I love to knit. Knitting is awesome. I’m actually working on my first sweater right now, which is a bolero jacket from the Debbie Bliss  magazine. And that’s right. I’m ONLY 17.  I hate the stereotype people put up about knitting. So many young people are knitting nowadays, even celebrities.

I think the reason why I knit is because it’s relaxing, and I love wearing clothes I know that I made myself. Anyone can knit (exception: I don’t recommend it if your hands have arthritis). The only thing you need is patience, needles, and yarn. It takes patience because in today’s society, we are so used to just going to the store and BUYING our clothes. You have to slowly watch the piece being made. Stitch by stitch.

Here are some pictures of my humble current knittting project:

“He’ll do anything to distract you,” said the Lord one night before I began to read my bible. I had been caught up trying to find something that was so important, yet I can’t even remember what it was. On top of that I have never heard God speak in my head like that, or at least so that I could notice it so easily. It was this foreign voice that had frozen me right in my tracks. I made plans to read my bible, but was doing everything except that.

Satan loves to distract us: Entertainment, cleaning,  self-projects, and lists of things. Yet when we look back all we realize is all of those times we didn’t pray or didn’t read the bible. But we can’t exactly remember what we were doing.

Today, write down everything that distracts you from God. Underline the things that you could possibly use to thrive in God, and cross out the ones that absolutely could not prosper you into God’s plans.

Ex:

Chores- work hard, everything we do, do for the lord

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” (Colossians 3:23-24)

Cigarettes- Self Harm

Television- Christian television?

Music-Air 1 or any other Christian radio station to boost your faith, or  win some friends over…they just might start asking questions

Friends- Surround yourself with positive ones, but help out the bad ones and show them an example of God’s Amazing Grace.

We have finally begun Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in my AP Literature class. I’m absolutely in love with the book so far (page 145) . This book is basically an older form of Gossip girl, but without the trashiness that is so easily found in today’s society. I’ve just read the part where Mr. Darcy proposed to Elizabeth (sorry for the spoiler guys), and I was laughing so hard about her response to this. She so totally slammed him. I was sort of hoping they would end up getting married though, because they would make quite an interesting couple. I’m so excited for the movie, but also prepared for the usual let down compared to the book.

8-9Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.

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Perfect for underneath those cute sweaters

Dark jeans go with just about anything

Slip under any T-shirt or sweater to keep warm for the winter

Cute sweater to keep warm with

I want this outfit!! Sort of looks like she's floating though.

Love the Sweater/Tank top combination

Cute Sweater, Perfect for my workWear this on those chilly autumn days

Incorrigible:

1.	firmly fixed; not easily changed: an incorrigible habit.

2.	not easily swayed or influenced: an incorrigible optimist.

 dictionary.com

‘like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion, before it can be cured.” Martin Luther King Jr.

One Friend Goes
The other follows
Jumping into a lake of lies
I can’t stay locked up forever
But where else is it that I may go?
May I jump into a patch of lemon licked dandelions?
Watching the brooding clouds pass
Reminiscing about my past
I hate the feeling of lost sensations
Feeling like a blank white page
If I could only jump into the lake,
Just to be with those I love
Foolish,
Is the one who lives in the past
But my memories are ringing in my ears
Pulsating
A piano plays my last goodbyes
The ivories are weightless
But they are heavy with the past
In slow motion
The landscapes pass
Staring out of a car window
My blank face stares off, a thin reflection looks back at me
I blow the petals of the rose goodbye
The wind grasps them
And steals them from my heart.

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It sounds like a tricky question but it really isn’t. The main reason why people would subscribe to a blog is because they like what they see and they don’t want to miss out on possible cool information in the future. So you need to convince your readers that you will have valuable information in the future.

Easier said than done. But I’m sure a big step to that is to build credibility. Don’t saturate your posts with opinion, instead reveal the information in your light of view and let the reader decide what they want to think themselves; they don’t need anyone doing it for them, and they certainly won’t be forgiving. It takes a long time to gain loyal readers, but a matter of seconds to lose them for good. Scary, huh?

If you’re someone that wants to be a journalist in the nearby following years, than you and I are alike. Hopefully if you have done research on the brutal career you haven’t been scared away. It sounds really tough, but a lot of journalists claim that it is very rewarding, not in terms of money though. But hopefully you are not willing to sacrifice your life for an extra bulky paycheck, it’s not worth it.

The Industry has made it quite obvious that journalism is tough, so today I am going to focus on the positive inspirational aspects of the career.

In journalism, you can recreate stories using words, graphics, photos, and creative designs. There is a lot of freedom in writing, which means you have tons of choices. “I realized sometime in college that going into journalism meant I’d essentially be paid to learn new things, and then to share those learnings with others. What could be better?”–Link

“I’m still a passionate journalist because I believe in the power of the media to affect positive change in society. Journalists play a vital role in that change as watchdogs, but — even more importantly — our stories and photographs influence how people in society view one another.”

“In addition to day by day gathering facts and tidbits that eventually will turn into a story, I love the spontaneity of this job. I often come to the office expecting to spend the day working on one thing, but then something breaking happens and I am the reporter assigned to tackle the story.”

“As a child, that was my standard reply to adult inquiries about what I wanted to be when I grew up. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be a journalist, so perhaps I was born with all the ingredients: Passion for reading. Passion for language. Passion for truth. Passion to make a difference. Curiosity bordering on nosiness.”

“As a reporter, I’m never sure what I will be doing on any given day. Yet I do know that I will be able to play some role in shaping my newspaper’s coverage and in changing the lives of the many people who live here.”

“But mostly I’ve been changed by having to negotiate, day in and day out, with people whose values are different from mine. When you articulate your principles and listen to others’, you broaden your perspective and become a better journalist.“

“For newspapers, trust is difficult to build but easy to lose. We need to earn that trust every day from loyal readers and, more importantly, from those who have not yet found a reason to pick up the paper.”

“Being a journalist is a lot of fun. You get to meet a lot of new people, eat a lot of free food, and everyone has to be nice and say flattering things to you no matter how they really feel. In fact, it is a lot like being in a wedding, except you have don’t get to fool around at the end (usually) and then you have to write about it.” –Link

I hope you enjoyed the quotes, they are true but easy to accept.

If you’re interested in reading more I recommend going to the links above, as well as this one: Journalism