it is 11:46 regardless of the time phusebox say (anyone want a new years res to fix phusebox time??) and this will be my last blog of 06. i leave for passion early tomorrow morning! i'm so excited!!! God has great things in store for this next year! i'm gonna go cout down with Kristen and drink my sparkling grape juice!! woot woot! good night! it's been a great year! i have a GREAT HEAVENLY FATHER, a wonderful family, amazing friends,and the best boyfriend! I'm so blessed and ready to get my new year on! 11:49    pm

Clothes make the man.

Naked people have little or no influence on society.

--Mark Twain--

see us? aren't we cute!!!!!
photo from MTSUbrent

as i set out to find the perfect quote for Christmas, i wanted something warm- to remind us why we celebrate.  and i failed.

i think it is an innate understanding that i hold within myself that i cannot find words to satify. nothing is good enough. i want to share that, but i think you can only understand it if you have it and therefore all explainations would end up empty.

He was born over 2,000 years ago. we have made millions of advancements in technology and scientific understanding since His birth. Webster couldn't define what it meant and neither can we. it is something we know so passionately that death becomes nothing in comparison. He not only means the world to me, He is that world in its entirety, or at least all that matters.......

and even with all these words, i can't put it into words.

i have an honors class!!!! muh ha ha ha and lol at the same time. I will be in a Senior Seminar.................. wow.... should be interesting!   

*edit

this was not hard. the people were very helpful. the end.

"Boredom is a great motivator."
- Uma Thurman -

i won't say who this one reminded
me of....
*smirks*

so i got up at 5:45 AM to come shark other people's purged classes..... good news and bad news.

i got into the 1PM Con Law class i wanted!!!!! and don't have to take that 8AM one! (I wil sacrifice one very early morning to avoid other ones!!)

so... that bad news. one of my classes didn't make. it was an honors one.... the only honors one i had..... so not only could i get kicked out of my dorm if i dont find another one, but i'll be behind in the honors program as far as graduation requirements and have to double up somewhere..... and that whould.... well,....... SUCK!!!

so now i'm looking for an honors class....... i want to go back to bed. and i soooooo can't find any that i can take w/ my schedule. i even tried honors theatre appreciation and we all know how much i'd love that...........(for those of you who misssed the sarcasm.....i'd hate the class with the passion of a 1,000,000,000,000 fires)

my "login" keeps somehow becoming "expired"

gar. that's about all i can say. gar.

at least i know honors classes aren't that hot of a comodity. well is in now 6:30. i have found ONE honors class that fits my schedule that i could take (aka not Honors Gentics or French II) but it requires a junior standing and special permission from the dept. there is one spot left. maybe i can get it monday bbefore the perso who was purged from it gets back in...........maybe. anyway. i have 12 hours. i'm going to bed.

so i'm writing this from circut city as i wait for my parents. apparently a Christmas present for ME is being bought at the moment. this comes after i helped my amazing, loving, totally wonderful parents wade through my siblings' technologically filled Christmas lists and explained fun terms. anyway we went to check out and my mom goes "let's go look at big screens!" and i'm like, "why? do you want one?" "no, but lets go look at them." lol so the best part was that she wanted to llok at plasma screens but didn't know what to call them so just lumped them in with big screen tvs..............mmmmmmk

10 MINUTES TIL THE LAST FINAL OF THE YEAR!!!

You.

Can.

Only.

Type.

One.

Word.


Not as easy as you might think...


1. Where is your cell phone?:

purse

2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend?:

studying


3. Your hair?:

up

4. Your mother?:
hugs


5. Your father?:

Daddy-O


6. Your favorite item?:
pillow


7. Your dream last night?:

bad


8. Your favorite drink?:

gatorade



9. Your dream car?:
Charger!

10. The room you are in?:

dorm


11. Your ex?:

learning


12. Your fear?:

failure


13. What do you want to be in 10 years?:

loved


14. Who did you hang out with last night?:

Brently!!!


15. What you're not?:

ugly


16. Muffins?:

chicolate


17: One of your wish list items?:

sparklies


18: Time?:

lunch


19. The last thing you did?:
eat


20. What are you wearing?:

halo


22. Your favorite book?:

old


23. The last thing you ate?:

Muffin


24. Your life?:

wonderful


25. Your mood?:

stressed


26. Your friends:

hilarious


27. What are you thinking about right now?:

exam


28. your car?

tank


29. What are you doing at the moment?:

SURVEY


30. Your summer?:

blast


31. Your relationship status?:

taken


32. What is on your tv?:

off


33. When is the last time you laughed?:

morning


34. Last time you cried?:

yesterday


35. School?:
finals

"Only a genius can play a fool." -- Michael Rapaport

"Always forgive your enemies,
but never forget their names."
- R. Kennedy -

JANUARY


1. Who kissed you on new years?
I'll never tell


2. Did you have a new year's resolution this year?

Nope.


3. Does it snow where you live?

Mostly it just rains here... a few flurries... and hail... it likes to hail


4. Do you like hot chocolate?

yes.


5. Have you ever been to Times Square to watch the ball drop?

- nope


FEBRUARY


1. Who was your Valentine?

Didn't really have one


2. When you were little, did you buy valentines for your whole class?
 heck yeah

3. Do you care if the groundhog sees its shadow or not?

YES!


MARCH


1. Are you Irish?

a little... kiss me anyway?


2. Do you wear green on St. Patty's Day?

Yep ;)


3. What did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2006?

Class?


4. Did you get drunk?

Nah


5. Are you happy when winter is pretty much over?

yep!


APRIL


1. Do you like the rain?

Only when I can play in it.


2. Did you play an April fool's joke on anyone this year?

yeh... good times!


3. Do you get tons of candy on Easter?

YES! The Easter Bunny still visits my house! haha


4. Do you celebrate 4/20?
no
 
5. Do you love the month of April?
   SURE! haha


MAY


1. What is your favorite flower?

Gerber daisies


2. Do you like the spring?

Pretty flowerrs blooming, of COURSE!


3. Finish the phrase "April showers":

brings may flowers!!!!


4. What is the first color you think of when you think of Spring?
green


JUNE


1. What year did/will you graduate from highschool?

2005


2. Did you do anything fun during this month?

the beach!


JULY


1. What did you do on the Fourth of July?

er.... worked....eventually visited brent to see the fireworks extravaganza


2. Did you go on any vacations during this month?

maybe?


3. Do you blast the A/C all day?

In my house only my father touches the temperature controls


AUGUST


1. Did you do anything special at the end of your summer?

er....no...well slt retreat?


2. What was your favorite summer memory of '06?

down at the farm playing in the creek w/ my boy


3. Did you have a sunburn?

Nope.


4. Do you go to the beach a lot?

No time this summer...

SEPTEMBER


1. Did you attend school/college in '06?

Yes


2. Who is your favorite teacher?

Franklin!


3. Do you like fall better then summer?

Depends on my mood


OCTOBER


1. What was your favorite Halloween costume?
 
me as a pirate!!!(hahaha)


2. What is your favorite candy?
  the candy pumpkins.


3.What did you dress up as this year?

Didn't... I had class that night. :(


NOVEMBER


1. Whose house do you go to for Thanksgiving?

somewhere in east tn


2. Do you love stuffing?

kinda

3. What are you thankful for?

Family, Friends, LIFE


DECEMBER


1. Do you celebrate Christmas?

SURE DO!


2. What is December 1st, 2006?

Tomorrow


3. Have you ever been kissed under mistletoe?

nope


4. Get anything special last year?

diamonds!


5. What do you want this year?

my family


6. Do you like cold weather?
sometimes

so what happens when your biggest strength is
your biggest weakness?





i'm so good at expressing everything in words. too good. biting my tongue because i know know all too well what i want to say, and all too well that i can't say it.........

"... nothing is more ancient than the truth..."
Rene Descartes
         

"You're
in pretty good shape for the shape you are in."

-Dr. Seuss-

I wish life would stop biting me. I'm getting ready to kick it's teeth out.

guess who's an attorney this weekend???
so we stopped in Dickson for food on our way to Memphis and we started talking about the tournament.... well someone who shall remain unnamed didn't know that this tourney last til Sunday and she had to be at work on sunday for training...... so we left her in Dickson with my wonderful Sister-in-law and the Austin and cute kitties.....
and someone had to step up and take her spot.... so patrick calls me and says"Guess What????"
"i don't want to guess cause i don't want to know"
"you're in"
"i don't want to be in"
"too bad"
so i have tonight to learn a brand new direct and 2 crosses and then compete against the best teams in the nation
yay me

so i can't go to compete this weekend with mock trial.... but i'm going
yeah that's right
i'm going
call me crazy, but Jamie called saying that Vile and Patrick wanted to "offer me the opportunity" to come and watch and get "valuable experiacne" or something similar to that.
after i talk to dr. vile (crazy me) i've decided to go and be the timekeeper for the team that i wasn't good enough to be on.....
which after watching them practice last night ANNOYED ME
anyway..... by the way - nichole i think you should be going but again that's just the opinion of silly little me.
so stressful weekend ahead with LOTS to do!!  

selections from the email that in effect informed me that i got screwed

Dear Team 660,

I just want to say that you all did awesome at the tournament. If you didn't already know, we can the closet to beating the team that won our dividion than any other team they faced. I will apologize to you for not doing what I would consider my best during the tournament and really do wish we would have done better with the points.

For the difficulty news, Brandi, Patrick and Vile feel that we need a stronger team for Rhodes. Every MTSU team came out of our tournament with a losing record, and rhodes is 300 mor times as difficult to win as our tournament. They have decided to create a super team from people who scored the best at the tournament and were available to go. I want to know that I wish our team was going and it was not my idea to create a new team (honestly!).

The new attorneys will be me, Corey and Natalie (on both sides) and the witnesses will be Micah, Eric, Gina, Mallory and Daniel. We are not calling Haskins or Conmey but will be calling Adams and Cross on Plaintiff. So, our plaintiff witnesses are changing quite a bit. Again, thanks for all your hard work, and I can't to work with each one of you again. 

Sincerly and THANKS!!!
Jamie

well i guess i now have a free weekend....... gar

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations.
 If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years - we turn on the light and itis illuminated.
 Once we control our capacity for love and happiness,the light has been turned on.
 
 -Sharon Salzberg-

mock trial raped tonight. i just wanted to cry and all i was doing was keeping time. the people who need the most work are those who won't admit that they need work. some old creepy man was trying to pick up the girls on our team. he wink at sarah. he only smiled at me. if he would have wink i might have made an objection from the timekeepers bench....lol.... yeah he was that scary. i'm so tired and i have to do my rules test. my room smells funny. i think kim and i have used too much hairspray recently. i need sleep and i have to be up and at it bright and early tomorrow. bleh. mk ENOUGH for now.........Good night

me + politics...... need i say more?

o joy expect a blog tomorrow.... and how bout corker played a brooks and dunn song as he entered for his victory speech? lol... amazing        

"A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."
Theodore Roosevelt

Go Vote!

o how often we forget that those who are the stongest are stong because of what they endure

the strength of the oak is test in the storm, not the sunshine

so when you think, "how stong"....... don't forget how badly it must have hurt

"If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be? So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, etc).
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press Play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the Next button.
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool.
7. Don't skip songs.

---Eh, sometimes repeat artists come up.... skip it or keep it. . .whatever

Opening Credits
"Concrete Angel" Martina McBride

Waking Up
"Go" Erika Jo

First Day at School
"Much Too Young (to Feel this Damn Old" Garth Brooks

Breaking up
"What's Up Lonely" Kelly Clarkson 

Happiness
"Someday We'll Know" Mandy Moore & Jonathan Foreman

Life's Okay
"Ocean Floor" Audio Adrenaline

Mental Breakdown
"Hear Me" Kelly Clarkson

Driving
"Angel Boy" Tim McGraw

Flashback
"Love CHanges Everything" by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra


Getting Back Together
"Whatever It Takes" SHeDAISY

Wedding
"Gettin' It On" Lucy Woodward (o wow)

Birth of a Child
"Hello Little Girl" The Beatles

Final Battle
"Strong as an Oak" Rachael Proctor

Death Scene
"Loving Arms" Dixie Chicks

Funeral Song
"Some Kind of Zombie" Audio Adrenaline (te he he)

So Long  
"Route 66" Chuck Berry 

except my need for lotion