Prom Update

So, I figure that since I've been pretty stressed about prom, I might as well give an account about what it was like.

It wasn't that serious.

It wasn't worth the stress. It all went by so quickly. Before I knew it, it was the next day. I learned that limos are overrated. The DJ played these three genres: Spanish music, Dancehall, Rap. Very few rockish poppish songs. Single Ladies was played mad early in the night. The music wasn't that great. The best parts of the night was seeing all the pretty people and taking pictures with Natasha Culpepper and Tara McDermott. We took some silly pics. I finally warmed up to my dress, I must admit I looked good. Not what I had envisioned, but I did look good. SO glad I did not wear the other Cinderalla looking dress (check out two posts ago for details). In the end, I just stressed morethan I should of. Prom is just a fancy dance party. And it's not even about the dancing. Anyway, my "after prom" event was sleeping over at Natasha Culpepper's house. It was so spontaneous! We were gonna watch Disney movies, but we were too tired, so we watched a few sing-a-longs and called it a day. Slept from 2 'til about 10:45ish. Tara had to work Friday, so we didn't even hang that day. Could have gone to the movies with Natasha but I didn't feel like it and Mom forgot to equip me with money -_-. In general, prom was nice, but not as spectacular as it had seemed.

So about the annoying stuff that happened.
1) NEVER AGAIN will I be in a limo with unorganized and inconsiderate people. I had to leave prom 30-45 minutes early because fellow limomates had to go to an after party. I found this out ten minutes prior to out supposed departure. I feel like I was used just to subtract from the limo expense. Meh-run piseed me off so much; never again will I ride in a vehicle with her -_______-
2) So, Jeremy speaks and so of his spit gets on my arm. I wipe it on him and he's like "What?" I say, "You spit on me." And do you know what he said? He goes, "Does that remind you of something?" The nerve! Jeremy: "I'm sorry, I had to." I just ignored him. And I was upset, but damn it to hell if I let this fool ruin my night.
3) My friend was upset because somebody touched her inappropriately while she was on the dance floor. She didn't know who it was and she felt disgusted with herself. I told her that someone had told me something unkind (I was referring to Jeremy) and that I did not let it ruin my night. I told her to have fun on this night; there will never be another high school prom! I think she felt a bit better after that. Geez, these people and their sex dancing! It was disgusting to watch.

And the 2010 Prom Queen and Prom King are *drumroll*:
Christina Mayer and
KAMAL WILLIAMS! W00T!

Take that popularity! Our class defied all that is popular. For King and Queen, I voted Kamal and Kayon. But I love how the two least likely candidates became the most likely candidates by the very virtue of their unpopularity. GREEEEEAT! =D

The Prom Princess was Taylor? something and The Prince was Julian Bristol. W00T! Go Julian! xD Princess and Prince was determined by picking names out of a bag or something. Yeah.

So yeah, that's pretty much my Prom experience. Thank Jesus that it is over. I learned that my wedding will be much more well planned and that I will not limo will ridiculous people -_____-. Also, I won't stress over things and make things worse than they really are. And next time, I will be in control of my own look.

The End :)

Prom... ugh

Yeah. This prom stuff is not going over too well. Things are just not going how I want them to go! >.< And it sucks! I think the reason why I'm stressing it so much is because this is the moment that you wait for your entire high school career and one of the memories you will forever look back on. I wanted to make it spectacular! But that's not happening. I got a dress, but it's not what I wanted. It's pretty, like the other dress, but it's not what I had in mind at all. I feel like a hooker in it and it looks more like an after prom dress. But I am giving up. Sadly, I am giving up. After prom is not happening either. I paid $105 for a limo that will not be picking me up in Co-op, and will not be taking me after prom anywhere. Straight home I is going. And I'd have the limo from 1:30 to like, 3:45. God, help me to let it go! It is only prom. God, seriously, please take this from me. I don't want to care anymore and I don't want to harbor resentment. Help me to not put things on such a pedestal next time, especially when there is much and obvious room to be disappointed. Who did I think I was, getting the prom of my dreams?


AGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!

*SIGH*

Whatever.

Prom: Not what I want it to be.

God, please help me to accept it. I will not be getting the dress of my dreams.

AAAAARRRRRGGGGGH!

Remember those dresses that Ashley gave you in EIGTH GRADE that she got for free at her church? Yeah. Mom wants me to wear one of them. It's nice, but I do not want to wear. I'd like to have options. "We can't afford it." I bet we can. It's PROM! It's not like it's an event that was sprung upon us! We've known about it since forever. "If it was the same dress in a store, you would have bought it." No I wouldn't have! Agh WOMAN! I am so upset because I was so excited and I still don't know what I'm doing after prom and I'm about to say SCREW EVERYTHING and go home and sleep and wallow in misery since we "can't afford" an after prom event anyway.

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I realize that I am not being understanding. Which is why I need your help Lord. I am so disappointed. So disappointed. And prom is next week Thursday and the my vision of what it was supposed to be will not be lived up to. I had a dream last night that I went to this pre-prom event (I think it was a prom that did NOT look like a prom. Looked more like an "Everybody-wear-overalls" event -_-) and it was LAME then I went to prom and went home but prom was not the memorable part of the evening. Prom was a blur. It was the pre-prom event that was most dominant in my mind. And if dreams tell the future, that dream is saying that prom is gonna SUCK. But I am aware that my mentality is going to determine how great of a time I will have. So God, help me tp change my mentality >.<

Okay, the bright side. The dressis pretty. I don't want to wear it because I had no options to choose from and it is not at all what I had in mind, but the dress is pretty. Ummm.... Even though I still do not know what I am doing after prom, the prom itself will be a good time and though I will be a loser for going home (that would be so lame!), I can look forward to the many late at night events I will participate in as a college student. Okay, no, that will not help. Um.... I can feel cool going home, coming out of the limo. Hmmm... no, 'cause people will be like "So early? That was dumb quick!" Ummm... I know! I can sleep and sleep in 'cause there is no school the next day. And thers'll have more money in my pocket (more like Dad's pocket -_-) that I will not have to spend on an event that I have to scurry people around to attend (I HATE doing that! >.<). And I don't have to worry about how I'm going to get home since the limo will have been long gone... Yep. I'm going home after prom -_-. Ugh.

Late night ultimate frisbee anyone? I'd be so done for that! >.<

Yeah God. So please just help me to lower my expectations and be understanding and not resentful and not sarcastic. That last one is a hard one, but You can do it! To the point wear I will not even hurt on the inside, so there will be no need for me to be sarcastic. Help me to embrace it like I embrace the fact I am not going to prom with a date (from the beginning I wanted to go single!). So yeah Lord, help me. So that I may have a memorable and yet prom experience. Amen.

Liberty LEADS retreat and the Senior Mass

I just came back from the last Liberty LEADS retreat ever. We were up at Clearpool in Carmel, NY. It was interesting. Of course, Emmaus trumps any retreat ever. But this one was cool. It was definitely better than previous I-Lead retreats because people took things seriously. I def. wished that I had taken advantage of everything that I-Lead have to offer. Honestly, so much went on that I'm not in the mood to write all down. But I'll just start and hopefully finish at a later time.

On this retreat, I had intended to write more post-its to put on the lockers at school. During the bus ride there, Meh-run saw me with them and asked me if I was the one who put them on the lockers. I said no. Then she goes,

"What idiot would do that?"

Jen - "Do what?"

Meh-run - "Some person put post-its on the locker saying 'God loves you Jesus will save you...'"

That kind of hurt. Like, ow! I was called an idiot x) This what I wrote on two post-its after she said that:

lmbo! Wow God. I was just called an idiot. So now I know how Meh-run feels about the post-its. She doesn't know it's me, of course I denied it. But we'll see where this goes. Of course not everyone would be receptive to this. I have to understand that from now. And I CANNOT let it discourage me. Lord, please send help. 4/23/10

The next day it was brought up and she said the person was an idiot again. She wasn't saying it maliciously but it was still hurtful. I told her I thought it was cute and she said it was, but it was mad random. So that kind of settled me. Like, it seems as though the reason why she said this person (hah hah, me) was an idiot was because the action was random. But I'm wondering if it goes deeper than that. Hmmm...

So, the first activity Friday night was of course, Libations. That's the one where everybody says a word of thanks to someone who has helped them and pours water into the plant (this time we had a ladle). It was pretty intense. People had stories, deep stories. They made me want to stick everybody on an Emmaus retreat xD. Luis's, Jeffrey's, Brian's, and Emmanuel's stories were very touching. Mariano's dedication to Brandon Medina was touching too. Libations has never been run like that before.

So, at the end of the night, I gave Luis a big hug and told him how much I appreciate the fact that he is alive. The next day, I told Brian that I am happy he's alive too. Very happy.

Friday night after the Libations exercise, Mariano and I did origami. We made a seal. Well, he really made it; after step 3 or so I could not match the paper to the picture xD. We named him Klutz, after the company who made the book. Klutz - Gender: Male. Birthday: April 23, 2010 around 10:50 pm. lol. He let me keep him too it was cool. Daytona and Igor helped out too. It was cool.

So that was Friday. I mean, the only other thing I can say is that we were all tight because dinner was Tostitos with salsa. But Friday was cool.

I'll talk about Saturday and Sunday at a later date.

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On a different note, Friday was also the Senior Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. It was a very good mass! Archbishop Timothy Dolan gave a great homily about our identity in Christ. Gave me some material to use for my post-its xD. But it was great. And it was cool seeing my classmates from other high schools. Mariano gave a speech of gratitude to the Archbishop. He was so good! Nataly and Marc-Anthony were participants in the mass too. I saw Shani, Crystal, Reginna, Luis, Gustavo, and Preston after the mass. And when I say "saw" I mean talked to. I saw others there.

It was a great mass. And Seniors got their senior privileges back for their behavior during the mass. Nobody sang any of the songs though. In my section anyway. That was bummer.

Yeah, all I must say.

~Janell

Locker Post-It Ministry Part 2

So! Update on the Locker Post-It Ministry.

So EVERYBODY thinks I'm the person who put the post-its up. Like, everybody. And I'm a good actor. I walked in surprised to see the post-its this morning and Stephanie Cerrone who was standing by my locker said "Oh Janell, I thought it was you but I guess not." Then this girl named Lee-Ann (don't know if that's not how you spell it) is literally telling me I did it. She wouldn't here that it was anyone else but me. She was like "How come I didn't get two on my locker, some people got two." And Steph. like how it wasn't me 'cause I just walked in, Lee-Ann said I could have come at like 6:00 in the morning. And they were just going back and forth speculating about how I could have done it. Even though I definitely denied it.

And that was just the beginning. To recount what everyone said to me would be a super long journal entry, but I'm going to do it anyway because I know I am going to thoroughly appreciate it later. So!:

Jessica D. asked me in the library if it was me. I said no. Then I expressed that I have post-its like them but it that wasn't me. That answer satified her.

Bello came into the library later and asked if I was behind the post-its. I said, "No, why does everybody keep thinking that?" Frank was around and he said "It sounds very you." lol!

Melissa M. asked me in Spanish. Again, I denied it. Then later on, Michelle B. asked and Mac was like, "Yeah I just asked her" and there was another tangent in Spanish class (Paolo calculated a total of 12 and 1/2. Don't know where he got the 1/2 from). Anisha told Brittany Frederick I'd said I did it. Brittany didn't think so. Anisha asked me and I denied it once again. Mac asked me later on if I knew who did it and I said I didn't.

Next time the post-its were brought up was two periods later (5th period). So we had a brief assembly with Ms. Faulkner in the auditorium about how people are being nasty in the bathroom. Made a point of how first of all, eating in the bathroom is nasty. But the assembly was about people being leaving their trash behind in the bathroom. Paper towels, chip bags in the sink. Yada. Aaaaanyway, as I'm leaving the auditorium, Molina asks me if it was me who did the post-its. Shannon and I believe Steph. Cerrone piggy back her. I deny it and what do they say? "Yes you did!" Then I'm parting from them 'cause my destination is the Vanguard room and theirs is the cafeteria and Sandra, Christina Ellison, Rebecca Brewington and I think (not too sure) Chenel Bennett ask if it was me. I deny it and they tell me that I did it. I gave up and was like "Alright then it was me. It's not a bad thing to be accused of, so I'm just gonna take it." lol, amazing!

As I'm walking to gym later on, I see Danny C. and Amy Spata (I believe they were the only two, there might have been others) wearing the post-its. Wearing them! I mean, I had meant for the post-its to be for the individual whose locker it was on, but hey, who knows what everyone got out of them? I hope they meant something for at least some. Ooo, I forgot to mention. Earlier, the same period I was in the library, I went to my locker to get A Streetcar Named Desire for English class. I saw Adrian Camino reading the post-its. He commented, not knowing I am the person behind the post-its, "How come they get post-its? I want one on my locker." I was flattered. It's cool. I just hope that people don't take things out of hand. Like, with the sticking post-its to bodies and switching post-its on different lockers (the one that was on my locker was not the one I put there. I put the messed up post-it on mine; somebody had it on there's. But the message is what important right?). In and of themselves, there's nothing wrong with those actions, but if somebody wants to keep there post-it, I don't want somebody else infringing upon that right. The message being spread in too important. So God, please be in this ministry, this evangelism. May those who need to hear hear the right words from YOU, not me Lord. Do YOUR work in me. And help me God, I cannot do this on my own. But I am willing. If it is Your will, please send physical help so that the task is less humongous. I want every single person in the building to hear about You Lord. Make it so God, make it so. Amen.

I'm passing Chanay on the way to gym class and she's like "Did you do the post-its? It's okay, you can tell me." I deny it once more. Bello sees me later on and is like "Are you owning up to your evangelism yet?"

My response?

"Oh my gosh, it wasn't me!"

Jasmine was quite funny. She hugs me and is like "I love what you did." I'm like "What?" (I knew full well what she was talking about. How could I not with everyone coming up to me?) She goes, "The post-its." I'm like "It wasn't me."

Jasmine: *gasp* It wasn't you?

Me: No.

Jasmine: Oh my gosh, there's someone else like you in this school? It wasn't you?

Me: It wasn't me.

*big grin*

Jasmine: You're lying.

Me: No I'm not, I'll see you later!

I went to Mr. Fel today to ask him about me denying it. Well, before I get into that, let me tell you why all this denying is going on.

1) Things are cooler when they are mysterious and things are mysterious when people are anonymous.

2) I already like attention. I don't need more direct attention. I'm getting it anyway though -_-'

a. God needs to get the glory, not me.

b. God honors those who do things in secret; not to be heard or seen or recognized

3) I feel that it means more when it comes from a person you do not know. The though is Wow, this person took the time out to do this and he or she doesn't even know me. The message just means more I think.

So those are my reasonings. And I told Fel. He likes the whole post-it idea. He was saying to be undercover for a few days, but when he realized that people were coming to me asking me if I had been the one to do the post-its it said I might as well just accept it. I mean, I felt bad telling all those people it wasn't be. I just kept thinking about how God doesn't like lies. I dunno, we'll see what happens tomorrow. Maybe I won't feel so guilty x) He wants me to update him on what goes on. So we'll see what happens x)

Whoooh! Done! xD Hopefully more will follow tomorrow =D. We shall see :)

Thank you Jesus for blessing me with this ministry! I LOVE YOU!!! <3

~Janell <3

Locker Post-It Ministry

Sup. Tired but I'm going to try to make this as brief as possible.

So, I've been meaning to do this for a while but today I just did it. I took sticky notes and put encouraging, godly messages on them and stuck them on the lockers (44) in senior hallway. It sounds simple and straightforward and like an easy way to evangelize. But it is not so easy. Some of the feelings I'm feeling right now is anxiety, fear of rejection. I don't know how the students, the seniors no less, will receive the messages on those post-its. And I hope that people don't take down each other's post-its and vandalize them and ruin a good thing. But God, help me to not focus on that. Help me to focus on planting the seed, not the reaction of the people. Encourage my heart Lord and send help; I want every single person in the building to get some sort of message. That is a task, that is ambitious. But nothing is impossible for You. I repeat: Nothing. So help me to take heart that I am serving a greater purpose and am doing Your will. You didn't outright tell me to do this God, but did You have to? I feel that You are saying "Go ahead, do this ministry, but it is not as easy as it seems. You will have to be committed." But God, You are not just leaving things up to me either. You are with me always. Encourage me through the same messages I tell my classmates Lord! And speak through me. Just speak and write Holy Spirit. Your will be done.

So, hopefully I'll get the chance to blog about people's reactions to the post-its. Lord help me.

Amen.

Birthday wishes! (Blog written over the span of three days: 4/4,4/5, and 4/6)

Aigh! I've never had so many Facebook notifications in my life! That's what birthdays do xD So, Luis is flippin' awesome. I love that guy. Reading his comments made me smile so damn hard. So, I was going to post all the birthday comments up, but everything is pasted all jumbled and there are too many birthday posts to sort through. I already had to thank them all (and that was a task). So here are the meaningful ones. I'll start with Luis's:

Luis Tomas Graveley Jr. So today is saturday. and that means that its your birthday =D. but im not gona say happy bday =). Ima just thank God that you were born 18years ago this day =p 4/3/10 12:12am

Janell Salmon AWWWWW! I am so smiling right now! Thank you Lu!

4/3/10 12:16am

Luis Tomas Graveley Jr. Awww well i always know what to say =). and anytime Janell

4/3/10 12:21am

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Luis Tomas Graveley Jr. Its Janell's birthday today. Everyone better wish her i happy birthday or i will go Wolverine on all of your behinds

4/3/10 12:22am

You like this.

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Luis Tomas Graveley Jr. Ok so on the day of your birth they decide to give Purple Rain, The Indian in the Cupboard, and the Little Rascals.. can i vot this the best day EVER?

4/3/10 1:23pm

Misaell Sanchez likes this.

Janell Salmon Lol. No idea what the Indian in the Cupboard is or Purple Rain and I never saw Little Rascals but THANK YOU love xD ♥

4/3/10 3:37pm

Luis Tomas Graveley Jr. Omg. Did u have a childhood? Lol jk

4/3/10 4:50pm

Janell Salmon lol, I did, but one filled with Sesame Street and Arthur xD

4/3/10 9:25pm

Misaell Sanchez little rascals won the misa best movie ever award indian in the cupboard always made little boys wonder what happened if our toys ever talked to us purple rain is sex

4/3/10 9:27pm

Janell Salmon lol! Thanks for letting me in Misa xD 4/4/10 2:46pm

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Janell Salmon Thanks for all the birthday wishes guys! Special thanks to Luis Tomas Graveley Jr. and Natasha Culpepper for pouring out the love! Ily you guys! 4/3/10 10:09pm

Natasha Culpepper likes this.

Luis Tomas Graveley Jr. awwww Janell any time. your my sidekick =). the Robin to my batman, the jelly to my peanut butter, the butthead to my beavis =), the Jesus to my Christianity ( i know u like tht one ) lol

4/3/10 10:11pm

Kamal Williams stay golden, janell. happy bday

4/3/10 10:24pm

Janell Salmon LOL! Oh yeah, I got a poem out of you! xD Thanks Kamal!

4/4/10 2:12pm

Kamal Williams that what im here for. hopefully yesterday was everything you wanted it to be and more.

4/4/10 6:26pm

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lol! I just discovered this one! xD

Luis Tomas Graveley Jr. WHOEVER IS WATCHING TELEVISION VH1 IS GIVING PURPLE RAIN. PURPLE RAIN. PURPLE RAIN. JANELL YOUR BIRTHDAY IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE THE GREATEST DAY EVER 4/3/10 12:33am ___________________________________________________

lol, so that was all Luis. I asked him to pour out the love this week and he sure did! Thanks dude! Here are some others:

Jolle Thomas this is an EXTRAORDINARY day TWO of my favorite people were born on this today my Beautiful niece Cadence and my incredibly Gorgeous and Talented Actress, Singer, Dancer and Spiritually Inspirational Friend Janell Salmon !!!!! LOve you guys soo Much ♥ 4/3/10 11:56pm

Tiffany Gordon and Laze Skepi like this.

Janell Salmon THANK YOU JOLLE! 4/4/10 2:15pm Jolle Thomas You welcome JAnell!!! Around 2am 4/5/10

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Jolle Thomas Janell My Love!!!! HAppy 18th Birthday Sister. Have a spectacular day sweetie. I hope I see you soon. 4/4/10 12:04am Janell Salmon Me too! Thanks so much Jolle! ♥ 4/4/10 2:17pm

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Roschelle Salmon-Mckenzie Happy Birthday lil Sis! You are developing into such a beautiful young lady. I wish you nothing but God's best in this new year of your life! Enjoy it to the max! Love you...

4/3/10 10:00pm

Janell Salmon Thank you sista! xD 4/4/10 2:18pm ___________________________________________________

Ricky Aries Salmon HAPPY BIRTH STRONG MI SISTA ;) Wish u many more.

4/3/10 9:50pm

Janell Salmon Gracias sir x)

4/4/10 2:18pm

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Jescine Jarvis I know I'm super late -- been out all day-- but happy birthday Janell. May the Lord continue to guide and bless you with a million more. ;)

4/3/10 9:10pm

Janell Salmon Thank you Jescine!

4/4/10 2:20pm

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Alisha Bethea Happpyyyyy bdayyyy janell, I hope u have a wonder bday . May God bless& best wishes :)

4/3/10 8:23pm

Janell Salmon Thanks Alisha!

4/4/10 2:20pm

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Melissa Noemi Pellerano wishes a very happy birthday to Janell Salmon, Camille Prete, Joanie Bradford, Robert Gonzalez, and Trevor Ramjit. May you be filled with many more years. God bless.

4/3/10 7:44pm

Janell Salmon lol, that's a lot of birthdays xD Thanks chica! ♥

4/3/10 9:24pm

Joanie Bradford thank you ;) 4/4/10 12:00am ___________________________________________________

Enzo Morello Happyyy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4/3/10 7:12pm

Janell Salmon Thanks Enzo! ♥

4/4/10 2:52pm

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Chenel Coco HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELLY!!!! I hope For you to see many many more!!!! and God bless you!!! HapPY birTHday!!!! =]

4/3/10 7:08pm

Janell Salmon Thank you Chenel! ♥

4/4/10 2:51pm

Chenel Coco your welcome janell!! =] ♥

Around 1am 4/5/10

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Ryan McConville HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL!!! ILY ♥

4/3/10 6:40pm

Janell Salmon Thank you Ryan! ILY you too! And IMY so much! >.<

4/4/10 2:36pm

Ryan McConville
awwwwwwwwi misss you toooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Around 2pm 4/6/10

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Jocelyn Perry-Bing Happy Birthday Senior. I'm gonna miss you next year :(

4/3/10 5:37pm

Janell Salmon I'm gonna miss you too! But I'll visit all the time. Thanks girlie =)

4/4/10 2:26pm

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Mark Princeglobal Lewis Happy Birthday Janell Hope you have a good one, may blessings love Mark lol

4/3/10 2:00pm

Janell Salmon Thank you Mark! I miss you!

4/4/10 2:50pm

Mark Princeglobal Lewis Miss You Too Janell

4/4/10 3:35pm

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Mariah Biolsi-Vasquez Bailey Happy birthday janell !!! Iloveeyouuuu & have fun beinq legal hehe :D x3 !!

4/3/10 1:56pm

Janell Salmon Thanks chica! I think it's funny that you put "hehe" when you know I'm not gonna do anything xD ily ♥

4/4/10 2:50pm

Mariah Biolsi-Vasquez Bailey Ily2 (: x3 4/4/10 2:51pm ___________________________________________________

Kerii Phillip JANELLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY !!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I misss you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo MUCH ! I Hope you are enjoying your amazing day so far. Don't let anyone ruin your day && May God bless you on ur beedayyy, another yearr that your are in the land of the living! =)

4/3/10 1:27pm

Janell Salmon Thank you Keri! I miss you too, hope you're having fun in Italy!

4/4/10 2:48pm

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Nati Elle Happy happy happy birthdayy! Iloveyouu ♥ Keep being your amazing self and make this a wonderful year

4/3/10 1:23pm

Janell Salmon Thank you so much Nati! ♥ ♥

4/4/10 2:45pm

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Ashley Antwi HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL I am paying 70£ to type this to you...oohhh I'm soooo buying you a gift from here!

4/3/10 1:20pm

Ashley Antwi the was 0,70£ by the way now it's 1,20£ just think of it as a $1.20

4/3/10 1:23pm

Kerii Phillip LMAOO!!! me toooo, we are actually right next to each other!! hahahahaha =) ilyy! 4/3/10 1:27pm

Ashley Antwi LOL KERISha is a loserrrrr!! tehe jk ilym janell!

4/3/10 1:31pm

Janell Salmon AWWWW! You guys are spending expensive European currency! ILY guys ♥ xD 4/3/10 9:26pm

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Luke Benjamin oh snizzy!!!! happy birthday!! i hope u have many more!!! too bad there's no service today so we can give you your punches

4/3/10 12:44pm

Janell Salmon Thanks Luke! I WISH there was service today! Can't think of a better way to spend the birthday than with the Misfits!

4/3/10 10:01pm

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Bejeika Mary-Jane Matthew Happy birthday sal!!!! Now theres four of you too old to be in DJBRAAT lol. Have fun

4/3/10 12:35pm

Janell Salmon lol, thanks chica! imy

4/3/10 9:59pm

Bejeika Mary-Jane Matthew Imy too ♥

4/4/10 5:57pm

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Robert Gonzalez Happy birthday sis i hope u have awonderful and blessed birthday.

4/3/10 11:32am

Janell Salmon Thanks bro! 4/3/10 9:55pm ___________________________________________________

Tara McD HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D

4/3/10 11:22am

Janell Salmon THANK YOU TARA!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ 4/3/10 9:55pm ___________________________________________________

Brandon-George Leach Arrivederci HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL AND I HOPE YOU GET THE SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE LETTER TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!! ♥

4/3/10 10:20am

Janell Salmon THANK YOU BRANDON! XD 4/3/10 9:52pm ___________________________________________________

Nicolette Rosa HAPPY ENTRY INTO THE WORLD DAY! ENJOY IT!

4/3/10 9:56am

Janell Salmon lol! I like that xD Thanks Nicolette!

4/3/10 9:50pm

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Steph Derfy Opper HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL!!!!!! ♥ GOD BLESS YOU!!!! ♥

4/3/10 9:56am

Janell Salmon THANK YOU OPPER! ♥

4/3/10 9:49pm

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Shanná Shanagana Bhagan ♥ HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! :D i hopee you havee a good day because you're a FREAKING AMAZINGGGG personnnn & you deservee itttt ♥ (:

4/3/10 9:47am

Janell Salmon Thank you chica! I appreciate it! ♥

4/3/10 9:48pm

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Zarinah Alyse Happpppppppppppppy Birthday. I hope you enjoy yourself love, and this year is one of the greatest you ever had. :)

4/3/10 9:33am

Janell Salmon Girl, I hope so too! Thank you!

4/3/10 9:47pm

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Joe Rivera It is your birthday.

4/3/10 9:23am

Janell Salmon Yes sir, yes it is =p

4/3/10 9:47pm

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Jonathan Ayala JANPANLAN!!! HAPPY BDAY!

4/3/10 8:55am

Janell Salmon THANKS JONATHAN! XD

4/3/10 9:46pm

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Michelle Henderson Happy Birthday Janell sweetheat, I hope you enjoy your day to the fullest!! 4/3/10 3:49am

Janell Salmon Gracias Michelle!

4/3/10 9:38pm

Michelle Henderson No problem just hope you enjoyed your day!!

4/4/10 2:17am

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Dontae Lewis HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL,

4/3/10 1:50am

Janell Salmon Aight, I get it! xD Thank you dude.

4/3/10 9:36pm

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Henry Victor Happy b day Shoes!!
4/3/10 1:17am

Janell Salmon lol, thank you Henry ♥

4/3/10 9:33pm

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Ayanna Williams YAY its my twin's birthday! its the best day everrrrrr! I hope u enjoy this wonderful day girl and the many more that are to come!

4/3/10 1:12am

Janell Salmon Thanks chica! Ily ♥

4/4/10 9:32pm

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Jaleesa Glover SO ITS MY EMMAUS BABY BIRHTDAY!!!! YAYY!!! LOL HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELL I HOPE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING DAY AND SPEND IT WITH THOSE YOU LOVE THE MOST....I LOVE YOU AND SO DOES JESUS! LOL ENJOY IT! ♥ LXXV

4/3/10 12:59am

Janell Salmon Yay! Jesus loves me! He loves you too xD Thank you Jaleesa! ♥

4/3/10 9:31pm

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Sasha Davis Happy Birthday hope you enjoy every second of it..God Bless and wishin you many more to come

4/3/10 12:49am

Janell Salmon Thanks girlie!

4/3/10 9:30pm

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Misaell Sanchez HAPPY BDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4/3/10 12:22am

Janell Salmon THANK YOU MISA! =D

4/3/10 12:24am

Misaell Sanchez I WISH U HAVE THE BESTEST DAY EVER!!

4/3/10 12:28am

Janell Salmon I will try my bestest xD

4/3/10 12:33am

Misaell Sanchez =D awsome! 4/3/10 1:15am ___________________________________________________

Convo turned birthday wish xD

I started off with something like "Hey girl! What's up, it's been a minute!"

Jenay Harley I kno it has...everything is good...wats happenin with u...missy...

4/3/10 12:19am

Janell Salmon I'm coolies, life is aight. Graduation is riiiiight around the corner.

4/3/10 12:22am

Jenay Harley It really is...time goes by real fast u know....

4/3/10 12:28am

Janell Salmon WORD! I can't believe we're seniors! >.<

4/3/10 12:32am

Jenay Harley And someone is 18 today....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

4/3/10 12:40am

Janell Salmon Thanks girl! 4/5/10 ___________________________________________________

Christina Rose Ellison Happy Birthday!!! Have a great day, you deserve it!! =D

4/3/10 12:13am

Janell Salmon Thank you Cristina! ♥

4/3/10 12:19am

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Angelique Natasha Jones Rivera-Bylicky The Salmon's legal? Omg =O!!!! Lol hope you have a great bday darling!

4/3/10 12:10am

Janell Salmon lol! Thank you Angie! x)

4/3/10 12:15am

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Joanie Bradford ahhhh its our birthday ! ♥ love you girl have fun !

4/3/10 12:06am

Janell Salmon Whoop whoop! Thank you! You have a hot day too xD

4/3/10 12:13am

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Brian Rivera Bylicky Jones OMG IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!! May God bless you on your special day!! =]

4/3/10 12:06am

Janell Salmon Awwww! Thank you Brian! ILY ♥ 4/3/10 12:12am

Brian Rivera Bylicky Jones ily2 ^.^ ♥ 4/3/10 12:12am ___________________________________________________

This "Donovan Jetson" is Donovan Samuels.

Donovan Jetson Happy birthday janell !

4/2/10 7:23pm

Janell Salmon lol, a lil early, but thanks dude :)

4/2/10 7:50pm

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Malcolm Smiley April 3 at 11:36pm JANELL HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!! "yea my facebook is acted up it wont let post lol"

Janell Salmon April 4 at 2:11pm Thank you Smiley! Most people would give up, but thanks for sending a message =)

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Natasha Culpepper HAPPY BIRFFDAAAYY!! did you get your surprise yet? :D

4/3/10 1:25pm

Janell Salmon Thanks girlie! I did not, but I'm looking forward to it x)

4/3/10 3:39pm

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Well those were all the FB messages that I thought were most meaningful/interesting. And I cannot sign off this blog failing to explain the AWESOME thing that Natasha Culpepper did.

SHE SENT ME A CARD! A MAX LUCADO CARD!

For those of you who do not know who Max Lucado is, he an awesome, poetic, inspirational dude. Like, his words really help you to see the depth of God's love. Some of his lines:

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning.

And he has books like that with nothing but sayings that demonstrate God's love. The one Natasha showed me last year is God Thinks You're WONDERFUL. I bought it for Nicky for her birthday. Anyway Natasha, since you're on Blogger now, I just want to say to you,

THANK YOU! X)

And thanks to all others for the thoughts, prayers, and the wishes for a good year. Much appreciated!

~Nelly

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~Edit~

Ashley Sampson omg your 18 now.. now you could actually put your face up on the internet.. arent you happy lol??.. surprised i remembered right?
4/5/10 2:49pm

Janell Salmon
*smiling* Glad you did! xD Yeah, it's pretty cool, but now that I have the chance to I'm just like whatever.
4/5/10 6:26pm

Ashley Sampson
lol ok it's your chioce
4/6/10 2:15pm

Ugh, people...

...are ridiculous -_-

I would just like to record this small event so that when I'm reading this in the future, I can be reminded of how stupid Collins is.

Edit 5/23
So, last week on Monday, it is decided that my friend will be the Vice Presidential candidate for the red party. I was really excited, so I was helping her out and such.

Edit 5/27
The Vice Presidential candidate for the blue party is a friend of ours, so she told us that someone had drawn a picture of a penis on the poster on the bathroom door. Her boyfriend, Collins, had told her this.
So, I found the poster and took it down. We saw Collins soon after and VP Red said "Thank You" and I said "Yeah, thanks for telling us what they wrote."

Then he went off.
Started insulting me and spazzing.
And I was really shocked.

Supposedly, he thought accused him of drawing the picture and thought I was thanking him sarcastically. He called me Medusa and said I should get a perm (I have natural twists). And it was really surprising to me because I was genuinely thanking him for letting us know (indirectly though) about what was drawn on the poster. I figured that he was just looking for a reason to get mad at me, 'cause I felt like deep down he doesn't really like me. And to tell you the truth, I don't really like him either. He takes his anger out on other people and gets mad over the smallest things. And he acts like he's the sugar honey. Why do I need lame people like that in my life again? I don't :-p
The next day, his girlfriend comes up to me and asks what happened, 'cause she wasn't present. I gladly tell her and she said that he was cursing about me and a whole bunch.I told her that I don't think he likes me and this was an excuse to spazz on me. But then she said something that surprised me. Later on when she was calming him down, he said that he was upset because he just got into an argument with a good friend. Good friend my ass -_-. He doesn't know how to be one. HE doesn't get what he wants he feels insulted, like, he just finds reasons to spazz! He doesn't even try to understand. I was explaining myself to him and I was making perfect sense (and this is not biased because I have a witness) and it was all just stupid. Really realy stupid. Whatev. I'm definitely writing this two weeks after the event (the red party won by the way, W00T! GO RED! XD) but I just wanted to record this so that I could remember when I read back and show my children so that they can beware of stupid people. God's taking care of me, taking the unnecessary people and people-destroyers out of my life. =)

Smilez!

(Posted 6/4 ^_^''')

Amazing Faith

Yeah, so I guess I was totally lazy and did not post up the other college descriptions. Eh, still a little lazy xD. Yesterday, I took my SAT. I am so glad it's over! It was so long, 10 sections, about 4 hours. A 4 hour test! That should be illegal, it sounds so unreasonable and irrational! Ugh whatever, it's done, at least until October. I took it at Truman High School and it was like a 180 reunion and a Spellman get-together at the same time. Too many familiar faces. Freeeaaaky.

So Friday morning, I was being really silly. I was reading IM convos that I used to have with my ex-boyfriend. Irony of everything was really funny. Like, I told him "You have to promise not to stab me in the back because I'm gonna say something cheesy that'll make me vulnerable." He said "I promise." Then I was like "If you were to die, I would cry harder than your mother because she at least has one other child, but I only have one best friend." We weren't dating at this point, but I find it funny that a) he did stab me in the back (more like the heart) and b) we aren't friends anymore xD. It's funny, but at the same time it's sad 'cause it's crazy that after everything, this is where we wound up. Two extremely distant people who at one point were so close. It's unfortunate, but what can you do? Answer: Just move on. God has my back, so I'm good =)

On another note, Thursday was quite a day. I was at Bank Street for the College Writing Workshop. Joel and Lauren found out that Jeremy and I went out and the things they said really put me in a good mood. The first thing Lauren said was "You didn't lose anything." lol, it was really cool. And Joel was astonished, her face was hilarious. She couldn't see why I even bothered. lol. They didn't bash him ridiculously, but they were basically saying that I can do better. They were voicing something I have already concluded: "I can do better, I can do better. HUGH!" (Avril song I Can Do Better XD). Thanks guys. And Luis's poetry is amazing, oh my gosh! Like, he did some improv. and my eyes welled up. It was so real xD. The topic was ex-boyfriends. lol, typing this all out makes it seem like I'm not over Jeremy, but it's just that he's come up randomly in the past few days. In my head and in conversations 0_0. Strange... But anyway, Luis's poems are amazing. I'm gonna kill him if he doesn't do something with his work. Do you here me Luis? You are too good not to do anything!!!
But the biggest thing that made my Thursday was the train ride home. I was on the 2 train, and this guy comes on the train. He apologized for disturbing us and then told his story. He is HIV positive and left the homeless shelter where he was at, for he was beaten and robbed. His family won't speak to him. He's getting his paperwork and stuff together I guess so that he can get housing, but in the meantime he's living on the streets. He said that he uses his gift for reciting original poetry in asking for donations. When he started his poem, it wasn't anything dynamic, not in terms of how he recited it or the words he used. It wasn't like Luis's where you are just awed that he was able to come up with this stuff. Naw, this poem was very simple. What was dynamic about this poem was the subject of it. A little ways into it, he used the the word "He" referring to God. Then I heard "Lord" and "Jesus." He was saying that Jesus is always with him and that that's where he finds strength and comfort. Basically that's what he was saying. I gave him the dollar I was gonna spend on ice cream. I wish I had like 5 to give him. It was amazing! That feeling I felt after he said his poem. I was so touched. Here is a man in such a terrible situation. The man is dying. Dying. But you know what he's doing? He praising God through his poetry. And it was absolutely different from your typical testimony. A typical testimony talks about how God brought someone through something. How they went through a trying time, but God carried them out. Those are awesome, but this one was different. In this case, the guy is still in his trial; he's still in deep trouble. And you know what he's doing? Reciting poetry about God. Man, that touched me so much. So many other people in his situation would turn away from God, reject Him. Blame Him for their situation. But what is this guy doing? Praising His name through poetry! I can't get over that, it's amazing! And though it was simpler, his poem hit me way harder than Luis's. I welled up with Luis's poem; with this guy I sobbed. Awh man did I sob! I sobbed walking home from the train station, truly amazed by this man's story. God is so amazing. I can imagine the peace that man is experiencing right now. Do I want a faith like that! Amazing faith. That should be a song xD. I should have asked for the guy's name again. Damn! I think it was Joseph. So guys, please pray for Joseph. God, that was amazing. Thank You that I got to hear his story.

So yeah, I'll end my rambling there :)