lists & literary devices

upon finding myself in a heap of homework at 12:55 am, i think it best to make some lists:

-i like beards
i am more passionate about beards than the average girl. i don't know why. i don't know much about men's fashion (other than that if a boy dresses in anything remotely resembling any of this, i'll want to holler) but i like to pretend i know something about men's grooming. grow beards. wear messy pony tails. and three words: polo double black.

- i cut my finger
trendy glass door knobs = gnarly finger gashes and blood on unsold merchandise. painful. gross. and now i'm guilty for tainting aforementioned unsold merchandise. at least my band-aid is covered in happy faces.

- i need to detox
i'm not even going to go into what i have consumed in the last week. between halloween candy and PMS i've downed more junk food than my body would like to handle. allie, dearest, can you give me even a fraction of your motivation??

- stablo fineliner pens make me want to be more organized.
note how i said "want to be". this semester in one word: disheveled. but i did color a nice little blue and red flag on the november 4 box of my planner.

-i'm considering setting up a Netflix account.
growing movie junkie here. from teen romantic comedy (which you know i love) to obscure indie impress-the-pants-offa-you "films", nothing seems more relaxing to me right now than coming home and snuggling up on the couch with dinner and a movie. so far this week i've watched "Friends With Money" and i've rented "The Emporer's Club". At this rate Netflix will be way cheaper and more awesome.

-i have started sposoring a child from the Dominican
her name is Jailys. she's way cute and had this sassy little pink belt and model pose and i knew it was a friendship just waiting to blossom. i've been praying a lot about tithe in this season of my life, a season in which i don't regularly attend a home church. when robbie seay band played in raleigh and proposed this opportunity, i thought this would be a nice way to give my money for this season. i am looking forward to when i can also give money to a home church to tithe. but for now, i'm kickin' it holistic style and attempting to live out a verse that has always stuck out to me - James 1:27

"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world."


i just keep thinking, wouldn't it be awesome to support Jailys for a few years and then go visit her? she is not a cause, an organization, or a faceless recipient of x-amount of money... she's a little girl. and someday i'd love to hug her neck.

.... now to minister to the widows... I'll keep you updated. lately i've had this huge desire to just go spend quality time with grandmas and grandpas. i don't have any left here with me and i could sure use some elderly advice.



i am thankful for the opportunity to vote. i am thankful for a family that loves me, however dysfunctional we all may be. i am thankful for my right to learn and voice my opinion and the encouragement to even have an opinion and to graduate from college. i am thankful for new friends who are rich in love, and people who love me as is. i am thankful for music, song, and singing... what joy they bring! for real! i am thankful for Proverbs. i am thankful for a lot... and putting it into words always puts things into perspective.


.... just practicing for thanksgiving (which could not get here any slower)

love, sam