Saturday, February 27, 2010

Gandhi

I offer you Peace. I offer you love.
I offer you friendship. I see your beauty.
I hear your need.
I feel your feelings. My Wisdom flows from the highest source.
I salute that source in you.
Let us work together for unity and love.
~Mahatma Gandhi

Friday, February 26, 2010

:D

I attended a bookbinding class held at snow college last night. I learned a lot that I wouldn't have otherwise been able to figure out myself. You see, I started making journals for friend's birthdays a few years back. The ones I made were pretty complicated, and time consuming. My books involved sewing, gluing, cutting and binding. The ones I learned how to make at the class involved sewing and tearing, but it will get more complicated as the class goes on. I can't wait for next week, and today all i wanted to do was create books. I even made a little notebook just for myself this morning :)

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Old writing thingy

This is something i wrote out of the blue a few years ago, I've always loved it, and thought i might publish it on here.

Writing, an essay by Bryn.

Writing is how we express ourselves. Writing is human nature as we know it.

Writing. All of those letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, pages, books, and libraries.

Writing is how we save information, for tomorrow, the day after, next year, even for the next generation.

Writing is how we communicate, sending information from one to the other.

Writing, we write journals, books and essays. We write letters, messages and notes.

Writing is the foundation to our society. We also keep records with writing. We write historical records, for future generations to learn about and from.

Writing, what would we do without it? If we hadn't invented writing, we wouldn't have poems, stories or written information. We wouldn't have computer programs, or recipes. We would not have news papers or magazines.

Without writing, we would not have reading, and without reading, we would not have writing.

Now there is something to think about.


Monday, February 22, 2010

Hyper-critical

I think i hate makeup.
I almost never wear makeup, except for special occasions. (Dances, costumes, those sort of things.)
I wore makeup the other day, it made me feel pretty good.
I try not to wear makeup, I want myself and others to appreciate my natural beauty. And makeups a pain in the butt. I don't want to get into the habit of wearing it every day.
Now I don't feel quite as pretty naturally anymore. Curse you makeup corporation scum!!! I wanted to hold out as long as i possibly could. I'm still holding out, but i don't really like it anymore....
I still know I'm pretty. But now I have something to compare myself to.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Ramblings

Only the rock knows how much typing I've done today, but i still want to write on here :)
And.... I'm bored. I'm sick of face book. It often only makes me feel bad.
I would rather write, however dumb or tiring that writing may be.
So, I'm writing, albeit about nothing in particular. I almost treat this like an online journal. I don't know if that's wise.
I love my keyboard, the one i was working on earlier was sticky. Sticky as in the keys didn't work terribly well. And the desk was too small, and the keyboard wasn't in the best of positions.
Wow, this really confirms how much i love writing. I did it all afternoon, some of this morning, and i still enjoy writing on here.
So, I hope my ramblings didn't bug you too much, as a matter of fact, I hope you enjoyed them :)

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Today.

I want to write, but i don't know what to write. I guess I will post a haiku, that always works.

A memory of Summer
Dandelion fluff,
Floating on a divine breeze.
Whither wilt thou fly?

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Ahhhhhhhh......

Wow. Today was wonderful. I got to spend the whole day with a very dear friend. We walked all around Spring city, looked around all of the open art galleries, and visited the Potter's shop and gas station. We ate potato chips and talked, and got in and out of debt in an hour :) Best Saturday I've had in awhile.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

End of my week

Well, my week is up. I will keep writing on here, maybe not everyday, but i won't abandon you completely :)

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Randominity

You know, it's pretty hard to come up with new subjects to write about each day. So I will write about how hard it is to come up with new subjects each day ;)
It's hard, very hard. Especially when your Mom won't give you time to yourself!
I think about different subjects almost all day, and slowly scrap them one by one. For example, I had a random thought this morning to write about my dream from last night, needless to say, i scrapped that one almost instantaneously. I'm weird :)
I think i had a few other ideas, but i don't recall any of them. Oh well.
(Extremely random thought) I need to learn Japanese so i can understand the official Studio Ghibli website. So far, i can say Excuse me, I think it's Sumi masen (I was right) . And i can say hello, which is Konnichiwa, but who doesn't know that one?
Back to the original subject. Ummmm, where was i? I think I've pretty much written all i can on my decided subject today. So, Oyasuminasai :] (And, no, i was not able to write that right off the top of my head, i had to look it up.)

Monday, February 8, 2010

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Haitian benefit concert

Last night i went to a benefit concert for Haiti at Snow college. It was fantastic! All of the performers did an amazing job, it was the best concert i have ever been to, albeit i haven't been to very many ;) I think what made it all the more special was that i recognized many of the people who performed. My Dad knows the Greenalghs, I've been introduced, but i haven't gotten to know them very well yet. I know Sherry Boekweg, and i know Eve Martin personally. I also recognized some of the people in the high school choir, although when i said hi to one of them, she didn't seem to recognize me.
The song performed by Mayu, Benson and Terry Greenalgh was by far my favorite musically, I thought i was going to lift up and fly as i was listening. I finally understand what makes live rock concerts so special.
My favorite performance visually was Alex Boye. Hi-larious! He got the audience very involved. I laughed and danced and clapped to my heart's content.
The concert wasn't all music, they also had some speakers in between performances. The speakers were pretty neat, although i forget their names, and they didn't have any of the speakers listed in the program.
By far, I am glad i was able to go. It was beautiful, heartbreaking, uplifting, and educational. I learned quite a lot about the situation in Haiti. I am glad I had the opportunity to attend the concert and donate money to Haiti. All of the money from the tickets the organizers sold went to these two charities that are helping out in Haiti, IASK, and, Healing hands for Haiti. Snow College even donated the performance center free of charge! Doesn't that make you all warm and fuzzy inside? It sure made me feel that way.

Friday, February 5, 2010

How to....

I think i am getting reckless in my old age(Haha.) I used to be very close mouthed, but i got sick of that. Now I'm saying just a little too much, or else I'm not really thinking very hard about what i really want to say. I am dashing out my writing without much editing. I used to care too much, but now i care too little. What is it about extremes in us human beings? I (in particular) need to find balance. I need to relearn how to be careful and caring about certain things, but not so much that i won't ever talk or share what i write.
How can i do this? Hmmmmm... I can be careful and enthusiastic about things at the same time. I think that will help. Anything else? I'm not sure. I think that's it!
(I think my posts will get longer over time. Thanks for being patient, whoever you are)

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Today's writings

The first is a haiku, the second, a thought.

Why have you changed?
My affections are waning.
My heart, rent once more.

My heart lay broken to pieces, Then you came and helped me put it back together.

:)

This is a paper i wrote for a class I'm taking, it's written from the view of Anne Frank. I will probably post again later today, but i just wanted to share this.

"Here i am sitting by my window like i often do. Today has been dismal, there is nothing to do.
It's dark and drizzly outside. The street looks positively pitiful, I am glad I am in here. Still, I miss the old days, it is hard being stuck in here all day, all week, all month. I wonder from time to time how my friends are doing, I hope with all my heart that they are safe and well.
Everyone I have seen looks hunched over, as if they had the worlds troubles heaped on their backs. I wonder how things are in the outside world? From the looks of the people, not so well.
I should like to know the thoughts of the woman who just passed by, she is the most despondent looking one in the crowd. Do you suppose her family has been taken away? Or maybe rations have been reduced yet again? I could wonder about this all day, but i don't think i will.
Yours,
Anne"

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Intro

Mara aure, I am starting this blog as a kind of experiment. Instead of spending about two hours a day on FB (Like i usually do) I am going to spend those two hours writing, and then i will post the product on here. Sound good? It did to me. So let's hope this works.