if only you knew...

mood: thankful

music: me and jesus - stellar kart

thank you, thank you, thank you.
thank you to everyone who has been praying
for zach. he is doing better, and has arrived
home. he got home saturday night, and is
expected to out of school for at least a week.
your prayers are still needed as he starts his long
road of recovery, but he is doing well. so thank
God for that.

and thank you all who have been praying.
it means so much to me, and i know it means
so much to his family. i love youu all!!

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mood: chipper

music: alien youth - skillet

here's some photos from last night!
all the bands were freakin' amazinggg!
woohoo!!

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mood: touched

music: six candles - fm static

here are two videos his friend made as a
tribute to the LHHS track and XC team.
zach is an amazinggg runner, and i love
him so much. so i thought you'd all be moved
by these videos as i was.
enjoy!

LHHS Track & XC Tribute

LHHS XC 2007 TRIBUTE

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mood: worried

music: hold fast - mercyme

please, please, please pray for my cousin zach!
he was in a really bad accident early this morning
on his way to school. his sister katie and dad had
to watch it happen because they were about to pull
out behind him when it happened. zach pulled out
of his subdivision on his way to school and was t-boned
really bad in the drivers side. he was transported to
altamonte hospital and then from there he was airlifted
to ORMC. he has a collapsed lung, lacerated spleen,
broken ribs, irregular heartbeat, and other little things
found on a cat-scan. right now he's in stable condition,
and he'll be there overnight tonight.
i love him so much!

thank you to everyone who is praying for zach!!!

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mood: stressed

music: when you look me in the eyes - jonas brothers

that is most certainly the question in my mind when
it comes to the topic of love. goodness, i think it's safe
to say that.. well, i've never experienced true love. i'm
not quite sure what it looks like. boys can get, can be,
really rather annoying. i mean, don't get me wrong, boys
are great, wonderful rather. most of my best friends are
guys, but seriously, if i don't know you, don't hit on me.
you may think you have a chance, but you don't. i'm picky.
maybe i'm too picky. i don't know. i've never really gotten
good advice from anyone on this topic, so i'm just throwing
it out there for the world to read. haha. probably not the
best of ideas, but i'm really not gonna go there. i'm just
confused. sometimes i think i'm afraid of love, because
every boyfriend i ended up going out with, i thought it would
be something else, but it turned out it was total opposite
of what i was expecting. i have this image in my mind of
love and a boyfriend that i'm just dreaming sometime i'll
have, and every boyfriend i've had has been the total
opposite of that. is it me? is it them? i don't know, it's kinda
bothering me. maybe i'll never find it. which will make me
really sad if i don't. and so i like a guy, really really really
much, like lay down my life, give it up for this guy. that's
how much he means to me. and i have my guesses if he
likes me back. but i don't know, and i keep trying to think
of how it would work out, but i don't know that either. i could
do long distance, maybe. i don't know. he means so much
to me. sometimes i wonder if he'll ever know how much
he really does truly mean to me. does he know? can he
even imagine? i don't know. he's the only guy in the world
other than my dad and brother that can make me feel so
much better on a day when i feel like the earth is ending.
he makes me laugh until my chest hurts from laughing so hard.
he makes me live like there's no tomorrow, like nothing
is ever wrong in the world. he always, ALWAYS knows what
to say to me. he's a charmer, i'll give him that. haha. in my
mind, he's perfect, and i know he's not, but that's okay.
because he's everything to me. everything. he loves Jesus
just like i love Jesus. his whole life is helping people.
we have so much in common, so much we love to do, so
much we want to do. and he looks out for me, even though
he may not be close by, he'd be here in a heartbeat if i
needed help, or something happened. that means so much
to me. he cooks. he goes on crazy adventures. he says he's
lazy and can't multi-task, but i know he wrong. he could so
do that. his family is even the most wonderful group of
people i've ever met. they're so hardworking and lovable and
i fit right in with them. and another thing in my image in
my head of a the perfect relationship, i've always wanted
someone to just hold me close, never let go, make me
feel safe, kiss me and tell me everything will be alright.
basically, someone to just hold me in they're arms, that would
be amazingg. no doubt. someone that will love me for me and
not for anything else. i guess i can keep hoping. maybe
my dream will come true someday. and i'll find my prince
charming.

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mood: indescribable

music: follow your leader - john reuben

oh man, my birthday was definitely the most
amazingg and bestt one i've had so far. i had
the best of time last night with my girls. :] we
were totally insane. but i loved it! jenny and
emily got there, and then we left in jenny's car
to go and get the movie sydney white from emily's
house, and then to jenny's house to get her
laptop, and all the way from my house to their
houses we blasted music from the 90's and danced.
it was so much funn! i felt like i was somewhat
on a cloud and time just stood still. it was so
wonderful. :] on our way to emily's house we called
taylor to let her know the house key was under the
mat and to just let herself in and make herself at
home. so we got home, and started to cook dinner.
it was intense, wow. it was so much fun. if you
could see us, you would've laughed hysterically.
haha. :] we finally got dinner on it's way, and we
started the movie kate & leopold. best movie everrrr!
and we painted our faces with war paint. :] that
was amazingg. totally. then we got our food, and
had some pokey. oh man, pokey is the best. if you've
never had it, it's in the international food aisle at the
grocery store. it's amazinggg, seriously, love. :] haha. :]
that was funny, i didn't actually drop my pokey,
but taylor's standing there and she's like "POKEY DOWN!"
it was hilarious! haha. :] and then emily is on the
phone talking to ryan, but taylor doesn't connect that
it's ryan dailey, so she's like he's such a pansy. it's hilarious.
and the emily keeps saying that her ovaries hurt, and
taylor's like no they don't, and emily says it's awkward
talking about ovaries with ryan and taylor's like it is
not, then when handed the phone, emily's like it's ryan.. dailey,
and taylor's like who's ryan dailey? it was the funniest thing
everrrr! we seriously sat for like five minutes dying of
laughter. i have that on video. haha. :] so then after we finish
eating we decide to go watch some laughing babies on
youtube. soo cute. and hilarious. oh my goodness, and we
saw the youngest hey jude singer. he's sooo adorable. it was
so cute. :] then taylor had to leave, so we said goodbye,
and then finished kate & leopold. then at 12:25am we started
another movie: sydney white. it was amazingggg! definitely goes
under my favorites. it was amazinggg. i loved it! then after
that we cleaned up at went to bed around 2:15am. then got
up at 7:10am cause they had to leave, and i went back to sleep
until 11:35am. it was such a wonderful birthday. i loved
every minute of it. :]




















best birthday ever, for sure! :]

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mood: jubilant

music: out of control - john reuben

my seventeenth birthday has been the best everrr!
like totally. i've had the most fun everrr. jenny is the
best. no doubt. she made me the most delicious
brownies i have everr tasted in my ENTIRE LIFE.
seriously, she's amazinggg. :] and i love her to death.

and then my freshman jenni, is so cute. i love her.
she forgot, and when she realized it was my birthday,
she gave me the biggest hug everr, and then got
the whole class to sing to me, it was so cool. it made
my day. you had to be there. :]

my mama got me the best gifts everrr, she let me get
my second hole for my ears, and she got me converse,
the movie kate&leopold and a fish!!! my fish a boy,
and his name is amani, which means peace. :] i love
him so much!!

yes, it's totally been the best birthday everrr so far!
later jenny, taylor, and emily watson are coming over
for a birthday sleepover. we are making amazingg asian
food from scratch, and putting war paint on our faces,
and watching kate&leopold, and taking TONS of photos.
and then doing whatever else we want to. :] i can't wait!









more photos to come in a new entry soon! :]]
[it feels so good to be seventeen!!!]

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mood: crazy

music: my my - jamaican worship song

so the jamaican dinner was pretty fun.
everyone looked greatt! and the songs,
puppets, and testimonies went well. it
was definitely one crazyy jamaican night.
that's for sure. :]




















^ the ghost of david is everywhere. [in case you didn't notice. haha.]

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mood: jubilant

music: earthquake - family force 5

so... i'm getting a fish. i don't know when. but it's gonna
be a calico ryukin goldfish. and it's gonna be a boy. and
his name is gonna be Amani, which means peace. it's
african. :] we gonna live in a little 1/2 gallon fish bowl,
with a bottom layer of rocks and then a nice mountain with
a waterfall in it in the middle of his bowl. i can't wait to
get him. he's soo cute! :]

so i'm adopting 12 african kids after i'm married, and i was
looking at african names today. so here's the lists:

boys:
amani - peace [kiswahili]
hasani - handsome
jawara - peace loving [senegal]
jaja - God's gift [ibo of nigeria]
jafari - undignified [swahili]
jahi - dignity [swahili]
minkah [men-kaa] - justice [tanzania]
mulalo - peace [venda of south africa]
nyack [ni-ack] - strong hearted, one who will never give up.
ndulu - brother [ibo of nigeria]
obasi - in honor of God [ibo of nigeria]
obi - heart [ibo of nigeria]
okwui - word of God [ibo of nigeria]
olaitan - Godly blessings have no end [yoruba of benin]
olufemi - God loves me
olugbenga - God raised me up [yoruba of nigeria]
oluwafemi [o-lu-waa-fay-me] - God loves me or God
cherishes me [ yoruba of nigeria]
osahar - God listens
oluwa-seyi [olu-wa-shai-yi] - God made this [yoruba of nigeria]
onyinyechi [own-yeen-yeh-chee] - gift from God [ibo of nigeria]
penha - beloved [swahili]
rafiki - friend [kiswahili]
rudo - love
roho - soul [kiswahili]
sadiki - faithful
segodi mogotsi - african
sentwali - courageous
simba - lion [kiswahili]
tafari [fa-fa-re] - he who inspires awe [ethiopian amharic]
tawonga - we are thankful [tumbuka of ivory coast]
temitope - always thanking God [nigeria]
thato [tuh-to] - love [botswana]
tumaini - hope
zuri - beautiful [kiswahili]

girls:
adwoa [ad-doo-wa] - peace [ghana]
anaya [ah-ny-ah] - look up to God [ibo eastern nigeria]
ashaki - beautiful [west africa]
anyango [oh-yah-go] - friend [Af of kenya]
emefa [eh-men-fa] - there is peace [ewe of ghana]
hanna - happiness [hausa]
ijaba - a wish fulfilled
imani - faith [kiswahili]
jaha - dignity
kagiso - peace [tswana-botswana]
kenyetta - innocent [south africa]
kianga - sunshine
kimani [key-ma-nee] - sweet and beautiful [african american]
makeda [ma-kee-da] - the beautiful [eithopia]
mariama - gift of God [west africa]
minkah [men-kaa] - justice [tanzania]
nanyamka [nuh-yam-ka] - God's gift [ghana]
oluchi [oh-lew-chee] - the art/work of God
oluwa-seyi [olu-wa-shai-yi] - God made this [yoruba of nigeria]
onyinyechi [own-yeen-yeh-chee] - gift from God [ibo of nigeria]
pamoja - together [swahili]
penda - beloved [fulu-senegal]
raha - happiness [kiswahili]
randa - to dance [kiswahili]
safiya - pure
sekai - laughter [zimbabwe]
tafui - glory to God [mina of togo]
tsehai - sunshine [ethiopia]
uwimana - daughter of God
uzuri - beauty [swahili]
zainabu - beautiful [swahili]

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mood: energetic

music: earthquake - family force 5

today i made a new friend.
her name is jewl mae and she is from the
philipines. she is the sweetest girl ever.
her dad, older sister, and younger brother
are over here living with her cousins. her
mom and baby sibling are still in the
philipines, they don't know when they're
gonna be allowed over.

she may start the bible study with me,
and her family and her may start coming
to church and youth with me. :] it's so
very exciting. i'm so happy! :]


just thought i'd let you all know. :]

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mood: cheerful

music: luv is a verb - dc talk

so today at school i had to go get permission from
mr. morgan to hang up posters for marchwalk. and
well, he loved the idea and gave us permission, then
he also was like 'what does your shirt say?' and i
replied, 'start a resolution.' and he was like 'i love your
shirt.' and then proceeded to go on and tell me about
how every school he's been at including lake mary
has tried to start some sort of recycling club, but has
failed, and that it really needs to be done by a bunch
of clubs, and that the individual needs to know that they
want to recycle for real. and that a bunch of clubs need
to get together and start recycling. it was pretty cool.
mr. morgan is amazingg. :]

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mood: indescribable

music: luv addict - family force 5

this is my life.
and i love every moment of it. :]

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mood: awake

music: luv addict - family force 5

goodness gracious...
well, this week definitely has had it's ups and downs.
that's for sure. i haven't decided if it was a good or bad
week. i guess it was a week of life with it's highlights.
so basically, monday we had off, which was good. i was
feelin' the aftermath of hide'n'go-seek in the dark though.
haha. if you haven't played hide'n'go-seek in the dark, i
suggest you do, it's amazingg. definitely so much funn.
do it. so yeahh, then also on monday, we got in a fender
bender, this stupid lady hit us from behind and then had the
most retarded excuse about it too. our car is like steel, it was
perfectly fine. but it threw my back out for the next few days.
i'm fine now though.

mkay, tuesday, i had to make up my AP american history exam.
that wasn't cool. but it was alright. i did okay. i don't remember
what else happened on tuesday. what i do know, is that i still
couldn't walk up stairs, and i almost fell a few times, but whatever.

hmm, wednesday, short day. thank goodness. finished the second
half of my AP american history exam. and my make-up work for that
class and math. um, i developed my film for photography. :] and i had
puppets for jamaica at 5pm at cross connection. that was fun. i was so
tired and exhausted though. i was practically falling asleep. haha. but
for the jamaican dinner: "jamaican me hungry." i'm doing the song
'lean on me' by dc talk with amanda and jenny. we're amazinggg. i get
to be the black african/mexican guy. haha. and then our whole group is
doing 'i can be your friend' by the o.c. supertones. it's amazinggg. i can't
wait for jamaica!

mkay, thursday, i finished my 5th roll of film for photography. yayy.. i'm almost
done i have one more roll of film to do and 2 sandwich prints and i'm
done. yayyy. pretty darn exciting if you ask me. so also, i called laura to tell her
i was worried about her, and then i couldn't get it out of me, so i texted her, and
it didn't go so well. i don't think she likes me anymore. i cried my eyes out after
we talked. the rest of my night was basically shot. umm, i don't know what else happened.

okay, friday, I DID THE 30HOURFAMINE! it was absolutely amazinggg. i drank
half of bottle of fuze: tropical punch, for the entire day. wow.. it was soo cool. and
then i learned the charleston in american history. sooo amazingg. mrs. blackwelder
is the coolest teacher by far. i love her and her soulja boy ringtone. haha. i also
had a test in physics. i think i did good. basically, i hate research papers. me and josue
had a nice talk afterschool. then i went inside and slept until saturday morning. haha.

okay, saturday [yesterday], i went to panera with my mom for breakfast, by the wayy, i have
an A in math. it's quite exciting. :]] anyways, then came home and was going to out
with my dad, but then he got sick, so that didn't happen. so my mom and i went shopping for
the whole day. that was fun. we're a crazyy team. haha. :]] but yet, it's pretty much amazing.
then i watched miss congeniality. greatttt movie.

and today, church! i saw david and gave him a hug. that was fun.
i talked to mike, he's so amazingg. definitely my best friend forever. so yeahh.
we're painting cross connection, again, tonight. and right now, i have my
retarded research paper to work on. so yeahhh.

still my passion is africa, and i'd rather be doing a research paper on
that instead of on the catcher in the rye. oh well. i'm still gonna make it
to africa. for sure. :]




^ they're basically my heroes.

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mood: chipper

music: after your heart - phil wickham

happy birthday, bubba! :]
you're so amazingg!
love youu!

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mood: stressed

music: let go - RED

enough said.

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mood: stressed

music: breathe into me - RED

     why do certain things have to be so complicated.

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mood: calm

music: different names for the same thing - death cab for cutie

seriously guys, punxsutawney phil the groundhog does not
dictate whether we get six more weeks of winter, or we go into
spring. it's just a groundhog. i could walk outside and see my
shadow and be, yep guys i think we have six more weeks of
winter. nooo, it just doesn't work.

andd, those guys look like they're from the 1900's. top hats and
suits, come on, they look ancient. you're not really gonna take their
and the groundhog's word, are you?

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mood: creative

music: add to the beauty - sara groves

photography is probably my most favorite thing
to do... ever. i love photography. here's some
photos i've taken. they make me quite happy.
the first four are for the song "sadie hawkins dance."
then the second set of four are for the song
"mood rings." and then the last set of three are
just photos taken, kat and amanda just did whatever
and i snapped there photo. :]] photography makes
me sooo happy!












photography is a passion. :]

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mood: okay

music: tonight - fm static

i wish you were here with me. 

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