HEBREWS 12:1

THEREFORE, SINCE WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SUCH A GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES, LET US THROW OFF EVERYTHING THAT HINDERS AND THE SIN THAT SO EASILY ENTANGLES, AND LET US RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE THE RACE MARKED OUT FOR US.

The Essence of Survival

Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows that it must run faster today than the fastest lion, or it will be killed.

Every morning in Africa a lion wakes up. It knows that it must run faster today than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve to death.

It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

BRRAAAPPP!!!!

March 27, 2008

more snow

okay so its still snowing. everything is white, white, white!!! :) :) i love it. except all of this snow might mess up our plans to go to a dirtbike track this weekend. i sure hope not. that would be a bummer cuz i want to see mikey and give him a big hug. lol. okay well i need to go catch up on some schoolwork. post more later. :)

March 26, 2008

SNOW SNOW SNOW

Its snowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol i love snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehe. im so hyper. its great. so im talkin to mikey and he's playin xbox so he's got me on speakerphone. wut a meany, right? lol jk. alright, i think it was national pick on jamie day or something cuz at track practice all my friends kept knockin me over and stuff. it was actually pretty funny. but my bum is sore cuz i kept fallin on it. lol. some friends, right? hehe. but yup it was fun. and yaron and i were runnin at each other and neither of us moved so we smacked into eachother. we did it yesterday too. haha. but yup. :) i'll post more later.

nothing to say...

okay so I'm sittin at work with my moms puppy and he is freaking out cuz she's not here. he's layin on my lap and he wont stop shaking and whimpering. poor thing. i think he likes my mom a lil too much. lol. i'm like crazy bored right now. o i just remembered, it snowed at my house this morning!! i was so excited, but then it stopped :( *tear *tear. o well. maybe it will snow tonight. that would be awesome cuz i totally love snow.

hmmm....wut to write? haha okay i'm gonna make a list of everything that is in my purse right now. lol. ya i know, i'm weird.
  • wallet
  • sunglasses
  • rubber bands
  • paper clips
  • hershey kiss wrappers
  • a pack of gum
  • high school ID card
  • 47 cents
  • 2 pens
  • 3 pencils
  • coupon for the upcoming fair
  • a pic of myself

boring, right?? lol. also, theres WAY too much stuff in my purse. good thing its a big one lol.

okay, so i know i'm bein extremely dull but there really isnt anything to say. if anything interesting happens tonight maybe i'll write more later. lol.

March 24, 2008

da weekend

so happy late easter to everybody. i had a pretty crazy weekend. my family spent the entire weekend at a dirtbike track in eastern washington and it was super duper windy. i basically spent the weekend in the trailer cuz every time i went outside sand blew into my eyes. gross. but i will admit, we had some good food!! lol. we had lasagna on saturday and on sunday we had ham, mashed taters, rolls, and asparagus (eww). like i've said b4, taters are delicious. lol. nobody in my family got hurt when they were ridin but my boyfriend was ridin in texas and he broke his collar bone. :( so he flew home yesterday and is restin up.

in my easter basket, i got a big white bunny, like ten books (i'm a nerd), and a buncha chocolate (woohoo!) lol. i was pretty excited about my bunny. i think my boyfriend was gettin irritated cuz i wouldnt shut up about how much i like my bunny. hehe. :) its super cute tho. and today on my way to work, i went and got him the same one lol. cuz seriously, everybody needs an easter bunny!!!

ok well i'm really behind on my schoolwork so i'll post more later. :)
(also, its really sunny today! i'm so happy!! lol)

March 20, 2008

a lil hyper today...

I had a track meet today and in my 800 i got 3rd place! i was so pumped cuz like i am more of a mile/2-mile kinda person. but ya i had a lot of energy and felt super duper positive :) and for dinner i had mashed tatos!!! i loved masked taters!!!!!!!!! they are delicious. lol. but my bestie doesnt feel very good :( wut a bummer. she started feelin reallybad at the meet. i hope she's feelin better...

yesterday, i went to this cupcake store by my work and got a cupcake for me and one for my bestie cuz she wasnt feelin too good. i wish someone woulda got me a cupcake when i had the flu. lol. but ya at the store they wrap your cupcakes up like a present. they are really cute. but theres too much frosting on the cupcakes. its like 3 inches tall lol. but the cupcake was really good :) i love cupcakes. hehe. ya i'm a lil hyper right now cuz i still have all that energy and its buildin up cuz i need to go move around for a good hour. lol. and sorry, i'm kinda over-loadin on the "lol's" lol. but ya i'm basically just chillin out over here tryin to figure out something to do. :) :) post more later.

March 18, 2008

ladeeda lol

okey dokey, so i'm gettin a request from my friend...well, boyfriend actually...to blog bout him. right now he's in texas to train on his dirtbike for a week. i miss him already but i would miss him if he was here too tho cuz he lives so stinkin far away from me. lol. but i'm glad he gets to train cuz he loves his dirtbike (prob more than he likes me, actually. lol.) and he loves riding, so if he's happy, i'm happy. :) he is one of my best friends and he is the person who i call when i just need to talk. he is one of those people who knows when to talk and when to shut up and listen :) he knows me the best outta any of my friends and he can normally tell what i'm thinkin or what i'm about to say. i've known him for 320 days and dated him for 91 of those days. i met him at a dirtbike track and thats the main place i get to see him at is tracks. it was funny cuz when i first met him we exchanged #'s and then we talked every night after we met. we just kinda clicked. so i think thats pretty cool. and thats really all i want to say bout him cuz if i say more, who knows...you might fall for him too!! lol. ;)

crackers in the shower... :)

okay so i was just talkin on the phone with my friend and i was tellin him what i did today and when i got to a certain point in my day i realized how funny what i did was. so today i got up around 10:45 and then i ate some breakfast, got around, went to target, the library and then to track practice. at track it was pouring rain the whole time and i had to run five 400's and five 200's. it was pretty exhausting. lol. then i got home and jumped in the shower (here comes the funny part) when i got in the shower i just sat there tryin to get feelin back in my toes. and while i sat there i ate some crackers. lol. i mean, how completely random is that???? ya i know, crackers! lol. i guess i was a lil hungry. but ya when i told my friend bout that i realized how funny and weird it was. :) :) :)
The Reason I Like Chocolate

The Reason I like chocolate
is I can lick my fingers
and nobody tells me I'm not polite

I especially like scary movies
'cause I can snuggle with Mommy
or my big sister and they don't laugh

I like to cry sometimes 'cause
everybody says "what's the matter
don't cry"

and I like books
for all those reasons
but mostly 'cause they just make me
happy

and I really like
to be happy

-Nikki Giovanni

I was reading a book of poetry last night and I came across this poem. it made me smile because it is such an honest poem. i can also relate with like the entire poem because it gives examples of such simple things. i dunno, i just liked it.
My choice pic of the day:

Japanese Garden in Pano, Cowra

March 17, 2008

Pic of the day:



Again, Its blurry...lol

March 16, 2008

spanish, french, german....anything works

i just had a random thought...i wish i could speak another language. i know a bit of latin and even less spanish, but i wish i was like actually fluent in some foreign language. i mean, wouldnt that be cool?! i think it would be pretty tight, just be like in the middle of a convo and break out with some french or something lol. how cool would that be?? lol i cant get over this. maybe i'll ask my teachers if i can start a foreign language class...ya, i think i'm gonna do that. just as soon as i finish civics which could be awhile. that class is hardcore. theres WAY too many assignments...so i'll prob get around to havin a foreign language class o i dunno, maybe next year lol :) ok well i'm gonna go crash. its pillow-time!!! ya i know, i'm a lil strange but it works. peace.

Why Cupcakes????

what is it about cupcakes...? they are just so irresistable!!! today i made 12 cupcakes, so far i have only eaten 2 but it is getting hard to restrain myself. lol. i mean for some reason they are just super duper duper yummy :) i dont really like cake but i love cupcakes. it makes no sense...any opinions on why they are so delicious?? lol.

i almost forgot...




heres my inspirational pic of the day:



Sorry, its a lil blurry...

roller skatin at sixteen...

ok so I am revising my request for sun from yesterday. i want it to be sunny AND warm. not 40 degrees outside like it is right now. lol.

so last night my friend went roller-skating...like for fun...i know, weird, right? lol i gave him a lot of crap for that one. :) its just, who goes roller-skating after they turn , o i dunno, about 5 years old! lol. no i'm just kidding. i woulda probably gone if i had been invited...hint, hint. but it was fun callin my friend a loser lol. he's not really tho, just when he decides to go roller-skating with his ex-gf...hmmm....

sorry mikey, had to throw tht in here. i still luv ya even if ur a lil weird sometimes....lol

March 15, 2008

thanx 4 the sun

God must have read my earlier post...it is now sunny!! What a way to brighten my day :) thank you up there! I will enjoy every bit of it.

good mornin rain

Ok, honestly I am gettin pretty tired of all this rain. Its gettin really old to wake up EVERY single day, look out my window and say," o it's rainin, AGAIN!" I mean seriously, bring on the sunshine. I am so ready for it!

From the looks of it, today is goin to be a pretty borin day. I started off by rollin outta bed, lookin at my clock then rollin back into bed. lol. then at bout 9:15-ish i got up for realz. i coulda stayed there in bed all day if i had let myself. being a kid is stressful business these days and we definitely dont get enough sleep! i mean, school starts at 7:45!! that, in my opinion, is absolutely ridiculous. b4 i started online school, i got up at 6 every day! and with unlimited txtin on my phone i sometimes stayed up till my alarm clock went off. so all i'm sayin is give us kids a break every now and then. lol.


back to the rain: it looks so gloomy. everything is gray and wet and boring. still waitin for the sunshine here!


inspirational pic of the day:




Na Pali Coast, Kauai

March 14, 2008

My New Fave Song

Ordinary Miracle
By Sarah McLachlan

It’s not that unusual when everything is beautiful

It’s just another ordinary miracle today

The sky knows when its time to snow
You don’t need to teach a seed to grow
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Life is like a gift they say
Wrapped up for you everyday
Open up and find a way
To give some of your own

Isn’t it remarkable?
Like every time a raindrop falls
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Birds in winter have their fling
And always make it home by spring
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

When you wake up everyday
Please don’t throw your dreams away
Hold them close to your heart
Cause we are all a part
Of the ordinary miracle

Ordinary miracle
Do you want to see a miracle?

Its seems so exceptional
Things just work out after all
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

The sun comes up and shines so bright
It disappears again at night
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Why Run??

Why do I love to run?? This is a question I get asked like all the time.

I love to run because:

  1. Nobody throws or kicks balls at your head in track
  2. There is no physical contact with any other athletes
  3. No matter what anybody says: it is not a team sport
  4. Only you can make yourself go faster so its all on you
  5. I'm pretty good at it
  6. It keeps me in good shape
  7. You don't need anything to run, so you have no excuses not to do it

Basically, I just love to run. Its not exactly fun and I sure dont enjoy it all the time, but its still something that I love to do and thats all that matters to me.

*BOARDIN PICS*






















To Blog or Not to Blog...LOL

Starting this blog is actually something I was assigned for school. See, I do online school so I have to fulfill a computers credit by doing all sorts of things on the internet. So whereas I am not familiar with blogs, I'm going to give it a go!
These are a bunch of poems I have written during various times in my life...
All Without Words

Walking away
Glancing back
Somber faces
Eyes like glass

Glancing back
A glint
A tear
Rolling down a cheek
Frozen in time
No words to speak
Emotions mixed
Confusion rings

Glancing back
Tender lips
A fake smile
Take no comfort
A long while
Till this will pass

Glancing back
Pained expressions
Joy lacks

Glancing back
The eyes
That used to smile
Say goodbye
Silence.

-james
I Don't Know

When I'm alone
I feel cold
Like I'm struggling to breathe

All by myself
Like a story
With no happy ending

I feel weak
At the knees
Like I'm falling towards the ground

It's like I'm lost
In a maze
And I can't find my way out

I'm tired, scared and reckless
And I don't know what to do
I'm fighting with myself
Should I keep running after you

I felt safe
In your arms
Now I'm not sure where to go

I could go right
I could go left
But right now I'm too confused

You said for sure
That you would stay
But now you've gone away

And here I sit
Wondering
What am I supposed to do

I'm lonely, sad and restless
And I don't know what to do
I'm fighting with myself
Should I keep running after you

-james

How Do You Know?

How do you know?

You know when merely the thought of him brings you joy.

When even the smallest glimpse of him quickens your heartbeat.

When he takes your breath away with a single smile.

When he holds you in his arms and all of your words are lost.

When you can look into each others eyes and say I love you without ever parting your lips.

You know when you no longer ask yourself, "Is this it?"

-james

Him

The hair that I run my fingers through

The eyes that stare into mine

The ears that listen to all I have to say

The lips that kiss mine

The arms that hold me tight

The fingers that intertwine with mine

The legs with which he stands tall

The feet that support him

From head to toe

He is perfect

-james

Do You Know?

Is it love
You ask yourself
How do you know
How should it feel

I think love
Should feel breathless
Amazing and complete

What is love
We always wonder
Will I know
Will I be sure

I'm sure love
Will feel certain
And you'll never have a doubt

I think of it as wonderful
Like in a splendid dream
Never pressured, always patient
As in fairytales it seems

So when you ask if it is love or not
Only ask yourself
Because to each and every person
A different answers found

-james
Silent Knowing

Together they share,
Unknown to others,
A smile, a touch, a private stare.

Lost are they,
In a world all their own,
Treasuring silence,
Yet a million words to say.

Words linger unsaid,
And float through their minds,
Fingers intertwine,
Thoughts of all else dead.

Their smiles they show,
Their feelings they express,
Their words are left silent,
Because in their hearts they know.

-james
Hiding

Hidden is she,
The one you never see.
Empty and lonely,
Hidden deep beneath the sea.

Sea of faces,
Sea of tears,
Sea of places,
Sea of fears.

She hides herself from us you see,
Because she never learned to be.
Learned to be free,
And spread her wings,
Open herself,
For us to see.

She never wanted us to know,
The depth she truly held.
She never wanted us too near,
For fear of love itself.

She shut us out and kept her in,
So that we'd never know,
That she was scared of what we'd think,
When she let her true self show.

-james
Laughter, Joy and Love

Walking all alone,
Shadows flicker,
Footsteps groan,
He approaches,
Secret smiles exchanged,
Lost feelings renewed,
Laughter, Joy and Love.
First, Laughter
Ringing clear and true.
Next Joy,
Filling the hearts of many.
Then Love,
Lingering like a morning fog,
Dampening some,
While enlightening others.
Laughter, Joy and Love.

-james