Life is crazy...

    I don't know why I said that... It was kinda random...

But anywho...
The cookout last night was fun... It was like this...



Yep... That explains it all... And for those of you that are helping with VBS and weren't there today It was cool too... We put up all the rockets and shutting stars and planets and then we went to the... surrounding... neighborhoods and handed out fliers... There was this really creepy guy that me and Kelsey Bittner had to go to that didn't have any kids but lived next door to some kids but when we asked him if he knew where any kids lived he told us no... how dumb is that when he LIVED next to some!!!

Well anyways, other than that life is pretty boring right now considering the fact that all I do all day is still sit around and watch TV...

                      Well bye for now,
                      Beka
                      !~!~(WOOT-WOOT)~!~!
                      Random again... I know...

Caleb almost broke my nose today. >.<

Bravo. Bravo. Bravissimo. Bravo... Bravissimo!

another amazing day playing soccer!  oh my goodness its so much fun.  i have to start running on monday by myself since i wont be able to condition with my team cuz ill be baby sitting.  i hate running. its no fun.  but hey you gotta do what you gotta do right? so im gonna just rest for the remainder of the day cuz soccer wears me out. and we played like extra long today too.  ill talk to yall later.

haha YES Germany v. Portugal: 3-1 i knew germany could do it.  i really wish stupid italy hadnt beat them...

I came across these today. . .

1993. . .

1994. . .

1995. . .

1996. . .

Oh, and Aimee Davis in the middle. Don't kill me Aims :)

    ok so about a month left till college.. starting to get scary... and you know we have to hang out before i go so leaveme a message on here and we can.
Ben

Sooo... Who feels like being so kind as to save me from a terrible boring fate after I get off work today?

Or, if you feel like making work a little less terribly boring, I'll be at the Cookie Store from 2 to 7.  Feel free to stop by and complain because cookies with icing are more expensive than cookies that don't or because your icee is too liquidy or because the credit card machine takes too long.

Sooo the Kenny Chesney concert is completely sold out but guess who is going.....that be me! Ohh I'm excited! My friend got me the ticket so I am going with her mmmmm it should be fun!

to the zoo!

i only have 7 days left and im home for the summer...-kels

Picture Time.... (i played dress up in some...)

 Look how beautiful and thin i looked, (from the neck down of course)... i'm DETURMANED to look like that.

 Me and Sonny 'FREAK-A-LEAKing'... lol

 'Trying to catch me 'RIDIN DIRTY...'

 Touching up the poof...

 i REALLY like this picture and i dont know why.....

 Jamacian me crazy.... .

 You can see Nik's dirty closet door....

 Oh SKIRT!!

 CHEESE!!

hmm. so i'm thinking about breaking things off with clayton....something just doesn't feel right.

I'm ready to come home...

But I'm also ready to leave...

so. the 4th was fun-ish. Jared ended up being the only person that could come but it was still fun. i'm mondo excited about Rush this year, but i can't say much else in case someone who got in actually ever reads this. woot! Bro. Dean gave a really good sermon this past weekend about our country and such. He's very, very tactful and quite good at articulating what needs to be said without going off on some kind of rant. very cool. i don't think i could do that.

in other news, we went to the drive-in to see Pirates of the Caribbean dos in Woodbury. 'twas fun, but man was it cold. i was fuh-reezing.

believe it or not, i am actually at the point to where i want to go back to school. i just kinda wanna go ahead and get my junior year over with so i can be a senior. well i must go now. cherrios and cornflakes to you all. much love--Cari

I got back from camping yesterday and it was awesome. Me and my cousins went white water rafting twice. The first time was fun since we had 5 people in the raft. The second time was life threatening because we had 4 people in the raft and we had a bad raft. It's supposed to have holes in the bottom to drain out any water that comes in but this one didnt so every time we hit a rock, a bunch of water would fill up the raft and we would either start sinking or start capsizing. It was fun.

There's one moment in your life when you realize the world is changing. You don't know how or why, but you want to be the one who steps up and says 'This - this is wrong.'

You don't. You sit there with false hopes and false starts, and pretend to be your normal shallow self. You can block out the world, but your conscience is always with you.

As you're walking away from cash registers, you see boxes. Boxes that read 'Save the Children' or 'Heal the Abused.' You give your spare change away to these funds, as your head thinks blasphemous things like 'Can pennies save kids? Can nickels heal the abused?'

When the revolution comes, you think, you will be the first to die.

You forget to think, how many others will die with me?

You are selfish until the end.

--taken from the story I am writing.

Loved it.



going to see it again today with MK.

Off to NJ/NYC! I'll take lots of pics and have lots of stories when i come back. Until then, we could use your prayers! You can call me or text anytime you'd like. Forgive me if i don't call or text back right away though, b/c i'll be busy doing God's work!!! I will miss all of you.
~Garrett

Then he said to them all: If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it.
        
              ~ Luke 9:23-24

GONE TO NEW YORK!!!!

SEE YA NEXT SUNDAY!

STEPHEN

NYC.
July 8-16.

Au revoir.



::b

Relocation status - the nightmare continues. Read on ....

Announcement - why oh why haven't they posted the announcement?  Just learned last night. Because the company is rethinking what position I'm going to have.  Hmmm, so ... I'm supposed to just "trust them" that I have a decent job. SUX.

Promotion - still no news ... but they "claim" it looks good. Guess I'm supposed to trust them on that too. FRUSTRATING.

Interim Living - They are booking us for the Shangri-La hotel in Jakarta. NICE

Interim Car - They are working on that (with a driver of course). OK.

Permanent Housing - They are lining up the agent to show us houses and apartments.  Hoping for a house. PENDING.

Medical Release - Last appty is with Co Dr on Monday.  Getting close.  OK ... but wish it were over.

S. African VISAs for Decy and the Girls - Supposedly ready next week.  OK

Plane Tickets for Decy and the Girls - Done. EXCELLENT.

Plane Tickets for me - Reserved and paid for but not ticketed; they are trying to "clear" my waitlisting on Business Class for Singapore to Jakarta. OK.

Shipment - Seems the Expat CoE (Center of Excellence) isn't so excellent.  They screwed up and didn't authorize any shipment from the US to Jakarta (my items in storage) and they didn't authorize any air freight "personal" boxes from Angola to Jakarta.  DISASTER. Back to the drawing board ... and trying to intervene and straighten this out.

Inventory of Household - Almost done.  But, just learned that supposedly I have to have an itemized list of every CD, DVD, VCD, and book, so customs can ensure I don't have: Chinese Communist propanganda, Christian Propaganda, Vulgar and repulsive music, and "sexually explicit" items.  SAY WHAT?  I'm double chk'g this one.  Didn't do this last time ... and can you imagine trying to itemize our 500 CDs, 100 movies ... and who knows how many books.

Packing - Yikes. Haven't started, but Decy and the girls need to do that this week so I can inventory that set of stuff.

.... I think I go on a hash today ... and run away from my problems.

yeah..things are finally starting to work out again

it's the "just out of the shower" look...it's the cool thing to do!

so, maybe i don't really have a life?

i dont have much to say

seems like everything i don on the net now days has to do with band

i dont think i convey the depth of  excitment and anticipation i have for the up and coming season

i think i may be the biggest dork in the world

..... but i would have it no other way

its 10 days till our first instrumental

and i wont be playing

i can NOT get that through my head

good night

- your friendly neighborhood ohs drum major

Y'know, while I've been on vacation here, I've really come to the conclusion that mind and body really are one in so many ways.  The times when I've been just sittin' around doin' nothing, I felt like a big pile of poo, always wanting to take naps, be completely anti-social/emo/angst-y/whatever.  But, like today, when the times are spent doing stuff physically, whether it be something as simple as walking a lot or playin' a sport in a ghetto fashion, I feel so much better.

So, the moral of the story, kids, for those of you who haven't heard me preach it before: Exercise is the way to make you feel better no matter what, so long as you don't over-exert yourself, of course.

And now, with the parents' house hopefully fixed up for good, I can resume my DDR playing.  Finally.

So, I'm thinkin' sometime next week when I'm back, get some people together to play some DDR, maybe play some other games/video games/hangout/whatever...  Yeah, that'd be good times for all.

So anyone interested in doin' that, leave a message here or call me with your availability (this most definitely means you need to come, Anna, so we can do somethin' more than pokin' each other on Facebook...:P ).

...Random tangent, but it's somethin' I just thought about...  It almost seems as though the idea of the afterlife from the Mormon perspective is a combination of a crazy bureaucracy and Dante's Inferno, given the description I heard my cousins discuss, that group of cousins all being Mormons and one bein' a missionary.

Yes....even as I'm reading the title of my blog I'm thinking...."You're tired. Get over it. That's life." Mhmm.

Been busy but happy as well.

Been having weird weird dreams with the same people in them......weird.....

And have I mentioned that shopping for babies is SO much fun and SO expensive? I can't leave the store without having to spend.....a lot. I will find so many adorable things that it takes me FOREVER to decide. My sister just has to have another baby girl for me to spoil......:-)

Ok, so work as been less hellish. I guess having your two days off makes it not so bad.

Fourth of July was great! It was also Tyler's and mine 4-months of being together, and it was the first one that we got to spend together, so that made it even more special. It was so nice sitting with him and watching the fire works at MTSU. We held hands going back to my car and supposedly someone shouted the F word at us...but it didn't do anything. It reminded me of that one thing going around on myspace about why is it that peope are more scared seeing two guys holding hands than they are around two guys holding guns?. We ate at Demos' and it was yummy.

Wednesday I had that little recording thing and it went very well. They were pleased with me, so I'm glad I made them happy. I left from there and went to Tyler's. It was so cute! I got there and found him, his mom, and sister all in the sister's bedroom playing with the dog. I got all warm inside when Rylee (the sister) was like "come in here with us!" She is too cute- and very country.

I woke up and saw that Tyler and left without leaving a note and I was kinda confused. I dunno, I got kinda mad and left him a note and just drove around for a while because I didn't know how long he would be but I saw him driving home so I turned around. I felt bad, he had went to get me flowers and breakfast. He's so sweet. We ate on outside on the patio. We then left for Opry Mills.

So yeah...Tyler having lots of money in his pocket and being around lots of clothing stores is very funny. The boy's gay side came out. Haha. He spent like, $140. I'm not saying it's bad, he got some really cute clothes. We had dinner at TGIFridays, yum. I drove his car home and he slept, it was cute. He held my hand the whole way home.

So we get back to his house and he puts on all of his clothes so I could see what they all looked like and compliment them. Come to find out he had senior pictures the next morning, so we spent the next 30 or so minutes picking out clothes, getting all his stuff (a trombone, a trumpet, flag, sabre, riffle, clarinet, lots of music books, 4 batons, yeah...it goes on) together. He had some good ideas...like throwing some music out, him laying in the middle surround by his horns and guard stuff, with the picture being taken from the top. I can't wait to see them. But yeah, we watch E.T. with Rylee. <3 I was supposed to go back home Wednesday night...but I didn't. I mean, would you want to go home at midnight when you live an hour away? No. So I just stayed the night again.

Woke up this morning with him and his sister in the bed talking. They're so cute together. She calls me "bubba's best friend" and it's so cute. Tyler refered to me as her brother-in-law and she was like "y'all should get married" I mean, how cute is that? Had to leave in kinda a rush, Tyler was almost late for his pictures so he left before I did, oh well.

I almost fell asleep a few times driving home...not good. I made it home in one piece though, thankfully. I took a nap for around an hour and a half before work. I got to leave at 8 tonight, rather than 9. Having superiority is good :-)

So here I am, I just had a yummy frozen pizza and found out that my granny got me a lil fridge and microwave for my dorm. I move in August 15th. Wow, it's not far away at all. I'm going to be sad when it's time to leave. I'm going to miss all the high school stuff, the marching band, the band directors, my old friends, my family...and most of all Tyler. It's going to be hard living 5 hours away from him and not being able to see him once a week like we've been doing for the past four months. Hopefully we can make it work and keep the fire going during the school year and pick back up next summer, and then keep it going because he'll be with me in Memphis...I hope. He has a few choices picked out...but I know for sure he'd go to Memphis for free...with his grades, ACT, music, and all that government stuff, he'll be getting paid to go there. We'll see though.

I have learned a lot about myself these past few months... I have learned that I don't need to worry about every little detail... I have learned that i worry about others more than myself.. That I like to make people happy, even if that means its more work for me to do in the end. Throughout my summer time at home I have been working, and living. Thats about it. My summer at home is coming to an end. I will be going on summer staff at sharp top cove in a week. I am scard to death... I don't knwo why I am going... I just know this is something that I feel I need to do. I just got to figure out why....

Yeah, it's almost gone. It sucks.

A few months ago, my grandfather started dating this woman who works in the deli at the local grocery store in Livingston; we had known her for years, but only on the level that one knows the deli worker--"I'd like corned beef on rye today, and aren't you tired of all this rain?"  For the longest time (since I can remember), my grandfather referred to her as "the Cornbread Lady" because she (among other tasks) made the cornbread for the plate lunches each day.  As I said, they've been dating for several months, and I know her name: Jean Reagan.  We've never officially met her--satisfying a corned beef urge doesn't count as official--but he was planning to marry her today, this morning.

He spent this past week with us in Cookeville, largely being in the way and driving me crazy (for instance, giving me advice on how best to approach and enlighten my PhD-holding history professor with the astounding knowledge that Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnston each succeeding assassinated presidents... my grandfather is a little nutty).  On Tuesday morning, he announced that he would not be getting married on Friday.  My father advised that he telephone the beloved with the news, and he did so.  We were most unhappy, as we would like them to get married: my grandfather is something of a child, and needs a parent.  We would dearly love to give the Cornbread Lady care of a bouncing 73-year-old, healthy boy.

On Wednesday, he announced that they would indeed be getting married on Monday, he telephoned his lady fair as such, and we were all once again quite happy.  When asked why he suddenly changed his mind, the response: "I've got her figured out."  ???!!

On Thursday, he announced that he would not be tying the proverbial knot.  Supposedly, he and Jean reached the decision together, but something tells me not (perhaps a subsequent remark from my grandfather stating "She'd marry me tomorrow if she could."

In the words of my mother, "If she does marry him, she's crazier than he is!"  We've told him that he needs to make a decision, or she's going to dump him.  I mean, when she wakes up in the morning, she doesn't know whether it's daylight or dark, left or right, or whether she's getting married that day or not.  I imagine that would wear on someone's nerves and perhaps even interfere with their cornbread!

I just give up.  There is no reasoning with someone this indecisive.  We've tried to show him how beneficial it would be for him, not only for having someone to stay with him, but because they can talk to each other and relate in a way in which we cannot.  It's similar to the decision about whether or not to renew his teaching certificate (since he didn't get his masters degree, he has to renew the certificate every ten years by taking two graduate-level classes).  We're advocating that he do so because he's still physcially and mentally active (if nutty), and it would give him something to do.  However, ultimately, we cannot make such a large life decision for him.  He has to do it himself, but he is mind-numbingly indecisive...

All I know is that I would dearly love to wake up on Sunday morning and start singing, "He's getting married in the morning/Ding dong, the wedding bells will chime..." from My Fair Lady.  He may not be Eliza Doolittle's father, but it would serve the same purpose...

im off to florida if you need me give me a call(5456082) ill talk to you all later!

Leah

hey everybody!...so i went thrift store shopping yesterday... it was fun! Thrift Stores are the best! :)
haha...i went to a nashville sounds baseball game too....it was ok..it was like 98 degrees! uhh so hot!!!


well here is a song or two...



I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesnt thrill me at all
So tell me why should it be true
That I get a kick out of you

some they may go for cocaine
Im sure that if, I took even one sniff
it would bore me terrifically too
but I get a kick out of you

I get a kick every time I see you standing there before me
I get a kick though its clear to see, you obviously do not adore me

I get no kick in a plane
Flying too high with some gal in the sky
Is my idea of nothing to do
Yet I get a kick out of you

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Out one day
walking one day
out one day, with you hallelujah
We found a wood with Trolly's on wheels
rolling all around the hills
Hallelujah

And just as soon it had slipped into
the sleepy dusk and it's not very likely
that we'll see it out, we'll see it out again

Out one day
walking one day
out one day, with you hallelujah
We found a wood, we unfound a wood and then
and then we cried, "Oh No"
and, please tell me will we ever find it again?
In the depths of Trolly Wood
Do trollies still drive?

Gone for the day to the Trolly Wood
I've gone for the day to the Trolly Wood
The Trolly Wood is taking me away

Out one day
walking one day
out one day, with you hallelujah
We found a wood, we unfound a wood and then
and then we cried, "Oh No"
and, please tell me will we ever find it again?
In the depths of Trolly Wood
Do trollies still drive?


Gone for the day to the Trolly Wood
I've gone for the day to the Trolly Wood
I've gone for the day to the Trolly Wood
The Trolly Wood is taking me away

Out one day
walking one day
out one day with you hallelujah
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Why do you build me up Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down and mess me around
And then worst of all you never call, baby
When you say you will but I love you still
I need you more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up Buttercup, don't break my heart

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haha.... those a dedicated to Miss Kelsey Carol Shearron

My summer is going lame again.
but not for long.
not untill the 26th.
ya know whyyy?

RANCID IS COMING!

-falls over-

And the carpet saga continues.  The new guy came today to fix it.  Unfortunately, since the seam had already been heated 3 times (once to put it on, the second time to take it apart, and a third time to put it back together,) they had to cut out the area that had been heated so that there wouldn't be lumps in the carpet.  Unfortunately, that meant that there wasn't enough carpet left.  So they seamed it back together and put in an additional seam with a piece of carpet left in the garage.  The problem now is that the other carpet had about 4 months of wear on it and the new is, well, new.  There's a HUGE difference in color and texture between the two.  Lowe's wants us to have it steam cleaned, but if it's still obvious, they'll replace it all.

The good news is that even if it has to be replaced, the new carpet guy is great.  The seam down the center of the two worn pieces is nearly invisible, and if it weren't for the color and texture differences, the other seam would also be invisible.  So, if we get new carpet in, he'll make it look perfect.  Something to look forward to.

Is what i said in ANY way selfish, stuck uo, or spoiled?

cuz i think its not but some guard priss freak thinks it is...

so is it?

=]

Chris

Well, i'm already counting down the weeks of summer i have left before it's all gone...

:sigh: this summer is going by way too fast.....

new yoek here i come!
i cant wait.
i know God is gonna do some awesome things!
i just know it.
i am preparing myself.

well things go well, if you're patient enough
easier said than done, just like the rest of the stuff
but i swear it to you, if you try, can be done
just look to the stars, and your dreams can be won

but it's so much harder, than these words make it sound
don't be discouraged if you're thrown to the ground
just get back up, stare this right in the face
if you just give up, that's you're only disgrace

just put forth the effort, your heart, and your love
and God will come down, with strength from above
Sending His armies, with flaming sword in hand,
Sending our foes back to their own hellish land.

Well, that's it.

Governor's School is over.

I'm going to curl up under my covers and cry for about 89 hours now.

i found something id like to share with all you band kids out there

THINGS YOUR MOTHER NEVER TOLD YOU ABOUT MARCHING BAND!!!

-Those horrible, hot days of summer band.
-Rehearsing drill until your legs burn.
-Doing the show until you are positively sick of the band director saying, “Let's do it just one more time."
-Loading and unloading instruments, carrying flags and props on and off the field with the timing of a military offensive, day after day after day.
-Ice to relieve bruises on wrists, foreheads, and ankles.
-Swollen lips.
-Doing exercises.
-Standing at attention for five more minutes than you can bear.
-Sunburn.
-Wanting to sell your soul for five more minutes of sleep.
-Flags in the face, rifles in the ribs.
-Wanting to give it all up and join the chess team.
-Hearing the show music in your sleep.
-Sectionals.  
-Heartburn.  
-Heartbreak.
-Drumming on everything in sight.  
-Tossing anything you can pick up.
-Thinking marching band was a stupid way to get out of PE.
-Running laps because someone else was late. Again.
-Realizing color guard looked a lot easier than it is.
-Doing more exercises.
-Wondering what happened to your life.
-Eating dinner in the car while changing clothes and doing homework.
-Lost shoes and lost mouthpieces.  
-Blood blisters on your palms.
-Long underwear under your uniform and icy wind in your face.
-Learning the fine art of sleeping on a bus.
-Tears and teasing.
-Learning that you have 100 new brothers and sisters who will stick by you through thick and thin.  
-Knowing you that have 200 new parents who will cheer for you, no matter what.
-Laughing at each other's jokes and learning more about yourself than you ever knew.  
-Doing more exercises.
-Thinking the show will never work. Or end. And then, finally, it all comes together, and you have achieved perfection, drumming your hands off and playing your brains out and tossing higher than the sky.
-A slice of time in a stadium when everyone cheers and your mom cries and pictures get taken and once, just once, you have the world in your hands.
-And the band marches out of the stadium and down the street, always together whether it's success or not, and you know by the feeling in your heart it doesn't get any better than this.
-And you know if your director asked you to turn around and ‘do it just one more time, a little better,’ you would.

-Detailed sex ed lessons.

-Bus rides back to school...at night...

-Being afraid of the flashlight/handchecks.

- The point you want to give in and then the first performance hits... and nothing else matters at that point of your life.

-Talking about Old School Nickelodeon on the way back from competitions/games (and singing the theme songs. Camp Anawanna, anyone?)
-You'll sleep on anything and everything.
-Don't sit/get too close to the dance team/color guard; you'll be doused with hairspray and glitter and will reek of perfume.
-Anything you eat with cheese will be on your uniform, no matter what.
-Acting like a doofus in front of everyone and not caring.
-99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall will reach into the negatives eventually.
-At least one person will be late coming back from 3rd quarter break.

-Singing until death threats ensue.

anyone want to add???

I am ready for School to start back...mainly because of the newness of being a freshmen at MTSU.  I can't wait to go to MTSU... All of my classes are close together and my schedule is very convient for me.

do you ever feel like youre on the outside lookin in at your own life? like it couldnt be you thats experiencin it, but like a clone of yourself? like you have no control but to just sit back and scream through the window at yourself but cant make things stop...

I LOVE SARAH ELIZABETH SIMMONS BECAUSE SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!

HAH.. SNEAKYim on your phusebox bc your on mine right now putting me up some pictassss.. haha

muuuhahahah..

I LOVE YOU SARAH!!!!!!

love- lizzy boo

Okay, tonight is the cookout and I still haven't gotten dressed or brushed my teeth (which is really gross so I'm gonna brush them in just a sec.) or any of that stuff... so yeah... Stephanie McGee just called and asked for directions...that was random... I gotta go now... BYE!!!

Rather than sorting through some odd number of posts where people tell me what they thought of the new Pirates movie.

WARNING: DO NOT READ ANY OF THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN MOVIIE BUT WANT TO


















First of all, I'd like to express disappointment that Keith Richards was not in the most recent movie. That said I understand the third Pirates movie is coming out next year and Keith will be in that as Jack's father.

The Good

The plot was very compelling. I did not think they would expand so much on such a minor detail like the East India Trading Company. And Lord Jerkface (I forget his name is) is a perfectly detestable villain. Also, I had completely forgottten that Bootstrap Bill was Undead when he was fired from the cannon and couldn't die. That was a very impressive way to bring that character around. There was some great character development in this film with a wide array of characters whereas in the first it was primarily about developing Will Turner and a bit about Elizabeth Swan. The battle seens were much improved but Disney has got to stop ending every last fight with someone getting knocked on the head with a rum bottle or an oar or a club or Orlando Bloom's unconscious body swung like a club.

The Bad

The humor and the jokes were the biggest shortcoming of the film. After Jack's first joke about "why is the rum always gone?" the creativity fled. It was recycling every last flippin joke from the first film except minus the timing. Really in this movie the jokes went from a strong point to a short coming that had the originality of something stolen from a Pirates fan site. Also, they never really explained the dice game too well. And at times the plot development seemed labored.

The Ugly

Davy Jones. I can't decide whether he's a better or worse villain than Barbosa. Barbosa had a strong history of rivalry with Jack and he had limits to his powers but Davy Jones has nearly unlimited resources and has a handful of weaknesses.

The Wha...?

Disney has a lot of explaining to do in the third film next summer. First of all, what is Lord Jerkface up to? He wouldn't go through so much trouble just to get some extra profit. Maybe he plans on turning on the British Empire or something, judging by the trade crew's disdain for tariffs and taxes. Also, what is the scar that Jack left on Lord Jerkface? And then there's Barbosa. They really have their worked cut out for themselves there. He's basically pulling a Jesus.

All in all, I'm going to rank the second movie below the first BUT it has the potential to be better than the first depending on what happens in the third and (probably) final movie, much like the Matrix Reloaded. Hopefully Pirates 3 won't be the disaster that was Matrix Revolutions.

Also for those of you wondering, it takes 6 people to run the Black Pearl. There'll be countless extras killed in the next movie. However, I shall tell you who will always, always, always survive to have the necessary 6 people.

1. Will Turner- they need his dashing good looks for good luck
2. Elizabeth Swan- someone has to appreciate his dashing good looks
3. Captain-figure- it's not a pirate ship without a captain, and the crazier the better
4. Mute with the parrot- because talking parrots are funny
5. the Midget- but midgets are funnier
6.  The portly yet rational man with the beard- did I mention he also has a heart of gold? There's no way they're killing him

What are your thoughts?

ok so im baby sitting right now.  and somehow i got stuck watching three boys (one i dont even have to watch) and let me say, ive heard some things that i never wanted to.kids have such dirty minds these days!  so yeah, interesting time here.  hope you all are having a great day.  i just hope i survive the day without too much damage to my brain. haha.  remarks are always nice. ( :

i saw pirates at midnight. i pretty much freaking loved it.

it was long here and there.. but it was still amazing. and i kinda figured the ending.

oiwjotiwoaihdxt foish

it was pertty freaking sweet... here's a picture of me and chase in the theatre just to show you how excited i was and really how freaking amazing the movie was.

and im running on about 5 hours of sleep. wwweeeeeeeeee

ok so i am off to nyc tomorrow!! pray that we have a safe trip and that nothing happens! there has been some rumors about blowing up something in nyc but there rumors so who cares we are only in there for a day!! well the rest of the week we will be doing backyard bible clubs (VBS) in two parks and neighborhoods. so have an awesome week! -stephen

Finally I have my prom pics on here and soon i will have my new york pics from a year ago.

every so often

who you are

has to fight with

who you were

to find out

who you will be

and usually

the blood must run

until you find out

that it's all really

your own.

Well, let's see.  Where to begin?  So much, yet so little.

The first thing on my mind is the crazy EB/Gamestop conspiracy to remove my assistant manager.  For awhile, there were a few clues as to what was goin' on, but as time went on, it became more obvious that he was to be fired.  Why, you ask?  Because he previously worked for Gamestop and left on bad terms, that's why.  Nevermind the fact that he has worked hard to become a better employee for the company, worked harder than I thought possible for him for that job, to be honest.

And nigh-immediately after the fact, a new guy is found before I could even think about interviewing with the district manager for the job.  And when I say a new guy, I mean a guy that has never worked at an EB or Gamestop ever before.  And they wanted this guy to be the new assistant manager.  Who is this guy?  The district manager's next-door neighbor.

...Need I say anymore about that situation?  Must I really have to type how all that makes me feel?  Okay, good.

So, yeah, I'll probably have to find a second job, so that I can move out and have a place of my own.  I haven't started looking yet, partly because I'm in Ohio on vacation with the family for a couple of days.  Good trip so far, but I haven't been able to sleep well at all the past couple of nights, partly because my family works on a different time schedule than I do; I primarily like to be awake for the night, whereas my family likes to be awake for the morning and afternoon.  Darn the family for not following the gamer's schedule.

Lessee...what else...?

Ah, yes, I saw The Notebook the other day.  I must say, for falling under the category of "chick flick", it's really a good one.

Watching that movie really made me question my relationship with Marissa.  Like, the fire present in the characters' relationship in the movie was very similar to ours at one point in time.  But now, the romanticism has faded, and I can't help but want to blame myself for that.

A bit about that last point...  It gets to a point where you almost have to choose between being with friends and being with the girlfriend/fiancee/loved one.  At least, it sure feels that way.  Here lately, I've been wanting to spend a lot of time with my friends, especially Cameron here lately, playin' video games and watchin' anime, y'know, just hangin' out because we can.  And, because of it, Marissa and I have seemed to kinda become a little apart.  I still love her, don't get me wrong, it's just that I now realize that there's a balancing factor to be found.

And plus, had it not been for Marissa entering my life ever, I probably would've already moved out of the house and into Seattle with my long-time friends.  It's somethin' they're talkin' about doin' now, it's somethin' that I'd like to do, but it's somethin' I can't do because of Marissa and the bonds we have to each other.

So, yeah, life's been pretty messed up for me here lately.  I've been thinking so much about philisophical crap here lately.  I've come to some understandings that I can't really talk about to others.

Well, there is some stuff, like realizing, upon hearing my family members talking about other family members, just how much I am a little bit of nearly all my family.  I have some traits of one member, some of another, a dash here and there...  It's rather an odd feeling, feeling like I'm so many people before me rolled into one.

What else is there?  Hmm...  Well, there is that feeling of why-the-hell-do-I-even-exist within me for so many reasons, ranging from my battles with cancer as an infant to my feelings of uselessness.  As lame as this sounds, I've really just come to the conclusion that I live for Marissa; if it weren't for Marissa, I really wouldn't have much to live for.

I've also come to the conclusion that I was really meant to live in another past time period.  As much as I like video games, I'd give it all up to be in the times of the past, before the dawning of guns, in the times of the samurai.  I think that is the life I was meant to live, but here I am, in a completely different time.  A time with people thinking nothing about the world around them at all, a time where power is placed within little toys called nukes and not the strength of the people, a time that any man can kill another man in a war regardless of skill, a time that war is becoming more and more of an automatic engagement and is fought with little to no real purpose or cause...  A time of apathy and gIuttony, that is the time I live in.  I won't deny the fact that I have fallen into the mindset of those ideas to a certain extent.

...I just want a simple life: no "job" to worry about, other than protecting the people of my country, like a samurai; well, at least the way they were portrayed in The Last Samurai (as odd as it may sound to you, I did nearly end up crying in the last scene of that movie the first time I saw it).  But I can't have that.  Instead, I must dedicate my time to a useless cause in the name of more money for the company I work for, leaving little time for the truly human part of existance.

...Sorry, random tangent, but something I saw on the news earlier today about a Tennessee church making that custom-made Statue of Liberty.  Yeah.  I must say, I can't run with that.  I hope not to upset those that think it's cool, but remember who we are.  We are the United States, we are a land of religious freedom, and having a symbol like that is totally and completely hypocritical of that religious freedom.  Now, don't get wrong, I didn't mind the whole Ten Commandments-being-posted issue before, since, honestly, they're not bad rules to live by for the most part; it would be even better if they had other religion-related items/documents of interest posted as well, but it's still okay with me regardless.  But this Statue of Liberty thing...  I don't like it one bit.  If it were up to me, I'd call it treason and go with that, but I don't make such decisions.  Besides, all the great nations of past eventually had serious issues when they become "unireligious", like the Roman Empire and all the nations of that time.  So, let's not have history repeat itself, okay?

And the whole North Korea thing?  Yeah, the leader of North Korea's probably just a little on the crazy side.  Honestly, if we're so worried, how about we forget about the Iraq "war" and just go beat the crap outta them?

...Another random tangent, but if it weren't for the way war is fought and what it is we fight for, I'd probably be with the military to be honest.  We feel it necessary to police the world for whatever reason and end up on these ghetto skirmishes with random countries.  Let's be honest.  This whole thing with Iraq.  That ain't war, by any means.  Well, not a "real" war; it's the US saying "Hey we beat Iraq without going into full-scale war, yay.".  It's a bit of a silly game more than a war, especially when we're throwing shit-fits over 2 people dying in some silly thing; that's nothing for war. 2 casualties is less than pocket change in war; let's not forget the wars of past that have yielded several thousand troops dead over a relatively short period of time.  I really don't think this country has what it takes to be in a state of complete and total war.  If North Korea did shoot a missile into US territory, there's no telling how that would end up.  People would just have a shit-fit and run around like a chicken with its head cut off.

I guess that's enough to talk about for now to cover the bridge between the last entry and this one.

Well, peoples, if you're ever up for doin' something, let me know by phone preferably.  Take it easy, everyone.

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted anything on here.  Since my last entry, I've completed my first year of college, declared a major, been to Indiana, become better friends with some and drifted from others, read several books, been to visit friends in Lexington, got an iPod, pretty much packed up my room to move into a new house, watched a season and a half of gilmore girls, talked on the phone ALOT, written a few letters, spent way too much money, spent a weekend at the lake with a bunch of friends, missed many of my school friends, realized the awesome power of living my life wholeheartedly for Christ, tripped a few times in trying to do so, and best of all, grown in my precious relationship with the Lord.

So, as you can see, I've been busy... and my summer will only continue to get busier.. I'm leaving for Hawaii in a week!! ahh!! I'm pretty excited about that..  I might put pictures up from that... lol if i get around to it! 

YaY!!! I go to New York this Saturday!!! Not only do I get to spend an entire week in NYC, I get to dance with THE Radio City Rockettes!!!

My sister and I have booked tickets to see ABT's Romeo and Juliet, Hot Feet, and Wicked. Plus we are going to the MET, and shopping...lots :-) YAYNESS

Today is the tomorrow I was hoping for yesterday.  Life is much better.

Spent much of Thursday morning, again, at the hospital working on the medical aspect of the relocation. This is a "song that never ends".  But, I received all the paperwork back from the hospital with "healthy" stamps. Now, one last (hopefully) visit to our Co's medical director and we should finally get the medical release to go to Indonesia.

...  Now, if only Allied International would call me about our shipment ... and if only Jakarta would call us about our living arrangements ...

wow so i like cleaned my car tonight and it hasn't been that clean in a LONG time lol. like i cleaned the carpets, polished my wheels...the whole nine yards! and then i came home and cleaned my room. omg like what is wrong with me??! beth! cleaning?! those two words don't belong in the same sentence unless doesn't is the word inbetween lol. guess what i found when i was cleaning?! i found mine and my friend rene's old rant notebook. ha! funny stuff man. we had a rant section and then a section where we just kinda kept a running note. u know how girls are. but dude reading this is HILLARIOUS. i don't even remember 3/4 of the ppl we are talking about or what the hell is going on lol. and there are sooo many old inside jokes. PICKLED FETUS! that was one of them if u were wondering. and don't ask b/c i have no clue in hell lol. and dude we have some old poems in here. i'm glad i found them. i copied some of my cousin's poems in here and i LOVE them. maybe i'll post them later. idk. but ne ways. i've rambled enough. gtg. ciao.

Well lifes going better I just had an off day so please forgive me for my last post.  I was just in need of a pity party and I gave myself one and now im all better. 
I dunno I just get so overwhelmed with life sometimes and I just get bogged down by the stupid things in life and just need to vent.  I guess everyone has had those days. 
There is just so much stuff going on right now and I just needed a minute to put my thoughts somewhere.  But like I said all better. 
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So on a lighter note I went to see two movies this past week, Cars and The Devil Wears Prada.  The first the better of the two.  So that was fun.  But like I said Im still open to do something so give me a call sometime. 

ROUND UP is only a week away and i cant wait.

was being so close. . .

you know the rest of the song.

as do i :(

so i'm a little upset. it'll be okay. there are much worse things happening to people around me. i'm alright. i just needed a moment.

Ker je moje poklicno zanimanje prevajanje jezikov, bom pisal kaj o tem, sicer pa predvsem o mojih hobijih.  

and this is where i will be in about 10 and a half hours!!!!!!!

"... a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly,
its the honest ones you want to watch out for-because you can never
predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid" - Captain
Jack Sparrow



POTC 2!!!  finally!!! and i cant see it for a week....but i get to ride it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO it's summer.......i've stayed pretty busy. i got a job at the shoney's on broad. i'm a waitress. it's cool there...i'm one of the young ones. but it's all good.                                                              

Lauren d. and i r goin to fl in a week and a half. we leave on the 16th at night and get back a week later. whop whoop....we r gonna have so much fun!!!! i can't wait to go back to the beach!!!!! it's so beautiful there.

so this summer i have been working nd hanging out with friends. i have gone camping( for the first time in my life a couple of weeks ago and i went and saw superman a week ago with stephen. i'm not a superman fan.....but i loved that movie...i almost cried once or twice...and i dont cry in movies.

well, amanda's off in germany now. i hope she has an awesome trip. hmmmm yeah and everyone else seems to be goin on vacation too. hmmmm oh yeah i got my sr. pic proofs back today!!!!! omg i love them!!!!!!! now i have to pick which one to go in the yr book...hmmmm decisions decisions....oh well i have a few weeks to decide.

later..keep it real and smile

lisa

Genesis 1:1, "In the begining God created the heaven and the earth."

Genesis 1:31,"Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!"(NLT)

"I can only imagine what it will be like when i walk by your side

I can only imagine what my eyes will see when your face is before me..."

Ecclesiastes 3:11, "Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end."(NLT)

Psalm 147:5, "How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension!"

it's sad when people die when they are so young.it so awful....guys keep the murphy family in your prayers they need all they can get.

Leah

myspace is wayyyyy better.

this thing sucks

myspace.com/obctg

add me if you want

dude what is your problem... you know its blasphemy to say your god or
the devil. If you were satan then the rapture would have happened. and
me being a devout christian should know tht it hasnt... stop the petty
"im satan, now bow before me" crap... no one cares... and theres no
humor in the post you just made... its very serious... and very true..
God Bless.
~Chris

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hmmmmm lemme see....

what if i were to tell you to go fuck yourself?

would it interest you to know that i am just a bored agnostic teenager making a parody of satan?

South Park does so....do you watch south park?

If its sooo blasphemous to say your god or satan, why dont you say something to Jesus? He has a Phusebox.

Mmmk!Well I havent been on this phusebox crap in like forever♥well not alot has changed over the past few months..well kindasortanotreally!I havent been to church in A LONG time...the longer im gone the more I miss it = /.Idk my life doesnt ever seem to the the way I wish it would lately.....I know I have done things I probably shouldnt have && I hang out with friends that arent the best role models for me..but its almost like I cant change now...so if everyone could do me a favor and pray for me.Ohkayy well I guess I am gonna go now.

iloveyou ♥Ash;;Bo

my kindergarteners drove me nuts today....again.

with kids, you have to tell them 3 or 4...heck a million times to do something. and even then, they still may not do it. but you have to keep after them or else they don't learn and nothing gets done.

it was about mid-morning and my nerves were almost shot as i told caleb for the hundreth time to stay in line. then i blurted out- "CALEB! when i tell you to do something, it's for a reason! it's not to boss you around or be mean- it's because it's for your own good!"

as he got back in the line (for about 5 seconds) I thought about what I had said. I felt absolutely frustrated with this kid- I couldn't have fun with him or talk to him because I had to constantly make sure he wasn't hurting himself.

then I got really sad at the thought that that's how God must feel about us sometimes. He wants to have a deeper relationship with us and show us awesome things prepared uniquely for us. but all too often, we're off doing our own thing and not giving any attention to His voice until we get ourselves in trouble.

the good news is that His grace is beyond comprehension. it's new every morning....every minute. He never gives up on us. and unlike me who loses my patience all too often, He doesn't. definitely something we all take for granted but should be doing cartwheels about!

"Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good"  1 Peter 2:2-3 

I am home alone for around 2 weeks the closest family member is 45 min. away and the closest parent is going to be about an hour away  and he does not even care were I am so I have something to do for almost an hour every day but I have nothing to do for the rest of the time anyone have anything I could do because I have 2 weeks to myself and only 15$

p.s. I am bored out of my mind

THE GOOD NEWS: I am free from summer school! I am ready to have a life again! I only work 20 hours a week at a flexible job, so we should make plans! (I really want to go to the zoo, for starters...)

THE BAD NEWS: I would really love to make a movie, but I can't, seeing as PCs really are awful for video and my Windows Movie Maker is not working. And did I mention that my video contest entry that I still need to work on and is due in one month is only saved to Windows Movie Maker? AUGH! That's why I need a Mac, and other than simply laying down the money for it, my only hope is to win one, which goes back to the whole my contest video is stuck in a rut thanks to dumb Windows... yay for message boards though. I've signed on to some message boards to post my problem so people who know more about computers than I do can help me...

if u are one of those pro choice and all that crap people watch this

http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/fetus

you wanna kill a baby now and there is no crap you can give me to make me view different

Ok ... so I made a complete ass out of myself in front of Aaron Gillespie!!!

I was at Warped Tour last Saturday ... the most amazing day of my life so far!!!

Me and some of my friends were waiting for a band to finish so we could go get good spots for Paramore ... we sat down in the shade to cool off cuz I'm not joking ... it was hotter than hell out there!!! We're sitting down and we look over and see this huge line of people and we're like ... who's signing??? Zach goes OMG I swear thats UnderOATH!!! We jump up and go running over to the line ... this is who I came to see and really wanted to meet ... we listened to their CD all the way to Dallas and I was determined to meet UnderOATH ... we get to the back of the line when all of the sudden the guy with the end of the line sign gets RIGHT IN FRONT OF US ... I'm friggin pissed ... we were right there ... BUT NO!!!

So we run over to in front of the stage they were signing on to take pictures ... cuz I mean hello??? UnderOATH is less than 5 feet away from us ... I've got to have some sort of proof of this!!! I get right in front of Aaron ... which may I add ... I'm completely in love with ... I'm stading there staring right at him not looking away with I'm sure the stupidest look on my face ... he keeps looking at me ... but I juz keep on staring and taking millions of pictures!!! My friend Zach says to Tim I 'heart' you!!! Tim says it back to him ... I look at Zach I look at Tim I look at Aaron ... Aaron looks at me and I go ... "I ... ... ... ... ... ... ... heart ... ... .. YOU!!!" Aaron gives me this totally creeped out look which I dont blame him ... if you could have heard how I was talking and seen how I was acting you would have done the same thing ... it was like I was a freak stalker ... I couldnt get my words out and he knew it!!!

Oh man ... so if I ever see Aaron again I wonder if he'll remember me as the weird girl that wants him ... but at least he looked at me right???

Have you ever wondered what lots of pirates leaping and twirling and pirouetting with incredible synchronisity would be like?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE_BMbPBY2I

Probably something like that.

nothing really has changed from the last post.

-still missing "the guy"...
-listening to my mom play countless hours of the same song on the piano...
-have my phone beside me....just waiting for someone to call.
-still thinking about everything going on my life, and wondering why i'm still so blessed
-waiting for my family to get out of this situation
-my brother is out getting his community service done for court
-i just got wireless internet
-my aunt got to come home from the hospital and she's doing fine
-i'm still missing youth camp like crazy
-yesterday was a year from when my great-granddad died..yeah, it was hard.
-the fireworks i saw all weekend just made me miss him even more

yeah.

that's my life for ya..

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new pictures...

 Man its been a while since i've posted anything... but wanted to put some of my pics up from this week...


I hope you had a great 4th

Mrs. Janna Lee Cowan, mother of one of my closest friends and second mother to me, has died of cancer as of tuesday afternoon.

if any of you know David or the rest of his family, keep them in your prayers.

and so God guides another daughter home.

Alright, the song playing in my head when I woke up was rather odd.  I don’t know the lyrics, because it is in Spanish, and I don’t speak Spanish.  I can’t even spell the name, but I do know that it is in two pretty good movies: The Big Lebowski and Man on Fire.  I think it’s like ‘oyo com ova’ or something like that.  Oh well, it’s a pleasant song to have fingers cut off to…

it's coming.

pirates of the caribbean 2: dead man's chest.

and really bad eggs . . .

drink up, me hearties, yo ho!

yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for meeee . . .

savvy?

I GOT 4 HOURS OF SLEEP LAST NITE!!! I FEEL AWFUL PLUS I AM BABYSITTIN SO IF I FALL ASLEEP UHHH I DONT EVEN WANNA THINK BOUT THAT!!!! OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BIG BUT FACES!!! THEY HAD COMPANY OVER AT 3 IN THE MORNING!!! THEN PEOPLE KEEP LETTING THEIR DOGS USE THE BATHROOM IN OUR YARD!!! BUT THATS OK CAUSE MY DOG COULD EAT THIER DOG!! BUT IT WAS FUNNY CAUSE THIS ONE DUDE WAS WALKING HIS DOG BY OUR HOUSE AND MY DOG SOPHIE BARKED REALLY LOUD AND MAN I NEVER KNEW AN OLD DUDE COULD JUMP SO HIGH!!! BUT NO MORE COMPLAINING CAUSE WE R IN A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD!!! WITH AN AWESOME POOL!!! WOW THAT IS LIKE MY LONGEST ENTRY EVER!!! WELL ILL GET ON LATER!!!!

MUCH LOVE

**ALLIEMOE**

why can't the people that you want to go away and stay away actually do it????

GOiNG TO THE BEACH iN APPROXiMATELY 48 HOURS.. AND ASHLEY IS COMiNG HERE TOMORROW AND WERE GOiNG TO SEE PiRATES OF THE CARiBBEAN...

<3

God has been testing me recently. I always have had these feelings that upset me, because I felt un-satisfied, and in question. Because I always feel like my life is un stable, like I know my foundation is God, and he will always be, Im just saying I hate roller coasters, but thats part of life, and you have to learn to flow with it. I just have always had a problem with depression since I was little, and its very hard to break, but hey who doesnt have depression these days, but I wish every day I felt happy, like sometimes like when sad things happen, I just sit and cry and cry and cry, but thats how I get my emotion out. But this past week I have realized, I can get through anything with God, and learn to not think of the sad things, but to remember all the good things. I watched this movie called "The End Of Spears" and the movie just touched me, I couldnt stop crying after it. And see I went to Ecuador (Quito) on a mission trip, but I never went to the jungle, where this movie was based on the 5 missionaries and how they lost their lives spreading Gods word. And just how they could shoot their guns in the air while those ecuadorians were spearing them bc they wanted those men to live bc they didnt know God, and they just shot their guns in the air smiling to God. And that just touched me, because one person can make a difference to so many people. Well when I was laying in my bed that night, I couldnt stop crying and thinking about it , and I just realized that God gave me a voice, to sing for him , to spread his word through music. I know I want to do that when Im older, but missions is something I definately want to go into, and I want to go out of the country to people out there who dont even hear of him , I want to go everywhere I can to tell people about God, and how he has touched and changed my life, and made me complete. Without him, I dont know where I would be . But all I know is, is that Im happy , because I know the only Father I need is him , and  with that feeling , it is satisfying. I hope everyone has their Cry for Jesus sometimes, because he is truly amazing.

I also just want to add that Im so extremely excited to see my best amigos in Tennessee, I L.O.V.E.  love yall :).

~sarah

in THREE days I will be MARRIED.
that's just plain crazy.  but i am waaaay excited!  and after that, it's the beach!  i hear it calling to me... man, i love the beach!
i'm not really all about updating any more.  maybe it's because, for a little while there, my life was out of control craziness!  but things have slowed down... except for this whole wedding thing... and otherwise life is back to real.  i think i lost it for a little while there.  but i feel like i'm fully fuctioning once again - yay!
darin and i hosted our first official holiday together yesterday - we had a cookout for people helping with the wedding - and it was great!  then we headed up to nashville for the best fireworks in the world.  i love this place.
welp.  that's about all i've got right now.  i'm busy trying to think of fun adjectives to describe all of our attendents.... and the creative part of my brain is just absolutely fried.  if i have to make another decision i think i'll

Okay then everyone! no one is ever wirten to me anymore and i dunno i might delet my phusebox!!!

<3 always

Candace :)

Well, my summer is going good. How bout yalls? I work the next 2 days and on saturday I leave for new york!!! It's gonna be so awesome and i'm really excited. So yeah lately i've been deprived of a few people (you know who you are) and I wanna hang out!!! Yeah so how about pretty much everyone gets to go to the beach this summer except for Garrett? How lame is that? I think just about the whole church has been up to my dad's condo to stay at the beach except for me and my mom has basically been there all summer and i'm stuck here home alone workin. Nope, no beach for me. But its ok, I won't complain b/c summer is fye and i've had more fun than...anyone. So I heard the coolest song on the radio today. It's called "Through Glass" by a band called Stone Sour (which is basically a sucky band but this one song is amazing) on 102.9 the buzz. It starts off kind of slow and then it kicks in half way through the song and its just like dude man whoa...yeah its basically my new favorite song. Go to my myspace to listen to it!!!Garrett's Myspace Uhh that's about all I got for now.
~Garrett


I'm Rollin' With Saget baby..haha

i dont care what type of band geek you are you MUST watch this

its something called DCI Blast!

is DCI gone broadway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXQ0LpOfsI&search=DCI

i am in AWE

The Fireworks Stand is FINALLY over! Back to a normal life that doesn't involve fireworks, heat, and sweat. I will not miss that silly thing.

Hey everyone i am @ beka's house!!!!! church was AWESOME..... except we had to fill out this really long survey..... it was like a humungo 3 pages front and back!

anyways........it is like around 10:30 and i think we are going to watch CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2...........Soooo...................

Well as most of you know today was my birthday! ( and if you didnt know before tonight and you were at church you would have found out by pastor kenny)

SO anyways i am going to go.......so please leave me a remark or send me a message or something..........................Today's most random thought.....By: Emily O'Berry .........
"I love ice cream......ice cream rocks....... yay me!!!......"

                                                               Luv Ya,
                                                                           ~*Emi*~

So the plan was simple:

Call her house, leave a message on the answering machine.

I had the message all written out so I wouldn't freeze up by the time I was supposed to say something.

So I call at about 8:40.

And her father (I think) picks up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello? May I speak to Grace?"

Turns out she was in her pool. So I ask if today was her birthday, and yes it is. "Does she need to call you back?"

I told him not really, just tell her that I called.

And he asked me for my name, and I thanked him.

and that was that.

Nothing ever works out as planned.

Which is a good thing, because it always turns out better.

Danny

I was driving home tonight from church and only one question seemed to conquer my mind.

What am I doing?

"Without You Here"

Your love's a gathered storm I chased across the sky
A moment in your arms became the reason why
And you're still the only light that fills the emptiness
The only one I need until my dying breath
And I would give you everything just to
Feel your open arms
And I'm not sure I believe anything I feel

I need you.

So this is what I do in my free time, I look at quotes so here are a few that I like:

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
    Eugene McCarthy

To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone.
    Suzanne Gordon

Love is the triumph of the heart over the mind
          Anonymous

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
    Arthur C. Clarke


Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.
    Russell Baker

Life sux .....

maybe tomorrow will be better

HEY!!! i would just like to tell you that Jesus died on a cross and
suffered alot of pain so that you can live!!!!! i think you shoud be
living for JESUS not the devil!!!!!! Just wanted you to know that JESUS
loves YOU!!!!


JESUS SAVES!!!!

Mz. DitZY

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i dont know if you can hear me with your head that far up your pompus christian ass, you might be able to see the humor in this.

THE SNEEZE
They
walked in tandem, each of the ninety-two students filing into the
already crowded auditorium. With rich maroon gowns flowing and the
traditional caps, they looked almost as grown up as they felt. Dads
swallowed hard behind broad smiles, and Moms freely brushed away tears.
This class would not pray during the commencements - not by choice, but
because of a recent court Ruling prohibiting it.
The
principal and several students were careful to stay within the
guidelines allowed by the ruling. They gave inspirational and
challenging speeches, but no one mentioned divine guidance and no one
asked for blessings on the graduates or their families. The speeches
were nice, but they were routine.....until the final speech received a
standing ovation.
A solitary student walked proudly to
the microphone. He stood still and silent for just a moment, and then,
it happened. All 92 students, every single one of them, suddenly
SNEEZED!! The student on stage simply looked at the audience and said,
"GOD BLESS YOU, each and every one of you!" And he walked off stage...
The
audience exploded into applause. The graduating class found a unique
way to invoke God's blessing on their future with or without the
court's approval.
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Isn't this a wonderful story? Pass it on to all your friends.........and GOD BLESS YOU!!!!

In God We Trust,  United We Stand.

This is a true story; happened at the University of Maryland  ~Psalms 27:1~

I am in the ensemble of Once Upon a Mattress at the Murfreesboro Center for the Arts.

I saw Richard today. ^^

well nothing much has happened. i stayed 2 nights this week at my other house and rode my dirtbike. today was my first day at kroger not a good one (arg senoir citizen day ) and the clock wasnt letting me clock out for lunch lol oh well. lets see tomorrow i am going in around 1 and getting off at 9:30 or 10. well that is pretty much it.

Andrew

So i had just returned to the Boro from 2 fabulous weeks with my grandmother. When my mother decides to tell me that we are leaving in 2 days for Hilton Head. I Have never been sad to go to the place i have branded with the title of my "second home". I love this tiny touristy rich people golfing crazed island more than almost any other place i ahve ever been.

I grew up on the beaches of the Westin Resort. Some of my greatest memories take place in the hot tubs/pools/ballrooms/hallways of this remarkabley huge and beautiful hotel.
I even had my first REAL kiss resorting here
here was the place i first got intoxicated
here was the place i did some other things
here i bonded wiht my love rebekah
here i spend time with my cousins whom i only see once a year
here i embarressed my self horribly too many times to name
here i danced to my sister playing the piano for a not so pleasant and surely not an entertained black family.
here i have loved
here i have hated
i have burned
and froze
i have been caught here
and here i have gotten away.

only this visit is different.
there is no rebekah or bethany or havillah. there is no Uncle Tom or Uncle Pat or Aunt karen or Aunt Cheryll or aunt heather. There is no Heather Nagy.
There is no mike, jj, Ian, sally or any of theother wonderfull people that i have met.

there is just me and my mom dad eli bell isaac and the grandparents...


and I HAVE STREP THROAT....
i am exhausted and miserable and lonely. AND pale b/c being in the sun gives me a terrible headache...

i want my sister and my gg and my santini.

but they are all out of reach..........

if you didnt notice i added around 50 pics that is stole from the smugmug. its definately a boredom buster.

enjoy

Man! It's been a LONG time... yeah, who knew... So, sorry Nathan but I'm just not enjoying phusebox any more... sad....
 Gloria Patri

Im getting my license in a week from tomorrow...

however, every car that i am planning on getting ends up being sold or SOMETHING prevents me from getting it.  what the crap!

I was supposed to get a Porsche.      SOLD

I was supposed to get a Trooper.      not sold but still technical difficulties

I was supposed to get a land rover.   not sold but not as good as i thought

I was supposed to get a Miata.          Not sold but not as good as i thought

I was supposed to get a Explorer.     Its in New Jersy and my mom wont make the drive

I was supposed to get a Civic.          SOLD

I was supposed to get a custom Civic EX.     my mom is finding any way for me not to

so ya see... why get a license if i have no car to drive?

ugh... this sucks.

=[

I love these guys.

They make me smile when it seems like no one else is.

How long have I been gone?

Because it feels like an eternity...

So tomorrow I head out to PA. It's gonna be a two day drive. At times I can't belive all that I have gone through this month and how God has been so good through out it all. It is sad to leave this place that I have dreamed about for so long and to leave it with these circumstances. Maybe I will return but right now I think it will be a while. So tomorrow night I will be in Knoxville then to Baltimore then home to Philly. Pray that I will make it home safely!