Waking up is hard to do.
Firsts
First best friend: David Reece. We hung out together all the time from pre-school until I moved to Knoxville in the 4th grade. He was a great kid, an amazing sidekick for all kinds of imaginations and trouble-making.
First car: Emily, my dark grey Toyota Corolla. When I got her, I made a mix CD in preparation for the event. It was the first CD played in her. As it was going, I drove her around to all the places in Knoxville that are most important to me, and explained what each one was. When I got home, I broke the CD. I got Emily right before I turned 20, and I got my license when I was 19, so the whole driving thing, the freedom, I was just really excited about.
First screen name: Flint105. Flint was kind of an imagined alter-ego I had, who was basically the person I wish I was.
First self-purchased album: Geoff Moore and the Distance - Home Run. Also my first concert.
First funeral: Probably Karen Beam's. Car accident. She was the sister of one of my friends, eighteen years old, who was such a light in our community. She was friends with everyone. The large church was packed and then some, and they read from her notebook where a few days before she'd written that she was willing to die whenever God deemed it best.
First pet(s): Brie, my dog (a mutt, but she had a lot of collie in her). I almost forgot to put her as the first pet, because she was just always there. She was like a mother to the kids, following us around and laying out in the yard of whatever house we were in in the neighborhood. My mother could find out where we were by driving around and looking for Brie.
First piercing: I got my eyebrow pierced on Haight and Ashbury in San Francisco.
First credit card: Merrill Lynch Visa check card.
First enemy: I never really had enemies when I was younger, but I'll say Thornton Lacy, who was sometimes kind of a bully.
First big trip: To Disney World and all that stuff when I was probably about five.
First musician you REMEMBER hearing in your house: The Ames Brothers. I still listen to that record.
First kiss: Katy Giuliani, on the dock in the small park in downtown Clemson last November.
Lasts
Last car ride: Back from TR's house last night, where there was much swimming and firework shooting.
Last good cry: I honestly don't remember my last solid, let-it-all-out tears.
Last movie seen: I watched most of The Game last night with my brother and his girlfriend. I used to be so into that movie, and it's still classic.
Last beverage drank: Water.
Last food consumed: I believe when I got home last night I had some leftovers of a dish I made a couple of days ago. The details are complicated, but it involves chicken baked with rosemary and olive oil, and then doing interesting things with eggs, pasta, etc.
Last phone call: My last call was to Katy. The last call to me was from Blake.
Last time showered: Yesterday before church, around 8am.
Last CD played: Asobi Seksu, s/t.
Last item bought?: I haven't bought anything in a really long time since I'm broke. Oh, but I paid for the movie rental the other night with change from my car. My fourth time renting that movie, All the Real Girls, meaning I need to break down and buy it because I'm wasting money.
Last annoyance: I honestly don't really know. I don't get annoyed very easily.
Last time scolded: Goodness, I have no idea. Probably recently, about how messy my room is.
Last shirt worn: Mm... I believe it was the Abbeville County Academic Competition shirt, a thrift store buy.
Last website visited: Achewood.com, to read my favorite webcomic.
Last kiss: Katy Giuliani, before she was leaving Knoxville. She visited weekend before this one, I guess.
So much has been happening this summer. The visits to and from Katy have been amazing, and the relationship is better than ever. I've been growing a lot in my relationship with Christ, reading about different men of the faith in the Bible, and even now things that are going on in the world that we just never hear about, men of God raising up and claiming the power that is offered them. I leave on Friday, so this will probably be my last post for awhile. I'll be gone for about three weeks, leading a team to teach English overseas. I'm just trying to be the leader that I know I can be. I'm trying to work on myself a lot before we leave, and allow God to change my heart towards Him more and more every day. And it's working. There's way too much to do this week and not enough time to do it, but by the grace of God we'll be ready when Friday comes.
I hope you're all doing well and having an amazing summer. I love you guys.
First best friend: David Reece. We hung out together all the time from pre-school until I moved to Knoxville in the 4th grade. He was a great kid, an amazing sidekick for all kinds of imaginations and trouble-making.
First car: Emily, my dark grey Toyota Corolla. When I got her, I made a mix CD in preparation for the event. It was the first CD played in her. As it was going, I drove her around to all the places in Knoxville that are most important to me, and explained what each one was. When I got home, I broke the CD. I got Emily right before I turned 20, and I got my license when I was 19, so the whole driving thing, the freedom, I was just really excited about.
First screen name: Flint105. Flint was kind of an imagined alter-ego I had, who was basically the person I wish I was.
First self-purchased album: Geoff Moore and the Distance - Home Run. Also my first concert.
First funeral: Probably Karen Beam's. Car accident. She was the sister of one of my friends, eighteen years old, who was such a light in our community. She was friends with everyone. The large church was packed and then some, and they read from her notebook where a few days before she'd written that she was willing to die whenever God deemed it best.
First pet(s): Brie, my dog (a mutt, but she had a lot of collie in her). I almost forgot to put her as the first pet, because she was just always there. She was like a mother to the kids, following us around and laying out in the yard of whatever house we were in in the neighborhood. My mother could find out where we were by driving around and looking for Brie.
First piercing: I got my eyebrow pierced on Haight and Ashbury in San Francisco.
First credit card: Merrill Lynch Visa check card.
First enemy: I never really had enemies when I was younger, but I'll say Thornton Lacy, who was sometimes kind of a bully.
First big trip: To Disney World and all that stuff when I was probably about five.
First musician you REMEMBER hearing in your house: The Ames Brothers. I still listen to that record.
First kiss: Katy Giuliani, on the dock in the small park in downtown Clemson last November.
Lasts
Last car ride: Back from TR's house last night, where there was much swimming and firework shooting.
Last good cry: I honestly don't remember my last solid, let-it-all-out tears.
Last movie seen: I watched most of The Game last night with my brother and his girlfriend. I used to be so into that movie, and it's still classic.
Last beverage drank: Water.
Last food consumed: I believe when I got home last night I had some leftovers of a dish I made a couple of days ago. The details are complicated, but it involves chicken baked with rosemary and olive oil, and then doing interesting things with eggs, pasta, etc.
Last phone call: My last call was to Katy. The last call to me was from Blake.
Last time showered: Yesterday before church, around 8am.
Last CD played: Asobi Seksu, s/t.
Last item bought?: I haven't bought anything in a really long time since I'm broke. Oh, but I paid for the movie rental the other night with change from my car. My fourth time renting that movie, All the Real Girls, meaning I need to break down and buy it because I'm wasting money.
Last annoyance: I honestly don't really know. I don't get annoyed very easily.
Last time scolded: Goodness, I have no idea. Probably recently, about how messy my room is.
Last shirt worn: Mm... I believe it was the Abbeville County Academic Competition shirt, a thrift store buy.
Last website visited: Achewood.com, to read my favorite webcomic.
Last kiss: Katy Giuliani, before she was leaving Knoxville. She visited weekend before this one, I guess.
So much has been happening this summer. The visits to and from Katy have been amazing, and the relationship is better than ever. I've been growing a lot in my relationship with Christ, reading about different men of the faith in the Bible, and even now things that are going on in the world that we just never hear about, men of God raising up and claiming the power that is offered them. I leave on Friday, so this will probably be my last post for awhile. I'll be gone for about three weeks, leading a team to teach English overseas. I'm just trying to be the leader that I know I can be. I'm trying to work on myself a lot before we leave, and allow God to change my heart towards Him more and more every day. And it's working. There's way too much to do this week and not enough time to do it, but by the grace of God we'll be ready when Friday comes.
I hope you're all doing well and having an amazing summer. I love you guys.