Never Satisfied

If you got everything you asked for in life, do you think you’d be happy? I doubt it. Why does so much of our lives depend on provisional things?

Be Last

Be Last.
i've had to put up with it, and i've forced others to put up with it. i've given, i've taken, i've laughed, i've cried, i've let go, i've been let go. life's a game, and it isn't until you learn to play it right that you can take first place. unfortunately, there will always be someone who plays it better than you do. someone will always have the upper hand, know a better route, cheat when you're not looking, steal when you turn your head, knock you back to start just when you thought you were winning. accept it. it's going to happen, and maybe at one point, you'll be the one winning, the one playing better. eventually, you will have the upper hand. once you realize there's more to life than winning first place, that's when you really take the lead.
~AB~

Where is my burning bush?

Are miracles real? Do they still happen?
For a while now I have been praying that I could encounter a miracle like the ones in the Bible. You know, burning bush that would talk to me and give me direction. When I was reading my favorite book, Shane Claiborne brought up an interesting point - we no longer leave the door open for miracles to happen. Then I thought about it and when we are sick, we see a doctor. When we need food, we go to the store. If we had enough faith to depend on God like the lilies and sparrows do, we would see miracles. Or maybe is it that miracles are happening all the time, I am just too busy to notice them? Then I begin to get frustrated because I hear stories of people today having visions or seeing miracles. I wonder why cant those things happen to me? Faith should not happen because of a miraculous sign, so maybe I just need to have basic faith for now. Maybe I will never get my burning bush or get to see a blind man healed...I should be content with that for now.

mi mejor amigo en el mundo entero

I love my best friend Kori. We decided to take some rad pictures while we were getting ready for a birthday party and a concert--this could be the reason we were late to the birthday party haha. I think that she needs to come to Lincoln with me next year. :) She will miss me and come to her senses and follow me to Illinois..I'm sure of it.

American Idol Concert

For my birthday I got tickets to the American Idol tour. Without question I took my best friend Kori. Our seats were pretty good too because the idols would walk to the side of the stage where we were sitting. At the end David Cook threw his guitar pick and it landed right by me but then a crazy pack of girls all dove for it...it was that moment that I realized it was silly and I didnt want it anyways. The second to last picture is of my love Michael Johns. Believe it or not, he is even better looking in person. I talked with Brooke White for a minute too. She was very nice and had a lot of hair.

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My Big Brother

The bottom pictures are from our frequent bowling nights. I always try so hard to make Alan as bad as I am haha. Unfortunately even when I am standing in front of the lane, he still manages to do better than me. The top ones are just some random ones we took last night when Alan came over. It was the also day that I taught him how to make a poutie face--it took a few hilarious tries for him to catch on. Right now Alan is living at my grandmas house and I miss him being at home. I have no one to mess around with and am SO bored. I cant even imagine what it is going to be like when I go to college and don't see him for months at a time --I think the longest we have been apart is a week. I am not looking forward to that!

fun with my mac

Here are some pictures of my family that I took on my mac. They are HILARIOUS! I love how this thing can make people look so ugly. It's great. The last one of my grandma, me, my dad, and Alan is my all time favorite. Love it.