A girl with her arms open wide to her Creator. WHERE He says go, I will go. WHEN He says go, I will go. WHAT He tells me to do, I will do. WHY He tells me to do it is not relevant. This is my complicated, yet beautiful experience on this adventure called 'Following Christ.'
I'm obsessed with my camera. Like 'when-I'm-at-a-stop-sign-I-whip-out-my-camera-and-snap-stories-of-the-storm-brewing' kind of obsessed. Which yes, I happened to do today.
It was supposed to storm right as soon as I got out of school. AKA this picture I took.
After 30 minutes of driving back and forth deciding whether I should listen to the radio people who said 'TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9PM' or just go on and drive to my internship, I decided to brave it. Good thing cause this is what ended up happening:
Welcome to Ohio, people.
Land of the Bi-Polar, Schitzophrenic, Unkown Weather.
PS Photo cred of the blue sky does not go to me. It goes to some random dude named Paul I think. So kudos to you, Paul.
In other news:
-I dropped ice cream on my cat yesterday. Yes. I dropped VANILLA ice cream on him. BAHA. Oooops.
This is Smokey. Who we sometimes call Tom, Biscuit, Mr. President, Buddy, Smokes....whatever smokes our pipe that day.
Sorry buddy. You made me lose a piece of precious ice cream.
-I realized that while I'm watching AFV and they start playing the roll of a million people falling off of diving boards, I get really annoyed and amused all at the same time. Why? Because there's just this broken record of 'OHHH!!' 'Auhhh!' 'ooooooo!' in the background. And it's quite repetitive [broken record] because it happens one right after the other. It's like the crowd has never seen someone fall of a diving board and crack their head open.
Come on people. You just saw it happen TWO seconds ago. How is this man cracking his head open different from that boy splitting his chin open? It doesn't take much to please the crowd.
-I get to spend hardcore time with Jesus this weekend at the Revolve Tour conference. :] I'm definitely looking forward to that cause I have missed Him so much. I feel distant from Him sometimes and I'm striving to get back to where I was. I MISS YOU JESUS. AND I'M COMING BACK TO YOU.
Love, Your Daughter/Servant.
Arms Open Wide...
PS Pretty sure I just heard thunder.. #Herewegoagain
PPS Song of the Day: Let's Kill Tonight -- Painc! At the Disco
Their new CD is sooooo baller! In love in love in love. Thank you so much P!ATD. I have a higher level of respect for you now.
So sorry for the delay. It's literally been like 2 months since my last post. And wow, so much has happened.
At least....so I think.
Starting with:
1. I officially lost the 'Non-Awkward Week' Competition to Naomi. And how did I lose this, you may ask?
While at the Xavier basketball game, I accidentally chucked a piece of ice on the couple in front of me. And it took them a good 30 seconds to get up the nerve to turn around and awkwardly chuckle at me at which I meekly replyed '...Sorry...". By that time, they should've just stayed facing forward because too much time had elapsed and it would've been an awkward time to acknowledge my clumsiness.
But yet, I guess they kind of helped me lose. So thank you, Xavier couple, for helping me lose the Non-Awkward Week. And that was on a Saturday. I was SO DARN CLOSE.
I'm glad you got that ice thrown on you.
2. I seem to make it a habit of losing. I lost the competition I had with my friend Sanjay the other day. Competition: Who can deliver the highest high five? When he extended his arm into the air I knew I was done for. Dang that boy has a giant arm span. Nevertheless, I went for it. And we decided to do a running high five. Which we both promptly lost. Why? Because we missed each other's hand every single time. Seriously. We suck.
So I ended up owing him a milkshake in exchange for losing.
It flocks to me.
3. I was told that I use the word 'BALLER' too much. But come on....who WOULDN'T want to use the word 'baller' to describe something? It's like partially 'street'/ghetto/80's. It just excites me. As I watch Top Gun, I feel as if they should be describing their ride as 'baller'.
"Man! Jester's dead! That ride was baller!"
"Maverick! That was a baller shot!"
"That's a baller missle!"
See what I mean? It just makes everything a little bit more exciting. How baller.
4. I just found out about so many new artists and new cds-- it's crazy. Ra Ra Riot, Twenty One Pilots, Dance Gavin Dance, the new Alexi Murdoch, Wye Oak, Elbow...the works. I'll be sure to let you guys sample one as always.
5. DANG. HOLLYWOOD'S BEEN HIT. And I'm not talking about the city. Whew. This Top Gun business is getting to me. There he goes.....
6. Dad left for Germany 2 weeks ago. He's there for 3 months, mas o menos (Spanish translation: more or less). It just now hit me how gone he is. Like he's gone, gone. Like in GERMANY gone. I don't get to see him till late May. Sadness. But you know. It's not only Summer I've got to look forward to now. :]
7. I realized I have an addiction to Facebook. Wait. I knew that a long time ago...and pretty sure you all did too.
8. GUESS WHO'S HITTIN' UP THE DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL CONCERT MARCH 30th? This girl. Seeing him for the second time. Gosh, do I love him.
9. Dawn (stepmom) had to put down one of our dogs, Samantha, last week. We've all taken it pretty well. But we're fostering a greyhound in about a week and a half. Already have her picked out.
Nothing like jumping right back into the game with a little 'umpf'.
10.I am now in LOVE with taking pictures. I got a new camera for my birthday and now I'm obsessed with it.
11. Oh yeah. I had my birthday. I've now hit the big 1-7. I'm bookin' it now.
12. Also discovered: my crowd from the Vineyard goes to the Steak & Shake nearest the Vineyard so often, that we have the same waitress everytime and she knows us. Like we pick up where we left off on our conversation. Pretty sure I could invite her to my next birthday party and it wouldn't be awkward.
Jesus Epiphany:
I was in the shower [I always do my best thinking in the shower] and Jesus revealed to me that we can't 'play' God. We can't just come back to Him when it's convenient for us. We've got to be CONSISTENT. Not CONVENIENT. It was quite a large epiphany for me because He compared himself to earthly relationships, which was interesting. Just like how we can't 'play' other people in relationships, we can't play God. He's worthy of SO much more. He wants everything of us. EVERYTHING. So give it to Him. Don't jip Him of you. He made you and wants to spend quality time with YOU. You you you. You won't get a better offer than the Creator of the Universe. Let Him know that too.
So that's what's been going on. I'm sure I'm missing something, but it's not like I can't just write more in a different post, right?
Song of the Day: Car Radio -- Twenty One Pilots
They aren't well known, but, boy are they BALLER. I think they're local to where I live, but since I'm smart I won't tell you where I live. Don't quite want you stalking me. You guys may think the lead singer is just talking. Okay fine. But I think it's so cooooool. It's got this awesome beat/rhythm/tone that I just love. I drive to it quite often.
