tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37619726466107333142011-12-02T01:46:18.833-07:00My thoughts on life, love, family, friends, God, and NaNoWriMo. <br><br>Gennanoreply@blogger.comBlogger691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3761972646610733314.post-36052356129530539362011-12-02T01:46:00.001-07:002011-12-02T01:46:18.857-07:00

  If you're unfamiliar with National Novel Writing Month, you probably haven't known me for very long. Although this is my second year participating, I think this is one of the most wonderful - and scariest - experiences a serious writer can have. The goal of National Novel Writing Month, often called NaNoWriMo, is to write a 50,000 word novel in the course of 30 days. The official month this

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  And so it begins. November. Fall. Pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving. Novels. …what? You may wonder what novels have to do with November. Nothing really. Well not if you’re not a writer. But for 60,000 people worldwide, the month of November has become synonymous with caffeinated beverages, late night/early morning writing sessions, and mad dashes to make word count goal by day’s end. This is also

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  A few weeks before my sister’s 24th birthday, I got the brilliant idea that I wanted to bake a cake for her. I wanted to do something special for her. She’s been a violinist for..ever. So I decided to fashion a violin out of fondant for her. But that wasn’t enough. I would cover the cake entirely in fondant. Still, that wasn’t enough. I would make the fondant from scratch!!!   Or so I

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  In October of 2009, I received a direct message from my dear friend, Katy Lindamood, about a vision she had for a website created and run by women. I was thoroughly excited about the site. I was just getting my start in NASCAR writing through my blog, One 4 the Win. I was one of, if not the very first person asked to join the site. In the nearly two years since then, I’ve been on the ride of

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  I’m a normal person, not famous, not anything particularly special. When I saw Mark Lee of Third Day post something like this on his blog I said “I really want to do that” but my mind was “Who is going to care? I’m not anyone famous”. I’m just an ordinary person. Then on Sunday, my pastor opened up and was brutally honest with us. He made some admissions from the pulpit that I wouldn’t make to

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  Ever since childhood, I’ve felt the pull to missions work. And when I say childhood, I mean I was about 11 years old when I first realized this was what the Lord was calling me to. I was involved in and still have been involved in missions trips of all types. Day trips, mostly, but also some overnighters. For a long time I’ve wanted to attend the Ireland missions trip with my church, Calvary

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In October of 2010, I took a leap of faith and applied for NASCAR media credentials at Phoenix International Raceway. Much to my surprise, and glee, I was accepted. On November 10th, I hopped in my car and drove the 100 miles from my hometown in Tucson to Phoenix to attend the Kobalt Tools 500. In an economy car and the most inexpensive hotel I could find, I felt like I was rich. I first

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Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 10 people you like and include me. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to ___" Pick your Artist:  All Star United  Are you a male or female: Superstar Describe yourself: Pretty Famous How do you feel:

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Going to be starting a new blog about Classic books. I'm quite excited about it but I'll need some help. I'd really like to make it friendly to new and older Classic readers. I'm not really that great at keeping up with blogging because I just have so much stuff I gotta do all the time but I really am trying to get back into my writing.Anywho...job is going good! I'm pleased with the money I'm

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So its not like you’re really going to gain much from this but I haven’t been able to choose a name for the faerie girl who plays the main character in my new novel that I’ll begin writing on November 1st at midnight. So I’m going to ask all my readers for help! Here’s a small description of her: She had blue eyes that shone like sapphires and shimmering locks of corn-silk hair. There was a

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Over the next 60 or so days, you’re going to hear me talking about NaNoWriMo a lot. Some of you who were around during last year’s event know what it is but for those of you who don’t, here’s my take on it. National Novel Writing Month, more commonly referred to as NaNoWriMo, is in its eleventh year. It is a non profit organization funded completely by its participants. The premise of the event,

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I wrote this back in April, but I hope it can still help and encourage a few of you out there who are interested in participating in NaNo this year. Good luck, God bless, and DON’T GIVE UP. Genna   A lot of people, especially my Twitter friends who stood by me and cheered me on through the dreaded month of November, 2008, wonder how I got through it and came out with 50,006 words on November

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Originally posted on Facebook:   So a lot of you don't know the whole story but basically I've been harassed by someone for about a year who's completely obsessed with making me miserable. Most of the time I can ignore it but this time, it has gone too freakin far. Her and her mom called me repeatedly last night. The mother left a threatening voice mail and then sent me this threatening e-mail:

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But I wanted to expose what I’ve been going through. I used to be on this board and I loved it. Until a certain person came back and decided to make my life miserable. Now she’s been doing this for a long time. It got so bad I had to block her from every aspect of my online life, starting with myspace and leading to Facebook, Twitter, and sadly I had to block her from PMing me on this board

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Now, I’m no Obama supporter and I don’t like his policies or his views but never would I wish horrid things on him! My sister’s dad and I were discussing him yesterday and agreed that we needed to be praying for him. Unfortunately not everyone would agree with us on that. Now I normally don’t post anything political on here but when I saw this, I was completely disgusted. This man should NOT be

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The morning started off with a nice breakfast at the Studio Diner which had been featured on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.   Then we headed across to Coronado Island. The bridge is so scary!!!   View of the bridge from the front of our hotel.   View as we were driving back across the bridge.     I saw these all over, thought I should get some pictures. =)     The famed Hotel

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Here’s some photos of my extended family before the graduation! My cousin Andreas     Danielle, my cousin   Tio Renee   The graduation   One of my favorite things to watch is the Color Guard!   They were flawless   Review   A few pics from graduation         The new Marine with family and friends   Mom and Ethan   Ethan and his dad, Brian  

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Here’s a few pictures and some commentary from my trip to California to see my brother graduate from USMC boot camp!   My mom with her “I heart My Marine” shirt.   My sister with her “USMC Sister” shirt.   Platoons from Charlie Company lined up for the Motivation Run. My brother’s platoon is the last one to the right of the picture.   A photo of the drill instructors from Charlie

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Taking a queue from my dad, I’m going to start blogging some amusing stories about my life. Unlike my dad’s life, which is akin to a good ol' family film, my life is a sitcom. Things happen in my life that are just so insane that they just have to be true! It really doesn’t help that I was that kid your mother warned you about. I was your average tomboy, scraped knees, skinned elbows but never

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I couldn't be more proud. He's made it through the toughest week of his life. The Crucible is the toughest of all training missions except for Hell Week for any and all branches of the US Military. Today we learned that my brother, Ethan R. Short, now to be known as Pfc. Ethan Short, has earned his coveted globe & anchor. He has officially earned the title of US Marine. I couldn't be more

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As a lot of you may know, my 18 year old brother is away at USMC boot camp. Quite a few of you sent me messages to mail to him and he was very appreciative of those. I know that now he has just under 4 weeks left of camp, it may seem like he’s got through the worst of it, but you ain’t seen nothing yet! On August 17th, 2009, he will embark on easily the most difficult 54 hour training mission of

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Alright, I wanted to make a personal post because I’ve been seriously neglecting my duties as a writer to several websites, a blogger, and street team crew chief. It has been a rough few weeks for me. I have been doing the best I can do not to completely neglect everything. Anyway, I’m getting back up on my feet again, trying to discipline myself to write again and I plan on making several posts

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Ok so there seems to be a bit of a debate between me and my friend on what exactly is average? I guess its more than a bit of a debate. She seems to think 8-12 is average while I debate that 12-16 is more of the average. I know many more women that fall into my category of average than hers. I guess it all depends on who you ask but what is the average for women in America? Well this debate sent

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I decided to post this for my "fans" *aka- Cyndi* And because I have been watching Platinum Weddings all night so its put me in the mood to be generous and share this gem from my novel! I hope you all enjoy and will please share this with your friends.The wedding had been set for the last weekend in July. It had to be moved up one weekend due to the promise of heavy rainfall, which never did come

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12: Wayne Newton 2001For someone who’s memorable concerts have included hardcore/screamo and rock bands, this has got to make you go “huh?”. Firstly, I blame my Grandmother, bless her heart. The story is we were in Las Vegas the weekend before my 16th birthday to celebrate. Mom wanted to go see the Impersonators, I wanted to go see David Cassidy, and Nana wanted to go see Wayne Newton. And she

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13: Sonfest in Phoenix, Arizona. 2001This was in many ways the coolest concert I’ve ever been to. It wasn’t that it was particularly better than any others in regards to the show, but just that so many awesome things happened that day.I had driven up with a large group of friends including my mom, sister, brother, and my best friend, Brandon. Of course, Brandon was a huge Newsboys fan and they

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14: Newsboys Love Liberty Disco 2000This is one of my most memorable shows not because it was super special in particular but mostly because it was my first Newsboys show with my then best friend, Brandon. He and I were fairly inseparable in high school, especially at church. We were always hanging out together and it made his sister a little jealous, not that that’s really all that a

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15: Switchfoot 1999To be totally honest, I don’t remember a whole lot about this show! Switchfoot fans will probably want to disown me but I promise there IS a point!I never was a huge SF fan but I have to admit, their earliest stuff was their best. Well every year, something they no longer do, my church used to bring out a band to play for the 4th of July which just so happens to be my birthday.

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I already know I have no life, I didn't need anything to tell me but I just wanted to see how many of these I've seen so...check it.SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own facebook account, paste this as a note. Then, put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up, change the header

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In 2005, a film was released starring Kiera Knightly and it was a smash. The only problem is, this film claiming to be good adaptation of the Jane Austen novel was anything but. When I finally sat down to watch it, I found that the costumes were far from accurate, the acting was rotten, and it was a messy version of a beloved novel.Such is the case with many a film adaptation of books. It’s a

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This is so cool! Have a go at it, post a comment with the number of the line and who you think it is! I'll post the answers in about a week!Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play.Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.Step 4: For those who are guessing -- looking the lyrics up on a

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November is a dreaded month for NASCAR enthusiasts, however it was something I've been looking forward to for months. That is until the whole month went to hell...It really started off on the wrong foot with me getting a cold a few short hours before I was set to go to a NaNoWriMo write in party-the Midnight Dash-at the IHOP. And don't even get me started on Election day! It really was bad enough

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So a few of my friends have been wanting to know what life is like after 50k...Well it isn't much different than 40, 30, or even 25 was. What I can say about it is that it was a wonderful feeling to pass that mark. It symbolized the realization of a dream for me. Ok, that sounds super corny, doesn't it? But I'm not afraid of a clichè! Never have been.Anyways, what I'm getting at here is that when

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So its officially the halfway point of NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, and I have mixed emotions right now.For one thing, I hit the halfway mark a couple of days before the halfway mark in the month. Of course, I was completely thrilled. Then I set an even bigger goal, to reach 30,000 words by Saturday morning at 5 am. Guess what? I even hit that goal and two hours earlier than I thought

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Today was one of those races in which my boys seem to barely scrape by, so for this week’s Raceday Rhapsody, I’ve picked Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer”.And that’s exactly what Tony’s been doing all race long. Actually a lot of those guys have been doing that very thing tonight. Especially Tony and Jeff Gordon.Tommy used to work on the docksUnions been on strikeHe’s down on his luck...its tough,

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16: Third Day: Offerings Tour 2000To say this concert was practically ordained by God might be an understatement. It seems to me as if He had his hand in every aspect of this show. Lets start at the beginning…Mom always made every effort to take us to all the concerts, especially since she loved going herself. This particular show was held in Phoenix, AZ, where I have an uncle living. So we

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Yeah, its a spin off of Mark Lee's Summer Reading Club. I'm not sure of the entire set up of this deal, I'll probably just follow the same general layout of Mr. Lee's.Here's how we'll arrange this. Post a comment here with your details. Make sure to post a link to your initial FRC post. For anyone who doesn't know how the SRC was run, I'll post the rules in a follow up post.For your first blog

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This song is dedicated to my best driver, Tony Stewart. Congratulations, you finally beat Dega and you are second to none. May the rest of the season be good to you!!And to all those Tony fans, like me, who sat there week after week and never gave up hope, it all paid off!Feels Like TodayRascal FlattsI woke up this morning With this feeling inside me that I can't explain like a weight that I've

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17: UnderOATH/Maylene and the Sons of Disaster/Poison the Well/Everytime I Die 2007When Mom asked me to go to this concert with her, I kind of gave her a strange look. UnderOATH wasn’t really my style. I’ve never been much for those bands that scream their lyrics. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always been and always will be a rocker at heart, but the screaming was just never for me.Anyway, I opted to

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18: Third Day Worship in the Pines- 2006DISCLAIMER: To all of you Gomers, please don’t start rioting that Third Day is only at number 18. Trust me, this is NOT the only time they appear on this list!!This being my 7th concert, I expected nothing less than a killer show. I received so much more than that, but read on, it gets interesting.After a 5 hour drive from Tucson to Flagstaff, AZ, we were

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I don’t exactly know that this makes me deserving but here goes.I’ve always been a rather avid reader but this summer marked a milestone in my life that I wish I had never had to experience. In the midst of the summer, just when I was getting going with my reading, my world and life came to an utter halt as my family and I came together to mourn the loss of our dearest grandmother.She really was

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19. OC Supertones/All Star United/Plankeye/Flight 180- 1999A lot of you who know who my favorite band is may be asking yourselves why I put them so low on my list. Without giving too much away here, lets just say this isn’t the only time they’ll be appearing on this list. ;)This concert, I must say, blew my mind. It was the first and only time I ever got to see the Supertones. They really rocked

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20. LeahyWell earlier this year, my sister randomly decided to take me to see this Canadian Celtic group. They’re Scottish/Irish/Canadian and incredibly talented. They are a group of 8 brothers and sisters.It was memorable in so many ways. First off, it was my first Celtic concert, which of course thrilled me to my core! They sang so many fun songs and even did a little Scottish/Irish folk step

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So my brother and sister went to Hawaii over the summer. They were shopping in a store and my brother, Ethan, was looking for a Hawaiian shirt. He held two of them up and asked my sister "which one matches my eyes better?" and she told him the green. The little butthead didn't believe her so he turned to two RANDOM women in the store and asked them the same question.My brother is such a little

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Too many nights I've cried myself to sleep since my grandmother passed away. And they have been bitter tears, sprinkled with self pity and painful memories. Too many times I have cried because of the bad times, the last moments I saw her, arriving at the hospital too late to say goodbye, and seeing the breathing device over her face, blood splattered around her on the hospital bed.But there's 24

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I've decided to add some fun to my blog, I present Genna's Weekly Polls!Today's million dollar poll question: Do you use a twist tie to close your bread or do you tuck the bag underneath the loaf?I personally always tuck, too lazy I suppose. :P

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In honor of Greg Biffle’s first win of the season, I created the banner at the top. I’m going to leave it for a while, so proud of him I am! As the banner says, it is his time to shine. Praying that he wins that championship this year!I’m still a huge Tony fan, he’s still my number one and probably always will be, so don’t get confused. =P However, I’d like to see Greg Biffle win his first Cup

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Ok so today was SO cool! I am loving all this politicalness. It so rocks to be able to get out there and really fight and stand up for all you believe in! The political debates were amazing tonight. Tim was awesome, he was so put together and his rebuttals KICKED well...you know!Now, I realize that Tim Bee for Congress only affects me as a District 8 Tucsonan, but I would encourage you to pray

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So I finally finished Wuthering Heights. I have to say, I found Heathcliff incredibly difficult to like, even sympathize with. Actually, I found most of the characters difficult to care for, but the story itself was wonderful.It begins in the year 1801. From there, the story goes back in time through the narrative of a faithful servant of the Heights. As she tells the story, from her point of

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Alright so, we had a death in the family so I haven't been blogging or reading much. But I have got about 3/4 of the way through my book, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff are childhood playmates and sweethearts. As they grow into lovers, tragic circumstances seperate them. Catherine marries the rich, foppish Edward Linton even against all her feelings. Their own

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I was sitting outside the other night and I saw some of those little brown beetles they call Junebugs. What’s the deal with those guys anyway? Why did God make those little, seemingly pointless critters, that are so blind they can’t fly straight? They’re bothersome to me, when they bump into our walls, legs, and feet.But hey, who knows what God was thinking when He created them. I’m sure they

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Well, this week I have TWO reviews! That’s right, I read two books. They were short, but equaled to around 500 pages total.Book one: Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonWhen a map of the famed Treasure Island, which leads to Captain Flint’s legendary treasure, seemingly falls into the lap of young Jim Hawkins, he and his friends Dr. Livesey and the Squire Trelawney, embark on what appears to

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I sometimes like to participate in something called Watercooler Wednesday on Mark Lee's blog. So I decided to try it myself....Sports...Everywhere, around the world, every nation has sports. No matter where you are, chances are there's some local sport that engages most if not all of your community, right?In many of the world's poorest countries, soccer or "futbol" is the main sport. To these

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3 Doors Down, one of the best modern rock bands, like, EVER, released their self titled album just recently. It's the only 3DD album I actually own, but I totally love their music.Here's my completely biased review......The first track, "Train", has got to be one of the coolest songs ever. Who among us hasn't wanted to run away from home and seek our fortune, as it were? The lyrics play into the

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Not that anyone really cares, but this is my life......Monday...boring...Tuesday...boring then work....Wednesday...oh boring again...Thursday...ooo excitement, I gave blood and got a Red Cross water bottle.....Today has been thrill a minute.....went to work, got off early...So tomorrow I'm gunna walk up to the park to go shooting with Manny. Some soccer coach thing, idk, but hey its sports and

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Hello SRC buddies! Hope its going well with you all.So here's the deal, I don't think Les Miserables will be finished *still have 500 pages to go* in a week. I have decided to start reading Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island". It's much shorter and I'm confidant that I can actually read it in the time I'm given. So here's to reading this book in the next week.

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Well here's my list, at least I hope I can manage to do this!Les Miserables- Victor Hugo *will finish reading this by the end of the summer if it kills me!!!*In this book, the main character, Jean Valjean, makes a promise that causes him to risk his integrity and values. Of course, its a catch-22 because if he keeps his promise to Fantine, he would be prevented from confessing to a crime he

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So I'm getting ready to start the SRC with Dr. Mark Lee and a few Gomers. Mark Lee's Blog So here is my list for the SRC. The last two books I read:Dracula- Bram StokerGone With the Wind- Margaret Mitchell

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Most days, I can deal. Tonight the pain is bad in my stomach. Its like cramps and sharp pains and the doctors don't know what's wrong. Its brought me to tears. I've been to the doctor several times, even had an ultrasound. They couldnt find anything. I'm so confused and frustrated. Please keep me in your prayers. I know God has a reason for everything, but this is getting ridiculous.

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Have you ever felt like you’re so alone? Well, of course, we all have. Its just been one of those stupid, retarded days….weeks? No, more like…years.Sometimes, ya know, you just gotta get away. So I did. Not for very long, but I had some time to contemplate my life and certain relationships. I’ve been contemplative lately, so bear with me.I’d like to pretend its all perfect, but reality checks me

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Here's an interesting, stupid, funny story.Friday morning of our trip, we stopped at a Burger King in Albuquerque to get some coffee. They were selling these little strange beasts that walked when you twisted this little button thing on the side. Stepdad started playing with it and we all got a laugh out of it.Well he went back outside and Mom thought it would be funny to buy one. She actually

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Here is a summarized version of the insanity I like to call my trip to Colorado.Day one was Thursday, it was average. I waited till the last minute to pack, like always. Car ride was incredibly uncomfortable. We ended up in Socorro, NM for the night. Got about 6 hours of sleep and headed out.Day two was long, tiring, and frustrating. We couldn’t find the E-85 ethanol fuel that we can put in our

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Hey there everyone, sorry to report the Armed team didn’t place at all except in Exhibition, we took third. The Unarmed took second place overall. My brother took the second place Outstanding Commander award. This is short since I’m not in the lovliest of moods. Good night all.Well we’re back, its been a long and very interesting 14 hours but we actually made it home in almost one piece! We

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Here's a quick update before we head back to the Academy for the award ceremony....Hi people, coming to you from the car. We’re on our way to the USAF Academy right now. Competitions start at 7:24 for our kids. Had a long night, early morning and now I’m so hungry! We’re gunna have to wait until noonish to eat. Ahh well. This should be a fun day, I hope we get to visit the gift shop. I love my

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Colorado Springs! FINALLY! 23 hours after we started our lovely trip, we made it here. I wrote a teensy bit while we were driving, I'll add more about the exciting trip later...for now... Hey everyone, I’m writing to you from Las Vegas, New Mexico. We spent the night in Socorro, NM and had breakfast in Albuquerque. It’s been a very interesting trip so far. It’s kind of funny how we’ve been

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Hey everyone, I'm leaving tonight for Colorado Springs. We should be back by Sunday night. Pray for us and for the team. We want them to win of course! I'll have lots of pics when I get back.NIDM= National Invitational Drill Meet. My brother's team are the defending champs, so let's pray that God lets us defend that title one more year!Everyone have a great weekend and those of you who have my

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I just sat and watched "Crash" today. It was a very powerful movie. It seemed like something that would have been a huge controversy. I guess I never realized, or thought about, the amount of hate crimes that take place every day in this country, and probably around the world.Funny how most of us shut this kind of stuff out. We don't want to face it, we don't want to think about it. It really

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My sister is watching Dancing With the Stars. It really blows my mind a little how much we love these crappy competition shows. It seems like from the beginning of TV, there have been competition shows or talent showcases. I find them all, with the exception of American Idol, incredibly stupid. I'm really sick of them to be honest.It seems like these silly shows have taken over my sister's life

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I swore I'd never. Then I did. Why did I did? What did I did? I started this. I made a blog. Ahh well, I guess it was inevitable. Its a way to keep my friends updated on my life without having to send out e-mails and such. Anyway, here it is. This is where you can keep up with my vida loca!

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