We have the coolest quote book :)

"Yes, there is a Nirvana: it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem."
~Kahlil Gibran

Oh, yeah, it's Spring break. Just thought you ought to know.

I've been on and off of facebook all day. It's Spring break, so I'm kind of at liberty to. It's very hard to stay away from.
I have high aspirations for Spring break, and, so far, I have done pretty well meeting them. I haven't really done anything with friends, which kind of stinks. I tried to arrange a late over with one friend, but she never called me back :( Oh well, I'm managing pretty well.
I have sort-of made a goal for Spring break; I am to do something fun and out-of-the-ordinary every day. I can't remember what I did Monday... Wait a minute.... Yes! I danced in my field with earbuds in. So, in a sense, the short story I wrote that day was true. Yesterday I went to the thrift store with just my Mother and browsed. It was nice, we didn't have any other kids with us, so I didn't feel as rushed as I usually do. We didn't have any other errands to run, that was also very nice. I found some cute clothes, and I bought a paper fan. Very cute. Today I took Moshe on a very long walk through the light rain and hail. Very light, mind you. It was breathtaking, everything was so alive and beautiful. Before I decided to go on the walk, I sat out in the field and listened to all of the sounds around me, so peaceful.
Today was wonderful. Thank you.....

A Summer day

I am dancing in the morning light. The front lawn is completely silent except for birdsong and a faint noise coming from my earbuds. My world is in the music.
A boy walks slowly down my street. He is tall, but not too tall. His hair is brown, dark, like chocolate.
He stops when he sees me. I take no notice, I am unattached, in my own world.
The boy is curious. Why would a teenage girl dance all by herself in the morning half-silence?
How peculiar, he thinks, and how very intriguing.
He continues down the street, hands in pockets, thinking as he steps on the road. He begins to cross the next street , then an idea occurs to him. He smiles crookedly, Am I really about to do this? This is crazy, will she think I'm crazy? Still, I don't think she'll think I'm crazy, after all, she's the one dancing with herself.
He turns around.
I half hear the gate creak as it opens. But I take no notice, Just the wind, I whisper to myself. I am in ecstasy, beauty is all around and inside me.
Someone taps me on the shoulder, I turn, to greet who ever it is with a smile. I am sure it's my Mother, I am utterly surprised to see a youth about my age standing in front of me. My smile is replaced by a look of bewilderment for half a second. Then, on my face, blooms an even broader smile.
I take my left earbud out, and whisper, "My name is Amoniel."
And he replies, "My name is Jonathon."
I hand him my earbud. He places it in his ear, and lays his hand on my waist, we begin to slowly dance in the gorgeous Summer light.

Poem from the back of my quiz, which I wrote. (The poem, that is. Geeze, how hard can it be to write a title? Pretty hard, apparently.)

Think
Think of something you love,
what comes to mind?
Is it present?
In the future,
Or behind.

Seder meal

Hava nagila, hava nagila...... Uru achim! Uru achim!
This song has been playing through my head over and over, it is a very catchy Jewish dance song :) My scholar class had a sort of mock (Since none of us are Jewish) Seder meal. I really enjoyed participating in it all, never before have I had such a new and exciting culture-exploring opportunity. The whole Seder ceremony was very intriguing, although it was a little long in my opinion (I had to go to the restroom quite badly at the end of the whole thing, as did everyone else) :) But that does not mean I didn't enjoy it, you know. Just a little too much grape juice on an empty stomach :) I especially liked that we were supposed to serve grape juice to the person at our left four times during the ceremony, although for different reasons than it was practiced for. It reminds me of how Jesus wants us to serve each other. I think it was in the ceremony to make everyone feel like they had a personal servant for the meal, that's basically what E. said.
The real eating began after the ceremony. All of the food was delicious, from the funeral potatoes (Mormons... [Shakes head]) to the vegetable platter. But my favorite part was dessert, Yum. Cheesecake, chocolate dipped Matza bread, (Which I didn't have as I am on a sort of chocolate diet until June) butter cookies, (The food I made for the meal, unfortunately not very traditional, as I could not get a hold on any Matzo meal what-so-ever) and a couple of other cakes that I didn't try. I was too enamored with the cheesecake :)
Then our in-house person of Jewish ancestry (She was recruited to help make the Seder meal as authentic as possible, meaning she was our consultant) taught us three or four Jewish group dances. Lots of fun, although I am terrible at choreographed dancing. I never have been able to memorize or follow complicated dancing steps, not even for the three or four years I took ballet.
Our laughter echoed in the gymnasium as we tripped over eachother. I may not be a great dancer, but I love it anyway :)
I had a wonderful time, and I learned so much that I probably wouldn't have otherwise learned, I am so thankful I had such an opportunity in Sanpete county. (Of all places!) Thank you.....

My future, which was suddenly the present, has become the past.

Last night was all I hoped it would be and more. We watched the movie I've been wishing to see, it was as good as I had hoped it would be. Albeit, Howl is my eternally favorite Miyazaki movie, now and forever :) But i 'spect that's how it will always be, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
After the movie we played spoons, and I messed up big time on the very first round, figures. I got 4 red cards and won the very first spoon. However, I was supposed to get four- of- a- kind number wise. I haven't played Spoons with an actual deck of playing cards in quite a while, needless to say. As a matter of fact, I think the last time I used playing cards in a game of spoons was last Summer....
We declared the round I messed up a practice round, and started all over again. I won the whole game anyway :)
Thank you.

Tomorrow is my present :)

I am so excited! I get to hang out with some very good friends whom I don't get to see much tomorrow, and on top of that, we're watching a Miyazaki film that I've been dying to see! In case you didn't already know, I love Miyazaki :) Although I've only seen about three and a quarter of his films, far too few, if you ask me.
Oh, and the film we're watching is "Castle in the sky". I've seen about a quarter to a third of it with my sister at a babysitting job, and I loved what I saw. So I am very excited to see the whole movie.
Whoohoo!

.uʍop ǝpısdn p1ɹoʍ ǝɥʇ uɹnʇ oʇ ʇuɐʍ ı

(: ooʇ pıp noʎ ǝdoɥ ı puɐ 'ʎɐp s,ʞɔıɹʇɐd .ʇs poob ɐ pɐɥ ı .ǝıʌoɯ ɥsıɹı uɐ ɥɔʇɐʍ sʎɐʍ1ɐ ǝʍ 'ɥsıuı uɐoɹ pǝɥɔʇɐʍ ǝʍ puɐ .ʇsɐoʇ ʞ1ıɯɹǝʇʇnq 1ɐuoıʇıpɐɹʇ ɥʇıʍ 'ɹǝuuıp ɥsıɹı 1ɐnsn ǝɥʇ pɐɥ ǝʍ ¿buıʇsǝɹǝʇuı buıɥʇʎuɐ op noʎ pıp 'ʎɐp s,ʞɔıɹʇɐd .ʇs sɐʍ ʎɐpɹǝʇsǝʎ ¿noʎ ǝɹɐ ʍoɥ 'ǝɹnɐ ɐɹɐɯ

Icicle photo

I took this pic of an icicle quite a while ago, and have just barely remembered and downloaded it. I hope you like it :)

Really cool two- person guitar band.

This video is so cool!! Their fingers are so fluid and fast! My craving for acoustic guitar is satisfied as I listen to this. Let's hope it stays satisfied for awhile :) Otherwise I'm going to need me an iPod real soon...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeVHoR5bTNo&NR=1

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION

I was stricken with a writing frenzy earlier today, but, I wrote nothing of value. I just wrote in my journal. I did, however, write down some pretty interesting thoughts I made up over the weekend.
Hmmm, you could probably call one of them a riddle....
"I'm not afraid to be different, but that doesn't always mean it's easy."
"I watch from afar with eyes that see, and yet, I am invisible."
And I'm NOT telling you what brought about those thoughts, no matter how much you ask, which you won't, right? You had better not. 'Cause I'm not telling :)

<=3

" God is within everything, and is everywhere. So if one loves God, one loves the whole of this world, and there is no longer room for hate or fear."
~Amoniel

A love quote

Who travels
for love
finds a thousand miles
not longer than one.
~Japanese proverb

Love Quote of the day.

He who is in love is wise
And is becoming wiser,
Sees newly every time he looks
at the object beloved.
Drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those
Virtues which it posses.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Poems I wrote for scholar class.

These are two Bio-Poems I wrote for scholar class. Enjoy :)

Me
Amoniel
Quiet at times,
Loving,
Quirky,
talkative at times.
Parents, Diedre and Adam Lachnar,
Always there,
Forever listening,
Eternally loving.
Luin,
The lover of all.
A seeker of truth,
And of beauty.
Eternally searching,
For what,
You know not.
A deep dreamer,
A bottomless thinker.
Living in Winter Grade,
A town raided by artists.
You, content, but in a way that allows for change,
Lachnar.

Anne Frank
Anneliese.
Deep, friendly, ever changing, self-reflective.
Your parents, Otto Frank and Edith Frank
Don't understand that you,
Once a child,
Are now growing up.
And in growing up,
Have found affection for Peter Van Pels.
Yearning to be free,
But trapped by the changes
In the world around you.
Longing to be free,
But safe in your Secret Annexe.
You,
Wishing for Spring,
For the outside world
Frank.

Love quote of the day :)

"One kind word can warm three winter months"
~Japanese proverb.

Don't you just love the Japanese? You don't? Well, I sure do. If you haven't already noticed ;)

It's a blizzard! (I think)

The falling snow brings me Peace and inner reflection. The world no longer seems complicated, so I can now turn my gaze within.

March = month of love

Mother has declared March the month of love. This'll be interesting....

A Poem

I woke up this morning with the first line running through my head. It was, in a way, part of a dream.

The forever war
I never thought
I'd see my friend
Swallowed
By this war.
His bones slowly
Crushed
Under a thousand-ton weight,
The weight of the world.
His being picked apart
By the demons
Surrounding him.
Friends become sworn enemies,
Enemies become friends.
And so it is,
Since the beginning
Of civilization
With no end
In
Sight.