Escaping the real world

Well, I'm sitting here in front of my ridiculously frustrating laptop, while chewing on a ridiculously addicting piece of red vine licorice trying to think about something to write about. Then it hits me.

Books. I am addicted to books, true story- no lie. I know I may not strike you as someone who likes to read, but let me tell ya...like is an understatement. Books can offer someone so much information, even without reading it. How, you ask? I have a book of poems that were written during the civil war. My grandpa gave it me while we were cleaning out his house one day. The book was so friggin old, the binding was starting to become loose. You can tell just by looking at the book that it has touched many people's lives. Another example would be from this past weekend. I stayed in a hotel room in Thousand Oaks this weekend for my Uncle's birthday party. I happen to have some time to myself, so I pulled out the Bible from the hotel room and started looking through it. I flipped to one page and saw tear stains all over the page. I froze in my place instantly, wondering who this pewrson was and why they were crying. I realized that the page was open to Psalm 23, so I had concluded maybe their tears weren't out of grief, but perhaps praise.

I really enjoy books for more than just the history it presents to you on the outside. Books happen to be very informative. Call me oldschool or whatever, but I still like reading books over searching on the internet for information I need. It is like an adventure flipping through books rather than a simple click of a mouse. The internet may be a convienient source of quick information, however researching through books provides me with an accomplished feeling.

One of my favorite reasons for reading books is this: books have a great ability to take me out of my seat and place me in the picture in which I am reading about. If a book can make me happy, sad or even angry, then the author has done their job. I read such a wide variety of books and I think that's a good thing. It's never a bad thing to diversify what you're learning about, reading, etc. I have read books about so many different things. Some over constant controversies such as religion, and some filled with just plain fantasy taking me away to far away non-existent lands.

I love reading any kind of book. Whenever I am frustrated and just need time to get away and relax, I will pick up a good book and get lost in it. Some of my favorite books are Mere Christianity, My Sister's Keeper, and the ever so famous Twilight. Yes...Some people may argue that Twilight is a teenager's book and should have no place in my personal library, however, Stephenie did a great job of capturing my attention and heart with her characters.

Anyway... Enough blabbing about books. I'm sure this put you all to sleep, but hey- to each his own. :)

Ps. here are some sweet blogs related to my topic...

http://www.themillionsblog.com/
http://usedbooksblog.com/
http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory/arts/books

It's the little things that count...

Apparently, my stress level has been no secret to most of you lately. I usually handle stress pretty well, but I guess I haven't been lately.

I don't know who it was, but someone left me a note that said "It seems like you are really stressed lately. I just wanted to let you know you're doing an awesome job. Thanks."
That totally made my day. It feels good to know someone is willing to even take 2 minutes out of their day to encourage someone else. So, if you're reading this and wrote that note- thank you. It really made me feel better. :)

P.S. My computer is going sooo slow, I'm ready to throw it out the window! grr.

Lord, grant me strength and patience!!

Sad, sad little ducky. :(

I can't even describe how upset I am right now with the Oregon Ducks. We played so bad tonight, it's not even funny. We made too many stupid mistakes that really cost us in the end.

I'm one crushed little ducky right now. :(

Anyway.

I have to write this paper on some guy named Charles Spurgeon. And it sucks, because the book makes him seem like friggin Noah or something. He's the perfect Christian or something, which in itself is an oxymoron, because Christians are not perfect, nor is anyone else.
Frustrating, it really is.

Today is not a good day in the Duck world.

PS. I wish it would rain so my car would look semi- clean. And just because I love the rain.

Stressed

I have not been this busy in a very, very long time.
I guess I have to get used to it.
Pretty sure I will have a full head of gray hair by the end of the semester. Oh well. Such is life.
I guess I need to take the yearbook's theme advice and literally be still. Out of all these projects I have going on, I haven't had time to breathe, much less set any time aside for just me and God. Ugh.
The debate is on tonight, actually in 20 minutes. I'm really nervous for them. This is a really important debate. The world is falling to pieces.
PS. The USC vs. UofO (My Oregon Ducks for you non-sports people) game is this saturday. If I wasn't so FLIPPIN BUSY, I totally could have gone to the game, instead I have to resort to screaming at the tv...Oh man. I'm wearing my lucky ducky shirt on saturday. Let's hope the dirty USC players don't cheat! ;)
Kidding. Sort of.
Also, did anyone else watch the Cubs and Dodgers game last night?? Seriously. How depressing. Dodgers fans suck by the way.

Oh PS.
I HATE my linguistics class. Renfro has a great ability to make us feel completely and totally dumb. That woman's brutal class is 75% cause of my stresses...

Oh fun.

So um, some peeps reprsenting FORD came to our class today... to show us a dumb car and tell us about other ways to be distracted while driving. fancy that.


I still love my element <3

anyway. i'm tired, but i have to do homework, so here goes nothin...

I'm currently tweaking the theme copy right now..it's a doozy that's for sure. I'm loving it though, I like a good challenge.

Psalm 47:10
Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.


I just have to keep this in mind every time I start to panic about this yearbook...
God has my back. <3

Just have to throw this lil tidbit out there-


Go Buckeyes!! Beat the Trojans!!
ps. Booooooo USC. :)

Oh- and Oregon Ducks are kicking Purdue's booty...Oh...watch Trojans...on gameday-you got the Duck Truck coming for you!!