"I'm sorry sir, but your warranty simply does not cover 'acts of God' "

Go figure. So, while looking at a service plan for Ipod's, turns out, one of the many things that the warranty does not cover, in actual writing, is, "Acts of God". Huh? Prolly caused by some guy who thought that the breaking of his Ipod, was an act of God indicating that they should provide him with a newer one. Jeez....people theses days.

9 billion. That's how many people are estimated to be on planet Earth by the year 2045.(if we make it past the year 2012) That's a LOT of people. A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM. And, supposedly 1 our of every 6 will be in India.&#!%....hahaha...But you know, for all that, for all the people and so called "experts" think about us running out of room on this dirt ball, it has been determined by study upon study by that the entire population of the world could fit in the state of Texas, semi-comfortably, with every family or groups getting a town house. Running out of room huh? Don't believe me? Google it. Google "can the whole world population fit in Texas". There are hundreds of sites on it.

New Year's was AWESOME!!! Some 25 of us teens played like 7 games of volleyball. My team only won one game. It was an epic fail. Then played sardines, always great fun. And on a whim, Jacob and Dustin spent the night at my house. We played some b-ball in the gym, and then TOTALLY O.D. on Oreo's and vanilla wafers. Playing poker, Foosball, and LOUD mouse trap.

What's more fun than hanging with friends??

Parents,Can't Live With'em,Can't Live Without Them

Sorry bout not posting. Life. It's a four letter word. I had a great Christmas. Enjoyed the time with my fam. Got a wet Christmas instead of a white Christmas. Anyway, here is a vid for Christmas.

Relient k, Sleigh Ride

Friends Don't Let Friends Diss Other Friends

So, I was at a party with with some friends of mine, or should I say, Dillon, Dustin, Kerri, Maria, Jacob, Jesse, and Drew. Now, I was hanging out with Drew and he said something that stuck out to me. He said, "You gotta have thick skin to be friends with me". And, at first I didn't think much of it, but later I started thinking about it. And you know what, I disagree with him completely. Why should have you to have"thick skin" to hang with your 'friends', if that's what they really be?

I mean I understand the friendly poking and prodding, but to what extent?

Here is the definition of "friend" from Dictionary.com

Friend: a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.

I hang with my friends to enjoy myself, let my guard down somewhat. If I want to be insulted all the time. Maybe I will just hang with my enemies more often.

Friends Don't Let Friends Diss Other Friends.

Christmas Music Overdose

Yes, it's a condition.Every year. The same thing. By the same people.And they don't learn. Do you want to know what I'm talking about? I think some of you already do. It's the Christmas Music Overdose. It's the playing of Christmas music two or three months BEFORE Christmas, and by the time Christmas rolls around, people are SICK of Christmas music. I know am. It happens every year, and every year I am sick of it even before the second week of December.

OMGoodness!!!

Must it always be this way!? I plead with you, oh dj's of America. Spare our ears! Don't start playing Christmas music till at least the end of November.There are only so many versions of a song a person can take before he/she begins to go crazy!(oh, wait, maybe that already happened)....hmmmm......*stares off*......


Oh, right, almost forgot. I have received my first Christmas gift of the year. The news that I get my braces off in one month. It was less than two years. OH YEAH!!!

Wishy Washy

Jekyll. Hyde.Dark. Light. Happy. Sad.Hot.Cold. Like. Dislike. Love. Hate. Back and forth. What is going on? MAKE UP YOUR MIND!!! One day your like this, and the next day your like that.Yesterday you liked him. Today you dumped him. Today you like this. Tomorrow you'll like that. Your mind goes back and forth like the tide. In now, and out later(or for some people, always out). You thought that. But now you think this.Really?


What have we become?

Happy Thanksgiving

On this day, we think of the Pilgrims, who through their sacrifice, made our country possible.And we thank God, who has blessed this country so much. Oh how much we owe to God.

Tho, I do have one question?

What is the perfect Thanksgiving meal?

THE TSA 's VIOLATION OF RIGHTS!!!!

WoW!!

I'm at a loss for words. What has our country come to??

The TSA,Transportation Security Association, has implemented a new security measure in airports across this nation. Over 150 "full body scanners" have been installed and 450 more are on the way.So here is what I did. I went and researched this thing thoroughly for 1 and a half hours. I went to news sites, Liberal and Conservative, you tube(found very good videos), I went and just Googled it, and read stories and reports and opinions. And I decided to put several of these reports on here, from websites like Fox News, CNN, and Politico(with links to the stories). And at the end link to a few other stories as well.

First, I put on here the 4th amendment of our Bill of Rights. Keep it in mind as you read.

"Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html

Now here are the stores, form your own opinion.

LA TIMES

"If you plan to travel by air during the upcoming holiday season be ready to undergo a new, more thorough pat-down search procedure at the airport.

The new search technique used by the Transportation Security Administration allows airport security screeners to use their fingers and palms to feel and probe for hidden weapons and devices around sensitive body parts, such as the breast and groin areas.

In the past, TSA officers brushed along those body parts with the back of their hands to feel for hidden objects.

The TSA tested the more assertive pat-down technique this summer at airports in Boston and Las Vegas and has expanded the use of the procedure this weekend to airports nationwide.

"TSA is in the process of implementing new pat-down procedures at checkpoints nationwide as one of our many layers of security to keep the traveling public safe," the TSA said in a recent statement.

The manual pat-down procedure will be used on passengers who refuse to be screened using the 317 new full-body image scanners deployed at 65 airports nationwide. The new technique may also be used on passengers who evoke suspicion when undergoing other traditional screening procedures, including walk-through metal detectors.

The ACLU has complained about the full-body scanners and the new pat-down procedure, saying both violate the privacy of airline passengers.

The full-body scanners use low levels of either radiation or X-rays to create what looks like a nude image of the passengers to find weapons hidden under the clothes.

"Americans now must choose between a virtual strip search and a grope," said Chris Calabrese, a legislative counsel at the ACLU."

--Hugo Martin

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2010/11/new-thorough-pat-down-procedure-expands-nationwide.html


Politico

The uproar over new TSA screening procedures expanded from airport checkpoints to Capitol Hill on Monday, as the Democratic and Republican House caucuses convened a rare House-wide staff briefing on the new procedures this morning in the Capitol basement, I report in a piece

tonight:.

The briefing came as a new Washington Post poll shows that half the American public opposes the controversial enhanced pat-downs, the paper reported Monday. The poll also showed that almost two-thirds of Americans — down from 80 percent earlier this month according to another poll the administration has widely cited to defend the policy — support the use of digital scanning machines at airports.

The enhanced pat-downs that have sparked passenger complaints are used as secondary screening as part of a new TSA policy that went into place earlier this month. ...

[A House staffer who attended the briefing] said that several House staffers were so uncomfortable they averted their eyes when the TSA demonstrated an enhanced pat-down in the room of 200 people.

“The dumbest part: They did two pat-down demonstrations — male on male, and female on female,” the House staffer said. And they used a young female TSA volunteer “and in front of a room of 200 people, they touched her breasts and her buttocks. People were averting their eyes. The TSA was trying to demonstrate ‘this is not so bad,’ but it made people so uncomfortable to watch that people were averting their eyes.”

“They shot themselves in the foot,” the staffer continued.

Obama administration and TSA officials have been trying to downplay public horror stories that have exploded on the Internet and in the media in the past few days at the controversial screening procedures, suggesting that some of them are exaggerated or even fabricated. ...

But TSA officials have not explained why an ABC News producer reports that a TSA officer put her hands inside her underwear and touched her extensively at Newark Airport on Sunday in an experience the producer called demeaning and inappropriate.

"The woman who checked me reached her hands inside my underwear and felt her way around," ABC producer Carolyn Durand told ABC. "It was basically worse than going to the gynecologist. It was embarrassing. It was demeaning. It was inappropriate."

TSA Administrator John Pistole told ABC that that incident should not have happened. ..."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/1110/House_staffer_on_TSA_patdown_demo_They_shot_themselves_in_the_foot_.html?showall

CNN

"Airline passengers can expect to see as well as feel new pat-down procedures at U.S. airports over the coming weeks in an effort to provide another layer of security for travelers, the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday.

"Pat-downs are one important tool to help TSA detect hidden and dangerous items such as explosives," according to a TSA statement sent to CNN.

The TSA said passengers should continue to expect "an unpredictable mix of security layers that include explosives trace detection, advanced imaging technology, canine teams, among others."

But it's the hands-on procedures that have at least one traveler concerned that the TSA may be going too far.

Rosemary Fitzpatrick, a CNN employee, said she was subjected to a pat-down at the Orlando, Florida, airport on Wednesday night after her underwire bra set off a magnetometer. She said she was taken to a private area and searched, with transportation screening officers telling her the pat-down was a new procedure.

According to Fitzpatrick, a female screener ran her hands around her breasts, over her stomach, buttocks and her inner thighs, and briefly touched her crotch.

"I felt helpless, I felt violated, and I felt humiliated," Fitzpatrick said, adding that she was reduced to tears at the checkpoint. She particularly objected to the fact that travelers were not warned about the new procedures.

Fitzpatrick sent an e-mail complaint about her experience to the TSA that said the agency needs to get the word out so that travelers know their rights.

The TSA employees "conducted themselves in a professional manner, so my complaint is not about them professionally," Fitzpatrick wrote.

She told the TSA the agency needs to get the word out so the travelers know their rights.

"I am appalled and disgusted at the new search procedures and the fact that passengers have not been made aware of the new invasive steps prior to entering the security area," Fitzpatrick wrote. "It appears once you enter the security area, passengers forfeit their rights. There were no signs, video information, etc. at the entrance of the security area the airport. Why?"

She added: "As an experienced traveler for work who was in tears for most of the search process, I have never experienced a more traumatic and invasive travel event!"

The TSA sent an automated initial e-mail response to Fitzpatrick saying, "Thank you for your inquiry to the Transportation Security Administration. We have forwarded your e-mail to the appropriate group for response."

In its statement to CNN, the TSA said: "Pat-down procedures are used to resolve alarms that occur at a walk-through metal detector, if an anomaly is detected during screening with advanced imaging technology or during random screening."

The statement also indicated that "passengers who opt out of advanced imaging technology screening will receive alternate screening to include a thorough pat-down.""

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-28/travel/airline.security.pat.down_1_pat-down-tsa-statement-random-screening?_s=PM:TRAVEL

Here is a link to the foxnews story.They won't let me put it on here.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/31/calls-body-scanners-ignite-privacy-concerns/

So, what do you think?

Here some other links:

http://www.elliott.org/blog/tsa-threatens-to-fine-passenger-who-refuses-full-body-scan/

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/22/lawmakers-seek-probe-tsas-pat-training-reported-misbehavior/

http://www.elliott.org/blog/tsa-threatens-to-fine-passenger-who-refuses-full-body-scan/

I left my spelling in the second grade.

This is a sign I saw while driving(don't worry, I was not myself driving as that would be illegal) thru town.

"We gladley accept credit cards".

Now, is there something wrong with that sentence? You bet your overpriced-jeans-with-holes-in-them there is! The person who wrote that is still in the SECOND GRADE!!!! My next question is this one, "with that low of an I.Q., how the heck did he/she get a job"? And who's dumb enough to hire that person.....jeeez...what have we become?!?!?!

So, after a very tough day of school, I went and saw Unstoppable starring Denzel Washington with my DaddyOOO....*judge me*....and it was pretty good. It's based off a true story so that was cool. It's really nothing more than a exciting, edge-of-your-seat-drama! It's based on a runaway train. I really didn't expect much from it in the first place anyway, so...ANYHOO!!!!....

I'm off too bed, toodles!

When an employee from Taco Bell recognises you the day after? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?!?

I tend to think that's a bad thing. I mean, creepy, weird etc. Whatever you wanna call it. Just not my thing.....

So, I started guitar. I'm pretty sure that I will end up with permanent indentations in the tips of my fingers.

I had a really good, double burger today(ketchup only). With...*announcer voice* THE ONE AND ONLY, WILD N' WILLY, 6'4, SAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

Yea, he's all that.

I'm on Formspring. It's coming to this blog.

So, I talked to Aaron today. He was doing pretty good. As good as one can be in his current circumstance. One positive, he has reconnected with a friend from the old days before Montana. My bff. The miles between us don't matter. This lameOOO world can't hold us down. We are waaaaay to much for this world!!!!

*unable to come up with creative title*

Lying in the ditch, cold, wet, and lonely, mine eyes did see it there. There, my heart went out to it.
And I determined in myself it remove it from it's current circumstance.....

So I ran over, picked up the twenty dollar bill, and ran back and waved it in my mom's face saying "Look what I found mom!".


So.....it figures...after all the miles my mom has run, that I'm the one that finds a twenty dollar bill on the side of the road. We were leaving some friend's house and on a whim, my mom and I decided to walk the mile or so home, and lo and behold! I found money! That has never happened to me before, tho I have seen money in the bottom of the river before(i was not going to dive in there and get it).

It's all for the 'squish' effect

So, Kerri, Alex, Tara and I were messing around on the playground and like we were talking about the game sardines. And how it's always two guys or two girls hiding so as too avoid purpleing. And Kerri made this really good point about how Alex doesn't really search very hard when guys are hiding, but when girls are hiding, he searches like crazy. And we all pretty much agree that Alex plays sardines simply for the 'squish' effect when he finds the girls. That's totally Alex.....

If your ever out in public with a group of teens, and you can't find Alex. Go find the girls. You find the girls. You find Alex.

It's the hair. I'm telling you it's that boys hair. Nice and silky and blonde and long and.....*that's kinda weird coming from a guy huh*....anywho, you get the picture.

Toodles!

Foolish teens don't know any better.

Yea, it was like that. At youth group no-less! So, we were at the sand dunes, and we hiked into the dunes about a half-a-mile in the dark(we learned after that its off-limits after sunset) and set up a campfire in-between two big dunes. Then, set up a game of capture the flag, in the dark, no flash-lights allowed. It was epic!Dustin and Alex were throwing themselves off the edges and rolling down the hills. We were all creeping around in the dark, then screaming our heads off in our mad dash to the flag! We got so loud in fact, that somebody near-bye even called the sheriff. And one of the adults who met with him just told him we were on a hike. Yea, whatever!

And then on the way back, me and Drew carried Dillon on our shoulders like all the way back, just for the heck of it. Just being crazy and stuff.


Does being a teen make you like, immune to weather extremes? Like, it seems, on a cold night, with a group of people, you can put your money on the teens dressing the lightest. And saying they're not cold and whatever. Hey, just saying!


Do you get dressed in the dark?

Old Nemesis Turned Friendly?

School pictures!!!

Two words that strike fear into the hearts and faces of many a high-school teen. And we had them last week, and I just got them back. Not too bad if I do say so myself. And of course, when we got our student I.D cards, we did spend the next 10 minutes walking around and flashing our cards while saying, "FBI"!......It was funnier for the guys......

Had open gym today. Did pretty well. Didn't fail, or even epic fail so that was a relief.

I tell you what, some chicks can't take a hint. "YOUR NOT THAT ATTRACTIVE SO STOP TRYING TO FLIRT WITH EVERY GUY YOU SEE"!!!!! OMGoodness!!!!

I made the honor roll.....yes...its a "whoopdee-doo*nobody cares" moment. It's not that big of a deal. It wasn't that hard....figures

Don't choke on chocolate pudding.

Life is A Conveyor Belt

It moves.

Time moves it.

It never speeds up or slows down.

It goes at time's speed.

It stops for no man.

When we are young, we run.

Even from the beginning. As babies, we are always stretching, crawling, and waddling to places beyond our grasp.

We are running. Not knowing where we are going, or who is going to be there? Maybe not even why? Just running. Not realizing. Not understanding.Not seeing what we are missing. Until it's too late.

In our hurry, our rush to get bigger, to "grow up", we miss so much. So how about we stop. Stop running. Stop trying to grow up so fast that we stop taking pleasure in life's little joys. Joys we miss in our haste to "get out of the house".

We must start being content with the present. Understanding, that, whether we like it or not, we can't make time speed up. None of us can. So lets just put the remote down. Stop pressing the fast forward button. And just go with time. Enjoying our life as it is today.

Violation of personal rights?Anything Lady Gaga. Definitely!

..............idk.Anyhoo, long time no post. I have been uber busy. Yes, I said 'uber', judge me! Been totally playing all out at open gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school(i think i have told you before). That is SOOOOOO much fun. And waaay intense. I think I have said that before as well.

And, so yea, I bought a 3rd gen Ipod touch. Played with it for like two weeks, then decided too sell it when i realized I could get a 4th gen(newest gen) with camera and video for not a whole bunch more. So I sold my newly acquired Ipod to some guy named Edgar I think in "The Bronx", New York and now I am either today or tomorrow hopefully going to purchase a 4th gen.


Okay, disturbing note. I was reading a story on Yahoo about a middle eastern man who lives in the US,who went to get his oil changed and noticed an odd wire hanging from the underside of the car. It was a GPS tracker. The FBI had been tracking un-announced to him. Turns out the government doesn't need a warrant or anything to tag you with a GPS tracker and follow your every move. Scary huh? Personally, I think it's a violation of personal rights. And the reason for them tracking this guy, because he happens to be related to someone in Middle east who hangs out with some guys from a terrorist group.

Really?

GET REAL!!!!

And on the subject of violation of personal rights, you know how the government agencies are capable of tracking every phone conversation in the US at least if not more. Right now legal battles are being fought over whether government agencies like the FBI, NSA, CIA, and such need any permission to listen in(as if they don't do that already,don't know what im talking about, watch opening scenes of the Bourne Ultimatum).

*whew*...there's my 2 cents worth....

I'm really trying not to....really....*fail*

Okay, so I know that I have another blog just for the endless list of music videos I'm always putting up....but...........I convinced myself it's okay if I do it once(or maybe more). Cuz, this song gets me right here *points at chest*. It is one of the most beautiful songs Ive ever heard by one of the greatest and most Godly musicians Ive ever heard.

This is "Release Date", by Lecrae.

If better is worse, what is not as good?

What's the next best thing to losing your voice at a skillet concert? Losing it while screaming your heads at yg off at cool cars burnin rubber on the street. Yea, it was aweseome fun! Saw some really sick cars at the Cruise by the Sea down the 101. Epic!

I have started playing in the pick-up bball games on tues and thurs after school. Yea, it's pretty intense! Just playing with a bunch of random guys. I think I do pretty well. It does make me feel short tho.

Now, I will proceed to tell it from both sides of the randy moss, New England Patriots to the Minnesota Vikings trade.

Patriots: What are you thinking?! Moss WAS your deep ball. He was the one who stretched the field and made it possible for Wes Weller to catch all those in routes. Who are you going to replace him with?! Definitely not some one on the current roster. Who then?! Vincent Jackson? Please! Idiots!

Vikings: Great trade. No downside here. He will help immediately in replacing the injured for the season Sydney Rice as the deep ball and big target security blanket for Brett Farve. Not to mention, no more Revis island. Moss will open it up under for the electric Percy Harvin. Smart trade Vikes!

It was a baby with 1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1-1+1 legs.....and I ate it!

Yes, I ate a baby octopus! Cold! It was interesting to say the least. After having a stare-down with the cold, raw baby(it was red), I decided to just close my eyes, and eat it.................So I did.

I almost said it tasted like cold chicken. Which, it did for half-a-second, but then it, it really didn't taste so bad.It really didn't. It wasn't even very rubbery, it was just....., I can't really describe it. Tasteless maybe?

And, I went to the dentist this week on Wednesday, and chose sky blue this time for my braces. I decided to take it easy on the lady and not do some huge, complex multi-color design.

Don't worry, I'll get her next time.

I have a theory, and in that spirit, we move on!..........*blank*.........*starts singing* abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Have you ever heard the sarcastic line, "wrap your two little brain cells around that?"?

I think there is more truth to that than what one might think.

Here's me theory......

We do not have brains.

We only have brain cells.

Some of us have more than others.

And these brain cells roll around in your head, colliding into each other every now and then.

Now, every time your brain cells collide, a thought is produced. So, this leads to the idea that the more brain cells you have, the more you think!

Now, admittedly, some people have more brain cells than other. And some of us, well, I'm not sure if they've got any, considering they don't think at all!

Well, there ya have it, my theory on our brain-less-ness.

Toodles!

Same Scene, Different Faces

So, here I am, sitting here, in an-all nighter, with 3 other dudes, playin up some video games. We're crackin jokes, most of the jokes being clean....okay maybe 50-50, listening to good music, and just having a great old time.

Where has time gone?

Old faces replaced by new ones.

Am I quiet or at a loss for words

Obama stinks. The Niners stink. School stinks. The weather stinks. I'm pretty sure I stink.

Ah, the aroma of life.

Disappointment In Rain After the Friday

So, Friday was good. School gets out for the weekend, I went to a birthday party, and YG ta-boot. And we played Sardines at YG. It was epic. But, there was a little bit of purpleing going on during that game. Just picture 8 teens, crammed in ways that should not be, in the dark, giggling like mad men(or women, W), and it was awesome fun......I needed a bath in hand sanitizer afterwords tho.....

And then, we swung on swings(say that five times fast), in the rain, for like 45 minutes in the dark....awesomeness, good times, good times...

Then,at 7:30 in the morning on Saturday, my mom comes in and says, "No soccer today".

crud.

I don't play cuz there's no teams at my lame-o-school, so I ref, and I get paid to do ta-boot! Win-Win!

And it hasn't stopped raining in 24 hours.....soak it in!

g2g....Toodles!*waves vigorously!

figures, just friggin figures....

Sooooo....remember that Ipod that I said I was this*makes hand motion* close to getting. Well guess what?.........go ahead, guess!!............GUESS!!!!!......good......well, turns out, even tho I had confirmed with the seller I wanted to buy the Ipod, and had already set up plans about when and where to exchange money for Ipod, even tho....She sells it to someone else, without contacting me at all!

Those are the type of people that make living on this dirt ball that much more aggravating.

Then, if just to put salt in the wound, I get stung/bitten by some random insect while outside in the dark....just one of the many reasons I hate insects with a passion un-matched by any other human...


I'm not really in the mood to post more................

Angry Happiness

Yea, its like that. School is just so typical, now that am with other teenagers that act so much like.....umm...teens...

Life is getting better slower than I had hoped.

I am already saving for Creation next year.

I am this *makes hand motion* close to getting a Ipod. Yes, I worked hard for it.

Posts are starting up again, be afraid, be very afraid. Or, just run to your psychiatrist , just like Monk.

Its Official, Well Only Un-Officially

So, here I am, sitting in some person's house, waiting for some old couple to move out of our-house-to-be, listening to Hawk Nelson sing 'bout some girl named Caroline. Here's the catch, I'm in Crescent City, my home for as long as it takes me to finish highschool, get a car, and pick a college. And not a moment longer.....



Anyhoo.....I have officially chosen where I will be going to school. It's a private, christian school in Crescent City, as compared to the online christian school I did last year. Tho, the only reason I get to go is 'cuz of two discounts and the fact I'm so special(actually,there are discounts cuz I'm a pastors kid, bleh), its free for me! Shnazzy!

Yes, it's official, I'm lonely. Tho I didn't want to wallow in self-pity for the whole post, I decided on just one paragraph. I'm still off Facebook. The withdrawl symptoms have worn off leaving me semi-hollow, haha......*sighs*

There is youth group tonight, so that's good.

Ta-Ta!

One Down, One To Go

One load down(er, up really...actually, north), one to go, this is our last week here in Oroville, CA. I will/am happy to be leaving the scorching weather behind. In Crescent City, I don't think it ever goes above 90, if ever in the 80's. But, it rains, and its ALWAYS CLOUDY!!!! *doom on me*doom on me*.......

Now, for my song of the day, okay, maybe longer. So, there's this Switchfoot song called Your Love Is a Song, and it has been stuck in my head for-like-ever! It's arguably my favorite Switchfoot song EVER!!! So, I thought I'd put it here for y'all. This is not a real rocky song so I encourage everyone to listen to it.......

Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere

So my life seems, in where we are content to live. As in the next 8 hours I will be going up to Crescent City, CA to take the first of several trailer's full of our junk, most of which seems like junk to me. But I did get one good thing out of all this, I will be able to do one last show at KRBS. Bittersweet. One thing tho, when I told the studio manager I was moving, she asked about the radio stations there, and if I needed a letter of reference, so that was thoughtful of her.

On the family front, we are trying out Netflix, since DIRECT TV has become so stinkin expensive. I think Netflix is kinda cool too. And, you know what, I was reading a blog, one that I read quite often, And We All Fall Down :/, and it occurred to me, I am not gifted with words the way some people are. The author over there, can just write and write and write, and I well, can't to put it simply. There's a thought for you.

While I was in Montana, I found some simply awesome quotes that I decided I just must show with you.

• Raising teenagers is like nailing jello to a tree.
• Time may be a great healer, buts its a lousy beautician.

my personal motto

• Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

And own of my fav movie quotes ever, by one of my fav actors ever, Paul Bettany,

" I'm sorry, I can see I'm not speaking clearly. You have played the game and lost." from the character Lord Melbourne in Young Victoria.

EAT IT SIR JOHN!!!!

Me + Energy Drink+ Redbull Shot= Nothing Good

Yes, I am leaving Montana. Tomorrow morning at like, well, whatever time my dad decides is a good time to get up. After two and a half weeks here, going to EPIC Creation, working on vacation, visiting old friends, and drinking my first ever energy drink, its time to go. YES.
I just had my first every energy drink. A ROCKSTAR Lemonade, non-carbonated. And, when I had a all-nighter with Krys, James and Nathan, I had a.....wait-for-it.....a REDBULL shot AND a ROCKSTAR drink together. It was a very unique experience. Now, for all of those who know me, imagine me, on REDBULL and ROCKSTAR!!!! Oh yeah!!! It was epic!!! Of course, we had to go to bed at 2:30 am, but really???

WHO ACTUALLY GOES TO SLEEP THEN!!!!?????? OF COURSE we stayed awake for like 2 more hours and talked about the typical teenage boy stuff.....and then some!!!

But to end this post on a somber, depressing note, I am still leaving Montana.

I can see the wave of inevitable loneliness closing in fast.

Inception

I gave it an A+. My friend gave it an A.

I recently went to a midnight showing of Inception featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. All I have to say is...wait-for-it....WOW!! This movie is a must see!! Written by Christopher Nolan(which makes it a must see) who is an absolute genius...that or mentally insane is breath-taking to say the least. Tho, it is very complicated, so you must pay attention. But wow, that movie is one of the best I have ever seen. Must see it.

Work is not SUPPOSED TO BE FUN PEOPLE!!!

Gosh, people!!! I hate it when they ask you the question, "so, are you having fun today?", and you have been working all day. WORK IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FUN(tho I'm not saying it can't be, cuz in rare cases it can). But seriously, what a stupid question. Work is usually what work is supposed to be, WORK!!

And working is what I am doing now. OH, wait. Before I go any further. CREATION WAS EPIC!!! I totally lost my voice and sounded even worse then a boy going thru puberty, which by the way is the goal of Creation. To lose ones voice before Sunday. Oh, yeah. Switchfoot was better than expected. The Newsboys were great even with a new look like Michael Tait.Most other bands were just okay, and Skillet, was of course, EPIC as always.

Oh, thought you guys would like to know who I was able to touch because I was able to get to the front row for a couple of shows...

I was able to touch: Tobymac on the shoulder,Michael Tait thigh(everyone said that on was kinda creepy, calve, and on his very expensive shoes, Duncan Phillips hand, and Kj-52's leg.

I swore never to wash my right hand again, but after being in the mosh pit, absolutely had too. GROSS!!! AAAHHHH!!! I think I still smell like that one big dude behind me.

Anyway, now I am in Montana staying at a friends house for two weeks so I can work for to weeks at a plany nursery, earn some money, and see my friends.

Oh, and I got married to Mckensey. And as soon as we got married we adopted a ladybug and named it Lady. sweeeeeeeet

*disclaimer* to those who took that last post way to seriously...ITS A JOKE!!!!! Did you guys really think I gots married for reals.....gee-wiz...

The USS Redneck

So, I went with a youth group swimming at some river, the name of which I never knew. We had an awesome time. We jumped off rocks and talked in a circle half in and half out of the water. and........wait for it.....made cardboard boats to see who could last longer in the water. Of course, the team I was on won!!! Okay, I really had nuttin much to do with it, but we still built a winner. The USS Redneck may not have been the best looking, but she was by far the most sea-worthy.

Duct-tape is a never-fail. One can never use too much duct tape.

Oh, and the youth leader, like, comes over and says, "You're red" in reference to a sunburn THAT WAS NOT THERE!!! So, I get home and look at my back and I'm NOT SUNBURNED!! And I never thought I was either. But, anyway...

4 DAYS TILL CREEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!* gasps**faints*

*looking*looking*looking*points*TERRORIST!!!!

Okay, so,um, I will be flying to Creation Northwest Music Festival in Washington this coming Wednesday morning at 6:26 from Sacramento. Yes,if you were wondering, it IS going to be epicly awesome!!! But, I am flying there. And, flying in-an-of-itself is not a bad thing really. Its just that.....

I THINK EVERY MIDDLE EASTERN PERSON IS A FREAKIN TERRORIST!!!!

And it scares the ca-hoodles out of me even tho I have flown many times before. Truth. If I see too many middle eastern people I am sooooo off the plane. Its just not very funny. But, i found out that your chances of your plane being hijacked are about 1 in 18,228,009. You are more likely to die on the way to the airport then in the plane. Comforting? Kinda.

Still, it would be better if they had better snacks on those planes. Peanuts and pretzels just don't cut it.

Funny or Gross?

You decide.

A homeless man walks into a restaurant and sits down at the bar. He looks around and notices a man staring intently at a bowl of chili.

He asks the man, "Hey man, if your not going to eat that, can I have it?"

"Sure", the man says, "have at it".

The man passes the bowl of chili down and the homeless man digs in. About halfway thru, and he notices a dead mouse in the bowl.

He proceeds to throw-up back into the bowl.

The other man looks at him and says, "Yea, that's about as far as I got too".


OH!! FYI!! the number was 8, my favorite number?? did you know that?

Deathly Close But Not Close Too Death

Three Days. That was the amount of time we were home between getting home from Iowa, and leaving to go to Northern, CA and Montana. We are leaving this morning to go to Crescent City, CA. We will be there 8 days, which means it will be the 19th when we leave and Creation is on the 21st, so, wow, its going to be nerve-wrackingly close. I'm just a praying that things work out.

But, anyhoo, see, I changed the URL of this blog in an attempt to rid my blog of those worthless, porn totin' chinease FREAKS!!! So far its seems to have been a success, no porn comments yet!!! Its a porn free blog!! If only the world would follow suite.

So, two cd's I recently got, Trip Lee's Between Two Worlds, and Breaking Benjamin's Dear Agony are quite amazingly Epic. With Trip Lee's throwing the bible at your face without fail(i mean that in a good way), and Breaking Benjamin just having a good ole rocking out, I have enjoyed listening to them.

A horrible year summed up with a not-so-epic 16th

Epic Fail. Yea, that's what this past year has been. Year 15 is in the books. Epic Fail.

Oh well, whenever you have a bad day(or year), just remember, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING TOMORROW!!!

I hope.

Anyhoo, we did, in fact finally celebrate my 16th by going out for pizza, and now I am waiting for us to watch the Book of Eli. I have already seen it, but I just HAD to have my parents see it. So far for my 16th I have gotten two cd's, money, and the Book of Eli(thanks mitch) too top it all off. But it was funny, as of lately, I have been feeling very lonely. I really just have no friends that I can be with right now, and it sucks. Plain and simple. Not to mention it seems like everyone has a *someone* but me, and the friends I used to have are growing up without me. So, all that being said, I tried to call around to see if any of my CA buddies(in the truest-not-yet-friends-sense of the word) wanted/could go with us while we celebrated, and NOT ONE COULD. I felt like God was hammering in the loneliness.

Epic Fail.

The Bill of RIghts....(the one Obama is trying to destroy)

The First 10 Amendments to the
Constitution as Ratified by the States

December 15, 1791

Preamble

Congress OF THE United States
begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday
the Fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.

THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution

RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.:

ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II

A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.

Amendment III

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Amendment VII

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

In Honor of July 4th...on the 5th...*epic fail*

In honor of this memorable day, I have decided to NOT post as regular, but to put up the Declaration of Independence. Which will be followed by the Bill of Rights. I intend to make this a tradition, of putting these up every Independence Day. Hey, random thought, maybe our President will see my blog and read this!! Maybe even heed it!!!....NOT...Personally, I think our President is doing his absolute best to ignore and even destroy our independence and our rights.

We have our independence, but for how long?

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

heading home but not home for reals

We are leaving iowa in two days(its about TIME) and going home(whatever) only to be there for three days to go to the C-Oregon border, or a town there-a-bouts. Exciting right? Well, only if you are one who wants to move yet AGAIN to Crescent City, CA, or as I call it Nowheresville, CA.(im in Nowheresvile, Iowa right now). BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT............!

There IS a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, we will ( unless something un-expected happens) be visiting MT in late July. EPICNESS!!!

Sorry bout not postin much, one can only go to the library so much. Post output should increase more once out of Iowa, the Tornado capital of the FREAKIN world!!!!! I dare say we have had tornado warnings 90% of the nights we have been here in Iowa.

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Farewell

bELIieve

well, i have some news. To some it may be cool news, to some good news, to some bad news and to some, THEY DON'T CARE!! Soooooooooo the news is...........wait for it..........the Book of Eli has come out TODAY on dvd!! I did see at theaters but I am still TOTALLY PUMPED to rent it and watch it again

So i tried very hard to post yesterday, see yesterday i was on an Ipad and posted a status on FB but it wouldn't let me post on my blog. Kinda aggravating, cuz I really wanted to make you think I had an Ipad get ya'll jealous and stuff....oh, epic fail!

Posts will continue at a more random, spaced non-schedule than usual do to no internet still in Iowa.....TTFN!!

no internet and nuttin(im gettin nuttin for christman,cuz i ain't been nuttin but bad) to do

As I write this I am sitting in a library at a computer useing a nasty, feeling keyboard. its gross i know.I'm deeply, very, X-tremely sorry about the 8 day gap between posts. I'm in Iowa, at my grandma's with no......*wait for it*.....INTERNET!!!! I know!! My life is horrible! Ah well, the world keeps spinning and so does my head. So, my moms b-day was a while back, I got her Mercyme's newest cd "The Generous Mr. Lovewll", Great cd!! "All of Creation" is the best worship song EVER! Period! NO discussion!

ITS HERE!!! Or it will be tomorrow. TOY STORY 3!!! Now, i wouldn't give a single, little thought to this movie if it didn't have the same actors doing the voices but it DOES!! Tom Hanks and Tim Allen among others. And I am NOT ashamed in the least to say i LOVE this series and I can't wait to see it. We will be taking the whole fam( - dad) to see the movie in theaters...oh yea! There is nothing like seeing a movie at the theaters, and to quote Ben Stiller, " Its FREAKIN AWESOME!!" guess the movie that quote came from when commenting on this post. A little random i know, but hey, RANDOMNESS IS AWESOME!!(that was for you kryssie)

If I were a girl.....

...........I would TOTALLY have a crush on Russel Crowe. That dude is a MAN!!! And manly man at that. He has a beautiful mind,and he's a daring, lucky sea-captain, a gladiator and commander of roman armies, and Robin Hood to boot!!!


That being said, as you may have guessed I am somewhat of a Russel Crowe fan and today I saw Robin Hood for the first time. We gave the movie a B+. Good storyline, better acting, and a great ending. Other than Robin Hood my favorite characters are "Little" John and Friar Took. I have a tendency to favor the the co-stars just as much as the main stars. OH! And I saw the previews for some good movies, including one called "The Sorcerers Apprentice", starring Nicholas Cage which usually makes it good and Jerry Bruckheimer as the director, which always makes it a great movie...

Presently I'm in Denver and will be finishing our trip to Iowa tomorrow....

Memorial Day

I thank God for you Mr. Veteran. I do a appreciate what you did for us Mr. Veteran. I'm glad that you were willing to put your life on the line for this country Mr. Veteran. How you traveled across the globe, or stayed here and defended our borders. How you sacrificed your wants, likes, and even needs for us Mr. Veteran. How you left you family to go off and fight for us Mr. Veteran...........Mr. Veteran, I thank you!

Home of the Corn and Land of the Farmers

Iowa. And Iowa will be my home for roughly the next five-six weeks. Scary i know. We are going to visit my moms side of the family. And while there we also get to go to a Chicago Cubs baseball game.I'm still deciding whether that will actually be no fun or fun. I hope the latter......

AND!!! I SAW Ironman 2 last night.....And i know I know I have said it before, but I'm going to say it again, I am taller then Robert Downey Jr.(hes 5'9, I'm 5'10). But, the movie was great. I really liked the fight scene where Daft Punk start playing OH YEA!!!

And for those of you who saw it, and or are going to see it, WAIT till the very end of the credits. You don't wanna miss the thing at the end. See, that's another thing, see people don't like to wait till the end of the credits, but I do it for every movie i watch and i have been rewarded and seen quite a few extra things at the end.Its worth it....and sometimes the music isn't too bad either....sometimes....

Every Year Same Delayed Reaction

If you asked me 1 month before the end of school, If i wished I was in school, the answer would come with absolutely no hesitation.NO!! But, if you asked me the same question, a month afterward, I would have more trouble giving you the same answer, I probably would, but with much more hesitation. This happens every year. EVERY YEAR!! No exceptions......

See, near the end of the school year, there is nothing more i'd rather do than get out of school. I relish the day i get out of school. When freedom does finally roll around i jump for joy and stay up late. A month later, i almost painfully admit, i mi...i mi...*deep breath*....I miss school. School at its least gives me something to do. It's not that i want school year round...NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS. BUT.....Every year, i will admit, that i will want no school in the school year, and then miss it during the summer.....*i can't believe i just said that*

i have a serious dilemma

See, this here blog, my blog......i think it has a problem...I'm not sure what it is exactly.....cuz, if you want the truth...i want more readers....and I'm not sure what to do. See, of the blogs i follow, it seems to me that , the fad right now is dark(er), kinda-emo(ish) blogs are the ones with the most followers.....Blogs that have a dark, darker side...blogs that can talk about, i wanna say emo but not really, stuff like i don't know....things i just CANT SEEM to talk about...i can't...i just can't..
I'm too freaking not -dark for my own good. I mean,I have a dark side..its just not as dark as others...everyone has a dark side. Take for example Aaron, aarons got a blog, HE NEVER(RARELY) POSTS...and he's got as many followers as i do...18 to be exact..................................................................................................................................................................................so, i don't know...I'm not sure....the poll is about this post...check it out if you want..........

IM DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IM DONE!!!DONE!!!DONE!!!DONE!!!!DONE!!!DONE!!!DONE!!!!DONE!!!DONE!!!DONE!!!DONE!!...................with school


I have survived yet ANOTHER year of highschool...praise to the God above!


IM DONE WITH SCHOOL!!!!

my diary of jane

Okay, so......I have stubled over this cool band called Breaking Benjamin. I've listened to some of their songs, and I like most of what i hear....And i was surfin thru some vids and I came across THIS!!!! no, not spaces....some videos of them doing an acoustic concert....AWESOME!!!! So...I've decided to show one of the vids here....I had three songs to choose from, Diary of Jane, I Will Not Bow, and Breath(all of them form the acoustic set...but, in the end i could only chose one so i chose Diary of Jane...its pretty cool...





If you want to see the other two, they are on my other blog....

the doctor is out...

The video game doctor that is....cuz, my PS2 is not working, so because there is no GameStop in town(by far the best game store EVER) i have to settle for some local store and they didn't even have what I was looking for....I'm depressed..Ah ,well....Life without video games go on.Now, I'm not a vid game addict, i mean, i can live without them, but every now and then I like to exercise my fingers...nothing wrong with a little finger exercise. A L L E R G I E S!!!

ARE HERE! My little bro john has them BAD!!!



And, one of the little brackets that gets glued on my teeth came off, so i am going to the dentist so he can glue it back on.....And then yet another one broke off today. I tell you what i am a braces destroyer....good grief...and I'm in my final two days of school..YAY!!!...But, all in favor of school ending the first day of May say I!!!!..............EYE!!!

FIIIIINNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....

.............*gasps*wheezes*...I'm outa breath...well, my finals are this week and next week...i think i already posted about this...oh well. ITS THE END OF SLAVERY AND THE BEGINNING OF FREEDOM!!!...oh wait...i was thinking of when Obama leaves office...my bad*slaps forehead*..

im dead, i died, i died, i dead........NOT...still here...sorry to disappoint....But, i tell you what..i did GREAT on my American Literature finals and essay exam...YEA!!!......soo..pray for me....i shall need it!!!

100th post...well ITS ABOUT TIME!!!!

Sorry about not posting in a while, I've been X-tremely busy as of lately studying for finals and junk. This is my last week of school....YAY!!! *jumps and giggles with excitement*...I'm so close i can taste it, or wait...is that lunch, hmmm..idk..with braces, food gets stuck EVERYWHERE in your mouth. Its pretty
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But, my teeth are quite straight now, but not that straight. And, is it me, or does math ALWAYS seem to get harder at the end of the year?!?! Well, it is for me anyway.......

Not that anyone cares, BUT this is my 100th post on the blog! *listens for the non-existent cheering*...It has taken me quite a while to reach this point, but, I have indeed reached it now!

And, lastly, in glazing over previous posts, I have come to the conclusion that my spelling and grammar could use an upgrade, soooo, as of this post, I will be editing my posts more closely in the future! :)......TTFN, TATA FOR NOW!!!

2 X Awkward = TOO MUCH AWKWARDNESS!!!

okay, so in one day I experienced TWO awkward moments....

FIRST, I was in town with my family, and we had stopped at a cheese factory that sells, go figure lots of cheese. So, we are leaving, and my little bro(4 years old) announces that he has to go "potty". So, we walk out the door, and before we can even think, my little brother, precious to me, pulls down his pants and proceeds to use the bathroom behind the door on the SIDEWALK!!!!!..cars are passing by so i as discreetly as possible slip into the van, trying to remain cool...haha...EPIC FAIL!!!...Ya know, that's illegal, you cant use the bathroom in the MIDDLE OF THE BLOODY SIDEWALK....


Second,..sooo, we are at some one's house for dinner, multiple families included=lots of kids. So, i go upstairs to use the bathroom. I go inside, turn the light on, and shut the door. I proceed to un-button my pants when i hear a small voice say, "I'm sorry". I then jump up, button my pants, and whip around to search for the voice, all in less than 2 seconds. BLOODY SCARED ME!! Turns out, the kids were playing hide and go seek, and one of them had decided to hide in the cupboard under the sink.....BLOODY AWKWARD...not to mention quite startling....lol...

yes, i currently have an obsession with the word "bloody".....

the beach and a dying seagull....

I LOVE THE OCEAN!!!!....or maybe just the beach, or maybe just the cool little doodads on the beach, or maybe ALL of it.ANYHOO..........im at Crescent City, Oregon for the week, roughly 3 miles from the beach, and its amazing.I rarely get to go to a beach, if ever!!So it has been very nice to be able to go everyday.
EVERYDAY!!
Unfortunately, it has been cold and wet, in fact its raining as i type this post.But, some of the things I did see at the beach have been really cool , including a rock with a huge straight hole in it, cool drift wood, and even a starfish.But, one thing i saw as NOT cool. As i was running with my mom along the beach, we saw a seagull with a severely broken wing, which means it was doomed to dye. NOT COOL!..but anyway....im pooped...

if a male wears a flower on his ear, does that make him a %@&&#! ..?

So, we like had a huge bonfire tonight.Roasted marshmellowssss, YUMMY TO MY TUMMY!!!!...and I had a song stuck in my head ALL DAY LONG by Breaking Benjamin....its driving me nuts!! So my theory on how to get rid of a song stuck in your head is to
listen
to
it
then
sing
along
with
it!!!
Yea, so its gone now...kindof..

And oh yeah, i almost forgot...I have a question for yall..I think some of you may know that occasionally I like to put a flower behind my ear. Well, just recently i was called a "f_gg_t" for it? And I was wonderin, is it weird for a male to where a flower behind his ear(unless he is in Hawaii or he's queer)?? Cuz, I personally dont think its that weird...and I have taken a lot of c-rap for it....and its annoying...good thing I really dont care that much....i just wanted to know what yall thought...(the poll)....

BRAND NEW SKILLET, AWAKE AND ALIVE MUSIC VIDEO!!

I know....this isn't my music blog..BUT...hear me out..THIS is Skillets BRAND NEW, and when i say brand new i mean JUST RELEASED, music video, Awake and Alive...and it is EPIC!!!!..No more need be said....

Non-rockers, here is your warning:WARNING!!!

Skillet - Awake and Alive from Ransom TV on Vimeo.

Uber rain......seriously!

Uber : adverb

• very; really; extremely. Origin: the German language.

That man is uber liberal.

Got that from the online Slang Dictionary....ooohh...yeaaa...This next one is mine....and I am going to submit it to the Slang Dictionary.

Shnazzy: adjective

• a different word for cool,slick,good-looking, good,great..etc.

Those some shnazzy shorts, dude!

Being Serious Is Serious Business.....Seriously!

Massive Epicness at Magic Moutain...and I like Black Preachers!!

First drop...255 feet up...Then down....at 85 miles an hour...Epic.....thats one of my new words...that and Bitter...which is what I have labeled my youth pastor.....So...we(8 teens and the youth pastor and his wife)...left at 6 wed. morning..got to the hotel..A X-tremely nice hotel, buffet, swimming pool, hot tub, b-ball and tennis courts, not to mention the rooms 3 rooms suites.....awesome....great speakers at the conference....good foot at the hotel...and for kicks..a day at Six Flags....epic epicness.....

And soooo...since I didn't have the camera where I needed it,with me, and it was where I didn't need it, NOT with me...i found a video of the GOLIATH....front row...exactly where i sat.BUT...before you watch this, remember this is a 255 foot drop that lasts a matter of seconds...and that this video REALLY does not do this ride justice...it is WAAAAAAAYYYY more intense....and FREAKY!!

Over Thinking

i was thinking,over thinking,cause there's just too many scenarios,to analayze,look in my eyes,cause you're my dream please come true,i was thinking,over thinking,about exactly how i'm not exactly him,i'll break my heart in two,more times than you could ever do,cause you're my dream please come true,cause i think way too much,on a one track mind,and you're so out of touch,cause i'm so far behind,i can't deny this anymore, the facts ignored all done before,and if there's one in this world,you let me know you're not that girl,i was sinking,lower sinking,cause i lost the things i held on to,they let me think a thought,a thought that i would know was not,of seeing my dream come true,i was thinking,over thinking,about how far i had let this go,one more guy/girl chiché,i know now you're just in the way,of me and my dream come true,cause i think way too much,on a one track mind,and you're so out of touch,cause i'm so far behind,i'm trying to make sense,out of all of this,while your fading scent,just slips through my grip,i can't deny this anymore, the facts ignored all done before,and if there's one in this world,you let me know you're not that girl,don't touch the positive with the negative end,don't touch the positive with the negative end,cause after all of the sparks you're still alone in the dark,cause after all of the sparks you're left alone in the dark,and while i'm able, i think i'll label,experience with you as a mistake,and while i'm at it, i'll say i've had it,experience with you is a mistake,cause i think way too much,on a one track mind,and you're so out of touch,cause i'm so far behind,i'm trying to make sense,out of all of this,while your fading scent,just slips through my grip,i was thinking,over thinking,cause there's just too many scenarios,to think about,to figure out,if you're my dream please come true....relient k, over thinking

SPRING BREAK!!!!

Man....I just LOVE spring break.....There's nothing like a week off of school to refresh you.ANYHOO......I got my bottom row of braces on, so now I have a mouth full of metal, so my new nickname should be......"M&M"....which stands for "Metal Mouth"..........okay, maybe not....yea, so Monday and Tuesday I have been working over at my youth pastors house digging ditches with picks.....very hard...all day....and now i feel like i wont be able to get back up the next time i lean over.....

oh.....and i almost forgot......My braces are alternating PINK and BLUE!!!....sooo.....yea...I just fell like doing something......My mom says my hair looks like Salt and Pepper, cuz I recently cut it and now only the tips are blond.......funny.....much to my surpirse I have had several people tell me they LIKE my hair blonde.....Go figure....

WARNING TO ALL BLOGGERS!!!!

If you find that somone is commenting on your blog in an asian language, and those comments are followed by a long line of underlined dots.BEWARE!! Delete those comments as soon as you can! For the comments are spam, and those dots are links to PORN SITES!!!!. Delete those comments immeidiately!!!!

The Calendar,The Energy(If This Is You,Then Woe Is Me)

Okay, so Im looking for some cool music videos.....and I happened to chance upon this..."Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes". Now Matthew Thiessen is the lead singer of Relient k, so I'm figuring this is a little side project of his and so far he has three songs. All three of which you can get buy buying "My Other Band Vol 1"...a cd off Amazon which is a compilation of different songs from guys who have other bands and are doing little side projects....
Sooooooooooo....all that being said...I chose this song to put on the blog...Don't worry all you non-rockers, its acoustic, AND, you might even like it(prolly not)...but, as usual, I encourage everyone to listen to it.....This is..."The Calendar, The Energy(If this is you, Then Woe is Me) by Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes...!!

Its not mine anymore, its theirs now.......

............I knew this would happen, and it did. See, as of yesterday, for MY show, i would make my playlist for the show from the music i listen(all christian, no exceptions) to, the night before the show...BUT NOW....As of 30 minutes ago, I must show my dad all my playlists so he can go over them, and make he sure he is okay with them.....Which could mean I'll be playing hymns from now on(prolly not but you never know)....So, now, its no longer my show, its my parents show, its THEIR show...
So now, I am seriously debating whether or not I want to continue the show or not....I knew this would happen eventually, I just knew it......Oh, I am cutting my hair today, so only the tips will be blonde now....nothing lasts long...

First flip-flops of the year!!!....and sunburn...

Oh yeah, first flip-flops of the year baby!!!....You know warm weather has arrived when you break out the flip-flops...haha...I actually didn't like flip-flops until last year...but now...*evil laugh*..i can't get enough of them...so easy...too... I prefer blue, but there were no blue ones i liked, so i got black ones...still good tho...
OH!!!.....I almost forgot...I struck gold today....at a garage sale(typical)....Bill Cosby Vinyl Records.....Oh YEAH!!!...Totally epic!...Now, if you want funny, look no further than Bill Cosby...well, okay, him and Robin Williams...but Bill is SOOO funny...the Cosby Show was a classic...AAAANNNDDD...if we are on the subject of funny sitcoms...the funniest sitcom I have EVER watched is....."The Fresh Prince of Bel-air'.....starring the talented Will Smith(who was very young at the time).....No other sitcom has me laughing so much most of the time....AND!!..if that weren't enough...I got my first sunburn of the year!!!....oh joy.....

Yo!...Obama....you need to get with this...!

"I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth, I traveled much, I observed in different countries that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they did for themselves and of course became poorer. And on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves and became richer"

Benjamin Franklin

November 27-29

1766

i love my job....well, its not really a job...but who cares..!?

It is a job, I'm just not getting paid to do it, but its still a job. Well, yesterdays show went quite well, even my youth pastor(who hates rock) listened in, scary.. I am still in the midst of trying to expand my band base, I don't think I have enough bands....but, I'm always looking for new bands so whats new?

OH! Last night I saw 'Green Zone' featuring Matt Damon, it was a BOMB(means it was great).Matt Damon played a captain soldier in Iraq who finds some inconsistencies in the intelligence they are getting and and eventually finds a conspiracy. It had plenty of action, was very detailed, and I thought Matt Damon did a fantastic acting job. 'Green Zone' is actually from the creators of the 'Jason Bourne' series(which are awesome)...The movie was set in Iraq, mainly in Baghdad, which i thought was cool, and as for not-so-good stuff, there were no sexual scenes, and because it was a war movie, it had its fair share of language, a few f-bombs too. It is rated R, oh, about that, funny, thing happened....

Okay, so like in our newspaper, the two theaters in town tell you what they have playing that day, the times its showing, and what its rated, well, I was looking up Green Zone and the theater we were going to said it was rated pg-13, but the other theater said it was R. So I called the theater and it still said it was pg-13. BUT, when we showed up, the sign said R! Go figure, I told my friend that the theater had better get their act together, they couldn't even get their rating straight....

Yea, I almost forgot, I also saw 'Public Enemies' a couple of days ago, we rented it, and i thought it was the best acting job by Johnny Depp that I had ever seen. It also had Christian Bale in it who did very nicely. Depp played a bank robber during the great depression and Bale played the cob chasing him. It was rated R but I'm not really sure what for, it did have one sexual scene which one can ignore with the fast-forward button, but other than that, the language was very minimal, the violence was not bloody, Ive seen pg-13 movies with more blood....So, yea.......i Love movies...And the movie now Number 1 on my list of movies to see is 'Robin Hood' featuring Russel Crowe from the creators of 'Gladiator......so, I can't think of a good ending so I think I'll just leave it like this

I was tagged....is that good or bad...hmmm?

Rules:
1.Choose any amount of friends, blog friends or real life friends, and say at least two things(Or more!) you admire or like about them.
2. Tag the friends that you wrote about.
3.If those friends have blogs, make sure to link to them!


Okay, I choose...................................Aaron,Lilliemay, AND...Syreena(if she ever sees this)...

1.Aaron: You and me are sooooo alike its not even funny....haha...anyway. I like how you ARE like me, that I'm not as alone as I thought.I like that you are NOT reserved and are very, very funny(and crazy).....I like you for who you are(despite you insanity). I enjoy that we like a lot of the same stuff. I think you are loyal and stick by your friends...and we are BFF'S!!!!!

2.Lilliemay: I just wish I had known you sooner. I like that your are kind and very thoughtful. I love that you are quick to cheer someone up when they are down.And I like your contagious happiness...im sure this list will grow as time goes by....


3. Syreena: I love your upbeat(most of the time) personality. You are caring, and do your best to help you friends in whatever. I like how you are ALWAYS laughing...You are never mean to any of your friends, and you are quick to look past their faults and mistakes...OH!..I love your taste of style in beanies....I love your laugh...how you are almost always smiling...and you understand...

irritated,lonely,blonde, NOT a good combination

..I tell you what, I have forgotten how hard it is to become comfortable with a group of people. Its hard. Even for someone like me who can pretty much talk to anyone about anything.....Its hard......and depressing..here I go again.I....got nothing....xcept God...thats gotta count for something huh?......

HAPPY B-DAY JOHN!!

Well, my little brother John is four years old today....We went to the John Deere store and sat in the big tractors...I swear that kid as a John Deere addict...yummy cake....He had a blast...



Oh, yeah, well, i finished my hair a couple days ago. I am officially blonde...here is a pic to prove it..

BJ's crib....

Google scares me...now where's my Ixquick!

I'm not using Google ever again.....if I can help it. I was watching a special on tv the other night and it was called, Inside the Mind of Google. So, my mom and I were watching it and it turns out that whenever you search something on Google, Google saves that search in its database. This means that Google has every word,phrase, or question ever searched in its database. AND if that weren't enough, along with every thing you search, Google records (and saves) your IP address.

For all of those who don't know, your IP address is: " an unique address that computing devices(computers) use to identify itself and communicate with other devices in the Internet Protocol network. Any device connected to the IP network must have an unique IP address within its network. An IP address is analogous(comparable) to a street address or telephone number in that it is used to uniquely identify a network device(your computer) to deliver mail message, or call ("view") a website."

So, everything you have ever searched on Google can be looked up and traced right to you. They could possibly find out where you live. That is scary. Someone could find out a lot about most of us just by looking in Google's records. And if you use G-mail, they have access to all your personal e-mails, contacts, and whatever else happens to be there.Scary. That's a lot of personal info.Scary. Especially if someone wants the info for less then pleasant reasons. Or, the government could just take all of Googles records and find out who you are and stuff without your permission. Kinda like phone-tapping your calls without your permission.Scary(i think ya'll get the picture).....sooo.....

All that being said, I have stopped using Google, and I am now using Ixquick.com. Ixquick neither records your searches nor your IP address....It even says right on Ixquick's homepage, that they are they most private search engine on the internet. And don't worry, I have tested out Ixquick, and they have enough if not as much information and stuff as Google. But if Ixquick has more of something than Google, its privacy.

I recommend http://www.ixquick.com/ .Use it instead of Google.Please?

Mess of Me!!!

Here it is. I have found it. Switchfoot's new song Mess of Me.....beware, you non-rockers, this song...is rockin for god......oh, wow *giggles*....*jumpy-giggly-happy-giggly*...ooohh..i like this song..

random things

Okay, so last night we rented this movie called State of Play...wow...what a movie! It has Russel Crowe and Ben Affleck in it. It was a great movie!....suspense, drama, no sex scenes, a little language(some, but not a lot)...not as much action as I would have liked but hey, i won't complain...it was great, keeps you on the edge of your seat....(or at least it did me)....I recommend it to everyone and anyone(who cares)...Russel Crowes plays a reported who, when digging into a murder case, discovers a conspiracy.....I gave the movie a A-...really good....

Lonely: 1.affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.

2.destitute of sympathetic or friendly companionship, intercourse, support, etc.: a lonely exile.

3.lone; solitary; without company; companionless.

4.remote from places of human habitation; desolate; unfrequented; bleak: a lonely road.

5.standing apart; isolated: a lonely tower

numbers....swarming...head spinning...drowing...math

1. Decide if the given ordered triple is a solution of the following system of equations: (-2,-3,-4)

2x - 2y + 3z = -10
3x + 4y +4z = -34
x + y - 5z = -25


Now, this may or may not look complicated to you, depending on how far along in school you are or got, but to me, its not really that complicated..its just SOOO time-consuming. I mean that right there is the main reason I dislike math, not because its hard or has too many numbers, but just because its long and time-consuming...math takes forever...But, im sure for some people math is really east and doesn't take long....
Im just not one of those peoples.....

finished...too late..

well...the day after..saturday i think....my mom let me finish....but my hair is so dark it didn't do

much more. Church was awesome.People were giving me funny looks, double takes, asking me

the same question over and over, 'What happened to your hair"...too funny. Anyway, it'll be gone

by next week...i need a haricut so....the tips of my hair might still be light next week...anyway.....

im not the blonde type anyway

Okay well, my first ever attempt at dyeing my hair started out well. I chose 'bleach blonde' as my new hair color.....anyway...i mixed the necessary creams, put it in my hair evenly(i tried), and then sat down to wait the required minimum of 30 minutes. Well, I only got to twelve, because as soon as my mom found out, I was done. So, instead of being bleach blonde, my hair is now just really, really, really, light brown, with a little more darkness in the back where i could've used more cream......ooh well..... life goes on....

well....8 is better then 88

Are long distance relationships bad? Is Facebook addicting? Does she like me? Do I like her? What are we having for dinner tonight?Do I need a haircut?Where can I get more money for Creation? Is this band actually any good?...... But, the real question is...should I dye my hair bleach blonde?...I am debating whether too or not? Ya'know,mix it up a little....hmmmm......

third times a charm, and im broke

Well, third times a charm. My third show finally went smoothly. Everything worked like its supposed to and I felt more comfortable. And, you wouldn't believe it, but I did pretty well not talking fast, which, for those of you who know me, is quite an accomplishment.....lol.....IM GETTING BETTER!!!....oh joy...
Oh, and I'm taking guitar lessons for the first time ever...weird..but fun. Oh, and i went cross country skiing last Saturday. THAT was fun!!...reminded me of MT....i was sad that night...oh well....obsessing with Creation....cant WAIT!!!!

dull....HA!

Live Free or Let Me DIe

Put your ipod (or playlist) on shuffle and the use the titles that come up as the answer to your questions.

I will use my playlist.Okay. Here Goes.No do-overs.


If someone says "This is okay", you say: Youth of the Nation, P.O.D(ummmm...no sense at all)

What would best describe your personality? When in Doubt, Thousand Foot Krutch(totally not true)

What do you like in a guy/girl? What is the Gospel, Lecrae ( very true)

What is your life's purpose? Share It with Me, Family Force 5(stupid)

What is your motto? I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight, U2(haha..i like it)

What do your friends think of you? Dream On, Aero Smith(im not sure how to take that)

What do you think about very often? Joyful Noise, Flame ft. Lecrae(true true)

What is 2+2? Wipe Your Tears, T-bone(random)

What do you think of your best friend? Be My Escape, Relient k( haha..sometimes indeed....)

What do you think of a person you like? Fight Inside, Red(very true)

What is your life story? Buffalor Soldier, Bob Marley(that is SOOOO wrong)

What do you want to be when you grow up? Never Gonna Be as Big As Jesus, Audio Adrenaline( well thats true)

What do you think when you see a person you like? Around the World, KJ-52( no idea)

What do your parents think of you? Million Pieces, Newsboys (not sure that fits)

What will you dance to at your wedding? Lucy, Skillet(ummm..okay, i coudl live with that)

What will they play at your funeral? If You Believe Me, Relient k(well, okay...i guess)

What is your hobby/interest? Freedom, Run Boy Run(truth)

What is your biggest secret? Jesus Freak, Dc Talk(thats not much of a secret)

What do you think of your friends? Alive, P.O.D( i hope they're alive)

What's the worst thing that could happen? The Saltwater Room, Owl City(no, dumb)

How will you die? Favorite Disease, TFK(i don't like ANY diseases)

What's the one thing you regret? Candlelight, Relient k(what in the world?)

What makes you laugh? Definitely Maybe, TFK(i definitely laugh)

What makes you cry? Ill Be There, MJ(no, michael Jackson will never make me cry)

Will you ever get married? Deconstructing Venus, Kevin Max( no sense)

What scares you the most? Only Hope, Switchfoot(hey, i LIKE hope)

Does anyone like you? Praying For You, Lecrae( im praying so...haha)

If you could go back in time, what would you change? Sing, The Classic Crime(yea, would NOT sing)

What hurts now? On The Wing, Owl City( i have wings?!?!)

What do you often exclaim? Live Like You Were Dying, Tim Mcgraw(or NOT, but still very true)

What did you first say as a baby? Belly of a Whale, Newsboys(im not really sure what my first word was)

If you had a pet, what would you name it? Softer To Me, Relient k( nah, BJ, for Buck Junior)

What is your favorite sight to see? Wish You Well , TFK( when you've seen one wishing well, you've seen them all)

What makes you gag? Believe, Skillet

What are you best at? Live Life Loud, Hawk Nelson( WOW...sooo true)

If you wrote a book, what would you call it? Alien Youth, Skillet(that is a waaaaaay cool title, i think ill write a book now)

What did you wish for last? Lose This Life, Michael Tait(for christ)

What would your superhero name be? Never Surrender, Skillet

How soon will this be over? Are You Real, KJ-52

Where are you sitting? Pierced, Audio Adrenaline( at my DESK)

What do you most hate? Souled Out, Lecrae(yes, i hate it when people seel you out, oh wait thats different)

What do you most love? Earth Invasion, Skillet(earth invadede by...uumm..aliens i guess)

What do you not care about? Tonight, TFK( soo true)

What is your secret name? Fanatic, Lecrae(awesome)

What will you post this as? Live Free or Let Me Die, Skillet(okay, ill do it)