maturity

i was just invited to the "i will not attend school on nov. 5th if john mccain is elected" event on facebook....

• Tennessee's Words:
  After the November 4 election in which the President of the United States is chosen, if John McCain is elected, we will sit at home in resignation and in protest.
  Invite Everyone.
  By the way: "Attending" means that you WON'T attend school, and "Not Attending" means that you WILL attend school.
  Also, to those who would think otherwise: This event is not about sitting on our "blankety blanks" all summer and then whining if we don't get what we want.
  I think that we deserve to have our voices heard even if they can't be counted.
  Remember: This is just ONE day of school. That's less than we would miss if we had a 48-hour cold/flu thing.
  If you cannot miss school, wearing black is the next best thing:http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30636721502&ref=ts
  STOP SENDING ME HATE MAIL.
  Someone just told me that there's going to be an inauguration protest if McCain is elected on January 20th outside the White House

.this is ground-breaking stuff people....i think an event saying "i will vote for obama on nov. 4th" would be more effective from the perspective of the inviter but i'm no political scientist....and how are their voices going to be heard exactly?  so far....over 112, 000 are "attending"....good luck saving the world

how guys with effeminate singing voices get me more awake than coffee

today was an awfully boring and just tired day....nothing to look forward to, not enough sleep the night before...that kinda day....not depressing exactly but definitely not exciting.  i tried some coffee to wake me up....only made me jittery.

then, wonder of wonders, i remembered copeland came out with a new cd today....suddenly the hours flew by and i had new purpose for being....it was glorious....

and then as i walked out of work...i was delighted to find out i would be hanging out with the way groovy pattons tonight.  life is good!

someday i will sit in that pasture

i absolutely love the drive to fortuna....i fall in love every single time.  there is a place that is so beautiful that i almost stop every time.  right around ferndale the trees open up and you can see the whole valley.  the sky melts from gray-blue to a smoky orange against dark blue hills and deep green pasture interspersed with all different shades of green trees.  i would learn to paint if only i could paint that scene.  

and then in other places there are trees that look like they've been planted upside down because of the way the branches lay....other trees look like they're straight from the african sahara.  

there's also those plants that look like feather dusters...can't remember the name...but when the sun is setting behind them, it's amazing.  i'm in love

on a completely different note....i along with my sisters am now a rap video star...please enjoy "the fight at the rave"

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and click on the high quality option...it's worth the extra two seconds

the wind and the clouds, they led goldilocks all the way home

this weekend i got to go to chico to visit my way groovy friend cas.  some observations:

• cool people roadtrip with the windows down....but are also conscious of the ever present danger of awkward one-sided arm tanning
• 20 minutes out of here, the sun shines
• i love the prairies of california....long, yellow grass with random fat green trees against a bright blue sky
• redding makes up for it's confusing atmosphere with awesome people who lead you to the I-5
• trader joe's is a magical land flowing with dried mangos and cool water bottles
• californians refuse to make eye-contact with people walking towards them
• chico has more bicyclists than i have ever seen....and has a great park
• watching hot rod with cas is quite possibly the best thing you could possibly do with an afternoon
  

i had a great time!  thanks cas!

a prayer request

so at church for the last two weeks, these two young guys have been coming.  my dad was saying that they came from a teen drug rehab house or something like that.  anyway, both of them are really fired up about the Lord and it's been so cool to see them just in love with God's Word and hear about the questions they ask my dad about their faith; especially when it seems like a lot of the people at our church have been Christians for a while.  one of them apparently used to sniff glue and so his mind is pretty far gone.  i'd just like ya'll to pray for him, that God would just restore his mind.   me and my mom both feel like God wants to do that work in his life.  anyway, and for both of them that they would be built up in Christ....and probably that we as a church would be enabled to reach out to these guys.  i don't know....i could just totally see guys like this five years from now with families...and going to teach at the mission and starting new ministries and stuff like that.  cool beans

a dream of mine

sell my car and get a VW bug....or scooter....the dream is somewhat undecided

on getting comfy

for the first time in a long time, i have my own room....actually, amanda's still in here....but there's only 13 days till the wedding......

anyway, so i am now living in the garage.....with hardwood floors....sharing a bathroom with only 2 sisters....and built in bookshelves.  it's the highlife, lemme tell you what. 

 i think it's truly hilarious.....the light in here  is basically one of those industrial looking lights....long, cylindrical bulb....two out of four are burned out....powered by an extension cord and suspended by bungee cords.  none of the walls are finished....the floor is half done.  we took the garage door apart, nailed it to the outside, and put sheetrock on my side of the wall.   oh but it is my room....i stained my unfinished bookshelves....so beautiful.  and i actually like the ceiling a lot.  i feel like i'm in the bowels of a ship for some reason.