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| This is in front of a book I'm reading and I thought it was really interesting: The simplest questions are the most profound.
Where were you born?
Where is your home?
Where are you going?
What are you doing?
Think about these once in awhile, and watch your answers change. Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, 1977 I'm sure if I think back my answers have changed over time.
I'm still trying to figure out where I'm going. | | |
| You know you're a teacher when your book mark is a hall pass! | | |
| I took this idea from the lovely Sarah Dill
100 Things About Me:
1. I’ve lost 10 pounds in 6 weeks
2. I’m a special ed teacher
3. I would love my job more if I was teaching in an Elementary School
4. I wish I didn’t have to wait 3 years to ask for a transfer
5. My favorite color is Red
6. I didn’t discover that till later in life and realized I was buy a lot of clothes in the shade of red
7. I love having long hair
8. Some days I want to chop it off because I hate blow drying my hair
9. I recently became a mother of a orange and white, fluffy kitty
10. I named her Elliot, Elli for short, from the t.v. show Scrubs
11. I have a guitar that is beautiful
12. It just sits in my room and I wish someone would teach me how to really play
13. My favorite holiday is Christmas
14. Because it use to be the time where my entire family came over to our house
15. It’s not so special anymore because my parents are divorced and I don’t really see my whole family anymore
16. I’m a daddy’s girl
17. But I always wished for a better relationship with him, but now accept him for who he is
18. I love all types of music
19. I have over 10 GB of music on my computer
20. I love my apartment and how I decorated it
21. I wish I had a roommate or someone to share it with
22. But I’m afraid if I get a roommate, they won’t let me decorate how I want to
23. I’m twenty 23 years old
24. Sometimes I feel old, but sometimes I feel really young
25. I hope I get married in the next few years
26. I wish I had more single friends to hang out with so I didn’t feel like the odd ball all the time
27. I wish my mom was more of a mother figure
28. Sometimes I feel more mature than her
29. I love being able to say that my best friend and I have been friends since High School
30. I am also thankful that we live near each other again
31. I didn’t like her husband when they first started dating
32. I think he’s really funny now and perfect for her
33. It’s funny to see peoples reaction when I told them I went to college in Arkansas
34. I then get to tell them the reason, because it’s a Christian School
35. Then they know I’m a Christian and I think that’s neat
36. Sometimes I don’t tell them it’s a Christian school because it takes more effort to explain
37. My favorite movie is Little Women
38. I once watched it 14 times in one week
39. I use to hate reading
40. Now I feel strange if I don’t have a book to read
41. I’m currently reading “Irresistible Revolution”
42. It’s challenging me and my life as a Christian, which I need
43. I moved to Richmond to start some young adult ministry
44. I’m finding it hard to become friends with people who are not Christians
45. I don’t think I’ll live here the rest of my life
46. I want to live near a BIG city again some time
47. Chicago might be on that list
48. I like to exercise
49. I want to train for a half marathon
50. I need to make sure my knee is ok before I can start doing that
51. I love to bake
52. When I’m stressed out, baking makes me feel better
53. I love to send people things I’ve baked
54. I always hope that it makes the feel special, because they are to me
55. I feel out of the loop in the music world now that I’m out of college
56. I’m 5’9
57. I’m not attracted to guys who are shorter than me
58. My front teeth use to overlap
59. I have freckles on my face
60. I get them from my grandfather that I never met
61. My Virginia license plates say “I LUV NJ”, except the “I” is really a 1 because I was already taken
62. I love giving gifts to people and I don’t expect anything in return
63. I love to sing on the top of my lungs in the car
64. I became more self confident once I started college
65. I’ve always had a strong personality
66. My worst subject in school was English and I now teach it! ha
67. I like watching foreign films
68. I really want to go back packing all over Europe
69. I have had a love for shoes since I was a little girl
70. I use to have dirty blond hair until I dyed my hair black in middle school, it came back in brown
71. My favorite perfume at the moment is Red Delicious by DKNY
72. I’ve dyed parts of my hair pink and green before
73. I’ve had my tongue pierced two times
74. I got my belly button pierced when I was 16
75. I got my cartilage pierced in Walmart during my first year at Harding
76. I now only have my ears pierced
77. I’ve thought about getting a tattoo, but it’s too permanent. I’d probably get stars if I ever did
78. This year was the first year I didn’t wear shorts with my bathing suit
79. Only certain people can tickle me (mostly mom and my sister)
80. I’m always ticklish on my feet, but I can hold it in
81. I don’t like feet at all
82. I don’t let most people touch my feet because if I don’t like them, I don’t think other people should either
83. Emily probably knows me better than any other person
84. There’s about 4 other people who know a good deal about me
85. I wrote all my college notes in neon color pen
86. I’m thinking about going to grad school to be a school counselor, but I’m not sure I have the personality for it
87. I want to live out in the country some day
88. I think it would be neat to live in another country
89. I like to go dancing in clubs
90. I think it’s gross when people have long toe nails
91. I laugh when I catch people picking their nose
92. I miss the church I went to at Harding, I miss worshiping there
93. I have a great mentor who is like another mom to me
94. I’ve gone tornado chasing
95. I love being outside and doing activities outside
96. My first name is Lisa
97. I like going by my middle name because it’s more unique
98. I once cut off my eye brows by accident
99. When I’m reading Harry Potter, I sometimes wish it actually existed so I could go there
100. I think I’m a pretty interesting person and I don’t think there are a lot of other really interesting people out there | | |
| I don't really update on here anymore, but this journal has a lot of history, so I'll keep it going every now and then. After talking with a good friend, I realized I'm a person who likes to be busy, make goals and enjoys change. I've only lived in the Richmond area for about 3 months, but I'm already thinking about changing schools, moving to another part of the city and even thinking a few years down the road about where I want to be living. That's the one beautiful thing about being single, you only have to worry about yourself when it comes to changing things in life. Of course it may effect some other people, but not in a major way. I recently got a gym membership because I love to work out and it keeps me busy. When I finally get my knee back into good shape, I want to start training for a half marathon. I made a goal right before I graduated, to train for a half marathon within 2-3 years. Depending on how my knee, I may try to do a race in the Spring or Fall of this coming year. I don't know if other people think like I do, but my mind is always thinking about different scenarios of how my life will play out. At times, I'm pretty sure I think too much for my own good. Here's something I'm thinking about...maybe you have some ideas: How do you connect with people your age who aren't christians, when you mostly interact with people at work who are older than you? | | |
| I've never been someone who loves to read, until now. I use to envy people who could read a book all day. The first books I ever enjoyed reading were Harry Potter. I would read them as I was trying to fall asleep at night and I fell in love. Through college, I didn't have much time to read for enjoyment. But for some reason this summer I just can't wait to pick up another book after I finish reading another. So far this summer I've read: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfield, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. I'm currently reading Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald and after that I'll be reading Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. Two of the books that I just couldn't put down were about women in different cultures. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan gives insight into the lives of 2 Chinese women. It gives perspective about 2 girls who are on their journey to be married and how their different levels in society effect their entire lives. The other book, Veil of Roses, I'm still working on, but it's so interesting. It's about a girl from Iran who's parents send her to America. It's so interesting to see how our culture can be so intimidating for a woman who has learned to hide ever essence of herself from society. I know there are a lot of people in the world who say they just aren't readers, neither was I. But if you find the right kind of book to get you hooked, a whole new world can be opened. | | |
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