Deborah Kinsey is an amazing woman.. Lethal in the alcohol department. She got me pretty wasted last night. I thought I was just drinking my champagne slowly until my words started slurring together. Little did I know she was just keeping my glass topped up. I think I beat up her 13 year-old son too....
Happy Birthday Deborah!!! Two more years until 40!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, 19 February 2010
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Adversity
Noun. A state of misfortune or affliction.
Life is full of struggles and hardships. However, if you work hard to make your life meaningful and strive for the best, then the adversity will always be worth the grievance.
With that said, I in no way believe that everything happens for a reason. People talk about fate and destiny. Well, I think that's all bullcrap. The only person in charge of their fate is themself. Two people aren't going to end up being together because it's ''what fate has in store for them.' Two people are going to be together because that's what they choose. I think that certain events happen in ones life that help point them in new or better directions, but fate doesn't have its own say in it. Destiny is just some dumb made-up word that should be executed from existence. If destiny were real, then it should play a part in everyone's life. Not just in those sappy love stories we all hear about. I doubt that Hitler was ''destined'' to start a holocaust.
Good and evil. Just because something isn't good, doesn't make it fiction. If I were religious, I couldn't believe in God and just not believe in the Devil. As much as we as humans would like our minds to be able to function that way, they don't. As much as people wish evil was extracted from the universe, it isn't. So we live with it. And then make up words like ''fate'' and ''destiny'' to deal with it. And say things like ''everything happens for a reason'' to help us cope with adversity. And that's okay, as long as people don't lose sight of what is real and what is not.
What I do, to the core of my soul, believe in is faith. If you have faith then you can deal with anything. And by that I don't mean faith in just God or the Devil (if that's the way you swing), but faith in anything. I have faith in people; people to teach me anything and everything I want/need/should know. I learn from others' mistakes and good-fortune; from their sadness and happiness. I wouldn't be at all the person I am today if I didn't have so much faith in humanity. Believe in what you have faith in being true, and that will help you live the life you want to believe you're ''destined'' to live.
Life is full of struggles and hardships. However, if you work hard to make your life meaningful and strive for the best, then the adversity will always be worth the grievance.
With that said, I in no way believe that everything happens for a reason. People talk about fate and destiny. Well, I think that's all bullcrap. The only person in charge of their fate is themself. Two people aren't going to end up being together because it's ''what fate has in store for them.' Two people are going to be together because that's what they choose. I think that certain events happen in ones life that help point them in new or better directions, but fate doesn't have its own say in it. Destiny is just some dumb made-up word that should be executed from existence. If destiny were real, then it should play a part in everyone's life. Not just in those sappy love stories we all hear about. I doubt that Hitler was ''destined'' to start a holocaust.
Good and evil. Just because something isn't good, doesn't make it fiction. If I were religious, I couldn't believe in God and just not believe in the Devil. As much as we as humans would like our minds to be able to function that way, they don't. As much as people wish evil was extracted from the universe, it isn't. So we live with it. And then make up words like ''fate'' and ''destiny'' to deal with it. And say things like ''everything happens for a reason'' to help us cope with adversity. And that's okay, as long as people don't lose sight of what is real and what is not.
What I do, to the core of my soul, believe in is faith. If you have faith then you can deal with anything. And by that I don't mean faith in just God or the Devil (if that's the way you swing), but faith in anything. I have faith in people; people to teach me anything and everything I want/need/should know. I learn from others' mistakes and good-fortune; from their sadness and happiness. I wouldn't be at all the person I am today if I didn't have so much faith in humanity. Believe in what you have faith in being true, and that will help you live the life you want to believe you're ''destined'' to live.
excerpt from Ten Thousand Words
by the Avett Brothers
______________________
And everyone around me shakes their head in disbelief
And says I'm too caught up
They say young is good and old is fine
And truth is cool but all that matters
Is that you have your good times
But their good times come with prices
And I can't believe it when I hear the jokes they make
At anyones expense except their own
Would they laugh if they knew who paid?
________
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about
A Day in the Life of a Tourist
So I'm a little late with this post. Not exactly used to the whole ''write about yourself for other people to see'' thing. Which is probably why I only have two followers. Buuuut since people have been telling me for about a year to do it, and I'm all into doing things I say I'm going to do now, hurr I am... writing my life away.
Anywho, the real reason for the script I'm about to write is to tell you of my wonderful adventure around London two days ago with my buddy-boo Courtney Taylor.
It started off as a need to find gifts for people who are turning one year older (not one-year old, just a year older than they already are) and babies who have just been born. What a crock that was. We found absolutely shit for them. So it instead turned into a tourist day. FULL OF AMAZING DECISIONS!
Good Decision Numero Uno
First off, it was raining pretty badly and when I dug into the depths of my purse, an umbrella was nowhere to be found. So we duck into a little souveneir shop to have a looksie aroundsie. Then I saw it.. the basket filled with umbrellas and police helmets. That's when the lightbulb flashed on above my head (idea!). Why get an umbrella that I'm gonna have to hold when I could just use that police helmet?? Not to mention, it was 3 quid cheaper than the Jack Union umbrella being sold. Bye-bye wet hair! Decision 1: SUCCESS!
Good Decision Numero Deux
Bum Search. So I had this idea that it would be fun to have lunch with a homeless person. And courtney just so happened to have a beer floating around in her purse. So our plan was to find my homie homeless man and offer him some foody goodness along with a nice lukewarm beer (some English people really DO like warm beer.. weirdos). So there we were, just about to turn the corner to where my homeboy sleeps (oh, back up a little, I call him my homeboy like I know him because whenever I would walk past him and look lost he would help me with directions--he lives in the underpass at Hyde Park Corner tube station. So there we were, all giddy and excited, soaked from the rain--but it didn't matter cause Karma was about to owe us a big one... and of COURSE, he was not there! His bed was empty.. Which doesn't make decision number Two unsuccessful.. just incomplete.
Decision Number [insert greek word for 3 here]
First off, it was raining pretty badly and when I dug into the depths of my purse, an umbrella was nowhere to be found. So we duck into a little souveneir shop to have a looksie aroundsie. Then I saw it.. the basket filled with umbrellas and police helmets. That's when the lightbulb flashed on above my head (idea!). Why get an umbrella that I'm gonna have to hold when I could just use that police helmet?? Not to mention, it was 3 quid cheaper than the Jack Union umbrella being sold. Bye-bye wet hair! Decision 1: SUCCESS!
Good Decision Numero Deux
Bum Search. So I had this idea that it would be fun to have lunch with a homeless person. And courtney just so happened to have a beer floating around in her purse. So our plan was to find my homie homeless man and offer him some foody goodness along with a nice lukewarm beer (some English people really DO like warm beer.. weirdos). So there we were, just about to turn the corner to where my homeboy sleeps (oh, back up a little, I call him my homeboy like I know him because whenever I would walk past him and look lost he would help me with directions--he lives in the underpass at Hyde Park Corner tube station. So there we were, all giddy and excited, soaked from the rain--but it didn't matter cause Karma was about to owe us a big one... and of COURSE, he was not there! His bed was empty.. Which doesn't make decision number Two unsuccessful.. just incomplete.
Decision Number [insert greek word for 3 here]
Platform 9 3/4. Okay now, I am not a huge Harry Potter fan. Apparently Courtney is cause she kept mumbling quotes as we made our way into Kings Cross Station. Loser. After doing a short walk, with my head slighty ducked, to the sad excuse of a Platform 9 3/4 platform, we came to a line of people waiting to take pictures. Two funny things happened here. One: little Asian girl runs up to take a picture, excitement beaming from her face, and as soon as she places a hand on the handlebar, it breaks off. Her face was priceless. Two: An older, quite plump English man walks up to take his picture, all his bags with him, when his friend asks, ''Do you want me to hold your bags??'' He turns giving her a daft look and says, ''Well if I'm going to Hogwarts I'm gonna need my bags aren't I??'' hahah. Those two moments is what made Platform 9 3/4 uber successful!
Good Decision Number IV
Good Decision Number IV
Beer. What else can I say? Not much because I'm honestly bored of writing at the moment. We bought some during happy hour at a bar in Leicester Square. Bought some more and played drinking games with one of the coolest Kiwis evaaa- Hans Olo (really just Hans). Muy Successful.. especially since, once again, I lost the game of mushroom and seemed to get the drunkest. Wahooo!
That's it. Oh wait... what made the day 20% better than it already was is that we were in our super cool Wellies!! I totally stomped through puddles all day whilst everyone else had to walk around them. Ooo-oooOooo!!!
Monday, 15 February 2010
I love my mom
She is the strongest, most caring person I know.
Seriously. I'm not even gonna go into detail about it cause there's no use in even trying to explain what it is that makes her so wonderful. And all that matters to me is that I know it =]
Friday, 12 February 2010
Learning from the Past, Present, and Future
From the Past I've learnt that mistakes are easily made and easily corrected. You need courage to undergo both. Don't be too proud to make a fool of yourself. Be proud enough to right your wrongs.
From the Present I've learned not to worry my head off about things. All my problems from my past have been rectified and accepted in my present state of being. One day, my problems of today will be too.
Now what have I learned from the Future? That there may not be one if we don't stop the sale of aerosol cans??? Only joking. From my future, or rather thinking about my future since I haven't actually lived it yet--perhaps in a parallel universe, but who knows??, I've learned to stay inspired, keep dreaming, and, in the mighty words of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Don't Panic!
I'd rather not go into detail. Let your mind wander and ponder; formulate your own ideas. I believe that thought is one of our greatest gifts. It's what keeps us striving, thriving, and surviving. (Rhyme-tastic or what??)
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