Day 4: Your views on religion

to start off: I LOVE GOD.

And no not just any god, or goddess, or buddha, or whoever else. The ONE TRUE LIVING God. The creator of the universe. The alpha and omega. My father.

He is everything. amazing. awe-inspiring. His love is unconditional, which is something that we humans can barely even being to fathom: unconditional love. As in He loves me NO MATTER WHAT, and will always love me.

He is the reason why i'm on this planet, why we're all on this planet actually. And to that I owe Him my life, which is something I know I need to do better. I need to fully give my life and all its plans over to Him. Ask Him where I should be and what He wants me to be doing. Because living a life without Him on your side is like trying to sled uphill: extremely difficult (maybe impossible?).

Oh and can't leave out Jesus Christ, God's son. The reason why all our sins are forgiven and we are able to live for eternity with him. The core, the soul, the heart of christianity (and my beliefs) are centered on the sole fact that Christ died on the cross for our sins. MY sins can be forgiven, as long as I ask, because he was selfless enough to die for us. Now that's unconditional love. wow. powerful stuff.

Here are some pics that i felt were necessary to include.

Day 3: Your views on drugs & alcohol

Once again this is just a bit delayed. I'm going to try and be better about posting since I will have an endless amount of free time while hanging at home over break.

Lets begin with my views on alcohol. Im not opposed in any way to alcohol. I think it can be absolutely fantastic. I have had some UNBELIEVABLE  nights accompanied by my good pal vodka. But i've also had some not-so-great nights, nights that will be lost forever because IHAVENOIDEAWHATHAPPENED. Yeahhh blackouts = alcohol's downside.

Really most of my alcohol issues revolve around my love-hate relationship with vodka.

And now my views on drugs. hmm well this is tricky. My vice is weed. pot. bud. maryjane. whatever you want to call it... I think it is God's gift to creation. I love how it completely opens up your mind. Everything is better, you can really just appreciate life more.

I also enjoy the vibe, atmosphere, and overall way of life that is usually associated with it. I consider my self to be a hippie and all I really want out of life is to be happy. To enjoy the little things. Soak up everything. really just live.

Basically I can't even put my thoughts into words so here are some pics I've found that help me with my point:

Is it Love - Collin McLoughlin (Prod. Sex Ray Vision)

I saw this idea on my friends blog and am obsessed. So from time to time I will post songs that I am enjoying at the moment, all for your listening pleasure and to expand your music taste.

day 2 ...a few months later

so to continue on with the "30 day challenge" I started way back when...

Day 2. where you would like to be in 10 years

Wow that is quite the question. There are two paths I could see my life taking, the only problem: they are COMPLETE opposites.

Life #1: (not meaning I would prefer it in anyway over the other option, it is just coming first in listed order)

I want to have the whole "american dream" thing. Maybe on a beach house in South Carolina. Have an amazing, fun, athletic, loving husband; 3 beautiful little children, a couple dogs (preferably a Rottweiler and a lab). In this version of my life I would be this precious little stay at home mom. My kids would all play sports. We would belong to some sort of country club and would be the family at the pool almost everyday in the summer (or year-round considering I want to live somewhere warm and by the ocean)....

which is where life #1 & #2 converge: my love of the ocean. NO MATTER WHAT I want to live near the ocean. I absolutely love it, and now that I've experienced what its like to be so close, I don't want to have to give it up.

Life #2: This is where I would end up getting a serious career in marine bio. I would move to austrailia or some pacific/caribbean island researching dolphins or turtles or sea horses or whatever.

I would meet my husband somewhere along the way and we would both basically be hippies. Living completely carefree. the ultimate beachlife.

I have included some pics that I think adequately convey what I want my life to be...and they actually do an AMAZING job of combining the 2 lives.

Day 1. Current Relationship

Well I am currently single. and all depending on when you ask me, i either am completely content being single or cant stand it. what pisses me off is that people never see "being single" as a choice that you consciencely make. like what if i'm taking this time to become more mature or secure and comfortable with myself and who i am. but no people always assume that you're single because no one wants you or your too ugly or too shy or too whatever.

30 day challenge.

*starting tomorrow (obviously) haha

Procrastination

So i'm supposed to be doing my organic chemistry online homework..or studying for one of my two tests. but nope. not me. i'm blogging.

procrastination. so many mixed feelings attached to that word. Like think about how many times you thought about doing that presentation or paper a week early to avoid procrastinating.......

....now think about how many times you actually did it early. i'm guessing close to none.

it's actually a skill. to master the art of procrastination is a gift far surpassing any other talent out there. You have to equally balance doing EVERYTHING in your life at the last minute possible, but still coming through in the end.

because although procrastinating means waiting till something is due or right up till the deadline...the task at hand always seems to get done. it was just done very efficiently.

you could spend weeks half assing your way through a powerpoint presentation for a class. or you could do it the night of and whip it out [under pressure] in like 5 hours.

thats another thing i forgot to mention in the skill of procrastination: the pressure is on. so if you are blessed with the gift of procrastination you are able to pump out your projects, papers, studying, homework in minimal amount of time under great pressure of the deadline.

and if your REALLY talented: you can blog while doing all this.

friends

Friends.

A simple word isn't it?

It's uttered everyday to basically every person imaginable.
Who are your friends?
I used to think that friends were just the people that you could laugh with and talk to.
Now I know that friends aren't that, they're the people that you couldn't live without. You can spend hours with them doing nothing at all and it can be the best time of your life, just because it was with them. They're the people you can share your secrets with, cry with, laugh with, and just have fun with. They don't judge you or make you change. They accept you exactly as you are. They look at you and they see a great person, one they love spending time with. You all share something in common and are tied together by memories, tears, laughs, and smiles. You're tied together by love for the other. Friendship is the strangest but greatest thing in the world. I find my time with my friends, the best times of my life. My friends are my heart, my soul, my fun, my laughter, tears, love and my life.

I've been thinking...
dangerous, i know.
but after a few of my friends were laughing at me for having a blog (however unsuccessful it may be) i came to the conclusion that everyone should have a blog. I think it would solve alot of the unnecessary complaining and rambling on that people seem to do these days.
think about it: your sitting there enjoying your lunch when someone comes and just starts bitching about their day. All you would have to say is, "just go blog about it"..and bam! Problem solved!

blogging is clearly not my strong point

You would think that someone who finds it necessary to give EVERY SINGLE detail when telling a story would be just the type of person who should blog. Clearly this is not the case. Considering I am one of those people. Yep, I can't tell a story without feeling the need to include absolutely everything about it. And also considering that even over Christmas break....when I basically had endless amounts of time to do nothing...I couldn't seem to get online for ten minutes and post a story which drags on and you just want to get out as soon as it starts. Actually, I would like to think that my stories are of very high quality, intriguing, with superb comedic timing. I guess that's up for debate. But hey if you consider yourself a listener, we would get along just fine.

ANYWAYS...I don't have much to talk about today (ignoring the paragraph above this). It's the second day of school. I'm not a happy camper. But I will leave you with this:

A great playlist for the relaxed and easy going.

Who Says - John Mayer
1901 - Pheonix
The Youth - MGMT
Smoke A Little Smoke - Eric Church
Paradise - Ana Serrano van der Laan
Dog Days Are Over - Florence And The Machine
Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung
Woodstock - Alice Smith
Energy - The Apples In Stereo
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
A Lifetime - Better Than Ezra
Poetically Pathetic - Amber Pacific
Sweet Pea - Amos Lee
Baby Come On - +44
Juicy - Better Than Ezra
Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight - Amos lee
Miss Halfway - Anya Marina
Breathe (2am) - Anna Nalick
Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland