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Saturday, April 12th, 2003

If God brings you to it, then He’ll bring you through it. Rianna (04/11/03)

Led to the Stream, Wanting to Drink

Saturday, April 12th, 2003

I considered forgetting Emerson College, even after my invitation to the Honors Program. Virginia Tech and James Madison University summoned me, would be mostly paid for by my Meme & Papa, would put me back in a familiar area, and would physically reunite me with best friends and siblings. Boston’s beckoning of culture, opportunities, and industry recognition better be worth abandoning Virginia’s securities.

What if I fail at Emerson? I know the challenges starting in August will be more difficult than everything I have known academically. The worst that could happen is that I end up at VT or JMU after a year. Do I throw my life in the air and yell, “Bring it on!”?

I still need around $9,021 to attend Emerson College after deducting my Honors Program scholarship and my Meme & Papa’s contributions from the estimated first year expenses. Based upon my current cash reserve and projected future income, another grand from a currently unknown source will be needed to supplement. My already tight budget now excludes a much-hoped-for trip back to the ‘Burg and an Apple PowerBook to replace my aging Apple PowerMac G4. To make my financial outlook more interesting, my Sun Cobalt Raq was declared a state of emergency by my co-location provider after hearing sounds of a failing hard drive. Is it time to sleep and forget about money and my lack thereof yet?

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Wednesday, April 9th, 2003

Look at their faces. See their smiles. And feel their joy, their freedom and their fervor. How do you feel now? Still sure going the extra mile for them wasn’t worth it? I don’t think they’d agree. Neil Cavuto, Common Sense (04/09/2003)

50 Happies

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2003

1. Vanilla Coke
2. The way Jars of Clay, Chris Rice, and Caedmon’s Call leave me in lyrical ecstasy
3. My PowerMac‘s assistance in brining my imagination to everyone.
4. Chinese dinners with Meme.
5. Vacuum cleaner exhaust, especially from industrial Eureka models.
6. Iced coffee
7. Papa’s conclusions regarding life, especially when spoken in his “thinking room”
8. Late night dinners with Mark at Applebee’s
9. Getting my hair cut and looking as good as I feel
10. Rachel, Joshua, Jonathan, and I squishing together for a group picture
11. A blank page and a fresh Bic stic
12. Remembering how nerdy, yet wildly successful I was in high school (with the aid of my amazing teachers, no less)
13. Listening to Vibe 100‘s southern gospel show while drinking Sheetz coffee with Joshua on the way to Blue Ridge Community Church on Sunday mornings
14. Disco Fridays with Rachel on the drive to school
15. How my dad’s side of the family is blissfully normal
16. Dreams of my mom and me interacting as if she never died
17. Discussing pissy subjects with Rianna
18. Friday night $1 movies followed by ice cream at The Sundae Grill with Ryan
19. Keeping Adam accountable and visa-versa
20. When God supercedes my wildest imaginations… again
21. Playing UNO, Phase 10, and Skip-Bo with Meme, Aunt Michelle, and anyone else around
22. Jumping on a trampoline
23. Hugging my dad when I am the most angry with him
24. Jonathan being a kid
25. Crunchy peanut butter, grape jelly, and toasted wheat bread with salsa and chips on the side

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Tuesday, April 1st, 2003

Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time
Happy Franco-Fools’ Day
I’m Still Saddam from Iraq
The display *is* the speaker

I am a Horrible Liar

Tuesday, April 1st, 2003

Be sure to watch the Barbara Walters Special on ABC tonight. Yours truly will be featured in the second series of Dell‘s "Interns" advertising campaign. What made me switch back to Windows? Dell’s new tablet PC.

Psshhh… Whatever. You would have to pry Mac OS X and its useless Inkwell technology from my cold, dead hands before I switched back to Windows.