There once was a girl,
and she loved to twirl.
she had a brother,
he was a bother,
she loved him the same.
for Sam was his name,
many things they love
both the rats and dove.
Though sometimes a bother,
they loved eachother!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
day 11: write a bucket list of things you want to do before you die
I've honestly never really thought of things that I want to do before I die. Here are a few though.
1. I want to be a husband.
2. I want to be a father.
3. I want to live a happy life.
4. I want to visit Rome, Athens, Jerusalem, Egypt, Barcelona, London, Moscow, St. Petersberg, Germany, Liechtenstein, Vienna, Venice, Prague, Budapest, Istanbul, Belgium, Milan, Florence, Marseilles, Waterloo, and Versailles. Basically visit everyone in Europe and some places the in Egypt that have any historical value. Hopefully I'll find someplace more magnificent that I've never even heard of yet.
5. I want to take an extensive trip around DC, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and other places to visit the battlefields of the civil war.
6. I want to understand what exactly everyone honestly believed that made them hold a gun against brothers.
7. I want to believe and love something bigger than myself, that I know it is something so right that it is worth giving up everything I have.
8. I want to have a long hard stare at the WW2 Memorial in Hawaii.
9. I want to personally thank a veteran that I'd never met, and all the ones that I have.
10. I want to go to the places in Japan that the nuclear bombs were dropped. I want to learn the will that they had to overcome that.
Those are just some of the things I'd love to do.
1. I want to be a husband.
2. I want to be a father.
3. I want to live a happy life.
4. I want to visit Rome, Athens, Jerusalem, Egypt, Barcelona, London, Moscow, St. Petersberg, Germany, Liechtenstein, Vienna, Venice, Prague, Budapest, Istanbul, Belgium, Milan, Florence, Marseilles, Waterloo, and Versailles. Basically visit everyone in Europe and some places the in Egypt that have any historical value. Hopefully I'll find someplace more magnificent that I've never even heard of yet.
5. I want to take an extensive trip around DC, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and other places to visit the battlefields of the civil war.
6. I want to understand what exactly everyone honestly believed that made them hold a gun against brothers.
7. I want to believe and love something bigger than myself, that I know it is something so right that it is worth giving up everything I have.
8. I want to have a long hard stare at the WW2 Memorial in Hawaii.
9. I want to personally thank a veteran that I'd never met, and all the ones that I have.
10. I want to go to the places in Japan that the nuclear bombs were dropped. I want to learn the will that they had to overcome that.
Those are just some of the things I'd love to do.
day 13: your 5 favorite books and why, part 2
So, I got distracted and posted before I wrote all five books... Here are the last two.
I'm gonna go with the Dragonlance series. Have you noticed a theme yet? A small group of adventurers that come together to become friends, or in this series' case, even better friends. They find something to believe in, a cause to risk everything for and in doing so discover things about them that they never thought possible. Like a dwarf loving a Kender(which is a small childlike race inflicted with wanderlust and kleptomania) A man that wants to be a knight so bad yet can only achieve so in death, finally sacrifices himself so that thousands can survive and becomes a man so revered by all that he inspires an entire army to victory against all odds...and dragons! Also, I love dragons, way too much. Majestic animals that seem to be able to do anything they desire, that are gloriously beautiful(in my head at least) and yet terrifying to behold! The thought of dragons can capture my imagination and passion for hours and hours and hours.
Lastly, I think I'm going to something that I didn't think would count itself as one of my favorites, yet I cannot possibly think of another book or series that I enjoy more. It is the Enoch Letters, written by Neal A. Maxwell. In this book a man is interested by this strange city of Enoch that seems to have popped up out of the ground. He investigates just to see what these strange people believe. At first, he is astounded that he mocks and ridicules them. Eventually he comes to see logically why what they are doing makes sense, then he comes to believe in Zion. He writes about the way of life that one can achieve when working for everyone, when there is so much love that you could never want more than what you need. He eventually intrigues his colleague so much that he comes to investigate, only to find that the city has disappeared.
I'm gonna go with the Dragonlance series. Have you noticed a theme yet? A small group of adventurers that come together to become friends, or in this series' case, even better friends. They find something to believe in, a cause to risk everything for and in doing so discover things about them that they never thought possible. Like a dwarf loving a Kender(which is a small childlike race inflicted with wanderlust and kleptomania) A man that wants to be a knight so bad yet can only achieve so in death, finally sacrifices himself so that thousands can survive and becomes a man so revered by all that he inspires an entire army to victory against all odds...and dragons! Also, I love dragons, way too much. Majestic animals that seem to be able to do anything they desire, that are gloriously beautiful(in my head at least) and yet terrifying to behold! The thought of dragons can capture my imagination and passion for hours and hours and hours.
Lastly, I think I'm going to something that I didn't think would count itself as one of my favorites, yet I cannot possibly think of another book or series that I enjoy more. It is the Enoch Letters, written by Neal A. Maxwell. In this book a man is interested by this strange city of Enoch that seems to have popped up out of the ground. He investigates just to see what these strange people believe. At first, he is astounded that he mocks and ridicules them. Eventually he comes to see logically why what they are doing makes sense, then he comes to believe in Zion. He writes about the way of life that one can achieve when working for everyone, when there is so much love that you could never want more than what you need. He eventually intrigues his colleague so much that he comes to investigate, only to find that the city has disappeared.
day 13: your 5 favorite books and why
I'm gonna go more with Series, because I can't just pick some books in that series!
My favorite book and series is Ender's Shadow/Shadows Series. I love this book because you follow a 5 year old kid his entire life as he saves the world from total war, alien annihilation, helps cause an alien xenocide. He doesn't even have a real name, he's called Bean because that used to be all he's worth. It's just awesome to see the growth of a tiny sized super genius to a giant sized hero of all mankind that no one knows about.
My second favorite series is The Chronicles of Narnia. I just love all the characters in these books, the way he writes, but most of all, I love the Christian symbolism. One of my favorite moments, that is not depicted all that well in the movie, is in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. When Eustace is wanting to be changed from a dragon back to a boy. He tries with all his might several times to scratch off his skin, but what ever he does is not enough. He almost seems to have it, but he just can't do it himself. It's the most painful thing he's ever felt but he still cannot do it. Finally, he gives up himself to Aslan, asks him to finish what he can't by himself. He describes it as the most painful, yet liberating thing imaginable as Aslan cuts into his skin deeper than he thought possible; yet in the end he knows he did the right thing and finds himself a boy again.
My 3rd favorite is The Lord of the Rings, but this one is less cheating because it was technically written as one book first. This one once again, I love deeply, and once again it's because of the growth I see in the characters. From Aragorn rising to who he is to become king, Boromir the instantaneous from greedy and selfish to hero, Merry and Pippin from care-free nonchalant hobbits to knights that help save the Gondor and the world from certain destruction. Legolas and Gimli overcome thousands of years of racial distrust and hatred to find the truest friendship that anyone can find, their love for each other is only surpassed by that of Sam and Frodo, who overcome all odds and challenges to not only remain friends but trespass into the realm of evil and yet continue to have hope in their cause and one another. Plus, Gandalf is just plain awesome.
My favorite book and series is Ender's Shadow/Shadows Series. I love this book because you follow a 5 year old kid his entire life as he saves the world from total war, alien annihilation, helps cause an alien xenocide. He doesn't even have a real name, he's called Bean because that used to be all he's worth. It's just awesome to see the growth of a tiny sized super genius to a giant sized hero of all mankind that no one knows about.
My second favorite series is The Chronicles of Narnia. I just love all the characters in these books, the way he writes, but most of all, I love the Christian symbolism. One of my favorite moments, that is not depicted all that well in the movie, is in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. When Eustace is wanting to be changed from a dragon back to a boy. He tries with all his might several times to scratch off his skin, but what ever he does is not enough. He almost seems to have it, but he just can't do it himself. It's the most painful thing he's ever felt but he still cannot do it. Finally, he gives up himself to Aslan, asks him to finish what he can't by himself. He describes it as the most painful, yet liberating thing imaginable as Aslan cuts into his skin deeper than he thought possible; yet in the end he knows he did the right thing and finds himself a boy again.
My 3rd favorite is The Lord of the Rings, but this one is less cheating because it was technically written as one book first. This one once again, I love deeply, and once again it's because of the growth I see in the characters. From Aragorn rising to who he is to become king, Boromir the instantaneous from greedy and selfish to hero, Merry and Pippin from care-free nonchalant hobbits to knights that help save the Gondor and the world from certain destruction. Legolas and Gimli overcome thousands of years of racial distrust and hatred to find the truest friendship that anyone can find, their love for each other is only surpassed by that of Sam and Frodo, who overcome all odds and challenges to not only remain friends but trespass into the realm of evil and yet continue to have hope in their cause and one another. Plus, Gandalf is just plain awesome.
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