Love...?

Is true love real?  Yes, I think it is real.  A lot of the time, we use the word "love" without thinking twice.  For example, a child might say,  "I love ice cream!" or "I love candy!"  Teenagers also use the word "love" towards their boyfriend or girlfriend,  I don't think that we quite understand the strength of the word.  We use it left and right without thinking twice.  In the example of the child, I don't think it is necessarily bad, but in the example of the teenagers, yes, I do think it is wrong.  I think one should wait until the right person comes along before they start saying, "I love you".  Since we use the "L" word so much, we don't really take the time to think about what it means, therefore degrading the real definition.  The end effect of this would be people thinking that love will come right away and they are confused when the one whom they said "I love you" to walks away.  The phrase "I love you" is meant for the person one is planning to spend their whole lives with.  The word "love" has a power that most people don't understand, so we should preserve that power and save the real definition of love.

I find pleasure in reading works by the author Joan Bauer..  She has a writing style that I really like and I enjoy reading her books.  This book was really captivating and I haven't been able to find a book that has drawn me in from the first sentence like this one has in a while.  Her other book that I have written a review on, Hope Was Here, was just as captivating as this one.  As soon as I had Rules of the Road in my hands, I sat in bed and read half of it within an hour and a half.  I had the entire book read in a day.  I tend to do this a lot as I have an incredible reading speed.  This is exactly the type of book that people like me love.  I'm looking forward to get my next book by Joan Bauer.

 

Abortion is one of the worlds most preformed surgical procedures, but the average person knows very little about its gruesome reality.  What is being destroyed is not a blob of cells, it's a living thing!  "The word fetus (plural fetuses) is from the Latin fetus, meaning offspring, bringing forth, hatching of young (Wikipedia)."  People like to call the tiny baby a "fetus" so that it does not sound like a human is being murdered in the process of abortion.  It's maddening when one thinks that the fact that no one cares to do anything as 3,000 "fetuses" are being killed every day in the U.S. and 130,000 world wide!  Thats 47,450,000 abortions every year!  If that amount of young or teenage children were being killed every year, we would do something about it!  Yet, we silently brush the fact aside.  We say to ourselves, "Those little blobs of cells are not worth anything anyway" and we go on with daily life.  I attended the March For Life in Washington D.C. and I was greatly encouraged that there were so many people who are against abortion, but there is still the rest of the world.  We have to take action against this act of murder and stop it.  It is not a human right, it's murder, plain and simple.       

Book review

"Hope's used to thinking on her feet-- she hasn't become a terrific waitress by accident.  But when she and her aunt move from New York City to a small town in Wisconsin to run the local diner, she isn't sure she'll fit in.  Luckily, she doesn't have much time to brood.  G.T., the owner, has decided to run for mayor, and no one in town knows what to think.  After all, G.T. has leukemia.  And his opponent is the unscrupulous current mayor, who will do or say anything to win the election.  Hope knows that G.T. is up against the odds-- but his vision of the future is so vivid and good that she can't help but join the campaign.  Because, after all, everyone could use a little hope to get through the tough times.  Even Hope herself. (book description on the back of the book)" 


There are few books that I can read over and over and never get tired of it.  This is one of them.  Hope Was Here is a book about hope.  Not just the girl, but also the feeling.  Every one needs hope now and then, and for some people, it's all they have.  As you follow Hope through G.T.'s political campaign, you discover the power of hope and friendship.

(Watch the movie first)

Did you know that English is about the sixth hardest language to learn?  This is because of all of the crazy pronunciations in our language.  "We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig (http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/humour/learningenglish.htm)".  

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) I did not object to the object.
9) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
10) They were too close to the door to close it.
11) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. 

12) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

(also from http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/humour/learningenglish.htm)

We all now that the English language is going down the drain.  Let us try to preserve the language and not let it flow down the drain iether... Either?   

I took this picture yesterday and I absolutely love it!  The thing that surprised me about it was I was just starting to shoot it, and within about five minutes, I got this shot!  I didn't think much of it when I looked at it on the camera screen, but after I finished with it in lightroom, I was very happy with it.  This just goes to show you how just playing around with items in photography can pay off pretty well!  If you want to see the picture on a larger scale, just click on it.

Alright, new blog! I'll get this up and running eventually but for now it's going to be pretty basic, so be patient!  In this blog, I will basically be posting just about anything.  Essays that I think are my best work, photos that I have taken, and stuff like that.  It should be fun, so keep on coming back.