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Name: Jolie
Country: United States
Birthday: 6/7/1987
Gender: Female
Interests: understanding and being more like the One I try to live for, any form of chocolate, finding cute dresses for cheap, the ellen show & stephen colbert show even though I never watch them, making cards for people, walking at nice parks, particularly in the woods, being with people that make me alive, learning more about politics and what my involvement should be as a follower of Christ, making tasty pizzas, being in love with sean ankrom.
Expertise: hangnails, movies with bad endings, men who think I will laugh at crude or sexist jokes, pulp, the aftertaste of A&W cream soda, debilitating guilt in the Christian life, people who can't handle public farting/burping, racism, lazy people at jobs, the way snow pants sound when your legs swish together, and not being able to see people you love whenever you want.
Occupation: Student
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
5/4/2004
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| To avoid any confusion for those who come to look for my new blog, here is the address:
http://www.becomingjolie.wordpress.com
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| Well, everyone. Some of you thought I was chopping my hair. Some of you asked if I was getting engaged. Some of you thought I was shaving my head, and some of you thought I was... quitting smoking?
Unfortunately, you are all wrong. I thought the hint about Hope would surely give me away, but maybe we hadn't been as vocal as I thought we had. In any case, I am done with the change and here to let you know what it is...
I have decided to make the life change and get a new blog.
I know, I know. Hope's going to hate me, but hey. Go ahead and click on it, read about why I changed, and love me for my flaws, okay? I explain further on the new site why I decided to change and what the benefits are. I will miss posting on Xanga, but I'm excited to make the change. I will still read everyone's posts still, and comment, never fear.
So put me on your RSS feed, (if you have one) look for posts from good ol' jolie_ravioli on my new site, and have a wonderful day. | | |
| Hi.
Sean is here for the week (he just got here Saturday) so naturally I've been pretty disinterested in the Internet. We went to probably the best wedding I've ever been to on Saturday (Sam and Ashley, woo!) and had a blast. Yesterday we had a sweet time at church, laid in our hammock all afternoon, and ate pizza in the evening. A good time was had by all.
As for today, I've been up for two hours and have gotten a good amount of reading done for an exam on Tuesday, and Sean is STILLLL SLEEEPPINNNGG. Not that I care, he totally deserves it after just finishing his first year in med school. What a guy.
I have yet to upload pictures of the wedding, but the bride and the groom were super cute and it was a great time.
Also, Hope, you called me during Sunday School and that's why I didn't pick up. I will call you this week. =)
Also, everyone, I'm planning on making a major change in my life (well, major to me) around my 21st birthday. A hint is that Hope Mendola may never forgive me for it. GAH! CAN YOU GUESS?!
(pf...edit:
PS. IT IS NOT ENGAGEMENT.) | | |
| Dear Hope,
Each of these pictures is special to me because it shows just how much we have done together. Remember when your dad was like, "So Jolie, tell me what you and Hope do together." and we couldn't really think of much, besides "We like to drink milkshakes and talk about Jesus"? Well check it out. We DID do a lot together. A few quality pictures I couldn't find, like rollerblading my freshman year, (Remember?) but there's still some goodies. Like, check out how long my hair was at my first Barn Bash, and I remember when you and Andrea were wrestling after the tea and I was laughing so hard I was crying because you were being so intense. Or going to see Don, or all the weddings we've been to.
Anyways, these pictures make me smile. I love you and I'm glad that God created you the way He did. I hope you have a wonderful 22nd birthday! Much love from Ohio!
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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| I'm already getting tired of my world politics class, because these are the sort of things people are posting:
"Growing up, my Dad always told me 'Eric, if someone says they wanna fight - you just
start swinging. Dont rationalize, dont ask questions, let your fists do the talking. If
someone says they're gonna hurt you - you hurt them first.'
The Bush doctrine has definitely alienated us from foreign-affair's. It has in many ways,
undermined the United Nations. And I say "Its about damn time!"
Terrorism is not an issue the United Nations is equipped to handle. Al-qaeda is not a
nation, its a terrorist organization. Terroism is not something you can handle with "soft
power"...
The Bush doctrine says that if you as a country, knowingly harbor terrorist organizations -
we will take the preemptive strike to disarm these threats. It also says that if Iran
continues to undermine the United Nations in its demands to stop toying with nuclear
weapons resources - we will invade and disarm."
It's funny that the Bush Doctrine in its entirety TOTALLY UNDERMINES THE UN, and yet in that doctrine we are telling other countries, "You'd better watch out, if you undermine the UN we will invade and disarm you!" Also, Eric, way to base your view on foreign politics on really screwed up childhood advice from your father. But maybe you're right. Not rationalizing and or asking questions sounds like a great place to start!
another show of ignorance was displayed on things like the government of Denmark. We were asked by our professor if we would ever move to Denmark and this is what one girl wrote:
"Well, being a Dane myself, I can tell you that I am quite ashamed and very disappointed
in the attitudes of the present day Danish. Having known my grandparents (who
immigrated to America before my parents were born),I have to say that what I hear
about Denmark now, I would NOT want to be a citizen.
My ancestors were very hard working people. I am saddened by the fact that many of the Danish
citizens now rely so much on their government to provide assistance. They seem so laid back to the
point of being socialist. Their taxes are extremely high compared to many countries,
including the US because the government provides nearly everything for their citizens.
College education is provided nearly free of charge. However, the education is not of the caliber
that most other countries offer. Simply because it is government ruled. Their health care system is atrocious,
another problem of government-ran programs. The people don’t seem to care, however.
Could that be because they don’t have any choices? When you are not free, and are government controlled,
you tend to take whatever you get. You get used to the handouts,
and pretty soon you don’t want to strive for anything."
That really got on my nerves. It's funny she has all these opinions considering that:
-According to the Eurostat, Denmark’s employment rate in 2006 was 77.4%, beat out by only 2 other countries in the world: Switzerland and Iceland. Hm, they must be SO LAZY.
-Things like universal health care aren't "paid" for by the government. PEOPLE PAY FOR THAT IN THEIR TAXES. Those things aren't "handouts". It's the government redistributing tax money, just differently than our own country. My goodness, people. Different does not equal SATAN.
-Thousands of American college students go into debt every year paying for college, America's primary & secondary education system has been going down the drain for the past, oh, 20+ years, and 44 MILLION people are without any healthcare whatsoever. Man, she's right, America is SO much better!
I swear, this country. I'm moving to Denmark. | | |
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