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Settlin' In

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About Me

To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10


..Hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the task ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shrinking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it, and work for it, and fight for it...
I'm married to my bestfriend!!
I'm a Firefighter. I protect the people of Burlington. I love my job and there is nothin' else that I would rather be doing
I enjoy sports and have played just about everyone u can think of, baseball will always be my favorite, I would give about anything to play in one more highschool football game. But now I just play church softball. I used to be pretty smart, i was even saludatorian in high school.(did i spell that right?).
I love country music. There is pretty much a song that can explain anything that happens in life. I like other types of music too, any song that has deep lyrics. Sometimes I'm in the mood for rock, especially Nickelback, and wrap. I really like all types of music.
I like to hunt, i love to fish, i like to ride 4wheelers, sea-doos, and especially horses whenever i get the chance. my family spends a lot of time at badin lake in the summer. i like visitin the mountains and i like goin to the beach, but i would never live there. most people would call me country, (i dont mind hard work and family comes first) but I have other sides too. I'm a sucker for sweet girls with big hearts. i grew up on a "farm", but my car's sittin on dubs. I want to always live on atleast 20 acres, 100 or more would be better. i have to be able to have my space away from the rest of the world sometimes.
"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
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Name: Dusty, Dustin, D-Cock, Cock
Birthday: two sixteen eighty-six
Birthplace: Greensboro
Current Location: Greensboro
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: brown
Height: 6'3
Right Handed or Left Handed: righty
Your Heritage: country
The Shoes You Wore Today: boots, rainbows
Your Weakness: openin my mouth when i shouldnt
Your Fears: i aint skurred
Your Perfect Pizza: with frineds and a few beers
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: full-time job
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lol
Thoughts First Waking Up: how many times can i hit the snooze?
Your Best Physical Feature: my bulging biceps
Your Bedtime: whenever i get tired
Your Most Missed Memory: highschool football
Pepsi or Coke: sprite
MacDonalds or Burger King: micky d's
Single or Group Dates: definitly single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: twinnings
Chocolate or Vanilla: vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: caramal anything
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Swear: more than i should
Do you Sing: all the time
Do you Shower Daily: sometimes 2 or 3 times a day
Have you Been in Love: yeah
Do you want to go to College: i did
Do you want to get Married: of course... in like 2 years
Do you belive in yourself: often
Do you get Motion Sickness: not usually
Do you think you are Attractive: im average
Are you a Health Freak: some weeks i am lol
Do you get along with your Parents: yeah
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes... i love lightning and rain on a tin roof
Do you play an Instrument: i have a guitar
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: no
In the past month have you been on Drugs:
In the past month have you gone on a Date: i guess u can still call them that lol
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: yeah
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: umm no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: no... but calamari
In the past month have you been on Stage: umm no
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no but im sure i will b4 the summer is over
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: not that i remember
Ever been Drunk: i would say so
Ever been called a Tease: yeah i have
Ever been Beaten up: no
Ever Shoplifted: yeah
How do you want to Die: old and gray w/ my big family around me
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: happy
What country would you most like to Visit: Australia
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: brown duh
Favourite Hair Color: don't care
Short or Long Hair: in the middle
Height: 5'3" - 6'1"
Weight: over 100 and under 160 i guess
Best Clothing Style: tight fittin jeans, short shorts, and parachute pants
Number of Drugs I have taken: what kind of drugs?
Number of CDs I own: not that many
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: none now
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My Interests

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
--Romans 8: 38-39
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intellingent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded.
-Emerson
The important thing is this, to be able at any momment to give up what we are... for what we could become
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!
- the final verse of my favorite poem
"If" by Rudyard Kipling
"You don't see a cowboy run his mouth and strut around,
He just takes the bull by the horns, throws him to the ground"
-Chad Brock

I'd like to meet:

My Grandpa that died before I was born

Music:

anything country old or new, eminem, T.I., Usher, Jack Johnson, Weazer, Limp Bizkit, Simple Plan, Incubus, some Coldplay, pretty much anything and everything, whatever im n the mood for at the time

ford or chevy? FORD!!
diesel or gas? gas
bulls or broncs? BULLS
wrangler or cinch? wrangler
lace up or pull on boots? i wear both
Justin or H&H? def Justin
tail gating or line dancing? tail gating in the parkin lot b4 line dancing
george strait or chis ledoux? wow can't decide
mossy oak or real tree camo? i only wear ADVANTAGE TIMBER
bud or coors? bud light
cope or skoal skoal
do it for the buckle or the girls/guys? the buckle
beef or pork? beef
hunting or fishing? depends on what time of year
drugs or jesus? jesus
stetson or resistol? STETSON
bed of your truck or a motel? bed of my truck
texas or colorado? colorado
ropin or wrestling? wrestling
tatoos or scars? scars
weekend at the rodeo or weekend with the love of your life? weekend at the rodeo w/ the love of my life

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Movies:

Forest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, 8 Seconds, Pure Country, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember... lots of others

Television:

don't really watch that much... ESPN, 90's daytime television (ex. Saved by the Bell, Full House, Family Maters), 24, CSI, startrek

Books:

Bible

Heroes:

my dad and my granny

.. One of the greatest gifts we have are our own mistakes, and somebody singing about them. -Garth ..

My Blog

I Wish You Could

"I Wish You Could Know"I wish you could know what it is like to search a burning bedroom for trapped children at 3AM, flames rolling above your head, your palms and knees burning as you crawl, the flo...
Posted by Settlin' In on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:36:00 PST

I don't need a whole lot of money

I dont need a whole lot of moneyBut I wouldnt turn a lottery downI just need a little green in my pocketSo I can buy my buddies a roundAll I want is a place to lay my head with the woman I love lyin i...
Posted by Settlin' In on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 07:45:00 PST

real old school kenny chesney

If I quit my job for the simple lifeHoney would you stand by meIf I bought a little cabin on a mountainsideHoney would you stand by meWould you be my one true friendStick with me through thick and thi...
Posted by Settlin' In on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:06:00 PST

more good songs

On the eighth day God noticed a problemFor there below him stood a cowboy aloneStubborn and proud, reckless and loudGod knew he'd never make it on his ownSo God looked out all over creationAnd listene...
Posted by Settlin' In on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:17:00 PST