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Name: Emma
Country: United States
State: Washington
Birthday: 5/24/1984
Gender: Female

Interests: Jesus Christ, my friends, outdoor recreation, yoga/pilates/running/swimming, human biology (NERD!), spicy foods, watching Spanish TV, environmental issues, coping with my family (whom I am learning to love very much). Learning to enjoy my life day to day, even minute to minute. Generally reveling in God's creation (and it's all part of God's creation).
Expertise: Changing my mind.....about everything! Indecision is the mother of chaos. Welcome to my world.
Occupation: Student
Industry: Education/Research

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Member Since: 5/26/2004

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Friday, December 03, 2004

I just need to take the ten minutes to express what is really going on in my mind.
Last night I learned that a youth pastor from my church in Costa Mesa, Newport Mesa Christian Center, died on Nov. 6 of an unexpected heart attack. now, although I wasn't in his youth group or never talked with him personally, it still affected me because I know it affected many of my friends back in the OC. And because we're Christian, it's not like they're just my friends they're like my brothers and sisters in this family of God.
So, it just makes me think of how fragile life is. And it makes me think, am I really living every single day the way I should be? Am I setting the right priorities and following through faithfully to the promises I make to God? I feel that right now is the most pivotal time in my life, as I make choices and prepare to live the consequences of those decisions. I feel that there is a spiritual battle going on for my soul, and that this is the most important turning point in my life.
There are things dragging me away from my spirituality. One of them is that I work too much. Another is that I don't have good time management skills. Another is that I spend too much of my free time with my boyfriend, and not enough with my family or with God. TV has also become a major distraction, something I've never been obsessed with. Sometimes I find myself watching three or four hours of TV every single day in the past week. That's crazy. I feel like I'm wasting my life because I'm not fulfilling my potential.
Everyone has a potential to have a deep committed relationship to Christ.

I feel that God is tugging at me, calling me, in a way that I've never been so called before.

Now I should go study for my final is at 2:45.

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My first final is today - Human Biology lab.

Yay.

One down, four more to go.

And then three weeks of vacation.

And then 19 credits next quarter, American Lit, Philosophy of Religion, Interpersonal Communication, Independent Fitness, Womens' Health, oh yeah and Art Appreciation.

And then Spring quarter.

And then Summer.

And then fall, back at VU. Hopefully. Or maybe Warner Pacific is my fall back.

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Wednesday, December 01, 2004

LAYER ONE: ON THE OUTSIDE

Name: Emma

Birthdate: May 24

Birthplace: Da Couv

Current location: Vancouver

Eye color: blue

Hair color: brown

Righty or lefty: righty

Zodiac sign: Gemini

LAYER TWO: ON THE INSIDE

Your heritage: Hungarian, Danish, English

Shoes you wore today: birkenstocks I got when a bunch of my friends swapped clothes with each other, that was about 6 months ago in Cali

Your weakness: procrastination, as I should be studying right now

Your fears: not seeing VU again, getting sick, not finishing college, drowning, what else?

Your perfect pizza: pineapple, olives, tomatoes

LAYER THREE: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW

Your most overused phrase on AIM: BRB

Your thoughts first waking up: how much longer can i sleep in? what time is it?

Your best physical feature: my eyes, but I have a foot fetish

Your bedtime: whenever i can't walk upstairs without crawling

Your most missed memory: staring at the stars on the beach

LAYER FOUR: YOUR PICK

Pepsi or Coke: Coke, with lemon

McDonald's or Burger King: Ummm.... Wendy's!

Single or Group Dates: I prefer group

Adidas or Nike: Nike

Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton

Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla

Cappuccino or Coffee: Frappuccino

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU?

Smoke: once, a clove

Cuss: occassionally

Single: in the sense that i'm not married yet

Take a shower everyday: sometimes when i have time

Have a crush(es): usually

Think you've been in love: yep, once, never really stopped

Like(d) high school: yeah

Want to get married: maybe, if it doesn't interefer with my life plans and force me to give up my passions or dreams

Believe in yourself: more in God giving me confidence
Get motion sickness: yeah

Think you're attractive: only when i try to be

Think you're a health freak: trying to become one

Get along with your parents: when my sister's not around

Like thunderstorms: prefer the sun

Play an instrument: nope

LAYER SIX: IN THE PAST MONTH

Drank alcohol: can't remember

Done a drug: tylenol?

Gone on a date: yeah, not really a date, more like hanging out.

Gone to the mall: I work at the mall, people
Been on stage: no
Eaten an entire box of oreos: only two (cookies, not two boxes)
Eaten sushi: yeah, that's a place I often find myself at
Been dumped: no

Gone skating: no

Gone skinny dipping: unfortunately, no

Dyed your hair: no, not confident enough

Stolen anything: not in the past month, once when i was 12 i stole a candy from a bin at the grocery store

LAYER SEVEN: EVER

Played a game that required removal of clothing: yeah, at Boy Scout camp none the less

Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: tipsy, not trashed, not even close

Been caught "doing something": depends on what i was doing? caught studying, maybe

Been called a tease: all the time, but not seriously

Gotten beaten up: my sister beats me up all the time, she's huge!

Shoplifted: I bust shoplifters, not me!

Changed who you were to fit in: in highschool, i did a ton

LAYER EIGHT: GETTING OLDER

Age you hope to be married: 30

Numbers of children: 3, all adopted

Describe your dream wedding: in a church, then a party on the beach

How do you want to die: in my sleep

What do you want to be when you grow up: part time nurse, part time personal trainer, full time mother, full time wife, full time Jesus follower

What country would you most like to visit: Guatemala

LAYER NINE: IN A GAL/GUY

Best eye color?: Brown

Best hair color?: Brown

Short or Long Hair: longish / mediumish

Height: just taller than me

Best first date location: the beach and mexican food with la horchata

Articles of Clothing: nothing ......... I mean nothing special

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We HATE babies! Keep them home!

This is me.

This is me studying for finals.

This is also me.

This is me praising God for a brain, and the opportunity for education.

Any questions?

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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Hey all! It's been a bit since I last wrote here. I've been doing nothing more exciting than working, and going to class. Well, there are some new exciting changes in my life.

I got a job as a Program Director this summer for a Boy Scout camp.The cool thing is that I'm the first female (ever) to have this job, so it's a really big challenge to prove to all the ol' boys that girls can do a good job. Right now, my biggest struggle is hiring directors for different areas. I'm sure that it will all pull together within the next few weeks. So, if anyone wants to work at a Boy Scout camp on the Oregon Coast, you should email me! hehehe, just had to put a plug in there.

Anyway, Christmas season is here. That means longer hours at the mall, which gives me more hours at my Gymboree job! Yay for money! Not a big yay for the snobby customers who refer to me not by name but by "Christmas Help" (and yes, I do introduce myself by name and these customers come into the store on a weekly basis!) Yuck! Retail makes me want to stick out my tongue at them and their spoiled kids sometimes! You can't really blame the kids, they just learn from their parents. But, this is the job that God gave me and I'm only going to work it for one more month. And then I will be out in the cold, passing out applications for another job. hey, this is showing me what I don't want to do with the rest of my life - I implore you STAY AWAY FROM RETAIL!!!

But I still have my other job as a receptionist at the Alzheimer's Clinic, and that's always fun. There's always something new and interesting going on at the clinic. I love the residents. They are the light of my week.

And Christmas is also here, so that means that our Church is burning the Advent candles and doing the Advent readings. That also means our sanctuary is decorated with evergreen boughs and trees, and red velvet bows with lots of candles. It's a very traditional look, and it always makes me feel cozy. Last Sunday's service was the last time that I was actually really integrated, I mean the last time I was really engaged in anything interesting that the Pastor was saying. Did you know that the Evergreen trees are suppossed to symbolize eternal life (cuz its a tree that doesn't lose it's color year round) and that's why we have Christmas trees? Kewl. And the circular wreaths symbolize eternity? Muy kewl.

Well that's my second and final entry for the month of November.

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