SEATTLE -- Seattle relief pitcher Rafael Soriano was taken from Safeco Field on a stretcher on Tuesday night after being hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of the Angels' Vladimir Guerrero.
Guerrero's line drive came on the first pitch that Soriano threw in the top of the eighth inning and with Seattle holding a 6-3 lead.
The medical status of the 26-year-old right-hander wasn't immediately known, though the Mariners announced in the pressbox that Soriano never lost consciousness. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center for further tests, the club said.
Soriano, who entered the game that inning, fell to the turf after being struck behind his right ear and remained on the ground for several minutes before being placed on a stretcher and taken from the stadium on a cart.
Soriano entered the game with a 1-2 record and a 2.11 ERA in 52 games this season.
So you can guess how my night's going. At least we won. But it was one of those bittersweet wins. They're saying now that he never lost consciousness, there was no fracture or anything. But he does have a concussion, knew where he was, and has to stay overnight at Harborview for observation. The skin was broken, but no bones. They said that he had the radio on listening to the game in the ambulence.
On a happier note, we've now won 6 games in a row (yes!) and 7 of our last eight games. Which is the most in a row for us in the last 3 years! Tomorrow we're going for the sweep (we're going to try and beat the Angels all three games that we play them).
And we had back to back home runs to open the game and almost 3 in a row (just short of the wall) but he scored off the next playet. Ibanez had his 26th home run of the season, and Snelling had his first (and second)! Ichiro also hit a home run to tie the game.
Washburn pitched 7 innings, then they brought in Soriano, and after he got hurt they brought in Greene. Then Putz came in to close it.
Now Washburn is saying that this is the worst he's ever felt after a win. And how he doesn't even remember pitching. And how everyone right now is concerned and doesn't know much. And the guy who hit him is pretty much in shock. He says:
"I just turned around and saw him on the ground, and all I could do was pray for him and his family that he would be okay." So I guess they're kind of friends, and they're both from Mexico? I think. And he's probably going to go to the hospital tonight to see him.
So now Soriano is added to the injured list, along with Mateo after he dropped a weight on his finger and broke it in the weight room. That's not normally very helpful for pitching.
I'm really sorry about all the baseball, but I had to say something. And you guys get to suffer for it...
I wish it would rain.
Oh bugger.
So I need to go to bed. Going to dad's office tomorrow, will try to post from there.
Namarie
August 30, 2006
August 29, 2006
Hey guys! A post at last!!!
So I read Romans 14 today, and it totally reminded me of Vani and Em's posts. Here it is:
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will confess to God.’”
So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way. As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died. Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.
So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves. But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
So it all goes back to what we were saying on Vani's blog, and then recently on Em's blog about the gray areas. I esp. liked the part where Paul said that no food is unclean, but if to someone they consider it unclean, then it's unclean for them. So basically then, if you don't consider it unclean, then to you it's not, because you thank God for it. But it should be unclean to you if it causes a fellow Christian to stumble.
I think we had that covered. It was just really cool to read it today and have all that biblical backup!
So how is everyone? When does school start up again? I start on September 5th. Officially. It's going to be really loose though when we get started, kinda more or less trying to figure out what unschooling is for us… And then on the 8-10th we have State Fair. So I won't have any school Friday, and the few days before that will be getting ready for Fair. I'm kind of excited/kind of nervous. (Don't worry this is totally natural!)
Let's see…what else? Oh yeah! Mom and I went to the lake yesterday for a few hours, took our little inflatable boat out there, went swimming, had a picnic with watermelon, tuna fish sandwiched, lemonade, zucchini bread!!!! It was so much fun! Then we just sat in the sun and read for a while. Then last night we rented the movie Yours, Mine, and Ours, and watched that with Dad. It was so good!!! And I found out that the party band is Hawk Nelson! That was really cool, since they're Christian and they're one of my favorite bands. Anybody seen it?
Hmmm….what else? Oh I remember! Ok, you all have to promise not to laugh at me though. Up until today, I didn't know how to do laundry. I mean, I knew how to work the dryer so I could dry the clothes, but I didn't know how to work the washer. Now I do 'cause Mom taught me! I understand that most of my friends know how to do laundry, so I always felt a little behind there…just freaking out because I thought I'd never learn or something…jk. ;)
I think that's about it. I'm going to go change the laundry (:P) and then read The Count of Monte Cristo.
I finally posted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Namarie~
~Verya
P.S.
Pictures still aren't working for me. Can anyone figure out what the problem is?
So I read Romans 14 today, and it totally reminded me of Vani and Em's posts. Here it is:
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will confess to God.’”
So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way. As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died. Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.
So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves. But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
So it all goes back to what we were saying on Vani's blog, and then recently on Em's blog about the gray areas. I esp. liked the part where Paul said that no food is unclean, but if to someone they consider it unclean, then it's unclean for them. So basically then, if you don't consider it unclean, then to you it's not, because you thank God for it. But it should be unclean to you if it causes a fellow Christian to stumble.
I think we had that covered. It was just really cool to read it today and have all that biblical backup!
So how is everyone? When does school start up again? I start on September 5th. Officially. It's going to be really loose though when we get started, kinda more or less trying to figure out what unschooling is for us… And then on the 8-10th we have State Fair. So I won't have any school Friday, and the few days before that will be getting ready for Fair. I'm kind of excited/kind of nervous. (Don't worry this is totally natural!)
Let's see…what else? Oh yeah! Mom and I went to the lake yesterday for a few hours, took our little inflatable boat out there, went swimming, had a picnic with watermelon, tuna fish sandwiched, lemonade, zucchini bread!!!! It was so much fun! Then we just sat in the sun and read for a while. Then last night we rented the movie Yours, Mine, and Ours, and watched that with Dad. It was so good!!! And I found out that the party band is Hawk Nelson! That was really cool, since they're Christian and they're one of my favorite bands. Anybody seen it?
Hmmm….what else? Oh I remember! Ok, you all have to promise not to laugh at me though. Up until today, I didn't know how to do laundry. I mean, I knew how to work the dryer so I could dry the clothes, but I didn't know how to work the washer. Now I do 'cause Mom taught me! I understand that most of my friends know how to do laundry, so I always felt a little behind there…just freaking out because I thought I'd never learn or something…jk. ;)
I think that's about it. I'm going to go change the laundry (:P) and then read The Count of Monte Cristo.
I finally posted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Namarie~
~Verya
P.S.
Pictures still aren't working for me. Can anyone figure out what the problem is?
August 25, 2006
Go Mariners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, so we're leaving hopefully really soon to go see the Mariners beat up the Boston Red Sox.
So I just thought I'd let you all know and I'll post when I get back if mom'll let me or if not in the morning.
I just figured the best way to get comments *coughs* is to make a new post...since 'so many people' have been posting on my blog!
*coughs* *sarcasm*
Well, I just promise to TRY and not give you the play-by-play of the whole game when I get back. Baseball's just really exciting for me.
So maybe just part of the game...
Oh yeah and we went to this really awesome all-you-can-eat Indian buffet place for lunch with my grandma! It was soooo good!
And my fingers still smell like Indian food. It's making me drool.
And my dad went golfing today on the hardest golf course he's ever played and shot a 99!
In English: he did pretty well for him. And he won with the best score out of the threesome he was playing with.
Ok, I'm gonna go pester everybody and see if we can go now and catch some of BP.
Namarie!
~Verya
P.S.
BP = Batting Practice.
*tries to think positively, despite the fact that they have Schilling and we have a new starter, Woods*
So I just thought I'd let you all know and I'll post when I get back if mom'll let me or if not in the morning.
I just figured the best way to get comments *coughs* is to make a new post...since 'so many people' have been posting on my blog!
*coughs* *sarcasm*
Well, I just promise to TRY and not give you the play-by-play of the whole game when I get back. Baseball's just really exciting for me.
So maybe just part of the game...
Oh yeah and we went to this really awesome all-you-can-eat Indian buffet place for lunch with my grandma! It was soooo good!
And my fingers still smell like Indian food. It's making me drool.
And my dad went golfing today on the hardest golf course he's ever played and shot a 99!
In English: he did pretty well for him. And he won with the best score out of the threesome he was playing with.
Ok, I'm gonna go pester everybody and see if we can go now and catch some of BP.
Namarie!
~Verya
P.S.
BP = Batting Practice.
*tries to think positively, despite the fact that they have Schilling and we have a new starter, Woods*
August 21, 2006
Parley vous Francais? Parley? I like mayonnaise! Gollum, gollum.
Okay, last night I was depressed. Reason's:
1. Mariners just traded Jamie Moyer to the Philadelphia Phillies. Need I say more? You figure it out…I'm still in shock. And they lost last night but it was so close! Not that I heard any of it…football season always trumps baseball as far as my dad is concerned. Though I'm not at all sure why…
2. My friend is really sick with a virus thingy and he's not being very fast at getting better either.
3. Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship. I wanted either Phil Mickelson or Mike Weir to win, but not Tiger because it gets so old sometimes and I'd like to see someone else win for once…okay, end of my ramble that interests none of you.
4. I HATE DIAL-UP!!!!!!!!!!
5. I felt, in general, like a failure. You know the feeling. You just get depressed and look at all the bad things and that huge list of all you have left to do, and can't look at the bright side. It'll pass.
It just stank to have it last night.
Every morning greets me with a list of all I have to do/and every evening meets me with the knowledge that I'm never through…
I'm glad I'm not depressed anymore! I've actually been rather bouncy all day.
But I am happy that Tiger won instead of Luke Donald. I didn't really like him for some reason. It's like Tombstone! "Should I hate him?" "You don't even know him." "Yes, but I'm sure I hate him already."
Okay, not that strong, but I'd rather Tiger than him.
Anyone like Tombstone?
I'm glad Em's back!!! How was your trip, Em?
I'm glad there's a game called golf. Perhaps you've heard of it? It's the (excuse me dad) 2'nd greatest game ever played (after baseball of course). But it is close. It's this battle you play with yourself, and pass it off as playing against other people.
Excuse me, I need to open the window. It's REALLY hot!
Ahhh, back.
I'm glad I have a lot of faults J.R.R. Tolkien had. It encourages me, because, I mean, look how successful he was! I have an example to see what he did about those faults.
Oh, I am so indecisive right now I think I'll simple go to bed and read. Writing was considered in my options, but I'm afraid that at my present mood anything written would have to be scrapped because of…well…unintelligibility!
Is that a word? It's not showing up as misspelled in WORD. Hmmm…if it wasn't, it is now. I just made it up!
It means you can't make out the point because it shifts so much, and you're not even sure the author knew the point.
Kind of like this blog entry.
I just finished watching Sister Act. That's such a good movie!
Ah yes and I'm learning French! I know, you all know I'm crazy now! But seriously, my mom has been teaching me what she remembers from high school, and I'd like to either do Rosetta Stone (awesome program I do Hindi with!) or kind of teach myself using a French/English dictionary and Mom's help (which could be fun…) or another beginner's French computer program I got for Christmas. It teaches basics, but of course, that's a start!
Alouette, jante alouette.
Alouette, je tu pleue me rae.
Je te pleue me rea la tets
Je te pleue me rea la tets.
Rea la tets, rea la tets,
Alouette, Alouette,
Oh-oh-oh-oh…
I'm fairly certain that's all spelled wrong (except Alouette) but I know how to say it (for the most part) and that's what's important! You know what it means?
Lark, nice lark
Lark, I'm going to pluck you.
I'm going to pluck your head
I'm going to pluck your head.
Pluck your head, pluck your head,
Lark, lark.
Oh-oh-oh-oh…
Yes, children's songs are so violent aren't they? Brings to mind Ring Around the Rosies and Rock-a-bye-Baby.
I guess they sang it in kitchens a long time ago when they were preparing birds to be cooked. And it appealed to children why?
Oh, who knows?
It's too bad El can't check for like a week! I'd have trouble with that much time. I mean, four-five days is pushing it. A week…good luck El!
Pride of the King's Navy you are!
This is becoming a journal of a choice selection of thoughts rolling through my brain. Actually, they more or less float than roll.
So, I think I'll wrap it up, because I couldn't imagine reading the whole thing without falling asleep at least—or no less than—two times. For which reason I am not going to proof it, because I would like to stay awake to post it, if I ever get the phone line back…
:)
I'm so sore! I pulled a muscle in my right arm (I'm not sure what I was doing, just stretched too far I think) so it really hurts to move it back too far you know? My teeth are all better now though. And this typing you know, it's so straining to my arm!!! Jk. But I think I might/must be growing because I've been rather sore all week for no apparent reasons. I really hope I'm growing anyway! Anything to come up with an excuse to make people believe (and myself) that I am still growing. Well, it really doesn't matter too much. I sit when I play piano, and Michelle Wee is small and she's probably the world's best female golfer today. At least, she's really good!
Ok, really, I'll stop now!
Signing off, see ya'll tomorrow!
~Verya
P.S.
We got Kinder eggs in B.C.!!!!!!!!! If you've never had one-
I won't let you drool over what you're missing. They're the best! Okay, not the best, but they have special memories for me and you can't buy them in the States.
Ok, I'll shut up now really (finally)!
I don't know why pictures never show up on my blog?...
1. Mariners just traded Jamie Moyer to the Philadelphia Phillies. Need I say more? You figure it out…I'm still in shock. And they lost last night but it was so close! Not that I heard any of it…football season always trumps baseball as far as my dad is concerned. Though I'm not at all sure why…
2. My friend is really sick with a virus thingy and he's not being very fast at getting better either.
3. Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship. I wanted either Phil Mickelson or Mike Weir to win, but not Tiger because it gets so old sometimes and I'd like to see someone else win for once…okay, end of my ramble that interests none of you.
4. I HATE DIAL-UP!!!!!!!!!!
5. I felt, in general, like a failure. You know the feeling. You just get depressed and look at all the bad things and that huge list of all you have left to do, and can't look at the bright side. It'll pass.
It just stank to have it last night.
Every morning greets me with a list of all I have to do/and every evening meets me with the knowledge that I'm never through…
I'm glad I'm not depressed anymore! I've actually been rather bouncy all day.
But I am happy that Tiger won instead of Luke Donald. I didn't really like him for some reason. It's like Tombstone! "Should I hate him?" "You don't even know him." "Yes, but I'm sure I hate him already."
Okay, not that strong, but I'd rather Tiger than him.
Anyone like Tombstone?
I'm glad Em's back!!! How was your trip, Em?
I'm glad there's a game called golf. Perhaps you've heard of it? It's the (excuse me dad) 2'nd greatest game ever played (after baseball of course). But it is close. It's this battle you play with yourself, and pass it off as playing against other people.
Excuse me, I need to open the window. It's REALLY hot!
Ahhh, back.
I'm glad I have a lot of faults J.R.R. Tolkien had. It encourages me, because, I mean, look how successful he was! I have an example to see what he did about those faults.
Oh, I am so indecisive right now I think I'll simple go to bed and read. Writing was considered in my options, but I'm afraid that at my present mood anything written would have to be scrapped because of…well…unintelligibility!
Is that a word? It's not showing up as misspelled in WORD. Hmmm…if it wasn't, it is now. I just made it up!
It means you can't make out the point because it shifts so much, and you're not even sure the author knew the point.
Kind of like this blog entry.
I just finished watching Sister Act. That's such a good movie!
Ah yes and I'm learning French! I know, you all know I'm crazy now! But seriously, my mom has been teaching me what she remembers from high school, and I'd like to either do Rosetta Stone (awesome program I do Hindi with!) or kind of teach myself using a French/English dictionary and Mom's help (which could be fun…) or another beginner's French computer program I got for Christmas. It teaches basics, but of course, that's a start!
Alouette, jante alouette.
Alouette, je tu pleue me rae.
Je te pleue me rea la tets
Je te pleue me rea la tets.
Rea la tets, rea la tets,
Alouette, Alouette,
Oh-oh-oh-oh…
I'm fairly certain that's all spelled wrong (except Alouette) but I know how to say it (for the most part) and that's what's important! You know what it means?
Lark, nice lark
Lark, I'm going to pluck you.
I'm going to pluck your head
I'm going to pluck your head.
Pluck your head, pluck your head,
Lark, lark.
Oh-oh-oh-oh…
Yes, children's songs are so violent aren't they? Brings to mind Ring Around the Rosies and Rock-a-bye-Baby.
I guess they sang it in kitchens a long time ago when they were preparing birds to be cooked. And it appealed to children why?
Oh, who knows?
It's too bad El can't check for like a week! I'd have trouble with that much time. I mean, four-five days is pushing it. A week…good luck El!
Pride of the King's Navy you are!
This is becoming a journal of a choice selection of thoughts rolling through my brain. Actually, they more or less float than roll.
So, I think I'll wrap it up, because I couldn't imagine reading the whole thing without falling asleep at least—or no less than—two times. For which reason I am not going to proof it, because I would like to stay awake to post it, if I ever get the phone line back…
:)
I'm so sore! I pulled a muscle in my right arm (I'm not sure what I was doing, just stretched too far I think) so it really hurts to move it back too far you know? My teeth are all better now though. And this typing you know, it's so straining to my arm!!! Jk. But I think I might/must be growing because I've been rather sore all week for no apparent reasons. I really hope I'm growing anyway! Anything to come up with an excuse to make people believe (and myself) that I am still growing. Well, it really doesn't matter too much. I sit when I play piano, and Michelle Wee is small and she's probably the world's best female golfer today. At least, she's really good!
Ok, really, I'll stop now!
Signing off, see ya'll tomorrow!
~Verya
P.S.
We got Kinder eggs in B.C.!!!!!!!!! If you've never had one-
I won't let you drool over what you're missing. They're the best! Okay, not the best, but they have special memories for me and you can't buy them in the States.
Ok, I'll shut up now really (finally)!
I don't know why pictures never show up on my blog?...
August 17, 2006
Here in Canada...
Ok, so we're here! The ferry ride was ok, although the weather was overcast and windy almost the whole way. :( And I like more hands-on sailing. Handling the lines and smelling the salty sea and being near the water. Or driving...with my hands on the helm. Or standing in the bow riding the wakes...
Yeah so I love sailing! Does this count as addiction? I'm not sure, but being couped up in a ferry boat wasn't my idea of fun today. I like boating. I don't like riding.
So then we had to go through customs. And I made an oops. I am borrowing a camera from my granparents that they're letting me use for the trip, and I get really picture-happy when I have unlimited access to a camera. So I was taking a ton of pictures and getting to know the camera and stuff. It was fun! Then we landed in Canada and right before we reached customs, I'm like, "Do you think they frown on taking pictures here?" Apparently no one heard me because no one answered. So I snapped a picture for the scrapbook.Right as we pulled up to customs. And they're like, "You can't take pictures here!"But you know Canadians. They're so nice about everything...Americans would have taken your camera! They just said, "Don't do that," and I blushed and said I was sorry I didn't know and we drove off. Really easy though. American customs are always so mean! I'm not really looking forward to that part of going home.
So then we couldn't check into the B&B where we're staying until 2:30, and it was like 11:00, so we decided to get an early lunch at a little bakery/pastry shop my grandparents had been to. I got a beef pie. It was pretty good...esp. the beef part! And then we got dessert there too. Chocolate eclair!!! Oh I should have taken a picture of that! But we are planning to go there again before we leave, since everyone liked it.
Then we walked around town for a bit; looked into the shops and whatnot. And my grandpa found out that he'd forgotten his hat, so he "had to buy one." And my grandma found out that he continually forgets his hats on purpose just so he can buy a new one wherever they're going.
That was interesting.
:)
Then we went to the beach and collected stuff and walked around some more until it was time to check in. After check-in, we were just settling in and I took a shower (since it was way too early this morning and I wanted an extra 20 minutes of sleep!) and then spent 10 more minutes trying to do my hair a new way (finally it worked!) in a half-bun. Which is just like a whole bun only you just use the top half of your hair. After I had tried (and failed) to do a pony bun because that is a two-person job I found out.
I know you're finding this all very interesting, esp. you El w/ the part about my hair...
And soon we're gonna go to a market thingy and then either get some food to cook here or find a place to eat out. Not sure yet. But the B&B is very nice...and very spacious too. :)
Right now everyone else is watching Master and Commander. Frankly I'v decided that I'm not into it. Anyone seen it? See, my dad LOVES it, but my mom thought it was boring the first time she saw it. So my dad's trying to get me to think I'll like it and my mom's saying I won't, and I've always thought I probably wouldn't. Anyway they started it while I was showering and then I came out and gave it a try. And I've decided it's not really my thing. I guess it's not really boring, or esp. violent, it's kinda funny, but it's just a weird mix that I find...I don't know. Maybe just not my style. It is rather bloody. I don't normally mind that (like it doesn't really bug me) but maybe I'm just not in the mood. I don't know, I'm not really watching it, just listening. We'll see.
I think tonight we're gonna watch Second-hand Lions. So good! And my grandparents haven't seen it yet.
If they want to watch another movie.
Ok we're gonna leave now and go to the market. See ya'll later!
Namarie!
~Verya
Yeah so I love sailing! Does this count as addiction? I'm not sure, but being couped up in a ferry boat wasn't my idea of fun today. I like boating. I don't like riding.
So then we had to go through customs. And I made an oops. I am borrowing a camera from my granparents that they're letting me use for the trip, and I get really picture-happy when I have unlimited access to a camera. So I was taking a ton of pictures and getting to know the camera and stuff. It was fun! Then we landed in Canada and right before we reached customs, I'm like, "Do you think they frown on taking pictures here?" Apparently no one heard me because no one answered. So I snapped a picture for the scrapbook.Right as we pulled up to customs. And they're like, "You can't take pictures here!"But you know Canadians. They're so nice about everything...Americans would have taken your camera! They just said, "Don't do that," and I blushed and said I was sorry I didn't know and we drove off. Really easy though. American customs are always so mean! I'm not really looking forward to that part of going home.
So then we couldn't check into the B&B where we're staying until 2:30, and it was like 11:00, so we decided to get an early lunch at a little bakery/pastry shop my grandparents had been to. I got a beef pie. It was pretty good...esp. the beef part! And then we got dessert there too. Chocolate eclair!!! Oh I should have taken a picture of that! But we are planning to go there again before we leave, since everyone liked it.
Then we walked around town for a bit; looked into the shops and whatnot. And my grandpa found out that he'd forgotten his hat, so he "had to buy one." And my grandma found out that he continually forgets his hats on purpose just so he can buy a new one wherever they're going.
That was interesting.
:)
Then we went to the beach and collected stuff and walked around some more until it was time to check in. After check-in, we were just settling in and I took a shower (since it was way too early this morning and I wanted an extra 20 minutes of sleep!) and then spent 10 more minutes trying to do my hair a new way (finally it worked!) in a half-bun. Which is just like a whole bun only you just use the top half of your hair. After I had tried (and failed) to do a pony bun because that is a two-person job I found out.
I know you're finding this all very interesting, esp. you El w/ the part about my hair...
And soon we're gonna go to a market thingy and then either get some food to cook here or find a place to eat out. Not sure yet. But the B&B is very nice...and very spacious too. :)
Right now everyone else is watching Master and Commander. Frankly I'v decided that I'm not into it. Anyone seen it? See, my dad LOVES it, but my mom thought it was boring the first time she saw it. So my dad's trying to get me to think I'll like it and my mom's saying I won't, and I've always thought I probably wouldn't. Anyway they started it while I was showering and then I came out and gave it a try. And I've decided it's not really my thing. I guess it's not really boring, or esp. violent, it's kinda funny, but it's just a weird mix that I find...I don't know. Maybe just not my style. It is rather bloody. I don't normally mind that (like it doesn't really bug me) but maybe I'm just not in the mood. I don't know, I'm not really watching it, just listening. We'll see.
I think tonight we're gonna watch Second-hand Lions. So good! And my grandparents haven't seen it yet.
If they want to watch another movie.
Ok we're gonna leave now and go to the market. See ya'll later!
Namarie!
~Verya
Ugggghhh!!!!!
I can't be. I'm sure it can't be.
My watch must have stopped.
Because it says 5:40 A.M.
And it was earlier.
And I was awake when it was earlier.
Say it's not true!
So anyway that has been my morning in a nutshell.
Also, my room at my grandparents is mostly underground, but there's one of those windows up towards the ceilings at ground level, and it has like, concrete around it so there's a little hollow where the window part looks out. Anyway lots of plants grow there and this morning (or last night rather) two baby racoons decided they would like to grow there too. So my grandpa heard them scratching and thought it was a rat (I slept right through it of course) then this morning he and my dad went to get it with a shovel, only first they looked at it from the inside and saw it was they. There were two! And they weren't rats, they were racoos!
Oh they looked sooo cute poking their little heads against the glass! Anyway everyone was freaking out that they were wounded, so they went to shovel them out. And one of them climbed out first, then as soon as they went out and shone the flashlight on the other one (there's no light at this ghastly hour) of course he climbed out all by himself too.
"I can scarce write for laughing..."
-Lydia Bennet
This is unearthly. Golf is one thing, but getting up at 5:00 A.M. to catch a ferry is just insane.
It's insanity!
I have to go. I'll post later when we get there!
Namarie,
~Verya
My watch must have stopped.
Because it says 5:40 A.M.
And it was earlier.
And I was awake when it was earlier.
Say it's not true!
So anyway that has been my morning in a nutshell.
Also, my room at my grandparents is mostly underground, but there's one of those windows up towards the ceilings at ground level, and it has like, concrete around it so there's a little hollow where the window part looks out. Anyway lots of plants grow there and this morning (or last night rather) two baby racoons decided they would like to grow there too. So my grandpa heard them scratching and thought it was a rat (I slept right through it of course) then this morning he and my dad went to get it with a shovel, only first they looked at it from the inside and saw it was they. There were two! And they weren't rats, they were racoos!
Oh they looked sooo cute poking their little heads against the glass! Anyway everyone was freaking out that they were wounded, so they went to shovel them out. And one of them climbed out first, then as soon as they went out and shone the flashlight on the other one (there's no light at this ghastly hour) of course he climbed out all by himself too.
"I can scarce write for laughing..."
-Lydia Bennet
This is unearthly. Golf is one thing, but getting up at 5:00 A.M. to catch a ferry is just insane.
It's insanity!
I have to go. I'll post later when we get there!
Namarie,
~Verya
August 9, 2006
Joy and those other things that never seem to make it in...
Ok, I'm totally obsessed with dot-dot-dots! ...
And for my Dad: You will never understand me when I think a guy is cute (or really really really cute!) because you are a guy and I am a girl. And Mom thought he was cute too. :)
About Joy:
Lego had said some stuff about joy and the difference between joy and happiness. Well, I just finished reading Philippians last week (and learning how to spell it finally!) which is like the last word on joy in the Bible! And I have the Extreme Teen Bible NKJV which has a little write-up before each book w/ what the book is about, etc. and the very night I read Lego's post I read this right afterwards all about joy and happiness! What a God thing isn't it? So, my Bible says it much better than me:
"If there is any word that describes this book, it's 'joy.' That's a pretty amazing fact since Paul wrote it from jail. But even though he was in jail, he shared his joy about everything from his life in Christ to his friends in Philippi.
There are several keys to being joyful. Paul seemed to understand each one of them. Paul could focus on his blessings even when he had chains on his hands and feet. Somehow he knew that life is more than the difficult moments.
...There's a big difference between joy and happiness. Happiness is what you feel when circumstances in your life go right. If you make good grades and get what you want for your birthday--those kinds of things make you happy. Because happiness is related to circumstances, it comes and goes with the good times in life.
Joy, on the other hand, is more than an emotion. It is a perspective, a way of looking at life. We have joy when we feel secure inside that, no matter how our circumstances might change, God is still in control. That's why Paul could write a letter about gratitude and joy in a yucky place like prison. He might not have been happy, but in the end he knew that God was in control of his life."
I also found my favorite verse in the Bible. Before I didn't really have one, then, as soon as I read it, I knew it was to be my favorite. "To live is Christ, to die is gain."
Then I thought: 'If I'm put here on earth to share God's love and eternal joy with the world, why shouldn't I be joyful? And if I die, I'm going to Heaven to share in God's joy forever! I have God's joy, something that no one can take away from me!'
And get this. I go to a Bible Study twice a month for girls, and the very day after I had gotten my Bible reading back on track (long story but I had been trying and failing to read every day, no desire before, now there is thank God!) I started in Philippians 1, then I went to Bible study and we read Philippians 2! What a God thing!!! So ever since I have actually wanted to read the Bible, and am trying to pursue God's joy and be joyful (if not always happy) every day of my life!
And I agree. Happiness today is like saying "I love you." It's too artificial. I think that's mainly because everyone tries to pretend that everything's ok, and be 'happy' all the time, but they're really seeking after God's joy, something that will last, that can't be taken away from them. And that's why we're here. To give it to them!
And I was thinking, if Paul was joyful (not happy, but joyful) in prison, do you thing Jesus was joyful on the cross? Like when he found it possible to forgive us, even after what we did?
And I could write a lot more about faith since I just finished Colossians yesterday and it's kind of a beginners book to faith. Which is extremely helpful to lost people like me :) That's what my testimony is about. Living your faith, not just talking about it. It's based on the verse James 2:19 - "You believe that there is one God. Good. Even the demons belive that - and tremble!"
Then it goes on to say that Faith without works is dead, and by works faith is made perfect. "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
So we can't make it to Heaven on faith alone, or on works alone. They have to be together! But it's kind of scary, isn't it? To think about it that even demons believe in God. So if we only believe, we really aren't any better than demons! I got most of my inspiration for this from Peter Furler's (Newsboy's lead singer) testimony that he gave at Creation. It was so moving! He totally put into words the testimony that (for once) I couldn't write down what was inside of me. So, sorry, but I'm stealing it! It's a work in progress anyway. :)
Well, guess that's about it. Had a 4-H meeting tonight and made some changes about like leadership and meeting times, etc., but nothing important. So, after that meaty post (all stolen from other people, sorry, Pirate!) I'll bid you all goodnight!
Lay down my pride/my desires/my demise/I'm ready now to see it your way/'Cause I'm done, I'm through/knowin' you/now it's true/I'm kneeling at the cross of your grace.
Blessed be you name/on the road marked with suffering/though there's pain in the offering/blessed be you name
I've had both songs stuck in my head for the last day and a half! Oh, and I'm learning guitar(knew there was something else!)! I'm taking Beginner Guitar at co-op next trimester. So I thought I'd start early (I already knew a little) and I can play Blessed be the Name! I'm very happy because it's also in my range and it's only four chords so I can play and sing it at the same time!
Ok, that's really it now!
'Night!
Namarie,
Verya
And for my Dad: You will never understand me when I think a guy is cute (or really really really cute!) because you are a guy and I am a girl. And Mom thought he was cute too. :)
About Joy:
Lego had said some stuff about joy and the difference between joy and happiness. Well, I just finished reading Philippians last week (and learning how to spell it finally!) which is like the last word on joy in the Bible! And I have the Extreme Teen Bible NKJV which has a little write-up before each book w/ what the book is about, etc. and the very night I read Lego's post I read this right afterwards all about joy and happiness! What a God thing isn't it? So, my Bible says it much better than me:
"If there is any word that describes this book, it's 'joy.' That's a pretty amazing fact since Paul wrote it from jail. But even though he was in jail, he shared his joy about everything from his life in Christ to his friends in Philippi.
There are several keys to being joyful. Paul seemed to understand each one of them. Paul could focus on his blessings even when he had chains on his hands and feet. Somehow he knew that life is more than the difficult moments.
...There's a big difference between joy and happiness. Happiness is what you feel when circumstances in your life go right. If you make good grades and get what you want for your birthday--those kinds of things make you happy. Because happiness is related to circumstances, it comes and goes with the good times in life.
Joy, on the other hand, is more than an emotion. It is a perspective, a way of looking at life. We have joy when we feel secure inside that, no matter how our circumstances might change, God is still in control. That's why Paul could write a letter about gratitude and joy in a yucky place like prison. He might not have been happy, but in the end he knew that God was in control of his life."
I also found my favorite verse in the Bible. Before I didn't really have one, then, as soon as I read it, I knew it was to be my favorite. "To live is Christ, to die is gain."
Then I thought: 'If I'm put here on earth to share God's love and eternal joy with the world, why shouldn't I be joyful? And if I die, I'm going to Heaven to share in God's joy forever! I have God's joy, something that no one can take away from me!'
And get this. I go to a Bible Study twice a month for girls, and the very day after I had gotten my Bible reading back on track (long story but I had been trying and failing to read every day, no desire before, now there is thank God!) I started in Philippians 1, then I went to Bible study and we read Philippians 2! What a God thing!!! So ever since I have actually wanted to read the Bible, and am trying to pursue God's joy and be joyful (if not always happy) every day of my life!
And I agree. Happiness today is like saying "I love you." It's too artificial. I think that's mainly because everyone tries to pretend that everything's ok, and be 'happy' all the time, but they're really seeking after God's joy, something that will last, that can't be taken away from them. And that's why we're here. To give it to them!
And I was thinking, if Paul was joyful (not happy, but joyful) in prison, do you thing Jesus was joyful on the cross? Like when he found it possible to forgive us, even after what we did?
And I could write a lot more about faith since I just finished Colossians yesterday and it's kind of a beginners book to faith. Which is extremely helpful to lost people like me :) That's what my testimony is about. Living your faith, not just talking about it. It's based on the verse James 2:19 - "You believe that there is one God. Good. Even the demons belive that - and tremble!"
Then it goes on to say that Faith without works is dead, and by works faith is made perfect. "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
So we can't make it to Heaven on faith alone, or on works alone. They have to be together! But it's kind of scary, isn't it? To think about it that even demons believe in God. So if we only believe, we really aren't any better than demons! I got most of my inspiration for this from Peter Furler's (Newsboy's lead singer) testimony that he gave at Creation. It was so moving! He totally put into words the testimony that (for once) I couldn't write down what was inside of me. So, sorry, but I'm stealing it! It's a work in progress anyway. :)
Well, guess that's about it. Had a 4-H meeting tonight and made some changes about like leadership and meeting times, etc., but nothing important. So, after that meaty post (all stolen from other people, sorry, Pirate!) I'll bid you all goodnight!
Lay down my pride/my desires/my demise/I'm ready now to see it your way/'Cause I'm done, I'm through/knowin' you/now it's true/I'm kneeling at the cross of your grace.
Blessed be you name/on the road marked with suffering/though there's pain in the offering/blessed be you name
I've had both songs stuck in my head for the last day and a half! Oh, and I'm learning guitar(knew there was something else!)! I'm taking Beginner Guitar at co-op next trimester. So I thought I'd start early (I already knew a little) and I can play Blessed be the Name! I'm very happy because it's also in my range and it's only four chords so I can play and sing it at the same time!
Ok, that's really it now!
'Night!
Namarie,
Verya
August 7, 2006
I whistle a happy tune/so no one will suspect/I'm afraid
YES!!!!! I'm VERY EXTREMELY hyper and random right now! If I calm down I'll type in that part about joy. But first I thought I'd share something funny that happened at Creation.
Ok, so we saw Hawk Nelson on Thursday the 27th at Creation. (!!!!!!!) I was very excited because I LOVE Hawk Nelson. Long story short, they rocked, were awesome, and then we got to go into this tent and get their autographs! Anyway, you wait in this loooooong line for a while that goes around the back of the tent, and when we got up towards the front and came around the corner...
Ok, I forgot to mention that the lead singer (Jason) was wearing a suit. Yes, a full suit with the coat on a 100+ degree day. So he explained that the bass player had offered him $5 American money (they're from Canada so it's worth more) to wear the suit for the whole show. He took off the jacket during the middle and was like "I don't feel like dying today." He really looked like he was gonna faint or get heatstroke or something.
...So, we come around the corner of the tent and go into the entrance where they have these tables lined up where they are signing, and I saw him as we were coming in, still looking overheated. So I remark, "He still looks really hot."
And my dad's like WHAT?!? 'cause we don't really use that word to describe boys. I, of course being my blond self didn't get what I had said, so I said "He looks really hot!" Then I got it and started blushing and I felt so stupid! Thank goodness he didn't hear it!
Then this morning we went to church. You know when you're playing true or false and you get asked what's the most embarassing thing that's ever happened to you? Ok, I'm not very daring, so nothing extremely embarassing has ever happened to me. The occasional thing like my parents showing my baby bath pics to friends (esp. male family friends - I hate that!), but nothing serious.
So I have lots of odd jobs during the week/month, and every week my tithe turns out to not be a nice round number, but something with lots of change. Always. And it's not normally a problem.
So I put it in the outside pocket (non-zipping) of my Bible cover so I'm not hauling around a bunch of change in my hand or anything. Seems to make sense, right? Except...my pocket isn't a zip-up thing. So today I'm flipping to the page while my pastor is reading through Luke up on stage, and all of a sudden my Bible cover tilts downward and ALL the change falls out. And our chairs are those hook-together kind with the metal in between, and of course most of the change falls on the metal and on each other and makes this huge sound in our very small church.
And I turn, as my mother so eloquently put it, "vermillion red."
Yes, I can laugh about it now (though not without blushing a little :P ), but at the time it was certainly the most embarassing moment of my life! So the pastor looks up, and (he's really funny, he makes jokes, and he's young too, so don't think like 'old grumpy pastor' thing 'fun, joking pastor') he's like, "That was money!"
*deeper blush*
And then he's like, "That was only change...was that for the offering?" And of course my parents and everyone else is cracking up. And my mom decides to help things along by saying -between laughs- "yes it was for the offering!"
Since I couldn't blush any deeper, I thanked God that I was wearing my Indian outfit with a scarf that you wear over your head while you're in church, which I found can be very convenient for hiding behind.
Long story short (or it was actually long wasn't it?) I will no longer not have an embarassing story to share in truth or dare! It wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't so good at blushing at even the tiniest embarassing things! But oh well, let me know how to thank God for that!
What on earth am I missing/what is it that I don't see?
All of Heaven is falling all around me/And I am drowning in the mystery of your love/All the universe can't contain your beauty/You come alive in me, you come alive...
Saw the King and I at a theater near us last night! It was soooo awesome! Esp. considering the really really really cute guy that played Tuptim's lover Lun Tha. *gets dreamy look and can't help that helpless giggle girls get over cute guys* :) * * (that's supposed to be a starry-eyed smily, but I can't get a smily so it's more of a line, sorry.)
Anyway, I also had a GREAT view of the pianist! And his tremolas....they were absolutely inspiring! I need to put some of that into my music...
So the guy who played the King, he's played it in two other productions at different theatres before, and it showed. He was so good! And the voices! The singing was incredible!
All-in-all, it was great. I really enjoyed it. Plus we went with my grandparents, and beforehand we got to go to dinner at this Indian restaurant, and I got my chicken tikka that I've been craving for two weeks now, and chai that was to DIE FOR!!! And really good papadum (just skim over this part and finish it knowing that it was all really good!) and naan! And the allu samosa! Not to mention the ghosh (lamb) biryani my dad got and the chicken biryani my mom got... *in heaven*
And we topped it all off with gulab jamun, which is a hot dessert that is like a dumpling sort of thing in a really sweet syrup...flavored with spices. I'm not sure how they make it, but it's really good!
And if you were actually interested in the other foods I'd be happy to describe them to all y'all. :)
Soooo, I'm really tired of hitting the backspace button every three words, and I think I'll save that joy bit until tomorrow. Just remeber, Be Joyful!!!!!!!!
*finishes up with a random song lyric that she can't decide on just yet*
So, another long post. I hope you all make it!
~Verya
Ok, so we saw Hawk Nelson on Thursday the 27th at Creation. (!!!!!!!) I was very excited because I LOVE Hawk Nelson. Long story short, they rocked, were awesome, and then we got to go into this tent and get their autographs! Anyway, you wait in this loooooong line for a while that goes around the back of the tent, and when we got up towards the front and came around the corner...
Ok, I forgot to mention that the lead singer (Jason) was wearing a suit. Yes, a full suit with the coat on a 100+ degree day. So he explained that the bass player had offered him $5 American money (they're from Canada so it's worth more) to wear the suit for the whole show. He took off the jacket during the middle and was like "I don't feel like dying today." He really looked like he was gonna faint or get heatstroke or something.
...So, we come around the corner of the tent and go into the entrance where they have these tables lined up where they are signing, and I saw him as we were coming in, still looking overheated. So I remark, "He still looks really hot."
And my dad's like WHAT?!? 'cause we don't really use that word to describe boys. I, of course being my blond self didn't get what I had said, so I said "He looks really hot!" Then I got it and started blushing and I felt so stupid! Thank goodness he didn't hear it!
Then this morning we went to church. You know when you're playing true or false and you get asked what's the most embarassing thing that's ever happened to you? Ok, I'm not very daring, so nothing extremely embarassing has ever happened to me. The occasional thing like my parents showing my baby bath pics to friends (esp. male family friends - I hate that!), but nothing serious.
So I have lots of odd jobs during the week/month, and every week my tithe turns out to not be a nice round number, but something with lots of change. Always. And it's not normally a problem.
So I put it in the outside pocket (non-zipping) of my Bible cover so I'm not hauling around a bunch of change in my hand or anything. Seems to make sense, right? Except...my pocket isn't a zip-up thing. So today I'm flipping to the page while my pastor is reading through Luke up on stage, and all of a sudden my Bible cover tilts downward and ALL the change falls out. And our chairs are those hook-together kind with the metal in between, and of course most of the change falls on the metal and on each other and makes this huge sound in our very small church.
And I turn, as my mother so eloquently put it, "vermillion red."
Yes, I can laugh about it now (though not without blushing a little :P ), but at the time it was certainly the most embarassing moment of my life! So the pastor looks up, and (he's really funny, he makes jokes, and he's young too, so don't think like 'old grumpy pastor' thing 'fun, joking pastor') he's like, "That was money!"
*deeper blush*
And then he's like, "That was only change...was that for the offering?" And of course my parents and everyone else is cracking up. And my mom decides to help things along by saying -between laughs- "yes it was for the offering!"
Since I couldn't blush any deeper, I thanked God that I was wearing my Indian outfit with a scarf that you wear over your head while you're in church, which I found can be very convenient for hiding behind.
Long story short (or it was actually long wasn't it?) I will no longer not have an embarassing story to share in truth or dare! It wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't so good at blushing at even the tiniest embarassing things! But oh well, let me know how to thank God for that!
What on earth am I missing/what is it that I don't see?
All of Heaven is falling all around me/And I am drowning in the mystery of your love/All the universe can't contain your beauty/You come alive in me, you come alive...
Saw the King and I at a theater near us last night! It was soooo awesome! Esp. considering the really really really cute guy that played Tuptim's lover Lun Tha. *gets dreamy look and can't help that helpless giggle girls get over cute guys* :) * * (that's supposed to be a starry-eyed smily, but I can't get a smily so it's more of a line, sorry.)
Anyway, I also had a GREAT view of the pianist! And his tremolas....they were absolutely inspiring! I need to put some of that into my music...
So the guy who played the King, he's played it in two other productions at different theatres before, and it showed. He was so good! And the voices! The singing was incredible!
All-in-all, it was great. I really enjoyed it. Plus we went with my grandparents, and beforehand we got to go to dinner at this Indian restaurant, and I got my chicken tikka that I've been craving for two weeks now, and chai that was to DIE FOR!!! And really good papadum (just skim over this part and finish it knowing that it was all really good!) and naan! And the allu samosa! Not to mention the ghosh (lamb) biryani my dad got and the chicken biryani my mom got... *in heaven*
And we topped it all off with gulab jamun, which is a hot dessert that is like a dumpling sort of thing in a really sweet syrup...flavored with spices. I'm not sure how they make it, but it's really good!
And if you were actually interested in the other foods I'd be happy to describe them to all y'all. :)
Soooo, I'm really tired of hitting the backspace button every three words, and I think I'll save that joy bit until tomorrow. Just remeber, Be Joyful!!!!!!!!
*finishes up with a random song lyric that she can't decide on just yet*
So, another long post. I hope you all make it!
~Verya
August 5, 2006
Yay!!!!!!
Thank goodness it worked!!! I guess I just had to republish it or something...(go around clicking buttons 'til something worked:)
Post if you can read my blog!
Post if you can read my blog!
Blog acting really weird :(
Hi everybody (or nobody...not sure).
I don't know if you'll be able to read this or not. Lately I haven't been able to get onto my blog homepage! I can post, and I can like mess with stuff, and get onto everyone else's blogs, but I cannot get to iloveluthien.blogspot.com for some reason. I've tried it on four different computers and it wouldn't work on any of them! I'm not sure what I'm going to do....but I am sure I can figure it out tomorrow or Sunday. Meanwhile, I'll post posts that no one can see, and comment on everyone else's blogs!
I don't know if you'll be able to read this or not. Lately I haven't been able to get onto my blog homepage! I can post, and I can like mess with stuff, and get onto everyone else's blogs, but I cannot get to iloveluthien.blogspot.com for some reason. I've tried it on four different computers and it wouldn't work on any of them! I'm not sure what I'm going to do....but I am sure I can figure it out tomorrow or Sunday. Meanwhile, I'll post posts that no one can see, and comment on everyone else's blogs!
August 3, 2006
WARNING: IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN POTC II DON'T READ THIS!!! LOTS OF SPOILERS!!! (sorry, but I had to put in some of the goofs, etc.)
Had to put some of my own comments in...
I found this on imdb.com:
Revealing mistakes: When Jack Sparrow falls into the grave, the print of a modern shoe can be seen clearly in the dirt at the top of the grave.
Anachronisms: When Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth and Norrington are arguing on the pier in Tortuga, the hull of a ship can be clearly seen behind them bearing a Plimsoll line, which wasn't used until the late 19th century.
Continuity: When Gibbs is describing Davy Jones to Will Turner on the trip up the river, his forehead is clear in the first shot, then a tangle of hair has fallen down, then in the next shot has again been swept back.
Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the beginning of the film when caskets are being thrown into the water, the first casket makes no noise of any kind when it hits the water.
Continuity: When watching Will, Jack, and Norrington sword fight on the beach, Elizabeth's nose and cheeks are slightly sunburned. When back on the ship, they're only tanned, and no longer burned.
Lighting? It will make a sunburn look like a tan sometimes...
Continuity: When Norrington is running from Jones' crew and falls, the letters of marque fall to the ground, as seen lying next to the head of the crew member he throws the chest at. In the next shot, they are gone and Norrington somehow gets them back.
Revealing mistakes: After Elizabeth handcuffed Jack she climbs into the lifeboat, you see a blue lining from the pool under water.
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After Elizabeth has handcuffed Jack to the mast on the ship, he tries to free his hand from it. You see that as he tries to pull his hand through, his rings look like they are about to fall off but when it goes to a shot of his face and his hand after he has just pulled it out his rings are back on his hand in the right places.
Continuity: Before the three-way sword fight on the beach, Norrington points his sword at Will Turner, who points it at Jack Sparrow, who points it at Norrington. In the next shot, Norrington is suddenly pointing the sword at Jack Sparrow, and Will Turner is pointing the sword at Norrington.
Continuity: When Will is flogged his shirt is ripped wide open down the back. Afterwards from the conversation with his father to the very end, the shirt which had been ripped apart is miraculously whole again.
Revealing mistakes: Elizabeth's ponytail is missing while the crew tells of the "ghost woman," in the first shot, but after the man holding the dress says "She's somewhere on this ship, naked," the camera shifts back to Elizabeth, who now has a ponytail.
Miscellaneous: The large world map being painted in Beckett's office has a compass topped with a fleur-de-lis. Since the fleur-de-lis was the official symbol of the French monarchy, it is very unlikely it would appear on a map commissioned by a leader of the (English) East India Company.
Continuity: At the scene where Captain Jack Sparrow and his crew visited Tia Dalma, the blackness of her lips changes from one angle to another.
Anachronisms: In the scene where Will is on Tortuga asking for Jack Sparrow, someone replies to will, "I think he went to Singapore." Singapore wasn't established until 1819.
This is true, I've been to Singapore and it WASN'T established until 1819. It didn't even have a name until then.
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Jack Sparrow presents Tia Dalma the undead monkey (also named Jack) as a gift. However, if the curse was lifted off Barbossa and his crew in the previous movie, why is the monkey still undead?
This makes me wonder...did you watch the credits?!? I mean, what a stupid question! At the end of the credits, the monkey takes off with a coin, so obviously, he would be undead, but the rest of the crew wouldn't be undead! This is why we watch the WHOLE movie.
Continuity: When Tia Dalma gives Jack the jar of dirt it's dark soil, but when Jack spills the jar on the ship, it's sand.
Revealing mistakes: In the water wheel scene, Jack get knocked out by a bar, then falls out. They get back inside the wheel and fight, there is obviously no bar, otherwise it would block their way.
I noticed that too.
Factual errors: When the Kraken is attacking the Black Pearl, Will sends for rum and gunpowder to be collected, so that the material can be shot, therefore causing an explosion. However, when using the gun in question, it would not be possible to ignite the gun powder, and therefore, no explosion. This is contrary to what happened in the film.
Yeah I wondered about that! I've never seen a bullet make something explode!
Miscellaneous: In the scene where Turner, Sparrow and Norrington are fighting inside the rolling water-wheel, at the end of the shot, Will Turner is seen standing upside-down inside the wheel without holding onto anything or falling towards the ground.
Continuity: As Jack Sparrow enters onto the boat, after escaping from the island of cannibals, he is washed with a large wave, which wipes off most of the paint on his face (eyes on his face). However, in the next scene when he is talking to Elizabeth Swan you can clearly see the eye paint on his cheeks.
Factual errors: Davy Jones is the captain of the Flying Dutchman in the movie, but the legend of Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman are actually two unrelated myths. Davy Jones is not reported to be the captain of any ship, let alone the legendary Dutchman.
So they just put the two together, like Alien v. Predator.
Miscellaneous: When Elizabeth gets ready to shoot the explosives/rum to ignite it, the pan of the musket is open. After the musket was thrown all over the ship, there would have been no primer powder left in the pan. Consequently, the musket would never have fired without stopping and replacing the primer.
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the men who are held in the bone cages and are climbing up the wall the old man with the parrot is seen in the cage that falls to the ground but then is in the cage that makes it to the top along with Will Turner.
Well we couldn't kill Mr. Cotton!
Continuity: Early in the film, the map that takes up a wall in Lord Beckett's quarters has no writing. In the final scenes of the film, several location names have appeared on the map.
Yeah, that's because they update the map every day with new information. Of course there would be new stuff on it!
Well, some stuff is frustrating, but some of it's neat!
The Black Pearl is the only ship in the film which operate under power. All others, except for the Lady Washington who portrayed the Interceptor from the first movie and the Bounty that portrayed the Edinburgh Trader, are built atop other ships such as barges with only the portions seen by the cameras completed.
The Black Pearl is the only ship in the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and its sequel which operate under power. All others, except for the "Interceptor" from the first movie, are built atop other ships such as barges with only the portions seen by the cameras completed.
The movie was shot back-to-back with _Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)_ .
Rolling Stone Keith Richards was set to make a cameo appearance as the father of Captain Jack Sparrow, but Richards had to pull out of the project due to his commitment with the Rolling Stones world tour. Johnny Depp had previously said that his performance as Jack Sparrow was based on Richards.
Keira Knightley had to wear hair extensions because she had cut her hair short for her role in Domino (2005).
The gigantic wheel upon which the sword fight between Sparrow, Turner and Norrington takes place weighed at 1800 pounds and stood at 18 feet tall.
For the film's release, the Walt Disney Company redesigned the Pirates of the Caribbean rides in Walt Disney World and Disneyland to feature captain Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, and an appearance by the films' supernatural character Davy Jones as part of the attraction and will be featured beginning on the film's opening day.
A bayou swamp scene with small shacks and fireflies is directly copied from the Pirate ride at Disneyland.
While the script for the second movie was being written, Keira Knightly suggested the scene between Jack and Elizabeth where Jack is handcuffed to the ship.
Yeah she just wanted to kiss Johnny Depp!
In order to get an actual surprised reaction, the small kissing scene between Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann was cut out of Orlando Bloom's script.
That's just mean-spirited!
Gore Verbinski did not tell the cast what was to happen with the bone cage. He wanted to get their natural reactions when it swung from side to side.
Ditto.
In June 2006, the "Flying Dutchman" set ship was towed to Castaway Cay, Disney Cruise Line's private island, where it was displayed in promotion release of the movies.
Davy Jones and his 18-member crew of the Flying Dutchmen were entirely computer-generated, except for Bootstrap Bill. Bill Nighy wore a dark gray motion-capture suit with dozens of reference marks on his face and body while performing. ILM has refined the motion-capture system so that only two cameras were needed, compared with up to 16 in the past.
The music played during the pub brawl on Tortuga was not composed for the movie. It is a traditional piece called, appropriately, "Nine Points of Roguery".
The conch-man spoke Cantonese after his head was cut-off.
When the word "Tortuga" is set on fire on the deck, it is written in the trademark Disney font.
The shack by the river as the crew go to see Tia Dalma is identical to the shack on the far side of the river across from the boarding dock of the Magic Kingdom's "Jungle Cruise" ride in Orlando, Florida.
The pirate musical "band" that was playing in the inn at Tortuga are also from the ride. Notice the one playing the accordion.
Tia Dalma's swamp is a recreation of the opening bayou scene in the ride in Disneyland complete with fireflies.
During filming, the cast and crew had to be evacuated to Los Angeles because of Hurricane Wilma.
At $135,634,554 domestically in its opening weekend, this movie smashed the previous record of $114,844,116 that Spider-Man (2002) made. Aside from it being the all-time weekend record, this film also has the distinction of being the fastest motion picture to reach $100 million, accomplishing the feat in two days.
When Mr. Gibbs is enlisting new recruits at the tavern, a bunch of men are pulling a man out of a well, and he slowly spits out water. This is a recreation of a scene in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at the Walt Disney theme parks.
This is the first film to feature Disney's new logo, a computer-generated model of the Magic Kingdom, replacing the blue and white silhouette.
Deleted footage of Tortuga from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) was added to the final cut of this movie.
The dice game that Will Turner plays with Davy Jones is called Liar's Dice, a gambling game where each player has to make consecutively higher bids based upon how many of each die they claim are on the table (two threes, four fives, etc.), until a player is called a liar, in which case all the dice are shown and it's seen if the bid is correct.
My cousin knows how to play it!
So yeah!
Have a great day everyone!!!
I found this on imdb.com:
Revealing mistakes: When Jack Sparrow falls into the grave, the print of a modern shoe can be seen clearly in the dirt at the top of the grave.
Anachronisms: When Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth and Norrington are arguing on the pier in Tortuga, the hull of a ship can be clearly seen behind them bearing a Plimsoll line, which wasn't used until the late 19th century.
Continuity: When Gibbs is describing Davy Jones to Will Turner on the trip up the river, his forehead is clear in the first shot, then a tangle of hair has fallen down, then in the next shot has again been swept back.
Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the beginning of the film when caskets are being thrown into the water, the first casket makes no noise of any kind when it hits the water.
Continuity: When watching Will, Jack, and Norrington sword fight on the beach, Elizabeth's nose and cheeks are slightly sunburned. When back on the ship, they're only tanned, and no longer burned.
Lighting? It will make a sunburn look like a tan sometimes...
Continuity: When Norrington is running from Jones' crew and falls, the letters of marque fall to the ground, as seen lying next to the head of the crew member he throws the chest at. In the next shot, they are gone and Norrington somehow gets them back.
Revealing mistakes: After Elizabeth handcuffed Jack she climbs into the lifeboat, you see a blue lining from the pool under water.
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After Elizabeth has handcuffed Jack to the mast on the ship, he tries to free his hand from it. You see that as he tries to pull his hand through, his rings look like they are about to fall off but when it goes to a shot of his face and his hand after he has just pulled it out his rings are back on his hand in the right places.
Continuity: Before the three-way sword fight on the beach, Norrington points his sword at Will Turner, who points it at Jack Sparrow, who points it at Norrington. In the next shot, Norrington is suddenly pointing the sword at Jack Sparrow, and Will Turner is pointing the sword at Norrington.
Continuity: When Will is flogged his shirt is ripped wide open down the back. Afterwards from the conversation with his father to the very end, the shirt which had been ripped apart is miraculously whole again.
Revealing mistakes: Elizabeth's ponytail is missing while the crew tells of the "ghost woman," in the first shot, but after the man holding the dress says "She's somewhere on this ship, naked," the camera shifts back to Elizabeth, who now has a ponytail.
Miscellaneous: The large world map being painted in Beckett's office has a compass topped with a fleur-de-lis. Since the fleur-de-lis was the official symbol of the French monarchy, it is very unlikely it would appear on a map commissioned by a leader of the (English) East India Company.
Continuity: At the scene where Captain Jack Sparrow and his crew visited Tia Dalma, the blackness of her lips changes from one angle to another.
Anachronisms: In the scene where Will is on Tortuga asking for Jack Sparrow, someone replies to will, "I think he went to Singapore." Singapore wasn't established until 1819.
This is true, I've been to Singapore and it WASN'T established until 1819. It didn't even have a name until then.
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Jack Sparrow presents Tia Dalma the undead monkey (also named Jack) as a gift. However, if the curse was lifted off Barbossa and his crew in the previous movie, why is the monkey still undead?
This makes me wonder...did you watch the credits?!? I mean, what a stupid question! At the end of the credits, the monkey takes off with a coin, so obviously, he would be undead, but the rest of the crew wouldn't be undead! This is why we watch the WHOLE movie.
Continuity: When Tia Dalma gives Jack the jar of dirt it's dark soil, but when Jack spills the jar on the ship, it's sand.
Revealing mistakes: In the water wheel scene, Jack get knocked out by a bar, then falls out. They get back inside the wheel and fight, there is obviously no bar, otherwise it would block their way.
I noticed that too.
Factual errors: When the Kraken is attacking the Black Pearl, Will sends for rum and gunpowder to be collected, so that the material can be shot, therefore causing an explosion. However, when using the gun in question, it would not be possible to ignite the gun powder, and therefore, no explosion. This is contrary to what happened in the film.
Yeah I wondered about that! I've never seen a bullet make something explode!
Miscellaneous: In the scene where Turner, Sparrow and Norrington are fighting inside the rolling water-wheel, at the end of the shot, Will Turner is seen standing upside-down inside the wheel without holding onto anything or falling towards the ground.
Continuity: As Jack Sparrow enters onto the boat, after escaping from the island of cannibals, he is washed with a large wave, which wipes off most of the paint on his face (eyes on his face). However, in the next scene when he is talking to Elizabeth Swan you can clearly see the eye paint on his cheeks.
Factual errors: Davy Jones is the captain of the Flying Dutchman in the movie, but the legend of Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman are actually two unrelated myths. Davy Jones is not reported to be the captain of any ship, let alone the legendary Dutchman.
So they just put the two together, like Alien v. Predator.
Miscellaneous: When Elizabeth gets ready to shoot the explosives/rum to ignite it, the pan of the musket is open. After the musket was thrown all over the ship, there would have been no primer powder left in the pan. Consequently, the musket would never have fired without stopping and replacing the primer.
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the men who are held in the bone cages and are climbing up the wall the old man with the parrot is seen in the cage that falls to the ground but then is in the cage that makes it to the top along with Will Turner.
Well we couldn't kill Mr. Cotton!
Continuity: Early in the film, the map that takes up a wall in Lord Beckett's quarters has no writing. In the final scenes of the film, several location names have appeared on the map.
Yeah, that's because they update the map every day with new information. Of course there would be new stuff on it!
Well, some stuff is frustrating, but some of it's neat!
The Black Pearl is the only ship in the film which operate under power. All others, except for the Lady Washington who portrayed the Interceptor from the first movie and the Bounty that portrayed the Edinburgh Trader, are built atop other ships such as barges with only the portions seen by the cameras completed.
The Black Pearl is the only ship in the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and its sequel which operate under power. All others, except for the "Interceptor" from the first movie, are built atop other ships such as barges with only the portions seen by the cameras completed.
The movie was shot back-to-back with _Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)_ .
Rolling Stone Keith Richards was set to make a cameo appearance as the father of Captain Jack Sparrow, but Richards had to pull out of the project due to his commitment with the Rolling Stones world tour. Johnny Depp had previously said that his performance as Jack Sparrow was based on Richards.
Keira Knightley had to wear hair extensions because she had cut her hair short for her role in Domino (2005).
The gigantic wheel upon which the sword fight between Sparrow, Turner and Norrington takes place weighed at 1800 pounds and stood at 18 feet tall.
For the film's release, the Walt Disney Company redesigned the Pirates of the Caribbean rides in Walt Disney World and Disneyland to feature captain Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, and an appearance by the films' supernatural character Davy Jones as part of the attraction and will be featured beginning on the film's opening day.
A bayou swamp scene with small shacks and fireflies is directly copied from the Pirate ride at Disneyland.
While the script for the second movie was being written, Keira Knightly suggested the scene between Jack and Elizabeth where Jack is handcuffed to the ship.
Yeah she just wanted to kiss Johnny Depp!
In order to get an actual surprised reaction, the small kissing scene between Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann was cut out of Orlando Bloom's script.
That's just mean-spirited!
Gore Verbinski did not tell the cast what was to happen with the bone cage. He wanted to get their natural reactions when it swung from side to side.
Ditto.
In June 2006, the "Flying Dutchman" set ship was towed to Castaway Cay, Disney Cruise Line's private island, where it was displayed in promotion release of the movies.
Davy Jones and his 18-member crew of the Flying Dutchmen were entirely computer-generated, except for Bootstrap Bill. Bill Nighy wore a dark gray motion-capture suit with dozens of reference marks on his face and body while performing. ILM has refined the motion-capture system so that only two cameras were needed, compared with up to 16 in the past.
The music played during the pub brawl on Tortuga was not composed for the movie. It is a traditional piece called, appropriately, "Nine Points of Roguery".
The conch-man spoke Cantonese after his head was cut-off.
When the word "Tortuga" is set on fire on the deck, it is written in the trademark Disney font.
The shack by the river as the crew go to see Tia Dalma is identical to the shack on the far side of the river across from the boarding dock of the Magic Kingdom's "Jungle Cruise" ride in Orlando, Florida.
The pirate musical "band" that was playing in the inn at Tortuga are also from the ride. Notice the one playing the accordion.
Tia Dalma's swamp is a recreation of the opening bayou scene in the ride in Disneyland complete with fireflies.
During filming, the cast and crew had to be evacuated to Los Angeles because of Hurricane Wilma.
At $135,634,554 domestically in its opening weekend, this movie smashed the previous record of $114,844,116 that Spider-Man (2002) made. Aside from it being the all-time weekend record, this film also has the distinction of being the fastest motion picture to reach $100 million, accomplishing the feat in two days.
When Mr. Gibbs is enlisting new recruits at the tavern, a bunch of men are pulling a man out of a well, and he slowly spits out water. This is a recreation of a scene in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at the Walt Disney theme parks.
This is the first film to feature Disney's new logo, a computer-generated model of the Magic Kingdom, replacing the blue and white silhouette.
Deleted footage of Tortuga from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) was added to the final cut of this movie.
The dice game that Will Turner plays with Davy Jones is called Liar's Dice, a gambling game where each player has to make consecutively higher bids based upon how many of each die they claim are on the table (two threes, four fives, etc.), until a player is called a liar, in which case all the dice are shown and it's seen if the bid is correct.
My cousin knows how to play it!
So yeah!
Have a great day everyone!!!
August 1, 2006
Creation and other stuff (WARNING: Not Anna-proof. Some content may be unsuitable for Anna, esp. when mentioning bands)
Hello!!!
So how is everyone? I promised you all a post, so here it is!
Creation was sooooo awesome! I seriously had a blast, just me, my dad, and Belegwen. Of course I missed Mom, and wished she were there, but I know how much she hates the heat, and she probably wouldn't have enjoyed herself quite so much.
So, food. Pretty much eating cerial for breakfast, packing a lunch to eat there, and snacks, and buying something there for dinner. Fending. And living off the condo. They had otter-pops! Mom never buys them, so they're a treat of sorts.
The bands were amazing. No, incredible! No, everything! And after reading Lego's post, I'll write all I want about Third Day because she criticized my favorite band! So anyway, don't read this part Lego. Just kind of skim over, jk. :)
So they played on Friday night, and then Newsboys on Sat. night. Oh my gosh! So we went down off the hill and went to the 'pit' near the stage to get a closer look. They had it in like a semicircle around the stage, and in the middle part of the simicircle they had a pathway going around...
This is impossible to describe! Picture a semicircle, then following the natural arc of the semicircle, put a path through it from one rounded side to the other.
I hope that makes sense! Anyway, the cleared out part was for security guards and stuff, so if anyone wanted to go out (though I don't know why anyone would!) they didn't have to barge through everyone. They could just get to the path and make their way out from there. So Dad and I went down, and we wriggled our way (I'm a professional wriggler, and art I perfected when I was small enough to learn it. Now I'm short enough to make it work in a large crowd) through the outer part of the semicircle up to two rows away from the path. Then I had this humungo-tall guy in front of me. He was taller than my dad. Prolly a head and a half taller than me. So I tapped him on the shoulder (which was quite a stretch, I can tell you!) and kindly asked him if I could stand in front of him, since he could still see over me even when I was jumping! Long, story short, he said yes.
Every now and then people would leave the front half of the semicircle and the guards would bring some people from my side to the other side. How I longed to be asked! And for some reason, he never asked me, but always the people right next to me! I was so upset. I mean, didn't I look like Third Day's biggest fan? I knew all the words, I jumped, I was into it! Why wouldn't he ask me? Then my dad explained that I was best where I was, because I had a clear path of about 5 feet in front of me, and no one in my way. I could see like the whole stage! I explained to him that there would be no problems at all if I were in the front row, but for some reason he just laughed! No, just kidding, I was happy after that. :)
And they played one of my favorite songs first! Anyway, long story short, they rocked! Third Day let loose is one of my favorite concerts ever! And they did the candlelighting service too! My candle went out at least five times, but my dad showed me how to hold it protected from the wind, and after that it stayed lit, and I had to keep relighting the candle of the girl next to me. Then I heard her sing. I'm serious, she has probably the most gorgeous voice I've ever heard! Then it was no trouble to relight her candle...
Newsboys on Sat. night to close Creation. I can't say so much about them, well I could, but I'm getting tired of typing! except that it was probably my favorite after Third Day. This time we all went down (me and Dad and Belegwen) but weren't so lucky in spots, and we got seperated since I was so short and my dad told me to wriggle past some of the tall people. I'm proud to say that I knew almost every song (quite a feat since we only [regretably] have one CD, but my dad loves Newsboys and so do I, so I knew most of the songs) and got fairly close to the front. Then Peter Furler gave his testimony. I'll admit it - I bawled. It was so intended for me! I've struggled for a long time in figuring out my testimony. I've grown up in the church, so I have no 'life changing experience' to relate. Or so I thought. If I could have figured out my testimony and given it, I think they would have been identical. They related so much! I mean, he was a PK! And yet, he made almost everyone cry with his testimony. And he helped me hear what God has been trying to tell me forever (that I couldn't get through my thick skull!) about how to share my testimony. I thank God for that night!
Then my dad's favorite part. Okay, you guys probably don't know this, but my dad is a 'drummer'. At least he was. He's getting back into it (we're borrowing an electric drumset, shich isn't near the same, but he plays it all the same) and he's played 'dashboard drums' forever. :)
This was sweet too. Okay, we're on the first song in the encore. I think it was Shine. Can't remember exactly, but he got it on video, so I'll check later. Anyway, the drums are on this circular platform towards the back left side of the stage, and all of a sudden, this platform starts rising into the air, and stops at about 12 feet off the stage! Then things get interesting. The platform, hardly noticeable at first, then unmistakeably, begins tilting front-first downward toward the stage!!! And we're all thinking "I hope this was planned 'cause if it wasn't this concert's in trouble!" But of course it was planned and all the drums were bolted down, and the platform ends up at a 90 degree angle to the stage with the drummer still playing! Then, Peter Furler walks up to the platform, grabs it, and spins it! So we have a drummer, on a platform, 12 feet off the ground, spinning in circles, and still playing this whole time!!! It was definitely memorable! And my dad got the whole thing on video (on our camera); it was so awesome!!!
Oh...another long post. I need a break. Actually, I need to post more often so I won't have so much to write about at a time!
Watched The Fugative tonight. For the second time. Harrison Ford so does NOT look good with a beard! But he and Tommy Lee Jones are such a good match! My dad loves Tommy Lee Jones, esp. in that movie, and I like it a lot too! So many good one-liners!
I think that's about it. Just getting along.
Oh wait, get this. My mom left the day we got back from Creation to go with some girl friends on a weeklong getaway, so it's JUST me and my dad until Sat.! Isn't that a scary thought! But it's actually kind of fun. Dad's taking it hard that I'm really grown up enough to take care of things, like when I was draining the pasta (that I made for dinner that was on the menu I made for the week of the things I'm cooking!) he's like "Be careful!" and I'm like "Dad, I can drain pasta ok?" Just a word of warning. make sure the plug is not in the sink while you're draining pasta or else there will be a lot of hot water in your sink and you can't stick your hand in there to get it out! You can, however, stick a knife in there to pull the plug out, just don't burn your hand (or your face *coughsannacoughs*) in the process. No I didn't. :)
We're getting along ok though. I miss my mom. I thought we were gonna see her before she left, but then she decided to leave earlier and we got a later start from the condo, so we didn't after all, so I haven't seen her since last Wednesday. But I've talked to her lots:)
And get this: Dad and I made peanut-butter cookies! Which my Mom doesn't like, for some weird reason, but my dad and I adore!!! They are soooo good, and we have them all to ourselves! *evil laugh* Mwahhhhaaaaahahaha!!!!!!
So that's my crazy life in a nutshell.
Oh yeah, and mom has my math CD in her computer, so I'm way behind on that, but I can still do quizzes (oh joy :I) until she gets back.
Okay, hope you aren't bored to death (or half as bored as me) when you're done reading this, if you get through alive!
~Verya
So how is everyone? I promised you all a post, so here it is!
Creation was sooooo awesome! I seriously had a blast, just me, my dad, and Belegwen. Of course I missed Mom, and wished she were there, but I know how much she hates the heat, and she probably wouldn't have enjoyed herself quite so much.
So, food. Pretty much eating cerial for breakfast, packing a lunch to eat there, and snacks, and buying something there for dinner. Fending. And living off the condo. They had otter-pops! Mom never buys them, so they're a treat of sorts.
The bands were amazing. No, incredible! No, everything! And after reading Lego's post, I'll write all I want about Third Day because she criticized my favorite band! So anyway, don't read this part Lego. Just kind of skim over, jk. :)
So they played on Friday night, and then Newsboys on Sat. night. Oh my gosh! So we went down off the hill and went to the 'pit' near the stage to get a closer look. They had it in like a semicircle around the stage, and in the middle part of the simicircle they had a pathway going around...
This is impossible to describe! Picture a semicircle, then following the natural arc of the semicircle, put a path through it from one rounded side to the other.
I hope that makes sense! Anyway, the cleared out part was for security guards and stuff, so if anyone wanted to go out (though I don't know why anyone would!) they didn't have to barge through everyone. They could just get to the path and make their way out from there. So Dad and I went down, and we wriggled our way (I'm a professional wriggler, and art I perfected when I was small enough to learn it. Now I'm short enough to make it work in a large crowd) through the outer part of the semicircle up to two rows away from the path. Then I had this humungo-tall guy in front of me. He was taller than my dad. Prolly a head and a half taller than me. So I tapped him on the shoulder (which was quite a stretch, I can tell you!) and kindly asked him if I could stand in front of him, since he could still see over me even when I was jumping! Long, story short, he said yes.
Every now and then people would leave the front half of the semicircle and the guards would bring some people from my side to the other side. How I longed to be asked! And for some reason, he never asked me, but always the people right next to me! I was so upset. I mean, didn't I look like Third Day's biggest fan? I knew all the words, I jumped, I was into it! Why wouldn't he ask me? Then my dad explained that I was best where I was, because I had a clear path of about 5 feet in front of me, and no one in my way. I could see like the whole stage! I explained to him that there would be no problems at all if I were in the front row, but for some reason he just laughed! No, just kidding, I was happy after that. :)
And they played one of my favorite songs first! Anyway, long story short, they rocked! Third Day let loose is one of my favorite concerts ever! And they did the candlelighting service too! My candle went out at least five times, but my dad showed me how to hold it protected from the wind, and after that it stayed lit, and I had to keep relighting the candle of the girl next to me. Then I heard her sing. I'm serious, she has probably the most gorgeous voice I've ever heard! Then it was no trouble to relight her candle...
Newsboys on Sat. night to close Creation. I can't say so much about them, well I could, but I'm getting tired of typing! except that it was probably my favorite after Third Day. This time we all went down (me and Dad and Belegwen) but weren't so lucky in spots, and we got seperated since I was so short and my dad told me to wriggle past some of the tall people. I'm proud to say that I knew almost every song (quite a feat since we only [regretably] have one CD, but my dad loves Newsboys and so do I, so I knew most of the songs) and got fairly close to the front. Then Peter Furler gave his testimony. I'll admit it - I bawled. It was so intended for me! I've struggled for a long time in figuring out my testimony. I've grown up in the church, so I have no 'life changing experience' to relate. Or so I thought. If I could have figured out my testimony and given it, I think they would have been identical. They related so much! I mean, he was a PK! And yet, he made almost everyone cry with his testimony. And he helped me hear what God has been trying to tell me forever (that I couldn't get through my thick skull!) about how to share my testimony. I thank God for that night!
Then my dad's favorite part. Okay, you guys probably don't know this, but my dad is a 'drummer'. At least he was. He's getting back into it (we're borrowing an electric drumset, shich isn't near the same, but he plays it all the same) and he's played 'dashboard drums' forever. :)
This was sweet too. Okay, we're on the first song in the encore. I think it was Shine. Can't remember exactly, but he got it on video, so I'll check later. Anyway, the drums are on this circular platform towards the back left side of the stage, and all of a sudden, this platform starts rising into the air, and stops at about 12 feet off the stage! Then things get interesting. The platform, hardly noticeable at first, then unmistakeably, begins tilting front-first downward toward the stage!!! And we're all thinking "I hope this was planned 'cause if it wasn't this concert's in trouble!" But of course it was planned and all the drums were bolted down, and the platform ends up at a 90 degree angle to the stage with the drummer still playing! Then, Peter Furler walks up to the platform, grabs it, and spins it! So we have a drummer, on a platform, 12 feet off the ground, spinning in circles, and still playing this whole time!!! It was definitely memorable! And my dad got the whole thing on video (on our camera); it was so awesome!!!
Oh...another long post. I need a break. Actually, I need to post more often so I won't have so much to write about at a time!
Watched The Fugative tonight. For the second time. Harrison Ford so does NOT look good with a beard! But he and Tommy Lee Jones are such a good match! My dad loves Tommy Lee Jones, esp. in that movie, and I like it a lot too! So many good one-liners!
I think that's about it. Just getting along.
Oh wait, get this. My mom left the day we got back from Creation to go with some girl friends on a weeklong getaway, so it's JUST me and my dad until Sat.! Isn't that a scary thought! But it's actually kind of fun. Dad's taking it hard that I'm really grown up enough to take care of things, like when I was draining the pasta (that I made for dinner that was on the menu I made for the week of the things I'm cooking!) he's like "Be careful!" and I'm like "Dad, I can drain pasta ok?" Just a word of warning. make sure the plug is not in the sink while you're draining pasta or else there will be a lot of hot water in your sink and you can't stick your hand in there to get it out! You can, however, stick a knife in there to pull the plug out, just don't burn your hand (or your face *coughsannacoughs*) in the process. No I didn't. :)
We're getting along ok though. I miss my mom. I thought we were gonna see her before she left, but then she decided to leave earlier and we got a later start from the condo, so we didn't after all, so I haven't seen her since last Wednesday. But I've talked to her lots:)
And get this: Dad and I made peanut-butter cookies! Which my Mom doesn't like, for some weird reason, but my dad and I adore!!! They are soooo good, and we have them all to ourselves! *evil laugh* Mwahhhhaaaaahahaha!!!!!!
So that's my crazy life in a nutshell.
Oh yeah, and mom has my math CD in her computer, so I'm way behind on that, but I can still do quizzes (oh joy :I) until she gets back.
Okay, hope you aren't bored to death (or half as bored as me) when you're done reading this, if you get through alive!
~Verya
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