oh phoey




pft.

2 hours of my senior year of high school

is all i have experienced.

but..

i'm done.

can i please skip out on the rest of the this year.?

    HEY

ugh life...  BAH


Ecuador was good stuff. i have pictures up on myspace and facebook. but way too lazy to put them on here..

been playing a lot of tennis. very enjoyable

ultimate frisbee tonight at church!! : )

friday i leave for Northern Ireland, another mission trip : ) but i'm really not looking forward to another long plane ride. Delta made the flight to Ecuador insanely awful.. hate hate hate delta. this time i'm flying u.s. scareways. doubtful it'll be much better.

used to enjoy flying. life happened. and i got a.d.d.


then when i get back on the 23rd.
july 24-25:: ::lake day with my church and the KELSEY is coming.
first time we'll really get to hang out without having to elude the gov. school officials. + tubing + jumping off houseboats + trying to avoid sunburn as my senior pics commence two days later.. eeeee

whats not to like?

good bye family

this is Kelsey Shearron... and i am the very concerned friend of dear emily windham...

if you havent heard shes been forced to go to a Nazi camp held at MTSU for the remander of the week! (aka GIRLS STATE)

first you must understand that emily DOES NOT like her own sex at all ...she does not understand the concept of make-up or girl talk or socializing or the color pink

two, you must know.. there isnt a drop of testosterone in this Nazi camp

three, if you know em...you know that singing and politics are NOT her thing at all! emily cannot carry a tune...she doesnt enjoy singing in front of large groups of shiny clean barbie-like girls and she most definitely does not want to sit in a meeting all day discussing the means of politics!

she asked me to also inform you that she has forgotten the sweet feeling of what summer is supposed to be like and can no longer remember what a computer looks like....

pray hard kids!

love-kels

class of 06,

don't leave me with 07.
i don't like them.

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!

NASHILLE  4, SAN JOSE  3

Series: Nashville 1, San Jose 0

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Nashville Predators signed Paul Kariya to boost their postseason hopes. He showed them just how effective he can be when it matters most.

Adam Hall scored the go-ahead goal at 12:06 of the third period by
redirecting a shot by Kariya, who assisted on all four of Nashville's
power-play goals. That carried the Predators to a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday in the opener of the first-round Western Conference series.

"Anytime your best player gets on the scoreboard, you usually do win," Predators center Mike Sillinger said of Kariya.

"He finds a way to pick up points, and that's what your best players have to do to be successful. He makes great plays. He's got great speed, great vision. He's a scorer, he's a passer."

Game 2 is Sunday afternoon in Nashville.

"It's a good start for us," said Kariya, who has 11 points in his last
four games. "It's going to be a long series. That's a great hockey club over there. Our power play was clicking tonight, and (Chris Mason) Mase played very well and managed to get the win."

I got to find some way to get to the game on Sunday!

I love this man! An assist on all 4 goals. What a beast!

Learn more at InvisibleChildren.com. Save the children. End the War. 

i leave tomorrow morning for northern ireland.

wow. can't believe this trip is finally here.

i know God is going to move in ways i can't even imagine.

i'm so excited about that.


i would really appreciate your prayers.

i'm kind of nervous about this trip.

i know God is in control and will take total care of me and my group.

i guess i'm just nervous about things like sharing my testimony.



well i need to get back to packing.

i'm just so A.D.D. i'm having trouble focusing.

i hope everyone has a wonderful and safe spring break.

i get back saturday night. talk to ya'll then.

You are bread where there is hunger
In the desert You are thunder
You are all we need, all we need
You are peace where men would riot
In the turmoil there is quiet
You are all we need, all we need

I want the world to know
There is one shining hope
I want the world to know You

To the broken You bring healing
To the heart of stone revealing
You are all we need, all we need
You are friendship to the lonely
The forever one and only
You are all we need, all we need

I want the world to know
The story must be told
I want the world to know the Truth
I want the world to know
There is one shining hope
I want the world to know You

You are love where there is hatred
You are life and You are sacred
You are all we need, all we need

I want the world to know
The story must be told
I want the world to know the Truth
I want the world to know
There is one shining hope
I want the world to know You



so God showed me the theme song for my Northern Ireland mission trip today in the service..

only 5 days away!!!



i'm so busy..

and such a mess.

here's some more pics but i think some more will be coming shortly..

getting presented w/ tucker

with sam (just back from Ecuador) and laura (visiting from Illinois)

me and the bffae (ha..)

my world is in disarray.. my kitchen is completely destroyed b/c we're redoing it.. its gonna look amazing.. but for now.. how does one function without a kitchen?!.. i have to go to the bathroom to even get a drink of water..

more pics to come..

so i got a 97 on the asvab military test thing.
you only have to get like a 30ish to go into the navy or marines
you have to get at least an 85 to be able to work with nuclear weapons.

i'm gonna join the military and blow things up!

formal is tomorrow.. should be interesting.
i'm really not in to the whole getting dressed up and dancing thing.
but eh.. i'm sure it'll be cool.

however;;;
    my mom, brother, his roommate, and sam get home from Ecuador tomorrow!
    i'm really excited about that. i've missed them!!!

well dang. its been a month.

i'd kill for some belle and sebastion right now.

What if you're right
He was just another nice guy
What if you're right
What if it's true
They say the cross will only make a fool of you
And what if it's true

What if He takes His place in history
With all the prophets and the kings
Who taught us love, and came in peace
But then the story ends
What then

But what if you're wrong
What if there's more
What if there's hope
You never dreamed of hoping for
What if you jump
Just close your eyes
What if the arms that catch you
Catch you by surprise
What if He's more than enough
What if it's love

What if you dig
Way down deeper than your simple-minded friends
What if you dig
What if you find
A thousand more unanswered questions down inside
That's all you find

What if you pick apart the logic
And begin to poke the holes
What if the crown of thorns is no more than fokelore that must be told
And retold

But what if you're wrong
What if there's more
What if there's hope
You never dreamed of hoping for
What if you jump
Just close your eyes
What if the arms that catch you
Catch you by surprise
What if He's more than enough
What if it's love

'Cause you've been running as fast as you can
You've been looking for a place you can land
For so long
But what if you're wrong

What if you jump
Just close your eyes
What if the arms that catch you, catch you by surprise
What if He's more than enough
What if it's love

What if it's love

have a great week!

so i got a question..
 lets suppose you are cleaning your parents bathroom, listening to your ipod. you have no idea that your older brother is randomly home. you exit the bathroom holding a bottle of windex. he jumps out and screams. in fright you scream and drop the windex unknowlingly. you tackle your brother. throw him on the bed. beat him and yell alot. you then go eat supper with your brother and family. come back to the bathroom. see the windex on the carpet. pick it up. and realize it has leaked all over parent's bedroom carpet. you soaked it up w/ a towel and put resolve carpet cleaner on it. however the next day you realize there is this big dull blue spot on the carpet.

so.. would this be your fault? or your brother's?

my mom hasn't notice yet somehow. but its just looming there waiting for her to discover it. this won't be pretty.

on another note.
i asked someone to formal!
it took a heck of a lot of deliberation.
as i went back and forth on several guys.
got super close to asking like 3 other people.
but my final choice was a mcfadden alumnus, tucker netherton!
i figure its a good choice
since i will probably spend the entire night
with other mcfadden alumni, kelsey and josh.

i think i'm going dress shopping tomorrow. ugh. not exactly my thing.

one final note.
kacie brewer rocks!
she saved my butt today through chips, salsa and the buddy system.
no need for explanation.

have a good weekend!

the best senior class ever.
i love these guys so much.
i don't think they realize how much i and everyone else in the youth group looks up to them.
its going to be incredibly hard to let them go.

the best youth group ever.
so big. and i love it. gosh i love them all!

PREDATORS JUST BEAT THE RED WINGS!!
are you pumped?! better be pumped!
i'm pumped!

haha and yes sarah, how could i forget?!
Funky Cherries!
People actually noticed my experimental random red streak of hair today..
i wonder how long it will last hah..

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Winter Camp was amazing!

I love my youth group so much!

The worship was increbible!

oh and I am a beast at four square.

at camp, i played it an insane amount.

i want to make a four square league.

interested?

well dang. here i am.
here's some photos from today.

there.

maybe a update later.. but sleep for now..

doop do do do do

life is good?

hmm random december pictures? i think so.

the cc banquet pretty fun night.

my brother, the firefighter, in the christmas parade.

my family on Christmas.
every year we do these things called cracker-you pull them and they pop open.. and inside are crowns and toys and fortunes

family picture. me and stephen aren't holding hands hah. he was hitting, i was blocking, then the flash went off and we had to look nice.

me and kelsey at the ICE!

can you believe that thing is ICE?! i couldn't either.

So my Christmas was amazing!! i love my family soo much!
lol me and my brother passed the afternoon watching aquateen hunger force hah..
but yeah it was a lovely lovely day.

then lately i've been hanging with the kelsey of course. : )

yesterday we de-wallpapered my house. we started at noon and didn't finished til past 10! it was crazy hard work.. but gangsta rap helped us stay focused. but yeah did i mention it was hard work? crazy hard? we did a two story wall on my stairs plus a big hallway. but the stairs was a beast to get done. but we did it! and we're proud.

so then today my dad took us to ICE! at opry mills.. it was colllld but amazing! very awe inspiring.
then me and kelsey went to opry mills and had the best shopping experience ever. you have no idea!

then  most nights this week have been spent watching bill murray movies with kelsey and josh. pretty fun.

Have a Great New Year's!
I want to tell everyone to be SAFE!
but that might be asking too much?

oh did i mention my ipod is messed up?! yeah it is. and i'm going to kill somebody.

oh and i love the legends. amazing band. listen to them. no regrets.

Guess who just order their BLACK VIDEO 30GB IPOD!!! :)!!!!

Dear God,

Let it SNOW!!!

Thanks!
Love,
Emily

heyyy its me and my baby!

areas where i am trying to improve my self discipline:
1. doing homework, studying, and not procrastinating.
2. running or doing weights at the Y.
3. getting more sleep.

lets say i'm failing miserably in all three.

so i wanna do a little blurb on honesty:
one of the reasons i hate high school is the relationships. not just dating, but friendships too. friendships, dating, everything would be so much more enjoyable if everyone would be straight up with each other. i'm not saying be brutally honest. some people just use honesty as an excuse to be a jerk. but i have this friend, kelsey, we've been best friends for 5 years. we have such an awesome relationship because we are totally honest with each other. if i'm messing up, the she'll call me out. she's my accountability partner and she helps keep me in line. i just hate when people, esspecially girls play games. i hate manipulative people. all my relationships are so much better when honesty is the foundation.. i just wish people would always be more open. just say straight up where they stand.

so i've felt sick all week. been in some rotten moods. esspecially in 5th P..

going to Chuck E. Cheese tomorrow for the CC banquet. should be interesting.. haven't been with all the guys in a while..

Have I mentioned how much I love God lately? He's just.. incredible..

I know I know. I have the coolest Christmas lights ever!!

(blurry) they are just so awesome i wanna leave them up all year!!

i used to be good at updating..

i think a list of random thoughts will suffice:

1.  thanksgiving break was too short.
2.  the Annie soundtrack is fantastic to listen to while cleaning
3.  i love going to the MTSU girls' basketball games. i went to 3 last week. i feel like i know them.. like strengths and weaknesses.
4.  kelsey shearron benched me. i'm relieved.
5.  i wish the kings would move back to the boro!
6.  my dog is getting fat. i need to execise her bad.
7.  i need to run. i can't get outta shape. i'll never get back in.
8.  kacie introduced me to a gobstopper candy cane. it was incredible.
9.  i wrote my penpal at riverdale today for spanish class. told him i was thrilled about riverdale losing!
10.i love Christmas music.
11.me and kelsey are going to the jason mraz concert!!
12.for Christmas, I want a camera and an editing system for my computer. how awesome would that be?!
13.i dunno when i'm getting the ipod. i have the money. but mom says they're crazy expensive (true), its only expensive b/c its a popular brand (also pretty true) and that i should to research to see if i can find something cheaper (not a bad idea.)
14.me and sam are incredible at frisbee golf and perfect dark.
15.i think i might go back to Ecuador this summer!!
16.my parents are putting up the FAKE Christmas tree. last year was the first year we've had it. i can't stand it. its Christmas. we need a real tree!!

Upcoming Events:

(11/30) - d-group night out. Mellow Mushroom!
(12/4) - giving blood with holly at 12:30 at church!, SLT, dbs meeting, festival of giving w/ lucas.
(12/9) - JASON MRAZ
(12/11) - dbs Christmas parrrty.. eh
(12/19) - journalism Christmas party.. eh again
(12/20) - ren. Christmas party.. and again eh
(12/25) - CHRISTMAS!
(1/14) - dbs fashion show
(1/20-22) -Winter camp!! 

all for now..
have a great week!

wow.. time for an update eh?

soo much has happened!

I turned 17! I got a '96 Altima!! its amazing!! i love it!
kelsey came over for a bit, got me so much. she's the best!, including a slinky that helps me stay awake in english!
noah got me daisys, the sister hazel cd, and preds tickets!! ..but stupid tornados kept us from making it to the game : (

i am now an offical member of DBS
soo tired of being a pledge..
and i would not have made it through bull night and the constitution test w/o hay and emily.
today was initiation.. i pretty much have the coolest big sister ever. burning cups and flower petals w/ our candles.

sam and the kings are coming for thanksgiving!!
i'm excited! we should have a lot of fun!

oh yes.. school is only 2 days this week!!! spectacular!

i should have an ipod by the end of this week!!! very pumped about that.

well, i'm only writing this to avoid my thomason essay, so i guess i better get to work on it..

suppose a update in order..

the boys placed 16th in the state meet.
i'm really proud. even if they are all retarded.
at least they move their legs fast.

The N (the first one) is my cousin, john. The D (left of the blondie) is my brother. At a MSU football game. They made the paper.. pretty funny/..cool lol

life is good.. 

this saturday i don't get to do road rally w/ my youth group.. im doing concessions at a MTSU football game.. for my good ole sorority.. pretty i have a thousand test i need to make up for that.. but im gonna have to miss another meeting this sunday..

i should have a car in one week!!! i'm so happy about that!! so so happy! so yep i'll be 17 in one week and a day. thats crazy. i'm not really ready to be 17.. b/c when i turn 17 then i have to turn 18 and goodness.. i should not be an adult! i wanna stay a kid..

and i have about $200 dollars for my ipod! over half way there!

i start editing the silent film on final cut pro.. besides the fact that me and apple computers dont get along.. i'm pretty sure i love that thing.. media production class is the greatest thing ever.. its so awesome!!.. except i discovered its gonna take a long time to get it all edited..  there's no way all the groups will get done. probably just me, deanna, noah and jade will.. oh well. works for us!

well sorry maybe next time i'll have a more interesting update..
until then.. have a good week!!

^quote from ocean's eleven.
my thoughts exactly, brad pitt.

i have to be at andy michael's house at 6:45 in the morning tomorrow.
stupid drama film project. i'm gonna die.

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EDIT (i forgot some things..)

1. i think i have shin splints.. it sucks. and hurts.
but it doesn't make sense.. i really don't run hard enough to get them.
2. so i have this great new idea for people that stress out and go crazy.
whenever they start to annoy me.. i'm gonna stick them w/ a tranquilizer syringe.
then they'll become all giddy, then mellow, then just pass out on the floor.
it really helps just to think about doing it to those people. makes me happy.
and i've run this idea by several ppl.. and they all seem to like it.
tranquilizers anyone?

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right now only two things seem to matter:
1. i'm getting a car for my birthday [less than two weeks]!!
i'm hoping for another altima. i loved that car.
2. i'm saving my money for a ipod.
none of this nano business. full size of course.

dear my predators,

pull it together guys! ya'll got this! i know it! ya'll have so much to gain. lets do this!

love always,
your [i like to think] biggest fan,
Emily

The ways of this world are grabbing a hold
Won't let me go, won't let me fly by
It takes it's toll down on my soul
'Cause I know what I need in my life
Don't let me lose my sight of You
Don't let me lose my sight
I don't want to fall away from You
Gravity is pulling me on down
I don't want to fall away from You
Gravity is pulling me to the ground
thanks shaun mcdonald.

next d-groups, kelly is outta town.
so i'm stepping up and leading our group
on a bible study about Rachel.
gotta do alotta research.. mm we'll see how this goes..

Woo-ee-oo, I look just like Buddy Holly.
Oh-Oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore.
I don't care what they say about us anyway.
I don't care 'bout that.
whatta song!

peaceandlove.