day one

Last night we sat around a mini camp fire and had smores and started just asking each other questions and it turned into a "define" people game. Questions like, if (insert name here) were a car, what kind of care would they be, or what kind of animal, or type of music etc. How it worked is that everyone had to decide what they thought that person would be. It was really fun, and you learn a lot about yourself in these kind of situations!! So here is the list of things:

Keisha-
Car- a sporty, smaller SUV
Animal- A gazelle, or flamingo, or swan
What section in Barnes and Noble we would be in- the big picture books of modern pictures of fashion, random photography, music etc ( i thought that was pretty cool!)
What genre of music i would be- country, or indie
If they had to describe me in one word- Syke! :) (they said this because at first I am not who i really am, like when you first meet me, i might seem real quite and shy and no fun, or even mean cause I am so shy, but then once you get to know me, im fun, and nice and such, so its like SYKE! lol)
and the last one was...if I would be an object what would I be(something that goes along with my one word)- one of those tubes that when you open in all the things pop out of it, like those practical joke cans...lol.

It was a really fun day!! It was a 5 hour drive, but we had fun and when we got here Kristin's mom had dinner ready for us. It was so good! Then we had our little fire for like 3 hours, had some amazing "God" conversations, and then went to bed..I have been so blessed with these friends. It almost made me want to cry. I just love it so much!! wow..just wow!

ROAD TRIP!!!!!

I am leaving today for St. Louis. It is Fall Break and me and Jenna, Aaron, Kristin, Nate, and Lisa are going to Kristin's house in St. Louis!! WHOOOO!!!! I am soooo excited!! Road trips are always fun but they are 50 times more fun with more people! I dunno if I will be able to post while I'm there, if i can I'll try to post pictures and tell of our fun adventures! It's going to be pretty much fun. So ya, I'm stoked. God is good, this year is amazing!!!

I just thought I'd tell you...

I love you..

I can't focus..i have a lot of homework to do, and my passion group is coming at 9, and i have no idea what we are going to do..sigh...blogging is the last thing i should be doing right now..bye

Late night coffee..and dislikes

Its almost one in the morning.. i had a iced caramel macchioto at 11..not a good idea. Now usually coffee makes me sleepy i don't know how this happens but its true. Of course on the night i get it at 11 it does the opposite. I am so awake right now and super hyper!!! I am listening to my roommate tell a story about tire swings, listening to music and thinking about things that i don't like doing..here they are

1. writing for the newspaper- im just not very good at it. I wish I was, but it's not what God blessed me with.
2. Having to wake up and go to a 9 o clock class
3. Saying goodbye
4. Realizing a friendship is going south
5. Not being able to have steak without paying 12.50
6. Buying shoes you love and then realizing they are so uncomfortable you will never wear them.
7. having to go to the caf to get foog
8. not being able to get all the music i could ever desire in one place
9. homework
10. crying
11. watching an entire movie just to find out it sucked
12. missing my friends
13. failing to work out
14. having to fix my hair and do my make up
15. wearing clothes that are uncomfortable no matter how cute they are


ok..the coffee is starting to wear off, and the sleeping pill is starting to kick in
these are my thoughts at the moment. now even though this is a whole list of things i don't like i am actually quite happy and content right now...lots of laughter in our room tonight..its so nice being happy so much..i think ill keep it!

So last night....

I finally got my tattoo!!!!!!!!! I LOVE it sooo much! And I know a lot of people are going to be upset or shocked by this, but it is not something i rushed into, or did spontaneously, i have been wanting this for like 3 years, and have done lots of praying and thinking about it..so all that to say IM SO EXCITED about it!! It was rather EXTREMELY painful, but I had rachel and Hannah by my side to distract me..thanks guys!! To me, it is an exclamation to everyone who I belong to. I am his forever, just like this tattoo is permanent, so is He.





I was excited...Rachel was scared for me


HERE WE GO!!!

It kinda hurt..A LOT!

Recovering..i look like a psych ward patient

FINISHED

JOY!

I'M FILLED WITH IT!

Caution: Do not compare

So this is going to be a serious yet happy post!

This weekend i went to Breakaway, it is a retreat my school takes every year. I went expecting to just have a good time with Jenna, Kristin, and Lisa. I did accomplish that,but i got so much more out of it. The first night the speaker spoke about image, and how we can take on the image of Christ and make that our focus or how we can compare ourselves to other people constantly. Comparing ourselves to others is either to tear us down or tear others down. Normally when you compare yourself with someone else you are either wishing you had something they have and you don't or are telling yourself you are glad you have something they don't. He told us that this is such a horrible image to have. When you do that, the focus is always on you, you are so busy worrying about what you do or don't have that you miss out on people, opportunities or letting God use you. This is something I have been struggling with SO much! I am constantly thinking "Wow i wish i had hair like hers" or "She has such a great personality, i wish i could be like her" etc...It has done nothing but bring me down. And so then in return when i am feeling down i try to find things to make me feel better about myself like.."Well at least I don't do that, or dress like her" and i know this is a horrible thing to do. But you can't tell me you have never done the same thing. It is just human nature.

Well i decided to no longer do that, to focus on taking on the image of Christ. Every time I catch myself doing this I stop, and try to think of an aspect of Christs character that i need to focus on working on today. So far it has worked. I'm not saying im all fixed and am never going to compare myself to people ever again, im going to have to work on it everyday, but im so excited and willing to do that. These past two days that i have been putting this into practice i have felt more free, at peace and happy than i have in a long time. I am not finding my happiness and worth in what others think of me or what i think of other people. If people do not accept me for who i truly am than I dont want to have them in my life anyway. There is no need to try to be what im not to make the friends i think i want. I am who i am and happy with that.

I am still going to need help in this though, so if you go to school with me or talk to me regularly and catch me comparing myself to someone please bring it to my attention and make me stop!! and if you are not around me if you could pray for me to have the strength to do this everyday that would be amazing!!!!

ok sorry for such the long post!

It's not hard to fall, when you float like a cannonball...

I am very very very sad that i am missing the Damien rice concert that is going on in a couple hours...very very sad

So many things, so little time

So lately I have been making a lot of lists of things i want to see, read, or go to!

T.V. Season Premiers I must see:
*Sept 19th:
America's Next Top Model @ 8
*Sept 20th:
Survivor: China @ 8
*Sept 24th:
Dancing With the Stars @ 8
The Bachelor @ 9:30
*Sept 25th:
Law and Order SVU @ 10
*Sept 27th:
The Office @ 9
Greys Anatomy @ 9
*Oct 25th:
Scrubs @ 9:30

Books I want to read:
Blue Like Jazz
Oath-Frank Perretti
Skin-Ted Dekkar
The Irresistable Revolution-Jim Wallis

Concerts That are coming to Tulsa I want to go to:
Damien Rice- Sept 16
Minus the Bear- Oct 23
David Crowder- Oct 26
Mute Math and Eisley- Nov 9


So these are my goals..they all make me excited

MAC fun

So i decided to have a little fun with my roommates mac..yes hannah when you read this, i did use your mac to take these pictures! I"M SORRY! i was going to ask you but you were no where to be found and you left your phone...but it was beckoning me, calling my name..i couldn't tell it no..=)

So here are just a few pics = D

I want my tattoo

REALLY BAD!!!

♥

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oh how i have missed you

Dear Pudding,
I had forgotten how wonderful you are and how much i love you,
i am sorry for this horrible thing that i have done
thank you for coming back to me
i have missed you...

gross

when i get in a mood, i eat..all the time..and really unhealthy things...than i feel even worse...things i ate today:

2 no bake cookies
fries
some candy
a spicy southwest burger from Sonic
a cherry limeade(drank it not ate it)
and yesterday i ate
a whole bag of popcorn
and some stuff i cant remember

now i dont feel good, all that food is going to show up....blah

Everybody dance now

probably one of the most amazing things i have ever seen

Rain, Tea, Can-Can Dancers....

I'm sitting in my room while the rain falls outside
Drinking chai tea
Watching Moulin Rouge
And thinking that i should do my homework

life is good

A good weekend

So overall this weekend was really good! The Dave Barnes concert was absolutely amazing!! I did end up missing Colbie, which sucked a lot!!!! But the rest of the concert was really great!!! Seeing sean was so fun! I even made two new friends! So even though it had some definite bumps along the way I am glad i went!