() SMOKED A CIGARETTE
() SMOKED A CIGAR
( ) MADE OUT WITH A MEMBER OF THE SAME SEX
( ) CRASHED A FRIEND'S CAR
( ) STOLEN A CAR
) SMOKED POT

() BEEN IN LOVE
() BEEN DUMPED
() SHOP-LIFTED
) BEEN FIRED
() BEEN IN A FIST FIGHT
() SNUCK OUT OF YOUR PARENT'S HOUSE
() HAD FEELINGS FOR SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T HAVE THEM BACK
( ) BEEN ARRESTED
( ) MADE OUT WITH A STRANGER
( ) GONE ON A BLIND DATE

() LIED TO A FRIEND
() HAD A CRUSH ON A TEACHER
() SKIPPED SCHOOL
( ) SLEPT WITH A CO-WORKER
( ) SEEN SOMEONE DIE

( ) BEEN TO CANADA
( ) BEEN TO MEXICO
( ) BEEN ON A PLANE
( ) THROWN UP IN A BAR

() PURPOSELY SET A PART OF YOURSELF ON FIRE
() EATEN SUSHI
( ) BEEN SNOW-BOARDING
() BEEN MOSHING AT A CONCERT

() BEEN IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
() TAKEN PAIN KILLERS
() LOVE SOMEONE RIGHT NOW
( LAID ON YOUR BACK AND WATCHED CLOUD SHAPES GO BY
() MADE A SNOW ANGEL

() HAD A TEA PARTY
() FLOWN A KITE
() BUILT A SAND CASTLE
() GONE PUDDLE JUMPING
() PLAYED DRESS UP

() JUMPED INTO A PILE OF LEAVES
( ) GONE SLEDDING
() CHEATED WHILE PLAYING A GAME
() BEEN LONELY
() FALLEN ASLEEP AT WORK/SCHOOL

() USED A FAKE ID
() WATCHED THE SUNSET
( ) FELT AN EARTHQUAKE
() TOUCHED A SNAKE

() BEEN TICKLED
() TICKLED SOMEONE
() BEEN ROBBED
() ROBBED SOMEONE
() BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD
() PET A GOAT

( ) WON A CONTEST
( ) RAN A RED LIGHT
() BEEN SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL
() HAD DETENTION
( ) BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT

( ) HAD BRACES
() EATEN A WHOLE PINT OF ICE CREAM IN ONE NIGHT
() HAD DEJA VU
() DANCED IN THE MOONLIGHT

() HATED THE WAY YOU LOOK
() WITNESSED A CRIME
() POLE DANCED
() QUESTIONED YOUR HEART
() BEEN OBSESSED WITH POST-IT NOTES

() SQUISHED BAREFOOT THROUGH THE MUD
() BEEN LOST
( ) BEEN TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE COUNTRY
() SWAM IN THE OCEAN
() FELT LIKE DYING

() CRIED YOURSELF TO SLEEP
() PLAYED COPS AND ROBBERS
( ) RECENTLY COLORED WITH CRAYONS/COLORED PENCILS/MARKERS
() SUNG KAREOKE
() PAID FOR A MEAL WITH ONLY COINS

() DONE SOMETHING YOU TOLD YOURSELF YOU WOULDN'T
() PRANK PHONE CALLS
() LAUGHED UNTIL SOME KIND OF BEVERAGE CAME OUT OF YOUR NOSE
( ) CAUGHT A SNOWFLAKE ON YOUR TONGUE
() KISSED IN THE RAIN

() WRITTEN A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS
() BEEN KISSED UNDER A MISTLETOE (it wasn't actually Christmas though)
() WATCHED THE SUNSET WITH SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT
( BLOWN BUBBLES
() MADE A BONFIRE ON THE BEACH

() CRASHED A PARTY
( ) HAVE TRAVELED MORE THAN 5 DAYS WITH A CAR FULL OF PEOPLE
( GONE ROLLER-SKATING/BLADING
() HAD A WISH COME TRUE

( ) WORN PEARLS
() JUMPED OFF A BRIDGE
() ATE DOG FOOD
() TOLD A COMPLETE STRANGER YOU LOVED THEM

() SANG IN THE SHOWER
( ) HAVE A LITTLE BLACK DRESS
() HAD A DREAM THAT YOU MARRIED SOMEONE
() GLUED YOUR HAND TO SOMETHING

() GOT YOUR TONGUE STUCK TO A POLE
() KISSED A FISH
() WORN THE OPPOSITE SEXES CLOTHES
( ) BEEN A CHEERLEADER
() SAT ON A ROOF TOP

() SCREAMED AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS
( ) DONE A ONE-HANDED CARTWHEEL
( ) TALKED ON THE PHONE FOR MORE THAN 6 HOURS
() STAYED UP ALL NIGHT

( ) DIDN'T TAKE A SHOWER FOR A WEEK
( ) PICK AND ATE AND APPLE RIGHT OFF THE TREE
() CLIMBED A TREE
() HAD A TREE HOUSE
( ) BEEN SCARED TO WATCH SCARY MOVIES ALONE

() BELIEVE IN GHOSTS
( ) HAVE MORE THAN 30 PAIRS OF SHOES
() WORN A REALLY UGLY OUTFIT TO SCHOOL
() GONE STREAKING
( ) PLAYED DING-DONG-DITCH

() PLAYED CHICKEN FIGHT
() BEEN PUSHED INTO A POOL WITH ALL YOUR CLOTHES ON
() BEEN TOLD YOU ARE HOT BY A COMPLETE STRANGER
( ) BROKEN A BONE
() BEEN EASILY AMUSED

() CAUGHT A FISH THEN ATE IT
() MADE PORN
() CAUGHT A BUTTERFLY
() LAUGHED SO HARD YOU CRIED
() CRIED SO HARD YOU LAUGHED

() MOONED/FLASHED SOMEONE
() HAD SOMEONE MOON/FLASH YOU
() CHEATED ON A TEST
() FORGOTTEN SOMEONE'S NAME

() SLEPT NAKED
( ) FRENCH BRAIDED SOMEONE'S HAIR
() GONE SKINNY DIPPING IN A POOL
( ) BEEN KICKED OUT OF YOUR HOUSE

I have kissed someone:

[] on the cheek.
[] on the lips.
[] on their hands or fingers.
[] in my room.
[] in their room.
[] of the opposite sex
[] of the same sex
[] a little younger than me.
[] a little older than me.
[] with brown hair.
[ ] with curly hair.
[] with blonde hair and blue eyes.
[ ] with red hair.
[] with straight hair.
[] shorter than me.
[ ] with a lip ring.
[ ] with a tounge ring.
[] who you truly love/loved
[] who was drunk.
[ ] while you were drunk
[] taller than me
[] who was high.
[ in the morning.
[] right after waking up.
[] just before bed.
[] late at night.
[ ] who I had just met.
[] who I really didn't want to kiss.
[] who was going out with someone else.
[] on a bed.
[] two people at the same time
[] right after youve kissed somebody else
[ ]in a graveyard.
[] at school.
[] against a wall.
[] at a show.
[] at the beach.
[] who was/is a good friend.
[] in the rain.
[ ] with an std.
[] in a car/taxi/bus.
[ ] on a plane.
[] in the movies.
[] in a bathroom.
[] on a roof top
[ ] under water
[] while you/they were driving
[ ] who was a complete stranger
[ ] at the old folks home
[] at the park
[] on their parents bed
[] while someone else was sleeping next to you
[] in a hotel

This past week:
+Got my license
+Went to practice on Monday for the first time in 3 weeks
+Hung out with Catherine and Bethany at the GGCC meet
-had a crappy breastroke, but who cares
+Went to Mexicali after the meet with Anna, Monica, Bethany and Julia
-Erron and Abraham really pissed me off
+I never have to see them again because...
+I finished summer school
+worked all weekend
-I'm wiped out from working 27 hours in 3 days.
+I got paid though, so who cares
-Yesterday no one was at the pool, so watching it was boring
+Harris is home from Towel
+we saw Bewitched
+Then we just enjoyed the night
++++When he hugged me I could hardly stand
-Got my cell phone taken away
+I'm going to pretend like it doesn't matter and use the house phone a lot to get it back
-No practice today
+But that means I can see Harris tonight
-He's working all day

A few weeks ago Kim posted the following prayer. I wanted to post it again for a reminder to those who have already read it and for those who haven't seen it yet. I read it carefully and I've noticed that it had helped me with patience.

A friend of mine's dad said in an email sent about adult SS being cancelled "I conclude that serious Bible study is a very low priority at BBC." FINALLY! Someone I can totally agree with. It seems like our church has become all business and committees and not as much Jesus. What is up with that? I'm going to come on Sunday, and then after that I might start going to St. Peter's every other week or something. I'll still come to Brookwood, but probably not as much. This isn't official so don't think I'm gone or anything like that. And PLEASE don't tell Shellyn because then she will get my parents involved and cause a lot of drama because that's what she did when I was thinking about leaving back in February.

Great Song:

"They Don't Understand"

by Sawyer Brown


A mother riding on a city bus
kids are yelling kicking up a fuss
everybody’s staring
not knowing what she's going through
somebody said don't you even care
and do you let them do that everywhere
she slowly turned around, looked up and stared.

She said, "Please forgive them
they've been up all night
their father struggled
but he finally lost his fight
he went to heaven
in the middle of the night
so please forgive my children
they don’t understand."

Everybody's busy with their own situation
everybody's lost in their own little world bottled up, hurried up, trying to make a dream come true
they don't understand
everybody's livin' like there ain't no tomorrow
maybe we should stop and take a little time
cause you never really know what your neighbor’s going through
they don't understand.

A man driving on the interstate
slowing down traffic making everybody wait
everybody’s staring not knowing what he's going through
somebody honked from the passing lane
yelling out the window "hey I ain't got all day"
the old man looked around and he caught his eye.

He said, "Please forgive me
you know it's been a long life
my wife has passed away
and my kids don’t have the time
I've been left all alone
and it's getting hard to drive
so please forgive me, children
they don't understand."

Everybody's busy with their own situation
everybody's lost in their own little world bottled up, hurried up, trying to make a dream come true
they don't understand
everybody's livin' like there ain't no tomorrow
maybe we should stop and take a little time
cause you never really know what your neighbor’s going through
they don't understand.

A man hanging on a wooden cross
giving everything to save the lost
everybody's staring
not knowing what he's going through
somebody said "you don't have a prayer
if you're the king come on down from there"
the man just turned his head
looked up and stared.

He said "please forgive them
for they have not seen the light
but they'll come to know me
when I come back to life
and go to heaven
to make everything all right
so please forgive your children
they don't understand.

Everybody's busy with their own situation
everybody's lost in their own little world bottled up, hurried up, trying to make a dream come true
they don't understand
everybody's livin' like there ain't no tomorrow
maybe we should stop and take a little time
cause you never really know what your neighbor’s going through
they don't understand.

A mother riding on a city bus
kids are yelling kickin’ up a fuss
everybody’s staring
not knowing what she's going through