woohoo!
Abby, Ning, JohnPeek, and Chase graduated this weekend. I hate to break this to you guys...but this does mean that you acutally have to work for a living now! :-* I'm sending mad amounts of love your way! Sorry I wasn't there.

sorry
I'm sorry that I've not attended graduations, weddings, and other social events as of late. I've been really sick and I've spent my days totally doped up on vicodin. Thanks for understanding. I love you guys!

baby!
Greg and Julie had their baby. Thomas Allen was born today at 12:41pm. Mom and baby are fine, happy and healthy. They will behome on Sunday.

love
If there is a man out there who feels like buying my love...start with this! This is a yummy piece of ice I saw on ebay. (Give me a break...I can't sleep.)

Life
Life is so complicated. It?s taken me twenty years to learn this. Just when I think that I have life figured out, I get thrown this amazingly huge curveball. Not that it?s any one curveball in particular that I have on my mind right now. I mean, frankly?I?ve been thrown quite a few lately.

Love.

School.

Career.

Friends.

Health.

Family.

Church.

Each of them have managed to suck in their own special and unique ways.

Like?

I have this great man in my life?who wants to be a bigger part of it. But I?m so hesitant to jump into a new relationship. The idea of getting into one right now, so shortly after ending my last one, bothers me. I mean, the idea of a rebound relationship seems to be a commonly accepted. But I?m not happy with that. And, if I?m going to rebound with somebody, I do not want it to be him. He?s just such a fabulous guy. I really do have great respect and adoration for him.

I mean, would the 11 year old count as my rebound? (For those of you who don?t know?he was not 11 years old?he was 11 years older than me.) It?s not like the fling with the 11 year old went anywhere. We talked a lot. We almost went out. But them he told me that he was coming to town to see me. Way good! And that he got a hotel room for us. Way not so good!

How many men is too many men? Am I truly just a slut? Or am I just being normal?and getting to know other guys in my life. I mean, I don?t count every random eating out as a serious date. But there are other people in my life who do. So, then, if you rack up my date counter in the last three months?it?d be up to like?well?six. Six! That seems like not that many to me. That is less than a date a week. And I?m twenty! Give me a freakin? break.

Oh well, that is my rant about life at the moment. I wish I could sleep. *groan*

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Did you ever feel like you met the person you could spend the rest of your life with but the timing was just off?

my two cents on the war
Yesterday Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld held a press conference. There was a reporter there that brought up an interesting point?.

Why are the abuses of Iraqi prisoners a terrible thing, but the abuses of Iraqi civilians were ok?

So basically, we are more evil than Saddam Hussein.

Now, I?m in no way justifying what these soldiers are doing?if they are abusing Iraqi prisoners. However, all I?m saying is that it?s a little odd that France stands up now upset about the ten or so people that might have been abused by us. But the thousands of people who died under Saddam?s regime weren?t worth it to them.

Not to sound all pro Iraqi war on you. I mean, I was not for the war. But, I am for actually letting our leaders of this country lead. I didn?t have all the intelligence information that they did. And I was for taking Saddam out of power. His crimes against humanity were horrific. If the U.S. is going to police the world (arg!) we?ve got the police the whole thing.

This is a really great website: http://www.defendamerica.mil/iraq/mar2004/tni-1yr0318042.html Especially for those of you who are on the fence about the war. I may not have been in full support, but I do think it?s done more good than harm. This is hauntingly similar to what we found once we entered into Germany post WWII.

In Studio w/ Blink182
So, my sister and I got the chance to get in studio with Blink 182. It was pretty cool. We had a great time. I don't really have much more to say about it...but you can check out pictures here.

Erin's shower
Pics are posted.

http://community.webshots.com/album/140597233DxdPzm

OU's Thompson arrested for DUI
2004-05-04
By George Schroeder
The Oklahoman


NORMAN -- Oklahoma reserve quarterback Paul Thompson was charged Monday with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol.



According to a Norman police report, Thompson was arrested early Sunday morning after being pulled over for running a red light. Cleveland County district attorney Tim Kuykendall said Thompson's blood alcohol content measured .08 when he was arrested.

Thompson, 20, has an initial court date of June 8. If convicted, he could receive a sentence of up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. That's not likely, though. Kuykendall said first offenders typically receive sentences of probation, pay fines, attend a DUI education school and perform community service.

Through a school spokesman, OU coach Bob Stoops declined comment Monday. Media relations director Kenny Mossman said the situation would "be handled within the framework of the team, and it will be an internal matter."

Thompson, who will be a junior next fall, has spent the past two seasons as OU's second-team quarterback. He retained that status after spring practice.

According to the police report, at 1:20 a.m. Sunday, Norman officer Gregory Laffin observed a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Thompson run a red light at the intersection of Lindsey and McGee streets.

After pulling Thompson over in the nearby McDonald's parking lot, Laffin smelled alcohol on Thompson's breath and noted slightly slurred speech from Thompson, according to Norman police spokesman Lt. Tom Easley. According to Kuykendall, Thompson told police he had had three or four beers.

Thompson failed a field sobriety test, according to the report, then consented to a blood alcohol content test, which registered .08.

He was taken to the Cleveland County Detention Center. Sunday morning, Thompson was released after posting $1,000 bond. An unidentified passenger with Thompson was not arrested.

Because he is not 21, Thompson could have been charged with DUI with any measurable blood alcohol count. But .08 is in excess of the legal limit for any age.