EASTER

EASTER is here!

Let's celebrate God's ascension into heaven TOGETHER!

IJCL Presidency 2009-2010

Let me just tell you how nervous I am about next year. Haha. Things are going to be so crazy, but I'm ready for them.

Anyway,
on March 14, I was the first student from Boonville elected as IJCL (Indiana Junior Classical League) President. It was absolutely astonishing! My term starts June 1st of this year, which is also the first day of summer school AND the summer musical! WOW!

I get to go to Nationals and represent Boonville AND Indiana. Which is pretty breath-taking! I'm ready for it!

Marley & Me

I'm an animal lover.
Marley & Me is a great movie.
It's just not what I expected.
You should watch it sometime.
It's puts a whole new spin on dogs.
Especially Labradors,
which is what my grandparent's have.
And she's almost 12.
:/

All my love,

Remember Me.
Mark Shultz

Remember Me.
In a Bible cracked and faded by the wind.
Remember Me.
In a sanctuary filled with silent prayer.

And age to age,
and heart to heart.
Bound by grace and peace.
Child of wonder,
Child of God.
I've remembered you,
remember Me.

Remember Me.
When the color of a sunset fills the sky.
Remember Me.
When you pray and tears of joy fall from your eyes.

And age to age,
and heart to heart.
Bound by grace and peace.
Child of wonder,
Child of God.
I've remembered you,
remember Me.

Remember Me.
When the children leave their Sunday school with smiles.
Remember Me.
When they're old enough to teach,
old enough to preach,
old enough to leave.

And age to age,
and heart to heart.
Bound by grace and peace.
Child of wonder,
Child of God.
I've remembered you,
Remember Me.

Age to age,
and heart to heart.
Child of Wonder,
Child of God.

Remember Me.

Age to age,
and heart to heart.
Child of Wonder,
Child of God.



What Jesus must have been thinking when he went through all the pain and suffering for us. It makes me think twice sometimes about my own life. What if I had to carry all he had? Would I love everyone on the earth as much as he or his father did? What makes me think I'm even worthy enough of that gift? Think twice about the love of friend's that you have? You like that feeling right? Would you like to lose that on the drop of a hat?

You have my love,
and God's,

Happy Easter!

I like my computer

Because I can do signatures like this one!

I'm using it from now on!

Yelling

You know, being a person who likes things done correctly and really doesn't like slackers or people who horse around, I typically do get angry and yell at people. I try to apologize depending on who the person is.

Here are the day's events:
Today, school was decent. I got my math test back and turns out I epically fail at that now too. It's only a B, but I don't like B's. I need A's. I'll get over it I guess.
I did alright in Latin, in Yearbook we did nothing and in History, I took a test which I felt really comfortable about and then slept. Yippee.

Then I came to drama, where the band directors like to be dictators and yelled at me for following directions when I put up a microphone. I wanted to yell back and be like, "Who the hell do you think you are? You barely get yourselves together and you expect everyone to bow down at your feet. We work together, so start doing it." But of course it wouldn't have been taken lightly, so I just shut up and walked away.

Then NO ONE said bye to me except for Judy, and that was because I went down to her room.

Blah, it's just one of those days where you want to curl up in a ball and die.

Thanks for listening.

Chrysalis

The most amazing thing you'll ever experience with God by your side.

More to come later.

Drama

is STRESSFUL. I'll explain more when I'm not tired.

Best Friend

So, I have a best friend.

Her name is Kelli Smith.

We: eat together; make jokes; laugh (a lot); cry; scream; beat up small kids (aka Dusty); dream big; take pictures; love Dexter; have hopes; enjoy McDonald's; listen to words of wisdom from Momma T; play The Game of Life; stay up late; make fun of ourselves (and each other); get angry; get sleepy; enjoy old hippies; blog; etc.

I think we're pretty much made for each other.

Update 4/5/09
go to Beatles tribute concerts; make cupcakes; make fun of people in office depot; give Dusty laughing orgasms; IM each other in the wee hours of the morning; enjoy Kanye; and Mitchell Davis; wear Converses to the prom; talk about dragon pee; make fun of Brandan; attack Brent; prank Brent with shaving cream; etc.

Goodness

You know, so many things happen in high school, it is impossible for one's mind to come up with the words to explain. I have had many changes occur in these last few months, from having the best of times with friends, to losing friends, to having so much stress, to coming to the realization I'm probably going to lose my job, to school decisions, to finding the best of friends.

HAPPINESS
I get told by different people every once in a while to cheer up and be happy, because my life really can't be that bad. Let me just share a little bit of information with you. You live your own life very well. In fact, you live it so well, that people don't even know what goes on in your life, no matter how hard they try. You can't possibly understand someone else's hardships or rough times. Don't expect people to be happy all the time. It just doesn't work that way.

CHANGE
Change is something to get used to. Friends transition out of your life quicker than you can blink an eye. Depending on how fast it may be, you can go through grieving pains for those people, like the loss of a loved one. I experienced that. I had those occurences. Now that I've moved on from the situation and placed it on a shelf in a box, I can finally tell it wasn't worth it. I CAN TELL IT. I don't need people telling me everyday it's a bad mistake. Sometimes, people just change; other times, people are never who you think they are. Finding your true friends is always the hardest part.

LOVE
My father was and always will be a douche. I have never had someone to fill that, until now. I went on a weekend retreat in the beginning of March. It was AMAZING. I found a spiritual mentor, someone who loves me FOR me. You have no idea that kind of feeling you have from going to where it feels like no one loves you to having so much love your drowning in it. My friends whom I have shown love to in the past have suddenly started to love me back. Sure, it's now a smaller group, but I didn't really mind weeding out the rest. It's something you have to be prepared to do in life.