Tuesday, September 16

just links...

My aunt helps runs this organization [I love her]
Hill County Pregnancy Care Center

I like this guy and this chat was interesting..
[it takes a second to get to the subject, be patient]
Voddie Baucham

I found out that I am a moron at times.
Yep guilty.


grace and peace

Monday, September 15

this picture sums up my weekend...

A blurrrrr. 

Cousin visited. Lock-In. 9 hours of youth. Plunger head game. Music. Screaming middle school girl. Dodgeball. Tackled. Fun. Laughter. Pancakes. Sleep finally. Coffee. Cold shower. Woke up at 3. Watched Once. Mom's Birthday. Went to Joe's Crab Shack. Meet a man named Ray [Don't ask]. Went to Blue Monkey. I love Cobb Lane. Then went to Twist N Shout. Can I just say that my friends was entertainment. Somewhere in all of this I almost got my boobs pierced. Then danced at Nana Funk's with the crazy white girls. Sleep came on swift wings and I didn't wake until 1. So much for going to church I'm a horrible christian. Movie and dinner with Amy then sat down to some good Ol HBO drama [Trueblood] my new favorite series. I'm real sad Generation Kill is over. Over all I had a fantastic time with great friends and I am now recovering from my crazy weekend. Thanks guys for making it one of the best Birthdays ever :)

grace and peace

Thursday, September 11

Will you think of me in time

It's never my luck
So nevermind
I wanna say your name
But the pain starts again
It's never my luck
So nevermind

I had a dream that you were with me
It wasn't my fault
You rolled me over, flipped me over the somersault
and that doesn't happen to me.
I've never been here before
I saw forever in my never
and I stood outside her heaven

Will you wait for me in time
It's never my luck
So I'll say nevermind
and I've lost a lot of what I don't expect to ever return
I tend to push them til the pushing gone from hurtin to burn
I always take them to that place I thought they wanted to go
then end up dancing round 
this clown commands applause at his show

I had a dream that you were with me
and it wasn't my fault
You rolled me over, flipped me over like a somersault
and that doesn't happen to me
I've never been here before
I saw forever in my never 
and I stood outside her heaven
Her heaven
Inside her heaven
her heaven

And I can only dream of you in sleep
and I never see sunlight again
I can try to be with you but somehow I'll end up just losing a friend.
And I can only reach for you
relate to you
I'm losing my friend
Where did she go
Where

I had a dream that you were with me
It wasn't my fault.
You rolled me over, flipped me over a somersault
And that doesn't happen to me
I've never been here before
but I saw forever in my never
and I stood outside her heaven
stood outside her heaven
stood outside her heaven
Won't you let me into your heaven

My Never-Blue October
Rumored to be on the upcoming album as Approaching normal
Really great lyrics

Tuesday, September 9

There may come a time, a time in everyones life..

where nothin seems to go your way
where nothing seems to turn out right
there may come a time, you just cant seem to find your way
for every door you walk on to, seems like they get slammed in your face
thats when you need someone, someone that you can call.
and when all your faith is gone
feels like you cant go on
let it be me
let it be me
if its a friend that you need
let it be me
let it be me
feels like your always commin on home
pockets full of nothin and you got no cash
no matter where you turn you aint got no place to stand
reach out for something and they slap your hand
now i remember all to well
just how it feels to be all alone
you feel like youd give anything
for just a little place you can call your own
thats when you need someone, someone that you can call
and when all your faith is gone
feels like you cant go on
let it be me


Let it be me- Ray LaMontagne
I'm 21 

This is my birthday post where I share the crap that I have learned thus far... should be fun. Let's see in the last year I learned I have a sick love for cheap movies. I quit smoking on November 16th of last year and I have only had half a cherry Black and Mild (only because I was curious, it was gross)and a few small flavored cigars. I loss some pounds this year and gained them right back so some habits will change this upcoming year. I found I have the ability to love with my whole heart which I thought I wasn't gonna do in this lifetime [I was so naive]. I can control my anger and use it when necessary. Stephanie Meyer's New Moon was a life saver... weird huh. I am real damn patient. Never would have thought it. I have the most depressing ipod... geez I need to revamp my music collection. Ironman has to be one of the greatest movies they have released in my lifetime. All the years I have claimed to hate reading was only because I was forced to read something. I've enjoyed stepping out on my own and picking up my favorites and rereading them... I've enjoyed finding comfort in books. My outlook on religion did a big flip this year... I think I'm back to square one which can be fun. Religion is for the birds...[Relationship is key] Someone told me this year "Change is the only constant" I thought about that phrase for a LONG time... My thoughts on it are different and I don't agree. God is the only constant, change is inevitable. I also learned my opinion, when it truly comes down to it, doesn't matter but that should not stop me from sharing my heart when the time is right... use caution. Sometimes it's better to just "take it on the chin" as William Elliott Whitmore would say. When the time is right fight the battle and if not don't back down just take the lick. I will travel this upcoming year and that my friends makes me super excited. Today I was approved for a loan [small but will do] its the first step to building credit without credit cards. It gets my foot in the door and my saving will finally pay off... HELLLLLZ yea. I can and will do anything I want or dream but only through Him. I have been knocked to my knees this past year and while down there I have prayed harder, cried more and exposed my wounds while balancing a full days work and being there for my family. I want to continue for God to meet me there and be my only constant.


21 should be fun... in the words of the greatest sponge guy I know "I'm READY"
I am open and ready for new things, new places and new relationships.



grace and peace

Tuesday, September 2

Everyone I come across, in cages they bought..

They think of me and my wandering, but I'm never what they thought
I've got my indignation, but I'm pure in all my thoughts
I'm alive...

Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere
Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead
Overhead...

Leave it to me as I find a way to be
Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting
I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me
Guaranteed

Guaranteed- Eddie Vadder
Into the Wild

"My good opinion once lost is lost forever"
"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."
"The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense."
-Pride and Prejudice

Reading Jane Austen is a hard task but very filling. I keep saying I'm not one for romantics but it seems that is all I put my hands on these days. I reread New Moon [2nd installment of the twilight series] this weekend. One of the hardest books to read for me.. It is crazy but God spoke to me through that book and facing some hard truths, hurts. It was a long weekend..  from movies to late nights, some swimming, new church, new people, myspace, to the never ending words of my books. I couldn't find enough things to fill up my time so that I could escape the things facing me/challenging me. I failed. No matter who I talked to, how much loud music I played, how many books I read I couldn't escape it.. it hurt. I'm finding more and more out about myself thanks to past relations. I found out I'm not as outspoken as I put on or used to be... I stand back now examine my options and make my decision based on what is best for the parties involved. When my knee jerk reaction used to be fight, stand up for what you know is right, make the person who wronged you feel what you feel, then when its all done walk away or run whichever makes you feel better. I was a complete ass at times and only did what would make me strong, right and feel good. I'm learning life's not about that.. It is not about what we want or what makes us feel better or what our opinion might be. It's bigger than that more complex but simple all at the same time. It's about love, sacrifice, and faith. Or something like that... lol I'm still learning and listening. This weekend I was kicked to my knees and instead of acting out of hate and malice which I am fully capable of, I walked away... If you asked me why, I wouldn't know what to say. I would be justified in whatever reaction I chose or at least I would in worldly eyes... but I'm realizing I can be better than that I have the choice to pick whichever path I want.. I have the choice to make life easy or hard. I chose to walk away. I have the choice to turn that [chubby] cheek. I chose to do just that, doesn't mean it doesn't hurt, doesn't mean I will like it, doesn't put me on some insane list of do-gooders. Just means I made the decision to love the person who hurt me.. Just means I chose a path. I chose to be Christ like in a time where I wanted so badly to fall back into my old life style. "Only through Him" will I ever make it through this life. 

I use this heart with stitching to mark my artwork at times... Very symbolic to me. I also have it tattooed on my left shoulder blade. I have this belief that God is fully capable of stitching up our hearts... that we will have scars from this human life on earth. This weekend I allowed someone to rip the stitching on my wounds... I hope and pray that they are mended fast. 

grace and peace my loves