look what i got in the mail today!!
so tracy’s gonna be traveling around the us and denmark playing the drums next year with youth encounter!!!!! *dances*
Archive for March, 2003
it’s like a Christian kegger…
March 14th, 2003
what does a bunch of college students (over 50 of them) plus a keg of sprecher root beer, drums, guitars, amps, a microphone, a pool table, twister, video camera, digital cameras, music, and a thursday night equal? just the best thursday night party on maryland avenue, THAT’S what! 
(especially since all the other parties that happen on maryland ave, on a thursday night, consist of underage drinking, drugs, smoking, incoherentness, falling down a lot, and a headache the next morning.) our root beer kegger, on the other hand, was much more fun, we had live music, lots of great fellowship, no injuries, no regrets, and everyone will remember the fun we had! *grin* (who says Christians don’t have any fun?! ha!)
so here’s some pics from the party:
(how many people can we fit in the kitchen? *grin*)
(jeremy and david singing a very… interesting… version of “awesome God”)
(cari and leah)
(yay! here is a pic of gregg and me. *waves* HI GREGG)
(amy’s a rockstar)
as always, i took LOTS more pictures, so check them out here. some movies should be on their way soon…. but for now… i’m off to bed!
let me tell you a funny story…
March 13th, 2003
there once was a girl who was a klutz.
one sunday night, she stubbed her toe pretty badly. an hour later, it still hurt, so she decided to take a look at her toe. she noticed that the toe moved easily to the side when she pushed gently on it. and she said to herself,
“uh.. yep. that’s broken“
then she found a small strip of gauze to wrap around her two little toes, and taped it on with scotch tape. (the college student’s medical kit)
then went to church
then went to a friend’s house for cake
then to a movie
so who’s the klutz you ask?
yep. *raises hand* that’s me
(and let me just tell you… i find the broken toe more funny than painful, that’s for sure!)
:-D
March 10th, 2003
i have a ton of fun pictures, lots to write and truckloads of hilarious video to post… but for now, i just want to say this….
i love these girls!!! 
happy birthday amy!
mulitimedia girl…
March 7th, 2003
chex mix is good…
March 6th, 2003
yes. yes it is. i never realized how good chex mix is for breakfast *grin*
but anyway, enough of that. i have to share my joy. i got a really good grade on my first speech for my public speaking class.
my eval sheet. click for full size
and to further show my nerdyness, check out my movies page to actually see my speech. it’s an informaitonal speech on Christian music. it was really hard to keep that sucker under five minutes!
oh, and also, i saw this on sarah’s webpage, and decided to try this here. fill in the blanks! leave them in the comments.
i ______ tracy.
tracy is _____.
tracy thinks a lot about _______.
when I think of _________, i think of tracy.
if i were alone in a room with tracy, i would _______.
i think tracy should ________.
tracy needs __________.
i want to ____________ tracy.
if i could describe tracy in a word: ________.
aaa – aim addicts anonymous and more
March 4th, 2003
i’m 71% fanatical about IM. you?
heh
oh, and here’s another one:
You are a lover, a feeling type, whose spirituality comes primarily from the heart or emotions. You are a Lover, a feeling type, whose spirituality comes primarily from the heart or emotions. You value freedom, independence, and spontaneity. Along with your gift of enthusiasm, you show us how to have fun and appreciate beauty. More than any other type, you know how to experience joy.To Lovers, God is a nurturing parent. Prayer for you is often extemporaneous, speaking to God about what is on your heart at the moment. Music moves you deeply; so does heartfelt preaching and worship. You believe that real faith must be shared. Consequently, many Lovers are interested in missions or in spreading the Gospel through the media.
anyway, that was fun. go find out what spiritual type you are.
when it rains it pours
March 2nd, 2003
two consecutive posts after a long lull in my blogging? what’s this?! *grin*
anyways, i just had an awesome day, and i must share with you this day that God blessed me with.
first, let me start with yesterday, since the two days have just blended together for me so yesterday, i get up early and head to plymouth church to help chaperone some kids from two different youth groups participating in the 30 hour famine. this was an interesting experience. if you know me, you know that i don’t like working with younger kids very much, but this was pretty cool. we did a couple art projects, a super awesome community service project, several Bible studies, and many many games. you could tell the kids got more and more tired and worn out from not eating (as with us adults) because for the last two Bible studies there was no one playing with the punching balloon, throwing pillows, kicking or punching each other, falling off chairs, cracking jokes, squirming or otherwise being a distraction. they actually began to look and act more human, and at those points when they were seriously applying themselves, the questions and the statements that came out of their mouths were amazingly intelligent. it was pretty cool to see. and as they started to settle down a bit, my migraine actually went away.
so anyways, i ended up leaving the sleepover a bit early, and drove down to racine after 10pm. got lost in racine (again). talked to some random person in open pantry on my cell phone. found my way again. got the chance to reunite with several of my friends. received and gave several hugs in a very short amount of time. danced a bit, talked a bit, went to eat at denny’s in racine with some of my michigan peeps, and then drove home around 1am.
so i get home, blog, talk to glynn who just happened to be over, then went to bed.
wake up this morning, go to westminster church to play in the church band. things went well there, and i just love that congregation there. all the people are just so nice, welcoming, and loving. alan mentioned me in the prayers of the church about my upcoming surgery (which is march 19th by the way), and everyone in the church came up to me afterwards to talk to me about it, wish me luck, assure me that God was with me and/or say that they would keep me in their prayers. i am just so touched by their outpouring of concern, as well as all the prayers of all my other brothers and sisters in Christ.
in the afternoon, while i was resting and taking a bit of a nap, cari calls and comes over just to hang out. i’m just so blessed with friends. i love it when just the simple presence of a friend is God’s present to me. Thanks God!
finally, this evening i agreed to lead the music for an evening service at plymouth church, the same place where the 30 hour famine happenings occurred, so the sanctuary was littered with banners and strings of paper adorned with hand prints. (over 2,000 hand prints, mind you. each hand, representing 15 kids that die EACH DAY due to hunger related causes!) the service went great, and the fellowship afterwards was even more awesome. there was just something so terribly… RIGHT… about the people. we laughed so much. we found unexpected things in common with each other. and just delighted in God’s presence.
and now, i’m going to meet more awesome friends at my parents house. *waves* God rocks!
avoiding the internet? maybe
March 2nd, 2003
hey all. sorry i haven’t blogged in a while, but life just hasn’t allowed me the time to do so. 
i seriously have a ton to write about, but i pretty much grounded myself from most internet activities that i enjoy (the time-consuming and non-productive sorts of activities, like chatting and blogging) all last week in order to get some work done and ya know, it kinda worked. and if i wasn’t so tired right now, i’d do a little blogging catch up. but i am tired. so good night! *hugz*