Who am I?

Come on, admit it. You've often imagined yourself as a character from a movie or a cartoon. I do this all the time, and that's what gave me the question: who am I? Am I myself, or am I my characters? Am I my own person, or do I live my life through my characters?

Fast Mind, Slow Body

As humans, we are always seeking instant gratification. We are constantly making things faster. Our devices have to give us results in just a few seconds. We want our food, not in a few seconds, but NOW. 

Tonight, we learned that sometimes, we need to slow down our processes and let things just come to us. Line upon line, precept upon precept. My mind works at about one-hundred thoughts per minute, so I need some time to just slow down sometimes.

The way I see it, the media presents things to please three main parts of our brain: our sense of humor (for sitcoms and cartoons), our sadness for bad things that happen (a documentary of a family in the war), or our fears of what will happen (the news telling you why you should be terrified to go out of your house). These are probably good things to remember when making up a story with one or all of these element. A good story is, to me, either a Crowning Moment of Funny, a Tear Jerker, or good old-fashioned Nightmare Fuel. Food for thought.

Tipsy Tips

I have just recently learned that when I put my arm up for our cat, Tipsy, to grab, it is not a sign that she wants to play; instead, she feels threatened. Hearing this fact has increased my understanding for cats, and love for animals. I absolutely abhor any violence or cruelty to any animals, and I can't understand why anyone would eat cats or dogs when they have emotions just like us. Bacon before cat tails, bro.

S'no day like a snow day

I am so jealous! Based on the fact that Monday was a snow day, highschoolers only have a four day weekend, while everyone else gets five days off. Urrgh! Oh well, a four-day weekend is still a four-day weekend, I guess.

Lazy Daze

Ahh...there's nothing like getting out of school for the day and not having homework all day long. Me and Emily stayed home today and watched Aladdin and Airplane! I think days where you have absolutely no responsibilities are absolutely perfect!

The new church program that has been introduced to us is probably a good thing for everyone, because sometimes in seminary, our teacher will teach us some stuff, and we will just spout it back out like a broken fountain. This new curriculum will help us learn more by actually participating in lessons rather than learning it  one day and forgetting it the next.