ONE WORD FOR ALL MY FRIENDS

AIM!!!

OH YEAH.......

GO GO GO GO

GO NINJA GO NINJA GO NINJA GO

ONLY MY M-FUGE FAMILY GET IT... SORRY!!!

Finish the job boys!!!!!!!

Yeah so warped tour was AMAZING.

look at my myspace it tells you all
about it in my blog. :)))

oh and add me.

and talk to me.

cause i'm never on this.

peacelovebye.

Telling somebody how you feel about them face to face is a lot scarier than saying it through a text/instant message, but I've found it to be so much more satisfying.

. . .and that's all I've got to say about that.

Still unemployed. While I've been keeping a steady amount of money coming, it would be very nice to have a stable job so I would know how much money I'd be bringing in on a regular basis.

I am almost through painting my new room. Think of what a frappucino looks like, and you've got the color. I'll be using various tones of green, blue, and possibly yellow as accents. I'm looking forward to moving out there.

Life's good. Thanks be to God for that.

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Hello All!

I pray this finds you all well. I have been very busy, or at least that is the story I am sticking to. Things have been busy though.

Why does it seem like time is just flying by. June is almost gone and the next thing I know August will be here. It seems that even when I don't have a lot planned the day flys.

Well, hope your all haveing a Great Summer.

TTFN

Beth

My picture of me and Jackie didn't work. :(

you know, i would update more often if i had something to say. but i never do. i would also probably update more if people actually read it. but i don't think they do.

umm... mellophone is going rather badly. i can't play the music. i wish it would die.

french horn is going a little better. but right now i only have one solo to work on. on mellophone, i have to work on four songs for marching band. and i have to get my range back. it has gone way down.

other than that, nothing is going on. my life really isn't that exciting.

i don't know why, but i felt like putting that picture on this post. ruth and kyle are leaving. that's sad. but we're getting new freshmen. i hope they're nice. and i hope they are good. because if they aren't... it's going to suck a lot. man... my hair was long there. it isn't now. i wish it were.

HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY, RACHAEL!




Today is Rachael's birthday, so everyone that reads this should head over to Rachael's PhuseBox and leave her a remark wishing her a happy birthday! Do it, even if you do not personally know her. She is the greatest. I promise.

{nt}

So This Saturday I leave for Vegas!

yay

Nationals will be alot of fun!

Then the day i come back i will be going to Charleston with Alexanna! YAY! [does crazy jumping screaming dance with alexanna]

and were gonna take lots of pictures!

it shall all be fun!!!!

so i might not be the best at relationships.. but i do know what it feels like to love.. and i do know that love hurts sometimes..but in those good ways....

friends mean the word to me and its hard to keep them... but i have managed not to screw up this past year.. and i love every single one of them...

I [heart] you

Listen to these songs. They are awesome.

This is "Run" by Snow Patrol

Stephen bond wwrote this and read it to me last night..... Most of you KNOW how i stand on the whole 'love' issue, but this just kinda made me think. i left out like one or two sentences but other then that it's all his..... 

As humans, we are unable to control which feelings and emotions we will encounter in a given situation, but we can control how we react to them. Some choose to embrace them openly and share them with others, refusing to be afraid of what they can't control. Others, however, are not as blessed as they with the apropriate level of strength and courage.Those of us who fear our emotions hide them inside of ourselves, unwilling to share our pain, sadness, disapointment, and anger. We put up the "all-clear" face and go about our business. Only when those who truly care about you and have a desire to understand your feelings come along does anyone see our pain. They see it, but don't understand why it's there. Then, when someone comes along and tries to find the answer to Why, we run as far as possible as fast as possible, and we use any means necessary to get away.. The methods vary from relationship to relationship, but the end result is the same unless we are able to get to the root of the problem. The friendship is destroyed little by little. Every conversation becomes an argument. Eventualy, there is nothing left to salvage but memories of how it USED to be. What we USED to talk about. How we USED to be happy.

Peace o<
 

 

so im here in base housing

we dont have a net connection.... but someone in the permanent houing behind us hes wi-fi

so yes im stealing internet on a AFB i have a feeling dad could get in major trouble for this.....but he told me to

its weird here in north texas causee it looks just like kansas. its all dried up.

i found out that i have actually been here before when i was little and dad has just joined the AF and he was in basic. this base (sheppard) as a LOT of kids that are going through basic and such. half of the base is dorms.it also has a lot of ghetto kids. its weird to see people walking around base (after dark) that look like they came straigh from the halls of my school when im used to seeing the people on base being like 30 years or older and always in BDUs no matter what time of day.

after we got here yesterday we went and drove around the town and its kinda rundown. its and old town and is kinda ghetto. thats why finding dad is gonn have to pay a butt load for apartments.

ok well ill ttyl & much love

-milly

FINE ARTS PRACTICE IS STARTING UP AGAIN THIS SUNDAY! YAAAAAAY!

very few of you will get this, but for the ones who do...

"DON'T SAY THAT!"     

"Everybody DIES!!!!!!!!"

    So I guess it's been awhile... I've been working and... working... oh and I started painting again :-)... I've got a couple of pieces I"m working on. Some fun, some for others and some personal that's been cool.
    I have a couple days off this week so I took bethy out and had a girls day on tuesday. She got the cutest little dress.. .I'll have to post pics later. It's adorable on her... We found it at sugarees. I have an awesome sister :-)
    I also have today off so I get to go and hang out wiht zay... not sure what we are doing yet but whatever it is I'm sure we'll have a blast whatever we do.... well I guess that's an update on my life right now... leave me lot's of comments.

Immortal

So, I'm sunburned on the left side of my neck and face, and on both arms, I've got these humungous blisters on my feet (bigger than I EVER got from guard), my throat hurts like whoa, but damn.

Warped Tour '06 was effing AWESOME!

We got all this free loot from bands promoting themselves, cd's, shirts, stickers, magazines, headphone spilters...

There were eight stages and seventy-four bands. Here's the list of the bands we saw:

Armor for Sleep
Cartel
Emanuel
Everytime I Die
From First To Last
June
NOFX
Paramore
Patent Pending
Plain White T's
Senses Fail
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Silverstein
The Smashup
Underoath
Anti-Flag
DORK
Pink Spiders

and

.

.

.

Aiden

Aiden had the best stage presense of any band out there. We were right in front and the lead singer would get up in the crowd, and he grabbed my hat. I felt sqiudgely. Then I was watching the leader singer and I turned around and the bass player was, like, an inch from my face. He's got a nice smile.

It was the best show I saw and have seen in a while.

*insertfangirlsqueakhere* Three of the five signed my hat. I'm going to be parading that thing around, like you've never seen.

We're going back next year.

i have a problem me and my girl friend want to go see a movie with some friends but my mom will not let us go with a shaperown so what should i do

so the final report is that my grandmother had a mini-stroke. APPARENTLY, she had TAKEN herself OFF the perscription blood-thinners they put her on after her last stroke because she didn't like the side-effects and had started taking one baby asprin a day..... yeah, that's my grandmother for you. she came back home yesterday and slept off a killer head-ache that hosptial drugs had given her. she was up today AS USUAL trying to take care of everyone, but eh, so goes life.

i get a brently today!!!!!

I dont know. Maybe it was the right path.

soooo nothing much going on here....... just a lil bored soo if u wanna talk to me im me or call me if u have my #!!!!!

much love <3

    ***Alliemoe***

hey peeps not much goin on im about to go to football practice so i might update later

see? told u . . . not like i have much to say . . . i get to go to the beach next week so yeah im just waitin and i get to go to the lake tommorow  

Well lets see whats new in my life.Well I went to Panama City Beach,FL with my best friend Stacie from May 30th-June 4th.My 2nd Road Trip without my parents ever and had a great time that is.Well Ive been with my man for almost 2 months since April 29th and it seem's longer.We talked for 6 months straight before we decided to make it offical.Well his name is Jesse and he's 26 and italian and lives 2 hrs away from me in Camden,TN.The distance bothers me some what but it makes the heart grow fonder just like everyone says it does.It's been the best summer ever cause of him.This is the man Ive been waiting for all my life.Thank you Lord Heavenly father for blessing me with this really special guy in my life.His kises take my breath away and he's my everything.Jesse is the one I wanna lay down with for the rest of my life and find waking up to the mornings and I wanna grow old with him cause he's my prince/my everything/my soul mate/the one/my lover/my best friend/my dream/my romeo/the love of my life.Me and my boyfriend Jesse might go camping this summer and go to the lake to swim and I might stay a week at his house to finally meet his parents and other family members.Jesse he told me he was on the phone for a really long time with his parents and he told them that he prayed for a really long time to find that perfect girl for him and that I was the one and he's gonna marry me and he cried on the phone with them both.What a fun last Friday was going out to Opryland Hotel for about an hour with my boyfriend Jesse to take pics of each other around different places in there they had to do that.I hadnt like been there since I was a child so it was just so great.

i saw HayHay tonight!!! and Lauren!!!

i no joke was in Subway from 6 to 10 [minus the time i spent going to gas stations and kroger looking for temporary tattoos]

it was great to see those girls!

1.  How I almost (or better yet, should have) lost my job at Quizno's

After weeks of inner frustration, my nerves still failed to relent thier natural battery of the senses, and to no avail did I choke down each caffeinated beverage to dull their aptitude at whittling away my consciousness.  On this day, I worked diligently on the creation of sandwiches.  Then stepped an ex-employee up to the sneeze guarad, who foiled my plans for world because nothing vexes me more at the meat table than to serve an obnoxious strumpet similar to me in age.  She took her time--too much, in my opinion--while prattling on about her future sandwich.  Anger got the best of me even after attempting to shrug off her questions.  She finally asked, "What sandwiches do you like?"
"I usually rotate between the cabo chicken, the black angus--"
"The black angus," she started. "I hate the black angus."
My doom subsequently rolled over my scowl likes clouds in a fierce, oncoming squall.  "Well, if you're going to be a bitch about it," I smarted off.  Yes, I called a customer--a female customer--a bitch.  My tongue rolled back in dismay and extended once more as my eyes glared at the venomous slits betraying real rage.  Any attempt to mollify the situation was futile.  Eventually, others aided the cause of Quizno's and served her the sandwich she desired.  I described the situation to my startled manager.  Couple with his shock, his disappointment revealed to me my crime's possible damage.  She had threatened to call Dave McClain, the head of operations, but I got to him first.  Luckily, honesty and Dave's spending time with his family saved my job this time.  Ironically, she was fired from the Quizno's on Caruthers (I now work at Concord) because of her temper.  I find that tremendously hilarious, even considering the danger of all this to me.  Yes, her attitude may have warranted my call but not under the umbrella of some of my current financial support.

2.  Why G. Gordon Liddy is complete idiot

I hate G. G. Liddy.  For those of you who don't know, he's a "conservative" radio talk show host (on 99.7 fm for Nashvegas folk) with a penchant for speaking to the "American citizen".  If that citizen is a complete idiot all of the time, his entrance may be justified, but for God's sake, it's not.  Today, I had the pleasure of hearing him fellate Kelly Patricia O'Meara for writing the book Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes the Pills that Kill.  According to Liddy and friends, mental illness has been concocted by the APA.  Aside from the fact that I have enough personal experience, enough people I've met, and enough information in my brain to beat the shit out for his criticism and blanket statement logic, I try to keep to logic.  Liddy says that there's no really objective method for determination of chemical imbalances in the brain, and that dismisses immediately via "common sense"  Hmmmm...well, if Liddy wants to donate his brain while he's still alive to be tested on, then that will change.  Psychiatry, for all its faults, is the most honest of all fields of science.  It admits that it is flawed.  Of course, Liddy does not think twice about whether light is a particle or a wave, or what gravity is, or that tons of science is just educated guesses!  For a medical example, chemotherapy is fairly rough as far as treatment: you're only swallowing poison in the hope that it will kill only all the bad cells and but just leave enough good cells alone that you will live.  Psychiatry does what it can with what it has available.  If there's abuse, it's only one in tons of medical abuse cases.  Liddy also claims that the pharmaceutical companies don't know what their medicines do.  Wrong...they do have a basic idea, but they can't generalize out a 100% success rate for everyone's brain.  No one can with anything, not even Liddy, unless he's God, and his track record is pretty shabby for that.  He also makes fun of "twitching leg syndrome".  Wow, dumbshit, you're wrong.  It's "Restless Leg Syndrome", and it results from taking certain sleep aids often given to depression patients, who generally have trouble sleeping, depending on the level of depression.  It consists of painful muscle spasms of the legs, and it is a real problem, although the cause is most likely the sleep medicine and is largely unexplainable.  Lastly, since I turned it off eventually, anti-depressive medicine rarely cause people to commit suicide, especially since most people who should be taking them were planning on commiting suicide anyway.  No, psychiatry is not as lethally helter-skelter as Liddy would like to believe so that he can raise his ratings; it does help people, and the opposition to psychological practices and psychotropic drugs offer no viable alternative, save maybe scientology (if that's viable).  Whatever, screw Liddy.

well. long story short, i got fajita'd...yep. my box of fajitas defecated on my jeans and my favorite shirt. oh well. alas...nayways. yeah. it's so funny how when we lose someone, we don't seem to expect God to fill that hole or even try to comfort us, and yet, if you actually look to Him to fill it, He then blesses you so much. and in this case, it's with a friend. i haven't had such wonderful conversations with such a wonderful guy since Bruce died, and i really missed that. but i found someone who can give that to me, and though they obviously can't replace Bruce, they really make me smile and brighten my day. anyways, had some really good convo on the way to woodbury in a bus. wasn't really expecting it, but it was so nice. nayways, i gots ta go hit the sack. nite nite suckaaaaahhhhs! much love to all of yous guys! --Cari

I just wanted to say...

how it's funny that Satan can drag you down, God can lift you up, Satan drag you down again, and God lift you up again in such a short period of time. This being a Christian thing is definitely not a walk in the park.

I think what really got to me about Charles' message tonight at AO was when he said, "You were called to be different." I have to constantly rememeber that the reason that I feel out of place in this world is because I am out of place. I am different. God called me out to do His work in the world and that means I'm not always going to be popular. And I am coming to terms with that.

Moving = frustration and tons of work

World Cup (at least in Angola) = lost productivity, disruptions, and "take work home"

>>> had to go home early yesterday, for security reasons, because Angola was playing Iran in the WC.  Of course, had to continue working from home ... last communications with the office in Houston was 1215am this morning ... alarm went off at 345am ... nothing like a good night's sleep to be fresh and alert for today's challenges.

I love this job. My mother loves me. I am tired.  Have you ever played "two truth's and a lie"?  Can you guess the lie.

ciao ciao.

I want to makeover...my life.

Now if I could only figure out where to start.

your wedding dress is romantic,mysterious,and beautiful, your husband will love it!!!!!

You're the purple rose! The color purple promotes business progress, causes tension, and strengthens will power. It represents ambition and power. You're apparently a very powerful person. In your group of friends you're probably the leader. You may even be bent on WORLD DOMINATION! And I say more power to you. Better you than that damn monkey we have in office. Anyways, you'd probably good at running your own business and your ancestors were probably royalty. Because purple is the color of royalty. :o

fuck all of you mutherfuckers!

I walk down into the kitchen and I see my parents talking. The first thing I hear is, "I hate this bra." My stepdad in reply says, "Maybe Emily will like them." At that point I should have turned and walked back upstairs. But being my hungry self, I made my way towards the cereal cabinet to have my second dinner. The phone rings and my mom answers is, leaving my stepdad and I alone to our dinners. We started to talk about women being able to shoot a rifle well and then he brings up the uncomfortable part saying, "The only problem have with women in combat is what do you do when you have to change your pad and you are in the middle of combat?" That is when I quickly finished my cereal and ran upstairs. Talk about uncomfortable and awkward!

im pretty sure that im really sick of baby sitting right now.  ive been doin it like every day and its just tiring!  oh well at least i have saturdays and fun conversations to look forward to in the days and months to come.  plus a week off next week for VBS. (and by the way Alistair: the meeting is THIS sunday. lol)

So Summer has been pretty great lately.
There has been AT LEAST 1 party a week that I go to--which are kick butt amazing.
I've gone to the movies and shopping--had a sleepover or two--slept late watched late night TV--ate tons of junk food--gone out for ice cream--I've been loving my life a lot lately.
I'm just not looking forward to this fall when all my friends will be leaving. =[
I hate growing up...
I should go to Chuck-E-Cheese and recapture my youth.
What do you think?

I think my hair looks cool here.

Today.. WOW it has been like super fun! =].. Me Morgan && Lindsay has had like SUPER fun.. we have like tye dyed shirts all day they are super PiMP!!.. But yea we are having like super fun.. so yea! Well tomorrow i might stay at my BESTEST morgans again.. or she might come to my house WAHOO!!

Kati <333

so in exactly 9 days, my address will be 1201 Hazlewood Street Murfreesboro, TN  Oak Park apartment K145!!!

can you say party?

So many of you know about my grandfather. Most of you don't, however.

He is dying of Parkinson's Disease, and probably will not make it through the week. I say "probably" because he wasn't supposed to make it through last Saturday. But my grandfather has been a fighter all of his life. I have never known him to ever give in or roll over when faced with a challenge.

Forced to drop out of school during the depression, he had to work just to help support his family. Then he entered the US Army and fought valiantly like so many of the brave men and women of his generation. He was an anti-aircraft gunner on Iwo Jima towards the end of the war. And it was there that he began a letter correspondance with a beautiful young lady named Dorris. That beautiful young lady would later become my grandmother (whom I will be writing a blog about later when this has all passed over). He then worked for GA Power where he was knocked off a telephone pole and had to have his right leg amputated under the knee. He never once let this stop him as he was a champion parapalegic golfer amongst other things.

But his greatest battle has been with Parkinson's. This nasty struggle between will and enevitablity has taught me more through these last two years than any world traveling or text book learning.

Never once has he complained or asked, "Why me Lord?" Instead, he has stood steadfast in the face of this terrible disease and laughed at it with total disregard to its worst blow.

And through these last 6 days, he has fought with death with the courage that has seen him through the entire journey of his life. He has not been able to have anykind of real nutrition in these 6 days, been diagnosed with pnemonia, and has had to deal with a host of visitors coming to see him here at the hospice. And he's still here!

They say its not how many years you have in your life, but how much life you have in your years. My grandfather has had more life in the last 6 days of his life than most people will have in their entire existence on this earth.

I wish that I could do him justice with this blog, but I can not. The flowerly language that would grace my tongue has left like a theif in the night and I am reduced to the simpleness of awe.

The only thing that I can say about the situation is this.... To God be the glory, great things He has done. He has been so faithful to me personally through these last two years that if there was any doubt in my mind of his grace and mercy, there remains none anymore.

All words are escaping me now, so I find myself wanting to resign the rest of this post. So I will leave you with this.

Live like you were ALIVE. Go for it. Kiss the girl. Be crazy. Don't stand outside the fire. And if you get burnt.... chicks did scars.. lol.

I love you guys.

-Jeff 

t's only the first day of summer.
& i've decided to rearrange & alter my summer mix.
not so much "summer mix: vol. 2" as " summer [re]mix".
some things will stay the same, but much will change.
as in life.

anyways,
i brought in the new season with all things summer-y.
sundresses, lemonade, & frolicking in green fields.
well, not so much frolicking.
but i blew bubbles. that's 10 times better.

[p.s. & the whole "blog it: photos thing" never works for me, so if you want to see the 3 pictures i uploaded you'll have to go to my photos]

{{Aside from the obvious fact that Kelly is a raving heretic.}}

The first time since Sunday that I've actually made an effort, gotten dressed beyond pyjama pants and a tank top {{or a swimsuit, for that matter}}, actually put makeup on.... And my car refuses to start. REFUSES to START. The temerity. If I didn't love that metal frame on wheels so much, I'd.... *Graphic depiction of vehicular demise, rife with expletives*

So.... Who wants to come pick Kelly up and go have a wild time of some form or fashion? I smell good.... Hahahaha.

When you loved me I could not write
A single word of rhyme or prose.
I struggled with the implements,
But put them all down for a rose.

I thought the loss a small one,
Though I admit I missed my pen,
And now my heart is torn in two,
The words flow easy back again.

::EDIT::

So apparently God and Kelly have a love-hate relationship. That whole door-window thing from The Sound of Music, and all. {{Except God doesn't just close the door, he closes it on my hand. Ouchies. But when he opens a window, at least it's the open-late drive-through of a medical complex of sorts.}} Thank you for rescuing me, Andrew!! *Hearts*

There we go... not all of them loaded earlier...

I am absolutely sick and tired of asthma!  I had an asthma attack yesterday on my way home.  I knew my parents weren't home so I swung by a friends who later had to take me to the er cause my inhaler refused to do the trick.  Now I am so sore I can barely stand.  This totally sucks!

Hello all.  Today was and will continue to be (Lord willing) a good
day.  I woke up and ran, and then I went and picked Randy up from camp
and took him to the Starwood Amphitheatre for that Warped Tour, and
then I came home, and then I went bowling for Steph's brother's (Drew) birthday.  I didn't do so hot on the alley, but we went to the game room and I played that Marvel vs. Capcom 2
game, and I got the high score all by myself, but then they started
getting almost impossible.  So I started to acquire help from Steph as
she helped press the buttons on the right while I controlled the person
and pressed the other four buttons.  We got to the final round, beat
the first guy, beat the second guy, and then got slaughtered by the
third guy.  I would dare say that it is impossible to beat that last
guy.  Oh well.  I was just proud of myself for getting that high
score.  That's the first time that's every happened to me at an arcade-
you might be thinking that that's not much to brag about, but I still
think it's pretty cool.  So yeah.  Tonight I'm picking Randy up from
Warped Tour after it ends at midnight, and I am taking him back to camp
where I will be staying the night and coming back home in the morning. 
What a day!

For any of those of you that I know in New York City, I am coming to visit!  I'll be there June 30-July 5, and I want to see as many people as possible!

I'm getting a group together for dinner on Saturday, July 1, at 7:00 p.m.  We're going to meet at Bubba Gump in Times Square for dinner.  Let me know if you can come so I can know how many people will be there!  You can email me at tamutag@yahoo.com!  Thanks!

so i have....
English 1010
Psychology 1410
Communications 2200
Theater Appreciation 1030 (HAHA this is richard's class!!!)
Geology 1030 and a Lab


so yeah, i got all the classes i wanted...only a few friday classes and nothing before 9:40!!! that makes me happy!!!

yay for college!!!

*drum roll please*

(boom boom boom...er or insert other drum noise here)

my new macbook! wooo hooo!

can we say exciting?!

I love this being around intelligent people.  I love deep, thoughful, intellectual conversations.  I love being a girl - those occasional bursts of unbridled femininity.  I love walking beneath towering trees to class.  I love respectful people.  I love spontaneous, unpredictable people.  I love good first impressions.  I love Van Gogh.  I love warm, soft, delicious afternoon naps after you've stayed up until 2, two weeks in a row.  I love second chances.  I love chocolate chip cookies - chewy, of course.  I love Sara Teasdale and William Blake.  I love deep connections with people, which go beyond words.  I love adrenaline. 

Who is the better poet -

Dickinson or Whitman?

sOOOO.... one of my best friends is in camp in NYC, and then one of my other good friends is in Frannnnnceee...lucky ducks, I miss them and Im ready for them to get back. But I am reeeeeeadddy to go see my friends in tennesssssssssssseee like NOW... haha im so ready to see u guys , gesh. Ok well I am going to hang out todays with mi amigo Daniel... I hope everyone has an amazing day today . <33333333

                                       hehe =p

'I will never leave you nor forsake you.' ' I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper not to harm.' ' I have come so that you may have life and have it to the fullest.'---God

Ok, so today, Decy needs to go to the US Embassy to get a US VISA renewal.  They only allow applications between 8-10am on Mondays and Wednesday.

Challenge:  Because so many of us "hard working folks" need kilos to go to work, "non-working" spouses are not allowed to use the kilos in the morning ... until 830am.  BUT, over 50% of the time an "830am kilo" does not arrive until 9-930am.  And, given the Angola traffic difficulties associated with travelling a whopping 6 miles (10 kilometers) ... more than 50% of the time a morning run to town takes > 1.5 hours.  With that math in mind, you can see it is virtually impossible for my lovely wife to get to the US Embassy ... unless she overnights in a hotel (if one were available) to avoid a 6 mile commute.

Contingency plan, stage right.  Lovely Wife can ride with me to work then take the kilo.  Of course, my kilo leaves at 5am, which means she is up at 4am ... only to wait at the office until approx 8am ... then wait 3 hours for a 5 minute interview at the US Embassy.

However, "rumor has it" her new US VISA will be ready tomorrow morning.  Although very tiring and frustrating, it beats the 3-4 month ordeal it takes to get a US VISA while in Indonesia .... now ... you go do the math.

ciao ciao

there are so many people who are on fire (including myself) about this thing called the world cup. some of those people in the stadium are so excited to be there and to cheer on there team but what if we were that excited to come to and see God!! We should be so firing up about praising God because he did something for us He died on the cross for mine and your sins. And these world cup team have providing NOTHING except entertainment. But we have some even greater to get pumped up about worshiping the King of Kings. So lets get fired up about praising the God who paid our debt. So when you see the world cup today and beyond today think am i that fired up about praising the God who lives!!!


Press on! -stephen

I've been taking lots of pics and doing lots of gimping... tell me what you think (they are my newest pics). I only loaded my favorites.

Apparently, despite how much I like scallops, they do not like me.  The last two times that I ate scallops I got very sick.  VERY sick.  Yesterday was a bad day.  What exactly do mothers do when they throw up every time they stand up and yet still have to take care of a baby?  I think that would certainly be worth knowing.  

  so i'm off to warped tour and then to ny. 

  see you guys when i get back! 

I found this video, Rise Against 'Ready to Fall' on the internet - the one too graphic for television. I found it on Peta2, and it has some graphic images of animal abuse in it, so if that really bothers you to know that's really going on in the world, you might not want to watch this.

However, I will provide the link for those of you that do. By the way, it's a good song.

http://www.peta2.com/OUTTHERE/o-riseagainst_video.asp?c=p21664

I'm in a lyrics mood..as usual.

But No Worries!! Im only posting bits and pieces of great songs that are worth reading.

* hint hint*

hmmm. I'd still like some remarks, though :]

"You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes
are all worn down ...
The time for sleep is now
It's nothing to cry about
Cause we'll hold each other soon
In the blackest of rooms

If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark."

************************************

"I heard this old story before
Where the people keep on killing for their metaphors
But don't leave much up to the imagination,
So I, wanna give this imagery back
But I know it just ain't so easy like that
So I turn the page and read the story again
and again and again
It sure seems the same, with a different name
We're breaking and rebuilding
and we're growing
always guessing

Never knowing
We're shocking but we're nothing
We're just moments, we're Clever but we're clueless
We're just human, amusing and confusing
Were trying but where is this all leading?
We'll Never Know."

**********************************
"Can you take this silence like a pill so I can breathe again?

Ive been trying to ignore the best parts of you.
But I'm still hoping that I'll be with you somehow,somehow...
Please be home tonight
I'll die if I don't get a chance to make this just right
I'm sorry but I can't forget about the way I feel
Every time you're here.
What would it take for me to be with you?
I swear I'd rip my heart out if you said you'd be impressed, please be impressed
I'd go so far to please you but I bet you wouldn't care at all
Hopeless love please leave me.
This broken heart is far to weak to run for you this long
Why don't you care at all?
I'm dying for a place in your heart."

*************************************
"You know your stunning,
yeah your absolutely stunning.
And I'm running... always running.
And now I'm crying,
you know only cause I'm caring.
And if you were more daring maybe you'd stop staring.
Come over and talk to me,
and tell me about how you've been waiting patiently...
and how you tried but I just turned away
and I'll say, "yeah well you know, I'm shy that way"

***************************************

well ok thats enough lyrics..awesome songs by the way.

watergun battle today..ahah..that was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. i so wanna do that again..lol

didn't got to dance because I came straight home and fell asleep...ahah

i love you to the moon and stars and sun and back :]

wow i need to update.

ooh. what a strange picture!!

my eye is quite large.

LOVE// Britt

well today was the first out of 2 days at customs. i was there all flippin day. but it was worth it. i got the feel of what it will be like this fall. the campus is amazing! sure its hard finding places right now but im sure itll get easier once i actually start classes this fall. i cant wait!

   donalds in florida for the summer...... : (

If I claim one and be a hypocrite, my heart experiencing no change, what good am I, but if I remain indecisive until my death, what good have I accomplished?  I am nothing but more confused than ever, my mind having been supposedly enlightened, and what good have I done?

hey hey you guys,

well I had a pretty awesome day today.I didn't have to babysit till 12:00 and even then I took the girls to guard practice and it was great.We didn't have alot of people there but it was still awesome and afterwards Mr.Waters and I had a practice session which was needed and it was amazing.After that we talked for like an hour and a half and it was just amazing.I love that man he is awesome.

Anyways after all my excitment today I came home to a home cooked meal which is rare when my father is out of town but I came home and mom had cooked, it was pretty sweet.

And now I am packing so I can leave for Texas on Thursday and I'm pretty much packing everything tonight so I don't have to stress out tomorrow.And I'm also downloading music so yeah it's all good.

I found a new song for you all today, it's pretty awesome.

Imperfection by Saving Jane

My hair's a wreck
Mascara runs
My feet get dirty and my skin burns in the sun
My lips, they bleed
But I still sing my songs
Takes me a minute to admit it when I'm wrong

Pretty is as pretty does, but pretty's not my thing...

This is what you get
This is who I am
Take me now or leave me
Any way you can
Sometimes I trip and fall
But I know where I stand
If you're thinking about changing my direction,
Why mess with imperfection?

My back is weak
But my will is true
Got good intentions but I never follow through
And I say too much
Don't know when to leave
In case you're looking, that's my heart there on my sleeve

Ego trips and stupid slipups, I'm a mess but...

Chorus

Scratched and bruised, a little used, but baby I work fine
You might call me damaged goods, but I'm one of a kind

My hair's a wreck
No, I'm not perfect but I'm not the only one...

So what do you guys think?I think this song describes me pretty well I like it alot.Well I'm off I'll talk to you guys later.

"love,love"

...Leah...

 

Meant To Live

Switchfoot

Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's meant for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly

CHORUS:
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside

Dreaming about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken

CHORUS

We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life

CHORUS:
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to live

Life is AMAZING!!!

as i sit here in my fold out chair, eating zebra cakes, drinking whole milk, i tell you this story.

i have given up my childhood dream of being a pilot. God was telling me that that wasnt where i was suppossed to be. it also wasnt what i thought it would be like either. im not really bummed out about it. God has something way better for me.

I have learned a lot about God here in the last few weeks and its been awesome. He has shown me that He will put me in situations that may look bad to us from a human standpoint but He is conforming us to His own image. He has shown to seek Him first, no matter what it is. He has shown me to trust more. He has shown me that Satan has limitations. Satan is Gods creation and cannot rule your life. God is always in control, even though you may think He isnt.

thats about it for me. younglife is going really well. cant wait for the new semester to start. catch yall later.

eddie

1 timothy 4:12

So today's practice was named the Devil's Den, Hell for short. It was awful. There was much pain, anger, tears, and questionable words shared. I almost cussed out someone on the team. She did something really rude and selfish, but I had Cara holding me back. But she has history of past offenses like this. Well now I am really sore and really tired!

im at a fairfield inn in in topeka kansas

i was talking to daddy today and he told me that since were staying in temperory housing on base there will be either dial-up or no internet connection at all. im afraid for my life.

he told me that when the rest of the sisters leave that he may just take me to the base library everyday and let me net all day long there,but still that would mean no late night conversations

i think i need to find some kids to hang out with on base cause im gonna be all alone and that will be very boring and bases are full of kids

i think i would die if didint get to talk to you all for the next 4 weeks, but i promise i will be here one way or another

miss you guys lots

-milly

why do boys have to be so damn confusing? and indecisive! (sp?)

OHH MY GOODNESS!!! Softball is what I spend 75% of my time doing. I play on two teams now (I was on three a couple of weeks ago). One is an All-Star team and one is a traveling team called Foothills Fever. I am hopelessly devoted to both of them...LoL

OMG today i went to Carowinds && i know this is gonna sound dorky but this is like my first time ever going there.. =] but OMG it was like super fun! i think tomorrow i am going to stay with one of my BESTEST'S MORGiE!!.. wow i love her!!

Kati <333

mk heifers.... stop trying to steal my idea. it's mine! mine! if ya wanna do quotes be creative on your own. i do quotes of the week. muhahaha

on a different note.... i got to see my girl yesterday!!!

isn't she so pretty??? (baker-- this is your cue to comment)
i also got to see my brently!!!!!

yay!! oh! and i got to see jamie-pooh too!!!

and i got hosed down today by the kids i'm babysitting....

So tomorrow i go to have lunch with my speech therapist then find out the results of the mri.

Christ is my life. The Holy Spirit is the presence of Christ
in me. I am a bearer not a producer of fruit. He is the vine, I am the branch.

 

Aright, Christ is my life….. and the holy spirit is the
presence of Christ in me…. If the Holy Spirit is the presence of Christ in me
and he is the author of life then he too is the supplier of life. So I have
already come to the conclusion that the Holy Spirit is as much God as God the
father is. I have also come to the conclusion that the Holy Spirit (being God)
is living within me! So as I type he is living within my soul and in my heart!
So if the God of all the universe is moving within me, and he is the source of
life, I must live knowing that! The Holy Spirit is Christ living in me! So if I
believe that Christ is the author of life and he is the only thing I want to
live for, then I must live knowing that he is living and active within me! That
is so so so so so exciting!!!!! Now on to the third statement, I am a bearer
not a producer of fruit. So here I am trying so hard to be good and seek
Christ….. And I am not sure the balance of my pursuit and God’s. But here is
the deal, I have been seeking to be close to God my whole walk with him but
what if I have been missing how very close he is at this very moment! I have
practically ignored the Holy Spirit in my walk. I have been striving to be near
a God that seems so far away when in actuality he is so very close! Closer than
anything else in my life because he is moving within my soul. Living in me!!!!!
So if God, the author of life is living in me then I must surrender trying to
reach reach reach until I grasp God and let the Holy Spirit who is God work
through me. It is almost like I have been restricting God by ignoring the Holy
Spirit this whole time. Because the Holy Spirit IS God! God on an extremely
personal level!!!! So here is the vine living within me. It is not up to me to
produce the fruit of the spirit. Instead I am called to bear it. I am called to
be in tune with the Holy Spirit in order to let him bear the fruit through me!
I have been going at it in the wrong direction! I have been trying to produce
the fruit and well, not doing a great job at it. All the while the Holy Spirit has
been within me waiting for me to give him complete control over everything I
do. Ahhhh I don’t like the term control…. It is more like letting go of my
efforts to be a good Christian and instead first seek to lean on the Holy Spirit
within me to accomplish anything! To abide in Christ is to allow the Holy
Spirit to produce His fruit through me. 
It is not me + God to accomplish what God has called me to do. Instead
it is God + my willingness to abide and allow him to work that = a spirit led
life…. I don’t know if that makes sense…. It makes sense in my head haha…. I
can change because Christ lives in me…. OK so this is the thing that I am most
excited about!!!! For so long I have been defeated time and time again with
sin…. But you see the Holy Spirit is living in me. He is God! He is all
powerful and all knowing! He wants me to have victory over sin and this life!
He wants to help me produce fruit and give me power to defeat sin!!!!! This is
so cool because I never really understood fully relying on God to conquer sin!
But I think that God is opening my eyes to see what that truly means!!! You
see, God is living in me. He is the source of life. He is the source of power.
I must surrender and let go knowing he is plenty powerful enough to get me
through anything. But it is me being aware of that and actually believing it
that will give me victory! Christ desires to live his life through me…. Hmmmm.
Well I would say that Christ passionately desires to live through me. He
passionately wants me to experience victory through relying on him. He wants me
to experience life to it’s fullest and use me in all the ways he has set out.
He wants all that even more than I do! So it is me seeking to let go and trust
in the Holy Spirit to do ALL of that through me!!! It is not up to me at all!
It is up to Him living in me! He has all the power I could ever need to
accomplish what he has set out for me! I do not need to worry how I will do the
things he has called me to do. I must instead trust in him for ALL that I need.
It is not me! I am just the branch he is the vine that produces the fruit!!!!
All I have to do is love Him above all else and seek his will and trust!!!
Nothing comes against me that the new life in me cannot handle!!!! Well this is
also really cool!!!! Because the Holy Spirit is living in me and through Him I
pull all power nothing this world throws at me will be too much for God to
handle!!!! No temptation! No circumstance! No person! Not death! NOTHING! Its
almost like I am a super hero with God living through me haha….The life of
Christ can produce the character of Christ through me…. So the Holy Spirit is
God who is also very much Christ is living in me!!!!! Therefore the Holy Spirit
will produce the characteristics of Christ through me! It is God! God living
through me=Christ being shown through me and me bearing the fruit Jesus
produces!!!!! Christ is my life!!!! I am really excited about all that God is
showing me! It is almost like I am getting to know God all over again because I
have neglected to get to know the Holy Spirit this whole time! Who is God!
TOOOOOO COOOOOL!!!!

My grandmother had another stroke today. She's in the hospital now.

Please pray for her...

(Why do good sites have to go and make new layouts that you can't understand, much less navigate? notthisonekthnxbye)

My mom found a note of mine, and looked at me like I was stupid. 'Why do you write depressing stuff like this, if you know we're going to find them? Your father found this in the car. God, Claire, I thought I could trust you.'

Because, mother, when I don't write my thoughts down bad things happen. And, fuck, you can trust me, because they were only words, not actions.

It' seems i've been avoiding updating for as long as i can. and frankly im not 100% sure why.... i guess im afraid to start writting because im afraid i wont stop.

My trip was good, i had a blast, from river tubing with nik, damian, ovan and jarome.... to late night chats at the front of the ship.

i came home and the drama fell... so and so making out with so and so... to hey i miss being around you...

lifes so crazy these days its like theres ALWAYS somethng going on.

so i got my license today, thats a BIG step.... it's like i FINALLY feel like a real teenager... now the only thing im waiting on now is mom and her friend to get my car situation together...

it's like i dont know what's going on in my life anymore from day to day..... life just keeps spinning and there seems to be no stop ahead.... maybe i'll have to make my own stop sign....

Sorry about this post i was just kinda babbling and i still feel liuke i could have typed for hours and hours on end and wouldnt have even gotten started, but i'll stop boring you now...

Peace out    o<

ok so im super happy today...idk...i've been in a great mood all day so far at least....well happy b-day to me...

I still need yall's RSVP's please!!!

This weekend was beyond amazing

all of these people->

stuck in this limo

going to this restaraunt

for the one in brown's birthday.

Black guys hittin on artchalee through the window.

Serious talk with Gaines.

Amazing dinner time experience.

Back in the limo.

heading home.

Back at the house... o what a shame... me stuck in a house with 7 of gorgeous girls in pajamas... darn...

(Whos the hotty in green?)

Truth or dare.

a few awkward pictures which i wont post on my site... Jessica... (wags finger)

My life is amazing...

and guess what... I had all that fun WITHOUT breaking the law ONCE!! haha

but wow...

I know its late... but Happy Birthday Jessica

Well, I took a few more quizzes today, then decided to take the next test, which turned out to be the hardest test I've ever taken.  ACT?  Nothing.  MCAT?  No sweat.  Test 3?  Wow.  2 and a half hours of wow.  Thank God for the Rice Krispy treats in Connie's office.  Otherwise I would have collapsed an hour ago.  Anyway, back to work.

well i just recieved my liscense and now i need somewhere to go but its alll goood because i have a restraunt raid at the church 2marrow 

So, here I am again on a lunch break with nothing to do....i'm beginning to think I either don't eat enough or I eat too fast or maybe it's a combination of both.  So I'm trying to figure out what I want to rant about today, but everything seems to be going well right now...so let's give something a try.

Have you ever been so bored that you actually got tired of being bored, because being bored is very boring, but you don't want to break this endless cycle because work is boring as well....

No that is a very poor attempt to strike up a conversation with myself, so i'm going to try something different

I realiezed that i make neverous mistakes when typing so i m going to try this without using th ebackspae key . i hope thtat most of it make s sense.  this s kind of interesting. this goes to show hwo our society ha s developed adn conditioned us... we are alrays tryign to cover up our mistakes witht he literaly and figurative backspae key...sometimews we just hve to an....sometimes we just have to own up t o our mistakes.

This brings me to a second rant....why do we teach our children now that everyone is a winner.  From the child who wins the race to the one who takes 3x as long to run the race and loses.  Yes, I understand that we need to build up our children and make them feel special, but why give a trophy if you don't deserve it. this just goes to show that if you half-ass or not even do anything you are still in the same category as the person who strived to achieve the goal and did.  We no longer differentiate between winning and losing.  We would rather call the game at a tie so that no one has their feelings hurt.  I hate to inform people but the world is not that way...some people will be left behind, life is not fair.  Agree or disagree...your opinion is your own.  Sorry for the long post...maybe i'll dive into this again later.

- Daniel

hey y'all! sorry for no  up-dating or what eva u call it... i forgot all about phusebox until sumeone said sumthing to me!!! anyways nothing really excited has happended on this end!! well love ya message me

<3 Always

Candace :)

    Well, I know that it may seem weird, but you can do a lot in one day.  I don't really know how I can do all of this.
    I'm going bowling later today with some friends from school.  Yeah, I know... I know... I should have told people about it.  It's not like I didn't want you all to go; it's jsut that I didn't plan it.  It's kind of for band stuff.  Ya know, to get to know the people in your section.
    Anyways... My friend is coming over later like around 5:30 or some where close to that.  I had to clean up my room for her so she better have a great time over here... naaaaa just messin' around.  I had to clean my room anyways.
    I've got to vaccum my room before I leave to go bowling.  Yeah, I hate cleaning my room, but it has to be done.  Then, I have to put away all the clothes that are on my bed.  I know... I know... I shouldn't let my room get that messy but I did.  I promise to all the neat freaks that it won't happen again.
    Well, I guess that I will go for now, but before I go...
                           Qoute of the day
        "never let your sister go to the movies with you..."
    O.K. I'm going now...
Love you all even if you were pieces...

A FRIEND IS LIKE A FOUR LEAF CLOVER.....

HARD TO FIND BUT VERY LUCKY TO HAVE!!!

i am sooooooooo hatein life right now.....
~tRISH

This day is off to an extremely bad start. It might be fixable, but I doubt it. Blast.

Well, I've been working/hanging out at the Honors program office for about a month now, and I'm beginning to comprehend the fact that I will be leaving here in a week and a half.  It's really sad.  What's going to end up happening is I'll wake up at 6 am in my bed in Memphis, and, after figuring out where I am, try to figure out what I'm going to do now that I'm up.  I'll probably end up waking everyone else as I get groomed and dressed, then head out the door to search the local job market.  I'll most likely end up working at Kroger's or the donut shop.

The time I went home before last, my dad, brother, and I smoked some Cuban cigars.  During that same trip, I had a CAO MX2 (my personal favorite) as well.  The last time I went home, my dad and I had some Bolivar cigars (pretty good, but not as nice as the MX2 or the Montecristo).  So, sitting around up here in Cookeville, I decided I'd like to have a cigar.  Unfortunately, gas stations here carry Swisher Sweets, Phillie Blunts, and an assortment of little rinky-dink things.  The tobacco shops I've found carry the same, plus a few CAO and Baccarats.  That wouldn't be so bad, except for the fact that these places have no idea how to keep cigars, so they're all drier than hell.  Or perhaps "dryer" is the right word.  Anyway, Hell has more moisture than these cigars, which means that they don't smoke very well at all.  So I've resorted back to my old-time cigar: the Chocolate Aroma Phillie Blunt (or Chocolate Phillie).  I mean, it's not as bad as it could be - after all, Black&Milds are sold in the gas stations (see "little rinky-dink things"), but my Cigar Walks with Jesus just aren't as nifty as they were when I took an MX2 with me.  Ah, well...as I said, it could be worse.

I've been taking this calculus course online; when I finish it, I will be able to substitute my grade for this course for my previous calculus grade.  I've determined that, if I get an A in this course, my cumulative GPA will be 3.56, which will not only let me keep all of my scholarships, but will also make me a full member of the Honors program again.  Yippee!  Of course, in the highly unlikely event that I make a D in the class, I'll have a 3.1 or so, which will still keep my scholarships, but that's beside the point.  My grades thus far:

Quiz_00          100.00
HW 1              100.00
Quiz_1_1         90.00
Quiz_1_2        100.00
Quiz_1_3        100.00
Test 1              100.00
Quiz_2_3        100.00
Quiz_2_3_2     100.00
Quiz_2_5        100.00
Quiz_2_6         100.00
Test 2              102.00
HW 2              100.00
Quiz_3_1         100.00
Quiz_3_2         78.00

Aside from Quiz 3.2, I'm doing very well, I should think.  And I'll get that one back.  Anyway, time to get going.

 

Hey Encounter is  back tonight at 7:07pm for all college and career age 18-30 come and bring yuor friends !......

i need a job

that's it

This is kinda long but please read

Alright so this is a random update.....but it has come to my attention that many people on phusebox (espically my friends) live in Rutherford County.....so on that note I believe it is necessary to say this.......Come to the Haunted House I am working on for this coming up Halloween......if you don't come I will be sorely disappointed.......I am putting alot of time and effort into this and I am doing all the tech aspects of it.......I have been working on this for the past month and will be working on it till the day we open and will be working in it.......I will know who comes and who doesn't because I will be watching the Video cameras that will be set up throughout the haunted house and the one at the ticket booth for security purposes.......so I will know if you don't come..........on other notes I am becoming very close to a special someone and idk I really like her thats all with that that I need to say.......also I have been  working lately on taking care of my financial aid because I have to make sure I actually get the money I believe I am getting.......should be able to not have to work this next year if I don't want to......but will anyways......also I am having alot of trouble sleeping lately if you notice it is 3:20 am and I am up writing here because I have a connection on my computer and can't sleep once more.......I have yet to get to sleep before 3 this week or even since last week.......it is taking its toll.......well thats about it for me I move in a week from this Sat.  I am sooo excited.......house party when I move in everyone I know is invited.......peace out bye bye

I knew summer was going to be amazing.

But It has surpassed my expectations.

It started off really not amazing. I had work everytime I turned around and barely time for friends. Well then I started taking more time to myself && boom it was amazing. I went to the lake with..... him.... then I had parties.. && I started going to church more. My best friends birthday was the other day. It was great. Chris and I are better now. I mean just everything has turned around since school. I never want to go back to school. Is that bad? lol

So yeah. I love you.

They painted up your secrets
With the lies they told to you
And the least they ever gave you
Was the most you ever knewAnd I wonder where these dreams go
When the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming
No one's listening anywayYour voice is small and fading
And you hide in here unknown
And your mother loves your father
'Cause she's got nowhere to goAnd she wonders where these dreams go
'Cause the world got in her way
What's the point in ever trying
Nothing's changing anywayThey press their lips against you
And you love the lies they say
And I tried so hard to reach you
But you're falling anywayAnd you know I see right through you
'Cause the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screamin'
You're not listening anyway

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