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i always wanted to be a tenenbaum
you, know?
i am a twenty-three year old darling girl.
i am not married, i have no children, and i didn't graduate from college. but..
i draw birds and robots; i read books; i laugh till i cry; i love until my heart bursts; i sometimes paint my face or arms with stripes if i'm bored; i create; i play guitar. i am not impressive, but i am me.
i am addicted to Jesus Christ. He never stops loving, never stops giving, and there is always more of Him. He is the perfect addiction. no one else can satisfy.
These are all just mostly vague details. If you want me, come find me. But, I promise, at the very least, you'll think I'm nice.
things i like
(and i like a lot of things).
museums.// theme parks.// zoos.// aquariums.// road trips.// naps.// reading, and lots of reading. especially in unconventional places.// being silly.// going to goodwill to find hidden treasures.// traveling.// new things.// vintage things. record players, records, old cameras, old radios, vintage clothes, etc.// learning new things.// exploring new places.// building forts out of pillows and/or blankets.// getting mail.// finding new ways to stay organized.// old books that smell like yummy old books.// the smell of colored pencils, and crayons.// the internet, for without it, i might not have some very great friends that i love so dearly.// squirrels.// musicals.// live plays.// daisies, and trees.// thai food.// laughing.// socks.// people you meet that are so amazing they make you strive for greatness, not in competition, but just out of the pure fact that you've seen potential, and was found to be wasting yours.// living a simple life.// holding hands.// the rare moments in life where i don't feel self conscious.// watching home videos.// hideabeds.// thrift stores the size of target.// target for that matter.// poking people in the nose and saying "beep" at the same time.// candles and lanterns and kerosene lamps.// cupcakes.// showers, washing my hands, and brushing my teeth.// sitting on rooftops.// the feel of new shirts.// warm, summer nights.// making things for people.// old shoes from friends.// macaroni and cheese.// having great times of talk with God.// organic, antibiotic-free, preservative-free, artificial flavoring/color-free, no refined sugar or grain food. (just the way God intended.)// love.
things i listen to
currently:
death cab for cutie. feist. animal collective. modest mouse. owen. iron & wine. mother mother. eisley. her space holiday. school of seven bells. dear and the headlights. the weepies. arcade fire. the format.
and when my heart needs to beat
t-pain. rhianna. jay-z. kanye west. flo-rida. ne-yo. justin timberlake. (all hopefully edited.)
things i watch
when life slows for a moment.
the office. my boys. saturday night live. arrested development.
cinema light
that makes my heart glow
the royal tenenbaums. dedication. juno. stranger than fiction. hook. eternal sunshine. garden state. empire of the sun. caddyshack. ghostbusters. jurassic park. closer. iron giant. turner & hooch. an affair to remember. eagle vs. shark. lars and the real girl. pineapple express. the life aquatic. (500) days of summer. the hangover. up. and in all honesty, avatar in 3D was pretty amazing.
paper and ink
with feelings and thought
cars & trucks & things that go - richard scarry
little bear - maurice sendak
the giving tree - shel silverstein
the quietest cricket - eric carle
there is a monster at the end of this book - grover
crazylove - francis chan
awake - erwin raphael mcmanus
seizing your divine moment - erwin raphael mcmanus
the journey towards relevance - kary oberbrunner
no compromise - melody green
but you can't raise boys to be scared of life.
You got to brew some recklessness into them.
The Lord has always been the One who stirs hearts to give of their resources and primarily I am asking Him to stir up those who will financially sow as partners with His kingdom advancing in and through my life.
Please take time to prayerfully consider becoming a monthly financial partner, allowing the Lord to pour through you, as He is the Source of all provision.
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jeska and the no good horrible terrible very bad day
Tuesday, May 10, 2005 @ 4:08 PM
and how horrible it WAS!
saturday night we go out to the brickyards [lol trespassing and illegal whatnots] and we have a bonfire. fun times. we do it again sunday night, lots of fun again.
what a great story.
on to monday.
so i'm tired and smelly and sore [from the bonfire...oh man piss bombs are fun!] so i sleep in until around one or so..i wake up and marie tells john [her b/f] that she'll do some errands for him since he has alot to do today..that day...monday...whatever. so his brother has a snake, and it lives at johns house since his brother has been gone for awhile. [not dead sillies] snakes are fun, but basically stupid in my eyes. but it needs a rat, so we go to the pet store and pick one up. i'm used to DEAD FROZEN rats. NOT LIVE MOVING RATS. so i see the box shift as the lady tapes it up and as we walk out i say to marie "you do know that i will rescue that rat right..." and she's like "yeah probably" but i don't think she thought i was serious. so we get in the car..and and i'm feeling horrible that this lil guy gets snatched up just to die. i wonder if he [she as we found out later] knew that this was they day of its death. to run around in a small box to get eaten by a stupid snake. not fair.
so i ask if i can hold the box, and marie reluctantly lets me....*bad idea..*
so i feel it moving and i start crying. yes crying. i'm very sympathetic with animals. but anyway, so i poke lil holes in the box and it sticks its bright pink nose out and sniffs and wiggles it and i start crying harder and then i named it harvey...never name something.. ever. you get more attached to it. this i knew, so i did it anyway because i was going to rescue it. so we get to johns house and i'm basically bawling in the car....*no laughing please* and i'm not going to let him feed it to the snake. so he's like fine "we'll go back and get another one without you" and that wasn't mean, that was nice lol. then id ont' have to think about it getting eaten. so i open the box and its the cutest lil black and white rat ever. it was a girl so i named it Ava. Ava the rat. she was beautiful. and i could pet her and she'd sniff me and wouldn't bite me at all. so i had a pet rat and i was going to announce to my parents that i had a rat and too bad if they said i couldn't keep it. so i call my mommy and she says to call daddy. so i have a pet rat named Ava for an hour and a half and i call my daddy and he says he's sorry but i can't have a rat. which means the snake gets to eat it now. so now i get to have my pet eaten. so i start bawling again. and we get to johns house and he felt bad lol but fed my darling Ava to the snake. i sat in his truck and bawled for another half hour. it was thoroughly depressing and i'm still not over my loss.
then my brother calls with impeccable timing to tell me that he's moving to Texas for college. [he's 25] this isn't your normal brother situation. i love my brother incredibly much. we're like best friends. so i start crying even harder and even more. that was super duper sad and i'm not over that. but i compose myself and we clean johns truck out and then he takes us to ihop for some food and then we go to jordans house to watch a japanese...chinese...something movie called Casshurn. watch it. its freaking awesome. very political. anyway, its like 12:40 and we need to leave because i still had to be up by 6 this morning. so we go to wake up marie and she wont move. she's dead cold passed out. for some ODD reason. we don't drink or do any drugs so this is really really odd and really really creepy. really really funny as well...but yeah, so john picks her up and puts her in the truck. she stays passed out for almost 2 hours, stopped breathing twice and made wierd girgley noises as well as biting my head off [its okay sweetheart i love you] but it turns out she had 3x the amount of caffiene than shes supposed to..and well caffiene is her drug. her speed or whatnot. she gets really really high, then forgets everything that happened, gets a wicked hangover etc. well since this was 3x her normal amoutn she passed out way bad.
so my pet got eaten, my brother is moving, and my best friend almost died. lol sort of.
it was a horrible horrible horrible day. and made this one bad because i only got 2 hours of sleep. but adam just called and said he's letting everyone go early so i can stay here now. but now i'm bored, so if you want to talk, call me up. i'm just going to do laundry.
[x]Jeska
i miss my Ava. if anyone ever is curious about what to get me for my birthday *cough july 25th cough* if its small, soft, and alive, i'll love it for forevers.
*sigh*
Ava the rat. May 9th-May 9th. i'll miss you my darling.. 0 comments
read it back to me, pietro.
good reads or good websites.
Team Van Voorst - Paige updates her life as wife, mom, and general frugal lady!
LG & Brian Alsbury - LisaGrace writes about being a new wife, matters of the heart, budgets and goals, and general awesome things.
Changing Again - Insight to Danielle's crazy world.
The Alexanders - Jess and Mike moved to Japan. Here is their side of the world.
Simple Mom - A great website devoted to simplicity.
Remodeling This Life. - Simple. Frugal. Fabulous. (She did an AMAZING home remodel based soley on cash.)
Mint - The EASIEST, most-AMAZING, FREE way to build a budget.
design*sponge. - Creative and original design ideas.
Organizing Your Way. - A personalized approach to decluttering your life.
SmittenKitchen - Seriously some of the BEST recipes i've ever come across. SO awesome.
go, mordecai!
good buys.
rare bird finds. - a collection of unique items.
fredflare! - a shop full of fun and functionality.
[etsy] - if you want anything handmade or vintage, look here.
mighty goods. - an updated collection of fun things.
threadless. - tshirts designed by everyday people.
raygun. - formerly smash, this is an independant shop in des moines that specializes in awesome shirts.
wildcat. wild...cat.
other good websites.
questionable content. - my favorite webcomic by jeph jacques. (contains swearing and adult situations.)
postsecret. - updated every sunday, this blog contains secrets sent in by individuals all over the world.
cute overload. - bad day? stare at picture of cute things. it helps.
is that a tic-tac?
layout credit.
Design : everlastingroses!
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