Reuse the English

This Saturday was perhaps one of the funniest days I have ever had, well recently that is for sure. I was spending it with my two best friends and we decided that we were going to go to dinner. I’m the oldest and kind of like the mom in the group that really is my nickname from them. I guess I just take care of them, I don’t really know. But anyways, we were on our way to Naked Tchopstix and my best friend, Cheese, was like I have this great cd I just made. I put it in and Anna and I were sitting in the front seat laughing hysterically because the entire cd was show tunes until we got to the last few songs, which were really good they were by Kanye and Lady Gaga. Anyway I was driving and I was texting something I probably shouldn’t have been doing and they were making fun of my driving. All of the sudden I heard a ding, ding, ding. I looked down and saw the door open symbol. Cheese kept opening the door while I was driving 50 mph it was a really smart idea. I don’t know why but it was really funny. I told her that if she opened the door one more time, then I was going to pull the car over. And she opened it. I pulled the car over had to work really hard with anna to get the door unlocked and I put the child safety lock on and then I got back in and Cheese and Jack switched places so I had to pull over and go through it again. Cheese moved to the front seat and then I was locked out of the car. We then decided to have a dance party in the car, but I was still outside. I am pretty sure it looked insane to anyone driving by, but it was hiliarious. That was when I realizied my best friend was absolutely crazy and I love her for it.

Everyone has one thing that really gets on their nerves and I would say that I am no exception. The most common occurence of my pet peeve happens when people are talking. They either say “yeah, I did good” or “you did good” when it should be you did well. That happens quite often, but there is another one that just happens to be a common one among our age group. That would be the “or whatever”. For example, if you are explaining something and you say “I like him or whatever” or “It’s like over there or whatever.” If I could take any words out of the english language it would probably be like and whatever. Also, it is kind of a midwest thing, but people often say “yeah, that’s a whole nother thing.” Nother is not a word. It is either a whole other or another whole. Well there’s my little rant..I guess that’s all.

There probably the best thing created in the school year except for maybe all the given breaks and summer. Thursday and Friday feel like Friday and Saturday and Sunday both feel like Sunday and Monday is the new Sunday. It’s just great because you can get so much done while doing absolutely nothing. I think that there should be a mandatory 4 day weekend each month.

Tailgating. I would say that on a few occasions I have been the annoying person on the bumper of your car, but recently I have laid off the annoying habit. I realizied that people have the right to drive at their own speed, especially when that speed is in accordance with the speed limit. I hate to say that the realization came after a speeding ticket, but honestly do people think that you are going to go faster if they are directly on your tail? If anything it makes me go slower just to annoy them more. I guess I should try a little harder to be patient when people in front of me are going really slow because on certain occasions I find myself as that person.

5. Diet Coke

4. A Favorite Place To Hide

3. A Secret Stash of Candy

2. A Good Book

1. Good Company

There’s nothing worse than feeling bad. I mean feeling really really sick. These past few days I have felt really bad due to strep throat. The worst thing about being sick is life doesn’t slow down. It feels like everything that is important happens when you’re sick. You always have tests, quizzes, and a ton of homework to come back to. I mean having a fever is not fun, but besides those days that your sick, it seems that you just keep paying for them days after.

I miss being 5 years old. When you can run around, fall down, and then bounce right back up. Some things seem catastrophic, but then you are over it in ten minutes. Everything now is harder, more complicated, and a lot of the time you wish it just didn’t have to be the way it is. When you’re younger you’re carefree and happy almost all the time. I miss being little. I know growing up is part of life, but sometimes maybe just for a day you could go back to being 5.

The Call Journal

I did not follow the first step of the assignment. When I put the balloon on the sink, it snapped off and sprayed water all over the place and I got wet. I have no idea if that correlates with a sign for the call, but I hope not. In all seriousness I do think I have been called to do something. That call would be to serve. I don’t believe that makes me a hero, but maybe my definition of hero has been glorified. For me being a hero is someone who does something truly spectacular. For example, Martin Luther King or Gandhi. It is the people that stand up to do what they believe in because they have been called to do so. I guess that I also accept the definition of people who accomplish something ordinary, but that it is something amazing as well. What I mean is someone like a single mom who can raise kids all by herself or donating an organ to someone in need. I don’t agree with that you have to be called to do something, but that sometimes it just happens by chance.

I do believe that I have been called to serve and I have accepted the call. I know that at this point I cannot fufill the call because the world namely school is holding me back. I do want to fufill it eventually, but I’m not just putting it off now because I’m not ready. I am putting it off because I need to complete school in order to be of the greatest service to others.

I aspire to be successful like everyone else does, but I also dream of doing something more. Something that no one believes cannot be done, not like jumping over the moon, but something that leaves an impact and makes a true difference in the world. The concept of destiny can be interpreted in so many different ways varying with each person’s individual view. My interpretation is that destiny is something you were born to do. For that definition, I do not believe in destiny. Ever person has a opportunity to do something great when they are born, but it doesn’t mean that they are destined to do it. It takes will power, desire and heart to achieve something great, not just a power from the universe deciding that’s what we will do.

I believe that life has a purpose, but not that you are given life for a purpose. Each life plays a fundamental role, but that role is something you decide. It is formed by your experiences, relationships and most importantly, you. It is not given at birth.

Being a human, I am curious. Every one wants to know what the inside of the envelope says, even if they opt not to open. Curiosity is a natural thing. Therefore, I would choose to open the the envelope and discover my destiny, but I would do so for the sole purpose of knowing. The destiny would not impact the way I lived my life because it is just words written on a piece of paper. I am the only way to make that destiny a reality. For some the benefit may be, that they live their live in a more satisfied manner because they believe their destiny will come true. For others, it might greatly paralyze them due to the fact that they are constantly worrying about their destiny, rather than living their life as it is and being happy. I honestly can not say whether I would seek out my destiny if it presented itself in my real life.

My destiny was you will save the life of a single individual, but you will never marry or have children. My immediate reaction was one of happiness, but then it mixed with a little bit of sadness. Saving the life of a single individual would be meaningful and be a blessing, but not having children or being married would be very hard for me. At this point in my life, I really do want to have a family when I’m older and not having that fulfilled would be very hard, but so many times in life we do not get what we want. Maybe through this destiny I do not have children, but I work very closely with many children, maybe in a school or orphanage and bond through that way.  I will make my own way in life and it will not necessarily be my destiny.