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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:56:53 GMT

"When God is all you have then that is when you find out that He is all you need. Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst. Heaven is too great, hell is too horrible, eternity is too long that we should putter around on the porch of eternity."

John Piper

Ashley Tisdale's New Album!!

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:44:47 GMT

I'm a huge fan of Ashley Tisdale's new music! She has a new album coming out!! I'm super excited about it! Her new single's video is absolutely amazing! I love it and can totally relate:

Friday, February 27, 2009

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:22:00 GMT

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
can you help me unravel my latest mistake,
I don't love him, winter just wasn't my season
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to critisize,
hypocrites, you're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track,we're like cars on a cable
and life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button girl,
So cradle your head in you hands
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breathe

May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
Just today he sat down to the flask in his fist,
Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year.
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But my God it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him, maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breahte

There's a light at each end of this tunnel, you shout
But you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
These mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, its no longer
inside of me, threatening the life they belong to
And i feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
oh breathe, just breathe.

Bored

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:03:29 GMT

I love my job, don't get me wrong. But then my job can be boring like today: we've had one run. Not that I want people to get hurt so that I can go help them, but time passes a lot faster when this happens...lol

I hope I'm not too cynical.

ADDENDUM:

Of course not doing anything allows for me to do pointless surveys like this one...

What bill do you hate paying the most?
~ ♥ my phone bill

Where's the best place to eat a romantic dinner?
~ ♥ anywhere there's a romantic guy

Last time you puked from drinking?
~ ♥ Never. I hold it all pretty darn well

When is the last time you got drunk and danced on a bar?
~ ♥ A couple weeks ago and never

Name of your first grade teacher?
~ ♥ Mrs. Tyson - omg she scared me so much!! lol

What do you really want to be doing right now?
~ ♥ Going on a run

What did you want to be when you were growing up?
~ ♥ I wanted to be in the military

How many colleges did you attend?
~ ♥ Two and a half

Why did you wear the shirt that you have on right now?
~ ♥ It's my work uniform

GAS PRICES First thought?
~ ♥ I'd walk if it weren't for the snow!

If you could visit anywhere and take someone with you...
~ ♥ Great Britain with my girls - Em, Kathleen, and Whit

First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
~ ♥ "Just a few more minutes..."

Last thought before going to sleep last night?
~ ♥ "Keep holding onto Jesus because at least He's not letting go"

Favorite style of underwear for the opposite sex?
~ ♥ boxers

What errand/chore do you despise?
~ ♥ going on errands in general

If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer at an art gallery?
~ ♥ oh yes! But I think I'd be making films instead

Get up early or sleep in?
~ ♥ go to bed early and get up early!! (Sadly, my work schedule has forever changed this and I'm almost an insomniac)

What is your favorite cartoon character?
~ ♥ Sylvester the Cat

Are you planning on remaining in your current field?
~ ♥ For as long as God leads

Do you see yourself married in the next five years?
~ ♥ I have no idea. Yes and no?

Your favorite lunch meat?
~ ♥ Turkey. I HATE ham.

What do you get every time you go into a WalMart?
~ ♥ a headache

Beach or lake?
~ ♥ Hard one! Um, beach

Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
~ ♥ No, it's a covenant

TV show you miss?
~ ♥ Didn't used to watch much TV

Favorite guilty pleasure?
~ ♥ Victoria's Secret and buying lingerie

Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about?
~ ♥ *shh* it's a secret... ;) I get made fun of no matter what I like. lol

What's your drink?
~ ♥ Vodka Cranberry

Cowboys or Indians?
~ ♥ COWBOYS!!!

Cops or Robbers?
~ ♥ Robbers. Only because I have very strong feelings against cops who are incompetent at their jobs.

Do you cheer for the bad guy in a movie?
~ ♥ No because if he's really good at being bad he scares me and I cry. lol

What Hollywood star do you think resembles you best?
~ ♥ Hmm...help? idk! lol (and not lucy liu - just b/c she's asian doesn't mean she resembles me hahahaha)

If you had to pick one, which cast member of Lost would you be?
~ ♥ None. Don't watch it.

What do you want when you are sick?
~ ♥ Someone to take care of me and just to get better

Who from high school would you like to run into?
~ ♥ Most people from ATI

What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
~ ♥ 100.9 Radio Now!, 99.5, and *blush* 98.3 Radio Disney

Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back?
~ ♥ Initials are B.R. and my best friends want him dead. Everything's been messed up ever since...

Do you like the person who sits directly across from you at work?
~ ♥ Well, it depends upon who's on the shift. ;)

If you could get away with it, whom would you kill?
~ ♥ "thou shalt not murder."

What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
~ ♥ Josh Groban or Celine Dion

What famous person would you like to sleep with?
~ ♥ *giggle* Oh that's way too easy...

Have you ever had to use a firearm?
~ ♥ Had to? no. Know how? um, no. lol

Last book you read?
~ ♥ a manga...don't remember its name. hahahaha

DO YOU HAVE A TEDDY BEAR?
~ ♥ YES! :) His name is Gummy Bear. I think. lol.

Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
~ ♥ in the parking lot of a photoshoot

Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
~ ♥ Never been to Cali!! Someday I will go!!!!!!!

Number of texts in a day?
~ ♥ Oh, that's hard. Too many.

If you had to choose - would you start a new career or relationship?
~ ♥ I would start a new relationship.

Favorite Winter Olympic Sport?
~ ♥ x-games: x-treme snowboarding. i wanna learn SO bad.

Pencil or pen?
~ ♥ pen

Ancient Egyptians or Mayans?
~ ♥ ancient egyptians.

How many jobs have you had?
~ ♥ 5?

Are you where you thought you would be at this age?
~ ♥ No because I'm not rich and famous...hahaha. Joke. No, because I"m not in law school. ;)

Hello Again!

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:38:08 GMT

Wow! Life has been absolutely C-R-A-Z-Y since I was posting regularly on my Xanga!! I am now an EMT-B with Seals Ambulance Service, worked for Wishard Health Services for awhile, help out in St. Vincent Jennings Hospital and volunteer for a rural EMS service down in hobeydoke country. I love my job! Hopefully I'll be able to become a Paramedic, then a Flight Medic/Nurse, join the Coast Guard or Navy or Air Force and apply my emergency medicine skills in a job there, and become a firefighter. *whew* Lots on my plate, but it's great to be goal driven!!

I'm learning a lot about sacrifice and letting go. I sacrifice sleep, food, and energy to give aid to people at one of the worst moments of their lives, but I gain compassion and experience in my field. One of the weirdest things is to work a code (do CPR) on a "dead person..." I don't do dead ppl...lol

Here are some recent pictures from my New Year celebration:

I had the cutest dress ever that was only $30!!

Our fabulous group!!! Even though I went after pulling a 24 hour shift, I had soooo much fun! XOXO loves!

This picture of Cassie, Jamie, and me was featured on IndyStar.com!!

Poisonous People

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:02:29 GMT

I am scared of two things.

The Dark.

and

Snakes.

But mostly snakes.

Did you know that when a snake has just been decapitated there is still a likely hood that the head will involuntarily strike? And the worst part about it is that when dead the snake cannot regulate how much venom so basically the victim would receive most of, if not all, the snake's venom. I also found out that a snake won't necessarily attack unless it is startled, scared, or threatened. It's sort of comforting to know, but not that comforting... Perhaps this proves that snakes are misunderstood reptiles that don't really mean to be scary.

In life I've found that there are people and experiences that are poisonous. The only way to get rid of the poison is to extract them from your life. Talk about rough and tough!! Once you've entered any level or a relationship with a person there's a bond that hurts to break. But it comes down to whether you want to live or die within yourself without any hope of growing into a better person.

Normally poisonous people are keeping you back from acheiving your dreams and goals. The worst part about it is most of the time you can't see it. You can't see their hold on your life. So when the truth is revealed it can be a shock and the extraction of them from your life is a painful healing process. But you have to choose.

I chose. Recently, I chose to admit that I've made a myriad of mistakes in my life. Mistakes in choices of people, actions, and emotions. It is one of the hardest things right now letting go of them when I know in a way, it's not all their fault. I don't blame them. I don't blame myself. I just accept responsibility.

Anyway, people can be like snakes. They can be so nice until the moment you threaten their way of being and refuse to go along with the flow.

Jumper

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:55:36 GMT

So I watched the movie Jumper. Horrible movie. Great concept. And then my girls and I got bored last night and I wanted to try some video editing. Here's what we came up with:

Please let me know what you think!

Indiana Jones Meets E.T.

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:52:02 GMT

Until last night I had never seen an Indiana Jones film.

Please shut your mouths as they are about to hit the floor. I know it's disconcerting and quite shocking but the truth is, I just have never seen them. Either I was too young or there was the pivotal moment when I found out that there were snakes in the films - and that in and of itself was enough for me to just say 'no.'

Now, mind you, I knew who Indiana Jones was because one of my uncles bears an uncanny resemblance in vocal tone and looks to Harrison Ford. So much so that there have been times (mostly awhile back) when people have threatened to not leave him alone in the grocery store until he had given them his autograph. Of course, my uncle has never met or seen Mr. Ford's autograph - so somewhere out there are people with pictures and autographs that aren't actually what they think. (Which is there own fault because they wouldn't leave my uncle alone.) I knew about his adventures and that he was an archeologist that was afraid of snakes.

So last night I bowed to positive peer pressure and went to the midnight showing of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

It was good that Whit told me that she would make me watch the originals so that I could see a "real" Indiana Jones film because I'm not sure the film deserved $9.50 and the lack of sleep. It was a cross between Indiana Jones as I had heard of him and Spielberg's "E.T.", and with Cate Blanchett having a seemingly drunken Russian accent and uniform that miraculously never got dirty...there was a bug scene, a snake scene, and all the other things an experienced Joneser should expect, but it was all sort of a big joke.

The only redeeming value for me was Shia LaBAMF - I mean, Shia LaBeouf. He had a great performance and really had fun in the film and that was obvious.

I won't go into the flick anymore so that those of you who want to spend almost $10 on it can see it undivulged, but I don't plan on making that a movie I'll watch over and over again.

Ben Barnes - Hyrise

Wed, 21 May 2008 02:26:58 GMT

So Ben (in your theater now as Prince Caspian) wants to keep this hush-hush. He's trying to get away from the "boy band" persona that he started out with. But it's cute and he CAN sing. lol.

Faith Like a Child

Fri, 16 May 2008 06:25:21 GMT

Just returned from the midnight showing of Prince Caspian directed by Andrew Adamson. It's a great film that's loosely based on a book by the author CS Lewis entitled PRINCE CASPIAN. Honestly, bits of the book were there, albeit out of order, and those bits were far too few. Still, the script moved and the two and half hours went by very quickly. There are funny quips from characters such as Reepicheep all the way to Prince Caspian providing his own comic relief. All in all I recommend it to everyone as a fun adventure film. But as a fan of CS Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, I was again disappointed in the representation.

Now, don't get me wrong - I'm NOT complaining about staring at Ben Barnes for two and a half hours. Mm - mm - GOOD! Besides being incredibly gorgeous, his Narnian debut was spectacular! And Georgie Henley once again was absolutely brilliant!! The kids definitely have gotten older but the youngest two give the best performances of the original four. The Telmarines have this Spanish accent that I thought was a great twist on things (since they were decendents of pirates - not saying that Spaniards are pirates...), and Miraz (portrayed by Sergio Castellitto) was right on the money.

What I took away from the movie though, was that sometimes I need to just forget about trying to "grow up." When Lucy sees Aslan - even after everything they'd been through in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - the others STILL can't seem to believe her. It wasn't logical. But God's ways aren't our ways and, although they eventually "make sense," they can seem really crazy at the time. Right now I've been trying to follow everyone else in what I think is the "right way," when really God's calling me and I need to follow Him regardless of whether or not the others come along too. Aslan asked Lucy why she didn't follow him when she saw him the first time and her response was, "I guess I was scared." I am too. I'm scared to do what I know is right - if I even know it's truly "right" - and even though I don't really know the exact way. But all we're supposed to do is put one foot in front of the other and keep believing. There is no set path because things aren't done the same way twice normally.