Yesterday was the first debate round of the year, with my beautiful partner Kaitlin. It made me very happy. Though it was a little bit odd, because the first round last year was Chris and I against Kaitlin and Kelsey, and this year it was Myself and Kaitlin against Kelsey and Kirby (it would have been really wierd if it was against Kelsey and Chris) It was a lot of fun, and I am incredibly excited about this year. There are definately benefits to having a girl partner... like, sleepovers! I must say that I already am incredibly missing being partnered with Chris, but, I guess three years together might of been overdoing it just a little ;-) Good luck to Chris and Alex, may you beat us in half a million practice round, and may we never meet in double-octs!
On another note, I am getting ready to leave in a little less than an hour to go to my second ever gymnastics meet. Another reason to be really happy! Hopefully my knee doesn't bother me too much... I think I'm going to take it off after warm-ups, because it really does restrict my movement, which means points off. So, we'll see how everything goes.
And lastly, Happy Birthday to my amazing friend Adria! May your birthday be O so full of surprises ;-)
September 30, 2006
September 25, 2006
Street Acrobats... or something
This is hecka sweet!!! Kelsey sent me the link :-)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7003884391464159886
I want to be able to do that.
http://video.google.com
I want to be able to do that.
September 24, 2006
Quote of the Day #2
Dad: San Fransisco is having electrical storms and hail right now
Mom: Well yeah, it's judgment
Dad: I didn't say hail fire and brimstone
September 23, 2006
September 14, 2006
Being with Family
Well, I went from not posting to posting three times in one day.
I am so excited about this weekend, I've definitely been counting down the days, and also, definitely woke up this morning and realized it wasn't friday and was immensely disappointed.
Friday I get to see a whole lot of friends and hang out with them, Saturday I get to see my family. I left the pizza parlor in tears because I was leaving them behind it seemed so long ago, though really its only been about two months. So, I get to see Lindsay, Bill, Carole, Berta and a whole bunch more family that I've been missing. And then of course after that is my first ever, real gymnastics meet, in Visalia. (which I'm a bit nervous about)
But I miss my family so much. One of the people who I consider part of my family asked me the other day while he was proof reading one of my papers, weather I wanted to change the world family to friends? I said no, and he asked if I really considered the people I was talking about family? And I do. Family is not determined simply by genetic coding, or who had sex with this person or that. Being called part of a family is not a right, it is earned, and tragically sometimes, it is revoked. It puzzles me sometimes as to who I consider part of my family. Heck, if they were all together, it'd be just a random group of people stuffed into a room somewhere. Half of them don't know more than a couple of the rest there. Maybe they've heard about the other and they start talking, a little awkwardly probably, but to me, they are all my family, even if they aren't family to eachother.
So, I will see part of my family this weekend... and I have been longing for that for a long time.
I am so excited about this weekend, I've definitely been counting down the days, and also, definitely woke up this morning and realized it wasn't friday and was immensely disappointed.
Friday I get to see a whole lot of friends and hang out with them, Saturday I get to see my family. I left the pizza parlor in tears because I was leaving them behind it seemed so long ago, though really its only been about two months. So, I get to see Lindsay, Bill, Carole, Berta and a whole bunch more family that I've been missing. And then of course after that is my first ever, real gymnastics meet, in Visalia. (which I'm a bit nervous about)
But I miss my family so much. One of the people who I consider part of my family asked me the other day while he was proof reading one of my papers, weather I wanted to change the world family to friends? I said no, and he asked if I really considered the people I was talking about family? And I do. Family is not determined simply by genetic coding, or who had sex with this person or that. Being called part of a family is not a right, it is earned, and tragically sometimes, it is revoked. It puzzles me sometimes as to who I consider part of my family. Heck, if they were all together, it'd be just a random group of people stuffed into a room somewhere. Half of them don't know more than a couple of the rest there. Maybe they've heard about the other and they start talking, a little awkwardly probably, but to me, they are all my family, even if they aren't family to eachother.
So, I will see part of my family this weekend... and I have been longing for that for a long time.
The Wind is Changing
Somehow I feel very much so as though Marry Poppins is here. I don't know why, it's something about the way the breeze is floating about outside, slowly teasing its way around corners as the slow moving clouds glance lazily at their companions.
Oh, dear winter I have missed thee, and I pray that you shall come quickly.
It seems ironic to me, that during the summer I just want to stay inside and during the winter I do school sitting under a tree. To most people I would think it may seem rather backwards, but to me, the whole world is backwards.
Oh, dear winter I have missed thee, and I pray that you shall come quickly.
It seems ironic to me, that during the summer I just want to stay inside and during the winter I do school sitting under a tree. To most people I would think it may seem rather backwards, but to me, the whole world is backwards.
Becoming more alike?
Well, apparently hanging out with eachother has made me more like the rest of the group. As I was digging back through my blog archives adding labels I found this and thought I should take the quiz again just for the heck of it. So, here are the original results:
Here are the new results:
And, I did it again a while later:
You scored as Bethany.
Which Modesto girl are you? created with QuizFarm.com |
Here are the new results:
You scored as Bethany.
Which Modesto girl are you? created with QuizFarm.com |
And, I did it again a while later:
Which Modesto girl are you? created with QuizFarm.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| You scored as Bethany
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September 12, 2006
A Tribute to Last Years Debate Topic
(Apparently I really can't stay away from my computer for that long)
Three doctors are waiting in line to get into the pearly gates. St. Peter walks out and asks the first one, "What have you done to enter Heaven?" "I am a pediatrician and have brought thousands of the Lord's babies into the world." "Good enough to enter the gates," replied St. Peter and in he goes. The same question is asked of the second doctor. "I am a general practioner and go to Third World countries three times a year to cure the poor." St. Peter is impressed and allows him through the gates. The third doctor steps up in line and knowing the question, blurts out, "I am a director of a HMO."
St. Peter meditates on this for a while and then says, "Fine, you can enter Heaven...but only for 2 days."
YYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
:is dancing around in circles::
PARTNERSHIPS ARE OUT
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm really happy, in case you hadn't noticed, for you see I am partnered with who I want to be :-D
Wooo hoo for debate starting and being partered KAITLIN!!!!!!
PARTNERSHIPS ARE OUT
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm really happy, in case you hadn't noticed, for you see I am partnered with who I want to be :-D
Wooo hoo for debate starting and being partered KAITLIN!!!!!!
September 3, 2006
Simplification
The American Heritage Dictionary:
sim·pli·fy
tr.v. sim·pli·fied, sim·pli·fy·ing, sim·pli·fies
This is one of the goals for my life right now, however I am failing miserably at it. In fact, I think that my life is getting even more complex, but that's ok, its a work in progress. So, I am not going to blog or read blogs until the 16th (except when partnerships come out) and am trying to limit my time on the computer, but I really don't know if any of that will end up happening ;-) It's small, but maybe it will be of some use in simplifying my life.
So, goodbye for now.
sim·pli·fy
tr.v. sim·pli·fied, sim·pli·fy·ing, sim·pli·fies
- To make simple or simpler, as:
- To reduce in complexity or extent.
- To reduce to fundamental parts.
- To make easier to understand.
This is one of the goals for my life right now, however I am failing miserably at it. In fact, I think that my life is getting even more complex, but that's ok, its a work in progress. So, I am not going to blog or read blogs until the 16th (except when partnerships come out) and am trying to limit my time on the computer, but I really don't know if any of that will end up happening ;-) It's small, but maybe it will be of some use in simplifying my life.
So, goodbye for now.
September 2, 2006
Misc.
A good day, a bad day: Some great hanging out with friends that I haven't seen in a very long time, I have missed you all incredibly and miss talking to people who speak the same language (figuratively) and I miss my sister a whole lot and she has only been gone for around 32 hours...
Excerpts from the current book I'm reading:(sorry if they don't make sense out of context, but I felt as though they needed to be posted, I don't really know why)
"In a moment John was on his knees and feeling for Vertue's heart. It beat still. He laid his face to Vertue's lips. He breathed still. He caught him by the shoulder and shook him. 'Wake up,' he cried, 'the morning is here.' Then Vertue opened his eyes and smiled at John, a little foolishly. 'Are you well?' said John. 'Are you fit to travel?' But Vertue only smiled. He was dumb. Then John held out his hands and pulled Vertue to his feet: and Vertue stood up uncertainly, but as soon as he made a stride he stumbled and fell, for he was blind. It was long before John understood. Then at last I saw him take Vertue by the hand and, leading him, resume their journey to the South. And there fell upon John that last loneliness which comes when the comforter himself needs comforting, and the guide is to be guided."
"'I will pass on. But one word before I go. You cannot have it both ways.' 'What do you mean, sir?' 'Your life has been saved all this day by crying out to something which you call by many names, and you have said yourself that you used metaphors.' 'Was I wrong, sir?' 'Perhaps not. But you must play fair. If its help is not a metaphor, neither are its commands. If it can answer when you call, then it can speak without your asking. If you can go to it, it can come to you.' 'I think I see, sir. You mean that I am not my own man: in some sense I have a Landlord after all?' 'Even so. But what is it that dismays you? You heard from Wisdom how the rules were yours and not yours. Did you not mean to keep them? And if so, can it scare you to know that there is one who will make you able to keep them?' 'Well,' said John, 'I suppose you have found me out. Perhaps I did not fully mean to keep them-not all-or not all the time. And yet, in a way, I think I did. It is like a thorn in your finger, sir. You know when you set about taking it out yourself-you mean to get it out-you know it will hurt-and it does hurt-but somehow it is not very serious business-well, I suppose, because you fell that you always could stop if it was very bad. Not that you intend to stop. But it is a very different thing to hold your hand out to a surgeon to be hurt as me as he thinks fit. And at his speed.' The Man laughed, 'I see you understand me very well,' He said, 'but the great thing is to get the thorn out.' And then He went away."
Excerpts from the current book I'm reading:(sorry if they don't make sense out of context, but I felt as though they needed to be posted, I don't really know why)
"In a moment John was on his knees and feeling for Vertue's heart. It beat still. He laid his face to Vertue's lips. He breathed still. He caught him by the shoulder and shook him. 'Wake up,' he cried, 'the morning is here.' Then Vertue opened his eyes and smiled at John, a little foolishly. 'Are you well?' said John. 'Are you fit to travel?' But Vertue only smiled. He was dumb. Then John held out his hands and pulled Vertue to his feet: and Vertue stood up uncertainly, but as soon as he made a stride he stumbled and fell, for he was blind. It was long before John understood. Then at last I saw him take Vertue by the hand and, leading him, resume their journey to the South. And there fell upon John that last loneliness which comes when the comforter himself needs comforting, and the guide is to be guided."
"'I will pass on. But one word before I go. You cannot have it both ways.' 'What do you mean, sir?' 'Your life has been saved all this day by crying out to something which you call by many names, and you have said yourself that you used metaphors.' 'Was I wrong, sir?' 'Perhaps not. But you must play fair. If its help is not a metaphor, neither are its commands. If it can answer when you call, then it can speak without your asking. If you can go to it, it can come to you.' 'I think I see, sir. You mean that I am not my own man: in some sense I have a Landlord after all?' 'Even so. But what is it that dismays you? You heard from Wisdom how the rules were yours and not yours. Did you not mean to keep them? And if so, can it scare you to know that there is one who will make you able to keep them?' 'Well,' said John, 'I suppose you have found me out. Perhaps I did not fully mean to keep them-not all-or not all the time. And yet, in a way, I think I did. It is like a thorn in your finger, sir. You know when you set about taking it out yourself-you mean to get it out-you know it will hurt-and it does hurt-but somehow it is not very serious business-well, I suppose, because you fell that you always could stop if it was very bad. Not that you intend to stop. But it is a very different thing to hold your hand out to a surgeon to be hurt as me as he thinks fit. And at his speed.' The Man laughed, 'I see you understand me very well,' He said, 'but the great thing is to get the thorn out.' And then He went away."
September 1, 2006
Joy is Ditching
Yes, Joy is leaving me for a whole semester, which is very incredibly sad, and I think that I may just go insane.
(Oregon pictures are up)
(Oregon pictures are up)
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