A Walk Down Memory Lane

Little fact about me: I love quotes, in case you haven't figured that out yet. Well today I was reading through all of my old away messages on AIM. (I haven't been on there in forever, really haven't needed to be.) Since that is pretty much my only communication with James at the moment, I'm picking back up a bad habbit. Another little tidbit, our wireless is broken so I can't use internet on my computer and I'm back to the big desk top in the office. That is the computer I used for most of my addicted to AIM days, so all the good away messages are on there. I saved a lot and used quotes for almost all of them, but the ones I enjoyed the most were the ones that actually happened in my life. It made me think back on college and even high school and miss everyone so much! It is a shame some things have to change, they were so great. I hope you enjoy some of them as much as I did...

"When I go to jail, Shannon is gonna be in the cell next to mine... Jail buddies for life!" Amy

"Wow, you're spacey" Amy
"You callin' me fat?!" Ryan

"She can be so annoying" -Me
"Maybe that's why she DIED in my dream last night!" -Amy

"We are like a bag of checks-mix. Blake is the wheat, because he's..." Amy
"Boring and tasteless?" Me
"Yea, and Erik is the corn because he's corny. You are the the rice, because it's my favorite. But what am I?" Amy
"A PEANUT!!! Because you are a nut and you crack me up" Me
"Oh yea and Heather and Tim... are there pretzels?" Amy
"Yes, there are 2 kinds though. The circle and the square. We should give Heather the circle because she has the curves. Oh and Miranda... she is the seasoning." Me
"So there we go... we're a bag of checks-mix!" Amy

Shannon, there are 4 kinds of people in the world- just like there are 4 kinds of sugar. You have the white pack which is the regular sugar- the good kind. Splenda, the yellow pack- the kind that taste good at first and then you realize it taste like cardboard and is gross. Then there is sweet n low, the pink pack thats just nasty all the way around. And then theres the blue pack that is so bad that no one even really knows the name of it, its unwanted." -Amy

“Don’t you hate it when you forget how to breathe?” Anna

"I heard you forgot my birthday" Me
I know. I'm sorry but............... I'm going to make you a cake!" Erik
"Hahahaha!! He told me he remembered it the day after and said "oops"" Amy

"Don't get sassy with me!" -John
"Boy, that is my middle name" -Me
"Ha! You got that right" -John
"Yep... know what your's is?" -Me "What?" -John
"Jerk!" -Me
"No... It's asshole. John Asshole Budwine" -John

"I don't like her"Me
"Want me to come beat her up? I've been wanting to beat someone up for a long time" Megan
"We can finally tag team someone! remember the plan... you hold her down and I throw the punches and then we'll switch just for laughs."Me
"Deal! I remember that girl.. and I think one good punch would do her in. She would start crying for one thing and flale and scream. It's like changing a babys diaper"Megan

"Who messed up Shannon's UNCC bottle in the dishwasher?" -Mom
"Oh.... She's gonna be so mad at me! Maybe I can fix it..." -Dad
"I doubt it" -Mom
"Then I'll just tell her you did it!" -Dad

"Don't piss Shannon off.... she'll make you cry"-Alex

"I swear there has to be a book out there thats tells a guy how to get a girl, just not how to keep her"- Me
"Yea well... I think there are 2 parts to it. The first part tells them how to get a girl and the second tells them how to keep her, but the problem is- none of them have the full book. Some have part one, some have part 2, and then there are others that are missing chapters" -Miranda

"Did you feel like you were going to DIE?!?!" -Coach
"Umm... no..." -Me
"Oh... well then you didn't do it right!" -Coach

"Ya know, I think it's funny that Erik responds to Shannon with 'yes dear' and I respond with 'yes ma'am'"-Amy
"Thats because Shannon owns us all" -Tim

"You should have been like 'I don't do stupid friends... PEACE OUT!'" Kali

"I believe every girl should have a small group of guys that adore her and would do anything for her... personally I have 25" -Elizabeth

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard -Coach Hall

"Catching hippos isn't as hard as you think. I could break into the nearest zoo, lasso a hippo, and ride it to your house. The only problem is you trying to find out a way to wrap it" Jack

"You just got me super excited"Me
"Yes now go save the world" Jack
"Save the world? I'sn't that your job?" Me
"Yeah it gets kind of repetitive though cause I do it so often. I mean... today is your day." Jack

"I don't know what I'd do with out you. I'd probably move on but there would be this 10 minute period where I would just be... inconsolable" Jack
"I'm sure you would live but a shannon-less world is a sad sight" Me
"How right you are" Jack
"But just think of all the other Jacks out there with no Shannons..." Me
"They have NO chance. 50% survival rate." Jack

"I could just see you mowing someone down with a car easier than I could see you shooting someone" Jeff

"You're Shannie no one can top that" -Jeff
"For real! I am the one and only! Oh and theres only 1 Smilie too" -Me
"Dang right! Often imitated, never duplicated. If I ever meet a chick thats like " You can call me Shannie" I might just slap her in the face because she obviously doesn't know what that name means" -Jeff

"Woah, that girl looks like whats-her-face! You know, the one that dates whats-his-name" -Jimmy

"You look like a pez dispenser!" -Megan

"Come on... just look at that face, it's so innocent!!" Tony G

"You can't let this get you down because you're Shannon and nothing ever gets you down"- Amy

"Shannon is bored"Me
"You're in luck, there happens to be a cure to this." Jeff
"Ok doc what's the cure?" Me
"500mg of Jeff" Jeff
"What are the side effects?"
"It's an experimental treatment, but its shown a lot of promise in trials." Jeff
"Sounds risky" Me
"Side effects include: happiness, laugher, and in some cases, mild irratation" Jeff

"I'm wearing these jeans that are soooo comfy! Only... they have a huge hole like right below the pocket and they didn't come that way. HAHA! I'm such a fatty!" Me
"Hahahaha! Gosh, why dont you like, pick an eating disorder." Megan

"You're going to come out on top. You will. It's just what's meant to happen. You're not meant to fit in. You never have been. You're meant to stand out. You're too great to blend in and I mean that. You're too amazing. I honestly believe that." -Katie Diane

"You're hyper" Me
"It's really funny that you know me well enough to tell that over an IM" Katid Diane

"Mamma needs a son-in-law... Heck, mamma needs a husband... Dang... You've been daddyless forever... Be on the look out for daddies... Don't have sex before you're married... You will get pregnant.. And die..." Mama Jessie

"A Shannieless world would be a sad sight... Like I really think the sun would have stopped shining" -Jeff

" I think I found a way to express how we feel about her. If I was in a room with saddaam, osama bin laden, and her, and I had a gun with two bullets in it, I'd shoot her twice" Jeff

"You do keep me guessing sometimes though. Just when I think I got you figured out I'm like oh well back to the drawing board. Sometimes I can't figure out exactly what's going through that pretty little head of your's" Jeff

"Nothing more embarasing then getting your butt kicked by a geriatric" James

"Well I'm gonna believe Shannon because she doesn't have a penis" -Megan

"You can't hide ugly" -Jeff

"Are those pearls or silver balls?" -James
"Silver balls" -Me
"You have a lot of balls" -James
"Yea, more than you" -Me

"I can't tell if that is a really bright star or a light over there" -James
"James, that's the moon" -Me

"Boys can be so stupid" -Me
"Thats because they think with their uh-hu" -Becca

"WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE ONE HAPPY FRIGGIN FAMILY ON THIS BUS!!!!!!!!" -Alex

"That's a bunch of..."-Amy
"Fiction"-me
"I was gonna say shit, but it's the same thing"-Amy

"He's a jerk. I shit on his car" -Sam
"You...shit... on his car?" Megan
"Yep"- Sam (not joking)

"Ya know... I can't remember when I peed last"-Erik
"I CAN'T EITHER!"-Heather

"Here's us, here's the wave, and we're on it" -Amy

"Well he seems nice enough" -Me
"Yea, just not nice ENOUGH" -Megan

"What time is it?" -Me
"Hold on let me pull my sun dial outta my ass" -Megan

"So I heard you're a slut" -Jelaine

"Jerks usually have really good friends." Elizabeth

"You are going to be a feminist when you grow up" -Sam

"Wow Shannon.. for a little person you actually have pretty big boobs" -Lindsey

"You can HEAR him getting fatter!" -John

"I suck at these" -Me
"It's ok, I suck at life" -JA

"You can vault with that old creepy guy if you want, he's relativly harmless" -Coach

"Yall look like basking squirls" Angel

"No more giggling! And no snuggling either" -Coach

"He's hot... Date him! Wait... Ask if he's an ass hole first." Kali

Sometimes I feel like those were just yesterday and sometimes I feel like it was ages ago. I miss it. I feel like I was such a different person then, but I know I'm still the same girl, just in a very different situation. Sure, I've grown and matured, but deep down I'm still that girl that went to Piedmont and UNCC with a TON of friends and always knew how to have a good time. I hope you enjoyed those as much as I did, but I doubt it since you might not have been there for the event to take place. Just know that I have been blessed with some amazing friends. I'm not as close to aome as we once were, but I will always love them and count myself lucky to have known these wonderful people.