You know how sometimes you try to distract yourself from thinking about something, and most times it doesn't work, but sometimes it does? And then you're all happy and ladida until all of a sudden you slow down/stop distracting yourself and you realize you were distracting yourself? And then of course your mind immediately goes "now what was that thing I wasn't supposed to be thinking about?" and you remember what you had been trying to, and succeeding in, forgetting. Yeah.

Books occasionally make me go Bwahahaha!

Sometimes, when I finish a book, I'm just happy. Also, as I was reading the last chapter of the book I just finished, I came across a paragraph that made me laugh really hard and go "Reading all 300+ pages up until this point would have worth it just for this paragraph!" Also, I'm sorry if my sentence structure is kind of weird right now; the book I just finished had very interesting sentences, and now I'm thinking in the same sort of weird structure. Yeah. If you're interested, the book is called Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley. I would recommend it.

Spiritual Check-in, week one

So Emily and I decided to try and keep each other accountable for spiritual goals. By spiritual goals I mean like praying or reading the Bible or reading spiritual books or etc. So yeah. Basically this past week I started doing this read the New Testament in 90 days thing. And I did pretty well on reading every day. Except yesterday, when I was hanging out with Emily all day. I was reading the beginning of Matthew, which was interesting. I haven't read any of the gospels in a while, and it was kind of fun to reread all of the Bible stories I learned in Sunday School.

I MADE A DRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY! I just need to add pockets to the front, and then I'll be all done. But basically, the dress is done, and I'm currently wearing it!

Vloggity vloggity vloggity

So instead of going out and buying hipster clothes with Emily (I'm still not sure what exactly a hipster female wears that makes her a hipster), I worked on hand sewing a dress. Not sure if that's hipster or not, but it's very do it yourself, which I think is part of the hipster culture. So yeah. And here's the vlog where I talk about it.

Summer goals/UAoA update

So I've decided to try to write in my journal every day this month, and not worry about how much I write, but just write. I'm also reading Lord of the Rings, and trying to read some every day, but not any specified amount. I'd forgotten how much I like reading LotR, and how great it truly is. And I'm doing this 90 day reading plan for the New Testament, which is going well. It's basically just a few chapters every day, so not all that much. I think I might try to vlog every couple of days.

The Ultimate Accomplishments of Awesome List:

(x=accomplished, /=partially accomplished or in progress)

{}=deleted or changed

[/] Study things that are interesting to me

[] Memorize a book of the bible

[] Journal like crazy

[/] Color a lot more in my coloring books

[] Look at the Stars until 2 in the morning

[/] Stay up all night talking (I'm going to say the Lock-in counted)

[] Go to Chicago

{[/] Dance all night} Changing to attend/make a dance party happen. It's fine if it's an impromptu dance party, as long as everyone is dancing and there is music (Again, I'm going to say the lock-in counted)

[] {Sign Language?} French

[] Learn how to apply make-up

[x] Dress Up for no reason

[x] Have a tea party :D

[x] Buy more tea

[x] Buy a New Teapot!/Fix Camille

[/] Pen Pals!

[x] Photo shoot

[/] Walk through Kalamazoo with Emily, singing along the way

[/] Have more Kalamazoo adventures

[] Finish my dress

[x] Become comfortable with my singing voice

[] Reread Fahrenheit 451

[] Read Last Words of Notable People

[/x] Own/Read all of John Green's books

[x] Watch every Vlogbrother's video

[/] Read a lot of poetry

{[] Read The Hunger Games}

[] Read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

[] Read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

[] Read two Shakespeare plays I haven't read before

[] Read the Phantom Tollbooth

[x] Wear my Octopi shirt

[x] Have fun awesome walking adventures with some of my favorite people

[] Camp out in my backyard with some of my favorite people

[/] Blog about interesting stuff, not just keep a type of online journal

[] Write a short story

[] {Do the Romans 8 thing Emily, Kiersten and I talked about} Keep Emily accountable for the Bible/theology thing we talked about

[x] See at least one musical

[x/] Go to shows and artsy things

[x] Go to at least one museum

[x] Think about my life, a lot

[/] Read my bible every day. Maybe read the new testament in three months or something like that.

{[] Make my people/ideas/quotes/inside jokes book}

{[] Index my journals by people}

[/] Hang out with people more

[] Decrease World Suck [I'm not sure how to measure this...]

[/] Learn how to do the nerdfighter salute

[x] Read Mere Christianity

[/] Practice Structured Procrastination more often

{[] Grow Closer to James and Jesse}

[/] Deal with issues caused by event in childhood/forgive people

[/] Reread LotR in a month

[] Read the Silmarillion

[/] Be Bold

{[] Name my newly acquired teapot} This one has been rendered redundant

[x] Fast something (for a month)

[] {Learn six new words and use them regularly} When exposed to new words, actually try to remember them

[] Write at least 5 appreciation letters

[] Have Deep and pointless theoretical conversations

[] Acquire at least two sundresses

[/] Wear dresses/skirts at least once a week once it's warm (55 degrees and up)

[] Learn to juggle

[/] Name all of my turtles

{[] Road Trip?} Not this year

[x] Watch Dr. Who

[] Start Using French the Llama in normal conversation

[/] Memorize five poems

[] {Read all seven Harry Potter books in a week} Read all seven Harry Potter books this summer before the movie comes out

[/] Help others accomplish their UAoA lists

[/] Get rid of excess stuff/pare down my material goods/give them to a charity

[/] Pare down my facebook friends list

[] Get a tattoo

The most recent additions:

[] Get a haircut

[] Be a hipster with Emily

[x] Vlog every day in May (29 out of 31 isn't too bad)

[] Journal every day in June

[] Vlog every couple of days

[] Go see the Harry Potter movie opening night

Summer Days

Here's to finishing my to-do list by One o'clock. I'm going to go have a Jones soda with my lunch.