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A bittersweet summer
Well today is my last day at the job I've been working this summer. I'm basically a male receptionist for an Attorney's office, but hey, it puts money in my pocket. Which I desperately need since I leave for Paris in less than two weeks for 8 months! I'm studying abroad at L'Ecole Superiere d'Architecture a La Villete in Paris for the next two semesters. Needless to say I am scared shitless, and my girlfriend is freaking out, but I'm really starting to look forward to it now :-). I got through the hardest part of an architecture student's college curriculum and now it should be much easier and much more enjoyable until I return from Paris. Even after that though I only will have one more semester with free electives and health haha.
It sure is wild thinking how much my life has changed from the first post I wrote on here over 6 years ago.. gone to college, kept my girlfriend for 4 and a half years, gotten many jobs, and now I'm leaving the country for a long time. Actually, Georgia Tech has been in session for 2 weeks now, but I'm still at home while everyone else is in class. It's pretty nice lol. I've gotten more into a routine than I have in a long time this summer. I've been getting between 7 and 8 hours a night, waking up early, eating regulary and though I still get lonely or depressed every now and again, this summer has been miles better than last year. Stacie and I are doing better than ever as well. We had broken up for a couple months last September and finally when Christmas break came I was able to clear my thoughts and separate myself from all the things that were clouding my judgement. She and I have gotten to see each other a good amount this summer and I am so glad about that. She's also really become part of my family recently. My grandmother had a stroke at the beginning of June, while I was still searching desperately for a job, and my mother rushed up to Madison to stay the night at the hospital with her. My grandmother was basically paralyzed and unconcious from the stroke, and my mom being the only person there with her made the situation even more difficult because my mom couldn't communicate with her or comfort her or be comforted. Anyways, Stacie decided to come to the hospital that my grandmother was in and stay the entire night with my mom, not only that... she brought my mom a shrimp pasta dinner and biscuits from Red Lobster!
My grandmother was recovering all summer until earlier this month things took a turn for the worst. She was rushed to the emergency room and there was nothing they could do to reverse the shutting down of her internal organs. She was with my mother and grandfather when she died and hundreds of people showed up for her funeral. I didn't cry even though it was sad. She had been doing poorly for years and we all new that it wouldn't be too much longer that we would have with her. The thing is, her becoming ill has really brought the rest of the family together, and I feel like that's all that she would have wanted in the first place. We all loved her and all miss her, but we know that she is in a better place.
Ruth Valentine Sisk Williams
February 14, 1924 to August 16, 2008
Here is her obituary that ws posted in the Athens, Ga Newspaper:
Ruth Valentine (Sisk) Williams
Madison - Ruth Valentine Sisk Williams, 84, of Madison, died Saturday, August 16, 2008. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and a veteran of World War II.
Born February 14, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Lee Oliver and Lillie Mae Kirby Sisk. She was a homemaker, the co-founder of Magic Land Kindergarten, and a caseworker for the Morgan County Department of Family and Children Services. She had been a member of Madison Baptist Church since the family moved to town in 1953, and served in many positions in her church over the years. At Magic Land, she taught the children of Madison for 12 years with her friend, Barbara Engle.
She had a wide circle of friends and admirers in Madison and elsewhere who will mourn her passing.
During World War II, she was a member of the WAVES, the Navy's service for women, and she served in New York City and San Francisco. She was also the first woman member of Post 37 of the American Legion in Madison, Ga. She was a native of Newry, S.C., but moved as a teenager with her family to nearby Seneca.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 19, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of A.E. Carter Funeral Home in Madison. Visitation will be at 6 - 8 p.m. on Monday, August 18, also at the Carter Funeral Home. Interment will take place in the Return Baptist Church Cemetery in Oconee County, South Carolina, following services in Madison.
Mrs. Williams is survived by her husband of 62 years, Marshall W. Williams; three children, Laura Jane Kuncaitis and her husband Duane of Macon; Mark and his wife Anne Shenk of Watkinsville, and Philip Lee Williams and his wife Linda, also of Watkinsville. Also surviving are grandchildren, Anna and John Tankard and Alyssa Kuncaitis (Laura Jane) of Macon, Zachary and Leah Williams (Mark) of Watkinsville, and Megan and Brandon Williams (Philip), also of Watkinsville. In addition Mrs. Williams is survived by two great-grandchildren, Caleb and Mollie Williams of Watkinsville. She is also survived by a sister, Laura Cranford of Rock Hill, S.C.; and two brothers, Charles Sisk of Seneca, S.C., and Dr. Michael Sisk of Roanoke, Va. A number of nieces and nephews also survive.
A.E. Carter Funeral Home of Madison is in charge of arrangements. Donations in her memory may be made to The Madison Baptist Church, Madison, Ga.
It sure is wild thinking how much my life has changed from the first post I wrote on here over 6 years ago.. gone to college, kept my girlfriend for 4 and a half years, gotten many jobs, and now I'm leaving the country for a long time. Actually, Georgia Tech has been in session for 2 weeks now, but I'm still at home while everyone else is in class. It's pretty nice lol. I've gotten more into a routine than I have in a long time this summer. I've been getting between 7 and 8 hours a night, waking up early, eating regulary and though I still get lonely or depressed every now and again, this summer has been miles better than last year. Stacie and I are doing better than ever as well. We had broken up for a couple months last September and finally when Christmas break came I was able to clear my thoughts and separate myself from all the things that were clouding my judgement. She and I have gotten to see each other a good amount this summer and I am so glad about that. She's also really become part of my family recently. My grandmother had a stroke at the beginning of June, while I was still searching desperately for a job, and my mother rushed up to Madison to stay the night at the hospital with her. My grandmother was basically paralyzed and unconcious from the stroke, and my mom being the only person there with her made the situation even more difficult because my mom couldn't communicate with her or comfort her or be comforted. Anyways, Stacie decided to come to the hospital that my grandmother was in and stay the entire night with my mom, not only that... she brought my mom a shrimp pasta dinner and biscuits from Red Lobster!
My grandmother was recovering all summer until earlier this month things took a turn for the worst. She was rushed to the emergency room and there was nothing they could do to reverse the shutting down of her internal organs. She was with my mother and grandfather when she died and hundreds of people showed up for her funeral. I didn't cry even though it was sad. She had been doing poorly for years and we all new that it wouldn't be too much longer that we would have with her. The thing is, her becoming ill has really brought the rest of the family together, and I feel like that's all that she would have wanted in the first place. We all loved her and all miss her, but we know that she is in a better place.
Ruth Valentine Sisk Williams
February 14, 1924 to August 16, 2008
Here is her obituary that ws posted in the Athens, Ga Newspaper:
Ruth Valentine (Sisk) Williams
Madison - Ruth Valentine Sisk Williams, 84, of Madison, died Saturday, August 16, 2008. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and a veteran of World War II.
Born February 14, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Lee Oliver and Lillie Mae Kirby Sisk. She was a homemaker, the co-founder of Magic Land Kindergarten, and a caseworker for the Morgan County Department of Family and Children Services. She had been a member of Madison Baptist Church since the family moved to town in 1953, and served in many positions in her church over the years. At Magic Land, she taught the children of Madison for 12 years with her friend, Barbara Engle.
She had a wide circle of friends and admirers in Madison and elsewhere who will mourn her passing.
During World War II, she was a member of the WAVES, the Navy's service for women, and she served in New York City and San Francisco. She was also the first woman member of Post 37 of the American Legion in Madison, Ga. She was a native of Newry, S.C., but moved as a teenager with her family to nearby Seneca.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 19, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of A.E. Carter Funeral Home in Madison. Visitation will be at 6 - 8 p.m. on Monday, August 18, also at the Carter Funeral Home. Interment will take place in the Return Baptist Church Cemetery in Oconee County, South Carolina, following services in Madison.
Mrs. Williams is survived by her husband of 62 years, Marshall W. Williams; three children, Laura Jane Kuncaitis and her husband Duane of Macon; Mark and his wife Anne Shenk of Watkinsville, and Philip Lee Williams and his wife Linda, also of Watkinsville. Also surviving are grandchildren, Anna and John Tankard and Alyssa Kuncaitis (Laura Jane) of Macon, Zachary and Leah Williams (Mark) of Watkinsville, and Megan and Brandon Williams (Philip), also of Watkinsville. In addition Mrs. Williams is survived by two great-grandchildren, Caleb and Mollie Williams of Watkinsville. She is also survived by a sister, Laura Cranford of Rock Hill, S.C.; and two brothers, Charles Sisk of Seneca, S.C., and Dr. Michael Sisk of Roanoke, Va. A number of nieces and nephews also survive.
A.E. Carter Funeral Home of Madison is in charge of arrangements. Donations in her memory may be made to The Madison Baptist Church, Madison, Ga.
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hmm
So I haven't been on melo in forever and when I come back I find that my poll was on the front page... ballin.
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upcoming.
It's july 5th... the 4th was uneventful, but it was nice because i didn't have to work. I slept through my alarm today and woke up at 7:30.. but it was ok, I got to work on time still.
I'm supposed to be getting a road bike very soon. .maybe this evening. I am going up to Conyers tomorrow to see my baby :-) I will hopefully have a bike b/c she wants to go for a ride together! I hope i get one b/c that would be so much fun. On sunday I'm supposed to go work out with Cole then drive home. hopefully everything will go as planned.
it looks similar to that.. the one that I will most likely get.. :-)
I'm supposed to be getting a road bike very soon. .maybe this evening. I am going up to Conyers tomorrow to see my baby :-) I will hopefully have a bike b/c she wants to go for a ride together! I hope i get one b/c that would be so much fun. On sunday I'm supposed to go work out with Cole then drive home. hopefully everything will go as planned.
it looks similar to that.. the one that I will most likely get.. :-)
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My new Phone!
It's so awesome.. and I can get wireless internet on it lol.. I am basically carrying around a really small computer.
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Finally something to look forward too!
I'm counting the minutes until noon.. b/c I get off work and then shortly after that I'll be driving up to Athens for the night! I'm super-excited. Then I get the next week off from work! This is going to be the best week ever. Plus I get to spend the majority of it with my family and Stacie :-D
Also I've gotten to do some work at the firm the last couple of days. I've drawn an organ in Revit, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.. especially considering how useless the CAD file was... blah blah blah..
I burned a CD for this weekend.. it might be the greatest cd ever... Doors, PGroove, Flaming Lips, M83... yea.. it's perfect.
Also I've gotten to do some work at the firm the last couple of days. I've drawn an organ in Revit, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.. especially considering how useless the CAD file was... blah blah blah..
I burned a CD for this weekend.. it might be the greatest cd ever... Doors, PGroove, Flaming Lips, M83... yea.. it's perfect.
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Athens.. then Myrtle Beach
So I talked to Eric last night, and I decided that I am going up to Athens this Friday to spend the night. I'm taking my guitar too, we want to write something while I'm there... I'm feeling outrageously inspired to create something beautiful.
After that I will be picking Stacie up and bringing her to Macon so that we can leave for the beach on Sunday morning! I'm really excited about every aspect of this coming week! P.S. 600 posts.
After that I will be picking Stacie up and bringing her to Macon so that we can leave for the beach on Sunday morning! I'm really excited about every aspect of this coming week! P.S. 600 posts.
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the rain.
So, it's raining.. and that means the trail is going to be really wet.. so I don't think I will bike today. Hopefully it will keep raining until 7 or so and I can go run in the rain :-) I haven't done that in ages, but it is so much fun.
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work sucks.
I'm sitting here at work..
I am pretty sure that I am the single most bored person in America right now. It sucks when there is no work to do.. but I get paid by the hour and work from 8-6.. blegh. 10 hours of nothing is almost unbearable. I'm trying to get into a schedule so that this job will just blow by and I can get through the weekdays.. but it still sucks to sit at a computer and look at the same damn websites all day.
Every once in a blue moon I get included on one of the jobs and that is nice.. sometimes I'm not even just trying to get through the day. Whatever, at least I'll have cash for college in the fall.
I ran yesterday at the river walk and it was really nice. Not to hot.. but really humid. After work today I'm going to go mountain biking and then a run immediately afterwards so that I can get a feel for the transition. If I'm going to be triathloning I need to work on doing multiple workouts in a row.
Next week I go to the beach, and Stacie is coming with us. I'm really looking forward to the whole week off of work lol. Maybe I can avoid getting outrageously sunburned this year.
I am pretty sure that I am the single most bored person in America right now. It sucks when there is no work to do.. but I get paid by the hour and work from 8-6.. blegh. 10 hours of nothing is almost unbearable. I'm trying to get into a schedule so that this job will just blow by and I can get through the weekdays.. but it still sucks to sit at a computer and look at the same damn websites all day.
Every once in a blue moon I get included on one of the jobs and that is nice.. sometimes I'm not even just trying to get through the day. Whatever, at least I'll have cash for college in the fall.
I ran yesterday at the river walk and it was really nice. Not to hot.. but really humid. After work today I'm going to go mountain biking and then a run immediately afterwards so that I can get a feel for the transition. If I'm going to be triathloning I need to work on doing multiple workouts in a row.
Next week I go to the beach, and Stacie is coming with us. I'm really looking forward to the whole week off of work lol. Maybe I can avoid getting outrageously sunburned this year.
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This weekend
So I get off work this Friday and bought some mountain biking gloves which will come in handy this coming week. After that I drove up to Stacie's house and we went out to dinner and went shopping. I desperately needed new work clothes. We also rented three movies... Running w/ Scissors, De JaVu, and American Beauty. Running with Scissors kind of sucked.. Alec Baldwin was horrible. I fell asleep at the beginning of De JaVu and Stacie put me to bed which was nice.
I was going to leave for Tech early the next morning alone but I decided to sleep in a little bit.. then Stacie called me and said she was getting off work and could come to Atlanta with me :-). So we get ready and then we drive to Atlanta.. horrible traffic. We get to Cole's place and just hang out for a couple hours till Justin got there. Guitar hero, then dinner at El Amigo with Laur and Leo too. We came back and Seth went to the Liquor store and got us all some drinks. We played some games and then got hungry.. which is normal... it took forever to find a place that was open though. We came back.. played a little more and then for the most part went to bed.
We woke up at 8:30... and I drove Stacie back to Conyers.. I hung for a little bit and then drove back to Macon. I made it back in 56 minutes.. I hit every green light which was nice. When I got home I gave my dad his father's Day gift... a 6-pack of Sweetwater and a card lol. Then Kim, Anna, my Dad and me went to Indian Springs for a picnic.. and it was soooo hot. It always is there though. Anna and I played putt-putt... not competitively.. and then we all watched Winston play in the water. .and puke.. silly dog.
Not terribly exciting.. but fun :-)
I was going to leave for Tech early the next morning alone but I decided to sleep in a little bit.. then Stacie called me and said she was getting off work and could come to Atlanta with me :-). So we get ready and then we drive to Atlanta.. horrible traffic. We get to Cole's place and just hang out for a couple hours till Justin got there. Guitar hero, then dinner at El Amigo with Laur and Leo too. We came back and Seth went to the Liquor store and got us all some drinks. We played some games and then got hungry.. which is normal... it took forever to find a place that was open though. We came back.. played a little more and then for the most part went to bed.
We woke up at 8:30... and I drove Stacie back to Conyers.. I hung for a little bit and then drove back to Macon. I made it back in 56 minutes.. I hit every green light which was nice. When I got home I gave my dad his father's Day gift... a 6-pack of Sweetwater and a card lol. Then Kim, Anna, my Dad and me went to Indian Springs for a picnic.. and it was soooo hot. It always is there though. Anna and I played putt-putt... not competitively.. and then we all watched Winston play in the water. .and puke.. silly dog.
Not terribly exciting.. but fun :-)
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This Summer
Well, time for my 6 month update I suppose. I'm home, well, in Macon. Working for the first time in my life as well... at an architecture firm. My hours suck most of the week.. 8-6 Mon-Thurs. but I get off at noon on Fridays which is fantastic. It's nice having a steady income, but honestly, I can't work 40 hours a week my whole life.. not like I am now. This past semester was great as far as school goes.. minus my studio instructor.. but that's ok. As far as my personal life is concerned.. it was really terrible. Strangely enough though, this summer has been a blessing.
Though I am alone a great percentage of the time, I am happier than I have been in years. I don't know why, but I feel loved. My heart feels so full at times that I can barely stand it and just have to talk to someone.
I think a lot. It's strange how much my relationship with myself has developed, I sometimes forget the importance of friends. It's nice to have my family around again, I haven't been home for more than a week since I started college.
I am not completely at ease.. but I'm getting there.
Though I am alone a great percentage of the time, I am happier than I have been in years. I don't know why, but I feel loved. My heart feels so full at times that I can barely stand it and just have to talk to someone.
I think a lot. It's strange how much my relationship with myself has developed, I sometimes forget the importance of friends. It's nice to have my family around again, I haven't been home for more than a week since I started college.
I am not completely at ease.. but I'm getting there.
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hmm
Well it's been forever as usual... but I'm done with another semester at Tech.. this one didn't go so well as far as grades but I didn't fail any classes which is good I suppose.. my life is pretty stressful still though. Studio was intense.. personal life is a mess at times but I'd like to think that everything is going to be ok. I'm back at home in Macon and there isn't too much to do here... just hanging out with a few old friends and waiting for christmas and the new years, and then school again :-\ I hope next semester goes better.
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A week off
So my freshman year at Tech ended last Friday and I start summer classes this coming monday.. not a very long break.. but it's ok because I'll be living at my fraternity house this summer and I've been working on the room with my roommate and my girlfriend..
I learned a lot in the past year... but I think I am dumber now lol
I learned a lot in the past year... but I think I am dumber now lol
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New Year's with the family... bleeeerg ...
New Years with the family pretty much sucked.
I hate it when I'm the only one there my age..
There were adults who all were at least 35 or older and then there were their kids. All the little boys were like 9 years old and all the girls were between 12 and 14. Then there was me. 18. I felt really awkward and out of place the entire time which seemed like an eternity. So I've decided that next year I will be celebrating New Year's with my friends, or if Stacie will come with me I will celebrate it with my family. I got drunk dialed a few times last night, everyone seemed to be having such a great time, and I hope they did... I will next year for sure.
Not too long until I go back to school... Yay!
Good news, my sleep cycle is getting back to a reasonable level.
so.
Happy New Year!
I hate it when I'm the only one there my age..
There were adults who all were at least 35 or older and then there were their kids. All the little boys were like 9 years old and all the girls were between 12 and 14. Then there was me. 18. I felt really awkward and out of place the entire time which seemed like an eternity. So I've decided that next year I will be celebrating New Year's with my friends, or if Stacie will come with me I will celebrate it with my family. I got drunk dialed a few times last night, everyone seemed to be having such a great time, and I hope they did... I will next year for sure.
Not too long until I go back to school... Yay!
Good news, my sleep cycle is getting back to a reasonable level.
so.
Happy New Year!
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my heart
If I never heard another note again
let it be your voice
Let it be your vibration to be the last thing that my ear ever senses.
The one sound that can entertain my thoughts forever.
If I never saw another sight
let it be your smile
Let it be the one thing that can clear my mind of any clouds
your sunshine in my mind's eye
If I never taste anything again
Let it be your kiss
Let it be the sense of compassion and comfort that washes over me
from your candy sweet lips
If I never smell another scent again
Let it be your skin
Let it be the scent that lingers after you've left that reminds me of your figure
The smell that leaves you with me for longer than physically possible
If I never can touch anything again
Let it be your face
Let it be the contours and creases that allow me to see you without my eyes
the tingling in my fingertips and the shaking in my arms
But never let me lose my heart
Never let me lose my ability to love
For without my heart,
senses are useless...
Never let my heart fall
It is why I exist,
why I cry at night
why I smile when I think of you
and why I'll always wait for you
It's why I love you.
You've reached me heart,
past all my senses,
to the depths of my humanity..
Don't let go..
let it be your voice
Let it be your vibration to be the last thing that my ear ever senses.
The one sound that can entertain my thoughts forever.
If I never saw another sight
let it be your smile
Let it be the one thing that can clear my mind of any clouds
your sunshine in my mind's eye
If I never taste anything again
Let it be your kiss
Let it be the sense of compassion and comfort that washes over me
from your candy sweet lips
If I never smell another scent again
Let it be your skin
Let it be the scent that lingers after you've left that reminds me of your figure
The smell that leaves you with me for longer than physically possible
If I never can touch anything again
Let it be your face
Let it be the contours and creases that allow me to see you without my eyes
the tingling in my fingertips and the shaking in my arms
But never let me lose my heart
Never let me lose my ability to love
For without my heart,
senses are useless...
Never let my heart fall
It is why I exist,
why I cry at night
why I smile when I think of you
and why I'll always wait for you
It's why I love you.
You've reached me heart,
past all my senses,
to the depths of my humanity..
Don't let go..
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First meet... freezing... not so good
First meet... not so great by any means...
2-mile: 11:00 :-\
mile: 5:13 :-|
4x400 split: 62
I'm really tired now.. and I really need to practice harder i suppose because i want to be a lot faster than that in the 2 mile and I want sub-5 in the mile and a 58 in the 400.... so I have a lot of work ahead of me.
2-mile: 11:00 :-\
mile: 5:13 :-|
4x400 split: 62
I'm really tired now.. and I really need to practice harder i suppose because i want to be a lot faster than that in the 2 mile and I want sub-5 in the mile and a 58 in the 400.... so I have a lot of work ahead of me.
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Long time no post... well here's the latest in my life.. I had a lot of fun at UGA.. so.. read all about it :-)
Let's see... It's been a while since I last updated.
This weekend I went to Janfest.. that was a lot of fun.
We left thursday; Eric, his dad, and me, to go up to UGA to audition for our seating in the bands. Otto didn't go because his wife was apparently really sick and he decided to stay home and take care of her. We head up there and listen to trumpet and wind ensemble music the whole drive. Once we got there I got very nervous. I hadn't had a trumpet audition for a year and the last one I did didn't go too well. So we go upstairs to the floor where our audition is and Eric and I go into a practice room to warm up and our friend Robert comes in after us.. he's a really funny guy who plays the trumpet as well. Benjamin walked by the door too.. so there were a lot of guys that we knew there. It comes time to audition and Robert went first, then Eric and then me. I went into the room and there were to guys in there. One was a graduate and the other was a current music major so it was automatically more comfortable because last year we auditioned for Fred Mills lol.
I made a little conversation with them about my favorite composer (Holst) whom they apparently really liked.. so that was a few bonus points for me lol. They told me that I had to play two two-octave scales but they didn't even have to be chromatically adjacent. So I played the two hardest major scales that there are on the trumpet. G flat and B. I played them basically perfectly. They seemed pleased and told me to play my chromatic scale as high as I could. So I play all the way from low F# to a high E... and got stuck :-\ but I caught myself and my composure and returned down the scale. They said that I handle the slip very well, which was good news lol. Then came the sight-reading... which I had been practicing for nearly 4 months. I was worried that it was going to be really difficult... It was sooo easy.. I played it nearly perfect the first time.. dynamics and everything. So they told me good job and sent me on my way.
After that we all went to check into the hotel and then to eat. We went and watched the Brookwood and Harrison symphonic bands play and UGA and it was pretty good.. boring at times though. So Eric and I had our own room.. we went back to the hotel and went to bed after watching some TV and talking to the women folk :-). The next morning all the trumpet players at Janfest went to a clinic with Fred Mills and another man whose name I can not remember. They taught the same thing that they always teach lol. After that we went out of the room and the results were posted on the wall... I was really nervous because I honestly didn't think that my audition went too terribly well. So I push through the crowd, trying to find my name.. but all I could find was Eric's, he had gotten 8th chair in the Cook band. I was happy for him especially since he had moved up so much from last year. I saw that benjamin, robert and nathan were all in the cook band as well... 5th, 7th, and 9th respectively. So I knew that Eric had a lot of people to joke around with. Then I saw David's name. He was 8th in the Cowles band. Then I hear Eric telling me to come on to the car and he said he had found my name... the moment of truth... what chair would it be? I hoped it would be better than last years 17th chair.. I didn't know what to expect.. and then Eric said "You got 5th in the Cowles band." I about flipped out lol.. I hadn't expected to do so well. Eric said it without any real enthusiasm too which made me think that he expected me to do that well.. which made me feel good :-).
So later that day we go to our respective bands that we were placed in and I sit down and come to find out that I am the first 2nd trumpet... I was kinda disappointed because I just missed the first trumpet part. Then again, I got some solos because of my placement. The guy beside me was named Sarvesh. He was pretty cool.. and a very good trumpet player, since he was 6th chair I gave him one of my solos lol. The rest of the weekend involved a lot practicing.. we ended up playing 4 songs..
Portrait of a City: First Movement- Skyline
A Longford Legeng: 3 Movements
Soliloquey for Band
The Sinfonians
They were all really fun.. well the trumpets hardly played during the Soliloquey song.. but that was because he wanted to rest our chops for The Sinfonians. It was an awesome fanfare piece that involved a lot of triple-tounging.. which I might add, sounded awesome to have 18 trumpet players all doing it at the same time. I ended up spending $30 on a mute during the trip, because I didn't own one and I needed it for the music. I really like the mute that I bought though :-).
Well... I'll post more later... my arms are starting to hurt lol
This weekend I went to Janfest.. that was a lot of fun.
We left thursday; Eric, his dad, and me, to go up to UGA to audition for our seating in the bands. Otto didn't go because his wife was apparently really sick and he decided to stay home and take care of her. We head up there and listen to trumpet and wind ensemble music the whole drive. Once we got there I got very nervous. I hadn't had a trumpet audition for a year and the last one I did didn't go too well. So we go upstairs to the floor where our audition is and Eric and I go into a practice room to warm up and our friend Robert comes in after us.. he's a really funny guy who plays the trumpet as well. Benjamin walked by the door too.. so there were a lot of guys that we knew there. It comes time to audition and Robert went first, then Eric and then me. I went into the room and there were to guys in there. One was a graduate and the other was a current music major so it was automatically more comfortable because last year we auditioned for Fred Mills lol.
I made a little conversation with them about my favorite composer (Holst) whom they apparently really liked.. so that was a few bonus points for me lol. They told me that I had to play two two-octave scales but they didn't even have to be chromatically adjacent. So I played the two hardest major scales that there are on the trumpet. G flat and B. I played them basically perfectly. They seemed pleased and told me to play my chromatic scale as high as I could. So I play all the way from low F# to a high E... and got stuck :-\ but I caught myself and my composure and returned down the scale. They said that I handle the slip very well, which was good news lol. Then came the sight-reading... which I had been practicing for nearly 4 months. I was worried that it was going to be really difficult... It was sooo easy.. I played it nearly perfect the first time.. dynamics and everything. So they told me good job and sent me on my way.
After that we all went to check into the hotel and then to eat. We went and watched the Brookwood and Harrison symphonic bands play and UGA and it was pretty good.. boring at times though. So Eric and I had our own room.. we went back to the hotel and went to bed after watching some TV and talking to the women folk :-). The next morning all the trumpet players at Janfest went to a clinic with Fred Mills and another man whose name I can not remember. They taught the same thing that they always teach lol. After that we went out of the room and the results were posted on the wall... I was really nervous because I honestly didn't think that my audition went too terribly well. So I push through the crowd, trying to find my name.. but all I could find was Eric's, he had gotten 8th chair in the Cook band. I was happy for him especially since he had moved up so much from last year. I saw that benjamin, robert and nathan were all in the cook band as well... 5th, 7th, and 9th respectively. So I knew that Eric had a lot of people to joke around with. Then I saw David's name. He was 8th in the Cowles band. Then I hear Eric telling me to come on to the car and he said he had found my name... the moment of truth... what chair would it be? I hoped it would be better than last years 17th chair.. I didn't know what to expect.. and then Eric said "You got 5th in the Cowles band." I about flipped out lol.. I hadn't expected to do so well. Eric said it without any real enthusiasm too which made me think that he expected me to do that well.. which made me feel good :-).
So later that day we go to our respective bands that we were placed in and I sit down and come to find out that I am the first 2nd trumpet... I was kinda disappointed because I just missed the first trumpet part. Then again, I got some solos because of my placement. The guy beside me was named Sarvesh. He was pretty cool.. and a very good trumpet player, since he was 6th chair I gave him one of my solos lol. The rest of the weekend involved a lot practicing.. we ended up playing 4 songs..
Portrait of a City: First Movement- Skyline
A Longford Legeng: 3 Movements
Soliloquey for Band
The Sinfonians
They were all really fun.. well the trumpets hardly played during the Soliloquey song.. but that was because he wanted to rest our chops for The Sinfonians. It was an awesome fanfare piece that involved a lot of triple-tounging.. which I might add, sounded awesome to have 18 trumpet players all doing it at the same time. I ended up spending $30 on a mute during the trip, because I didn't own one and I needed it for the music. I really like the mute that I bought though :-).
Well... I'll post more later... my arms are starting to hurt lol
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I'm scared of growing up, I can't help it :-(
I've been sort of melancholy all day today... It's just really hit me hard that this IS my last year of high school. My last year of Macon. My last year with everyone that I've grown with through 14 years at FPD. My last year of youth group. This is last year that I will see most of the people in my grade ever again.
... And it scares me...
I love my life and every part of it. I love everything that has happened, all the wonderful and amazing people that I've met along the way. I've been feeling almost destressed today. It all started because I was listening to Wonderwall and that always brings back memories of ski trips in the past... and then I went and read a lot of my old posts that I had made years ago.. and I really began to miss some of the people that I no longer talk to at all.
I'm going to Georgia Tech, and although I will recognize a few people there, it will be a whole new world. I've always been one of the stronger ones dealing with change and new things. I have no problem switching houses every week because my parents are divorced, and I make friends easily... but for some reason this change is just so much greater and more difficult to take. I'm just afraid of growing up. I loved every year of my life, especially since 7th grade.. and I wish that I could live in them forever. Just keep going on church trips, go skiing.. meeting new people every year.
I've made some unbelievable friends in my time as a teenager and I've also turned away from some of the people that used to be my friends.. and honestly I wish the situations hadn't turned out how they did.. but I wouldn't give up what I had with everyone for anything. I am who I am today because of those people in my life. When I was in the stage of my life where I was most impressionable, those people influenced me and taught me how wonderful I can be. They made me passionate... I saw the passions they had and it burned a fire in my spirit that made me take everything more seriously. They made me smile... without my friends I wouldn't have ever been as happy as I am today. They were there for me whenever I needed them (which turned out to be quite often) and I'll always be thankful for how well those people treated me and accepted me.
I was looking at my old posts, as I previously mentioned.. and I realized that I was extremely girl-crazy. I must have wanted to be with 15 girls in a 4 month span. Times have changed.. I'm with Stacie now and have never been happier. I think I enjoyed the chase and the feelings I got when I got acceptance.. but then there is always the other feeling you can get from rejection, the worst feeling I can think of honestly. Once I met Stacie though, it was different, I had given up on girls and then she walked into my life and everything changed.. I knew from the minute that I talked to her that I wanted to start something with this beautiful girl in the PJ's and the cute butt :-).
My life has been incredibly thus far.. and I can only hope that in college my life will be half as great as my highschool life has been. I love who I am and how I became who I am. Everyone who has influenced my life; I am eternally grateful to you... without you I wouldn't be here now.. I love you all.
Here's to the best 6 years of my life! I hope these next 5 are just as great!
... And it scares me...
I love my life and every part of it. I love everything that has happened, all the wonderful and amazing people that I've met along the way. I've been feeling almost destressed today. It all started because I was listening to Wonderwall and that always brings back memories of ski trips in the past... and then I went and read a lot of my old posts that I had made years ago.. and I really began to miss some of the people that I no longer talk to at all.
I'm going to Georgia Tech, and although I will recognize a few people there, it will be a whole new world. I've always been one of the stronger ones dealing with change and new things. I have no problem switching houses every week because my parents are divorced, and I make friends easily... but for some reason this change is just so much greater and more difficult to take. I'm just afraid of growing up. I loved every year of my life, especially since 7th grade.. and I wish that I could live in them forever. Just keep going on church trips, go skiing.. meeting new people every year.
I've made some unbelievable friends in my time as a teenager and I've also turned away from some of the people that used to be my friends.. and honestly I wish the situations hadn't turned out how they did.. but I wouldn't give up what I had with everyone for anything. I am who I am today because of those people in my life. When I was in the stage of my life where I was most impressionable, those people influenced me and taught me how wonderful I can be. They made me passionate... I saw the passions they had and it burned a fire in my spirit that made me take everything more seriously. They made me smile... without my friends I wouldn't have ever been as happy as I am today. They were there for me whenever I needed them (which turned out to be quite often) and I'll always be thankful for how well those people treated me and accepted me.
I was looking at my old posts, as I previously mentioned.. and I realized that I was extremely girl-crazy. I must have wanted to be with 15 girls in a 4 month span. Times have changed.. I'm with Stacie now and have never been happier. I think I enjoyed the chase and the feelings I got when I got acceptance.. but then there is always the other feeling you can get from rejection, the worst feeling I can think of honestly. Once I met Stacie though, it was different, I had given up on girls and then she walked into my life and everything changed.. I knew from the minute that I talked to her that I wanted to start something with this beautiful girl in the PJ's and the cute butt :-).
My life has been incredibly thus far.. and I can only hope that in college my life will be half as great as my highschool life has been. I love who I am and how I became who I am. Everyone who has influenced my life; I am eternally grateful to you... without you I wouldn't be here now.. I love you all.
Here's to the best 6 years of my life! I hope these next 5 are just as great!
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analyzing an Emily Dickinson poem
I held a jewel
poem by Emily Dickinson
I held a jewel in my fingers
And went to sleep
The day was warm, and winds were prosy
I said, "Twill keep"
I woke - and chide my honest fingers,
The Gem was gone
And now, an Amethyst remembrance
Is all I own
Let's analyze... this seems pretty straight-forward.. but let's break it down.
"I held a jewel in my fingers"
This clearly represents someone special.. a person of great value to the author.
"and went to sleep the day was warm, and winds were prosy I said, 'Twill keep'"
The author took the loved one for granted and didn't realize that at any time things could change. The time spent with the loved one was wonderful and the author assumes that it is up to her to decide if this person will be special to her.
The analogy of a loved one to a gem is the theme of this story.. all that is left now that the loved one is gone is the memory of that person... it is still a beautiful memory though.. hinted at by the phrase "Amethyst rememberance."
Well that was fun.. just goofin around :-)
poem by Emily Dickinson
I held a jewel in my fingers
And went to sleep
The day was warm, and winds were prosy
I said, "Twill keep"
I woke - and chide my honest fingers,
The Gem was gone
And now, an Amethyst remembrance
Is all I own
Let's analyze... this seems pretty straight-forward.. but let's break it down.
"I held a jewel in my fingers"
This clearly represents someone special.. a person of great value to the author.
"and went to sleep the day was warm, and winds were prosy I said, 'Twill keep'"
The author took the loved one for granted and didn't realize that at any time things could change. The time spent with the loved one was wonderful and the author assumes that it is up to her to decide if this person will be special to her.
The analogy of a loved one to a gem is the theme of this story.. all that is left now that the loved one is gone is the memory of that person... it is still a beautiful memory though.. hinted at by the phrase "Amethyst rememberance."
Well that was fun.. just goofin around :-)
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just some thoughts about the soul and afterlife
The human mind is incapable of comprehending nonexistance... that means one of two things..
1) There is no afterlife, but, being such conceited beings as we are, think we deserve one.
or
2) There is an afterlife...
A while back I would have gone with the first option... I mean, what makes us so special that we, and only we, of all creatures deserve an afterlife? I still can't answer that question, but since I can not fathom non existance.. I figured, what the hell.. maybe there's no such thing! haha... i mean why go through life thinking that your last day IS your last day? I think that the afterlife will be an almost mental state... sort of like a dream, instead of your mind being active though, your soul will be.
There is a definite difference, in my eyes, between one's mind and one's soul. I believe guilt is created in the soul because of what the mind comprehends... they work together... your "feelings" are the results of your soul, triggered by what your brain comprehends. Strangely enough there seems to be a pattern of activity in the body.. ok for example... You run a race and you finish in first place; your mind registers this as a good thing-> your soul feels happiness-> endorphins are released because of your happiness and now you feel good physically as well. That's pretty interesting actually.. hmm.
I believe that the soul continues on after death... human senses will not be in affect... b/c there will be no need... I think it is cool to think about other senses that we can not even imagine because it reaches beyond a humans capability.. hmm... maybe Heaven is where you have good feelings all the time and Hell is where you have bad feelings all the time... I dunno... oh well..
That was fun :-)
1) There is no afterlife, but, being such conceited beings as we are, think we deserve one.
or
2) There is an afterlife...
A while back I would have gone with the first option... I mean, what makes us so special that we, and only we, of all creatures deserve an afterlife? I still can't answer that question, but since I can not fathom non existance.. I figured, what the hell.. maybe there's no such thing! haha... i mean why go through life thinking that your last day IS your last day? I think that the afterlife will be an almost mental state... sort of like a dream, instead of your mind being active though, your soul will be.
There is a definite difference, in my eyes, between one's mind and one's soul. I believe guilt is created in the soul because of what the mind comprehends... they work together... your "feelings" are the results of your soul, triggered by what your brain comprehends. Strangely enough there seems to be a pattern of activity in the body.. ok for example... You run a race and you finish in first place; your mind registers this as a good thing-> your soul feels happiness-> endorphins are released because of your happiness and now you feel good physically as well. That's pretty interesting actually.. hmm.
I believe that the soul continues on after death... human senses will not be in affect... b/c there will be no need... I think it is cool to think about other senses that we can not even imagine because it reaches beyond a humans capability.. hmm... maybe Heaven is where you have good feelings all the time and Hell is where you have bad feelings all the time... I dunno... oh well..
That was fun :-)
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3 dozen roses
So Eric and I've written 3 songs together and they sound really good actually...
Song #1
Song #2
3 dozen roses
on song #1 I play the acoustic and Eric on the electric, unless we are going to be downtown in which case we will both use acoustic
#2 is Eric and me on fitting parts with acoustic and harmonizing singing
3 dozen roses is Eric on guitar and me singing at the moment
Other songs we will be playing
Tangerine
Wonderwall (with both guitar parts... it's awesome)
Christmas Song
Granny (possibly)
So our band name is 3 Dozen Roses! We will be awesome lol..
Song #1
Song #2
3 dozen roses
on song #1 I play the acoustic and Eric on the electric, unless we are going to be downtown in which case we will both use acoustic
#2 is Eric and me on fitting parts with acoustic and harmonizing singing
3 dozen roses is Eric on guitar and me singing at the moment
Other songs we will be playing
Tangerine
Wonderwall (with both guitar parts... it's awesome)
Christmas Song
Granny (possibly)
So our band name is 3 Dozen Roses! We will be awesome lol..
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More truth about gay marriage
This country was founded as a refuge for people being oppressed by their religious values. It was a place where people had the freedom of religion and didn't oppress people for thinking differently than they did b/c that was the exact reason they came over here in the first place. With that in mind.. How on Earth can we say that gay marriage is wrong.. it goes against everything this country was founded on. Gay marriage may not be though to be a bad thing to someone, therefore they have no religious convictions against it. They have the freedom to live their life the way that they want according to their religious values.
Now I'm not saying that there should be murder if people feel that it isn't a religious conviction of their's. I simply think that everyone should be able to live their life the way that they want to as long as they don't hinder someone else in doing just that.
A big thing at my school is teachers saying that the founding fathers based the constitution around christian doctire... just to let everyone know.. the founding fathers were deists. Not Christians, Ben Franklin... Thomas Jefferson..
In the Constitution it say that the state shall not interfere with religious affairs.. Then how can they government pass an amendment to disallow gay marriage? To say that it is illegal is to oppress the values that this country was founded on... the very reason that we are the strongest nation on this planet.
That's all.. I just always have something to say with this issue...
Now I'm not saying that there should be murder if people feel that it isn't a religious conviction of their's. I simply think that everyone should be able to live their life the way that they want to as long as they don't hinder someone else in doing just that.
A big thing at my school is teachers saying that the founding fathers based the constitution around christian doctire... just to let everyone know.. the founding fathers were deists. Not Christians, Ben Franklin... Thomas Jefferson..
In the Constitution it say that the state shall not interfere with religious affairs.. Then how can they government pass an amendment to disallow gay marriage? To say that it is illegal is to oppress the values that this country was founded on... the very reason that we are the strongest nation on this planet.
That's all.. I just always have something to say with this issue...
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Wow.. the fastest poem I've ever written.. what do yall think?
I wanted to tell you...
but it's too hard to breathe
the words won't come out yet.
What was I going to say?
It must have slipped my mind...
oh yeah,
I love you.. and I always will
I can't be without you
I can't live my life without you in it.
How could I forget that..
something so amazing?
I guess I'm just overwhelmed.
Overwhelmed by you..
and all that you are..
kiss me..
Hold me..
just let me know that you feel the same way..
just let me know..
just let me know..
I want to give you the world. My world.
It's yours.. as long as you want it.. it's yours..
I hope eternity takes forever..
so I never
have to be without your smile.
but it's too hard to breathe
the words won't come out yet.
What was I going to say?
It must have slipped my mind...
oh yeah,
I love you.. and I always will
I can't be without you
I can't live my life without you in it.
How could I forget that..
something so amazing?
I guess I'm just overwhelmed.
Overwhelmed by you..
and all that you are..
kiss me..
Hold me..
just let me know that you feel the same way..
just let me know..
just let me know..
I want to give you the world. My world.
It's yours.. as long as you want it.. it's yours..
I hope eternity takes forever..
so I never
have to be without your smile.
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Christmas Eve!
Just one more day until I get my trumpet... I'm excited :-) Anna is aobut to flip out waitning to get her ipod mini lol...
Today I'm really not doing anything... burning cd's.. trying to make up songs and chord progressions... which is a lot harder than it sounds... I need to learn some new chords and see how they sounds together... :-P
Today I'm really not doing anything... burning cd's.. trying to make up songs and chord progressions... which is a lot harder than it sounds... I need to learn some new chords and see how they sounds together... :-P
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Yesterday's gone
Yesterday was a good day... mostly.
First I went shopping with Eric... we went to the bestbuy, target, michaels, old navy supercenter and bought Stacie something and then my dad a Dire Straits cd that he had been wanting.. that was fun.. then we went over to Jared's house where we all piled into Jared's car and we went over to Landon's house to hang out with him and see how he was feeling... he beat me in ping-pong.. and he has a broken back haha.. He told me that he was going to stop drinking b/c he realized that this was a wake-up call... he said the next time he drinks will be at prom.. but he will have a limo so I think that is a huge step forward for Landon... I know how hard it can be to quit drinking cold turkey... and how it makes you say crazy things..
After that I came home and ate lasagna with the family and then headed out to Rivalry's to watch The Hollow play... I saw so many people I knew there..
Lena, Louis, scott, scott, alex, brian, daniel, joey, kevin, salena, katie, caris, will, young, tommy, garrett, jenny, richard, justin, greg, devon..
just some of the people I remember seeing... it was really fun and the band was awesome. they are going places.. and with Louis's unbelievable skill at guitar, I don't see how they could fail to accomplish anything.
First I went shopping with Eric... we went to the bestbuy, target, michaels, old navy supercenter and bought Stacie something and then my dad a Dire Straits cd that he had been wanting.. that was fun.. then we went over to Jared's house where we all piled into Jared's car and we went over to Landon's house to hang out with him and see how he was feeling... he beat me in ping-pong.. and he has a broken back haha.. He told me that he was going to stop drinking b/c he realized that this was a wake-up call... he said the next time he drinks will be at prom.. but he will have a limo so I think that is a huge step forward for Landon... I know how hard it can be to quit drinking cold turkey... and how it makes you say crazy things..
After that I came home and ate lasagna with the family and then headed out to Rivalry's to watch The Hollow play... I saw so many people I knew there..
Lena, Louis, scott, scott, alex, brian, daniel, joey, kevin, salena, katie, caris, will, young, tommy, garrett, jenny, richard, justin, greg, devon..
just some of the people I remember seeing... it was really fun and the band was awesome. they are going places.. and with Louis's unbelievable skill at guitar, I don't see how they could fail to accomplish anything.
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Will Christmas ever get here?
I've got to go christmas shopping again today... and then again tomorrow... Luckily I'll be done getting Stacie stuff today lol, I've also got to find a certain cd for my dad that just does not seem to exist.. in fact it really might not'
Oh well.. off to best buy
Oh well.. off to best buy
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What a wonderful weekend
So this weekend Stacie came down for the christmas dance..
After taking my english exam yesterday morning, which went really well, I talked to Stacie online and then we decided to meet at the Bruster's in Mcdonough around 3. She ended up being late though because she had some company at her house that wouldn't leave lol. I pull into the Bruster's and just sit and listen to music for a while and then Stacie and her mom drive up. We got all of her stuff in my car, including her dress which looked amazing... turns out it was pink lol.. just very dark pink. We hit the interstate and just listened to music and talked all the way back to Macon. We got back to the house and found that Anna had bought Happy Gilmore and Billy MAdison so Stacie, Anna and I watched Billy Madison until I decided I needed to go get ready for the dance.
I couldn't decide what to wear b/c I didn't really have anything that remotely matched Stacie's dress. I ended up wearing a white shirt, Gold tie and a Navy blazer which is pretty standard if you ask me. Stacie got dressed and did her hair and make-up... My God that girl is stunning... She looked so amazingly, incredibly, unbelievable, remarkably beautiful... I was thinking to myself.. "Wow, I did pretty good for myself." Haha... She was really cold and understandably so, it was probably below freezing outside.. so of course I gave her my blazer and then she crawled into my car lol and we were off to Luigi's for dinner. Luigi's is the best restaraunt on earth if you didn't know but it is also quite expensive... so when we got there and realized that we only had 26 dollars and needed around 35 we were in a sort of a pickle. I called my mom to see if she would bring me some money.. she was pissed and my dad ended up coming... it looked like a drug sawp b/c he just drove by and handed me the money lol... this was before the meal actually so it wasn't that big of a deal. We had the cherry chicken pasta and the Filette con Gorganzolla which is the best steak I have ever had.. without a shadow of a doubt. We ate and then paid and then went back out to the car... it was so cold that we just sat in the car with the heater on for a while until we stopped shivering and our teeth stopped chattering lol.
So we head off to the dance and get there and Daniel runs across the parking lot and scares us lol and asks.. "Do ya'll wanna go roll Lauren Bonair's house?" Of course we jumped at the opportunity and Stacie and I hopped in the car with Daniel where we all went to Kroger and bought toilet paper.. unfortunately I hate all the girls that were there except for Ashley so Stacie and I really didn't roll the house at all or even associate with the people other than Daniel. We get to Lauren's house and they rolled one tree which was kinda lame but still funny... Then Daniel and I REINDEER HUMPED! Haha... it's where you set the fake reindeer people have in their front yards up so it looks like they are having sex. It was awesome lol. After that we returned the dance and waited in the car until Daniel's date got back. Eric and Melissa showed up at that point which was really cool. It was nice seeing Melissa again, she looked very nice and Eric was very happy.
So when Daniel's date got there, we all went into the dance... after finding our date wall thing and placing it in the middle of an empty wall lol, Stacie and I went on the dance floor with Eric and Melissa... haha it was so much fun just being stupid and having fun dancing.. Cotton Eye Joe, Spanish Dancer, Slow Dancin... just the whole thing was a lot of fun. We left the dance around 11 and decided to go rent a movie... but they didn't have Jerry McGuire! I couldn't believe it so we just went home.. movieless :-(.
Stacie and I got changed and then watched some TV downstairs and kept eachother company till around 1:30... it was awesome... we had a lot of fun and really got close.. Later that night, really it was early morning, I woke up and it was FREEZING and I oculdn't get warm... so I went downstairs and got on the couch with Stacie which was very warm, and we cuddled and then we noticed that the sun was coming up so she convinced me that we should watch the sunrise... "But it's freezing!" haha... we got outside on the deck and I had us wrapped up in the comforter and she laid on my lap and I really wasn't that cold... it was really a cool experience.. I wasn't worried about the cold really.. I was just so happy that I had the girl that I love, the girl of my dreams, right there with me... and nothing could make me feel any better than that.
After that we went back to sleep until around 10:30 when I came downstairs and woke Stacie up.. we watched some tv and then I went and took a fairly short shower. We got some breakfast and the my cell phone went off and it was Melissa :-). She and Eric decided to come down to the house, at the time Stacie and I were outside playing basketball lol. We all just hung out and had laughs and fun lol. This guy was speeding down the road and Eric yelled, "slow down!" and the guy turned around lol... Eric and I ran like losers and then came back to talk to the guys... the guy cussed and looked really gay with his best friend there lol... and they tried to burn out but ended up screwing up their engine haha... smoke shot out the back of the exhaust and the passenger who had his head sticking out of the window hit his head really hard... it was priceless.
So at 1 I had to drive Stacie back up to McDonough, we played a word game in the car to pass the time... I'm going to try and remember it all..
Alligator, ball, cup, donkey, egg, fish, glucose, hey, Iraq, John, keeper, lurk, monkey, negro, ostrich, pastrami, quizical, retro, spam, turd, underwear, vaginal, wenier, xylophone, yam, zoological..
Wow I am amazing lol.. So I get her to McDonough and for the first time in a long time, the ride home wasn't a bad one lol... I had such a great weekend that I really wasn't sad at all, sure I had to let her go but I know that our relationship grew a lot and we are a much stronger couple...
I Love her more than ever and I can't wait to spend Christmas with her.. I hope I get to spend the rest of the Christmases in my life with her...
What a wonderful weekend.. :-)
After taking my english exam yesterday morning, which went really well, I talked to Stacie online and then we decided to meet at the Bruster's in Mcdonough around 3. She ended up being late though because she had some company at her house that wouldn't leave lol. I pull into the Bruster's and just sit and listen to music for a while and then Stacie and her mom drive up. We got all of her stuff in my car, including her dress which looked amazing... turns out it was pink lol.. just very dark pink. We hit the interstate and just listened to music and talked all the way back to Macon. We got back to the house and found that Anna had bought Happy Gilmore and Billy MAdison so Stacie, Anna and I watched Billy Madison until I decided I needed to go get ready for the dance.
I couldn't decide what to wear b/c I didn't really have anything that remotely matched Stacie's dress. I ended up wearing a white shirt, Gold tie and a Navy blazer which is pretty standard if you ask me. Stacie got dressed and did her hair and make-up... My God that girl is stunning... She looked so amazingly, incredibly, unbelievable, remarkably beautiful... I was thinking to myself.. "Wow, I did pretty good for myself." Haha... She was really cold and understandably so, it was probably below freezing outside.. so of course I gave her my blazer and then she crawled into my car lol and we were off to Luigi's for dinner. Luigi's is the best restaraunt on earth if you didn't know but it is also quite expensive... so when we got there and realized that we only had 26 dollars and needed around 35 we were in a sort of a pickle. I called my mom to see if she would bring me some money.. she was pissed and my dad ended up coming... it looked like a drug sawp b/c he just drove by and handed me the money lol... this was before the meal actually so it wasn't that big of a deal. We had the cherry chicken pasta and the Filette con Gorganzolla which is the best steak I have ever had.. without a shadow of a doubt. We ate and then paid and then went back out to the car... it was so cold that we just sat in the car with the heater on for a while until we stopped shivering and our teeth stopped chattering lol.
So we head off to the dance and get there and Daniel runs across the parking lot and scares us lol and asks.. "Do ya'll wanna go roll Lauren Bonair's house?" Of course we jumped at the opportunity and Stacie and I hopped in the car with Daniel where we all went to Kroger and bought toilet paper.. unfortunately I hate all the girls that were there except for Ashley so Stacie and I really didn't roll the house at all or even associate with the people other than Daniel. We get to Lauren's house and they rolled one tree which was kinda lame but still funny... Then Daniel and I REINDEER HUMPED! Haha... it's where you set the fake reindeer people have in their front yards up so it looks like they are having sex. It was awesome lol. After that we returned the dance and waited in the car until Daniel's date got back. Eric and Melissa showed up at that point which was really cool. It was nice seeing Melissa again, she looked very nice and Eric was very happy.
So when Daniel's date got there, we all went into the dance... after finding our date wall thing and placing it in the middle of an empty wall lol, Stacie and I went on the dance floor with Eric and Melissa... haha it was so much fun just being stupid and having fun dancing.. Cotton Eye Joe, Spanish Dancer, Slow Dancin... just the whole thing was a lot of fun. We left the dance around 11 and decided to go rent a movie... but they didn't have Jerry McGuire! I couldn't believe it so we just went home.. movieless :-(.
Stacie and I got changed and then watched some TV downstairs and kept eachother company till around 1:30... it was awesome... we had a lot of fun and really got close.. Later that night, really it was early morning, I woke up and it was FREEZING and I oculdn't get warm... so I went downstairs and got on the couch with Stacie which was very warm, and we cuddled and then we noticed that the sun was coming up so she convinced me that we should watch the sunrise... "But it's freezing!" haha... we got outside on the deck and I had us wrapped up in the comforter and she laid on my lap and I really wasn't that cold... it was really a cool experience.. I wasn't worried about the cold really.. I was just so happy that I had the girl that I love, the girl of my dreams, right there with me... and nothing could make me feel any better than that.
After that we went back to sleep until around 10:30 when I came downstairs and woke Stacie up.. we watched some tv and then I went and took a fairly short shower. We got some breakfast and the my cell phone went off and it was Melissa :-). She and Eric decided to come down to the house, at the time Stacie and I were outside playing basketball lol. We all just hung out and had laughs and fun lol. This guy was speeding down the road and Eric yelled, "slow down!" and the guy turned around lol... Eric and I ran like losers and then came back to talk to the guys... the guy cussed and looked really gay with his best friend there lol... and they tried to burn out but ended up screwing up their engine haha... smoke shot out the back of the exhaust and the passenger who had his head sticking out of the window hit his head really hard... it was priceless.
So at 1 I had to drive Stacie back up to McDonough, we played a word game in the car to pass the time... I'm going to try and remember it all..
Alligator, ball, cup, donkey, egg, fish, glucose, hey, Iraq, John, keeper, lurk, monkey, negro, ostrich, pastrami, quizical, retro, spam, turd, underwear, vaginal, wenier, xylophone, yam, zoological..
Wow I am amazing lol.. So I get her to McDonough and for the first time in a long time, the ride home wasn't a bad one lol... I had such a great weekend that I really wasn't sad at all, sure I had to let her go but I know that our relationship grew a lot and we are a much stronger couple...
I Love her more than ever and I can't wait to spend Christmas with her.. I hope I get to spend the rest of the Christmases in my life with her...
What a wonderful weekend.. :-)
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Friends should support each other
The performance went really well :-)... First Eric and I had to play the fanfare song with the middle school choir. The lady directing it has no idea what she is doing though.. she never told eric or me that the curtains would still be closed when we would begin to play so we came in late... what the heck lady? I struggled on it b/c I wasn't able to warm up b/c my mouthpice is stuck in my trumpet lol... but it went fine and I got plenty of compliments.
Next, Eric and I came back to the auditorium to watch the middle school band who did really well actually. One of their songs was really funny... There is a trombone solo where he just slides all the way out and then all the way back.. bowwwwuhhhowwww.. haha.
After that, Eric, Ashley, Odie and I all went and went through our RDS thing one more time before performing.. I was really nervous b/c it was my first time doing RDS. We get out there and do our skit which was pretty hilarious and then we do our drumming part on coolers, chairs and the floor.. and we all did our stick flips correctly which was the part I was nervous about... but it went so well. Andrew and Ray dropped paper from the catwalk that had been shredded onto the audience and it was like it was snowing.. they had no idea that it was going to happen... it was so awesome lol.
So after that all the RDS people came back and got ready for the high school band performance. We get out there and play our first song, The Nutcracker Suite and we actually missed a cue but the whole band realized and it was impossible to tell anything went wrong.. it was incredible. So After that we had to play the Sing-a-long song with the crowd and that was really tiring b/c the trumpets play almost the entire song. Eric was getting really tired by this point so that sucks.. but it was alright. So then we play The Glory of Christmas.. and I played really well... as well as I've ever played really which was good. The band as a whole did really well too. Ryan Smith and Carrie played their solos really well and there weren't really any bad moments in it. I was really pleased.
Afterwards We had to clean up paper for over an hour b/c of the snow... we still haven't gotten it all up. We had around 15 people working the whole time and it still wasn't all up. We have to do the performance again tuesday too lol so we have clean it all up again which won't be too bad b/c I'll get to miss some school b/c of it.
Only one bad thing really happened at the concert... no one that I asked to come except Vaughn came... Nicole's dad wouldn't let her so I understand that, but some people really let me down by not coming when it really meant a lot to me. I just wanted them to see something that I really love and enjoy. It was just rude not to support their friend, especially when I support them whenever I am needed. I guess I know where some peoples priorities are now though.. which kinda sucks...
I miss Stacie... but she has a parade this weekend so I hope she does well... I have a scholarship interview this weekend with Mercier so that should be interesting.. I hope I do well
That's all
Next, Eric and I came back to the auditorium to watch the middle school band who did really well actually. One of their songs was really funny... There is a trombone solo where he just slides all the way out and then all the way back.. bowwwwuhhhowwww.. haha.
After that, Eric, Ashley, Odie and I all went and went through our RDS thing one more time before performing.. I was really nervous b/c it was my first time doing RDS. We get out there and do our skit which was pretty hilarious and then we do our drumming part on coolers, chairs and the floor.. and we all did our stick flips correctly which was the part I was nervous about... but it went so well. Andrew and Ray dropped paper from the catwalk that had been shredded onto the audience and it was like it was snowing.. they had no idea that it was going to happen... it was so awesome lol.
So after that all the RDS people came back and got ready for the high school band performance. We get out there and play our first song, The Nutcracker Suite and we actually missed a cue but the whole band realized and it was impossible to tell anything went wrong.. it was incredible. So After that we had to play the Sing-a-long song with the crowd and that was really tiring b/c the trumpets play almost the entire song. Eric was getting really tired by this point so that sucks.. but it was alright. So then we play The Glory of Christmas.. and I played really well... as well as I've ever played really which was good. The band as a whole did really well too. Ryan Smith and Carrie played their solos really well and there weren't really any bad moments in it. I was really pleased.
Afterwards We had to clean up paper for over an hour b/c of the snow... we still haven't gotten it all up. We had around 15 people working the whole time and it still wasn't all up. We have to do the performance again tuesday too lol so we have clean it all up again which won't be too bad b/c I'll get to miss some school b/c of it.
Only one bad thing really happened at the concert... no one that I asked to come except Vaughn came... Nicole's dad wouldn't let her so I understand that, but some people really let me down by not coming when it really meant a lot to me. I just wanted them to see something that I really love and enjoy. It was just rude not to support their friend, especially when I support them whenever I am needed. I guess I know where some peoples priorities are now though.. which kinda sucks...
I miss Stacie... but she has a parade this weekend so I hope she does well... I have a scholarship interview this weekend with Mercier so that should be interesting.. I hope I do well
That's all
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I'm awake, you're still sleeping... The sun will rise like yesterday. Everything that we are now, is everything we can't let go.
It' so hard for me to let Stacie leave every time we see each other... the car ride back from wherever I was is always so horrible. I almost always am on the verge of tears or just broken down altogether. Tonight was no exception...
I met Stacie in Mcdonough yesterday and we then drove back to Macon in the rain and I took her straight to my mom's house. I could only stay for a few minutes b/c I had to get to the school for band. So I left Stacie with my mom and stepdad so that she could come to the game with them. I get to the school and I'm late and almost immediately we had drumline practice and then a sort of dogwalk for the football players to come out of the locker rooms too. It was alright... we had problems with Stapleton as usual.. I just try to ignore him now to be honest. So we get in the stands at the game and play the star-spangled banner which went well. Then we played the half time show after Southland did theirs... which wasn't bad... I liked it b/c they were loud b/c they have a lot of band members... unlike us :-(. I played alright in the show... but I am glad that this friday will be the last time i have to perform it or the old drumline thing again. We played our new drumline riff and Goings screwed up so badly... dear lord... it was like he had never played a musical instrument before. Southland's drumline was excellent... I was extremely impressed especially by their tenor players... geez they were good.
After the game I got with Stacie and we drove to my house... but we stayed in the car for about 20 minutes just talking and kissing and basically formally saying hello since I had to leave her so quickly when we first got to Macon. We went inside and got dressed for bed and watched some tv together... The Iron Chef!!... then we cuddled and snuggled for the first time in god knows how long and ended up going to bed around 3:30. Stacie kneed me in the neck once which hurt like crap lol.. I now know never to let my guard down with her.
So i wake up this morning around 9:30 b/c my dad was vaccuming the house for some reason lol... so I got a shower and then went downstairs and hounded Stacie until she woke up. She got a shower and then we just hung out on the deck and around the house for a little while until we decided to go see a movie... The Spongebob Movie... it really wasn't very good... it wasn't really like the show which has a lot of humor that adults would find funny as well as kids.. it was more child oriented. Only a few characters had more than three lines in the movie too which was sad b/c there are a lot of hilarious characters in the show that got no showing. And what was up with David Hasselhoff? After that we came back to the house and ended up taking a nap for two hours till 5ish. By that point i was wondering when Stacie's sister was going to leave to come get her from Valdosta. It turned out that she hadn't even left yet and then she left around 6 or so.
My dad had left to go the airport to pick up my grandparents from England who are over here now... so Stacie got to meet them! It was really cool just sitting in the living room with all the family and Stacie.. she really felt like part of the family and it made me feel so happy to be with her. We all ate together and we had pork bbq which kim made... and it was sooo good. With the hot sauce on it... ahhh... so good. After that Stacie and I went into the living room and my grandfather did something really funny... my dad called him from the store and asked what he wanted for breakfast and my G-dad said, "well I usually have a crumbly thing." Hahaha i thought it was hysterical b/c it shows how my grandmother handles the meals lol...
So then came the hard part of the weekend... I drove Stacie to Starcadia to meet her sister and on the way over there I just felt so sad that I had to leave her... especially after such a wonderful weekend.. she was wonderful with my friends, with my family, and just one on one... she is just amazing. So I kiss her goodbye and her and her sister leave to head home.... I decided to go over to Jared's b/c it's good to be around friend's when you hurt so much. And I do... I hurt tremendously... she is my everything and letting her go is next to impossible.. I without a doubt love her...
With all of my heart I love her and I always will.. and I can't thank her enough for coming down this weekend and making my life sunny even though it was raining.
I met Stacie in Mcdonough yesterday and we then drove back to Macon in the rain and I took her straight to my mom's house. I could only stay for a few minutes b/c I had to get to the school for band. So I left Stacie with my mom and stepdad so that she could come to the game with them. I get to the school and I'm late and almost immediately we had drumline practice and then a sort of dogwalk for the football players to come out of the locker rooms too. It was alright... we had problems with Stapleton as usual.. I just try to ignore him now to be honest. So we get in the stands at the game and play the star-spangled banner which went well. Then we played the half time show after Southland did theirs... which wasn't bad... I liked it b/c they were loud b/c they have a lot of band members... unlike us :-(. I played alright in the show... but I am glad that this friday will be the last time i have to perform it or the old drumline thing again. We played our new drumline riff and Goings screwed up so badly... dear lord... it was like he had never played a musical instrument before. Southland's drumline was excellent... I was extremely impressed especially by their tenor players... geez they were good.
After the game I got with Stacie and we drove to my house... but we stayed in the car for about 20 minutes just talking and kissing and basically formally saying hello since I had to leave her so quickly when we first got to Macon. We went inside and got dressed for bed and watched some tv together... The Iron Chef!!... then we cuddled and snuggled for the first time in god knows how long and ended up going to bed around 3:30. Stacie kneed me in the neck once which hurt like crap lol.. I now know never to let my guard down with her.
So i wake up this morning around 9:30 b/c my dad was vaccuming the house for some reason lol... so I got a shower and then went downstairs and hounded Stacie until she woke up. She got a shower and then we just hung out on the deck and around the house for a little while until we decided to go see a movie... The Spongebob Movie... it really wasn't very good... it wasn't really like the show which has a lot of humor that adults would find funny as well as kids.. it was more child oriented. Only a few characters had more than three lines in the movie too which was sad b/c there are a lot of hilarious characters in the show that got no showing. And what was up with David Hasselhoff? After that we came back to the house and ended up taking a nap for two hours till 5ish. By that point i was wondering when Stacie's sister was going to leave to come get her from Valdosta. It turned out that she hadn't even left yet and then she left around 6 or so.
My dad had left to go the airport to pick up my grandparents from England who are over here now... so Stacie got to meet them! It was really cool just sitting in the living room with all the family and Stacie.. she really felt like part of the family and it made me feel so happy to be with her. We all ate together and we had pork bbq which kim made... and it was sooo good. With the hot sauce on it... ahhh... so good. After that Stacie and I went into the living room and my grandfather did something really funny... my dad called him from the store and asked what he wanted for breakfast and my G-dad said, "well I usually have a crumbly thing." Hahaha i thought it was hysterical b/c it shows how my grandmother handles the meals lol...
So then came the hard part of the weekend... I drove Stacie to Starcadia to meet her sister and on the way over there I just felt so sad that I had to leave her... especially after such a wonderful weekend.. she was wonderful with my friends, with my family, and just one on one... she is just amazing. So I kiss her goodbye and her and her sister leave to head home.... I decided to go over to Jared's b/c it's good to be around friend's when you hurt so much. And I do... I hurt tremendously... she is my everything and letting her go is next to impossible.. I without a doubt love her...
With all of my heart I love her and I always will.. and I can't thank her enough for coming down this weekend and making my life sunny even though it was raining.
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I don't see how "dubya" can say we are fighting for the freedom of the Iraqi's when we are killing innocent citizens.... We are letting them be free by forcing them to have a government like ours, supervised by us... what the heck?
I think they probably changed the plan name to Operation Iraqi Freedom after they realized that Operation Iraqi Liberation let out the secret of wwhat this "war" is really about..
O.I.L.
If this is a war on terror then why the hell are we attacking countries? Iraq did not crash the planes into the world trade center... neither did Afghanistan... I simply think our trigger fingers were a little hasty...
Just a humble opinion
I think they probably changed the plan name to Operation Iraqi Freedom after they realized that Operation Iraqi Liberation let out the secret of wwhat this "war" is really about..
O.I.L.
If this is a war on terror then why the hell are we attacking countries? Iraq did not crash the planes into the world trade center... neither did Afghanistan... I simply think our trigger fingers were a little hasty...
Just a humble opinion
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Mon.12.01.08 1:36pm
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I stumbled upon you're post from 8/29/08 and I think we're related...weird, huh. My grandfather was Harmon Kirby Sisk. He died 5/22/07 and lived in NY. But, his obit lists your grandmother as his sister...it's a VERY small world I guess :)
Fri.08.29.08 4:00pm
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yes they have, but what's sad...
...there will be some people who a) say they're in on it or b) still say they were wrong.
Tue.05.20.08 5:43pm
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Oh man..I don't even know what to vote for on your poll. Both make me want to shrivel up in the corner and sob.
Fri.11.02.07 1:17am
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voted piss a marble.
if us females are able to let out six or so inch babies when giving birth, then pissing marbles should be a breeze! hahaha.
Thu.11.01.07 11:24pm
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haha. truthfully, neither. I voted for shit a softball though... atleast your asshole can stretch and accomodate that. well, you know... somewhat.
Thu.11.01.07 5:15pm
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Okay dude, so I sat and thought about your poll question almost all day before I came back to Melo to answer it.
I honestly would rather there be a 'Neither' choice.
I thought about this Logically and medically.
I came to the conclusion that I would rather shit a softball.
Congrats on getting it on the front page. :D
Thu.07.05.07 9:15am
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and yesterday was uneventful, eh? how about "i rode bikes with my sister for the first time in 10 years. it was spectacular!"
Fri.06.22.07 8:44am
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John, you should have put Scatman on that CD last night. i have it in my iTunes.
Wed.06.20.07 2:38pm
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i noticed that in macon there are a million places to eat.. but after 6, it can be pretty boring.. haha..
yeah, i had no idea what your sister was talking about.. think she was just typing random stuff.. haha..
small world indeed!..
Wed.06.20.07 1:25pm
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haha, you need to see The Pick Of Destiny if you haven't already. it's hilarious.
Wed.06.20.07 1:21pm
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i was kidding.
i have/had friends in Georgia.
albany area. use to go there alot.
ex girlfriend prevents me from visiting and my best friend died in a crash there (he lived there) so i dun have much to go back to)
basically im saying i was teasing. i meant nothing by my comment.
Wed.06.20.07 7:21am
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hey, hows things in Macon?
i saw your message to athens on facebook.. haha.. yeah i was the english guy! :oP
Sat.04.28.07 11:55pm
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Oh wow! I was going through old friends on here and I just saw that you go to Tech too! How exciting
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