April 26th

On April 26th,
You would expect to see,
Flowers blooming,
Pinks, reds, yellows,
The chartreuse green
Of new growth
Smattering the trees and bushes
With victory and life

In February,
You might rejoice
At three days
Of 40 degree
Weather in a row
With light snows
But not on April 26th.

On April 26th,
If it's under 50,
You want to cry,
If it dares snow,
You think you might die,
You wonder why you've never moved
Why you still love your home
There's no place like it
This is

MINNESOTA
And
This

Is HOW WE ROLL

Why I love the Son

The Son shines with life bringing light
Everything it touches grows
It brings warmth to the body
It brings warmth to the soul
It renews, relaxes, refreshes.

When it's covered by clouds,
my soul feels empty
I wither
Thunder rolls in the air and in my thoughts
I cry for no reason
my emotions, a tornado, out of control

I must remember the Son is still there
The clouds are only temporary
He will shine through again- He never left
It was only circumstance that tried to convince me of that

So be encouraged my soul
this too will pass
and the Son will shine in all it's glory
and the world will sing again
to the King of Kings most Holy.

What a Girl Wants

Most people would say love
or money
or jewels
or a husband

but few would say clarity
I just want to know
where the lines are.
I feel like i'm driving
A car with a stiff steering wheel
on a road
at night
with a really bad fog
and no head lights.

I want to be able to see what's in front of me
so i can deal with it
and keep going
so that when i come to some obstacle
I can avoid it
slow down, go around
or speed up, blast through.

I want to know what you're thinking
when you look at me like that
I want to know before you say it
so i know what to do when you say it
so i dont hurt you
cuz i love you
but i dont love you enough to go there

dont you get it?
dont you see?
I'm just not like that
that's not me

those stupid words
with their connotations
the media has twisted them
your mind and mine dont mesh you see
you think one way,
I the other

It would never work
We'd break up and it'd hurt
you think it's worth it,
I just can't
My hearts too fragile for that

I'll probably go home and cry
wishing tbere was someway

maybe somewhere else
in a differant time
with a differant plan
we could have been.

But we weren't then
We're now
And now is when we'll live and die
and fight and cry
and laugh and love

but not with each other
Maybe i'll see you again someday
while walking my children and dog in the park.
Maybe our families will hit it off
and we can be friends again

Or maybe, After college,
we'll both come back home
you'll call me up and say
"Can we try? I'm for real now,
t's not just play"

I'll ask you if you mean it
and if you really do
You'll ask my dad and he'll say yes
and we'll go get a table for two

Maybe you'll propose,
Or God will tell us both no
and either way, we'll be ok
but you know something?
I dont think that will happen
and it has nothing to do with what i wanted to say

what i want to say
is why is it like this
why cant a girl just get a little clarity

just tell me what to do God and i'll do it
Just tell me what to say and where to go
teach me what i need to learn
Lead me to a man i can love
lift me so i am strong enough to be everything i need to be
lend me your heart so i can love that much more
put me where you want me
tell me what to do
let me loose to do it,
and watch your will unfold.
I dont need it all at once,
just the piece ahed of mine.
If I know what's coming up i'll be able to prepare better
Please God?
Just a hint?

Assignment MM5

Numero uno:
Strengths of the genre: It's enlightening sometimes. It's usually not a dense peice of text and there usually isn't like, "hidden meaning".
Weaknesses: sometimes people choose to talk about something really boring and dont manage to make it interesting. For example, Jury Duty.
I actually like writing fiction better because I'm not confined to what has actually happened to me. I usually make up stuff that while somewhat realistic had never actually happend to me, because lets face it, not that much happens to me. And often, something that might be special to someone else is kinda commonplace for me so I would write about it differantly or not at all.

Doce:
Reading gives us more ideas and feeds our vocabulary. There is not really much more to say besides that. I don’t like this question, why do we need to do so many words for a question so easily answered. I’ll try I guess.
Reading can inspire us, it can teach us, and it can move us to emotion. Reading something in a book can change your life just like going to hear someone speak. Sometimes more so because you can read it again and again. Reading is also very special because when you are super stressed out, a book can take you some where else- somewhere where life is better, or people are fighting to make it better- anywhere but real life.

tres
Favorite piece might be the first short story I wrote, about the roses. But I think I got the best stuff out of the poetry unit, Untitled, Untitled 2, The Dagger Blue, sighs, and Blank Paper Calls to Me. So poetry’s my favorite genre I guess, it kind of takes a lot less effort. Red Roses for her might be my favorite because it’s more serious than some of my other prose but it turned out really well and a lot of my friends liked it too. Greatest challenge was probably the play, I went through like three idea’s before finally settling on my final one. I didn’t really care for my play, it was kinda boring and cheesy and it wasn’t very well written because it was so early in the morning when I wrote it. I will use like everything for like APAL assignments this year, and next year I dunno how I’ll use it in school but I do plan to keep writing stuff. especially poetry, I like writing poetry. :)

Quatre: Quiz
Coke or Pepsi: Coca Cola
Li'l Wayne or Little Debbie: ... what?
McDonald's or Arby's: McD's
Chiptole or Taco Bell: CHIPOTLE (what kind of question is that?!)
American Idol or MTV: American Idol
Buffalo Wings or Florida: ?
New York City or Los Angeles: New York
Name you like for your future daughter: Jennifer, Anna, Christine, Anne
Name you like for your future son: Daniel, John, David,
What is or what will be the first country you see outside the continent of North America: ? The first country I ever went to outside of north america was France.
Disney movie you would be most likely to watch on your 21st birthday: ...Pirates of the Caribbean...or something. I dunno.

Cinco: Can you figure out what Disney movie my blog title comes from?
the Fox and the Hound?

re: unexcitingly titled blog.

Only one guiding principal? I guess I would have to say, don’t compromise your values. As far as shaping my life, it why I haven’t dated yet, its why I don’t do everything my friends do, it’s why I’ve only seen one R rated movie, its why I am so involved in my church and my youth group, it’s why I don’t listen to music where there is a ton of swearing or is inappropriate, it’s why I try not to swear, it’s why I don’t diss my parents, and its why my friends trust me. It’s important to me because it’s who I am and what I know is right. I don’t try to impose my views on other people, a lot of my friends don’t have the same values as me and I don’t love them any less. But in order to remain me, I must not compromise what I know is true and right.

The only thing I can think of is the bridge collapse. But that didn’t really change the way I viewed the world, it only affected me because I freaked out and called like every one I knew trying to make sure they were ok. I guess it also made me see that we don’t know when it could end and we should be prepared. that was only 64 words so I need a few more. Am I there yet? Yup!

In 2008 I want to accomplish…better grades, better life, better relationship with this one friend who I have kind of neglected, I don’t really have any huge aspirations or resolutions. I want to have a good year. what will that consist of? I don’t know. I can’t wait to find out. Since this needs to be 100 words and I don’t actually have to stay on topic if I have nothing left to say, I want to say that my dog is the best in the whole world. No contest. Since that is still only 90 words, I am adding this sentence. Now I am at… 106. Go me!

Assignment MM3

#1
Some things that I found frustrating about the form were that you couldn't tell the audience what the actors were thinking. When I’m writing short stories there are always running commentaries of the characters' thoughts and feelings, which wouldn't ever be said out loud. The strengths in the form are that the dialog helps the story move along. Pleasant surprises I found were that its fun to write dialog. Unpleasant surprises; sometimes its hard to write believable dialog. I don’t think I ever will want to write more in this genre or its sister genres. It really cramps my style of including description and thoughts in the text. (108 words)

#2
I could write about things that happened to me in England. I could write about how guilty I felt when I changed the clock on Ms. Maggie’s Desk and made the sub let us go early. That’s like the worst thing I’ve ever done :P I could write about various experiences I’ve had at summer camps, I could write about skating at Grandmother and Granddad’s. I could write about the MS150 when Deanna and Ben and I helped out. If I could just write like twenty-one more words I would be finished. I don’t really have very many ideas, maybe something will happen over break. (105 words)

#3
be proud of your name
don’t date until your sophomore year of college
praise the Lord your God with all you’re heart soul mind and strength
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Be forgiving
Be caring
Be gentle
Quality over quantity with your friends
careful who you trust
Keep who you have a crush on to yourself or you’ll never hear the end of it
Make and be nice to your guy friends, but realize that you don’t ever need to be more than friends (again, until sophomore year of college)
Be joyful always
avoid quarrels
make peace
listen to me :P
(131 words)

Assignment MM2

Theme takes a back seat to other parts of the writing such as decent plot and good voice and whatnot because without that the story sucks to read. But i do think that without theme a story would be pointless and leave the reader wanting. So yeah, theme is important. Ok, 50 words, I’m half way there. I guess I don’t really know why theme is so important, maybe you just want to write something for fun, to make people laugh, but in that case you’d still have a theme- it’d be ‘lighten up’ or something along those lines. So I don’t think you can escape theme even if you want to. Theme is the purpose of the story, the driving force behind the actions of the characters. (128 words)

Great works last as long as there are people out there who appreciate them. It helps people to appreciate them if they are well written and have a message that is almost transcendental in how it can apply to people of all times and of many ages. Morals help books live longer, stories that apply to all generations. Pride and Prejudice for example is a story that girls can identify with, even though the processes of courtship and such have greatly changed. (82 words)

The lasting impact I want to have on the world is not so large as one might expect. I want to make an impact at home, on the people around me. I want to be an example as to how God’s love is real and good and even though I’m not perfect and they wont be perfect, we can get along and respect each other and not worry about someone coming to excommunicate us or something for hanging out with people of a different race, color, or religion. I want to have an impact on my children and let them grow up in a good environment like the one I just described, and then I want them to take what they learned from being kids and grow up and be what they want to be. I guess to sum all that up I’d say that I don’t want to change the world, I just want to have bettered the lives of the people I encounter. does that makes sense? (169 words)

Assignment MM1 (Mr. Miles 1)

3. What is one piece of art (painting, movie, book, song, whatever) that has greatly inspired you? What is that piece and what about it has inspired you? Explain in detail.

This is not going to paint me as a person the way I want others to see me. But I have been inspired by this series of books and movies, both in how they were made and the actual content. That does not make me a freak or obsessed (ahem britta) nor does the poster on the door to my room; all that does is mean that I think Legolas is hot, which I dont think anyone can deny anyway.
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is a masterpiece of literature. The fact that he invented an entire alternate world with its own languages and cultures and histories and even its own mythology! And the conflicts that his characters go through are very real and applicable and inspiring! And if I ever was to pick a book or world to land in as a character, that would be it.
The reason the movies inspire me separately from the things the characters overcome is how the cast and crew worked together to keep the movies as true to tolkien as possible and how they were able to bring something so dear to people's hearts to life without breaking their hearts. And the amount of work and effort put in was a real testimony to what people can acheive when they're all passionate about a common goal.
So yeah, thats why I'm inspired by LOTR

Assigment 8: the pursuit of happyness

1. Happiness is to be content and at peace and maybe to be having a little fun. Happiness is one step short of joy. See more about Joy below.

2. I dont pursue happiness, I pursue Joy. Joy to me is attainable even when you aren't happy. I feel happy when i eat for goodness sake- what kind of life is in pursuite of food. I feel Joyful when I'm around people I care about and who care about me and they're all happy.

3. When my family and friends aren't happy, its really really hard for me to be happy. I am most content and at peace when the people around me are too. I hate being alone. When there are people in the house I need to be near where they are. and when I'm alone I try to be on the phone the WHOLE time.

4. I dunno, my sister maybe. For sure I have like two friends where its really obvious that when I'm around they're alot happier than when I'm not as can be confirmed by witnesses. Yeah, I was gone for two weeks and they got super depressed and left messages on my phone every day. It makes me really worried about when I got to college actually.

5. My greatest need in life is to be surrounded by people who love me. Otherwise, I will be completely miserable. Even if I have a ton of $$ but no close friends that I care about and that care about me I will be miserable. Actually, I'm pretty sure there's something about that in the bible. If I lived in a homeless shelter and was always hungry but I had good trust worthy friends around me, I'd be the happiest girl in the world.