this just makes me happy...

granted, it's not the exact quote... but it makes me smile a lot...



and i added a couple of extra pictures i found, just for the heck of it...

"but it's in the middle of the night..."

nothing major to report... i was just checking my email on my fabulous roommate's computer... and thought i'd post a little tiny something... or a couple of things...

1) i got a new cell phone number... if i haven't sent you an email or text message about it and you want it, let me know... i'll plan to have it written in the sky for you to see... or i'll email or call you... which is actually way more economical...

2) i lost my digital camera... it could potentially be at the grand ole opry house... but that has caused the delay with posting pictures... my heart has already wept silently for the loss... and i'll be calling to see if it's there next week...

3) i've been watching the last season of dawson's creek this weekend... and i hate that i love it... and i don't completely understand the appeal of joey potter... i mean, she is great, but she can't make up her mind and she breaks a lot of hearts... then again, it is a tv show, intended to be dramatic... so i can't really complain... i mean, i am still watching...

4) if you can name the quote that the title is from first, you'll get an undetermined amount of points...

happy easter...

I promise that my personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair.

there are a few stories to tell...

i got to go to the gma/dove awards on wednesday... it was kind of a crazy, unexpected thing... i found out the day of the awards and got to go for free... we sat in the very back... i mean, all the people were there, but i didn't really "hang" with them... we kind of walked around before it started and we were all really tired and ready to go when it was over... but it was a great experience... there was a tribute to steven curtis chapman... mac powell (third day), jeremy camp, mark hall (casting crowns) and david crowder all sang acoustic versions of steven curtis chapman songs... when mac powell sang "i will be here," i don't think it's sounded better... i mean, i like scc, but mac powell brought an edgier version... i enjoyed it... other than that, it was just good times... my roommates don't know a lot about christian music, so i was way more excited than they were...

it was definitely chris tomlin night, as he walked away with 5 dove awards (3 that were presented during the evening)... and it ended in a great way... chris tomlin and his posse sang how "how great is our god" (which won song of the year, by the way), and then "how great thou art" acapella... it was wonderful... i mean, i knew i was singing in the same room as many of christian music's finest... and it was a really cool thing... definitely an "i live in nashville" moment...

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last weekend, i also had an "i live in nashville" day... i went shopping in the afternoon with a friend and randomly ran into lindsey, a friend from college... afterwards, i went with sarah to the indie showcase for gma music week - which was incredibly fun... i will post pictures later (i just have one word... koffey)...

then, i went and hung out with lindsey at wanna b's - a karaoke bar on broadway... and i saw maybe the best thing ever... this little asian guy got up there - with a davy crockett (raccoon) hat... and sang "man, i feel like a woman" - he knew every "woo" and word - i mean, he didn't even look at the screen... and it was amazing... when he got to the part that said, "man, i feel like a woman" - that was the best part... he couldn't really say woman the right way... he was saying woo-man, but it sounded more like hoo-man... so funny...

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i went to church with sarah on sunday the people's church in franklin... and donald miller (blue like jazz, searching for god knows what) was speaking... i've read blue like jazz... and i have always thought he's kind of a regular guy... i mean, i like what he writes, but i don't think he's a genius or anything... i've always felt like what he writes is cool, but not too meaty... if that makes sense...

i did really enjoy hearing him speak... it reminded me of portland... and a lot of it made me laugh and think at the same time... although i can't remember much of it... barely anything... but that's the way with most things i hear these days...

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i get to take a class on monday and tuesday... a 2nd level photoshop class at a computer learning center... my company is paying for it... i don't have to be there until 9:00, which means i get to sleep in a little bit on monday and tuesday - and i don't have to work for 2 days... and i probably get to dress down a little bit for both days... i'm really excited about it...

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monday night my roommates and i went to this random show... i really have no words to describe it adequately... it was the most random display of talent/entertainment i have seen in a very long time... it stretched from the gospel raggae group singing "salute da king" to what seemed to be phillips, craig, and dean impersonators... it was a crazy night... we thought it wouldn't be a late night, but it ended up being almost 2:00 a.m. by the time we got home and to bed... crazy... but the end of the show was amy's friend and some other people that i had heard of through camp circles... and they were really good... i sat there and got to take in peacefulness... the thought that was resonating with me was "peace. be still." and it was comforting...

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there may be some more stories, but that will do for tonight...