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vendredi, janvier 30, 2004
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awww...i love my roommate... REALLY bad night and she just watched cinderella with me while we ate dutch chocolate "stupid boy ice cream". she's the best, isn't she?! OF COURSE SHE IS!!!
i'll write about the rest of the day later...it's time for bed so we can get up in the morning...
1:14 AM
jeudi, janvier 29, 2004
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NEVER, FOR FEAR OF FEEBLE MAN, RESTAIN YOUR WITNESS.
"If anyone publicly acknowledges me as his friend, I will openly acknowledge him as my friend before my father in heaven."
-Matthew 10:32
2:33 PM
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here's the most recent update that i've received about the football coaching status for us here at texas state. APPARENTLY, we really REALLY want this guy (mike says so). i just want a good coach...someone that will be easy to work with (for the fanatics) and someone who is easy to get along with (for the community). anyway...as news is brought to me, i'll bring it to you!
2:31 PM
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today it's rainy and wet and cold and i'm walking across campus to jowers for my PE classes. yay fun for that. NOT ONLY that, though, i have to wear shorts today because we're learning how to wrap a groin in taping and bandaging so i borrowed a pair of athletic pants from erin (thanks, erin) and headed out. well...i'm always worried (and have been since the first time i came to this campus) about slipping down the hills when it's wet outside. so i'm being as cautious as i can so i don't slip and made it almost all the way there but when i got to the bridge, i almost fell UP the bridge cuz my feet slipped on the concrete. THEN leaving after class, i almost fell down the bridge in the same spot. (stuipd spot...)
erin and i went to commons this morning for breakfast and as we were getting there jessica, mike, and kyle were leaving. it's nice to be able to walk around campus and know people! :-D
i think erin decided that brittany, erin (another one), erin (my roommate) and i are all going to room together next year! YAY!!! college inn seems to be our "first choice" so...we'll see! hopefully it will all work out. i'm rushing Chi-O next semester, i've been told! can't wait!!! :)
it's so weird that on tuesdays and thursdays i'm finished with classes at 10:30 when last semester i would have just have started at 10:30. what SUX is that thursdays i have anatomy lab from 5-8... i hope my anatomy lab instructor is better than my bio lab instructor was, cuz if not...UGH! anyway...yeah. LIFE SUCKS WHEN YOU HAVE BAD TEACHERS! i heard that today we play with a cut up rat. should be fun! anyway...i'll blog about that later...when i get back from class!
12:11 PM
mercredi, janvier 28, 2004
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NOTHING SETS A PERSON SO MUCH OUT OF THE DEVIL'S REACH AS HUMILITY.
"He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way."
-Psalm 25:9
9:43 PM
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matt "beat the game"...he says the top score is 593.5. all i have to say is...I'M SOOO JEALOUS!!!! y'all should try it...tell me what your scores are!
6:34 PM
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stupid, stupid, stupid. ok, soooo...here's the deal. mike IMed me earlier today with the news that coach manny (our football coach) was fired today. i don't know all the details, but here's the story as it has been published thus far. anyway...that's kind of how things are going. i hope we get a good coach for next year...it's about time we get one. we gotta get a good team! anyway, i'll keep ya up on the news if anything else should come up!
4:23 PM
mardi, janvier 27, 2004
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today's fortune of the day...
"You will soon be involved in many gatherings, parties and communications."
all i have to say to that is...DUH!!! I AM IN COLLEGE!!!
5:21 PM
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SMART IS BELIEVING HALF OF WHAT YOU HEAR. BRILLIANT IS KNOWING WHICH HALF TO BELIEVE.
"For wisdom will enter your heart, knowledge will please your soul."
-Proverbs 2:10
10:41 AM
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well...thank goodness for waking up late.... ok, i have an 8:00 class in jowers on tuesdays and thursdays. for those of you who don't go to txstate and have never been here, jowers is down on the OTHER side of the river next to the football stadium. (i know that for some of you it still doesn't help, but bear with me here...) so i set my alarm for 7 so i could get up and straighten my hair and get dressed and have something to eat before i left for class. well, let's just say it didn't quite work out like that. i haven't been sleeping well at ALL recently and last night was just another one of those. my stomach has been bothering me and i'm starting to think it's because i'm changing my diet and it's killing me, but either way i didn't sleep much last night because i'm constantly hot and my stomach hurts and stuff. aaaanyway, my alarm went off and i turned it off and rolled over thinking i'd get a few more minutes of sleep before getting up. stupid idea. i need to use the SNOOZE button from now on, i think. i woke up at 7:30-something and was planning on LEAVING at 7:30 because i've never walked down there in a hurry before (it's close to the basketball/volleyball stadium, so usually it's just to go to some kind of game so i don't mind being late or whatever) and didn't really know how long it would take me to get there. i get up, throw my contacts in, grab some clothes and head out the door. by 7:40 i'm outside the dorm. that's good. now i just have to GET there in 20 minutes hoping that traffic isn't bad and i don't have to wait on the light. THANK GOODNESS traffic wasn't bad at all and i made it TO my classroom (on the second story) in 14 minutes. *sigh* ok...now that i've told you that much, this was really cool. ok, i have to walk over a little bridge in sewell park (next to jowers and strahan coliseum) and this morning (since it was 29 degrees when i left for class) there was steam rising off the river. it was one of the most amazing things i've seen. just...wow. it was really really cool (and i was really really cold). then after class, there were 10-ish geese standing on the top step leading into the river.
so that's my story of the morning...i'll have more to say later, i hope! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
10:39 AM
lundi, janvier 26, 2004
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professor whalin (my intro to fine arts prof) got into a car accident and will not be back the rest of the week... please keep him and his family in your prayers that he may have a quick and safe recovery. thanks!
9:04 AM
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EVERY NOBLE WORK IS AT FIRST IMPOSSIBLE.
"Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses."
-1 Timothy 6:12
8:15 AM
dimanche, janvier 25, 2004
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GO BOBCAT BASKETBALL!!! final scores (i think) were 82-66 for our guys team and 82-67 for our girls team against lamar! man...those were SOOO much fun...goodness...i just...WOW!!!! the crowd at the guys game was amazing. we had the wave going around the stadium...something that doesn't happen at strahan. that's just crazy, but it was awesome!
to think...earlier today i had SOO much i was going to blog about and now i can't think of a single thing. don't ya just hate when that happens?
3:00 AM
samedi, janvier 24, 2004
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the iowa rock
3:07 PM
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well, kiddos, it's official. erin's a Chi-Omega now! how exciting is that?! she called me about 2:00 (and i freaked out cuz i thought maybe she was stranded somewhere and was calling me for a ride home). she was at the house, so i went to get her and we went to alvin ord's for lunch. it was really really REALLY good. anyway, i dropped her back off at the house and now i have to get ready for the basketball games. girls go at 4 and guys at 6:30. SWOOSH BOBCAT!!!
2:58 PM
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ok, i got this as an email and decided it was too cute to delete but i didn't really want to send it on, so i figured i'd just post it here. most of the people i would have sent it to will read it here anyway... hope you enjoy!!!
Texas Women
Texas woman appreciate their natural assets:
Clean skin.
A winning smile.
That unforgettable,Texas twang.
Texas women know their manners:
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, sir."
"No, thank-you"
Texas women have a distinct way with fond expressions:
"Y'all come back!"
"Well, bless your heart.."
"Drop by when you can."
"I'm fixin to"
"Be there in a sec."
Texas women know their summer weather report:
Hot
Hotter
Hotter than Hell
Texas women know their three R's:
$$$$$$$ Rich
$$$$$$$$$ Richer
$$$$$$$$$$$ Richest
Texas women know their vacation spots:
Hawaii
Las Vegas
any place that has a/c
Texas women know the joys of June, July, and August:
Summer tans
Wide brimmed hats
Adorable sandals
Texas women know everybody's first name:
Honey
Darlin'
Babe or Sugah
Texas women know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Steel Magnolias
Texas women know their religions:
Baptist (i'm Catholic, but...whatever...i can't mess with the email)
Football
Baseball
Texas women know their country breakfasts:
Fried eggs
Country bacon
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits
Texas women know their p's & q's:
"P"ecan pie (pronounced "puh con" not pee-can)
"P"ralines
"P"unch to "Quench" the thirst
Texas women know their cities dripping with Texas charm:
Houston
Austin
San Antone (That's San Antonio for out-of-staters)
Texas women know their elegant gentlemen:
Men in Wranglers
Men in uniform.
Men in tuxedos.
Texas girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Beauty Salon
The Country Club
Texas girls know the three deadly sins:
Bad hair
Bad manners
Bad dancers
Now you run along, Sugah, and send this to some girls who were raised in Texas or wish they had been. If you're a male, you hug that Texas woman of yours and say "I'm a lucky man" 3 times out loud. If you're a transplant, FAKE it....we know you got here as fast as you could!
12:19 PM
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DO ALL THE GODO YOU CAN, BY ALL THE MEANS YOU CAN, IN ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN, IN ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN, AT ALL THE TIMES YOU CAN, TO ALL THE PEOPLE YOU CAN, AS LONG AS EVER YOU CAN.
"I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone."
-Titus 3:8
11:17 AM
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ERIN'S AN OFFICIAL CHI-O TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm soooo excited...can't wait for her to go and come back... there's a 70% chance of rain today and they've gotta wear all white...i mean ALL white... i told her she should bring an umbrella, but i doubt she's going to be able to. we'll just see... I HOPE THEY HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!! :-D
10:53 AM
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you know, i probably should have blogged last night (like i was planning on doing) but i just...it would have been a blog i would have regretted posting, so i'm kind of glad i let myself think about everything before typing my feelings out for the world to see.
last night some really...not so good things came up about certain people and people kind of turned on each other and a LOT of feelings got hurt. i'm not going to type out what happened, but if you really feel like you need to know, ask and i may or may not tell.
first of all, thanks SOO much to chris and ann for being such amazing friends to me last night even though i know it was a really hard thing to do. trust me, after thinking really long and hard about it, i know what kind of a position i put the two of you in and i just hope that i didn't screw things up for you as badly as i screwed things up for me.
secondly... y'all really don't understand how awesome of a roommate i have. ok, let me explain something really really fast... erin is SUCH the levelheaded person. she hates confrontation (i found that out when i tried to get her to fight with me for an assignment) and is not AT ALL the drama-queen. i, on the other hand, seem to find drama in every possible situation. while talking to ann and chris about everything gave me the opportunity to cry and see things from their perspective, when i explained the evenings events to her she got really...yeah. hearing her point of view and how she felt about everything let me see the side that i wasn't going to see talking to ann or chris or mina. she's totally on the "outside" of the situation and has no emotional attachment to any of the involved members and...it was really nice to hear that for once. (not that the rest of you aren't nice to talk to...just...yeah. every once in a while i need to back away from the drama and she's my outlet.)
the conclusion i've come to is that it really isn't a big deal. i really don't care what happened...i have no reason to be upset except that the person i wanted to tell me wasn't the one who told me, but...life goes on. i'm not going to get all "up in a huff" about this because i don't think it's particularly worth it at this stage. i appologize for all the language used last night and all the hard feelings that are being passed, but i needed to blog it all out now. i think that's about all i have to say about that.
i really hope that everything can go back to normal (or how it was before yesterday) soon because i still feel the same way about all of you that i did two days ago. yes things have come out, and if there are more to come i really hope they come soon (just because i like to know all), but it's not worth losing friendships or straining friendships over.
that's all i have for this post...
10:43 AM
vendredi, janvier 23, 2004
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CAST ALL YOUR CARES ON GOD; THAT ANCHOR HOLDS.
"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure."
-Hebrews 6:19
7:00 PM
jeudi, janvier 22, 2004
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some fun and interesting things have happened today... i'll start with this morning. ok, i didn't go to bed until almost 2 and had to get up around 7 so i was a little worried about how tired i was going to be and everything, but since i took my shower last night i wasn't in AS MUCH of a hurry as i would have been otherwise. 5:45ish, i guess, i woke up and KNEW it was going to be really difficult for me to get up at 7 since i was so awake then. it's one of those REM sleep cycle things. anyway...yeah. so my alarm goes off at 6:50 and i turned it off and rolled back over. BAD idea...something i can't get used to doing. i used to do it in high school and my mom would always come make sure i was up and last semester erin always got up before i did so but this semester i'm the first one up. MAN that's weird. hehe so i finally pulled myself out of bed at 7:11 and figured that i had to leave by 7:30 so i could get to my car, drive over to jowers, and find the room (since i had no idea where it was). that was all good fun...yay! anyway, my care of athletic injuries class looks like it's gunna be kinna easy. i have to bring my book (it's HUGE) to class everyday cuz the prof tells us what to highlight and what we're going to need for the test from the book. it's kinna a cool class. i have this stereotype that all athletic trainers/coaches look the same. i don't mean like facial features (although they ARE close), i mean their stance and stuff. aaanyway...that class is going to be fun...if i can wake up in time! taping and bandaging doesn't look like it's going to be too hard. it's going to be MAINLY hands on with a few "practicals" as our tests. so that was my classes for the day. i walk to my car and the went to park back by the dorm. i was HOPING for a spot over by the president's house but i figured i wouldn't get one there so i went to medina KNOWING i'd get one there...except i couldn't cuz they were all taken. sooooo i was kinna screwed and had no idea where i was going to be able to park since i didn't know if any other purple lots except the stadium lot (where i just came from) so i went down lindsey st. and THANK GOODNESS a lot that used to be green (i think) is now purple and had ONE spot left. connie fit just fine, so i parked there and...yay! then i came back and erin was getting ready for her first class (yes, i finish with classes before she even starts) and then i went to return my poli sci and english lit books to the bookstore and i had to get the books for my two new classes. i returned like 7 books and got two and the price difference was only $60. that's SOOO not right! oh well... so i decided to organize all the stuff on my desk so i could get stuff on here and start studying and stuff. i decided to start reading for anatomy after i got everything fixed up and noticed that it was almost EXACTLY like the anatomy book i had in high school. thank goodness i have my notebook up here cuz...yeah. so i decided not to read the book since it'd be easier to just go over my old notes instead of reading the book...since my notes were VERY VERY detailed last year (ask jacob). soooooo...yeah. that's where i am right now. erin and i are STARVING and can't wait for 5:00 to roll around so we can go to harris to eat. i've only eaten there once but she said it's supposed to be good, so...we'll see! anyway...yeah! off to watch tv!!!
4:38 PM
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NO SIN IS SMALL.
"I am troubled by my sin."
-Psalm 38:18
12:25 PM
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MAN OH MAN... ok, so today started out WONDERFUL!!! i woke up thinking about a certain someone then got to talk to him as soon as i crawled out of bed...how great is that? so that was nice. i had fun running from the wall with the straightner on it to my computer to talk to him!!! anyway...then i went to class and OH how fun that was. (i'm being very sarcastic but don't really know how to get that point across in the blog.) intro to fine arts will be an...interesting...class. i DO get to use the TMEA concert that i'm going to on valentine's day as my musical performance to critique, though. i'm totally excited about that, too!! hopefully it will be great fun and i'll have more than 2 pages of stuff to write about cuz...yeah...rules are rules. (and i DO think these are rules, not just guidelines.) after fine arts i had an hour to waste before anatomy. talk about a "kick my butt" class. goodness, i was looking at the syllabus and the class requires about 50 pages of reading for the next class. so i'm thinking to myself...ok, so 50 pages in anatomy that i have to remember along with the 2 chapters in political science and all the LOVELY stories required for english literature...i'm NEVER going to stop reading, which sucks. and i was already really stressed yesterday about the classes and the work load and everything. i mean, i'm REALLY not a the sharpest tool in the shed...or anything remotely close to it. so i start to completely freak when i leave the anatomy classroom (which, ironically enough, is the same room my bio class was in...how cool is that?!). erin and i met for lunch at commons which was really good because i was STARVING and we both ate VERY healthy; salad, fruit, broccoli casserole (no good...didn't really eat that), a role and...something else, maybe!? anyway, it was a good, healthy meal but didn't contain any meat so i knew i was going to have to eat some for dinner...so i could get my meat consumption for the day in. after lunch we headed off our separate ways to our separate classes (we don't have ANY classes together this semester). i went to my med terms class which doesn't sound too bad. if i get a 97 average and miss less than 2 days i can exempt the final. i dunno if i'll be able to capture and maintain a 97 average (i'm not a very good memorizer) but it's worth a shot. i mean...what do i have to lose?! so that's that. then i came back to the room and mike was telling me all the details for the utsa basketball game tonight and how we were going to get down there and everything. i wasn't sure if i was going to be able to go or not because i HAD to go talk to an advisor in jowers to figure out what to do about my stupid schedule (those of you who saw my away message understand what i'm saying). before i could head off to jowers i had to stop by sterry to get katie's anatomy books that i'm going to be using this semester. THOSE THINGS ARE HECKA HEAVY WHEN YOU CARRY THEM FOR AN HR AND A HALF! then off to jowers. amazingly enough i got to talk to an advisor with no wait, told him my problem, filled out my "force me into this class" sheet and he oked it and sent me on my way. i am no longer taking english lit or poli sci but instead i'm taking taping & bandaging and care of athletic injuries. YAY FUN! so now i have 3 of the 4 PE classes i was supposed to take this year under my belt...or at least on the way to being "under my belt". LONG story (and many exciting events later) we went to utsa for the basketball game and got there just in time to see the girls winning shot! (43-42 us) the guys game was SOOO intense and SOOO much fun!!!! thanks for making me go, mike!!!!! anyway, final score on that one was 74-73 us. that was a losing final shot. man...the crowd...oh geez...i can't even start to explain it here! it was just incredible. (oh...for those of you who don't know, utsa and txstate are BIG rivals...it's called the I-35 rival--or something like that--and...yeah...it's intense!) the car ride home was a blast...burned MANY calories. i think mike and brady were a little...not wanting to be with us at ALL!!! but i think we all had a pretty good time for the most part.
anyway...i have to get up EARLY to get to jowers before 8 so i can wonder around looking for room 209a. NIGHTY NIGHT!!!!
1:00 AM
mardi, janvier 20, 2004
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FEAR AND WORRY ARE INTEREST PAID IN ADVNCE ON SOMETHING YOU MAY NEVER OWN.
"Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear."
-Matthew 6:25
12:33 PM
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ugh...first day of classes...ugh. too bad erin and i didnt sleep last night. tossing and turning all night wasn't so much fun when i had to get up at 7 for an 8:00 class. i was constantly waking up from HORRIBLE dreams about missing class, being expelled from school, etc. and on top of all that, this semester it seems like almost everyone has 8:00 T/H classes because there were 4 of us waiting for the shower this morning. guess that means we didn't schedule that stuff too well...and we don't have enough showers. i'm going to have to take my showers monday and wednesday nights, it looks like. oh well...no big deal i guess...just something i'm going to have to live with, right?!
yeah, so english lit is going to be a boring class and at 8:00 in the morning she's going to have to do a lot to keep us interested and motivated. my poli sci prof showed up to class 15 minutes late...i dunno what i think of that class. it's required so i can't really drop (unless these STUPID pe classes i'm trying to get into open up cuz then i'm going to drop eng and posi) but...oh well... the stupid catsweb page is over loaded because EVERYONE's trying to add and drop classes right now so...UGH!!! WHY CAN'T ANYONE DROP THOSE PE CLASSES!!! goodness...if they will i'll drop the eng lit and posi classes someone else needs. ...stupid schedule...
i think krysten (from fanatics) is in my poli sci class but i'm not sure. if SO, then at least i'll know someone in there that i talk to...kind of... daniel valaperta is in there too, but he doesn't know me so that's a different story. oh well...BLAH BLAH BLAH!! i should start my readings for literature, shouldn't i? but i REALLY don't want to....
I HATE SCHOOL!!!!!! (52 more days until spring break...but who's counting, right?!)
12:32 PM
lundi, janvier 19, 2004
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i forgot to blog it (don't really know how, but i did) but mike's profile reminded me of it. (thanks, mike)
while my mom and i were at the all region concert saturday night, richard called with some...news. he is in a list of people to be sent over to iraq.
3:14 PM
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THINGS AVERAGE OUT: IF YOU THINK TOO MUCH OF YOURSELF, OTHER PEOPLE WON'T.
"When pride comes, the comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom."
-Proverbs 11:2
12:52 PM
dimanche, janvier 18, 2004
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UGH...i hate the stupid toll road. ok, so i have a cup in my car that has bunches of quarters cuz...yeah...anyway, so i'm on my way to school (by the way, i'm back now) and i have to go down the sam houston toll road. the second toll booth i come to is $1.25 and i had all 5 of my quarters out and ready to throw (i've done this MULTIPLE times) and...guess what happens next... YEAH! you probably DIDN'T guess it, but not ONE of my quarters went into the little basket thing. thank GOODNESS i had enough left in the cup to pay the stupid toll, but i'm now $1.25 down on laundry money...STUPID TOLL BOOTH!!!!!
anyway, i'm back at school now. erin, brittany and i went to get food tonight at a little "hole in the wall" sandwich shop. it was SOOOOOOOO good!!!!
the parking garage is FINALLY finished and we can park there. now the only problem for ME is i have to get green parking sticker. right now i have purple which means i have to park at medina (the closest purple lot to me) but hopefully on tuesday i'll be able to go get a green one from parking services. we'll see...i'll just have to keep my fingers crossed.
8:49 PM
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back to school
back to school
to prove to daddy
that i'm not a fool!
12:16 PM
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PURE AND SIMPLE, FAITH NOT LIVED EVERY DAY IS NOT FAITH; IT IS FACADE.
"If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all."
-Isaiah 7:9
12:15 PM
samedi, janvier 17, 2004
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GOD IS THE GOD OF PROMISE. HE KEEPS HIS WORD, EVEN WHEN THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE; EVEN WHEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SEEM TO POINT TO THE OPPOSITE.
"What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do."
-Isaiah 46:11
11:11 PM
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Wait for the guy who pursues you. The one who will make an ordinary moment seem magical. The kind of guy who brings out the best in you and makes you want to be a better person. Wait for the guy who will be your best friend. The person who will drop everything to be with you at any time of the day, no matter what the circumstances. Wait for the guy who makes you smile like no other guy makes you smile and when he smiles, you know he needs you. Wait for the guy who wants to show you off to the whole world when you are in sweats and haven't put on makeup, but appreciates it when you get all dressed up for him. And most of all, wait for the guy who will put you at the center of his universe, because obviously he's at the center of yours.
12:12 AM
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OH MY GOODNESS.... that was just sooo much fun! oh my goodness...i can't even start to describe how awesome it was to see sarah and kevan-ann and debbie...specially after the summer and all that stuff in new york with sarah...OH MY GOODNESS!!! ok...so...yeah. i don't know what it was but sarah seemed so...at home, i guess.
12:10 AM
vendredi, janvier 16, 2004
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WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE FORGE, OR ON THE ANVIL; BY TRAILS GOD IS SHAPNIG US FOR HIGHER THINGS.
"For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison."
-2 Corinthians 4:17
2:59 PM
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i went to pick up ann today from the airport! man...she's only been gone a week (not even that) and i'm already DYING without her. it was good to see her (and, of course, her dad...my dad) again. anyway, i got here and we dropped off her stuff at her house then went out to run some errands. YAY!! hehe, j/k anyway, so we went to james avery to pick up her charm bracelet and TOO BAD the charm i got her for christmas didn't go on right and it was broken and everything... good thing they had one that the put on for free AND refunded her the amount it would have cost her to put the charm on....that means she got a $15 plus the charge of getting it put on...and THEY paid HER! anyway, while we were waiting, we went over to jason's deli. it was the first time ann'd been to jason's so i told her that the broccoli and cheese soup was AMAZING and we both got it...yeah...it IS amazing!!!!! :-D ok...so we're leaving that shopping center on champion forest drive and i'm first in line going towards home at the light at 1960... hold on, i have to explain this for those of you who know what intersection i'm talking about... ok, i'm in the middle lane ON cfd and there wasn't anyone in the left lane... anyway, so a lady from the left lane turning from 1960 to cfd turned into OUR left turn lane. you know that guy that stands on the corner in the mexica hat trying to promote business for the mexica restraunt next to sun and ski? yeah...he was really funny to watch. he was kinna trying to direct her and direct traffic...it was classic. i knew the lady was turning to short but had NO idea what to do...so i couldn't do anything but watch. anyway...that was...great. just had to blog about it!
good luck to everyone doing region band tonight and tomorrow! i'll be at the concert tomorrow at 7:30 so LOOK FOR ME IN THE AUDIENCE WITH MY CAMERA!!! (mina, i'm gunna get a close up of you on the stool!!!)
tonight kevan-ann, debbie and sarah are coming over. i'm SOOOO excited. i can't wait!!!! ann and i ran to HEB today and i got some flowers for the foyer but mom's gunna have to arrange them because she never likes how i do it. i'll have to give more details about this evening later because all i know right now is that i'm REEEEEEEEEEEALLY excited and can't wait til tonight. i just hope dutch behaves himself...stupid dog...
2:56 PM
jeudi, janvier 15, 2004
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GUYS BOBCAT BASKETBALL KILLED UTA TONIGHT!!! 82-68 mike says we looked unstoppable tonight (even though he wasn't there...he read it somewhere but...YAY!) i hope we make it to the tourney cuz...YAY!!!!!!!!
10:43 PM
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NOTHING GREAT WAS EVER ACHIEVED WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM.
"God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."
-2 Timothy 1:7
10:41 PM
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CLEANING IS NOT FUN!!!!!!!!! i've been cleaning ALL day...well...since i got up at 11:30 this morning. sooo much to do. i swept, mopped, vacuumed, dusted, scrubbed, windexed... my back hurts... i gotta go finish the stairs... ALMOST FINISHED!!!!! but is the $50 worth all this pain!?
6:47 PM
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soooooo...yeah. i went to see erin tonight!!! that was fun! chris came with me because he really wanted to meet her and...yeah! we went to los cucos in katy with erin and her friend jen. we were supposed to go see big fish but didn't eat dinner fast enough then decided to just hang out at erin's so chris, erin and i played a game (I'M NO GOOD AT ANY MIND GAMES!). her parents joined in on the fun then around 11:30 chris and i left and when i got home robert was waiting up for me and...well...now it's 3 something and he just left my room cuz we were having a "brother/sister moment". i have NO clue what we've been talking about for the past 3 hrs but whatever it was...it was good. sooo...now i'm talking to matt and then i'm gunna head off to bed i guess...nothing better to do! ...until next time...
3:06 AM
mercredi, janvier 14, 2004
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today's quote from the book...
NOBODY BELIEVED DEEPLY ENOUGH IN SOCRATES TO DIE FOR HIS TEACHING. BUT FOR CHRIST, EVEN UNEDUCATED MEN HAVE MADE LIGHT OF FEAR AND DEATH.
"If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord."
-Romans 14:8
1:21 PM
mardi, janvier 13, 2004
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so i found this book (God's Little Instruction Book Class of 2003) in my room and thought that i'd post one page a day...hope y'all enjoy...
THE BEST THING ABOUT THE FUTURE IS THAT IT COMES ONLY ONE DAY AT A TIME.
"Don't be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time."
-Matthew 6:34
11:59 PM
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this was part of an email from mina taken from a book i gave him for his birthday...
Love And Friendship
Love is still the greates cure the world has ever known--no matter what the problem.
The love of a friend makes you feel totally accepted, just the way you are.
The love of a friend asks how you are and really listens for an answer.
The love of a firend touches you--even though she knows all about you, she loves you anyway.
The love of a friend stays with you when others desert you.
The love of a friend is a gift from God.
"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has not survival value; rather it is one of those things that gives value to survival."
-C.S. Lewis
9:08 PM
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david accompanied me to kroger tonight to get some ice cream (and cereal) and it was the first time for the two of us to drive together. he drove down the street and to the gas station (i NEEDED gas) then i drove the rest of the way to kroger, but he drove home through kleinwood! he's a good driver...i'm a nervous passenger... YAY FOR DAVID!!!!!!!!! :-D i'm such a proud older sister, can you tell?!
9:02 PM
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so i drove to school yesterday. that was lots of fun. it took me EXACTLY 2 hrs and 30 minutes to get from chris's house to I-35 then maybe 15 minutes to get from there to my dorm. i had to park in the LBJ parking garage, though, because the alkek garage wasn't open yet. that SUX cuz i had to move it later so i could get my big suitcase out of my car without having to carry/drag it across campus. oh well...it took me 2 hrs and 30 minutes to get to 249 from my dorm today and about another 15 minutes to get home from there... in other words it took me 2 hr and 45 min to get from one to the other...both ways. (that's exciting for me!!! and that includes having to stop to pay tolls.) i drove an average of 69 mph the two days together. YAY!!!!!!!
ok, i drove home this morning because there wasn't anyone at school (in my dorm...that i know of) and i was tired of watching TV since that's all i did once i got to school...i hate not having my computer... i wasn't planning on getting up until about 9 and leaving by around 10:40 (same time i left yesterday) but i TOTALLY forgot about the construction. i got spoiled by being home because there wasn't any 7am wake-up call saying "IT'S TIME TO START THE LOUD CONSTRUCTION!!!!" so, at 7:15 this morning i rolled over and realized it was only 7:15 and TRIED to go back to sleep, but after just...being there not asleep and not ready to wake up for about 2 hrs, i decided to get up and get moving. "dawson's creek" was on so i HAD to watch that while i was getting dressed and packing (stuff i brought that i needed back home) and eating breakfast then i set off. it was nice to just...leave... anyway, yeah. that was fun. driving home i got some rain. thank goodness it wasn't bad for long but it did have it's moments. (i HATE driving in the rain...) kaleb called me and kept me company for a few minutes but i had to go because it started raining... oh well...
i talked to mina again last night. i think we were probably on the phone for at LEAST an hour. you know, sometimes i wish i could just take his advice and go with it. i mean, he's kinna like ann...they know what's best for me and they're only looking out for me, but sometimes they see things that i either (a) can't see because i'm involved or (b) don't WANT to see because i'm involved. i want to just take their shoes for a day or two and be an observer on the situation instead of being IN the situation.
WHY CAN'T THINGS JUST BE IN PLAIN BLACK AND WHITE?!?! i don't understand the gray area...it makes everthing weird. either you do or you don't...you did or you didn't...there's no "in between". ok, that's all the complaining for right now. i'm craving ice cream so i think i'm going to make a quick run to the KROGER to get some!
7:51 PM
lundi, janvier 12, 2004
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SHEILA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!
you're 18 now, congrats!!!! hehe...have a great day, sweetie!!!!
12:13 AM
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mina mina mina...where would i be without that boy?! i called him tonight and we got to talk tonight like we haven't really gotten to talk in a long time. i think we both decided that it was a VERY much needed converstaion for the both of us because we both had lots to say. i can feel a "mina day" coming on really soon and i have a feeling i'm going to have to go searching for my emails again.
*argh* i just wish boys weren't so confusing sometimes. (i'm not talking about mina anymore, just so everyone knows but the guy will remain unnamed for the time being.) sometimes i really wish i could just get inside guys heads and see what's really going on. at the same time, though, i'm afraid that i don't want to know what they really think of me. either way, i think it's something i'm willing to risk to see how...well...yeah. just like every girl wants, i want to know how to make certain guy happy or to see what it would take for me to make him like me or whatEVER the case may be. this time, however, it's all more complicated than that is. i don't know if i (being miree) make everything more dramatic than it really has to be or if this really is as...crazy and weird as it is in my head. is it ok to like someone who, logically, doesn't make sense with you? am i just kidding myself that this could work...or that there's even something there?
i talked to kaleb tonight for a really long time. i'm thiking about stopping to see him tomorrow on my way up to school, but i don't know. if nothing's going to happen soon with "guy A" should i just kind of forget him and move on or is it really worth the wait? you know how they say every relationship you're in, whether it's a romantic relationship or just a friendship, they all determine who you are and how you turn out?! well...does that mean that if you deny yourself the opportunity to try out a relationship that you won't turn into the kind of person God wants you to be?
i think i'm pondering this a little too much...maybe i should just give up on relationships all together. they don't ever seem to work anyway.
WHERE'S MY PERFECT GUY?! oh wait...i know where he is and it's nowhere around me right now...
12:12 AM
dimanche, janvier 11, 2004
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wellllllllll...i talked to kaven-ann today on the phone. she's coming in on thursday and i think we (my family) are going to try to get together with her for dinner or something.
i talked to mr. dean today as well. i don't really know what to say about that, though. i'd LIKE to think that it sounds like i'm going to have a job as assistant swim coach for the wimbledon/giammalva killer whales, but i think the chances of that are a little slim. either way, it's a nice thought. i mean...i DID swim for them for 16 yrs...wouldn't it just be the "perfect ending" if i got to coach for the team i was SOOO dedicated to?! ;) j/k anyway, yeah...so that's that. i should hear something by next week but i'll be starting classes so hopefully i'll hear something before i get really into that stuff.
jen and i went to see mona lisa smile today. it was a good movie; not quite what i expected, but then again i'm not really very sure what i was expecting, so...yeah.
i can't believe i'm leaving tomorrow to go back to school. i KNOW that i'm only going for a few days then coming back home, but still...i don't wanna go...oh well...
i got to talk to ann and chris today. they both landed safely but none of them (travis, chris, and ann) sat together on the plane. i guess it's all the better, right? hehe... 63 more days, guys...i'll get through it.
man, i think i'm ready to start school again. once i get there and classes start i KNOW i'll be less homesick...or friendsick (if there is a thing...and if not, i just made it up!)
8:13 PM
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got this from sheila's blog...try it for yourself...see where YOU are going...
The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test
1:16 AM
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BYE CHRIS AND ANN : ( chris was just here for about 2 hrs but...it was nice to just talk to him again. and since it's going to be another FIVE months til i get to do it again...yeah. i know, i know, we always have the phone but it's just not the same thing. actually, i think that is probably the first time it's just been me and chris. whenever chris and i are together ann is usually involved as well but...it was nice. i'm already missing everyone and they're not even gone yet.
on a brighter note, mike just told me we were gunna hang out a LOT this semester! that's exciting because he's going to be my "sports talk buddy"!!! (yes, this means i'm going to try to understand all the sports!) i'm really excited about that cuz it will give me something to do. i think once i get back to school and have things to do (classes, homework, projects, papers, sports, fanatics, etc.) i'll miss everyone a little less because i won't have as much time to ponder their absense, but it's getting used to that that i'm not so sure i'm ready for again.
Y'ALL JUST WAIT TIL THIS SUMMER..WE'RE GOING TO GO DO STUFF!!! *hehe*
CONGRATS TO KATIE ECKSTROM ON MAKING STATE ON THE BSCL!!!! i will be in san antonio the weekend of valentine's day to see you perform (along with everyone else if you give me dates and times!) i'm SOOOOOO proud of you all! give me the list of names and i'll post that too!!! love you all and couldn't be more proud!
i think that's all i have for the night...if something else comes up, though, i'll certainly let you know!
oh...i hate boys... i think that's final...nothing new, but...yeah!
12:57 AM
samedi, janvier 10, 2004
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soooo...i kind of forgot to write about it (don't know how) and i know that if i don't and ann reads this she's gunna get mad.
we went to dillards today to return something that we got my dad for christmas that he didn't like/didn't fit him well and while we were waiting to be helped, some guy came up to us (ann was on the phone and i was just...standing kinna listening to her) and asked if we could help him with a tie. actually he leaned in towards us and said "ok, you women are going to have to have to help me with something." SUCH the cute guy. OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D anyway, ann (practically) hung up on sarah and we asked what we could do to help him out. "i'm looking for a tie to match a dress my wife has. it's magenta. i figure you might know the color?" we, of course, said yes and he held out a tie that was red and asked if that was the right color. ann and i looked at each other and shook our heads. we proceeded to ask him if it was "shiny" and when he said yes we suggested silver instead of trying to find a matching tie for her dress...since the dress was not with him. he thanked us and walked away... let's just say ann and i were in our "happy spot" for a while after that. i know, he was married but he was SOOOO cute...and couldn't have been more than 24 yrs old. oh well...they all seem to be taken... *hehe*
7:47 PM
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ANN AND CHRIS LEAVE TOMORROW...:( i just had to say my good-bye to chris tonight after church...it's sad to think that i'm not going to have them around anymore. i was getting SOO used to waking up to one of them calling and going over to ann's...or getting together with them somewhere. i don't know how i'm going to handle the change...change is not good for miree...
robert just came in here and took my phone away from me because he's going out and my mom took his phone...that SUX...and he's taking my car...i'm just kind of screwed. but then again, i DO get to take them all with me when i leave on monday so i can't complain too much, right?
7:18 PM
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WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO LEAVE ME!? chris and ann leave tomorrow... granted, i AM leaving on monday but i'm coming right back. i think it's going to be harder this time than it was the first time. i mean, when i left for the first semester i was really close to chris and ann but over the past month we've grown EVEN closer...though my relationships with everyone else seem to have kind of come to a halt... i guess that's just something that happens...
1:12 PM
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on a brighter note, however, i went out with the euphs again tonight. we went to...(oh, i don't remember the name anymore..) and it was really good. i didn't get any meat (are we surprised) but LOTS of veggies! then we went to oscars (sorry matt...we just couldn't wait around for you forever) and...oh, nico...what would i do without that boy!? he's such a funny one. two scoops...don't like the top...gotta throw it away...there go the both...get a NEW one...don't like the vanilla.
or better than that...it's a GOOD thing ann's my best friend... *hehe*
i'm going to miss everyone when we leave...i'm not ready to go back yet...at least this time i have connie with me and ann made connie a little angel so everytime i get in, i'll think of ann and smile!
12:16 AM
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the drinkin bone's connected to the party bone
the party bone's connected to the stayin out all night long
and she won't think it's funny and she'll leave you all alone
and the lonely bone's connected to the...drinkin bone!
sorry...it's a song that ann, chris and i heard today. ann and i sang (yelled) while chris--poor thing--sat in the backseat! now none of us can get it out of our heads. i thought that MAYBE by blogging the song (since that's the only part in know) i could unstick it from my head...we'll see...
i saw JP today!! i haven't seen that boy in SOO long. ..and on the drinking topic...
ann and chris made me cry tonight. i'm not really sure where the emotion came from (except that i've been very emotional recently...sorry, everyone) but it just came...and wouldn't leave. chris gave me a kiss...while i think it made me feel a little better, at the same time i think it made things worse too...
ONE OF THESE DAYS I'LL BE HAPPY!!! i just wish it would come sooner rather than later. but the bad thing is, i'm not unhappy right now...i'm just ready to settle down and be REALLY happy... someone needs to put me back in my "happy place". (smoothie king?!)
12:11 AM
vendredi, janvier 09, 2004
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it's SUCH a pretty day outside today. so nine days into the year we FINALLY get a nice day. i wanna go on a picnic today...who to go with? i could call a whole bunch of people, but none of them would want to go with me. and where would we go? what would we eat!? i haven't been on a picnic in a really long time. i think the last one i went on was the "lunch box picnic" we had during field day in elementary school. either that or when i used to eat outside with my family on a blanket in the front yard over the summer when i was really young.
why am i still sitting here on the computer when i should be "basking in God's goodness"? that's something i don't think i can answer right now. i have soo many errands to run... alright, i've made up my mind. i sat in my bed all day yesterday reading (since it WAS a great reading day) but today's different...i can't sit in here anymore. it's time to get out and go do something...
(...and off she went.)
12:13 PM
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i LOVE reading. do you ever just feel like the only way to solve your problems is by enjoying a good book?
i've been in "one of those moods" recently and yesterday i finished message in a bottle by nicholas sparks and today i started and finished the rescue by nicholas sparks. oh how i long for some type of romance...
then i start to wonder...will i ever meet someone? do i run to books for it because i know that, in my own life, it will never come!? is there really someone out ther for me? i just...don't know.
i wish the weather would clear up, at least a little bit. i miss the sun and the stars. it's hard to be in a good mood when the weather around you is so sad and depressing.
this is a quote from the rescue that i had to mark while reading it because it was that...powerful. i KNEW it had to be blogged...
"sitting in the kitchen, [she] decided that life was like manure.
when used in a garden, manure was fertilizer. effective and inexpensive, it provided nourishment to the soil and helped the garden become as beautiful as it could be. but outside of the garden--in a pasture, for instance--when stepped in inadvertently, manure was nothing more than crap."
i thought it was a good and hope you like it too!
12:21 AM
mercredi, janvier 07, 2004
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happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear sammy and douglas
happy birthday to you!!!
it's my brother's 23rd birthday and sammy rau's 19th birthday. let's all give them a big "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!"
i did my "card shopping" today for my brothers. (i always get rob and richard theirs when i get doug his. i dunno why, it just makes everything easier...that way i only have to read the cards once...and rob and rich are easier to find a good card for than doug is.) poor david is in july so he doesn't get a card a the same time. richard's birthday is ash wednesday this year and robert's is the first friday of lent. i don't think either are very happy about that, but they'll have to get over it.
i was talking to chris baumgartner today and...i just can't believe it's almost time to go back to school already. i mean...i am looking forward to seeing everyone from school again (especially erin) but i'm really not ready to say good-bye to everyone here. i feel like we haven't really had enough time to catch up and hang out... i wish i could "have my cake and eat it too" but as the saying goes...i can't.
guess that's it...
2:38 PM
mardi, janvier 06, 2004
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well well well...for all you who care...i got my hair cut today! going in, i didn't think it was going to be TOO short but since today was "penni's day" to do whatever she wanted with my hair...it's REALLY short! i mean...yeah. it's been this length before but not in about 6 years. yeah, so i think we cut about 5 1/2 inches off today. i went to the bank and the ladies there didn't recognize me at all at first. my brothers hate my hair this length and my mom's not too sure about it, but ann likes it (thank goodness) and i still have to see my dad's reaction. chris is coming over tonight to play for my mom so we'll see what he thinks...i'm a little nervous to find out, but we'll see, right?
during my haircut my ear started to hurt (again) so i called daddy to see if i could make an appointment with the doctor to get it checked out before i go back to school. daddy said yes, so when i got home i called the doctor to make an appointment for tomorrow and they had an opening at 3 so i went today instead. i got there and he checked me out and told me that i don't have an ear infection but i might have TMJ. (for those of you who don't know, that's a problem with the temporal mandibular joint...where the jaw joins the cranium.) so my doctor gave me the number to a TMJ specialist and i have to talk to my dad tonight about whether or not he thinks i should make an appointment. mom thinks i should go see dr. muirhead (my orthodontist) but i don't really want to so we'll see...
what else... not too much else has happened recently. i got to talk to matt (in georgia) on the phone the past two nights. it's cool that we're still "in contact" even though he's over there. he was telling me about one of his teachers...and how much like karen (from will and grace) she is! i can't even imagine having a teacher like that... it'd be AWESOME!! in the four of us--ann, chris, matt, and i--i got named karen...i wonder if that means they think i'm a mean, annoying drunk!?
7:03 PM
lundi, janvier 05, 2004
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WAY TO GO TIGERS!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!! 21-14!!!!!!!!!!
12:00 AM
dimanche, janvier 04, 2004
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and this one came from sheila's profile...
We all want to fall in love. Why?
Because that experience makes us feel completely alive.
Where every sense is heightened,
every emotion is magnified,
our everyday reality is shattered
and we are flying into the heavens.
It may only last a moment, an hour, an afternoon.
But that doesn't diminish its value.
Because we are left with memories
that we treasure for the rest of our lives.
6:21 PM
samedi, janvier 03, 2004
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(for tomorrow's bowl game between LSU and ou)
Hey! Fightin' Tigers! Fight all the way!
Hey! Fightin' Tigers! Win the game today!
You've got the know-how, You're doin' fine
Hang on the the ball as you hit the wall
And smash right through the line.
You've got to go-o-o-o! for a touchdown
Ru-u-un! up the score!
Make Mike the Tiger stand right up and roar. ROAR! !! !!
Give it all of your might as you fight tonight,
And keep the goal in view, Victory for LSU!!!
7:55 PM
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well...i guess that time has come. i can't believe the winter break is almost over! matt leaves tomorrow for scad in georgia. MAN that's a long way away. i can't decide whether to just "give up" or keep going. i mean...yeah. i hate guys right now. not that i don't like them, i just hate the position i find myself in right now. i guess i called it on myself, though, right?
anyway...david's coming tomorrow. ann and chris are going to go with me to meet him...i just don't know where yet. i really should go to bed because he's going to be calling me in 7 hrs but i'm talking to matt so i don't WANT to...*ARGH*
moving away from my pity party... ann, chris, matt and i went to pepper chino's tonight for dinner (after a long discussion about where to eat and...yeah.) it was good...but it was sad...i got my hug though...i guess that's all i can ask for, right? then ann, chris and i rented snatch tonight. that's one weird, crazy movie! i haven't quite decided if i liked it or not. i mean, it's a good movie, i guess, but i don't know if it's one i would ever have picked out for myself. besides the fact that they said the "f" word in EVERY conversation they had....i dunno, it was just...weird!
i think i'm finished for tonight...i should go...good night all!
1:55 AM
vendredi, janvier 02, 2004
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what to do, what to do!? i thought i was just going to take a little nap earlier today (partly because i expected someone to come wake me up) but it looks like i got a full 8 hr nap. sooo...now it's 1:30 in the morning and i'm not tired at all. and all the voicemails i got...do i call back even though it's early or should i just wait until tomorrow? david's said "call when you get this" but did he expect it to take this long? i don't think i'll be mean...just incase he's really asleep again. (i called once before when he was asleep and he thought i was dying or something.) sooo...here i am...nothing to do...no one to talk to...i'm bored! call me!
1:21 AM
jeudi, janvier 01, 2004
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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!! i got my first midnight kiss last night (or this morning?!). WOOHOO!!
2:23 PM
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