Some of you may not know this...but I am a christian. Some of you also may not know, that I am a fan of "Family Guy". So what exactly could "Family Guy" possibly have to do with religion you ask? Well, first of all, for those of you who have never watched or even heard of "Family Guy", it is a show on FOX network, that centers around The Griffins, which includes the father, Peter, the mother, Lois, the eldest teenage daughter, Meg, the teenage son, Chris, the baby boy, Stewie, and the talking family dog, Brian. It is an adult cartoon set in Quahog, Rhode Island. The creator, Seth McFarlane voices about 75% or more of the characters, and up until this season it has been a really funny show. Admittedly this past season, the 7th for the series, has not been up to par with the previous 6 seasons.
However, I still have been watching episodes, because they are still funny despite not being as funny as before. Now that I've given you a little bit of background info, I'll explain what this has to do with religion. Seth McFarlane, happens to be an Athiest, which would be fine, I have, and still have plenty of Athiest friends. The reason some people may not know that I am a christian is because I do not push my religion on to anyone, and usually do not talk with others about religion in general. My reasoning for this, is because I have had times in the past where an Athiest friend of mine would want to start a war of sorts with me on how my religion is wrong and I'm stupid/ignorant/crazy for believing what I believe. I have never once tried to tell someone else that they were wrong for what they believe, and unless my religion is attacked I choose to keep from fighting with people on it.
I believe that there is no way I am going to be able to change someone's mind from their beliefs, and fighting is just a waste of time. I will not sit quiet when my religion is being attacked before me though, and I am known for speaking my mind, and fighting for things I believe in, and I do when my religion is being attacked. That being said, it pisses me off that people from other religions would attack me because my religion is different than theirs and then they would be the first to get all pissy when someone speaks bad about their religion. But no group of people piss me off more for doing that, then Athiests. I think it is highly hypocritcal for someone who chooses to not believe anything to say that I am stupid, wrong, or ignorant just because I choose to have hope, and to believe in the possibility of a better life, and a better after-life.
Now, back to "Family Guy", Seth McFarlane lets his personal Athiest beliefs leak into his writing for the show. Which would be fine, I can not say I would not have something to do with god in something I wrote for a show. He has made quite a few jokes about many different religions, though christianity seems to be the one he most targets. Now in the past, it's been something small in random episodes. Normally I would just maybe give a chuckle and then ignore it so I can enjoy the rest of the show. However, I watched the most recent episode of "Family Guy" recently, which sparked this blog. In this episode, there was a subplot which involved the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actors, which was great, because I myself am a big fan of Star Trek, especially "The Next Generation", so I was really excited to see this episode. I made it probably a half of the way, maybe a few minutes more through the episode. The reason is because another subplot was that the teenage daughter, Meg, caught the mumps, and had to lay in bed for 5 days. Meg is a character that all of the family are mean to and treat her like shit, and in this episode her father brought in an old tv for her to watch which had only one channel that actually worked. The channel was supposed to be a religion channel. Kirk Cameron, who played "Mike Ceaver" on "Growing Pains" has become a devoted christian and does promotional type things for churches and stuff to bring people in. "Family Guy" is known for making fun of celebrities, and in this case he was the one they were making fun of, by having someone pretend to be him on the religion channel, trying to get people to become christan. Now, I was fine with this, because it started out as usual, and I figured that it could not be something that would end up offending me.
Now, I could have dealt with the show making fun of christians, because some christians are just as bad as Athiests and people from other religions who attack christianity and call us all ignorant/stupid/etc, and say that we are always attacking them, because they are the ones who actually do attack other religions whether or not they have been personally attacked for their beliefs. So normally I'd just laugh along because I can not stand those people either. Now, the Brian character, whom is supposed to be Athiest in the show, is also an alchoholic and since Meg told everyone Brian was an Athiest, in order to get him to convert, he wasn't able to go anywhere or buy anything, including alchohol. So he lied to Meg and said he converted just to get alchohol...which again I thought was still funny. Then she took him to a book burning outside of a church.
Do not get me wrong, I think book burnings are stupid in general, because in a lot of cases books like the "Harry Potter" series have been the target at these kind of functions. Christians are not the only ones who burn books, but all people who burn books should realize that number one, it is bad for the enviroment, two, not all books are evil, and three, just because you burn a book does not mean that people will stop believing what they believe. ANYWAYS, back on topic. Well, they showed three books being burned, the last of which said "Logic for First Graders", which irked me a bit, but I shrugged it off again. I was laughing at it despite the book they showed being burned, because it made fun of those kinds of people, but then Brian was trying to convince Meg it was wrong to do that, which would have been fine...except he was saying things like "The hubble telescope hasn't seen any guy in the clouds", and then going to how her family treats her like shit, calling her ugly, and saying "Why would god allow this and that". He also said that she was a smart person, and that she should see things logically. This offended me.
The reason this offends me is because the same people who tried to tell me I was wrong to believe what I believe, said these kind of things. I have decided that I will no longer be watching the show, because even though I think it is funny, there is just no reason to go this far with "jokes". I do not say anything bad about any religion, because I would not want them to say bad things about my religion. The only "religion" I even have a huge problem with is Scientology and I have reason to believe what I believe, and I choose to not attack the people personally in that "religion" still. I know that a lot of people will disagree with me, but I am intelligent. I am very intelligent. I am not being narcisitic, but I am. I think logically for the most part. Yet, I still believe in god. I will not go into all of the reasons, but I will say that I have every reason to believe in god, and no one is going to change that. I am sick and tired of people calling me and others, stupid, ignorant, or illogical, just because we choose to believe something that has no scientific or "logical" proof. Logic does not have to be scientific, and it does not have to be seen, smelled, or heard. I have a tendency to look up words, so that I can make sure that I phrase things the way I want them to be phrased, even if I know exactly what the words mean. Also, so that I can emphasize what I am saying by noting the definition. So, I looked up the word Logic. It can be based through science...but one of the meanings said...
the system or principles of reasoning applicable to any branch of knowledge or study.
...Lets break this down. "The System", Christian beliefs are in fact a system in many ways. "or Principles of reasoning applicable to any branch of knowledge or study.". I looked up principles as well...
an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles
...To keep this as short as possible, despite believing in god or not, the 10 commandments are an great principles to live by. At least the last 6 if you do not claim a god. Now going on with the sentence, we as christians study the bible, and we believe that our religion is right, just as any other religion does, therefore, it is gaining knowledge to study the religion you belong to. Just because science has not been able to prove their is a god, does not mean people who believe in a god are stupid, and it definitely does not prove it is illogical to believe in a god. Now to ingnorance. Here is the exact definition of ignorance...
the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
...Like I said, we believe what we know is true, and someone not believing the same things we do, does not mean we are wrong. Now no one is perfect, and because of that, we have people in every religion/belief who think they are doing things correctly, despite what they have been taught, and those people are ignorant. However, not all of us are ignorant just because there is no scientific facts backing up a god existing. Science in itself is limited to what has been discovered. Just last month they discovered thousands of new species, and we still do not know if there is any living creatures outside of Earth. Science can not explain everything, and yet people still want to attack religion saying that science has to prove that something exists in order for it to exist. Yet Science has proved that even when we have so called "Scientific Proof" it can be prooved incorrect.
So let's say that Athiests or whoever else says that Christianity is wrong because there is no "proof" are right. You show me "Proof" that Christianity is wrong, and that there is no god. You can't, because there is no "Proof" either way. So, stop calling us stupid or ignorant, because you can not prove we are wrong, so your whole basis on attacking us is already faulty. When you can prove it, then throw it in my face, but from where I'm sitting, God is an awesome god...and I will follow him far beyond my death, and beyond the times when I will sit and talk with him in heaven. You see, all the "proof" I need is in the belief that there is someone watching over me, and who is there for me now, and when I die I will be in Heaven with god, laughing at those that kept saying how stupid I was, or how ignorant I was, and that I was wrong. Anyways, that's all for now. Love Ya's!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
There goes my life.
This blog may seem out of left field, as many of my blogs probably do. However, this is not out of left field, just like the others. Lately I've been seeing a lot of commercials for a certain pill. It's a pill called "Plan B". Now if you haven't heard of this pill, it is a now over the counter pill that is basically like taking a large dose of birth control pill. Basically it can't terminate a pregnancy (Though I imagine it would do some damage to the baby if used and already pregnant), but it is supposed to be able to stop it from happening if you have sex and the condom breaks, or you forget a pill or something like that. Ok, they've had it for almost 10 years with prescription, and I'm not sure if it's the same pill or not, but they also had something like it that you could go and take at a Planned Parenting Clinic. Now you may be wondering what exactly this has to do with anything, well I'll tell you. I HATE HATE HATE that we have all of these pills and methods to get rid of an unwanted pregnancy or to stop an unwanted pregnancy. The first problem with that is that most birth control methods are not all that effective. Birth control pills always say they are about 99.9% effective...which means 1 out of every 1000 users of birth control have still gotten pregnant. Now if you put that to a bigger number. Let's say 100,000 women use birth control. That would be 100 out of them that would have gotten pregnant. It may not seem like a lot of chance, but that .1% is more chance than you'd like if you say, don't want kids, or aren't ready for them. Now let's look at condoms. Condoms are only effective until it slides off, or breaks, and it's made out of Either Latex, or polyurethane. Both are made to be durable, but they still have a big chance of breaking. My second problem, and one of the biggest problems I have with all that, is that while these scientists are making newer and more extensive ways of keeping "unwanted pregnancies" out of this world, they could have been coming up with ways to cure say cancer, leukemia, or making it easier to live with them, or helping you to live longer if you have them. Or they could be coming up with medicines for people with mental or physical disabilities. Whether it be to help fix whatever mental or physical disability or to help those people to be able to live easier with their disabilities. But instead they are out there coming up with easier ways for teen girls and boys to have sex and either prevent them from getting pregnant, or to abort the pregnancy. Which is the third problem I have with it. If you are not ready for children, you just should not have sex. Don't give me crap about having needs either, because masturbation is a great alternative to sex. I can admit that sex has been so much better than masturbation, but I know that if I had kids that I am ready. Yes, there are some things we'd need to deal with and take care of first, but I know that it's a possibility and that we could deal with it. But if you aren't ready to have kids, or you couldn't handle it if you did have kids, not having sex is the ONLY sure birth control. The last thing that I have a problem with having so many birth control methods is that yes, there is a larger chance that you won't get pregnant, but with female birth control methods there is 0%, and I mean ZERO PERCENT chance of not getting sexually transmitted diseases. And condoms, well, they can't stop all STD's. I know this is sounding preachy, and maybe a little too "Sex Ed" but I do have my reasonings for all this.
Number 1, I've been watching a show called "Secret Life of the American Teenager". Which involves a 15-year-old girl who had sex with some loser, got pregnant, and her current boyfriend, who is also 15, wants to marry her and they can raise the kid together. Now, the problem is, the girl is a spoiled little brat. She (and the guy who deserves blame in this too) created her own "problem". Yet she has to either give up the baby or work a job, and she has to stay in school, as she is only 15 and schools will not accept dropping out, at least around here, until you are 16. Now, it would be hard to do, but she (and the guy) created that problem for her. Everyone has sex ed by the time you go into junior high, and if you didn't, read the above, I think it says a lot of reasons not to have sex until you are ready. However, she knew that there was a possibility of her being pregnant (before she actually knew), which means she had to at least have had "the talk" with her parents. So she knew what could happen if she had sex, and still did. (Again, the guy also knew and should be held accountable for it.) Yet she had sex, and now she's pregnant. Before any of you start saying "But it's only a tv show." Yes, that is true, it's a tv show, and it's part of the script. HOWEVER, 14, 15, 16, and 17 year old girls do get pregnant, well before they are actually ready to have kids. I know of at least 3 girls who were 15-17 and went and got abortions, because either their parents talked them into it, and/or they just wanted to be selfish and do what's good for them. Hell, even one of them had offers to adopt their baby. It sickens me that people can be so cold hearted as to just destroy a life, and let it go like nothing ever happened. It is a life, and I don't care who thinks abortion is ok, it isn't. It's murder, and no one can convince me otherwise. As far as adoption goes, some people can't have kids and they could adopt the child, but I only condone it if it is for the benefit of the child, not the birth parents. I'm sorry but anyone who wants to make their life easier by getting rid of their "problem" can kiss my ass, because I have no tolerance for that. Some of you may delete me off your lists, some of you may even sent me hate mail for saying that, but it's how I feel. I needed to say it, because I'm so sick of people with the mentality of a rock who feel their needs are more important than everyone else's, especially when it comes to the life of an unborn child, in which they are held responsible for making. You may not like it, but that's just too bad...I still love ya'll anyway!
Number 1, I've been watching a show called "Secret Life of the American Teenager". Which involves a 15-year-old girl who had sex with some loser, got pregnant, and her current boyfriend, who is also 15, wants to marry her and they can raise the kid together. Now, the problem is, the girl is a spoiled little brat. She (and the guy who deserves blame in this too) created her own "problem". Yet she has to either give up the baby or work a job, and she has to stay in school, as she is only 15 and schools will not accept dropping out, at least around here, until you are 16. Now, it would be hard to do, but she (and the guy) created that problem for her. Everyone has sex ed by the time you go into junior high, and if you didn't, read the above, I think it says a lot of reasons not to have sex until you are ready. However, she knew that there was a possibility of her being pregnant (before she actually knew), which means she had to at least have had "the talk" with her parents. So she knew what could happen if she had sex, and still did. (Again, the guy also knew and should be held accountable for it.) Yet she had sex, and now she's pregnant. Before any of you start saying "But it's only a tv show." Yes, that is true, it's a tv show, and it's part of the script. HOWEVER, 14, 15, 16, and 17 year old girls do get pregnant, well before they are actually ready to have kids. I know of at least 3 girls who were 15-17 and went and got abortions, because either their parents talked them into it, and/or they just wanted to be selfish and do what's good for them. Hell, even one of them had offers to adopt their baby. It sickens me that people can be so cold hearted as to just destroy a life, and let it go like nothing ever happened. It is a life, and I don't care who thinks abortion is ok, it isn't. It's murder, and no one can convince me otherwise. As far as adoption goes, some people can't have kids and they could adopt the child, but I only condone it if it is for the benefit of the child, not the birth parents. I'm sorry but anyone who wants to make their life easier by getting rid of their "problem" can kiss my ass, because I have no tolerance for that. Some of you may delete me off your lists, some of you may even sent me hate mail for saying that, but it's how I feel. I needed to say it, because I'm so sick of people with the mentality of a rock who feel their needs are more important than everyone else's, especially when it comes to the life of an unborn child, in which they are held responsible for making. You may not like it, but that's just too bad...I still love ya'll anyway!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
A new day has come
Ok, so it hasn't come YET, and it's not just a day, it's a new year. I've been wanting to write a blog about a few things. For one, there was something that has been churning in my heart to say, to sort of help to cleanse my soul of all negativity, but seeing as how some people can be childish and petty, I decided not to write it. Then I was going to write a blog about the adventure Scotty and I had just this past weekend. I'm still going to write it, just felt this blog was more important to write, and especially before the new year. I decided I'm going to share some of my memories from 2008. Now, memory is a luxury for me, because mine is horrible. I'm not even exaggerating. I have trouble remembering the past week, let alone the past year. However, there are some things one can not forget that has happened over the past year. First I'll start with the low points, and with that, here are some celebrities that have died in the last year, whom I know of, and felt to give special mention...
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R.I.P.
Heath Ledger - Charlton Heston - Harvey Korman - George Carlin - Dody Goodman - Estelle Getty - Bernie Mac - Isaac Hayes - Paul Newman - Eartha Kitt - Vampira - Majel Barret-Roddenberry - Bettie Page - Bo Diddley - Michael Crichton - Sir Edmund Hillary - Don LaFontaine - David Groh - Kermit Love - Robert Prosky - Paul Benedict - Gary Gygax
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...Now onto my personal experiences this year. This year had a lot of high and low points for me. Alot of sad times, alot of pissed off times, and alot of happy times. Alot of memorable, and important moments in my life occured this year. And for the happy times, and for those memorable moments, 2008 will be one year I will think about and remember for all of my life. Up until February 29th, I was living with my parents, and on that day I moved out. Not just down the road. Not across town. Not even across the county or state. But 4 almost 4 and a half hours away to Pennsylvania. To live with the love of my life. That held 2 very big moments. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't a child, and I could and did do all of the things "adults" could do already. But actually moving out, on my own was a wonderful experience for me. Now I wasn't technically alone, which brings me to the second big moment in my life. Moving in with the boyfriend. I admit that the last few days, packing to leave, I was a bit nervous. I was 20, had boyfriends before, but never lived with one. Sure I was hanging out with one or two of my past boyfriends all the time, but that is DEFINITELY not the same as living with one. We ended up having to move back to Michigan about April, which is good and bad. Good to be around family, but bad because we're living with family right now. Not because of the family but because of not being able to have our place to call home. Which hopefully we can take care of in this new year.
I had had confidence in that we would get along, and just knew things would work out. But, at the same time I kept wondering if I was going to be a pain in the ass to live with, and really wasn't all that sure how I should act, or how he was going to act. I had boyfriends who either didn't care as much for me as I did for them. Boyfriends who were or at least acted so crazy that my family and friends were worried he might kill me, to the point of tracking us down to come to my rescue, because I had forgotten my phone in my car when going to visit him for the night (Which by the way, I never thanked them for thinking of me, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you AJ, Bobby, Andy, and the others that came, thinking back it really means alot that you cared enough to worry about me.) I even had a boyfriend who cheated on me, or rather with me. There were one or two that I would say were great guys, that I messed up things for, because things had changed, feelings had changed. So, going from all the messy relationships I'd been before, to one with someone who I loved and was loved by unconditionally felt so good. I just did not want to mess things up in any way, and was just so scared I would. Luckily, I haven't messed things up so far, because on June 12th, we married, and as far as I'm concerned, haven't looked back.
While I'm on the topic of marriages...When Scotty and I got married, I gained a mother-in-law, who thinks I am avoiding her when I hand over the phone to Scotty when she calls. (Which by the way I promise you I am not, I've just never been much of a phone talker. Just to let you know ma!), a father-in-law, who after me telling him to bite my ass a hundred times plans to do just that!, 2 sister-in-laws, one of which I've met and hung out with, and the other whom I feel is the sister I never had, and a neice in nephew, which according to my brothers I will never get from them. But just a month later, on July 19th, I gained another sister-in-law. My brother married his girlfriend of 3 years, Nikia, FINALLY! lol. A lot of new and awesome family members have been added to my family, or I've been added into their family, well legally anyways. Technically they were all already family.
Unfortunately this year hasn't been all sunshine and candy, I've learned some good things about some people, and some bad things about others. Lost some friends and family members due to fights and lies. Which btw, if any of those people are reading this right now, I'm not attacking anyone, so don't even start anything, I don't need it, and I'm over it. I'm done fighting, I just want to be left alone.
There have been many ups and downs this year, but all in all it wasn't too bad a year. My one true regret this year is that Scotty and I didn't get to make it to Mississippi to spend time with his family. Luckily I feel next year will be an awesome year, and that we'll get to Mississippi, and/or vice-versa. Now for my New Years resolutions...
1. Find a job to work until...
2. Get my graphic design business up and running
3. Finish books I've been writing for years
4. Lose weight, yes I know that it's a typical resolution, but it's not just an idle resolution for me, it's a mission
5. Scotty and I moving into our own place
6. Get to Mississippi finally to meet my in-laws!
7. Scotty and I having a real wedding, with all or most of our family and friends there, on our one year anniversary, since we weren't able to afford one when we got married.
...I'm sure there are more I want to do, some more personal than I'd like to share, and others I can't think of at the moment, but those will do for now.
Lastly, I'd like to say Happy Holidays to everyone! And just want everyone to know how much they have touched me, and how much I love them. I'd name names, but I'd forget them, not that there is a lot of them, just I'm bad about forgetting names. So if you're not sure if I am talking about you, ask, I'll let you know.
Here's a special song to all of you that hate me...
...and...
Here's a special song to all of you that love me...
to my love...our song...
...and...
LOVE YA'LL AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
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R.I.P.
Heath Ledger - Charlton Heston - Harvey Korman - George Carlin - Dody Goodman - Estelle Getty - Bernie Mac - Isaac Hayes - Paul Newman - Eartha Kitt - Vampira - Majel Barret-Roddenberry - Bettie Page - Bo Diddley - Michael Crichton - Sir Edmund Hillary - Don LaFontaine - David Groh - Kermit Love - Robert Prosky - Paul Benedict - Gary Gygax
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...Now onto my personal experiences this year. This year had a lot of high and low points for me. Alot of sad times, alot of pissed off times, and alot of happy times. Alot of memorable, and important moments in my life occured this year. And for the happy times, and for those memorable moments, 2008 will be one year I will think about and remember for all of my life. Up until February 29th, I was living with my parents, and on that day I moved out. Not just down the road. Not across town. Not even across the county or state. But 4 almost 4 and a half hours away to Pennsylvania. To live with the love of my life. That held 2 very big moments. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't a child, and I could and did do all of the things "adults" could do already. But actually moving out, on my own was a wonderful experience for me. Now I wasn't technically alone, which brings me to the second big moment in my life. Moving in with the boyfriend. I admit that the last few days, packing to leave, I was a bit nervous. I was 20, had boyfriends before, but never lived with one. Sure I was hanging out with one or two of my past boyfriends all the time, but that is DEFINITELY not the same as living with one. We ended up having to move back to Michigan about April, which is good and bad. Good to be around family, but bad because we're living with family right now. Not because of the family but because of not being able to have our place to call home. Which hopefully we can take care of in this new year.
I had had confidence in that we would get along, and just knew things would work out. But, at the same time I kept wondering if I was going to be a pain in the ass to live with, and really wasn't all that sure how I should act, or how he was going to act. I had boyfriends who either didn't care as much for me as I did for them. Boyfriends who were or at least acted so crazy that my family and friends were worried he might kill me, to the point of tracking us down to come to my rescue, because I had forgotten my phone in my car when going to visit him for the night (Which by the way, I never thanked them for thinking of me, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you AJ, Bobby, Andy, and the others that came, thinking back it really means alot that you cared enough to worry about me.) I even had a boyfriend who cheated on me, or rather with me. There were one or two that I would say were great guys, that I messed up things for, because things had changed, feelings had changed. So, going from all the messy relationships I'd been before, to one with someone who I loved and was loved by unconditionally felt so good. I just did not want to mess things up in any way, and was just so scared I would. Luckily, I haven't messed things up so far, because on June 12th, we married, and as far as I'm concerned, haven't looked back.
While I'm on the topic of marriages...When Scotty and I got married, I gained a mother-in-law, who thinks I am avoiding her when I hand over the phone to Scotty when she calls. (Which by the way I promise you I am not, I've just never been much of a phone talker. Just to let you know ma!), a father-in-law, who after me telling him to bite my ass a hundred times plans to do just that!, 2 sister-in-laws, one of which I've met and hung out with, and the other whom I feel is the sister I never had, and a neice in nephew, which according to my brothers I will never get from them. But just a month later, on July 19th, I gained another sister-in-law. My brother married his girlfriend of 3 years, Nikia, FINALLY! lol. A lot of new and awesome family members have been added to my family, or I've been added into their family, well legally anyways. Technically they were all already family.
Unfortunately this year hasn't been all sunshine and candy, I've learned some good things about some people, and some bad things about others. Lost some friends and family members due to fights and lies. Which btw, if any of those people are reading this right now, I'm not attacking anyone, so don't even start anything, I don't need it, and I'm over it. I'm done fighting, I just want to be left alone.
There have been many ups and downs this year, but all in all it wasn't too bad a year. My one true regret this year is that Scotty and I didn't get to make it to Mississippi to spend time with his family. Luckily I feel next year will be an awesome year, and that we'll get to Mississippi, and/or vice-versa. Now for my New Years resolutions...
1. Find a job to work until...
2. Get my graphic design business up and running
3. Finish books I've been writing for years
4. Lose weight, yes I know that it's a typical resolution, but it's not just an idle resolution for me, it's a mission
5. Scotty and I moving into our own place
6. Get to Mississippi finally to meet my in-laws!
7. Scotty and I having a real wedding, with all or most of our family and friends there, on our one year anniversary, since we weren't able to afford one when we got married.
...I'm sure there are more I want to do, some more personal than I'd like to share, and others I can't think of at the moment, but those will do for now.
Lastly, I'd like to say Happy Holidays to everyone! And just want everyone to know how much they have touched me, and how much I love them. I'd name names, but I'd forget them, not that there is a lot of them, just I'm bad about forgetting names. So if you're not sure if I am talking about you, ask, I'll let you know.
Here's a special song to all of you that hate me...
...and...
Here's a special song to all of you that love me...
to my love...our song...
...and...
LOVE YA'LL AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
It's not the end of the world
Ok, this blog is about the election, I apologize to all, but there are some things that need to be said to people. First of all, there is ABSOLUTELY no need for childish whiny behavior because your candidate lost, and there is ABSOLUTELY no need for the excessive boasting everyone is doing because their candidate won. Whether you like Obama or not, he won, get over it. Yeah it's only been a day, but he won, that's all there is to it, sorry but it's true. Also, I have to say, that despite what everyone seems to be saying, neither Obama, nor Mccain were for abortion, or allowing gay marriages. Well, one or both may have had personal opinions about the matters, but everything has to go through congress, first of all, before it can go through the president elect. Second of all, both would be stupid to actually admit to being on one side or the other of either issue, because they have become such big issues that it could have cost an election to take either side. Also, people need to drop the whole abortion and gay marriage debates anyways, because though they are important, we should be focusing on other issues, like money. The economy is already shit, kiss my ass if you dissagree, because if I (or Scotty)wasn't lucky enough to have family members that care, we would be out on the street right now. It's not by choice. I don't even have a job right now, but I want one, but we don't have a car of our own right now, because everything is already so damn expensive. Luckily the gas prices are going down. But, to all you people who think it's the end of the world because Obama won, and he's going to raise taxes....shut the fuck up...because Mccain would have raised the taxes too, don't think he wouldn't have, he's a republican, and despite what everyone wishes to be true, and what should be true, neither candidate is really running for themselves, they are running for their party. Their parties are supporting them and backing them, now do you really think they want someone going in there that is going to go against the party? HELL NO. Just so it's known, I didn't back Mccain or Obama, and I'm not only attacking Mccain supporters, I'm attacking both in a way. Because truth be told, just because I think that people are going way too extreme acting like Obama being elected means the world is going to end, there are others who are going extreme in acting as if Obama winning means that jesus is coming back. Also, yeah this election was important, because all elections are important, and yeah it was HISTORICAL because we were either going to have the first black (half-black technically) president, or a women VICE-President, but that DOES NOT in ANY stretch of the imagination make it more important than any other election. Now I got a lot of flack because I chose not to vote, and you know what, I am PISSED that people felt the need to act the way they did towards me without even trying to hear my opinions on it, and just wrote me off as a lazy ignorant person. But I am SO much more angry with the same people, and others for their childish behavior, something I was pretty much accused of, over my personal beliefs. But I haven't attacked anyone else's beliefs about this whole election until now. Because I'm sick of just sitting here listening to everyone fight with eachother, and stop being friends over this damn election. I'm sorry, but that is the opposite of what should be happening right now. We should be working together, and I would have said that if Mccain had won. One of the biggest problems in this country is that people want to be childish about everything, and won't work together. They are poor losers, and instead of backing our soon to be leader, let's just bad mouth him and act as if he is going to ruin our country though deep down we know that our country is already ruined, and both candidates would have been good for our country. The last thing I have to say is to those that claim racism against the obama supporters. You know what, Just 5-10 minutes away is a city called TOLEDO. Toledo has some good people living their, but then they also have a couple of gangs, and bigger yet, they have a bunch of Neo-Nazis, and Black Panthers. Now, don't get me wrong, they are nothing like the original Nazi's or the Black Panthers, because what they Nazi's were against was not the same as the black people-hating Neo-Nazi's that exist now, though they were much worse than the Neo-Nazis, they are not the same despite what Neo-Nazi's think, and the Black Panthers aren't fighting oppression anymore, they are just fighting. However, they do exist, just 5-10 minutes away. The Black Panthers supported Obama, and the Neo-Nazi's supported Mccain. Guess who threatened to riot if their candidate lost? BOTH of them. That's right, racism slithers both ways. So stop acting as if it's all coming from one candidates supporters and not the others. Honestly, if this pissed you off, too damn bad, all that I said was the truth. If you don't agree with it, that's fine, it's your opinions, and i will respect them, but there are still better ways to voice your opinions than to fight to the point of losing a friend over something that should mean maturity, and instead is a mask of maturity over insensitivity and immaturity.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Chapter Two
Chapter 2: Stocking Up
Callisto ended up sitting across from the table from Aleda and Elda drinking and talking for hours. Finally when Aleda and Elda were both rocking back and forth singing the "Most Beautiful Flame" song over and over again, Callisto along with a girl that looked about her age, quieted them and dragged them into Elda and Diah's home, which was a sort of appartment above the resturant. Callisto helped the girl close up the tavern after the last couple of patrons finished eating and piled out.
Once everyone was gone, the girl pulled out a wand and pointed upward. A flash of light appeared for a split second. When Callisto could see around her again, the tables were cleaned off, and all the chairs were pushed in. Callisto unintentionally let a "wow" escape. The girl laughed "I supposed you're not used to magic then?" Callisto blushed "Yeah, I am a mystic myself, only I just found out recently. Aleda is going to train me at it though!" The girl laughed again "Probably not tommorow though, I'll bet she won't want to get out of bed. Anyway, I'm Elda's daughter Diah." Callisto offered her hand but drew it away as Diah gave her a strange look. "Callisto is my name, Aleda is my err...Well she's my godmother."
Diah looked puzzled for a moment but then shook her head and said "Well, I remember Aleda, great lady, and if you're connected to her in some way, I'll bet you're pretty nice yourself. And since Aleda is a good old friend of my mums, I'm sure she won't mind if you guys stay, you know, considering Aleda and my mum are probably passed out by now anyways." Diah and Callisto walked up the stairs to find that Elda was asleep on the floor, and Aleda asleep on a couch. Diah and Callisto helped Elda to her room, and Diah set up the guest bed for Callisto.
The next morning, Callisto awoke to a wonderful smell. She followed the smell into the kitchen. The walls were stone, and there was what looked like a cast iron stove, and a water spout that looked like it needed to be cranked. The kitchen looked as if all of it's contents belonged in an old castle, yet something about the positioning of everything seemed to make the kitchen look quite modern. Multiple platters of food sat in the center of the table on one side of the room. Callisto jumped as a loud happy voice hummed into the kitchen. It was Elda with Diah walking in behind her.
"Good Morning! Sit, sit, eat!" Elda said cheerily. Diah and Callisto both sat at the table, as Elda brought a pitcher of some kind of liquid. Callisto put food on her plate, she was so hungry. She could not even remember ever being so hungry. Elda took a drink out of her mug and said "Aleda went out for something, she'll be back by morning. She said she had somethings to take care of, and asked if you could stay with us for the night while she sets up a bit more permanent place for you guys to stay. Now, you can stay up here until she comes, or if you'd like, Diah can show you around town. Either way just have some fun, seems like you need some fun."
Callisto ended up sitting across from the table from Aleda and Elda drinking and talking for hours. Finally when Aleda and Elda were both rocking back and forth singing the "Most Beautiful Flame" song over and over again, Callisto along with a girl that looked about her age, quieted them and dragged them into Elda and Diah's home, which was a sort of appartment above the resturant. Callisto helped the girl close up the tavern after the last couple of patrons finished eating and piled out.
Once everyone was gone, the girl pulled out a wand and pointed upward. A flash of light appeared for a split second. When Callisto could see around her again, the tables were cleaned off, and all the chairs were pushed in. Callisto unintentionally let a "wow" escape. The girl laughed "I supposed you're not used to magic then?" Callisto blushed "Yeah, I am a mystic myself, only I just found out recently. Aleda is going to train me at it though!" The girl laughed again "Probably not tommorow though, I'll bet she won't want to get out of bed. Anyway, I'm Elda's daughter Diah." Callisto offered her hand but drew it away as Diah gave her a strange look. "Callisto is my name, Aleda is my err...Well she's my godmother."
Diah looked puzzled for a moment but then shook her head and said "Well, I remember Aleda, great lady, and if you're connected to her in some way, I'll bet you're pretty nice yourself. And since Aleda is a good old friend of my mums, I'm sure she won't mind if you guys stay, you know, considering Aleda and my mum are probably passed out by now anyways." Diah and Callisto walked up the stairs to find that Elda was asleep on the floor, and Aleda asleep on a couch. Diah and Callisto helped Elda to her room, and Diah set up the guest bed for Callisto.
The next morning, Callisto awoke to a wonderful smell. She followed the smell into the kitchen. The walls were stone, and there was what looked like a cast iron stove, and a water spout that looked like it needed to be cranked. The kitchen looked as if all of it's contents belonged in an old castle, yet something about the positioning of everything seemed to make the kitchen look quite modern. Multiple platters of food sat in the center of the table on one side of the room. Callisto jumped as a loud happy voice hummed into the kitchen. It was Elda with Diah walking in behind her.
"Good Morning! Sit, sit, eat!" Elda said cheerily. Diah and Callisto both sat at the table, as Elda brought a pitcher of some kind of liquid. Callisto put food on her plate, she was so hungry. She could not even remember ever being so hungry. Elda took a drink out of her mug and said "Aleda went out for something, she'll be back by morning. She said she had somethings to take care of, and asked if you could stay with us for the night while she sets up a bit more permanent place for you guys to stay. Now, you can stay up here until she comes, or if you'd like, Diah can show you around town. Either way just have some fun, seems like you need some fun."
Elections...bring out some people's bad parts...
Ok, I did not want to have to write this blog. I have had it on the tip of my fingers for a few days...and I just can't sit on my hands to keep them from writing it. It's time I finally speak up for myself about my not wanting to "Rock the vote". I should probably add that it does not mean I will not vote in the next elections. I am not even going to explain myself for the hundreth time, NO, I need to voice some things plaging me. I'm sorry but some people need to realize that stereotypes are stupid, and that they shouldn't base all people of a certain age, color, position, gender, etc. on other people of that age, color, position, gender, etc. ESPECIALLY when they obviously do not know the person well. I am young. I'm white. Blonde. and I'm a female. So stereotypically, I should be self-involved, lazy, rich, stupid, a borderline alchoholic and a really terrible driver right? OH HELL NO. I'm poor, I care WAY more about others than I do myself, I don't drink or party much if at all. I'm not a bad driver, I at least know which side of the road to drive on and that red means stop, green means go. But most of all I'm much more intelligent and mature than people want to give me credit for. Yes, I joke, and can do some immature things at times. And my mind is running so much that I seem ditzy a lot. But ultimately, there are plenty of people older than me that want to think they are so much more intelligent and mature because their age says so...but just because you're older than me DOES NOT mean you outrank me in the great pyramid of maturity and intelligence. Anyone who can think me dumb and naive just because I'm 21 and not 31 or 41, etc. needs to back off from me, because you obviously know nothing about me. I'm not claiming that I'm more mature or more intelligent than anyone, but I'm just sick of people trying to play the age card in order to bring down my beliefs. It's ridiculus, and it's MY beliefs...there is no reason to tear me down just because I won't succumb to believe in what everyone else believes in. Now people need to understand that I have not said anything above to upset or anger anyone, I just needed to get that out, considering most people won't even let me explain myself before they hush me as if I'm a toddler talking to adults.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
chapter one-a beautiful flame
Sika and Aleda looked at eachother, and Sika replied "err...I have some
bank stuff to uh take care of, see ya later!" and she ran off. Aleda
followed after Sika into the bank, leaving Callisto awe struck for a
second. Finally Callisto ran into the bank as well. "What did she mean by
'your niece doesn't know I'm a vampire'?" she asked as she caught up with
Aleda. Aleda looked around for an open teller and said "You know, she's a
vampire silly. We already went through this."
Callisto caught Aleda in her hands "You know what I'm talking about. Why
did she call me your niece?" Aleda let out a long sigh. "Alright, alright,
alright, I didn't want to give you so much information in one day, but.
Yes, I am your father's half-sister. He is part Fairy." she whispered.
"Well, why couldn't you tell me that?"
"Because it's a secret. The queen ordered it to stay secret because fairies
and mystics are not supposed to date, much less have children. It worries
the other mystics, because when you put two different types of magical
beings together and they procreate, well, the child could end up with
ultimate power."
Aleda cleared her throat, and she led Callisto to some benches far away
from the people waiting in the teller lines. "Now, your father's power
wasn't so powerful because of that, he was really just that talented, but
at the time the queen wanted to protect Phoenix. Plus, the mystics were
already starting to worry about him being so powerful, and mortals,
mystics, vampires, fairies, trolls, and furies alike all creatures that is.
They tend to fear or even sometimes hate what they have no understanding
of. The mystics worry that if a child of two magical beings is born, that
it may become evil, and that it will destroy this realm and take it over."
Callisto leaned back and let out a deep sigh. "Don't worry though, we just
need to keep that our little secret, as to keep you safe. I mean, you
already have enough of a reputation due to the visions your father had.
Now, let's go get some money so we can get our supplies!" Callisto smiled
and as Aleda made her way back into the lines, Callisto followed her.
Though she was not with one of her parents, a blood aunt was good enough
for her, and she felt as though everything was going to work out, for the
first time.
The line seemed to go much faster in this world than any line Callisto had
ever been to. It took only a few minutes to get to the front of the long
line, and when they stood before the bank teller, some kind of sack was
already sitting on the desk waiting, as though the teller somehow had read
Aleda's mind. The woman behind the desk suddenly spoke up and said "Yes, I
can read your thoughts" and she smiled and gave a wink as Aleda pushed
Callisto out of the way. "Vampire tellers" she said as though it were a
natural thing to be elbow to elbow with vampires.
Callisto followed Aleda outside where a stone statue now stood where she
had first seen Sika. She shook her head and continued following Aleda.
Aleda led Callisto to what looked like a tavern out of some kind of
Princess and knight type of movie on the outside. As they walked into the
building, which seemed bigger on the inside than it had been on the
outside. Callisto asked Aleda about it, and Aleda just replied with "That's
how we save space in Ariland." The inside was gorgeous, and looked like the
inside of a fancy resturant. The only difference from the mortal world
fancy looking resturants, seemed to be the people and the food. It was if
they served anything you could ever dream of.
A short older woman with a flowery robe on walked up to them, wand in hand.
"Just the two of you eating tonight?" She said with a sickeningly sweet
voice. "Unfortunately yes Elda" Aleda replied. The older woman looked
confused, but she led them to a table. "How did you know my name young
lady?" Aleda laughed "I can't believe you don't remember your favorite
employee ever!" "Orabella Sona?" replied Elda. Aleda raised an eyebrow and
said "Err...No, I'm talking about 25 years ago." Elda laughed "I'm just
kidding with ya Aleda, of course I know who you are. I'd have to be some
kind of nut to not remember the singer who brought in all my business in
the good ole days!"
Elda and Aleda seemed to go on for hours talking about the old days.
Finally, Callisto cleared her throat. She had not meant to seem rude, she
did not even realize she had done it, and even looked around thinking
someone else had joined into the conversation. The two women looked up, and
Elda seemed to look a bit annoyed, but she cleared her throat too and took
their orders and went off to the back.
Aleda brought the bag out. "This is some money from your personal account
in the 'Blodd Bank.' Your father had started it five years before you were
born. He and your mother were not even together yet, but he foresaw your
birth. Anywho, you have access to it now, unlike in the mortal world. The
mortal world seems to think they have to put an age on adulthood, but we
here in Ariland have decided that adults are made not aged. Since some
people grow up young, and others never grow up, we just pretty much erase
the whole age limit thing."
Things got quiet for a while as they waited on their dinner. They sat
listening to the musician on the stage. A harp stood next to the woman, the
strings vibrating without being touched, and the woman sang a beautiful but
somewhat sad song.
"this is the Tale of the beautiful flame
the most beautiful flame in Ariland
and though the evil breeze came
It only made the fire expand
The most beautiful flame set out on a quest
to sabotage the hard blowing wind
though power and strength it possessed
The evil one was quite chagrined
Most beautiful flame has quite a chance
Against the strong opressing air
All could be disordered by a secret romance
leaving all of ariland in dispair
The sisters of foresight seem to disagree
About that most beautiful flames fate
But all will know the glorious story
Of the Ariland fire the wind seemed to hate"
Aleda laughed as the people around them applauded. "What's so funny?" said
Callisto, who clapped along with the others in the crowd. Aleda stopped
laughing and looked at her, as she realized Callisto seemed to like the
song. "Well, it was a beautiful story, it's just...well, it was terribly
written. And it was more like that woman tried harder to rhyme it than to
actually tell the story!" she replied finally.
"Well, I liked it! So" said Callisto sticking out her tongue at Aleda. They
both ended up laughing as Elda walked up giving them strange looks. Elda
tapped the table and for the first time Callisto realized there had been
plates floating behind her. The plates set themselves down onto the table
in front of them. Aleda and Callisto both thanked Elda and she went back to
serving plates at other tables.
"Besides, you really should be getting some of those tips she is getting."
said Aleda after taking a drink from a cup of some mysterious foaming
beverage. "Why's that?" replied Callisto, taking a bite of her food. "The
song is about your father's prophecy. It is what your name means in this
world. 'Most beautiful flame'."
bank stuff to uh take care of, see ya later!" and she ran off. Aleda
followed after Sika into the bank, leaving Callisto awe struck for a
second. Finally Callisto ran into the bank as well. "What did she mean by
'your niece doesn't know I'm a vampire'?" she asked as she caught up with
Aleda. Aleda looked around for an open teller and said "You know, she's a
vampire silly. We already went through this."
Callisto caught Aleda in her hands "You know what I'm talking about. Why
did she call me your niece?" Aleda let out a long sigh. "Alright, alright,
alright, I didn't want to give you so much information in one day, but.
Yes, I am your father's half-sister. He is part Fairy." she whispered.
"Well, why couldn't you tell me that?"
"Because it's a secret. The queen ordered it to stay secret because fairies
and mystics are not supposed to date, much less have children. It worries
the other mystics, because when you put two different types of magical
beings together and they procreate, well, the child could end up with
ultimate power."
Aleda cleared her throat, and she led Callisto to some benches far away
from the people waiting in the teller lines. "Now, your father's power
wasn't so powerful because of that, he was really just that talented, but
at the time the queen wanted to protect Phoenix. Plus, the mystics were
already starting to worry about him being so powerful, and mortals,
mystics, vampires, fairies, trolls, and furies alike all creatures that is.
They tend to fear or even sometimes hate what they have no understanding
of. The mystics worry that if a child of two magical beings is born, that
it may become evil, and that it will destroy this realm and take it over."
Callisto leaned back and let out a deep sigh. "Don't worry though, we just
need to keep that our little secret, as to keep you safe. I mean, you
already have enough of a reputation due to the visions your father had.
Now, let's go get some money so we can get our supplies!" Callisto smiled
and as Aleda made her way back into the lines, Callisto followed her.
Though she was not with one of her parents, a blood aunt was good enough
for her, and she felt as though everything was going to work out, for the
first time.
The line seemed to go much faster in this world than any line Callisto had
ever been to. It took only a few minutes to get to the front of the long
line, and when they stood before the bank teller, some kind of sack was
already sitting on the desk waiting, as though the teller somehow had read
Aleda's mind. The woman behind the desk suddenly spoke up and said "Yes, I
can read your thoughts" and she smiled and gave a wink as Aleda pushed
Callisto out of the way. "Vampire tellers" she said as though it were a
natural thing to be elbow to elbow with vampires.
Callisto followed Aleda outside where a stone statue now stood where she
had first seen Sika. She shook her head and continued following Aleda.
Aleda led Callisto to what looked like a tavern out of some kind of
Princess and knight type of movie on the outside. As they walked into the
building, which seemed bigger on the inside than it had been on the
outside. Callisto asked Aleda about it, and Aleda just replied with "That's
how we save space in Ariland." The inside was gorgeous, and looked like the
inside of a fancy resturant. The only difference from the mortal world
fancy looking resturants, seemed to be the people and the food. It was if
they served anything you could ever dream of.
A short older woman with a flowery robe on walked up to them, wand in hand.
"Just the two of you eating tonight?" She said with a sickeningly sweet
voice. "Unfortunately yes Elda" Aleda replied. The older woman looked
confused, but she led them to a table. "How did you know my name young
lady?" Aleda laughed "I can't believe you don't remember your favorite
employee ever!" "Orabella Sona?" replied Elda. Aleda raised an eyebrow and
said "Err...No, I'm talking about 25 years ago." Elda laughed "I'm just
kidding with ya Aleda, of course I know who you are. I'd have to be some
kind of nut to not remember the singer who brought in all my business in
the good ole days!"
Elda and Aleda seemed to go on for hours talking about the old days.
Finally, Callisto cleared her throat. She had not meant to seem rude, she
did not even realize she had done it, and even looked around thinking
someone else had joined into the conversation. The two women looked up, and
Elda seemed to look a bit annoyed, but she cleared her throat too and took
their orders and went off to the back.
Aleda brought the bag out. "This is some money from your personal account
in the 'Blodd Bank.' Your father had started it five years before you were
born. He and your mother were not even together yet, but he foresaw your
birth. Anywho, you have access to it now, unlike in the mortal world. The
mortal world seems to think they have to put an age on adulthood, but we
here in Ariland have decided that adults are made not aged. Since some
people grow up young, and others never grow up, we just pretty much erase
the whole age limit thing."
Things got quiet for a while as they waited on their dinner. They sat
listening to the musician on the stage. A harp stood next to the woman, the
strings vibrating without being touched, and the woman sang a beautiful but
somewhat sad song.
"this is the Tale of the beautiful flame
the most beautiful flame in Ariland
and though the evil breeze came
It only made the fire expand
The most beautiful flame set out on a quest
to sabotage the hard blowing wind
though power and strength it possessed
The evil one was quite chagrined
Most beautiful flame has quite a chance
Against the strong opressing air
All could be disordered by a secret romance
leaving all of ariland in dispair
The sisters of foresight seem to disagree
About that most beautiful flames fate
But all will know the glorious story
Of the Ariland fire the wind seemed to hate"
Aleda laughed as the people around them applauded. "What's so funny?" said
Callisto, who clapped along with the others in the crowd. Aleda stopped
laughing and looked at her, as she realized Callisto seemed to like the
song. "Well, it was a beautiful story, it's just...well, it was terribly
written. And it was more like that woman tried harder to rhyme it than to
actually tell the story!" she replied finally.
"Well, I liked it! So" said Callisto sticking out her tongue at Aleda. They
both ended up laughing as Elda walked up giving them strange looks. Elda
tapped the table and for the first time Callisto realized there had been
plates floating behind her. The plates set themselves down onto the table
in front of them. Aleda and Callisto both thanked Elda and she went back to
serving plates at other tables.
"Besides, you really should be getting some of those tips she is getting."
said Aleda after taking a drink from a cup of some mysterious foaming
beverage. "Why's that?" replied Callisto, taking a bite of her food. "The
song is about your father's prophecy. It is what your name means in this
world. 'Most beautiful flame'."
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