Thursday, December 15, 2005

'tis the season

rockin' around the sweater party...

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cheesy adult picture...

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oh what fun!

Monday, December 12, 2005

my GOSH, life is weird right now.

for all you blog stalkers out there...

(okay, for all TWO of you)

ryan jones and word have both ever-so-nicely reminded me in the past week that i have not updated this thing in forever, so here goes nothing.

this week should prove to be quite lazy. i'm working everyday for aramark, but i don't mind that at all since i can come home at night and not have to worry about "homework." i think i'll go home on thursday or so...we'll see!

today, i ran into word at the gas station (almost literally ran into him). really, i was driving down the road and saw him getting gas and decided to turn in pretty quickly on impulse since i never get to see the guy anymore. we talked about lots of random things and he inspired me to write in my blog and even gave me a story idea, so here it is.

after lunch today i decided to pay a visit to the cu infirmary since my eye had been red in the corner for about 3-4 days. i found out that i have a scratched cornea. little did i know that putting these amazing drops in my eye for 5 days will clear that up, although i do have to wear my glasses for 5 days now.

i was going to include a picture on here of a scratched cornea, but i'm not finding anything good.

what else has been going on?

well, friday was my birthday and, as usual, i was rewarded with an exam...brit lit ii at 8am was a great birthday start-off. i was very relieved when it was over, though, and i definitely enjoyed the rest of the day.

katie put fliers everywhere with my face on them wishing me a happy birthday. i found that out when i went to take my books back to the bookstore and my huge winking face was on the door.

then katie, ian, clayton and i went thrift store shopping all afternoon, only to come back to a surprise party in the student center, which was definitely fun and definitely surprising. :)

that night, we went to bogart's in raleigh for dinner, which was f-a-b-o-l-o-u-s and then we came back for helen's 1st annual Christmas sweater party where i sported my red corduroy jumper and Christmas tree turtleneck (with white tights and red shoes, i might add). overall, it was a good 22nd birthday and now i give up on birthdays since none of them matter until i'm 30.

exams were okay...i can't believe i only have a semester left though...pretty overwhelming, and i'm sure it will only get worse. i'm going to start applying to jobs over Christmas, so that should be interesting...

and for now, i saw my goodbyes. i promise i'l try to think of something cooler to write about than a scratched cornea in the next few days...

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

i am SO delerious right now as i sit in my publication design class.

to much brit lit on my brain and hanging over my head for my paper due tomorrow...
and everyday, more and more, i cannot believe that i actually sit through my ridiculous classes.

(see...i can't even spell "too" right now)

and i keep bursting out in laughter and i can't control it. dang it.

Saturday, November 12, 2005

(stalling when i should be doing my brit lit paper)

a few things i've been thinking about lately...
  • it's a darn good thing that God uses us even when we don't think we're doing ANYTHING that could possibly be of use to Him. i have been feeling for the past couple months that i am doing nothing worthwhile and really just floundering around with my life, right in between college and the real world. and thank goodness God knows when you feel that way and sends encouragment that keeps you going everyday.

(i.e. - there was an interview with me in the campbell times two weeks ago because i won homecoming queen. they had emailed me 8 or 10 questions to answer, and said they would choose a few to publish. one of the questions was something like "what's a major challenge you face?" i sat and the computer and thought about it for awhile, the obvious answer being my arthritis, but telling myself that i shouldn't use that answer b/c i don't want people to feel sorry for me. then i told myself that i should suck it up and answer the question correctly, b/c that's my life, and i shouldn't try to downplay it. so i answered the question, explaining my arthritis and mentioning my elbow replacement this past summer. the following monday, i received an email from the campbell times with an attachment email forwarded from a lady in tarboro who had seen the paper and wanted get in contact with me . turns out her 13-year-old daughter has severe arthritis in her elbow and is very apprehensive about having any surgery to correct it. in my reply, i asked her how she got her hands on a paper, and if she took night classes or something. she replied that her son happened to be at campbell that weekend for a boy scout conference and had picked up a paper and brought it home. she also told me that her daughter kept the paper and reads it often. -insert michelle cries her eyes out here- i have since proceeded to think to myself "what if the only reason i won homecoming was to be able to help that little girl? what if the only reason i know enough people to win is to help that little girl?" you just never know.)

  • it's been a very interesting semester for me compared to the past 6 i've spent here. my life has changed a lot, for the simple fact that many of the people i used to spend all my time with have grad classes and boyfriends/fiancees and real jobs. so i find myself spending time with people that i haven't even really known in the past few years, yet i am SO glad i get to hang out with this year. i've been able to get to know and hang out with so many people from sga this year too, and that has really been a blessing to my life. i don't think i can possibly explain how much those people make my days. don't get me wrong, i'm very thankful for the time i do have with my old friends, but i realize that we lead very different lives these days. i hope we can continue to spend more and more time together, though, since this part of life is almost over for me.
  • i'm really trying to do what i can where i'm at and with the time i have. it's REALLY hard, but i'm trying in so many areas.
  • i have to say that i'm soooo thankful for katie and lindsay every hour of my life. they are incredibly different people, but they definitely share in the fact that they care and they have good hearts. can't ask for more than that.
  • i was so happy to see my family at homecoming. and i am really looking forward to thanksgiving to see my family and old friends.
  • i think that's all for now. i have GOT to do this paper.

breakfast clubbing toniiiiight!

Sunday, November 06, 2005

i promise to post in the next few days...

i'm feeling very overwhelmed with everything right now and i really wish i had the patience and time to type it all out, but i'm getting there.

hope you're having a wonderful week!

Friday, October 28, 2005

it's been quite an interesting week...but God is teaching me a lot (surprise, surprise).

halloween dancing was great fun last night...
for those of you who didn't see me, i'm sure it was b/c i was wearing camo, so don't worry about it. and sorry if i accidently shot you during the dance...sometimes i just can't control those guns.

Monday, October 24, 2005

camels & kilts

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well, homecoming was spectacular.

it wasn't looking too good on friday during the torrential downpours all evening, but saturday cleared up and everything went on as scheduled...

dad and me at halftime...
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linds, me and katie (we look a lot different than that freshman year picture on my wall...)
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watch out!
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and the family...
(no comments on my 16-year-old brother please girls)
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good times. i miss homecoming already. good thing i'm guaranteed to come back next year now! :)

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

yeah, so, my brother's pretty much the man.

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he scored the winning touchdown at the whs homecoming game on friday night IN OVERTIME. and he's a sophomore starting varsity. you know you're jealous.

just had to brag. :)

Thursday, October 13, 2005

fall break = the best ever

ALREADY.

tonight, i came home to an "early birthday scavenger hunt" where i found a new car in the garage. (not "new," but new for me...my mom's galant) and katie and melinda have known about this for a couple weeks now.

happy fall break to meeeee :)

r.i.p. honda accord with the deer dent in the front...
you will not be missed.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

tomorrow is fall break

and katie, melinda and i are going to charlotte and to virginia (on saturday)

and i get to watch my brother start varsity football at my high school homecoming game on friday.

and i am SO happy about it right now!

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

what shall i be for halloween?

any suggestions would be much appreciated. the creativity is just not flowing this year.

Saturday, October 01, 2005

sometimes i just want to kick myself.

i feel like if i knew God better, i would know better what he wants for my life and things wouldn't be so confusing.

this process is a lot more involved than that simple statement, but then again, it isn't.


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honesty is a hard attribute to find,
when we all want to seem like we've got it all figured out.

well let me be the first to say that i don't have a clue,
i don't have all the answers,
ain't gonna' pretend like I do

i'm just trying to find my way,
trying to find my way the best that I know how
a few pictures of the semester thus far.

jeanna's 21st birthday dinner...

a little stroll through toys r us was much better than we would have expected, since they helped jeanna join geoffrey's birthday club! (doesn't she look excited!?!)
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the crew at toys r us
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the breakfast clubbers in raleigh....
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and a little bit of sga...

my b-e-a-utiful exec
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ever-so-stunning VP brent
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holland and whitney after they capsized at the retreat
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robert and brent...isn't that cute? 2 weeks in a row!
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and last but not least
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motion to GET DOWN.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

hmm...

Your Birthdate: December 9

Your birth on the 9th day of the month adds a tone of idealism and humanitarianism to your nature.
You become one who can work easily with people because you are broadminded, tolerant and generous.
You are ever sensitive to others' needs and feelings, and you are very sympathetic and compassionate.

Your feeling run deep and you often find yourself in dramatically charged situations.
This 9 energy always tends to give more that it gets.

Sunday, September 25, 2005

daily renewal

i am constantly learning so much about God and about how to live my life.

it just takes me so long to actually put these things into action, which then brings understanding and complete faith. i wish my darn human nature would just hold still for a minute so i wouldn't wake up every morning and have to start all over again.

(sigh)

but, hey, that is the title of the blog isn't it?

i need Thee,
i need Thee,
i need Thee every hour

Friday, September 23, 2005

a few things

first of all, i am so impressed with everyone on sga. SO much work in SO little time. and we're all hanging out all the time. i love it.

in other news...

i read about myself in the Bible today.

basically, while Jesus was eating with the pharisees one night, an "immoral" woman came and washed His feet with her hair and poured perfume on them. the pharisees could not understand why Jesus would let someone like her touch His feet.

Jesus proceeded to tell a story to the pharisees so that they could answer their own question. two men owed money to a moneylender. one owed $500 and the other $50. they were both broke, so the moneylender decided to cancel their debts. then He asked "which one of them will love him more?"

(in case you don't know...the answer is the man who owed $500. c'mon, even the pharisees knew that)

then Jesus compared the pharisees to the woman, saying that she was a lot more loving than they were, since they didn't have that much "debt" to cancel in the first place.

"therefore, I tell you, her many sins are forgiven -- for she loved much. but he who has been forgiven little loves little." (luke 7:47)

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i've been thinking a lot about that today....

i really do think that since i haven't had a particularly rough past, at times i don't show enough mercy and forgiveness to those around me. it's very interesting to consider how much my past does effect the way i treat people now. that's why i'm REALLY focusing on getting to know people personally, so that i don't misunderstand them and so that i can respect them for who they are. when you don't take the time to understand others' perspectives, you automatically assume that they do or should have your own.

anyway, i don't really know what else to say about that...just something that really struck me today for some reason.

this pharisee's going to bed.

Monday, September 19, 2005

there is certainly a block-rockin' beat outside my window at reardon right now.

reminds me of a parking lot dance. ahhh, yeah....

Sunday, September 18, 2005

RETREAT, RETREAT!

good times were had this weekend at the sga retreat.

mingling games, whitney acquiring half the deck in UNO, parliamentary procedure, canoe crashing, bonfire, "club sga" with a stunning performance by ryan jones.....priceless.

thank you everyone for such a wonderful weekend! the best part was hanging out with all of you.

and my favorite comment of the weekend?

will henley: "Motion to get down."

Saturday, September 10, 2005

well, it seems as if everyone and their mother has something to say about what's happening in new orleans.

no offense to those who are expressing their opinions...
i think everyone has their own way of processing situations like this...

so what do i have to say?

do something.

- give $5 to the social work club when you see them sitting out with collection boxes
- start up a car wash in your neighborhood
- raise money through your club, residence hall, department
- sell lemonade, for crying out loud!



i've said many times that i'm glad there are other Christian people in the world cut out to be politicians, scientists, preachers, broadcasters, etc. b/c i just can't do it. and i'm thankful that someone can, b/c we certainly need a variety of Christians to reach the incredibly diverse world we live in.

and sometimes i feel like i'm too laid back about this type of situation because i don't get enthralled in the politics of it all. i just feel like it's a waste of my time b/c i know that no matter how educated i think i am, the government doesn't tell us much of anything about what's really going on. i don't know....maybe i'm just using that as an excuse or maybe i'm naive.

i just think that it's our duty to try to help in any way we can, and sometimes i wonder if the media and government are put there as barriers to distract us a little bit more from what we should be focusing on.

so, there you have it. my post on new orleans.

please let me know if you don't have anywhere on campus to get involved in the relief effort...
we can use all the help we can get!

V-A-L-L-E-Y, that's the way we spell Valley...

this large fellow played on my high school football team (my freshman/sophomore year hs)

he was also a big part in the ohio/pitt game last night.



that's sun valley high school for ya'.....the place where stars are born.

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

from my heart flow

my wonderful friend zack reminded me today to be thankful for the moment.

he noticed that i had been reminiscing a lot about old times in the blog lately, and reminded me to enjoy this season in my life.

we discussed how we are thankful for the people in our lives right now, and then i realized how especially thankful i am that i'm a different person than when i came to campbell. although my first few years here were awesome, i'm perfectly happy being where i am right now.

so thanks friend, i needed to hear that tonight.

Sunday, September 04, 2005

ode to old skool

it's very interesting when you start realizing that you're closer to more people that work for the university than go to the university. i'm sure the numbers will start evening out here in the next month or so, but it's a totally different feeling than i've had here before.

i really miss the "old school" people who have departed from campbell. it's weird to be the "oldest" when you still feel like you felt 3 years ago at this time. i wish there were still "experienced" people that i could talk to and get advice from; people that could pick on me for being naive and 18 years old. people that started nicknames like "efird" and "sunshine" that have carried over but still don't seem quite right (besides the occasional greeting from butta).

but this is probably exactly how they felt when i was a freshman...missing those who came before them. and hopefully i'll be able to do the same things for new students that they did for me.

and hopefully they'll come back to visit this year (i.e. homecoming, random weekends, spring formal, etc).

and to see me graduate.
(cough, cough) MAY 15, 2006 (cough, cough)

so here's to the old schoolers. may you thoroughly enjoy what you're doing right now, but still miss campbell enough to come back and see the few of us that are left...

Friday, August 26, 2005

Saturday, August 20, 2005

carpe diem

so i'm out and about today -- freshman move-in day -- the usual: riding on the golf cart with mrs. debbie, taking pictures, greeting people, having fun visiting all my favorite RAs/RDs.

and now i sit at my computer after move-in, freshman cookout & ice breakers and i realize i'll never get to do that again.

after 3 years here... of being involved in the same things year after year and enjoying them more and more each time... i finally appreciate the value of tradition as well as the importance of the newness that comes from older people moving on and younger people coming in.

i intend to publish a full list in the next few weeks, but a few things that i need to do this year so that i don't wish i had:

- give lots of hugs
- leave "conversation time" in my schedule...long conversation time. one-on-one is the best way to communicate.
- participate in as many Mexican Mondays as possible
- meet grown-ups at church (and by that i mean "non-college students")
- go see shannon in d.c.
- take LOTS of pictures (mostly hilarious ones that make me laugh until my stomach hurts)

those are just a few of the things i need to decide now so that i don't regret later.

i can't believe i'm already thinking about all this stuff, but i feel like as soon as i go to my first class on wednesday, school will fly by. man.

p.s. -
to any of you "older kids" out there that might read this, don't laugh at my seniorness. let me have my catharsis. ;)

Friday, August 19, 2005

party ova here

last night, the bff came over so i could dye her hair. the following pictures came from this adventure.

BEFORE

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HAIR DYING PROCESS

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POST-SCENE KID MAKEOVER

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also joining us were melinda, katie, jana, betty, makayla, and lindsay, our wonderful photographer!

Thursday, August 18, 2005

OH MY GOSH

i have been so busy at work this week

thank goodness for one more year of college...the real world is crazy. ;)

Monday, August 08, 2005

it's that friendly! (insert smiley-face sunshine here)

it's monday and i'm in kentucky...

(and it's katie's birthday...yippeeeeee!)

kt, clayton, and i are having a great time thus far and we will continue until we leave on wednesday.

miss everyone in the lbc! (and can't wait until everyone moves back for school)

Saturday, August 06, 2005

it's off to the races tomorrow

and happy birthday to katietibbitts on monday.....
yippeeeeeeeeeeee!

Monday, August 01, 2005

this city's made us crazy and we must get out

katie and i got back today from our weekend in charlotte, which was quite wonderful if you ask me.



we had a late-night dinner at hickory tavern with our good 'ol CU alumni crystal, katie p, and adrienne which was SUCH a good time. crystal is engaged, so they were all spending the weekend finding her a dress. FUN TIMES...i miss the "older" people around here b/c, well, that's me now.

saturday was spent at south park mall after we finally decided to get out of bed. then we came home and had a wonderful dinner with the fam, then headed back out to surprise out long-lost costa rican melinda at the airport! i was seriously SO happy to see her....and i think she was happy to see us too. ;)

then i went the wrong way on the interstate (surprising) and we ended up getting back to the house really late and holding up

LISA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

where we went downtown and had a grand 'ol time. it was so much fun and i got to see so many friends that i don't normally get to see very often. it definitely made me want to go back to charlotte more often. it was nice to be downtown...pretty city with good friends.

yesterday we slept until about 2:00pm (since we were out until 4am thanks to tommy's fuel pizza craving) and then headed out to buy apartment things. then we had dinner at macaroni grill/starbucks with claire, bracken, and matty oak. i love, love, love them.

i was especially glad to see claire -- she just came home from africa on wednesday so i was SO thankful to be able to see her while i was home. i got a chance to hear some about her time there and what's going on in her life. i am really lucky to have a really close friend like her at home.

then we packed up katie's car with my stuff, slept for a few hours, and headed to the elbow doctor for my check-up this morning. we stopped by the mall again for a last-minute kt purchase, ate lunch, then headed back here.

the car ride was absolutely hilarious. we were tired in the beginning, but then i requested a little maroon 5. we listened to the whole cd, followed by daniel beddingfield, john mayer, and then the bff's "random hotness" cd. i honestly think tears were coming out of my eyes.

katie is quite the motor mouth. together we were unstoppable.

and this afternoon i moved into reardon with makayla. now we're just waiting on lindsay, who i miss SO much. i cannot wait to have her here again. :)
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three cheers for our weekend excursion! and four cheers for the fact that we're going to kentucky on saturday for 4 days for kt's 22nd. hip-hip-hip-hip HOORAY!
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here's your chance, do your dance, at the space jam, alright...

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

forced to relax

as i sat in goodyear for the third afternoon in a row, reading the new book that my roommate surprised me with in the mail yesterday, i thought to myself

"it's kind of nice having no other choice but just to sit here for an hour and chill out."

and even though it may be stressful to have to drive back and forth everyday b/c my car is still not fixed (by the way, it's STILL not fixed now), it is not a bad thing to just sit and read.

or talk. that's another thing.

i ran into my good 'ol friend ryan "beautiful hair" jernigan when i came into goodyear today. he toured with a band called last tuesday this semester around the US, so I hadn't seen him since before Christmas last year. so that was really random/awesome too b/c i got to hear what's going on in his life and how he's doing....good stuff. i'm glad to hear about someone else who's really trying to figure out what they want to do with their life. i guess that's comforting to those of us who are doing the same.
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let the noise and clamor cease, be still and know

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

if anyone ever needs to know what a possum looks like,

ask me.

i stared one down for about 20 minutes last night until public safety came to free me.

(and i was going to put a picture on here, but i'm too freaked out even looking at them online)

Monday, July 25, 2005

i would MUCH rather have this car



(my most recent car crush)

it would run better than the accord! c'mon!!!!

beauty in the breakdown

well, i finally got the air conditioning fixed in my car today.

and i was sitting there thinking to myself "how many times have i been to this goodyear since i started at campbell?" too many times to count.

but i was happy leaving that goodyear today was cold air blowing on my face.
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that is, until i got to the first stop light, when my poor, poor car started shaking and wailing like it was about to turn off. and it did this the whole way back to school every time i put my foot on the break.


i know what you might be saying to yourself.
"but michelle's car has a dent in the front from when she hit a deer!?!"
no, this is not my car, but it does have flip lights.

good times in the trusty '88 honda accord.
another afternoon at goodyear might be in the near future for this girl!

Sunday, July 24, 2005

the things you say...

about yourself,
about your family,
about your job,
about your school,
and most importantly, about other people

...tell other people what's important to you, what's in your heart.

think before you speak? might be better advice than i ever thought it was.




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"for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

Monday, July 18, 2005

i haven't posted anything in awhile

today was good. i got a lot done at work, then i helped give out the keys for the camp i'm working with this week, so i felt productive there.

i have treatment tomorrow. FINALLY after about 12 weeks....i can't begin to tell you how much better i'll feel. so if you want to hang out with me in the next few days, it's pretty much a guaranteed good mood.

i've been thinking about my arthritis a lot lately, since every time i go down the stairs in this apt, my left heel seems to give out. there are so many things i know i COULD try to help my arthritis....wear supportive tennis shoes everyday, start eating only really healthy foods, give up my extracurricular activities since they sometimes seem to add stress when i already have enough just walking everyday.

but i just can't see myself giving up all these things -- flip-flops, chick-fil-a sandwiches, sga, activities, etc. -- when i only really have a year left for some of them and they make me happy. it just doesn't seem worth it to me. maybe that's stupid, but i just can't decide.

honestly, i get used to it. i mean, right now my hand is hurting from typing this already. so should i just never type again? no, b/c that equals unemployment. plus, this is what i like to do.

so sue me.

i really think i'll feel a LOT better tomorrow night though. so we'll see.

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p.s.
this is not at all meant to be a "feel sorry for michelle" blog. it's just what i've had on my mind. there are things in life like this for everyone. do you give up something you really love for the betterment of something else in your life? i'm sure everyone deals with these questions everyday.
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in other news, i get to go to kentucky with kt for her birthday at the beginning of august, which i'm really excited about. also, she's coming home with me the last weekend in july for lisa's 21st birthday extravaganza. i'm excited to see all my friends at home again!

and i'm a dorm dean this week and next for crosspoint camp. i'll be living in murray, which ought to be very interesting. and actually, i'm going to eat in shouse with tricia now since we get free meals. how about that rotisserie chicken?? ;)

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

most romantic quotes i've ever heard

"if he never would've gotten hit, i never would have gotten to know danny on such a deep, personal level"

"when i'm with her, it's like i forget i have a broken face..."

melinda and danny on the real world



= love. haha.

you should think about it, take a second

IF YOU READ THIS, even if we DO SPEAK OR DON'T SPEAK OFTEN,
comment with one memory of me and you.

it can be anything you want. GOOD OR BAD.
just as long as it HAPPENED.

THEN, post this on your blog.
see what other people remember about YOU.

lady liberty

here's what i did at the beach...

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ok, so it was my dad. but i did write that "JULY IV" on there with a shell and it was hard work, let me tell you.

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

you think you know, but you have no idea.

(i never thought i'd title a post with this stupid, cliche phrase)

i've been thinking a lot lately about why we are so quick to criticize others and extremely slow to take a few seconds and actually put ourselves in their shoes.

actually, scratch that...most of the time, i'm pretty sure we can't even begin to put ourselves in anyone else's shoes. it just seems humanly impossible to me that anyone could actually know what it feels like to be someone else, and therefore know what's best for them in their lives.

i used to think that i had all the answers for everyone else's lives. i knew that they were in a bad relationship, that they weren't working hard enough in school, that their friends were no good, etc. i also thought that it was my place to tell them those things, or at least make them feel stupid enough that they would be embarassed to keep living their lives that way. and i'm not just talking close friends...i'm talking everyone around me. maybe it was just me, but it seems like a lot of people "know what's best" for everyone else.

then i had a reality check and realized that NO ONE CARES. and again, i'm not talking about close friends. i do think that a lot of times, your friends can see things that you can't...and it's nice to have those people in your life that you trust to let you know when they see concerns. but passing judgment on people from the moment i laid eyes on them just wasn't working for me and neither was continuing to do it to people who i never really took the time to get to know.

i think the main reason for this is that people don't bother to get past the surface with others who are different from them. they just write them off from the start because they can't understand where they're coming from.

it is my conclusion that you should always give people the benefit of the doubt....that somehow, they are doing what's right in their minds.

b/c hey, even if they aren't, what am i going to do about it? is it my job to call them out? probably not.

and just like i don't want outsiders looking in, judging me, and telling me what i'm doing wrong, neither does anybody else.

no one knows what my life is like on a daily basis, no matter what people who make bright orange fliers may claim. and on that same token, i don't know what it's really like to be anyone else. all i can do is try my best to be understanding and give advice when asked.

p.s.
i don't even know if this makes sense, but i needed to get it out of my head.

Monday, July 04, 2005

i love holidays.

** happy 4th of july! **




i even like excuses for holidays, so please let me know if there is anything i should be celebrating that i'm not aware of throughout the year.

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

say what you will

but these people sure know how to manipulate your pride.




and some of those are pretty awesome rings.

ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off.

Sunday, June 26, 2005

i am teaching katietibbitts to post pictures.

(therefore, disregard this post. or not.)



explora like dora, these swipers can't swipe me. (thanks bff)

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pretty self-explanatory

GOOD JOB KATIETIBBITTS!!

oh yeah

mr. and mrs. smith = AWESOME.



(sigh)

this weekend was freshman orientation here in buies creek...

it was pretty surreal b/c i don't at all feel like a senior. i feel like it wasn't long ago at all when i came to orientation...bernie was in one of my sessions pretending to be a freshman, chad was my UFO leader, i met tommy burns in the reception line, and tim jenkins at the mass comm department stop.

it was just plain weird to be the old one....i don't know what to say about it, except that i was very jealous that these people are just starting college and i have to leave soon.

the speech went surprisingly very well...BIG thanks to tim jenkins for his inspiration. the sessions went well, as did the reception. i met some really cool freshmen, had some really good ice cream, and saw really good friends.

and we'll do this again in 2 weeks...

i think this calls for some freshman year pictures:

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me, linds, and katie at spring fling

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jodi and i at chili's - the infamous "singing sensations" picture

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rebekah, linds, katie, and i when people used to dress up for games

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valentine's dance, put on by the freshman class :)

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jeff and i at the sister hazel show

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me and the future roomie!

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at the game before an SGA meeting...when I used to wear girl ties (and look! it's dave behind us!)

GOOD times.

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

behind the melody the words don't mean a thing

i've been trying to write my speech for freshman orientation since last thursday and each time i really try to sit down and write it, i got nothin'.

and i definitely should be done with it by now.

so i need a little inspiration, if anyone inspiring reads this.

thanks in advance.




"ain't that what you want them to know?
all they get of you is what they get out of the show.
the rest is mine, i guess, the beauty and the mess, to hide."

Sunday, June 19, 2005

tim jenkins, HERE'S what's going on in the creek...

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we got bored one night (imagine that).

so we put on everything katie owns and went out for some university photo fun.

and that is what happened in the creek this week.








soooooo, basically nothing. haha.