man....i have had enough depressing movies. i dont care if they are great movies anymore, can i please have a freaking happy ending? go ask the ladies in the rows in front and behind me who were sobbing if they enjoyed the movie...


at this point in life, at this stage in circumstances, i dont need to any depressing input on my life.



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im glad im no longer living by others standards of what is good or should be good or acceptable. new years was great. many would look at me strange if i said that after explaining the extent of my activities on new years eve. and yes there were things that i would have rather done. they might have been more fun, but overall, i was in the right place. and hearing that still small voice call me to start a tradition.

i dont have a list of activities or multiple great events that happened which i can give you rapid-fire. what i have is the feeling that i made a valued investment of my time and energy into my friends to maintain those relationships. and i felt i was open and willing to listen when i was called and instructed. it was great. this will probably be the most memorable new years and for mostly good reasons.

before you can rush into battle to serve your king, you have to get on your knees and recognize him as you Lord.




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Surrender don't come natural to me
I'd rather fight You for something I don't really want
Than to take what You give that I need
And I've beat my head against so many walls
Now I'm falling down I'm falling on my knees

And this Salvation Army band is playing this hymn
And Your grace rings out so deep
It makes my resistance seem so thin

I'm singing hold me Jesus 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

-Rich Mullins


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When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
-Alexander Graham Bell

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.
-Elanor Roosevelt

The true call of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.
-Dean Stanley



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tonight i feel ambitious and so does my foot as it sinks on the pedal. i press it to the floor.
i dont need a girl, dont need a friend, cause my friend lonesome is unconditional.

the recommended speed for the ramp on this exit is 25.
let's see how fast we can hit it without crashing...

ill take the long way home, but just drive it faster


remember when it rained...

just leave me alone and maybe i will work things out for myself




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