Paul's World

Friday, December 15, 2006

because it's been forever

an uber long post! huzzah!

sooo ya know how i’ve kind of fallen in love with all sorts of various dead/protestant/priest/fake (started with tony this summer) guys all year. well i was reading chesterton’s Saint Francis and i realized i was in love with Saint Francis too, but i loved him as if he was my big brother. sooo that got me thinking, and so i now present, for your enjoyment, an attendant lord’s new and extended family!



GRANDFATHER:
who else but the original attendant lord TS ELIOT. would he not make the best grandpa? he’d sit there with his pipe and receite poetry and tell you all sorts of stories and it would be wonderful!




GREAT UNCLE: GK CHESTERTON. yay! so after school, i’d go over to uncle GK Chesterton’s house, where he would always be having tea at 4:00 with his best friends since, well forever, Cicero, Kirkegaard, and Plato, (who would more or less feel like great uncles too) and they’d talk and i’d just stare at all of them in awe and soak in all of their insanely brilliant knowledge. and after watching plantinga’s talk the oher day, i suppose he could be the neighbor who stops by every once and a while to ask for a cup of sugar and things like that.



UNCLE:

FATHER RICK, whom i sadly do not have a picture of, though that’d be kind of weird if i did, but yes, father rick, i’ve decided would make such an awesome uncle! every family needs a priest. who else would perform the weddings, baptisms, etc? not quite sure how the whole byzantine thing would work out... but that’s not really the point here.




BIG BROTHER:

SAINT FRANCIS. what else do i need to say? other than it would just be sooooo incredibly amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!










BIG SISTER:

FLANNERY O’CONNOR. big sisters are needed for advice and common sense and funny remarks to make you happy when you’ve had a bad day and i’m thinking she’s about as good as it gets.



LITTLE BROTHER:

DAVID ECKSTEIN. okay, technically he is older than me, but he just has such a baby face, i love it! his best friend would be Jeff Suppan, but eckstein and all the other little boys in the neighborhood (aka the entire cardinals team) would always play baseball together in the baseball field we built in the corn field behind our house (well, God did tell us to) until i called them in to wash up for dinner.


and then i think that’s about it for now.

Tony still remains the guy on tv whom i have a crush on... and i was thinking Cary Grant could be the older neighbor boy next door that all the girls in the neighborhood are all gaga over....

oh!



COUSIN:

SAINT GERMAINE COUSIN. that really is her last name too, though it's pronounces coo-zan apparently. anyways. yes, she would be my cousin and we’d be really close and stay up late telling secrets, mainly her telling me how to be holier, but ya know.


soo yes! yay for my family! and i’m sure there’s more to come!

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Some cute messages

So my manatee (mentoree) and i were on the computer one day together and we found some really cute messages so i though that i would share them with you guys:

The reason god put spaces in between your fingers was so another person's hands could fill it up.

*..Wait for the boy who will make an ordinary moment seem magical, the kinda boy who brings out the best in you and makes you wanna be a better person. wait for the boy who will be your best friend, who will drop everything to be with you at any time no matter what the circumstances. wait for the boy who makes you smile like no one else, and when he smiles, you know he needs you. wait for the boy who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats and have no make-up on, but appreciates it when you get dolled up for him...and most of all, wait for the boy who will put you at the center of his universe, because that's where you belong ..*

He handed her a dozen roses 11 real ones + 1 fake one. He told her he would love her til the las rose died.

1. Say the word PIG before each word.pigs about talkingidiotthisgotIlonghowlook2. Now say PIG before and after the words.3. Finally, read the words starting from the bottom.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!!!!


Just wanted to wish you guys a Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all have a fun and safe break! I love y'all!

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

DURGH

that's all i have to say, but i think, now that we've made it past today it's going to be getting better. yay!

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

so this is it.



tomorrow senior year begins officially.

i cannot even begin to describe all of the emotions i am feeling right now.

like today, the picnic was a lot of fun (we missed you r4s, but i heard about the babysitting), but when i was driving home in the car i realized i'd rather have gone with kelly and katie and mommy and laura and austin.

i mean it has really hit me, that this year is going to go by so fast... and then i'll be gone forever.

so after dinner, well i was really tired, i think that was a big part of it, but i was giving mom a hug and burst into tears and was like "i'm not supposed to actually leave!" and then proceeded to cry for a good five minutes at least. i mean i've lived with mom for the past 17 years, and i must say during that time we've gotten quite close. i don't want to leave mommy. goodness we were talking about how we have to be detatched earlier today... but it's sooo hard!!! and austin and i have been through so much together, this is the first time he'll be without me, and i can't really remember being without him. and the babes are all still growing up, i'm going to miss it all. i can't imagine how you must be feeling mairead, though at least you're still really close.

but at the same time, i know i'm going, and i'm excited, it's this new stage in my life, and i am soooo thrilled to be a senior it is not even funny. i had way too much fun at orientation for the freshman this morning.

sigh.

anyways, yea...oceania??? we'll see how that goes...

Monday, August 14, 2006

Only 3 More Days Left!!!!!!

This is post is for attendant...I wanted to make sure that we had the same list of countries to memorize

ASIA
Afghanistan- Kabul
Armenia- Yerevan
Azerebaijan- Baku
Bahrain- Manama
Bangladesh- Dhaka
Bhutan- Thimphu
Brunei- Begawan
Burma (Myanmar)- Rangoon
Cambodia- Phnom Penh
China- Beijing
Cyprus- Nicosia
Georgia- Tbilisi
India- New Delhi
Indonesia- Jakarta
Iran- Tehran
Iraq- Baghdad
Israel- Jerusalem
Japan- Tokyo
Jordan- Amman
Kazakhstan- Astana
North Korea- P'yongyang
South Korea- Seoul
Kuwait- Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan- Bishkek
Laos- Viangohan
Lebanon- Beirut
Malaysia- Kuala Lumpur
Maldives- Male
Mongolia- Ulan Bator
Nepal- Kathmandu
Oman- Muscat
Pakistan- Islamabad
Philippines- Manila
Qatar- Doha
Russia- Moscow
Saudi Arabia- Riyadh
Singapore- Singapore
Sri Lanka- Colombo
Syria- Damascus
Taiwan- T'aipei
Tajikstan- Dushanbe
Thailand- Bangkok
Turkey- Ankara
Turkmenistan- Ashgabat
United Arab Emirates- Abu Dhabi
Vietnam- Ha Noi
Yemen- Sanaa

Australia & Oceania
Australia- Canberra
Fiji- Suva
Kiribati- Tarawa
Marshall Island- Majuro
Micronesia- Palikir
Nauru- Yaren
New Zealand- Wellington
Palau- Koror
Papua New Guinea- Port Moseby
Solomon Islands- Honiara
Somoa- Apia
Tonga- Nuku'alofa
Tuvalu- Funafuti
Vanuatu- Port Vila

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Godincidences



OHMIGOODNESS GUYS... i cannot even describe what i am feeling right now. sooo i go to the doctor today for my yearly check-up or w/e, i really didn't want to go, but mom said i needed to and yada, yada, yada, so the doctor comes in and is asking me all the usual questions how's your summer been? are you excited about senior year? what do you want to do next? so i told her that i'm really liking william and mary, and she goes "oh, i went to William and Mary!" i was in shock! i mean!!! what in the world? it's one thing for laura's pt to have a sister and mom who went their, but the random doctor that mom happened to choose on the random day we happened to go? goosebumps! and so she was telling me how much she loved it, and what she loved were all the same things i love, and she did the early decision and was a tour guide once, and how whenever she asks this question she gets the "unc, duke, state" answer, but never william and mary and i told her how i'd gone to duke the other day, and just wasn't impressed. sooooo yay!!!! i am sooo excited. like God has just been giving me a million signs, and i'm just so peaceful about it all, so i've cancelled our trip to davidson tomorrow. honestly, i don't feel the need to go. even if i loved it as much as william and mary (which i don't foresee happening) it's about $10,000 more. and it doesn't have all the history and well...everything. so new plan: apply early decision but still start sending in applications to davidson, probably elon, etc. if i get in, huzzah! ...just like the people from that time said!!! remember the song in our history book... sorry i'm just sooo hyper right now. and if not, then it's not meant to be, and i'll go visit davidson and focus on my other applications.

soooo anyways. that's it for now!!!! love you all!!!!!!


ohohoh!!! and i just went back and read your comments for duke!!!! I LOVE YOU BOTH SOOOO MUCH!!!!! i'm glad you liked UNC r4s!!!!!!! this is all sooo exciting! i think it's finally starting to hit me...we're going to college!