tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57884179297910391622024-02-22T06:47:39.209-07:00Basically I'm On My Way to AustraliaAdventures Along the WayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.comBlogger704125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-90719804449355415642014-01-23T17:55:00.005-07:002014-01-23T17:56:20.091-07:00i've moved!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I've gone over to wordpress.</div>
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And my whole blog came with me.</div>
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Come check it out!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-41813016032844903602014-01-23T17:10:00.002-07:002014-01-23T17:11:06.516-07:00Violently Happy<div style="text-align: center;">
Last night I was listening to some music in the shower.</div>
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I always listen to music in the shower.</div>
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Ever since I lived with Heather and she taught me what a delight it is.</div>
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And I was so sore from running.</div>
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Sometimes I get carried away when I am running. </div>
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After 3 miles it just starts feeling so good that I don't stop and then the next day I regret having run for an hour and half. </div>
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But the shower is so hot.</div>
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And the water pressure is just right.</div>
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And with a great soundtrack?</div>
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Bliss.</div>
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But I digress.</div>
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Last night I was listening to Florence and the Machine.</div>
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And there is this one song, </div>
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The Dog Days Are Over</div>
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that always makes me stop and think.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back."</span></div>
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I love that.</div>
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I love the violence of the metaphor.</div>
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A bullet is so quick, so sudden, so devastating, and has such a profound impact, not just physically, but on one's entire life.</div>
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You don't get hit by a bullet and the next day go back to never having been hit by a bullet.</div>
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No.</div>
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It hits you and you feel it in your entire body.</div>
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And the result is lasting.</div>
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Now think about it in terms of happiness.</div>
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To be hit by happiness so suddenly, so violently, so consumingly.</div>
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And in the back?</div>
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So unexpectedly. </div>
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I like to think that there are a few moments like this in life.</div>
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When you find the love of your life.</div>
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When you have a baby.</div>
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When you look at someone you love with your whole heart.</div>
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When you catch a glimpse into eternity and understand who you are and why you are here.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-58374965146153944192013-07-06T22:18:00.001-06:002013-07-06T22:18:19.861-06:00Hopeless//Hopeful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few days ago, as one of the kids I work with left, my friend turned to me.</div>
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He told me through his tears,</div>
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"I helped raise him."</div>
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I am blessed to be a part of a work where I help raise children.</div>
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And it is glorious.</div>
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The hard part is when the work that we do is not enough.</div>
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Sometimes we watch them grow up and be incredible successful.</div>
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And we get to be a huge part of that.</div>
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Sometimes no matter what we do, it is not enough.</div>
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I wish that it was.</div>
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The hardest part of my job is not being able to help everyone.</div>
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I believe in what I am doing.</div>
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I believe that it works.</div>
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I have seen lives change.</div>
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But for the few that it seemingly does so little for?</div>
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It hurts too much to dwell on for too long.</div>
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It makes me feel powerless.</div>
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And hopeless.</div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />But I have to trust that they will still be taken care of. </div>
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I have to trust that the Lord has a plan and He knows what He is doing.</div>
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Because I do not always understand.</div>
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And I need to be hopeful.</div>
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Sometimes it is all I have.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-14295248020789000322013-06-29T10:25:00.000-06:002013-06-29T10:25:40.232-06:00Overheard <div style="text-align: center;">
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I have had several jobs in the past year where the kids say the funniest things.<br />
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This is me with the people on my current shift.<br />
You can tell how serious we are, riiiight?<br />
No wonder we love these silly kids so much.<br />
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Nurse: ...and then they will give you a sonogram<br />
Girl: But I don't need a sonogram! I am not pregnant! I know I am fat and it looks like pregnant, but it isn't!<br />
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Me: How old do you think {boy} and {coworker I don't care for} are?<br />
Girl #2: He's like, 19 and she's like, 40.<br />
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Boy: When I'm king of the world, I will destroy all of you. Except for Tim. I will spare Tim.<br />
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22 was terrible.</div>
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I would not be 22 again for the world.</div>
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(Taylor Swift is lying. Avoid it.)</div>
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23 was good.</div>
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I learned a lot.</div>
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I loved a lot.</div>
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I lost a lot.</div>
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I was comfortable.</div>
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I was the saddest I've every been.</div>
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I was the most delighted I've ever been.</div>
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Equal opposites were strongly at work.</div>
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24?</div>
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I'm ready.</div>
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I'm excited for all I have to learn and all I have to do.</div>
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Sometimes I wish I was further along in school or relationships or whatever it is.</div>
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So I think 24 is going to be full of hard work.</div>
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It's going to be a little lonely</div>
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(everyone of importance is getting married, it seems)</div>
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but it is going to be full of delightful fun times as well.</div>
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I'm becoming more and more of a homebody.</div>
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I do so love to read a book for hours at a time.</div>
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Or watch movies.</div>
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But I also still love adventures.</div>
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So this year should have some good adventures to it. </div>
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I want to be better.</div>
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Stronger.</div>
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Healthier.</div>
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Smarter.</div>
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Wiser.</div>
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Kinder.</div>
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Better.</div>
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I am grateful that I have more time to do all that.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-44689686687718464192013-06-23T17:36:00.000-06:002013-06-23T17:36:04.322-06:00now is the start<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tomorrow is my birthday.</div>
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24.</div>
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So young.</div>
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But sometimes I forget that.</div>
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Sometimes I get caught up in the race of life and remember that I am not graduated.</div>
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I am not married.</div>
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I don't have any kids.</div>
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I'm still getting paid by the hour.</div>
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I'm still renting.</div>
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I haven't paid off my car yet.</div>
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I've never been out of the country.</div>
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And in light of all that, I feel so behind.</div>
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What have I accomplished, really?</div>
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And I have to stop myself and remember all the good times I am having.</div>
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I love my job.</div>
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I love my roommates.</div>
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I like being on my own.</div>
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I feel happy and fulfilled most every day.</div>
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I am so young.</div>
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I have so much to look forward to.</div>
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I have so much left to do.</div>
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That I <i>get</i> to do.</div>
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I am alive. </div>
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And now is the start.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-71144420816966174432013-06-23T16:50:00.001-06:002013-06-23T23:26:11.972-06:00First Crush<div style="text-align: center;">
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Last week I got to have a sleepover with my favorite 8 year old, Macy.</div>
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We went to the mall to try on sunglasses and all the perfumes.</div>
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We went swimming then had ramen for dinner, which was a treat for her.</div>
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We ate ice cream and chips and watched Chronicles of Narnia till she fell asleep.</div>
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It was delightful.</div>
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While we were swimming, she asked me if I had a boyfriend.</div>
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Not currently, no.</div>
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Then she insisted I tell her all about every boy I've dated in chronological order and why I am not dating them anymore.</div>
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{he knows who he is and maybe we could be together one day after <strike>I murder</strike> we conquer our current obstacles}</div>
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So of course the only polite thing to do was ask her about her love life.</div>
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"Do you have a boyfriend?"</div>
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"Oh yes," came the reply.</div>
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"I have eight of them."</div>
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I've been playing this game for years and can barely keep one!</div>
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I was impressed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But isn't she a little young?</div>
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And after hearing each entertaining description, I got to thinking about my first crush.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was 5. </div>
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Dylan.</div>
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He was a 5th grader.</div>
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My how I admired him.</div>
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By the time I was 8 I had moved on to bigger and better things, namely the star of Early Edition.</div>
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I think he was recently on Friday Night Lights.</div>
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Oh I was in love with him.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-73337757579755422182013-03-28T00:59:00.000-06:002013-03-28T00:59:00.034-06:00the love that i want to be in<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-70697271184536881692013-03-28T00:50:00.000-06:002013-03-28T00:50:13.378-06:00it's late at night and i've been writing for hours now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was just looking at this picture and thinking about how much it is like my life.</div>
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The stars are out there. </div>
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They are constant.</div>
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I am lucky enough to get to connect the dots to make the constellations.</div>
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But some days it certainly feels like my map is written in a different language.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-13476381888191544682013-02-16T17:58:00.002-07:002013-02-16T17:58:32.131-07:00Post Valentine's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Whelp, another Valentine's has come and gone.</div>
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This year was different.</div>
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It was the first year that I didn't miss the first boy I ever loved.</div>
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The last time I saw him was Valentine's Day 2008.</div>
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And it took me a really long time to get over him.</div>
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I compared every boy I ever liked to him and none were ever good enough.</div>
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Not this year.</div>
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What a refreshing feeling.</div>
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I had a dream about him last night.</div>
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And there was no longing.</div>
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Just laughter.</div>
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I am content.</div>
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I have loved and I have been loved.</div>
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And I love and am loved. </div>
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What a nice feeling. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-35466246873410085002013-02-07T12:18:00.004-07:002013-02-07T12:18:51.161-07:00Dead Grandma!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/30867122">Dead Grandma! Episode 1: LIBRARY</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8979980">Mummy Space Island Productions!</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-61795970131415626592013-02-04T21:15:00.002-07:002013-02-04T21:15:23.731-07:00what makes you laugh?<div style="text-align: center;">
Today as I laid on the floor and giggled, I thought about the things that make me laugh the most.</div>
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2. California Speed with Troy</div>
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3. Being with Talana, Matt and Joey/remembering funny things that we did or talked about together</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-73566537375809884562013-01-19T13:43:00.001-07:002013-01-19T13:43:37.050-07:00is he a man?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474640; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;"><i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Danny: Was he a man?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Mindy: What do you mean? Yeah, of course he was a man.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Danny: No, I mean, like, was he a man?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Mindy: Danny, don’t just repeat it and expect me to understand what you’re saying.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Danny: Was this the kinda guy who, if he heard glass breaking in the middle of the night, is he gonna jump out of bed, say, “stay here,” and look through the house naked with a baseball bat, or is he gonna hide under the covers with you? Is this the kinda guy who is gonna get grossed out when you give birth, or is he gonna dry your forehead and tell you you look beautiful while all that disgusting stuff is coming out of you? Is this the kinda guy that’s not afraid to get into a fistfight at a Springsteen show because someone really disrespects him? And he’ll just put it out… And he’ll take ‘em down right there, right now?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Mindy: You’re just talking about yourself.</i></span><br />
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The other day at work one of my girls said to me, </div>
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I wish that you could hear the mean and rude tone of voice she used.</div>
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In my head, my initial response is not so pleasant.</div>
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I just want to say, </div>
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"Only b*tchy, entitled people take the time to notice the subtle difference in the shade of tan between 'real' and 'fake' Uggs." </div>
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Because, what does it matter if my boots are fake? </div>
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They are warm and they do the job.</div>
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So I paid half the price for the same value?</div>
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That makes me awesome! </div>
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But instead I took a half step to pause and think about the right way to respond.</div>
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So then we had a conversation about how I don't have a lot of money to be throwing around at expensive shoes, and even if I did, I would probably choose to spend it on more worthwhile things.</div>
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We talked about how pointing out people's 'fake' shoes could be hurtful because it is commentary on their monetary value and, honestly, the value of a human being is not monetary. </div>
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And it was a good moment for us.</div>
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I think I learned a lot more than she did.</div>
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I remembered the importance of self-control. </div>
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That the gratifying moment of calling someone a mean name is not lasting.</div>
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But healthy human relationships are.</div>
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If my response had been less than kind, my relationship with this girl would have suffered.</div>
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A few years ago my brother and I were helping a friend do some gardening.</div>
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She had just had a little boy.</div>
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She was nervous about raising a boy.</div>
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So she asked my brother what the most important thing she needed to teach this little guy.</div>
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My brother thought for a minute.</div>
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"Self-control."</div>
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And I got chills.</div>
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Some things are just true.</div>
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And truth always touches my heart.</div>
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And it rushed through my brain all the millions of ways that self-control would be of importance.</div>
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in accomplishing difficult tasks, in working a job to provide for a family, in gaining an education, in always treating women with respect and kindness, in raising children, in avoiding pornography and immorality, in being a good friend, in living the gospel. </div>
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So, self-control. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-68144125539059856222013-01-15T12:53:00.000-07:002013-01-15T12:53:00.116-07:00The List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You know.</div>
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THE List.</div>
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The one that every girl makes at some point to describe her dream man.</div>
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I could pull out my old journals and give you some entertainment.</div>
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With things like,</div>
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Tall and dark with curly hair and green eyes</div>
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Must act like Mr. Knightley and be a Jedi and have a beard and also be a pirate</div>
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Luckily, I've matured enough to not have that kind of a list anymore.</div>
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My list now is based off of the best components of my favorite relationships with my loved ones.</div>
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1. enjoys being silly</div>
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2. crazy about me</div>
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3. enjoys being around me</div>
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4. expresses love frequently</div>
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5. honest with me, even when I am wrong, but never in a hurtful manner</div>
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6. will drop everything and come if I need him</div>
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7. provides where possible</div>
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8. needs me in his life</div>
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9. expresses his needs/wants/opinions</div>
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10. generous to everyone</div>
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11. places people above things</div>
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12. makes sacrifice look easy because he understands that it is worth it</div>
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13. loves his/mine/our family</div>
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14. energetic</div>
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15. gentle</div>
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16. comfortable </div>
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17. willing to place my needs above his own</div>
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18. supports me and my ideas</div>
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19. strives for creativity</div>
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20. humble enough to ask for my help</div>
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21. worthy priesthood holder</div>
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22. loves the temple</div>
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23. loves me!</div>
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I know it is a long list.</div>
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But these are the things that the people I love and admire most in my life exemplify and are striving for.</div>
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These are the things that I strive for in my every day life. </div>
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And I don't think it is too much to ask of myself or the man who I love.</div>
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What does your list look like?</div>
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Are you married and does your spouse fit your list?</div>
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Last night I had the strangest dream</div>
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I had to have multiple meetings with people at work over the goblin problem we were battling.</div>
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That's right, goblins.</div>
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They were causing trouble with our girls. </div>
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And we couldn't do outside chores because the goblins were a nuisance and all kidnappy.</div>
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So we had to come up with a plan.</div>
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And we set out one of the girls as bait in our trap.</div>
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(If you work with me, ask who and then you will laugh.)</div>
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We had a neat heat sensor thing so we could know when they were coming and everything.</div>
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Then it all turned into me being dropped off from our secret meeting in a big black truck.</div>
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And my friend was at my house with my family.</div>
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And he was all weirdly into being with them and excited to see me.</div>
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That's when I realized it was a dream.</div>
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Because the goblins didn't tip me off, but this friend being all weirdly emotionally snuggly with me and my family did.</div>
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Ha. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-45973341102708553012013-01-04T00:19:00.002-07:002013-01-06T19:10:38.931-07:00creativity and stuff and a pretty picture and people that I love and thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A dear friend of mine recently wrote that she loved creating her life year after year by the side of her husband. </div>
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That just tugged at my heart. </div>
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And of course got me thinking about what I was creating and who else was involved in creating who I am today?</div>
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Who am I creating my life with?</div>
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I keep seeing this little thing that says, </div>
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<b>You become the 5 people you spend the most time with.</b></div>
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How cool is that?</div>
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And scary?</div>
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Who is creating me?</div>
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Who am I creating?</div>
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I think the number one person I spent the most time with is me.</div>
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{uh oh this could get confusing... I'm becoming myself? Yes! Maybe.}</div>
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I have always been slightly more introverted, preferring my own company over the company of others.</div>
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But that's how I know if I really love someone, is if I choose time with them over being alone.</div>
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It's a great measurement for my feelings about others.</div>
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Anyways, 5 people I spend the most time with...</div>
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Talana Matt Troy Joey my girls at work and uh oh this turned into a post where I realized that I don't have a lot of friends now I am going to go cry myself to sleep waaaaaaahhhhh</div>
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Just kidding there are a lot of people I spend time with. </div>
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But those are the ones I spend the most time with and it is seriously so much time that I don't spend as much time with all the others.</div>
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Do phone calls count?</div>
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Cause I spend a lot of time with my family then.</div>
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Ok I'm going to end this cause I'm rambling now.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-67241793660168621392013-01-03T23:44:00.000-07:002013-01-03T23:44:02.514-07:002013: let's do this<div style="text-align: center;">
The New Year always brings New Feelings.</div>
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I didn't have a chance to do the deep introspection that I usually do on the first day of the year because I was working.</div>
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But that's ok.</div>
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It was great to make money.</div>
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So I am thinking today about my Feelings.</div>
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I made up a tiny little list of how I imagine that I want this year to go.</div>
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I love goals because I feel like they are ways to record the little milestones so I actually know how I'm doing in life. </div>
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A reference point, if you will. </div>
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So here a few for this year.</div>
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1. be kind</div>
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2. be forgiving</div>
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3. be open</div>
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4. travel somewhere new</div>
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5. have an adventure</div>
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6. work hard where it matters</div>
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I'm trying to keep them simple so that they can apply to more than just one thing.</div>
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Today I want to be kind to my family, to be forgiving to those that have hurt me, to be open in what I am feeling with the people who matter, to go on a road trip, to take the sailing lesson I signed up for, and to work hard in school and in my relationships.</div>
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And I feel like it's going to be a good year.</div>
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A friend told me that 23 is the best year. </div>
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And so far it has been.</div>
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Not because of events, but because I am so sure of me.</div>
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I feel more like myself than I ever have.</div>
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And I'm excited to start this new year. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-61138736210673828312012-11-13T23:57:00.002-07:002012-11-13T23:57:45.616-07:00I write this as I finish off a carton of rocky road ice cream atop a pile of laundry on my bed that I'm too lazy to fold.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am not having enough adventures in my life.</div>
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I just watched Brave last night. </div>
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And the only thought running through my head...</div>
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{ok fine, the second thought. HER HAIRS!!!}</div>
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Anyways, my thoughts began to revolve around Scotland and magic and adventures. </div>
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Time for some adventures.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-13842868246113700222012-10-07T21:28:00.002-06:002012-10-07T21:28:57.152-06:00Top 10 Fictional Characters That I Would Date<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1. The Doctor.</span></i></div>
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Are any of you surprised? </div>
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I didn't think so. </div>
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The only reason I ever go running is because that is practically all the Doctor does and I have to be able to keep up with him one day. </div>
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<b>Pros</b>: Witty, sincere, adventurous, kind, good, adorable, energetic, beautiful, genius. </div>
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Drops out of the sky and takes you on adventures through<i> all of time and space</i>.</div>
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And did I mention the hair? </div>
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I mean, really great hair. </div>
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I'll take Ten or Eleven. </div>
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<b>Cons</b>: In the words of River Song, "When the man one loves is an ageless god who insists on the face of a twelve year old, one does one's best to hide the damage."</div>
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No one who is in love with the Doctor winds up winning in the long run.<br />
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<b>Projected Duration of Relationship</b>:<br />
2-10 years<br />
(that's about the time that something timey wimey and terrible usually happens to companions)</div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2. Superman</span></i><br />
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My favorite superhero.<br />
I have been in love with him for a real long time.<br />
I have a Superman backpack and Talana and I are besties partially because she has a Superman snuggie.<br />
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<b>Pros:</b> SUPERMAN.<br />
Also, Tom Welling.<br />
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<b>Cons:</b> Alien and hung up on Lois Lane<br />
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<b>PDR:</b> until the first time I got held hostage by his enemies I'm outta there.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>3. Rory Williams</i></span></div>
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Amelia Pond chose him over the Doctor for a reason, people.<br />
He is the best that humanity has to offer.<br />
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<b>Pros</b>: Sweet, good, wants to help people.<br />
Cute face.<br />
British. </div>
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Did I mention that he waited 2,000 years for the woman he loved?</div>
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2,000 years! </div>
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<b>Cons</b>: He's died too many times to count.</div>
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That would be hard to deal with. </div>
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<b>PDR</b>: Forever.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>4. John Watson</i></span><br />
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I just think he's so cute.<br />
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<b>Pros:</b> Sweet and thoughtful, doesn't need to be the center of attention.<br />
He works hard.<br />
He is patient.<br />
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<b>Cons:</b> His bromance with Sherlock<br />
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<b>PDR</b>: 3 months until Sherlock drove a wedge between us</div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">5. Ned, The Pie Maker</span></i><br />
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<b>Pros:</b> He is good and helpful and tries to do the right thing.<br />
He puts his love of a girl above a lot of things.<br />
He is willing to make sacrifices.<br />
He obviously is not dependent on the physical parts of a relationship.<br />
He makes <i>pie</i> for a living.<br />
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<b>Cons:</b> When he touches dead things they come back to life.<br />
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<b>PDR</b>: Forever. Because if I die he'll bring me back to life. </div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">6. Peter Pan</span></i><br />
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If I were 10 years younger, I would want him.<br />
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<b>Pros:</b> Fun loving and adventurous.<br />
Hangs out with mermaids, pirates, fairies, and indians.<br />
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<b>Cons:</b> Terribly selfish.<br />
Forgets real fast.<br />
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<b>PDR:</b> Until I went out of town for a bit and he forgot that I existed.<br />
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<b>Pros: </b>Brilliant and beautiful.<br />
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<b>Cons:</b> High functioning sociopath.<br />
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<b>PDR: </b>We'd never get started.<br />
I'm way too unobservant by nature and would drive him up the wall.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">8. Han Solo</span></i><br />
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Oh I have been in love with this man since the first time I saw Star Wars at age 8.<br />
So, so in love.<br />
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<b>Pros: </b>He's rugged and adventurous and snarky and has his own spaceship.<br />
He's fiercely independent.<br />
He is a bad boy with a moral compass.<br />
Yussss...<br />
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<b>Cons:</b> He has a lot of debt which got him frozen in carbonite.<br />
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<b>PDR:</b> 3 years<br />
I can't see him settling down and I'd be wanting marriage at that point.<br />
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I used to dream of being Guinevere.<br />
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<b>Pros:</b> He's a king.<br />
He is chivalrous and romantic.<br />
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<b>Cons:</b> People didn't take baths back around 1000 AD<br />
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<b>PDR:</b> 10-15 years.<br />
Then Mordred would show up and I don't think I could handle his existence.<br />
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10. Fox Mulder<br />
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<b>Pros:</b> He loves aliens as much as I do.<br />
He is dedicated to what he believes in and not afraid to make sacrifices for it.<br />
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<b>Cons:</b> He's kind of obsessed with conspiracies.<br />
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<b>PDR: </b>6 mos.<br />
His crusade would drive me nuts.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-53102731455959524372012-09-27T22:17:00.003-06:002012-09-27T22:17:27.611-06:00Soundtrack to my Summer<div style="text-align: center;">
As the weather begins to cool off and I get away with wearing long sleeves all day and can't float down the river because it's too cold, I realize that I am not ready for summer to leave me. </div>
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This summer was fabulous.</div>
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Not everything was perfect.</div>
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But it sure did have some fabulous moments. </div>
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I was listening to the radio and thinking about all the songs I listened to the most this summer.<br />
So there's one for every picture.<br />
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Lounging in Parker's hammock and reading The Magic Barrel. </div>
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So I have these friends...</div>
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Fun. </div>
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I love them.</div>
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And the past week or so has been a crazy whirlwind of nonstop fun times.</div>
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I have never felt so blessed.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-43543798601885570022012-09-06T22:28:00.001-06:002012-09-06T22:28:20.879-06:00sort out your priorities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a picture of one of my pinterest boards. </div>
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I have priorities, people. </div>
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I did a lot of things today. </div>
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I should have done a lot of other things today. </div>
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Example:</div>
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<b>Should</b> have done the dishes</div>
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<b>Did</b> go see Snow White & the Huntsman in the dollar theatre</div>
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<b>Should</b> have taken a bath</div>
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<b>Did</b> eat half a carton of ice cream</div>
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<b>Should</b> have done charts for work</div>
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<b>Did </b>balance my checkbook</div>
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<b>Should</b> have left for work on time</div>
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<b>Did </b>eat a leisurely breakfast and check my email</div>
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<b>Should</b> have not responded to an email</div>
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<b>Did</b> write a scathing response and almost pressed send but then erased it and wrote a polite one</div>
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<b>Should</b> have done laundry</div>
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<b>Did</b> talk on the phone for an hour</div>
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And yet, I am completely satisfied and feel accomplished. </div>
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Strange how that works.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357142797644338485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788417929791039162.post-27979347124637606282012-07-30T22:05:00.002-06:002012-07-30T22:09:18.891-06:00Privileges<div style="text-align: center;">
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I heard this story at institute this past week and have been thinking about it ever since. </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Some years ago President David O. McKay (1873–1970) told of the experience of some of those in the Martin handcart company. Many of these early converts had emigrated from Europe and were too poor to buy oxen or horses and a wagon. They were forced by their poverty to pull handcarts containing all of their belongings across the plains by their own brute strength. President McKay related an occurrence which took place some years after the heroic exodus:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"A teacher, conducting a class, said it was unwise ever to attempt, even to permit them [the Martin handcart company] to come across the plains under such conditions."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Then President McKay quoted an observer who was present in that class: "Some sharp criticism of the Church and its leaders was being indulged in for permitting any company of converts to venture across the plains with no more supplies or protection than a handcart caravan afforded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"An old man in the corner . . . sat silent and listened as long as he could stand it, then he arose and said things that no person who heard him will ever forget. His face was white with emotion, yet he spoke calmly, deliberately, but with great earnestness and sincerity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">"In substance [he] said, 'I ask you to stop this criticism. You are discussing a matter you know nothing about. Cold historic facts mean nothing here, for they give no proper interpretation of the questions involved. Mistake to send the Handcart Company out so late in the season? Yes. But I was in that company and my wife was in it and Sister Nellie Unthank whom you have cited was there, too. We suffered beyond anything you can imagine and many died of exposure and starvation, but did you ever hear a survivor of that company utter a word of criticism? . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">" 'I have pulled my handcart when I was so weak and weary from illness and lack of food that I could hardly put one foot ahead of the other. I have looked ahead and seen a patch of sand or a hill slope and I have said, I can go only that far and there I must give up, for I cannot pull the load through it.' "</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">He continues: " 'I have gone on to that sand and when I reached it, the cart began pushing me. I have looked back many times to see who was pushing my cart, but my eyes saw no one. I knew then that the angels of God were there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">" 'Was I sorry that I chose to come by handcart? No. Neither then nor any minute of my life since. <em><b>The price we paid to become acquainted with God was a privilege to pay</b>, and I am thankful that I was privileged to come in the Martin Handcart Company.</em>' "</span></div>
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There are a lot of experiences in my life that haven't been easy.</div>
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But when I let them pull me closer to my Heavenly Father, they become sacred and so incredibly worth it. </div>
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I just came across the best quote.</div>
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"Bear true witness, even if it be against yourself, your parents or your family."</div>
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~Ayaan Hirsi Ali, <i>Infidel</i></div>
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Tell me your thoughts.</div>
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I have mine and they are SO GOOD.<br />
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I feel like the hardest one is bearing witness against yourself.<br />
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