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I won't be writing in Blurty anymore. I got a LiveJournal account. My username is jleigh1902. So if you are still interested in my day to day musings, you can find me there! Bye bye! |
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bouncy| Hopefully this will be quick because I'm ready for bed | ||||
| 11:32pm 29/03/2004 | ||||
So I'm going to talk about my weekend but hopefully I can do it quickly. On Thursday, Jenny, Liz, Leah and I went swimming at the Rec Center. We played with kick boards and a beachball. Friday was class as per usual. No surprizes there. I grabbed some lunch and then headed downtown to interview a parole agent. I got lost. I called him and so I figured it out. The interview went well. I sort of had a nervous breakdown on Friday night. Liz went to play volleyball with some friends and I felt really...alone I guess. Ya'll can read all about it like 2 entries ago. After my breakdown, Eric, Brian and Jenny came over and we played Catch Phrase. It was a lot of fun. On Saturday I went to YMCA camp Manitou-Lin with Liz, Charlie and Seth. The Honors College is thinking of going on a retreat there over Labor Day. It's a cool place and I hope we go! The rest of Saturday was completely lazy. Tod came over and we talked for 2 hours about nothing...and inverted nipples. Hahahah! Eventually we went and saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind..we being Liz, Zac, Jenny, Brian, Keith and I. It was a way cool movie. It was different but very cool. We all enjoyed it very much. Sunday was God's day! Church in the morning, Subway and a smoothie for lunch (not that that has anything to do with God :-p), dishes, reading my Bible, studying a little, dinner, Bible study, and the Gathering! The Gathering was totally awesome this week! I've been missing it! Today was blah. I had an Accounting test and I am fearing my grade. I didn't study as much as I should have. If I got a B, it was all God! Then Keith and I had lunch and he came over and played on my computer while I did laundry. Then I worked on my Psych study guide. I went to the gym which was great. When I got back I hopped in the shower and Liz made some rice for dinner. Then I worked some more on my study guide and then had a PALS meeting. When I got back I studied and Keith came over again. And I decided I'm done studying for the night. Sooo I'm updating...and now I'm done....and now I'm going to bed! Peace out and God bless! |
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So I did this first because Jessica is my full name.... ...but then I did this because everyone calls me Jessie.... I think both apply to me...talk about an ego boost! :-D Peace out and God bless! |
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I just have to do a quick rant. Then I'll be over it. It really peeves me off that men generalize women as being bad drivers. Any time I've ever been cut off or tailgated or passed, a man was driving the other car. Heaven forbid they should go anything less than 20 mph faster than the speed limit. As I was driving back from class this afternoon a guy was tailgating me nearly the entire way ( I was only going 8 mph over the speed limit...not nearly fast enough for him). Then, he finally decides to pass me which is just fine by me. So he moves over behind this car which is also going faster than me. The first car gets in front of me...everything is dandy. Then Mr. Tailgater decides he doesn't even want to wait to get past me before he decides he wants to get in front of me. He doesn't use his signal...I don't even know if he looked either...and he just proceeds to nearly hit me...so I blow my horn at him and I can see him flip out at ME. Are you serious?! Then I noticed that he tailgated the first guy that passed me for as far as I could see down LMD. But WOMEN are bad drivers right? |
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| 08:52am 25/03/2004 | |||
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So I'm just wasting time here while I wait for my eggs to become hard boiled. Water takes far too long to boil. Stupid thermochemistry...I have no idea what I'm talking about. Today is going to be a great day! It's going to be so warm! I love warm! I have a quiz and a test today. I'm more worried about the quiz. When I go to the gym this morning I'm going to take my notes and study. Fun! Ok I think my eggs might be done. Yay for pointless entries! "I was just checking the uh specs on the rotary...gurter...and...I'm retarded." ~Tommy Boy |
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| 10:16am 23/03/2004 | |||
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Keith and I had a lot of fun yesterday. We went hiking for about 2 hours. I took my digital camera (from Brian!) and got a lot of great pictures. It was cold and muddy but I loved every minute of it. Then Keith made me climb up that dumb steep tall hill...I wasn't happy about that but I did it anyways just to make him happy. The things I do for him! :-P But it was worth it because it was a great view from the top and we saw deer. I never see deer. And then we took this trail that I'd never been on before and it went through the pine trees. It was way cool. We headed back to our dorms and changed and then went to Einstein's where we ate, sat and talked. It was nice to just sit and talk with him. I don't even remember what we talked about but I had fun. Oh by the way, everyone needs to go to http://the-bob.org/~littleliz/ and watch "Keith's outdoor adventures." It's under links and then "stuff." Enjoy! |
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| 11:41pm 21/03/2004 | ||||
Everytime I'm close to you there's too much I can't say And you just walk away And I forgot to tell you I love you The night's too long and cold here without you I grieve in my condition for I cannot find the words to say I need you so *sigh* I just feel so bogged down by being single...sounds funny I guess. Who'd have thought being single could be stressful? It's gotten to the point where I feel like....well, I don't know what I feel. Jenny came over tonight and we were talking about guys and all I could do was smile and nod...I don't really know what I'm talking about. I'm a nutbag. I mean, I know what I WANT to talk about but...there's really too much risk to talk about it here. I really want to just let the whole world know how I feel...I want that someone to know how I feel...and I want everything to be ok. I want it to all work out. I want to be in love again. But I suppose the one I really need to be talking to is God. I just gotta have faith! |
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hopeful| Life is good | ||||
| 12:01am 21/03/2004 | ||||
First, God. Ain't He great? I think so. I really enjoy reading the entries in the Spirituality Circle. I read most, if not all, of them. Everyone has great opinions and ideas. Ya'll really get me thinking. I love it! It's so amazing the way He works in our lives. Example: My decision to pursue Physical Therapy...well, I suppose it wasn't really MY decision. God told me it was what He wanted me to do. I came to college ready to be a psychologist. I've really stuck with...I do love it! Then one day, at church, God told me He wanted me to heal people. I just had this overwhelming feeling that healing was what I was meant to do. That was the first step. Then I had to figure out how He wanted me to do it. I was zoning out in Accounting class when it hit me: Physical Therapy. I knew it came from God because I wasn't even thinking about it. And never in my life have I thought of doing that with my life. So, I went to an advisor and figured out what I needed to take and all that fun stuff. And...I can still be a Psychology major but I can take the PT pre-reqs. And I can still graduate in the next 2 years (I'm already in my 2nd year). AND over Spring Break I went to a hospital near my house (my mom works there) and met with a PT and found out that 2 of the other PTs there had their bachelor degrees in Psychology. AND one of them went to Grand Valley for his Masters. Could God have put me in a better place?!? These things don't just happen by coincidence. Just thinking about how it has all fallen into place makes me giddy! I can't wait to start taking my PT pre-reqs! Another thing: God has blessed me with time today! It's been so wonderful! I prayed to Him this morning and told Him I wanted to be productive today. I wanted to get stuff done since I don't do anything on Sundays. So, I open up my planner to see what's due in the next week. What do I find? Two homework assignments, 2 quizzes, and 2 tests. Yikes! Where did all this come from?! So I just took a deep breath (I tend to panic when I have a lot to do) and dove in. And it didn't help that I did get off my butt today until like noon. And of course it is a GORGEOUS day outside and I am stuck in here doing homework. So, I worked on one of my homework assignments and then Liz and I walked around campus enjoying the sun. Then we had lunch and afterwards headed back to the room. I ended up finishing all of one homework assignment and nearly all of the other one. And I studied for my quiz on Wednesday. Then Liz and I watched a movie! And now here it is 11:15 pm. I finished way before my bed time! Praise God! And now for the boring stuff! Oh wait...ya'll are probably already bored. Well then what are you still reading for? So here's how my weekend has been so far: Thursday night I played Olympic Spoons with Liz, Libby, Keith, Andy, Tod, Jen, Jenny, and Bethany. It's just like regular Spoons except we put the spoons on the other side of the room. I think we were all pretty sore by the end of the night. Yesterday Liz and I cleaned the whole room. We got it done pretty quickly. Then we went to downtown Holland near Hope College. We went into a few shops. I bought a book. Liz bought a couple shirts. Then we rented 3 movies for $0.25. That's right people...get a membership at Family Video! Haha! We got Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Rushmore, and Frida. Liz and I wached Robin Hood and then Keith and Bethany joined us for the other movies. We ended up going to bed around 3am. Bethany's train left at 7:20 that morning. So her and Keith ended up staying here until around 5:30...I don't know if they slept at all. I talked to Chris this afternoon and he was telling me how he like exercised too much and so now he's really exhausted. So we're talking blah blah blah and then I tell him I'm going to go take a nap since I was up so late last night. So I said "I'll talk to you later. Have a good rest of the day!" And he said "Yeah you too baby." What?????????? Hahaha well I don't remember if that's the exact words but the point is that he called me "baby." And then he blamed it on his exhuastion. Hahaha that's cute. It was funny. It was like, "Did he just call me 'baby?'" Oh man, it made my day. I don't know if he ever even called me "baby" when we were together. Oh well, either way it was just precious. Tomorrow is church, Meijer, laziness, dinner, and Bible study! Should be a great day! Peace out and God bless! |
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| 06:57pm 18/03/2004 | ||||
Peace out and God bless! |
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relaxed| Oh my gosh another update weeeeeee! | ||||
| 10:19pm 17/03/2004 | ||||
This morning I helped Keith with registration for next year. Then I went to class. I turned in my permit for PSY 400. I had green pancakes made by the Honors Council! Weee! They were yummy. Then I helped Keith make cookies. He went with me to Meijer. I bought something for Keriana and I got gas. It was deep expensive! Oh well. When I got back I did some laundry. I actually folded! It was exciting. Now my drawers are neat. I worked on my CJ homework. Liz and I had dinner at Einstein's. Then I went to a lecture. It was a good time. I mostly spent this evening doing nothing! Which is great! Maybe I will go to bed early??? It was snowing as I was walking back from the lecture. For the first time in my life I thought "Praise God for the snow!" It made me sew happay! ...well, that, and the group hug I got from Liz and Zac! But anyway, what I was thinking was how cool it is that simple things in nature can make you have faith is God. First I was thinking how awesome it is that every snowflake is different....every single one! Freakin' me out! Then I was wondering who figured that out...I mean, I don't really pay attention to what the snowflakes look like...hmm...sooo ok then...I'm gonna go...do something...umm BYE! |
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| 08:27pm 15/03/2004 | ||||
But since there isn't much else to talk about, I'm going to bore you all now. Today I got up at 7am to register for my classes for next fall and winter. Here's what it looks like: Fall: Intro to Organic Chem (includes Lab, Lecture, and Discussion-basically I'll have chem everyday and I did that way on purpose) Human Anatomy Lifespan Development Psychology Psychology of Physical Disabilities Festival Chorale Winter: BioChem (includes Lab, Lecture, and Discussion) Human Physiology (includes Lab) Psychopathology Advanced Research Psych Festival Chorale Whewww! So it looks to be quite the year. So then I tried to go back to bed for a bit since I didn't have class until 9am. I went to class early, headed to the Psych department and got the permit I needed for PSY 400. Then I went to my classes. Afterwards, I headed to the bookstore and bought a voice recorder and a t-shirt. On my way back, I headed to Kleiner for some lunch. I lazed around a bit, made some phone calls, sent some emails, then I headed to the gym for a bit. Then I went back to the bookstore to get some stupid tapes for the recorder because the one it came with only had a total of 30 mins on it. Then I stopped for a bagel and just sat and ate and read the paper. I headed back here and showered when I got back. Then I attempted some Accounting homework but took a nap instead. When I woke up I played games on my computer, and then I worked on a little homework before heading to dinner with Keith. Basically that brings me to now. I did some more Accounting homework. I only have one problem and few questions left but it's not due til Wednesday. I need to work on my Criminal Justice homework a little bit tonight. It's not due until Thursday and I've already done about half of it...so I'm good to go. Sooo what am I doing the rest of the week? Well, tomorrow it will be class, Accounting homework, turning in my permit for PSY 400, then seeing Mona Lisa Smile after choir. Wednesday I just have my usual 2 classes then I will work on CJ homework and then probably visit my Pal, and then go to a lecture at Cook-DeWitt. I'll also be watching American Idol somewhere in there. Don't know what I'll be doing the rest of the week. On Saturday I'm taking my Pal to Frederick (sp?) Meijer Gardens...hope it will be fun! Guess that's all for now...Peace out and God bless! |
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accomplished| Wee for God! | ||||
| 06:45pm 01/03/2004 | ||||
So yesterday night my dad and I headed to the Joe for a Red Wings game! I can't remember the last time I was there. It's been a really long time. We played the Philadelphia Flyers. And of course, we won!! Final 4-2. Apparently we have a new guy, Lang. I know we traded 3 guys for him but I guess it was worth it. And he sure proved it last night!! Of the 4 goals, he had 3 assists! The scorers were Shanahan, Yzerman, Maltby, and #23...I can't remember his name...starts with an S...oh well. Anyways, it was a fun time with my daddy! Today was day with mommy! And that always means, shopping for me! I sound like I'm spoiled or something...well, I guess I sort of am...but I'm not a brat! So we headed to Target and then the mall. At Target I got some stuff for my goddaughter's birthday. I also got a shirt and an important paper organizer thingy. I hope I'll actually use it! Then we went to the mall for a bit...we grabbed lunch and went to my fave store...NY & Co.! I got a shirt and a tank that I really needed. Then it was off to Media Play. They had some cool deals. I got Jeremy Camp's praise album! Wheeeew! It's awesome so far. I also got the Prince of Egypt soundtrack...hahaha! Well they had these bins of 3 for $10...and there's some cool artists on it like Jars of Clay and dc Talk...so I got that and my mom got some too. Finally we headed to the movies and saw 50 First Dates. It was really cute. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore make a good romantic comedy team. So that brings me to now! Chillin and listening to JC! Chris and I sorted things out which makes me happy! :-) I'm gonna watch American Idol tonight and probably do laundry and take a shower and then tomorrow is another day! I'll probably get my oil changed and start homework and more laundry! Yay! Peace out and God bless!! |
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Anyway, I think everyone should see this movie. It's really gruesome but I think it's something everyone should see. God bless! |
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Who would have thought that trust was such a big deal? Who would have thought that trusting God with something so miniscule would be so scary? Who would have thought it would actually be HARD? Well, certainly not me. But it is. Allow me to elaborate. This Sunday, our Bible study was about trusting God. Liz brought up how I always freak out about falling when the sidewalk has ice on it. Well everyone is a little wary aren't they? Then she tells me that I should just trust God because He won't let me fall. Sounds easy enough right? So then Liz's challenge for the week is to overcome something and trust God with it. Today could have not been a better day to accept Liz's challenge. I hadn't really thought about what fear I was going to get over. I head out to class this morning and the ground is snow covered. And slush covered. And ice covered. And of course I freak out. I didn't wear my good shoes. I just knew I was gonna wipe out. The ground was pretty slippery. I just kept saying to myself, "All right God, I know You're not gonna let me fall so help me walk without fear." It's a lot easier said than done. So I stopped looking at the sidewalk. It was hard considering that by looking down, I was also keeping snow from whipping my face. Ok, so basically I royally screwed up on the way to class. I let Satan get to me. But on the way back, I was determined. The snow had calmed down. I walked with confidence that I was not going to fall. I walked normally...I didn't walk with little baby steps like I do when I'm on ice. I didn't look at the ground so I didn't even really know if I was actually on ice. And of course I slid around in some places, but I didn't fall. I didn't even come close. The weird part was that I was more freaked out today than I usually am. I guess it was because I didn't want God to get pissed at me for not trusting Him. It's not like I thought He was gonna smote me right then and there or anything. But hey, I'm not gonna tempt Him. It was just a weird feeling I guess. It's hard to explain. So anyways, I don't know if I'm completely over my weird ice fear. But I am definitely on my way. Peace out and God bless! |
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Since finding myself, and developing my relationship with God, one of the things I struggle with most is the issue of homosexuality. I was raised to treat everyone with respect and love. I was taught that being gay is ok, that there's nothing wrong with it. One of my mom's best friends is gay and he's a great guy. Well, here I am becoming a more devout Christian and strengthening my relationship with God every day. So according to my religion, I shouldn't hate homosexuals. But what I should believe is that homosexuality is a sin. And so, homosexuals are sinners and I should pray for them. But how can it possibly be a sin? It's such a hard concept for me to grasp. I feel like if I believe that, I'm a self declared homophobe and bigot. *sigh* It breaks my heart to even think to myself, "Homosexuals are sinners." I'm not saying that I'm NOT a sinner for a lot of things I do. I know that I am. And now there's this whole thing with the civil unions and what not. When I first heard that civil unions were being legalized for homosexuals I was glad! My thought was, "It's about time!" And then today, Autumn was telling Keith, Jenny and I about this thing that's going on downtown....I don't know exactly what's going on, but if you go, you bring a same-sex friend to voice your support of these civil unions. And before this past September, it would have totally been something I'd have gone to. Jenny wanted me to go with her...but I just can't. It's one of those battles Christians can't win...pardon my language but it's like damned if you do, damned if you don't. If I call homosexuals sinners, I'm a homophobe. If I think homosexuality is ok, I'm a bad Christian. It's really a horrible inner struggle for me. So yeah, I guess that was really all I wanted to say. |
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How else could these giant mosquitos exist if not by toxic waste? Oh toxic waste, how you create super (and always evil) creatures to entertain us so. Last night was yet another B-rated horror movie night. Tod, Liz, and I all picked one movie and we are all writing reviews on our picks. Check out their sites for their reviews: http://the-bob.org/~littleliz/ http://foxxo.net/ My choice: Skeeters. First off, I would like to say that my pick was probably the best of the three. It had it all: one liners, evil mutated creatures, a Mexican playing a Native American, and so on. Skeeters takes place in the little town of Clear Sky. The evil land developer, Drake, is leaving toxic waste in an abandoned mine. The festering cesspool is the optimum place for the mosquitos. And they grow to enormous proportions!! The first to go are the burlap sacks....I mean, the cattle. Then people start dying. These mosquitos come out of nowhere with their yellow vision and attack! Roy, a deputy, calls on the aid of...some government geologist. He cames to Clear Sky and checks out the water supply of the area. During his visit he goes to "Crazy Guy (I don't think he had a name)." This is apparently the town nutcase. So geologist leaves and we see Crazy Guy go upstairs to his home. He walks over to a cage sitting on a bureau. One would assume it's a gerbil, rabbit, or even a ferret...but oh no, it's a skeeter! The guy sticks his arm IN the cage to feed his darling pet. Creepy. It's finally discovered by geology guy and Sarah where the mosquitos are breeding. Watch out! Here comes the evil Sheriff! Sarah falls in a hole where she finds the dead body of a local teen!! Ahhh! Evil Sheriff is attacked my the skeeters. Geology guy leaves her there to get Roy and Mexican Native American. Roy straps on his blowtorch/flamethrower and they're off to save the day! They get to Sarah and save her. The skeeters start to attack Roy! Oh no, not the hero! Eventually they torch/blow up the mine and Clear Sky is saved. Best Actor: Roy, and his inability to button his shirt Best Supporting Actor: the Native American played by a Mexican Best Line: It's a tie between- "Suck on this!" performed by Mexican Native American, and "I got one!!" performed by the Sheriff with his dying breath Best Actress: the girl who went catatonic after seeing her father killed by the skeeters Best Costume: Roy's shirt with no buttons Best Use of Technology: the computerized mosquito shadows that appeared out of nothing Overall I'd give this movie an A+. If you are looking for really bad scary movies...go for Skeeters! If you wanna see some great pics, check this out: http://the-bob.org/~littleliz/gallery/album02 I will leave you all with this: "This is MY town and I'm going to see this through." ~Roy |
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| 01:04pm 13/02/2004 | ||||
I've been talking to a guy I met through ecrush.com. His name is Ryan. He seems like a good guy. I don't know if he's expecting anything to come of it. I don't know if I'm expecting anything. He's in a band called Really Bad British Accents and I'm supposed to be going to see them tonight assuming Keith doesn't back out on me. I don't want to drive out there by myself and then sit there for 2 hours alone. So as long as Keith doesn't back out on me then that's where I'll be tonight. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. Another day to emphasize the fact that I'm single. Weeee!! I signed up to help out at Solo & Ensemble from 12-5pm so I'm keeping myself busy. I hope it will be fun...or at least go by fast. I figure it will be alright because I'll probably be by myself most of the time. It's weird...I get so nervous about doing things when I don't know anyone that will be there and yet I still sign up to do them. I'm always fine in the end and usually have fun. I need to stop freakin out so much. I think I'm going to go take a nap. |
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