ok this is one beauuuuutiful bird. check it out. (obtw i didn't do any editing) i can't git over this pic. i hand-raised this pigeon.

Pine trees against a beautiful blue sky. didn't edit this one either.

one of my birds in the coop. ok so i'm hooked on birds. but so what. i love it.

ella again.

jet called last night. we also got a bunch of pictures. i think there are some of them on their blog.

thats all for now,

conrad

hey check it out. this is my newest friend.

its a fantail squab. it still needs to be handfed but i can soon wean it. this was just after a bath. (yeah i know it looks ugly but someday it's gonna look great struttin around the front lawn).

baptism is tomorrow... man

conrad

wow i am totally whoooped...
we had the history fair tonight. man... its like sayin the same thing to people over and over again. i said my speech like forty times (literally). my voice is dead. my voice is dead my voice is dead (get the point?) For one thing, i have a cold and for another, my voice is changing so my voice sounds like a violin played with sandpaper. a real bummer. you know it flips and does summersalts and jumps around.. but hey- its a part of life.
i met a guy out at the hardware store today... the guy sported a large waist and chubby face. and he was the grumpiest person on earth... like he'd just lost his last friend. he didn't smile and he hardly talked. wow. i was soooo close to doing something really weird to make the guy smile... i still think i should have.
this is how it happened:
i lay my stuff down in the counter.
he grabs the stuff up, checks me in and gives me my change. slamming the cash register droors around.
"Thank-you sir." i said.
no reply.
i'm sure he saw on my face i was puzzled.
he holds up the reciept and doesn't say a word.
i reach for it and walk out the door really stunned.
i get t my bike an i'm like man.. that guy needed some cheering... but i decide to leave anyhow.
i regret it.

Where is the passion I once had?
Where is the joy of living?
Why can't I find the peace of mind,
The thing I claimed Christ’s giving?

Why don't I see? Why can't I hear
The crawling demons that I feel?
Why can’t I tell the beast in me
I’ll smash your head you’ll scratch my heel”?

Why can’t I think? Where is my life?
Who made my eyes go blind?
Why do I feel the way I do?
Who’s messing with my mind?

i had a great day...
my speech went exceptionally well in spite of the butterfly olympics goin on inside me.
i got a 96% on my written report and i'm still waiting on the score for my speech.

bad things that happened to me today:
1. i forgot to study for a history quiz... (what's new)
2. we had a fresh cow at work and i didn't get done milking tway too late.

ok, so maybe two bad things in one day isn't so bad
tomorrows the history fair and i just can't figure out how im supposed to cram a sermon's worth of information into one minute..... its hard, but what ya gotta do ya gotta do.
oh yeah
the presidetial candidates are mostly wacko... especially the ladies.
i see the race for the presidential office as a bunch of wanna-bes spinning their own halos with everyone looking on and voting on whos halo they think is spinning the fastest... then again, thats just me.

ok so i guess thats it for now
conrad

Whatta day….
This morning in grammar class I wrote bad luck on one side of my eraser and good luck on the other. I flipped it to see what I would get… I got bad luck 4 times in a row… wow

I need to give a ten-minute speech in history class tomorrow about the maya Indians of central merica. I don’t think it will be too bad, but I’m kinda shook up.

I need to get something ready to say in front of the church when I git baptized. I want something more… more than thanking the ministers and the parents and reading a bilble verse…. Something that means something to everyone and myself… something I can say from my heart to theirs. I dunno I’ll figure something out.

one crazy dog... mom's christmas present lol

until next time,

conrad

ella... whatta bird

one of the birds i'm hand feeding. lookin good

I actually made it through the week. i still have to get ready for the history fair but thats coming along well. We went to the library today and got a couple movis and Calvin and Hobbes books. lol gotta love it. i'm sitting here with my coffee and some candy and a comic book. can it get any better? :)
Random facts:
yesterday i was at a quiz meet and got bored for the first time in a while... i can't wait to start learning my passage for next year. I'm gonna quiz with the pequea homeschoolers.

batismal is next sunday....

my homing pigeons attacked one of the squabs i hand raised and forced me to kill it.... such evil birds.

I miss jet.

and i gotta go do my work.

have a great day,
conrad