Mood:  energetic

today i realized how important the little things are. i hung out with taylor, kevin, and nick today for a bit, and when we got back to bcc, i saw paul sitting in his car (it was poooouring). so i ran over, and hopped in his passnger seat, and by then i was soaked, like not dry at all. and we just sat and talked for like 40 minutes watching it rain, until he had to get to class. and i enjoyed it. i realized that the simple things in life can mean so much to me, like it does not take money and extravagent things to make me happy. people just need to slow down, stop stressing out, and watch the world, watch its amazingness, and just chill, ya know? if you dont slow down, then it will be over before you know it. im scared of how fast time goes by, i dont like the idea of getting old, so i try my best to live life how it should be lived, so by the time i am old, i am satisfied. so many people i know just spend time drinking and partying and sleeping around, but why? but i refuse, i refuse to live life like that. instead i like to go on long bike rides with kevin and victor, talking with paul in his car while its pouring, or paul trying to teach me how to drive stick shift in his car (and im sorry paul if thats why ur car is so messed up now), or going to see the beautiful sunrise at the beach at 5 in the morning, or dancing in the rain with suzy at 10:30 at night, or walking through cocoa village with montse trying to find the travis hardware ghost, or buying snow cones at snow hut with tiffany and suzy on the last day of school, or random spontaneous adventures with kevin, or devoting a whole day for thrift shopping and making wind chimes out of spoons and forks with sara and katie, or having picnics at riverfront park with the first person i scrolled to on my cell phone, or having long chats with my mentor/hero mr. m. which reminds me that it is so important to listen! so many people in the world, just need somebody to talk to, and i always want to be there for people, just like sometimes i need someone to talk to. chatting is so simple, but yet always leaves you so satisfied. especially old people lol, i mean i know its weird, but give old people a chance, they have so much to say! i love listening to old people, they are hilarious, and just want someone to talk to, to share their life with.

basically, seriously, just slow down! appreciate the little things you normally dont think about. appreciate brownies, middle names, smiling strangers that make ur day, fishing, phone calls, leaves, trees, the sky, heart locket necklaces (those are my favorite, and you can put tiny pictures in them! lol), dragonflys, pentell pens, big sunglasses, mothers, laughing, buzz lightyear, fuzzy caterpillers, fake tattoos, battle scars, freckles, driving with the window down and grilling at strangers that stare, wendy's baked potatos, ur mom jokes, swingdancin to louis armstrong, pirates, ferris wheels, orange soda, finding a hill in florida that is not man-made, fluorescent colored nailpolish, and jamaicans. i just hope i dont get caught up in this secular world, and forget about God and His amazingness. I want to take it slow and enjoy it as much as i can, and share that joy with everyone i know. i dont want to be like all the grandparents  that say "where did all the years go?" instead i want to be the grandma saying "pshh my life was amazing, i dont regret anything, ok, let's go fishing." ya know? why are you stressing out, why are you working so hard, why arent you catching fireflies with me? thats what im wondering. you get one life on earth, so make it worthwhile, but not in the way that you wake up the next morning not knowing where you are, and not sure if ur pregnant or not. thats harsh i know, but so true.

so just stop, seriously, stop. get in the car with ur best friend, but dont go anywhere. just sit there and talk. talk about life, talk about people, talk about anything. just forget about everything, and just talk. flip on an oldies radio station, and just take in the moment. stop worrying about stuff that doesnt matter, because God has it all under control, he just wants you to enjoy urself (without breaking any of the commandments lol). like i say, sing like no one is listening, dance like no one is watching, and eat a whole pan of brownies like there's no such thing as calories from fat.

urs truly

cindi lou =)

Mood:  happy

Well, today was a blast. First I woke up at 9, and the second I turned on my computer Paul was freaking out on aim, "can i come over, can i come over?" and i was like chill out, can i wake up first? lol. so he came over and washed my car for me, it was quite amazing. he brought a whole basket of crap to wash cars with, he even made my tires shiny! hehe. i just kinda sat there and watched the master at work. then i made him some ramen noodles, not just because thats the only thing that i can make, but also because he has never had any before! i was flabbergasted. then we chilled, watched a movie, played a game. then kevin came over, and we played ping pong like forrest gump lol, it was hilarious. i got a six pack from laughing so hard. then paul went to work, and then victor came over, so me, kevin, and victor decided to bike to some trails near my house, but we kinda underestimated how far away the trails were, it ended up being like 13 miles lol, it was brutal, and somehow the wind was against us the entire time, even coming back! lol, but i had fun. but when we got off our bikes, i fell over, i couldnt walk normal for like another hour haha. the whole day i was just smiling and laughing, cuz i havent exactly had the best of days lately, so i realized that friends really are everything, they mean so much to me, and i love them. so the moral of the story is: girls rule, bring water on long brutal bike rides, and always appreciate your friends. well i got 350 anatomical terms to memorize by tomorrow and a paper to write, sigh, gotta get to work. byes.

cind

Mood:  spacey

So this morning, I woke up at 6:50 in the morning to my lame alarm clock that really needs to die. And then I notice its like pouring outside and thunder and lightning, and I was like what's going on, is there a hurricane? Then I throw on some clothes, grab a poptart, and I'm out the door. I'm speeding down my road in the chaotic rain, running a little late, and then I notice this jimongous truck like taking up the whole road and im like crap, so i drive through a huuuge puddle to get out of its way and ended up spinning right toward the huge truck, but i was able to get out the way just in time. And finally I get to school, parked, got outta my car to hurry to get to class, and I realized I was stepping in a puddle above my ankles, and I was like great, this is a good day. So I get to class, listen to a lame lecture, and then we had a lab, and lol, believe it or not, I fell asleep in the middle of the lab, right at my microscope! It was really strange, and I woke up later and my lab partner Tim was staring at me really weird lol. then i went to sociology, and actually had a productive day, I managed to finally get to level 5 on the spring ball game on my cell phone! ...then i fell asleep in that class as well. well i gotta get back to homework, hopefully this day will brighten up soon, haha peace.

cinni

Mood:  happy

today i was talking to my friend heather about this site, and how excited i was lol, and then we were discussing how amazing computer geeks are (aka james lol) but how weird they are (tehe). but then i was like well wait a second, who isnt weird, ya know? it easy for me to tell you that it is bad to judge, but it is hard for me to actually follow that. for example, i took a biology class over the summer, and there was this one lady in that class that, honestly, i did not want to be around. She was ugly, and a real sarcastic know-it-all. it hurts to even think that i thought this way, but because i was judging so much, i never got to know the real her, ya know? well it just so happens that this same lady is in my anatomy class this semester, and now she sits near me. but now that i am trying to get to know the real her, i have realized she is not that bad, she is insanely smart, really cares for people, and truly is beautiful. and i cant believe i didnt take the time to see that before. i guess, what im trying to say, is that everybody has their quirks, and that we are not ones to judge, because none of us are perfect. Only Jesus has the right to judge, so why is it so hard to fall into the trap, and judge a book by its cover? i dont know, i have yet to find that answer, but in the mean time, i am trying my best to look on the inside more than i do the outside, because i know how much it hurts when somebody does not give u a second glance cuz ur not "up to par" and i know how easily i myself dont give others a second glance as well.

love cind

Mood:  chillin'

hmm ok well this is Cindilou. James wrote the first blog, he made this website for me, i just basically told him a couple things i wanted but its pretty much a website for the both of us, cuz we're cool like that. but he pretty much did everything on his own cuz its all greek to me lol. he actually didnt even tell me he was making me a website we were talking on aim and wala he sends me this link lol. i was excited. but yea, hmm about me... let's see, i would say Jesus, tennis, and my friends are my life, well plus school, but thats the lame part. i like to run, and i like hiking through woods too. hmm james. well he is 7 years older than me! lol, he was in the military, which is saweeet! and he is a fellow brother in Christ, which is the best part of course. he went out to eat with my family on sunday and we had delicious pizza, yummm.

this whole blogging thing is new and still weird to me, so sorry, if im retarded at this haha. hmm nothing exciting happened to me today, i went to school. on my way to school at 7:30 in the morning was really scary because it was really foggy and i couldnt see that far ahead of me, but i made it! fewf lol. my first class is 3 hours long, its anatomy and physiology. its a good class i guess, we had a huge quiz today that i didnt study for lol, but somehow i got a 100% hehe. then we had a boring lecture, and normally in my classes i just draw pictures or write poems but i cant in that class because that teacher is always calling on me cuz i took anatomy in high school, so im the only one who knows what's going on. and then we had lab for about an hour and a half looking at slides through the microscrope which is always frustrating for me cuz u have to look through two eyepieces but my left eye needs perscription glasses (but i never wear my glasses unless looking at notes far away) but my right eye is normal, so having to look through two eye pieces at tiny microscopic weird stuff is annoying lol. hmm well i think that's enough for one day.

peace out,

Cindilou 

 Today I have started this blog! This is going to be amazing! I have never done anything like this internet website stuff before and I will have a lot of fun doing it!

Kami Megumu! (God Bless in Japanese)

Yours Truly,

Cindilou!

(James actually wrote this post to get it started)

 =)