Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas 2008. I love Christmas. The spirit that comes with the holiday is irreplaceable. I love love Christmas lights. It's so wonderful to drive down the street and see the lights glistening in the night. During this season, people seem to be more inclined to love and give. I'm glad that I can realize the "true meaning" of Christmas. You hear it every year in various places: "Don't forget to remember the true meaning of Christmas!" Well, although repetitive, this statement rings true and can be very beneficial to those who may not realize this true meaning. Yes, one can become caught up in the glamour of the presents...I really love presents ;) But it's good to recall the Christmas spirit that is in the air. I do believe that Christmas should be a time to reflect on the birth of Christ. However, in my opinion, we all must remember the way that Christ lived his life. If only year round people could make the attempt to become more Christlike. Put in those words, it sounds "religiousy." So, in other words, the world should strive to become more kind and loving to others. I'm not saying, by any means, that I've acheived this goal. But, I can be one more person with the initiative.

Peace on earth, good will to men.

By the Boab Tree

Sing and I will hear you
No matter where you are
A song to light the darkest night
And guide me from afar

And I will never be alone
Now I know you’re somewhere
You’re everywhere to me
You’re the colour in the sky
A reason to believe
And when the rain falls down
You tell a story
And I will hear you
Always near you
By the boab tree

Lay your arms around me
Like the falling rain
Let the feeling drown me
And life begins again

And I will never be afraid
Now I know you’re somewhere
You’re everywhere to me
The warming of the sun upon
The earth beneath my feet
And when the rain falls down
You tell a story
And I will hear you
Always near you
By the boab tree

Oh you are somewhere
You’re everywhere to me
You’re the colour in the sky
And you’re the earth beneath my feet
And when the rain falls down
You tell a story
And I will hear you
Always near you
By the boab tree

Warmup

This existentialism project is killing me. True, it shouldn't be this hard. But, I guess I simply look at things out of proportion. I don't know how to start my paper, so I'm using this as a "warmup," to get some writing down...even though, unfortunately, I cannot be so casual in my essay.

How does existentialism relate to me? Well, I guess it relates to everybody at one time or another. You could say that everyone is forging their essence and trying to create themselves through the choices they make. Too bad I didn't choose that route. No, I had to choose alienation from others. I thought I had it all figured out until I decided that it wasn't good enough. That's why I need to write the paper before I continue on art portion. And if you are reading this right now and nothing makes sense, I apologize...this is more for my benefit than yours.

Should I start formally? Explain alienation from others and how it relates to existentialism and then launch into how it relates to me? Or should I begin with an anecdote? Hmmm. But I don't want it to be too long. Gosh, thinking is hard. Why am I in this class? Oh, that's right. I like English. Why do I like English? Well, up till this year I thought I was a pretty decent writer. And then it hit me. I need a lot of work. Think deeply. Okay, I'll try.

Well, I guess this was a good warmup. It's not like I'm going to post my personal connection with alienation from others. No, of course not. So, I suppose I'll just go back into my word document and try it again. Be organized but have a lot of detail. Think hard, but don't be confusing. ::sigh::

I wish my brain would untangle itself.

Tagged.

So, Emaline tagged me. I guess I have to come up with 7 random or weird facts about myself. Well, I'm not very interesting, but here goes.

1. I have a hitchiker's thumb. It's pretty sweet. Some people find it disgusting, though. I can bend it really far back at the first knuckle :)

2. Uh, I really like to ballroom dance. Especially swing. And I'm always looking for guys who can dance. It's attractive...

3. Turquoise is my favorite color. But I generally like all shades of blue. Purples are really cool too. They're next in line.

4. I like to take pictures. Pictures are basically amazing. It's great that we can capture a single moment in time and remember it for always. I take soooo many pictures. And then I put them on my closet or in frames around my room. Most of them are of my friends....

5. I like virgin pina coladas and dancing in the rain. (Do you know the song?...If you like pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain...)

6. Everyone knows this, but I love to be onstage. There's a certain thrill that comes with the bright lights and the dark auditorium and the applause.

7. I guess you could say I collect Disney Princess stuff. I have a bunch of it. I never thought of it as a collection until now, but it qualifies. I have a sweet jumbo coloring book and a nice, fuzzy blanket and whenever I see something Disney Princess I want it just cause.

Those weren't very unique, but oh well. I don't really have any blogging friends that read my blog except for Emaline. Therefore, I'm not going to tag anyone. It's your lucky day.

While the brownies cool...

So, I'm sitting here waiting for the brownies to cool and browsing my friends' blogs when I FINALLY decide to update this thing.

I just looked at the clock and it is 10:17. I always tend to randomly check the time at 10:17. And I always remember because October 17th is Emaline's birthday...and I always see the clock and Ohp. it's 10:17 again.

I'm pretty tired. The number hours in the day needs to be extended. Either that or...the number of hours in school cut down. Yes, I like that idea much better. It's crazy the amount of work that teenagers have to do these days. And not just juniors, although..mainly juniors. I think someone is out to get us. No one gets the sufficient amount of sleep, unless an average of 3-4 hours a night is it...sigh.

I mean, this entry is quite vague and non-descriptive, however, my eyelids are beginning to droop due to lack of sleep for the past two nights...or months. So I'm off to put these brownies on a plate and think about studying and going to bed...

Happy Easter

Today is Easter.
Well, I was planning on waking up early this morning so I would have time to open my Easter basket. Yes, I am fifteen, the only child at my house, and I still get a basket. Anyway, when my alarm went off, I turned it off as I usually tend to do. And I wasn't awoken again until my dad was yelling at me to wake up or we would be late for church. So since he was speaking today, I figured I should show some decency and I quickly got ready. But before rushing out the door I managed to sneak a peek at my basket. Yesss. Enchanted and eyeliner(the good kind from Sephora, of course). It's all that I really wanted or needed. Truthfully, I don't really need anything at the moment, but I'm almost out of eyeliner.

I actually asked for a twenty dollar gift card to Sephora. A couple weeks ago while I was at the mall I was in there, not surprisingly considering I love makeup, and while my mom checked out I sprayed this amazing scent. It smelled SO good. I don't even know how to describe it. Warm sugar will suffice. But as most people know, perfume is expensive, and I wasn't shopping for it on that particular day. But, I smelled warm and sugary for the rest of the day and numerous people commented on it. So, I was going to add the twenty dollar gift card to the fifteen dollar one I recieved for Valentine's Day and buy the wonderful smelling stuff and my eyeliner. So...we'll see. But I do intend to buy the perfume(although that doesn't seem the right word, and neither does body spray...hmm) and SOON.

So when we think of Easter, we obviously think of eggs and candy and bunnies. But I need to keep reminding myself that that is not what Easter is about. Today celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and I need to remember that. All that He sacrificed for me so that I can return to live with Him again one day. I am grateful for His atonement. I wonder where the Easter bunny came from. Nevertheless, he's a pretty sweet rabbit.

We had a family over for lunch/dinner (I never really know which it is on holidays). The conversation somehow got on kids and the crazy things they do I guess. And my parents were able to tell horror stories about toddler Tony, the Tasmanian devil, but not really any about me. I know I am the angel child :)

I watched Enchanted tonight. I wanted to watch it in my basement on the flat screen, but my dad wanted me to watch a movie with him. I felt bad since I didn't yesterday even though he asked. So I grudgingly went upstairs and layed on the bed and watched it with my family. And I probably shouldn't mention the fact that he probably didn't watch half of it. But that's okay, really, I'm actually serious. I was fine with it. I just need to be patient, that's all. Give a little now and then, or more often than that. Today was better than yesterday, and who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Happy Easter!