Thanksgiving

I just wanted to wish anyone and everyone who reads this a very happy Thanksgiving. I might come up with some deep thoughts about it sometime, but now is not that time. God bless you and keep you safe during travels and family get-togethers. May you be filled with a sense of joy and an awareness of all of the things He has placed in your life. May his blessings go with you.

Soli Deo Gloria.

First I'd like to thank you guys for taking my survey. I'm thrilled by the turnout, and incredibly grateful.
Second, have I ever said how much I love the movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron? Well, I love it. It is a truly spectacular movie, mostly because of the music. I love it so much! The music makes me cry.... *sitting in the living room crying* Wah!!! I love it!

I was talking with my Mom about it earlier today.

Me: I love this movie so much! The music is great.... And this movie gets more in touch with my emotions than most.
Mom: That's what music does. It gets you in touch with your emotions.

She is totally right.

PLEASE TAKE MY SURVEY!!!

Dear friends (and anyone else who might stumble across this),

This link is to a survey that I am doing for school. Please take a moment to fill it out, it is really quite short. Thank you very much.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/866GR9R



Also, I am going to be going out of town for Thanksgiving week, so... be waiting? I'm not sure if a week away will be more inspiring or stifling than usual life. Thanks!
*chu*

Dazed

So... I'm sick. I really don't feel good at all. I have spent most of today sleeping. I have class in the morning, and am (for the first time ever) considering not going to class.

In light of today's weirdness and my confusion and dazedness I am:
-Not good at writing
-Easily confused
-Thankful that the paper I thought was due wasn't due today
-Dazed
-Having chills and aches
-Odd. I gave my friend a new nickname today. He's now Bunny. Yay Bunny!

If I have a fever or throw up, I won't go to class in the morning, otherwise I'll be there I guess..... Crap, yeah, I've got to go on campus. *soft sigh*
Please pray my friends.
Thanks.
*chu*

*sigh*

So... seriously? I am having definite writer's block. I need to write an illustrative paper by Wednesday, and I cannot think of a topic to save my life right now.

Any ideas???

I think I'm going more insane from this.

On a better note, I've gotten my presentation for tomorrow almost completely together. I just want to come up with a few visual aids or something.... It's a 5-7 minute long presentation, so... I don't know. Should I do visual aids???
Grr....

Aiya... I am SO looking forward to Thanksgiving break.

@_@

Today's inspiration: a busy day and sociology lecture on Race & Ethnicity:

#1) My classmates are a bit ridiculous this morning.
#2) When I talk in class, my face gets hot, and I totally think that I'm blushing brightly.
#3) Everyone is speaking bluntly today. O_O Like... really blunt.
#4) Discrimination against ANY race is racism.
#5) I wish that this didn't have to be such a problem....

Anyway, I'm going to re-emphasize the fourth point. That is, discrimination against any race is racism. It's not just when "white people" say or do something against "the minorities". If you are being discriminated due to your race or the color of your skin, it is racism.

I think that's it for now.
*chu*

Today is hopefully going to be very good. I'm putting a rough outline of my week here now.

Tuesday:
-Campus at noon for an International week event
-homework/chores

Wednesday:
-Optometrist appt. 10:45
-Campus at noon for another International week event
-homework/chores

Thursday:
-Campus at 9 for class
-International event at 11... I'll probably be late because of class
-Hang around campus for a while (hopefully get homework done[nope. no homework. just amazing internationalness!])
-Interment of Grandpa's ashes at 2
-hanging out with extended family
-Probably not YG [hai! I made it!!!]

Friday:
-homework/chores
-maybe Livonia?
-Curiosity about Angie?
-Free Trade event at 7

Saturday:
-football at noon
-probably Livonia

Sunday:
-Church at 10
-Discipleship Groups (fancy words for Sunday School) 'til sometime
-Start of Small Group
-homework

^_^
So... hopefully it will be a good week!

;-;

So... I'm not feeling spectacular today. Please pray for me, as I have quite a bit of work to get done today and this week. It promises to be a good, or at the very least interesting, week. I hope to have a wonderful time with everything I can. I do have something going on every day of the week other than today. If you were at dinner with my family tonight, I'm sorry I missed you, but I'm just not feeling up to it....

Anyway, here's a picture of me today.I gave myself a sucker because I needed a pick-me-up....=3 Hehehe....

Uhh... yes. This is fun and funny to me. Also, since I think boys never look at this, I don't mind putting silliness like this up. Also... I don't know if I would mind otherwise. This picture is of my magnesium supplement. I pulled it out the other day to see if it would decrease my chocolate craving, since I was running out of chocolate from Halloween.... It worked ^_^# Yes, I'm strange and silly. Anyway, here's this silliness.

I saw this news story about Madam Hilary Rodham Clinton. It seems that almost every time the Secretary of State goes to a country, or even plans to go to one, an earthquake strikes.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101105/ap_on_re_as/as_us_clinton_quakes

Any thoughts on this one?

Anyway, I've been brimming with silliness and thoughts today, can't you tell? Also, I'm sleepy.

For my friend

Green Tea Ice Cream recipe.

First off the bat, credit for this recipe goes to the Royal Tea Company.
Second off, I have not tried this yet, so I don't know how well it will work yet.
Third, here's the recipe:

• 2 cups heavy cream

• 1 cup whole milk

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 6 large eggs

• 2/3 cup sugar

• 2 tablespoons matcha (powdered Japanese green tea)

• Special equipment: an ice cream maker

Bring cream, milk, and salt to a boil in a 3- to 4-quart heavy saucepan and remove from heat.Whisk together eggs, sugar, and matcha in a bowl (tea will not be completely dissolved), then add 1 cup hot cream mixture in a slow stream, whisking vigorously. Whisk custard into remaining cream mixture in saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until thick enough to coat back of spoon and registers 170°F on an instant-read thermometer (do not let boil).Immediately pour custard through a fine sieve into a metal bowl, then cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Chill, covered, until cold, at least 1 hour.Freeze in ice cream maker, then transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden.

By the way, you can buy matcha at any asian market. It's fairly easy to find. You may be able to find it at your local grocery store (meijer or kroger... something like that) in the international aisle.

qotd so far

Josiah walked up to me, holding a gumball from his halloween stash. "Hey, Lyssie, this sounds like a flavor you'd like: Tea-berry."
I looked up from homework, wondering what the heck "tea-berry" is supposed to be. "Ooo?"
He smiled a little. "You can't have it. We can share the outside, but not the inside, 'cause that would be weird."
"Okay?" I said, raising one eyebrow as he walked away.
He came back a few minutes later. "It tastes more like cherry than tea-berry," he observed, offering it to me as I continued to wonder what the heck "tea-berry" is supposed to taste like. I licked the weird gumball for a minute, trying to get enough of whatever flavor it was to form an opinion.
"Huh." I handed it back to him and looked back to my homework as he walked away again.
A few minutes later he came back with a cup of water and chewing the gum. "Hey, Lyssie! If you drink water while you chew it, it tastes just like tea!"

...

o.O
Huuuuhhh??????
(As I write this, he is watching me type.)
My poor little brother. Clearly, I have not educated him enough about tea. *I just got my hand swatted for that* Speaking of tea, I just got a recipe online for green tea ice cream. The royal tea company had it on their blog. If you're interested, let me know, and I'll post it.

Oh, he just brought me the wrapper for the gum. It says:

Clark
Teaberry
Fruit
Gum Ball

How odd.....

HAPPY NOVEMBER!!!!