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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:45:26 GMT

Last Saturday we went to the St. Louis Auto Show. We saw some pretty sweet cars. The highlight was definitely when we hit up the Toyota display though.

Check out this link to see the commercial we made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afQYG53sPPI

We were in front of a green screen with stage lighting and mikes and everything. They brought in a producer from L.A. to do it. Its not going to be a real commercial, they just shoot it and make you a copy. I got kind of bored of the cars, but the commercial making was pretty fun.

Hope you're all having a great week!

A Night at El Mezcal

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:08:34 GMT

Dad, Mom, Chad, Verity and I went out for dinner on Friday. We were going to go to Roma's in Bethalto (good pizza!!) but it was really busy, so we opted for El Mezcal.

Tom and LuAnn browse the menu

Only one minor mishap for the evening, our waitress forgot to give me my food!! Its okay, I got bites from Mom and Chad. They were REALLY busy.

Look at this cute couple!

Dad, Verity, Chad

What I've Been Up To

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:27:23 GMT

Mahalaleel tagged me, and I thought, hey, I'll just let everyone know 8 things I've done since the last time I posted!

1. I've been dating a guy named Chad for 8 months. He works with me at Target.

2. I received my associate's degree in Science at LCCC.

3. I attended SIUE for one semester. I might be back though after I get my associates in Nursing.

4. I changed my Major to Nursing.

5. I got a beautiful baby Niece named Emerald.

6. I'm trying REAL hard to get promoted at Target.

7. I'm running every day and trying to take care of myself.

8. I've seen a lot of beautiful sunsets.

Okay. That's all, Have a Good Day!!

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:04:44 GMT

heavy stuff tonight, no baby pictures here.

some important questions i've been asking myself/pondering lately:

candace,

who are your friends?

and why?

are you REALLY trying your hardest?

how many promises have you kept?

where do your priorities lie?

where are you going?

are you thinking about what you want, or what's good for everyone?

are you being selfish?
are you being humble?
are you being wise?

are you prepared with an answer to questions about your faith?

tuff.

The other day, I was feeling kind of like, Where is God anyway? I don't see him anywhere around me, how does he expect us to live in this dirty world with so little good, etc. etc..
I happened to be driving, well actually i had come to a stop, and i looked over to the passenger seat and there sat my bible. At first I was going to ignore it and go to the library and chill on the computer before my next class, but then i was like, candace come on.
so i picked it up.
opened it up,
and read the first thing that i saw:

1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:

2 "Who is this that darkens my counsel
with words without knowledge?

3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.

4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.

5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?

6 On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone-

7 while the morning stars sang together
and all the angels ^[a] shouted for joy?

8 "Who shut up the sea behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,

9 when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,

10 when I fixed limits for it
and set its doors and bars in place,

11 when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt'?

12 "Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,

13 that it might take the earth by the edges
and shake the wicked out of it?

14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
its features stand out like those of a garment.

15 The wicked are denied their light,
and their upraised arm is broken.

16 "Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?

17 Have the gates of death been shown to you?
Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death ^[b] ?

18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know all this.

19 "What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?

20 Can you take them to their places?
Do you know the paths to their dwellings?

21 Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!

22 "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of the hail,

23 which I reserve for times of trouble,
for days of war and battle?

24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,
or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?

25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
and a path for the thunderstorm,

26 to water a land where no man lives,
a desert with no one in it,

27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
and make it sprout with grass?

28 Does the rain have a father?
Who fathers the drops of dew?

29 From whose womb comes the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens

30 when the waters become hard as stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen?

31 "Can you bind the beautiful ^[c] Pleiades?
Can you loose the cords of Orion?

32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons ^[d]
or lead out the Bear ^[e] with its cubs?

33 Do you know the laws of the heavens?
Can you set up God's ^[f] dominion over the earth?

34 "Can you raise your voice to the clouds
and cover yourself with a flood of water?

35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?
Do they report to you, 'Here we are'?

36 Who endowed the heart ^[g] with wisdom
or gave understanding to the mind ^[h] ?

37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens

38 when the dust becomes hard
and the clods of earth stick together?

39 "Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
and satisfy the hunger of the lions

40 when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in a thicket?

41 Who provides food for the raven
when its young cry out to God
and wander about for lack of food?

Job 39

1 "Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?

2 Do you count the months till they bear?
Do you know the time they give birth?

3 They crouch down and bring forth their young;
their labor pains are ended.

4 Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
they leave and do not return.

5 "Who let the wild donkey go free?
Who untied his ropes?

6 I gave him the wasteland as his home,
the salt flats as his habitat.

7 He laughs at the commotion in the town;
he does not hear a driver's shout.

8 He ranges the hills for his pasture
and searches for any green thing.

9 "Will the wild ox consent to serve you?
Will he stay by your manger at night?

10 Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness?
Will he till the valleys behind you?

11 Will you rely on him for his great strength?
Will you leave your heavy work to him?

12 Can you trust him to bring in your grain
and gather it to your threshing floor?

13 "The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but they cannot compare with the pinions and feathers of the stork.

14 She lays her eggs on the ground
and lets them warm in the sand,

15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
that some wild animal may trample them.

16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;
she cares not that her labor was in vain,

17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
or give her a share of good sense.

18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
she laughs at horse and rider.

19 "Do you give the horse his strength
or clothe his neck with a flowing mane?

20 Do you make him leap like a locust,
striking terror with his proud snorting?

21 He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his strength,
and charges into the fray.

22 He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;
he does not shy away from the sword.

23 The quiver rattles against his side,
along with the flashing spear and lance.

24 In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground;
he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.

25 At the blast of the trumpet he snorts, 'Aha!'
He catches the scent of battle from afar,
the shout of commanders and the battle cry.

26 "Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
and spread his wings toward the south?

27 Does the eagle soar at your command
and build his nest on high?

28 He dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;
a rocky crag is his stronghold.

29 From there he seeks out his food;
his eyes detect it from afar.

30 His young ones feast on blood,
and where the slain are, there is he."

Job 40

1 The LORD said to Job:

2 "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
Let him who accuses God answer him!"

3 Then Job answered the LORD :

4 "I am unworthy—how can I reply to you?
I put my hand over my mouth.

5 I spoke once, but I have no answer—
twice, but I will say no more."

6 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:

7 "Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.

8 "Would you discredit my justice?
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

9 Do you have an arm like God's,
and can your voice thunder like his?

10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

11 Unleash the fury of your wrath,
look at every proud man and bring him low,

12 look at every proud man and humble him,
crush the wicked where they stand.

13 Bury them all in the dust together;
shroud their faces in the grave.

14 Then I myself will admit to you
that your own right hand can save you.

15 "Look at the behemoth, ^[a]
which I made along with you
and which feeds on grass like an ox.

16 What strength he has in his loins,
what power in the muscles of his belly!

17 His tail ^[b] sways like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.

18 His bones are tubes of bronze,
his limbs like rods of iron.

19 He ranks first among the works of God,
yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.

20 The hills bring him their produce,
and all the wild animals play nearby.

21 Under the lotus plants he lies,
hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

22 The lotuses conceal him in their shadow;
the poplars by the stream surround him.

23 When the river rages, he is not alarmed;
he is secure, though the Jordan should surge against his mouth.

24 Can anyone capture him by the eyes, ^[c]
or trap him and pierce his nose?

Job 41

1 "Can you pull in the leviathan ^[a] with a fishhook
or tie down his tongue with a rope?

2 Can you put a cord through his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3 Will he keep begging you for mercy?
Will he speak to you with gentle words?

4 Will he make an agreement with you
for you to take him as your slave for life?

5 Can you make a pet of him like a bird
or put him on a leash for your girls?

6 Will traders barter for him?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?

7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?

8 If you lay a hand on him,
you will remember the struggle and never do it again!

9 Any hope of subduing him is false;
the mere sight of him is overpowering.

10 No one is fierce enough to rouse him.
Who then is able to stand against me?

11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay?
Everything under heaven belongs to me.

12 "I will not fail to speak of his limbs,
his strength and his graceful form.

13 Who can strip off his outer coat?
Who would approach him with a bridle?

14 Who dares open the doors of his mouth,
ringed about with his fearsome teeth?

15 His back has ^[b] rows of shields
tightly sealed together;

16 each is so close to the next
that no air can pass between.

17 They are joined fast to one another;
they cling together and cannot be parted.

18 His snorting throws out flashes of light;
his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

19 Firebrands stream from his mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.

20 Smoke pours from his nostrils
as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

21 His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from his mouth.

22 Strength resides in his neck;
dismay goes before him.

23 The folds of his flesh are tightly joined;
they are firm and immovable.

24 His chest is hard as rock,
hard as a lower millstone.

25 When he rises up, the mighty are terrified;
they retreat before his thrashing.

26 The sword that reaches him has no effect,
nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.

27 Iron he treats like straw
and bronze like rotten wood.

28 Arrows do not make him flee;
slingstones are like chaff to him.

29 A club seems to him but a piece of straw;
he laughs at the rattling of the lance.

30 His undersides are jagged potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

31 He makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron
and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.

32 Behind him he leaves a glistening wake;
one would think the deep had white hair.

33 Nothing on earth is his equal—
a creature without fear.

34 He looks down on all that are haughty;
he is king over all that are proud."

Then Job replied to the LORD :

2 "I know that you can do all things;
no plan of yours can be thwarted.

3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?'
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.

4 "You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.'

5 My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.

6 Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes."

needless to say i was put in my place. [as well as comforted by the strong rebuke]
who am i to question the almighty?

candace.

Monday, October 09, 2006

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:46:47 GMT

new post new post:

verity's quote tonight:
"you know, it's dumb. I have ALL the time in the WOrld... and no social life." bwahaha..
wait until you start driving veever... and a cell phone... everything changes.

an update?
i pretty much just drive, school, and work.
that's about it.

every once in awhile i squeeze in some friends, but don't feel offended if i don't kick it with you or call you.
i'd love to. believe Me!
i'd much rather be with you than some of the people i'm with during the day... but i gots to pay them bills and get that education.

speaking of my education, i'm Graduating in MAY!!! one year @ lccc and i'll be done with a associate in science.
[i picked science because i figured it'd get me more props than art]

after that? i have a plan. but not disclosed yet. needs some tweaking.

okay, time to get back to homework.

hope to see you soon.

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:29:17 GMT

Well. Grace wanted an update. Here are some pictures...

of Prom:

And ummm....

that's all for now. I'm too tired to go get the pictures off my camera which is in the dining room. Sorry.

mebbe later.

candace.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Mon, 01 May 2006 23:47:10 GMT

whilst looking for cool pumps at the mall this evening I made some insightful observations about the size six. (Matt thought that this could be delivered as a comedy skit, but I just delivered it as "interesting thing I observed")

1) Size six is ALWAYS where the cool shoes are.... the cool shoes are NEVER in size 8 which is the size that I and I'm pretty sure all women everywhere wear...

2) All the display models (the ones that actually come in pairs of two) are all size six as well. I decided that since they are the display model, they must have done some sort of survey on shoe sizes of shoe criminals... They must have decided that size six is not a common shoe thief shoe size... and also that people with size 6 shoes probably don't run very fast...so they would be easily apprehended by the snobby shoe ladies.

And that is all i have to say about size 6. If you wear a size 6 i envy you. You have access to all the cool shoes that regular sized women have not and you may also try on the displays if you like. You lucky devils.

candace.

Monday, April 24, 2006

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:39:02 GMT

Sometimes, I feel like I've got to

get away.

I've got to

run away.

They're not even letting me enjoy my last few months in high school.

Cruel, cruel men.

candace.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:51:58 GMT

Quote of the day:

"These students are all Seniors. And what's AMAZING is that they're all 12th Graders!"

Officer Ewin

Confrontatious--the act of confronting an individual

Grammically-- adjective referring to the correctness of the grammar used in a sentence

Brilliant!

candac.e

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:51:58 GMT

The 7th graders sometimes come into the library during my study hall period.

Today one swaggers over to his teacher (visual: punk, poofy hair, cool bracelets and sweat bands, you get the picture)

"How do I find a book?" (whilst standing in the midst of a.... LIBRARY)

"i can't help you with that"

"well i'm supposed to read a book, but i don't know how to find one"

"well...just go find one that you want"

"well how do i find the book I want?"

bwaha. what a bum...

I just looked over and one of them winked at me. man do i feel cool.

candace.