This is my favorite movie, always will be - with GREASE falling in second quite farther back.
I watch this movie on rainy days, sick days, and sometimes just have it on. It’s a wonderful classic, and it’s my all time favorite.
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6.25.2011
6.24.2011
6.05.2011
No to Excess, Yes to Self-Mastery
Ever since I was younger, I’ve never told myself no, EVER. I like to buy things, pretty things, fun things, whatever - and as sad as it is to admit, it’s true. I have no problem saying no to others, I do it all the time, except when it comes to myself the word “no” does not exist in my vocabulary. This needs to change, now. So June (I can’t believe it’s June already) is my month of no.
No to excuses
No to new toys
No to un-healthy foods
No to “I need it I think”
No to overspending
No to buying non-necessities
This month I will only buy items the are essential. I will only eat foods that are good fuel for my body. So I suppose I should change my “mantra” to No to Bad/Non-Essential and Yes to Good.
One of the leaders of our church, Kent D. Watson (Second Quorum of the Seventy) gave a great talk on this topic, at least I think it fits well. He says, “Likewise, a temperate soul—one who is humble and full of love—is also a person of increased spiritual strength. With increased spiritual strength, we are able to develop self-mastery and to live with moderation. We learn to control, or temper, our anger, vanity, and pride. With increased spiritual strength, we can protect ourselves from the dangerous excesses and destructive addictions of today’s world. We all seek peace of mind, and we all desire security and happiness for our families. If we look for silver linings in this past year’s economic downturn, perhaps the trials some have faced have taught us that peace of mind, security, and happiness do not come from buying a home or accumulating possessions for which the debt incurred is larger than our savings or income can afford. We live in an impatient and intemperate world full of uncertainty and contention. It is like the community of converts to various religions where Joseph Smith lived when he was a 14-year-old boy seeking answers to his questions. Young Joseph said, “All their good feelings one for another, if they ever had any, were entirely lost in a strife of words and a contest about opinions.” 7
Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things. Peace of mind comes from strengthened faith in Jesus Christ.”
Be steady in our lives - with everything, we need not have the short, frenzied, outbursts of emotion, but the steady and tranquil dedication of a lifetime. I really want to work on this, this month. So in saying no to myself for the extras, I will be saying yes to developing my self-mastery and learning to live with moderation. The video below (the first 20m) is one that I want to listen to often and become that strong, steady righteous person.
By saying no, I want to become: The one who goes to bed at a decent hour each night to get enough rest to attend to my next day duties. The one who puts away the excess hobbies (whatever they may be)to focus on the needs of myself, and my family. The one who diligently attends Sunday meetings. The one who studies scriptures and journals every evening. I want the focus on my life to be on the good. While doing the excess (computer, video games, friends, television, movies, etc.) is okay - I want to re-align my priorities, to be that of putting my number one focus on pursuing the greatest self I can be, and on my Family and Faith, and the rest will fill in accordingly. Have you ever seen the rocks/sand demonstration? Steven Covey does a video of it, that is great, but this month I’m dumping out all of my stones, pebbles, and sand and re-organizing them!
Do not say, “When I am free I will pursue wisdom; For you will never be free”.
So here's to re-focusing, and re-prioritizing!
9.14.2009
9.04.2008
My Political Feelings
So I have gotten a little worked up this morning I was browsing on of my good friends blog and a few of his comments I didn't understand:
"If her belief about the war in Iraq being a task from God is any indicator, I KNOW that this is NOT someone I want a heartbeat away from the Presidency"
I responded with:
I don’t have time to get all fancy with words my one question is why does Palin’s belief in God scare you while Obamas religious/terrorist so-called friends and ties don’t? I am a firm believer that no matter what religion you are or whatever your beliefs might be they will always be tied into everything you do because you cannot ‘choose’ between the two they will always have an effect on one another. So you have Palin who believes that God has a plan for our country, which by the way our founding fathers did, or you have Obama who’s friend tried to destroy our country and his church hates America why not have a further look and investigation into his ideology and beliefs? I know you can bring up facts and supporting statements to generalize anything that might perhaps make Obama look bad and Palin look bad or visa versa but you can’t deny the fact that he is friends with him you can’t deny the fact that Palin believes in God and wants what’s best for our country even if it means being directed by what she feels is right by God. Personally I’d rather have someone in that’s a real person who has experience and won’t let people step on him. I still have yet to hear one thing out of Obamas mouth of what he supports that I agree with, yes I’ve read his Blueprint for change but to mean it’s meaningless. I wanted to make this decision on my own without my parents influence and waited for him to do/say anything that I agreed with all he talks about it change and hope for a better place, well why doesn’t he say what this better place consists of? I waited and waited and still haven’t heard anything from him and to me that is frightening. I know we don’t have the same political beliefs and that’s fine I just don’t understand why people support Obama and no one gives me a real answer as to why they just shove the Blueprint at me but that doesn’t tell me why they support him. Sorry to get carried away. I respect your opinion as I feel you have a pretty good head about your shoulders.
I thought everything she threw out at the Democratic party was exactly what I have been saying, I felt like someone who was like me would be representing me. I started to cry about 5 minutes into it (although that could be because I'm exceptionally emotional lately) because I really felt that this is what our country needed 2 people who have common sense who say what they stand for and I actually feel they mean it not just trying to smooze people over. 2 leaders who represent me and who will try to put this country back on the path it needs to be on. The America that once was, before all the pansy politically correct crap. Someone who supports my rights to bear arms, someone who understands small business owners (which I'm aspiring to be) someone who has family values and children and loves them. Someone who makes their daughter take responsibility for her actions instead of treating it like a so-called mistake. Parents John McCain and Sarah Palin are like those that I had while growing up. I feel part of their family, unlike the other candidate I feel warm and happy and not cold, unsure, and scared. What exactly is Obamas plan for our country? From what I've read it's to make the government bigger, reduce the strength of our armies, and have the government give us more guidelines to follow. Not allowing us to govern ourselves and accept the consequences of those choices. How are we supposed to be better with higher taxes? How are we supposed to be better when our medical choices are limited because some people can't afford them? How are we supposed to grow and become better when those choices are taken out of our hands? I have asked several people how our government has gotten where it is, and I have learned it's because people who believe the government shouldn't be so strong or that the people should really have a say aren't standing up, we'll I'm tired of trying not to hurt someones feelings or not offending someone, this is what I believe and I believe it strongly, and I'm not going to back down to appease someone if you say something I disagree with I'm going to tell you why. It might not be with a lot of big words or in eloquent speeches but it will be what I feel and what I know for myself is right. The government needs to be on the side of the people. I'm not going to lie I love the shots she took at Obama because everyone that I know have wanted to say the same things I'm proud of her for standing up and saying how she felt. Listed below is a list of the shots I agreed with and what the AP has to say about it:
1. My opponent looks down on my experience as a small town mayor. I guess a small town mayor is sorta like a community organizer except you have responsibility.
No rebuttal from the AP
2. In small towns we don't quite know what to make of a canadite who lavishes praise on working people when they're listening then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening.
No rebuttal from the AP
3. There is much to like about our opponent but listening to him speak it's easy to forget that this is a man who authored 2 memoirs but not a single major law or even a reform not even in the US Senate.
Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.
My Rebuttal: Working with is not passing or creatively thinking on your own, that's like taking all the credit from the group. No one will stand up to him, it's amazing. How does' Rep. Lugar fit into puzzle he doesn't, that isn't a real answer to what he has done, he has done nothing on his own, he has helped. How does that statement really get behind Obama and support him and defend him, it doesn't because they can't.
Favorite Palin Quotes from the night:
This is a man who can give an entire speech about wars America is fighting and never use the word victory unless he is talking about his own campaign.
Al Quieda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America and he's worried that someone won't read them their rights.
There are those who use change to promote their careers and there are those who use their careers to promote change.
The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.
I very much enjoyed her speech and will be voting for McCain/Palin in 2008.
I responded with:
I don’t have time to get all fancy with words my one question is why does Palin’s belief in God scare you while Obamas religious/terrorist so-called friends and ties don’t? I am a firm believer that no matter what religion you are or whatever your beliefs might be they will always be tied into everything you do because you cannot ‘choose’ between the two they will always have an effect on one another. So you have Palin who believes that God has a plan for our country, which by the way our founding fathers did, or you have Obama who’s friend tried to destroy our country and his church hates America why not have a further look and investigation into his ideology and beliefs? I know you can bring up facts and supporting statements to generalize anything that might perhaps make Obama look bad and Palin look bad or visa versa but you can’t deny the fact that he is friends with him you can’t deny the fact that Palin believes in God and wants what’s best for our country even if it means being directed by what she feels is right by God. Personally I’d rather have someone in that’s a real person who has experience and won’t let people step on him. I still have yet to hear one thing out of Obamas mouth of what he supports that I agree with, yes I’ve read his Blueprint for change but to mean it’s meaningless. I wanted to make this decision on my own without my parents influence and waited for him to do/say anything that I agreed with all he talks about it change and hope for a better place, well why doesn’t he say what this better place consists of? I waited and waited and still haven’t heard anything from him and to me that is frightening. I know we don’t have the same political beliefs and that’s fine I just don’t understand why people support Obama and no one gives me a real answer as to why they just shove the Blueprint at me but that doesn’t tell me why they support him. Sorry to get carried away. I respect your opinion as I feel you have a pretty good head about your shoulders.
He posted the tax bracket for Obama vs. McCain and I responded with:
Who puts the most money into the economy? The wealthy. Why have them pay almost 12% more in taxes when they are the ones who are helping the economy stay stable? Now I don’t have a lot of experience or intelligence into the economy of the US but my common sense tells me that the more money you make the more you are spending, so why have them take away 12% of that away from the economy while it is hurting so bad? I think McCains tax cuts are better as it puts more money into the hands of Americans no matter what you make, which therefore increases the spending and hightens the economy, I feel it evens out better. Just because someone worked their way to the top doesn’t mean they should be ‘punished’ for it by taxing them greater if they earn it they should keep it, I personally think everyone should pay a set amount on whatever income you earn. I’m sick and fed up with the idea of the rich should take care of the poor when most of the poor choose to be poor. I agree some people can’t and do need help, but in Michelle’s words, “Some you will will have to give up your piece of the pie so others can have more.” Is just wrong. It upset me when kids have to buy their school supplies and give it to the kids in the class that “can’t afford it”. What happened to the money the parents get from the government for those kids? Yes I feel bad but people need to take responsibility and grow up, stop expecting handouts and stop expecting the government to take care of you, it will never happen. I believe our country is in the condition it is in because people haven’t been taught work, respect, and most of all caring. If the wealthy want to help out the poor that is their choice to make not the governments. Look at the countries that have “socialized/government” funded health care they are trying to get out, why are we trying so hard to get it? Personally I don’t want my choices to be limited, I want to pay my own insurance so I can have the best because I can afford it and have it, why do I want my choices limited just because some people can’t have them?
Who puts the most money into the economy? The wealthy. Why have them pay almost 12% more in taxes when they are the ones who are helping the economy stay stable? Now I don’t have a lot of experience or intelligence into the economy of the US but my common sense tells me that the more money you make the more you are spending, so why have them take away 12% of that away from the economy while it is hurting so bad? I think McCains tax cuts are better as it puts more money into the hands of Americans no matter what you make, which therefore increases the spending and hightens the economy, I feel it evens out better. Just because someone worked their way to the top doesn’t mean they should be ‘punished’ for it by taxing them greater if they earn it they should keep it, I personally think everyone should pay a set amount on whatever income you earn. I’m sick and fed up with the idea of the rich should take care of the poor when most of the poor choose to be poor. I agree some people can’t and do need help, but in Michelle’s words, “Some you will will have to give up your piece of the pie so others can have more.” Is just wrong. It upset me when kids have to buy their school supplies and give it to the kids in the class that “can’t afford it”. What happened to the money the parents get from the government for those kids? Yes I feel bad but people need to take responsibility and grow up, stop expecting handouts and stop expecting the government to take care of you, it will never happen. I believe our country is in the condition it is in because people haven’t been taught work, respect, and most of all caring. If the wealthy want to help out the poor that is their choice to make not the governments. Look at the countries that have “socialized/government” funded health care they are trying to get out, why are we trying so hard to get it? Personally I don’t want my choices to be limited, I want to pay my own insurance so I can have the best because I can afford it and have it, why do I want my choices limited just because some people can’t have them?
Of course I had just watched the following video of Governor Palins speech
I thought everything she threw out at the Democratic party was exactly what I have been saying, I felt like someone who was like me would be representing me. I started to cry about 5 minutes into it (although that could be because I'm exceptionally emotional lately) because I really felt that this is what our country needed 2 people who have common sense who say what they stand for and I actually feel they mean it not just trying to smooze people over. 2 leaders who represent me and who will try to put this country back on the path it needs to be on. The America that once was, before all the pansy politically correct crap. Someone who supports my rights to bear arms, someone who understands small business owners (which I'm aspiring to be) someone who has family values and children and loves them. Someone who makes their daughter take responsibility for her actions instead of treating it like a so-called mistake. Parents John McCain and Sarah Palin are like those that I had while growing up. I feel part of their family, unlike the other candidate I feel warm and happy and not cold, unsure, and scared. What exactly is Obamas plan for our country? From what I've read it's to make the government bigger, reduce the strength of our armies, and have the government give us more guidelines to follow. Not allowing us to govern ourselves and accept the consequences of those choices. How are we supposed to be better with higher taxes? How are we supposed to be better when our medical choices are limited because some people can't afford them? How are we supposed to grow and become better when those choices are taken out of our hands? I have asked several people how our government has gotten where it is, and I have learned it's because people who believe the government shouldn't be so strong or that the people should really have a say aren't standing up, we'll I'm tired of trying not to hurt someones feelings or not offending someone, this is what I believe and I believe it strongly, and I'm not going to back down to appease someone if you say something I disagree with I'm going to tell you why. It might not be with a lot of big words or in eloquent speeches but it will be what I feel and what I know for myself is right. The government needs to be on the side of the people. I'm not going to lie I love the shots she took at Obama because everyone that I know have wanted to say the same things I'm proud of her for standing up and saying how she felt. Listed below is a list of the shots I agreed with and what the AP has to say about it:
1. My opponent looks down on my experience as a small town mayor. I guess a small town mayor is sorta like a community organizer except you have responsibility.
No rebuttal from the AP
2. In small towns we don't quite know what to make of a canadite who lavishes praise on working people when they're listening then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening.
No rebuttal from the AP
3. There is much to like about our opponent but listening to him speak it's easy to forget that this is a man who authored 2 memoirs but not a single major law or even a reform not even in the US Senate.
Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.
My Rebuttal: Working with is not passing or creatively thinking on your own, that's like taking all the credit from the group. No one will stand up to him, it's amazing. How does' Rep. Lugar fit into puzzle he doesn't, that isn't a real answer to what he has done, he has done nothing on his own, he has helped. How does that statement really get behind Obama and support him and defend him, it doesn't because they can't.
Favorite Palin Quotes from the night:
This is a man who can give an entire speech about wars America is fighting and never use the word victory unless he is talking about his own campaign.
Al Quieda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America and he's worried that someone won't read them their rights.
There are those who use change to promote their careers and there are those who use their careers to promote change.
The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.
I very much enjoyed her speech and will be voting for McCain/Palin in 2008.
7.10.2008
5.30.2008
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