Sunday, February 28, 2010
Garage Sale
Hmmmm.... I have nothing to say.
There are so many ideas that have gone through my head in the past couple I days I don't know which one to choose... I could write about history, prayer, complacency or one of the billion other semi-deep things I've though about but instead I'm going to write a list.
Over the past couple weeks my youth group organized and held a garage sale to raise money for World Vision.
With four main people we managed to raise $703 in one day... so I figured I should probably figure out what we did so maybe we can pull it all together again next year :). This is where the list part of this blog comes in. Here's a list of everything I need to remember next year:There are so many ideas that have gone through my head in the past couple I days I don't know which one to choose... I could write about history, prayer, complacency or one of the billion other semi-deep things I've though about but instead I'm going to write a list.
Over the past couple weeks my youth group organized and held a garage sale to raise money for World Vision.
1. Remember to plan ahead!
2. Make sure the church is actually free the day you plan to have the garage sale. (This year we made the mistake of scheduling before checking the calendar for other events and had to reschedule.)
3. Make announcements and have them put in the church bulletin and other places.
4. Make sure there is one place set aside where people can drop things off.
5. Advertise... Craig's list :)
6. Prepare to spend at least 3 hours the evening before organizing stuff.
7. Make signs beforehand so they can be dropped off the morning of the garage sale.
8. Make sure you have change.
9. Be prepared for things to not go as planned... but hey, whatever works.
10. yeah, overprice... cause people are going to want to pay less.
11. This is the worst blog ever... but it's really just so I remember all this stuff if I ever plan a garage sale again :)
12. Make sure you have enough tables.
All that stuff was really obvious, oh well :) I wrote a blog and that's all I had to do!
That's all I've got, <3 Paisleybokeh
Monday, February 22, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
What's the difference?
Hey ya'll, whats up?
For the past 30 hours I haven't eaten.
Nope, it is not actually a big deal to me, but there are children all over the world who are on a 24-7 fast. Nope, it's not by choice. Their parents simply cannot afford to feed them. They're stuck in a circle of hunger with no way to get out. Without nutrition to fuel their bodies their parents cannot get jobs. It's a simple fact that you cannot work when you are too weak to even stand. Their days are spent finding clean water, or any water at all. When the only water they can find is dirty, they are forced to drink water they know will make them sick. Their already weak bodies cannot fight against the diseases carried in the water. By the end of the day they have gotten nowhere. They have not moved forward, after hours of hard work they are no better off than before. They can't do it alone.
Meanwhile I wake up, eat a breakfast of cereal, toast, or some other tasty nutritious thing.
Then I jump in my handy-dandy little gas-filled car and drive to school.
At school I learn. I learn everything I could possibly need to know.
Remember, while I'm doing this those other kids are busy walking almost 5 hours just for water.
In the middle of the day I take a break to eat lunch. I get to eat almost anything I want.
All of my choices are healthier and more nutritious than those other kids could dream of, they're also more delicious.
After this I get to learn some more, hang out with my friends, and I don't have to worry about my sister, brother, or one of my parents starving to death.
When all that's done I drive home where I get to have whatever snack I want, or even whatever drink I want. Milk is almost unlimited :).
Then supper... let's not even talk about how blessed I am when it come to dinner.
Not only that, I can access clean drinking water from anywhere I am in probably less than two minutes. I can turn a faucet and instantly have gallons of fresh, cold, clean drinking water.
The whole time I have been living my normal life, children have been dying of preventable diseases. These diseases are things we Americans don't even think of as diseases.
Things like hunger and thirst.
Really, what does all that have to do with my life?
I would like to think God as blessed me with so much so that I can just enjoy it,
but I know that's not the truth.
For just $1 a child can be fed for a day.
$30 could feed and care for a kid for a month.
$180 can help feed and care for a child for six months
$360 can help feed and care for a child for a year!
I have been blessed, how can I return the blessing?
If I can help to feed even one of 1 million children, will I do it?
Luke 6:38
"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
2 Corinthians 9:6-12
"6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9As it is written:
"He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever."a]">[a] 10Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.12This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God."
James 2:15-16
"Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?"
Would you be willing to help me support a child for even a day?
If you would like to, comment on this blog or send me an e-mail at echornor@gmail.com
Thanks for listening.
That's all I've got, Paislybokeh <3
For the past 30 hours I haven't eaten.
Nope, it is not actually a big deal to me, but there are children all over the world who are on a 24-7 fast. Nope, it's not by choice. Their parents simply cannot afford to feed them. They're stuck in a circle of hunger with no way to get out. Without nutrition to fuel their bodies their parents cannot get jobs. It's a simple fact that you cannot work when you are too weak to even stand. Their days are spent finding clean water, or any water at all. When the only water they can find is dirty, they are forced to drink water they know will make them sick. Their already weak bodies cannot fight against the diseases carried in the water. By the end of the day they have gotten nowhere. They have not moved forward, after hours of hard work they are no better off than before. They can't do it alone.
Meanwhile I wake up, eat a breakfast of cereal, toast, or some other tasty nutritious thing.
Then I jump in my handy-dandy little gas-filled car and drive to school.
At school I learn. I learn everything I could possibly need to know.
Remember, while I'm doing this those other kids are busy walking almost 5 hours just for water.
In the middle of the day I take a break to eat lunch. I get to eat almost anything I want.
All of my choices are healthier and more nutritious than those other kids could dream of, they're also more delicious.
After this I get to learn some more, hang out with my friends, and I don't have to worry about my sister, brother, or one of my parents starving to death.
When all that's done I drive home where I get to have whatever snack I want, or even whatever drink I want. Milk is almost unlimited :).
Then supper... let's not even talk about how blessed I am when it come to dinner.
Not only that, I can access clean drinking water from anywhere I am in probably less than two minutes. I can turn a faucet and instantly have gallons of fresh, cold, clean drinking water.
The whole time I have been living my normal life, children have been dying of preventable diseases. These diseases are things we Americans don't even think of as diseases.
Things like hunger and thirst.
Really, what does all that have to do with my life?
I would like to think God as blessed me with so much so that I can just enjoy it,
but I know that's not the truth.
For just $1 a child can be fed for a day.
$30 could feed and care for a kid for a month.
$180 can help feed and care for a child for six months
$360 can help feed and care for a child for a year!
I have been blessed, how can I return the blessing?
If I can help to feed even one of 1 million children, will I do it?
Luke 6:38
"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
2 Corinthians 9:6-12
"6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9As it is written:
"He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever."a]">[a] 10Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.12This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God."
James 2:15-16
"Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?"
Would you be willing to help me support a child for even a day?
If you would like to, comment on this blog or send me an e-mail at echornor@gmail.com
Thanks for listening.
That's all I've got, Paislybokeh <3
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Steinbeck?
I've never been the type of person who has a favorite author... or even a favorite color, number or any of those things people ask you about in ice breakers (my favorites used to change and continue to change almost every week) so the fact that I may officially have a favorite author is a breakthrough on my part. I used to like Lewis and then throughout my entire sophomore year his worst books were jammed into my head. So, I will NOT allow myself to read only Steinbeck for the rest of the year. Even though I currently have six Steinbeck books on my desk... but they're short, so it couldn't ruin my opinion of him forever, could it?
Friday, February 5, 2010
The milkweed assassin bug...
This week I'm going to try to combine writing and photography... that would be easier if I had pictures of people. Let's face it, plants don't really give a person a whole lot to talk about. So I just looked through my pictures and I decided I'm going to use a picture I took today in the backyard. Most of my pictures are taken in the backyard, but right now the backyard looks sorta dead. So here's the picture:
Yep, terrible picture :), but cool bug! I first noticed this bug in the backyard probably six months ago. How many months did it take for me to figure out what type of bug this was? About six months. Isn't that sad? All it took was searching one phrase in google and I found out that this is a milkweed assassin bug. Okay, so that really doesn't matter and it's not going to change my life.
I mean, yeah there are ways it could change my life, but I don't see that happening. So then what does this have to do with anything? It happens to do with the fact that this is not the only thing I put off for no reason. There are way more things that I should research when I think about them, rather than waiting for the time when I need to know the answer and I don't have google or a Bible instantly available to me.
That's all I've got, Paisleybokeh <3
Yep, terrible picture :), but cool bug! I first noticed this bug in the backyard probably six months ago. How many months did it take for me to figure out what type of bug this was? About six months. Isn't that sad? All it took was searching one phrase in google and I found out that this is a milkweed assassin bug. Okay, so that really doesn't matter and it's not going to change my life.
I mean, yeah there are ways it could change my life, but I don't see that happening. So then what does this have to do with anything? It happens to do with the fact that this is not the only thing I put off for no reason. There are way more things that I should research when I think about them, rather than waiting for the time when I need to know the answer and I don't have google or a Bible instantly available to me.
That's all I've got, Paisleybokeh <3
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I want to be a Middle Schooler?!?
So right now I'm sitting in the school library, yes, that does make me sound like a nerd.
Most libraries are silent, or at least somewhat quiet but our library doubles as the "after school care" room so that means it's the opposite of silent and sounds more like a gym than a library.
I guess it's a good thing I'm not trying to work... instead I'm get to use this time as a lab to study middle school students. Yes, that is weird, but today I got to go to two chapels (aka assemblies) one for high school students, and the other for middle school students. Most people would think that would be really boring, but I thought it was kinda cool.
The first chapel was the high school chapel, first thing in the morning singing praise songs with high school students who are too cool to sing doesn't necessarily work too well. I'm not sure why, but for some reason speakers seem to think that high schoolers don't learn through games or activities, or anything exciting at all. Instead they choose to be as boring as possible. Yeah, we might not be as responsive as the middle schoolers to those things, but that doesn't mean we don't want them. Maybe that's want we need to learn... if we want people to be exciting, we have to be responsive. I'm not saying that would work, but maybe we should try it sometime. Anyway, the high school chapel speaker had a good message and the Bible being like a GPS. The Bible is the positioning system for our life, and it was really good... but at the same time it lacked something... but I don't feel like going into theology...
Now moving on to the Middle School chapel. We had choir right after chapel so we decided to stay for their chapel rather than go to class (we had choir, so no we were not skipping). There were two main differences about this chapel, first the chapel was lead by 8th graders who know what their classmates like, and tried to make it fun. Second, the excitement level in the room was WAY higher. I don't mean it was just a little different. I mean, it was like the high school students were on Tylenol p.m. and the middle school students were on coffee that was half sugar. I honestly wished, for probably the first time since getting out of middle school that I could be back there having that much fun just sitting there. When did that change? When did we get too cool to have fun? Yes, I know most people don't like having teachers watch them and really don't want to be there... but does that really mean we have to sit there sulking? Come on, we can have fun even if the teachers are wet blankets... I mean wonderful fun-loving people (p.s. I love you mom).
So that's why I'm gonna try to live like a middle schooler, don't worry I'm not going to purposely tell annoying jokes and then laugh at myself... or yell just for fun, at least not at school... or have a super dramatic fight with my best friend... or start saying lol instead of just laughing... or feel the need to tell stores about what I ate for breakfast to my whole class..or any of those things. I'm just going to try to raise my excitement level a little bit.
That's all I've got, Paisleybokeh <3
p.s. sorry about my over usage of 'schoolers' I just realized that it's not a word... at least not according to the dictionary, but since I use it a lot and I started to change every one to students and I realized how nerdy that sounds since i used the phrase like 6 times in this blog post I'm just going to leave it and you can live with it...
Most libraries are silent, or at least somewhat quiet but our library doubles as the "after school care" room so that means it's the opposite of silent and sounds more like a gym than a library.
I guess it's a good thing I'm not trying to work... instead I'm get to use this time as a lab to study middle school students. Yes, that is weird, but today I got to go to two chapels (aka assemblies) one for high school students, and the other for middle school students. Most people would think that would be really boring, but I thought it was kinda cool.
The first chapel was the high school chapel, first thing in the morning singing praise songs with high school students who are too cool to sing doesn't necessarily work too well. I'm not sure why, but for some reason speakers seem to think that high schoolers don't learn through games or activities, or anything exciting at all. Instead they choose to be as boring as possible. Yeah, we might not be as responsive as the middle schoolers to those things, but that doesn't mean we don't want them. Maybe that's want we need to learn... if we want people to be exciting, we have to be responsive. I'm not saying that would work, but maybe we should try it sometime. Anyway, the high school chapel speaker had a good message and the Bible being like a GPS. The Bible is the positioning system for our life, and it was really good... but at the same time it lacked something... but I don't feel like going into theology...
Now moving on to the Middle School chapel. We had choir right after chapel so we decided to stay for their chapel rather than go to class (we had choir, so no we were not skipping). There were two main differences about this chapel, first the chapel was lead by 8th graders who know what their classmates like, and tried to make it fun. Second, the excitement level in the room was WAY higher. I don't mean it was just a little different. I mean, it was like the high school students were on Tylenol p.m. and the middle school students were on coffee that was half sugar. I honestly wished, for probably the first time since getting out of middle school that I could be back there having that much fun just sitting there. When did that change? When did we get too cool to have fun? Yes, I know most people don't like having teachers watch them and really don't want to be there... but does that really mean we have to sit there sulking? Come on, we can have fun even if the teachers are wet blankets... I mean wonderful fun-loving people (p.s. I love you mom).
So that's why I'm gonna try to live like a middle schooler, don't worry I'm not going to purposely tell annoying jokes and then laugh at myself... or yell just for fun, at least not at school... or have a super dramatic fight with my best friend... or start saying lol instead of just laughing... or feel the need to tell stores about what I ate for breakfast to my whole class..or any of those things. I'm just going to try to raise my excitement level a little bit.
That's all I've got, Paisleybokeh <3
p.s. sorry about my over usage of 'schoolers' I just realized that it's not a word... at least not according to the dictionary, but since I use it a lot and I started to change every one to students and I realized how nerdy that sounds since i used the phrase like 6 times in this blog post I'm just going to leave it and you can live with it...
Sunday, January 24, 2010
I have a dream...
Or do I? That is the question... or is it?
So lately I've been thinking about two things:
1. What in the world do I want to do with my life?
2. What's the big deal with being positive, and does the Bible actually tell us to be positive or is, that just some American mantra made up by someone who thought it sounded cool?
First of all I've decided to come up with my ultimate dream/job/goal for my life and then from there maybe I'll be able to decide what is actually manageable. So I've decided that my ultimate job would be to travel to every single country in the world as a photographer. Then I would write a blog about it. Then that blog would became famous. Then a popular publishing company would ask to make the blog into a book. Then the book would sell a million copies. And then I would be able to travel all over the world again and meet with all the people I met on the first trip. That is my ultimate dream.
However, I realize that at the rate I'm going it's not going to happen... I'm 5/195's or 1/39th of the way to being finished the first part of my dream (I've been to Canada, the US, Honduras, Mexico, and Papua New Guinea. Also, if you were wondering there are approx. 195 countries in the world at the moment). So how do I make that dream something that is even plausible to dream about, or would it being plausible mean it's not a dream? I know, I have way too many questions. Anyway... I guess the best way to make this a reality would be to continue with my photography, become a pilot, or a missionary pilot, or maybe just get rich doing something entirely different... yes, that could include marrying a really rich cool guy who likes traveling. But I promise I'm not thinking about that quite yet.
Of course, if none of that is in God's plan for my life it's not going to happen, but I don't quite know and probably wont ever know what God's plan for my future is so for know I'm gonna let myself dream. This blog is turning into a really long conversation with myself so feel free to quit reading now. Actually, if you've even gotten to this point, congratulations. Moving on, I think this blog is written exactly how I think on a regularly basis so if you're really confused right now, welcome to my life.
Back to my dream, what does it mean to dream? How many of you guys, all three readers :) have ever had a dream come true? I've always felt like my dreams where not mine, I'm pretty good at copying the people around me. So, even if this dream didn't originate from my own thoughts, it might be the first one that isn't a direct copy of something I heard someone say... it's actually changed and become mine. Does anyone else feel that way? Like everything they like they stole from somebody else... nothing is truly original. And know that I've written more than anyone sane person would read of one blog I'm going to move on to the next topic.
Positivity and the Bible. No, I didn't come up with this topic on my own but I've heard about the whole positivity from more than three people or places in the last couple weeks I decided it was time to think about it. No, I can't think about something without blogging because I just found out how fun blogging is.
First off, I'm going to give you my definition of positivity:
To me being positive is not being negative (I know, that's really obvious), being encouraging, having hope, being willing, having an open mind, and most of all being able to accept the things that other people do that aren't necessarily cool/nice without getting super mad. Yes, that is an extremely strange, complicated, and broad definition of it. I just checked dictionary.com's definition of positive and I was surprised that my definition actually matched (dictionary-positive).
Now that I've decided to on a definition I'm going to compare it to the Bible... or at least I'm going to try. Forgive me if I mess up, this is the first time I've every done this.
1. Not Being Negative... I'm just going to skip this part of the defintion...
2. Being Encouraging- I have no doubt that God wants us to be encouraging. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says, "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing." Encouraging each other, especially brothers and sisters in Christ, as "missional" Christians seems like something we should put a lot of time into... and you're wondering, actually you're probably not, but then why did I say 'especially brothers and sisters in Christ' I said that because [this is a run-on and I am now going to switch to a new sentence.]. It's not only we who are being "missional"... whatever that means, it's also the other Christians around us, and they need encouragement just like the rest of us. Maybe someday I'll come back to this but this is just getting too long so I'm going to move on to the next part of the definition.
3. Having Hope- 1 Thessalonians 1:13 "We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." Paul was speaking to the Thessalonicans, but we're a lot like them... I think... and endurance is inspired by hope, which means being positive.
4. Being Willing/Having an Open Mind- David said to Solomon, "acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him will a wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts." -1 Chronicles 28:9 So, being positive=a good attitude=being willing (maybe this had to do with dreams too, being willing to follow God's plan even if it isn't your dream).
5. Being Accepting- Does this mean being forgiving? Matthew 5:44-45 says, "But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."
Now that I've said all that my decision is that yes, being positive is REALLY biblical. Sorry It's so long...
That's all I've got, Paisleybokeh ♥
So lately I've been thinking about two things:
1. What in the world do I want to do with my life?
2. What's the big deal with being positive, and does the Bible actually tell us to be positive or is, that just some American mantra made up by someone who thought it sounded cool?
First of all I've decided to come up with my ultimate dream/job/goal for my life and then from there maybe I'll be able to decide what is actually manageable. So I've decided that my ultimate job would be to travel to every single country in the world as a photographer. Then I would write a blog about it. Then that blog would became famous. Then a popular publishing company would ask to make the blog into a book. Then the book would sell a million copies. And then I would be able to travel all over the world again and meet with all the people I met on the first trip. That is my ultimate dream.
However, I realize that at the rate I'm going it's not going to happen... I'm 5/195's or 1/39th of the way to being finished the first part of my dream (I've been to Canada, the US, Honduras, Mexico, and Papua New Guinea. Also, if you were wondering there are approx. 195 countries in the world at the moment). So how do I make that dream something that is even plausible to dream about, or would it being plausible mean it's not a dream? I know, I have way too many questions. Anyway... I guess the best way to make this a reality would be to continue with my photography, become a pilot, or a missionary pilot, or maybe just get rich doing something entirely different... yes, that could include marrying a really rich cool guy who likes traveling. But I promise I'm not thinking about that quite yet.
Of course, if none of that is in God's plan for my life it's not going to happen, but I don't quite know and probably wont ever know what God's plan for my future is so for know I'm gonna let myself dream. This blog is turning into a really long conversation with myself so feel free to quit reading now. Actually, if you've even gotten to this point, congratulations. Moving on, I think this blog is written exactly how I think on a regularly basis so if you're really confused right now, welcome to my life.
Back to my dream, what does it mean to dream? How many of you guys, all three readers :) have ever had a dream come true? I've always felt like my dreams where not mine, I'm pretty good at copying the people around me. So, even if this dream didn't originate from my own thoughts, it might be the first one that isn't a direct copy of something I heard someone say... it's actually changed and become mine. Does anyone else feel that way? Like everything they like they stole from somebody else... nothing is truly original. And know that I've written more than anyone sane person would read of one blog I'm going to move on to the next topic.
Positivity and the Bible. No, I didn't come up with this topic on my own but I've heard about the whole positivity from more than three people or places in the last couple weeks I decided it was time to think about it. No, I can't think about something without blogging because I just found out how fun blogging is.
First off, I'm going to give you my definition of positivity:
To me being positive is not being negative (I know, that's really obvious), being encouraging, having hope, being willing, having an open mind, and most of all being able to accept the things that other people do that aren't necessarily cool/nice without getting super mad. Yes, that is an extremely strange, complicated, and broad definition of it. I just checked dictionary.com's definition of positive and I was surprised that my definition actually matched (dictionary-positive).
Now that I've decided to on a definition I'm going to compare it to the Bible... or at least I'm going to try. Forgive me if I mess up, this is the first time I've every done this.
1. Not Being Negative... I'm just going to skip this part of the defintion...
2. Being Encouraging- I have no doubt that God wants us to be encouraging. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says, "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing." Encouraging each other, especially brothers and sisters in Christ, as "missional" Christians seems like something we should put a lot of time into... and you're wondering, actually you're probably not, but then why did I say 'especially brothers and sisters in Christ' I said that because [this is a run-on and I am now going to switch to a new sentence.]. It's not only we who are being "missional"... whatever that means, it's also the other Christians around us, and they need encouragement just like the rest of us. Maybe someday I'll come back to this but this is just getting too long so I'm going to move on to the next part of the definition.
3. Having Hope- 1 Thessalonians 1:13 "We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." Paul was speaking to the Thessalonicans, but we're a lot like them... I think... and endurance is inspired by hope, which means being positive.
4. Being Willing/Having an Open Mind- David said to Solomon, "acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him will a wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts." -1 Chronicles 28:9 So, being positive=a good attitude=being willing (maybe this had to do with dreams too, being willing to follow God's plan even if it isn't your dream).
5. Being Accepting- Does this mean being forgiving? Matthew 5:44-45 says, "But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."
Now that I've said all that my decision is that yes, being positive is REALLY biblical. Sorry It's so long...
That's all I've got, Paisleybokeh ♥
Friday, January 22, 2010
The leopard-cheetah-cat thing (I can't separate the members of the cat family :) and elephant Andrew (http://ahornor.blogspot.com/) got from Africa, and I can't help but want to use them in a picture. I'll try to get one that's more like what I was looking for some other time, when I'm less busy, but for now the lighting in this picture is enough to make me happy with it.
Whenever I think about Africa I think about this song... I personally think this is the best version, but hey, whatever:http://www.youtube.co/watch?v=VVofaVu_yfc
Also, I think I'm going to start writing two blogs a week, one with my random thoughts and another with a picture...
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Cupcake
I really don't like the composition of this photo... or the color, but for some reason a cupcake just sounds really good right now. This picture was taken last year on my old camera, which happened to have a broken screen and no viewfinder making it surprising that i even got the cupcake in the shot :).Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Blog World... a.k.a. Strangeland
Blogging. Blogging is fun, I'm not sure why, but there's something about it.
I rarely write journals and I never write stories, but for some reason blogging is different. It's not that masses of people are going to read this and be deeply moved by it. I might have a few family members who are going to read what I write, but that's it. It's not that I have so much more to say, in fact the idea that other people might read this actually limits what I can say. Any anecdote I might write down about family should be edited, not that it would be, in order to keep from offending anyone. This would also apply to friends if I felt the need to share that I have a blog with them. So, if I can't blog about family and I can't blog about friends, what's left? Honestly, with my life, not much is left. That's why I continue to wonder why blogging is so wonderful.
Maybe it's the idea that someone, somewhere could one day run across this blog and find what they're looking for. This is highly unlikely because so far I've only put up two pictures.
Could it possibly be that being able to say "I have a blog, you should check it out." makes people feel good? Nope, not me at least. If I was my own friend I would be probably be laughing at myself right now. I mean really, how absurd is it to write down whatever I want to and put it on the internet? Who cares?
What makes blogging so inviting? What about blogging makes me want to write things that I would never sit down and write otherwise? I have established that nothing about blogging makes it different. So why am I sitting here? Why am I typing? Why am I about to click the 'post' button?
I rarely write journals and I never write stories, but for some reason blogging is different. It's not that masses of people are going to read this and be deeply moved by it. I might have a few family members who are going to read what I write, but that's it. It's not that I have so much more to say, in fact the idea that other people might read this actually limits what I can say. Any anecdote I might write down about family should be edited, not that it would be, in order to keep from offending anyone. This would also apply to friends if I felt the need to share that I have a blog with them. So, if I can't blog about family and I can't blog about friends, what's left? Honestly, with my life, not much is left. That's why I continue to wonder why blogging is so wonderful.
Maybe it's the idea that someone, somewhere could one day run across this blog and find what they're looking for. This is highly unlikely because so far I've only put up two pictures.
Could it possibly be that being able to say "I have a blog, you should check it out." makes people feel good? Nope, not me at least. If I was my own friend I would be probably be laughing at myself right now. I mean really, how absurd is it to write down whatever I want to and put it on the internet? Who cares?
What makes blogging so inviting? What about blogging makes me want to write things that I would never sit down and write otherwise? I have established that nothing about blogging makes it different. So why am I sitting here? Why am I typing? Why am I about to click the 'post' button?
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