Silence.

     When's the last time you just sat there quietly thinking? And I don't mean studying or paying a long visit to the dentist's waiting room wondering when it will finally be your turn for doom. I mean more like just taking the time to think about things in general. Away from the music, chaos, clutter of everyday life. 

     Last evening I was talking to a fellow college student that I met somewhat recently. I said something, and he said he would think it over that night, and mentioned he did a lot of thinking in bed. I asked him if he had trouble sleeping or something... He said no.. he just did a lot of thinking before he went to sleep. 
     It made me think... (ironic, right?) My life is so full of rush here-go there-do this-don't forget that... that even as I'm drifting off to sleep, I take that time to listen to part of a sermon on my iPod. Not that listening to sermons is bad - in fact, it's a rather good thing. And I have a quiet time with God every morning for awhile as I go over things with Him. However, my life lacks that quietly thinking about things in general aspect for the most part. Something tells me that including some of that in my schedule might just help cause things to flow smoother... Forgetting fewer things... less mind-wandering during tasks... yeah. 

So anyways, this Alaskan is going to be saying goodbye to Paul Washer a little more often at night, and hello to.... silence. 

Reading Radical

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I'm starting the book God at War [Amazon Link]and wow!  It is good!  It's radical to the point where it goes 100% percent against what I was taught in the 7 years of my homeschooling (I'm not including college, where I wasn't taught any theology). HOWEVER, it answers many of my questions about evil and spiritual warfare.  I would tell you more about it, but since I don't hold a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, I would HIGHLY recommend you read Gregory Boyd's above-mentioned book with an open mind and see for yourself! I'm not saying that I agree with all of it, even with my background, but the theodicy is quite convicting.

It just goes to prove a common saying that I use and I'm not sure if some famous person has created it before me, "Just because everyone else is doing it, does not mean it's right."

Mizzoria~

Merry Death

So, one of my college friends was laughing really hard throughout the day a while ago.

At the end of day when I reminisce the day's events with my sister, I said, "[Friend] was dying so many times today, because he was laughing so hard."
Asis: "Why was he laughing that hard?"
Me: "Well, some things are just so funny to him."
Asis seemingly unsatisfied but somewhat understanding, suggested uncertainly: "Oh... that's a good way to die."



Oh... look at that! I used alternating alliteration in that last sentence... S---- U---- but S---- U-----, S----- U-----...

Or more clearly:

Seemingly Unsatisfied but Somewhat Understanding, Suggested Uncertainly

I am so weird.

Mizzoria~

Some Randome Thowts 1.0

So, Esserita finally poked her head back into the blog world and stared in awe at Mizzoria's diligence and faithfulness in continuing to post her awesomeness. 

Just when I think that life can't get much busier, it goes all out to prove me wrong. 

My wall calendar is still on August... Because I like the picture for August on it so much. It has my former governor standing on a sidewalk on a snowy day, all excited about the snow. I love snow so much. 

I applied to work as a night shift janitor at a local daycare/school. It resulted in a frantic couple weeks of getting the required CPR Certification, First Aid Certification, Food Worker Card, fingerprinting, background checks, piles of paperwork, references, and who knows what all else (I don't even know - there was so much I can't even remember it all now). So I guess now if I pass out and stop breathing while scrubbing the floor, I can quickly figure out how to get multiple personalities and get one of me to do CPR on myself... At least the mouth-to-mouth part will be less disgusting. 

So apparently, friction causes heat. And apparently, after a visit to DC this summer, I have discovered where global warming comes from. 

"The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory." 

I'm pretty sure my head is full of banana peels. Because things keep slipping my mind.

“God never witholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are always merciful -- "severe mercies" at times but mercies all the same. God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.” 
~Elisabeth Elliot

And I finish my stuff nice and early and get on the computer at 8 in the morning and go "Good mourning everyone!" Then those East Coasters are like.. "It's noon. I'm eating lunch." Talk about demotivation.. 

Meese out, people. 8) 

~Esserita 

Unexpected hereditary stuff...

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So evidently, I sneeze just like my maternal grandmother did, and every time I sneeze, I remind my mother of her.  Who knew that sneezing methods could be passed down through the generations?

Sadly, I never met this wonderful woman who died before my mother got married.  I never met my maternal grandfather either, and he died before my uncle even started college!  My uncle is 8 years younger than my mother.

Speaking of my uncle, he and my mother are SO alike, it's not even funny.  One instance was when my uncle was shivering at the ice rink because he was waiting in shorts and a t-shirt.  He shivered JUST LIKE MY MOM DOES. Weird... I mean it's really cool scientifically, but how in the world does that work?  They've only seen each other for a total of 11 weeks (half of which was spent conquering 12-hour jet lag) in the past twenty-one (21) years!  My uncle is like the male clone of my mother physically, psychologically, emotionally, verbally, etc.  How do they do that being 8 years apart?! It boggles my mind.  The worst part is that they don't even think or know so!

Mizzoria~

God's Will and Leading

To know the Will of God -

Read the Bible.

To be led by the Spirit of God -

Do the Bible.

-Lester Sumrall-

How many people do you know don't know what God's will is?  How many people don't know if they are led by the Holy Spirit?  I think the quote above sums it up VERY simply and truthfully.

Mizzoria~

Pronuciation

Who reads 

HAPHAZARDLY 

as

hap-ha-zerd-lee?

Ahhh,
but you are wrong!
Of course,
it's

ha-fa-zard-lee!

Don't you know "p" and "h" together 

make the "f" sound?!

Goodness, 

people these days.


I'm just joking, but honestly, the English language is quite upsetting.

Mizzoria~

A listening ear...

I have a hard time listening to correction.  Goodness knows, I give it left and right, but my pride gets in the way and I can't seem to take admonishment or things of that nature.  And yes, I do sorely need criticism, because I am far from perfect.

I was reading another school text and here were a few of the final words:
You may think you have heard all this before. You have. It’s just that we do not practice what we know to be true. You didn’t listen before. If you are lucky, you will this time.

I'd just change the "lucky" to "smart" and quote from the CP CA Gathering - Amen and Ouch.

Mizzoria~

Metrics and Money

My family is beginning to be confused with bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, etc.

Those unit prefixes can be confusing, I suppose...

What if... though...

we did that with dollars!?

Then, a grand would be a kilodollar.
A million dollars would be a megadollar (haha, that one's pretty practical).
A billion dollars would be a gigadollar...
A trillion dollars would be a teradollar!

(The amount of red-underline as I write up this post is atrocious...)

Annnd, I don't think there's a prefix yet for a quadrillion number... though, they'll need to make up one soon for when our memory cards and hard drives contain much higher capacities!  It's soooo funny to look at my parents' old floppy disks and wonder how they hold so much data in just a few kilobytes.

*shrugs and sighs*  Aaaahhhh, the joys of technology and numbers!

Mizzoria~

Happiness and Joy

I'm not sure if and where I got this from a sermon, so I apologize beforehand for any unintentional plagiarism.

Happiness is external.

Joy is internal.

Happiness is an feeling.

Joy is a choice.

Happiness is now.

Joy is forever.

Nehemiah 8:10 (NASB) 

Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Mizzoria~

Sleepless nights

Ok, so for most people my age, it's probably strange to say I didn't sleep last night and I wish I did.  As it, I'm not a teen anymore, so no more bed times!  I'm an ADULT.  Right?

But, what can I say?  I like my brainy-over-analytical-ambitious-geeky slumber.

Seriously, though, I can't drink tea too late in the day.  Not even a tiny sip.  I put the cup to my lips last night at about 10pm, engulfed a mouthful, realized it was caffienated when my eyes lit up, and ... [yuck]... spit it out.  Too much information?  Let me know, and I'll go back to my boring self.  Just so you pity me, I didn't feel the least bit tired until this morning at 1am-ish when I got tired of not being tired.  Fortunately, I got up at a sane hour (7am) not too tired, so I don't feel too whiney, hehheh.

Mizzoria~

Eulogies and Epitaphs

Remember how I got to play games for school?

Well, guess what?  I'm writing my eulogy and epitaph now.  As I need to plan what I want to do with my life and what I want people to remember about it.
So creepy and yet -
SO REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL at the same time!

It's pretty much planning your life, except it's from the end viewpoint and it's a recording of what you have done.

I think every young (and old! since it's all relative) person should do this.  Especially one with no vision or goal in life.

HA!  I have a plan on what to teach for Sunday School next week!

Mizzoria~

Ruining

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One bright, but cool evening, Asis, Jsis, another friend, her 6yo brother, and I were sitting on the dock situated in a small pond, being mesmerized by the almost-still duckweed on the glass-life surface.

No squawking fowl or buzzing insects interrupted the calm silence.

It was like a movie scene, the ambiance perfectly intoxicating and gorgeous.

Total peace reigned in the pond.

Out of the blue - 6yo brother in a sort of whiny tone: 

I'm bored.  I want to go home.

All us girls: 

[BOY'S NAME] YOU RUINED THE MOMENT!!

Boy all matter-of-fact-ly:  

I know.  I pooped the party.

And of course, we all joined in side-splitting laughter 

and probably scared a bunch of critters out of their hides and exoskeletons.

Little kids are so cute and funny.

Mizzoria~

BoldThreadz

Shameless plug, ok?

This is cool!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lukesmith/bold-threadz

If nothing else, they're great conversation starters.  I love it when random and not-so-random come up to me, turn and twist their heads, look at me funny, and say, "What does your shirt mean?"  And then I go on to talk about whatever is on my shirt.  With these guys and their godly intents, the shirts would be awesome gospel openers!

Mizzoria~