Wonderful Wedding Weekend

A few of the many wonderful, insightful things Cam said this weekend:

Cam: "Eli, you know what? I drinked a littler beer some days..."
Me: "What did you say!?"
Cam: "I drinked a little beer..."
Me: "No, you didn't..."
Cam: "Yes, I did!!!"

Cam: "Eh, dem uggs on eayu..."
Me: "Whatttt??"
Cam: "DEM UGGS ON EEYOUUU"
Me: "... Ohhhhhh... Them bugs are gonna eat me?... Where are the bugs?"
Cam: "On the piles..."
Me: "Piles of what....?"
Cam: "Of ground."

Cam: "Playton, it's 9 o'plock, Playton!"

Cam: "Why you sleep in my bed?..."
Me: "Cause I want to."
Cam: "Do you love my bed?"
Me: "Yea [I love the bottom bunk bed that you insist is yours even though you always end up in your mother's bed]..."

I love him and his always-funny jargon so much I think I might make a twitter account dedicated to it. (@StuffCamSays....?) hahaha



Now for a slightly more profane excerpt from this weekend, courtesy of The Clayton Harris:
"Turn Hybrid so I can get out of Cow Shi* County!!"

My name is CLAYTONNN!!!!

"I'm about to speed off cause Deliverance is somewhere close to here..."

"So many country stations, so little time."

Me: "Eddie Bauer is stupid."
Clayton: "Yea he is stupid. He's like 'I can tell the dam* temperature myself!'"(funny voice incorporated)







And a contribution from myself:

Those bongs I was talkin' about

"Oh, when I was playing the bongs?... I mean bongos?"









And finally, a little something I'd like to share:
"God is continually preparing His heroes, and when the opportunity is right, He puts them into position in an instant. He works so fast, the world wonders where they came from." -A. B. Simpson

[SOMETHING INTERESTING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION SO YOU'LL READ ME!]

In reference to my last post (the one dealing with me worrying about my future lately), I have an overwhelmingly Divine intervention to tell you about, or at least I see it that way.

Everyday my dad sends me (and pretty much everyone else in my family) these “daily devotions” called TGIF: Today God Is First. (I know, that’s super clever.) Anyway, usually I’ll scan over the title and the opening Bible verse and see if it looks especially applicable or interesting, and then I will either read it or delete it. And what have the last, oh, I don’t know, TEN devotions been about, you ask? Let me just show you:

1.)When Satan Attacks Your Destiny (hello!) 2.) Fulfilling Your Purpose (whoa) 3.) Do You Know Who You Are? 4.) Withholding Your Natural Gifting 5.) Nothing Is Impossible With God 6.) University of Adversity (because I’m going through adversity) 7.) How God Uses Pain 8.) Being Chosen 9.) Greater Works Shall You Do…    

      Ok, that’s only 9, but seriously…

Now, in God’s defense (as if He needs my defense… the audacity!), I have been habitually petitioning Him about this particular affliction in my prayers and whatnot, but I LOVE it when I get an answer like this. There’s nothing quite so reassuring as an acknowledgement so blatantly from the Creator Himself. Not to mention that my nightly read (which I do in chapter order, not by topic or what have you) was about “submission to the governing authorities” (Romans 13), which I consistently have qualms about; also, considering the fact that I more than likely will be working for the government, I should probably get used to complying with (most) of their demands... So THAT'S what I've been doing lately... among other things of which I'm too coy and mysterious to tell you about. 

O and also, I'm going to the beach this weekend for a seaside ceremony of matrimony... yeaahh Marky-Marc and Oh-Suzanna are getting hitched and they invited me because EVERYONE knows I am the life of EVERYBODY'S PARTY. So me and the rest of the dysfunctional Brady Bunch are gettin' the heck outta Dodge for a weekend filled with "Momma, can I plimb up the stairs, Momma?" "Momma, gimme that ce' phone, Momma,""Playton, I want some shicken and ships for dinner, Playton," and other jargon that could only come from none other than the Cammie Cocoa Puff. It's just too bad Judge can't accompany us. :( 

He just loves the way I smell... what can I say?

                                                                    

 WHAT. a weirdo. I'm just kidding he's the love of my life... 

BON VOYAGE!

Society, You're a Crazy Breed...

I've been sort of preoccupied lately. For some reason I keep finding myself lost in apprehension concerning my future. If you don't know me, then you also don't know that I plan on saving the world. I'm just kidding, but my ambitions are almost that pretentious. I've always had a super-hero complex, and I guess it hasn't been squandered or dissipated, because it's still very prevalent as a part of my identity. Anyway, since I wasn't born a genius or endowed with innate butt-kicking skills, I've had to put a lot of thought into how, exactly, I'm going to protect this humanity... or at least avenge the ones who've been wronged. It's taking its toll, folks. I don't attend West Point, MIT, Harvard or any other school with a rep for heavy post-grad recruitment by government agencies, nor do I have any useful combat classes at my disposal (KRAV MAGA), nor am I completely multilingual like (what seems to be) the majority of my potential competitors. BUT I'M NO QUITTER. (at least not in this aspect). Also, I've been increasingly distraught over trying to find an interval in my future that will allow time to (1.) stay in one place for more than a year (2.) get married (?) (3.) have a family (?) (4.) have/make/keep friends or (5.) even have a dog. Not to mention that if I work in Mexico (or any other Spanish speaking country with drug cartel problems), everyone that is even remotely considered a liability will probably at some point either be taken hostage/tortured to intimidate me into cooperating OR receive a nice little package in the mail containing an  amputated part of my body or a Molotov cocktail through their window.

Now, I don't want to have to go all Creasy-bear on them, but it is my mother's maiden name and I will use it if they provoke me.
So with that said, maybe it's better that I don't have a family or friends (or even a dog) anyway.





ON A LIGHTER NOTE...
I finished my bird-cage-lantern DIY project! Weeeeee!
It took a lot of improvisation and "dadgumit, I'm gonna finish this if it kills me" will-power, but I did it. Here's some pictures:











AND ON AN EVEN BETTER NOTE:
Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors' new album came out today! BUY IT!!!!!!

It's been awhile

This weekend was a pretty decent one. I actually kind of love my family (weird I know) so I always enjoy getting to spend time with them (don't judge me). I went to Georgia with my family for my grandmother's birthday. We went to this random place Saturday and my mom kept on saying it was a nursery but once we got there you could tell that obviously it was anything but that. But anyways that is where I found my new owl Edith :) Also Shelbz found magnifying glasses and thought it would be funny to do as seen in the picture... Fuhreak ;) Sunday we ate at this sad excuse for a restaurant but there was an old man sitting at our table who was freaking hilarious. I wish my grandmother would marry him. Oh well. I also discovered what I might want to do with my life today, but who knows how long that will last. I'm hoping for the best.

pip pip cheerio

Your Mouth Is Poison, Your Mouth Is Wine

1.) Poison & Wine - The Civil Wars

2.) Blood Bank - Bon Iver

3.) Werewolf - Cat Power

4.) Delicate - Damien Rice

5.) Sort Of - Ingrid Michaelson

6.) Cinder & Smoke - Iron & Wine

7.) Nicest Thing - Kate Nash

8.) Head or Your Heart - Mat Kearney

9.) All I Need - Mat Kearney

10.) Just Breathe - Pearl Jam

11.) Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam

12.) My Love - Sia

13.) Sweet Child O' Mine - Taken By Trees

14.) Train Song - Ben Gibbard & Feist

15.) Everybody Knows - Ryan Adams

16.) The River/ Jimmy, He Whispers- Manchester Orchestra

17.) Sister/ Seven Swans/ To Be Alone With You- Sufjan Stevens

18.) Your Ex-lover Is Dead/ How Much More - Stars

Just an ensemble of some wonderfully melancholy ballads from my personal collection. Enjoy :)

TOO much.

A lot of thought provoking things have happened to me, around me, or in my line of sight since my last blog entry (which probably wasn't more than 5 days ago); so, needless to say, I've lost track of the priority level that I assigned to each one of these occurrences and now I can't remember which ones I wanted to write about. BUT, fear not (and I'm sure you were on the verge of a mental breakdown thinking I might not have anything to write about), I'm going to write about what is most exciting and emotionally stimulating to me as of right now. This should be good.
FINALLY, the musical/lyrical/aesthetic brilliance of Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors (DH&N) are releasing their new album on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8!!!!
It all started a few years ago back in high school one weekend at good ole' camp Sharptop. It was a YoungLife retreat and Drew and Ellie Holcomb were providing the entertainment for the occasion. Little did I know, I would never be the same. They have the most perfect love story ever, the most beautiful voices ever, the most beautiful faces ever, the most beautiful lyrics ever, and the most beautiful music ever.  NO SERIOUSLY. Check them out. 
WOOOO!!!! (I even dedicated my left-side-bar to some amazing quotes from their songs)