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i watched the disney movie starstruck today. i liked it. wouldnt it be weird if that actually happened?

i was doing school today and it suddenly started to rain. then 30 seconds later it started sprinkling. then it stopped. weird.

jr high in a couple hours(:

~emily

seeing through the eyes of a child

 

i was in children's worship today with little first graders. the lesson was on fear. the little kids were telling me what they feared most.

 spiders.tigers.the dark.being alone.

isnt it interesting how for little kids, those are really scary? (well ok, if i was near a tiger in the wild and it was running towards me, id be scared.)

and the little things they take pride in. like painting pictures.

and their imaginations. they can take an amazing adventure in their own back yard and tell you what happened and where they went and all the amazing things they saw. 

like maybe they went on a hot air balloon ride. or went to the jungle and caught a tiger. or maybe deep down in the ocean and saw a mermaid. who knows? its their imagination. 

the things they get upset over. like dropped ice cream. someone cutting them while they were in line for the slide. a balloon being let go. dont you wish that was all you had to worry about upsetting you?

but to these kids, that's what life is like. fun. exciting. frustrating. but never boring. isnt that what most of us want? life to not be boring? but have we tried to find pleasure in the simple things that surround us? a daisy in the midst of weeds. the sun shining through the clouds on a rainy day. playing spy and catching the bad guy. being a kid again. 

but for me, im so busy. school.vball.church.friends.family. i dont have time for that. or do i?

how much time do i spend walking around the house doing nothing. being bored. when i could be doing something worthwhile or enjoying myself? when i was little i wanted to grow up so quickly, but now, i want it all to slow down. i dont want all these responsibilities. i want to be a little kid again. being afraid of the dark. painting a picture and showing it off. going to the jungle and catching a lion. being mad when i drop my ice cream. and stopping what im doing to look at a daisy growing in the weeds and pick it up.

i think we need to learn how to live life to its fullest and try to enjoy things through the eyes of a child.

i wanna...

new hair style/ cut......thing.

what should i do?

im bored of my hair.

avalanche and other stuff

so avalanche was AMAZING!!! so many memories!!

~apryll is better than me at snowboarding and it was her 1st time! (my second!)
~dehydrated water!
~apryll's and my contest! lol(: when we were at in n out heading back home, we were arguing about which way to spell ann(e). we both thought ours was better. so we asked everyone we knew, and these were the votes: 3 for ann and 13 for anne. mine was anne. haha lol. that was funny!

since avalanche:
~science camp. pretty fun! i learned which plants i can eat! there's this one plant called sticky monkey flower (weird name, right?) and u can stick it to u! i stuck it to my face and it stayed for like 4 hours.

~apryll's bday! shes 14!

~finished percy jackson and the olypians series the night the first movie based on the first book (the lightning thief) came out. (friday.) it was cool! (ik im weird xD)

~saw the lightning thief on monday with kirstin. they skipped SO much!!!!!! so here's an outline of what they had/skipped:  followed chapter 1. skipped chapter 2. followed chapters 3 and 4 (mostly). skipped chapters 5-7. partly followed chapter 8. skipped chapters 9 and 10. mostly followed chapter 11. skipped 12 and 13. kinda followed 14. skipped chapter 15. followed part of chapter 16 but kinda changed it. skipped 17. kinda followed 18. kinda followed 19. skipped 20. kinda followed 21. skipped most of 22.  PLUS!!!! they changed part of the story line so they're focusing on finding these pearls to get to the underworld instead of just getting to the underworld and stuff. its more complicated than that, but whatever. also, im not sure if they'll be able to do all the books from the series cuz the people in the movie were like 16, but they were supposed to be 12. it wouldnt work cuz in the 5th (last) a prophecy comes true when he turns 16. PLUS! they didnt even mention the oracle which has a big part to play. they also skipped ares and clarrise....oh well. the movie itself was pretty good, they just didnt follow the book that much. *sigh*

~i liked not having school on monday. it was nice(:  i wish i didnt have to anymore school left for the year. oh!!! guess what?!?!?!?! today is my 100th day of school! 80 more! xD

~oh. and happy mardi gras. have you gotten all ur sin out before ash wednesday tomorrow? lol. im gonna see the princess and the frog tonight at the dollar theatre. and im gonna have shrimp creole for dinner. both very new orleans things. home of mardi gras.

~have a good day!

sadness.

a couple days ago we were shopping for coats for avalanche and i left my phone in a store (kohle's), and when we were half way home i realized i didnt have my phone! we went back to the store and i looked exactly where my brother had left it and IT WASNT THERE!!! i was very sad and was positive someone had stolen it. my brother and i looked around the store calling my phone hoping we would hear it ring. we didnt hear it ring. my mom went to customer service and waited in line...  she called us as we were looking around the store and said that my phone was there. someone had found it and taken it to customer service. i was so happy!

guess what?!

3 days till avalanche!!!!

yay!!!

after avalanche im going to mt hermon.

i have nothing to write about...  what should i write about? nothing terribly exciting has happened to me. i kinda wish i was gonna go on this grand adventure full of danger. that would be exciting and i would have stories to tell for ages...i kinda wish i could go on an adventure like in the hobbit or something. oh well.... that's not ever gonna happen.

i have to do this book in a bag thing for star on the hobbit. i really like how it turned out. maybe ill post a picture of it...maybe.    so what should i write about?