fave quotes

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

If by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

willie wonka quotes

Willy Wonka: Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about.


Willy Wonka: Everything in this room is eatable. Even I'm eatable, but that is called canibalism, my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.

merry christmas!

merry christmas!

christmas eve: deport, tx w/the ballards; church service 6pm: with a lovely "to-go style Lord's Supper" complete with individually wrapped grape juice plastic wrapped w/ a wafer/styrofoam? lid

christmas day: open presents w/family; walk w/mom; gilmer, tx w/the other ballards
presents! coach purse and wallet; dvds--willie wonka (both), the incredibles, father of the bride; complete set of dishes; boots; among various random items...
ROSE BOWL TICKETS....the family is drivin to cali!

finals & sick

survived finals:
test wednesday (math)
test friday (abnormal psy)
saturday: erik is sick
pulled all-nighter til 5am:::
due saturday morning at 9am: 20 page paper revision and
15 page paper (4 essays) take-home final
sunday: slept all day; felt sick
test monday: barely survived 9am bio final
slept rest of the day
currently: watching Home Alone

thanks for the flu, erik. merry christmas :)

Quoteables

It is a mistaken assumption that everything has to fit neatly somewhere.

"Study...make a good grade...get a sweet job...then you can sleep in your pimpin office with the door closed"
Lance Scott

Pictures of Erik/Lena and Jordan/Lance/Lena

Finals Crunch Time

4 Finals, 1 12 page paper, and I am creating a Blog instead of studying....