Yep! Come Tuesday, this lil' treasure will be in my hands, then in my DS. Cost me 5 dollars more than I thought (I thought it cost $30), but that's okay. I might even check on Monday night before they close to see if they got it in.

Anyways, I had a pretty boring day. I worked on those lockers for like 2 and a half hours, and still have quite a bit left to go. I'm thinking it'll take me about 6 more hours to do those lockers, and then I'm done! And I get my money and I can pay my mom back for the money I reserved Meteos with. I'm so going to hate Tuesday and Wednesday, because I know I'll have Meteos waiting for me at home and I'll be scurbbing lockers!! Oh well, I'll get over it...

Then I got home and I got distracted and I couldn't write my Metroid Prime review. Then Mindy called at 7:40 because she JUST got home from Animal Kingdom and I was so glad I got to talk to her today, I really missed her. Then what felt like 15 minutes turned out to be 50 and we spent like an extra 15 minutes TRYING to hang up the phone, and eventually we did.

I'm now on the last world in Kirby! The game's difficulty has really spiked! I'll hopefully be able to finish it before Tuesday, or else I won't be finishing it for a LONG time. I also just gave this guy from GS 150,000 gp (which is a lot) on this old MMORPG I use to play called Runescape. There was a lot of red tape we had to cut across to be able to finally meet (my comp acting buggy, or misunderstanding of times, etc.). I only gave him a portion of my money, I'm giving everything else I have and my user to an old friend that I saw on my friends list (while I was checking in to see if THIS guy had gotten on yet( and I saw that person was on, but I didn't think ahead and think of giving that person all my stuff. Oh well, people need to come back on it at some point.

So now I must leave, but I'll probably be back on in an hour or so. Good night, all!

hIs what my brother basically said. I'll get into that later. I spent most of today talking to Mindy. Then in the afternoon I bought that goodbye card and gave it to Joe (that's the guy's name) and told him I'd see him later, much much later. He was like a tertiary person for advice, he's a great guy and I know God will bless him in the mission field.

Then I spoke with my youth pastor and we spoke for about an hour because he brought up how my mom's doing, which entailed my dad's departure, which I hate it when someone brings it up. I hate it because I know when someone does, I unconsciously start mentioning the things me and my dad spoke of the last 3 or 4 days I saw him before he left. I told him how my dad claims I need to put the family above God and that I'm turning my back on the family by locking the door to my room while I'm in it. :| He (my dad) says "Have I ever shown to have a private life around here?" and I brought up the several times he left to go somewhere and when I asked him where he was going he said "I can't tell you." He followed that up with "Well I'm adult so..." :| I told my youth pastor of how my dad had 4 women in his life get abortions, and how I would've been #5 if, praise God, my mom wasn't so lazy. I told him of the numerous times my dad and I drove to a restaurant or something and he'd point out all the girls in the street wearing tight clothing and how he encourages pre-marital sex. I told him of how my dad says anyone who supports Bush is not a Christian, and how I'm wasting my life because God's called me to the ministry and how, whatever He decides, I'll become either a pastor or missionary. And it's absolutely pointless to try to argue with an atheist using the Bible, and how it's IMPOSSIBLE to argue with an adult when you're a teenager because they simply don't listen. They are "willingly ignorant" (2 Peter 3:5).

So yeah I came back home and talked with Mindy, but then while I was in another room, I didn't notice that my brother had barged into my room and started playing Mario Power Tennis on my GC and his girlfriend wa splaying my GBC. MPT is in one drawer and my GBC is in another, therefore they were going through my drawers. Which mad eme uneasy because I had one drawer full of sentimental things and I really just wanted them out of my room. The audacity! The flagrant impertinence! The reason why I never missed my brother is becoming more evident daily.

Anywho, I spoke with Mindy until she had to get off at 8:30. Can you believe me and her have spent nearly every hour we were awake talking to each other this summer and still haven't gotten into an argument? Can you believe me and her haven't gotten into an argument ever since me and her got together and ever since we "held off"? Crazy huh? Tomorrow I won't be able to talk with her as she's going to Animal Kingdom with her family. I'll either be hard at work cleaning up lockers or (if no one is there to unlock the upstairs for me) I'll have the whole day ahead of me to beat Kirby, which should take one more hour and to write my review for Minish Cap and Metroid Prime. I'd rather talk to Mindy, but we can't have everything we want can we? Gosh, I miss her now, and I just looked at the picture I have of her over my drawer so that's like 100x more the feeling of missing her, but I also get happy when I look at her picture. I become grateful and thank God for setting me up with the greatest girl ever. She's so great... She tries to tell me that I'm too good for her, but I ain't listening to that! It is much more the opposite, she is just so great.... I truly am blessed. I know I'll always be praising God, but she makes it so easy to do so! Sorry, I got off on a bit of pleasant tangent there.

So Meteos and Bomberman get reviewed! Meteos got a score of 8.5, BAH! Mockery of a sham! :P I can't really say anything until I play it myself, but I know that this will probably be the first DS title I've ever given an AAA rating. I saw the video review and it really makes the game look so great! I'll have to borrow money from my mom to preorder this tomorrow and pay her back once I get the money. Tuesday can't come soon enough, but neither can a lot of things... Bomberman's score ( 7.8 ) I don't really care about, I was never really interested in this game. Supposedly the multiplayer is the crux and is (pardon the pun) a blast! Well, my bed beckons! good night all, but don't be surprised if I check up later because I still need to do my nightly reps and shower. So I'll be back in an hour or so to see if any of you said anything.

P.S. If you haven't already left JF, goodbye and I'll be praying for you.

I can see all my previous comments except my last entry's comments. Althougth I did log off and THEN look and see Newborn commented. So yeah I hope they fix this mess soon. When you look at comments, it shows the banner and the entry as well, it's all very odd. So let's go through what happened today, shall we?

First off I went to apply at two more GameStops (and that's it, I've applied to all my GS's that are close enough to where I'd be willing to drive) and the first one I went to (the clerk was the manager!) I asked for an application and he said "Well we don't have any applications, but we'll accept applications from other GameStops [And I've already dealt with like 3 applications and yeah, they were all the same] if you get one from them." And I said okay, and then I went to the other GameStop which was the biggest GameStop in the city (the clerk said so, but I didn't doubt it) and I got two applications from him. I filled one out, gave it to him, went to other GS and filled it out in my car (it looks unprofessional to just come back to do it right in front of him) and when I walked back in he said "Hello again." And I handed him the application and as I did he said "Good guy!" and then he looked at the name and he said he'd call in one or two days! This was the first one to say they'd call! I know this doesn't guarantee a job, but still! Them not having any applications showed him my determination and my responsibility! So now I'm running to the phone everytime I hear it ring!

Then after that I went home and changed and went to the school and began work on those lockers and such. Argh, those stickers that people leave were so frustrating to just get out with only my nails and fingers! I'm going to have to buy a scraper that doesn't scratch the paint. So I only got to work for about 2 hours or so, and I'm going back early on Saturday. Also, the maintenance man is leaving tomorrow and he's always been there for me. He's planning on becoming a youth pastor or missionary, and he's just a really cool guy. I'm going to buy him a goodbye card early tomorrow and give it to him. He deserves it!

Then I got home and played some Kirby: CC (details later) and then at nearly eight, Mindy calls! Telling me that her mom just told her that she's off from being grounded from the phone. So naturally the first person she calls is yours truly. Then we talk and she tells me that her mom noticed the moose I gave Mindy and that her mom thinks it's very thoughtful and considerate and stuff, so I'm happy about that! And she tells me that my NOTE last night made her misty-eyed and then she said "And your poem made me even MORE misty-eyed....It was SOOO good....I could barely read it because I had to you know, blink (that means she cried while reading it, and in the back of my mind I thought "Aww baby come here" but in the back of the back of my mind I was thinking "Yes!!" I was so worried that she wouldn't like it....)" The '..." means she said other things in between, but I either don't remember or don't consider worth mentioning. But yes, she liked my poem! W00t! and we talked until her phone curfew was over (8:30). Gosh it was so great talking to her again! I really did miss her... I REALLY did. It's crazy...

Now for the K:CC impressions:
So far I've played the game for 1:56 minutes (it says so) and I just finished World 5-1. That means there's 2 worlds and two "areas" left. Needless to say, the main game is pretty short. When I played the first 3 or 4 worlds, I wasn't really too impressed. It was much too easy. And because it was so easy, it was rather boring. It wasn't until recently when I got into the faster and more difficult levels that I found the game to be more fun (the main game that is). The bosses (I've fought already the 3 types of bosses you can fight) were fun, though not too difficult either. King Dedede was the only one that gave me a run for my money. Using the stylus to navigate Kirby is no hassle and is very easy once you get the hang of it. It takes a short while to get accustomed to the whole control scheme, but after that, the control becomes second nature. Now during the first couple of worlds, I was bored enough to stop playing the main game and do the "Rainbow Run" games and I found THAT more fun than the first 3 or 4 worlds. You can do either time trial or line trial. Time trial you make it through an automatically chosen sub-area and try to get to the goal as fast as you can. This has proven to be a little hectic, but yet addictive. Line trial, you make it through an automatically chosen (but different) sub-area and use as little paint as possible to get to the goal. This is quite challenging most times, but is even more addictive than time trial. There are three high scores for both line trial and time trial, and if you beat these high scores you get 3 medals for both line and tie trial. For example, the top high score for time trial in area one of world 4 is 38 seconds, the second is 50 seconds and the third is one minute. I finish with a time of 42 seconds I get 2 medals. I try again and get a time of 37, I get one more medal, understand? The same applies for line trial. There are also 3 medals hidden through out every area. You can use these medals to buy things such as more songs for the sound test, or specially designed courses (and quite unique if I might add) in Rainbow Run, or even new types of paint for the paintbrush. I now have zebra paint instead of rainbow. So far, the main game is picking up, the trials are very fun and the unlockables are interesting. Overall, I think I'm quite pleased with my purchase and I know I'll be finishing this sometime tonight.

I won't write a review for it, however, until I write my Minish Cap review and my Metroid Prime review. If you have a DS and if you have some extra money, I say get Canvas Curse, only if you'll have enough left to buy Meteos when that hits next week. If you're a bit short, don't sell your some of your old games to buy Kirby, sell them to buy Meteos! My soon-to-be favorite DS game!(If it's everything I hope it is) I'm going to have to get up early tomorrow to run to K-mart and pick up a card for the guy I spoke of, then to call Mindy at about 8 or 9-ish and then stick by that phone for the rest of the day, hoping that GS calls. But since the site's acting buggy, if any of you comment, I won't be able to comment back. I'll still be able to read it if I log out, so don't let it refrain you from commenting! Good night everyone!

EDIT P.S.: GS fixed the bug! Huzzah!

of all my M rated games. I'm tired of asking myself questions when I play games like Resident Evil 4 or MGS. I'm tired of asking myself, "Is this really something I should be playing? Is this something Jesus, the Lord of my life, would approve of?" and then let satan silence the Holy Spirit and refrain me from doing anything. I came back from youth group and in it, the band kept playing this one song, talking about letting go because it's all about Him. And in my mind the only thing going through my head was all the times I've said "I'm never getting rid of Metal Gear Solid!" All those times just kept getting played back in my head again and again. And I was also thinking of all the times my dad watched me play games like MGS and said "Is this what you're playing? These bloody and violent games?" and to justify myself, I pointed out all the times he watched WWII clips and such. You can't justify your wrongs with what other people have done. You can't. So here's the list of games I sold

• Metal Gear Solid 3: snake Eater
  
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
• Resident Evil 4

And I planned on selling Eternal Darkness, but I forgot I left it in my GC and I was in a rush because GameStop was closing down. I'll sell it probably on Monday, because tomorrow I have work to do! No I didn't get hired, but I'll get into that a bit later. So after cutting through some red tape I sold the right ones for cash and the others for store credit so I could buy Kirby: Canvas Curse, yet still have enough left to tithe my recent gain. So now I have Kirby: Canvas Curse! I haven't played it yet, but I will.

Now you may be asking me that since I blew my money on Kirby, how do I expect to get Meteos. Well at youth I ran into my principal and she asked me if I had any free time during the summer. And she told me that she'll provide all the alcohol and tools and everything and I clean all the upstairs lockers. If I spend all day on it, it SHOULD only take me one day (tomorrow, which I can't talk to Mindy so it's perfect); if not I can come on Saturday as well because she's going to Animal Kingdom with her family. So they provide the tools, I work, and get $50 out of it. So that's enough to get Meteos and tithe and give to missions and the rest is going to the my college fund. I'm also going to apply at two more GameStops early tomorrow morning because (according to my brother) it looks more professional and in the morning is when all the managers are there.

Then after that, I'm heading to my school and work as much as I can, but still give a top-notch job. Then Friday I can finally talk to Mindy (I saw her tonight, and I gave her a note + my first ever poem (I just hope she doesn't laugh at it :P) + a stuffed moose that I picked up in Canada for her. Then Saturday I either work all day or go in and finally get rid of Eternal Darkness. Then Sunday is church and talking to Mindy, then everything goes back to normal.

P.S. Recently my neatness when typing has certainly cleaned up!! I use to have an average of 7 or 8 spelling errors in entries of about ^ length, but amazingly, I only found one or two! I also notice a drastic decrease in errors in my posts and other things.

My dad left Sunday, Mindy's grounded from the phone and internet until either Friday or Saturday, my brother recently moving in has been nothing but a hassle, and this Saturday my EB games closes, the one video game store I know that wouldn't cheat me. This week has just been dandy! :roll: :P You'd think I'd be upset in the midst of all this, but I'm really not.

Anyways, I beat Minish Cap while on my trip to Canada if I haven't already mentioned that, and know I've gone back to playing Eternal Darkness to get all the endings.Supposedly the ending on the 4th time through is like "teh awesomest thing evar!" so naturally I have to validate this. I've also decided to skip Kirby: Canvas Curse and get Meteos instead, when it comes out that is.

Yesterday was also "job search day." I applied at a Publix (I don't know if you guys have those), an Albertson's, and two GameStops (one of them was located in the mall and the clerk and I spoke long on video games and I "showed off" my extensive video games knowledge, hoping that'll make me more appealing for any future employment. But yes our conversation was quite riveting and enjoyable), and I ATTEMPTED to apply at my EB but that's when they told me they're closing down. They're not moving, they're closing down... That really does stink, now I'm going to have to go with the questionable quality of my local GS... I might have to go to another GS. Also I was wearing this shirt (it's Abercrombie) that makes my head swell to no end because when I wear it I get this overbearing feeling all the ladies are checking me out (even though I know they aren't). But I could have been so sure that the GS clerk at the other GS was flirting with me... IT could be the shirt or my imagination, but I was sure of it... *shrugs* it doesn't matter, unless they hire me an dI work with her and she really was hitting on me. Then I'd have to watch myself and make sure not to be in the same room alone with her at any time. But like I said, the chances of her actually flirting with me, and THAT GS hiring me, AND me working the same hours as her, are all very, very slim. But enough of this boring chatter about my misguiding cockiness, off to the forums! See you guys!

P.S. I have a new header dedicated to surprise surprise, Relient K. I recommend you get Mmmhmm, it's really good.

P.P.S. I look on the GS listings and what do I see!?!? My most anticipated DS game, Lost in Blue, is pushed back to September 27th! In case any of you didn't know why Lost in Blue is my most anticipated I'll say why now. The concept seems very good (it's like Harvest Moon with a survival emphasis) and the things you can do seem both innovative and fun, such as fishing with a spear, creating tools by mixing together materials, hunting, scrounging around the beach, it all seems very fun. I know this won't be the best game for DS this year in neither my opinion nor anyone elses'. The reason why I'm anticipating it so much is because, it's a guy and girl stuck together on an island. I want to see if romance plays a part in this situation; because I'm such a romanticist. That's why I like the FF games so much, the story(which involves and somewhat circulates around the hero's relationship with the heroine)! Simply put, I love a good love story. I'm very romantic and trust me, it's very much a blessing.

Yup, he's leaving. Lock, stock and barrel. Is he coming back? Probably not. Will I miss him? Not as much as I would if he didn't keep trying to leave on a sour note. All of today I've eaten a lot of his garbage and looked past his rants and claims that the veracity of which could all be easily questioned, and hugged him and told him "Happy Father's Day, Dad. I love you." Maybe those of you reading this should do the same. Just get up right now and walk up to him, hug him and tell him that you love him. Because you never know that you're going to be able to hug him the next day. And let me just say, it doesn't have to be Father's Day to do that.

P.S. My Animal Crossing review has been made. What's on the horizon? Metroid Prime and the Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.

P.P.S. To any fathers reading this, happy Father's Day!

Went to Canada and blah blah it was a mediocre trip. The only good parts were Niagara Falls, I saw red barns up close in real life while we drove through Ohio and while in North Carolina we stopped at a parking lot to rest and I saw fireflies for the first time. It's those little things that really get to me.

Came back and then the next day I left for camp, which was just GREAT! It was so much fun! Me and Mindy had a great FRIENDLY time. Other than the former services, camp met and mostly succeeded every aspiration I had for it. It was just a blast. If any of you who go to church are contemplating going to a LIFT camp, GO! It's great! I'm telling you it's an experience that no one should miss, especially if Jamey Ragle is speaking on the latter days. He's hilarious! You think evangelists can't be funny? Meet Jamey Ragle. He had the whole auditorium crackin' up! Everything was really just wonderful, it really was. I've had more fun this week than any other week ever. It was just great, it truly was.

I come back and what do I see? Kirby: Canvas Curse got an 8.6! I might have to pick this up if I got the money, which is unlikely considering that I don't really have a steady cash flow now, which really stinks. I need money!

Although now I'm getting all jittery about college and so I'm seriously going to get straight A's all throughout my next two years of high school, no matter what. You can bookmark it and so can my parents, I'm going to raise the bar and I'm going to be striving the best I can for this. I already have a moderately high cumulative GPA, but I want an EXTREMELY high cumulative GPA. And I'm going to go as far as it takes and study and do extra credit assignments and I'm also going to have to get into some extracurricular activities. I'm going all out! I'm also going to try my hardest to get a job over the summer. And I'm going to have to follow a 10-10-20-60 rule. 10% is for the tithe. 10% for missions. 20% for myself. And 60% for college savings on the off chance I don't get a scholarship to where I want to go. I'm not taking any chances and I'm going to push myself as hard as it takes to get to where I want to be. He is in control, but that doesn't mean I can just be lazy! I need to make an effort! And believe me, I will! My parents might already have a college fund saved for e, I don't know, but if they do, It probably isn't enough. I'm going to try my absolute hardest. This is something I want deeply and I'm going to make an effort, no longer will I settle for a "B" or two on my report card, it's not going to happen. It's all going to be just A's.

A big thing that worries me now is that my dad leaves for Louisiana this Sunday. He told me he's probably not coming back and implied that I shouldn't be surprised that if him and mom get a divorce. And the truth is, I'm not surprised, I've been expecting this for a long time. My dad will still legally have to support us financially, but I'm worried that my mom might take me out of my school, and THAT'S what worries me. I'm going to be pretty bummed when dad and mom split, but because they've never shown love or care for each other, it doesn't bother me that much. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to be sad for a short period of time, but because of the reason I just gave, it won't bother me much. They've shown love to me financially and I'm going to be staying with my mom thankfully, but neither of them ever really showed me personal love. Sure my mom and dad hug me when they get in or whatever, but to them, they act as it is a chore. That it's just something they "have" to do. They've never really come to me and try to talk to me like real person. And the few times we did talk were because I had to seek it and ask for it. And most of the times I came to them to converse, they received me not. I'm mostly talking about my dad here. My mom would have accepted me more times if the language barrier wasn't so strong; so that's mostly my fault. I love my parents, but not as much as I would if they had ever shown true love back to me.

But yeah, it's not their divorce that worries me; it's me possibly having to leave my school. I don't want to, but if it happens, I know I'm going to be extremely depressed for probably a short period of time, but I'll remember these words: "I may not know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future." I think you know what that means JF. No matter what happens, I'll remember who is in control. Whatever He wants for me is what I'll do. I've been bought with a price when Jesus died for my sins, when He died for me. My life is not my own, I have no right to do what I want, but rather what He desires.

"Before we can pray 'Thy kingdom come' we must be willing to pray 'my kingdom go.'" - Alan Redpath

You know me and Zelda! So of course my first GBA game HAS to be this game! Haven't played it yet because of the reason I bought it which was because I needed something to play on the trip to Canada other than Super Mario 64 DS (collecting ALL the stars). Bought it at my EB games which is a few miles away, only because games that I really want and want to be good quality, I go to my EB instead of my much closer, but much less qualified GameStop.

So I'm packed for Canada and packed as much as I can for camp next week, excluding things I'll need to use for both Canada and camp like my pillow. I spoke with Mindy today so far for about 3 or 4 hours. She's probably calling me a half hour before her phone curfew just so she can talk to me before I leave (even though I'll be talking to her by cell phone as much I can). But because her friend is here, then I won't be able to talk to her AS MUCH, which is good and bad. She won't talk to me as much because she finds it rude to talk A LOT with someone by phone when (a) friend(s) is/are over. I agree with her. We'll still talk as much as possible before her friend wakes up and we'll talk for amounts of time while her friend IS up. We’ll probably average 3-5 hours a day of phone conversation until I actually GET IN Canada. Because once you get in Canada it costs money so I'll have to not talk to her for the day or so I'm in Canada.

Anyways, I'll probably review Minish Cap once I finish it and do most or all of the sidequests. I need to write a review for a lot of my games actually.... I planned to write a review for Super Mario Sunshine before I sold it, but the review network was down that week....

So if you read my last entry, you'd know I'm more than prepared to do stuff if I'm not talking to Mindy. So here's the list again in case you're too lazy to scroll down. (lazy bums...)

• My Bible*
• DS with Super Mario 64 DS in the DS slot and Minish Cap in the GBA slot*
• DS charger if we reach a place with a plug that we'll be staying at for an extended time*
• GBC
• Harvest Moon 3
• Super Mario Land 2
• Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
• The Legend of Zelda: The Oracle of Seasons
• Mega Man IV
• Pokemon Silver
• CD player with my only Christian mix CD because I'm too poor to afford blank CDs*
• Clothes and stuff*
• Shoes
• Old Spice Deodorant*
• Pillow
• This red squishy pillow I have that is really comfortable to hold (Camp exclusive)
• Toothbrush & toothpaste*
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen*
  
• Wallet*
  
• Last and certainly not least, my journal to write in! And of course my special pen that I only use to write in my journal with*

* Will bring to camp as well

Odds are I won't even touch my GBC during the whole trip. I'd probably write in my journal before I even play my GBC again, but who knows? Maybe I will. Got to be prepared.

So today was mostly packing and oh! My mom decided to go with us to Canada after all, which my dad moaned upon hearing. He says she's going to ruin the trip with her incessant complaining, which is right IN HIS CASE, but as long as I can tune out my mom and him arguing and just either listen to Mindy's voice, or write in my journal, or play my DS, I'll be fine. I spoke with him today while my mom went to the store to get drinks and food and stuff for the trip and he was telling me how he was upset with her and how he's leaving once he comes back from Canada. And I asked him a couple of questions to make him realize that it's his entire fault in the fist place; that he has no one to blame but himself. One of the things that really stabilize my belief is when I look at my dad's life, I see that he wouldn't be where he is today if he had followed the Bible. Example, ME! I was a mistake (although I know God made me for a reason, that he planned me out as well as my life). My mom had me before my dad and mom got married. They tried to abort me but praise God, my mom's lazy and she put off seeing the doctor (this is back n Cuba) and when she finally DID he said, "it's too late, you waited too long. You're having this kid." And my mom and dad were angry and it's possible that they resented me because I lived. Then God took me out of Cuba, out of the public school system, and put me in a place where one of His servants could lead me to Him. And now I'm living life and enjoying it! I love this life, no matter what happens I'm still always thinking "There's a brighter day to come." Reminds me of The Valley Song(Sing of Your Mercy) by Jars of Clay. "I will sing of Your mercy, that leads me through valleys of sorrow, to rivers of joy." I'm still grieved at my whole family's perverseness from God and His Word, and I pray for them and ask God that He uses me or some one else to lead them to Him. I pray that God opens a door for me that I can bring them to Him, and today there WAS a door, but Satan shut it for me. Because after I had asked my dad these questions and he realized that if he DID do the way the Bible says then he wouldn't be where he was and just as I was about to break him down, break his heart so that he might come to God, all of a sudden my mom's-cousin's-son comes and rings the door bell and the moment my dad opened that door, I realized that MY door had shut.

Maybe I'll have another chance this trip to Canada, but if I don't get one and he leaves after we come back, then I can only pray that SOME ONE in Baton Rouge (where he plans to go) will meet him and lead him to the Shepherd. My dad says he'd be happier if he had not had not married my mom. I'll tell you now that you'll never be at your happiest if you never accepted Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. I mean look at me! My parents are probably going to divorce, I could be taken out of my school and away from Mindy, and yet the first thing I do when I pray is I praise God, and I smile the entire time. Because I know He's in control and that all I can is follow Him in all I do. If my parents divorce will I be grieved? Of course. For more then a week? No. I'll grieve for a day or so but as long as I remind myself that He is in control, I'll have nothing to worry about.

Wow I really skewed off topic but that was what was on my heart. Well I need to go double-check to make sure I have everything, expect my next entry to not come for almost two weeks! See you guys!

At exactly 12 AM Tuesday morning, my dad and I are departing to Canada! This trip will be from the 6th (My dad thinks 12 AM is part of Mondy :roll: ) to the 12th then I'm flopping onto my bed and resting up because the next day, the 13th, is the day I go to camp and that lasts 'til the 17th. Busy two weeks ahead of me. I'm packing up for both trips today so I don't have to prepare for camp the night before and then be really tired and act like a zombie the next day.

I'll be bringing my DS, my cd player, my cell phone (my mom and dad have this "family talk free" thing and it's actually my dad's cell phone. I don't have a cell but my mom and dad do and they can talk free. My dad suggested that I let Mindy borrow my mom's cell phone and I can use his cell phone the ride there to talk to her for free. ARGH! It's a 2 day drive to get there! and 2 days to come back! At least we're going to see Niagra Falls!), my gameboy color, and my journal. As for camp, I'm bring my DS, cell phone and journal. And of course to both of these I'm bringing extra clothes! It's going to be great! I pray that some students change their perspective on certain things and that many will come to the Shepherd during camp.

So here we are in the same old spot
Knowing something needs to happen but our mouths are locked
Tongue-tied, closed tight, sealed and shut (yup)
I tried hard but it just wouldn't come up
It's on the
tip of my tongue, it's in the front of my mind
Yet the words were still so hard to find
Finally, the reality of things to come pushed me to the edge
I jumped off the cliff into the abyss as I said

[Chorus by Matt Theisenn]
I'm not trying to be a nuisance
I just think we can do better than this
That was simply my two cents
You can, you can, take it or leave it

The condensation lingered on and on and
Before I knew it, night had turned to dawn
Were we searchin for the truth in all of this?
Are we debating just to win the argument?
'Cause none of us want about hear about where we go wrong
This song could easily be from me to you or me to John
'Cause I have the potential to be the guiltiest
My greatest strength is also my strongest weakness

I'm not trying to be a nuisance
I just think we can do better than this
That was simply my two cents
You can, you can, take it or leave it.
(x2)

Let's think about this path that we're taking
Let's think about this future we're creating
Let's think about this life that's fading
Think about it, come on,
Think about it now
Let's think about this time that we're spending
Investing in monetary things that are ending
Let's think about it then
Let's think together then
Let's think about what we can do to make it better

I'm not trying to be a nuisance
I just think we can do better than this
That was simply my two cents
You can, you can, take it or leave it.
(x4 with changing tempos)

We can, we will (do better than this)
We can, we will (do better than this)
(same until music ends)

Here's a site where you can listen to it for free

Ahh... Such a great song, and it does speak to me. Hence why I personally typed out the lyrics myself sing www.letssingit.com didn't have the lyrics. I guess I'll send these lyrics to letssingit.