...what my worst fear is.


It's losing the love of my life.

Who, I don't know yet.

But i fear the heartbreak.

more than anything.


::b

What is your worst fear?




Love can be a many splendored thing

Can't deny the joy it brings

A dozen roses, diamond rings

Dreams for sale and fairy tales

It'll make you hear a symphony

And you just want the world to see

But like a drug that makes you blind,

It'll fool ya every time


The trouble with love is

It can tear you up inside

Make your heart believe a lie

It's stronger than your pride

The trouble with love is

It doesn't care how fast you fall

And you can't refuse the call

See, you got no say at all


Now I was once a fool, it's true

I played the game by all the rules

But now my world's a deeper blue

I'm sadder, but I'm wiser too

I swore I'd never love again

I swore my heart would never mend

Said love wasn't worth the pain

But then I hear it call my name


(The trouble with) The trouble with love is

It can tear you up inside

Make your heart believe a lie

It's stronger than your pride

The trouble with love is

It doesn't care how fast you fall

And you can't refuse the call

See, you got no say at all


Every time I turn around

I think I've got it all figured out

My heart keeps callin' and I keep on fallin'

Over and over again

This sad story always ends the same

Me standin' in the pourin' rain

It seems no matter what I do

It tears my heart in two


(The trouble with love is) The trouble with love, yeah

(It can tear you up inside) It can tear you up inside

(Make your heart believe a lie) Make your heart believe a lie

It's stronger than your pride


(The trouble with love is)

It's in your heart

It's in your soul (doesn't care how fast you fall)

You won't get no control

(and you can't refuse the call)

See, you got no say at all


(The trouble with love is) Oh, yeah

(It can tear you up inside)

(Make your heart believe a lie)

::b

She still does it for me. 

It doesn't make sense to me.

We aren't even close anymore.

Yet, when I talked to her tonight,
she made everything feel alright.

I haven't felt that peace from a girl...

Since the last time I felt this from her.

I thought I had moved on.

All I can say:


She simply does it for me.

She is so beautiful.

And while I am in Alaska,

She will keep me warm.


Some day, when I'm awfully low,

When the world is cold,

I will feel a glow just thinking of you...

And the way you look tonight.


::b

Jazzfest tonight.
Alaska in the morning.

::b

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

COPY INTO A WORD DOCUMENT, PRINT IT, SIGN IT AND BRING IT WITH YOU TO THE GNC.

Liability release waiver

I
hereby state that _________________________ (please print minors name
here) has my permission as their legal parent/guardian to be a
participant in the Global Night Commute on April 29th, in the city of
________________________. I will not hold Invisible Children Inc.
liable for any and all injuries known and unknown, both to person and
property which have resulted in the participation in the Global Night
Commute. By signing this I am also stating that I fully understand and
accept all risks inherent to sleeping in a downtown area, and am giving
my consent for the above minor to spend the night in the designated
location of the above downtown area.


Parent/Guardian signature ____________________________________

Date _______________________

Tomorrow night at Diversion, we are going to show THE MEXICO VIDEO.  The one and only.  Cause I just finished it.  mmmmmm yummy.

::b

"Invisible Children" Screening

Tonight, Sunday, April 22

Belle Aire Baptist
Youth Area

6 PM


Please come if you are interested or want to see the film. Or if you
aren't sure what it is or whatever reason. I hope to see you there!!!



Ben

For all of you who are planning on going to the INVISIBLE CHILDREN GLOBAL NIGHT COMMUTE, you have to sign up online, AND confirm in the email they will send you! Don't forget to do this!!! 

Sign Up online at www.invisiblechildren.com


::b

Matt Goodman and I had Chinese tonight...and this was my fortune:

"Confucius say: Lovers in triangle not on square." 

...what does this mean?!


::b

AMERICANS ARE CLOSING THEIR EYES TO OPEN THE WORLDS TO AN UNSEEN WAR.
BY LYING DOWN, WE ARE JOINING THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN IN NORTHERN
UGANDA, AND DEMANDING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT PUT AN END TO THE LONGEST
RUNNING WAR IN AFRICA, AND ONE OF THE WORST CRISES IN THE WORLD TODAY.NORTHERN
UGANDA IS CALLED THE WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE WORLD TODAY
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ATTENTION 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE FORCIBLY DISPLACED
AN ESTIMATED 20- 50,000 CHILDREN ABDUCTED TO FIGHT AS SOLDIERS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN COMMUTING NIGHTLY 130 PEOPLE DIE PER DAY IN
NORTHERN UGANDA DUE TO VIOLENCE

ON
APRIL 29TH IN OVER 130 CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THOUSANDS ARE LYING
DOWN TO DEMAND THAT OUR GOVERNMENT TAKE A STAND AND PUT AN END TO THE
NEED FOR NIGHT COMMUTING, CHILD ABDUCTION, AND WAR IN NORTHERN UGANDA.Learn more at InvisibleChildren.com. Save the children. End the War. Do your part and repost this bulletin to spread the word.

He. Is. Risen!




Easter means my God is still alive!

An acquaintance of mine recently posed this statement, which got me to thinking...

"So you can be a complete jerk to people and still get to heaven as long
as you've "accepted Jesus" but a person who has lived and loved and
cared forever and never been exposed to Jesus is doomed? Sounds
backwards..."

to this question, I responded as such, which I think makes for a good Biblically-based answer, if any of you were wondering or curious about the same topic.

Ephesians 2: 8-9: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through
faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works,
so that no one can boast."

This is simply stating that you are
saved by the grace of God only, nothing that we ourselves do can give
us salvation. Jesus further established that we cannot do anything to
gain salvation in John 14:6: "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the
truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Only
through Jesus can we gain salvation

The Bible does not leave us with that only though, it also states the two greatest commandments of the new law in Matthew...

Matthew
22: 34-40: "Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the
Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him
with this question: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the
Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind.'This is the first and
greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as
yourself.'All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

The
second being to love your neighbor as yourself. This is also repeated
by Paul to the Galatians in Galatians 5:14. Lamen's terms: be a good
person to all people. The Bible does discuss thoroughly the importance
of maintaining a Christian (definition: belonging to Christ) witness.
This part of the relationship with Christ is often forgotten by those
who play the "convenient Christian" role, in which they conveniently
forget to act as a Christian should, according to the Bible, and this
leads to a large misunderstanding of the responsibilities of being a
Christian.

In Galatians 6:10a it says this: "Therefore, as we
have opportunity, let us do good to all people." The verse goes on to
say more specifically to do good to other believers, but the statement
clearly notes to do good to ALL people, which is a responsibility of
Christians.

Hypocrits also ruin the responsibilities and causes
misunderstandings of what the responsibilities of a born-again
Christian are.

In addition, Jesus stated in John 14:23-24a that
those who love Him will obey His teachings. "Jesus replied, "If anyone
loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we
will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me
will not obey my teaching."

So, to answer your question in more
detail, you can only be saved by faith, but that is not the extent of
God's plan for Christians, nor the responsibilities of a Christian.


::b

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light,
my strength, my song.
 

This Cornerstone, this solid ground
 

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm


What heights of love,

what depths of peace


When fears are stilled, when strivings cease


My Comforter, my All in All.

Here in the love of Christ I stand.




In Christ alone, who took on flesh


Fullness of God in helpless babe


This gift of love and righteousness


Scorned by the ones He came to save


‘Til on that cross as Jesus died


The wrath of God was satisfied


For every sin on Him was laid


Here in the death of Christ I live.


There in the ground His body lay


Light of the world by darkness slain
 

Then bursting forth in glorious Day
 

Up from the grave He rose again


And as He stands in victory


Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me


For I am His and He is mine


Bought with the precious blood of Christ



No guilt in life, no fear in death


This is the power of Christ in me


From life’s first cry to final breath


Jesus commands my destiny


No power of hell, no scheme of man


Can ever pluck me from His hand


‘til He returns or calls me home


Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand


GOD IS AMAZING!!!


::b

Kelsey looking out the plane window.









chapel tiles



sky the morning we left harlingen, tx. for aldama, mexico





looking out of the front door in harlingen.



front of the building in harlingen.





boys bunks in aldama.



during packing outreach. nice pose shelbs.





lunch one day.



martha, works with way of the cross, worship leader during chapel services.



















shelby stole the camera.









Don and Ginger's Ranch in Aldama.





view from the ranch.





all of us at the ranch.

















































on our way to the first village on the first day.





singing at the first village.




katie giving her testimony.



second village, first day.




christina giving her testimony.


kari giving her testimony.


bruce preaching.



jake and shiann.



the lady's that invited us over for food's house.


cool little girl who played monkey in the middle with katie and i.








brian modeling kelsey's jacket.


kaitlin and a little mexican boy.


brian on a leash. <whipped noise>. lol.


brian on a different kind of leash. haha.




crips.


bloods.


first village, second day.




sarah giving her testimony.


brian giving his testimony.


next village second day.













brother ben and the school superintendent of the school district we went to in mexico.




bruce and patti.




monica lewinski, me, sasquatch.






third village, second day.


kelsey giving her testimony.









fourth village, second day.













the beach. *sigh*.



the beach at sunset. *siiiiiigh*



going to get baptized.



Goodman going under.




brian's ugly hair. its actually katie's hair. on brian.



look, its kate hudson!


see!





gorgeous + gorgeous.




Brian proposes...




5 day old colt with mom.

first village third day.



second village third day.

mrs. patti giving her testimony.

kelsey giving the camera the bird. lol.


third village third day. a classroom during school. how cool is that.




fourth village, third day. huge crowd.


spreading out to give outreach away in an orderly manner.  these circles were huuuuuuuge.

there is a bigger boys circle behind this girls circle in the front.


our van in the sea of people.










mexican. christian. garageband. sweeeeeeeeeeet. the best part was singing worship songs in both english and spanish at the same time.









kelsey lost the candy bar fight. haha. who doesnt love nougat. lol.

there is no fan beyond the photo.  that is au natural.


salomon and i.  he is the coolest. ever.

brother ben and ben. i mean me.  he was very cool as well. just not as cool as salomon.


the azul group minus salomon.

the azul group with salomon.

patti, me, bruce.








aaron shew!

tony and his wife with the colemans.

gross.

the tropic of cancer.

manzanita sol ads.






stop en espagnol.

sleepy kid.

two places at once?

dont mind if i do.

VIVA MEXICO

entering neuvo progresso.

the three true seniors.

it was a long week...we were crazy.

at applebees.

woohoo david too.

very nice shelbs.

green limes on a green plate.

jake johnson!!!

shiann johnson!!!

jake and shiann johnson!!!

goodman dancing around a pole...

shew doing the same...

hunter going horizontal.






i had a manzanita sol today.

sweet apple goodness.

what an amazing trip.

i'll never be the same.

i love you all.


::b

To all of you who need or want or use my email address, my old one has expired and my new email address is:


ben@entertainmentu.net


And as of now I have nobody's email address.  So if I have ever
needed to email you or you would be so kind as to send an email to that
address so I may have your address, that would be wonderful.



::b

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "SIKE!"

You can sing the rap to "The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air"

You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.

You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey from "Blossom" and that "How Rude!" comes from Stephanie from "Full House"

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.


You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.


You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, wax off"

You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

you
danced to "wannabe" by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto,
Males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you
really really want.)

You remember the craze then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

Captain Planet.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the red* Ranger were meant to be together.

To the last sentence you said.....hey...Tommy was the green* ranger!!!!

*later to be white

When playing power rangers with friends you fought over who got to be who............and still all ended up being tommy.

You remember when super nintendo's became popular.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

"I've fallen and I can't get up"

You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates

Two words... Trapper Keeper.

You ever got injured on a Slip 'n' Slide

You wore socks over leggings scrunched down

"Miss
Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver
buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back" SHE ASKED HER
MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS
PHANTS PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE
he jumped so
high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back
back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his
toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants show show show

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"yes....?

You played and or collected "Pogs"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles

NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)?

You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.

You
used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the
corners of your eyes.whatever, you know you did that...

You remember a time before the WB.

You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.

"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You thought Brain woud finally take over the world

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.

You remember when razor scooters were cool.

when we were younger:

Before the MySpace frenzy.

Before the Internet & text messaging.

Before Sidekicks & iPods.

Before MIKE JONES

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX.

Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.

WHEN LIGHT UP SNEAKERS WERE KOOL

When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When 2Pac and Biggie where alive.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Way back.

Tag.

Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.

Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.

Red Light, Green Light.

Heads Up 7 Up.

Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on.

Hopskotch.

Slip-n-Slides.... now there are just ghetto ones

Tree Houses.

Hula Hoops.

Reading R.L. Stine's Goose Bumps.

HELLO....HOT WHEELS!!!!!

"POWER OF LOVE" BY CELINE DION..ONLY COUPLES COULD SKATE TO THIS.

The annoying Nano Pets & Furbies.

Running through the sprinklers.

That "Little Mermaid"

Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.

Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.

Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.

Drinking Sqeeze It "Squeeze The Fun Out Of It"

CAPRI SUN

Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your TMNT, Power Rangers, Barbie, Fairy Princess comforter.

Hey Arnold, Doug, Rugrats.

The original Power Rangers

Or what about:

The Secret Life of Alex Mac.

Ren & Stimpy.

Double Dare.

Rocco's Modern Life.

AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS.

Wild & Crazy Kids.

Clarissa Explains it All.

CAMP NOWHERE

salute your shorts(CAMP ANAWANA)

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

The original cast members of all that.

Kenan & Kel.

"CITY GUYS"...ROLLW/ THE CITY GUYS <<

doug.

magic school bus.

Nick Arcade.

flash forward.

pete and pete.

legends of the hidden temple.

hey dude.

dinosaurs.

pinky and the brain.

Sailor Moon.

blossom.

hangin with mr.copper.

wishbone.

bill-nye the science guy.

MR RODGERS!!!!

Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.

Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.

or nick jr. with face

gulah gulah island

little bear

under the unbrella tree

PEE-WEE!!!

The Big Comfy Couch

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.

Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.

Class field trips.

POGS

When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.

When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.

When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.

When Toys R Us overuled the mall.

Go back to the time when:

Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'

'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest.

Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'.

It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.
(plastic Bffl bracelets)

Being old referred to anyone over 20.

A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.

Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.

It was a big deal to finally be tall enought to ride the 'big people' rides at the fair.

When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.

When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.

DID I DO THAAAAAAAAAT???

smud and yak back. skip it and pop it.

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear

who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!

How do you leave the past behind

When it keeps finding ways to get to your heart

It reaches way down deep and tears you inside out

Till you're torn apart

Rent!



::b

I think I have seen 4 other Mac laptops in the store within 5 minutes.  Starbucks continues to get cooler.  There was a girl here that couldn’t pick up the wireless signal.  She asked me to help her get connected. I did.  There is a lady being interviewed, at least it appears that way.  The lady interviewing is using an HP laptop.  I laugh at her.  So each time I have come here, I haven’t bought any coffee at all.  And I have a nice giftcard at home with $15 on it.  I never remember to pick it up before I leave.  I am listening to the RENT soundtrack once again.  It is verrrry good.  There is a male Starbucks employee walking around to all the tables and the counters and wiping them down.  The lady being interviewed is sitting right outside the window from me, and she is talking with her hands too much.  I think she isn’t being herself.  She won’t get the job.  A girl in a black shirt and wavy hair walks out the door.  There is a man at the ordering counter in a purple shirt with buttons and a collar.  About 20 feet away from me there are two guys talking, one about 10-15 years older than the other.  The younger guy is wearing a black bandana.  I need to change for tennis practice soon.  There is a couple at the table to my right.  The guy has a tall hot coffee cup and a Nokia cell phone sitting next to his keys.  A nother guy walks into the store with a wireless cell phone earset on and he is walking like he owns the place.  Then he goes straight into the bathroom, and I understand his strange walk….  The lady outside is making fists at the interviewer.  Not a good sign.  The guy with the purple shirt uses a walking cane.  He leaves the store.  Earset guy has on a North Carolina jacket.  The display that the store has set up is nice.  It makes me want a Barista machine.  The soft piano music begins to come through my earphones, interrupting “One Song Glory” and “Light My Candle”.  The earset guy leaves walking the same way, and I realize it wasn’t because he had to use the bathroom.  The couple next to me leaves.  A lady in a white blouse comes and sits down next to me, coffee in hand.  Unlike all the other times, however, she didn’t ask if I was saving it for someone else.  I’m kinda tired.  And now I am too mad about not being asked to go on.  Well, I’m not mad, but I am done.

::b

It's 2:12 AM and all sorts of creatures lurk in the darkness...







ARRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!







But have no fear! Frederick the Love Monkey will save the day!  Err...Night.







And in the night, Frederick receives a phone call: "Come to the Taj Mahal at 2:22."







"OK!"







So he went, not knowing what he would find there, lurking in the dark,
deep, dank jungles of India . . . But the last thing he expected was. .
.







Theopold, the Chicken of DOOM!!!







AHHHH!!!  Not Theopold, the Chicken of DOOM!!!







Yes, tis I!  Theopold, the Chicken of DOOM!!!







Do we have to say Theopold, the Chicken of DOOM!!! in every slide?







No. . .







I could EAT YOU!!! MWAHAHA!!!







My eye! You ate out my eye, you fiend! I must escape to. . .






LONDON!






Then, in order to escape from enemy agents, he went to France, where he met and fell in love with a monkey by the name of FiFi la Monkee.






Then he met her husband. . .






So he ran to the US Capitol building to request political asylum.






And the President said: "NO!"






So they locked him in a closet with nothing to eat but a flashlight and it's batteries.






As he was tunneling out of the closet, he saw something in the distance.  It was. . .






CLAY AIKEN!!!






After posing for a quick picture, Frederick the Love Monkey took a cruise to . . .






The fiery lake of burning sulphur that is the second death!






But he was saved by Theopold, the Chicken of DOOM!!!, who had a sudden change of heart.  "So, where do you want to go?"






DISNEY WORLD!!!






Where he took trumpet lessons . . .






From Sauron! Lord of Mordor!






Considering Sauron was just a giant eyeball, he needed Frederick the Love Monkey to help him take over the world!!!






And all in time to be home by 2:30.




THE END




::b

 

Damn Yankees Showtimes:

Thursday @ 7:00 p.m.
Friday @ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday @ 7:00 p.m.
Sunday @ 2:00 p.m.

At Blackman High's auditorium.

Damn Yankees.

Come see it. 

Quote of the Night:  "It's just a tornado.  You'll be fine." -Ashley Elliott

In the short walk between my car and the wonderful establishment known as Starbucks, I had a near-death encounter.  I always park across the little road from the Starbucks parking lot, and right before I crossed it today, a pair of rednecks driving a beat up old truck come flying around the turn.  Mind you that today it has been raining, and the pavement is quite slick.  The truck spins out, which is what the two old hillbillies were going for, but it came dangerously close to taking me for a ride as well.  Okay, so I exaggerated a bit, but it did happen.  Moving on to the actual coffee shop, I walk in, and this time one chair of both sets of comfy green chairs are taken.  One by a college aged girl, the other by a man with a 12” Powerbook.  I went and sat down next to the man with the Powerbook, and we had a brief discussion about being Apple loyalists and how his son is a programmer that moved to San Francisco to be closer to Apple’s headquarters, hoping to get a job with them.  It was nice.  Near me, to guys in their early 20s are playing an interesting game of chess.  One tries to pop the top off of his coffee with a mechanical pencil.  The chess pieces are made of metal.  It is very dreary outside.  The rain intensity grows with each minute.  I can see puddles outside the shoppe.  It’s pretty much pouring now.  The guy next to me is typing away, as am I.  I count two other guys with laptops in the shoppe, besides the old man and I.   A lady enters shaking off her umbrella and she is wearing a business suit.  As an alternative, funk music is playing—not the smooth jazz as had been the case in the previous two visits.  I see the manager of a local pizza shop fixing her frapuccinos.  I know her because we visit her place usually every Friday night.  She tells me that she is on her way to work.  She leaves with her two daughters.  The two guys playing chess begin to debate over an accusation that one made of the other stealing or moving a piece.  They then laugh it off.  One makes funny noises to accompany the R & B music that is now playing.  I decide to start listening to the soundtrack from Rent.  “Another Day” has been stuck in my head all day.  Mimi’s part has at least.  The ballad portion of the song.  “No Day But Today…”  I hear the thunder over my headphones.  The rain is drenching everyone walking outside.  Good song.  This narrative has become quite lengthy, so I will end with the fact that the two guys playing chess just ran out of the store, and one left an unopened Jones Black Cherry Soda.  Lucky someone.

::b

Five hundred twenty-five thousand

Six hundred minutes,

Five hundred twenty-five thousand

Moments so dear...



::b

No one really understands me.