The Battle with Myself

Basically what's going on with me and my sorry excuse of an effort to do God's will.

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Which Pride and Prejudice character are you?


I was (to say the least) very pleased with my results. Though I'm not near as wonderful as Lizzie. http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=20121&first=yes

This other one said I was Bingley:http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=57058&first=yes

Who are you?

You scored as Elizabeth Bennet. YOU ARE ELIZABETH! You cheated didn't you???...if you didnt, then you are witty, clever, fun to be with and enjoy studying people's characters.

Elizabeth Bennet

92%

Jane Bennet

58%

Mary Bennet

58%

Charles Bingley

58%

William Collins

33%

Caroline Bingley

25%

Fitzwilliam Darcy

25%

Which Pride and Prejudice character are you?
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Monday, January 30, 2006

Beddy bye nighty nie

I'm really at a loss of what to post. I will update tomorrow. For now

The Foo Foo : Evan
A shrewd mammal : steffen
The anna look alike: ashley
Legontis the legging wearer: Caleb
Don't touch da fro: Branden
David the grey: Mi Padre (Dad)
She who runs into me( or vice versa): Joy
He who spills coffee on me and dies: Aarin
Owner of obese chinchilla: amanda
Keeper of the holy tape measure: logan
A War monger: Nick
She who wishes old men would put on clothes before answering the door: Courtney
Leighanne I will think of clever name soon: self explanitory

And Jeff you are soon to be linked.

To clearify something: I don't hate you Steffen. You're at times, annoying, and actions interpreted the wrong way, but I don't hate people. It's against my nature. I may dislike people with a passion of a thousand burning suns, but I don't hate them.

Anyways tomorrow (or sometime) I shall tell you about an awesome place we visited on sunday. Caleb, you would die (meaning you'd love it) it's fantastic.

Saturday, January 28, 2006

I suppose it's time to update.

I'm updating.
Reason #1: I'm tired and need to sit down.
Reason#2: I need to update again and generate new conversations.
Reason#3:You are all just dying to hear what I have to say....(HA!)

I know, it's shocking that we are here at home on a Saturday. For we are gone most everyweekend. But whenever we are here on the weekends we always work. Resulting in getting the much needed house cleaning done that has been neglected during the week. ( not like we ever get it finished though)

Ashley did come over yesterday and was supposed to stay till Sunday morning, when we would drop her off at church on our way to Lake Town . She was not feeling all that great though and her parents came to pick her up around noon.

Anyways, today we have been cleaning, and doing laundry,( which I LOATH) moving furniture, and I got to scrapbook a little. Mostly I sorted out and matched up, a huge basket full of and overflowing with, socks. (which I LOATH even more than regular laundry)
So how was your day?

Welp.....thass really all I have to say. Talk to all y'alls later.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

My Brother is getting married! Akkkk!

My Brother is getting married on February 25th! Akkkkkkk!Yes, it's scary. Please be praying for all of us, especially him.Well the "intensive indoctrination against xanga" members better get a move on if they want to convert me completely. I have been recieving severall comments on my xanga site and it's making me feel quite important over there.I was not a happy camper last night. I wanted to come to you guyses court of honor but Dad said that he didn't feel right about me being the only one from our family who was going so he wouldn't let me go. No I was not Miss Jolly at all. I know that my sound like I'm being childish and silly, but I'd known about it for weeks and was looking forward to going. As you might (or might not) be able to tell, I'm kinda what some people call a "social butterfly." I love to be around people and being homeschooled doesn't give you tons of opportunities to do that. Atleast you guys get to see eachother at scouts and stuff.We NEED TO GET A VENTURE CREW STARTED!And with those feelings of sincerity and frustration mixed together forming an outburst of passion , I leave you with a picture of the dress I've wanted for years but perhaps will never posses.


Monday, January 23, 2006

Would you look at this photograph.....

Here are some more pictures for you to look at. All of these are from summer camp and at the C.O.P.E course.
Here's my friend Rachel(she's awesome) and I'm being her butt belay.


As you can probably tell, none of us knew this picture was being taken. (Me, Rachel and Cammile)

And here we are after we knew the picture was being taken. Aren't I inconspicuous?
This is one of my favorites....The Trust fall. Guys....it's totally awesome.
And of course the whole " through the window of a sinking ship" scenario.The end......

................for now.


Thursday, January 19, 2006

Yes I know I'm a copy cat, but here it is:

RELATIONSHIP STATUS[
Single or taken?]..........Single and it's staying that way.
[Shoe size?].................7-7 1/2
[Parents still together?].........Yes
[Siblings?]........HA! um yeah 4 bros 4sisters
[Pets?].....2 dogs,(one of which likes to bite tall strange looking people) 1 cat and several fish.
FAVORITES
[Colors?]..........Blue is my color, I am blue, blue is me, I'm one with blue.
[Number?]........4
[Animal?].........horse of course but I also like dogs and siberian tigers[Drink?]...........water[Book?]..........The Bible
[Flower?].........hmmmm hibiscus and honeysuckle and roses, I like climbing flowers. DO YOU[Color your hair?]......No
[Twirl your hair?].......yes
[Have tattoos?].........no
[Have Piercings?]......yes
[Cheat on tests/homework?].....no
[Like roller coasters?]...............this is a dumb question.....Of course I do. I love them!
[Wish you could live somewhere else?]......sometimes, definitely in a different house.
[Like cleaning?]...............if I'm in the mood. I like the end result.
[Write in cursive or print?]...................both, but mostly cursive, and very ill.
[Own a cell phone?]...................Ha ha! oh yeaaah.
[Ever get off the computer?].....*Chuckle* occasionally.....but my school is on here so I have an excuse.
HAVE U EVER
[Been in a fist fight?].............ummm don't think so, if I did then I was little.
[Considered a life of crime?]........No[
Lied to someone?]..........yes...regrettably.
[Been in love?].............with Jesus my Lord!
[Used someone?].........not purposefully
[Been used?]................i don't know...maybe..... not too badly though.
[Stolen anything?]........... Not that I can remember, maybe when I was little and took something from one of my family members. Does family count?
[Held a gun?]................yes, and fired one. And No...not just once, for those of you who would make fun of me.
CURRENTS
[Current clothing?]..........a king kong t-shirt that I just got in the mail from sending in Proof of purchases on the cereal box and I got too big of a size.and my pajama pants, yes homeschooling is wonderful you don't even have to get dressed.
[Current mood?].............hungry
[Current taste?].............. I want some bread and butter or pbj sandwich.oooh no I want breadsticks from Olive garden! that's what I want.[What you currently smell like?]............ummm lets not get into this one.
[Current thing I ought to be doing?].............math quiz.
[Current cd in stereo?].................... joy williams- genesisLASTS
[Last book you read?]...........I'm reading the simarillion as of now, the last book I read was Eldest, from the inheritance series.
[Last movie you saw?].........in theater? Chronicles of Narnia.
[Last thing you ate?].............egg whites potatoes and veggies. mmm isn't your mouth just watering?
[Last person you talked to on the phone?].........Ashley! Mi amiga! She was cleaning our her closet.
DO YOU
[Believe there is life on other planets?]..........I don't think there is intelligent life out there, but that doesn't mean there aren't other creatures.
[Remember your first love?]..................um yeah my first "crush".
[Read the newspaper?]..........We don't get the paper so I read it when ever I'm at other peoples houses.
[Believe in miracles?]..........Yes
[Wear hats?]...................absolutely.....love em.
[Hate yourself?]...........No
[Have an obsession?]......... No? I don't think so...
[Collect anything?].............state quarters,do clothes and photographs count?
[Have a best friend?].............Yes
[Close friends?]..................Yes
[Like your handwriting?].........No ....it's atrocious
[Care about looks?]...........do I care about my own? yes. Do I care about others? I don't know....I don't let it get in the way of being their friend and getting to knowing them if that's what you mean. I guess that explains why I'm friends with Evan. (haha I'm totally kidding by the way. I like stubble remember?)
LOVE...
[Do you believe in love at first sight?].......not really.
[Do you believe in "the one?"].................yes
[Are you a tease?].....................To borrow the phrase "MRrrr?"
[Too shy to make the first move?]..............um I guess not, but I think it's better for the guy to make it, plus it's not like I've been doing that since I'm not looking for "the one" and won't be for a good piece yet.
ARE YOU A
[Daydreamer?].........most definitely
[Sarcastic?].............umm yeah I'd have to say yes.
[Shy?]......................I don't think of myself as shy, but if there's someone else there that is more out going than me I tend not to say as much, so some people see me as shy.[Talkative?]........hehe most of the time.It does depend on who's there and the mood.

If you read all the way through this.....I'm impressed, you deserve some kind of an award.
See y'all tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Contests, Contests, and well....Contests.

*I tried to post another picture, but it's not cooperating.*

Hello my pretties! I went to the Consumer decision making contest yesterday. It was "fun". Atleast the talking and hanging out with people part of it. Yeah our team got 5th which really ticked me cause we could have done so much better. Logan and I tied for 6th in the individual category as he mentioned below, but Logan dear, you forgot to say that they gave you an incorrect score on one of your cards therefore making me the holder of the higher score. *evil chuckle* It was fun though.

On Monday night we went to the CHEC ( the name of the homeschool group in lake town) meeting to see the fates of our poems and stories decided. I knew my story wouldn't win just because it wasn't one of my better ones, but I was dissapointed in my poem. I really wanted it to win, especially since It was dedicated to my Grandmama Jean. My story got 3rd place, but there was a first place tie, so they just skipped 2nd place, and my poem got 2nd place. The theme for all the poems was suppossed to be " a lesson learned," so I wrote a poem about a true story, something that happened to my Grandmama Jean when my Dad was a kid. Now here it is for all the world to see.


Piggy Back Ride
The fair was over
The day was through
The pig almost won a ribbon blue.
The judging was close,
But we were out of luck
It was time for the pig to go back in the truck.
We chased him we tried
But only in vain
We couldn’t catch him it drove us insane.
Well he looked at me
And I stared him down
"He won’t get past me, he won’t get around."
We had him surrounded
But he wouldn’t go in
Not by the hair of his chiny chin chin.
He wouldn’t be breakfast
No sausage and eggs
There was nowhere to run except under my legs.
He tried to go under
But he was too big
Next thing I knew I was riding that pig!
The others just laughed
As I shouted and screamed
I was atop that pig for forever it seemed
I was jostled and bounced
Until with a yell
He bucked me right off, and downward I fell.
I lay there a minute
my whole body achin’
I would make sure that pig would be bacon!
So I give you this warning
(Though It didn’t send me to heaven)
Never try to catch a pig when you’re only four-foot eleven!

Dedicated to Grandmama Jean
Written by Briana Selman December 2005

Monday, January 16, 2006

The change has begun.

I saw the poem on caleb's and it reminded me of another story that I like, so I decided to post it here.
Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, And Nobody.

This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job.

Everybody thought that Anybody could do it,
but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
The End

I suddenly became aware that you guys are starting to convert me. I posted on my blog, and didn't update my xanga. I think it's starting to happen, the change has begun. I don't know if I can stop it, but it's a natural gravitation. When I see you guys all the time and never see the other people in the xanga world, I'm naturally going to steer towards the people I'm around more.

Anyways, I'd post another picture but I'm not at home, I'm still in Da citaay! Tha's gangsta talk for Dallas. and Dallas is so big that you don't really have to worry about not saying the real name in fear of people tracking you down and stuff like that. We should be home by tonight right after we make a pit stop in Lake town for a few hours. We will find out the fate of our poems and stories (that were entered in the contest) tonight at the meeting.

As for tomorrow, I will be out and about with spiffy texan and amanda at a consumer decision making contest for 4-H. We will have bucket loads of fun I'm sure and try our very best. I've actually done this contest before and it was fun.

Well I have nothing else to say, so........ be sure and eat all your sparkling flavored water!

Friday, January 13, 2006

A week is too long to be isolated from friends.

Here is a picture from summer camp. This was at C.O.P.E. It's Andrea , Me and Rachel. More pictures to come.

Well today was totally fun, I won't go into much detail so that "some people" who didn't get to go won't get terribley upset that they weren't there. I'll just say that I sure wish I'd known we were going to play football instead of going skating cuase boots aren't too fun to play in. I think I'm gonna have big blisters on the both of my feet. I can't complain much though, some people got way worse things than blisters today.

Well I'm very upset that we cannot go to the party tomorrow, just mention me in a conversation or something so that I'll be there in memory and I'll be there in thought too, cause i'll be wishing I was there the whole time........ No I'm sure I'll have a grand time in Dallas.

If we did have a costume party when would be a good time for every one?

I am very pleased with the number of comments that suddenly exploded on my blog. I'm still not quite as popular as Evan and Caleb, but I think I did pretty well don't you? Of course Logan did pitch in quite a bit. This blog is my only connection ( except the phone occasionally) to the outside world during the week, it keeps me sane.

Well I gotta pack, y'all have fun and see ( some of you) Tuesday and if not see you on Friday. So long! Must I wait so long?

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

"Normality is under rated."

I decided to post again even though my blog doesn't seem to be as popular as Evan's or Caleb's.
School has not been as hard to jump back into as I thought it would. My quizzes went fine and I made A's on all of them. Whoop!

Well here's a little something I wrote on my xanga back in august, but it applies just as much now as it did then.

The Burn......legs pumping up and down.
The Rain......sweat running down, soaking clothes through.
The Pain......waking up to every muscle crying out, be still.
The Growth......muscles tearing and getting tighter.
The Loss......fat heating up and slowly melting away.
The Throb......heart pounding, wanting to leap out of the chest.
The Gasp........breathing in deep and realizing how wonderful oxygen is.
The Challenge........pushing untill the goal is not met, but surpassed.
The Achievment ........believing that anything is now possible.
The Confidence.......feeling esteem soar higher and higher.
Confidence, achievment, challenge,gasp,throb,loss,growth,pain,sweat,burn.............Bliss

It's good to be back to normal~!
Bree

Monday, January 09, 2006

"He's not a tame lion" "No, but he's good"


I saw it! I finally saw the Chronicles of Narnia! It was good. I think they could and should have done some things better and different, but over all I liked it very much.

I'm just upset that I wasn't in it. You see, when I was little and first read the Chronicles, I loved them sooo much, so I said to myself, " If they ever make a movie of the chronicles of Narnia, I'm going to be in it." There was no doubt in my mind that I would. Even while growing up I always knew it would happen. Even to this day the hope and dream is still there, though the reality began to set in awhile ago. Sitting down in that theatre watching those long awaited words come onto the screen was kinda of like a death sentance for my childhood dream.

I was thinking the other day " Even if I was in one of the movies and I had a semi important part to play, who would I be?" For there is noone in the books who fits the discription of myself except perhaps Susan, whose part is allready taken and whom I am too old to play. I thought about the witch in the silver chair, but she is suppossed to be tall and slender.( both of which I'm not.) so I don't know, I would just be happy as a bystander, a person of insignifigance, a mere extra. I would be fullfilled in that.

Oh I sorta did something illegal, but it was also awesome. Did you know my phone can take video in addition to photographs? Yeah well, I kinda recorded parts of the movie onto my phone. SWEETNESS! booyah! oh yes! I love this phone! Just don't have me arrested please. I don't like prison.

On a bright note, I got to see several of my friends by mere chance. I had just walked in the door of the lobby when I notice this group of girls making their way towards it. I recognised the girl in the middle first. It was Rachel! She saw me and I saw her, and in the middle of the lobby and the crowd we started screaming and running towards each other. We colided in a massive hug. The other three girls were Andrea, Claire and Shannon. Oh it was good to see them. They said that the venturing crew in longview is going to go on a camp out soon, so I'm excited, cause I will definitly go if I can.

I decided to change my xanga layout back to it's previous state. I like blue better than green.

Anyways, Dad threatened to start limiting me to how much time I spend on the computer as far as Blog/xanga and I.M, he can't kick me off the PC entirely because the majority of my school is on here, but still I'd better go.
"once a king or queen of narnia, always a king or queen." that's one of my favorite lines.

Friday, January 06, 2006

My bla bla

PARTY! ......I did get to have the party after all, but it kinda got on my nerves that mom and dad changed their mind and decided to "okay it" on wednesday night, cause then I had to call people on such short notice and see if they could come thursday afternoon. If that wasn't bad enough, our phone line went dead, and so I had to stand out in the road so I could get reception on my cell phone!.........okay I'm done complaining. It was fun and I'm glad we did get it pulled off. Ashley is gone, it was a blast having her over. Ohh we had a sweetgum ball fight.....yeah it was pretty "sweet". no pun intended. hahaha!.......*pauses and looks around*.......um.......yeah.

Now, it is back to the books. It's hard for me to get back in the flow of things once I stop. Hopefully I can get going again and start being a Smart Slender Scholar instead of being a Lame Lazy Lard that I have become over the holidays. I need to oil up the ole treadmill again. It has been neglected these past few weeks. Joy to the world I have a quiz waiting for me once I get out the "mind enhancing materials". Overall, I'm very happy right now.
We are going to the old place this weekend, which personaly I'm getting tired of, because it involves so much preparation and packing and it just makes a mess when we get home.
I allways want to post such interesting, or funny, or deep thought prevoking things on my blog, but right now I just feel like saying whatever I feel like saying, and it is pretty boring I'll have to admit, but I want to ramble so go read someone else's blog if you're wanting to be entertained.

Speech was fun, we have to give one in a couple of weeks. I'm not too worried about it, though that may turn out to be a bad thing in the end. We also played Basketball today which was way more fun than V-ball in my opinion.

Well I have nothing more to say, except *I want to go eat a bowl of icecream and then take a nap, but seeing as I probably need to save some Daniels in distress and we are out of icecream, I will put my desires aside and do what must be done. I have no idea who daniel is but I'm sure there is one out there in distress and he needs my help! Like learning the migration patterns of salamanders!*

* I'm in a random mood please don't think any less or more of me because of this statment*

Oh I finally took that test thing on Evans blog, and if I answered truthfully then I am

The Champion
- You Are The Champion
"Don't worry, I got it."

You play as the Hero. You are the one who usually
tries to take on the world for any cause you
believe in. You are a natural leader in most
circles and are not afraid to take that
position if a situation calls for it. Others
look to you for inspiration and praise you for
your acheivements. Even though they love and
adore you, however, you are left feeling alone
or overwhelmed many times. You're almost always
positive and keep your chin up despite any
setbacks because you know that you will succeed
in the end, no matter how long it takes.

Which Classic Story Role Do You Play?

I thought the results were interesting.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

I changed my mind

Well I changed my mind. I think I'm going to try and keep both of mine going. I'll just cut and paste. Maybe I wont get blog burnout. We'll see. I may change my mind again. I've been known to do that. So if some of this stuff doesn't make sense, it's because I wrote it for my other blog. Here tis.

For those who commented on Lord of the Beans.....yes excellent movie. Most highly recommended. If you haven't seen it...SEE IT! Borrow it, buy it, steal it, do what you must. ( though I don't really encourage or think the latter is a very brilliant idea)

And now for some great news......ASHLEY IS COMING OVER! yes until Friday! I'm excited, I know this is sad, but I haven't had a friend over since we moved here. Much less had anyone spend the night. Tragic. On Friday is speech and debate and then the group is gonna play basketball, So she will be there for that, and will get to meet all the people I keep talking about. Fun stuff. I'm anticipating that I will not be getting very much sleep this week. And I was going to have a party but, things didn't work out. *Sigh* to my utter disappointment. Oh well, maybe next week.

I cleaned out the garage yesterday. It was tough. Talk about an all day job. You would really have to have seen it before to know what a chore it was. But I was sick of it being a mess so, I rolled up my sleeves and took care of it. It is much improved.
I will now release you from this spell binding entry and let you go about your normal lives.
Bree ( a drunken city in a book)