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Name: Rachel
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Metro: Nashville
Birthday: 7/25/1987
Gender: Female
Expertise: Um, I think that everyone says this, but I really have none. I am pretty good at tripping on random things and running into walls. My sister can attest to this.
Occupation: Student
Industry: Music
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Member Since:
2/14/2005
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| Okay so for those of you wondering what in heck i'm talking about, balut is basically...duck embryo..that looks like a baby duck. Inside an egg. sometimes it even has a beak. and feathers. and people EAT it! ewwww...i mean i love filipinos but seriously that is too much.
other than that i LOVE manila! i can't believe that tomorrow i will have been here a week...and now i'm leaving..:( soo sad. and i didn't get off jet lag until about friday...anyway i've got presents galore for folks back home...and lots of memories that will last a long time. not to mention that the conference was INCREDIBLE! I cant wait until i get home and will be able to share my experiences with those in nashville...and if you know me you'll probably get an earful.
anyway i must go since i only have ten more minutes on the internet so later tater!
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| has it really been that long since i wrote on this?
wow.
time just really gets away from me, without my even noticing it, or
noting it for that matter, hence my lack of xangaing..and if you knew
me better, my lack of journaling in any capacity.
okay so i have 7 minutes
until i must go to bed.
i play for a wedding rehearsal tomorrow...Jeremy and Lynsey..they are
getting married on Sunday at 1pm. it's crazy. but awesome.
i got a tetanus shot today..ouch. i'm okay though. took some
benadryl and konked out for most of the day. still feeling slightly
drugged.
umm...life is happening...very quickly.
summer is already feeling shorter.
got to hold on to every moment.
yay for God's goodness
and wonderful friends and family.
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| I need to get better at this blog posting...i keep thinking it would be awesome if there was some way i could directly transfer my thoughts into word form...it would save me from attempting to paraphrase the craziness that goes on inside my head. Anyway...school is almost done..i have one more final tomorrow...and a review session for that in a couple of hours. I know everyone talking about how much they can't believe school is almost out, and that time is slipping away so quickly, etc, etc, and yes i feel that way too, but at the same time, i really can't wait to see what's in store this summer. I feel as though this whole school year i've been putting off the things that i REALLY want to do, like spend time with people, read, write, play music i want to play, wear what i want to wear....wow this all sounds rather selfish... I'm not trying to sound selfish though...i really want to be used by God in a mighty way this summer..and i suppose if that means i'll be doing things i don't want to do..so be it... However...i know there is a time for rest..and i plan to do a little of that too. I need a new perspective on life in general, and life more specifically. There has been so much go go go here at school that i've lacked the energy to really sit back and reevaluate. I mean, there's so much sense to that idea...why do something you don't really need to be doing, or even more important, why do something, spend all your time and energy doing something that may not be wrong, but definitely doesn't have any greater purpose in the plan God has? Well, enough with the philosophical ramblings...it's back to packing...and remeniscing...and studying..and praying. Can't wait to get home...:) | | |
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So as you might gather from the title of this blog...it's raining outside. Whenever it rains, i nearly always feel the reminsicent side of me bursting forth. It's happened before, and it's happening again. This time, my thoughts turn to those days when i did crazy things because i was little and just a kid and nobody cared. You know, things like...jumping in the puddles, running around laughing in the rain, singing songs off-key at the top of my voice...those kinds of things. Granted, i can see that at some point they could get a little annoying..but today for some reason i don't really care. There was this girl who i walked with from class that didn't have an umbrella, and unlike the countless numbers of people who would have minded, she was laughing and enjoying the rain by jumping in the puddles and standing under the waterfalls of rain that spilled from the gutters...i laughed with her..and i even was inspired to splash in a few puddles myself. Maybe on my way to my next class...i'll jump in a few more. tomorrow i'll be mature and in control of myself. But for today...ahhh life is good :)
Anyway..just to sum up..life is short...go jump in a puddle! | | |
| As i have matured and grown older, (i am now at the ripe old age of 19 *laughs*) I have grown to appreciate days of rest. I used to be the high maintenance kid who would never take naps and whose mother would have to spank her at least 5 times before she would actually lie still for more than 10 minutes. I look back at those days with a reminiscing smile, as though looking at a yellow and faded photograph from years past. I think, ah how silly i was in those days, but now, now I can actually appreciate rest and enjoy a good nap. That's what I think. Not what i actually do. In fact, I took more naps back in those days then i do now, when i actually understand their benefits. I go and go and go and rarely ever take time to just sit back and relax and contemplate my existence. I think that's an important aspect of life that many people tend to forget. And i believe that God, who of course knows us better than we know ourselves, realized the impact just one day of rest could have on the rest of our busy busy week. I know that when i don't take time away from the cares of this world, i tend to forget the point of why i do what i do. And that's when the "doing everything to the glory of God" thing gets a bit muddled and confused. So. in a nutshell. enjoy your sunday. take time to smell the roses. and don't forget who thought up the idea of naptime in the first place. sweet dreams! | | |
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