On Nathan, Jon, Twilight and Sailor Moon
So as Kelly was trying to get underneath the covers she stepped on my keyboard and made my blog page really small. And I am talking about the actual page, not the window. It is a little frustrating.
Anyway, Nathan and I are having a hard time trying to find a song that describes us and I figured I would just write one. And OF COURSE I had a ton of thoughts last night, and have now none. It possibly could be because I am listening to music (specifically Paramore).
So I really don't know why I decided to write this. I guess I can start thinking of my day. Well I had lunch with Ms. Lisa and then talked to Jon for a while, both were very pleasant. It was nice to actually see Ms. Lisa get frustrated about something for once (i.e. Crichton politics) and watching Jon imitate his new teacher and his frustrating rants about the same teacher was, well for lack of a better word, hilarious! I also have been pondering Twilight. Some things about it are still not making me happy. I know, I know!! Every girl wants the Bella/Edward relationship. And I was tempted the first time around but now I find it stupid. I know Meyer's point was to show the resistance of temptation and all the other mormon based stuff she wanted to preach about, but it still seems so unrealistic on a level. Obviously it is fiction but, come on. Jon said something about it today: He said it would have been a whole lot more interesting to see Edward give up his vampirism (is that even the right word) for Bella. To take the path of redemption to reach her. (You know like Angel in Angel, but maybe I am revealing my age with that statement) I told him to pitch the idea to Katie. And I hope you read this, Katie!
I am also reading Waking the Dead by John Eldredge. He is one of my favorite authors! His is one of the few theologies that I can almost agree with, I actually haven't found much of anything (that I can remember) that I didn't see truth in. But I am always open to human failure. Anyway, if you have ever read Eldredge you know that he talks about Spiritual warefare, God's passion for us and becoming what God made us to be. You will find these three points in everything he writes (and I have actually read about three of his books, so I have some of an idea what I am talking about). So I was in my room the other morning getting ready thinking about being a kid. Eldredge always does that to me. When I realized I had a dream of becoming something. Whenever this topic came up in his books I thought about how I wanted to be a Vet and detective, possibly both at the same time. I wanted to be a whale trainer, I wanted to live overseas. But I had forgotten about something. The thing I did more that anything else was make-believe. I would make a world where I was Sailor Moon's friend, or Goku's helper. I was also Luke Skywalker's apprentice. There were so much more. I had Lord of the Rings one's. I also would take combinations of stories and piece them together. For a while I made believe I was this girl that every fantasy character came to for help when a crisis hit.
I know with saying all that I have made a complete nerd of myself. But I kicked butt!! More than anything I wanted to help people, I wanted to be a hero and I wanted to be noticed. As I got older I didn't need to be noticed as much, my deeds could be done in secret. But I realized I am not crazy for doing all this. This was who God created me to be, I was just being her in the wrong arena. Some of the characters I identified with the most were one's sent to save the world. Some where not even from Earth, but they were sent to protect it.
And that's who I am. I was sent here to protect people. No, I am not crazy. I am obviously of earth, but in a sense I am not of this world. God made me a protector and I pray to see what that could look like.
I am going to abrubtly end this now.
Anyway, Nathan and I are having a hard time trying to find a song that describes us and I figured I would just write one. And OF COURSE I had a ton of thoughts last night, and have now none. It possibly could be because I am listening to music (specifically Paramore).
So I really don't know why I decided to write this. I guess I can start thinking of my day. Well I had lunch with Ms. Lisa and then talked to Jon for a while, both were very pleasant. It was nice to actually see Ms. Lisa get frustrated about something for once (i.e. Crichton politics) and watching Jon imitate his new teacher and his frustrating rants about the same teacher was, well for lack of a better word, hilarious! I also have been pondering Twilight. Some things about it are still not making me happy. I know, I know!! Every girl wants the Bella/Edward relationship. And I was tempted the first time around but now I find it stupid. I know Meyer's point was to show the resistance of temptation and all the other mormon based stuff she wanted to preach about, but it still seems so unrealistic on a level. Obviously it is fiction but, come on. Jon said something about it today: He said it would have been a whole lot more interesting to see Edward give up his vampirism (is that even the right word) for Bella. To take the path of redemption to reach her. (You know like Angel in Angel, but maybe I am revealing my age with that statement) I told him to pitch the idea to Katie. And I hope you read this, Katie!
I am also reading Waking the Dead by John Eldredge. He is one of my favorite authors! His is one of the few theologies that I can almost agree with, I actually haven't found much of anything (that I can remember) that I didn't see truth in. But I am always open to human failure. Anyway, if you have ever read Eldredge you know that he talks about Spiritual warefare, God's passion for us and becoming what God made us to be. You will find these three points in everything he writes (and I have actually read about three of his books, so I have some of an idea what I am talking about). So I was in my room the other morning getting ready thinking about being a kid. Eldredge always does that to me. When I realized I had a dream of becoming something. Whenever this topic came up in his books I thought about how I wanted to be a Vet and detective, possibly both at the same time. I wanted to be a whale trainer, I wanted to live overseas. But I had forgotten about something. The thing I did more that anything else was make-believe. I would make a world where I was Sailor Moon's friend, or Goku's helper. I was also Luke Skywalker's apprentice. There were so much more. I had Lord of the Rings one's. I also would take combinations of stories and piece them together. For a while I made believe I was this girl that every fantasy character came to for help when a crisis hit.
I know with saying all that I have made a complete nerd of myself. But I kicked butt!! More than anything I wanted to help people, I wanted to be a hero and I wanted to be noticed. As I got older I didn't need to be noticed as much, my deeds could be done in secret. But I realized I am not crazy for doing all this. This was who God created me to be, I was just being her in the wrong arena. Some of the characters I identified with the most were one's sent to save the world. Some where not even from Earth, but they were sent to protect it.
And that's who I am. I was sent here to protect people. No, I am not crazy. I am obviously of earth, but in a sense I am not of this world. God made me a protector and I pray to see what that could look like.
I am going to abrubtly end this now.
Comments
I've become thoroughly disenchanted with the whole Twilight notion. Bella and Edward's relationship is a toxic one, not to mention the fact that SM gave them the easy way out. She managed to give them the happy little family, baby included, with virtually no consequences as to their actions. Bella can still see Charlie, Jacob is in her family and she even has a weird-ass baby! What are the consequences of having given up her mortality? What about the day when she really DOES have to die? Nobody gets a get out of jail free card. Not really. Anyway, I digress.
I'm sorry about your ears! I miss you!