Hello. Again.

Greetings again, blog world. My, how things have changed. It is now the year 2010, and I welcome it with arms wide and hopes high. The past six months have been just the most interesting. My father was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer and I still often times refuse to confront that issue. Probably not the healthiest of decisions but I'll deal with it when I am good and ready. I commenced my sophomore year and made lots of new friends which I have grown to adore and absolutely lack the ability to live without them. I've experimented with things of which I probably shouldn't mention in a public forum, and have gotten a piercing in my left ear that nearly killed my mother. I have officially kissed a boy and that was quite the interesting experience. I understand why people enjoy it so very much now. Except I feel as though I would understand that all the better had I experienced with a person of which I was genuinely interested, rather than an individual whom I had met merely hours before. So, were I to give my first bit of advice for the year, I would advise to only share passionate kisses with those of whom you know and feel passionately towards.

Something else of which I have been eager to get out in the open is the pride I feel towards the people of the United States for coming together to provide for the people of Haiti. If I may get into politics, I believe that I will. Something that I have always desired when it comes to politics is less government. I don't believe that it is the governments job to provide money for individuals who are struggling. It is something that I have always felt strongly about. Now here is the catch. I do believe that it is the job of people who are blessed with a higher income to provide for the needs of those less privileged. What I don't like is the government deciding where my money should be put. I don't want my money to go to a cause that I am not passionate about. That makes me not want to give. If I am as blessed as my parents have been in the area of wealth, then I want to find a cause that I am so passionate about and give my money to them. Along the same lines, I believe it is the job of the CHURCH, not the government, to provide for the needy. Are we not called as Christ's followers to give everything we have to love God's people? That includes the people that we believe should get up off their rears and get jobs. Sometimes they don't know how to start, and need a kick to the pants and a how to guide to figure it out. Give out of the good of your heart to somebody who needs it, because we all know that's what Jesus would do. So, tying this back to the Haiti Relief, it shows me that people know how to do this. Yes, Haiti needs our love, prayers, support, everything right now. But lets also not forget the people living in our own country who are going through a different hell. Lets give to our neighbors in our country, too. The whole world needs saving, that means us too.

Anyway. That is about all I have got for right now. I'm going to go watch the Nickelodeon movie Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging. Tah! Hope you're doing splendid!