so ryan brown is pretty much the cutest person EVER. i hope he doesn't read my journal because he would probably be really embarrassed, haha. but i have to tell it because it's way too cute not to...sorry buddy ( Read more... )

long weekend. went down thursday and baked "The Cake" haha. then we went to dinner at Ed's. didn't get to spend as much time in Chi town as i wanted to but really, can you EVER spend enough time in that city?? a drunk guy followed us down the road singing us a love song that he clearly made up as he went along. that was special ( Read more... )

tomorrow i get to leave for the whole weekend... and i get to go to 2 of my favorite cities- bourbonnais and chicago! :) and i can't wait to see my mama and daddy! also, i think the shins "gone for good" is definitely my new favorite song. and that's pretty much all i have to say about things right now ( Read more... )

this update comes from the great CMU library... obviously i did end up going to mt. pleasant :)  and so very glad i did.  i needed this.  once i finally got here, after driving about 20 miles out of the way, it's been a good time.  the yummy italian restaurant.  mean girls and pirates of the carribbeanalways fun.  and some good heart-to-heart time ( Read more... )

send some rain, would You send some rain
cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again
and the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade
would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud
let the sky grow black and send some mercy down
surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid

but maybe not, not today
maybe You'll provide in other ways
and if that's ( Read more... )

my uncle and i watched house of sand and fog last night.  i've been wanting to see it for a long time and i finally caught it on one of the movie channels.  and good heavens, was it a treat!  what a happy movie!  beautiful ending... everybody wins...  (if you've seen it you know what i'm talking about)

nothing exciting going on... holiday weekend ( Read more... )

well i'm finally getting the last few details squared away, as annoying as it has been. sometimes i really think there is some unseen force working against me. haha. right. well apparently i can hold my own when it comes to that cause, um...i'm winning :) and it helped a lot when my grandma called out of nowhere the other day and reminded me of ( Read more... )

well it's not exactly a "funny story" but entertaining nevertheless...

Horn playa 37: i could always tell you were wild
LadyLinus6: how am i wild?
Horn playa 37: i think your boldness and adventurousness could be construed as wild
Horn playa 37: combined with barefootedness and the fact you don't mind getting dirty
LadyLinus6: oh yeah ( Read more... )

ok seriously, if i'm doing what i know i'm supposed to be doing, and what pretty much everyone i know agrees i should be doing, then why the hell do i keep coming across so many roadblocks??

i'm going, and that's it.

it was about 2:00 this morning that i decided i should read a little. and it incidentally fell open to philippians chapter 4 where i saw this ( Read more... )