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So. I'm stealing this from a friend. :) I need to get in the habit of blogging on a regular basis again. She's doing this thing where you tell about yourself for 30 days. There's a different topic everyday and hopefully I can make it interesting for everyone hahaha. :) I'd hate to be known on the streets as "Bandle the Boring Blogger" that's no fun. OOoook so let's get started.

Here's a list of what I'll be talking about each day..so if you don't want to check back everyday..only when you think something juicy is coming up or something you can mark it on your calendar. :)

Day 01 – Introduce 

Day 02 – Your first love 

Day 03 – Your parents 

Day 04 – What you ate today 

Day 05 – Your definition of love 

Day 06 – Your day 

Day 07 – Your best friend 

Day 08 – A moment 

Day 09 – Your beliefs 

Day 10 – What you wore today 

Day 11 – Your siblings 

Day 12 – What’s in your bag 

Day 13 – This week 

Day 14 – What you wore today 

Day 15 – Your dreams 

Day 16 – Your first kiss 

Day 17 – Your favorite memory 

Day 18 – Your favorite birthday 

Day 19 – Something you regret 

Day 20 – This month 

Day 21 – Another moment 

Day 22 – Something that upsets you 

Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better 

Day 24 – Something that makes you cry 

Day 25 – A first 

Day 26 – Your fears 

Day 27 – Your favorite place 

Day 28 – Something that you miss 

Day 29 – Your aspirations 

Day 30 – One last moment 

Sooooo Day One: Introduce. 

Well. My name is Jennifer.

I go to college, I love it...most days. I finally have a majority of classes that I actually like and don't mind attending.

I have an AWESOME roommate!

I WILL graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Music in the spring...don't ask me what I can do with that because I don't know..and I don't care, which leads me to my next statement..

I'M JOINING THE NAVY!

Man I'm pretty excited about that, if you can't tell. I've never been so excited about something in my entire life!

I'm gonna be a naval aviator! I still haven't decided if I wanna fly the fighter planes of the transport helicopters. They're both soooo cool. I'm leaning more towards the fighter planes. :)

I love Jesus so much. Without Him, I'd be nothing, nowhere and no one. I truly believe He has a plan for my life that I'm so excited about! I'm not exactly sure what His purpose was for me here at this school...I know He had one though. Someday I'll figure it out. 

I have a very supportive family whom I love dearly. If I didn't have them I wouldn't be where I am today...you have no idea how literal that statement is. Seriously.

I will most likely marry a black man. No foolin. He'll probably wear a uniform too.

I love dogs. I want a puppy so bad! SOOOO bad. But as far as I know...they don't let dogs on ships. Dang. :(

I grind my teeth at night. Dude that hurts. I've been wearing my retainer but sometimes it chokes me in the middle of the night so I take it out.

I used to work at a coffee shop. I loved that job. But they don't need me anymore. :( 

I like to juggle swords and swallow fire in my spare time. Jk. I don't have spare time. :)

I have a gorgeous younger sister. She's fly too. [Not as fly as me though.]

The best friend I've had the longest is having a baby fairly soon and I'm excited for her!

I'm a pretty excitable person. I don't take anything or anyone for granted, I love people. I'm a people person and a talker. If you're nice I'll be your best friend!

First impressions are a big deal for me. If you make me feel uncomfortable or act stupid the first time I meet you, chances are I won't like you very much until you prove you're not like that in real life.

I can't decide if I want to be stationed in San Diego or Virginia [opinions on this matter are VERY welcome, as are prayers, I've made a list of pros and cons for both but that didn't help at all], assuming I get to choose.

I used to have a dog, Floppsy. She was my best friend from 1st grade until August 26, 2005. She was a bassett hound and I miss her dearly! I want another one! :(

I love to read...when I have the time. I like reading most anything...MOST anything..there are somethings that just don't work well for me. I don't know why..they just don't.

I also LOVE movies! love Love LOVE movies! I like action, romance, comedy, pretty much all..I'm not into gore and horror but I'll watch them if someone suggests it and watches it with me. I LOVE sports and military/war movies! 

I like to make up fun dance moves.

OH! I've just discovered how good looking Bruce Springsteen used to be. And I've fallen in love with this video: [you should be able to click it] Bruce Springsteen- Fire It's soooo funny!! :) Please watch it. 

I can't really think of anything else to say...I guess if there's something you really just can't live without knowing you can ask me. :) 

Until tomorrow...:)

Let Me Introduce to You...

So. I didn't know Steve Harvey was a Christian until recently..I don't know why I didn't know or thought otherwise but I did.

Anyway. My mom is at a Southern Gospel convention this week. I assume she experienced what I'm about to post. She told me to look it up, so I also assume she appreciated it. As did I. I almost cried.

These 2 thoughts connect, I promise. I think she told me recently [probably around the same time I found out about him] that Steve Harvey speaks at these conventions. So. This is not a video from the convention but I'm sure it's quite similar if not exactly what he said there last night. Enjoy and really think about what he's saying. You may cry too.

Steve Harvey

I have no idea how to insert a video without having to upload it from my computer so you'll have to view it on youtube.

Let me know what you think, please.

De Donde Eres? Yo soy de Tennessee, y tu? Yo soy de Africa.

[I really wanted my title to say after the Africa: WHAT DID YOU WALK HERE OR SOMETHING!?!? What have you been doing all this time, I've been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting. BAH! Well, at least you're here now." But that was entirely too long to make as a title. :) You're welcome]

So...it's been a while. Believe me, I know. My life just hasn't been all that interesting so I've been saving it all up to lay it on you at once! :)


Summer was gooood. Sort of boring because I didn't have a steady job but I can't say that I hated every minute of it because that would be a lie! 


School started....uh..4 weeks ago..maybe 3.5. Idk. I like all my classes for the most part. A couple of them are a lot of work but that's alright. I'll get in my groove and get stuff done. :) 

Wanna hear about my drama for the past week? Soooo last Monday was really bad. I don't even remember how it started but I'll tell you how it [the badness] went out with a bang...I went to Paducah because I had a free Starbucks drink that would expire the next day. Wait...let me back up to the previous Thursday. I transfered $50 from my savings to my checking account because Friday I was going to go paint pottery. That same day I bought [well my friend put it on her credit card and I wrote her a check] an Oregon Ducks hoodie! :) See:

It's fly, I know. Anyway...so I also ordered some body spray from Victoria's Secret because I'm running low. Well..they asked for the billing address of my credit card and then never asked for my delivery address. I was very concerned because I wanted my spray to come HERE not to home..DUH...so I emailed the people about it.  Ok..now we're back on Monday. So Megan and I are getting ready to go to the mall and I think "OH! I can save $6 and just buy the body spray there" So I call them, they cancel the order. No problem.We get to the mall and Starbucks is halfway closed [meaning their little gate thing is halfway down..] I'm pretty confused as to why because it's only like 5...THEN..we walk past and it smells like POOP! STRAIGHT UP POOP. So..I don't get my free drink [Remember, this is like number 15 on the list of things that happened to me that day.] Well we walk on over to Victoria's Secret...I look for the spray I want, it's a new kind of Love Spell, Love Spell Midnight. I've never smelled it before but I have Love Spell so I thought I'd just mix it up...I can't find it. So I ask the lovely ladies [and gentleman...yessss gentleman AAAWWWWKWAAARD] where to find it. They so kindly informed me that it doesn't come out in stores until TOMORROW...OOOOF course it doesn't...so I just grab some regular Love Spell and go to check out. Card not approved...try it again, still no approved, hand it to the cashier to try, nope didn't work, try it as credit...nope that won't work either...so I give up and don't buy the stinkin spray. I call the bank to find out why I can't purchase anything. Well it's probably because I have $50 LESS in my account than I should have...it was a blessing that the machine didn't approve it because I would have been overdrawn. SOOOO...apparently when I said, in my head of course, "I want this from savings to checking," my fingers said "oh yea, press 1 for checking to savings..." UUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!! Then I get home that night [after having a lovely home cooked dinner with Megan] and I have an email from the Victoria's Secret people saying that I can change the address and reinstate my order if I want to. All I had to do was reply saying I wanted it reinstated and giving the correct address. Well I did that...where do you think they sent it? TO MY HOUSE. UUUUgh. Oh well. At least it got there I guess.

Phew. That was a lot...I got everything with the bank figured out and it should be all good now.

I'm tired of men and I'll leave it at that.

I've been trying to lose weight ever since I talked to the Navy in May and he told me I had to lose 15-20 lbs before he could seriously talk to me...which really meant I needed to lose about 45 because that's how much "overweight" I was for my height. Wellllll..I've been pretty successful. I've lost 17-20..it fluctuates from day to day. Here are before and almost after pictures..maybe you can tell a difference, I've lost some more weight since the "after picture"...that was taken a month ago. But the one of my hoodie was taken tonight if you can tell anything from that lol...
The one on the left was taken May 28 [approx.] and the other on August 8.

I helped my best friend Jennifer celebrate her 22nd birthday [which was Monday] on Sunday by letting her win at bowling. :) haha jk, she didn't have to try too hard because I'm not very good. Guess that's not a gene that gets handed down. ANYWAY we went to a movie afterward with some pretty fly guys...except the picked the WORST movie EVERRR!!! The American. NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER see it. It's awful, I PROMISE! I don't care if someone is putting a gun to your head, don't do it. You'll regret it, I promise!

Thaaat's about it. I told you life is pretty uninteresting for me right now. :)

Buuuut Jesus loves me so much and he's blessing me more and more everyday and I'm so excited to see what He has in store for me! :) 

Love you guys, thanks for reading my happenings!

I DON'T WANT CIRCULAR ORBS IN MY FRONT YARD!!!

Disclaimer: This post is going to be fairly long, it's all about my trip to New York, so if you don't have to time to soak it all in, come back later! I want you to get as much out of this as I did! Although it's not EVERYTHING that I learned, it's a lot and I think that you'll appreciate knowing it like I do!


I guess I should start at the beginning...we got to the Nashville airport pretty close to 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday (6/23) morning. That was rough!! We sat in the terminal for a REALLY long time! Scooter and I think the people sitting near us were Italian...we're not entirely sure though haha.
Then we flew to D.C.
While we were waiting for our connecting flight, we stopped at a little restaurant near the bathrooms. Momma and I ordered a Chicken Fiesta Wrap that came with Mexi-Ranch Sauce..or so they said. When the woman brought our food there was nothing fiesta about it..I'm not sure what she gave us but the wrap was gross and the sauce was buffalo and ranch sauce. I HATE BUFFALO SAUCE!
The airport intercom people kept telling us that all the militaries could go to the USO lounge!!! Sounds exciting to me!
We finally boarded our plane and left for New York 3 hours later.
Upon arriving at JFK, we began the mad search for our luggage. I'll tell you exactly where to go: walk straight for a long time, turn right, walk straight some more, go down the escalator, walk straight, go up the escalator, walk straight, for a REALLY long time, then go down the escalator....again. TA-DA you have now arrived at your luggage...geez.
Then we waited for the shuttle for a long time where I found this contraption:

Momma says it's for leaning..she may be right because this was VERY uncomfortable. Man..I look tired...lol


Anyway..after we got to the hotel and settled we went to Applebee's where I people watched. That was FUN!!


The next morning we got on a bus and rode around the city. We got out at Ground Zero and walked around. Did you know that the Twin Towers were 110 stories tall and in a matter of 38 seconds were reduced to 7 stories of debris!?!

This church, St. Paul's Cathedral, was used as a Relief Center after 9/11. (You can look at my other pictures from here and ground zero here) It was also the place where George Washington worshiped.

We looked around inside for a little while and then walked on to the Trinity Church where this sculpture stood:


Here's the story! Before 9/11 there was a HUGE Sycamore Tree that stood in a corner of the courtyard at St. Paul's Cathedral (that church up there). The tree was struck by debris during the attacks on the World Trade Center BUT it hit the tree in a way that the tree fell and protected the church from any debris (HOW COOL IS THAT!?!??! doesn't that just touch your heart!?). So people of the city (head honchos, I guess) dug up the roots of the tree, a sculptor put them back together and made a caste. Now, I'm not sure if this is the caste or if this is a sculpture replica OF the caste..either way it's REALLY cool. 


From there we went to Thames St. This is where the city builders decided they needed to start making the buildings at different heights and in different shapes because, as you can see below, there's no sunlight!! (this picture is looking up at that bridge thing lol) Our tour guide said if they hadn't made that decision, New York would be a city of dark alleys and corners, like Gotham City.

Then we walked down Wall St, saw the Bull and the place George Washington was inaugurated.
After that we went down to Battery Park where this large ball of metal greeted us:

This was once a perfect sphere sculpted by Fritz Koenig that stood between the Twin Towers. It was made to represent World Peace. During the attacks on the towers it was obviously destroyed. Here's a picture of what it looked like before:all of the black that you see in the first photo was caved in on itself. They tried their best to reconstruct it and this is what they got. The sculptor said that what it is now is a better depiction of World Peace than his original was. 

Sidenote: I mentioned earlier that the Towers were 110 stories tall. Maybe this will help get a better idea of just how talk that really is:  take this building, add one of it on top of it then add another half of one and you've got the 110 stories. From what I remember, the Empire State Building is 116 stories..I'm pretty sure...so they were only 6 stories shorter..which to me, isn't that much.

Back on track: so, after we saw the sphere we hopped on a ferry to Ellis Island. Here's a picture of Lady Liberty from the ferry. She's a beauty, ain't she?

Later that night, we went to Wicked. It was AMAZING!!!! No foolin!

 The next day we went had a tour at Radio City Music Hall and got our pictures taken with Candace, a Rockette!! She was really nice! We also toured Carnegie Hall but that wasn't as exciting and we couldn't take pictures.

We went to Times Square that night where I got my picture with an NYPD officer. 

hahah! He looks thrilled, right? lol

The next day we went to the Empire State Building and to the concert at Carnegie Hall that night. It was a gooood time!! :)

Here are some fun facts!

-They have LOTS of acronyms for places it's cool

              -SOHO: South Of HOuston (pronounced How-sten)

              -Tribeca: TRIangle BElow CAnal (street)

              -NOHO: North Of HOuston

              -FIDI: FInancial DIstrict

              -Nolita: North Of Little ITAly

              -Dumbo: Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass

-The Mariners beat the Cubs 8-1 while we were there!!!

-The cast of the movie Grown Ups was right around the corner from our hotel and we didn't even know it until the next day! MAN I wanna see that movie!

-Our tour guide hasn't owned a car since 1984!! The traffic is CRAZY and paying to park there is like paying rent on an apartment!

-All of the high schools there are trade or magnet schools. So kids have to decide in MIDDLE SCHOOL what they want to do with their life...isn't that NUTS!?!? Man oh man.

-Broadway runs all the way from about 1/4 mile from the Hudson to Albany!!!

Here are some of my favorite pictures that I took.

1. The window cleaners!!!

2. My favorite flag out of all the ones I took pictures of, it's made up of names of people who lost their lives during 9/11. It just touched my heart.

3. The man sleeping!! HAHAH!

4. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial. As we were getting ready to leave D.C. on our connecting flight home, I looked across the aisle out the window and saw this and thought it was so cool!!

Well. That's all I've got. But PLEASE go look at my pictures on facebook! facebook.com/jbandle I'll make it so everyone can see them even if we aren't friends. I want to share this experience with anyone who will listen/read! 

Oh, I bet you're wondering about the title. Well Scooter (my sister) and I were walking around the D.C. airport the first time we were there and she heard this guy walk past us on the phone holler that!! HAHAHAH!! I thought it was HILARIOUS!

LAAATER.

That's Life

Again, it's been a while. sorry. My life is pretty uninteresting these days..mostly the same thing. I'm dogsitting this week so I'm glad for that! I love this dog! Haha. :)


I started watching this movie yesterday: Elizabethtown, I've seen it before but I was half asleep most of the time. I thought maybe this time it would be a little more interesting..WRONG. I watched a little, got bored, watched more this morning and finished it this evening. The following song was in it and I really liked it. I'm not sure why but I did. :) It's by James Brown and it's called That's Life.


[if you have high speed or not dial up internet, and you can, you should listen to it from the link below except it's Frank Sinatra singing it because the James Brown one sounded dumb..not like movie at all]


That's life, that's what all the people say.
You're riding high in April,
Shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune,
When I'm back on top, back on top in June.

I said that's life, and as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks,
Stompin' on a dream
But I don't let it, let it get me down,
'Cause this fine ol' world it keeps spinning around

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate,
A poet, a pawn and a king.
I've been up and down and over and out
And I know one thing:
Each time I find myself, flat on my face,
I pick myself up and get back in the race.

That's life
I tell ya, I can't deny it,
I thought of quitting baby,
But my heart just ain't gonna buy it.
And if I didn't think it was worth one single try,
I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate,
A poet, a pawn and a king.
I've been up and down and over and out
And I know one thing:
Each time I find myself laying flat on my face,
I just pick myself up and get back in the race

That's life
That's life and I can't deny it
Many times I thought of cutting out 
But my heart won't buy it
But if there's nothing shakin' come this here july
I'm gonna roll myself up in a big ball and die
My, My


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIiUqfxFttM


<3 JB

Best Days Haven't Met Nothin

• I hate when one person can put you in a bad mood by doing nothing special except being themselves.
• Today I was awakened by my neighbor's band at SEVEN FORTY FIVE. Ugh I was pretty upset. I'm pretty sure I verbalized it too by saying 'ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?' You see my window is less than probably 100 feet from their practice area. So fun. So so fun....
• I got burned today [yay!] at a friend's Memorial Day party. It was fun!
• I visited with an old friend. That was so fun! I'm glad we got to hang out.
• The lifeguard people have reached a whole new level of idiotic. I emailed the woman with whom I filled out the paperwork to find out info about when I'm supposed to work. And she replied with "Who did you fill your paperwork out with? I cannot locate it" ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?! WHAT IS THIS!? Ugh. So unorganized. She emailed me back saying she found it. BUT STILL. Ugh.
• Tonight, driving home from my friend's I turned onto a road that within in 2 miles smelled like: 1. cows, 2. oil, 3. pee, 4. skunk, 5. fish. Just within in 2 miles. Can you say "attack on the olfactories?" geez.

• So I've been thinking alot..because I've got all the time in the world with no job and all...from this has come a lot..well sort of

I have 3 songs that I will be sharing the lyrics of with you. The first is something I could sing to an idiot that was in my life. The 2nd is one that I'd like to think is true for me. And the 3rd is what someone will someday sing about me. Ok here goes.



"Best Days of Your Life" by Kellie Pickler


'Cause I'll be there in the back of your mind
From the day we met till you were making me cry
And it's just too bad you've already had the best days
The best days of your life
Ain't it a shame
A shame that every time you hear my name
Brought up in a casual conversation
You can't think straight?
And ain't it sad
You can't forget about what we had
Take a look at her and do you like what you see
Or do you wish it was me?
I'll be there in the back of your mind
From the day we met to the very last night
And it's just too bad you've already had the best days
The best days of your life
And does she know
Know about the times you used to hold me
Wrapped me in your arms and how you told me
I'd be the only one?
I heard about
Yeah, someone told me once when you were out
She went a little crazy, ran her mouth about me
Ain't jealousy funny?
'Cause I'll be there in the back of your mind
From the day we met to the very last night
And it's just too bad you've already had the best days
The best days of your
Life with me was a fairytale love
I was head over heels till you threw away us
And it's just too bad you've already had the best days
The best days of your life
I heard you're gonna get married, have a nice little family
Live out my dreams with someone new
But I've been told that a cheater is always a cheater
So I've got my pride and she's got you
'Cause I'll be there in the back of your mind
From the day we met till you were making me cry
And it's just too bad you've already had the best days
The best days of your life
Of your life, oh, oh yeah
You're gonna think of me
You're gonna think of me in your life
Oh, oh yeah
It's a shame, it's a shame
It's a shame, it's a shame
It's a shame, it's a shame

Michael Buble's "Haven't Met You Yet"
*I don't usually like him because he sings other people's stuff. But he wrote this, or someone wrote it for him. I don't know, but I know no one sang it before him so I really like it. I keep hearing it EVERYWHERE I go, it's almost irritating


I'm not surprised
Not everything lasts
I've broken my heart so many times
I stopped keeping track
Talk myself in
I talk myself out
I get all worked up
Then I let myself down
I tried so very hard not to lose it
I came up with a million excuses
I thought I thought of every possibility
And I know someday that it'll all turn out
You'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And I promise you kid that I'll give so much more than I get
I just haven't met you yet
I might have to wait
I'll never give up
I guess it's half timing
And the other half's luck
Wherever you are
Whenever it's right
You'll come out of nowhere
And into my life
And I know that we can be so amazing
And baby your love is gonna change me
And now I can see every possibility
And somehow I know that it'll all turn out
And you'll make me work so we can work to work it out 
And promise you kid I'll give so much more than I get
I just haven't met you yet
They say all's fair in love and war
But I won't need to fight it
We'll get right
And we'll be united
And I know that we can be so amazing
And being in your life is gonna change me
And now I can see every single possibility
And someday I know it'll all turn out
And I'll work to work it out
Promise you kid I'll give more than I get
Than I get
Than I get
Than I get
Oh you know it'll all turn out
And you'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And promise you kid to give so much more than I get
Yeah I just haven't met you yet
I just haven't met you yet
Oh promise you kid to give so much more than I get
(I said love love love love love love love love)
I just haven't met you yet
(Love love love love love love)
Such a good day yeah
I just haven't met you yet

Last one. :)

"Nothin on You" by B.O.B
*I've omitted some lines that I didn't like because they're dumb.


Beautiful girls all over the world
I could be chasing but my time would be wasted
They got nothing on you, baby
Nothing on you, baby
They might say hi, and I might say hey
But you shouldn't worry about what they say
'Cause they got nothing on you, baby
Nothing on you, baby
I know you feel where I'm coming from
Regardless of the things in my past that I've done
Most of really was for the hell of the fun
On the carousel so around I spun
With no directions just tryna get some
Tryna chase skirts, living in the summer sun
This is how I lost more than I had ever won
And honestly I ended up with none
There's no much nonsense, it's on my conscience
I'm thinking baby, I should get it out
And I don't wanna sound redundant but I was wondering
If there was something that you wanna know
But never mind that we should let it go
'Cause we don't wanna be a TV episode
And all the bad thoughts just let them go
Go, go
Beautiful girls all over the world
I could be chasing but my time would be wasted
They got nothing on you, baby
Nothing on you, baby
They might say hi, and I might say hey
But you shouldn't worry about what they say
'Cause they got nothing on you, baby
Nothing on you, baby
Hands down, there will never be another one
I been around and I never seen another one
Look at your style, they ain't really got nothing on
Baby, you the whole package plus you pay your taxes
And you keep it real while them other stay plastic
You're my wonder woman call me Mr. Fantastic
Stop, now think about it
I've been to London, I've been to Paris
Even went out there to Tokyo
Back home down in Georgia to New Orleans
But you always steal the show
And just like that girl you got me fro
Like a Nintendo 64
If you never knew, well, now you know
Know, know
Beautiful girls all over the world
I could be chasing but my time would be wasted
They got nothing on you, baby
Nothing on you, baby
They might say hi, and I might say hey
But you shouldn't worry about what they say
'Cause they got nothing on you, baby
Nothing on you, baby
Everywhere I go, I'm always hearing your name
And no matter where I'm at girl, you make me wanna sing
Whether a bus or a plane or a car or a train
No other girls in my brain and you the one to blame
Beautiful girls all over the world
I could be chasing but my time would be wasted
They got nothing on you, baby
Nothing on you, baby
They might say hi, and I might say hey
But you shouldn't worry about what they say
'Cause they got nothing on you, baby
Nothing on you, baby

I've got another one I could share with you all...but I think maybe I'll save that for another day. It's pretty good so stay tuned. :)

I hope you enjoyed this blog. This has been in my head and on my heart [sort of] for a few days now and it's just good to share. :)