Friday, May 31, 2013

Bonne Verre


I discovered a beautiful new way to drink water. It’s been around since the cave men first captured water to drink or maybe just since the first hillbillies canned their pickled crow gizzards. But, for me, I’m a new convert to this way of drinking, and I must say, I’m never going back.  
 3 Syllables. 2 words. 1 beautiful invention. Ladies and Gentleman: the Mason Jar.
It all started when there were no more glasses from which I could drink as they were all dirty or dirtier (7 siblings, 10 person household, it happens) and there was one lone jar sitting in a cabinet. And I thought to myself, YOLO. And from the moment I had raised that jar to my lips, my life was forever changed.
There is just something about the way water washes downward from that gorgeous glass and fills ones’ [insert scientific term for mouth, in Latin, to sound be cool] with tiny trickles of tasty sustenance. Tap water is good. But tap water from a mason jar?! You could serve THAT to the Queen!
I mean, really. Water from a mason jar just tastes better. End of Story. Contest it all you want, you Voss drinkers, Brita filter fans, Fiji fanatics or Smart Water suckers. Good ole’ mason jars do the trick. And they do it better than any other.  
“I’m not usually a water-drinker. But when I do, I drink from a mason jar.” –The Most Interesting Man in the World
Take it from Mr. Fascinating, he never lies.
**the above information was 100% factual, objective information gleaned from a very objective, well-informed source. If you would like to cite it in a research paper, however, I don’t highly advise it**

Catch up


Me to Myself: (yes I’m talking to myself, don’t worry ‘bout it) Get with it, self. What is your problem?! You make this resolution to write in a blog everyday for a year and then you skip OVER week. Do you have something else going on?! Are you having an affair with your textbooks?!
Well, I would like to apologize. Pardonez-moi. Je regrette, je n’ai pas le temps pour blogging. J’ai etudie beaucoup pour mes examens ca derrier semain. My school-work has so consumed my personal life that I’ve done very little outside of printing off new study guides for various subjects and reflecting upon whatever I had studied lately. What a prioritization issue!  BLOG BEFORE ALL-G. (internal rhyme just makes life better). I will have you know, although you already do, Self, that my life has not been completely devoid of naught but studying. Other things have happened in the last week or so.
The following posts are a few highlights. 

Thursday, May 16, 2013

thankfulness

It started out as a day like any other..except for the cardiology appointment I had in the morning. So much was riding on the results of this appointment that I could feel myself, usually the epitome of calm cool and collected (that's a lie..most people would say I'm probably one of the most energetic and obnoxious people ever at times. eh. touche.)  And then I went to the wrong hospital. Like completely wrong side of town.

**In my defense my doctor had scheduled my appointment and I'd just said yessir and walked out of THAT appointment in a half state of shock. I'm a runner. WE don't need cardiologists. Cardiologists need us...when we die (because our hearts are stronger.sup.) sooooo I was, safe to say, a little scared and not paying attention to WHERE the cardiologist was; I just knew I was going there...**

Well eventually I DID find the cardiologist and went in to see whether my life would be forever changed. (oooh the melodrama)

and it wasn't. because there's NOTHING wrong with me. how anti-climatic.

THANK GOD!!!!!

THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK GOD!!!!!!!THANK you, God. 

and I mean that in prayer. 100% serious. Thank you, Father in heaven. 

In fact I'm at such a level of nothing-wrong-ness that the doctor said I'm one of the healthiest patients he's had...and I'm actually way above the 90th percentile (if that's possible) for healthiness. Basically I am health. okay not really because I pass out when I run races so that mean's there's SOMETHING wrong with me...just not my heart. and I'm perfectly comfortable with that knowledge.

Some days Life gives you lemons and you have to make lemonade. Others you can't even gather the energy to make the lemonade.Or sprinkle the lemon with sugar. Or even do anything except cry because the lemon is too sour. Others you expect lemons or thorns from good ole Life and he hands you a piece of chocolate cake ...with ice cream and a cherry on top.


Today, thankfully, was the latter day.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

SO

SoI've thought, prayed, thought some more, prayed more, given up, forgotten, and then remembered again this goal of mine: to track my personal progress and decisions  over a year. To have something, some way to leave a footprint or reminder of what this year was like that doesn't involve scandal or anyone knowing about this except myself and maybe a friend or two if I share it.

I've decided to embark upon a journey of unknown twists and turns and likely (hopefully..) personal growth. I will blog for 365 days. REALLY. This is completely legit. The days I cannot access internet (as there will be some, especially this summer while I'm in the carolinas..I mean heaven) I'll journal and up date later....bottom line is I'm going to be doing a lot of writing.

This is for me, personally, to track who I am now and what I become in a year, hopefully to laugh at myself, reminisce on this year, and continue a journey into being me.

 If you happen to be reading this and don't know me and came across this by accident, I apologize if I'm weird or strange or insult or offend you. Actually I don't apologize if I'm weird or strange because everyone is and you should appreciate my..."uniqueness." I hope you laugh. I hope this brings you joy (it's a greater gift than happiness.. happiness is fleeting, joy remains) and that if you are a random reader know you're welcome to look and pass me by and forget. But you're also more than welcome to stay. Have a cup of tea and a crumpet and welcome to my life.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Oh Longfellow, you wrote well, fellow

A Psalm of Life

 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.


Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul
.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today
.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!


Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!

Act, - act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sand of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solenm main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
 

Monday, October 8, 2012

KONY 2012

throwback to spring of this year: KONY 2012
This movement was a massive social media fad that quickly diminished into near oblivion in the minds of a majority of supporters due to some critics claiming it was a scam. It's not. 
Joseph Kony is alive and well. 
His atrocities and crimes against human dignity are piling up day by day. 
Repercussions of his actions have psychologically damaged, physically scarred, and killed thousands of people. 
This must stop. 
Why?

The fight for human dignity must start somewhere. 
Why not here?
It must start sometime. 
Why not now?

We have become so bad, as a generation, at one moment being the biggest advocates for a cause and the next dropping it like yesterday's trash. 
Let's stop that. 
Let's become parts of something larger than ourselves.
Let go of our selfish desires and laziness and work for change, for something that will bring peace and BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS to others. 
Isn't that a cause worth fighting for? 

This cause is one place to start. It's easy. 
On November 17, 2012 people from ALL OVER THE WORLD 
are called to come to Washington DC. 
Here there will be a gathering of delegates from all over the world including the United Nations, African Union, European Union, and U.S and we will implore them to fulfill the promises they made earlier in the spring with KONY was in the spotlight and pressure skyrocketed from the civilians for our leaders to take a stand. 

The time is now. 
LET'S MOVE.
 

**disclaimer: i'm in no way associated with invisible children. 
I'm just an individual who found a way to address a call and am trying to share that. 


Tuesday, October 2, 2012

the future awaits...

Teens today don't realize something..
WE ARE THE FUTURE.
These ideas that we are learning now in school and formulating when we have intense conversations
with our other friends
will shape the IDEAS that we will LIVE BY
in a year or two.
how FrIGhtEnInG!
I'M NOT READY
and i can't think of a single person whom i would deem ready for such major responsibilities..
I can think of people who I know are capable
but the maturity isn't there
c'est la vie!
but the thing is, no matter if we're not ready now, there will come a time when we are ready
or maybe not
but we have to rise to the responsibilities, the duties we are called to.

here is a poem I wrote:

The Future

We will be the doctors,
the surgeons who may save your life
We will be the mothers and fathers,
the  loving husbands and wives
We will be the teachers,
who help all children learn
We will be the principals,
hopefully not too stern.
We will be the lawyers,
who fight valiantly for your case.
We will be the athletes,
entertaining you with our game and race
We will be singers,
the actresses and musicians
We will be the activists,
champions of a cause,
spreading love through our many missions.
We will be the soldiers,
the ones fighting for your rights.
We will be the policemen,
the firemen,
 those protecting you through the night.
We will be your priests,
guiding and counseling you through all

We will be who you you turn to in need
we're your future, it's guaranteed.