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Sunday, May 28th

In case you forgot how amazing I really am..

music: Plain White T's -- "A Lonely September"
mood: cool eh? so fresh and so clean clean!

So ... in the residence halls at Linfield, they have shower stalls in the bathrooms, right? Right. I've been using them for oh ... three years now. lol So I should, by default, know how to successfully shave my legs in one.

Well, today ... I went to put my foot against the opposite wall and I managed to kick the handle on the shower stall door. So now my toe is scrathed, bruised and bloody.

Because I am amazing.
Admit it, you know it's true. wink
Sam on 05.28.06 @ 10:07 AM MST [link]

Tuesday, May 23rd

This is what finals week does to you.

music: the fan
mood: rolls eyes scattered

! be fabulous ! says:
have fun hanging out with your calc book
Mr. T says:
ok, i'm trying. we're not getting along too well right now
! be fabulous ! says:
you should take it to partner counseling
Mr. T says:
no, i'm gonna dump it in a day or two i think. i really don't see our relationship going anywhere
! be fabulous ! says:
that's probably for the best.
! be fabulous ! says:
you don't want it to hold you back while you're on your mission, you know.
Mr. T says:
actually i was a bit reluctant to get into this relationship in the first place, so it'll be a big relief to be done with it
! be fabulous ! says:
for sure.
Mr. T says:
alright, but i should get back to it, it's getting bored
! be fabulous ! says:
so clingy ... gosh.
! be fabulous ! says:
you'll be better off withotu it
Mr. T says:
fo sho
Sam on 05.23.06 @ 03:32 PM MST [link]

Monday, May 22nd

What if ...

music: MercyMe -- "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"
mood: cool eh? contemplative

What if I joined the Peace Corps?
Sam on 05.22.06 @ 07:48 PM MST [link]

Sunday, May 21st

Amazingly beautiful hymn

music: "Abide With Me Tis Eventide"
mood: smile Happy

Abide with me; 'tis eventide.
The day is past and gone;
The shadows of the evening fall;
The night is coming on.
Within my heart a welcome guest,
Within my home abide.
O Savior, stay this night with me;
Behold, 'tis eventide.
O Savior, stay this night with me;
Behold, 'tis eventide.

Abide with me; 'tis eventide.
Thy walk today with me
Has made my heart within me burn,
As I communed with thee.
Thy earnest words have filled my soul
And kept me near thy side.
O Savior, stay this night with me;
Behold, 'tis eventide.
O Savior, stay this night with me;
Behold, 'tis eventide.

Abide with me; 'tis eventide,
And lone will be the night
If I cannot commune with thee,
Nor find in thee my light.
The darkness of the world, I fear,
Would in my home abide.
O Savior, stay this night with me;
Behold, 'tis eventide.
O Savior, stay this night with me;
Behold, 'tis eventide.
Sam on 05.21.06 @ 10:07 PM MST [link]

Monday, May 15th

Hey Hols, me too! lol

music: Daniel Powter -- "Bad Day"
mood: big grin in love

Your results:
You are Supergirl

























Supergirl
82%
Spider-Man
80%
Superman
80%
The Flash
75%
Robin
65%
Green Lantern
65%
Wonder Woman
52%
Iron Man
40%
Hulk
40%
Catwoman
30%
Batman
30%
Lean, muscular and feminine.
Honest and a defender of the innocent.


Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test


Sam on 05.15.06 @ 01:08 AM MST [link]

Monday, May 8th

Nothing's the same when you give it away.

music: Seventh Day Slumber -- "My Best Friend"
mood: satisfied lonely

So I have decided the following things:

==>I don't know when things change. Period, the end. I like experiencing new things, but I like doing so with old friends. With my best friends.

==>It's really sad when you look at people's facebook photo albums and realize that their albums are all full of people you don't know ... when those album's used to be full of people you knew because you all hung out together.

==>Realizing that you don't really have a best friend anymore is hard ... especially when you realize that all the people you used to consider your best friends ... just aren't. Not because you don't like each other anymore, but because you're all doing different things and when you're not together ... when you're not experiencing life together ... it's hard to keep that solid friendship.

==>Though it's good that people are happy ... I miss those people. A lot.

==>Going abraod is a great experience. Coming home from being abroad is not a great experience. It just makes you feel like you've missed out on a lot in people's lives; it makes it hard to connect with people because you're coming from such different backgrounds; it makes you feel like you aren't needed anymore because they've already done w/o you for so long and have, in a sense, replaced you.

==>I do not like being replaced. Selfish, yes. But that's just how I am.

==>Feeling totally separated from the Spirit = bad news.

==>Though I am fully aware that people grow up and change and make new friends ... I wasn't here when that happened for a lot of people. Because it happened in the fall. And when I came back, I wanted and expected everything to be like it was last spring. But it's not. And I'm just starting to realize that and it makes me sad.

==>When I start feeling lonely here, I start really missing my high school friends ... and then I realize that that group has split apart in a lot of ways as well ... and that makes me even more sad.

==>Bottom line: I miss my friends. I don't like when people lose contact. I don't like when life keeps you from being able to hang out with people you love.

==>People I'm referring to specifically (list is not, by any means, all enclusive): Jacob, Dylan, jshields, Brendan, Seth, Stephani, T Love
Sam on 05.08.06 @ 04:46 PM MST [link]

Sunday, May 7th

Brandon is sending them, I promise. lol



Sam on 05.07.06 @ 09:56 PM MST [link]


It is necessary that everyone watch this. :)

mood: big grin Amused!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2139555376132383479
Sam on 05.07.06 @ 09:36 PM MST [link]


You can't break our spirit.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AON2e2MYizQ&search=daily%20show

Watch that.
It's good.

I saw United 93 on Thursday night ... and there really aren't any words I can say to sum up what I felt when I watched it. Or after I watched it. There is something incredibly humbling about watching people lose their lives ... about watching an account of an event that took place during my junior year of high school. An event that I remember clear as day. An event that I'll be able to tell my children about -- to tell my grandchildren about. Because it was during my time ... during our time.

And that's crazy to think about.

There was so much confusion and complete chaos ... there were so many people who didn't believe it was a hijackiing until they realized that it was actually a plane, not an explosion, that crashed into the first of the two towers. It was the biggest security flaw in the history of this country -- and it is one of the biggest military failures, at least in my opnion. They finally got permission to send jets out ... and they sent four of them over the ocean. The planes were clearly internal flights, there was no threat of international flights. They "fixed" this by sending up two planes that were completely unarmed! There was no protection at all and by the time they were able to reach the President and obtain the "necessary" go ahead, all the planes had already crashed. The attack was over. Thousands of people had already died.

A film like this is important, regardless of how hard it is to watch. It's important to see because it shows you what happened, it makes you understand what went on ... on the planes and on the ground. A film like this is important because it makes you appreciate your life and the people in it. That day will be remembered for years to come -- tragedies often are -- and I hope that people watch United 93. Even if you're against R rated movies, even if you don't like watching accounts of real events, even if you're afraid. Especially if you're afraid. Watch it ... and understand it. Think about it. Learn from it.

And tell the people you love that you love them.

And next time you fly, don't complain about all the security precautions ... they will help prevent this from happening again.
Sam on 05.07.06 @ 03:09 PM MST [link]

Tuesday, May 2nd

Tongue in cheek? NO! Tongue in teeth is more like it! lol

music: John Mayer -- "Clarity"
mood: satisfied homeworking still

Uhh, so I think I just severed nerve endings in my tongue. I was chewing my gum and my tongue got in the way ... and it's bleeding ... on the top and the bottom. I didn't bit it all the way through, but I did bite it hard enough to break the skin on the top and the bottom of my tongue! Ouch!

Anyway, it's tingling right now ... and when I put pressure on the end of my tongue, I can feel it on both sides of where I bit it, but not on the space that's tingling. I can honestly say this has never happened before! lol

The ways I injure myself never cease to amaze me ... hopefully they provide some sort of entertainment for the reading world. wink

Back to work I go!
Sam on 05.02.06 @ 05:51 PM MST [link]


There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard.

music: John Mayer -- "Victoria"
mood: satisfied homeworking

Sometimes we’ll be piled on the couch wearing sweats, eating the kind of ice cream we like, watching our favorite TV show, talking in the shorthand way we talk that nobody understands, and I’ll realize that this every day, simple, no-big-deal moment … this is my happiness.

You know I could’ve held you in my arms forever and it still wouldn’t have been long enough. ~ One Tree Hill

And I knew exactly how old Walt Disney’s Cinderella felt when she found her prince. ~ A Promising Man, And About Time, Too by Elizabeth Young

He’s gorgeous, but gorgeous is an understatement. More like you’re startled every time you see him because you notice something new in a “Where’s Waldo?” sort of way. More like you can’t stop writing third grade run on sentences because you can’t even remotely begin to describe something … someone … so inherently amazing. More like you’re afraid that if you stare at him too long, you’ll prove your parents right that YES, your face WILL get stuck that way … but you don’t mind.

I could conquer the world with one hand, just as long as you were holding my other one.

I’ve made the most important discovery of my life. It’s only in the mysterious equation of love that any logical reasons can be found. I’m only here tonight because of you. You’re the only reason I am … you all the reason I am. ~ A Beautiful Mind

You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It’s not overrated. There’s a reason for all those songs. ~ Sarah Dessen

With you, I'd say I'm better off in every way. ~ Ashlee Simpson

I want to be the smile, the first thought, the long drive or short walk, the last voice, the random call, the laugh, the perfect kiss, the comfort hug, your second half, the sparkle in your eye, the everything you need, just want you want. I want to be your perfection.

It happens in an instant. I'll be sitting or standing or walking or talking. I'll be thinking about something … anything … nothing at all. But then there you will be -- racing through my mind, making my heart race. The very thought of you … in an instant … makes me glow.

And in the middle of all this, I started to think about the one thing that makes me feel really good and makes immediate sense … and it's you. ~ Broadcast News

You know it's meant to be when at times you can't stand him, yet he's still the only person on your mind.

I mean, it’s always the same. Each time I see you, you happen to me all over again.

When I look up, you’re the brightest star in a pocket full of skies. My colored picture in a world of black and white.

'Cause I know only one way, and that's to give all I am away.

‘Cause all I know is when I’m with you … well, I don’t need anything else.

To be completely honest: you're not like all the rest.
Sam on 05.02.06 @ 04:54 PM MST [link]


With any luck, I'll be half a world away by the time the sun rises.

music: nothing
mood: sad not happy.

I've been sitting here ... literally just staring at my computer screen for the last hour ... my mind is completely blank. My heart hurts. And I know I should sleep but I have no desire to.

I want to leave. To run away. To swim away. To be a different person. To live a different life. To go back to England. To have real friends. To get in my car and drive till I run out of gas and then start walking. To be done with school. To not have to worry about my grades. To learn things I'm interested in and forget the rest. To not have so much responsibility.

To have my heart healed.
That's what I want.
More than anything in the world, that's what I need.

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This is me needing to go to bed before I go crazy.
Sam on 05.02.06 @ 01:33 AM MST [link]

Monday, May 1st

Put yourself aside and try to understand.

music: Jack Johnson -- "Wrong Turn"
mood: confused contemplative

I'll wait here just long enough to be sure that you didn't make a wrong turn. I'll wait long enough, maybe an hour or two, before I decide ... it wasn't me, it was you.

If there is one thing I am sure about in this life, it is people's inability to understand that sometimes things that make you uncomfortable make you uncomfortable for a reason ... and that that reason is because you have led yourself to believe that bad things don't happen. That people are brutally tortured or raped or murdered in a cold-blood killing spree. And I understand that if you haven't undergone something of that sort, you don't want to believe it happens. You don't want to hear about it, you don't want to read about it. You don't want to read novels where people experience the very depths of hell because let's face it, no one wants to read a book where the bottom of the first page has this sentance: "First he put his thing up gainst my hip and sort of wiggle it around. Then he grab hold my titties. Then he push his thing inside my pussy. When that hurt, I cry. He start to choke me, saying You better shut up and git used to it."

No one wants to read that. I sure don't want to. But I do ... and I see the value in it. And it doesn't mean that I'm okay with it ... but it doesn't make it "smut" because it tells about someone being raped. Rape is not smut. And I'm sorry if it makes you uncomfortable, but being uncomfortable is good. It means that your mind is expanding ... it means that you are growing as a person. It means that you are truly becoming aware of things that you might not otherwise become aware of. It makes you more empathetic and compassionate ... it teaches you. One who is constantly in comfortable surroundings never grows.

People are raped. Every day people are raped. A novel that depicts it is not a smutty novel. It's a novel about human experience. About the things people go through. And that ... no matter how horrible it sounds or how uncomfortable it makes you feel ... is a novel of worth.

Book I'm refrencing? The Color Purple by Alice Walker ... a Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

Last time I checked, smut doesn't win a Pulitzer Prize.

Just something to chew on.
Sam on 05.01.06 @ 09:59 PM MST [link]