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Marianne Dashwood--a romantic, poetic, young lady who is easily swayed by any man who can recite poetry with feeling.

In the movie sense and sensiblity, we meet this young lady and immediately love her. We know she always has best intentions at heart, and she loves her family more than anything in the world, but her romantic side makes us laugh.

When they move to a small cottage, Marianne meets a certain heartbroken colonel who falls in love with her. She likes him, but he's not as romantic as she has always dreamed of. Because of some rumours which have been spread about the two of them, when he calls she takes a walk to escape from the house--and consequently changes her entire life.

It begins to rain, and she slips and sprains her ankle. Out of nowhere, the most charming, dashing man she's ever seen runs over to help her up. He carries her back to her house where they realize that they both love poetry, and in the blink of an eye Marianne falls in love.

Willoughby and Marianne do not care what other people think about them, but show their love to each other more openly than anyone else in the entire area they lived in, and rumours began to spread like wildfire--but Marianne is too in love to notice.

Suddenly, the formerly rich willoughby loses all of his fortune, and he runs to London on urgent business--leaving Marianne.

Marianne does not give up. She thoroughly believes that he will come back, and continues to write him letter after letter with no reply. Suddenly, the perfect oppurtunity comes up! They are all invited to London! she goes, and sees Willoughby at a dance where she sees him with other ladies. She goes to talk to him, but he is indifferent to her, and treats her the same as he treats her sister. She spends days after days crying, and her heartbreak eventually leads her to putting herself in danger of death. Eventually she learns that Willoughby lost all of his inheritance because of an affair he had with a girl which he then abandoned, so she was now alone with his child she bore.

The Colonel has not given up on his beautiful Marianne, though, and through it all he helps her. I always start crying when he runs out to save her while she is standing in the pouring rain on the hill overlooking Willoughby's house--even though he knows that she's only going because of her love for his enemy. While she is on the brink of death he does whatever he can, and at the end they get married.

How often are we like Marianne, girls? How often can we look past a man's character and only see the romantic outside? How often do we focus on the sweet things he whispers to us or the hugs he gives and look past the past relationships he's had and what he did to them?

We may say "he loves me. He'll change." But he might not. "How do you know, wife, whether you will save your  husband? And how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?" we don't know. that's the point. Don't open yourself up for heartbreak. To quote Taylor Swift, "Look before you fall."

Even if someone is the most romantic, sweet guy you've ever met, they can hide terrible things. Some of the most amazing looking guys are great actors. Be careful. Guard your hearts, for they are the wellspring of life.

But there is a happy side! There will be a perfect husband for you. God is preparing him for you right now. Save yourself for him, mind, body, and soul.

If the guy you have a huge crush on right now is the one for you, HE CAN WAIT. Hear that? If you're 14, and you think you're in love with someone, give him the biggest test of love in the world -- TELL HIM TO WAIT FOR YOU.

I'm praying for you all girls! Don't give yourself to a guy who doesn't deserve you. Wait for the perfect prince.

BeCcA

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Hey everyone. :)

I know I know.... I haven't been on in a while... I just don't feel motivated to. :( I'm not even writing in my journal that much any more... which is REALLY weird... oh well.

So today's haloween!!! :D I'm not doing anything.. but might put on a princess dress to hand out candy. :) There's a youth thing at my church tonight.. I don't think that churches should put on stuff other than haloween fairs on Haloween, because I'd rather stay home and hand out candy (I love doing that) but I feel guilty about not going to youth group... and then you can't get together with your friends, because there's youth group on, and you feel guilty about going to your friends house for haloween instead of being at youth group...

It's a giant guilt trip. xD

I'm thinking of having a journal ON my computer, because then I can just copy and paste all my entries from both my journal and my blog(s) onto each other instead of having to go write it out over and over and over again. :P Is it a good idea? I mean, I write a ton every day, but most of it is on the computer and it just takes soo long to write everything out again into my physical journal I usually never take the time to. Oh well. Maybe when I'm done the journal I'm using now I'll do it. :) Or maybe I'll do both at the same time. Or maybe the journal I'm using now will be my devotion journal... I'll figure it out. ^_^

OOH! I updated ibeauty. :) I got SOO many questions! thanks for sending them in, everyone! Keep them coming! Even if you think it's a stupid question, I love having people ask me things. It shows they're reading. :)

And yes, there are stupid questions. if you asked "I'm a brunette and don't like my hair colour. How can I make my hair turn blonde without using any chemicals?" I would just skip over that one. For the obvious reason. There is no way. You have to use the dreaded chemicals. :) I"m going to get my hair highlighted again soon.. you can totally see my roots... not attractive. =p

Sooo yeah that's about it... :)

Toodles!

BeCcA

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Heya girlies. :)

Just wanted to say sooo sorry for not updating again... I haven't been journalling that much either (SHOCKER. honestly. It's weird. usually I spend hours on it every day.) so it's not just you. :) I'm getting back into writing (like for my books). that's right. BookS. Two.

What have I got myself into? O.o

Oh well. :) It's just for fun.

Sooo yeah I finally got around to replying to all of you. You guys are great! thanks for all the comments. :)

Has anyon joined the Sisterhood on Susiemagazine.com? I have... so if you have look me up. :) I'm thatotherbecca.

TTFN! ta ta for now!

And yes, I know that was short. I'll write again later when there's stuff to write about.
BeCcA

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...I'll never shut up, it's our turn to speak out. these streets are dead, just waiting to c..o..m..e.. //alive\\

Barlowgirl--Come Alive (from their new album Love & War)

I LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE! :p

Again, so sorry about the updating part of blogging. I'm bad at it.

that and the commenting part.

and the messaging part.

and just blogging in general.

So I'm going to answer a couple of your comments:

joyful24 (felicity): thanks! I love the pics too. xD They make me laugh. :p Just to let you know, I don't go everywhere wearing wrist warmers and looking like a duck.

anonymous: here was her comment:

You have real potential, but are caught in the hair of the early 90's. Restyle the glasses, flatter your shape with your clothes, and work your makeup. You are already beautiful, you just need others to see that.

Umm.. I'm not sure if this a compliment or criticism.

anyway, whoever you are, I have to differ. My mom has pictures from the nineties. They did anything BUT straighten their hair. Honestly. I don't know where you got that. when I have it all down, I have been told by approximately seven people that I have Jennifer Aniston hair. Not 90s hair. Plus, you can't even tell what my clothes look like! you can only really see just past my shoulders! it's like giving a head shot to someone and telling them that they need a new pair of jeans! To let you know, I think (and have been told) that I am very much up to the plate when it comes to fashion and trends. I'm not saying this to make you feel embarrassed at all, but I like replying to comments. Commenting is supposed to be an ongoing conversation with someone, not just an opinion that is given with no way to answer.

I honestly don't care if you think I'm pretty how I dress myself or not. If I flattered my body type more than I do with my modest but still trendy clothes, they would cease to be modest. I might look "hotter," but not how I think a Christian should look.

So yeah.

My entry is actually about this comment. I want to go over a couple of basic blogging rules with you:

Never comment on anyone's appearance unless they ask you personally.

If I had asked this girl to tell me what she thought of my makeup/clothes/hair etc, it would be perfectly fine what she said. She said it in a very nice, polite, and encouraging manner. But the fact remains, I didn't ask her. Again, if you are ever asked to tell someone something, she had a very polite and nice way of saying it. try to do it somewhat like her example if you are ever asked and you feel you must respond.

If she came to my blog and liked my entry but not my header, she should comment on my entry and not mention my header at all. We go to bambi:

If you can't say somethin' nice......don't say nothin' at all. (thumper's my favorite. ^_^ )

Though she did say it very nicely, it was uncalled for since it was not in context with my entry, or with any comment I had ever given her, since I hadn't given her one as far as I know.

Last of all, if you feel you have to leave a comment that you don't give a way for the reader to find you, you likely shouldn't leave it at all. Unless it's an anonymous question for something like ibeauty and there are specific instructions to leave it without a username or url. If you feel ashamed enough of what you are saying that you don't think you can log in so that the blogger can get back to you about it, dont' say it.

So yeah! That's Becca's Lesson on Manners today. :)

Again, to Anonymous: if you're embarrassed or feel like you've been made fun of in anyway, it was completely by accident. Your comment was not exactly thought through, even though it is obvious you meant well. Maybe think through the next time you think you should judge how someone else looks without their permission. That's to everyone, not just Anonymous. How many times have you judged how someone looked without them asking you? How many times have you said "she's got tons of potential, if only she would do this..."?

"For man looks at outward appearances, but God looks at the heart." (unknown reference.)
" what is highly valued among men is detestable on God's sight." Luke 16:15b

Outwards beauty is passing, and even though it is nice to look pretty, it is important to focus more on the inward things than the outwards.

Next time you think about commenting on someone's blog about things like appearances, think before you act.

BeCcA

*side note: I was slightly offended about this comment, but nothing to really worry about. :) No worries.

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Hey everyone.

I'm very frazzled right now, since this week was my first week of school with my online classes. I have grade 10 media arts, grade 11 math, and grade 10 science.

If any of you are on VLC, tell me! I'll e-mail you. ^_^

So yeah. Basically we had to wait 5 extra days to even start are schoolwork, so life has been CRAZY for us. that's why I haven't been online. Sorry guys! I still love you all!

I don't have anything to write other than that really. The VLC is awesome. Virtual learning center. It's awesome. If you have the choice, DO IT. I love it!

SO yeah that's all for now. Again, sorry for neglecting all of you. :(

OOOOH! One thing: I GOT MY BARLOWGIRL CD IN THE MAIL! I pre-ordered "Love and War" their latest album, and it got here a couple days ago! :D It's an autographed copy. ^_^ It's their best one yet! I absolutely adore it. THe song Beautiful Ending is on my playlist, and is from that CD.
I can play it on the piano and guitar already. ^_^

Yes, I'm addicted.

BeCcA