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I hated dodge ball because it always hurt. I liked running and climbing.
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hildegard_71
23 October 2008 @ 02:59 pm
My favorite scary movie of all time is Silence of the Lambs. Anthony Hopkins and Jody Foster are superb actors, the script was great, and the whole thing was terrifying. When she's in the basement looking for the killer and the lights go off... I really like Wishmaster and Nightmare on Elm Street as well as Psycho, but Silence of the Lambs is still definitely the best ever.
16 October 2008 @ 02:46 pm
16 October 2008 @ 02:39 pm
In the 13 weeks since I posted last, I got and lost what I thought was going to be a great job, which turned out to be hell.. My boss didn't do his job or instruct me how to do mine adequately, and so I got nailed when there were complaints.
My family has been pretty supportive so far, though they're upset. I've just been keeping on keeping on, looking for pretty much any kind of work, throwing out things that remind me of the dream that almost was, crying at bad moments, etc., etc., etc.
My grandmother always said to "keep on going," and so for the sake of her memory I will. It's not fun right now, though.
My family has been pretty supportive so far, though they're upset. I've just been keeping on keeping on, looking for pretty much any kind of work, throwing out things that remind me of the dream that almost was, crying at bad moments, etc., etc., etc.
My grandmother always said to "keep on going," and so for the sake of her memory I will. It's not fun right now, though.
11 July 2008 @ 09:51 am
If you could have dinner with anyone at all, dead or alive, famous or not, who would you go with? Out of anywhere in the world, where would you eat? Submitted By |
10 July 2008 @ 11:41 am
If you started a restaurant, what would it serve, what would it look like and what would you name it? You have an unlimited budget. Submitted By |
02 July 2008 @ 10:11 am
I guess the thing I care about most is creativity. I see God as the first, the perfect artist, and I like to live creatively and with tenderness toward others. Creative living enables one to live according to the Spirit and to feel and share joy. I write a lot and play the mandolin, and those things make me very happy. Helping someone who needs me, and doing a good job with the small things of life, no matter how humble the task, is also a lift, and it's the same principle - creation, and sharing God's beauty.
04 June 2008 @ 12:07 pm
A really snotty girl sitting next to me in the dining hall snidely asked why I seemed so happy. (We had a history.) I told her that a famous movie star was my secret lover, and she totally humiliated herself by spitting her soda and food out in shock. Everyone at the table just howled.
28 May 2008 @ 12:17 pm
I can't think of any remarkable incidents in my life involving insects, but I do think it's important that people know it's extremely important to realize that honeybees, as well as many other species, are dying, and that we need to try to make the planet more habitable for all of us again.
16 May 2008 @ 03:31 pm
All kinds of music inspire me. I listen to everything from Stravinsky to the Scorpions, and I enjoy it all and write to it, depending on my mood.
06 May 2008 @ 12:04 pm
I brush and floss my teeth and say my prayers.
27 April 2008 @ 03:54 pm
Well, it looks as if I might be moving to get a new job. My mother really came through for me on this one, and I'm grateful to her. It's good for one's character to have to start over from scratch, even though it's daunting and kind of sad. God give me strength!
27 April 2008 @ 03:38 pm
I was last in my church friend's home to do laundry. I have a wonderful friend who allows me to do laundry at her place because I don't have laundry facilities where I live. "M" is wonderful, and she even invites me to eat over at her house soemtimes, too, when the laundry's done. I'm so grateful to God that she's in my life!
24 April 2008 @ 08:57 am
What most excites me about the way I'm living my life right now is the relative freedom I have. I've worked many years under horrible conditions for my degrees, and I've finally managed to get a decent job using them. I have money and time and energy to write my novels and enjoy my music in my own space. I have a little money to spend, and I enjoy my friends and the fact that I'm single, child-free, and no longer under the total control of my parents.
21 April 2008 @ 02:14 pm
I would like to be famous for my writing. I just finished writing a sci-fi novel of about 53,000 words, and I'm going to show it to a talented friend I trust and then submit the book once I get her opinion. I think it's a good little story, and of course I'd like it to do well, be loved, and make me a lot of money! :-)
05 February 2008 @ 12:03 pm
A long time ago I used to be in favor of abortion on demand, but now I understand that to terminate an unborn baby's life is murder. A young woman I worked with not too long ago helped me to confirm this change in opinion. She has quite a few kids, each by a different father, and became pregnant again by a man she was "thinking about" marrying. (It didn't work out.) She talked quite a bit - and quite casually - about abortion, and when I gently suggested that she might want to adopt the baby out if she didn't want another child to raise, she said that she could never carry a child for all those months and then let it go. I didn't get into a quarrel with her, but I felt like asking, "Oh, so you could kill the innocent baby you conceived, but you couldn't say goodbye to it?" The kids she has don't even get good mendical care. She kept the poor baby in the end, but I am not filled with high hopes for the child's future with a mother like that and no father worth the name, either.
Solution?
It's called abstinence, people. It's actually quite easy. We aren't animals.
05 February 2008 @ 10:10 am
God hates a coward. Revelation 21:8 makes this quite clear. I shudder when I recall times when I have been cowardly, and there are a slew of them. I believe that courage is the foundation of all other virtues, for if we don't have it, can we honestly claim any other? Can we truly say we love someone if we don't protect them from harm, even at severe risk to ourselves? Can we claim to be a free thinker if we won't risk stating our truths quietly but firmly and clearly, and allow others to do the same? I don't think so. It's vital to be tender with ourselves, for we come from God and belong to God, but we ought also to maintain a wholesome, strong, consistent, just discipline with ourselves. We need to determine and pursue what is right, and then STICK TO IT.
31 January 2008 @ 11:43 am
Yes, I do consder myself an artist. I savor particular forms of tenderness and beauty, and I try to share them with others who might have missed it along the way. I am devoted to telling the truth as well as I can. What else is there?
24 January 2008 @ 12:19 pm
I love to write, and a huge part of writing is editing. Also, my penmanship sucks. For these reasons, I could not live - at least not well - without my computer. It doesn't kill trees, and it makes corrections - and legible words - a breeze. I thank God for the friend who gave it to me.
I also love my mandolin, for I really enjoy both making and hearing many types of music, but I could live without it better than I could live without my computer!!!!!!!!
I also love my mandolin, for I really enjoy both making and hearing many types of music, but I could live without it better than I could live without my computer!!!!!!!!
15 January 2008 @ 12:26 pm
I started my new job as an English instructor at a local community college yesterday. I was so nervous, but I got through it, and I hope that the experience will trend upwards from here.