Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Okay so I didn’t post over the weekend because our internet was out, and Monday’s and Tuesday’s are full with Wisdom Builders. Also my memory card in my computer is full so I can’t download any new pictures or videos until I transfer my old pictures and videos onto another device. I did a video blog on Friday, but can’t upload it yet because as I stated previously my computers memory is full. I never thought I would have enough information to fill up a computer, but obviously I thought wrong. Today I drove to classes and had a fairly good day. In English class we acted out our reading in our literature book. I had a lot of fun playing a crazed wife who was convinced everything would cause lightening to strike. She also was convinced her husband was all to blame for their “misfortune.” If you have spare time you can read this short American drama by Marc Twain dramatized by Lewy Olfson titled “Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening.” It is a nice tension reliever. Today I also received a gift from a WB* friend of mine. He knows I like to listen to “Red,” a Christian rock band, so he bought me one of their CD’s. If you look at my music repertoire you will notice that there isn’t much I don’t listen to. My music is predominately upbeat Christian music, but I do listen to more than just that. I’m sure there are types of music I don’t care for, but overall I can usually find at least one song from every genre that I like if not LOVE! I did turn in my paper that I was writing for English class on time. YEA!! I wrote it on Disney and talked about how great it would be to vacation there. I have never been to Disney, but want to extremely bad! While writing my paper I learned who created the first Cobb salad and today I learned that the creator of Veggie Tales originally wanted to turn Veggie Tales into a Christianized Disney, but after God worked in his life he revaluated his goals and decided to let God lead and choose what is best for Veggie Tales. I sometimes feel like I’m just a book of random facts, and that most of my brain is filled up with nothingness or only part of a bigger picture. As I thought of that I decided to write a saying on my wipe-off board, a.k.a. my list of things to-do, it says “Where I play a role in life is quite small, but important to God.” I know this is simple, but sometimes it is the most simple and basic things we forget and need to be reminded about. I came up with this back in seventh grade when I was reading a book called “Don’t Waste Your Life,” by John Piper. I would not recommend seventh graders read this unless you are very smart because I was completely confused as a seventh grader. This book is excellent for someone a little bit older unless like I said you are very smart or have an adult explain to you what Piper is trying to get at. I think I am going to try and reread it now that a few years have gone by because I remember what I did learn was very helpful applicable everyday life information that every Christian should know and strive for. Besides that in speech class we will all be writing a short devotion or children’s sermon in a narrative or story telling way and then presenting them in class next Tuesday. I received an official e-mail from my drama teacher saying that the latest they plan on sending out the cast list is this Thursday, but who really knows.

I realize that today is a hard day for many people since it is a remembrance of 9/11. I personally do not have any family members that were lost in this catastrophic event, but for thousands of families today is a day for grieving and heartache as so many were killed eleven years ago. Most people probably even remember what they were doing as they watched the devastation of the Twin Towers. I ask those who are reading this to just take a moment and pray for the survivors, families, and people affected by this tragic attack. If you are interested in learning more or remembering 9/11 you can go to

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/remembering-9-11/

There you can see actual videos, pictures, and testimonies from survivors.

Your friend,

Taylor   

 

 

Disney fun facts

Finding Nemo: the name Nemo in Latin translates into the word “Lost”

Rapunzel: It took eight years to complete her hair since they originally created it to be 38 feet and then changed it to be 70!

Toy Story 3: There are 302 characters total in this movie!