theworldlovesandrea

Relocation.

2010-02-02T14:36:00.001-08:00

First off, how many times can I say I'm awful at this without it losing all meaning? Oh well, I am. Sorry boutcha.

I'm looking for a job. In California.

Yes, I'm planning to move. I need to be with my love. He's presh, and I miss him every day. That's not the only reason, of course. I've not told a ton of people this (what is forthcoming...), because maybe I've feared judgment in the past...but I'm so beyond what other people think now. Moving onward, the other (more important) reason for the move is what I feel God saying. I've felt for the longest time that my most pressing call in life is to be a mom. That's what I've known I would be for oh so many years. Right now, I feel this need is much more important than finishing a degree. I will continue to work on my degree online or whatever, but I need to work on establishing my family. And right now the way to do that is to go to Cali. I don't feel any sort of pull to stay here. I have no obligation to stay. So why not go?

This is where I'm going...

And I'm going to be with these guys...

This is Abercrombie. He's the cutest.

That's Chris. He's my fav.

Well clearly I'm in that picture too, and that's an old pic...but you get the idea.

I'll miss a lot of people. But I miss a lot of people now. Chances are, if you're reading this, you are one of those people. It's not really going to be that different. I mean, I won't be a drive away, but I can come back and visit. And you can visit too!

Christmas, Christmastime is here!

2009-11-17T11:38:00.000-08:00

Firstly, I am not skipping Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving! I will celebrate it to the fullest.

But I don't feel like I can't prepare for the upcoming fabulous holiday. And all you lovies need time to gather my presents!! (kidding) Though, in the spirit of the holiday season...I will be providing all you fun people with a list of likes and wants for right now.

1. antique, beautiful lockets or necklaces

2. fabulous gloves...I lost my pair of fabulous gloves somehow. They were amazingly soft black lambskin with pink cashmere lining...sad day. So I need some new gloves! I did find beautiful ones at anthropologie.

3. interesting scarves

4. an olive green or brown leather purse. large. possibly a hobo or luggage-style bag.

5. chocolate brown uggs. judge me, I don't care.

6. an advent calendar. Preferably the one from redvelvetart

7. the new John Mayer album. love.

8. tickets (and someone to accompany me) to John Mayer's March 10th show in New Orleans. love love.

9. Beatles Rock Band and a Wii. so much love.

10. fun photos.

11. visits from friends.

12. amazing mixed cds.

13. an easel.

14. the gold glitter TOMS!

It's random and extensive and weird. But it takes after its author.

I never know what to call these things...

2009-10-27T17:24:00.000-07:00

I'm so random. If I wrote just what I'm thinking, it would go something like this...

I finally like the weather, I can wear long sleeves and scarves without dying.

I had a decent birthday. I loved hanging with the people here, and all the wishes from the people afar, but I really wish I could have celebrated with many of the people afar.

It sucked having the flu. I'm glad I'm done with it.

I'm having a nephew. I never thought I'd not be the first to have a kid. Whatever.

I love a boy. And I miss him.

I started knitting. I'm not bad.

I have like 5 paintings I need to do for Christmas presents because I'm broke and can't afford to buy things.

I wish I made time to workout.

I wish I made more time for the Lord.

I have no idea what I'll do after I graduate. Next December. I'm a planner. I like to know. I would like marriage to be a part of this. Don't be shocked.

Did I mention I miss a boy?

I discovered Pumpkin Pie Chai today, and I can't stop talking about it.

I can't go to a movie by myself. I don't know why...I just can't. So if no one else wants to see the movies I do, I just don't see them. Sad.

I like football, and I'm a girl. I think it's ok.

Like I said...random. But it's out. I feel good about this.

Indian Summer

2009-09-28T14:16:00.000-07:00

I never remember to blog. I meant to make it a point to start the habit again...you see how well that went.

Oh well, new beginnings!

It is officially fall, but somehow, South Mississippi has forgotten how to have fall. It's not cooler, leaves aren't changing or falling, there are no beautiful breezes, you still sweat when you wear a cardigan...which is one of my favorite things to wear. Sad face. I love autumn, but I think I'm going to have to move to get back to a place that actually has it.

Fall reminds me of people I love and miss dearly. I miss them all the time, naturally, but my love of autumn makes me want them here to enjoy it with me! I shall see them all soon, hopefully!

I suppose I should stop using the term "Fall" or "Autumn", seeing as how they really have no meaning here. We are truly experiencing an Indian Summer right now. Though it would be more fun if it came with actual Indians. I'm just sayin.

Sorry boucha fall! It's summer till November here!

I think I just heard my brain ping...

2009-03-12T07:49:00.000-07:00

ouch. greek is hard, and my brain hurts.

while my fellow classmates and i were leaving our incredibly difficult greek test, we were discussing the process of trying to study and still have lives and jobs and churches...etc. (we do know life is hard for everyone, don't get me wrong!) it just seems like you can never get on top of everything at the same time...something always has to suffer. but, one classmate made a very good point...he talked about faith trials and spiritual battles. of course i know that seminary is a breeding ground for internal spiritual battles, but i had never thought of that in relation to our studies. but it is so obvious! while we go around thinking that there's just too much to do, or not enough time in the day, or whatever...some of that may be true, and some of it may be misappropriated priorities, but i think a good portion has to do with satan and his desire for us to not accomplish the Lord's work. he likes for us to think we cannot achieve this goal. he wants us to be too busy to study and too confused to understand. he's terrified of us finding out those beautiful nuances in the original greek and hebrew texts. he so wants us to fail that he is throwing everything in our paths to make it that way, and he is trying to make us so discouraged that we will believe we can never make it.

good point, i think. of course, my God is bigger than that.

it's just another manic monday...

2009-01-22T13:06:00.000-08:00

so, I do realize it's not actually Monday, but I've definitely had a "case of the Mondays" for the past two days...so there.

Back to the grindstone this week...classes resumed Tuesday. Though I am certain I will enjoy my classes, at least some aspects of them, it might turn out to be a rather difficult semester. As a glutton for punishment, I am not only taking a full load of graduate level classes, I am also continuing to work my normal job with the community centers, I began working with the BCM here on campus last semester, and I am still "volunteer staff", so to speak, at the church. While I say to people that I just don't know what to do with down-time or I don't know what to do if I'm not busy...I'm not so sure that is the complete truth anymore. I know of many things I would love to do with some free time. But apparently, God and I will work out some of that later...like after I finish my degree, or maybe after I can give up one of my jobs or something.

I cannot say "there aren't enough hours in the day". The reason for that is, I feel God calling me to each of these areas. I see God's work and God's provision in all of these tasks and times. I know He has a purpose and plan for me and for all He's guided my hands towards, and I feel that even though I want to freak out and have a meltdown...that is so not what He had in mind. He will see me through it, just like He always has and always will.

it's been a while...

2009-01-13T13:48:00.001-08:00

...so I never really thought I'd be back to this, but alas, here we are. I'm fairly certain this may not be read, but it will make me feel better at least.

Many, many things have changed since the last post...I mean, it has been over two years.

I have so many thoughts swimming around right now, it's hard to pinpoint one to go with, but here goes...

So I'm thinking about writing a Bible study series (or book, we don't know yet) on relationships that will be directed to teen and young adult girls. Girls' Ministry is definitely one of the passions God has given me in life, and He gives me these ideas and insights and experiences for a reason...so why not share them? If you have any great ideas, please share!

I have noticed lately, in my foray in to the world of teen girls so, so many things that just break my heart. The ways and places and people that they look to for love and acceptance; their twisted views on beauty and self worth; their unending search for meaning and purpose; and their lack of wisdom on womanhood, even more so, Biblical womanhood. I remember being a teenager and being just as lost in this world as I see they are. Just searching. Pleading for someone to talk to, someone to understand, and truly someone to just guide me. It hurts me to see them go through that now...but it also makes me feel like my purpose is justified in that. God allows me to see this pain and confusion, because He is and will use me to help them through that. It truly amazes me that we have only now begun to see the need for Girls' Ministry in our society. And really, still only few people see that need and respond to it. I hope this new found need inspires a revolution in the world of ministry. I hope it inspires revival in the hearts of girls, yes, but Christians in general. I hope many find purpose and meaning and love in this. ...love is what it's all about, after all.

for the joy of the Lord.

2006-09-10T14:03:00.000-07:00

i'm not sure if anyone reads this anymore, but i don't care. it makes me feel better to write! we sang a great old song in church this morning...trading my sorrows. and that line just got me! i'm trading my sorrows...i'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord. how can i be a good face of the Lord to the world if i walk around in sadness. granted, i'm so not as sad as i was a week ago, but i'm not my bubbly self for sure. but that's not how God wants me to be! He wants me to suck it up, let Him take care of it, be ok, and trust that He is there and in control. and i do! and i knew all of this, but i guess it took this morning to just kick my butt about it! i'm so not where i need to be with the Lord, not even where i used to be. i got out of the habit of making my daily time with the Lord a priority. it's not even a priority anymore, and definitely not my first priority. somebody be my buddy and hold me accountable for it!

i joined north oxford this morning! i just really felt this morning that God was calling me to make that my new church home. i haven't been able to feel at home or have a place in a church in a while. so i moved my letter today, and i feel amazing. i had a great time in worship this morning, the best i've had in a long time. even though i've worked camp 3 summers now, with the most amazing worship, it's so easy to make it a routine and to make it about business instead of enjoying worship and really experiencing God. this morning though, i had no business to worry about. i put my own feelings, thoughts, and troubles aside and just spent some time with my God, and it was fabulous!

God doesn't promise us that we are always going to have a great life, that we are always going to be in a good mood, that we won't have any problems, or that we will always be happy once we accept Him. but He does promise that He will take care of us, that we can give Him our problems and He will handle them, and that we can find joy in Him. He promises that He will never give us more than we can handle, and we can always rely on Him. that's where i rest...right there in those thoughts.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes.

2006-09-07T14:54:00.000-07:00

i'm not one that really likes to make decisions or really gets excited about changes, yet i am faced with many right now. i will be graduating in may...thank goodness!! but that just means i have to decide whether i want to go into the work force or go to grad school. and if i go to work, do i stay here where i have people and familiarity, or do i branch out? if i go to grad school, do i go to a secular school, or do i go to seminary? i did decide to apply for camp for another summer. mainly because God told me to...He made it pretty evident that my silly reasons for not working another summer were selfish and petty, so i decided to listen. i have to decide on a place to intern next semester. this is a major decision, as it needs to be in the area i want to specialize in. i'm not certain what i want to do yet! and there is potential that there will be some major changes in my personal life soon that i am absolutely not prepared for. i never saw it coming, but alas, it is now a possibility. talk about being waaay off...

life stinks sometimes.

2006-09-05T16:51:00.000-07:00

i can be happy if i want to. i don't have to base my happiness on someone else...or whether someone else loves me. i can be happy on my own. i choose to be happy. i don't have to mope if i don't want to. things happen for a reason, and i have to deal with that. i can deal with that. i'll be ok...in fact, i'll be fine. God always has a better plan than we do, and i think it might be time for me to trust that. maybe i wasn't privy to God's perfect plan...maybe i just thought i was. silly me. how could i have fooled myself for so long? or am i actually fooling myself? who knows. he knows...or at least that's what he has to figure out. how can he just now be figuring that out? wouldn't you know that? isn't that an obvious thing? i don't have to be sad just because he is stupid. it's not my fault he's an idiot.

watchin' the light trace shadows on the wall...

2006-08-10T15:50:00.000-07:00

like i said, i'm home now. since no one else is in town yet, i'm bored out of my mind!! chris is still working camp, and i can't talk to him since they have no cell service, most of my camp friends are busy getting ready for school or work or are already going to school or work, and my family members are all over the place. i've only got a few more days of this though. i'll be going back to work next week and then school the next. i guess things could be worse. i'm sure that in the middle of next semester's hectic busyness, i'll be wishing for this boredom back. oh well, this too shall pass...

wow, it's been a while.

2006-08-08T20:36:00.000-07:00

sorry about that. camp was insane, as always. it was fun, sure, but no down time...whatsoever. it's ok, it's over now. i worked with several amazing people this summer...several that i worked with last year...and i missed several i worked with last year (that means you, amy!). i think that if i work again next year, i will go back to a normal centrifuge camp. combo camp is a bit hectic. just too much for 3 years in a row! oh, for all you m-fuge lovers out there, next year all m-fuge camps will go to the 5 day schedule like combo camps and centrifuge...so get ready.

i just got back from north carolina, where i had to pick up vivi. she stayed with chris' parents this summer. they are so sweet. taneka (my best friend from high school) went with me, and we just hung out for the weekend at chris' house (with no cable, no movies, and no air!), wandered around the city, and visited with his parents. they took us out for breakfast saturday morning, and we just had a great time. they're funny people.

chris is still at camp. he loves jenness park, but i think he's missing contact with the outside world. it was sad that i went all the way to north carolina and didn't even get to see him! he'll be home next week. his camp runs forever longer than everyone else's. hopefully i will get to see him soon. i did see him on his birthday in june. he came to visit me at camp for the first time ever! it was fun and everyone enjoyed having him around...he takes after his parents...he's a fun person.

so i miss everyone like crazy. my camp friends, my school friends that aren't in town yet, my friends from around the country that i haven't seen and haven't kept in contact with, chris, my family members i haven't seen yet...the list goes on. it's a bit sad, but i know i'll start seeing people soon, and i do have my adorable puppy back! she grew so much over the summer! she is so big now...she's almost as big as abercrombie. i'll post pictures as soon as i get a new battery for my camera...or a new camera, mine is crap.

much love to all of you. i missed you all too.

so long, farewell...

2006-05-14T20:35:00.000-07:00

sorry people. it's been a while. i haven't been anywhere...well unless you count the numerous hours i've spent at work, at school, or doing whatever other crap i had to do to finish the semester. ugh, it is over!! i did well this semester and it makes me feel great.

i have one week until i leave for camp and i have absolutely nothing to do for a week....and it is glorious! i am sad that i won't see my pup for a while, but what can you do?

kerri (my step-sister) graduated ole miss yesterday...yay. it just makes me feel worse about not graduating when i should. oh well.

i am, however, ecstatic about this summer and my new job. i think it's going to be an amazing summer and i'm really anxious to get down there and get started!

let's see...oh yeah, since i updated there have obviously been several new things going on...amanda got married, we all went to gatlinburg and then kayla and i went to asheville with chris...she got to meet his parents, so that was fun. umm...i went to program weekend, my grandpa passed away, and i decided i'm going to try to go to medical school. lots of things...i know.

here is a recent pic of vivi...

i'll post more again later...this is enough for now.

i tried to think of a clever title...but i've got nothing.

2006-02-23T23:01:00.000-08:00

so first, just a funny side note...i really, just until a few years ago, thought the expression was "a doggy-dogg world" instead of "a dog-eat-dog world". i really just thought snoop had that kind of impact on people that a phrase was coined after him...you can get off the floor and stop laughing at me now...please.

ok, now to the original idea...elizabethtown is a really great movie. of course since it was released recently i've had lots of friends (and myself) watching it lately and talking about it. i think it's just adorable...and believable, which is saying something with the romantic comedies as of late. i actually have a few friends that have been inspired to now take road trips, mostly with significant others. i think that is such a cute idea! i would love to do that, but honestly, chris and i just don't have the time. i mean i will be taking a road trip myself, to my sister's wedding and then to see him...but it's not going to be a cool cross-country trip or anything. just one day. i just don't have anytime before camp that i could just take off. i only have one week between finals and camp!

oh, and speaking of camp...kyle emailed today and gave me the choice of teaching in-depth bible study (which is experiencing God this summer) and for girls only. i chose for girls only because i've always wanted to teach that track and it was my favorite track as a camper. i connect better with the girls at that age...i feel very strongly called to minister to high school girls. maybe because of my precious little kayla...i'm so protective of her! i just want the best for her, and all of them, and i truly believe that i can help them learn through some of my experiences and mistakes. i've always known God can take bad circumstances and use them for good...so i hope someone benefits from the things i've been through...

anyway, off my soap box. i'm so looking forward to camp this summer. i just wish i knew more about it at this point. i feel like every other year they've sent us materials and info before now, and i have an even bigger job this year, so i'm kind of nervous and anxious about it. i definitely thought that i would have stuff to do already. oh well...i guess i'll find out soon enough.

happy day to all!!

2006-02-14T21:22:00.000-08:00

happy valentine's day to everyone!! i hope you all had as good a valentine's day as i did. i have a pretty stellar boyfriend...i really do. he does the sweetest things sometimes! this year i got a pink razr and a dozen chocolate covered strawberries...both of which are a few of my favorite things. he knows me so well...i'm a pretty lucky girl! sorry but i have to brag on him sometimes...he deserves it!

i did it too...

2006-02-14T21:11:00.000-08:00

Which Sesame Street Muppet Are You?

random trivia #1

2006-02-02T17:33:00.000-08:00

i'm not going to claim a day, and i'm not going to claim that i will do this even every week...i've just got a lot of quotes bouncing around in my head and some time on my hands right now...and i'm also quite bored tonight. so here goes...same rules as everyone else...no cheating (that means using ANY website to find the answer...or anything else that would give you an unfair advantage), any unanswered questions go to me...and i have the final say in answers and whatnot...all that being said...play on!

They might be movies...they might be tv shows...2000 points per first correct answer. Name the movie or show. (some are really easy...some, not so much) There is a loose theme here...you may can figure it out...maybe not...it's random so I'll give an extra 1000 points to someone if they do figure it out.

1. "I carried a watermelon." -robyn (dirty dancing)

2. "His bathtub's bigger than the Blue Banana!" -amy (pretty woman)

3. "The question isn't "what are we going to do," the question is "what aren't we going to do?" " -chris (ferris bueller's day off)

4. "Donger's here for five hours, and he's got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I'm like a disease." -robyn (sixteen candles)

5. "Happy people just don't kill their husbands, they just don't." -chris (legally blonde)

6. "Someone sat on me again." -chris (princess diaries)

7. "They exposed they selves!" (sic) -chris (varsity blues)

8. "Swear. Raise your right hand and say, 'May Destiny's Child break up if I count these blueberries.' " -chris (gilmore girls)

9. "Hey, if you don't finish your crud, you're not gonna get any crap for dessert." -me (roseanne)

10. "Jersey Katsopolis. Sounds like a Greek cow." -robyn (full house)

11. "How do you accidently kiss someone? Did she slip on a rug, and your lips broke her fall?" -chris (boy meets world)

12. "I'm impressed." "Well I'm in love." -chris (cruel intentions)

13. "Okay guys, one more thing, this summer when you're being inundated with all this American bicentennial Fourth Of July brouhaha, don't forget what you're celebrating, and that's the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic, white males didn't want to pay their taxes! Yeah!" -chris (dazed and confused)

14. "At your age, you're going to have a lot of urges. You're going to want to take off your clothes, and touch each other. But if you do touch each other, you *will* get Chlamydia... and die." -chris (mean girls)

15. "That is not true. I did call Slurpee Heaven. They didn't want you. Heard you had attitude. Said you weren't "Slurpee" material." -robyn (two weeks notice)

16. "In cheerleading we throw people into the air. And fat people don't go as high." -robyn (bring it on)

17. "*Are you high, Clairee*?" "We'll sell t-shirts sayin' "I SLAPPED OUISER BOUDREAUX!" Hit her!" "M'LYNN, YOU JUST MISSED THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME! HALF O' CHIQUAPIN PARISH'LL GIVE THEIR EYE-TEETH TO TAKE A WHACK O' OUISER!" -robyn (steel magnolias)

18. "You can't ride two horses with one a**, sugarbean." -robyn (sweet home alabama)

19. "It doesn't matter what Lucy said. I stopped trusting her after she stole my poprocks in the third grade." -robyn (13 going on 30)

20. " Did they run out of butter or something? How could they run out of butter. I should have an assistant, because if I had an assistant, she would be out milking a COW and I would never run out of butter!" -robyn (america's sweethearts)

ok have fun...and i hope you enjoy it!!

oh, and chris has 1500 points from a previous post a few months ago...i just now figured out how to do plain text on the sidebar!

i'm bored.

2006-01-28T11:00:00.000-08:00

i'm watching pleasantville. it's such an interesting movie, i think. very funny, very satirical, but interesting. if you think about it, i think it's a good picture of what we've done to the world. we took the world God gave us and turned it into something different and perverse...something He never intended. just like when they are thrown into the reruns of the show, they weren't sent there to turn the whole world to color and tell people about sex and books and fire. we've taken the paradise He gave us and turned it into a wasteland filled with poverty, hunger, disease, death, pollution, war, and all sorts of devastation. it makes you think...

...i didn't even plan to talk about anything like that, it just occurred to me as i began to type. interesting. i've got to go shopping today. one of my classes is heading to the state capitol to do some schmoozing on tuesday and i need something business-casual or something like that to wear. all my dress clothes are kind of funky...you know, sequins and shiny stuff, gauchos, peasant shirts, beads and bobbles...not stuff you would wear to meet congress persons. i don't know how i'll ever work in an office...i hate dressing like a drone. i rather enjoy being stylish and fashionable and different.

for those of you that saw me with my brown hair...i just couldn't handle it. i really tried, but i could never get used to it...i think it made me look dead in photographs. so, wednesday i went lighter. the girl that did it did a great job. i just hated sitting in the salon for 3 hours! i could have fallen asleep so many times...oh, and she did a wonderful job waxing my eyebrows too...they look better than they have in so long. all in all, i'm pleased.

so with the 2 sisters getting married, it's getting to the time of showers and dress fittings and invitations. ugh. i mean, i'm happy for them, but i think i'll tire of hearing about wedding crap real quick like. amanda has her first shower in a week. it's a lingerie shower...should be fun.

the pup is doing amazing. she went to the vet monday and she's perfectly healthy. she's so cute! she never even noticed getting her shots, she was busy eating the milk bones the vet kept giving her.

i'm anxious for amanda's wedding for one reason...that's the next time i'll get to see chris! i think his parents might be there too...at least they're invited. of course that means our families will meet each other...yikes. it should be interesting though!

back to the grindstone.

2006-01-23T09:32:00.000-08:00

school has started. actually now we're in our second week. it seems cool. hard to believe i have one semester of classes after this. wow. family is ok...2 weddings in store is driving them all crazy though...we'll see how this comes out! work is the same old thing...boring with a bunch of old biddies all snipping at each other...it's funny that the grown people are the ones that have all the problems with people. all the college students like each other for the most part. that's about it for now...just waiting to see what the next few months hold for me. between you and me, it really needs to hold some sort of spiritual renewal, because as of right now, i'm nowhere near prepared for camp. i know i need to be, but it's like i can't get into it. i can't find a church, i just don't have a desire to dig in like i used to. i don't know what is wrong with me. i want to have that hunger back...i don't know how to get back there. how do you go about getting your thirst back?

sweet home ala...oh wait, no.

2006-01-10T14:36:00.000-08:00

so i'm home. i got home last night...round about 11pm. though chris tends to complain about it (which makes that different from NOTHING else), the drive is really not a bad one. i mean, you just stick to i-40 forever.

i think i've found something out about myself...but i don't want to say this and then get it stuck to me everytime the situation arises...deal? ok, good. here goes - i think i like driving. it's serene...as long as there's no traffic, it's not boring...as long as you have a fully-stocked iPod, and it can be therapeutic. i think i like it. and i think my little wonder pup digs riding too. we were made for each other.

school starts in a week...i start work tomorrow. i'm kinda tired of this job, though kinda not. i mean, it's easy as pie, so why switch? but i have had other offers...i'm just not sold on switching jobs yet.

i found out a little while ago that my financial aid is all set for the year, which is amazing! i'm so excited...it's all because i committed myself to having a stellar fall semester, and i did!

my step-dad is kinda peeved that chris got me a dog. i'm living in his dad's house (because no one is living here, they don't want it to deteriorate, and he's living in our house so there is no room for me there!) and even though they always had dogs, he doesn't want me to have a dog here. now, his dad doesn't care...he says it's fine if i take care of her...but my step-dad says that if i have a dog she has to live in the back yard. well...we're working on him. as far as mom and i are concerned, as long as papaw doesn't care, it's fine. i mean, it is HIS house.

it's been a while.

2005-12-28T15:07:00.000-08:00

i know, i know. it's been forever...sorry. well, i did make it to north carolina. i'm here and i've not really been doing anything. don't get me wrong, i really have liked the rest and relaxation i'm getting in, but i would definitely have loved it if chris could have taken off more time from work...i understand though! one must work to make money! he works every weekday from 3:30 pm until midnight. we do get a bit of the day to hang out, but we both have more energy generally when he gets home, so we end up staying up late, which limits our day-time because we feel we need to sleep late! vicious circle. anyway, let's see...for christmas i got my puppy, of course...and i thought that was all i was getting from chris, but christmas morning he surprised me with gilmore girls season 5 under the tree!!! i was really excited because i got bummed that no one had gotten it for me and i was going to have to go buy it myself. his parents gave me a pretty cashmere shawl from one of my favorite stores...and then my parents just gave me money, really. my mom gave me some cute pajamas and white and yellow gold hoop earrings and daddy and gale are going to take me shopping for clothes when i get home...and that was my christmas.

we went to chris' church christmas morning...it was nice. their pastoral staff sat on stage all on couches and club chairs and such with their families...it was a neat gesture. christmas eve, we went with his parents to this really pretty old stone church. it was an episcopal service...which i had never participated in before, and i don't think chris had either. i got really confused during the communion part, because you have to walk to the altar and kneel and drink from the same cup...and they have awful wine that takes your breath. and then chris and i got really tickled because they have 3 different books for the service (book of common prayers, hymnal, and the bible with the apocryphies) and we couldn't keep up! they jumped from one book to the other so fast...we were constantly flipping pages and acting like we knew what we were supposed to be saying. it was funny. we had dinner christmas eve with his parents, and then lunch after church on christmas day. it was nice to see them again. i really like his parents...they're so nice to me, and i think they're really funny. i would love to get to spend more time with them!

we have been able to do a few things this week. we saw narnia the other night...it is great! i never read the books as a kid, so i bought them yesterday. i really like the storylines. we also saw the ringer with johnny knoxville...not as funny as it could have been, but somewhat humorous. we went to a candlelight tour of the biltmore house. WOW. it was so pretty, so cold, and so big. they've opened up the fourth floor since we went in the spring. pretty cool. we decided it would be insanely ridiculous to live there with any less than 50 people. it's entirely too huge. hmm...what else... oh we went to see the new house his parents are buying...they close on it tomorrow...it's very nice, but i think everyone (including me) is really going to miss the house they're in. i haven't been to see his school yet, but i think we will be going sometime. oh and there is a gingerbread house exhibit at the grove park inn that we're going to see too. i like it here. i only wish i could stay.

isn't she cute?!?!

2005-12-17T15:29:00.000-08:00

here is the newest addition to my household...vivi! i know there are several...and they all look similar and the last one is kinda out of focus...i get a little over-zealous with the camera sometimes! i'm so excited i finally have her. i picked her up this morning, so this will be our first over-night experience...and we leave for north carolina tomorrow or monday! it's a good thing she likes the car and she's still young enough to pretty much just sleep all the time. i've said it before, but i don't care...i'm really excited about spending the holidays with chris and his parents. i had christmas at my mom's house last night...they pretty much just gave me money so i could shop the after-christmas sales...which is exactly what i wanted! she also gave me some really nice pajamas and slippers and some great earrings (i was with her when she picked the earrings out, so i knew i liked those). i hope everyone is having a good break from school, or will have a good break from work! fyi...i ended up with a 3.2 for this semester...that makes me happy!

stick a fork in me...

2005-12-10T21:16:00.000-08:00

...cause i am DONE!! fall 2005 is in the books. it is finished, and i am relieved. i think my grades are going to be really good...well except one...i think i have a C in juvenile corrections, but my others are fine. it might actually be the best semester i've had in college! i'm so glad to be finished and facing my 5 or 6 week break! as of right now, i'm planning to spend 2-3 weeks in asheville with old what's-his-face. i guess that will be fun...kidding, kidding. anyway, i'm really bored now that i have nothing to do. i'd really just like to sleep for a few days, but my lovely boss has scheduled me 9-5 everyday next week (plus 1-6 on sunday!!!)...i will be sitting in the very cold backroom (we have no heat) looking up the wholesale prices of textbooks in various publishers' books...sounds like fun, huh? i've not done this before, but my co-workers have told me that my eyes will be crossed by the end of the first day. what a way to spend christmas vacation....i was hoping to get things done this week before i left for north carolina. i still have christmas shopping to do, gift trading with my family, i need a haircut like whoa, i have tons of laundry and cleaning to do, i have to pick up my puppy and spend some hardcore quality time with her (!!), get my car checked out and cleaned, and of course, pack for 3 weeks.

wow, i didn't realize what a long to-do list i have...stink.

friends are friends forever.

2005-12-08T22:20:00.000-08:00

i love how you can talk to a really good friend after months even, and just pick up like you saw each other yesterday! i have some really great friends. i love the way that friends make you feel like you're understood and loved and just great! it doesn't matter to them what is going on in your life, whether boring or CRAZY, they'll just listen and give you the attention you need. my friends are so important to me, and i love that i have so many great ones in my life. there are some that i've been horrible about staying in touch with...actually, you can ask any of my friends and they'll tell you...i stink at keeping in touch with folks! but i still hope they know that i love them all and truly cherish the relationships i have with them. i know this is all cheesy, but sometimes you really just notice how blessed you really are to have such amazing people in your life...people that are there right when you need them. it's almost like they know...

God is amazing, and He has surrounded me with such wonderful people.

grrrrr!

2005-12-07T20:45:00.000-08:00

i'm irritated right now, so i'm going to let you in on a few of my pet-peeves...

-disgusting public displays of affection

-public flatulence

-ignorance

...and...when someone calls you to talk and they get another call...they take that call and leave you on hold...indefinitely. then the person never comes back to tell you that they will be focusing their attention on this new call...you get tired of waiting and hang up...you wait for a bit, and then try to call the person back. they don't answer. why??? because they're on the phone! now, they had no problem answering another call when they were talking to you, but now that you are the one calling, they don't answer....do you know what that is? that is inconsideration, and i HATE it.

it keeps going and going and going and....

2005-12-06T22:59:00.000-08:00

it's only tuesday and i feel like this week has gone on forever already! it's finals week...it seems like it will never end. i had one final monday, two tomorrow...at noon and 4, if you'd like to remember me at those times...and one friday at 4. ugh...and i have to work just about anytime i'm not taking tests. i am glad for one reason though...i turned in a 35 page case study paper today and a 32 page policy booklet friday...that's way too many pages in one week. i mean geez. blah. but i'm just passing the time until i go to visit chris! i'm not really stressed about finals, either. i'm sort of (frighteningly) ambivalent towards my actual tests. i'm pretty sure i could fail my finals and still have fine grades, so i'm not that worried...which is unusual! i normally worry enough for everyone i know...i also normally am just trying not to fail, so that's a new sensation!

on another note, i spoke with chris earlier...hehe...he was in the mall trying frantically to find a gift for me from his parents. apparently what his mom wanted to get for me didn't work out, so she sent him to find something...since he knows me and they don't really. well, previously i thought he was well-versed in shopping for me...i really didn't think it was a hard task! he called me begging for an idea of what to get for me. after a hard day...that's too stupid to discuss...that is difficult to call up! a present was the last thing on my mind, so needless to say, i really didn't have a clue. i think he finally got enough ideas to get on with...crazy boy.

my pictures i posted last night...i finally figured out how to put a picture in a post, so i decided to play with it and show you guys a glimpse of the crazy happenings around here. i wish i had taken my camera (or really that chris had remembered to grab it...loser) when we went to check out my puppy!! she is so cute...you'll get pictures soon...i'll be able to get her pretty soon.

ok, i'm out. i'm going to watch a harry potter movie again...i swear, i just can't watch those things too many times! it's comforting to fall asleep watching those mischievous kids.

just a taste...

2005-12-05T21:24:00.000-08:00

this is our crazy picture! chris and i were just being stupid with my birthday sombrero!

this is the cutest puppy in the wide world...this is chris' dog, abercrombie. he doesn't like my flash.

who knew?

2005-12-05T21:14:00.000-08:00

You scored as Albus Dumbledore. Strong and powerful you admirably defend your world and your charges against those who would seek to harm them. However sometimes you can fail to do what you must because you care too much to cause suffering.

Hermione Granger

90%

Albus Dumbledore

90%

Harry Potter

80%

Remus Lupin

75%

Ginny Weasley

65%

Ron Weasley

60%

Severus Snape

60%

Sirius Black

60%

Draco Malfoy

50%

Lord Voldemort

35%

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across the universe.

2005-12-02T21:02:00.000-08:00

well, if it's ever been a question in anyone's mind as to whether fuge will put couples nearly as far away as possible from each other, i have to say it is true. chris has accepted the position of rec director at jenness park...for those of you that don't know, that is in cold springs, CA. i will once again be here in mississippi...down in clinton at mississippi college as one of the assistant directors.

so, yes, we are going to be at opposite ends of the universe for the summer, but i couldn't be happier for him! this is exactly what he wanted to do...maybe not where he wanted to go, but he's fine with it. we're both very happy with our positions, and hopefully he'll be able to visit me this summer before heading out to jenness, as he doesn't start camp until july!

light at the end of the tunnel...

2005-12-01T10:47:00.000-08:00

it's almost the end of the semester, and i'm jazzed!! i just have two assignments and my finals left...and none of that is anything to stress about! i think this is going to be a good semester as far as grades go. i think before my finals i have all b's. i'm just glad the end is near. the holidays will be great! i'm glad that i will be able to spend the holidays with chris and his parents, even if it means i will be away from my family. you've got to break away sometime, and i suppose now is as good as anytime.

i'm getting excited about christmas! all the traditional christmas cartoons are starting to come on tv and some of the radio stations are already playing christmas music! of course, i could listen to christmas music anytime of the year. it makes me excited! i can't wait to have decorations up...that always makes me happiest. and i love watching people open presents...i know that sounds weird, but i really do! especially if it is something i am giving.

ok, i'm just rambling...i'll stop now. love to you all!

i'm baaaaack!

2005-11-28T21:19:00.000-08:00

sorry for my absence, dear readers. i had a slight problem with my troublemaker of a laptop. this time, the power cord broke. it was actually broken by a girl in a coffee shop, but it didn't die until a couple weeks later...of course right at crunch time! it was wednesday night, i had an 8 page paper due friday, no jump drive and all my work and research on my computer and my computer alone. it died. i had to start from scratch, but only after chris got here with his laptop. i tried to be resourceful. i tried to use my little sister's power cable...it was a different wattage, but my uncle said it would work any way...it didn't. the computer died while i was writing the paper. everything was scrapped. i turned the paper in a week late, because i have a gracious professor who knows my penchant for having mis-haps. i had to do all the research and paper stuff all over again. oh well...it's done!

so i spent the thanksgiving holidays without my own computer...i just got the new cord today. chris and i had a great time last week...i mean, i guess he did...i had a good time anyway! we saw the new harry potter movie twice. once at 12:01 am on friday, and then again this past wednesday with my little brother, trae. (he loves harry potter, but surprisingly the only thing he got out of the entire near-3-hour movie was that harry potter cussed...he's a little obsessed with cussing lately) thanksgiving was fine...2 meals on thursday and one scheduled for friday, but we didn't make it. had a dinner with daddy and gale and brent and kerri and afterward we all played cranium...fun. oh, the first weekend he was here we played lsu in football and lost. it was noel's birthday and she, courtney, and drew stayed with us. we went out and got crazy and ended up at some random weird guys' house way too late and had to get chris to come pick us up at 6 am because i couldn't drive noel's car because it was a 5-speed...many other details to that story, but that's the short version. then this past weekend we played ms state and lost...so all in all it was a red-letter week. :(

the rest of the time chris and i just chilled. i'll be going up there for christmas and i'm soooooooo excited! a little nervous about being away from home for the first time on christmas, but excited that i'll be able to spend the holiday with him and his family. oh, and he and i went to see the puppy he's getting me for christmas! she is so cute! and man, she is fat! she'll fit right in with the rest of us. :P

so next, i have 2 big projects/papers due in the next couple days, one final tomorrow, and then nothing until my 4 multiple choice only final exams start next week! now i just need to get the motivation to get to work hard-core on these assignments!

blah.

2005-11-13T20:00:00.000-08:00

ok, so this is going to be boring...just so you know. i have absolutely nothing to report. i'm currently bored out of my mind and re-watching my gilmore girls dvds for the 100th time. i love them, don't get me wrong, but i sure wish there were something more interesting to do. i mean, i even cooked myself dinner...that is somewhat rare in my house...i haven't yet mastered the cooking for one thing. i made quesadillas and they were delicious! i also went grocery shopping so i can feed my company this weekend...if any of you are reading, i am prepared to make you at least some enchiladas and hungry jack casserole...yummy! oh, there is one exciting thing, with our bake sale yesterday, we made over $300 for the university counseling center which is non-profit and runs on donations only. that was exciting because my friends and i worked our heinies off friday night baking and then saturday selling. and after i did a bake sale and worked for a full eight hours, i came home and cleaned house and did laundry. hmm...i can't think of anything else. i know i know, boring...i warned you.

you've got a friend.

2005-11-09T10:05:00.000-08:00

just a quick one, because it's been a while...

well, this week has been full of work (lots of work) and school. but, i am really excited because i have found some really cool people to hang out with lately! it's no secret that i've been craving friends and companionship lately because all my old friends are gone...well now i've finally made new ones!! it makes me happy.

last thursday i went with a bunch of friends to the levee to see a really great band. they're an 80's cover band and they are sooo much fun! we had an awesome time. i've also been hanging out with a great old friend lately too! taneka and i are reunited!! i mean, it's not like we didn't like each other or something, we just didn't make time for each other i guess...but that's all over now! it's fun....i love having her back!

and i have some really great friends in my classes. jennifer, andrea, and lindsey are great. and no, when i say andrea, i'm not talking about myself! it's so weird having a friend with the same name, because i've met very few andreas in my time. anyway, we're having a great time hanging out and working on school junk...we had a debate monday morning and we won! it's worth a test grade of 105 which rocks!

anyway, thanksgiving is coming up...big plans as usual. first the lsu game...noel, courtney, and drew are coming in...then chris comes in, we have thanksgiving with the family...then we head to starkville with like many more people than i can name for the fabulous egg bowl...ole miss vs. miss state game! and then partying afterwards, no matter the outcome, with tons of people at the hunt club! ok...there's life for a bit!

gimme a break!

2005-10-31T19:26:00.000-08:00

is there no end to this semester?!?! i swear i get busier as the weeks go on. i feel like i barely have time to eat, sleep, and shower in between school, work, and homework...and just forget about church! in the past 2 weeks, if i haven't been working during church, then i've been doing homework. i've never had to do this much work in one semester! of course, that could be because i've done horribly most every other semester...yeah, that could be it.

our child welfare visit day went well. it was so interesting, and at the end of the day, the supervisor of the agency said she would be delighted to have either/both of us back as interns or social workers in the future! i thought that was really sweet. we even got to see a couple shelter hearings in court...i went on a couple interviews at the elementary school, and we got to go on a few house visits and investigate a case dealing with elderly neglect. it was really interesting. i could definitely see myself working in a department of family and child services someday. maybe that's what i'll do when i get my bachelor's degree...if i need to work for a while.

that's all i did on my birthday. i didn't get to celebrate, but that's ok. courtney and drew sent me flowers...it was super sweet! i did go to a birthday party for grandmother and me on sunday...i got a card from her and a sweater i wanted from gale. it was cool.

thursday night i celebrated with gale and kerri. we went to a cool new restaraunt...l & m's, and then went to the rocky horror show at fulton chapel. it was really good! and wow, the guy that played dr. frank n. furter was really great...really weird, but really great! then saturday, alicia and i went to a costume party in kossuth...if you don't know where that is, don't worry...neither did i! she drove, but it's somewhere in the north part of the state around booneville. it was put on by some of her friends...it was pretty fun. the costumes were really funny! the girl (heather) that threw the party was a little boy and her husband was michael jackson...she wore a shirt that said "i was fondled at neverland ranch!" and then her parents dressed up as wayne and garth from wayne's world! funny, funny. alicia was an 80's rock star and i was trailer trash barbie...complete with ratty bathrobe, slippers, foam hair rollers, and smeared make-up! i wish i had pictures!

anyway, back to school work...

fyi.

2005-10-24T10:09:00.000-07:00

for those of you that don't know, tomorrow is my birthday. i'm kind of excited, because frankly, i'm still a little kid and i get excited about birthdays and holidays. but, i'm having to give myself a reality check, because it's not going to be anything special. there's no one here to celebrate with, my mom, step-mom, and grandmother already gave me presents, and my daddy is helping on the coast. and have i mentioned that chris and all my other friends are gone...far, far away. yeah. i'm not expecting anything stellar, or really anything at all.

oh yeah, and tomorrow, you know the day of my birth...i have to spend in booneville (translation - nowheresville) shadowing a child welfare worker. so there won't be much celebration going on then. oh well...i guess that's what happens when you grow up. i'll be fine :)

on another note...

CHRIS COME HOME! I MISS YOU :(

...to live and die in dixie.

2005-10-20T21:30:00.000-07:00

that is what we did. we died in dixie this weekend, dear readers. down to the last six seconds of the game...the ole miss rebels had the alabama crimson tide tied at ten. (they were absolutely favored over us...we stink this year) during those last few seconds, alabama got in field goal range and put one up for three. so it ended...13-10, alabama. sadness.

in all truthfulness, it really wasn't that sad. at least not for me, i had already resigned that we would lose, and we had a GREAT time at the game. but let's back up the weekend a bit...

so friday night, i had friends coming in. chris was driving down from north carolina, drew and courtney and taneka all drove in from starkville. apparently, everyone but ole miss had fall break this past weekend. (mine is at thanksgiving...we get the whole week) so anyway, i knew i would have visitors for the weekend, but i didn't think anyone would be there before at least 10. chris comes rolling in town at about 7:30 and came and hung out at work with me. so we got to hang out some...ate at oby's...had a good time. drew and courtney came in about 1 am. we talked for a while and caught up, then went to bed around 3 am...because it was an EARLY game. i hate 11 am games. i think everyone does. so i get up at like 7 am because i wanted to get a head start on getting ready and i take longer than everybody. they all told me they were getting up at like 7:30/8...well no one did. we were planning to leave for the grove at like 9, because they all still had to get their tickets and we wanted to grove for a while before the game...you know, get some breakfast and all before we had to sit in a stadium all day. anyway, i finally call chris at like 8:45 to wake him up so someone will get in the shower! we wake drew and courtney up and i think we got to the grove at like 10:30. we had to haul tail to the stadium!

then, after the game. we went to a new mexican restaraunt...el sombrero, for all those of you who were with me in clinton this summer, it is the same people...we met taneka, matt, and thomas there. thomas could only stay for a minute, but matt and taneka decided to join the party back at my house! it's so great when you get to hang out with old friends!! so we decide that we want to watch stupid movies and have some fun...so chris and i go to wal-mart and buy super troopers! i love that movie...it's retarded! (my title for this post was almost "the snozberries taste like snozberries!") such a great movie...and so stupid! anyway, we watch the movie, laugh our butts off, and then decide to play dumb card games, take dumb pictures...and taneka, chris, and i decide it would be a great idea to do the "diverse city" creative movement from this summer! it was hilarious...and taneka's was so much better than ours and chris'. we had so much fun. we all decided to go to bed at some point in the early morning...there were people sleeping all over the house! and i still have left over food and junk from all these people! taneka slept with me just like we did when we were in high school and we stayed up for hours just talking...it was great to catch up with her!

well, after a tasty lunch at newk's the last of the guests left sunday (except chris). chris and i headed to southaven to meet with my sister amanda and her fiancee brian...we at at logan's. i normally love logan's but this was ridiculous. i ordered a medium rare filet. not brain science, not rocket science...cooked meat. after three steaks, they still didn't get it right. i finally just sucked it up and ate the third one, but we did get two free entrees for next time out of the deal. i just hate bad service. i feel that if i'm paying for a meal, it better be what i ordered. don't you think??? i'm not rude to people, and i didn't blame it on the server, but it was insane. i feel that we should have gotten more than 2 free entrees. we should have gotten that meal free and the next one. i'm not one to mooch, but that was just terrible. anyway, off my soapbox... after dinner, we saw waiting. it was so funny! i love ryan reynolds! he's hilarious. go see it.

then monday was uneventful, chris drove me to class...we ate a couple meals, wandered the square, visited the family, then it was time for sleeping. i went to work tuesday morning, and he left. i didn't cry though; i was proud of myself. truthfully though, it was only because i sobbed the night before. yes, that's right, i cried like a baby monday night. this long distance thing is hard! i wish there were someway we could live in the same town. or even the same state! it's crazy how much i miss him...i mean, he's my best friend, of course it's sad and of course it affects me. people just expect me to be mary sunshine...it's hard when your best buddy/boyfriend/favorite playmate has just moved 10 hours away! lay off people!

anyway, i think i'm out. man, this is crazy long. sorry it was an eventful weekend!

waffle's very happy.

2005-10-12T20:26:00.000-07:00

so, guess who is the new administrative director for the mc combo team next summer...that's right, me!! yes, yours truly aced her interview. i did the interview, and normally they would wait, talk about it, and call back, but they said that my answers and qualifications were so great that they were ready to offer me the job right then and there! so, it's exciting. i'm happy.

oh, and i'll give 1,500 points to the first person that can identify the quote in the title of this post and who said it...WITHOUT CHEATING.

life happens

2005-10-10T18:54:00.000-07:00

sorry for the delay in posting, folks...like my title, life happens. i've been so busy with school and then trying to get more hours at work (because i'm broke :( !!) that i've just not had time to sit down and update, so here goes...
let's see, my car died this weekend, so i'm driving my daddy's huge truck. yucky. i feel so butch driving around in a truck! sorry, but i do! the car will be fixed though, so i'm not rid of it that easily! i found out this past week that i cannot graduate in may like i was planning/hoping. that rocked my world. i was devastated. i won't graduate until next may all because of one class, really. it's ridiculous, but i've met with the dean and the head of the department, and there's nothing i can do. sadness... i did have some good news though. on wednesday at 12:30 pm i will have a phone interview with kyle cravens and ms. mary in the fuge office to be the assistant director of the mississippi college centrifuge/m-fuge 2006 combo team! i'm really excited...kyle said the interview is just a formality and really just to get to know more about my specific computer and financial skills...but your prayers will still be much appreciated!! also, i found out that my wonderful, most awesome, incredibly great bestest buddy mike is doing soooo great! he is going to be able to come home wednesday!!! that makes me so happy, and i'm thankful to all of you who kept him in your prayers. from what i understand, he will still be going to nyc in a few weeks to have a procedure done, but he's in great stable condition now, and that's amazing. God is awesome! also, unlike last week and my last post, my parents are being really great right now. they were totally understanding about the whole graduating thing, which made me feel so comforted, and they've been there when i've needed them, especially with this whole mike thing. i was a little, hmm...moody - for lack of a better word - when i last posted, and definitely extremely emotional. i know, i know, it happens to the best of us. but everything is fine today, and that's all i can ask for! on another great note, (i know, the hits just keep on coming) CHRIS IS COMING THIS WEEKEND!!! so not only do we get mike back, but chris is coming too! just a red-letter week for me! and my birthday isn't for two weeks...just imagine how good it has to be to top this!! (yes that means my birthday is october 25th, for all those of you reading... remember that...) ok i think that's it... until next time!

much love.

...according to His will

2005-10-04T21:45:00.000-07:00

do you ever wonder whether God purposely puts certain people in you life, or whether you have them there on your own against His will? how do you know the difference? what is it that you look for? how do you know that people are good for you? i know to seek His guidance, and i feel that i do...but what if i don't know what He tells me?

i question somewhat frequently whether people are good or bad to have in my life, whether i should or should not be around them. there are people in my life that make me feel so bad sometimes, but it's almost like those ties can't be broken. the longer i've been in school, the worse i am about making friends...it's like i doubt myself and whether people will like me, which makes those contacts that are already in my life that much more important. but if those people are constant sources of pain or worry or anxiety...is it really good for me to continue to subject myself to that??

i am so thankful that i have the unconditional love the Father provides...it's so comforting that there is someone that will love you no matter what. i'm not sure there are many other sources of unconditional love...

i know it's stupid...but i just had to

2005-10-03T20:28:00.000-07:00

1. Copy and post in your Diary.
2. BOLD anything that is true.
3. Leave plain anything that is not true.
4. Add something.

001. I miss somebody right now.
002. I watch more tv than I used to.
003. I love olives.
004. I love sleeping.
005. I own a home.
006. I wear glasses or contact lenses. {sometimes}
007. I love to play video games.
008. I've done something illegal.
009. I've watched action movies.
010. I have been in a five star hotel.
011. I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
012. I like my handwriting.
013. I have acne-free skin.
014. I like and respect Al Sharpton.
015. I curse frequently.
016. I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.
017. I have a hobby.
018. I've been to another country.
019. I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
020. I'm really, really smart.
021. I've never broken anyone else's bones.
022. I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.
023. I love rain.
024. I'm paranoid at times.
025.I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
026. I need money right now.
027. I love sushi.
028. I talk really, really fast sometimes.
029. I have fresh breath in the morning.
030. I have semi-long hair.
031. I have lost money in Las Vegas.
032. I have at least one brother and/or sister.
033. I was born in a country outside of the U.S.
034. I shave my legs.
035. I have a twin.
037. I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
038. I like the way that I look.
039. I have lied to a good friend in the past 6 months.
040. I know how to do cornrows.
041. I am usually pessimistic.(you think negatively)
042. I have mood swings...sometimes
043. I think marajuana should be legalized.
044. I think Britney Spears is hott.
045. I have cheated on a significant other.
046. I have a hidden talent.
047. I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
048. I've been to a foreign country.
049. I am currently single.
050. I have kissed someone.
051. I enjoy talking on the phone.
052. I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
053. I love to shop.
054. I would rather shop than eat.
055. I would classify myself as ghetto.
056. I'm bourgeoise and have worn a sweater tied around my shoulders
057. I'm obsessed with my xanga!
058. I don't hate anyone.
059. I'm a pretty good dancer.
060. I don't think OJ killed his wife.
061. I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
062. I have a cell phone.
063.i watch mtv on a daily basis
065. I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
067. I have never been in a really serious relationship before.
068. I've rejected someone before.
069. I currently have a crush on someone.
070. I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
071. I want to have children in the future.
072. I have changed a diaper before.
073. I've had the cops called on me before...well, sort of, either people i was with or my loud, loud roommates...
074. I bite my nails...really my cuticles
075. I am a member of the Tom Green fan club.
076. I'm not allergic to anything deadly.
077. I have a lot to learn.
078. I have dated someone at least 10 years older or younger
079. I plan on seeing Ice Cube's newest "Friday" movie.
080. I am very shy around the opposite sex.
081. I'm online 24/7, even as an away message...just about
082. I have at least 5 away messages saved.
083. I have been rejected by someone.
084. I have a green sweater.
085. I own the "SOUTH PARK" movie.
086. I have avoided work to play on OD.
087. When I was a kid I played "the birds and the bees" with a neighbor or chum.
088. I enjoy country music.
089. I love my best friends.
090. I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
091. I watch soap operas whenever I can.
092. I'm obsessive, anal retentive, and often a perfectionist.
093. I have to advance my career in every position I take in the professional world.
094. I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all. (his music anyway)
095. I know all the words to Slick Rick's "Children's Story".
096. Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
097. I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it.
098. I have dated a close friend's ex...or sister's!
099. I'm happy as of this moment.
100. I have gone scuba diving.
101. Had a crush on somebody you have never met.
102. I've kissed someone I knew I shouldn't.
102.5. I've tried to kiss someone I knew i shouldn't.
103. I play a musical instrument.
104. I STRONGLY DISLIKE MATH.
105. I'm procrastinating on something right now.
106. I own and use a library card.
107. I fall in "lust" more than in "love."
108. Cheese enchiladas rock my socks.
109. I think The Lord of the Rings is one of the greatest movies ever.
110. I'm obsessed with the tv show "The O.C."
111. I am resentful that I have to grow up.
112. I am an entirely different person around different people.
113. I think the world would be a better place if people just smiled more often.
114. I think ramen noodles is one of the best foods in the whole world.
115. I am suffering mending of a broken heart.
116. I am a nerd.
117. Sometimes, no matter where I am or who I'm with, I seem to be lonely.
118. I am left handed and proud of it.
119. I try not to change who I am for someone.
120. My heart resides below my feet.
121. I have seen a live birthing.
122.I enjoy smoothies.
123. I have had major surgery.
124. I have adopted a pet from the SPCA.
125. I am listening to Radiohead right now.
126. Some people call me by a nickname.
127. I once stole a music stand.
128. I like pumpkin pie.
129. I love NASCAR!
130. I own over 200 CDs...or pretty close, i'm not going to count them!
131. I work 7 days a week.
132. I have mono
132. I don't have the ability to make decisions without changing my mind.
133. People tell me I have a horrible sense of humor.
134. I'm still in my PJs.
135. I'm looking for love in all the wrong places.
136. I have a tendency to fall for the wrong guys/girls, or have them fall for me.
137. I'll try anything three times.
138. I'm tired right now.
139. I sometimes have trouble sleeping.
140. I am a cuddler.
141. I love John Waters films.
142. I have made a home videotape.
143. Sloth is my favorite deadly sin
144. One of my feet is bigger than the other.
145. I know all the words to the "Firefly" theme song.
146. I am abnormally obsessed with all things Buffy/Angel....i used to be
147. I love comfort food.
148. This question made me mad.
149. I'm Catholic.
150. I can walk a mile without feeling like I'm going to die.
151. I am a college student.
152. I love to cook.
153. I hate vacuuming with a passion.
154. I'm addicted to photography and picture frames.
155. My brother is one of my best friends.
156. I want to lose weight/tone my body.
157. My daughter means more to me than anyone.
158. I listen to foreign music.
159. I'm a hopeless romantic.
160. I've changed so much since high school that I'm almost unrecognizable.
161. I want to run a foster home in the future… maybe
162. I enjoy listening to news talk on the AM radio.
163. I get random urges to die my hair, and follow them.
164. I have a tattoo.
165. I can touch my tongue to my nose.
166. I am in love with the Counting Crows.
167. I would be lost without my planner.
168. I sleep with five or more pillows.
169. I own an Ipod.
170. I drink coffee everyday.
171. I hate being in arguments.
172. I am high maintenance and I like it that way.
173. I dream of being our nation's president someday, or the first lady!
174. I have brown eyes
175. I LOVE SUBWAY
176. I think Tupac Shakur was the best rap artist to have ever lived
177. I have lied to my parents in the past week.
178. I have over 20 pairs of shoes in my closet.
179. I actually don't care what you say.
180. I don't know how I can stand to live.
181. I have wished more than once that I was dead.
182. I have ever been close. REALLY close to committing suicide.
183. I probably will never go through with the previous 2 questions.
184. I added or subtracted a question(s) on this survey (if so, which) 193-200
185. I actually did this whole thing...
186. I actually like who I go out with
187. I can drive
188. I have thought of hitting my teacher
189. I have physically hurt myself when someone else mentally hurt me
190. I am over 6 feet tall.
191. I Hate Jessica Simpson
192. I hate all the shows like..the oc, laguna beach, newlyweds, chaotic, etc.
193. I am obsessed with all things Gilmore Girls!!
194. I am a Christian.
195. I am the queen of useless knowledge and trivia.
196. I have movies that have never been watched.
197. I love books.
198. I have 4 or more siblings!
199. I am in a long distance relationship.
200. I'm not so good when it comes to making friends...

who even knows?

2005-10-02T12:57:00.000-07:00

...so I posted how i was offered the bible study leader job at Union...well I heard from Beth (who will be the missions mobilizer again at MC) that the MC staff is in need of an assistant director (they have 2 this year, and this is the one dealing with financial junk). since i have tons of experience in this area, i decided i would call my coordinator from last year and inquire about this job...half an hour after i called him, the coordinator of the MC team, kyle, called me and said i had been placed on the MC team...but left out the part about my job title! he also did not leave me his cell phone...only his office number, and he'll be out of the office for another week...

i want to know what i'm supposed to be doing! oh and by the way, if you've never noticed...i'm a little bit of an impatient person...

hopefully i'll hear from my new coordinator soon...i left him messages in his office...maybe he doesn't realize he never told me my position...

summer pictures...yay!

2005-09-29T20:09:00.000-07:00

i just decided i would post some fun camp pics since i have camp on the brain now...and i haven't had a chance to post camp pictures anywhere yet...

enjoy!

2005-09-29T20:07:00.000-07:00

skewler...what a weird night. when else would you see an ole miss fan and an lsu fan thisclose?

2005-09-29T20:01:00.000-07:00

this is just a really great pic of the stage...didn't i do a great job??

2005-09-29T20:00:00.000-07:00

didn't we have a pretty staff??

2005-09-29T19:58:00.000-07:00

the last fuge 500 of the summer...the water hazard got a little out of hand...these are the facial expressions we were wearing when we got doused. except for me...i don't know what i'm doing looking all dreamy...

2005-09-29T19:55:00.001-07:00

amy and i at the circus...put a little circus in your life!

2005-09-29T19:55:00.000-07:00

me and amy at mid-summer appreciation dinner

fuge???

2005-09-29T10:34:00.000-07:00

so i'm sitting in class yesterday, and this nashville number shows up on my phone....a nashville number that looks very similar to a lifeway number, go figure. i obviously think this is weird...i knew that yesterday was placement day, but i was really not sure why they would be calling me. see what happened is this: i filled out an application on line but i never submitted it! so in theory, lifeway shouldn't have it, and shouldn't have any indication that i wanted to work this summer. i was intending to finish school, if i could. see that's a whole other problem. i have a meeting with the dean/head on monday to see what i can do about the classes i still need. if i can get her permission to take all four practice classes together this next semester, i can graduate in may, like i am intending to, and i can either let fuge be my internship or come back and do my internship in the spring. people, this is crazy! i have no idea what to do...

any ideas...? i mean, why did they call me in the first place?? i know God has a sense of humor, but this isn't very funny in my opinion!

GILMORE GIRLS!!!

2005-09-26T23:47:00.000-07:00

first, let me tell you that i returned an unopened calculator i thought i would need for a class i dropped just to get the cash to get this at midnight...sad, i know!

well, i go to walmart to be there at midnight when they bring out the videos...of course this didn't happen until like 12:30 - 12:45. and then, they tell us (being all the people there looking for gilmore girls and family guy...and there were lots, i really thought i'd be the only freak there) that they didn't get either of them on dvd, they only had the umd's. we even had the guy call the other nearest walmart, in batesville which is about 26 miles away...and of course they said they didn't have it either. actually they said they don't bring out their videos until the next morning anyway, but they went and looked. well, obviously i was dissatisfied with this response so i decided i would wander around walmart looking for anything else i might need, but really just so it wouldn't be so obvious that i didn't believe them and i was waiting it out. well i wandered for about half an hour, checked back, and of course, after everyone else had gone on to other walmarts in various directions but all an hour away, they did indeed have both gilmore girls season 4 and the family guy dvd's. i lucked out. actually, i just refused to accept the information they gave us. i knew walmart had never failed me before, and this was not the day sam walton would let me down.

so now, lorelei, rory, and i are going to chill for a while...it's time to head to yale!

movie fun with amy...

2005-09-26T21:33:00.000-07:00

ok, so one of the greatest movie minds i know does fun movie trivia on mondays...

like seriously, those of us who play hang around until she posts and war it out to get the first right answers! since she invited me to compete with her on her friend robyn's trivia, i'm inviting you all to come try to beat us! you'll have to wait until next week though...we've pretty much exhausted this week. so, go visit her at thesoundtrackofmydreams.blogspot.com or just click on the amy t. link in the sidebar. she loves random comments, too! oh, any one can post comments on here, even if you don't have a blog - here or otherwise.

we'll make sure we challenge miss amy t. to come up with some difficult ones!!

much love, folks.

hey folks...

2005-09-25T23:58:00.000-07:00

so this is my first blogger post...i hope my friends all find me here. i've been on xanga, but have been converted! i always thought blogger looked better, but i thought it was more complicated or like all difficult to do.

anyway, i'm almost done with mid-term week...that has actually lasted about 2.5 weeks. one more test tomorrow and i'm done! but instead of studying, i am of course wasting time posting, playing lame internet games, and looking for cool quotes to re-do my away messages. i know, my life is boring!

on the upside, i did go hang out with some kids tonight. after church, we took the youth out to eat and it was fun to get to know a few more of them. they're starting to loosen up around me...so am i loosening up around them. those of you who know me know that i can be a bit shy in new situations! but, heaven help you after you know me. i can be a bit crazy. and like this post, definitely random.

i still miss my friends...fuge is awesome. i know i'm going to be really sad this next summer when everyone is getting ready to go work and i'm not. oh well, you have to grow up and graduate at some point. i think i'll value that diploma just a little more for having to forgo camp, or at least that's what i'm hoping!