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Newww Blog!

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:36:25 GMT

Wow.. I haven't been here in a long time. I wanted to let you kids know that I have a new blog -- http://ssmimms.blogspot.com/.

I do all of my writing there now. Go check it out!

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:15:27 GMT

okay, so i've been noticing a lot of things lately.

one i have started listening to Death Cab for Cutie. I highly recommend them to you, if you haven't begun listening to them. I have also begun listening to The Cobalt Season, again, highly recommended.

My birthday went great! I had so much fun. Here are some pictures:

my first glass of wine at dinner. wootcakes for being 21

me and my amazing brother.

word.

after dinner. (i love this picture)

my dessert! :]]

okay, so that was my birthday experience. i love that i just went out with my family for dinner and had a glass of wine. while most people go out and get totally wasted, i chose to remember mine :]

so i have noticed that people judge you immensely by how you are dressed. although i try to not do this i too am guilty. however, i have many different styles. i dress to suit my mood. so today, i wore, my tool t-shirt and my stud belt and my chucks and my pearls. i look like a metal head, which is what i am. so i'm totally okay with that. people sort of skirted around me today. versus when i wear an AE shirt with a brown belt and rainbows. people look at me and smile or wave, or just say hey to me. it's become sort of a social experiment for me. it's also shown me just how much you are judged by your appearance. i also wear my Birkenstock's and a tie die t shirt with ripped jeans. i have many different looks and all of which classify me as me. i dress to be comfortable. today i was in a metal mood. tomorrow i am planning on wearing my coheed and cambria t shirt, it has dripping blood on it. it's one of my favorites. what really cracks me up is when someone sees me dressed like this and i smile at them. they get this weird look on their face like, "is she going to eat me?"

we'll see how tomorrow goes.

so far this is so much fun.

wootcakes

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:05:15 GMT

today is my birthday!!!!!

:]]]]
21 baby!

pictures later!

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:00:45 GMT

ok so, one, i think this is possibly the most romantic photograph i have ever seen in my life:

^^as taken by joshua longbreak:http://www.thelongbrake.com/blog/

two: i'm not on my laptop so i can't upload a lot of really cool pictures. which makes me sorta sad. except i emailed a few of me and my brother. they're random and silly... and a result from a semi-boring family dinner:

yeah, there are some for your viewing pleasure.

this is me today, from a trip to aville with my parents where i got the cutest shoes in existence [besides chucks]

total nerd.

so i quit ghost town. i wasn't getting an internship and i was being used. to the freaking max man. to the max. and though, i love the people i worked with and i miss them, i'm so glad to be rid of that place...and thankful that i can see those people outside of work. which is demanded now obviously since we no longer see each other at work. i've started putting more hours in at church which is great and is working out fabulously.

i am also going to continue to live at home thru the school year. i was a commuter my freshman year, did the dorm thing for my sophomore and junior years and now for my senior year i will be a commuter once more. i love the idea of living here with my family and being able to go to school and see everyone there but be able to come home at the end of the day to my sweet family and well... my nice clean room and rather large bed. needless to say i'll be spending a ton of time on campus. a lot of great kids are at school now, old friends, and newly graduated hs kids. which is freakin' awesome. i mean DJ my claimed big brother (never mind that he's younger than me he's bigger thus he is my big brother) is going to WCU and my bff Zac is a grad. student there now. marlee is living in the same room so i know exactly where she is. and even better, a few friends of mine are commuting from wville too. so hello, carpool! so i feel like i'm where God wants me and we'll see how this year goes. i think it'll be interesting. :]]]

i'm really conflicted about some relationship stuff. i mean i'm so content with my life right now. there are a couple of guys, i won't elaborate here, but the people who read this and are really in my life know who i'm talking about. i'm actually going to walk the lake with one tonight. but i'm not looking for anything. one i love so so so much, and i always will. the other i just met a couple of months ago and just started to really get to know in the last month or so. but, i'm not looking for anything. i'm full of commitment issues. and i just love how my life is going. furthermore, i don't want any boys to mess it up. i want to be able to focus on school and deal with things as they come at me. i love the fact that i can do whatever i want, whenever, without having to call up some guy to say "ok honey this is where i'll be blah blah blah". ugh i hated that part of relationships. hated it. my sister, is almost engaged. i mean practically all they have to do is just get the ring and all that settled. someone else i know just got married. and i'm just sitting around with my biological clock wigging out inside of me saying "shannon! it's time to make this move in your life" and my rational is just like "pssht. whatev." it's great. i feel bad for girls that are wigging out right now because they haven't found their true love and all that. it is my fond hope that they reach a point where they're cool to do what God wants and to just go with it. He knows what he's going... and He gets His way anyways right? exactly.

so i had some starbucks today in the mall. and i must say i'm generally not for starbucks. but one, i hadn't had my coffee yet today, and two, it was the only available source of coffee. so dad and i had some and sat outside (this is in the mall... it was weird and i don't care to do it again) but the coffee (dark roast) was surprisingly good. i was shocked and so was dad. we generally go to panacea where i feel at home and i know people that frequent the place. all that stuff. but i was looking at my cup:

again from good ol' joshua:http://www.thelongbrake.com/blog/
that made it worth the whole thing. :]

so anyway, i think it's about time for supper. so i'm off to enjoy that and hit the lake in my new cute shoes!

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:33:48 GMT

I am currently on my back deck in the fading evening light with a cup of coffee and a lantern by my side, sitting in a rocking chair. this is quite possibly a piece of heaven.

I've been in Virginia over the past few days. My family and I went to Williamsburg and to VA Beach and to DC. I have pictures, of course. As Logan said, "of course you have pictures, you wouldn't be Shannon if you didn't." So I shall proceed to share a few with you folks here:

This is, in my humble opinion, the perfect colonial home.

people in period clothing.

my brother and I in the stocks, I'm just thrilled obv.

i liked this gate.

duh.

the Capitol.

Washington Monument.

Vietnam Memorial.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Lincoln Memorial

Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

So yeah, there are a few pictures of my adventure in VA. It was a fun trip. I like family vacations in general but this one was a little more special because it's prolly the last one i'll be able to go on. I'll be a senior at WCU in the fall. It's sort of sneaking up on me. But we'll see. I'm looking at it like an adventure. I'm looking forward to what the future holds and what God has in store for me. I think it'll be pretty dang cool.

I was going to write more, but I'm kinda pooped so I think I'll reflect at a later time.
kbyeee!

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Tue, 22 May 2007 22:16:25 GMT

oh my goodness. the past few days have been so good ya'll. for real.

i've been working like crazy, but i've been building muscle and helping things come together. i've been playing and swinging, and i have pictures to share. i've been playing guitar and i've been discovering new things about it. i've also met this boy... :]]]i've just been doing some great things lately!

ghost town is coming along nicely. our local news station will be up there tomorrow so i have to look half way cute. i'm not kidding, i go to work in worn out jeans and an old t-shirt. haha. but it's so great and so much fun. i was climbing on things today to move heavy boxes, carrying said boxes, loading and un-loading, stacking, stocking, and just general madness. oh yeah, and i fell asleep on Brutis on break of course. a rather large black bear in our Ranch House:

i hate camera phones. but this is the quality you get i guess.

anyways, we (me, dj, nay, and rachel) had a grand time, and took a ton of pictures, some of which i shall share with you now.

that is me in a tree with chucks on. oh yes my first pair of chucks in years.

rachel on a swing being awesome.

me swingin

dj being owned by the swing set. me. nay.

nerd.

me and my brutha. i ♥ him like whoa.

so yes, there are a few pictures of the swinging adventure!

ummm andy mckee is the most amazing acustic guitar player i've ever seen...so far. so find him on youtube.com and enjoy the heck out of that.

as far as this boy goes. we work together...and he likes me a lot. so much that the kid gets nervous around me, which hasn't happened in a long time... now i'm just a nerd. no reason for someone to be intimidated by me, but it's cute. we're breaking the ice right now and we'll see how it goes. his name is Dustin and he's about 24 :]]]

annnnd i think that's it for now. so yeah, i'll keep you up to date!

love is the movement

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:42:10 GMT

again, i find myself here blogging. madness!

today has been so good. but so odd at the same time. I've started this new job right? well...it's not really a job, it's more of an internship. but I get paid all the same. which is freaking cool as heck. but it's up at Ghost Town - yes random I know - it's a lot of fun. I'm always busy, there is always something to do, and it's low stress. or at least right now. we open on the 25th. so things will get insane after that and right before. I work with the most amazing people. it's such an interesting bunch of folks up there. before I get into who I work with I want to take a second to talk about the community as a whole on the hill - no really, we're on top of the mountain - there are about 500 of us up there working and bustling about frantically trying to get things pulled together for the big day. but... everyone i have met so far (with very few exceptions) is so so so so nice. I know it's a big deal to live in the area I do, because apparently we're noted for our friendliness and our hospitality. but I'm serious. even all of the redneck men that you would normally try and avoid simply because you don't really want to deal with the crassness are the most friendly people you'd ever want to meet. that got me to thinking, of course, and i realized, as much as I like to think that I don't stereotype, I'm just as guilty of it as the next person. I'm thankful for this chance to break those barriers and broaden my perception of people in general, but especially for the people in my area whom I see the most.

so, back to the people I work with. they're mostly girls. in fact I come into contact with a lot of guys but I work with all women with the exception of my boss, Kevin. I'm the intern right? so you think immediately, ok she works in the office. right? wrong...thus far anyways. what did I do today you ask? I spent the day painting bookshelves, stocking hats, unloading the back of a u-haul full of boxes... i kid you not. full to the breaking point of boxes of hats. cowboy hats mind you, some pink some black. I spent about an hour in the office working on the schedule and getting it finalized. there are two older women in the group, they have to be two of the most inspirational people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. both of them are hard workers, one Rocky, gets very excited when there is a lot of work to do and the day is non-stop. I draw energy from this woman. she inspires me to want to do more and to put forth 1000% all the time into any project I'm doing. she also is always full of wonderful conversation. i love to eat lunch with her, part of food, whether it be the lunch you take to work or a special dinner, conversation is more than 50% of it. the other girls are awesome. there were two women that are in they're 30's that are hardcore that I was afraid I would never break a social barrier with. luckily God is freaking cool and His timing is perfect and He worked all of that out. I have been accepted. and that is a wonderful thing.

today at lunch I was out back of the park with Brittany. we both have myspace pages and started talking about the pictures we like to take and all of that. I just so happened to have my camera with me. so I walked around a bit and took some pictures. not many as we only have 30 minutes for lunch, but a few.

welcome to my paradise.

when I got home I wanted to go and take a picture or two of myself for said myspace. but not because I needed a new picture, but because of the shirt that I'm wearing today.

love is the movement. ♥
that is what my shirt says. I leave you with a link to the source of said shirt with the hopes you will go read it and be inspired.

http://www.twloha.com/

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Tue, 15 May 2007 00:03:21 GMT

i would really love to have chinese food for dinner. that is for sure.

i've been into metal music recently. i love it. i like having an eclectic taste in various aspects of life. however, my one thought is that it takes me away from christian music. they say what you listen to influences you. i have to agree. since my exploration into the world of metal my relationship with Christ has become stagnant. that isn't something i'm ok with. in fact it's something that disturbs me. what's more is that music brings people together. my brother and i have grown closer because of our collective music listening. i own a tool shirt. i own a family values tour shirt which includes: korn and stonesour. now these musings may seem dumb to you if you are reading this, but take a second and think about that.

since i'm really loving metal right now, i'm very thankful for skillet, flyleaf, TFK, pillar and disciple. as much as i love coheed and cambria, tool, disturbed, stonesour, korn, pantera, slipknot etc. it's nice to come back to music that is worship. i love to sing. singing is part of my life, it always will be. it's one of the main ways i worship. right now i have some chris tomlin going. it makes me miss this kind of music and at the same time makes me wonder why i don't chose to listen to this music more.

music is in me. honestly, i'm effected more deeply by music than maybe anything else. other than nature of course. but when i'm alone and i can listen to something that touches me...whether it's a guitar solo in a metallica song or a ballad by nickel creek, that is when i feel my soul come to life. it helps me focus, it helps me prioritize. it clears my head most importantly. when i find myself in a the state that i've been in lately and, can't seem to get out of, i lean mostly on music that touches me. it leads me to Christ and a sense of peace and control.

i'm having chinese for dinner. that is for certain now.

i went to panacea today after my internship. i wish i had a picture to put up here... or something online that would be helpful. but alas. no such luck. i'll remedy that soon.
it was so nice to go there and get a fabulous cup of coffee and sit down, listen to jazz, read the paper, and reflect on the day i had. i love moments of peace like that. it's nice to find that even in times like today, and in my crazy life i can find moments like that and savor them. the only complaint i have i guess is that i can't seem to find time to do that as often as i'd like.

today i randomly re-united (kinda) with someone i've known for quite a while. that is not to say that we are friends by any stretch of the imagination. but...we were nice to each other. there was decent conversation that spanned from music to old memories. i saw a side of this person that i thought died long ago. i find myself pleasantly surprised by this change of events. on the other end, i saw a side of someone i love very very dearly that i didn't know was there. or not in the capacity i saw today. that one i was less than presently surprised about.

alright. and that officially ends my blogging mood. soo the end.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 02:35:27 GMT

ok for real kids, coheed and cambria are amazing. if you've not heard their music...hit that up.

the end.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:39:33 GMT

http://paws.wcu.edu/sm36199

^^check it.