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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:55:34 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>I love how I randomly decide to write in this thing.  I&apos;ll go for a year, then I&apos;ll be back.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I&apos;m going to break it down:&lt;br /&gt;1. moved to Boston&lt;br /&gt;2. am constantly cold&lt;br /&gt;3. classes are a lot tougher at BC than at WKU&lt;br /&gt;4. miss my speech friends&lt;br /&gt;5. work out nearly everyday--that&apos;s still weird to me&lt;br /&gt;6. am still dating julia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, that is pretty much the basics.  It isn&apos;t very detailed, but my life is consistently changing.  I will say that I&apos;m happy at BC, but it is a lot different than WKU.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am looking forward to Christmas, not the flight home though.  It will be nice to see Julia.  I have to find a job, and I may end up working at this damn restraunt.  I hate working in the food business.  It is hard work.  I hope to hang out with Drew, and I want to get through a couple of books while I&apos;m home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m going to try and update more often.  If for nothing else, it will be a nice depiction of my thoughts.  Time to go study my life away...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:55:11 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Near Death Experience</title>
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  <description>So, I haven&apos;t posted on this thing in ages, but last night&apos;s incident deserves writing.  Anyway, I&apos;m going to get right to the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m driving home from Julia&apos;s at 9:55 PM.  I get in the turning lane to turn into my neighborhood, and I take the turn sharp.  Well, when I cut the turn sharp, I went into the oncoming traffic lane...but it wasn&apos;t a big deal because I didn&apos;t see anyone coming.  Well, all of a sudden, this guy going easily 60 mph comes flying through my neighborhood as I&apos;m turning in.  We nearly hit, but I swirve over to avoid hitting him.  My mistake--I should have been more careful.  Almost getting in a head on collision should be scary enough, but that isn&apos;t the end of the story.  This guy proceeds to throw on his reverse, do a 180 degree turn, and starts coming after me.  So, I&apos;m like, oh shit, this guy is pissed as hell.  So, I try calling home and no one is there.  I drive by my house and don&apos;t even slow down.  Then I call Julia.  Well, I drive around my circle in my neighborhood, and I come to the stoplight to exit the neighborhood.  Luckily, there are some people loitering this oil change place right beside the redlight.  All of a sudden, I see this redneck from hell get out of the car behind me and come to my window.  I&apos;m royally freaking out.  I&apos;m still talking to Julia.  He comes flying up to the window, points his finger at me, and yells &quot;You need to learn how to drive.  I will rip you out of this god damn car and wip your fucking ass.&quot;  At this time, he notices I&apos;m on the phone, looks at the people over in the parking lot and gets back in his car.  This guy had a Nascar racing hat on, huge ass glasses, and like three teeth in his head.  I turned right, back on the main drag, and went slow to see if he was going to follow me, but he turned left.  I stayed on the phone with Julia and drove back to her house and talked for a while.  This guy had to be drunk out of his mind and have road rage like hell.  It was so crazy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I just wanted to write that down before I forgot all the details.  Thank God I&apos;m still alive.  And also, thank God I&apos;m leaving this shit hole of a town in Tennessee.  Yay for both things!</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:27:42 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Lovers and Friends</title>
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  <description>Tomorrow we leave for Norton, and I&apos;m pretty darn excited.  I get to see a lot of cool friends that I only get to see a few times a year, so it shall be loads of fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing really big or new has happened lately.  I&apos;m actually waiting for a Pre-Law club meeting, and I just found this new computer lab that I didn&apos;t know existed.  Thus, I came in, sat down, and I started to write.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saw The Prestige.  It was amazing.  Micah and I just sat there through all the credits just talking about it.  I&apos;ve never done that before, and it was a cool moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Missing Julia like crazy.  In one week from tomorrow, we will have dated 2 years exactly.  That&apos;s pretty crazy and pretty awesome.  I&apos;m not going to lie...i&apos;m excited.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just purchased a vintage record player.  It is my new scavenger hunt.  I&apos;m really excited about it.  To me, it just has one of those cool personas revolving around it, and the music sounds great coming from it.  It is so hard to find records though.  Any ideas besides ebay?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dressed up as a clown for halloween.  Halloween is so crazy.  Lydo won best costume in my book. Creative and cool as hell. Props to you Lyds.  I think I just scared some people cause clowns are kinda scary.  Although that isn&apos;t the reason I dressed up as one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meeting is about to start.  I&apos;m out.  See some of you this weekend!  Yay for that!</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:36:34 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>A Month&apos;s Worth</title>
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  <description>It has been quite a while since I updated this thing because I didn&apos;t really have anything to say.  This term has started off pretty okay.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have this Judicial Process class right now, and the professor has made me think more about my life than maybe I&apos;ve wanted to.  I really want to get admitted to a really great law school, and he has really just put things into perspective.  Meaning, it&apos;s gonna be tough as hell.  I&apos;ve also been thinking about whether it would be better to live a life where knowledge is the key thing I seek, or a life of controlled stability.  I have a friend, whom shall remain nameless, that continually seeks knowledge always.  He has said many times that he doesn&apos;t care what he does when he gets older, but he just wants to learn more and more.  I think that is awesome, but at the same time, it just doesn&apos;t seem realistic.  I don&apos;t even know what I&apos;m saying.  I just want to be satisfied with what life I choose because it has recently just occurred to me that I&apos;m probably choosing it right now.  Sure, things can change, but with each change, it&apos;s definitely not going to be easy.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, life has been great.  That has just been on my mind heavily lately.  I&apos;ve been watching the OC Season 1, and it has made my LIFE.  haha  I don&apos;t know why I am getting into it so much, but I love it.  It makes me laugh so hard, yet the drama wraps me up.  It&apos;s life changing.  trust me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I saw Sufjan Stevens in concert with Lydo and Ryan.  It may be my favorite memory thus far this year.  It was a very nice night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully, I will see some of y&apos;all on the speech circuit very soon.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>I&apos;ve been &quot;home&quot; for a week now and couldn&apos;t be more thankful.  It&apos;s been great to see everybody and meet all the new people.  I can&apos;t believe summer is over though.  With classes starting tomorrow, it really has sunk in that summer is a thing of the past.  By far, this past summer was the best summer thus far.  Hanging out with Julia, working, and doing all the crazy things we did was a blast.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saw World Trade Center for the second time last night.  I really like the movie for so many reasons.  I&apos;m becoming annoyed at the people who won&apos;t see it because it is a 9/11 movie.  It is so much more than that.  I don&apos;t believe they even mention the word terrorist in the movie.  I respect everyone&apos;s opinion, don&apos;t get me wrong, but I just think that is a lame excuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fixing to leave and see Invincible.  I am such a sucker for sports movies.  It&apos;s weird.  My favorite movie when I was real young was Rocky IV.  I guess it has stuck with me since then.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&apos;s to a new year, a new celebration of friendship, and the ability to love.</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:35:56 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Sitting in a new dorm room feels pretty crazy.  Micah is still unpacking shit behind me.  We&apos;ve been going at it since 3PM today, and I just finished.  It&apos;s 11:32PM.  I wonder why it took so long this time.  We had a lot of stuff.  I&apos;m just glad it&apos;s finished.  It&apos;s amazing having a new roommate, new room, private bathrooms, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;School is fixing to start.  Another new year.  crazy.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:03:46 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>I saw Fiona Apple in concert a few days ago, and that was an experience.  The most INtense, passionate, scary thing I may have ever seen.  It was great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;School started today for Julia, and it begins for me in a few weeks.  I really dread leaving Jules.  Long distance relationships are a lot tougher than I thought they would be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got to enjoy Center Stage the other day.  A good dancing movie goes a long way in my book.  Ballet does some wicked shit to your feet.</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:38:04 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Haven&apos;t updated in a while, and I have a second at ford (actually 9 more hours), so I thought I&apos;d write for a while.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stood for 9 hours solid saturday at my first ever outdoor concert.  Train was great.  Yo Mama&apos;s Big Fat Booty Band, not so great.  With a name like that, I really thought they would deliver, but they didn&apos;t do it for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I went to Busch Gardens last week.  That was a lot o&apos; fun.  Rode nearly every ride.  Scream Therapy is a great way to relieve stress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fiona Apple is this Saturday!!!  Though she is a little mental, I&apos;m pretty excited to see her.  Julia is freakin&apos; out to see her.  This is Jules&apos;s favorite artist.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;School is rapidly approaching.  I&apos;m anxious for it all to start back.  New room, new roommate, new year, new classes... etc.  I can&apos;t wait to see all of my friends in speech.  That makes me want to go back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to work 63 hours this week because I got so many hours off last week and was paid for it.  This is the most I will have ever worked in one week.  Long, boring days at a car dealership.  Now, I want to go back to school real bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gettin&apos; to eat some Bagel Bites for lunch.  that is the most exciting thing that will probably happen to me today.  That and the fact that Jules is going to come over during lunch to talk.  I gotta work 8-9 today.  13 hours.  later</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:38:59 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Another long day at Ford, and another day passed.  The summer is flying stressfully by.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This past weekend Julia, myself, and her parents went to the Smoky Mountains.  We rented a cabin up there and just relaxed.  I was on the deck, and the view is seriously like 5 rolling mountains.  I&apos;m in the hot tub, and all a sudden, rain starts to pour all around.  It was so beautiful to see the completely different perspective.  It seemed magical.  Trip was needed.  It was great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Going to see Guster and Ray Lamontagne in concert tomorrow.  I&apos;m excited.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talked to Ivan last night for a long time.  I miss him a lot.  I must go to NYC to see him and Erica at some point.  The sooner the better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess the rest of the summer is planned out.  Go to work, hang out with Julia, see a few concerts, and read.  Getting ready to see all my friends when school starts.  I think school will be a break for me compared to this 50++ hours at Ford.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:21:20 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>The last couple of days have been amazing but so tiring.  The night before last I saw Pirates of the Caribbean at the midnight showing.  It was crazy.  People were dressed up, and they started screaming when Johnny Depp came onto the screen.  I&apos;ve never been a part of something like that, and it was insane.  The movie was really good though.  I found it very entertaining, and it was fun being out that late having a good time with Jules.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, that night was fun, but nothing compares to what went on last night.  Seeing Jamie Cullum in concert was probably one of the best experiences in my life.  Jules and I were front row in a sold out crowd.  The Gabe Dixon Band opened for him, and they were awesome.  It was so fresh.  They were so grateful to have the opportunity, and people were really into them.  All I can say about Jamie was that he delivered.  The show was super long.  It started at 8, and we left at 1145.  Jamie came back for an encore, and he sang for another 30-45 minutes.  He is a dynamic live performer, and he really creates new and refreshing stuff.  He sang Dontcha and Golddigger on a complete wind.  He came out in the audience and just sat down.  It was great.  Go see him in concert.  You will not regret it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m at work...all day.  great</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:26:13 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Sittin&apos; at work on July the 4th pretty much sucks.  Not because I would be out and about doing a lot of fun and exciting things, rather because the car dealership is dead on July the 4th.  At least this one is.  Also, do I really want to call and bug people on a holiday.  I have a feeling I will be chewed out a couple of times today.  We will see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camp was pretty fun.  It was amazing to see all my friends, but it was really tiring.  I am now ready for speech to begin again though.  I can&apos;t wait to hang out with my friends and work on stuff that we all love.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julia and I saw The Devil Wears Prada last night in Knoxville.  It was just bad in my opinion.  I didn&apos;t really like the story.  I thought the actors/actresses had good timing, but I just didn&apos;t care for the story.  Julia is really into fashion right now, so she loved it.  I&apos;m glad that I got to see it with her, but I just didn&apos;t enjoy the movie.  The best part of the movie, for me, was the previews.  &quot;World Trade Center&quot; and &quot;Hollywoodland&quot; look real good to me.  While world trade center is a September 11th movie, the preview really did make me almost cry.  And I&apos;ve only cried in one movie my entire life.  Of course that was The Green Mile.  That movie just gets me.  Go find the preview for World Trade Center and Hollywoodland.  I think you will enjoy those two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer is so weird for me this year.  It&apos;s like I have two lives, and each of them are tugging.  I really want to be in BG with all of my friends, but I know that my family needs me.  And I really want to be with Julia.  I feel that I am struggling to grasp this whole &quot;two homes&quot; thing.  I suppose it will be like this for the next few years to come, and I will manage. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Independence Day.  I hope we all cherish something in which so many people gave up their lives for.  It makes the 4th of July actually mean something when you put it like that.</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>Life is so great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quick and real short highlights:&lt;br /&gt;1.  Julia - oh my god that relationship has ignited in a bigger and better way!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;2.  I&apos;m with my friends!!!!&lt;br /&gt;3.  Jersey Boys soundtrack.&lt;br /&gt;4.  Jamie Cullum concert = not two weeks away&lt;br /&gt;5.  Hiking in the Smokies.&lt;br /&gt;6.  Camps&lt;br /&gt;7.  Work&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a lot of love in the air in the summertime.</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:03:41 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Grotto Falls</title>
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  <description>A lot of interesting have happened as of late.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday:  I worked til 5, then Julia and I went and saw the Break Up which I thought was TERRIBLE.  It completely depressed me.  Who wants to see a movie where a happy couple breaks up?  It didn&apos;t make me laugh.  It just made me sad.  There are other reasons I hated the movie so much but I can&apos;t say without ruining the movie.  It was my worst fear come true, and I didn&apos;t like the movie because of that.  It was fun talking to Julia about it though because she liked it, and our conversations in discussing were great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday:  Perfect way to spend a day off.  Julia and I started our adventure around 10 in the morning.  We were heading for Grotto Falls in the Smoky Mountains.  We got so lost trying to get there, but stopped at this hiking store, and they told us how to get there.  It was so great.  The trail was really busy.  But it wasn&apos;t a very long hike, and it was a beautiful waterfall.  We got some amazing pictures.  Afterwards, we stopped at the Tanger outlets, and shopped for a while.  Then, we went to Bravo which is possibly my favorite restraunt in TN.  Finally, we saw Cars which is a little slow at parts, but overall a pretty good movie.  If you&apos;re into those type of movies anyway.  It was just a great day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday: Worked all damn day.  I&apos;m just about tired of doing that crap.  8-9 isn&apos;t fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julia and everyone else leaves Saturday for Nationals.  I really wish I was going, but work must come first.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life has been great lately.  Things seem to be clicking which is always nice.  I better get back to work.  later</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:29:56 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Ford and the Code of Da Vinci</title>
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  <description>Not much new has really happened in a while, and I&apos;m ready for something exciting to come my way.  I saw The Da Vinci Code yesterday afternoon.  I thought it was good.  It fascinated me, and I love both Ron Howard and Tom Hanks.  So, I enjoyed it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m also seeing Train in concert...that&apos;s exciting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julia gets home, thank God.  I have no friends back home really except Julia, so when she is gone, my life only consists of work.  Let&apos;s just say that I&apos;m glad she is home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ve been watching a lot of The Apprentice lately.  Good ol&apos; Donald.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ready for school to start back.</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:19:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>The usual...</title>
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  <description>Life is great as of late.  I had a busting headache this morning, but other than that, life is just fine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ve discovering a lot of music lately.  Summer time for me is all about finding new stuff.  My favorite new find is The Weepies.  They&apos;re great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Work is going really well.  And I get to update while at work, so that is nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, last post I said I was going to see Jamie Cullum.  That is still true.  But I was supposed to be sitting/standing in row N.  But when my tickets came, I&apos;m in row A.  Front row.  That rocks.  Also, I&apos;m going to see Fiona Apple August 5th, which is probably the best news this week.  I&apos;m so excited.  She&apos;s great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All for now.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:58:38 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>A Mix of a Bunch...</title>
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  <description>Julia left for the beach today.  This means that I have no one to play with for an entire week.  I&apos;m sad.  Books, movies, and music can help entertain me.  And this damn job.  50 hours last week.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m going to see Jamie Cullum in concert next month.  That is probably the most exciting thing that has happened to me as of late.  I&apos;m really stoked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m not going to NFL nats anymore.  Can&apos;t get off work, plus I would be losing to much money by going anyway.  I would like to see all my friends though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I saw King Kong pretty recently.  I liked it, but it was super long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Panic! At the Disco is amazing.  I&apos;m in love with them right now.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer is going smoothly.  It&apos;s weird how different my life is here.  I have the love of my life here, and my family, but that is it.  Once Julia graduates, I&apos;m gone.  That excites me.  I look forward to going away.  Maybe Colorado...i don&apos;t know.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2006 19:20:04 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>A day at the Ford Dealership...</title>
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  <description>It&apos;s been a nice week at home.  I was a little scared of being home for a long time, but I think it is going to be just fine.  I started my job Monday, and I have worked about 10-11 hours a day since I started.  I&apos;m actually at Ford right now.  I&apos;m making money though, so it all works out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I saw X-Men 3 yesterday afternoon.  I was disappointed...big time.  Great comic book, but they just didn&apos;t have it together in this movie.  And they should have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer has truly began.  Work + Julia + Sleep = Nick&apos;s summer.  Yay for that.  Hope everyone else is doing well.</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 14:12:30 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Speech Prom and Such</title>
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  <description>Well, before I get to the climax of this journal entry, let me tell you how the last week or so has been.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Corn and Micah came home with me on the Friday when finals finished.  It was great.  I didn&apos;t have my car yet, so we basically stayed home and played things like UNO and video games.  Yay for that.  It was probably the least stressful thing I&apos;ve done all year.  They stayed for a week, and it was amazing having my two best friends at my place just hanging out.  I will miss them both very much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then we headed for the BG on Thursday.  Corn slept almost the whole five hours, so Micah and I talked and listened to music.  It&apos;s great when a wonderful song comes on, and you and your best friend are just chatting it up.  God, I love my friends.  Well, we finally get to BG, and we just hang out that night.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then we leave for Speech Prom 2006.  It was a little cramped with three people in Ryan&apos;s little car&apos;s backseat.  But I guess it just allowed us to get a little closer.  It was a pleasantly long drive, and we shared many great songs and stories.  Finally, we got there, and it was awesome to see so many different people from the circuit.  Sitting there and talking to all these great people ended up making it a great night.  By the end of that night, Ryan, Dominique, and I found a room and &quot;camped out.&quot;  I tried to stay awake and talk, but the forces that be took over, and I began snoring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next day was wonderful as well.  Ate some breakfast, did some shopping, and came back to Annie&apos;s.  When we came back, there were some swings over in the park, so Corn, Micah, Ashley, Ben, Dominique, and I took advantage of those for a while.  Surprisingly, it made my stomach a little queezy.  Yay for swings, but not for that feeling.  Before the party started, I had many wonderful conversations with people, especially Dominique and Andrew Chamberlain (sp?).  It was great.  Then the party started.  I guess they say speech prom is great for a reason.  At most parties, I&apos;m on the dance floor all evening, but I didn&apos;t even really touch the dance floor at this party.  I just sat around and talked, and it was amazing.  It was so much fun getting to know so many people.  Probably the highlight of the evening was sitting on the deck with Dominique for a long while and just talking.  Other people would join in, and it was just great.  I think that is about the fifteenth time I&apos;ve used &quot;great&quot;, hopefully that helps describe the evening.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We get to bed about 3 to 3:30 and Dominique and I talk til about 530.  It was great at the time but came back to haunt me last night.  We finally left Blo-No about 2 in the afternoon.  We got back in BG at about 8, that is 9 Motown, TN time.  I, then left for Motown.  It is a five hour drive from BG to Morristown, and those five hours were possibly the hardest I&apos;ve ever experienced.  I was so TIRED.  I talked to Julia for about an hour, and then music helped the rest of the way.  I got in town at about 2 in the morning and went to sleep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am now at work, and I am trying to stay awake, but ultimately, I really don&apos;t give a shit about anything.  I just want some sleep.  I will get it though.  I get off at 5 today, and Julia leaves for camping at noon.  So, I will go home, and wake up at 715 the next morning.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry for the extended entry.  Overall, I am sad that I won&apos;t see my best friends for a month.  I will really miss Micah because we shared a good 5-7 hours a day together everday.  We also ate together everyday at least twice.  We just shared as much time as Julia and I did during the summer, and he really is my best friend.  Much love to him and all the other great people who I will miss: Ryan, Lydo, and Corn.  This year has been amazing, and those people have really been instrumental.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time for work...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2006 19:52:53 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Crunch, Crunch, Crunch</title>
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  <description>This weekend has been an adventure.  Everything that happened was so different.  Went to a gay club for the first time.  It was insane.  I&apos;m glad I went with the people that I went with, or I would have been really scared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bonny, Ryan, and I went hiking yesterday in Mammoth Cave.  It was amazing.  We trekked about five miles yesterday, then we found this perfect place to campout.  There was a waterfall nearby and a creek right beside us.  We built a fire, talked, oohmed, sung, danced, and it was great.  Then it rained, but we didn&apos;t get wet last night in the tent.  But this morning was a different story because the trail was really muddy and with the rain hitting it, it was wet mud.  My shoes look awful.  But it was still so pleasant and fun.  Everything was green and gold.  The sun barely made it through, and I just loved being with nature for the moment.  Bonny was telling me that 90% of the air you breath in when surrounded by that many plants is pure oxygen.  I really believe that because life was just so perfect for those moments.  We carried these huge ass stumps over the creek to our fire to sit on.  We were just sitting enjoying the sound of the waterfall and creek, and Ryan says &quot;This is great.&quot;  I think that&apos;s a great way to describe yesterday and today.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The official last week of school is this coming week.  I&apos;m not really that worried about my finals.  I just want to get them here and get them over with.  I am so excited for the summer.  The warm air, no worries, and I already have a job.  So, it should be a pretty stressless summer.  I think my favorite thing to do is when Julia and I are just driving and we have all the windows down and we are just playing some real mellow music and enjoying the beautiful day. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ve been in Bowling Green for so long now that it seems weird to be going home for such a long time.  I am excited to see Julia.  I hope Morristown is nice...we&apos;ll see.</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 21:07:34 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Classes are over!!!</title>
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  <description>I just got out of French class for the last time ever.  Thank God.  For some reason, I am just soooo over classes this term.  They were fun and now they need to be over.  Boo yah!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today has been just one of those days.  Well, kinda bad.  I&apos;ve been running around crazy, and I&apos;m glad I finally have a break. Played Scattergories (sp?) and won the first game, Bonny questioned everything I put the second game.  Oh wells.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, I get this phone call from my mom.  Don&apos;t want to go into details, but I&apos;m not sure if I can go to speech prom now.  So, I&apos;m kinda pissed.  Hopefully, it will all work out.  Nothing&apos;s wrong, I just don&apos;t have a car and she isn&apos;t really wanting to drive me back up.  It happens...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel like a list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Five things I&apos;m happy about:  (no particular order)&lt;br /&gt;1.  I know Corn&apos;s crush.  hehe&lt;br /&gt;2.  I am loving the people I have been hanging out with lately.  Last night, the two hour convo was guh-reat.&lt;br /&gt;3.  I finally get to see Julia.  I miss her so much.  I can&apos;t wait to get home.&lt;br /&gt;4.  If I go to speech prom, Speech Prom.&lt;br /&gt;5.  School is over, except finals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yay, for lists.  Tonight is going to be fun.  I&apos;m ready to get my hang out on.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&apos;s all.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:48:58 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>The Bee</title>
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  <description>Last week was pretty good.  I&apos;ve been in a little bit of funk lately, but I think I have things figured out.  A lot has just been on my mind, and sometimes it is hard to make everything make sense.  I hope that makes sense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyhoo, let&apos;s highlight some of the big things this past week.  I have one more week of school and then finals.  Then, I get to see Julia.  Thank God, it has been WAY too long.  Also, Corn and Micah are coming home with me, and that got finalized, so that should be fun.  I think we are going to Dollywood on Corn&apos;s birthday.  I&apos;m excited.  Club kid was great.  It was pretty neat to see everyone dressed up.  I also went and saw Akeelah and the Bee.  It is a really good feel good movie.  Thus, it made us all happy.  I like movies like that.  We laughed so hard at so many parts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got two papers to write by Thursday.  I don&apos;t feel like writing them at all though.  I really just want school to be out.  It shall be soon enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m probably going to read and research all day today.  It is nasty outside, so it should be a good day to just stay inside.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:47:32 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Video games and Homework</title>
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  <description>Yesterday was crazy fun.  Let me tell a pre-story before I get into the actual story.  It&apos;s short...go with it.  Okay, I didn&apos;t bring any of my game systems to WKU because I know that I could get addicted real easy, real fast.  So, now that school is about over and Forensics is finished, Micah and I played Kingdom Hearts 2 for 7 and a half hours yesterday.  It was such a great day.  That may be a little excessive, but it was a nice break.  I forgot how much I enjoy video games.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afterwards, we went to Ryan&apos;s, and I watched them play board games.  There was an odd number, so I couldn&apos;t really play Cranium.  It was pretty fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;School is so about over.  I think I have one more test until exams.  I&apos;m really ready for school to be out.  I&apos;m actually ready to get back to Motown for a little while.  That really surprises me.  But last summer was so great, and Julia and I have &quot;20 things&quot; already planned.  It should be a great summer.  Although, I definitely have to get a job.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;List time:  Top Ten Things I&apos;m excited to do this summer (in no particular order):&lt;br /&gt;1.  Go to NFL&apos;s with JV and hang out with all of my friends.&lt;br /&gt;2.  Helping at WKY&apos;s camp&lt;br /&gt;3.  Going to Splash Country&lt;br /&gt;4.  Possibly going to NYC to visit Ivan&lt;br /&gt;5.  Picture Day 2&lt;br /&gt;6.  Go Hiking in the Smoky Mountains&lt;br /&gt;7.  The Virginia Creeper Trail&lt;br /&gt;8.  Rachel and I hosting the first ever Morristown West camp.&lt;br /&gt;9.  Reading&lt;br /&gt;10. Micah coming home with me for a while and then going to Speech Prom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The summer is going to be packed with fun.  Well, I got a movie review to write, a video game to play, and friends to hang out.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much love.</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:19:21 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Smooth and Steady</title>
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  <description>College is finally winding down, and it is pretty boring.  It&apos;s funny, but without forensics, my life is just not half as hectic as it usually is.  And I miss that hecticness.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I think about my freshman year in college, WOW!  So much has happened, and I have changed soooo much.  It seems like I have been here longer than just a year.  I mean, I belong to something that I have more passion for than I have ever had in my life.  It&apos;s crazy to think what I would be doing if I would have went  where my initial instincts were sending me.  I have just developed such a great group of friends, and it saddens me to see this year come to an end because that exact group of friends will never exist again.  I don&apos;t really like to think about the seniors leaving because the thought of never seeing someone again scares me.  This year has been possibly the best year of my life.  The only one I can think that supercedes it is last year and that is because of Julia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just don&apos;t know.  Now that I&apos;m in college, and I see people leaving for the workforce and stuff, it puts things in perspective.  I&apos;m just not really sure what I want to do anymore.  I know these things are far off, but I really like the feeling of having a grasp on life, and I jsut don&apos;t feel that much anymore.  I don&apos;t know what tomorrow will bring, and I used to think I could control that.  I don&apos;t even know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know those memories that you have that make you feel just real mellow.  They are nearly the best memories in the world, and you pray that more will come?  Well, I&apos;m in one of those moods.  It just seems that all great things must come to an end.  With this ending, I&apos;m just not ready to let go.  I really hope I come to an understanding with the seniors leaving.  I really do love my team so much, and so many people have really influenced me.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well enough of that.  It&apos;s the weekend, and I only have one more class til the fun begins.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think the thing I fear the most is the people that I&apos;ve met and the people I&apos;ve loved will forever leave my life.  I&apos;m sure new people will come, but it won&apos;t be the same, and I am more than content with my current love.</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:23:18 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>NFA and such</title>
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  <description>It has been a while since I last updated and a lot has happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NFA was amazing.  I got to meet/get to know people a lot more than AFA.  It was just a lot of fun, and we accomplished the goal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life is great.  I don&apos;t really know what to say.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:32:29 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>what a mornin&apos;</title>
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  <description>Well, I went to bed at 1:30ish last night, and I awoke at 6:00.  A lot has been on my mind lately, and it just caught up to me last night.  So, I chose to do what I have been thinking about for a while now.  A decision was made, and I hope it was the right one.  In my heart, I feel that it was.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m watching Brokeback Mountain.  I&apos;m fixing to go to church.  I needed something to do.  This movie is just so well done.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m excited about today.  Got a lot of homework to do, a walk to trek, and forensics galore.  It should keep me busy.  I&apos;m excited about that.  I need something to keep my mind occupied.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We leave for NFA in a few days.  I am really ready/excited.  AFA was bombin&apos;, and I have a feeling that NFA will be too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today should be interesting.  I hope all goes well.</description>
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