tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298674492024-03-20T22:48:04.494-07:00The Casey Chronicles(title page.)Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-45311526216233797402010-04-10T21:59:00.001-07:002010-04-10T22:02:17.361-07:00I've Moved<div style="text-align: justify;">I've moved to <a href="http://caseymackenzie.wordpress.com/">wordpress</a>.<br /><br />There's not any good reason for the move, blogger has been good to me... but I wanted a change. An update. Also, I like how I can have pages across the top of my new blog.<br /><br />So please update your RSS feed, your subscription or your bookmark and come on over to <a href="http://caseymackenzie.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a> with me. (Or, you know, keep checking this site in vain and lose track of where I am and what I am doing. It's cool. I'll never find out.)<br /><br />Love,<br />Casey<br /><br />In case you missed it the first two times: <a href="http://caseymackenzie.wordpress.com/">caseymackenzie.wordpress.com</a><br /></div>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-77511417098607098572010-03-28T18:30:00.000-07:002010-03-28T18:31:10.642-07:00Dana<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrrD6tbC2393OWGwRtRhws4MbRggxMi_GlgbWEveAdlzvN_4w5nkbCzBSwf1WmvOxuSzCrr8HUZGG8JRI_V7LH20BlzBHsqh7kJHuaUodYUdUxsrUjm5-nkA1rTkL8THMO9ZJ0g/s1600/IMG_3154.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrrD6tbC2393OWGwRtRhws4MbRggxMi_GlgbWEveAdlzvN_4w5nkbCzBSwf1WmvOxuSzCrr8HUZGG8JRI_V7LH20BlzBHsqh7kJHuaUodYUdUxsrUjm5-nkA1rTkL8THMO9ZJ0g/s400/IMG_3154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453861857009098850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBrhicjBHx4gm-g-gwW1yZdfksQGKUEPaXgu_u2a-j0ZuUk0tzZhx6TeOHivWhX4RLqvY1vf5MfS90axL4wAL5vrtr2SLoMSMQckwVdurDeOfq2lykTHrzaXG0rgpSIorY0ewxQ/s1600/IMG_3456.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TRsnZlqxa4eZgfvK1Hd-KIhwCF34NCXvvK5tCQxjarXELsy-SaC79UuM2TEBxG9fII_u8iAobC26SHV1MA8VeGutl6i-OSs-ROIiM88xUD5g6TJiJWBGIqLg8O6PCcLRkaFmtg/s400/IMG_4030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451626783439393282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Hair & Makeup by Dalene Scheloske at Trendz Hair Studio in Livermore (925) 447-4247<br />Photography & Styling by yours truly<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><!-- Facebook Badge START --><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Livermore-CA/Casey-MacKenzie-Johnson-Photography/153720307549" title="Casey MacKenzie Johnson Photography" target="_TOP" style="font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none;">Casey MacKenzie Johnson Photography</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Livermore-CA/Casey-MacKenzie-Johnson-Photography/153720307549" title="Casey MacKenzie Johnson Photography" target="_TOP"><img src="http://badge.facebook.com/badge/153720307549.3995.1380691555.png" style="border: 0px none;" height="237" width="120" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/business/dashboard/" title="Make your own badge!" target="_TOP" style="font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none;">Promote Your Page Too</a><!-- Facebook Badge END --><br /></div></div>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-4698373035869773742010-03-20T22:50:00.000-07:002010-03-20T22:56:24.461-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote> <div align="justify">The following was quoted at church tonight by Dr. Leron Heath, whose teaching was amazing. (I highly recommend giving it a <a href="http://www.cornerstoneweb.org/Livermore/MediaGrp/MediaArchive.aspx">listen</a>.) This is how the church needs to be everywhere, now. Standing up for what's true and right... Hitler may be dead and gone, but people are being murdered, sold, silenced, maimed, and God knows what else all over the world right this very minute with no one to stand up for them. Let's do something about this. Let's do something about it NOW.<br /><br /><br /><br />"Being a lover of freedom, when the revolution came in Germany, I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause of truth; but, no, the universities immediately were silenced. Then I looked to the great editors of the newspapers whose flaming editorials in days gone by had proclaimed their love of freedom; but they, like the universities, were silenced in a few short weeks….</div> <div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div> <div align="justify">Only the Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly."</div> <div align="justify"><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></div> <div align="justify"> <p align="right">- Albert Einstein, Time magazine, 23rd December, 1940 p. 38</p> </div> </blockquote></div>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-89742904798236345202010-03-15T23:44:00.000-07:002010-03-15T23:51:54.687-07:00Something's Gotta Give<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSj4hW7bhaDI4yMyt3ai0tg5IRHj_Y81XMG9l3UnaO3FLtY4szGbXI9suh7Mf6cok9Riqiupc0f6HknyJowGy2WaYxskeWMkvnotehzErpRI01ZSQCb0NhNsqWYD69sgGdhGSd/s1600-h/tumblr_kwkjnx3gSd1qajt69.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSj4hW7bhaDI4yMyt3ai0tg5IRHj_Y81XMG9l3UnaO3FLtY4szGbXI9suh7Mf6cok9Riqiupc0f6HknyJowGy2WaYxskeWMkvnotehzErpRI01ZSQCb0NhNsqWYD69sgGdhGSd/s200/tumblr_kwkjnx3gSd1qajt69.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449120662122665746" border="0" /></a>I have gypsy blood. Or something.<br /><br />I've been in Livermore since June... and I am so ready to leave. Not that I don't love my community here to pieces. I think having such a strong community behind me is what enables me to strike out into the world with confidence.<br /><br />I have all these ideas, all these dreams. How do I choose what's next? How do I know what God's plan is? I am listening. Praying. Itching to go.<br /><br />Seriously it's like I have bugs under my skin. That's how bad I want to go.<br /><br />I want to go to India and take 400 million photographs. I want to hike through the jungle again (this time fearlessly). I want to teach English in Korea. I want to lay on the beach in Fiji. I want to eat myself silly in Thailand. I want to help the helpless, save the lost, bring light to the cause... and here I am, in one of the richest communities in the world, making lattes. Sigh.<br /><br />The words on the bottom of the church bulletin constantly replay in my mind<br /><br />What do I do now?<br /></div>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-40372039123656655882010-03-05T17:40:00.001-08:002010-03-05T17:40:56.981-08:00joy soda<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcjohns/4409932274/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4409932274_bd79c891ed.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcjohns/4409932274/">joy soda</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/marcjohns/">Marc Johns</a>.</span></div><p></p>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-32262275308197415172010-03-02T22:49:00.001-08:002010-03-02T22:51:38.332-08:00vagabond<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffaloo/4403132058/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2692/4403132058_fdff574e0e.jpg" width="300"style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.8em;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffaloo/4403132058/">vagabond</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/steffaloo/">steffaloo</a>.</span></div><p>Steph drew this. She is amazing.<br />(and also, I miss her)</p>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-7368009088775793532010-02-24T16:33:00.001-08:002010-02-24T16:33:34.332-08:00macarena part 2<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/meleksah/4117164012/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4117164012_d8986eb3c6.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/meleksah/4117164012/">IMG_2506</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/meleksah/">ava berlin</a>.</span></div><p></p>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-21897655068115216642010-02-24T16:32:00.001-08:002010-02-24T16:32:12.246-08:00macarena<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/meleksah/4116395129/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2755/4116395129_3811f8bb92.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/meleksah/4116395129/">IMG_2504</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/meleksah/">ava berlin</a>.</span></div><p></p>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-4286189807721503982010-02-22T19:08:00.001-08:002010-02-22T19:09:39.931-08:00OMG I love this<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjuzx0IGerHQPiDbtMB4b3pxDr6QnuqjnVmbKOEr2QDemriHbJlOeB7vXNaPDF1WxUKP82YqSLEvmJsi884szfzkiM-Ll8UmmVGh7fw3pO-ZTCjKJrPs4N4AKhfkUOVazQxyl/s1600-h/rangers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjuzx0IGerHQPiDbtMB4b3pxDr6QnuqjnVmbKOEr2QDemriHbJlOeB7vXNaPDF1WxUKP82YqSLEvmJsi884szfzkiM-Ll8UmmVGh7fw3pO-ZTCjKJrPs4N4AKhfkUOVazQxyl/s400/rangers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441270526639685490" border="0" /></a><br />From <a href="http://www.garancedore.fr/en/page/2/">Garance Dore</a>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-40425036346952845912010-02-07T22:39:00.001-08:002010-02-07T22:42:12.952-08:00I love Google<div style="text-align: justify;">Not only is Google the greatest thing since peanut butter (which is pretty freaking great), they made the best commercial I have ever seen. I totally cried when I saw this during the Super Bowl (not that it is hard to make me cry...)<br /><br />Enjoy!<br /></div><br /><center><br /><object height="344" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nnsSUqgkDwU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nnsSUqgkDwU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></center>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-23940927580258558562010-01-20T22:59:00.000-08:002010-01-20T23:00:42.092-08:00I would like to wear this, please.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrlIW-4_0biKsCX-mtQMSTwureD7rfXTVpJKhd65Y4BhhdhbOwXKOhKoKJAU7iacDm0N10c3exaF87fpNsf94_3naq7-6YUz248tOOxZp3RSly5XS8SjKgMsZb0Isj1IWVyge/s1600-h/11810AlessC3007Web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrlIW-4_0biKsCX-mtQMSTwureD7rfXTVpJKhd65Y4BhhdhbOwXKOhKoKJAU7iacDm0N10c3exaF87fpNsf94_3naq7-6YUz248tOOxZp3RSly5XS8SjKgMsZb0Isj1IWVyge/s400/11810AlessC3007Web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429084332007484722" border="0" /></a>From <a href="http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/">The Sartorialist</a>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-15402854820183935642010-01-17T20:45:00.001-08:002010-01-17T22:08:03.588-08:00yumm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyKVnc_pOHiciySIvarstk9308pLWK_lH3R8H04zu9m7lCc-cTLltRVdWAMaU2fFiLK1uAzQYO-7Vojpih-91JKZ4LSEKRJbJwqeOm5faLr7yTmDD6cgIFjSfnjWx9IJwMmq-/s1600-h/4267764198_d449436da3_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyKVnc_pOHiciySIvarstk9308pLWK_lH3R8H04zu9m7lCc-cTLltRVdWAMaU2fFiLK1uAzQYO-7Vojpih-91JKZ4LSEKRJbJwqeOm5faLr7yTmDD6cgIFjSfnjWx9IJwMmq-/s400/4267764198_d449436da3_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427957476683825922" border="0" /></a>photo credit :: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnyricky/4267764198/">Skinny Ricky</a>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-72725103874057783562010-01-14T14:45:00.001-08:002010-01-14T21:02:53.474-08:00Things I learned in the last 3 minutes while I was being rung up at Target -or- Classic TMI -or- the lady checking me out wouldn't shut up1. If you want to get married find a guy that's almost 40. And rich. <br /><br />2. Dont get a DUI. The judge will treat you like a criminal. (hmm go figure)<br /><br />3. Marry someone rich. You'll regret it if you don't. <br /><br />4. Checkers brother is a bad guy. <br /><br />5. There is a cute blonde cop around here somewhere. <br /><br />6. Really though, marry rich. <br /><br />Thanks, lady. What would I possibly have done without you? Married a homeless guys?! Probably. <br /><br /><br />*mobile post<br />Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-80383545622337432752010-01-13T00:51:00.001-08:002010-01-14T21:04:49.518-08:00Sweet Nectar<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/13/18.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/13/s_18.jpg' border='0' width='237' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />*mobile post<br />Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-65739285454428021362010-01-12T15:01:00.001-08:002010-01-14T21:05:25.376-08:00A Great "Amen"<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/639.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/12/s_639.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='168' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />*mobile post<br />Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-82794010719103470222010-01-11T17:08:00.000-08:002010-01-11T17:10:30.538-08:00Insomnia<div style="text-align: justify;">8:00pm put on a movie<br /><br />8:05pm decide not to watch a movie, rather finish my book<br /><br />930pm finish my book (my heart is sad. it is sad to finish a book, sadder still to finish a melancholy book)<br /><br />10:00pm get ready for bed/watch das racist you tube videos<br /><br />10:30- lights out, sleeping pills in<br /><br />toss<br /><br />turn<br /><br />roll over<br /><br />apologize to Stella for steamrolling her so many times<br /><br />squeeze her and give her a kiss cause i know she loves me any way<br /><br />toss<br /><br />toss<br /><br />turn<br /><br />garbled thoughts<br /><br />random tears<br /><br />achy neck<br /><br />toss<br /><br />turn<br /><br />toss<br /><br />Sorry Stella<br /><br />11:30pm lights back on.<br /><br />11:31pm write in journal<br /><br />11:45pm check Facebook on my phone<br /><br />11:46pm tummy rumbles<br /><br />11:47pm grab my next book and my dog and head downstairs for a bowl of cereal<br /><br />11:48pm huge bowl of Cheerio's with mini marshmallows (equal parts mallows to o's)<br /><br />11:53pm cereal demolished. chapter demolished... and those sleeping pills are starting to kick in<br />now....<br /><br />11:54pm write blog post so I don't forget this night. Immediately forget about it.<br /><br />12:00am Check email. Read emails.<br /><br />12:30am lights out. Again.<br /><br />3:55am alarm goes off. SNOOZE<br /><br />4:00am alarm goes off. SNOOZE<br /><br />4:05am alarm goes off. CRAP! Late for work.<br /><br /></div>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-86085469086335419162010-01-09T17:06:00.000-08:002010-01-09T17:11:21.555-08:00everything is illuminated (part one)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJWFfIxmHfTPHjPusQ_RQjhlNyOllO6OoLm7dcChAY4XfbFdMj5__TI8isjzIkUskVCP4WWN4Yv10-CrYQuYqdmvLYgnVSduNH70PZLIa_9ElyCFk0s9e-_PiuayoRK00Q6AF/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJWFfIxmHfTPHjPusQ_RQjhlNyOllO6OoLm7dcChAY4XfbFdMj5__TI8isjzIkUskVCP4WWN4Yv10-CrYQuYqdmvLYgnVSduNH70PZLIa_9ElyCFk0s9e-_PiuayoRK00Q6AF/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424912473251450786" border="0" /></a>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-81138883959181352782010-01-08T00:09:00.001-08:002010-01-08T00:09:34.390-08:00<br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/08/2.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/01/08/s_2.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />*mobile post<br />Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-30595892382038900432009-12-28T00:17:00.000-08:002009-12-28T00:22:03.941-08:00College Degrees: Fact or Fiction?<div style="text-align: justify;">I would really like to get a degree. I mean really. I put 6 years and a whole lot of money into this- Id really like to get it over with already.<br /><br />I was passively planning on applying to SF State to finish there in the next year or so. Tonight I finally got online to fill out an application... and it turns out they're not accepting applications <span style="font-style: italic;">through</span> winter 2011 due to the budget crisis. I can't go to any of the other local CSUs cause I would have to start over on my upper division work and 8 years for a bachelors degree just isn't right.<br /><br />It seems like I have to go back to Point Loma. Oh San Diego, how I loathe you.<br /><br />Literally, getting a degree couldn't be more awful and frustrating. Why is that? Why can't things just be simple?<br /></div>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-58912266835053487472009-12-21T21:58:00.001-08:002009-12-21T21:58:29.271-08:00Scott: Graduation Photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklVurLEHJj1HVrpM884uhBl-8CR3k7d3fnepCO_QgiScbbj42Oq3K9zDuAyt6q6ASx8LIo3BhJV-9oQP-2P3yzf_nSKCncTK52b6KPRRP7sORn_mmvuJEIf2ZYJfb2XugDHlDVw/s1600-h/IMG_5976.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklVurLEHJj1HVrpM884uhBl-8CR3k7d3fnepCO_QgiScbbj42Oq3K9zDuAyt6q6ASx8LIo3BhJV-9oQP-2P3yzf_nSKCncTK52b6KPRRP7sORn_mmvuJEIf2ZYJfb2XugDHlDVw/s400/IMG_5976.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417935647212071890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VqSDuuTgZOFKUA3mNXkj9Y0nVf4tFxOuL48YzXf3jrm9qDXSIw_9PENQko-8gCpGFvUQZ8Dar_Tk2RKP2IeAwAyUJL9MoSbOjnNLd-wMQK3xi3tVGV0oXw7LBNa6UMpcRzITlw/s1600-h/IMG_5958.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1VqSDuuTgZOFKUA3mNXkj9Y0nVf4tFxOuL48YzXf3jrm9qDXSIw_9PENQko-8gCpGFvUQZ8Dar_Tk2RKP2IeAwAyUJL9MoSbOjnNLd-wMQK3xi3tVGV0oXw7LBNa6UMpcRzITlw/s400/IMG_5958.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417935646853659922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtufseZerCSoMjCht7q1qwX-9WidZSjo65-uTO0Ch-pmGYj23qo8I4i9iNHpHYJ7lWpIgke5t5RVS22b-6klHg64QSd4CJbsIiseboKRTWtNg9C-8ZZT6GcWAiV36Edd7c223pfw/s1600-h/IMG_5956.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtufseZerCSoMjCht7q1qwX-9WidZSjo65-uTO0Ch-pmGYj23qo8I4i9iNHpHYJ7lWpIgke5t5RVS22b-6klHg64QSd4CJbsIiseboKRTWtNg9C-8ZZT6GcWAiV36Edd7c223pfw/s400/IMG_5956.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417935641113960962" border="0" /></a>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-43986187550618345652009-12-20T13:58:00.000-08:002009-12-20T13:59:46.350-08:00A Fun Christmas Baking Fact<div style="text-align: justify;">Allspice, also called Jamaica pepper, kurundu, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or newspice, is a spice which is the dried unripe fruit ("berries") of Pimenta dioica , a mid-canopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world. The name "allspice" was coined as early as 1621 by the English, who thought it combined the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">From Wikipedia</div>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-22560558078556750202009-12-14T23:28:00.000-08:002009-12-14T23:32:34.939-08:00Clean Water.<div style="text-align: justify;">From <a href="http://hagenhoopla.blogspot.com/2009/12/clean-water-for-world.html"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Clean Water for the World</span></a> by Tales from the Motherhood:<br /><br />"Approximately <b>every 20 seconds</b> a child dies from a water-related illness.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Approximately 1.1 billion people do not have access to safe and clean drinking water.<br /></div><br />It's estimated that it would take approximately $10 billion to give the world clean drinking water.<br />That seems like a lot of money.<br />Until you hear that each year Americans spend about $450 billion on Christmas.<br />Clean water for all is so possible.<br />I know many of you already have tight budgets so let me help you out. Instead of a contest where I give away a <a href="http://hagenhoopla.blogspot.com/2009/03/and-winner-is.html" target="_blank">rubber chicken</a> that you must really work for . . . I am doing a really easy giveaway. I want to get people excited about making clean water happen for the world. So from now until December 15th:<br /><br /><b>1. Leave a comment on this post (on the actual blog, not the facebook note) and I will donate $2 towards clean water. </b><br /><b>2. Tweet or facebook this post and I will give another $2 towards clean water. Then leave a comment (on the blog, not the facebook note so I can keep track of it in one place) letting me know of your tweeting/facebooking activity. </b><br /><b>3. Link this post from your blog and I will give another $2 toward clean water. Then leave a comment letting me know that you've linkified this.</b><br /><br />In other words, each person has the opportunity to give up $6 toward clean water by simply exercising their fingers for a few seconds. And feel free to leave a random fact about your self in your comment. Because I like random facts."<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Do not comment on my blog. I am not doing this. Please go to <a href="http://hagenhoopla.blogspot.com/2009/12/clean-water-for-world.html">Clean Water for the World</a></span>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29867449.post-28475011933854282332009-12-13T21:26:00.000-08:002009-12-13T22:31:18.687-08:00Party like a Farmer<div style="text-align: justify;">Today was awesome. Let me tell you why.<br /><br />Church was so good! Pastor Steve taught from Isaiah about the virgin birth of Christ and how we should party because of it.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">The people walking in darkness<br />have seen a great light;<br />on those living in the land of the shadow of death<br />a light has dawned.<br /><br />You have enlarged the nation<br />and increased their joy;<br />they rejoice before you<br />as people rejoice at the harvest,<br />as men rejoice<br />when dividing the plunder...<br /><br />For to us a child is born,<br />to us a son is given,<br />and the government will be on his shoulders.<br />And he will be called<br />Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,<br />Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;">Isaiah 9:2-6<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">What that says it we're supposed to party like farmers. He went on to talk about dancing and having a good ol time. We have so much to celelbrate this season! The birth of the Messiah!!! Amazing.<br /><br />Also, his sermaon was really short, so that was good. And also we sang Christmas songs in church which is<span style="font-weight: bold;"> my absolute favorite thing in the world.</span><br /><br />After church Scott, Ingrid and I went to lunch then Ing and I went to the City to look for wedding shoes and bridesmaid dresses. It was super fun. I love her. Our entire conversation on the way there was spoken in fake British accents. We are awesome. Ingrid even found a YouTube video on how to speak proper English.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iAqdYMcjMNQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iAqdYMcjMNQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Then we saw this lady singing on Maiden Lane... I was first tempted to make a joke about it 'being over' but then her voice captivated me! We stood and listened for several minutes. I could have stayed for hours.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i4wA0XNc8ug&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i4wA0XNc8ug&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />When we got back to my house Scott came over and we made grilled cheese sandwiches and cinnamon rolls. It was the perfect Sunday.<br /></div>Casey MacKenzie Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14157502709295340016noreply@blogger.com0