Life has been pretty good...I think we should have a birthday party for our blog :) The presents are piling up under our tree today but I'm trying not to be excited...but it's not working :P
My aunt is here today and it's been a nice evening, the snow was so pretty today! They are all talking about how kids these days aren't smart enough. They can't get from A to B, they can't write coherently, ect. My cousin Alli apparently loves SPU, and just got a job at a hospital that she loves and volunteers at one day a week and if she takes the job they will pay off all of her student loans and pay for her last year of college. Wow...I'm considering nursing. My mom's friend Stacey works two days a week as a nurse and earns more than my dad.
I've been playing lots of piano lately...and reading. And listening to music...I feel more like a person :) Family, friends, books, music...good stuff. I got an A in Algebra II. Yaaayyy....
Inception is awesome. Holy cow.
Anyway...that's all.
-K
Monday, December 20, 2010
12 Days of Cookies
Well, the past week has been exciting. Not only have final semester exams slipped past, but also seven days of what I like to call the 12 days of cookies. Basically, I'm baking cookies everyday till Christmas. It's been interesting, and I've probably gained at least 5 pounds from eating various mixtures of egg, butter, sugar, brown sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder, etc. Anyway, these are the cookies I've made so far-
1. Butterscotch Chip
2. Snickerdoodles
3. Santa's Whiskers
4. Pumpkin with raisins and carmel frosting (my favorite)
5. Sugar Cookies
6. Chocolate almond goodyness (they're called Crackle cookies, but they're not like A's)
7. Gingerbread Men... cookies
So yeah. Also, Steve came home a while ago. Not much to say there. XP OOO! and I started Irish Dance on the 10th. I love it love it love it! The teachers are really cool and there are really fun people there. Plus it counts as my PE credit for high school. BOOYA! So yeah, besides that the holidays are going pretty well. Now I just have to get things for ASK... hmmm...
-M
M Word of the Post that doesn't Necessarily Start with an M
holiday- n. a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done. - v. spend a holiday in a specified place.
1. Butterscotch Chip
2. Snickerdoodles
3. Santa's Whiskers
4. Pumpkin with raisins and carmel frosting (my favorite)
5. Sugar Cookies
6. Chocolate almond goodyness (they're called Crackle cookies, but they're not like A's)
7. Gingerbread Men... cookies
So yeah. Also, Steve came home a while ago. Not much to say there. XP OOO! and I started Irish Dance on the 10th. I love it love it love it! The teachers are really cool and there are really fun people there. Plus it counts as my PE credit for high school. BOOYA! So yeah, besides that the holidays are going pretty well. Now I just have to get things for ASK... hmmm...
-M
M Word of the Post that doesn't Necessarily Start with an M
holiday- n. a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done. - v. spend a holiday in a specified place.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
In Which I have an Intense Battle With Myself
...It is up to you to decide whether I lost or won.
Anyways, today I auditioned for The Crucible, at K's school. It was a really last minute thing, Saturday night I learned of it, Sunday I decided to do it, and Auditions were on Monday/Tuesday.
Sunday night and into the wee hours of the morning on Monday I scoured the internet for a good monologue. Monday I picked five out of 10. Tuesday? I narrowed it down to two. Decided on one, then switched. Then, memorized it.
I started the day off by sobbing uncontrollably. Listened to Tenth Avenue North (they're a life saver) and trying to pull myself together.
After internally giving myself a harsh lecture, I calmed down enough to practice.
I practiced for four hours, reading it aloud with different emotions, reading random stuff aloud to practice Cold Reading (which we also had to do) and fixing my hair.
I was pretty confident, although I got really flustered when I went to leave because I thought I was late, and I couldn't find my cell phone or keys ANYWHERE. I finally found them and I raced out the door, bringing Steve along with me. :))
Gah, I hate public schools. All of my confidence was left in the car with Steve as I walked into the school, the feeling of a thousand eyes upon me. I made my way to the auditorium, sat down in the waaaaay back, and tried to look like I was actually supposed to be there.
K, my lifesaver, arrived and she kept me company and made sure I knew what was going on and stuff. My heart was frozen in my chest the entire time and I was shaking slightly. I nearly almost burst into tears, talking with K. Dood. I am so insecure it's insane.
One by one people were called behind stage....and none returned!! MUAHAHA!
Just kidding. Anyways, they finally called my name and I entered the room, feeling like was going to faint, throw up, die, or just shrivel...all at once.
K's sister (haha) is the assistant director and she and the actual director were sitting behind a creepy looking table in the middle of the semi-dark room.
My lines left me as I started reading. My voice shook. My hands shook. My mouth slowly got dryer and dryer until it was TOTALLY DRY. Even my tongue. I felt like I was speaking in gibberish by the end, I couldn't control what my mouth was doing. I rushed, I panicked, I messed up my lines....all in all, not one of my best works.
I hastily left afterward, trying to swallow, trying to breath, trying not to die. I went back to my little angel in human form, K (giggle), and sat down, dead but still intact.
Dang. Creepiest thing ever.
After EVERYONE had gone we did cold readings were there were 6 different random scenes from the play and the Director would pick people to read parts from a random scene.
I admit, I had some shameful thoughts. I was so nervous, I imagined myself sneaking out the back, bursting into tears, and running out the door. K would look up form her homework with confusion, and then, finally, understanding. She'd wrap her arms around my shoulders and we'd manage to get to the car, where I would drive sluggishly home because the tears would be blurring my vision.
Just call me a drama queen. But I actually DID think about it.
Then the director went to the bathroom, and I was thinking about confronting her and asking,
"What do you really think of me? Do you honestly think I have a chance, or can I go?" - seriously. Ran through my mind. 3 times.
BUT I stuck it out, mainly because I was too paralyzed with terror to move, much less leave. Ok, moving on...
The first time....I got a total of ONE line. Annnndd...someone else accidentally read it.
Mary/Mercy...easy to get confused. :P
Second time....I got waay more lines...and I don't wish to sound vain or anything, but I actually think I did REALLY good. Better than the other girls.
Granted, I had to hold the paper with two hands, otherwise people could see it visibly shaking. My leg almost gave out. Then my HEAD started trembling and I was trying desperately to keep my mouth moist so it wouldn't dry up like the Sahara dessert again. GASP. I was SO nervous!!
But as we were putting our papers away after the scene, a guy who had been reading with me whispered,
"Great Job, Amanda! That was incredible!" or something to that effect. I don't really actually remember his exact words 'cause I was trying not to faint. I did ONE more, with less lines than the second time, but definitely more than the first. It was pretty balanced.
Then, she asked it anyone needed to be gone by 5, and since I thought I'd be outta there by 4, I raised my hand. (I had work at 4). She said OK and had me leave. As I left, I heard a whisper,
"Hey Amanda!"
I turned. And it was the same guy, telling my I did a great job.
*calms fluttering heart*
haha. Just kidding. But he DID completely make my day. I managed to get back to K without fainting and we left.
I felt ENORMOUSLY better and very satisfied with myself. I gave Steve a very cold hug and drove K home. Sure, I totally destroyed my monologue, and I wish I could have stayed longer, so they could see what I could really do, but hopefully I made up for it in some small way with the cold readings. Even if I don't get the part, on the whole, I'm proud of myself. I've always wanted to be in a play or act or something, and I had three very long, torturous days of fighting myself about it. I felt like Solomon, but not quite as intense. haha. An inward battle. A struggle for dominance. Weakness, comfort, easy-going, non stressful...or stretching myself? Doing something I've always wanted to do, no matter what? Willing to put myself through it to achieve something?
Well, I did it. And I am immensely tired. Never have I been so TIRED purely from chaotic emotions. Never. Dood.
And it's not over.
I could get the part, or not. Either way, I'll be OK. :) And that makes me happy. Thinking about it, just Trying out was enough for me. Stretching myself THAT far...wow. I've never done that before.
And if I don't get a part? There's still Little Women I'll be shooting for, with S. :) Gosh this is long. :\ Oh well. I am proud of myself, so why shouldn't it be long?! That is what I ask.
But now I'm done, so it doesn't matter. :P Thank you people, for those who prayed, thank you for those who encouraged, and thank you for those who where there. :) I love you guys!! *sob*
:) Wish me luck! I find out tomorrow! No matter what, I did not fail!
-A
A very happy person. :)
Anyways, today I auditioned for The Crucible, at K's school. It was a really last minute thing, Saturday night I learned of it, Sunday I decided to do it, and Auditions were on Monday/Tuesday.
Sunday night and into the wee hours of the morning on Monday I scoured the internet for a good monologue. Monday I picked five out of 10. Tuesday? I narrowed it down to two. Decided on one, then switched. Then, memorized it.
I started the day off by sobbing uncontrollably. Listened to Tenth Avenue North (they're a life saver) and trying to pull myself together.
After internally giving myself a harsh lecture, I calmed down enough to practice.
I practiced for four hours, reading it aloud with different emotions, reading random stuff aloud to practice Cold Reading (which we also had to do) and fixing my hair.
I was pretty confident, although I got really flustered when I went to leave because I thought I was late, and I couldn't find my cell phone or keys ANYWHERE. I finally found them and I raced out the door, bringing Steve along with me. :))
Gah, I hate public schools. All of my confidence was left in the car with Steve as I walked into the school, the feeling of a thousand eyes upon me. I made my way to the auditorium, sat down in the waaaaay back, and tried to look like I was actually supposed to be there.
K, my lifesaver, arrived and she kept me company and made sure I knew what was going on and stuff. My heart was frozen in my chest the entire time and I was shaking slightly. I nearly almost burst into tears, talking with K. Dood. I am so insecure it's insane.
One by one people were called behind stage....and none returned!! MUAHAHA!
Just kidding. Anyways, they finally called my name and I entered the room, feeling like was going to faint, throw up, die, or just shrivel...all at once.
K's sister (haha) is the assistant director and she and the actual director were sitting behind a creepy looking table in the middle of the semi-dark room.
My lines left me as I started reading. My voice shook. My hands shook. My mouth slowly got dryer and dryer until it was TOTALLY DRY. Even my tongue. I felt like I was speaking in gibberish by the end, I couldn't control what my mouth was doing. I rushed, I panicked, I messed up my lines....all in all, not one of my best works.
I hastily left afterward, trying to swallow, trying to breath, trying not to die. I went back to my little angel in human form, K (giggle), and sat down, dead but still intact.
Dang. Creepiest thing ever.
After EVERYONE had gone we did cold readings were there were 6 different random scenes from the play and the Director would pick people to read parts from a random scene.
I admit, I had some shameful thoughts. I was so nervous, I imagined myself sneaking out the back, bursting into tears, and running out the door. K would look up form her homework with confusion, and then, finally, understanding. She'd wrap her arms around my shoulders and we'd manage to get to the car, where I would drive sluggishly home because the tears would be blurring my vision.
Just call me a drama queen. But I actually DID think about it.
Then the director went to the bathroom, and I was thinking about confronting her and asking,
"What do you really think of me? Do you honestly think I have a chance, or can I go?" - seriously. Ran through my mind. 3 times.
BUT I stuck it out, mainly because I was too paralyzed with terror to move, much less leave. Ok, moving on...
The first time....I got a total of ONE line. Annnndd...someone else accidentally read it.
Mary/Mercy...easy to get confused. :P
Second time....I got waay more lines...and I don't wish to sound vain or anything, but I actually think I did REALLY good. Better than the other girls.
Granted, I had to hold the paper with two hands, otherwise people could see it visibly shaking. My leg almost gave out. Then my HEAD started trembling and I was trying desperately to keep my mouth moist so it wouldn't dry up like the Sahara dessert again. GASP. I was SO nervous!!
But as we were putting our papers away after the scene, a guy who had been reading with me whispered,
"Great Job, Amanda! That was incredible!" or something to that effect. I don't really actually remember his exact words 'cause I was trying not to faint. I did ONE more, with less lines than the second time, but definitely more than the first. It was pretty balanced.
Then, she asked it anyone needed to be gone by 5, and since I thought I'd be outta there by 4, I raised my hand. (I had work at 4). She said OK and had me leave. As I left, I heard a whisper,
"Hey Amanda!"
I turned. And it was the same guy, telling my I did a great job.
*calms fluttering heart*
haha. Just kidding. But he DID completely make my day. I managed to get back to K without fainting and we left.
I felt ENORMOUSLY better and very satisfied with myself. I gave Steve a very cold hug and drove K home. Sure, I totally destroyed my monologue, and I wish I could have stayed longer, so they could see what I could really do, but hopefully I made up for it in some small way with the cold readings. Even if I don't get the part, on the whole, I'm proud of myself. I've always wanted to be in a play or act or something, and I had three very long, torturous days of fighting myself about it. I felt like Solomon, but not quite as intense. haha. An inward battle. A struggle for dominance. Weakness, comfort, easy-going, non stressful...or stretching myself? Doing something I've always wanted to do, no matter what? Willing to put myself through it to achieve something?
Well, I did it. And I am immensely tired. Never have I been so TIRED purely from chaotic emotions. Never. Dood.
And it's not over.
I could get the part, or not. Either way, I'll be OK. :) And that makes me happy. Thinking about it, just Trying out was enough for me. Stretching myself THAT far...wow. I've never done that before.
And if I don't get a part? There's still Little Women I'll be shooting for, with S. :) Gosh this is long. :\ Oh well. I am proud of myself, so why shouldn't it be long?! That is what I ask.
But now I'm done, so it doesn't matter. :P Thank you people, for those who prayed, thank you for those who encouraged, and thank you for those who where there. :) I love you guys!! *sob*
:) Wish me luck! I find out tomorrow! No matter what, I did not fail!
-A
A very happy person. :)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
No Probra.
Well, a happy late birthday to M!! :) She is 16 now and driving! Whooo!
So we went to her house on Saturday night and made art and went to BearTooth to see Despicable Me and ate ice cream and licorice and played Quelf and stayed up till 3 talking about "men." Well, some of us did anyway. :P After church on Sunday I went back over to S's and played Beatles Rock Band wirh her friend, let's just call her J. It was amazing, I've never tried the drums before and I loved it! :) Now if I could only try come real ones...then I went to A's for a little evening visit and we made Silk Pies and ate a lot of the extra stuff and then talked and talked about "men" and other things.
Monday I went to school but it was scary slipery and icy...Tuesday school was cancelled- YAY!!!! And Wednesday toooo!! Tuesday night I went to A's house and then S came and we were going to watch movies but we didn't, we just stayed up doing almost nothing :P Hehe. But hey, it's not probra. (hahaha!)
Aaaand...now I am home. Relaxing. I have to do a lot of studying but what use would that be now? If I study now I'll only foget by Monday! :P So I am living life! Without school! It's baisically amazing. Family, friends, cats, books, stories, Xbox with Kora, walks in the ice. I love it. Six day weekend baby. Oh! And the new Warriors book came out yesterday.
-K
P.S.
Stop boobin' me!!
So we went to her house on Saturday night and made art and went to BearTooth to see Despicable Me and ate ice cream and licorice and played Quelf and stayed up till 3 talking about "men." Well, some of us did anyway. :P After church on Sunday I went back over to S's and played Beatles Rock Band wirh her friend, let's just call her J. It was amazing, I've never tried the drums before and I loved it! :) Now if I could only try come real ones...then I went to A's for a little evening visit and we made Silk Pies and ate a lot of the extra stuff and then talked and talked about "men" and other things.
Monday I went to school but it was scary slipery and icy...Tuesday school was cancelled- YAY!!!! And Wednesday toooo!! Tuesday night I went to A's house and then S came and we were going to watch movies but we didn't, we just stayed up doing almost nothing :P Hehe. But hey, it's not probra. (hahaha!)
Aaaand...now I am home. Relaxing. I have to do a lot of studying but what use would that be now? If I study now I'll only foget by Monday! :P So I am living life! Without school! It's baisically amazing. Family, friends, cats, books, stories, Xbox with Kora, walks in the ice. I love it. Six day weekend baby. Oh! And the new Warriors book came out yesterday.
-K
P.S.
Stop boobin' me!!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Espanol Tres
Antes, yo tomo la clase de espanol tres y no me lo gusta. La prefessora esta muy dificil. Hay no gracia en la clase. Yo tengo un 81 por ciento en este clase. Yo puedo pensar en espanol, y yo pienso de conversaciones en el espanol pero yo no puedo hablar espanol. Es muy molestia. Es posible que yo cambie a frances. Anyway, school is not going as planned. I'm probably going to drop spanish 3 at semester and do something else for my language credit. I have five b's as of right now which is really annoying. so yeah! i kinda planned on working on school work all this week, but since tuesday AND wednesday school was canceled, i have nothing to do! :D So I'm working at Grassroots now. It's a fair trade store that my sister works at. I'm just doing inventory and stuff like that, but it's fun. That's basically what I've been doing for the past two days. Loves!
-M
M Word of the Post
Malinger- verb. exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work.
-M
M Word of the Post
Malinger- verb. exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Continued...
So! Like I said, busy week. Band concert, NSH volunteering for 5 hours on Tuesday, first day of mentorship on Wednesday, orthodontist appointment and swim banquet on Thursday...if only it were Friday! And then BOOM! It's FRIADY! :D And yet, not plans.
I bought two books at Title Wave :) That always makes me happy. But I don't really feel like reading. I'll probably just zone out the whole night and do nothing so when Sunday afternoon comes around I have tons of homework. It's a brilliant plan, no?
Nickle and Dimed is a stupid book. It's awful. Bleh. Some people should just not bother writing. Next I am going to read Alias Grace, we'll see how that goes :P
Jeremy camp <3
Kbye.
-K
I bought two books at Title Wave :) That always makes me happy. But I don't really feel like reading. I'll probably just zone out the whole night and do nothing so when Sunday afternoon comes around I have tons of homework. It's a brilliant plan, no?
Nickle and Dimed is a stupid book. It's awful. Bleh. Some people should just not bother writing. Next I am going to read Alias Grace, we'll see how that goes :P
Jeremy camp <3
Kbye.
-K
Monday, November 15, 2010
Humph
Well it's really cold today. And it's just suposed to get colder. I made homemade peppermint/vanilla ice cream last night and it was so boring I put a bunch of blue food coloring in it :) It was delicious! Then I watched National Treasure: Book of Secrets by myself. I love that movie.
Tonight will be the first band concert of the year, Wednesday I start my mentorship and Thursday is the siwm banquet.
I have two tests tomorrow but I am not studying. I am writing this blog. Clearly.
Apparently I am very much not cut out for getting back masages. Good discovery.
Alright. Well that's about it....surprise!
-K
Tonight will be the first band concert of the year, Wednesday I start my mentorship and Thursday is the siwm banquet.
I have two tests tomorrow but I am not studying. I am writing this blog. Clearly.
Apparently I am very much not cut out for getting back masages. Good discovery.
Alright. Well that's about it....surprise!
-K
Friday, November 5, 2010
I'm a big girl now!
Heeyy! So, as K so thoughtfully pointed out - I'm 17 now! Wooo! I had an awesome day! Here is what transpired:
I woke up (thankfully, hehe) and ate breakfast (rice krispies). Then, my sister and I shoveled our grandparent's driveway. As we were doing that, our grandparents NEIGHBOR stopped by in her truck and asked us to do HER driveway. Man, we've got some awesome shoveling skillage.
So we said yes. Two driveways, and a porch almost as big as a driveway, took us 2 1/2 hours. Sheesh. Well, at least we got some muscles out of it. :)
After trudging home I took a shower and baked MY cake (since, apparently, no one else had time). I turned off the TV since my bro had been lodged on the couch since 9 in the morning. (It was then about 4'o'clock) He's trying to convince us all that he's still sick. Psh. Yeah right.
So I baked my cake and cleaned up a bit.
THEN I went with my mom to pick up my FOOD!! Yay!
So, for my birthday dinner, I chose NINO'S (an italian-ish... food place [I sat here for 10 minutes, trying to spell "restraunt" <-- and it's STILL wrong!]) - one of the BEST food-places ever!
And I chose it, 'cause I love it, even though it's loaded with garlic. Oh well. It's my birthday. :} teehee
So we ate and ate and I'm pretty sure my stomach has expanded. Ick.
Then - Presents!! Dude. I got WICKEDLY awesome Batman PJ pants!!! 8D Gah! I love them! Hahahaa! I giggled like a little girl.
Oh, I also wore a stupid (but awesome) pink party hat that says "party princess". It's got ribbons hanging down. :P
Anyways...I got Ugly Dolls from the "little bro-ster" (it's kind of his tradition[haha, I know have 12!]) and pretty much a lot of stuff I asked for. hehe. I can show you guys whenever you come over!!
Some folders, sketchpads, and Ipod holder thingy, Batman Begins, two books, uhhh..yeah. That's all I can remember. My brain's pretty fried.
We watched Galaxy Quest and Madagascar 2 while eating pudding-cake and ice cream. YUMM!
Whoo this is long. So I'll cut it short. Which it good, since I'm pretty much done. :P
*sigh* Today was a good day. :) I will never take off my batman pants. Ever. Ever. I refuse.
I took some good/funny pictures as well. :) I'll have to put some on sometime. :D
Alrighty, welll...bye!!!
-A *8F
I woke up (thankfully, hehe) and ate breakfast (rice krispies). Then, my sister and I shoveled our grandparent's driveway. As we were doing that, our grandparents NEIGHBOR stopped by in her truck and asked us to do HER driveway. Man, we've got some awesome shoveling skillage.
So we said yes. Two driveways, and a porch almost as big as a driveway, took us 2 1/2 hours. Sheesh. Well, at least we got some muscles out of it. :)
After trudging home I took a shower and baked MY cake (since, apparently, no one else had time). I turned off the TV since my bro had been lodged on the couch since 9 in the morning. (It was then about 4'o'clock) He's trying to convince us all that he's still sick. Psh. Yeah right.
So I baked my cake and cleaned up a bit.
THEN I went with my mom to pick up my FOOD!! Yay!
So, for my birthday dinner, I chose NINO'S (an italian-ish... food place [I sat here for 10 minutes, trying to spell "restraunt" <-- and it's STILL wrong!]) - one of the BEST food-places ever!
And I chose it, 'cause I love it, even though it's loaded with garlic. Oh well. It's my birthday. :} teehee
So we ate and ate and I'm pretty sure my stomach has expanded. Ick.
Then - Presents!! Dude. I got WICKEDLY awesome Batman PJ pants!!! 8D Gah! I love them! Hahahaa! I giggled like a little girl.
Oh, I also wore a stupid (but awesome) pink party hat that says "party princess". It's got ribbons hanging down. :P
Anyways...I got Ugly Dolls from the "little bro-ster" (it's kind of his tradition[haha, I know have 12!]) and pretty much a lot of stuff I asked for. hehe. I can show you guys whenever you come over!!
Some folders, sketchpads, and Ipod holder thingy, Batman Begins, two books, uhhh..yeah. That's all I can remember. My brain's pretty fried.
We watched Galaxy Quest and Madagascar 2 while eating pudding-cake and ice cream. YUMM!
Whoo this is long. So I'll cut it short. Which it good, since I'm pretty much done. :P
*sigh* Today was a good day. :) I will never take off my batman pants. Ever. Ever. I refuse.
I took some good/funny pictures as well. :) I'll have to put some on sometime. :D
Alrighty, welll...bye!!!
-A *8F
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Happy Birthday A!
Happy Birthday to our very own A!!! Yay! :) That rhymed. Have a good day!
-K (oh my goodness so did that...)
-K (oh my goodness so did that...)
Friday, October 15, 2010
Apples...oh, Apples...
Well, well, well! We meet again!! Ha!
Anyways...whew, I haven't posted for a while! Lots of things to catch up on!
Well, for one: I found out I'm allergic to Garlic, Treenuts, and Apples. 8\
Oh, Apples! Why?! This is what I reason: Since apples were my main food intake (second only to cereal) they started a revolt and plotted against me so that I'd become allergic to them. "Stop the slaughter!" I can picture the little, tiny picket signs. "She needs to be stopped!" Yeah...well...I like to imagine it. This is what I do for most of my time. ;)
Alssooo....erm...let's see...Well, since I can't think of anything else -
Today I went to the Soup Kitchen with the youth group (only three of us showed), and for the first time EVER (at least, that I know of) someone tried to match me with a...*cough* potential... mate? I guess? Well, who knows.
And I'll give you three guesses who did it.
Vanya.
He decided to help in the Kitchen with Ryan, winking at me and jerking his head to another kid that showed up with his mom: Rian. He looked me over and did his little thing...
"Oh yeah! You. And Rian. Together. Perfect! Huh?" he winked some more. haha. I have to admit, I was SO amused! It nearly made me laugh. "You guys. In the back room...alone."
I shook my head, giving him my best "You've got to be joking" look. He smiled.
"Whaaat? Come on..You're saying there's no...romance?"
"None whatsoever!" I told him strongly. I was actually pretty proud of myself. :) teehe.
"Ooh. Your heart beats!" he looked pointedly at Rian again. (by the way, Rian didn't hear a word of this, thank goodness!)
I shook my head. "Barely."
"Ooohh...That's cold."
haha. So yeah. It was very...interesting. The rest of the time was spent, not nearly as interesting. Rian's friend came and we were all so busy doing stuff that it never came up again (goody!). So yeah. That was...again, interesting. haha.
Well...I can't think of anything else...erg. I feel like I'm missing something important...oh well.
That's all for me!
_A :D
Anyways...whew, I haven't posted for a while! Lots of things to catch up on!
Well, for one: I found out I'm allergic to Garlic, Treenuts, and Apples. 8\
Oh, Apples! Why?! This is what I reason: Since apples were my main food intake (second only to cereal) they started a revolt and plotted against me so that I'd become allergic to them. "Stop the slaughter!" I can picture the little, tiny picket signs. "She needs to be stopped!" Yeah...well...I like to imagine it. This is what I do for most of my time. ;)
Alssooo....erm...let's see...Well, since I can't think of anything else -
Today I went to the Soup Kitchen with the youth group (only three of us showed), and for the first time EVER (at least, that I know of) someone tried to match me with a...*cough* potential... mate? I guess? Well, who knows.
And I'll give you three guesses who did it.
Vanya.
He decided to help in the Kitchen with Ryan, winking at me and jerking his head to another kid that showed up with his mom: Rian. He looked me over and did his little thing...
"Oh yeah! You. And Rian. Together. Perfect! Huh?" he winked some more. haha. I have to admit, I was SO amused! It nearly made me laugh. "You guys. In the back room...alone."
I shook my head, giving him my best "You've got to be joking" look. He smiled.
"Whaaat? Come on..You're saying there's no...romance?"
"None whatsoever!" I told him strongly. I was actually pretty proud of myself. :) teehe.
"Ooh. Your heart beats!" he looked pointedly at Rian again. (by the way, Rian didn't hear a word of this, thank goodness!)
I shook my head. "Barely."
"Ooohh...That's cold."
haha. So yeah. It was very...interesting. The rest of the time was spent, not nearly as interesting. Rian's friend came and we were all so busy doing stuff that it never came up again (goody!). So yeah. That was...again, interesting. haha.
Well...I can't think of anything else...erg. I feel like I'm missing something important...oh well.
That's all for me!
_A :D
Friday, October 8, 2010
Hearts Safe
I can't remember if I ever told you guys about my trip to Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. It was practically an age ago. But that's not why I'm writing. I was in Washington and we were staying at my grandpa's farm. My brother (2nd oldest) drove up with his girlfriend and her daughter from Oregon for the day. That was when I found out in the most awkward way possible that my brother was not a christian. It's heart breaking, knowing that, as of right now, I won't be with my brother for eternity. So I got home and I bought Tenth Avenue North's new album, the Light Meets the Dark. And now, every time I think about my brother I listen to the song Hearts Safe. It's my prayer for him. That some day he'll notice that there is something different about us, that he's missing something crucial. It makes me sad. To think that maybe I won't be enough to let him know. And then I listen to Strong Enough to Save. :) And it makes me realize that I am one small person who believes in one big God who's strong enough to save my brother.
Dear Lord,
Why? I'm asking you why? If the sheep know his voice then tell me what is the choice/For the ones who haven't heard and have no need to rejoice/Father, help me understand/'Cause I am just like him and Lord he's just like me/We came from the same town and the same families/But now he, he just won't understand/Please Lord open up his eyes/Can You open up these eyes?/And why? I'm asking you why?
Yet you'll break/open the sky to save/those who cry out your name/the One the wind and waves obey/you're strong enough to save him.
Amen.
-M
M Word of the Post
Magnum-n a thing of a type that is larger than normal, in particular
Dear Lord,
Why? I'm asking you why? If the sheep know his voice then tell me what is the choice/For the ones who haven't heard and have no need to rejoice/Father, help me understand/'Cause I am just like him and Lord he's just like me/We came from the same town and the same families/But now he, he just won't understand/Please Lord open up his eyes/Can You open up these eyes?/And why? I'm asking you why?
Yet you'll break/open the sky to save/those who cry out your name/the One the wind and waves obey/you're strong enough to save him.
Amen.
-M
M Word of the Post
Magnum-n a thing of a type that is larger than normal, in particular
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Cookies...
K's life goal #459:
Bake cookies on Jake Gyllenhaal's stomach.
-K (please understand this is indeed an inside joke, but that doesn't make it any less true)
Bake cookies on Jake Gyllenhaal's stomach.
-K (please understand this is indeed an inside joke, but that doesn't make it any less true)
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Pachabell
My mom started piano lessons this week & right now somebody is playing Pachabell's Cannon. That bring me waaayyy back! I adore that song, it is so beautiful.
Well today was See you @ the Pole and I thought it went really well, I think we had about 35 people. Good turn out.
All the leaves are turning yello and I'm sad about that :( I wish it was Summer again. Still more than two months until Christmas Break. Hmm.
I'm very tired and bored of my classes, I fell like I've been in them for a long time and I'm ready to be done and move on to new, better classes. Buuuutt- I have a long time left. I miss Mr. Reese :P
Well...that's really all I have to say sooo...........................yeah.
-K
Well today was See you @ the Pole and I thought it went really well, I think we had about 35 people. Good turn out.
All the leaves are turning yello and I'm sad about that :( I wish it was Summer again. Still more than two months until Christmas Break. Hmm.
I'm very tired and bored of my classes, I fell like I've been in them for a long time and I'm ready to be done and move on to new, better classes. Buuuutt- I have a long time left. I miss Mr. Reese :P
Well...that's really all I have to say sooo...........................yeah.
-K
Friday, September 3, 2010
Long time no post
Wow! It's been a while. Well, some things I've not had time to post about are the following:
My trip to Colorado, Washington, and Idaho. It was amazing. I had so much fun! I went shooting and saw a Rockies game. Not to mention seeing family. Oh! and I LOVE GIRAFFES!
Retreat and the beginning of school. The speakers at Retreat were REALLY good. They did a really nice job of explaining things and challenging us to "Answer the Call to Holiness, Call to Love" (that's this year's theme)
I'm taking extreeeeeeeeemely stressful classes. Boo hiss.
MASK went camping last weekend. We went to Hidden Lake and had a blast, like always. Although, this time, this time we did something we've never really attempted before. Teaser: I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! We also climbed Bear Mountain which was reeeeeally steep and reeeeeeeeally fun to run down. There also was this thing with a camera crew, but I'll let someone else tell about that.
So yeah, tomorrow I leave for a three day camping trip to Red Shirt Lake with my family... should be interesting. My job is to make sure my dad doesn't kill himself by towing a canoe and that Rebekkah and Megan don't cry their heads off in the canoe... again, should be interesting.
-M
M Word of the Post
Mariposa - BUTTERFLY!!!!! Es una palabra espanola.
My trip to Colorado, Washington, and Idaho. It was amazing. I had so much fun! I went shooting and saw a Rockies game. Not to mention seeing family. Oh! and I LOVE GIRAFFES!
Retreat and the beginning of school. The speakers at Retreat were REALLY good. They did a really nice job of explaining things and challenging us to "Answer the Call to Holiness, Call to Love" (that's this year's theme)
I'm taking extreeeeeeeeemely stressful classes. Boo hiss.
MASK went camping last weekend. We went to Hidden Lake and had a blast, like always. Although, this time, this time we did something we've never really attempted before. Teaser: I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! We also climbed Bear Mountain which was reeeeeally steep and reeeeeeeeally fun to run down. There also was this thing with a camera crew, but I'll let someone else tell about that.
So yeah, tomorrow I leave for a three day camping trip to Red Shirt Lake with my family... should be interesting. My job is to make sure my dad doesn't kill himself by towing a canoe and that Rebekkah and Megan don't cry their heads off in the canoe... again, should be interesting.
-M
M Word of the Post
Mariposa - BUTTERFLY!!!!! Es una palabra espanola.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Weeeelll...the first day truly wasn't bad. It was good, actually, in the grand scheme of things. I got there SUPER early so I could unload some stuff into my locker, talk to my counselor and meet Emily at her locker. We went to talk to Mr. Ball, a multi-language teacher about taking our AP Spanish test. He said we were schedualed for after shcool, come with our work.
The whole day I was freaking out about this, SO nervous. But since I was signed up for that class I went to it second hour and he said that his Spanish 4 class had 38 people in it and he might move some of them to AP, so that made me way less nervous.
I am in the big band this year and I got really nervous about that. I suddenly realized I hadn't even thought about band or touched my oboe...in my long list of goals band has been at the bottom for a while. Working on how to fix that...
Chemistry sounds hard but I'll live. Algebra II is math so...it basically makes me die inside every day. And then AP Language seemed great at first, good teacher, tons of nice smart kids that I knew and then suddenly! out of nowhere, she throws like four homework assignments at us due the next day. ICK!
After school I met with Emily and we headed to Mr. Reese's room instead of Mr. Ball's because we were stalling from taking the test. We talked to Mr. Reese, told him about summer and listened to his stories, then went to Mr. Ball's room and found we don't have to take the test anymore!! Huge relief but wasted day of nervousness.
We did sprints in swimming even though I was a half an hour late and managed to get a 1:05 on my 100 yard freestyle, not bad for my first time back.
Then I came home (in the beautiful sunlight, might I add) and am doing homework. The sun is so rude sometimes. Ugh. Sooo...I am optimistic for this year, pretty much. Hard classes but good people and I am ready for action!
-K
The whole day I was freaking out about this, SO nervous. But since I was signed up for that class I went to it second hour and he said that his Spanish 4 class had 38 people in it and he might move some of them to AP, so that made me way less nervous.
I am in the big band this year and I got really nervous about that. I suddenly realized I hadn't even thought about band or touched my oboe...in my long list of goals band has been at the bottom for a while. Working on how to fix that...
Chemistry sounds hard but I'll live. Algebra II is math so...it basically makes me die inside every day. And then AP Language seemed great at first, good teacher, tons of nice smart kids that I knew and then suddenly! out of nowhere, she throws like four homework assignments at us due the next day. ICK!
After school I met with Emily and we headed to Mr. Reese's room instead of Mr. Ball's because we were stalling from taking the test. We talked to Mr. Reese, told him about summer and listened to his stories, then went to Mr. Ball's room and found we don't have to take the test anymore!! Huge relief but wasted day of nervousness.
We did sprints in swimming even though I was a half an hour late and managed to get a 1:05 on my 100 yard freestyle, not bad for my first time back.
Then I came home (in the beautiful sunlight, might I add) and am doing homework. The sun is so rude sometimes. Ugh. Sooo...I am optimistic for this year, pretty much. Hard classes but good people and I am ready for action!
-K
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
No more Summer...
Sooo...yeah. This is my last day of Summer. Ever. No, just kidding, but that's what it feels like. School is too hard. That's what I have to say.
I wish it was sunny, but of course it has to wait until tomorrow to be sunny while I sit in school all day. Ladeeda.
I just cleaned the bathtub. ...I really don't have anything to say. Again. These weird people keep calling me and I want them to stop. Uuuurrrg.
-K
I wish it was sunny, but of course it has to wait until tomorrow to be sunny while I sit in school all day. Ladeeda.
I just cleaned the bathtub. ...I really don't have anything to say. Again. These weird people keep calling me and I want them to stop. Uuuurrrg.
-K
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Well this has got be at the top of all weekend(week even) of my life. It was amazing. First it was K's sweet sixteen, which was amazing! Then on Friday the 13th went to a Hawk Nelson concert with Aurora and I saw Emily thier and she decided to hang out with us thier. It was amazing He was *this* cloce to me. We were like rubbing shoulders litterally. In the picture is Aurora, she was the only one with a camera.(Smart Sarah!:P) It was AMAZING!!!! That night I spend at my grandma and grandpa's house and in hte morning we went shoping. The only proper way to go shoping is on Saturday mornings at garage sales, so we went! And guess what I found?!?! (I always find something star Trek or Bealtes but yesterday I hit the jackpot). It was the first Garae sale we stopped at and I found........ TWO seasons of Star Trek original!!!!! Seasons 2 and 3. Oh eBay season two used costs (at cheapests) 38.99 plus shiping and handling. I got TWO for less then that! So cool! but that was not by anything the only thing that happened that day. That evening i went back to my Grandparent house for a Hawaiian party to wash away all this glommy weather and guess what all the kids found out???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?
WE'RE GOING TO HAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Weeelll...
So. It has been quite a while since I posted.
It looks like we will continue the blog through another winter though, so that's fun :) I won't post everything I've done because it would take up pages and pages, and I will remember that anyway.
I start school very soon, me and M, and I am very depressed about it. It's been raining for a month straight here in Anchorage and I just know that the day school starts it will be gorgeous outside.
Well, besides the rain I went hiking today, but without my friends. So once it clears up I hope we can go up Flattop or up to Reed Lakes or something.
The only reason I'm a little excited about school is because I'm a Junior now (ah!) and I have some new school clothes, not something I usually do, and I just got a new laptop!!! YAY! I am super excited. M bought me a wireless mouse for it for my birthday. :)
Well. I'm just posting for the sake of posting, I really have nothing interesting to day. So yeah. Seeeee ya later!
-K
It looks like we will continue the blog through another winter though, so that's fun :) I won't post everything I've done because it would take up pages and pages, and I will remember that anyway.
I start school very soon, me and M, and I am very depressed about it. It's been raining for a month straight here in Anchorage and I just know that the day school starts it will be gorgeous outside.
Well, besides the rain I went hiking today, but without my friends. So once it clears up I hope we can go up Flattop or up to Reed Lakes or something.
The only reason I'm a little excited about school is because I'm a Junior now (ah!) and I have some new school clothes, not something I usually do, and I just got a new laptop!!! YAY! I am super excited. M bought me a wireless mouse for it for my birthday. :)
Well. I'm just posting for the sake of posting, I really have nothing interesting to day. So yeah. Seeeee ya later!
-K
Friday, August 13, 2010
We Are Pact
So yesterday MASK decided to make a "pact". It's not actually a pact, but that's kinda the idea. We all thought of stuff that we want to do during the school year, like getting in shape, reading more, reading the Bible more, having good grades, writing on the blog more, and practicing or learning various instruments. The idea is that we'll keep tabs on and encourage each other. K and I are looking forward to getting our license, which is also on the pact, and S wants to learn more about cars and stuff like that. That's not everything, but that's ok. So yeah! We now have a pact! Cool!
-M
Word of the Post
pact - n. a formal agreement between individuals or parties.
-M
Word of the Post
pact - n. a formal agreement between individuals or parties.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
My Life is Complete....Almost
mmmmmmmmmm - Saturday! Yummy! Last night was a late night for me....later than usual, that is. I slept in 'till 12 and then booked it over to my friend's house. They're visiting from Italy. Anyways, the boys were gone (camping) so I went with Glori and her mom to the Saturday Market. I didn't buy anything, but I DID pay some guys who was playing the guitar. I thought he was really, really, good and I've always wanted to put money in someone's guitar case, so I did. It didn't hurt that he was cute, either.
haha. Just Kidding. Well, not about him being cute. He was. - but that's not why I did it. :P
Annnnnnyyyways, it started to rain (RAIN!) and then we went to Great Harvest for Bread samples, Freddies, and then to my mom's store. Then we (Glori and I) went over to my house and played Beatles Rock Band until my mom came home.
-I'm Jean ValJean!!! - Sorry. Listening to -
2460 oooonnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
-Les Mis. Hehe. Oh gosh. I love it. Anyways, then my mom came home and Glori and her went driving (Glori's license test is on Monday), so me and Em watched Friends. :)
Then I met Glori and Kelsey at APU to watch "Back to the Accusing Parlor" - a play that KT is in. It was...interesting. But good. Hmm. I won't explain it.
THEN we went and had Icecream and then back to Glori's house that she's staying at. No one was home and the doors were locked.
But do locked doors stop AMANDA?! NO!
I broke in. hehe.
I opened the living room window and crawled (well...more like scrambled) in. It was high. *sigh* My life - seriously - is complete. I feel....like I've accomplished something meaningful. I can't describe it. I've ALWAYS wanted to do that. And I did.
:)
So yeah. That's pretty much it. :) I feel...good. :) I like smilies. :)
hehe. Yeah. I hope you all get to crawl through a window in your lifetimes. It's very satisfying.
-A-
haha. Just Kidding. Well, not about him being cute. He was. - but that's not why I did it. :P
Annnnnnyyyways, it started to rain (RAIN!) and then we went to Great Harvest for Bread samples, Freddies, and then to my mom's store. Then we (Glori and I) went over to my house and played Beatles Rock Band until my mom came home.
-I'm Jean ValJean!!! - Sorry. Listening to -
2460 oooonnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
-Les Mis. Hehe. Oh gosh. I love it. Anyways, then my mom came home and Glori and her went driving (Glori's license test is on Monday), so me and Em watched Friends. :)
Then I met Glori and Kelsey at APU to watch "Back to the Accusing Parlor" - a play that KT is in. It was...interesting. But good. Hmm. I won't explain it.
THEN we went and had Icecream and then back to Glori's house that she's staying at. No one was home and the doors were locked.
But do locked doors stop AMANDA?! NO!
I broke in. hehe.
I opened the living room window and crawled (well...more like scrambled) in. It was high. *sigh* My life - seriously - is complete. I feel....like I've accomplished something meaningful. I can't describe it. I've ALWAYS wanted to do that. And I did.
:)
So yeah. That's pretty much it. :) I feel...good. :) I like smilies. :)
hehe. Yeah. I hope you all get to crawl through a window in your lifetimes. It's very satisfying.
-A-
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Today
Today is the 20th, as you can see at the head of this post. I leave for Colorado tonight at midnight. It should be fun I haven't seen that side of the family for years. Everyone's going to be so grown up! Well, there's not much to say. MAS went to Tacu Lake last night for the youth group BBQ. That was pretty fun. Today I have a piano lesson and I have to finish packing... how does one do that? Packing for a trip that's more than two weeks is impossible for me, and I don't know why! Have I ever mentioned that I love airplanes? Personally, the smaller the better. I don't know what it is, but the thought of possible turbulence and cruising above clouds excites me. Hm... there was something else I was going to say, but it seems to have escaped my mind. Ok, well, I'll try and put some pictures up, but I'm not even sure I'll be able to use a computer. Oh dear.
-M
M Word of the Post
Magnum opus- n. a large and important work of art, music, or literature, esp. one regarded as the most important work of an artist or writer.
PS Try to think of a word that starts with 'M' and a vowel other than 'A'. 'Me' doesn't count.
-M
M Word of the Post
Magnum opus- n. a large and important work of art, music, or literature, esp. one regarded as the most important work of an artist or writer.
PS Try to think of a word that starts with 'M' and a vowel other than 'A'. 'Me' doesn't count.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Update on K
Heeellllo! Haha. Hyllo, my name is Helga. Just kidding. Annyway...
Hi guys :) I am doing pretty good so far. It's pretty much been a very quiet trip and I have been hanging out with lots of old people. This is the life.
It's a little duller than I was hoping to be honest, but I think it will pick up once we head off camping and kayaking, which still isn't for a few days. I met Delane's special friend last night and we played Monopoly until almost midnight, so that was fun...Erik's cabin is nice, more like a summer house than a cabin. We floated the Yakima river twice in two days, the first time I went with my dad so I really didn't have to do anything, but then the second time my dad and Erik didn't come so it was Kendra and Grandma Nan in one boat and me and Brad is another. In case you didn't know, Brad is my cousin and he is deaf so the communication between us kind of stunk and we hit lots of trees :P but oh well. Still a beautiful river. I am not getting tan because I am paranoid about getting burned so I'm like bathing in sunscreen and then not tanning. Ick. I will try to lay off it next time it's sunny, which is definitley not today.
Washington is so beautiful! Living in Alaska I really forget what it is like down here, then every year I come and it is just breathtakingly beautiful. The trees are so big! They have really great trees here, way nicer than ours. It's very Armasia :) Delane is working, my parents went to put my Grandma's cat in the shelter (the only nice one, might I add) and so I am left here alone with the grandparents and I'm missing everyone a lot!
That's all :) More later, Bye!
-K
Oh yeah! And I got my camera back! It was a very touching reunion.
Hi guys :) I am doing pretty good so far. It's pretty much been a very quiet trip and I have been hanging out with lots of old people. This is the life.
It's a little duller than I was hoping to be honest, but I think it will pick up once we head off camping and kayaking, which still isn't for a few days. I met Delane's special friend last night and we played Monopoly until almost midnight, so that was fun...Erik's cabin is nice, more like a summer house than a cabin. We floated the Yakima river twice in two days, the first time I went with my dad so I really didn't have to do anything, but then the second time my dad and Erik didn't come so it was Kendra and Grandma Nan in one boat and me and Brad is another. In case you didn't know, Brad is my cousin and he is deaf so the communication between us kind of stunk and we hit lots of trees :P but oh well. Still a beautiful river. I am not getting tan because I am paranoid about getting burned so I'm like bathing in sunscreen and then not tanning. Ick. I will try to lay off it next time it's sunny, which is definitley not today.
Washington is so beautiful! Living in Alaska I really forget what it is like down here, then every year I come and it is just breathtakingly beautiful. The trees are so big! They have really great trees here, way nicer than ours. It's very Armasia :) Delane is working, my parents went to put my Grandma's cat in the shelter (the only nice one, might I add) and so I am left here alone with the grandparents and I'm missing everyone a lot!
That's all :) More later, Bye!
-K
Oh yeah! And I got my camera back! It was a very touching reunion.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Time Flies
I have recently been forced to realize that we only have about a month of summer left. Lame! I am not happy about this, especially since swimming and other activities start before that. *sigh*...life kinda stinks sometime.
But my Summer is going superbly fantabulous! So that's good...anyway, as M said (in a strance funky style that I'm guessing she got from Blue Like Jazz) we went to the sand dunes and it was, as Tony woudl say, GRRRRREAT! And then we watched Phantom of the Opera (always a win) and Napoleon Dynamite. Oh how I truly love that movie. The pure genius put into it is just...mind numbing. Yes, it's mind numbing geniusness.
So I leave in a couple days to go on a nice long trip, I'll post while I'm gone. I am very excited about it :) I am currently reading "Specials" by Scott Westerfield and I have been listening to lots of Hawk Nelson. Just some K updates for ya. I went to the doctor and the orthodontist today, and I am pretty healthy. My spine is straight, so that's good.
Anyway, I'm leaving now.
-K
SALT 7/8/10 10:05 Reflection
The highest became the least. We are not the highest. If anything, we are the least and since the highest is no longer physically among us, we must wash the least of the least, which is ourselves... The people I spent two weeks with are loving and glorifying to God. My faith has grown and my feet have been washed by them. They have served me and I have served them. We have served together. This has been life changing. FedEx and Dimples washed our feet tonight. Love was shared, tears were shed. Smiles shone as our counselors told us what set us apart from others and asked God to protect us as we go home tomorrow. Love is what I feel, peace surrounds me, sorrow is a happy one. Grief is only for the grievers, and as we hate to go, we knew it would come, we fight sadness with God's peace and the hope of someday seeing eachother again. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit sisters,
Amen.
I wrote this in a time of reflection on the last night of SALT.
-M
Word of the Post
least- adj. and pro. smallest in amount, extent, or significance
Amen.
I wrote this in a time of reflection on the last night of SALT.
-M
Word of the Post
least- adj. and pro. smallest in amount, extent, or significance
Rain
It rained today. Yesterday was drop-dead gorgeous so we went to the sand dunes. We spent the night watching movies and sleeping at my house. It rained today. All day long it rained. A slight drizzle then it turned more serious, then back to drizzling. And now, while I read "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller I look out my bedroom window and am met by profound stillness. It's still raining, but the trees are silent. No branches bend, no twigs snap, the leaves are not applauding. There's something strange about the human race. We always have to be moving. A TV always has to be buzzing, there's always food to be cooking, conversations are always being said. Why can't we be like the trees? Why can't we take a break from stirring and just be still? I'd love to just curl up with my book and float in the silence, but my dad is watching the news and my mom is talking on the phone while making dinner. I feel the need to be still.
-M
Word of the Post
still- n. deep silence and calm; stillness; an ordinary static photograph as opposed to a motion picture, esp. a single shot from a movie.
-M
Word of the Post
still- n. deep silence and calm; stillness; an ordinary static photograph as opposed to a motion picture, esp. a single shot from a movie.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Dudeness
HI! It's me, A! *obnoxious giggle* Rafting was awesome, even if it DID rain and was cold. I got a little "down in the dumps" when we crossed the lake because I was FREEZING - which took me by surprise. It was really windy, but I stuck it out (under an umbrella and a tarp of course)and we made it back alive!
The river (for me) was the funnest part. I liked being rocked up and down and splashed and looking over the edge of the wave as it came and then -BAM - water. It was cool. :) We talked about a lot of stuff. Mr Brown (K's family friend) came along and he was really cool and nice. We made it to the lake and played games with him around a roaring fire. We taught him Mafia, Murder, and the Animal game.
(back to the river) We shored and met a funny dog named Maggie. (Mr. Brown was fishing and Maggie came over to play). We would throw the ball and she'd go get it. And we'd throw it. And throw it. And throw it. And throw it. :) Dude. She never tired out. But she was sweet and friendly.
THEN - back to the lake. We got all camped up and me and K went for a walk. Cool right? Anyways, we went by the mouth of the river we had just came out of and were looking out over the lake. Across the river I saw a big, golden lump in the reeds. We had passed by some other campers so I assumed it was their golden retriever. It disappeared into the grass before I could clarify my accusation.
We walked some more, I pulled out my camera and was taking pictures. Then I turned to K and saw something moving over her shoulder.
"Oh. THAT's what that golden thing was," I said, cocking my head and looking at a grizzly across the river.
Dude. COOLIO!
It was a golden grizzly, walking along the bank. Now, by this time, we were thinking: WWSD?
We thought about that for a minute before deciding to push Sarah out of our minds. I mean, she's not here, right?
So we waded across the river and got as close as we could to it. I took pictures and K took some food from her pocket and approached the gentle beast -
Naw! Just kidding. Dude. If you're S right now, I really want to see your face.
No - we're not THAT stupid! K took off running to get the others so they could see, I DID take pictures (a safe distance away - on the other side of the river). It walked away, then turned, and walked back along the bank and finally into the lake itself. Mr. K and Mr. Brown had arrived and were admiring it with us. It ate fish carcasses in the lake and had a grand time.
We eventually went back to camp, ate dinner (YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY can't-stress-it-enough- YUMMY spaghetti.) then the bear disappeared. Bye bye bear!
Anywaysss..We went to bed (I had the weirdest string of dreams)and then woke up. Ladeedaadee
We had left the motor-hooker-on-er at home so we rowed the whole lake. It took like...hmm...3 hours, maybe? And 8 mile row. It got REALLY windy and cold and I froze, but I recovered. (we blamed Indigo and Brook, cause they we're there - they were mad)
FINALLY we made it back and I fell asleep to The Dark Knight music (awesome) and got home! YAY!
It was a blast, I'd do it again, my pants got soaked, so did my socks. We saw a bear, we had some fun, we played lots of games, and drank some rum. I didn't row, I got wet, waves are fun, dude, I'd bet. hehe. We saw like...2373853498 eagles and some ADORABLE little baby, waby, itty, bitty (insert Trigger's "itty bitty pica" sound effect here) birdies!! They were SO CUTE!
Anyways, I'm packing (cough, not, cough) for SALT tomorrow. It's late...again. 12:35. I'm nearly done.
New realization: I found that packing calms me. I love packing. I realized that while packing. Weird, huh? I don't know. I'm not stressed while packing. I like doing it. huh. Interesting.
Well, yup. THat's it. SALT tomorrow - yippeee! Dude, so excited. It'll be awesome.
I'll see you in a weeeeeekk!!
-A
The river (for me) was the funnest part. I liked being rocked up and down and splashed and looking over the edge of the wave as it came and then -BAM - water. It was cool. :) We talked about a lot of stuff. Mr Brown (K's family friend) came along and he was really cool and nice. We made it to the lake and played games with him around a roaring fire. We taught him Mafia, Murder, and the Animal game.
(back to the river) We shored and met a funny dog named Maggie. (Mr. Brown was fishing and Maggie came over to play). We would throw the ball and she'd go get it. And we'd throw it. And throw it. And throw it. And throw it. :) Dude. She never tired out. But she was sweet and friendly.
THEN - back to the lake. We got all camped up and me and K went for a walk. Cool right? Anyways, we went by the mouth of the river we had just came out of and were looking out over the lake. Across the river I saw a big, golden lump in the reeds. We had passed by some other campers so I assumed it was their golden retriever. It disappeared into the grass before I could clarify my accusation.
We walked some more, I pulled out my camera and was taking pictures. Then I turned to K and saw something moving over her shoulder.
"Oh. THAT's what that golden thing was," I said, cocking my head and looking at a grizzly across the river.
Dude. COOLIO!
It was a golden grizzly, walking along the bank. Now, by this time, we were thinking: WWSD?
We thought about that for a minute before deciding to push Sarah out of our minds. I mean, she's not here, right?
So we waded across the river and got as close as we could to it. I took pictures and K took some food from her pocket and approached the gentle beast -
Naw! Just kidding. Dude. If you're S right now, I really want to see your face.
No - we're not THAT stupid! K took off running to get the others so they could see, I DID take pictures (a safe distance away - on the other side of the river). It walked away, then turned, and walked back along the bank and finally into the lake itself. Mr. K and Mr. Brown had arrived and were admiring it with us. It ate fish carcasses in the lake and had a grand time.
We eventually went back to camp, ate dinner (YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY can't-stress-it-enough- YUMMY spaghetti.) then the bear disappeared. Bye bye bear!
Anywaysss..We went to bed (I had the weirdest string of dreams)and then woke up. Ladeedaadee
We had left the motor-hooker-on-er at home so we rowed the whole lake. It took like...hmm...3 hours, maybe? And 8 mile row. It got REALLY windy and cold and I froze, but I recovered. (we blamed Indigo and Brook, cause they we're there - they were mad)
FINALLY we made it back and I fell asleep to The Dark Knight music (awesome) and got home! YAY!
It was a blast, I'd do it again, my pants got soaked, so did my socks. We saw a bear, we had some fun, we played lots of games, and drank some rum. I didn't row, I got wet, waves are fun, dude, I'd bet. hehe. We saw like...2373853498 eagles and some ADORABLE little baby, waby, itty, bitty (insert Trigger's "itty bitty pica" sound effect here) birdies!! They were SO CUTE!
Anyways, I'm packing (cough, not, cough) for SALT tomorrow. It's late...again. 12:35. I'm nearly done.
New realization: I found that packing calms me. I love packing. I realized that while packing. Weird, huh? I don't know. I'm not stressed while packing. I like doing it. huh. Interesting.
Well, yup. THat's it. SALT tomorrow - yippeee! Dude, so excited. It'll be awesome.
I'll see you in a weeeeeekk!!
-A
Saturday, June 26, 2010
The Week of Our Lord June 20, 2010
Well, Sunday was uneventful, Monday I worked and played football with the youth group at Tacu Lake, and Tuesday I had piano lessons and went hiking on flattop with Katie. Wednesday was awesome. K, A, and I (heehee, say that like it's one word. it sounds funny!) went to the sand dunes and took tons of pictures of us jumping of this hill cliff thing which was awesome and amazing and it was so hot and gorgeous! Then I went home and took a shower (I swear I still have some sand in my hair) and went to the Keik's for a "KidsCamp" sort of thing that they're doing there. I spent practically all Thursday biking around town and buying stuff. I went to K's house and borrowed a bike lock, then Value Village, the Diamond Center to see people at Parachutes (but they were closed), Michales, and Fred Meyers. After that I biked to the Library and got some movies and lazed around the rest of the day. Friday I cleaned the house and hung out with Katie.
So yeah, that was my week and now I'm practically hyperventalating because we all leave monday for SALT and it'll be absolutely amazingly awesome! I'm sooo excited! YAY!
-M
M word of the Post
Masai-n. a member of a pastoral people living in Tanzania and Kenya; the Nilotic language of the Masai
So yeah, that was my week and now I'm practically hyperventalating because we all leave monday for SALT and it'll be absolutely amazingly awesome! I'm sooo excited! YAY!
-M
M word of the Post
Masai-n. a member of a pastoral people living in Tanzania and Kenya; the Nilotic language of the Masai
About Sand and Time, Water and Clothes
Heeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyy!!! WELL! I am writing, since I am a huge procrastinator and I am supposed to be packing! Oh well. It's 1:10am and I leave this morning (later) annndd yeah. :)
So here I am! (I'm so bad)
But I figured, hey, if I don't do it now, I'll never do it.
SAND!! As K said, previously, we went to her house and slept over - although, I think I should elaborate on the "braiding our hair together" part. ;) We did. Like, literally: together. I braided M and K's hair together, so that they were joined at a shoulder, then, in all my skillage, I braided K and My hair together at the shoulder, so we were walking around her room, connected by our hair. Then we fell on the bed, got kinda stuck, laughing way too loud and that was it. :) Haha. It was fun.
Mamma Mia! I liked it. I have the songs stuck in my head....all the time.
SAND!! I want to dirt bike....soooo much!! Anyways, it was too hot, but it was fun. There are some REALLY cool places there and I see re-occurring visits in the future. Mmm...
SAND! Everywhere. But it was fun. :) I had a blaaaasssttt!
Shopping was fun. We got like, 34733298374 clothes to try on and I ended up with 2 capris and 2 shirts. Coolio, huh? OH! And S, I got something for you too!! SHH! It's a surprise!
TODAY!! I go rafting. FOR the first time in my life.
I went shopping with my mom for batteries and stuff for SALT and such, and then I watched as many NCIS's as possible before coming up here to pack. ...
AAnnnnd as you can see...I'm not doing it. :) BUT don't worry Dos! I'm half-way done and I'll finish. Teehee.
SARAHHH!! I miss you. A lot. SALT's going to be a BLAST and I can't wait to see yooou!!
Annnd yeah. I should get back to packing. ;)
Sooo anyways. That's my post. teehee.
1:22
_A
(is for Amanda)
So here I am! (I'm so bad)
But I figured, hey, if I don't do it now, I'll never do it.
SAND!! As K said, previously, we went to her house and slept over - although, I think I should elaborate on the "braiding our hair together" part. ;) We did. Like, literally: together. I braided M and K's hair together, so that they were joined at a shoulder, then, in all my skillage, I braided K and My hair together at the shoulder, so we were walking around her room, connected by our hair. Then we fell on the bed, got kinda stuck, laughing way too loud and that was it. :) Haha. It was fun.
Mamma Mia! I liked it. I have the songs stuck in my head....all the time.
SAND!! I want to dirt bike....soooo much!! Anyways, it was too hot, but it was fun. There are some REALLY cool places there and I see re-occurring visits in the future. Mmm...
SAND! Everywhere. But it was fun. :) I had a blaaaasssttt!
Shopping was fun. We got like, 34733298374 clothes to try on and I ended up with 2 capris and 2 shirts. Coolio, huh? OH! And S, I got something for you too!! SHH! It's a surprise!
TODAY!! I go rafting. FOR the first time in my life.
I went shopping with my mom for batteries and stuff for SALT and such, and then I watched as many NCIS's as possible before coming up here to pack. ...
AAnnnnd as you can see...I'm not doing it. :) BUT don't worry Dos! I'm half-way done and I'll finish. Teehee.
SARAHHH!! I miss you. A lot. SALT's going to be a BLAST and I can't wait to see yooou!!
Annnd yeah. I should get back to packing. ;)
Sooo anyways. That's my post. teehee.
1:22
_A
(is for Amanda)
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Sand Dunes, Sun, and Shopping
Oh man! Today was a great day! M and A spent the night at my house last night and we watched Mama Mia and braided our hair together. Good times :) Then today we went out to the sand dunes for some awesome times. It was cloudy when we went, but warm enough for shorts. When we got there people were dirt biking on the motorcross track and we have decided that we reaalllly want to do that, but we want to do it all together. So, I came up with the brilliant plan to rent some on S's 16th birthday, because I don't think she'd go otherwise.
Upon our arrival to the top of the sand dune, we found a big group of people sitting in a circle right on the good spot...I was mad. But, then they left, and the sun came out and it was SO GREAT! We played in the sand and ran down all these cool sandy trails through the green forest and it was like being in a whole different world. We've decided that we should have cool native sand people in Armasia (I won't try to explain that one, we all know what it means)
We took a lot of funny pictures and laid in the sun (I burned, badly). When it was almost time to go, we went on this one trail and it was like seriously GREEN and beautiful and we ran around barefoot and missed S warning us about moose and stuff, so we made up "WWSD", What Would Sarah Do, so we made lots of noise :) When we almost back to our stuff I cut my foot and so Amanda got me one shoe to wear. That was kind of a bizzare feeling. Theeeen we left, still talking about going dirt biking, and we dropped M off at home. I showered at my house and then we went to A's house and she showered, then her and I went to Value Village and did some shopping, not really our thing but it was really fun :) And we both got some stuff for the rest of the summer.
And now I'm watching "Young Victoria" with my family, still thinking about the sand dunes. I had a great day, thanks guys! :) I love you! And I miss you S, I really do...it's Wednesday night now, I leave Saturday to go rafting and then again on Monday for SALT! Whooooo! So yeah. I have to go make a packing list now. Bye!
-K
...
Upon our arrival to the top of the sand dune, we found a big group of people sitting in a circle right on the good spot...I was mad. But, then they left, and the sun came out and it was SO GREAT! We played in the sand and ran down all these cool sandy trails through the green forest and it was like being in a whole different world. We've decided that we should have cool native sand people in Armasia (I won't try to explain that one, we all know what it means)
We took a lot of funny pictures and laid in the sun (I burned, badly). When it was almost time to go, we went on this one trail and it was like seriously GREEN and beautiful and we ran around barefoot and missed S warning us about moose and stuff, so we made up "WWSD", What Would Sarah Do, so we made lots of noise :) When we almost back to our stuff I cut my foot and so Amanda got me one shoe to wear. That was kind of a bizzare feeling. Theeeen we left, still talking about going dirt biking, and we dropped M off at home. I showered at my house and then we went to A's house and she showered, then her and I went to Value Village and did some shopping, not really our thing but it was really fun :) And we both got some stuff for the rest of the summer.
And now I'm watching "Young Victoria" with my family, still thinking about the sand dunes. I had a great day, thanks guys! :) I love you! And I miss you S, I really do...it's Wednesday night now, I leave Saturday to go rafting and then again on Monday for SALT! Whooooo! So yeah. I have to go make a packing list now. Bye!
-K
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Summer Stuff
Well...I'm not sure what I'm blogging about, I just haven't in a while. You know, I don't think there really are words to describe how much I truly love Summer...I was thinking, I should write a summer post, but I just can't even think of the words.
I am having an awesome summer so far, although I wish I was spending it more with mis amigos. When we were in school I thought "I can't wait for summer, I'll be free every day to do stuff with my friends!"...and then summer came, A and M have jobs and S is out of town, so now it's like "summer! The time when I'm free everyday but my friends aren't!" :( It's very sad. But as long as we are all happy and in touch I think I can live :) I have had a lot of long days at home, which are very relaxing. I hope it is still sunny the rest of this week because I really want to go to the sand dunes...
Weeeell...I saw Toy Story 3 today and I think it's way too scary and emotional for little kids, I'm serious, it freaked me out and Kora was bawling for the last 20 minutes. I bought something pink today.
Ok, I supose that is all.
I'll check back in later!
-K
I am having an awesome summer so far, although I wish I was spending it more with mis amigos. When we were in school I thought "I can't wait for summer, I'll be free every day to do stuff with my friends!"...and then summer came, A and M have jobs and S is out of town, so now it's like "summer! The time when I'm free everyday but my friends aren't!" :( It's very sad. But as long as we are all happy and in touch I think I can live :) I have had a lot of long days at home, which are very relaxing. I hope it is still sunny the rest of this week because I really want to go to the sand dunes...
Weeeell...I saw Toy Story 3 today and I think it's way too scary and emotional for little kids, I'm serious, it freaked me out and Kora was bawling for the last 20 minutes. I bought something pink today.
Ok, I supose that is all.
I'll check back in later!
-K
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Becoming Bewildered By Besottedness
Mind you, I wrote this very late at night so if some of it doesn't seem concluded, that's why.
I watched the movie "Becoming Jane" tonight, not the first time and certainly not the last. And as an affect I have stumbled upon an enlightenment. I have no experience with this thing called love, or at least what we think of first when it is mentioned. Yet I know by the movies and the novels that true love is most desired. And yet, now I must ask what is true love? Is it the burning passion of youth that most associate with the term, or is it the slow smoldering of memories and friendship?
"Affection is desirable." Is it? What exactly is affection? Do not friends feel affection? Do not families feel affection? Aren't they supposed to? I believe that the deprival of affection stirs a desire within us that can make us unlike anything we ever thought we'd be. It makes the blind see and the sane mad. The human heart needs affection. So yes, affection is desirable, and necessary.
Yet what associates love and affection with youth? Is it our under developed frontal lobes that make us so dramatic it makes people sick? Do not the elderly experience love as the term is with affection? Are not marriages meant to last until one is old and past a loved one's death? We were created for love, for passion and heat, for affection, for friends, for family, and some how we've forgotten that we were created for something beautiful. We see and want the beauty and yet we have abused and forgotten the way to get there. There is nothing more depressing than the fact that to experience "real love" by our terms, we first must feel heartbreak which is soon mended by a loose patch. In our sod state we have come to the conclusion that love, true affection, can only be felt by a broken heart and so we break hearts, we've broken hearts, and we will keep breaking hearts until we finally find it.
True love. Happily Ever After. We live in a world of desires, affection being one of them. We desire affection. We desire perfect endings. We desire fairy tales and "prince charmings", and we desire those things because we cannot realize that they are not fairy tales. They are life and love and laughter. They are the blessings of God. So God bless you with a "Happily Ever After", because even if you don't think he does, he did.
-M
M Word of the Post
Moonstruck- adj. unable to think or act normally, esp. because of being in love.
Another Word of the Post Just Cuz
besotted- adj. strongly infatuated; intoxicated; drunk (although the last two meanings are not connected with my use of the word)
I watched the movie "Becoming Jane" tonight, not the first time and certainly not the last. And as an affect I have stumbled upon an enlightenment. I have no experience with this thing called love, or at least what we think of first when it is mentioned. Yet I know by the movies and the novels that true love is most desired. And yet, now I must ask what is true love? Is it the burning passion of youth that most associate with the term, or is it the slow smoldering of memories and friendship?
"Affection is desirable." Is it? What exactly is affection? Do not friends feel affection? Do not families feel affection? Aren't they supposed to? I believe that the deprival of affection stirs a desire within us that can make us unlike anything we ever thought we'd be. It makes the blind see and the sane mad. The human heart needs affection. So yes, affection is desirable, and necessary.
Yet what associates love and affection with youth? Is it our under developed frontal lobes that make us so dramatic it makes people sick? Do not the elderly experience love as the term is with affection? Are not marriages meant to last until one is old and past a loved one's death? We were created for love, for passion and heat, for affection, for friends, for family, and some how we've forgotten that we were created for something beautiful. We see and want the beauty and yet we have abused and forgotten the way to get there. There is nothing more depressing than the fact that to experience "real love" by our terms, we first must feel heartbreak which is soon mended by a loose patch. In our sod state we have come to the conclusion that love, true affection, can only be felt by a broken heart and so we break hearts, we've broken hearts, and we will keep breaking hearts until we finally find it.
True love. Happily Ever After. We live in a world of desires, affection being one of them. We desire affection. We desire perfect endings. We desire fairy tales and "prince charmings", and we desire those things because we cannot realize that they are not fairy tales. They are life and love and laughter. They are the blessings of God. So God bless you with a "Happily Ever After", because even if you don't think he does, he did.
-M
M Word of the Post
Moonstruck- adj. unable to think or act normally, esp. because of being in love.
Another Word of the Post Just Cuz
besotted- adj. strongly infatuated; intoxicated; drunk (although the last two meanings are not connected with my use of the word)
Friday, June 11, 2010
KidsCamp 2010 "High Seas Adventure"
I can never come up with creative post titles. That was random. ANYWAY! KidsCamp this year was a blast, as always. It was a little, no I correct myself, a LOT different from past years, because A. my mom wasn't directing B. It was only one week C. We went to H2Oasis and didn't have a "surprise the kids with water guns" time D. There were 6-8 campers in a crew. So! It was kind of a lot to handle, specially since I was also playing piano and singing in the band.
I started out with seven campers. Monday was great I had a great co-crew leader and everyone was amazing. Tuesday I lost one of my campers because he for some reason got moved to a different crew. Then Wednesday I lost another camper because she had to go to a different camp, which was really sad because she was "my favorite" (I use quotation marks because there shouldn't really be favorites). So Thursday and Friday I only had five campers, which was really nice except for the fact that the two campers I lost were the "Keep the Peace" campers that really made the crew meld together nicely. I love KidsCamp. Even though it's the most exhausting thing someone could ever do (ex-culding marathons and having a baby), it's really worth it. A majority of my campers really didn't have the best home life, and they tell you that. It isn't like G2A (see Nulato and Nondalton and Kokhanok posts) where you have to assume that they're in a ruff situation, they come out and tell you, either that or you can see it in their eyes. I love KidsCamp because it let's these kids experience real love, the love of God. That is why it's so worth it, that's also why it's so exhausting. I can't wait for next year!
Sup?
_M
Word of the Post
exhaustion - n. 1. a state of extreme physical or mental fatigue 2. the action or state of using something up or of being used up completely
I started out with seven campers. Monday was great I had a great co-crew leader and everyone was amazing. Tuesday I lost one of my campers because he for some reason got moved to a different crew. Then Wednesday I lost another camper because she had to go to a different camp, which was really sad because she was "my favorite" (I use quotation marks because there shouldn't really be favorites). So Thursday and Friday I only had five campers, which was really nice except for the fact that the two campers I lost were the "Keep the Peace" campers that really made the crew meld together nicely. I love KidsCamp. Even though it's the most exhausting thing someone could ever do (ex-culding marathons and having a baby), it's really worth it. A majority of my campers really didn't have the best home life, and they tell you that. It isn't like G2A (see Nulato and Nondalton and Kokhanok posts) where you have to assume that they're in a ruff situation, they come out and tell you, either that or you can see it in their eyes. I love KidsCamp because it let's these kids experience real love, the love of God. That is why it's so worth it, that's also why it's so exhausting. I can't wait for next year!
Sup?
_M
Word of the Post
exhaustion - n. 1. a state of extreme physical or mental fatigue 2. the action or state of using something up or of being used up completely
Friday, May 28, 2010
Prince Riddle
JJ, my little brother. Ahh, I love that kid. Anyway, today I took him to see Prince of Persia, a movie he had been dying to see. Well, there's quite a story involved, so...here it is. :)
A couple months back, I took my little sister to the movies. Just me an' her. Naturally, JJ wanted "movie time" too. Fast forward to NOW. I concoct this plan to take him to see Prince of Persia, so I ask my parents. They say "yes" and I decide NOT to tell JJ.
Everybody in the house knows the plan, but JJ.
TODAY: JJ and I are up, lazing around. I get dressed and get ready to head out to return my Library books. The Library, cooly enough, is just across from the movie theater. I make JJ come with me (he wasn't surprised. I often make him come on random trips with me) and ask if he wants to go anywhere afterward. i.e Target, Title wave, Over the Rainbow... He says no and I drive into the Movie theater parking lot.
"Yippee!! Yipeee! Yippee!" he starts shouting. I park and give him a look.
"Yippee! Yipppee!..."
"Dude, what's wrong with you?" I ask. (I am a very loving sister :P)"I'm just stopping in here to see if I can get some tickets in advance. Me and MASK want to watch a movie on Sunday."
He stops. I nearly broke then and there.
"What movie are you going to see?"
"Robin Hood."
"oh. Why do you want to see that?" he asks in disgust.
"'Cause we want too."
I take him in, stating "he cannot stay in the car by himself" and he walks in. I can tell he's disappointed. I order two tickets to see Prince of Persia and give one ticket to him.
He just stares at it.
"What's this for?"
"Here, we might want to sit down. It's going to be..." I look at my watch. "About 50 minutes before the movie starts."
"Are you meeting your peeps here?"
"No. I'm watching a movie with YOU." I'm smiling now. Kind of hysterically.
"Robin Hood?" he asks, his shoulder's slumping. haha. He really doesn't want to see that movie.
"No. Read what's on your ticket."
"'Prince of Persia' - you're going to see this with your friends!" he accuses. "Look, there's four tickets!" he says, pointing at the tear lines where the dude rips it. I roll my eyes.
He made excuses and stuff for the next 10 minutes while I'm dragging him through the food line, getting popcorn and a soda. He canNOT believe that I'm going with HIM. It's kinda sad, actually.
As we sit in the totally deserted movie theater, waiting for it to start, he says: "I won't believe you until the movie starts."
THEN he believes me. :)
Now, what I found funny was the audience. Surprisingly, there were only about 20 people there! Maybe even less!
3 kids. THREE. (not including me)
The rest of the audience was made up of:
Single, older men. (1 pair came together, the rest were totally by themselves.)
Age range: 34-40
Old Couples. Like, old. There were three pairs. Age range: 70-80
And the rest?
Teenage guys. Age range? 18-19. There were about 10 of them.
I was the only girl who wasn't married (and old), or under 5 years old.
Interesting. ...
Anyway, the movie was AWESOME. At first, I had negative thoughts, but it definitely got better as it progressed. It was a LOT like the video game. It was awesome.
Anyway, I won't spoil too much. JJ liked it a lot, so did I. MASK is planning on seeing it....soon. :)
Annndd yeah. There's waay more scheming and fabricating and stuff, but it's too long and complicated to type here. Anyway, he enjoyed it. :)
-A
A couple months back, I took my little sister to the movies. Just me an' her. Naturally, JJ wanted "movie time" too. Fast forward to NOW. I concoct this plan to take him to see Prince of Persia, so I ask my parents. They say "yes" and I decide NOT to tell JJ.
Everybody in the house knows the plan, but JJ.
TODAY: JJ and I are up, lazing around. I get dressed and get ready to head out to return my Library books. The Library, cooly enough, is just across from the movie theater. I make JJ come with me (he wasn't surprised. I often make him come on random trips with me) and ask if he wants to go anywhere afterward. i.e Target, Title wave, Over the Rainbow... He says no and I drive into the Movie theater parking lot.
"Yippee!! Yipeee! Yippee!" he starts shouting. I park and give him a look.
"Yippee! Yipppee!..."
"Dude, what's wrong with you?" I ask. (I am a very loving sister :P)"I'm just stopping in here to see if I can get some tickets in advance. Me and MASK want to watch a movie on Sunday."
He stops. I nearly broke then and there.
"What movie are you going to see?"
"Robin Hood."
"oh. Why do you want to see that?" he asks in disgust.
"'Cause we want too."
I take him in, stating "he cannot stay in the car by himself" and he walks in. I can tell he's disappointed. I order two tickets to see Prince of Persia and give one ticket to him.
He just stares at it.
"What's this for?"
"Here, we might want to sit down. It's going to be..." I look at my watch. "About 50 minutes before the movie starts."
"Are you meeting your peeps here?"
"No. I'm watching a movie with YOU." I'm smiling now. Kind of hysterically.
"Robin Hood?" he asks, his shoulder's slumping. haha. He really doesn't want to see that movie.
"No. Read what's on your ticket."
"'Prince of Persia' - you're going to see this with your friends!" he accuses. "Look, there's four tickets!" he says, pointing at the tear lines where the dude rips it. I roll my eyes.
He made excuses and stuff for the next 10 minutes while I'm dragging him through the food line, getting popcorn and a soda. He canNOT believe that I'm going with HIM. It's kinda sad, actually.
As we sit in the totally deserted movie theater, waiting for it to start, he says: "I won't believe you until the movie starts."
THEN he believes me. :)
Now, what I found funny was the audience. Surprisingly, there were only about 20 people there! Maybe even less!
3 kids. THREE. (not including me)
The rest of the audience was made up of:
Single, older men. (1 pair came together, the rest were totally by themselves.)
Age range: 34-40
Old Couples. Like, old. There were three pairs. Age range: 70-80
And the rest?
Teenage guys. Age range? 18-19. There were about 10 of them.
I was the only girl who wasn't married (and old), or under 5 years old.
Interesting. ...
Anyway, the movie was AWESOME. At first, I had negative thoughts, but it definitely got better as it progressed. It was a LOT like the video game. It was awesome.
Anyway, I won't spoil too much. JJ liked it a lot, so did I. MASK is planning on seeing it....soon. :)
Annndd yeah. There's waay more scheming and fabricating and stuff, but it's too long and complicated to type here. Anyway, he enjoyed it. :)
-A
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
LOST
Three days ago....LOST ended. I love that show. Future A - listen up. :P Me and S are pretty sad about it, but we understand it had to end. That's what makes it so good. The creators of the show knew that if they tried to drag it out and keep it going that people would loose interest and it'd just get....stupid. They realized this and decided to end it, shocking millions. But it was for the best.
*sigh*
I love that show. I liked how it was so intricate, like a puzzle. I love (but hate) shows that are obvious. "Oh, she's gonna die!" "He killed her!" Stuff like that. LOST wasn't like that...most of the time. :P And I have to say, me and S were pure geniuses at the end. :D
So I guess this is my Ode to Lost. 'Not really sure what an "ode" is, but whatever.
LOST was awesome. Still is. And I will miss it desperately. Dude, I spelled that right! Cool!
As S said to me: "There is nothing for my brain to try and figure out now!" It's driving me crazy. We're still trying to connect stuff, even though it's already connected.
Alright. I'll stop rambling. Since this is mainly for me anyway, and K, since she's been the only one posting...hehe. Sorry K. :)
So yeah. LOST was a phenomenon. An Era. It was just plain....Awesome!
I will miss it.
This is my Good-bye to LOST.
-Amanda
P.s. Just in case you're interested: I cried twice during the Finale. ;)
*Siiiiigh*
*sigh*
I love that show. I liked how it was so intricate, like a puzzle. I love (but hate) shows that are obvious. "Oh, she's gonna die!" "He killed her!" Stuff like that. LOST wasn't like that...most of the time. :P And I have to say, me and S were pure geniuses at the end. :D
So I guess this is my Ode to Lost. 'Not really sure what an "ode" is, but whatever.
LOST was awesome. Still is. And I will miss it desperately. Dude, I spelled that right! Cool!
As S said to me: "There is nothing for my brain to try and figure out now!" It's driving me crazy. We're still trying to connect stuff, even though it's already connected.
Alright. I'll stop rambling. Since this is mainly for me anyway, and K, since she's been the only one posting...hehe. Sorry K. :)
So yeah. LOST was a phenomenon. An Era. It was just plain....Awesome!
I will miss it.
This is my Good-bye to LOST.
-Amanda
P.s. Just in case you're interested: I cried twice during the Finale. ;)
*Siiiiigh*
Sunday, May 23, 2010
T.A.N.
YES! My Tenth Avenue North CD came today!! Just in case the only person I'm talking to right now is my future self, I would like to remind you that you love Tenth Avenue North :) They are just so truthful!
Well, it's another beautiful day! This Friday night MASK got together and had a "The Office" marathon. Results: I adore that show. It's so funny!!!! At least, those were my results, I don't know about everyone. But yeah, we did that and played cards and then on Saturday we went to this HUGE garage sale with trillions of people and got popcorn...and shoes.
QUOTE:
"I really feel like doing a cartwheel..." -K
"Oh, I didn't bring my pocket knife." -A
That was from Hidden Lake round 2, it was very dark outside....
-K
Well, it's another beautiful day! This Friday night MASK got together and had a "The Office" marathon. Results: I adore that show. It's so funny!!!! At least, those were my results, I don't know about everyone. But yeah, we did that and played cards and then on Saturday we went to this HUGE garage sale with trillions of people and got popcorn...and shoes.
QUOTE:
"I really feel like doing a cartwheel..." -K
"Oh, I didn't bring my pocket knife." -A
That was from Hidden Lake round 2, it was very dark outside....
-K
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Yeeessss
Ok, I feel like I am in Narnia and suddenly, in like an hour, all the snow melted and it was beautiful Spring. It is the most beautiful day since last summer today and school is out (Hallelujah!) and I am very happy. My computer crashed (again) which kinda made me tense up for a while but I am trying to ignore it. Really hard...I'm kind of failing at that, but overall it is a good day. I am not quite grasping my newly aquired freedom just yet, but I'm sure it will come to me.
-K
MASK is having an Office marathon tomorrow night, I am super excited!!
-K
MASK is having an Office marathon tomorrow night, I am super excited!!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Round Two
Sooo...this past weekend A and me (K) went back to Hidden Lake with my family, including my older sister and her husband who live in Seattle. So that was super fun. It was a much shorter weekend than last time but still awesome. An old friend of my sister's showed up so that was cool too. School is almost over, only two more days. I am not sure if I can hang on....eeeegh.
-K
-K
Cheeseburger
Today I witnessed something for the first time. You know on some signs, like fast food places, they have letters that slide in and they put like the specials or sales or whatever up there? Well, I saw a really old guy putting the letters into a sign today. I've never seen anyone do it, I mean, of course it's done because they change all the time, but now I have proof.
-K
-K
Monday, May 10, 2010
HIDDEN LAKE 2010!!
WHOOOOO HOOOOO! Mother's Day camping FINALLY came and went, it took forever to come and then went by like that! It was really fun. Me (K), A, and S went down with my mom on Thursday afternoon and M joined us on Friday night- good times. We do this thing where we hide a baseball each year that we all signed, and then we're going to come back someday and dig them all up. It's very exciting.
We stayed up late and slept in a hiked and played and did more camping stuff :) I miss it already. I am so ready for summer it practically hurts!
We've just been discussing friendship and stuff and I am glad to say that we truly are best friends forever, and I have no doubt of that!
-K
We stayed up late and slept in a hiked and played and did more camping stuff :) I miss it already. I am so ready for summer it practically hurts!
We've just been discussing friendship and stuff and I am glad to say that we truly are best friends forever, and I have no doubt of that!
-K
Sarah's Surprise
Last Saturday we planned a surprise for Sarah- we packd her a picnic and hid in her closet. Then we took her to Kincaid Park for the day and just hung out. It was really fun, we ate, we talked, we ran...a good start for the summer. We saw a dead moose on the beach (I mean a REALLY dead moose) and lacy pink panties on a random bluff...I really don't want to know how they got there.
We got lost and sunburned but it was totaly worth it, I'd do it again. I took like 200 pictures in that one day!
Then we came back to my house and had dinner (hamburgers and milkshakes) and then went to see Avatar (me and M's first time) for a night showing. I have to say, I loved it!- and Sam Worthington.
So that was a fun day. Uhhh...yeah. It's been a while since then so I don't know what to say.
-K
We got lost and sunburned but it was totaly worth it, I'd do it again. I took like 200 pictures in that one day!
Then we came back to my house and had dinner (hamburgers and milkshakes) and then went to see Avatar (me and M's first time) for a night showing. I have to say, I loved it!- and Sam Worthington.
So that was a fun day. Uhhh...yeah. It's been a while since then so I don't know what to say.
-K
Nondalton and Kokhanok April 22-25, 2010
So my second mission trip went amazingly well. First, we went to Nondalton for half a day and a night. It's right on the shore of 6 mile lake which is right next to Lake Illiamna. It was probably the most open village acceptance wise. The kids were really friendly and fun, although there were only about 30 in the entire school. Terrance, he was really shy but an amazing artist, was the only senior. I got to help with the 1-2 graders and that's when I met Laci. She was the only blonde girl there, and she was completely native (I think). Anyway, so I helped her make a sock puppet and she read a few stories to me. She didn't really talk much, but then, none of them really did (with the exception of Thelma). On Friday morning she gave me a school picture of herself. It was so heartbreaking when we had to leave.
Kokhanok was the "best" village we went to. I say "best" because it felt like it was the most receiving of mimes and testimonies. Does that make sense? Anywho, it was really fun because on Friday night the school government had a lock in at the school and so we got to play crab soccer and sardines with them. After sardines though, we all got in a circle on the gym floor and told ghost stories. All of our ghost stories were hokey camp fire type ghost stories, but all of theirs were absolutely true. Someone told about their great uncle disappearing and there were many many stories about "the Hairy Man" (basically Sasquach). Never before had we been directly informed of demonic manifestations. We went to bed praying the Psalms that night. The next day was our fun day. We panted faces and had balloons. It was great fun. It was also amazing to see how well our mimes were received. We did Porcelain Heart (which was a mime that we made up to the song by Barlow Girl), Papercut (a dance mimish thing that Victoria Walsh made up. It went perfectly with our demon talk the night before and went really well), and the Champion (which was about how Christ totally demolishes satan and how the demons don't have a chance). It was awesome.
So yeah, pretty much an amazing trip with lots of new friends made! I can't wait to go again.
-M
M Word of the Post
Masterdom- v. acquire complete knowledge or skill in (an accomplishment, technique, or art); gain control of; overcome; make a master copy of (a movie or record).
Kokhanok was the "best" village we went to. I say "best" because it felt like it was the most receiving of mimes and testimonies. Does that make sense? Anywho, it was really fun because on Friday night the school government had a lock in at the school and so we got to play crab soccer and sardines with them. After sardines though, we all got in a circle on the gym floor and told ghost stories. All of our ghost stories were hokey camp fire type ghost stories, but all of theirs were absolutely true. Someone told about their great uncle disappearing and there were many many stories about "the Hairy Man" (basically Sasquach). Never before had we been directly informed of demonic manifestations. We went to bed praying the Psalms that night. The next day was our fun day. We panted faces and had balloons. It was great fun. It was also amazing to see how well our mimes were received. We did Porcelain Heart (which was a mime that we made up to the song by Barlow Girl), Papercut (a dance mimish thing that Victoria Walsh made up. It went perfectly with our demon talk the night before and went really well), and the Champion (which was about how Christ totally demolishes satan and how the demons don't have a chance). It was awesome.
So yeah, pretty much an amazing trip with lots of new friends made! I can't wait to go again.
-M
M Word of the Post
Masterdom- v. acquire complete knowledge or skill in (an accomplishment, technique, or art); gain control of; overcome; make a master copy of (a movie or record).
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
one wierd week
Hello all, S here. I know I haven’t posted in a while, but I, and the rest of MASK have had a very hectic past few weeks. This week in particular has been very unique for me. A lot happened to me last week, and felt a wide range of emotions and had the deal with some interesting things. And now, I’m going to tell you all about it.
So, I’ll start with Monday. Parachutes (youth Group) was at our youth pastors house for a special thing, and that was really cool. But Monday night was pretty intense. First of all, last Tuesday and Thursday were my last days of school, so naturally I had finals and projects and presentations and book reports and everything due that week and the week before. So I stayed up well past 1 in the morning finishing and re-studying school stuff. Secondly, Tuesday was my 15th birthday. I don’t know if you ever feel like this, but I felt as if I had been looking forward to this day, but the moment came… then left, and I wanted it to feel different but it didn’t, it was “just another ordinary day”, even though I got a lot of wonderful letters and good wishes, it felt as if they were being received by another person. Tuesday night was very emotional for me, to be honest, I cried. I haven’t done that in a while. I cried because I was over tired (because of staying up sooo late the night before, because of what I just explained , plus I was thinking about how hectic this summer will be (I excited for it, but Mask will hardly ever see each other) and just other stuff). Saying all that, I really truly had a magnificent birthday and it was very good even though I cried!
Now were to Wednesday. Woah. Well, the cool thing was, we got to pick up K from the airport, That was TONS of fun!!! Thanks for the encouragement you gave me K!! On another very serious note, later on Wednesday I didn’t have choir like I normally do, so I was kinda bummed out, but I had enough homework that I was glad for the extra time. Around 4:30ish (I think) my dad got home from work and said that some big commotion was going on at a house across the coldisak(sp!) from us. Two fire trucks, an ambulance and two police cars were outside and some good neighbor of ours were outside. The garage door was open. It took until 6 to know what had happened. Apparently the man who lived there had hung himself; the wife had come home to find him in the garage. She began screaming and that’s when our neighbors got involved. We don’t know why he did, we didn’t know him that well, but it has shocked our family all the same.
Thursday was uneventful, just went to school and had worship team, it was very nice. We talked about what had happened and prayed over it. I also invited a lot of people to come to the party I had just decided to do that Friday. Star Trek themed!! I have always wanted to do a Star Trek party. Even though it didn’t turn out exactly how I had planned (given I had decided to do it only two days earlier, I’m not surprised) but I had lots of fun anyways. There were a few hook ups, but they couldn’t be helped. We got to watch new move on our projector which was totally awesome, and many of them spent the night of the 10 people I had time to invited 6 could come, so that was cool. I’m deeply sorry if you (as readers couldn’t come, didn’t know about it or didn’t have a good time, but as I am explaining, it was a hectic week! Saturday the ones that were left went for a walk, K has pics, and that was totally amazing! (For some reason, whenever I get a chance to go for walks with my guests the “party” always livens up). Saturday night my family slept, and then we watched my favorite Star Trek Original movie, The Voyage Home. It was great! Sunday was cool. I woke up and went to a nearby church with my dad, It was really powerful and really amazing. Romans 1:21-30 I think. Sunday night was nice. We had home church as usual and I got to hand out with a little three year old girl. She is so cute! My name is “Big friend” lol. I also got a card from her grandma with and itunes gift card inside. Two Sundays before my parents bought her old ipod Touch, so now it’s mine and its awesome!
Well, that was the week. I cried, I laughed, and felt a lot of the emotions in-between, it was one weird week.
Love you all!
~Silly Sarah
P.S Mom and Dad, Thanks soooooo much for all you did to make my party special. I know it ward balancing little kid and teen, but I know I had a good time just being with good friends! Thanks for putting up with my suddenness! I love and appreciate you both soooooooo much!!!!! and thanks Mask for leting me cry and have a Star Trek party (being happy about it! lol jk) and for puttingup with me for seven (? right ?) years. You all are amazing!!
P.S.S. Its mostly spelled right! Lol!!
So, I’ll start with Monday. Parachutes (youth Group) was at our youth pastors house for a special thing, and that was really cool. But Monday night was pretty intense. First of all, last Tuesday and Thursday were my last days of school, so naturally I had finals and projects and presentations and book reports and everything due that week and the week before. So I stayed up well past 1 in the morning finishing and re-studying school stuff. Secondly, Tuesday was my 15th birthday. I don’t know if you ever feel like this, but I felt as if I had been looking forward to this day, but the moment came… then left, and I wanted it to feel different but it didn’t, it was “just another ordinary day”, even though I got a lot of wonderful letters and good wishes, it felt as if they were being received by another person. Tuesday night was very emotional for me, to be honest, I cried. I haven’t done that in a while. I cried because I was over tired (because of staying up sooo late the night before, because of what I just explained , plus I was thinking about how hectic this summer will be (I excited for it, but Mask will hardly ever see each other) and just other stuff). Saying all that, I really truly had a magnificent birthday and it was very good even though I cried!
Now were to Wednesday. Woah. Well, the cool thing was, we got to pick up K from the airport, That was TONS of fun!!! Thanks for the encouragement you gave me K!! On another very serious note, later on Wednesday I didn’t have choir like I normally do, so I was kinda bummed out, but I had enough homework that I was glad for the extra time. Around 4:30ish (I think) my dad got home from work and said that some big commotion was going on at a house across the coldisak(sp!) from us. Two fire trucks, an ambulance and two police cars were outside and some good neighbor of ours were outside. The garage door was open. It took until 6 to know what had happened. Apparently the man who lived there had hung himself; the wife had come home to find him in the garage. She began screaming and that’s when our neighbors got involved. We don’t know why he did, we didn’t know him that well, but it has shocked our family all the same.
Thursday was uneventful, just went to school and had worship team, it was very nice. We talked about what had happened and prayed over it. I also invited a lot of people to come to the party I had just decided to do that Friday. Star Trek themed!! I have always wanted to do a Star Trek party. Even though it didn’t turn out exactly how I had planned (given I had decided to do it only two days earlier, I’m not surprised) but I had lots of fun anyways. There were a few hook ups, but they couldn’t be helped. We got to watch new move on our projector which was totally awesome, and many of them spent the night of the 10 people I had time to invited 6 could come, so that was cool. I’m deeply sorry if you (as readers couldn’t come, didn’t know about it or didn’t have a good time, but as I am explaining, it was a hectic week! Saturday the ones that were left went for a walk, K has pics, and that was totally amazing! (For some reason, whenever I get a chance to go for walks with my guests the “party” always livens up). Saturday night my family slept, and then we watched my favorite Star Trek Original movie, The Voyage Home. It was great! Sunday was cool. I woke up and went to a nearby church with my dad, It was really powerful and really amazing. Romans 1:21-30 I think. Sunday night was nice. We had home church as usual and I got to hand out with a little three year old girl. She is so cute! My name is “Big friend” lol. I also got a card from her grandma with and itunes gift card inside. Two Sundays before my parents bought her old ipod Touch, so now it’s mine and its awesome!
Well, that was the week. I cried, I laughed, and felt a lot of the emotions in-between, it was one weird week.
Love you all!
~Silly Sarah
P.S Mom and Dad, Thanks soooooo much for all you did to make my party special. I know it ward balancing little kid and teen, but I know I had a good time just being with good friends! Thanks for putting up with my suddenness! I love and appreciate you both soooooooo much!!!!! and thanks Mask for leting me cry and have a Star Trek party (being happy about it! lol jk) and for puttingup with me for seven (? right ?) years. You all are amazing!!
P.S.S. Its mostly spelled right! Lol!!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Overwhemling
Man, I know a lot of people who are feeling overwhelmed right now, including myself. So if that's you, just hang on! School's almost out, just take it one day at a time and soon it will be better. I promise!
School is hard this time of year but it ends. Some people have busy summers too, but that's just not the same. There's always free time on Summer days.
So just make sure you're getting enough sleep and drinking water and letting some stuff out- talk to your friends! Or family or whoever, it will help you stay focused if you can release your thoughts some way (like writing them in a blog).
MASK is trying to plan our summer and trust me, this is no easy feat! But we're managing alright, and so can you! Haha, this is so random it doesn't even make sense. Well, that's ok. No one reads it anyway :P
-K
School is hard this time of year but it ends. Some people have busy summers too, but that's just not the same. There's always free time on Summer days.
So just make sure you're getting enough sleep and drinking water and letting some stuff out- talk to your friends! Or family or whoever, it will help you stay focused if you can release your thoughts some way (like writing them in a blog).
MASK is trying to plan our summer and trust me, this is no easy feat! But we're managing alright, and so can you! Haha, this is so random it doesn't even make sense. Well, that's ok. No one reads it anyway :P
-K
Levenworth
Hey! So... I went to Levenworth this weekend. It was pretty awesome. Kind of a last minute trip, but my two sisters and their husbands were going so I flew downt to Seattle on Friday night and we all drove to Levenworth on Sunday. I stayed with Kendra, my oldest sister who had two kids, for most of Saturday and then spent that night at Katy and Justin's. We had to get up really early because Justin leads worship at his church (he's awesome) and it's a long drive. It was SO PRETTY down there, everything was so rich and green and beautiful and it smelled amazing...I love the Spring down there. In the summer it gets hot and dry and stuff but in the SPring it's like an oasis of life.
Anyway, I had an GREAT time, good stuff in Levenworth. I bought a ring and a hat and a wallet. Yup. I flew back down on Wednesday morning and made it to school for the last two classes...school is awful. TONS of makeup work.
Today we began our mock trial for the impeachment of President Nixon and I am H.R. Haldeman, Nixon's chief of staff. It's really important, and I was awful. Just awful. But it's Friday tomorrow so I'm stoked!
It was S's birthday on Tuesday- HAPPY BIRTHDAY S!! She's having a Star Trek themed party tomorrow so we'll report on that later. Anyway, just an update. I love my family and I am so lucky and so blessed to have them it shocks me into silent awe every time I'm around them. I just sit there silently and am happy.
Roman is adorable, he's moved into the "why" stage. Haha. Fun stuff!!
-K
Anyway, I had an GREAT time, good stuff in Levenworth. I bought a ring and a hat and a wallet. Yup. I flew back down on Wednesday morning and made it to school for the last two classes...school is awful. TONS of makeup work.
Today we began our mock trial for the impeachment of President Nixon and I am H.R. Haldeman, Nixon's chief of staff. It's really important, and I was awful. Just awful. But it's Friday tomorrow so I'm stoked!
It was S's birthday on Tuesday- HAPPY BIRTHDAY S!! She's having a Star Trek themed party tomorrow so we'll report on that later. Anyway, just an update. I love my family and I am so lucky and so blessed to have them it shocks me into silent awe every time I'm around them. I just sit there silently and am happy.
Roman is adorable, he's moved into the "why" stage. Haha. Fun stuff!!
-K
Friday, April 16, 2010
I Have A Wrench
Ok, so, one thing you might not know about me is: I am very protective. Secretly. But I am sharing this secret with you today, because I have a story. :)
So, my mom took me to work last night. And it was late. And it was dark. And there were shifty people around.
So, we are loading stuff into a truck out back. And, what do I do?
Well, I start looking for some kind of weapon. My preferable choice would have been a box cutter, but, finding none handy, I stuck a wrench in my back pocket.
Imagine my surprise when I actually got to use it.
Ok, so, I wasn't scared, that was not the reason for sticking a wrench in my pocket. I stuck it in my pocket to protect my mom in case of an emergency. Yeah. And...I have always wanted to hit someone over the head with one.
Now, before you assume I DID hit someone over the head with it...don't. Because I didn't get to. But, as we were loading, the back store door swung shut behind us.
And it doesn't have a handle on the outside.
And my mom's keys were INside.
We were stuck.
That heavy, metal door is impossible to get open.
That is, unless you have a wrench in your back pocket.
I felt like a superhero. I pulled it out with a "whoosh!" and my mom said "oooh!!" And we pried open the door.
Nice, huh?
Yeah. Be safe, peeps. It's always handy to have a wrench in your back pocket.
Or maybe a set of spare keys.
But, whatever. That's it. :)
And don't think I'm violent or anything and that my dream is to hit people over the head. I just want my loved ones to be safe. :) AAAAWWWWW!!! *sniffle sniffle*
yeah.
You can count on me!!! *whoosh!*
-A
So, my mom took me to work last night. And it was late. And it was dark. And there were shifty people around.
So, we are loading stuff into a truck out back. And, what do I do?
Well, I start looking for some kind of weapon. My preferable choice would have been a box cutter, but, finding none handy, I stuck a wrench in my back pocket.
Imagine my surprise when I actually got to use it.
Ok, so, I wasn't scared, that was not the reason for sticking a wrench in my pocket. I stuck it in my pocket to protect my mom in case of an emergency. Yeah. And...I have always wanted to hit someone over the head with one.
Now, before you assume I DID hit someone over the head with it...don't. Because I didn't get to. But, as we were loading, the back store door swung shut behind us.
And it doesn't have a handle on the outside.
And my mom's keys were INside.
We were stuck.
That heavy, metal door is impossible to get open.
That is, unless you have a wrench in your back pocket.
I felt like a superhero. I pulled it out with a "whoosh!" and my mom said "oooh!!" And we pried open the door.
Nice, huh?
Yeah. Be safe, peeps. It's always handy to have a wrench in your back pocket.
Or maybe a set of spare keys.
But, whatever. That's it. :)
And don't think I'm violent or anything and that my dream is to hit people over the head. I just want my loved ones to be safe. :) AAAAWWWWW!!! *sniffle sniffle*
yeah.
You can count on me!!! *whoosh!*
-A
Monday, April 12, 2010
My Point
Well, not much to report from my end. K and M pretty much summed it up.
After H2oasis I had to leave. I took a shower and clonked into bed. I got up on Saturday at 8:00am and prepared myself to go snowboarding. yay!
It was really fun and sunny. There was only fifteen people on the slopes, so me and my two other friends had practically the whole area to ourselves!! It was super fun.
I ate a quick lunch and headed off to the Trailer park thing with M and K. It was really fun and I enjoyed it a lot. I can definitely see us having some really good times with those kids.
I'm eating apples.
After I got back home, me and my family played a massive game of Seafarers of Catan. I don't know WHAT it is, but every time we play that game before bed, we go absolutely crazy!! Me and my siblings were SO HYPER it was insane. We were singing, laughing, talking crazy talk, firing missiles on each other, and ...yeah. That game does some weird stuff. I mean, dude. I just wish someone was there to see what went on.
If I had to say, it was weirder than some of the stuff MASK does, and trust me, we do some weird stuff.
Anyway, that's all from my side.
Spot on,
-A
After H2oasis I had to leave. I took a shower and clonked into bed. I got up on Saturday at 8:00am and prepared myself to go snowboarding. yay!
It was really fun and sunny. There was only fifteen people on the slopes, so me and my two other friends had practically the whole area to ourselves!! It was super fun.
I ate a quick lunch and headed off to the Trailer park thing with M and K. It was really fun and I enjoyed it a lot. I can definitely see us having some really good times with those kids.
I'm eating apples.
After I got back home, me and my family played a massive game of Seafarers of Catan. I don't know WHAT it is, but every time we play that game before bed, we go absolutely crazy!! Me and my siblings were SO HYPER it was insane. We were singing, laughing, talking crazy talk, firing missiles on each other, and ...yeah. That game does some weird stuff. I mean, dude. I just wish someone was there to see what went on.
If I had to say, it was weirder than some of the stuff MASK does, and trust me, we do some weird stuff.
Anyway, that's all from my side.
Spot on,
-A
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Long-term relationship building.
Ok, so Josh (our youth pastor) has teamed up with the Kievinvelts (a family who runs Parachutes Youth Ministries) and they have come up with a plan! Josh has selected some of our youth group (MASK included) to start some long term relationships with kids who live in Dimond Estates (a trailer park). They are really nice kids but they don't have really stable adults in their life and Josh and Joel think that we could really help them. So we'll start out by just hanging with the kids and later on set up some kind of mentorship program, maybe do some tutoring. I am very excited about it, but pretty nervous too. You'll probably be hearing more about this later :)
-K
-K
Oh man! Busybusybusy like a beaver!
Ok sooo...this weekend has been hectic!! So crazy. Really. First, there was quite some confusion but I somehow got to H2Oasis (an indoor waterpark here in Anchorage) and met SAM. It was actualy a ton of fun, Jessica (a friend) and A's little sister (another M) were there. We spent probably as much time eating as we did swimming but that was fun for me :D Somebody cut the back of my foot with their toenail and I didn't really notice until wayyyy later. We were sitting on the deck of the pool for like 5 or 10 minutes when I look down, and there's a puddle of blood on the floor and the back of my foot is totaly covered in blood. Ew! It took me and S a littl while to get it to stop but that was the most interesting thing that has happened to me in a while. Then, this cleaning lady threw away M's retainer!!! I'll let her tell that story but don't worry, they found it. Then S, Jessica, M, and me (I would say and I but I think the letter would confuse people) went back to S's house. M stayed for a little while and then left but me and Jess stayed the night. The next day, A, M, and me (I did it again) went to this Kid Festival thing and then after that I went to see a show at UAA called Kismet and it was delightful :) I went with a girl named Katie from my Russia trip because our translator, Jhenya (long story comes with that name ) was in it. He actualy had a pretty big role and he did really good, so I'm glad I went. Today I got up before 8 so I could get to church early and run the powerpoint. Lovley. And today I have been doing tons of homework. So there's my weekend in a nutshell, I know this wasn't a very interesting post but this kind of thing is strictly so I'll remember it in days to come.
-K
-K
H2OCrisis
Ok, so S invited us all to H2Oasis for some Homeschooling thing. It was pretty fun. EXCEPT for one event that almost ruined my relationship with my mom. So we were eating pizza and having laughs when we all got up to refill our drinks. While we were doing that this Korean (I think she was Korean) lady comes and clears off our table of trash and stuff. Unfortunately, my silly habits put my retainer in a folded napkin. Thus, when were almost done eating I realized to my horror that I had just lost my very expensive retainer. So, I go to the Korean janitor lady and I tell her what happened... at least 10 times. (With motions and everything) She finally understands that we threw something very "OOOH! YEAH! Very Expensive" (she says pointing to her teath.) "'bout two thousand dollar." We just smile and nod. So, three trash cans and ten minutes later, we found them (miraculously). A and me (following K's suit) went to the bathroom to wash our hands. I soaked my retainer in listerine for an hour when I got home.
-M
M Word of the Post
Megaflop- n. a thing that is a complete failure
-M
M Word of the Post
Megaflop- n. a thing that is a complete failure
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tears from my eyes, and into the well
"Amanda. Come here."
"Why?"
"'Cause I want you too."
"Give me four good reasons, then I will." I waited as my little brother racked his brain for good reasons.
He didn't take long.
"1) because I have a question; 2) because I have another question; 3) It will be really good if you say yes; aannnnd 4) because you have nothing better to do."
My heart caved in (as it often does with him) and I walked over, trying not to laugh. I went over and asked, "What?"
"You should become a book reader."
"Ummm...I already am."
"No, I mean like Jim Dale. Read books on tape."
I gawked. I have been reading my favorite books to him. Right now they include the Percy Jackson series and Artemis Fowl (which he liked so much he wants me to read them again). I do all different voices and everything. (cool, I know)
Since I had nothing to say (I was kinda in shock), he filled the silence:
"You'd be really good. Especially if you did Artemis Fowl..." he kind of trailed off, seeing my weird expression. I knew I'd make him uncomfortable if I started crying, so I held it in (I really wanted to though!).
"Well..."
"Do you want to?" he asked
"I've thought about it." And I had.
"'Cause you'd be really good," he said again.
Afterward, I realized that he didn't have a question. He had a suggestion. One that made me want to cry. That's the second nice, genuine thing he's said to me. :) I was touched, and my heart broke. (I also looked back at reason number 3) ;)
On another note: My sister asked,
What was the difference between a cadaver and a corpse?
Anyone have any thoughts? I answered her, but I wasn't entirely positive in my answer. Also, it seems like a good discussion topic. haha, you could use it to start conversation!
haha. No seriously.
_Amanda
p.S. I just ate an orange.
"Why?"
"'Cause I want you too."
"Give me four good reasons, then I will." I waited as my little brother racked his brain for good reasons.
He didn't take long.
"1) because I have a question; 2) because I have another question; 3) It will be really good if you say yes; aannnnd 4) because you have nothing better to do."
My heart caved in (as it often does with him) and I walked over, trying not to laugh. I went over and asked, "What?"
"You should become a book reader."
"Ummm...I already am."
"No, I mean like Jim Dale. Read books on tape."
I gawked. I have been reading my favorite books to him. Right now they include the Percy Jackson series and Artemis Fowl (which he liked so much he wants me to read them again). I do all different voices and everything. (cool, I know)
Since I had nothing to say (I was kinda in shock), he filled the silence:
"You'd be really good. Especially if you did Artemis Fowl..." he kind of trailed off, seeing my weird expression. I knew I'd make him uncomfortable if I started crying, so I held it in (I really wanted to though!).
"Well..."
"Do you want to?" he asked
"I've thought about it." And I had.
"'Cause you'd be really good," he said again.
Afterward, I realized that he didn't have a question. He had a suggestion. One that made me want to cry. That's the second nice, genuine thing he's said to me. :) I was touched, and my heart broke. (I also looked back at reason number 3) ;)
On another note: My sister asked,
What was the difference between a cadaver and a corpse?
Anyone have any thoughts? I answered her, but I wasn't entirely positive in my answer. Also, it seems like a good discussion topic. haha, you could use it to start conversation!
haha. No seriously.
_Amanda
p.S. I just ate an orange.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Easter Weekend
Sooo....it snowed. And all I have to say to that is- I knew it!! I knew this would happen. But I let the world convince me to let my guard down and then BOOM!-snow.
Anyway, I am here to update you about our recent endvorings. I don't think that's a word...whatever.
Ok! So, this weekend we all went to A's house on Friday night and watched Hello Dolly! :) Fun stuff. We stayed up late and covered some seriously deep issues...intense.
And we, of course, talked all about characters and how much we wish it was summer. We went on two walks, once to the park and once around the neighborhood. When we went to the park Amanda found a random jacket on the ground and put it on, and some guy ran up out of no where and said "that's my coat!" so she had to give it back. Bummer, it was awfully stunning on her. Anyway, the rest of the playground visit was really just standard stuff- pictures, swings, battles, boxing matches, ect. I think we all had fun. I saw a mailbox with 2012 written on it, which is when me and A graduate :D NOT THAT IT MAKES US ANY BETTER THAN YOU TWO!! Geez. So touchy.
Alrighty! So I think that's all I have to say...Oh! I went to A's grandma's house for Easter and met her family, and I must say...I am beginning to understand why she is the way she is. Haha! Jk. I love you guys!
-K
Anyway, I am here to update you about our recent endvorings. I don't think that's a word...whatever.
Ok! So, this weekend we all went to A's house on Friday night and watched Hello Dolly! :) Fun stuff. We stayed up late and covered some seriously deep issues...intense.
And we, of course, talked all about characters and how much we wish it was summer. We went on two walks, once to the park and once around the neighborhood. When we went to the park Amanda found a random jacket on the ground and put it on, and some guy ran up out of no where and said "that's my coat!" so she had to give it back. Bummer, it was awfully stunning on her. Anyway, the rest of the playground visit was really just standard stuff- pictures, swings, battles, boxing matches, ect. I think we all had fun. I saw a mailbox with 2012 written on it, which is when me and A graduate :D NOT THAT IT MAKES US ANY BETTER THAN YOU TWO!! Geez. So touchy.
Alrighty! So I think that's all I have to say...Oh! I went to A's grandma's house for Easter and met her family, and I must say...I am beginning to understand why she is the way she is. Haha! Jk. I love you guys!
-K
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Nulato 3/25-28/10
Well, last thursday began the coolest adventure I've probably been on, not including floating the Yukon. Last Thursday, I went to Nulato with a school mission trip. It was soooo cool! The people there were so kind and loving! I loved it! Thursday we took off at about ten thirty (i have about 100 pics just from the flight), and we got there at about noon, oneish. It was so cool because Nulato is, literally, on the bank of the Yukon River, so as soon as we see this huge river of white in the brown terrain, we knew we were getting close. What met us there was exactly opposite of what I imagined. I imagined the middle of nowhere, ice and snow surrounding us, shanty little townhouses. This was not so. There were trees and hills and cliffs and wooden little shacks where no one lived. We piled our things in the bus and off we went. Down through trees and over frozen creeks. Soon, we came to a deserted little ghost town. No one was out and about on that fine Thursday. We reached the school, the only modern looking building in the immediate area, at about 12:40. Our first mission was to take off our snow stuff and look for things to do. Victoria, Aly, Katie, Brianna, and myself got the glorious task of straightening the library (by straitening I mean putting tons of misplaced books in their right places, reorganizing the fiction and nonfiction and removing all the uncatalogued books.) We did this for I don't know how long. After awhile, Brianna, Sarah, and myself were sent off to do another job, stripping the paper off of bulletin boards and putting new 'spring' fabric up. It was fun. Tedious, but fun. Eventually we all slowly made our way to the gym. We sat around, played basketball, play elbow tag, everything. After dinner, we put on our first program. It was so cool! We did tons of skits and clowns, we really bonded with the kids. Then everyone left, rice krispie treat in hand of course. We sat around and talked about the day. We didn't get to bed until about 11 or 12... maybe it was 1... Anyway, the girls slept in the library and the guys slept who knows where.
We were roused the next morning at about 7, 7:30. Cereal and muffins made up our lunches. All through out that day too we just looked for random odd jobs we could do (the guys were building a shed btw). We had an assembly that day, it was basically a mini program for the school. Oh! and there were tons of guitars and a piano in the library! (we used the piano for a clown skit) then we set off to work for the rest of the day till dinner and another program. And after all that we went over to the Rec Center. It was in the populated part of town (kinda like our hillside). It was so fun hanging out with the teens and playing cards (I won a Dr.Pepper because I delt a four of a kind in five card draw). The girls moved chambers Friday night to the Preschool room. It was really cool, there were parachutes hanging from the wall and a fort type of thing with two levels. It was awesome. Saturday we had a fun day for the little kids. We had face painting and balloon animals in the gym and wordless book bracelets and Easter story stuff in the cafeteria. I was doing some face panting stuff, it was fun. I even got to pant the principle's face (he was a wolf). We also got to go to a sledding party. The hill was maybe a hundred yards from the school, actually it wasn't a hill, it was the bank of the Yukon and the base was the Yukon. After that, we did a program for the teens and I shared a little about me and how stupid humankind is compared to God. It was really nerve racking and I cried... a lot. We went to the Rec Center after cleaning the school. (It was cool because some teens came to the school just to help clean so we could go to the Rec Center). We did awesomeness. It was so heartbreaking to say goodbye. We sat in a circle in the middle of the gym until one that night. It wasn't till Sunday morning (6 on Sunday morning) that I realized I didn't get to say goodbye to the little kids. Josephine (her birthday was on Tuesday), Sierra, Megan, Tommy, Jay, the ones I can't think of right now, all of them were so precious. God Bless them.
All in all, an amazing trip. I can't wait to go back, I honestly didn't want to come home. I still don't. *sigh* Oh well. Love you guys! :)
-M
M word of the Post
Miracle- n. a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency; a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences; an amazing product or achievement, or an outstanding example of something
ORIGIN: Middle English via Old French from Latin miraculum "object of wonder", from mirari "to wonder", from mirus "wonderful"
We were roused the next morning at about 7, 7:30. Cereal and muffins made up our lunches. All through out that day too we just looked for random odd jobs we could do (the guys were building a shed btw). We had an assembly that day, it was basically a mini program for the school. Oh! and there were tons of guitars and a piano in the library! (we used the piano for a clown skit) then we set off to work for the rest of the day till dinner and another program. And after all that we went over to the Rec Center. It was in the populated part of town (kinda like our hillside). It was so fun hanging out with the teens and playing cards (I won a Dr.Pepper because I delt a four of a kind in five card draw). The girls moved chambers Friday night to the Preschool room. It was really cool, there were parachutes hanging from the wall and a fort type of thing with two levels. It was awesome. Saturday we had a fun day for the little kids. We had face painting and balloon animals in the gym and wordless book bracelets and Easter story stuff in the cafeteria. I was doing some face panting stuff, it was fun. I even got to pant the principle's face (he was a wolf). We also got to go to a sledding party. The hill was maybe a hundred yards from the school, actually it wasn't a hill, it was the bank of the Yukon and the base was the Yukon. After that, we did a program for the teens and I shared a little about me and how stupid humankind is compared to God. It was really nerve racking and I cried... a lot. We went to the Rec Center after cleaning the school. (It was cool because some teens came to the school just to help clean so we could go to the Rec Center). We did awesomeness. It was so heartbreaking to say goodbye. We sat in a circle in the middle of the gym until one that night. It wasn't till Sunday morning (6 on Sunday morning) that I realized I didn't get to say goodbye to the little kids. Josephine (her birthday was on Tuesday), Sierra, Megan, Tommy, Jay, the ones I can't think of right now, all of them were so precious. God Bless them.
All in all, an amazing trip. I can't wait to go back, I honestly didn't want to come home. I still don't. *sigh* Oh well. Love you guys! :)
-M
M word of the Post
Miracle- n. a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency; a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences; an amazing product or achievement, or an outstanding example of something
ORIGIN: Middle English via Old French from Latin miraculum "object of wonder", from mirari "to wonder", from mirus "wonderful"
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Spring
I officialy marked yesterday as the first day of Spring, which would make today the second day. Ahhh Spring...I am so excited for school to be over! It's still a month and a half away but I CAN'T WAIT! I keep thinking of all the fun stuff we're going to do in the summer...go to Kincaid, hike the Mail Trail, hike Flat Top, go camping, to go Kincaid beach, ect. I am so ready for the outdoors...ah! I can't wait!
-K
-K
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Whoo!
Hey! Me, A, and S just had a super fun overnighter! We missed M but we survived...barley. We watched Quest for Camelot and talked about characters a lot, stayed up till about 2 and slept untill 11.
Oh yeah, and we went to see the Three Musketeers production at Dimond today :) It was cute but not their best. Lots of quotes have been added to the quote book...umm...I have to go because I think I'm having company soon but I'll let everyone tell you about it too!
-K
Oh yeah, and we went to see the Three Musketeers production at Dimond today :) It was cute but not their best. Lots of quotes have been added to the quote book...umm...I have to go because I think I'm having company soon but I'll let everyone tell you about it too!
-K
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Meow
"We have a friend at the window!" my sister called, running upstairs for some unknown reason.
What?
I walked to our huge front window and greeted our "friend".
A wittle baby moosie! *squeal!*
We watched it eat our plants and look at us curiously. I then traveled outside to our porch and watched it some more. It came over and was munch-munch-munching on some MORE plants. I wanted to touch it. And I could have, but it got spooked.
It turned and started walking away and I was like, Noooo!!!
So for some strange reason that makes up half of my being, I started meowing at it.
And it stopped.
It turned and looked at me.
I kept it up, turning my meowing into a sort of "pleading" meowing, like a kitten whose lost it's mother. *sniff*
It shifted on its legs and I could tell it was thinking about coming back. Some part of it's brain (at least, I'm guessing)wanted to come rescue the little lost kitten, but then it was like, "That's a kitten?! Pssh!" I threw a couple of "kissing" noises, like you do with horses, along with the meowing. It turned around and nibbled on some more plants, all the while keeping tabs on me.
Some kids came and rode past on their bicycles and it walked off, a little spooked. Ah, *sigh*.
Anyway...
I am.....MOOSE WHISPERER!! MUahahahahaha!!!
So, next time you see a moose....meow.
Adios, Flamingos!
-A
What?
I walked to our huge front window and greeted our "friend".
A wittle baby moosie! *squeal!*
We watched it eat our plants and look at us curiously. I then traveled outside to our porch and watched it some more. It came over and was munch-munch-munching on some MORE plants. I wanted to touch it. And I could have, but it got spooked.
It turned and started walking away and I was like, Noooo!!!
So for some strange reason that makes up half of my being, I started meowing at it.
And it stopped.
It turned and looked at me.
I kept it up, turning my meowing into a sort of "pleading" meowing, like a kitten whose lost it's mother. *sniff*
It shifted on its legs and I could tell it was thinking about coming back. Some part of it's brain (at least, I'm guessing)wanted to come rescue the little lost kitten, but then it was like, "That's a kitten?! Pssh!" I threw a couple of "kissing" noises, like you do with horses, along with the meowing. It turned around and nibbled on some more plants, all the while keeping tabs on me.
Some kids came and rode past on their bicycles and it walked off, a little spooked. Ah, *sigh*.
Anyway...
I am.....MOOSE WHISPERER!! MUahahahahaha!!!
So, next time you see a moose....meow.
Adios, Flamingos!
-A
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Soccers
I just witnessed that moment in the evening when all the streetlights turn on. Pretty cool stuff.
-K
P.S.
Last night me, M, and S played broom ball with the youth group and it was fun! :D I'm pretty sure S was born to play that game. Me on the other hand...not so much. They didn't actualy have real brooms to play with which bummed me out, I told M it was like trying to play basketball without baskets or trying to play soccer ball without soccers. But it's not called soccer ball, it's just called soccer. So that just makes me crazy. Whatever.
I am having a hectic week and it's only Tuesday! Arg! HSQEs are next week...blehh.
-K
P.S.
Last night me, M, and S played broom ball with the youth group and it was fun! :D I'm pretty sure S was born to play that game. Me on the other hand...not so much. They didn't actualy have real brooms to play with which bummed me out, I told M it was like trying to play basketball without baskets or trying to play soccer ball without soccers. But it's not called soccer ball, it's just called soccer. So that just makes me crazy. Whatever.
I am having a hectic week and it's only Tuesday! Arg! HSQEs are next week...blehh.
Monday, March 22, 2010
By His Side
So, I know about lots or people this week that need prayer, so this is a place to post your prayer requests and hopefully I'll have time to later post these prayer requests on the side bar to remind all of us.
My prayer requests are for:
1)my mom, who at this moment is getting out of a small surgery, she'll have to stay at the hospital overnight.
2) My Sister-in-law, who is going to be having first son in about a month!! (Which I am VERY excited!)
3) M who, as K said, is going to be leaving on her missions trip!
and 4) What went on last night at "the house", pray that eyes are opened, hearts are set and we(as Americans) know what is and is not constitutional
I had planned on posting this a looooong time ago, but Kept having other things to do, sorry.
Love,
~Spirited Sarah
My prayer requests are for:
1)my mom, who at this moment is getting out of a small surgery, she'll have to stay at the hospital overnight.
2) My Sister-in-law, who is going to be having first son in about a month!! (Which I am VERY excited!)
3) M who, as K said, is going to be leaving on her missions trip!
and 4) What went on last night at "the house", pray that eyes are opened, hearts are set and we(as Americans) know what is and is not constitutional
I had planned on posting this a looooong time ago, but Kept having other things to do, sorry.
Love,
~Spirited Sarah
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Random
Sooo...on Friday night me and S went to see Blind Side and it was really good, I liked it but I think S liked it more. Then on Saturday we all went to see Sherlock Holmes which M and me had already seen but S and A hadn't and of course it was amazing. I love that movie. The music is especialy captivating and the lines are well written. Later Satruday A and me went to the Banff Mountain Film Festival which was super duper cool. It's like all these really cool outdoor films and now me and A are convinced that our passion is mountain biking, if only we weren't depreived of the chance to develope it.
I would so so so so so totaly mountain bike if someone gave me the chance. Awesome!!
Anyway..just a little update about us. M leaves this week for her mission trip and I already miss her D: This week is a three and a half day week at school so we'll probably get together and do something crazy :)
I looooove your idea M, it's so far off and yet so cool! But...the permits to have those coffee stands are like a billion dollars a year. Hey, my dad says that the tanning place next to Dimond is open and we should make an offer :P He says a lot of teachers would take their classes and study groups there and we could call it the "Lynx Den" or something. Clever. But I told him I didn't quite think we were ready for a whole building yet. Anyway...I gotta go.
-K
I would so so so so so totaly mountain bike if someone gave me the chance. Awesome!!
Anyway..just a little update about us. M leaves this week for her mission trip and I already miss her D: This week is a three and a half day week at school so we'll probably get together and do something crazy :)
I looooove your idea M, it's so far off and yet so cool! But...the permits to have those coffee stands are like a billion dollars a year. Hey, my dad says that the tanning place next to Dimond is open and we should make an offer :P He says a lot of teachers would take their classes and study groups there and we could call it the "Lynx Den" or something. Clever. But I told him I didn't quite think we were ready for a whole building yet. Anyway...I gotta go.
-K
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Impossibility
Ok, I know this will sound far fetched and impossible, but what if we started our own "cafe"? And, taking it a step farther, what if it was specifically to help those organizations who need it most? Just picture it: a little coffee shack on some central parking lot, with tons of posters everywhere, laminated, of course. Just think! If we learned how to work one of those espresso machines, and set a shack up, it could be so cool! I can just imagine little jars lined up on the window sill with the names of organizations like Invisible Children, the Red Cross, Help for Haiti, Chili, etc. I think it could really work. We could do it. I know we could. Well, that's just a little vision I had, something for the future, or the present, either one. Think about it.
-M
M Word of the Post
Motivation- n. the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way; the general desire or willingness of someone to do something
-M
M Word of the Post
Motivation- n. the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way; the general desire or willingness of someone to do something
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Journal Entry #78
This is a little blurb I wrote.
Monday, March 15, 2010
I hate Mondays. And with declarations like this one, my mind wanders to the fact that Garfield and myself are truly, very similar. We both have ginger coats, we both love lasagna, and we both have this dually singular loathing for the first day of the week. But, that’s not the point. I hate Mondays, this one in particular, because it is the first day of school after Spring Break. They taunt us, allowing us but one taste of what life without school would be like, a life in the sun. We still have fifty days of school, and everyday, every period, even during lunch, I dream of all the things I could do with the time I’m wasting by daydreaming about the things I could do. And so, I’ve come to the conclusion that summer has a certain psyche, if you will, about it. Especially in a place where half of the year is spent in the dismal world of winter where we must survive like bats, clinging to the hope of one day seeing the sun again. You can’t help dreaming of summer days because of the distasteful things they force upon us. For example, just as the sun peaks above the mountains they allow us a week of freedom, a week when you can sleep until you are awaken by the light of the sun gently caressing your cheek. And then BOOM! Darkness, blackness, dull comprehension of your surroundings and what time it is. This is the torture the school board puts us through. And now, when the end of school is so close yet so far, they have the nerve to expect us to pay attention. Summer. Ah, beautiful lady come and sit beside me once more! Come, warm our hearts and tan our skin. You are like a long-lost lover who must go away when ice cages us every winter. Dear summer, if only you could stay and make the flowers blossom year round! *cough* Sorry, as I was saying, summer has a sort of psyche that makes us lose it. You see, she, I mean it, comes around and we can do whatever. Ya know? Soccer, gardening, camps, sleep, we can do it all! And then, just when we learn to control our longing for more things to do (as not to get overwhelmed), it leaves and the sun goes away and the snow falls and the ice covers the roads wishing us harm in every sense of the word and... and... and then we are PLUNGED INTO THE DARKNESS THAT GRIPS OUR SOULS AND SQUEEZES UNTIL THE VERY LAST DROP OF SANITY IS DRAINED!!! *ahem* Yeah, it does stuff... to your mind.
Sincerely,
Your-once-sane-self.
-M
M Word of the Post that doesn't start with the letter M
quince-n. a hard, acid, pear-shaped fruit used in preserves or as flavoring; the shurb or small tree that bears this fruit, native to western Asia
Monday, March 15, 2010
I hate Mondays. And with declarations like this one, my mind wanders to the fact that Garfield and myself are truly, very similar. We both have ginger coats, we both love lasagna, and we both have this dually singular loathing for the first day of the week. But, that’s not the point. I hate Mondays, this one in particular, because it is the first day of school after Spring Break. They taunt us, allowing us but one taste of what life without school would be like, a life in the sun. We still have fifty days of school, and everyday, every period, even during lunch, I dream of all the things I could do with the time I’m wasting by daydreaming about the things I could do. And so, I’ve come to the conclusion that summer has a certain psyche, if you will, about it. Especially in a place where half of the year is spent in the dismal world of winter where we must survive like bats, clinging to the hope of one day seeing the sun again. You can’t help dreaming of summer days because of the distasteful things they force upon us. For example, just as the sun peaks above the mountains they allow us a week of freedom, a week when you can sleep until you are awaken by the light of the sun gently caressing your cheek. And then BOOM! Darkness, blackness, dull comprehension of your surroundings and what time it is. This is the torture the school board puts us through. And now, when the end of school is so close yet so far, they have the nerve to expect us to pay attention. Summer. Ah, beautiful lady come and sit beside me once more! Come, warm our hearts and tan our skin. You are like a long-lost lover who must go away when ice cages us every winter. Dear summer, if only you could stay and make the flowers blossom year round! *cough* Sorry, as I was saying, summer has a sort of psyche that makes us lose it. You see, she, I mean it, comes around and we can do whatever. Ya know? Soccer, gardening, camps, sleep, we can do it all! And then, just when we learn to control our longing for more things to do (as not to get overwhelmed), it leaves and the sun goes away and the snow falls and the ice covers the roads wishing us harm in every sense of the word and... and... and then we are PLUNGED INTO THE DARKNESS THAT GRIPS OUR SOULS AND SQUEEZES UNTIL THE VERY LAST DROP OF SANITY IS DRAINED!!! *ahem* Yeah, it does stuff... to your mind.
Sincerely,
Your-once-sane-self.
-M
M Word of the Post that doesn't start with the letter M
quince-n. a hard, acid, pear-shaped fruit used in preserves or as flavoring; the shurb or small tree that bears this fruit, native to western Asia
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Driving
Yay! I went driving today. I drove to Stacy's house and then to Belles and then home. I also got rubber bands on my braces and found out that I can't write a story. I am seriously incapable of it. Fragments of a story, sure, I can do that. But a whole story? No. Impossible.
It is Thanksgiving today...did you know that? We are having turkey and mashed potatoes and everything. Yum.
-K
It is Thanksgiving today...did you know that? We are having turkey and mashed potatoes and everything. Yum.
-K
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
OH! Happy day! Happy Day
Well, lets see. Dispite a half gloomy (mouth hurting and food deprivation. And finishing all my big projects for school monday night at, like 2:30 or something) and Half the-most-awesome-totally-most-restful-weekend-ever (sleepover, movie night with family and picking up Kosy at the airport!) Today I can't help but have a overjoyed view of the world. Days like today (its 38 degrees and sunny and everything is melting) make me feel like I'm walking in the cloud. The sky is blue and beautiful! So basicly I'm in a wonderful mood. Have a good day everybody and pray that this sun stays for the week end!!! (or at least visits during the weekend)
Loye yal!!
~Sappy Sarah
Loye yal!!
~Sappy Sarah
Sunday, March 14, 2010
America!
Hey guys, I'm home!! S, A, and M all met me at the airport with their lovley sign :) That seriously made my day guys, thanks so much!
My trip was absolutley amazing, I'm not going to write all about it here because that would just take up space and I am too tired, but all in all it was a good trip and I'm really happy to be home. I think I will definitley go back again.
All I can think about now is summer, a time where life can be what I want it to be and school isn't constantly dictating me...ugh. Not looking forward to two more months of school.
So I'm off! I'm not sure where to be I will talk to you later!
-K
My trip was absolutley amazing, I'm not going to write all about it here because that would just take up space and I am too tired, but all in all it was a good trip and I'm really happy to be home. I think I will definitley go back again.
All I can think about now is summer, a time where life can be what I want it to be and school isn't constantly dictating me...ugh. Not looking forward to two more months of school.
So I'm off! I'm not sure where to be I will talk to you later!
-K
The Spring Break of M
Well, I had Friday off and just lazed around and did nothing. Then we (mom, pops, bro, sis-in-law, kids, dogs, etc) drove down to Soldotna to visit my Gma for a few days. It was pretty fun. We ate and slept and the kids watched movies while we played game upon game of pinochle. Five handed, four handed, all the time. It was really fun. We drove back on Monday and I "cleaned" my room ish. Then I totally did nothing on Tuesday, and on Wednesday my mom and I went all the way out to Kohl's 'cause they were having this huge sale and shopped around for awhile. But we had to leave early because I got nauseous, sorry mom. :) So yeah, we went home with me threatening the car with a new interior design and I took a nap. I felt soooo bad Wednesday night... ugh. I was slightly chilled, but shaking like none other and my skin was sensitive to touch and my shoulders and neck ached sooo badly. Diagnosis: flu. And to make matters worse I got about two total hours of sleep, the rest where tossing and turning in and out of my covers until, finally, I threw up at 4:30 am. Thursday was spent lying on the couch, sleeping, eating crackers, drinking unheard of amounts of water and watching movies. I still felt a little whoosy Friday morning, but got over it by the afternoon and went to go party with A and S. It was fun, we watched three movies, two of which I only saw the beginning and ending because I kept on falling asleep, until three oclock in the morning. We slept 'til eleven, though I woke up at eight, nine thirty, and ten, and had an excellent breakfast made by S's mom. We took a walk, went up to feed horses, then went to the airport, arriving five minutes before K. Oh! and we made her a poster! It was loverly, wasn't it K? So yeah, that was my week, except today I went to church, almost hit a parked car, and will possibly go on a walk or skiing. School's tomorrow.... XP I think I'm gunna be sick again.
-M
M Word of the Post
Maiolica- n. fine earthenware with colored decoration on an opaque white tin glaze, originating in Italy during the Renaissance.
-M
M Word of the Post
Maiolica- n. fine earthenware with colored decoration on an opaque white tin glaze, originating in Italy during the Renaissance.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
S's spring brake
Well, where should I start? hummmmm.
Monday! Well, on Monday I went to the dentest and got my teeth checked out and cleaned. You'll be glad to hear my teeth are in very good health, except that my teeth get to much accid from oranges, apples, pears, guava, soda, and cranbarry juice so after I eat/drink such things I must have this other tictac thing, which is wierd, but dental work is wierd. The rest of that day I wrote some stuff for my essays(Homework).
Tuesday... that was and interesting one. As you might already know, I really don't like needles, dentel work or med. type stuff. But on Tuesday I had an appointment to go to a Oral sergen (who I've never met) and he was going to either 1)Take out all four of my wisdom teeth right then and expose this other tooth, or 2)Take out one wisdom tooth and expose the one infront of it, or 3)just expose the the one tooth that needs exposing. So, after ten minutes of consideration, my mom and the sergen decided with option 2. Ten minutes later I was in a seat with a clip on my finger and someone stuck a I.V. in my arm and a second later I was out. And I mean OUT!!! What seemed like 2 minutes later, a nurse told me to stand up. I saw my mom(I saw dubble of her which was... odd)and I got in the car and according to my mother talked non-stop the whole way home. All I can remember is trying to convice my mom I was in my right mind and having a drug in my blood for half-and-hour didn't effect me at all (yeah right!).
Yesterday. All my trouble seemed right in my face. I only wished that I could hide away! well, anyway Yesterday the Left side of my face was swollen "like a squirrle with it's face stuffed with accorns"(someone's intrepritatrion of something my dad said about dumplings. :D lol). I pretty much sat on the couch all day doing nothing.
Today... Well, my sister had a friend spend the night last night and so she was with us all day. I had made plans to see a friend from school as well. We had planned to go see Percy Jachson casue she haddn't seen it yet and wanted to. But My mom was going to pick her up and while doing other things with the car (picking up my sister form something, shoping ext.) she found that the car would do this very strange "Shinnying" (shakeing, almost like a massage chair) So we traveled slowly not wanting the car to shake apart totally. So we endded up picking up my firend later then we wanted to and arrived at the theater at 2:14 (the movie started at 1:50) So, we went to Alice in Wonderland (which came out last week). it was very good. the S.E.'s were quite amazing. Then, waiting for our parents to pick us up we went across the way to the library. After hanging out their for an hour we both went seprate ways. My cheek is/was still quite swollen and the medicien I've been given has made be very tiered.
Now you are up to date. :) I'm must say it's possible I've done a terrible time of explaining myself, but just know I'm very tiered and druged and hurting, so I am very much not thinking strait. Hopefully I'll see some of you tommarow ;).
Thanks for listening to me!
Silly Swollen Sarah
Monday! Well, on Monday I went to the dentest and got my teeth checked out and cleaned. You'll be glad to hear my teeth are in very good health, except that my teeth get to much accid from oranges, apples, pears, guava, soda, and cranbarry juice so after I eat/drink such things I must have this other tictac thing, which is wierd, but dental work is wierd. The rest of that day I wrote some stuff for my essays(Homework).
Tuesday... that was and interesting one. As you might already know, I really don't like needles, dentel work or med. type stuff. But on Tuesday I had an appointment to go to a Oral sergen (who I've never met) and he was going to either 1)Take out all four of my wisdom teeth right then and expose this other tooth, or 2)Take out one wisdom tooth and expose the one infront of it, or 3)just expose the the one tooth that needs exposing. So, after ten minutes of consideration, my mom and the sergen decided with option 2. Ten minutes later I was in a seat with a clip on my finger and someone stuck a I.V. in my arm and a second later I was out. And I mean OUT!!! What seemed like 2 minutes later, a nurse told me to stand up. I saw my mom(I saw dubble of her which was... odd)and I got in the car and according to my mother talked non-stop the whole way home. All I can remember is trying to convice my mom I was in my right mind and having a drug in my blood for half-and-hour didn't effect me at all (yeah right!).
Yesterday. All my trouble seemed right in my face. I only wished that I could hide away! well, anyway Yesterday the Left side of my face was swollen "like a squirrle with it's face stuffed with accorns"(someone's intrepritatrion of something my dad said about dumplings. :D lol). I pretty much sat on the couch all day doing nothing.
Today... Well, my sister had a friend spend the night last night and so she was with us all day. I had made plans to see a friend from school as well. We had planned to go see Percy Jachson casue she haddn't seen it yet and wanted to. But My mom was going to pick her up and while doing other things with the car (picking up my sister form something, shoping ext.) she found that the car would do this very strange "Shinnying" (shakeing, almost like a massage chair) So we traveled slowly not wanting the car to shake apart totally. So we endded up picking up my firend later then we wanted to and arrived at the theater at 2:14 (the movie started at 1:50) So, we went to Alice in Wonderland (which came out last week). it was very good. the S.E.'s were quite amazing. Then, waiting for our parents to pick us up we went across the way to the library. After hanging out their for an hour we both went seprate ways. My cheek is/was still quite swollen and the medicien I've been given has made be very tiered.
Now you are up to date. :) I'm must say it's possible I've done a terrible time of explaining myself, but just know I'm very tiered and druged and hurting, so I am very much not thinking strait. Hopefully I'll see some of you tommarow ;).
Thanks for listening to me!
Silly Swollen Sarah
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