Friday, July 20, 2007

'arry potter

you gotta say it like that..or i wont be friends with you.

Anyway, Im excited about the musical teeth as I have finished reading the script. (If you dont know what "teeth" is check out Mike's blog.)

Going to get Harry Potter tonight and read a little bit of it. No, Im not going to stay up all night to read it as my friend Katie will. Im excited to see what happens but Im also sad that the series is coming to a close.

Go watch Potter Puppet Pals on youtube! The one about the ticking noise! Im sorry this is sooo random...Im just tired!

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Funny moments...

After KT refused to give my cd back...

"Drop it"-me
"I did drop it! Gravity won't help." (or something like that) - KT
"That's not gravity, it's your finger!

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Katie being mean to me...again...probably by saying "your face"

"I was going to hit you with this but then I realized it was a Bible"-me

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Stupid media and magic!!!

Recognize this title Michael? Ha! I decided that b/c you took the cow's title (even though you didnt mean to) I took yours!!!! Ha!


Oh...Harry Potter tonight....stupid media as well.

Monday, July 09, 2007

Cool e-mail from my Dad!!!

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the
Declaration of Independence?


Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and tortured
before they died.


Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.


Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two
sons captured.


Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the
Revolutionary War.


They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their
sacred honor.


What kind of men were they?


Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were
farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But
they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the
penalty would be death if they were captured.


Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships
swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties
to pay his debts, and died in rags.


Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move
his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and
his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and
poverty was his reward.


Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer,
Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.


At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British
General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters.
He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was
destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.


Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed
his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13
children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to
waste. For more than a year, he lived in forests and caves, returning
home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later,
he died from exhaustion and a broken heart.


Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and
sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild-eyed,
rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and
education. They had security, but they valued liberty more.


Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support
of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine
providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes,
and our sacred honor."


They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books
never told you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War. We
didn't fight just the British. We were British subjects at that time and
we fought our own government!


Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't.
So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July Holiday and
silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they
paid.