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Quote of the Day - December 31-January 1

"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams."

~Oprah Winfrey~

Quote of the Day - December 30

"Change is not made without inconvenience."

~Samuel Johnson~

Quote of the Day - December 29

"When I was young, I observed that nine out of every 10 things I did failed, so I did 10 times more work."

~George Bernard Shaw~

Quote of the Day - December 28

"The great individual is the one who does a thing for the first time."

~Alexander Smith~

Quote of the Day - December 27

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."

~Sun Tzu~

Quote of the Day - December 26

"Character, not circumstance, make the person."

~Booker T. Washington~

Even a bad circumstance can be overcome by a person with good character.

Quote of the Day - December 24-25

"When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life or in the life of another."

~Helen Keller~

Quote of the Day - December 23

"We are made to persist. That's how we fnd out who we are."

~Tobias Wolff~

Quote of the Day - December 22

"The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not mearly to grasp the world, but to change it."

~Colin Wilson~

Quote of the Day - December 21

"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved."

~William Jennings Bryan~

Quote of the Day - December 20

"The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives."

~Walter Chrysler~

Quote of the Day - December 19

"The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works."

~Miguel de Cervantes~

Quote of the Day - December 17-18

"Couragous risks are life-giving, they help you grow, make you brave, and better than you think you are."

~Joan L. Curcio~

Quote of the Day - December 16

"Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Quote of the Day - December 15

"Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall."

~Tobias G. Smollett~

Quote of the Day - December 14

"Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail; a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows."

~Francis Rodman~

and sometimes you have to take that chance.

Quote of the Day - December 13

"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man strugglng against adversity."

~Seneca~

Quote of the Day - December 12

"Seize the very first opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain."

~William James~

Quote of the Day - December 10-11

"Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible."

~George Lorimer~

So i see

Quote of the Day - December 9

"Big shots are only the little shots who keep shooting."

~Christopher Morley~

Quote of the Day - December 8

"If you create and act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny."

~Andre Maurois~

love it.

Quote of the Day - December 7

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the thingsyou did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the tradewinds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

~Mark Twain~

Quote of the Day - December 6

"There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen."

~Wayne Dyer~

Quote of the Day - December 5

"Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions."

~Benjamin Disraeli~

Quote of the Day - November 3-4

"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."

~Muhammad Ali~

Quote of the Day - December 2

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his own dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

~Henry David Thoreau~

Quote of the Day - December 1

"All serious daring starts from within."

~Eudora~

Quote of the Day - November 30

"He who stops being better stops being good."

~Oliver Cromwell~

Quote of the Day - November 29

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it-as long as you really believe 100 percent."

~Arnold Schwarzenegger~

Change

Something needs to change in my life.

I can feel everything pulling at me in different directions and i dont know where to go when or why...not to mention how.

Something needs to change though...that is all i know.

Funny though.
A year ago I would have probably begged for everything to remain the same.

I just need...something...like...hmm. a paradime(sp) shift? i dont even know what that means, but the way jackie used it, seems to mean a huge life changing...change.

Sounds kinda nice to me.

I just hope if things do change...it will be for the better.

Quote of the Day - November 28

"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly of having trouble off the feild, the only thing to do was keep swinging."

~Hank Aaron~

Easier said than done...but yea.

Quote of the Day - November 26-27

"The greatest happiness is to transform your feelings into actions."

~Madame de Stael~

The hard part is figuring out what your feelings actually are...

Quote of the Day - November 25

"Our duty as men is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist."

~Pierre Teihard de Chardin~

Quote of the Day - November 24

"I was made to work. If you are equally industrious, you will be equally successful."

~Johann Sebastion Bach~

Quote of the Day - November 23

"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...self discipline with all of them came first."

~Harry S. Truman~

Quote of the Day - November 22

"Only in growth, reform and change, paradoxixally enough, is true security to be found."

~Anne Morrow Lindberg~

Yea. that is what happened with my move up here. I had to grow to appreciate it.

Quote of the Day - November 21

"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances."

~Bruch Barton~

I guess you have to rise above the challenge.

Quote of the Day - November 19-20

"The slogan "presson" has always solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."

~Calvin Coolidge~

I beg to differ...there are other things that need to be done.

Quote of the Day - November 18

"Look at the stone clutter hammering away at this rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before."

~Jacob Riis~

Persistence=triumph

Quote of the Day - November 17

"Every worthwhile accomplisment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory."

~Gandhi~

Quote of the Day - November 16

"We will either find a way, or make one!"

~Hannibal~

Yes...we will.

Quote of the Day - November 15

"The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy-invincible determination-a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory."

~Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton~

Quote of the Day - November 14

"You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can."

~Jimmy Carter~

Quote of the Day - November 12/13

"Don't wait for your ship to come; swim out to it."

~Anonymous~

Quote of the Day - November 11

"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it."

~Alexander Graham Bell~

I love this one. Passion is power.

Quote of the Day - November 10

"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualites are so much more important than the events that occur."

~Vince Lombardi~

Quote of the Day - November 9

"Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends."

~Jawaharial Nehru~

True...or it is pointless to take action if you have no aim for it.

Quote of the Day - November 8

"There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them."

~Phyliss Bottome~

or both at the same time.

Quote of the Day - November 7

"I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard."

~William Lloyd Garrison~

I like this one...i feel the same.

Quote of the Day - November 5-6

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

I guess...

Quote of the Day - November 4

"However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated into reality, like seeds germinating underground, sure to sprout in their search for the sunlight."

~Lin Yutang~

yes, but they arnt gonna come true by themselves.

Quote of the Day - November 3

"I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude."

~Judith M. Knowlton~

i believe that it very true. alot depends on your attitude. if you dont think you can do something, you probably wont try very hard to do it.

Quote of the Day - November 2

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

~Sir Winston Churchill~

i guess...but sometimes you have to be disappointed for a while.

Quote of the Day - November 1

"Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms."

~Samuel Johnson~

I disagree. I strive to be excellent in many various things throughout my life.

Quote of the Day - October 31

"Four things come not back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity."

~Arab Proverb~

hot damn! those arabs are wise.

Quote of the Day - October 29-30

"A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm."

~Charles M. Schwab~

Yea, like having enthusiasm for creating, practicing and using illegal plays in soccer that prevent the other team from scoring and defending.

Quote of the Day - October 28

"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction."

~George Horace Lorimer~

That is what i try to do.

Quote of the Day - October 27

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."

~Thomas Jefferson~

i belive it, except...i think time can help to change the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Quote of the Day - October 26

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."

~Robert Louis Sevenson~

ok...i guess that makes me feel better.

Quote of the Day - October 25

"From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached."

~Franz Kafka~

it must be scary to reach that point...

Quote of the Day - October 24

"I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams."

~Jonas Salk~

i like it. just because you are afraid of following your dream doesnt mean that you can't. if you have dreams, make them happen...you will get past your fear.

Quote of the Day - October 22-23

"Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself...Nothing is impossible."

~Norman Vincent Peale~

YAY!

Quote of the Day - October 21

"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."

~Arthur Ashe~

so a key to success is preparation.

Quote of the Day - October 20

"It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks."

~Helen Keller~

I love how insightful she was, with all her disadvantages.

Quote of the Day - October 19

"To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage."

~W. Clement Stone~

well yes, that is obvious...but the secret is finding that good throughout the bad.

Quote of the Day - October 18

"When you follow your bliss...doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where ther would'nt be a door for anyone else."

~Joseph Campbell~

If you do what you love, your passion will drive you to success.

Quote of the Day - October 17

"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with couragous patience."

~Admiral Hyman Rickover~

yea...like goals... if you set a goal for yourself, you arnt gonna know who to be able to accomplish it right away, you have to try things and see what works.

Quote of the Day - October 15-16

"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

~Conrad Hilton~

i like this. it is how people should be. if you make a mistake, do your best to fix it and learn from it and then go on in life.

Quote of the Day - October 14

"All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continous line. Many a man has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensly the value of your first."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Quote of the Day - October 13

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins-not through strength but by perserverence."

~H. Jackson Brown~

Quote of the Day - October 12

"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm."

~Audrey Hepburn~

rely on yourself, and no one else.

Quote of the Day - October 11

"Dont let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was."

~Richard L. Evans~

Quote of the Day - October 10

"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain; either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow."

~Friedrich Nietzsche~

This one makes me fell better about my knee preventing me from running. If it wasnt, then i would be preparing for soccer by training, but by letting it heal i am preparing myself in a different way.

Quote of the Day - October 8-9

"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum."

~Frances Willard~

sometimes friction is good.

I signed a petition against this.

"Studies show that American children are falling behind children in other nations in their knowledge and understanding of science. But instead of improving the quality of science education, movements across the country are trying to substitute ideology for fact in our classrooms.

The freedom of religion and the quality of public education are being put to the test in Dover, Pennsylvania, where a landmark court case is shaping up, as schoolteachers rebel against being forced to teach creationism in their biology classrooms along with evolution.

At issue in Dover, PA, is a new policy requiring all ninth-grade biology teachers to read a statement on "Intelligent Design" before teaching evolution lessons. The district is believed to be the first in the country to require such a disclaimer.

But the problem with this policy is that science is based on facts and testable predictions; religion is based on faith. And unfortunately, "intelligent design" is no more than religious creationism dressed up with a new name. A quality science education teaches children to weigh evidence, think critically, and apply the scientific method to test theories. A study of "Intelligent design" does none of these things.

For the sake of our children and the competitiveness of our country, urge your state governor to defend the integrity of science education in our schools!"

Quote of the Day - October 7

"We are no creatures of circumstance; we are creaters of circumstance."

~Benjamin Disraeli~

I donno. we can be, but that isnt always a good thing.

Quote of the Day - October 6

"Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit. Put some it!"

~David Starr Jordan~

Quote of the Day - October 5

"There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid."

~Gandhi~

well...yea.

Quote of the Day - October 4

"In any project the important factor is your belief. WIthout belief there can be no successful outcome."

~William James~

Well...if you think about it, i guess it's true.

Quote of the Day - October 3

"You can be an ordinary athlete by getting away with less than your best. But if you want to be great, you have to give it all you've got-your everything."

~Duke P. Kahanamoku~

I want to be great.

Quote of the Day - October 1-2

"Triumph lies in discipline."

~Anonymous~

This is very similar to the last one. Hard work pays off!

Quote of the Day - September 30

"There is no shortcut to winning and success. There is only getting started and stickeing to it."

~Anonymous~

It took me a while to learn this but now I know it is true. Hard work is what pays off.

Quote of the Day - September 29

"From the discontent of man the world's best progress springs."

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox~

People who are not content by being "ok" are those who become "great".

Quote of the Day - September 28

"You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old-whatever "the old" means for you."

~Sarah Van Breathnach~

Quote of the Day - September 27

"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

~Dale Carnegie~

yea...

Quote of the Day - September 26

"Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it."

~Harry Emerson Fosdick~

holding...

Quote of the Day - September 24-25

"Keep yourself alive by throwing day by day fresh currents of thought and emotion into the things you have come to do from habit."

~John Lancaster Spalding~

i like this. spice up the routine with something new everyday.

Quote of the Day - September 23

"You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences."

~W. Somerset Maugham~

we have all heard it a million times...

Quote of the Day - September 22

"Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve somthing."

~Aldous Huxley~

Quote of the Day - September 21

"The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for."

~Maureen Dowd~

ooooooo...i like this one!

Quote of the Day - September 20

"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are suer to wake up somebody."

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~

I am so glad i kept knocking!!!...perfect for today!

Quote of the Day - September 19

"Remember that someone somewhere, is practicing, and when you meet him he will win."

~Edward Macauley~

i dont understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

Quote of the Day - September 17-18

"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat."

~Queen Victoria~

are you sure?!

sad

i love tony. and i miss him. this weekend has been hell. what was i thinking?!?! when will this be over?!?!

Quote of the Day - September 16

"Success is a piece of mind, whihc is a direct result of self-satifaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming."

~John Wooden~

yea yea yea...nothing we havnt heard already.

Quote of the Day - September 15

"Never, never res contented with and circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible."

~Richard Jeffries~

i dont really feel like explaining it...figure it out for yourself.

Quote of the Day - September 14

"I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become."

~Oprah Winfrey~

this is a thinker...i like it...i am goinna go think about it.

Quote of the Day - September 13

"Never is a long, unpredictable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities wo have restrictions placed upon it."

~Gloria Swanson~

yes yes...do everything! hehe!

Quote of the Day - September 12

"Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficent means. It is often mearly for an excuse that we say things are impossible."

~Francois de La Rochefoucauld~

very true...a habit i am trying to break...saying things are impossible.

Quote of the Day - September 10-11

"Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there."

~Marcus Aurelius~

yep yep yep!

Quote of the Day - September 9

"Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it in god's name! 'Tis the utmost thou has in thee: out with it, then."

~Thomas Carlyle~

I guess it just means to do what you can because it is all you can do.

Quote of the Day - September 8

"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can."

~Sydney Smith~

yup...

Quote of the Day - September 7

"Have you got a problem? Do what you can where you are with what you got."

~Theodore Roosevelt~

the first part sounds like an ad...but it is true...

Quote of the Day - September 6

"Knowledge is essential to conquest; only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment."

~Anne Besant~

will and thought...

Quote of the Day - September 5

"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you."

~Henry F. Amiel~

Quote of the Day - September 3-4

"I can give you a six-word formula for success: "Think things through-then follow through."

~Eddie Rickenbacker~

sometimes...

Quote of the Day - September 2

"The secret of success is consistency of purpose."

~Benjamin Disraeli~

i like that one..

Quote of the Day - September 1

"To become a champion, fight one more round."

~James J. Corbett~

Pretty means the same thing as the last one.

Quote of the Day - August 31

"We must never be afraid to go to far, for success lies just beyond."

~Marcel Proust~

Success is found beyond enough...not before.

Quote of the Day - August 30

"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."

~Colin Powell~

I think that suits today and my death cab adventures with nathan very well. Keep smiling and keep a good outlook. Look for the good in things, not so much the bad.

Quote of the Day - August 29

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, posperity would not be so welcome."

~Anne Bradstreet~

it is called appreciation.

Quote of the Day - August 27-28

"Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obsticles and adds significance to all you do."

~Norman Vincent Peale~

Do things that make you happy and you will succeed in them because you will be satisfied with what you do.

Quote of the Day - August 26

"Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."

~George Patton~

In my life right now, this relates to soccer...and the things as a goalie and as a player, that I do for victory.

Quote of the Day - August 25

"The secret is this; strength lies soley in tenacity."

~Louis Pasteur~

This one is good. Persistence=Strength

Quote of the Day - August 24

"I want this team to win. I'm obsessed with winning, with dicipline, with achieving."

~George Steinbrenner~

I don't really like this. Winning isn't everything.

Soul Meets Body by Death Cab For Cutie

Soul Meets Body:

"I want to live where soul meets body And let the sun wrap its arms around me And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing And feel what it's like to be new 'Cause in my head there's a Greyhound station Where I send my thoughts to far-off destinations So they may have a chance of finding a place where they¹re far more suited then here

(ba da ba ba's)

And I cannot guess what we¹ll discover When we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels But I know our filthy hands can wash one another's And not one speck will remain

And I do believe it's true that there are roads left in both of our shoes But if the silence takes you than I hope it takes me too So Brown Eyes I'll hold you near 'cause you're the only song I want to hear A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

Where soul meets body"

There you go, some more beautifully brillient lyrics from the genius mind of Ben Gibbard. 7 days until "Plans"!! I can hardly wait!

Right On, Ben!

Review on Death Cab For Cutie:

"The members aren't glamorous, looking more like college teaching assistants than rock stars. And they don't dumb down their sound to get over. There have been attempts in the media to shove Death Cab into the marketable emo trend, a term that suits the band only in its open-hearted tone.

Gibbard is less than thrilled by the comparison. 'Emo tends to be really base emotions and clichéd writing over punk-pop garbage made for 13-year-olds,' he says."

so true...Death Cab is NOT emo...Death Cab is indie! Come on people!!

Quote of the Day - August 23

"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth."

~Katherine Mansfield~

Just do it. What you love, what you want, what you need to do. Risking enough to get it, but not so much as to ruin it.

Quote of the Day - August 22

"If you would be pope, you must think of nothing else."

~Spanish Proverb~

I take from this that in order to be a great anything you must set you mind on that and not be distracted from it.

Soccer Week...

This week is school soccer tryouts. I am excited to get them over with.

So basically I have tryouts Monday through Thursday like 2 hours every morning.

I have rec. practice Monday and Wednesday 5:30-7:00.

Then on Friday is the Issaquah Kick-off Soccer Tournement for rec. soccer and it is gonna be sweet. Friday has one game, Saturday has two, and Sunday has one. The Reign is determined to win this thing!...and kick the Chili Peppers asses!

So basically my whole week is deticated to soccer..........and it rocks!

Quote of the Day - August 20-21

"I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's."

~William Blake~

I think this quote is pretty damn good for this weekend. I have decided something that defies the system. I am going to do my best to not drive until I am able to drive without using fossil fuels (gas). My system is to give up something important for a while in order to protect the environment.

Quote of the Day - August 19

"We will never have all the facts to make a perfect judgement, but with the aid of basic experience we must leap bravely into the future."

~Russell R. MacIntyre~

...because sometimes we need to take chances... This was a perfect quote for today because of the issues I am having with friends.

Quote of the Day - August 18

"Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them."

~Orison Swett Marden~

Very true. This is something I often think about.

Alpine Days 2005

Well Alpine Days (Festival @ Mt. Si) was interesting.

Friday:
-Shopping with Becca and mom in Issaquah.
-Dinner with mom @ El Caporel.
-Pick up Tony and go to the Teen Concert.
-Listen to music. See old friends (Nick H. was there!!!) sing and dance...
-Ditch the concert and start for Tony's house and get in a fight with Tony on the way. -Break up...not.
-Get to Tony's house finially and get in another fight with him. Make up.
-Go home.

Saturday:
-Get up. Take shower. Get clothes. go to see parade.
-Hang out until parade. Then watch parade. (with Tony and JAckie and Sara and Casey)
-Get ditched by all of them and watch remainder of parade alone.
-Find my ditchers with all of Tony's dogs.
-Lose Jackie and Casey.
-Walk to Alpine Days.
-Meet up with Bobbie and Ryan T.
-Let the dogs practically die and then walk them back to Tony's.
-Walk to gas station and meet up with Chris and Tyler.
-Walk to Alpine Days again.
-Finially get to look around!!
-Meet up with Cagle
-Go swimming...see Justin and Buzz and hang with them for a few minutes.
-Go back to Alpine Days.
-Have to go to Tony's to set up for the party.
-On the way meet up with Ryan Q. at the skate park.
-Go to Tony's and set up and then be miserable while watching stupid tv with them.
-Finially convince them to go back to Alpine Days.
-Get a ride there in Ryan Q.'s truck.
-Hang out a little bit and then meet up with Juli and Ryan T. and Kel and O'ryan.
-Want to go swimming with Justin and Buzz and get yelled at for it.
-Get basically ditched by everyone (they were annoying the fuck out of my anyway).
-Go to find Justin and Buzz and succeed which is rewarded with hugs and sympathy.
-They help me find Scrappy and then leave.
-I find Juli and Kel and follow them which they obviously didnt want
-I walked away and ran into Ryan T. and O'ryan who were looking for juli.
-I pointed them out and Ryan made me (thankfully) come with them.
-We sat on the lawn and talked and I started acting crazy.
-Realized i hadnt eaten any real food all day.
-Tony came and saved me from embarassing myself to death.
-Went to Tony's BBQ and got cooled down and got food.
-Watched Young Frankenstein.
-Andy showed up and i met her and her exchange student.
-We went on a long journey to find a way to the feild with the fireworks.
-Found a seat and watched some of them.
-Tony left to find Tyler.
-I left to find Justin and Buzz.
-Tony found Ty...I didnt find anyone,
-Finished the fireworks.
-Went back to Tony's.
-Hung out and talked and laughed.
-Andy left and then Sue took me home while taking Ty and Tony to Ty's house.
-get in fight with tony on the phone
-Went to sleep!

Sunday:
-wake up
-get call from tony asking me to come to alpine days
-go to alpine days.
-meet tony, talk and make up.
-hang out with cagle and family...miserably
-eat tai food with tony.
-look at booths.
-find a cool booth with blown glass and rock figures.
-buy 2 rock figures (one for me one for mom), an arrowhead (for tony) and an elephant figure on crystalized rock (also for me)
-decide to go swimming with annie and kristen and everyone near Si View.
-swim for a couple hours.
-go to chris' house and watch tv.
-leave chris' with eian and run into a garage sale.
-get a whole bunch of free stuff and a pink pig which we pay for with the money we found in one of the free jackets we got.
-walk around town in our new ridiclously cool outfits.
-scream at two girls that were hitting on tony.
-run into annie, nick, bryce, matt, scrappy and a bunch of people.
-bring cagle and his sisters around with us.
-get water at ACE
-look for more garage sales but fail in finding them.
-call my mom and have her pick me, eian and tony up.
-go to my house.
-get in a fight with tony...a huge fight...screaming and yelling...
-tony and eain leave.
-tony calls me a few times.
-i tell him to leave me alone cause i am too tired to argue.
-go to sleep.

yea so that was my interesting Alpine Days weekend...
in case you were wondering, the next day tony came over and we made up after fighting for a couple more hours.

Quote of the Day - August 17

"What you want to be eventually, that you must be every day; and by and by the quality of your deeds will get down into your soul."

~Frank Crane~

This is amazingly similar to the previous quote because they are both getting at the same idea. The idea that what you desire is what you are if you believe it is what you can be.

Quote of the Day - August 16

"What we truely and ernestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of mind, for the moment realizes itself."

~Anna Jameson~

What a brillient quote!?! It is absolutly beautiful and thoughtful. One of my favorites so far. It is saying that if we are so heart-set on something we want to do, we can do it...we are doing it...in that sense that we will. It is really hard to explain but I love it.

Quote of the Day - August 15

"To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking."

~Goethe~

hmm. well that was right on time...

Quote of the Day - August 13-14

"There is a soul force in the universe which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results."

~Gandhi~

This is a thinker. I like it. It is inspiring.

Quote of the Day - August 12

"You cannot dream yourself into character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."

~James A. Froude~

well...duh.

Alpine Days?...and more!

Well, Alpine...i mean Festival @ Mount Si starts tomorrow!!! YESSS! I am so excited and I don't even know why! I guess it is cause of the booths and the parade and the concert and the fact that I get to see everyone I havnt seen forever! Yea, well, I finially get to meet Tony's like best friend...umm....oh yea...Andy...she is a girl. Yea...umm So that should be pretty fucking sweet. Oh, not to mention the fireworks! So that should be a hell of a lot of fun!

Mom gets home tonight...though she was supposed to this morning...but yea... it is exciting anyway.

I really really really wanna go DDRing sometime soon...somebody take me to ILLUZIONZ!!! oh and it would be cool to go there and play lazer tag again! YUSS.

I am hungry. I need to clean the house. I need to walk to dogs.

I have a huge zit. Ewww!

I is really cloudy outside!! Not rainy, but cloudy...just the way I like it!

Someone better start reading this again.

And someone should come over and teach me something new on my drumset...I am getting bored with the like...20 beats i have.

lalalaaaa.

Tony's sisters friend took some of my CD's out my case which I left there...but my night in shining armor (Tony by the way) got them back for me. So HA.

Yesterday I went to speed camp and then to Tonys and woke him up (which took forever!) and we went to eat at the new burger place (his treat) and he got breakfast and I got lunch and then we went to the dollar store and he got me a Snoopy PEZ despenser and PEZ and made a disaster of a burger in there...hehe. Then we got in a fight and then we walked on the railroad tracks and made up and talked and went to the park where we pet some llamas of his old teacher (wagners mom), then we went to his house and i gave him a drum lesson and then i went to soccer practice down the street but my leg gurt so i got to do goalie stuff the whole time, which kicked ass, and dave taught me a new way to kick the ball and it was sweet! then tony met me there and he came over where we watched Jurassic Park 3 and then he tucked me in and dad took him home.

but yea...i must make an interesting day out of today so tata for now...

Quote of the Day - August 11

"Change not the mass but change the fabric of your own soul and your own visions, and you change all."

~Vachel Lindsay~

I get it, but not all the way.

Quote of the Day - August 10

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell em, 'Certianly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it."

~Theodore Roosevelt~

Well yes, it is good to be perfectly sure that you can do something.

Quote of the Day - August 9

"It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life."

~Christina, Queen of Sweden~

Always try to do better than you have done.

Quote of the Day - August 8

"Refuse to join the cautious crowd that plays not to lose; play to win."

~David J. Mahoney~

It took me a while to get this but when I did I realized how true it is that some people play, not to win, to not lose. If you are just trying to play enough not to lose then you do lose because you arnt putting your all into it.

Quote of the Day - August 6/7

"All things are difficult before they are easy."

~English Proverb~

yep!

Quote of the Day - August 5

"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us."

~George Eliot~

hehe.

Quote of the Day - August 4

"Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait."

~Thomas Edison~

hehe. reminds me of whistle while you work.

Quote of the Day - August 3

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."

~Amelia Earhart~

Yes. Often times when you are about to go on an adventure, you question whether or not the joy in the danger is worth the risk. She is saying that if it is something you have a passion for, that you believe you should do, then risking it and even dying for it, is worth it. Look at her, she died in the process of her dream.

Quote of the Day - August 2

"Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life."

~W.E.B. du Bois~

I like the first part alot; Believe that life will progress and continue. The second part makes me think of how, yes, humans do broaden there lifestyle, but is that a good thing for everyone else (that is, at least the way we are doing it now)?

Cow!

Quote of the Day - August 1

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams."

~Henry David Thoreau~

I'm going.....

Quote of the Day - July 30-31

"An enthusiast may bore others, but he never has a dull moment himself."

~John Kieran~

RIGHT ON! This quote is awesome! It pertains to my life easily but it is also something I should tak into consideration more often with other people. But I mean, if you love something...love it with your whole heart.

The Summer of Soccer. lol.

Okay. So I am slowly updating the poetry portion of this site. In about 15 days, by my calculations, I should have all my poetry published at jinxxpoems.blogspot.com. I will let you know when it is all there.

Ummmmm. Well I was supposed to go to Portland today but my mom and I decided not to, so instead we are gonna go to BellSquare. lol.

The rest of my summer mainly consists of soccer and working out for soccer. I have practices a couple times a week and Speed Camp Monday and Wednesday morning. I have school soccer tryouts at the end of August followed directly by a Rec. tournement. Wish me good luck for both.

Anything else I do is not going to be huge because I have to focus so much on soccer. I will go to "Festival at Mt. Si" which I am praying will be as fun as Alpine Days because I have been looking forward to it all year!

I will write more later.

Quote of the Day - July 29

"Every problem contains the seeds of its own solution."

~Stanley Arnold~

Manipulate the problem to become the solution.

Quote of the Day - July 28

"For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself."

~Rita Mae Brown~

Quote of the Day - July 27

"Victory is not won in miles, but in inches."

~Louis L'amour~

Yes. I like this. It is very thought provoking and if I start writing on it, it may take a couple hours, so I won't.

Quote of the Day - July 26

"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen."

~Frank Lloyd Wright~

Kinda redundant, but still true.

Quote of the Day - July 25

"Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set afire."

~George Matthew Adams~

hmm. This is an interesting one to think about. I never thought of it this way but it makes sense. If you are enthusiastic about something and you try hard at it then you have a sort of faith in it. I donno...it is hard to explain.

The Catholic Church

In response to the comments replying to my comment on the Catholic Church. For your information, I actually do know alot about what i was saying. First off, I wasnt making fun of church, I was, in fact, making fun of the Catholic Church as a whole. There have been some pretty pathetic things that have come from that specific Church. There have been about 10,000 severe assult/molestation problems from 1950-2002. Some branches of the Catholic Church, support slavery and racial segregation. Other than the actual abuse of children—was the unwillingness of certain Church leaders to report the incidents directly to the police causing much legal turmoil.

The Catholic Church has made almost a hundred apologies for the actions of the church. These apologies for past (not present) actions of sin were on behalf the PAST MEMBERS of the church, but not on behalf of the church itself. The apologies are also vaguely worded and do not include apologies for recent defiancy, OR a plan of preventing furthur sin. These apologies, when describing events, downplay the the seriousness of the sins. They have admitted to jailing, torture, and burning alive of outspoken individuals and wars of extermination against the Cathars, Knights Templars and other independant groups. They even burned alive a number of scientists and philosophers, such as Galileo. At one point the Church taught that parents must not give their children medicine to prevent disease because it would be against God's will. Some other past issues have included:
~The lack of opposing action by Pope Pius XII during the Nazi holocaust.
~The burning alive of hundreds of thousands of women blamed for witchcraft in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.
~The burning of the Great Library of Alexandria by Saint Cyril and monks, destroying 600,000 volumes of knowledge of the ancient world, which happens to be the greatest property crime of all time.
~The Protestant Reformation and the wars which followed destroying half of Germany's population.
~The Huguenot extermination in France.
~The issuing of passports to Nazi war leaders after World War II allowing them to escape prosecution for war crimes.
~The castration of boy church singers in order to make them sing in high pitch.
~Making Jews into the object of insults, jokes and generalizations.
~Giving Muslims and other groups unfair characterization, based on ignorance and prejudice.
~Giving the $300,000 financial support to help pass the anti-gay-marriage Proposition 22.
~Making Archdiocese people feel like outsiders besed on their culture, language, ethnic background or immigration status.
~Denying the sacraments to most remarried Catholics.

For me, this is a great deal enough reason to have a strong opinion opposing the Catholic Church. I am a very opinionated person, and I speak my mind. I have reason behind my words and I am not attempting to offend anyone. I simply say what I feel, and seeing as this is a free country with the freedom of speech, and that this is my site, I have the right to do just that.

Yes, i do appreciate comments...and I also greatly appreciate people who have enough confidence in their comments to leave their name and/or email address along with it. Thank you for your opinion. I am sorry to have offended you. Please, feel welcome to come back again anytime to leave your opinion.

Quote of the Day - July 23-24

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

~Muriel Strode~

This is kind of how I feel about becoming a goalie...playing on the field is so common.

Quote of the Day - July 22

"Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes, another has it for thirty days-but it is the man that has it for thirty years who makes a success in life."

~The Catholic Layman~

WoW. Now wasnt THAT the wisest thing that has come out of the catolic church in a long while?!?! lol. yes...enthusiasm IS key to success. Without the excitement of doing something where is the will to do it?

Quote of the Day - July 21

"Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle."

~James Russell Lowell~

Interesting analogy, but i suppose it works. lol. Learn from you mistakes...or something like that.

Recap on My Life. (Survey)

Ok, it is a little ofver halfway through the year 2005, and I think it is about time to update. I did this same exact survey January 4, 2005 and now I am redoing it to see how much I have changed in just half a year.


01) What time did you start this?: 10:14AM - suprised i am up this early?!
02) Nickname?: ACE
03) Date of birth?: November 20, 1989
04) Sex?: female - hopefull hasnt changed. lol.
05) Height?: probably still about 5 ft. 6 in.
06) Eye color?: hazel
07) Location?: North Bend, Washington
08) Where were you born?: Portland, Oregon
09) What are you wearing right now?: Brown corderoy pants, a black belt, a really light brown U. Washington tee, blue underwear, a black bra, no socks, green nail polish, and two hair ties (black and green) around my wrist
10) Are you a virgin?: YES
11) Do you smoke?: never!!
12) Do you drink?: umm, not very often at all, less often than before.
13) Are you ghetto?: what a dumb question!
14) Are you a player?: these questions still suck...
15) What are your favorite colors?: Green, but i love all colors
16) What is your favorite animal?: pandas, tigers and wolves
17) Do you have any birthmarks?: one on my upper back and one on my butt
18) Who are your best friends?: anyone who is gonna read this...lol...jk! Jasmine, Caitlin!, Bobbie, Jackie!, Juli (her parents suck), Annie, Tony!, Alicia, Matt.
19) Have you ever beat someone up for fun?: I tried to beat Eli up a long time ago but he wooped my ass!
20) Are you shy or outgoing?: pretty damn outgoing, but at times i am shy.
21) Do you shower?: yea, everyday, but i only wash my hair every other day.
22) How easily do you trust people?: pretty damn easily, until they give me a reason not to.
23) Have you ever lied to your best friends?: yes, I have.
24) Do you have a secret people would be surprised knowing?: i do have secrets but i doubt they would shock anyone.
25) Would you ever sky dive?: wow...i donno anymore. maybe if i got up there i would be too scared and someone would have to push me.
26) Do you like to dance?: umm, in my room alone! and on the streets in the rain!
27) Have you ever been out of state/country?: out of the state, but still sadly not out of the country...not even to Canada
28) Do you like to travel?: yes, car trips and plane rides rock. i wish i could travel more!
29) Have you ever been suspended from school?: NEVER! and i would like it to stay that way.
30) Do you want to get out of your hometown?: I like living here alot, but i would love to do something out of town today.
31) Are you spoiled? umm i would say, i work hard in school and at home and in sports but i have alot of stuff and money...but i think it is fine and i dont think i am very spoiled at all...except when it comes to tony, he spoils me.
32) Are you a brat?: i can be at times...usually when i am under pressure.
33) What's your favorite drink?: SPRITE and SIERRA MIST!
34) Do you drink a lot of water? YES, much mroe now because i play sports now and water seems to taste delicious lately.
35) Do you have a cell phone or pager?: yea a cell phone, it's 281 8280.
36) Are you a role model?: I am probably a role model for my sister...maybe others. I think i am a good person and i dont think it would be bad if people modeled after me.
37) What name brand do you wear the most?: i dont really check to see what brand my clothes are...i dont really care as long as they work for me.
38) What do you have pierced?: belly button
39) What do you want pierced?: eyebrow
40) Do you like getting your picture taken?: sometimes, but i love taking pictures!
41) Do you have a tan?: barely...stupid goalie jersey!
42) Do you get annoyed easily?: if i am tired or in the middle of something...dont push me!
43) Do you prefer boxers or briefs?: boxers but i dont like to look at them hanging out of guys pants all day long...
44) Have you ever been played? OH YES...more than once
45) Have you ever played someone?: in slight ways, but nothing too serious
46) Do you get along with your parents?: there are very rarely fights between my parents and i, but occasionally we get frusterated with eachother.
47) How do you vent your anger?: write...poetry, journal entries, blogs. notice how i havent been writing so much, i havnt been angry. often i will cry and sometimes hit things or yell or sneak out or something like that...but only when i am really mad.
48) Have you ever run away?: kinda...but not really
49) Have you ever been fired from a job?: i have lost so many babysitting jobs cause i suck at it.
50) Do you even have a job?: nope!
51) Do you daydream a lot?: yea...sometimes
52) What do you have a tattoo of? NOTHING! i wish!
53) What are your favorite flowers?: roses of any color
54) Are you rude?: I can be very ruse but i am usually very not.
55) What was the last compliment you received?: tony gushing about how pretty he thinks i am.
56) Do you like getting dirty?: sometimes.
57) Is your bellybutton an innie or outie?: innie...since i got it peirced.
58) What does your hair look like right now?: umm like shit...i think at least.
59) When was your last real heartbreak?: couldnt tell you...it is a very hard question.
60) Describe your looks: ok. i am tallesh, shortish brown hair, hazel eyes, skinny fingers, not much acne, cool glasses, good teeth, small button nose, not very obvious muscle, thin (but not too thin), scarred and bruised, not very tan, A cup boobs and pretty feet, and yea...that is about it.
61) If you had to completely dye your hair what color would it be? if i had too...oh geez, i would hate it...but black.
62) Would you ever date someone older than you?: yes!
63) Would you rather give or receive oral sex?: neither
64) Have you ever given?: yes
65) Have you ever recieved?: yes
66) Have you ever been skinny dipping?: only like a few times...
67) Do you cry a lot?: not so much anymore...but about once or twice a week.
68) Are you the romantic type?: yes...but not too corny.
69) What do you like most about your body? my teeth, my eyes, my feet
70) What do you like least about your body?: my hair, and my scarred and bruised legs.
70) When was the last time you threw up?: umm like at the end of June...a few days before school got out.
71) What do the shoes you last wore look like?: ummm, they were the gray tennis shoes i wore this morning, for speed camp.
72) Do you ever wear shirts to show your belly?: not really.
73) Is your best friend a virgin?: this isnt about my best friend, it is about me.
74) What color are your underwear right now?: blue...
75) What size shoe do you wear?: umm like from 8 to 9
76) Would you pick a wedgie in public?: if i had to.
77) How are you feeling right now?: great!! my nose is stuffy and i am exhasted but i feel great!
78) When was the last time you were at a party?: everyday is a party! just kidding, honestly, i cant remember.
79) What do you sleep in?: a pair of my brothers old blue shorts and a random big shirt that i pull out.
80) What does your ex bf/gf look like?: what a weird question. which one?!
81) What does your most recent crush look like? umm tall, dark and hansom, beautiful eyes and poofy hair, really gorgous! Tony!
82) Have you ever been chewed out?: Yea...i use to quiet a bit, but not so much anymore.
83) When was the last time you chewed someone out? probably a few nights ago...i yelled at tony.
84) Are you flexible?: yes, i can be, but sometimes no.
85) What is your heritage?: umm irish...and geez i donno.
86) What is your lucky number?: 5 or 3
87) Could you ever be a vegetarian?: yea fairly easily.
88) Who are the most important persons in the world to you?: my friends and family and my pets
89) Would you ever date someone younger than you? yea not too much younger though..in fact, i am dating Tony who is a few months younger!
90) When was the last time you were drunk?: never been
91) When was the last time you went on a date?: like two days ago me and tony went to see Charlie and the Choco. Factory with my mom and my brother and Jess
92) How many rings until you answer the phone?: two, when the caller ID comes up.
93) Do you look more like your mother or father?: what a lame question.
94) Do you ever cry to get your way?: rarely...well with tony.
95) What phrase do you use most when on the phone?: i donno
96) Have you ever been chased by cops?: cops - no! security guards- yes!
97) Last person you kissed?: my mother
98) In the opposite sex, do you prefer blondes or brunettes? Doesnt really matter.
99) Have you ever fucked someone?: no and when i have sex i wont refer to it as "fucking".
100) What theme does your room have?: um it is light green with lots of shades of blue.
101) Has there ever been a rumor spread about you?: that i do drugs (yea right)!
102) Would you marry for money?: NEVER, what a waste!
103) What do you drive? nothing.
104) Have you ever given or received roadhead? i dont know what that is.
105) Are you more of a mama or daddy's child?: well depends...
106) What's does your username mean?: booboomagee is a nickname and jinxx is just something i came up with.
107) When was the last time you cried in school?: one of the last days cause i was sad the seniors were leaving.
108) For $2 million, would you pose for playboy: no!!
109) Ever been in love?: YES
110) Are you ready to get married?: NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!
111) How many kids do you want?: 2 or 3
112) Would you ever start a relationship with someone on your friend list?: yes.
113) Do you believe in Fate?: YES
114) Are you tired of answering these questions?: YES
115) What time did you end this?: 10:56...ALMOST LUNCH TIME!

So i realized that i have changed in some things but not many. I use to think i would pose for playboy for 2 million dollars, but i wouldnt now. There were other things that changed but not many at all.

Quote of the Day - July 20

"I have not ceased being fearful, but i have ceased to let fear control me."

~Erica Jong~

I strive for this. I want to be fearless but i know i will never be, therefore i must come to a place where my fears become the energy which drives me.

Quote of the Day - July 19

"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."

~Benjamin Disraeli~

In other words, get ready for anything; to work, to change, to do what is takes for that opportunity to go to good use.

Quote of the Day - July 18

"In learning to sail you do not change the current of the water nor do you have any effect on the wind, but you learn to hoist your sail and turn it this way and that to utilize the greater forces which surround you."

~June Singer~

Adaptation...learning to use the resources you are provided but not control them. Humans need to relearn how to "sail" in this way or we will destroy ourselves. We already are destroying ourselves.

Random.

I dont write much anymore.
Poems.
Blogs.
Stories.
Essays.
Journal entries.

Anyway, i practiced my drums today...on my knees cause my brother has an army of nerds over for a LAN and i didnt feel like attracting that kind of attention.

Since my mom was gona all morning today and yesterday because of Becca's church, she promised we would do something together today...i don't know what though.

I really, really miss Juli and i want to have her spend the night sometime soon, but i doubt she will ever be able to again...until she is 18...or 16, depending on her decisions.

I can't really do anything that involves staying up late because I have Speed Camp every Monday and Wednesday morning.

Tony and I are going to date until the end of the summer and then break up and see other people. Fuck you if you think that it is stupid.

Anyway...

I will try to write more often.

Quote of the Day - July 16-17

"All the resources we need are in the mind."

~Theodore Roosevelt~

Quote of the Day - July 15

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady pourpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."

~Mary Shelley~

Quote of the Day - July 14

"Do the thing that you fear and the death of fear is certain."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

I wouldn't say the death of fear is certain because if you do the think you fear you might get hurt and fear it even more...but in most cases the death of fear will be most likely.

Quote of the Day - July 13

"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but i do believe in fate that falls on them unless they act."

~G.K. Chesterton~

Take hold of your life or it will take hold of you...

Quote of the Day - July 12

"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."

~Pearl Buck~

There is alot to say abotu this...but i am to tired to say it. Hopefully though, if you do something enough to get good at it, you enjoy it.

Quote of the Day - July 11

"I am a great believer in luck, and i find the more i work the more i have of it."

~Stephen Leacock~

Haha...i like this. It makes you think about what luck really is...it is a difficult thing to understand that luck is something you can earn.

Quote of the Day - July 9-10

"One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilitis which you thought never belonged to you-suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too."

~Margaret Thatcher~

Sounds like conditioning....lol...

My Summer...so far.

i know there have been ALOT of quotes...but i had some catching up to do.

the soccer tourny was great fun. on the way we stopped to check out my dads resort and it was pretty cool.at the tourny we lost two games 4-2 and 5-1. won one game 3-1. and tied another 1-1. ummm we didnt make the finals but it was all good. both nights we went walking on the streets of Yakima and that place is hoppin at night. lol. we got horns and yells and stuff cause lyndsey was wearing her swimming suit. yea..we went to olive garden for dinner one night and red robin for lunch........umm we swam in the pool and blah blah blah.........it was really cool. i got some great saves in and i played goalie the WHOLE TIME! lol. i also had a breakdown in the last game but we wont get into that. after that we went all the wasy back to SUNCADIA (dads resort) and spent the night. then headed to oregon in the morning.

anyway...in oregon i had fun. i got to see everyone i wanted to see...jasmine, caitlin, forest, danne, leo, christen...and even some people i never expected to see again. anyways...me and caitlin and jasmine and becca spent one whole day downtown bend. i wanted to see forest so we hitched a ride with one of jasmines friends...a much older and very attractive friend and he took us to forest and back. then we hung out met some other people went shopping and blah...oh we interviewed people about gay marriage and we saw a person get a fender bender. lol. umm we lost forest to some stoners and met up with danne and leo. then me and caitlin went looking for forest but ran into christen who just happened to long board by us and so we chased her and caught her and she hung out for a bit. then we went back to leo and danne and jazz and becca and headed to jazz's othodontist appointment and that is a long story too cause we got lost. but yea. ummmmmmmmmmm, so that was that. then one night we went and saw Batman Begins and it rocked and soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo yea. we hung out with kody a few nights and watched Young Frankenstien a couple times which is a funny as hell movie! lol. yea....................

then we headed back to SUNCADIA again and spent the night. me and caitlin and becca got our own room which rocked...blah blah blah. then we came home and yea. me and caitlin have been running almost every mornign and it has been great. i got to see tony and now me and him are going out again. umm we watched lots of movies and one day we went and hung out downtown north bend all day and then we went and saw The Longest Yard which was great fun. ummm wewent shopping two days and i got new shoes, a new jacket, a new pair of pants, new socks, and a new shirt. lol. yea....ummm and last night we went to 2 pro soccer games that were part of the Gold Cup and that was one of the coolest things i have ever done. Costa Rica won against Canada and US won their game against Cuba and it was just sooo cool!!! we got good seats and it was sooooo awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tomorrow is WARPED TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY! i will tell you guys all about it when i get back!!

yea. sooo that is about it for now. hope this holds you out for day or so.

please comment!!!

Quote of the Day - July 8

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field."

~Niels Bohr~

ahh...i understand...this reminds me of my mom...and any person who receives their doctorite...they have to be experts on something barely anyone cares about.

Quote of the Day - July 7

"Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way."

~Hosea Ballou~

Challenge yourself, believe in yourself, be paitent...

Quote of the Day - July 6

"Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible."

~Sharon Schuster~

Do something that makes the impossible possible.

Quote of the Day - July 5

"I have learned throughout my life as a composer through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge."

~Igor Stravinsky~

IGOR!! YES! Like off Young Frankenstein! Hehe. Anyways...this is false for my life, because i learn from both these things. You need personal experiences in order to learn but advice can never hurt.

Quote of the Day - July 4

"You can have anything in the world you want, if you want it bad enough and you're willing to pay the price."

~Mary Kay Ash~

That name reminds me of something. hahaha. umm well we have had many similar quotes as this one throughout the year so far. basically, if you want it, you can get it, but you have to be willing to work for it.

Quote of the Day - July 2-3

"Fortune favors the bold."

~Virgil~

I suppose this is true in the sense that people who are bold follow their dreams and get closer to what they desire than people who dont.

Quote of the Day - July 1

"You can become strongest in your weakest place."

~Anonymous~

Yes, i have found this in many ways. One obvious way is that I was always afraid to be the center of attention, to be the only one doing a certain task, and now acting at something by myself is no longer a fear...hell just watch me play defense in soccer with 3 others compared to playing goalie.

Quote of the Day - June 30

"Audacity, more audacity, and always audacity."

~George Jacques Danton~

BE FEARLESS IN ALL YOU DO!

Quote of the Day - June 29

"Do not fear death so much, but the inadequate life."

~Bertolt Brecht~

I already figured this out, but now i am constantly searching for more ways to make my life adequate...better...and it is hard, but well worth it.

Quote of the Day - June 28

"Act as if it were impossible to fall."

~Dorothea Brande~

Do as if it were impossible to fail...hah. this also reminds me of soccer...so it relates to last weekend.

Quote of the Day - June 27

"An idealist believes the short run doesnt count. A cynic believes the long run doesnt matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run."

~Sydney J. Harris~

This is a great quote. I am not quite sure how it would relate to this day...but then again, it kinda has to.

Quote of the Day - June 25-26

"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."

~George Herbert~

Yes...i think this before i dive for the soccer ball.

Quote of the Day - June 24

"Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself tthat one becomes rich.

~Sarah Bernhardt~

I guess to make the best of life, give it your all.

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR THE SUMMER!

YAY! First day of summer vacation! YUSS!

ok so today on the first day of summer:

me and jackie woke up around 10 and got yelled at by Jackies mom who was on the phone and in a fit cause she was running late to Jackies doctor apointment so Jackie had to get ready really fast.

I ate cereal and talked to christen on the computer and caitlin on the phone.

my mom got home from her German test at the high school. she made me and becca waffles.

we bought warped tour tickets!!!!!!!!!!! and figured out plans with caitlin.

talked to tony...grrr! i miss him!

took becca to get a present for dani who is moving and took her to dani's surprise going away party.

got home and vaccumed the car (it was really dirty!!!)

went inside and my mom made me soup (as you can tell, i cant cook for myself...if you tasted what i made, you would make me food too.)

we played Guess Who?, Checkers and Chess.

we took the dogs for a walk.

and now i am here! eventful day huh? it was actually not a bad day! except that tony is gone for 3 days and i am leaving tomorrow for a week!??!! GRRRRRRRRR! i am already missing him so much that i have cried twice!! blahhh!

it was a long three days of school and i am sooooo glad that this week and every week of freshman year is done!

COMMENTS!!!!!!!

Quote of the Day - June 23

"If you have talent, you will recieve some measure of success-but only if you persist."

~Isaac Asimov~

This means that talent isnt everything. You have to work with your talent to make it skill.

Quote of the Day - June 22

"The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind."

~Maya Angelou~

Quote of the Day - June 21

"Well begun is half done."

~Artistotle~

i know that one...

Quote of the Day - June 20

"To strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild."

~Alfred Lord Tennyson~

Quote of the Day - June 18-19

"Nothing will ever succeed which exhuberant spirts have not helped produce."

~Friedrich Nietzsche~

dont do something that doesnt make you happy.

Quote of the Day - June 17

"If a door slams shut it means that God is pointing to an open door further on down."

~Anna Delaney Peale~

it is so ironic that this is the quote of today. see i dont pick the quotes...they are on my calender for each day...i love it when they are relavent to my day. i mean all of them can be but some of them are in a way that it is almost scary!

Quote of the Day - June 16

"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."

~Dale Carnegie~

if you arnt enthusiastic about what you do, you wont try as hard at it or do as well at it than the person who is.

A Reason To Smile

hello.

that little boy is fine. he didnt die thankfully. :)

today is tonys moms b-day but i cant celebrate with them cause i am sick.

tomorrow is ben's last day so despite my sickness, i am going to school to see him.

goodnight.

Quote of the Day - June 15

"Oppertunities are seldom labeled."

~John A. Shedd~

Electric Dogs and Wax Lips

I am sitting in science. done with everything. exempt from final because i did all my work. haha!

i came to school late today cause i needed to sleep in to feel better. my nose is stuffy.

omg. ben had a electric dog in band today and it was sooooooo funny cause he said it was a boy named muffin but it was a guy...and someone asked why it had a bow...i guess it was cause he was gay! lol. then he was dragging it down the hall and it was still like yipping away! haha. you had to be there!

lol. ummmmmmmmmm in L.A. i am doing romeo and juliet! haha. i am juliet! yuss! since it is not likly that people will go for a real kiss annie brought wax lips for me. lol.

i g2g.

My Day

got up
took a shower
dad drove to beccas school where i helped her get her project in
got to school
did math homework
took a nap
went to math
went to geography
went to band
borrowed robbies sweatshirt
sight-read music
ben signed my yearbook and i signed his
went to lunch and had soup
went to science and scrambled to finish my water project
went to L.A. and worked on poetry stuff
worked on romeo and juliet play
went to P.E.
played tennis horribly
went on the bus and listened to coldplay
got home and slept
woke up
felt like shit
got ready for soccer anyway
fought with my sister
dave picked us up
he told us about an accident
a 6th grader hit by a car
probably dead
went on freeway cause NB Way was closed due to accident investigation
went to centenial feild to get something signed
went to soccer practice
scrimmaged
threw up
it was rainy and cold
called nathan to pick me up
went home and cancled drum lesson
worked on r and j play
sent script
typing here now
mom should be home from colorado in a few minutes.

pretty eventful day that i felt like typing about.

actually...not that eventful...except for the end...

i am sad for that boy...gosh...this is horrible...

Quote of the Day - June 14

"Be bold. If you are going to make an error, make a doozy, and dont be afriad to hit th ball."

~Billie Jean King~

Quote of the Day - June 13

"Turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones."

~Anonymous~

floating

ever have one of those days...where you completely change how you think, feel, talk, listen?

i feel a powerful happiness and gain, even in the midst heartbreak, loss and lonelyness.

proud of my past. optimistic for my future.

that is all in here for now.

Quote of the Day - June 11-12

"It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you will very often get it."

~W. Somerset Maugham~

yes and no...

Quote of the Day - June 10

"Use your imagination no to scarce yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life."

~Adele Brookeman~

Quote of the Day - June 9

"The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is gennerally interrupted by someone doing it."

~Harry Emerson Fosdick~

haha

Quote of the Day - June 8

"Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what potentially he is."

~Erich Fromm~

Quote of the Day - June 7

"Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you insecure."

~Piero Ferrucci~

YAY! haha. jk. i am pumped from soccer...and tired. lol...

...desperation

i can be
mezmorizing
staggering
insanely beautiful
and incredibly breathtaking...
i swear i can.


please dont forget me...please.

Quote of the Day - June 6

"This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action-I will write it out."

~Hortense Calisher~

lala.

Love...

and now i think i know that hope is gone for you and her...
you both have new "i love yous".
how is it so easy for you both to surrender to love so quickly?


for me love takes time...effort even.


i had a dream about him last night.
and to think, in a few weeks, i may possibly never see him again (except in the pictures)
at least i'll have the note that he has not yet written.

Quote of the Day - June 4-5

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."

~Albert Einstein~

lol. sounds for a second like he is talking about himself...lol. umm...i would say it is almost always true that if you do something without being forced it is greater and more inspiring.

Quote of the Day - June 3

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."

~Dorothy Bernard~

duh................

Quote of the Day - June 2

"Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances."

~Napoleon Bonaparte~

blah...i know i know i know.

Quote of the Day - June 1

"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling."

~Lucretius~

i love this quote alot. umm it is very true. if you are told something many times you will probably remember it more than if you are told it once. if you study for a test periodically rather than just cramming the night before you will most likely know more.

man oh man oh man, i am HYPER...lemer!

man i hate when my mom is gone. everything seems just a tad bit worse. like LEMERS! school is longer and after school is not as enjoyable.

today was good though...stressful, LEMERS! but good all the same.

i have not been this hyper for a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time! a long long long long time!! LEMERS!

poor jackie is on crutches...well now she knows how i felt. she took me up the elevator today getting me out of 5th period early.

man, i cant wait til next year, cept i still dont want the 8th graders (new frosh) at our school because most of them are huge bitches...except jory and becca and tuesday and only a few other people. hopefully those mean ones will get a taste of their own medicine from the upperclassmen though...that'll shut them up. haha. LEMERS! i think only about half of the present frosh class is like that but the other half are nice. i still think i should be in a higher grade though. LEMERS!

umm i am gonna go eat...i pigged out yesterday but i seem to be hungry again. LEMERS!

tata! LEMERS! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Quote of the Day - May 31

"It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate."

~Henry David Thoreau~

that is one way to think of it.

Quote of the Day - May 30

"Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to success."

~Alfred Lord Tennyson~

i would add a few more.

Quote of the Day - May 28-29

"If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time."

~Marian Wright Edelman~

And i am completely willing to take responsibility for that obligation.

Oh Lovely Seattle

You Know You're From Seattle When...

You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian You feel guilty throwing an aluminum can in the trash. You use the words "sun break" and know what it means. You know more than 10 words to describe a cup of coffee. You know what a dry cappachino is. You obey all traffic laws EXCEPT "keep right except to pass." You know at least eight people who work for either Microsoft or Boeing. You invite twice as many people as you really want to a party since only half will actually show up. You know what Lutefiske is. You personally know someone from Alaska. You consider floating bridges a pain in the butt, not an engineering marvel. You know how to pronounce "Sequim", "Puyallup" and "Issaquah." You have roots in Oregon, Idaho or Montana, but wanted a high paying job. You've tried to get a job in Alaska, especially a summer job only. You think skiing always means being covered from head to toe, on snow or water. You know at least three Microsoft burnouts, of which two are millionaires. You use more than 5 words to order a cup of coffee. "I want to order an unleaded, double, short, skinny, wet cappuccino with a shot of Amaretto please." A "designer" wardrobe comes from REI, Eddie Bauer, Lands End, and Birkenstock. You consider it a sunny day if the sun is visible at some point of the day. You've been "snow" skiing in the RAIN more than in the snow. When you're discussing rainforests and volcanoes, you're NOT talking about Hawaii. You Remember the Kingdome You have tried to forget about WTO You know how BLUE the skies are here compared to Eastern Washington The guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like Phyllis Diller is really a trans named Eva Destruction that used to play with Hole. Your car insurance costs more because your neighbors don't have any! Your mayor is straight, 1/2 your friends are gay, the man who delivers your mail has a bumper sticker that reads "when they pry it from my cold dead fingers....", and your Burger World drive thru order taker was a computer millionaire last week. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Seattle.

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Thank You

tonight is not the night for that adventure...nor is any other night. i am not putting my life in their inebriated hands, but i would have...if not for you. as i walked toword that dark car, the lights flashed and startled me...kinda snapped me out of the trance and made me realize i couldnt go...not for fun, or for her....i just couldnt go. the greenish light of the and the unknown sensations of inside of the car were tempting enough to make me go, except your threat was resounding in my head. and i can imagine the discomfort i would be in at this very moment, had i ducked under his helpful arm and stepped through the inviting side door and buckeled up with whoever i was placed next too. i could feel the energy i would have felt as they sped off and i realized how much i wanted to be in there and how much i didnt. so thanx for taking care of me the way i need to be taken care of.

everyone always tells you to go for it because if you dont you might regret it...but might is an awefully hard word to use correctly. if you do something you might regret if you dont...who's to say your wont regret it anyways.

am i a thrill seeker? yes. but i am not stupid...not now...hopefully not ever again.

Quote of the Day - May 27

"To climb steep hills requires a slow pace first."

~William Shakespeare~

good advice.

Quote of the Day - May 26

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face."

~Eleanor Roosevelt~

Quote of the Day - May 25

"Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm."

~Benjamin Disraeli~

...i can see that.

Quote of the Day - May 24

"You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature."

~Les Brown~

it is hard.

blah again.

lovely. just absolutly fucking lovely. everything...is just grand.

ok so one good thing...caitlin called today. i missed her alot.

my hair sucks. ugg i want it short. i want it to stay short! now it is ugly, like this length just sucks.

so pretty much....i just want to do something fun...like really really fun and forget about all my worries. that is why i want it to be summer...so i can have fun and not be stressed.

and...hmmm..........Lord of the Flies is a sick book. good, but sick. also true...very true. it is how society is...it is how humankind is. it is sad to see how we truely are, you know, comparitive to a bunch of little boys stranded on an island trying to survive by becomming savages.

Quote of the Day - May 23

"Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun."

~Colleen C. Barrett~

me too. i think in most cases, attitude is everything.

Blah

i know i know. i havent written in a while. we i have been stressed.

thinking. thinking about running for class president. only one person is running, Katie Forsell, and i am thinking maybe i could win if i ran. i would have to decide TODAY and then tomorrow beg the principal to let me throw a speech together and read on friday.

i am too lazy.

yummm. my mom juist brought me cookies and cocoa.

i dont even know what to write.


oh ok. so what happened last monday...me and tony broke up. yea...wow. you know, i dont really feel like typing here right now.

Quote of the Day - May 21-22

"As is our confidence, so is our capacity."

~William Hazlitt~

if you are confident and persistent in doing somthing you can do it.

Quote of the Day - May 20

"Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell can tell whose sphere is the largest."

~Gail Hamilton~

i dont really fully understand it. matt?!

Quote of the Day - May 19

"What is called sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion."

~Max Jacob~

an example: my week, last week.

Quote of the Day - May 18

"We write our own destiny. We become what we do."

~Madame Chiang Kal-Shek~

interesting....

Quote of the Day - May 17

"And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more."

~Erica Jong~

haha. that is insanely relavent to my life right now. how amusing. lol.

Warning: Emotional Breakdown Ahead,

FINE MATT. lol. you were right. i was only happy in a way during that last post but mostly coving up my tears. goddamn you are smart.

but tomorrow...or should i say today (it is 1:30 am) is gonna be a bitch. and i am sick of never complaining on here but i hate complaining but too fucking bad tonight.

fucking tv show lasted an hour longer tha it was supposed so i came up here at 11 to finish my essay and i am still not done. planning on doing the last paragraph at lunch real quick...hopefully...and before school maybe.

matt was the only comfort tonight. no one ccalled...................and yes i was expecting some calls.

anyways.

no one say "i told you so, your sad" or anything. i AM NOT a sad depressed person i am simply overly frusterated with my schoolwork and some social issuse right now. i cant even think. i should have been in bed a while ago. i need WATER...............and the salt from my eyes isnt helping.

uggggggggg
i want to sleep in. but taking school off is impossible........

matt thanks for a little sanity on this ever so insane night.

Grey Skies Are A Beautiful Thing

i guess it is unimportant, what i was planning to write so it shall go unwritten.

i have a lot to say, but most of it i feel i shouldnt, not here anyway.
even though this is my site, some things should be left non-public.


i talked to christen today. we were both felling shitty because we were both stuck in places that we would rather not have been.

i just put in death cab.

great! the phone rang it was exactly who i DIDNT want it to be.


ok on a happier note, we ran 8 bus loops in P.E. (yea i know, not happy) but before we started i thought there was no possible way i would finish (considering my coughing problem and the fact that i am horribly out of shape), but i finished first out of everyone!
yea...so that was my glory of the day. WOOHOO! it was exhilerating! it really was.
and then i had to go inside and get my inhaler...lol.

ok moving on...

there is this senior guy at lunch and he reminds me sooo much of a mix between jack black and jack nicholson. haha. his name is ryan and he gave bobbie a condom today. lol. and i stole his cookie.

then after lunch i gave beautiful anna a hug and told kellen i liked his haircut (and that it made him look taller), and stephy dragged me halfway around the school (litterally dragged me) throwing accusations at me and saying other blah that i dont remember.

science was fun (not scarcastic) because we are learning about water conservation and me and jackie were laughing our asses off at the stupidity of the people who make the big choices in this world and will eventually cause our deaths unless we take over and stop this nonsense. by that time though, it will be to late which is why i plan to start now. ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT GLOBAL WARMING! lol. haha. wow. i am a loser, but guess how much i care...yea not a whole lot! so fuck off (but not in the shower cause that would waste good water).

OMG i love this song!! 405! beautiful guitar....you know what else i love? high school. it is like amazing and anyone who doesnt like it need to look harder for the true greatness of it all.

i love myself too! i feel great! its like i found god or something (except i dont believe in god) but you get the point.

comments please!

Quote of the Day - May 16

"The foundation of excellence lies in self-control."

~L.H. Baugher~

today i am torn between feeling excellent and extremely unexcellent

Quote of the Day - May 14-15

"One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea."

~Walter Bagehot~

new, different, change...all words that are greatly feared

Crazy but True (for more go to topfive.com)

o In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi.

o The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.

o Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.

o Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.

o The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren't for the fact that the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over.

o The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by Frank Sinatra.

o The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there's no penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball.

o Legislation passed during WWI making it illegal to say "gesundheit" to a sneezer was never repealed.

o Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound.

o SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.

o Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers.

o Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam.

o Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.

o You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite.

o Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced. It's not widely publicized for obvious reasons.

o The skin needed for elbow transplants must be taken from the scrotum of a cadaver.

o The sport of jai alai originated from a game played by Incan priests who held cats by their tails and swung at leather balls. The cats would instinctively grab at the ball with their claws, thus enabling players to catch them.

o A cat's purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as the voice of singer Barry White.

o The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left his "signature" on the keyboard.

o King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe.

o In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation.

o Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.

o Calvin, of the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip, was patterned after President Calvin Coolidge, who had a pet tiger as a boy.

o Watching an hour-long soap opera burns more calories than watching a three-hour baseball game.

o Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.

o You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them.

o To human taste buds, Zima(the alcoholic beverage) is virtually indistinguishable from zebra urine.

o A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.

o A team of University of Virginia researchers released a study promoting the practice of picking one's nose, claiming that the health benefits of keeping nasal passages free from infectious blockages far outweigh the negative social connotations.

o Among items left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Afghanistan were 27 issues of Mad Magazine. Al Qaeda members have admitted that bin Laden is reportedly an avid reader.

o Urine from male cape water buffaloes is so flammable that some tribes use it for lantern fuel.

o At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather.

o If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey.

o Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.

o Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs.

o When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed five gold Krugerrands in his small intestine.

o Aardvarks are allergic to radishes, but only during summer months.

o Coca-Cola was the favored drink of Pharaoh Ramses. An inscription found in his tomb, when translated, was found to be almost identical to the recipe used today.

o If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you part it on the left, your physical and psychological make-up is that of a vegetarian.

o When immersed in liquid, a dead sparrow will make a sound like a crying baby.

o Although difficult, it's possible to start a fire by rapidly rubbing together two Cool Ranch Doritos.

o The world's smartest pig, owned by a mathematics teacher in Madison, WI, memorized the multiplication tables up to 12.

o Due to the natural "momentum" of the ocean, saltwater fish cannot swim backwards.

o In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.

o The original inspiration for Barbie dolls comes from dolls developed by German propagandists in the late 1930s to impress young girls with the ideal notions of Aryan features. The proportions for Barbie were actually based on those of Eva Braun.

o The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry.

Quote of the Day - May 13

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

~Anne Frank~

if only people knew...

Mean Like A Dragon

THIS IS THE HOTTEST PICTURE EVER. LOL! i love you becca!  

Quote of the Day - May 12

"That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along."

~Lisa Alther~

It is the risk i took and this is what happened. I dotn think caitlin liked my change at first but got used to it. i dont think jazz minded at all. and i dont think danne will ever like it...maybe. but that is how it is and now i have tony and everyone here who wouldnt want it any other way. anyways, my jumbled thoughts...lol.

The Impossible Month of May

i am disgustingly sick with a cold or some shit (AND all my other health problems)

and hugely overwhelmed with fucking honors english homework.
if you saw my schedual you would be overwhelmed too.
this is unreasonable. i am killing myself by pushing so goddamn hard,
but if i push any less....I will get pushed over and ultimatly die anyways.

it is ridiculus that i can sleep for 6 hours during the night, go to school, work my ass off, get home, sleep for 6 more hours, do my homework and go to sleep again and STILL be exhasted.



running for class pres seems out of the question but i really want to. if i do, i need to decide tomorrow.

what about playing soccer...am i up for it? no. do i want it? YES!!!!!

ugg.

Quote of the Day - May 11

"The applause of a single human being is of great consequence."

~Samuel Johnson~

i dont get it. matt, please explain.

Quote of the Day - May 10

"I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that i can live my life fearlessly."

~Oprah Winfrey~

not yet acheived. i have many fears.

Quote of the Day - May 9

"In dreams begins responsibility."

~William Butler Yeats~

hmmm?

Quote of the Day - May 7-8

"Do not fear the eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

~Russell Bertrand~

new opinions are often feared for being different from the norm.

My English Project!

me and my lotus eater! 

My Loves.

sometimes i feel like i am the only one who is really loyal to my blog.

maybe the word is...obsessed.
maybe i am obbsessed. hmmmm.
i guess i am.
but maybe there is nothing wrong with mild obsession.
and maybe there is. i dont care though.

the thing is, i love writing.

i love my blog. it is a part of me
and though that sounds weird...its true.

maybe im crazy.

cause it is 10pm but my computer says 6am and it feels like it's 1am.

and tony is supposed to sneak over tonight...
cause i need a hug.
or two.
and he is a good hugger...
and i love him.

right now...i really just want to go lay out on the hammock and look @ the stars.

A Lot Like Love is a good movie.

best love movie i've seen for a while.

Tomorrow is mother's day...
i love my mom.

i am going to write a poem now...and let becca use my computer.
i love becca.

you wont have to strain to look into my eyes.

hello guys. gals. lol. whoever reads this. how are you? i am great! why you ask? happy. hopeful.

first off. Teen People's annual 20 Teens Who Will Change the World was one of the most inspiring things ever! I am not alone. Not only were there 21 this year but they have been doing it for 17 years...add it up and that is alot of teens! It is very pleasing to me. Not only does it give me hope but it gave me an idea. I dont want to say my idea yet...until i figure it all the way out, but OMG it is the best thing i have EVER thought of. I am so excited.

Next. Tonight i am going to see A Lot Like Love with my family and Tony which should be fun.

third. Death Cab hasw a new CD entitled "Plans" coming out in September!! yusss! cant wait!

I am happy...a little light headed and tired, but happy none the less!

That is about it for now, i guess.

Quote of the Day - May 6

"To persevere, trusting in what you hope for, is courage."

~Euripides~

you must be corageous to do anything worth doing.

Quote of the Day - May 5

"Once you've been number 1, you can never be satisfied with less."

~Chris Evert~

i dont really like this one....but it is true i guess

Quote of the Day - May 4

"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success."

~Henry David Thoreau~

to reach a goal you have to understand what is takes and accomplish it. once you have begun to understand what it takes you have to do it.

Got Him!

Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will stay awake just to watch you sleep. Wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you're just as pretty without makeup on. Wait for the one who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you. Wait for the one who turns to his friends and says, "...that's her"

Quote of the Day - May 3

"The strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Paitence."

~Leo Tolstoi~

well i am actually getting good at drumming. it has taken a few years but it is coming along pretty well! i need to be paitent with myself because it isnt something that just arives...it takes time and practice and practice takes paitence.

My Observations

ok so here we go. another of my daily random rants.

the classes/years at my school seem to be predictable.

freshmen. some are scared and intimidated and others are breaking out of their shells...good and bad. some are doing it by wear the skimpiest clothes they can find and others are just following what is "cool" and still some are letting all that behind them and learning to be themselves. too many dont understand the importance of finding the seriousness of highschool in their frosh year, but it is important to know what highschool is REALLY about. i think so many underestimate the effect they are having on their future by not doing their work.

sophemores. i fear the sophemores will always be the meanest class (which i dont want to be a part of) but that is simply from my observations. after a year of being pushed around, they want to do the pushing and so the chain continues with the new freshmen who get pushed around by the former ones. so many of the shophemores at Mt. si think they are invincible, think they are the best.......and that is not true...considering how mean some of them can get. i also know a few more mature sophemores......umm anna frearson for sure and she is all i can think of...but i donno. remember, my opinions...

juniors. well i think the juniors are half and half. half of them are maturing at the rate they should be and half of them are stuck down with the lower classmen (maturity wise). i think junior year will be fun...it is like a transition from lower classmen to upper. you get more respect you have very few required classes and i can appreciate being in the middle of highschool but it is a pretty heavily weighed year.

seniors. some seniors have the idea that it just doesnt matter anymore. some never thought it mattered. there are alot of seniors i know who are dying to be done with school. they are excited but humbled. they have the most freedom and respect. i think senior year will be a blast.




ugg i am tired.

Quote of the Day - May 2

"The indefagigable persuit of unattainable perfection, even though it consist of nothing more than in the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star."

~Logan Pearsall Smith~

even if we cannot reach perfection of the world, we can work toward it. i want purpous in my life, and it is a goal of mine to make the world as perfect as possible. even if perfect is unrealistic, setting a higher bar only makes me work harder for what i really want, therefore i can achieve my goal and perhaps more.

Quote of the Day - April 30-May 1

"You cannot cross the sea mearly by standing and staring at the water."

~R. Tagore~

you gotta jump in...

Brace For Impact

wow. someone has an attitude.

slam doors all you want Becca, but goddamn, suck it up a little bit. i understand that you are gonna miss mom but, guess what, we all have to deal with it! chill out alittle. you are the one who takes a day off school practically every week. if i did that, i might as well shoot myself in the foot. 8th grade is tough with sports, but manageable with the right attitude, but 9th grade...i cant imagine adding anything to my schedual right now without dying. i hope you realize that next year is gonna be even more tiring for you...so you need to start growing thicker skin.

i had a nearly impossible year last year, and i NEVER took days off school. i can accept that you are at a point in your life that is horrifying but you need to calm down. you have had three days to relax this weekend and i have only had one. do you see me slamming doors and yelling at people who have been working their asses off? no.

i am over here writting my 300 point essay with my stupid stomach and coughing problems while listening to you moaning and groaning cause you dont know how to work a godddamn washing machine. weigh it out.

i love you and i am sorry that life is tough, but it is tough for people other than just yourself and you seem to be, in my opinion, taking advantage of a lot of people lately, especially mom.

this isnt an attack on you. it is here to point out your behavior and the consequences that are going to take place if you dont alter it. it is advice i am offering...take it or leave it.

The Power of ONE

one life. one being. one person. one. the impact one can make, by simply believing that they can make it.

if one word can ruin a persons day...then one word can save it.

one little wrong move and you can slip, fall, die...lose it all.
but one right move...and you can begin to save the world.

one little grain of rice can tip the scale...it is true.

one tiny miscalculation and the Arch in St Louis became falted.

one small minute can save people from death in many disasterous situations.

one thread on a shirt can be pulled to unravel the whole thing.

do not underestimate the power of one. EVER.

one person, getting her one family, to get her one school, to get her one community to stop using so much paper.....that makes a difference.

why then, do you doubt me? my efforts? call me stupid?

i do care about you...to the point that i have much pity for you people who do nothing...except attempt to shatter the dreams and hopes of people who try to do something good.

the power of one....is great. and i will be a person who uses that power...my power, to my advantage.




off subject:

yes my life may be like a movie...but it is not a entirely happy movie. it is a movie with inimaginable horrors that i just happened to push myself through. it is a movie with unwanted drama caused but foolish people who surround me...asking for the tears. it is a movie of romances...broken and soaring...love that will never die. it is a movie of life. my life in particular. and the pain i have found but struggled through. it is about me, finding myself, earlier than thought possible. it is one single movie that, if filmed, would make the world laugh, cry, scream, smile and become humbled. i dont think some of you appreciate my movie...my life, in the way it should be appreciated. but i guess that is your loss. to my movie...i couldnt say what the end is, because there isnt one. this movie, the insight gained from it, will be passed along by me to the future and so on. therefore, there is no end...to my movie, or to this thing we call life.

despite....

you know what is weird? i can be in so much physical pain and angst...but i still claim i am happy. guess what! i am happy.

i wish i wasnt falling apart so. it seems that something is physically wrong with me and when i fix it, there is something else. you know...

my cramps
to
my foot
to
my coughing
to
my nose
to
my stomach pain...
and more.

diagnosed with asthema
and
maybe IBS
then
maybe acid reflux
then
probably tapeworms....

and it is ALL painful.




but i am still smiling.

and i have the best family.

and the best boyfriend.

and the best friends.

and the best school.

and i am happy.

Quote of the Day - April 29

"What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent."

~Tacitus~

..........................yes