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May. 8th, 2006 @ 07:19 pm
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I design dresses and repair designer jeans.....D'Ardenne Apparel--that's the name of the game....
I'll be constructing the website this summer for those to see the portfolio of dresses and to contact me for custom orders. be excited--I know it's what you've been waiting for. |
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yeah--so my phone's battery died. DIED. No retailer in Waco has the battery I need in stock. I went to about 5 different stores yesterday. It is times like these that I wish I lived in a large city. This wouldn't have happened had I been in Dallas or Austin. geez.....oh well....soon enough, my package should get here and I'll be good to go. I was borderline about to just buy a new phone, but then I would have to transfer all of my numbers and spend a lot more moolah...so I 86'd that idea... |
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Apr. 10th, 2006 @ 12:43 pm
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Internet is a fickle thing....does anyone here have AIM, and are you sometimes logged in somewhere when you are really not intentionally?
I received all of these messages on my phone when I have been logged out for a while since my internet has not been working for a few days....sorry, 'bout that..
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Mar. 29th, 2006 @ 07:28 am
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Art history exam: 1:00 pm.3.29.06, Today
Classic Mythology: 12:30 pm 3.30.06
Running on just enough sleep: 3.5 hours.
Freaking out. Yes. And the best part about it is, I hear Tony the Tiger saying over and over in my head: Thaaaat's Grrrreat!! Go get 'em, Tiger!!!
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Mar. 28th, 2006 @ 04:28 am
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mmmm.....it's delicious being a good student---I mean, I have to work at it, but I really enjoy reaping the benefits of my labor--
I read the greatest verse this mornin: Pslam 45:7 "you love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore god, your god, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy."
yes. I feel the oil. I feel the joy. Good. ness. |
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I really do love life--even when it is spent in a library for hours upon hours at a time. I'm at the point where my adderall started to wear off and I just took another one---I couldn't really focus on anything for longer than 2 or 3 minutes...
I'm slowly getting back to study mode.
My best friend's cell phone and ipod were stolen today. there were witnesses...and they have his books for class...mwahahahaha..justice will be found!!!
Mar. 27th, 2006 @ 06:56 pm
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Somehow, we made it home safely. There was a monsoon in Dallas this past Sunday. A MONSOON. I drove through it, yes I did. I officially am one of the safest drivers in the world---I do not count running over curbs on turns or random straightaways dangerous to one's life--only if someone is walking on the curb where I hit.
I played the roles of Mamma and Poppa Bear this trip. I looked out for my girls. I am a very take-charge or take-action person- mainly because the people I role with are not, but nevertheless, I enjoy getting things done. Let's call it a pride issue...though I do not gloat. We (I) are (am) currently planning a hiking trip to somewhere in central texas for the weekend. I quote marg," Let's be more sporty...You know, go on more hikes and mountain-things and stuff." hahaha---that's my woman!!
I love school--I wish I could keep up with it. I sincerely enjoy each of my classes--if only my self-discipline matched my enthusiasm. I think I just need to stop thinking about what I can do next and who I can see next all the time, and just do what I have to do like everyone else...
yes, that's it.
Mar. 22nd, 2006 @ 08:56 am
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I'm in Breckenridge, CO. The trees are weighed down by the snow that is incessantly falling, and the rivers sit in peaceful waiting for warmer weather. We drove in last night at about 3 am...we started out from Dallas, TX at around 8:30 am yesterday.
We (us 4 college girls) drove my fam's excursion up north. We went from the rolling great plains, to the grasslands of northern TX, to the desertbush of Raton, to the windy roads of CO. when we finally got to drive through the Royal Gorge last night, it was about 9 pm, and dark. It was some of the most beautiful scenery I had seen in such a long time. Up north of Salida, CO, there are long, straight drives surrounded by the fantastical world of what Margaret and I liked to call Our Narnia. We saw God everywhere. He blanketed us with smooth, uncrowded roads. Marg and I were constantly on the lookout for some moose or elk that we kept seeing signs for.
It took us a substantial amount of time to get here due to the small bladders that we were blessed with. By the time we got closer to breckenridge, everywhere was closed, so we had to 'go' outside--we just opened two side-doors and just went there...haha..
We stopped in this 7eleven to get more energy drinks and ask for directions for the safest route. There were about 5 cops/sherriffs in there just hanging out--so we asked them. We ended up going the wrong direction, but only about a quarter mile before I turned around. Then, the sherriff that was in the 7eleven pulled up next to us and escorted us the right way for about 35 miles!! Talk about nice! Before we pulled out of the gas station, the girls and I were joking about the cops thinking that we were cute. We could see all of them laughing as we left and look out to our vehicle..-one of the men was turning red...:)
Earlier in the evening, we stopped in Raton for sandwiches at Subway. There were a couple of men ahead of us in line and asked us where we were heading. They were with "Real wheels' and heading up to iowa for a conference. He said that all 4 of our sandwiches were on him because we were so cool..haha...we got our dinners paid for!
We woke up around 12ish this afternoon and went to starbucks and then to the store....we are just taking it easy before our first day on the slopes tomorrow! It's been so long since I've skiied--about 5 years. I usually cry at least once on the mountain because I get so afraid of losing control and falling down it. I tend to just snow-plow the whole time...
Mar. 13th, 2006 @ 04:54 pm
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I have officially become enamored with the concept of being single and unattached...however, the latter is much more complex and is interrelated with being completely satisfied and fulfilled in solely needing/wanting God---for He is the Provider of all that I have, the Controller of what I do not have...and the Foreseer as to what I will have or not have...He has given and taken away, so now I have realized this feeling of detachment, yet appreciation of the blessings in my life. As hard as it is and has been to grasp this, it has freed me from all feelings of need and dependence upon an uncertain unreliable world. This world includes my family, friends, dog, school, mind and body, and all outward influences--everything. The beginning of this quest started with the reading and rereading of the passage in the Bible, without Apocrypha, that illustrates the story about Abraham going to sacrifice his son, Isaac after receiving the command to do so. Right before Abraham pierces his son's chest with a dagger, an angel tells him to stop and says that since he was faithful and obedient, he will be blessed as the father of many nations---and soonafter, a little goat was provided-tangled in a thicket of bushes for sacrifice in place of Isaac (Goats and other animals of that nature were common for religious sacrifice for praise and atonement for sins). Though Abraham loved his son more than his own life, he was willing to trust in the Lord--knowing that God knew what was best and that He would provide. The catching part of the story was that decades before, Abraham was told that he would be a father of many nations, and then his wife, Sarai became barren....and they had had no children prior...so he was instructed by her to sleep with one of the servants to bear an heir. That, however, was not in God's plan-rather for Sarai, later renamed Sarah, to bear a child--who was Isaac(thus the tremendous sacrifice it was to go and offer Isaac to God). They were also about 90 years old when he was born....
Anyways...If we die to our own selfish ambitions daily, then we will find life in Christ--who provides all that we need--and we will/should delight in His presence and salvation He brought to us...
What a great day.....
Mar. 1st, 2006 @ 10:24 am
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Today I decided on a 7 day fast from one on one time with men. I have a tendency to put myself in situations that can be suggestive to the community here at Baylor regardless of how pure the intentions are of the rendezvous. That is not the only reason. Also, this fast is so I can focus more on my relationship with God and the incredible women that He has placed in my life. There is so much ground that needs exploring and nurturing with those girls—not to mention some business that needs tending to: finding a place to live for next school year.
A Praise with background: I haven’t ever worried about where I am going to live nor with who because it is not a big deal seeing as I am very adaptable and can make a place work in an aesthetic-living sense. But I am studying abroad spring semester ’07 and needed roommates and a lease that would work with that. One evening, I was speaking with my beloved friend, Margaret, about the situation and how she and I need to each find a place and determine how many roommates we want/can have. She and another dear friend of ours are also studying abroad in the spring, and may as well live together in the fall. I remembered a friend who was studying abroad in the fall and called her up. She then tells me that she has not found a place, but she and two other girls are all studying abroad in the fall and are concerned about having to pay for the spring without being there. How CONVENIENT AND COINCIDENTAL (yet perfectly planned and placed)!!!!!!! We decided to start looking for a 3-bedroom with a 12 month lease with no worries about having to find sub-letters.....
Absolutely unbelievable. Who would ‘a’ thought?
Rom. 12:2
Heb. 12:14
Feb. 12th, 2006 @ 11:05 pm
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Redemption was found before I repented today.
Redemption was found before I felt forgiven.
Redemption was found before I even sinned since the last confession.
Once you have been redeemed, you are no longer lost......why do I then act like I am still lost?
I must find the way back.
Feb. 12th, 2006 @ 05:54 pm
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I have an art history exam on Monday. We covered Paleolithic, Neolithic, Egyptian, and Aegean art (which the last includes Mycenaean and Minoan). This has been the first exam that I really enjoy studying for, seeing as, with art historians, their life is looking at/studying/thinking about art and it'shistory....so studying just insures many many hours of just that!!!! Oh gosh, knowing what I want to do for the rest of my life is so refreshing and lovely.
So, today, I rest and read.
Feb. 10th, 2006 @ 11:58 am
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I have been on a year long hiatus from Livejournal.....
and now I have returned...
I suppose the main reason is forgetfulness...
Feb. 8th, 2006 @ 10:18 am
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I have much to write about the Orinoco Delta, which I recently visited for 3 days...but it will not be tonight.
I love YOU and YOU....YOU both know who YOU are.:)
MERRY CHRIST's Birthday!!! What a JOYOUS day for all who believe!!
Dec. 26th, 2004 @ 12:31 am
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I am so thankful for all that I have been blessed with:
-My incredible family
-The opp to come to Baylor
-All of my friends--who each have been a greater blessing than they can imagine
-Kara- I LOVE her so much...I don't believe I have connected better with anyone on the planet. Hopefully my marriage will be as good as what I have with kara, or I fear I will never marry. lol..ha...just joshin...
-My car, even though it's broken down currently
-my artistic and creative talents
-my ambitions to make my life, and not allow things to be just handed over to me (my passion to learn)
-my discernment of God's Will and character
-my intuition
there is so much more, but I felt uplifted and that it was about time I gave credit to God for all that He has given me and was never deserved.
Dec. 9th, 2004 @ 12:13 am
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Today was such a hellish day. Though the morning was quite lovely-- full of chirping birds and what not, the afternoon was shrouded by pain, anxiety, paranoia, and depression. It all came smashing to the ground during my last World Cultures class when my teacher handed back a few papers and started talking about the oral exam on Thursday. I started to have beads of sweat surface on my forehead, and a sick feeling in my stomach started to move into a churn. I needed to get out of the stuffy room full of insolence and indignance. I feel like my teacher has graded me academically as I would grade him: [M] for moron.
After class I called my confidante, Kara, and met her in the middle of the street in front of Morrison hall with open arms and teary eyes. When we both understood each other's pain from an awful day, we decided to go sit and talk it out. After spilling the grimy details of the past hour into the open air, she began to describe how a-holish her teacher is...then she said that it took all she had in her not to go up to her teacher and yell F***!! F***!F***!!! around 15 times and stick the handful of sharpened pencils up his aaa-....she actually said them, which was the first and hopefully last time she'll ever feel the need to use those words--even though it's inevitable...
When we calmed down and started to enjoy the nice weather, she noticed a ladybug on my shoulder. She let it crawl onto her forefinger and held it out in front of us. After watching the little life meander around her fingertip, I beckoned for it to come onto my own finger...we mentioned how rare it is to see a ladybug this time of year, and that we hadn't seen one in a while. Shortly after, it flew away to bless someone else on a bad day. Or to get swatted to its death. ha..just kidding.
I think that moment Kara and I shared together may have been the most meaningful, wonderful, enlightening moment all day. I went with her to her new dorm in Collins, then went to go turn in a paper, and then hang out in my room with a fabulous friend of mine, ryan s. We looked into my past through photos I and others have taken over the many years and just enjoyed the serenity of my abode.
Everything seems better when I'm with kara. God truly blessed me with her, and I thank Him a thousand times for her. wow. life is good- even with glorious days like these. I'm lucky to be able to experience them, and come away with a story to tell.
Dec. 6th, 2004 @ 11:06 pm
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so my best friend, Kara, who's real name is Kathryn, is sitting beside me in the library...she failed to tell me of her real name until about 2 days ago, after we've been friends for about 3 months now....hmm..shady? yes...well..she's a.maz.ing...so I'll have to reprieve her of that transgression against me...lol...
So, the place where kara and I will be residing next school year is going to resemble something of a vintage coffee shop in Europe, where everyone and their mom is going to feel compelled to visit day and night....it will such an amazing apartment, that we'll have to have open hours for when people can come over...with exceptions to few, of course...;)
I haven't updated in about 8 weeks...which means that I have partially forgotten that I even had this account and that I have had numerous better things to do than update this for about 10 minutes everyday or so...I'm not slamming those who update that frequently, if not more--because believe me, I've been there...I'm just saying that you have no life and you should pursue more meaningful things such as love, experience, and God (not necessarily in that order)...
I'm going to Jason's Deli...feel my excitement.
Dec. 5th, 2004 @ 04:36 pm
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I went to Austin this morning to visit Barsana Dahm, a Hindu temple. It was a field trip for my World Cultures class. I learned more about the Hindu faith than I ever did in my World Religions class last year in an hour and a half. We had a lady who works/meditates at the temple talk with us all about the faith, the practices, and her faith.
It was pretty cool....then we drove back to Waco...then I drove to Dallas to spend the night to go to the TX State fair tomorrow...It should be a lot of fun...I'll be having my first fried oreo tomm..:)...I'm also getting to help Jonathan's mom out with the Little kids' Sunday school for new Christians class tomorrow...I need all the practice I can get with kids...It just doesn't come so naturally with me...
Well..I haven't even taken midterms yet and I've written 18 essays for my World of Rhetoric(english) class already...Before midterm I have at least 4 more to write, which is this Thursday...
I should probably not have a life for the next several days because I have so much reading, but I can't seem to get focused..I just need to sit down and figure how much time I have outside of class and what I need to do to read everything....
anyways....I know what I'm writin here is just SO interesting so I think I'll leave it with a cool website.. everyone should check it out if they appreciate great digital art and graphics.
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Oct. 2nd, 2004 @ 08:52 pm
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A boy is crying on my shoulder about his guitar that he is selling......It's something that I've never experienced....interesting...hmmmm
Sep. 29th, 2004 @ 12:59 pm
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Life is so much sweeter when you rely on the Lord my God.....I've been reading Romans with my journey group with BSM (baptist student ministries)...I have such a fantastic group...I LOVE going each week. We meet at the leaders' house. We went through Romans 4 and 5 tonight...then we closed....
Today I spoke with Ben about everything I had meant to talk with him about for the past 3 months....it went so well-- not doubt because of the heavy prayer throughout the week before the talk....The more of my life I put completely into God's hands, the sweeter and more beautiful it becomes...
I have recently felt really bogged down with work and wearisome hours of lonliness and feelings of without, but I have been relying on Jesus for my strength and hope for a better day....
Sep. 24th, 2004 @ 12:42 am
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