Keeping a Diary?

Recently I have gone back and read some of my old diary entries from WAY back, from when I was in about second grade! I couldn't read my hand writing and I still consider my handwriting not all that great. I read back, and some of it was from sixth grade and man...I get all embarrassed thinking about the stuff I wrote down, I really haven't changed. Anyways, I was watching a show where the main chracter writes in a journal often, and I thought I'd give it a try!..for like the sevententh BILLION time. Ya, I'm kinda lazy...but I've made "SO MUCH" progress with keeping up with it. Twice in a row, yeah fantastic! I realized how much fun it is to go back and read all the diary entries, and it's also fun to think throughout the day, "Oh! I'll add that to my journal when I get home!"

My mom actually keeps a journal too, and at first I was all like "Whaaaaa!?! You could just talk to meeeee!!" She said she writes down her day and stuff but I'm just like "uhhhhhhh, have fun with that..." It actually is like talking to your friend or something about your "feelings" and stuff (not really the sentimental type over here). Also it helps me "learn about myself"... I regret saying that it's true -_- I don't tend to get all girly and gushy over things either soooo, ya. I do suggest keeping one though, just for the fun of going back and reading it! o(^▽^)o

I look forward to rereading my journal when I'm in college or lots of things have changed, and I can read about my friends and remember my life as it passes. Though it seems to pass slowly, it actually passes very quickly!

20% Time

At my school in my english class, we are doing something similar to what they do at Google offices. It's called 20% Time and my class is the first class in the school to do this. Basically every Friday we take our 45 minutes of english class and we work on our project. These projects that my classmates and I are taking on will take about a whole semester. My group, constructed of four people, is creating a modern day bible. Our "modern day bible" is taking biblical accounts that teach certain lessons and putting them into modern day context and a picture book. So far my group and I have managed to complete the stories of two books, while I work on the art. These books will be different from what has been made before. With the story of Adam and Eve we created a story about a household that contains two children and a father, with a garden in the backyard. The father tells the kids not to eat from the garden since some of the foods are not completely okay to eat, but the children eat from it anyways, and they get very sick. These stories will help kids to understand the bible more, and will make it much more interesting than the regular, pictureless bible. Hopefully our project is a success in creating these books and it helps people to see that the bible can be interesting and fun too!

 (not my art)

Changing People!?

It is really scary when it comes to change for me. Recently I was asked the question "If I could change anything, what would it be?" The answer came to me quickly but as I listened to my other classmates answer the question, many other answers came to me as well. Of course they answered with "No crimes, murder, abortions," which I all agree with, but as I listened to them I tried to find one thing. What is the route of all these things? Now thinking about it, I have always heard at my school that the Devil is the route of all evil. That may be true but just how does the Devil bring its' evil into this world? Well, through people. So if it is through people, people are really the route of evil. So if you could change people, wouldn't that be great. When I say "change people" I am not talking about appearances, but thoughts and actions. I wish I really did have this power, but I still do not fully understand what it means to "change people."

There are some people that you love, and would never change and others you wish you could drastically change. I really want the thought process of people to change, and how they interpret things. I want things like this to change because people do not try and look at different perspectives of a situation they just look at it their way. People do not try to understand others, if they tried to look at it differently then maybe such things as war and conflict wouldn't exist. This is why I said I would want to change people because we are the route conflict of crimes, murder, abortions, war, and tragic history. If I could just change people, hopefully none of these things would exist.

People just are so mixed up, different and random. God has never made an identical. So it is really hard for us all to live in peace on Earth. If I could change their thoughts, words, actions, mind-set, and personality, I would do this in order for there to be peace, which (hopefully) all humans truly desire. Maybe if I could do this there wouldn’t be killings, and awful things happen on our planet. If only…if only. I was told when doing this to dream, and yes…yes I am dreaming terribly big. Sadly there will never come a day when everything will peaceful, that only happened when there was no sin, with Adam and Eve. Even if it is people who are tempted by the Devil to do wrongdoings, God has given us free will. Eve was the one who choose to take the forbidden fruit. And we are the people who choose to do things maybe we’re not proud of but we CHOOSE them. Just as I said God gave humans free will because He didn’t want to force a relationship between Him and humans on us. It is all because God loves us so deeply that He will love forever and will forgive you if you reject him, and He will welcome you with open arms no matter how many wrongdoings you have committed, no matter how many times you have sinned, all he asks is that you believe that “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16.

The Next YouTuber Generation

For those people who spend tons of hours on the computer, especially on youtube this topic may interest you. I've been thinking a lot about what will happen to our popular youtubers that we know and love. Back in the day when youtube was a rather new site, there was a popular youtuber that went by the name Fred. Looking back at his videos he was super hilarious and produced good content, but eventually he had to move on from the youtube community and got a job in the acting industry. His first works were produced on the nickelodeon channel, with Fred the Movie 1 & 2. They were just like his youtube videos but put into the movie format, and placed on TV. Now he has had his own tv show, and has been the main character of a popular tv show, but sadly he no longer produces content on his youtube channel and has moved on in his life. I fear many of the very popular youtubers will be gone, and out of our hearts. Such as the ever so popular Ray William Johnson. He held the crown on YouTube for #1 most subscribed YouTube channel for quite awhile but as Ray changed, his content began to also. The internet is a harsh and cruel thing, so as Ray's content began to change, his subscribers unsubscribed and they moved on. Now I believe he is either the 4th or 5th most subscribed channel now. I have a feeling Ray will be leaving the YouTube community also, maybe not sooner than later, but definitely later. I do question where Smosh, Pewdiepie, and JennaMarbles are going but they are people, and eventually everyone passes away. (caution: the YouTube channels I have listed can be rather vulgar and inappropriate!) Though the time will be far down the road of their passings, it will come some day. But we should live in the now, and enjoy the videos they post weekly!

Do any of you have thoughts or ideas of the next YouTube generation?

Do you believe in magic?

Remember when you were a little kid and all you really did was watch disney movies. All the disney movies really revolve around the idea of magic. I think that its quite interesting, the whole idea of magic. I like to believe that there is such a mysterious thing in our world. I think magic is created only if you truly believe in something in heart, body and soul. It would be a dangerous world though if magic was something that could be obtained by anyone. Yes I would say that our world is interesting on its own, its just I wish I could have magic because I feel like my life would actually be interesting. I don't really know what I'm saying its just I guess I really like the concept of magic and I truly believe in it because it makes me feel like a kid, even if I still am one. :) Do you believe in magic?

Music

I play the flute, and I have been for 2 years now. I think I'm pretty good for somebody whose only been playing for a short while. Playing an instrument is fun... but difficult. I like playing the flute but I really don't like to practice, I'm sure it's that way for a lot of things like sports or school. The best part about being in band is the feeling of accomplishment when you play a song that you know all the notes, and rhythms to. Then you add the entire high school and middle school together and you play this song and you think "I just contributed to that big and full sound of a perfectly played song!"

I like the songs we play in band but their not the type of songs I would listen to while doing something. I really love songs that have an up-lifting and inspiring feel to them. I'm not really the type of person who listens to slow or sad song because they make me feel... sad! I mostly listen to pop songs. Those songs make me feel happy and alive.
What types of music do you guys like to listen to?

Plans

So this weekend I was going to go to a festival where my friend was in one of the acts, and this was going to be the first year that I could go see her. I was really looking forward to it, but then I was told some news, I have to go to Oklahoma during the weekend. Though I might be back in time to get to the festival my friend is in I still wish I could just stay home. Don't you just hate it when you have important plans but then something happens and you can't go through with your plan?