new year

i don't typically do new years resolutions. even if i do, they last about four hours and twenty three seconds. however, i "recently" (a few minutes ago) "stumbled" (i googled it) upon this resolution: "Resolved, to live with all my might, while I do live."
that i might be able to swing. but as easy as it may sound, living with all your might is anything but. it's hard work. i'd venture to say it's absolutely impossible. after all, you can't possibly make every single second of every single day count for something. besides, even if you could, wouldn't you want to relax every now and then? what's worth putting every ounce of effort i posses into?
"Resolved, to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness, in the other world, as I possibly can, with all the power, might, vigor, and vehemence, yea violence, I am capable of, or can bring myself to exert, in any way that can be thought of."

a personal opinion: heavenly happiness > worldly happiness.

Jonathan Edwards agrees.

break here here!!

ok, so break has been here for a while, i just haven't had the motivation actually write about it. so here we go:
break. what we call "three weeks of bliss". and as the name subtly suggests, it's blissful. relaxing, stress-free, chill. it's fun too. like when you get to sleep till 10 everyday. that's fun. and when you accomplish absolutely nothing through the course of an entire day. that's fun. and when you get to eat cookies and chocolate like there's no tomorrow. that's fun. until you have too much. then it's not. but ya know what else is fun?? VISITORS!!! yes my friends, we have people visiting. it's great. my cousins are here right now, and when they leave, my best friends from VA are coming. and we will have fun. not the aforementioned fun. different fun. like staying up all night to watch movies. and going to boston. and going to providence. and going to nyc. and seeing WICKED ON BROADWAY. that's fun.

i like fun.

"F" is for friends who do stuff together
"U" is for you and me
"N" is for anywhere and anytime at all
down here in the deep blue sea

My favourite charlie brown quotes

"i'll give you five good reasons - one, two, three, four, five."
"those are good reasons."

"Of all the charlie browns in the world, you're the charlie browniest"

"get the biggest aluminum tree you can find. maybe paint it pink!"

"THAT'S IT!!"

"good grief."

"you do think i'm beautiful, don't you?....you hesitated. if you thought i was beautiful, you would have answered right away. i know when i've been insulted! i know when i've been insulted!!!"

"do they still make wooden christmas trees?"

"i've killed it. EVERYTHING I TOUCH GETS RUINED!!"

"The innkeepers wife has naturally curly hair."

"...and they were sore afraid."

"i can't memorize these lines so quickly! why should i be put through such agony?"

"i ruined the entire christmas play! everybody hates me!! moses hates me, luke hates me, the apostles hate me! all 50 of 'em!!"

"just send money. how about tens and twenties."

"charlie brown is a blockhead, but he did get a nice tree."

"if you buy two, we'll throw in an autographed picture of king solomon."

"merry christmas charlie brown!!!!"

'tis the season

.....for finals. yes boys and girls, the most wonderful time of the year is here. time for studying, thinking, reading, writing, and cramming till you're blue in the face. it's fun! you get to pull all-nighters, lose any semblance of the social life you once had, and become the most coffee dependent person on the face of the planet. i know this. i'm a college student.

However, in this time of studying and stress, it's nice to take a break (or in my case, many breaks), and remember what the point of all this is: education.

wait. i don't want an education. i want to run away to new york city and be on broadway. but then, if i do that, it's very likely that i'll starve to death, because i don't have the drive or talent to be a singer or an actress. hmmm.

so, maybe all these seemingly pointless and impossible classes *coughCHEMcough* are actually a good thing. maybe studying like crazy will teach me about being more diligent and disciplined. maybe finals will help me later on in life when i actually have to work to live.


or maybe i'll just dance through life. after all, it's more painless when you're brainless.

tRaDiTiOn

my desire to have fun wins over my desire to be responsible and mature. all the time.
so much for being successful in college.

A random list of pointless things about me

• i love music more than life (but less than Jesus)
  
• i love creative writing
• i LOVE christmas!!
  
• i have the best friends (don't even try to deny it)
• i've been a part of sovereign grace ministries my whole life
• i'd love to live in boston some day
  
• i wish i could dance
  
• i want to be a photographer
  
• or an actress
  
• or a recording artist
  
• i don't want to get married
  
• i used to want to live in Australia
  
• i was obsessed with Lord of the Rings when it came out (don't judge)
  
• i love college
  
• i randomly quote movies. and people rarely know what i'm talking about
  
• i'm given to uncontrollable fits of laughter
• i don't understand why anyone would want to be friends with me. but i'm strangely accepting of myself
• i wish i could make money as a poet
  
• ever since i was 3, i've wanted to be a missionary in China
  
• the end
  

this was supposed to be a light, fun, silly poem

Heed, my child
listen well
for the clanging,
chiming bell
ringing in
far near to far
the old, the young
normal, bizarre
the cold, the broken
misunderstood
the poor, the needy
the bad and good
for everyone
the bell chimes on
until the very last
has gone