I'm typing this on my iPhone so I'm not sure how grammatically correct this will end up. I'm laying in bed trying to get on student teaching schedule.
This is it. This is my last semester of college, perhaps of school in general. Of course at this time I get all nostalgic. Of course when am I not. It doesn't help that Aaron and I have been looking for videos and pictures of us when we were cute to make a wedding video.
My how things have changed. Sometimes I wish I could forget about the pain and suffering of the past. I can't complain, though. I feel like my life is one big story of God's love and protection over me. I have such a peace of not knowing what my future holds. In fact, I am way less sure of what the future holds now than when I was a freshman.
I sure am happy. I am not one to be sappy in public, besides the five day count down on Aaron's wall. God has blessed me with someone who is the bee's knees. It starts four years before I ever met him.
At my school, we didn't have sex Ed. We had a purity class. Now the only thing I really remember for that class (besides the obvious overall objective of that class) is we made a list of our perfect guy. My list included that he must not only be a Christian, but passionately pursuing Him ;love his mom ;like sports but not necessarily be athletic; have good taste in music; make me laugh; be a good leader. Those are just a few examples of my long list. Well God took that and ran! Who knew that my future husband not only hit every single item on that list, he lived five minutes away from me since eighth grade and we would be each other's first kiss.
I prayed to God that He wouldn't send me someone until we were ready. That doesn't mean I was patient. I had many people tell me my list was too picky. I almost listened to them a couple of times. I got frustrated with God because no one who came close to my list pursued me. It wasn't until I was actually content with being single did God open my eyes to Aaron.
I guess the whole point to this blog is to give hope to those who are getting frustrated with God's timing. Trust me, He has an amazing plan. This story is just a glimpse into how much God has protected me with His timing.
January 9, 2012
September 19, 2011
Not so Fun
Is anyone else at the point where they have breakdowns all the time? Here I am, Senior year of college and I have no idea what I want to do with the rest of my life. There, I said it. And I am scared to publish this. I have told people that I am uneasy with the idea of teaching. But if you know me, I have always wanted to be a teacher.
I feel like I am lying everytime I talk about being a teacher in class. I used to get so excited when we watched videos of classrooms. Now I dread the idea of molding 22 minds everyday. Maybe I am just overwhelmed by school. I have been doing non stop school since I started.
I know that God is in control but right now I just feel so helpless. I have been so sure of what I wanted to do since I could remember. I would graduate from college, get married, and become a teacher. Well I am so excited about two out of the three, but I don't want just an MRS degree.
I know God has a plan for all of this. I know He is going to provide for me. He has never let me down before. Maybe I will get my excitement for teaching back once I student teach. Maybe I won't. I wish I could say "Oh well, God will provide something" and start whistling along the path.
This blog isn't about getting attention. In fact I wouldn't really care if anyone read this one. I just needed to say it out loud. Honestly I am just terrified for life outside of school. I am a really good student. Now I won't be a student anymore?
Aaron keeps telling me that my identity is not about what job I have. I am trying really hard to accept that fact.
As a Christian, I understand that my identity is in Christ. It is just really hard to fully accept that.
I just wish this feeling of uneasiness will go away.
I feel like I am lying everytime I talk about being a teacher in class. I used to get so excited when we watched videos of classrooms. Now I dread the idea of molding 22 minds everyday. Maybe I am just overwhelmed by school. I have been doing non stop school since I started.
I know that God is in control but right now I just feel so helpless. I have been so sure of what I wanted to do since I could remember. I would graduate from college, get married, and become a teacher. Well I am so excited about two out of the three, but I don't want just an MRS degree.
I know God has a plan for all of this. I know He is going to provide for me. He has never let me down before. Maybe I will get my excitement for teaching back once I student teach. Maybe I won't. I wish I could say "Oh well, God will provide something" and start whistling along the path.
This blog isn't about getting attention. In fact I wouldn't really care if anyone read this one. I just needed to say it out loud. Honestly I am just terrified for life outside of school. I am a really good student. Now I won't be a student anymore?
Aaron keeps telling me that my identity is not about what job I have. I am trying really hard to accept that fact.
As a Christian, I understand that my identity is in Christ. It is just really hard to fully accept that.
I just wish this feeling of uneasiness will go away.
September 8, 2011
Put the Camera Down!
It seems lately that anyone who can afford a camera insists that they are a photographer. *Disclaimer, this blog is not talking about anyone I know, so if you are a photographer or like taking pictures please do not take offense. This blog is mainly focusing on people who have no artistic ability whatsoever.
Today I am featuring a website called youarenotaphotographer.com. These are some of my favorites.
What kind of sick experiments are the government running now?
That's right, let's only remember the baby for his slobber.
This is a deleted scene from Escape to Witch Mountain
That's right folks, a rare baby picture of Pocahontas' grandma.
I guess you can call this a "shotgun wedding"; or a case of wife or death; or To some marriage is a word, to others-a sentence.
Obviously the rose represents a deep-seated love between two chairs.
Believe it or not, this is an ad for a photography company...
And finally, this blog would not do bad photography justice without some pregnancy photos:
It is very admirable of this woman to love this man even though he is a only a pair of arms.
Today I am featuring a website called youarenotaphotographer.com. These are some of my favorites.
What kind of sick experiments are the government running now?
That's right, let's only remember the baby for his slobber.
This is a deleted scene from Escape to Witch Mountain
That's right folks, a rare baby picture of Pocahontas' grandma.
I guess you can call this a "shotgun wedding"; or a case of wife or death; or To some marriage is a word, to others-a sentence.
Obviously the rose represents a deep-seated love between two chairs.
Believe it or not, this is an ad for a photography company...
And finally, this blog would not do bad photography justice without some pregnancy photos:
It is very admirable of this woman to love this man even though he is a only a pair of arms.
August 30, 2011
Wasting time
This semester I am only taking three classes (if you don't count choir). The reason I can get away with this is one of my classes is a six hour class. It is a senior level class and I have been warned about this class since I was a freshman. It will be really beneficial for me in the long run but it is a ton of work. It meets every day for 1 1/2 hours and is taught by two different professors. Fortunately one of the professors is my favorite so I will respect the work I am doing.
Typically the class starts at one everyday but right now I am killing time because we had to sign up for interviews with the professors. They basically ask what you want to teach, how social studies applies to that grade level, why collaborating teams are important, and we have to bring an object that best represents us as learners. I picked play-do because I am a kinesthetic learner, I am not afraid of failing because sometimes my creativity turns into something beautiful, I am good at working both individually and within groups, and I am really flexible. One of my roommates helped me come up with play-do.
Yesterday in choir our professor told us to read the syllabus. Of course everyone never reads syllabi unless it has the schedule on there. He was tricky though, at the bottom of the page he said text or email him before five that day and one of our absences in the future will be forgotten. That's right, I was one of the five that texted him. Of course I can't take the credit for it, another roommate of mine read it and spread the good news. But that isn't to say I wouldn't have read it since I was marking on my calendar all of the important dates this semester.
Since I always post a picture in my blogs, here is a picture of a dancing monkey:
Typically the class starts at one everyday but right now I am killing time because we had to sign up for interviews with the professors. They basically ask what you want to teach, how social studies applies to that grade level, why collaborating teams are important, and we have to bring an object that best represents us as learners. I picked play-do because I am a kinesthetic learner, I am not afraid of failing because sometimes my creativity turns into something beautiful, I am good at working both individually and within groups, and I am really flexible. One of my roommates helped me come up with play-do.
Yesterday in choir our professor told us to read the syllabus. Of course everyone never reads syllabi unless it has the schedule on there. He was tricky though, at the bottom of the page he said text or email him before five that day and one of our absences in the future will be forgotten. That's right, I was one of the five that texted him. Of course I can't take the credit for it, another roommate of mine read it and spread the good news. But that isn't to say I wouldn't have read it since I was marking on my calendar all of the important dates this semester.
Since I always post a picture in my blogs, here is a picture of a dancing monkey:
August 28, 2011
Tribulant Causas
There is a top 10 list of secret societies. (Here is the website I got this list from)
http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4727294479602798659
1. Skull and Bones (Brotherhood of Death) is a Yale University society. Both Bush Presidents were in this society. Some conspiracies say that the CIA was formed from this society (which the CIA denies, of course).
2. Freemasons has three levels: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason. (Some rites have up to 33 degrees of membership).They have secret handshakes and wear clothes stylized after the stone masons of the middle ages. Most religions frown upon membership and the Roman Catholic forbids it to the point of exccommunication.
3. Rosicrucian order is thought to have been the idea of German protestants of the 1600 although they claim it to be much older. There are two main divisions- one is a mix of Christianity (mainly Lutheran)and the other is semi-Masonic. The Masonic type have degrees of membership.
4. Ordo Templis Orientis is based on the religion of Thelema which says "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law, love is the law, love under the will” This also has different degrees of membership. Their rituals use virgin priestesses, children, and priests. Many Ancient Egyptian God’s are invoked, as well as the Devil, and at one point the priestess performs a naked ritual.
5. Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn is considered by many to be a forerunner of the Ordo Templi Orientis and a majority of modern Occult groups.
6. The Knights Templar- Members of the Masonic Knights Templar do not claim a direct connection to the medieval group, but merely a borrowing of ideas and symbols.In order to become a member of this group, you must already be a Christian Master Mason.
7. The Illuminati (Sounds familiar? Have you seen Angels and Demons with Tom Hanks?). Many people believe that the Illuminati is still operating and managing the main actions of the governments of the world. It is believed that they wish to create a One World Government based on humanist and atheist principles.
8. The Bilderberg Group- This group is slightly different from the others in that it does not have an official membership. It is the name given to a group of highly influential people who meet ever year in secrecy (and usually with strong military and government sponsored security).
9. The Priory of Sion- (As seen in The Davinci Code This is actually a hoax created by a pretender to the French throne. Or is it???
10. Opus Dei is an organization of the Catholic Church- enough said.
I have given you all this information to tell you my theory that that there is another secret society called Tribulant Causas.(According to Google translation it means one who causes trouble, in Latin). The soul purpose for them is to annoy those around them. I say this is a secret society because you never actually see anyone performing these acts. Some examples of these common practices include sticking gum in random places, not flushing toilets in public restrooms, going ten under the speed limit (popular among the Abilene chapters), being terrible parkers, as well as being the ones who cause traffic jams (when not caused by wrecks).
Together we can go against these rabble-rousers. I will introduce one way we can go against one of their shenanigans. I am talking about terrible parking. There are two ways we could go about this. You could put stickers on their car such as these beauties:
Or we could put information like this on their car:
After all, knowledge is power. The power to destroy Tribulant Causas!
http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4727294479602798659
1. Skull and Bones (Brotherhood of Death) is a Yale University society. Both Bush Presidents were in this society. Some conspiracies say that the CIA was formed from this society (which the CIA denies, of course).
2. Freemasons has three levels: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason. (Some rites have up to 33 degrees of membership).They have secret handshakes and wear clothes stylized after the stone masons of the middle ages. Most religions frown upon membership and the Roman Catholic forbids it to the point of exccommunication.
3. Rosicrucian order is thought to have been the idea of German protestants of the 1600 although they claim it to be much older. There are two main divisions- one is a mix of Christianity (mainly Lutheran)and the other is semi-Masonic. The Masonic type have degrees of membership.
4. Ordo Templis Orientis is based on the religion of Thelema which says "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law, love is the law, love under the will” This also has different degrees of membership. Their rituals use virgin priestesses, children, and priests. Many Ancient Egyptian God’s are invoked, as well as the Devil, and at one point the priestess performs a naked ritual.
5. Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn is considered by many to be a forerunner of the Ordo Templi Orientis and a majority of modern Occult groups.
6. The Knights Templar- Members of the Masonic Knights Templar do not claim a direct connection to the medieval group, but merely a borrowing of ideas and symbols.In order to become a member of this group, you must already be a Christian Master Mason.
7. The Illuminati (Sounds familiar? Have you seen Angels and Demons with Tom Hanks?). Many people believe that the Illuminati is still operating and managing the main actions of the governments of the world. It is believed that they wish to create a One World Government based on humanist and atheist principles.
8. The Bilderberg Group- This group is slightly different from the others in that it does not have an official membership. It is the name given to a group of highly influential people who meet ever year in secrecy (and usually with strong military and government sponsored security).
9. The Priory of Sion- (As seen in The Davinci Code This is actually a hoax created by a pretender to the French throne. Or is it???
10. Opus Dei is an organization of the Catholic Church- enough said.
I have given you all this information to tell you my theory that that there is another secret society called Tribulant Causas.(According to Google translation it means one who causes trouble, in Latin). The soul purpose for them is to annoy those around them. I say this is a secret society because you never actually see anyone performing these acts. Some examples of these common practices include sticking gum in random places, not flushing toilets in public restrooms, going ten under the speed limit (popular among the Abilene chapters), being terrible parkers, as well as being the ones who cause traffic jams (when not caused by wrecks).
Together we can go against these rabble-rousers. I will introduce one way we can go against one of their shenanigans. I am talking about terrible parking. There are two ways we could go about this. You could put stickers on their car such as these beauties:
Or we could put information like this on their car:
Perpendicular parking is similar to angle parking, but requires greater care in turning. You will find perpendicular parking in most parking lots, which normally provide spaces marked in a 90-degree angle to the curb or a building.
When parking bring your vehicle to a spot while keeping enough space from the row of parked cars.Always stop with your wheels straight and your car centered in the space.
After all, knowledge is power. The power to destroy Tribulant Causas!
August 22, 2011
Where's George?
Today I got at dollar bill at the self check out line at Wal-Mart. This story has you hooked already, I can tell. On the bill was stamped "track this bill. wheresgeorge.com" So I went to the website and entered the bill's information, such as the serial number and location as well as the story and condition of the bill:
I found it in a self check-out line at Wal-Mart. I was buying my fiance ice cream as a post-date dessert. The bill is straight with one crease in the middle. The top left corner is bent.
What I found out was "This bill has traveled 153 Miles in 238 Days, 7 Hrs, 12 Minutes at an average of 0.64 Miles per day.It is now 153 Miles from its starting location."
It started it's journey in Arlington at a Subway restaurant on December 27,2010. So that means that other people have used it and not tracked it. How depressing! Now curiosity got the best of me so I found out more about this website.
The site went live December 23, 1998. They used to sell stamps to mark the bills but they no longer do that. The whole point of the site is just for fun. It also offers various facts about money, stuff you could buy on it. I mean this site helps society in no way but that's okay. Sometimes you need to do things for no apparent reason.
Fifteen times is the most a bill has been entered. One guy sent out over one million one dollar bills and got a little over three hundred thousand hits. California is the state with the most participants.
I am debating whether or not I want to mark on a bill to go to wheresgeorge.com. Before you send it out you have to register it online but it is pretty simple.
Click here for the website
I found it in a self check-out line at Wal-Mart. I was buying my fiance ice cream as a post-date dessert. The bill is straight with one crease in the middle. The top left corner is bent.
What I found out was "This bill has traveled 153 Miles in 238 Days, 7 Hrs, 12 Minutes at an average of 0.64 Miles per day.It is now 153 Miles from its starting location."
It started it's journey in Arlington at a Subway restaurant on December 27,2010. So that means that other people have used it and not tracked it. How depressing! Now curiosity got the best of me so I found out more about this website.
The site went live December 23, 1998. They used to sell stamps to mark the bills but they no longer do that. The whole point of the site is just for fun. It also offers various facts about money, stuff you could buy on it. I mean this site helps society in no way but that's okay. Sometimes you need to do things for no apparent reason.
Fifteen times is the most a bill has been entered. One guy sent out over one million one dollar bills and got a little over three hundred thousand hits. California is the state with the most participants.
I am debating whether or not I want to mark on a bill to go to wheresgeorge.com. Before you send it out you have to register it online but it is pretty simple.
Click here for the website
August 18, 2011
Subliminal Funnies
If you have ever seen The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly, Dharma and Greg, Cybill, and Grace Under Fire, chances are you have seen Chuck Lorre Vanity Cards. Chances are is that you haven't realize that you have seen these vanity cards. You know at the end of shows where producers put their business cards? Don't know what I am talking about? Here are some examples:
"Sit, Ubu, Sit! Good dog"
(This isn't a television production, obviously, I just really like Pixar.)
Well Chuck Lorre's "bussiness cards" are different rants. I discovered this while watching a marathon of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 (which by the way is on sale at Target). I am not really sure what caused me to want to read them in the first place but that is beside the point. If you are watching a Chuck Lorre produced show and have a way to pause your TV, I encourage you to pause and read them because they are only up for two seconds. I think they are hilarious. Aaron doesn't have the attention span to read them, but I will let you judge whether or not it is worth pausing for. Here are some of his business cards:
CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #300
300. An auspicious card. To me. At the very least it represents my having had a hand in writing and producing three hundred episodes of television. Some of which were pretty good. Some of which were... in color. Additionally, it means that on three hundred separate occasions I tried to turn my one second of network time into a form of entertainment. Or, if you prefer, a form of inflammation. Some of the vanity cards were, like the TV shows preceding them, pretty good. Others were... grammatically correct. But still. 300. That has to count for something, right? That's gotta be worth some kind of attaboy. I'm certainly not being paid to write these things. In fact, there are several people at CBS and Warners who'd probably pay me to not write them. (Mental note: Look into setting up a blind auction predicated on the idea that, for the right price, I would permanently change my written vanity card to a cute picture. Maybe a photo from my most recent colonoscopy. Let's see what the market fetches.) Anyway, this is my three hundredth vanity card. I really wanted to write something that was as important as the number seemed to imply. I'm pretty sure I've failed. Attaboy!
HUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #198
Censored!
Well, wouldn't ya' know it. Just two episodes back from the strike and I've already managed to write a vanity card that is completely unacceptable to the good folks at CBS. I wasn't trying to offend. Honest. I just saw an opportunity to poke some proverbial fun, to knosh on the hand that feeds, if you will. They were not amused. If you would like to read my latest exercise in poor judgement, I'm sure you can find it somewhere on that thing we writers were striking to claim dominion over. Just to be on the safe side, I apologize in advance. Please know that my aim was only to provoke a bit of gaiety through the judicious use of a little thing I like to call "the truth." Unfortunately, in the television business, the truth rarely sets anyone free. More often than not, it just pisses them off.
CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #111*
This is the official "I have nothing worth writing about" vanity card. It will run whenever I have nothing worth writing about. Don't be surprised to see it quite a bit. From now on, when our schedule requires me to deliver a new card and I'm empty, I'll simply say, "Run one-eleven." A check of the one hundred and ten cards I've already written will quickly demonstrate that I should have written this card a long time ago. Why didn't I? Vanity. I had become vain about my vanity cards. I was determined to write a new one each week because, well... I'm just that kind of guy. But I'm older and wiser now. I know when I have nothing to say. And that knowledge is freedom. Freedom from the constant need to win your approval. And more importantly, freedom from the obsessive and relentless need to end each vanity card on a joke. Glenn Beck is sober.*
Click here for the Chuck Lorre Vanity Cards archive.
"Sit, Ubu, Sit! Good dog"
(This isn't a television production, obviously, I just really like Pixar.)
Well Chuck Lorre's "bussiness cards" are different rants. I discovered this while watching a marathon of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 (which by the way is on sale at Target). I am not really sure what caused me to want to read them in the first place but that is beside the point. If you are watching a Chuck Lorre produced show and have a way to pause your TV, I encourage you to pause and read them because they are only up for two seconds. I think they are hilarious. Aaron doesn't have the attention span to read them, but I will let you judge whether or not it is worth pausing for. Here are some of his business cards:
CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #300
300. An auspicious card. To me. At the very least it represents my having had a hand in writing and producing three hundred episodes of television. Some of which were pretty good. Some of which were... in color. Additionally, it means that on three hundred separate occasions I tried to turn my one second of network time into a form of entertainment. Or, if you prefer, a form of inflammation. Some of the vanity cards were, like the TV shows preceding them, pretty good. Others were... grammatically correct. But still. 300. That has to count for something, right? That's gotta be worth some kind of attaboy. I'm certainly not being paid to write these things. In fact, there are several people at CBS and Warners who'd probably pay me to not write them. (Mental note: Look into setting up a blind auction predicated on the idea that, for the right price, I would permanently change my written vanity card to a cute picture. Maybe a photo from my most recent colonoscopy. Let's see what the market fetches.) Anyway, this is my three hundredth vanity card. I really wanted to write something that was as important as the number seemed to imply. I'm pretty sure I've failed. Attaboy!
HUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #198
Censored!
Well, wouldn't ya' know it. Just two episodes back from the strike and I've already managed to write a vanity card that is completely unacceptable to the good folks at CBS. I wasn't trying to offend. Honest. I just saw an opportunity to poke some proverbial fun, to knosh on the hand that feeds, if you will. They were not amused. If you would like to read my latest exercise in poor judgement, I'm sure you can find it somewhere on that thing we writers were striking to claim dominion over. Just to be on the safe side, I apologize in advance. Please know that my aim was only to provoke a bit of gaiety through the judicious use of a little thing I like to call "the truth." Unfortunately, in the television business, the truth rarely sets anyone free. More often than not, it just pisses them off.
CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #111*
This is the official "I have nothing worth writing about" vanity card. It will run whenever I have nothing worth writing about. Don't be surprised to see it quite a bit. From now on, when our schedule requires me to deliver a new card and I'm empty, I'll simply say, "Run one-eleven." A check of the one hundred and ten cards I've already written will quickly demonstrate that I should have written this card a long time ago. Why didn't I? Vanity. I had become vain about my vanity cards. I was determined to write a new one each week because, well... I'm just that kind of guy. But I'm older and wiser now. I know when I have nothing to say. And that knowledge is freedom. Freedom from the constant need to win your approval. And more importantly, freedom from the obsessive and relentless need to end each vanity card on a joke. Glenn Beck is sober.*
Click here for the Chuck Lorre Vanity Cards archive.
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