Friend

What a friend we have in Jesus!
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in Prayer.
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in Prayer!

Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged,
Take it to the Lord in prayer:
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge;
Take it to the Lord in Prayer.
Do your friends dispise, forsake you?
Take it to the Lord in Prayer.
In His arms He'll take and shield you,
You will find a solace there.

We sang this at church on Sunday and its one of my favorite hymns! As a young person, friends are terribly important. At every age you are influenced by who you hang around with. But as young adults, constantly changing and searching, friends help mold us into the people we become. And although I believe we will be changing constantly for our entire lives, I think that it is now that we will make the most important decisions that hopefully we'll hold onto and they will set us out on the road to make all of the future decisions. ha, i hope that makes sense. If not, read His word, not mine:

"Do not make friends with a hot tempered man,
do not associate with one easily angered,
or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared"
Proverbs 22: 24-25

And the truth!

"Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:13

Could be New York maybe Hollywood and Vine...

I’m finally starting to come to grips with my trip to California and search for future city, future home. I think I’ve been going about it all-wrong, and here is why. Each city that I’ve considered, I love. I went to LA thinking maybe I would hate it and then I’d be able to cross it off of my list….no such luck. I still love NYC, London, Nashville… If I Love each city, does that then mean that I will be happy anywhere? Or rather, I can find a way to be happy anywhere? I think so. My new comfort will come from the saying, ‘let go and let God’, because when it comes right down to it, I pray that I will end up where he wants me. All of the research in the world won’t change that. I do not plan to sit idly by and wait to see what happens to me, but I just may take a backseat and see where the driver is heading before I jump to any conclusions. Maybe God is keeping this a mystery from me because something bigger is coming, something that will change my course into an unforeseeable future. Right now I should just trust that I will end up in a place that is right. And I can take comfort in the fact that if the first place isn’t right, I can move. People move all of the time, I move all of the time. In fact, I’m happiest when I’m moving, constantly exploring something new. Right now, I’m moving to Washington DC, and adventure in its own! I’ve been so wrapped up in trying to figure out where I want to be in the future that I’ve forgotten that I get to be there now. This is part of my plan, to take a step back from the planning and into the moment. I’m going to carpe diem the hell out of my time in DC…and also check out a bit of New York while I’m there….oh boy.

"Native American" fashion trends...

Completely alright or totally ignorant of American Indian Culture and rights?

Check this out:


(Cartoon by Jen Mussari.)

I have my thoughts, but what are yours? Today i stumbled upon this argument that apparently has been going on for a while, starting with the "hipster scene" wearing Native Indian headdresses. Apparently its an issue of Cultural appropriation, where one cultural group (in this case the Hipsters) adopt specific elements of another culture (Native Americans) as their own. When you think about this in relation to the fashion world, what can be considered unique? Isn't every trend guilty of this in some way?

Anyways, i'm going to do some more reading on this, I find it really interesting. Let me know what you think.

capturing fleeting thoughts of life...

Lets find boys in bands who write songs about having to compete with vampires
Lets find a new life where who we see is who we are with no questions asked
To a brand new start and chasing the edge
Let the logo define us and let us be reckless
To the boy competing with vampires, let him be honest
I may not make sense to you but when you experience this you will know
What I say may not be right but it’s where we are and its what we need
To know ourselves and our mistakes, to become something more
To the vampire, let him disappear, and be gone



do you get it? yeah...me neither. not yet.

5th grade. Remember it? I was 11 years old. NSYNC was my favorite band and Justin Timberlake had the most beautiful curly hair ( I still can't believe he cut it all off...) My dad surprised me with tickets to see them, my first concert. I think there was a hurricane or something, but for some reason, on the day of the show, it was cancelled. I cried. and cried. and cried. You would have thought that someone had died, because i laid in bed all day and cried.
Well, today. I'm 21. Apparently concert devastation will strike once every 10 years...damn...should a' seen it coming. I got home from work an hour ago and had a couple emails (one from Ticketmaster, one from Team Jonas) telling me that my Jonas Brothers show for next month has been cancelled. Alright. I'm not crying. I am mad. and confused....and well, just really really disappointed. For any one that knows me, you know how much this means to me. If you don't know how much this means to me and you're thinking, oh come on, get over it, well then you don't really know me.
Here is what the Team Jonas email said as the reason...

"Every year we have been able to visit new cities and fans, and this year is no different. As you may have heard there are some changes that have been made to the routing of the tour that now includes European and Central and South American dates. As part of our effort to bring the best concert experience to you, we've had to reorganize some of the North American tour dates. If we're missing your city, please know that we love you and we will be back soon. If any of the changes have inconvenienced you in any way we are truly sorry. However, we wanted to take the time to let you know how excited we are to see as many of you as possible on this tour. "

and by some...let me clarify...they cancelled 20 shows! Everyone in the Jonas world is like "oh, don't be mad at them, its not their fault"
Well, I'm sorry that you're 14 and haven't hit it yet, but in the real world, if your team messes up that means that you have messed up and while this may not be their fault directly, it is their fault as a musical group, as a business. Basically what it comes down to is money. Now take for that what you will...i'm not really sure what I think of it. Well, actually its discussing, if you say you're making music because you love it and because you love your fans...maybe its more about money that we'd like to think. But maybe its not about money...oh whatever, I don't want to rant, I just wanted to vent.

One more thing, how do I tell my 11 year old cousin that the show is cancelled and she won't get to see the Camp Rock tour? Maybe she'll cry. and cry. Just like I did when I was 11. I better warn her now to be careful with concerts when she turns 21.