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Pumpkins are amazing! So yesterday some friends and I decided to make an event out of the pumpkin farm here in Nolensville. I'll have to say it was the most fun I've had in a while. I love pumpkins. We went on a a tour of the farm and found many things. Amongst these things we found an outhouse, rejected and oddly shaped pumpkins, and corn to trade for Wigwalms. I highly suggest the experience and I will be going back a few times before the season ends. Some of the pumpkins had to have been over 200 pounds and the lady on the tractor called them dinosaur eggs. Where I didn't see any dinosaurs I did see a pug puppy. The little one reminded me of my Milo and Otis days. I made $243 dollars today for my Eagle Project via car wash at Sam's thankyou to all my peeps who helped. Brentwood lost thier homecoming. Ha. Welcome to the life of a Ravenwood student. I just had a thought... what if when Jesus was born and the angels came to tell the shepards abiding by thier fields at night, the shepards sang it's raining men, hallelujah!
Saturday, September 25, 2004
At the Patch!
Friday, September 17, 2004
It is on the Vote is on. Choose or Loose 2004 is happening. Choosing Mitch Miller for your Grl3 mascot will be the best decision you make this year. See www.grl3.com for more info on why you should choose Mitch for Mascot over Clint and Garrett. Remember voting isn't just a right, it's a responsibility!
Sunday, September 12, 2004
9/11 definitely means a whole lot more to me now than when it actually happened. I saw this amazing documentary last week about the ordinary people in New York after the fact. There was this person with a bucket of chalk handing out peices for people to write thier feelings on the side walk. People wrote all sorts of things: they drew flags, said God Bless, drew tears, asked God why. But then a woman came and she wrote "The American flag means violence." As she left people began to notice what it said and became very angry. They tried to rub it off with water and then random people who didn't even know each other were arguing about what was going on and what the quote meant. Soon the entire block/place was in an uproar. People were screaming passionately about Arab discrimination and why the towers fell and who did it and what we should do. The list is endless. Then amidst all the hubbub a woman and a man were arguing about how they both pulled body peices out of the rubble. The woman began to cry and the man asked "what are we arguing about" The emotion was so high it was incredible. Both people broke down and cried in each others arms. As if this wasn't bazzar enough the entire mass of people stopped arguing and started to just hug each other. It was crazy. It is the strangest thing I've ever seen. Random people in the Middle of new york arguing and huggin each other. It was the crazyest thing. It changed my thought process of September 11, 2001. hmmm. I wonder.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Overly Critical
I'm tired of critics. I tired of people analysing everything. Can for once we just enjoy something for what it is good or bad. Do we always have to pick things apart and strip them of everything. Sometimes it is important to laugh at things that are funny whether they are stupid or incredibly clever. I am the most quilty of this. Does every story have to have some deep meaning that you are supposed to stay up late, look at stars, drink coffee, and think about. Not every movie, book, or people in general have to be like that. If everything was like that then our brains would hurt way more than they already do so we should quit trying to make them work so hard. Argh sorry guys if this is offensive but after reading a few more harsh reviews today I felt I needed to through all this out. In a strange way hurricanes make me happy. Oh Francis! If you wondering how this black and white girl at the top relates to all this, know that she is my beautiful sister Alyssa and she is supposed to represent innocence to what is good, bad, or great. I think if we approach movies, books, or people in general, more like that then maybe we could be happily suprised. Just maybe. After re-reading this I realized that this is all very hipocritical in itself and is most likely completely stupid. Thanks for visiting my blog.
Monday, August 30, 2004
Today I had to undertake one of the worst experiences known on this planet. Today I had to visit the dentist. It was horrible ofcourse and I hated every minute of it but at least the worst is over. I'm really glad it is becuase ever since I was about ten I strangely developed this growing fear of everything dentist. When one of my great friends in seventh grade told me he had asparations to be a dental higenist himself I immediately dissowned hime and cast his spirit out into the wilderness of New Mexico. This is where he currently resides.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Doh I pressed enter again. Well atleast now you get two pictures from the Crucible. We finished watching it today in class and of course half of us were crying our eyes out. Except for the few, the proud, the ones who show no emotion. I unfortunately fall in this group. I am even more excited now to do The Crucible now. It's going to be really hard though. This shot of Abigail and Tituba dancing in the forest. This is basically why the whole Salem witch trial started. All you need for background on the Crucible is that Abbagail is a ho. (sorry for the term but it's the nicest next to ... well) You absolutely hate her by the end and so naturally all the girls want that part. Why? I don't know. I'm still working on that. I will be trying out for Giles Corey. He is to one who gets crushed to death by the Puritan's who put rocks on his chest. Oh the excitement. A part from that The Crucible could possibly be one of the saddest plays in the entire world. I love it. It'll take some work though. oh and I told my Life Group that I work for LoveSac and they laughed a lot I don't think they really understood what I meant. yellow squash.
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Forensics trip to Gatlinburg last year!! What a great experience. Notice that my friend Tara is hidden in every picture we took of her. No joke! This year could be great for Forensics. We're hoping to beat BHS again and conquer BA as well as the elusive Cookeville. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about just think CSI. Why not everyone else does. I came home today to find that almost all the corn I had been growing all summer was destroyed! Mad? Sort of. Should have been mader when I found out that the perputrater was a lone squirrel. 1 that's it. Apparently he was waiting for the corn to get ripe. It's a conspiracy. Also notice most of the girls in the picture have side ponytails. Girls especially take not becuase we (the RHS forensics team) are bringing it back! phaba beans
Thursday, August 19, 2004
Big Fish Big Problems Big Answers!
Children if there's one thing in life that you need to know it's that you need to learn your lesson the first time. After scoring badly on the European AP exam I should have known not to take an AP class again instead I take two just for kicks. Now both teacher's are really nice people. Both give too much homework I literally am scared. The problem is that one teacher has decided not to teach the course she's supposed to. She's teaching a debate class rather than a history. Well the problem is that I love American History......... and well......... a passing grade on the exam is not looking likely. So my plan is to gather the kids who believe in overcoming their circumstances to get together and teach themselves American History. With hard work and definetly devine intervention we will succeed. Thanks to a thing I'de like to call weekends I can not only catch up on homework but start on new homework. Oh the joy's of school. leave a message at the sound of the tone.
Friday, August 13, 2004
And this is why I'm not if Florida right now sitting on the beach. For those that didn't know my family had been planing on visiting a small beach outside of Destin all summer. Our whole family was going to be there. I was happy about it being the weekend before the start of school but the thought of sand in my toes was enough to weigh me. Unfortunately they have this thing in Florida called Hurricanes and apparently they are pretty serious. Well so seroius infact that we couldn't go because one was coming. Now Bonnie is not even a hurrican yet she's still a tropical storm. I was thinking we could walk on the beach in the rain like in Coldplay's video for "Yello." No that wasn't an option because well there really isn't a beach right now it's kindof just ocean that continue's with a few high rises sticking out of it. What can you do? I think God is really telling us not to go to Florida becuase he sent not only one but two hurricanes our way. I think we'll take the hint and go to Center Hill Lake instead. By the way this is a picture of Hurrican Mitch not Bonnie. Mitch was actually the most sevier Hurricane in the Atlantic since The Great Hurricane of 1780 ( just a little somethin somethin I picked up from the storm website). This is a picture of Mitch attacking the Yucatan and killing a lot of people in Mexico.
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
These were my sunflowers right after birth earlier this summer. I was so proud of them reaching up to the sun like there was no tomorrow and now evev the droop their large yellow faces to the ground in order to give their children a chance at life. Little do they know that once they're ready Amber and I plan to roast and eat them all. Aa the circle of life how amazinfle wonderful.
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Saturday, August 07, 2004
This is how I feel right now. I was on the First Priority leader retreat this weekend and I was spinning around like a little girl full of the joy that only a sale on limited two can illicit. Suddenly I heard the deathly sounds of pops and cracks and utter pain wreaking from my left knee. The unfortunate part of this story is that this is not the first time it's happened. I actually did this once before at Crosspoint eight grade year. and yes I was spinning around like a little girl that had just finished a shopping spree at limited two. So moral of the story is don't be too happy, don't have so much joy that you twirl around twist your knee and cry out in utter pain. Well it's been swell and I've been hopping around on one foot for a day in a half so cruchtes would be really great before church tomorrow. God's amazing and I'm not. So if there is anything I have learned it's that sometimes I need to be still and I need to be restained. I do believe I have spiritual ADD and I have to be walking or pacing to pray. I think God's showing me that I really don't have to physically be moving to be moved. So just some thoughts for the road. 1st Priority is going to be awesome this year!
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Does in life sometimes that objects are closer than they appear? To me the world is huge and not far away. Becoming a junior has directed my thoughts toward growing up and becoming who I will be. as abstract and crazy as that sounds. To be honest life scares me, people scare me, cities scare me. So do dentists and large amounts of water. So where God is taking me? I have an idea and I've had it for a while but it among many things scares me but I'm learning to trust God promises and to follow.
Monday, August 02, 2004
Whoops I actually entered and sent it without finishing. So on the other hand I did really enjoy it and I still don't know how people figured it out before the end. Do I think it's the best of his work? Not really. I've seen it twice already and want to further investigate it. I love y'all I really do. Emails make me feel happy and so do you. I really like Bryce Dallas Howard she's amazing.
I went to see The Village on Friday with Lauren and Amber and despite harsh reviews and a little dissappointment I enjoyed it. The main problem was that it was marketed to people who wanted to see a scary movie. They were thinking it was gonna be scary like Signs or the Sixth Since all the way up to the end. It just wasn't that kindof movie. I myself wished it had been a little more suspenceful.
Friday, July 23, 2004
Unreliable stress stimulaters
i hate computers I hate the internet and hate working with them
do you see a picture? oh that's right no becuase it's stupid
can't wait for it on friday the 30
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Blogging Dogging Clogging?
yeah blogger is making me mad agian by choosing to not letting me look at me changes to my blog oh well that's how it goes so says cookie monster. I went last night to see the interview with M. Night Shyamalan in the theater and it was amazing. AMAZING. Well I mean it was just an interview so maybe it wasn't that amazing. but it was Night and he is amazing. Our theater didn't get to ask questions but others did. The room was full of movie geeks and I fitted (fet)(hmm)(verbs) in just fine. The last question addressed to him was somewhat about how he became the filmaker that he is and I liked his multi leveled anwere. well thanks for reading both of you who read this and don't forget to wipe.
Sunday, July 18, 2004
2 Movies in 2 Days AAAHH heaven!
So I had the opportunity to see a movie with my parents. They went to see the Terminal (see yesterday's blog) and I saw Anchorman. Knowing what to expect of Will Farrell I had a good time. Ok I'll admit it I'm not a big Farrell fan I"m more of a Mike Myers/Jimmy Falon/other people. So going into to this I knew how I felt but coming out I must confess I have more respect for the man. It was good, the best part being the extremely vibrantly colorful suits. So yeah maybe it's ok just maybe. I am praying for my Ap grade to be acceptable. and hoping that it will actually arive. ahh the agony. for those of you who aren't familar with the a.p. situation in our hight schools, let me enlighten you. You get the guts (for lack of cruder words) to actually sign up for the class. After that you meet you teacher and text book, both of these are meant (ment)(?) for scaring and intimidate you from having any hope of passing. This all happens right before they strip of your dignity. As time goes on you find that the class itself is actually passable and "A"able for that matter. Where the tests are hard and there is to much to take in you do well. Then the train comes to a juumbled halt. You make your parents pay for the eighty dollar test you have to take for college credit. The option of not taking is out of the question because your teacher is the football coach and threatens to beat you with the very textbook that has beaten you all year. So you study for hours and and bleed and sweat for this test and then you actually take it. YOu have mixed feelings about it because it was so sudden and so soon. All of a sudden the whole of tears is over. You think it was hard. You think it was kindof easier than expected. hmm what can you do 'till july when you the grades come. so you wait and you wait and wait ( during this you're waiting) all up untill the day you get the letter to tell what you've dreaded. you've failed and..jfasld no wait you passed you got a three yes!!! a three that's passing amazing yes the lord is on my side yeah. that's when you realize that three is nothing colleges only exept fours and fives so that even though you passed it dosen't matter becuase not even UT will except it. so in a nutshell it's a good experience and i advise everyone to do it!
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Airports holdng places or hotels?
I say the Terminal today and I must say it was better than I expected. Now after reading Seths blog I'm a little hesitant or (hesitent) {choose one} nto discuss my opinion through blog.................. but I"m gonna. The Terminal was an enjoyable comedy/slight romance/ comes together in the end story about a man who has worse luck than micah sledge or saddam hussien or bill clinton for that matter. (you know he didn't think he'd get cought)Tom Hanks' character is a loveable, honest and caring man. Yeah that's sounds all well and good but the movie (i felt) really made you appriciate knowing this person. Catherine Zeta-Jones' character is a flight attendant who is currently in a relationship with a married man. What will happen? Will Tom Hanks ever get home? Will Catherine Zeta-Jones ever age? Will Hillary Clinton run for president? Could Alias be real? all these questions and more have been wondering through your mind.
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Well that's how it goes...
yesterday I was so incredibly mad at blogspot because it wouldn'mt let me on to edit my blog and that was really annoying. I tried everything I could to get it on but it wouldn't let me. So after a few strongly worded letters to the company I went to bed only for Amber to come over today and show me that was simply typing in the wrong name. Well that's how it goes says Charlie Brown. All of you who are interested in seeing a bunch of kids break out in to a prearranged dance in the mall to eighties music you are welcome to come watch us at Cool Springs soon. No date has been set yet. IF you want to learn the dance and do it with us you are definetly welcome. Infact we need you. Contact Taylor or me . All those wonderful things I wanted to say will have to wait 'till later. And I like how blogspot uses currier new as thier post font. Remember ametures built the ark and professionals built the Titanic.
