A Wrinkle In Time

Ambulatory, give me a story, to Him be the glory!

Random Thoughts:
As you all know, today was election day and I must say that I’m pretty disappointed about the results. I really didn’t want Barack Obama to win and it’s not because he’s black. I’m totally alright with having a black president. I just didn’t want this particular black person leading my country. Why couldn’t we get someone like Jamel White the guy who plays Steve Erkle as president? A man who wouldn’t be ashamed to admit it when he’s done wrong. I could just see him announcing his mistakes in a speech to the public “(snort snort) Did I do that?” Or how about J.J. from Good Times? I will have to admit, it is kind of cool being alive during the election of the first black president. I just wish it was somebody else. I would also like to say (even though he most likely will never read this) thanks to George Bush for his service and leadership for our country over the last eight years. I think he did an excellent job. Everyone likes to blame him for the war and other issues, but that’s just not right. We can’t put the weight of the world’s problems on one man’s shoulders.

I really should be working on a paper and/or studying, but I find that it’s easier to write in here and I have much more to say to you about nothing and everything without a purpose. Writing here requires less thought and effort and I know that you are all dying to know what’s on my mind so I will tell you. The other day I heard on the radio that one could do CPR to the tune of the Bee Gee‘s song “Stayin’Alive.” I thought that this was rather funny. Can you imagine someone doing chest compressions while having ah ha ha ha stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive…playing through their mind hoping that by doing so that person is staying alive.

Do you ever get the feeling that you’ve been placed under a microscope and you have no privacy at all? People know stuff about you that they should only know if you told them yourself or if they were spying on you. It’s just bizarre and it’s frustrating me till no end. Maybe I’m just being paranoid and it’s just all in my mind, but then again maybe it’s reality. I’m not half as dumb as I look people. Some times it just seems like people go out of their way to make my day. It’s okay. If God is for me than who can be against me? Certainly not YOU!

I failed to tell you…a few weeks ago I was walking across campus minding my own business when a car droves by and a guy hollered out his window “FORESKIN EATER” I looked behind me to see if he was yelling at someone else and there was nobody else around me at the time. This totally freaked me out. I couldn’t believe it. It’s the worse thing I’ve ever been called. How dare he have the audacity to yell derogatory comments at random pedestrians. What the heck is wrong with people? I’ve been asking that question a lot lately…

I have so much to do for school and all I want to do is write (not for school), sleep, eat, and take/edit my photos. I’ve discovered the picture editing program called Picasa and I’m falling in love. I could spend hours just sitting hear listening to Steve Earle and editing pictures. I really should get out and take some more pictures soon. It’s like therapy, that and chocolate consumption.

I would love some feedback!

Tip Of The Day:
Listen to your Mother when she tells you to go to the doctor.

Sometimes I feel that I’m giving you, my readers, a door when I should be giving you a window (a glimpse). In other words, I think that I tell you too much. And when it comes to my faith and sharing it, I think that I’m giving you a window when I should be opening the door for you and letting you know what I know. My pride has a lot to do with that and I’m learning. My faith is one of the things that I value the most. So why shouldn’t I share it with you all? He means everything to me. HE IS: my mainstay, my joy, my source of comfort, the independent variable in my experiment of life, my provider, my protector, my teacher, my replacement on the cross, my motivation, my inspiration, my safety net, my reason for getting out of bed in the morning, the BBQ sauce on my ribs, etc.

Having nothing to do with what I was just talking about, here’s an Onion News Network clip that just cracked me up. Hopefully you’ll find it just as funny as I did or at least half as funny…

Tip Of The Day:
If and when you have kids someday make sure you teach them all that there is to know about whales!

When I’m having a raunchy day I like to watch Mr. Bean. He’s hilarious! He never fails to make me happy. It really doesn’t take much to amuse me. The thing that I like most about Mr. Bean is that he never has to say anything to make people laugh. It’s all about his funky facial expressions, his crazy antics, and his unique style of acting. I think that a lot of times we communicate in that way as well, whether we realize it or not. Often times we think that when we don’t say anything at all we aren’t communicating, but sometimes I think that silence is louder than words. I believe that both ways of conversing are acceptable because we need to be selectively silent. I’m pretty sure Mr. Bean doesn’t even realize the things that he teaches me and I’m pretty sure that I’m the only one who thinks this way.

Anyways, school has begun once again and so far things are alright. I’m enjoying living in the “city.” My classes are interesting. I got a part time job working in the periodicals at the library that has four stories. Isn’t that amazing? A school this size and the library only has four stories. Nobody understands my jokes. So I should just stop trying. I catch myself comparing schools a lot and I really shouldn’t because there’s pros and cons to all of them. At Prov I had no trouble finding my car in the parking lot of about twenty cars. Here there’s like twenty rows of cars. It takes me forever to find my car. It’s just crazy! The thing I love most about this place is that I have family here. I don’t know what I would do without my family.

In a couple of weeks we are having this special family get together to celebrate my aunt’s birthday and by the sounds of it, most of the family is going to be there. It’s supposed to be a surprise so if your reading this Marilyn, SURPRISE! It’s nice to have something positive to look forward to. The last time we were all together was at my other aunt’s funeral.

Lord with you there’s nothing I cannot do.

Tip Of The Day:
Make Tomorrow the First Day - The Elms

“Lazy day, just good enough for me to think and pray…”

Well, I’m on vacation and enjoying it immensely! It’s nice having all the time in the world to do nothing, but what I want to. I got to spend sometime visiting my brother, organized my pictures on my computer, practiced using a bike lock for when I move to the city (it’s harder than it looks), got my room cleaned, went fishing and got some sweet pictures, watched some Mr. Bean, picked raspberries, caught up on some reading…I always start books, but never finish reading them. I get halfway through them and then I get bored or distracted with something else.

Grilled stuffed tacos are preying on my mind.

Tip Of The Day:
Don’t get mad, get glad and let it be!

I love this song!

Natalie Grant Lyrics
Let Go Lyrics

This morning I found my acceptance letter from the University in my mail box. I’ve been waiting forever for that. I applied in March and they are just giving me this information now and it’s July and school starts in August so that doesn’t give me much time to get everything ready. The last two schools I’ve attended accepted me within the same month that I sent the application. Does it really take five months for an application to be processed? I was just about to give up on the idea and start my apartment/job shopping. I absolutely hate waiting!

I love to watch “Headlines” on the Jay Leno show. Incase you don’t know what “Headlines” are I shall explain them to you. They hilarious misprinted adds from newspapers, magazines, and other forms of media. Years ago I found one that I wanted to send in but didn’t because I think I’m the only one that thinks it’s funny. It was a sales add for sweatshirts and it had a picture of the shirt and a caption underneath that read “…comes with two sleeves.” If it didn’t come with two sleeves it would be considered a sweater vest of some sort, or maybe they just wanted to make sure that the viewers knew that it came with more than one sleeve.

Tip Of The Day: Save ALL of your receipts!

…you bought me dinner. That’s when I knew you were a winner!

I’m not sure if this is worth mentioning or not, but I started this blog in June of 2007 and it’s now June of 2008. So it’s been a whole year of releasing this jabberwacky of mine. I haven’t decided yet if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

I have come to the conclusion that I like riding lawn mowers and golf carts, but I want something a bit faster, but not too much faster.

Awhile back I wrote a really interesting rap song and I just realized that I have never posted it on here. So here goes nothing!

Constipation Breakthrough
Oh here we go, here we go! Are you ready for me?
Turn it up, turn it up find a chair and have a seat.
I sure hope you got the time cause I sure got the rhyme!
I got a voice, I got a voice and I got so much to say!

I wanna share, I wanna share what I’ve learned with you.
Like there’s a LOVE, there’s a LOVE, that we cannot ignore!
And there is HOPE, there is HOPE, there’s no need for a rope!
There’s a PEACE, there’s a PEACE, that comes abruptly like a sneeze!
And there is JOY, there is JOY, and it’s riding on my name!

Brick by brick, brick by brick, we are laying the foundation
For somethin bigger somethin bigger, than our wildest imagination!

So Come on hurry, come on hurry I am waiting for you!
Come on hurry, come on hurry there’s no need to be slow!

I’m expecting! I’m expecting, but not a little baby but a big fat dream and maybe some cookies and cream!

I wanna share, I wanna share what I’ve learned with you.
Like there’s a LOVE, there’s a LOVE, that we cannot ignore!
And there is HOPE, there is HOPE, that is better than your dope!
There’s a PEACE, there’s a PEACE, that comes abruptly like a sneeze!
And There’s a life, there’s a life that is worth all the strife!

There’s a crain, there’s a crain and it’s ready to abolish!
All that’s vain all that’s vain that is holding us hostage.

I’m going swimming, going swimming down the river of life!
Going deep, going deep, going deeper than the ocean.
Get your floaties get your floaties, then you’ll be alright!
Take me deeper take me deeper cause I’m ready to go!

So Come on hurry, come on hurry I am waiting for you!
And I will wait, I will wait until you pull me through Yaweh!

Does anyone know how to stop these links from appearing on certain words?? They are getting annoying.

Tip Of The Day:
Don’t enter a contest in which you would have to hold in your pee to try to win a wii. A lady died from doing this.

Here’s another one of those “after the storm” pictures. I really like it. The dark and gloomy clouds can’t hold back those rays of sun. I want to be unleashed like the sun. I want to be noctilucent under the stars. I want to fly like skittles in the “Taste The Rainbow” commercials.

Unleashed
Unhindered
Released
Unlatched
Unloaded
Freed
Unbound
Unchained

…green means go you know. So wear green and just go! That’s what I do.

Here’s a word you should all know.
Nougatcity - “A heightened yet’ fleeting state of accomplishment that makes you realize how unbelievably unmotivated you normally are.”

Tip Of The Day:
Don’t forget your charger.

Lately It seems like I’ve been given plenty of opportunities to test my patience and I feel like I’ve failed. Gosh, when will I ever learn? I’m impatient with myself, the people around me, other drivers, etc. I would be at a four way stop and the person ahead of me would just sit there, for what seems like forever, when it’s probably only a split second, so I honk to get them to go and then they take another five hundred split seconds to look in their review mirror to see who’s honking at them. I really should stop doing that. One of these days I might cause some serious road rage. My sense of time is just different than everybody else’s. Me- “Hey, I haven’t talked to you in a long time.” Somebody- “Calley, we just talked a few hours ago.” Am I tan yet? No Calley you look burnt. Okay, so I got some color! Yay!

Did you know that you can plug a cell phone into a computer instead of using a dial-up connection to get internet service? Yeah, you can and it saves a lot of money and it allows for a faster internet service as well. The only down fall is that we might have to change our home phone number. That is the first phone number I’ve ever memorized. We’ve had that number all my life and I don’t want to have to memorize a new one. If we do I’m just not going to call home anymore.

I hate my social anxieties. I’ve always had social problems. Some people complain and say I talk too much and other people wonder why I’m so quiet. I just can’t please you people!!

Last week I had to take my Grandma to the emergency room and we were there for like five hours (most of it spent waiting of course) and while we were there waiting I was watching other patients come in from the ambulance and it was kind of gross. There was this one man who came in and the nurse was asking him all these questions and she had asked him if he ate or drank anything that morning and he told her that he had coffee and gin. Wow, what a combination. It’s no wonder he ended up in the hospital. That same man had the nurse call Walmart to tell them that he wouldn’t be into work that day and the she came back and told him that he wasn’t supposed to work that day in the first place. I’m no doctor but it seemed like he was drunk to me.

Today I went and got a haircut for the summer and I got my license renewed before hand so that I would have a before picture. I can’t believe I’ve had my license for four years. Time goes way too fast. Before you know it I’m going to be an adult. Haha that reminds me my brother sent me a Bat Mitzvah card for my college graduation. Does that mean I entered womanhood? Inside of it he wrote “I knew you had it in ‘Jew!” Haha now that’s original.

That was random. I think I’m done now.

“Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.” -Michael from The Office

Tip Of The Day:
Go fly a kite!

“I think I like today. I think it’s good. It’s something I can’t get my head around.” - Angels & Airwaves

Last week I took a train to Seattle and then I got on a bus that took me to Vancouver, British Columbia and I got the privilege of exploring the West Coast through Canada’s eyes. It was pretty awesome. I got to see a lot of beautiful scenery, mountains, the Pacific Ocean, a waterfall, a pigeon, Cherry Blossom trees, Tim Hortons, a tug boat, some friends from Prov, water fountains, escalators, a glimpse of Glacier National Park from the train, etc.
On the train ride down there I had to sit by this little old lady who I found out knows a lot of my relatives and she was neighbors with a good friend of mine, and I went to school with her granddaughter. We live in a very small world I tell ya. I enjoyed listening to other people’s conversations on the train it relieved me from my boredom. It was very interesting.
On my way back KT had put a couple apples in my bag for the train ride home and when I got to the border my bags had to go through an x-ray machine which was weird cause they didn’t on the way there, but anyways they saw something suspicious so they stopped the belt and dug through my bags until they found the apples. For a minute there I thought they were going to find my stash of pot. What can I say? Apples are evil. Ask Adam and Eve. I really don’t comprehend some of those odd border rules. Are you going to a farm? Are you coming from a farm? Did you touch livestock on your trip? Haha. Overall, it was a good trip! I really like Canada. I seriously think I was born in the wrong country. Someday I’m going to apply for a work visa or take the test and get dual citizenship so I can live and work up there.

God keep our land glorious and free!

“God likes to spoil the understanding of mere mortals.”
That’s so true. We can’t know too much than our roles compared to God’s would change and the mystery and curiosity of it all would be gone forever.

Tip Of The Day:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

“If I changed the life of one person…just one person…well, okay, one is aiming pretty low. Let’s say I change the lives of five thousand people…ten thousand…okay, five thousand, I’d be satisfied for starts….” -Michael from The Office

My life is but a wrinkle in time.
So I’m nearing the end of my third year of college and I’ve finally made up my mind. Now I know what I’m doing, where I’m going, and what I’m going to attempt to accomplish. I’ve got a plan. I’m going to get a bachelors degree in social work. In some odd way I think it fits me. I guess if you wait long enough the answers will come until they do just sit back enjoy the place where your at in life.

Lately I’ve been struggling to do that. I keep wishing my life away. I keep thinking that I can’t wait for this semester to be over. I can’t wait for the summer to be over with (just so I can move onto bigger and better things). I can’t wait till three years down the road from now when I’ll be completely finished with school and have a reliable job with benefits and every weekend off. I can’t wait to have a financially stable job that will allow me to have my own house that I can create and transform to my liking. I can’t wait for forty years down the road when hopefully I’ll have all my loans paid off and I’ll be debt free. I can’t wait to have my own family to take care of someday and I even can’t wait until the time when my parents will need me to take care of them. I can’t wait till I’m sixty five and old enough to retire and sit around the house making ducttape stuff kinda like my Grandma quilts. I definately can’t wait to get old, but I guess in the mean time I should just enjoy the moment and be content with where I’m at because life happens way too fast. I gotta take it one step at a time because you can’t skip steps on the stair way to heaven. It’s just impossible. Every step has a purpose and these steps are in a specific order for a reason. Some people have steeper steps than others and sometimes there’s railings to grab onto, but when the railings aren’t there that’s when I gotta put my trust in God and focus on him and not look down.

Lord, I don’t know where all this is going
Or how it all works out
Lead me to peace that is past understanding
A peace beyond all doubt.

Tip Of The Day:
Go outside!