Hello everyone!!!

This has been such an exciting Spirit Week for JL Mann. I am so glad that everyone had so much fun. I did too! These past few days have been nothing but joy and thrills taken to so many new levels.

First, THANK YOU ALL FOR RAISING OVER $5,000 FOR MRS. HUGHES, COACH OSBORNE, COACH COOK, AND ME TO DANCE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND ON FRIDAY DURING THE PEP RALLY!!!!!!! IT WAS A BLAST!!!!!!!!!!

Second, JL MANN RAISED OVER.........................................................
$123,000 BEATING GREENVILLE'S $120,623.90!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAY TO GO JL MANN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE RAISED $2,376.10 BETTER THAN GREENVILLE.

Third, OVER 25% OF THE MONEY RAISED AT JL MANN CAME FROM MY "Boogie For Charity!" THAT IS AN EXCELLENT JOB WELL DONE PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!

Fourth, ALTHOUGH WE LOST THE FOOTBALL GAME 31-8, WE ARE FINISHING SECOND IN OUR CONFERENCE. WAY TO GO VARSITY PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!!!

AND NOW TO SOME MORE INTERESTING NEWS!!!!!.......

* Congratulations to Will D. And his father for winning the Father-Son golf championship at Brookstone Meadows last Wednesday!!!!

*While at the Patriot game, I saw an old friend from Greenville Middle. His name is Logan H. Nice seeing you their Logan. Enjoy your time at Mauldin High!!!!!

*I now have a myspace available at www.myspace.com/christiantheamazing!!!!!!!!!!!! Check it out today!!!!

* Here are the results to the Mannuscript poll. The question was: What do you think of the "Mannuscript" compared to this blog?:

It's WAY BETTER!!!! == 17%

It's much worse than this!!!! == 50%

Even == 0%

I hate both the "Mannuscript" and this blog!!!! == 33%

THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR MY BLOG OVER THE MANNUSCRIPT!!!! YAH!

*Try our new poll: What was the most memorable Spirit Week event? !!!!!!!!!!!


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SHOUTOUTS:
TO ALL THE BEST PATRIOTS IN THE WORLD AT JL MANN HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YALL SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR RAISING SO MUCH MONEY DURING SPIRIT WEEK! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Prayer Of The Day:

Dear Lord,
Thank your for helping JL Mann raise so much money during Spirit Week. I thank you for my gift of dancing to help us beat Greenville in the money war. You are the best in the world. I hope to do a repeat next year. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE!

I Ask This Through Christ My Lord,
Amen

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ENJOY MY NEW MYSPACE AND ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT TILL MONDAY!!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL IN CHRIST,
CHRISTIAN L.

Hello Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was a great and wonderful "Twin Day." Although, my "twin" never showed up :( . But, no hard feelings on him. He's still a cool kid. I had so many exciting things happen in my classes. First of all, most of my classes didn't have us do a lot of work because of Spirit Week. YAH! I was happy to be able to lay back for a while. Plus the cool thing was that I was promoting "BOOGIE FOR CHARITY." Yep, that's right. If you're wondering what this is, refer to last Friday's entry. I explain what I will be doing for Spirit Week there. "BOOGIE FOR CHARITY" is what I am calling it. It was a lot of fun promoting it to my classes today. One kid saw my dance 3 separate times in one day. Dancing in all those classes was a total blast. I had so much fun. *****If you did anything (((( for example, give money, help set up music, ask me to dance, gave cheers for dance, etc.)))) to support this cause, please sign the donation sheet that I have on Friday. Your names will be posted on the blog along with the report. Thank you all for supporting Spirit week.***** I will be giving the full report this weekend!!! STAY TUNED....

AND HERE IS A BELATED BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUT TO MY SISTER ALEXANDRA! SHE TURNED 14 YESTERDAY. HAVE AN AWESOME PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE MOVIES, SIS!!! I LOVE YOU.

And I, also, would like to tell you that when I searched 'JL Mann' today on MetaCrawler this website ranked #8 in the results. HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!?! I was surprised, but very happy about it. I think it shows that a lot of people really enjoy this blog even though I can be eccentric at times. I'm very sorry about that. I get carried away by silly things like power and greed. But that's just cloud talk for me. I usually do not worry about those things.

Thank you all for supporting "BOOGIE FOR CHARITY." Thank you all for supporting this blog, as well!

I Love You All In Christ,
Christian L.

Hey everyone, I hope you all had a very fun and exciting weekend! Mine was very good, but I feel bad that I missed the Block Party today. I don't mind now.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR SPIRIT WEEK TO START TOMORROW!!!!

AND NOW, back to the backlogs of life......

About two weeks ago, I saw a "girlfriend" that I haven't seen since fifth grade. Isn't that crazy?! Her name is Jordan W. And I saw her at Fall For Greenville. It was a pleasant surprise to see her walking with a few friends in the St. Mary's parking lot. I talked with her and her friends for a few moments and hugged her before she had to go. This occurred right before Youth Group began. It was fun seeing her again. I go to her blog everyday now checking up on her.

Amanda called me a few moments ago and we are planning on seeing the "Harry Potter" movie together when it comes out. THAT SHOULD BE SO MUCH FUN!!! I am so excited about the premier. I think it will be a great movie.

*****Please do not forget to ask me to dance next week for Spirit Week! HELP US RAISE MONEY FOR JL MANN!!!!!!!!!******
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MORE SHOUTOUTS:
Jimmy D.
Greg J.
Ashley J.
Gina B.
Nathan B.
Michael B.
KRISTEN C. - Have a great birthday on Thursday!!!
And to all my other youth group "PIMPS"
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Prayer Of The Day:

Dear Lord,
I pray for all those being affected by Hurricane Wilma. May God bless them and keep them safe from all harm. I pray that You may help JL Mann give a lot of money to charity next week through Spirit Week. Please open their minds and hearts to you.

I Ask This Through Christ My Lord,
Amen.
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HAVE AN AWESOME AND ADVENTURE FILLED WEEK EVERYONE!!!!!!!

Love You All In Christ,
Christian L.

Yes, the dance at Mann tonight was a lot of fun!!!!! I hope to see pics from that dance soon. All of people I knew where there. They all partied real hard. I think that they had a blast!!!!! The coolest thing about it was that they DJ gave me a personal shoutout during the dance. That means he gave a shoutout to me on his radio station, which was playing live at the dance, to the WHOLE UPSTATE! It was all because I danced well. LOL. I was so excited about it and I am still excited about it now!!!! If you want to know the radio station was HOT 98.1! YOU ROCK GUYS. THANKS FOR AN AWESOME TIME!!!!!!!

Anyway, here is another pic of homecoming. This is the best one yet....

blog.myspace.com/sammieb123

I love it to death! It's the one with me by myself! I am going Crazy in that photo.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE AN AWESOME REST OF THE WEEKEND!

CHRISTIAN L.

I am dying to tell you all that next week is SPIRIT WEEK! I am so excited. I can't wait to do every single activity (if possible) during this upcoming week. I can't wait for the Patriots to beat the crap out of the Red Raiders. I have thought about doing something special for Spirit Week.

Here it is...
I will be willing to dance each day in each class for $1 per person for Spirit Week. I will give 100% of the proceeds to Spirit Week. Please ask me to do it for Spirit Week and I will do it for you ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE. I got this as an idea from my seventh period Algebra Two class. I Thank You All So Much! This is what is so cool about Spirit Week at Mann. Teenagers across our school will be donating hundreds and thousands of dollars to charities through such things and a dance and dodgeball tournaments. HOW COOL IS THAT. I hope to see a lot of people participate in Spirit Week. Please ask me to dance. I love to do it and I want to help the school raise a lot of money for Spirit Week! I will be at the dance on Saturday, so do not panic! I will go the youth group hangout session for an hour before the dance. That should be fun as well.

On Tuesday when our sixth period Chemistry class goes back, we will not get the "NEW" teacher. But, that's fine with me. At least it will be someone better than Ms. Sanders. UGH!

Anyway this weekend should be a lot of fun. I hope to see a lot of people at the youth group hangout, the dance, and the block party. WOO HOO!!
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SHOUTOUTS:

Amanda T.
Luke D.
Kevin P.
Austin H.
Jorge S.
Andrew F.
Kyle G.
Tyler C.
Tom S.
Scott M.
Elizabeth M.
Jessie T.
Brenn G.
Collin S.
Lindley M.
Sumeen M.
Braxton M.
Drew B.
Fernando G.
James L.
Tamika S.
Sidnee Lee S.
Roger D.
Andee T.
Shane F.
William S.
Patrick H.
James H.
Chris T.
Jessica C.
Nina K.
Elsbeth M.
Sherifat B.
Josh B.
Josh E.
Justin C.
Justin R.
Sara R.
Savario J.
Benton B.
Pat H.
Patrick O.
Jay B. - good luck with Murdocfiles.com LOL
Michael R.
Kelly W.
Kaley H.
Max C.
Brandon W.
Mayra R.
Benjamin C.
Lawson B.
Quiante D.
Amber D.
Will B.
Bradley B.
Anthony K.
Elizabeth S.
Kara S.
Nicole G.
Roosevelt L.
Will D.
Will W.
Gordon G.
Christine W.
Richard B.
Greg J.
Marjy B.
William B.
Gina B.
Sam H.
Lillie H.
Nathan Be.
Kristen C.
Kalah S.
Moses S.
Katy G.
Gracie G.
Amale S.
Adele S.
Michael B.
AND TO ALL MY CRUISE BUDDIES!
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Prayer Of The Day:

Dear Lord, I thank you for another wonderful day today. I hope that Spirit Week goes well next week. I pray that you may inspire all of my peers and I to do our best to serve our community next week. Let us next week show your glory in full power and praise. I hope that you can help us raise a lot of money and help our community in an awesome and spiritual way. I LOVE YOU!

I Ask This Through Christ My Lord,
Amen.
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I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY YOUR AWESOME AND RELAXING WEEKENDS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!!!!!

I Love You All In Christ,
Christian L.

It seems like I go on forever and ever and don't know what to say. I guess that it's a phase, but I am making it out OK. I am not depressed, just curious. I love my friends dearly, but sometimes I think they can be really crazy. Sometimes, even crazier than me. But that's fine with me. Today in English was really interesting. The rough draft of my essay was close to perfect. I had only three errors on it. That's cool for me. I, also, got an A on my C++ test. I am so happy. This day has been pretty good. I enjoy the time that I can spend with my friends. I can't wait till sixth period!!!

Love You All In Christ
Christian L.

Hey i am reporting live from JL Mann

I have to go in a few moments so I will be very brief!!

THANK YOU FOR VOTING

I HOPE TO HAVE THE WINNER IN A FEW DAYS!!!!

LOVE YALL
CHRISTIAN L.

HEY WHAT'S UP EVERYBODY!!!

I would like to tell you about our two new additions to the blog:

*We have a guestbook.

*We, also, have our first poll EVER on the blog!!! VOTE TODAY!!!!

I hope you keeping visiting and talking with me on the blog!!!

I LOVE DOING IT AND I HOPE TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE SOON!!!

Christian L

I have had a great day today everyone!!!!!!!

The newspaper this morning was entertaining. They talked about the game from last night and my old best friend's mom was on the front page of the Metro section!

But more importantly, downtown today was full of many people. This weekend is Fall For Greenville with many activities throughout downtown for people to do. There are rides and performances throughout the day. It was packed when I drove past it this afternoon. This one is special. We have Turner South here doing their programs throughout the town. It is very exciting to watch all of this unfold. Tonight, Kanye West was in town and did a performance at the Bi-Lo Center. I didn't have the chance to go, but I know that it was a lot of fun.

I loved having today to chill and hang out!!!!!
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Shoutouts:
JL Mann Buddies
St. Mary's Buddies
AND
TO MY Cruise Buddies
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Prayer Of The Day:

Dear Lord,
Thank you for the support throughout the day. I thank you for helping me live my faith with everyone I know. I wish everyone else would feel the same way as I do about You. You're the best and I appreciate and enjoy all the things that you have done for me in my life. I LOVE AND WORSHIP YOU FOREVER!

I Ask This Through Christ My Lord,
AMEN.
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KEEP LIVING YOUR DREAMS THIS WEEKEND!!!

Love You All In Christ,
Christian L.

Hello to everyone around the world!

I have had such an amazing day today, especially tonight. BUT, let's start of tonight's entry with the news of the day.

This morning was pretty crazy, my classes were OK, but my friends were ecstatic. The majority of them were out of control. SERIOUSLY. They were all off the wall. I'm guessing they drank too many Coca-Colas the night before. Computer Science was fun with James, Drew, Fernando, and Braxton. Those guys are so cool to hang around with. We had so much fun making C++ programs on the computers. We laughed at the results because "WE KNOW COMEDY!"


The afternoon was the best. Lunch went on as it usually does, but today the Library was closed and that was a big bummer for me. I love to get the daily paper and I did not have a chance to do it today. But, it was no big deal. In Chemistry, we watched the "Atoms and Elements" video. That movie is "off the chain" bizarre. I mean it makes some pretty unusual references to sex and homosexuality in that video. It is very strange. In World History, however, we watched a group video of a made up Greek myth. It was LAUGH OUT LOUD HILARIOUS. I just couldn't stop laughing because it was so clever and witty the whole time. At the end of Algebra Two, Chris paid me a dollar to do a dance for the class. Ms. Van Heerden agreed and everyone loved the "moves."

I love to dance, I should tell you. The football game tonight was the best one this season. I talked with over 20 girls and I am still so pumped up from the game. It was quite exuberant. At halftime, I danced in the stands, while the Dance Team was on the field. The whole audience loved my performance. YEAH! This was a special night for the football team because Jamal Brown, a special needs student, played his first football game for the Varsity football team for the very first time in his life!!!! I was so excited to see him play. I am glad that he puts in a lot of effort and energy into his game play. The other special education students made signs in his support. It was really moving. Plus, Jamal made a tackle during the game. EVERYONE IN THE STANDS WAS CHEERING FOR HIM! He was very glad and happy for it.
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HERE IS A PICTURE OF HIM GOING ONTO THE FIELD WITH THE OTHER PLAYERS:

Jamal Brown and the Patriots
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We won the game against Southside 41-0! WAY TO GO VARSITY PATRIOTS!!!!

Now, I sit here telling you more of the wild and newsworthy things at J L Mann and beyond. LOL.

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SHOUTOUTS:
JAMAL BROWN- Way to go buddy!
AND TO THE REST OF JL MANN!!!! Good night everyone! THAT WAS A GREAT GAME!!!

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Prayer Of The Day:

Dear Lord, Thank you for the gift of Jamal Brown. He is such an inspiration to everyone at Mann. I thank you for his presence and his strong effort and willingness to succeed. I pray for all the eighth graders at St. Mary's who got confirmed on Wednesday. I hope that the Holy Spirit will work through them and help bring Your glory throughout the world. I pray for my friends at Youth Group J L Mann, and from the cruise that they all have an awesome weekend!!!!!!

I Ask This Through Christ My Lord,
Amen.

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I hope everyone enjoyed their day today. I LOVED MINE! I hope you all have a fun and enjoyable weekend.

Love You All In Christ,
Christian L.

HERE'S A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CONFIRMATION CLASS!

As you can tell, the Confirmation class at St. Mary's got confirmed in the Catholic Church tonight. I would like to say that I am proud of them and I hope that the Holy Spirit will guide them through the rest of their lives.

MAY THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL
Christian L.

HEY EVERYONE!!!

HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF ME!!!! THIS WAS TAKEN AT THE HOMECOMING DANCE!!!!!!

www.myspace.com/jor9129

Scroll through the comments and I am the guy with the pink popped collar. Amanda, my black girlfriend, is on the right. ENJOY!!!!

Christian L.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOTHER TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!

HEY EVERYONE, I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THE NEW DESIGN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME HOMECOMING TIDBITS WITH YOU:

*Katie S. won Homecoming Princess for the Sophomores!!!! GO KATIE!!!!

*Kelly C. won Homecoming Queen!!!!!!!! GO KELLY!!!!!!!!!!

*We won the Homecoming game 30-23! WAY TO GO PATRIOTS!!!!!!!

*I had an awesome time at the Homecoming Dance with Amanda! I loved dancing with
everyone and I hope you all liked my "sweet" and "groovy" moves!!!!!!!!!

*Congratulations to the boys swim team for winning the state championship!

*Congratulations, also, go to the girls swim team for being state runner ups! WAY TO GO SWIM TEAM!

*Way to go PATRIOT BAND! You guys did so awesome at the competition! WELL DONE!!!1

*I Love All The Patriots At JL MANN! YOU ALL ARE THE BEST EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE YOU ALL IN CHRIST,
CHRISTIAN L.

Hey What's Up Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM FEELING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had a pretty good day, but some of it was a big bummer. I mean some of it really sucked. This week was wild!

First of all, in first period we had a toga party. Oh, man, some of the ladies looked sexy in togas. (snicker) But, it was cut short, because of a pep rally cancellation, BOOOOOOOO. YOU REALLY SUCK Mrs. Hughes.

Plus, our game was cancelled because of heavy rain. The makeup game will be tomorrow at 7 PM. Our Homecoming Queen will be crowned. WOO HOO!!!! I hope Kelly and Katie win!!!!!!!!!
Katie should be better than Kelly, though.

The dance is right afterwards from 8 PM to Midnight. This party is four hours long. I am so excited. I love to dance and the girls love my "groovy" moves. But it's my best moves time four.

As I have said before, this week was wild. One day I'm failing all my classes and the next day I'm making straight A's. HOW STRANGE.

Here's some sad news: Our science teacher Mr. Evans had to move back to Illinois to take care of his mother in law. We now have to get a new teacher and I think that it has been a very painful process for us all. I hope I did well on his test today.

Here's some good news: Today is Kacie R.'s birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KACIE. Nico gave me some purple Mardi Gras beads for Mardi Gras day on Tuesday and I love them!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH NICO!!!!!!!
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Shoutouts:
Lindley M.
Sumeen M.
Will D.
Gordon G.
Christine W.
Luke D.
Tyler C.
Patrick H.
James H.
Ashley W.
Brandon W.
Myra R.
Lawson B.
Chris R.
Alex M.
Laurel C.
Elizabeth M.
Alex R.
Emily A.
Arthur E.
George A.
Lizzie M.
Pearl G.
Jorge S.
Jordan G.
Shanise D.
Lukas S.
Bo F.
James L.
Braxton M.
Sidney Lee S.
Tamika S.
Kara S.
Rhame G.
Josh E.
Kristen E.
Kellen M.
Daniel H.
Ameer A.
Emily H.
Sara R.
Maxwell C.
Pat H.
Josh B.
Savario J.
Kelli W.
Kaley H.
Michael R.
Ryan C.
William S.
Shane F.
Andie T.
Andrew F.
Kyle G.
Anthony K.
John O.
Terry B.
Jack C.
Tom S.
Kevin P.
Madison M.
Collin S.
Greg V.
Nicole G.
Scott M.
Will W.
Roosevelt L.
Lauren L.
Kathryn E.
Logan G.
Danielle G.
Sean B.
Nathan Ba.
Moses S.
Kalah S.
Greg J.
Gina B.
Father Newman
Father Smith
Jimmy D.
Sloan
Larry
Linda Marie
Mr. O'Neil
Mr. Grant- the pimp "substitute"
Drew B.
Fernando G.
Elizabeth S.
Allston O.
Morgan T.
Larry M.
JT F.
Charlie H.
Marilyn V.
Will B.
Nathan Be.
Michael B.
Kristen K.
Adelaide S.
Amaley S.
Katy G.
Grace G.
Tyler A.
AND TO MY GIRLFRIEND AMANDA!!!!!!!!!!!
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prayer Of The Day:

Dear Lord, Thank you for this amazing week. There were times of trial and happiness and you were there helping me along the way. Thank you for helping me keep close to you. Sometimes I fall away, and I pray that you help me bring your glory to all tomorrow.

I Ask This Through Christ My Lord,
AMEN.
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I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND AND I HOPE TO SEE ALOT OF YOU SATURDAY OR SUNDAY OR BOTH!!!!!!!

LOVE YOU ALL IN CHRIST,
CHRISTIAN L.