Thoughts of a Homeschooled Alaskan Girl

Feb. 4, 2008 - I've Moved

I've decided to start blogging again. But I'm not blogging here :on HSB because of politics and such. My new blog is here:

Http://www.missalycia.org/blog

Hope to see you there!!

Alycia

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Dec. 16, 2007 - Goodbye

This is my very last post. I'm leaving blog world.
I've been prayiing about this for quite some time, and I feel like God wants me to spend my time elsewhere. Will I be back?

At this point I can tell you probley not. If any of you want to keep in contact through email or IM, my email address is:

lysha4Jesus(at)yahoo(dot)com

Goodbye

Alycia

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Dec. 8, 2007 - Holiday Bundle

Joci is having an awesome contest on her blog. Go here for details. It's an awesomely awesome, superfantstly wonderful, fantastastic contest. :D

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Dec. 3, 2007 - Christmas Memory

Here is my memory post for Joci's contest .

When I was about eightish I watched a whole bunch of TV. I saw an add for this brand of stuffed animal called Pound Puppies. I really wanted one. So that is what I asked mom for when Christmas ran around. Well I didn't get it, and I thought it was the end of teh world, but it wasn't. Has a matter of fact, my most favorite stuffie (even today) is the stuffed dog I got instead. This as always stuck with me for some reason or another, and has I mature in my walk with Christ, I realize that sometimes when I ask God for something, HE'S not always going to give me exactly what I want. HE might have something better.

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Nov. 22, 2007 - Amazingly Wonderful

It's amazing the peace and contentment that is in ones heart when you completly surrender to God and HIS Spirit. Nothing is impossible, and everything makes sense in HIS presence, and HIS will.

When your sweetly broken and wholey surrendered.

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Nov. 18, 2007 - I'm so Glad

I'm am so glad that today is another day. A day to live for God. A day to soak in HIS love, and be thankful for HIS forgivness. Sometimes I get so caught up in my life that I don't take time to think about the fact that we are really here to serve Christ, and when we die, we get to be with HIM and worship HIM forever. How neat is that?

I tend to get so caught up in the future, about my wants, hopes, dreams and desires, that I totally forget I serve an Awesome God WHO has complete reign and control over my life. Why am I trying to figure it out now? I just need to wait on HIM, and HIS timing. A walk of faith.

And really, it doesn't really matter. It's just life on earth. Life is good, but isn't eternal life a whole lot better?

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Nov. 17, 2007 - Nope

I'm not going to do that series. I so totally am not commited enough to commit to anything. Sorry. :(

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Nov. 11, 2007 - Does it Matter? Part 1

Starting now, every Sunday I'm going to post about something that really doesn't matter in light of eternity. This is a ten week series. Todays topic: church denominations. I don't really have a lot of time right now, so it's going to be short.

Do you really think that your church denomination is the only right one? We are all sinners, we all have different tranlations of the Bible and all of us read it differently. Is it really fair to say that no one else really loves God with all they have because their not baptist, first assembly, mennonite, calvinist, methodist, or whatever? Will it really matter when we stand before Christ? If you have any questions about this, feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer on Saturday.

God bless,

Alycia

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Nov. 8, 2007 - A Tag

I was tagged by DixieBeauty

Ten Things about You:
1. Are you in a relationship?: I'm single and loving it. :D
2. Are you happy?: Mostly. Life always has a few quirks that could be fixed.
3. Are you bored?: Not in the least
4. Are you sad?: Why would I be sad?
5. Are you Italian?: Not to my knowledge
6. Are you German?: I think so
7. Are you Asian?: No one's ever told me so.
8. Are you Mexican?: No
9. Are you Irish?: Yep. Definatly Irish
10. Are your parents still married?: They never were married

Ten Facts
1. age: 116
2. Hair Color: Brownish
3. Height: 5'1
4. Hair style: Curly
5. Eye color: Blue
6. Birthday: Oct. 16
7. Mood: Slighty irritated
8. Crush's name: No crush.
9. Available: Nope. Not for three more years.
10. Lefty/righty: Righty

Ten Things About Your Love Life
1. Have you ever been in love?: Not in the way your thinking
2. Do you believe in love at first sight?: Attraction at first sight, lust at first sight, but not a real, deep, sincere love. So I guess no, I don't believe in love at first sight.
3. Do you like someone? Not in THAT way
4. Have you ever been hurt?: You mean my heart hurt? Yep. Most definatly.
5. Have you ever broken someone's heart?:I've been asked out, but declined. Does that count?
6. Have u ever got mad at the special someone and told them? I don't have a 'specail someone'
7. Have you ever liked someone but never told them?: Yes.
8. Are you afraid of commitment? Yes. I'm deathly afraid of commiting ot anything.
9. Have you hugged someone within the last week?: Yes
10. Have you ever had a secret admirer?: If I have, he did a pretty good job of being seceret. lol

Ten this or that's
1. Love or lust? LOVE!Real love.
2. Liquor or beer? DR. Pepper
3. Cats or dogs? Dogs.
4. A few best friends or many regular friends? A few best friends.
5. Television or Internet? It all depends on what is on TV, and what I have to do online. hehehe. I know I just took the question completly out of context.
6. Pepsi or coke? Pepsi
7. Wild night out or romantic night in? "if" I had someone special, a romantic night in would do way more nicely then a wild night out. Who wants to go out, get drunk, get stuipid, then not remember any of it?
8. Black or white? It all depends.
9. Night or day? Night.
10. IM or phone? IM is so stupid. I'd rather talk on the phone.

Ten Have You Ever
1. Been caught sneaking out? I've never snuck out.
2. Pulled a prank on someone while they were sleeping? Not that I remember.
3. Done something you regret? yes.
4. Bungee jumped? I'm afraid of heights.
5. Been on a house boat? Nope. I have issues with regular boats, why on earth would I want to sleep on one?
6. Finished an entire jaw breaker? Yep
7. Wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? Yes
8. Wanted an ex bf/gf back? Let's not ask questions about imaginary people. It's not cool.
9. Cried because you lost a pet? Yep
10. Wanted to disappear? Yes

Ten Preferences in girl/guy.
1. County boy or SURFER? country boy. surfer boys brains are usually sun baked.
3. Hugs or kisses: it depends on who is giving them.
4. Shorter or taller: taller then me.
5. Intelligence or attraction: A mix would do nicely, but really, what good is a smart guy with no feeling? Or an ugly guy with no intelligence? Agh! I can't decide.
6. Romantic or spontaneous: Romantic.
7.Nice stomach or nice arms: Nice stomach. No fatso's please.
8. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship.
9. U want him 2 own a truck or motorcycle? Truck.
10. Play the guitar or into sports: Play the guitar. Sports are a practicly useless talent.

Your Lasts
1. Last phone call you made: I called Daddy.
2. Last phone call you received: Oh, um? Maybe Mrs V. asking me to baby-sit. That was like two weeks ago though.
3. Last person you hung out with: Emmi
4. Last person you hugged: Isaiah (my dog)
5. Last person you IMed: I don't IM.
6. Last text message you received: No cell. yay!
7. Last person you went to the movie with: Daddy
8. Last person you missed: Dad, grandma, grandpa.
9. Last song you heard: Heaven by Mary Mary. I'm listening to radio.
10. Your last crush: That was ages ago!

I now tag. . .Lifesong, Blogboy,smily,and MandyGrace

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Nov. 7, 2007 -

Whenever you are concerned to think and act about your salvation, you
must put away all thoughts of works, traditions and philosophy -
indeed,
of the law of God itself. And you must run directly to the manger and
the mother's womb, embrace this infant and virgin's child in your arms,
and look at Him - born, being nursed, growing up, going about in human
society, teaching, dying, rising again, ascending above all the
heavens,
and having authority over all things. In this way you can shake off all
terrors and errors, as the sun dispels the clouds. This vision will
keep
you on the proper way, so that you may follow where Christ has gone.

Martin Luther
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther

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Oct. 26, 2007 - Happy Birthday!

Today is Amanda's birthday! Happy Birthday Amanda!
I know this isn't the bestest birthday post ever, but at least i did it, right?
Me and her go back about a year and a half. At first we didn't get along, mostly because I had a judgemental attitude about her Superman background. But then I watched Superman Returns and was totally lost, so I asked her if she could fill me in on the rest of the story. She did, and then a friendship began to bloom. After that I realized she was a sweet, Godly, young lady who had a heart for the Lord as well as the cost it takes to serve Him.

Happy Birthday Amanda!!

Alycia

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Oct. 25, 2007 - My Book List

Looking at my to read list, you can definatly tell I'm homeschooled. My list for the library is:

Hamlet
William Shakesphere
822.33 SHA
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Gone With the Wind
Margret
MIT
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The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
HAWT
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Iliad
Homer
833 HOM
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Odessey
Homer
833 HOM
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Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
ANF 843.7 HUGO
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The Robe
Lloyd Douglas
DOU
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Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli
SPI
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
J DAHL
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Letters from Rifka
Karen Hesse
J HES
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The Wizard of Oz
Frank Baum
J BAUM
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Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
BRON
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Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
LP CERV
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The Ox-Bow Incident
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
CLA
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Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
CON
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The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane
CRA
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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
DOS
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As I lay Dying
William Faulkner
FAUL
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The Great Gatsby
Scott Fitzgerald
FITZ
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A Passage to India
E.M Forester
FOR
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Ernest Gaines
GAIN
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The Lord of the Flies
William Golding
GOL
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
HAR
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A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
HEM
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
HURS
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The Call of the Wild
Jack London
ALASKA R LON
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Moby Dick
Melville
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A Good Man is Hard to Find
O'Conner
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Animal Farm
Orwell
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The Yearling
Rawlings
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Remarque
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Frankenstein
Shelley
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The Pearl
Steinbeck
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Gullivers Travels
Jonathan Swift
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Huckberry Finn
Twain
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Night
Weisel
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the Time Machine
Wells
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Pamela
Richardson
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible
221.4 ABE
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Breaking the Da Vinci Code
813.54Bock
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And my list of books that are not at the library is:

Daughters of Destiny" by Noelle Wheeler
a Basket of Flowers" by Christoph von Schmid CBD $22.00
The Christian Homekeepers Handbook-CBD$30.00
The acheaeolgy of Palestine-W.B Albright
A General Introduction to the Bible- Nrman L. Geisler and William E. Nix
The Meaning of teh Dead Sea Scrolls- Peter Flint and James Vanderkam
The Lost booke of the Bible and the forgotton books of eden
New Evidence that Demands a Verdict-Josh mcDowell
Against Heresies-Irenaeus
The Books and Parchments- F.F Bruce
The History of the Chruch- Eusebius
How we Got our Bible- Ralph Earte
The Canon Debate- Everett Feguson
A History of the Christian Chruch- Williston Walker
Let me be a Woman!- Elizabeth Elliot
A Return to Modesty-Wendy Shalit
Feminine Appeal-Carolyn Mahaney
The Underground History of American Education-John Taylor Gatto
The Hidden Art of Homemaking- Edith Shaeffer
College Without Compromise- Scott and Kris Wrightman
Accelerated Distance Learning0 Brad Voeller

And still counting. lol. Have any of you guys read these books? Recommend/unrecommend them in a comment please. :)

Alycia

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Oct. 24, 2007 - If Your?

If you are an unmarried Christian girl who is seeking Christian fellowship online with other unmarried, Christian girls, send me a message. Nope, this is not a penpal add. Just send me a message to find out why.

God bless,

Alycia

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Oct. 17, 2007 - How My Birthday Went

Thanks for the birthday wishes. :)

Yesterday went well. The ladies at church through a suprise cake and ice cream thing for me, which was really sweet. Mom, Emmi and I went shopping, then out to dinner. Mama gave me a pretty flower arrangment, she said that I'm a big girl now, and big girls get flowers for everybirthday. Almost everyone of importance in my family remembered and called. Even my brother and sister-in-law called, which they have never done before. It was special. Here is some of the presents I got. I'm not very present oriented, but I know some of you are going to ask.

Mama: The New Rebellion Handbook and The book of days: Living the New Rebellion, vanilla body spray,dinner and flowers.

Daddy:A rocket building kit.

Emmy:The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack

Rose: Shampoo, conditioner, anti frizz stuff, and lotion. Can you tell she's a hair dresser?

Stephie: The Last Christian Generation and Don't Check your Brains at the Door by Josh McDowell

Grandma and Grandpa: $50. I used this to buy nail polish, envelopes, a snack and The Phantom of the Opera DVD.

This birthday was pretty special. :)

~Alycia~

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Oct. 15, 2007 - Just a Thought

"True faith expresses itself in actions not just words."

I don't have a clue who said that. This is my post for now, but keep looking for a birthday post. I'll either post about what I did for my sweet sixteen, or my reflections over the last year. Gotta go.

Alycia

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Oct. 9, 2007 - Template

Well, I changed my mind about the whole POTO thing. Instead I really like the rose background with the grey. Over the next few days I'll work on adding the stuff back to my sidebar. Have a nice day.

Alycia

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Oct. 6, 2007 - Vertical Thought Magazine

Do any of you get Vertical Thought magazine? I just got my first issue. It is awesomeness! Some of their views are a bit off the wagon, but it makes you think about what you really believe. It's a free magazine. Read about it here.

My new template making blog is Raining Oranges. Http://homeschoolblogger.com/rainingoranges

I have not done anything to the template yet. I will soon though.

Have a nice day,

Alycia

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Oct. 2, 2007 - In Ten Years

1Co 10:12
So that he who is thinking to stand--let him observe, lest he fall. YLT

Are you a person of strong biblical convictions? Are you passionatly observing and obeying the Word of God? Be careful! Those who think they stand are the most likely to fall. God has been speaking a lot to me about this lately. Now, at this point in time, I'm incredibly passionate about staying pure before marriage, and I know why. BUT in ten years or so, if I'm still single will I still have the same convictions, will I still know why ? Not if I don't keep in prayer about it and keep my sword sharp. I think that is the main key to following Christ, is reading the Bible. There is a song by Casting Crowns that goes with this theme.

Written by Mark Hall
Special guest – Reagan Hall (Thank you, Princess, for your beautiful singing debut!)© 2007 My Refuge Music/Club Zoo Music/SWECS Music (BMI) (admin. by EMI CMG Publishing)

Be careful little eyes what you see
It’s the second glance that ties your hands as darkness pulls the strings
Be careful little feet where you go
For it’s the little feet behind you that are sure to follow

It’s a slow fade when you give yourself away
It’s a slow fade when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade, choices are made, a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
It’s a slow fade, it’s a slow fade

Be careful little ears what you hear
When flattery leads to compromise, the end is always near
Be careful little lips what you say
For empty words and promises lead broken hearts astray

The journey from your mind to your hands
Is shorter than you’re thinking
Be careful if you think you stand
You just might be sinking

Oh be careful little eyes what see
Oh be careful little eyes what you see
For the Father up above is looking down in love
Oh be careful little eyes what you see

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On a different note, I'm finally working on my new template. It's going to be Phantom of the Opera themed. I'm going to start a new blog, just so I can work on it. I'll keep you posted on the username so you can check out it's progress.

Gotta go,

Alycia

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Sep. 24, 2007 - Piano

Does anyone know of an easy to use piano curriculum? My mom, sister and I have been looking for one, but all of them are super comlicated. Thanks.

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Sep. 18, 2007 - Another Tag

I got this tag from Chris.

Ten Things about You:
1. Are you in a relationship?:no
2. Are you happy?: yep, mostly
3. Are you bored?: I kinda want to be. If I was bored then I wouldn't have so much to do.
4. Are you sad?: Not super so
5. Are you Italian?: Nope
6. Are you German?: yep
7. Are you Asian?: nope
8. Are you Mexican?:nope
9. Are you Irish:? Yep
10. Are your parents still married?: They never were married.

Ten Facts
1. age: 15
2. Hair Color: Brownish
3. Height:5'2
5. Eye color: Blue.
6. Birthday: October 16
7. Mood: Tired.Stressed
8. Crush's name: No crush
9. Available: me or the crush? nope, i'm not available because I don't date. :p
10. Lefty/righty: Righty

Ten Things About Your Love Life O_o
1. Have you ever been in love?: nope
2. Do you believe in love at first sight?: Not at all.
3. Do you like someone? i think that a couple boys are handsome, but that's about has far as it goes.
4. Have you ever been hurt?: Yes. Once I really liked a guy, but it didn't work out.
5. Have you ever broken someone's heart?: Not that I know of.
6. Have u ever got mad at the special someone and told them? I don't have a 'special' someone.
7. Have you ever liked someone but never told them?: yes
8. Are you afraid of commitment? Sort of. The idea of sticking to something no matter what scares me. If I had choice on most things I would probley back out last minute.
9. Have you hugged someone within the last week? Yep.
10. Have you ever had a secret admirer?: If I had, it's still a secert. :D

Ten this or that's
1. Love or lust? love.
2. Liquor or beer? Ya right.
3. Cats or dogs? They both server their purpose.
4. A few best friends or many regular friends? Best friends are better.
5. Television or Internet? Internet.
6. Pepsi or coke? Dr. Pepper
7. Wild night out or romantic night in? Romantic night in. Wild nights usually care a list of regrets I'm told.
8. Black or white? Like for what?
9. Night or day? If it wasn't so cold at night, I'd like nights. I'm very fond of the dark outdoors for some odd reason.
10. IM or phone? Phone.

Ten Have You Ever
1. Been caught sneaking out? Never snuck out.
2. Pulled a prank on someone while they were sleeping? Yes.
3. Done something you regret? Who hasn't?
4. Bungee jumped? Nope. I kind of want to but, not really.
5. Been on a house boat? never
6. Finished an entire jaw breaker? Yes. It was like six inches round.
7. Wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? Yep
8. Wanted an ex bf/gf back? Never had an ex.
9. Cried because you lost a pet? Once we had a dog that ran away on my birthday.
10. Wanted to disappear? mmhm.Definatly. Who hasn't?

Ten Preferences in girl/guy.
1. Country boy or SURFER? Country Boy
2 Light or dark hair: don't care.
3. Hugs or kisses: UM?????
4. Shorter or taller: I don't really care for short guys.
5. Intelligence or attraction: Cuteness or smartness? Hmm...smartness.
6. Romantic or spontaneous: Romantic. I don't care to much for spontaineous people.
7.Nice stomach or nice arms: That is one odd question.
8. Hook-up or relationship: Until now I thought they were the same thing.
9. U want him 2 own a truck or motorcycle? Uh?
10. Play the guitar or into sports: Guitar. It's way more useful then knowing how to kick a ball around.

Your Lasts
1. Last phone call you made: Bishops Attic (bag sale)
2. Last phone call you received: Mom
3. Last person you hung out with: Define hang.
4. Last person you hugged: Probley Dad, unless my dog counts.
5. Last person you IMed: I've never IMed. No point in it.
6. Last text message you received: Again, no point.
7. Last person you went to the movies with: Daddy
8. Last person you missed: Again, Daddy.
9. Last song you heard:The Last Night-Skillet
10. Your last crush: Bryan (a while ago, before the whole no dating thing)

I tag, everyone who's 14 that reads this.

Alycia

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