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Name: Sara Jo
Country: United States
State: Oregon
Birthday: 11/23/1983
Gender: Female


Interests: I like God, music, and people. In that order.
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Industry: Construction


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Member Since: 9/5/2003

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

"Doubting Thomas"

What will be left when I've drawn my last breath
Besides the folks I've met and the folks who've known me
Will I discover a soul-saving love
Or just the dirt above and below me

I'm a doubting Thomas
I took a promise
But I do not feel safe
Oh me of little faith

Sometimes I pray for a slap in the face
Then I beg to be spared cause I'm a coward
If there's a master of death
I bet he's holding his breath
As I show the blind and tell the deaf about his power

I'm a doubting Thomas
I can't keep my promises
Cause I don't know what's safe
Oh me of little faith

Can I be used to help others find truth
When I'm scared I'll find proof that it's a lie
Can I be led down a trail dropping bread crumbs
That prove I'm not ready to die

Please give me time to decipher the signs
Please forgive me for time that I've wasted

I'm a doubting Thomas
I'll take your promise
Though I know nothin's safe
Oh me of little faith

 

Everything around me is shaking... too bad I get motion sickness. I wish I could put in to words all these thoughts that swirl around in my mind day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute. There are so many things in my life that are being challenged, my happiness, my sadness, my apathy.  


Thursday, December 01, 2005

6When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. 7Now, no one is likely to die for a good person, though someone might be willing to die for a person who is especially good. 8But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. 9And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's judgment. 10For since we were restored to friendship with God by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life. 11So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God--all because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us in making us friends of God.

Romans 5

This struck me today. If God was willing to die for us when we were still his enemy, he must see some redemptive value in us. I don't think it's just because He loves us because he created us in his image, I think there's more. I think He sees that we CAN be transformed. We aren't inherently bad and doomed to a life of worthless struggle not to sin. We can be good people. True friends to God. This might be a complete DUH to some people, but, well, I guess I'm slow.


Monday, November 14, 2005

1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT? I have a scar on the middle finger of my right hand which is there because of a fight with a giant tape dispenser that I had a fight with and lost when I worked at quiznos.                                                        2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM? a big picasso (thanks Heilige), some pictures of my greatest friends, a tree, some candles...
3. WHAT DOES YOUR CELL PHONE LOOK LIKE? sporty (which is weird for me)
4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LIKE TO LISTEN TO? good music. I agree, Sarah.
5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN? sometime around 1pm I think...
6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?for my head to stop feeling like it does.
7. WHAT DO YOU MISS AT TIMES? ywam.
8. WHAT IS YOUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSION? I can't think of anything...         9. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SMELL? right before it rains
10. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC? occasionally
11. IF YOU DIED TOMORROW: if I does tomorrow, what?! This isn't a question dumbheads...                                                                                                              12. THE LAST PERSON WHO MADE YOU CRY? Jesus.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOGNE / PERFUME? Aqua Di Gio- Armani.
14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX? Head hair.
15. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF BEING PROPOSED TO AT? That assumes that I can see myself being proposed to... I'd rather have someone to imagine proposing to me than where they would do it..
16: WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? honestly, what am I not afrraid of?
17. WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD? Some ass on the phone.
18. DO YOU SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE? nope. (well, pig latin.)
19. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU (OF THE PREFFERED SEX)? Preferred sex? Preferred for what? The first gift someone from the opposite sex gave me was a bracelet from Austria that Justin gave me... that I remember. 
20. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING? can y ou control things like that? I've been trying to control that for years, never works.
21. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU? depends on the person, but I think most of the time those people know by how you treat them.
22. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED: 75.894
23. BLONDES, REDHEADS OR BRUNETTES? For what?                                   24.WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL OFTEN? My parents I guess.          25. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST? People who talk with thier teeth.
26. HAVE YOU EVER DONE A PRANK CALL? yes.
27. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED OUT THIS SURVEY? Working.
28.IF YOU COULD GET PLASTIC SURGERY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I watch too much Discovery Health Channel.. I would never get plastic surgery.
29. WHY DID YOU FILL OUT THIS SURVEY? To make my monotonous day a bit more interesting.
30. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ON YOUR PIZZA? Canadian Bacon and mushrooms... mmm I'm hungry now...
31. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL? Same thing I did when it was illegal for the first 21 years of my life...
32. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY? to see some of my favorite people such as sarah and heili.
33. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF IT SUDDENLY STARTED RAINING BLOOD? probably throw up.
34. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Nope. (and my parents must have been thinking the same thing as sarahs...)
35. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? occasionally. it never works though I don't know why I keep trying.
36. WHICH FINGER[S] IS YOUR FAVORITE? who has a favorite finger? Thats weird.
37. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Yesterday.. that damn extreme makeover home edition...
38. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I don't know about LIKE, but I can handle it.
39. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? tuna? does that count?
40. ANY BAD HABITS? not thinking before I speak...
41. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF? Petra.
42. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I don't know, I'd be a different person with different tastes... I dont know.
43. HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL? yeah.
44. DO LOOKS MATTER? Depends who you're lookin at.
45. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER? most of the time I just start to cry. Lately though I take off..
46. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME? Tyler
47. DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY? No not really.
48. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? i don't remember.
49. WHAT CLASS IN SCHOOL DO YOU THINK IS TOTALLY USELESS? That really depends on if you're talking highschool or college, and also the person and thier long-term goals. For me, geomoetry is perty useless.
50. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? yes.
51. DO YOU USE SARCASM? occasionally.
52. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT? regretfully yes. I left it with bruised feet and broken ribs.
53. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL? Fun.
54. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES? Jo, Jojo, mojojojo, mojo, sarajo (and that's pronounced like navajo, but sarajo), seargeant, suzie, zooz, swah.  
55. Would you bungee jump? prob not.
56. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? never.
57. DO YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE STRONG POINTS? yes
58. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? choc chip mint
59. What is your shoe size? 9 1/2
60. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE COLORS? earthy greens and browns and reds right now (it's fall, those are my colors)
61. DO YOU HAVE YOUR WISDOM TEETH? nope, not anymore.
62. WHO DO YOU MISS MOST RIGHT NOW? Sarah and heili.
63. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? sure
64. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Joe talking
65. LAST THING YOU ATE? a cough drop
66. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? some bitch from the postal service.
67. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE IN THE PREFFERED SEX? Changes with the person really...
68. DO YOU LOVE THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS? absolutely
69. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? sick
70. FAVORITE DRINK? water
71. FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? I'm a big fan of Bailey's
72. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT(S)? hockey if I had to choose, but only in person.
73. HAIR COLOR? Red, bright red, and black
74. EYE COLOR? brown
75. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES? yeah
76. DO YOU HAVE SIBLINGS? my sis and brother in law.
77. FAVORITE MONTH? I don't know, November?
78. FAVORITE FOOD? Lately, cafe yum!
79. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Farris Bueller's Day Off
80. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR: I don't know... changes every year I guess.
81. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT? Yeah.
82. SUMMER OR WINTER? Winter all the way
83. HUGS OR KISSES? Depends on who's giving them...
84. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS? relationships, although I have more experience with the other...
85. WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? No one
86. WHO IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? everyone.
87. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Something about trying to live up to everyones expectations that my pastor gave me..
88. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? my mouse..
89. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? I like a lot of em... trivial persuit is pretty fun..
90. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Extreme makeover home edition
91. WHO WERE YOU WITH LAST NIGHT? All by myself...
92. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP? where's my damn phone, I need to turn the alarm off..

and another...
Two Names You Go By
1. Sara
2. Sara Jo

Two Parts of Your Heritage
1. Irish
2. Scottish

Two Things That Scare You
1. Spiders
2. The future

Two of Your Everyday Essentials
1. music
2. water

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. My brittney spears headset
2. My corduroy shoes

Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists (at the moment)
1. Mat kearney
2. Misty Edwards

Two of Your Favorite Songs - at the moment
1. Over and Over and Over and Over Again - Misty Edwards
2. Let it All Out - Reliant K

Two Things You Want in a Relationship (other than Real Love)
1. Understanding
2. No Pressure

Two Truths
1. Grass isn't always green
2. I was scared last night because Vera's dog ate one of those silica jel "do not eat" packages when I was watching him. Luckily, he's fine.

Two Physical Things that Appeal to You
1. Smile
2. Hands

Two of Your Favorite Hobbies
1. Finding new places to hang out
2. Finding something creative to do

Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. A break.
2. To go back in time.

Two Places You Want to go on Vacation
1. Venice
2. Boston... or Chicago

Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. Really know someone, in and out.
2. Have someone know me the same way.

Two Ways that you are stereotypically a Chick/Guy
1. I cry when I'm mad...                                                                                                   2. I overanalyze what people say.

Two Things You Normally Wouldn't Admit
1. That I overanalyze what people say
2. I used to eat rocks.

Two Things You Are Thinking About Now
1. How my head feels weird.
2. That my lunch didn't fill me up quite enough and I wish I had cash.

Two Stores You Shop At
1. Old Navy
2. Target

Two people I would like to see take this quiz
1. I don't care
2. Seriously.

Two people I haven't talked to in a while!
1. Heili
2. Micah



1. Using band names spell out your name:

Styx
Aerosmith
Redline
Adam Sandler (does he count as a band?)


2. Have you ever had a song written about you?: Nope

3. What song makes you cry? Ok, this might be another one of those girly things I do, but I must admit... Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlisle

4. What song makes you happy?: We worship you almighty God... (can you hear Larry singing it?!)

5. What do you like to listen to before bed? Whatever is in the cd player by my bed... last night it was reliant k.

APPEARANCE:

Height: 5'5"

Hair color: Red, bright red, and black

Skin color: Red head skin... sort of reddish, really white, with a lot of freckles.

Eye color: brown

Piercings: 11 of em.

RIGHT NOW:

What color pants are you wearing?: light jeans


What song are you listening to?: Right now, nothing.

What taste is in your mouth?: Polar Ice gum.. I don't like it much, but had roasted garlic on my salad..

What's the weather like?: cloudy and cold, what else?

how are you: been better.



DO YOU..

Get motion sickness?: Yep. I don't even have to be in the car...

Have a bad habit?: yes.

Get along with your parents? When I don't live with them

Like to drive?: yes .


FAVORITES:

TV show: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition/Lost/Dr.Phil

Conditioner: Garnier Fruictise

Magazines: I've been reading People a lot lately.

Thing to do on the weekend: Relax and catch up on what I put off during the week.

Band or Singer or Rapper: Your mom.

HAVE YOU:

Broken the law?: yep.

Ran away from home?: no.

Gone skinny dipping?: uh, yeah.

Made a prank call: sure, didn't I already answer this one?

Used your parents' credit card? they would never let me near it.

Ditched school?: Almost more than I attended.

Been in a school play?: In elementary school

Let a friend cry on your shoulder? Nope, never, I'm an asshole. When people cry I leave. (of course I have)

Boyfriend/girlfriend?: No

What's your sexuality?: Strong? How is that a question? What is my sexuality?!

Who's your current crush?: You're mom. (actually, I don't have one... boys suck)

Been in love?: Nope

Had a hard time getting over someone?: Yes.

Been hurt?: Yes.

RANDOM:

Do you have a job?: yes I do. I'm here right now..

Your cd player has in it right now?: Reliant K, Misty Edwards, Mat Kearney, and Dierks Bentley. I have a lot of cd players.

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?: Black. Like my soul.

What makes you happy?: People who I know love me for me.

What's the next cd you're gonna get?: I don't know, I haven't gotten it yet.

Who do you consider good friends?: People who I know love me for me.


WHEN/WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME:

Got a real letter?: A long time ago from Heili...

Got e-mail?: 12:24 from Lindsay Catron.

Thing you purchased?: My salad at lunch.

TV program you watched?: Ooh, this show on some people who were stranded at sea on the discovery channel last night.

Movie you saw at a theater?: Prime with Lindsay


YOUR THOUGHTS

Abortion: i'm pro life.

Teenage smoking: My thoughts on teenage smoking are the same as adult smoking... I'm not down for addiction to anything really..

Spice Girls: who really thinks about them anymore?

Dreams: Are we talking night dreams, or dreams and aspirations? Because night dreams are facinating. The other dreams are a little intimidating.

Holy crap. I'm done. What will I do with the rest of my day?!


Tuesday, November 01, 2005


Monday, October 24, 2005

Ten years ago I was

- Just starting Junior High and scared out of my mind

-Jealous of my 15 year old sister (She was learning how to drive.. how cool)
- Best friends with Sammy and Sierra
- Loving the Pear scent from Victoria's Secret
- Secretly proud that I had something from Victoria's Secret


Five years ago I was

- Hating highschool

-Having insane amounts of fun with Vera and Alicia
-Excited and dreading at the same time the prospect of going to YWAM
- Getting my first (and only) speeding ticket
- Free to do what I wanted when I wanted to do it


Three years ago I was

- Loving YWAM Tyler (amen, Sarah)
- Skipping "Mandatory Fun Night" to meet fairy princes
- Closer to God than I've ever been.
- Smelling Alvin

-More content than I've ever been. Ever.


One year ago I was

- Living in Kansas with the Wicklines

- Beating Micah at Matrix games and pissing him off because of it
- Learning a lot about my own specific beliefs and how to judge when to say something... - Smelling like Nog Champa.. mmm..
- Feeling really lonely and happy all at the same time.

Yesterday I

- Woke up happy for the first time in a while
- Learned that Paul is seriously one of the most romantic guys I know.. although it is not with me.. which is fine.

- Had to hide my beer from Vera's parents... unsuccessfully.
- Watched Friday the 13th for the first time
- Cried watching Extreme Makeover Home Edition.


Today I

- Yawned a lot

- Got mad that this damn thing won't format right

-Got yelled at by someone who had no idea what they were talking about
- Am looking forward to sleeping right when I get home
- Have this sadness inside stemming from a suffering friendship 

Five Snacks I enjoy:

- Hummus
- Pita Bread
- Trader Joes Quiche
- Granola

- Yogurt


Five Songs I Know All The Words To:

Revive us - Mat Kearney
Whiskey Lullaby - Allison Krause and Brad Paisley
Why Georgia - John Mayer

Gangsters Paradise - Coolio

Theme song to Saved by the Bell


Five Things I Would Do With $100,000,000

gosh.

- Go visit Sarah, Heili, Brittany, Brendon, and big Steve. And my friends in Romania.

- Buy a new car.. Bessie is getting a little decrepit.
- Buy my family things

- Quit my job and open my artsy coffee shop/church thing
- Support Britt. And whoever else.

Five Places I Would Run Away To

- Houston

- New York

- Hungary

- Some unknown island
- My house (and lock the door and shut the blinds)

Five Things I Will Never Wear (willingly)

- One of those shirts or even pants that have the weird words on them, like Juicy or Attitude.
- Fake nails
- Someone else's underwear

- Cool hand luke/top gun sunglasses
- Fig leaves


Five Favorite TV Shows

- Extreme Makeover Home Edition
- Lost
- Alias (although I'm still not sure about this season...)
- Ellen
- Cosby show.


Five Bad Habits

- Chewing my fingers
- Eating junk
- Sniffing
- Automatically going in to denial mode when I don't like something
- Not being able to hide my emotions in my facial expressions


Five Biggest Joys

- That this whole Christianity thing isn't as hard as I always thought it was
- Watching Nora and Jonah develop thier own reason and logic
- Watching the trees change for fall
- Cafe Yumm!
- Art that envokes emotion

Five Favorite Toys

- Computers
- DVD players (and dvd's...)
- Really quality cameras (digital and otherwise)
- The iPod that I will have soon
- Silly Putty

Five People I Think Should Do This

- You
- Yourself
- Them
- Y'all
- (who am I kidding, no one reads my xanga anymore)



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