birthdayzzz.

finally someone else shares my disinterest in birthdays. Allstar Weekend has a song titled:

Party Like It's Not Your Birthday


every clock is ticking faster//taking trips around the sun//another year, another chapter//5 and 4 and 3 and 2 and 1//drop your calls, lose your keys//until the drinks are gone//get yourself out of your seat, oh oh//quit your bitchin' move your feet//until the break of dawn//cause nobody gives a damn about the day that you were born//this song is for everyone who it ain't your birthday//you gotta party like it's not, party like it's not//this song's for for anyone who is having the worst day//you gotta party like it's not, party like it's not//oh oh oh//party like it's not, party like it's not your birthday//take a sip of the high life//chase it down until you fall//three hundred sixty five nights//why just one if we can have them all?//drop your calls, lose your keys//before the drinks are gone//get yourself out your seat, oh oh//clap your hands, move your feet//until the break of dawn//cause nobody gives a damn about the day that you were born//okay lets lose control//i wanna see everybody on the floor//well go and send your invitations//do it now cause time is wasting//life is tough so fill them cups//one life to live imma live it up//drinks go up, drink 'em down//turn it up, wake up the dawn//turn it up, wake up the town//okay check it out, here's the plan//we gonna dance till we can not stand//move your feet to every beat//o crap, bring it back, put it on repeat//we are going to party till the break of dawn/i don't even know how i'm getting home//it's alright it's okay//it's not even my birthday!



okay, i don't agree with most of the things said in this song. but, i'm really not the biggest fan of birthdays. and i find it interesting that, as light as the mood of this song is, someone else feels the same way. why should your birthday be that much better than every other day? sure, you can take time to appreciate the life you've been given. but don't think that, just because it's your birthday it has to be more important than any other day.

okay, don't get me wrong. i will respect you on your birthday and treat you well. they just aren't MY favorite. they're kind of awk. but, i am looking forward to inheriting $2500 on my 18th next month. PTL.

didn't see it coming.

if, by chance, you read my last post and are now reading this, you will probably think i am a lunatic.

i will be attending the University of Arkansas in the fall.

surprised? confused? no? well, i am. basically it all comes down to the fact that i was being really close-minded because i WANTED Belmont so badly. but, in reality, it would be dumb for me to not accept all of the opportunity that comes with an Honors Fellowship at U of A. and it's really not a question of whether God will use me or not, He will use me at Fayetteville.

in fact, i'm a little nervous (but mostly excited) about everything He has in store for the next four years. yes, i will probably alwasy wonder what it would have been like to go to Belmont and live in Nashville. but, if, in four years, i still feel called there, what's keeping me from going? i can go to grad school. or even work there.

whenever i would think about attending Belmont, i couldn't be excited because i knew there was still so much to be done in order for me to actually get there and not be thousands of dollars in debt when i graduate. but, in looking forward to Fayetteville, i CAN get excited. i can start thinking about who i will live with, what classes i'll take, what cocurricular activies i'll be a part of. it's all worked out. all i have to do is go (and keep good grades, but hey, if that's what it takes...).

so, i guess all that's left to say is:
WOO PIG!
and praise the LORD for opening my eyes!