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Name: Mikaela
Country: Canada
State: Saskatchewan
Metro: Regina
Birthday: 5/11/1985
Gender: Female
Interests: Oh boy! just a few... anything music* perfecting snowboarding* sports* traveling* randomness* composting* concerts* cultures* freedom * JESUS!* myspace* roadtrips* coloring/art* mac&cheese* writing* guitars* instruments* nature* experiencing humility* my relationship w/ my Heavenly Father * the chipmunks* pirates* keeping society on its toes* adventures* Psalty the singing song book* sweatervests/sweaters* goodwill* senorita barrita* going against the flow* languages* pins/patches* family/dog/chums* boardgames* my fave bands* ductape* fire* racing* hippies* makin authentic cappuccinos* daily visits to my own world* harmless pranks* waterguns* composition books* anything 50's/60's/80's* throwin potatoes* reading* try new things* achieve goals* drama* anything w/ pics* tree climbing* seeing land w/ no buildings* kids* rocking seahorses* parkin far away* deep profound convos which usually strike up new convictions & arouse the old/dead ones* basically anything under & over the sun
Expertise: Um expertise... well... here goes: procrastinating ~ avoiding things ~ cleaning my room ~ not following directions ~ breaking objects ~ car accidents ~ day dreaming ~ listening to music ~ writing novel letters ~ doodling ~ admiring the land ~ falling into the trap of my humanity ~ doing things i'm not suppose to ~ mouching for food ~ sleeping ~ playing with kids ~ driving over the speed limit ~ collecting everything ~ dish washing ~ stocking shelves ~ um yeah...
Occupation: Student
Industry: Hospitality
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AIM:  pkpocketpyro17
MSN: clementinemikey@epix.net
Member Since:
9/7/2004
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| i crossed the border, my friends, a week ago-ish.
i landed in calgary, where my roomie - ivonne - picked me up. my calgary trip was a great one, a long one, a squished one, and yeah, i guess uncomfty too - however, the seats were way better feelin than the flight before. anyways, i sat by this guy from calgary and yeah we had great sporadic convos throughout the flight. i found out that he had recently done a mission trip w/ the youth at his church and yeah - we talked some about church and yeah, it was really uplifting convos....
on my own i did some reading out from a book that contains the messages keith green shared at the shows he played. there was one line that really grabbed me where keith said, "if i'm not a christian at home, woe to me if i try to be one on the road." --- i guess right now for me, even though i'm pitchin tent and settled in my new home, my other home is in pennsylvania where my folks are, so in some technical way i am on the road....
looking back at my time in pa home this summer, yeah, it was a good solid summer. it was like a 4 month process where i was polished up and transformed in various ways. i became a little more involved with my church and volunteering where the help was needed. ran into different obstacles and issues with my family, friends, acquaintances, & strangers... a lot of deaths happened and kept trickling till they really hit home for us. different run ins with situations where i had to just step back and reexamine my actions, take to prayer & seek discernment... my weakness really was brought to the surface - it was painfully beautiful.
besides working, this summer i began the 1st portion of my practicum (internship)... i worked with a bunch of youth at a drop in center called the Lighthouse in oxford. i developed so many relationships with the youth, leaving them and saying goodbye till the next time was hard. i played many sports, attempted to help with some homework assignments and all sorts of things. There were many great convos i had with the youth whenever we were just hangin out. one thing that really stood out to me was how much of a role model i was becoming to some of them. they would ask me questions about my past or different situations and confrontations from their peers --- i realized how much my past choices and actions were now going to have a huge impact on them for their decisions & choices. it made the whole concept of not living for myself even bigger - not only because of my faith in Jesus and who i represent, but now my actions (past, present, future) are now being taken, observed and sometimes copied by the generations below me. talk about huge stuff!! i could really go on forever about this, but i think it would all become redundant...
i've really been challenged to take a step up from being mediocre and going the extra mile in decision making and living life, to be a better person than just acceptable and yeah, my life is not about me and my pleasures... it never was about me... i think that's somewhat life and the whole process of growing up is - the continual realization that my life is not about myself, and instead i was created for a greater purpose on so many spectrums ~ for community, service & worship. as i grow i am realizing how much power i have in my actions, the ability to stop & go and the whole ripple effect it has on the community in which i am living in... wise up child, wise up | | |
| hi there rocket launchers!!
how goes your spring season thus far? last nite i encountered my 1st thunderstorm of the year... the lighting was pretty sweet, but the storm never hit us over head - it went completely around us and i watched it all from my bed through the windows. none the less it was quite exciting.
yeah, i'm home now from school. it was quite a journey and almost felt like the never ending story to get here. but alas i made it and have been, for the most part, enjoyin my home stay. i think sunny days are just around the bend. i'm excited to get out and play soccer again. i've slowly been runnin like an every other day deal to build up some endurance. i so wanna be in decent shape for our season in september.
this summer holds a lot in store for me. first i have my jobs. i work a couple times a week at the grocery store in the produce. they've been more than good to me and have been findin things for me to do, so that i can earn money for school. so nice and i'm forever appreciative and grateful for their kindness.
there's also the chip factory, which i begin on monday - pretty much the best b-day present ever & plus i'm amped to see all my good coworker friends... however i think one of the main reasons why i'm startin this early is cuz there was a severe accident w/ another employer. i think she's gonna be ok, but there's a long road for recovery. i wish that my reason for being employed didn't have to be for this reason. i feel really bad for her - she was ran over by a forklift. the worse - but the praise is that all she has is a broken shin bone - her muscles seem to be ok, which is really good.
the new addition to this summer is my practicum. it's like an internship - but my school doesn't call it that. i'm finishin up the 1st part of it and then yeah, next summer i'll complete it all. i'm workin at a youth outreach center in a small town - it may not be small anymore... idk the population exactly, however it does have a strong urban feel and a lot of different cultural ethnicity - which i'm really excited about that. i love culture!!! i've been there for 3 days so far and i'm really enjoyin it and i really enjoy gettin to know all the kids there. some of them are harder to get to know, cuz they're kinda like closed fists - it's fair and i'm not forcin them to get to know me. i just like bein w/ them. playin games and stuff. helpin them w/ bible memory and all. it's neat and they teach me much - i know that i have a long road ahead of me and i'm gonna learn quite a bit... yeah :)
let's see... oh, well i'm also plannin on searchin out for some shows. i'm gonna be seein switchfoot next month, as well as goin to the creation fest and purple door. i'll see if the chameleon club has any thing. my one friend also has a brother who performs in various local places, so we're gonna try and catch one of his gigs sometime. we'll see.
there's also the buck - can't forget about that. i hope to get there a few times this summer. so much fun - i love the machinery and all - it's like the realm of power: engine power, horse power - beautiful!!
i'm also gettin involved w/ church and yeah, i really like my home church and always get excited when doors open to give back a what i can.
have a lot of projects i've created, as well as things that just need to be done. still purgin away some of my belongings. after i graduate things will be way better.... however, i'm makin a lot of books and keepin many of my notes - which i'm turnin in to books. i'm just gonna recopy them. it's a race between me are carpel tunnel. we'll see which comes first. one of the projects i wanna be able to do is pick up 3 instruments - but the number 1 is the guitar. and then the drums and piano. we'll see how it all goes. usually i make so many goals that i can just never do them all. - after i'm done school, i'm gonna collect all my scattered and unfinished lyrics and try to focus on writin songs - however i'm not gonna force them, i'll let them develop w/ time. while cleanin out things, i've found so many songs.... that reminds me that i hope to develop more spanish this summer. i've been doin pretty decent w/ writin and all - what i have to do is speak it. that's my flaw. anyways, i think i'm gonna wrap things up here and go to bed.
i thought about makin this a goal... but i'm not gonna make any promises. perhaps i'll share little highlites on & off of my summer. it will be incredible! peace homes! ~ mikey
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| long time, long time. hello!
right now, it's gettin dark and it has been flurryin for majority of the day.
since the last i've written, my toenail has fallen off. when it came off there was already a new one growin and it's half way long - looks really nasty though. there's like a big blood bump and yeah, not very eye appealin.
i leave for home in 1 week. i think this is the most excited i have ever been to be done a semester at this school. it was tough and i hope never to have one as hard as this ever. next semester will be different being that i'm gonna be havin a psych class and a counselin class - this means most likely less papers and more studyin ahead of time for tests of that sort. which, will be tough, but at the same time worth it for a change. one can only write so many papers.
right now i am writing a paper and i have all i need right in front of me, but still cannot write it for the life of me. it's a paper for pretty much my hardest and most intimidating class of all.
my room mate is finished with classes really soon and flies out to california for christmas on friday mornin. i'm gonna be alone for like 4ish days. it's sure gonna be weird w/out her around.
i have this karaoke machine in our apartment. i took it from the lounge in another buildin and discovered that it actually belonged to a student and not the school. i felt bad, but informed some folks about what i did and eventually the girl who it belongs to found out too, so we're all good. we stayed up really late singin last nite. like 2:30 3am singin karaoke stuff. it was pretty rad.
right now i have a slight cold and am feelin kinda feeble. i'm tryin to figure out exactly what could've caused it and i'm thinkin possibly a combo of sleep deprivation, as well as stress: cuz when i get stress i tend to eat less cuz i'm focused on doin what i can to get rid of the stress and everything else becomes insignificant... also, a partial of my sickness may be from the other day when i ate a spoonful of nutmeg and rinsed it down w/ milk. talk about nutty and eatin flavorful tree bark, cuz that's pretty much what eatin a spoonful of nutmeg is like.
i've been gettin in to playin the guitar again. it's really nice and i've written random songs on the spot for some of my friends and yeah, i really enjoy it. i've been workin some with the mandoline, the penny whistle and my friend just let me borrow her brother's charango - a little acoustic stringed instrument resemblin a cross between an ovation guitar and mandoline type thing and it's from bolivia. i've been havin a hard time w/ it, especially because i can't exactly tune it correctly. but it's a lot of fun too.
i'm drinkin tea. ok, i think i might go and try to get some more words in my paper. peace, love and candycanes! ~ mikey | | |
| sup ya'll? how's things goin?
i just wanted to write in here. its been a bit since i've written.
soccer is over now. the season ended on sunday when we had our championship game against providence college. we lost and the guys lost, though it was a really good game - for both of us. a rough game, very competitive.
my roommate is sick and i've caught it too. though i've been doin the best i can to fight it and just keep things sterile. i've been really groggy and spacy. tonite i helped out at the blaurock and got to see the band Flying Fox and the Hunter. they're really good. the bassist really knows how to jam jam dance and really tear up his bass. pretty rad. but no, the whole band is pretty cromulent.
right now i'm kinda procrastinating from takin a shower. i have it in my mind that it's just a waste of time - but at the moment all i can really think of is brushin my teeth. man, i think i'd really like to do that.
i was gonna say more, but i just can't remember anything....
well, ok, here's one really excitin thing for me. for my one class i had to choose 2 people to research. one of the main reasons why i wanted to take this evangelical spirituality class was to do keith green for the paper. i ordered a couple books from Last Days Ministries and received only one of them so far: Make My Life A Prayer. i'm pretty stoked. it's a book w/ keith greens journal entries and what he said at concerts. i'm totally amped up to read it, but so far everytime i have gone to open it i get interrupted and i can't get very far in it.... sometimes i feel like there's stuff in it that i need to read and just get into, but the little things are preventin me from gettin that far.... idk...
anyways, i think i might go shower now, sing it up and yeah, ya know. see ya'll! ~ mikey | | |
| hi guys! here i am at school. nothin too much to talk about. i had a soccer practice today and afterwards we had a mandatory team bondin at one of our assistant coaches homes. it was good time fun.
school is goin and it's really rough, but just like my big right toenail, i'm doin my best to hang in there. yeah, i just checked the daily (our school's newspaper type thing) and got really excited when i read this one entry. i'll conclude w/ it. so just to say hello, greetings and i hope all is well. take care! and happy canadian thanksgiving! ~ mikey
VILLALOBOS AND BLAZERS FACE C.I.S. COMPETITION
The Blazers women’s soccer team played their fourth game Tuesday evening, at University Stadium on the campus of the University of Manitoba. The highly-touted Bisons, ranked #1 in Canada West just two weeks ago, were coming off a difficult string of losses to Lower Mainland competition, and were eager to prove that their early season success was warranted.
In the game, the less-experienced Blazers had their hands full with the Bisons attackers for most of the contest as they sought to secure their mandate. Speedy, first-year forwards, Lesley Worsnop, Paula Fast and Danielle Rocan posed consistent scoring threats and capitalized on a number of occasions for the Bisons.
However, it wasn’t until the 24th minute that the Bisons were able to beat goalkeeper, Mikaela and the Blazer defence. An organized and compact unit, the Blazer back-four proved that they can compete with an elite university program. “It was quite an accomplishment to hold a team of that calibre off the scoresheet for as long as we did”, said assistant coach, Hector Argueta, “We certainly have something that we can build from as we enter our conference playoffs.”
Though opportunities to go forward were few for the Blazers, they were able to find some scoring chances. Emily Allard and Maraleigh Short came the closest to scoring for CMU, while Abigail Graff and Chelsea Esau showed an ability to create turnovers and gain ball possession for the Blazers. First-year goalkeeper, Mikaela, was clearly the story of the game. For 90 minutes, the native of Q-ville, Pennsylvania, showed herself to be a capable and confident ball-stopper.
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