I'll post soon! Like, guaranteed before Thursday and probably sooner, but I can't guarantee sooner. =-> I've just been partying all weekend and I haven't been up here on the computer much because it's been so hot upstairs, especially in the computer room because it generates so much heat. But I'll get on the ball tomorrow or Wednesday, answer my e-mails, get back on track.
I must say though, (so maybe this isn't such a fake post,) I've had so much fun partying this weekend! Sunday was awesome, I haven't gotten to just hang out and have fun like that for tooooo long! So thank you thank you everyone who could come, and everyone who couldn't, call me/e-mail me/talk to me and we'll get together! :-D Then today was second verse, same as the first, but this time with family and shopping. :-D And a little less mafia--ok, no mafia. But sunday definitely made up for it. =->
Enough of a post for you? I gotta go to bed, so I hope so!
5.29.2006
5.12.2006
LAUGH.
http://www.whiteboydj.com/babygotbook.html
go here, it's so funny...if you like rap, I guess. The funny thing is my Bible's pretty small. But it's getting "worn and torn."
go here, it's so funny...if you like rap, I guess. The funny thing is my Bible's pretty small. But it's getting "worn and torn."
5.08.2006
The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly I
The Good
We went to DC for 4 days! I'll try not to include every little morbid detail, but I am going to include quite a lot of them, so bear with me, because this is going to be a LONG series of posts.
Thursday: We drove in, which was really pretty boring and I have nothing to say about it except three things. 1. We listened to Magician’s Nephew on CD—very interesting, what with all the allegory. 2. I did about 3 Sudokus. 3. A vacation is not a vacation without coke icees!! They rock!
Thursday evening we drove into DC and went to a bunch of memorials: The Washington Monument, which is HUGE. I mean, HUGE. When you get up close to it and look up, you pretty much can’t see anything else. I really liked how you could see it from everywhere.
Then we made our way to the WW2 memorial, which was really cool: lots of fountains and running water, and pillars with all of the states’ names on them. I liked how they had famous quotes from that time all over it too. There were Middle schoolers (probably 8th graders) EVERYWHERE.
We hiked up to the Korean war memorial, which has statues of men in gear with really expressive looks on their faces. There was also a sort of fountain, a flat fountain I guess, with “Freedom is not free” above it.
Next on the route was dear old Abe. The Lincoln memorial is really huge! Ginormous! Again, there were tons of school kids, and so many flashing cameras you would’ve thought Lincoln was a celebrity on the red carpet! Hannah and I acted out the scene from National Treasure that’s on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and just as we were both saying, “Not SHOULDN’T, be done, it CAN’T, be done,” a gaggle of girls walked up and asked if they could get a picture with us. “Uh, sure…?” Our best guess is either that they were doing a scavenger hunt (not likely) or that they wanted a picture with the crazy girls re-enacting National Treasure (not very likely either).
Then we went to the Vietnam Memorial, with the looooooooong wall. It was ridiculously long. With an incomprehensible number of names, it was just too much to even take in, much less to imagine all the men and all the families.
That was pretty much Thursday.
Comment at will. :-D
We went to DC for 4 days! I'll try not to include every little morbid detail, but I am going to include quite a lot of them, so bear with me, because this is going to be a LONG series of posts.
Thursday: We drove in, which was really pretty boring and I have nothing to say about it except three things. 1. We listened to Magician’s Nephew on CD—very interesting, what with all the allegory. 2. I did about 3 Sudokus. 3. A vacation is not a vacation without coke icees!! They rock!
Thursday evening we drove into DC and went to a bunch of memorials: The Washington Monument, which is HUGE. I mean, HUGE. When you get up close to it and look up, you pretty much can’t see anything else. I really liked how you could see it from everywhere.
Then we made our way to the WW2 memorial, which was really cool: lots of fountains and running water, and pillars with all of the states’ names on them. I liked how they had famous quotes from that time all over it too. There were Middle schoolers (probably 8th graders) EVERYWHERE.
We hiked up to the Korean war memorial, which has statues of men in gear with really expressive looks on their faces. There was also a sort of fountain, a flat fountain I guess, with “Freedom is not free” above it.
Next on the route was dear old Abe. The Lincoln memorial is really huge! Ginormous! Again, there were tons of school kids, and so many flashing cameras you would’ve thought Lincoln was a celebrity on the red carpet! Hannah and I acted out the scene from National Treasure that’s on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and just as we were both saying, “Not SHOULDN’T, be done, it CAN’T, be done,” a gaggle of girls walked up and asked if they could get a picture with us. “Uh, sure…?” Our best guess is either that they were doing a scavenger hunt (not likely) or that they wanted a picture with the crazy girls re-enacting National Treasure (not very likely either).
Then we went to the Vietnam Memorial, with the looooooooong wall. It was ridiculously long. With an incomprehensible number of names, it was just too much to even take in, much less to imagine all the men and all the families.
That was pretty much Thursday.
Comment at will. :-D
The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly II
Friday
We rode the metro in to DC. It wasn’t a smooth ride, but at first I couldn’t tell when we went up or down or turned corners, just because it was so wobbly the rest of the time too. I also got very good at riding escalators in and out of the metro stations. Some of you may not know this, but I used to be afraid of riding escalators, especially down. Once when I was little I stepped on with one foot and not the other and almost fell down the steps, so I haven’t liked them too much since.
We started out the day at the American History Museum. It was a lot more interesting, since we had just read all about most of this stuff. We saw a copy of the Declaration, one of the original 30 or something. It was very interesting, because it was a lot clearer than the real one and you could examine it at your leisure. We also saw videos about the presidents, very interesting, especially one that interviewed the last few presidents about the presidency—Ford, Bush Sr., Reagan, Clinton, etc. I think I forgot one. Anyway, we started making our way to the Capitol after eating at Subway, but we made quite a few detours on the way. We stopped at the National Archives and saw the real Declaration and the Constitution, etc. They were amazingly faded, I mean, I know they’re 250 years old and all, but having just seen a copy I didn’t expect them to be so weathered. We walked through a bit of the National Gallery of Art, which was really exciting—we saw so many of the pictures we’ve seen in books. Like, Renoir’s A Girl with a Watering Can, and one of a dancer; two of Monet’s Rouen Cathedral Series, a Japanese bridge, and a sunset. There was also a whole exhibit of Cezanne that had a mile long line the next day—we just buzzed through and didn’t think it was all that impressive. What was the other exciting one? Hmm, can’t remember. Oh, Renoir's Oarsmen at Chateu or something like that, names don't mean much to me! We did see Cassat’s painting of the two chubby toddlers playing in the sand on the beach, that one was cool.
Anyway, we walked past the white house too. It would be SO. WEIRD. to live there.
I think those are all of our detours. When we finally made it to the Capitol, we just sat on the wall in front of it and looked at it and ate our snacks and relaxed awhile. I quite liked that part of the day.
We took the metro back to the hotel and ate a small dinner at Applebee’s. Nothing too extraordinary.
Keep going! I suggest you read these one a day, or you're going to get bored. haha. I don't expect any extraordinary commments, but I would like to know who all read this! You get extra Katie points if you do!
We rode the metro in to DC. It wasn’t a smooth ride, but at first I couldn’t tell when we went up or down or turned corners, just because it was so wobbly the rest of the time too. I also got very good at riding escalators in and out of the metro stations. Some of you may not know this, but I used to be afraid of riding escalators, especially down. Once when I was little I stepped on with one foot and not the other and almost fell down the steps, so I haven’t liked them too much since.
We started out the day at the American History Museum. It was a lot more interesting, since we had just read all about most of this stuff. We saw a copy of the Declaration, one of the original 30 or something. It was very interesting, because it was a lot clearer than the real one and you could examine it at your leisure. We also saw videos about the presidents, very interesting, especially one that interviewed the last few presidents about the presidency—Ford, Bush Sr., Reagan, Clinton, etc. I think I forgot one. Anyway, we started making our way to the Capitol after eating at Subway, but we made quite a few detours on the way. We stopped at the National Archives and saw the real Declaration and the Constitution, etc. They were amazingly faded, I mean, I know they’re 250 years old and all, but having just seen a copy I didn’t expect them to be so weathered. We walked through a bit of the National Gallery of Art, which was really exciting—we saw so many of the pictures we’ve seen in books. Like, Renoir’s A Girl with a Watering Can, and one of a dancer; two of Monet’s Rouen Cathedral Series, a Japanese bridge, and a sunset. There was also a whole exhibit of Cezanne that had a mile long line the next day—we just buzzed through and didn’t think it was all that impressive. What was the other exciting one? Hmm, can’t remember. Oh, Renoir's Oarsmen at Chateu or something like that, names don't mean much to me! We did see Cassat’s painting of the two chubby toddlers playing in the sand on the beach, that one was cool.
Anyway, we walked past the white house too. It would be SO. WEIRD. to live there.
I think those are all of our detours. When we finally made it to the Capitol, we just sat on the wall in front of it and looked at it and ate our snacks and relaxed awhile. I quite liked that part of the day.
We took the metro back to the hotel and ate a small dinner at Applebee’s. Nothing too extraordinary.
Keep going! I suggest you read these one a day, or you're going to get bored. haha. I don't expect any extraordinary commments, but I would like to know who all read this! You get extra Katie points if you do!
The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly III
Saturday:
Second verse, same as the first, a little bit longer and…about the same. :-D This time we started at the Air and Space Museum, saw the Spirit of St. Louis and some cool exhibits on the Planets. Then we started wandering around DC again, usually with a purpose. I can’t really remember what order we did these in, but we went back to the Art museum to see Georgia O’Keeffe paintings. We just finished studying her. We also saw Leonardo da Vinci’s Ginevra de Benci, which I’ve also examined in a book. It’s a portrait of a bored looking girl, the only Leonardo portrait in America. It was pretty cool—it didn’t look like a painting, but neither like a photograph. Georgia O’Keeffe’s were SO COOL. They were the Jack-in-the-Pulpits, 2-6. They were HUGE. I really like her style of painting. If I painted, which I don’t intend to, my style would be like hers a bit or a lot.
We visited the Botanical Gardens, mostly because we ended up there. That was pretty cool, to see all those different plants in one place, and all different places too—a jungle in one room, and a desert in the next. Needless to say, I loved seeing all the sweet cacti in the desert room. The flowers were GORGEOUS, definitely worth the stop.
We went to the Natural History museum and saw a million animals. I don’t know how God thought of all of them! That was pretty sweet, and then we went to the gems and stones section and saw the Hope diamond, which was spectacular for a diamond but nothing compared to all the sparkling crystals in the next exhibit! Those were seriously magnificent, I don’t care if they’re pretty common, they were huge and sparkly. Some were just giant jewel-type-things, some were plain looking rocks that had a portion cut away to show the crystals coating the inside (never judge a rock by its cover). Some looked like mini sculptures, like something you’d see on the streets of DC (they have these random, abstract sculptures every few blocks). One looked like a painting of a tree, surprisingly enough. I really really liked that section.
After the Natural History museum, we were about done in, so we went back to the American History museum to sit outside and rest like we did at the capitol on Friday. That was quite nice too; we bought an ornament at the last second from the gift shop so that we’ll have something to remember our trip by every year. We stopped at Arlington Cemetery on the way home, it’s a stop on the metro so it was right on our way. It was about to close, so we only stayed 15 minutes and didn’t get very far in at all, but the amount of headstones and crosses was still astounding. Especially when you imagined a man standing in place of each one, that is a multitude of people.
Sunday:
We had only a couple more things we wanted to see: The FDR memorial, and the Thomas Jefferson memorial. Like so many other things on this trip, we stumbled across the George Mason memorial as well. He drafted the Articles of Confederation, which was the pre-government of America that didn’t work out so well. The FDR memorial was quite nice, quotes and waterfalls everywhere. I think he probably would’ve rolled over in his grave if he knew how much it cost, I think it was something like $42 million. I could have that completely wrong, but I think it sounds right.
That was our awesome amazing superlative trip to DC. The weather was wonderful the whole time!! Everything worked perfectly, without even having any major disasters!
Second verse, same as the first, a little bit longer and…about the same. :-D This time we started at the Air and Space Museum, saw the Spirit of St. Louis and some cool exhibits on the Planets. Then we started wandering around DC again, usually with a purpose. I can’t really remember what order we did these in, but we went back to the Art museum to see Georgia O’Keeffe paintings. We just finished studying her. We also saw Leonardo da Vinci’s Ginevra de Benci, which I’ve also examined in a book. It’s a portrait of a bored looking girl, the only Leonardo portrait in America. It was pretty cool—it didn’t look like a painting, but neither like a photograph. Georgia O’Keeffe’s were SO COOL. They were the Jack-in-the-Pulpits, 2-6. They were HUGE. I really like her style of painting. If I painted, which I don’t intend to, my style would be like hers a bit or a lot.
We visited the Botanical Gardens, mostly because we ended up there. That was pretty cool, to see all those different plants in one place, and all different places too—a jungle in one room, and a desert in the next. Needless to say, I loved seeing all the sweet cacti in the desert room. The flowers were GORGEOUS, definitely worth the stop.
We went to the Natural History museum and saw a million animals. I don’t know how God thought of all of them! That was pretty sweet, and then we went to the gems and stones section and saw the Hope diamond, which was spectacular for a diamond but nothing compared to all the sparkling crystals in the next exhibit! Those were seriously magnificent, I don’t care if they’re pretty common, they were huge and sparkly. Some were just giant jewel-type-things, some were plain looking rocks that had a portion cut away to show the crystals coating the inside (never judge a rock by its cover). Some looked like mini sculptures, like something you’d see on the streets of DC (they have these random, abstract sculptures every few blocks). One looked like a painting of a tree, surprisingly enough. I really really liked that section.
After the Natural History museum, we were about done in, so we went back to the American History museum to sit outside and rest like we did at the capitol on Friday. That was quite nice too; we bought an ornament at the last second from the gift shop so that we’ll have something to remember our trip by every year. We stopped at Arlington Cemetery on the way home, it’s a stop on the metro so it was right on our way. It was about to close, so we only stayed 15 minutes and didn’t get very far in at all, but the amount of headstones and crosses was still astounding. Especially when you imagined a man standing in place of each one, that is a multitude of people.
Sunday:
We had only a couple more things we wanted to see: The FDR memorial, and the Thomas Jefferson memorial. Like so many other things on this trip, we stumbled across the George Mason memorial as well. He drafted the Articles of Confederation, which was the pre-government of America that didn’t work out so well. The FDR memorial was quite nice, quotes and waterfalls everywhere. I think he probably would’ve rolled over in his grave if he knew how much it cost, I think it was something like $42 million. I could have that completely wrong, but I think it sounds right.
That was our awesome amazing superlative trip to DC. The weather was wonderful the whole time!! Everything worked perfectly, without even having any major disasters!
The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly IV
The Bad
Our feet hurt so badly by the end of each day! Hence the sitting around at the Capitol and History Museum. My back also started to hurt on Saturday, just a little bit. By Sunday we were quite ready to sit in the car for the long trip home, listening to The Magician’s Nephew and the beginning of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. And eating more Icees. But that was the only bad (and also unavoidable) thing in our trip.
The Ugly
I haven’t run or driven in almost two weeks! I was going to run tonight, but when we went for a walk and my legs and back started to hurt again, I decided to write this novel instead. So the next time I run it’ll be Wednesday, and I won’t be driving till after that.
I also need a haircut—nothing major, just a trim! You won’t even be able to tell! Well, Bea will, haha!
So, my life's going well, trying to get back on track and catch up with everyone. I've heard about youth group and church from several people, but I'll ask again, how did they go? If you've already answered once, you don't have to answer again. Love you guys, talk to you later! Call me or e-mail!
(If you read all this, you win the Katie Prize of the Week. :-D There’s no reward, just my gratitude. :-D)
Our feet hurt so badly by the end of each day! Hence the sitting around at the Capitol and History Museum. My back also started to hurt on Saturday, just a little bit. By Sunday we were quite ready to sit in the car for the long trip home, listening to The Magician’s Nephew and the beginning of the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. And eating more Icees. But that was the only bad (and also unavoidable) thing in our trip.
The Ugly
I haven’t run or driven in almost two weeks! I was going to run tonight, but when we went for a walk and my legs and back started to hurt again, I decided to write this novel instead. So the next time I run it’ll be Wednesday, and I won’t be driving till after that.
I also need a haircut—nothing major, just a trim! You won’t even be able to tell! Well, Bea will, haha!
So, my life's going well, trying to get back on track and catch up with everyone. I've heard about youth group and church from several people, but I'll ask again, how did they go? If you've already answered once, you don't have to answer again. Love you guys, talk to you later! Call me or e-mail!
(If you read all this, you win the Katie Prize of the Week. :-D There’s no reward, just my gratitude. :-D)
4.20.2006
Driving and Running, Driving and Running
Last night we ended up driving. It was fun, but I never think it's fun until afterwards because during I'm so tense! But it went pretty well, I didn't hit any mailboxes or cars or cats or pedestrians. =0D AND at the end I went on the expressway(as seen below)! Just for like, a mile and a half, but it was still kind of freaky. lol.
And then this morning I went for a run, just around the neighborhood once with no cul-de-sacs. 13 mins. Not bad, considering I haven't run in almost a week, but not good, considering when I did run a week ago it only took 12 mins. Well, last week I ran by myself thursday (that was the 12 minute route) and then on Friday Dad, Hannah and I ran around twice. That one was closer to a mile route, which was about 10 and 14 mins, I think.
Anyway, I have to keep moving but I felt like posting a short little something. =0D
And then this morning I went for a run, just around the neighborhood once with no cul-de-sacs. 13 mins. Not bad, considering I haven't run in almost a week, but not good, considering when I did run a week ago it only took 12 mins. Well, last week I ran by myself thursday (that was the 12 minute route) and then on Friday Dad, Hannah and I ran around twice. That one was closer to a mile route, which was about 10 and 14 mins, I think.
Anyway, I have to keep moving but I felt like posting a short little something. =0D
4.19.2006
CHRIS WAS IN THE BOTTOM 3!!!
WHO NEEDS A BOYFRIEND
TO HAVE INTENSE
EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT
PROBLEMS WHEN YOU
DRIVE ON THE
EXPRESSWAY
FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
WATCH AMERICAN IDOL'S
RESULTS SHOW ALL IN
THE SAME NIGHT???
TO HAVE INTENSE
EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT
PROBLEMS WHEN YOU
DRIVE ON THE
EXPRESSWAY
FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
WATCH AMERICAN IDOL'S
RESULTS SHOW ALL IN
THE SAME NIGHT???
HEY PEOPLES
Guess what?????
Huh? I don't know.
2 exciting things:
1. Angie and Jason are having a baby!!!!
2. I had SO MUCH FUN last night! We had a 40 Days small group party, and Elysia, Hailee and Erin, plus their cousin Emily, plus me and my sisters, played APPLES TO APPLES. It was rocking awesome. I was in a really weird mood though...I think I was just high on life from actually getting to have fun with my buddies. Which would explain the raucous singing of Home on the Range...
GET YOUR HSLT APPLICATION NOW! It takes longer than 10 mins to fill out, unless of course you have a photocopy of what you sent in last year, in which case just white out the age and send it in again...I don't, but it's not a bad idea. www.hslt.tv. do it now.
Oh and this is the post that all the people who read my blog but don't comment have to comment. If you read this, take 30 seconds and comment. You click on "__ comments" at the bottom, and then you have two choices: you can either be anonymous, but sign your name, or you can be "other." I don't care what you comment (I recommend a sweet smiley face o algo en espanol) just say something! :-D
If you can't tell I'm a little boisterous at the moment...well, let me just tell you, you wouldn't be able to see it by looking at me! I look like a bump on a ...desk chair, with really fast moving fingers.
Dance tonight. There are actually few enough weeks left that you could count down pretty easily. Speaking of which
UNDER 100 DAYS TILL LT! SO GET YOUR FORMS IN! AND GET READY TO WORK HARD AND EARN SOME MONEY!
So I should probably go outside and run or something. It's too hot to run! I should run today, but I don't see when I'll have time, because we're eating soon and then I'll have dance. Maybe possibly afterwards, if I don't drive. Driving or running...possibly neither...because AI's on. We still haven't watched the last 3 people. *sigh* somebody good's going to get kicked off...unless it's Ace...in which case I won't shed I tear. I told you I'm not your average girl! lol.
I'll stop rambling and let you resume your average, normal, uncrazified lives now. Oh wait, "average"="crazified." Hmm.
Don't forget to comment! =0D
Huh? I don't know.
2 exciting things:
1. Angie and Jason are having a baby!!!!
2. I had SO MUCH FUN last night! We had a 40 Days small group party, and Elysia, Hailee and Erin, plus their cousin Emily, plus me and my sisters, played APPLES TO APPLES. It was rocking awesome. I was in a really weird mood though...I think I was just high on life from actually getting to have fun with my buddies. Which would explain the raucous singing of Home on the Range...
GET YOUR HSLT APPLICATION NOW! It takes longer than 10 mins to fill out, unless of course you have a photocopy of what you sent in last year, in which case just white out the age and send it in again...I don't, but it's not a bad idea. www.hslt.tv. do it now.
Oh and this is the post that all the people who read my blog but don't comment have to comment. If you read this, take 30 seconds and comment. You click on "__ comments" at the bottom, and then you have two choices: you can either be anonymous, but sign your name, or you can be "other." I don't care what you comment (I recommend a sweet smiley face o algo en espanol) just say something! :-D
If you can't tell I'm a little boisterous at the moment...well, let me just tell you, you wouldn't be able to see it by looking at me! I look like a bump on a ...desk chair, with really fast moving fingers.
Dance tonight. There are actually few enough weeks left that you could count down pretty easily. Speaking of which
UNDER 100 DAYS TILL LT! SO GET YOUR FORMS IN! AND GET READY TO WORK HARD AND EARN SOME MONEY!
So I should probably go outside and run or something. It's too hot to run! I should run today, but I don't see when I'll have time, because we're eating soon and then I'll have dance. Maybe possibly afterwards, if I don't drive. Driving or running...possibly neither...because AI's on. We still haven't watched the last 3 people. *sigh* somebody good's going to get kicked off...unless it's Ace...in which case I won't shed I tear. I told you I'm not your average girl! lol.
I'll stop rambling and let you resume your average, normal, uncrazified lives now. Oh wait, "average"="crazified." Hmm.
Don't forget to comment! =0D
4.12.2006
So what I'm not your average girl
I don't meet the standards of this world
Chasing after boys is not my thing
See I'm waiting for a wedding ring
No more dating
I'm just waiting
Like Sleeping Beauty
My prince will come for me
No more dating
I'm just waiting
'Cause God is writing my love story
Boys are bad; that's certainly not true
'Cause God's preparing one for you
If you get tired waiting till he comes
God's arms are the perfect place to run
Sleep - that's the only thing for me
'Cause when I sleep God's preparing one for me
All the Prince Charmings go after enchanted princesses. Who ever heard of a Prince Charming who didn't go hunt down a princess who was locked up in a tower or in an enchanted sleep? He wouldn't have to hunt her down, if she wasn't locked up in a tower, and that would take all the fun out of it. And the drama out of the story. :-D So stay in the tower, ladies. :)
Warning, drama ahead. It comes with the dragon.
If that didn't make any sense, I'll revise it...lol. Just think about the analogy between a fairy tale and nowaday's "romance."
I don't meet the standards of this world
Chasing after boys is not my thing
See I'm waiting for a wedding ring
No more dating
I'm just waiting
Like Sleeping Beauty
My prince will come for me
No more dating
I'm just waiting
'Cause God is writing my love story
Boys are bad; that's certainly not true
'Cause God's preparing one for you
If you get tired waiting till he comes
God's arms are the perfect place to run
Sleep - that's the only thing for me
'Cause when I sleep God's preparing one for me
All the Prince Charmings go after enchanted princesses. Who ever heard of a Prince Charming who didn't go hunt down a princess who was locked up in a tower or in an enchanted sleep? He wouldn't have to hunt her down, if she wasn't locked up in a tower, and that would take all the fun out of it. And the drama out of the story. :-D So stay in the tower, ladies. :)
Warning, drama ahead. It comes with the dragon.
If that didn't make any sense, I'll revise it...lol. Just think about the analogy between a fairy tale and nowaday's "romance."
4.06.2006
Leme explain...no, there is too much to 'splain. Leme sum up.
Try running with a limited supply of oxygen, small and infrequent sips of water, and a small meals at weird times that leave you hungry. That's what the past 4 days have been like. QT's (oxygen) have been rushed because I've been sleeping in to make up for not getting enough sleep (small meals). And then I haven't talked to my friends for a decent amount of time all week--lots of water is recommended. If that doesn't make sense, read it over again slowly, and that's just proof of what I'm trying to say.
So somehow there were two Tuesdays this week, and I'm hoping Thursday gets skipped because they're not usually all that great anyway. Today was the equivalent of a Wednesday, if that makes any sense. Wednesday was the second Tuesday, because we were in the Falls all day, from 10 mins after I finished school to bedtime. Past bedtime. So I'm way behind on sleep. And I've had a cold. Not a bad one, but that doesn't matter, I've still only been about 80% of my normal self. If that. Seems like I've been so worried about all the little details I've forgotten about the essentials! Well, I haven't forgotten, I just haven't stayed totally focused and so I run out of time. But hopefully things will go back to normal, Friday will be Friday and not Thursday....
Oh, here's what Wednesday looked like--I don't have time to edit it, so I hope it makes sufficient sense. This is what my away message was, before Dad turned off the computer, at any rate.
We're going to a friend's grandma's calling hours tonight at five for a little bit, dropping dad off at a country-music-station music-survey at 6, and getting dinner somewhere. Then Hannah, Mom and I occupy ourselves for half an hour (ended up being Goodwill, I got a purse and a belt, $3 total!) before my dance class at 7, Hannah's piano lesson at 7:30, I get picked up at 8 and Hannah at 8:30, but our piano teacher'll run late. Then we pick up dad. Sometime, no one knows quite when. Hopefully before Hannah so that we won't have to wait around some more. So that's what I'm doing, and yes it is as crazy as it sounds!
Night all. :-D
So somehow there were two Tuesdays this week, and I'm hoping Thursday gets skipped because they're not usually all that great anyway. Today was the equivalent of a Wednesday, if that makes any sense. Wednesday was the second Tuesday, because we were in the Falls all day, from 10 mins after I finished school to bedtime. Past bedtime. So I'm way behind on sleep. And I've had a cold. Not a bad one, but that doesn't matter, I've still only been about 80% of my normal self. If that. Seems like I've been so worried about all the little details I've forgotten about the essentials! Well, I haven't forgotten, I just haven't stayed totally focused and so I run out of time. But hopefully things will go back to normal, Friday will be Friday and not Thursday....
Oh, here's what Wednesday looked like--I don't have time to edit it, so I hope it makes sufficient sense. This is what my away message was, before Dad turned off the computer, at any rate.
We're going to a friend's grandma's calling hours tonight at five for a little bit, dropping dad off at a country-music-station music-survey at 6, and getting dinner somewhere. Then Hannah, Mom and I occupy ourselves for half an hour (ended up being Goodwill, I got a purse and a belt, $3 total!) before my dance class at 7, Hannah's piano lesson at 7:30, I get picked up at 8 and Hannah at 8:30, but our piano teacher'll run late. Then we pick up dad. Sometime, no one knows quite when. Hopefully before Hannah so that we won't have to wait around some more. So that's what I'm doing, and yes it is as crazy as it sounds!
Night all. :-D
4.01.2006
So I found shoes. No, the choir didn't sing a celestial chord, nor did the spotlight shine down from heaven. A better picture of the experience would be, "Survivor, Shoe Edition." I haven't shopped for tennishoes for probably 5 years. My current shoes are perfect, besides being old and scruffy and having absolutely no support whatsoever. And wouldn't you know it, they were given to us by a neighbor. That's about as close to the choir/spotlight experience as it gets. I think these ones will be good, especially after I break them in.
I really am going to run tonight! Really really! But I have to digest my dinner first, or I'll get a killer sidestitch again. Unfortunately, it's getting too dark to run outside. Oh well. If I run on the treadmill I can test out the new shoes without fear of finding better ones somewhere else and not being able to return these. Life gets so much more complicated when no sale is final. That's why I love the thrift store so much. Ok, that's not the ONLY reason.
Our grandparents were over, as most of you know, and boy were we indulged. And indulged. And indulged. We went out to lunch twice (Brownie obsession and oreo madness are THE BEST). We bought easter outifts. They brought all kinds of baked goods and treats you can imagine, courtesy of Amish Door. Pops got us Harry Potter y el caliz de fuego. I think. The 4th HP in Spanish, at any rate. Pops got Hannah set up with all the drawing stuff she needs to start a business. Doing what, I don't know.
Easter Shopping: I, of course, had to be the problem child. :) Hannah and Abby picked out, tried on, and decided on outfits in about half an hour. I tried on each outfit at least twice and agonized over every single one. We also discovered I'm an optimist in just about everything except trying things on. Especially when I'm not in the mood for it, and I kind of wasn't. It helps if I look forward to it for a few days, I suppose, and we just decided that morning. Also, my logic is, when you're trying stuff on it's immediately eliminated if you find something wrong with it, and it just causes more heartache to let things go if you've picked out all the wonderful things about the outfit. But, true, that's still no reason to decide that shoes will give you blisters when you only have one on and haven't walked around in them yet. I'm going to try to add a little more bright blue and green to my wardrobe, too. There's nothing wrong with them, I just filled up on pink, yellow and orange before I remembered them. In the end, I got a cute outfit which you'll see on Easter. :-)
Well, I guess I'll leave myself some time to check blogs and xangas before I run. ttfn!
I really am going to run tonight! Really really! But I have to digest my dinner first, or I'll get a killer sidestitch again. Unfortunately, it's getting too dark to run outside. Oh well. If I run on the treadmill I can test out the new shoes without fear of finding better ones somewhere else and not being able to return these. Life gets so much more complicated when no sale is final. That's why I love the thrift store so much. Ok, that's not the ONLY reason.
Our grandparents were over, as most of you know, and boy were we indulged. And indulged. And indulged. We went out to lunch twice (Brownie obsession and oreo madness are THE BEST). We bought easter outifts. They brought all kinds of baked goods and treats you can imagine, courtesy of Amish Door. Pops got us Harry Potter y el caliz de fuego. I think. The 4th HP in Spanish, at any rate. Pops got Hannah set up with all the drawing stuff she needs to start a business. Doing what, I don't know.
Easter Shopping: I, of course, had to be the problem child. :) Hannah and Abby picked out, tried on, and decided on outfits in about half an hour. I tried on each outfit at least twice and agonized over every single one. We also discovered I'm an optimist in just about everything except trying things on. Especially when I'm not in the mood for it, and I kind of wasn't. It helps if I look forward to it for a few days, I suppose, and we just decided that morning. Also, my logic is, when you're trying stuff on it's immediately eliminated if you find something wrong with it, and it just causes more heartache to let things go if you've picked out all the wonderful things about the outfit. But, true, that's still no reason to decide that shoes will give you blisters when you only have one on and haven't walked around in them yet. I'm going to try to add a little more bright blue and green to my wardrobe, too. There's nothing wrong with them, I just filled up on pink, yellow and orange before I remembered them. In the end, I got a cute outfit which you'll see on Easter. :-)
Well, I guess I'll leave myself some time to check blogs and xangas before I run. ttfn!
So I found shoes. No, the choir didn't sing a celestial chord, nor did the spotlight shine down from heaven. A better picture of the experience would be, "Survivor, Shoe Edition." I haven't shopped for tennishoes for probably 5 years. My current shoes are perfect, besides being old and scruffy and having absolutely no support whatsoever. And wouldn't you know it, they were given to us by a neighbor. That's about as close to the choir/spotlight experience as it gets. I think these ones will be good, especially after I break them in.
I really am going to run tonight! Really really! But I have to digest my dinner first, or I'll get a killer sidestitch again. Unfortunately, it's getting too dark to run outside. Oh well. If I run on the treadmill I can test out the new shoes without fear of finding better ones somewhere else and not being able to return these. Life gets so much more complicated when no sale is final. That's why I love the thrift store so much. Ok, that's not the ONLY reason.
Our grandparents were over, as most of you know, and boy were we indulged. And indulged. And indulged. We went out to lunch twice (Brownie obsession and oreo madness are THE BEST). We bought easter outifts. They brought all kinds of baked goods and treats you can imagine, courtesy of Amish Door. Pops got us Harry Potter y el caliz de fuego. I think. The 4th HP in Spanish, at any rate. Pops got Hannah set up with all the drawing stuff she needs to start a business. Doing what, I don't know.
Easter Shopping: I, of course, had to be the problem child. :) Hannah and Abby picked out, tried on, and decided on outfits in about half an hour. I tried on each outfit at least twice and agonized over every single one. We also discovered I'm an optimist in just about everything except trying things on. Especially when I'm not in the mood for it, and I kind of wasn't. It helps if I look forward to it for a few days, I suppose, and we just decided that morning. Also, my logic is, when you're trying stuff on it's immediately eliminated if you find something wrong with it, and it just causes more heartache to let things go if you've picked out all the wonderful things about the outfit. But, true, that's still no reason to decide that shoes will give you blisters when you only have one on and haven't walked around in them yet. I'm going to try to add a little more bright blue and green to my wardrobe, too. There's nothing wrong with them, I just filled up on pink, yellow and orange before I remembered them. In the end, I got a cute outfit which you'll see on Easter. :-)
Well, I guess I'll leave myself some time to check blogs and xangas before I run. ttfn!
I really am going to run tonight! Really really! But I have to digest my dinner first, or I'll get a killer sidestitch again. Unfortunately, it's getting too dark to run outside. Oh well. If I run on the treadmill I can test out the new shoes without fear of finding better ones somewhere else and not being able to return these. Life gets so much more complicated when no sale is final. That's why I love the thrift store so much. Ok, that's not the ONLY reason.
Our grandparents were over, as most of you know, and boy were we indulged. And indulged. And indulged. We went out to lunch twice (Brownie obsession and oreo madness are THE BEST). We bought easter outifts. They brought all kinds of baked goods and treats you can imagine, courtesy of Amish Door. Pops got us Harry Potter y el caliz de fuego. I think. The 4th HP in Spanish, at any rate. Pops got Hannah set up with all the drawing stuff she needs to start a business. Doing what, I don't know.
Easter Shopping: I, of course, had to be the problem child. :) Hannah and Abby picked out, tried on, and decided on outfits in about half an hour. I tried on each outfit at least twice and agonized over every single one. We also discovered I'm an optimist in just about everything except trying things on. Especially when I'm not in the mood for it, and I kind of wasn't. It helps if I look forward to it for a few days, I suppose, and we just decided that morning. Also, my logic is, when you're trying stuff on it's immediately eliminated if you find something wrong with it, and it just causes more heartache to let things go if you've picked out all the wonderful things about the outfit. But, true, that's still no reason to decide that shoes will give you blisters when you only have one on and haven't walked around in them yet. I'm going to try to add a little more bright blue and green to my wardrobe, too. There's nothing wrong with them, I just filled up on pink, yellow and orange before I remembered them. In the end, I got a cute outfit which you'll see on Easter. :-)
Well, I guess I'll leave myself some time to check blogs and xangas before I run. ttfn!
3.29.2006
late night posting is prohibited
but I really feel like the day's not over yet. I don't know why. I had my DELICIOUS treat. Well, I'll probably just keep getting more and more melancholy the longer I stay up. One needs one's sleep when one runs around the neighborhood twice. Yeah, I did. Yeah, it hurt. Well, the first time I went with Hannah and it was pretty easy for me and she was in pain, then the second time I went with Abby and it was easy for her and I was in pain. Well, she was on skates, and it was my second time.
Tomorrow is another day. I love how the slate gets wiped clean every night.
Every day is a second chance
The start of a divine romance
Take a breath and jump
Right in...
Gotta love ZOEgirl. :-D
Tomorrow is another day. I love how the slate gets wiped clean every night.
Every day is a second chance
The start of a divine romance
Take a breath and jump
Right in...
Gotta love ZOEgirl. :-D
3.27.2006
No more philosophy! :0)
SPRING BREAK!!! Today I have done absolutely nothing. Well, that's not technically correct. I helped Mom with the project we were planning on doing, which I--ooh, I should move my cacti into the sun. Brb. Okay. I was looking at a picture of them last night from April, last April. It's in my first batch of pictures. They looked so squashed! They've definitely stretched out over the summer and winter--the summer probably made them taller, and the winter definitely made them pointier. But about the project, we got it all done today and it looks awesome! If you forget what I said we'd be doing on spring break, e-mail me. The secrecy is for the benefit of my grnadma, just in case she reads it. My grandparents are coming over Wednesday and we want it to be a surprise.
THINGS TO DO ON SPRING BREAK (at least, after you get bored of mindless video games. Wait, that's impossible. Ok.)
REVISION:
THINGS TO DO ON SPRING BREAK SO THAT YOU WON'T PLAY TOO MANY MINDLESS VIDEO GAMES:
THINGS TO DO ON SPRING BREAK (at least, after you get bored of mindless video games. Wait, that's impossible. Ok.)
REVISION:
THINGS TO DO ON SPRING BREAK SO THAT YOU WON'T PLAY TOO MANY MINDLESS VIDEO GAMES:
- Go outside and read a book, exercise, or admire your gorgeous cacti.
- Catch up on your 40 Days reading (0r better yet, read the Bible. Try Esther, it's hilarious). In case you actually did fall behind, today is day 30. 3/4 of the way through!
- Help someone with something (after all, this week is on serving).
- Read a good book. Ask me if you don't know what's good.
- Think of more things to add to this list, because I forgot the rest.
I also forgot what else I was going to write about. lol. Why does that always happen???
Well, thank you, youth group, for being amazing! You all rock so much! :-D Talk to you soon!
3.26.2006
A little more running:
So just for the fun of it I was looking over some April 05 posts, and I apparently started running about the same time as I started my blog--which is weird, because it doesn't seem like it's been that long. But I've cut 10 minutes off my time for a mile! in a year...
Growing Into Large Shoes (and running)
So apparently I can run a mile in less than 13 mins, because I did it twice this week. Even if it was something like 12:58 and 12:50...lol. Dad says our miles are weird, anyway--like they're a little longer than a real mile. "Our miles" being, the one on the treadmill and running once around the neighborhood. But I guess that's good. Maybe I'll be surprised when I run a real mile. lol. Oh and James, if you have some kind of running plan (the one I"m loosely pursuing at the moment would probably work) that works with running twice a week, that would work for me. :-D
Alright, now to the bulk of the post. :-D
I've been having an e-mail conversation with Bea about the concept of growing into your own shoes. I'll try to make this make sense even though I'm half asleep.
Everyone has two of themselves--who they are and who they want to be (or are supposed to be). You're always measuring them against each other, even if it's mostly sub-consciously. Maybe not every second of every day, but there are times when you evaluate them.
I'm going to use the example of who you're supposed to be first, because it applies directly to me at this point in my life. It'll be more like, who I could be or who I will be soon. It can mostly be summed up in these words: a normal teenager. One who drives, goes places with her friends without adults or parents, one who has a job. I don't feel old enough for any of that! But I am, and the knowledge that I am old enough gives me a little nudge to become that "normal teenager." Because I'm supposed to do any or all of those things, I'll step into the shoes of the "normal teenager," and then I'll grow into them. When the little, younger voice inside me says, "You're not old enough to drive, you're not old enough to be independent," I'll say back to it, "That doesn't matter, that's who I am now." And even though the shoes don't fit, I'll force myself to grow into them, because they're my new shoes and the old ones are gone.
The same thing applies to spiritual growth. We learned at the first LT that we've become new people, that God sees us as the new creation we've become through him. When we do something contrary to this new person, (which is bound to happen) we're not acting like the new selves we've become. We're acting like our old selves, we're trying to fit back into the shoes we've outgrown. So when the little voice of the old person says to us, "You get angry when s/he does that for the third time in one week, so that's how you need to react," we can say back, "No, that's not who I am anymore. I'm a new person, I react with patience and forgiveness." You step into the new shoes. And eventually, they'll fit. It's the same for any trait you want to develop, you simply tell yourself that you have it, act like you have it even though it feels unnatural, and pretty soon it'll become natural. I hope that makes sense, because it's an amazing concept. :-)
And I'm about to fall asleep. So I guess it's time to go to bed, because I can't type straight anymore. Sarah stayed and had ice cream with us, which was good, but now it's late. But we get to sleep in tomorrow. :-D
Alright, now to the bulk of the post. :-D
I've been having an e-mail conversation with Bea about the concept of growing into your own shoes. I'll try to make this make sense even though I'm half asleep.
Everyone has two of themselves--who they are and who they want to be (or are supposed to be). You're always measuring them against each other, even if it's mostly sub-consciously. Maybe not every second of every day, but there are times when you evaluate them.
I'm going to use the example of who you're supposed to be first, because it applies directly to me at this point in my life. It'll be more like, who I could be or who I will be soon. It can mostly be summed up in these words: a normal teenager. One who drives, goes places with her friends without adults or parents, one who has a job. I don't feel old enough for any of that! But I am, and the knowledge that I am old enough gives me a little nudge to become that "normal teenager." Because I'm supposed to do any or all of those things, I'll step into the shoes of the "normal teenager," and then I'll grow into them. When the little, younger voice inside me says, "You're not old enough to drive, you're not old enough to be independent," I'll say back to it, "That doesn't matter, that's who I am now." And even though the shoes don't fit, I'll force myself to grow into them, because they're my new shoes and the old ones are gone.
The same thing applies to spiritual growth. We learned at the first LT that we've become new people, that God sees us as the new creation we've become through him. When we do something contrary to this new person, (which is bound to happen) we're not acting like the new selves we've become. We're acting like our old selves, we're trying to fit back into the shoes we've outgrown. So when the little voice of the old person says to us, "You get angry when s/he does that for the third time in one week, so that's how you need to react," we can say back, "No, that's not who I am anymore. I'm a new person, I react with patience and forgiveness." You step into the new shoes. And eventually, they'll fit. It's the same for any trait you want to develop, you simply tell yourself that you have it, act like you have it even though it feels unnatural, and pretty soon it'll become natural. I hope that makes sense, because it's an amazing concept. :-)
And I'm about to fall asleep. So I guess it's time to go to bed, because I can't type straight anymore. Sarah stayed and had ice cream with us, which was good, but now it's late. But we get to sleep in tomorrow. :-D
3.25.2006
Driving!
I got my temps today! The questions were pretty easy, and the sweet part is if you skip questions and then get 30 right before you get to them, you don't have to do them, which was nice. Dad let me drive through the neighborhood on the way home. It was...interesting to say the least. Let's just say I can drive legally, but not literally. I did alright with getting up to the speed limit and staying mostly straight...even if I was sort of in the middle of the road. Well, hugging the center line. If there had been one. But the turns were definitely interesting, I recommend you discover where the turn signal is before you're instructed to use it. Dad did the left turn signal for me the first time, and then when I came to a right turn I did the same thing on the right. The windshield wipers went on. lol. But I made it home without running into anything. Let's see if I make it to the house I'm babysitting at tonight. Oh dear. I better get ready to go. :-D Pray hard, lol!
3.23.2006
Part One--Thoughts sprouted from the Scopes trial
In school, we just read about the Scopes trial and this morning I read the history notes about it and it got my brain working. I apologize profusely, but you're about to get the results. :-D
How should Evolution be taught in schools? It's not fair NOT to teach it, and it's not fair to teach it more than other theories of the way the world was started. But there's so much of it, that it would be extremely difficult to give an equal amount of time to Creation--not to mention every other religion and culture's ideas and stories of how the world began. However, it's also not fair to teach it as truth. It's still just a theory, and a flawed one, as many theories are. Evolutionists should be willing to teach the evidence for and against evolution. And then of course it would be nice if they taught evidence for and against Christianity. I don't mind putting "and against" in italics for Christianity because I've heard the evidence for the Bible's truth and I've heard some evidence against it; I think it can hold its own.
I know it's impossible to have a totally fair teacher--everyone has their own opinions, and those will sway the way you teach and think and write. But couldn't it be possible to have some Christian and Evolutionist scientists write a textbook that would be fair?
People shouldn't be taught blindly, "This is what you should think, anything else is wrong." That doesn't happen often--or as far as I've seen (and I'll tell you right now, my view of the world is probably a little warped from only seeing a tiny bit of it. At least, my view of what all those people out there think and do.) But I get the idea that what does happen is you aren't given alternative views to evaluate and choose for yourself. The ideal utopian school would teach all the views possible and have all the evidence in the light--even evidence against or for other certain pieces of evidence. That would never happen, human nature doesn't take being wrong kindly, and I can imagine that people presenting their side of the story could get nasty in defense--or offense, as happened at the Scopes trial. Embarrassing questions will always be asked in a debate.
Individual people are much more likely to discover the truth if they look for it thoroughly, instead of just having everything handed to them on a silver platter for them to sort through. The trick is then looking for it thoroughly, and making sure that all the evidence stays out there. As long as all sides of the story are open to anyone willing to look for them, and people are encouraged to find out the truth for themselves--that's democratic enough for me. It doesn't solve how evolution should be taught in a classroom, but I'm no rocket scientist!
How should Evolution be taught in schools? It's not fair NOT to teach it, and it's not fair to teach it more than other theories of the way the world was started. But there's so much of it, that it would be extremely difficult to give an equal amount of time to Creation--not to mention every other religion and culture's ideas and stories of how the world began. However, it's also not fair to teach it as truth. It's still just a theory, and a flawed one, as many theories are. Evolutionists should be willing to teach the evidence for and against evolution. And then of course it would be nice if they taught evidence for and against Christianity. I don't mind putting "and against" in italics for Christianity because I've heard the evidence for the Bible's truth and I've heard some evidence against it; I think it can hold its own.
I know it's impossible to have a totally fair teacher--everyone has their own opinions, and those will sway the way you teach and think and write. But couldn't it be possible to have some Christian and Evolutionist scientists write a textbook that would be fair?
People shouldn't be taught blindly, "This is what you should think, anything else is wrong." That doesn't happen often--or as far as I've seen (and I'll tell you right now, my view of the world is probably a little warped from only seeing a tiny bit of it. At least, my view of what all those people out there think and do.) But I get the idea that what does happen is you aren't given alternative views to evaluate and choose for yourself. The ideal utopian school would teach all the views possible and have all the evidence in the light--even evidence against or for other certain pieces of evidence. That would never happen, human nature doesn't take being wrong kindly, and I can imagine that people presenting their side of the story could get nasty in defense--or offense, as happened at the Scopes trial. Embarrassing questions will always be asked in a debate.
Individual people are much more likely to discover the truth if they look for it thoroughly, instead of just having everything handed to them on a silver platter for them to sort through. The trick is then looking for it thoroughly, and making sure that all the evidence stays out there. As long as all sides of the story are open to anyone willing to look for them, and people are encouraged to find out the truth for themselves--that's democratic enough for me. It doesn't solve how evolution should be taught in a classroom, but I'm no rocket scientist!
Part Two--Thoughts sprouted from the Scopes trial
Ok, one more thing before I get back to school--haha, "back to," this is kind of what homeschooling's all about.
This is a copy of a copy of a quote, so a few things may get lost in translation, but: From Darwin's Descent of Man, "With savages the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated; and those that survive commonly exhibit a vigorous state of health. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination; we build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick; we institute poor-laws; and our medical men exert their utmost skill to save the life of every one to the last moment. There is reason to believe that vaccination has preserved thousands, who from a weak constitution would formerly have succumbed to small-pox. Thus the weak members of civilized societies propagate their kind. No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this must be highly inurious the the race of man."
Sound a little like Hitler to you?? In a country that provides the right for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all, of course we protect the rights of the weak! The question is whether the goal is to have amazing people who are strong and resistent to disease, or to have amazing people who are strong in mind. Theodore Roosevelt was a weak and sickly kid--but he read about a book a day for his entire life, started working out, and grew up into a big, strong, good president. Fortunately in America, that's the way it works for those who are willing to work hard and improve themselves. In America, everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of satisfaction in life--my definition of happiness. :-D
This is a copy of a copy of a quote, so a few things may get lost in translation, but: From Darwin's Descent of Man, "With savages the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated; and those that survive commonly exhibit a vigorous state of health. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination; we build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick; we institute poor-laws; and our medical men exert their utmost skill to save the life of every one to the last moment. There is reason to believe that vaccination has preserved thousands, who from a weak constitution would formerly have succumbed to small-pox. Thus the weak members of civilized societies propagate their kind. No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this must be highly inurious the the race of man."
Sound a little like Hitler to you?? In a country that provides the right for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all, of course we protect the rights of the weak! The question is whether the goal is to have amazing people who are strong and resistent to disease, or to have amazing people who are strong in mind. Theodore Roosevelt was a weak and sickly kid--but he read about a book a day for his entire life, started working out, and grew up into a big, strong, good president. Fortunately in America, that's the way it works for those who are willing to work hard and improve themselves. In America, everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of satisfaction in life--my definition of happiness. :-D
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