So after 2 weeks of straight studying my brain is officially fried. I can't even imagine myself reading another textbook...and I wont...not till I'm good and ready....(of course if I had my way that wouldn't be for quite a while) Not that it's surprising or anything.
It's funny. I have all these really deep things that I wanna say. To "dazzle" the world with my "intellect" and I can't help but sit here and be all..."hmmm. My brain really is dead." Because ya know what, I just don't have it in me. All the great lines and funny/snarky comments are completely asleep. And I'm staring at my bed and all I can think about is how wonderful it would be to just crawl into it and not wake up for a couple hundred years.
So I'm signing off for now. Because in the end, everyone needs to recharge. And tonight, I'm taking the time for me to sleep. So sweet dreams world. See you on the morrow.
Rae
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
Seeds
In everyone
our thought
and deeds
all shape our
hearts
our souls
to see.
With everyday
our deeds
they say
our master
chosen
our hearts
his say.
To have
two masters
is possible - not
the seeds are
sown
our lives
the cost.
With every deed
those seeds
bear fruit
our heart
revealed
we follow suit.
(same deal...copyrighted...)
our thought
and deeds
all shape our
hearts
our souls
to see.
With everyday
our deeds
they say
our master
chosen
our hearts
his say.
To have
two masters
is possible - not
the seeds are
sown
our lives
the cost.
With every deed
those seeds
bear fruit
our heart
revealed
we follow suit.
(same deal...copyrighted...)
A Poll of Sorts
So my fandom. I pose a question to you. I have some poetry that I've been considering posting, but am not entirely certain that I should. If ya'll say "yay" then post I shall, but if you say "nay" then think no more on the subject.
It's actually some of the first bits of poetry that I've written, just for myself. And not for a class. And being a "sensitive artist" I'm a bit wary of the responses that I'll get. But whatever!
Lemme know
Rae
It's actually some of the first bits of poetry that I've written, just for myself. And not for a class. And being a "sensitive artist" I'm a bit wary of the responses that I'll get. But whatever!
Lemme know
Rae
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Hello...Again!
Salutations and greetings my proud and faithful, *schya*, audience of readers!
I have been gone for too long a time and now am back. I hope to post most faithfully from now on...So check back often...Like every other day...;-p Just a heads up.
And now for a subject that I have yet to touch upon...Politics! Yes, one of the 2 subjects that everyone is warned against talking about when meeting/talking to new people. But I must now break that rule...After all, I would like to become some sort of foreign diplomat...
But I digress. With the way that things are looking now, i.e. the failing economy. And let's call it like it is people. Our economy is failing. And there's no nice way to say it. If we don't do something, and I'm not referring to the "widely acclaimed" idea to shove helium into a sieve...The 700 billion dollar bailout...Yeah, let me now in full express my views on that!
Both candidates swear, whatever good that'll do, that the new plan will not in fact take what little money Americans have left. I now laugh in their preverbial faces!!! Senator Obama claims, and he's been quoted as saying this on numerous occasions, that the new bailout will only tax...Drum roll please...The corporations!!
Once again, *rolls eyes*, how stupid do these people think we are??...Wait, don't answer that. They obviously believe we're beyond stupid...Oh, my beautiful audience. Do you know what a corporation is?? In actuality? ... No? Yes?
I'll tell you anyway. A corporation is a piece of paper! A bloody, worthless piece of paper! And the government wants to TAX IT!!!
I will now show my overwhelming faith in our governmental leaders! HA!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You make me laugh! Hard! REALLY hard!
How much money do ya think they're gonna be able to get out of those "magical" pieces of paper??... Cause I'm gonna take a wild shot in the dark and say...Umm.. Nothing!
Now that's not to say that I'm against something being done. It's painfully obvious that we need some kind of help. But I'm merely taking this opportunity to point out that America isn't the only country suffering. Just about every other state in the world is suffering some kind of economic hardship...
I'm going to tell you something. You don't have to keep reading. It would be nice if you would, of course (claro). But it's not necessary.
There are quite a few schools of political thought in the world right now. Constructivism, Postmodernism, Feminism, Liberalism (which doesn't mean democrat), Realism (which doesn't mean rebublican) just to name a few. And the main tenents of the "main" thoughts. I.e. Liberalism and Realism are the differing perspectives on foreign policy.
Now Liberalism, fundamentally believes that men are inherintly good and can govern themselves. And any of you out there who know anything about humanity in general know how laughable that is. But they believe that given enough time and government we'll just, and I'm going to add my own personal "touch" to this - in case you're wondering I'm not just making this up, yes, I'm cutting through the jargon but I'm still using their own words - I'm just paraphrasing, "magically" come to the solution of all the world's problems. Because deep down, we all just wanna get along...And bad people are few and far between and all they really need is "reeducation" or whatever and they'll be modle citizens like the rest of us...These are the people that believe giving up part(s) of our, or any states really (and a "state" is really just tech talk for "nation"), sovereignty to organizations like the U.N. is for our own good and they'll help do away with things like genocide! They'll make the world a happy place where kitties can cross the street without getting hit by nasty cars too!! (Like it's just the icing on the cake)
Now don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with you if you happen to ascribe to this particular philosophy. I'm happy for you. Really. And I'm not being sarcastic. It's nice to meet someone who's so stinkin optomistic about life...It's just..Could you turn the shine down one your aura?? You're blinding me with your karma. And it's calling into sharp focus the fact that karma is probably just lying in wait to bite me in the preverbial tucas.
Now then you have the Realism camp. What could realists possibly believe in? You may ask...Good question.. After all, compared to those tree huggin liberals who wanna make peace with the squirrels, they're probably the evil, pessimistic party poopers who suck the fun out of life and are single-handedly responsible for there being black in the world...Oh, and goths. Can't forget about goths.
Now, I will offically tell you, and you can quote me. The UN is drastically ineffective there are several reasons for this. One of which being that the powerful seat holders who have veto power, like oh say Russia, are only looking out for their own best interests. Thus completely shooting themselves in the face. Oh, yeah. Way to go guys. So when liberals tell me that we should move aside and let the UN make some important decisions for our country...I just wann smack 'em silly. The only thing the UN member states care about is the best interest of their own state. So when states like France, or Russia say stuff like "oh hey America, we're looking out for you!" I just wanna hide under a rock. After all as the old addage goes, "with friends like that who needs enemies??"
But on a larger scale. So the UN wants to stop the world from ever being exposed to Genocide. Hence the President of
Well, they're not. They believe in the absolute sovereingty of a state. So when, Bush informed the ICC (international criminal court) that they didn't need to stick their noses into the investigation of the whole Guantanamo Bay thing. He was being a realist. But hey, let's not give realists a bad rep or anything...;-p
In the short version, *wink*, realists don't want to turn over national sovereignty to anyone outside of their country. Which is an interesting point of view. But they tend to be, what liberals call "war mongers." In that they are interested in strengthening their boarders nationally and making themselves..Oh, "hey attacking them would be stupid. They'd kill us in like that *snap*."
I have been gone for too long a time and now am back. I hope to post most faithfully from now on...So check back often...Like every other day...;-p Just a heads up.
And now for a subject that I have yet to touch upon...Politics! Yes, one of the 2 subjects that everyone is warned against talking about when meeting/talking to new people. But I must now break that rule...After all, I would like to become some sort of foreign diplomat...
But I digress. With the way that things are looking now, i.e. the failing economy. And let's call it like it is people. Our economy is failing. And there's no nice way to say it. If we don't do something, and I'm not referring to the "widely acclaimed" idea to shove helium into a sieve...The 700 billion dollar bailout...Yeah, let me now in full express my views on that!
Both candidates swear, whatever good that'll do, that the new plan will not in fact take what little money Americans have left. I now laugh in their preverbial faces!!! Senator Obama claims, and he's been quoted as saying this on numerous occasions, that the new bailout will only tax...Drum roll please...The corporations!!
Once again, *rolls eyes*, how stupid do these people think we are??...Wait, don't answer that. They obviously believe we're beyond stupid...Oh, my beautiful audience. Do you know what a corporation is?? In actuality? ... No? Yes?
I'll tell you anyway. A corporation is a piece of paper! A bloody, worthless piece of paper! And the government wants to TAX IT!!!
I will now show my overwhelming faith in our governmental leaders! HA!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You make me laugh! Hard! REALLY hard!
How much money do ya think they're gonna be able to get out of those "magical" pieces of paper??... Cause I'm gonna take a wild shot in the dark and say...Umm.. Nothing!
Now that's not to say that I'm against something being done. It's painfully obvious that we need some kind of help. But I'm merely taking this opportunity to point out that America isn't the only country suffering. Just about every other state in the world is suffering some kind of economic hardship...
I'm going to tell you something. You don't have to keep reading. It would be nice if you would, of course (claro). But it's not necessary.
There are quite a few schools of political thought in the world right now. Constructivism, Postmodernism, Feminism, Liberalism (which doesn't mean democrat), Realism (which doesn't mean rebublican) just to name a few. And the main tenents of the "main" thoughts. I.e. Liberalism and Realism are the differing perspectives on foreign policy.
Now Liberalism, fundamentally believes that men are inherintly good and can govern themselves. And any of you out there who know anything about humanity in general know how laughable that is. But they believe that given enough time and government we'll just, and I'm going to add my own personal "touch" to this - in case you're wondering I'm not just making this up, yes, I'm cutting through the jargon but I'm still using their own words - I'm just paraphrasing, "magically" come to the solution of all the world's problems. Because deep down, we all just wanna get along...And bad people are few and far between and all they really need is "reeducation" or whatever and they'll be modle citizens like the rest of us...These are the people that believe giving up part(s) of our, or any states really (and a "state" is really just tech talk for "nation"), sovereignty to organizations like the U.N. is for our own good and they'll help do away with things like genocide! They'll make the world a happy place where kitties can cross the street without getting hit by nasty cars too!! (Like it's just the icing on the cake)
Now don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with you if you happen to ascribe to this particular philosophy. I'm happy for you. Really. And I'm not being sarcastic. It's nice to meet someone who's so stinkin optomistic about life...It's just..Could you turn the shine down one your aura?? You're blinding me with your karma. And it's calling into sharp focus the fact that karma is probably just lying in wait to bite me in the preverbial tucas.
Now then you have the Realism camp. What could realists possibly believe in? You may ask...Good question.. After all, compared to those tree huggin liberals who wanna make peace with the squirrels, they're probably the evil, pessimistic party poopers who suck the fun out of life and are single-handedly responsible for there being black in the world...Oh, and goths. Can't forget about goths.
Now, I will offically tell you, and you can quote me. The UN is drastically ineffective there are several reasons for this. One of which being that the powerful seat holders who have veto power, like oh say Russia, are only looking out for their own best interests. Thus completely shooting themselves in the face. Oh, yeah. Way to go guys. So when liberals tell me that we should move aside and let the UN make some important decisions for our country...I just wann smack 'em silly. The only thing the UN member states care about is the best interest of their own state. So when states like France, or Russia say stuff like "oh hey America, we're looking out for you!" I just wanna hide under a rock. After all as the old addage goes, "with friends like that who needs enemies??"
But on a larger scale. So the UN wants to stop the world from ever being exposed to Genocide. Hence the President of
Well, they're not. They believe in the absolute sovereingty of a state. So when, Bush informed the ICC (international criminal court) that they didn't need to stick their noses into the investigation of the whole Guantanamo Bay thing. He was being a realist. But hey, let's not give realists a bad rep or anything...;-p
In the short version, *wink*, realists don't want to turn over national sovereignty to anyone outside of their country. Which is an interesting point of view. But they tend to be, what liberals call "war mongers." In that they are interested in strengthening their boarders nationally and making themselves..Oh, "hey attacking them would be stupid. They'd kill us in like that *snap*."
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Riverdance!!! The Extravaganza!!
For those of you wondering what this particular post means. . . . Scratch your heads no longer!! It means that I saw Riverdance. . . .Live! *sigh* If I was of a materialistic mindset I would take this opportunity to tell you that I can die happy, but I'm not so there's no real need to say that. . .
Anywayz, it was amazing and I spent the entire time watching them dance with the stupidest goofy grin on my face. . . .I think I can count the number of time that I blinked on one hand. . . Which is kind of pathetic when you think about it, but hey, whatever this is me after all.
I just thought I'd take the time to at least mention all the wonder that was the show that I saw. (and yes, I actually DID see it. Geez, if I hadn't then I wouldn't be able to blog about it now would I?? . . .) *unbeliever* ;-p
The costumes were amazing. . .Truth be told I wouldn't mind actually owning some of them. Of course I would need to *cough* change them a wee bit before I could wear them. . . Seeing as how my feminine sensibilities of modesty would hamper my walking around outside of the sanctity of my bedroom. lol. But hey, beggars can't be choosers. . .(somehow seeing that spelled out on the screen leaves me thinking that it's got to be wrong in some way shape or form. . .But spell check attests to its validity as a correctly spelled word so I shall have to turn a blind eye and pretend that it doesn't bother me. . . .which it does. greatly.)
The music was really close to the cd. Though the musical cast, as well as the dancing cast, was smaller than what one would expect, seeing as how it wasn't actually on broadway in New York. But I still liked it. The vocalists were wonderful and I admit to being enraptured. At least for the hour and some that I was listening and watching it all...
The main gal for the whole show was talented. No. Let me amend that. She was disgustingly, amazingly talented. There that should start to do her justice. Now on a side note, I am currently studying ballet, and it's not easy. Let me repeat that. Ballet. Is. Not. Easy! So for her to be able to dance across the stage, doing ballet no less, and make it look like she's gliding across the floor. Or floating on air. Or that ballet is effortless. . . . Man, I'm gonna be dancing till I'm 80 and I still wont be able to dance like that. . . *pouts* but I'm not jealous. (she's like twice my age, and she's been dancing longer than I've been alive) And I'm talented in other areas. But I'm not jealous of her. So stop suggesting it already! ;-p Yeesh!
All in all I'd have to say that it was an incredible experience and I loved every minute of it. To even be able to see it was an amazing blessing.
Anywayz, it was amazing and I spent the entire time watching them dance with the stupidest goofy grin on my face. . . .I think I can count the number of time that I blinked on one hand. . . Which is kind of pathetic when you think about it, but hey, whatever this is me after all.
I just thought I'd take the time to at least mention all the wonder that was the show that I saw. (and yes, I actually DID see it. Geez, if I hadn't then I wouldn't be able to blog about it now would I?? . . .) *unbeliever* ;-p
The costumes were amazing. . .Truth be told I wouldn't mind actually owning some of them. Of course I would need to *cough* change them a wee bit before I could wear them. . . Seeing as how my feminine sensibilities of modesty would hamper my walking around outside of the sanctity of my bedroom. lol. But hey, beggars can't be choosers. . .(somehow seeing that spelled out on the screen leaves me thinking that it's got to be wrong in some way shape or form. . .But spell check attests to its validity as a correctly spelled word so I shall have to turn a blind eye and pretend that it doesn't bother me. . . .which it does. greatly.)
The music was really close to the cd. Though the musical cast, as well as the dancing cast, was smaller than what one would expect, seeing as how it wasn't actually on broadway in New York. But I still liked it. The vocalists were wonderful and I admit to being enraptured. At least for the hour and some that I was listening and watching it all...
The main gal for the whole show was talented. No. Let me amend that. She was disgustingly, amazingly talented. There that should start to do her justice. Now on a side note, I am currently studying ballet, and it's not easy. Let me repeat that. Ballet. Is. Not. Easy! So for her to be able to dance across the stage, doing ballet no less, and make it look like she's gliding across the floor. Or floating on air. Or that ballet is effortless. . . . Man, I'm gonna be dancing till I'm 80 and I still wont be able to dance like that. . . *pouts* but I'm not jealous. (she's like twice my age, and she's been dancing longer than I've been alive) And I'm talented in other areas. But I'm not jealous of her. So stop suggesting it already! ;-p Yeesh!
All in all I'd have to say that it was an incredible experience and I loved every minute of it. To even be able to see it was an amazing blessing.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
The systematic incongruous annihilation of my sentience
So for those of you who were wondering, if any (feel free to raise your hand . . .err hands. whatever floats your boat. go on. . .) the reason that it's taken me almost a month give or take a few weeks to actually post again, despite my original acquiescence of posting-dom is in essence. . . . My laptop died. It's pushing up daisies. Six feet under. Bit the dust. Passed away. Bought the farm. Cashed in it's chips. Ceased all function. Croaked. Expired. Kicked the bucket. Met it's maker. (Not literally, I haven't sent it back to the manufacturer yet. . . If at all. But I thought I should leave the manufacturer out of this. . .) Passed on. Succumbed to the evils of this world and took its own existence into its own hands. Faded away into nothingness. Flew the coup. Fell off the edge of the world. Jumped off a cliff. . . . I could go on. (but I wont because I feel the need to be nice.)
One day it was working perfectly. . . . The next morning it would recognize the operating system . . . I hate windows vista. . . . *sob* T_T
Needless to say I'm still emotionally scarred from the experience....And that was about 3 weeks ago . . .*even louder sob* I may never see my beautiful laptop again . .. *buries face in hands* Why me??!! Oh cruel fates! Hath thou foundest a reason for thy anger against my lowly and dare I mention humble pice of technological confoundity??. . . .
Needless to say now that I have access to a computer again I shall once again play the keyboard.
One day it was working perfectly. . . . The next morning it would recognize the operating system . . . I hate windows vista. . . . *sob* T_T
Needless to say I'm still emotionally scarred from the experience....And that was about 3 weeks ago . . .*even louder sob* I may never see my beautiful laptop again . .. *buries face in hands* Why me??!! Oh cruel fates! Hath thou foundest a reason for thy anger against my lowly and dare I mention humble pice of technological confoundity??. . . .
Needless to say now that I have access to a computer again I shall once again play the keyboard.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Thoughts
I've been thinking, I know! It's dangerous, but hey, I like to live dangerously...lol. Not really, but you get the idea. Anyway, I've been thinking, and ya'll remember the verse that talks about praying for your enemies and those who persecute you and what not...(sorry, but I don't have a Bible on me and it's the thought that's coming that I want to be specific about - not trying to step on any toes) Well I've been thinking about what it takes for someone to be able to pray for someone who's hurt you.
Crazy as it sounds I've experienced my fair share, although if you're up for hearing me whine I'd tell you that it's really more than my fair share, but you're not and I wont so we're moving on. And I've recently realized the importance and the impact of that verse or set of verses. (I know this sounds like a topic change but it's not - bear with me) There's this song by a band named Barlowgirl where they sing about revenge. And how the only way to get free is to release the need for revenge that's been driving them for so long...That it's the only way to be able to move on with their lives, to be people again. And it occurred to me that the Bible has something to say about this. Now they're right. Completely. But then I thought about this verse and it occurred to me that when you pray for someone who's hurt you, no matter how trivial, it's an act of God. We're human, we say we forgive someone but then we whine and complain about it for like ever. (there you go Jason - I threw the "like" in just for you ;-p) And the simple truth of the matter is that we haven't forgiven them and we haven't "forgotten" or even moved on. We're still stuck on the pain and the wrong of what was done to us. And no matter how much we try to convince ourselves and others that we're okay and we have forgiven and all that we really haven't. You know "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" . . .
My simple point is that it takes character to pray for someone who's hurt you. It's an active decision that says "yes, that hurt but I'm turning it and you over to God so he can deal with you"... And let me say that it's hard to do. Someone told me that you haven't really forgiven someone if you still feel pain when you think about the wrong that they committed against you. And while I don't exactly agree, it bears thinking about. If it still hurts, than we're not letting God deal with it. We're actively saying "No! I can handle this better than you can and I don't need your help dealing with this so move over and let me drive." Which is sin. It's a slap in the face of God and it's just wrong. Having said that, and gotten off of my soap box, as Christians we're called to a higher standard. We're supposed to turn the other cheek and that whole bit. But do we ever really do that? Sure, we tell each other and we remind each other, but it's usually when it's a situation that's easy for us to say that to the other person in because we're not feeling the difficulty of it all.
By praying for someone we're interceeding for them and making that person, or persons take you pick, a priority in our lives. We're telling God that that person means something and we're asking him to take special notice of them. Like Jesus does for us. So I say to you again, isn't it hard to pray for someone who's hurt you?
Who have you forgiven lately? . . .
Crazy as it sounds I've experienced my fair share, although if you're up for hearing me whine I'd tell you that it's really more than my fair share, but you're not and I wont so we're moving on. And I've recently realized the importance and the impact of that verse or set of verses. (I know this sounds like a topic change but it's not - bear with me) There's this song by a band named Barlowgirl where they sing about revenge. And how the only way to get free is to release the need for revenge that's been driving them for so long...That it's the only way to be able to move on with their lives, to be people again. And it occurred to me that the Bible has something to say about this. Now they're right. Completely. But then I thought about this verse and it occurred to me that when you pray for someone who's hurt you, no matter how trivial, it's an act of God. We're human, we say we forgive someone but then we whine and complain about it for like ever. (there you go Jason - I threw the "like" in just for you ;-p) And the simple truth of the matter is that we haven't forgiven them and we haven't "forgotten" or even moved on. We're still stuck on the pain and the wrong of what was done to us. And no matter how much we try to convince ourselves and others that we're okay and we have forgiven and all that we really haven't. You know "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" . . .
My simple point is that it takes character to pray for someone who's hurt you. It's an active decision that says "yes, that hurt but I'm turning it and you over to God so he can deal with you"... And let me say that it's hard to do. Someone told me that you haven't really forgiven someone if you still feel pain when you think about the wrong that they committed against you. And while I don't exactly agree, it bears thinking about. If it still hurts, than we're not letting God deal with it. We're actively saying "No! I can handle this better than you can and I don't need your help dealing with this so move over and let me drive." Which is sin. It's a slap in the face of God and it's just wrong. Having said that, and gotten off of my soap box, as Christians we're called to a higher standard. We're supposed to turn the other cheek and that whole bit. But do we ever really do that? Sure, we tell each other and we remind each other, but it's usually when it's a situation that's easy for us to say that to the other person in because we're not feeling the difficulty of it all.
By praying for someone we're interceeding for them and making that person, or persons take you pick, a priority in our lives. We're telling God that that person means something and we're asking him to take special notice of them. Like Jesus does for us. So I say to you again, isn't it hard to pray for someone who's hurt you?
Who have you forgiven lately? . . .
I'm Back
Well, I'm back... And I feel the need to say that it's been a VERY long break. But I'm back from hiatus and I'm ready to post...Now all I need is something to say!!
Well, I think I'll start this off by mentioning a book that I'm reading. Currently I'm reading The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer and I have to admit to finding it amazing....And I'm only in the first chapter. So you can check back here to see what I think of it as I go along...
I'm going to be jumping on Jason's bandwagon as it were and going through the old messages, from the last 2 years, to get myself ready for this year. Partly because it sounded like fun, there's that "fun" word again ;-p, and partly because I'd actually like to develop a closer relationship to God than I've had in the past...But isn't that what everyone wants??
Well, I think I'll start this off by mentioning a book that I'm reading. Currently I'm reading The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer and I have to admit to finding it amazing....And I'm only in the first chapter. So you can check back here to see what I think of it as I go along...
I'm going to be jumping on Jason's bandwagon as it were and going through the old messages, from the last 2 years, to get myself ready for this year. Partly because it sounded like fun, there's that "fun" word again ;-p, and partly because I'd actually like to develop a closer relationship to God than I've had in the past...But isn't that what everyone wants??
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