Doing a year in review seems to be increasingly popular this week. so i'm going to do my own little year in review, which i'll try to keep as brief as possible. It might not go in chronological order, but hopefully there will be some kind of flow. Here we go!
During the first half of 2008, i finished up my Junior year of High School. With that, i took the SATs, ACTs, and finished the Senior High Project required by the school. i also found out that i passed my Senior High Project the first time, which lifted a huge burden. By June i was all ready to leave Junior year in the dust and embark on Senior year. Also, in the realm of school, i got to watch many of my friends graduate from high school. It was my first high school graduation that i attended, and i'm so glad i attended the 2008 graduation before attending my own this coming year.
In May, i got to kiss my braces good-bye! of course this meant that during the summer i had to wear a retainer, but at least i could take that out. the braces came out about a month before i got my senior pictures taken, which was my ultimate goal.
In mid July, i tried a lot of new things all in one day. See List of Firsts for the inside scoop. the main attraction of that very hot July 17th was that i got to fly in an airplane for the very first time. i had been saving my money for a good year or two in order to go on this trip with my friend Noelle. We went to Colorado Springs for five days, and had a wonderful time! I'm hoping that some day soon i can take another trip on an airplane. even though traveling can be tiring, it's so much fun!
In August i went to a family reunion in Baltimore. It was my first time going into the city of Baltimore, and using a LightRail system. I also had the chance to see a distant cousin of mine play a piano concert.
Along with all that, i had the opportunity to see many events of the Olympics. I admit i was one of those who stayed up practically until midnight to watch Micheal Phelps swim. Unfortunately it was at the time of year when i should've been conditioning myself to go to bed earlier because of school starting a few weeks from that time. oh well...
In late August i started senior year. for the first few weeks it felt surreal. it helped going through the "Senior Routine." Things like taking the '09 picture, making sure to raise my hand in mixed classes when the teacher asked, "how many seniors do we have in here?" and stuff like that. Oh, i guess the part where i applied for college was another way to remind myself, "yeah, i'm a senior."
Speaking of college, i was accepted to Messiah College in November! This officially meant i can start focusing on school more, and not be distracted by applying to college. it also meant that i could focus on applying for scholarships.
I think that's about it. there are a few more things i'm sure i could add, such as seeing Fireproof (if you haven't seen it, mark your calendars for January 27th, that's when it comes out on DVD), and turning 18, which meant voting for the first time. it sure had been an active 366 days. Then again, leap years are always full of action.
In this coming year, i'm looking forward to graduating from high school, and starting college in the fall. I'm also currently looking for a job for the spring and summer, and thankfully i may have some options. All in all, i hope i'll be "feeling fine in 09!"
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
You'll never know
So last night I went to work, as usual, but I ended up meeting a new employee there. I work a pizza buffet that's seen better days. We have a relatively new manager in there, and his mother-in-law has started working there just whenever we need the help. Last night I met her for the first time. I came to find out that I met her before, though I'm sure she doesn't remember.
See, two years ago I met her and her husband at a Jars of Clay concert. We sat in line for an hour and a half. For those who've never done that, when you sit in line for an hour and a half, there really isn't much you can do other than get to know the people beside you. Since this concert was at Messiah College, that made it even easier to talk to people, since most likely those people have a connection with Messiah College. Anyways, they were very nice, and I had the chance to meet two of their children. Now that I think about it, I guess they did say they had another daughter. Or my manager could be married to the daughter that I met that night, who knows?
My point is, I was a trifle surprised when I walked into work last night and "met" Anne. I was reminded once again of how nice of a person Anne is. I'm so glad she's coming to work here part time. It's amazing to see how God "randomly" brings people into our lives again and again. I was getting to a point where I thought that kind of thing only happened in books and movies. Well, proved wrong again...
See, two years ago I met her and her husband at a Jars of Clay concert. We sat in line for an hour and a half. For those who've never done that, when you sit in line for an hour and a half, there really isn't much you can do other than get to know the people beside you. Since this concert was at Messiah College, that made it even easier to talk to people, since most likely those people have a connection with Messiah College. Anyways, they were very nice, and I had the chance to meet two of their children. Now that I think about it, I guess they did say they had another daughter. Or my manager could be married to the daughter that I met that night, who knows?
My point is, I was a trifle surprised when I walked into work last night and "met" Anne. I was reminded once again of how nice of a person Anne is. I'm so glad she's coming to work here part time. It's amazing to see how God "randomly" brings people into our lives again and again. I was getting to a point where I thought that kind of thing only happened in books and movies. Well, proved wrong again...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
I should be working on something productive...
so right now i'm in Powerpoint class. but see, i have Word, and then Powerpoint, so sometimes it gets repetitive, like today. Today during Word, we had a speaker, and it's for all the business classes. so instead of seeing the speaker for a second time, i decided just to chill for awhile. i could be figuring out how to import lists in Access to make them one huge list, but i already tried and it didn't work. i also could be working on my Powerpoint FAP, but i don't really feel like doing that either. for my FAP i'm making a presentation about Adventures in Odyssey. So far it's been really fun, but i haven't been as productive as i could be.
so let's see, it's been awhile since i've posted, so what's been going on? well, i started my senior year. started writing two songs. i like the one, ripped up the other because it ended up not working.(i'm waiting for a good time to burn those papers) but i haven't really had any inspiration to add to the other.
See you at the Pole went really well this year. and Christian club has been going well too. Aparently God is supposed to do something really amazing this year. We're not exactly sure what. for some reason though i haven't felt as connected with God as i have in the past. i don't know what the problem is, or where it started. i really hope i can fix that connection soon. it just gets difficult at times, because i see everyone else on the leadership team on fire for God, but yet i can't feel anything. i even almost pulled myself off the leadership team, but i reasoned that doing that would be more harm than good. over the past few weeks i think i've realized that part of this whole thing is that my thirst for Worship hasn't been quenched through my church.
see, we still sing hymns at my church. and that just doesn't bring me into worship like other songs do. over a week ago, i went to a concert called the Art Music Justice Tour. We had a time of worship there, and it was awesome! i really felt connected there. so i guess i need to find a suppliment? i'll have to see. but i do know that the people at my church really need to warm up to the idea of doing some songs that were written during my lifetime.
ok, i have about five minutes left, so i'll try to come up with something contructive to say during that time. i turned 18 almost two weeks ago. so now i can vote, and drive past 11pm. at church last sunday, some of the ladies were giving me advice about marraige, because they were 18 whenever they married their husbands. the continued to tell me that this is a much different world, so i can wait a bit longer to get married. one of them even said 30 is a good age to get married. personally, i think that i don't to wait on purpose until i'm 30. but thinking through all this made me realize i'm the same age that my grandma was when she got married. and then i thought that in a few years, my mom will be the same age that my grandma was whenever she became a grandma.
on those thoughts i must bid you all good-bye. i'm off to practice piano during my next study hall!
so let's see, it's been awhile since i've posted, so what's been going on? well, i started my senior year. started writing two songs. i like the one, ripped up the other because it ended up not working.(i'm waiting for a good time to burn those papers) but i haven't really had any inspiration to add to the other.
See you at the Pole went really well this year. and Christian club has been going well too. Aparently God is supposed to do something really amazing this year. We're not exactly sure what. for some reason though i haven't felt as connected with God as i have in the past. i don't know what the problem is, or where it started. i really hope i can fix that connection soon. it just gets difficult at times, because i see everyone else on the leadership team on fire for God, but yet i can't feel anything. i even almost pulled myself off the leadership team, but i reasoned that doing that would be more harm than good. over the past few weeks i think i've realized that part of this whole thing is that my thirst for Worship hasn't been quenched through my church.
see, we still sing hymns at my church. and that just doesn't bring me into worship like other songs do. over a week ago, i went to a concert called the Art Music Justice Tour. We had a time of worship there, and it was awesome! i really felt connected there. so i guess i need to find a suppliment? i'll have to see. but i do know that the people at my church really need to warm up to the idea of doing some songs that were written during my lifetime.
ok, i have about five minutes left, so i'll try to come up with something contructive to say during that time. i turned 18 almost two weeks ago. so now i can vote, and drive past 11pm. at church last sunday, some of the ladies were giving me advice about marraige, because they were 18 whenever they married their husbands. the continued to tell me that this is a much different world, so i can wait a bit longer to get married. one of them even said 30 is a good age to get married. personally, i think that i don't to wait on purpose until i'm 30. but thinking through all this made me realize i'm the same age that my grandma was when she got married. and then i thought that in a few years, my mom will be the same age that my grandma was whenever she became a grandma.
on those thoughts i must bid you all good-bye. i'm off to practice piano during my next study hall!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Share the Joy, Share the Love, Share the Inspiration
A few weeks ago, my dad told me about yet another Christian radio station he found. we were on the way to Baltimore for our family reunion, and we were still pretty close to home so i tuned it in just to see what it was. my dad has a really cheapo mp3 player that he got off of eBay right after i got my iPod.(well that was because he got eBay gift certificates, so that's what helped him pay for it) anyways, his mp3 player has a radio on it, and i guess he was just scanning the dial the one day, and found this Christian radio station on 89.9FM. it's more mellow than 90.3, WJTL, yet more music stuff than 94.5, WDAC. Anyways, over the past few weeks when i've been driving around, i switch back and forth between the WORD FM(88.1), WJTL, and this unnamed station, 89.9. i've heard the Legal ID for it once. the station is called Hope FM, but i keep missing where it's located. and i know they have to say where it's located, because that's part of FCC standard. i'll have to remember to check that out sometime today at the top of the hour. usually when i turn it on they're either playing music, or someone is giving a sermon. and like i said, the music is mellowish.
now, on Saturday nights, i've found that they have a cool-ish alternative show. but it's interesting to see their version of alternative. but the DJs seem cool. it's better then any of the other Contemporary radio stations that play around here on Saturday night. WJTL has the Archives where they play music from the seventies and maybe 80s. the WORD FM used to have the Sound of Light, but then Bill Moore left, and made them all sad, so they don't have that any more.(well, that's not entirely the case, but things with that show did start to go downhill after Bill Scott temporarily took over. but i hear they have a new host now, and from what i've read, he's pretty cool, and pretty funny.) so they just play their normal music.
so this brings me to my point that we have way too many Christian radio stations in this area. it's mostly because we are a bible belt. This is because of Messiah College, and Lancaster.(pronounced, LANG-kister) i calculated yesterday that we have seven and a half Christian radio stations, and i think even then i'm missing a few. here, i'll list them, and what kinds of stuff they play.(maybe i'll even put a website with it.) let's count together. (disclaimer: these are the radio stations that can be heard from where i live, so it might not be true for all of South Central PA)
WJTL 90.3- Best Mix of christian music. you'll basically hear a little bit of everything while listening to this station for a week. www.wjtl.com
The Word FM 88.1(Harrisburg) and 93.1(Carlisle)- station based out of Eastern PA with over a dozen towers and transmitters. they play more harder rock stuff than WJTL, and they sometimes have different singles from the artists than WJTL. both have funny morning shows. www.wordfm.org
WDAC 94.5- Focus on the Family programing, and praise music for certain parts of the day. really, really mellow praise music.
Way Truth Life Radio 107.1(Mifflintown)- this station is basically the same as WDAC. they're based in State College though, so they're weather reports are off most of the time.
1230AM The Fortress- praise music, very small and very low powered station. also has some sermons and stuff during the day. and on saturdays they have 20: the Countdown Magazine.(i know you all were singing that as your read it!)
720AM The Rock- lower powered, only during daylight(last time i checked) station. basically the same as the Fortress.
WVMM("the V") 90.7- this is the half station. they have gotten away from playing Christian music all the time, but i'm still going to give them the benefit of the doubt and call it a half Christian music radio station.
89.9- i don't know the name of this, and i described it in the first few paragraphs.
so now you have all those, so let's go back and count them up...eight and a half. if you ask me, we are spoiled when it comes to Christian radio. there are some parts of the country that don't have a good solid Contemporary Christian radio station, or they do, but it's so far away they only get it in their car. i really wish we could share the joy of having a Christian radio station that inspires, and helps people grow in their faith by playing the right song at the right time.
i really hope that during the course of my career, i can help to start a Christian radio station in a place that really needs one. a good solid local station that will help to change the lives of the area. it's going to take so much work and experience, but i know that i can totally do it with God's help. and hopefully he'll bring other people in my life who can help.
so next time you're complaining that they're isn't a good station to listen to, and you live in South Central PA, scan that thing again, because you're just not trying hard enough.
now, on Saturday nights, i've found that they have a cool-ish alternative show. but it's interesting to see their version of alternative. but the DJs seem cool. it's better then any of the other Contemporary radio stations that play around here on Saturday night. WJTL has the Archives where they play music from the seventies and maybe 80s. the WORD FM used to have the Sound of Light, but then Bill Moore left, and made them all sad, so they don't have that any more.(well, that's not entirely the case, but things with that show did start to go downhill after Bill Scott temporarily took over. but i hear they have a new host now, and from what i've read, he's pretty cool, and pretty funny.) so they just play their normal music.
so this brings me to my point that we have way too many Christian radio stations in this area. it's mostly because we are a bible belt. This is because of Messiah College, and Lancaster.(pronounced, LANG-kister) i calculated yesterday that we have seven and a half Christian radio stations, and i think even then i'm missing a few. here, i'll list them, and what kinds of stuff they play.(maybe i'll even put a website with it.) let's count together. (disclaimer: these are the radio stations that can be heard from where i live, so it might not be true for all of South Central PA)
WJTL 90.3- Best Mix of christian music. you'll basically hear a little bit of everything while listening to this station for a week. www.wjtl.com
The Word FM 88.1(Harrisburg) and 93.1(Carlisle)- station based out of Eastern PA with over a dozen towers and transmitters. they play more harder rock stuff than WJTL, and they sometimes have different singles from the artists than WJTL. both have funny morning shows. www.wordfm.org
WDAC 94.5- Focus on the Family programing, and praise music for certain parts of the day. really, really mellow praise music.
Way Truth Life Radio 107.1(Mifflintown)- this station is basically the same as WDAC. they're based in State College though, so they're weather reports are off most of the time.
1230AM The Fortress- praise music, very small and very low powered station. also has some sermons and stuff during the day. and on saturdays they have 20: the Countdown Magazine.(i know you all were singing that as your read it!)
720AM The Rock- lower powered, only during daylight(last time i checked) station. basically the same as the Fortress.
WVMM("the V") 90.7- this is the half station. they have gotten away from playing Christian music all the time, but i'm still going to give them the benefit of the doubt and call it a half Christian music radio station.
89.9- i don't know the name of this, and i described it in the first few paragraphs.
so now you have all those, so let's go back and count them up...eight and a half. if you ask me, we are spoiled when it comes to Christian radio. there are some parts of the country that don't have a good solid Contemporary Christian radio station, or they do, but it's so far away they only get it in their car. i really wish we could share the joy of having a Christian radio station that inspires, and helps people grow in their faith by playing the right song at the right time.
i really hope that during the course of my career, i can help to start a Christian radio station in a place that really needs one. a good solid local station that will help to change the lives of the area. it's going to take so much work and experience, but i know that i can totally do it with God's help. and hopefully he'll bring other people in my life who can help.
so next time you're complaining that they're isn't a good station to listen to, and you live in South Central PA, scan that thing again, because you're just not trying hard enough.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
list of firsts
i'm going to be completing a list of "firsts" tomorrow, and i just wanted to list them all out here, because i think about things differently when i am reading them and can see it in front of me. okay, so here we go:
tomorrow it will be my first time to...
-go inside the BWI airport
-fly on an airplane
-be in Indiana
-be at Indianapolis
-go inside the Indianapolis airport
-only be in a city for 55 minutes
-be in Denver
-be in Colorado
-go inside the Denver airport
-see those wonderful mountains with my own eyes instead of seeing them on TV or in pictures
-be in the Mountain Standard Times Zone
-travel just with a friend
-Travel with Allergies
-Travel with Benadryl
-Travel with an EpiPen
-use my new luggage
-be that far away from home
-be in a state that isn't connected to any other states i've been to(i know, i make it sound like an island)
-see my friend's house that they moved into several years ago
well, that's all i can think of for now. it's quite the list. but i'm sure it'll be great! i have lots of podcasts, music, Noelle, God, my Bible, and a book to keep me company. oh, and how could we forget my sudoku book?
i guess i'll try to update this at least once while i'm out there. it would be really fun to post something from out there. we'll see.
tomorrow it will be my first time to...
-go inside the BWI airport
-fly on an airplane
-be in Indiana
-be at Indianapolis
-go inside the Indianapolis airport
-only be in a city for 55 minutes
-be in Denver
-be in Colorado
-go inside the Denver airport
-see those wonderful mountains with my own eyes instead of seeing them on TV or in pictures
-be in the Mountain Standard Times Zone
-travel just with a friend
-Travel with Allergies
-Travel with Benadryl
-Travel with an EpiPen
-use my new luggage
-be that far away from home
-be in a state that isn't connected to any other states i've been to(i know, i make it sound like an island)
-see my friend's house that they moved into several years ago
well, that's all i can think of for now. it's quite the list. but i'm sure it'll be great! i have lots of podcasts, music, Noelle, God, my Bible, and a book to keep me company. oh, and how could we forget my sudoku book?
i guess i'll try to update this at least once while i'm out there. it would be really fun to post something from out there. we'll see.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wow
okay, so most everyone knows that pretty soon i will be trying something new. i will be flying in an airplane. it will also be my first time going anywhere that lies west of the Mississippi River. thankfully, i do not have to take in this adventure all by myself. a friend of mine will be coming alone with me, being my personal expert on flying, and making sure i'm not an unaccompanied minor.(for pete's sakes, i'm turing 18 in two and a half months. but it's okay, she just turned 18 last March. talk about beating the system.)
there's sort of a fear i have of flying right now. it's partly because i've never flown before in my life. i've never even gotten to ride in a helicopter of hot air balloon or anything. sometimes when i really think about it, and think about what could happen to the plane, or while i'm on the plane, it kinda scares me. a lot of that is just because it's unknown, so i'm not entirely sure of what to be afraid of.
i really need to start getting everything together to start packing. i've slowly been getting everything together, but i need to finish that process. i feel like i have so much to do. at least it's not my entire family going on vacation. if it was, we'd have to empty out the refrigerator, and giving gallons of milk away, and all kinds of craziness.
Through this time of getting ready, i've learned a lot. i learned why my family has never flown instead of driving somewhere.(it's sooooo expensive. way too expensive to take five people all at once)
all in all, i know it will be one of the most exciting adventures in my life. and hey, maybe i'll write a song from it. so i guess if you could be praying for me, that'd be great. i will be leaving in one week.
there's sort of a fear i have of flying right now. it's partly because i've never flown before in my life. i've never even gotten to ride in a helicopter of hot air balloon or anything. sometimes when i really think about it, and think about what could happen to the plane, or while i'm on the plane, it kinda scares me. a lot of that is just because it's unknown, so i'm not entirely sure of what to be afraid of.
i really need to start getting everything together to start packing. i've slowly been getting everything together, but i need to finish that process. i feel like i have so much to do. at least it's not my entire family going on vacation. if it was, we'd have to empty out the refrigerator, and giving gallons of milk away, and all kinds of craziness.
Through this time of getting ready, i've learned a lot. i learned why my family has never flown instead of driving somewhere.(it's sooooo expensive. way too expensive to take five people all at once)
all in all, i know it will be one of the most exciting adventures in my life. and hey, maybe i'll write a song from it. so i guess if you could be praying for me, that'd be great. i will be leaving in one week.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Saying goodbye
okay, you guys, i just thought i should let you know that this is my 100th post. so let's celebrate! and what better was to Celebrate than by recapping last night's graduation. I was an usher last night at graduation, along with a few other class of 09 people. we were supposed to meet in the back of the parking lot at McDonalds at 5:45. so i got there a tad early, and at first no one came. i thought i was just going to drive myself over. but then three other girls came and asked me if i had a parking pass. since i was the only one of us who had the special parking pass, i took all three of them with me. so we go to Messiah College, and i park where my dad always parks for work, which is where Mrs. Sassaman instructed me to park. And then we get in to where we need to be, and get instructions from Mrs. Sassaman and Mrs. Hoover. After that we got to take tickets and hand out programs as people came in. all in all it was very well organized. Mrs. Sassaman does a great job, and the Campus Events team also does a wonderful job at running this whole thing.
Eventually it was time to start. They had a few stray chairs for us to sit, or we could go and find somewhere to sit, but that seemed a lot harder to do, so i just grabbed a folding chair and positioned myself right next to a door. there was another guy there with me who decided to camp out there as well. it actually helped out because we were able to be there to answer people's questions, while still being able to enjoy the ceremony.
i found it fascinating how everyone entered. most of the high school teachers, along with some middle school teachers, and elementary school principals came in dressed in their cap and gowns. they formed the aisle for the students to walk through. then the students came in two by two, and they got to see all their teachers, who had the opportunity to offer their congratulations to them. i got to say hi to a bunch of my teachers, including some of the middle school ones. That was really neat, and i'm glad i was able to see it before i actually went through it.
I also liked that they came in two, because it's a smart way to speed up the process. also, i think it must have been nice for the students as they could have someone to talk to or just have there in case they felt like going crazy. once they all got in and seated, the senior class president came and gave a speech. then the superintendent gave a speech. then three speeches, two being metaphor speeches. the last one was really funny.
After that Mr. Harris(head principal) came up and started calling all the names of everyone. it actually went pretty quick, which made me surprised. i guess i do need to remind myself that my class is a bit bigger than the class of '08.
Towards the beginning there was one name we were listening for. his first name is Easton, and we've been waiting six years for him to finish high school. and we were hoping so bad that he would graduate this year, because he's 21 now, or he will be 21, so he wouldn't be allowed to come back next year. his last name starts with a B, so he walked across the stage early on. once they called his name, everyone in those maroon cap and gowns were on their feet cheering that he had finally passed through beyond high school. I'm not sure how many of the parents and other family members out there knew what was going on, but it was priceless to see that class give so much support to him. i'm pretty sure the cheering went on for at least a minute before Mr. Harris resumed the rest of the names of everyone else.
throughout the rest of the ceremony, i made sure to clap loud for all my friends. They came out the same way they came in, minus the teachers. I liked this because then i could say hi to my friends as they went out.
I had tried to take as many pictures as possible, but a lot of them were blurry. Dad says it's hard to take pictures in that Arena, although i'm not really sure why. But i do know that i tried my best, and ended up getting some good ones. even some of the blurry ones look artistic. if you're friends with me on facebook, you can go right now to check out the album of my pictures from graduation.
i'm very glad i got to see graduation from this side of things first. being the oldest, this whole process of being a senior is so new to myself and my parents. It's nice to have such great friends to go before you and help to guide your steps as you follow.
Today i get to complete another step towards officially being a senior. i have senior pictures later today. i hope the rain either just pours down now, or holds off all together, because i really want a lot of outside pictures. oh well, i'm sure it'll work out.
Congratulations Class of 2008. May God be with you as you face the next stage in your life. I'll still be here in high school if anyone wants to come visit. :-P
Eventually it was time to start. They had a few stray chairs for us to sit, or we could go and find somewhere to sit, but that seemed a lot harder to do, so i just grabbed a folding chair and positioned myself right next to a door. there was another guy there with me who decided to camp out there as well. it actually helped out because we were able to be there to answer people's questions, while still being able to enjoy the ceremony.
i found it fascinating how everyone entered. most of the high school teachers, along with some middle school teachers, and elementary school principals came in dressed in their cap and gowns. they formed the aisle for the students to walk through. then the students came in two by two, and they got to see all their teachers, who had the opportunity to offer their congratulations to them. i got to say hi to a bunch of my teachers, including some of the middle school ones. That was really neat, and i'm glad i was able to see it before i actually went through it.
I also liked that they came in two, because it's a smart way to speed up the process. also, i think it must have been nice for the students as they could have someone to talk to or just have there in case they felt like going crazy. once they all got in and seated, the senior class president came and gave a speech. then the superintendent gave a speech. then three speeches, two being metaphor speeches. the last one was really funny.
After that Mr. Harris(head principal) came up and started calling all the names of everyone. it actually went pretty quick, which made me surprised. i guess i do need to remind myself that my class is a bit bigger than the class of '08.
Towards the beginning there was one name we were listening for. his first name is Easton, and we've been waiting six years for him to finish high school. and we were hoping so bad that he would graduate this year, because he's 21 now, or he will be 21, so he wouldn't be allowed to come back next year. his last name starts with a B, so he walked across the stage early on. once they called his name, everyone in those maroon cap and gowns were on their feet cheering that he had finally passed through beyond high school. I'm not sure how many of the parents and other family members out there knew what was going on, but it was priceless to see that class give so much support to him. i'm pretty sure the cheering went on for at least a minute before Mr. Harris resumed the rest of the names of everyone else.
throughout the rest of the ceremony, i made sure to clap loud for all my friends. They came out the same way they came in, minus the teachers. I liked this because then i could say hi to my friends as they went out.
I had tried to take as many pictures as possible, but a lot of them were blurry. Dad says it's hard to take pictures in that Arena, although i'm not really sure why. But i do know that i tried my best, and ended up getting some good ones. even some of the blurry ones look artistic. if you're friends with me on facebook, you can go right now to check out the album of my pictures from graduation.
i'm very glad i got to see graduation from this side of things first. being the oldest, this whole process of being a senior is so new to myself and my parents. It's nice to have such great friends to go before you and help to guide your steps as you follow.
Today i get to complete another step towards officially being a senior. i have senior pictures later today. i hope the rain either just pours down now, or holds off all together, because i really want a lot of outside pictures. oh well, i'm sure it'll work out.
Congratulations Class of 2008. May God be with you as you face the next stage in your life. I'll still be here in high school if anyone wants to come visit. :-P
Friday, May 30, 2008
hmmm...
As most of you know, the entire Christian Music Community has been reaching out for the past 9 days to the Chapman family, and helping them through their time of grieving the loss of little Maria. I just now read about another passing of a COCA(Child Of a Christian Artist). this time it deals with Nicol Sponberg, and her two-month old child. Nicol Sponberg had been in the group Selah, but now does her own CDs and stuff. anyways, apparently the child died in his sleep, probably from SIDS. That's so weird that there would be two of these types of deaths in just under ten days. I just wanted to put that piece of news out there for people to be praying for these families. The great thing about being a Christian Artist, as compared to just a regular mainstream artist, is that when something like this happens, you have literally everyone for support. You have all your fans praying for you, which is so powerful, and you have colleagues who drop whatever they are doing the second they hear about it, and come to be with you. it must be really encouraging from that perspective, and i think it's a reminder of how the body of Christ needs to be. We need to come together like everyone did(and still is) for the Steven Curtis Chapman incident. It's amazing to see, and read about what all happened, positives, in just two or three days last week to put together an amazing service to honor the life of Maria. from what i've read about on his manager's blog, it was very moving. and it's moving all of us.
so as "Miracle of the Moment" plays on the radio right now, i bid you goodnight. another action packed adventure will commence tomorrow. Life was never really promised to be boring when God's involved.
so as "Miracle of the Moment" plays on the radio right now, i bid you goodnight. another action packed adventure will commence tomorrow. Life was never really promised to be boring when God's involved.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
A time to learn even more
Yesterday, I had an opportunity to visit a place that I would have never imagined going to. I had the opportunity to go to WITF in Harrisburg. Many of you know that I have a huge interest in radio and broadcasting, and that's what I want to do with my life. So I just had to take up this opportunity to explore and learn. There was another girl from my school who went along, and the School-to-Career Coordinator drove us there.
To start off with, we met in the Guidance office to get ready to leave at around 8:30am Friday morning. We went to leave, and it was pouring outside. So we rushed to Ms. Dynan's car, and on our way we went. We headed towards I-81 north, however that was backed up because of a truck accident. I had actually heard about the accident at 6 that morning, and was surprised that there was still some back up from it. So we took some back roads, and got on 81 at an exit further north. So we were supposed to arrive at WITF at 9:00, but we didn't get there until 9:20. That was okay though, because the lady giving the tour was still talking to the group at that point.
I would like to pause here to say just how much WITF has been a part of my life. It's probably the first station I ever started watching on a regular basis. Since my family has never had cable (yes, we keep living, and we're fine!) I haven't been one to watch Nick Jr. or whatever other channels on a regular basis. Even now that I'm older, I watch some of PBS's programming when I can. I love watching all the cooking shows during the summer. They are just a wealth of information and education.
I know even in the winter of 2007, there was one weekend when both my dad and I were sick. We were literally sick the entire weekend. So on that saturday, all day we had the TV on, but most of the time it was on PBS. It's nice because most of their shows are family friendly. It doesn't mean that kids would be interested in it, but they could watch it if they wanted to. So we watched home improvement shows, and cooking shows, and traveling shows. They have a really great variety of shows, and anyone could find a show on their that they might like.
Anyways, back to my visit. There were all different kids from a variety of different schools. All of us had some interesting in going into the broadcasting industry. We got to see the control room, which you can actually see from the lobby, through a bunch of glass windows. We could see what was on TV right at that moment, both on the regular station and the HD station.(my family just recently got the box to get those HD channels, and we love the HD channel for PBS!) After that we entered into the rest of the building. We saw where they broadcast the Radio station. The radio station they have is a classical NPR(National Public Radio) station.
We see inside where they do the teleprompter for some of their live stuff, and got to learn about all the elements of a live broadcast that they do. We also got to see the set for a show called Smart Talk, as well as get an idea of what other kinds of sets they have in that room. After that we went into the board room, where five employees talked to us about careers in broadcasting, and how they got their start. actually, one of them worked for human resources. But they answered our questions about internships, and just general questions about broadcasting. I recognized the voices of at least two of the people talking to us, because of hearing them on the radio, or being the voice of various TV spots. They were very blunt about the fact that it's a hard industry to enter into.
Afterwards, some schools had to leave, but most of us stayed longer and tried out the Demonstration Station. They had a camera, and teleprompter, and it's a nifty room to practice your presentation skills in. So I ran the teleprompter, and two other girls gave a news story. it was fun getting to try it out.
All in all I'm really glad I got to go. Ms. Dynan told me that I'll have to come to her at the beginning of the year next year, to get the list of these kinds of field trips, so I can try to go on all the broadcasting ones. That will be very exciting, and I'm glad I discovered these kinds of things while I'm still a junior in high school, so i still have one more year left. Also, hopefully it won't be quite as painful to miss school next year. I think this week I was in school for a total of 3 days. For someone who hasn't missed a day all year, that's a lot.
Well, sorry again for my long post, but as you can tell, I had a great time. I was even able to inform Ms. Dynan of a shorter way to go home. I think I surprised myself that I even knew of that way.
Anyways, I hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend.
To start off with, we met in the Guidance office to get ready to leave at around 8:30am Friday morning. We went to leave, and it was pouring outside. So we rushed to Ms. Dynan's car, and on our way we went. We headed towards I-81 north, however that was backed up because of a truck accident. I had actually heard about the accident at 6 that morning, and was surprised that there was still some back up from it. So we took some back roads, and got on 81 at an exit further north. So we were supposed to arrive at WITF at 9:00, but we didn't get there until 9:20. That was okay though, because the lady giving the tour was still talking to the group at that point.
I would like to pause here to say just how much WITF has been a part of my life. It's probably the first station I ever started watching on a regular basis. Since my family has never had cable (yes, we keep living, and we're fine!) I haven't been one to watch Nick Jr. or whatever other channels on a regular basis. Even now that I'm older, I watch some of PBS's programming when I can. I love watching all the cooking shows during the summer. They are just a wealth of information and education.
I know even in the winter of 2007, there was one weekend when both my dad and I were sick. We were literally sick the entire weekend. So on that saturday, all day we had the TV on, but most of the time it was on PBS. It's nice because most of their shows are family friendly. It doesn't mean that kids would be interested in it, but they could watch it if they wanted to. So we watched home improvement shows, and cooking shows, and traveling shows. They have a really great variety of shows, and anyone could find a show on their that they might like.
Anyways, back to my visit. There were all different kids from a variety of different schools. All of us had some interesting in going into the broadcasting industry. We got to see the control room, which you can actually see from the lobby, through a bunch of glass windows. We could see what was on TV right at that moment, both on the regular station and the HD station.(my family just recently got the box to get those HD channels, and we love the HD channel for PBS!) After that we entered into the rest of the building. We saw where they broadcast the Radio station. The radio station they have is a classical NPR(National Public Radio) station.
We see inside where they do the teleprompter for some of their live stuff, and got to learn about all the elements of a live broadcast that they do. We also got to see the set for a show called Smart Talk, as well as get an idea of what other kinds of sets they have in that room. After that we went into the board room, where five employees talked to us about careers in broadcasting, and how they got their start. actually, one of them worked for human resources. But they answered our questions about internships, and just general questions about broadcasting. I recognized the voices of at least two of the people talking to us, because of hearing them on the radio, or being the voice of various TV spots. They were very blunt about the fact that it's a hard industry to enter into.
Afterwards, some schools had to leave, but most of us stayed longer and tried out the Demonstration Station. They had a camera, and teleprompter, and it's a nifty room to practice your presentation skills in. So I ran the teleprompter, and two other girls gave a news story. it was fun getting to try it out.
All in all I'm really glad I got to go. Ms. Dynan told me that I'll have to come to her at the beginning of the year next year, to get the list of these kinds of field trips, so I can try to go on all the broadcasting ones. That will be very exciting, and I'm glad I discovered these kinds of things while I'm still a junior in high school, so i still have one more year left. Also, hopefully it won't be quite as painful to miss school next year. I think this week I was in school for a total of 3 days. For someone who hasn't missed a day all year, that's a lot.
Well, sorry again for my long post, but as you can tell, I had a great time. I was even able to inform Ms. Dynan of a shorter way to go home. I think I surprised myself that I even knew of that way.
Anyways, I hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Worship Through Moshing???
Last night my brother and i went to a concert at one of the mega churches around here. it was in their senior high youth room, and it was cheap because a mission organization around here was sponsoring it. the band giving the concert? Dizmas. never heard of them? well, before you read any further, click here. okay, now that you've listened to at least half the songs on that website, we can continue.
it was a smaller crowd than your normal, GIANT Center concert. it was basically a bunch of teenagers from the area youth groups hanging out together. it was nice because pretty much all of us got to be up front. and, my brother was excited because he was going to get to mosh. now i'm going to have to make this really quick, because i need to leave for church here in the next few minutes. anyways, apparently some other guys wanted to get in on this moshing action. so they did, they moshed through a few songs. and this was the reason why i had the camera.
so i was thinking about it later, and thinking that moshing is such a guy thing. Joel agreed. i also feel like in moshing can be a way of worship. i'm not against it, as long as it's not to violent. i would never get into it, but it think it's cool that God provides so many ways for us to glorify him.
it was a smaller crowd than your normal, GIANT Center concert. it was basically a bunch of teenagers from the area youth groups hanging out together. it was nice because pretty much all of us got to be up front. and, my brother was excited because he was going to get to mosh. now i'm going to have to make this really quick, because i need to leave for church here in the next few minutes. anyways, apparently some other guys wanted to get in on this moshing action. so they did, they moshed through a few songs. and this was the reason why i had the camera.
so i was thinking about it later, and thinking that moshing is such a guy thing. Joel agreed. i also feel like in moshing can be a way of worship. i'm not against it, as long as it's not to violent. i would never get into it, but it think it's cool that God provides so many ways for us to glorify him.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Needing some support
I would just like to ask for prayer tomorrow. all of us juniors have to present our Senior High Projects tomorrow. actually, after next year, the term Senior High Project probably won't even exist. after that it will be called "Graduation Project" aka Project Dreams. here's a video to explain. well not really, but it's still cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tyOgluKzpE
Anyways, my class is the only one who could chose whether we wanted to do Senior High Project, or Project Dreams. I went with Senior High Project, because i was already halfway through by the time they told us we could pick. anyways, we all had to write a four page paper, and do a 15 minute presentation. we all handed in our papers at the end of March, and tomorrow we all present. and if we don't have it done, we still need to go(or else they'll punish us somehow) and tell them what we have done. it sounds really scary, but from what i've heard it's not, because the teachers really try to work with you to make sure you have a plan to get it done.
this is not the case for me. i did my 100 hours, and loved it! i have my presentation prepared, and have been constantly going over it in my head. tonight i need to make sure i have everything together, and then tomorrow morning, at 10:15 i will be heading up to the school. i present at 10:40, but i want to be there early. oh, that reminds me, i also need to get together what i plan to wear tomorrow.
so if all of you could just pray that i'm relaxed, and that i remember everything, then we're good. and hopefully i can make this thing be 15 minutes long. i don't think it'll be that bad. all the current seniors that i've talked to have said that it's really not that bad. it's a graduation requirement, so none of us can get out of it. it's one of those things you just have to do.
i do have to commend the school on the way that they are handling the way we present these things. it's all on one day, and the juniors have to come in only when we are scheduled to present. the freshmen, sophomores, and seniors don't have to come in at all. so i'll probably end up being at school for 1 and a half hours at the most.
so am i scared? a little. part of that comes from the unknown. i don't know which teachers will be in there evaluating me. i don't know how this is going to pan out, and i don't know what God will throw at me next. but i'm confident in my topic, and i have lots of stories from my project that i can always add in. so i'm open to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
it also helps that i'll have some time to regroup afterwards, because i'm waiting for one of my friends to finish up hers so we can go out to lunch. so i'll probably just hang out in commons, and bring a book. actually, i'll probably bring my notebook. that will be a great time to do some song writing, and journaling.
wow, i never expect these things to be this long. why can't i get my research paper to be long?
Anyways, my class is the only one who could chose whether we wanted to do Senior High Project, or Project Dreams. I went with Senior High Project, because i was already halfway through by the time they told us we could pick. anyways, we all had to write a four page paper, and do a 15 minute presentation. we all handed in our papers at the end of March, and tomorrow we all present. and if we don't have it done, we still need to go(or else they'll punish us somehow) and tell them what we have done. it sounds really scary, but from what i've heard it's not, because the teachers really try to work with you to make sure you have a plan to get it done.
this is not the case for me. i did my 100 hours, and loved it! i have my presentation prepared, and have been constantly going over it in my head. tonight i need to make sure i have everything together, and then tomorrow morning, at 10:15 i will be heading up to the school. i present at 10:40, but i want to be there early. oh, that reminds me, i also need to get together what i plan to wear tomorrow.
so if all of you could just pray that i'm relaxed, and that i remember everything, then we're good. and hopefully i can make this thing be 15 minutes long. i don't think it'll be that bad. all the current seniors that i've talked to have said that it's really not that bad. it's a graduation requirement, so none of us can get out of it. it's one of those things you just have to do.
i do have to commend the school on the way that they are handling the way we present these things. it's all on one day, and the juniors have to come in only when we are scheduled to present. the freshmen, sophomores, and seniors don't have to come in at all. so i'll probably end up being at school for 1 and a half hours at the most.
so am i scared? a little. part of that comes from the unknown. i don't know which teachers will be in there evaluating me. i don't know how this is going to pan out, and i don't know what God will throw at me next. but i'm confident in my topic, and i have lots of stories from my project that i can always add in. so i'm open to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
it also helps that i'll have some time to regroup afterwards, because i'm waiting for one of my friends to finish up hers so we can go out to lunch. so i'll probably just hang out in commons, and bring a book. actually, i'll probably bring my notebook. that will be a great time to do some song writing, and journaling.
wow, i never expect these things to be this long. why can't i get my research paper to be long?
Monday, April 14, 2008
so i was trying to do my family a favor...
by asking my mom to buy whole wheat noodles. i had been learning about making half our grains we eat each day whole grain in Foods class, and figured a great way to get started with that would be to see if Mom could start getting some whole grain noodles. we could always use whole grain noodles in the pasta dishes we make, such as tube noodle stuff, or goolash.(both are basically noodles, meat, tomatoes, herbs, and cheese)
so she got some boxes of whole wheat noodles, and made tube noodle stuff. but the two times i ate the tube noodle stuff (once at dinner, and then for leftovers), i had a slight allergic reaction.(which just involved my lip swelling a little bit, nothing too serious.) i wasn't exactly sure what it was. the only things different were the kind of tomatoes my mom used, and the noodles. so we held off on making stuff with whole wheat noodles, and mom went back to her original brand of tomatoes. then i went back to making my concoctions with some of the noodles that are basically the equivalent to egg noodles, but whole wheat. i didn't get any reactions with those.
so tonight i had some whole wheat noodles that i had boiled on saturday, but didn't get a chance to eat. my mom had called and told us to meet her at a local pizza place for lunch. so i made a cheese sauce for them, and had supper. but as soon as i finished what was on my plate, and went up for some more, i noticed my mouth feeling ichy. so i decided that i didn't want seconds. then i swallowed, because that's how i know if i'm having an allergic reaction or not. i was definitely having one. i quickly got a glass of water, and then i made a bee-line to my purse, where i dumped out all of its contents until i came across the Benadryl.(oh, that reminds me, i still need to go clean that up...) so back to the kitchen i go to take this thing. so i did, and my parents and i decided it's that brand of noodles. that's what caused it. everything in the sauce is stuff i have on a regular basis. so i'm wondering what's in this stuff that made my mouth panic, and i feel bad for asking my mom to get it in the first place.
so i guess after my mouth quits feeling numb, i will go back and eat something else, something i know i'm not allergic to. if you don't have allergies, be very thankful. but also, be open and prepared to interact with people who have allergies. there might be precautions you have to take that you think are dumb, but the truth is, you're making sure the lives around you aren't in danger. i'm even still learning how to take those precautions. i never really knew about my allergies until a year and a half ago. so my family has been slowly adjusting. it's nice though because on my mom's side of the family they're trying to learn with us.
like at Christmas, some of the Christmas cookies have nuts in them, because that's what some people like. so one plate had the cookies without nuts, and another plate had all the cookies with nuts. each had plastic over it. so they took the plastic off and set it aside so we could have our cookies after lunch. there's only one problem, they forgot which piece of plastic went with the nuts. so we know for next year that we need to mark one of them so we don't get them mixed up. it was no biggie though, they just got new sheets of plastic wrap for both of them.
it's interesting how that side of the family is very aware of my allergies, and makes sure that i'm not "left out" because of people getting candy with nuts.(on the sunday after Valentines day everyone at Grandma's house got Reese's peanutbutter cups, and i got a milkyway!) but on the other side i'm pretty sure they don't remember at all. last Christmas some people gave candy as gifts, and that candy had nuts in it. actually, one of them had almonds, which i consider my worst food allergy. no worries. my brother liked the extra candy, and my mom got me a dark chocolate bar, and someone else in my family had the extra candy bar with nuts. i figure while it's good for people to be aware, they probably have bigger things to worry about, so it's no use getting upset over.
having food allergies is nice when it comes to ice cream. whenever there's ice cream with nuts(as well as kinds that i can have) i get the first choice so we know the spoon is clean and not contaminated. it's also been interesting to see what exactly is in my food. i have become much more aware of all of that now. while i could just look for the bold print that says: this product contains nuts, there are some foods i'm allergic to that i really have to read into the label. like sesame seeds.
well, i've rambled on enough. my allergic reaction has been resolved now, and the taste of the vanilla mint is slowly making its exit. maybe i should've just had a ham sandwich. i wonder what i should do with all those extra whole wheat noodles....
so she got some boxes of whole wheat noodles, and made tube noodle stuff. but the two times i ate the tube noodle stuff (once at dinner, and then for leftovers), i had a slight allergic reaction.(which just involved my lip swelling a little bit, nothing too serious.) i wasn't exactly sure what it was. the only things different were the kind of tomatoes my mom used, and the noodles. so we held off on making stuff with whole wheat noodles, and mom went back to her original brand of tomatoes. then i went back to making my concoctions with some of the noodles that are basically the equivalent to egg noodles, but whole wheat. i didn't get any reactions with those.
so tonight i had some whole wheat noodles that i had boiled on saturday, but didn't get a chance to eat. my mom had called and told us to meet her at a local pizza place for lunch. so i made a cheese sauce for them, and had supper. but as soon as i finished what was on my plate, and went up for some more, i noticed my mouth feeling ichy. so i decided that i didn't want seconds. then i swallowed, because that's how i know if i'm having an allergic reaction or not. i was definitely having one. i quickly got a glass of water, and then i made a bee-line to my purse, where i dumped out all of its contents until i came across the Benadryl.(oh, that reminds me, i still need to go clean that up...) so back to the kitchen i go to take this thing. so i did, and my parents and i decided it's that brand of noodles. that's what caused it. everything in the sauce is stuff i have on a regular basis. so i'm wondering what's in this stuff that made my mouth panic, and i feel bad for asking my mom to get it in the first place.
so i guess after my mouth quits feeling numb, i will go back and eat something else, something i know i'm not allergic to. if you don't have allergies, be very thankful. but also, be open and prepared to interact with people who have allergies. there might be precautions you have to take that you think are dumb, but the truth is, you're making sure the lives around you aren't in danger. i'm even still learning how to take those precautions. i never really knew about my allergies until a year and a half ago. so my family has been slowly adjusting. it's nice though because on my mom's side of the family they're trying to learn with us.
like at Christmas, some of the Christmas cookies have nuts in them, because that's what some people like. so one plate had the cookies without nuts, and another plate had all the cookies with nuts. each had plastic over it. so they took the plastic off and set it aside so we could have our cookies after lunch. there's only one problem, they forgot which piece of plastic went with the nuts. so we know for next year that we need to mark one of them so we don't get them mixed up. it was no biggie though, they just got new sheets of plastic wrap for both of them.
it's interesting how that side of the family is very aware of my allergies, and makes sure that i'm not "left out" because of people getting candy with nuts.(on the sunday after Valentines day everyone at Grandma's house got Reese's peanutbutter cups, and i got a milkyway!) but on the other side i'm pretty sure they don't remember at all. last Christmas some people gave candy as gifts, and that candy had nuts in it. actually, one of them had almonds, which i consider my worst food allergy. no worries. my brother liked the extra candy, and my mom got me a dark chocolate bar, and someone else in my family had the extra candy bar with nuts. i figure while it's good for people to be aware, they probably have bigger things to worry about, so it's no use getting upset over.
having food allergies is nice when it comes to ice cream. whenever there's ice cream with nuts(as well as kinds that i can have) i get the first choice so we know the spoon is clean and not contaminated. it's also been interesting to see what exactly is in my food. i have become much more aware of all of that now. while i could just look for the bold print that says: this product contains nuts, there are some foods i'm allergic to that i really have to read into the label. like sesame seeds.
well, i've rambled on enough. my allergic reaction has been resolved now, and the taste of the vanilla mint is slowly making its exit. maybe i should've just had a ham sandwich. i wonder what i should do with all those extra whole wheat noodles....
Friday, March 14, 2008
So Here's the big Story
So on Wednesday night, i was running around, trying to get everything together so i could leave for Chill Time.(umm, glossery: Chill time: wednesday night fellowship time at local youth group. we play video games, do homework, and play Apples to Apples. fun times) it's a come whenever kind of thing so there really is no "on time" except for the time you, and only you intend to get there. my target time is 6:00, but when Joel's home he makes it later because he takes forever to get ready. but Joel was on his way home from a science competition. so anyways, i was getting ready to leave, when the phone rang. Mom answered it, and it was for me. i was hoping it wasn't work asking me to come in, because i would really be irritated at that.(i'm not normally available on wednesdays) but it wasn't work, it was the executive producer of the Weekend 22. I believe i've talked about the Weekend 22 on here before. it's a countdown show for Christian music. it's really awesome, and my siblings and i try very hard to listen to it every week. anyways, he was calling because i had won a contest. now, if you would go back and read the post from when i won a book from the Weekend 22, you would recall that it just showed up. there was no letter, no flyer, just the book. but see, this contest that they were calling about wasn't just any regular contest. it had a grand prize.
and this grand prize was a really nice guitar. and it's one of those deals where they would call the person to tell them that they won, and then they would get all excited and every0ne listening at home would go "that is so cool, i wish i would've won." well, i had at least won the Sanctus Real CD.("We Need Each Other"). so i needed to wait an hour to see if i had won. so i decided not to go to Chill Time, and be under house arrest.
so i tried to do my math homework while i waited. except i got distracted. i was IMing Barb and Liz about what i was going through. the guy said to make sure i got really excited if i won, so it would come through to the listeners. i'm not that great at that, because i'm more of an all smiles person, and tend to be speechless at those sort of things. at the same time i didn't want to work myself up so much and then not get that call. it was a fine line to walk on. so then the phone rings, and my gut jumps to my throat. but it's not for me, it's someone returning my mom's call. so i continue with math homework and IMing.
then we get another phone call. this one is for me, and they are recording it.(they told me they would record the conversation, sorry i forgot to mention that earlier.) so i won it. i am going to be getting an electric guitar. don't ask me what kind it is, or if it's signed by Sanctus Real, because i really don't know. and while i do care in the long run, right now i don't care, because i'm just happy that i'm getting another guitar! i already play acoustic, so now i get to start something new. and this is something that i never would have been able to just say "Hey, let's try and learn how to play the electric guitar!" because i don't have the money to buy one in the first place. i barely had enough money to buy an acoustic guitar a few years ago.
anyways, those are the details that Liz was trying to pry out of me. once i get the guitar, i will be sure and post a picture of it on here, so you can all see. oh, and if you want to here me on a nationally syndicated show, be sure and tune in to the Weekend 22 on March 22. if your station doesn't play the Weekend 22, you can contact me, and i'll tell you when it's on my station so that you can listen online.
so i still got to go to some of Chill Time. i volunteered to pick up Joel at the school, and then on the way home we stopped at the church to say hi to everyone. i had felt bad for not going in the first place because i told one of my friends that i'd be there. but it turns out she left early because she wasn't feeling well. but that was okay, it was nice to go even for just a few minutes.
So this is a very excited Abby, signing off. God is awesome, never forget it!
and this grand prize was a really nice guitar. and it's one of those deals where they would call the person to tell them that they won, and then they would get all excited and every0ne listening at home would go "that is so cool, i wish i would've won." well, i had at least won the Sanctus Real CD.("We Need Each Other"). so i needed to wait an hour to see if i had won. so i decided not to go to Chill Time, and be under house arrest.
so i tried to do my math homework while i waited. except i got distracted. i was IMing Barb and Liz about what i was going through. the guy said to make sure i got really excited if i won, so it would come through to the listeners. i'm not that great at that, because i'm more of an all smiles person, and tend to be speechless at those sort of things. at the same time i didn't want to work myself up so much and then not get that call. it was a fine line to walk on. so then the phone rings, and my gut jumps to my throat. but it's not for me, it's someone returning my mom's call. so i continue with math homework and IMing.
then we get another phone call. this one is for me, and they are recording it.(they told me they would record the conversation, sorry i forgot to mention that earlier.) so i won it. i am going to be getting an electric guitar. don't ask me what kind it is, or if it's signed by Sanctus Real, because i really don't know. and while i do care in the long run, right now i don't care, because i'm just happy that i'm getting another guitar! i already play acoustic, so now i get to start something new. and this is something that i never would have been able to just say "Hey, let's try and learn how to play the electric guitar!" because i don't have the money to buy one in the first place. i barely had enough money to buy an acoustic guitar a few years ago.
anyways, those are the details that Liz was trying to pry out of me. once i get the guitar, i will be sure and post a picture of it on here, so you can all see. oh, and if you want to here me on a nationally syndicated show, be sure and tune in to the Weekend 22 on March 22. if your station doesn't play the Weekend 22, you can contact me, and i'll tell you when it's on my station so that you can listen online.
so i still got to go to some of Chill Time. i volunteered to pick up Joel at the school, and then on the way home we stopped at the church to say hi to everyone. i had felt bad for not going in the first place because i told one of my friends that i'd be there. but it turns out she left early because she wasn't feeling well. but that was okay, it was nice to go even for just a few minutes.
So this is a very excited Abby, signing off. God is awesome, never forget it!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Wow
I would just like to thank Jesus for all the opportunities He gives me to let His light shine through me.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok, i just need to keep remembering that, according to The Message, in 1 Peter 5:7, it says that God will promote me at the right time. once again, i find myself right at "that time". i found myself there with the Jeopardy audition quiz thingy, and numerous other contests. and now, it could be here again. so i gave up going to youth group tonight in order to possibly gain something that could help people in youth group. i'm not sure if i'm allowed to say it now, although it wouldn't much matter in an hour. so needless to say this is all quite exciting. while i'm waiting for the hour to pass, i'm busying myself with math homework. well, and then i need to do some history stuff. anyways, i should get on it. in the meantime, i need to work on getting really excited.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
That makes Three
I just on Jesusfreakhideout.com that Larry Norman passed away. for those of you who choose to block Christian music history from your brain, Larry Norman had a huge impact on Christian music as we know it. He's one of the Christian music pioneers. He's one of those guys they play on the WJTL Archives on saturday nights from 9-12.(i would like to confess at this moment that i don't listen to that show much. i can do the classic cafe, but the archives go a little too far back for me.)
As far as i'm concerned, that makes three who are with God right now. Over 25 years ago, Keith Green went to be with the Lord, and then ten years ago Rich Mullins. I have a feeling i'll be hearing more Larry Norman songs on the radio for a season. i also suspect that in the next year there will be a CD put out that has to do with Larry Norman, whether it's a greatest hits, or today's Christian artists doing covers of some of his songs. that's just the kind of thing we like to do. so just be keeping his family and friends in prayer, for this must be a very difficult time for him. for more information you can visit www.jesusfreakhideout.com, www.larrynorman.com, or www.cmcentral.com.
As far as i'm concerned, that makes three who are with God right now. Over 25 years ago, Keith Green went to be with the Lord, and then ten years ago Rich Mullins. I have a feeling i'll be hearing more Larry Norman songs on the radio for a season. i also suspect that in the next year there will be a CD put out that has to do with Larry Norman, whether it's a greatest hits, or today's Christian artists doing covers of some of his songs. that's just the kind of thing we like to do. so just be keeping his family and friends in prayer, for this must be a very difficult time for him. for more information you can visit www.jesusfreakhideout.com, www.larrynorman.com, or www.cmcentral.com.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
767 and still going
That's how many songs i have on my ipod. and you'd think that with all those songs i'd have plenty to listen to. i've already gone through all my CDs and gotten most of the music of those that i wanted on my iPod. now i've started on my brothers CDs(it's not illegal, it's in the same house!). it was pretty interesting the first time i got my ipod and plugged it in to the computer. since we just have itunes on one computer, so everything is in one place, it has both my music, and Joel's music. and since when i first plugged it in, i didn't have it specify which playlists to sync, so it synced everything, which inlcuded the plethora of Project 86 songs. thankfully i quickly taught myself how to make sure it only synced my songs, so i didn't have to suffer through all that. but there have been a few times when somehow there's been a glitch and some of his stuff has landed in my playlist.(hmmm...)
Podcasts mean so much more to me now too. it was different before because i'd always have to be beside a computer to listen to them, so there was really no point. but now there's a point! and i like it. I have a sermon thingy on there, and a video podcast from Starfield. and, as always, i have my Adventures in Odyssey podcast. that thing is fun. i'm not sure how many more podcasts i'll get, but i'm so much more open to them now.
it's also interesting how getting my ipod has sparked a new trend of sorts in my family. well, not really, it's just how it happened to be. around the time when i was saving up for my ipod, my aunt Tracey saved up for one too. then shortly after i got mine, my dad got an mp3 player off of ebay. so we all compare how many songs we have on ours. so far, i think i'm in the lead. but then again, i just happen to have the most space on mine. my oldest song is from the late 70s, and my newest song has yet to come out yet.(that CD will come out a week from today)
well, that's my feeble blog post for today. i'm off to find out some information about circular motion and the earth. hopefully i can get to bed early enough so i'm not falling asleep during my "sunrise" meeting tomorrow. I'm off!(to see the wonderful Wishy Waz)
Podcasts mean so much more to me now too. it was different before because i'd always have to be beside a computer to listen to them, so there was really no point. but now there's a point! and i like it. I have a sermon thingy on there, and a video podcast from Starfield. and, as always, i have my Adventures in Odyssey podcast. that thing is fun. i'm not sure how many more podcasts i'll get, but i'm so much more open to them now.
it's also interesting how getting my ipod has sparked a new trend of sorts in my family. well, not really, it's just how it happened to be. around the time when i was saving up for my ipod, my aunt Tracey saved up for one too. then shortly after i got mine, my dad got an mp3 player off of ebay. so we all compare how many songs we have on ours. so far, i think i'm in the lead. but then again, i just happen to have the most space on mine. my oldest song is from the late 70s, and my newest song has yet to come out yet.(that CD will come out a week from today)
well, that's my feeble blog post for today. i'm off to find out some information about circular motion and the earth. hopefully i can get to bed early enough so i'm not falling asleep during my "sunrise" meeting tomorrow. I'm off!(to see the wonderful Wishy Waz)
Friday, February 15, 2008
Chick fil a....
Chick Fil A opened last week, just a ways down the road from where i work. the really sad thing is that i'm allergic to their main product. not only that, but i'm not sure if i can have their fries either, because they're fried in Peanut oil. so it's really no use for me to go there for a meal. so last night i went to get a milkshake. my cousins had been telling me that i needed to try the cookies and cream milkshake. so i did. although when you're eating a milkshake at 9:10 at night, it's hard to finish it all. so i took it home and let my mom and dad finish it for me.(there was no way i was going to throw away half a milkshake when i paid nearly three dollars for that thing!)
while i was sitting, enjoying the scenery, and just the fact that it's finally here, i noticed that i recognized the song that was playing. i focused more on it, to decide what song it was. it ended up being a Rebecca St. James song. they play Christian music at Chick Fil A! i knew that they were founded on Christian values, and they're closed on sundays. but i work at a place that's found on Christian values, and closed on sundays, but we don't play Christian music. i think it's cool though, because at Chick Fil A i was able to hear just the songs i needed to hear to be encouraged. it worked on me the same way that Christian radio does. i think that's really cool. i'm glad i got to go there, and escape from my life for 20 minutes.
well, i'm off to a hopefully not too busy afternoon. i'll be doing some things around the house, and then going to work. oh, and i learned that i have a long way to go before i can make a good hamburger. let's just hope i'll have that down pat by the time i leave for college...
while i was sitting, enjoying the scenery, and just the fact that it's finally here, i noticed that i recognized the song that was playing. i focused more on it, to decide what song it was. it ended up being a Rebecca St. James song. they play Christian music at Chick Fil A! i knew that they were founded on Christian values, and they're closed on sundays. but i work at a place that's found on Christian values, and closed on sundays, but we don't play Christian music. i think it's cool though, because at Chick Fil A i was able to hear just the songs i needed to hear to be encouraged. it worked on me the same way that Christian radio does. i think that's really cool. i'm glad i got to go there, and escape from my life for 20 minutes.
well, i'm off to a hopefully not too busy afternoon. i'll be doing some things around the house, and then going to work. oh, and i learned that i have a long way to go before i can make a good hamburger. let's just hope i'll have that down pat by the time i leave for college...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
yum?
the peppermint mocha was alright. Joel really liked it, so at least i know he'll drink it. i think tomorrow i'm going to add some hot chocolate mix to it. we're trying to get my sister to taste some, but she keeps saying no.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Something new
i've been continuing my quest to try new things. it seems that lately i've been trying even more things, like increasingly today. let's start with where i'm sitting. right now i'm typing this thing on a flexible rubber keyboard. my mom got it from the church who got it from ordering office supplies. so she gets all the free stuff. sometimes, like this time, she gets cookies. but they're chocked full of preservatives. anyways, it's weird, and i'm still trying to get used to typing on this thing. but it's coming.
i bought starbuck's coffee today at the grocery store. i got peppermint mocha. i figure it's cheaper to buy four jars of it at the store than to buy a small cup of it at the starbuck's place at the mall. and this way i get to share some with my brother and dad, who are going to try some too. but we're waiting until tomorrow morning to try it, because Joel and i haven't had caffeine in forever, so we're not sure what it will do to us. and we really don't feel like being up all night. we've never really been big coffee people, but Liz, from the great state of Washington, told me that you can't even taste the coffee in peppermint mocha. so we'll see.
Joel and I have started trying new youth groups. well, i guess i started that venture last october when that guy invited me to his youth group. well, Joel didn't want to go there. but a bunch of his friends go to this other youth group that meets on wednesday and sunday nights. so last wednesday we went there. on sundays is their actual youth service, and then wednesday is Chill time. we just hang out, do homework, play board games, play video games, and eat. it's really fun. i think we surprised some people from school by showing up. it was great because there are a lot of people there in my grade.
one guy who is a senior asked Joel and I if were church shopping. i told him i'm not allowed to church shop until i leave home and go to college. but we did tell him that we were youth group shopping. so Joel wants to go back there this wednesday. we weren't able to join them for their superbowl party yesterday, because we went to my grandma's house. but we do want to try a sunday evening with them this sunday.
even though i was looking forward to trying out all sorts of youth groups, i'm glad we only had to try out one. it made it easier. although i'm wondering what my pastor is going to say when he finds out that we've started attending a different youth group....oh well, my sunday school class seemed pretty supportive of me trying a different youth group. but i knew they would be, because my sunday school teachers let their youngest daughter go to a different youth group/church when she was in high school.
the youth pastor of this youth group is really nice, and really relates well with everyone. actually, when someone else introduced us to him, he recognized me. he thought he had met me before. but i told him that he had taken a picture of me at See You At the Pole when i was playing the guitar, and those pictures are currently on the website. i had visited the website a few weeks ago to find out more info about the youth group, and stumbled upon SYATP pictures. he and a few other people thought it was funny that he thought he had met me from that. but it was cool. i'm really excited to go back this week. that's something i haven't felt in a very long time. i'm glad to feel apart of group like that. i don't often feel that way with the kids at my church.
well, it's taken me 45 minutes to type this up. there are a few other new things i did over the weekend. i followed directions that my mom gave me to go to another county in the dark on friday night. i got lost, and it took 1 hour and 15 minutes, when it should have taken me 45 minutes. but i got there. once i got to my destination, i ate bruster's ice cream for free. i tried the Birthday Cake flavor for the first time ever. my friend works at Bruster's, so her family always has left over ice cream in their freezer.
so tomorrow will bring a whole new realm of new things to try. i'll be sure to tell you all about that peppermint mocha.
i bought starbuck's coffee today at the grocery store. i got peppermint mocha. i figure it's cheaper to buy four jars of it at the store than to buy a small cup of it at the starbuck's place at the mall. and this way i get to share some with my brother and dad, who are going to try some too. but we're waiting until tomorrow morning to try it, because Joel and i haven't had caffeine in forever, so we're not sure what it will do to us. and we really don't feel like being up all night. we've never really been big coffee people, but Liz, from the great state of Washington, told me that you can't even taste the coffee in peppermint mocha. so we'll see.
Joel and I have started trying new youth groups. well, i guess i started that venture last october when that guy invited me to his youth group. well, Joel didn't want to go there. but a bunch of his friends go to this other youth group that meets on wednesday and sunday nights. so last wednesday we went there. on sundays is their actual youth service, and then wednesday is Chill time. we just hang out, do homework, play board games, play video games, and eat. it's really fun. i think we surprised some people from school by showing up. it was great because there are a lot of people there in my grade.
one guy who is a senior asked Joel and I if were church shopping. i told him i'm not allowed to church shop until i leave home and go to college. but we did tell him that we were youth group shopping. so Joel wants to go back there this wednesday. we weren't able to join them for their superbowl party yesterday, because we went to my grandma's house. but we do want to try a sunday evening with them this sunday.
even though i was looking forward to trying out all sorts of youth groups, i'm glad we only had to try out one. it made it easier. although i'm wondering what my pastor is going to say when he finds out that we've started attending a different youth group....oh well, my sunday school class seemed pretty supportive of me trying a different youth group. but i knew they would be, because my sunday school teachers let their youngest daughter go to a different youth group/church when she was in high school.
the youth pastor of this youth group is really nice, and really relates well with everyone. actually, when someone else introduced us to him, he recognized me. he thought he had met me before. but i told him that he had taken a picture of me at See You At the Pole when i was playing the guitar, and those pictures are currently on the website. i had visited the website a few weeks ago to find out more info about the youth group, and stumbled upon SYATP pictures. he and a few other people thought it was funny that he thought he had met me from that. but it was cool. i'm really excited to go back this week. that's something i haven't felt in a very long time. i'm glad to feel apart of group like that. i don't often feel that way with the kids at my church.
well, it's taken me 45 minutes to type this up. there are a few other new things i did over the weekend. i followed directions that my mom gave me to go to another county in the dark on friday night. i got lost, and it took 1 hour and 15 minutes, when it should have taken me 45 minutes. but i got there. once i got to my destination, i ate bruster's ice cream for free. i tried the Birthday Cake flavor for the first time ever. my friend works at Bruster's, so her family always has left over ice cream in their freezer.
so tomorrow will bring a whole new realm of new things to try. i'll be sure to tell you all about that peppermint mocha.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Never going back to O.K.
a great new song and CD by The Afters. i get so excited and inspired when i listen to, and comprehend the meaning of, that song. it makes me really crave a concert from the Afters so i can hear that song live, because i'm sure it's the most amazing thing ever. well, actually, there's a lot of artists i would love to see in concert, but it just hasn't worked with my schedule to go. one of these days i'll get myself and Joel out to a concert, and we'll love every minute of it. we had better, seeing how much some of these tickets cost.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Second Semester...
Now that i actually take semester long major courses, i'm feeling the thrill, or horror, about switching semesters. it reminds me of the first day of school, but not fully. in this case, i have the same teacher, during the same class period, and some of the same people are in the class. the only difference is that all the girls got put in some other class. well, all but three girls and myself. i can tell it's going to be an interesting 90 days.
three periods before that, we made a realization at lunch. we're going to have some serious girl power time at lunch now. the two guys that used to sit at our lunch table(the ones who talked about Arby's all the time) have moved on with their life, and now are stationed at a different lunch. so it's like Susie Shellenberger says on that promo for the mother-daughter cruise, "It's just us girls..." i think it'll be fun to have just girls at the table now. it was much quieter today, which we all thought was really weird. but we'll get used to it.
on another rant, i'm a little displeased with how many parents let their young kids sit in the front seat of the car. i guess i noticed it a lot today. i mean, i can understand how it feels weird driving, and having your passenger in the back seat, but that doesn't mean i'm going to put my sister's life in danger by letting her sit up front. she has to wait two and a half more years just like the rest of us. whoa, getting off topic a bit, i was just thinking where i'll be in two and a half years. wow.
well, i think it's time to call it right there. it's time to watch the PBS special about the Pioneers of Television. tonights show is about Game Shows. i'm sure it'll be interesting.
three periods before that, we made a realization at lunch. we're going to have some serious girl power time at lunch now. the two guys that used to sit at our lunch table(the ones who talked about Arby's all the time) have moved on with their life, and now are stationed at a different lunch. so it's like Susie Shellenberger says on that promo for the mother-daughter cruise, "It's just us girls..." i think it'll be fun to have just girls at the table now. it was much quieter today, which we all thought was really weird. but we'll get used to it.
on another rant, i'm a little displeased with how many parents let their young kids sit in the front seat of the car. i guess i noticed it a lot today. i mean, i can understand how it feels weird driving, and having your passenger in the back seat, but that doesn't mean i'm going to put my sister's life in danger by letting her sit up front. she has to wait two and a half more years just like the rest of us. whoa, getting off topic a bit, i was just thinking where i'll be in two and a half years. wow.
well, i think it's time to call it right there. it's time to watch the PBS special about the Pioneers of Television. tonights show is about Game Shows. i'm sure it'll be interesting.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
4 down, and one really hard one to go
midterms. terrific. i've been taking two finals and three midterms all week. that means i've had a test every day. well, yesterday i had two. but it's okay because while my sister is still sitting in her classroom watching it snow, i'm here at home watching whatever cooking show is on PBS.
i've found this year that Praise and Worship music is really great to listen to while studying. on tuesday night i listened to K-LOVE radio online while i studied physics and english. last night, i had to put on the headphones because i wasn't moving from my comfortable spot, and yet someone wanted to watch television. but i found a praise and worship online radio station. so i listened to that a little, and that was good. so far yesterday morning, and this morning i listened to a song by Hillsong London. it's called "Where the Love Lasts Forever". a friend of mine told me about the song last week, and i really like it. so that's been helping too.
today when i came home i loaded some more praise and worship stuff onto my iPod. so tomorrow morning, before one of my hardest midterms i can listen to some Chris Tomlin. that'll be pretty cool.
my brother on the other hand, has been listening to jazz a lot to help him cope with midterms. that's been interesting.
let's see, what else has been going on lately....oh, my brother and i are going to try to look for a new youth group. some friends of mine talked me into trying to go to youth group again. but i didn't want to restart this journey by myself. and actually, at the time when i was trying to think it through i totally forgot that Joel could come with me.(oops) so now we just have to decide where we want to go. because of midterms, i haven't done much research. if there is anyone reading this who lives in the general area that i live in, please suggest away!
well, i guess that's pretty much it. for those doing midterms this week, i hope you do well. just think, all you have to do is just press through tomorrow, and then you have a three day weekend!
i've found this year that Praise and Worship music is really great to listen to while studying. on tuesday night i listened to K-LOVE radio online while i studied physics and english. last night, i had to put on the headphones because i wasn't moving from my comfortable spot, and yet someone wanted to watch television. but i found a praise and worship online radio station. so i listened to that a little, and that was good. so far yesterday morning, and this morning i listened to a song by Hillsong London. it's called "Where the Love Lasts Forever". a friend of mine told me about the song last week, and i really like it. so that's been helping too.
today when i came home i loaded some more praise and worship stuff onto my iPod. so tomorrow morning, before one of my hardest midterms i can listen to some Chris Tomlin. that'll be pretty cool.
my brother on the other hand, has been listening to jazz a lot to help him cope with midterms. that's been interesting.
let's see, what else has been going on lately....oh, my brother and i are going to try to look for a new youth group. some friends of mine talked me into trying to go to youth group again. but i didn't want to restart this journey by myself. and actually, at the time when i was trying to think it through i totally forgot that Joel could come with me.(oops) so now we just have to decide where we want to go. because of midterms, i haven't done much research. if there is anyone reading this who lives in the general area that i live in, please suggest away!
well, i guess that's pretty much it. for those doing midterms this week, i hope you do well. just think, all you have to do is just press through tomorrow, and then you have a three day weekend!
Monday, January 14, 2008
explaination...
the post below is the beginning part of a song i'm in the process of writing. but the sunset when i came out of walmart today inspired me to post this part of my song. i think maybe in the second verse i'll write about going to wal-mart today and seeing that. we'll have to see what God comes up with. and maybe i'll post some of my other songs on here too. i wish you could all hear them. i'm working on that too.
Paint the Sky
I don't understand
The Heart of an artist
How they come up
with all their creations
I especially don't understand
The artist heart of You
Where did you get the idea for the sunrise
for this morning's commute
It made a potentially bad ride
Turn into something even I cannot explain
*chorus*
You paint the sky, at all the perfect times
When i need encouragement
It makes me feel like
Everything will be alright
When You paint the sky
The Heart of an artist
How they come up
with all their creations
I especially don't understand
The artist heart of You
Where did you get the idea for the sunrise
for this morning's commute
It made a potentially bad ride
Turn into something even I cannot explain
*chorus*
You paint the sky, at all the perfect times
When i need encouragement
It makes me feel like
Everything will be alright
When You paint the sky
Monday, January 07, 2008
A word of advice
If you are ever thinking of moving, and realize there's a dog food factory near the house you are considering to buy/rent, don't move there. move to the other side of town instead, where you will only smell the dog food when it rains, and on weird days like today. i really don't like those days, but at least it doesn't smell like this all the time. i'm glad my parents decided to move to the west side of town, instead of the east side. and if i ever post on here about being excited about moving somewhere on the east side of my town, would someone please come over and knock some sense into me before it rains again and i have to smell that nasty stuff?
Friday, January 04, 2008
*sigh*
it's been quite the week. it's hard to believe new year's day was just three days ago. it seems like forever ago. then again, it was hard for a lot of people to get it in their heads that it was friday. maybe that's why Christian club attendance was lower than normal.
it's really cool what we're doing in Christian club coming up soon. we have this "Mega-blessing" planned. for the next few months, we're going to have everyone bring at least a dollar a week, and then each week we'll use that money to do something for a group of students around school. today we told the club about it, and got their feed back. we also bounced around ideas. two other people were presenting, and then the one girl looked at me and asked me to write some of this down. so i told notes on the meeting. i'm really excited for this, and i hope it all works out.
in other news, i got all the info so i can start planning my schedule for next year. because i'll be a senior(that's so weird to say--i feel so under prepared), i have a few options. so i really need to pray about what God wants me to do. for some reason, i'm feeling like a normal schedule is not for me. so now i need to figure out what i want to do next year. well, i have awhile to think about that.
lastly, i would like to express that i don't like the way the high school teaches purity. except, it's not for the reason everyone else gives. it's because today, my health class teacher told us that he wasn't trying to tell us that we had to wait until marriage to have sex. thankfully, i was standing next to a friend of mine who goes to one of the area churches, so i exchanged a glance with her. i'm glad to know that someone else in the class agreed with me. i've heard a statement similar to that on tv. i honestly don't know why people would have that point of view. and i don't know how people could do that without feeling so...dirty. because that's how i would feel. i just needed to get that frustration out of my system.
well, i guess i just want to warn you that midterms are coming up, so i may not be posting quite as much as i was. we'll just have to see where life takes me.
it's really cool what we're doing in Christian club coming up soon. we have this "Mega-blessing" planned. for the next few months, we're going to have everyone bring at least a dollar a week, and then each week we'll use that money to do something for a group of students around school. today we told the club about it, and got their feed back. we also bounced around ideas. two other people were presenting, and then the one girl looked at me and asked me to write some of this down. so i told notes on the meeting. i'm really excited for this, and i hope it all works out.
in other news, i got all the info so i can start planning my schedule for next year. because i'll be a senior(that's so weird to say--i feel so under prepared), i have a few options. so i really need to pray about what God wants me to do. for some reason, i'm feeling like a normal schedule is not for me. so now i need to figure out what i want to do next year. well, i have awhile to think about that.
lastly, i would like to express that i don't like the way the high school teaches purity. except, it's not for the reason everyone else gives. it's because today, my health class teacher told us that he wasn't trying to tell us that we had to wait until marriage to have sex. thankfully, i was standing next to a friend of mine who goes to one of the area churches, so i exchanged a glance with her. i'm glad to know that someone else in the class agreed with me. i've heard a statement similar to that on tv. i honestly don't know why people would have that point of view. and i don't know how people could do that without feeling so...dirty. because that's how i would feel. i just needed to get that frustration out of my system.
well, i guess i just want to warn you that midterms are coming up, so i may not be posting quite as much as i was. we'll just have to see where life takes me.
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