Brief Life Updates

I am easily captured by the ideas of things. It will start as a spark and simmer in my head till I act on it. Some of them are odd and some of them are stereotypical. Some are good, some are bad. My most recent action towards satisfying an idea was yesterday, when I bought two of Old Navy's baseball shirts. 

Since I was twelve I wanted a baseball shirt. I could even track it back younger to my days spent with Angels in the Outfield (1994) and Rookie of the Year (1993) or The Sandlot (1993).  

Never underestimate the power of movies in your childhood. One of my craziest dreams is to ride and elephant, bareback, which stems from growing up on Operation Dumbo Drop (1995).  

On a side-note of childhood and movies,  both Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) and Angels in the Outfield (1994) started a deep love for Danny Glover. You are probably all familiar with the idea of apple pie being a staple stereotype of home and America. I never liked apple pie too much, but I did like Danny Glover. His voice is my apple pie. 

Another idea I always thought would be fun is to dye my hair. Just one of those that washes out in six weeks because the goal is not to change how I'm made, but give myself the ability to adjust to change and have fun (and seeing my mom and sister's faces when they saw me yesterday was a lot of fun).  I've danced around it for about a year or more. SURPRISE! I acted on it on Monday. Beks, my former co-counselor and avid hair dye-r did the deed, and quite well I might add. 

So here I am, sitting on my bed at home on a 30 hour vacation from camp, with black hair and a baseball shirt, because sometimes that overused, cheesy, should-never-be-a-life-mantra phrase,"Seize the moment" applies. 

What next? I'm not sure, but due to everything that I need to do in life, it will probably involve a computer and a lot of writing. 

Bring it. 

But first, I really want to go hang out with Jesus. I am reading in the Timothys and its great stuff. Stay tuned for posts about that, and likely one about ending my fifth summer of camp, and since my life and plans are still cloudy/non-existent, there will still be plenty of posts addressing that issue. 

Until that time, don't let one phrase define your life, but "carpe diem" is not a terrible one to have in your vocabulary.