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<title>you don&#039;t define me. - Homeschool Blogger</title>
<description>With every tear that falls
a part of me dies:
with every little teardrop
that anyone cries.
With every trail down your face
that tastes of salt...
I&#039;m not here to assign blame,
not here to argue fault.
I don&#039;t care who you are,
just that you&#039;re hurting inside;
I don&#039;t care how much you&#039;ve failed,
only that you tried.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 21:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>umhm. this is it. i hate causing all this drama. heh, oops, i am anyway.&lt;br /&gt;
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i'm going back to blogger. end of story.&lt;br /&gt;
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i just don't feel like i'll have so many random people finding my blog, adding me to friends' lists, messaging me, etc. &lt;br /&gt;
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need me, i'll check messages on here kinda regularly. or email it: ifweirdisnormal@yahoo.com&lt;br /&gt;
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and, just for the record, i'm creating a new blogger so that random hsb people don't follow me. xD no offense meant, of course.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 21:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>5/19/2008</title>
<description>M'kay, so, guess what?&lt;br /&gt;
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I officially disabled comments, for the same reason that I left HSB the first time. &lt;br /&gt;
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I'll getcha a real post later today or tomorrow, but for now, yeah. Wanna talk to me, don't plan to do it via comments. HSB has private messaging for a reason, yo. + there's always the cbox.&lt;br /&gt;
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I'll still comment if I like you. [: Also cleaning out my friends' list.&lt;br /&gt;
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I'm tired of drama &amp;amp; popularity contests.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 19:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces, singing: 'Whiskey for my men and beer for my horses!'&quot;</title>
<description>Oh. My. Gosh. I absolutely adore this song, it's just way too much fun. [It would be Picture To Burn, by Taylor Swift, if I had not already mentioned that.] I just like revenge songs is all, I think, yeahh. Makes me think of Before He Cheats...&amp;nbsp; only not quite so extreme. &lt;br /&gt;
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Anyhow, yep, I just spent all evening with Bekah, and that was weird. I mean, I'm still getting used to this whole friends-with-Bekah thing. We laughed and talked and... yeah. It was pretty amazing. I don't walk on eggshells around her anymore. I actually look forward to seeing her, and it's rather rad. And she likes good music, too! I mean... yeah. She likes Flyleaf. I was like: =O Whaa?? It's scaryyy. But rather amazing.&lt;br /&gt;
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Yeah, I do not feel anymore like sitting here and talking about my lovely door-to-door experiences anymore. Nope, so, I will shutup now. Yeahh.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;So go and tell your friends I'm obsessive and crazy, that's fine, I'll tell mine you're gay.&quot;</title>
<description>Yeah. So I guess I don't have a whole lot to say. I'm a little annoyed at Emma, she was being more than a little insensitive last night. I mean, it's nothing entirely new, but STILL. And then she decided that all I was good for was finding stuff out about people for her. I refuse to be used and thrown away until she needs me again, when she can't even find it in her heart to pretend to listen to my problems. &lt;br /&gt;
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However, I can't be too mad at her, because I do owe her for the wonderful conversation I had with CJ last night. Don't you love finding friends you didn't know you had? Iunno, I've known him for months, and we've talked casually a fair amount, but didn't really know anything about each other. I've always thought we really clicked [not, like, in a weird way], but I guess we were both just a little too shy to do anything about it. Which is weird to say, because I don't think anyone would use the word &quot;shy&quot; to describe either of us. Anyway, so maybe we're friends, instead of just acquaintances? It'd just be nice right now. [= yeahh. &lt;br /&gt;
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Anyway, yeah. I really don't have anything to say, I was going to rant about Emma, but that really didn't happen too much. I spent more time talking about CJ than Emma. But, whatever.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;Please realize I'm not half alive without a mess of help to stand alone.&quot;</title>
<description>i'm running out of song lyrics to use in titles. uhh. yeah. anyways, the only reason i'm posting is because i have pictures, which, of course, takes all the work out of posting. yay? i dunno. i did notice that somehow there's only one picture actually of me, but i did manage to be in the edge or background of almost every other picture, and i don't know how that one happened. buut, yeah. i decided i was too lazy to post all the pictures, which you don't want anyway, so here are what i deemed the eight best.&lt;br /&gt;
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what i want to know is why it was 80 outside yesterday and Caleb showed up in jeans and a sweatshirt... and he didn't take the sweatshirt off all night. buuut, yes.&lt;br /&gt;
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i guess i could talk about a bunch of fun things that happened... or humiliate myself by admitting that i got stuck in my own tree. but i'm tired, and my back is killing me, so i will just... leave it at this... i guess.&lt;br /&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;Wake up, call me, baby, call me, tell me what's on your mind!&quot;</title>
<description>yes, the template hurts MY eyes, too, thank you for noticing. that's why i like it. i don't normally use so many bright colors in one template... so this is a first for me. not really. but kinda. i dunno. &lt;br /&gt;
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i'm bored, nothing's happening in my life right now. and since i have nothing productive that i need to do i don't feel guilty for not doing anything productive. i mean... not quite true, there ARE things i could be doing but... i'll pretend i don't know that. &lt;br /&gt;
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i pretty much have nothing to say, go figure. and i probably will not remember to comment anyone. actually, more like i'll conveniently forget. &lt;br /&gt;
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okay, something to say. uhhh. last week [i think?] we pulled down [yeah, i said PULLED] our garage... intentionally, of course. and tomorrow the youth group has a lovely service project... disassembling what's left of said garage, which is basically a roof on a concrete slab. best part about it has to be the pizza that's involved, oh yeah. i'm trying to figure out whether we'll end up with Monical's or Casey's.&lt;br /&gt;
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yeah. i've talked about that as much as possible. i'm so boring.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>would you say you love me under this ordinary moonlight?</title>
<description>erin is depressing herself by reading yesterday's entry. sooo moving on.&lt;br /&gt;
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i feel different tonight. like, yeah. if there was anything that needed standing up for, tonight would be the night that i would stand up for it. i feel amazing. like nobody matters. no one could make me happier, no one could ruin my mood. it makes me feel powerful. &lt;em&gt;i could do anything! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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anyhow. yeah. i love how i'm in this mood... i managed to listen to two songs that make me cry all the time without crying. i am so good! people should outlaw songs like Can You Feel The Love Tonight and The Little Girl. they really outta outlaw the hamster dance, too... because just now trying to type it i spelled hamster wrong. ^^ wow. really sad.&lt;br /&gt;
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and ohhhkayy. i so just figured out who an anonymous commenter was from back in august. =] funny... how did i not realize it then? but i just wasted half an hour reading posts from august... oops.&lt;br /&gt;
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anyway. i'll post this now, before it gets longer... i definitely need to make a new template...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;i made a wish on a shooting star once but it's been so long...&quot;</title>
<description>&quot;...never did believe it till you showed up there and proved me wrong.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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okay. wow. emotionally draining day. i just need to relax... breathe... chill... ahhh.&lt;br /&gt;
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so, this morning... the church officially welcomed the new members into the church. which was a total thrill for me... cuz i'm an official Nazarene now, i guess. i don't know, thrilling, i guess. it feels a lot more like a family than before, and that's saying a lot. a lot, a lot, a lot... yeahhh. and then, to top that off, i came home from church and took a nap! lol, yeah, you didn't get that...&lt;br /&gt;
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and then this afternoon... kristi [emma's mom] decided that she needed to use me to put emma's little sister's music on her mp3 player. becauuuuse, i dunno why. but i got a little fired up about that. see, if sara had come to me and asked for me to do it, no problem! but kristi told emma to ask me. and it ended up getting worked out, but i got fired up for nothing and made me a tad irritable. &amp;amp;&amp;amp; i guess it made me feel a little useless for a while.&lt;br /&gt;
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tonight, now, that's another story. tj and jacob were being... weird. not good weird. long story short, tj was being a jerk, enough of one for emma to snap at him. which is saying a lot. emma is very, very non-confrontational. i've heard her yell twice. ever. if that many times... i can only think of one, but i'm guessing there has to be another. anyway. she's always telling me &quot;it's just tj&quot; when i rant about him. and so him being bad enough for her to yell means he was being awful. just annoying, immature, disrespectful, down-right rude. but enough to make me mad... and it made me even madder that he made emma mad.&lt;br /&gt;
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gahh. now. wow. i need to breath, relax... uh-huh.&lt;br /&gt;
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on a lighter note: i found a girl today who's thirteen... and has to be one of the smartest girls i know. wow. some of the things she said were pretty darn amazing. ^^ scaryy.&lt;br /&gt;
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rant over. i hope.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;you're a God-send...&quot;</title>
<description>so i did this randomly, and wasn't gonna post it, i was just bored. but then i was so amazed and in awe that everything started with either G or H... until i realized my mp3 player wasn't on shuffle, just play all, so they were alphabetical anyway. lol. so i'm going to do it twice...  &lt;br /&gt;
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Directions: 1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media player, ect. on shuffle or random.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp; 2. For each answer press the next song button, YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!&lt;br /&gt;
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1. How would you describe yourself? Godsend by DC Talk [arrogant, much??]&lt;br /&gt;
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2. What do your friends think of you? Gone by TobyMac [great... are these friends or ex-friends??]&lt;br /&gt;
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3.&amp;nbsp; What do you think about often? Gone by Switchfoot [well at least it makes sense.]&lt;br /&gt;
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4. What do your parents think about you? Gone Remix by TobyMac [wow... that makes a bit of sense] &amp;amp;&amp;amp; since that song's kinda already been used... trying this again: Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy by Queen. [no comment?]&lt;br /&gt;
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5. What do you want to be when you grow up? Good Vibrations by Beach Boys [wow. like that makes sense... &quot;i'm pickin' up good vibrations&quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
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6. What do you think when you see the person you like? Grey by Barlow Girl [what the heyy?? they've all started with a G]&lt;br /&gt;
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7. What do you think of your best friend? Hammer To Fall by Queen [um... why??]&lt;br /&gt;
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8. What do you think of the person you like? Harder Than the First Time by Barlow Girl [&quot;i walked with you, just like we've done for so long...&quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
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9. What song will they play at your wedding? Hate by Plain White t's [oh, gosh... yeah, talk about starting a marriage off on the right foot... haha]&lt;br /&gt;
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10. What song will they play at your funeral? Head on Collision by Hawk Nelsen [maybe that's how i've died?]&lt;br /&gt;
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11. What is your biggest fear? Head Over Heels by Switchfoot [they've all started with G or H...]&lt;br /&gt;
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12. What is your biggest secret? Headlong by Queen [still.]&lt;br /&gt;
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13. What do you think of your friends? Heard That Sound by MxPx [wow... H or G..]&lt;br /&gt;
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and now, using shuffle:&lt;br /&gt;
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1. How would you describe yourself? Hey There, Delilah by PWT's [i think of myself that way? isn't that, like, narcissism... and impossible since i can't be that far away from myself anyway...]&lt;br /&gt;
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2. What do your friends think of you? Your Owls Are Hooting by Showbread [riiight.]&lt;br /&gt;
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3.&amp;nbsp; What do you think about often? One Vision by Queen [that song has a creepy intro...]&lt;br /&gt;
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4. What do your parents think about you? Faking My Own Suicide by Relient K [wow, really? my mom thinks that song's morbid.]&lt;br /&gt;
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5. What do you want to be when you grow up? Help Me, Rhonda by Beach Boys [that makes zero sense.]&lt;br /&gt;
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6. What do you think when you see the person you like? Courage by Superchick [ahhh. the last time i did it it made more sense. kinda.]&lt;br /&gt;
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7. What do you think of your best friend? Bring 'Em Out by Hawk Nelson [not arguing...]&lt;br /&gt;
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8. What do you think of the person you like? Everything You Ever Wanted by Hawk Nelson [err... it works, i suppose]&lt;br /&gt;
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9. What song will they play at your wedding? The Great Divide by Scott Stapp [&quot;you set me free to live my life you became my reason to survive the great divide, you set me free&quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
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10. What song will they play at your funeral? In The Light by DC Talk [makes sense.]&lt;br /&gt;
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11. What is your biggest fear? Breakfast by The Newsboys [wow... so. am i afraid of hell or actually breakfast??]&lt;br /&gt;
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12. What is your biggest secret? Wonder by Superchick [so my biggest secret is that i just fell head-over-heels for some random guy who doesn't know my name? &quot;dear diary, i saw this guy at the show, he was singing to me, at least i think so... i have waited my whole life for the day i am his, i just know he's the one-der what his name is!&quot; lol]&lt;br /&gt;
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13. What do you think of your friends? Drowning by MxPx [haha. i feel like drowning? is that their fault?</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;don't wanna be you.&quot;</title>
<description>i do wish to inform you... every single one of you... that my life is better than yours. [= mmhmm. now i feel like i'm bragging. well, guess what? I AM! heh. yeah. i'm happy tonight, and i do intend to be happy for the next fifty gazillion years... plus. yes, i'm happy.&lt;br /&gt;
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i feel like singing. actually, i am singing. yeah, wow. so... i definitely like good charlotte all of a sudden again... kinda weird. i haven't listened to them in forever. buuut, yeah.&lt;br /&gt;
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i have nothing to say. the Heaven's Gates, Hell's Flames drama tonight was amazing... if anyone's seen that put on, you know what i'm talking about. i must say, though... i laughed when in the middle of the invitation their spotlight fell over. oops??&lt;br /&gt;
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gah. sooo. i'm bored. me... yesterday. yepp.&lt;br /&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue,  8 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;you're gonna miss this, you're gonna want this back, you're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast.&quot;</title>
<description>so. let's see. i'm having an amazing day for no reason... no, not true. loud country music, talking to kasey, finally have lockin plans... enough to make my day happy. i love the radio. &amp;amp;hearts;&lt;br /&gt;
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i have to go clean the fellowship hall again tonight, and i'm even looking forward to that. that means caffeine and more loud music. yay!&lt;br /&gt;
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and saturday, i have a quiz. personally, i'm not feeling very optimistic about this. i have to make the top five, and i'm not so sure i can. if i don't, i'll start studying luke and get a head-start for next year... if i do? i'll die of shock. xD&lt;br /&gt;
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and then the saturday after that is kevin's quiz, which i don't normally go to, but i think i'm going to this one. yeah. &lt;br /&gt;
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i dunno why i'm blogging right now. i just feel like i could do anything... it's an amazing feeling. =] i love it. most definitely.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu,  3 Apr 2008 19:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>oh, no. this is not another tag.</title>
<description>so, yes. i'm doing another tag because i'm bored out of my skull. there's nothing to say. =/ i should really be outside picking up sticks/limbs/boards because my mother insists that now it's April the lawn has to look nice. riiight, so, if it's supposed to look nice what am i supposed to do about the mounds of dirt and grass that has not yet turned green?&lt;br /&gt;
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whatever. like i said, i'm gonna do a tag. tonight i have church... well, missionary meeting, which is church, and which i will hereby refer to as NMI... so i'm looking forward to going to that. i like sitting around for an hour with the crazy youth group kids. it's nice, yeahh. especially now that katie's getting older, she's so silly. i love that kid, she makes everything funny, and i never can figure out if she does it on purpose or not. anyway. yeah. 'nuff of that.&lt;br /&gt;
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yeah, and this is rad. i like facebook's new &quot;people you may know&quot; thingie. yeah, cuz i so just found john on there, which is cool, cuz i never, ever talk to him anymore. and if i ever feel like i need to be reminded what mechanically separated meat is, now i have a way to ask him. xD&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Things about You: &lt;br /&gt;
1. Are you in a relationship? last time i checked.&lt;br /&gt;
2. Are you happy?: i'm pretending to be... and it's working.&lt;br /&gt;
3. Are you bored?: yes.&lt;br /&gt;
4. Are you sad?: trying not to be... and that's working, too.&lt;br /&gt;
5. Are you Italian?: nopee.&lt;br /&gt;
6. Are you German?: yeah.&lt;br /&gt;
7. Are you Asian?: no.&lt;br /&gt;
8. Are you Mexican?: no.&lt;br /&gt;
9. Are you Irish?: and another no. &lt;br /&gt;
10. Are your parents still married?: nope.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Ten Facts &lt;br /&gt;
1. age: fifteen.&lt;br /&gt;
2. Hair Color: dark brown. [= &lt;br /&gt;
3. Height: 5'5&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
4. Hair style: urrr. like it is?&lt;br /&gt;
5. Eye color: bluee.&lt;br /&gt;
6. Birthday: november 18, 1992&lt;br /&gt;
7. Mood: weird.&lt;br /&gt;
8. Crush's name: i seriously like to believe i've moved on and will no longer have any &quot;crushes&quot;. get what i'm saying?&lt;br /&gt;
9. Available: nope.&lt;br /&gt;
10. Lefty/right: this has got to be the most pointless question ever and i choose not to answer it for the billionth time.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Ten Things About Your Love Life &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;[oh, no... ten things about my love life? that scares me.]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt; 1. Have you ever been in love?: yes &lt;br /&gt;
2. Do you believe in love at first sight?: not at all.&lt;br /&gt;
3. Do you like someone? yepp.&lt;br /&gt;
4. Have you ever been hurt?: yeah.&lt;br /&gt;
5. Have you ever broken someone's heart?: possibly. mm'yeah. &lt;br /&gt;
6. Have u ever got mad at the special someone and told them? i've never really been mad at him... so no?&lt;br /&gt;
7. Have you ever liked someone but never told them?: who hasn't??&lt;br /&gt;
8. Are you afraid of commitment? no.&lt;br /&gt;
10. Have you ever had a secret admirer?: odds are i have.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Ten this or that's &lt;br /&gt;
1. Love or lust? love. &amp;lt;3&lt;br /&gt;
2. Snowmobile or ATV? ATV... simply because snow isn't required... not that i've driven one or anything.&lt;br /&gt;
3. Cats or dogs? doggies.&lt;br /&gt;
4. A few best friends or many regular friends? urr. what i have now. a little bit of both.&lt;br /&gt;
5. Television or Internet? internet.&lt;br /&gt;
6. Pepsi or coke? coke, baby... i suppose. coke is better than pepsi, but pepsi products are better than coke products [mountain dew better than mellow yellow, sierra mist better than sprite...].&lt;br /&gt;
7. Facebook or Myspace: facebook, thank you.&lt;br /&gt;
8. Black or white? it depends on what it is. &lt;br /&gt;
9. Night or day? night!&lt;br /&gt;
10. IM or phone? umm. it depends on who it is, my mood, and what we're talking about.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Ten Preferences in girl/guy. &lt;br /&gt;
1. Country boy or SURFER? ew, i see labels and stereotypes. &lt;br /&gt;
3. Hugs or kisses: both... is that a valid answer??&lt;br /&gt;
4. Shorter or taller: taller.&lt;br /&gt;
5. Intelligence or attraction: i could go off on a mini-rant about why i dislike this question.&lt;br /&gt;
6. Romantic or spontaneous: okay, my standard answer for this is definitely spontaneously romantic.&lt;br /&gt;
7.Nice stomach or nice arms: yepp, well... i suppose i'd like to pretend it doesn't matter one bit. but i'll admit nice stomach. but that's predictable, riiight??&lt;br /&gt;
8. Hook-up or relationship: relationship...&lt;br /&gt;
9. U want him 2 own a truck or motorcycle? wow, like i care... but i don't like motorcycles.. since, like, my g'pa's fell over on us. they scare meee. so i guess i just ruled motorcycle out.&lt;br /&gt;
10. Play the guitar or into sports:&amp;nbsp; guitar. but only cuz it means he's halfways musical and i don't have to listen to him talk about sports. but it doesn't matter to me, really.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Your Lasts &lt;br /&gt;
1. Last phone call you made: what about it?? like... last night... and to Chris.&lt;br /&gt;
2. Last phone call you received: errr. i'm not sure. my mom, this morning.&lt;br /&gt;
3. Last person you hung out with: emma.&lt;br /&gt;
4. Last person you hugged: that would... umm... be Chris still. wow, i need to hug someone again. &lt;br /&gt;
5. Last person you IMed: jetlan.&lt;br /&gt;
6. Last text message you received: from john mark... asking how horton was. like, ten minutes ago.&lt;br /&gt;
7. Last person you went to the movie with: Chris... plus mom and kevin...&lt;br /&gt;
8. Last person you missed: Chris.&lt;br /&gt;
9. Last song you heard: i want it all, by queen. yepp, it's on a commercial now, and i smile every time i see the commercial. &lt;br /&gt;
10. Your last crush:&amp;nbsp; ... i already gave you a mini rant about crushes. knock it off.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<title>today is april fools day. yay?</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;Rules: Use the first letter of YOUR name to answer each Q. You cant use your own name for the name Q. (boy/Girl name). When you are done, the number of letters in your name is how many people you tag! What is your name? Erin &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;four letter word: even.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;vehicle:. element, by honda.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;city: uhhhh.... east peoria. [= it is so a city!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;boy name: erik.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;girl name: elizabeth... or eliza. [=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Movie: evan almighty.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;occupation: egg picker upper?? i don't knowww! ...i'm so dumb. english teacher. o.^&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;something you wear: egg-shaped hat? ... i have this thing with eggs today, gimme a break!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;celebrity:&amp;nbsp; ELIJAH WOOD!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;food: eggs!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;something found in a kitchen: egg dicer. yes it DOES exist. &amp;lt;,&amp;lt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;reason for being late: evan called me. =D&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;something found in a bathroom: earrings. [in our bathroom, you bet!]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;cartoon character: does eglantine, from bedknobs and broomsticks count?? puhlease!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;something you shout: &quot;egg-snatchers!!&quot; ... sorry, i was watching land before time. xD&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;animal: electric eel.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;body part: eye. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;word to describe you: extreme. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I will tag:&amp;nbsp; no one!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<title>&quot;she's so calm, yet so confused, she don't know she's being used.&quot;</title>
<description>i am so good, you bet! twice in a week?? how often does that happen?&lt;br /&gt;
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so, i guess first i was just really excited about this morning. [= in sunday school opening there were actually kids i didn't know... and we had all three of our pews filled [we could have scrunched together and gotten more, of course, but i'm grateful for what we had] and it was exciting. especially 'cuz Madison [i will not forget her name again!] and her brothers came back. yepp.&lt;br /&gt;
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and then, go figure, i had to sing... cuz Bob was sick. darn him. =[ not that i should complain or anything, because i really am very glad that i got to sing again.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
anyway. uhh. tonight will be interesting. but i choose not to tell you why, because that would involve a lot of explaining on my part. yeah, and i'm horribly lazy and want to avoid that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
so, yesterday was radd. um... yeah. i'm not even going to spend much time on that, because once i start i probably won't be able to stop and, yeah.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
i think now i am going to go read my new Ted Dekker book... which i'm afraid to do because once i start i know i'll devour it, which i don't want to do. i would love to make it last... but i think that's just not gonna happen and i should just get used to it. =/</description>
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<title>&quot;ooh, you make me live, now, honey&quot;</title>
<description>so, new template, yay. i swear, i'd forgotten what i was doing. like, i had the hardest time getting the line spacing figured out cuz i just did something super dumb and... yeah, why am i admitting this? i shouldn't tell you i just spent an hour working on this template, i should say it took me a couple minutes, no sweat. &amp;lt;,&amp;lt; oh, well, my excuse: i was multitasking!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
any way. i will... shutup now. yepp. [=</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>let's try this again.</title>
<description>so, i know, i'm a horrible person and i haven't blogged in over a week. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
so now it's Easter, right? wonderful. just another Sunday. Bob put us through the torture of watching a video we've watched three [maybe four, i can't remember] Easters in a row, so i pretty much didn't get as much from that as i maybe could have. not that i should complain or anything.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
then it was the week i go down and help with the kids for children's church, and that's always a little hectic. i love it, though, definitely. those kids are so adorable, i wish i was down there every week. we had three kids there that i didn't know, and that's really exciting, hopefully they'll come back. especially the little girl, as soon as we walked out of the sanctuary, she came up to me and grabbed my hand and said &quot;i like you better&quot;. and she kinda stole my heart. [= i mean, i love them all, but i do have a special place in my heart for her [i honestly forget her name... it started with an m is all i know] and for Michael. maybe having &quot;favorites&quot; isn't a good thing, but i can't help it. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
anyway. no, i probably won't comment you all back, cuz i'm a bad person. annnd i have no idea when i'll get around to blogging again.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>uh. oops?</title>
<description>yes, i'm horrible, i haven't posted in awhile.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
let's see. we've got revival this week at church, and the past three nights have been pretty darn amazing, mmhmm. however, i've gone out to eat after everyone of them, so i feel just a tad spoiled... but whatever. i'm not complaining!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
tomorrow is the district quiz. that means the one that determines whether or not i move on, and the one where i get a new team, yay? yeahh. oh, gosh. my team? Emma, Meghan, Sara and Becca. we are going to kick butt. because we're just amazing like that, yess. if i can keep Meghan from being pessimistic we could really go far. and i look forward to having chances at third, fourth and fifth person bonus.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
meanwhile there's Jacob's team. TJ and Chrissy? wow, yeah... they're just along for the ride, they don't even want to perform. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
seems to me like i had something interesting to say -- guess not. eh, well. there's a post for you. yay? you betcha.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>what have we become?? [an angel with no wings]</title>
<description>&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;this is just a rant i posted the other day on shoutlife. i figured, since i didn't have anything to say...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
what about love? what about God? what about holiness? what about mercy, compassion and selflessness?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
i was watching the news this morning...&lt;br /&gt;
well, see. they showed this video, right?&lt;br /&gt;
a car pulled into a car wash... the manual kind, where you wash&amp;nbsp; your car yourself.&lt;br /&gt;
the mom [five months pregnant, i might note] got out, put in $2, grabbed her two year old daughter, and sprayed her daughter with the house.&lt;br /&gt;
oh. my. flipping. stars.&lt;br /&gt;
this isn't funny. this isn't a joke.&lt;br /&gt;
she then proceeded to remove the little girls clothes, wrap her in a towel, and place her back in the car.&lt;br /&gt;
punishment for something?&lt;br /&gt;
no child deserves that.&lt;br /&gt;
come on, PEOPLE!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;&amp;amp; then?&lt;br /&gt;
i was watching dr phil, and he was doing a NOW special on sex offenders...&lt;br /&gt;
why do we let these people live free?&lt;br /&gt;
three strikes, you're out?&lt;br /&gt;
but that's three victims... three children...&lt;br /&gt;
he stole this girl offa her friend's couch. &lt;br /&gt;
she was nineteen.&lt;br /&gt;
he raped her...&lt;br /&gt;
and murdered her.&lt;br /&gt;
it's NOT JUST A LITTLE KID THING!&lt;br /&gt;
they don't let registered offenders live near a school,&lt;br /&gt;
but they can live near a day care.&lt;br /&gt;
did you know that?&lt;br /&gt;
come on, PEOPLE!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;&amp;amp; what else?&lt;br /&gt;
i was standing in church the other day, waiting to head up with the choir to sing.&lt;br /&gt;
betty was talking to trudy... about micheal.&lt;br /&gt;
see, he's eight, i think.&lt;br /&gt;
he's a &quot;problem child&quot; from a distance.&lt;br /&gt;
but he's really very sweet.&lt;br /&gt;
apparently he gets locked out of the house??&lt;br /&gt;
it's illinois... we have cold winters. this shouldn't happen.&lt;br /&gt;
this poor little boy.&lt;br /&gt;
so sometimes he comes to church hungry...&lt;br /&gt;
i hear it's more often than not.&lt;br /&gt;
come on, PEOPLE!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;&amp;amp; then there was Bill Cosby yesterday;&lt;br /&gt;
he was on Oprah.&lt;br /&gt;
he was talking about, like... low expectations...&lt;br /&gt;
especially among the black population.&lt;br /&gt;
we need to step up!&lt;br /&gt;
as parents,&lt;br /&gt;
as teachers,&lt;br /&gt;
as neighbors,&lt;br /&gt;
as Americans.&lt;br /&gt;
come on, PEOPLE!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;&amp;amp; also?&lt;br /&gt;
recently i heard on the news&lt;br /&gt;
[i've actually heard tons about it lately]&lt;br /&gt;
that there was this young couple...&lt;br /&gt;
well, they had a young son;&lt;br /&gt;
i think he was five months or something.&lt;br /&gt;
he was murdered:&lt;br /&gt;
they did it:&lt;br /&gt;
the parents, i mean.&lt;br /&gt;
he was left in a room that was about eighty degrees... in his carseat... in a snow suit...&lt;br /&gt;
he starved to death.&lt;br /&gt;
his parents lawyers will probably blame it on &quot;temporary insanity&quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
just like last time something like this happened around here.&lt;br /&gt;
insanity like this isn't temporary...&lt;br /&gt;
it took over a week for baby Benjamin to starve to death.&lt;br /&gt;
come on, PEOPLE!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;&amp;amp; the saddest thing?&lt;br /&gt;
i could go on... i could go on forever.&lt;br /&gt;
what happened to parenting?&lt;br /&gt;
or maybe just what happened to love?&lt;br /&gt;
respect for one another?&lt;/font&gt;</description>
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<title>celebrate life.</title>
<description>alright, so. i haven't yet gotten around to commenting that many people, since i'll have to do that again to get back in touch with old friends.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
anyhow, i'm gonna be gone, like, all weekend. i leave tonight at 5 [in six hours] and will be gone until tomorrow night late, and then sunday i won't be on until sometime in the afternoon so, yeah. i'll talk to you all whenever i get back...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
and hopefully by then i'll have something worthwhile to blog about.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri,  7 Mar 2008 11:01:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>&amp;amp;&amp;amp; guess who's back??</title>
<description>hi, hsb. [=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
it's hard to believe that i'm sitting here... on this page... typing up an entry. whoa. it's been a few months, yes?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
so. i feel very unprofessional, typing with no caps. but this is how i type on shoutlife and im, &amp;amp; that's what i've been using the most over the past couple of months, so this is the end result, i suppose. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
we should throw a par-tay! i'm homeee. well, i feel like i'm home, anyway. it's rad. say hi to the same old erin you all new and loved [i hope].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
i'm back and never been better. i'm happier, having more fun, and just still a bundle of fun... i hope. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
i missed hsb... not, like, any one person in particular, but hsb as a community. it sounds odd, 'cuz i sure complained about it when i was here last time. but, yeah.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
drop me a line, yo?</description>
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<pubDate>Thu,  6 Mar 2008 22:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
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