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soooo, new years was awesome. went to sarahs house with a bunch of kids and her awesome family, we put black paper over all the windows and glass and played hide n seek in the dark (((:. oh man, it was so insane! so much fun though. idk i had a really fun time and met new cool kids. and they had over 1000 balloons in their house and had some hung by a net and at new years they all fell! so cool. anyways it was great, especially considering my other choice was going to see killwhitneydead then going to a party and getting drunk. i'd way rather play hide n seek [:.

TONIGHT, i went with some kids to see a local band, Passage of the Lady Anne. uhmm their were 2 other bands, idk the first namebut they sucked then the other was Attila[long story lol]. but the Attila broke their drum pedal and had to borrow the first bands, then POTLA broke theirs and had to borrow Attilas broken one cus the first band left already. it was complicated haha. anyways, turns out that i knew a lot of POTLA and didn't know it. AND there are 3 Aarons with the band, the singer[who i knew before], drummer who was AWESOME and so sweet, and the merch guy who i love to death adn back..he is halerious. idk it was so fun cus there was hardly anyone there and i met so many cool people...

this is my Attila story: the guitarist, Chris, was talking to me after the show and trying to get me to buy their cd, but i was broke haha. so he was all "well, if your willing to do something for it, you can have it for free!" and i was like...chrissss, i have morals! and he as like morals dont matter when you get a free CD! and aaron jumped in with "NATALIE, hold your morals up high!!" hahalskgldjasgjsda. anyways so i didnt do anything to get a free cd, i might have kissed him if he wasnt drunk beyond belief LOL. anyways we exchanged numbers haha. idk crazyyy night.

i'm tired, goodnight and god blesssss<3

has been epically insane...I got what i wanted for Christmas...but I don't feel any better. My brother is driving me crazy, I hate that he is in the army.. This month he finds out where they're going to be "shipped" to. They requested Germany. So basically we won't see him for about 2 years, unless my parents let their 17 year old daughter fly to Germany by herself to visit her 22 year old brother and sister in law. Right. I remember when he first told us he was joining the Army, I hated him for it. I wrote him a three page letter, enveloped it, addressed it, and threw it away...it wouldn't have made a difference anyways. He's too stubborn :P. Oh well, it's done with..sadly. On a happierrr note (: :my 2 year old neice is adorable. But she's kind of scary...we were in the car and it got silent for a moment and she says, "I'm coming and i'm coming for you!". THat was a little creepy ahhahhaha (:. She's a sweet thing though, saying goodbye is the hardest, knowing i might not see her til she's four...but things will be fine for them. I bought a bright green fisheye camera from  urban outfitters...despite my parents advice. I love it, and i'm extatic about it. I also FINALLY got my PostSecret book. I love it so much...it describes every aspect of my life.

I get my FULL license monday..they were closed yesterday :/ . I'm going out with Allie and Amory..it should be fun. New Years is going to be amazing...going to see killwhitneydead and then Sara's party...we're playing hide and seek in the dark in her 2 story house ahhaha. I love her. OH! My car is working again :D which I am SO happy about...despite how nice my moms Chrysler 300 is, I like my 2000 dollar nissan (:


I'm going to paint now, and upload my fisheye pictures :D


Anddd in light of the New Year ahead:

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Phillipians 3:13-14


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Wow. These past 2 weeks have been epic CHAOS. I had a massive quarter test in biotech and a 3 chapter history test...then the next week was just exams :/. oh well its all over now, thank the lord..literally. After my last exam on Friday i decided to take some personal time with my nikon d40 and walked all through downtown Raleigh and took about 50 pictures of everything, it was great for stress relieving. my brother and sister in law and niece got here friday also. when i walked out to see 'em before i left for my exam the first thing my brother said to me instead of hey sis i missed you! was, geez natalie could your pants be any tighter?! which was funny, because they aren't even tight at all hahah. I cannot get over my niece, Madelyn. 2 year olds are my favorite...because they can talk well, but can't always pronounce things correctly and I love to mess with them :P haha. Today was the day that allison and i made build-a-bear's for eachother, it was so much fun. Mine is a black bear(because my dads nickname for me is "Cub"...because i used to call my hands my paws). Hers was a tan bear...we named hers spromise because that's my nickname from my first year at a christian camp i go to, and my bears name is sparticus, because that was her first nickname. After we "fluffed" them, we bought them white boxers :) and a red bandana, my bear is the scene-est bear you will ever see.

anyways, im off to bed. we're getting up at 8 to watch hancock and stop-loss...thats way to early, considering i go to sleep at 2 and wake up around noon everyday. (:



oh, this is a prayer/saying that keeps my heart at peace and i love it. enjoy(:


God blessss.
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