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Seven · Seas · Mission · Adventure · Log
Things needed for the trip: guidance, peace, strength, wisdom, courage
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I'm reading a pretty stupid book called Halloween: What's a Christian to Do? by Steve Russo. The first chapter, entitled "Halloween Then and Now" was pretty good. It gave a basic overview of the historical Halloween forerunners Samhein and all that. It is fair and pretty informative. Then the chapter closes with a question of what concerned parents are to do about the ever-growing popularity of Halloween. Um, how about read that chapter and see that it's not evil!
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...is almost here! ^__^ I think it's my favorite season. Excuse me if i say this every season. I just am so over sunshine. I never like the weather to stay the same for long, but wind is definitely my favorite, and we don't get enough rain ever. I can't wait for snowboarding season, but at the same time i can. I hope October is long and slow.
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90802 |
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MIKA - Love Today | |
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I would say it has just been going out and experiencing life. A creative writing class i took helped somewhat, but i didn't go enough or do the homework to really get much out of it. I learn more from talking to various people to work on character types and from reading. Just like you pick up things from friends and movies and tv and whatnot, I think you pick up writing from reading. |
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So i didn't have anything planned this weekend as i turned down everything to read. I was late in finishing rereading The Half-Blood Prince, but then i overslept and missed church, which also meant missing a baby shower after, so i got extra time to read then. I really like having all that time to keep reading, as it was really good, but now that it's Monday and i had to stop for work, it feels weird to be so far already. I feel this way when not reading. When i first started, i'd pick it up, read a page, find a snack, read a page, go to the bathroom, read a page, get a drink. Then i kept reading but man...as i was driving home last night i was trying to run everything through my mind, replay it so that i haven't gone through it too fast. I do want to savor this last adventure!
The title is a statement and a plea, just in case you try to discuss it in the comments. You can trust me to not spoil anything in the open like this. I tried putitng some stuff under a cut, but it wasn't working. It was some ramblings and thoughts that i think i'll just put in my paper journal yesterday. I'm only up to page 400 or so. I think i shall take a small break to write a little, because my brain is on overload, but not too much so that it's empty when i continue reading, and no where near as much writing as i did during HBP, I don't want to take three weeks to read this! Hmm...should i read my journals from then now or did i intend that for my enjoyment later in the future? I think for later. It was nice to read the actual book again. Such a lovely ending. Then i started DH without the confuzzlement i had reading HBP, having been a while between that and reading OotP the one time. |
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So i've been kinda bored. I'm super busy and i'm doing way more things than i can handle and i'm behind in all of my responsibilities, yet still i want more. With all this talk of finals surrounding me, i'm kind of missing school. You'd think that i'd be laughing in everyone's face that i'm not going through that (not like i don't have enough stress without it). Yesterday i was looking into what i would need to get my AS at LBCC. I'm not sure if i could from there, because i would have to complete most of my units there. The reason i didn't get it this spring from RCC is i never sat down and figured out what i can get it in. This is my problem again. I have around 70 units, and they are all over the place, but i don't have enough for any one major. I could go for a year and get an AS in accounting. The classes all look like a piece of cake, now that i've been working here and learning that junk. Another option would be to get it in web. I'd rather see if i can get it in History or something and make use of the units i have. I'm not sure if i want to transfer and dive back into this full time, but at least finish what i started, you know?
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So i think my boss is looking into redesiging our website or changing hosts, i don't know. I heard her having the receptionist call this one web designer. She (the receptionist) was looking at a site where you can design one online yourself, but all the templates were weak (duh) and had a limited choice of colors. I told my boss as she was going into a meeting that i know a thing or two about web design. She said "great, we'll put you on that, then!" Nothing more has been said yet, as that was just yesterday and she is out of town now. I am so excited. I do this, i do a site for Sandy, maybe some stuff Nathaniel was telling me about, and then work on mine and i can really be building myself up at a new level, which i had been wanting, but the timing hasn't been right. I upgraded my Photoshop software, so i need to put that to use. I'm going to have to learn a new skill though, probably javascript, because i can't afford flash software right now. Maybe later, if the Lord wills.
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I am so stressed out right now; i keep making mistakes and i feel so dumb. Calm down Becky. Trust in the Lord.
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I feel inspired. I hope it lasts a while. I get discouraged when i spend too much time on the computer. I really need to cut. back. Oh yeah... |
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Updated my icons to non-Christmas. |
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A friend suggested i build a portfolio website and try to get into website design for a living since i love it so much. I eventually lost interest in any sites i make (or i get guilty it's a waste of time) so i have a lot of work ahead of me if i do. I'm not sure what the market is like for that anymore, but i need to find something. I can't work part-time all my life and i'm not sure i want to be a teacher anymore. I don't know, i think it's moreso i don't want to do the work it takes to get to that point. Ugh i still having so much unpacking and organizing to do. I didn't want to get like this again. I've been here a month already. And i haven't been working during that time, so it seems like i could have found the time. My room is a mess and it's not even all here. I have WAY too much stuff. My dad never gave me my registration notice because he said he was going to pay it, but it's now three months overdue. I can't mail it in or go online without that, so i have to use up my time to go into an office. He doesn't give me my mail and that bugs. He mentioned something about a jury summons but ignored me when i asked about it. All i need now is more trouble with the government.
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I uploaded all these Christmas icons, and then i don't even post the entire month. LOL I am finally online with my own computer, but i'm actually picking up on my neighbor's network. I don't know why our is DSL isn't up yet. My roommate is going to call Verizon today. So Long Beach is great and i got some sweet DVDs for Christmas (Arrested Development, Pirates, Princess Bride) so life is good. This page looks different. I can't remember whether or not i DLed the LJ extension for Firefox. I didn't know about all these add-ons until my friend told me the other day, so i got a bunch and i'm loving it. I almost considered switching back to ie because their latest version doesn't look so bad! Not now, i'm a total firefox girl.
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cue theme music from AD in a bit | |
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I like the Lite-Brite look of the logo, LOL. Gushing of the LBC to follow maybe, if i still feel like it when i find the time. I exchanged all my icons for Christmas-y ones.
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Little House - The Fray | |
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There is hardly going to be enough room in my new room for what is in my current room. What about all my stuff upstairs, that i pulled out of the garage? Okay, i'll admit that i am a packrat and a lot of this is junk and even though i wen through everything and threw some things away, i still have a lot of stuff i don't need and don't even really WANT but i can't get rid of it. However, some stuff is important to me, i just have no where to put it. Like the two boxes of kitchen stuff i left aside. Those are real dishes that i don't need right now since i just use my plastic stuff, but i want it again someday. The china is still in the garage, since that's for me or my sister, whoever gets married first. Also in the garage are a bunch of kids books that my mom has labeled "grown out of but want to keep." Yeah! Good stuff in there, i want for my kids. Plus there are photo albums in there. I don't know where we are going to keep all this stuff. Storage gets pricey. Definitely cheaper to get rid of and replace when needed, but some of the stuff has sentimental value. Like the CocaCola kitchen stuff. She's got all the peices, then tired of it and now it's mine. I probably wouldn't even do my kitchen like that if i didn't have it already. Too much money to track all that stuff down. I don't know if i'll have any storage space at my place, but if i do, it won't be much. And my mom and my brother, wherever they go, it's going to be an apartment, which usually has a little space, and they will have more room, having the whole place to themselves to put stuff, but we have a LOT of stuff man! We got a big house and we did a good job of filling it up. Now we have an extra fridge, freezer, pool table, exercise equipment, four TV's, and who knows what else to sell. I'm so sad as i look around at all my stuff, not knowing what i'll soon be parting with. I love my stuff. And all my mom's books...good classics there i want my kids to read. One time i convinced my mom to buy all these Little House books since we have the set of orginal books, but these are all based on other women in the family, like the mom, grandma. I read part of one and that's it. I felt bad because she didn't want to at first. So then later i was thinking, well, at least they are there for me to get around to, and if not, my girls can someday read them. Are they going to keep those and all the other books though? With so many, they draw attention and come to mind when one wonders what is taking up the most space. After the furniture, which we also have loads of. Oy vey, this is why i don't like big houses. You keep buying stuff to fill it up, but then you rack up debt so high.
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Donde Estas Corazon - Shakira | |
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I don't have everything figured out, but i think this is going to be the best Christmas ever!
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Christmas Medley - The Color Kids | |
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| Greed: | Low
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The Seven Deadly Sins Quiz on 4degreez.comThis may be my last entry from this location. Hm, i wonder how fast i can get my internet connected at the new place. My friend doesn't know much about it, and i failed at trying to get DSL connected before! Hmm. Nooooooo i can't go without internet for very long! LOL. Nah, we'll figure it out, i know it.
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Christmas in the Pits - Murky & Lurky | |
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STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! |
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I had a good day. I went to Disneyland because my pass expired today. Actually i spent most of my time in DCA. I woke up late and then took my time leaving, but i still made it there on time for a show... that is no longer running. It was High School Musical Pep Rally, which i gather was kind of similar to Block Party Bash, only about HSM instead of Pixar characters. But now everything is Christmas. So i went on Tower of Terror twice, saw some of Aladdin, then went over to Disneyland to see the Dapper Dans again, and then it was time to go to my friend's house. He gave me some dinner before carpooling to college group. MmmMMmmm i love college group. I'm always happier when i go. Only, i miss having bigger groups. When we have a small group (six tonight), it's always the same people. Sunday was awesome. We were filming for a DVD we're making and we gathered so many of the cats. It was fun. I think there were about 13 altogether. Some left quick, but still, it felt like old times. I'm sure it will be like that again...maybe. Well, i thought that we were stuck being small before, then when i came this year and found i knew only a third of the group...so i guess it's depending on new people. A few of those people have moved away, and a lot of people that have came a couple times were just visiting and never made themselves an actual part of our group. I will at least always have my memories. I love whatever the college group is, because even these five guys are a blessing to have fellowship with. But not to overdo the testoteron in my life, i think i shall go to women's discipleship tomorrow night, even though it's a bit too fluffy for my taste, and i don't like how it's set up. Plus, people weren't really too welcoming. Maybe just because i was talking to Sandy the whole time. I don't know, i just feel like i should go. I am a woman afterall. Well, a female anyway. I do want more female friends. I love to hang with guys, because i know the conversations won't be retarded, but i can't really talk to them like i can with girls. Well i could, but i don't want to be getting close to guys like that. Especially since...well it seems a little inappropiate to me. Many people disagree, but i have my convictions, let them try to deny those. I didn't realize i already wrote an entry today until that automatic completion thing suggested "Happy Birthday Happy Birthday" for the music. I'm looking for a song for the DVD, which is a birthday present, so that's what's up with me listening to bday music. But wow...that was today? LOL Is that a good sign or bad sing?
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Happy Birthday - Flipsyde | |
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A little under three weeks until i move to Long Beach. Ugh it's taking so long. I went down there today to go to a mini job fair, but it was rescheduled until next week, but it turns out it wasn't what i thought it was anyway. I stuck around the employment office, but they weren't any help. All they had me do was go on their site. Yeah, i did that at home. So i left and decided to find the place i'm going to be living. Oh my goodness, the area is so kewt! The houses are all tiny and have little porches, i love it! A downside is it's not far from a high school, so the morning street traffic is probably pretty bad. But i found the nearest Bux, right down the street, awesomeness! I picked up an application there and then asked the barista how to get to the Pike. WOW i love that place. The water is so blue and the sky is too! And the grass is green. I'm like, what is this place? LOL. There is a Gameworks there (awesomeness) and it has a mini bowling alley (wo0t wo0t). I will still make the trek to Lakewood though because it's rather small. Oh but wow i love Long Beach so much. I haven't really been there much before. I walked up to the lighthouse...gorgeous. Then as i was leaving, i stopped at a beach. I love it so much. It was nicer than Newport, my favorite. The waves were hardly even waves, which is nice, even though i still prefer big waves. The sand was different somehow, it felt better. Then i didn't have anything else to do, so i started off to church for apologetics class. It took forty minutes with traffic, which is still faster than the almost hour it took me to get back to Riverside afterwards. I can't wait to move. I swear, i didn't want to come back tonight. I almost forgot i don't live there yet!
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Down With Love - Michael (something) & Holly Palmer | |
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I knew that my name wasn't on the roster and that i would have to vote provisionally and could therefore go to any place. But since i procrastinated, i was at home instead of by RCC or Castle when i got around to voting, so i just went to the one my parents voted at. Everyone in line looked the same (minus the skin color, it's like 70/30 white/black, maybe 60/40) and their conversations were so boring. No one texts me anymore and i haven't gotten any games on this phone yet so i was about ready to die. Ha right now my friend told me that i could just direct the conversation toward something more tolerable. I don't talk to strangers just like that! He said well if you don't like something, you do something to change it or just deal with it. I said i could also complain about it later. I don't fit in here though. These houses are too big. I like neighborhoods with modest houses and apartments that don't all look the same, where people are very diverse, and don't get along so easily and smiley like that. And wouldn't have chairs on fake-porches that no one ever sits in.
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My Jesus - Todd Agnew | |
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On June 10th, 2004, i was yellow. You give your love and friendship unconditionally. You enjoy long, thoughtful conversations rich in philosophy and spirituality. You are very loyal and intuitive. Find out your color at QuizMeme.com! |
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