get in the way.

How does the world see you?
Everything Will Be Alright - The Killers

Will I have a happy life?
Line Dancing-Selling Avon - Shirley Q. Liquor

What do my friends really think of me?
Light My Candle - Rent (the musical)

How can I make myself happy?
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

Will I ever have children?
Everybody’s Changing - Keane

What is some good advice for me?
Wait - Death Cab for Cutie (WHOA!)

How will I be remembered?
Unemployment - Shirley Q. Liquor (LOL!!!!!!)

What is My Current Theme Song?
Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne (yep.)

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
In the Early Morning Rain - Peter, Paul, and Mary

What song will play at my funeral?
Set Me as a Seal - Concordia Choir

What type of men do I like?
Killing Me Softly - Carly Simon
 
Who do I love?
Fire and Rain - James Taylor

Am I going to get married?
No Day but Today - Rent

Who loves me?
Song Beneath the Song - Maria Taylor

Who will I marry?
Blackbird - CSNY

My summer love forecast:
The Boys Are Back in Town - Bon Jovi (Thin Lizzy cover)

What will tomorrow bring?
Crashin’ a Wake - Shirley Q. Liquor

 

I seriously did not cheat on this (other than skipping the opera tracks)

Well, I don’t really like the term “bucket list,” but right now I can’t think of anything better to call it, as “things to do before I die” is a really long title. I’ve been compiling some sort of list in my head for a while now, so I guess I could just write it down.

in no particular order:

1. see Bon Jovi perform in Dublin (this will probably happen next tour, but I have to get a passport and $$$).
2. visit Portland, Oregon (I think I want to live there, but I’ve never been, so I might hate it…..it will be good to take a little trip there to see before I decide to pick up and move to the other side of the country!)
3. bungee jump/hang glide/parasail/sky dive (any/all of these–I am planning to bungee jump when I go to Pigeon Forge in October….)
4. visit Taize (this is a biggie–I can’t wait to go do this! again, need passport and $$$)
5. go on a CPT delegation (again, need the passport….)
6. visit Dover, England (white cliffs!)

this is about all I have right now.

so I totally stole this from David Crowder’s blog, but it was just so funny I couldn’t resist.

these are for sale on ebay. it is obvious what they are: fishsticks, frozen in the shape of three crosses. this is significant because fishsticks don’t come like that, frozen in the shape of a cross. and there are three of them! also, it is good friday in two days. the bidding should wrap up in time to get them by then. if you find this inspirational, go to ebay and search for: Good Friday Miracle Fish Sticks. i have copied the correspondence section from the ebay auction page that contains questions directed to the seller from the bidders and the answers from the seller regarding the miraculous fish. it follows here:

“Item Specifics - Item Condition
Condition:
New

EBAY removed our first listing because high perceived shipping costs. We have adjusted the starting price to reflect the cost of next day shipping in 5 lbs of dry ice.

Up for auction just in time for the Holy Days, a COMPLETE set of Good Friday Miracle Fish Sticks.
It’s not unusual to find a couple of fish sticks stuck together in each box. But imagine my shock when I poured out the contents of my Super Walmart brand fish sticks to feed my horde of “rhythm method” spaced offspring. I didn’t find just one or two stuck together in any haphazard way. There were 3 sets of 2. And what was unusual was that they formed an almost perfect replication of the hill at Calvary on Good Friday.

It was all I could do to keep the Catholic schoolgirl in me from falling to my knees and making the sign of the cross.

I have been praying for a long time for a new van. Maybe that’s why God sent me these fish sticks.

Winning bidder will receive the complete set of Good Friday Miracle Fish Sticks in their original packaging (minus the other fish sticks my hungry children consumed). I will pack in dry ice in a Styrofoam cooler and ship the next day.

Free Shipping.

You have no business being such a liar and a scam artist. I am ashamed to be from the same hometown. THANK GOD I don’t live there anymore. May HE have pity on your soul.ladygrace23,

Grace…
He already did. He had SO much pity He sent his Son to die for me. And I believe He can appreciate a good sense of humor. Sorry you aren’t living up to your name.

- kjlandis

Dear kjlandis,

HI! just want to let people know, Its not a scam, i just saw the news and its all true, the lady is trying to get a van because her family needs transportation, this is not even close to a scam. On the news they even showed how they bought a couple of packs and no fish sticks came out that way. Dont listen to the people that say its fake, i do believe they are very special. good luck on your sale, i think it will turn out well.
GOOD LUCK! GOD BLESS YOU!

P.S. i saw you on tv :)- ihor14

Thank you for your encouragement. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
”Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”

-kjlandis

Does this auction include the Holy Tartar Sauce as well? atomicceo,

Sorry, no. That was already auctioned off with a fish stick with the image of Jesus on it, wasn’t it?

- kjlandis

I have irritable bowel syndrome. Do you think if I swallowed these whole they might jam sideways in my colon and afford me some degree of control? polksalet123,

The miracle working properties of the fish sticks have yet to be determined.

- kjlandis

Do you find it odd that Jesus and the Gorton’s fisherman look alike?- scottkeene

He looks a lot more like my dad.

- kjlandis

If I stir these fish sticks in water will it turn into wine? Money well
spent if it does.- ccgadman

To my knowledge, these fish sticks have no wine making capabilities.

- kjlandis

Are they Kosher?- polemicpaul

Seeing that they are in my freezer next to my Easter Sausage, even if they were kosher going in I doubt they are now.
But the bible says…”Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams, you may eat any that have fins and scales” Leviticus 11:9

- kjlandis

I’m not Catholic, can I bid on them anyway? Also, since I’m not, and say I win, I won’t experience bad luck or anything for stepping across some kinda sacramental line or something will I?- dhudie

Bidding on these fish sticks is open to all, and will definitely not bring you any bad luck!

- kjlandis

Do they come with a certificate of authenticity, the original box and cash register reciept, or anything? How do I know you didn’t just hot melt glue them together in an art class or something?- dhudie

There is no certification or receipt. They are still in the original packaging, less the other (eaten) fish sticks that came in the box of course. And if I glued them together, why would I ship them in dry ice?

- kjlandis

I’d like enough fish and wine for about 5000 people. How many boxes before you have it? Also, what if I don’t have it by Good Friday? That would be bad if I didn’t. Not good at all.- colemolefootball

There are 6 fish sticks to a serving and 7 servings per box. Our calculations show that it would take 715 boxes of fish sticks to feed 5000 people.

And we aren’t licensed to sell alcohol.

- kjlandis

I am not pious enough to own this. Do you have any upside down crosses like the one Saint Peter died on?-cshade0506,

Sorry. This auction contains my entire inventory of fish stick crosses. Your humility is admirable.

- kjlandis”

I got this in my Nation email today. What does this say about our country’s priorities? This is beyond disgusting.  

As Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier document in the new issue of The Nation, “With just the amount of the Iraq budget of 2007, $138 billion, the government could instead have provided Medicaid-level health insurance for all 45 million Americans who are uninsured. What’s more, we could have added 30,000 elementary and secondary schoolteachers and built 400 schools in which they could teach. And we could have provided basic home weatherization for about 1.6 million existing homes, reducing energy consumption in these homes by 30 percent.”

I decided to just make my own post here instead of the world’s longest comment on Kim’s blog.

I was given the My Utmost for His Highest ”Daily Devotional Journal” as a graduation present from my youth minister, and last week I decided to go back through and read all the lessons and my journaled responses to them. It has been a very enlightening experience. I found a couple of the lessons to be especially pertinent to some situations that friends of mine are experiencing, and I think I’ll just type it out here so everyone can see it.

This lesson is entitled Why Can I Not Follow You Now? (John 13:37)

       “There are times when you can’t understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When God brings a time of waiting, and appears to be unresponsive, don’t fill it with busyness, just wait. The time of waiting may come to teach you the meaning of sanctification–to be set apart from sin and made holy–or it may come after the process of sanctification has begun to teach you what service means. Never run before God gives you His direction. If you have the slightest doubt, then He is not guiding. Whenever there is doubt–wait.
         At first you may see clearly what God’s will is–the severance of a friendship, the breaking off of a business relationship, or something else you feel is distinctly God’s will for you to do. But never act on the impulse of that feeling. If you do, you will cause difficult situations to arise which will take years to untangle. Wait for God’s timing and He will do it without any heartache or disappointment. When it is a question of the providential will of God, wait for God to move.
         Peter did not wait for God. He predicted in his own mind where the test would come, and it came where he did not expect it. “I will lay down my life for Your sake.” Peter’s statement was honest but ignorant. “Jesus answered him, ‘…the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times’” (13:38). This was said with a deeper knowledge of Peter than Peter had of himself. He could not follow Jesus because he did not know himself or his own capabilities well enough. Natural devotion may be enough to attract us to Jesus, to make us feel His irresistible charm, but it will never make us disciples. Natural devotion will deny Jesus, always falling short of what it means to truly follow Him.”

What did you do in 2007 that you’ve never done before?
took a solo road trip

Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions and will you make more for next year?
well, since I don’t remember if I had a resolution or what it was if I did, that’s probably a no

Did anyone close to you give birth?
not close to me, but people I know have

Did anyone close to you die?
my dog, Tiny. we had her since I was little What countries did you visit?
none this yearWhat would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
a serious relationship

What was your biggest achievement of the year?
having a job for 5 months and getting pretty awesome grades

What was your biggest failure?
not doing much spiritually, especially praying

Did you suffer illness or injury?
nothing major, thank goodness

What was the best thing you bought?
Bon Jovi tickets to the Vegas show

Where did most of your money go?
gas and Bon Jovi and Williams Sonoma

What did you get really, really, really excited about?
planning the trip to Las Vegas and a B+ in Shakespeare and an A- in French

What do you wish you’d done more of?
pray (and exercise)

What do you wish you’d done less of?
probably sleep

How did you spend Christmas?
we went to Nashville on Christmas Eve to see the family and Christmas Day we were home cleaning the house

Did you fall in love in 2007?
no, not love

What was your favorite TV show?
Damages and Grey’s Anatomy

What was the best book you read?
Blackwater (Jeremy Scahill), Righteous (Lauren Sandler), Through Painted Deserts (Don Miller), The Dirt (Motley Crue)

What was your greatest musical discovery of 2007?
Springsteen

What did you want and get?
tickets to Las Vegas and Gilmore Girls DVDs

What did you want and not get?
a good CPT delegation to join

What was your favorite film this year?
In Her Shoes, August Rush

What did you do on your birthday?
visited my grandad in the hospital and took my mom to Cheesecake Factory. Then rented a hotel room for both of us and drove around everywhere because my mom was a wreck (we didn’t know if he was going to make it, but thankfully, he pulled through)

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
there’s probably no one thing

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
mmmm comfortable–pajama pants that look like real pants and jeans and tshirts.

What kept you sane?
staying in Memphis so I can hang out with my Andersons whenever and having my cat around

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
do you mean fancy as in have a crush on or fancy as in admire? crush: Jon Bon Jovi and Patrick Dempsey. admire: John Edwards

What political issue stirred you the most?
probably healthcare and the war

Who did you miss?
my Granny and my friends and profs at Lipscomb (especially Dr. Williams–my teacher crush)

Who was the best new person you met?
probably Sean Connable–he is hilarious

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
just when you start to settle down into a routine, things change.

Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
“Let’s impeach the President for lying
And misleading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door”

 

This is my third blog. I have a xanga and a blogspot. So far the xanga has been the most successful–it has lasted a few years (through a big part of high school). My blogspot was a way to keep in touch with people when I was away at college. This blog just looked fun and cool. We’ll see. Maybe I can get my blogspot friends to transfer to here with me.

I’ll save my fun facts for when I figure out how to make a 100 Things About Me page….