Reborn-atheist

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." Bilbo Baggins (J.R.R. Tolkien)

So, Friday I move to Texas.

I have said the majority of my goodbyes, and am mostly packed.
I have to tell you... Space Bags rock for packing large amounts of clothing.

We will set out early Friday morning,and will spend Friday night in a hotel.
Saturday we will push on until we are in Liberty/Moss Hill Texas.

In Liberty there is a Church that we will all be going to (every Sunday etc).
This Church (Touched by Grace Ministries), aside from normal services also holds Pastoral retreats on it's 7 acre piece of land in the woods north of Moss Hill. They have cabins and all sorts of facilities as these retreats are weekend long.

Our original plan was to spend Saturday night in one of there cabins, which they are loaning to us freely (Very Kind of them, attend service Sunday morning, then go south about an hour to Dayton, Texas where our apartment will be.

Unfortunately plans change.
Our apartment application had been denied, and with Chris's Fiancé's (Kiki's) work schedule, and all the work to be done before the wedding, we won't even be able to turn in any applications for the remainder of this week. (wedding is the 27th)

So, we will be staying in the cabin in Liberty until we are able to secure an apartment.
This should go quickly.
The reason getting an apartment has been so difficult is that Kiki has been the sole person able to do the apartment hunting. She is the only one to know there area, and since we aren't down there we can't look at the places, we can't go turn in applications etc etc. Once we are down there I am sure things will go much smoother.
(We are welcome in the cabin as long as we need it, so long as we are actively looking for a place. not a problem)

        

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Wowzorz, I will have to post a real journal soon.

Anyways, this is what I did on the first day of spring 2009

I listen to weird stuff

I'm going to give you the first few lines of the first 15 songs my iPod gives me. You get to guess them. GOOGLING THE LYRICS IS FOR PROSTITUTES/LOOSE WOMEN.

1.Everyone down on the floor No sudden moves and lock the door I've got this feeling I'm chasing I'll never rest until I find it ((well crap... Paul might know this one...))

2. I'm too scared to move, too scared to lose Tell me what I am supposed to do I'm too close to see you, but too far to touch And too many times I've not done enough

3. He's washing face to start his day He's lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely Nothing in the mirror ever shows him what's within

4. silence is golden but I think it's gonna kill me now everything I've seen never seems to fill me now no one told me that the world could fall through yeah

5.Growing tired of bedside resolve (Politics lay out the pressure)Something's got to give now Something's going to break down I grow tired of writing songs While people listen but never hear what's really going on now Tell me what's so wrong now

6. in open fields of wild flowers she breathes the air and flies away she thanks her Jesus for the daises and the roses in no simple language someday she'll understand the meaning of it all

7. Wake up from your reality Make up your mind Take up your cross and follow me Child don't be draggin' be laggin' behind

8. We should get jerseys cause we make a good team But yours would look better than mine, cause you're outta my league And I know that it's so cliche to tell you that everyday I spend with you is the new best day of my life Everyone watching us just turns away with disgust It's Jealously, they can see that we've got it going on

9. I am the crisis I am the bitter end I'm gonna gun this down I am divided I am the razor edge there is no easy now

10. Life and love and why Child, adult, then die All of your hoping And all of your searching For what?  Ask me for what am I living Or what gives me strength That I'm willing to die for

11. Come back and haunt me Follow me home Give me a motive Swallow me whole They say I've lost it What could I know When I'm but a mockery? I'm so alone

12. If you put your arms around me, Could it change the way I feel? I guess I let myself believe That the outside might just bleed its way in Maybe stir the sleeping past Lying under glass Waiting for the kiss That breaks this awful spell Pull me out... of this
lonely cell

13. All your twisted thoughts free flow To everlasting memories Show soul Kiss the stars with me And dread the wait for Stupid calls returning us to life We say to those who are in love It can't be true 'cause we're too young I know that's true because so long I was So in love with you So I thought

14. If my faults are your song Then I will not be content to sing along If I'm the one that's making you so out of touch Then why don't you just go ahead and... Why don't you just go ahead and....  ((No Chorus for you!))

15. An hour ago I felt so low I almost drowned Wandering around This messed up town It's pretty, it's only I felt so lonely And I knew all night I'll never find a face Can understand how much I miss you now


Good Luck! if you guess more then four, I'll give you a cookie or something!
***NOTE*** I skipped Cover songs, and some songs where the first words were the name of the song. I'm sure you'll understand.

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Wowzorz, I will have to post a real journal soon.

Anyways, this is what I did on the first day of spring 2009

So today I woke up 11ish.

I was hanging out in my pj's, and had just finished a extra big bowl of frosted mini wheats, when there was a knock on my bedroom door.

It was my roomate's Fiancé Kiki. My Roomate was at work so this was a bit odd.

She was wondering if I knew which of the two bikes in the basement were mine.
They were both mine, his was out side, and broken.

After inquiring as to why she needed to know, I was informed that her, Pastor Kim, and Ashley, were all going to ride the Saginaw Rail trail together.

Having never ridden the rail trail, I thought that tagging along could be fun, and the workout could be good.

So I lent Kiki my old bike, and made the appropriate phone call to gain permission to come along.

Permission granted!

So we loaded my bikes on the back of PK's car,(Kiki was driving Pastor Kim's car)
and headed for the church.

the church is on river road in shields.


From the Church, Pastor Kim, Ashley Kiki and I set out to the rail trail.

The rail trail starts about two miles on one side of River road, and then goes all the way out to St. Charles.

Now, what Pastor Kim and Ashley never mentioned to Kiki and I, was that they only planned to go so far and turn around.
Not knowing this, Kiki and I sped ahead, and began racing each other.

There were many Squirrels, ducks, geese, and chipmunks to be seen, and also a snake.

After about one and one quarter hour, I was at the end of the rail trail, in St. Charles, about 10 miles from our starting point.
I waited for Kiki to catch up, (this is where I was watching the most beautiful ducks I have ever seen). After she made it, we congratulated each other for making it so far, and debated weather or not we should wait for Pastor Kim and Ashley.

The Debate was short, we pressed on.

After getting a quarter way back, we were pretty darn sure that they had turned around some where along the trail.
I kept a leisurely pace, as to make sure Kiki did not get to far behind.

So finally after two and a half hours we returned to the church, a twenty Mile ride.

This night was also a night that the church invites the youth group to come simply to hang out, play games have some food, and just have fun, with out a service. I thought I would stick around and help out. (you need "responsible adults" to supervise after all...)

So I drove around picking a few of the kids up from all sorts of places. Ate nachos and malts, played some cards, and enjoyed a wonderful bonfire.

Now I am tired.

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sorry... I haven't posted since October...

ok... so last night, my computer bit the dust again, unfortunatly... i don't have the funds availible to fix it just yet.
As far as I know it is just the power supply so $40 aoughta fix it.

I need at least a 400 watt, i was using a 450...

I am thinking I might just get a dual core bare bones kit just to use this as an upgrade opportunity.

So at the moment I have made a user account on my roommate Chris's computer, that he generously allows everyone in the house use now.
(lol, I don't let any one else touch mine...)

this last summer I house sat at my dad's for some time... he let me use his computer while I did it but left me the direction: "Don't download anything"
I knew he meant don't install anything or put any crap on his computer, so I promptly put my thumb drive on his computer lol. I installed portable versions of Firefox, and Thunderbird I could run off the thumb drive. I already had Trillian on the thumb drive.

so I am using the thumb drive like crazy now lol.

I hope to have my computer restored within a month.

Also, I have recently learned that you can get Photoshop CS2 to run on a thumb drive as well (so long as you already have a legal install, I will be trying that out.

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I support stuff

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