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EDIT: Hahaha - I'm not updating until I have 1,000,000 comments. . or 150. Same diff. And they can't all be from the same person, either!

Yay -- here it is!!! The super exciting post!! Lol. It will not disappoint!

So break is here!! Hallelujah!

 First day of break was the Alumni Games and that was super fun! Jeremy and David came, so that was cool. (TIMEOUT -- Don't get too tired about hearing about the following people: Jeremy, David, or Lauren Kinser. . because I've basically spent every waking moment with them during the break! Lol. --TIMEIN) Anton dunked. . we got new cheer music. . "Unh-uh, no she didn't!!!" Lol. . .it was a grand ol' time. (Except Rae was too chicken to poke him!!!) "I see you getting your game on playgirl" - Rachel! Hahahaha, I love that girl!

Okay, so after the games we do what we ALWAYS do. .we take three YEARS to decide what we're doing! At first, we were all going over to Creigh's but instead we decided to STAY IN THE PARKING LOT FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF. .no joke. So while Cami and Jeremy had a heart-to-heart out in the cold, me and David drove around and got us some Taco Bell!!! Wasted much gas. . .After that we all went to Cami's and watched The Skulls. (Good movie, but Paul Walker is STILL a bad actor.)

Then came the first time I actually had fun!! That's right! I said it! Fun! F-U-N! FUN! I hadn't had fun in so long, I almost forgot what it was like!

Ahh. .and I really wish I could finish this post and tell you about all the fun I've had lately. . but I must go home and see my family. . .and get ready for more fun. . .so I'll edit latttter.

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Okay. . so I will proceed!

I really didn't feel like hanging out on Wednesday night, but they talked me into it and everyone promised we would have FUN. . .so I went, and I was NOT going to leave until I had fun! Lol -- if you can't tell I was having major FUN withdrawals. . .

We all went to Ellekay's house and we couldn't decide what to do. . GO FIGURE. But someone had the brilliant idea to have a Christmas-themed Picture Scavenger Hunt. . Lol, we had to find the following:

• The word, "NOEL."
• The Star of David
• An airblown Snow-globe
• A present over three feet tall
• Menorah
• Dreidel . . .you'd think we were Jews. . .lol.
• [BONUS] - African American Nativity Scene!!!
• There was more, but I can't remember!

My team, (TEAM YAE-JI) won and TEAM SORE LOSERS were sore losers. . lol. After that, the crowd died down and it was me, LK, and David and we played dominoes and took pictures, lol. It was a HOOT of a time!

Thursday --- (MORE FUN!!!)

I didn't think anyone was going to end up hanging out.. but the brilliant planner that I am decided we should all go see a movie! Lol. . .King Kong. . . not bad. . .the big dinosaurs kinda ruined it for me. . aren't dinosaurs extinct?? (I guess those GIANT MONKEYS ARE TOO. . .) Throughout the whole movie I was just kinda like, "Do evolutionists really think that I came from a monkey?? I mean honestly!!!" Anywho. . .Guest List included: Logan, Me, Lauren, David, Samantha, and E-Ray!!! After the movie we decided to go to the infamous IHOP (I miss Kderrrrriche!!! LOL, Laurennnnnn. . David changed him in my phone last night to plain ol' Derek Dufner )

After IHOP, the lovable Logan decided to depart. .after all it was like 1:30 in the morning and the poor boy does live in Cashion. .lol. So David hopped in my car and we all headed to E-Ray's to watch yet another movie. . lol.

So you know. . . when you just kinda get in the mood to do something really crazy?? Well at 2:00 in the morning. . it's pretty much inevitable that I'm in one of those moods. So let's just say. . I STARTED driving to Emily's house. . .but somewhere in between 39th and 23rd (on I-44) that all changed and David FINISHED driving to Emily's house. . HAHA. I about had a heart attack. . .going 60mph and switching seats is never a safe thing to do. . .but we're still alive, so it's all good!

When we got to E-Ray's we watched HardBall. . .G-Baby is SOOOO cute!!! I pretty much love that movie, but Emily was making everyone laugh so that we wouldn't cry when G got shot. . .We were all pretty much pooped after that and went home. . at 5:00am. . lol, when I got home my dad was awake getting ready for work!

CLASSIC QUOTE OF THE NIGHT - "And when Dena says, 'when xanga used to be cool'. .she means yesterday." - Lauren

Friday --- (Yup, you guessed it. . more FUN!!!)

There was one part of NO FUN during my Friday. . .I added boy #3 to the "Guys who have made me cry list. . " I was doing SOOO good until a couple of months ago with just 1. . and now it's skyrocketed to 3!!! Gaah. . you silly boys.

CLASSIC QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Haha, ok. Well, GO FOR THE GOLD!" - Rachel

Well, Friday was technically my last day of freedom because of Christmas and then National's practice. . I'M GOING TO FLORIDA IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. . .HECK YES!!! So I had to live it up, right?! Well. . ALL stinkin' day I was like, "What're we doing guys?? What're we doing??" And after hours of TRYING to make plans Lauren was like, "No. I have to babysit." and Jeremy was like, "No, I'd rather stay home tonight." PSHHH! PARTY POOPERS! Haha, so me and David decided to go on a little "date" of our own. . ."the time at which an EVENT occurs" [Thank you, Noah Webster.  .it's not the 1828, but it'll do.] <--- If that's not funny to you, it shouldn't be, so don't worry about it.

Lol, we went to go see "Fun With Dick and Jane" with Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni. As David puts it, "Anything with Jim Carrey can't be awful". . and it wasn't ! I liked it! After the movie, we headed to KFC. . sat in the drive-thru for about a minute or two. . and then realized it was closed, HA! So we went to Taco Bell instead and went back to David's house and I ate my lone taco. . that I couldn't finish anyway. . ha. Anywho. .we facebooked for awhile and then I went home because I promised my mommy I would actually come home at a decent hour!

Which leads me to where I am right now. .at my grandpa's house stuck in front of a computer. . (IT'S ALL CAMI'S FAULT.) . . on Christmas Eve. Lol, the good news is I'm def getting my digital camera today and then I will have tons of pictures. . (But I will not be one of THOSE girls. . WESS!!) Lol, Okay, I'm done.

This post is ridiculously long and I bet the only people who MIGHT care to read it are Jeremy, David, or Lauren. . because they all experienced it. . .lol. And Rachel needs to read it, because she's pretty freakin' hilarious and although she didn't experience it. .all of her quotes are what really make the post! But if you so choose to endure the NOVEL I just wrote. . .I might give you a cookie that reads, "NO MORE DRAMA." Lol, Brandon!

Edit: Apparently Ashley and Taylor love me enough to read the whole thing too! I love you girls!

This is our "Star of David". . lol, get it?? DAVID Kinser's star. . star of David. .HAHA.

Too much FUN!!!

P.S. - The word "fun". . was used in this post 18 times. .but that's just because I'm finally having it!!!

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Hmmm. .so I suppose it's time for an update. I don't even remember what all I've done since last time! Lol. . .

It's Christmas Break!!! I'm lovin' it! And. . .in like two weeks. . .I'm headed to Florida! Yaah!!! Ahhh. . I'm so excited!

Tonight are the alumni games and I'm really excited because I get to sit in the stands and watch. . the alumni games are the ONLY ones where we get to do that! It's WAAY exciting, lol. The games should be fun, and I'm sure we'll all end up doing something afterwards.

Well, like I said, I have nothing to say, so I guess this is it!

P.S. - I apologize for nearly abandoning my xanga, but facebook is pretty darn amazing! Lol. . . .

Well -- I'll leave you with some classic quotes by none other than the beautiful Rachel!!!

1) "I feel awkward for you." - Rae

    "Why???" - Me

    "Because, they're all up in the stands just staring at you. . like this! [insert funny face  

      here]" - Rae

2) "Is David coming to the game?" - Rachel

    "I don't know, he might be. . .why?" - Dena

   "Well if he goes to the alumni games I am going to walk up to him. .

   . .poke him. .      and then run for dear life!!!" - Rachel

(Haha, I hope he doesn't read that before tonight or your plan is ruined, Gorgeous!)

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Dangg. . .it's been a long time! Hmm. . Let's see --


I went to Bedlam, and even though we lost, it was surprisingly SUPER fun! Lol - me and my cousin had a blast! (No, I didn't get into any fights, although the lady behind us threatened to take us outside. . .all the while she had her 4 year old son on her shoulders. . . she was cool.) Haha, I saw Mr. Eischen there and we had one of those awkward "do we hug or don't we?" moments. . those are classic when you see teachers outside of school. . .

So, I was texting during the game and the NOSEY OU fan beside me was reading EVERY word I wrote, so I decided to help him get his nose out of my butt and sent David this, "Just to let you know, this rude OU fan beside me is reading every word of our texts, so don't say anything you wouldn't want him to know." And the next text I get says, " I love you baby, as long as we can keep your pregnancy secret, you and the baby will be fine." . . .OH DEAR! Did I mention I got these tickets from a CHA teacher, so I'll probably be kicked out of CHA as soon as this guy tells her I'm pregnant. . .lol, thanks a lot David!!!!

After the game was exciting! It was really weird because this is the first Bedlam that Gayron wasn't playing in!!! So after the game we went to see him at work! I've talked to Gayron a bit since he graduated from OU, but I haven't seen him in forever!!!! Lol. I walked up and just kinda smiled and he gave me this BIG hug and was like, "I knew you two would do this!" Lol - so we went outside and talked to Missy for a little bit --- he didn't believe that I could drive ---- lol. According to him I'm, "so grown." Lol. . .we were supposed to start dating when I turned sixteen. . .haha!

Saturday night = hot tub.

Sunday night = hot tub.

Lol. . .Then it was back to school.

Monday we started a new bible study at the McNeill's that I'm REALLY excited about!!!!!

Tuesday, we had our first basketball game!!!! Yay for basketball season! David and Jeremy came to the game, that was exciting lol! Hope y'all had fun! We kicked SWCS' butt that night, because that's just how us gangstas at CHA roll. . .

Wednesday --- I could've gone to the OSU basketball game, but I decided to be a good little girl and go to church . . .and instead I sold the tickets to Troy and Justin(they were heathens. . ), lol. They had fun. . . .

Thursday I went to the PCO talent show! That was REALLLLY fun! Lol, I knew five people in the talent show and the final count of all the people I knew that I saw was over 30. . .I'm telling you -- I was meant to go to PCO! I saw like, [2] ex-best friends, an ex-boyfriend, [3] friends' parents. . . lol, you name'em and I saw'em. . . (and yes, LK, I counted Scissors. .for heavens' sake! His number is in my phone, not to mention memory.) Corey, Andrew, and Chris' band won 2nd place in their division and Marky-Mark won first overall!!! Congrats boys!!

Friday we had more games and won both of them like 70-11. . .lool. We kicked Santa Fe South's rearend!!! And I saw this kid named Omar from Belle Isle! Lol. . .we rode the same bus and I used to call him Bart because his hair reminded me of Bart Simpson. . .hahahahahaha!

Saturday I had more games and we won those too! Lol - YES! WHITE BOYS CAN BEAT BLACK BOYS!!! (We played Crooked Oak. . .lol.) After the CHA games I went to the OSU game!

The OSU game was too much fun!! We definitely beat SMU! Yaah Pokes!!! Cami and Courtney were there too, so that was fun. . .and my grandpa got to make a complete and total fool out of himself in front of them. . .he was dancing during "Ride'em Cowboys". . . NOT a pretty sight!

Okay, I'm done because it's almost time to go to Fuse!! Yay!

This is ME, Abby Grace, Cami, and Leah Beth at a CHA football game!!! Fun times!!!

Leave comments!!! Love y'all!!!

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I still DARE y'all to beat Lauren's length of comments (see last post, if necessary.) . . .I don't know what I would do if that happened. You'd get a BIG surprise or something. . lol.

Sunday night at Fuse was good. After Fuse we. . . I know we went somewhere. Somebody help me out here . .what did we do? Oh yes. . now I remember. We went to Lauren's and my car EXPLODED, like David predicted. I hate to say he told me so, but he told me so. Me and Yae-ji were driving on 122nd and all of a sudden my battery light comes on, along with my oil light. . and then I lose power steering, and then my brakes locked up. . .It was greattt. . . I love my car. Special thanks to J-Ruhl for trying to fix it! You too, Travis and Josh! (And a special NO THANKS to Brandon for keeping his lazy butt right on the couch where it stayed ALLL night.) Apparently we watched "Malibu's Most Wanted" after that. . I couldn't remember, Brandon had to remind me, lol. Obviously I don't want to remember this night.

Monday I went to my elementary school! It was fun to see my old teachers and the reactions on their faces when I walked in! Is it stupid that I feel special because people from ten years ago remember me so well? Because I do.

Tuesday was fun, I thought I had a prophetic dream. . but in fact, it was just a phone call while I was half asleep, lol. Anywho, I went to go eat lunch with Ms. Ellekay! Cami, Christina, and Jeremy were with me! We went to Classen and I saw SOOO many people that I knew from Belle Isle. . it was hilarious! Every corner we turned I saw someone else. . .I think the others were getting frustrated, lol. Especially Cam-Cam, I think one of her favorite phrases is, "Do you know EVERYONE?" lol.

After that, we went to Sonic to eat with David. That was super fun/super cold. I heard a stinkin' echo that no one else could hear and it was really annoying and they thought I was going crazy. . but I wasn't! Haha - is it weird that I had a dream that David got a haircut and he did? Lol - he showed up and Cami was like, "Nice hair cut." and I was like, "It's been cut Cami, way to be a friend." and they were all like, "No it hasn't." So apparently I'm a weirdo who has dreams that her friends get haircuts. . .odd.

After that I went to Belle Isle. . .my middle school! That place went under after my class left! Lol! But it was good to see all the teachers and whatnot! I think it's pretty dad-gum funny that that school still has pictures of me up in the hallway! Ha! I love it! I totally dominated that school!

After that I had a good talk with a friend and things are a lot better now. We are starting to understand each other more, and that is a VERY good thing.

Then the madness began! TWENTY-FIVE HOURS AND TWENTY-FOUR MINUTES of movies baby!!! It was awesome. . if you want to see the list, check out LK's xanga. . because I don't feel like typing it out! It was too much fun! Cami and Lauren tried to make breakfast that morning, and it was hilarious! I woke up to the smell of burning pancakes (but it's not like I was asleep or anything!) Attendees include: Lauren, Cami, Travis, Brandon, Brent, Jeremy, Andre, Blake, Courtney, Andrea, Christopher Ryan, Yae-ji, Junwoo, Christina, Mike, Eric, Grant, Kyle, Benny-Boo, Courtney (there were two), Me. . . Troublemaker came for all of 30 minutes, and in that thirty minutes he managed to give me a black eye! (Slight exaggeration!) I know there were more people, and I'm sorry if I left you out!

25 Hour Movie Marathon Memories are as follows:

• "Lauren! There is no Pepsi! And I am disappointed! I need caffeine."
• Going to McDonald's in my not-so-matching clothes.
• Looking at all the cute little couples that need to hook up in our youth group. . .are you one of them???
• Getting clocked in the eye by David's elbow! (Still hurts. . )
• Finally being able to tell the difference between Grant and Kyle!
• "Has this phone charger been here since our little escapade?"
• Brandon and his new-found nickname, "Lotto Ticket Boy"
• "Dena, you are allowed nowhere near Grant."
• "Brandon is not my favorite person at 4:00 in the morning, I could have shot him."
• "Are we really watching SWAT? I'm awake, I promise."
• Hodge throwing me over the couch at 5:00 am and me landing right on top of Mikey. . .he didn't even really notice, just kept sleeping.
• Lauren and Cami ATTEMPTING to cook us breakfast!
• "Your arms does NOT make a good pillow." - Me "I know, they're ROCK HARD!" - Brandon
• "Do you find it rather odd that I used to have pictures of your cousins posted all over my bedroom walls?"
• Ben being clueless, lol, "Does he REALLY think that we don't know that he knows?"
• "Ben, we look disgusting!" - Lauren "No. . .y'all look. . . . . . nice." - Ben
• "Next time one of your insignificant relatives from Tulsa dies, I'm your date to the funeral, you know, so I can be there for. . .emotional support."
• The tow truck coming to take my car away :'-(

After 25 Hour Movie Marathon Classic Quote:

• "Because I'm too sexy for my state."

That's all I can think of. . I'm sure there are more. . if you would like to contribute (and I'm sure Lauren will. . ) I'll edit later.

Thanksgiving was better than expected. I had a semi-family dinner at my cousin's house and we watched the Cowboys game. . .I love my 'Boys, but I love my Broncos too. . .it was a bittersweet game! Lol, I couldn't decide who I wanted to win???

Stayed the night with my cousin Thursday night! It was fun! I did some reminiscing of the last time me and Missy went to Bedlam. . you know, the time I got called a whore by Mark Clayton's father - yaah, that's the same time I got into a "small" argument with Brandon Everage - which is the same time I had to go ahead and tell Clint Ingram's mom she was an idiot because she was. . .lol. I used to be such a brave little "brawler", I guess that's what Bedlam football brings out of me -- maybe that's not a good thing? I'm kinda scared as to what might happen this Saturday.

A note to all of my close friends:

PLEASE HAVE YOUR CELLPHONES NEAR TO YOU ON SATURDAY AND BE ON STANDBY. IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT I COULD GET INTO A FIGHT ON SATURDAY AND BE THROWN INTO THE NORMAN JAIL. IF SO, I MIGHT CALL YOU TO COME BAIL ME OUT. DON'T WORRY. .I'LL WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE GAME SO YOU CAN FINISH WATCHING!

Okay, well, I was planning on having this post be my "Top [# to be decided at a later date] Things That Happen at a PCO Football Game" post. . .but it's too long already and I woke up at 4:45 this morning to go shopping, and I'm hungry -- so maybe it'll be my next one. . .lol.

Haha -- here's the not-so randomness of the day:

 Anybody else remember Hanson?

P.S. - I just realized something! Sending 500 text messages in one day can run down a person's battery, huh?

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BREAKING NEWS: MC Hammer was played and Derrick Ashong DANCED in chapel on Friday! We were all just kinda liked, "Is this allowed?"

I did NOT sit at Sonic for 5 minutes.

We (all 8 of us in the 7 passenger van) drove up to the barn bash late.The ride there was fun! There was line dancing and a big ol' fire! And the Hay Ride was pretty darn amazing! I agree with Lauren though, I really have no clue why hay rides are sooo fun!! (Except for in 2nd grade with my TRUE LOVE Chad Troxell and I were on the hay ride together. . .it was a special moment.) P.S. - Tyler James Davis has it all wrong! That's just how the seating arrangement worked out! I'm SERIOUS. The ride home was fun too!

After the barn bash, we all hung out at CL's and got in the hottub and Lauren was nervous and it was great! Adam's foot massages are great!! (Yes, I did let someone touch my foot, but it was in the hottub in water so it's not that gross.) Then we made a Taco Bell run and that was super fun! I was in my cheerleading body suit that comes to about 4" above my belly button and I wore Michael Wigley's football shorts and I had them pulled up all the way to the bottom of the bodysuit. . .Cami was in her spandex pants and spandex shirt with hot pink cheer shorts over them. . . Grace wore neon green pants and a neon orange shirt. . .and David wore Christina's bathrobe and his swimsuit. . .

Saturday was the CHEER COMPETITION! Nothing was hitting (for Courtney's group) all day and we were really nervous, but during the actual competition. . .EVERYTHING HIT! Praise Jesus!!! We did really good, but we still have A LOT to improve on!

After that, I had to get ready for the Scholarship Banquet. . .which was super stressful because my car was going to EXPLODE. . .something was wrong with my oil and EVERYONE had different opinions on what to do -- ahh! But I made it to the banquet which was 4 HOURS long, but it was okay because I won $450 in the process!

I left the banquet as soon as I could and got to the PCO game with 2:49 left in the fourth quarter. . .I was too late, I couldn't do anything about it. . .we lost. (Yes, I said "we.") Hmm. . .I think that it's pretty funny I went to a state play-offs game in a dress and 4" heels. . .I did get some funny looks. Haha - when I got there JoJo was dancing and then he started playing the drums on my calves with his drumsticks. . and then he told me to make him a sandwich?? It was odd. I think that it's pretty funny that as soon as I walk into a PCO game at least 2 people with whom I had no prior connection before I started going to PC football games say, "Dena!! What's up?" (Anyone else think that's funny?)

 So. . . about 1/3 of the student section thinks that I lost the game for PCO because I was late. I also met Ruben Stringfellow that night. . .or let's reword it. . Ruben Stringfellow met me that night. Those college boys who go to their highschool's football games and pick up (literally) girls they don't even know who lost the game for them. . .they're questionable. And I couldn't give Josh my number because Jeremy is my boyfriend???

After the game we all went to J-Ruhl's and I went through last year's PCO yearbook and realized that I was meant to go there. . .lol, I think on at least 8 occassions I knew two people per yearbook page. . .I could name an abundance of them -- either from my middle school, or meeting them at the football games. "Our Tyler" aka "Scissors" really lost all his attractiveness points. . .they were "Thrown out the window and run over by the lawnmower. Repeatedly."

Church this morning was pretty cool. . .It was all musical. . .no sermon. . .just songs! David surprised us all. . and even though no one told him what time to surprise us because their phone died. . .he figured it out all by himself! (APPLAUSE!!!)

QUOTES OF THE WEEK:

• "Let the _______ people sit on the floor!" - Me
• "You all look ridiculous!" - David "YOU'RE IN A BATHROBE!" - All 5 girls in unison!
• "What'd you win a scholarship for?" - David "She's the best asian." - Grace
• "OU LOST!!!" - Me "DENA! We're about to compete! FOCUS!" - Jessica
• "Is that your boyyyyfriend? Does he lovvve you?" - Caiden
• "What school do you go to?" - Aya "CHA" - Me "So why are you all worked up about the PCO game?" - Aya (random asian girl at scholarship banquet)
• "It never fails. Every PCO game you go to, you meet two new strange guys who want your phone number." - Jeremy
• "I don't even want to know how you know her name." - Jeremy
• "Our Tyler."

Me and David at Falls Creek forever ago!

"Cease Striving and know that I am God. I WILL be exalted among the nations. I WILL be exalted among the Earth" - Psalm 46:10

"Be still my soul, God knows thy way. And He will guide, for His name's sake. Plunge in the rivers of His grace. Rest in the arms of His embrace."