EXTREEEEME LiveJournal Flashback!
Every once in awhile, I like to go back and see what I was doing on this day on my livejournal. It's pretty fun for me. There's a lot of stuff I've forgotten about. And it's neat to see how much my life has changed. The only downside is it makes me miss old friends and such.
Let's take a journey back to 2003 and work our way up, shall we?
This is actually from the long forgotten ujournal. My start to online journaling. Oh, and most of these may not be on February 17, but the closest entry to it.
Feb 20, 2003 Argentina... HERE I COME!!!!
WOOOOOOooooo!! My dad called me earlier today with some exciting news! Ok, let me start off with the conversation... My dad calls me and asks when my final exams are, so I tell him. He then goes, Well do you think you can be done with everything by May 4? I'm like, I don't know... why? And he goes, B/c we want you to go to South America with us!! I was like WHAT!?!?!? Oh my crap! I can't believe it! I'm going to ARGENTINA! how awesome is that?? As you all know, my brother is in Argentina on a mission for our church and is getting released in may and I get to go with them to PICK HIM UP! I'm so stoked! Not only will I get to see my brother whom i haven't seen for 2 stinkin' years, I'll also get to see a whole new country.... continent... HEMISPHERE! awesome... So, anyway, i'm pretty dern excited... obviously. I only have one exam after may 4th and that's math. BUT, there's another exam for the same class, different section on April 30... soooo... I'm hoping that my teacher will have some sort of pity and let me take it then. She's a pretty nice lady, i'm sure she won't have a problem with it. Dang, i'm way excited. I can't wait. OOH, and another exciting thing I found out. Gordon B. Hinckley, the president of our Church, is going to be in Southaven, MS on March 1 and i'm
GOING! That's another thing i'm stoked about. It's not very often that a living prophet comes around for me to be close enough to go see. It's gonna be awesome. I mean, just seeing him on T.V., I feel the spirit so strong, so imagine what it's gonna be like seeing him in person! wow... Can't wait! I haven't been this excited about anything in quite awhile. I think last time I was way excited was when I found out that Andrew was actually coming to B'ham to go on a date with me the first time. haha But, this is a different kind of excited. That was a nervous excited. This is kinda the same but without the nervous feeling in my stomach, which is good. have i mentioned that I have a nervous stomach? Not really sure what it means, but all i know is when i'm put in any type of uncomfortable or stressful situation, I can't eat or I feel like I'm gonna vomit. Or, I just feel nauseated altogether. Not cool... I've lost 10 lbs b/c of it... Not good for me at all. I've been trying to gain it back, but i'm not doing so hot. Dang stomach... but anyway, bad stomach or not, I'm still way excited and nothings going to bring me down tonight... except for sleep. Can you believe that I have been going to bed at like 10:00 or 11:00 every night this week?? This is the latest I have stayed up all week long and it's only 12:00. It's amazing what sleep will do to ya.... The darkness under my eyes is not quite as dark and my eyes are not as blood shot AND i've been waking up at 6:00 A.M and not being tired! WHOA!
that's craziness. Don't know what's wrong with me, but it's freakin me out. haha Anyway, I better go, I'm starting to get mighty tired. Later!
Oh, to have the problem of not being able to gain weight again... *sigh* Man, I had an exciting life once. Argentina? Pres. Hinckley? That rocks! I also sound really immature and annoying. Man, how could people read this crap? haha
There were actually THREE entries on February 17, 2004. One was a quiz, so I guess technically it doesn't count. But the first one, geez... I was on fire!
Racism=Stupidity
I'm doing my lit paper using race critisism... b/c all the other criticisms we had to choose from sucked... so, anyway, i went to the library, as already stated... and I got these books that the teacher told us to read if we chose that criticism... wow, those books got me fired up... haha Kelly came back from working out at the gym, and I'm like voicing all my opinions on racism and how stupid I think it is. I'm sure she was like, whoooa, calm down. haha I'm reading these books written by black people about how we're all affected by white supremacy, and how nobody wants to be black and how everyone thinks whites are better and blah blah blah... I could understand if this was written in the 1950's or something, but this was written in 1992!! i know that blacks have had a difficult time, and I'm not racist by any means... but, dang, they don't have it that bad. These people that write these books complain how we're dominated by a white society, and how the black people are made to feel inferior... which i can understand... the majority of the U.S. is still white, but have they watched MTV? have they watched BET? are they blind to everything good that has happened to the black people and only focused on the bad? there are tons of black people that are waaaay better than I am. I still don't understand why color is such a big deal, anyway... i grew up in an all white community where i was taught that black people are different, that we should be afraid of black people, and anywhere that had a majority of black people over white people was a bad place to live... these are the things i was taught! isn't that awful?? so, I understand why the woman writing this book would feel like there's tons of white supremacy, b/c there is... especially in the south.. but, then i move to b'ham where there's tons of black people, and they're not being oppressed at all. Alot of times, I feel like a minority... sometimes I get the cold shoulder b/c I'm white. Sometimes i get crappy service at the grocery store b/c i'm white... sometimes i'm ignored by a group of people b/c i'm white... sooo, i don't know... i just feel like this whole white/black thing has gotten way out of hand in the U.S. oh, and don't forget about the poor mexicans who get tons of crap b/c they can't speak good english and b/c they actually work and do it for cheap. just b/c us americans are too high and mighty to actually work and we feel we must be in a managerial position, we look down on mexicans b/c they work hard, and work cheap. and, also just b/c they do not speak the english language well, we think they're stupid well, my fellow english speaking friends, why don't you go to some place where no one speaks english and only spanish and see how stupid YOU look... i have experienced this when i went to argentina and I felt like a total outcast. and if i worked there, i would probably do it for cheap b/c I couldn't understand the language and therefore couldn't get a high managerial job... sooo, next time you feel the need to look down on our mexican friends, why don't you think about how it would be if you were in their shoes, eh? i just hate all this crap... i hate the way people are treated just b/c of their stupid color... it's crap, and people suck... I'm not saying that we should erase all color and make everyone the same, b/c that would be way boring, and plus I think black and tan skin is beautiful... i just don't see why it's such a big deal... i also regret the tendencies i have to judge people by their color.. i blame it on the way i was raised... all those thoughts of how black people are bad still linger, but I try not to think that way. Obviously, they've started to fade since I'm now way attracted to black guys. haha anyway, that's my rant about race and how stupid it is... oh yeah, one more thing... this is an excerpt from my bedford glossary of literary terms... entry of race... "Although anthropologists and bilogists recognize physical variation across human populations, race, as we commonly think of it, has been shown by many of these scientists and other theorists to be a social or cultural construct. First, more variation generally exists within a given race than exists, on the average, between racial groups. Furthermore, race as we commonly think of it often involves cultural rather than biological differences and characteristics ranging from diet to music to dress to religion. Finally, race is to a great extent a social construct because, over the tens of thousands of years of human history, migration and the subsequent biological mixing of races have made racial catergorization an extremely arbitrary business. . . . A much more startling example of race as a social construct is the fact that immigrants from the Indian subcontinent are said to be "black" in Great Britain but not in North America, where the term is reserved for people of African descent." I just thought that was really interesting... i should really get back to my paper... I hope you enjoyed my rant.. one of the things I get carried away about, I guess...
whyyyyyyyy?
I am convinced that all guys (with the exception of bill and eric) that use ujournal are gay... I have just randomed through tons and tons of journals and they are either depressed girls or gay guys. Why can't cool straight guys write in journals? Why did I just waste 2 hours of my life reading journals of people I don't know? I guess some questions will never be answered...
Let's see... how many controversial topics can I fit into one day? haha yay me! and who is eric? now I'm curious...
Okay, don't worry people reading this on some sort of feed... the rest of these are links. Those other ones could only be accessed with my "special password."
Feb 18, 2005
I apparently used to update A LOT! There's three entries on this one, too. Things that should be learned from this: Roommates suck. School sucks sometimes. (I really do miss school, actually.) My sister is hilarious.
Feb 17, 2006
Lots of big changes happened in this year. I got married, graduated college, moved to Baton Rouge, and got the crappiest job in the world as a receptionist at a life insurance company.
Feb 19, 2007
There's fewer and fewer entries. I had my Evan. :) I still hate people who smoke around babies and still want to kick them in the nuts. Not everything changes, I guess. We were still in Louisiana at this point.
Feb 18, 2008
We're back in Alabama, but not in the house we live in now. I worried a lot about being a crappy mom. Much more so than now, and I was probably a better mom, then. haha
Feb 18, 2009
Can you believe that a year ago we were in the hospital with Lauren? This was when she was in B'ham the first time. I learned so much. God is so good to me and my family. :)
Well, that's what I was doing in lots of Februarys. I don't know how many of you actually made it to the end, but congrats to you if you did! I don't really think anyone will actually read all of those except for me, but oh well. It was fun for ME, and that's all that matters. maha! *done in that kid from the simpson's-esque way*
Let's take a journey back to 2003 and work our way up, shall we?
This is actually from the long forgotten ujournal. My start to online journaling. Oh, and most of these may not be on February 17, but the closest entry to it.
Feb 20, 2003 Argentina... HERE I COME!!!!
WOOOOOOooooo!! My dad called me earlier today with some exciting news! Ok, let me start off with the conversation... My dad calls me and asks when my final exams are, so I tell him. He then goes, Well do you think you can be done with everything by May 4? I'm like, I don't know... why? And he goes, B/c we want you to go to South America with us!! I was like WHAT!?!?!? Oh my crap! I can't believe it! I'm going to ARGENTINA! how awesome is that?? As you all know, my brother is in Argentina on a mission for our church and is getting released in may and I get to go with them to PICK HIM UP! I'm so stoked! Not only will I get to see my brother whom i haven't seen for 2 stinkin' years, I'll also get to see a whole new country.... continent... HEMISPHERE! awesome... So, anyway, i'm pretty dern excited... obviously. I only have one exam after may 4th and that's math. BUT, there's another exam for the same class, different section on April 30... soooo... I'm hoping that my teacher will have some sort of pity and let me take it then. She's a pretty nice lady, i'm sure she won't have a problem with it. Dang, i'm way excited. I can't wait. OOH, and another exciting thing I found out. Gordon B. Hinckley, the president of our Church, is going to be in Southaven, MS on March 1 and i'm
GOING! That's another thing i'm stoked about. It's not very often that a living prophet comes around for me to be close enough to go see. It's gonna be awesome. I mean, just seeing him on T.V., I feel the spirit so strong, so imagine what it's gonna be like seeing him in person! wow... Can't wait! I haven't been this excited about anything in quite awhile. I think last time I was way excited was when I found out that Andrew was actually coming to B'ham to go on a date with me the first time. haha But, this is a different kind of excited. That was a nervous excited. This is kinda the same but without the nervous feeling in my stomach, which is good. have i mentioned that I have a nervous stomach? Not really sure what it means, but all i know is when i'm put in any type of uncomfortable or stressful situation, I can't eat or I feel like I'm gonna vomit. Or, I just feel nauseated altogether. Not cool... I've lost 10 lbs b/c of it... Not good for me at all. I've been trying to gain it back, but i'm not doing so hot. Dang stomach... but anyway, bad stomach or not, I'm still way excited and nothings going to bring me down tonight... except for sleep. Can you believe that I have been going to bed at like 10:00 or 11:00 every night this week?? This is the latest I have stayed up all week long and it's only 12:00. It's amazing what sleep will do to ya.... The darkness under my eyes is not quite as dark and my eyes are not as blood shot AND i've been waking up at 6:00 A.M and not being tired! WHOA!
that's craziness. Don't know what's wrong with me, but it's freakin me out. haha Anyway, I better go, I'm starting to get mighty tired. Later!
Oh, to have the problem of not being able to gain weight again... *sigh* Man, I had an exciting life once. Argentina? Pres. Hinckley? That rocks! I also sound really immature and annoying. Man, how could people read this crap? haha
There were actually THREE entries on February 17, 2004. One was a quiz, so I guess technically it doesn't count. But the first one, geez... I was on fire!
Racism=Stupidity
I'm doing my lit paper using race critisism... b/c all the other criticisms we had to choose from sucked... so, anyway, i went to the library, as already stated... and I got these books that the teacher told us to read if we chose that criticism... wow, those books got me fired up... haha Kelly came back from working out at the gym, and I'm like voicing all my opinions on racism and how stupid I think it is. I'm sure she was like, whoooa, calm down. haha I'm reading these books written by black people about how we're all affected by white supremacy, and how nobody wants to be black and how everyone thinks whites are better and blah blah blah... I could understand if this was written in the 1950's or something, but this was written in 1992!! i know that blacks have had a difficult time, and I'm not racist by any means... but, dang, they don't have it that bad. These people that write these books complain how we're dominated by a white society, and how the black people are made to feel inferior... which i can understand... the majority of the U.S. is still white, but have they watched MTV? have they watched BET? are they blind to everything good that has happened to the black people and only focused on the bad? there are tons of black people that are waaaay better than I am. I still don't understand why color is such a big deal, anyway... i grew up in an all white community where i was taught that black people are different, that we should be afraid of black people, and anywhere that had a majority of black people over white people was a bad place to live... these are the things i was taught! isn't that awful?? so, I understand why the woman writing this book would feel like there's tons of white supremacy, b/c there is... especially in the south.. but, then i move to b'ham where there's tons of black people, and they're not being oppressed at all. Alot of times, I feel like a minority... sometimes I get the cold shoulder b/c I'm white. Sometimes i get crappy service at the grocery store b/c i'm white... sometimes i'm ignored by a group of people b/c i'm white... sooo, i don't know... i just feel like this whole white/black thing has gotten way out of hand in the U.S. oh, and don't forget about the poor mexicans who get tons of crap b/c they can't speak good english and b/c they actually work and do it for cheap. just b/c us americans are too high and mighty to actually work and we feel we must be in a managerial position, we look down on mexicans b/c they work hard, and work cheap. and, also just b/c they do not speak the english language well, we think they're stupid well, my fellow english speaking friends, why don't you go to some place where no one speaks english and only spanish and see how stupid YOU look... i have experienced this when i went to argentina and I felt like a total outcast. and if i worked there, i would probably do it for cheap b/c I couldn't understand the language and therefore couldn't get a high managerial job... sooo, next time you feel the need to look down on our mexican friends, why don't you think about how it would be if you were in their shoes, eh? i just hate all this crap... i hate the way people are treated just b/c of their stupid color... it's crap, and people suck... I'm not saying that we should erase all color and make everyone the same, b/c that would be way boring, and plus I think black and tan skin is beautiful... i just don't see why it's such a big deal... i also regret the tendencies i have to judge people by their color.. i blame it on the way i was raised... all those thoughts of how black people are bad still linger, but I try not to think that way. Obviously, they've started to fade since I'm now way attracted to black guys. haha anyway, that's my rant about race and how stupid it is... oh yeah, one more thing... this is an excerpt from my bedford glossary of literary terms... entry of race... "Although anthropologists and bilogists recognize physical variation across human populations, race, as we commonly think of it, has been shown by many of these scientists and other theorists to be a social or cultural construct. First, more variation generally exists within a given race than exists, on the average, between racial groups. Furthermore, race as we commonly think of it often involves cultural rather than biological differences and characteristics ranging from diet to music to dress to religion. Finally, race is to a great extent a social construct because, over the tens of thousands of years of human history, migration and the subsequent biological mixing of races have made racial catergorization an extremely arbitrary business. . . . A much more startling example of race as a social construct is the fact that immigrants from the Indian subcontinent are said to be "black" in Great Britain but not in North America, where the term is reserved for people of African descent." I just thought that was really interesting... i should really get back to my paper... I hope you enjoyed my rant.. one of the things I get carried away about, I guess...
whyyyyyyyy?
I am convinced that all guys (with the exception of bill and eric) that use ujournal are gay... I have just randomed through tons and tons of journals and they are either depressed girls or gay guys. Why can't cool straight guys write in journals? Why did I just waste 2 hours of my life reading journals of people I don't know? I guess some questions will never be answered...
Let's see... how many controversial topics can I fit into one day? haha yay me! and who is eric? now I'm curious...
Okay, don't worry people reading this on some sort of feed... the rest of these are links. Those other ones could only be accessed with my "special password."
Feb 18, 2005
I apparently used to update A LOT! There's three entries on this one, too. Things that should be learned from this: Roommates suck. School sucks sometimes. (I really do miss school, actually.) My sister is hilarious.
Feb 17, 2006
Lots of big changes happened in this year. I got married, graduated college, moved to Baton Rouge, and got the crappiest job in the world as a receptionist at a life insurance company.
Feb 19, 2007
There's fewer and fewer entries. I had my Evan. :) I still hate people who smoke around babies and still want to kick them in the nuts. Not everything changes, I guess. We were still in Louisiana at this point.
Feb 18, 2008
We're back in Alabama, but not in the house we live in now. I worried a lot about being a crappy mom. Much more so than now, and I was probably a better mom, then. haha
Feb 18, 2009
Can you believe that a year ago we were in the hospital with Lauren? This was when she was in B'ham the first time. I learned so much. God is so good to me and my family. :)
Well, that's what I was doing in lots of Februarys. I don't know how many of you actually made it to the end, but congrats to you if you did! I don't really think anyone will actually read all of those except for me, but oh well. It was fun for ME, and that's all that matters. maha! *done in that kid from the simpson's-esque way*