Hangin' with Friends

Nothing beats hanging out with your closest friends. Even if you get a few scratches and bruises from it.

We explored a cave. Not today. It was more like a few months ago. Anyway, normally we would just sit around inside and play games or sit around a fire and indulge ourselves in the mysterious cuisines of the refrigerator or something our parents make for us(basically anything we can find, create, or order) and s'mores. But, that day we actually decided to do something...painful. It was fun though. Afterwards, we went back to my house, watched Smallville, and ate Long John Silvers. We talked, laughed, made fun of each other, and had a good time.

To be totally and completely honest, I love my friends. The more time I spend with them the more I want to hang out with them. One of the things that some people don't understand about my friends and myself is our humor. We are always making fun of each other and giving each other a hard time. We're all very close, so we know it's a joke. Of course if something is said that is taken wrong, deep apologies are made. We try not to cross any lines in our facetious conversations. But, we can also have earnest conversations. Honesty is pretty prominent in our group and we all take things genuinely well.

When new people come into the group, they like to ease their way in. Unfortunately for them, we act like we've known them our entire lives and joke around with them like they've been there for a thousand years and we just decided to pick up on a conversation we never started. That's what I love about us.

Comfort Zone

When you hang out with your friends, do you talk about God? I'm saying serious conversations about God and your beliefs. If you haven't, why not? I know it's not a comfortable subject because, everyone has different views on God and religion.

Why not get out of your comfort zone? Invite your friends to church. Go further and invite your coworker to church. I know you've thought about it, but you don't know how.

I'm guilty of not talking to my friends about God. (Not my church friends) I'm talking about my school friends, work friends, acquaintances, etc. I never talk to them about going to church. They ask questions about my religion and I answer, but, for some reason, I'm afraid that if I ask them to come to church with me, it will drive them away.

I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone. I realize now that people really are hungry for God. The reason it didn't register earlier was because, I'm already fulfilled. I have God in my life and it took me some time to apprehend that other people don't have him in theirs. That's why some people feel like there's something missing, that they feel like their lives have come short of a certain commodity. I haven't had a chance to actually hunger for God. He's always been in my life, so I didn't realize that other people have that emptiness.

Having God in my life brings a sense of happiness. I wish this would have dawned on me earlier in life. Sure, I heard it all the time that you should talk about God to people who don't know about him and invite people to church who don't have a church to go to. But, actually going out and doing those things is different than saying you will and knowing you should.

We need to learn to share his word and not just keep it to ourselves. That's selfish. If we don't tell people what we know to be true, we're not doing our job.

God gives you chances to talk about him and invite people to church, it's what we do with those chances that makes the difference. Usually, we'll talk about what's going on in our lives and we don't even think about God. It's easy to forget about him and it's comfortable to talk about other stuff, but, you need to get out of your comfort zone and remember that God probably gave you this chance to talk about him.

Don't screw it up, you may never get that chance again. Dive into the unknown territory, what's the worst that could happen?

Subjects...

I've gotten some awesome suggestions on what I should write about by all of you. I chose two subjects and will write on each separately. BUT! So far I've only gotten two poems in... I was counting on at LEAST (maybe) five or six.

SOOOOO.....if you don't want to send in a poem you wrote, or if you've never written a good poem in your life, then send me one that someone else has written. It doesn't matter if it's your aunt's poem, your brother's poem, or a poem from a dead guy, send one in with it's author and I'll post it up! Who knows...you may get comments on it.

Once I get it up, tell your friends of your genius poem! Once they see it, you'll get to brag about how totally AWESOME you are!!


And by "'em" I mean "your poems"... (:
jacinda_dawn@hotmail.com

Bored? Do SOMETHING!

You know those times when you and your friends are hangin' out and you don't know what to do...so you get bored?
Those are the best times ever! WANNA KNOW WHY?? (Yes, Jacinda! I really do!)
Okay, okay...I'll tell you.
Those are the moments people think of things you'd never do in mixed company....and you DO those things! (Why?)...I have an answer!
You're too bored to do anything else and these things are more than likely thought to be fun, funny, interesting, dangerous, and/or exciting for the mean time...until you get caught! It is very embarrassing when someone from a second party comes in and catches you dancing like a crazy person. That's when you realize you're the last person to notice...
Either THAT happens, or someone tries to talk you out of doing something stupid that you really wanted to do, like seeing if you can hang from the roof by your feet. (WHAT?!)
Alright, that's a little extreme...if you ARE caught trying to do THAT, you should probably be stopped. I mean seriously? Are you crazy?! You can't do that! YOU'LL DIE, YOU NUT!
ANYway...Yeah, boring moments with friends are moments to treasure, to change, to do dares! Take those moments, cherish them, and do something you'd never do!! Like goose hunting....even if there are no geese...hunt SQUIRRELS! There are squirrels everywhere! You don't even have to kill them! Try to pet them and see what happens!

This is THE BEST advice anyone could ever give you! EVER!



That's all I have to say about that.

My College Experience

There's no tellin' what it's really like to be in college...but, I guess I'll have to try.

College gives you a sense of responsibility. You're around mature people, so you feel that you must be mature as well. At this age, you either feel like you're a beginner or you think you know exactly what you're doing.
High school-ers don't really understand the full impact of the world. They're busy in their little social circles with their friends, homework, and drama. We all know about the drama. I don't really need to spell it out..
I never had drama in my circle of friends. I saw it, though...oh, boy did I see it.
"She stole my boyfriend!", "She likes him, more than you!", "Did you see that look she just gave me?!", "I cannot believe she said that!", "And then she said,'...' ", "Turn around and walk away! Walk away before I beat your face in!!", "I'm gonna scratch your eyes out!!"

Okay...I may have thrown the last two in there for effect...but it does get nuts. I actually saw a girl spinning another girl around by her hair! The girl that was spinning had a bag of suckers in her hand, and when they went flyin', everyone was like,"Yay! Free suckers!"
You never really know what's going to happen in high school. I may just be a freshman...but I think I know that college seems a little more safe. Sure, it may be just as predictable...but you don't really hear about bullies in college as much as you do in high school...but, that might just be me...

Now, let's talk classes.
Classes are difficult. But, they're spelled out for you. The professors make sure you understand, they even give you their email address and phone number for you to contact them if you need help. They actually encourage you to go to their office and talk things out with them. Any problems, anytime. BUT! Yes, there is a but....a Big but. They expect you to be responsible. What?! Did she just say, "responsible"? WHAT?!
Yes, if you go in there and you start acting like a high school student(not finishing your homework, not turning it in on time, not being prepared for class, not reading the material you were given, not listening, not showing up[lots-o-nots], making up excuses, etc.),they may just slap you.
Okay...they're not going to do that, but they won't like you very much. They might even ignore you because, to them, you are annoying.
The thing is, they don't care if you don't care. And you NEED to care. Someone is paying for you to go there and you need to use that time wisely...in this case, time really does equal money. I know you hear everyone say that people are always switching their major and it's not a big deal... well, it's not until your taking 6 years of college for a career that only requires 2-4. Then, you're asking yourself, where did the time go? And, where did my money go? I think you'll figure it out.

Anyway...I haven't spent that much of my life in college, only about a semester and two days. But, I think I know enough to say something about it.