New Developments In My Oh So Exciting World

YAY for me! I'm officially a student again! I got in one of the two classes needed to finish my B.S. and am taking an education to get my feet wet a little before hitting it hard with my master's. It looks as if I SHOULD be able to start that next summer and if all goes well, COULD be done by the end of summer 2012. Roll tide to that!!!! I'm so excited to be back in school! I also have a job interview soon for a position in Tuscaloosa. If that works out, I'm hoping to be able to convince the parents to let me move back to T-town by offering to pay some of the bills. It seems like life might be getting back to normal soon. Not to mention then amazing convenience of only being 30 minutes away from Joshua as opposed to 2 hours! Life is shaping up for sure! Prayers are being answered for sure!

To Everything There Is A Season

The past few months have been tough stuff. A lot of drama and heartache. But I think one thing that stands out the most is that I am 6 hours shy of having my Bachelor's of Science in geography. I walked at a graduation that wasn't mine, I have a class ring that has a year on it that I didn't graduate in, and now classes are about to start and I'm not going back. Not till spring. I'll living back with  my parents. Not fun. All we do is yell and argue. I'll be out soon, though hopefully. Right now I'm just looking for a job to do me till I go back to school in January and finish up that degree. I'll walk again next May (whether my family attends or not) and I'll actually get my diploma. It hurts that all the photos and memories from May 8, 2009 are a sham, but I'll be so proud of myself when I walk next year, even if no one is there to see it. Then on to my masters!! I want to teach high school science!! I also have an amazing man in my life who makes Prince Charming dim in comparison. He truly is a dream come true. I couldn't ask for someone more perfect for someone like me...someone so unperfect. I haven't felt this at peace about a man...ever. So being the girl I am, I'm already planning a wedding in my head when there isn't even talk of a ring on the finger. Typical female, I am! But then again, I've been doing this since I was 12, taken or not. Knowing I have such an amazing, understanding, reliable, a PATIENT man to share this part of my life with makes all the troubles seem much less dramatic. In a few years, all this will be over and I know I couldn't do it without him. Okay, enough gushing! While back in Pell City, I'm hoping to blog a big more. Maybe it'll keep me sane!! Maybe...

Carpe Diem

This is the story of finding my meaning and my purpose


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Favorite Re-Made Videos

This is one of my FAVORITE videos I've found. I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, and in my searchings for fan videos months ago, I found this one, where someone has taken clips from the 4th Harry Potter movie, set it to the soundtrack of Brokeback Mountain, and have created this new story, where it appears Harry, Ron, and Cedric Diggery (yeah, that's Edward Cullen, but if you like Twilight, you should be slapped) have some sort of gay love affair. This video is not only hilarious, but also extremely well edited. It flows amazingly and if I had been completely unaware of pop culture, I could watch this video and believe this was a real film.




This second video makes my double over every time I watch it. This guy whose YouTube alias is "Jabooody Dubs" dubs his voice into infomercials, like this Kaboom commercial from the late great Billy Mays. Warning, it does have a lot of profanity, but honestly it just wouldn't be as funny without it. He dubs over the hosts voice with very literal commentary of what is being seen. Just watch it. Oh, and don't eat spaghetti in the shower!

This song is for a baby

This is the story of the man I love most (other than my dad of course!)



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Digital Stories

In Rachel Pater's Learning to Ride, she talks about how her eccentric father shaped her life and made her the person she is today. She uses mainly photographs as she tells the story of when her dad bought the family a tandem bike. She said he was always quirky and had quite a sense of humor. My favorite part was when she talked about riding with her dad on the two seater bike, and before he heard the kids in the neighborhood point and say "Look! A two person bike!" he'd quickly exclaim, "Look Rachel! A ONE person bike!!" This reminded me so much of my dad and how care-free and loving he is. My dad is my hero and I have learned so much from him. No one will ever compare to him. But most of all my dad has taught me to be myself, no matter who is watching.

Amanda Wise's digital story How To Change A Life talks about her elementary school library teacher and how she had such an effect on how Amanda felt about learning and reading. Before school started one year, Amanda found out her teacher had passed away and she wished she'd told her how much she'd meant to her. Now, Amanda wants to become a teacher and to teach like her library teacher did. With enthusiasm. She used music and photos to help tell her story, including yearbook photos of her teacher. This story meant a lot to me because there are two teachers I can say have changed my life. One was my 8th grade math teacher and one was my junior high and high school band director. Both mean passed away within about a year of each other. But both of them made me excited about school and learning and that has never changed.

The Will to Live

This is the story of one of my best friends, his fight for survival, and his will to live.  



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