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Picking the answers by randomizing songs on my iPod… June 8, 2007

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How do you feel today?Fishers of Men Gene HelselUh… kinda fuzzy on how that is as a feeling…
What’s your outlook on life?Mega-Mix NewsboysGood enough.  Life IS a mega-mix.
What does your family think of you?On Christ the Solid Rock Gene HelselAnother “um…” 

What do your friends think of you?To Know You Nichole NordemanThat one made a little sense
What do your exes think of you?Famine in
Egypt …no… comment…
How’s your love life?Breathe (Live) Michael W. Smith*makes odd face*
How will your love life be in the future?Anna  Michael W. SmithThat really doesn’t sound right, what with me being a girl and all…
Will you get married?Where We Belong Sanctus RealNo, no.  Not “where”.  “Will”.
Are you good at school?May Not the Sovereign Lord Gene HelselI don’t even want to think about the meaning of that one.
Will you be successful?The Black Rider LotRThat does not sound promising.

What song should they play on your birthday?The Uruk-Hai LotRDitto.
What song should they play at your graduation?Shadow of the Cross Gene HelselFINALLY.  An answer which I really like. 

The Soundtrack of your life?The Forbidden Pool LotROh boy.

You and your best friends are?Druid Fluid Yo-yo Ma*chokes*  *laughs*  …well, as Grant Taylor (Facing the Giants) says, “I’ve never heard it described quite that way before!” 

Happy times:Balaam and His DonkeyAnother “oh boy.”
Sad times:Knighting Peter NarniaThat’s not SAD!!!
Every day:God Follower Steven Curtis ChapmanGood enough.
For tomorrow:The Black Gate is Closed LotRA little depressing, eh?
For you:Stained Glass Masquerade Casting CrownsAgain, good enough.
What does next year have in store for me?Caracena RiverdanceTalk about vague!
What do I say when life gets too hard?Unashamed StarfieldYay!  (Ben wanted to know today if I was given the choice to spit on a Bible or be killed, which would I do?  O_o  “Well, hopefully be killed…”
What song will I dance to at my wedding?Gollum’s Song LotR

This is the worst possible song which they could have picked, methinks.  As A.W. pointed out, “…where once was love, love is no more…. Now we say, ‘goodbye’… excellent choice!”


What do you want as your career?Sabbath Prayer Fiddler on the RoofLittle cryptic!
Your favorite saying?I’m Gone Michael W. SmithThat does NOT sound like me.
How will I die?
The Other Side of the World White NightsNot “where”.  “How.” 

 

Okay, so it wasn’t very… helpful.  I think I’ll try again sometime.  But for now, ta!

New Music June 7, 2007

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Today my new CDs came (Newsboys Go and Jars of Clay Good Monsters) and of course, I read all the lyrics to all the songs.  ^_^ 

Analysis on a few Newsboys songs:

Wherever We Go

It sounds like Michael Kelly Blanchard lyrics.  “Wherever we go, that’s where the party’s at”, and it also reminds me of their song Shine.  Good concept, nonetheless — as believers we have something which the world doesn’t. 

Go

Basic mission statement

Something Beautiful

I LOVE this song.  It’s actually the reason I bought the CD.  They did a great job of coming up with different “beautiful” things:  A kiss without any shame, the child on her wedding day, laughing until we cry.

Your Love is Better than Life

I think that they eavesdropped on Antion and my conversations… 

I dunno if I ever had an original thought,
maybe not, maybe so, maybe later, I dunno (the answer is apparently no, as they came up with all the same questions as we have)
I dunno how I can end a prayer, then turn on a friend,
I dunno what I was thinking when I just pressed SEND, (*blush* so me…)
I dunno, I dunno, I dunno, but this one thing I know

YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, I’m just a broken machine
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, it’s all a mindless routine
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, I’m in another free fall
YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE
Without your love, I’ve got nothing at all

I dunno what goes down the moment we die (or when we go to sleep)
Do we get halos & harps? Do we sleep? Do we fly? I dunno
how, when and why this world will finally end,
Speculation’s gonna grow, who knows best, I dunno
I dunno if I should push ahead or stop and grieve,
I lie awake and wonder how to make a city believe,
I dunno when it’s a ministry and when it’s a show
maybe neither, maybe both, I dunno, but this one thing I know

YOUR LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE….
I dunno when to walk away or stand and fight
just when I’ve got it wrong, I’m sure I heard you right
and when my arguments are watertight you expose every hole with a flash and a flood and I know…

Secret Kingdom

A reference to hobbits.  Whoa.  ^_^

Well, due to being sidetracked, that’s it for tonight.  Have a great day (or night, depending on what time you’re reading this!)

Let’s Kill Anya Night!!! June 5, 2007

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It was sorta that kind of a night at Deliverance. 

Antion tried to kill me with a football.  Of course, it’s not as if that’s the first time he’s tried; there have been soccer ball trials as well as running-me-over tries.  :-P

Then, as Alicia and I finally got back to the dock in our canoe, Sean and Antion tried to drown us by jumping in practically on top of us.  Alicia got wet.  I got soaked.  *glares at guilty parties*

The other attempt to kill me was more subtle, and came from Matt (thank you Matt!) as I tried jumping over an incredibly high thing.  He yelled my name.  I, obviously, turned around.  This led to me not just falling, but falling on my face.  Pretty much.

In other news, it was the Southern Pacific Islands night.  Mr. U (whose wife grew up in Hawaii) spoke about how a lot of people think that Hawaii is paradise.  It’s sunny, it’s beautiful… but when you look more closely at it, it isn’t really that ideal.  The beautiful waters are infested with sharks, the people are not welcoming to non-natives, drug use is a major problem, and you’re stuck on this itty-bitty island. 

Then he broadened his subject from searching for the (non-existant) paradise of Hawaii to how we chase after all sorts of different things which we think will make us happy.  We chase relationships, the ideal place to live, the ideal job, possessions — but none of it is what we imagined when we get there.  The only thing in life which can truly make us happy and fulfilled is having a relationship with Jesus Christ, because the only true paradise is the one which He has supplied in heaven. 

P.S.:  Da, not wanting to miss out on the fun, decided to shoot me.  Fortunately, the gun was virtual. 

Deliverance I June 3, 2007

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Every year, my youth group does a week-long thing called Deliverance.  It gets pretty… crazy… but they do it partly as an outreach and partly, I think, to burn off the weird ideas they get from being with us all year. 

This year, the theme is “Around the World in 5 Days” and tonight was Asia.  We had some Asian food for dinner, did several games:  picking up peanuts with chopsticks (that I could handle), hackeysack (where my team somehow conspired to all be about as bad as me!), a game called something like Tingaling (which I STANK at, but maybe I’ll practice and sorta get the hang of it…) and Chinese jumprope (which was funky but I wasn’t too good at it… I think I could do it with some practice.)

Then we had our lesson from Mark M, who had just returned from Thailand.  He talked about how it’s not just people in America… or in Asia for that matter, who need Christ.  That was the serious part.  Then he was also telling us about different Asian customs; it got a little… erm… goofy.

You have to understand, it was raining fairly steadily, and we were outside.  The porch roof was actually a tarp, and the rain kept pooling on it, and the one of the guys would have to take the broom and push the “roof” up so that the rain would spill off.  Well, Mark had been telling us about Thai New Year, which is in April when the weather is about 115 degrees.  =P  Anyway, people run around drenching each other with buckets of water — even those wearing three-piece suits!!  Right after Mark said that, one of the guys went up behind him and knocked all the water off, causing a mini-Niagara Falls!

Mark:  *jumps*

everyone else:  “Happy New Year!!!”

 Also, Mark was telling us about the greetings (in Japan), and how the younger person must bow lower than the older person to show respect.  I caught Samwise’s eye and said, “Hey!  That means that you…”

Sam began laughing.  If we’re going by birthdays, he is younger than me.  By about, um, three hours.  That’s always good for some fun.  ^_^

Let’s see… Anna, our one Chinese girl, was trying to give Greg lessons on how to use chopsticks.  It was most amusing to watch, because as a general rule, she doesn’t bother to explain things.  She just kept cramming his hand into different positions.

Greg:  *as Anna tries to get him to do it again* “I know all this stuff.”   

Anna:  *gets distracted and looks away*

Greg:  *makes face of utter confusion and mouths NOT to me*

Then Anna decided to take a picture of Greg the Master Chopstick User.  So he posed with the chopsticks halfway to his mouth and she snapped his picture.  When she had finished, Greg, trying to eat his bite of rice, completely dropped it. 

=)

Yes, another “spontaneous degeneration” type of post. June 2, 2007

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:-P  Deal with it.  =)  My brain seems to be on the mend (seems to be being the operative phrase there.)  The SAT went well, I think, and happily I knew two people there!  We even got to sit in the same room!  ^_^  So the whole thing was more bearable than I hadst feared. 

But now for the other part of tonight’s post… on Monday (the loooooong car trip day) we were listening to Derek Webb’s CD She Must and Shall Go Free, which I think is pretty much the best CD I’ve ever owned. 

Except, perhaps, for track 4… Nothing Without You.  If you hadn’t noticed by that point that Derek’s music is a bit influenced by Bob Dylan, it becomes painfully (to the ears) obvious.

What can I say?  We (meaning Abbie and myself) were bored.  The first verse was supposed to go

i’ve got the dress, i’ve got the ring
i’ve got a song that i can sing
i’ve got the bread, i’ve got the wine
but i’ve got the life i’ve left behind
i’ve got everything, but i’ve got nothing
without you

but instead I changed the first part to

i’ve got the dress, i’ve got the ring
i’ve got a song that i can’t sing –

and then I sang the next part normally:
i’ve got the bread, i’ve got the wine
but i’ve got the life i’ve left behind

Little did I know that the evil side of Abbie’s mind had kicked on full force.  She carried on with the song:
i’ve got everything, but i’ve got nothing
that I can sing…

Crazy  Brilliant, if I do say so myself.  *smiles proudly*

Alright… June 1, 2007

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Let me guess.  It isn’t the best symptom in the world when your brain feels… incoherent the night before the SAT?  I was afraid of that.  *sighs*  Well, I don’t think I’ll have problems because of it.  It’s not like the nerdy (wait, wait, my friend Jay says that “academic” sounds better than “nerd”) part of my brain has blown a fuse… it’s more like… I don’t know… being hit over the head with a lemon and then having your brain wrapped around a gold brick.  For anyone who has not read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, that is not a quotation.  It is a misquotation. 

Anyway, since I’ve been so random all day, I’ll just carry on in that vein.  No deep thoughts tonight… at least, I don’t think that there will be, so if you’re looking for deep thoughts, you’d better go somewhere else.  *smiles apologetically*

I was made happy today by digging out a random CD.  Abbie wanted to hear the one song, so I found the CD which I hadn’t listened to in… um… probably a few years.  So we listened to the track which was the reason that I had found it, and then decided to listen to the others.  The one song came on and I just about went crazy out of happiness.  It’s called Take You at Your Word and is by Avalon.  It’s not that I love that song in itself so much — in fact, I had only heard it once or twice before.

It was where I had heard it.  That song was used in the slideshow of pictures at our last quiz meet!  So hearing it brought back many good memories including peeling many pounds of potatoes, honeysuckle hand lotion, a good score, the knowledge that I was going to Districts, and some crazily fun cheering with Sam and Antion.  ^_^

Speaking of Antion, he and I had some, um, *cough*  fun conversation today… two people whose brains have both turned to mush make an interesting convo…

me:

 I don’t know.  I think that I should have that made into a t-shirt, except everyone would take it wrong.

Antion:

 what?

me:

 just saying that I don’t know….

Antion:

 i mean… the t-shirt… what would you put on it

me:

 I DON’T KNOW!!!

me:

This is beginning to sound like Who’s on First
Antion: yeah it is
me: I meant that I would put “I don’t know” on the t-shirt

Then we were discussing him getting a job and I was trying to give him suggestions… helpful friend that I am… maybe on par with how helpful Job’s friends were…

me:

 oh did you check at [restaurant]… you know, by [other place]?  They were hiring
Antion: no
Antion: should i?
Antion:

i tried [other place]
me: it’s owned by the same family
me: i dunno, just a thought
Antion: maybe i will… i have to go in to town today
me: they make really good cake!
me:

raspberry torte actually… wow, I think that my brain has completely degenerated
Antion: lol

It was just such an awfully random thing to say… it had nothing to do with anything… oh wow. 

 And I love how the people who write the SAT must think that we (the test takers) are all such morons… the list of instructions which they sent me was so… odd… here are some of my favorites:

Before Test Day

Make sure you have two No. 2 pencils and a soft eraser. A No. 2 pencil is required to answer the essay and the multiple-choice questions. Mechanical pencils are not allowed. Pens are not allowed.
Have your SAT Admission Ticket and acceptable photo ID ready.  (duh)
Prepare snacks to bring with you. .
Be well-rested and ready to go.

On Test Day

Give yourself plenty of time to get to the test center on time. Unless otherwise noted on your Admission Ticket, arrive at the test center no later than 7:45 a.m. Plan enough extra time in case traffic, weather conditions, flat tires, or anything else slows you down.
Remember that cell phone use is prohibited while you are in the test center.
Be sure to test at the center indicated on your Admission Ticket.
Use breaks to eat or drink any snacks you have brought with you. You will have several breaks during the test. Use them to relax (RELAX???  Riiiight.)   and eat a snack, so you can stay focused.
Make sure you use a No. 2 pencil. You must fill in the entire circle darkly and completely. If you change your response, erase it as completely as possible. It is very important that you follow these instructions when filling out your answer sheet.  (First, we’re supposed to fill in DARKLY, then we’re supposed to erase COMPLETELY.)
Pace yourself during the test. Remember, each question counts the same. If you find yourself spending too much time on one question, move on to the next question.  (Thank you, Simone.)

Okay, well, now that I have been weird long enough for one night, I shall call an end to this post.

The End!  :-)