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TIME :: 12:28pm FULL NAME :: Michelle Marie Merriman NICKNAME :: Shelli PARENTS :: Warren & Barbara STATUS :: Taken, but not married. ;) HAIR :: dirty blonde (and when I say "dirty"...) EYES :: bluish gray BIRTHDATE :: Aug 6, 1982 HEIGHT :: 5'4'' SHOES :: Yes, please. XD HAHAHA.... 7 1/2 - 8 1/2 BIRTHPLACE :: Long Beach, CA SIBLINGS :: Missy, 23 FOOD :: Yes, please. XD I never get tired of that joke.... Gyoza, quesadillas, white rice, Yakisoba, cookies.... SUBJECT :: Genesis through Song of Solomon TV :: The Simpsons, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Stand-up BOOK :: "Mere Christianity", "An Arrow Pointing Toward Heaven: The life and legacy of Rich Mullins", "Beyond Gates of Splendor" CD :: Switchfoot "Beautiful Letdown", Scott Krippayne "It Goes Like This", Tree63 "Life and Times of Absolute Truth" , anything by Rich Mullins MUSICIANS :: Steven Curtis Chapman, Rich Mullins, Scott Krippayne, Tree63 SONGS :: Rich Mullins "My Deliverer", "Growing Young", "Peace"; Steven Curtis Chapman "Dive", "Children of a Burning Heart" MOVIE :: A Beautiful Mind, Beauty & the Beast, Pocahontas, Pirates of the Caribbean ACTOR :: Russell Crowe ACTRESS :: Annette Benning
AUTHOR :: C.S. Lewis
I have a severe chemical imbalance that has sprouted up in many different forms - I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder and at times get rather depressed. The worst of these is the Panic, because for years I have suffered from chronic panic attacks. It's impossible to understand the scope of these attacks if you've never suffered from them in the most extreme sense. I have trouble in movie theaters, check out lines, car rides, concerts, planes, and even church. If you've never had one, it's like a jolt of electricity shoots through your body, and you begin panic-mode - except it's for no reason. Now imagine feeling like that for anywhere from 10 minutes to four or five hours (that's a plane ride for me). It's honestly the closest thing I can think of to my own personal hell - it's a horrible thing to suffer from, and I hope none of you have to go through it. I'm on a medication that controls all my problems, but a HUGE part of who I am has to do with what I suffer from/ what goes on inside my head. It has affected every aspect of my life in one way or another - usually negatively, but on the other side of that coin, I've learned so much from it, and ultimately, God uses everything for good. And this was no exception. My typical days are completely filled right now, being summer, with my job in the Admissions department of my school running computers and getting to interact with bright young christian college students who will be attending school with me in the future. I love my job and the people it's allowed me to meet and the valuable things it's taught me. By day I am a spicy-mannered admissions counselor/ bible major, and by night I get onstage at Tempe Nazarene Church and make a fool out of myself. I do this in various ways - as a limbless dancing woman, PMS, beating the heck out of my boyfriends' nipples (don't ask... or do, it's actually quite an entertaining story). You see, along with about 7 young males, I perform in an improv group called Medium Rare. I joined in December and grew to love it - and the people (it's how I met my spicy hunk of man-meat, Jeff).
But underneath it all is a desire to serve Christ with my life in a way that gives glory and honor to my Saviour. I encourage you to search your heart and see if you aren't meant to do the same. Or talk to me about it! I love to rave about all He's done in my life and tell about His grace. God truly can work miracles.
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