Surveyyyy

First off, you're available right?
hm.. you can say that.. but not just for anyone =P

What are you doing for your next birthday?
hmm.. it'll be my 18th.. my plans are to have a dinner w/ my close friends on my birthday.. then go to VA Beach the next weekend and stay out ALL night =)

What are you looking forward to?
BIRRTHHDAYYY!!! =) getting my class ring.. graduation

Are you wearing anything you borrowed from someone?
no

Do you have any hidden talents?
not... really...

Did you talk to someone until you fell asleep last night?
no.. I haven't done that in a while

Would you go out in public looking the way you do?
yes

Is your hair long enough to put in a ponytail?
yes

What are you thinking about right now?
emm... how thirsty I am

Does anyone call you babe?
not now

Do you get drunk every weekend?
no

Are you happier now than you were last year?
definitely

Could you go the rest of your life without smoking a cigarette?
yep

When is the next time you'll wash your hair?
em... probably next Tues./Wed.

If someone liked you right now, would you want them to tell you?
if I like him.. yes

Do you like someone right now?
yep

Does this person like you back?
That's a question that I.. don't know.. I haven't asked

What color was the last towel you used?
white

Can you swim well?
emm for the most part

What kind of first impression do you think you make?
hmm.. usually "quiet" lol

Name your last reason for using a camera.
I don't remember

Are you a happy person?
for the most part

What do you want?
ice cream

Did you enjoy your weekend?
hmm... it was ok

Lets cut to the chase, whats currently worrying you right now?
nothing =)

When was the last time you died your hair?
I had a color conditioner a week and a half ago

What's the weather like where you are?
its starting to warm up

When did you last cut your hair?
emm last April

Where are you?
kitchen

Where was your default picture taken?
school.. senior picture

If you could have one super power what would it be?
emm idk

What do you want to do?
not sure at the moment

Where do you think you will be in 10 years?
not sure yet location wise.. definitely pursuing my career

What does your phone do when it receives a new text?
vibrates

Would you ever take up photography as a career?
I could.. I like taking pictures

How many kids do you want when you're older?
2.. no more than 3

Is your name a common name?
nope

Do you know who your best friend is currently interested in?
no

Have you ever kissed someone whose name starts with a J or C?
no

What would happen if you were suddenly in bed with the last person who text you?
emm I have no idea.. I'll definitely get up though

Would you rather pierce your tongue or lip?
lip

Its 12am, you wake up crying. You call?
God

What would you do if the person your crushing on now saw you without any clothes?
emm run and find some clothes

What does your most recent text message say?
I don't remember

If your boyfriend or girlfriend smoked pot, would you care?
yes

Would you change yourself for the person you love?
depends on the change...

What did you do today?
school... homework...

Has anyone upset you in the last few days?
yes.. very much

Tell me some song lyrics:
hmm.. all at once.. I had it all.. but it doesn't mean anything, now that you're gone... haha catchy song

Closest black thing to you?
keyboard

What kind of phone do you own?
some TNT junk

Where is your ex right now?
Idk

Last thing you drank?
tea

Ate?
pizza

Any song that brings back memories?
yeah

How's your heart?
great

Wear any perfume?
no.. I somehow have a reaction to the fumes =/

Favorite brand?
ehh idk

Do you keep a diary?
journal... yeah.. but not really at the moment, I decided to stop writing for a little bit

Were you single 6 months ago?
yes

How many texts are in your inbox?
ehh 40?

Describe your nails:
they need something done to them... I'll file them when I come back home from picking Nikki up from dance class

Describe your room:
white.. needs to be cleaned

Are you in a good mood?
I'm content

Who's your worst enemy?
the devil

Do you have good relationship with your parents?
yeah

Birthday Plans

Definitely starting to get into this stuff now haha.

I'm currently deciding on what I should do for my birthday. I think I came up with a general plan.. But it was hard to do, because apparently, the things that most 18 year olds do for their birthday is go clubbing. I didn't want to do that for mine. Especially since my closest friends turn 18 after I do. I know that I want to do something that'll last until 3 or 4 AM.

Well... here are some ideas...

VA BEACH DAY-preferably April 16th. My birthday falls on a busy weekend.. So on the 9th, I'll do a small dinner. Then the 16th, I'll have a small group of friends (some are close.. some aren't.. but they're fun.. so idc) spend the day in va beach.. then come back late... I'm hoping that it'll be warm so that I can at least spend some time at the ocean.. Or at least look.. I love it there.

Stay in Richmond-go to Shokoe bottom or Short pump for a late night dinner.. then maybe a movie? idk it depends on what is open after midnight (hopefully something other than a club =/) Finding something fun to do in Richmond is rather difficult lol

Go to DC... that may work.. but I don't know too much about the area to plan something.. then its more of a metropolitan area.. so more traffic.. and a lot more tiring to pull off.. Then my parents and myself won't really feel comfortable with me driving in that area for the first time.. =/

Hmm then... I think that's all that I have... I'm still looking around for stuff, but it does seem as though VA Beach is a more fun and easiest thing to pull off...

House

I really think that I'm going to start writing on here quite often now.

I decided to kind of stop writing in an actual journal for a while. Pretty much because, since its a bit more personal, I kind of used my journal as like a venting tool instead of going to God about a problem. Then I noticed that writing something down actually makes you dwell on something.. sometimes a bit more than need be. I'm not sure when I'll start writing in it again, but for now, I'll just use this blog as.. well.. whatever.

But in the meantime, because I've stopped writing in my journal, I've actually spent more time with God. By both reading my bible and praying. Here's the interesting thing about this, for however long I can remember, I would either just read my bible regularly, or pray regularly.. So... if I read my bible, I would have a challenge remembering to pray or something.. then the same with praying. But I find myself doing both.. and boy.. they definitely go hand in hand. I've definitely had a very clear thought process over the past week. So many things that God has revealed to me.

But over the weekend, God has definitely revealed a different approach to the importance of keeping His house in order. The bible mentions repetitively about things concerning the kingdom of God. He specifies that we are His kingdom: Our body is the temple of God. 1Cor. 3:16-17 in the MSG bible says: You realize, don't you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God's temple, you can be sure of that. God's temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple. If you read through different stories in the Bible, you will come across the popular event of Jesus tossing over tables in the temple. Not a lot of things really affected Jesus. But when He got to the temple. Do you recall how he reacted? He was furious and very hurt because the house of God was being defiled. No one at that moment, like 1 Corinthians states, got away with doing that Its like, if you think about it in our modern terms, any tampering with the house of God, is His pet peeve. A MAJOR no-no. So if we are the kingdom of God, and we defile His temple in any way (to ourselves, or others), how is that going to affect us? We won't get away with it for sure.

God has given people authority positions over/in His kingdom. For example, family. He gives the man (father), complete charge, dominion, and responsibility over his family. The male leader.. well High Priest, has FULL responsibility of anything and EVERYTHING that comes in and out of his house. If a man has 3 kids and in some way one of them went to hell, God hold HIM responsible. But at the same time, if there are people who aren't even his children living in his home, he is still held responsible for what they do.

Then this is kind of similar to the instructions given to appointed ministers, well... actually it can apply to all of us because God has given all of us instructions to preach the gospel to everyone as well as being of help to His church in any way. Paul says in 1 Timothy 3 that "If anyone wants to provide leadership in the church, good! But there are preconditions: A leader must be well-thought-of, committed to his wife, cool and collected, accessible, and hospitable. He must know what he's talking about, not be overfond of wine, not pushy but gentle, not thin-skinned, not money-hungry. He must handle his own affairs well, attentive to his own children and having their respect. For if someone is unable to handle his own affairs, how can he take care of God's church? He must not be a new believer, lest the position go to his head and the Devil trip him up. Outsiders must think well of him, or else the Devil will figure out a way to lure him into his trap." Later on Paul clarifies that those who serve in the church in any way should follow under these same guidelines.

Its something to think and chew on.. keeping the House of God in order is of necessity...

just an evaluation

I will try to make this as grammatically correct as I can. I don't think I'll actually sit down and try proofreading every single thing. Well, I may. I'll try not to make this SUPER long.. but it actually may be a bit long. I have a lot to say since I haven't been writing in my journal.

I've actually taken a quite a bit of time lately evaluating my lifestyle in the present, past, and even the future. The great things that I've accomplished, as well as the mistakes that I have made has in its very own way, shaped me into the person that I am today. Not only has it been of a great help to myself, but I have also been able to help others throughout my experiences. Each has its own story.

One of the things that I have evaluated the most are the relationships with people that I have either let go or maintained. I was lying down thinking about how my life was entering into high school. I had an interesting set of friends that, at the time, I thought we were going to still maintain our friendship for the rest of our lives. But looking at it all, 4 years later: Where have our relationships ended? and.. Why?

I will actually blame myself for the relationships ending. I'm not sorry about it either. Throughout all of the years of my life, I've been somehow taught to distance yourself from people who are, basically, holding you back, who know the things of the Word (and claims themselves to be Christians) but acts as though they aren't (hypocrites basically). But at the same time, show love, and be of help to them. Being only about 13,14 years old, I identified from the beginning that the friends that I had, were going to hold me back if I continued to be of close fellowship with them (hopefully this isn't confusing). I actually spent my freshman year a little bit on the quiet/lone side. I had my basketball friends. But we were more so friends only during basketball season ha. Other than basketball. I spent a large portion by myself. I actually dreaded it for a little bit because, for any 14-year-old girl, its difficult to completely change friendships with people. Hmm... its was a bit harder for me to be honest. I was always quiet.

I believe that I became a little evened out during the end of my freshman year/going into sophomore year. I had bit of people that I called my "friends" but then Junior year came and I definitely realized that about 95% of them weren't really the type of friends that I thought they were. I kind of fiddled w/ it for a little bit. More so distancing one by one instead of a "mass" cut. But its interesting because now that I'm facing the end of my senior year, I'm realizing that I should've cut them off from the very beginning. Why? I knew the horrible character that they had, but those things aren't the main factor, it was more so the fact that they're not willing to change it. (its a bit confusing) I hung w/ them because I felt in some way that I was able to talk to them differently than with others.. I actually convinced myself that they were letting God take control of their lives/issues... but because I "tried" to convince myself of it, I ended up becoming deceived, and falling into the same mess that they were in. hmm...

So the relationships thing.... as I'm about to leave high school.. only 2 of the friends that I currently have.. basically.. have been my friends going into high school (or during my freshman year). And I really think that they are going to be in my life for a really long time. Even if I don't have the opportunity to talk to them often. One of the two "old" friends that I have.. I believe its been close to a year and a half since I've seen her, but we're still going to be friends for a while.

Its actually a pretty interesting experience... but a good one.

-Quayla

I guess I can start here...

Tuesday pretty much started my two month countdown for my birthday. I think I've always began to accurately countdown for my birthday at the 2-month mark.
I'll be 18 years old. WOW

So here's some of the things that have impacted me over my life; Things I've learned etc:

I'm actually really excited because like most people my age, I am about to start the next stage of my life: Adulthood. I'm very glad that I have the parents that I do. Because not only did they keep me in church for majority of my life, they made sure that I displayed reverence for God. That I developed a relationship with Him. That I was respectful to adults as well as my peers.

My parents were the ones that didn't tolerate foolishness. I remember growing up despising that fact, but after seeing how SO many people that grew up with me are in life, I'm very glad that my parents have enforced the things that they have.

So I think I've accomplished a lot. Not as much as I would've liked to, but I can't say that I didn't have the opportunity to do anything. I've done ballet for 7 years. its been 6 years since I've done it.. haha and it's probably almost like I've never done it lol. But I've actually considered getting back into it. Maybe in college during my free time? I played soccer for one. Then after that, it's been basketball. I've played basketball since I was about 8 years old. I think I can say that my freshman year was my best year. I was my best size for it and I mastered my position-Power Forward. I was the youngest player on the team, and got just about the same amount of playing time as the seniors. I was the only freshman in the league who made "All-Conference" and I also got the MVP award in the Three Point Marketing Tournament. However, I tore my Acl in January of my 8th grade year. Had surgery for it in October, my 10th grade year.. Yeah.. I figured out that I'm a toughie because I played an entire year with a torn ACL. Caused me to tear my medial and lateral menisci really bad. Hmm... Lot of damage. I missed my 10th grade year for basketball... so I sat on the bench watching almost every game because my dad was the coach. That showed that he was dedicated. I played my 11th grade year with a different team and shockingly made All-Conference. Didn't do too great that year in my opinion.. ha I lost probably 25-30 pounds. SO going into basketball season, I weighed 125 lbs probably. That's the smallest that I've ever been since the 6th grade. I managed to get back to 140.
I played AAU for 5 seasons I believe. In March of '09.... I retore my medial meniscus... Got that taken out and didn't play this year. I miss it a lot but its all good.. I can say that I was an pretty good player when I did everything that I was supposed to. I used to want to play in the WNBA... haha then I got 16 years old and realized that is not really something that I want to do with my life. Not playing basketball actually had its pro's.. I starting learning how to carry myself like a young woman.

I was a tomboy from the 4th grade..up until... I guess the middle of my 10th grade year..that's when I started the transition.. I think my biggest transition came in my Junior year... now.. I enjoy wearing dresses from time to time.. I learned how to curl/straighten my hair.. you wouldn't catch me wearing my hair in a ponytail anymore.. (unless I'm in a rush and have to recurl my hair or something).. wear nail polish.. I like the color pink.. I actually have 2 piece bathing suits that I wear w/o shorts.... weird.

Growing up has been interesting. I've made several mistakes.. However, I've been able to learn from every single one of them. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger =)

I'm proud to say that out of the 18 years of my life, I've only been in one relationship. I don't know ANYONE my age that has done that. I've basically been set apart and stood out because of it.

I've never gotten pregnant or had an actual sexual encounter that would lead to pregnancy. I've broken a generational curse by being 18 years old and not pregnant. =)

I've never smoked.. never taken drugs (other than the prescribed mess ha)

I've gotten accepted into great schools, Xavier University, Liberty University, VCU, Miami U, Towson, and Lynchburg College. I like proving people wrong. There have been people who have told me that I was an idiot and dumb... Just because I was homeschooled.. yet I've gotten accepted into competitive schools. =) With scholarships.

I have people looking up to me. So I know that I have to set an example for others and I can't be like everyone else.

I've learned that there are a very few people that don't fall into stereotypical stuff...

I've learned how to choose my friends correctly... yeah I've made some cuts in the past.. gotta get my scissors out again too

I've developed really good friendships. Even though we rarely talk, we'll always be friends.

I kind of prefer to tell someone that I love them through my actions.. but then there are times when I will say them with my words


I'm actually old enough to get married.. doesn't mean that I'm going to get married now.. just means that I'm actually allowed to date..... but my parents are having me take a dating class for 6 weeks.. starting on April 19th. its going to be a bit uncomfortable.. but I'll just get it done and over with.

Made a decision that I'm NOT getting married and moving into an apartment. I better move into a house.. that's all I'm going to say..

I got my license... (happiness) took forever! But the amount of time that it took to get it made me learn how important it is to listen to my parents... they know and have seen a lot more.

Learned that there is more to life than sports..

I have had great people help me realize not just in my mind.. but in my heart.. the true values of being pure and being a girl...wait.. woman.. of purity.

I hang out with people of all ages and races. I enjoy it a lot because I'm able to relate to just about anyone!

I adopted a big brother..

I've learned how to have a relationship with God for myself.

Events: (crazy and sane) that have happened/heard about throughout my lifetime:

First black president (exciting...he's a bit crazy but we still need to pray for him). The whole election was CRAZY.. goodness.. because there were both "racial" and "religious" issues all up in it. A lot of black people who were born after 1980 were acting as though they experienced segregation back in the 60's. Then a lot of people claimed that just because someone decided to vote for Obama that they weren't Christians, etc.. ha I think I wrote a Note about it on FB..

NY Giants won the super bowl.. AFTER I predicted it.. well more like exactly like I predicted it.. haha (I didn't predict it just cuz I was a fan lol)

Michael Jackson died (sadness.. but I never realized how GREAT of a musician he was until AFTER he died.. =/)

Rosa Parks died

Coretta Scott King died

James Brown died =(

The Twin Towers collapsed. Sept. 11, 2001 That had to have been a BIG event for the United States

Tsunami in Thailand.. oh em gee...

Haiti...

Princess Diana... =/

Will Smith came into the picture =)

Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake at the super bowl=hot mess.. even though I never watch the half-time shows, its kind of interesting/funny how the sports committee get performers that none of us have EVER heard of lol

Brittany Spears cut off ALL her hair!

Chris Crocker lol

Derrick Rose=straight awesomeness..

but Lebron James=best basketball player alive...

ahh that Detroit/Indiana Brawl

The Doritoes Commercial w/ the little black boy

Volkswagon Commercial w/ Stevie Wonder.. so ironic

Brett Favre went in and out of retirement idk how many times..

Michael Jordan came out of retirement for a year.. did..ok...

Allen Iverson went in and out of retirement.. after about 24 hours lol

Channing TTAAATTTUUUMMMM!!!!


MY NEAR FUTURE:


College: Going to Liberty University.. hopefully for the full term.. if I don't like it, then I'll transfer to UR or VCU
Major: Journalism
Minor: Kinesiology
but not limited to
Career: Sports Journalism..

AFTER THAT
Getting married and moving someplace warm lol
So not.. going to home school my kids
however, my kids are going to be smart =)
will be able to play a few instruments... yeah.. musically inclined..