LochNESSY and the freedoms

So we had RAP (homeroom) olympics today at my (the best) school. Well normally they would pair up 4 different classes together, one from each class (freshmen, sophmore, junior, senior). Well ours got messed up because we had 2 freshemen, sophmore, and my junior group. So I thought we were going to lose all the atheletic challenges. I wasn't so sad anymore when I found out that like more than half of our senior student body was ditching because no one was there to take attendence during the olympics. So that wasn't so bad. I still thought that our best chances was to win 1st in spirit. Our group was Scotland and so I went out and got face paint and blue and white hair spray (colors of their flag) and then got 2 green bed sheets and my teacher brought in a fake horse head (like the ones on a stick when you were little) and we wrapped it and made a lochness monster. Then it rained today so it almost got cancelled but they moved it into our gym which actually worked out better. Then we painted all the peoples faces like Braveheart and we had blue ribbon. To say the least, we went all out. I also memorized the freedom speech from Braveheart and recited that to the judges after bribing them with candy. I wore my awesome, (front) "Gordon College, Super Scots" (back) "Welcome to the Pits" shirt from my brohas shane, hairsprayed by hair blue and white, half of my face is now blue, and a makeshift kilt with scottish bagpipe music. So we went absolutely crazy with cheers (the team next to us on the risers was silent and got annoyed because we were so loud.) and I was the main leader person (which i have never been before) and it was cool because I got a lot of pictures taken of me by the year book people and we had awesome cheers thanks to my junior girls and freshmen girls. I also had a bunch of freshmen guys get really painted (one guy did is whole face, arms, and stomach). It was the sophmores who were unspirited, except for like 3 girls. The sophmores at our school except for a couple (sara, debbie, rachel and some others, the ones I hang out with) , are usually really stuck up. You want to see an example of a stuck up rich white kid, come to our school and watch our sophmore class, they are all egotistical jerks. Ecsepcially this one kid named Jerrot something, he is a real jerk and should go to rock canyon or something. (sorry that was vent) but in general we rocked so I am hoping to win the spirit award. Word to Beckino Faso (or whatever) Jessica and Kevin's RAP group always has a lot of spirit. whatever, it was a okay day. (word to Sara, you got to be the girl to cheer.)

C.S. Lewis on "Grace"

God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Forgive me if too close I lean
My human heart on thee.

Lonesome by Ralph Spaulding Cushman

Dear Master, I am lonesome;
Dear Master, speak to me!
I've been longing here at twilight
For the voices o'er the sea,
And it seems as if my heartache
Would be hushed, less piercing be
If Thou, Lord, wouldst come still closer-
I am lonesome; speak to me!

I've been thinking in the stillness,
As I've watched the sunset glow
Die out yonder on the hilltop,
Leaving naught but cold and woe-
I've been thinking of the faces
That have come a-trooping by,
Old-time faces, long-time vanished
Leaving me to wait and sigh

And I'm lonesome, Lord, I'm lonesome;
Come Thou closer; speak to me,
For I am listening here at twilight
To the voices o'er the sea,
Would be hushed, less piercing be,
If Thou, Lord, wouldst come still closer-
I am lonesome; speak to me!

Prayer by Gail Brook Burket

I do not ask to walk smooth paths
Nor bear an easy load.
I pray for strength and fortitude
To climb the rock-strewn road.

Give me such courage I can scale
The hardest peaks alone,
And transform every stumbling block
Into a steppingstone.

Helen Keller

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Out of Darkness by Helen Keller

Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free. Once I fretted and beat myself against the wall that shut me in. My life was without a past or future, and death a consummation devoutly to be wished. But a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hands leaped up with the rapture of living. I do not know the meaning of the darkness, but I have learned the overcoming of it.

So fresh and so clean

Yay I get my braces off I think oct 5, but I need to wear my rubberbands religiously until then so if you see me without my rubberbands on my teeth except when I am eating or kissing slap me (not on the face, I have braces) and give me a nasty look. (note the slapping me only applies to the girls, guys if you dare try and slap me I will slap you right back and twice as hard. If you try to hit me, then only heaven will be able to save you from me! and if you try to do anything physically painful then I will go to town on you! you may, however, still give me nasty looks, but only one per each time you see me and that goes for everyone. No giving me multiple slaps or nasty looks in a row!) thank you for your help!

P.S. (this is what part of the alphabet would look like without the letters p and q.)

P.S. There is plenty of this massive body to go around, but maybe not for long, I am doing ab-work outs to prevent further scoliosis. Don't worry there will always be a lot of me to go around.

Amanda Harrison You're the One.

I am very happy that people commented 20 times on my other post but in an effort to divert those posts to something more relevant to the title here is the story. I was going to ask Amanda for a while by getting a box wrapping it up like a present but leaving out the bottom then putting a sign on it saying "Open Immediately." I would have Brittany (sorry but she is an actress) go up as a UPS person and devliver it and then I would be under it with a bow on my head and either a sign saying will you go to homecoming with me, or I would ask her. Well I have problems finding boxes that can contain my volume so that sort of failed and then I got another idea. Shawna said that I should put a note on her closet saying $68 Homecoming Dress, $ 20 Hair and Makeup, going to homecoming with Austin Mueller, Priceless. I thought that was kind of narcistic so I changed it to "going to homecoming with Amanda Harrison, priceless." I called around to a lot of her friends and got it worked out (yes her friends told her but it could not be avoided) and the problem is I got my car taken away for a day, long story. So I did it the next day but when I mentioned it to a couple of the girls at church they said that it wasn't very original so I Shawna gave me another idea with Rubber Duckies. So I was trying to find people to help me go ask her but everyone was busy so Sara Cole and I went to US Toys Construstion or something and bought rubber duckies and bath tub wall paint. I think the cashier lady thought we were crazy because or really horny because we kept on asking about bath products and sat on the floor planning things out. Then we went to Safeway and got 2 bags of Hugs candy. Then it took us a while but we finally worked out what we were going to do. On my way over to her house I had to drop by my house to pick up directions but I had forgotten to tell my parents that I was driving Sara Cole around so I had her lay down in the front seat while I ran in and grabbed the directions. It was really hard to find her house because it is the one part of highlands ranch I have never been in. I called her dad and got permission to come over while she was at lunch with her friends from churh. I had called Casy Monsees because I thought she might be with Amanda but she wasn't answering then I called Jessamyn Hughes and then she called Amanda and Casey got on the phone and I had told Jessa to tell someone to keep her till at least 2:10. Sara and I went over and her mom was cleaning the bathroom because she heard that someone was coming over to the bathroom. So we went upstairs and began writing the following on the wall of the shower with the bath tub paint. "Amanda Harrison You're the One, You make homecoming so much fun. Will you go with me to homecoming? Flip the ducks... Spell my name." (remind you of the rubber ducky song?) I had (Sara Cole had) written my name on the bottom of the Rubber Duckies so she had to spell it out to find out who had asked her. We decorated all around the words because it sort of looked like a murderer or The Shining, REDRUM! so after decorations it looked much happier. Her mom kept taking pictures which was cool because Amanda is a scrapebooker I guess. Then we covered her sink with hugs because Holly Stabler said she liked chocolate. That should be most of the story. I hope I get a lot of comments on this one too. Thank you all for being protective and I assure you Amanda would meet your very high guidelines. YAY!

witty title

I am sitting here in RAP doing absolutely nothing because my RAP teacher is not here and we don't have a subsittute, so I am talking for the sake of talking. Debbie Camp is singing "Heaven, I'm in heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak. When were out here on the dance floor cheek to cheek." bell rang.

Let's all go for a Picnic

Hey everyone, I just got home from school and I am really happy because I just got into my school play called "Picnic." It is a supporting role but I really don't care because there were only 4 parts and 25-30 guys tried out I think it was (which is HUGE for guys). I got Howard Boven (think that is his last name). I am really happy for my friend Jessamyn because she got a lead, and Jessica always rocks my face off because she is Dog Berry in Much Ado About Nothing. The only thing I am worried about is my opposite character, the one I interact with the most, is Alex Trow (Alexendra, a girl for those of you who didn't know.) and she is an absolutely amazing actress, one of the best I have ever seen. So to say the least it is highly intimidating to work directly with her because I am going to have to work ridicously hard to match her level. Congradulations to the people who made it and anyone who tired out you were all amazing. I forget the show dates but all of you need to come. (Kate I will make an exception for you, because of circumstances out of your control, I realize that you will not be able to make it.)

Teaching and encouraging our children.

REJECTED CHILDRENS BOOK TITLES
1. You are Different and That's Bad
2. The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables
3. Daddy's New Wife 'Robert'
4. Fun four-letter Words to know and Share
5. Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An "I-Can-Do-It Book"
6. The Kids Guide to Hitchhiking
7. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mommy Stopped Loving Her
8. Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence
9. All Cats Go to Hell
10. The Little Sissy Who Snitched
11. Some Kittens Can Fly
12. That's it; I'm Putting You Up for Adoption
13. Grandpa Gets a Casket
14. The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator
15. Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia
16. The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy
17. Strangers Have the Best Candy
18. Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get your Way
19. You were an Accident
20. Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will
21. Pop! Goes the Hamster. And Other Great Microwave Games
22. The Man in the Moon is Actually Satan
23. Your Nightmares Are Real
24. Where Would You Like to be Buried?
25. Eggs, Toilet paper, and your School
26. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?
27. Places Where Mommy and Daddy Hide Neat Things
28. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry
29. The Surprise at the Bottom of the Pool
30. If It Feels Good, Touch It!
31. Making Grown-Up Friends On The Internet
32. 101 Fun Games To Play In The Road
33. You Can't Help It If You're Stupid
34. Patty Went Splat! (Don't YOU Forget Your Seatbelt)
35. Bullies Deserve To Die
36. Mommy's Got A New Baby To Love
37. Timmy's The Wrong Color To Be Your Friend
38. I Dare You! 101 Challenges To Prove You're Not A Sissy

Proof that school makes you crazy

This has been collecting for a long time in one of my notebooks and I finally took the time to write it all out.

Sub (sort of older): Yeah I wrote the homework wrong yesterday, so you got shafted, but now you don't have as much today.
Student: Did he just say "shafted?"

Student: This lesson has absolutly nothing to do with our homework.
Sub: What class is this?
Student: Triginometry/Pre-Calculus
Sub: Oh, I have been trying to teach you guys Algebra 2.

(When Our Sub let us out early.)
Me: I love it when we get out early, the halls are empty and I can move freely.
Brandon: Yeah, we can frolick and stuff.
(We continue by frolicking through the halls.)

(Dan is going to write on Tiffany.)(I realize that you guys have no idea who these people are.)
Me: Hey don't do that.
(I am pointing but because of my pen it looked liked I flipped him off.)
Brandon: Hey, none of that.
(He hits my hand and pencil.)
Brandon: You made me bleed.
Me: You hit my pencil.
Brandon: You drew blood!
(Spit flies bout of his mouth while talking.)
Casey: So you have to drool?
Me: Next he will be coughing up blood.
(he pretends to do so.)

(At intersection of County line and Quebec.)
My Aunt Tammy driver: Don't honk at the firemen.
(My uncle Ted honks)
Tammy: Now you have to give them money.
Ted: I don't have any money.
(We scramble around for money as the light turns green and he walks across 3 lanes of moving traffic, while we are stopped at a green light.
Ted: Oh no, We don't have any money.
Me: Here is 2 dollars.
(Tammy puts them in the boot as we speed off.)

Ted: I am going to hit you with this pillow everythime you make a wrong turn.
Tammy: Austin is the one giving me directions and he isn't telling me soon enough.
Ted: I don't care, I am still going to hit you.
Tammy: I am driving, we will crash.
Me: Turn left.
(she misses it)
Me: she just missed that turn.
(He beats her with a pillow.)
Tammy: Stop that!
Ted: Your nephew told me to.
Tammy: Why are you listening to him?
Ted: Well YOU obviously don't listen with all the turns you are missing.
(Pillow Beating)
(We continue to have a pillow fight between my aunt, uncle, cousin, me, while my aunt drives around Park Meadows.) I love my family, they are hilarious.

Talking about Ryan driving around in his car, while we stood in my school parking lot.
Me: So he drives all the way down to ACC for class, then all the way back for 7th period, then down to columbine to pick up his girl friend then drives home then they hang out for a little then he drives her home then he drives home, he is putting so many miles on that car a day!
Bethany: And it is such a crappy car.
Rachel(sort of aloof): and such a crappy girlfriend.

Girl Student: There is this freshmen girl who keeps on following and wanting to eat lunch with me, I told her that I had a project to do for 3 days but then she found me yesterday after 3 days and I tried to hint "hey you are a freshmen and I want to sit with my junior friends.
(note: I sit with a group of all girls for lunch.)
Me: According to that rule, I should go find another group to sit with that is closer to my gender.
Jessica: Yeah go sit with the transexuals Austin.
Me: We should get a group of transexuals at our school so they can all sit at one table. That would be so funny.
Shannon: Yes , that is what we should do, bring them all here so we can isolate them and talk about them.

Wow that took a while to write.

Adventures in the Durango

Austin: Which one his your brother?
Jessica: He is the one who is walking all funny, don’t talk to him.
(As I drive by I honk at him and he jumps and turns around and freaks out as I wave and smile)
Jessica: Great Austin.
Austin: What I didn’t say anything.

(Jessica’s brother is right next to my car as I am trying to leave.)
Austin: step away from the car, I don’t feel like murdering anyone today.

Smell is the strongest scent connected to memory.

So I wore my brothers clonge today to church, (thanks Brent), and it was funny because this girl who used to like Brent and still sort of does smelled me and was like, "wow you smell good," well I wasn't sure how to respond so I said it was my brothers. She said that she could tell so she contineud to smell me. Then Debbie thought I smelled good so she ran up against me and started smelling my chest. I feel like the guys from the axe commercials. I will wear it to school and see how that works.

Tell me the Truth, or Turn off the TV

So I am trying to stop watching as much TV because I already have to much to do, and it just gets in the way. I succumb to the pressure today though and turned on the TV and it was on a preacher on TV (connor, the guy we usually see who has a texan accent) so he used one verse out of the living translation and continued to talk for like 10 minutes making claims about God and stuff using one verse that is from a bible that is not an accurate transaltion (it is a useful translation but not an accurate one). I am in AP english and everytime you make a claim, you have to back it up with at least 1 piece of evidence if not 2. This guy just made 10 claims with only one piece of evidence that was relevent to only 2 of them. I have decided that people should not make claims without at least 2 pieces of evidence. I am not watchig TV for a while.

Thankfully

Giving thanks is not a matter of being thankful, it is a matter of obedience - Joni Eric (Son-tada)(supposedly that is what her last name sounded like.)

If Only I were Fat

(Connor while looking at clothes at walmart.)
Connor: Dude, if only I were fat, then I would shop here.

C.S. Lewis Quoting

I will be posting C.S. Lewis quotes about once a week if not more than once a week so here is the first one.

To love at all is to be vulenerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrong and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless- it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenterable, irredeemable.

Rejected Tiles, rejected like a skinny man from curves.

Don't tell me that you like one of the other title better unless you really thing I should change it, and only then it will take a lot of people voting for one to get me to change it.

With no reprise
The sun will rise
The long day is over

Walked a mile just to find the edge
Some place low enough to step right in
Now I'm here and I can't begin - to move

Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine.

Does it seem like I'm in looking for an answer
To a question I can't ask

It's not the pale moon that exciteds me
That thrills and delights me, oh no
It's just the nearness of you

From alabaster come blessings of laughter
A fragance of passion and joy from the truth

This road that we travel, may it be teh striaght and narrow
God give us peace and grace from You, all the day
Shelter with fire, our voices we raise still higher
God give us peace and grace from You, all the day through

Sunny days keppin' the clouds away
I think we're coming to a clearing and a brighter day

So far away. Still I think they say
The wait will make the heart go stronger or fonder
I can't quite remember anyway

So if you're waitin' for love
Well it's a promise I'll keep
If you don't believing that it changes everything
Then time will never matter

Winter, spring...is what love can truly bring
Ice turns to water, water flows to everything
You can lose your mind, maybe then your heart you'll find
I hope you won't give up what's movin' you inside

You never minded giving us the stars
Then showing us how blind and unaware of You we are.

I remember it much redder
I remember it much brighter

This is for all the lonely people
Thinkin' that life has passed them by
Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup
Ride that highway in the sky

Oh refuge of my hardened heart
Oh fast pursuing lover come
As angels dance'round Your throne
My life by captured fare You own

Not silhouette of trodden faith
Nor death shall not my steps be my guide
I'll pirouette upon mine grave
For in Your path I'll run and hide

Oh gaze of love so melt my pride
That I may in Your house but kneel
And in my brokenness to cry
Spring worship unto Thee

When beauty breaks the spell of pain
The bludgeoned heart shall burst in vain
But not when love be pointed king
And truth shall Thee forever reign

Sweet Jesus carry me away
From cold of night, and dust of day
In ragged hour of salt worn eye
Be my desire, my well spring lie

We knoew it as a wrong turn
We couldn't know the things we'd gain
When we reach the other border

Title Inspiration

Jars Of Clay - Redemption Lyrics We made it to a strange town
Going down the wrong road
Like any story retold
Couldn't find a common ending
We're way gone, be gone, looking for our own way
We needed a distraction
You said you were redemption
We knew it as a wrong turn
We couldn't know the things we'd gain
When we reach the other border
We look out way down past the road we came from
We're looking at redemption
It was hidden in the landscape
Of loss and love and fire and rain
Never would come this way
Looking for redemption
We were looking out past the road we came from
Looking at redemption
Hidden in the landscape
Of loss and love and fire and rain
Never would have come this way
Looking for redemption
In the eyes of sorrow, eyes of rage
What a sordid histories they played
The drama of redemption
Redemption

Hey

I decided to get my own blog because I thought I might as well. You will still catch me on 3 musketeers.