red liquid can't be good

my very first car, my baby neon, decided to quit on me. x_X

i was driving down us19, minding my own business, when i came up to the stop light at ridge road. i had slowed down to a crawl when the light turned green so, as most educated drives do, i pressed on the gas.  only i didn't go anywhere. i pressed a little harder but my engine rev'd way high. i started thinking "crap". i looked down and my car was still in drive. no problems there. but it still wouldn't accelerate. THANKFULLY i was right at an entrance drive so i pulled in and parked the car. i called my mechanic friend to come get me (thank you beeski!) and sat. patiently.

he finally arrived and it turns out my transmission is shot. well... it is for now until we find out what REALLY is wrong with it. =/ (fingers crossed)

my time

visit here to make your own.

sing to me

astrological picture of the day

"explanation: our sun may look all soft and fluffy, but it's not. our sun is an extremely large ball of bubbling hot gas, mostly hydrogen gas. the above picture of our sun was taken last month in a specific red color of light emitted by hydrogen gas and then color inverted to appear blue. in this light, details of the sun's chromosphere are particularly visible, highlighting numerous thin tubes of magnetically-confined hot gas known as spicules rising from the sun like bristles from a shag carpet."

cool!

"i have created a TREEE!"

i wasn't able to go this year with my family to get the christmas tree like tradition dictates. (pouting like a two year old) so instead, i get to relive the memories from last year. [which wasn't SO bad.] hahahaha.

not for the faint hearted

about two months back, my little brother jeffrey broke his arm during a go-kart accident [at an undisclosed location]. my poor little jeffy broke BOTH bones in his right arm. BOTH! i can't begin to imagine the pain he went through. i heard what happened--the resulting mental pictures are too gruesome to share. so instead, i'll show you the x-rays. =) keep in mind that it was his RIGHT arm that broke. and he doesn't have TWO elbows.

see for yourself:

he had to have a rod put THROUGH one bone because it shattered so severely and a metal brace put on the other--a brace that he'll most likely have to wear for the rest of his life. he will forever be setting off the metal detectors like the true deviant he is. (shaking head) they'll probably even have to strip search him. now he'll HAVE to wear clean socks and underwear when he leaves the house. you know, just in case... =)

he "claims" that pink was the only option, but i know better...

he has, i think, just one surgery left--to remove the rod from the bone that shattered. his arm will of course never be quite the same. it'll be weaker than his other for sure. and he'll have some cool scars to show people but honestly... i know he'd trade those scars and memories for another chance to whoop his older brothers in wrestling.

...stupid boys. =)

the glorious unseen

God, You hold when all is breaking

You restore the tired and aching

i guess it's just hard to believe

the Love You've poured out on me

i guess i'm just starting to see

how You're working in me

who has been busy?

five things: 21-25

21. i sleep with my arms over my head. i've been sleeping like that for the last couple of years and i'm not quite sure why. its the oddest thing.

22. i am horrible at remembering band names and song titles but give me any movie trivia question and i'd nail it. i don't know why.

23. i would rather swim with ravenous sharks than give a public speech.

24. i was not created to walk this world alone. no matter where i go, no matter what i do, i will always want someone with me to share my memeories with. what good are memories if there is no one to remember them with you?

25. i'm a hugger. not a side hugger. not a light squeezer. but a full on, two armed, you're-not-getting-away-from-me kind of hugger.

ink for me arm

i'm thinking about getting a tattoo. what do you think?
too much?

thinking...

     thinking...

hmmm... (shrugging)

perhaps. =)

hungry for pie?

wanna know how pumpkin pies are made?

(giggling)

happy birthday pouchie!

happy birthday little brother. this year, i DARE you to be DIFFERENT ...but not so DIFFERENT that you become a MENACE to society and they have to take you off to the HEAD HOSPITAL and conduct experiments on your BRAIN.

that would just be too DIFFERENT. ok?

hmm... looks like my warning has come too late. well! i guess there's always next year. =)

ps. I LOVE YOU!

there. i said it.

my baby sister

i miss my baby sister. a lot.

we would do everything together.

we'd... quote movies, take silly pictures, go to small group, sing at the top of our lungs in the car, brush our cats, buy chucks, link our pinkies when we prayed, paint our nails black, argue (she'd yell at me for picking my boogers, i'd yell at her for not doing it for me.). we'd take naps, use markers to make freida kalo uni-brows on each other, fall asleep to lotr, complain about the other siblings, share popsicles, eat taco bell, write silly notes to each other during church,  share chapstick, have punching wars. we'd even read the twilight books together (head down in shame). the list goes on!

we've done so many things together, and now that i don't have her here with me... it has been much harder than i ever thought. sure i knew i'd miss her, but not like this.

me and jubee

i love you jubee. "my precious." (muahahahaha...)

secret message?

secret message? i think so.

i wonder though, what exactly is he trying to say?

hmmm...

all i have to say...

have you ever had one of those days where you've heard a particular bit of information and as soon as you heard it, you felt like a cannon ball just slammed you right in the gut? well today was my unlucky day! >_<

and this is all i have to say:

thank you to my dear friends, calvin and hobbes, for their mature and tasteful rendition of "you suck!"