California

Huntington Pier is so photogenic : )

the infamous ''Huntington Pier,'' see that building at the end? that's Ruby's on the pier, where Missiz Joni and i first hung out. watchin' seagulls fight the wind and eventually give up, good conversations, walking along the beach, swimming in the ocean, that day was really great. =D

This is a hotel (at least i think it's a hotel :-p) on the other side of PCH from huntington beach.

''California'' with sea weed on the ''o'' but that's okay. i heart it just the same :-) i took this picture from h-bomb pier, each letter is about 5 feet tall. so yeah, that seaweed is huge

this bottle is filled with shells and ocean water from huntington beach. you see, California, i'm taking you with me. and that's final ;-)

O.O a sand dollar!! so what if it's broken? that's okay with me. today is thanksgiving. i know one thing i'm thankful for is California. i know i'm going right back to Missouri, where i started from, but before i left, i didn't have all these experiences i now have, didn't have all these new friends i have, the work experience, i'd like to think i've grown as a person, i've found God again, and i've seen such beauty out here that Missouri can't provide in the same way. So detour as it may have been, it's been an overflowing of blessing to me. But i know that i can't stay out here forever. i have goals in life that can't readily be reached from here. yeah, i'll be sad to have left it, but just like my first visit here, i'll be even happier that it happened, and even more hopeful, since i know it's not the last or greatest beauty i will ever see. California? thank you : )

A Simple Microcode

If you take every 50th letter in the Torah, it spells out the name "Elohim," the name of God, 147 times.

today's title is ''Chilli Mash''

it all started a long time ago, when i was talking on the phone with Missiz Jóní ...last night.

i said ''ugh. i'm so hungry. there's nothing to eat here. oh you know what i hella want tho? some mashed potatoes! that sounds soooo good rite now....''

then she sed ''oh, i had mashed potatoes earlier today! =D''

then i sed ''i wonder if instant mashed taters are good...i bet they're watery enough to drink..*drools imagining such a feat* ''

then she sed ''ew. i actually had instant mashed taters today. they were actually pretty good.''

the conversation ended shortly thereafter. then later she henceforth-thusright-whenceforto-herein and so forth, called again.

i said ''you know, i hella want some fresh french fries...''

then she sed ''omgz i'm totally at in and out rite now! =DD''

then i sed ''that's b/c we got that shiz on lock.'' wwwwhat? wo-okay! yeeeeaah :-)

so today, i get the instant mashed taters, i pour them into the hot water and stir. thinkin' to myself ''oh THIS won't end well...'' as the little flurries swing around in circles in the bowl and then all of a sudden it's MASHED POTATOES!!! no longer was it nasty ol' hot water and flakes, it was REAL mashed potatoes, rite in the bowl! i was shocked! how did they do that?! they're sooo good, too. i mixed them with a roughly equal amount of beef chilli with beans. ohhh yeah. this is what mum would call a ''stick to your ribs kinda meal'' and it works out to 1000 calories, 58 grams of protein, so it's almost good enough for a complete meal! :D

At some point, you have to give up...

If your kids ignored you, did things you hated and wanted nothing to do with you, at some point, you have to give up on them. That point is death.

You are the best

You, as you are right now, are the best, most perfect combination of all the genes that it took to make you, all the circumstances that've happened to get you where you are, all the things you've learned and discovered that've formed who you are, you, just as you are right now are the best combination of all that stuff that got you where and who you are right now. There is nothing wrong with you.
And i believe that when ppl have set backs, they don't just have set backs and then no way to overcome them, there is always a way for them to rise above the things that could drag them down, and the more set backs you have, that points out how much more strength you have.
So you are wonderful, there is no getting a better you. It's impossible, you are the absolute best, and no one could ever do any better. You take the cake. And any weaknesses you have, those are opportunities that you have where you can show yourself that you can overcome them. Things like sabotaging yourself, it's a hard habit to kick, but i know it can be done, and when you do, that's your weaknesses, don't compare yourself with somebody else who got over that weakness sooner, or maybe never had it, because they don't have all your same weaknesses, nor do they have all your same strengths. And when you defeat something that is very strong like that, that is a huge victory, no one can steal your thunder by having less of a struggle with it, because they are not you and you are the best you there can ever be.

a new record, THAT IS ALL.

today at work, we were SLAMMERED. i opened up the skills and speed like a firehose. i had a good hefty breakfast, but i guess i burned it all up in the first four hours of work b/c in 19 minutes, i had consumed 4 litres of cereal consisting of half dry cereal and half milk.

for those of you who are confused, look at a gallon milk jug. it says 3.78 litres is a gallon. yes, that's correct. my stomach can hold more than a gallon of food at one time. *scratches his head* i wonder how it does that...

''the smudge is on the lens, not the world around you''

i once asked a friend of mine if there would be peace if there were only one race. i know, think of all the wars that were started b/c of religion or other intolerances of differences. something's awry here...

humans are highly adaptable; they will adapt quickly to their environment; therein lies a problem. unless they're continually being sharpened, they will grow dull to adapt thuroughly to their environment. humans tend toward weaknesses under the gravity of sloth.

these intollerances would surely exist under some other names, but they would still exist. if you remove what seems to be causing a problem, and the problem is still there, then that thing wasn't causing the problem in the first place.

if you look through a camera and see a big blurry thing, you wouldn't think that there's some big blurry thing floating right in front of you, you'd immediately conclude that there was a smudge on the lens. that's what i'm trying to say: the smudge is on the lens, NOT on the world around you.

''and how can you say to your brother 'let me remove the speck from your eye,' when all the while there is a plank in your own eye? first remove the plank from your own eye, then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's''