this. I am also not claiming to have uncovered the great forgotten truths of the bible. There is nothing new under the sun that I have been thinking about. All I know is that my heart longs for the bride to be unashamedly bold for the name sake of her bridegroom. All I know is that we are all as Christians going home soon enough and we must redeem the time. All I know is I don't want to be guilty of another man's blood (Ezekiel 3:17-19). Hopefully something in this cacophony of writings and thoughts will spur some believer on to good works, so they will obey Christ's commandments and therefore abide in his love (John 15:10).
I have been praying that God would rid me of cynicism, and I don't believe that any of what I said is in a cynical spirit. In fact, if what I said wasn't founded on the Word of God, shoot me an email and we'll talk. I'll finish with this: I was led to a scripture the other day that I want to be true in my life. May it be true in yours as well.
"I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O LORD, You know.I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation." Psalm 40:9-10

i guess i could update.

summers been pretty good, really busy.

but its been slowin down.

went to disney world, HAWAII, and church camp with white water rafting.

all were amazing, but im looking foward to relaxin nowadays. if thats a word.

church tonight, then plea for purging show on fri. should be pretty suuhweet.

Bush vetoed the stem cell research bill.  ( ... )  The one (there were three, after all) which would employ excess embryos taken for in-vitro fertilisation that would've been thrown out, anyway.  Which in that case technically classifies them as a gamete, and kinda negates the 'murder argument.'  Just when we finally get most everybody up there to agree on something...

Link to Relevent New York Times Article

I had a really weird dream.  It involved my future (unknown) roomie, Kroger, and driving around at midnight.  And webcams, but not in the skanky way.

i recently learned a lesson on God's peace and to be at ease whenever something goes wrong because all that is is God reminding us that he is in total control of the situation, and that, in turn, gives me peace...

Psalm 3:3, "But you, O Lord, are a shield around me you are my glory, the one who holds my head high."

Psalm 16:8, "I now the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me."

Psalm 91:2, "This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of saftey; he is my God, and I trust Him.

thanks ben for helping me out on that one.

that the next big thing will probably phusebox.... when myspace comes boring.... cuz that what happen to xanga.... but i could be wrong....lol

srry i had to get that out......

and something else...

there are so ass hole fuckers that i dont like

ok srry about that too..... i am random...hehehe

well i am out

            megan

every feel like you try to do what your parents tell you to do, but they always find something that you did wrong? ah.

after church sunday was fun.

yeah it was fun. tomorrow is going to be just as fun with them<3

well lets see we had band yesterday and what can i say about it ....ummm lets see ...... nothing. i mean seeing everyone was cool but i wish band started later in the year. you band people might get mad at me for saying that but i have just got the job a few weeks ago and i would like to be able to keep it and keep getting 37 hours a week in and with band i seriously think that is going to be nearly impossible. i guess i will have to live with it though. idk maybe i can work late. oh well, lol. The music for this year sounds really cool and i think that everyone will practice it a little more than usual because it sounds cool. well lets see what did i do today. i went to work. i went skateboarding on my breaks and on lunch and then i came home and played bass. so i guess today was cool. well i got to go. i have to go to work at 8 tomorrow

Andrew

save me....

im falling....

well... jumping...

help....

hey you guys!!!!

practice went well and i cant wait to see where we take the music!

lets do it all again tomorrow!

7-20-06     6:00 - 8:30

band was yesterday.

i was introduced as the DM and everyone clapped and yelled for me. it was awesome.

so the band sounded better than i thought it would considering all the ppl that were missing. why do people wait till band starts to be on vacation? its stupid.

so yes this year is gonna be awesome.

jenn and D slept over and it was fun. i got to hang out with my girls. we stayed up until it was light outside again .then got very little sleep.

i was glad to be at church on wed night. i love wed nights at clavary. i loved running sound board. i lovbe the worship too. its just so awesome even when you are messing with levels every now and then.

ive realized that i cant let God take a 2nd place to band. it may sound stupid to all of you, but i need to want to know God as badly as i want to win a competition. i need to want him more than a superior drum major award.

well i guess ill ttyl!!!!

me encanta tu

- emily

so tonight's restaurant raid was at La Siesta, best mexican restaurant in the world. muy divertido.

church was cool. tonight was NY/NJ share night, and God obviously blessed their trip. it's great to hear that i have so many new brothers and sisters in Christ!

so anyways, i got to thinking, as we were in worship, how good we've got it here in America. no one's bombing us. no one's telling us we can't worship our God in whatever way we want to. whereas people in Lebanon and Israel are currently fighting just to stay alive, much less enjoy life. and we seem to take it so much for granted. as if we had all the time in the world.

anyways, just a thought. life is great right now. i love my friends, but most of all, i love my God. He always seems to know just what i need to hear, exactly when i need it. lately i've been really confused about what i want to do with my life, and i waver back and forth between wanting to be a doctor, and wanting to be a missionary. i don't really feel that i could be both. i think about being at that point in life, and looking back at my choice, and i just don't see me ever regretting becoming a missionary, whereas i can see myself regretting not doing it. but who knows. i feel like jeremiah when he said that the word of the Lord was like  "a fire in his bones" that he was weary of shutting in. cool stuff. neways, i think i'm officially smitten. but i don't know that the feeling's mutual. i sure hope so. but i don't know that he'll ever know about it, unless he asks me. who knows? well, i'm really tired, so i'm gonna go hit the hay. nite nite g-units. ----Cari  

On Wednesday I received a very unexpected phone call from one of our executives in Houston.  Bottomline - promotion granted.  Raise - given.

To the outsider, one might say "so what?".  But, to those that know ... a promotion in my company is a big deal .... and the average person will only see 4 or 5 in their entire career.  For me, it is Number 6 (and probably my last).

Additionally, by almost anybody's standards (except Bill Gates and Warren Buffets) the amount of salary increase (both in $$$ and %%%) was very very very good.

I am so excited and pleased.

... and the $$$ come in at a time when I am getting ready to support all three Morgan boys in college at the same time ... three checks are due to go out next week.

THANK YOU, GOD !!!!! 

I'm back!

It was fabulous. I don't think I have danced 7 hours a day for a week ever. But I have also never performed in a broadway theater on 42nd street before either.

okay yeah....

IM LONELY! i can't take it anymore.i have been fine the past four years without a special someone in my life but now im lonely.ive been able to fill the hole with my friends and activities but i just cant do that anymore.i want a relationship that means something.i want that special bond with that someone that changes your whole out look on life.im tired of being Leah the really awesome friend...or Leah the really cool person.im tired of getting my hopes up on a guy just to find out he likes someone else.

you guys don't understand this probably and most of you probably won't read it...cuz that is how you all are....but

IM JUST SO HURT AND TIRED OF BEING ME!

what is wrong with me....that guys just don't find me the relationship type?

i know God will send me a guy when i am ready for one but what if im already ready for one....can't he see my pain...

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

just me

Thanks for all the computer advice guys, I'll do something eventually. I think that I'm going over to my aunt's this Friday and use her computer to edit my video, and then worry about my own computer. And if WMM never works on there again, oh well. I'm trying to be a little less of a control freak and a lot more flexible these days. 

So since summer is a pretty slow time at work, I've been able to read a lot lately, and I've read three books in the past few days from a series I loved when I was a teen. And I can see why. I still enjoy them, and something I read in the third book today really made me think. Really, it made me think about all the silly things I worry about, like saving up my money to some large sum and not spending any of it out of fear disaster may strike or whatever.

Anyhow, I've been thinking a lot lately about what God wants to do with me and I'm praying about some different possibilities... I guess I'll see what happens! I've also been writing a lot more lately, which is really the first talent I discovered I suppose, way back in the first grade. It all started with a story about a girl and a deer...

so New York was amazing as I expected it to be.
lots of shopping, lots of amazing cityness. i loved every minute of it.

especially....WICKED! loved it a bunch! my fav, most def. *sigh*
oh, and I was in Little Italy during the semi finals between Italy and Germany. what an amazing experience. being in a crowd of hundreds for the entire overtime, and then everyone cheering when we won. woah!

then my wisdom teeth got cut out last week. boy, what an experience.
dry sockets twice. still in pain. oy vey, not so fun. and I need to play my clari, but can't.

2 weeks til band camp. oh joy, out in the heat all day. boooo....
I hurt, I 'm leaving.

This morning consisted mostly of suck.

I don't think I realized how not ready my body was to try that whole walking three miles thing again.  Mady was feeling a tad under the weather this morning, so we only did about 1.75 to 2 miles today.  And we were both in paaaaaaaain.

And for todays let's-make-our-workout-completely-irrelevant meal, we headed to O'Charleys.  Don't judge me because I like caramel pie... I never said I was on a diet, I just said I was exercising more.  : p

This afternoon I vegged in front of the idiot box before deciding to go ahead and finish off Kingdom Hearts 2.  (I had somehow convinced myself that I was going to complete Jiminy's Journal beforehand so I got to see the bonus material, but then I realized that is NEVER going to happen.)

Mad props to the game designers.  Make a deceptively easy game and then surprise me when I almost get my ass beat in part [insert random number] of [insert rediculously large number] in the final boss fight.

There's going to be another sequel, right?  Man, if they keep making these games, I'll keep playing them until I'm old and my right thumb is too arthritic to mash the x button.

Awwww man... wouldn't suck if you were a hardcore gamer and then got cancer and had to have a finger or a hand amputated?  That would suck.  (I've met a woman - she wasn't a gamer, but she was a professional artist.  Major suckage.)

Hah... random thoughts from the vault that is Sarah's mind.

An update on my life. yayrah!


I walked into the deli yesterday. and as I found out today, their
cashier quit yesterday. I had my job back w/o even trying. word.


so, I have not one, but 2 jobs. I'm pumped. I work 9.5 hours today b/t
them. but, there's a nice little break in between, so that's good.


TWO JOBS!!!! yay!!


So, tonight is the only day I work @ AE this week. and i'm at the deli
all week, but my weekend is free. . .too bad i'm poor. it's so so sad.
I should come into some money


I have also discovered the wonders of netflix in the last week. This is
currently my greatest joy. I suddenly decided I wanted to see all of
Gilmore girls. and nextflix was the cheapest, quickest, most amazing
way. yay!


so that's a wrap. not too much going on. hehe.

God Only Cries


On an icy road one night
A young man loses his life
They marked the shoulder with a cross
An' his family gathers round
On a piece of Hallowed ground
Their hearts are heavy with their loss
As the tears fall from their eyes
There's one who'll always sympathise.

God only cries for the living
'Cause it's the living that are left to carry on
An' all the angels up in Heaven
They're not grieving because they're gone
There's a smile on their faces
'Cause they're in a better place than ever before
God only cries for the living
'Cause it's the living that are so far from home.

It still makes me sad
When I think of my Grand-dad
I miss him each and every day
But I know the time will come
When my own gradnson
Wonders why I went away
Maybe we're not meant to understand
Till we meet up in the Promised Land.

God only cries for the living
'Cause it's the living that are left to carry on
And all the angels up in Heaven
They're not grieving because they're gone
There's a smile on their faces
'Cause they're in a better place than ever before
God only cries for the living
'Cause it's the living that are so far from home
Yeah, we're so far from home

---

that's definitely my new favorite song.
first time i heard it, i cried...

So, I called people up today to make sure they were practicing, because I am the self-created Practicing Police. And suddenly I had the idea to call Grace.

So I did. I asked her how her summer was going and the such. We talked for about a minute or two. She said it was nice to hear from me, which made my day even better.

I started the comic a few weeks back, and here's the first page:

Except for a few differences. [The big rock is the earth] I also drew Rachel and Kelsey for the title page, which I have to find a way to make:

The marching music isn't very difficult for me, but the rest of the clarinet section needs a little help. Of course, this is the time where I help them, since that's what section leaders do.

I will do what I can to make the clarinet section the best it's ever been.

Danny

So yea I have been working at New York Cafe now for 4 days.....as of when I go in tonight......well since I have begun working there I have worked most of the time by myself........I worked Monday from 11 till 8 of which i was by myself till 5......I worked yesterday from 5 till 11 which I was by myself the entire time......also all this driving is causing my shoulder and neck to cramp up making it really hard to sleep at night.......also I can't seem to figure this out but I thought there were about 5 or so people working there and I have only worked with one........where are other people that can work..........so yea I must say I love this job but it is about to kill me so I need to find some way of getting more deleveries or something so I can make more money each night.......anyways I am out I just thought I would put that out there.......peace

YOUR LIFE IS MOST LIKE THE EXORCIST! SO WHEN YOU JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE YOURSELF THEN YOU SHOULD VIST A PRIEST! FAST!!!!

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Why is it so hot?

i was kissed by a Romanian guy today...

hey guys...how ya doin....kinda bored so heres an emo poem...tell me what you
think...

my prayer...
if i shall die while in my sleep...
protect me god my soul to keep...
from evil thoughts and wicked seems...
just snatch me from this evil dream...
i know theres bad things i have done...
thats why i sit here with this gun...
and if i awaken from this peaceful slumber...
my gun will roar...and ill be six feet under...

yeah...kinda depressin...but yeah kinda...uhh yeah...help..

I love the ocean....you won't ever take it from me!

I don't know why but the last couple of days and today i've been wanting to write. I don't usually get the urge to write. But I have been. But it has helped me to clear my mind which is nice. So i fell like writing something but i don't know what. In a way i wan to write like lyric or something but i don't know what to write about. Maybe i can about work. I don't know. So i've figured out how to get some sleep. All i need to do is listen to music at night and i can get up. I'm moving along in school, a lil slow right now but it'll hopefully get quicker. I've got 4.5 weeks left then i'm out for two week unless i graduate by then. I don't know exactly how much i have left but i know it's not too much cuz my teacher said i could possibly graduate in time for this trimester. So i guess i'm gonna get back to my work. hopefully it won't take too much longer to do these three chapters and the posttests i have to take for like 2 or 3 of them. so i'll ttyl.

Remember a few posts back when I said it was too hot?  I was wrong.  Todays forecast projects a few hours of 103 degree heat followed by (joy of joys!) a thunderstorm. The heat'll suck, but the storm will be absolutely great.  I can't wait for it.

Anyway, tonight I'm singing in the band for the youth group at church, so that will be fun and air-conditioned.  I haven't made the clarinet recording yet because, well, I haven't yet found my clarinet.  It may be in my closet, but I haven't been in there in a few months, and the resident dragons and foul beasts who once would do my bidding are no longer under my control.  So I've got to get my plate armor from the dry cleaners and teach them beasties a lesson or two.

and i'm the only one up in my house.... for some reason i haven't been able to go to sleep until like 2 or 3 in the morning... it sucks....

Hey all... another song.. what can I say.. I must be really really happy!

---

---

I'll let you go
though you know I don't want to
And I guess you'll leave
Even though you don't want to
It's only because
it's that time of night
Where the end must come
Cause we know that it's right
And because your parents
Said so....

I pray this moment never ends...
But when you're gone, I'll just pretend
That it never happened
No I can see you're still here
though It's not quite as perfect
And not nearly as clear
Oh, with time this will pass
And you'll be back in my arms
I just pray that this night
Goes by fast...

Won't you come spend the night
Just wrapped in my arms
And smile at my jokes
And give in to my charms
And tomorrow we'll wake
And together begin
That fresh new journey
To do it all over again

And when you dream...
Can you see me screaming your name
At your window at night
Just trying to get you outside
So I can take you away
To the places we know
The places we go
In our own little world
I'm thankful that God
Made such a beautiful girl

And so I sit here again
Just thinking of you
I look in your eyes
And I see that it's true
That you're heart is racing
Just as much as mine
I love you so much
I'm glad you believe
Cause nothing is better
Than when you're with me

Won't you come spend the night
Just wrapped in my arms
And smile at my jokes
And give in to my charms
And tomorrow we'll wake
And together begin
That fresh new journey
To do it all over again

phusebox?

long time no use.

Yea. I'm back. But only because I love you guys... And you all refuse to get a Myspace.

Have you ever had the feeling,
where your heart skips a beat.

&& you relize how happy you feel.

&& you're scared that it'll end.

but your just happy you feel so great.

where everything is so wonderful.

i'm overcome with joy,

just out of nowhere.

happier than i've been

and the relization of my life right now,

is becoming clearer

&& I see how truely blessed I am.
..butterflies perhaps?

&& after last time;;
i told myself i wouldn't fall again.
then i saw him smile,
&& I broke the promise to myself.

Exactly one month from today I'm moving into the dorm at Lee. Wow that's a scary thought.

Look at me owning withing the time limit!!!!!!!!

band.

mmhmm.

its gunna be a great year.

By Tuesday evening I was physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted.  So, I left work early (5:55pm).  Arrived home at 730pm (after semi-normal traffic) ... total time away from home .... 14.75 hours (445am to 730pm) ... then I worked on the relocation.

What was that about leaving early and "taking a 1/2 days vacation"?

There's a funny new American Idol-type show on ABC.  It sort of mixes AI with Big Brother.  It's title is my title.  I wouldn't even know about this show, except a guy I know from my church (Austin Carroll) is one of the contestants.  I'm voting for him because I can't stand him.  He's cockier than I am, and that grates on me.  So I vote so that he'll be gone the entire time I'm in Memphis so I won't have to see him at church.  I'm sorry if that means I'm a bad person.  Everyone, please vote for him - 1-800-973-6935

Thanks.

well the trip is done;

but what God is doing there, isn't.

pray.

today was officially awesome. i got my fine arts payments paid with a lot more extra money than i thought, so i got a new video camera!!! plus, not only is it a video camera, but it's an mp3 player!!!! and, we got a digital dvd player!!! and, tomorrow, i'm goin to florida for 10 days!! i'm not lookin forward to the 12 hour car ride there, nor am i looking forward to not seeing my friends for 10 days, but it's gonna be AWESOME!!! in my next post, i'm pretty sure there's gonna be pictures.

http://www.free2w.com/Thematthicks/areyoucrazy.html

It amazes me how much can change over the course of one week.

1.You have a relative, friend, or mentor at Harding.
2.You know what Fort God and Six Flags over Jesus is.
3.Your bible comes equipped with your birthday, name in gold, and date of baptism.
4.What do you mean instruments in worship?
5.You have a religious experience every time you drive through Corinth, Mississippi.
6.Your bible is in your purse (book bag).
7.Your write both your birthdays in someone’s planner.
8.You have a poster of Jeff Walling.
9.You have a crush on Jeff Walling’s son, Taylor.
10.Three words… Sex Ed Classes.
11.Keith Lancaster doesn’t scare you anymore.
12.You stand next to a hot guy incase you have to huga huga friend huga friend next to ya.
13.M.A. kids automatically get into heaven.
14.You believe your cookie is going to hell because it was sprinkled not submerged.
15.Your ‘‘what I did last summer essay” involves Mexican children or building houses.
16.All your cloths are from old navy or GAP.
17.You wear Birkenstocks year round.
18.Bikini is not in your vocabulary.
19.15+ hour bus trips are a way of life.
20.You have a home-schooled friend that doesn’t bug you.
21.You married someone you grew up with.
22.Retreat romances are not uncommon.
23.You actually like C.S. Lewis.
24.Grits isn’t a breakfast food.
25.You know what the Bison is.
26.You sing “Roll the gospel chariot along’’ and put teachers names in the devil verse
27.Yes, vegetables can talk…. And sing!
28.When Jehovah’s witness’ come to your home and ask you if you have “found Jesus”, you come to the door naked and say “No I haven’t, why don’t you come on in and help me look for him?”
29.Instead of playing homemaker, you played communion
30.You marry before you get out of Harding
31.Dissfellowship is your worst fear
32.Your Sunday lunch motto is ‘’Beat the Baptist’’
33. Your daily ponder is “I wonder what the theme for Impact is for this year…”
34.Your brothers are named after apostles
35.The closest you get to dancing is when you sing “you have turned my mourning into dancing!’’
36.The girls always win “Satan was defeated!”
37.Music leads to dancing and dancing leads to making babies!!
38.You still haven’t been kissed and you are going on 25.
39.What happens at Impact stays at Impact
40.Instead of saying ‘Crap!’ you say ‘Snap!’
41.For Christmas you get the New Testament on CD BABY!
42.Instead of Saying OH MY GOD! You say “Oh My Stars”
43.You listen to Josh Groban… and enjoy it.
44.You own at least one shirt with a bible verse on it.
45.You are, have been, or are going to be in a “social club”.
46.You own Harding or Lipscomb apparel.
47.You can complete this sentence… “THREE SWINGS AND A ______”
48.You have skipped chapel before.
49. You know who Neal Pryor is…
50.Your mom went to Harding.
51.Your dad went to Lipscomb.
52.And your brother went to Abilene Christian.
53.YOU ARE IN DEBT…. Because of Harding.
54.You have a relative that lives in Texas.
55.You have been to a “ring ceremony”.
56.You are engaged, and you’re only 22.
57.You get laughed at when you explain you’re future college… and all its rules.
58.You get laughed at more when you explain what a dry county is.
59.You are well educated in BET, but you haven’t seen MTV in years.
60.You have cracked open a wedding magazine… on more than one occasion.
61. You know or love a Rieder.
62.You can finish this sentence: Zeta Rho, date a ___.
63.Your weekend consists of an edited movie in the Benson and sneaking to Heber to two-step.
64.Over half of your friends are married or engaged...and you're a sophomore in college.
65.You threw at least 2 wedding showers for girls on your hall freshman year of college.
66.Your college is fondly known as "The Marriage Factory."
67.You know what happens when you go under the bell tower...alone...and you take alternate routes to avoid it...

So all of four of you understood at least 75% of that. I'm not hardcore CoC, but I couldn't pass this up, lol.

ah, cheers at public universities in the city of memphis . . . there's nothing like them.

i love that city.

it's got more life, energy, and feeling than anywhere else that i have ever been in my life . . .

3 out of every 5 radio stations play only rap. with maybe a little bit of hip-hop.

and the best part?

as of right now, i have NO roommate. you know what that means . . .

there will (most likely) be a free bed for you when you come to visit me in my ghetto-fabulous city.

holla!

The guy in the blue shirt is totally amazing.

I Am Gonna Post Some Random Things Just So I Can Get The Most Remarked Please Help Me By Posing Random Comments After This Post....

Hey,

i am really bored i am supposed to get my hair cut tommorrow and my head hurts and my tummy hurt really bad! well anyways antlanta is going to be soooooooo kwl! well i will see yall tommorrow night

                                  ~*Emily*~

                                    please remark or message me

First night of Band Camp is tonight, in about an hour.

I can't wait to hear the first way-out-of-tune note. It's the sign that it's gonna be a great year.

Danny

:Edit:

Band was okay. I wish there were more people who could play well so we wouldn't sound like a freshman band. Many people didn't come back to band. This is gonna be a tough season, but I think we shall overcome to become great!

:End Edit:

Ok, get ready for a butt-load of pictures (from West Side Story, Graduation, and my family New York trip):


look! i'm siging autographs! I'm a STAHR! lol

 
Dad and me after he gave me money. thatz why i'm so happy lol

Elissa, Rae, me, Bos, and Big Al lol

Me and Mrs. Donna after the Senior recital. I love that WOMAN! ^^

Everyone that was in the Senior recital

Dad, me, and Bos at CHOCOLATE WORLD!! They had singing cows! SINGING COWS! ^^

Dad, me, and Bos on the ferry from The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Mom and Dad on the carriage ride thru Central Park

Me outside the Shubert Theatre where Spamalot is performed.

Dad, Bos, and me in front of the guitars at Hard Rock Cafe bein all gangsta!

Bos and me in the Gershwin Theatre- the home of Wicked!

Me outside the Gershwin after seeing Wicked. ^^

so yeah..

I have a guy that you need to check out. Jimmy Needham I will compare him to the Jason Mraz of Christian Music.  His new single, "Lost at Sea" is blowing up the airways in Nashville, get to know this guy before everyone else does.   Then you'l be sayin, "I've been listening to him for a minute now. 

Also, you can download one of his songs along with 6 other Christian artist for free, 12 songs in all.  Think about it as a christmas in july present for the ol' ipod! Feed your iPod!
Artist include: Foolish Things, Jimmy needham, Matt Kearney, Tree63, Shane and Shane, Superchic[k], asn Paul Coleman.

Please your ears, your thank me later.

Enjoy!!

Sharing the Love,
Shelby

She dwells in her darkness
She doesn't know how she feels
Other than the alcohol intoxicating her.
She lost her ways that day
She lost her light somewhere in time.
She can't go without a fight,
She's destined not to find her light.
She threw it out of sight
Now she's just waiting for time to show her her light
Then she'll wake up and relize what she has done.
Then she'll be sober and in pain like the rest of us
But for now she lives in her abyss 
Her eternal darness

She goes from guy to guy trying to find the answers
The answers only time will show
All she can hope to do is lay on her couch
All deaf and confused
Not knowing what to do
She can't hear the screams of her own solitude
She wants to go back home but doesn't want to be proven wrong
So she fights, she fights, she fights the memory of the light
The light she once had, now its gone and isn't coming back

Now time shows her her life,
How she has truly down nothing right.
Throwing out her light, in such a time,
She's too late, to take it all back.
She'll never remember what it's like
To be right and loved again.
As time has shown her the light.
The light she's been fighting the momories of.
She's so wrong, She's now gone, She's stuck in her eterntal abyss!

So generally...we all know I'm not a blogger.  Take a look.  I haven't blogged since christmas and none of my blogs have been more than like 5 words.  Actually 4.  Sad, but true.  The truth is, I don't blog because I typically don't feel like I have anything to say to anyone that I haven't already said.  Or what I have to say is not something I want you people to know.  No offense.  Well, now I finally have something I want to say to everyone because I am so excited about it.  I recently finished the book "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller.  When I finished, I felt like the 500 pounds I have been carrying around for so many years were lifted.  I'm not gonna try to give you my favorite quotes from the book because I would just be basically copying and pasting at least 75% of it, and let's face it.  You can go buy it yourself.  I just want to say that I am so glad I read it because there are so many things that so many people have always made me feel guilty about feeling, in regards to christianity.  And it's like God gave me the urge to read this book I don't know anything about because I was letting everybody else convict me of things I was allowed to feel.  God wants me to question him.  I am allowed to doubt.  True belief cannot come until you have raised the question "But does it really exist?  What if it's not true?"  Disbelief makes you realize why you believe the things you believe.  It becomes personal and not just philosophy.  To be honest, I feel Jesus removed all the dirt from my eyes that either I had placed there or that others had put there for me.  I can see better and that feels good.  I'm not going to go into it, but the person who is reading it now is the person who needs to read it the most.  And I can already feel the winds changing.  I have an excitement built up in me that I can't explain.  And when he is done, I will pass it on to someone else so that God can use it to lift their load, whatever it may be, as well.  I am forever greatful to God for Donald Miller, and when I get to heaven, maybe we'll have a meet and greet luncheon and I can find him and we can talk.  And that's all I have to say about that.

i cant believe it... only one more year to go.... well i got my pcs today... yah i know GHETTO cuz i took pictures of them.... oh well... enjoy!




~tRISH

i have luggage!!

World War III  ????

its today its today its today!!!

in 5 hours and 12 mins band starts

i am so ready

-milly

Tonight my youth group is hosting a NCAA 07  Tournament.  There will be some snacks and about 1000 gallons of water to swim in while you are not playing.  I am attaching the email I sent my youth.  You are more than welcome to come if you are in grades 9-12, come on, bring your gameface!!

6:00 p.m.

***Starting Email***
Tonight we will be having the NCAA 07 Football Face-OFF!! Bring your
game face and swimsuit. There will be some snacks to eat on, so don't
plan on calling it dinner. If you want to play in the face-off, we will
be having a Xbox, and 2 PS2. If you want to bring you own controller,
you may. (I know that may seem a little geeky, but I am just
comfortable with my phat daddy controller!)



SWIMMING!! Have I mention that there is about 1,000 gallons of water to
splash around in to cool off you intense football action. And also for
anyone who could care less about playing video games, you can swim and
eat (just wait 30 minutes before getting in the pool, mom said so!).



Directions:

From Smyrna:

I-24 east to Exit 78A toward Franklin

Turn left at 1st light. (Cason Ln.)

Turn right at the 2nd light (Cason Trail) (there is a light as soon as you turn onto Cason Ln. I am counting that light.)

Go about 1/2 mile

Turn left on Satterfield Court.

1736 Satterfield Court



If you find yourself at a stop sign, you have gone 20 feet to far, turn around and turn onto Satterfield.





See You There!!!



Bringing my A-Game,

Shelby

AP Scores:
     - English: 5
     - History: 3

Teeth:
     - Better, but... 
     - I still can't eat solid foods and it's been a week

Travel:
     - July 20-23: St. Louis to see Les Miserables and visit WashU
     - July 24-26: Yearbook Camp
     - July 28-August 4: Hilton Head Island

Summer reading:
     - Candide: Really good, I highly recommend it.
     - Picture of Dorian Gray: I haven't started but I'm looking forward to it.

Pleasure reading:
     - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
     - Memoirs of a Geisha
     - The poetry of Pablo Neruda

Yesterday:
     - Cleaned the doorframes in my house
     - Went to Hastings for almost 5 hours with Racahodo.

Today:
     - It would be amazing if someone went to see Pirates of the Carribbean with me. 
     - Any takers?

Tomorrow
     - Senior portraits
     - Going to work for the first time this summer

I guess I'm keeping busy.  Hope your summers all go well, since I won't really be home much anymore after Wednesday.

Love you!

Christina

   Something about the colors outside today has put me in a very undefinable mood... but it's good.
    We have bible study tonight and you should all come. We are studying Mark chapter 1 starting with verse 13.
     I put in a notice at work that I will not be working past the end of this month. :-)
    I'm excited about  art at the moment... I'm in one of those... when I get home tonight if I still have it then I will finish my dad's painting :-)
   In other news.... it turns out that scuttlebutt is actually a word... it was today's word of the day. That was different... It cool because lately some of the words have been really lame... it was all ones that I knew and that people I didn't really learn from. But now... I can use scuttlebutt wow... that just sounds so strange... hmmm

Great Quote-
"All art is but imitation of nature"
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Enough randomness

if you want pictures, go here http://phusebox.net/user/JoshuaAllen

YEAH SO JOHN GOT A PATHFINDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LEATHER IS A BEAUTIFUL THING!!!!!!!!

                                              IN CHRIST john

The key message from my previous blog was not to make somebody feel guilty.  The key message is ... "it only takes one word" .... As each of us go through life and interact with others, we have opportunities to help and/or hurt others. Sometimes we do things; sometimes we say things; and, once said or done ... it can never be taken back.

We all should be careful to build each other up ... our enemies wish to destroy us ... our friends and families are all we have.

I will be fine. I will manage. I am a survivor.

... now if only I can learn from this to be a better man ... as I know ... I too, have hurt others .... and I can never take it back ....

The Second Coming -- William Butler Yeats

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand;
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries
of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

appropriate? i think so. just something to think on. let me know your take on this poem.much love ---Cari

Well, my team is gone and my family is here.  The end of a great part of my summer and the beginning of what will hopefully be some adventures.  Already we have many fun stories. 

I got the chance to tak my parents around the square yesterday and all over Wroclaw.  My dad is amazed at how well I can get along with the locals.  He's funny.

Chris and Melis got in last night.  They ended up being like three or four hours late.  It was a problem with their reservation.

Oh, well...safe and sound.  More later.

Soy considerando desaparecer para un pequeño mientras. Todo que toco parece obtener todo enroscado arriba. Conecté a mi mejor amigo con un ladrón. Mis padres están constantemente locos en mí. Mis amigos no advierten que existo ya. ¿Así que por qué debo permanecer yo aquí? ¿Pero dónde iré yo?

So who knew my pet rat, Master Splinter, was a girl.... of course till i woke up to the squeeling of new baby rats....
WELCOME to the world... Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello...



koolest thing EVER!
~tRISH

yes i should be cleaning clothes but i just can't help thinking about things...mostly because i think about things too much, but i'm working on it.

this past week has been absolutely amazing...its also been one of the most challenging weeks of my life. not only have i been waking up at 7:15 to take a shower and not sleeping till after midnight, my mind has been racing with the thoughts of possibilities and things yet to come. thoughts of wanting to keep people at a distance to keep them safe and thoughts of pulling people in closer to save their life. and the people i need to push away is the person i want to be closer...hence the title...its just one of those internal conflicts. something that God will work through, if only i will trust in Him and his perfect will for my life...i'm just being patient...He's been teaching me that since like February, yeah, it hasnt been going so well the past, hm, month and a half? but, i know i'm changing.

so this week, myself and 21 other people went to new jersey to work w/ the point church. we served the community in order to form relationships and bonds w/ the people so that the point could better reach the community. i've never thought about how community service can help a church because in the south it just seems like we open our doors, preach the Word and people come...but up there (points above the mason-dixon) churches really have to make the effort to go out into the community and pursuade the public at large that Christians are not condescending and conceited...we are people just like them, making it in a world where no one really knows what is going on.

and i met an AMAZING new friend from Georgia...she basically moved in with us last week and it was so much fun!!! yay for strobe lights and hotel room dance parties!!! (and lets not EVER forget pride and prejudice)

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so band prett much starts in less than 24 hours... i think its actually somwhere areound like 18.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

who: you the OHS band kid

what : our first instrumental

when : july 18th at 6:00pm (but remember the 15 min rule)

where : the band room of course

see ya then

band is here

as of this time tomorrow we will have completed our first rehersal

band will start in 18 hours and 24 mins

*throws a party*

love you guys

- emily

I'm still here, I swear.

I'm just sitting here, missing my Fat Kid. She'll be home in about a month, grrr.

Anybody got any news or something that might cause a disruption in the boredom that reigns supreme for now?

silly rabbit.

trix are for kids.

Yesterday I received an email from somebody very close to me.  Somebody I love dearly.  Unfortunately there was something in the email that hurt me immensely.  Many things were true, one was untrue.

The true things did not bother me ... as I knew already about the topics that were discussed and have dealt with them accordingly.

The one untrue thing opened old scars and released a great deal of pain.  Pain from the past and pain today that I can share with no one but God and Decy.  Now, I must move forward.

People judge others from their own eyes, their own perspective, and their own experiences.  It is so difficult to see the things which are not seen.

Did you see Decy's blog?  Have any of you lived in Indonesia, or overseas in a 3rd world country?  Have any of you been shot at and heard the bullet go by your head, just missing you?  Have any of you had bombs launched at you?  Have any of you had 10,000 angry people outside your door yelling at you and calling for your death?  Have any of you experienced and touched the absolute poverty of Africa? Have any of you seen dead bodies in the street?

Have any of you lost the most precious gift you ever had ... only to find it later ... but now at a distance where you can see it but not touch it?

We are all shaped, molded, and influenced by the events around us.  It is only thru God's grace that we can move forward.  Sometimes we fall, sometimes we make a mistake, sometimes it is difficult for others to see the good that is within us, sometimes it is difficult for the good within us to show itself ... but if we have love we can go forward.  Without love we are a failure ... and that is what hurts .... it was just one little word among hundreds that were written ... just one word ... that is all it took ...

I WANT A KITTEN. i want my brother to get me a kitten! but apparently the only person he will get a kitten for is his girlfriend!

AHHH!

The following picture is one of my favorite actors in the whole entire world!!!



Hehe... That's great...

BYE!!!
~!~Beka~!~

well got back from bowling w/ nate, mac, and justin
andi got hurt from bowling...dont know how long it will last
maybe two weeks at least...
yes and i did get hurt when i was bowling lol
well i am going to get in my pjs and lay in bed.... so yeah
later people

                        megan

101 degrees today.  Why?  Because, apparently, God decided to rent out Memphis to Satan, who's been screwing with the thermostat for the past few weeks.  I'm sorry...101 degrees happens elsewhere, in a place I'm not.  Not here when I'm here.  I wouldn't mind, except I was out and about all day.  In the heat.

First, I went to have a cavity drilled and filled.  Turns out there were two cavities.  And drilling hurts.  Afterwards, I hung out in Bartlett until lunchtime, when I conveniently remembered to call my Mom, who, with my grandmother, took me to Applebee's.  That was good.  After that, I headed out to my old church (FBC Fisherville) for about half an hour.  I played a few of my songs for the music minister, and he's going to let me sing one of them on Sunday, the 30th.  In addition to that, my Memaw's choir director and pastor both asked me to come sing at their church sometime.  No date on that yet, but I'm expecting it to be the morning of August 20.  That should be fun.
As far as music goes, I got what should hopefully be the final piano recordings done yesterday afternoon for 4 songs.  I've already got one song completely done (thanks, Josh and Liz!) from May sometime.  But the other four (one of which I haven't yet written...) have been recorded.  Now I'm going to find a time (probably tomorrow morning) when the house is empty again and I can record a clarinet part for one of the songs.  That should be funny.  After all of that's done, I'm going to try to find a good place to record vocals.  By the by - I was inspired today for two more songs.  One of them I already know won't work, but the other one, I believe, has potential.  So that should be fun.
I also found a nifty thing I've been looking at: http://magnatune.com.  It's basically an online music distributor that: 1. signs a 50/50 royalty, non-exclusive deal; 2. distributes your music online for small fees ($5-15 per cd); and 3. encourages file sharing.  I, personally, think that's cool.  They also try to market their musicians to companies and studios for commercials and soundtracks.  I don't think my music will work for that, but whatever.

Anyway, I realized last night that I'm hoping to be speaking at least 5 languages by the end of this year: English, Spanish, Italian, Irish Gaelic, and Latin.  I'm taking a French class, but it's supposedly not French as much as it is "Hey, look!  Final exam: What is the official language of France?"  Hopefully, though, independent study should help me some with that anyway.  And Liz can help, too, because she's just that nice and cool  @_@

So I was looking at my vocal range today, and a couple extra notes stuck.  Now on an average day, after warming up, I'm just two notes short of 3 octaves.  That makes me feel nifty.

You know, I talked a lot about music, but there's really not much else going on with me right now.  I've started playing America's Army: Operations again, but that doesn't take much time of the day...
I'm just boring right now.  Maybe something exciting will happen tomorrow.

hey everyone,

running on Gentoo Linux now, what a relief!

everything....WORKS...and fast (still have to make some adjustments both visual and functional), its stable, adeptable and funny in odd ways

Fedora Core....i busted it, i really destroyed it...
Gentoo, i hope u last, for i am mass murderer of software

Killed OS list:

Win 3.11
Win 9x
Win 2k
Win XP
Win XP Nlite
Suse 7 or 8
Fedora Core 5 (or something)

i hope im making sence to somebody here :P

Hey

I am like extremely bored... i am just got back from watching the movie " Pirates of Carabean 2" i thought it was kinda boring...but anyways...i am so estatic about Thursday because RJH is going to ATLANTA...It is going to be AWESOME!!!

So anyways...i guess i better go...

                                          Luv ya

                                                  ~*Emily*~

Mady and I had our first session at SportsCom today.  Nothing major, just about 50 minutes on the treadmills.

Burning 300-something calories at once feels very good in way that is terribly disgusting and not at all comfortable... But still.  Good.

Of course after our workout, we completely destroyed everything we did by eating about a gajillion calories worth of Mexican food at La Siesta.

We were running low on cash, so our waiter didn't charge us for our cheese dip.  We left him a big tip and a thank you note written on a napkin.  ^_^

Soooo yeah.  Working out isn't so bad.  The hardest part is just getting started.  And I'm sure that the pain that is probably going to hit me tomorrow morning isn't going to be much fun either...

siblings are so annoying.

and they just know how && when to piss you off.

So, Izzy & Katrina came over and swam today.  That was fun.  We actually got Katrina to wear a bikini!  Well, I guess that's all I have to say for now.  Luv Ya'll!

God Bless!

Edit-

Jonathan's Graduation will now be Aug. 4th instead of this Friday.  This change of date has also caused his address to change, so fo any of you who still plan on writing him for the next 2 weeks his address has changed.  Comment me if you want me to gove you the changes.

Hey fellas. Sorry for the lack of updates.  Due to the fact that my secretive wireless network that I was using on my laptop decided to stop working coupled with my normal comp's internet stupidity is making my life difficult. So I am using Linbaugh's comp for now. So yeah. Nice to see you have a phusebox Mr. Shlykins! I have really nothing to report at this moment, sorry. I do want to wish Mr. Benny Pearce a nice first semester with his Nigerian brotha. Oh yeah, I also bought a nice shiny red Nalgene for ya Benny (if you still remember my breaking the other...), gimme a call when you want it. Anyways, that's about it. Till next time, stay clean. --Daniel