summer 2010

So, I've decided that I'm going to do something amazing next summer.

I'm going to spend a month volunteering and travelling KENYA.

You spend two weeks at an orphanege, and exploring the area. Then it's day trips to national parks and safaris.

It'll cost about 3000$, which is about 3000$ more than I can afford, but it's worth it. That means no shopping trips, no gas, no nothing for a quite a bit. But this is what I want to do. I want to travel the world and help people. I want to live my life to the greatest extent. And I'm starting next summer!

I think I'm going to start doing some serious garage sales. Wish me luck!

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. (Dr. Carl Sagan)

So today I'm going to talk about the Hubble! I learned about this in Physics class, and I wish I'd learned of it sooner... Just in case any of you don't know, the Hubble takes photos of space, many of them actually capture images millions years old!! The reason that one of these photos is black and white, is because the Hubble actually captures photos w/o color, and then an artist tries to create an accurate representation of what it really looks like. I HOPE that they're correct, because I am absolutley in love with these photos. The reason they're so colorful is because they show the early stages of the universe, when everything was new, before things could be settled down.

These photos are pure art to me (and if anyone has ever seen my room, they know how much I love art), and they only reinforce my belief in the divine. I can just imagine how beautiful the begginning of the Universe was.

God loved the birds and made trees. Man loved the birds and built cages.

And now I'm going to talk about this book I just read, "A Wrinkle In Time." It's basically a science fiction novel that explores the battle between good and evil in a semi-religious way. It really helped me understand my own belief in God. I've always been torn, not able to compleltey identifiy with any religion, but still having faith in a higher power. A few things have helped me out of my previous problem, "Eat, Pray, Love" showed me that people can truly love and worship God without having to classify themselves, and this book (among other things).

Whenever I was in a church, I would always think, I could never believe in this. This was easy to do, since I was raised without religion. My mother would never force me into any idea, even her own. She just simply left me to it. But then I look outside, at the trees and the animals, and I WANT to believe that there is someone out there, someone who loves everything utterly and completley. Can you blame me for wanting to find comfort?

So imagine my delight, when I read both of these books. Neither one truly describes God as a man who built the earth for us. I am so completley against that belief. Rather, God built the universe, and we were something that came to be, along with every other living creature, and he loves us as much as he does the cow. That's what I want to believe. I believe that everyone has their own dharma. I don't want to believe in the God who will choose one religion, and allow the rest of us to go to 'hell'. That is a God I refuse to worship. I believe that God is pure love. He (I only say he because it's convenient, not b/c I think God is a man) is everywhere in the universe. The sky is God. The grass is God. We are God. I'm so happy to finally realize this.

So now I'm interested. If anyone actually ever reads this blog, comments about their own religion would be appreciated. As long as you're not an asshole, comment!

We all laugh at gilded butterflies

• Now, this blog is about everything I want to talk about, and right now I want to talk about summer!!! I love this weather more than anything, and I love dresses! The above and below are dresses that I absolutley want. I found a lot on lookbook.nu (I'm not trying to steal these photos as my own, they are just examples of what I love), and the top one is from forever 21. I love their floral dresses! Soon, I'll post a dress that I've actually made and can take credit for. Maybe tomorrow.

I love the quote by Shakespeare, and I can see how people would identify with it. But I don't really understand why Megan Fox would tattoo such a large copy onto her back. And I REALLY don't understand why she would tattoo "Once there was a little girl who never knew love until a boy broke her heart" on her entire left ribcage! It just doesnt make any sense to me! But then again, I have a simple blue star on my back, and it really has no meaning. So who am I to judge?

So just to let everyone who reads this blog know (which might be nobody...) this isn't a fashion blog. I might write about fashion once in a while, but it's strictly a blog about whatever I want to write about. That means books, movies, tattoos, traveling, fashion, God, WHATEVER. Hopefully I'll do this a lot, it'll be like a public diary. It's so much more fun to write things when I can pretend that people are reading it.

Bye!