MintiFudge's Xanga

You Know You've Been To Kamp Kennessee If:

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:33:56 GMT

1. You know the Friends song by heart and continue singing it a month after kamp.
2. You know the proper response to "We're gonna have a..." is "GOOD DAY!"
3. You know what a gonDOla is.
4. You've ever said goodbye to a member of the opposite sex at the "bottom of the hill."
5. You refuse to play dodgeball if there are no pins involved.
6. You've ever sang the "Iggle Wiggle song"
7. You still have your bank card from 3 years ago.
8. You automatically start cheering when Chad begins walking to the front of the Chapel.
9. You have perfected the art of the slow clap.
10. Banquet is the most stressful night of the summer.

11. You know by heart the names of the counselors and which ones are and are not "cool."
12. You expect to see a lighted reindeer as decoration in the middle of summer.
13. The snack stand is the place to be.
14. You know who The Lanyards are.
15. You've heard so many Florida College speeches you could give one yourself.
16. You know it's required to put your arms around the people next to you whenever you sing "Light the Fire"
17. You know exactly how many Sarahs and Megans there are at Kamp (12 and 7).
18. When you see someone holding the door open for someone else, they're just trying to get a service award.
19. You have the last week of June reserved on every year's calendar.
20. You know there is no dancing below the hips in Chorus class.
21. You're so excited you start packing a month in advance.
22. You know what the "cup game" is, and any time you see a plastic cup you shiver.
23. When you hear the name Lurch you think of a tall, yellow, military man.

24. You have learned to hate the “Alive Alert Awake” song, but still feel the urge to sing it out of habit.

25. “The Pole” has an entirely different meaning to you.

26. You have a painted rock in your room.

27. You have learned to eat so much the third week of June, so you’ll be able to do without in the fourth.

28. You have perfected the art of writing letters for pictures from the sky.

29. You understand the intrigue of the word “hovering.”

30. The Klean Klabin award is something you put mints on your pillow for.

31. Creek Stomping and Shaving Cream Fights are favorite yearly activities.

32. You realize basketball HAS no rules and makes no sense at ALL.

33. It’s the only church kamp you have been to with an “idol.”

34. It rains during the scavenger hunt. EVERY YEAR.

35. Kamp Olympics are the only REAL olympics.

36. You actually want to go to bed.

37. You have no idea what goes on the few days after Kamp, because you are too busy sleeping.

38. “The Tabernacle” really does exist.

39. You have at least 2 t-shirts in every color.

40. You know you’ve been to Kamp if you are planning on going back next year.

This week has gone really well…

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:18:55 GMT

Calculus and Physics are pretty fun, but starting to get really difficult. We pretty much constantly ask Colin for help in Calc, and even though he is insanely busy with all of his other subjects, he always finds time to help us out. We just took our Physics test yesterday, so I guess we’ll see how we managed on that when we get them back Monday.

English is…well…interesting. We just got chastised for the abysmal job we did on our research. It was pretty funny when she beat Carl on the head with a stapler. However, I did do a fantastic job on my last persuasive essay for the state. Woot woot for sixes! Anyway, although it gets rough at times, I find the class incredibly beneficial, and Ms. Hofstetter’s sense of humor is hilarious; you can’t help but enjoy it. Plus, it’s impossible to be bored when you’re surrounded by Kathryn, Colin, and Jen the whole time.

Speaking of Kathryn, that brings us to Economics. Oh, wow. So, this class is incredibly easy, but due to the multitudinous inside jokes our table shares, I have the best time in the world. Coming up with interesting journals is the greatest. We recently wrote a poem “Shakespeare style” to the theme of Chad’s glove (which I had temporarily stolen). Pretty sure I laughed so hard I was crying.

Band moved to first lunch! Yes! I don’t have to eat alone! lol.

We finally got a good start on the band yearbook pages, and everyone really seems to love them. I really appreciate Chad, who has come in every day during prime time to give him input into the pages, and they have turned out really wonderful due to many (lol—if not all) of his ideas.

Sixth period is better. We have more of an alternation of classes now; sometimes we have a full house, and other days nothing at all. It’s nice to have a break every once in a while to have time to work on homework or just talk to Mrs. Garrott and Mrs. Lindsay. I’m glad things have died down a bit in there so its not as stressful every day.

Last night was amazing. We went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Concert, and I had the best time ever. It was the first concert of any sort I had been to before. There were lights, lasers, fire, and all sorts of things I had never dreamed I would see. The music was incredible; although I had heard much of it from CDs before, it was nothing like hearing it live. The guitarists were amazing, and I love the pianists, too. They played some of my favorite songs from the CD I have, so I recognized a lot of the music. lol—they even played Leila, which our band plays at the football games. Pretty sure I almost had a heart attack and killed Chad too when they began to play “A Last Illusion.” Ahh…the whole thing was incredible.

Well, work today has been exciting. Bob Jones is sick, so he can’t work OP, so I get the fantastic duty of calling all of the agents to see who doesn’t already have something scheduled so they can work his shift. lol—but it’s really alright. Me calling them enables me to remember them all better, which I really need to work on. lol—it’s a good thing I like to talk on the phone.

So, that’s it. I’m sure you all fell informed and enlightened by my lengthy dissertation on life…lol. I hope you guys have a great one this week.

Have fun,

leh

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:24:21 GMT

Hey,

I’m having some health problems, and I'm kind of worried. The doctor’s appointment is on Wednesday.

Talked to Chad and Miss Wilson today, and that helped…but I'm still nervous.

Talk to you guys soon,

leh

Trailblaze Day...

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:22:15 GMT

Ok, so today was amaaaazing…

It was Trailblaze, so we really didn’t have to do much in classes. I listened to my iPod during fourth and watched rock band set up during third. I didn’t actually walk…lol…for the first time ever, but it was still so much fun. Chad and I met up with Colin and Jen and we listened to the band while they ate pizza.

After that, everyone kind of scattered off, and I talked with Miss Wilson for awhile. I stopped by the band room again, and got enlisted to help get ice for the game tonight. Then Chad and Jen left, and I went back to Wilson’s room. I really like talking to her….just talking.

After that, I went to Chad’s to work on piano…amongst other things. He let me watch the last part of House (which was SO good), and then showed me some…uh…rather disturbing cartoons…lol. I loooooved playing the piano. I felt like an idiot, though…because he is amazingly talented…and I'm…not. Though, it felt great to be able to do that again. I really miss it.

So…thirteen hour babysitting job this Saturday…that’s big news, I guess.

AND I TOTALLY BOUGHT THE TRUCK!!! I'm excited about that.

AND—Chad asked me to go to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert this November…I'm REALLY excited about that.

Classes are good this year. We are finally getting into some of the really interesting material that matters. I'm glad.

I'm not going to the game tonight (sob). It’s the first one that I have missed this season…

BUT—I am totally going back to Chad’s Monday for another lesson. And then we are going to go to Mr. Mack’s class on mathematical infinity. I am really looking forward to that.

Well…I guess that’s all for now. I really don’t feel like saying much this time.

Have fun…

ttfn, ttyl…

leh

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:43:58 GMT

hey guys, i know its been awhile, but i am using mostly pleonast now. but, i thought i would send in a quick update to those who read this.

i am working at coldwell banker (snow and wall) now. i still have the procon job and i still do tons of babysitting. this summer has been busy! i leave in two days to go to hilton head with alli and her grandparents. that's going to be a blast!

band camp is next week, and since i'm doing the yearbook pages for them, i am going. also, teacher inservice is that week, so mrs. wilson will be there too. i went by her room today during my lunch hour to talk for awhile. even though it wasnt for very long, it was nice to hear what was up with her.

colin, jen, eric, chad, and i went to see superman on saturday. it was really good, but i think it had several inconsistancies. still--fantastic movie and great music. later that night we (the old RO crew) went to alli's gym for her birthday. chris, haven, allison, and i SO beat the other team at kickball 21-1!!! it was the greatest thing EVER! slightly under that--"utilizing" alli's birthday present (pride and prejudice) after everyone else went home.

i cant wait to go back to school! there are so many classes i am excited about and i'm really looking forward to seeing some familiar faces. im glad beth and chad have kept in touch as much as they have this summer; it was really hard last year not seeing anyone from school for months. physics, calc, and english should be fun, and maybe i can get away with never going to spanish class again! (lol--jk)--(or am i?!)

i just noticed that these paragraphs are growing progressively longer...lol.

well, i better get back to work. there's a brief update on what happening; you can also go to www.pleonast.com/MintiFudge? ; that gets updated a little more often. and, as usual, email gets checked on a daily basis (more often if im at work). see you guys later!

ttfn, ttyl,

leh

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:14:12 GMT

Hey guys!

The last three days have been amazing! It’s definitely been a fantastic Spring Break.

Thursday: Went bowling with the Royal Oaks crew. Why is changing everyone’s name so much fun? I have no idea. Ethan will try to claim he won all of the games. HA! Whatever. Allison said I won game two, but I was too busy annoying the “Sun Baby” from Telletubbies (aka—Beej!). Anyway, we had a great time. Alli (Aholiab) was there! And dude—I rocked as Ahizamack. It was amazing.

Friday: Hung with the group from school. Bethany and I went to lunch at Arby’s, and then met Eric at the mall. Chad and Jen joined us a few minutes later. THERE IS NOTHING TO DO AT THE STONES RIVER MALL! So, Chad suggested we go to the music store on the square. I was SO up for that! We hung out, played piano (and sooooo many other various instruments) and then listened to some tunes in Chad’s car. Unfortunately, his batter died, and we didn’t want to risk jumping it off my truck in the rain. So, they all piled into Eric’s car, and we headed to the skating rink. I think Bethany and I were the only ones who actually know how to skate. I taught Chad to blade, and I think he got it pretty well. He’s still kind of slow, but I guess speed comes with time. Beth showed up later, after her MTSU deal. Lol—she was on skates, so I couldn’t help her too much. Chad, Jen, and Eric had to leave to work on the car, so Beth, Bethany, and I stayed for a bit longer. Beth and I traded, and each attempted to learn to do the other. *NOTICE*--I still have NOT fallen! What now! leh has triumphed over the skating realm!

Saturday: Went to Bunting Volleyball. It was fun, saw a lot of people I hadn’t seen in ages. I actually played volleyball! Anyway…yeah. I had a great time. And I finally got to talk to Kerri!

Well, in other news—

Dad got home Friday, but has to leave again Monday.
School is tomorrow!!! YAY!
Beta convention is April 18-19. Our quiz bowl team won against Richard’s, so we’re competing for state.
AP exams…..argh….. not looking forward to that…..
I think a huge machine should be invented so that all the memories of every American are erased and there would be no AP US History classes (haha—APUSH, where is ASHOVE?) and I wouldn’t have to take the test. I'm so going to fail. Argh!
Thomason should die. Period. English is dead.
Alli burned me the All-American Rejects CD! (listening to it now!)

Mmm…yeah. That’s all I can think of for now. Sorry I haven’t been online lately, but it’s been BUSY! Oh, wow, though—I looked at the sky after all that rain we had on Friday. I didn’t think I would be able to see anything, but the stars were wonderful…truly amazing. I think I'm going to the library this summer and study some more astrology and geology. I miss researching on those. Mrs. Miller and I did look at some of the quartz in my collection, and that was fun. Yeah…I envy people who get to do that for a living.

Well, I better get going…lots to do today!

ttfn, ttyl,

leh

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:04:02 GMT

HEY GUYS!!!!!

Ok—wow—I just had the BEST time at FC junior days. (So there, BJ and Chris! What now?!)

I made so many new friends, and got caught up with some of the old ones, too.

Hey Stephen—sorry I didn’t get to talk to you online last night, but I wanted to tell you that they played two Coldplay songs at the talent show (Fix You and Kingdom Come). You should have been there! It was great!

Julianne—I'm so sorry I forgot to give you those CDs. I think I will be at the Shumake’s Bible Study, but if not, I will send them to you ASAP.

TABITHA!!!!! You loser. This is for you.

Revelations, Revelations
21:8, 12:8
Liars go to hell, liars go to hell
Burn burn burn, burn burn burn.

Lol—that was fun. (I really hope no one gets offended by that...)

So anyway, I got home extraordinarily late last night. I think I slept all day. Craziness!!!!!

So anyway…if anyone has some pictures from FC they want to send me, that would be great! I'm trying to update my scrapbook, but the memory disk to my digital camera is lost and the backup only holds…like 10…which is awful.

Ooooooooook. So, I'm bored.

I’M GOING TO PLAY THE RED BUTTON GAME!!!!!

http://www.kontrabandcontent.co.uk/1/graphics/pics/BigRedButton.swf

Play the red button game. Do it. NOW!

I can’t wait to get back to school! I miss my friends soooo much! I don't regret, however, the lack of homework….really enjoying that aspect…

Ok, so I'm running out of things to say. My mind is dead. I slept all day, but I'm still sooo tired. Can’t think anymore….

See you guys soon (and I'm going to start updating more often, promise!)
leh

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:47:06 GMT

THE ABSOLUTE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE DONE ALL DAY!!! (and the most productive, for that matter!)

have fun!

http://www.kontrabandcontent.co.uk/1/graphics/pics/BigRedButton.swf

***heehee***

anyway, so we did nothing today. in fact, i was so bored i actually cleaned my room. argh, we were gonna go to the movies today, but no one could really go, so i think we'll just postpone until tomorrow. chad went the jim brickman concert tonight...it sounded like fun. eric is at church, beth is at trap and working with eric on a latin project...IM BORED!!! SOMEONE SAVE ME!!! of course, if you played the red button game, you'd have to be bored, too!

see you guys soon,

leh

Friday, February 24, 2006

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:36:40 GMT

Name:	Lauren
Birthdate:	06-06-89
Birthplace:	Good ol’ Mboro
Current Location:	The office
Eye Color:	Blue
Hair Color:	Uh—kind of blondish
Height:	Five foot five
Piercings:	Ears
Tatoos:	Nope
Boyfriend/Girlfriend:	(sob) nope
Overused Phraze:	By me? “lol”
*FAVORITES*
Food:	Mmm…anything with potatoes
Candy:	Snickers
Number:	2 and 5 (or any combination of them)
Color:	Blue, green, and purple
Animal:	lol…uh…I gotta start coming up with an answer for this one…
Drink:	Root beer, fruit tea, and the grape/ginger ale stuff Grandma makes
Smell:	Books. Any of them.
Bagel:	(I love this question!) lol—plain, blueberry, and chocolate chip
Letter:	???
Thing u collect:	Books, chemically interesting rocks, bones/fossils
*This or That*
Pepsi or Coke:	Coke
McDonalds or BurgerKing:	BK—(by default) McDs is awful!
Strawberry or Watermelon:	Either one
Hot tea or Ice tea:	Iced
Chocolate or Vanilla	CHOCOLATE!!!
Hot Chocolate or Coffee:	Hot chocolate.
Kiss or Hug:	Lol—depends on who you are.
Dog or Cat:	Dog; my cat is psychotic.
Inside or out:	out
Summer or Winter:	Summer!!!!
Scary Movies or Funny Movies :	Depends on my mood
Love or Money:	love
*YOUR...*
Bedtime:	lol…uh…supposed to be 10:30
Most Missed Memory:
Favorite	Favorite what?
First Thought Waking Up:	mmm…thought about the dream I had…
Goal for this year:	J
Best Friend:	ALLI!!! (no jk—I hate you)
Favorite kind of animal:	Again…need to come up with an answer for this one.
Fears:
Heritage:	Scottish
Longest relationship:	n/a
*HAVE YOU...*
went to the moon:	Who hasn’t?
Lied:	Nope, never, not me!
Swam in the ocean:	yep
Ate something u didnt like to be nice:	lol—last week in Mexico. (I hate mango!!!)
Sky dived:	Nope
Suba dived:	Sounds like fun…
Surfed:	nope
Played an instrument:	Yep…lol

*IN A GUY/GIRL*
Favorite Eye Color:	Well, aren’t we picky
Favorite Hair Color:	I guess preferably dark
Short or Long:	What? Hair?
Height:	Taller than me (but that isn’t very hard)
Style:	?!?! since I have none, I don't think its fair for me to answer this question.
Looks or Personality:	Like anyone is going to actually put looks here. How shallow is that?
Hot or Cute	Uh…? Does this not totally contradict the previous question?
favorite name :	J
Muscular or Really Skinny:	J
*RANDOMS*
What state would u like to visit:	California
What country do you want to Visit:	Europe—all of it
How do you want to Die:	As long as I'm not buried alive… L
Been to the Mall Lately:	Sunday
Do you like Thunderstorms:	YES!!!
Get along with your Parents:	Nope (stupid question)
Health Freak:	Haha—that’s the funniest question ever!!!
Do you think your Attractive:	Not particularly
Believe in Yourself:	depends
Want to go to College:	yep
Tell your parents and family members everything:	nope
Been swimming lately:	Not as of late
Shower Daily:	yep
Been in Love:	nope
Do you Sing:	lol—I guess so
Want to get Married:	Yeah…
Do you want Children:	maybe
Have your future kids names planned out:	yes

hope you guys are having a great week!

cya soon,

leh

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:51:03 GMT

J.K. Rowling says...

Mark Evans is...nobody. He's nobody in the sense that Mr. Prentice, Madam Marsh and Gordon-Dudley's-gang-member are nobodies, just background people who need names, but who have no role other than the walk-on parts assigned to them.

I've got nobody to blame but myself. Sirius Black, Mrs. Figg and Mundungus Fletcher were all mentioned in passing well before they burst onto the stage as fully-fledged characters, so now you've all become too clever, not for your own good, but for mine. The fact is that once you drew my attention to it, I realised that Mark Evans did indeed look like one of those 'here he is, just a casual passer-by, nothing to worry about, be you barely noticed him' characters who would suddenly become, half way through book seven, 'Ha ha! Yes, Mark Evans is back, losers, and he's the key to everything! He's the Half Blood Prince, he's Harry's Great-Aunt, he's the Heir of Gryffindor, he lives in the Pillar of Storgé and he owns the Mystic Kettle of Nackledirk!' (Possible title of book seven there, must make a note of it).

Then why -- WHY -- (I hear you cry) -- did I give him the surname "Evans"? Well,, believe me, you can't regret it more than I do right now. "Evans" is a common name; I didn't give it much though; I wasn't even trying to set up another red herring. I could just as easily have called him 'Smith' or 'Jones' (or 'Black' or 'Thomas' or 'Brown', all of which would have got me into trouble too).

Ah, still one of the funniest quotes from JKR. Things have been going well as of late. I'm excited about Friday; GJ and I are leaving for Mexico! Church was great tonight. School was good, too. We had our study thing for quiz bowl after school. And I am SO driving. Very exciting stuff. And Alli would never forgive me if I didn’t mention the fact that she got a cow cover for her cell (can you say obsessed… J).

I survived Singles Awareness Day!!!

I LOVE BOSTON!!!

Randomness…..

Ok, well I'm done with HW, so I’ll head off to bed.

See you guys soon!

leh