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January 21, 2008 · Filed under big girl life, church, memetastic

 Ahhh, in absence of coherent thought, I give you… The Eight Things Meme, as requested by the delightful and delicious Lara over at Life: The Ongoing Education.
Eight Things I Am Passionate About

  1. Social Justice.  Keep your coins, I want change.
  2. My friends. Sorry to sound cheesey, but these people… I don’t think I could keep putting one foot in front of another without them.
  3. History. Geek-tastic, but I do so love it. Preserving historical architecture gets filed in this category.
  4. Books. I love to read, I love to read books, buy books, observe what books my friends own….
  5. Music. No one can pick out the teeniest phrase in a song to obsess over as I can. It’s a special skill of mine.
  6. Learning. I love school, but I’m also known to go on rabbit trails of discovery outside of class.
  7. Talking. Seriously. Silly issues, serious issues, random issues. Let’s talk it out.
  8. Jesus. Owns my soul. And isn’t that a beautiful grace?

Eight Things I Want to Do Before I Die

  1. Know redemption for the pain in my life.
  2. Become a wife.
  3. Adopt children.
  4. Plant a church.
  5. Get a masters degree.
  6. Read the books Thomas Jefferson read.
  7. Write a book.
  8. Become a redemptive force in the life of others.

Eight Things I Say Often

  1. “Seriously?”
  2. “Why? WHY? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?”
  3. “Depraved, man. Just fuckin’ depraved.”
  4. “That’s jacked up.”
  5. “Uh, because I suck at life?”
  6. “Oh, honestly!”
  7. “Y’all…”
  8. “Can I get a witness?”

Eight Books I’ve Read Recently

  1. Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell
  2. Starving Jesus by Craig Gross and J.R. Marion
  3. The Voice of Luke: Not Even Sandals by Brian McLauren
  4. My Biology 101 Textbook (A work in progress, naturally)
  5.  To Hate Like This is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry by Will Blythe
  6. The Bible. (Specifically the books of James and Corinthians.)
  7. Mere Christianity by CS Lewis.
  8. For Packrats Only: How to clean up, clear out, and dejunk your life forever! by Don Aslett

Eight Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over Again

  1. Wedding Dress by Derek Webb
  2. The Valley Song by Jars of Clay
  3. Carolina in my Mind by James Taylor
  4. Your Mercy Reigns by Shane & Shane
  5. Gabriel and the Vagabond by Foy Vance
  6. Drunkard’s Pray by Over the Rhine
  7. When You Come Back Down by Nickle Creek
  8. Wholly Yours by David Crowder Band

Eight Movies I Have Seen Eight Times (or More…)

  1. Center Stage
  2. National Treasure
  3. Stomp the Yard
  4. Sense and Sensibility
  5. Pretty Woman
  6. The American President
  7. Harry Potter (all of them)
  8. Gone with the Wind

Eight People Who Should Do This Meme

Uhm. Okay, well. Let’s see…

  1. Anyone who wants to?

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Ah, meme-rama!

November 10, 2007 · Filed under NaBloPoMo, memetastic

This first meme comes to us today from Uppercase Woman aka Cecily. One of my idols in the blogging world. (I’ve seen this meme on a number of blogs but I’m doing it as inspired by her.) Seven things you don’t know about me:

  1. I am terrified of hospitals. My mother was chronically ill and I spent a miserable amount of time as a child in the hospital.
  2. I am obsessively in love with music. I will analyze why I love individual tiny parts of songs and drive my friends absolutely insane by saying, “Oh! Wait! It’s this part! I love it!” My dad says “every song is your favorite!”
  3. I can type between 95-110 words per minute. However, I do not do so with proper typing form. I use only three fingers. Two on my left hand and one on my right. (Plus my thumbs. YEAH thumbs!) People think it’s weird. It works just fine for me.
  4. I want to do a triathalon. My friend Deanna (now out of the hospital, and on her way to a 100% recovery, just down one leg!) is going to help me train.
  5. I have a desperate desire to memorize more. Scripture, poetry, quotations, all that. I just suck at memorization.
  6. I have an odd ability to mimic the accents of other, dropping and picking up my Southern drawl at will. I love making fun of northern people. And their hard vowels.
  7. I wish I was brave enough to sell everything I own and move to South America to be a missionary. Maybe one day I will.

This meme was found at “The Daily Meme” and created over here. Five things you want your children to know before they grow up. Well, hypothetical children in my case.

  1. Money is not the point of life. It’s merely a tool to do good in the world. We shouldn’t hoard money. As my pastor says, that’d be like hoarding gasoline. Gas isn’t the point of life, it’s just a way to get life accomplished.
  2. God loves you more than you can realize. He sent His son to die for you. Live your life for His glory, okay?
  3. You are more beautiful than you realize. Please don’t care if you look foolish. Speak out for what you believe in. Open your heart to the world. You might get hurt. You might look like a jerk. What’s it matter? I still love you.
  4. Don’t be afraid to ask question. Questions are the way the world changes. You say you want a revolution? Ask a question and challenge the answer.
  5. Hey. Listen to me. Love people. Love God. Nothing else matters. Be kinder than you think it possible to be. Love more than you think it possible to love. Always wear clean underwear, because you might get in a wreck and that’d be humiliating! Look both ways before you cross the street. Return library books on time. Brush your teeth twice a day. Park in between the white lines, because crooked parkers are obnoxious. Peeps are a disgusting candy. You are more fortunate than you realize. I will always love you. Say please and thank you. Use ma’am and sir. And hey. Call your mother.

So that was a lot more than five, but it warmed my happy little heart

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Meme-Tastic! (As Promised.)

June 2, 2007 · Filed under memetastic

Hat tip to Lara for the tag!

4 jobs I have held:
1. Bear Builder at Build a Bear W0rksh0p. (Never. Again.)
2. Bank Teller (Have I mentioned I can’t do math?)
3. Presidential Campaign Girl Friday. (You want coffee? Diet coke? Orange Juice? I’m your girl!)
4. Resident Assistant (Awesome.)

4 movies I can watch over and over:
1. The American President
2. The Sound of Music
3. The Holiday
4. The Guardian (Shut up. No shame in my cheesey movie game.)

4 places I have lived:
1. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Home of the UNC TAR HEELS!)
2. The dorms (excuse me, Residence Hall) at Peace College
3. A basement in Nashua, New Hampshire. (Edwards for President!)
4. My impending Big Girl Place to Live! (Not yet, but almost!)

4 Catagories of TV programming I enjoy:
1. True Crime (American Justice, The First 48)
2. Fictional Crime (CSI: Miami, Monk)
3. Romantic Drama (Grey’s Anatomy, Gilmore Girls)
4. Real Estate & Home Decorating (Design on a Dime, Decorating Cents, The Real Deal)

4 Places I have been on Holiday:
1. St. Petersburg, Florida (Enforced visitation to my Grandmother)
2. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (History geek!)
3. Washington, D.C. (Political geek!)
4. Charleston, South Carolina. (Old Southern charm. Precious.)

4 of my Favorite Dishes
1. Chicken Quesadilla & Queso
2. Oven Fried Chicken

3. Ritz Cracker Chicken Bake
4. London Broil with Mac-n-Cheese

4 websites I visit daily:
1. My school email
2. CNN (Political geek, random news.)
3. Amazon.com. (I’m either adding a book to my wishlist, or looking up author information.)
4. Wikipedia. (Ever try a Wikipedia race?)

4 places I would rather be right now:
1. Living in Boston, planting a Church.
2. Living in D.C., working in politics.
3. Living in Prague, in a swank yet historic little flat.
4. Driving across country with Jarred, Chelsea, Lyle, Joanna, HP, Kim, Emily, Jon, Greg, and I think that’s everyone… Basically, my home group people.

That’s all, kids!

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