i do NOT want band to start. blegh

GAHHHHHHHH!

I found a DVD copy of my favourite movie ((EVER)) at Wal-Mart for $5.50.  *Long, High-Pitched Squeal*

Dead Again: A story of murder, revenge, true love, and past lives ...To put it in the insanely Reader's-Digest form.  I cry -- literally, bawling, cry -- every time I see this movie.  Because it's just so beautiful.  We need to have a movie night at my house and watch it.

And it looks like I'm going to reside in a dorm, instead of the ever-so-fabulous apartment.  I've been doing a lot of thinking about that, and it just seems like the most logical, cheapest thing.  Because if I'm leaving in two years to another dormitory anyway, it wouldn't make sense to set up complete house.  And if I study abroad like I want to, that would be even more screwing over of the self.

So rawr.  No mad-rad house-warming party.  Boo.  *Weeps*  But it's for the best.

...Just remind me that this was my choice when my roommate turns out to be an aggressive butch-lesbian satanist and the asbestos starts speaking in tongues.  O_O  Egad!!

So yeah.  Good day.  Nothin' like Panera Bread-vintage-stores-free-concerts-and-espresso-beans-with-a//the-Vegan.  Woohoo!

I'm 48% Tennessean.

1) [] Not only can you name the three Grand Divisions, but you consider people from the other two Grand Divisions slightly amusing or culturally backward.

2) [x] You can get from your house to either of two other states by automobile in two hours or less.

3) [] You have ever laughed at an out-of-stater who assumed that since Arkansas is right next to Tennessee, Little Rock must be pretty close to Knoxville, or who thought that if you live in Johnson City, Memphis must be an easy day trip.

4) [] You can tell the difference between bluegrass, country, and Delta blues.

5) [x] You admire Dolly Parton for being "down to earth" and "true to her roots."

6) [] You know what Nilla Wafers are, and can think of at least one recipe that calls for them.

7) [x] When you were a child, you visited at least two of the following cheesy amusement parks: Libertyland, Opryland, and Dollywood (or you visited one of them multiple times).

8) [] You know what a "meat and three" restaurant is.

9) [x] You've ever drunk a Sundrop or eaten Dirty Potato Chips.

10) [] You use "coke" as a generic term for Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Big K Cola, R. C. Cola, Dr. Pepper, and Mr. Pibb.

11) [] You know the difference between spinach and greens.

12) [] You have a strong preference as to whether barbecue should be prepared "wet" or "dry."

13) [] When you see a bottle of vinegar with banana peppers floating in it, you recognize it as a condiment and know what to call it.

14) [x] You have used at least two of the following phrases without considering them absurd or redundant: "all y'all," "might could," and "do done was."

15) [x] You knew that Knoxville is in Knox County and Sevierville in is Sevier County but that Fayetteville is not in Fayette County, Shelbyville is not in Shelby County, McMinnville is not in McMinn County, etc., etc.

16) []Your hometown has at least one major street, park, subdivision, suburb, or mall with the word "Hickory" in the name of it (or the name of your hometown itself has the word "Hickory" in it).

17) [] You know the difference between "rednecks" and "hillbillies" (and know that "hillbillies" only live in East Tennessee).

18) [x] You have vacationed in Gatlinburg more than once.

19) [x] You have ever crossed a state line for the purpose of buying groceries, gasoline, or lottery tickets.

20) [] You have relatives, neighbors, or friends who keep a gun in their car or truck at all times (or you do it yourself).

21) [] When you were a kid, your family watched "Hee Haw" every Saturday night. (If you are black, substitute "Soul Train.")

22) [x] Your public-school graduating (school right now) class was at least 90% black or your private-school graduating class was at least 90% white (or you citylived in a county with separate and county school districts serving starkly different ethnic populations).

23) [x] You knew that Bucksnort, Frog Jump, and Pigeon Forge are actual Tennessee towns.

24) [x] You pronounce "Fayetteville" and "Maryville" as "FAY-uht-vull" and "MAIR-uh-vull" and know the correct way to say "Austin Peay."

25) [x] You actually understand these questions and are sending them on to other Tennesseans.

Count all your X's and multiply by 4. Title this "I'm %

I went to CUSTOMS again at MTSU...this time for Alicia. Ehh...it wasn't that bad. I'm just glad I helped her get her schedule done. I actually feel comfortable that I know where I am going around campus. I actually even remembered where I parked. I didn't get lost once.

VBS hasn't been near as much fun as it was last year. I am very disappointed. I have the 5th and 6th grade kids this year. The girls have been wonderful....the boys on the other hand have been HORRIBLE. I don't think I've ever been around more disrespectful kids than I have this week. I made a vow that my kids would NEVER act like that and if they did boy would they hate me to be their mother. UGH.

Far Away by Nickelback

This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know


I love you
And I've loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

I wanna be real not phony.
I don't wanna be somethin I'm not.
I wanna believe in myself
And maybe somethin else too.
I wanna trust in love.
I don't wanna forget who I am.

ok so im pretty sure it will be difficult to get a hold of me anymore due to the fact that im dead.  ok, not really but right now i might be.  i just ran around my neighborhood.  i dont know how far...but i ran.  me running is a very rare sight to see unless im on grass with a soccer ball in front of me and im trying to get around some defenders. haha well i need more water. talk to all y'all later.

  well no one is updating much so i decided i would. 

  welp, me being the band nerd i am must say this... 

  7 MORE DAYS!! 

  *whispers* you have seven days.... 

  haha, well, jacob and i were talking on the phone and we decided that all the band kids are just going to drop dead during rehearsal. 

  *shrugs* 

  oh well. 

  man, i love you guys and i hope we can make this year everything last year was and more. 

  everyone is out of town right now! 

  i so bored. 

  call me or something. 

  i'll love you forever if you do. 

  sry milly. 

  i sorta stole this from your site. 

  woot for the flutes. 

  and i'm going to miss all you who left me. 

  this year will be...different. 

  i'm going to miss jessica cracking random jokes and shoving her pic up our butts. 

  and becky getting us back on track. 

  and lawson's odd metaphors. 

  oh, and hey ari, your plume is on backwards. :D 

I'm sick. Blah!!

I hate being sick....

Blah

well my summer just got a whole lot busier. i now have two jobs. i'm back at the gas station where i worked last summer. he's got me working monday night's 6-10, wednesday mornings 5-9 and sundays 9-3 and on the saturdays that i don't work at the cleaner's i'm 9-3. so it's not too much for me to handle or ne thing but i'm still gonna be busy. on mondays and wednesday i'm gonna be wiped but other than that i should be fine. but right now i just need all the cash i can get my hands on, so i'll take just about anything u guys want to throw at me. lol.

well my summer just got a whole lot busier. i now have two jobs. i'm back at the gas station where i worked last summer. he's got me working monday night's 6-10, wednesday mornings 5-9 and sundays 9-3 and on the saturdays that i don't work at the cleaner's i'm 9-3. so it's not too much for me to handle or ne thing but i'm still gonna be busy. on mondays and wednesday i'm gonna be wiped but other than that i should be fine. but right now i just need all the cash i can get my hands on, so i'll take just about anything u guys want to throw at me. lol.

Mail came.

Got a "1" on APUSH exam. I am not good with History.

Got a "3" on Statistics exam. Hallelujah.

At least I didn't waste $136. Only $68.

Danny

Got my new Depeche Mode CD.  ((huggles it))

Three of the tracks won't load into iTunes.

... blink... blink

Look at the BRAND NEW CD, on which, of course, there are zero fingerprints and zero scratches.

Play them in iTunes.  No skips or bumps or imperfections in the songs whatsoever.

So this means that after going through the hassle of buying a physical disc, I'm still going to have to illegally pirate three of the tracks if I want to play it on my iPod.

And of course, it's very hard to find copies of the songs that aren't corrupted or viruses.

Oh yes... someone at Apple or Sire Records or possibly just the next person to get on my nerves is going to die... very horribly and painfully and violently.

On the upside, I found out that I got a 3 on my APUSH exam.  *waves tiny flag*  Wooooohooooo... ((growl))

::edit::

Sooo I just tried loading one of the pirated tracks that really does play just fine on my computer into iTunes... and it said, "Umm, I need to convert this."  Fine.  It needs to convert most of the pirated stuff I put in there.

Oh but noooooo... there's a problem with converting it.

Apparently there's some law against having "Suffer Well" by Depeche Mode in your iTunes music library, no matter how you get it in there.

i dont necessarily think one person can change another. i mean sure, you can have a huge impact on their life & be an influence, but i think its ultimately their choice whether or not they act on it. that choice is theirs, not your own, so really, in my opinion, its not your fault if that person changes because of your actions. it was their decision, so they did the changing themselves. all you did was be that influence that changed their minds. so i guess i see where people think that you can change a person, but i actually dont think you can.

everythings falling back into place. i think its kinda neat how things can be so bad & seem irreplaceable & permanently broken, but then at just the right times, everything falls back into the same rhythm it was before. its times like these that make me enjoy life the most. i love where i am with life right now. i mean. my friends are great. i'm beginning to understand God more & more. in the relationship department, sure i'm single, but for once, im actually enjoying it. im not ready for another relationship yet, & ive finally discovered what i want. i know what i want, & im not gonna waste my time with anything other than that. im just waiting. im accepting what ive been given, & its a great feeling.

i think everybody needs friends like i do. they all teach me something different. they teach me things i need to know, & help me grow to be the person im supposed to be. im incredibly blessed. thank you Jesus for everything i have. im so grateful.

love, peace, & chicken grease.=]

 So much shit has been started and I can't take it. It's caused the person I care about the most to hate me. When none of this stuff is true. It just sucks. I want to move out so bad. My parents are still treating me as if I'm 17... REALITY CHECK! I'm 18! I'm getting sick of it. I can't seem to find the right person to get an apartment with. I'm under to much fuckin' stress. Kyle and I are having a hard ass time cuz of some bullshit. I've argued with him for like a fuckin' week straight and it seems like de ja vu again. I can't take it. I'm working almost 40 hours a week and that just about kills me.  I can't trust any of my friends now. Seems like the only ones I can trust are Jamie, Justin, and Laura Savanna. The ones I thought were my friends are back stabbing bitches. One of my good friends was supposed to leave for the Navy today and I haven't even talked to him. I gotta get out damn it. If anyone knows of any places please let me know ASAP. Ok. I feel a little better now...

Garrett and I are going to the Building 429 concert tomorrow. If anyone's interested in going let me know.

*EDIT* Let me rephrase the above statement. If anyone wants to meet Garrett and me at the concert tomorrow let me know. Since he has a truck he can only take the two of us, but we'd definitely like to meet up with anyone else who ends up going.

Windows Movie Maker is definitely evil. Graham and Jolene and helped me come to the conclusion that the whole program pretty much just disappeared by itself. I tried to reinstall it (thanks Shannon, if you read this, for the link) but it didn't work. I think I'm going to try system restore this afternoon. I'll update y'all on how that works. One thing is for sure, don't do video editing with Movie Maker. Just buy some software or even get something else free off the internet.

Aside from computer problems, I had a great night last night. Spider-man 2 is hillarious when you interject other movie quotes. For example:
Harry: Peter, you killed my father.
Graham (as Peter): I am your father!
Fun times, fun times. I love summer so much, and I wish it wouldn't end. Except I would like for my out-of-town MTSU friends to come back. And I also want to have my degree in EMC so I don't have to work at the business office for the rest of my life!

Oh yeah, and I'm sure most everyone has seen POTC 2 by now, but in case you haven't, don't get your hopes up. It's good, but a little disappointing at times. If you have low expectations you should really enjoy yourself. I'm sure I'll like it more the second time I see it.

well im back from the beach . . . not that anyone cares not evn one comment c'mon yall can do better than that

I MISS THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!

la la la la la boredom has taken over!!!  do do do do do do!!!

so i'm kinda bored with the internet. i rarely get on anymore. mostly cause it's screwed up at my house, so i really only can get on at my dad's

but yeah.

a lot's been goin on. nothing i feel like going into.

-bam-

band starts in 7 days

i cant wait

in 7 days my life will not be my own

in 7 days i will become a drum major

in 7 days i will be reunited with the people who i will call my family for the next 3 months

if you havent noticed

im ready for this season

i love you guys

-milly

well everyone has just left the state of Alabama, Saruh is sittin her all by her little wee self, and wishes some of her best buddies would come back now, haha. Well I wish I could just drive up to tennessee right now, bc I could be hangin out with john , bc he was left by his friends too , bc they all went to New York. awwww haha. Well I love everybody  :)

~ sarah ~

that I was a pirate. That would make everything better, I think. I pirate sailing the sea. But not one of Davey Jones's pirates. They's yucky. But yeah.

Life is kinda off right now. Off being "not normal." I havent decided if it's good or bad. Parts are definitely both. Hopefully all can soon be very very good.

LIFE...

My 93 year old great grandmother is not able to take care of herself and has been at skyline and adams place and a week ago decided she wanted to go home to nashville....Myself, my mom, my grandmother are taking care of her....driving to Nashville several times a week...My great aunt was in a motorcycle wreck on I40 and is in the trauma unit at Vanderbilt and will be there for several months....and my grandmother has fallen and hurt her hip....so she will need to be taken care of if its hurt bad......and I was just told that now because of all this we wont be going to FLORIDA next week....please keep my family in your prayers.....

i saw pirates II last night it was better than the original the only problem withit is that it is the biggest cliff hanger that i have ver seen there must be some kind of a sequel coming soon

"You have to have pride in what you do. Anytime you don't have pride, you shouldn't be doing it." ~Gerry McNamara

7 days!!!!!

"How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to." - unknown 

"When you're arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing." - unknown

"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room." - Anita Koddick

I don't suffer from insanity.  I enjoy every minute of it. - unknown

Few women admit their age.  Few men act theirs.

Originality is the art of concealing your sources.

My life has a supurb cast, but I can't figure out the plot

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

hey guys,
I know it's been awhile
& it's just I'm busy.
and now I have a myspace.
so juggling xanga, phusebox, and myspace
were pretty impossible, lol.
but I thought I'd actually update
and most of you probably wont read it,
but it's okay.

God has been doing some
pretty good things in my life.
I've been doing this Bible study
and the book we are reading is
-dont watse your life by john piper.
and I would recommend it.
some areas of it are hard
and you actually have to think about it.
but it all comes down to say
that glorifying God & your joy should be one.
a lot of people look at it as two things like
"I get to be happy" or "I get to glorify God"
I really dont want to waste my life
because I am only fifteen.
& hopefully if God chooses to keep me here,
I have so much more to do.
I'll be a junior next year
& then I have to start thing about my life
and what all I would like to do with it.
I was thinking about what I wanted to do
with my life the other day and God really spoke to me.
I know I want to be a teacher but
I know japanese and I am learning spanish.
I could go to a different country to minister
but be able to teach at the same time.
so yes, God has called me to ministry
& I am pretty excited about it.
now, maybe I wont stay my whole life..
but I would like to do that at least
two or three years RIGHT after college.
so I wont have attachment like children and a husband.
God has just been growing in me
& I love it.

my summer has been good.
on a scale or one to ten.
probably a 9.5

how have you been?

let's get married.

Daniel is extremely attached to a stuffed rabbit whom we call Mr. Floppy.  I wanted to get an extra Mr. Floppy in case something terrible happens to him.  According to Carter's, he's from an Easter special last year, and they don't have a warehouse where they keep things from previous years.  The advice I was given is to check Burlington Coat Factory, Big Lots, and Ebay.  I've searched Ebay several times over the last few weeks with no luck.  Burlington Coat Factory also does not have the bunny on their website.  I will check the Big Lots in town, but I am of limited hope.

This is a sad, sad day.

hey people,

well yesterday was pretty good went to the barn. it was small, but i like it for the most part. i might end up there. hunter court was good in all but  the insrotor was mean.... but anywho, i like the person i talked to yesterday. she was real friendly. i like the smallness of the barn. so yeah

and oh yeah.. my cousin,nate, is coming this weekend. which is awesome. i havent seen him since the wedding...lol he is cool. mac,rocky, and rocky's girlfriend of eight years are also coming. which is also cool yo. lol

thats all i have to ya so yeah

              megan

May I force you to smile,
There's no way you're alone
It may be dark outside
And still no sound from the phone

But I've been there before
It was sad, and it hurt..
Made me curl up in fear,
And then tug at my shirt..

Yeah, that silence was thunderous
The cause of my pain
It hit me like fury,
And then drowned me like rain..

It hurt just to sleep,
I swear I don't lie
I want you to feel good
I don't want you to cry..

Like I've said many times
I know just what it's like
I'm here just to give you
An inspiration to fight...

--------------------
If you have a few minutes.. Check out the video that picture is from... here.

yeah, i'm a cool sister! you're just jealous...

he's thinking "why do i even talk to her?!?"

this is what i'd look like if the world were in negative

apparently the flash was too much for my nose.
it ran away...

nothing new happening in my life.

[becca]

i started my job at project help today.  it was mucho fun.  i just wish i was getting about 3x the hours i am.

WOULD SOMEONE JUST LOVE ME?!

evening-

just to throw it out there for anyone who might care- i've update my photo myspace page and totally redone everything. so check it out if you would like, and i would like you to! =)

http://www.myspace.com/jannephotography

thx!

-jenny-

Moving into my townhouse this Saturday!! So pumped!!

That is all.

You know, this is sad, but it really just hit me that I just finished my first year of college. 

*pause*

I really don't know what to say.  I mean, one year ago today, I thought that I knew what was going on, that I would be able to take what came my way and resist whatever temptations I was faced with.  I thought that, surely, I would be the kid that would always stand for what was right.  I would be the one kid who stayed with his high school sweetheart all throughout college.  I would defy all odds and graduate as a Straight Edge (i.e. no drinking, no smoking, no sex).  I figured that I would have a few friends (all of whom would be conservative Christians like me), and we would all change the world for Christ - converting the Buddhists and Muslims, showing the Gays the errors of their way, etc.

*pause*

My fall semester, I tried to fulfill all of that and ended up falling into the web of a half-psychotic professor for a few months.  I ended the semester with a failing GPA, putting me in danger of losing all of my scholarships.
My spring semester, I decided to learn to work and have fun.  I made many friends outside of the conservative Christian category (a few homosexuals, a Buddhist, and a whole lot of liberals) and within it...okay, so not too many within that realm, but whatever.  I learned to genuinely accept people who believe differently than I do (I don't always show it, but that's mostly for my own enjoyment).  I have smoked, I have drunk, and I have had sex.  I basically became the antithesis of what I had originally set out to be.

*pause*

My point with all of this?  I've learned that I can not plan who I will be.  I can not meet every expectation I have for myself.  On the off-chance that I had secluded myself, I would have been miserable.  I never would have met Josh, Liz, Daniel, James, Wesley, or any of 50 or 60 others that I have come to love in the past 6 months.  I would never have had to really look my fears in the face and not back down.  I would never have made an impact on anyone as I have been able to do.  In short - I would not have been who I am today happy to be if I had become who I had thought I wanted to be.  For the first time ever, I can fully and honestly say and believe that I am happy to be me.

Could it be? Could a David Angel photograph ever make it onto the bottle of a Jones Soda? I've submitted this photo from MTSU's campus to the Jones Soda site to see what people think. Click the image above to be linked there to cast your vote!

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line(s) from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Bold out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

1.) I jumped in the truck and headed for Kansas

2.) You sear you had enough

3.) His eyes are cold and restless

4.)We'll she got her daddys car

5.) Am I more than you bargained for

6.) For change I headed south across the boarder

7.)Im a little used to calling outside your name

8.) Whats up Dallas whats up

9.) I can't take this anymore

10.) I told you I'd leave some flairs on

11.) You were rapped up in a blanket

12.) Some glad mornign when this life is over

13.) In case you hadn't noticed Im a logical guy

14.) Standing on top of the edge it feels liek its going down.

15.) Things are changing in the modern world

16.)David Banner David Banner

17.) We'll there building a gallows outside my cell

18.) At first shes gonna come on strong

19.) Oh man Im real proud of my man hood

20.) You sure gotta a real nice place

21.) Theres a hole in my heart

22.) It started way back in third grade

23.) Spenty $48 dollars last night at the county fair

24.) Let it all out

25.) Tempted and tried

26.) This ain't comign from no prophet

27.) She gave me her mind

28.) I'll never forget the first time i heard

29.) Have you been to Jesus

30.) Jimmy you know everybody hates it when you live off rock and roll.

i didn't really know what to post, i just felt like posting. u know, everybody loves to read those. i'm sorry to waste your time. i just felt like releasing something, even if it was o so little. like the title says, i'm just rambling. i think that the jet lag has really began to set in today. so i'm gonna head to bed in the next few minutes. unless someone decides to call or something first. then i'll probably stay up. who knows cuz i sure don't. neway, i'm out like a fat kid in dodge ball.

-Jeff

Ok. Got my 4.5 hours of sleep. Time to get up and go to work. Hmm, the challenge of the day ??? what shall it be?  Oh yeah, the shipment of household goods to Indonesia ... the last really big hurdle over the next couple of weeks.  Ok, here's the issue.

Entitlement Leaving Angola - Entitlement is 4 LDN crates (crates that can fit on a plane).  That is equivalent to a TOTAL volume of approx 7ft x 7ft x 7ft - weight 2000-2600 pounds.  Method of shipment - Air.

Entitlement Arriving in Indonesia - Entitlement is a 40 ft container .... that is something about 7ft x 7 ft x 40 ft ..... or notionally 6 times the volume leaving Angola.  Method of shipment - Ocean.

Also, for Indonesia (because ocean freight is so slow ... and I won't see that shipment until probably November or December) I am entitled to four dish boxes of 10 cu ft each; which is an approx +15% when compared to the 4 LDNs.  Method of shipment - Air.

Seems our company's "Center of Excellence" (CoE) is really struggling with this.  They've "only" had 6 weeks to figure out that the "answer" is .... air cargo my 4 boxes, air freight my 4 LDNs, and ocean freight my stuff that is sitting in storage in the US (some since 2000, some since 2002) ... all of which will be far less than the 40 ft container limit.

What did they do after 6 weeks of pondering?  They authorized only the 4 LDNs.  Now, I don't know about you folks, but just think about putting everything 4 people own in 7ft x 7ft x 7ft ... that's not much space and means that we pretty much have to throw away / give away / sell >50% of everything we have here in Angola.

I am scrambling to find "reasonable" people in the company, and think I have found an ally in Houston.  They say they are working the problem with the Singapore office ... but it will be "behind the scenes" and like a "black box" for a few days.  I can manage the silence ... I just hope they give me an answer soon.

Here's the "ugh" kicker.  They expect me to finalize and send to them ASAP a detailed inventory valuation list so they can take out the insurance .... I've basically done that assuming certain things ... but it is pretty had to finalize the list if they can't tell me what I can take .... think about:  "Sir, tell me exactly what you have in your boxes".  "Madam, tell me how many boxes I have and then I will tel you what is in them".  "Sir, no, I need to know right now what you have ... and while you are doing that I will think about whether or not you can have 4 LDNs, 4 boxes, and one 40 ft container ... or some combination thereof"

Ah the joys of working for one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world ....

boys. interesting species really. love them for a night, and then for some reason the next day its odd between them. it seems to be that way alot. oh well.

leaving for mexico on saturday. i'm totally excited.

i'll leave you with a couple of pics.

yay for fireworks,

pretty sunsets,

the cutest picture not meant to be taken,

and best friends.

so ive been out of the us for 2 weeks, and i have to admit, i havent really done a great job of embracing my time here.  its been difficult.  at times i feel as though the world has fallen and landed on my shoulders.  at other times i feel as though there is no where else i would rather be. 

i remember flying into mexico city thinking, ohmygosh, i cant believe im here.  this is it.  i have to use spanish as soon as i step off this airplane.  goodness was it hard.  for the first week and two days i felt like the biggest fool ever created.  see, when it comes to learning a foreign language you can know everything but still lack something.  what is it you lack, you might be asking.  everything.  the ability to talk.  the ability to hear the language.  i spent the first week and a half trying figuring out just how long 6 weeks is.  i began counting down days so quickly.  i was so discouraged.  not only did i feel like an idiot, i also got sick about a week into my trip.  apparently i had too much chili (jalapeños).  fever.  head aches.  cramping stomach.  not fun at all.  for days all i wanted to do was cry.  what do you do when you feel like that.  call your mother of course.  so i called my mother and cried. 

on thursday of last week i went and stayed with another couple for the weekend.  we walked and shopped some.  went to an amusement park and rode roller coasters.  talked about god and ministry.  visited neighbors.  we basked in true community.  its been a long time since i have experienced true community like this.  neighbors call on neighbors to visit with new babies.  eat snacks.  play games.  have bible studies.  its beautiful.  however i was still discouraged.  my spanish will never get better.  my heart is being walked all over.  im hurting.  im sad.  im homesick.  im physically sick.  i have no friends here.  these were my discouragements.

saturday night i returned with my family.  it was like someone changed the burned out light bulb in the lamp.  all of a sudden i could hear.  i could communicate.  i could translate quickly.  i had more confidence in myself.   i could have conversations.  i have no idea what happened, but all i can say is gracias a dios.  (we say that when we leave the table:  thanks to God). 

god is doing so much in my heart.  ive learned in life that gods movements are processes.  he doesnt usually choose to push a button and let things happen.  god is an orchestrator.  a composer.  a writer.  a builder.  hes not a magician.  he could be if he wanted to be, but for our sake and his glory, he doesnt just snap his fingers.  god is teaching me to let go.  LET GO.  he is writing a story about a young girl who needed to have her hands pryed off of everything she ever wanted and put into contact with what her father wants for her.  he is writing an amazing climax about a young girl who needed to fall head over heels in love with her maker.  of course there are conflicts.  there always are conflicts.  hurts, pains, sadness, lack of desire, etc.  but, you see, he has already written the ending as well.  only the author knows when his main character changes for the good.  only the author knows when the young girl will truly let go and love with everything simply because she allows herself to. 

i was walking through the grocery store today overcome with frustration.  i only have 4 weeks left here, and i do not want to return to the states as the same girl.  i need to hurry up and grow!  i dont want to have the same worldy desires.  i want to be overcome with love for my maker and discontentment with what anyone else offers me.  and i was reminded, as i was trying to exchange the money from pesos to dollars in my mind, that i cant get frustrated.  god has already drawn out the plans for this process in my life, just as he did when he freed me from doubting my salvation (i doubted my salvation for 10 years.)   this could only take the next 4 weeks.  it could take another 10 years.  it could take 3 months for all i know.  but i have to admit, i find joy in the process.

look back at the past year of your own life.  youre not the same person are you.  neither am i.  what a beatiful, intentional god we serve.  what a beautiful novel he has written.  ill let you know how the process pans out.

so my bridge picture was featured on weatherchannel.com today. Got an email from a partner church asking me if that was me... had no idea it made it through.  It was a nice end to a pretty bad day... 
this isn't it but its close to this one.

Ohh Back to work.. its funny how 2 weeks off can make you hate working. Oh well. I'm giving Nissan 6 more weeks of work left for this summer. I'm thinking about keeping it though as a part time job through school but I'm not sure on that part yet. But as for school, I am actually very excited to get started in on college. School will no long be boring and seem pointless.

Tomorrow I get my wisdom teeth out.  Blardy blar.

I think it's funny, we've only been out of Gov School 3 days, and the GSH 2006 email group has sent over 150 emails to each other.  We are definitly the verbose writers, wouldn't you say?? 

I wish I could kidnap all my gov school friends and keep them in my closet.  BUT, I can't, and now that I'm in the Boro, I want to talk to/see all of you, because I missed you.  Call me at home or on my cell.

loove,

Christina

8 DAYS !!!!

give me some good songs that i can download for my trip to && from nashville//lavergn.

[i FINALLY got my mp3 back. no longer grounded. =]

My lotter scholarship was not showing up on Eagle Online.  There was nothing that I could do - or so I thought.  Through a remarkable turn of events, I found that I should still be getting the lottery scholarship this Fall because of GPA and hours and the like.  Anyway, it was not showing up, so I went and talked to this woman named Carmelitaionaoijwlmaiqwanlib in Financial Aid.  Let us refer to her from this point on as Dumbutt.  Anyway, Dumbutt said that I wasn't receiving the HOPE scholarship because of my 1.917 GPA at 25 hours.  Well, it turns out that 9 of those hours were from before HS graduation.  So I shouldn't have reached the 24-hour benchmark until the end of this past semester, when I had a 2.9 GPA.  I should have had at least a 2.75 at the benchmark to retain the scholarship, which I had.

Anyway, Dumbutt told me that I had lost the scholarship because of the GPA thing.  I, livid and Irish as I am, had a shot of rum and fired off two identical, polite emails to Adriane King and Polly Burns.  I can't remember why them now (more the aftereffects of the lividity than the rum), but I emailed them.  Adriane got back to me today and let me know I didn't have the HOPE because they hadn't gotten my FAFSA stuff yet.  They have it now and I've got the HOPE added on to my account.  Dumbutt is a dumbass.

Anyway, I'm now waiting for my UAS to be added to my account.  When that finally happens (and I'm praying very hard about all of this coming through), I should end up being owed About $120 by the university for this semester.  So, naturally, I am quite elated right now.  Anyway, I've got to head out for dinner at my grandparents.

p.s. For any of you who watched the World Cup finals: France was robbed.  Forget about the whole Zidane headbutt thing.  Italy's goal should have been counted as a foul - if you watch the play, you can clearly see the Mafioso shoving a French defender down to get enough air for the header.  Note also that that was the bastard that got headbutted for hurling horrible accusations at Zidane.  I'm about irate enough to fly to Italy and kick his candy ass.  Still, I remain elated.

I'm beginning to think nobody reads this stuff. You guys say you want to know what is going on, on the other side of the world ..... but nobody says ... yeah, boo, hiss, good on ya mate ... nada, nothing ... silence.

... guess it is time to go to bed and dream about Daniel walking.

Instead of smoking, people should eat blueberries...

 
  
  

My first paycheck:  $73.65

...Excuse me?

Turns out that the pay period these checks are for began about a week and a half before I started at the Cookie Store.

So my first paycheck is a little less than half of what I thought it was going to be.

Also, I've got it, but can't cash it yet.  Because apparently when my bank changed names or whatever, they also changed what time they close.  They now close at 4 PM, whereas (if I remember it correctly) they used to close at 4:30 PM.  So at 4:08 PM, I'm out of luck.

So... after I pay my dad back for the tickets and fill up my aunt's truck with gas... there goes my paycheck.

F*%# you, Monday. F**********%# you.

these past 4 weeks have been great!  It started with vbs at my church where i got to help teach missions with my dad.  Then the next week was bonaroo.  I had the oppertunity to minister to hundreds of people that went to bonaroo.  Many i got to talk to and build somewhat of a relationship with and try to fit a gospel presentation somewhere in the conversation.  Others i just got to hand out a bible and a frisbee with a track on the back of the disc. 

Then i got to go be a counselor at SuperWow(the camp that our youth group goes to every year and Fort Walton beach FL)  Yeah so we pretty much have the most amazing youth group ever.  Seriously, they are awesome!

Then i got to be a counselor at centri kids.  That was really fun cause i'm pretty much a big kid anyways.  I had the oppertunity to encourage some of our upcomming youth to get involved in our youth ministry so that was cool.

Then after camp i spent 4 hours in terrible traffic to head to Dickson to see Dani.  But yeah, it was definately worth it.  We went to see pirates of the Caribbean which and it was hilarious!  Go see it!  You wont have as good company as i had, but you should still go see it.  Then we went to see a wheat threashing and ate saw how they make flour and cornmill.  it was really cool.  Then Dani took me to the farm.  we skipped rocks, ate watermellon and waded out in the water.  It was beautiful!  three hundred acres of undeveloped land surrounded by hills and trees.  She found a rock that looked like a heart and gave it to me. hehehe Dani gave me her heart of stone:

So now i'm home for a week, then i'm headed back to Florida for our family vacation.  Fun stuff.

band starts in 8 days

i cant wait

in 8 days my life will not be my own

in 8 days i will become a drum major

in 8 days i will be reunited with the people who i will call my family for the next 3 months

if you havent noticed

im ready for this season

i love you guys

-milly

Well im home for good this time.

Last night Santini came to see me.

and brought me these absolutely beautiful get well soon roses.

:D

:D

:D

i felt instantly better.

Approximately 8:45 this morning, Daniel took his first step.  Shortly after this amazing feat, Daniel decided that he should actually use his walker as a walker.  (Until today, he would lean over to play with the toys on the front.)  He used it to walk across the room until he ran into something, I turned him around, he walked until he ran into something, and then repeated this again.

I am VERY excited, but also very afraid.  Poor kitty will never be able to escape now.

in the nashville//lavergne area TOMORROW :]

hey

I leave for church camp in less than 2 hrs.  It should be fun; it normally is.  I'll get back Friday.  I always love going to church camp because so many people get saved and rededicate their lives.  Mandie is going with me this year!  Well, I have to go finish packing, lol.

God Bless!

MAN I MISS THE BEACH....... SO IF I CAN HOP A RIDE WITH SOMEONE JUST LET ME KNOW....... IT WOULD  BE MUCH APPRECIATED!!WELL........ IM BORED....OOOO WAIT WE WENT TO SEE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN(SP??) LAST NITE!!! IT WAS AMAZING!!!WELL....... I NEED REMARKS TO FEEL THE NEEDED LOVE ROUND HERE!!

MUCH LOVE

**ALLIEMOE**

For those who missed the cookout last Friday I thought I'd post the little story I used for the devo.  Girls, don't get so upset about her hair loss that you don't get the point!  eesh...

ATTITUDE

There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked
in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her
head.

"Well," she said, "I think I'll braid my hair today." So she
did and she had a wonderful day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the
mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head.

"H-M-M, " she
said, "I think I'll part my hair down the middle today." So she did and she
had a grand day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and
noticed that she had only one hair on her head.

"Well," she said,
"Today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail." So she did and she had a
fun, fun day.


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Attitude is everything.

band is going to rock this year

no matter WHAT HAPPENS

if we have good attitudes... no, AWESOME attitudes then this year will be even better than expeted

this marching season is what you make it, its how high you set the bar, its most importantly the attitiude that you show to the freshmen

ill see you all in 8 days

love

-me

so tonight was in a single word interesting.....lets see I went to turning point and saw Cherry and after their practice it seemed like something was bothering her....so I asked her what was going on which caused a fight and then when I went to leave I wrecked my car.......I was pulling out turned too far over corrected and hit a curb.......which sent me into another curb and blew my front driver's side tire bent the rim, put a crack in my windshield, and then when coming out of the grass tore up my oil pan which caused me to lose all the oil in my car......was getting my car towed by a friend of mine and he was going to lose his bumper if he kept it up so he left me on the side of the road and I waited till a tow truck showed up during which I called Cherry and she came back and took me back to my appartment where I am still sitting.....tomorrow my insurance company will call me to set me up with a rental car but I am pretty sure I am going to have to buy a new car which means I am not going to be able to afford going to Orlando......which really stinks......I am looking for a new job at the moment but all in all it should work out.......also thanks to the air bags I have burns on my arm which I have to go check out and get taken care of......wow this really sucks......but I have made a promise to Cherry tonight and it will be kept I hope she knows that........well I am out peace out much love.....I love you Cherry.....bye bye

ps....here is my arm for a little visual to what the air bag did to me

well there is no need to inform you of who won...because if you don't know already...you should be stuck in the lockeroom with the ever rude zidane...yeah that's right.

In any case...today was splendid.

After persuading Brian King to cross over to the dark side (Italy) simply because one of the players looked liked him (ironically the one who took his pants off after they one the game) the gang made it's way to my house where we enjoyed a private viewing of Dirty Dancing: havanna nights which was followed by a silent film performed by none other than Brian King, Anna Miller, and myself...music provided by "Cameron"...yes he goes by one name...like Cher.

it twas a pleasant day.

oh and if Kelly reads this...once again...you are my new best friends...because italians are really just that hott..

this is my shallow post for the day.

comment.

movies.senior pictures.fourwheelers.babysitting.tanktops. volleyball. suntans.fireworks.new books.icees.lotion.friends.church.skirts.[lots]. pirates of the caribbean:two. sellouts. jewlery.

On another note, my nephew, PeytonLeviThomas, is having his first birthday party on July 15th. aka: this Saturday.

Go ahead, wish him a Happy Birthday.

I saw Pirates dos tonight at the drive-in, wow it was amazing! I can't wait till the 3rd movie to come out. Ok, so I'm sure you guys are like "well, how'd you like the music?" cuz you know I only go see a movie if I think the soundtrack will be good. I'm quite happy with what he did with the score, I liked very much how he used much of the music from the first movie and carried it over, while still adding new stuff. The part with Davy Jones playing the pipe organ on the ship was too cool. I'm quite pleased with the movie over all.

A group of middle school girls came in OTP on Friday and whistled at me...it was funny. When they left they said "bye Kyle!" and all the other cashiers were laughing. Hehe.

Grr Tyler and having to go do drum major junk this week as well as finishing up his English class in order to graduate early. I was hoping he could come shopping with me tomorrow to get dorm junk and come back to my house and watch a movie. Oh well, I might go out on limb and have my sister tag along. We've never hung out before, isn't that crazy?! Well, I think that with me going to college in Memphis this fall, it's something that we should do. I think after we go to the mall and Kohls for a lil while, I might take her to Bath Junkie and get some new bath wash...we've both used all of it, lol.

It started out as a normal day. Hanging out with my friends, looking back on the fun times and looking forward to the future.

Then in a rush of madness, Tim turned.....Crazy and Uncontrollable.

I ran for my life, but I decided i had to show him who was boss and stand up for myself. So...

I killed him. It had to happen. I couldn't bear the verbal abuse any longer!! Those days of Tim & Emily, friends with pop tarts and silly putty are now gone.

Don't hate me, Tim! you kno it's funny.

**Oh, yeah, and Tim's not really dead. It's just part of the story. He comes back in "My story 2: It's Not Over". So look for the sequel!! And yes, i know, i have a overactive imagination.

<3 emily

Never fear... My friends came to the rescue to save me from boredom yesterday.

Brian and Jessica stopped by the store while I was at work.  And Jessica ordered one of my favoritest things to make EVERRRR. 

Apparently I'm the only person at the Cookie Store who enjoys making lemonade, orangeade, and limeade.  Seriously, I love cutting the fruits in half and smooshing them to pulpy smithereens in the hand juicer.  Very cathardic.  So now whenever someone orders a fruit-ade drink, whoever took the order just asks me to make it.  (In exchange, Maja gets to make her favorite: Hawaiian Shave Ice... I hate that stuff.)

Anyways.

After work, Megan and I got together for some good old fashioned hanging out.  First, to El Torero, for I had not had dinner yet.  Then to Sonic, because everyone needs a little brownie batter blast every now and then.  Then, to Hastings, for dirty t-shirts, board games called "What the F*ck?" and Jesus action figures are funny.  Then to Megan's because when in doubt, go home and hang out.

By Megan's generosity, I am now babysitting 22 of her babies.  There are even two of them that she said I could adopt for my very own.

Never fear, Megan. They are safe and I should have them back home in a few days.

So why the song lyrics in the title line?  Because I get my first paycheck tomorrow... and I have an exciting list of things to spend money on...

• 3 Pirates of the Caribbean 2 tickets from last week


• Playing the Angel by Depeche Mode


• new tongue jewelry : p


• a SportsCom membership


• sushi with Mady


• Actually, I'll probably run out of money haflway through the list...

Sooo yesh.  Shpeedboat.  I need to take a shower, loads some CDs onto Pierre, and go to beddy-bye.  G'night, all!

She plays wipeout on the drums
The squirrels and the birds come
Gather round and sing the guitar
Oh i. . .have you got nothing to say
When all words fail she
Speaks
Her mix tapes a masterpiece
Walks through the garden
So the roses can see
Oh i. . .have you got nothing
To say
And you can see daisies
In her footsteps
Dandelions, butterflies
I wanna be kate

Everyday she wears the same
Thing
I think she smokes pot
Shes everything I want
Shes everything Im not
Oh i. . .
Have you got nothing to say
She never gets wet
She smiles and its a rainbow
And she speaks and she
Breathes
I wanna be kate

Down by rosemary and cameron
She hands out the
Bhagavad gita
I see her around every couple
Days
I wanna see her so that
I can say. . .hey kate

Long night....full of drama....yelling, fighting, crying, arguments, threats, random phone calls, getting lost, all sorts of stuff. Needless to say I'm exhausted, and my nerves are pretty much shot. I just want things to be peaceful and calm! Is that really so much to ask?!?

HEY YO HEY YOU CHECK OUT MY NEWEST BLOG ON MYSPACE IT HAS PICTURES FROM MY TRIP TO MONTANA AND THE MOUNTAINS AND LKAJDLFKJ   http://blog.myspace.com/heyjoni

JUST DO IT!

like.. you know not real love.. but the type that when he gets on aim my heart just starts beating. ive never actually talked to him, once maybe. he doesn't know im here.. and i know i have no chance with him.

i always want the guys i can never have nor get. why is this? *sigh*

man. so today was good. little surprises are fun, and i must say, i love my friends. especially friends who make me proud to say that they are my friend. it's actually quite funny how much of a contrast i'm starting to see between certain friends. especially guys. but a lot of times i find myself resenting certain friends because they aren't other people, which i can't do to them or myself, but it still happens occasionally. really bothers me sometimes. and the other thing that really seems to nag me is when i have such a great time with other guy-friends, and then afterwards i immediately feel guilty or sometimes worse than before, which is stupid because i know i shouldn't feel that way, because Bruce wouldn't want me to and because it's just not right. but i always find myself wondering if it's gonna be that way all my life. well, too much thinking for now.

in other news, Bro. Dean deliver yet another excellent sermon today about fellowship. and michael came and sat w/ me in church, so that was fun. it's nice to sit by a guy who opens his Bible and pays attention to Dean instead of try to make me laugh or whatever the whole time. well i must go for now, but i leave you with a very depressing song. much love---Cari   

my yesterdays are all boxed up, and neatly put away/but every now and then you come to mind / and you were always waiting to be picked to play the game / but when your name was called you found a place to hide / when you knew that i was always on your side./ and everything was easy then / so sweet and innocent / my demons and my angels reappeared / leaving only traces / of who you thought i'd be / too afraid to hear the words i'd always feared/ leaving you with only questions all these years / is there some place far away, some place where all is clear? / easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear / or are you left to wonder / alone eternally / this isn't how it's really meant to be?

I wish life weren't so depressing, and I guess that's an ironic statement seeing as how the blame's supposed to remain on me.  I do, after all, have a tongue about as invalid as a stroke patient trying to swim.  Take, for instance, a jab to someone's relationships during a simple social game; or, better yet, how would you feel if the memories released in reunion were simply that of bad experiences?  Alas, I am a dumb one.  Now, the difference between now and then is that then festered sadness toward self and now harbors anger at everyone, especially self, but sometimes moreso other individuals.  The future is not much better than bleak either.  What shall I write to Lee?  "Sorry, I went nuts for a year but now I'm better"?!  But even that's up for question.  Easy is a boat on a lake to find when fog has not rolled in and sat for 3 years!  Even the wind and the waves hate me!  People say I should hold a positive attitude, servile, genuflecting at even the most barbaric of tragedies, but I can't.  Then again, I'm not very sure what I can and can not do.  So whatever you take, take and hold; for your time is coming; and my time will eventually come, although it's testing my longsuffering!  What a season I have before me--such clutter to clear away.

If the soccer team is any indication of the current state in Italy, I am SO marrying an Italian man.

{{They travel in black suits.  Their captain’s name is Fabio.  Granted, the ones with longer hair appear to own several shares of stock in hair gel, but that’s easily forgiven.}}

{{Mmmmmmmm.  Does this make them eye caramella instead??}}

{{^^ Captain Fabio, debating how he will propose holy matrimony to me.}}

Me: "Not the faaaace!!"

Coach: "…And this is what happens when we mix whites with reds in the laundry!"
Player: "Dude, that so wasn’t me."

LATER...

"Whoever did this is gonna dieeeeee..."

{{Brokeback Appenines Mountains.  Believe me, there are more game-action shots like that. It could have looked much, much worse.}}

{{Talk about hurting when you fall from heaven.   I HAD TO SAY IT!!}}

"Okay, so maybe croquet wouldn’t have been that bad."

Me: "Skank, step back. They’re mine."

"…What?  I’m stretching!  ....Weirdo."

{{Unseemly amounts of sweat never looked so good.}}

{{Further proof in the power of soccer.}}

Coach: "Mussolini was an AMETEUR."

"So… When do you think they’ll find out about the laundry?"

"Uhhhhhh… Now. TOLD you we shouldn’t have separated ours out!!"

firstly, timmy left today. it's sad. secondly, i dont want to eat another starburst in my entire life.

---

anyway, i dont think i'm very liked on phusebox. i used to get a lot of remarks, now i get, like, none-1. it kinda makes me sad a little cuz i have so many friends and very few who care : (   .

be nice, please comment. it'll make me go like this :  )   .

Mark: So what is the Baker's baby going to be named?

Dani: Savannah Marie.

Austin: What's her last name going to be?

Supposedly, my grandfather and Jean are getting married in the morning at 8:30.  He's still got twelve hours left to back out.  I'll believe it when I see it...

Another post shall be forthcoming on the morrow.

Having not watched any of the games prior to today's final game for the World Cup, I really didn't have any strong ties to either team ((but I did say that the team with the hottest players would be who I rooted for ;) )). Watching Italy celebrate their win made me really happy inside. I don't know why, but I started to think about the parents of the guys on the team. The same parents who watched their sons win the World Cup are the same parents that signed their children up for soccer in the first place. The same parents that went to every practice, every game. The same parents who cheered their sons on from the stands at high school games cheered them on as they played in the biggest soccer game in the world. I can't even begin to fathom the amount of pride they must have felt in their children.

Dirty Dancing: Havanna Nights = awesome movie.

friday, cleaned. picked up by whitney lindsey && skyler. went to the Lee's for the wedding rehersal. girls came over. we went to appplebee's around 11ish. got back around midnightish. talked talked talked until like 3 amish.

saturday, woke up at 6:30ish to take the dogs out. everyone woke up cause of my && skyler by 8ish. haha. hung out. watched tv. ate breakfast. got ready. went to turkey creek with skyler lindsey and lisa. angela kayla tasha and lindsay went to angelas house. we went to oak ridge. went to blount county. helped with wedding stuff. went to lunch. went to angelas to get ready for the wedding. went to the wedding. watched little kids. served. went home around 11:30ish pm.

sunday, woke up. went to church. went to get breakfast. went back to church. watched kids in the nursery. went to target in turkey creek. went home. went back to the Lee's. helped clean up from last night. took isabelle jordan isaiah and emily to chuck e cheese. went to sprinkle park. came home. now online.

MY NEW OBSESSION. ribbons in hair. haha. cheaper than buys head bands. but they are WAY WAY WAY cuter! my other obsession, hair band and big sunglasses TOGETHER. lol. so cute. you should try it, if you are a GiRL. lol.

but yeah, this weekend was crazy, but fun. ive got a TON! of pictures to upload. most likely on MYSPACE. check them out @ www.myspace.com/kellyskye  :]

I'm feeling weird! Responsibility, plus having to find a job, plus stress, plus other stuffs, and then I have summer work to worry about. Then I have a trip in August to North Dakota where I have to miss the first few days of school. Man this summer has been the busiest summer of my life, but also the most educational. I've learned so much in just this past two months than I've learned in a long time. Well life is awesome no matter what hand you are dealt because no matter what there is always one card higher than the rest.

Well everyone have a great week! Even if it isn't a good week, make the best of it. :-)

    so i am leaving my sister's apartment and some guy pulls out in front of me and then poor little honda is out... i think its his fault though and no worries ladies i am ok... i know you were all wondering and hoping i was. here are some pics of the sad event.

and worst of all
that hurts the heart.. gotta order a new one... quick.
Again girls i am OK!!!
Ben

Lesson in life.

if u sell something..make them pay it all....

not just owe u 35 dollars.

cuz im grounded til he pays me.

and he wont pick up his phone cuz he knows he owes me.

Italy won! Go Italia!
That French guy who did the headbutt... yeah... he's a jerk...
And whoever did the production for the U2 "One" video with all the World Cup series footage, with the very end of the video containing footage from the game that just happened moments before, is my hero. That is hardcore TV production...
Now we should all go eat Italian food to celebrate...

so I was going for ITALY...but not b/c they won b/c that is stupid, and not b/c they have pretty colors, but b/c once that FRENCH guy just headed that Italian in the stomach for NO REASON I decided to go for the nice guys, therefore I AM SO EXCITED that ITALY won, and they haven't won since 1982 (I think) so it was there turn...you got to share the love...

however it does suck that it ended in PK's but what are you going to do???

ok edits from the last post from erin and katie

-going crazy for dci

-not being able to believe it will ever end

-you will drink after anyone, whether you know them or not

-sectional inside jokes that no one else really needs to understand

-playing truth or dare on the back of the bus

 -those bag things that keep your hands warm!

-ending up with someone elses band uniform

and from me

- trying to understand lawsonisms on the practice field

- being moved/moving people back in the food line, the uniform line, the bathroom line, and any other line due to seniority

- being so anxious during awards taht you are hold the hands of  10 people at the same time, and making it a tradition

- having a band family, including a band mom, a band aunt, a band sister, a band baby, and any other relation you can think of

- "finding your center" untill you think your "center" will explode

- being geek enough to be the keeper of 2 band sites... anonymously

I can't hold a candleI'm barely even a sparkTo your eyesAnd I try But I fail Every timeThis isn't my endingI've barely started a new beginningSo come find meI'm still waitingRight beside youI'm not hidingI'm the shadow in the darkI'm the whisper to your heartWhen you think you hear your nameI'm the echo in the roomI'm the light behind the moonI'm the scent before the rainI'm all around you, I surround youYou're not what I dreamt ofYou're not what I thought I neededBut I knowThat I'm rightBecause I fallWhile I fight you offI'm not what you thought ofWhen you thought of who you wantedBut I'm hereAnd I'll fightUntil you seeThat I'm rightYou're already mineI'm the shadow in the darkI'm the whisper to your heartWhen you think you hear your nameI'm the echo in the roomI'm the light behind the moonI'm the scent before the rainI'm all around you, I surround youI know you don't see meBut if you could you might be mineOne day we might both changeMaybe then will be timeFor now I'm the shadow in the darkI'm the whisper to your heartWhen you think you hear your nameI'm the echo in the room I'm the light behind the moonI'm the scent before the rainYou're all around me, you still surround meYou're all around me, you're all that I needYou're all around me

So i am officially 18. Yes. My birthday was so awesome, considering it was the same day as POTC! And Donald threw me a big Pirates suprise party, And i must say it was amazing. Bandanas, Eye Patches, Huge Poster, And Both Johnny and Orlando were on my cake!! So, of course, DDR was involved, a little Pirates 1 and 2, Waffle House at 1 in the morning, and Marshall singing on the ride home made my birthday amazing!! Thanks to everyone that came. Definitely memorable!! <3

Okay so maybe I won't go into ALL of the details because it would take way too long but I will give you the general idea.

I taught the kindergarden and 1st grade sunday school class today. I went into it feeling nervous and kind of feeling out of my norm for a bit. I had SO much fun. I think little children are so much fun to teach because they get excited if you get excited. We had a lot of fun with crafts, games, and the lesson. They are SO smart...it made me proud that they could answer ALL of the review questions before they left.

We had a visitor and his name was Christopher Jon Stewart. He was the CUTEST boy I think I've ever seen besides Joshua Ayers. Boys can be so sweet and cute when they are little. Awww.

And tonight is VBS! I am so excited! I feel just like a kid again........ :-) :-)

*ahem*

VIVE LA FRANCE!!!

[go france!!!]

*EDIT*

okay, so we lost. i think i was the only person in the world who wanted france to win. oh well. we can always wait 4 years . . . maybe brazil will stay in it then.

zidane was a jerk . . . i was happy that the coach didn't let him out of the lockerroom to get his little medal.

italians we approve of: mauro camaronesi and gennaro gattuso.

i might start following soccer now . . .

they are all out there.  swarming....

are they at any of the other houses?

no

do you know why??

cuz they are ALL AT MY HOUSE

when you walk outside you have to dodge each flying june bug its like an obstacle course.

there have got to be at least 20 out there in my front yard.  its horrible.

hey everyone

i am back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yep got in this moring
the flight was great
got in 25 min before our flight was suppoe to touch down
it was great!!!!
i am sooo happy to be home
and and i am going to look at a barn maybe tomorrow
so i can get back to riding
so wooot ness!!!

well i am going soo later

              megan

I'm off to bed.

I Usually Don't Do This But There's Nothing To Do

 

My Birthday is Monday!!! Yay! Happy Birthday to Me!

I leave for Youth Leadership Workshop tomorrow. I am getting excited.

I am for sure going to Rhode Island at the end of the month to run a 10 mile race with my uncle and to see my cousins. I hear Rhode Island is beautiful and that the tap water tastes INCREDIBLE! I am so freaking excited!

ok.

but let me point out these things.

i wasnt complaining at all about driving the pathfinder... after all... its a nice car.  but i want a car of my own that i can call mine... just like any other 16 year old.

another thing i should mention... a lot of people called me selfish because they said i wasnt buying the car... well news flash ladies and gentlemen... i am!

so... basically what every single person just commented about... theyre guilty of themselves... this meaning they are hypocrites.

i dont like hypocrites commenting on my posts.

so dont.

p.s. Kim Possible. thanks for the message you sent me... it really did mean a lot.

There is this one AMAZING scene in MI:2 that makes my heart pound. SO DRAMATIC!
she injects herself w/ the virus and then itz like BAM! DRAMA! and really magical music! *trys to imitate the background music*

i gotta go to work *AGAIN*

my nose hurts.

So I've had what we all thought was strepp throat for the past week. I've been resting and taking the ass load of perscribed antibiotics. ANd yet nothing seemed to work.

So yesterday morning i awoke and It had gotten remarkabley worse. My throat was on fire i finally went to get my dad and tell him that i need to go to the hospital.

So we get there and the nurse lady freaks out that i haven't been to the doctor yet. and i try to explain, in my hoarse little whisper that i couldn't go becasue sat the doctors was closed and we left for vacation the next day. she had no mercy. she continued on to asking me how i got the antibiotics.. and i said "over the phone" she looked at me like i was insane. I was very glad when she went away.

so the doctor, who was very nice to me. asked a thousand questions and some how determined thati probably had Mono. So we had to do a blood test and the lady took like a cup of blood, which i have no idea what she did with it alll :/ but whatever floats her boat.
I also finally got my strep test.

So i waited for half an hour. and my doctor comes back and tells me that yes i have Mono. but the good news was that my strep test was negative.

i just wanted to cry. Mono
and practically strep throat...

So he gave me some pain killers... and some steriod stuff to make the swelling in my throat go down . ..

he said "this is no way to act on Vacation"

i wanted to hit him.

So today is my 18th Birthday. It sucked ass... My mom has been soo nice about it though. She tries to cheer me up and make me as comfortable as possible. But im just sooooooo tired. and it hurts to talk and swallow.

so i must say that my best birthday present this year will be goingg home tomorrow becasue i cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!..

just to sleep in my own bed again.

fun at the zoo..

i named him joey..

hiding in the bamboo..

i really like bamboo

so the nashville zoo wasnt very impressive but getting off the mtsu campus was great..
now im off to see the tennessee valley winds.. last night was the nashville ballet..

love you,  kels

Heads up, in case you have been out of it for the past three weeks....3 must have albums:  Guster, Dashboard Confessional "Dusk and Summer", and Counting Crows new live album.

In the meantime, I am a one man wrecking machine and I'm taking my time waving this town,.....goodbye.


I'm out on a mission trip with St. Paul's so I'l talk to you guys the 16th after 2pm.  Please lift up our group in prayer, along with my good friend Kaylie.

Peace, and may the Lord be with you.

-ry