so today in chemistry we were learning about acids and bases and did so through eating stuff.  we had coffee, sundrop, a cracker, chocolate, and sweet tarts.   the chocolate was really bad cuz there wasnt any sugar added in it.  but it was so cool that we all got to eat stuff in class and actually learn somthing from it, i wish there were more days like that.  well only a few more days til the dreaded APUSH exam! 

ugh.  5 days of school.  long days.  i wish we would get year books.  i want all my kids to sign them.  im gonna miss them.  but of course ill be back. 

i cant wait for college. 

eww.  myo concert tonight. i dont wanna go.

so yes im whiney.  & i apologize.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!

AHH...SWEET SIXTEEN!!!!!!!

So I was puttering about Eagle Online today, looking at my unofficial transcript, when I noticed something was wrong.  According to my unofficial transcript, my program was changed to drop my Education degree.  Now, as I'm finishing a semester of only education classes for credit, 7 out of my 10 hours next semester are education classes, AND I most certainly did not fill out paperwork to change my program, I was a little concerned.  I called the records department and the woman asked me, "Aren't you getting your education degree this semester?"  Confused, I responded, "Well, I'm working on it."  She responded by telling me that the graduation office believed that I was graduating and receiving my Education degree this Saturday.  As much as I would love for that to be true, I'm a few hours short.  You know, just a few... 33.  It's all straightened out now, but that's a heck of a mistake there.

But in happy news, the baby is still cute.

at first they were all nice 2 u,,n do anything....jst 2 get sumthin' 4m u...hhmmppphh....its all fake!!!y do ppl like doin' dat???

cHe

okay so talked with the mother and it went okay...she isn't angry with me about the camera. I don't think I should assume she gets angry with me anymore whenever I do something, that just isn't right for me to make that assumption. It just ya know....kind of upsetting when things like that happen. But, I think it'll all work out okay anyways. I many have to live with a broken camera lens on the camera, or I may be able to get it fixed somehow (who knows??). 

BUT, I have a Bible exam in a few hours that I need to study for...so I'm getting off of here now. love you all!! <3s

-Kaylei

Ok look i need moe friends like ASAP ok so that would be great if you would add +++ me thanks

DONE! DONE! DONE!!!! It's SUMMER TIME!!!!!

P.S. Thanks to you that posted yesterday that really meant a lot!

fate hates me....boys suck... and i quit life

So I got the new Relevant yesterday, this morning I read the article about Derek Webb, who I love, I feel like his songs are real and true.
They quoted a line from one of his songs, he played this song on a tour of colleges and people walked out after this verse:
There are two great lies that I've heard:
"The day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die"
And that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class Republican
And if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him

I didn't find it offensive, I was partially excited to have some one finally say that, but I was also hit with the fact that two years ago I would have walked out. I thank god for growing me and for showing me that He does not fit into a mold and neither do his followers we all come in diffrent shapes, sizes, colors, and political beliefs. God made us unique and he puts people in front of us to challenge us and stretch us.

What I Love About You

I love the way you look at me,
Your eyes so bright and blue.
I love the way you kiss me,
Your lips so soft and smooth.

I love the way you make me so happy,
And the ways you show you care.
I love the way you say, "I Love You,"
And the way you're always there.

I love the way you touch me,
Always sending chills down my spine.
I love that you are with me,
And glad that you are mine.

If I could have just one wish,
I would wish to wake up everyday
to the sound of your breath on my neck,
the warmth of your lips on my cheek,
the touch of your fingers on my skin,
and the feel of your heart beating with mine...
Knowing that I could never find that feeling
with anyone other than you

I officially formally love my Speech teacher, he gave me an A for my grade, I earned an 89.3.

People are weird...

photo from yukkie430
I had my 22nd birthday last Sunday (April 30th) at the bar called "In Love" , which is by Chao Praya River in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the one of greatest parties I have ever had in my 22 years life. There were more than 16 friends at the party, and they prepared  food, drinks, cake, presnets with thier warm hearts!... I realized once again that how wonderful it is to have my b-day with friends which I am sharing my life with at this moment.

After the bar, we went dancing at the club on Kaosan Road. It was fun, too. I met more friends, there. We went home about 3am.

I felt I am the luckiest and happiest Japanese girl at this wonderful b-day party. Thank you so much to my friends, who organized this party and who came to celebrate my 22th b-day! I will miss you so much!

Next year, I hope to have my 23nd b-day in France with my friends because this is my next  new country to explore. It is also one of my big dreams that I want it to come true.

during another sleepless night, i totally ran across some amazing things online!  there's a southern baptist camping assocation?  who knew!  that's not all, but that's the one that shocked me the most.  anyway, i suppose it's time to start the day...

It's coming up!! Woo hooo!! :D

   Yup prom was fun. Started the day out with a trip to franklin to watch Fine Arts. After that I brought Linda home and picked up the hummer. Had a couple of hours before I had to pick Linda up so I played Need for Speed Most Wanted for a while. I was early to pick Linda up so I stopped at Michael's and got some pics with her (those pics should be coming later). After picking Linda up we met my brother Jeff and his wife Anady at Linda's friend Amanda's house where we got our pics taken by Anady.
This one is my favorite


 From there Linda, Amanda, Brent, and I went and met some more of Linda's friends at the Aquarium in Opry Mills for dinner.

 After dinner was prom where there was a whole lot of dancing, not exactly my style but I had fun watching Linda and her friends and their crazy moves...lol

After prom I took Linda home where we changed and then headed to Siegel High for after prom. They had a Vegas gambling theme. We hung out there till the prze auction thing which we stayed for half of before I took Linda home. Lots of fun.

Prom was great fun.  The dance was the best because C.A.P. was too tiring and I didn't win anything.  I can't gamble!  Oh well, there are better things in life.  I tried to put prom pictures on here but it won't accept .bmp documents so you have to go to facebook to see my pictures and if you dont have one then sorry!  I think the highlight of prom was waking up Saturday morning to a rose on my dresser and a card from Ben.  He's such a sweetheart!  Hope everyone has a great week.  MYO concert tomorrow night at 7 if you're bored...

finals =too much stress. and not just one me personally.

This day has been a really dumb day. Not only do I discover that the lens on my NEW camera I got for my birthday is ruined ( well, not completely ruined but it won't let me put the lens in and out all the way when I press the on/off button...part of the lens was bent), but I was also having some other feelings about being left out which I will not get into. stupid stupid stupid.....I just want to forget this day ever happened. Mom is probably going to go berserk on me because her and my dad are the ones who got the camera for me. ugggggh...... plus I have 2 more finals which I've been trying my hardest to study for. It annoys me when I see other people only studying for like half an hour on their finals and make as good of a grade as I do..... oh well, I guess I'll live with the fact that I have to work on everything that much harder than a lot of people. I know there are some people who do work hard and study their brains out, but still....it's annoying when I work as hard as they do and still get a lower grade. It just makes me feel like my best isn't good enough.

well, enough of that ranting.... I just want to get home and get away from here. No offense to any of my friends that go here (I love you all, regardless if you think I do or not...I do love you all), it's just I am ready for a break from all of this. Maybe once I get home everything will be fine again for me.

well, there was some fun in the day....we had a Tuba Smash with SAI and that was great. Quite a few people came out to smash an old E Flat Tuba that Dr. Hamrick donated to us.  I have a few pictures, but I really don't think I should be messing with the camera anymore until I can find out if I can get it fixed.

well, I hope you all have a good rest of the week!

-Kaylei

i went to waikele yesterday and i have concluded that:

the outlet mall sux.

i went there because i was bored from lack of doing anything over hte weekend. my sister went with me, with her ipod, i dont know why i didnt bring mine. i was bored. we went into vans, borders, radioshack, borders, and basking robins. oh and mcdonalds. boring.

i went to school today. when do i not go to school? we only have a month left, we get out july 5, and then we go back july 28. so short, yeah? hawaii has not had a unified school calendar for decades. now we are year-round schools. i dont like it. but we do get llonger breaks inbetween the year. all i know is that i am officially a sophomore next year, blackman gave me my credits sometime over the term.

okay, i have to go.

bye bye bye bye bye

Best prom night i could have hoped for to spend with the most beautiful girl in the world!

I got a phusebox, and i don't know how to use it. <33 yall. Kristin

wow everyone I am happy right now anywho I had so much fun at prom and I will soon have pics i think

Function Tomorrow = exam(grade)
If nargin == 0
    Tomorrow.value = 0
    Tomorrow = class(tomorrow, 'No Big Deal')
Elseif isa(grade, 'exam')
    Tomorrow = grade
Else
    Tomorrow.value = grade
    Tomorrow = class(tomorrow, 'Really Big Deal')
End

10 things you hate

1. Conceited people
2. Skanks
3. Liars
4. Rude/Hateful people
5. Drugs/Drinking
6. Early mornings
7. People who drive w/their turn signals on
8. My econ teacher askin us if we know about 10000 times a day
9. People who drive w/their bass up as loud as it can go like it's a new found fascination to have speakers
10. snakes


9 random things

1. High school is over in like 10 days
2. I graduate in 19 days!
3. I get to spend my 18th birthday in Orlando, FL
4. Gettin your hair curled in a high school gym is pretty fun
5. Katie Peay looks super dark w/a spray tan
6. As sad as it made me at first, I like Brian King's short hair
7. Making up random things starts to get difficult after 6
8. I'm determined my car is gettin a new bumper before i go to college
9. I REALLY wanna watch a scary movie. I'm just too lazy to get up and go get one


8 people you would die for

1. My mom
2. My dad
3. My family
4. My youth group
5. Sarah
6. Katie
7. Karen
8. Everyone else I couldn't fit in the top 7


7 things you like

1. Long hair on a guy i'm attracted to
2. Best friends
3. my iPod
4. Laughing so hard it hurts
5. Disney Movies
6. Fine Arts!!!!
7. Coffee shops



6 things you want to do before you die

1. Lead someone to Christ
2. Get my certification in funeral directing/embalming
3. Be certified to become a sign language interpreter
4. Work w/special education kids
5. Go to another country
6. Adopt a child


5 of your favorite movies

1. SAW/SAW II
2. Life as a House
3. Panic Room
4. White Oleander
5. Gothica (i think i spelt that wrong but o well)


4 of your favorite songs

1. Wide Eyed- Nichole Nordeman
2. Old Love- Eric Clapton
3. Who You'd Be Today- Kenny Chesney
4. What have we Become- DcTalk


3 of your best friends

1. Sarah
2. Katie
3. Carol



2 goals

1.Get my degree in special education                                     2. Work as a mortician


1 person you have a crush on

1. Someone......

Rest in peace, Combos.

You were a great hamster, better than the rest.

You knew your name. You came when i called you.

You could do a backflip. How many hamsters could do that? You must be special.

Rest in peace, Combos. You were loved.

Rest in peace, Combos.

You were a great hamster, better than the rest.

You knew your name. You came when i called you.

You could do a backflip. How many hamsters could do that? You must be special.

Rest in peace, Combos. You were loved.

i think im still out. this is very disappointing because i have a fondness for the game and hate that i cant play. this is really all i have to say.

oh, and that my trip to florida was amazing.

yes im here, in the flesh, well not really, but im back.
sorry, guys, ive just well uh..had a life.
but now everything is dying down and i can go back to spending endless hours in front of phusebox and myspace again.
i dont really know what else to say.
prom was friday. it was fun but extremely overrated.
sat. was invisible children. which was uh-maze-ing.
God has really been showing me alot lately and showing me that my heart belongs to these people.
i will update more later. or ill try!
_kt

This past weekend was

AWESOME!!!

 My ball was so much fun , and I felt all pretty in my dress, and

everyone looked AMazing... but I had a blast. And this week

so far isnt to bad, it is only Monday , so we will see how the

rest of it goes. Im putting up pictures of the ball , and my friends and I

later so yall can see em. So I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

In John's vocab...

BE BLESSED !!!

<3 yall

A TERRIBLE thing happened. I came home and I see the pan of brownies on
the counter. I run excitedly to them and throw off the tin foil
covering to see that the contents had defunct, all but for a piece the
size of a small walnut. In my anguish I cried out. As my torment passed
it gave way to madness. As I flew up the stairs I had a savage
countenance. My furry had blinded me from all but my sortie. Revenge. I
approached my mother. That creature that bore me in her womb for 9 tumultuous
months. With terror in her eyes she forfeited the location of my prize.
She had hid it in the pantry.

Prom, afterprom, graduation, oh my!

two weeks.

two weeks of school, two weeks of laughter, tests, and saying goodbye, leading up to May 20.

Please, God, kick this car into reverse. Please...i'm begging you......

I hate having none of my friends at church live around me... Life is soo boring and all my friends cant drive or cant get a ride here...but whateva I get my license and car in July and i am realli excitied ab out that! Soo. as soon as I get my car I can do whateva I please YES

~Karus

HAVE AN AMAZING DAY!

in Him, Kate

so.......

















i pretty much forgot that this existed.

WEll last time we guessed songs..

so this time well guesss movies...

1.

you name it.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

9.

happy guessing freakazoids.

8.

There is a reason my coach calls me Mockingbird. I have found some pretty cool things when I have been running. Lets see...there was the vodka bottle, the care bear balloon, the 6-pack of unopen beer, the cell phone cover, the baseball, the pair of glasses, the steeltoe key chain, and the fake leaf was pretty cool. Who finds a fake leaf outside??? But today was one of the best things, a scooter, but not any scooter, a Barbie scooter! I hope I didn't steal a little girl's scooter, but it was in the middle of no where. I have always wanted a scooter.

By The Way, 2 miles on a scooter is quite a workout.

Came home from school, feeling uber blah.

Searched in vain for APUSH review book.  (I couldn't find it because it was sitting in plain view, obviously.)  Laid down on the couch to read.

Funny thing, your eyes have to be open to read, unless you read brail.  Which I don't.  I don't even have any brail books.  But anyways.  I realized I was losing conciousness and that I would have to ask my dad where my APUSH book went when he got home.

I proceeded to pass out for four hours.

Do I feel rested?

Sort of.

Do I feel well rested?

Ow.

guess freaking what. im going to get my liscense. yay. yay. pft. hammer-time. im going. like. next friday. yay. im so happy. im almost 17 & im going to get my liscense. i dont believe i like phusebox. i dont really know why. i just dont. odd. but whatever. hm. i could make this a bazillion wordz long and i dont think id like it still. linzee quit her job at subway. man. now i have to find somewhere else to go eat cookiez. or i could still go to subway b'cuz jeremy and sarah work there. : ] yea bish. so. for that.

                                                                                               i leave.

The global night commute was a lot of fun!!

i got home and slept all day and night...it was crazy...we walked like 3 miles and stayed up all night...and ate a ton of food...yum...

Let Everything That Has Breath
by Matt Redman

 Let everything that, everything that
Everything that has breath praise the Lord
Let everything that, everything
Everything that hast breath praise the Lord

 Praise You in the morning
Praise You in the evening
Praise You when I'm young and when I'm old
Praise You whem I'm laughing
Praise You when I'm grieving
Praise You every season of the soul

If we could see how much You're worth
Your power, You might, Your endless love
Then surely we would never cease to (parts) praise

Let everything that, everything that
Everything that has breath praise the Lord
Let everything that, everything
Everything that hast breath praise the Lord

 Praise You in the heavens
Join with the angels
Praising You forever and a day
Praise You on the earth now
Join with creation
Calling all the nations to Your praise

If they could see how much You're woth
Your power, Your might, Your endless love
Then surely they would never cease to (parts) praise

I will worship, I will worship
I will worship You with every breath
I will worship, I will worship
I will worship You with every breath

We will worship, We will worship
We will worship You with every breath
We will worship, We will worship
We will worship You with every breath

So Im absoutely positive that I have the two prettiest best friends in the entire world! Oh my goodness! Lisa and Mary Lauren went with Alex and Matt to prom on Saturday and boy they had quite the night...

-Mary Lauren spilled sauce on her dress (tide pen to go, always nice)

-Emergency Rooms..

-Pictures, pictures, pictures

and many special moments

Im so glad they had a great time...they all looked so gorgeous.. Here are some wonderful pictures:

My two favorite girls!

Beautiful dresses!

Absolutely beautiful girls!

Matt and Mary Lauren!!

Lisa and Alex

The boys hahaha

Limo tiiime!

Sweet ride!

Beautiful!

I found this from a while ago:

"Mary Lauren has the happiness of Reese Witherspoon on Legally Blonde.
Andrea has the love of Mother Theresa
and Lisa has the wisdom of Oprah ( yes we like Oprah, and she has the same belt as she does!)

We make a pretty great person, huh?"

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

"Come on little buddy.  You can work.  I promise it's ok."
                                                             ~Dani talking to her phone

Why is the rum gone?

One, because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete scoundrels. Two, that signal is over a thousand feet high. The entire Royal Navy is out looking for me, do you really think that there is even the slightest chance that they won't see it?

Those in bold are attached to my nice guy.

To every guy that's said, "Sex can wait."

To every guy that's said, "You're beautiful."

To every guy that was never too busy to drive across town to see her.

To every guy that gives flowers and a card when she is sick.

To every guy who has given her flowers just because.

To every guy that did what she wanted to do.

To every guy that she cried in front of.

To every guy that holds hands with her.

To every guy that kisses her with meaning.

To every guy that hugs her when she's sad.

To every guy that hugs her for no reason at all.

To every guy who would give their jacket up.

To every guy that calls to make sure she got home safe.

To every guy that would sit and wait for her for hours just to be able to see her for ten minutes.

To every guy that would give his seat up.


To every guy that reassured her that she was beautiful no matter what.

To every guy who told his secrets to her.

To every guy that tried to show how much he cared through every word and every breath.

To every guy that thought maybe this could be the one.

To every guy that believed in her dreams.

To every guy that would have done anything so she could achieve them.

To every guy that never laughed at her when she told him her dreams.

To every guy that walked her to her car.

To every guy that wasn't just trying to get LAID!!!!

To every guy that actually listened.


****TO EVERY GUY THAT PRAYS THAT SHE IS HAPPY EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT WITH HER***


This one is for you...

Not ALL girls APPRECIATE nice guys. There's not many left out there....

If you are a nice guy repost this: "Nice guys finish last."

If you are a girl that thinks every guy should try to acomplish even a few of these repost this: "To the nice guys" Bold the ones that belong to your nice guy if you have one.

where did my senior year go?

did you take it?

there'll be more later...

hey peeps...what it is yo?? dont ask. so this past weekend i went to chelseys house then she left me to go to her gmas house and i stayed w/ her sister...and her sis's friend mason...so cute...we had loads of fun...truth or dare...juvenile i know but interesting if you play it right...testing starts this week...joy!!!!!! there's like 3 weeks of school left or summin like that but i get out early cuz im leaving to go to oregon!!! wut wut yo!!!! lol. i guess i will ttyl...

</3......listen to this band there from nashville and there cd comes out this spring and im pretty sure they have a video out... the pink spiders

</3 britt

ITS PRETTY EXPLAINABLE ITSELF!!

So there are so many times when i feel like i am not at all making a difference but then there are times when i do..... Why do you think this is. I mean it is like days I exist and others i dont. But i feel likeevery day i am striving to show christ and be nice to everyone so what is the difference???? I just wish I could feel like people loved me enough to hang out with me because of me not because of what i can offer to them..... Of course how many times do i hang out with people and am only thinking of myself..... I dunno maybe im too much of a leach. Maybe im just not cool.... I just want to feel like people care that i am even around..... It is so funny how that works.... It is almost like so many people spend so much time absorbed in themselves that they miss the point that God has us here for..... I know i am guilty of that.... but i also feel like i am a nice guy and when i do not feel like anyone cares that i am even there I am hurt because i start searching myself wondering if im not the christian example God has called me to be.... Because if i were i think people would be drawn to me instead of pushed away. I know that the bible says the world will hate you but i am not in a sphere of people that should, also i think that i have done nothing to make them hate me in the ways of faith...... I just wish i could go down to the lobby of my dorm right now and know i am welcome.... but i can't..... I feel inhibited or somthing..... but then i think that is the devil and i should take power in the victory i have in jesus christ and not let this world get me down..... You ever feel like you have all this faith wrong? Like you are going at it wrong. Like there has to be a better more efficiant way....... Thats how i feel right now. Anyways there is a walk through jonathans head at this minute... see ya.

     Glen (my mother's fiancee), ran over my beloved Mommy Kitty, Matches, at about 1:30 this morning.  My mom had the nerve to tell me that he ran over her head, and that she didn't die right away.  YOU DON'T TELL ME THINGS LIKE THAT ABOUT MY KITTIES!!!!!!!  *My kitties are my babies...*  ::cries::  I need a hug...           -Chelsea

i really wanna house next year...

abby and rachel yesterday..abby'd spaz if she knew her eyes were closed..yep..that's my youthgroup girls. =)

that was my gorgeous ride home on friday. i'm gonna miss it a lot this summer...hope i can come up to woodbury some. =)

[now playing: bloc party- this modern love]

think i'm gonna study. have a nice day.

<3

jen

Hello..

well today went well... Wed. i have Gateway ..... and i am like tryin my hardest to get a picture of seth for everyone to see.... i also had the best time because one of my friends in 3rd period (gym) let loose that i sing... then next thing you know the whole class wanted to hear me, so i sang Amazing Grace... i'm glad they enjoyed it.... 

Oh and by the way jamie and I were talking last night and we are going to start a band called either Carthage (she came up with that name), The Anonymously Remaining (i came up with this one..) or The Anonymously Present (my favorite which i also came up with). i will be playing the Electric Acoustic or Keyboard(of course) Jamie on the Drums, Keyboard or Bass, and if Camden ends up joining she will be onthe guitar also.... well just thought i would share all that spure of the moment...

Well while we were at finearts, like i said i spent the whole weekend with Steven Ambrose who i love dearly for puting the song "All Day" in my head....it goes something like this....

I don't care what they think about me it's al--lright, it's al--lright            I don't care what they say about me it's al-lright, they'll get it o-ne day  I will praise you--and i will worship you, you are my, m--y life         Yes i will read my bible and pray, and i will follow you al--l day        All day, al--l da--y yeah, al-l day, al--l day, all day

Thanks steven.... you'll never know how much i love you for that!!!!

later...

}{Mustard Seed}{

Hey guys, check out www.myspace.com/diversionyouth for short clips from the At All Cost cd to be released in August!

so this AP test wasnt too bad.  i finished it so thats a good thing.  ( :  so then i came home cuz we got out at 12 (yay!)  and then my mom and i went to kohls and stayed there for like 2 hours.then we came home and thats where i am now.  next AP test on friday, then im through!

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summer is finally here.

in all its glory.

i plan to be home as little as possible.

chicago, memphis, and gulf shores are definites.

belgium and where else i may end up are all possibilies.

this summer, everything is a possibility.

    Well I am officially moving out of the dorms on friday. I am moving in the college house at church with 6 other guys. It will be lots of fun. I only have one final and it is on wed. I am so glad that I am just about done with this semester.

I think that I may have met somebody. I am talking about a girl. I will fill you in later if you wanna know about her. Just call me and I will tell you. Other than that I dont have anything to say.

J-bird




My college group




Isn't God amazing!?

Some time between 6pm and 9pm tonight, my semester will have come to an end. Next time I walk through the doors of this school, I will be a junior. It's hard to believe 2 years have already gone by. I'm just so happy this semester is over because I have worked my ass off.

I have a few people to work with to get this presentation for tonight finished and then it's all done. Make quick 5 minute speech, listen to 8 other people's 5 minute speeches....answer a few questions, and I'm done.

Bliss. That's what tomorrow will be for me.

I've just been informed that a group is having a show, at the same place we had the last one, on the 12th....which is the day before we leave for Florida. But I'm going to try to participate anyways. There's no theme so I can submit anything I want. I'll let all of you know when I have more information incase anyone is interested in coming.

Farewell.

prom was fun. . .
i'm reeeeally tired. . .

the computers at my school are so freakin' SLOW!!!!!!!!!! Especially when you go through Mozilla and Kproxy, but that's the only way I can get on a bunch of sites (e.g. Xanga, here, photobucket).
 I'm completely wasting my time, third period is probably the most lame class I could've signed up for. Ok, it's choir and I needed another art credit, so sue me.
 Becca is standing behind me laughing at some of the pictures I have, namely the one of Chris sitting 3 inches away from the TV screen. *she sends her love* Some chick needed to check her Myspace comments *yeah right*, and Becca let her use it. Yeah, that was like 15 minutes ago.
  Have  I ever mentioned how nuch I hate rap music, it's like someone bounding a bannanna into your skull, the hard way. (Gives the girls at the CD player VERY dirty looks)
 I have like 8 minutes left in this Purgatory Pit, so I'm gonna waste it somewhere else.
                ~anas, anas, anser~  (brownie points to whoever knows what that means!!)

don't even ask me about fine arts.

i didn't advance...that's all you need to know...


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on the other hand, stress is slowly taking over my life...

AHH!!!! HELP ME!!!

so i finished my history final yesterday.  after church, i went out and ate, then went home and was in bed by 11.  i woke up at 10 to my alarm clock.  that's the most sleep i've gotten all semester.  it felt SOOO GOOD.

my new power supply and ethernet card are coming in (hopefully tomorrow).  they're in memphis right now.  for those of you who don't know, those are computer parts.

my last thing this semester is one final.  it's from 9:30-11:30 wednesday.  i'm not worried, seeing as he gave us a CROSSWORD puzzle as a study guide.

i'm definately ready to get this semester over with and to get to work.  making money feels good.

    So for my short sermon I stumbled a little but for the most part was able to say what I had written. I changed some things while I was up there, added a scripture that wasn't in my notes... The thing is when I practice by myself I could say the whole thing without flaw... and the minute it's with others my voice fails... I hate that... Anyway I did it in 4:20. This is much improved from my original time... Thank you to everyone who supported me!

    Human video... the first thing I'm supposed to be laying down on the edge of three chairs... the chairs that they provided were extremely slick, and they slanted steeply back. As I tried ot position myself I kept sliding so that I had to hold myself in postion. As I am doing this they are getting ready to start the music and I am thinking "this is really bad!" So the music starts and I am supposed to sit up. The problem is that I usually sit up to where I am sitting half and half on two of the chairs, but as I did this, those two chairs began sliding apart so I was sitting up with nothing under me! AHH.... so I grab the chairs trying to correct myself while staying with my character... apparantly I made it... later chris said "Nice catch!!" what a relief!.... I missed one cue, but was told that I did the mask pulls ok. That is harder than it looks... pulling a mask off, changing your facial expressions at the moment your hand comes over your face... hmmm....
Special thanks to Marcus!!! He helped soooo much!!
There are still some things that I think should have advanced which didn't.... I think our group performed great even if the judges didn't advance some things.
I now get to go write as much as I can in my about 25 some odd pages that need to be done :-p
y'all have a great day

so how about my new honda accord has been broken down for the past week and if its not fix by firday it will be 2 full weeks of my car being broken down

haha

and ive got all the parts at my house

its just the dood wont come over and fix my car

grr!!!

well hope ever one has a great day

-ed

My official time was 2 hours 1 minute and 9 seconds

Dang i wish i could have broke 2 hours

I did however break last years time of 2 hours 2 minutes 38 seconds

Ah, jetlag, such a wonderful thing.  No other time am I allowed to fall asleep at my desk at work and get away with it.  No other time can I wake up at 1am and feel "refreshed".

Today is Day 2 of my jetlag, if you consider my day of arrival as Day 1.  Actually, it shouldn't be too bad as there is only a 6 hour difference between Houston and Angola.  However, I dropping last night at 4pm ... but held on until 8am.  Wide awake a midnight, 130am, 300am.  Got up at 3am.

Watch this space .... by noon I'll be a split personality: winkin, blinkin, and nod.  In the meantime, its 430am ... so I better get some work done while I can.

Oh yeah, usually your body adjusts its body-clock about 2 hours a day ... so I should be in good shape by Wednesday or Thurday ... just in time to get on the plane Friday morning and head back to Angola !!

"Why Women Live Longer Than Men" - A short little film that Andrew and I threw together for our Sight, Sound, and Motion class. I hope you really love it, and find it inspiring. I hope you realize the powerful truth that it conveys.

I miss when people didn't neglect their phuseboxes.
I miss when my friends and I weren't so distant..
Right now, I'm bored with my life.
Thank God for video games.
I hate myspace.
I'm sick of xanga.
I wish boys liked me.

Fuck this.

Well, Allison and I were able to talk again before she headed to bed, and we're cool now, which makes me happy.

So we had a dress rehearsal for West Side Story today. The pit started around 6:00 and we worked on music till 7. Everyone in the pit is so amazing, the woodwind guys are super. The trumpet players aren't married...and you can tell why. They make dirty jokes all the time, it's really funny. Christian Condreanu (the other horn player) is very informative and tells me random things..and those random things have helped my playing in just two times of sitting next to him.

Anyway, so the choir and dancers came in around 7 and we had a full dress rehearal that didn't get finished till 10:15. We had to stop everyonce and a while to fix timing issues and cues from the vocalists. Our conductor/pianist is crazy and wicked good. He's playing the pianist score and from what Tyler tells me it is quite difficult, but he rarely messes up. I wish I could hear what was going on on stage, Greg and Brady (Greg lives next door and Brady I've known forever) are the lead guys and they both sing incedible. But yeah, life in the pits is great! I wouldn't mind doing it for a living one bit.

I'm not going to be able to play on each show because of work on the weekends. We're supposed to be giving a show for the middle school friday afternoon, that will be fun. I remember last year that they weren't a very good audience and laughed at times they weren't supposed to; but the show was Aida and it was probably unfamilier to them. I think they will pay attention to West Side Story because it was one of the more popular shows and I think they learn about it in middle school...but I could be wrong.

I was sleeping.  I got to sleep and I was happy to be going to bed early.  But the phone rang and woke me up - my parents had gotten me an exam week care package that I had to pick up.  So after 25 minutes of scouring the campus and asking random Reslife workers, I got my box.  Naturally, being the doofus I am, I called my parents to thank them.  Dad picked up and I thanked him.  But then the conversation went sour and stayed that way.  After we got off the phone, I called home again and got Mom; same deal.  Meanwhile, I'm wondering why this is happening.  It's exam week, so to help me stay focused and prepared, my parents give me the most depressing half hour of my life, talking about how I should have done this or that, how Jason would have done better, how I would never do anything if they didn't bring it up first.  Allison was there, thank God, and I actually cried into her shoulder.  I do not do that.

Bright side - I've got seven songs done.  I should hopefully be getting my mic and software this week, so I can start learning the way things work and, hopefully, be recording in a few weeks.  It will be abysmally low quality at best, but it'll give me something to play with.  I mean, honestly, who am I kidding?  The best I'll ever make with anything musical is to just play around and sing in small churches.  God gave me a gift there, but it's not a very big one.

I'm just in an all-around pissy mood.  I hurt Allison's feelings (yay, me!), I'm losing what little drive/motivation I had accumulated over the past few weeks...it's as if, once again, my world is crashing down around me.  So I turn to God and say "WTF?"  God turns to me and says, "FU!"  And I drink some water and go to bed.

Thought I would let you guys know that I have a new job at Cingular
Wireless at Stones River Mall.  If you have anything you need done with 
your phone service, come over to the mall and I will take care of you. I already had my first customer, Stephen Hamby!!  Thanks man.  If you print and bring this blog in, I will give you an extra $20 off of a phone or 20% off of an accessory. 

Call to make sure I will be at work before coming, no one else will honor this deal.

I just wanted to let you guys in on a little secret.  I have been at MTSU for five years (but i'm done in 6 days) and I just now found this out. 

When you are attempting to sell your books back do this little thing that could get you $5 extra per book.  Take the yellow "Used Textbook" sticker off anywhere it is located.

When returning my books the other day, the clerk gave me $31 for the same book that my friend recieved $36 for.  So I asked him why, he said, "His was probably new, yours has this used sticker on it, so we give $5 less than we would a new one." 

So this means that if you remove the sticker, they would think it was a book that you bought new.  Just thought I would pass it on. 
Doesn't hurt to try. 
If you make some extra money, take me to lunch!

After opening my buzzport email inbox for the hundredth time, I've realized junk mail, from the source of your education or not, is the plague of humanity.  Whoever thought email lists and mass emails were a good idea needs to be tortured and killed.

My remarks have been down as of late, probably due to the more esoteric posts than normal; however, as I believe I've said before, I'm under strict watch not to divulge any supposedly classified information to people, although I did to Mai earlier today simply because I had no one to talk to and was angry.

Whether esoteric or not, most things posted on here have meaning (if not all).  Take, for instance, the last post: although I won't go into the nuances of the lyrics (people debate what they really mean anyway) or the morality of the band (b/c it's not Christian by any means), I was listening to this song yesterday and realized how good the lyrics really were because, I believe, it's my problem.  You may not agree with me as to the source of my problems--Hell, my parent's don't so why should you, the reader?--but I think it's a very important step to understanding what's going on here.

In my opinion, a lot of the nonconformist movement, as I call it, is founded on the principles of rejection and misery.  You'll often here the statement from people, "People just don't get me," or, "You haven't been through what I've been through"; and while those statements may be very true, the underlying motive falls short of a good life--that is, that because that person has suffered they have the right to make themselves and others suffer.  Now, this doesn't necessarily mean the torturing sense of suffering; rather, it's the idea the unique is embraced to an extent beyond its capacity.  If one feels rejected, they have to rejected everyone else indiscriminately.  I didn't used to ascribe to that belief, but somewhere along the line, self-progression was replaced by a sense of selfishness.

God doesn't give us the right to wallow in the mud of misery, no matter how bad it seems or feels, and trust me, it feels pretty shitty at times.  It's the question I believe the Spirit posed to me: "If I gave you the solution, would you even accept it?"  That's a funny question, if you think about it.  Why not reject misery and hatred and bitterness and accept joy and peace and love?  It's easier to wade in the former as an excuse for not living appropriately. 

Living is difficult, but it's difficult for all of us.  We all must surpass through the blood of Jesus Christ and the power of His resurrection, regardless of what we've been through or who's hurt us and so on and so forth.  We all must progress.

I'm not attempting to rehash everything.  I've fallen a lot and will probably continue sometimes to post the most depressing poetry this side of eternity.  At this point in time, for this small moment, though, I can say it is well with my soul, and I guess that's comforting, even if it's brief.

Yesterday's show was interesting. We got to play all of our set and then the next band got shut down by the cops because we were too loud. Sucks huh?...that's ok...cuz chances are you weren't there anyway. We only had like 25 people show up for the show which really bites since there was a lot of effort made to pass out flyers around town.

We might  have another guitar player in the band if all goes well. It'll make things a lot easier on me if he joins and maybe I'll be able to interact with the crowd a little bit more too!

No more shows at Sportscom...apparently Andrew Frasier and some other dudes shot fireworks or something, I don't know. What I do know is that it sucks that there are no more shows there because we were going to look to see if  we could play there.

Well ok, guess that's it. Chelsey and I are good still and I'm doing pretty well...nothing to complain about. Later

-Marshall

So today Joey and I took 2 hours and wrote letters to all our extended family (well just aunts, uncles, parents, and grandparents).  We thought it was a good idea, as we have been discussing and planning the letters' contents for a while.  The letter states our wishes for how we want to raise Alden.  I wish that someone would have done that for me when I was born, my mom even mentioned that she wished she would have thought of it.  I hope it will benefit Alden.  The idea is to get everyone on the same page as us so that Alden can have a more secure environment in which to grow.  Of course, he'll get plenty of different kinds of influence in school and such, but at home and around family, he should be getting a pretty similar influence about things- at least until he is somewhat older and can understand people do things differently.  Anyway, I'll put it on here in case any of you are curious or bother to read it.  No one's remarked on my other posts lately so I don't know that anyone is even reading it.  But oh well.

Dear Family,
 
    We are writing this letter to start a dialogue concerning the way that we are living our lives and raising our son.  Our hope is that we can all find some common ground in order to avoid any conflict or hurt feelings.  We feel that it is of the utmost importance that our child has a consistent environment in which to learn and grow so that he will develop a firm sense of identity and security within his family.  Our views on the world may be different than yours, as is to be expected, and the way we will be raising our son will reflect that.  We feel, however, that these differences are inconsequential, and that at the root of all of our beliefs lies a firm sense of morality, the importance of family, and the strength of love.
    The differences in our beliefs and way of life may seem shocking at first, but please read this with an open mind and heart, and understand above all else that we are striving daily to be responsible citizens of the human race, living with compassion, humility, and loyalty.  Though we are yet very young, we each have seen the other grow in astonishing ways over the past four years.  In fact, that growth has become the most important part of our relationship.  In exploring ourselves and our world as active free-thinkers, we have come to some conclusions that we feel very strongly about.  Through careful observation, study of the Bible and associated literature, and deep introspection we have both come to adopt a view that is best described as Atheistic Humanism.  What this means is that we accept the responsibility for our own lives, and realize that our choices affect all those around us.  It is our belief also that we are responsible for each other, our neighbors both near and far, because we are all that we have.  Though we do not believe in some "higher power" or consequently, the need for salvation, we live according to many of the principles of Christianity we were both taught as children, as well as teachings from various other religions.  We hold the development of character in high regard, and the aquisition of knowledge and wisdom of utmost importance.  We feel that rationalism is is our greatest human attribute.  In light of this, we remain humble through the belief that we have come from the Earth and, in death, will return to it.  We also feel very strongly about protecting our environment, taking care of our bodies, and encouraging creativity and learning.  Our lives are brief and beautiful, and we have every intention of filling them with love and joy and family.
      It is according to these values that we will raise our son.  We have thought long and hard, and continue to daily, about the way to best go about bringing up this new life in our world.  We realized early that our role as parents is a temporary one.  Currie Alden Dail is his own person, and will eventually develop into a mature adult with his own ideas about the world.  We see ourselves then as helpers, as guides in his life journey.  It will never be our priority to protect our own authority, but to protect him.  It is our responsibility, not to program him with our own ideas, but to make sure he can responsibly and wisely form his own ideas when he is ready.  We will teach him as best we know how to evaluate the world around him in a rational and educated manner, ensuring that when the time comes, he can think for himself with clarity and insight.  This doesn't mean we will form Alden into another Atheist, but it does necessitate that we teach him to think critically about the world's religions, including Christianity.  We hope that by doing this, we will protect him from myths and dogmas.  Our initial thought was that indocrinating an Atheist was just as bad as indoctrinating a Christian, but we soon realized that if we left religious discussion out all together, that Alden would be vulnerable and succeptable to dangerous cults.  It is our hope that we can raise him to be an active free-thinker like his parents so that he may make his own educated decision about religious or non-religious beliefs.  We will be teaching him other things that allign with our chosen lifestyle.  As mentioned above, taking care of ourselves and our Earth is very important to us.  We will be teaching him how to be healthy, including exercise and eating habits, and how not to be wasteful or greedy.  It is important to us that everyone in his life uphold these teachings in his eyes.  Creativity is also very important.  We will do our best to avoid electronic toys including video games, instead encouraging outdoor activity.  We ourselves do not have cable television and choose to spend as much time outside as possible.  We hope that your involvement in his life can be along these same lines. 
    We also want to make clear our ideas about relgion in Alden's life.  In order for Alden to be able to form his own opinions about this important aspect of life, it is paramount that he not be taught anything contrary to what we will be teaching him.  Our greatest concern is that he be shown consistency.  Telling him, "Jesus loves you," is going to accomplish nothing but confusion on his part and great difficulty on ours.  We will have to work hard to explain why this is false, and how some people believe it to be true while we ourselves do not.  We will not be taking him to church, and we don't want anyone else doing that either.  In Jewish culture, the "age of accountability" is 13 years old.  This also happens to be the age around which human brains develop the ability to understand and contemplate abstract ideas.  At this point in Alden's life, he will have no doubt encountered many religious ideas from his interactions with his peers.  Only at this point in his biological development can he possibly be able to comprehend religious philosophies. 
    He will inevitably have questions before this time which we will do our best to answer, but not until he is able will we introduce the more complex ideas for his consideration.  We ask very ardently that you do the same for his benefit and for ours.  We have a library of literature on the subject of religion and philosophy, including many Bibles.  When he reaches the point in his life where his is interested in exploring his own beliefs, he will be encouraged in every way and afforded every opportunity for true discovery.  We think it is very important to keep these kinds of ideas out of his mind early in his development.  Again, they will only confuse him.  It is important also to point out that we will not be using Santa to celebrate the winter holiday, and we will not introduce him to the Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny.  While it may sound like we're taking away all of his fun, we feel that it is important not to indulge our child in myths that cause him to believe anything apart from reality.  We feel that we would be abusing his trust by doing otherwise.  We will tell him stories of course.  Some of these will be from Greek mythology, some may be American folk tales, and some may actually be Bible stories, but they will be presented as just that: stories.  When he asks about gods we will tell him that people long ago thought that gods controlled intervened in human affairs, but now we know better.  We ask that you, in your story telling, refrain from using these types of stories if possible, for we do not want you to have to compromise your own beliefs in order to fulfill our wishes.  In addition to this, please do not give him gifts of religious children's books; he will not receive them.  We want to encourage Alden to learn and to explore, but religious ideas should be saved for later.
    We want this letter to be the beginning of an open dialog between us all.  We will include our phone numbers and email addresses below.  Please use them.  Ask us questions, as we know that one letter is not nearly enough room to fully explain our thoughts and beliefs about our world and about how to raise our son in it.  It is not our intention to alienate anyone; quite the opposite, we want to make sure that this doesn't happen.  As mentioned before, family is one of our greatest assets and the love between family members is the best way to model to our son the way he should relate to others.  We hope that you can understand and respect our views and expectations and work with us to make Alden's early years as bright and full of love as humanly possible.  We think that all of our family has great and valuable experiences to share with him and that your influence on his life will be indispensable as it his on ours.  We love you all and hope to see everyone soon.

With Love

So prom was {a fantastic} experience.  It has been journalled with much wit and commentary in the exceedingly-long paragraphs below.  Feel free to skip, but take a look at the second picture in this entry.  It's a sight.

Pictures in the picture-thingy. Only the related foliage received billing, because otherwise it would all be the same, single word. {I.e. "prom."}

Photographs at my grandparents' were really an elaborate excuse to document the newly-installed deck. No, really, they confessed to this. Then a great to-do was made about some 'blue potato plant' which absolutely must be in a picture with Nemanja and I. What this plant is, do not ask me; I just stood by it. Subsequent attempts in the car to decode the significance of a 'blue potato plant' were unsuccessful, and resulted only in laughter.

 <-- Exhibit A: The famous Blue Potato plant.

The drive to Macaroni Grill was rife with excitement. It began with sitting in a left-turn lane and some guy in a white Blazer taking up half of the lane beside us for unclear purposes. The light turns green. He decides he wants in front of us, and belligerently accelerates almost into the nose of my beloved Accord, R2-D2. Before I could stop it, my right middle finger was displayed for all the world and the Blazer driver to see, while the left hand had cemented itself against the horn. Because those kinds of people irritate me. Waiting to turn right onto the freeway, Blazer Boy raises his hand for me to pull up beside him. He was either going to yell at me or make an excuse; the former was much more likely, and if the latter was true I didn't want to hear it unless the woman with him was giving birth. Access denied – we zip to freedom!! Or… So I thought. Long story short: "Did I just blow by the 840 exit???" "Yes, yes you did." {Insert string of expletives here. And a few moves that I question the legality of.}

But we prevailed. The line at Macaroni Grill was extended out the door and around the sidewalk – very club-like and elitist of them, the snobs. ;-) Fortunately, we were prepared for such an event. "Hi, we have a reservation. Donner, party of four, please." Next time reservations are needed for something, we can all go under the name "Nero," because who doesn't want to share billing with the completely-sane-of-course man who made his horse an advisor? Macaroni Grill is now the Best Restaurant Ever, because they give you paper and crayons. We all practised writing our name upside-down like Elise (our waitress) did, except much slower and less precise.

-- "Is that girl gray?" "Oh my god, she is!" "I hope it's not natural." "I think it is." "Can tanning beds do that?" *Collective shudder* "Let's give her the benefit of the doubt. She could have sniped someone and wiped the camouflage make-up off just before going to dinner."

Fuelling both our desire to be fashionably late and our energy levels, a stop at Starbucks was (of course) mandatory. Jerod Frenzel accused us of stealing his glory by adding to the former non-ratio of prom kids at Starbucks. We mocked him. Not really, but it's the best ending sentence I can concoct right now. Better than being accused of glory-stealing, so there. :-P

Prom. DanceDanceDance. Because really, what else can you do there but walk around and not recognise people? "GAH! Woah, hey, it's you!"

Post-prom involved lots of food and lots of burning things. Well, wood mostly, but marshmallows and plastic cups and orphans were also involved. "Who's pulling into the driveway?" *Gasp, fear* "I don't know! Let's take the marshmallow pitchforks and go check!" {So Reese, Rachel, and Mechelle were greeted by three girls wielding travel-size steel pitchforks. Welcome to the farm.} We discovered the hard way that horse sounds which would be perfectly ordinary by daylight are perfectly abnormal and downright scary around a fire in the middle of a field at 2:00 am. And we also discovered that roosters do not crow at dawn alone. Oh, no, this one got a head start. At every quarter-hour. Reese: "That bird is just asking for it."

*Random noise* "OHMIGOD WHAT IS THAT?!" "It's a donkey."
{That's as far as I'm going with that one.}

Disband at 5:30 am.

Then, after a maximum 1 hour 15 minutes of sleep, it was time to go to faire rehearsals. Faire rehearsals are an interesting event to attend half-drunk from fatigue, especially when you have to rehearse a fight. {Everyone was super-nice to me, though. It was weird. I think they just liked to watch me sway around like Jack Sparrow and run into things.} Pretty sure I fell asleep standing up during notes for the opening gate scene. There is photographic evidence, but only two people have access to it. And I intend for it to stay that way. ;-P

 <-- Our fight director was very intent during rehearsals.

I have "Dancing Queen" stuck in my head.  It's what Andrew/Sven and I process to in the opening gate scene.  Because Abba and Anna are not only palindromes, they're Swedish, too.  It works.

Sarina and I fit two hoopskirts in the front of R2-D2 this afternoon in a downpour.  Then waited by the gate for someone else to come in behind us so we wouldn't have to get back out in the torrential rains to close it.  Really, we saved them the added trip of having to unlatch it again, thereby keeping them a little dryer.  More dry?  Whatever.  This post is too long, and I'm bleary from want of sleep.

Bon soir.

Ok, for those of you who don't know...the word 'twitterpated' means (at least the definition that I know) infatuated.  Sorry for all the confusion.  You guys should watch Bambi again.  Geez!

*Wouldn't life be perfect.....if sweatpants were sexy, Monday mornings were fun, perfect days never ended, junkfood didnt make you fat, girls didnt cause drama, guys werent confusing, injuries didn't exsist, nothing was regrettable, every question had an answer, you never lost the people you love, people would understand your emotions, friendships were forever, love would never end, and goodbyes only meant until tomorrow*

me and my lil brother

i like xanga better, this thing sucks!!

ALL praise be to God!!!! 

I'm going to completely blame my youth group and parents for getting me completely hooked on this darn thing. I spent about an hour updating my profile and browsing evrybodies sites.

I'm trying to get a hold of a friend of mine, but he's not answering his phone.This make the fourth or fifth time this evening. I'm just gonna try his mom's house. he should be there.

 There's something wrong with my computer screen, it's kinda like something out of the Sixth Sence or Signs or something. It's like a dark circle towards the middle, wierd.

 Tristian and Isolde was great, it's the perfect blend of a Chick Flick and a War Movie. Hot guys and a ton of wicked awesome battle scences make for an excellent evening of entertainment, eh?

so this is my best friend....

and I've decided that she's way too pretty & I now hate her.

hahaha just kidding... thats my friend Paul with his date & my best friend Kate before Oakland's Prom. 

& I want to go to prom next year. really bad. I wanna get all dressed up & look pretty! hahaha

ok there is a misinterpretation between two people

over a sandwich

the male adult then proceeds to yell and get mad at the female adult

parents are stupid especially a certain male parent thta i technically have no realtion to

quick get your pencils sharpened! get some pens!!  set your alarm clock!  its the english exam and its coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 in just four days, my first year of college will be over! sweet summer will be here! YAY!

okay so prom was pretty fun. me and stacee were having fun just hanging out. we didn't do much dancing b/c we got to prom kinda late and like 6 songs later they presented everyone and then this really crappy band came on and like everyone stopped dancing lol. but everyone looked beautiful! i have pics of course so here we go....

 

that's me and stacee at the restaurant. we went to this cool place called the Aquarium that was in the mall.

now that incredibly ugly fish is a fish brady decided to name Gunther lol.

Jaleah, Jessi and Stacee at prom......

Cathy and Shane....

and yeah that's all i've got for today. the photo uploader thingy takes too long. and tomorrow maybe i can get u guys some pictures from when i went to erin today. ciao bitches!

congratulations to all my peeps who advanced!!! most of you prbly know, but our youth choir got FIRST FREAKIN PLACE IN THE STATE! wow, orlando. that's gonna be so freakin amazing. districts was fun. im kind of upset that my drama and ensemble didnt advanced, but im not complaining because im still going to districts. aside from youth choir getting first, adam's drama solo (which was awesome!) got first, my brothers small ensemble got first (but didnt advance), and large vocal emsemble #1 (greater is he that is in me!). pictures from districts:

aw, she looks like gracie but prettier.

yay, it's randy!

me and krista

and there it is, the medal.

totally unrelated to districts, but it's me as a bunny!

Its on tonight. i love this movie. now i have the song in my head.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Oh you pretty Chitty Bang Bang,
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you.
And, in
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
What we'll do.
Near, far, in our motor car Oh what a happy time we'll spend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Oh you pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you.
And, in
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
What we'll do.
Near, far, in our motor car
Oh what a happy time we'll spend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Your sleek as a thoroughbred.
Your seats are a feather bed.
You'll turn everybody's head today.
We'll glide on our motor trip
With pride in our ownership
The envy of all we survey.
Oh Chitty You Chitty
Pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you.
And Chitty, in Chitty
Pretty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang what we'll do.
Near Chitty, far Chitty, in our motor car Oh what a happy time we'll spend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.
Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Our fine four fendered friend.....(hold)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Fine four fendered Chitty Chitty friend.

Yes, I am buttering you up. If any of you are willing to spend the next month helping me with my music video, I will be eternally grateful. I really need people who will be willing to act. This is for a contest I'm entering and I have to send it in the in the middle of June. I don't have any ideas yet, but I'm going to start planning ASAP and let you know what I need...

Prom last night...lots of fun. Linda was absolutely gorgeous. The Hummer was nice. We went to the Aquarium at Opry Mills for dinner. Then prom. Then after prom. Only got one hour of sleep before I had to go and play bass for church. Will post more details when I get my pictures and some sleep.

An optimist
is a person who starts working on a crossword puzzle
with an ink pen.
_Anonymous_

or as my dear laura would say...
An optimist
is a person who starts working on a Calculus problem
on a post-it note.

so i don't know if i've ever felt this left out in my life.

yeah, it was fun! Pictures later...