UPDATE

Wow, today's uneventful.

I'm hungry; lunch is late today. >:(

Tacogirl, if you're reading this, start readin'. You got 3 blog posts to read.

So, I've been surfing Photobucket. For nb photos. Actually, I was looking for Jess' Photobucket at first, but then started collecting these cool photos. :P

I'll even show a few; I got the whole list of links on a draft. ;)

Some of these photos are gigantic, but some, much like this one, cut off at a good place. :D This is now officially one of my new favorite Peter faces. Which differs from this one I found that's SUPER creepy...

Yaaay! Paulipops in the Cap'n Crunch hat! XD

This one cuts off in a good place, too. Jody hard at work. :D XD

I guess I'm done for now.

CZYA

Guess what day it is!

And no, I don't mean Halloween. Too pagan. Try...

THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D :D :D

But I am wearing a costume.
It's a shirt that says, "This is my costume." XD

I get out of school today at 1 PM EDST.
I'll be so glad when we go back to Eastern Standard Time this weekend. My VCR (yes, I still have one of those. :D XD) clock has been on EST since March. :P That's when we switched to Daylight Savings Time. Which I hate. So I've been getting up at 4:50 AM EST since March. XD

*ahem* In other news...

I am SO stressed about my poetry project (Remember? "Spirit Thing?")... very nervous... I'm hoping my old little iPod works... and I don't hopelessly lose people trying to explain what the song is about... hoping I won't run out of copies of the lyrics... yeah, I'm stressin'. :( >:( Well, actually... that's an understatement.

I'M GOING CRAAAAAAAAAAZY!!

XD

CZYA

PS... WHERE ARE YOU, TACOGIRL? DID YOU FALL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH?!

Crazy Warnings

Hai.

Today, I remembered a funny page. A VERY funny page. On the internet. It has all these crazy and strange warnings that they put on stuff. Almost as if they mistranslated English into English. :P
Here, I'll show you some:

Box of bottle rockets
Do not put in mouth.

Small print from a car commercial which shows a vehicle "body-surfing" at a concert
Always drive on roads. Not on people.

One of my faves:
Instructions on the packaging for a muffin at a 7-11
Remove wrapper, open mouth, insert muffin, eat.

Car Manual
In order to get out of car, open door, get out, lock doors, and then close doors.

Stickers to put on the seat of a potty training toilet
This is not a toy. Stickers require adult supervision.

Lawnmower
Warning: When Motor Is Running - The Blade Is Turning

Bottom of a Coca-Cola bottle
Do not open here.

Container of salt
Warning: High in sodium

Mattress
Warning: Do not attempt to swallow

RCA Television Remote Control
Not Dishwasher Safe

Slush Puppy Cup
This ice may be cold

American Airlines Peanuts
Instructions: open packet, eat nuts.

Heinz Ketchup
Instructions: Put on food

Chainsaw
Do not attempt to stop chain with hands.

Korean kitchen knife:
Warning keep out of children
(I think this one might have been messed-up in translation... XD)

Helmet mounted mirror used by us cyclists:
Remember, objects in the mirror are actually behind you

Blanket from Taiwan:
not to be used as protection from a tornado

Disposable razor:
Do not use this product during an earthquake.

Bottle of shampoo for dogs
Caution: The contents of this bottle should not be fed to fish.

Toner cartridge for a laser printer
Do not eat toner.

Silly Putty
Do not use as ear plugs.

Knife sharpening stone
Warning: knives are sharp!

Dashboard of a mail truck
Look before driving.

Children's cough medicine
Do not drive car or operate machinery.

Sign at a railroad station
Beware! To touch these wires is instant death.
Anyone found doing so will be prosecuted.

Manual for an SGI computer.
Do not dangle the mouse by its cable or throw the mouse at co-workers.

Wrapper of a Fruit Roll-Up snack
Remove plastic before eating.

Oh, it was so hilarous. :D :D There are more HERE.

CZYA

YAAAAY

I've completed my first midterm this year.
My second is tomorrow. Pray, my friends! Pray hard!



As for my project, I haven't presented yet. My poster thing was put together at the LAST minute... it kinda shows. I might take photos of it for future generations, since I'll likely rip the thing up later. XD


Okay, out of lack of other blogging topic... MORE PHOTOS! C'mon... you know you love 'em. ;)

Now this is a rarity. Jody knows how to smile?! XD

Somebody throw this man something edible! His mouth is beggin' for it! XD

Is it just me, or is Peter a bit too happy?

He's either... stretching... or getting ready to pound the stuffing out of his beloved drums. Either way, he looks a bit eager. :P
Assessing my audience... They're on to us! RUN!!!!!

You can just feel the piercing stare... even if you can't see it...

Aaaand, it's Mr. Short Attention Span! That's right! It's Philip! You think it was the red? XD

See what I mean?! This man is ALWAYS distracted by something shiny. Love his tank top. "I will not chew gum in class."

Peter's ready to crowdsurf! Who wants to encourage him?? :D Make me a happy little nb fan. :D

Okay, that's done.

CZYA

STUFF.

Hai, peeps.
I apologize if this blog isn't up to standards; I'm trying to blog and at the same time, complete schoolwork. :P I have 3 things due today! Gotta start crackin'!

*ahem*

All of you who said "Spirit Thing" are correct. I'm doing that song. And I've recommissioned my old iPod for this task. It has its own speaker, so I had to use it... it was either that, or Pete Jr, my blue iDog. I have pics of my iPod shuffle and its speaker... CLICK HERE for the pics.

And I have two midterm study guides due today. >:( UGH. I'll be so glad come the 2nd anniversary of GO. Which is Friday.

So allow me to finish my work and alleviate my burden, if y'all could be so kind. :)

CZYA

OGC

Guess what?!
Go ahead, guess what!

...

...

No. You are DEAD wrong! :P

No, no, I'm doing the BEST school project EVER.

And it's a poetry project, of all things.

Don't start hyperventilating yet, Verja.

See, we had to find a SONG. To present to the class. Now is was an interesting and exhilerating challenge for me. I've done something like this before... but not like this one. Actually, I like this one better, because we get to PLAY the song!
I might have to recommission my iPod shuffle for this mission. It has its own speaker, as I showed the day I got Squizzy.

So what song did I pick?
Well, I wanted a song that didn't sound totally insane (like the TMTYL songs, or a bit of the NA songs...), or that the nb (mainly Pete) are embarrassed about (That eliminates the first 3 albums), and I didn't want one that spoke too plainly. I wanted a song that was cryptic; I had to hunt for its meaning (that erases all of the songs on the worship projects, most of Paul's songs and some of Phil's songs -- especially off thedeliberatePeople. album --, "Isaiah," a few from GO, and even a couple off Thrive.).
That doesn't leave much to choose from. I chose a song off Going Public. And it's not "Shine." Or the title track. And its one of the first five tracks. That leaves three songs. I want you to guess which one it is.
YOUR CHOICES (if you don't know the track list of one of my favorite nb albums) ARE:
"Real Good Thing."
"Spirit Thing."
and "Let it Rain."

Go forth and comment!!!!!!

CZYA

'Allo

See the vid? Jess made it. :D Thanks, girl!
Now I realize almost all who view this blog have heard the song playing on this vid.
But you, Verja, have not.
Therefore, I urge you to view it.

Okay, now I debrief you about my youth group last night.

Dude, that was a lot better than I thought.
First, one of the songs that plays before the service begins was "The One Thing." A PAULIPOPS song! I never imagined...

Anyway.
The service itself was GREAT. We talked about Communion.
And we saw this video... I hated it. Not because it was bad, but because we do it so often. This dude was talking with Jesus, and he seemed so busy. Near the end, he accepts this invitation to this party, and he keeps telling Jesus to stay, but He won't back down. Then the dude starts getting hostile, which rips my heart in two. The video ends with the dude slamming his fists into His hands, and He looks like He's been nailed to the Cross all over again. "The Killing Tree" came to mind... I was so appalled.
Do I really treat Him like that??
It genuinely broke my heart.

And even though I had searched my heart, I still felt so incredibly unworthy, and I didn't want to partake in Communion. I couldn't. It hurt. :(

So yes, the service turned out wonderfully.
But right after, it took a turn.

Our adult congregation had a business meeting. At first, I took up that time to dance, sing and worship, like I love to do, but never get the genuine chance to do.
But for some reason, I got bored with that. And I didn't want to seem lost, so I hung around my grandparents' vehicle.

That was when I started getting irritated. I sat outside for an HOUR. I don't even think they were doing a business meeting, but a whole other service altogether! That made me angrier, and it didn't help my headache. I was so grateful when they came out.

So, yeah.

CZYA

Gah. I be tagged.

1. List 10 things you are thankful for
Jesus
Friends
newsboys
doggies
my youth group
Rusteh (even when he's a jerk. :P)
Music
Being a certified weirdo (XD)
Church
All the material stuffs I has.


2. Arrange these 9 colours into favouritest to least favouritest.
Black
Red
Blue
Purple
Green
White
Yellow
Orange
Pink


3. Name 8 things that bug you
Obama
smoking
Kids that smell like they've been smoking (UGH!)
Rusty and CJ (in jerky mode)
"Ticking time bomb" people (aka people with short tempers/patience)
The bad name given to me of Casting Crowns by radio stations and my youth leaders (tell me otherwise, O Tacogirl)
High School Musical
Alcohol


4. Pick 7 songs that describe each day of your week (and explain if ya can)
Monday - Sweet River; Paul Colman (Sweet river of love/Come save me... need I explain more?)
Tuesday - Reality; newsboys (Probably the realization that Monday has passed. :P)
Wednesday - We Come Together; newsboys (Youth Group. 'Nuff said)
Thursday - Hallelujah; newsboys (Wednesday has passed, looking forward to Friday)
Friday - It's Joy; newsboys (OLD newsboys song that rocks my socks. XD)
Saturday - Isaiah; newsboys (What? Saturday rocks, so does this song!)
Sunday - Sunday; Tree63 (the title says it all. So does the chorus)

5. List 6 people your age or younger that are your best friends
FriHo (one of my cousins, who's a couple years younger than I)
Tacogirl
Verja
Netsirk
QuiJu (one of my school friends; she rocks)
MarCo (XD Gotta love the way his star wars name turned out) another one of my school friends.

6. List 5 of your favourite foods
Pizza
Tacos
Pasta drenched in pizza sauce (don't ask. XD)
Grilled Cheese
Pretzels

7. List 4 older people you really like (besides your parents) (oh and by the way they can be dead people if you want em to be)
Rusty
Furpe (Guess who? XD)
Phurry (*wink wink*)
JamJo (take a wild guess)

8. List 3 people you've never met before that you want to meet
Tacogirl
Furpe
Netsirk

9. List 2 places you've never got to that you want to go to
Aussie
Israel

10. Name the one most important thing in your life
My God, my Father, my Savior (thank goodness they all mean the same Person! *wink*)


RULES
Erase my answers and put in your own
List the rules
Link to the person that tagged you
Tag as many other people as you want
And POST IT!

PERSON THAT TAGGED ME - This Girl I Call TACOGAL
I can't tag any peeps new.
Maybe Owan, perhaps. ;)

CZYA

SUNDAY! HALLELUJAH!

Hai, people of... something or other.

Today, I went to church. Yeah. I sure did. :P

Now if y'all remember what happened the Wednesday before last, you'd understand (at least somewhat) why the following event happened:

It was the time of the service to walk around aimlessly and talk to people. I was HONESTLY minding my own business, when CJ comes up to me and nudges my upper arm. "Hey," he says, "How are ya?" I reply "Good," but inside, I was unnerved at the fact that he STOOD there next to me, not making ANY effort to move. And the rest of the congregation was singing. Yeah, you can see my distress. I didn't want to sing. Even remembering what Verja told me didn't help. >:( I was so relieved when he finally moved away.

So, yeah. Had to get that offa my chest.

CZYA

FLEA BOMB!

XD
The title reflects what kind of bomb we set off in our house. We was gone for three hours!

So what we did was head down to my sister's school for their fall festival (My sister is 6, btw...). I gots my face painted! See? :

I apologize for my hair. I was leaning against my mother's bed. XD But the paint! It says 'nb'! Hooray!

Okay, that be it. I leave you with this funny pic of Jody.
"Go away! I can't eat with you weirdos watching me!!" XD

CZYA

Random: The Blog

The title's weird. :P

Alright, here is the full version of MY chain poem. Remember, I only wrote the first line. The rest of the lines were from different classmates.

Sometimes, I like to write elaborate stories.

And juggle six basketballs at the same time

With my ears

While I'm running

I step on cracks

On the sidewalk, cuz I'm a hobo

Wearing the same shirt for two weeks

No... I am through witt (yeah, it's spelled that way) bisuits now, brb changing shirt (we had this one kid whose continual theme was biscuits. One paper, he wrote down "But he was healed by the magical power of biscuits." lol)

Okay, I'm back, can I have some orange juice now?

No, you can't!

Please with a cherry on top?

Before you're thrown to the jackals.

That carved pumpkins and sang to you

Like on High School Musical

But that music sucks (I added an AMEN! on the end of this line. XD)

Let's get some techno up in here.

Dance party.

Disco balls are cool.

And dancing crazy to loud music

And acting stupid

Because it's fun.

SEE?! HILARIOUS!! XD XD XD

*ahem*

I'm gonna post some more nb pics. Prepare yourself.

Oh, my gosh! Peter's gone mental! Head for the hills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Iiiiit's Corey!! I bet he remembers this video, too.

Newsboys: The Spastic Years. XD XD

Nooooo! Don't cage up Peter! He hasn't even dyed his hair yet!!

"All you young fans out there who haven't started to shave yet... don't start."

Jeff's baying at the moon. XD

Plaid Pants Man! XD He looks kinda like a drill sargeant... :O

Peter can be VERY persuasive. XD

Case in point. The power of the drumstick compels you. XD

Okay, I be done.

CZYA

Chain Poetry

Hai, peeps.
I'm once again blogging about school... since I'm the only one of my friends who is NOT homeschooled.

We did something interesting in English today.
Something my teacher called "chain poetry."
It starts out as getting a piece of paper. We put our names in the upper right corner of the paper, and put down "Sometimes I like to..." on the first line. We finished that sentence however we wanted to do it. I put down writing elaborate stories. :P

Now, we keep passing the poems-in-making back and back, adding random sayings... it had hilarous results.
Mine, for example, started with writing, went to something about a hobo, then to Halloween-related stuff, then High School Musical, then to a disco party (BIG reference to Love, Liberty, Disco!! :D).
Hilarious stuff.

I read my thing to the class tomorrow.

:D

CZYA

Hum.

Haia. How are y'all today?

Hmm. I don't have much to say.

Maybe I'll just post some mindless, hilarious and/or cool-looking nb pics.

No comment. Other than "Jody be crazy." Yeah, that's Jody. Why is it that the 1996-era newsboys dyed their hair? Half the band's hair was dyed! Well, more than half, if you count Duncan, which I do.

Oh, wow. Jody drives. What an eerie coincidence...

The trademark grin that screams, "I have an idea..." And by "idea," I mean the kind of idea that's so stupid, it'll never work, and even if it did, you'd be critically injured; a hare-brained scheme, if you will.

Slightly more docile look of Peter. He actually looks civillized; normally, he's all over the place. Quite literally. Much like his buddy Phil.

The return of the quarter joke I have recurring in my captioned photos on Facebook. "It's my quarter! This means you, Duncan!"

"Okay, first I hit this one, then I hit this one..." Makes it seem like he doesn't know much of what he's doing. Stark contrast to his actual drumming skill.

Now THIS is the pic that shows how deep he gets into his drumming; he likes to clench his teeth while he drums. I've noticed this in two other places, too. :D

It's the return of the mischevious look. Watch out, he may be planning to skydive off a building. XD

Such a young Jeffy. So innocent...

Jump from 1996 to 2000! Yeah, his face screams, "You wanna tussle?"

And here's the tussle!! Peter vs. tobyMac. Who will win?!

Okay, I'm done for now.
More might be added. ;)

CZYA

WHERE THE 'ECK IS EVERYBODY?!?!?!?!?!

WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP AND SMELL THE VEGEMITE (AND GAG!)!

Where are my commenters?????

I know Tacogirl's in Greece, but...
And Verja doesn't usually comment (I wish you would, mate)...
And netsirK... well, dang, mate, where the heck have YOU been??

Well.
I'll blog what I want to. But I wish I'd see my little thingy at the bottom say "1 objections" or more again. :P

We were watching a program on the intarweb (XD) in Law and Justice class. I have now come to this conclusion:

I HATE THE STATE OF COLORADO.

No teenager should ever live there. Especially teens with aggressive tendencies.
WHY do they lock up teens for life?!?!?!? It makes me mad. So unfair. But they won't do ANYTHING about it!
Once they do something that can get them arrested in Colorado, teenagers have a virtually slim chance at regular life! They're LOCKED UP in jail forever.
This is why I think the US of A needs to be 49 states (unless Puerto Rico becomes a state, and that don't seem to be happening anytime soon); Colorado needs to become it's own independent nation! If they hate their teenage population so much, let them become their own independent nation and let them deal with those kids how they see fit! It will end in destruction anyway.

Okay, I'm done ranting.

Now let's move on to something slightly happier.
I am becoming more and more of a fan of Family Force 5; I keep wanting to listen to "Kountry Gentlemen..." I have the chorus stuck in my head!

My mama raised me in the durty south,
A Kountry gentleman!
So you best watch your mouth!

It's mainly that part. What? Is it a crime that I relate to this song?! XD I live in the south, what can I say? :P

CZYA

Post #107...

Yeah, I have surpassed 100 posts finally!

Hmm... what to blog about...

Oh! I forgot a detail of the tMac concert.

There was this little blond-haired boy... he was sitting on one side of the stage before Toby went on, flicking a flashlight on and off. I'm still not sure who he is exactly. He looked a bit young to be Truett, Toby's eldest son, aka truDog... might have been, though.
We saw him again at the end of the concert, on Toby's shoulder. Cute little thing; it was then I knew he was Toby's son... which one, I'm not sure. :P If you know (*coughtacogirleventhoughshesstillingreececough*), please tell me. I'd be delighted to know. :P

I made a lot of twitter updates last night (since my Twitter updates are synched with my Facebook updates, and I made a few more Facebook update, you can imagine how many updates I have on my Facebook. XD)... Swampie was deciding to quit on me, and it was making me fume. I hate Swampie. I'll be SO glad when I get a MAC that WORKS. :P :D

Yeah, that's it for now.

CZYA

Gotta love the tobehMac!

Hey, hey, y'all!
I be back from viewing tobyMac at our state's capital's fair! XD
'Twas lots of fun, despite the biting cold... especially AFTER the concert! >:( :P

First thing about the Raleigh, NC state fair... it was FLOODED with people. So much that at times, it was hard to move around at all.
And some of the rides had quite a few lines... I'll tell you which ones I went on!!

First was Dreamcatcher. For this ride, imagine a GIANT red, white and blue colored, grappling hook-shaped pendulum swingin' side to side and spinning around halfway with each swing. It was insane, but downright fun! XD
Next, a ride called Gravitron. It was this big, UFO-shaped ride; you had to find a place in the module to stand against the wall at, and there were 45 places to do so. Then the hatch closes, and you can feel the wall behind you start to spin. Faster and faster. Your piece of wall flies up in the air; if you keep your eyes closed, you'll think the ground fell out from under you. You're stuck to that piece of wall until the ride stops, so I wouldn't suggest moving. :P I went on this ride twice.
Finally, a mini-coaster known as Avalanche. In my opinion, that ride doesn't secure its riders very well. It went down twice, and it lifted me up in the air, almost right out of the seat. Otherwise, it was pretty fun! :P

Then, we set out to the arena to see tobyMac. Big crowd. But anyway. He finally came out, and nearly burst my eardrums!! :P
One of the things I remember was that he'd been in SC the night before. But the North of the Carolina treated him better! We gave him 90 minutes, over SC's puny 60. Good to know we made an impression on 'im.
Another thing I remember was he jumped INTO the audience! Kewlness. I don't remember what song he finished at that point, but I do remember which song started while he was in the audience: "Lose My Soul."

So I don't remember much. Maybe because my Dad had to get us home in the middle of the night, which he hates. I would've been eaten up in guilt if I hadn't stayed up with him... I was tired!! :P

CZYA

:)

Hai again.
I wanna shout out a thanks to Verja and Hannah for helping me out in the DELICATE situation described in the blog below. If you haven't read it already, I suggest you do it... for good measure.

Both of them deserve the credit of cheering me up and getting me out of my vocal slump. Mainly Verja... I now know that if she EVER met CJ or Rusty, she'd go medieval on their cans (if you know what I mean).
She reminded me that their opinion, no matter what their standpoint on the subject, or how I view them, doesn't matter; God's opinion, however, does. I could have the WORST singing voice ever, but if it has the passion for God, then He doesn't care; He's getting the glory anyway. Who are we to critisize our fellow believers in worship? We should be cheering them on, or better, joining in with them.

And there you have it. :)

CZYA

Ok, I'll bite.

Okay... I guess I'm ready to share with y'all what caused me such distress at youth group.

I warn you. It won't seem like something to be worked up about to you... but this... just sucked ALL the passion, the love I had for singing. And it really had me upset.

So... it was the end of youth group. Rusty's buddy CJ sat down next to me, and proposed, of all things, singing lessons. Ughh!
He briefed me of the procedure. I didn't like it, but I wasn't about to show it. I sat there silently, giving absentminded nods every so often to tell him I was listening. I kept fighting the urge to run outside and cry uncontrollably.

Now, I have ALWAYS hated the guts of singing lessons; I'm a firm believer that true talent comes naturally. In nearly every situation. So I avoid even the mere thought of singing lessons like the Plague. Actually, I'd rather HAVE the Plague than be told my vocals hoover. It took YEARS for ANY singing talent to appear within me at ALL!

And I don't think that's the whole reason why I was crying my eyes out when I got home. I think what wounded and offended me most was when CJ said that not everyone can sing.

NOW I KNOW FOR SURE THAT BOTH HE AND RUSTY THINK I CAN'T SING.
AND WHAT'S WORSE, THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS, SO IT'S HARDER FOR ME TO IGNORE IT!

It was a MAJOR blow. I was extremely depressed when I got home. When everyone had gone to bed and I tried to, I found myself crying endlessly. It really hurt. One of the BEST ways to make me cry is to tell me I can't sing.
My vocals are one of my VERY few claims to fame amongst all who know me. Anyone who tells me that I have no singing voice obviously either knows nothing about me or knows me full well, but doesn't love me at all.

The next morning was worse. I was listening to "Catchafire" and crying. And I don't usually cry during a song like "Catchafire." Who would?
"Isaiah" helped me through it greatly. A beautiful song telling me to give glory to God no matter what. And so I did, so I shall.

END RANT.

REQUESTING ASSISTANCE, PLEASE

Hai, peeps.
Today, I have a mission for you to help me out with.

See, I have to find 5 songs for one of my youth group leaders (not Rusty. ;)) for Sunday night's youth meeting that have to do with WORSHIP.
I'd appreciate some suggestions to pass on to him. Remember, at least FIVE. If it were any other message (ie, idolatry or love, etc.), I would need slightly less help.
I'd GREATLY appreciate it if you'd help me out. I need them by tomorrow at least. Your help will be rewarded. Eventually. :P

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CZYA

:P :P

Oh, hai.
Like I said, I apologize for my OWN slip in blogging. Booo!

Anyway.
HOORAY! All of you guessed correctly. Solomon Olds = Soul Glow Activatur, of... FF5. XD

Soul Glow helped write it, he did programming, keys, bass, electric guitar, beats (:P), and background vocals!! I've been trying hard to hear him in "Catchafire." Maybe he's responsible for the beat at the beginning and near the middle. Sounds like they're saying "dum-dum." XD XD It's hilarious.


Ehhh... something happened last night. At youth group.
I don't really wanna talk about it (I'm JUST getting over it), but I will give away a couple aftereffects of the incident: I was BARELY able to stop crying between when I got home from youth last night and this morning before I got on the bus this morning. It was made worse with nearly every song I heard within that time. I will say only those two details.
Yeah, I call it bad. Very bad.

I think my Newsgirl shirt is bad luck. :P

CZYA

Whoop.

Hai.
I apologize for my lack of blog yesterday.
See, Swampie is really, really damaged. I made a vow that until I got some tape to fix his screen border... thingy a little, I won't be using him, because I'm afraid I'll cause his appearance more damage.

And Dad has been asking me to work around the house, and according to the pact I made Monday, I will gratefully obey!! Which causes a slight problem for Squizzy, because I've been having to use his computer to charge him (goes back to Swampie's damaged and Squizzy is allergic to my wall charger).

So anyway.

I noticed something wonderfully peculiar. With most of you being tMac fans, surely you have noticed this as well.
Y'know "Catchafire," right? And I bet you also know that one "Solomon Olds" (*wink wink*) aided in the making of the original recording a LOT.

And you know who Solomon Olds is, riiiiiight??

Yes, that's right.
I thought you'd know.

Hahaha, you have to TELL me that you know in your comment. ;)

CZYA

Boy... What a DAY!

Yah, today... was been pretty bad (for the most part).

School was fine. Perfectly fine.
It was AFTERschool that the problems began.

Ma's bus, 336 (whom shall be called the name I gave him, Frostbite, for future reference) was dragged into the shop because the "Check Engine" light came on his instrument cluster and the shop was worried... so Ma was given 162, or "Speedster," as I call him. I call him Speedster because he's fast for a spare bus. Anyway.

My first problem was that Squizzy decided to freeze as "Isaiah" finished yet another play. It made me quite disappointed.
But the other problem was somewhat worse.
Speedster was starting to... give out. He didn't want to go, and Ma had to force her foot down on his pedal repeatedly to get him going. I was worried, because Speedster... he doesn't act like this; he's a speed demon!!!
So it was RIGHT AFTER the second-to-last stop. Speedster TRIES to keep going... all in vain. He died in the middle of the road. But he still had momentum, so Ma "coasted" him into the parking lot of my church, Myrtle Grove Baptist.
There were three of us: Ma, myself, and our other passenger, an old friend of ours named Rachael (yes, it's spelled like that). So we sat there at the church, and at this point, I was wishing I had youth group that night. XD We kept there for 30 minutes until MY ride got there, and the mechanics (Ma calls 'em maniacs. :P) arrived, and got ol' Speedster started.
So I left with my ride, and I got the verdict when Ma got home: Speedster is alive... but he's likely to do it again ("Park it for the next victim."). No shocker there; Speedster was manufactured in 1986. He's 22 years old! OLD for a bus!

Once I got home, I immediately began the operation of reviving Squizzy, who froze when I finished yet another play of "Isaiah." It hadn't moved since it froze. MANY times I put the proverbial defibrillator to him. He didn't move for most of 'em. Swampie's iTunes only recognized him 3 times. All three told me he was corrupted. :(
The first two times I pressed the Restore button, he disappeared off the face of iTunes. The third time, it started extracting his files, but it quit after this. RIGHT AFTER I disconnected Squizzy from Swampie did it try to go further. And I HATED that. It was ANNOYING.
Finally, I hooked it up to Ma's computer (aka, used a different proverbial defibrillator), and this one finally got him to reset. I saw the silver Apple logo, and I knew all was well. :D :D :D

It was a bad day, but it turned out wonderfully. :D :D

CZYA

My New Favorite Song

Is Isaiah.
Yes, it's official, I have a favorite song now. :D :D

It's SO powerful!
Dude, the chorus alone is enough to empower you!!
I LOVE this song. No one will tell me otherwise. :P :D

I wish I had something funny.
But I'm at school.
NOTHING IS FUNNY AT SCHOOL!
Boo.

Wait a minute...
I remembered something!
Remember when I said each of the four members of Jars of Clay have their own Twitter accounts??
They're hilarious.
Dan (lead vocalist), for example, "tweeted" (XD) about his visit to the zoo. "Saw a monkey eat its own poop. So worth the 5$ admission."

Gotta love Dan Haseltine. :P

Aaand... I have some news that will make Tacogirl jealous (I seem to be a pro at that, unfortunately. :( )
Ma got a copy of Welcome to Diverse City. Yeah, we have that album now. Tacogirl, feel free to scream at me.

CZYA

Isaiah

The title is the same as the best song ever.

"Isaiah" is the name.
newsboys is the artist.
What's the album?
It'd be nice if someone could clear that up. (*coughowanmaybecough*)
Squizzy tells me it's from Devotion, but I don't believe him. :P

I mean it. It's the BEST song in the world.
THANK you, Jess, for donating this song to me so generously!!!!!!!!!!

Courtesy of the nb boards, here are the lyrics to Isaiah:

(Since most of the song is straight from the Bible, references have been included instead of the passages themselves)

Isaiah 40:28-31
whispered: "...so do not fear for the Lord is with ya."

Chorus:
Go ahead and thank Him for His power!
Go ahead and thank Him for His might!
Go ahead and thank Him for the victory!
'Cause He's given it to you tonight!

Lift Him up in the Great Assembly!
Lift Him up like the Word says you should!
Lift Him up - you're made to give Him glory!
Lift Him up 'cause the Lord is Good!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Isaiah 49:8-9

Chorus

Isaiah 52:13-15
Isaiah 53:3-5
whispered: "...and by His wounds we are healed."

Chorus

See? Best song ever. :D :D

If you want it (*coughcoughtacogirlcoughcough*), tell me in your comment. ;)

CZYA

What title?

Hai, people.
I'm bored.
Here's a cool stop sign!
Some unknown vandalizer keeps putting "obama" under STOP. But I'm not complaining! WOOHOO!!!!!

I'm also in an old-school newsboys sorta mood.
Sorry, netsirK!
I'm getting back into it. Old school newsboys have their own flavor... and I happen to like it. Their first three albums, I happen to like. Even Hell Is For Wimps, which I previously condemned. I was foolish to have done so!! It's a work of art, too. :P :D
And to prove it to you, here is Peter circa 1991 to show you in a face how crazy it was then!!

Yeah, I'm done now.

CZYA

Facebook... again.

Hai there.
Y'know what?
newsboys have a Facebook page. Yippeeeeeeee!!!
And Twitter, too, but the Facebook thing is more interesting right now.

If you have any knowledge of former newsboys, you will recognize the following name:

COREY PRYOR.

If you don't know who Corey is, here is a photo, from 1991, for your enjoyment. It even has his name and (former) nickname at the bottom of it.

They spelled his name wrong. I just noticed that, too. XD
And I have the video!!
Oi.

Corey is one of my FAVORITE former newsboys. He just plain rocks. So does his (former) nickname(s). And all that made this discovery all the more sweet.
Corey is posted on the Facebook page as a fan of the nb. :D :D
He posted some old, old photos of the nb from back when he was in the band (he left some time in 1993). Including a frustratingly tiny one of Peter holding up a camera. That one was my favorite. And now I have a link. Click Corey's name in bold near the beginning of this post.

That's all for now.

CZYA

Youth Group...!

Okay, good news/bad news for me, too.

Bad news: 'Member that Mac battery? It's a battery CHARGER. Humph! Now I'm gonna have to wait longer to get Helmet up. Booo.
Good news: Unlike poor netsirK, my youth group went pretty well. Usually, it's like her youth group last night, falling apart.
But not tonight... God is good!

Let me explain...

First off, if you either don't know or don't remember, my mother drives a school bus for a living. Yesterday, she was dropping off a bunch of middle school kids (whom had been giving her problems), and one of their mothers sat waiting. Long story short, the confrontation didn't end well. I screened out the last few minutes, but I knew it didn't end well.

Especially after she got home. She thought I wasn't going to youth group, but I had changed my mind after I had to get off the bus early... with my little sister... against my will. So she asked me to feed the dogs. I reacted negatively, and Ma decided to scream at me. Por que? It NEVER settles well with me.
Once again, I came to youth in tears. Now Rusty has turned into an emotion detector (XD :P), and compensates for it with a sensitive side. Yeah, that's the THIRD time he's been sensitive! I feel kinda proud of myself. :P
He gave me such a TIGHT hug... I will never forget this. It impacted me more than he knows.

Well, back to what happened.
Rusty has a relatively new Mac of his own (POR QUE?!?!?!), and we had to take our photo using it (I haven't yet... SHH! It's a secret!). But that was a sideline.
One of our youth has a girlfriend. Diagnosed with cancer. It hits a softer spot with me now... because of Sara. So anyway, we prayed for him, then we went outside.

We played quite a bit of games.
First was a strange game where we made what the leaders called a "cheerio" and we had to keep this big, red ball moving around inside the cheerio. A person would get tapped, and they had to run around the cheerio, back to their space, without the red ball hitting them. Hey, I succeeded!
Next, we got into a big circle, hooking our arms with a partner. Around the outside of said circle, one guy chases another, and the second guy can hook arms with someone in the circle. Their partner is forced to run. That was pretty fun, too.
Next one was weird... I'll explain it later.
The next one was Capture the Flag. Oh, dude, that was GREAT. SO much better than the lock-in's CTF. Anyway, since it was dark out, we made use of that advantage. First game, we won because the other team went all-out, while we inflitrated their base from the sides. Haha. Then we switched bases and hid our flag in a pretty good place. And the other team thought they won. They grabbed a teammate's shirt! XD

Anyway... it was fun! Something that doesn't happen very often.

CZYA

PS --
Check the previous post again... ;)

The best blog entry ever!

I'm blogging about another entry in Tacogirl's blog. Here it is! CLICK HERE!!

It had me laughing my head off.
My pants are gone. lol.
So I'm thinking I'll do some of my own.

My pants are catching a fire. XD (Catchafire, tobyMac)
My pants are in wonder. (In Wonder, newsboys)
My pants are taking the wheel. (Jesus, take the wheel; Carrie Underwood)
My pants are tuning in. (Tuning In, newsboys)
My pants fought the la. (I Fought the La, newsboys)
My pants burn for you. (Burn for You, tobyMac)
My pants are missing. (Somethin's Missing, newsboys)
My pants taste and see. (Taste and See, newsboys)
My pants wear a mood ring. (Mood Rings, Relient K)
My pants are every man. (Every Man, Casting Crowns)
My pants are more than useless. (More Than Useless, Relient K)
My pants step up to the microphone. (Step Up To The Microphone, newsboys)
My pants are awakening. (Awakening, Switchfoot)
My pants are a slow fade. (Slow Fade, Casting Crowns)
My pants don't wanna lose their soul. (Lose My Soul, tobyMac)
My pants breathe. (Breathe, newsboys)
My pants are boomin'. (Boomin', tobyMac)
My pants are something beautiful. (Something Beautiful, newsboys)
My pants are not a secret. (God Is Not A Secret, newsboys)
My pants aren't your cup o' tea. (Cup O' Tea, newsboys)
My pants dream. (I Dream, Paul Colman Trio)
Wherever my pants go, that's where the party's at! (Wherever We Go, newsboys)
My pants are standing in the rain. (Stand In The Rain, Superchic[k])
My pants lost the plot. (Lost The Plot, newsboys)
My pants are strangely normal. (Strangely Normal, Phil Joel)
My pants are a secret kingdom. (Secret Kingdom, newsboys)
My pants cannot get you out of their system (I Cannot Get You Out Of My System, newsboys)
My pants are a miracle child. (Miracle Child, newsboys)
My pants are forever, man. (Forever Man, newsboys)
My pants are scarlet. (Scarlet, Jars of Clay)
My pants are falling on you. (Fall on You, newsboys)
My pants are unshakeable. (Unshakeable, Phil Joel)
My pants are a love addict. (Love Addict, Family Force 5)
My pants collide. (Collide, Jars of Clay)
My pants never let me go. (Never Let Me Go, Family Force 5)
My pants are fragile. (Fragile, Phil Joel)
My pants are country gentlemen. (Kountry Gentlemen, Family Force 5)
My pants are alright. (I'm Alright, Jars of Clay)
My pants' love is better than life. (Your Love Is Better Than Life, newsboys)
My pants are my generation. (My Generation, Phil Joel)
My pants are between you and me. (Just Between You and Me, dc Talk)
My pants can't get enough. (Can't Get Enough, Jody Davis)
My pants lost this life. (Lose This Life, Tait)
My pants are thriving. (Thrive, newsboys)
My pants drive. (Drive, Jody Davis)
My pants are the fad of the land. (Fad of the Land, newsboys)
My pants live in stereo. (Live in Stereo, newsboys)
My pants are the answer. (Love Is The Answer, Jody Davis)
My pants are free. (I Am Free, newsboys)
My pants are moving. (Move, Phil Joel)
My pants are unified. (Unified, SONICFLOOd, featuring Peter Furler)

Muahahaha.
More might be added to this list.

CZYA

Oh, hai.

*waves*
Hai there.
That blog below this one? Hormone-induced. And pain-induced. I was DOUBLED OVER in pain at school while typing up that blog. I knew I wasn't going to make it.

And y'know what?
It's happened before. Like LAST YEAR before. And by last year, I mean last SCHOOL year. :P The pain is terrible. I'm glad that's over now. I don't wanna give details (cuz they're kinda gross), but the pain and misery was enough to whisk me back home.

BAD. Very BAD.
I can't stand missing a day of high school, because that means a mountain of work to do when I get BACK. >:(

Now I wanna go to a somewhat brighter side.
You guys know Jars of Clay, right? Christian band? Each individual member has their own Twitter account. I'm following Steve Mason (guitarist) and Dan Haseltine (lead vocals) on Twitter!
I feel bad for both. Steve's account was how I learned that obama has Twitter, too. :O :O
And Dan... got a speeding ticket.
Poor dudes.

Okay, I'm done. And no longer fueled by my evil hormones! XD

I DON'T LIKE TODAY.

I have a question.

POR QUE??????????????????????????
POR QUE, POR QUE, POR QUE, POR QUE, POR QUE, POR QUE, POR QUE, POR QUE, POR QUE???

Yeah, I'm REALLY not liking today.

I hate pain.
I hate hormones.
I hate obama.
I hate school.
I hate... I dunno, tacos.

WAIT! NO! NOT TACOS!
I'm so addled.

help... ... ... me... ...

GUESSWHATGUESSWHATGUESSWHAT!?!?!

*pant pant*
Hai.

So I was sittin' in church today.
Our associate pastor, whom shall be called Steve, came up, and said he was gonna show a slideshow of our youth group. At first, I was like EEEK!!

But then, I was pleasantly surprised.
Guess what song they played to the slide show??
Ah, I'll let you gather some guesses while you scroll.
























































































































































































































































































THEY PLAYED "WHEREVER WE GO!"
And our youth leaders are obsessed with Casting Crowns, so this was a BIG surprise for me!
I was jammin' the whole time! And in the slideshow, I noticed a FANTASTIC side profile photo of me. REALLY good. Now I want it. XD

Now the rest of the service was better.
It was Communion Sunday. Again.
And one of our women sang a touching version of Chris Tomlin's new radio hit, "Jesus Messiah." With a Youtube video!
I might as well find it.
Later.

CZYA

:D :D

Friends. Meet Helmet.
This is Helmet when he's shy.

And this is Helmet when he's waving "HAAAAAAIIII!!" XD XD
Yes, he's a Mac.
And he is OLD. 10 years old. And I can't find a CD drive on him anywhere.
But I have found a mysterious card which I believe to be his internet, but I won't be sure until I get that battery we ordered.

Yes, you read that right. WE BOUGHT A BATTERY FOR HELMET!
Hopefully, it's compatible and it works.
And I know, Kopatopie, it IS dumb Helmet didn't come with a battery! But that's the way at least half my school system is. Dumb.

And this is the BEST shirt ever!! :D :D Is it not? :P
And it's GREEN! LIME green! Best shade of green ever. XD

And in case you haven't noticed yet, I am back on Swampie. HURRAH!! YAAAY!
But hopefully, Helmet will be up and running soon as well.

CZYA

UPDATE

Well, I got Swampie up and running once more.
But I'm still apprehensive; I don't wanna touch him again just yet. I think if Swampie does something like this again... let's just say I'm thankful I have a back-up laptop that I forgot about COMPLETELY. That is, until now.

It's a Mac. An old one, one that used to belong to my school system, but a Mac, nonetheless. There's a catch to this Mac, though.

It came with NO battery, NO power cord. NO way to power it. So it just sat in a somewhat secluded place, gathering dust.

Then Swampie decided to pull this, and I once again pulled my attention back to it.

Now, I REALLY want to get THIS thing up and running. I have high hopes for it now. I've even named it already: Helmet. And this one really DOES fit. I'll have to get a photo of Helmet for you to see.
I wanna scour every place there is to get Helmet moving, working. It'd be worth it to see that screen light up. I can't wait.

Well, I guess that shall be it for the night.

CZYA

Okay, I have a slight problem...

I've been bitten by the malfunctioning computer bug.

Swampie has made me mad one time toooo many.
And this is BAD.
Very BAD.

Why?

Well, let's review.

Swampie has the following files on his hard drive:

• A LOT of my hard-written stories. I may never finish 'em, but they're special nonetheless.
• At least ONE homework assignment
• My Skype.
• Firefox

And most importantly, HE HAD MY ITUNES ON HIS HARD DRIVE!! I MAY NEVER CHARGE SQUIZZY AGAIN! And that, my friends, is EXTREMELY bad.

Please... this may sound materialistic, and selfish (and it IS), but the iTunes thing is why I feel so strongly about this... PLEASE pray that I find a way to power Swampie again before Squizzy dies and I have to transfer iTunes AGAIN back to my mother's computer. I don't wanna do that! It makes her computer run slower than CHRISTMAS! Please, please, please pray I can get him back up and running.

And one of two other things happen (both of which require money, of which I lack):

• I find and/or buy a replacement part Swampie needs, or....
• I save up enough money to buy a replacement laptop.

And not just ANY replacement.

A MAC.

:|

Oh, hai.
I finally got Firefox working last night.
Apparently, my Gmail was causing it problems.
Had to use IE in order to use Gmail AT ALL.

Well. Anyways.

Today, I brought "my" camera (it's not really mine, actually) with me on the bus (SHHHH! It's a secret!) So I have photos. But this is not Swampie that I am blogging on. I, once again, come to you from my high school, so I have to wait until I have access to Swampie later. And pray his antics doesn't cost him his battery.

Stay tuned! When I get home, I have photos!
And this weekend, I may have a photo that will make my obama-hating friends squeal in joy. XD

And I leave you this photo of Pete from the "Dear Shame" video to contemplate. I might make this pic into a new banner for my blog. XD Play with it a bit on Photobucket...

And a recent-er photo... I couldn't resist this one. It just seemed so funny to me.

And I finish my barrage of photos with this Peter pose. I'm sure this is the last one... for right now.

GNAH.

I'm mad at Firefox now.

See, I've had Swampie in sleep mode all day (which isn't exactly smart... I know, spare me your hurtful rants), and now Firefox decides to randomly quit functioning on me... I'm blogging from IE right now.

So I manage to get out of it. I try to get BACK on it, and it blasts me with THIS:

"Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system."

Two problems with that theory.
1. I'VE ALREADY CLOSED FIREFOX, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
2. Do you even KNOW what Swampie does when I first start him up? He gives me annoying crap! He tries to tell me that I don't have internet (WHICH I DO) for the first 20 minutes... and IT DRIVES ME INSANE! WHENEVER he malfunctions and I have to shut him down and/or restart him... HE KEEPS ME FROM THE DERNED INTERNET!!
So NO, I am NOT restarting Swampie because Firefox wants to be IDIOTIC and STUPID. I don't HAVE another 20 minutes to deal with Swampie's antics. Sorr-ee!

Jerkwads.

*ahem*

END RANT

Gaaaahhh...

For I think the first time, my faith has come under fire... Oi.

So, for all who are in the same situation as myself (and FOR myself as well), here is the lyrics to a Phil song which is helping me cope...

Take away everything I have.
Never change what You mean to me.
I won't be swayed by the ways of man,
What they say, or tell me to believe.

I WILL STAND STRONG, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME, LORD,
I WILL BE HERE!
NOTHING WILL SHAKE ME,
NO, NOTHING WILL PULL ME AWAY.

I am unshakeable!
I am unmovable!
You have called me by name,
And planted me here!
I am unshakeable!

I will live all of my days
Just to bring glory to You.
I will sing of my Redeemer,
Ever constant, ever faithful, ever true.

I'LL LIFT UP THE NAME
OF THE LORD MOST HIGH!
I WILL PRAISE YOU! I WILL!
OH, YOU HAVE DELIVERED ME,
AND YOU HAVE SET MY SOUL FREE!
SET MY SOUL FREE!!

I am unshakeable!
(I am unshakeable!)
I am unmovable!
(I am unmovable!)
You have called me by name
And planted me here!
I am unshakeable!

I am unshakeable!
(I am unshakeable!)
I am unmovable!
(I am unmovable!)
You have called me by name
(Called me by name!)
And planted me here!
I am unshakeable!

Kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall,
But my Creator will rise above them ALL!
We'll not build on the temporary.
My hope is built on eternal love!
Eternal love, yeah.

I'LL LIFT UP THE NAME
OF THE LORD MOST HIGH,
AND I WILL PRAISE YOU!
FOR YOU HAVE DELIVERED ME!
IT WAS YOU WHO SET MY SOULD FREE!
YOU SET MY SOUL FREE!

I am unshakeable!
(I am unshakeable!)
I am unmovable!
(I am unmovable!)
You have called me by name
(Called me by name!)
And planted me here.
I am unshakeable!

I am unshakeable!
(It's a beautiful sound!)
I am unmovable!
(Moving through the crowd!)
You have called me by name,
(Voices lifted up,)
And planted me here!
(On high! On high!!)
I am unshakeable!

I am unshakeable!!

Youth Group!

I went to Youth Group. Again. Ah, it was great.

Rusty (about another youth): "Yeah, she likes to hide from me."
Me: "Don't we all."
He proceeded to give me a strange look, and I burst into laughter. Yeah, it was great.

Then, I felt kinda left out again, so I exited, sat in my favorite spot, and listened to Peter's Testimony from Houston, and part of it from Milwaukee... man, the thing about Congress was pretty funny, even though it wasn't meant to be. :P :P

Then we went inside and ate a cookie cake. Cookie cakes are the best cakes ever! XD

And I'm currently hooked on this song:



:D :D :D

CZYA