Hello, world!
(Originally gonna be posted on Sunday, but there was no wifi.)
At one point, the CEO asked: "Why is it that Jesus came to the Earth so long ago to bring peace and stuff, but there is still so much bad in the world?"
The other replied, "Why is it that there is plenty of soap, but there is still so much filth in the world?"
The CEO chuckled and retorted, "Because some people don't use soap."
The Christian looked to the man with love and smiled sadly. "That is our problem. So many people have access to the gospel doctrines, but don't bother to use them."
A teen gave that story during Sacrament meeting today, and I really liked it, so I wanted to share it. *teeheet*
I knew if I napped last Sunday I would not get the time to write a post, but I was SO FLIPPING TIRED. Of course, the time after that we spent packing up our suitcases.
I can't remember if I had mentioned before our plans for Winter Break. So far, I have loved our time here. So much has happened (in my opinion), and so I have written almost every single thing down in my little journal. I won't bother boring you guys with most of that.
The moment we were on the ground, I suddenly realized just how much I love Utah. And also just how cold it is during the winter. *frozen tears* I guess I'll deal with it more when we come back permanently.
We basically spent up until the morning after Christmas at my grandma and grandpa's house. I got to spend a ton of time with my little cousins who currently live there. The little one is now 5, the older one is now 10. That moment of realization was pretty funny when me and Cam (older one) were like "Our ages are 5, 10, and 15!"
He and Ash (little brother) taught me how to play Super Smash Bros. It took a while for me to get the hang of it, mainly because Ash wouldn't go easy on me. (He's a beast in video games!) I also FINALLY got to try Kirby: Return to Dreamland, a game I wanted ever since it came out, but never found cheap enough! I was surprised they had it, since I thought it was expensive. They freaked out, though, when I started beating them in Super Smash Bros. even though they had played for two months (and I was like O.O You've only had this game for two months?!), so I guess they always manage to find used games or something.
On Christmas morning, I watched them open some of their presents. There was a lot of art supplies. (Cam got a bit sick that that was mainly what he got. I get what that feels like. I mean, I know I like to draw or bake, but not ThAT much, and it was the same for him. He was like "Oh... thanks..." every time he found another painting kit or something.) Cam got an electric scooter (that didn't work!) and Ash got a loud car that he drove around the house often. One of the things that I saw my aunt wrap the night before was tiny little squares. She told me that they were three used DS games, since my little cousin got the DS last year (one of the oldest versions, I think). He had been so excited when we ripped the paper off the little squares (since he didn't want to open them; they probably seemed way too small to be anything significant) and showed him the little games. We laughed when I teased, "And you didn't want to open them!"
The 10-year old still pretended to believe in Santa. At first, I thought he really did believe, but got a different story from his mom. I asked him about it later, and he told me he just pretended to for his little brother's sake. (His mom had told me it was also so that he could still get gifts from "Santa". That little stinker.) I was glad he knew to do that for his brother. I don't think Santa is a good tradition, but very little kids should still be allowed to believe, I guess. And they should hear the truth from their parents, not some jerky older brother or kindergartener.
We also watched All Hail King Julien (cuz, come on; who WOULDN'T watch that?) and The Master of Disguise, since they loved it so much and I'd never seen it. I was surprised by how many celebrities were in it. I was not surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
I saw my aunt, uncle (he's part of The Company Men, so check that out), and baby cousin that we didn't to see as often. The baby turned one on Christmas, so we had a short party. He is so big and cute!
After that, we went to stay at a different aunt's house, since she lived much closer to our old neighborhood and friends. We went to the mall a few times (and I was forced to go into Victoria's Secret with my sister because she wanted to try bras! NO! NO! Does anyone remember that post a year or so ago of me rambling about how I despise stuff like this? And then I get pulled into the pinkest, boobiest store ever?!) and said hi to a few family friends.
Broranges and his parents picked me up from one of the friends' houses because they were going downtown to see the lights at Temple Square. We kinda went back and forth between the mall (that newer one that I never remember the name of, but is near the City Library?) and Temple Square. The first thing he is was go to the Disney store because e and his cousin always wanted to have one of the Tsum Tsum plushies. He got a big Stitch for himself and big Winnie the Pooh for her, then asked his mom if I could get something too. I was like "What? But everything's expensive! And I don't know what I'd want!" But Broranges is always so determined to make me happy, so he convinced me to get a mini Eeyore Tsum Tsum, which is absolutely adorable.
We spent all of Saturday at their house, in which I got to give him the Scott Pilgrim series. He apologized that he didn't manage to get the Zane on time. (And I realized that THAT was why he wanted to give me the Eeyore to make up for it.) We played games like Apples to Apples, ate tortas, and hung out together. Broranges suddenly suggested that we go watch Big Hero 6. My dad and his mom took us. I knew it would be cute, but it didn't know it would be awesome! That is such a good movie! One of the best things was that you liked basically every single good guy, including the protagonist Hiro! That is way too uncommon! He and Baymax are so awesome. I now get the big deal about the movie. (But not about Frozen, still. Now it's purely annoying, like Hannah Montana, Justin Beiber, 1D...)
An hour or so after, both my and his mom had to go drop my dad off at the airport. My mom, sister, and I are still sticking around until Friday, I think.
Let's see what I can remember from last week... I am so sure I had put a short list of topics somewhere, but I don't know where, and I've forgotten some of it by now! *sigh*
It was exam week, and the last week of the semester. (NO MORE PE! *cheering*) But it was also Bunny's last week! Why was she here for only a semester? I never really got why she would say stuff like "I tend to do a lot of extracurricular since it takes my mind off of why I'm here." I understand moving a lot; but from what I get, this was the only move she's done, and now she's going back to her old house... I don't know. *defeated shrug*
I has to do my US History test first, the scariest one of all! The other ones were generally pretty easy, though. I somehow got 100% on my Geometry test again! I have always been good at math, but not that good.
I had planned to do some writing and drawing, like I had for the end-of-year test last year, but surprisingly I didn't feel as inspired this time. This is all I got.
I got to see the Grinch cartoon again and started rereading the FMA books again. (And I started letting Dallas read the first one. He really liked it, but he is much slower at reading, so he still has a long way to go to even finish the first. He probably talks a lot with other people during school, though, so he doesn't have as much time to read, anyway.)
It was my sister's 18th birthday! One of her (only) friends here stayed for basically the whole day, as we watched movies, went for Little Caesar's, etc. The day before, we also went to see the last Hobbit movie! It was awesome! I mean, have you ever seen a movie of a battle with 5 different armies?
For some reason, Darkrai was absent from Wattpad for most of the week. When he finally did get back on, he was in a bad mood. I wonder what happened?
K, that's all I can think of... This is still super long, though, huh? Don't worry, next week's (should be) shorter.
This is my 100th post! Woo! ~~~~~
This is my 100th post! Woo! ~~~~~
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