what's new?

1. Fresh snow on the ground (though living this close to the ocean, it only lasted for a couple of hours this morning before it started to melt.)
2. Red/teal nail polish on my fingers
3. Semester: it's strange. I remember last spring semester so vividly. I wanted so badly to make this great impression, to show people that I was talented and smart and funny and charismatic. And this year, I just don't care. If people don't like me, that's fine. It takes too much energy and time in the morning to put on this face that isn't really me. So yeah, I did sort of blow my first impressing at my 8am today. And no, I won't have high hopes for making many friends there. But it's 8am. And it's science class. And isn't that reason enough to give up pretending?
4. No Facebook. Eh. Ok, if you look, I'm still technically there, I just can't see it. My password's been changed, and I'm off until I can't take it anymore. 
5. Back to blogging? Maybe. I've always thought of my blog as pointless, because who even reads it? Beyond that, who even reads it who won't just hear all of this from me in person?
6. 1.4 ...... all you photo ladies and gents can figure that one out!
7. The rest of my classes. Ugh. I can't decide if I'm excited for them. I'm mostly just bored right now, between waiting for my books to arrive, and yearning for nicer weather to traipse around in, my patience and appreciation for online television has run out. I'm eager for books, for nature. 
8. Books! Lord of the Rings Trilogy, something by Donald Miller, the Explicit Gospel, The Hobbit, Little Women, and whatever's on the list for my classes. 
9. The Waltons - Ok, if you know me, you know my obsession and true love for Little House on the Prairie (you know, the 70's TV show). Well, the Waltons is kind of the same thing, except it's about a family living in the great depression on a mountain in the middle of nowhere Virginia. It's centered around 'John-Boy', a 17 year old trying to figure life out, and dying to become a writer. He's such a unique character, and it's interesting to watch and go along with him, as he's learning things. He seems so brilliant, and thinks so much about everything, and asks big questions. I want to be like that.
10. Deep. I want to think deeper, breathe deeper, love deeper.
11. Do. I don't want this to just be a post where I post it and that's it. I want to change. I want this semester, this life to be different. I'm a slave to society, to media and the internet, to easy living and to not pondering anything. I heard from somewhere that the average person will only wait 2 seconds for a Youtube video to buffer before clicking something else. 2 seconds?! I read the bible, and people would pray and "wait upon the Lord" for so much longer! Is this the lifestyle we've embraced? Today in chapel, we sang the song with the line "Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord". Do we believe this to be true? 
12. Now that I've leaked all these thoughts here, I'm going to step back. Pray really hard. Here I sit at only 7:45pm, already anticipating bedtime. I don't even know what I'm saying with all this, except for I think God has so much more in mind for us, His beloved. I think He gave us bright and curious minds for a reason, not to sit and let them rot as we let them go to waste.

Alright good people. Someday, I'll be back with an update. 

Shoot me an email! Or a comment. Or a text. 

Pray for me, that I'll be diligent and use my time meaningfully. That I will think deeper. 

-K