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What part of your childhood do you miss the most?
Submitted by Maretta.

the innocent/ignorant/naive/care-free/worry-free/always fun not work part. that about sums it up!

heard a quick piece of history the other day that got stuck in my head..glad it's in there though..in the US civil war, the soldiers from North Carolina were said to be the ones who stood there ground the most..they wouldn't flinch, they wouldn't retreat and they were considered the most brave i would say..for that they were called the "tar-heel boys", cause General Robert E Lee once said that it seemed to be like they had tar on their soles that made them stick on the ground so they wouldn't move..i thought it was really cool, how a nickname could come of such an honorable thing..
oh well, just wanted to share that with you..that and the song i placed below, i liked the cold smooth voice of the girl, hope you like it too..cool fact: the girl that sings was actually a dancer sometime..have it awesome!..

Lykke li-dance. dance. dance.

lykke li

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...you cant stand seeing couples kissing on their profile pics.

...you cant stand seeing couples smiling together in their profile pics.

...you get disgusted or slightly jealous when another couple gets engaged and spreads it all over facebook.

...you can't even stand looking at the "happy couples" page in the TBT.

yeah thats right. I'll admit it. I am Shannon and I am bitter, and mostly jealous. I am sick of being alone and I am sick of being slammed in the face with happy couples.

I know I would feel differently if I was 1/2 of one of those happy couples I see all over the gosh darn internet!

What was the best thing about your weekend?

I had an awesome weekend! i have no money left, but it was all worth it!

Thursday-Kristen came in from Pcola
Friday-We went to warped tour, front and center for The Academy Is..., also got the set list and got it signed by all members!
Friday Night-went out to Howl at the Moon with the boys, wish I could have stayed longer, but the Moon will always be there!
Saturday-lazy day
Saturday Night-good times with internet friends on ustream and skype. miss those days. "hung out" with Amanda, Jake Marsh, and Matthew. Hope to do it again soon! Maybe once classes are over
Sunday-finally installed new keyboard, which means I have an "n" again! Yay! Ellie randomly surprised me by telling me she was back in town from living in New Orleans for almost a year! She may end up moving in with me too, if she decides to stay in the area! I hope she does! The three of us girls (Ellie, Kristen, and I) spent the day at Brandon Town Center and rode a double decker carousel at the mall! pic and video to come!
Sunday NIght-Found out Eric is also back in town, went over to his apt to work on my lesson plans that were due TODAY!

Besides staying up until 2am to do lesson plans, the weekend was a blast! I wish all my weekends could be this fun!

This is going to be random and short, but I wanted to share.

So last night I had a dream about Spooky, where someone came over to my apt and they were holding Spooky. The person like pushed all of Spooky's fur out of the way so you could see his skin, and there on his skin was a stamp with an address of the vet he had been neutered at (because Spooky was a stray cat that came to my house and ran inside, and he was already neutered). The stamp on his skin had his birthday, his name, and the address of the vet he was stamped at. I don't remember what his name was, but I do remember his birthday for some reason - October 27, 2006. Who knows if that is true or not. I am just going to stick with his April 1, 2006 birthday.

Oh and since we are talking about dreams, I also had a dream last night that I was dating Chad Michael Murray's character on One Tree Hill - Lucas Scott. I have no idea where I get this random dreams from. But it sucks because they all seem so gosh darn real.

Okay enough about dreams. On with my day! Ellie is in town. Might meet up with her. I have tons of homework! opps!

What question do you hate being asked?

Anything related to my height. I mean I obviously accept that I am short. There is nothing I can do about it. Oh and I hate being asked about whether I am a virgin or not. I don't know. Sometimes I don't mind talking about my height and whether or not I have had sex, but sometimes it irks me. 

So that will be tomorrow. Well actually that is me always-blunt. I always just say what I am thinking. Well I have decided that tomorrow I am going to ask a guy out. He has no idea I am going to do it. In fact, I am not even sure he knows who I am. We don't talk. I mean that. I met him about a month ago at a training. We have the same job, but we never see each other. Our groups never cross paths. He approached me, randomly at the fireworks. I have thought he was attractive since I met him at training. He is tall, just like I like my boys to be. He has a degree, means hes going places (even though he does work at a summer camp, but hey I have a degree and I work at a summer camp). He works with kids all day long so he can't be that much of an ass hole. He seems like a fun person.

So yeah I am just going to go up to him at work tomorrow and ask him if he would like to hang out with me sometime. I guess I feel like I have nothing to lose. I mean, I never see him at work anyways, so if he rejects me, well....I don't come in contact with him. And, we hardly know each other, so its not like my feelings will be hurt. Rejection sucks, but I am used to it. However, I don't think I have ever asked a guy out before. Not a guy I don't really know. I think I tell guys like over the internet or on the phone, yeah we should meet up sometime. But never in person. I guess I am turning over a new leaf. Taking chances and hoping for the best!

Wish me luck! I'll let you know what happens!

Ps. Warped Tour on Friday! I can't wait to see my homeboys, The Academy Is...!

How are you celebrating the 4th of July?

well since I went out last night, I got to sleep well, and sleep in. It felt good to sleep until almost 11AM ( I usually wake up for work at either 6AM or 7AM depending on if I have class after work that day). However, I do have to work today. But before work, I attempted to spend a few hours analyzing research studies that I then have to write lit. reviews for, for my own research proposal study. I am a slacker and it is catching up with me big time. I didn't get as far as I hoped because now I have to go get ready for work. Work today is to stand by the bathrooms (I was told, obviously I did not choose) for 4 and a half hours. Why? I am not sure. I was told to make sure the bathrooms are cleaned (yuck) and well stocked (ugh) oh and make sure no one around me is lighting of fireworks. I am excited to see fireworks, but standing by the bathrooms, alone, with no friends or anyone, BORING! I guess the brightside is that I am getting paid. But honestly, at this point, I would rather stay home, not make any money, and work on getting these two lit. reviews done. Because now I have to finish them tonight. I will be pulling an all night (on a Friday night, go figure) because my partner for this proposal and I are meeting at 7 30 AM tomorrow to work on the entire proposal. I told her it shouldn't take us long, once we get the lit. reviews out of the way. I hope that I am right. Because she seems very stressed about her life, and I don't want to cause any problems to make her life worse. I think I will feel better once this proposal is done. After that tomorrow, I will be working on an assignment for one class, a presentation for that same class, and a huge project for that class. That is all the plan for tomorrow ( I guess I got off topic from my 4th of July plans, but seeing as that for me it's almost over, I might as well get into the rest of the weekend). Then on Sunday I plan on working on a whole other project/presentation for another class.

So as you can see, this is the weekend of projects. I have no other time, so I have no other choice in putting it off anymore. It all has to be done this weekend.

Well I should quit typing and get on with it.

Happy 4th ya'll!

If you could do anything you want tomorrow, what would it be?
Submitted by Becca-Pink.

I am actually okay with my plans for tomorrow!

First plan, we are going on a field trip to the zoo! I have never been to this zoo. I hear it's great! I hope to see penguins and polar bears!

Next is class, which I could do without, but I don't mind. I mean, I did choose to get my master's, no one is forcing me.

Then, it's bar time with Torrie! I love going out because I hardly ever get to! So I love it more when the opportunity arises!

That's what is really going down tomorrow. I am not excited about class, but I am excited about the zoo and going out!