Truths of Life

Some things I've learned in my lifetime...

• Yellow snow is not lemon flavored
• The less time that I have to do something, the faster I get it done
• Having a good attitude about something makes it more enjoyable
• Treasure every moment with friends and family... you never know when it might end
• Eating a peanut-butter and chocolate dessert, then drinking sweet tea is NOT a good combination
• Real friends like you for who you are- not for your stuff, or for how you look
• Southerners spell the way that they talk. Example: My family and I went to a concert, and on one of the dressing room doors was a sign that read, "SANGERS ONLY." True story... I swear.

When I moved to South Carolina, I figured out that there are words in the south that do not exist in other parts of the country. Study the following examples carefully:

• Yunt'too- We all's going to the mall to git sum grub. Yunt'too too?
• Used't'could- "Kin you dance?" "No, but ay used't'could dance real good."
• Y'all people- Y'all people jest don't git it, do yoo?
• Whilyoosup- Whilyoosup, would yoo pleez git me the remote over thur?
• Over yonder- Yeeah, they used to live in that house over yonder.
• Buggy- A shopping cart (We wud've gotten them there grossries, but someone done stole ar buggy.)
• A'ight- "Hey Bobby, will you cum har an hep me with this dang transmission?" "A'ight, be right thur."
• Thur- An' over thur, we have one of the county's many jails... (I'm still figuring out how they abbreviate "Thursday" down here...)
• Ain'tcha- Well, you're just the cutest leetle thang, now ain'tcha?

You might be a redneck if...

• You cut your grass and find a car
• You use Febreeze as deodorant
• You say any of the words above

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Well, that's all. For "ya'll people" who live in the south, enjoy!

Haircut

I got a haircut... and it looks good... I got a haircut... and it looks good.... (Possible song lyrics, don't you think?)

I've got layers, style... sweet! Now I just have to convince my Mom to let me go a lighter blonde... like that'll ever happen with her knowing.

Websites

Well, first of all, I just changed my template. I'm the type of girl who doesn't like the same thing for very long... which is why I have a diff avatar pic every time I post a comment.


The links below are blogs of some of my friends. Some are people whom I have met on Blogspot.com, and others are friends that I know personally. Also, I've included some of my favorite websites in the mix.


http://tehnameizwill.blogspot.com/
My friend Will's blog. Random stuff... alot like mine. Both of ours are nothing worth reading, except if you're looking for a laugh. We pretty much have the same sense of humor.

http://www.jamieoliver.com
The best website ever, next to mine, of course. He posts frequently, so your post might actually be answered by Jamie! How sweet is that...

http://www.opi.com
I get all of my nail polish from here. They're expensive, but worth the money.

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That's all ya'll! Hey... that rhymes...

My Room

I've decided to post some pictures of what my room looks like. I want to redo it, and if I did, it would definately be something more sporty. I'm not really into the "flower and butterfly" theme anymore.

A picture of my whole room. Sorry for the bright light, it was sunny out on Saturday.

My bookshelf. It used to be much more full than this, but most of the books have been moved to my sister's room. Now, it has some of my favorites, and my soccer trophies.

My trophy shelf. I played soccer for 10 years, so I def have too many. It's a pain to dust too...

My desk. I never do school here. Ever. It just serves as a make-up table, and a place to conveniently store my Choptalk Magazines and my iHome remote.

The aforesaid Choptalk collection. My December issue is missing. I let my youth pastor borrow it, and haven't gotten it back yet... haha

My dresser. It's neat and organized on the inside too. (Yeah right)

My nightstand. It's normally much messier than this... I cleaned up my room before I took these pics.

My entertainment stand. I don't use the karaoke machine... there would be no glass in any of my house's windows if I did.

The door of my closet. I've got an autographed Kenny Chesney CD cover, an Atlanta Braves logo, and a little Mudd jeans tag. I used to have a picture of my fave NASCAR driver (Carl Edwards), but I poster-puttied that onto one of my school notebooks.

My chairs... oh so good. I sit in them to play my PS2 or to read. Notice the Atlanta Braves hat on top of the pillow? Also, the tan chair serves great as a throw-your-clothes-on-top-and-forget-about-them mini closet.

I had just done my nails for the first time, and then I took this pic. I'm not really sure why now. The hand cream in the backround is the absolute BEST! (Available at Bath & Body Works, $15.00) And O.P.I. Nail Lacquer, of course. Their best color is the Cajun Shrimp, featured on the right.

Well, that's about it. Hope you enjoyed the tour of my room!

Yeah Baby

Yeah Baby! My driver won the Sprint Cup Race at Fontana, Ca this week! I didn't get to watch it, due to the freakin' rain, but I listened to about 20 laps on the radio, and watched replays on ESPN. Congrats to Carl!

Hopefully he can do the same in the Nationwide Series later on... the tension builds. I feel so sorry for all of those guys. They didn't end up re-scheduling the race until 11:00 pm Pacific Time, last night. Then, those guys got to get up and go racing at 9:45 PT this morning. If that wasn't bad enough, some boys are doing double-duty... including mine. So, one hour after the Cup race ends, him and approximately 11 other guys go racing for another 250 laps? Not sure about the race length, but anyway, it's still a LONG day.

Anyway, everyone in my house also is glad that Casey Mears is ok, after his collision with Dale Earnhardt Jr, Sam Hornish Jr, and Reed Sorenson yesterday. NASCAR safety crews did a great job of getting that fire out.

Well, I've got homework to do, so I'll see ya'll later!

My Photobucket

Hey Ya'll!

Just thought that I would post you the link to my photobucket. I just started it a few weeks ago, so there's not too many pictures on there. Anyhow, enjoy!

http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/jj101/1designeracc/

~1designeracc

Chemistry Work

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New Videos

Hey Ya'll!

I just finished updating my video blog. I've got new videos, new songs, and new posts to go with them. Enjoy!

~1designeracc

Jamie Oliver

An article from the Food Network website about my favorite chef, Jamie Oliver.

Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver returns to Food Network with his new series Jamie at Home. Jamie's back doing what he does best — cooking at home with simple, accessible ingredients, including fruits and vegetables that he recently started growing in his garden kitchen. In each episode, Jamie focuses on a specific ingredient and shows viewers several completely different recipes. Whether whipping up a delicious spicy pork goulash, foraging for mushrooms to create a wild mushroom and venison stroganoff or harvesting pumpkins for a mouth-watering, warm winter salad of roast duck and pumpkin, Jamie shows viewers that using fresh ingredients can be simple and oh so satisfying.

Jamie is one of the world's best-loved television personalities and one of Britain's most famous exports. Prior to Jamie at Home, Jamie has hosted numerous successful television series including The Naked Chef (Food Network), Jamie's Kitchen (Food Network), Jamie's School Lunch (TLC) and Jamie's Great Italian Escape (The Travel Channel). His programs have been broadcast in over 50 countries including the UK, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Japan and Iceland to name a few. Having been translated into 26 languages, the accompanying cookbooks are bestsellers not only in the UK but across the world.

Jamie currently lives in London and Essex with his wife, Jools and two daughters, Poppy and Daisy.

2-20-08 Lunar Eclipse

How many people saw the lunar eclipse last night? It was really cool, because I checked the sky at different intervals and watched it develop. I didn't get any good pictures though, because my camera wouldn't pick up the moon or focus. If you got any good pictures, post them on your blog and leave the blog address in the comment. I'll check it l8r.

Holla back!

Lunar Eclipse Tonight

I've just found out that there is going to be a total lunar eclipse tonight. Now, I'm not really a "spacey" person, but I do enjoy some astronomy- and this is definately cool. Click on the link below to learn more about it, and be sure to watch the sky tonight!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23184927/?GT1=10856

Enjoy ya'll!

After the Smoke Clears...

The heart of the Daytona 500 isn't in the race. It's not in all of the pre-race hype, or the screaming of the most famous words in motorsports. The heart of the Great American Race is in the aftermath- when the smoke from the victor's burnout clears. It is now that you begin to see why this is the Superbowl of racing.

Grown men are crying for one reason or another. Either you won or you lost. No race in past, present, or future means more to them then the one that they just ran. If I could give each of you a 500 victory, I would. Unfortunately, I can't.

The Daytona 500 is not just a race. For everyone involved, it is the start of the greatest sport in the world. When you go to a race, you're a part of the atmosphere, a personal cheerleader for a particular driver- not just another face in the crowd.

Racing has its highs and lows like any sport. However, unlike most other sports, a particular "low" can mean a person's life. This is why more people watch the Daytona 500 than any other NASCAR race on television- because the most recent stock-car-racing related death occured here in 2001, in the form of Dale Earnhardt.

So, after all that, congratulations to Ryan Newman, and the whole #12 Alltell team. It's not just another win... it's the Daytona 500. Good luck to you and Penske Racing in the coming 2008 season.

So Soon...

The Daytona 500 starts within the hour... I can't wait. We've got a huge celebration of past 500 winners, and some special surprises, which you may or may not know about.

Up to 24 past Cup Champions will be giving the command "Gentlemen, START - YOUR - ENGINES!" Greats like Darrell Waltrip, Cale Yarbourough, and Richard Petty. We're also missing some, guys who the racing world thought were invincible- you know who I'm talking about- Dale Earnhardt. Benny Parsons as well.

Benny Parsons died a year and a half ago, after fighting cancer for months. He will forever be remembered as one of the greatest drivers, on and off the track.

And Dale Earnhardt. Even if you're not a racing fan, you know that name. It has become to NASCAR as life is to us. He was a great man. Someone that people could relate to. One of his most famous quotes was "I'm living my dream right now. I can race on Sunday, then come back here [his home in North Carolina] and go fishin' on Monday." Those few words sum up the being of the greatest NASCAR legend of all time.

Maybe that's why so many people will be watching his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., in the race today. It has been 10 years since Dale Sr. won his lone Daytona 500. It was there that he died in the most memorable crash in history. "Junior", as he is called by his many fans, is driving a new car, with a new number, but he is the last link that some fans have to Dale Earnhardt. So, all of the NASCAR world wishes Junior & Hendrick Motorsports the best of luck today. Kick butt ya'll... for your Dad's sake.

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Big Weekend

This weekend is the biggest weekend in all of racing. Tonight, the Nationwide Series kicks off the start of the NASCAR season. We've got big-name drivers like Carl Edwards in the race, and some of the rookies hoping for a break... nice combination, right? I'm predicting that Carl wins the 1st Nationwide Series championship. Nice to win the first cup of a new sponser series, right? (of course, DUH)

Also, THE DAYTONA 500 STARTS TOMORROW. It's the 50th running of the Great American Race. Any true racing fan will be GLUED to his or her TV. As much as I would love for Carl Edwards to win the 50th 500, I would love for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to complete the sweep; winning the Shootout, the 1st Gatorade Duel, and the 500.

So, for now...

Go Junior #88

(see, AMPD colors)

Bubble Wrap

This is a post about bubble wrap. I'm obsessed with bubble wrap... not really. But for all of you weirdos who are, click on the link below. It's so much freakin' fun!

http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml

Happy Singles Awareness Day! (WILL)

The Stupidest Holiday Ever

Is it just me, or does this whole Valentine's Day thing seem stupid to you? I mean, come on. A holiday celebrating love? The only purpose that this holiday serves is to give mushy couples, who are so wrapped up in themselves, a reason to go out and stuff their faces full of crappy food.

I HATE Valentine's Day, and I think that the person
who invented it should be checked for mental
illness, and then just... well, something. Omg, it's so dumb!

Stupid, Thought-Provoking Stuff (Yes, STUFF)

I've decided to post something from my youth leader's MySpace. For all of you grammerly-challenged people out there, you might want to read the following (the losers!, gosh! just kidding.) For those of you who don't know, Kevin is my youth group leader (he's awesome!!!), and Kelley is his wife.

There Their They're

I don't (do not) know what's (what is) being taught in our public schools, but here's (here is) a little grammar lesson.

Their shows POSSESSION. "This is Kevin and Kelley. The car is THEIRS." (When you use a possessive word like "theirs" or "yours", you don't use an apostrophe.)

There shows LOCATION. "I love Hawaii, but I've never been THERE."

They're = THEY ARE. It's (it is) a CONTRACTION. "They're (they are) going to the movies."
Its is a word, not a contraction. Its shows possession. "The truck can pull three times its weight." NOT "The truck can pull three times it's weight." It's is a contraction.

It's ="it is." "It's going to rain." NOT "Its going to rain."
Further, YOUR is another POSSESSIVE. "The hat is yours."
You're = YOU ARE. You're is a CONTRACTION. "You're (you are) going to the mall."

I realize that grammar is hardly being taught in high school anymore. (Anymore = nowadays, or presently.) "It's not summer anymore." NOT "It's not summer any more."Any more = additional, more. "Do you want any more Fruit Loops?" NOT "Do you want anymore Fruit Loops?") Nevertheless, you still have an obligation to use correct grammar. It's not "cool" to use bad grammar, whether you know better or not, when you leave comments on MySpace, write emails, etc. It just makes you sound dumb. If you write "your" for "you're" because it's shorter, stop being lazy. You only saved two keystrokes. And you sound dumb.

You may get "passed on" in public school, because public school's motto is "no child left behind" (even if the "child" needs to be left behind to learn what he/she didn't learn the first time). But, trust me on this - when/if you go to college, your grammar will be graded. Professors will assume that you know how to write properly. When you don't, your papers will come back to you looking like this, all over the page. And, you just might "luck out" and get a professor who overlooks bad grammar. But, the time will come when you'll be rejected for not understanding how to write properly. Kelley is going to all kinds of recruiting sessions, as she will be finishing grad. school next year. These recruiters have told all kinds of stories of potential employees writing them thank you letters, sending resumes, etc. with terrible English. The recruiters use these letters as bad examples, display parts of them to show what NOT TO DO, and have all sorts of fun with them. Furthermore, they don't hire any of the writers.

If you DON'T KNOW how English works, get an elementary school grammar book and learn some basics. I surely don't know every rule in the English language, but I'm learning more and more of them as I turn in papers and get them handed back to me with red ink! No high school student should be ignorant of the basics, though. It's a shame to hear people complaining about so many Spanish-speaking people here. "They need to learn English if they want to live or work here." We're FROM here. I think it's fair to say that we need to learn English, too.

By the way, you cannot...(don't write "can not." That's wrong. Cannot is a word.)...you cannot use contractions in term papers, anyway. When you do, they'll all be circled with red ink, and you lose (lose = decline, or fail to win. LOOSE = not tight) points for each.

Pictures

I've decided to post some of my favorite pictures, so that you can learn some more about me and my life.

This is some of my fabulous artwork...

My panda bear Druw. I named him after my favorite baseball player...

My little daredevil sister jumping ramps on her bike...

Roger and my youth leader, Kevin.

Me and the band who played for my ski trip. L to R: Brandon, David, and Brett. That's me in front.

My five-year-old (soon to be six!) friend, Leah. She just beat Rach in a race, that's her victory dance. Click on it and look at her face...

Leah's little brother, Jake. He look so much like his older brother, Adam (4 yrs. ) So Cute.

My friend Rosie, all ready for Christmas. Can't you tell?

My friend Jordan, wearing... I'm not really sure

Two of my friends from co-op, David and Rosie.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the pics. If you have one that you want to share, put it on your blog and let me see it!

Over, Yeah

Well, football season is over. A great ending, how 'bout it, football fans? New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in the Superbowl. Congrats to Eli Manning, Tom Coughlin, and the whole gang. Ya'll rock.

The Pro Bowl sucked. I thought that it was good last year. This year was awful. I can't wait until Eli gets there. Tony Romo was terrible. I couldn't believe him, or T.O. dropping passes. Talk about an embarassment to the Dallas Cowboys. Ouch.

On a high note, the NASCAR Budweiser Shootout turned out GREAT. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is SO going to get that Sprint Championship this year. Sorry Carl...

The Daytona 500 is on SUNDAY. Congrats to the guys down there, they have a beautiful track with some of the best racing around. 50 years running, and some of the greatest memories in racing. Roots of NASCAR are there, that's where the first 500 was run. That's where we lost our greatest racing ambassador - Dale Earnhardt, and where last year, Kevin Harvick edged out Mark Martin by .003 for the victory... most of that was due to NASCAR's favoritism, omg.

Baseball season starts in March. Go Braves, DUH!

Happy Superbowl!

I just wanted to wish all of you football fans out there a very happy Superbowl Sunday!

Go Giants!!!

To all of you Patriots fans out there, ya'll are a bunch of losers... and need to check out the psychiatric hospitals in your area.

~ Amanda