The Coolest guys

Ever wonder what I thought of as the coolest guys ever.... well even if you didn't your gonna find out. And if you still don't care well you can just stop reading this.

Coolest guy in the Bible
Most people might say David, Paul or Peter, but I think it's a slightly lesser known individual, Elisha. (not Elijha) Elisha was pretty much Elijah's apprentice. Elijah just goes up to Elisha one day and says, "Your gonna be my successor so pack your bags and let's go." and Elisha asks, "Can I say bye to my mom and dad?" Elijah answers, "Yeah just don't forget to come back" So Elisha says "Bye Mom! Bye Dad! I'm gonna go be a prophet!" and they say, "Bye have fun!" ...oh and he burns a sacrifice. (1 Kings chapter 19)
Anyway so after awhile Elijah's is going to go to heaven and he tells Elisha, "I'm going to Bethel. Stay here." and Elisha says "Nope I'm going with you." and he does the same thing when Elijah goes to Jericho and Jordan. Then finally Elijah and Elisha know they have to say good-bye and Elijah asks "What can I do for you before I go to heaven?" and Elisha says "I wanna be like you." So Elijah tells him that he has to watch him be taken away for that to happen. So then a chariot of fire comes and takes Elijah away. (How cool would that be!) Then he takes Elijah's coat, which somehow got left. and goes to the river and shouts "Where's Elijah?" and hits the water and it parts and he crosses over. (2 Kings chapter 2)
After Elijah's gone Elisha does some REALLY cool miracles like sanitizing poisoned water, healing people, raising the dead, making a axe that fell to the bottom of the river float up, and the almost everlasting oil jug. But another thing about Elisha is, well, I guess you'd say he's a feeler. For example, one time there was a King who was dying and he sent his messenger Hazael to ask Elisha if he was gonna make it and Elisha say "Yeah, he's gonna be fine.... actually he's gonna die and your gonna be King." Then Elisha starts crying and Hazael asks "What's wrong?"
"I know what your going to do to my people your going to kill them." And Hazael is shocked and says, "What kinda sick animal do you think I am? I won't hurt anybody."
And then Hazael goes back and tells the King that He'll be fine. And that night the King dies because "someone" took a towel and soak it in water and suffocated the King. (which is actually a pretty creative idea) But anyway Elisha is a cool guy and you read his whole story in 2 Kings chapter 2-13. Yeah he gets 11 chapters that's how cool he is.

Coolest guy in History (Not that the bible isn't history but you know what I mean)
William Wilberforce. Aside from having a awesomely cool name, William has a awesomely cool story. He fight tremendous odds to stop the slave trade. He goes through all kinds of adversity and despite it all he still keeps going and wins!!! The movie about him (which a movie you have see a billion times before you die) comes out this weekend called Amazing Grace on August 31st. And you should also watch it to understand William's whole story 'cause I can't write it down here and make it as good as the movie.

Coolest Guy in Fiction
Most of you who know me, already know what I'm going to say, Samwise Gamgee. He's without a doubt the coolest guy in fiction. (sadly it is fiction) In a way he's kind of like Elisha because where ever his master, Frodo, goes he follows. And he's also like William Wilberforce because he continues to press on no matter what. And he's always watching out for Frodo. He never goes anywhere without Frodo and everything he does is to help Frodo. A perfect example of servant hood. Here are some of the best "Sam" moments:
"He [Sam] bent over Frodo rousing him gently. Frodo groaned; but with a great effort of will he staggered up; and then fell upon his knees again. He raised his eyes with difficulty to the dark slopes of mount Doom towering above him, and then pitifully he began to crawl forward on his hands.
Sam looked at him and wept in his heart, but no tears came to his dry and stinging eyes. 'I said I'd carry him, if it broke my back,' he muttered, 'and I will!'
'Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well. So up you get! Come on, Mr. Frodo dear! Sam will give you a ride. Just tell him where to go, and he'll go.'
As Frodo clung upon his back arms loosely about his neck, legs clasped firmly under his arms, Sam staggered to feet; and then to his amazement he felt the burden light. " ~The Return of the King (book)

"'It's like in the great stories Mr. Frodo the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad happened? But in the end it's only a passing thing, this shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think Mr. Frodo, I do understand, I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't they kept going, because they were holding on to something.'
'What are we holding on to Sam?'
'That there's some good in this world Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for!'" Two Towers (movie)
So yup, see why Sam's so cool. Just read the books or watch the movie and you'll find other reasons why Sam is the coolest made-up guy EVER!!!

Okie-dokie so school's startin' soon and EVERY BODY'S askin' me on whether or not I'm excited most of the time I say "yes" because the balance beam of favor always tips slightly more on excited's side. But here's the real reasons, feelings... whatever you wanna call 'em

Excited for School
1. Because then I can do something much more productive with my day other than reading, watching T.V., and eating. Although we A LOT of the activities mentioned at school. But there is always a reason besides just personal entertainment.... because BOY HOWDY I would not call some of the stuff we watch and read entertainment. And school lunch is a long way off from being scrumptious.

2. I'm really excited for journalism. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3. I'm really for the challenge of school, because if anything school is that. But I'm ready for it bring it on I say!!! I feel like it's the being of a race and I'm just waitin' for the starter's gun to go off so I can tear across the field. (field's are cooler places to race then a borin' 'ol track)

Not Excited
1. Getting up early and going to bed late.

2. homework, tests, and finals the only thing I'm not ready for when it comes to the challenge of school.

3. Although there are some people I'm looking forward to seeing, there are those who I'd be really happy to find out that they moved over the summer. (and some that I'm praying they leave) In some ways enemies aren't that different from friends in the sense that you say good-bye to one and say hello to another. Enemies are also like mosquitoes 'cause you can never get rid of them, but unlike mosquitoes there's no repellent ....and it's against the law to kill 'em.

4. School lunch, which sometimes can hardly be classified as lunch but rather "What the heck is this nasty thing in front of me that looks like it got chewed by the lawn mower, only to be run over several times by a semi, then go down the garbage disposal five times and somehow managed to end up on my plate.... oh look it still moving!!!!!"

But as you can see I'm still excited... even though the list of bads is longer than goods the goods is stronger by emotion..... actually maybe not.... school is a little tiring....... well it's not like I got much of choice do I?..... it's the classic "You don't have to like it you just gotta do it." or "It builds character" as Calvin's dad would say.... and you know well how he turned out.....

The painful truth.... Don't read if you want to remain ignorant

Once upon a time there was a castle in a place that doesn't exist. That contained princes and princesses that don't exist. One day a unreal prince rescued a princess that was just made up for this story from a nonexistent dragon. How about I tell a story that could actually happen?... okay.

Once upon a time there was a guy named Fred. Fred grow up went to school then college. One day he got married and worked almost everyday until he died. The End

Now do you understand why we like the made up stuff?

The Reason why (if you haven't figured it out why yet)
Our real lives our boring and routine so we want entertainment that doesn't happen often (or ever) so we can get a break from reality. We DO want stories about unreal people, unreal places, and unreal circumstances.
The sum up of why.
Your real life sucks and is unexciting and you need something to entertain you for two hours so you don't think about your uneventful life.

P.S. Sorry if I burst your bubble. Please excuse me while I lament my findings by watching all three Lord of the Rings extended version, while eating box after box of Oreo cookies, and gain pound after pound, and cry tear after tear finally realizing that my hero Sam never was and I'll never get to meet him.

Trip highlights... or maybe just memorable things

Pita Bread
One of the things we did in Portland was we went to Lebanese restaurant. One of the things they served was Pita Bread which is REALLY REALLY REALLY good. The next night my parents went reunioning and I was left in the Hotel.... with Cable T.V. So I decided to microwave some bread along with this sauce that you dip the bread in. Well apparently the "seconds" were actually "minutes" and as you know there's a BIG difference between twenty seconds and twenty minutes. Fortunately it didn't go the whole twenty minutes, but I was slightly preoccupied with the sauce. And when I looked up the bread was in the microwave...... smoking. I took it out and waving my hands around it blowing the smoke off. (No, the fire alarm did NOT go off. Thank Goodness)

Fun by the Creek
At my Grandparents they have a creek by some old train trestles. We went down there and there was a tower made from rocks. Well we (meaning the "boys" mainly) threw rocks at the tower to knock it down. Of course they could've just just went over and knocked it down without throwing objects at it, but of course we had to do it the hard way. But every time someone knocked something down there was a big "Oooh" and "Awww" and applause from the spectators. (us "girls")

Shopping
On Wednesday while my parents went to Canada (Canada eh?) I went shopping with my Grandma. We bought necessary stuff like pencils, colored pencils, notebooks etc. for school, but most of was unnecessary "Fun" stuff (so in case it is necessary because having fun is necessary for life and survival) like books and Cd's (which I'm listening to now)

Although I did have fun with everything else, one of the funnest parts was just "hanging out" with my family, including all my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Sitting around with everyone eating flowers. (one of our activities since my oldest sister informed us that they were edible) 'Cause I got a pretty cool family.

P.S. It was also nice to take a walk alone in the "woods" a nice refreshment..... "Aaaaaahhhhh."
P.P.S. It was also nice to have 70 degree weather another "Aaaaaahhhh" moment.