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Shimmer

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About Me

Well, my name's Sara. I live in New Orleans. I LOVE THIS CITY!!! I went to school at Huntington University and majored in Ministry for 2 yrs. Now I'm taking some time off, trying to figure out what to do with my life. I may go back to school. I may not. But I want to make a differnce in this world. Right now I'm getting involved in relief work.For work, I work at a coffee shop. And I babysit. Someday I hope to go overseas and help in 3rd world countries. Whereever God may lead me. In the meantime, here I am. This is me.

My Interests

meeting new people, seeing the world,creative writing (when i'm inspired)...fine arts, as in the history of art...i'm not artist, church stuff, friends, movies, books, music...yeah

I'd like to meet:

ALOT of people...I could go on and on for days about who I'd like to meet.However, I already know some of the greatest people ever! mspmb src="http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=57537363 &ver=102906" quality="high" salign="lt" width="426" height="320" wmode="transparent" name="rockyou" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"

Music:

I LOVE MUSIC!!! i listen to pretty much anything but country...i like christian music, such as Relient K, Thousand Foot Krutch, Jars of Clay, Hinder, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, Default, Pink

Movies:

Aladin, The Incredibles, Herculues....any Don Bluth Film, such as Land Before Time, All Dogs go to Heaven, An American Tail, Rockadoodle....umm... The Island, Batman Begins....and then there's the ones like Sixth Sense, What Lies Beneath, The Shining (though it scares me) umm...Final Cut, Clerks II, Madagascar, The Prestige, The Stand, Deja Vu....i could go on forever, so i'm just gonna stop there. Add more as they come

Television:

I'm ashamed to talk about the tv shows I watch lol.

Books:

The Shining,Pet Sematary, comic books (Calvin and Hobbes, Bunny Suicides, Runaways, Opus) Anything Stephen King, The DaVinci Code....and many more to come

Heroes:

mike hogg is one of my hero's...he's my old youth pastor. Jenn Latzke, one of my best friends ever is also my hero cos even when life sucks she can figure out the good stuff.Stephen King...because he's a frickin literary genius and i must also add mrs. sarah arnold, who has the same name AND birthday as me. she rocks my face off. yeah, Sarah! People who pour thier hearts and souls into what they do are considered heroes by me.

My Blog

I wear my hair back everyday...

For those of you who don't know, I'm crazy lol and I work 2 jobs now. I still have my job at the coffee shop, in addition to working at a restaurant. I go into Pj's from 7-11, go down the road to Oliv...
Posted by Shimmer on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:28:00 PST

Adventures in peircings

I'm kind of sad, but I'll be okay lol. So I went to Houston over the weekend and spent like an hour at the galleria. As most of you know, I have my nose peirced. So I went into Claire's, found some ne...
Posted by Shimmer on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:39:00 PST

KENYA

So I'm very pleased to let you guys know that I'm going to Kenya for a month in May. My dreams are coming true, and I'm excited beyond words right now! Africa...you guys, I'm really going!!! This is i...
Posted by Shimmer on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:54:00 PST

Hardcore discouragement and annoyance

I wish this could a happy blog, but it's not. it's one of my "I hate certian things so I'm going to vent" type dealies. Why do people care so much about getting a flippin education? I'm not a stupid p...
Posted by Shimmer on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:24:00 PST

Random Ramblings

So I realized I still owe everyone part 2 of the China trip. And I will post it, eventually...I just seem to have temporarily misplaced my trip journal. My stuff from school is still in 2 places, so c...
Posted by Shimmer on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:34:00 PST

So I went to China....

Yup, that's right. My school offered a class/ trip to China, so I jumped on the oppurtunity to go. It was a 3 and a half week trip. We went to Beijing, Nanjing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Macau, and H...
Posted by Shimmer on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:40:00 PST

Time for updates

So it's been a while....that happens sometimes. Honestly, it's kind of cool that I haven't had the time to write anything. If I was updating every day, I'd be worried about myself. It would be so unev...
Posted by Shimmer on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:28:00 PST

Creativity?

I think I need some sort of emotional outlet. So I'm going to do something I haven't done in a while....write something quasi-creative. Enjoy!   We were friends. To be honest, I'm not sure if I r...
Posted by Shimmer on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:51:00 PST

Euw.

So can we talk about how I just typed up this huge blog on how I was feeling, and being the total moron that I am, somehow managed to hit the back button without saving anything. Good move. Can you gu...
Posted by Shimmer on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:58:00 PST

Hooray for updates!

So, after a week of Hell, getting midterms back with a D-, 58, and 57 I was ready to quit school. It's kicking the crap out of me, and is very frustrating. It was pretty much the longest week of my li...
Posted by Shimmer on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:29:00 PST