first of all, i know that my compassion kid likes to play dodgeball, i just thought the translator could have done their job a little bit better.

second of all, i wish i was at kerby lane right now, staring at the cute guy with the long hair that always seats us. yum. to both.

third of all, today is karen trook's birthday, and so, there is cause to celebrate. we are going to carino's at 7 if anyone would like to join. be there or be square. and i know this is nerdy and all, but can you comment if you are gonna come so we know how many people to expect? right now, it's me, and steph, and karen...so come!

"She says that she likes to play especially dodging balls thrown at her by her friends."

This is the letter that I got from one of my Compassion kids. It looks like we are gonna have to have the bully conversation sooner than expected. Kids that hit you aren't your friends.

i have huge news. thrice.

first of all. last night, i saw drew. and he was cuter than ever. eeeeexcept, he drives a car with smiley headlights. but that can be overlooked.

next, and hugest of all huges, i think red red wine has been replaced with 311's amber. there may be a showdown coming up...i will let you know who wins.

and, as i am sure you are all aware, today is friday. and that calls for rejoicing in itself. but, tonight there is some skate team skating at the indoor skate park, and you KNOW i will be there, and caleb jude green's jamming out at sugar b's...of which i will also be at.

sooooo, until next time, eat your carrots, take out the trash, and think of me fondly.

johnson out.

oh. my. gosh.

the pain of unrequited love is a pain that has been spared from few, including our savior. hosea's words ring a little too close to home when he says that she "went after her lovers, but me she forgot." we serve a god who says if you seek me first i will give you everything you want, and i continue to chase after lovers. he desires a people with minds undivided, but yet, how often do my thoughts return to his goodness? he gave nothing short of everything, and still i find it incredibly easy to have him be the one thing that i won't sacrifice for. it's very humbling to serve a god who cares. it's written all over. he constantly pursues, forever accepts, and eternally longs...for me.

since i am so professional at avoiding my professional obligations, i present you with the friday...list.

best cd for a sad day?

denison witmer...safe away. this cd would also be the winner for best rainy day music if i was gonna make a category for that...which i am not...cause we already know who would win...and then i would just have to type it out again.

honorable mention goes to eastmountainsouth. and this would most likely also be the honorable mention for best rainy day music, which...once again will not be having a category today for the above stated reason.

best cd for a drive?

matt wertz. twenty three places. just a good ol' fashioned cd i can sing along with. also, if anyone plays me some wertz, i will show them some wertz. i am professional at the wertz head bob.

honorable mention goes to further seems forever's the moon is down. i dare say that i have yet to be on a roadtrip without listening to this cd.

honorable mention for honorable mention goes to the get up kids' something to write home about. shame on melisa for saying she would go to the dashboard/get up kids concert for dashboard. shame.

best cd for being in love?

hmmm. i'll get back to that one.

best cd for being dumped?

brand new. brand new weapon. seriously...it doesn't get better than "have another drink and drive yourself home, i hope there's ice out on the road, and you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt, and again when your head goes through the windshield". thank you brand new for making bitter breakups that much better.

honorable mention goes to dashboard's places you have come to fear the most. although it is no swiss army romance, it's got some bitterness that you can relate to after the big d.

best cd for being in love?

hmmm. i'm gonna have to go with a crooner of some sort...harry connick, any of the rat pack...now that's just some good music for love.

honorable mention goes to coldplay's rush of blood to the head. although the title of the cd kind of ruins the whole love theme, green eyes, the scientist, warning sign...this list goes on.

best cd for sunny saturday afternoon?

gavin. degraw. it doesn't get better than that. and speaking of...gavin degraw and marc broussard in austin july 31st...anyone else in??

honorable mention for a sunny saturday afternoon has to go to dave matthews with under the table and dreaming. now THAT is a great cd.

group that has put out the most cd's in my favorites list?

waterdeep. you think it doesn't get better than sink or swim? bam! everyone's beautiful (which guy stole...guy...if you are out there...give me my cd back...sung to the tune of a great ben folds five song..."). granted they do have 1 gazillion cd's out there...but even the ones that i don't like that much, i still like enough to listen to.

honorable mention goes to switchfoot. up until this past year. legend of chin...that's greatness. then we've got new way to be human...and it's still greatness. company car. seriously. that's just the best song ever. but they started to deteriorate after that. ending up at the beautful letdown. and that it was. i like three songs on there a lot. the rest are just alright. BUT, they still qualify as a group that has put out the most cd's in my favorites list. unlike...

overrated cd's?

damien rice. o. i know, i know. i liked two songs on the whole cd. that to me...isn't a classic. please do not comment on your shock of my "heresy"...it is finished. he has gone to a new home where that person can love him, and squeeze him...

honorable mention goes to derek webb's solo. this one just made me sad. i had high hopes for it cause i love just about every song he did with caedmon's...but noooooo. it had to be all political, theological. what happened to the derek i loved. the derek who sang of love, and lack of love, and finding love, and losing love?? he's not in that cd. that's all i know.

okay. here it is. the list. the final list. yeah, it's been a while since jessi, becky, matt, bubba, richard, misty, and myself first started this conversation...but i am about to finish it.

if i had to marry a character from a tv show, it would be seth cohen. no competition.

if i had to marry a character from a movie, i think i would have to steal one of jessi's, and go with the boy from bring it on. a tattoo on a forearm and i'm done.

if i had to marry a musician, adam levine from maroon5 is up there. matt wertz is up there for all american band boy. but let's be honest here. asking me to pick one band boy that i loved would be like asking someone to guess exactly how many hairs are on their head. it won't be happening.

and then there's actors. jude law. he's gotta win it.

i would list some sports guys, but i don't know any. the last sporting event that i watched was swimming, and i am pretty sure that any guy that enjoys hanging out in a speedo with other guys who enjoy hanging out in a speedo, is most likely gay.

oh. i did forget one. if i had to marry someone from colonial house, you better believe it would be dominic.

i think one of the hardest commands that we have is not to love our enemies, or to honor our father and mother, but rather to not worry.

i think personally, this is one of my greatest struggles. i always want to have everything figured out...to have organized to the last minute, the last dime, the last detail.

i guess it just comes down to the fact that i want control. i reason with myself that it's not bad to plan, but my planning becomes a maze of dead ends. there is only one way out, and it's not how i planned, so it's not an option.

reliance stretches. and hurts. and is necessary.

finding peace in the reliance...that's a completely different issue in itself. we were never promised comfort. but we were promised strength, and a never ending cup of strength at that. and grace. grace for when i try to plan my life from beginning to end...and fail. again.

"And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast."

anyone up for hitch hiking to cornerstone?

a poem. by me.

things that have made me happy,
include the following things,
a call from adam that went unreturned,
and the joke on his blog that that brings.

a straightner from heather, oh what a surprise,
just about the best gift ever got,
and my hair, how amazing and lovely and long,
and yes heather, that makes you on top.

a wedding in houston with all of our friends,
even the drives were a joy,
with becky, misty, stephanie and me,
and quasar, of course, the lone boy.

as for the things that i don't much enjoy,
all i can think of is this,
i only have two forks and spoons and one bowl,
doing dishes each night is a piss.

tomorrow, i turn twenty-three. i was hoping if i spelled it out, i would feel younger.

it didn't work.

so, on a much lighter note. i will be off the market soon. why?, you ask? well, five years ago when i was at the tender age of 18, i, kimberly johnson, made a pact. "if neither of us are married in five years...blah, blah, blah...we'll marry each other!"

well. it's been five years. and neither of us are married. so. is this binding? 5 years ago, i was waiting around for the fellow to propose. he was the boy that i overlooked every fault in. all i knew was that i loved him.

well times have changed. he still owes me five dollars. and i wouldn't marry him unless i was drunk...for the rest of my life. cause he sure would be....

cough.

so. i will let you decide.

should i in fact let my yes be yes and my no be no and marry the afore mentioned? or should i force myself to love the big red drinking mark smith of explosions? before today, i might have said erik brandt from urban hillbilly quartet...but i found out today that he's about to be a dad. i guess i am a little late. then there's always jimmy from the rogues. who wouldn't love a red headed bagpipe player?

i am open for suggestions.