Stand back !!! Don't come near me right now.  Urrrgggghhhh.  Angola.  Uuurrrggggghhhh. Sooo, what's up ??? uuuurrrggghh

As per previous blogs, you should know that I am very active in the Luanda Hash.  Well, this Saturday is the "2006 Kids Hash".  It is a really big deal.  A REALLY BIG DEAL for us.  We are expecting more than 300 people (perhaps 400-500), at a time when we normally have about 80.  Decy has worked countless hours designing a very special commemorative t-shirt.  I have worked very hard to get my company to sponsor 1/2 of the t-shirts .... so we could give the kids shirts away for free ... and sell matching t-shirts to the adults.  We have even advertised about the t-shirts.

So, what's the problem?  Well, last week when the t-shirt place made the proofs, they were ugly ... they were COYOTE UGLY.  They were DOUBLE-SACK COYOTE UGLY.  So, Decy redesigned the t-shirt appliques ... took all night.  All's going well, supposedly ... so the place said.  Decy was supposed to pick up the shirts on Wednesday (Saturday is the run).  They delay her until Thursday PM.  She gets there ... NO T-SHIRTS, not even one.  They don't have enough ink to do all 550 shirts, so they did NONE .... ok, regroup, rethink, contingency plan ...  come up with an idea.  Bingo. Got it.  Here we go !!!!

Great ... all set ... pick up the shirts on Friday (yikes, hash is Saturday, getting close).  400pm, I get this call from Decy .... "darling, they only have 275 t-shirts".  What?  Huh?  Come again?  After about 5 phone calls, I learn that the "other 275" will be available in 1 week ... yeah right ..... like 1 week will do us any good when in 22 hours 300-500 people will be trying to get the shirts .... and in 1 week ... there will be none .... MONEY LOSER ...  the hash doesn't have $$$ to buy t-shirts that cannot be sold (we are very much a non-profit organization).

So, I'm blowing (but a controlled blow, barely) ... I say a very small prayer (hard to pray right now) ... "so, Decy, what size t-shirts HAVE THEY MADE ?".  She says:  Right now they have only made the kids sizes.

THANK GOD ... a miracle !!!!

Sooo ... to make a long story short ... we cancelled the other 275 (the adult sizes) ... we will profusely give our apologies and say "this is Angola" ... and thank God that at least the kids sizes were made .... as for the other 275 ... well, on Tuesday Decy has a challenge trying to get back our $1,500 for that half of the order (that was not filled).

As they would say on a hash "on on" .... I will let you know how the hash goes, but be patient ... remember I have to fly to Houston .... and will have a kilo waiting for me at the hash to "whisk me away" ... and to the airport .... as if I were the president.  BUT, actually, I'm not ... just the Religious Advisor.

our youth group competes tonight in district fine arts.i got up at 4:00a.m. this morning to practice my solo human video and i feel alot more confident about it.i am also in the youth choir, which is awesomely motivated for God! this saturday we go back to compete and then we have an awards ceremony.later on is prom for some of us. i know, a busy weekend is ahead of us!!!

Yay Me!! Fine Arts is today, and I've got a cheerleader! ME! haha.

Happy 16th Birthday Taylor!

Happy 16th Birthday Michelle! (tomorrow)

& my birthday is in... 14 freakin days! heck yes baby!

FINE ARTS TODAY!!! ahh....

i can officially freak out now!!


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    Oh the irony...so I've gone through my short sermon a couple of times and then decided to time it. 5 minutes and 40 seconds!!!!!! NOOOOO!!...So I took out all the extraneous parts and was left with...5 mintues and 6 seconds. Deja vu. NOOOO!!!! I'm just so long winded it's not fair. They should make an exception for me. Why me? Why me? I don't mean to, it's just the way I do it. NOOOOOOOO!!! ::sighs:: I guess I should go try to cut out some more. Wish me luck. See you all tonight. 

So Caroline [sister] only recently told me about some pernicious aging hag of a woman [my description] who physically accosted her at the 'academic' pep rally.  As in, grab-her-arm-painfully-and-demand-voice-dripping-with-venom-to-know-where-she's-going accosted.  (To which, I'm so proud, Caroline responded to with a sarcasm-laden "Um, back to band."  *Walks off*)

This is completely out of line.  I am so unimaginably pissed off right now you won't even believe it.  It breaches the boundaries of interaction between faculty and students, demonstrates a severe need to assert her feeble power through the physical and verbal intimidation of others [blatant psychosis], and could technically be construed as sexual assault.  Or attempted murder, if she clamped down on one of those arteries.  Whatever works.  [I am so ready to be a prosecuting attorney.  See if I can't turn an innocent glance into all sorts of allegations.  Teehee.]

Suffice to say, Mr. Nolan and I are going to have a little audience with each other come Monday.

Mess with me or mine, you mess with the entire damn mountain.

And I'm the freakin' Himalayas.

        Nothing like waiting until the last minute... I wrote my short sermon last night... you know, decided to get it done early, since competition is tonight I figured there was no sense putting it off until today and stuff... yeesh... I had been telling myself that I wasn't going to do it so I didn't feel guilty about not having it written (but someone said I should... and I could tell my dad wanted me to.) So yea... hope all goes well tonight.. I'd like to be able to do my human video today and my short sermon tomorrow, but we'll se. (my luck my short sermon will be the first entry.)

    Good luck to all who are competing.

I really hope that we do the choir tomorrow because I hurt my back yesterday trying to put gas in the lawn mower. So today I stayed home from school. Paul just got out of the shower... I think one of these days he's gonna hurt his voice. I'm sad though 'cause I had to miss a field trip... not fun...

Senior picnicis today , not that im easily amused by school functions this one has a perk. Get out early and we get a show and pizza sooo all is well in my world :)

How is it that my four year old sister has a boyfriend?? (bottom left)

what is the world coming to???????

lol....

It's fun to be stupid, so I decided to be so.  I got onto EBay today and bought a microphone for $.01, then started bidding on a piece of recording/editing/mixing software at $.99.  Unless someone else decides to bid against me, I should be expecting the prize sometime next week.  Otherwise, I can just buy the software for about $10.  Still not too expensive.  After buying all of this, it will rot in my closet for the next few years before I sell it all at a yard sale for a few bucks.

It has been concluded that Brian will be my step-dad, and Nemanja will be my adopted brother.

Weep for me, particularly where Brian is concerned.  ;-)

You see me each day,
And I remember you.
Your smile never fails,
Through the briny water I tread,
But it's hard to run.
"Difficult to see underwater--"
I begin, but you interrupt me,
"Don't lose hope."
I feel the undertow pulling me
Away from the shore
Where all my failures lie.
They call to me, but I can only hear
Just these waves, just these waves.
It's difficult to swim so far.
I sometimes sheer from my course,
And feel a part in nothing.
"Does nothing matter?" I ask.
But you reply, "Don't lose hope."

I'm a captain now...  I'm officially the S-1 as well.

Whooooo.  *blows kazoo, throws confetti*

Whoa-dang am I tired... and I've still got a Scarlet Letter quiz to study for.

Can you say "last-minute-morning-of-quiz spark notes?"

I probably could if I weren't so drowsy.  And if my ears and throat didn't hurt so much.  We didn't cheer as much at this year's awards ceremony as we did last year's, but the cheering that we did do was a lot louder...

In short:  OW.

Happy Almost Friday!

.... well, not exactly.  BUT, a major milestone was reached at work.  Its probably boring to you ... and sometimes it is to me too.  But, here goes.

Twice a year we have to present our operating plan and budget to our partners and the Angolan government.  This is quite an exercise, requires about 4 months to do, and literally hundreds of thousands of dollars to produce.  After uncountable meetings (at least it seemed that way) ... visions, revisions, re-revisions, and disillusioned visions ... its done ..... 13 gazillion barrels of oil for thirsty American SUVs .... trabillions of dollars in investments .... maximosos raises for all the angolan staff .... $5 raise for me.

Now, to reduce it to a nice, easy to read 53 page booklet all to be reviewed in 1.5 hours in Houston next week.  Why Houston?  Don't ask ... but I go there on Saturday ... and come back in a week ... hey, so what it is a 14 hour flight each direction ... for a 1.5 hour meeting.

As so ... I have one master original ... off to the copier machine ... BROKEN.  Ok, so I go to the backup copier machine ... LOUSY QUALITY.  Ok, so I go to the printer and start printing originals for each person ... something WRONG ... colors come out on only half a page.  Ok, so I go to other printer .... STREAKS.  Ok, so I go to still another printer .... it kinda works.

Time to bind ... need 1-7 dividers ... NONE.  Ok, how about 1-10 ... NONE.  Ok, how about 1-5 ... got it. Regigger the index.  Time to bind ..... finally.  Want to here the saga on the transmittal letters ... fu-get-about-it ....would take too long.

I'm tired. I'm drained. I need a break.

*feels all warm and fuzzy on the inside*

yay.

thx nicholas, you def. made one girl very happy tonite and another also very glad to be your friend.

<3

hey yall-- well life has been pretty good right now. good report card, good act, good everything. im no longer going anywhere on the weekends so i have time to spend with all my fabulous friends! well-- i hope yall have been good. 3 weeks till summer-- cant WAIT! =)

hey!!

okay the 40 days are up. well it's been more than 40 days but i've been busy? lol. hmmm life has been weird, had some bad days, but otherwise life is good. i'm going to take some new pics soon because my hair looks different. lol sooo i love you guys!!

 Yeah, we were at church, cleaning up after Wednesday Night Live. Which, by the way, detailed us performing some stuff from Fine Arts. Our HV is most likely to advance, so is the chior, but I have my doubts about the ensemble I'm in.

   Any way, back on topic, I was moving these chairs. All of a sudden, I fall over and in the process take the chairs with me. So i'm buried underneath these chairs and I hear Kenny going "Oh, my God!!", so I shove some of the chairs off my head (which by the way has a few knots on it now) and sit up. I looked at Kenny and said "Well, that was interesting,"

  I popped back up and moved the chairs, Gus made me do some sort of a thing where I follow his finger with my eyes, but I told him I was fine. I am, just still laughing at the look on their faces is all.

Okay I SWEAR it's almost done... I haven't worked on it in months... obviously... but it's lookin' pretty good so far!

 Do you ever miss someone so much that you can't stop thinking about them? 

Hoo-rah!  1-0  yes!  wonderful. 

    Fine arts=tomorrow...
Wait.... I checked my work... is this right?
I guess it must be...
Man, well, a cool story, so I've had like the same idea and layout for a drama solo for the past several weeks.  But to be honest, I just couldn't get it to work like I wanted it to. So GOd tells me "run through it one more time" So I did, and in doing so, I realized, man, this just isn't going to work.
So I try to write a new one.  I'm thinking " maybe I just won't do one, there's no way I can prepare this, with my sermon, with all the finals I have this week" by the way, I started rewriting this past wednesday.
But Guess what!
God basically gave me a drama that just fell together perfectly, I easily put it together in like one day, and now I"m really excited about doing it.
GOd is good.
So who else is excited, freaked out, and/or unprepared for tomorrow!?

so if anyone was wondering why I wasn't at school for the majority of the day today....^^that is why.... I fell in the stairwell and landed on my forearm because of the books in my hands... no its not broken just really swolen, and yes that sling is too small and I now have a bigger one..

Penne pasta noodles topped with marinated chicken breast and then pour tomato basil soup over it, and have some asaigo cheese on top.

um, it's amazing.

the end.

come to Jason's Deli. the end :)

There are new GNC details that we just received: This is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE.



If you do not walk from one of the two locations with the big groups,
YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE LAWN OF THE CHURCH TO SLEEP FOR THE
NIGHT. You must walk with one of the two groups walking to the church.
The two locations are as follows:


1) From Target on Columbia Avenue at 8pm.

2) From the Factory on Franklin Road at 11pm.


Please choose one of those locations (preferably Target). You will be
given a wristband once you arrive at these locations at the designated
time and that will be your ticket onto the lawn of the church for all
of the night activities. Please spread the word, as this is a new
development. I know this is somewhat of an inconvenience for some, but
we will have to make the best out of it. Thanks for understanding!!!!


-GNC FRANKIN

An AmAzInG night tonight. So much fun. So much moshing. So much music. So much im tired so im going to bed now.

www.myspace.com/fridgidy

Orchestra banquet w as last Saturday, so I thought I'd share pictures. 


Next up-Prom! x___x

Really stressing over this communications final.  I need to do well on it so I can ensure the B I have. I really was hoping to make an A in the course but that is out of my reaches now.  It's just really dissappointing but I guess I'll have to live with a B. And I think my stressing out about this is reflecting in how I act with other people. So, if you could just lift up a prayer that everything goes alright with this final, I'd be much obliged (sp?).  Thanks!

-Kaylei

so i thought it was time to update again.

nothing is astonishingly new, but just the normal high school dramas of breakups, finals, crushes, and band festivals. we went to two festivals this past week, and we did ok for the most part i guess.  i don't think i'll ever get tired of Fantasies. it's such an amazing piece to play.

we had the mexico mission trip meal sunday night and i'm REALLY looking forward to that now. it's the only thing i'm doing this summer. i'm looking forward to summer, but i'm gonna be bored out of my mind. i desperately need a job, does anyone know a place that's hiring??

man its SO hard liking someone who doesn't live in the same city as you. but could that be a good thing? ha i don't know.

only 3 short weeks till summer!!

 i LOVE these guys.

Ever try to say something else funny about someone else's joke and it ends up coming out really wrong and gross-sounding? When you thought about it in your mind it was really funny but when it came out of your mouth...*word vomit*? Pleh? Yeah. That happened to me at Bible Study. Ugh. I am even annoyed by myself.

the-llama-song.freeonlinegames.com

go there, it's amazing.  lol

other than that, not much going on, i have a soccer game tonite, ill update on that later

this is Amazingly Hillarious!

Ryan

I have made a promise to someone but I have that little feeling that I wont be able to keep it...ok she made me promise something but I implied it as something else so I agreed with it but I scared that I will break it and it will ruin our friendship....
    Im soooo happy me and Will are talking again....Sunday was one of the best days of my life lol

~Karus

"this way >" to break my heart

West Side Story is taking over my life!!!! But its gonna be a great show. Soon I will leave for a 3 to 4 hour practise.

And this is what I will be doing. Sort of. The dancing is fun, the lack of food and sleep is not.

Prom is in 2 days!!! I'm excited out of my mind!!            So, I havn't seen my friend Ben in forever. He is pretty cool and is very encouraging. I so glad I have great friends.

hey,
this band is good
check them out

RYan

It's so weird that in one day it can go so well, then go so wrong, then so well again. And at the end of the day, your not sure what to think.

West Side Story currently owns my soul.

But it's cool.

I didn't need a life anyway.

"That makes you a Puerto Rican tomato -
cha cha cha senorita!"

What's the point of being a leader if you're not going to set an example for everybody?

and I support the Global Night Commute. I think it's a wonderful idea; not only will it raise awareness, it will allow those who participate to get a very small idea as to what the children in Uganda live through every night. Some people don't think it'll help. Maybe it won't, but please don't brand people as being stupid for doing something they believe in.

Hey everyone....

this week has been great..... 2 big things happened this week....

Wed. Night....of course everyone knows what happened last night.... i sang my solo... i gave it my best and left the rest up to god... i think i did pretty well. I was nervous everytime i practiced up stairs like 20 min. before service and then as soon as service started i prayed to god that he would use me and be with me on stage! well it worked... i got on stage and wasn't a bit nervous... i was like i had recieved a sudden ease from god telling me everything was going to be alright... if you were there last night and have any constructive criticizem or complements please post a remark.... thanks bunches oh... and we earned over $3000 it ended up....God is truly Amazing....

the other thing that happened to me this week was on Monday.... there is this guy in my 5th period... Monday my friends Jesse and Andréa decide to tell him i like him.... his name is Seth Rollins.... he is on the Riverdale Soccer Team and is a sophmore.. he's really nice and a good friend. the thing is i think i might actualy like him... i didnt like him at first but theres just something about him.... i just am not sure... but i'm just happy right now its not going anywhere because when they told him i like him....and everyone one who knows me knows that i do not flirt.... i am flirt deficient if you say so i don't know how he could say this... but he said that it was kind of obvious...??? i'm still trying to figure that one out.....

well i will talk to everyone later.....

hugs and more hugs.....

}{Mustard Seed}{

this song, "sugar blue" from elizabethtown, really makes me wanna go on a road trip.

and i'm driving home two hours tomorrow.

and i'm excited.

i just love the drive up and back.

too much fun.

so the goal of today is to pack up all of my clothes except what i know i'm gonna wear next week [ie lotsa jeans and t shirts].

move out thursday afternoon.

and then i'm going home.

and it kinda makes me sad.

but yet i'm sooo excited for the summer.

yep. just call me a ball of emotion...

so i'm gonna pack some more, go pick up some pics and do a little last week food shopping and i'll talk to you all lovely folks later-

<3

jen

I am SO tired. I had a scary and exhausting night last night after church.

And then today is exactly three weeks until graduation. We got our cap and gowns. I'm very excited.

In the scheme of things I am very very very very very tired, overwhelmed, stressed, and busy.

Hope you guys are well.

so i read the prompt wrong for my history final.  i just wrote an 8-page outline on the WRONG QUESTION!  i thought it was asking "if the founding fathers were looking at present-day from 1876, what would they have to say" and what it really was is "if the founding fathers were looking at 1876 from the time when they lived, what would they say"...  so, i got to format/reinstall my outline.  the paper is not going to be nearly as good (i was really excited about it).

the final is a 10-12 page paper...  i've had the prompt since the beginning of the semester and guess what?!  this is the first time i actally read what he meant to say rather than what he said he said... 

My point with my last post about the invisible children was not to chastise anyone for their actions.  I apologize to anyone who is investing their time and effort into this movement who I may have offended.  The point I was attempting to make was one of realism and politics, not of moral doctrine.  I know the verses that speak of caring for those who cannot care for themselves.  I am not ignorant of, nor am I insensitive to these passages.  My point was to try and get the people who are demanding a governmental intervention to count the cost.  Why should we tell our government to do something if we are not willing to do it ourselves.  If this is something that is so important to you, join the Peace Corps or some other internationally affiliated organization and make a change yourself.  But when this nation is in such debt that the Congress had to approve a new debt ceiling of $9 trillion, that's right, trillion, it would be irresponsible and illogical of our government to send enough money and troops to make this problem go away.  We already have a bull's eye on our back, and any involvement, at least uni-laterally, will have nothing buy negative repercussions for this nation.  I am not saying that the people who participate in Saturdays sleep in or out or whatever it is called are stupid and wasting their time.  I am asking them to seriously consider the ramifications of their participation before acting in such a strong manner.

ral

look it's 9:32 and i'm in the middle of my accouting class and i'm on phusebox! but when i tried to get to it from my 4th period it was blocked....something strange is going on here.

I'm  getting very excited about prom....

Call me insensitive if you want but...

How does sleeping in a parking lot solve anything? Bums do it all the time and they're only looked down on so..what's the point?

Maybe there's a better way to fight another "war" we have no place in.

I'm just sayin'...

okay am i the only one who hasnt bought into all the prom hype? Im not going , people are telling me im goin to regret it but something tells me im not going to...anyway i dont really caer maybe im being a bad senior oh well *shrugs* yay friday is tomorrow :D yay for friday and plus we get out early have fun with ur cameras today seniors!!!!

The Dessert Theater last night was a huge success!  All 12 of the Fine Arts entries went GREAT!  Congratualtions to you all!!!  The silent auction (desserts) raised almost $1,000 and we received just over $1,000 in the offering!!!  I can't remember EVER making $2,000 on ANY fundraiser we've ever had. 

Mrs. Beth O'Berry and Mrs. Debi Crabtree are AWESOME!  They did so much to make it happen!  Beth has a grown a phone where her ear used to be!!! 

The techies did a great job too - even with little practice and late notice!  Thanks Chris (J.), Zay, Ken, Kenny and Ryan (most of which will never see this).  Ya'll thank them when you see them!  Without our techies we'd look and sound lame!

See you all in Franklin Friday!  I'm going over early to help with registration so Randy's taking me on the motorcycle!  :o)

i dunno if dat person mad at me or not,,but seems like they mad at me with no reason..n they jst stop talkin' 2 u!!isnt dat anoyin'??sumtimes u jst dunno wat 2 do..even tho' u tried to talk 2 them but they wont say anythin' back 2 u!!i was just tryin 2 b nice 2 them but wat did i get??uuuuuuurrrggggghhhhhhh........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!its so anoyin'!!!!!

cHe

As it was when the Red Rose closed its doors, as it is now. I need another coffee shop. The Grind is gone. Rumors of the 'Rose re-openning have made us all sceptical (especially since these rumors have spread for nearly 2 years now). This Sucks.

this is what i miss

This morning I jumped (ok, staggered) out of bed at 330am, which is my normal wake up time.  Ready, willing, able to go to work ... sort of.  What?  Left turn, right turn, straight ahead?  Which way do I go?  Is this a hash "check it out"?  Hmmm, I'm so confused.

I love my wife.  She is the sauce on my spagetti.  She's the sugar in my kool-aid.  She's the cinnamon on top of my french toast.  Ah yes, she loves to re-arrange furniture.  As I understand it, she "gets bored" with the location of furniture about very 3-4 months .... so she moves everything.  I think this is a woman thing, and might be connected to the stars, moons, and seasons.  BUT, thankfully, similar to Avian Flu, this furniture moving disease hasn't mutated into a "husband changing" disease.

Anyway, WAY BACK in January, Decy decided to rearrange the bedroom.  She, in a sense, rotated everything 90 degrees.  It looked really nice; honestly.  Only problem was the cable to the TV didn't reach .... thus, no TV.  Now, its not that I'm bored in bed with Decy ... its just that once in a while I like to watch CNN and find out if I made any money in the stock market.  Sooooo, we put in a "work order" for our housing compound to attach the cable to the TV.  We waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited ..... are you getting my drift?

Decy went off on vacation to Indonesia, and came back 4 weeks later .... still waiting ... I work on a $2G budget for the company ... and still waiting.  So, I tease Decy the orther day about "why are we waiting?" (sorry, that's a hash thing) ... I think I made her feel guilty - that, or this periodic "woman thing" took over.  You see, I went upstairs to the bedroom, only to find that she had once again moved all the furniture.  Looks kinda nice .... AND the TV and cable can connect.

So tell me, dear readers, did Decy move the furniture because she loved me ... or was I on the lucky side of this woman-thing .... because we all know, the "work order" for connecting the TV to the cable is forever lost in limbo-land.

Oh, BTW, it was a left turn, then a right turn, from the bed to the bathroom (at least from my side)  ... its sooooooo confusing at 330am ....

so. i'm just gonna rant and get out some random thoughts here.
i'm not looking for an arguement. these are simply my views. my thoughts. my fears. you know. that sort of thing.

i'm supposed to be studying for a history test but instead the topic of religion rests heavily on my mind.  i went to church tonight. and some of the things they said really made sense. but. church terrifies me. because i know what i've done. some i am not proud of. but. i don't regret it? is that even humanly possible? i don't regret it because to me it is part of growing up. and if given the chance to rewind and do it all over. i wouldn't change anything. i feel as though that makes me a bad person. and the fact that i feel as though i cannot live up to the "Christian" life style just. haunts me.  because. do i call myself a Christian? i believe in God, yes. but. i cuss. occasionally. sometimes more than occasionally. and. a friend was talking about religion and so forth one day at lunch and he asked the question if religious people and "church" people are supposed to be so godly etc. then why are people like cortney, that claim to be godly and whatnot, so mean and hateful.  now. i must admit that i am like that. but. its the persona that everyone has given me and i feel like. i can live up to that. like. they don't set high expectations for me so i don't have much to reach for. at the same time. i feel like there is this whole other person living somewhere deep inside of me that is just screaming to be let go.  and. i guess i just don't see myself as everyone else sees me because i can always find something wrong with me. and. considering my past experience with boys. i just. i have to wonder what is so wrong with me? why am i not dateable? which brings me back full circle to my religion question. if i get things "straight" with God and trust him and what not. then will everything fall into place? and what if it doesn't? i hate being alone. i'm quite terrified of it to be honest. so. what if i become this good person and whatever and i am still alone. i have this fear of just. being alone. i like having someone there and i like knowing that someone thinks highly of me and wants to be with me. but. it seems as though everytime i find someone that thinks this, or feels this way. i either, don't feel the same back, or i do feel the same back and they turn around and screw me over and mess with my head and get me to fall for them and i end up hurt in the long run.  i'm scared of getting close to anyone. which is partly why i have to put on this whole. "act". because i don't want anyone to get close to me. i'm to scared of getting hurt. and i feel like. if i am honest with everyone that just. makes me vunerable. and i can't take that. i'm not emotionally stable enough to be torn down like that again. i am still recovering from my broken heart.  and i'm just. scared i'll never find anyone like him again. i love him. i know i do. i always will. so. how is it fair to anyone else for me to be with them while i am in love with justin? how is this fair to me? that he can control me like this without knowing it and. i don't cross his mind once.  i have also discovered i have a severe problem with. loving myself. because i do not believe that i am good enough. and when i do something. i have to be the best. or else. i feel like a failure. a complete failure. i don't freaking know anymore. oh god. i just. i want someone to explain some of these things to me.

anyways. i'm completely done now.
if you want to respond. go ahead.
but. that's that.


sorry if i sounded arrogant. or anything.
sorry if you disagree.
but. i cannot apologize for how i feel.


thanks for listening.<3

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Speak for the man who has no voice,

Seek for the man who is blind,

Listen for the man who is deaf,

Drink for the man who is hungry,

Walk, NO! Sprint for the man who has no legs,

Praise the man who is your Father.

For that is our life, now AND FOREVER!

May his children unite as ONE, and give praise to the only ONE. 

May we seek only his face, and be blinded by the world. 

FOR HE IS FOREVER, NEVER ENDING, EVERLASTING.  THANK YOU FATHER. 

   Hey yall!! wuz  up? man im tired. we had our rine arts rehershal- preformence 4 our church. it was great. everyone who reads this should listen 2 the song by casting crows called does any body hear her. it is an amazing song. well i g2g! love yall!!


                     ~*~Cami~*~                    

so i saw invisible children for the 5th time tonight!!

its such an amazing movie.

each time i was it i gain new insight.


ever since i saw at sarah crane's for the second time.

me and kels brought the movie back to the boro

and have been showing it all over the place.


i'm showing it at my house tomorrow night!

i'm so excited!!


i can not wait til global night commute. i am so pumped!

we're gonna make it difference!

we're gonna have national media attention.


this is just amazing. God is just amazing!

So, I believe we should have a new rule.  Or rather, reinstate an old rule.  A very common sense rule, really.  Or so I thought:

If you're not going to bathe, don't wear sleeveless shirts.

Apparently, this is not common sense, as people do it.  Of course, the people who do it (at least the one today) has yet to demonstrate to me, or anyone for that matter, that he does indeed possess said sense held by the common folk.  As I left the Honors Lounge this afternoon, it was not in a state of bliss at the thought of going home.  No, no.  It was in a state of asphyxiation. 

I feel that I'm being very nice about this.  I'm even willing to compromise.  Note that the rule does not say, "Thou shalt bathe."  Perhaps these people are unable to do so.  Perhaps their showers are broken, their bathtubs have holes in them, they do not possess memberships to their local YMCA, and the creek near their home has recently dried up.  Whatever the cause, I shall graciously allow them their lack of soap time.  I maintain that if they are not going to be able to meet the requisite amount of time with their favorite brand of cleanser that they should stay home.  However, perhaps they have to go out.  Maybe to pay their water bill, God willing.  If, however, they feel that they must indeed enter the world of the hygenically competent, then they must not--repeat, not--wear sleeveless shirts.

Twitch.

I am on top of the pansy faces in the world. Why can I talk about anything and the most random, pointless things, but when I am in the same room as the guy I like, I am the quietest one in there? Geez! I am a huge pansy face!

I have a 123 in English. Score.

Hello everyone. Band contest at Austin Peay. Hopefully do good. Ready for this week to be over. but anyway. anything new?

DOWN WITH

tha other place!!!!!!!!!!

West Side Story Began for us backstage kids.
I'm getting soooo friggin aggrivated by it.
I just wish everyone would be professional about it,
for maybe 2 seconds; just enough for us to get through the first part of learning it. but everyone's just goofing off,
and I mean i wanna have fun,
but you have to get the general part down.
and you can't do that by goofing off the whole time.
ahh sorry i'm ranting.
So the Cast is being pretty cool.
Well, to me atleast.
Seems as if a few of the backstage people
aggrivate them to the highest extent.
but it's gonna happen with all those people.
I had a really bad anxiety attack tonight too,
plus, the lack of sleep is getting at me,
and the fact i haven't eatin much today doesn't help.
But i think tonight was like the going up the hill,
it sucked major and once everything gets situated,
it'll be real cool and everything.
like the over the hill thing..heck it is hump day..lol
Ohh well. sorry for all the ranting,
but that's what these things are for right?
well not to rant but write how you feel or something..lol
nothing else is really going on.
West Side Story through next next week.
My braces come off in...5 DAYS.
that is right kids...they are gone{well almost}
heh. yep yep yep.
Report card was okay. I made a D in Geometry,
but what do you expect?
C.A.P.E Saturday
at 9:30. I'm sooooo excited.
and i think after WSS i will be volunteering at Vandi.
I love to volunteer, it makes me happy to know i can help people=)
Well guys;
i'll stop the whining and everything.
have a grrrrrrreat night and rest of the week.

Mommy and Daddy put me in these funny pants today.  Luckily, I have learned how to remove them.  Imagine their surprise when they went to retrieve me from my sleeptuary to find me pantless.  I have also spent much of the day removing and chewing on my hat, which Mommy and Daddy demand I wear when it is cold and wet or warm and sunny outside.  But my iron will prevailed, and the hat spent most of the day in the diaper bag.

Today, I experienced failure.  Victory was within my 8" reach, within my very hand, but I failed.  I had devised a clever - nay, ingenious plan to get my first taste of adult candy.  Phase I went well.  The box of easter candy hitting the floor, providing adequate candy dispersion.  Phase II was very well executed.  I managed to tuck one jelly bean under my leg while hurriedly shoving another into my mouth.  As expected, Daddy saw the one I was eating, and quickly removed it.  That is when I made my fatal mistake.  Had I waited just 5 more seconds, Daddy would have looked away, and I could have feasted on the second bean.  But no.  I was overtaken with passion, my desire burning as a fever.  When I could resist no longer, I extracted the second bean and bit violently, its sweet flavor dancing across my tongue.  But it was short lived.  Before I could even determine the flavor (sweet potato or green bean?), Daddy saw my stolen sweet, and took it.  Alas.  It was truly great.  I still mourn, but 'tis better to have tasted and lost.

I hate setting myself up for something and then being completly let down..... I was looking foward to seeing a certain friend tonight so after jumping my car off cause i left the headlights on i rushed home..only to find he wasn't there..and he never showed up....I haven't been this hurt in a while

La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la

The night I laid my eyes on you
I felt everything around me move
Got nervous when you looked my way
But you knew all the words to say

And your love slowly moved right in
All this time, oh my love, where you been

Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet

I'm mesmerised in every way
You keep me in a state of daze
Your kisses make my skin feel weak
Always melting in your heat

Then I sore like a bird in the wind
Oh I glide like I'm flying through heaven

Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet

Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet

La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la

Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet

Mi amore
Don't you know
My love I want you so
Sugar
You make my soul complete
Rapture tastes so sweet

La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La
La la la la la la
La la la la la la

(La la la la la la)
(La la la la la la)

there's this army in Uganda, Africa
called the Lord's Resistance Army that has this leader who thinks he's
God...he abducts thousands of children everyday & not only trains
& brainwashes them to fight in his war, but also uses them as sex
slaves. there are some shelters in Africa that these children go to
every night to hide from these warriors that come & abduct them.
they walk up to five miles (2 hours every night) & cram themselves
in these tiny shelters basically fearing that they're gonna die any
minute...

these three college guys found out about it &
decided to go to Uganda & make a documentary about it...they put
together this thing called the "invisible children" because nobody
really cares about these kids & kinda overlook them like they're
invisible. they have bracelets and newsletters to try & raise money
for this cause.

this Saturday they are holding a walk in 130
cities around America...if we get 75,000 people signed up for this
walk, the USA's government will do something about it.

it's this
Saturday (April 29th) & the closest place near us is in Franklin.
we meet at the Target in Franklin (by Cool Springs Mall) & walk
five miles to the People's Church & camp out there for the night
simulating what the children do every night sort of like a wake up call
for our government.

Be there.
sign up at www.invisiblechildren.com
spread the word. ya heard?

I blog on this for 2 reasons:

1) it's toward the end of the school year, and as much as my students think they want to be free, it could never compare to how much I wish I didn't have to grade papers or write lesson plans...

2) I need freedom.  I thought I was free from some things, or rather, I am free from those things, but I still have a hard time claiming it.  I don't know how to.  The scars that were healing may have never healed.  They were just covered by really good bandages.  But then the bandages came off and the wounds were exposed, and I found myself buckling from the pain rather than facing it.  Instead of fighting my foe, I had him for coffee and donuts. (Could I use any more analogies?)

So here I go again.  Starting over. Again.  God, help me.

I've had so many different thoughts and feelings and emotions these past few days. Yesterday and Sunday were both very hard days for me to get through, but I have survived this week thus far. Today was the last day of classes for us folks at MTSU, and it's a nice feeling. I am so thankful because I only have two final exams, but of course they are in my two hardest classes, and in the two classes that I'm concerned about (classes that I could get an A or B in, largely depending on how I do the final.)

So yes, if anyone wishes to hold a prayer vigil for Wednesday's EMC final of doom and for Thursday's history final of even greater doom feel free to.

I also just dropped my summer Orientation to Art class and added Intro to Music. I think I'll like it more.

This summer I want to: read books, write, and make music videos and/or movies.

im hooked on Where Does the Good Go? by Tegan and Sara....again...for the third time.

"Look me in the eye and tell me you don't find me attractive.
Look me in the heart and tell me you won't go.
Look me in the eye and promise no love's like our love.
Look me in the heart and un break broken, it won't happen."

i love music.

I can finally update. I am using my friend Tashina's computer. I have been hanging out with a few MTSU students lately. I'm glad I met them. They are so much more mature than the other people I used to hang out with. I got my NO2 kits in the other day but have yet to have time to put them on. I had to move my car to a buddy of mine's shop to appease my neighbors. They were complaining about the noise of the engine. Nothing much has been going on of late. I found the J.T.H.M. shirt I have craved for years and completed the Invader Zim dvd collection. I bought Kingdom Hearts 2 and am almost done with it. It's slightly annoying at times but overall a great game. I have been weaning myself off of caring for a relationship. I have just been hanging out, not giving a damn about most things. It is a great existence. A hell of a lot less stress. I wish all my friends the best of luck with graduation soon and hope they succeed in life, whereever it may take them.

You got to leave me now, you got to go alone
You got to chase a dream, one that's all your own
Before it slips away
When you're flyin' high, take my heart along
I'll be the harmony to every lonely song
That you learn to play

When you're soarin' through the air
I'll be your solid ground
Take every chance you dare
I'll still be there
When you come back down
When you come back down

I'll keep lookin' up awaitin' your return

My greatest fear will be that you will crash and burn
And I won't feel your fire

I'll be the other hand that always holds the line
Connectin' in between your sweet heart and mine
I'm strung out on that wire

And I'll be on the other end
To hear you when you call
Angel, you were born to fly
And if you get too high
I'll catch you when you fall
I'll catch you when you fall

Your memory's the sunshine every new day brings
I know the sky is calling.
..........................................................................................


well...4th day being sick and i feel so gross. im sick of laying in bed.. BUT..

i have rediscovered that i have the worlds best - best friend forever and ever (BFFAE..ha:-))

Emily Windham brought me lilies today.. i think they make me feel better than the medicine does..

if you didnt hear about it...invisible children was on Oprah today...the three guys that went to Uganda were on the show..it was awesome...if you dont have anything going on this weekend..make sure you go to invisiblechildren.com and get involved in the Global Night Commute in Franklin..we will be meeting at the target in the cool springs area saturday the 29th at 8..

love-kels

there's this army in Uganda, Africa called the Lord's Resistance Army that has this leader who thinks he's God...he abducts thousands of children everyday & not only trains & brainwashes them to fight in his war, but also uses them as sex slaves. there are some shelters in Africa that these children go to every night to hide from these warriors that come & abduct them. they walk up to five miles (2 hours every night) & cram themselves in these tiny shelters basically fearing that they're gonna die any minute...

these three college guys found out about it & decided to go to Uganda & make a documentary about it...they put together this thing called the "invisible children" because nobody really cares about these kids & kinda overlook them like they're invisible. they have bracelets and newsletters to try & raise money for this cause.

this Saturday they are holding a walk in 130 cities around America...if we get 75,000 people signed up for this walk, the USA's government will do something about it.

it's this Saturday (April 29th) & the closest place near us is in Franklin. we meet at the Target in Franklin (by Cool Springs Mall) & walk five miles to the People's Church & camp out there for the night simulating what the children do every night sort of like a wake up call for our government.

Be there.
sign up at www.invisiblechildren.com
spread the word. ya heard?

Anybody's elses life going about 100 miles per hour right now???????????? 

Sometimes it seems as if lie cannot get any deeper. Then the next thing you know you are sitting on a swing with you bestfriend talking about life and death. The deep conversations will never get old. I think that this is one of the best gifts of friendship... sharing your life and your past without any worries of what they are thinking. These are the moments that will be teasured forever.

last day of classes, bitches!

How far away one can seem,
When sitting under shoulder,
though you smile when you look at me,
in your eyes are all the tales,
and in your hugs, i feel,
the limpness of your arms....

what happened to all those days?
where we went through, as one,
with our caring friendship...
i do so miss it so
I'm left here to sit here with you,
wondering where you've gone....

I am sooooo NOT ready for tonight!!!!

prom is in 3 days wootwoot im so excited and i know ive said that before but the closer it gets the more excited i get lol im weird im sorry i just know that im gonna have fun and i have nothing to worry about going wrong so yippee and other than prom nothing trememdously exciting has happened in the last few weeks seriously not much i only have 9 days left of school and graduation is on the 20th yeah so neway im gonna go now ill be back later love yall

Edith

And so, what to write about tonite?  Decy says I should write about something that has me excited.  So, I decided to blog on this Sat's hash ... and to upload some pics/other about Sat. BUT, cannot  ... bummer.

What's special about Sat? Well this is our 2nd "Kids Hash". So what?  Well, hashing is very much an adult activity. But, in Luanda there are very few "family things".  So, after many "issues" in 2002, 2003, and 2004, we moved the hash ever so slowly towards "family friendly".  That's been a challenge. We have lost people ... and we have gained families. BUT, we have followed our heart.

Last Sept we had our 1st Kids Hash. Normally, we run 60-80 folks.  100 is good. 120 is wowzer.  Well, last Sept .... we ran 250 ... yep ! what a surprise.  And so, we are gearing up for our 2nd Kids Hash ... don't know how it will go ... but we are getting lots of buzz (like an internet site) ... we hear that many groups are coming in droves .... could we have 250 again? 350? 450? 600?  Can you imagine 500 people running/ walking on a hash.  Hard to think about it.  But, we are gearing up .... we have 550 specially designed t-shirts (from Decy) being delivered on Thursday .... we have some 15-20 coolers of sodas, water, & beer coming ... we have tons of kool-aid queueing up ... we have 600 chupa-chupa suckers being bought ... we have boy/girl scouts by the dozens coming to sell cookies and brownies .... stay tuned.  I am hyped up about this ... sure beats herding cats and putting bumble bees in your pocket !!!!

hahhaha....my class is da smallest class in our skool,,its only 8 ppl with 1 guys n 7 girls=D.....n da new girl is so girlie girl she so OMG girl....she uses OMG in evry senteces........gggeeezzzz....!!!but shame....shes nice tho'!!neways....i've got lotta things2 do 4 nxt week...i hv persentation comin' up bout geothermal energy 4 humanities class (T.T)" which is my my fav. subject!!(yea..rite) lotta ppl knw y!its funny lotta students fell a sleep during mr. groenink's class(humanities n TOK teacher)....

cHe

I'm supposed to be writing one of three papers right now, but Andrew is playing music with some friends from his new job tonight so there's no rush to get home.

There's some news - Andrew now works for the Hot Topic Distribution Center. The money is better, but I feel like I never get to see him anymore. He's always working or delirious from sleep deprivation. But oh well. He'll get adjusted soon, hopefully.

Monday is my last day of school, and while I have a shit ton of stuff to do before then, I'm still very excited. And I'm actually interested in the topics I chose for my papers.

A friend burned me a copy of the new Tool CD. It's amazing. Absolutely amazing.

That's all for now. Farewell.

so most of you kno by now

if not your dumb lol

JESSiCA && CHRiSTOPHER

4*25*06

=]

so im pretty much excited

four pages left.

still.

i'm gonna have to actually research a little on this.

oh goody.

just gotta be done by 5:30.

and totally beg my teacher to take it if i bring it tom., prob.

i actually am only doing it b/c i fear if i don't then i'm gonna have to go home. and we don't want that.

so i'm off to find facts about divorce. oh yay.

<3

jen

[np- michael buble- "quando, quando, quando"]

I'm so totally addicted to Sudoku now. I know a bunch of people who really like it and I finally decided to try it. It's actually really fun.

So, upon receipt of our cable bill this month, I proceeded to turn red in the face and sputter in anger.  $100 for cable internet and 70 channels!  HIGHWAY ROBBERY!  Josh and I immediately started thinking about changing our service to another company, perhaps satellite TV and DSL.  Upon inspection, each of those plans would also cost us $100 or more all together, so I muttered and glared at Charter's website to find a cheaper alternative.

There it was... a shining beacon of happiness and value:  Digital Cable (260 channels) on the main TV, plus better, faster, stronger internet for a measly $70/month.  One tier of our choice is included, such as the Movie tier.  (Too bad they don't have a "You're addicted to the History and National Geographic Channels, so here are 20 more like them" tier.)  Not only that, but unlike the satellite TV where we would have to pay an additional fee for each additional TV, we can still have extended cable service on the other TVs for no additional charge.  I called Charter to ask them if we were eligible and what the rate after the introductory period would be.  The angel on the line informed me that, yes, indeed, we are eligible and after the first six months, it will be $72/month.  Josh and I were quite confused as to how this incredibly better package would cost us less per month.  The operator calmly informed me that it was not, in fact, a miracle sent from Heaven, but it was "the reward you get for doing your homework."  Apparently, they frequently have good deals listed on their website which they will also give you if you call them, but they just won't tell you.  You have to ask for it. 

So, on Friday a lovely person will come and install the digital cable box and make me smile.  I love the taste of a better deal in the afternoon.

prom and the last day of school at nardin is this friday.

party hard.

Well, I've joined the big world of the "phusebox".  But, I think I need help.  I feel totally lost is this vast place they call the internet.  First I will need to get some lovely pictures to make by box look nice. So until then please excuse the mess.

Phusebox sucks!!

Its really not a big deal but my pictures were published in a NYC publication this week...

 

Senior night = rocking out.
-- Weird inflatable obstacle course thing.  "There's TWO ledges?!  *Feral-cat leap*  *War cry*  AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!"
-- Strange dancing.  But fun.
-- Free food.  Quality irrelevent.
-- HALO 2 in Mr. Hanson's room.  I ran through a massive battle, jumping and spinning in circles and shooting simultaneously, survived, only to fall off the never-ending cliff.  It's almost like respawning three times in a row in front of the same tank, driven by the same person.
-- Not checking in until noon today.

Yesssssssssssssss.

So I went to talk to Mrs. Noblin's 4th grade class at Christiana Elementary about poetry.  Daaaang, those kids got into it.  It was exciting.  We talked for about an hour.  Kids got up to read.  They had me read my stuff, Dorothy Parker, Shakespeare, and Robert Frost.  Good times.  I got two cards, some candy, and a neck rub out of the deal.  The children were really awesome, though, and not just because of the massage.  It was phenomenal to see them get so into poetry and literature.  Makes me feel better about the future generation.

And then I almost hit a prepubescent peacock driving home.

Stupid birds.  I do not gently apply breaks so you can run out before me at the last second and cause me to skid yards avoiding your sorry tail.  I do it so you can run away from the road in fear of the behemoth bearing down upon you.

Skid-skid-skid.

Come to the Renaissance faire, opening May 6th.

Skid-skid-ski.

THEY SO JUST UNBLOCKED PHUSEBOX FROM SCHOOL!

So I need to update more probably....

Anyways, let's just say that my birthday was pretty special :)  My parents and sister came to Nashville and took me and my four gal friends out to eat at Kobe's steakhouse. It was sooo good, and they had green tea ice cream.  After Kobe's, me and the KTs and Heather went to go play with sidewalk chalk and take pictures. I dunno why, but I can't seem to upload them on here, but they're on my facebook so yeah, go check them out there.  We stayed out really late, but it was still one of the best birthdays I have ever had. 

 Today is the last day of classes for me, and we have Study Day tomorrow, and then thus starts the FINALS!!! aaah, wish me luck. I wish all of you luck on your exams too :)

Hope you all have a great rest of the week! <3

So yesterday in my READ class (you know, the one I super hate!) our professor "reminded" us that our final exam is not next Tuesday like it says on the schedule, but in fact this Thursday.  THIS Thursday.  I hyperventilated briefly, then remembered that I've only lost about 10 points the entire semester.  I was comforted even more when Dr. Alfred told us what would be on the exam.  According to the syllabus, by this point, we should have covered chapters 6-8 and 13 in one text and chapters 3-6 or something like that in another text.  That's a lot to study on short notice.  It won't be so bad, though, since we've only covered chapter 5 since the midterm.  Yeah, that's right.  Half of a semester = 1 chapter.

Don't worry - the baby is still cute.

I have to preform my solo tonight... ick... before that I have to bake for the fund-raiser and possibly do service hours (and practice my human video)...

Isn't she a beautiful girl? She is a wonderful friend as well... I have good friends :-)

trying to write something stirring up by someone's essay, even though nothing rather special to say.
   feeling a little bit disspointed by someone by finding out that he is not that a true believer as i was expecting( i may be put into a situation of JUDGING). well, but that is good anyway. experiencing life doesn't have to mean that you will meet everything within your expectation but something that cause you to meditate may bring you a lot more than "benefit".


   having coworking with someone for a time, during which full of compliments, of course, encouragement we can say to some extent, it is so curel then to turn out that some of the "flattering" may due to some reasons. surely, nothing occured to us without God's gracious will, but i still feel a little bit shock and discouraged anyway. not in the prosperous time as before any more, i am so grateful to find that it is such a blessing to be able to think about everything without any involvement of any "motives".in the time of thinking freedom as now i have, i now learn to know that no matter in what kind of situation you are brought in, the only one that you can trust is God. Leaing a fellowship may bring you all the glory in your face, though, you need to stand firmly without scattering by any of the worldlily words, of which may please you or discourage you. ok, so now i am wondering for how many years will God train one to become "his suitable vessel"? looking at some leaders' weakness, his  handsome faces may not be that way any more but can only hurt you stumble you.
   well, thinking about my carreer of "being a leader" during the three years: have i not become a block of somebody? have my smiles felt disgusted? the answer may be "yes" sometimes. that's why i have been trying all the ways to think that which group would be suitable for you. in the idea of "envioronment shapes a person", i now have to surrender that idea that we could not conquer the envionronment! such ideas may be a sarcastic for the ambitious ones, however, after battering with so many times of failure, i then found out that the only way to keep yourself holy is to stay away from evil, just don't be close to them. if it had to be, then remember to look at God's face.

   well, then come back to the topic now. how do you get out of the disappointment when things turn out to be such a shocking unexpectedly discouragement to you?  falling down?  definitely no! one of the solutions i can offer is that trust that" it is the lessons you have to learn on the way you grow up". alright now, feeling in this way, i began to balance in my mind instead of full of complaints all the time. he may be a good coworker with someone else, but not good to me maybe? it may true. the belief of "no one is perfect" actually helps one to own more tolerance and patience, and to shape oneself better to learn to see the "light" from others rather than "the darkness". ok. so this is a wonderful lesson for you and for me to learn. guys, go together, keep smiles always! Thanks to our great Saviour!

Ha, while concentrating on my website, Recklessmortal.com I pretty much forgot about my phusebox.

Fine Arts-
I'm doing a solo, a large ensemble, a duet, and chior.

Man I hope I go to nationals this year…. If I don't I think I might cry or somethin….It's my last year, my last Fine Arts trip. My solo is better this year (I think) so maybe it will advance.

Acid Reflux- Still burns, I guess I'll be talking to a surgeon unless something changes

Job- Still at DQ Grill & Chill. I'm getting enough hours where I have a decent money supply right now.

School- I'm stoked about going to LEE. It's gonna rock. I just have to hold out for 3 more weeks of boredome.

That's about it
Toodles