~~The Goonies~~

I'm always amazed when i meet people who HAVEN'T seen this movie. It's a travesty, and to be my friend, it's required you watch it. I'll watch it with you. I watched it with two newbies last night, and still enjoyed every minute of it. They laughed some, especially at the things Chunk and Data would say and do. I half wonder if even some of those were courtesy laughs, but you know what? I don't care! I LOVE IT! It made me happy and put me in a good mood. It always does.

I found on google there's a video game remake that was made for a competition in 2006. Totally going to d/l it and play it. Heck yeah!

"Dear Jack"

I have been realizing and pondering a lot of things lately. The most recent came from watching the Documentary called "Dear Jack." For those of you who don't know the band Jack's Mannequin, I highly suggest you look into them. While they aren't new to me at all, after watching the story of all that Andrew McMahon went through, it gave me a renewed spirit of an I CAN attitude and a deeper respect for the band. Summed up, Andrew contracted and lived through a bout of Leukemia. The entire 60 minutes of the documentary shows his treatments and struggles, while trying to record an album at the same time..........there are hardly 5 minutes of him being down or sad or negative about his situation. Even when he use a lint roller to "shave" his head. I'd like to think if I were in any kind of similar situation (and I'm not wishing this in any way Karma.......) I'd hope to be have the will power he has to stick it out and get through it. I'm sure there were times he wanted to just die and move on and get it over with, but he knew how precious life is and fought through it. Currently it's on the Comcast On-Demand program (where I watched it) but can be purchased through the Jack's Mannequin site, or through amazon. By purchasing it through the site (at least, i'm sure any purchase does this...)Part of the proceeds go to the Dear Jack foundation. Anyway, just thought I'd throw this out there.

Jack's Mannequin Site

Amazon

You can also download it from iTunes for $10

I Just know how lucky I am to have the life I have. To not have had to suffer something massive like Leukemia, or losing a parent or sibling, really never having any drastic thing happen. I guess it doesn't mean it can't happen. It can. But at the same time, if it did, hopefully I would be able to get through it and be strong.

That is all :)

~~Aida~~

I would like the Blogging world to meet my new friend. Her name was in debate for a while (ok only a day). Some options were: Bertha, Red Dragon, Vanespa, and some others. Alex wins though. AIDA (pronounced ah-EE-Duh) is her name. I can't believe I ACTUALLY won a Vespa. I still had to pay quite a bit of money for the taxes, title, Freight, blah blah blabbity Blah. But..........Still, worth it to me. I'll save quite a bit of money on gas this summer. Filling up the gas tank for $4.30 and it SHOULD last me about 120 miles or more.....yeah pretty amazing. Anyway, this is her

The Irony: I go to BYU, and Aida is red. Yep. Crazy I know. (Yes I wrote this ALL in Blue on Purpose)

Questions to Ponder

"Goals: There is no end to the amount of things you can accomplish"

Sometimes I wonder things. I wonder things like "Is this actually where I want to be?" "What if I had made a different choice 10 years ago?" "What If i was born in Rhode Island?"

I know that many things that happen to us are not in our control. We are born where we are because our parents conceived us and my belief is that we are put into the families we are because we chose them. I can't imagine living in a different family, being raised by different parents, having different siblings or none at all, not having the friends I do.

I also wonder things like when People I have been interested in get married "Was she one that got away?" When a friend who I thought would be a friend forever doesn't want anything to do with me, "Was this my fault?" When I see close friends of mine going through a rough time OR "getting" everything they could have ever wanted and I think "Why do they have to go through that" or "Why are they so fortunate?"

There are things in my life I want. There are desires I feel I will never achieve. I had an interesting conversation with Adam last night about progression. I have felt stale for the past 2 years, maybe less but probably more, like I'm going no where. But really, it's no one's fault but my own. My own disbelief in myself, in my abilities, in my talents, is the cause of me not progressing. We as human beings have the power to change our own circumstances. That is the most beautiful gift God has given us: Agency, the ability to choose for ourselves what we want to do, what we want from life, where we want to go. As I'm writing this it almost makes me depressed realizing my own faults and weaknesses are preventing me from getting where I want. However, it also gives me some comfort knowing I can change. I really can. It's up to me, no one else. If I REALLY want to be a doctor, and/or work in the medical field, all it would take is extra work, more schooling, and superior dedication.

There's that whole quote about Abraham Lincoln, how he failed so many times at so many things, but eventually was able to achieve a goal and is still recognized as one of they key leaders in American History. Imagine if he had given up after his last failure, before achieving his first victory, where would America be today? Would someone else have done the same thing? It's possible, but the good thing is he DID try again and he DID achieve greatness.

I started a new goal, well re-started, on March 1st. It's simple: No drinking soda. I don't know why I feel it's so important, but it really isn't that hard. If i can do something as simple as that, I know I can put my mind to other things. This week, the week of March 7th, 2010, I am going to go and talk to the Pre-Med advisors and see what they suggest I do to achieve the dream I have. Dreaming is only helpful if you go after your greatest desire.