when i get money:
1. new watch
2. mac computer (this is more like a dream than a reality... like a unicorn on the wish list)
3. Ben Folds discography (when he plays i drool. period... actually not period, i wish he didn't have to curse so much)
4. guitar lessons
5. camping gear
...I'm just going to stop there. otherwise this will just become a covetous post.
something cool I've been thinking about:
splinters. i got one the other day. i forgot about it for like 24 hours then the next day mom had to help me get it out. what a pain. also, bruises. where do they come from half the time? i feel like i just wake up and find a bruise sometimes. did it happen in my sleep? shoot, that would suck. anyhow, i kind of like when i find splinters and bruises on my body. To me their like little signs of success saying "hey, remember than time you did something with your time? remember when you helped someone out? or moved around and were productive?" they're like my body saying "thanks. thanks for getting splinters in your hands and not in your butt from sitting the bench of life all day." i like that. get off your butt, your body will thank you... maybe in weird ways though haha
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Birds
Sometimes i get in crummy moods and just want to be a hermit and not talk to anyone cause i just don't want the crummy attitude to be contagious on everyone else. it's annoying; i get on my own nerves when it happens. The past few days have been a little like that, and I'm still struggling to get out of it.
Something cool happened this morning though.
As i was driving to church (still in this crummy mood) it felt like time stopped for a mere 2 seconds. or at least went into slow motion... it happened while i was taking this one curve in the road that i take ever Sunday morning, but this time there was a bird and for some reason the bird caught my eye like never before. Birds are amazing creatures... THEY CAN FLY. Can you do that? i can't. anyhow, in this moment i noticed this little bird coast across the road right in front of my car and as it did the whole time-in-slow-motion thing happened and i realized how cool it is that birds can fly and i saw the small body of the bird and it just looked so beautifully purposeful. Purposeful probably because it was doing what God wanted it to do and i became really jealous of that bird and spent the rest of my drive to church talking to God about purpose and what is it He wants from me in life and more directly this summer. I don't want to spend my summer like i have the past few days... i mean cleaning my room and looking for a job is all good, but i want purpose in my life, i want someone to be able to look at my life and see what i saw in the bird this morning. God's beautiful Purpose.
At church we sang the Revelation song and one of the lyrics in the chorus says "With all creation I sing: Praise to the King of Kings! You are my everything, And I will adore You!" That seems so easy to just adore Christ, but it's not as easy as it sounds when you try to have that be your everyday purpose. But that's one of my goals for the summer, to just praise God. That's the best way i get out of this crummy mood is to take the energy that God gives me and just give it back to Him through praise... in whatever form that needs to take. That was a really cool song to sing after finding that mini revelation on the way to church through God's creation itself.
ps- trying to find the song lyric i typed "holy is the lamp who was slain" into google.
pss- something else cool that happened before the bird: I realized how much I've just been listening to music without paying attention to the lyrics. I love music so sometimes i just get caught in the rhythms and beats and don't pay attention to the meanings of the words, that's annoying. who wants to brainlessly listen to music? I mean the rhythms are good and there is purpose in those, but there is an even greater purpose in the lyrics of songs. The lyricist didn't just jam the ABC's together, they thought about the poetic contents. pay attention. i don't want to be so apathetic with my music choices. i want to listen to what's being communicated to me, not just hear it and let it skim my ears like a rock on water. That's lame, why not make a splash of it all?
Something cool happened this morning though.
As i was driving to church (still in this crummy mood) it felt like time stopped for a mere 2 seconds. or at least went into slow motion... it happened while i was taking this one curve in the road that i take ever Sunday morning, but this time there was a bird and for some reason the bird caught my eye like never before. Birds are amazing creatures... THEY CAN FLY. Can you do that? i can't. anyhow, in this moment i noticed this little bird coast across the road right in front of my car and as it did the whole time-in-slow-motion thing happened and i realized how cool it is that birds can fly and i saw the small body of the bird and it just looked so beautifully purposeful. Purposeful probably because it was doing what God wanted it to do and i became really jealous of that bird and spent the rest of my drive to church talking to God about purpose and what is it He wants from me in life and more directly this summer. I don't want to spend my summer like i have the past few days... i mean cleaning my room and looking for a job is all good, but i want purpose in my life, i want someone to be able to look at my life and see what i saw in the bird this morning. God's beautiful Purpose.
At church we sang the Revelation song and one of the lyrics in the chorus says "With all creation I sing: Praise to the King of Kings! You are my everything, And I will adore You!" That seems so easy to just adore Christ, but it's not as easy as it sounds when you try to have that be your everyday purpose. But that's one of my goals for the summer, to just praise God. That's the best way i get out of this crummy mood is to take the energy that God gives me and just give it back to Him through praise... in whatever form that needs to take. That was a really cool song to sing after finding that mini revelation on the way to church through God's creation itself.
ps- trying to find the song lyric i typed "holy is the lamp who was slain" into google.
pss- something else cool that happened before the bird: I realized how much I've just been listening to music without paying attention to the lyrics. I love music so sometimes i just get caught in the rhythms and beats and don't pay attention to the meanings of the words, that's annoying. who wants to brainlessly listen to music? I mean the rhythms are good and there is purpose in those, but there is an even greater purpose in the lyrics of songs. The lyricist didn't just jam the ABC's together, they thought about the poetic contents. pay attention. i don't want to be so apathetic with my music choices. i want to listen to what's being communicated to me, not just hear it and let it skim my ears like a rock on water. That's lame, why not make a splash of it all?
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Job Hunt
Isn't it funny that people call searching for jobs a "job hunt?"
it's true though, it's like hunting for an animal, you want the perfect one and it's so hard to find... except it's not as exciting as a safaree. It's more like fishing with crappy bate cause i'm not catching anything and it feel kind of like i'm just sitting.............but that might have to do with the fact that i literally am "just sitting" at the Barnse and Nobler with my computer in hand doing online applications because that's all anyone wants to do these days is make their applications online! WHERE'S THE PERSONAL TOUCH!??
I can't market myself through a computer screen, i do much better in person... how am i supposed to catch anything when they only let me influence their decision to bite with my finger tips?
it's true though, it's like hunting for an animal, you want the perfect one and it's so hard to find... except it's not as exciting as a safaree. It's more like fishing with crappy bate cause i'm not catching anything and it feel kind of like i'm just sitting.............but that might have to do with the fact that i literally am "just sitting" at the Barnse and Nobler with my computer in hand doing online applications because that's all anyone wants to do these days is make their applications online! WHERE'S THE PERSONAL TOUCH!??
I can't market myself through a computer screen, i do much better in person... how am i supposed to catch anything when they only let me influence their decision to bite with my finger tips?
Monday, May 10, 2010
Learning
click dis yo
this was me learning how to make a hyperlink (from Bethany, thanks Beef Face) and seeing if it worked.
i like ten thousand villages.
this was me learning how to make a hyperlink (from Bethany, thanks Beef Face) and seeing if it worked.
i like ten thousand villages.
more exciting?
i just tried to edit the look of my blog... better or worse? i need communal comfirmation.
Today begins operation organize-my-stuff-from-school into my 10x10 room.
i'll let you know how it goes.
commence.
ps- things to look forward to:
This weekend when everyone will be home from school.
July and August.
Finding a job for the summer.
Summer adventures.
More trail running.
Spending more time outside this summer.
Hanging out with Hillary before she gets married (CRAZYYY!)
Stories from friends in foreign lands and some that are not so foreign but more distant...
Reading lots of books.
Taking advantage of the blessings God has given me.
........Posting more blogs :)
Today begins operation organize-my-stuff-from-school into my 10x10 room.
i'll let you know how it goes.
commence.
ps- things to look forward to:
This weekend when everyone will be home from school.
July and August.
Finding a job for the summer.
Summer adventures.
More trail running.
Spending more time outside this summer.
Hanging out with Hillary before she gets married (CRAZYYY!)
Stories from friends in foreign lands and some that are not so foreign but more distant...
Reading lots of books.
Taking advantage of the blessings God has given me.
........Posting more blogs :)
Monday, May 3, 2010
Birthdays
ba ba ba, ba ba buran-
Today i turned 20.
i'm at school still tying up the loose ends of a GREAT school year... cleaning rooms and moving things around, doing a little paperwork here and there.
For my birthday i recieved two books A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller and Let the Nations be Glad by John Piper! I'm so excited to sink my teeth into both of these! Getting books for my birthday was such a sweet feeling for me. i still feel like i'm 17 where all people wanted to give me were gift cards to go shopping but i'm 20 now and all i want are books and national geographic magazines... i hope that's a sign that i'm growing up and people take me seriously. (at least that's how i'm taking the gesture)
The day was filled with a trip to the storage unit and a ResLife wedding murder mystery which was super fun but was sent into the piazza because of the tornado that tried to scoop our little nickers straight off the ground.
After the party my staff on Eastside and i finished watching the addictive Anne of Green Gables movies :) Team Gilbert for life.
Half way through the movie i took a break and called my grandma back from her voicemail she left me earlier... that made me sick for home, i can't wait until thursday night when i'll be snuggly in Greensboro :)
now it's 1:23 am and i must hit the hay for some rest.
Praise God for another birthday well lived!
Today i turned 20.
i'm at school still tying up the loose ends of a GREAT school year... cleaning rooms and moving things around, doing a little paperwork here and there.
For my birthday i recieved two books A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller and Let the Nations be Glad by John Piper! I'm so excited to sink my teeth into both of these! Getting books for my birthday was such a sweet feeling for me. i still feel like i'm 17 where all people wanted to give me were gift cards to go shopping but i'm 20 now and all i want are books and national geographic magazines... i hope that's a sign that i'm growing up and people take me seriously. (at least that's how i'm taking the gesture)
The day was filled with a trip to the storage unit and a ResLife wedding murder mystery which was super fun but was sent into the piazza because of the tornado that tried to scoop our little nickers straight off the ground.
After the party my staff on Eastside and i finished watching the addictive Anne of Green Gables movies :) Team Gilbert for life.
Half way through the movie i took a break and called my grandma back from her voicemail she left me earlier... that made me sick for home, i can't wait until thursday night when i'll be snuggly in Greensboro :)
now it's 1:23 am and i must hit the hay for some rest.
Praise God for another birthday well lived!
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