Hospitality

it was brought to my attention by a certain person, who will remain anonymous throughout this unless this person chooses to reveal their identity, that being friendly has a big impact with people you know, and a huge impact with people you don't. I remember once I passed a guy I know and he said "hi" and I was deep in thought at that time and looked up with what he described as "this huge scowl" and he was kinda taken back by it, and I didn't even mean to do that. so just imagine what unhappiness you can cause if you put your mind to it! don't. unhappiness is bad, and therefore inversely, happiness is good (stating the obvious to make a point) and so lets say your cat just died, which for me would be a cause for celebration, but for others it would cause personal anguish. if you go around moping about it, then you will cause others to get in a bad mood also, which as previously stated is not good. I don't know how many of you have heard or sung the song Count Your Many Blessings but just think about it, your cat just died, but, you're still breathing, you still have you're family, you still have a house etc. the good will usually outweigh the bad, and if you're happy than you can pass it on to others. bad moods are contagious but good moods are too, just not as much. so as I sometimes say, the more the merrier. and the more people who are happy, than inversely, the less people who are sad (again stating the obvious to make a point) so be a friend and at the risk of sounding cliche, be happy

Kickin' It Off

yes, I think you saw this coming. I keep trying to tell you why camping is so great, and every time you shrug it off. well here I go again. just yesterday (the 15th) a bunch of guys including our local chemistry teacher, band teacher, and Aaud technician, departed at roughly 8:00 AM to go camping. we drive up, and find out that the road we we going to take to our pre-arranged parking lot, was closed for "ice and snow." so trying not to let that get us down we walk about 1 or 2 miles to the beginning of the trail and start hiking in, only to find that a small, but vital section of the trail was covered in ice (if you slipped you would end up in a river) so some people would think "ok time to leave" but we thought "lets see who can slide down and not go into the river." there is a small section of this trip, if you want the whole story you'll have to ask me because some parts can only be told face to face. and others are glad I stopped, but I'll leave out the names. . . anyway camping is cool and you should try it some time

(f)Gettin' Close

Exams are next week. this is where I really get excited. not only will we be getting off of school this coming Thursday, but also I will be kicking it off with an awesome camping trip. I can almost say that I can't wait. these past few weeks it seems like I was about to just shut down and sleep for 4 days straight. but for Christmas break, what an act to follow. this semester has been awesome. I've learned a veritable barrage of things physically, spiritually, and socially. looking back at the semester that we have almost passed, I just think of all the great times that I have had. it would probably take a week to type 'em all out. so I'll just let you do the reminiscing. good times. well I'll prolly still update over the break so don't go anywhere (figuratively speaking)