http://carapennington.blogspot.com

i'm moving to the above address, but i'm sure i'll come back to visit xanga every now and then.

the end.

Currently Listening Broken Social Scene By Broken Social Scene see related

music and lent and taekwondo

i saw sigur ros last night.  and, i think that's all i have to say about that.  i'd also like to go to one/some/all of the following shows if my spring break plans permit it:

1. mates of state : march 10 : dallas : $10
2. clap your hands say yeah : march 15 : fort worth : $16
3. the appleseed cast : march 17 : denton (thanks for the heads-up, christina.)
4. tv on the radio : april 23 : dallas : $15

all of this is to say: my dad doesn't like the thought of me going to concerts by myself, so if you want to go with me, my dad would be happy.  all that's to say: i think you're cool and want to listen to music with you.

i'm bad at transitions in writing.

so, lent.  i'm giving up xanga and facebook for lent.  that means you'll have to pick up the phone, send me an email, or *gasp* actually talk to me in person if you have something juicy/deep/important/non-important/funny to say.  that also means i won't be poked for 40 days.  and, that also means that i'll have an extra, oh, 2 hours or so during the day to read the bible or *gasp* actually talk to god when i have something juicy/deep/important/non-important/funny to say.

in other news: i'm an orange belt now. 

Currently Listening Dignity and Shame By Crooked Fingers see related

i want to see what it looks like when i add a title. so, this is my title.

thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers and sweet comments.  the funeral was really nice.  all of granny's grandchildren and great-grandchildren were there.  she looked beautiful in her casket.  i know that sounds weird, but she was a strikingly beautiful woman.  she was buried next to her husband.  it was snowing.  the little kids cried.  the parents were strong.  my dad spoke as she was being buried.  he said that the last thing she said to him was "don't cry, kyle" as he lay on her chest.  he said it was just like her to be worried about her babies and want to see them happy.  everyone in my family is a little crazy, and we all have problems, but we sure do love each other, and we'd do anything for each other.

my brother and i drove home on sunday.  we took an alternate route to avoid the inclemete weather.  we hit a bridge with my mom's car.  alright, i'll tell you how it went down.  in a LIST.

1. we're driving through louisiana, and it starts to sleet.  our dad has told us 188 times to be careful on the bridges because they might be frozen over.
2. we approach a bridge and cars and trucks are going over it very, very slowly.  everyone has on their emergency flashers.  police cars are at either end of the bridge.
3. we start creeping across (i'm driving by the way) and we're following a big truck.
4.  the truck begins to fishtail and goes across both lanes and the shoulder.  somehow it is able to recover and cross the bridge.
5. i react to the giant truck swerving across the bridge and tap the brakes.  ooops...
6. this causes us to hydroplane, i lose control of mom's car, colin says calmly, "we're going to hit the bridge," and we coast into the side of the bridge.  
7. we hit at the very end of the bridge.  if we had coasted any further, we would've ended up in a ditch.  there was minimal damage to the car since we were going so slow--just a few scratches.
8. we spent the night in a hotel and were pretty freaked out.  shortly after our accident they closed down the interstate we had been on. 
9. on the way home the next morning we counted 19 cars/trucks in ditches. 
10. this was the longest list EVER.

i guess that's all i have to update on for now.  this week/weekend i want to watch the invisible children documentary tomorrow night in the student center and volunteer at the food bank on thursday and go to the aids benefit concert in the dance building on friday and go to the basketball game on saturday and eat sushi at some point.  let me know if you're interested in any of the above, and i'll get you the 411, yo!

one of the dove chocolates that kelly gave me said, "remember your first crush."  dooOoOooOooo it.

Currently Listening Amelie: Original Soundtrack Recording By Yann Tiersen see related

i hope that...
my dad gets a job that he really loves.
my interview with the philadelphia teach for america institute goes swimmingly this friday.
we get to go to texas de brazil as an ra staff this weekend.

i have questions about...
what i'm going to be doing for spring break.  mission trip to mexico? the beach? d.c.?
what i'm going to be doing over the summer.  internship in philly? social work in mexico? home sweet home?
who the bachelor is going to eliminate tomorrow.

i wish...
i had a black belt in tae kwon do.
i knew how to play bass guitar.
i were tan all year round.

i'm sad because...
i can't hug my sister, tristen, right now, and she needs a hug.
i don't know what to do mend a friendship that needs mending.
exams are beginning.

i'm happy because...
nathan and i are good at being friends.
i have a teach for america interview this week.
of my church.
of girls like britt and christina and kelly and sarah w.
lindsay and i are going to get sushi soon.
there's an excess of things to list under this heading.