Here's the finished product of my time lapse! I hope you all enjoy it! :)
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I have always been bad at consolation. I don't know when to hug someone, I don't know what to say (if I should be saying anything at all), I just don't know what to do! I'm so awkward when it comes to these things. I'm going to school to become a psychologist... so I should at least know a little bit of consoling, right? Wrong! I don't know the last thing about it! But tonight... a friend needed me. I don't really know what happened in my brain, but something clicked. I just felt like I could carry the weight of the world on my shoulders. Now, I don't know if I helped at all but I managed to make her laugh a little bit, so that's at least a little better for me. I still don't really understand how all of this works, but even just getting that small laugh from her was better than nothing (especially making her more upset--which I have done in the past)! What happened tonight, I think, was God's way of telling me to pay attention to the world around me. I know more about this stuff than I really think I do. Just like my devotional said today: "... I'm with you in times of trouble..." He has never been more right. Psalm 28:7 "If your happiness depends on somebody else, I guess you do have a problem." ~Richard Bach
My roommate's birthday is today.... Well all of the sudden she comes into the room and yells "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARIA!" and puts a card and present on my bed. The picture to the left shows what it was! :O It was very unexpected but it's a beautiful gesture if you know the reason behind it. You see. . . From a very young age, her and her siblings were taught to give and not just receive on their birthdays because the gift of life is the most precious gift they could ever receive. I think that that idea is so cool! *I* might even start doing that! Seriously, probably one of the most horrific holidays is Valentine's Day. All the love-sick, mushy people going around showing just how much they care with all of their PDA. (For those of you who don't know... PDA is an acronym for Public Displays of Affection.) Well, did you know that today, 14 February, has another holiday that is often overlooked? Singles Awareness Day! Or as it's more commonly known as, SAD. So, all you singles out there? This is YOUR DAY TOO. St. Valentine's DayAnd now, the real Valentine's Day. Where did it come from? Where did it start? WHY did it start? Valentine's Day was non-existent before Geoffrey Chaucer. He wrote stories about St. Valentine starting the creation of many legends about the day of St. Valentine. He himself, Valentine, was a very romantic person. One of the legends states that because of St. Valentine's romanticism, the bird begin coupling in mid-February. This became a tradition over the ages and slowly became more and more of a romantic holiday. Not only that, but it is extremely commercialized as well. One of the most greatly commercialized holidays, too. Just some quick info on the originality of the holiday for the occasional History Bunk. :) Even if you don't have a date, or you're "as single as a dollar bill" (Roommate, 307), have a God-filled, blessed day! Aria Pie and dancing. That's what life should be about. I had a lovely piece of lemon meringue pie today at lunch. It was light and fluffy! Which kind of surprised me because today it's VERY gloomy and humid out; meringue usually doesn't do well under those conditions. Every time I eat Lemon Meringue Pie, I can't help but think about my friend from home. A long time ago she acted out a story and there was a part that she had to "eat lemon meringue pie." Well, she was acting the story out and ate the pie then all of the sudden she stops and goes "LEMON MERINGUE PIE! Mmmmm!" What are friends for, if not for a laugh? My roommate and I were then discussing a movie we had seen last night. There was Salsa dancing in it! And I, being the weirdo I am, brought up the Merengue. A type of dance that technically falls into the category of Salsa. We talked about that for a little more and then found out that each of us has at least a bit of ballroom training! Fun stuff being here at school. Learning random things about roommates is always interesting. Now, who is ready for the Super Bowl today? I am! And I'm pretty sure I'm the ONLY student on campus who is for the Seahawks (Woot woot!). I've just been a fan of them since around sixth grade... nothing big honest! I don't even *really* follow football. BUT WHEN I DO, it's either the Eagles or the Seahawks. This of course makes me VERY popular with everyone. Well here is my shout out to Number 8, Matt Hasselbeck! Good luck out there everyone! So my roommates and I watched Frozen tonight. Time for my review! I originally did NOT want to see this movie. It was WAY too popular WAY too quickly. I didn't see what the big deal was! But, I promised my roommate that I'd watch it. Well, we began the movie and I was skeptical as usual. I have to say though, this movie was wonderful! The graphics were phenomenal! Speaking from experience, ice and hair are two of the hardest things to create and then animate properly and in this movie, the animations were FLAWLESS. The flow of the ice and the draping of the hair of all the characters, including Sven the reindeer! SPOILER TIME! Well let's get to this. This movie is about a pair of sisters from the Kingdom of Arendelle (Anna and Elsa) who, when they were young, were the BEST of friends. They had been playing one day though and the younger sister (Anna) was injured by the elder (Elsa) who had magical powers of ice and snow. After that unfortunate incident, the Elsa practically shut Anna out of her life for fear of hurting her again. Well eventually came the time of Elsa's coronation (did I mention that they were princesses?). Anna had met this prince, named Hans, and at the spur of the moment they decided they wanted to marry. Going to the new queen for her blessing, Anna and Hans shocked everyone at the coronation. Elsa quickly became angry and her power that she kept hidden for so long was once again found out when she caused ice spikes to come up from the floor. Elsa ran to the North Mountain for solitude and freedom from prosecution. Elsa's anger and pain caused Arendelle to fall under a spell of perpetual Winter. Anna was very worried about the towns folk of Arendelle harming Elsa and decided to go make things right with her sister. She left Hans in charge of the Kingdom while she was away and went off on horseback into the frozen land and soon came across a little cabin where she met Kristoff, an ice salesman, and Sven, Kristoff's trusty reindeer. Anna petitions Kristoff and Sven to take her to the North Mountain and as they are traveling that first night, wolves begin to chase them. As they are being chased, they come across a massive cliff. Kristoff has Sven carry Anna and he cuts the sled free of Sven's reigns, causing the sled to fall and shockingly explode at the foot of the cliff. They leave the wolves behind on the opposite side of the drop off and begin their trek again. Anna, Kristoff, and Sven come across beautiful ice covered trees. As they are walking among these surprisingly pretty (and entertaining to Sven) ice chains, they hear a voice. It turns out that the snowman that Elsa had created while running away had turned to life. This snowman, named Olaf, made quick friends (after an awkward introduction) with the three travelers. He decided to tag along because what else better to do than to go and visit his creator? They finally find Elsa's Ice Castle and go up to the huge doors. Anna tells Kristoff and Olaf to wait outside. "Give me a minute," she tells them. Olaf and Kristoff sit down outside the door and Olaf begins to count the minute. Anna goes to find her sister and follows Elsa to her main room where they once again have a fight. Elsa's anger causes her (Elsa) to shoot an icy blast through Anna. Kristoff and Olaf run to her rescue where Elsa creates a Snow Golem that kicks them out of her new castle. This golem chases the three until they eventually fall off yet another cliff. Sven finds them at the bottom and they decide to go visit Kristoff's family. When they arrive at Kristoff's home, all Anna and Olaf see are hundreds of rocks laying around in a clearing. Kristoff and Sven go about greeting the rocks and soon they unroll to reveal that they are all trolls! The trolls realize that their "son" has brought home a girl and try to wed them, when Anna becomes suddenly weak and her hair grows white. The Elder Troll comes forward then and explains that the icy blast that Elsa shot through Anna has frozen her heart and only an act of love can thaw it. Kristoff decides to take Anna back to Arendelle so she and Hans can share true love's kiss. Little do they know that Elsa has been captured by this point and is being held captive in Arendelle's dungeons. Kristoff, Anna, Sven, and Olaf return to Arendelle "just in time." Kristoff hands Anna off to Hans and asks him to keep her safe and warm. Hans soon reveals to Anna that he is only after the throne and leaves her to die alone. Elsa breaks free from her chains and escapes the dungeons. As she runs, a snow storm appears and begins to cover the world in even more snow. Kristoff decides to turn back to find Anna with only a little bit of nudging from Sven. "Some people are worth melting for." During this time, Olaf has found Anna and is making a fire for her to try to keep her warm. Olaf, being a snowman, would melt if he gets too close to the fire and Anna warns him of this. He informs her that he is doing it out of love. Anna tells him that she doesn't know anything about love and Olaf tells her that "love is... putting someone else's needs before yours." The window then blows open bringing the cold into the room and Olaf sees Kristoff and Sven running back to Arendelle. He once again helps Anna out of the castle and into the cold to get to Kristoff, her true love. As everyone is struggling across the frozen fjord, Hans finds Elsa and goes to end the eternal Winter for good. Anna sees her sister in peril and runs to her just as she freezes completely, shattering Hans' sword as he strikes her frozen hand, saving Elsa. Anna is now completely frozen and Elsa becomes heartbroken and hugs Ice Anna tightly. Slowly, from her heart, Anna begins to thaw. Kristoff and Sven are given a new sled. Elsa grants Olaf a personal flurry so he won't melt. The townsfolk are all at peace once they find out that Elsa isn't that bad (she freezes the castle courtyard so everyone can skate). And Anna and Kristoff, of course, become a couple. Arendelle is at peace, Elsa and Anna have their childhood relationship back, and the world is no longer a frozen mess. Family struggles. Wrong love. Strong friendships. All in all, this movie was a wonderful experience! It definitely stands out from other productions from Disney and will be a memorable creation for years to come. I really think Disney outdid themselves this time.
It’s REALLY hard for someone like me to “eat healthy.” I hate how expensive gluten free products are in this society, it’s truly unnecessary. I’m mean really 10.99 for a box of Gluten Free Bisquik? CRAZY! All I want is to eat food…. That is good…. AND gluten free….. (oh yeah… and inexpensive). Is that really so much to ask?
Aside from all that nonsense… I ALMOST DIED TONIGHT! I’m allergic to bananas and the allergy has grown from a moderate discomfort to a severe possible death experience. WELL, we had peanut butter sandwiches at our dining commons tonight and my roommate was like “Oh they’re really good! You should try one!” We asked if there was only peanut butter on it and the nice lady said yes. So I took one. We sat down at our usual table and I began to eat my mashed potatoes while my roommate ate her peanut butter sandwich. A weird look crossed her face and she suddenly took my sandwich saying “Don’t eat this, Aria. There is banana in it.” She moved my sandwich to the other side of the table and thus SAVED MY LIFE! She’s awesome, that girl. Too bad she abandons me every Wednesday. |
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