Saturday, April 4, 2009 - I should write a blog post
Yeah. I should.
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Saturday, March 21, 2009 - So... am I really crazy?
Maybe it's because spring is coming. Maybe it's because I've discovered I can be the opposite of shy. Maybe it's the confidence from not just that but the way this story I'm working on seems to be coming together. Maybe it's all of the above.
Would you think I was crazy if I said I was going to try to put on a play? I feel a little crazy. Yes, I've been feeling a little wild, just a tiny bit not-quite-tame. That could spring coming. But it makes me wonder if I really am a little crazy, a little wild. What makes me think this most is that I feel like it would be okay if I was.
Hey, I can walk up to people and talk to them! Even sometimes have things not go my way or have plans change mid-step and actually deal with it instead of getting upset. I can survive long pauses and still come up with something to say. I can deal with the stress of someone pouring out their problems to me, because I love them.
So, what it this then? Is this growing up? Goodness! If they'd told me it was like this, full of confidence and life, I might have signed up sooner, haha.
So now. Putting on a play. Script, people, location, money, time. Time, no problem. :) The rest I'll deal with one at a time, and then we'll see. I've wanted to be in a play. We'll see. Lord willing, this will work.
My sister and I we were talking on the phone recently about something completely unrelated. It was then that she said I sounded completely psycho. Allow me to respond with a disturbing, too-wide grin. Psycho? Dunno. Crazy? Always! And you should know. :)
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Friday, March 13, 2009 - Mouth-related Miseries
So, at one time I thought I was done with braces, and anything remotely resembling them (aside from my retainers, which are tolerable). But I have one stupid second molar that is rebellious. So yesterday I had an appointment to but in two small brackets.
Bear with me here, this is the part that may confuse some people, so if you don't get it, that's ok. The tooth that needs to be moved inward is in the top set of teeth. So one bracket was put on the outside of that tooth, and the other bracket on the inside of the tooth below it, so that I can run a rubber band from one to the other. And I have to wear retainers to keep the lower, anchoring tooth from moving.
So I have to wear the retainers and rubber band all the time - except for eating and brushing. So it's moving teeth. And it's sore. It's been a long time since my teeth were as sore as they were this morning. I ate breakfast and then barely managed to make myself put my rubber band in. Mommy was concerned, so she called the orthodontist office, and they told me to take either Advil or Motrin. (Lol)
So I'm on ibuprofen and it doesn't bother me as much. Hardly at all right now, actually! Which is good. But it might be nice not to have to wear this all day and all night, and not to have to chew with a piece of metal next to my tongue. In case you haven't tried this, it's also painful, but I guess I'll get used to it. I HOPE I'll get used to it.
Anyway, thanks for reading. Now that I've written this, hopefully I'll stop trying to get sympathy. Ahem.
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Monday, March 9, 2009 - Youth Group Last Night
or, I Never Thought I'd Be So Happy To Be Called Schizophrenic
Greetings, Earthlings! Sorry I haven't posted in so long - I haven't forgotten, I've just been busy and didn't think I had anything blogworthy. Those of you who still check my homeschoolblogger.com blog, kudos.
Anyway. Youth group last night. It's a temporary youth group, with several kids from outside our church who I didn't used to know. Temporary, because it's an eight-week thing call Discipleship Explored, which is quite good, really, and I've been helped by it.
But I must admit, I always look forward the fellowship, probably even more than the bible study (to my shame - I'm not sure I can help it, but I'll try to work on it). At the moment, it's my one regularly-occurring chance to just spend time with people in my age group. I mean, adults are all very well, but grown men are rarely half as amusing as teenage guys, especially when they've had sugar. :)
So this last week was the seventh lesson (next week is the last, and I don't know when I'll see some of these people after that, which is rather sad). Before each lesson we have some time for fellowship, during which the boys usually play basketball outside and the girls play a quiet game inside. Pause for amusement at this segregation. Yesterday, though, was beautiful, with spring-like weather and gorgeous stiff breeze (I love wind), and everyone was getting over or had recently got over a nasty illness (which I'd had too - it wasn't pleasant), so the girls stayed outside to watch Caleb and Harrison - and later Peter - play basket soccer. (My father came up with this name. It's where you try to kick and head-butt a soccer ball to get it through a basketball hoop. And maybe you get points if you can hit a car, though this is unconfirmed. And maybe you can use your hands if you want. The rules seem rather fluid.) It was very amusing. I got hit with the ball once and, as it didn't hurt much or long and they made their second basket soon after I felt as if I had contributed. :)
We played Knockout (not as violent as it sounds), except a couple of the girls, and I was naturally knocked out on my first try. I'm really not that athletic. Really. Brian and Deanna arrived and Colby appeared from wherever he'd been, probably with Calvin (who, along with Caroline, was still sick). Deanna and Colby played basketball a little while, which was also amusing. Caroline was outside in a hammock (she and Calvin were supposed to stay away from the rest of us most of the time, since they were still sick) and i talked to her for a few minutes before going inside for the Bible study.
I enjoyed myself very much because I felt as though we had all pulled together, Not just the girls with the girls and the guys with the guys, but all of us together.
Discipleship Explored is a study of the book of Philippians. This lesson was on Phi. 4: 2-9 and concentrated on rejoicing in the Lord. But in the discussion, as in all good discussions, one thing led to another (well, we were led by the questions, I suppose) and we were talking about how to replace bad thoughts with good ones. Piping up, I said that I often just tell certain thoughts to shut up. The pastor (who's been doing a good job of leading the study) asked if that works. I answered "Sometimes." Then the pastor asked how that works... and who was talking to mind (or something like that). Then Caleb spoke up and simply said "Schizophrenic." I was so happy, but I managed to laugh and say "Yeah."
Why was I happy, you might ask? Because I think that was Caleb's way of showing he has accepted me. I think Colby and Harrison might also have accepted me. Raquel, if she's reading this, knows how hard it would have been for me four years ago to even think about talking to people I barely know, let alone a boy! :) Even now, it's not easy, especially when the guys and girls separate into their own groups. But somehow, this time, I managed to break through the barrier.
I guess, in a way, it's not a big difference, since I may have moved from, "Oh, yeah, her" to "Oh! Yeah, her." But to me it's kinda monumental. So I am happy to be called schizophrenic. I hope you now see why, and weren't befuddled my muddled mind. And weren't bored by my long, boring post about a bible study you didn't go to, and people you don't know. :) Kudos to those who endured to the end. Sorry I didn't have a big finish for you.
A quick anecdote, though. Since we'd all been sick, every so often someone would cough, and when someone said something funny, well, everyone coughed instead of laughing. But I guess you had to be there. :)
Be well. Don't get the illness I had. *shudder* Until next time - and I'll try to not make it so long until the next post.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - RIP
Annie the goat, who was living with another family, died in her sleep last night. We were thankful for her gentle ways.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 - Book update 1
Greetings, Earthlings! I've decided to start giving you a little knowledge about me by way of what books I'm reading. If anyone finds it at all interesting, I'll try to keep it up. Hopefully it will be an incentive for me to read more and post regularly.
Random book on my shelf: Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Random book I like: Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
What I've been reading: Down the Long Hills by Louis L'Amour (finished it yesterday, in fact!)
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
To Tame a Land by Louis L'Amour (I'm going to read other authors soon, I'm sure. Finished this one, too.)
Non-fiction I've been reading: the assignments from my voice lesson. It's fairly interesting, really.
Something I want to/should read: more Sherlock Holmes! and probably more nonfiction.
So, any feedback? Questions? Reading suggestions? :) Oh, and let me know what you think of the form, too. I was going for something that covered the basics but wasn't too extensive (because that would take a long time to fill in).
You know, (about A Study in Scarlet) I've been surrounded by Sherlock Holmes imitations pretty much all my life, but never actually read the real thing. There's Baker Street, the Sherlock Holmes musical, which we had a tape of, that I listened to since I was young enough to mistake the song "Roof Space" for being about meat pies ("oh the view is thrillin'!") Then there are those old movies with Basil Rathbone, of which I've seen a couple. And - get this - I've read Sherlock Holmes fanfiction -- published fanfiction. But there's been a Sherlock Holmes TV show on PBS that my father and I have been watching, which intrigued me more than ever. Amazing actors. And now, I'm finally reading the first (I think) Sherlock Holmes book, and find it quite interesting. Took me long enough, huh?
Like I said, feedback is welcome.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - Do you ever...
...open up you bible and then wonder, "Now what did I come in here for?"
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Saturday, January 3, 2009 - A belated New Year's post
Earthlings, I greet you and wish you all a happy new year. (I would wish any non-earthlings a happy new year as well, just in case any happen to be reading this, but I doubt they would much care about our new year.)
After we watched (on TV, of course) the ball in Times Square drop, I became quite certain of something I'd been suspecting for a few days: it isn't really a big deal to me anymore. When I was younger, it used to be cool to stay up late. By now, I've stayed up much later than midnight, several times.
There's a lot of hype about the new year, about starting fresh, I suppose. But the need to start fresh implies that I've done something wrong, and I don't want to have - though i often do. I don't want to need to start fresh.
What then? Is it all the possibilities? all the possibilities spread before you in a whole year? Are there any more possibilities than there were on Dec 31st? Or June 8th, even.
Is it that it's a shiny, brand new year that sparkles cheerily, as opposed to the dingy old year that we just left? Well, I don't know about you, but to me 12:01 Jan 1st looked a whole lot like 11:59 Dec 31st.
I don't mean to get you down, really. And if you're the type to celebrate, why not? Have fun! I don't see any reason not to, seeing as the twelve day of Christmas - celebrating the birth of our savior - are still in effect. And if you like the idea of a brand new year, enjoy. As for me, after I watched the brightly-lit ball signify midnight (and wrinkled my nose at all the people kissing passionately in public) I went back to reading my book.
Life is just as good as it was a few days ago.
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Saturday, November 8, 2008 - I should post more often
Greetings, Earthlings!
I'm sorry to my (probably former) readers for the prolonged gap in posting. You know how it goes; you procrastinate until you get out of the habit, and then you're so humiliated by your failure that you hate to face the people of that online community again.
But I have so much I could say on a blog. So much has happened, and so much - maybe - is about to. We shall see. As the the Lord wills.
I don't know when I will be moved to blog again, but blogging has been in the back of my head for several months now, and I think this is the time to officially say that I shall, Lord willing, return here again.
If anyone ever continues to check this blog, however infrequently, bless you. You're far better at keeping up with blogs than I am. :) And to those of you whose blogs I should have been reading and whatnot, well, all I can say is sorry. I'm just not good at that, and I hope I kept in touch with you in other ways. Some of you, I know I did... however infrequent it may have been on my part.
Just know that I think about you all more often than I express by e-mailing or posting. :)
Be good, be well, be holy.
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Saturday, December 1, 2007 - NaNoWriMo Day!
By the time I finish writing this post, it will be past midnight, and I will be able to start writing my novel. Yay. :)
To give you an idea of what I'm up against, I have a list of how many words I have to write during certain periods of time. All numbers are not exact, and do not account for rest, food, etc.
50,000 per month
1,622 per day
[100 sentences per day]
67 words per hour
(4.25 sentences per hour)
1.13 words per minute
Yup.
That's that.
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Thursday, November 29, 2007 - Oh. I've been tagged.
I guess I should be flattered, actually. I didn't know anyone was aware enough of my existence to send a tag my way. :c) Woo, me. Ha.
Anyway. I'll work on this now and then and post it when I get around to it. :c)
Tag Rules:
1).The player starts with 8 random facts about herself or himself.
2).The person who is tagged must post on his/her own blog his/her answers and post the rules first.
3).Then the player must pick 8 people and tag them. Also leave them a note on Message that lets them know that you tagged them. You can write who you tagged on your blog also!
1. I know I should save the strangest for last, but this one is so interesting that I'll just say it before I forget it; I know I must be a pretty unusual person, who should have no problem thinking of weird facts about herself, but the fact is, I can't think of anything at all. 
2. Um...Oh, yes, here's one. I sometimes mispronounce "mustard" as "moose-turd", for fun.
3. I once wrote twenty-one poems in a day. And no, not all of them were great.
4. Why can't I think of anything really good? I may just have to resort to funny stories from my childhood. Okay, then, here goes. When I was very young, I once made "soup" on my little plastic stove - here's the recipe in case you want to make it: water, add ketchup until red, and stir in one leaf of lettuce.
5. Even now, I still nearly go into hysterical laughter when my father tells the story about that plastic stove. (Excuse me if I chuckle as I type.) On the stovetop was a toy toaster, with plastic bread in it, which, when you pushed one slice down, which push the other slice up, with a *boing* noise. He says, and i fear it is true, that I would sit for 20 minutes at a time - oh, dear, here comes the hysterical laughter - and push the bread down, over and over. Boing, boing, boing, boing, boing. boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing......and so on.
6. Whenever I say Goodbye to my sister, almost without fail, we both say "Drapes." The story behind this is long, and since I have tried explaining to people before, including my own parents, I somehow doubt you would fully appreciate it as my sister and I do. 
7. I have never finished a book. I love to write, I....well, I just love it, I guess. I don't write all the time, but I have been a writer since the age of ten. Still, I have never finished a book. A bit sad, really.
Anyway. Ah, I think this is a good one to end with. I love notebooks. The ones with projects in them are my buddies. The ones that are blank are treasures. I have trouble tearing myself away from the paper aisle in the store, or leaving without buying a notebook...Or buying just one notebook. You may think this would leave me with a big stack of notebooks I never use. HAHAHAHAHA! *ahem* Erm...no.Check out my post below, about NaNoWriMo.
Farewell, until we type again.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - NaNoWriMo
Before I say anything else, I just want to let the person who tagged me know (who was it? Earthling? Ack! My memory!) that I know I have been tagged, and will stop procrastinating with the draft post one of these days.
Now. Has anyone here heard of NaNoWriMo? If you have, raise your hand and jump up and down. Just kidding. But anyway, if you hadn't heard of it before, now that you've clicked on the link, you HAVE heard of it, and I can continue.
I didn't become excited about this project until I saw others participating in it....when it was half over. And if I wait until next year, I'll probably forget about it, or lose my enthusiasm, or both.
So,...anyone want to do something crazy this December? You wouldn't necessarily have to write a 50,000 word novel (which is what I'm going to try). You could set some other writing goal for yourself. Maybe to write a 10,000 word novelette in the month, or to write a short story or poem for every day of the month. Something to keep you writing. Whether you want to join me or not is up to you. I'll be posting my (hopefully) daily progress on my blog, so keep watching, especially when December comes.
I have the basics of my novel planned, so read on if you're curious.
I decided to go with a character-driven plot, so that I will hopefully not waste time agonizing over plot-development and just keep writing. I have five rather diverse characters, named Ryt, Tate, Vil, Khananeia, and one other chacter whose name I'm having trouble with. I was thinking of calling him Kerr, but that most unfortunately sounds like "cur", which isn't his personality at all. He deserves better. I wish I was better at making up male names. Wait there a second.
Hm.Here's a possibility: Crwk, or Cruik. Or, failing that, perhaps Nettle or some creative version of it, like Netl or Net'll. (Yes, the apostrophe is on purpose, and don't make that face, it's been done before, and not just by Anne McCaffrey.)
As for other information, the story would probably be classified as fantasy, since it's set in some unknown country without a name. And that's about it. The characters decide the rest. I can hardly wait!
So, anyway, the first of December, if you want to start with me then. If that isn't a good month for you, maybe we could plan something in an early month of next year. We'll see. But I probably won't be writing another novel, I'll tell you that! Not in a month, anyway. Not for another year, at least.
I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving. Until next time we type, fare well.
"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands!
Serve the Lord with gladness,
Come before His presence with singing.
Know ye that the Lord, He is God;
It is He that has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.
For the Lord is good;
His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations." (Psalm 100)
!
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Monday, October 15, 2007 - Be Thou My Vision
Sorry I haven't been around. We sang this hymn yesterday at church, and I started thinking about this, my favorite verse. It's a perfect anthem for a warrior. This is one possible way of interpreting it.
Be Thou my battle shield, sword for my fight -
Give me the strength to do what I need to do.
Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight -
Give me a warrior's spirit of dignity and joy.
Thou my soul's shelter, Thou my high tow'r -
Give me hope, protect me.
Raise Thou me heav'nward, O pow'r of my pow'r -
Help me to grow in Christ
or
If I die in this battle, take me to heaven, where I long to be.
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Thursday, June 21, 2007 -
Greetings, Earthlings! Well, why not. Greetings to you aliens, too.
I wanted to apologize for not keeping up with everyone's blogs lately. Life has seemed hectic. It probably wasn't as bad as it seemed, I guess (I tend to overreact) but still, it's hard to find time to do something whe you've convinced yourself that you don't have time for it. And if I was right and I didn't have time...I could have made time. But again, same problem. In the future, I'm going to try to do better. So keep an eye out for my comments on your blogs one of these days.
Some of you know that I'm now a member and poster on The Backyard. Rather than explain, just go to my list of friends on the side of the page and visit the blog.
See you around.
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Monday, June 18, 2007 - Narnia Video: A study
*cough, cough* Yes, ahem, just ignore the date of my last post. 
Please do...
So I saw found this video on YouTube. I love it, it's great. Clips from the 2005 movie, to some music from Lord of the Rings. Ah, bliss. But seriously, I was analyzing it while listening to it on earphones (stereo earphones, which you might want to do as well, in order to get the full effect of the music) and I just had to write down my thoughts, and I figured I may as well share them. So if you want to watch it, click here, and my standing recommendation for YouTube videos is to not read the comments, as you never know what someone might have posted.
Now. I would like to note that the music is, in fact, on edge most of the time, but I tried to look past that to more subtle moods within the music, and coming to my own conclusions.
We begin with a sort of general introduction to the music, and a general introduction to Narnia. Then Peter's part begins.
The music of Peter's part begins very uncertainly, full of questions and feeling very much on edge. the uncertainty grows, and somehow gradually subsides into something that sounds more like determination. This is not the Peter I know, from either movie or book, but considering that in the movie Peter was uncertain most of the time, it isn't a bad representation.
With Susan the music becomes louder...obnoxious, perhaps? It changes slightly towards the end, but not enough. Book fans, don't say anything to spoil it for people who might want to read the book.
With Edmund, the music remains loud, then changes to a hateful, repetitive version of the tune, full of hate for others, a hate so deep that others cannot help but look at him in sorrow and pity - but then you suddenly realize at the end that the sorrow has become his own.
Lucy's begins with quietness, a respite. But the rest of it is as on edge as the rest of the music of the video. The only way I can explain this is that she is full of the feelings of others, and those others aren't always as innocent as herself.
Now we come to Aslan. (hooray!) I think this is the best-fitting music of all the characters in this video. Aslan's music begins quiet also, but you can hear grace and strength and looming power underneath the overtone, just like you can see, can practically feel with your eyes the grace and strength in the muscles of a big cat. Then it changes to show his wisdom and gravity, with the power under all, then changes again for his sorrow - sorrow for Edmund, for one thing, but broader than that somehow, like his sorrow for the burdens of all mortals. (What a run-on sentence that was.) Then a strain of outside sadness, sadness of the Pevensies (especially Lucy) as He dies.
Then we come to the White Witch. This is the second-best-fitting music, in my opinion. It is loud to signify that she is so unacceptably evil that the world itself, if it is good, must reject and attempt to destroy her. It has a second or two of lovely sinister music. Perfect. Then there are clips of the world rejecting her - the battle, and properly suspenseful musical moments. Then during the charge, in about the same place as it happened in the original movie, and with similar effect: the breath before the plunge.
Now we get into a lot of clips, out of order, from all over the movie, and since it took me this long to explain just six sections of the video, I had better not comment on the whole thing, but I may call your attention to some points.
Such as: A clip of the three children entering Aslan's Camp. In the movie and movie soundtrack, a respite - here a slight respite as well.
A few clips of the time with Father Christmas. A slightly less menacing tone here, almost triumphant and uplifting if you listen closely. (More clipsare used a few seconds later when the music has changed back to its usual on-edge-ness, but that doesn't work well at all, though I commend the video as a whole).
During a climactic moment in the music, there is a montage of screencaps of the characters, which I like a lot. I like how it dramatically portrays one aspect of each character's personality. Aslan, serene yet shrewd. The White Witch, enjoying causing pain. Peter, the very young-looking king, training for battle. Susan - well, I don't care for that picture too much: not a screencap. Edmund, looking typical of him early on in the story. And Lucy. I love that picture, because you can see her excitement, her curiosity, her hope, all in one. And it signifies her love for Narnia. Tumnus, looking sinister as he plays a lullaby on his pipe. Professor Kirke, looking serious.
A clip of Peter reaching up to grab his sword to keep from falling off the ice. I just love that clip and the way it comes out so dramatically in the video.
During another musical climax: Lucy, Susan and Edmund looking lost and alone. Then some random clips of Narnians and happier times. Then wolves, a prebattle clips and - YES! - Edmund breaking the Witch's wand! Then Peter and the Witch fighting, the cavalry arriving and then, Peter hugging his recently healed brother, and a family moment.
Then the music continues rising - the Stone Table, broken. Aslan, rising with the dawn, and the joy of Susan and Lucy.
Then silence. Again, congruent to the movie, because we have a quietness while Aslan says, "It is finished." Then continuing quietness, for no musical emphasis is needed for the joy of the coronation - a nice cut from Susan's coronation to Peter's, the angle being almost the same and their crowns the same color, it flows almost seamlessly.
And we have a clip of the Kings and Queens as adults. Then a roar from Aslan. 'Nuff said.
Well. I've never done that before, but it was fun. Anyone have any thoughts? If you do, please comment. I, however must be running along as it is far past my bedtime, and I'm behind on my sleep as it is.
Oh, and I meant to post on my birthday with something like this:
Happy birthday to me. Sixteen years on this earth, and all things considered, life is pretty good. Thank you, Lord.
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Thursday, May 31, 2007 - Congratulations, Evan O'dorney (My apologies if I got you name wrong! :D)
Well, i haven't posted in ages! Sorry, people! Since sweetpotato so kindly demanded a post (it's nice to know you care ) I knew I had to write one. I knew I had to write one anyway, but...well, a little encouragement never hurt, I suppose. Hehe.
Evan O'Dorney is the winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. He likes math and music. He has composed his own piano concerto. He said he doesn't really like spelling bees, but that he kind of had to do them. (He prefers MATH, can you imagine?) After Evan won, the guy standing next to him (sorry, fella, I don't know who you were) asked him if he liked spelling bees any better now. Evan paused a long while, and after some prompting, said "Maybe a little bit."
Evan is homeschooled. (YAAY! Go homeschoolers!) The third homeschooler to win the national spelling bee. His parents seemed very - how does one say this? - They seemed to be a closer family than most you see. It was nice to see. Evan's parents were, of course, very happy when he won. His mother cried tears of joy.
Go do great things, Evan!
I enjoyed the spelling bee more this year than I ever have before. I laughed for pure joy whenever one of the kids spelled a word correctly. I even tried my hand at a few of them myself. (I refuse to tell you how I did. Though you can probably guess...) Anyway, I enjoyed it immensely and the two hours flew by like nothing. I was sick a few days ago, and I'd brought out a few DVDs to watch to take my mind off things, but I enjoyed this spelling bee far more than any of them. I never knew I liked words this much.
I related to the people too, the kids, the parents, even sometimes the guy with the bland voice who reads off the words.... I recognized Jonathan from last year. Also a homeschooler. Poor guy, he got spelled down on his first word. (Sorry, I don't remember your last name!)
I enjoyed the idea of Isabel wearing all the bracelets she owns (twenty-five!) for good luck, even if I don't appreciate her superstition.
Well, that's enough jabber for now. Sorry I never posted to tell you about Night At the Museum and O'Charley's restaurant. Or Daddy's birthday...on May 8th... :D
On Saturday, some of my neices and nephews will be visiting for six days. Also my sister an brother-in-law and my other sister who is acting nanny and assistant housekeeper (so to speak) for them, are coming. I'll try to post during that time and tell you about all the dear, dear children. As kindly as I can while they're pulling on my arm and bouncing on my head...
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Sunday, May 13, 2007 - Name Acronym
Here's a name acronym I got the link to from a random blog. I don't think I can post HTML on my blog, so I'll just copy and paste and see if it works. (Note: Mantirwen isn't my real name. So there. 
) I'll post about today and yesterday tomorrow, Lord willing. See you then.
| M | Mesmerizing |
| A | Adventurous |
| N | Nutty |
| T | Tame |
| I | Intense |
| R | Relaxing |
| W | Whimsical |
| E | Enjoyable |
| N | Nutty |
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Friday, May 4, 2007 - Tomorrow will be better
My mother recently finished reading a book called "Tomorrow Will Be Better". It's about the people in a country (it wasn't Germany, but I forget now what it was) who were being oppressed by the nazis during WWII. Anyway, my mother read a quote to us from near the end, about how tomorrow will be better, and the sun will come out in the end. It reminded me of a quote from "The Lord of the Rings", where Frodo and Sam are traveling, and Sauron has blotted out the sun, but as the sun is about to set, one ray of light breaks through the dark clouds, and falls on a statue they had been looking at. It is a statue of a king, but the head of it has been cut off, and the orcs have scrawled their writing on it. But the ray of light falls on the head, and reveals a crown of flowers growing there, like a wreath, and the light makes it shine and twinkle. And Frodo says, "They cannot conquer forever." And it's true. It's hard, it is very, very hard, but it will not always be. If you are a Christian, there is always something to look forward to, even the only thing is Heaven. Someday, maybe not tomorrow or the next day, but someday, things will be better. Things will be right. Because they cannot conquer forever.
Does anyone have any quotes or Bible verses they'd like to share on this subject? I'd be very interested to hear them.
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Monday, April 30, 2007 - Ugh. (And writing experiment)
What a day. I had to answer the phone several times - which I don't like much - and call several people - which I like even less. Oh, well. As a friend of mine pointed out, it could have been worse: I could have gotten a wrong number. And I didn't - not once. I'm quite glad for that. Heh. I tend to be an optimist, when I can. What's the point in not being optimistic, after all?
Well, I should think of something else to write, but there doesn't seem to be anything else. Hmm...perhaps, well, I feel like just writing nothing: just spitting out whatever I'm hearing and seeing and thinking. So I will.
Sounds waving, and rolling,
Crashing threateningly like
The waves on the shore,
On the rocks.
Voices
Speaking words unknown,
Rising,
Falling,
Uncaring
If I am listening
For they are perhaps long-dead
And I never to know.
How strange. It ended up describing the song I was listening to. How fascinating and intriguing! I've never tried this before, but I must be sure to try it again.
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Friday, April 20, 2007 - Thank you!
I just want to thank my mother and father. I was feeling kinda down today, and they did something extra-special for me, and made me feel a lot better. Thank you both very much. For today and always.
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